Sherman Daily Democrat (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR, Ed. 1 Monday, June 4, 1917 Page: 2 of 8
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SHERMAN DAILY DEMOtRAt—SHERMAN, TEXAS.
Monday, June 4. 1917
TU DAILY DEMOCRAT
_SHERMAN, TEXAS.
a a a e. a hunter,
ESTABLISHED ISIS.
Publish'd la the Famous Red River
Talley, la a aectiea rich la fertile land
aad d Korn fled crops, in a city of ool-
legM, big factories, mills, six trunk
railway liaas aad Intorurbtaa.
BnbacripUea: Daily, 60c per month;
|A00 per year in advance. Weekly,
9L00 per yeas, 00c tor 0 mouths, 80c
tor 8 moo the._
Mall subscribers changing locations
mould give their former addresses as
wall as the new ones. Subscribers
served by carriers will please assist
the management la rendering good Ber-
ries by notifying the Democrat about
Irregularities and omissions.
Any erroneous reflection upon the
character, standing or reputation of
any person, firm or corporation which
May appear in the columns of the Dem-
ocrat wiU he gladly corrected upon it
being brought to tha attention of the
publishers.
Tomorrow In the day to register.
There U no use to try to keep from it
if you are between tin- ages of 21
30 year* of age. In fact, the
crat does not believe there are many
slackers in Sherman, but believes that
all men whose duty It Is to register
will do eo. It will be a penitentiary
offense not to. and Uncle Earn has
giveu fair notice and fair warning,
and will accept no excuses. The reg-
istration booths will be open at 7
o’clock tomorrow morning and will
remain open until 9 o'clock at night.
All should get busy.
The grain
reaper.
for the
Now Is the time to plant more gar-
den track.
Pou’t forget that tomorrow is Na-
tional Registration Day.
Look after the chickens. There
no danger of raising too many
them.
There is plenty or iron ore iu East
Texas, and now la the time to de-
velop It.
Governor James E. Ferguson has
vetoed the appropriation for the Uni-
versity of Texas and the medical
school at Galveston. While some of
the things which the governor com-
plains of arc no doubt a drawback to
tbe University, and there should be
corrections made anil retrenchments
made, we hardly believe he la justified
In doing what he has done. As to the
removal of President Vinson and mem
bers of the faculty, proposed by the
governor, they should at least be
given a fair bearing and should not
bo thrown out merely because he dis-
likes them and are not of the pollcical
stripe in all respects the governor Is.
Tbe Democrat believes that the gov-
ernor's act will eventually lead to the
taking of the University from i»Utics
altogether and a separate aud distinct
tax voted for Its upkeep.
The government has called the at-
tention of the public to the fact that
the average man is doing more in the
way of buying Liberty bonds than are
the extremely wealthy men of the
country. The Democrat haB called at-
tention to this before. While there
hare been a few men of great wealth
who have made large purchases, these
have not been as general as it should
be. The Democrat believes in
the selective draft plan adopted
by the government, because it
places each man where he be-
longs—in the trenches, on tho farm,
in the shop aud will pqt every elig-
ible man to work. It is also in fuvor
of selective draft for money. If the
government thinks best t0 draft men,
why not draft money? Pass the law
and begin at once. The great wealth
of the country should beur the great
financial burdens of the war, and
there should be no more bickering
about taking It, and not near as much,
as about taking the men. Some men
would volunteer, and somcl money will
volunteer. The selective draft plan
treats all alike.
+ R AKE UP AMERICA. ♦
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(Contributed.)
The trouble with the people of
this copntry.is that they think^of the
war as being three or four thousand
miles away. This is the wrong angle
front which to view It—the war la a
V'eela away, for that Is the time it
the German fleet to reach
New York and Gulvestuu harbors.
Tho German government has made
up its nilud tliut America sIwU pay
for tills war. Ambassador Gerard tolil
Uh this in the plainest language some
months buck, and who knows tietter
the feelings, sentiments and inten-
tions of the German government than
our Ex-Ambussador at Berlin?
Hujiposing tliut the jieople of thl*
country (Texas In lairtlcular i con-
tinue to be indifferent to the fact
tliut money and supplies are urgently
needed to keep fleets of the United
Mates, Great Britain and France at
their present efficiency.
Drained by years of financial and
physical strain, our Allies will lie suf-
ficiently weakened and demoralised to
allow the German fleet to venture
forth. Where will they go? To Eng-
land, which lias been drained of bil-
lions of dollars? No, they will carry
out their threat of making America
pay.
The American nation possesses in-
telligence second to none in this world
and yet they are suffering the fate
of all wealthy and successful nations,
they have become sluggish with ease.
We should recognise facts instead
of making It necessary for German
shells to fall in the streets of New
Y'ork, Portland, Maine, Galveston,
and Brownsville, before we wake up.
We are at war. This sounds com-
monplace. Everybody knows It’ you
say. They do not! To know a thing
is to recognise a fact In all Its liear-
ings, so we say without fear of con-
tradiction, that the American people
do not know that we are at war.
Not only are we at war but we are
at war with u relentless enemy, a
vicious enemy, an enemy prepared to
do unspeakable things to our women
and children.
SLOAN’S LINIMENT FOB
RHEUMATISM.
The torture of rheumatism, the pains
and aches that make life unbearable
are relieved by Sloan’s Liniment, a
clean dear liquid that is easy to apply
and more effective than mussy plas-
ters or ointments because it penetrates
quickly without rubbing. For the many
pains and aches following exposure,
strains, sprains and muscle soreness,
Sloan’s Liniment is promptly effective.
Always have a bottle handy for gout,
lumbago, toothache, backache, stiff
neck and all external pains. At drug-
gists. 25c. u&w
Governor Ferguson points out that
it costs the state more thau 0500 for
each boy and girl who attends the
University of Texas, which, by the
way is supposed to lie a free school.
This is paid by the jieople of Texas,
and it will cost any boy or girl who
goes to the University anywhere from
0300 to 0400 tier year to stay in Aus-
tin and attend school, which makes
the expense approximately 01,000 per
year. Now, most any college, where
tuition 'is paid, will take a boy be-
tween 0400 and 0500 per year. The
Democrat has called attention to the
fact heretofore, that it costs a lot to
educate a boy or girl at the University
of Texas, and therefore this is not a
new subject for the Democrat. Of
course higher education naturally will
cost more than public school educa-
tion, and die Democrat believes that
Dr Robert Ernest Vinson, as presi-
dent, is the very man to bring the Uni-
versity to an economical basis. Not a
parsimonious basis, but to the place
w here the people will get $1 worth of
service for every 01 expended. If
given a fair trial, we repeat, he la the
very man to make the report which
the governor points out, and therefore
we are strong to keep him there and
five hi® tho opportunity* 1
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GOV. FERGUSON VETOES
APPROPRIATIONS FOR
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
Austin. June 4—Governor Ferguson
Saturday evening played hi* last card
in the fight that, lie 1ms been making
ujKin the University of Texas. He ve-
toed the entire appropriations for the
next two fiscal years, both for the
inuiu university at Austin and of tbe
medical branch at Galveston.
The amounts are 0719,898.50 for the
first year aud 07,198.50 for the
main university; 098,755 for the first
year ami the same amount for the sec-
ond year for the medical branch.
The action of the governor was not
unexpected. Iti fact, it was quite gen-
erally known in official circles here as
late as four days ago that he planned
to take such action should he be unsuc-
cessful In forcing the regents to re-
move President. R. E. Vinson and cer-
tain members of the faculty of the in-
stitution. 1
i SUFFERING CATS!,
GIVE THIS MAN
THE GOLD MEDAL
Let folk* step on your feet hereafter;
wear shoes a sixe smaller if you like,
for coma will never again send electric
sparks of pain through you, according
to this Cincinnati authority.
He Bays that a few drops of a drug
called freexone, applied directly upon;
a tender, aching corn, Instantly re-
lieves soreness, and soon the entire
corn, root and all, lifta right,out.
This drug ia a sticky ether compound,
hut dries at Mice and simply sbriwrie
up the corn without inflaming or even
irritating the surrounding tisane.
It ia claimed that a quarter of an
ounce of freexone obtained at may drug
store will cost very Uttle but is suffi-
cient to remove every hard or soft oern
At tbs beginning of tbe ever to be
remembered war between Germany,
Austria and Turkey on the one side
and tbe rest of tbe world on tbe other
tbe women of the world who had for
•erne years been taking over the du-
ties of men surprised every one by
assuming a variety of work, which re-
lieved their brothers and huabands so
that they could be spared for fighting
at tbe front Besides this, women
drilled In tbe manual of anna for home
defense.
Toward the close of tbe war a regi-
ment of Englishwomen who were not
content with defending their country,
protected by the English channel, de-
manded to be sent to France to do
battle beside tbe men. Their applica-
tion was refused, whereupon they
stormed parliament and compelled that
bodf to pass a bill for a woman’s
corps.
Regiment A of Infantry—it was de
elded to classify the women’s corps by
the letters of tbe alphabet—reached the
front during a retreat of the Germans
that was supposed by tbe allies to be
made with tbe intention of shortening
their lines. A portion of tbe British
army, including Regiment A, was fol-
lowing tbe Germans, whose trenches
bad been made untenable by tbe Brit-
ish heavy artillery, and there occurred
some of that open fighting which was
rarely seen during the war.
The women’s regiment being raw re-
cruits it was not expected that they
would shoW the bravery of veterans.
Their colonel, Mrs. Lillian Vavasour,
anxious that her troops should give a
good account of themselves in tbelr
first fight, bad made provisions against
any sudden panic that might seize upon
them. As the line advanced tbe brigade
commander noticed a number of light
vehicles following Regiment A and
asked Colonel Vavasour what they were
for. The colonel whispered her reply
In tbe general's ear, who seemed to be
perfectly satisfied with it.
It Is no disparagement to the courage
of the women to say that the opening
of a cannonade all along tbe line af-
fected them seriously. It was not the
missiles that frightened them, for the
German shells fell far behind them,
while a British curtain of fire over
their heads fell at a safe distance In
front of them. It was the frightful
noise that caused their faces to pale.
And incidentally to this pallor it may
be mentioned that on the cheeks of
nearly two-thirds of the officers and
soldiers appeared dark patches, which
was to be accounted for by the rouge,
which lost its natural hue In contrast
with a bloodless skin.
Colonel Vavasour, watching her
troops and seeing that they were about
to break and run, called her bugler
and bade him sound s certain order.
He did so, and the wagons In tbe rear^
sf tbe regiment drew up in line, and’
an attendant entered each wagon.
Just then tbe din became so great that
the women could no longer endure It
The line wavered, then broke.
. At another signal from tbe colonel's
bugler minute animals were seen to
pour from the vehicles toward which
the women were fleeing. There were
shrieks from the women and a halting
all along the line.
“A mouse!’' was the cry In the cen-
ter. “A mouse!” was the cry on the
flanks. From tbe whole line shrieks
were mingled with the cries of “A
mouse!” “A. mouse!" A thousand
mice were scattered, running wildly
here and there, stopping tbe way be
fore tbe regiment
‘•Soldiers,” cried the colonel, "choose
between the enemy who stops your re
treat and that which checks your ad
vance! The one is a tiny four footed
animal but a couple of Inches long; tbe
other is a man armed with rifles, can-
non, streams of fire and poisonous gas.
By turning upon such an enemy you
will abow tbe world that woman is en
dowed with all the courage that has
for ages been claimed by men. Re-
form!”
So great was tbe women’s fear of
the little mouse, which was itself so
terrified that it was racing in every
direction, that not a woman soldier
heard one word the colonel said. Nev-
ertheless every woman turned from the
frightened mouse to the terrible Ger-
mans. The colonel, seeing them moving
forward and believing that her spirited
words had rallied them, seized a stand- j
ard and, placing herself at their head,''
led them on to victory.
In vain the Germans poured liquid
fire and poisonous gas and tear gas
at the regiment Occasionally ofer-1
come by the storm before them, they
were halted, but tbe greater fear of j
what .was behind them prevented their
breaking Into flight The Germans, ‘
supposing there was a more determin-
ed body of men before them than they
had ever yet met, gave way, and that
portion of the battlefield was won.
Tbe general commanding sent an aid-
de-camp to Colonel Vavasour with the
following message:
“Your regiment has today proved
that, while woman may sUrlnk from
Imaginary danger, she is capable of
covering herself with glory before a
real one.”
This remarkable heroism was tele-
graphed all over the world aud gave to
woman the entree Into a field that she
bad never occupied before. Few of the
standing armies of the world today are
without a woman’s corps. However,
it has been asserted that this cause
which has been given for feminine
prominence in war la simply a tradi-
tion Btarted by some crusty bachelor.
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An old black sock or stocking is the
beat thing to use when one 4s sponging
off a garment of dark woolen goods
with any cleaning fluid. Thera ia no
Rat from iio<Ui la absorbent tndsoft
xiest Known Boy
in the World
TT'ROM China to New York, and around the world the other way, to London,
jR’ there is one boy who is known and loved above all others—and that boy is
.Tom Sawyer.
In him each man knows the image of his own boyhood, of its dreams
and its restlessness, and its wildness, and its mischief, and vague striving
to be decent, and ambition.
In Mark Twain’s Tom Sawyer each man sees the renewal of his own youth.
In Tom Sawyer each woman sees the son she loves. And why not, for Tom
Sawyer is really the story of Mark Twain’s own boyhood.
The Chinese mandarin chuckles over that classic incident where Tom
m&de the other boys pay him for doing his work. The little Russian trembles
on the dark hillside where he overhears Indian Joe plotting to rob the widow.
The German in his trench tunnel, with death all a.bout him, catches his
breath as he reads of Tom and little Becky alone in the tunnel.
Wherever men read, they shiver with Tom in that graveyard that fearful
midnight when, by a new made grave, he saw a man murdered.
And each man who reads knows his own mother in Aunt Polly, and thinks
how he too must have been a trying child.; and he wishes he had a chance to
do it all over again and make it up to a long-suffering and patient mother. In
Tom Sawyer there is universal boyhood, there is laughter and tears. But there
is something bigger. Not only those things which are difficult and abstruse arc
literature. A thing so joyous, so laughable as
< Tom Sawyer must be literature—and the man
k who wrote it is one of the most universal in his
appeal of the whole Western Hemisphere.
MARK
Another Lincoln in Spirit
Mark Twain made us laugh, so that wc had
no time to see that his style was sublime, that
lie was almost biblical in simplicity, that he was
to America another Lincoln in spirit.
' To us, to every one in the United States, he
was just Mark Twain—well-beloved, one of
ourselves, one to laugh with, one to go to for
cheer, one to go to for sane, pointed views. Now
he is gone; the trenchant pen is still. But his
joyous spirit is still with us. Mark Twain’s smile
will life forever. His laughter is eternal.
In his work we find all things from the ridic-
ulous in “Huckleberry Finn” to the sublime of
“Joan of Arc ”—that spiritual book of serene and
lovely beauty. A man who could write two such
books as ‘ Huckleberry Finn ” and “ Joan of Arc”
was sublime in power.
All that is lovable and daring—that is spec-
tacular in American life, he has expressed. All
that is impatient with oppression; but above all,
that intangible something that makes America
what it is, the world finds in Mark Twain. He is
our Mark Twain Hd is the great American.
Europe so recognizes him. Asia so knows him.
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Centennial Half-Price Sale Must Close
MarkTwain wanted these books in the
hands of all the people. He wanted us to
make good-looking, substantial books,
that every man could afford to own. So
we made this set, and there has been a
tremendous sale on it. ^
But Mark Twain could not fore-
see that the price of paper, the price
of ink, the price of cloth, would all
go up. It is impossible to continue
HARPER & BROTHERS, New York 1817-1917,
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SEVEN POINTS ABOUT REGISTRATION
1. Thera is only ONE day for registration. June 5. 1917.
tT'ljpi iTirr resident
st and hi
of the United States who lias reaelted
Ids 21sf aud lias not reached his 31st birthday MUST register on
tiie day set, June 5th. 1917. The only exceptions arc officers and en-
listed men of the regular army, the navy, the marine corps, and
the national guard and naval militia while in the service of the
United Slates, and officers of the officers reserve corps and enlist-
ed men lu the enlisted reserve corps while in active service,
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3. Registration is distinct frotii Draft. No matter what Just
claim you have for exemption, you must register.
4. Registration is a public DUTY. For those not responsive
to the sense of tills duty, the |M>oalty of imprisonment, not fine, Is
provided tn the Draft Aet. '
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f>. Those who through sickness sbull bo unalde to register
should cause a representative to apply to the county or city clerk
for a copy of tho registration card. The clerk will give Instructions
ns to how tills card should he filled out. The card should then be
mailed to rho sick peraon, or delivered by his agent, to the regis-
trar of his voting precinct. The sick person will enclose a self
addressed slumped envelope for the return to him of ills registra-
tion certificate.
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8. Any person who esiavts ti^kmlmciit from Ills—voting—pre*~
einet on registration duy should apply us soon -as practicable for a
registration card to the county clerk of the county where he may
he stopping, or if he is in a city of over 30,OtK). to the city clerk.
The clerk will record the answer to the card anti turn it over to
the absentee. The absentee should mall tills card to live registrar
of ids home voting precinct so that it will reach that official by
registration day. A self-addressed stamped ciivc1o|h> should lie
enclosed with the card to insure the return to the absentee of a
registration certificate.
Thr Moat Appropriate Gift la
FLOWERS
IF THE CLASS FLOWER IS I'D BE I1A1) WE HAVE IT
• As Well as a Choice Selection of Baskets with Artists I’ar
Excellent to Arrange Them.
The Home of Flowers
Phones 159. 215 N. Travis.
“WHEN YOU THINK OF FLOWERS THINK OF US.”
7. Registration booths will be open from 7 a. m. to 0 p. ui. on
registration day June 5, 1917.
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