Denton Record-Chronicle. (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 297, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 25, 1917 Page: 2 of 4
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of
A. Nicholson. Eris R. Turner. Homer B.
Allen Marr, James Dewey C.
. i*nr< i . .1 in » *. w. —.’uno* i mm ’ in -
I and Lillie Bradford of Pilot Point were
have
£
worth
Dallas.
Classified Ads get results Try them.
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M. Jacobsen and son Laus-lard V. Elliott, Denton:
relaiivf
in
is visiting
c
visit
Bowers
I
re-
use^
returned
Crutchfield
There
these people
The
of
visit
a
But
never!
Palm Beach Suits
I
Oak property owners meet ta-
NEWS FROM LOIS
Hed
W. I
H.
here from Oklahoma.
TRY CLASSIFIED AD FOR RESULTS.
DOINGS OF THE VAN LOONS
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Tney ougnt to give Fatner sometmng nara lor a cnange
and
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vate life away from
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charged
The world
You can
Now let
.rom
that’s
Corpus Christi,
present.
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cleaned as they
should be . . 75c
£
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The choice of thousands of
America’s most conservative
business
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visited
O. IM. Curtis
Drugs .... Stationery.
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Mrs.
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bite Mr.
F.
Fort
DENTON STEAM LAUNDRY CO.
Launderers and Dry Cleaners
' Phones: Office 8, Dry Cleaning Plant 800.
GEO. FRITZ
‘‘We sell seat covers for all cars'*
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J. B. WILSON & GO.
The House of Service.
Lumber Too.
of
„„ lion Manager
| THE ASSOCIATED PRE*
ne «4. Publication Office, 37
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consulting p
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•tose near Just!
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’.he dis-
______ 35c I permanent paving of any
mail subscriptions to the Record- j towns have passed
i|cle discontinues at expiration. [
ekly entered as second class mail ni’’nI
T at postoffice at Denton. Texas, (many
lanced us,
to bo doing something toward catching!
Denton. Texas, under ari of Congress, i ,u
The
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Miss Bertie Ti
Ok., is visiting
Mrs. B. Tatum.
Miss Vera Bryant of Pilot Point was
here.
Concrete...
OLDSMOBILE EIGHT $1500.
OLDSMOBILE SIX - - - $1285.
Delivered in Denton.
< cjMce?^
• HAVEN'T
GjbT A
SSSQLj'AT
V now!___
with East and W-st Hickory and J
i-v.- ought to mak- this year and next j
|y <r establish new records We can.) •"
hilt
! ai t behind
( lake
program.
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-you dRAct;
t lie
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IT'S WKAl-LY WoN»M*FV€_,
<f»ACE »>*. wm«il I N IA
ctnrmMC t» am. as, mind*
Z^ru^ SKT
PN
A Great Help
A fountain pen you can depend upon
is a necessity in the present day insti-
tutions of study and business. It will
help to better work and more of it and
minimize expense and inconvenience. I
am agent for Parker, Conklin, Waterman.
New lots on hand direct from manufac-
turesr St.00 and up.
Eg»> ’ ■.»
WHI no doubt be
you ore now
But yoa ean-
■ at the pres-
ui Hrr htsur-
liae, day or
and overwhelmingly
dution favoring juieh action
nker Fuller seems to M'e <
,<S wi ll as
in Hud
Govmior has
Perman Summers was in Dallas.
Mrs. T. E. Bawl ins returned from
visit, with •relatives in Carrollton.
C. F. Bowers of Healdton. Okla.,
Rogers, now' Deputy County Clerk. Four i
delinquent ttax suits were filed Wednes-
day by County Attorney Hopkins.
Word lias been received here of the
death at Slidell of Otis Atcheson. son
of T. S. Atcheson. one of the best known
: uivm ... Ii.v I VMUUkJ.
[No details of the death were received,
nui ueuraseu ouu ucru m jvcure iieaiiii
I for several monthes past with inflam-
now takes her beating,
at every meeting, from
A small classified ad in this paper wtl)
bring you results.
** do quibbling, no disputes
In the conduct of this
Bp‘ can avoid it and that, vdi- u
try’s future Is imperiled, ti-
big enough to get busy and stay
7 , without perennially
O ,lent ao,i red-tai-
fore beginning
tasks before them
resigned and the
is, i folks, to one kind of folks, misses much
no I Kfith «if li anfiinoQw’ on«i Aviarl/tin
la~ | Be Able To Discriminate But Don’t
Discriminate Too Hani.
<»ne should, of course, go on all one’s
life educating oneself <o discriminate
and select, but don’t discriminate too
hard. Don’t get narrow gauge.
Life is a big thing Y’ou must keep
♦ B AMBLINGS. BV THE LOAFER. ♦
Loafer has been honored. Some peo-
ple have to work for honors and oth-
iers just have honors thrust on them.
Il is always that way and Loafer is one
who has honors stuck out to him.
i The city commission passed a resotu-
i tion that Loafer was a bad actor and
■ did not pay sufficient homage to that
I august body. Said that he was sadly
j lacking in reverence for the dignified
i aggregation that heads., the municipal
(agony in Denton. Loafer took his med-
or i .
(Amurican people will do it.
built that way.”—Baird Star.
‘S
of Boss H Kelley. Denton: Boy C. King.
ace D McKinney, Claud McClelland.
Stanley D Matthews. Vine Maxwell.;
Claude Miller. Leonard L Mitchell, Jas. ;
r “We are at war with the most re-
sourceful nation on earth, and if we
THERE’S HVERYTHINft TN IT
Some people contend that there i§
>,.y liiti^ in environment.’’ says Austin
Callan dn the vemple Mirror, “yet we:
must confess that a grain of corn w ill |
‘ ‘7 ■ • ■■ ; , a
high-ball.”
♦♦♦+♦ ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦
♦ A CORNER LN BIRTHDAYS. *
♦ Tomorrow the following Den- ♦
♦ Ion citizens will celebrate their ♦
♦ birthday: ♦
♦ L. L. Taliaferro. ♦
II♦!♦»»»♦♦»»♦»t*
W>* hate I
Pre-iH-nf ..n.I~O™V ». J h*’\” a
il'fiver the breach1 by a division ofj
hortty between the two construe* | y
I to.Goethals, management to Den-1 er
n; but it helped not at all the dif-
ences between the two were
mMIMa- Rt»<i t*
b prefers peace in his official family
he can get it, forgot his person d
sferenceTor peace and acted swiftly
? family G. Co
are throe cage*
________>Hn.
The sale of Ibr dry l ___
by the recent fire in the AATlHamk
store drew a large crowd to town
WJe'inesday and at times the crowd ‘
extended into the street. ,
Troon 1, Drnlon Roy Scouts, will
meet Thursday night at M o'clock at
the North Ward school for first aid ami
•irilt practice. All members are re-
quested to be present.
The rendition of W. J. McCray, whn
is very seriously ill with typhoid fe-
ver, was reported Wednesday to be
about unchanged, with his temperature
running as high as 103. There have hren .
no more hemorrhages, however.
The KatiT Daffan Chapter. I'. I) C.
met Tuesday afternoon in lhe Chamber
of Commerce rooms with but lpw mem-
bers present because of othw matters
occupying lhe time of Ihe^memhers
and consequently the matter*of or-
dering the monument to the Confeder-
acy was deferred until the next meet-
ing on August 24.
I. B. Miller, who has l>een employed
for some time past by the Commission-
ers' court gathering data for delinquent
tax suits, resigned to enlist in Co. M,
Seventh Texas infantry, the local guard MlTO
unit, and will be succeeded by R. Joe; parjs y(|s afternoon after visiting her
~ sister. Miss Virginia B>dl of the Normal
College.
Mrs. W. G. Davis returne<l home to
Van Alstyne Wednesday after visiting
her tiaughfer, Miss Bessie Davis.
Misses Ruth Pierce and Leola Cox re-
turned home to Ector today from at-
tending the Normal College.
Misses Velma Dunsworth and Minnie
Lee Garner of the Normal College have
returned home to Trenton
Arlington
Miss Lina Milliken has gone
Denver and Colorado Springs.
Mr. and Mrs. Derryoerry are visiting
relatives at Frisco.
V. A. Wade was in Dalias.
Kincaid is visiting his par-
kmham.
forms. Now just because
can appreciate the great master
nu reason why they shouldn't rc-
•gnizo what is good ire the lesser
man.
Perhaps it’s music in which they take
this attitude.' But because they can
.....1 the difficult and highly
I classical music is no reason for being
j indifferent to the music in simple melo-
; dies. Because one can enjoy Bach
should not prevent one from enjoy-
■ ing simple old folk songs.
He Can't See But One Kind of People.
t'r perhaps we know Someone who
' is narrow gauge in relation to human
; beings He likes only one. kind of peo-
le who don't
The building that
wears out..
You wfil use it around
your home sooner or later.
Just as well begin now.
Sand and gravel for small
jobs.
Gall ONE-TWO.
We furnish the material.)
All you need.
You can do the work.
i '-liable ground on which to support'
The I Diversity m |
tMft-Hi returned
afternoon after
being the guest of her mother, Mr* H.
II. Crawford of Lewisville
Airs. J. A. Fain returned home to
Douglass, Ariz.. after visiting her moth-
er. Mrs. C. A. Cox. wtm accoinpaided
her home.
Mrs. B. D. Wharton left this after-
noon for Hugo, Okla., to visit rela-
tives.
Miss Bonnie Bell returned home to
J?
I A«* so Ct BvCM
Kelly was in Dallas,. ,
Holmes was in Denhm
Mary Stockton of Chicago
WHY
»T CANT BS.J
TXVE' z
l dAM HS-, I
I wax'/’ J
and
Io, the
offie-* of th-
w ho
ld--as
will
ow n
-------o--r-
\ltho Speaker Fuller’s&jarges against |es
th-- fhAcrnor include both the Univer-
sity -[ii' Stidfc and lhe West Texas Ag-
ricultural and MectidhirtSl c,ollege lo-
cation. it is fairly evident from his af-l
fidavil* that the l^ter is the major i
of his indi4K*nt and that the
if he j Speaker has hrougtit in the 1 niversity
question simply because it is obviously
|3, tried -and found wanting, went i
to the discard. Vf Mr. Hurley, who
freed* Denman, vre know 'little, but
imlral Capps’ navy po^hm is war-
nt for both his knowledge and effi-
I near Gainesville are visiting their
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs,. H. H. Chris-
tian.
J. B. Wells, G. L. McLendon, A. G.
H;ibern, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Miller and
M. J Nance were in Sanger.
Cotton is looking good and will make
three-feurths of a bale per acre on
• /esent prospects.
h Of further advantage and hope
|.of>rot>ability that neither of the
appointees has been long enough
l BpoUight to spoil them and that
will be content to base their
P for future fame on the results a certainty, then they had better
achieve in dvercommg the eonfu-
Now celebrating its Nineteenth Birthday.
Starting with a single cylinder it has grown
to Six and Eight. Its popularity has also
grown until it is Nationally known as a car
of superior performance and mechanicallv
the best.
r-'.d > s-'ii-i :
sietyJ’
spP<‘!
nv»r»j ------ - - -
th,, i would—and then Loafer is
som-body wants to [ 1
,'l'~lof the reservoirs.
. ; mmw
fre-m a two weeks'
MUmmw Frances Lo
Marian Hamilton of (rfapevine are lhe
guests .Mias Chriatal Lipscomb,
Mfe. Maurice C. Smith and children,
Kenneth and Edward Batea, of Chicago
Junction, Ohio, leave for home Thurs-
day morning, she will be accompanied
I by her father. Ed F. Bataa, who will
spend the rest of the summer there.
Misses Susan and Belle Batea and Er-
nest Bates of Pittaburg, Pa., and Mr.
and Mrs. Sidney Bates of Tiffin. Ohio,
will visit in the same home wti”. LL.
Hates is there
- fl. T. and John Stewart of Argyle
were here today.
Mrs. A. E. Chriallp is in Dallaa today,
- Mrs. E. R. McClendon and haby are
visiting relatives al LaRue.
R. B. Harris is in Aubrey today on
business.
Mrs. ^Elizabeth Addi
home to Bonham this
IF ITS'S USEFUL. IT*S SALABLE *
D-nton: Horace’ Shelton “For Sale," a'1 of ,hat article-no
Garza: Jess C. Sh.-llon, Garza; J.-rry matter what is is—will help you to sell
W. Shepherd, Aubrey; James Sisson. <t for its cash value. The only test it
ti Skiles. Denton; must meet is that being well
Ponder; Michael what you ask for It. If you have some-
' ' thing to sell which meets this test, a
‘For Sale" ad will pay you. 64. either
phone will put you in touch with our
George W Terry. Aubrey; Charles B. advertising department.
Walker, Denton;
Garza; Luther G.
the first |
... work with
IhS week ell-I
th-ir physical
I carry a stock of watches a
selection from which will give you
a maximum of service for the price
you pay. In this line you will find
. products from such well know
makerSffls Elgin, Waltham, Howard
and Hamilton, and you’ll always
find the price consistent with the
grade of the goods ottered. Your
inspection invited.
O. M. CURTIS
Drugs - - Jewelry - - Stationery.
Denton ciihrtM will he given oppor-l
tunity this evening lo witness what is •
considered the preltlest and most im-
pressive of all military ceremonies—
that of retreat to ne staged at the hour
of sunset amid the surroundings of na-
ture at lliland park. The ceremony is
to be performed by the members of
Company M. Seventh Texas infantry,
under command of Captain R<wrk and
will be aeeorrtpanied with all military
honor and respect.
Ih-ginning at 7 o'clock this evening.
lh«< Young Men's Business League hand
will give a Mgicert of hand mu»k com-
plimentary to Company M and exactly
at 7 ;1& o'clock Mayor P J. Beyelte and
the City Commission will review the
troops, following which will be lhe
inillisry ceremony of retreat. Immedi-
ately following retreat, the Y. M. B. L.
band will give a longer band concert
In the band stand and later supper will
fie served Hie enihryo soldiers before
lhe visiting civilians, who will be giv-
en opportunity of seeing how and what
Unele Sam's soldiers are,fed.
Tlie entire citizenship of the city Is
Invit-'d to lltl«-li<l the review of troops, j
the rerentonirs and the hand concert. ;
thos" in charge staled Wednesday, and j
a very large crowd is expected. Ar-1
rangemenls have b<-en made with the
Denton Traction company l-> run all of
its cars on the lliland park division in
order that tin- crowds nsiy l»e accom-
modate,)
The eotnpany is comfortably camped
at the park ttiis Week and many cour-
tesies are being shown them by Den-
ton people. Blankets and other com-
forts are being supplied th-1 members
* ». I °F the company by the housew ives of
NFWR FROM I FWKV1 F lhp ci,v !<nd ,h' !,ov" reported this
fluff0 I nUlfl LufllUlluLu morning they had a good sleep last
LEWISVILLE. July 24 -Mr. and Mrs j night on the borrowed covers and all
Carroll McCombs of Boby visited L. P. expressed an appreciation of the coitr-
MgCombs and family. tesy ’r.,,------- '
blisses Geraldine Huffhines and Hel-'1 -
> n Ashby returned to Bichardson aft- r
visiting Mrs. J. K. Fox.
Miss Thelma Hamilton of Dallas
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. ", L. Ham-j
ilt-m.
Miss Etta .Mae Jenkins of th-- Denton
Normal visited h -r parents. Mr. and' doaVoring
Mrs. Sam Jenkins. 1 si.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. J. D
July 22, a bov.
Dr. and Mrs
son. Will, ar-1
San Marcus
Mrs. L. I
garet, returned home
Miss Ella Clary returned to
after visiting her sister. Mrs.
Bates.
t'li-- biggest rain in
fell Thursday mormng
W. C. McKamy was in Dallas.
Miss Irma Bruce of Denton is
guest of Miss Marie Cobb.
.Miss Annie Miller returned to
ton after visiting her aunt.
M. Jacobsyn.
Mrs. Parrott of Mart is visiting her
mother. Mrs. M. Edgar, and sisb-rs,
Mmes. M. Jacobsen and T. W. Cobb.
W. T. whyburn was in Dallas. .
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Sherrill and sons, ham.
William and Homer,
in Denton.
Miss / ' ~ '
visit to her sister in Dallas.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Brumley
j
d5. J
The Weather Man backed up in his
prediction as to the future action of the
“itements” today and said tonight and
‘’unsettled.’’ Now
may mean many
; of invitation. Loafer suggest that they a njCP gontle rain lahout twenty-four
i scented invitation Tn the “saw- hours long. It is to be desired, but in
editor and he will doubtless in- Texas the people have a habit of taking
the plant and do it in a much their weather “straight” jlist as it
dignified manner than Loafer comes without making any changes in
suspicious jf. so jt js quite likely that personal
push him in some qPSjres wj][ nof make much change in
what is dished out to a dry populace
in the way of dry weather.
However, it will be a good time to
plant, and sow. Peas and turnips will
b.. ..!! Lots of other things can
be planted now. too. Late potatoes
any keep your eye on the weather and
get them in the ground and then do not
allow the ground to form a crust over
the sprouts and you will make'a crop.
Thisffs no Weather Man’s talk.
NEWS FROM AUBREY
AUBREY. July 24.—Misses Florence
Motor Cars are sold in Denton by
J. B. DONOHO
V. Webb of Greenville is
I like the delicate .whimsicAl; visiting her sister. Mrs. J Wr Tincher,
prevent j
; f 11 n n v ’
take such a pride a
gauge about things.!
’ Why limit yumq
1'l'arnH-l' n•’ * 1,1 proud of
1 “ ing broad guage." H
1 like the authorman s characteriza-
ti'-ii ’ |
And there are a b-t of things beside |
to which it applies.
We all know people vvhn^are proud
of being narrow gauge in one lin-c-ll
j ti--n <>r another.
Perhaps it’s art. Because they are]
r r_ r . t»le to appreciate the higher forms ofj'
,nd the President dug up at rampart they take pride in deprecating and! I
if the “carry your own' meant I ridiculing all the humbler.- more con-j
(“curry your own ' troubles, the senti-(venti<>nal
jment wmri.d undergo an increase in no- they
k:*,.- |() can.y bundles; they ■ js
of flying out of
or arms, and w<> hate for,
. ■ 1 some-
thing we dislike so sorely to do. As I
t is. we i
cuurs,' We are willing to d"
or our best,
j suggests.
ir- | tion of America t
then the 'President iPf"';*l and adoption oi
*» i > , ,,'iglish-we ar,- , -
“ . I must ftp ,jj,| j)tIt ss,.
hand of anything we
more to do
nd effectively and doethals and Den-L' “"** w «*l war with the most re-j I'j” ,fl'“ kin'!. V.1.'*-1 •• u i
- - * *---------• • --- -- • - J like them call high brow. , He. has
have to sacrifice old John Barleycorn 11" llsc“ f"r anyone wfio has not the
anv other kind, <>f corn to feriri. Hie I’’• senes, the cultures, the point of
— -----. ... They are | v'*>w these people have. Now- perhaps
■ these people are the best. There is
They may bg built that way all right, I very much that is good Tmd different
•apd we have never denied their ulti-; and human in other people and any-
mate intelligence The trouble iwith ‘ one w ho confines his ability to enjoy
their ultimate intelligence tiowevdr. i?,: - f
it is too ultimate. It takes too ibng! both of happiness and wiisdom.
to come out of the trance. If thewr-;- *—* ’ - " -
| fy>n recognizes that Did John Barfey*
icorn. who has been already chased in-]
to the- shadows, must be completely >
routed before victory over miltarism is j
-X O I I » zlo ♦ I , zker K r. F* ze♦ ♦ zk
I busy and so instruct Congress. The
**fnaat**rlv ttkaJHivitv” nF -
d,«wn a re
-mal .<* well as official feeling in the* Hie p.,w'>r plant Loaf- r
m.dbT in thid he brieve* id.-ntly | for bmng misinform- tomorrow would be
that Hi, Governor has charged him-ed and hereby reaffirms all that ho has that word “unsettled”
A|11 n;,fwilh dmible-dealing jfi lhe West T v.*'*!''1 PX,>T!t that hl’ wil1 .9.1'“. ,Aac.‘! 'Hings, but'we are all hoping it means
run t<> , A A M location matter and the
listen hi, ts in that dubious result will doutd-
[••ss be thoroly aired when the extra-
oribnary session convenes What
Legislature will do when all the
donee j* m can tie no more forca.-t tlian ' . ~ .
what another jury of smaller number -••-*- ■ -------- -
Would ,j... but the member- should so 4 Hl TH CAMERON’S SIDE TALK
th< re wdti reasonably open mind- to i
act in accordance with the testimony;
brought out. and not prejudge either!
the t>ro.-ecution or the defense on the
uroim,!, of person.d feelings for >,r
against
______ _ _hen get
busy, on the ruins start to buila.
establish new records We can.I
■ >niy if the property owners will Ln where the sewers of the city do
the movement and under- congregate and then jump in or words
’ ‘ . I to that effect. The exact language qf
to do their parts in the pavingJ(hp invitation as delivered to this Loaf-
er was that he was requested to go out °f T. S. Atcheson. one of the best known
l and inspect that tank. Now Loafer j men of he western part of the county.
: duly appreciates the honor, but refus-' details of the death were, received,
,,.4 to fall for any such coarse work onjbut- deceased hed been in feeble health
I the part of the Dignified. He suspects ««'’eral mon bos past with infiam-
i that thev have nefarious designs .on the I m dory rheumatism and spent several
I..-,*— Az {v.,3 Loafer. What he fears weeks in the sanitarium here recently
thev want to get him down i r',r treatment.
- .... Loafer1 Mr- and 'Ir' M- Owens and Ben
promised to be ’good and stav away Owens returned this week from an au-
• ' ■ ", iv-iinTcgatcd ..nd mirtn to 'nP as far north as Muskogee, Ok..
Hh wants to go nowhere! and as far west as Lawton, Ok., and
He Wichita Falls. They cut their trip short
U,^ « wfpk ?,r more on account of the acci-
much out nf order at that proposed dent to Mrs. Owens, whose foot and an-
■ kle were badly lacerated and bruised
by the car backing on to her. Crops in
Central Oklahoma are very tine, said
I Mr Owens Wednesday.
NOTES ON TODAA^ WEATHER ♦
G.
Dr
Mrs.
here.
• lari
Paul
Mr-,
deprecating and: hero.
’ J. Dyche
Alabama.
. ; A. Bowers is home froni .a
-[with relatives, in JVaurika. Ok.
Mr and Mrs. Crarlie Thompson and
Mrs Mollie Howserf,»f Waco wore
guests of Mr. and Mrs. A <J. Mustain.
Miss Kit Hobson of Denison is vis-
iting here.
Mr. and Mrs. L* Caddell are 'isitintf
relatives in Oklahoma.
Mrs.'E. C. Coffey and daughter vis-
ited relatives in Marietta. Okla.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. i'c-ts
Tishomingo. Ok.. visited relativ
here.
Miss Dora Hudgins r‘turn, d to Rich-
ardson after visiting relatives here.
W. T Wilson was in Demon.
Mrs, B Caddell and daughter
turned to Granite, ok., after visiting
relatives tiere.
Misses Mae and Nellie f
returned to Fort Worth.
Joe Goins was in Denton.
Mr. and Mrs. Jess Thorne returned
from a visit at Leonard.
Mrs. Tripp is home from
in Tishomingo, Ok.
Mrs. Margaret Vehmeyer died here
Wednesday from the egepts of a spider
bite. Interment was made in the Pilot
Point cemetery. She was 73 years of
age. Mrs. Vehmeyer was the mother
of nine children, ijve of whom survive
here, as follows. W. H. Vehmeyer of
Dallas. Mrs. Mary Stockton of Chica-
go. J. E. Vehmeyer of Frederick, Ok..
Mrs. Josie Tanner of Qfflrago and
Mrs. T. E. Crawford of Aubrey.
Rev. Geo. W. Shaerer of Brownwood
is here assisting in the Baptist meet-
ing.
E. Cantrell of Fort Worth was here.
Mrs. Ola Price of Denton was here.
Mr. and Mrs. E. D. McCage and chil-
dren are’ visiting DUa^ves Jn
Oak.
Abe Caddell and family hpve moved ents at
here from Oklahoma. 1
Ed Allen was In Demon.
Percy Tribble was in Dallas.
Miss Susie Wilson, was in Denton.
^huii of Tishomingo,
tw parents, Mr. and
— —- _
DENTON. TEXAS. 4ULY 25. 1917
We invite criticism and will demon-
strate on AN^ ROAD.
SO For Wheat
visit at Halsell.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Sherrill
daughters were in Dallas.
Miss Pattie Raiza entertained . ri , ,, ...
urday afternoon in honor of Misses1 p
Annie Miller of Denton, Thelma Ham-
ilton of Dallas' and Mary Hardy of
The following were
Misses Alice Cobb, Roth Ba-
ker, Cordie Emery, Lois Ready, Edna
Ratliff. John l£v« Buster. Jim Belle
Gentry, Mertic^Morris and CeFil Bell.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Halt of Paducah 1 "
visited the family of J. H. Donald. D.,, ... ......
Mr. Slaughter and laughter, .'liss , E'ra'nk ’c0]finV"«ang<V:'‘riiiie^S.“‘ca'l-
Willie- Mae, were here from Denton. J ‘ ----- —
Mrs, E. R. Sherrill and sons wen- in,Marly E
Dallas. i
Miss Connie Buffer is home from aiGarza; Will C. Curtis. —
visit with Miss Wihie Weddington at Downs, Denton: Frank R. Elkins, San-
Terrell.
Mrs. C.
ten visited relatives at Denton.
Little Elizabeth Wade is home from , Aubrey;
an extended visit in Dallas.
T. G. and Harden Smith
Denton.
E. J. Farrington was in Denton.
Miss Wiliola Buster is visiting
Gainesville.
W. W. Smith was in Dallas.
Miss Lillie Marie Thomas is visiting
friends in Sherman.
J. B. Milliken of Dallas is visiting
home folks.
Ulric. Travelstead was in Dalles. iuarza- ueu
Little Taylor Cunningham is visiting y Hu’ffingt
[in Denton. p’=},q p.,int.
W. E. Hughes was here from Dallas, j. Jones. Denton; Dave Jester, Denton;
Mrs. John Smith and children of Ro8S H Kell<>v. Denton: Roy C. King.
Van Alstyne are visiting her sister, Lewisville: Earl Kincaid. Denton; Hor-
Mrs. R. E. Bradley, and brother, Tom
R. Hyder.
Miss Maryi Cunningham
from a visit fin Denton.
\V. D. and pt. Ha Milliken and Miss
Lina Millikenkvisited’Dallas relatives.
Mr. and Mts. H. H. Hatcher. B.
Crabtree and J. E. Henry
Worth visited T. N. Degan.
Mr. and Mrs. Cannon and sons re-
turned to Sherman after visiting Mr.
and Mrs. M. D. Eagg.
Little Katherine Louise Hatcher of
Fort Worth is visiting her grand-
parents. Mr. and Mrs. T. N. Degan.
Walter Haggard, Frank Armstrong
and Silas Harrington were here from
Plano.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Elbert of Den-
ton visited G. P. Elbert.
Mrs. E. F. Stover and daughter, Miss
Ola, are attending a house party at
has gone to
The W*st pro^osrtlon (falls for aftf ;
expenditure of only runninf foot
from each side of the alreet by omit-
ting the car tracks, whleh the Trar-j
tfen company will be permitted to' | —-------
Mfc With 4pm PXDenslve material, andi banner from the Hohenxollern ma-
pdV( wun expensive mai r . there flutter ^^^0^
if filers .to « street in the city that j -rhen (|ie peace of which you're
l needs paving worse than Oak. we don’t, dreamingwill have more, than emp-
gKnBCRfFlMN RAI EK j know where It to, considering the heavy
£ month,' deHrer^J2XT.Z"' ™40c I traffic passing over it. Denton s prin-
i$ months, by mail (in advance}....$2.00] ci pal shortcoming from a civic sland-
Mfiy mail (in advance)we njnst all adm.t it-is j
WEEKLY the character of its streets, on only ,
MT year lin advance).. --------------_$L00)ftnp wlljeh there even a semi- . .
lx month* (hl advance)- — ... 60c: iflv kind other! 'he blesslngl We are
hree months (in advance)____Jhe permanent paving ‘n> Kln,,
. ------ 1 | us in this improve-'
some of tlumi not so good in •
other wav*, have actually dis-[
and it is time for Denton]
it MCtlnon’s drastic action to,
solve the shipping board control r*v
will not only be generally satisfactory!
' lo lhe country, we opine, but it will
help In convincing other board* cmu-
and cornmitt** * th d the |
President is going t<* br>*<>k no <l* lay 1
<>\i-r .nith'*ri-1 pari
wap .. .
i tl,*’ c**un-
w.ints men
husv i bi* conlentiun. The I niversity
fere-* ing .it Dallas refused absolutely t
anv tiling h* do w ith the Governor * im-i
actual work on tpe; |>*i.(etiiii*nf and overwhelmingly voted;
Gen* rd Goefh.ds
President a*k**l for
ilwtfrnwn |D»*nnian s . .resignal/mi
-’pftoMMnably his appointne-nts
S' heads of th*’ respective
fe shipping board are m*n
• let their own dogmatic
sueh an extent that they
*0 rib other plan* th in th* ir own (j-n
gress has done its *hM->- <>r duly d.diy-
some of it because of it* own on
d .'Wfeldiness and most of it from th- p r
atotent contumacity or a small group of
•Senators But Congress rushed thru
the Shipping board bdl. il must be
- ' said to Its credit, only to ii.ee its tia*t*
jiullified by the diiatorin*** of the
: entrusted with tin- execution of
from suc-
improbatdy
notice bis ----0—
I, undertook to ..♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦+ ♦+++ t'|'
A A
FROM ANOTHER VIEWPOINT
< I M. I) +++++4
Tor our American President.
icst? 111 (rverroinmg me < oniu-1 “niasterlv inaitivitv” of Congress Ss uire is a mg ining. 1011 musi Keep
^probably abler but less well- one editoT expresses the b^haviuF ofp!!ur sympathies big and wide to get
hredeee^sor* have wrouc-ht ittiat right now is only exceeded al •' you can.
predecessors nave wrought. bv lt|p deliberate* inahtence of a small tasle '»n ' necessarily narrow
^■Kl----o-- p,.r of its metuto-rship to send this 'as'e. >t’s taste that selects the good
l-v * x. emintrv fe lire- “hSto-wows” bv dis- from the bad, recognizes the best from
the second best and enjoys ail
good.
are the best.
Moffitt, William Allen Marr, James Dewey C. Wardlow, Denton; Charles
Boyd Miller, all of Denton; James <». W White, Denton; Virgil A White
Moffitt, Payner. Robert. E. Nail and J Justin; Frank W. Whitten Elmer ok •
A. Nation. Krum; Lonnie Patman. Lewis Wilcoxon, Little Elm; Geo w
Grapevine; Hubert Pickering. Payner; Wooldridge. Denton; Joe C Wolfe, Jus-
Jess L. Powers, Roanoke; Jacob B tin; Richard V Wolfe Justin; Bertie D
Price. Denton; Lloyd Price, Denton; Wood, Sanger; John Wooley, lienton,
Homer N. Pruett, Krum; Thomas C. Richard J. Williams, — ; Clifford W.
Ray, Denton; Thomas J. Rimy-, Denton; Y mng. Sanger
David S. Rice, Denton; James T. Rus-
sell. Fort Worth; Samuel E Scivally.
Aubrey; Earl Smith, Aubrey; Ed H
Schleinat, Denton: Horace’ Shelton.
Garza; Je;
r*8 proposition looking to be-
Rhtt work. Ttie city has its
force with a total expense of .V?."vr 'n a hoe-cake than in
hundred dollars a month to
bt*
says Austin 1
I we :
I when you have such
Cbroniete discontinues at expiration.
Weekly entered as second class mail
matter C ‘
under act of Congress. March 3, 1873.
Dally entered as secono class matter!
August 23, 1903, at the postoffice at
March 3, 1873
NOTICE TO THE Pt HLIC.
Any erroneous reflection upon
firm, individual or corporation will b**
gladly corrected upon being called to th**
■KWB publishers <
Henrietta; James 1
George B Smith. Ponder;
Smyth. Denton: John Springer, Little
Elm: Roy E. Stone, Denton; Guy W
Swisher. Garza; Warren W Swinney,
Pilot Point: Ben H. Taliaferro, Denton;
Will W. Wadkins.
Waller, Pittsburg;
_ kw- i’"»ntry t» tin- ”h^-wows" by dis-
7^ .. .. puting every attempted meh of pr<»-
t consider the question of pav- gress in the war-legislation matter
I thorofare and we are hopeful
i aneeting will decide to accept
expense
a month
and figures that it san
er work than on paving
ere the property owners
accept a reasonable plan.
. S. L. C. Woodman’s salary warrant.
Mr. Woodman is justified in sticking
(with his present environment. The le-
galized Riothod of procedure in Texas
1 can
1 put by.
I! vote.
Privates- Roy N Allen. Aubrey; Bry-
an P. Autrey, Pilot Point: John F.
■"/, , G. 3.,*.'. Denton:
A. B**ll. Denton: William W.
Denton: Leonard L. Blocker,
’1 Baggs, Pilot Point;
Earl J Bradford, Denton: David H
Bradshaw. Denton: Horace T Brooks,
Pilot Point: Hugh Lee Butler. Sanger:
! Freddie A. Butler. Town Creek. Ala. ;
Robert E. Bryant, Krum: John Bur-
row. Stony; D. L. Gates. • Lewisville:
Ulea H. Cates, Lewisville; Ben O.SCham-
1.C1S. Angleton: Clifford Coberly,
Wynnewood, Okla.: William F Coker.
Denton: L. Norman Collins. Denton;
. r raiih .*1. <>otuiis, ranger. (»mr r*. tjtu-
Ivert. Justin: Robert E. Cowan, Prosper;
E. Grout, Denton: Roy W. Cun-
iningham. Argyle; George W. Coulter.
—Maurice E.
|ger; Harry E. Elljott. Pilot Point;’ Rich-
.....I -GhrG,, iz-iiLzu; Clarence F.
[Faulkner, Denton: Frank L. Fitzhugh,
Aubrey; Richard M. Files. Denton;
(Thomas P. Foster. Denton: Eugene W.
in'Fouls. Denton: Jodie D. Franks. Den-
(ton: Thomas J. Cates. Denton: Claude
IE. GaTFjaon. Denton: Richard E. Garri-
in son, PHw Point: Orion S. Garnett, Den-
,.tob: Clyde Eraves. Pilot Point; Willie
IE. Gnodger. Denton: Claud L. Godwin.
[Denton: Spencer L. Hart. Aubrey;
Thomas J. Harp. Garza : Willie F. Harp,
Garza; Lewis W. Harrell. Denton:
Charlie Harris, Denton: William H.
Hawk, Denton: Thurman B. Henderson.
I Garza; Geo. L Holmes. Denton; Troy
,j. iiuuiufslon. Denton:’John F. Irick,
Pilot Point; Will B Isbell. Denton: Sam
• Germaoy
losing out . . —--------
«ach vantage ground retreating,
lick at heart and bruised and sore:
joon or late we’re bound to can
her, and take down the fia'untlng
nor. there
Then the
dreaming 1 -_
ty seeming, and no king will dare
start scheming to incarnadine the
map: for the world at carnage
winces, and no common, garden
quinces, be they kaisers or kron
princes, will have nerve to start a
scrap. Peace I The word has sound
caressing, in these horrid times dis-
tressing. Pegce, the gueniuu of
praying fof
that boon! But, though rocky be
the sledding, fierce the path that
we are treading, there is nothing
we’re more dreading than a peace
that comes too soon. Peace, while
there is still a kaiser, or a kron
pripz early riser—war forevermore
. . were wiser, war till every man is
p with the procession of live Texas, killed; but the kaiser's growing diz-
m- i.«v o i.x.-m I zy, no more keeping up with Lit-
<-.mmunibes. Ue have 'nade a begin-1 zji.. s,,on we*n win and then get
ning
F7VUB IVOWMUH upon |
iputation or standing of any 1
tn*-
(welfare of this Loafer.
is that L .
there and then push* him in.
iwh'*n I(ignity congregated and
| was taboo. IL ■■
wlore smiles are in bad taste.
'rattier suspects that smiling would be
as i.....L ;.t r .t ..
inspection as they are at the meetings
of the commission. Loafer respect-
fully requests that the Dignified Ones
get another inspector. ,
have I Later—After the above was in type,
and readv to bo printed Loafer is in-,
formed that thru some mistake of the1
Society Editor, who now attends the,4
,1. ;>..n [City Commission functions and writes' '
-*it up in the same style he uses in re-.
d I'1*'! porting pink teas and th? like, it. was!
. -----
: inspect instead of the septic tank. Loaf-
, IT ilulv ip'd ‘ '
'said except that he will move the plac
» i___T onrrrvoal iKnf f h A
scented invitation ^o the “saw- hours long. It is to be desired.
[danf and do it in a much their
1 manner tK,‘
uspicious q
v^|hat law. Goelhals. fresh
at Panama and not
giuch puffed up ov* r the
•Work there had receiv
■ w*- the shipping board as he had the J
Panama construction- bv dictatorial ♦
Authority Denman, who seem* to have] ■
I ideas of his own. was tdmsi lf ac- He has displaced the English ‘Do your I
med to being “bosa of the works.”I*'ir b> anotirer phrase which has’ the
proper ring when belays; The world in h .in.,
(must be safe for democracy. You can j!... 1
jn tie|j> by carrying your own.' Now let 1 " . 1 s
'each patriot 'carry' his own.’”—Harnil-I) n|"'
t.m Herald. b'',int’
It-seems to us that the phraseology |
is too dignified for Hie sentiment, with
'I respect to Mr., President. The
..41, I
! lifts countrv noon which so much ^'hom lhe nation and the President are,
ww country, upon vvnicn so mucn , 1|,,)r(ll|gh)>. ln aCford, of course, prob- j
I been counted and upon who#*’ [tddy requested some special expression!
0 dOMtruclive abilltv so much de-1 f'’"m th® Mr \Viis..n to lend weight to |
, , then- revoluti'veary proposal to Amer-1
■k was doing little or nothing. i<-a »
aks to the self-opinionated egotism : [J'*11};
thjl men whom the President had (
fented wth a stupendous and a vi-ihiiity.
The President undertook to^ "p' * h'.frm*.
the propagandist* to propagand
must submit gracefully, of [ understand
■ A0 our bit - !
another Texas editor;-' - -
oul of ttie eternal dis-inclina-
put tn*’ seal of ap-
i on anything En-
willing to do it. if it
...; can't think off-
wouid dislike
I both of the men were of that hard
ided type which can see no good
r plan Dot self-ev(»|ve»i. Conflict wa*
tain CM' it came. Meantim*- ttie
(JMewnes* campaign was making'll
h>us Inroad* bn merchant shipping,! 'Cairy'j your own " propagandists, with ! humor t
ilh
♦ she all right.
T ’E I,.- pnuM7*l Il'zv*.
AltkA will start growing soon and if you need
BROAD GAUGE
Authorman ami the Wanls-to-.
had an argument the other’*
Th*- Authorman was" laughing at!
*om*’thing in the paper and the wants-;
fci-be-Cynic said. I don't see how.i
' .... ..... j a keen sense of[
really humorous can laugh at that,
horseplay.” [
“Because, my son.’’ said the Author-i hereN
man, “my sense of humor isn't narrows Mrs. C.
gauge,
humor best, but that doesn’J ]
mv knowing that horseplay is funny]
too Some people take such a pride;
narrow y “*
the sense?
t that w.i
broad guage.”
your [ visited bis sister, Mrs. E. L. Hunter.
| Miss Macy 'SunimeFs ;of Sangefr
J visited relatives here Wednesday.
George Young was in Tioga.
j Dr. Edwards of Denton was here.
■' RVan of Pilot Point was here,
J E. Copenhaver was in Denton.
Annie Christian of Denton was
ner. who will do the work gratis in]
»rii*T that ttie boy may enter the com- |
Two boys have. b*-en examined and!
admitted into th*1 unit since Us muster
into state service -Chailie Johnson and
f Robert Wilson, who were not examin-
ed at that time
Roster of Company.
The roster of the company a* muster-
ed into state s*tx ice Monday night is
as follows:
< ifflcers Noah Roark, captain; Clark
M (iwsley. first lieutenant: James Burl
Stiff, second lieutenant; Don E. West.
I first sergeant: Joe S. Stiff, Lillard H.
ILigon. A-onz.o V Price. Grover C. Gra-
. John S. Clark. John T Jones,
visited r<‘latives l Frank Johnston and Arthur D. McNjtz-
Iky. sergeants: Stanley D. Roberts. Rich-
Annie Gentry is home from a ard W Hass. I.anrence L. Fades. John
>.— \ Nicholson. Eris R. Turner. Homer B.
and Klepper, Raymond E. Fox and Tullis P.
daughter, Miss Rosa Lee, and Mr. and Hcdm*‘s; corporals.
Mrs. R. A. Brumley returned from a ” ’ *
and Bain. Aubrey; Wjlev C. Baze,
Ernest * " " ’ -------
Sat_; Bennett.
J.
LEWISVILLE. July 24- Mr. and Mrs
| tesy shown them. They are being well
on rations furnished by ttie state
and seem well satisfied with their sol-
dier life thus far and are Rapidly being!
(drilled in shape fdr Federal inspection
ls Thursday.
1 Several beys rejected on
[physical examination are al
[the others at tin1 camp I
! to overcome t.. .. ,...
(disabilities in the drilling an*l other ex-
G*'ntry. 1 ercise, while some have gone under ttie
; care of physicians to enter the organ!-1
Kirkpatrick and [ zation. One boy- H A. Powers—re-
from a visit objected on the first examination because
[of a stiff linger, will have ttie finger!
L. Degan an*l daughter, Mar-[amputated Thursday by Dr Frank Pi-I
_____ . 1 1. ___ 1 'I*:, .... v» im vv ill <1 . 4li<» rrr»iific? in !
Luis. July 24.—Mr. and Mrs. H.
j odom and Mrs. Ida Christian are visit*
I mg near Rogersville, Tenn.
Lottie and little Belle Christian of
S'We presume State Labor Comm is-|
sinner Wooilpan- considers ttiat he is
hblding on to his job by dirine right.”
—Fherman Democrat. v
’ As long as the Comptroller of Public
Accounts continues the issuance of Mr.
salary warrant.
with his present environment. The leL
jgilizeu lyeihod of procedure in I
[today is lo put by anything you
I put by. We shomd worry; we didn't
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