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THE DAILY BULLETIN
MONDAY AU-
GUST 17TJI
"WILL BEDOL
LAB DAY 15
BROWXWOOD.
MONDAY- AU-
GUST ' 17TH
"WILL BEDOL
LAR BAY IS
BROWNWOOD.
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VOL. XIII.
ASSOCIATE PKESS DISPATCHES.
BROWNWOOD TEXAS Fit I DAY AUGUST 14 1914.
No. 21tf
LONDON DISPATCHES INDICATE
THAT GERMANS ARE DEFEATED
MONTENEGRIN SOLDIERS IN ACTION
F
ARE FEW TODAY
DEVELOPMENTS
TROOPS
0
BELGIUM
SEA CAPTAIN CLAIMS THAT SEVEN GERMAN WARSHIPS HAVE
BEEN SUNK THEIR MASTS REMAINING ABOVE THE WA-
TER: GERMAN SPY SHOT IN LONDON.
WHY THE GERMANS LOST 50 HEAVILY III LIEGE
American Vice Consul There Says They Massed in Front of Forts Not
Expecting Resistance From the Belgians and Lost Five Times as
Mnny as the Belgians in the Forts Lost
London Aug. 14. A West Partle-
pool dispatch says that the captain of
a Danish steamer declared that he
passed seven sunken vessels near. 'the
entrance of the Humor River with on-
ly their .masts visible. He claimed the
vessels were German warships but
gave no reasons for his claim.
An unidentified man suspected of
being a German spy was fatally shot
near the; barracks here this morn-
ing. A Reuter dispatch denies that Tur-
nkey has bought the Goeben and Bres-
lau from Germany.
Victor Ruras the American vice
consul at Liege is quoted as saying
that it seems to" be a part of the
German military tactics to do aJrhiuch
of their fighting at night as possible.
He explains that the great German loss-
es at Liege were due to their march-
ing past and around the forts not
expecting the Belgians to resist them.
Ruras said that after the Germans
marching on Liege' had actuaHy pass-
ed the forts the Belgian infantry i man troops for five yays In the pass-
massed against them in front while ! e's the French now occupy the region
the forts opened fire on their rear.
the German losses here; he said were j
five times those of the Belgians. Many
German companies "had the choice of .
certain death or surrender.
An Amsterdam dispatch claims that
an anti-German mob burned a German
vessel in the harbor at Antwerp and
pillaged another German vessel.
II FEW TICKETS
YET TO BE SOLD
THOSE WHO IXTE-VD TO GO WITH
THE COYOTE RCI A L CLUB TO
SAX AXGELO 3IlST II OIK Y
fiTnnitn nmn Tfi nr rriTlinr
STnONB BAND TO BE FEATunE
Jl II. Foster 1
in.- ToLtlnr Hivi
Equipment for the Commissary
Department.
The ticket sale for the big excur-
sion to San Ange.lo is progressing
Etcply several tickets having been
V 1 yesterdaj' despite the rain that
ivf-;t everyone indoors -a greater parr
.i the day The sale will likely be
completed today and tomorrow as
tie number of passengers who may
Tti.-ikp the trip is limited by the train
equipment and only a few tickets re
main to te sold. -
The excursion will
Conductor Sol Lockctt. who is an ac
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.( memoex ot me commercial iiuu
and whose presence on the train was
e-pr-cially requested by the club. R.
H Foster has about completed his
plans for the commissary department
a -a-nt t. n..lti.or !c rnitir.fr
gether a bunch or musicians for the Jects. Miss Ida -M. Farrell of. the Gla-
band. It may be that three or four zler Review was asked to present a
musicians will join the excursion at IaPer on the ' subject "Should Suf-
Santa Anna or Coleman to increase j f rage be Equal?"
lie band and take the places of a few .
members of the organization here
who
trip.
will npt he able to make the
THEY LIKE COL. PRATER
The San Saba fair would not be
complete without the genial face of
Col. R. G. Prater-of Brown wood. He
has started the races for the past' San Antonio Aug. 14.-The . hang-
Tour years and has always given sat-jlng of Porfirio Torres for the murder
Ssfaction to a rare degree. Col. of Ike Hill atFo'wlerton In Novem.
IPrater is a lover of good horses and ber last year -was set for today
delights to see them performing. He The rope to be used is the same
always has a good word for the San' which hanged the negro Lee Johnson
Saba fair and his frequent visits have here for the murder of Dr. Albert
made him many warm friends here. '.Maverick. Torres will be hanged at
San Saba News. 'Jourdanton.
England France and Russia have J
made sharp demands of Turkey re-
garding the crews of the Goeben and
Breslau reported to have been bought
by Turkey.
A dispatch from Rome says the
Montenegrins are successful ly invad-
ing Austria. The blockade along-the
Montenegrin coast has ceased.
At 3:55 p. m. today a dispatch from.
Brussels saJd: "The Germans are
planning a new- move against us."
Highly favorable news from the
French troops in Lorraine has been
received.
Reuter says that Belgian artillery
has brought down three German aero-
planes flying over Liest. Two aviators
were dashed to death and the third
was terribly injured.
A report from Amsterdam says that
a brother of Uie former German
chancellor von Buelow was killed in
an attack on Liege.
The official press bureau announces
that the French have been very suc-
cessful in the Vosges mountains of
Alsace where after resisting the Ger-
of the Saaie Pass. Numerous Ger-
man desertions are reported at Saaie j
the French taking many prisoners and
a number of machine guns. Another
report says that the French captured
one whole German division.
It i reported that the two million
i-
Russians are now marching along
the German-Austrian frontier.
COLQUITT PREDICTS THAT
COTIOH WILL JUMP TO 20
RFNTC WHFN WAR IS flVFR
ULIliU IIIILI1 llnll IU UILII
Austin Tex.. Aug. 14.
'Cotton will
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jump to 20 cents a pound immediately
. the Enronean war ceases." is the be-
' Hef of Gov. Colquitt who has studied
the question. The governor gives this
as one reason for urging representa.
t5ves M consress to have the federal
rfrovernaent advance farmers at loa?t
S"0 per bale on their cotton. The
governor estimates provision snould
i. j ii"
ne maue to care xor appruxiuiaiciy
ten million bales of the staple.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE TO BE .
DISCUSSED IN MEETING OF
N. W T. NEWSPAPER MEN
Amarillo Tex. Aug 14. The twen-
tieth annual session of the 'Northwest -
. . .... ....
i exas rress Association was caned 10
nieet here today in a two-days' ses-
cSnn A linn frnm Hnntcnn 1hrniir.li
Ft. Worth and thence
wt follows the Texas -and Pacific to
the sute line include the boundaries;
of the association membership. Aside
irum auuressus on newspaper sun-
MEXICAN IS HANGED
TODAY FOR MURDER OF
FOWIERTON CITIZEN
FARM DEMONSTRATION WORK IN
BROWN GDUNT-Y IS DISCONTINUED
COMMISSIONERS MET EARLY YESTERDAY VOTED AGAINST
TIM ING THE WORK AND-LEFT HURRIEDLY FOR THEIR
HOMES: PRESENT CONTR U'T EXPIRES IN SEPTEMBER
THEY SAY THE PEOPLE
County Roads Need the $001) That Has Deen Spent Each Year for Demou-
traUou A cent's Salary: Brown Ciniiitj's Fanners know nil There is.
to Learn About Running Their Own Business.
In an early morning session yester-
dav the Commissioners' Court met
and -put the axe to the farm demon-
stratiqn work in Brown county fpiYthoge knQW go -they
the -next year. The present contract' couldn't possibly' learn more.
expires m bepteinoer -out tne com.
niissioners were so . anxious
to set
a c)iance to vote on the matter that'- (o not want a new road" opened
they could not wait until the year's
work is completed. Commissioner
Nunn did not vote on the master
oecause nis time as commissioner jo
- hr. nH lfl nM wsh tn .. a!
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contrac QVer the head of the Incom?
j ing Iomm5ssloner; Mr. NunDj how.
ever lias always been very mucn inlit and thev want commissioners who
favor of continuing the work. Com-j
:ti.sjloners i'ugn .Meucail anu Wise.ff.- icnnmnt farmprs insf n. fnw
are opposed to the work and County
Judge Frank Sweet who gets to vote
only in caseof a tie favors-thc work.
Warrn Ham'nniilrnllnn lino lioon :
oe spot with a majority of the com-
missioners' for 'some time and it is
no surprise that they
hnvn' I'ntrvrt tn
t-.." -...-v i...- .wV
discontinue tne work: ror anotmjr
-vcar- Tne-V aye shown by their vote.cnrn tian they
that they- do not believe any pro-
gress can be made in farming in this
county; they have shown that they
believe the Santa Fe has been distrib-
uting bad seed to the farmers: and
that the efforts of the United States
government to improve the. marketing
conditions is a waste of money and'le(in I'aid- The ta i)a-vers have not
that Brown county wants none of it. -Lf(M1 compelled to .do without anything
They have rendered a verdict against tlie-v needed because of the demon-wide-rows
deep ploughing eonserva- Oration work. Three years ago the
tion of moisture better seed selection general fun.(1 of the county contained
aiid greater yields. They have found ah()t A'S- this -vear this fln1
that the sum of $G00 a year is better contained $9717. The road fund has
saved-nnd spent on the roads-than $12 t vvork with tho balance of
paid toward a demonstration agent's tIlis .vr whJch is sufficient to fix all
-nlrv Thov hniiovo Hint nld-time
-methods are" better than modern sci.
entific methods and they refuse to
believe the evidence of their eyes in'
their own neighborhoods basing their
action upon the statement that "the -
people" are opposed to the work and
thhfs why wo voted against it." They
say Simmons was elected commis-
sloners in precinct I because he op-
liosed
demonstration work and that
Xunn
was defeated for tax -collector -
because he favored it; they deny the
statement that many who voted for
Simmons did-so because they under.
s.ooa lie avored demonstration work.;OMS oconomy that will save them $G00
They say County Judge Sweet will this year aml next year but the next
lose his job two years hence because" ' lt mfiv Insn Pnch nnn of thorn m.
he favors demonstration work.
The income of the commissioners is
from two sources: They are allow-
ed to put in one hundred and fifty
days each year upon the roads re-
ceding $"3 per day for this work;
they always put in the limit. They
are allowed $3 each per day for the
time spent In their regular and spec-
ial meetings which usually last three
days. Their meetings are once each
month.
The Income of the demonstration
agent has been from three sources:?
He receives $600 per year from the Wilson Is considering the appoint-
county $400 per year from the gov- ment of John E. Lamb of Torre Haute
ernment and $200 per year from prl.f to the 'position of ambassador to Mex-
vate subscriptions by business men; ico.
CON-
ARE OPPOSED 10 PLAN
total $1200. He. puts in 3C5 days'
eauu.juur. uiiuK umuis iikuuuis
and thinking for the farmers who
want his heln: he never bothers
AI1 tll eonc not want demon-;
stration worj jn tn5s COunty;. all of
ihroueh 33rd Schooi district or a
ncu. briuge ouiIt over a guny jn theenaU
frst precinct; but some of the pe.o-:
u.nm tiiosn things d npnd fhnm
4 4U i
auu uieui. aumu ui ixiu iiuujin;
dcmonstratloh work and'
A R Thev gUU want
i
. . t
wm give t tQ them There are n
who believe they can learn something
fron)- ne government of the United
States ; and thev have been trying the
. ....
Others who do not want
-
the . benefits of the plan have not
been bothered except possibly by
.1.' si. .
--jneeiui; moir iieigiiuurs yrow more uu
lon anfi corn ami maize and kaffir
could srow.
In reality the tax payers have no
been compelled to pay a cent for the
ueiijunsuauou oik. uie iua. iie"crew or. tne Austrian sieamer (laut
Ul "iy -lu:U'1" Mt.ann.i u'lul-
of .UiC has not been raised since the. scli were killed or drowned when the
.. . I y A1."1-" "r oruttiiku wutu int.
"luuuol"lMU" n"n n"a vw.. c".
not an additional cent of taxes ha3
the-roads and pay the commissioners
t0- The jury fund is large enough to
'i"11' "P uls 'car.' incl"ding two ses-
110115 01 county court ami tne uecem.
bpr torni of.dis'rlct court. Brown
couu. l Ul
debtedness and all its bills for cur-
roTt expenses have been paid.
Th fna'ncial shoVic sCaks well
'ff)r Um commfsgloncrs but lt nrgucs
aa!nst thelr actlon in reflisin . to
give tnose of the tax payers who
want Jt the bonefitof a farm demon.
js(ratlon agcnt for another year. It
g foiiowln& a poicy of parsimoni-
proximately $710; the average annual
compensation received by each com-
missioner. If the commissioners have any rea-
sons further than the ones al)Ove giv-
en for taking the action of Thursday
morning the columns of the Bulletin
are open to them.
PRESIDENT CONSIDERS
MEXICAN AMBASSADORSHIP
Washington Aug. 14. President
MUSSELS REPORT SAYS NO EN.
il GEM K NTS REPORTED SINCE
WEDNESDAY AT HAELEN
GERMANS ARE WITHDRAWING
As Allied Armies Advance Germans
arc Retreating from Belgian
Soil Saj's Report.
Brussels Aug. 14. 1:25 p. m. X-o
movements of importance have occur.
red since Wednesday when the Bel
gians drove back a large force of
Germans at Haelen says the official
announcement. The situation was se
rious Tuesday morning when a force
of German cavalry approached Brus
sels but conditions are now believed
. to be rapidly improving. After the
Belgian victory at Haelen the Belgians
claim that they further defeated a
Gerfiian- detachment Thursday near
Novel le-Traviers and' Eghezee nine
miles north of Mamur..
It is claimed that these operations
indicate that the Germans are retreat-
ing further before the advance of the
allied armies. The location . and
plans -of the British army have not
been learned.
BULLETINS
SILVXGlfAI. Aug 11. Two war-
ships badly damaged and carrying a
large number of wounded men arrived
in ilong Kong today. It is believed
that they are either British or French1
'shp3 an hat the" fCmght the Ger
man cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneis.
Paris. Aug. IL :A German aviator
dropped
one bomb-on the railroad
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f1"0" at rUroul d "W
bombs in Lure. The damage
Lw0
wa3
'sugnu
lish bonded warehouses for storing:
New York Aug. 14. Cable messag- rottont which will be made the basis-
es received here today announce the of currency issues. The departments
safety of Mrs. Thomas Preston for- of commerce Agriculture and the-
merly Mrs. Grdver Cleveland. She is Treasury have approved the plan
in Switzerland. :
Belleville Tex. Aug. 14. Two nun.
dred carloads of wheat are. tied Up
ihe're on account of. the cessation' of
exports.
London Aug.
U.--About one hun- The FaI Fair directors are negoti-
passengers and the ..insr ..ith s(lrml nntt( aV-tors for-
dred and fiftv
vessel nu a mine on uie traimauon
st today.
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n island in the Pacific of whidi :
french company has obtained contrr:
is believed to contain 10000000 .ton
of high grade phosphates and man
more million tons of inferior quality
Dollar Day Feast of Bargains
Buying Event of Next Week
WATCH TOMORROW'S DAILY BCL-
LET1X FOR DOLLAR DAY
HAWJAI.N ADVERTISING.
Monday August 17th will go down
in history as the .bargain day of the
good year 1011. The- people are
watching and waiting for the day.
Dollnr Day is being inaugurated by
the progressive merchants of Brown-
wood who believe that their customers
are entitled to something extra in the
way of real bargains; there will be
many low-priced articles offered in
all the stores and those who want
good seasonable merchandise at war
prices will do well to look over the
lists of things advertised in tomor
row's Dally Bulletin. Each dollar
will be worth 200 cents Monday.
Tomorrow is the last chance to ad-
vertise "Dollar Day Bargains. The
Daily Bulletin will have ample space
for all advertisements received before
10 o'clock tomorrow morning. The
people are going to devour the con-
tents of the ads too. They want to
know where they can get a pair of
shoes for a dollar; who is going to
sell them dry goods worth $2 for one
big simoleon. They want to know
GERMAN AVIATORS GIVE CHASE
TO FRENCH AIRMAN' WHO ES.
CAPES IN HAIL OF BULLETS.
GREAT GERMAN ARMY MOVING
French Newspaper Man Says Germam
Officers Declared 2000000 Men
' Are Gathering-.
Paris Aug. 14. (Official) A large-
number of French troops have en-"
tered Belgium and are proceeding
from Charleroi to Geuasmoux north-
wast of Namur.
Two German aviators pursued one
French aviator' 4ho was reconnoiter-
ing over Lorraine. Each German car- -ried
men firing repeating rifles but
the Frenchman escaped.
The allied governments have agreed
to force Turkey to realize her obliga- -tions
as to neutrality.
Jean L. Hermitt a French newspa-
per man while on a train between
Brussels and Liege said the Germans
stopped them at Landed and that fif-
ty thousand German troops march-
ed through that city toward the front
and that the German officers said tbat-
two million more Germans "would ad-
vance through Landed.
Hermitt said that a Landed store-
keeper said the Germans' seemed to
be loaded with gold paying liberal-
ly for all their purchases.
The Havas Agency announces that
Sir John French commander in chief
of the English fieid army had joined
French Commander 'Joffre Their
locality is not known
diiic lUTDnmincn m
U1LLO mMlUUUULU IU
i PROVIDE FOR BONDED
WAREUMIP YQTniK'
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. Washington Aug. 14. Southern
Congressmen today introduced in both
the House and Senate bills to estab
AVIATORS COME HIGH
AS FAIR ATTRACTIONS
SAYS SEC. KIRKPATRICK
. . . . .
nights during the fair to entertain the
cr0vds. A communication yesterday
frn n nMnA ru-.r nninai ha hna
price yet offered. This aviator of-
fered to fly each day for the threa
tla'ys for $750. to drop from an air-
ship with a parachute for $1250 and
to Ioop:the-loap for 51750.
The committee hopes to secure a
good flyer to make two flights daiy.
) which grocery store will sell a sack
of fine flour for a dollar if they buy-
three pounds of hign grade coffee for
a dollar at the same time. They want
to know where to get a half dozen
high grade photos for a dollar and
where to buy a setof harness at half
price. They are going to search for
ads of the man who sells wall paper
at three or four extra rolls for a dol-
lar and the drug man who will sell
them a dollar's worth of drugs and
give them a two-bit cake of toilet soap
and an ico cream soda at the same
time.
This is a wonderful opportunity for
the merchants to clean out their
stock. There will yet be many days
ui summer weatner wnen summer
goods are in demand; but It is
time to clo.se out all summer
goods and since the people want them.
It behooves every merchant to put
Dollar Day prices on them and make
room for the fall stock which will be
arriving in a few days. .Bring your
ad to the Bulletin or phone and It
will be sent for. Please be as early
as possible. Dollar Day will be a
great day If the merchants care to
make it so and the Bulletin Is anx-
ious to help.
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