The Gilmer Weekly Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 24, 1917 Page: 2 of 6
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Geo.
iry Carter: colored.
Col. Cronin, Receiver Bryan Snyder
and Secretary McElroy Went
busy extra session of the Texas
ol this special session, which
ted in court that no one could see
was creditable, more having been it, and the County Attorney then
ilm r Monday aftern
A. Dallas, Texas, afew days ago
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and three bottles
Mayor Briggs is limping around
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Gilmer will soon be a city of
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proposition before
American public today.
Such a question is almost un-
necessary, yet that is the
twenty zears at
months before I
Russians assure the allies of
aid, but another report from the
Another new method of fight-
g submarines is announced in
Europe, and its success talked of.
The Italians have taken six
thousand German prisoners.
A
tbsateWm?
manydil
, and to
Co!
e Cl an
A conspiracy against the gev-
arnment discovered-in west Tex
as has led to about 29 arrests.
from the
simply m
Tanlac, I
tirely on
was full
No paper with a liquor adver-
tisement will be allowed to go
chru-the mail into dry territory,,
and the penalty is a fine of
91,000 and imprisonment.
eise or d
spent ne-rh
redr in bed
anything a
appointed erh
my friends wk
ful condition, I
into a mw
the best of
The army bill has been sent back
to conferenca to raise the soldiers
( one whole
unable to do
II fell off in
ed eighteen
he symptoms
shaking hands with his friends dropped an automatic in the
and telling them about the wrk same coat pocket, and demonstra
MR. WAGHALTER
APPOINTS COMMITTEE
done during the time than usual
in a similar length of time.
simp-
i been
iQ the
< Congress has provided for the
increase in the navy and marine
zorps.
We tern ranchmen are refusing
15 cents, per pound for wcol
taied in the county court Tues-
day on a cherge of carrying a
pistol after theevidence seemed
bought a be
it and the
have been n
erfuk. Afto
teI
and ind
worthMt
lfnen
eating al
00 REGULATION
LAWS TO BE PASSED
The British co > mission is to visit
Chicago and then will visit Canada
before there telurn.
Qult Taking.
Age.ltfil
Brazil is to end its neutrality
bet we on the United Statesand
Germany.
Steady blows by the French
and British lines is shaking the
German lines, and they are slow-
ly yielding ground.
characterized it for the past few
nonths. . .
just des
AI had to
The three German plotters to
preve nt mmniti n shipments in New
York were each, given a year in the
Federal penitentiary.
June let and 2nd, the same be-
ing the first Friday and Satur
day in June next. •.
“I have atual
four pounds op
Tanlac and /I noy
is to enjoy Ute k
after suffering ft
said John 11 Cra
merchant at Fl'
all
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Rains over nor h and west Texas
and Oklahoma greatly encourag 8
the f irmer,.
conscription tow, in the case from
Oakland, Cal.
had
ofm
ouk
& (
A sub-marine has, been report-
ed < ff the Maine coast
brent kinds
I been dis-
But when
mydreud-
me and I
asked that the case be dismissed
Geo Wallace .was fined $100
for c rrying a six shooter.
Ed Smith, on a charge of boot-
legging, after a mistrial at a
former term of the c urt, the
jury standing three and three,
was convicted at the present
term and given 20 days in jail
and $25 fine.
A Fort Worth concern has beet
givinthecon'ract for 10,000 uni-
forms.-
Bullencourt on the French
front is again in the hands of the
allies.
Seven million soldiers killed is
he ct . it y end i t
it itepsitm it
fion in igtb ritg
Joe Buchanan returnee
home in Honey Grovi
jter a three weeks via
latives here.
Astral Mattox, of Jeffer-
siting Mrs. B. F. Bled.
io s :
L‘ ap
man.
been a year
nlac relieved
rrhal trouble
4 made life
n
to Nve iqosten-
reals. My stomach
sap and I suffered
bottle over
», when I
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7y
PAPERS CONTAINING
LIQUOR IDS BIRRED
IN ORT TERRITORY
"I suffered
stomach and
"‘Although
and a half sis
me of my awl
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th..
"I bought my I
eighteen months
, - thing I
time—in fact anyt
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Be: er
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McElroy, of
who to also
‘tmake
causeI
catarrh of the
digestion for
Mgr eighteen
stakted taking
2-"-eaTT2r
The County Board of Exami-
Chair man S J. Waghalter of
the Agricultural committee, of
the Board of Trade, has appoint
ei the following committmen:
Larkin Walker, Glenwood.
Eugene Bishop, Concord.
Arthur Tucker, Thomas.
Nat Camp, Ore Ci'y.
J. A. Phillips, Wst Mountain.
Leroy Marsh, Kelsey.
The committee hasbeen called
to meet at the Board of Trade
rooms, Gilmer at 1:90 p m Satur-
day Jnne 2nd.
The s tramberry crop of Up
shur county has been very fine
this year, and the vines are now
putting to a. new crop.. The ber-
ries in this section are especially
fine flavored and are in demand
them, and transportation furnished,
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Welneedaywas one at -theduk.s
lest looking daya in Gilmer this
spring. There wete very few
Crain
OreO
by Ml
by fl
Legislature, arrived home Sun- pretty conclusive that two wit
TheCeunty Superintendent is day. Heis in fine health and I
The British with the Italian
army have taken the offensive
against the Austrians and are
pushing forward. ,
President signs the bill in-
reading the U S. sea fores.
IL spectfully,
Yours to serve,
B. B. Elder:
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Hon. J Ben Hill, Upshur coun-
of the townpeopleout
Tbs deiisqaeat tax wMs have
ghe Being made
healthy men after
Iqhg ee I did is
me rejoice and
Mores Tanlaebe.
what it has done
can just tail any-
about Tanlacand
What I have told
Over the Norih End
Tuesday
wherever they are known. Thia
is a splendid section frall kinds
of berri. 8
enough ton
I’mglad’p
causeI kA
forme.’ Ya
one to ask
PH MI thb
xau.", /
P u
buld cost you mon i
n, which will •otitic j
Can you heaqit? d
M buililes as was
tay, if you are I
¥hgood raadiug 2?
pedoes. has been summoned t
09 to Washington to’demon: irate
'tide!, cu wint. the Supt. ha-
i 11 ii I er < i applicatiuns for po
si i is and nigtt aid you in se-
< urirg a go d man or woman for
the place.
The Agricultural Department
urges people to eat yams and
corn bread to conserve the flour
upply.
weight from one handrednd
eighteen pounds to one hunded
and fifty- two making an onto*l
gain of thirty-fourfoundscan
Thos, Cronin. of Barth 1!
A submarine basis on the Pactic
cast was fixed by a Getrran spy
Lieut. Frant E. Wolf, alias Baron
Felt which was his real name and
title. - . na
arrived ii
1 to inepuci
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Fre nch capture 800 prisoners and
alditional lines in France from 'lie
lermans. " ‘ -
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hi es in t be n. r beart r
ms Mi
childvery nit
intoaltrong l
1 ' There was an enjoyable famil
Ezunion at the home of Mr ane
IMis M F. Rosser Sundav. a*
IMnded. by Mr W H Coker, o'
UMarkana; Mr E L Koker, of
Col, Thos, Cronin, after inept c'
ing th? north end of the M & E 1
g^C?,f AWhnay
born by J. F. Barton.
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Terreil, Texas, May 17 JR
Nsurressof this city. who recent
ly invented a device for protec t
B. ing ships from sub marine t '•
a; and Mrs. W. H. McMi
of Naples, brother nd
of Mrs Rosser; Mre. A B
M of Simpsonville; Mrs. Y
eland, mother of Mre. Ros
toe Naples.
The war army bill has passec
in Congress and the first con
icripts will be called out Sept. 1,
i nd Co! Roosevelt will be al iowed
o raise an army. It gretly in-
reases ’he pay of enlisted men.
ft 8 chief provisions are:
Kaising of arred forces by the
ielective draft system, imposed
ipon all mules between the ago
f 21 ai d SO years, inclusive
object* to registration and cer
ain exemptions from service.
Increasing the regular, ai my t
naximum war strength.
Drafting into the Federal ser
’ dee of National Guard units.
Raising of an initial force by
conscription of 500,000 if deeeo
ecessary.
Raising, if the President sees
it, of-fr divisions of volunteer
afantry (the Roosevelt amend
J. i‘ earsou N ut a thousand men lo
be p.. ’
Bob Martin and son Brooks
Martm'wepe burned to death in
their home at Hillsboro Saturday
night. The father went back
wis a harow gu.2* ar.
alnut like th- M A E i
been it javina’ed an
ju-t lat.
gan.
The liberty loan is to be de-
posited in banks where it to
subscribed. /
The army that Pershing train-
on account of a strained leader in s
j one of his limbs.
SEE YOUR BANKER TODAY
AND BUY A LIBERTY BOND!
This npace to furnished the local •Lberty Loan" committee tore
by The Gilmer Dally Mirror.
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a ■ 1 (■
a ■ ak
tieahd began taking
rsulte my case
fhingshntof WOOd-
using my thrdbot-
1 had increhqedin
The pretty Montgompery street
two story reaidence of Mr. M
lived at Gallatin, Tenn.* con-
tinned Mr. Crabtree, "and I
want to tell you, it was the beet
investment I ever made in my
life. I began to improve almost
hudn
nbrkrt
rhivk]
ktail w
sN ca
hbx
library
triends
weight to one hi
pinds. I had.
of catarrh and/
Walton to nearbg completion
Tbs fishing parties that have been -
out J***1
A eavakry troop totokawab*
| seed in at Fort Worth.
RY” Thr agh this library
of reeding two
btaimalle on the
Those w‘ < are familiar w
no in • C r T .
OF FURCHASE-
my trou bite were
feeling likehpoth
Kr-
E
K'
officer for the Daitos reeruitingata.
tion, has enlisted in the Navy, Adam
Ellison, of Pritchett sad Frank
Penn, of Gilmer, bet to holding
1 them to await two other applicanie
eben a uauail he sent here for
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vl1 upirt a fist cliss she
tbe an l a paying property
I he Mirror wu‘d life to -t‘
vr Cronin get h bi of theM A 1
l’ and put it in first class shape es
ne would do, if he succee’s in his
cort to acquire the proporty.
EoTN 8"NNJ9 *e 7 #*38-745
The Supreme court uphold the
t ind ir i gunnge •
The road of wheb he i
fesplent w taken ove ' \
with awful headaches all the
time. I was as nervous as a
man gets to be a nd I could hard-
iy flrep at all and could get no
ind his
pretty homes if the same ratio o' the estimate since the war be
ouilding them is kept up that has
Oilice rs of the Reserve Corps at
Leon Springs xill be the first, after
the r gulara, to l»e rent to France,
!eaing the units to te sent there.
Washington, May IS + All that
pq-tion of the State of Texas that
has vote d dry" will be restricted as
far as operation of lbs postal regala.
lions apply under the law of March
.3, according to announcemcnt frow
the de partmeat to'light. The law
prohibits the sending or carrying of
any newspaper, latter, post card,
circu’ar, ete., containing an adver-
tisemeut of intoxicating liqout, to
any point "in,any State or Territory
<f the United States at which it to
by law, in force in the State or
Territory at that tine, unlawful to
advertise or solicit orders for each
liquor, or by any of them reepect-
ively " The provision to effective
July 1. .
The department's notice show-
that the entire States of Arkansas
and Oklahoma are affected by the
law, and that the same is true of all
political subdivisions of the' State of
Dias which have voed"dry.", "
o, , g
1
An attempt has been made to
assasinate the Lussian war Min-
ister Kerensky at Petrograd.
• i . : ' I • < *) i r • t
. i »i ve i < 1.4 • «t ii n.or
>■ v i.. t if 1et w i el
‘ v, i b intelbget ce. re
ri, frm
let's bi igi t n ’> •
Bran Suyde
to Ma; Ui 1 n
W
E
NMa
in aj
Ee-
n
1ailrend min.
ners will meet in regular'session ty representative, who has been
n Austin attending the vafy
hat a great hipe and M
ith this idea inmind w
gof one -halfdhgne
This libra v.sohh
lat be .Mali paheof
ou to read the Btir
I eourse you.can't?
L town booter. it
Iready A member; it
Aget troma this Lbrw1
REECE, Dru|
‘ea it.
A
Wooda, of Chicago, trained nerses,
were kil'ed en board an American
liner on their way to France
CUE CIRCULATIN LIBRA
F are off- ring you nd famTh
l vol a met of y€ best of ren
todav fogAKiall «i
if it! mooe book
Th? W-sc Texas conspira'ar
1 nay be tried in Dail ts.
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Mxe, proteste to G :
may against the sul mharit <
warfare.
Ans Welghtand
Tears. I
lrmyhas Jo t 000 mer
n the pst two days figh‘ n
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nent )
increasing the pay of all en- after the son who had not found
isted men as follows: Fifteer is way out.
lollars additional monthly foi
hose now receiving leks thar
521, comprising the bulk of the
irmy. graduated down to 56 ad-
litional monthly for those receiv
dm645.or more
Ubiting sale of liquor at o
iearrmy training camps anc
therwise protecting morals of
the soldiers. .
Aiderman W. Allen returned
Saturday morning from Austin,
vhere he went to attend the Car
enters Convention to which he
vas the accredit- d represents
ive from the Gilmer union. He
eports a very interesting anc
profitable meeting, and a most
delightful trip to the State capi
al. . .
a Few Dollars
nesses had seen an automatic
spirits, and ws around Monday in his coat pocket, the defense
Ry w ih R ceiver
Cusday, went cn
p ding the •u‘
glad to co operate with trustees
and patrons in the selection of
their school snpplies, not that he
has any special house or houses
to favor, not because of superior
skill or ability in these matters,
but that he wants to see each
4nd every school equipped with
the best gods possible for their
money, and having catalogues
and prices from different supply
heuses, he is in a position to help.
C A. Bryant Co., of Dallas,
and the R. E. Bryan Co., of Ty-
ler have recently placed samples
of their desks and the former
ccmpary hve also a p’ ysiology
chart, cray on, erasers, etc., in
th C - uny Supt’s rrom for in-
ectien Scheol supplies as
w<ii ts !< ec: id feed are rapidly
acvc ng so hat if we can buy
ear ‘y, u <• save.
Pemier Loyd George, of Eug-
I nd has cal'cd a conference to
frame a coustiution for li*land. -
tion. _ .
Mr R 0. Barnwell to nowoc .
coping his mw home justnorth
of Um telephone exchange, which
to one of the prettiest and most
ooeatnodiouw in tte
S av e a
w
endure froy’ic for those
years —
‘ I kept reading About
in ho papers but I couldn
up my mind to try it.be
cent to the book,
on purchase it at
hnd Acmemember-
2dkbooks in the
*_our‘irculating
yhhazel your
qistB=
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it «: ’
, ‘ , ’ ili ,
e co trol aLihetht
iie’p was’asked
-
vtta ep .
ky
-The meatless days in Baris
causes meat to sll at fl per
pound.
Every dollar you subscribe to
the Liberty Loan will help to
shorten-the war, and so save I
human Jiv es. -
Buy a Liberty Bond—the de- ,
nomination are as low as $50,
Th . • **
and you need paly only 2 per
cent of the amount when you
ronin’s + a .u. . u know-
edge wonld like to see him ge 1
bill of thercal and put it in firs’
•lass shape.
A Washington special sas-
9 he Sena e Agricultural Com
inirtee today completed the fnu
< raft of the Gore Lecer fo d pi/
i,action bill and will report ih
b li late this afternoon.
It provides for a Natic n wid
survey of prices rep,rts on cor
ers of food, acreage and possi,
prouuction.
"he Secretary of Agriculiii
. i auhorized to • purchai-c e
: l-ir farmers ai d to distrib.t
w here he may think best.
. A provision giving the (over
Inent power to commandeer so <
I was stricken < ut.
h An appropriatjon of $4.50 .((I
pis allowed for preventi..n. co
p’rol and eradiation of disen-
uam ing cattle, sheep and h g
^ror procmii.g and storage ■
T weds the Department of A.i
tehiture ia allowed $2 500,000
4 A fund of-$3.000, 000 is crea ,
on • increase food production ai
toe rminate waste. This money i
thatbe spent in education of i h
k perican housewives in kitche
'[nomy.
I"" he sum of $3,500,000 isap
thytpriated for extension of ih
pliketnews letter to acquan
peate nousewife with market con
to coons.
. For fund of $1 200000 is allowee
, miscellaneous items,
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• TELLING THE TRUTH
ligh- CAN DE OVERDORE
vein - ■ ,------
jar Editors are frequently hur
'2 nunhed for deging patent facts,
a the public is familiar with
e a few days ago an 'Indian:
' "tor decided to adopt the plai
"8MRiz j e truth for awhile
I aankahile
some of the items tak-
l e, thendiscriminately show that
IM brg^P*- was more interesting
, m ihabsequent issue has appeorec
1 at some of the items.
hn Bonin, the laziest mer-
j. u who in town made a trip tr
' ‘For nil.' yesterday.
ilerp,intnen‛ to th- C I d
„ t Hr: de in 1hi m i th 1
In’ M .1 Ui hn1 fr
o r,1d •: <1 n 1
-01 1. tn t nd of ;
J, zndn Coyle, our groceryn an,
j . jsuo mga pour business. Di
— — is dirty and dusty. How
t tn he do much ?
’ “Aev.Sty preached last Sun
mieday night on ‘‘Charity.” The
i ri or mon was punk. - -
iz."DoSenkeycec aths home
in this place. The doctor gav
it out as heart failure. Whisk,
killed him.
"‘Married-Miss Sly van Rhode
and James Collin, last Satu rd a
at the .Baptist parsonage. Th
bride is a very ordinary towr
virl, who doesn’t know any mor
pbnut cookirg than a jack rabbi'
nnd never helped her motke
1 hree days in her |i fe. She is ne
sbeauty by any means, and h»
h gait like a duck. The groom i
in up to-date loafer. He h4m
I een living off the old folks a
Dome al] his-life and is not wort
shucks. It will be a hard life.’
, - The Truth Seeker.
=
ly gained thirty,
three bottles of
r know what it
nd good health
v twenty yean,
btree,a general
ve Mile Station
! He has also rect ived two t < -
" kr xrams from Thomas A E
r S. d--viti ng him tb call on him anc
I , ABeecuss bis invention, whicn Vir
l J "0 says looks good.
hg‛ -iu ress will leave at once for
' NNashinzton.
; . ii ii . ’( -b d. fe e < I v ii'<
C' Supt, at ence.
- ulave 1.01 f< ruled the
Vtant.. Ga has • tT r- <I fma
-it file ihal hv i p‛ sev ral ( at |
We Have Inylalled the
cLibrary iy/’our Store.
YYb, as well asve, ilyt Utos matter at impegeibility
secure a Mublic LibraryAtgf onr town; you sewell as wkgow
thata public librfy would be bd
ah ext test, “THE
e '
atg ■ uh. * o ’■
H JflMM
/ i stilh
/weightand
u* time./
be Mareb.il! & East '!< Xas railway,
vih a vi w of bm ing it t under the
rder of Jadge Rissall of the Fede
al court at Tyler, who ordered it
cale at a recent term of the court,
ixing t h e tniuimi in price o’
$500,000.
Co1. Bryan Sav er in a specia
ar cam- to Gi’mi r Tu tear torn
ng an with Secretary W A Me,
3 uey, who is h ipint ’he (or mie
oner to sc l t e road, took Mi
ron n over the norih end of it tc
W onsboro.
Wedueo’ay they wil take in tbt
ther end of it
Mr. Cumin is one if thevetera
ailroad mrn of Texas, coming in
- rom Hit: rinks of trackm -h t!
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Vest-r- R II • In- 1-.. । • . .> 1 •
0, siuc- 1S76. an t built - I N
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apply. 1
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Hague states that a truce with ediq Mexico will go with him
Germany iiabout to be made. I.o Europe. pay.
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Tucker, George. The Gilmer Weekly Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 24, 1917, newspaper, May 24, 1917; Gilmer, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1408585/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Upshur County Library.