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WEEKLY HER*1D
rtinil at the Puutoffice in Weather-
iri Texaa, aa lecond class matter.
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25. 1920
!
THANKSGIVING
that money. They deeerra tar more
of their coentry than they have yet
received tn recognition tor their ser-
vices, as contrasted with the work
done by s
who reape
war. But
of raising
sen ted its<
some and awkward statu oi the
country’s finance.
Several states are enacting legis-
lation which may solve the cash
bonus problem locally.
There remains however, much that
the federal government ought to do
for Its former service men. Voca-
tional training and rehabilitation
have progressed but lamely. The
•aeehent tairu settlement proposal
1 made by former
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MURDER IS
IN DUBLIN, IRELAND
4*7133
pT J-R Jnn
|VE PERSONS
4AVE BEEN KF
itA\ SEND TROOP
BILLS
FACES DEFI-
1.000.
30 D.
Associated Press associated Press
London. Nov. 22—Murder stalked | Washington, Not. 22.—Work on the
through the streets of Dublin yester 1 two regular 192! appropriation bills,
day. • Meagre reports at nightfall, re-
ceived here, indicated that at least
twenty-live persons were killed and up-
wards of one hundred more or less
seriously wounded. 1
The day’sMiiiferders, whfch added to
the sundry civil legislative and ex-
ecutive judicial measures was begun
today by the bouse appropriations com-
mittee. Every ejfprt to economize gov-
ernment expenditure consistent with
the actual needs will be made. Repre-
the appalling chapter of tragedy that [tentative ‘dorf; of Iowa, chairman.
Secretary of in-
s' The .President and the Governors j terior Lane was ignored. These
of the stales have is.-ued iheir- t_bing.s should be given , prompt alien
ti^n by, Cpngress, and any wise leg
idtnnt ... ... . * . • • .
Thanksgiving proclamations,
nation again observes trft L>rhnat|
feast day ot the year.
islation which may be enacted ought
■ to be made effective as speedily as
has been enacted in Ireland for the
past several months, began with ap-
parently the deliberate shooting of
foilrteeu men. who for the most part
were military officers. During the aft-
ernoon the constabularly “Black Tans"
raided the Croke Park football game.
It. is human and not at -all sur- nQ.pjwje
prising that the interest in "the day. ' A melee resulted and at least ten per
1 1‘ ,ake Ur^ sums ot nioneyl swerekn|ed>
seems to center largely around the
fact that it is a holiday, and that 1
saitl, adding that new legislation to
curtail the present spending power of
some of the government departments
might be considered.
“The war department is deading for
a deficit of from $50,000,000 to $100,-
000,000 at the present rate of expendi-
ture." said Chairman Good, “and has
not reduced the size of the standing
It will probably mean a good, old-
fashioned Thanksgiving dinner. But
the original meaning of the day
to do this, of course but any money
1 spent thus will differ from the cash!
(bonus in that it will go toward con
'structive enterprises which in the
I long run will benefit the entire;
The sending of additional troops to ! arm>' as required under the last army
Ireland is being seriously considered. \ bill- Instead, the army is spending
the war office stated today. j thousands of dollars advertising for
Weflre Thankful
—We are thankful for the liberal patron-
age given us during the past year. We assure
you it has been agreeable to us and trust our
business dealings in the past have been such
on our part as to merit a continuance of the
$
same pleasant business relations.
Tom. S. Bollock
Northeast Corner Square
country equally with the soldiers.
If you are subject to attacks oil
^ftould be kept in mind also, by J
fhoee who would enjoy it Cully. j
| Th* giving of ■ thank$. honest an 1
tanashamel. should be' Induced in1
•very celebration. Thanksgiving for :heartb,,rD or ‘ndtaestlon. it may do
the same son of things that the;>ou «ood 10 ,Parn ,hat rrickl-v Ash
Pilgrims thanked the- Lord for when!Bitter8 is a and efflcipnt
they inaugurated this feast—the sod r^nied> 9,ren£thens digestion.
heartburn, tones up the
Twenty-six Dead.
Dublin. Ireland. Nov. 22.—Twenty-
i six persons are dead and seventy oth-
more men.
1 MAKES UNSUCCSSFUL AT-
TEMPT TO END LIFE
ers are dying in hospitals as the result i
,' relieves
of nfmerica: under their Teet; r its
treuurover their heads; ‘ preservation ' s*0macb and *ts aSl'ees|hle cathar-
their enemies; shelter, such effect, it empties and purifies the
a, and the fact that in spite bowels. Try It. Price $1.50 per
I of Sunday's orgy of assasinations and j
j wholesale shooting at Croke Park,
where soldiers ftred on a crowd gath-
ered at a football game between Dub-
lin and Tipperary teams.
I rum
•t:
adversities they had Ynanaged to
live through the year, and had suf-'
Blcient surplus from their crops,
with careful fefconoihy, to last them
1rt>Ule. Wt TL Kindel Drug Co. and
CherryAkard Drug Co., special
agents.
1 j ■ ... . , . \_
through until next -harvest time j NEW ENGLAND RAILROADS
„ , ”, f - : ASK FINANCIAL 'RELIEF
Me have all these things to be I
thankful for today, but on how much
darger scale, and how much better
insured Preeminent among our
blessings, as among theirs, is
fltmerica. The Pilgrim Fathers gave
4hanks for America as one year's
refuge, never knowing whether they
fcould hold it for another year or
pat. We have back of us, thanks
them, 300 years of accumulating
strength. America is secured to us
|inil to our children forever, if we
Washington, Nov. 22.—Counsel for
New England railroads told the Inter-
state Commerce Commission today
thut unless immediate financial relief
was afforded the lines, all or most of
them very shortly would be driven into
receivership. The commission was
told the actual returns of the roads
for September and estimated returns
for October under the increased rates
confirmed the statement that thfe roads
^evote to holding it but a small I incomes w ere not sufficient to meet
^percentage of the faith, the integrity
and the hard work with which
tJW Pilgrims wrested Irom the wil-
derness and defended that little spot
no the “wild New England shore.”
requirements.
When the kidneys are ailing, use)
COTTON BINNED TOTALS
OVER 8 MILLION BALLS
MORE THAN THREE MILLION
BALES HAVE BEEN PUT UP
IN TEXAS. ,
Associated Treat
Washington, Nov. 22.—Cotton gin-
ned prior to November 14 amounted to
.8,920,776 running bales. Including 177,-
.212 round bales, 31,495 bales of Amer-
iean-Kgyptian and 977 bates of Sea
island, the census bureau announced
today. r.
Last year up to Nov. 14-h, the gint
nings amounted to 7,604,329. including
84,241 round bales, 19,009 bales of
Araerican-Egyptian and 4,231 bales of
|*Sea Island.
Associated Treat
Broken Bow, Neb., Nov. 20.—Dennis
Chester, alleged slayer of Florence
Barton, Kansas City society girl, made
an unsuccessful attempt to end his
life at the county jail last night, coun-
ty authorities reported today. He div-
MILLIONS FACE STAR-
VATION IN CHINA
ASSOCIATED PRESS MAN FINDS
CONDITIONS DESPERATE-
PEOPLE EAT WEEDS
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Associated Treat
. , ...... I Peking, Oct. 19—Cholera is adding
ed from his bunk head first to the < ,
.. Jto the general distress in the famine-
floor, his )»ead striking the cementt ...... . . „ ...
.. , . stricken district where from 25,000-
and rendering him unconscious, and | , , , ’
i000 to 30,000,000 people are facing
death by starvation.
The Associated Press correspond-
he did not regain consciousness until
this mornig. Earlier Chester made his
first attempt at self-destruction. He
tied strips of a blanket around the
jail bars and to his neck and swung
back until he became unconscious.
Chester wrote a note to the sheriff,
saying that he was innoncent and a
‘“dying man had no reason to tell
lies.” '
PRES. WILSON RECEIVES
BIG TEXAS TURKEY
ent, who recently traveled through
the hexrt fit the territory moat
iously denuded 6f food, fodhfl cdfifli
tious evad, more desperate than had
been indicated by information pre-
viously received here.
In the town of Hwaian there were
100 families, 30 persons had died of
cholera and similar reports are com-
mon from various other districts.
The picture presented to the eye
of the correspondent was a dismal
one: The soil barren as in mid-
hunt'^H
UfiNTfllBO Mb
CHtfiRY-AKARD DRUG CO. u
day at the White House, it was from J
the Chamber of Commerce at Cuero, |
„ . . w . . „ , , Texas had ginned, up to November! Texas, and wolghad 38 pounds.
Prickly Ash Bitters. It Is a fine kid- 14lh> 3ii56iT73 bales> and Arkansas
ney tonic. Relieves backache, blad-
l*t us rejoice. We have reason. I der troubles, indigestiou and consti-
j 675,192.
Let us feast. We have plenty J
lbs truly be thankful.
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1 A TIME FOR MODERATION
j pation. Men of advanced years get
I great relief from its use. Price $1.50
j per bottle. W. R. Kindel Drug Co.
| and Cherry Akard Drug Co., special
agents.
QASQUALE GIVEN LIFE TERM
FOR KIDNAPING AND MURDER
A young girl entering a New York
hotel the other day was stabbed by
& deranged man. When questioned
later, the man said he did not know j _
tbe girl, but thxX be was out Of AMoelsteo re-
work an hungry, and the sight of Norristown, Pa., Nov. 20. August
fcer extravagant attire infuriated | pascale, alias Pasquale, “the crank,”
him past the point of reason. Nat-jjn the Coughlin kidnaping case was
Orally this explanation does not con- j sentenced to life imprisonment this
done the attack. Such violence must j morning by Judge Norris. Pasquale
lie put under proper restraint. But j pleaded guilty at his trial to second
ft does offer a hint to the thought- degree murder and kidnaping for ex-
it your digestion is bad, your
bowels constipated and you don’t eat
or sleep well, you need Prickly Ash
Bitters, the remedy that men use
for cleansing the system. It purifies
and invigorates the vital organs,
restores appetite, energy and cheer-
ful spirits. Price $1.50 per bottle.
W. R. Kindel Drug Co. and Cherry
Akard Drug Co., special agents.
^ Unemployment is really just be-
ginning tn this country alter the
Ugh tide of business and wages.
Those who enjoyed constant em-
floyment and good wages ought
t» be equipped with a savings fund
te tide them over & brief period of
Repression, but many of them are
not. As always, unemployment will
mean hunger and cold for a large
lumber of pSreoUs, nor will the
(let that They might have forestalled
ft make K any easier to bear. Idle-
nessneas breeds bitterness, and hun-
ger often verges on insanity. This
bping the case, the lesB visible ex-
avagance in which the more for-
inate indulge, the better. The
bs incitement there is to jealousy
lid envy, the fewer outbreaks there
fill be.
*It is a time for moderation, for
kindly understanding not only of
the situation, but of the human
heart, and tor the stimulation not
Of the trades which furnish the
trappings of wealth, but of those
wires furnish the necessaries of
life, so that they may be plentiful
Sod low in price to meet the greater
need. The exigencies of war found
the nation strong in self-restraint
and wide in generosity; the exigen
cleg of peace call for the exercise
Of the same qualities.
-> -t-
f INSTEAD OF THE BONUS
tortion. He stole Blakely Coughlin, 13
months old baby, from his home near
Norristown, June 2, last, and smother-
ed the infant under his coat. He was
sentenced in the kidnaping charge.
The sentence was suspended in the
second degree murder charge.
CONGRESSMAN-ELECT
AND SECRETARY KILLED
Associated Pres*
Pomona, Calif., Nov. 20.—Congress-
man-elect Charles F. Vandewater, Re-
publican. of Long Beacb, California,
and his secretary, Miss James Leuvin,
also of Long Beach, were killed at Wal-
nut, 12 miles from here, early this
morning when the automobile in which
were riding struck a motor truck.
Washington, Nov. 20.—The first of
the Thanksgiving turkevs President
Wilson has received annual, arrived:to-iwinter’ pHceS SOaring' mlSra'‘™ ofj
those having more money or enter
prise, the people living on a diet oi
weeds, chaff, thistles and leaves;
children, especially little girls, offer
ed for sale at the average price of
the small Chinese mule; cholera
front underfeeding, suicides of in
Kirby j dividuals
PROHIBITION OFFICER
DIES FROM WOUNDS
Oklahoma City, Nov. 20.—Kirby j0,v,uua,s in extreme despair,
Frans, federal prohibition enforcement j'vonien and ckddren leaning patch-
officer for this district, died at a local 4,8 °* we<?d,,i men with no work to
do and clusters of refugees living
old
hospital from a gunshot wound receiv-
ed in raiding an alleged moonshine
still at Perry last night.
CONVICTEP PACKERS
. , GIVEN SENTENCES
WILSON’S BROTHER-IN-LAW NAM
ED IN CONNECTION WITH BRIBE
SOUR STOMACH
INDIGESTION
Thedford’s Black-Draught Highly
Recommended ky a Tennessee
Grocer (or Troubles Re-
sulting from Torpid
Li?er.
Although it is difficult to foretell
tat legislation will come out of
congressional session, it i& gen-
illy,. thought now that the soldier
bus, .bill passed by the House of
pnaentatives last May will not go
East Nashville, Tenn.— The effic-
iency of Thedford’s Black-Draught, the
genuine, herb, liver medicine, is
vouched for by Mr. W. N. Parsons, a
grocer of this city. “It Is without
doubt the best liver medicine, and I
don't believe I could get along without
It. I take It for sour stomach, head-
ache, bad liver, Indigestion, and all
other troubles that are the result ot j
a torpid liver.
“I have known and used it for years,
and can and do highly recommend It
to every one. I won’t go to bed with-
out It In the house. It will do all it
claims to do. I can't say enough for
it"
A»*oelated Pres*
New York, Nov. 20.—R. W. Bolling,
brother-in-law of President Wilson and
treasurer of the Shipping Board, was
named in connection with a $40,000
bribe it is alleged the Staten Island
Shipbuilding Company paid to procure
unusual favors from the board, in the
testimony before the congressional
committee investigating affairs of the
shipping board.
ASSEMBLY TAKES STEP TO.
WARD REVISING COVENANT'
Associated Preaa
Chicago, Non-. 20.—Sentences rang
ing from seven years’ imprisonment
in the federal penitentiary at Leav-
enworth to six months in the county
jail and lines of from $1,000 to $10,-
000 were imposed on officials and
directors of the Consumers’"PaCktok
Company by Federal Judge Evan A.
Evans.
The defendants were recently con-
victed of conspiracy to use the mails
in a scheme to defraud.
Among thesa sentenced to Leaven-
worth arer A. J. Messing, former
rabbi, who was given three and a
half gears’ imprisonment and a fine
of $1,500; Edward J. Ader, secretary,! lor at least half the population. One
was sentenced to five years on each lout of 10 has already migrated
of thirteen counts the sentences to {without money and without destlnx-
run concurrently and to two years tion. In the worst spots half the
in the shelter of temples in market
towns.
Information obtained by the cor-
respondent indicated that the pres
ent suffering is only a forecast of
that to come in the course of eight
or ten weeks when the real crisis
will arrive. Conditions in the belt
he traversed in a journey by cart
between two railway lines near Te-
chow are believed to be typical oi
tljO.se generally existing throughout
large areas in the provinces of Chih-
li, Shantung, Honan and Shansi.
He found indescribable misery and
stoical lacing of starvation by mil-
lions of people who already had dis-
posed of everything salable and saw
in the future nothing but death.
When the frost will have killed
the unconsumed leaves and weeds,
there will be literally nothing to eat
the correspondent that out of every
three families two are quite sure to
starve before the end oi the year,
barring effective relief fom outside
There are 390,000 people in the ad-
ministrative district M queattop.
In NlnJt. Chlng. iWei' WiWiwh*
were engaged in raising relief funds
Mdd that the croq had 1>^ an ab-
solute failure following two or three
previous and serious shortages. Of
10,000 families, they estimated that
eight out of ten were practically
without means. One of the inform-
ants said that he was the owner
of the largest pawnshop in the
vicinity.
"There are constant streams of
farmers coming with clothing, furni-
ture, implements, anything upon
which to realize a few coppers. They
are selling their children where i>os-
sible, or leaving them where there
is hope that they may be fed," he
said.
Chaff and the residue from cot-
ton seed after the otl lias been ex-
tracted have becono valuable beyond
th8 reach of the average person, wbo
exists on a watery concoction chief-
ly of leaves and weeds, with perhaps
a few kernelB of grain, and a sort
of cake, if he »s affluent enough,
made out of the cottonseed waste.
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on two other counts. He will serve
a total of seven years, and is also
assessed a fine of $10,0000.
Eli IPiaelzer, president of the
company, who pleaded guilty after
the trial was begun, was fined $10,-
000. i
I RECORD OF COTTON
RECEIPTS IS BROKEN
A**octate» Pres* i Associated Treat
Geneva, Switzerland, Nov. 20.—The j Galveston, Texas, Nov. 70.—Ail
first formal step looking to a revision | previous records for cotton receipts
of the covenant of the League of Na- were, broken here when the total
tions was taken by the assembly of the ' bales* received passed the million-
League at today's session. Dutch Min bale mark early in November. Last
ister of Foreign Affairs H. A. Vankar Tear this mark was not reached un-
people are already subsisting on
the proceeds of the sale of furni-
ture and clothing, which means that
those temporarily escaping starva-
tion will ultimately die from cold
and exposure.
In the town of Chi Chow, which
is typical, the magistrate informed
CONVENTION WILL MAP PLANS
IfPfl REDUCING QOTTON ACREAGE
Associated Pre*s
Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 19.—It was an*
bounced here today that a convention
df represenattves of the agricultural
and banking interests in the cotton
producing states would be held early
in December to map ont plans for the
reduction of the acreage In Cotton far
1921. The conference was called by
the Memphis cotton exchange. For-
mer Governor Manning of South Caro-
lina was tentatively selected as chair-
man of the proposed meeting. Stated
district meetings probably will be held
In several cities, including Dallas and
Little Rock, after the MemphlPconverf-
tfon.
t:!
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Montv hack without quration
If HUNTS Salva Ml* in tha
treatment of ITCH, RCZKUA.
RINGWORM, TETTER of
othar ilchinq akin dlaaasa*.
Trv a VS cant box at our rlak.
CHERRYAKARD DRUG
fra
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Candy Candy
TAKE YOUR CHOICE
'.Pi
nabeek introduced a resolution asking
reconstruction of article 18, having to
do with the registration of treaties.
BREWERIES MAY BE SEIZED
BY THE GOVERNMENT
Associated Pres*
Washington, Nov. 20.—All breweries
t tmgh.
’erhxps it is just as well.
It was"
the program outlined
the")&fll"wcluld cost the national
t asury neaft* W#
n •sms would grudge' the soldiers
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Many other men and women through- ,nanu^aclur'nK beer containing more
ont the country have feund Black-
Draught just as M[r: parsons descril
—^valuable in regulars t$e .liver
its normal functions, and in cleansli
the bowels' of impurities.
Thedford’s Black-Draught liver mi
due is the original and only genali
A(tt«*t*fi0 TttUftlftU** substitul
Alwunenk for Thedford's. &
than half of one per cent alcohol will
be rseized by the federal government,
it was indicated today* at the bureau,
inertial revenue officials said the
analysis of beer brewed at a number of
plapes showed the pjrpguci exceeded
the-legal ljrait of alcoholic content aa
provided by the government act to en-
force the law.
*»i J M .,.4-Uu
til December 9.
According to cotton exporters,
producers have shown little desire to
hold their staple on the land until
a market has been created. Cotton
is selling for around 20 cents a
pound at present as compared with
approximately 42 cents at this time
last year.
The ocean movement of cotton
through this port since August 1
has been sluggish. Great Britain,
with. 282,527 bales, leads all other
countries In cotton importations.
France is second with 125,207 and
continental .Europe, not including
these two countries,, has taken 248,-
THE HERALD FOK JOB FMNTINQ
•4** * W.e-.fir* * »• • . - *
j —Fresh Chocolates, Divinities, Fudges,
Pecan Roll, Butter Cups, Pure Home-made
| Stick, Cocoanut.
-All kinds Fresh Salted Peanuts, Pack-
age Figs, Dates, Raisins, Cocoanuts,, Wal-
j nuts, Almonds, Brazil Nuts, Soft Peanut,
| Peanut Brittle an dBcU*, Home-made Mints,
j —A few Candies, Salted Peanuts and
sj Peanut Butter, wholesale.
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