The Daily Ledger. (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, September 15, 1916 Page: 1 of 4
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THE DAILY LEDGER
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**T.TJNGER. RUNNELS COUNTY, TEXAS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1916
VOLUMN XI
••
MEXICAN
In the Clutches of Death
or
The Soul's Fatal Sleep
I 'J
terday's fighting north of Somme,
BAPTHST raOTClH!
claming a mile gain.
ten
ites.
WHAT $5 BILL DID
ON PAY-UP WEEK
TEACH CONSERVATION PRESIDENT'S SISTER
I •
"if.
AT PAINT (IP OFATN The show windows of the pro-
ft I ruin I Ul ULftlll gressive merchants of Ballinger
OF HUMAN 8L000
*m the hilt, is a
I );;w son
•4
732 PUPILS ENROLLED
South
; formed possibly waits on publi
sent imeiit. Therefore
NEGRO MURDERER 10
HANG OCTOBER 18TH
in
By United Press
170
All
Total enrollment
A .
NIGHT PHONES
556
VERDICT IN CONCHO
393
KILLING GAGE
a slow rain into a regular winter
Mr. 1
in
Mary Roberts Rinehart’s Novel
done by men that know how—Every job guaranteed.
See Us or We Both Loose
tf .
nrer and a
SOW AY HUfflT
EDtQIHIT ©’CLOCK
A 5 Act Vitagraph
Blue Ribbon Comedy
or later if
bership no
d stock cars nee-
ort troops from
■ ir-
regular o]
ami others
—An ancient rap
lerful metal that
of Toledo known
vorld of the mid-
How to Give Good Advice.
The best way to give good ad-
SWORD WITH WHICH COLUM-
BUS CHRISTENED NEW
HEIRLOOM IN TEXAS.
TENTATIVE
PLANS FOR
WITHDRAWAL
d bts. This •
marked with ;
ii g, ‘ This is ;
EL PASO
WITNESSES
WAR GAME
..167
.. 40
•'M'l
•IT I
ELECTION
DATE SET
“Li the < liP.v. es ci’ ’ >•
1 he Souls !• ‘al al Sleep
re.et Baptist Church,
• > >ni niit tee, v*
\ hat one five.
WhatHappened
to Father”
tempera: ure dropped to
fifty six degrees.
tell the story and man can read as
he runs.
What’s it all about? What are
yen going to do about it. You say
,vcu don’t owe one cent, and Pay-
Up Week does not interest you.
You are mistaken.’ You are not
living within ? little circle all
your own. Your prosperity de
pends on the prosperity of those
around you. This is true whether
you admit it or not.
This community has joined
hands with thousands of other
communities in the United States
to increase the nation's prosper-
ity and at the same time distri-
bute it so that all will be benefi-
ted.
We are all dependent upon each
other. No one class can gain at
the expense of all the others. The
factories can not run without
market for their goods.
The employees can not live with
out this market. The farmer can
make no money if there is no one
to buy his surplus products. We
all must look to each othsr for
our livings.
Our merchants are offering
some wonderfully attractive bar
gains on pay up week as an evi-
dence of their intention to make
Natinal Pay Up Week a tremen-
dous success.
When you call to pay your bill,
you can also save enough money
to make it a big object to take
advantage of Bargain Week Oct.
2-7.
low drop in tempera-
iddenly and changed
Its a success. Everybody is en-
thusiastic. It can’t fail. There
is a spirit of co-operation behind
— President Wilson received word
this morning that his sister, Mrs.
Annie llovve, was rapidly sinking.
Mr. Wilson immediately cancelled
all his engagements, and called oft
and all grades have been well or-
ganized for a successful term.
The only trouble confronting the
management at prese nt is tin over
crowding of two rooms—the first
and second grades, and plans are
t < *
When others see how quickly
you get over your cold by taking
Chamberlain’s Cough Reined y
they are likely to follow your
example. This remedy has been
in use for many years and enjoys
an excellent reputation. Obtain-
able everywhere.
Agents For
Mitchell, Dodge and Maxwell Cars
By United P.css
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 15.—
Gen. Carranza issued a decree for
an election today. The election
will bc held on October fifteenth
for the election of a constitutional
congress, and the first session of
the newly elected congress is
scheduled for November twentieth
e, narrow and
en<i of the wash that our courts apply to its
mhi’l'-rers.
This evil, as others, to b • re-
BALLINGER AUTO COMPANY
Opposite Court House Lawn. Telephone Number 505
ienced man to do the work and every batter y turut d
out will be guaranteed by us. Our prices will be less
than charged by others as usual.
PROSPERITY PENNANTS
| IN SHOW WINDOWS
first week’s work with a total en-
rollment of 732 pupils. The first
goods.
All up to
ggest ion (o you? Will you
i nominal prize To the boy
and
'delivering the best oration on this
. , O... JV x. ’ Oi inc
Week as a time when accounts are' W(l|j jf you wjsh
..... I J.Dm.. ninon1
ed editorial of vours today
I shall teach next session
Winters, and will undertake
arouse and enlist the schools
todly, The
turf came a
See the kitchen cabinets on
display at Lankford s. A cabinet
for every home. Cash or install-
ment. 14-2td
Winfield, Iowa, carried on an
experiment ciring the first Na-
tional Pay-I p We >k, ami dem Hi-
that has been taking a rest. .Just
to prove that a $■» bill will pay
many debts when started out on
the rounds, a bill will be marked
here and a record oi its work
kept.
The Big Sale at ZAPPE'S is still
in full blast. 15-ltdl
By United Press
EL PASO, Sept. 15.—Tentative
plans for the withdrawal of the
state militia from the border was
revealed here today through tele-
grams received by army officers
from Washingt >n, asking how
many tourists ai
essary to trans
Paris, Sept. 15.—The
pushed the Bulgars back
By United Press
ST. PAl’I ■ Minn., Sept. 15 —
The first snow for the season is
falling at Little balls, Minnesota
I In reporting the proceedings oi
I the district court held at Paint
| Rock last week, we failed to men-
tion the final outcome of the Sim-
’ mons murder case. The jury re-
turned a verdict fixingxthe pun-
! ishment for T. G. Simmons,
I charged with the murder of C. A.
Cooley, the negro, who killed
Johnann Hanson, a farmer near
Aldine on Aug. 10th, was sen-
teneed to hano in district court
today and October 18th fixed for
the execution. The negro con-
fessed to killing Hanson after
robbing tin* house, and murdered
the farmer as he was coming to
the house from the field for din-
ner.
ier <>f the won
made the name
throughout the i
die ages, its blifle thin and won-
derfully flexil
tapering to a lAedle point a full
arm's length fl
SNOW FALLS IN
MINNESOTA TODAY
m Reserve Ofip
__________ Seats fcUb
FRANK DANIELS
The American Comic Opera Star Supreme
don later in ther day. If Mrs.
Howe dies the president will ac-
company the remains
( arolina for burial.
By United Press
LONDON. Sept. 15.—Thc Brit
There are 73 children in the sec-
>ond grade room. It is expected
this room will be divided by
Monday.
I sentence.
The Simmons case attracted a
great deal of attention because of
I the traggic manner in which
i Bengsfon was killed, just after he
had alighted from the westbound
'BRITISH
GAIN MILE
ON SOMME
At the Hub
kinds of millinery
th.’ or Hats from $1.00 up.
' Ninth . date new styles.
Sundav MILS. L. BREEDLOX E.
White City
Blue Bird f ailed to arrive—Will show Her Saturday.
T o-night
Mrs. C. A. Doose left Friday at
noon to 'visit at San Angelo a
Repairs For tj T XT T\ 17 T> Q
d 1JN D L n □
and Deering
ner near Eden, Texas. Simmons
used a double barrel shotgun and
the contents of both barrels were
tired into the body of Bengsfon
at close range.
Simmons was arrested an»
brought to Ballinger wherf he
spent several days pending the
making of bend. It was a piti-
ful case, the man accused of the
murder being an old num and the
father of a large family of chil-
dren. He plrad the unwritten
law. claiming that Bengsfon had
ruined his daughter
This was the second time the
case had been tried, the first trial
resulted in a hung jury.
dollars in aeeoui it
one week.’’ At the
week the mH '".as found, tin* nam
es counted and. to
of the committee,
names had been sig?
that the tot’d debts
$290.00. This shows what mm ey
will do when it is kept in circu-
lation and also demonstrates t...
Storage Battery Service Station
Storage batteries of all kind carried in stock for
exchange and rent while we repair and recharge
your battery. We have taken the agency for the
U. S. L. and the Hytork and we will have in stock
O. Miller of M.'kel.
The story of the rapier, hand-
ed down through generations of
the Setzepfand family, is that it
is the identical weapon that hung
at the side °f Christopher Col-
umbus on his vAvage of discovery
to the new worjid, and which the
inleprid (icnoesi scholar thrust in
l.> the soil of tile island which he
named Sin Salador, thc first
land of the wiltern hemisphere
touched by Einltpean feet.
The [apier ’I"-' been continu-
ously in the fiwnily of thc Sctze-
fands since 1612. It came to its
present owner through the. moth-
er. whose maid|i name was Fred-
erica Caroline Setzepfand. As
was the euston of ancient sword
makers, it bears a Latin inscrip-
tion on its blade.
Mi’ler’s story of the heirloom,
as repeal' d to him by his mother
from her aceslors, is that it was
given by t »«c ‘great discoverer a
short time before his death to an
Italian noblewoman, Maria Mar-
tini. whose intercessions were in-
strumental in obtaining his par-
don aftej lie bad fallen under the
displeasure of Ferdinand and Isa-
bella lifter his third voyage to
the ifw world. Maria Martini
shortlx’ after became the wife of
t ail {Gothold Setzepfand, a fam-
ous •‘ember wf ah old German
fami’y. and t je direct ancestor of
the present oivner of the sword.
LIBRARY CLUB TO MEET
MONDAY NIGHT.
The Young Men’s Library Club •
will meet Monday night at the
Carnegie Library and perfect ar-
imigementl for the reading room
ening. All members
interested are urged to
at 8 o’clock if possible
necessary. The raem-
v number one hundred.
Mr. Harry Lynn is secretary-treas-
urer and a 1 who have not paid the
initiation fee will please see him
at the First National Bank.
You no doubt thought it was
almost freezing about daylight
Fridav morning, but you missed it
by 24 degrees. The government
weather man announced that the
temperature dropped to 56 de-
grees. The first norther pinches,
and the present one was only a
reminder that we must quit the
iee man and spend our money with
the coal man.
By United Press
EL PASO, Sept. 15.—The larg-
est infantry war game ever held in
this country took place this
morning, when more than ten
thousand troops engaged in the
game. The First Brigade of Pen-
Anisylvania militia began invading
the city from the north early this
morning, and clashed with the de-
fenders comprising two brigades]
of Pennsylvania infantry nine
similes from the city. The result of
the game has not been announced.
is to be used oidy fo- paymen; o! inim'nted upon by State Press,
accounts. Ace<\> jt and g‘>. al relating t<> the reign of murder in
oiwe amt pay s mu one cIsa Sign f. xjs. ,\ > .nore thoro indictment
CAP F|R\T IA/fflf!yoiinainrso we''an >;eTow many , could he made of our present sys-
run rillul IILLIV ■(in||.!1.< aecoiats it will 1 av in 1 tom (>f things than the l( i_ral white
in
to
on
the subject, if you offer tin* prize.
Also bv suggesting to the county
superintendent, wc might get the
county teachers’ insitute to de-
vote an hour of public discussion
to this subject of conserving hu-
man blood. Shall we not at least
turn one stone?
OD1E MINATRA. ;
I
] offer
,.11 “f Runnels County writing
1 ” ! d; . I i » ■ s » »• 1 11 « r t 11O i
ual l’ay-1 l\suhject* Di include the gi
! wen ii vii* »» i.-ii. I have h<i
wiped clean S;llue thing in mind to initiate
underway tor removing uus non- fot> a nt,w staiq
ble and paA’ing the way for the lit-( Ba||inger |ias joined in
tie tots to receive better attention. }uinjretjs of other cities in
I nited States in observing
tional Pay I p Week, and
VAN PELT, KIRK and MACK]
The Largest Stock of Repairs in West Texas. Orders Filled Day Received “Tell the Truth Advertisers
with
the
Na*
from I
Det. 2 to 7 inclusive efforts will be!
1 made to wipe out the old scores]
Other pupils in the higher grad- pv putting into circulation money
es are due to arrive as soon as the
rush in the crop movement is out
of the way* aiRt Uie roll will in-
crease to more than 800 by the
second month, it is expected. At
present the enrollment by schools
is as follows:
High School ..
Central ......
West Ward ..
South Ward ..
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Sledge, A. W. The Daily Ledger. (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, September 15, 1916, newspaper, September 15, 1916; Ballinger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1177438/m1/1/?q=%22~1%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.