Gainesville Daily Register and Messenger (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 277, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 30, 1917 Page: 4 of 4
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GA1MMVU.UI DAILY BBGUYBB, WEDNESDAY, MAT M IM»
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HORN & CANON
returning
Agents for Everwear Hosiery
Dependable Shoes
J. Haight left today, for To-
where she will
Ada /touch and Mar Umile at Chautauqua
spend
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var*’ma*ter of
to
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IF YOU WOULD
SUCCEED
Office Phone 371
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WAX FLOOR OR FURNITURE POLISH
and
of
We Make Old Hats New.
The cheapest polish on the market.
Goodlier
For Literature 'and
Inroimation
Address Any Santa Fe Agent or
W. S. KEENAN
Rubber Stamps at Register office.
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$3.50
This is something good, in quart and half-
gallon cans, quarts, 50c; half gallon-__ __90c
Trip Tickets
On Sale May 15th
to September 30th, Inclusive
Limited to Oct. 31
MERCHANTS MEETING
HINDERED Bf WEATHER
(►scar Seott is home from an extended
trip in South Texas.
F. V. Crandall, who returned
last night from Fort W^rtl;
G. P. A, G. C. 4 S. F. Ry.
GALVESTON
KAISER DENOUNCES BRITAIN
IN ADDRESS TO TROOPS
Rental Agent—It
t desirable
lion' Grierson and family of
Worth «j>ent today in the city.
as a wit lie®
grand jury.
Miss Bettie Rudolph has returned from
nhort visit to her sister in Ft. Worth
returned
attended
morn-
visit
Furnished daily; by Western
Telegraph Company*
North Texas: Generally cloudy. 77.
Central Texas: Generally cloudy. 74.
needs, and keep
and
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spot*
T. EL EL Smith of Oklahoma City ia
a guest in Gainesville.
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$6.50®
$6.50®
MASON-WILLS CONSTRUCTION CO.
GAINESVILLE, TEXAS
—Specialize On—
STREET PAVTNG AND CONCRETE WORK
OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS
Plans Furnished and Prices Submitted on Request
Artistic combination of style, comfort and durability. Repels
dirt, never wears fuzzy, is easy to clean. The superior lustre re-
mains throughout the life of the shoe.
See them in Dress Pumps
at $3.00 and -----------
Sport Oxfords
at $3.00 and------------
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Vacation Route
OUGH SLEEPERS
WANT ADS
TOO LAT1 TO CLASSIFY
W. T. HODGKINSON
General Superintendent
Residence Phone 194
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C. H. LEONARD
Agent ^Gainesville, Texas
integrity,
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chattie
SUMS RELATE THRILLINC
TILES DF ESCAPE IN STORM
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guest of her sop. G.
wife, returned today
Oklahoma City.
LIFE OF MATTi
BY DOG—T1
FROM COLD .
DESTROYS
FOR SALE—House with two
three large rooms; gas and
easy monthly
See E. D.
•MMBPUIT
FOOD OF VEGETABLES
Dr. P. P. Starr ha* returned from
business trip to Henrietta.
Mrs. Howard Moore, residing on Cra-
ven* street, is reported quite ill.
Deputy Sheriff Cobble
from Fort. Worth where
before the Tarrant iciinty
’ But are
"Fair!
Might Is Fair,
you fair, air?”
I don’t have to be fair,
vour ‘size.’ ”—Life.
J. W. McFolks. an old-time citizen of
Gainesville, was here today.
home
report.’
that the. wheat harvest is in full bias!
in the vicinity oi .lustin, in Denton
county, 45 miles south of Gainesville.
Steers
heifers
$6,50010.00.
REIGNSKIN
THE FABRIC THAT MAKES THE FOOT LOOK SLENDER
M. W. Staniforth wa*
visitor in Marietta today.
14c
20e
06c
14c
.... 12c
05c
16c
23c
25c
.... 16c
I sible to cut
of living."
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Myrtle McCollum was here today
from Denton where she has been attend-
ing the C. I. A. Miss McCollum is
route to her home in Valley View.
Ed Carthen of Sapulpa. Okla.,
visiting his parents and other relatives.
He :* now a-*i*tant daj viwdmaster of
the Frisco in that city.
His dead horse
> found half a
mile from the spot where he waa found,
supporting the authenticity of the state-
ment .
has returned
he was called
$8,50010.50;
15c lower,
$6.0009.00;
top $12.50,
STOCK YARDS Fort Worth. May 30.
slow but
not much
sold; looks like $15.40 top, bulk $15.®
15.30.
CATTLE—8500 head, including
calves.
Jim
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CHICAGO
Excursion Fares for Round
Mrs. E. .
pekn. Kansas, where she will
some time visiting her daughter*.
who ha* a home.
. a visible
little laid up for
HOGS—2500 head. Market
strong, asking 5c higher;
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■ LOCAL AND PERSONAL
MENTION «•
SY.
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jc'juS' '» TO
one
rnis-
extemjing credit to
* because the cred-
no facilities to acquaint him
with the condition* in each case,
lent that it seems dif-
alike. or to find th<
at different time*
indiv idual.
rcta il
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alioiit ten or
The Register ha* received the follow-
ing from the United State* Department
of Agriculture:
Every weed i«
The Lesser EviL
Luahman declared he would rather go
to jail than pay his divorced wife ali-
mony.
Did she let him?
Yes; she said she’d rather see him save
his money behind the bars than spend it
over them.—Boston Transcript.
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Terrible Cigars.
1 he Swanky One.—I’m smoking a ter-
rible lot of eigars lately.
The Other t>ne "with convictioni.—
You’re right —if that’s one of them!”—
Tit Bits.
Hon. Frank Kell of Wichita
will deliver an address at the court
house tonight regarding •••. ar cond t.r li-
as pertaining to this country.
Miss Helen BiH* departed this
ing for Dallas where she will
friends.
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Don’t confute the scientific fire-retittin>
SAFE-CABINET with ordinary steel cabi-
nets or old style types of tire-resist in( con-
tainers. Come in and see the display of new
SAFE-CABINETS-we have the latest
models. Beautifully finished — s product you
may be proud of in your office. Don’t May
investigating—you may be
East Texas: Generally cloudy, 7(1.
Gulf Coast: Generally cloudy. 75. ■
Arkansas: Generally cloudy. To.
Louisiana: tienerallv cloudy. 6>.
Oklahoma: Generally cloury. 70.
(Conditions at 9:28 a. m. today>
Mrs. M. Jefferson, mother <n Mrs
Dan Stephen*, has gone to Meadville.
Penn., to spend the summer with rela-
LOST—Small black pig, white spots,
escaped from express office Wednes-
day morning. Return and receive re-
ward.
in the:
Don’t throw away your old Spring Clothing or Panama
Hats just because they look a little old and worn. Send
them right down to us and we will work them over and
return them to you looking good as new. Phone and
we will gladly call for your clothes.
We mend the tom places and sew on all buttons. Send
us a trial order tomorrow.
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themselves with
a
good enough motive—but the British
have no such justification. They fight
only to increase their power, and don’t
inquire .where the right may he.
“Our people and our army
firmly together. How long this may last
must depend upon God’s will, but mean-
while we must keep firm, and the peo-
ple in the fatherland will give us their
gratitude.
‘Tn the meantime, also, our comrade*
I in submarine* are doing everything p<>*-
AMSTERDAM. May 29.—Emperor
William during hi* recent visit to the
Arras front, says the correspondent of
the Cologne Gazette, delivered an ad-
dress to hie troops in which he said:
"The enemy, relying on his experience
in the Somme battle and on his unpre
cedented supplies of
been trying to break
sistance.
“The French flatter
the hope of liberating their country -
•but the
for
’• produce paid in the city of Gainesville
Wednesday, May 30:
Hens, per lb. ------------—
Spring fryers, lb. -----------
Cocks, old and young, per lb.
Turkeys, per lb. -------------
Ducks, F. F.. per lb. ---------
Geese, per lb.
Guineas, each
Eggs, candled, doz.
Butter, per pound -----------
Green hides, per lb.
a brake for the nidi-
HK-lii;vd by nature to be
in hi* bu*mes> or moral <
! tends
Mr*. R. G. Porter received a telegram
to<lay from Dr. Scott at Temple, saying
that Mr. Porter had spent a good night
Tuesday and his condition was much im-
proved. This will be good news to the
many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Porter.
y.ejMirt* from the same source say that
Barney Seiger is also slowly improving
and will probably soon be able to re-
turn home.
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TOON WOMAN SA VID .amt *<k*4 him to take refuge in the
HUM MIN SUFFER Kemper storm - cellar. Beaver* was in
III ICI BOX AS WIND!tie- cellar when he thought of his wife.
MARUT—BABE IS. "Ok my God. I can’t de*ert my wife
BLOWN FROM HOME Eke thi»!” he shouted and. despite the
protect* of h>» brother, Robert, and Kwn-
p«-r. he jerked from their granp and
<ta*hed brn-k across the street to hi*
home. Th* tornado hit at that mo
J. W. Buiz. superintendent of the
Katy at Wichita Falls, wa* a visitor
here today.
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COLORADO
KANSAS CITY
ST. LOUIS
Local Produce
Following are wholesale prices
Mrs. J. Summers and daughter, who
have been guests of Mrs. William Davis
on North Moran street, have returned
to their home in Cleburne.
Mrs. Tom Dabh* and babies are here
from their home at Miami. Okla., for
a few day* visit with friends and rela-
tive*.
Sheriff Tom Ford wa« a bm-ines* vis-
itor in Fort Worth Tuesday,
home that night.
t^Fv Marshal Loving has
from Fort Worth where he
court Tuesday.
FOR SALE—Practically new 8-foot
John Deere binder, cheap for cash. C.
P. Ruwaldt, Goodner wholesale
house. (w-31-7)
Foreign Markets
(hi account of D-ioration Day Ix-mg
a legal holiday th* exchanges at N- w
York and Chicago were clovd today
The Lievrpool cotton market was up
60 American points, which.was the big-
gest advance ever noticed in a single
day on this market.
High class Job Printing is one feature
The Register Printing Cnntpany.
Mr*. Sila* Darnall who has been ill
the past two weeks, is slowly improv-
ing. She ha* been afflicted with ma-
laria fever.
off the enemy’* source*
Stockers steady:
cow * $6,000 8.00 ;
1000
Market slow anil draggy, not
much sold, bidding 25c lower on steer*,
top about $12.25. bulk
cow* and heifers 10c to
cows $5.25® 8.25; heifers
calves 25c to 50c lower,
hulk $6.50010.50; bulls 50e lower. $6®
8.00.
8.50;
8.50; cab
SHEEP 2>O0 head; nothing
bid* all lower; none sold.
JOE CORTIS' DRY CLEARING PINT
The beat equipped and oaly Dry (. Imai ng Plant lB North Texas
2 Auto Delivery Cars at Your Command
Phone 549 —We do OtWrless Cleaning— Gainesville
porches.
> rooms; gas and water;
hiy pay menu. 803 East Scott.
White at express office. {♦)
MATTOoS. III.. May 2».~ Lnmuner i
. able stone* of thrilling ewcape* from '
death Hand out vividly agamnt the hack '
g^oun<l of tragedy and dwaster which i* 1
Mattoon and Uharleelon today, Fr«ok»
of the etorm that ront the live* of score*
naled many otliera.
Glen Pierre, a giaduate of the Mattoon
High arbool? »a* driving toward Mat-
ton. about two mile* from town, when
hr saw the atorm heading toward him.
J hmkmg he would be Mfer on the
ground, he got out of the buggy and lay
face down on the jiaved highway. When
h« recovered ronaciommeaa at the Mat
toon hoapitsl he «aid he recalled a sen-
*4liori of being hurled through apace, but
nmunlrrel nothing more until on the
operating table. Hr told the doctor* the*
»[*4 at which he waa picked up waa half
h mil* from the [dace where he had got-
ten out of the buggy,
•.nil wrecked buggy w-
• Mr*. B. It. McCarty, who ha* been
confined to her home on North Dixon
street for several month* with rheuma-
tism. is much improved.
IXJXT WASTE THE DAYS IN
WAITING FOR A TENANT, UNDER
THE IMPRESSION THAT CLASSI-
FIED ADVERTISING IS EXPENSIVE
FOR YOUR REAL EXPENSE IS TO
OWN TEN ANTLESS PROPERTY
<>r
Man — It fur-
of property
. .1 >aveii
If yon delay—fire may
(demolish your records com-
pletely. You may be next.
Remember one-fourth of all
America builds each year is
destroyed by fire.
DON’T DELAY-GET
THE SAFE-CABINET
The wprk of years wiped out in a few minutes—
the records of your business vanished beyond
recall—-that is the fatal story of men who do
not prepare.
The hazards of doing business must be reck-
oned with. The cost is trifling—the loss by fire
disastrous to your income—to the life of your
whole organization. If flames devoured your con-
tracts, lists, correspondence, instruments,*jegal doc-
uments, cost sheets, it would mean the loss of all
yop bought with actual dollars. ,.*•
J^on’t wait until too late—today is the time to j
arts Come in and see THE SAFE-CABINET. ’
Mr*. V T. Ro*ton who Im* b»*‘n the
H. Boston, and
her home in
munition*. Imi*
the German re-
“In giving credit we demand definite
not enough that the
customer should lie an old friend of the
merchant with whom he wialie* to
trade. We have introduced certain set-
tled idea* to which the Customer must
We insist ujmn knowing the
re*|s>nd.
customer'* financial responsibility, tem-
perament. associations. past i<-<-ordr
health, reputation, .and promptnei
meeting hr* obligations. Weak
in character are detected and placed
in contrast with the firmer fibres; if
the latter predominate you have be-
fore you a “Good Moral Risk." worthy
of trust and confidence, a man that w il,
not buy anything that he can not pay
for. in <Ble time. I
“Since any man can profit by/nis own
small »x[HTieme*.» how magnificent it
would be to have all the experience of
all commercial jieople centered in
individual! The reason ™o many
takes arc made in
the buying public i
itor has
Sell
which are so diff
ficult to find Ml
_ , „ *ame conditions
I really believe!with the
"From a retail credit /-tandpoint
thereare three genera) classes of buy-
er* who should receive consideration.
“First: The party who has plenty of
property and an independent income,
and who is financially responsible even
tinder the extraordinary Texa- exemp-
tion laws.
“Second: The party
a well established :
income, and possibly
a rainy day. ►
•'Third: The party who has establish-
ed his honesty, has earning capacity, is
a renter and dependent upon his im-
mediate energy.
"The last class is by far the largest
that the retail merchant ha* to consid-
er. It is the class in which many may
often aiqienr to he. who should be
classed in a “cash or security" class.
"There are people who buy at credit
or who try to. and apparently succeed
nobly, who will stay out of your plaet
of business if they owe "a five." oth-
ers will dodge you for "a quarter”
while still others will stay with you un-
til they have secured your confidence
and then "soak" you for a good big
sum.—and there i* no legal recourse in
Texas, the "Mecca of the Dead-Beat.”
"Some. al*o unconsciously force them
selves into this "Dodger Class" because
they are trying to live an automobile
gait on a wheelbarrow income. When
you credit such fieople you lose their
patronage. It is not the small bill you
‘tiave lost but a liberal buying custo-
mer. If you keep them to cash you
will get their trade. There are still oth-
ers who are careless about small mat-
ters. and would forget a dollar or two
they owe, anil attach the same import-
ance that you might to a street car
fare that had -been paid for you. and
who would promptly write a check tor
a larger bill. By making use of infor-
mation that can lw put at your disnosal
you are put in touch with the facta
w hich ■ make it possible to draw fine
distinctions in these and various other
cases.
Applied to Your Line
"To the Banket -Thi* service
only furnishes habits of payment at
tail store*, but furnishes a quick veri-
fication of statements of borrowers re-
garding liability, and the most relia-
ble special reports.
“To the Grocer, Clothier or General
Merchant who makes open credit
charges—This service gives knowledge
of the practices ot a prospective custo-
mer with other merchants, and his re-
sponsibility in case of large credits.
"To the Furniture, Piano or
ment Dealer who sells under
mortgage—It indicates how much cash
should Is- exacted in first payment the
necessity of. recording. when goods
should be taken back, and often locates
“removal."
"To the Lumber Dealer. Plumber
other Building Material
nishes record of amount
rendered for taxation, and often
the trouble of filing liens by avoid-
ing buyers of inability t
with had intentions.
"To the landlord or I’
makes it possible to select
tenants, and to know the seriousness of
-t slow rent account.
"Io the Printer—It makes possible the
requirements ot a cash payment suf
iicient to cover expenditure in cases
Where there is no established respon-
sibility, avoiding unnecessary loss with-
out offending reliable people.
"To the .Short Time Loan Man It
fnrni»he* a past record of the customer
a* regards previous loaip*.
"To the DvHtor—It means that he -an
place hit charity work where he choses,
and prevent' running accounts with
those who du not intend to pay." .k
Commends Gainesville Association
In conclusion Mr Kerr further said:.
"A Retail Merchants Association
when conducteii along the lines ot tl.e
("aiiieaville a^Ms'iatioii is second only
to the church m it- influence for a bet-
t t citizenship.
"It proves a*
v idual who
rvs kless in m* <>u*ines* or moral < on
duct. It tends to stimulate and «n-
courage self reject and personal rride.
and prevents many a careless person
from going on tin rocks df despair. It
i* a |>otent fa,-t<’i :n creating closer co-
operation between the customer and
the merchant, thereby edta-ating the
buying public to do their part in help-
ing reduce the high cost of doing busi-
If you have not begun to free your
garden crops of the weed enemies that 1
are probably attacking them now. you
should lose no time in beginning your
campaign. It i* a warefare that you
will have to wage, off and on. all sea
son, but if you bring superior force into
play early you will be able to confine
the enemy to a straggling guerilla of-
fensive that will cause little destruc-
tion.
In this warfare the hoe is your heavy
artillery and is to be depended upon
chiefly for action in the open. Weeder*
are the most effective weapon* for close
action. Neither tool, however. will
wholly do away with the necessity for
hand-to-hand struggle to uproot th*
persistent weeds that grow closely
about the stems of the smaller plants
you wish to protect, anil which yiehi
only when they are pulled bodily up by
the thumb and finger.
The fight on weeds should begin a*
soon as it is possible to distinguish
easily between them ami the garden
plantlet*. It. i* even possible to d<
much effective work in killing weeds
between the rows before the young veg-
etables make their appearance, provid
ed the exact location of the plsnt-d
seeds is marked.
The gardener *hould ehoo*e a bright,
sunny day for weeding. At su.h :•
time even weeds which are only partial
ly sevensl from their roots will have
little chance of surviving the withering
rays of the sun. If weeding operation*
are conducted on a cloudy or damp day
however, many of the weeds that are
incompletely severed will take fre«h
growth.
Weeding doe* more than free the gar-
den of undesirable plant*. The dig
ging incidental to removing the weed*
also serve* as a cultivation. As soon
as the weed* have been dug up. th*
roughened ground should be caret ully
smoothed with a rake. This will incor
porate air in the soil, form a dust
mulrh, which will aid 'in preventing
the loss of moisture through evap<»ra
tion. and will tend to bring to the stir
face ana expose to the sun w-u-J root*
amf sprouting weed seed* vvhicit other
wi*e might produce plants.
The GaiBMviDe Retail Merchant* As-
sociation held an open meeting at the
city ball Wednesday night which wa*
fairly well attended by local hu*im**|
men, a go»*liv number of )»iii<» a!*r.
being present.
A brief and interesting program v.a-
rendered and several speeche- wen'
.made by merchants and other*, among
which was a practical and forcible talk
by R. E. Kerr, secretary of the Fort
Worth Retail Merchants Association
who was an invited guest of the local
occasion. »
A synopsis of Mr. Kerr’s address here
follows:
"The retail merchants are the bone
aWd sinew of every city’* busines* life,
and the public ha* a moral obligation
to them. The-.- men gather from all
parts of the world the things which the
community wants or
them ready for easy inspection
purchase.
Got What He Ased For
Holding up an expensive looking vase,
the auctioneer said. "Give me a start.”
“Five cents,” came a voice from the
crowd.
“I thought that WTruld give him a
start,’’ muttered the Liutter a* he quiet
Boston Transcript.
Ice Box as Storm Cellar
r*mg an ice box a* a storm cellar
-aved the life of ( . S. Whittaker, a meat
market proprietor, and two of his neigh-
bor*. The box. strongly built ami a relic
♦>f the day* when the building he occu-
pied wa« useil a* a packing plant, with-
stood th* assault of the tornado, although
the rest of the building was completely
d* riMilishrd. letting the ice box alone
stand. The box was full of ice. Whit
taker and th*' oth*Ts were Iwrruaded in
side hy a tree trunk falling against the
door. Th* v were released inure than half
an hour afterward by rescuers, who
heard their tries. They were suffering
from the cold, but did not become sen-
oii-ly il).
Dog Saves Woman's Life.
A Newfoundland dog saved the life of
Mrs. Frank Minor, who was pinned under
timber* in her home.
Mrs. Minor'!* Iimlis were caught and
held fast by heavy timber* and the build-
ing wa* fa«t settling atxvut her chest and
ImmIv when the dob crawled in beside her
Htul nestled close to her. The dog’s big
frame kept the weight of the timbers
from Mrs. Minor’s body anti saved her
life. The dog was dead, crushed to
ticath. when hi* mistress was rescued.
Mr*. Minor was slightly burned when the
dwelling caught tire from an overturned
cook atove.
Lying on a cot beside her daughter at
the Presbyterian church, which was turn-
ed into a temporary hospital, Mrs. Wil-
liam Storey gave a newspaper corres-
|*m<lent a graphic story of her experi-
ences during the cyclone.
She and her three children were in the
kitchen of her home, where she was mak-
ing tandy for the children, when the cy-
clone broke. \\ ith forethought she turned
out tlie coal-oil stove and started to close
th.- door to prevent a draft through the
hoiise. As she reached the door the storm
sHuck and the door was rip[ied off its
hinges and at the same monet the en-
tile loom was torn asunder.
"A brick had at ruck me on the fore-
head and 1 crowded over to the children,
who were clinging to each other a few
tert away." said Mrs. Storey. “1
giatJ>ed the arm* of the two girla. The
baby was clinging to some object—just
what I cannot remember and as I tried
to reach baby l heard him cry: “Oh.
mamma. ' and there right before my eyea
1 saw my baby lifted in the air—and
haven't x-cn him since. I tried to get
up. lint something el-e hit mt- and 1 was
knocked unconscious."
The luiby ha- not Iws-n found and no
< hild answering to the description ha*
lieen liM'atetl in any of the morgues.
Two Carried on Door
Mrs. .Mary < ’heney ami daughted. -Mary,
tell a story of a brief but wild ride on the
crest of the tornado. They tried to close
the door when the storm was seen ap-
proaching ami both were trying to force
it shut againat the wind when the house
was torn apart and mother and daugh-
ter .suddenly found themselves lying on
the door which went sailing through the
air aliout ten or fifteen feet above the
ground, landing them hImuiI half a block
Hom their home.
What is considered the most remark-
able c-ca|.e from death was that of Miss
Sarah Davi- and two companions. They
were driving along the Egyptian Trail
highway when they saw the storm com-
ing. The driver attempted to-race ahead
of the storm, hut the tornado overtook
them and hurled the auto into the air.
turned it over and dashed the machine
into the mud beside the road. The ma-
chine tiirii<-d Upside down while in mid
air. according to the doctors to whonr
Mis* Davis- recited the experience, and
dropped them into the soft dirt along
th.- road. Mis* l>avis suffered a sprained
ankle and wriat, but the other qceupants'
of the car were not seriously enough in- |
lured to receive hospital treatment.
Husband's Sacrifice in Vain.
Harry Beavers’ anxiety to see to the I
-atety of hi* wife coat him his own life.'
He waa standing in front of his home'
w hen George Kemper', h neighbor, calle*!!
hi* attention to the approaching cyclone11w ice v
!t
and a flying board struck and crushed
hi* *kuU.
Hi* wife had left their home twenty
minute* before, without telling the hga-
liatid. to visit her mother in soother part
of the
E. E. Moor*-, a railroad engineer for the
Big Four Railroad between Mattoon and
St. Ixmhs. had a thrilling escape. Being
one of the few who was not pinned un-
der the tornado’s wreckage, he was able
to give a newspaper correspondent a vivid
description of the secene* which immedi-
ately followed the |>a**ing of the tor-
nado.
House Carried Half a Block
Moore's wife and daughter were visit-
ing in St. Louis and Moore and Louie
Raef. h friend, were sitting in the front
room of the Moore home when they sud-
denly felt the house shake. The next
moment the house was lifted up and car-
ried clear off the ground, but rocking like
an amusement park “ocean wave," to a
l*>int half a block distant.
He *ael that the house held together
until it hit the ground when it collapsed.
Of all the flying brick and wood, only
a briefc hit Moore, striking him in the
back, making a painful bruise. -Raef was
uninjured.
"lit coiir-e. we were dazed." said Mr.
Muorse. “but when my head cleared 1
found my two dogs standing beside me
in the ruins of my home, unhurt. A
canarv bird in its cage was not injured.
“The first thing we heard was the
groan* and screams of our neighbor* who
were buried under the ruins of their
homes. It was the most pitful thing
I ever heard in my life. I
that Raef and 1 were the only two with-
in the radius of several blocks who were
not imprisoned under the rubbish. We
helped dig out four families.
"It was exactly forty-five minutes after
the tornado had passed that aid began
to arrive from towns."
Mrs. John Reed and her two children
had a narrow escape. They were blown
through a window of their crumbling
home ami dropped unhurt at the entrance
of a cellar, in which several neighbors
had ti^ken refuge. Mrs. Reed and the
childri'ri were taken into the cellar to
sa fety.
Few Had Storm Insurance.
S. R. Evans, secretary ot the Mattoon
Building and Loan Association, said that
a larger percentage of the houses swept
away by the tornado belonged to men
who were paying for them on the month-
ly payment plan, and that the savings
of most of these men would be swept
away, because they did not carry torna-
do insurance poljags.
“Nearly every property owner in
devastated district.” said Evans,
course, carried a fire insurance [lolicy.
but 1 liclieve that it will be safe to say
that not one in ten carried tornado in-
surance. This strikes a mighty blow at
these men, who have saved with the
dream of owning their own homes.
"There is one particularly pathetic
east*. One man who lost his home had
come into the building and loan office
not thirty minutes before the tornado
swept away his home, and made the last
pavment on the house. He had invested
his savings for ten years in the dream
of owning his own home. He was talk
ing with me about it and was jubilant
because he had made his last payment,
uml had a home free of debt. He did
1 not carry a eent of tornado insurance,
anil, of course, loses it all. except the lot.
’ He will have to begin all over again.”
an enemy of the “sol-
dier* of the comtni**ary” who are
ing gardens.
All these troublesome vagrant plant*
that gain footholds in the garden, for-
age upon the plant food and . water
which should be available to build up
food planu , . ’ :4-
They stunt some vegetables by steal-
ing their sustenawe and crowd out and
shade others.
From morning until night weed* that
are allowed to grow in a garden work
steadily against the interest* of th<
gardened, and the longer they are left
undisturbed the greater become* their
‘ capacity for harm.
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Leonard, J. T. Gainesville Daily Register and Messenger (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 277, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 30, 1917, newspaper, May 30, 1917; Gainesville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1301066/m1/4/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Cooke County Library.