Brenham Daily Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 251, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 22, 1916 Page: 2 of 6
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The Brenham Daily Banner-Press
Publinhed Every Afternoon Except Sunday
ffHX BRENHAM BANNER PUBLISHING COMPANY
E. P. HOHLT ---- Pre«ident
fHBO. 8CHIRMAC'HER Vice President
fiKORGE NELi Secretary-Treaturer
EMMET SHANNON, Editor.
SlJBSt KIPTION RATES
Pally, by Mail or Carrier, one Month .60
Dally, by Mail, or Currier, One Year $5,00
Weekly, by Mail, One Year 1.60
All Subscriptions Payable In Advance
Address all business communications and make all
checks, drafts and money orders payable to The
Brenham Banner I'ublish'ng Company.
Addresa all other communmtiona, news it - n - and ar-
ticles for publication to Editor, Brenham banner
Entered as second etuta mail matter at the 1'oatoflke
at Brenham, Te*at.
AN EMPTY LIVE,
o
Many exchange* are comrnentinK on the life
and works of the laic Kritz 1'odziu.s, editor of
a paper called Matrimonial News. Ivlitor
Podzius was a citizen of New York, and claim-
ed to have been inst rumental in making 20,000
weddings, hut he himself remained a hachelbi
, a sort, of hermit bachelor, who lived in an
obscure little room and did his own cooking,
made his own fin and allowed only Iim own
ghoes t'» sit under his bed. Of couise that
was a sorry way t<> live, and when hiditor 1'od-
zius could stand it no longer he died. Why
shouldn't he? Where is there the editor who
wouldn' rather be dead than do hi own cook-
ing and housework, dust his own mantel,
patch his own bournouse and nursile a teddy-
bear for companion-.hip? '1 <> have rung wed-
ding ItIIh for twenty thousand couples and
himself remain a lonely and unattached atom
hi the connubial cosmos wa. a cruel fate lor
Editor I'odzius. l'.etter for him had he been
ynore susceptible to feminine charm; better for
him had lie loved and lost and loved again
better for him had he cast his lot with the
Mormons and established for him ell a couple
or 60 of homes which neither the law could
disrupt nor villains break through and steal.
Any editor who becomes so slaving to his
proles ion as to allow his own heartstrings to
shrivel i ito nothing, or who permits the fount
of his sentiment to dissolve under the drouth
of his own indifference any editor who makes
his home in an attic and nibbles apples or tur-
nips for his sustenance, with never a kiss to
warm the vinegar in his veins—any editor who
comes home when he pleasea, goe# to bed when
he pleases, gets up when he pleases and does
as he pleases, is a failure, a pitiful husk of a
man whose so-called personal liberty is merely
a license to be lonesome, and, withal, a phos-
phorescent glow which affords neither light
por warmth to his dull eyes and herringbone
soul.- Stat> I'rens in Galeexton Ncicu.
Politics m Nacogdoches are warming up.
The Sentinel todaj carries announcements for
bo- eral of the candidates. The tax collector's
■ is being sought by six; there are five as-
pu'i.uts for treasurer, and the entire list of
ce nty officers, but two, have opposition.
o
\\V always thought Villa would get it in
the neck. Of all the revolutionists since the
downfall of Diaz, Villa seems to have been the
most v cious. The country will be well rid
of hir. tnd it is hoped that Carranza will have
i ouble in restoring order in Northern
M xlco.
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ELECTRICITY IS' SURGERY.
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brenham daily banner-pkess_
'TIME PRICES" THE WORST USURY.
ARTHUR GARRELS.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 22,
STORM AND FLOOD SAVES DAOGHnT;
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Twelve per cent a year is too much to pay
for money; 10 per cent a year is too much to
pay, and t.o have 72 banks in the South outside
of Texas and Oklahoma, and 017 in the-o two
states, averaging 10 per cent on their loans —
this shows the need for reform.
And yet the shameful, damnable fact faces
us that credit at even 12 per cent would seem
like a veritable god-end, a veritable deliver?
ance from Heaven, to the thousands and thou-
sands of struggling men and women who now
bear the burden of our accursed crop-lien and
"time-prices" system of the Southern states,
a system which is nothing less than a disgrace
to any people who call themselves civilized,
much less Christian.
Mr. Williams denounces bank that average
10 per cent on their money, and he does well,
but when we come to compare the charges of
even the most viciou.- banks with the charges
made under ou» "time prices" system, we are
reminded of the impudent reply made by
Young King Rehoboam when the people a ked
that he lighten the tax burden imposed by his
father Solomon' "My little linger," he re-
plied, "shall be thicker than my father's loins."
Verily the little finger of the time price crop
lien is thicker than the loins of the 10 per cent
bankei !
As a matter of fact, it will be seen that few
bankers in the South average even 1<> per cent
On their loans, and while we believe we must,
enlist in a light to compel all banks to obey
the legal interest laws, the important fact to
remember now is that th< hanker offers the
Hiirent present wan "f ' from 70 per cent
time prices. Let every farmer who can do so
{iut a deposit in his local bank, keeping as big
a balance as he can from now until spring,
and it will be a strange bank that will then
refuse to lend him reasonable amounts to es-
cape "time prices" in summer. Tin Proj/res-
Parmer.
.—. —o
MOONLIGHT SCHOOLS.
U. s. Consul at Alexandra
Cabled Facts on Persia's Sinking.
SWEEP WIDE AREA
■ ml in 11
ii 'fiii
SilKNNt;u,
naehvlor who lived in Sulphur.
K I) WAUL1 CLEVELAND
ldren wiiS ims
.1A M I'.'S
arm
i 'cove red
nner
i.<-i
Advice of Mother do
Tents Danghter'i Untimely Ea{
Ready, Ky.—" I was not able to *
anything for nearly six months " ZiZ
Mrs. Laura Bratcher, of this place "2
was down in bed for three months.'
I cannot tell yon how I suffered i
my head, and with nervousness
montenegrins lay
down their arms
i'K a-
uk a1
lldilmi
Vie!,;
It Irt
the [Mi
. iiiiar;- --- ■'
i hOUIU't''! li*■ I »
I.'polls that
Electricity is extensively used in modern
surgery. Indeed, it would be ditlicult to get
along without it. Without the X-ray machine
it would be impossible to accurately locate for-
eign substances in the body, and to properly
reduce difficult fractures of the bones. * X-ray
photos are alsO extensively used in diagnosing
a large number of other ailments, such as tu-
mors, cancers, etc.
— o
John D. Robinson has tendered his resigna-
tion as judge of the Twenty-seventh judicial
-district, effective January 81, and v ill enter
actively upon the campaign for congress in
the district so long represented by Hon. R. L.
Henry. Judge Robinson has been very pop-
ular, both as a citizen and a judge, and the
endorsement of his candidacy by the Bell coun-
ty bar shows the esteem in which he is held.—.
WHlnboro Mirror. ^
o
The political pot is beginning to simmer,
•ays the Gonzales Inquirer, and warns its mas-
culine readers to pay a poll tax if they want
to have a say-so when things begin to boil.
J. 0. Welday, editor of the Appeal to Rea-
ton, shot himself in the head on the eve of his
wedding. He is dead. Belonged to the "don't-
do-aa-I-do ;-do-as-I-say" type.
Cameron Herald.
A little more than five years ago Mrs. Cora
W. Stewart was superintendent of schools in
Rowan county, Ky. One nay an old lady, who
had a daughter in Chicago, rode seven miles
across the hills to get the superintendent to
read a letter she had received from Chicago
and reply to it for the mother. This went on
for some months but at last the mother quit
coming and it was some months before the
uiperintendent saw her again. When they
met she asked the old lady the reason and the
wrinkled old woman told her that the roads
were bad, the cricks high and so she could
not get to town and so she had got a spelling
book and in three months had learned to read
and write and could now write to her daugh-
ter herself. Then Mrs. Stewart, admiring the
pluck of the old lady determined to do what
she could to drive illiteracy out of her county,
and it was one of the darkest in Kentucky.
She called a meeting of the teachers in the
county and laid the matter before them and
they cheerfully agreed to help. So on moon-
light nights the schoolhouses were ojK'iied and
everybody urged to come. Every man and
woman who could read were persuaded to help
somebody less fortunate. There was quick
response to the appeal to banish ignorance and
soon the moonlight schools were in operation
all over the county. Old men and women were
there and mothers walked miles carrying their
babes and soon the dark curtain was lifted
and there were but few people in the entire
county who could not read and write. Not
alone was reading and writing taught but
such other branches as the pupils desired.
Soon the great work of Mrs. Stewart was rec-
ognized and other counties took up the same
plan. Then the governor asked the legisla-
ture to create an illiteracy commission which
would cover the whole state and without a
dissenting vote the legislature adopted the gov-
ernor's suggestion and Mrs. Stewart was made
president of the commission, a just reward.
When she left Rowan county there were only
23 people who could not read and write and
they were either blind or defective.
Seventeen states now have moonlight schools
and a grand tight is being made to drive out
illiteracy. These schools offer opportunities
to thousands who cannot be otherwise reached
and their establishment and support would be
a great blessing to thousands of poor people
and be of great benefit to the state.
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"Prominent man shot in difficulty", says a
headline. Not being well posted on anatomy
we wonder if this is a vital spot.
i London i:
today Unit
■lo item -
li.tr. ili.-' on H i1 "I :>>' > 1 i:» K'otiar. <u
are unfounded II • stated that it.
V el llii laying down < 1 a' 111. de-
manded try Angina l.a not. t>» < n
collipleted 'V tile Mmit' ii ^ni a:w
thai until this is- done by all the
Montenegrin troop- aei "lidiUoii
will not i • dh.cusj.ed To - ■ >»»•'..
tlons lave not yet liee.U '.it d,
the \i;>l i " Herman |>e,ui o in nut *
Hloiui Otto formerly A.. Lin min.s
0 r at t • "tiuje, Is .still en rente for
that city and arrived at Sarajevo t
day. It is added that seveial days
will still be required before all the
Montenegrin troops will nine in
from the hills and surrender. Only
then are the actual negotiations to
begin. What the Austro-Hungarian
jterms w ill be, It is stated here, can
not be published, but they will in-
clude tlu- retention of Mount Loveen.
A Home dispal !i of yesterday aid
Montenegro had Informed Italy offi-
cially that hostilities with Austria
liad been res'tined over the entire
! front. 'I'lie furemdiiK Vienna dis-
patch, also utldei >e.,terda\ date,
; may have been tiled before the time
of the anwcntneoni "t crwHed !•■.
Koine to the Wonieii. rin noveln-
1 lllellt
ai d A a I
the Fri
<:• pot-
I cannot tell yon how I suffered wfn
ly head, and with nervousness t!
womanly troubles. *
Our family doctor told my husbandk.
could not do me any good, and iK
to give it up. We tried another daC
but he did not help me.
At last, my mother advised me to tab
Cardui, the woman's tonic. 1 thoutS
it was no use for 1 was nearly deadffl
nothing seemed to do me any good Rj
! took eleven bottles, and now I amftu
tc do all of my work and my Z
washing. '
] think Cardui Is the best medidueb
the world. My weight has increaai
and 1 look the picture of health. "
If you suffer from any of the ailing,
peculiar to women, get a bottle of Canla
bei.nv snip ■air, : today. Delay is dangerous. We know
It will help you, for it has helped m
'.va,-n,,d 1 many thousands of other weak woma
„ j. , e , [». u In the past 50 years.
( and At all druggists.
^,111 til Wr.shita river
itt National
.■ edge of Sulphur wa.- in-
,: d the a 1 • " spread over
■uit/m of the town. The
iUn(: , ;■ ne pollution and all day firemta
■. r< kepi busy pumping out good-
,'d basements.
Scriiius in Arkansas,
Little Rock, Ark., January 22,-
Iteports from towns on the upp«
White river last night say that hettj
: rains today have caused an alarmlii
in the river. At Batesville tlw
river rose 2.1 feet and still was rto-
ing It is expected that lowlamfc
will be Hooded and heavy dami(!
will be done. Levees have been
strengthened at all towns along tin
river and confidence is exprenei
tha they will hold.
Writ, Ij Chattanooga MecUchit Co.. UjW
idiisory D«*., Chatmnooga. Tsr.n., for
fnttrurtiont on yOv v»e ^r»d 64 pajft book "fiC
Tr84txr,*cl tor Won— i wi. ep«r.
thoriiies because of possible sewer-
li-'ht .plant wa
, . A,i- three leet deep , in
.,-o iinii Santa J-'e railroad
S». vei.ii huiidi< I persons
•w. re 'led i'rftW roofs of hoiis-'S.
1 he ilu.od wa- caused by a cloud*
'i, i north oi sulphur.
In the ILal'lton oil field;' nine
lam. Sill ; nth oil were struck by
i t. ,11,... th. oil ignited and liurned
a:, i, •■'ridi.y a cloud hung over
th, oil ft. -Telephone comna-uni-
U'.'it >wit'j; !>» h- Id Was destroyed
ai d l.a : not been restored Friday
;..KLt• X'-iti'-i the .nauK.'S of the
< v.te-rs of the i.inks or the monetary
- involved could be ascertained
Friday.
A !'elepram from McAlester Fri-
day uiK'ht stated that all train ser
vtc.e from the north and west was
suspended Friday because of high;
water.
During the heavy rain Thursday
drei
•lolict and near-by towns suffered
Millol ()|»ei n| loll -.
ilerliii. .1.11111.11 y - . i !■. w ,; .1,
lo Say s 111 • i ini.ui ti u.pv> h.uc
been enuaced in only minor opera-
tions along the iront in Uimsia, ,ic-
fordtng to announcement h\ army
headquarters today The statement
reports merely t e y repulse „f thl' Ullage of Uockdak
some Ktinsian detachments between 'ix f"' of
i'lnsk anil Ciartorys. 'l
lime ;t,(lOo,ooo Prtsonerv
Ardniore, Okla., January 12.—
Four deaths had been reported hoi
last night as a result of flood condi-
tion; resulting from heavy nltt I
Mrs. o. Cleveland and thrw#
dren were drowned at Crusher, Oto,
near here, when their store Mid It
idence was washed away. TlwbO*
lalght, a Frigio paKBengbr train left \ , . . . . .1
1 of a daughter has been recowi* j
ihe track between Schulter and Ok-
imulgee, the engine, tender, baggage Albuquerque, N. M„ January It J
1 ■ car .ind smoking • tip -Transcontinental traffic over ti*I
• r A wrecking train went Santa Fe, hampered by flood it
out om Sapulpa, It is behoved ditions in Arizona, was further io* j
' at i.e on. „,... sei iously injured. ... ,|e«l today by heavy snowfall WJ
I l< mm| in Pen \. -jt r- (' 'a. northwest of here. Wj
ag", l.inuary i!L' Northern h, al Santa Fe offices said it
mglit la. . .I ilooo con n when through traffic woiil'j
d.:iotis sucS as have not been ex-
1' 1 *' '<■ "d im a decade. Rivers in-
undated thousands of acres. ma-
eL'ffl' -1 liunili'cds of homes, thrcat-
cned pollution of water supplies and
dill damage .stimated at may hun-
>f thousand's of dollars.
be
-umed.
•os Angeles. Cal., January 22.^1
Flood waters of Arizona riven
streams were reported to be
what lower today. Disbee, Do#'1
Nogales and other towns were
from the overllow; bf the Desplaineg
river and it. tributaries which sub-'
be- |
water, swept away
bridge at Channahon
: out
communication most of the WI
To Suppress Shy locks-
Washington, January 21/
and inun- ,rolu.r Williams told the I10"'!
1 lht' l0H<'r section of Joliet. ... .liii *\
, i ,i , .rules committee today of PltBi
' Fm on IM
«>» "* "" M"m •"»' which, he Hy., ch«. **
" rates of Interest—som* ot
seventeen months of War is summed
up in Vienna us follow*
"Nearly 3,000.000 prisoners, 10,-
000 guns, 40,000 machine gUns.
476.000 square kilometer- of enemy
territory occupied. '
'»K at Aurora, where whole sections , ,
Of the Citv were I f°rty Cent'
| "Pitiless publicity," an"
l'i*"e oi jment of charters are the two
' ons on which the comptroller
"The law is adequate if
was reported hut ftUthorW*
What is Home
Without an Heir!
irrts t unu'vt as to th<i
wmfort of tlM- njether
urui* 'h.it o.ndcrf,,!
Cr.:^ ,,f
Mother* who know rro-
SCVi ;M.-ther-,
fj"";1 tt fa. an
r?! .wnwiy for tu-
•tmrhinj musrl,«<.
»i r V*"1 ,0
str*|n.
tSf orttan* Ui
♦1° wrrra,
! ,f"" at Hmmejits
Thw* rrstful—<*«yT *°rt.
mxs morning
Inpnn an. «n>en* the thmr, "h
ewn wlicr* rtV.tc thev
. br •Mo.t.r-. h5JJntf
lt» cfTfct upon thi mi: ^ the fom i v
tJ««i and thcr ^
suxv th ctir.tmir uft.-r KnH- I. i, rn uriJ-
..r .. . , " w rn.
cUy were submerged.
Boats and rafts took the
w«80ns and automobiles in many
towns and cities,
N'° less of lift»
mnnv , J- 'T'T »'in.tlce be
,h.„; l,„, , . """' institute civil suits against •WI
In <-K' ,le Sa4tl-
^ warning to bo,' t, ,\ The committee took no ^'
'-»«• M' the health „Jtio„
W, ..
a Kittle orttit* ItiYiUurtJ. ,ui
tAnt jl2Sei'*e-
It )• harmlrs* Wit wtrndcrf^lli -2?- ;Xw-
Writ, to Br.dVU Rc^uto, ^ ,
mar nw* . Atlanta. (U . U-
tm miUt* book for iBtmS^r wrlt*!
of matrrnitr. tt *m II ,n ,h«
ration. It contain* Inform,,tw,!
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