Sherman Daily Democrat (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. THIRTY-EITHTH YEAR, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 27, 1919 Page: 1 of 8
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WEATHER FORECAST.
Tonight and Wfdnwdij', gener-
ally fair.
SHERMAN DAILY DEMOCRAT
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
THE DEMOCRAT has torn Pub-
lished fontiniMNuly longer thus
any other newspaper in Ornyaon
Co.—Established, Dally 1881, Week-
ly 1879, by G. 0. and E. C. Hunter.
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THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR.
SHERMAN, TEXAS, MAY 27, 1919—TUESDAY EVENING.
Snbscription Price, 60 Centi Per Month.
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FLIGHT RESUMED
NT-4 MADE BRILLIANT START
EARLY TODAY ANI)
GOING GOOD.
THE FIGURES
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MANY REPORTS HEARD
Hawker and Mackenzie are O. K. and
Are On Their Way Home—Other
Flight News of Interest (’nines
From Across the Ocean.
Assoiiatrd Press SlipalcM
PiHita Ijrlgadu, May 27— The
American seaplane Nl’-I started fur
Lisbon at 10:18^ o'clock Hi's morning
Greenwich time (0:18 New York
time.) The weather is clear.
Report Confirmed.
a«ocia(rd Pro Dispatch]
Washington, May 27—Official ml
vice that the NC-4 had left Ponta Del-
guila for l.ishon at lp:l8 S. li. St. T
was received by tin* navy department
flout Admiral Jackson at 8:40 Wash
iligton Hme. The message simply re
ported tls1 successful starting of the
lllght.
Passes Firs* Station.
Associated Pie.ni Dispatch]
Washington, May 27—The NC-1
passed station ship Number 1. the
destroyer Thompson between 00 and
70 miles east of Ponta 1 telgada at
son reported to the navy dejsirtment.
The Tiiompson is the first of the 1-1
destrdyerS'^AnaVkintr the "WO-iulle
course to Lisbon.
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Dallas, Texas, May 27.—Figures on Saturday’s elec-
tions from 345 towns, compiled up to 3 p. m>, today are:
,—r __ ■ * For 1 Against
Prohibition .. ...............•. .. 57,545 48.343
Suffrage................... .. .. .. 55,816 53,273
Governor’s Salary................ 46,572 58,780
Home Owning..............~ .... “Over the Top.”
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SATURDAY’S ELECTION RETURNS
PRECINCT.
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WANT RECRUITS
FOR AIR SERVICE
Lieut. (’. .1. Maguire' and Lieut.
Fred A. Mamin of the Air. Service ar-
rived in Sherman yesterday afternoon
and will remain here for several days
seeking recruits for the fljMng branch
of tlit* service. In discussing the en-
llstmeut nf flyers oiic of the officers
said:
"Men of calibre between the
MEETING HELD
BY MERCHANTS
OF THE CITY
MONDAY NIGHT
Another Report.
Associated Press in leaf; h1
Ponta Delguila, May 27 The NC-4
was reported passing station No. l ut
11:13 o'tlock.
Passes Station No. 2.
4,sodated Prom Dispatch]
Washington, May 27 Station ship
No. 2, fifty miles further eastward, re-
ported the NC-4 I141I passed at 11 "IS
Cnenwlch lime (~ ::!* a m, Washing-
ton time.) Rear Admiral Jackijoii re-
ported.
At a meeting of the Sherman Re-
tail Merchants' Association, held at
... lw ...11- - , ,, , .. n?',H the Chamber of Commerce . building
inJn A,S l^;K;:>‘t:ori,,Kr,,r,;,,s In
th^Air XSe'anrili'r^rii^l^ ,,nlnn (‘leHr“‘••■w'-nu'tiw TYxi.s Pm”
Will he made pilots.' All' will^Imvf llU'ff * ‘V,n,|",,1'v w,'n' m,ani,nnus-
opportunity to learn aviation from the. ' Lsl ' T..Y!.„
ground up. ,.r rather from the CW)-1 w™ ii l.r , '
-traction of a plane to piloting thel , .
finished ship." I, "liereas. there being a dispute Im-
......its. Maguire and Manan for the* ”, ho, . ,,?w,‘r * ,WRht
present inuv he seen at the Hinkley! u' " V ! k 1 *1 "m "",l "s
Hotel They have a intnihn- nf Inti 1 ir6*1^1*1™1 hllW lwWl ~nT) 1tT
JJ1U- I11111 a nnmiici of lntei.i^ (v^, T,8b„r „f slierman.
tf’ho have notified'ns that we shall
eating air sevvin
them, which they have placed in some
i discontinue the use of the
of tiie' downtown show windows. A n,„.., -
I.ewis aircraft machine gun and some lls l>"1'1 *
aeriai pictu.es may he seen in the -Th<.Ivforo. ,M. „ M<soIwrt.
of Keiths -drug store. anil;
window
some aerial pictures arc also on
play at Carl Nall s.
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MOn Their Way."
Associated Press Dispatch]
Ponta Deign da. May. 27. Tlfe sea-
plane sent a wireless message lo Ad-
miral Jackson after starting which
rend: “We seem to lie on our way.
Many thanks for your hospitality."
I WAR IS NOT OVER
>IOTT PREDICTION.
New Y’ork, May 27.—“We pro
not through with war yet," was
I tiie warning uttered.tonight by I)r.
J0)111 It. Mott, secretary of the in-
! teniatiolial council of the Y. M. C.
, A. in mi address delivered at a
luncheon given him by the Meth-
i odist centenary movement. Mr.
Mott lias recently returned from
Europe, where he supervised the
I work of the Y. M, C. A. in the ai-
j lied (Siuiitrlea.
"All peoples are on their
j nerves," he said. The spirit of crit-
icism prevails everywhere. Nations
whether victors or vanquished, are
torn and embittered. We have the
holsheviki and deep chasms not
only exist between nations but be-
tween classes within nations. The
people of the world are awakening
i-lo tin- price they must pay and They
are fast drifting into a gone of ]>es-
i simtsin.”
FIRST RF.I NION OF DOTH
DIVISION TO BE HELD IN-
DALLAS ON OCTOBER 11
Fort Worth. Tex., May 27—Vet-
Other Flight News.
Switzerland Air Mail Service,
Associated Press Dispatch]
Geneva. Monday, May 20— Tiie
Swiss airman 1 Mira four, carrying
mails, mude the first Purls to Switzer-
land flight tiHlay. landing 11I Geneva.
The time of the fliglit was 5% liours,
including a half hour's forced landing
on French soil owing to fog. The
distance is about 250 niiles.
Account of tiie Difficulties.
Associated Press Dispatch]
Ignition. May 27 The eivrres'powlent
of the Daily. Mail who is traveling
with Harry ,G. Hawker, and Lieut.
Commander Mackenzie Grieve on
their way to this city, sends from In-
ternes. Scotland, a detailed account of
-tin' difficulties encountered by file
itvo airmen during their unsuccessful'
attempt to fly across the Atlantic.
During tile first, four lufUi:'? of_lho
voyage the air was freezing cold but
tiie airmen were quite comfortable.
Hawker, however, was unable to
steer a good course because of the1
clouds being so thick at times that he
was forced to go around them.
When about 800 miles out to sea
tiie weather continued very bad and
clouds rose to great heights. Several
times Hawker tried to clear them but
lost height at every attempt and each
lime the machine was started elhub- , . . ,
h.g, the water hi the radiator boiled, " WHS- *-° ,nofl,r nml '«>»
furiously which involved waste.
electric
Light
in any manner,
that
the Retail MerduHts' Association of
Sherman considers t|ie demands un-
l-ertSoUSlde and unfair, and will <-on-
tlnue to conduct their business as they
have done heretofore.' irrespective of
these requests and demands.
‘Be it further resolved. That the
Retail Merchants' Association in tak-
ing this -action considers Itself in no
wise unfair to organized labor, owing
to the oonditionc-thnt brought about
and now exists iietween the Texas
Power A Light Company and the pub-
lic at large."
The Denis-.m Situation.
Tliere was 1 mass imsding of
union men at the Denison Chamber
of Commerce, the Gatsetfe saying that
several hundred wore present and that
after a discussion of about one hour
Secretary Petet offered-a motion, in
substance, tlfat tiie restrictions on
file use of lights and power from the
T. P, Jk lx lie removed until such tinv'
as oilier towns had caught up with
Denison In the. matter of placing the
light company cm the unfair list. This
re sol iltii ill .was discussed-------f«rr
Time before a resolution amending the
original motion wits submitted by E.
R. Roothman which, after some dis-
cussion. was adojtted. (57 to 1(1. Fol-
lowing is the resolution as amended:
“Inasmuch-ns there has beep a
committee appointed from the Deni-
son Lnbor Trades Council with in-
structions to visit all other cities af-
fected hv the Electrical Workers’
strike am| if possible secure concur-
rent action by the cent nil hodjes of
JESS SLOW >»
SHOWING UP
Associalotl Press Dispat'h]
Toledo. May 27.—Failing to receive
any official word from Jess Millard
concerning his departure from
Los Augeles, Tex -Ricka rd, prdmoter of
lipavyweight cliKhipionstiip battle be-
tween Willard ami Jack Dempsey here
July 4. tcslay telegraphed the cham-
pion requesting him to start for
Toledo immediately. Rickard asked
Willard to abandon his promised stop
for a day at his home in Dtwrenee,
Kansas.
RETURNED SOLDIERS
VISIT TO SWEETHEART
CAUSE OF KILLING
Idabel, Okla.. May 27—Trench life
in France and soldiering on the Rhine
wag made hearable for Carl Sargent.
22 year old Hocliatown. Okla.. youth
bv the frequent letters from bis sweet-
heart. Marian Woods. IS years old.
to whom lie had become engaged
while lie was in the army with an
Oklahoma diviiqori.
I .otters between the two were fre-
otient. considering the uncertainty of
the overseas mail, arid to a immlier
of “pals" tie told .tbeiu of bis “girl"
back home and their plans to marry
upon his return,'' Y
A few days ago SUfgent was dis-
charged and one of bis first visits was
to tiie home ef d»i* sweetheart. Tliey
spent tiie evening tiygetljer. happy in
ids safe return rnii their approaching
marriage.' 0
A fev^.hours .aftey Sargent left for
his home his body was found along
the roadsidcaubefe jjeTifd been kill-
ed, from iunbiisli.
R-tbel KiiieaM, ,2t» years old, of
Hiiehgtjnvn, rival for the hand of Miss
Wpbds while Sargent was in'the ar-
my, is in tlM' -mnntv jail at Idaliel.
cTmrged w'lili th ■ killing.
1, Slierman. 1st Ward........
2. Sherman, 2nd Ward.. ’....
IS. Slierman, 3rd Ward ......
4. Slierman, 4th Ward .'.....
5. Slid limn. North 5th WVird.
0. Loving
7. Batseil’s Park.......
S. Hlaek Bridge .. .. ........
it. lalrview .. .. ...........
10. N. K. Denison .. ... .. .....
11. N. W. lKuiison ..........
12. S. W. Denison ..........
13. S. K. I..................
14. Cashinn ..................
15. Preston..........:.......
lli. Pottsboro ...... .... ......
17. Locust..................
IS. Cedar Mills..............
lit. Gordonville............
20. Rock Creek..............
21. Delaware...........j...
22. Sandusky...............
23. Rasiu Springs............
24. Sadler.................
25. North Whiteslioro........
20. South Whiteslioro .... ....
27. Southmayde...... o.....
28. Collinsville........:....
2i). Ethel .. .. .. .............
30. Tioga .... .. .......... v..
31. Gunter .................
32. Farmington ........
33. Elmoiit...... 1. .. •• .....
34. ltanAlstyne............
34. Van Atstyne..............
Ht>. Jamison .. ...... .. r;~
37. Pilot Grove ............
3H. AViiitewlight .... .......
31). Kentuekytown............
4(). Tom Beau ..............
4t. Ida..'.............. ......
42. South Hells........
t43 • North Bells .. ............
44. Cherry Mound..........
45. Shiloh.... .I ';i, .........
40. 1 tripping Springs .. ...
47. DesVoignes .............
48. Hyde Park ..............
49. EHaworth .. ... ........
50. riainview .. .............
51. Cotton Mills-.. ......•••
52. Warren...... ..........
53. Sherman, South 5th Ward..
54. Dorchester..............
55. Hagerman .. ...........
56. Red Branch .............
57. N. Denison ............
58. South Denison...........
59. Day.....................
Totals for tiie boxes shown.
Winnipeg Strike Grows.
awoetafeit Pretz.Ptwtckl
erans-of .he mu DwWon «tlt I . mus-rniug the strike: »*ji„4»
! ltold tlielr first reunlnn at
I State Fair
! Saturday, October 11, according to i
the M ...................„
i,roiltids in Dallas, moved until such time as a eoTunllttee
“Resolved, that
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restrictions he
Ciipt. Frank Liddey-^a member of
the executive committee of - the |
Doth Division Legtotc it is also 1
announced that tiie fair hoard htre-f
designateir tic Oilier it as -mtih ■
Division Dav." |
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hotel where they had breakfast. They
weir heartily cheered when their train
left the station jit 10 o'clock.
Hawker described his efforts . to
find -the i-auvo sUUJie trouble with tiie
water cooling system and said that lib
concluded something had got into the
water filter between the radiator and
tin* pumps ami that' the only thing to
Vancouver, it.. ('., May 27— Tiie
general slrik(>. in -progress pipre than
a week in Winnipeg, spreading during
the last 24 hours to Calgary and F.d-
monton. Alberta.. Regina, Saskatoon
and several small districts seemed to-
day. about to sweep into British Co-
lumbia. Late last night it was .an-
nounced from Victoria that the trade
and labor council had decided to call
for a strike vote, in sympathy with
the Winnipeg strike, the results to lie
night.
In Vancouver no strike move has
been initiated by labor leaders, who
said however tliey view with appre-
hension what might occur should tiie
government find it necessary to caU-
.upou t-be nrtlTtta"Td ciiforee its demands
ill the strike-affected areas.
In Kdmootmr rbe general strike was
but partially effective Monday and
the same was true in Calgary where it
was said only 1.500 workers answered
the strike call, id though 8,000 miners
in district number 18 were out.
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At last, however, the airplane
reached a height of 12,000 feet and it
was decided to stay at that .level for
the rest of the trip. “We have not as
yet doubted being
mse of the machine down steeply with
the hope that tills might clear away
the refuse in the filter. This was hit-
successful.
-Amr-Hww.-Hyfr Aknitfdr
get-1 Associated Press Dispatch]
scsteTur in
ting across." Hawker said- in ciestrili-1
iiig his experlenpe.- “YVe were at Mutt 1 I Stockholm, Sunday, May 25—<^l
rtnmts; The OMTr HnrT. bfi XineriiYm rillvni aviator.
moon had risen and we were keeping
a gissl isnii'se although we had to go
a little slower and close the throttl?
to koei> tiie water from heating tip.
“We continued at tills height until
we had lieon In the air twelve ami a
half liours. Then oatne heavy eimids
again. Tliey were very high renehlng
a level of 15,000 feet and lielng very
black. It was almost impossible to
steer through them and oneh time 1
tried to climb, the water boiled bad-
ly.”
Hawker in Edinburgh.
Associated Press Dispatch]
Edinburgh. Scotland. May 27—Har-
rv G. Hawker and Lieut. -Commander
Mackenzie Grieve, who were rescued
by tiie Danish ship Mary after tiie
airplane lit which tliey _ were at-
temuling to cross the Atlantic had
alighted in mid-oeenn. arrived here
(ids morning on tludr way.to Lon-
don from Thurso whore they were
labeled
British warship yester
M 'lay, Tfiey A'cre seized as- they
' tiie train ,11ml lifted to the *l|ou1derk
8 of a erowil wliit’h i'oro them to a
® ■ - -, v,,.[ gmbtlt.m -i- 1 : d ’ ' ’
rad' " "•r:1 w
who is flying from (Yipenhiigdn to
this city, arrived at Califtnr at 12:20
o’clock this afternoon. He left Oalmaf
at 7 o'clock this evening and later de-
scended at Nynes. about 50 miles south
of Stockholm. He apiln rose at JO
o'clock lait had not arrived hero np to
midnight tonight. It is presumed that
lie descended among the island* about
the mouth of flic harbor.
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from the Trades Council and commit’
tee from Shop Crafts shall meet and
Come to snm^ understanding”
Situation in Dallas.
The Dallas News says:
"Contrary to reports of a threaten-
Cd aympathetic strike among alt
trades and crafts affiliated with the
electrical union, labor leaders declar-
ed last night that such action is not
now contemplated. Assurance was
given Mayor Frank Wozoneraft before A„nri„,rd prcss ^spatch]
Ids departure for the east yesterday
afternoon that no action toward tiie
spread of the strike to include all oth-
er laltor orders would be taken.
“Finns discussed for 11 mass meet-
ing Friday inght in the interest of
the electrical workers, and with the
view ,of calling a general strike, have
been cancelled."
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I)R. F. F-. BROWN IS PR’\CTP.‘.L
SPEAKER AT
GATHERING.
SHERMAN WELL KNOWN
Speaker Tells of Meeting Physician on
Battlefront Who la Going to Locate
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NEW OIL AND GAS
COMPANY FOR
GRAYSON CO.
Short Flashes.
A detdaration of trust creating the
Texas-ttklalioma 'til & Gas Comtiany
was tiled in the county clerk's otpec
Monday afternoon, tiie organizers nam-
ed being J. F. Tlusinan, T. F. Rod-
gers, 3. J. Bold rick, Emery Wiley. W.
C. Green. II. W. Lingo. J. A. t’haffe
ami J. IV, Hassell, all of Denison.
The Texaa-Oklahonm Oil &- <!as
Company owns leases on a consider-
able acreage in Grayson comity and
Marshall and Bryan counties, Okla ,
according to. the papers filed, ami will
develope this territory for its oil and
gas possibilities. Tiie capitalization e_{
tJm-new- company is .$-125,000, the
henefieial inteivst lielng divided into
12.500 shares of tiie par value ofjf 10
each. *• ' ~..... ......." Y
"You seem to agree with everything
a man says to you." “Yes. 1 learned
that trick a long while ago. It saves a
lot of time.”—Detroit Free Press.
Germany's counter proposals to
tiie peace terms are expected to be i
completed tonight. * I
•"-1—— -—;—.——i
Paris, Mai 27—Premier Lloyd
Gttirge etpeef»*‘to attend the League
of Nations meeting in Washington in
October.
Paris, May 27—British and Ameri-
can marines have been landed at the
Baltic port of Danzig.
Paris, May 27—It is expected to re-
ceive the Austrian peace delegation
by tiie last of tiie week. -
Chinese Wifeless Company.
PekiiTg. Moiid.iyMay 26^-An agree-
ment was signed Saturday between
the Marconi yireless telegrai;h eoiu-
pany aiid tin*fiiin'cse government for
the formation of Chihese national
wireless company, with a capital of
£700,000, half the amount to lie sub-
scribed each by the government apd
the Marconi company.
Colleges to Help.
HENDERSON COUNTY
THE FARM
DEMONSTRATION AGENT
Making ’Em in Mexico.
Associated Press Dispatch]
Washington. May 27—Progress of
airplane manufacture in Mexico Is at-
tracting the attention of officials here.
T1u‘ national factory on tiie outskirts
of Mexico Pity has reached a produc-
tion of one complete machine a
week, flic engines being turned out by
the same plant. •
Tiie motor developed by tiie Mexi-
can engineers is known as the Aztatl.
is rated at 80 horsepower and is de-
serilied as “light, cheap and service-
able." Steps have already been taken
Toward the construction of aerial
bombs ind tiie Mexican government is
said to plan the building of armored
Hdutldng idanos thisjeey^
Athens. May 27—Tiie loading issue
in the election held in tills county
Saturday was whether or not tiie
eountv would retain a farm demon-
stration agent. Some months ago the
eftmuilssioners' court refused to fur-
ther allow any part of the agent's
salary, the county’s part of which
had been *81 si per nnunm.
An appeal was made by the county
agent and the comity • press to the
commissioners' court and a public
mass.meeting was hold, which resulted
in an agreement to Submit the prop-
osition to tiie voters on the same day
tiie constitutional amendments were
voted on. Tiie voters sustained tiie com-
mission.
b:
Notlee, K. of C.
I'
Regular meeting (tomorrow night)
Wednesday. May 28. 1919. at 8 p. ml
K^,of O. hall. A report of on'r dele-
gates to State Convention will hi
snhmitted to eonneil. All memla'rs urf8
ed to attend,
ANDREW KORIOTH, Sec;
THINGS THAT NEVER HAPPEN
By GENE BYRNES
Washington. May 27—Every uni-
versity and college in the country will
lie given an opportunity to co-opera to
with the navy 'department in building
up a naval reserve officer corps under
a plan now being developed by Assis-
tant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt,
details of which were made public* to-
thrrr—- M r. It'«reHV+y—a-Hdt-- naval.-of
(ieials for some time leave been work-
ing out a scheme whereby college men
may win commissions ns ensigns in
fpr.-fwc’rt---^I'a tons* to be jtor-
manetltly nminfained. A four year
course in nautical subjects, augment-
ed by several months of post gradu-
ate work at the naval aeadpmy will be
offered by the government if the pro-
posed plan is adopted. (
RAILROAD PROPERTIES OF
M. 0. & G. TO BE SOLD
Denison. Tex.. May 27—The proper-
ties comprising the Missouri. Okla-
homa & Gulf railway system are ad-
vertised for sale at public outcry at
Muskogee. Okla . on June 7. The sale
Will be made under a decree of tie*
Federal Court having jurisdiction of
the receivership, and Is by way of
foreclosure cd’ tiie mortgages securing
bonds issued against the properties. It
is not, known what interests will ac-
quire the system, but R is probable a
committee of bondholders will lie rep-
resented. The total I winds outstanding
amount to some twelve million dollars.
Many of the bonds are held in
France and Belgium, tind the war
caused the receivership to Jie eontinudd
club.
meeting of the Tuesday Noon
Business Men's Luncheon Club at the
Y’. M. (’. A. today proved to he tile
greatest in attendance and interest of
any of the meetings so far held.
Eighty-two were served the rqqm ou
tiie second floor where the meetings
are held being crowded with extra"'
tables- and chairs. Dr. F. F. Brown,
lately returned from overseas Y. M.
,0. A. service, was the principal
speaker, and It was due to I>r.
Brown’s appearance no less than the
active campaign made during the
week to secure attendance at the
meetings that so large a numlier
were out. Hayden W. Head was
chairman In the absence of W. W.
Rodgers.
Itgj-flmwn delivered an inspiriting
pointing out some of the unfore-
seen forces which may be developed
for tiie good of file community by
weekly social meetings of the demo.
12 era tie character of the Tuesday Noon
Business Men’s Luncheon Club. His
words were listened to with tiie great-
est of interest and applauded at fre-
quent Intervals.
l)r. Rrown com [ill men ted those tak-
ing part in the club movement and
the business men of the city generally
for their efforts fn hoild here a city
of the right character. He said that
the battles of peace would he no less
real than those of war. Touching on
his experiences overseas. Dr. Brown
said that he had no doubt but that It
was the puritose of the German lead-
ers to propagate, into all the nations
of the earth the false doctrines which
have lieon the ruination of Russia and
to a certain extent of Germany.
v In dotting, ids remarks, the speaker
told of an incident that occurred over-
seas which should appeal to Sherman
citizens generally as significant and
complimentary. Dr. Brown said that
lie met a young practicing physician
while he was with the American
troops on the Rhine, who told him
that lie intended changing his location
when lie returned to America, and was
going to Sherman, Texas. The physi-
cian did not know -that Dr. Brown
lived in Sherman, and Dr. Brown
pressed him for bis reason for decid-
ing upon Sherman. He said that ho
had been advised to locate In Sher-
man by a friend in Texas, who told
him that no city in Texas or any
other state possessed better environ-
ment in which to rear a family, or
was a hotter place in which to live.
Sherman Well Advertised City.
Several visitors were present at the
luncheon, Including Senator George j
Hopkins of Denton and O. S. Brack,
a well known advertising man of
Dallas. Mr. Brack in a few remarks
preceding Dr. Brown said that he be-
lieved Slierman was the most splen-
didly advertised eity .for its j^pnl*-
Hon and size in the Nation. It has
attracted general interest by its pro-
gressive moves. The citizens wfto
hays...gone oat from Sherman to live
in other cities whom Mr. Brack knew,
lie said, were splendid examples of
I lie ei ftreiisliip generally., jind.. he.
vised Slierman to .!i61d’,'the.se men in
Sherman if isissihle.
In reporting ,lie results of a visit
of himself and others to Dallas last
week, where tliey were the guests of
several clubs, Mr. Hoad said thut the
Is-Iief of tiie organizers of the local
chili that it sit .raid not lie nationally
affiliated was si lengthened, and for
Hie present it will retain a purely lo-
cal dmracter. operated at the least
expense.
Mr. Head said that he anil others
in the party visiting Dallas wore
greatly Jjnprcssed toy dm significance
att.'iched by prominent Dallas business
men to (lie subject of city planning,
and that 'doubtless this subject won til
come in for its share of discussion at
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MOUNTAINEERS AND
REVENUE OFFICERS HAVE
RUN IN; ONE KILLED
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:
Whiteshurg, K.v.. May 27.—A. P.
Hurt. Fnited States deputy collector
of internal revenue, was shot and
killed and two members of his posse
were wounded near Pond Gap. on the
Vlrginla-Kentneky border curly Sun-
day. while attempting to arrest twelve
mountaineers accused of evading the
selective service law.
A trail of blood left in the wake of
tie fleeing mountaineers indicated
lint one or more of them had been
wounded.
Want Free State.
Hamburg. Monday. May 2ft— A
movement for the separation of Rhen-
ish Prussia from the rest of Ger-
mane Is allowing positive results, ac-
cording to n Dwurtitoiff dispatch tii
tin' ,Fremileiihiatt. Fifty thousand
Voters in the city nf Alx-La-Cbanrile
and the; immediate neighborhood hath
signed n petition demanding the estab-
lishment of a west German frM
state. _
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