The Banner-Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, May 31, 1918 Page: 4 of 8
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■- 1 111
Ugh! Calomel Sickens; Salivates!
Please Try Dodson’s Liver Tone
I am sincere! My medicine does not upset liver
and bowels so yon lose a day’s work.
THE BANNER LEDGER, FRID AY, MAY 31, 191S.
THE BANNER-LEDGER
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY
TIE BALLIH61R PRUNING COMPANY
The Burner-Leader and the
Smd« County Ledger were eon-
■NHdated January 28, 1913.
£ W Sled ire . ,,,, Editor
* Year . .$1.50
There was uever Before a great-
er demand for farm labor n tins
county than now.------o---
Runnels County goes over th.
top to the tune of 113 in the or
■ganization of the Cavalry C"ti.
panv.
———o----—
There will be no idlers now,
ainee the new order of the War
Department. Every man must
pursuit' some occupation.
--o------
The benefit of the town garden
in being felt now m Ballings • \
drive over the city will reveal ev-
ery character of vegetable now
growing ami furnishing food for
the people.
---o ■ —
The candidate* have, up to the
present, been rather quiet, but in I
the future you may ■ xpvct to ieei ,
friendly handshakes and hear'
their musical votes s and per-
•■huut’t* they may ' occasionally
hoe a row or two of cotton while1
'presenting their claims
■■J ...
1 resort, And now comes Stain
ford with a $4lM,U00 bond issue to
erect a dam on the Clear Fork of
lhe Brazos, and thereby they will
impound a body of water which
I will rank third in size in Texas.
I They pro|>ose to construct a park
I ind pleasure ground at the dam.
■-------o----------
Brownwood is pushing hard to
consumrfiate the plans for the new
hi,<nsi Hotel, ami from appeitr-
,iiices it looks a» if they were go-
ing to put it over. Since the oil
hh.in Nieie if seems that ihere
'is Hot enough aceom itioda’i< t to
anything like meet the demands
jof the traveling public. Brown
vohi! is and always has been a
good town, and this new hotel
move bespeaks its enterprise.
--,,----- —
A drive over the county now
reveals a different outlook to
I what it w as some three weeks
i.igo. Xow the pastures are car-
peted with a coat of green ver-
dure, cotton and maize are up,
showing good stands, and the
stock are beginning to show the
effect of the new conditions, and
it looks as if the old Runnels
County were coming to its own
mice mure.
---o—_
Prof. I’. S. Ihiniels, who tea. hes
tiie Beaumont public schools,
came in Wednesday at noon to
visit relatives and friends at 2.L1--
tie for a week or two.
—-----------
Giving advice is very common,
and it is a vice that many indulge
in who are |»erhaps not conscious
of so don i g. \\ e a re pro * * I to ill
dulge in adv ice and criticism with
out knowing our facts and eirmim
stances, and thus do some one . n
injustice, if every lunu knew hia
facts he would be more caretui.
■ -o---
Don't let that boy or girl idle
the summer away This is tin
tune when all must do then part
in the great drama of lib If yo i
can’t do the thing you want to do.
do the thing that you can do. ami
thus add n> the sum total of t <
great effort necessary to win
war.
- - o--
Judging from the la. O' .. reag
of feed that has been, ami is > i g
planted, if there is any sor’ < !
.season there will <■ led •
to run the country two yi a' - B .'
it will require housing 1>< u •
dulge itt some unnee, *.» ,ry
and fail to prov ide t h«
housing of the great feed
that is promised here th:- *< -•
..... .... 4
A perusal of tin- h|h's
the state diwh *«• that m ai a I
the schools show m. gr i*l ■ '
This bespeaks a e«m.iii i**u
■mtiment that is a g.H«l •*: . >i t
the future. An rdueand •
ahip in the future - ul.at .'
Beans. And this iiuanw il .
ishing of narrow m-s.. ,i: d pt'
diceA. E Gentry , of th. Marie conn
try, and Will Bryson of Millers-
vievv, vvere among the business v is-
ilois i” Bal'inger Wednesday.
Mrs. I Inna Jackson returned
home Tuesday from an extended
visit to relatives and friends at
Roscoe.W S II union returned home
Wednesday at noon from a short
Business trip to points east.
Miss \ettie Mills and little
niece, of M'les. who had been vis
ptingMrs W M Hall and daugh-
:< rs, left for home W ednesday at
....... ’.Iiss ’.'tit ie orde . the
Banner-Ledger to her addle**
while in the city.i' E Allen, one of the proini-
I t b ;-iness men and John I'.
H ow', of Winters, were among
\ .1 Hill of Temple, who had
• • ,ii es . i.I fr tends <i few
Q
M.
our qu.ility
M
Wedm
ago they wer
W
at
ar I
on that occasion.
uigI he
the
nn-
of thr town shows that jiroplc arc
forgetting the past ami thinking
only of the future good of tic
town and country Let us h<’|o
that will grow until it may be
ami can be said that Ballinger and
the entire county I* a muted com
m unity.
■......... o---—
The man who Las the ncr to
■fay with a proposition is the man
wh<? wins The world is full of
“quitters'' ami they consti* ,te the
cow grazing in the adjoining pn
ture. ami no, it is with huinan t
but there are diamonds in
man'ii lutrk yard if you w I
for them.
-----------O-. .... ...
Thr spirit of harmony is aiwayi
commendable ami such a
now prevails in Ballinger to a lurg
er degree than I-is been so, fo-
many year*. Recent events, when
Heaaure igmta aeem to be
rage in Texas t<»wn« and cities
u«»w. Tbr Fort Worth papers
continually printing about thr
merits of Lake Worth and what
it means to the city as a pleasure
Midland. Texiu. Mav 28 —Tom
Carr wna inatantly killed and j
three buildings were detnolL-hed
and partly destroyed two others
in a mysterious explosion here at
midnight last night A picture
show waa burned and plate glaat?
wa* smashed in every building in
the block. Other buildings were
badly damaged The loss is plac
Enmity is a
many, and the-
nominates the
heart and mm<! and eat <• .'
iiii’t of human kind • -
should i»r liHig»''l there
Ballinger Chapter Order of
Eisiern .'star will have its
nmil installation ceremony
since Taft 1
(Virago and
chat for son,
PUBLIC INSTALLATION
>n Fndav evening, May -list4 KILLED
IN TRAIN
WRECKFour
killed, twenty or thirty i
hurt, some seriously, when an II-1
lino , Central engine .and four
cars, plunged through a bridge ov j
humanity ami who everv sgid
"Far better pursue a frirvilous
trade by serious means than to
pursue a Mib lime art friv- islv
■poke ■ great truth. Thr g "
FOOD OFFICIALS FROM FAR ENDS
OF TEXAS MEET IN HOUSTON
County and District Food Administrators Numbering
325 Confer With Peden and Hallowell in Memo-
rable Two-Days’ Session—Texas Performing
Vast Service and so Acknowledged.
.......................................
: JOHN W. HALLOWELL !
•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
•Ch » f <t Stiff. Iht'-rt Pirrct't
of J».x * .»n "t S' tteM \<1minUtrHti”n
I* S F ».| Vlmini'Atnition. who npukr
b» fon t. \ is XihiiiniNtratorB April
Mtni 3S at HoustonComing as th»») did from the four
corners of the woods of the
East, the plains of the South, the
lanos of the Aorthwest and the hills
of Centra! Texas, rich in the patriot
urn of the valltws and the hills, the
plains and the nioors, the conf* rence
of the county and District h'ood Ad
niinistrators of Texas, convening Sat
urday and Sunday. April 27 and 2H. at
the ilice hold, could not have be* n
other than a success, patriotically, in
lonna’b »■’> and educationally
wheat as badly aa that, will <!•» with-
• •it wheat until thr ll«W Top (Ollie* lt»
So w» sent out a uueMtiotmairv to >»*r if
tiie people ut lhe State B ally u allied t”
do thia riot a lequeat (or them to do
it. tmnd you. hut a .|UvM lolin (Il »• to Fee
what the gent mi en la of the people really
wet. and to mt h it was advisable to
NiiggrMt to tile people that they with
out Uns «. aininodit \ which we have all
gotten ua»d to i Im* answers came in
Without one < \< • pt:<-n. without olie dis
s« riling \ ••• • »ur iim siionnaire ref«ii»d
to an abfrt.n* ru • 30 day s or possibly
to day*. i ti. only discussion was as to
the time, .is « very •»!»» saui 'that isn t
lung « nougii 1., i— go without it uittii the
next Atop i oiiies in
TEXAS SENT MESSAGE
TO PERSHINGS MEN.
‘ . !i lloovri s» nt a cablegram t<» Persh-
ing and Im- got that n. w * just before >ur
b »ys m that sector w t nt into this gt » <»t
hottie and I know that, tii.it Im w > timu
home put a little mole pep and a little
more g;i g. r into their charge and a nib
niuiv spirit into the thrust of their bayo-
net
i w «nt to • • <*• 'l.'m ■••■< i-don to *-• «nk
you on*- and .di ::. rn the bottom of my
ta.irt tor tli. p: ... | w oi k y h.»V« d->l •
(•a your prompt and earnest response to
every call rn.oM a,-, u you Y«»u have
!<"..lid nolle •'. ill.-;.....ills •-bje. t lopablr.
Visitors .iv»l:ng ov.i the State, or
cvtlo r ov» : tl • i nii’ d Stales, have told
us that i‘«\is w . •* perhaps better or-
ganized than tlie other States I do not
know whether or riot that is true, it may
!»• a mist.ike, but I want you to know
ti.it w» ait on th. i d>. Mr Hollow 11.
w. are taking tins thing seriously, we
an doing ur level best ..nd we are go-
ing to < • ntinue to do our best until the
• nd of this war
J. I n W Hahowtll. in his atidrt ss. said
' Mr W ilson, our president, km w what
he w is about when he ssktd Mr HooVcr
to < nie to this country to head tin food
administration Mr ID»oVt r consented
promptly with "hly -m qualification, that
he personally be alh w.d to st-rve without
compensation and t.» be permitted t »
Mil- on lhe sallM- bass aS tlloM. who
would Volunteer their s» rvi< es and enter
the work as war w rkeis and enter the
work with !h» <ntne -p'.r'.t as Mr l!«»«»ver
Now that the adrnim-t 1 atIon lias pii*>cd
through the peri •! <f organization with
1 7“0 emph yes, tw».i . . ,;tj(y food admin
tstr. ’Ts tlitougi.out th* country, perhaps
• t-4 il of • “<»•» \oiunte« rs and many
So r» at was tip field to be covered
by 'he conf* • governing and co i
trolling a> they do the complete food
supply of Texas hcKinmni! with its
product inn and torniinatmg w ith its
distribution to the consumer, it was to
be expect d that each man of his local
conditions should desire to have rul
tngs and inter|»retati<»ns made for his
guidan< on the conditions affecting
his district
In a measure problems wer»
ansuer«*<i by the addresses of the
members of Adm'iiistrator !•♦-«!• n >
staff
How Price Interpreting
Committee Helped.
W I > ('leveland. Jr. a tne!iil>er of
Mr. r» (|er. * executive committee and
chairman of the Houston price inter-
preting committee, said frankly that
the difficulty annum th< distributors
is t‘ at too many are storekeepers and
too few fuer<‘hants I beliiwe. and am
confident as the war progresses, it
w I »•(•me to pa - that the only profits,
• itlier uho'nsalei or r« taller, will Im
privilegec! to receive are those which
r« pre*.. * t Mnio and nothitm more.'
V,r <’ie\»!and followed the suggestion*
*»: Administrator !’••* n. who empha
. ,z»-d tne in | ‘i tan. •• of the price m
terpr* tin< committees as a < heck on
runaway markets' by urging that
lhe public accept these prices as
guides, to dip them from the papers
and take them when they shop, and to
pay only the prices named, instead of
ahe fancy prices which a luxury lov
m« and Indulgent people pay without
questiuliiug.
State Worker*
Discussed Problems.
Among the visitors making brief ad
dresses were John W Hallowell,
chief of the States administration of
the t’nited States Food Adniinistra
tlpn; Fred I’ullrn of the flying squad
ron of (tie United States Food Ad-
ministration; Ralph C. Ely, admlnls
trator for New Mexico; S. B Hicks,
Shreveport, congressman for the
fourth district in Louisiana and per-
sonal representative of Federal Food
Administrator James M Parker of
Ixiulstana
Td « t wing a«Mr» «s w as made by E
A 1’r.h'fl
xpr I 27 mark* ♦ jmm h in the h‘.st»»rv
• f H r d Mr ! • -kn o d of
I'rBMS .*'H h Jin HS>*» fr bi.«g»- MS f.4* l|*
here t<si*y is one that any State could
well be proud f tn l ti a’ »ny man »<»uld
r. .t help but be inspired by. meeting
we d > when * great buttle is raging In '
Fraiirr the m<»»( tremendous effort thH
the k • »er <T-d hl* e».h“r*« h.lVr perhaps
yet put forth hammering hw *y <»n yr*
teniay and thr Im*’ few day* at The Brit
*h mt * nd capturing m« they hire
Mr*»mes Ridge . Uvl kt il.mri Hill and
HI! No S3
SIGNIFICANT occasion
for state meeting
It is pgrth ularly w» !l th.vt w» are met
■ ’ '. • ■ - • • great baI
Tie which is raging ver there n. w« <f
which we read »nt await with such*
wonderful re*rluib n. < >ff cane In’
until oTer all fwirta - f the M xte »».ir m»n
nd W" en At! J'lM’cR Were •« t
hat If avr hdys and *»ur abbs med «.gr '
• thrrs working .»n l »• . • pting only suf-
tu n-tit t . pii'Vid. i r th* n« > rsHiti«*s ■•(
HOW HER3ERT HOOVER
ORGANIZED FORCES
Mr IP ver I’-w 'hit hr could n««t sit
in XV ehirgP ii itd un«!ti’^t.tnd !••• ‘I (•••••!
, . > i.i.-1:. n ,. ■ ■ i < I.-.. ■ I
the w>>rk wh h l:.i« r« fult.-.l in th.* ;.|>-
r -ititr.i. nt ->f tv f ^i.-rl.nK w.ir work
.r. federal n. a- t (..■ . ..uritty
1 ev.-r '■ * n t, ’.I -;t.>r\ and. g. ntl.
ru.-n Mr I'.d.n i> tight m the fr. nt rank
"So much for th. g niration. exe.pt
P« rliapg to add that . v.-t> on. of the
head* *f 'tn 40 .l:v - m« in the Washing
ton o.g.n /.alien m-w t..,. /•-- that with-
out the Statewide el gahixatlons. their
work in VVashingi.-n would eount for
notmtig. and let m. a-sur. you that not
.■td> Mr Hoover an I tt.. —•• of us in 'he
States' .otrninist r a':. r. division, hut worg-
ers all through th- administration have
a Ino-.’.-.ige of wti.at is g. t g on in lhe
SI..' H in .1 griatir .i.gre. '.him j.-u may
r.. 1 7.
"W hen we kn» w Inst surnmt r that thou-
■ ands of head of . attle w t. striving in
Western T.-vas .in.I that tad..id. seem, d
to I ■ takit g ■ >r. ..f :he s tuati.-n. Mr
Ho..v.r. noting - h. :ways dees . ut r. d
t. i* t< |.»o< was unite fortunate,
Mr I'.-deti w..- In tt -ti ng'on at the tin
n d n a v.-i v f. w . i, 15,1‘oa tons of . oi
n .t.t s.at.oti <ui.tl.in.ri I think > ■ a w I
gi. e that tr.it it ■*n|.f aetton of Mr
H ...ver an.I Mt I’.d.n was (nstt tmental
1 n ' i V .11 g perl, a ; " **. * a Hi to 1 ttlle Inal
eattle leva* Ila • l>. . n giv. n th. eredit
of that heeau*. it < .. ild tint have Been a. -
. >n i .isti.-l without the en,.-rgeii< .■ w. tk
of Mr Peden
WHEAT IS NEED
OF ALLIED NATIONS
"Now we are faced with a condition
uhleh makes our conservation no-ssag.
wheat, wheat, wheat Frame before the
w .t was the largest l.r. ad-eating coun-
try >n the world The total Intake <f
bread was 52 per cent . >ver one-half of
all she ate w as in the form of bread ’ *f
. ours, her crops have been failures B. -
fore the war she raised 31H.o00.>k>0
bushels of wheat This year HB.ooo ttoo
buahela. Why’ She did not have the
men and you kn**w what has happened to
them 1.500.000 killed and an equal nutn-
l*er. disabled l.OOi'.itOO men Based upon
imputation that 3.000.000 is the equal of
t.000,000 of our own men Think of that
(.000.000 of our own men killed ami
disabled. And then try f<» picture us In
France s position of needing the only kind
of bread ahe kn**w-s how to use. the only
kin.I of bread that she .an «. t Into her
soldiers* knapsacks, and ask your«tjf
slisl we an g. Ing to do about It Now I
did n* t come from Washington to tell you
what to tic. beeause you. gen'lenu-n. have
led the world When on March IS M-
Hoover ie--eiv.al the telegram from Mr
Peden at.out the artion of ilnmes county
Texas. It gave us new life And I Want
to < ..ngratulate the administration f**r
tlrlmes c.iunty who. I understand, is al«o
administrator for the twelfth district
"Follow mg that wonderful message
came that other m..*«.*g< that Texas had
g ne n a wheattee* |..«* f -r 45 dags
I I, « I. is result. I n milti* tt« of p 'in.ls
.*f flour being turned back into th. trade
and actuall) into the 140 ,H.und |nte aa< ks
for export to our allies ami to our own
l.oye abroad You have a right to con-
gnatnlata y .urserv. • tnd to feel that vou
are m.-mte rs of a winning team since thr
hast admlnlatratb ti ha* i»a**e.| through
Its lertod f organisation and l« n w
I- -- tnlng ut and d. ii.g the work f r
w **ir h it w . * or , n r»
MR HOOVERS message
TO TEXAS WORKfRS
tost taf. r, leaving Wa*h*rgton t a*>
ed Mr H<w<ver if he had anything p <r
to get thr ship*
•T will take the Te«aa wtl bark tn
Washington with me and tali x|r H . v.r
tl at I b'.Ve a ires, g ft n t» < ‘ t.
'see emptne 'f the Fa* Il'-Weet <1 . • t .
a II gn without » ’• if f* r a t < I »f 4
4ay.e ami 1 rg r * r c.* e.i y
I
Calome l In. * -: you i tl.iy ! You
know what calomel is. It's mer-
cury ; quicksilver. Culouiel is tian-
gerous. It crashes into sour bile
like dynamite, cramping anil giek-
enihg you. Culoinel attacks the
bones and should never be put into
your system.
When you feel bilious, sluggish,
constipated anil all knocked out and
believe you need a dose of dangerous
calomel just remember that your
druggist sells for a few cents a largo
bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone, which
is entirely vegetable and pleasant to
lake and is tt jierfeet substitute for
.alomel. It is guarantwd to start
vonr liver without stirring you up
inside, and tan not salivate.
Don’t take calomel! It makes you
-i. k the next tlay ; it loses you a day’s
work. I KhIsoh’b Liver Tone straight*
.ns vou right up it nd you feel great.
Give it to the children as well.
HERRING STUART.
I heir I
on
Lilley ami three ilauirh-
W
■ over in their auto Wetl-
L’.’.th,
of this
Howard ami
.1, IL Turiier ami son, Tom, of
1 iiuate ft iemls.Mr*.
uc*oiiiplish
III T
i B.tlIiiiL’er Wetlnestl:i v.
mt r
in c< iiL'f.it ul.it ions cud best wish
K.
and| E. E. Proctor, manager of the
llanlin Lumber yards, left Wcd-
nes<t.i\ at mton on a short business
and Mrs. .1. K. Hutton ami fam-
ily left Sunday afternoon for
Dallas on business before going
on home.
happy and prosperous
life for the young coil-
Worth. Mrs. Otis
Allen u ho is returning home from
a post-graduate course in vocal
music from Chicago, ami Miss Eva
etl in our city
Whitley, ami
young lady
intents ami <<
ami .Mr.I. Howard Hutton, a prominent
simss man of Houston, whoCAUDLE WHITLEY.
Ted Caudle ami Miss Avis
Whitley were united in marriage
Saturday evening, May 2olh at
the Xazarene church in Ballinger,
Rev. Hansen tiffieiating in the•I. W. Rodes, of the Norton
tuintrv, Martin Frick and T. L.
hapinaii, of the Winters eoun-
11 iemls ami looking after business
affairs in Ballinger Tuesday.
circle of friends .joins The Ledger
in congratulations ami lu st wish the X..clou < oimtry, were greeting
cs for a long, happy ami prosper-
W. E. llovvanl is the ne v mamufcr
in i in- city l it' the Wi< uita Valley
Oil Company.I vention in Dallas while away
from lioiue.
Smalt of Ballinger and Mr.
'ring is the son of Mr
Mr. and Mis. I,’. L. Howard, of
Wall, Texas, vv
his brother, W
< ’audit is fi.i ; nt at*' in
, who had been visiting rel-
and Ballinger friends for
davs. returned home Wed-
Ted is a son of .Mr. ami Mrs.
D I'l. Candle, of the llatehel eoiin-
trv, ami is one of the highlv rs-
iee of a few
Thev returned
I'r ink
II. i-
and Mrs.
a young
'iimn of sterling worth ami ability,
jam) nunibers his friends by the
score, ami lit* is fortunate in se-
curing for liis life's partner ss<»
Stuart stole a march
friends ami motored
Coleman, and were united in mar
day afternoon. May Mon, eamt
Kellum officiating in nesday ami two of bis daughters
intimate | left for Fort
to Bal-
linger Sunday afternoon, ami w ill
make their home on the
Herring ranch southeast
cit v.
THE WILLIAM FOX
Wonder Picture
WILLIAM FARNUM
f THE CONQUEROR”
A Gripping Drama Picturing the Career of Gen-
era Sam Houston.
Three Hundred of the Most Famous American
Indians, with Their Chiefs, Mexican Soldiers,
Cavalrymen, Texas Rangers, Trappers
A Picture That Will Go Down in the Annals of
Filmdom.
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Sam Houston WILLIAM FARNUM
Eliza Allen Jewel Carmen
Sidney Stokes Charles Clary
Jumbo J. A. Marcus
Mammy Carrie Clarke Ward
Dr. Spencer William Chisholm
Judge Allen Robert Dunbar
James Houston Owen Jones
y William Eagle Shirt
Indian Chiefs ’ chief Birrdhead
' Little1 Bear.
Indians, plantation negroes, Mexican soldiers,
trappers, guides, U. S. Cavalrymen, Texas
Rangers, convent sisters, townfolk, etc.
Scenes Early Tennessee and Texas
Monday, June 3rd
Queen Theatre White City
2:00 P. M. 8:30 P. H.
Admission 10c and 25c and War Tax
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