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BEGKMS IS BENT OX GETTING AIJj
KX •SOLDIER MEN OUT IN
* UNIFORM.
UK FOR DM HOUSE
JU-oaleitranls may Be Roondod Up by
M. P*s. and C««fd on the Square.
Want to Be a Member of the Local
l/rtfon Post?—Then See Fml Day
■t the City National Bank. Temple.
It's going to be pretty tough sailing
for the ex-service men who come to
Temple No. 11 to take part In the big
celebration without their uniform*
according to confidential advices from
American Legion headquarters here
yesterday. The plan, as it was out-
lined by one of the executive com-
ls to have M, P's. on .U'e
Job to arrest all such offenders nnd
place them in a big cage that shall be
provided on the public square.
The ununiformed prodigal will then
have his choice of paying a fine or
watching the day's program through
the bars, he said. "It looks a little
cruel," he explained, "but we want
them to appear in uniform. It won't
be so warm in November."
A Joint meeting of the financial
committee from the Lions club and
Chamber of Commerce with the
executive committee from hte Ameri-
can Legion in charge of the Armistice
celebration plans will be held in the
directors' rooms of the City National
bank Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock.
Fred Day, finance officer for the
Temple post, stated yesterday that an
effort will be made to increase the
membership by several score before
Nov. 11. Those who were in the ser-
vice at any time between April 6, 1917,
and Nov. 11, 19X8, and have an
honorable discharge or orde.r giving
them temporary relief from active
duty are eligible to membership.
The entrance fee is |2.60 which in-
cludes the annual dues and entitles
the new member to the American
legion Weekly magazine. An addi
(Tempi* Telegram Special.)
San Angelo, Tex., Aug. 23.—Pre-
parations to vend 1239,000 on
the Puget Sound to the Qui route,
which in Texas ia designated as state
highway No- 9, are being made by
Tom Green county. The commission-
ers' court in session late last > week
awarded a $200,000 contract to W.
D. Moeley of El Paso for grading five
miles on No. 9, extending north from
San Angelo toward Carlsbad and a
like distance on No. 9a, between this,
city and Wall. The Contract must be
approved by the state highway de-
partment before it becomes final.
The McCall-Moore engineering com-
pany of Waco has the contract for
the concrete drainage structures. It
amounts to $12,X)00. The asphalt sur-
facing work will be done by J. E.
Ward of Dallas at a cost of around
$27,000 It is expected that work will
begin within sixty days.
The McCall-Moore engineering corfi-
Heligoland, the Impregnable pet of the ex-kaiser of Germany, is soon to be no more. In accordance with the ]Pa'ny the c.0ntnfct Jor j
peace treaty, the work of dismantling the once dreaded fortress is progressing rapidly and the guns which once stood ,n& tn® Bridges ana culverts on tne .
for terror Itself have lost all power and are being guarded so carefully that the photographer who dared make ♦«* ™ i"1' - '
these photos was promptly arrested but he managed to smuggle his negatives out. The work is being done by the
German government under the supervision of British army engineers.
BIG CONTRACT LET—SIGNS
ING PLACED ON ROADWAYS
BY ORGANIZATIONS.
ARRIVES AT YEARNING PLEA OF
WOOER TO HEAR HE
18 WED.
(Temple Telegram Special.)
New York, Aug. 23.—Young hearts
are resilient. They don't really break.
If they did, this would be a tale of
tragedy. .But It promises to turn out
with the proper happy ending that
all good tales should have,
^ When the French liner Rocham-
iionaj"25*'cents is"necessary to"obtain beau was being docked June 9, a
a Legion button. Mr. Day requests
that those who wish membership
either see him personally at the City
National bank or fill out the follow-
ing application and mail to him, with
check enclosed.
Fred Day. Finance Officer:
I hereby apply for membership in
the Temple Post No. 133, American
I>egion.
Name • •
Address
Kcmpner Personals.
(Temple Telegram Special.)
Kempner, Tex.,fAug. 23.—Mr. and
Mrs. R. M. Chase of Waco are visit-
ing Mrs. Chase's father, J. A. Clark
of Kempner.
Mrs. J. W Harrison of Brownwood
is among the visitors here this week.
Mrs. Judson Clements of Copperas
Cove is visiting her father, J. W.
Ervin.
Mrs. J. W. Hughes Jr., of Dallas is
visiting relatives here.
- Misses Lena Whltis, Saphrona
Brown and Abe Whitis and Robert
Webb are home from San Marcos
where they have been attending
school.
Mr. and Mrs. Ward Hines of Okal-
la visited at the home of Elmer
Murphy Sunday.
I. B. Cantrell of Temple was a
visitor here Sunday.
Billie Baird and wife, of Killeen
are visiting with Ed Baird,
M R Harper and family visited in
Ran Antonio last week.
Emmett Whitis and family visited
relatives in Austin last week.
Todd Briggs is expected home this
week after a 4,000 mile trip on the
famous farm boy special.
M. V. Pickett and J.'M. Lopex and
wife wilf leave for Oregon this week
on a business trip.
Miss Francis Taylor visited with
friends and relatives in Belton Mon-
day.
joyous family edged her rail in the
second class part of th"e deck. The
central figure was Marcelle Viacara,
a blue-eyed, little blonde beauty, Just
17. About her stood her widowed
mother, Jeanne, and her younger
brothers, Gaston and Paul.
They had come from their beloveJ
Paris to this strange New York for
the event of their lives, for was not
la petite Marcelle to meet her won-
derful American soldier, and were
they not then to settle down—all of
them—in this land of affluence?
Found Wooer a Bridegroom.
Marcelle hugged to ber breast the
letters that Private Ivan Fisk of the
A. E. F. had written to her after his
return, following the end 6f the war—
letters telling how much' he wanted
her, how well he was doing in his na-
tive country, with his $400 a month,
how happy they all would be! Her
eyes sought im in the crowd that
welcomed the liner to her pier. He
was not to be seen.
When they had been landed and
taken to Ellis Island, again Marcelle
sought for her handsome finncr> who
had wooed her so wonderfully in
France. But he was not at the Island.
She did not worry, though. It must
be merely a delay. Perhaps his great
business affairs detained him. He
would appear presently, to be sure.
But Private Ivan Fisk did not ap-
pear and did not intend to appear.
In reply to telegrams the little Mar-
celle sent to his relatives in this coun-
try, came back a message that
stunned her. It told that Ivan, in
Pittsburgh hid married an American
widow April 20.
Marcelle was weeping alone in a
corner of the immigrant's quarters on
the island one day, soon after this,
when a kindly young woman inquired
about her difficulties. The woman
explained that she was Miss Cecelie
Razovsky of the Council of Jewish
Women, an organization which.
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be cranked up by some-
thing that looks extra
good to eat, and tastes
even better than it
looks — call tomorrow
morning for a bowl of
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Superior corn flakes
by popular verdict.
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Made by
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Battle Creek., Michigan.
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among other beneficences, aids new-
comers.
"I will tell you," said the French
girl, "if you do not yet tell my moth-
er. I am trying to be brave, but this
would break 'her heart."
Fisk's Kinsfolk More Kindly.
And then Marcelle told how her fa-
ther, a photographer for a Paris
newspaper, had died Armistice day,
and how the paper, in order to help
his family, had given her charge of
its circulation in one of the camps of
American soldiers. There she had
met Ivan Fisk, one of the brave
Americans who had fought for her
country. Later she pledged herself
to be his wife, and, in response to his
repeated letters and cablegrams, had
come to America, only to find he had
wedded another.
It was not only this tragedy that
had wounded her heart. There was
another. The American immigration
officials had ruled that she and her
family must return to France lest
they become public charges here,
even though Maman Viacara had in
her purse 6,500 francs in French
bonds.
Marcelle showed to the Jewish wel-
fare worker the letter she had re-
ceived, not only from Fisk, but from
his kinsfolk. His sister, Mrs. J. I.
Lambert of Austin, Tex., wrote:
"I feel heartbroken over this, and
If you were to come to my home we
would do evesything in our power
to make you happy."
Fisk's father, too, wrote from Lake
Charles, La., expressing his sympathy
and desire to help. But from the sol-
dier-suitor himself came no word,
and even his relatives said they did
not know where he had gone after
his marriage. The last address Mar-
celle had from him was No. 429 North
Fourth street, Sharon, Pa. In this
letter he told of his love and longing
for her.
Miss Razovsky, with other workers
of the Council of Jewish Women, then
began a long drawn-out effort to have
the Viacaras admitted to this country,
for they did not want to go back to
their neighbors and friends in Paris
to have their disappointment become
known.
Samnritan Takes Whole Family.
The mother, when at last she heard
of the jilting of Marcelle, wept vio-
lently, but the little girl was brave
and never shed a tear in her mother's
presence. She was determined, she
said, to stay in this great America and
make her own way. She could in
time forget Ivan, and surely there
were thousands of other young Amer-
ican men who were as charming and
not so ^faithless.
The Viacaras appealed the case to
Washington, and a week or so age
received a decision permitting them
to enter the country nnd proclaiming
them "highly desirable future citi-
zens." They were sheltered for a few
days in the Jeanne d'Arc Home in
West Twenty-fourth street.
It was just about then that Miss
Razovsky received a letter from a
French-born man, now an official in
our navy department in Washingtm,
asking her to look for any bright
young French girl who might arrive,
for he wanted a governess for his two
young children.
Miss Razovsky wrote to him that
she had exactly the girl, and to'.d all
the circumstances.
"Send her to me and my wife," the
girl as governess, the brother as cook
official replied. "We will employ ths
mother and see that the young broth-
ers are sent to school."
So several days ago the Viaciras,
with their tears all dried and a happy
home in prospect, were put aboard a
train for the capital and we e wel-
comed by the family of the Am rein
naval official.
Before departing, Marcelle read
over lier last lette/ from the faithless
lover—indeed, he signed it "yotir de-
voted lover"—In which he told of the
money he was making, and professed
his affection.
"Only in n,, pride have I been 4ns
Jured," she said, as she tore it up.
"I will forget this Monsieur Fisk. I
will be happy here in America."
And all the indications were that
she had already begun to forget him
and begun to be happy.
FIRM BOY ret
1 road leading to Mereta, which is a j
part of No. 9. Torti Green county is ;
using a half miliioi) dollars in bonds !
voted in March 1919 in addition to'
$250,000 in state and federal aid.
Pooling Highways.
(Temple Telegram Special.)
San Angelo, Tex., Aug. 23.—Three
state highways, one of them a na- j
tlonal route, are being sign-posted i
through west TPexas this week by the J
circle automobile men's association of I
I America. Crews are working toward j
WACO—BKIiL San Angelo from Menard, an state !
! highway No- 9. and from Sonora, on I
! highway No. 4, known as the Del Rio- j
Canadian route.
With the exception of the gap be- !
Itween Menard and Big Spring, the j
The Texas Farm Boy special train, ipuget Sound to the Gulf highway has j
which has toured eighteen states and jbeen marked all the way from Corpus
the province of Ontario during the Christ past Dalhart. State highway i
TRAIN STOPS AT
COUNTY BOYS RETURN HOME.
A WONDERFUL TRIP.
past seventeen days, arrived in Waco
yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock and
disbanded. The last official act of
tlje tour was performed by the mov-
ing picture camera man. as he turned
the crank of the camera focused upon
the boys and their parents as they
rushed to meet each other.
No. 7, which leads from Orange to j
El Paso through Fort Worth, San An- j
gelo and Fort Stockton, has already
been posted completely.
Two Interesting Weddings.
(Temple Telegram Special.) j
San Angelo, Tex.. Aug. 23.—There '
The spool., r.„ £ W. :
New Orleans, where the boys were
entertained by the New Orleans As-
sociation of Commerce Sunday morn-
ing.
During the past tevente?n days the
boys have visited several of tbfe larg-
est cities of the United States, Includ-
ing New York and Chicago; they have
seen Niagara Falls; visited "furrin 'xjeal Wesley Sanders were married
parts"; taken a peep at Coney Island; |at the First Methodist church in the
viewed the national capital from the j presence of many friends and rela-
last w^lek. Miss Willie Mae DeLong, ■
youngest daughter of Dr and Mrs. A. j
C. DeLong, and John Lee Hollings- j
worth, were married at the home of
the bride's parents and left for j
Shreveport, La., where they will make j
their home.
Miss Margaret Esther Drake and
top of Washington monument; shook
hands with Secretary of Agriculture
E. T. Meredith and Joseph B. Oliver;
seen the blue ribbon Poland China
boar and the world's prize Holstein j
bull; gone through the wonderful
Grotto caves of Virginia; tossed rocks
over the Natural bridge (like G:o-ge
Washington) and visited some of the
most notable farms in the United
States. .
Plans are already under way by
the Texas Chamber of Commerce and
the Texas A. & M. college to repeat
the trip next year as reward for
prize winning farm boys. Olan Hig-
ginbotham, Sam Brewster and the
two sons of Ely Moore returned to
Temple last nightT"^-.
tives. The groom is engaged in the
furniture business. Both he and his
bride hare resided here most of their
lifetimes. —
Rev. II- E. Draper, pastor of the
First Methodist church, performed
both ceremonies.
Mister Pat Neff
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IF KB HAD NOT PASSED HIS FORTT-SIXTH BIRTHDAY ON SEPTEMBER
11. 1818 (the data set for registration), HS WAS SUBJECT TO THE DRAFT LAW.
Here |« an excerpt from flection I or the Draft Act approved August flat, lilts
"Person* shall be subject to registration aa herein provided, who shall hare
attained their eighteenth birthday and who Shan not have attained their forty-sixth
birthday on or before the day set for registration."
i
1871.
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Cattle Trading Increases. ,
(Temple T< legram Special.)
San Angelo, Tex., Aug. 23.—In-
creased trading in livestock through-
out west Texas is reported, following
the heavy rains of the past two weeks,
which brighten prospects for the fall
and winter, insuring plenty of grass j
and water. Hereford cattle seem to |
be in greatest demand, C50 head hav-
ing just been sold hero for $32,5-^9.
Wall & Adams sold to W. C. Barren j
150 heifer yearlings at $50 each. AH ,
parties live here. Harold B Opp, for- j
mer San Angeloan, who ranches in ,
Concho and Menard counties, sold 200
Will Hair Speaks.
(Temple Tele warn Special.)
Holland, Tex., Aug. 23.—Will Hair (
of Temple spoke here Saturday after- steer yearlings to Jim Huey of Pear
noon in favor of Pat Neff for gov-;Valley, McCulloch county, for $10,000. .
ernor to a very large and appreciative j Will Davis of Eldorado sold to Arthur j
crowd of people.
Henderson, who ranches on the
Kickapoo, forty miles southeast of j
San Angelo, 300 dehovne i steers at j
$50 a round.
DOUBLE BEAUTY
OF YOUR HAIR
"Danderine" creates mass
of thick, gleamy waves
Have Trace of Missing Girl.
(Associated Tress Dispatch )
Kansas City., Aug. 25.—Information
that a girl answering the description
of Miss Harriet Howard Kimball, 19
years old, who disappeared last Mon-
day night from her home here, was
seen in New York, has been received
in Kansas City. The information
stated that a girl answering Miss Kim-
ball's description stayed one night at
a certain New York hotel, where she
had always been Instructed to stop In
evset she visited New York, a mem-
ber of the family said.
Holland Personals.
(Temple Telegram Special.)
Holland, Tex., Aug. 23.—Ijittle Miss ,
Dorothy Vernon is very sick this week. | Gambling Under Ban in Ji arei.
Misses Mittie I>OU Carlisle and j (Associated Press Dispatch.)
Zella Mills are guests of relatives in ] Juarez, Aug. 23.—Gambling, which
Waco this week end. : has been conducted in this city al-
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Goddard most without interruption for thirty j
of Waco are guests of Mr. and Mrs. J years, closed at midnight. The clos-
John Underwood today. j ing order of Provisional President de
Lewis Lowe and Mrs. Beroiee Mills ja Huerta and officials announced It j
returned to their home at Winters, would be permanent. A larga crowd
Tex., today after a visit with relatives 0f Americans watched the last whirl j
here. ! of the roulette wheel. Betting was ■
Mr. Martin Parrish of Temple is a' j)eavy,
guest in the home of his son, Barney
Parrish, here.
Miss Leslie Lanford is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Jess Woodruff of Gunters,
Tex., this week.
Mrs. G. J. Perry is visiting at Up-
ton this week.
Mr. and Mrs. John Markham and
children are guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Goodnight at Thorndale today.
O. F. Krause went to Austin yester-
day to spend a few davs.
William Carlisle is at Winters, Tex..
where he has accepted work iu one
of the banks at that place.
Miss Stina Shannon of Temple is
the week end guest of homefolks
here.
Mr. and Mrs. John Markham visit-
ed Salado yesterday.
Jack Upshaw acconiiwnied by his
little son. Eugeno and William Char-
les Barton are visiting in Schwertner
today.
Mesdames H. S. Williams and
Madie Kimbrough are the- guests of
relatives and friends in Bartlett to-
day.
Mr. .and Mrs. Will Hunton of Waco j
are the gu^st of Mr. and Mrs. John
Markham this week.
Mrs. J. E. Haywood of Bastrop is
the guest of friends here this week.
Miss Lemma Murphy is home from
Waco where she has been tin school
this summer.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Eubank and
daughter, Miss Delia Eubanks came
in today from a touring trip to San
Antonio, San Marcos, and other points
in the south.
Trains Are Running Again.
(Associated Press Dispatch.)
Fort Worth, Tex., Aug. 2S.—The
first train to cross west Texas in a
week reached Fort Worth late yes-
terday following the abating of the
flood waters betwsea Sweowater and
El Paso. It was a Texas Jk Pacific
train. Freight and passenger em-
bargoes wera lifted this- morning.
In a few^ moments you can trans-
form your plain, dull, flat hair. You
can have it abundant, soft, glossy and
full of life. Just get at any drug
or toilet counter a small bottle of
"Danderine" for a few cents. Then (
moisten a soft cloth with the "Dan-
derine" and draw this through your ;
hair, taking one small strand at a
time. Instantly, yes. Immediately, you >
have doubled the beauty of your hair, j
It will be a mass .so-soft, lustrous and .
so easy to do up. Aft dust, dirt and |
excessive oil is removed.
Let Danderine put more life, color,
vigor and brightness in your hair.
This stimulating tonic will freshen
your sealp, check dandruff and fall-
ing hsir and help your hair to grow
long, thick, strow an<l beautiful.
IF FAT NEFF WAS BORN ANT TIME AFTER SEPTEMBER 12,
WAS SUBJECT TO REGISTRATION AND THE DRAFT1
' J HE DID NOT REGISTER!
Here Is some of the evident* upon the Issue of hl» age:
(1) The law requires the Tax Collector or his deputy to swear a voter with
respect to his age wh«n he laauea a poll tax receipt. Hera are true copies of Neff s
poll tax receipts issued December (1st. lilt, and January 14th, 1120.
'NO. 47 FOLIJ TAX JRfeCEIPT.
STATE OF TEXAS,
County of McLennan.
Received of Pat M. Neff, en the list day of December, A. D. 1118, tlie sum
of one and 76-169 dollars In payment of poll tax for the year A. D. 1(1(.
The said taxpayer, being duly sworn by me, says he la M years eld; that
he resides In voting precinct No. 2, In McLennan County; that his race Is white;
that he baa resided in Texas forty-six years; that he la by occupation lawjfcr;
that lie resides at No. 2110 on Austin street In the second ward and has resided In
the city of Waco for the past twenty-five years. All of which I certify.
LEE B. DAVIS, Tax Collector.
STATE OF TEXA8. ,
County of McLennan.
We certify that the foreaoinx 1b a tru^ and correct copy of the poll tax receipt
issued to Pat M. N«ff for (lit. year 1918 as shown by the records In the office of
the Tax Cpllector of McLennan County, Texas.
Witness our hand and seal, at office in Waco, Tevaa, thla the tlat day of
August A D. 1920, CENTRAL "TEXAS^ ABSTRACT COMPANY,
By Geo. H. Day, Manager.
THE ABOVE JI^OWS THAT ON DECEi^ER 81ST, 1S18, LESS THAN FOUR"
MONTHS AFTER THE TIME FOR REGISTRATION, NEFF THUS DECLARED
THAT*HE WAS FORTY-SIX YEARS OF AG^L HIS BIRTHDAY HAVING BEEN
ON NOVEMBER 2»TH, TWrf MONTHS AND FOURTEEN DAYS AFTER THE
REGISTRATION DATE.
POLL TAX REOE1PT.
Triplicate.
No. 1077. January 10th. 1920. ' '
Received of Pat M.
STATE OF TEXAS,
County of McLennan.
Received of Pat M. Neff, No IS", vn the 10th day of January, 1920, the sum
of one and 75-100 dollar* in pavnieiit <.f poll tax for the year 1919. The sai*
taxpayer being duly sworn »•* m«. •")« he Is 47 years old; that he resides in
voting preciuct No I. lu n ty. Texas; that his race Is white; that he
has resided in Tex** 47 v. aif, tin - Is l>y occupation lawyer; that he resides at
No "110 on Austin street, in tin. v .rd ward, and has resided la the city of Waco
for the oast S5 years. All of which I -ertlfy. I.EE H. DAVIS, Tax Collector.
By I. OLIVER. Deputy^
(Seal)
STATE OF TEXAS,
County of McLennan.
Before me the undersigned authority, on this day porsonally appeared Warren
Wood Hunt. Who 011 onth says, that he is a resident eltisen of Waco, McLennan
County. T#x*s, and* vras formerly official court reporter for the Fifty-Fourlh «Ju<Ji»
clal District of McLennan County, Texas; that he personally made an examination
of the poll ^ records of McLennan County In the Tax Collector s office showing
the poll taxes paid as assessed for the year 1919; that he made a copy of said
recorja as to the poll tax receipt of Pat M. Neff, as shown by said record.
WARREN WOOD HUNT.
Swoin to and subscribed before me. this 21st day of August, A. D. 1K20.
NORA DAMHRON.
Notary Public iu and for McLennan County, Texas.
,h-, „„ Tanuary 10th 1920, Neff swore that he was then 47,-
years of birthday t.L, ,vas November 2«th 1919 and if the affi-
davit is correct it v.ould fix his birth date a» November 2Sth, 1872.
(2) During February, 1920, Neff circulated at Hlllsboro a campaign card. On
one ,"o of tl!is card appeared his picture and the following: -Pat M Neff of
Wacc Texas candidate for Governor; subjcct to Democratic Primary, July, 1S20.
Over." On the other side of the card was a fvE^TBXAS01^ TE ARSOF
• , .l.ij.u no follows; "Pat Al. jNeff IS A N.VT1 \ b " iSAAH, 4 i XriAiio \JS
AGF" Neffs neanst birthday to the distribution of this card was November 26th,
Ifh" boTan'eV yea^old on November Mth. 1919, HE WAS BORN NO-
VEMBER 26th, 1872! REMEMBER, this was Neffs own statement.
(S) In the yearbook of Texas published in 1903 by the Librarian at Texas,
Honorable C, W. Rains .appears the following statement:
"Pat M. Neff was bora near McGregor on November Still, MB."
Undoubtedly this date was furnished by Neff.
,1% On r*,™ 20S1 Volume If. of "WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA," 1920-1M1
EDITION appeal'3 a 'character sketch of Mr. Neff. The publisher, of this book
i iuV» thif "sketches for Who's Who in America are prepared from first-hand
material only." As a matter of fact, tho material 1. furnished by the subjects of
the sketches themselves. In Baid sketch it is suid.
"Neff, l'ut MoitIn, Lawyer, born Mctir* In", November SCth, 18,t, etc-"
(51 W K Eraser a high officer Of the Sovereign Camp of Woodmen of the
World of America, and « supporter of Neff. Omaha Nebraska, wired a member
of a Woodman Lodge in Texas, August i'lst, 19J0, as follows.
i»«ilrV ImikI l'J«5. Hope he will be your next Governor."
3T22L that -Mr. .self » application for a Woodman £»ey and for msm-
Kor.hin In the lodge «t.ites his birth date aa being November .6th, ^873. The tele
gram was in response to telegraphic Inquiry as to what the Woodman record,
show about Neffs
m MARTINDALi: 8 AMERICAN LAWYERS' DIRECTORY Is an annual pub-
(f.) MAK11isuaa lawyers of tho United States, and each volume con-
licatlon ill S , lawyer The data lor this publication Is gotten flrst-
tnins a brief hlstoo, cf «. I lawytr.. I «^ partnership the publishers call
hand, and whenever < 'c"rr«t data The volumes of this publlca-
upon the particular a - lawyer's office; they have been examined for tho
tlon can be seen i shown to have been boru in 1872.
volumes all these years, and If the data
about him was incorrect he should Have had it corrected.
,-> The Legislative Records during the period of Neffs membersh P ahows h 1.
sSSSSHi!
fixes his imuidate as -N l nearest to tlyi publication fo this Manual was
then "• ,y^re,n"Thu rfxed his h" h dat? as being November 26th. 1I7J.
The°datIT tor "lhlTolU,V^or£*«.. furnished by the various members o
j ' N, ff waK a member of the House in mi and was Speaker of tho
House in li'03 and it wag u part of his olficial duties to see to it that the records
were correctly^kept.
(8) Congressman Tom Connolly was a member of the House when Nell wa*
elect ud Speaker. In a speech supporting Neffs nomination f^8p«akwlnlM3
-Mr Conn ally said: "It is hardly necessary to speak of his aervlce. YOU
HOW HE ENTERED HEKK AT THE AtiE OK TWENTY-SIX, ^e., ete. 8e«
.,.>Ce 6. House Journal, I ih Legislature, Regular Session. Neff ENTERED
HERE" In January, JSJ'J. The birthday nearest to his entry Into the Legislature
was November 26th, H9S, and this fixed his birth date as November 2tth, 1172.
Neff. undoubtedly would have corrected Mr. Connally If an erroneous statement
has been made'
(9) In the issue of January 14,-IMS. The Dallas News reported Neffs election
ns Koe'iker of the House ami give a biographical Bketch. Among other things. It
said- "PAT JI N'WKF U AH BORN AT McGregor, Texas, Nov. 26th, 1872." Neff.
In his recent speeches, has repoutedly said that the Dallas News is correct In
IU reports.
(10) Every man a ud woman who has attended the State University will remem-
ber that he or she was compelled to fill out a detailed report of his or her
family history at the time of matriculation and file tho Same. Neff attended thr
University and in iila report stated his birth date as being November 2<th, 1872.
MIND VOX*: All of the above evidence came Into evidence through a series
years and under circumstances when there was no motive to make Incorrect state-
ments and la therefore, entitled to credibility. Some of it was made under circum-
irtances constituting a violation of the statutes of Texas if R were false; and tho
rest of it wus made when it was of impertancc for it to be correct,
Neff now say* that he was born November 26th, 1871, and relies upon Stx
alleged entry in a Bible to substantiate his etatement. According to Neff his Bible
has been in the family for ".-eveuty-flva yeara," but according to the Dallas Newo
of August 22nd, 1!'20, "the date in tho front of the book (Bible) shows It wa»
printed In 1X67." onlv fifty-three years ago. In tills connection The Neva of
August 22nd, 1820, contains an affidavit showing entries In this book PRINTED IN
1867 as follow- Marriage of Noah Neff and Elisabeth Bheppard. October 2«th,
18S4* birth of Edward Neff. Dec. SI, 1S66; blrtli of Charleo Neff. April 7th, 1IST;
l.irth of Sam Neff Sept. 25tli, 1858 ; birth of Ben Neff, Nov. 2>tli. i860; birth of
Robert Neff. August 21s*. 1862; birth of Sallle Neff, Dec. 9, 1864; birth of Davl*
Neff Oct 2*. 1866. The last of these events happened one year and the first
happened thirteen years before the book itslf was prluted! Thla clrcumstanc, under
the rules of evidence, would exclude the book from evidence In a court of Justice
irnless the circumstances was further and properly explained. And before It coulft
be offered In evidence in a court of Justice tho person, or persons. Interested ia
disputing its accuracy would hu\e the right to Inspect It for evidence of alterations.
With rospoet to the credibility to be given Bible entries when a man's age is In
question the court in the case of St. L. S. W. Ity. Co. vs. Bowies, 72 8. W, 464, said!
"It Is insisted tlint In proving ago the record of births In the family Bible
Is the best evidew e. Such record Is hearsay, IT 18 NOT THK BEST E\ IDENCE.'*
And why It is not the "best evidence" everybody who gives the matter thought
will understand.
If the facts atated In Neffs naths before the Tax Collector are correct; If
the facts stated In tho other records, are fcorreet, then, without question, Neff had
not reached his forty-sixth birthday on Sfpt. ISth, 1918, and it was his duty to
register. ,
If the facts were Incorrectly stated by Neff when he took the oaths befoiV
the Tax Collector, and If be knew they were Incorrect, then another serious criminal
offense was committed!
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If Neff thought he was st.iting the teal facta In his oaths before the Tai
Collector, and lu hi* campaign cards, and elsewhere, then without question, at tho
time for registration l« 1918 he thought he was not forty-six years old and It
waa his moral and patriotic duty—if not his legal duty—to register on September
12, 1*18.
If the facto were Incorrectly stated In hia oaths before the Tax Collector an*
in his campaign cards and elsewhere, why did he state them Incorrectly?
The conclusion Is Irreslsflblo that Neff was slther not forty-alx years old Bept.
llth, Kit, or be thought lie was not forty-sis years old On that data If this
conclusion Is correct, then Neff either violated the draft law (In the event bo waS
In fact under forty-alx yeara old) or he thought he was eocaplng the draft la vio-
lation of law (In the event the Bible entry h correct), or that ho waa ignaraat
of tho draft! LUTHER N1CUU*
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