The Dublin Progress and Telephone (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 31St Year, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, May 31, 1918 Page: 3 of 8
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After consolidating my two great stocks of General Merchandise I find I need more room.. I must reduce my stock, as I am overloaded in every
department. To reduce this stock I must put a price on the goods that will move them. So I have decided to put on a REAL BARGAIN SALE.
I AM GOING TO CUT THE PRICE ONE HALF IN MANY DEPARTMENTS
Such as Ladies’ Ready-to-Wear (as I am going to discontinue this line) and Men’s Hats.
OUR SHELVES ARE LOADED WITH PRETTY SUMMER DRESS GOODS, SUCH AS SILKS, CREPE de CHINE, VOILES, LAWNS,
GINGHAMS, PERCALES, ETC. IN OUR SHOE DEPARTMENT YOU WILL FIND SHOES AND SLIPPERS FOR THE ENTIRE FAM
ILY, AT PRICES MUCH LOWER THAN YOU HAVE AFORE PAID.
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It will pay you to drive many miles to attend this sale and buy your summer needs at greatly reduced prices. You can’t afford to miss this sale.
BELOW I QUOTE YOU A FEW OF THE MANY BARGAINS. '
DRESS GOODS
In this department we have a complete line and
can save you money on every item you buy.
Dress goods 10 cts per yard and up.
LADIES’ SHOES
One lot ladies’ shoes, bargain counter, worth up
to $2.50, going at only..................90c
Buy a Thrift Stamp and help win the war
CHILDREN’S SHOES
All sizes and kinds going at greatly reduced
prices.
MEN’S SHOES
In this department we are better prepared than
ever to fit you and save ydu money.
Help win the war . Save money and buy a
THRIFT STAMP
MEN’S AND BOYS HATS
if you need a hat here is your chance to get it
cheap as we are going to discontinue this depart-
ment and we are going to sell these at a bargain.
UNDERWEAR
Ladies Pants and vests going at garment 15c
Men’s unions going at 75c. 85c. $1-00
SPECIALS ON GROCERIES
(food Pea berry Coffee going at 5!-. lbs. $100
Good flat grain coffee, 7Mj lbs........$1-00
10 lb. biicket lard.......................2-15
25 cent health club baking powder for... .20c
Can hominy, No. 3, going at per can. . . . 12^C
Kraut, No. 2]/., per can.............12VsiC
(’aimed corn, tomatoes, peas, beans and beets,
per can ............................12V&C
SAVE THE FLOUR
Buy a 35 lb. sack of meal for..........$1 65
Food will win the war. Don’t wase it.
REMEMBER THESE PRICES ARE SPOT CASH ONLY AS THESE GOODS ARE MARKED SO LOW WE CANNOT CHARGE ANY
THING AT THESE PRICES. WE ALSO HAVE THE GRAPHOPHONE ON DISPLAY NOW. DON’T FAIL TO CALL FOR THE KEYS
AS WE ARE GOING TO GIVE THIS MACHINE TO THE ONE HOLDING THE LUCKY KEY. DON’T FORGET THE PLACE and DATE
NOVIT S CASH STORE
CAGNEY BUILDING, DUBLIN, TEXAS
OPEN THEIR ARMS
TO OUR OFFICERS
British Go Out of Way to Extend
Courtesies to Army and
Navy Men.
FRIENDLY GUIDES AT HAND
Ohio Man Telia of Getting Cards to
Parliament From Joe Develin
—Describes Air Rsid In
London.
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New York.—The eagerness of the
English and Irish to do favors to wan
daring Americans on leave from mil-
itary duty abroad, and the general
kindness met with everywhere “over
there” Is told In a letter of an Ameri-
can naral officer, living In Ohio, now
In the war zone. He and a friend, who
had been shown friendliness by strang-
ers they had met by accident, found
on two occasions that the men who
had extended such courtesy were per-
sons of considerable distinction. The
officers wrote:
t “Now that I look back over it. It
seems that my spare time was very
well spent. I utilized every moment of
it. I met hosts of people and miula
many friends. Every one seemed bent
on entertaining us, und I can vouch for
their Success In this.
“On one occasion not long before
tAdli T i Mwon lwil/1 n eo/umf I. kti Tf
left Lady Curzon held a reception for
Admiral Sims, his staff, and other
American officers, and It was my good
fortune to be Introduced to David
Lloyd George. Sir William Robertson
and Balfour were among some of the
other celebrities. The premier Is a
most impressive man, not In stature,
for ho was much shorter than I believ-
ed hla to be, but In his flue face, per-
sonality, and sincerity of speech, no,
M I think, ts very wonderful.
HI Got Cards to Parliament.
VOn the day that the houses of par-
liament opened, some months ago, It
was rumored that the premier would
speak in the house of commons. So
Lieutenant Jackson and I hurried down
to Westminster at about 5:80 In the
afternoon, determined, by hook or
crook, to get tickets to the gallery. A
dignified “bobble” pointed oot some
Parliament to us, and har*
ife,
If
t decided on one because of bis small]
lure and kindly face, Jackson and
rooped down upon him, one on elth-
We soberly explained to him
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tine, honest face, und then said, ‘Have
ye just come over-r fr-r-rom Ainer-r-r-
rlca?’ We told him how long we hud
been across and he said that he had
one ticket only, hut that he thought
that he could find another for us. He
signed Ills ticket—Joe Develin. He
was the great Irish Unionist, a mun as
big in mind ns he Is small In stature.
He soon returned with another mem-
ber, whom lie Introduced. This was
John Burns, the Labor leader.
“That was a notable afternoon In
tho house of commons. Asquith, with
his beautiful and precise oratory, hut
seeming to lack that sincerity of pur-
pose and speech which Is dominant
with Lloyd George, asked questions of
tho premier, the answers to which
would apparently have given valuable
Information to the enemy, und the pre-
mier’s tense, flashing reply caused
some few dramatic moments.
“Then there were the air raids.
These proved very exciting at first,
but finally they lost their Interest for
me and became so commonplace that
I paid little attention to them, only
staying Inside to avoid being hit by
the falling shrapnel.
Describes Air laid in London.
“I wns awakened by the guns In the
outer defense at 4:30 In the morning,
and then the Inner defense guns be-
gan to bark. The moon was a slim
crescent In the sky, anil It was a beau-
tiful night, although cold. Presently
tho fnlnt drone of the raiding planes
could he distinguished and there came
tho reverberating rumbles of bombs
being dropped. Finally the noise of
the motors died away and the guns on
the const could be heard, throwing up
their barrage at the returning Hun
planes, and at about six tho bugles
were sounding 'all clear’ through the
Streets.
“It wns reported that two of the ten
raiders were brought down. It seems
that the crews of these Gotha planes
wear electrically heated clothing, and
In one machine tho heating elements In
tho pilot’s clothing absorbed so much
current that, being unable to discon-
nect them, ho was forced to descend.
The Gothas have a wing spread of con-
siderably over 100 feet, are twin mo-
tored, and carry a crew of three men—
pilot, gunner, and bomber. Being twln-
motored, their sonorous double hum Is
very distinctive. On tho most brilliant
of moonlight nights, when the thrum
of their motors Is quite strong, It Is
Impossible to see tho planes at their
height of a mile or more. On the dark-
er nights they may sometimes bo
forced to show lights In order to re-
tain their flying formation, and then, If
you are fortunate, you may glimpse
those tiny points of light moving across
the sky. j
“The majority of the people display
no fright during tho raids.”
T|ie writer of the letter waa for
Mine time attached to the staff of Tice
REVEALS SPY SYSTEM SO ON CASH BASIS
REFOREST BARE HILLSIDES
Berlin Newspaper Describes “^nese Merchants Forced to
Vastness of Hun Efforts.
Change Methods.
Yells of Army Abroad Living
Luxury and Escaping Mili-
tary Service.
Admiral Sima and spent four months
tn London,
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London.—The extsnordlnary num-
ber of German “agents" und spies who
are still working for the fatherland
In England, France, Spain, the Scan-
dinavian countries and America forms
the subject of an Illuminating article
In the Berlin Tageblntt.
Herr Teodor Wolff has apparently
no intention of giving nwny any In-
formation to the enemy In the matter.
He Is merely concerned with the scan,
dal of graatlng exemption from the
new German taxation proposals to
this army of shirkers who, “under the
pretense of working for Germany, are
living a life of luxury abroad and es-
caping military service.”
The Tageblatt’a unconscious revela,
tlons are as follows:
"The people who know what Is go-
ing on are amazed to learn how enor-
mous Is the number of people who are
working In Germany’s Interest In for-
eign countries. It will be extraor-
dinarily interesting to hear something
ono day about their duties and their
achievements.
“When the war broke out we were
told In Germany that we bad not done
enough to make sure of the moral
conquest of the world, that our re-
sources In the matter of secret agents
were too small and our methods too
old-fashioned. Instantly there arose
a number of persons quick to under-
stand the magnitude of the opportu-
nity that was presented, and all theso
offered to help the fatherland In this
dire necessity.
"Everyone who pretended that ho
hnd some relationship with foreigners
was sent away with plenty of money.
Adventurous plnns (of which nothing
more was ever heard) were greedily
accepted, and we throw ourselves In-
to a great propaganda work .which
wns considered ’Intelligent’ and Tnod-
em.’
“All this wns supposed to win over
the world and turn the hearts of for-
eign peoples toward us. In reality It
spoiled the little that remained to
spoil. In the remotest corners of the
world, and atlU more extensively In
neighboring countries, this Work of
‘Information’ was started.
“All It baa shown la that Germany
■till has a large reserve of strong
men of military age.”
Restricted Credits Since War Began
Puts Stop to Age-Old
Custom.
Scarcity of Timber Moves Mining
Companies in Pennsylvania to
Take Action.
New York. The beneficial effects of
restricted credits In China since the
war started In 11*14, which have forced
the Chinese merchants to do business
pretty much on a cash basis, were
particularly noticeable in the unusual-
ly small number of failures on Chi-
nese New Year’s day, which is the
annual settlement day In the Chinese
commercial world.
According to Consul General George
E. Anderson of Hongkong, banking in-
terests In China have found that the
demand for accommodations has
fallen off tremendously during the last
three years.
Prior to the war and from time Im-
memorial this unnuul settlement day
has entailed efforts of every sort on
the part of the Chinese to rulse money
for liquidating their debts accumulated
during the year.
Frequently they have had to sell
much of their stock In business at a
great loss, even personal property as
well, In order to raise sufficient funds
to “save their face," as it. Is called.
An annual street fair for the sale of
all sort,s of property, personal and
otherwise, has been an old-established
custom In Hongkong for generations,
almost for centuries, while at the same
time both foreign and domestic banks
have placed large sums on accommo-
dation. In the last three years, how-
ever, loans have been small, property
sales have been light in comparison,
and the street fair has become the
occasion for sales to Chinese instead
of sales by Chinese to foreigners.
Though the Chinese merchant's vol-
ume of business has In some In-
stances been somewhat curtailed, as
a result of bis having hnd to operate
on much shorter credits than he has
been accustomed to, his net profits at
the end of the year, through not hav-
ing been forced to sacrifice merchan-
dise at a loss, have been materially
increased.
It Is said also that the Chinese busi-
ness men have come to see tho advan-
tages of the new system, and that In
all probability they will never go back
to the old.
Hazclton, I’a.—The scarcity of lum-
ber for mine pillars and other mine
uses has led to the creation of a for-
estry department by several of the
largo mining companies, one of
which has just reforested Bear Creek
watershed with .5,000 white pine and
5,000 Norway spruce trees.
Thirty thousand more trees are In
process of cultivation at Hugo, Pa.. In
the Panther Creek valley. When tim-
ber Is ready to cut In tho vicinity of
tho mines troublesome waits and long
hauls will be eliminated.
More timber In the anthracite region
would stop floods, add to the water
supply, reduce the drought periods
and enable the anthracite Industry to
add to Its output. Many thousands of
acres are available about tho mines
for reforestation.
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Bet $10 on Who Will
Kill the Most Huns
s: Wllkesbnrre, Pa.—To settle a
S bet of $10 as to which could kill
5 the most Huns, Alexander Gor-
5 ..mackl, twenty-eight, and John
5 Gorlnskl, twenty-three, enlisted
5 In the United States army here.
5 “We have arranged to carry a
5 stick over with us,” said Gor-
Ei mackl, “and every time one of
m us knocks a Hun over a notch
S on the slick will go to Unit man's
EE credit. We trust each oilier.
EE When the war is over and wo
:= come hack the man will* (ho
— most notches wins the bet."
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Sells Short Pants; Enlists.
Steubenville. O.—“I sold my short
pants at Newport News," writes Gil-
bert E. Boycnn, a negro boy aged fif-
teen, from somewhere In France to bis
parents here. Playing truant from
school to see some selective soldiers
depart, tho bey decided to join tin
army and enlisted at Wheeling, \V. Yu
A War Savings stamp b«ya
1 [trtdgaa. Wow many have M
Franca?
100 oar-
Francs?
Ml
Pudding With Buga
Tha rice pudding with raisins in bad
Util* three-
Leopard 8hip of the Sea.
Fooling the enemy Is a remunera-
tive and Interesting pastime with the
allies, says Popular Science Monthly.
They havo their camouflage on land;
now comes the camouflage of the soa.
|A ship Is painted with spots which
’fade qj)t Into a glittering and shim-
mering haze in the sunlight. A sub-
marine commander one or two mllss
[distant might look straight at the ship
and never see her.
re of light gray and
•▼an on
with the vw
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Obliterated Mattie.
“If I have to come tn here again to
speak to you children I shall punish
you well, mind that!’’ warned mother,
angrily. “I don’t want to hear another
sound from either of you today." gh(j
went back to her work, and a most uwjt
hoped-for silence followed. Finally,
going back to the children’s room, she
found Edna calmly playing with her
dolllo, hut Mattie hud disappeared.
“Where is little sister?” anxiously
demanded mother.
"I’ll explain about her," beamed
Ednn. “You ’member you said you
didn’t want to heard another sound
from either of us today, aftd I minded
you nicely, but when I gave Mnttlo a
few pokes she got ready to commence
screeching agaln,.so I pushed her into
the closet and locked the <
and,” she triumphantly i
her aov*
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ADOPT WAR ORPHANS
American Soldiers Plan to Help
Destitute French.
Interesting Sidelight on the Fin* Spirit
of Our Army In
France.
Washington. — Soldiers are t<*
"adopt" French war orphans and chll*
dren of families made destitute by the
war, through a plan proposed by the
Stars and Stripes, the solfllers’ news-
paper over there, and approved by the
American Red Cross.
While full details of the plan ard
not available, it Is Interesting as al
sidelight on the fine spirit of our army;
and undoubtedly will have a most pro-
found effect upon French public opin-
ion. The men will find the money they)
put Into this service the sweetest sac-
rifice of their military careers, for
they are now whore they can see the
full measure of suffering France has
borne.
Generations hence some French mars
or woman eminent In art, literature,
commerce, religion, politics or other
lines will publicly testify that he or
she was sustained back In 1918 as a
child by the generous action Of soma
American soldier.
Thus the United States Is welding
Indissoluble links of friendship, not
only in France, but in Italy, Great
Britain, Russia, Serbia, Greece, Rou-
mnnia and all other allied countries.
If our soldiers and sailors, already
pledged to give I heir lives for their
country, are willing also to share their
small pay with the needy civilians of
Prance. Belgium und Italy, the people
safe at borne will amply support tho
next Hod Cross fund campaign for
$100,000,000 in May.
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