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WASHINGTON. March 15.—Franz Karl
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TO BAMUME-PERONNE1
RAMBLINGS BY THE LOAFER.
TEXAS NEWS IN BRIEF
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intendents of Texas homes is due
spring from Denton C. I. A. StejuH
training will be
six of the high
British Embargo on Export
of Cotton Won’t Effect U. S.
GERMANY DETAINING
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in Denton
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BY HAVING YOUR INSURANCE WRITTEN
BY PEOPLE WHO KNOW HOW
B. H. Dfea venport & Co.
silvered__40
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mail (In advance) _ 8i 00
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TO TESTIFY IN 0. S.
Denton Steam Laundry
How many of your friends hase mov-
ed away from Denton county and made
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87 West Hickory St.
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ability. It has not, of course, a* complete assortments as the cit"
priced goods, but you’ll find the quality and price of goods in m"
to be RIGHT. I’ve been selliL —■- — — — * "
antee every article in stock to
at my window display ?
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some of the things It Is being invested
in so fool(shly, as the Democrat ac-
knowledges. were abolished, the people
of Texas might be able to grasp the
opportunity to put It somewhere where
it might do real good with greater will-
ingness. Very few contributions to ed-
ucation are wasted, If any, but there
ought to be some way in which the
legislators ‘ Could be instructed what
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SINGS OF THE VAN LOONS
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CUBAN GOVERNMENT
FORGES NOW TAKING
CHARGE AT SANTIAGO I
IGERMANY WILL NOT
ALTER SUBMARINE
WAR, SAYS GERARD
ttrem . have
out splitting the
is another reason.
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PAIN7 INC-^
A CORNER IN BIRTHDAYS. ♦
Tomorrow’ the following Den- ♦
ton citizens will celebrate their ♦
birthday: +
A. Toplitz +
I have all
Jeweled
of suet
other states? Loafer suspects that
there are many. He knows that he has
a number of friends who have left hpre
in the fifteen years that he has been in
the county and made their homes else-
.where and the older inhabitants have
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y***.t>« 8ser.Mll aad bata
■t • tin* flour miitura and
aRarnatalyto whfta ofa^s arf.
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J. L WILSON & CO.
. The Cement People.
Corner N. Elm and McKinney Deliver Jt
NEW YORK. March 15.—George Vaqx
Bacon, who was held prisoner in the
Tower of London as a German spy, will
be. the American government’s chief
witness against Albert O. Sander and
Charles Wunnenberg. when-they are
tried—probably next week—for a con-
spiracy to send spies irons this country
to Great Britain to obtain military in-
formation for Germany.
The government charges that Bacon
was a spy sent for thia purpose. By
perfnissfon of Great Britain he will be
brought back on the liner jCedric ar-
riving this week.
Federal attorneys expect the trials of
Wunnenberg and Sanders will establish
important rules and precedents for deal-
ing with spy cases is American courts
under existing laws. ,
It is claimed that the men conspired
to send spies to Great Britain as news-
paper correspondent* and for them ob-
tained American passports.
Installation Senices for Dr.
Collins Held Wednesday Might
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children and relatives living away from
the county. Now those of us who arc
left behind would greatly appreciate
hearing from the absent ones. Loafer
knows that it is too much trouble to
(write to ail who want to hear from
those who have gone away so he has
secured the consent of the'management
to dfck that each and every former Dan-
ton citizen who has moved away to
write a letter to the paper.* Loafer has
th> permission of the Boss to say that
during the first week in May the Re-
cord-Chronicle will have Home Letter
week and asks all those who live in
other counties and other states to write
a letter to the paper to be published
during that week. The people you used
to know will in this way hear from
you. It will be a letter that will bring
back memories'of the long ago to mary
who read it and will be welcomed by
the friends who are stm here, as well
as to those who have moved away and
lost track of many others. It makes
no difference what you have to ,tel|^
write and let us know where you are
and any other message you have to de-
liver to your friends. Remember that
the first week in May wil’ be Home
Letter Week.
- If you live in Denton county, be sure
to write your friends telling them to
write. If you have moved away, be
sure to write. Write at any lime and
the letter will be held until the first
week in May—Home Letter week.
Loafer feels hurted at his congress-
German Consul Unable to Find
Hospitable Shore; Sailing to
and Fro Across Pacific Ocean
COPENHAGEN, March h.—The deten-
tion of two Americans m Germany, at
least one of whom is crossed as a bel-
ligerent, is reported. James Moore, an
American member of the crew of the
unarmed Norwegian steamer Storekog* failure,
which was submarined, is being held in” '
an internment camp together with three
Russians and one British subject, who
were also members of the Storskog’s
crew. The Norwegians and Danes, who
formed the remainder of the crew, have
been released.
The other American is August Hen-
ning of Chicago whose application for
permission to return to Ameirca has
been refused “for the duration of the
war."
“Just a lumber yard,” Is what many
people think when they see a «ign an-
nouncing that lumber is the principal
article of sale at a place. Did it e'er
occur to you to look into the different
articles carried in a lumber yard? It is
a regular merchandising establishment,
carrying anything to be used in the
building line. Did it ever occur to you
to look at what is included * this line*
The ladies of the city are invited to
call and go through our stock to see
what we carry. You will find many
things that you did not know were' car-
ried in a lumber yard.
V. ,zl. I.:
himself.
HAVANA, March 15. — Government
troops under Colonel Sanguily are dis-
embarking at Santiago today to take
possession of the city, a message re-
ceived here says.
The .American bluejackets and ma-
rines are preparing to embaak alter
several days on shore guarding the city
and environs.
GRANO OPENING OF SPRING
STYLE SHOW AT 8 TONIGHT
materially improve the Fort Worth park
system, already one of the most com^
plete In the state, but 'deficient
lack of a down-town park
Burnett's generosity will
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Member* th
Which visits#’
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(jagSt who showed their desire to
Danton citizens.
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*=OOT ST&Ol— XWW .
avis ATS. TTNE. Of= i
The Whitewright Sun up and says,
"If you cannot buy it in Whitewright,
do without it.’’ Loafer would like to
endorse that and in his gizzard deep
down he does endorse it, but when it
comes to real practice, ne has to pause.
The only thing this oafer can buy that
wil! fit his manly fopn in Denton is a
handkerchief. Now when it comes to
doing without shirts and trousers Loaf-
er is “in serious doubt about the advis-
ability of the practice although warm
weather is coming and personal com-
fort might sanction the fashion. The
H. C. 0. L. lias already started him to
going barefooted and he is wearing his
last season's millinery—not altogether
because he cannot find it in Denton, but
then— Oh. well, it's awful to be a fat
man, anyhow.
WAffilNGTON, March 15—The prohi-
bition of the export “f r i v cotton from
the United Kingdom forecast in London
press dispatches will reduce the imports
of Egyptian jetton to the United Slates,
but will have' no qther effect here, offic-
ials say. Egyptian cotton is used in
the United States in the manufacture of
automobile ‘.ires, thread, tape and un-
derwear. It is declared much of its use
cai^be replaced by Sea Island cotton,
'altho it is more expensive.
British Lose 78 Ships by Subs
LONDON. March 15.—A review of the
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marine campaign shows that approxi-
mately seventy-eight British ships of L-
fiOO tons and over had been sunk since
Feb. 1. The figures were compiled by
the Board of Trade.
WASHINGTON, March 15.—That Ger-’
many is determined to continue.its un-
restricted submarine warfare regardless
of the United States is the repori from
Ambassador Gerard who reached liere
yesterday. Germany, he also said, ap-
parently was confident of the success of
the campaign. ‘When he left the fopd
situation was serious, but not critical.
Mr. Gerard left Berlin when the
submarine campaign had been In prog- „WCI.
r-1— only two weeks nut the Germans jewel f
were confident that they would he able
to destroy the ipillion tons a month ex-
pected to be necessary to encompass the
desired results.
Mr. Gerard said that the 20,000,000 cit-
izens directly or indirectly taking part
in the war and the weaKhy people and
the 20,000,000 rural’ population were be-
ing comparatively well fed, but that the
remaining about 20,000,000 people are in
a serious plight. •
PRESS < n<H. rotVtRD BERNSFORFF
LONDON, March 15.—Amsterdam dis-
patches indicate tnat the German prew
has displayed a marked ciaolneiw tow are
Ambassador von Bernstorff aud thera H
open criticism for his givfnj out of in*
terviews without previously consulting
the government. The former Amba*ea*
dor is expected to ,neef*Ui< Kaiser to-
like day. He was r»reived by Chancellor vur
Bethman-rfollweg jesterday ,
A Copenhagen dispatch says the Ans
bassador showed the result of the M
vere strain when he left 4|ie<e.
Citizens of Jonesboro, Ark., teat tbetl
Senator, W. F. Kirby, thirty pieces ©1
silver as a reminder of their opinM
of him in the late Riibuster He a
greatly peeved and comes back strong
• Something near two
good superintendenyr
from C. I. A. Junr
inforced by soi
hundred Sei ‘
degrees,
homes,
Rot he
liars in the au-
klhb load of ug-
■kv that is be-
ty today an to-
has abso-gash-
■Tto be inveigled into
!8 to compete and feels
Me some explanation to his
:o his reason for not allow-
ed automobile owner to cinch
p bucks by hauling this Loafer
The automobile owners wht>
egn suggesting that Loafer ride
never said a word
pot, and then there
_________________ Gus Egan talks like
he wants in and Charles Scripture may
be in town and if he is he wants in.
Dock Wisdom wants to ride, Mack
Brownlow has some hopes and Loafer
never did like to do anything' to dis-
appoint friends of his. All these fel-
lows are friends of Loafer’s and he
wants some of them to win and he
knows that if he rode that none of
them would have a look in or a chance'
to even see that five. Then another
thing that made him hesitate is the
fact that if hettakes any of that gang
into the auto with him they would
swell up and want to claim that they
had won it. Loafer does not want any
row and in the interest of peace and
his consideration for the friends who
would have no chance if he competed he
has concluded that he will not allow
his mug to show in the midst of all
those would-be uglies.
Instillation services for Dr. Charles
M. Collins as pastor of the Central
Presbyterian church wert held at the
church Wednesday night with a ’fair
attendance. Rev. M. E. Chappell of
Fort Worth was in charge of the ser-
vices and propounded the constitu-
tional questions and in tire absence of
Rev. Mr. Dodson, who was unavoid-
ably prevented from attending^ deliver-
ed the charge to the pastor. Rev. N. B.
Baker of Lewisville delivered the charge
*■* ~ At~~ five yeftrs
ago he was a deacon of the Central
Presbyterian church and was ordgined
in the ministry while here.
D. H. S. Baseball Team to
Open Season at Fort Worth
man or rather at his senators. He had
only received two packages of garden
seed when the news comes that he is
to get no more because there ain’t any
more. He h&S a bountiful supply of
endive seed and also some several pack-
ages of parsnip seed to say nothing of
some carrots and celery, but never a
bean seed did he get and he never got
any watermelon either. Seems like the
things that this Loafer got are things
that won’t grow in Texas. Must have
thought that this Loafer was going to.
move to some other place. ,
Loafer has often been honored liy sot-
licitations to occupy > ----
tomobiles competing,/'
lest men in that
ing pulled off in
morrow. Nov '
darn lutely rei
those automo'
that he is
Xriends 8;
mg so|
that fli
arourf!
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With an even dozen counties in the
district, there are only six candidates
for Congress so far announced from the
Thirteenth. There probably will
be as many candidates as there are
urUts in the district's number when the
returns are all In.
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S. Burke Burnett—former Denton
eonnty citizen, by the way—has made
a munificent donation to Fort Worth—
the Burnett Memorial park. The site
has been practically secured at an in-
vestment of more than $150,000. and by man.”-Wise County
Something near two
the time the park is ready to turn over
to the city the investment will approxi-
mate 8200,000. ft is centrally located’
in the downtown district ami It will
COMMERCE—Prof. W L. Mayo,
founder and for twenty-eight years the
president of the East Texas’ Normal
here, died suddenly from heart trouble.
WAXAHACHIE—Hodge Marion. ‘ who
was sentenced to hang for assault on
his little daughter, had his sentence
commuted to life imprisonntent.
McKINNEY—Argument is under way
in the case against R. W. Burrage,
charged with assault to murder.
FORT WORTH—A letter has been re-
ceived here from Elbert Naugle of this
city who is now in India doing Y. M.
C. A. work in the British armv.
FORT WORTH—It is announced that
tick eradication work will be startei :n
alt Texas counties shortly afte- April J.
GENERAL NEWS IH BRIEF
cakes, muffins, combread, etc., with fewer eggs
than are usually required.
♦ WALT JASON’S PROSE POOL
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THE ILL WIND
Even as I write these stantas, there’s
a wall of grief in Kansas, for the win-
ter that is going has beheld but little
snowing and the soil is dry as' blazes
so the weeping farrier raises such a
bitter lamentation as should-jar the
silly nation. “Oh there’s been no sign
of raining," bitterly he is complain-
ing; “the alfalfa roots are dying and
the wheat is shriveled lying." Yet the
roads are vastly better than if weather
had been wetter. Forty miles an hour
we travel over gumbo, sand and gravel
and we couldn't hit up thirty if the
the roads were wet and dirty. Fifteen
million autos tearing over western prai-
ries, bearing happy people yon and
hither—letthe blamed alfalfa wither!
Fifty trillion autos burying all the
coin that we are earning! O’er the love-
ly roads we’re scooting, scorching, zip-
ping, call yhooting, tearing rubber tires
asunder—Jet the wheat fields go to
thunder I If the rain began to drizzle,
every car would be a fizzle and enjoy-
ment would be ended oh, a winter
drouth is splendid!
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ST. LOUIS—Military
started Monday in all
schools here.
LONDON—The death of the Duchess
of Connaught is announced.
JERSEY CITY, N. J.—Acting on ru-
mors of plots to dynamite the big wa-
ter reservoir at Boonion, thereby flood-
jog the Passaic Valley where many mu-
nition plants are located, the city com-
missioners have' called on Governor
Edge to provide a military guard.
British Steamer Sagamore Sunk
BOSTON, March 15.—Officials here of
the Warren line announce that they'
have received advices that the British
steamer Sagamore, which sa.lcd from
Boston Feb. 21 for Liverpool, has been
submarine ’.
$be had a *rew of fifty men, hut there
were no Americans aboard. She carried
munitionsjfor the British government,
and was -armed astern with a 4,7-inch
gun.
It was stated later there were two
America^ in the crew of the Sagamore.
Addie Green, colored, living near
Nashville, Ark., killed her husband. Will
Green, and their six children with an
axe. She confessed and said that she
was insane when she committed the
ack
j. AM PAU NO INC
THIS CHAIR.
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After a part of four days had been
spent in executive session by the Coun-
ty Commissioners court in considera-
tion of changes in the ex-officio salaries
for county officials fixed At the Febru-
ary term of the court final orders were
returned Thursday morning In written
form fixing the salaries for the next
two years. District Clerk W. E. Dur-
bin is the only official whose salary
was not lowered from the amount fix-
ed in February as a result of the closed
conference.
Early Thursday morning the written
orders were given Deputy County Clerk
Ivey for placing on the minutes of the
court, but before he had begun work on
them the Commissioners called for them •
again and went into an executive ses-
sion for a short time. One order was
taken- from the orders that had been
made and members of the court stated
that this was an order for County Clerk
Mays to nay back to the Treasurer a
sum of 8550 for clerk hire that had
been allowed in February and paid. The
first order fixing the salaries had con-
tained no _ provision for an ex-officio
salary for the Couqty Clerk, but this
was amended and his ek-officlo was fix-
ed at 8300 a year for the two years.
In February Sheriff Gallagher was al-
lowed an account for «C-offlcio for 81.200
for the two back years. 8600 each year.
Warrant was issued and had been paid
for this amount. Ah order of the court
Thursday recites that no written order
was made on the minutes for allowing
this amount and that a member of the
court bv mistake alhtwed the account.
The order adjudges that Sheriff Galla-
gher_pay back to itte Treasurer the
amoffnt of the fund and that it be plac-
ed in the General County fund.
The final setting of the ex-officio sal-
aries fixes the salaries of the officials
for the next two years, but the salary
Row allowed is only for one year and
is subject to changes by the court at
any time. The salary of Judge Boftorff
Is reduced from 81.500 to 81,000.' the
amount that It was two years ago. Dis-
trict Clerk Durbin’s salary remains at
*300. but in February it was raised 8300
frnnj two years ago.
Sheriff Gallagher was allowed 81.300
in February, but the cnanire reduces it
to 8500. Two y^ars ago his ex-officio
salary was 8500. Counfv Clerk Mavs’
salary is reduced by the final order
from the 8500 set in February to 8300
hv the final order. His was fixed at
*200 two years ago and raised 8100 In
February of last year.
Still In Session.
The court is still in session Thursday
afternoon checking the annual report
of Tax Collector E. E. McCrary for ap-
proval. They were expected to adjourn
late in the afternoon.
A letter was received from the Han-
over National bank of New York by
Treasurer S. Byrtle Beaty Thursday
morning stating that the bonds of the
Lewisville Road district cannot be re-
deemed at this time for par and ac-
crued interest. The Interest on the is-
sue will only be paid at this time.
Wednesday afternoon the County
Commissioners Court selected the Den-
ton County National Bank of Denton
as the county depository on the open-
ing of sealed bids advertised for. The
bank bid 3 per cent on daily balances
and. contracts to Ioan money to the
county at 8 per cent. Their bid was
accompanied with a certified check for
81,000 as required by law to make it
valid.
The only other bid submitted was
from the First National Bank of Den-
ton which offered to pay 2 3-4 per cent
on daily balances and to loan money to
the county at 8 per cent. Their bid
was not accompanied with a certified
check.
Wednesday the court ordered the pay-
ment of interest on all bonds of the
county outstanding and authorized the
Treasurer, g. B. Beaty, to take up and
pay off certain of the bonds if they
could be settled for par and accrued
interest.
If one of the issue of the Court-
house bonds No. 5 could be settled
as ordered the Treasurer was instruct-
ed to pay it off. There is 81,560 inter-
est due at this time on thei issue and
tha county has the fuhds to take up
one of the 81.000 bonds.
No offer will be made to pay off
any of the court house bonds No. 5, as
they are 3 per cent bonds and in case
ttm county needed the money later it
would have to pay 5 per cent more for
it. The Treasurer was Instructed to
pay the interest to date amounting to
81.350.
There are funds on hand to take up
two bridge bonds and pay the interest
amounting to 81.360 ani the Treasurer
was Instructed to so act If the bonds
can be cancelled-at this time. The bonds
are in the sum of 8500 each and bear 4
per cent.
On petition an election has been or-
dered in School District No. 14 for
April 7 to vote upon levying a special
tax, not exceeding 50c on the 8100 val-
uation. S. R. Taylor was appointed
presiding officer of the election.
Lovejoy Comegys, aged 10, was severe-
ly injured while coasting on his wheel
by colliding with an auto near hts home
in McKinney. Two ribs were broken,
but he will recover.
In many recipes the number of eggs may be re-
duced and excellent results obtained by using
an additkftial quantity of Dr. Price’s Baking
Powder, about a teaspoon, in place of each egg
omitted. The following tested recipe b a prac-
tical illustration:
SPONGECAKE
*•** wmw
Marnateiy to wtiite of agg mlitS^.’sSJ
-TAwtS
bakpjn moder ato ovan ooa botfr.
Th® old method called for etx dfcge and no baktn* powder
which aaimawilaa In agga and
imdianta malted traa. Addraae
a Boulevard, Chicago, IU.
j oniy mree sc
nings played.
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absence of Jones. ,
’or Saturday has not been
but wijl likely be com-
----- — ast recently published
with a few' exceptions.
FVENTSANDlOMMENT
BAKI»DER
Made from Cream of Tartar, derived from grapes.
No Alum No Phosphate
BRITISH DRIVING ON
ing numbers will be given at the open-
ing of the second scene and the same
setting will be used for the showing of
the models during the scene.
The Grand Finale will be the appear-
ance of Vernalia with h^r attendants
in complete court costume. The scene
closes with an interpretation of a mid-
night revelry with confetti and stream- i
era.
The Style Show continues Friday with
the autoinobilq men taking part. Dur-
ing the afternoon and evening certain
of the merchants having models in lhe
program Thursday evening will have
the models at their stores where thev
will have individual opening of their
own. Their windows will al) be deco-
rated for the day. Their stores will
be ttu-own open to the public with ev-
erything in ready-to-wear for men and
w* men for the spring and sumnrr
display
'Added impetus has been given the
opening for tonight through President
Bralley of the C. 1. A and Dr. W. H.
Bruce of the Normal College announc-
ing that their gtudenls will he given
permission tonight to attend the open-
ing. The students will also' be allowed
to attend the programs downtown Fri-
day afternoon including the two auto-,
mobile parades.
Bert Fowler has been selected as Mar-
shal for the “Free-For-All” parade at
5:30 o’clock. After the selection of the
winners by the Judges, J. J. McCook,
Mrs. L. H. Schw’rer and Dr. P. Lipscomb,
he will award the 880 in cash prizes at
the Automobile "Salon."
Nearly every dealer in the city will
enter one or more cars in the exclusive
dealers’ parade Friday afternoon at 2 30
o’clock. This will make something Eli
thirty or forty ears that will he shown.
S. C. UNU’ERSITY TO GIAT MILITARY
TRAINING TO STUDENTS
COLUMBIA, S. C., March 15.—Military
training as a voluntary course will be
introduced in the Universitv of South I
Carolina next session, according to the 1
decision of the Board of Trustees an- <
bounced today. (
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You’ll find in the Jewelry department a line of goods of strict dep
lity. It has not, of course, as complete assortments as the city Je
drawing trade from wider territory, can offer especially in I
new o-nnHo fln<j yie (jUajjty an<j price of goods in my si
• ~ been selling jewelry in Denton for 15 years and g
--------.0 be exactly as represented. Will you 1
there’s a splendid stack of Lavlllleres here from i
pjweu aZ .i& jf?* tv orate
nd settings. Priced 83.00 and up.
I have a very large stock of watches.
AWpnced ones having seven jewels up to full
pfest of adjustments. My line contains products
«r..AlI,e,I2can_!nafcerB " waitham, Elgin, Howard and Hamilton i
JD find the price always consistent with the grtule of the goods
DIAMONDS. I buy diamonds direct from New York importers a
/^utters and prices at which these goods are offered here you will Ii
reasonable in all cases I carry a targe stock of diamonds which I will
glad to show to all interested parties.
' The Denton High baseball team plays
its opening game of the season at Fort
Worth Saturday when they go up
against the Masonic Home team oh the
diamond there. While the locals have
not had a chance to -try their strength
this season, from their workouts it is
thought they have developed into a
strong aggregation that will be consid-
ered highly among the teams in this
section of the state.
The team played the Noftnal College
nine on the latter’s grounds Thursday
afternoon and held the teachers to
only three scores during the seven in-
uiuea pla.cd. Fred Cobb was in the
pHcher’s box for High School in the
Zitleman, former German consul general; The line-up ft
to the Philippines, is traveling back' selected as yel__
and forth across the Pacific ocean, un- j prised of the list
able to find an hospitable shore on
which to land.
’He was expected from Manila follow-
ing the break betwen the United States
and Germany. Then he was sent on
an American transport to Japan en route
to China. The Japanese, however, de-
clined to afford hjm safe conduct, and
he continued on to Honolulu.
Honolulu being an American harbor,
he found when he arrived there that he
could not land, and he was then sent
direct to China.
Zitleman will soon arrive at a Chinese
port only to find that China and Ger-
many have also broken off relations and
that he cannot land there.
LONDON. March 15 -British forces in j
tin* Mesopotamian sector are how thirty |
miles north of Bagdad, it is officially in- i
nounced. Samara has bscn captured, 75
miles northwest of the Persian capital.
The Russians approaching from lhe
oast and the British driving north and
northwest are getting closer together.
The Russian capture of K-rmanshah
puts the Russians only ninety mil8s
from the Mesopotamian border.
On the western front the British are
driving steadily toward Bapaume sod
over a mile and amalf front southwest
and west of the objective the British
report an advance to virtually the out-
skirts of Bapaume.
Fregch military writers attach great
importance to the British successes on
the Somme front and some experts de-
clare that the evacuation of noth Ba-
paurnc anti Pcronne is to be expected ini
a short time. Aviators' reports indicate]
that the retiring Germans sre binning!
precious munitions, blowing up cuivertal
and bridges and destroying orovidoMI
and trying to mask the withdrawal cfl
heavy guns by using field pieces furl
maintaining a continuous cannonade. J
A bumper crop of dandy good supeng
lively,
lenger.
dandy
> will graduate
.....Juntar fcass this year, re-
' . Jomgfhing less than half %
1 SemijZgraduates. who receive
. _ 3K for the superintendents of
mowever, Jhe C. I. A. girls will
Jorced to wait for any one certain
fety of opening for occupation; they
will be in a position to superintend
ANYTHING, from a home -down—or u?.
“ ‘What has become of the old-fash-
ioned housewife who grew Princess
Feathers in the yard and Wandering
Jew in the house?’ Wdl, she was home
when we left this morning—somewhat
hurriedly. She was guessing pretty
close to the brute who had been using
the peregrinating Hebrew’s pot for a
spittoon.”—Mineral Wells Index.
That Loafer man marked’that para-
graph in the Index for us to read. If
!1e thinks we are going to comment
on it he is mistaken. He knows that
we disapprove very strongly of the
creation of a necessity for the use of
such .things as the Index man inele-
gantly mentions, and he simply wanted
to get a rise’ out of us. It may have
been, of course, that he Wanted to show
that somebody else had to use them,
and he may have had a vague idea that
we think whatever that Index man does
is all right, he is vainly deluded; NO-
BODY else uses them—nobody who is
anybody. As for the Index man. we are
not at present prepared to make a state-
ment, pending our conference at «the
Texas Press meeting^ It may be that
something will develop on that occa-
sion to indicate that he has a few
measley little virtues, if he does chew
tobacco and say bad language.
♦ FROM ANOTHER VIEWPOINT ♦
W444I * I.*M. D. ♦♦♦♦♦♦
“The editor is on the rick list this
week, but we trust and believe he will
be out again shortly. This will account
for the .shortcomings of the paper this
week. His Did and the ‘hired man’ are
responsible for the issue, so if you find
any foult you’ll know who to c-c-cen-
sure.’’—Grapevine Sun.
We thought it was a better paper
than usual, and we haven’t any foult
M find except that Dad must have
tought the hired man would do it and
Jiired man must have thought Dad
Nd do it, and between them, they
the paner go to press without the
trrere iits attached to the editorials.
*Now that we have limited debate in
Senate’ writes a hen-pecked sub-
©er at Van Alstyne. ‘how would it
|o have it in the home.’ ”—Sherman
FMn the general air of hopelessness
vading the inquiry, we are sure he
s have it in the home—limited to
. aide only..
t firm in another state addressed a
letter to a easterner, naming him. Room
So and So, Amicable Bqilding, Dallas
ed that when the railroads figured up
the cost of relocation of tracks and
other improvements necessary they
would decide voluntarily that it were
better to build an adequate depot in-
stead of “getting by" with a makeshift
'^arrangem nt that could be satisfactory
rca^only a limited time at best, and
’ while'Hie Commission neither announ-»
ced its ■ decision nor when it would p^oir homes in other counties and in
announce It, members of the committee
believe that the decision would be
reached within a few weeks, altho it
may not come until after the Commis-
sion's engineer has made an inspection’ friends galore and many of them have
trip and filled his report.
MI i -----o-----
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦M^WW-lHM-M^Hri*
Travis county is building tarviated
roads at a cost of about 83,560 a mile,
and Travis has one of the best road
systems in the state.
Focal committri*
t >itol in behalf of
securing a new depot were very much
gratified at the courtesies tendered
them by the Railroad commission, be-
fore which they appeared, and at the
attitude ofrihe railroad representatives,
satisfy
. There is every reason
to Relieve that a majority of the Com-
misaioners favor ordering the erection
of a new depot; but it is certain there
will be some relief either in a new
structure or In the relocation of old
tracks and considerable improvement
and enlargement of the present depot.
One member of the Commission believ-
WASHINGTON, Marcn 15.—Informa-
tion which former Ambassador Gerard 1
has laid before tn? State department I
refutes the various statements that |
Germany might be contemplating alter- [
ing its campaign of -ruthlessnesa to I
avoid war with the United States.
President Wilson and State depart- I
ment officials expect Germany is fully I
determined to continue the submarine i
war in violation of international laws ‘
and in face of the fact that such a pol-
icy probably will lead to war with the i
United States.
♦ it RUTH CAMERON’S SIDE TALKS. ♦
♦♦♦♦»♦»»»♦♦♦»«
WHY I DON’T .ANSWER. , <—
Truly 1 do not mean to be rude or un-
appreciative or unsympathetic.
The explanation is meant for a cer-
tain class among my readers, the people
who write me anonymous letters, ex-
pecting an answer in the column and do
not receive 1t.
These letters are of various typtes.
One is the letter which asks me to
write on some subject dear to the read-
er’s heart but not of general interest.
For instance, one woman wants me to
give sdvice in regard to how tenants
should treat each other’s children,
whether you think it best to mix with
them if you have none of your own. I
will look for your answer in my paper."
But That Wouldn Interest One Half of
-One Per Cent.
Now suppose that among the rest of
my readers five per cept live near their
landlords, and one in ten of these has
had trouble on the children question
That means that such an article would
find a response in the lives of one half
of one per cent of my readers. I ought
to do better than that.
.Again, I am asked to give advice iq
situations where advice is useless. For
instance, what to do to put things right
between a girj friend who is generally
regarded as engaged to a young man
and the young man who has recently
.started going about with another young
lady. The girl knows about her rival.
“If yon knew how I feel,” urges the let-
ter friend, “you would do what I ask
out of sheer sympathy."
The Man Mu*4 Know He Is Being a Cad.
Bless your heart, so I would, but it
docf»h’t seem to me to be a situation
where advice would do the slightest
goal.
Again there is the letter friend who
askfe me to write on some subject I
h“ne d'cS^to *"!h" by°'ot‘herlhjloj“ f>o*uie eo^MloS "rXf
Will I write on what would happen if 10 -e con^gation. Twent
everyone told the truth, or will I have
the article on “Calm" repeated.
Of Course I Should Love to But—
Gladly, but alas, there are the nine
hundred and ninety-five* to consider as
well as the five who might be inter-
ested.
And lastly there are the people who
write me wonderful little notes of ap-
preciation and then wonder “if you will
ever receive this and how I shall know.”
You won’t know individually, but col-
lectively please know that I thank you
from the bottom of my heart and that
I hope someone else will be as good to
As a lucky fellow, R. S. Rutherford
<rf Dallas stands high. He was thrown
from the Dallas-Oak Cliff viaduct and
landed in the bottom of the Trinity
river without being hurt.
Mrs. Tiechman. lh?ng ten miles from
Gordon in Palo Pinto county, wants to
adopt four Chicago babies. Well, liv-
ing ten miles, from Gordon in the Palo
Pinto mountains would make most any-
body adopt something. One fellow liv-
ing in those mountains some years ego
adopted a blind tigea •** * •
A robber held up the night operator
at the depot in San Marcos for a sec-
ond time the other night and took 824.65.
The operator recognized him and told
him thatx since he had been there the
first time that the agenff did hot Jeave
him much money.
A masher in Dallas passed a note to
a girl and when a big double fisted fel-
low tapped him on the shoulder and
called him out he almost had heart
. He was so relieved when he
found that the caller was a detective'
that he entered a plea of guilty and
paid ten dollars and the trimmings with-
out a whimper. Some things are worse
than a fine and a big relative of the in-
sulted girl is likely to be it.
Way over in Sweden a man went into
a cigar store and bought a box of ci-
gars, giving in payment a fifty dollar
bill. He was very accommodating and
accepted less than the. usdhl rate of ex-
change and the storekeeper was happy
until he found out that the bill was is-
sued by the Confederate States of Amer-
ica.
R. M. McElvaney, a service car driver
between Mansfield and Fort Worth, was
absent two days with his employer’s
car and the owner could not hear from
him so he filed a charge of theft and
when McElvaney showed up he was ar-
rested and put under 8750 bond. Theo a
farmer who lives near Mansfield showed
up and stated that he had employed
McElhaney to follow some horses he
had lost ’’until he fotnd them." Mc-
Elhaney made good and traced the
horses way down in Ellis county and
found them. The charge was dismissed
and apologies were in order.
W. H. Polser of Hebron wrote to the
McKinney Examiner and gave a history
that gives a black eye to the man who
is always howling about 44 being im-
possible to get ahead in the world.
----. r . J' Pulser came to this countrf from East
first six weeks of the unrestricted sub- Tennesee and wvrtced with his father
‘ on a farm in ' Collin county on the
halved He says “Then we had nothing
but good health—31 years agr
have 825 acres of good land_______
and Collin counties. It required hard
work to do it bue we did it and it can
be done yet. We bought grew coffee
for nine poiinds to the dollar, hogs
at 5c, horses for 850, cows 825. a fat
hen for 25c. Land was worth 830 per
acre but the chance is .just as good
now.” J
The woman who went to Washington
adopt a twenty-five cent menu"wag la-
‘ ____a
hotel.^ “Oh, consistency, thou art a
Up in Mineral Wells a cat was walking
alon^a fence and feU c-^ zl ' ‘
head™n the fence, effectually
himself. Please send us a phi
of that fence. «
• TTiree bonds of the Lewisville Road
District were ordered paid off with the
interest and exchange on the Issue. The
interest amounts to 83,450 and the three
bonds to 83,000
and tried, to get President Wilson
ter caught eating a 82.25 meal at
•’ “Oh, consistency, thou art
Texas. It came straight to Waeo—never
wrw* saw DallM.”—Waco Timec-Herald.
Well, didn’t you«know that according
to the .doctrine of predestination aome
things are predestined to be lost from
Che beginning?
“The anti-Frans hold forth on Friday
evening.’’—Dallas Times-Herald.
And when those Dallas politikens hold
forth they hold forth.
“After all, it is the friendships ar man
makes In this world that count the
most. Sometimes wnen the clouds
gather and the world looks blue,
one feels that all that la left is himself,
but when in times or trial his friends
raity to him it is yvorth more than sil-
ver and is more precious than gold.”—
Bay City Tribune.
» The Tribune men mast be convales-
( cent from lagrippe. As for us, w<* never
____ get blue. Our disposition is naturally
entered as second class matter sunny, and when consideration of the
t falls to bring a j-oseate flush of opti-
’ mism to our ruminations, we can repair
with real cheerfuinexs to Etta Wneeler
Wilcox’s famous deduction that “What-
ever is, is best.” Besides if we ever get
so blue as to feel that ourself Is all
we have left, wed feel compelled to
commit susancide, because ourself,
however much we would resent the
insinuation from any one else; falls a
great deal short of b«mg enough worth
living exclusively for.
"The people of Texas may be given
an opportunity to give’ the public
school children of Texas free text books.
If they are they should not hesitate to
do so. Their money is being spent for
a great many things tnat are not doing
half the good free text books would
do.”—Sherman Democrat.
But it is being spent all the samif. If
f__* 'J ‘ *
in so foolishly, as the Democrat a<
kuumrupr:.!. v»r7,c awuiiaiivu,
of Texas might be able to |
opportunity to put it somewhi
Ingness. Very few contributions to ed-
ight to be some way in which the
. jislators' could be Instructed what
the people are not willing to spend their
money for. and be bound to respect the
instructions. -
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