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CHARLES J. M’CARTHY
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$165,000 STOLEN FROM
BANK NEAR PITTSBURG
Responsibility For Death
Carranza Denied by
Revolutionists.
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RETAILERS SEE NO
CHANGE FOR LOWER
PRICES FOR MONTHS
LARGEST SUM SPENT
IN WOOD CAMPAIGN
MASS MEETING OF
FARMERS WILL TAKE
UP WAGES AND LABOR
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MONTHLY MEETING OF
CITY COMMISSION TO
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labor 1$ Called Upon Io
Make Chance In Congress
Piano and Violin Recital by
Miss Camp's Pupils at High ■
School Auditorium Saturday
2T Pader e wskl
.opto Mu*ky thin
••oh other at
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BILL MYERS CLUBBED
SUNDAY NIGHT BY
UNKNOW ASSAILANT
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*Z I votes
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CASE OF MCA1
Thia le the i .
ROV«ral weeks.
> a Vela
Moseev-
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Would Boost Rates from 23.91
to 30.95 Per Cent Over
the Country.
Curtailment of Buying May
Mean Reductions Some
Time in the Future.
through.
Job. If you
H will coat Smoot nia
Bettor kill time with
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NEW YORK—A strike of Co 000
longshoremen is threatened here as a
result of the United States Supreme
Court’s- decision barring them and
other ship and dock workers from in-
B.YSSW88S> & ’"'-i-e-f-
LIVFHPOOI. HAKKKT CLOSED
LIVERPOOL. May 24—Today being
IVctory day. the cotton market w»»
| elosed here.
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foe ^rufC future
Ti ara la more In this life than the mo-
ment'a reward.
A part of ourselves for the future la
Sterad;
Our chlh* “
.. ear 1
. 'Depend an eur thought sad the work
"*C ot our hand;
Oh. our glorious flag
from the sky,
•holly we live for ourselvea till
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fflcer wonday aftewwoit. ’
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The hext generation, which now aeema
Depends upon us, upon all that we are;
Wa might take from this life some
r<..pa>.«”rb’..........
Lj_ muatjMy;x |
There are some thint-
work for and hlehd^H
■v than ourselves and our own
ent need.
\Somethfag of na muat live on tlir
Clt6 y®ATO,
* nUr* Wh*P th*
nroat feel In Its paleae the ]
ipn&? wutch comae from i
PITTSBI’HG. May !J.—Six
and armed mtn. entered ul
National bank at Flndleyville
foro noon today and after
OPENED AT AUSTIN
of Neither House in Session Until ]
After State Convention
Tuesday.
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NEW YORK. May 34—The favor-
able National dinners’ association
port wan reflected in 1 ‘ .‘5,
to 43 points at tli«* opening of the
cotton markej today. At the end of
first 15 minutes the market was steady
and about 20 points under Saturday’s
close. Opening—July 23; September
35.29; October 35c,
Cotton closed steady at net decline
of ill to 52 points. July 37.1ft; October
34.20: December 33.12.
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>.<»mnnn to trnMH MdRAc stfi.
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the aUteH^bnV.n‘t^\^^J».n' {MJ •
Ittlft-2believed that ajnong the sub- -i
lecta **uru to l.e snbrnHted arc the rata- 1
Ing of the road bond maximum intereat - 1
to S per cent; exempt municipal bonds * J
taxation; amendments to the • 1
state fire insurance taw so as to reor-
ganize that body and permit ft to as-
sess the full 1 s-4 prr cent tax on an-' J
nual grcaa firo. premroms for che aw?7---J
port of the commission; thg Cox bill 1
Placing gas pipe lines under the Juria- » 1
tin I,h‘,1R“.‘,r°ad Commission:
thi M< Nealus boxlnh commission bill
«'»':ocu*e<l by posts of the American
J.'? 1Hn‘1 t>,-ot"bly amendruenU to - j
l,hr2’l,i?,i*”r*nJwnA* law BO «» to. make
t fN'tlble and to perFJc soning ItFfix-
ing rp Ini in um wage*. J
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The statement
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UNIF CATION OFM.E,
CHURCHES IS ADOPTED
DES MOINES. May 24.—Th* commit
tee report on unicatlon of the Metho-
dist church with the Methodiet ohttreh
South wmh adopted st the general con-
ference here today. The report recom-
mends a joint convention of the two
conferences not to exceed 490 members
Traffic Congestion and
D
ARRESTED; CLEAR 1
CREEK IS SEARCHED
DALLAS. Texas, May 2,4.—The stat*
executive ccmmlttcea of the republl-
arwi -«4etrw-rw+4e part fee of Jf>xws
in session today In San Antonio
I nd Dallas, respectively, completing
plans ami preparing reports to be sub-
rtiltted to the state conventions of the
two parties to be held tomorrow In the
citie stiamed
The republicans expect to elect deie-
gat,;: to cast twenty-three national
convention votes and to discuHs. plans
for putting out a full state ticket.
The democrats will select delegates
cast . forty national convention
s M. H. Wolfe, democratic cnalr-
urged in ^statement that 20
women be named as delegates.
With the exception of one .vote the
, republicans’ will go 40 Chicago nnin-
1 st riH'tedil as to presidential preference,
: Chairman Phil 11. Ftaer sal'!.
There are no indication
I cratic convention's aetlbns 1
residential ciimllitnten although Wm.
McAdoo has been endorsed bp-
few county
Dallrts is
masked
he First
.... ... j just be-
fore noon today and after beatting
John Jones, the assistant cashier. Into
uncor •ciousnerm. escaped in ap auto-
mobile with 3150.009 tn securities and
315.000 cash. A peisae was formed a
few minutes after the robbery and arc
reported to be close rrehind the men.
Officers made a search of Clear
Creek bottoms Sunday for Jim Cham-
pion. whom they are seeking In con-
nection- with the strootipg of a negro
woman in the eastern part bf the
county Friday afternoon. Tracks were
found tn the bottom lands that the
officer* bdlieve were made by the ne-
gro .hut no trace was found of him.
They believe the negro is In hiding
still in the bottom lands or at a uegro
house.
So far as the officers have been able
to learn he has not been seen singe
they last saw him Friday afternoon
where he was chttaed over a territory
of about fifteen miles.
MARKETFTODAY
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senator and Kovernor „f »4,w York,
born at Amherst. Mass. Died at Can-
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DENTON, TEXAS', MONDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 24, 1920.
. May 24.—Karly re- 1
• . - . . . ’ or rtolse Penrose is
seriously sick were falty contradicted
(nSnv tn n stnlnment ulvrn nut al rhe'
senator's home here,
says he is merely
home by a slight
would attend the republican
tion at Chicago.
HEAVY INCREASE IN
FREIGHT RATES TO BE
ASKED BY BAILROADS
He did not look back to see'if his
sailant fokrwed him or went in
HUthir direction. He stopped at
Calnoun home on 2
Sheriff Cootie was notified.
• pre-con vention contribution,
I and expendtures fot boU] repitblcan
1 anti democratc partes;’ ha professed
I to have a very haty knowledge of
[the Wood campaign expenses and con-
I tributl tnp. He said he was acting on-
ly In supervisory capacity. He had
nothing to tto with ITS* Itnandtal And of"
the campaign he Insisted.
Head of Tiiiiily Uiwsity
WAXAHACHIE. May 24.—John "H.
Burma, D. D., has been selected to suc-
ceed Dr. 8. L. Hornbeak as president I
of Trinity University and will Inks
his new position Juno 7. Ha comes
from Dubuque, la., where he Is vlce-
proaldent of Dubuoue University. He
formerly lived in Texas and was at
one alme pastor of the Second Presby-
terian church of D©Hm.
First Christian Church Io
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c?MM!!ffRE®RTQNl
Equalization Work Monday
The County Commissioners convened
again Monday morning as a County
r.......'. :: _..J expect to j
I finish the first checking of the list
] Monday hlght. Dates will ti^ei ‘
information f
PRESIDENT OF FRANCE
FALLS FROM MOVING
TRAIN; SLIGHTLY HURT HEAR ROUTINE MATTERS £
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’ARlfU May 24.—President Paul The monthly meeting' of ‘The City ‘ gti
at t ;. ;
7 :30 o'clock ■
meeting.
Commissioners May Finish
hairman W. It. ;
not know of i
Mayor, Henn’en requests that any cit- |
liens having matters they wish to re- 1
port or take up with the Commission
be present and do so Tuesday nlgLi.
He also reqUCSTW that +f nnyese ilealrea
information of the citv I
they he preaenf ar d the
will be.secured for them.
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Tha m.mX.7sHp oftThr¥Tr\t Chris-'
tian church has purchased a tot «n
West Sycamore street, just west of
Center street, on which a modern
parsonage Is to ba built. It was an-
nounced Monday. The contract for the
building has not been awarded but It
Is planned to begin work within a
short time.
that they are the
i present condi-
tions. they claim the propaganda
about reductions in prices over the
Country makes them the “goat,
whereas they are not to blame, be-
cause of the prices they must pay the
Jobbers. All merchants who were in-
terviewed said they are making leas
profits on the gooda they sell now
than before the war. No one here an-
nounced any expectation of making
reductions in prices soon, outside of
the usual spring sales, claiming that
they are now paying more to replen-
ish their stocks than ever before. In
fact. Invoices were shown to prove
. that such stuff as sheeting, ginghams.
etc., are being quoted by the jobber
higher than many merchants are now
asking retail. One merchant said the
public could watcji the published mar-
ket quotations on staples- and find the
prices are not being lowered.
While some merchants frankly state
they do not know what the situation
ir to be in the near future, a great
majority of the well-informed express
•■the opinion that through the curtail-
ment or credits lessening purchases
to some extent therp Is a llkelt-
- hood of more Stable prices in the fu-
ture; that prlqes probably have about
reached the limit, and that gradual
reductions may be made after a while.
They think tne stabilising of prices
probably wilt be brought about thru
the tnarchanU._ buying smaller stocks,
which win help manttfaettjrehi catch
op with the demand. Ttiey say that
Jobbers and retailers do not want too
much merchandise on hand at present
prices. Then, they expect the lessening
of credits and the tightening up In
the money market to stop so mucn
luxury buying and lessen the demand
on the part of the public. If these
things are brought about and produc-
tion more nearly equals the demand,
they think that In time prices probably
will he lower. About the only encour-
agement they see for the consumer
for the present Is that prices probably
will not go much higher.
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ton In tK lnt«reat« of •Wt
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Hawaii, desi0ft.’.i9d by th. Mtn.
I that rw.pt th. Unltad Stataa,
prohibition proOUmg, too, ao-
to GOV, Charlo. J. Med
WASHINGTON^ May 24—Louis
Morenrs, Mexican latior leader and 1Bla[<)
agent of the revolutionists here to- | state
day presented to Secretary Tumulty a
message from General Obregon which
assured the president of the deaire of
the new government in Mexico to
maintain friendly retaHmis with the
United States.
H« defiled emphatically that the rev-
olutionists were responsible for ex-
Presider.t Carranxa’s death. Accord-
ing to advice to the State department
from y>e American embaassy at Mex-
ico City. GfneraL Muriel, Carranza
leader, has been granted safe conduct
to bring the body of Carranza to Mex-
ico Ci tv
l«r Hobby
rd he fav-
large. composed
------------UTON, May 94 Under the
signature of President Samuel Gom-
. „ K;V^hecu^nTTi’Lft^TmeHfir«5i uniisiidii wiuigii iu
Hat of corporation profits Is printed
and It Is declared that while twenty-
one enumerated corporations last year
received 435 per cent profit above nor-
mal and the Increase In the cost of liv-
ing was 93 per cent, tho average wage
lncrea»e waft only 55 per Pent. He de-
mands an Immediate readjustment In
wage, public and private, to af least
meet the living cost that has <out-
strlpp^l incomes "by reasofi of thia era
of frensled profiteering and gambling."
Mr. Gompers says the working .peo-
ple are now speaking tn a mandatory
voice, ond that these in control of
th. legislative destinies of the coun-
try muat heed. Re nay. President Wil-
son proposed measures of relief ----
that Congress gave no h»ed.
Fifty Persons Jump from
Burning Hotel In Patterson
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WASHINGTON. May 24.—Increases
in freight rates of 30.43 per cent in
Eastern territory. 30.95 per cent in
Southern territory and 23.91 per cent
in Western territory to. meet the dif-
ference between the 9 per cent return
of property Investments permitted un-
der the transportation act. were advo-
cated here today by Howard Elliott,
chairman of th* sub-committee of the
general rate committee of the associa-
tion of Railroad executives. In a state-
ment before the International Com-
mere. cotntnittM.
Mr. Elliott points out that for the
country as a whole the returns are
said to have been slightly more than
one per cent.
The 11,017.000,000 additional reve-
nue which the railroads are seeking
through Increased freight rates does ,
t»ot take into account any increase in ;
Wages which the labor board may i
grant to the employes. Mr. El Hott J
Boise Penrose is Denied Changes in Machinery Cause
ADKKPIA Mmv 24 - HafIv ru». ®
, of Ho Low Grade Cotton Market ^
that >P Um urn have adjtmted tlTrtr ---!
chlnery to spin and weave th. bMt
fcra£e» oo‘reason, given by J
*• nrwuwrl oo«1Mv44**hHhm* of iDtf- 7'’ini
kets and warehouses for lack of knar-
bales of low area. „
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TODAY'* WEATHER
_... Wvatoer F.reeaat _
tonight aad Taesgay. partly
' > cloaaiy to cloudy.
irMth^g f?
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entranc. into th.
PARIH. May 24.—President Paul
Dcachalel had a narrow escape from I
death today when he fell from the :
door of a moving railway train at Mt. i
Garts. No one in the party was aware
of the’accident and the train proce^l |
ed for forty miles before M Deschanel i
He was picked up unconscious by
workmen who believed him Insan*
when he revived and insisted he was
the President of France.
HIh condition Is neteterloua. He was
leaning on the door of the apartment
when ne fell.
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CHICAGO GRAIN
CHICAGO. May 24.—Cosn opened:
May 31.72 01.72o; Juuly, 11.53 1-2©
1.52: September, 21.43 1-2*1.49 3-4.
Grain futures opened Irregular but
rioveC steady higher under tihprt cov-
erings in corn Shortly before the
close dbrn was 4 to 7c above Saturday's
finish. May oats were 3c above the
previous clfts*. July 2 to 2 1-3c and
Sept. 1 J-J *to 1 1-4c up. Close- Corn.
Mkr 1.13 1-1 July 1.31 to 1.31 3-3; Sept.
l.K» 7-3 to 1.51 3-8; Goats—May 99.1-3.
July 88 to 87-8.44 Sept. 24 7-1 to 1-8.
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- DENTON. May 84 —Produc.
two. toter wor«t •
J*- -........
’lens, par Io.
rollers, per 10. w„__.
GOVERNMENT SPENT
OVER $900,000,000
ON ROAD OPERATION)
WASHYNrrmN.' May 24 —The
ernment loans in the operation
railroads during federal control
3SWO.478.0Q0, according to the final
port of Swager Shirley, railroad ad-
ministration director of finance. Of
this total 3377,513.000 was chargeable |
directly to an excess of operating ex- I
'“ Park Committee Makes Report
i al C-C Directors' Luncheon
—
' The recently appointed special com-
I mitten io Investigate a proposition for
I establishing a park tn Denton made Its
I H( (|1(, noon-day lunch-
I eon of the Chamber of Commerce di-
rectors. However, tne report was not
[ final, and the committee whs inatruct-
! ed to go Into ihe matter further. A
reilort on negotiations probably
be ready within a short time. It I
is thought. ! i >
The directors passed a resolution re- < >
questing the city commission to en- < ,
force the ordinance requiring connec-|<k
tlon with the sewer system in a die-I < ,
trict surrounding the business section. I, ,
Seventeen directors attended the I,,
luncheon Monday. ; ( ,
FLASH WHINS
WASHINGTON, May >4. PrUeMzat
WIlMa scat a recast ta UragrM. f.r
aatlWrtty far the Ualtod fitalwa ta take
a maadat. •ver Ana.ala ta rmapil-
aace with tbc rcgacat of daa.Reas.
roaferraec this aftcrca. “I argcatly
advts. and reqwret that Cougreoo gruat
the legiolstlve power to accept 3ar the
Uuitrd ©fates a ataadate .ver Arats-
la”, the President said la hie meoMigr.
ST. LOUtN, May Rreught tPom
TaUea. Okla., WM. Lm4. ta aaisti
tjro Wrgwry eharg.., Th
---t, aa ezpreo. wag
---ifemwd. acewrdtajr ----—
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-SSTFXhIM-J.
The piano and violin -pupils of Miss
Virgie Camp kave an Interesting re-
cital at the High School auditorium
Saturday afternoon at 4 p. m. The re-
cital WAP htgtm with questions and
Both ‘de’paTFm.^s kftssUCamp’*”
show a good technique, and every
number was enjoyed by the audience.
Decsorvlng special mention was the
stressed study of Beethoven’s life and
of bls famous composition Minuet In
G. and played by Miss Thelma Cham-
bers. The following program was giv-
en:
Little Minuet
Martha Elbert
Mary Spairi
My First Dance Stelnhelmer
Ells.beth Elbert....... ?
-A THrtterfly *r:~r7:—~ “1_“
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Camilla Walts —..t.----------- Behr
Grade Lee Robinson
A Dream (violin) Reaslaud
Alma Gerlack .
The Rose of Youth Stone
Linka Chambers
March of the Mummers
Alice Foster
Minuet in G Beethoven
Thelma Chambers
Roten's Lullaby (violin du«t—Krogman
Alma Gerlack and Mlns Huffman
Song Without Words .*. Queckenburg
Robbie D. Foster
Valae . Dvtgnd
> Minuet Paderewski
L r • Vivian Chaml>*T2 •
Big Crowd Attends SfngIng
1 Coflienttan at Cooper Creek
I One Of the largest crowds ever at
I a singing convention in the county at-
tended the district convention held at
th* Cooper Creek church Sunday. A
number of olas... from over the-dis-
trict wore present and an exc.11.at
srww'jsr 8L
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njamin F.
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WASHINGTON. Mav 24.—Charges final
that the federal trade commission in- • will
vestlgatlon of the Utah-Idaho
compnnv is being imm 11 n an effort to
defeat him for re-deetlon was made in
I the ttrnntr today by Senator ttrnnot,
NEW YORK COTTON | republican, of Utah. Sentalor Smoot
YORK^May 34.—The favor- read copies of telegrams alleged to
— w.■«,»v,<t re~ 'have been sent between an atorney in
gains of froth 22 the investigation and George “
cf the of Salt Lako City in which tL- ....„.
* nev asked for aadvlcr and Sanders Te- |
plied, "Sugar magnates anxlousyou get
, palmer should keeu you on
keep going tprs months
stmgje scat.
Washington
IN ONE STATE $15,000
WASHINGTON. May 24.—Frank H.
Hitchcock. pn« of tha Major GeneraJ
I,eonard Wood's campaign managers,
told the senate investigation commit-
tee that so far as he knew the largest
sum spent in any state by the Wood
organization was 315.SO0 In New Jer-
sey. He added that ttie next largest
was $12,500 in Maryland.
Mr Hitchcock said that in New York
"as in, a number of other states.” the
Wood suporters financed {’"the whole
campaign in thetr own way without
asking ajULlatauce- from the Wood or-
ganization.
The Johnson organization spent
thing 313.211 In New Jersey, McSween of the |
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thousand nine hundred dollars was I
spent in In^iauna, he added.
IflTCHf OCK HAS l.lTTItE KXOWVi
waves so ’high that many employee i . KIMJE OP KXFKNItK. 1
matte s living without working all the1 WASHINGTON Mr.v 24.—Denial that;
Hrm so the manufacturers claim, he possessed any knowledge of the use ;
Ard too it »a, said, not as many of a slush fund in the General Wood I ,
me/nt.ers of the family work as form- <’an,paign was made today by former sie<iK,. place
er^v'* because the head.of the family ! Postmaster Genera) Hitchcock before -
mikes enough for' his family to tiva the senate committee appointed to n-
on without other members having to vestigate p.
--------work. Cox Lon and wheat
been short and are expected to be I —-
shorter tow year- * iui producuuu far i.■ £ “ amtt71i
behind in all lines, merchants do not [ »"* Wrroa cAmpaf
thtnlr prices can come down for a
time. As a «oncr»t« example of the les-
senlng of production, one merchant
said he tried to buy overalls from a
Dallas manufacturer who told him he
had sold all the overalls he could make
for the next six months. He then ex-
plained the situation by saying that
before the war he had more than 300
machines In operation making the
-- overalls; that the machines were on-
4t.«ra,w* j>rfrrii»etty by wives and daugh-
ters of N.rklng men In DaHas;--that
now the head* of the families were
maklfig big wages and did not have
Any saloons In which to spend their
money, and that as a consequence the
women mepnbers of the family did not
have to work and he could get help
to operate only eighty machines.
The retailers deny that they are the
' We under tne present condi-
They claim the propaganda
reductions in 1
______J makes them
whereas they are
Bill Myers, grown son of Mrs. Kate
Myers, West Sycamore street, was at-
I tacked by an unknown assailant and
1 struck over the head With a large club
’ when passing the rear of the R. A.
Z-^ '„ on Pernard street. Had
he not seen the blow directed at his
head he would probably have been
knocked uneonsclops. He dodged from ,
Hie blqw and Ln. tills way brake the . »»« mls»md.
force enough that it did not., knock
him down, and he ran calling for help.
He did not look back to see'if his as-
the
the
Bernard street and
121.J. A search
of the neighborhood failed to straw the
assailant.
The attack occurred about lULLtt
t o'clock Sunday night. Mr. Myers was
on the. way home and when he turned
into Bernard street he noticed someone,
walking ahead of htm and walking
slowly. He continued on and just as
he passed them glanced around to see
the blow directed at his head. The
club teas about the size of a baseball
bat. he thought. Myers dodged, began
running and calling for help. •
The motive for the attack is un-
known and Mr. Myers said that the
party did not appear familiar to him.
though he did not look at him closely
when he passed him.
Teniperatave
Minimum today'
Rsroiweter Headings
7 a. m. today ; jo.Ot)
2 P. m. today 38.27
Relative HumMtty.
ni' ,o<laY 87 per c4nt
Observations by Jno. W. Crain,
I volunteer weather observer.
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FORT WOHTH LIVESTOCK
FORT WtlRTH. May 24.—Cattle re-
ceipts 9,51.0, beeves 3 to 10; stockers 8
to 9.50; cows 3.25 to 9 25; heifers 5 to
11: lulls 6 to7; calves 5 to 11.25.
Hog Receipts 2.500; heavy 13.75 to
14; light 14 to 14.25: medium 13 to
13.75; mixed 12 to 13; common 11 to 12;
pigs 8.50 to 10.50. WAMIIW.
Sheep—Receipts 2,000 lambs 1 fol 2;
yearlings 10 to 11; wethers 8.50 to.
9.50: eWes 7.50 to S.BOffi culls 4.50 to |
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wrtgnt NEW ORLEANS. May 24.—Cotton
futures opened steady 15 to 30 points
above Saturday, final figures on the
National Ginners’ report and several
options advanced 3 to 33 points further.,
close was sassy at 30 to 51 points net
decline with the exception of May
which closed 20 higher. May opened
49.50. closed 40,55; July opened 87.50.
Closed 87.10; October opened 34.80.
Closed 34.17. »
There is no prospect of any material
reduction In the price of staple dry
b.'“;
merenants. The reports of price-cut-
ting over the country mean little, as
It Is very sporadic, and principally ap-
plies to a few luxuries except in
cases of overstocked or poorly financed
. ^'Den^a’n’retaners y<U*Playr<l
to Show that shoes, cotton goods and.
in fa«t, nearly every line, of
stuff, at present is wholesaling for al-
most-as much, and sometimes more,
than the local retail price. If a ma.n
has the money to carry on his busl-
nMis he certainly can not afford to
make a reduction of 15 to 25 per cent
on stocks that cost him more to re-
place than his present retail price,
one merchant said. . ~-
A big reduction In the w&el£M19-J*”*:-
price of silk has come about recently
and silk goods should go down im-
mediately, it was said. There are in-
dications that a few other things that
might be termed luxuries Will sell for
less in the immediate future, but the
conBoriBUH of opinion amohC Denton
merchants itemed
-all price* will be aa if not high-
er. naat fall than they are now.
There la a tendency on the part of
both jobber* and retailers to buy
■mailer stocks, merchants say. Thia le
because they are expecting a price re-
▼tirton downward to-come aome
and do not want to be caught with
suchxlgrge stocks on hand. This may
tend io let production catch up with
the demand. ir> which case, they »fty.
—"" prices may be reduced. However, * this
"W4*uld not come about for months, as
mrrchaTrtB ire ~nnw buying their win-
ter and fall slocks and are paying ad-
vanced prices for them.
The proprietor of one of the largest
dry goods houses in Denton Monday
—-— tn «n interview blamed the high prices
on lack of production more- than any-
thing else. He said that manufactur-
ers claim they can not get anything i »> >.. 11 in rvew jersey, Mcnweei
like the production they got before j Johnson organization testified,
the war. Wages are very high and as I thousand nine hundred dollars
a consequence marTV workmen in the
factory districts do not work all of i
the week. The hours are shorter and I
es so high . that many employes |
e a living without working all the 1
so the manufacturers
County Agent Franw Phillips an-
nounced Monday that a mass meeting
of the farmers ‘ of Ltenton .county had
beep called for Saturday afternoon ai
2 o'clock at the courthouse to discuss
the labor shortage and to effect an
agreement of a fair wage for the work.
It was said that this meeting was
brought about by the shortage of labor
tn the cotton crop and mainly through .
tal^r.rs In parts of the county de- -
manding 31 an hour for farm work.
Mr. Phillips said this had been done
in the country surrounding Denton.
Sanger, and Justin and that exhorbf- ,
tant wages had been demanded in
other parta of the county.
Mr. Phillips aaid labor war very .
short in the cotton fields and that It i
might be necessary for the county to ,
send to South Texas for Mexicans to
handle the cron w*ith.
County Agent Phillips U in Sanger
Monday afternoon investigating the
labor situation there and attending to .
beys club work. He will be in Krum I
Tuesday afternoon’ to assist in a co- 1
operative gin plan.
Prof J. N. Thomas of College Station
is to ba here Wednesday to spend two
or three days with the dairymen. He
Will spend ono day at Roanoke where
they have recently opened a milk sta-
tion.
BOTH DEMOCRATIC AND
REPUBLICAN STATE’
CONVENTIONS TUESDAY
’,*rthl” *
lil» KHVSUWS ATTITUDE TO te
.MMB.
?"■'« ■ssrw
Washington and ylll o„ Thursday J
read a coniunleatton from Secretary of
Agriculture Mfredltn at a joint sea- I
•ton of the Legislature committee vx.
the gr v r mm ent's atUfttfe
.witXi9eJer"n‘e t0p,nk boU wortn
Charges Trade Commission
Investigation ot Sugar Is
Being Used Against Smoot
However, tne report
that Sapati
today tn n statement given out at
■aanStAr'a S.j.Bwvaa kzs>s>A( Tha sadaOAats
• confined
Cold and
AIJSTIN. May 24.—While many ng-' ~
. islatora were leaving today W ttt .-il
convention at Dallas, which con.
, venes tomorrow, the oink boll worn
I investigation committee began rS
I of. alle«®<l infestation In
Southeast Texas with a number of '•
witnesses already here. Sixty witness- i
e« have been summoned. C. I. Marlatt. I
chairman of the Federal Horticulture I
Board, arrived today to testify. RniB* - -I
W. Bryant, assistant attorney generaL
t“" been a"8,*t'e<l to aid the commit- I
-m.Tho IIou8e adjourned till Thursday I
The Xenate. not having a quorum, •
cesaed until tomorrow and will have
to recess day to day until a quornm
Is obtained. -5?™?
—
,U tne, ■> m-r-.y LI,--1
claim, ho possessed any knowledge
many of a slush fund in the Gen
Postmaster Genera) Hitchcock
of the demo-
regs rdi ng
>Ugh Wm.
has been endorsed by a
conventions.
. .. already crowded with dele.-
i .......-......- .........- the CttJ’ ' gates and visit' rs. Governo'- Ur.i.nv
j Commission will be held at the -City | arrived v-yfrrdny and rtreiarvi
Hall Tuesday evening at 7:30 o’clock • ora a delegate at ’
with only routine’ business matters ex ; one-fourtfi women,
pected to coma before the
Mayor H. Y. Hennen said Monday that |
be did not Ixncw of. any matters ot
importance to xMgne up at this session |
of the Commission. ---- »■- >■
Mel.'lurkan said ha did
any special business.
\.f «a «rVv ■- 11 n V, swIl. Wave* ■,
izens having matters they wish to
so Tuesday night. [ Board of Equalization and expect
’■ .; ^Trsal finish the first checking of the lists by
business that Monday night. Dates will than be Bet
j for hearing arguments from'the prop-
erty owners as to why the reeoiw-
; mended changes should not be made
! permanent and . the property owners
I will be notified to appear before the
board if they desire.
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