The Daily Ledger. (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 11, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 6, 1916 Page: 1 of 4
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The Daily ledger
ULLTNGER RUNNELS COUN TY, TEXAS, TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1916
ER UNITED PRESS
Price • *
1 W
VOLUMNXI
SesXS BINDERS SrSTBSrSriSft VAN PELT, KIRK and MACK
and Deering u *> *>' ** *-* *>* ** The Largest Stock ef Repairs in West Texas. Orders Filled Day Received “Tell the Truth Advertisers”
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TORNADO IN I
PERKINS BUNCH
i,
ISSUES MANDATE
SOPPORT ARKANSAS
KILLS 80
GEN. WOOD
WILL ELIMINATE
PRESIDENT CHINA
DALLAS TELEPEONES
DEAD FROM POISON?
and some believe that Roosevelt perty owners in this and adjoin-
is preparing for his defeat j ln& counties of Arkansas.
CHRISTIAN REVIVAL
('apt .1. T. Lynn, manager of
Runnels ami Coke Counties.
I will place any healthy
attend
RETURNED HOME
SIXTY NINE YEARS
OLD
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
and
GMth Idrthdav
’»ent in Ballinger and this
Watch the Fords Go By.
ener was war minister
HERE'S MORE TALK
for Great Britain
ABOUT THE DEVIL
HERE JUNE 13TH
Thin
June
Tues-
iii
Watch the Fords Go By.
Thcv
contrast
• USIllC
during
CHURCH OF CHRIST
the ,.,j |O touch the true spirit of Tcx-
newspapermen.
the
ircula
wa*
ditor
UIM-
the
take
Wanted at The
Ballinger Auto Company
10c
Prices
10c
-•
the
com
The Double's Truble
tjfo
$
01
$1
through Bullinger
route home.
<f »
V <•
i u;
paper offices today,
edit n|
Mountain and Southern Ry
looking after business for
left
visit
\ i.
0 :«1
nd stockmen
W T<
home
tha
wa
is being announced by his many
friends as a candidate for the nom
ination i)t the July primary to the
office of Representative from this
hire Insurance Commission ami i*
as follows: Dallas. .June G : Fort
Worth, June 7, Waco, June b;
Aust in,.June 9 ; San Antonio June
By United Press
NEW YORK, June ♦».— Visitors
from the Republican National
Convention at Chicago today say
Holy, ba-
| lie
ation reh
RESCUE WORKER STOPS
HERE
C. R. STEPHENS FOR
REPRESENTATIVE
cd in Ballinger and is well mid
vvas a II.
th’’ • l.rist
< B Gillespie of the Houston
chroui le, A. M Lukor <
Gnpdine Messenger am! John E 1
or the other. A deal has
pending for some time f«i
elimination of one of the
panics.
our Automatic Grinding Machine
at once. We guarantee to make
them work. Phone 505
neer and familiar
the
By United Press
WASHINGTON, June G. Ac-|
cording to official dispatches cm-;
limiting from Pekin today Presi-|
dent Van Shi Kai of the Chinese
Republic is dead. It is also unof-
ficially reported ti.at the Chinese
president vvas poisoned by revo- j
By United Press
WYNNE, Ark, June 6.—Eighty
nersons are dead and over a thou-
Pv United Press
CHICAGO, June 6.—George W
Perkins, chairman of the Progres
sive committee at the Republican
National Convention here, states
that Progressive delegates have
issued nn ultimatum demanding
“Roosevelt or no one” for the
presidential nomination.. It is
rumored that Perkins still has
something up his sleeve and will
make a strong fight for T. R.
esses an- expected to
comprehensive review I
of (he news situation in the small 1
town and the large city
i< uniu is county
M Kleberg of the com-
isit with relatives am]
no count i v
Judge N. F Meek and wife, of
Talpa, who had been visiting
their daughter, Mrs. I. A. Garriek
ami other relatives at Winters,
passed
danger was not that one would
suddenly commit some single
. like Lydia
a ‘de < o m
he exhibited here today A tell!
alive schedule for the appearance
of the film in other Texas cities
conservative business man, one
who has made a success of his own
affairs ami one who can Im* wholly
trusted t<> ably represent his con-
stituents in the matters of im-
portance that will he presented in
Austin during the next two years.
\\ <• predict foj- him very strong
i support, u.s there seems to have
i been a general demand for a
strong, competent business man to
fill this important office. Mr.
Stephens, vv e understand, will lie
away from home until about the
companies of this city reached an
ligr6,iiii’lit today to
friends, •lune 11 and Beaumont June
that snr- Other towns may' arrange to hav
Runnels the film shown bv applying t
hildre i returned
vs ago from an
untv for general
nditions, etc.
night and
president ‘of th<
and a number <d
104 Graduate at Fort Worth.
i Fort Worth, .lune G The Ft
Worth Central High School will
hold the annual commencement
i exercis<-s tonight in the school
auditorium
i One hundred and four graduat-
•nt at this
’.e ius’n j
inter. si it g
this work will h<- ex-'
' *r AI icn, ami Run-I
consolidate
their systems. Tin* new concern
will eliminate either tin* Automa-
tic or the Southwestern, leaving it
made. The High School orche
tra will render a musical pr
•gram.
Francis Ford and Grace Cunard in a
Rex drama
“The Sham Reality*’
Also Universal Animated Weekly
Tomorrow— Cleo Madison in a Red
Feather “THE BITTER CUP”
ate parentage. Having had years
of experience in rescue work I
will be glad to advise and help
the friends of Tiny unfortunate
girl who may need assistance.
Parties interested may see or
phone me at the Pilcher Rooming
House, or address the Lynn Or-
phan Work, Box 325, Dallas, Tex
as. ’ ’
Capt. Lynn is hen* from San
Angelo, where hi* had been in the
interest of his work.
interest t >
g ■ ■
Istics oj th
MAN INJURED AT
WILLS POINT.
c<cil Glenn, the tinner,
Sat unlay afternoon to
ish official report, which
does not state how the
ship sunk.
The news of the dis-
aster has stunned Lon-
don, and strong invec-
tives mingle with tears
wer the casualty. The
Hampshire , carried a
crew of six hundred and
fifty-five men. Kitch-
’ LEFT FOR ABILENE
Prof. J. M Skinner left Tues-
day morning for Abilene, where
he will teach in the summer nor-
mal at that place the next seven
or eight weeks. He was accotn
pained by Mrs Skinner ami two
little daughters ami son Edwin,
who motored over and vv ill return
this afternoon. Misses Aurelia
McKenzie and Mavdelle Rushing
the
solo work. Last night she sang
the old time song “Did You
Think To Pray” with remark-
able beauty and power.
The sermon, as announced, was
on “Unpardonable Sin” and the
go«- /W
.rdial
VW
and social eji-
I during the
busv comnnt-
cxtrnsive auto
Smithville ai d
i-xas, and Mr
would gradually go on in sin drift i
ing farther and farther away>
from God, until, at last, he would
reach a point where he would
have become so hardened and be-
numbed by sin that it would be
absolutely impossible to call him
to repentance. |
Paul refers to this condition as
one in which the person has gone [
so far in a continual violation of
his conscience until at least his
S conscience becomes seared as it
were with a hot iron.
Attention was also called to the
fact that God the Father madejcity tax will remain in full for-cl
is appeal to men through pro- ami effect ami the marshal order-1
pheta of old; then through His’ed to catch ami empound all d- c*-
Son in His personal ministry; and, running at large without a licens- i
now. He has made His complete,1 rd collar.
last, strongest appeal through the The being i further busings
w Holy Spirit, presentation of a cru- the council adjourned, -u t<<|
eified redeemer for men, ami the call of the may or.
when this has been rejected, i ----------------
there is no other appeal to make, “FAKE REMEDIES * ADVEP.
and man is lost. TISED.
An earnest appeal was n\ade to
the careless ami indifferent not
to allow themselves to drift into
this condition, and a striking il-
lustration was used to show the
great danger of doing so, and to
warn them against such danger.
Services in the church house at
9:30, tomorrow morning, ami
again in the open-air at 3:30 in
the evening
Sermon subject for tomorrow
• ’A Rossonable, Logical
and Scriptural Position On Chris-
tian Union.” A very cordial and
earnest invitation to all to come.
1 um. vv •■.<
r. rink. ,!
p o u ml, tor s
has stood the test of 1 ime *
The city council met in regular
monthly session T lesday mon ing
ami discussed matters of pemiing
business from different eommit-
tees am! continued for further
time.
A motion was made and carrie I
at this meeting to repeal the or-
dinance on the city books with re-!
ferenee to the muzzling of <lo_’s, j
1 ......................Tf.^iTICK INSPECTOR
district passenger and
Exhibit Fire Picture.
Dallas, June G The famous
moving | mime film made under
fakes, but this.
r* • | SUS’ I I. *12,
I Cook* of the R-»ck<ial<- Reporter,
..*• U.e men assigned to discuss
•igbt f ju-u s p;
Iron | Their «
was preM-nt
bis
while the
flocked here for the an-
ivention of the TeXau
ssoi-iation. While the De-
vil, the urchin of the print-shop
that Colonel Roosevelt has de- sand are injured, some of whom
dared that he would support ' maF die, following a tornado
Major General Wood for the! around the Wynne country. Re-
presidency if the latter was seri-| saY ^at ten people are dead
ously mentioned at the convention. | ™ Mississippi.
This announcement is causing a , million and a half dollars
great deal of speculation here, damage has been sustained by pro-1
only a good attendance but the an(] deiiendant
interest was fine, and the and- into privHte ( hrtsian homes. .
lence seemed very appreciative of work is noI1.seclarinn nm] without
both the song service and the ser
mon.
Miss Williams is more and more
delighting the people with her
in session.
i<m- J Tavlor, of the
Lord Kitchener Meets Death
En Route to Petrograd When
Hampshire Was Sunk Today
treels of Ballinger is
Tuesdav hah* and h
L»th instant, after which it is < x-' I' ft from
pected that he will make an active; normal,
campaign.
ham s
which
and for more than forty year* l’-: U1*d >y
has been "lleviating the suffering county
of womankind Such medicines ,,i;" ' ’’ •' lH
are a blessing to the community ",l d it,-
ami will continue their g<»o«i
work from one generation to an-
other
* umr a’.d
with u«
I Mr ami Mrs <
one of tie pm '
on i
‘••*t of attention was giv<
I M I ss«-ry in the discu
Dr. L. J Allen, inspector in
charge of tick eradication wor ; in
this section, wi’ meet with the
commi*
at 2:<w
with ?h
in< ** f«
(By United Press)
LONDON, June 6.—
General Kitchener and
his staff who were killed
this morning on board
the British cruiser
Hampshire were en
route to the Russian
capital, Petrograd., The
passengers perished
Wills Point, Tex., June —i
James Harris, a citizen of this when the VCSSel . WgS
city, was slightly burned while;
rescuing his children from his either mined or torpedo-
blazing home this morning, liar-
ris sufferedl a four thousand .ioi- €>d according to the Brit-
It is generally understood that |
Monday night is a bad night in a t -
meeting, but the order was revers-' th(, L\nn Orphan Work with head
ed last night, at the open-an !<|uarters nt Dallas, is in Ballinger
meeting place where the revival t(M|ay in th<> interest of his work
is being conducted by the Chris-' (-apt' j vnn says> ..|
tian Church; for there vvas not J)1V |jnJe to finding and placing
I children
1. Mv
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Sledge, A. W. The Daily Ledger. (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 11, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 6, 1916, newspaper, June 6, 1916; Ballinger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1172705/m1/1/?q=%22~1~1%22~1&rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carnegie Library of Ballinger.