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TEMPLE DAILY TELEGRAM, TEMPLE, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 24,1919.
TEMPIE 111 TELEERIM
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wlw «rr<ll(fi1 In thla paper and alao the
local news published ben-la.
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riihflnhed ev.ery mornln* by th« T mm
Publishing Ot.. (Inc.), K K. W'llU.iUM.
president.
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Delivered by Currlere Inildt City Llmlte of
Temple.
Dnlly «tnd Sundny, one year 17.Ml
Unlly «ud Sundnv, onn month "
Ily Mull Outnlde City Mmitf of Temple.
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Dally and Bunday, all montm t
Dally and Sunday, three mnntht 1.76
Dally and Bunday.'on* month 7#
Flic* on *tre*ta. on train* and at new*-
■land*, per copy #5
Telephone (all department*) IM
All the oth*r joys of Christmas may
be cone, but still we can get under
the mistletoe.
Our hope is that nobody will get an
expensive present from somebody to
whom the sent only a Christmas card.
And If this war on high prices Is
won, the question of "who won the
war" will be very much In order dur-
ing the presidential campaign In 1920.
And it seems as though the "flying
parson's" little flight into a denuncia-
tion of booze has made it necessary
for him to execute a nose dive out of
the service.
ons. It reprfontw, al"o, the attitude
and purpose of the dupes who havf
fallen vlatlms to the preachings of
licrkinan and Goldman and Is bark of
all the terror plots which have been
plnnnod In our various Industrial cen-
ters. W'liat Is more, It Is a warning
to beware the friend'* «>f the reds now
li i^ded for misxia; for we may rest
assured tl.it these deported radicals
are going to do their utmost to foster
the wlck. il business they were trying
to perpetrate when their hopes and
aspiration* were cut short by Immi-
gration officials.
I It is Just such crazy sentiment n*
that expressed by Bcrkman that
makes the radicals so obnoxious and
dangerous in this country. They set
themselves up as imaginary saviors of
tho world, and then set about to ac-
complish their purpose through fair
means or foul—preferably foul.
lterkman may be able to find his
way back to America and endeavor to
carry out his threats, but It is more
probable that he will first attempt to
get some of his dupes In this country
to do the dirty work. Perhaps they
are already obligated to seek some
sort of revenge, but if they are not
they will mal^e It their business to do
so.
Rut the department of Justice Is
prepared to meet their defiance, and
the whole country Is prepared to sup-
port the department In Its program.
Deportations must go on so long as
this defiance goes on, and the country
will be considerably better off If all
of the 60,000 radicals listed as unde-
sirable can be rounded up and sent
back to the land of their nativity.
General Fershlng says he would In-
stitute suit at once if somebody were
to start a boom for him for president.
Is politics getting that bud In this
country?
Turkish children want to pray to
the American Santa Claus, saya a
news dispatch from Constantinople.
Isn't It a pity that they haven't a nice
Hanta Claus of their own to pray to?
A drop in food prices between Jan.
1 and March 1 Is predicted by Palmer.
But wouldn't that have been a nice
Christmas present for the country if
the break could have been put in our
stockings tonight!
And If the republicans should de-
cide to run the president of Columbia
university for president, that will be a
tacit admission that the democrats
acted wisely a few years ago in run-
ning a former president of Princeton.
Another safe bet is that the postal
service will be accused within the next
two weeks of losing a lot of packages
It didn't lose. If we didn't send the
present, let's own up to it; for your
Uncle Sam has been accused falsely
long enough.
PAIjMKK AND PIUCUS.
agencies trying to hold down the out
put in order to keep the price up,
If. on the whole, the cost of neces-
sities of life has remained al>out sta-
tionary fur the last three months, It
outfit to take a downward turn with-
in the next few months with every-
body saving and with the government
giving the gougers a healthy and de-
serving punch. The hoarder must
rank, of course, as a potential If not
nn actual profiteer.
While flaws may be picked In the
attorney general's price war program
yet this much is certain and obvious
to nil: If wo are to have a success-
ful drive to bring prices down |t must
be n concerted affulr. Trying to work
the problem out on an Individual
basis merely lead* Into more compli-
cations, While It ma/ be Inconve-
nient to be saving, Irksome to prcduce
more and embaraasing to rejiort short
weights and long profits, yet such
general practices are good any lime;
and if the department of Justice Is
prepared to go as far as the attorney
general Indicates, we may soon pet
back to where a dollar will go as far
as it used to.
The only objectionable part about
it all Is that the program calls for a
little effort. Is the game worth the
candle In your home, or do you pre-
fer the merry race around the circle?
KIMTORIAL OF THE DAY
The Pontine Press has observed 'hat
the next republican convention might
be held In Grand Rapids when the
trial of the Newberry cases IS going
on, as most of the delegates will be
there. It seems to us that that would
be carrying economy too far.
THE WRKCKEK .
An Associated Press dispatch from
France says that solution of the dif-
ficulties in opening up the big coal
mines around Lens must await the
coming of German military engineers
who wrought the destruction. The
work of the Germans along this line
was so thorough that the task of re-
habilitation is presenting a serious
problem.
It probably will go hard with the
Germans to have to put in orJer the
property which they went to so much
trouble and expense to put in disorder,
but it serves tliein right. They ought
to have to rebuild the towns they
wrecked, the farm homes they burned
throughout northern Prance and set
up again the manufacturing plants
they razed.
That is what they ought to have to
do, but they were relieved of part of
this work because complete restora-
tion would almost have reduced the
German people to slavery.
But the pugnacious German officer^
who superintended the wrecking of
the Lens mines will not enjoy at all
the privilege of aiding in this recon-
struction work. While they are on
the Job, however, they may come to
realize the gigantic folly of their late
enterprise, and if they do that much it
will help some.
One may fear that Attorney General
Palmer's assertion that "the cost of
living, already under control," is In
for a general decline nfter January
1, represents a hope rather than a
probable reality; but upon close ex-
amination It Is found that the attor-
ney general qualified his remarks In
an oracular way so as to leave sev-
eral avenues for a safe retreat In
tho event an Impatient public should
challenge his prediction after prices
have had ample time to tumble.
The attorney general observes that
the prices on ail necessary commodi-
ties have remained stationary for the
last two or three months, whereas
they usually have an upward ten-
dency during this season.
He may be right—we hope he Is;
but still we cannot help but wonder
whether or not ho has heard of sugar
selling as high as four pounds to the
dollar in this section of the country
as compared with about eight pounds
to the dollar two or three months
ago. Nobody accuses the retailer of
profiteering, of course, for ho has
to pay an enormous price for the
commodity; but still sugar bought in
the open market now costs about
twice as much as it did only a few
weeks ago.
But this discrepancy In the attor-
ney general's observations must not
lead us to lose all cwfldenee in his
price-war program. Values can be
brought down, he savs, "if everyone
who produces wi 1 produee his ut-
most, If those who buy and consume
will eliminate extravagance, and if
all honest people will Join with the
department of justice in stamping out
profiteers and hoarders."
If put into general practice this
program would bring considerable
relief within the period of a few
months, but the rub is going to come
in getting utmost production, elimi-
nating of waste and indictments of
profiteers. It's all very nice, we say
•—very, very nice for the other fel-
low. Leading economists and leading
statesmen have been stressing the im-
portance of Just such remedial meas-
ures ever since the armistice was
signed, and about the only man who
has come up creditably with his end
of the stick is the producer. When
more stuff is produced, more is
wasted, and this opens up more op-
portunities for excessive prices.
But the country will have to call a
halt in these practices sometime, and
it might as well be early in 1920 as
any other time. Present high prices,
are the best argument in the world
for increased production, and high
values are going to result in greater
production despite the influence of
Tho Perils «f IVacr.
What we face today is the Inevi-
table outcome of a policy of oppor-
tunism. We have had a government
of opportunists, Instead of statesmen;
men who were satisfied with the
plaudits of the moment; men who
believed that life was a matter of
promises and fine words; men who
cared not where they got their politi-
cal support, so long as it helped them
out of the difficulty of the moment,
furthered their personal ambitions,
or flattered their personal vanities.
For this we have made our great
sacrifice. Our sons lie burled in for-
eign lands in needless thousands be-
cause we were not permitted to pre-
pare for the inevitable; we had to be
kept out of war until afier an elec-
tion. Our children will pay and pay
to provide for the billions of wasted
gold—gold literally thrown away. We
who did so much for the world are
row without friends In the world save
such friends as await future favors.
Our soldiers died for one Fet of world
principles, our president mado us
sponsors for another.
And now we must have law and
order, and once again we are delib-
erately unprepared. The foundations
of law and order are undermined;
cur laws have been denounced as bud
lawfl, our order tw a tyranny; ..end
many men have been brought to be-
lieve these things. They were led to
believe that whatever was was bid,
and that they would be Justified in
any method of Change. The parallel
of th9 I.usltania, tho "too proud to
fight," the "peace without victory" is
too plain to be Ignored. Once more
we must pay the penalty.- -Seattle
i'ost-Intelligencer.
QIILLEVS Ql'il'S
Wo do not rattle the saber to im-
press nations that Insult us. We
ir«iiely w^r a solemn finger.
A statesman is one who can s°e
something more in a situation than
a chance to confound the opposition
pin ty.
Doubtless the radical Is sincere In
Ills beliefs. The humble mole thinks
if tha world as a place of dark un-
derground tunnels.
— -
Whatever Americanism may be. It
is not a desire to loaf and it is not
envy of property owners.
The more downright nonsense there
is In a man's beliefs, the louder he
shouts his message.
CENTRAL TEXAS PRESS
received and the biinka have more
cotton money on deposit than on any
Christmas eve before.
Corn, oats, wheat and other staple
crops have been splendid and fuir
wonderfully from the drough that
nearly wrought extinction. New
records were set In the raining of po-
tatoes und pumpkins und similar pro-
ducts. *
A bumper crop of pecans has been
garnered in central Texas. Peanuts
have yielded well. Hogs have l<een
fat. turkeys plentiful and eggs high.
Gainn has been more abundant than
usual,
A big fruit crop was raised and an
unprecedented amount of canning for
winter use done, so much indeed that
it Is Raid to'have effected the sugar
situation In this section.
The soldier and sailor boys ore
practically all buck home after an ab-
sence of two or three ChrUtmaa oc-
casions. l„'tbor bus been lavishly re-
warded In this section, the humblest
worker has Ohrlslmas change.
The prosperity of central Texas on
this Yuletide cannot lie successfully
dcBcriUd, the reasons for u Joyous
Christmas cannot all be catalogued.
So a cheery, merry Christmas to th.i
editor* of the splendid central Texas
n< wspapers and their forces of loyal
worker*, their families and their read-
ers- and the same to every citizen of
the belt.
MI.HItY t'HKISTMAS.
Tomorrow is Christmas, whether It
riyns or snows. And however it goes,
we see no reason why central Texan
should not enjoy a festive season that
is full and complete -a Christmas
without reservations.
Most people are prosperous and all
have learned to gi\e. The banks are
full of money, the barns are full of
buy, the hives are full of honey and
tomorrow is Christmas day!
The best all round crop has be- n
harvested In central Texas that h is
been produced in several seasons an]
products have been sold at unprece-
dented prices.
While it was not the biggest cotton
crop ever, the most fancy prices were
A nOOMKllAXG.
If a man had time to stand on the
streets tlusp days these busy Christ-
mas days -he might observe much
laughter and pleasure in the river of
humanity that flows by, but here and
there he would occasionally note a
touch of sadness that whispers above
the laughter like the soft note on u
violin when the artist swings into a
serious mood.
Though sometimes sorrowful, this
is not depressing; for it merely gives
un air to the Christinas season that
is entirely human.
Strange, too, how brave some souls
can l»e when they know thnt the holly,
the laughing, surging crowds and the
shop windows are something apart
from them.
Familiar enough Is the less serious
scene where the little girl pauses 'jy
the window lo gaze Intently upon
something she likes, but knows she
can not have, only to Ik; tugged away
by the sympathetic mother—and the
little girl tries hard not to show how
unhappy she feels. But the scene
that touches one's heart is when the
woman who stops at a toy counter
gazes for a long time at some one ob-
ject only to remark to her companion:
"That is Just what he used to like.
And we luul planned to buy him one
this Christmas. I wish Santa Claus
could see him—I wlah I could nee
him, too."
Then the woman who Is shopping
and contemplating the joyous Christ-
nuts that might have been, suddenly
stops and fumbles with the package
in her hand. Her eyes are Wet, and
she is trying to turn her head away so
that the others may not see her.
It is because this woman—and the
many others like her—are trying lo
))C so brave under their heavy bur-
dens, that v.'o stop to wish them a
lmppy Christmas. A simple "merry"
Christmas would not bo In keeping
with their thoughts.—Temple Pally
Telegram.
A sympathetic story, and yet, do
you know, beloved, that only those
who have felt heartaches and who
have known sorrow can fully appre-
ciate the meaning of Christmas?
Those who have all that the world
ran give them, and who are enabled
to buy without limit and who live on
the surface, miss the very spirit of
Christmas. The writer, as a member
of the Herald staff, has lie en working
with tbe Christmas Good Fellow Fund
for the past twenty years, and has
been rather observant in many thinsn
In connection Willi Christmas observ-
ance, and he has found out that thosi
who, as a rule, respond to charity
calls quickest are those who have at
some time in their life tasted the
drt gs of disappo'a'ment or sorrow.
if you are of the frivolous class you
may indeed envy those who see a
heart and soul and message in Christ-
mas.—Palestine Daily Herald.
RITS OE BYPLAY
(By Luke McLuke.)
to raise $100,000 to drive racing and
rum out of Havana. "Owing to pro-
hibition in the United States," saya
the Society, "horae racing will be In
full blast in Havana this year, and
we cannot get away from our duty
to Intervene." Being wrong, as usual,
the Society did not stop to realize that
horse racing has been In full blast In
Havana every year for the past ten
years when the I'nlted States was wet.
Why didn't the Society "lntervenu"
tea years ago?
Our Daily Special.
Show a Prohibitionist An Farley
Bird And He'll Claim It Waa I'p All
Night.
I,like Mel,uUe Kays
Some folks like oratory. But we
never could understand how a man
could think und shout ut the same
time.
We all know that our neighbors
would get along much better than
they do if they only knew mh well nit
we do what Is beat for them.
They are going to form an Ichthyo-
phagous Club In this country They
never thought of forming, it when the
country was wet because the mcm-
bers wouldn't be able to suy where
they were If they happened to get
home after midnight.
We do not know much about the
clothing business But we hare nn
Idea that the extra sized skirts for
Corn Feds are made out of broadcloth.
A man doesn't regret the passing of
the Good Old Days so much. But, oh,
you Good Old Nights!
We would like to Inform Jimmy
Wilde that we have a lot of Fly
Weights In this country who weigh
around 200 pounds.
TABLOID TALES
Self-Mndo.
Just what does the boob mean when
he claims to be self-made? l^fs ask
him.
"Why, on the day of my birth I
got up at sunrise, went out and
bought my breakfast, brought it in
and eooked it, etc.
"I earned und collected my first
clothes—dresses, petticoats, hats and
shoes, while my fond but careless
parents were attending to their own
small affairs, quite indifferent to my
Important ones.
"I put myself Into school and
leatned to read and write und count
wifh my own big head.
"When I could manage to make
my family let me alone I began to
transact business at a profit, first as
otf:ce boy, later as cliicf.
"With a growing bank account I
still remained good company for my
parents at home, refusing to forget
their affectionate claim on me, though
1 was Indepedent.
"Success crowned my business, so
that I was able to secure title to the
home property by taking up the mort-
gage.
"I never married, as the right part-
ner was not found, and many a suc-
cessful career has been blasted by
family cares.
"In every respect I am a self-mrtde
man, and I ask no favors of any-
body."
So. Well, we might have known
how it was. And now everybody who
likes the Idea will go in for it. Suc-
cess 13 a great thing.—Judge.
Simple I,ogle.
An Irishman was brought before a
magistrate on a charge of vagrancy,
and questioned. "What trade are you
in?" "Vour honor, a sailor." "You
in the seafaring line? I question
whether you have ever been' to sea
in your life." "Shure, now, and does
your honor think I came over from
Ireland in a waggin ?"—London
Blighty.
The Drawback.
"I can remember when all this
land could have been bought for a
song." "Yes," replied old Farmer
Corntassel. "So kin £ But the ''li-
mate was so bad that everybody had a
sore throat an' couldn't sim;.''--Wash-
ington Star.
QUESTION BOX
A! (a I toy!
When he found ail his coal was gone,
He didn't rave or storm;
He put a blanket mortgage on
His house to keep it warm.
Mean Brute!
"I see that tbe Ohio is pretty high,"
remark'd Mr. Gabb, "She'll go to bO
feet before she falls."
"Why do you refer to the Ohio Riv-
er as 'she?' " demanded Mrs. Gabb.
"Because it i.s always running off at
the mouth and never dries up." re-
plied Mr. Gabb.
Men and Doj.'/s.
A friend may smile and bid you hail.
Yet wish you with the Devil;
But when a good doj wags his tail,
You know he's on the level.
In Wicked Havana.
The Society For Minding Other
People's Business announces that pro-
hibition has driven 100,000 Americans
to Havana, and the Society is going
Q, Pica*? tell lne if tbe oily of Temple
linn <i ililcken ordinance mid If there is any
way to compel people who have chickens to
put them up s<i that they will not destroy
property of value?—M. J. M.
A. Yes, the city lias an ordinance which
requires tU.-11 chickens' lie kept on the prop-
erty of their owner. You can stop any tres-
passing by filing a complaint with the po-
lice department.
Interested: Your question will he nn-
sweri.il as soon his we call obtain a copy
of tile law.
DAILY HOROSCOPE
WediHwhiy, Dec. 24, 1910.
(Copyrighted.)
Jupiter rules powerfully for good today,,
according to astrology. Mercury Is slightly
adverse.
This rule given promise of prosperity In
many linea of trade during tho coming
year.
The Influences ore held to he most help-
ful to Initiative and to the making of plana
for the New Year.
There is a sign indicative of evil rumor#
meant to affect trade, hut there thou Id be
no real cause of uneasiness.
Astrologers read In the stnrs portents of
THE DEFIANT ANARCHISTS.
When Alexander Eerkman was
being escorted to the ark of the
soviet early Sunday morning he
cursed the guards for all his wurth-
lessness and told them frankly that
they would have to pay—that he
would come back and "get them."
This farewell threat of the notori-
ous anarchist was characteristic of his
career of thirty yeans in this country,
half of which was spent in pris-
BRINGING UP FATHER
d«nw ts our cenimerclal lm«r*«t» tnrouKh
enemy propaganda, which will not be de-
tected until after tome aerloua etfecti have
been produced.
During thl. planetary (roverwment on!.
vereltlce and tlioM connected with aeata of
learning ahould benefit greatly, (llfta ef
money tie well aa larger opportunity for
co-operation with government agenclei are
foreehadowed.
Mercury aeeme to forealgtit and to Impart
vlalon. It aliotild be nn nuaplcioua away
under which to aound public opinion or tu
make peychlc lnveatlgaliuiia.
Again the drama appear# to be especially
favored by the etara and many eucceaaful
new playa are prognosticated. Among them
will be more than one that contalna Uormaa
propaganda. It le prophealed, for the pur-
pose of nroualng aympathy with the peopl*
ot the vanquished nation.
Kitravngance and waateful apending will
now reach the peak of reckleasneas. Jewels
of every sort will make nn especial appoal
at thla time, the eeer* declnre.
Persona whose blrthdat* It le may have
rather an unsettled year. They ahould
watch their financial Intereete.
Children born ou thla day are likely tn
be generous nrd free. These eubjecta of
Capricorn usually succeed best ns employee
i far as
The Ounce of Prevention
It it the "ounce of prevention" which today inspirri medical
science in its fight for the rare. Varrinri, sanitation, health de-
partments, ail carry forward the good work of Stckntst Prevention.
Scienre hac now developrd an agent that effectively meeti the
condition which is the originating point of over 90$ «*f all tick-
et u—const i|>at ion.
That effective agent it Nujol.
The dangrn of constipation are so widespread because through
self-poisoning it reduces the body'* power of resistance Nojol
by relieving constipation prevents the absorption of poimm winch
otherwise would be taken into the blood and undermine the
whole system.
Leading medical authorities agrt e that pills, salts, castor oil, etc.,
simply ftrct and weaken the system.
But Nujol is different.
Nujol softens the food watte and encouragrs the intestinal '
muscles to act naturally.
Nujol helps Nature establish easy, thorough bowel evacuation at
regular intervafs—the healthiest habit in the world. Get a bottle
from your druggist today.
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to start
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Health habits started in youth are es-
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erally begins in childhood.
CRAZY-LAX is a splendid laxative for child-
ren. It i» mild and yet effective; it is not dis-
agreeable to take, like castor oil and many
strong purgatives.
WaturaI Laxatives'
CRAZY-LAX is especially bene-
ficial for adults in the treatment
of liver and stomach troubles,
Bright's disease and rheumatism.
Ask your physician.
•
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in large and small bottles
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Williams, E. K. Temple Daily Telegram (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 36, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 24, 1919, newspaper, December 24, 1919; Temple, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth469875/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.