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DENTON. TEXAS, APRIL 19, 1916
What part of an auto?
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BOMBARDMENTS MARK
GERMANS TAKE QUARRY
tures at Verdun
Court Since Noon Tuesday
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SHERMAN MAYOR QUITS
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GENERAL NEWS BRIEF!
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TREBIZOND FALLS TO
RUSSIANS’ ATTACKS
REGULAR DEMOCRAT IS
LOUISIANA NOMINEE
ENTENTE’S REPLY TO
U.S. NOTE ON ITS WAY
School Boy’s Idle Remark Is
Cause of Run on Chicago Bank
See the all-steel lawn mower at
er»’.
PARIS, April 19.—The eastern section
of the city of Belgrade is practically
destroyed by fire. Thousands a*e home-
less. Belgrade was the former capital
of Serbia.
Nine Leave Here for the
State Penitentiary Today
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Greece Files Protest with
Entente About Suda Bay Use
ATHENS, April 19.—The Greek gov-
ernment has formally protested to the
entente allies against the establishment
of a naval base in Suda Bay, on the
north coast of Crete.
Strike In New York Town Is
Increasing In
Martial Law Put Into Effect
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Central Presbyterian Services
Services were held Monday and Tues-
day night and will be held tonight at
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Charles M. Collins is delivering a strong
and interesting series of sermons on the
"Last Week.” Tonight his subject will
be "The Day of Retirement."
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There have been no orders entered on
the dockets of the County court since
noon Tuesday. The jury for the week
was dismissed Monday and nothing oth-
er than non-jury cases, pleas of guilty
and probate matters are scheduled to
come up during the remainder of this
week.
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Try a can of HEINZ Cream of Peas
Soup. T. W. LEVERETT & CO.
NEW ORLEANS, April 18.—Ruffin G.
Pleasant, “regular” democrat, defeated
John M. Parker, progressive-independent
democrat, for' the governorship by a
majority of about three to one. Pleas-
ants headquarters claimed the majority
would be 35,000 to 40,0000.
AUSTIN, April 19.—A typhus fever
epidemic is reported by the Health de-
partment. There have been seventy-
two cases since January 1, twenty-six
being reported since April 1. The cases
cover eleven counties.
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HASTINGS-ON-THE - HUDSON, April
19.—Martial law is in effect and stat i
troops have been called as the resul:
of rioting which became serious amon r
strikers of the National Conduit Compa-
ny. The mob attacked Jhe plant witl i
bullets and stones.
They’re quite determined that
won't
Co-operate with me;
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CHICAGO, April 19.—The remark
of a school boy that "Pa said the
bank hadn't much money,” started
a run on the Logan Square Trust
and Savings-Bank on the North side
here last night. The bank paid all
depositors’ demands and the run
was stopped.
There’s many a
the lip and the J
between making
vent, a nd ietti®
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[in advance)...
; such levity would pai nand shock
; some eighteen hours they toll,
between the hour of their upgetting,
rand their retiring, tired and sweating
and caked with fertile soil. We boost
and praise the festive farmer, and say
he is the honest charmer who keeps the
nations fed; but, by the boosters, bards
and sages, of him who tills the land for
wages, there’s mighty little said.
of their good impressions and much of
their moral strength to resist foolish
and pernicious habits from their moth-
ers and the women with whom the as-
sociate. Tbe purity of women is the pro-
tection of the state and the nation.”—
Cleburne Enterprise.
Of course you are right about the
evil principle of the thing, but you
furnish a more striking example of the
inconsistency of man than anything
else. A few weeks ago we has occasion
lo remonstrate with you for referring
• with an accent of approval to your dear
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*9*9* I. M. D. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
DON’T BLAME ME.
I’ve looked at them until I’m most x
Distracted; they are all
Quite well as finger tips should go,
But they’re no help a-tall
To me right now; they all curl up
And try to hide when I
Look at them with a “Can’t you think
Of things?” look tn my .eye.
Or else they range stiff in a row
All obstinate, and stare
At me in such a silly way—
Fd like to pull my hair.
They’re not intelligent this morn,
My finger tips; I see
invented a dear old grandmother out of
the fabric of your vain imaginings. Par-
ticularly when there was all likelihood,,
because of these same ideals, of
having to throw the gran<ip^Q>,er over
in order to takersityj^SlTtne same hab-
it more delicatej^jnterpreted by young-
er wo^je^xTyour own generation.
‘ SAN AN T" NI", April 18.-Marked hos-
tility from Villa sympathizers and sul-
len unfriendliness from many of the
Carrancistas is the treatment the 17. 8.
punitive expedition in Mexico Is meeting
with, altho some of the Carranza offic-
ials have displayed friendliness.
, There has been little actual work in
the pursuit of Villa -since the Parral
attack.
The troops ordered to reinforce Gen-
eral Pershing number 2,300 and come
mostly from the troops along the bor-
der, from the Sixth cavalry, the Seven-
teenth infantry, the Tenth cavalry, the
Twenty-fourth Infantry and other bor-
der guards, altho the 800 men at Co-
lumbus, guarding the principal military
base along the border, have not been
disturbed. It became known that Persh-
ing asked for more troops some time
ago, but that General Funston feared
to weaken the border points.
ARMY REORGANIZATION
BILL PASSES SENATE
Have some extra nice California Ripe
Olives. T. W. LEVERETT A CO.
No Agreement on Sugar Repeal
WASHINGTON, April 18—Majority
Leader Kitchin reported last night that
House and Senate conferees had been
unable to agree on the sugar tariff re-
peal bill and that he would ask today
for absolute repeal of the free sugar
law instead of agreeing to the Senate
amendment *to postpone placing sugar
on the free list May 1, 1920. There is a
strong belief in the Senate that even-
tually the House bill will have to be
accepted.
The Cheapest Money—
----Ever offered in Denton for building home*.
----Do you expect to build a home or residence.
- -For rental purposes I I can furnish the Money.
OF eovRSK.
ON ACCOVN-r
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SAN ANTONIO, April 19—General
Funston is awaiting advices from Wash-
ington regarding the future o fthe ex-
pedition.. It is at a standstill now.
When 2,300 troops are ordered from
the border stations to go t<y Columbus
to strengthen General Pershing’s Com-
mand in Mexico, the only, available
regiments will be at Fort Ethan Allen,
Vermont, the Third Infantry at Madi-
son Barracks and Fort Ontario, New
York, and the Thirteenth Infantry,
Plattsburg barracks. New York.
It is unofficially said it is possible
some of the militia may go too.
Tennessee Governor Sets Day
for Prayer to God to Guide
U. S. Actions Regarding War
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Eight defendants convicted at the last
term of the District Court and one
sentenced in a suspended sentence case
are to leave here this afternoon at
6:20 o’clock to be taken to the peni-
tentiary. Sheriff Pat Gallagher receiv-
ed word Wednesday morning to have
the mpn at the station to meet the
train and they would be taken in charge
by prison authorities aboard.
Oscar Johnson, a negro, convicted and
given thirty years on a charge of mur-
der, will not go at this time as he'has
given notice of appeal. The court grant-
ed him sixty days in which to prepare
bills of exception and a statement of
facts.
The nine to leave here this afternoon
. are as follows:
Ed Moss (col.), convicted in one case
each on charges of arson, burglary and
assault with intent to murder and giv-
en an aggregate sentence of 55 years.
Will Frank (white), convicted for the
murder of *C. H. Frank and given a sen-
tence of three years.
J. C. Cross (white), convicted on a
charge of burglary and given a sentence
of two years.
Mike Goosby (col.), convicted on a
charge of burglary and given sentence
of three years.
Henry Lewis Sears (col.), convicted
on charge of burglary and given sen-
tence of five years.
Nelson Davis (col.), convicted on
a charge of arson and given sentence of
five years.
Walter Goodwin (white), sentenced
on a suspended sentence of two years
on a convictiofi of forgery a year ago.
Two white youths, Dewey Ross and
Clarence Jones, convicted in two
charges of burglary each and given sen-
tences in each of two years, have al-
ready been taken to the penitentiary.
GENUINE BUTTER NUT BREAD
Rich as butter—sweet as a nut. Sold
only by Turner Bros.
VON IGEL'S RELEASE
DEMAND OFGERMANY VERDUN ACTIVITIES;
‘ WASHINGTON, April 18.-The German
embassy late yesterday demanded of the
State department the immediate return
of papers and documents seized by De-
partment of Justice agents in New York
from the office formerly occupied by
Military Attache von Papen, and at the
j same time requested the release of W.
von Igel, Von Papen's former secretary,
arrested on an indictment charging con-
spiracy to blow up the Welland canal.
The Slate department Counsellor im-
mediately advised the return of the pa-
pers and the release of Von Igel unless
the offense charged against him was
committed before he became a member
of the embassy staff..
Serbian Cajrttai of Belgrade Orders Made ln •Ml
W. M. Harper Somewhat Better.
The condition of W. lil. Harper, who
has been ill fo rseveral weeks, is
thought to be somewhat better and he
is resting fairly well now.
BAmJEESESES
NASHVILLE. April 19.—Governor
Rye today issued a proclamaion to
Tennesseeans designating Good Fri-
day, April 2L as a day of fasting
and prayer to the end that “God
may guide the actions of America
relative to the great war in Europe.”
AVAILABLE ANY
Still buying and extending Vendor’* Lien Note
ing mortgage* on dear property.
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TEAGUE—E. B. St. Clair has been ap-
pointed city manager of Teague. v .
GREENVILLE—C. B. Christian, aged
40, of Lone Oak was found dead in a
room at. a local hotel. A bottle that
had contained poison was in the room.
GAINESVILLE—B. F. Johnson has re-
signed as secretary of the Chamber of
Commerce here. He will become sec-
retary of the Wichita Falls organization.
AUSTIN—Sam T. Baggett of Austin
and T. E. Hayden of Moran, represent-
ing the State University in the negative
side of the preparedness question, won
the intercollegiate debate from the Ar-
kansas University here Tuesday night.
DALLAS—Port O’Connor has been se-
lected as the new cite for the Epworth
League encampment, which will be held
this year July 28 to Aug. 6. The former
site for the meetings was at Corpus
Christi.
WASHINGTON—Cone Johnson, solic-
itor for the State Department, will re-
turn to Texas soon to complete ar-
rangements to resume the active prac-
tice of law in Tyler this fall. Mr. John-
son has not decided whether or not this
will involve his resignation as solicitor.
FORT WORTH—Harry Cheatham, 6
years old, was run over by an automo-
bile and killed here Tuesday afternoon.
The child was being led across the
street by its mother when struck. J. W.
Jennings was driving the automobile.
AUSTIN—More than 1,500 students
and 150 faculty members will take part
in the mammoth Shakespearean tercen-
tenary celebration wiiich will begin
Saturday to continue four days. It is
said this will be pie biggest celebration
of the kind ever attempted in T£xas.
McKlNNEY—The trial of Dr. David
B. Teem, chiropractor, on a charge of
unlawfully practicing medicine, result-
ed in p hung jury. The case was then
compromised by which Dr.Teem agreed
to cease practicing in Collin county and
to spend three hours in jail and pay a
fine of 850. •
PETROGRAD. April 18.—Trebizond, the
most important Turkish city on the
Black sea, has been captured by the
Russians, according to an official state-
ment, which does not say, how’ever, if
the strong Turkish force defending the
city was also captured.
Joint operations by land andjjajffl
forces effected the important' .
which is a serious bj<j^’,-to the Turks
in that section. Yl^bizond is 575 miles
east of Gongt ujltinople and 100 miles
north^n^zerum, another important
strategic point taken by the Russians in
“the present campaign.
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tdbay filming the home talent “movie” I
drama and with his party of local char- I
aeters spent the morning at the resi-1
dence of Cuvier Lipscomb at the corner
of Wert Oak and Fry streets taking in-
door scenes. The scenes to be taken I
during the afternoon will be mostly I
on the square or near it.
Mr. Jamieson expects to complete the
work this afternoon and the comple-
ted film will be returned here Tuesday
of next week for showing at the Dream-
land Theatre Tuesday and Wednesday.
Mr. Jamieson Is well pleased with the
manner in which Miss Helen Miller is
showing up as leading lady and with
the work of Ben Ivey as the leading
man. Where there have been takes
showing the other members of the cast |
they have made a good appearance that
is expected to register to a good advan-
tage on the screen. Dr. W. A. Jones
took the role of the father, who is ver>
fond of his daughter but stern as to
who may marry her. Three scenes were I
taken at the Lipscomb home Wednes-1
da<- morning, one showing the proposal,
another the father sending the suitor
away and the final scene of the play I
wherein all ends happily and father I
gives his consent.
During the afternoon a scene on the
square showing a purse snatching es-
capade will be taken with another near
the square showing a hold-up in which
the leading lady is kidnapped and later
another showing her rescue.
j The final scene to be filmed will, be J
the rescue of the leading lady from’the
third floor of the Elks Hj^l^ during a
fire. Smudge pots wilLbeused to give)
the effects qf a fire and the Fire De-
partment jwlll make a run to with the
,--TeqOjpjneni including the new
!..._ engine. It will probably be 4
o’clock before the making of the scene
is reached.
Bennett Wooley, Sam Williams and
John Colt will appear In the hold-up
scene as tramps. Misses Nina Allen,
Gladys Bates, Nell Willis and Pauline
Stiff were filmed this morning as
friends of the leading lady and will
appear in other scenes this afternoon.
Thousands Homeless In Foimer
Carranza officialdom seems to be some-
what like Bret Harte’s “heathen Chi- <
neae," and frequently beyond the com- '
prehension of direct-thinking Ameri- ?
cans. The coincidence of the Villa re- -
port and the attack al Parral on Amer- '
lean soldiers seems a bit suspicious, al-
tho there is apparently no connection j
between the two widely repara^^jy
. eidents.
WASHINGTON, April 18.—An army re-
organization bill that would produce a
regular army and reserve military force
of 1,000,000 men was passed by the Sen-
ate last night without a record vote. It
is a substitute for the Hay house bill,
and the differences between the two
will be worked out in a conference.
The bill, passage of which was has-
tened by news of the President’s inten-
tion to lay the German controversy be-
fore a joint session, provides for a reg-
ular army of 250,000 men against 140,000
provided in the Hay bill, retains the
plan for a Federal volunteer army re-
serve aggregating 261,000 men and fed-
eralizes the National guard forces with
an estimated strength of 280,000 men.
In addition to this combined force of
790,000 men an amendment provides for
the creation of a school and college
youths' reserve corps which would re-
cruit a force of trained yoyng men^
schooled under regular army offii^st
of a strength estimated anywjj^re from
200,000 to 400,000 men. <
NDRWEGUOUMER
SIM; CREW SAVED
April 19.—The Norwegian
ler Terje Viken sank Monday at
___Bay, west of Lisbon, following
three explosions on board of the ves-
sel, Lloyd’s reports say. The crew was
saved. The steamship sailed from Gal-
veston March 16.
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LONDON, April 19.—The reply of
Great Britain and France to the Ameri-
can note concerning interference with
maritime commerce by the entente al-
lies has been cabled to Washington.
TYPHUS EPIDEMIC IN,
11 TEXAS COUNTIES
AU cheerful like and spry.
“A banker’s daughter, whose father
is rich and who married a rich man,
has filed a petition in bankruptcy, lia-
bilities about three thousand dollars.
She says she is absolutely broke. One
of the items in the schedule of liabili-
ties is cigarettes. It is unfortunate that
high society women use cigarettes. Of
course they have a right to use them.
They would also have the same right
to chew tobacco and swear, but -when
they resort to such practises the human
. race begins at once to deteriorate, for
he town? Let’s consider it and let’s j children must necessarily receive many
le an Invitation, backed by definite
to the association to hold
nion this year in the county
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"to^UMTwertdiy Record-Chronicle discontinued at expiration,
s second class mail matter at postofflee at Denton, Texas, undei
, March 3 1873
second ris— mail matter. August 23, 1903, at the postoffice at
under act of Congress, March 3, 1873.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
>• reflection upon the character, reputatia* or standing of any
_ or corporation will be gladly corrected upon being called to the
(By Associated Press )
Spirited bombartaent of positions
south bf Haudremont woods on the
Verdun front east of the Meuse last
night is reported by Paris. No other ac-
tivities are reported.
Germany claims the capture of a
atone quarry south of Haudremont
farm, thus completing the previous
day’ activities.
Germans in addition to the capture of
Steinbruch from the French also yes-
terday repulsed a British hand grenade
attack St St. Eloi. Several mines near
Neuvllle and Beauvraignes were also
exploded with good results, according to
the Berlin statement.
The total German captures at Verdun
now total nearly 40,000, Berlin reported
and the names of the French prisoners
will be published to offset the French
denials of the German claims
Paris reported that bad weather was
Interfering with the Verdun fighting.
The violent attack between the Meuse
and the Doauaumont region was repuls-
ed except in one point where the Ger-
mans penetrated a first-line trench and
were subsequently driven out by a
counter-attack.
The British are again being driven
back in their Mesopotamian campaign.
The London statement jpep<-rted that
they had been forced bag1- * “ ----** ’ J
the Turks on the southN
.gris, In some back* t’w
ing as much as 800 yafll
Str Percy Lake’s report.'
Ithimporti
practical ecom
to ask herself
wDo I prefer a pure baking powder like
Dr. Price’s, made of cream of tartar derived
from grapes, or am I willing to use a baking
powder made of alum or phosphate, both
derived from mineral sources ? ”
The names of the ingredients printed
on the label show whether the kind you
are now using or any brand, new or old,
that may be offered is a genuine cream
of tartar powder, or merely a phosphate
or alum compound.
There is no alum nor phosphate in
PITTSBURG—An exptosion in th?
Iteidriburg plant of the Aetna Cfremfrt 1
company caused a loss of 950.000 Thp
company is filling-war orders
WILMINGTON—Pleading guilty to
charge of piracy, Ernest Schiller wai
sentenced to life Imprisonment hy ths
Federal court. He recently took posse* -
sion of the British steamer Matoppo olf
Sandy Hook. .
NEW YORK—Demands for increase 11
wages for 5,000 telegraphers and sigm 1
men on the New Yot < Central road h< -
tween New York and Chicago will fcB
made soon. -
W’A8HINGT0N-LiUle hope for a n-
the Central Presbyterian church. Rev. duction in gasoline prices Is men by ei -
peds of the'Bureau of Mines, in a stab -
ment just issued The report says thi t
at the present rate of production, th#
country’s supply of crude oil will be ei -
hausted tn twenty-seven year*. Tt e
statement says that relief esn come onl r
through a process to obtain more gai -
oline from the oli. X
See the Jewel Gas Stoves at Evani’
[ won’t
Go tripping over my
' Typewriter keys and think a pome
the fireside smoking a cob pipe. At. the
time we didn’t believe you; the picture
simply happened to appeal to your im-
agination just then and you adopted a
has cob-pipe grandmother, but all the same
■ —i ought by this time have allowed
ir ideals and opinions to have be-
ne more firmly fixed than to have
HIRED HANDS.
Upon the farmers’ rolling acres, the
hired men, husky harvest makers, now
push the gleaming plows; all day above
their tasks they’re bending, and when
the twilight is descending they milk
three thousand cows. They rise before
the dawn is breaking, and give their
sweat-stained mules a raking, with
brush and currycomb; with pails of
swill they go a-reeling, to feed the pork-
ers, loudly squealing as they blow off
the foam. They feed the calves and
groom the chickens, and milk more
cows to beat the dickens, before the
rise of sun; and while the rest of us
are snoozing, the glory of the morning
losing, their day’s work Is begun. The
eight hour day? Don’t josh or mock
thepi;__‘ 1, - -
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. DENTON
STEAM LAUNDRY GO.
own" to “ourn" (which is even now
the popular mode Df expressing the
claim of personal property) and reduc-
ed it finally to “r-n,” in order to get it
small enough to allow the addition
somewhere of the sturdy oak. Then
somebody in the crowd with a genius
for euphony hit on the proper arrange-
ment of the letters, “Roan,”- and the
elderly settler added the oak. It just
happened that when they went to have
v. it recorded the recorder wasn’t as good
middlewavs, he wasn’t a speller as some of the other big spell-
- - - * ■ ers of the “good old times" of which
hear so much, and he spelled it
“Roanoke,” instead of “Roanoak.” Arid
then the man with the poetic mustaches
insisted that as it was writ, so should it
“our be. So Roanoke it is.
DOINGS OF THE. VAN LOONS
JeAM-r t I Gjse THS. WAR. L
rJ e* _ 1 is a ^rea-t '
HA . MA’
tha cup and
■ a lot of difference
fa. topographical sur-
the contract for the
i building. But with
regarded as Step No.
4, the purchase af the site as Step No.
f, we may count'the beginning of the
•urvey of the site as Step No. 3, toward
giving Denton a handsome Federal
• building some time in the future—let us
hope not tpo far off. The results of
the present survey go to the Archi-
Sect’s department at Washington as da-
ta for the plans to be worked out by
that office. With the plans completed
and bids advertised for we shall be ap-
proaching the consummation of our
hopes. It is not impossible that by 1918
the building may be begun
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With a call Issued for the Old SetUers’
association directorate for next month,
why shouldn’t Denton make an effort
to secure the 1916 reunion ? But if Den-
ton does seek it, we should all join to JHL_____
see that we follow the “preparedness" They’re quite determined that
principle and be ready, to give the Old
Settlers an entertainment, befitting
ourselves as hosts and them as-honored
Denton used to have—and we
some of it was deserved—
as being a poor entertaln-
een several years since the
lly set out to have a big
mer picnic of any kind, but isn’t
vsslble that under present circiim-
ees and with so commendable a pro-
1 as an old settlers' reunion, we
ild remove the old reputation and
rt on a show" 4hat would be worthy
SHERMAN. April 18—Opposed by a
majority of the Council of fifteen, J. A.
L. Wolfe, mayor of Sherman, resigned
yesterday. He is the second Mayor to
resign within the last few weeks. Judge
J. W. Hassell resigning a few days be-
fore the city election and Judge Wolfe
being elected to succeed him.
Judge Wolfe’s resignation follows se-
veral changes to be made or already
made by the Council and City Commis-
sion, two separate legislative bodies, the
council of fifteen electing the commis-
sioners. The union labor ticket won
over the business men’s ticket in the
April election and the union labor coon?
oil members immediately put in two
new Commissioners, and changed eity
managers.
It is nhw said that the offices of Wa-
ter Superintendent and Street Commis-
sioner will be merged and that the City
Manager will. look -after these places
and also that of City Engineer. Cal T.
Freeman, City Attorney, also resigned
last night so the new majority may
appoint men of its own selection.
Jack Ellingston, City Engineer, was
elected manager to succeed H. H. Du-
gan, and Mr. Dugan was offered and re-
fused the place of City Clerk.
Since adopting the commission form
of government one year ago Sherman
has had two mayors, three city mana-
ger and two city clerks.
ETYMOLOGICAL.
“The News herewith refers certain of
our exchanges to the Texas Almanac,
any Katy railroad timetable and Texas
maps in general to find the correct way
to spell the name of the town In which 1
this paper is published. It is spelled in
various and sundry ways by some ex- ‘
changes, but there is only one correct j
way. Here it is: Lone Oak, not Lone- '
oak, not Loanoak, not Loneoke, “ but
Lone Oak.—Lone Oak News.
“We get you. Lone Oak is two words, '
the first of which is the adjective form ’
of the noun loneness, meaning solitude.
The second word is the name of an
acorn-bearing tree, and taken together,
the two words mean solitary oak. But
if Lone Oak means an isolated tree,
what does Roanoke mean? There is a
Roanoke In Denton county, and its ety->
, mology is hereby consigned for eluc-
idation to the Denton Record-Chronicle.
If the Record-Chronicle boss is too busy
to answer, or if he does not know—
which is more likely—the Record-
Chronicle’s young lady is requested to ,
enlighten us."—Dallas News.
Folks are going to tee-totally lose
faith in your ability to'Straighten out all
their ravelled sleeves of care if you go
about shifting the responsibility off on
somebqdy else that way. And it’s just
as good as admitting that you weren’t
properly brought up4 for you to ac-
knowledge with such boastful frank-
ness that, you aren’t familiar with the
etymology (the family tree, so to
speakX of Roanoke. We’re going to en-
lighten you, simply because we’re
ashamed of your ignarance.. In the first
place, the “oa” of the first syllable
comes from “Samoa,” with the “r" and
■ n" protectively placed for a reason
we will develop later on. Samoa, you
will remember, was the island on which
lived the men and women who built
the Road to the Loving Heart for Ste-
venson, In the name of his beautiful
motto that “Fame dies and honors per-
ish, but loving-kindness is immortal1.”
The people who founded Roanoke were
of just such kindly disposition; frank,
fearless, just and true neighbors, like
all the folks who live in Denton county,
you may know. So the first settlers
gathered In the shade of a big oak tree
one Springtime afternoon, on just such
a deliciously sunshiny, flower-fragrant
day as this is, and debated hew they
would name their little community.
There was in the crowd a tall, dark
man with beautiful mustaches and an
air of repressed poetry who remember-
ed the story of the Road of the Loving
Heart arid wanted to name the place
Samoa,, but some of the older people ob-
jected. One of them, with no mustaches
to speak of and a prosaic disposition,
insisted that they put in the friendly
oak tree, somewhere or other, beginn-
ing or end or i ’
particular which. So the rest of the
folks in between, who were neither pro- we
saic nor poetic, but leaned toward the ”n'’
idea of personal possession, decided on
a famous compromise. They took the
“oa” out of Samoa; bolted down'
rent, 4-ho have been without
e the Krtrm Milling eompa-
‘ ied, are beginning a move
co-operative institution
____________of 910 each. With half
the stock sold, it oughtn't be much
trouble to dispose of the remainder, and
a meeting of interested citizens is to
be held this week.
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j':’ The trash wagons started out this
morning in Ward 1, east of Elm street,
and will include the other wards as rap-
idly as they can complete their rounds,
hauling off indestructible rubbish that
is sacked and piled on the sidewalks so
as to not delay the work The clean-
up Is something in which all of us are
Interested or shoula be. The oppor-
tunity to have the accumulated rubbish
hauled away free Is worth from 25c to
50c a family—a considerable saving in
the aggregate—and it is an offer of
which all of us should take advantage.
Sark your rubbish today and pile it out
>jgsr the wagons to haul away.
----o—--
General Bell, commander at El Paso,
bhieves after careful Investigation that
/rhe report of Villa's death was a pur-
/ poseful hoax manufactured out of
whole cloth no farther away than across
f the river at Juarez. The only puzzle-
ment about the fabrication seems to be
regarding Its purpose, but the mind of
) * I
"say i_ook> W*
z WHY <—s.
Foard idea
subject to
the initiative, referendiyh and recall at
all times, and electing ’successful busi-
ness men to mana
the city governmj
so successfully
many men who
doubted its
has work^
cally am
.those vfl
^seen
ciem
avel
___ _ -
T B DAVIS
>hone 99. * • D IN Rrtei
a’t the onl
I BvrrroMx
rWHY,
IN,.,.,,-. _ ,
not acquainted with the
s would be inclined to
ision at the trouble Sher-
rienced with Its “olty
•m of government, but
>preciate the extremely _
and involved method of old grandmother’s habit of sitting by
at Sherman adopted in its
r will he really surprised
with school board government thruout
Texas—a small unpaid body of men
subject thru the initiative, referendum
and recall to the will of the people at.
any time—Sherman adopted a dupli-
cating system of government that was
“neither fish nor fowl nor good red her-
ring?’ They have a council composed
of fifteen members. Then they have a
commission of five members, with a
Mayor. Then, with all that “bunch”
of city officials, they' established the
office of city manager, who is under
supervision of all the other officials
and whose authority is so involved and
under so many bosses that his efforts
have been seriously handicapped. On
top of that, this spring, the voters oust-
ed all of the old members who came up
for re-election and elected a so-called
“labor ticket," which seems to have
been altogether hostile to the old mem-
bers of the council, aggravating a siy
nation that by reason of too many j/-
flces was bad enough already,
much better is the real “city ma
form as It obtains in Denton/Follow-
ing the successful school
with unpaid commissioned
lurii i
:4u
Wjhe city’s business,
Ait here has worked
nat it has converted
onestly and sincerely
i^Yicacy two years ago. It
Abo smoothly, so economi-
se efficiently that
have always opM^jt have
j^to attack its economy or effl-
r Dentpj^, cjterter commission
?,^Jfferocks upon which the Sher-
mnnicipality seems now badly
l^lit—too many offices. And it is sig-
nificant that the towns which adopted
the same form or approximately the
same form that Denton is now work-
ing under are .uniformly pleased with
the results—Amarillo and Taylor being
notable instances, where like Denton,
the people are getting efficient govern-
ment at a minimum of expense to the
taxpayers.
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