The Abilene Daily Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 191, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 27, 1917 Page: 2 of 4
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The Time Has Come To Conquer Or Submit
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Your Last Opportunity to buya Bpn andlpCt-HB6ys Now Fight-
ing in France Push the Qferiprfs bapfrto Berlin
The Fanners and Merchants National Bank
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mah beltcse this Trey believe la a
(iMintn god The have revived the
old pasitti sod Thor "under the name of
a t httsttan sod Tut ati.slly bellese
that no ot'ier peoples have any rights
a asatnst them.
fhp arc a full of the idea of con-
quest at at At tils the Hun ho call
ed ataself the scourge of God and'
i j j.ri4 of the title The Kalwr
s Hi admiration for Attila tr
r.ir.tef hi favorite on afte- him
rim o Kttel In the Gei:i m plans
i ttp it. nt hiercy n- hon r no popu-
.. rights no quarter for am other
p pie no thought for an thing ex
cel-' German epanicn
v ik . conqtwrt. i t'.t
. knt tt ao eii mr
Nrtv kw fco much of Turhy to tercft ; .i- to coni r Rom brou
-J Mmim? ; ? '. i.- Kunti ' hT Mtw otn
rtH Wv. if the ' i.l united asamt r.in rorshatt bad Hif plan pi do-
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the inherited hell for their sleeping
fire in rery few hundred year a
nea iwer Ari.- win h must be sub-
iii.ttei to t r nt ed tlernnny Is such
a tt er tcoiA Wbes. it fonght off
Tht old order goe on developing Our
oS 1 order l a better ordr than tht
ot the Getinan Kttipire. We are fight-
ing ataint GerroanA for it We ntut
eh; ft r it to thr lat ap .r take
..at German worM pow r sive ws.
I i.TiwDi hSk' iic iM Ai to her
.i ?ir ll tl e sande h t s-f out
i f this alien. pted A.sasii.atKn of free-
d mi
U H not an American iuetien ha
Germany add Aumtu Hangars Tur-
XnuTitat
. :n.t (de frofn ky. Belgium. .Serb!! Montenegro- Ro-1 Awltr
- ite t.t a worno RiaBia. ana pan m eraiwre aao aw werw
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her ftl io ' i I r bark fftan mn- i te s-n thins ! failed but
fluent sow i- jail we d- in ar' doa t ail fai1 If irtuany iH. a
fccse -he ! welded all thes i fory in t-.i ar .e i!l oulj await
l.vnda tato a power a eHd' M the '. her chance as l'raf.-ia haj done every
-p?ot tjerssany Wt can the world Jysr of heR life lnce the Hobaaioi-
. i iu ant her Netef aaain will 'lem hae al en her throne to ponnce
t". np'M be o unfted ajfatnst her a en her fellow nation
" never aKaln will )Me be a weak She ait tile a tiHer bj a prl-p
n- If she win. ilor ht rre Bv a sfaort vU-toriou
A .tttSe r.wrqjan gtrt wr)tinr te a IK-1 war he aelxed Scktoares-Uoitel&.
tl friend tb iSwriand expreed)Br a lffiilar ttnr's leap afae seised
r .-rfy civtH-. wonder that any nation could be ot A!ace-Lorraine. She fought tgM
ei before the preatfptiou sls to deny h GerttanJ yeara tot SUtala a ad took It She
--1 them. w!iat ty oeed in territory for rte frmht Aiittri out t?f th German con-
Fate Germany. aaM "Kt -people have ar rieht federal ion. beUse wlto Austria to
Kaierti
year
"eseat.ojtd bave roirhlaed axdnnc th ttirtor riffata of 6er-.lt Pn?ta coaH not mtnl It. a4
Turk aa we hav bftie4 asato ' Out -f the movtn of bane and now by thi ar. bavlag ct control
Kaer Tkey slept and at.Miat tone the irttth. Alt Gr-aat flg&t to et Autrta and other
lountrie Into it again
She must not be allowed to win a
fuot cfiand in thi .ir If he doe
we shall find thai her wtnntttg of ter-
ritory U as touch ah AmerUan tucs-
tion a? t.e annexation of Texa
Soon. If be in she will sciie is-
lands or bates in our own waters.
We booght the Imnish Islands to pre-
vent that very th!" We wwit Into
Haiti n r'ent th t thlnn We
are forced to t'H nd plan m Cen-
tral Vs tri a thi- Wmi indits. t
er( r to rtent thai erj thing
And f the ir. in tUi ar she will
be too -trong to be denied If we can
net ha! her will ith sixteen other
nations uy mng with u i .vt -nlt
we be abn- t- do wi8t all these other
nation-; .( ne4 tf 4nii-d tn a
Oertran ! t"r '
Vcro. frt . i.wui.d i a n"'e i-
'.anii culled Ht'le"! tid in wised b
Kr.pland th tedei to German! it
i now a Gibralt-ir and stud like a
dagger pointed at England' heart
ln Germany once secure a lodglne
or. this side of the water attd th1 first
Hep t" taken fcr a German war on our
own shares And if she wms Le may
have a legal claim to Canada to all
th British tNOsscssions in the Wen
Indies in the Atlantic and tb? Pncm
m want? them' all. She dMKtaftda
thetn In every prayer to the Qrman-
dad. We must fight this war to-til bl
nd at German defe Shv mt ne'e
b bt to say to herselF that rt won
thi mi .d thus kee- her people
appetite whetted for victory The Ger-I
man people must be broken of this nu
dent habit of mnkfng war for more
trritor Their Kaiset l the mad-
dog of K'trope. utiles he Is dcfeatetl
his people will be as mad as he and
suih national madness on the part uf
sflch a people Is a homo question for'
every people in the world It is not
for nothing Utat the world Is in "arms
against German v The world senses
the danger when the world went like a
tornado with the arm- of Persia
against Greece whh h flowed back
acros Vsia in the Macedonian phalanx
under Alexander which lowered like
a cloud over the planet when the Athe-itun-'
if o Vl t! f citv of Svracue.
wt fh v Mitli tie Roman eate
unt i fr.ed- in frtm Home w a now her.
t ho -itii-'st i.'aod like a rt"ti light-
nmt: ah t tl.e -tan lards of the Moors
until t.(. were ieaten back In France;
iul. broke over the 4am when the
T.rks tok Constantinople before
America was discovered wltlcb spread
like a petUence in the gloomy Finptre
if Spain which made of the French
Resolution a tool of despotism under
Napoleon
The fates are washing their shrouds
of nations hxlay. Are the grava-
elothna for America? It depends on
how we fight this war.
sweep.
Iter ports nil tip her Untie Inntqrn
Ht.
ml her lortshml thtuulors gathering
for thulr tleipT
TllU MlhUIKH-muIAN
Letter from a Washing ton Woman
to lior sitter in Ml Jtigan. telling how
one uoWiRtt Is co-operating with the
l S. Food Admlnlstratton
Dear KiJith
You sltmihl Jbst hee me now
Never was soMler-nmn mere proudly
uniformed than this particular soldier-"
woman who has pledged her "bit" to
the FwhI Administration
I went down to headquarter )ea-
terda after writlnR yo ot the
pattern for the " Servlre Press" of Jhe
Food Conservation Serttoti. stopped In
a -hpp for 'the bine chambra and
white pique and here I am tod a) in
full H'gaiia.
It took me only a few hours to make
the cwstarae for K'S jnst a little one-
piece adjustable garmeut. as neat aitd
chit and practical as poaalhle The
authorised shade la blue -a cool clean
ertsp looking blue Th deep cuffs are
of white plue and button en the steeve
so the can be easily removed for any
i task- that would soil them and put on
again In a jiffy The cap toe U of
' white pique The Insignia of the Food
AitmiiHst ration showing the Cnitwl
States shield and a wreath of wheat
heads n natural colors marks the left
"God: grw n neI Hw w ac Inlta
to steep.
Bat sword otr thigb. and brow with
tmrpose lt
Ana let on- ship of stmt to harbor sleeve and cap of the official uniform e :! inl.tv Wis
of the home maker who joins the c
Adtninistrntion A set of titits in- ..
;nla for the cap front and sleeve t
fgethor with a membership bution. an
1 be bought for ten wnts
1 Yon can send ten tents for tin
.and a request for the utecte and m
' tmilRo. to the U S Fowl Adminifiir.i
tinu at Washington and they'll te -ti t
at once
I'm crarv to see you in this ihnrn
tlng roelunic
If i t. K n t n. ii 1 n ; filing vou
uiltig in mine
lint 1 don't know that I'm handu
tme!f n epebtl compliment i i
for 1 tfon't bsdfeve there rrvr wn- v
hou-e fr-n k deiienet tl at would i -uniYrall
Dec it Mug
I know there nei wat one e i
to Kiip into eoo'tr to wear or mu-.
araititat in it service
I ntn proud to wear this utilfnn
Kditt. i -hail m to b- worth)
the tl.ms (or which t( t-tands-an hon
et. arnt"t. full ro-operutlun with th-
Fhh1 Administration my "bit In win
nlng this war
Do write so n t-
( Yot r hing
FttA.WKR
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LAIUPi
When irregatar or delayed Tr-
utaph lHHs Slifa and always depen-
'dnble Kot sold at drag starts Ri
fu30 otburs. save dlsappolutmer
write for "Relief and particolars. Its
free Addresa NfcUnnal ie.leal t- -y
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Being the 19th and Continuation of a Series of Talks on BiUs and the Prompt Payment of Them
YOU'RE TO BLAME
W'HEX vu sk for credit at a store and are
ni tinned (hul you can't have it Don't blame
the ivrjunt.
Ihtfv : n tne ii htunie but yourself. You
11 Kike van j it credit iiiid whether it is gum!
! innl it t;iitls a. u uiununicnl to your ef-
i(rt. Hat! inter. ot. i v-edit is tmHed uMn HOY
Jl . orif l'11-i-N ff yiiu fiay them
i - mf; iti tKre credit and you get it
' .u .'.:; 1 jay Ukiu uu i hm' t ileservc cred-
it iui tui ihuI 'Avt if Mil wheUtef you el
.uirt . iit depeiuK idisolutely ufitm foil
!l tmr (.ikdil is itot noud dunt hlmne the
uiercu'i it'sfloi his fautt.
IMS 1 :iKCKIVK VOliHSKLF.
Don't tii.ut iiu can nenleet laying one
jiRithtJiii ..lid iL-x what you need on credit
1 l Oil! ill lie i
Don t "Hih ui tan ehaust our credit
with .i i i intuiunU aud then start in
tu alio : i i I'hU ii an era of Pav a vou
i tie tt hivtiaiit's ftssociation is work-
i Uih jaiu sutetitui4l tlaih in clUiufi&i
i the lMad Heat. When vou have &tmc
- T v - Q9-'9-
. You must pay Jones before you can buy
from Smith. Today Smith knows how much
you owe Jones- an well its you tit). Smith and
J often are no longer "dupes They cut their
eveteelh some time ago. TJiev have lost all
the money on professional 'dead heajts like
vou thev intend losing.
Today they ctanpare hotjks Kvery mer-
chant in the city through the Credit Men's
Association can find out how much you owe
every other merchant. And every merchant
in the city can also learn how1 you Fay Your
Bilk. -
In unity thre t KlrenIh and ilie mcr-
chanis have united to elimirmle the Dead
Beat.
ui limit Ym stop.
Thursday is the first of the month.
Ail the bills you have incurred since the first
of last month will be due unless arrange-
ments hae been made to the contrarv.
a
Vou who made purchases last mouth anil
hint them .-barged on open account will be ex-
pected TO PAY.
liememier the merchant Mt'ST PAY HIS
BILLS and he can't unless you pa yours. 1-
fieetim hiQi to cany you two or three or four
months h imposing upon hh confidence in
ou..
lie extentled you credit as a convenience
anil you should not inconvenience him now
by not paying promptly. And you do when
you don't pay.
lie believed ypu honest fair and worthy of
his confidence. Are you going to let him
know that he was mistaken and that you are
dishonest unfair and unwurtln? And then
will you have nerve enough to'go back later
and ask for more credit?
It's howuu Pay Your Bills hat determines
your rating for. tomorrow. It's how vou paid
yuur 14.1s yesterday. That gives vein your
rating today.
To save yourself your honor tunl vuur in-
Tvgriiy yon shouki lyYoTiPBulC Fromptly.
Retail Merchants
Association
Abilene Texas
S. 11. (iarn&o!i4 Srie.
B. V MeCarlv President.
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The Abilene Daily Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 191, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 27, 1917, newspaper, October 27, 1917; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth333001/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Public Library.