The Statesman (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 260, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 11, 1920 Page: 2 of 24
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SUNDAY, JANUARY 11. 1520.
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If it is
SUITS AND OVERCOATS
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it is in our line
$36.00
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CHANGES MEAN DEUY
at
Our Regular $45.00 Suits and Overcoats
The Imprint of Quality)
E. M. Scarbrough & Sons
A. C. BALDWIN
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&SONS
EXCAVATIONS FOR
Makers of Special
NEW TELEPHONE
OFFICE COMPLETE
HAS GONE EAST
Congress at Fourth
Phone 1158
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of Austin, but this particular
pany
reference
It is conceded by the business
with terra cotta trimmings, re-
brick,
1919 RAIN RECORD
OFFICIALLY GIVEN
tions in such manner as to Insure a
FROM UNIVERSITY
a
individuality
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con-
supply,
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A INDIGESTION /
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follow:
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WE DYE THE MOST FRAGILE GARMENTS
Food souring. gas, acidity! Wonder ; tion,
mach.
Phone 2652
611 Congress
70
32.69
32.00
We devote our entire time to the manufac-
turing of Printing, Special Ruled Blanlf
Books, Office Stationery), Catalogues, Min-
utes, Booki and Publications.
Miss Blanton, Disqualified as Sec-
• retary, win Take No Active
Part—Dohoney Substitutes.
Weather Observatory Man Shows
Last Year Was Breaker of
Records—Detailed Data.
Another Pilgrimage to Big East-
ern Markets Made by Mer-
chandise Emporium Man.
change, the further disadvantage of an
unusually unsettled market on labor
and materials would seem to indicate
times a third year under the limita- *
tions upon factories, both in securing
material and labor, at a time when
normal demands exceed the supply. An
The
mad
for
Heli
you,
frier
leal
Featuring In the Clearance
For Men and Young Men
Advance
Showing of
Spring
Felt Hats
Wilson to Call First
Meeting of League of
Nations Next Friday
LET US BE YOUR TAILOR
*
We’ll minimize your defects and enhance your personality.
But
see
a to
iron
mad
visie
beat
meets
adop-
January ...
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March .....
April ......
May .......
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July .......
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' September .
1 October c. .,
November ,
December
dyspepsia or a disordered sto-
A few tablets of Pape's Dia-
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2.48
4.30
3 50
8.62
7.31
12.80
3.20
4.41
10 92
1.94
1 80
LEM SCARRROUGH,
RDYER FOR FIRM,
PRINTERS:: BLANK BOOKS
:: BINDERS ::
Members Text Book Board.
Governor W. P. Hobby, chairman.
E. L. Dohoney, secretary, Austin.
B. B. Cobb, Waco.
W. T. Lofland, Hillsboro.
P. E Wallace, Mineola.
Miss Myra Winkler, El Paso.
Miss Rachael Watson. Denison.
Lee Clark, Wichita Falls.
Miss Lizzie Barbour, Brownsville.
Prominent Visitor Gives Views.
Personal Appearance
Are Factors That Contribute Greatly to Every Man’s Success.
There is nothing more INDIVIDUAL than a SUIT of CLOTHES
that is made for you, and that fits you in every way.
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No Matter How Small or How
Large
Wilf
pape
of ir
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to I
who
what upset your stomach? Well, don’t
bother! The moment you eat a tab-
let or two of Pape's Dlapepsin all the
lumps of indigestion pain, the sour-
ness, heartburn and belching of gases,
due to acidity, vanish—truly wonder-
full
Millions of people know that it is
needless to bo bothered with indiges-
Sstrd
O-en-e
Trying of Foundations for New
Building to Begin Early
. in Week.
NICK LINZ
CLEANING AND BLOCKING
BOOKFUL OF HEARTY
HANDSHAKES HERE
Work on the excavation for the foun-
dation of the new Southwestern Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company’s build-
ing which is now in the process of
construction at the comer of Eighth
and Colorado streets, has been com-
pleted, according to C. H. Page, archi-
tect, and laying of the foundation will
be taken up during the coming week
if favorable weather is offered.
j PAGE TWO.
those in West Texas-- where all cot-
ton picking is not yet finished and the
schools did not open until December."
1
THE STATESMAN
1.91
2 44
2.38
3.18
4.07
2.48
2.27
8.29
* 3.61
2.94
2.52
2.65
The figures for the year 1919, to-
gether with the normal precipitation.
Fashionable
Knit Neckwear
at $2.00
and the range of colorings
is good
1.80
.02
1.92
.32
4.55
4.88
10.53
.80
7.98
— .58
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’WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 Erendent
Wilson is expected to sign the call for
the first meeting of the League of
Nation, council immediately after re-
ceiving notice from Ambassador Wal-
gitimate, conceivable manner to have
all text books reach their proper des-
tinations with the least possible delay.
Why, four months of the present
school session has passed already and
still the publishing houses have not
eastern markets, where he goes sev-
eral times during each year, there to
inspect, finally pass upon and pur-
chase the very latest styles and
greatest variety of durable and nobby
merchendise, all of which must be
standard, and, in fact, "something to
please , the many individual fancies of
the hosts of Scarbrough vatrons."
Mr. Scarbrough will remain in New
York as long as he considers it neces-
sary to the end that he may purchase
a full supply of ladles’, misses’ and
gentlemen’s spring goods for the firm
he represents. and in which he is a
large stockholder.
Mr. Scarbrough stated before leaving
that he would pay especial attention
to the purchasing of women's ready-
to-wear, choosing only the latest
modes, most desirable and correct de-
signs.
Las dangers to
ceived Texas’ pro rata Just the same.
I have sent Miss Katherine Gray of
my department to Dallas to look well
into the situation there and speed the
denository people up. if there is any
So Thinks Informed Educator, ■
Deeply Interested in Seeing I
Books Generally Distributed. ■
out. . ,
The building, according to the plans,
will consist of two full storlea and a
substory basement, construction of
which will entail an expenditure of
approximately 3228.000. The structure
is to be of fireproof mingled tapestry
The Suits and Overcoats are for street or business wear—ranging from the
conservative almost to the extreme—but nothing flashy or in bad taste.
Departure
1919. Normal. from
Normal.
today that a "buyer" of anything es-
sential—even in one department of
any firm of moderate proportions-,
must keep alive and on the alert all
the while if he is to keep apace with
the State Text Book Board save any
action I may take as to general poli-
cies where my advice is sought; such
the State Text Book Board save any
duty but I will under no consideration
suggest or recommend the adoption of
filled the orders given them. In short, any text book,
they have had four months of grace and
have not yet made good I have seen
printed notices to the effect that the
publishing houses have printed a suf- j
ficient number of books to supply the
demand. This eannot be true or else
the Dallas depository would have re-
l it possible to organize an operating
itate to make any
changes st this time.
Scarbrough, general buyer and mer-
By Associated Press.
PARIS, Jan. 10 —The putting of the
Leazue of Nations into being, which
will be one of the immediate conse-
quences of the exchange of ratifica-
tions of the treaty of Versailles, will
occur in Paris as 10:30 o'clock in the
morning of Friday. January 16 .the
supreme council decided today.
Ambassador Wallace cabled this de-
cision of the council to President Wil-
son, so that the President might issue
the formal notice of Lhe meeting of
the council of the league to be held
on the date named.
The first meeting of the council
will be called to order and presided
over by Leon Bourgeoise, the represen-
tative of France in the council. He
will deliver a brief address. Earl
Curzon, the British foreign secretary,
who will represent Great Britain at
the meeting, will also speak.
WILSON TO ISSUE CALL
You may figure the savings to a cent It is true that clothing will be higher
in the very near future. Yet with our policy of not carrying goods over from
season to season, find it necessary to dispose of our entire Winter Suits and
Overcoats. It is good, sound business to do it
to the offices and operators’ rooms, a
lounging room, rest rooms, a lunch
room and recreation rooms. The most
modern equipment will be installed
throughout the Interior with the com-
pletion of the actual construction of
the building, it is stated.
chand Ise man for
ferred to.
delay there. If they can’t do anything number of well known book men in -
srbstantiel I at least want tn know Austin, representing the various book Use o books for a second and some-
what kind of a ‘promise’ they can concerns that may have bids to make
make. on this or that text. Aside from the
demands of the trade. A man of Lem
Scarbrough’s position, representing
one of the biggest dry goods houses in
Texas, placed in charge as general
buyer and known specifically as the
wrel,*nnS”raponabsueyhanacndacity anow'“«V -
must be estimated by the uniuitategr ---
rather than fully appreciated. He is
on his way to New York and other
t> big firm re-
here Monday is to adjust its
nothing to do with this phase of the
school book troubles. yet in my opin-
ion the probability of getting the books
which might be desired must neces-
sarily exercise great influence on the
board In its consideration of any pro-
posed changes. For instance, it might
de deemed advisable from a pedagog-
ical standpoint to replace a certain se-
ries of books the contract for which
is about to expire. Hundreds of thou-
sands of children have the present
books—in a more or less worn condi-
tion, it is true, yet they are usable.
subsequent year, on account of the
lace that the first session has been
fixed for next Friday. The United
States, however, will not be repre-
sented at the meeting, as the treaty
has not yet been ratified by the sen-
ate.
Provision for the President to issue
the call for the initial meeting of the
council is made in the peace treaty,
and officials explained that in sign-
ing the call Mr. Wilson would not be
acting in his capacity as President of
the United States.
The coming into force of the treaty
through the exchange of ratifications
by Great Britain, France, Italy and
Germany will not affect the United
States, officiate sald. While tech-
nically the state of war between this
country and Germany still exists,
trade between the two countries was
resumed some months ago, and is
steadily increasing, particularly the
export movement from the United
States.
The United States, however, will not
be represented on any of the various
commissions set up by the treaty for
carrying out of its terms, nor can
this country send consular agents into
Germany until the state of war is
ended. ■ a
force.
"Because of the conditions limiting
the physical -production of school
books, and which makes it extremely
hazardous to depend upon new con-
tracts which must be wholly sup-
plied by books yet to be manufactured,
the text book board will doubtless hes-
that the board will make no more
changes than those actually required."
is meant for Lem Scar-
There are fifty vigorous slaps on the
back in the little book "Go.” recently
issued by Reilly & Lee Company, Chi-
cago. Although the publishers do not
offer it as certain recipe for success,
they stand fast in their contention that
there is a heap of inspiration in it for
the fellow who is trying sincerely to
get along in the world.
The book consists of a collection of
the fifty best stories written by George
Harrison Phelps, director of advertis-
ing for Dodge Brothers, Detroit. For
the last five years Mr. Phelps has
written an inspirational story every
two weeks for the front page of the
paper which circulates throughout the
entire Dodge Brothers organization,
including thousands of dealers and
salesmen in all parts of the world. As
a rule, the central theme of the article
is taken from the life of a famous
man, or some one who overcame great
odds in attaining his goal. The result
is an unusually interesting collection
of short stores which brings the reader
into intimate contact with the lives of
men worth knowing about.
The articles came to the attention of
the Chicago publishers and they prer
vailed upon the author to permit publi-
cation of a select set of fifty. None of
the stories exceeds 500 words in length.
Not only are they of especial Interest
to all salesmen and business men gen-
erally, but provide an abundance of
ideal material for public speakers, who
are constantly on the alert for anec-
dotes illustrating such qualities as en-
ergy, determination, courtesy and kind-
ness. The book is replete with excel-
lent word pictures of this character,
and each story is appropriately illus-
trated.
Judging from the character of the
book and the wide field to which it
makes a particular appeal. "Go!"
should attain a high mark in sales.
to sue on the bonds of companies
where books have not been furnished
new printing contracts of large pro-
portions, particularly where bookbind-
Suggests Statue Changes. the use of the schools of the State.I ing on a large scale is involved. The
Miss Blanton advanced the idea rhe shortage of school books has been demand for bookbinding has increased
that she thinks there should be as no small problem in the department of . to such a desree that new pan S
many as five different depositories in education, complaints coming in froth* would be installed in many places were
The number required to complete the
needed supply for the next term would
be less than half of the requirement
necessary to furnish a new series in
lieu of the dispatched series.
Thinks Changes Now Unwise.
"Just now grave objections stand in
the way of changing text books where
such changes cap be avoided. Costs
have so greatly increased particularly
in the binding of books, that any new
contract made at this time must be
made at very considerable advances in
price. Even a greater danger in mak-
ing changes is the uncertainty of an
adequate supply of books if a series
not now in use should be adopted. The
first year of a new text book requires
nearly twice as many books as any
most prohibitive of teaching properly.
In some of the schools I visited not
long ago in West, Central West and
North Texas I found that they were
supplied only with writing and copy
means
French
of the
reducti
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STATE TEXTBOOK
BOARD MEETING
OF VITAL IMPORT
schools opened very late-especially the text book board. which
commensurate suppply of books for
very extensive
Added to the
involved by a
. An unprecedented record in rainfall
I * during the year 1919 is reported by
Fred Morris, weather observer in
charge of the University weather bu-
reau. The total rainfall for the year
was 64.69 inches, just a fraction short
I of doubling the normal annual precipi-
I tatlon. According to Mr. Morris’ rec-
I ords the month of July is credited with
the greatest preepitation, a total of
12.8 Inches of rain being registered
during that month. The lowest ampunt,
1.5 inches, fell during the ronth. of
December.
The highest previous rainfall was
I registered in 1900, when the precipi-
l tation was 53.99 inches. The lowest
rainfall within the past decade was
16.58 inches in 1917. July, 1919, broke
the record for that month, the nearest
approach being 12.65 inches in 1903.
The June record last year was also
broken for that month, the nearest ap-
proach being 5.18 in 1905. The October
record was a La broken for that month,
the nearest approach being 8.92 inches
in 1913.
books. I am still workine in every le-
Naturally there are, at present, a
Books Ordered Just as Needed. book men here, purely for business
"I have received some criticism from reasons, there are some few educators
certain quarters." continued Miss from over Texas present who are in-
Blanton. "to the effect that I made terested only in the very best inter-
the biggest effort to first supply the ests of the public schools of Texas, but
cities, letting the small towns and who are not seeking to appear before
country schools wait longer thereby, the board any more than any other
There is not one iota of truth in that private citizen.
statement; fact is, I carefully prepar- A teacher of long experience, in
ed and sent to the Dallas book depos- speaking of the meeting of the text
itory information as to the order in book hoard to begin Monday, and who
which the various schools of Texas is widely known as having at heart
would open. Instructing that books he the welfare of each school, having been
sent to the schools in the order If brought up in that profession, made
their respective opening. I was told the following general observations
last summer that all necessary books Saturday. after the subject had come
could be supplied me at least by No- forward and he was asked for an ex-
vember, 1919; this would have suffic- pression:
ed, possibly, had the report proven interested in Full Supply,
true. especially as so many country “Not the least of the difficulties of
Don’t You Forget It.
Bear in. mind that Chamberlan’s
Tablets not only move the bowels but
improve the appetite and strengthen.,
the digestion. They contain no pepsin"
or other digestive ferment bur
strengthen the stomach and enable it
to perform its functions naturally.-
Adv._______________
pepsin neutralize acidity and give re-
lief at once- no waiting! Don’t stay
miserable! Try to regulate yor sto-
mach so you car eat favorite foods
without causing distress. The cost Is
so little. The benefits so great You,
too, will be a Dlapepsin enthusiast
afterwards.— Adv.
Texas instead of one, as the law pro- all parts of the State that necessary
vides. She stated, in support of such books could not be secured while State
a suggestion, that books could be re- Superintendent Annie Webb Blanton
ceived and re-shipped by five houses has exhausted every method available
with greater dispatch than by one, due to remedy the situation. She finally
to shortage of room at any one pi advised the schoo hoards of the State
extraordinary demand for three or
four hundred thousand books would be
very apt to put the schools in a much
worse condition than they have been,
bad as these conditions were.
Books Bound to Cost More.
"For the next year or two the man-
ufacture of books must remain an un-
usually hazardous enterprise. Demand
for paper has been tremendously In-
creased while the supply has not kept
pace with the needs for it. Increased
advertising and catalogue printing has.
taxed the capacity of the great print-
ing houses, and as a result the allied
printing trades have been taxed to
their utmost. Wages have advanced,
carrying costs with them. Shortage in
the labor and paper markets have
made it almost impossible to place
car shortage, a limited force, all of
which convinced her that books would
remain too long In.a city wherein a
depository undertook to supply the
whole State. Miss Blanton believes
the law does not prohibit more than
one depository, hence she is already
using her good offices with the nook
concerns and other parties directly in-
terested to have them ship to more
than one place, by agreement, so it
may not be necessary to wait for the
convening of another Legislature to
change that phase of the law.
Miss Blanton was asked if it were a
fact that not over one text may be
changed in any one year by the Texas
Text Book Board, where all old con-
tractors offer to renew the respective
contracts as formerly agreed to. She
replied that such was true, explaining,
however, that In the event one or sev-
eral bidders on different text books
did not offer books at the old sale
price, all these might be changed if
the board sees fit and the other one
change. optional with the board each
year, might be taken advantage of
also. She believes the law in this
connection should be amended so that
"Not over one-sixth of the total text
books may be changed in any one
year."
Speak's of Monday’s Meeting.
When questioned about the meeting
of the Texas Text Book Board which
Monday begins an examination into
bids on free text books for next ses-
sion, Miss Blanton stated that she, of
course, was ex-officio secretary of the
board, while Governor Hobby is ex-
officio chairman. "While I am, by
virtue of my office secretary as stat-
ed.’’ continued Miss Blanton, "still due
to the fact that I also am author of
some text books I am therefore dis-
qualified to act, hence the Governor
has very kindly appointed K. L. Do-
honey in my stead, and I - will have
naught to do with the meetinz of the
I Annual rainfall... 64.69
ditiop of several stories in the future
when larger accommodations will be
needed. The ground dimensions of the
building will be 100 by 100 feet, allow-
ing a total floor space of approximately
30,000 square feet if the substory base-
ment is included in the calculations.
The building will include, in addition
A call at the office of State Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction Blanton
disclosed the fact that that official
was "up to her eyes" in work, .though
I it was past regular-hours for Satur-
I day. Due to the fact that more extra
, work has been turned over to the
State Superintendent’s office the past
year than ever before in the same
time. It seems a conservative state-
ment to express the conviction that
Miss Blanton has been the busiest
head of that important office ever
elected to discharge Its duties.
One of the big exactions on Miss
Blanton’s time is looking after the dis-
tribution of free text books in Texas,
since that law became effective last
June, and though she has exhausted
every reasonable and practical re-
source to have the work done proper-
ly and promptly, such a consummation
was prohibitive, due to longshoremen’s
strikes, strikes among the expert
workmen where such text books were
published, the shortage of paper and
1 the general handicap which has seem-
' ed to exist in the East and North
' where big firms have been trying, un-
der unusual conditions, to supply large
orders as they came in. Miss Blanton,
, upon being interrogated, said:
Shortage of Books Continue.
"There is a shortage of books in
- many" schools yet; in some of these
schools the shortage is severe and al-
"Every man to his trade” is an old
expression—so old. in fact, that it tells
a complete story without explanation.
"Every man to his particular kind of
business" is also easily understood
without multiplying words. So also
is the expression, "busy is the man
who is successfully handling ’big
business.’ ” The latter expression
very aptly applies to each member of
the E M. Scarbrough & Sons Com-
"Pape’s Diapepsin" instantly relieves Dyspepsia,
or a Sour, Acid, Gassy Stomach—quick 1 Sure I
J. E. Farnsworth, vice president and
general manager of the telephone com-
pany. was in Austin Saturday and
ny} while here took time to look over the
plans for the’building with the design-
ing architects. They met with his ap-
proval. It is stated, and work will be
carried on along the lines now mapped
Send your Clothes to us to CLEAN and PRESS. You will
surely be pleased with them when returned by our Auto Delivery
according to the terms of the
tracts.
Will Affect Changes.
"While the text book board
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