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ESTABLISHED lS7f.
IF ITS NEWS
THE DEMOCRAT
TELLS IT.
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SHEKMAN DAIET DEMOCRAT
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Today’s. News Given Today.
THE WEATHER.
Tonight and Sunday fair and
warmer.
THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR.
SHERMAN, TEXAS, DECEMBER 9, 1916—SATURDAY EVENING.
j50c Per Month—$5 Per Year When Paid ia Advance.
BEARS AND BULLS r.-”™'»"*
BUSY IS WEEK
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ALL SORTS OF RUMORS CAUSE
CONTINUED FLUCTUATION
IN GRAIN MARKET.
OTHER MARKETS BUSY
Provisions Vary Front Seventy-Five
Cents Decline to a Rise of More
Than Two Cents—Little Activity
on Stork Market.
aitt» Mtrd press Dispatch ]
Chicago, Iiix*. 0.—Renewal of ten-
sion nt Washington as to apparent
(ictuimi infraettons of the agreement
with the Fill fed States about suhmn-
rine attacks have largely offset ilur-
<te,t: Hi ■ last couple of days the Intlllsh
effect thn earlier this week in the
wheat market was dne to huge expert
.■ales. Deeemlier delivery of wheat
lost 3% cents in value. as eemjwred
ttltli a week ago. I.llt deferred options
saoivd galop of %e to 5%o, Corn ad-
vt iiitsl IKr to 3 too for the week and
oats a simile to one /'ent. The out-
eotne in provisions varied from 75e
decline fo a ri-F of -Vac.
AH eyes in 'the wheat trade turned
ipthUly whenever developments np
isitfed likely to Increase or diminish
the .uuonnt of exiMirt shltmients from
the United States. At first the aban-
donment of the proposed sale of $70-
(KN).OOO of British and French treas
ttr.v hills seemed to have put the liears
at a decided disadvantage and there
was Minch uneasiness regarding vir-
tually unfounded rctsirts that ef-
forts had heen nmde to cancel the
purchase of millions of luishels of
wheat Intended for (Jreat Britain.
Tightening up of Interest rates Mon-
day on call loans noted as a further
handicap on the hulls hut Tuesday
and Wednesday the adherents of liigh-
i • iirhvs were greatly ern^ro raged hv
lmmem** foreign purchases confined
in tiie Butltf to Holland. Be)glum and
io-reis'. Announcement was also made
that President Wilson would directly
oppose any emhnrgo on fixststuffs.
Anxiety ever the sul>martne Issue
with tlermany dohduated the wltent
market on Thursday and Frldny. Sen-
tlnienf in favor of a decline in quota*
tions received considerable Impel n«
too. from the likelihood that sblp-
ments fr<ni the Culled States to
t;recce would lie stopped Isy an Anglo-
French blockade. The intensification
of the railway embargoes east of Chi-
cago formed another source of depre*-
sii n ns the week drew to an end.
('em and not* were tiearishly af
farted hy the uppri aching dose of
Like navigation and the eoiiseiptent
restriction <-f eastern outlets. Besides.
Indications seemed to point to enliirg-
ist reieipts Siam ns a result of a more
liberal supply of railway ears in the
west.
Increasing arrivals of lings weaken-
. eil provisions. In addPjnn there was
said to have been a fulling off in the
sales of meals to tiie south.
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♦ COTTON MARKET TODAY +
♦ ALMOST DEMORALIZED ♦
♦ New Turk, life. 9.—The cotton
♦ market was almost demoralized
♦ today by following yesterday's
big bretfle. At one time mareh eon-
traet-s sold sevemy-flve {mint*
under last night's close, w.th a
general U»; fully fourteen dollars
tier hale , low the recent high
records,
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Y. M. C. A. CAMPAIGN
TO CLOSE TONIGHT
WORKERS NOW THINK THERE IS
NO IJOUBT OF 8ECURING
THE «M MEMBERS.
J. J. FiTXOEgALP
Representative .1, J. Fitzgerald of
Brooklyn, chairman of the Important
appropriations committee of the Hou-o
of Repi-escntatlves. has declared he
will light for an emhnrgo mi the ex-
(Mft of filed 1<> Euro)S' at this session
of congress, Wldie It Itas been said
there Is no chance for congress to take
the netton lip mlvis-ates. he will likely
make a vigorous emitest.
WANTS DEBTS PAID.
Irregular Week in Stork Market.
j'.orinf>4r Pros* Dispatch)
New York. l>ee. 9.—Fall money at
lft tier rent, suggestions of another
rupture with Germany, tiie British
cabinet crisis mid the Teutonic Invn
slon of UiliiMuIn were included amoiu’
the Important factor of an Irregulai
and less active weak In tiie stis'K
market.
Tiie rise in <*11 loans to the highest
rate In three years, proved ortly tern
t orary. lielng almost Immedi.'iti'Iy re-
lieved by further eavy grid imports
from Canada, Un settlement in tin*
British political situation was reflect
e-i in the lmv refold established by
in'eruatfonnl tsipds. notably Anglo-
French 5’c and City of Purls G'V
Purchases by an interilattonnl
hanking house of a large block of
foreign oil stock to be converted Into
share-- of dollar denouiiuation for sale
ie the market pointed anew to the in-
creasing power and prestige of Ameri-
can finance.
Tiie recent inquiry for shares for re-
organized railroads attained wider
pti rortlons. with many sulistanthil
gain*, especially in the Issues of wos-
tcni and southwestern roads. Ship
pitig stock also registered gains.
l*ubilc buying of Fnitcd States
Steel and affiliated Industrials wn*
met by considerable professional sell-
in* siroilnr conditions applying tf>
Hie betal issues, some of which lost
ground on rumors indicating a revision
of plans respecting proposed consol!
da Hons or mergers. Fabricated steel
and iron attained new high averag"
pvb'os and refined copper more than
heht to recent record-breaking quota
tlcns. |
Specialities, such ns sugars, tobac-
cos. rubbers and petroleums. move!
according to the caprices of pools and
cliques. °
At the Nararene Church.
The services nt the Xnznrcnc church
continue to grow In interest. There
we* a packel house last Sunday ldglit.
with two professions nhd four addi-
tions to tiie church. Tlio pastor. Rev.
Oscar Hudson, will preach Sunday
morning. His theme wW ho "God s
Financial Plan.” His wife, Mrs. Nettie
Hwtaon. will preach at night. The pub-
lic ia Invited. -
Ice It. Reeve. Says State of Texas
Should Get Out of Debt.
Hi ll. Ice B. Reeves of tpls city. a
mendwr *of tbe uext legislature. is
milking an effort to Interest Ids cob
leagues In the matter of the state of
Texas paying off all of her old debts
and starting over with a clean slate.
He has written to some of them and
is greatly pleased to find that those
witli whmn he has inrres|ioudeil are * i
accord with him On the subject.
Siieiikitic of the matter today. Mr.
Reeves said:
“For (lie past forty days I have lit-
erally been bombarded by creditors of
the state. They are inider tlth impres-
sion that the uext legislature will he
composed of men who will stand four-
square for tiie payment of the state's
lust debts, and l presume every mem
tier of tiie coniine legislature has re-
ceived similar letters In the ones I
have received. I have .received about
a hundred of them mid the total
amount referred to In these letters,
will aggregate nearly a million dol
tars. All of these debt* are owed by
the Prison Commission and many of
tiie aeoennts date hack to ltltl. Only
a few of them were made ns late as
191 &
"Since I first mentioned the matter,
i prominent Sherman attorney lips
Informed me that nearly a million
dollars' worth of claims have been put
In Ills hands by various firms for col-
lect loth However, on account of the
fact that the state cannot Is- smsl. In1
has no way to press flic col lections.
"T am in fnvor. at the next meeting
of the legislature, In turning over all
of the cld accounts, and new mu's, too,
If there Is* any. to a still committee.
The duty of this committee will lie, or
should he. to list and catalogue all
accounts and Investigate them. Then,
-is the accounts are O. K.’d by this
■mli-voitimittee. I am In fnvor of mnk-
'nc an appropriation to pay them. If
there are accounts that can not tie O.
K.'d by this sub-committee, then I
sin lit fnvor of passing a resolution
oerndttlng these claimants to go Into
the courts and establishing , their
'•Ultros and faking judgment, if they
have a’ claim and then I am in favor
of also paying these.
“It Is an outrage .that a wealthy
date like Texas the biggest and best
.fate in the union—shpatd fall or re-
fuse to pay tier hot teat debts. There
Is net a single goisl reason to offer
why she should not pay them.
"I mq going to ask every member
of the next legislature, in both houses,
to Join me In getting these debts polo.
Knowing Govorin r Ferguson as I tin
(.believe that he will be In favor of
this. He has been heralded to the
people of Texas as a successful busi-
ness man. and admits himself Jliat he
is, and I believe he can gain no great-
er honor than to go out of office with
i clean slate, leaving the Loup Star
State out of debt. I believe here is a
•-rent opportunity for him to display
Ids business' ability. If lie will Inau-
gurate a pay-as-you-go plan: a plan
that will pay the ilehrs of the state
and make her credit worth a hundred
cents cn the dollar, he will have
made a name for lilmsolf and will
have left to the people of tiie grant
State of Texas a reputation that will
in' a monument to Ills memory and to
ills services.”
Card of Thanks.
We desire to in this way express our
thanks to the many friends for their
kindness to us during the long illness
mid'at the time of the death of our
dear wife, mother and Sister, Mrs.
Edith Mickle.
To each one who nsslted in any way.
by word or deed, or by sending imautl-
fnl flowers, tokens of friendship and
love, we extend our heartfelt, thanks
and may Gist's blessings rest on each
one of you.
Respectfully.
HARRY MICKLE and Children,
JAY and VERN MICKLE.
MR. AND MRS. (IRQ, N. RAY.
SALL1E J, ROBBINS.
But one hundred and fifty-five short
of their goal set at the beginning of
the campaign and with one day to work
hi is tiie stutus of the most successful
momltenddp eampnlgn ever undertak-
en hy the Shcnnim Y. M. ('.A. Com-
mitteemen over that today's work wRl
eclipse every record set in a record-
making campaign and that when they
gather around the tmp|ier table tonight
there will bo around 800 Shermanites
who are better off by lieing memlters
i f tiie association. Last night's r“-
port of the subscription cortimfttee
showed that that commit tee hail sur-
passed their sot mark nod had secured
wdiarrllwd amounts totaling f.'lOO.T
since the taumtfttratloii of the cam-
paign.
Twelve applications wera secured
during the day for a total of Jp~r* an t
mi was turned over to the assiK-ia-
tlon hy the soliciting committee as a
result of ihe day’s work, milking a
fetal of f:*o for the day's work. The
Y. M. C. A now accommodates 44.";
members, by far the largest enroll-
ment In its history.
Figures showing the total number of
menihefs ‘-.■cured by each committee
since (he Is'giiinlng of the eamonlgn
were lead In Secretary H. O. Tatum.
Tiie Reypolds-Rnnisey-Jone* trio n
far I11
pilcatiotis. thus amply "hagglng” Mr.
Sanford's turnev dinner jionitsiMl nt the
start when these young then aniumne
cil their intcntioii of securing a htiu-
ilrad tnnti’> s during the •jiroimlgti
Mr. Km fields nor Mr. .tones flppeSlTd
at supper last night and Inquiry devel-
ooed the fact that nt that very moment
they were out in the suburbs of flic
city working to secure the applications
i f 11 number of men after they had
mute home to supper. No report wn-
made from this cmnmlttee hut In ail
probabtUty a very gratifying report
for tiie two day’s work will lie henrd
i might.
Tiie coimnlttc'e of which J. H. Berry
Is ijiairmnn is ninner up with 48 np-
pllenttona to their credit sinee the
start of the campaign: Stanley Rob-
erts has :tS; Prof. .1. C. Pyle 37 and Bill
Leslie .’HI. The high school com-
mittee of which Weatherford
Touchstone Is chairman secured
two appllcnHons as a result of their
first day’s work yesterday.
(the of the greatest favors that the
campaigners n«k at the present mo-
ment is that all those who Intend join-
ing in the Immediate future give tu
their opplleatton so that there will l»e
no doubt nlw'tit the (too mark l>oine
readied tonight. A great ninny par-
ents have arranged to have cards tak-
en out for their youngsters and present
thaw on Christmas, having already
turned in their application.
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FOR NEW FLOt RING MILK
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♦ HIGH COST OF IJVING ♦
+ MILL HE INVESTIGATED. ♦
+ Washington. Dec. It.—Attorney ♦
+ Geacrat Gregory today ordered ♦
♦ the federal grand jury to invest!- ♦
♦ gate the high cost of living, the ♦
♦ investigation to tieglu at once in +
H New York and in Detroit best +
♦ week. Th<! investigations are ex- ¥
+ pooled to follow in Cleveland. +
+ Kansas City, St. prole, Minnenp- ♦
♦ oil* and itflier points. T
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REPORT ON CAMPAIGN
' AGAINST JAPANESE
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+ FATAL SHGOTIM. TODAY
'* ON STREET IN DALLAS
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+ business district this afternoon.
♦ Clarence E. Pratt, with whom he
,♦ quarreled earlier in tiie day, was
+ taken into custody.
♦
IhlBas, Tex,, Doe. 9, -45. L.
Perk'ipson, former assistant county
nttorney, was shot and probably
fatally wounded in an encounter
Main street 111 the heart of the
MIIFRAL COI N'CIL OF ( HI RHIFS
SAYS IT IS A CAUSE FOR
SHAME.
Atnorinted Prtl* Dlspntehl
Si. r/inis, Mo.. Dei-. 1).—The anti-
J)>i>nii''s«" campaign in Amertsh Is char-
acterized as *‘a*cause for shame and
solicitude” in the raimrt of (lie com-
mission on relations with Japan pre-
sented to tiie Feileral Conocit of
Churches of Christ today.
“Tilts campaign, the report says,
“tends to establish a deep seated sus-
picion to Japan among onr own peo-
ple. animosity against us in Japan, and
a spirit of mutual hostility that, iijsin
some relatively slight occasion might
easily result in serious conseqnenees.
True Christianity knows neither
cast nor west. The goldpn rule applies
alike to Individuals, to nations and to
raecsj
Incorporated in tiie report is the re-
port marie by the ymlnassy sent to Japan
on behalf of the Federal Cmineil of
Churches" In 11*1.7. The Embassy was"
coatimaed of Professor Shatter Mathews
of the T’niversity of Chicag and the
Rev. Sidney I,. Quitch, h Miner mis-
sionary in Japan. The .yuihnssy made
a report on Its return-tP:l this report
was published at th«t time, arousing
considerable li'tqreSf by the statement
apfT--—..... — that though the, attitude of Japan to
the lead, having gotten l-'l it i wnrd the Unit** • States ns primarily
friendly an anl_ American feeling was
deveioping in Hi1' vcclasses and sections
0 fthe empire .'it that tiiera was a
belief In Japan11 ml *hp T'ultetl States
1 ml imperialist ft* LV , . , , in the Fur
atiihgbhlsfii' to .Tnlaifn’s interests.
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ANNUAL MEETING TO
BEGIN NEXT MONDAY
East
Contract for Machinery l^t Trnlay
AgRrcgates Probably $75.tMH>.
The G. B. It. Smith Milling ctmi-
pany. which lias been operating a
fimir mill and ('levator plant at Ce-
llua. following a lueeting of tiie
stockholders there today, decided to
dose out the business at that place
and bring it to Sliennan.
lids raisins the .erection here of an-
otlier si»t of concrete elevators in ttils
city, which will la* commenced at an
i>0rty date and which will cost in the
neighborhood of $70,000.
Sherman is rapidly lieeoming tiie
Milling ( enter o. the southwest and ttie
<?. B. R. Smith Milling company 's
keeping twice with the business. Tills,
together with the new mill. plant to
ite erected in Sherman by this com-
pany, will be one of the most modern
plants in the south.
Tlitif afternoon af o’clock the O, B.
R. Smith Milling company let the con-
tract. for tiie machinery of their new
mill. This contract is for a large sum.
possibly aggregating $75,000. and was
let to tiie Wolf Construction company
of Chamhersburg. Pa.
The contract for the building will
he left next week, and work will begin
nt once.
Spelling foulest.
In the month-end spelling contest at
the Business College Friday Miss
Katherine Dorn won first honors on a
grade of 100 per cent, on tiie following
words of timisuttl difficulty. How
many of them can you pronounce?
Aorta; artery: auditory; ausictes;
bronchia; calisthenics; capillaries;
cartilage: clavicle: cornea ; cranium:
cuticle: deltoid; dentine; diaphragm;
enamel; epidermis; facial; femur;
gastric; gustatory; hepatic; humerus;
Iris: knuckles: larynx; ligament:
medulla oblongata; membrane; motor:
mucus; muscles; mustache; nasal; . . , . Pr,„
olfactory; osseous; patella; phalanges;'
physique; pleura; pleurisy; pulmon-
ary; pulsation: radius; gastric: respir-
ation; synovin: temperament; tym
panum; ventridpf '
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UNITEO CHARITIES
ACTIVE IN SHERMAN
WILL MAKE EFFORT TO ASSIST
WORTHY POOR DIKING
THIS WINTER.
Marion Khavv. president of the
United Charities, in yesterday's Dem-
ocrat, discussed the fact that “charity
is business," and stated lias plans to
conduct the work of the United Chari-
ties along the same lines that he con-
ducts his own business.
In commenting upon tills a friend
and worker In the United Charities
said: “Mr. Shaw's attitude Is very
correct, and. nfter all. the handling of
charity, if handled correctly, Is strictly
a buxines* proi*osltlon. and will result
in enabling those who arc lielt*cd to get
a position so as to help themselves."
Along this same line Mrs. Cal Wil-
liams tells of a case wherein n mother
with flte children three of whom were
sick, was dependent apoft charity for
several weeks- This particular case,
according to Mrs. Williams, help was
given by a Sumiriy School class in the
Grime Presbyterian church, tiie help
coming at the time when needed. Now
the family is on a self-sustaining basis,
both the mother and the older son hav-
ing employment, earning wages suffic-
ient 1o take care Of the family.
Another ease wherein eliarity wisely
extended has proven to lie si profitable
investment was that of two fifteen year
old boy* whose father deserted the
family several months ago. These boys
are working during the day, and going
io school at night. However, tljc bur-
den of supporting a faintly of six has
proved too heavy for these two young
heroes, and it seemed that they would
lie compelled to quit the night school,
thus giving up all hope of obtaining an
education. For even the small amount
needl'd for ntght school tuition could
not 1h> Spared from their slender earn-
ings. Fortunately for these two ambi-
tious young men. Thanksgiving came
just in’ time, and brought with it a do-
nation from the Sherman High school
students, a part of Which went to sum
ply groceries for the family, leaving the
boys sufficient money for their night
school tuition.
In discusirfng the ease of these two
boys. lke.Exstein, a member of the so-
liciting committee of the United Char-
ities. said; “Our people do.not real-
ize that there are many cases right here
in Sherman similar to this; cases here-
in only a small contribution is needed
to pull some worthy deserving family
over the right place, and enable boys
such as these to have a chance at.an
education. 1 hope that every man and
woman tii Sherman, who has the means,
will not fail to reapond, and furnish to
tiie Flitted Charities funds needed to
carry on such Hpieudid Work."
Railroads Claim Many Victims.
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Austin, Tex., Dee. O. -Thc railroads
killed twenty-six persona in Texas iu
September and thirty two to October,
SllOWM^
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tiimk ■. 'i-M.
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SOUTHERN COMMERCIAL CON-
GRESS TO HOLD ANNUAL SES-
SION AT NORFOLK, VA.
Norfolk,* Vn„ !>ee. 0.—The eighth
atluMl meeting of the Southern Com-
mensal ('emgrass, which ismvencs iu
this pity on Monday next, will bring
together a host of men widely known
in diplomacy nnd public life, as well
as others of national reputation as
leaders in finance, coiuinerce, agri-
culture, transportation and other
branches of industry. The list of
delegates that are to attend from vn
rious states, representing chamber*
of commerce, hoards of trade and oth-
er commercial and development or-
ganization*, 1ms grown until tiie dele-
gates handier more than 1.080. Women
will have an important part in the
work of tiie congress.
The large and representative at-
tendance. the large number <>f promt
lieu; participants and the timelines*
of tin* topics scheduled for considera-
tion oiupbliie to give promise of one
of the most notable gatherings of its
kind ever held In this country. Al-
though file development of the re-
sources of the southern states is th.‘
chief aim of (lie congress, ttie attend
auce wilt be representative of the en-
tire. country and the proceedings nil!
be of interest and importance to all
sections alike.
The general theme of the congress
will he "International Ueconslruc
lion.” and under this head will lie
discussed lie changes outlook Yirodurc I
Iflr the world war along eeonoic, agrl-
cultural, military, governmental, rl-
nani'hti and commercial lines. A basic
purpose of the gathering will he to
evolve n plan of action with which I 1
meet tiie new order and the changed
conditions after the war ends.
President Wilson lias signified his
intention to come to Norfolk to address
the congress. If Ids other engagements
will ;>ermtt. Senator Duncan U.
Fletcher of Florinda will preside over
the gathering timl Governor Stuart of
Virginia will deliver tile address ot
welcome. There wilt lie besides prod
ably the largest array of distinguished
men among ttie speakers that ever
was heard at :i gathering of the kind
in this country.
Prominent among those who are of
tiie program for addresses arc Kecra-
tury of State Lansing. Secretary of
the Nney Daniels. Secretary of Labor
Wilson. Secretary of Commerce Red-
fleld. John Skelton Williams, control-
ler of the currency ; Frank A. Valldcr
Up. the New York flnancter: William
J. Bryan, former secretary of state:
Roninlo S. Naon, ambassador from
Argentina ; Dr. Wellington Kpn. min-
ister from China; Don Jompiln Mon-
dezz, the Guatemalan minister; Al-
berto Memhrano, minister from Hon-
duras, Governors Willis of Ohio and
Dunne of Illinois and United Stales
Senators Owen of Oklahoma, Rnnsdell
of Louisiana and Overman of North
Carol inn.
Various national and international
entitles have been ladl'd to meet in
Norfolk iMviiiolilcnl wit It the Cummer
ctal congress, including the second an-
nual meeting of the House of South
ern Governors, the National Asswirt
tion of Commissioners of Agriculture,
tin* Southern Commercial Secretaries’
Association, the American Commission
cn Agricultural Organization and the
Woman’s Auxiliary of tiie Southern
Commercial Congress.
The port of Norfolk, including (ill!
i*oint Comfort. Portsmouth and New-
' ert News, wilt be interpreted, as a
type of the commercial possibilities
of Atlantic ^arbors In the extension
of American trade. The municipal
docks of Norfolk and the piers to be
constructed by tiie Norfolk and Wes-
tern Railway Company at a cost of
$■-’.008,000, v. ill he an Important oxiiit*-
it of ttie congress.
Under orders from Secretnry Dan-
iels the Atlantic fleet is to mobilize in
Hampton Itoads next week to partici-
pate in a great naval review, to be
followed by a military parade in Nor-
folk to lie participated in hy troops
from Fortress Monroe and officers and
men from the battleships. The pres-
ence of tiie fleet In Norfolk harbor for
official participation will ail unique
features, social and governmental.
thHt will help to make the congress a
brilliant event.
Ttie Southern Commercial Congress,
under whose ausplras the several or-
ganizations ore to hold their meetings,
is a union of effort on -tlus# pact «f
southern commercial bodies and. indi-
vidual business institutions to educat"
the people of the United States, includ-
ing the southern people themselves,
about the resources of that section. Its
slogan sinee its organization lias heon
"A Greater National Through a
Greater South.”
Eli or CHS
WHILE VILLA BANDITS HELD
CITY STORES WERE LOOTED
AND KEEPERS KILLED.
FINALLY DRIVEN OUT
First Detailed Report of Fight
City Was Retaken
Atrociti. *
Held
___ When
and Recital of
While Bandits
Possession.
J. M. Jones and Mira t—“ ’VN?*-'.
both of Okahoma, were lcarri st iu
Sherman at 8 o'clock this morning.
Elder J. II. Baxter performed the
f C£Q. glYNOL D5~l
The loan of $5.000J100 to China hy
tlio great Continental and Commercial
National hank of Chicago, of which
George M. Reynolds is president, has
resulted in a protest h,v foreign bank-
ers who were left out. Represents
lives of British. French. Russian an 1
Japanese bankers In Pekin have sent
a letter of protest to the Chinese min-
ister of tiiianoo declaring the ham
violates the reorganization loan agree-
ment of 1813.
BOSTON OFFERS $60,GOO
FOR PITCHER JOHNSON
iMoi'inteif Crew oupaloM
Boston, Dee. !).—1The Boston Ameri-
cans said they were willing to pay
sixty thousand dollars for UJUdicr
Walter Johnson of Washington today,
when told the Cleveland Americans
would offer fifty thousand dollars for
the piujer.
WILL ADD THIRD STORY.
Kail Furniture Company Building
tu lie Enlarged.
Seme time during tills afternoon the
Halt furniture company of this,,city
axpacta to let ttie contract for the
third story of their large brick build-
ing mi the south side of the square.
A steadily increasing business lm-
forced tilts firm to enlarge their fb«>r
space front time to time, hut notwith-
standing this. 1t has again become nec-
essary to secure more room; and the
firth has decided to enlarge tlio build-
ing.
This is one of tiie largest buildings
in the city ami when tlie foundation
was laid it was laid with a view cf
putting on several more stories, If it
became necessary. *
The friends of this company will lie
glad to sic this substantial evidence of
prosperity.
School r,f Methods.
The Gfayson County School of Meth-
ods wilt chisc tonight with an enroll-
ment of 102, representing twenty Sun-
day schools and graduating a class W
twenty or more.
The schools enrolled are ns follows;
Trinity Methodist. Denison; First
Baptist. I ten lap!); First Christian.
Denison; South Side Christian, Deni-
son; Calvary Baptist. I*ctdaon; First
Methodist, 1 tantrum; Nnzarene. Deni-
son; Calvary Baptist. eDnismi: First
Baptist. Sherman: Christian, Marlin:
Central Christian. Sherman: Church
of Chrfor. Bonham; Christian. Anna;
Grace Methodist. Dallas: Methodist.
Denton; East Side Christ inn. Dallas.
Central Preshyteriuii, Dallas, Firsi
Presbyterian. Dallas.
The requirement* for graduation
are notes on '-*5 of tile forty lectures
given ami a promise to hand in a hook
review wijliin !H> days.
The ten mendiers of tiie faculty havy
given their time without remuneration
from the school. Those students who
•have put most into the school in the
way of faithful attendance and note-
taking will reap the greatest belie fit*.
This school is tlio twelfth cuuilucfeil
in Texas and Ixraiaamt during the last
twelve months under the auspices of
ttie American Christian Missionary so-
ciety. of the twelve flits one enrolled
the largest number anil has been
brought to IH'iiison through the County
Sunday Sellout association, of which
A. G. Edwards Is president. This is
the first Interdenominational school of
this type conducted in the state.---
Denison Morning Gazette.
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Mothers Club Meeting.
The Crockett Mothers’ Club met last
Tuesday evening. December 7th with
quite a nice attendance. It being reg-
ular meeting. After all regular busi-
ness was transacted it was decided to
have an entertainment on Friday
night. Dee. .3th. Thera was quite a
lengthy and gorgeous.program decided
upon, one feature being the Mock Or-
chestra witli a number of other good
selections of music, and many other
good things to entertain tire old and
the, young. It will lie a good old time
school Christmas affair. Everybody
invited. Husband ■•"me, tiring the wife
nnd children. Boys come, bring your
<1—"Ct“'art. Vote tier the most, popu-
lar young lady in the building and let
Cre»« Diipatt'M
El Paso, Tex.. 1 *'■<-. !>. - The first
newspuiier printed in Chilimihua City
after Its ns.uplure by Carranza forces
lias Just n'scla'd the Ixirdor with a
ilciiiilcit account of the fight against
Villa and a iwllat of the troudit
atris nil's ii.nimiticil tltere. After a
tattle lusting lour_days, the paper
says, tl.e Villa forces entered the city
on tiie night of Nov. gn and later the
same night captured the artillery on
Santa Rosa llilt. At 7 o'clock on the
morning of tiie 27th, the defenders of
the city found themselves short of am-
munition and from that incamit tiie
era of terror began.
General Trevino decided to save the
SrtlRfry had ntready pin it'd on a t rain
tor emergency uses and left for Al-
daiua, 20 miles to tin* northeast, his
troop* marching the distance.
After Gen., Trevino's deirortnre
Gen. Oxana fought mi for some hours
or until lie hail mtweded In Imnting
several flatus whleti went north to
K11UZ.
Gen. Trevino. raorganlzlng his
fories, next marched from Ahlaina to
Bnchlmiui caiiyi 11 abm'it 33 itelow Chi-.
Rnahuu. Where Is* joined Gen. Mttrguiu
who had iHs’ti working up from the
south. As they eupk> north November
31) they encountered a .bandit entn-
nmnd Udder Jose Yufa SnlHzar, Mii --
tin I/qs'z. Kandelio t'rfte and others.
Tbe fight began Jo miles lielow Chi-
htiana City anil lusted from 8 a. in.
until dark. The bandits left five
hundred dead In the field and lost a
number of prisoners.
The paper explain* that flits was
entirely on infantry action on tiie
part of the government forces, so that
cavalry hod to he brought up liefore
the pursuit ecu Id lie effected. All ban-
dit parties overtaken were extermi-
nated, It was said.,
"Villa’s in input inn of Chihuahua
City." tlio paiior says, “was an era of
crimes, infamies and assassinations.”
Foreign shops, principally Chinese and
Arabs, were b-ted. Among the nyir-
den'll were many soldiers' wives who
remained with their husbands through
the battle. Haudetin Uribe, the "ear
cutter." led in the slaughter.
Are Fighting Today.
Associated Press Dispai:kl
El Paso. Tex,. Dee. it.—Government
agents tills afternoon have reports that
Carranza and Villa forces are fighting
near Paiomas.
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Athletes Close Meeting.
I ssociateil Press Dispatch:
Charleston. S. (’., Dee. ft.—A discus-
sion of summer baseball and the elec-
tion of officers made up the program
for tiie closing session of the annual
meeting of the Southern Intercollegiate
Athletic Association here today.
IYRF.UK AT RAVIA.
ceremony.
her have the pleasure of getting the their effort to
lirtaes Come every laxly and let aslpn; „ mmcess.,
-J IILII have a genuine good old time for Xma*. lodd Fellowship.
Freight Engtac i- Knocked From the
Trarli and Burned.
Yesterday aftermsm at Uavia. Okla..
ftixitit ninety miles north of Stiermait
on the Frisco, a Fnineis-Hngo frelgfit
traia ran Into file rear cud of No. 33,
southbound freight.
Both crews saved themselves hy
jmni log and no one was seriously in-
jured .
The engine of the Francls-Hugo train
wa-rifhWktsl off the track and caught
fire ami was burned; The flames
spread to the cn (loose of No. 33 and
tlio nilMH.se. a cur of hay aud a ear
of oil were destroyed.
j. ^ _.«w_£
R hekalts Elect Officers. ” ”
Grayson Reiiekah laxlge No. 287. met
in regular business session at I. O. O.
F. hall Monday night, witli a good
attendance of mcinlicrs, and several
visitors. After the regular business
routine the following < t'#fteers were
elected: Miss Maggie Rrator, noble
grand: Mrs. Alta Pierce, vice grand;
Mrs. Minnie Agee, secretary. ,T. T.
Knott financial secretary; Mrs. Bet-
tie Alexander, treasurer: Mrs. Mary
Moffett, representative to Rehekah a*-
serahly; Mrs. Ellen Pauley, alrernate.
Evidence of the good >vlll amt har-
mony which prevails among the mem-
tiers were manifested ht talks made for
the -good of the order, hy members and
visitors. Especially were the officers
com mended for their co-operation and
faithful f eonscicnth.us service. She
iibji'ct of this order is a
had each, Sherman Odd i
feet it his duty to unite
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