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TEMPLE DAILY TELEGRAM
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS, CARRYING FULL LEASED WIRE DAY AND NIGHT REPORT
LAST EDITION
2:30 A. M.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
TEMPLE, TEXAS, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 27,1916.
VOL. IX. No. 347
ON AFFECT OF
FLAYS THOSE CONTEMPLATING
INDUSTRIAL DEPRESSION
WHEN PEACE COMES.
MUST BE IN NEXT FIGHT
Aswrls Tlint Nations of World Must
<.ct Together unit Say "Nobody Can
Hereafter He Neutral as Respects
Dlstu rl in nee of World Peace"—Re-
ceived With u Glorious Welcome.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, Oct. 2«.—In
liis night speech here President
Wilson said he was ready to engage
In a war for the rights of mankind,
md declared money accumulated
in the United States should lie used
after the war only for righteous
purposes, and called upon |>eoplc
who wished to he considered Amer-
icans to act as \inerieuns.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, Oct. 26.—Tak-
ing advantage of a strenuous visit to
Cincinnati to discuss the relation of
the United States to the European
war, President Wilson today declared
thai 'this is the last war that involves
the world that the United Slates can
keep out of." He gave as his reason
his belief that "the business of neu-
trality is over," and that "war now
has such a scale that the position of
reutrals sooner or later becomes in-
ti etable." He added that the nations
of the world must get together and
say "nobody can hereafter he neutral
as respects the disturbance of the
world's peace for an object which the
world's opinion cannot sanction.''
After denying the republican claim
that the business prosperity of the
United States during the last two
years has been due to trade created
by the war, the president ridiculed
predictions that after the war Europe
will overwhelm this nation by its
economic strength and "dump" in the
United States goods now being stored
lip for the purpose. He asserted that
exports of everything that goes to
supply armies makes only one per
cent of the total of American com-
merce.
"We ought not to turn to these peo-
ple in fear but in sympathy," said the
president. He added:
"We have means of defense and we
have means of aggression. Our means
of defense are that we have taken
pains to have all the instrumentalities
to find out exactly what is going on
and to be ready to act immediately we
find that It is necessary to defend our-
selves."
Has Busy Day.
The president, busy from the time
he arrived here shortly before noon
until he left for Shadow Lawn at 10
o'clock tonight, delivered four speeeh-
es, participated In an official recep-
tion and took a ride through the
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Health Wagon of the Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association.
Secretary of War Has Definite Information That Enemies
of Mexican Policy Have Arranged For Spectacular
Charge on Americans—Our Generals Informed.
Badger State Is Carrying on
a Campaign Against the
Great White Plague.
Copeland Case May Be
Given to Jury Toniffht
J O | ing the old-time medicine wagon with
S Its entertainers and its official
I "barker" one better in the way of cn-
| tertainment, and many times better
Accused Takes Stand and Denies Vigorously Having Shot "f »« the h«»h
Black, Relating Incidents Leading Up to the
Tragedy—Dramatic Incidents In Court.
agon of the Wisconsin Anti-Tubercu-
losis association is making its first
tour of the state. It carries its own
| moving picture show, one that may be
| shown In villages or at crossroads, its
health exhibit, a large supply of
health information, and its own
GALvpro^ t« oc «.-J°nn|iTT|n|[C II c flUMV | QUI;l8anwS
Copeland, Marshall banker, charged | | |) (J l\ U Ui Ui (111IVI I Lull Known both in the state and out as
with killing William lliack, an antl-j J the motorcycle evangelist of the Wis-
Catholic lecturer in that city in the j cousin Anti-Tuberculosis association
late afternoon of Feb. 3. 1913, took Vote For Hughes or Wilson. Says ■ ""J.jfron "Lf */iea 1th
Benson, Means Vote to He Drafted . Organize Movement.
Into Military Service. j The health wagon, in fact, Is the
(natural outgrowth of the motorcycle
| campaign, the latest development in
MANGUM, Okla., Oct. 86.—Allan iJthe organized movement to carry
Benson, socialist candidate for presi-1h Information into the rural dls-
MAKES TWO WINDY SPEECHES
IN SPICY CITY—ROUNDLY
CHEERED BY WOMEN.
CHICAGO, 111., Oct. 26.—Chicago
women cheered Col. Theodore Roose-
velt today when he appealed to them
not to be influenced by the plea that
President Wilson had kept the nation
out of war. When he told them that
he would fight rt the drop of the
hat if necessary to stop the murder
o£ women and children, they met
the announcement with a chorus of
applause that delayed the speaker
and lie waited while they rose and
Waved handkerchiefs and flags.
The colonel closed his western tour
here today v. 1th two speeches, the
first exclusively to women, with a
scant score of policemen and report-
ers. He had been asked, he said,
to appeal especially to the women
who had been influenced by the
peace slogan, but he had decided to
make, he declared, exactly the same
appeal he would have made to men.
"I am not going to spiak," he said,
"to what I might call the early Vic-
torian Aunt."
Received Cordially.
There was no attempt at hfekiing
tho speaker, the only interruption
except lor words of approval, being
after he had described pictures of
women and children killed in Mex-
ico and said he would have gone
to war if necessary to avoid that,
several voices called "What about
Hughes?"
"Mr Hughes can be trusted to
keep his ward," answered Colonel
Roosevelt. "When he says he would
not submit to such deeds as the sink-
ing of the Lusitanla or the killing
of our cltizcnn in Mexico, he means
what he says."
"You have stood up and listened
to the 'Star Spangled Banner' and
to ' \merica' and you have stood up
because they were written of a gen-
eration of Americans who were not
too proud to fight. You may notice
the expression 'safety first' is not
embodied in either song. And when
you are told to vote for Wilson be-
cause he kept vs out of war, re-
member that is something that can-
not be said, either of Washington or
Lincoln." , ,
He was Interrupted again when he
told of returning from the border,
where he said he found 150,000
troops without knowledge what they
were there for.
"Wilson does not want them to
vote," called a woman.
"I was going to be more charita-
ble and say that he wanted them
there to hdp make up the president a
mind whether he was at pc^m
•t war," replied the -«»■»•-
the witness stand this afternoon in
the Tenth Judicial court and denied
positively that he shot Black.
Ha declared that the only shot he
fired 'was directed at Clarence E.
Hall, the lecturer's business agent,
and said that he did not know who
killed Black. After three other wit-
nesses had been examined the de-
fense rested.
Copeland, an alert looking man,
testified deliberately and with self-
possession. He did not once contra-
dict himself. He said the lecturer
was the first to draw his gun.
The most dramatic moment of the
trial came when he bared his body
to show the jury the wound in his
abdomen he received when fired on
by Hall, so far the chief witness for
the st ite. He testified that as a re-
sult of this and two other wounds,
he was incapacitated for nearly four
months.
Jn response to questioning. Cope-
land said that he went to see Black
to have a conference with him and
to protest against his delivering a
second lecture in Marshall attacking
the Institutions of the Roman Cath-
olic church. He declared that he
would not have made the trip if he
had thought that trouble would re-
sult.
He armed himself, however, he
testified, because he had been warn-
ed that Black was "a bad man."
Good Progress Made.
With the defense's case rested, the
state will open its rebuttal tomorrow
morning. Next will come the surra*
buttal of the defense and then ar-
guments. There is a possibility that
the jury will receive the case tomor-
row night.
Counsel for Copeland in addition to
putting him on the stand today suc-
ceeded in introducing evidence which
they intended to refute the alleged
fourth degree oath of the Knights
of Columbus carried on the back
of handbills circulated by Black and
Hall and to refute the claim carried
In Black's advertisements that he
was an ex-priest.
The defense, at the morning ses-
sion, succeeded in barring part of
the evidence regarding Black's priest-
hood, and all that relating to the,
Knights of Columbus oath, on the
ground that the basis for the testi-
mony had not been laid. At the aft-
ernoon session, however, Judge Clay
Stone Briggs ruled the matter ad-
missible on ihe ground that Cope-
land had testified and paved the way
for such evidence.
Copeland told his story under ques-
tioning from Attorney Mart H. Itoy-
ston.
The witness said that he had been
cashier of the Marshall State bank
for the last eleven years; that he
had been married nineteen years;
had a 12 year old daughter and was
a member of the Catholic church
and the Knights of Columbus.
He said there was a Catholic con-
vent in Marshall and that his daugh-
ter attended school there. He said
that his three sisters also attended
school at the convent.
The Provocation.
dent in an address before 700 persons ; trlctn of Wisconsin. This rural cam-
here this afternoon bitterly attacked I W'S" first made use of a horse and
the law providing for drafting men wagon, which in turn was suecceded
into the United States army under < er- ''V «h* Jnotorcyc e on winch Mr.
tain conditions. "It is more powerful! ^ earned with hjrn a campaign
than that of England," he declared, outfit, a health exhibit and a stere-
'and it will be used to take northern optieon lantern and slides for illus-
Mexieo and awe the workingman.'' tinted lectures.
Henson said a vote for Hughes or! This year the automobile Is being
Wilson means a \ote to be drafted in ; used and the stereopticon slides have
the army. given way to moving pictures. Mr.
"President Wilson's statements fa-iWerle and his assistant sleep in the
vorlng labor are glittering generall-j wagon instead of on the ground under
ties," he said. '"The working men are I a shelter tent. The general plan of
not emancipated as the president I campaigning 's same, the daytime
SUVn." being spent visiting farm houses and
Mr. Benson declared that If he were j distributing literature, and the eve-
president he would use the army and nings in entertaining and Instructive
navy to blockade American ports to; moving picture exhibitions with an ac-
prevent the further exportation of1 companylng lecture on health.
wheat. "We producen only til&.000,-i Unique Appearance.
000 bushels of wheat this year," hei The health wagon makes a unique
said, "w hile we need 630,000,000 bush-j appearance as it travels through the
els and 400,000,00# bushels of this | eountry. In letters of gold it hears
year's crop has already been sold by, the name of the association and the
exporters." jslogan: "All For HEALTH For All."
Mr. Benson quoted bulletins of the a special body built to meet the ns-
department of agriculture reeom-1soclation's needs makes it possible to
mending potatoes be used to make, Pnrry a camping outfit, including a
flour and said that poverty was in folding stove, a compact health ex-
great evidence in western Oklahoma i hihit, several reels of moving pictures,
on his trip from Elk City to Mangum. J an,i a protahle moving picture ma-
"President Wilson," the speaker j chine, donated by the DeVry cdrpora-
added, "is honest and uncorruptible, i t|0n of Chicago, and making it pos-
as honest as you or I, or ought to be,! s||,ie for the lecturer to give his
Some financiers of New York are for. »Khow" wherever electric current can
Hughes and some for Wilson and |)f, obtained,
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26. Secretary
Baker announced late today that the
war department had received definite
information that enemies of the gov-
ernment's policy toward Mexico, in co-
operation with Villa or other bandits,
had arranged for a spectacular attack
on American troops on the border to
be made before the election, to create
sentiment against the administration.
Full particulars of the plan, the sec-
retary said, had been forwarded to
Generals Funston and Pershing nm)
all the American forces are in readi-
ness for the attack.
Mr. Baker issued this statement;
"The war department has received
definite information, confirmed from
other sources, that enemies of the ad-
ministration's policy towards Mexico,
in connection with Villa or other ban-
dits in Mexico, have arranged a spec-
tacular attack to be made either upon
some part of the American forces or'
upon some American community on j
the border between now and the date
of the election, for the purpose of!
turning the tide of sentiment against j
the policy which the administration |
has adopted for the protection of the
border.
"It is significant in this connection i
that both the state and war depart-:
incuts were advised that the bandit !
forces operating at the present time In |
Mexico are being paid in silver coin, j
"Full particulars have been trans- !
milted to ticneral Fun-ton and Con-
oral Pershing. All American forces
are, therefore, forewarned and in
readiness for such an attack."
No additional information could be
obtained from Mr. Baker, who be-
fore the statement was made public
left to deliver a speech.
From other sources it was learned
that information concerning a plot
had bet n received through agents
of the department of justice, state
department representatives on the
border and also through some other
Channel, which has not been dis-
closed. It Is understood that no mil-
itary reports from the border have
mentioned the subject. The state-
ment bears out this, indicating that
Generals Pershing and Funston re-
ceived their first warning through
advices sent tonight by the war de-
partment.
I It is stated on reliable authority
also that none of the evidence at
hand involves Americans and that
Mexican interests in the United States
are believed to be directly responsi-
ble for the conspiracy with bandits
across tho border.
Pressing Investigation
The department of Justice is pres-
sing its investigation. As yd it Is
stated, there Is not sufficient evi-
dence available against any individ-
ual to warrant his arrest and prose-
cution, Attorney ticneral Gregory in-
dicated tonight that such Information
as had been laid before him was of
vague and inconclusive character.
While administration officials gen-
era I y declined to discuss Secretary
Baker's warning, It. was admitted that
the informal Ion received does not
give any clear indlcatl in
the time or place of the
attack. Mr. l.aker, it was
probably acted on the II
publication of the fact that
lean military commanders
warned, might serve to
altogether.
Tho war secretary Is known to:
have received the information on'
which lie bawd liis statement today!
In his return from a campaign trip |
that has kept him out of the city j
several days. He conferred during
the day wit i Secretary Lansing and]
Young Greenleaf Is
a Billiard Wonder
SOME BLOOD SPILLED ALONQ
ALL FRONTS, BUT DRIVES ARE
SEEMINGLY SLACKENING.
Randolph Greenleaf.
NEW VOIiK. < let 26. Randolph
Greenleaf. the boy billiard wonder of
Monmouth, III., lias startled the ex-
perts of this city with the skill and
coolness he has shown in the pocket
billiard championship that is being
played here.
Young Greenleaf, though only 17
years old, has played with the confi-
dence of a veteran ami defeated
champions of many years standing
in the first night's play he defeated
Frank Taberski, of Schenectady, with
a score of 150 to 88 and apparently
with ease.
The ease with which Greenleaf
plays is the charm of his perform-
ing. He shoots very fast and with
little apparent thought or attention to
the table.
Counter Attacks Against French and
British Net No Gain*—Teutonic
Vigor Weakening on Russian Front.
Roumanians Itlow I'p Big Bridge
spanning the Danultc—War Review.
Except for the announcement that
the Roumanians, before their retreat
from Tchernavoda, blew up the big
bridge spanning the Danube river,
thereby replacing an obstacle in tha
way of the advance of the Teutonic
allies from Dobrudja into Old Hotl-
inania, if such a move was intended
| by them, little fresh knowledge of tho
real situation in that sector of tho
world's war has been vouchsafed by
either the Roumanian or Teutonic
allied war chancellories.
According to l'etrograd the force of
the violent blows which Field Marshal
Von Mackensen had been delivering
in his rapid drive northward in
Dobrudja has slackened somewhat, al-
though Berlin asserts that the Teu-
tonic allies arc still making progress
against the Roumanians and Russians,
Along the Transylvania front the
Roumanians and Austro-Germans aro
still engaged in hard fighting at va-
rious points. Berlin reports that in
the Trot us valley, south^of l'aroituz,
and on the roads to Sinaya and Cam-
pnlung the allies of the central pow-
ers have met with further success. On
| the other hand Bucharest asserts that
I the Austro-Germans have been driven
! from the entire western frontier of
| Moldavia, northern Roumania, suffer-
I ing heavy casualties, and that in the
| IJxul and Oituz valleys the Roumanian
arms also have been successful.
Again the Germans have delivered
counter attacks-—four in number—
against the newly won French posi-
tions at Douaumont. in the region of
Verdun, but like all of their efforts
since the big French drive of Tuesday,
they were successfully withstood.
Similarly a violent attack against the
British In the Stuff trench, north of
the famous Stuff redoubt near Thiep-
val. was put down, the Germans suf-
fering considerable casualties and the
loss of fortv-onc men made prisoners.
of either
■ proposed
suggested,
icory that
the Amcr-
had been
prevent it
II UGH ICS ATTACKS POLICY OF THE
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS.
'romlses. If Elcctcil, to Give Country
Ablest Cabinet Possible—Inter-
rupted By Heckler.
I Elsewhere on this front there were
only artillery duels.
In the wooded region of the Car-
pathian mountains the Germans es-
sayed assaults against the Russians,
but, according to the l'etrograd war
office, their efforts failed. In Vol-
hynia, to the west of Lutsk, the Rus-
sians, without previous artillery prep-
aration, attempted to storm with in-
UOSTON, Mass, Oct. 26 -Charles
E. Hughes tonight told an uudtence
which filled Boston's big arena that
lie proposed to be an American pres-
ident, if eleeteii, unswerved by any
suggestion of foreign influence.
"And I propose," lie added, "that
if I am eleeled we shall have the
ablest cabinet that this country can
supply."
Mr, Hughes
would ma
that he had
whatever with
also declared that he
American rights and
ibsolutely no patience
the Idea that an
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either .suits Wall street."
Red Book Is Issued
on Violations of the
Laws of Nations
The machine is a compact affair,
J shutting up into a traveling case
which looks like a traveling man's
sample case.
Hint to Shop Early.
Washington, Oct. 26.—Cognizance
of the allied blockade was taken to-
day by the postofflce department
j in recommending to postmasters
~ , . _ . , j throughout the country at offices
HLULiN, Oct. *.f> (via London.) where international money orders are
The Austro-Hungarian foreign office jS(,|,j (0 pont notices advising patrons
has published a red book dealing with!,,, ,)im.hase such orders Intended for
116 cases which are termed Violations | Christmas presents by Dec. 1, or as
of international law and declared to HOOn nfl,.r thal time as convenient,
have been committed by countries at, "During the continuance of the
war with Austria-Hungary. present war In Europe," says an order
Much space Is devoted In the official iHHIlc(i todav, all mails for or from
document to alleged atrocious treat- th„ continent are subject to examlna-
ment of Austro-Hungarian prisoners t|(in CPMf40rship and delays In transit,
by the Servians. I even when the receiving or dispatch-
It is stated that of a total number in„ ,.ountrv js not actually participat-
i! O AAA A ■ i nt TTi, n »•!.-. .« . . .. 1,,/\•« ,
ing in the conflict.
1 I
Bread Going Up.
Chicago. III.. Oct. 26.-- Increased
prices for bread within the next few
days were again predicted by mem-
bers of the Master Makers' associa-
tion today, following Increases in the
| cost of flour yesterday. Chicago
of 63,000 Austro-Hungarian prisoners
In the hands of Servians from 35,000
to 40,000 died In captivity.
Heaves a Brick at
His Own Image In
MirrMir • fla+P IP in or] 1 bakers will hold a meeting Saturday
171111U1 y V/tTto 1 iiiCru night in an effort to induce Chicago
j congressmen to back a movement for
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Oct. Sfl — A embargo on the^shlpment of wheat.
J real self defense plea was offered by; ... s, , Sunk
_ j Theodore Hood, colored, aged 21, i ' ,
On the morning of 1* eh. «?, lie said, , appeared in city court today fvondon. Oct. -6. • Lloyils announces
he went to the hank as usual and ] ^ charge of throwing a brick J that the following vessels have been
there heard about a lecture delivered) ac-ainst a $150 miror In the saloon 'sunk; The Norwegian steamer \enus
by William Black the night before - — •»--<-«-
in the court house. John B. Teese,
who worked in the bank, told him,
he said, and showed him Black's
circular.
"Teese told me that Black in his
speech denounced priests and nuns
and declared the confessional infa-
mous and iniquitous," said Copeland.
"Teese said that Black stated In
the lecture that he had had several
encounters with Catholics, carried
several bullets and one stab wound
he had received from Catho'ics, was
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of Louis- Stapner, 1832 Martindale IH. of 7«4 tons gross, the Danish
avenue. I steamer Ulf. of 1.131 tons gross; the
Hood and the bartender got into Belgian steamer Comtesse De Flan-
an argument over the payment for J die, of I,*10 '"lis gross, and the Brit-
drinks. Hood ran out and got a ish schooner Tweed, of 200 ton! gross,
brick and as ho came back Into the
saloon he saw another hand with
a brick In ft aiming at him. He'#
heaved away with the brick. The!} mnimnnn «
crash of glass convinced hint that j THB WEATHER S
he had been defending himself! ^ 4
against his own image. »»♦»♦♦«♦♦#♦♦♦♦••»♦»•+•♦••»
Judge Deery fined Hood $10 and;
costs and sentenced him to jail for l orn**!.
ten days on 11 charge of malicious! Ea*t an-i We^t 'i.-xa Friday and
trespass. | Saturday fa r.
Country Much In
Need of More Men
of This Very Type
ON' BOARD PRESIDENT WIL-
SON'S SPECIAL, PARKEUSISUKO,
W. Va., Oct. 26.- President Wilson,
en route to Cincinnati, arranged to
greet the people of several Ohio towns
early today. He passed through here
this morning, but iiad not arisen, liis
schedule included brief stops at Chil-
licothe, Ohio, Greenfield ami Loveland
He was due to arrive at Cincinnati ;it.
11:30 o'clock.
Last night large crowds met the
president's special at Ma.rtins.burg, W,
Va., and Cumberland, Mil In reply
to calls for a speech at Martinsburg
the president shook his head and said:
"I would a great deal rather work
than talk about. It."
Urged to say a few words, he de-
clared:
"I'll say this with a great deal of
cordiality, that it is very delightful to
be greeted this way. It shows a large
number of my fellow citizens believe
In me, anywa>."
He retired before reaching Cumber-
land. ^
Young Women Will
Invite Our Brave
Boys to Join Army
CHICAGO, 111 . Oct. 26.—A series
of social events where young women
may have ah opportunity to attract
recruits for the United States army
will mark the opening of the largest
recruiting station in the country next
week in Chicago. Moving picture
shows, dances and basket ball games
are being arranged by the enlisted
men under Captain Kenney of the
local recruiting agency.
It Is planned to comb each county
in Illinois, as a part of a national
campaign, until one recruit out of
every 1,000 inhabitants has been ob-
tained.
Capt. Thomas Cathro has been as-
signed to assist Captain Kenney in
"combing" Illinois, Wisconsin and
other nearby states.
American citizen following his law-
ful pursuits In any part of the world
should be left unprotected by the
country from which he came."
"Is it possible that any such no-
tion should obtain in tliis shadaw
of Bunker Hill'.'" he asked.
The audience rose to its feet and
waved thousands of American f ags,
and shouted in answer, "No,"
Hecklers sought, to question him on
various topic- and one man who per-
sisted finally made himself heard
a 111 id confusion. In doing so the
heckler had the aid of the nominee,
who sought to quiet the crowd and
urged that the questioner be allowed
to proceed.
"What specific policv will you take
in Mexico?" tho heckler shouted.
Ill Polite East.
"What specific policy will you take
in En-rope? What aro you going to
do with the eight hour bill? What
- —The rest of the questioning
was lost in a salvo of boos and cat
calls.
"I do not know," Mr. Hughes re-
plied, "just what sort of mess we
will find things in ill Mexico next
March, but there are certain prin-
ciples we shall be governed by, first,
we will not meddle with affairs that
do not concern us. Second, when
we say we will respect the rights of
small nations we will respect them in
reality. And, third, it shall lie un-
derstood in Mexico, in Latin America
and elsewhere that American rights'
with respeot to lives and property
shall be protected."
The audience then applauded und
cheered.
Mr. Hughes' declaration of his In-
tention to be "an American presi-
dent" if elected was interrupted by
cheers and applause ut the conclu-
sion of every sentence.
"No man can tell in advance w hat
unexpected demands the next four
years may present," he continued,
"but one whose conception of a
president's duty rests upon funda-
mental principles can describe with
entire sincerity how the problems
of administration would be ap-
proached and In what spirit they
would be solved.
Conception of Office.
"My conception of tho presidency
is radically different from that which
seems to have governed the action
of the present administration. I
look upon the iresident as the exec-
utive head of the government; lie
is its business : , nager and consid-
erations of mere politics and parti-
san expediency must yiel I. At the
very outset of the present admlnis-
(Continued on Pace Three 1
"Go-Devil" Demonstration
The "Boll Weevil Committee,"
consist lllg of <?. G. Clilldcrs, Bigshy
Itaielai and A. C. Buchanan, report
satisfactory progress in the work of
securing the co-opcralion of tin*
farmers In the war on tho boll
mocv II.
Word has reached Ihe committee
that several community meetings
have already Ix-en called in various
sections of (he county, at which tho
situation will Ik; discussed, and
some definite plan of action will ho
taken up.
Mr. Clilldcrs will make a trip this
morning to a farm In the Oenavllie
neighborhood, where it was re-
ported to liiin yesterday that one
or the stalk cutters described by
him in the Telegram last week had
been tried, without complete suc-
cess. Mr. Clilldcrs stated last
night that the cutter was no ex-
iwriiiicut Willi lilni. and that lie
anticipated no trouble in demon-
strating Its practicability. He will
point out the defects In the one re-
ported yesterday, and make the
necessary changes and demonstra-
tions on tin' farm today to assure
lis successful working.
DEMOXSTKATION SATURDAY.
tine of the "Go-Devils," as the
committee has named the cutter,
Is being constructed under the di-
rection of Itlgsby Barclay, and this
implement will be 011 exhibition on
the public square in Temple Satur-
day (tomorrow), morning and early
afternoon, At 2:20 In the after-
noon the culler will lie taken out to
Ihe cotton field a mile west of town
(at the Chiiders "old red barn"
place, near Lake Polk), where a
demonstration of its alteration will
be made. The farmers arc invited
lo examine the construction id' ibis
device and to witness its practical
operation Saturday afternoon.
Mr. Barclay has constructed and
used a number of the cutters dur-
ing previous years, and thoroughly
understands just how they should
lie made. He stall's I bat an.i black -
smith can make them, at small
cost, once lie gets the riuhl idea.
"Times have Ih'Cii." -IiiimI Mr.
Cllllders. "when vie could afford lo
sacrifice our cotton crop for a sea-
son or two until the weevils dis-
appeared, but with cotton at nearly
20 cents per pound, and seed over
$25 |icr bale (with excellent pros-
pects for the priii's remaining an-
other year), this Is 110 time to
undertake to starve the weevils to
death by culling off their food
supply. We need the money that
next vein's cotton crop will bring,
and we must KILL the weevil.
Willi cotton at " cents and seed at
SI2, a very active anti-boll weevil
campaign might not have been
profitable, hut we can now afford
lo spend real money, time and ef-
fort in the destruction of the
weevil."
Another member of the commit-
tee (a farmer—all three of them
aro actual farmers), said: "Every
acre of cotton land in Bell county
will produce $">0 next year If we
can put the weevil ont of business.
It is certainly worth the effort."
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Williams, E. K. Temple Daily Telegram (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 347, Ed. 1 Friday, October 27, 1916, newspaper, October 27, 1916; Temple, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth470658/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.