Sherman Daily Democrat (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 12, 1916 Page: 3 of 8
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The Very
Thing
(!)
You caq’t beat Slippers
Christmas presents. They are
sensible and not too expensive.
BOUDOIR SUPPERS in pink.
blue, tan, red or black. .$1.25
FUR TRIMMED FELT in black,
gray, brown or red $1 to $1.50
EVENING SLIPPERS in satin
and dull kid and silver cloth,
$3.50 to............$7.00
YATES SHOE CO.
THE ONE PRICE SHOE STORE
Be Careful of What You Eat
You will agree with me that indigestion is due to im-
proper food, and is responsible for most of your ills.
There s no danger -of indigestion when you buy Groc-
eries here. We carry only tire purest.
C. 0. Pierce
THE SANITARY GROCER.
BOOKS STATIONERY. CUT GLASS.
FOUNTAIN PENS. LEATHER GOODS.
ENGRAVED CHRISTMAS CARDS.
CHILDREN’S BOOKS OF ALL KINDS-
LOOSE LEAF MEMORANDUMS AND FILLERS.
FRAMED AND SHEET PICTURES. URGE UNE,
KODAKS AND DEVELOPING.
ALL KINDS jOF GAMES AND BUILDERS.
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The above will suggest some of the things we have
that will make good and useful gifts. We want you to
visit our store.
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Reynolda-Parkor Company
German-Ameriean Custom Tailor
H. Melnlck
. MEN'S SUITS MADE TO ORDER
Skirts to Order, $6.00 Up. If goods are furnished $2.50 to make.
I have bud 25 years experience In Tailoring. I do alt kinds of
Tailoring Work far Ladies and Gants - Altering and Remodeling,
AH work will In- wade. bu<1 satisfaction guaranteed, at this place.
Room No. 20, Murphy Building. Bell Rhone Nft. $64
At Auction
Five Shetland Ponies will be sold at Auction on the North
Side of the Square at 2:30
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, DEC. 15TH.
Gentle for Children. .
J. E. OWEN
Auctioneer.
1917 Model Fords
We make any Model Ford a 11)17 model in a few hours ill ii small
expense. Why not have your Ford up-to-prTVUrhiule when it costs
ao lltlle to include new 1017 laxly, crown (fenders, streamline hoixl,
and jiaint ehasses.
We also buy and sell Fords.
4 H. G. SAVAGE AUTO CO.
2WI-3 Main St., Dallas. Texas.
*7 am sending more Christmas.cards thaneverJbefote**,
**¥ ASTfyear so manjf of my^fnends'called my(holiday’cards
•L4 ‘dainty,>f‘clever,,'*just toodear',that this year^I am using
twice as many. Everyone seemsto’credit. M E with*their'qualt-.
ty, yet.allj do is to ask'for"
/^VTfe A M-DAVIS-CQ • i
( _1UA LITY CARDS .
i . * <r -**r_ v $*4 ^ ' ' #*** '•****' *'•«
A complete,line of these cards may be found at this
och Drus Co.
Grayson county fanners and calile
men who have bad occasion to ship
cattle to Oklahoma have found very
great expense in connection with ship-
ping their cattle to Fort Worth, and
there having them Inspected. At Hie
solicitation of a number of cattle
men. the Sherman ('handier of Com-
mere® took up with thu live stock san
itary commission of Texas the matte*
of having arrangements made for
lns|a-etitig cattle from .Sherman, so a*
to save tlie expens<- of shipping to Fort
Worth and hack.
A letter lias been received from
I'. H. Umuiiughaui. chairman of tht
Texas Live Stock Sanitary Commlsaio..
which repds in part as follows:
“We. of course. agree with you thal
the expense to the cattle men of that
county s»i far ns getting tlielr cattle
Intv Oklahoma is-cwisiderahle. an*’
nl>(|ut the only way we can see out of
this Ls for your county to take u;
tick eradication.”
Si.f (AN'S linimkknt BASES FAIN
Sloan's Liniment is first thought of
mothers for humps.' bruises ami
sprains that are continually happen-
tug to children It quickly iienotrat*>
and Hoopes without rulibing. Cleaned
and more effective than mussy plas-
ters or ointments. For rheumath
aches, neuralgia pain and Hint gripto
soreness after colds. Sloan's Liniment
gives prompt relief. Have a bottle
handy for bruises, strains, sprain*
and all external twin. For (lie thous
atids whose work falls them outdoors
the piilus ami aches following expos
ure are relieved hy Slonu's Liniment
At all druggists. 25c. d&w
Tm8 DATE IN HISTORY.
December 12.
fr
1753—New York provincial assembly
passes act to subject all mort
gages to public registry in order
to prevent fraud.
1776 -('(ingress removed to Baltimore
IJhrtatletphbt Jiaving become the
t of war. N
1834:
IJFll
M
-Tht
he government'of Greece was
transferred front Napoli t<
Athens.
186”Capture of Frederlckslmrg, Va.
hy union forces.
1874—-Edwin Booth rc-apjieared on
Hie stage. \
1W59—IK-atli of Robert Browning, fa-
mous English. jxa-t. agefI 77.
18i»9-Major-Gen. Leonard VVtxxl made
military governor of jUuba: held
office till transfer > of Cuban
government to the J'lilctu lie
ptioUc. iiky'So, Hit'-’.
1894—iSpildeu death «*f Sir Johp
Ttaimpeou. Canadian premier, at
WlinIsor Castle, England. after,
liar iug been made a member of
the King’s Privy Council.
Ibis: Arbitration treaty la-tween
Great Britain ami the United
states signed at Washington.
1910 President Taft nominated Ed
ward Douglass White of I/mis
tana chief justice of the supreme
court, of the United States.
United States supreme court, de
creed that sugar trust officers
must la- tried for conspiracy.
litt.1—King George V crowned Emper-
or of India at the Durbar at
Delhi.
1915- - Soul hern Commercial Congress
met at Charleston, S. C.
THE WAR
1914 Allies drive Germans from Ysci
after one of the most sanguinary
conflicts of the war, awl occupy
the city.
Montenegrins defeat Austrian-
at Vishegrad and occupy the
eity.
1915—President Wilson's note to Aus
Arlans <mi sinking of the Ancona
published.
HOW’S THIS?
We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any ease of (tjtarrli that
cannot la- cured by Halt’s Catarrh
Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known
F. A. Cheney for the last 15 years
and believe him perfectly honorable in
all business transactions and financin!-
ly able to carry out any obligations
made by his firm. .
National Bank of Commerce,
Toledo, O
Hail's Catarrh Cure is taken inter
naliy, acting directly upon Hie bhxtd
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Testimonials sent free. Price 75 cents
pel- bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Take Hails Family Pills for eousti
tuition.
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Whit* Heather.
White heather la not go rare as many
people imagine. Albino freaka of all
klnda of heath and heather are often
fouud. eapoeially among the ling or
truck heather—Oalluna vulgaris—and
more frequently on the downs of Sur-
rey and Sussex than in Scotland. The
superstition that wjiite heather brings
luck to Ike wearer admits of some ra-
tional explanation, because a success-
ful senreber would probably possess
diligence, perseverance, mental alert-
ness and other qualities.—London Mali
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OPEN NOSTRILS! END
i A COLD OR CATARRH
; • How To Get' Relief When Head
, . fend Nose are Stuffed Up.
Count fifty! • Your cold in head or
catarrh disappears. Your clogged nos-
trils will open, the air passages of your
head will clear and you can breathe
freely. No more smithing, hawking,
mucous discharge, dryness or headache;
so struggling for breath at night
Get a small bottle of Ely’s Cream
Balm from your druggist and apply a
little of this fragrant antiseptic cream
in your nostrils. T1 - —^ * *»
every air pai
and healing
mucous membrane, giving you instant
relief. Head colds and catarrh yield
put in
fire
Cost
high
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matutalm-d. Cost of labor $28.86.
27 yards of gravel was hauled and.
spread on South Willow street at
ostTlT $29.70.
Sewage farm attendance, $19.15.
Atteiyluuio at rest room. $5<76.
Labor and attendance in purks,
$27.00.
Public library maintenance $41.96.
, Kent for couui it chamber, $2.5<t.
Division of Uleaning Sewers.
Drugging sewer main lietweeu Ifign
and avenue and Binkley- street north.
>f Houston. Cost of labor $381.
14181 buckets were exxchauged In
lry closet (iepartment. 4 requests
or litnoval of buckets were complied
with. 2 gallons of disinfectant was
iscd. I’ayreil for week $54.00.
Division of (Vmeter y.
$41.00 collected.
7 iuterments.
49 hours on graves,
32 hours hauling surplus dirt.
3 hours spreading surplus dirt.
4 hours hauling gravel.
14 hours hauling rock.
8 hours street Improvement,
4 hours raiw-ellaneous.
. 2 hours hauling trash,
108 hours. Total $36.92.
12 hours of tin- above was
>n Monday.
Trans, of Water.
4t/fc hours reading meters.
19 hours installing city meters.
1 hour installing private meters.
14kk hours reiiniriug city meters.
9 hours repairing private meters.
4Vj hours turning water off.
2^4 hours turning water on.
1 hour rejiairiiig sewers.
23 liours uite. mains.
%hour meter test.
5(4 mlsci-Haneous.
5(4 gas iiisjHV-tioiis.
•to liours sewer improvement.
8 hours sealing valves dn
hydrants,
184 hours. Cost $05.06.
8 hours lost on Account of slekneks.
Division of PumAiog Water.
FAIR VIEW STATION.. >
I»e 1st Vergm- engine ran 161 hours.
Fuel, oil, 1,852 gallons. Cost $50.00.
Salaries for week, $72.06.
Miscellaneous labor $12.00.
8QUTH PLANT.
Engine No. 1 run .88 liours.
Engine No. 2 rail 140 hours.
Pump No. 2 ran 110 hours.
Engine No. 3 rnu 12 liours.
Fuel, oil, 11.025 gallons.
$219.00
Salaries for week. $51.90.
Trans, of lights.
12 liours ascertaining location
line. '■' [
16 hours nialuteuanee of ixde line.
2 hours on Mazdas.
10 hours miseellaneous.
Total to hours, ost $18.26.
Electric Light Jmpvt.
16 liours on west circuit. Cost
$5.65.
\ Uiirporalimi Court.
1 case drunk', lined $1.00 and
J7.50 etist. Patrolman Shipp.
1 cast- drunk, fined $1.00 and $7.5d
.out, Patrolman Cantwell.
1. ease drunk, fined $1.00 and $7.50
.-ost, Patrolman Cantwell.
1 ease obstruction of sidewalk,
.'hied $1,00 and $7.50 cost, Patrolman
Blaine.
1 ease obstruction of sidewalk,
tned $1.00 ami $7.50 cost, Patrolman
Blaine.
1 ease assault fined $3.00 and $7.5*i
ost. Patrolman Crane.
1 ease di-nuk, fined $1.00 and $7.50
ost. Patrolmen Aston and Blaine.
Amount collected ou above fines,
$55.50.
Amount, collected on delinquent
fines $16.20.
Total $71.70.
Four, applicants for work were re-
'erred to parties needing help.
Salaries of patrolmen for week,
$171.32.
4th Texas Infantry, $2.90.
Salary of eity attorney ami recorder
$18.45.
Fires During Week.
One fire in residence, T. G. Blocker-
1300 S. Crockett St, loss $1.50.
One residence fire. Emyra Childs,
colored, 5tl W. Houston, loss $5.00.
One residence fire. Forrest Moore,
Vgt . 210 $T Mnitierty, $10.00.
One mercantile fire. Dave Guliek,
IMO E. Bi-<x-ki>it, loss $50.00.
Twenty grass fires, no loss.
Salaries of firemen for week.
$301.48.
Tlie following bills were o. k’d. for
payment:
COUPONATION COURT.
$3.60, jury fee.
FIRE.
$i.00, Stidit & Ahranis, recharge
batteries.
$1.21, Sherman Electric Co., lamps.
CITY ENGINEER.
35c, Wells F%rgo & Co., Express, ex-
pres.
ELECTIVE GOV’T.
* 7ie. Western Union Telegraph Co.,
telegram.
SANITARY.
$2.90, II. A. Hayden, lime check.
$7.00, Andrews Co., fuel.
SEWER l.WPVT.
$16.50. Cash Coal nod Wood Co.,
fuel and gravel.
$6.80, Andrews Co., gravel and ce-
ment.
$20.70, W. F. SuV/er. gravel.
STREET.
$11.00. Bert Gibson, labor.
$29.70, K. I. Lucas, hauling gravel.
STREET IMP VT.
25e, W. II. Lucas, axle grease.
( WATERWORKS.
$241 25, Washington Iron , Works.
(Xjnipment repairs.
$1.55, la-slie-WnMnc'* Ildw-. Co., wire.
85c. Stlclit & Abrams. pijH*.
$15.00 Andrews Co., fuel.
$58.17. Bush Sitlw-r
Engine Co., engitn- feepnlrs.
$9.10. De lot Verj;iK> Mttehhie Co,
engine repairs.
-23.45, Washington Iron Works,t-x
pri-ss mi equipment repairs. ^
$70.12 Thomas Meter Co.. meter
parts. ■>:
$l.;t5. Western Union Telegraph Co.,
telegram. ®u
$22.36 Pierce Eordyce Oil Associa-
tion.
5Se, Wells-Forgo & Co. Express, ex-
ht Mfg. Co., bal-
i
on oil.
WATERWORKS IMPVT.
$4.00, Dallas Morning News, adver-
tising.
(•-Sk-AS,.-Dallas Morning News, adver
tislng.
$130.11 Sherman Feed & Fuel Co..
ear coal.
$5,468.81 was collected during the
week hy the tax assessor and col-
lector. Clerical exiiense# for week.
$38.07.
$2,674.05 was collected by the col-
lector of water'rates during the week.
Clerical expense for week, #34.60.
BALANCES.
Oemetpry fund, $2,640.70. f
Electric light Impvt., $9,549.77.
Public Impvt., 18c.
Public park Impvt. fund $2,752.11.
Snnitary fund. $47.(58.
Sewer fund, $1,139.06.
Sewer Imp. fund, $51,335.29.
Sidewalk Impvt. fund. $254.70.
Sleet Impvt. fund. $41,712.04.
W. W. fund, $13,288.48.
Interest and sinking funds,
409.58.
Fife alarm fund, $10,314.21. •
OVERDRAFTS.
General fund, $16,942.43.
Strict fund. $2,850.56.
Pure Food Inspections.
Groceries. 25. 75 per cent.
Markets. 5. 82 per cent.
Restaurants, 4, 71 per cent.
Soda Fountains 2, 79 per cent.
Bakeries, 2. 85 per cent.
Hamburg stands. 7, 80 per tent.
Food Inspector's salary , for week.
$11.70.
City physician's salary for week,
$11.70.
City elprk and assistant for week,
#44.98.
City manager and assistant for
week, $59.99.
Respectfully submitted.
Marion Stmw wus aptminted chair-
man of tlie charily commission.
D. J. S. ELLINGSON,
City Manager.
a 4 4
We’ve everything that’s good to meet every foot rt-
qirement of every man, woman, boy or child. There «re
Shoes for Street Wear, Shoes for Dress Occasions, Slippers j
of every description. All sorts of cold and wet weather
Shoe** -
:- ’• .-^.r .Tv jfgwJfl ' (nft ,
Come Here for Practical Gifts.
■ ■ THE SHOE MEN
MaloneQ
III IKE HOSIERY HI U
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Lat Us Stake You To a Ste*k
Our Steaks Have Established a Reputation in This Town—
THEY ARE FRESH.
THEY ARE TENDER,
THEY ARE JUICY.
Get One Today.'
Fresh Oysters and Fisk.
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Sherman Fish and Neat ffaiiet
Durable Hair.
Exjierta have found that the hair of
fapauese women is extremely long,
-lastie and durable, making it superior
:o aii otlier human hair for eomracrclal
turposes, especially for weaving with
dlk into textiles.
your work.
Naver aay that tha werk you
ara engaged upon, if you art put-
ting your boat into It, ia a failure.
Thar# ia no failure in good work.
Many a aeemingly toat battle ia
won in tha end.
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•aaeeeeceeereeaeeeeeeeeaoa
Oklahoma Farmer* in UsnfereM®.
Norman. Okia., Dec. 12.—Problems
of vital Importance to those engaged
in ngrtculture are to Ik* eon-ddei-ed at
n two-day conference which assembleii
liere today under the auspices of the
University of Oklahoma. , Fotvmost
among the subjects scheduled to re-
ceive atteutlon are farm teuatry, in-
terest ratios on farm loans.* and co-
operative marketing of farm products.
Rros.^, Delsol
‘‘That's just what I’ve
, always wished a
cigarette would do
—satisfy!9*
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The feature of Chesterfields is that they
f (begin where other cigarettes lew*
In other words, besides pleasing the
taste,Chesterfields go further—they satisfy!
Just like a long drink of cold water satis-
fies when youVe thirsty.
And yet, Chesterfields we MILD/
It’s Chesterfields or nothing if yoil Want
this new cigarette delight, because no
cigarette maker can copy the Chesterfield
blend—an entirely new combination of
tobaccos and the biggest discovery in
cigarette blending in 20 years.
"Give me a package of those cigarettes that SATISFY!
Mm fp - *
CIGARETTES
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