Brenham Daily Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 140, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 8, 1914 Page: 4 of 6
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Frank Griwes, Editor
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC 7"
Any erroneous reflections upon the character, stand-
ing or reputation of any person, firm or corporation,
which may appear in the columns of The Banner-Press,
■will be gladly corrected upon its being brought to the
attention of the publishers.
"BUY-A-BALE."
Hie Banner-Press believes that the "Buy-a-
JBale" movement just started in Texas will fur-
nish the quickest and most plausible solution
of the distressing cotton problem it would be
possible to devise.
Certain citizens of Georgia are responsible
for the initial movement. They agreed among
themselves to purchase as much cotton as their
pocketbooks would permit, paying ten cents per
pound for the staple. The cotton was bought,
stored away in warehouses to await the rising
tide of the market—the inevitable rising tide—
and the citizens rejoiced with the producers at
the simple solution of the problem that has been
worrying the minds of economists, cotton ex-
perts, statesmen, business men, bankers and
producers ever since the first slump in the
price of cotton-
A few days after the initial step was taken
down in Georgia, certain of the Southern sen-
ators at Washington pooled their pocket mon-
ey «nd each agreed to buy a bale of cotton
from one of their constituents. New impetus
was given the movement; the worm had crawl-
ed from its chrysalis and was become a soar-
ing butterfly. Today the people of the South
have grasped the idea as a drowning man
clutches at the floating straw.
Everywhere men of limited means are buy-
ing cotton from their farmer friends, paying a
good price for it They can well afford to
hold the staple for a year or more, as storage
is cheap and they may borrow money on it at
any time. Then when the shackles have been
.shaken from the hands of the financial world
rand the price of cotton is once more stable and
fair, the citizen who helped his friend can dis-
pose of hia bale at a handsome profit.
Let the men of the South lay hold of the
plan as a long-lost friend come back at last.
"Bqy-a-Bale" yourself from your farmer
friend, store it away, and then when the world
"forgets its wars and famines, mount the ris-
ing tide of the cotton market and get back
your money with interest
It is the only solution that offers simple,
quick and effective relief. Lay hold of it.
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This is a pretty good old nation after all.
We have a heap to be thankful for—a big heap
of gold in the United States treasury to ex-
tend our trade while the other nations are
cutting and slashing.
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Besides many other good features, the job of
kinging it over a nation is full of unexpected
things, such as getting^your favorite regiment
chopped to pieces or your corn stepped upon
by an orderly. „ <
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"The drying up a single tear has more hon-
est fame than shedding seas of gore." That
is the way Lord Bryon wrote it years ago,
and he was a soldier for the pure love of con-
flict.
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most
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than a motion to adjourn
discussion and useless waiting to get i
Jierygg, and to Interfere with their usual
ity and politeness of demeanor. For
Bailey of Harris, whose motion to~adjourn was
interrupted by a suggestion by McNealus of
Dallas, told the latter that if he "would talk
less and listen more" he would know what was
going on on the floor of the senate.-
WORTH RECORD. J
Columns and olnmnw of good npflce have hfien
ruined in the effort to make our lawmakers
make laws without squabbling, but it can't be
did. We don't know about the McNealus case,
considering your comment a fling at tile Dal-
las newspaperman and statesman, but we do
know that the alleged statesmen are again
wasting a lot of time down at Austin.
Never lost sight of the Washington county
fair to take place October 6-9, right here in
Bkrenham. Keep it on your mind and talk
tbout it to your friends. It means something.
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George, William, Albert, Francis Joseph and
Nicholas, to say nothing of Poncaire, look al-
as guilty as a bunch of boys caught in
watermelon patch.
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You can fool part of the people all of the
you can't part a fool from the people
trampling somebody in the process.
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BRENHAM, TjEXAS
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accommodations. Excellent cuisine
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GEO. N. DWYER
General Insurance and
Real Estate
BRENHAM TEXAS
Phone 437
MRS. EHMA SIMONS
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Brenham. Texas
Though it saddens me, somehow I always feel
better after having attended a funeral. The
simple expressions oflhe preacher strengthen
my faith in immortality, and I learn that I am
a great deal better off than many other people.
We are prone to nurse our supposed troubles,
when in reality they are like the troubles of
the one-eyed banker in "The One Woman,"
they never happened.—cleburne enterprise.
We don't know who "I" is but "I" evidently
must be a woman. "I" finds pleasure in at-
tending funerals, because she or it likes what
the preacher says: "I" IS a woman, because
she refers to Thomas Dixon's great foolishness
in one volume—"The One Woman". There is
so much in common between a funeral and the
book that we do not wonder at the strange con-
nection "I" gives the two.
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"Chuck wagon" meals with grass-fat year-
ling beef makes us homesick. That is what
the visitors to the Pecos fair are enjoying. The
man or woman who ever ate a "church wag-
on" meal knows what it means. We wish we
had had the good sense to have been a visitor
to the Pecos fair.—abilene reporter.
Chuck wagons are fast disappearing from
the face of nature, and before many years they
will be no more. Many eminent men, includ-
ing ourself and Theodore Roosevelt, have en-
joyed the chuck hot from the pans of One-Eyed
Jake, the cookingest cuisine artist that ever
flopped a flapjack. If we were to head our^ol-
factory organs into a chuck wagon scent now-
adays, we would go stone blind with desire for
the good old days.
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The Monticello road will be placed in good
shape for the first time in many years and in
better shape than ever before. This will be
a good thing for the people who must travel
it and for those who live in Mt. Pleasant.
Good roads make the town.—mt. pleasant
times-review.
That's the kind of item that should have
been in your news columns with a scare head
over it. Whenever a town or a community im-
proves a road, be it nothing more than a meas-
ley lane, the fact should be heralded to the
world. Good roads make the town and vice
versa.
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Something to be proud of—that you are an
American citizen and have the greatest govern-
ment on the face of the earth.—abilene re-
porter.
If we were not already tired, your squib
would give us a strong desire to seek the gdose
hair and curl up for the night- No American
doubts that we have the greatest government
on earth, but what's-the use of waiting until
the other fellows are at war to hand out this
'Greater-Than-Thou- dope? Tell it to'em when
and while they can fight back.
Bee county hogs, numbering about two hun-
dred head, were shipped to market this week.
Good prices were received for the pork. Di-
versification is the salvation of the farmer- The
lesson is being taught day after day and until
the farmers of Texas quit devoting their time
to one crop they will fear war in foreign coun-
tries, and other calamities.—beeville bee.
Your paragraph is so full of good common
sense and excellent advice that we refuse to
comment on it for fear of ruining the effects.
ft is a dull day in Europe that some;
try does not declare war against some
The fighting spirit Is everywhere
t every potentate has a chip on his
We are several miles from the rite of
but we are feeling the blunt end of the baj
FRED L AMSLER
General Insurance and RmI
Estate ;,Z<
Office Phone 7 Residence 69
BRENHAM, TEXAS
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General Insurance
BRENHAM, , • TEXAS
NICHOLSON BROS.
Contractors and Builders
We build satisfaction into every
.House that we build—try us.
READ THE BANNER
MAMA BECKER
Veterinarians
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Quitman St Brenham, Texaa
BROCKSCIWDT £ BOTOVG
LEADING '
Insurance Agency
3renham Texas
BILLY BURNES
Veterinary Surgeon
Office at 205 St Charles Street
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If you want a good well get
T. E. FELDER
The Wen Driller
Phone 847
Brenham, Texas
IT PAYS
TO ADVERTISE
TRY A CARD
In These Columns
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SOME VAR BULLETINS
London. Sept. 7,
I announced that the British casualties
during the war thus far have been
15,000.
London, Sept. 7.—Information
I reached Dover last night that train
service between Paris and Dieppe had
been stopped.
Railroad Tlitte.Table
Arthur KMgore, Agent
Passenger train* leave the Union
Station on the following schedules:
Santa Fe—North
No. .1.11*86 a*
No. 16 11:82 p.
No. 18 11:27 a.
■ * Santa Fe—South
It Is officially|Ylo. 6 ...4:85 p.
No. 17................. #4:25 a.
No. 15. .5:18 a.
E.IT. C Bast
42, East bound 1:54 p. m.
No. M..................8:20 a. m.
E AT. C. West
48, West bound ..«•••• .11:84 a.
No. 45 .2:42 a. m.
London, Sept. 7.—A Renter dis-|
I patch from Ostmd says: "In a
I fierce fight yesterday near Thisselt
(Belgium) the Germans lost 8,000
men. Prisoners wore tsken at Ant*
, i'/arp " ■
Bouxgne, via London Sept. 7.-
| The Telle grama says the Germans
who had occupied Lille, Valenden.
nee, Armentieres, Doual and Balle-
utl, departed quickly from these clt-
|les Saturday afternoon.
Antlvari, Montenegro, via London,
{Sept. 7.—A bombardment of fortifi-
cation* in the Bay of Cattaro, Aus-
tria-Hungary from thelbea, was be-
gun by a large French fleet which
I passed northward early yesterday.
Antwerp, via London, Sept. 7.—
(The French legation here officially
confirmed the previous announced
success of the Anglo-French troops
who are said to have driven the Gtfr>
mans back some fifteen milee beyond
[St. Quentln inflicting considerable
London, Sept. 7.—A dispatch to
I the Times from Bologne says the
mayor of that city is reported to have
received a telegram yesterday morn
in & stating that General Joffre had
returned the German lines and that
Sir John French had got around on
the left of the German army. The
German troops at Lille left there hur-
riedly Saturday.
London, Sept. 7.—An official list
Iof the British casualties was issued
last night. This was the third list
made public and completes the cas-
ualties up to September 1. It was
as follows: Ktiled, 9 officers, 38 j
I men. Wounded, 27 officers, 120
Missing 49 officers, 4,658
Imen. The latest casualty list lisued
by the British war office
14,796 men. The two 4
for 10,365 men
! and missing, making a
EVERY SACK SOLD
Means a new customer for our
Hunters Cream Flour, because
better, purer, more nourishing
bread and cakes follow its use
every time. As Hunters Flour
costs no more than others would
it not be wise for you to give it
a trial? We know the result be-
fore and youH knowr and appre-
ciate it afterwards.
WILLIAM SEIDEL
PHONE 188 •
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Iron Fencing a Specialty
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Quality merchandise at reason-
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