The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 130, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 12, 1919 Page: 7 of 16
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Cash Commissions to ; :
Be Paid Non Winners
); Jn Post & Campaign
: iYoung Women Failing to Win Regular Prizes Will
Receive Portion of $500 in Gash to Be Prorated-
v : Among vpifty Highest Non pinners.
$500.00 EXTRA ADDED PRIZES V
THE POST TODAY TAKES PLEASURE IN ANNOUNCING to all
f cano IdatM now participating and those who expect to enter In
. . t tho great $20000 Automobile' and Prize Campaign its decision to
t provide additional reward In theJforrn of caah commissions for energetic '
candldatea who fall td win an automobile or a district prize.
HERE IS THE OFFER IN DETAIL:
. '.The fifty candldatea who turn In largest euma in subscription pay
rrienta after the winners of all the prlzea have been decided will divide
$500.00 In cash. Thla amount will be prorated that la the candidate
who turns in the largest sum but fails to win a prize geta the largest
. part of the cash. The next hlgheet candidate geta second largest por-
.1 tlon of the cash end so en until the amount has been divided Into
fifty portions. -
Winning Is a almple matter now there are 98 chances. Effort
will not go unrewarded. S
This la by far tho most Important announcement yet made as It
-' makes the campaign a "sure thing" for every energetic worker.
CUPPING first subscription coupons
subscription payments is becoming
in and around Houston Just now.
Every day the Campaign Manager of The Poet's great automobile and
Prise Campaign receives a large number of these coupons from young women
who are Just starting in the race for the eight luxurious automobiles which
will be given away free on October 4. They come from everywhere. There
is hardly a town or city within a radius of many miles of Houston that is not
now represented by some fair contender for honors in this great race. Pub
lic Interest in the campaign is approaching fever heat and it mounts higher
and higher every day. It is remarkable how news of the campaign still
spreads. One candidate received coupons from New York the other day
one of her friends there who is a subscriber to The Post saw her name in the
Hat of candidates and desiring to help out clipped the votes and sent them
along. The candidate expecta to receive
a little later.
. Scores of persons who have noticed
' the name of some young women in the
candidate list whom they favored have
come forward with offers of assistance
and as a consequence there are quite a
number of additional candidates who have
msde progress slready this week.
One GlrTs Experience.
As an instance of the esse with which
' it is possible for s candidate to reach
the top of the vote column the experi-
ence of a young woman in a nearby town
will serve to illustrate.. She hsd been
debating the question of getting busy ever
since she was first advised that she hsd
bees nominated. She knew that she
wanted sn automobile but she was not
quite sure of 'herself when it came to
actual vote getting.
But her friends decided for her.
One of them sent a six months sub-
scription direct to the campaign msn-
sger with the request thst the votes be
placed to her credit The subscription
wss worth 6000 votes and this with the
nomination and first subscription credit
save her a start of 18000 votes. The
highest candidate in the list had about
65000 votes. In the meantime s number
of free vote coupons were trickling in.
When the candidate was advised that
she already had about 18000 votes to
her credit she sst down and began Xo
figure. She needed about 46000 votes to
equal the leader. "Well" she ssid to
herself. "I won't let thst stand between
me sad the top!" Accordingly she ssked
ber next door neighbor for her sub-
scription. The next door neighbor wss
already taking The Post but promised
to renew in a week or so.
Chain's Father Helps.
Then she ssked the father of her
chum and he gave her a year's sub
scription. Thst meant 20000 votes. Her
own father gave her another year and
she was only 8000 votea behind the
i t at. 1 J - M -..J-
end the first thing she knew she hsd
three subscriptions for six months each
all new ones too besides several other
promises. ' "
When the list wss printed Sunday this
young woman was right up with the lead-
ers. And she did it in Just a few hours'
time tool
There is a notable tendency among the
candidates in the country division to "get
busy" in the vote gathering. The cam-
paign manager received a number of
fetters yesterday from young women in-
tending to start. And usually the start
COMMmES' WORK
ON HOSPITAL FOND
VIRTUALLY DOME
Considerable Activity Re-
ported Monday From
Headquarters
" With the exception of a few belated
reports and communications thst have
' not been beard from the hospital fund
committees have virtually completed their
tasks. Considerable activity was report-
ed Mondsy from campaign besdquarters
- ! at the Young Men's Business Lesgus
' rooms on the second floor of the Kress
"J. building and the women's organisations
.. .reported several additional subscriptions
st-cv . The largest report msde to the wom-
' en's organisations reported several addi-
' v" tional subscriptions.
v .The largest report msde to the wom-
en's committees headed by Mrs. G. A.
' H 'Young Mondsy. was a collected subscrip-
tion of $55.50 from tbs Woodland Meth-
I ' odist Sunday school. The contribution
was solicited Bundsy with J. Vanderver s
-1... AmUnm '2K tha mn'a class S10.
Miss Outrey's -class 12 Miss Wilbank's
class S2 Miss Helen Bhriner's Uss $1
"- Miss k' aught' s class 75 cents Hesing
' . Bhriner's class $4 Miss Winning's dsss
j AK ) TttHM ntaaa X.7 - -
;' f 111 Hill - T--
.. nk. MffLnrta vara aa fallows! WOOd-
i. ' lsnd Baptist auxiliary through Mrs. M.
-. Martin $10 missionary society of the
lt-f Second : Presbyterian church - through
l' . Mrs. V. B. -Wilkes $10; Women's. Aid
h v Circle of the Second Presbyterisn church
V.t through Mrs. Fsy Oskes. $3; Lamar
School Mothers' club through Mrs. Evi
:. Culpepper $25 ' - - .; . -i.
.. A subscription of $50 was reported
'i through the men's committees from the
. . American National bank of Harrlsburg
A't snd a contribution of $5 was received
from Mrs. Luke C. Bradley who is visit-
ing in TuUubab Falls Oa.
and sending them In together with
quite "the thing" with young women
a subscription from the same person
wss in evidence in the shape of a "first
subscription coupon" and remittance.
Building (30 clubs is absorbing the in-
terest of most of the candidates now for
the big offer which continues for two
weeks is the best chance to get votes
thst will ever be presented.
la s number of cases there sre still
ss many as three or four candidates nomi
nated from a single town. And in several
instances these candidates are waiting to
see what the other candidates are coins
to do. whether they sre going ahead etc.
dciopb starting to work.
Tbs Right Idea.
But one enterprising candidate decided
"watchful waiting" was too slow and be-
gan to let her friends know that she was
out to win an automobile. The result
was that she secured the support that
the other rounc women would have re
ceived had they let it be known that
they were coins to try for an automobile
Now that enterprising young woman has
accomplished so much that it will be dif-
ficult for the others in her town to
catch up
The camDsicn tnanaser wishes to im
press upon each and every candidate the
necessity of marking stubs correctly.
There is the matter of old and new sub
scription. AH stub must be marked cor
rectly as the difference in votes on old
and new subscriptions is considerable.
Should any candidate turn in subscrip-
tions ss new and they be subsequently
found to be old by The Post's verifiers
the candidate will forfeit votes on the
subscriptions. Just as boob s this race
ends on October 4 the official judges
will begin the task of counting fri votes
and checkeing everything. It is to be hoped
that every candidate will have a clean
record then and that she will not have
to suffer the disappointment of having
to forfeit perhaps the winning votes
when careful attention in the first place
would nave avoided it.
No Switchiai Pleats.
Some candidate may turn in a subscrio
tion thst was stopped by one member of
the family and started by another. That
wont do either.
A new subscription is one that makes
an actual gain in the circulation of the
paper. It is plainly evident that such
"switching . procedure aoes not sccom
Dlisb that purpose.
Votes on "switch subscriptions" will
be forfeited.
A little care in marking stubs and
careful inquiry will determine whether
subscription is old or new.
Kemember sn old subscriber is one
who wss receiving The Post either by
mail or carrier pnr July 1E 1919.
Airmen Fear Federal
Government Will Neglect
Aeronautical Development
Expressing the fear that unless Some
thing was dons by organisations and in'
dividuals to arouse interest in the devel
ooment of the aeronautic branches of the
military and naval department of the
government congress would allow the air
service of the United States to become
virtually defunct speakers st the con'
vention of aviators and aviation organ'
izations at Waco Saturday snd Sun
day declared that pressure should be
brought to bear at Wsshlnston to amend
the present national defense act injecting
me ana vigor into a "rapidly decaying
orsnca oi our national defensive sys
tern." t
Former Lieutenant A. A Adams nres
ident of the Waco Aviators dub presided
over the convention. The. Aero club of
Texss wss represented at the convention
by Lieutenant 0. A. Wright president of
tne organisation ana lieutenant U. V
Ames assistant secretary.
Lieutenant Wright expressed the hone
that all aviation organisations in Texas
would affiliate with the State organisa-
tion which woultKincrease the influence
of the organisation and through which
organisation pressure could be exerted
to rescue sviation.in the United States
from becoming obsolete so "far as the
army and navy is concerned. '
The Aero dub of Texas is affiliated
with the Aero dub of America which in
turn is the American representative of
the Federation Aeronautique interna
tionale.
FEET
Saxa Foot Powder
an aniiwvviiu wwkww.wiij
awaaty fL RaUavas tlrad awol-
U aahlna faat.' Pat a llttla la
rear staoM Sally. Try it .
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Aurora Borealis Stalks v :
Forth and Plays Tricks on ;
Houston Telegraph !Wire$
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' Old Aaroni Borealis stalked Into
. Houston with a vengeance last night "
making up in wire troubles what the
East Indian hurricane promised by
the weather bureau and now lost 1
somewhere in Caribbean sets failed '
to produce. ;-' -'j" '- .'
'When the winds ran high as they
do in tropical .storms telegraph
wires swing and groan and splutter
. and fiza and the life of the operators
: is made miserable s.
But the' aurora borealis goes the
cyclone and the hurricane one bet-
ter. When the "northern lights"
get strongly on the Job in the Arctic
. regions man-made electricity gets
out of control
Earth currents and air currents
of electricity the kind of electricity
lightning is msde of swamp the
.puny efforts of the dynamos of
Houston and Edison end Thompson.
The wires respond to the flashes of
the "lights" instead of to the
flashes of the sending operators and
humsn endeavor is well nigh useless.
The seisure of the telegraph wires
by the aurora borealis is periodically
recrndescent. During extremely hot
weather especially in the north
frigid sons it is worse than at other
times.
Saturday night saw the first touch
of this glittering manifestation of
King Electricity. With the coming
of twilight in the northern latitudes
of the JJnited States it began to
light up with flashes of all the colors
of the spectrum. As night wore on
night comes sbout 10 p. m. st this
time of yesr in the lower Arctic cir-
cle the lights began to die down
and the wire disturbances to
diminish.
Last night however the earth
currents were so bad as to prac-
tically bring telegraphic service out
of Chicago to a standstill until well
toward midnight Houston time.
Y. M. B. L. Members Plan
to Clean Up Vacant Lots
Cutting weeds snd high grass on va
cant lots providing means for regular
athletics and the draining of agricultural
lands of the county were the main fea-
tures of discussion at the group meet-
ings of the membership of the Young
Men's Business League held Mondsy st
ine X. ai. rs. Lu rooms.
Membership meetings sre being held ss
part-of the plan of the board of di
rectors of the lesgue to make the organ-
isation thoroughly proficient Four
meetings will be held each day for two
weeks at 9:30 and 10:45 in the forenoon
and 2:30 and 4 in the afternoon. Every
speaker is ssked to Jot down his sug-
Sestions after they have been discussed
i round table fashion. From these sug-
gestions the program of activities of the
Y. M. B JL. will be arranged.
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THE
MONOGRAM
REFRIGERATOR
BONE DRY
Dry as
Ten Per Cent Off on
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BETTER HURRY IF YOU WANT ONE OF OUR
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3 - Piece Vanity Bedroom
Suites at $134.85 cash or emm
Agfents New Perfection Oil Stoves
Agents Universal Combination Range
Agents Hoosier Kitchen Cabinets
Agents Pathe phonographs
CASH OR CREDIT
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ft. DEUTSER FURNITURE CO.
. 808 prairie Avenue one block west of main r
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL BEAUMONT AND HOUSTON
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TO COLORADO NOW
MOST PROVIDED
Plans j for Correcting Up
Made by Association
Directors v;;
Plana for connecting up 'the links irfi
the route that eventually will be the
Florida to Colorado highway were made
at a meeting of the directors of the
highwsy association at the Bender hotel
Monday morning. The directors were in
Houston from a number of towns on
the route with President M. B. Blair
of Belton In the chair.
George H. Sheppard of Sweetwater
secretary of the assodation stated that
the proposed highwsy wss 80 per cent
provided for in all the Central and West
Texas counties through which it would
pass but that considerable work re
mained to be done in the Southeastern
counties of the State. The directors
took up the discussion of the situation
in each county especially in reference
to Fort Bend and Liberty Bounties. Fort
Bend ronnty it was said contained a
great deal of State owned land and the
dtisens felt that the State should help
to build the county roads.
The directors voted to indorse the
Robert B. Lee transcontinental high-
way and it was arranged that the two
associations should have directors in
common in those counties through which
both routes would pass.
Made Up of Section.
The Texaa portion of the proposed
Florida to Colorado highway is made up
of sections of the regularly designated
State highways Nos. 0 5 7 88 and 3
beginnings at Orange and reaching to
Texline. by way of Beaumont. Liberty
Richmond Rosenberg Wallis Sealy
Brenbam Caldwell Cameron Temple
Belton Lampasas Ooldthwaite Brown-
wood Coleman Goldsboro Buffalo Gap
Abilene. Merkel Sweetwater Snyder
Lubbock Tulia Amarillo and Dalhart.
The directors of the Texas division of
the highway will meet with the directors
of the New Mexico division in Amarillo
September 8 it was announced.
The Young Men's Business League had
charge of the entertainment of the direc-
tors. The visitors were the guests of
the Houston Auto Trades assodation of
a luncheon at the Bender hotel Follow
ing the luncheon Mayor Amerman for
mallv extended them the city's welcome.
snd President H. R. Horsfall of the
Arlto Trades assodation expressed the
pleasure of the assodation at having
them present snd promised the sid of
the members to the highway project.
In the afternoon tbe directors were
taken for automobile rides over the dty
i and out to the ship channel.
IS
Desert Dost!
Any REFRIGERATOR in Our
TAKE THE AIR
in One of Our
MISSION PORCH ROCKERS ! !
SOLID OAK SHAPED
SEataATP i
4 PAENGER
SWING.
Jumbo Mission ROCKER
worth $10.00 Special
BIDS FOR CENTRAL'
HIGH SCHOOL OPEN
'( ON AUGUST 25TH
Construction Work Already
Started on Ward School;
Vacancies Are Filled
Bids for the construction of the new
Central High school will be opened Au
gust 25. Construction work at the Lub-
bock school the Eastwood school the
Montrose school snd the McOowen school
has begun and contracts have been let
for the erection of the Lubbock school
annex the Houston Heights high school
and the new school in the Fifth ward.
This is the building program outlined st
the meeting of the dty school board st
8 n. m. Mondsv st Taylor school.
Approximately three carloads of free
textbooks have been received for use in
the Houston ritv schools. R. M. Morgan
business sgent reported and approxi-
mately that many more are in transit
The books hsve been stored in the Dow
school until tbe approaching school ses-
sion opens.
Executive Offices.
Beginning September 15 the office of
P. W. Horn superintendent and of the
various school supervisors will be located
in the banquet room at the dty audito-
rium. Their offices will be moved to the
new Central high school on its comple-
tion. The following resignations from teach-
ers were approved by the school board:
Misses Nan Ellen Beaver Bess.Gillard
Minnie Mayes Martbs Binde Jewel
Ixchhead Anns Ricketts Helen Me-
Msster and Marion .Hammond and T. J.
Martra and J. H. Gregory. The vacancies
are to be filled by Misses Marie Miller
Helena Janoch Dorothy Waples Helen
Harris Gertrude Gilbert Elizabeth Gil-
bert. Ruby McMillan. Edith Colmar Ruth
K. Furlow Dewey Harris Electra King
Sue Garretson. Onal Hall and Vallie Kate
McPherson and Mrs. Lucile Peete. Ber-
tha Ransom and W. F. Hubert were
elected to fill yacancies on tbe negro
school staff.
Leave of absence was granted to
Misses Lillian Wolf Margaret Fox Ruth
Burlingame Effie Forman Mattie
Mathe and M. F. Carpenter. All of the
teachers who requested leave of absence
G I R L S
To kpp your fare nowdrr on naa Drwlllo.
No touching lip all the time to prerent your
noae and face from ahinlns. A dip In the
ocean perspiration hot aim sod wind hare
no effect on It. instant It beautlflea the
completion. A ainrte application proves It.
All druKtata refund tbe money If It fail.
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House Cah or Credit.
$3.35
IG SPECIAL
LAWN JA
tDOiU
$4.85
are to continue their studies at the va-
rious colleges and universities in the
country. They are to be absent for one
yesr. .'
' . Scaolattlo Pepalatlea. '
The scholastic population of Houston
proper according to the census recently
taken is 84416. Those present' st the
meeting were Dr. S. 0. Red chairman of
the board; Mrs. Charles Scholibo Mrs.
Denton Cooley Miss Florence Sterling
member of the women's advisory board;
Mrs. D. DOrr kindergarten supervisor;
Dr. J. D. Duckett 4rof . P. W. Horn and
R. M. Morgan business agent.
WEDPDTG AT COBSICJJfA.
Houston Post SpedsL f
CORSICANA Texas . Aug. 1L
Fletcher Evsns and Mrs.. Ida Scurry Ben
King snd Miss Effie Knott J. O. Cole-
man snd Miss Ruth Smotherman snd
George Lucas and Miss Nora Cox were
married here Saturday.
-GOGGAN'S-
"Everything in Music"
Is Music Rendering Its Full
Service In Your Home?
What is more wholesome than for the
yonng people to gather around the
VICTOR-VI CTROIxA. for group sing-
ing or to dance to find satisfying
pleasures In the home rather than to
feed the insatiable craving for outside
excitement?
What is more enjoyable for the
older people than a 'concert on the
GENUINE VICTOR-VICTROLA IN
THEIR OWN SITTING ROOM?
Ttios. Goggan & Bro.
Render a service that assures you
the greatest satisfaction. Fifty-three
years in the piano and musical mer-
chandise business in Texas gives to
us a prestige that enables us to give
the best service possible to give.
Nothing But Victors Sold
When you come to Ooggan's you have
the assurance that you are getting
the best machine instrument In the
talking machine world a genuine
VICTOR VICTROLA
Sold on Goggan'a most liberal terms.
A FEW RECORD SUGGESTIONS. HEAR "THESE"
39Q32 Pu"t Duet trom Garden Scene) Farrar-Caruso.
gQQgg Elesl-Melodie (Massenet) Caruso-Elmaa.
33504 Thais Meditation (Massenet) Farrar.
88433 AV Marl (Gounod) Oluck and Zlmballat.
Cat Qiaf-When Tou Look In the Heart of a Rose
01014 John McCormack h
1QC4H I'm Forever Blowing- Bubbles Hart and E.
s By the Cimo Fire
1 OCC4 Lullaby Blues
-American
UJJ When the Bees Make Honey Irving; and Kaufman.
Kentucky Dream Walts Orlander's Orchestra.
10909 Velvet Lady Medley Walts Orlander's Orchestra....
1flRKKu Baby Marlon Harris.
10993 Bring Back Those Wonderful
1QCC1 Olrl of My Heart John
I 039 I .A Rose a Kiss and You
lOCC ft When Tou
I09DU Rowland.
See Another
Mammy o' Mine Adeline
gygQ Sorter Miss You Alda.
Gosran's Service Includes a. stock of 100000 Victor Records to select from
the Tartest stock of any .tore in the State. Visit our soundproof booths a-nt
ask to hear your favorite Victor Record on your favorite machine THE '
VICTOR VICTROLA.
THOS. GOGGAN & BRO
Fifty-three yeara the Leading Music House In Texas.
Where You Get the Most for Your Money.
706 MAIN. GOGGAN BUILDING.
THOSE YANKS
CHANGED THE
MAP OF EUROPE
They whittled down Germany caused Austria to go '
to pieces like a dropped dinner plate built a great new
nation around Serbia doubled the size of Roumania de- '
fined the boundaries of a tier of nations that reaches from '
Greece to the Arctic ocean and made over the heart-of
that continent that is the mother of modern civilization '
Through all that thousand years of the past when
there has been interchange among men the center of
world interest has been Europe. To most people now .
living the map has known no change. The picture oflit
has become fixed in the world mind.
Now that picture must be rubbed out and another
. indelibly impressed in its place. The eye must be given
an opportunity to familiarize itself with new boundaries ;
to imprint what it sees on the tablets of the mind. '.
To do this it must have before it the post-war pic-
ture of a continent The first worth while map of the
new Europe has been made by the Geological Survey
a map that indicates all the changes as set forth by the
peace treaty a map which is accompanied by a. publica-
tion of the Treasury Department entitled "How Other
People Get Ahead" Both free for the asking.
You can get them by filling in the attached coupon -and
forwarding it as "indicated. .
(Fill Out the Coupon Write Legibly.)
HOUSTON POST INFORMATION BUREAU
Wtulimgton D. C
I enclose herewith two cents for return postage for a copy
of the PEACE MAP.
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SAN ANTONIO Texas Aug.
Major General Joseph T-Dickman ar-
rived1 in San Antonio Sunday night so:
assumed commsnd of the Southern 'de-
partment Mondsy morning. ' The f
official act of the distinguished fight
man who is one of the most decorate
of Americans who fought overseas w
to confer s French croix de guerre wr
palm upon Brigadier General James i
Edwin whom he had just relieved a
Southern department' commander of t!
El Paso border district snd who has com-
manded the Southern department sine-
July 31 when Msjor General DeRosey t
Cabell reverted to the permanent rank o
colonel and was commanding general ol
the 6th division overseas partidpating in
the Meuse-Argonne offensive. -5..i.
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Quartette.
Days Arthur Fields..
Steel.
John Steele..
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