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VOLUME XI.
PADUCAH, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1917.
NUMBER 10
McKIBBEN & SWINT GET THEIR KEROSENE OIL IN TANK CARLOADS DIRECT FROM THE REFINERY
BILt PASSED
FDR Al
WILL BE MADE ONE OF THE
LEADING FACTORS IN
FIGHTING
VINSON LEFT IN OFFICE
STRONG MAN OF RUSSIA
WASHINGTON, July 13.—The
house of representatives sent its
greetings to France on Bastile
Day by passing the enormous
.+'040,000,000 aviation bill without
a dissenting voiee. The first of
the two legislative stops thus was
taken to create the gigantic air
tleet which will fly aginst Ger-
many.
It is now up to the senate. The
house took five hours to pass the
bill. It could have transacted
the legislation easily in t\\o. But
jealousy because the government
had not stopped to refer the bill
and its huge appropriation to the
appropriations instead of the mili-
tary eomiHNrtter*"hold up passage
for a time. Small criticisms, too,
were levelled tit parts of the bill.
However, in the end there was
only one voice of actual dissent.
McKeown of Oklahoma sent up
an amendment slicing the +640,-
000,000 in half. He did not ex-
plain his reason. The amendment
was vigorously voted down. Mc-
Keown's voice, however, was not
raised in a no on the final pas-
sage of the bill.
Bill of Blanket Nature
The bill as passed is of a blan-
ket nature. It does not reveal
how many airplanes are to be
built, how much they will cosG
what will be the organization of
the fleet, how many aviators will
serve or in fact any details. This
secreev seemed to rankle in the
bossoms of some of the congress-
men, who, with a Missouri-like at-
titude, “wanted to be shown.
But Chairman Dent of the mili-
tary affairs committee and Rep-
resentative Kahn, the ranking
Republican member, pleaded time
and again that it was false policy
to spread the nation s military si
rrof before German eyes. James
It Mann Republican house lead-
er, cried amidst crackling ap-
plause: ...
“If I had my way I d pass this
bill without a word. Every bit
of information given in congress
will find its way to Germany. 1
wouldn't give the Germans any
information until they find it on
the battlefield.'’
Cries of “Vote, vote,” rang out
with Mann’s last word But
Chairman Fitzgerald of the ap-
propriations committee insisted
that he must explain Ins position.
The debate then continued tor
three extra hours
President to Appoint Men
As passed, the bill allows the
President to appoint regular and
reserve army officers, enlisted
men, national guardsmen and civ-
ilians to the aviation corps eith-
er permanently or temporarily
He also can draft men between .21
ard 31 subject to the same quail-
srV «
' Preside'iit'alone. “Sse above
must have the consent of the sen-
^he positions of first-class chauf-
feur and chauffeur are created
with the pay of sergeants and the
rank of corporal, there win a
be junior military aviators,
mili ary aviators, junior military
(balloon aorv.ee) «d
military aeronauts. Flyers must
serve three years in the junior
„rade unless promoted for dis-
tinguished service. Flyers receive
an increase of 25 per cent over
regular^pay 0bange8 Made
Few changes were made inthe
bill Fitzgerald put in the max-
imum limit of 31 for age. Len-
root of Wisconsin amended the
measure so that the omnibus pow-
S of Purchase, etc., woul^ sup-
ply only during the wor. Dent
and Kahn begged valiantly .that
the house members not ^
on prying into the carefully
guaiSed plans. But
Moore 6f Pennsylvania, Compbell
GALVESTON, July 13.—The I
board of regents of the Universi-
ty of Texas adjourned today to (
the regular October meeting, I
which will be held in Austin.
During the session this morning
there was no reconsideration of
any item of the budget adopted,
last night which is tantamount!
to continuation of Dr. Robert E. j
Vinson as president and the con-
tinuation of all members of the
faculty except those who were'
lismissed last night. .
It is possible that some of the :
items in the budget and the pro-;
fessors connected therewith may ;
come up for reconsideration at a
later meeting, as several members;
indicated that such action might!
be taken.
Shortly after the morning scs-;
siou opened today Dr. Fly read!
a telegram from Governor Fergu-!
son saying that Fly’s resignation',
from the draft exemption board!
had been accepted and that the ;
Governor had recommissioned |
him a member of the board of re-
gonts. !
Chairman Alien ruled that Dr. j
Fly was entitled to take part in!
the deliberations. |
At Thursday night's session,
which lasted until 1.15 a. m., the
regents voted to dismiss Dr.^ L.,
M? Keasby, professor of institu-j
tional history, as a result of hisj
participation in the recent confer-,
once for democracy and peace in j
Chicago: W. T. Mather of the j
school of physics: W. H. Mayes,;
of the school of journalism; R.
E. Gofer and G. C. Buttee of the
school of law; A. Caswell Ellis of
the school of philosophy of edu-
cation, and John A. Lomax, sec-
retary of the faculty. Then^thep
LOCAL MERCHANTS
CREDIT RATING SYSTEM ES-
TABLISHED FOR COTTLE
COUNTY
BOYS LEFT SUNDAY
Twelve of the Cottle County
boys left for Quanah Sunday to
join the National Guards, ten of
whom successfully passed the ex-
amination.
i We are informed that these
! boys will soon be transferred to
Fort Worth where they will re-
Iceive military training.
SOME HOT WINDS -
Cottle County was again vis- 11"' ‘redit rating system of
jited by some hot winds last week, the Retail Merchants’ Association
i Init the rains the first of this! now takes in 350 towns in Tex-
!week put a stop to them awl as." says State Secretary Edge-
I everything looks lovely now. j combe. An explanation of the
Prospects are good for a feed ; work of the Association was made
[crop at this time, and better con-, at a meeting held in Dulaney &
! ditions could not he asked for: Harvey's office with the result
in the way of a cotton crop. ' that the merchants of Paducah
----j ami this trade territory have es-
MORE THAN 10 MILLION ARE j tablished a credit rating system in
DEAD | order to protect themselves f'.om
- I the accumulation of bad account'
German killed in the war are This system of credit in
rated at Da million by the French I tion has been used in Texas for
The war probably has brought: the past 20 years. The ratings
j death in one form or another to j are just a record of the credit
| more than 10 million persons, be-i transactions of the individual
] cause a handful of men eompris- with the merchant with whom he
ling a military autocracy wished j does business. A record showing
to dominate the world. I that a person honestly tries to
Photo of the Hero of Russia, M. Kerensky, Minister of War, who has-- meet his liabilities means that he
been responsible more than any other influence in reviving the WOULD REMOVE HOLLWEG . .s a good subject for credit. When
Annv and leading it to victory, also securing the backing of the: - lit is showed that the individual
Russians for the Allied cause. COPENHAGEN. July 13.-1 he j refuses to try to-do what is right
_______executive committee of the ( ath- the merchant is able to protect
olio Center of the Reichstag be-! himself from a bad account by
lived Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg! refusing to extend credit.
I unsuited to conduct peace nego-j The officers of the Cottle Coun-
tiations and says he should be ty Association are:
J. A. Christian, president; O.
T. Youngblood, vice-president n
L. Loft is. 2d vice-president;
—- ied the chancellor's retirement.: laney & Harvey, secretary and
SHOWERS HAVE BEEN FALL- BOYS WHO WANT TO JOIN | Germania, says the party, consul- treasurer.
-------- ers chancellor scarcely fitted
COTTLE COUNTY FURTHER TIME
GETS MORE RAIN
Til FN |\ ' replaced before an ultimate peace
IU LI1LIU I j conference. While denying the
_ | report that the party had demand-
i ,1 ..11 i tyi imt
ING ALL OVER THIS
SECTION THIS WEEK
NATIONAL GUARD CAN
DO SO NEXT WEEK
to participate in the peace nego-
tiations. particularly considering
the fact the declaration of war
iccurred under his administration.
Announcement from Washing-1 This corresponds with an-
ictuij »• •* '■ ----- i’
board adopted a financial budget
for the conduct of the university
next year. Cottle Countv is again put m Aiiiiouucemeiu num ,, a.->iii.iB-, ..... - - \ „ ,, ■
i r <it|,oo.r conditio,! „i,«* ,h. Rood to,i of .W.V for .1 1™.
triet court of Travis County be-1 showers that fell the first part in drawing names of men to bt j Bethmaim-Ilollweg will accept a
eause lie was a member of the j 0f f(le week. The first rain that selected under the draft will af-j decision on war aims ot the ma-
C-alveston exemption board, re-! c.ame was Sunday night, ft fell ford those between 21 and 31i jority party in the Reichstag. This
signed from the exemption board! D#rt‘of the evening, vears a further opportunity to en-| resolution based on the formula
& rST££■ -t eommlitieo 8o, & *. ........ -iotntMl......"> - «* I
£!,«: CS Pruloy. -in, while other, received .....-'row ......I will re-
How Regents Voted ! nice showers. _ |Uniiij oe pt I state the3 chancellors views
Directors: O. T. Youngblood,
G. N. Robertson, M. M. Parker, T.
M. Drummond, J. P. Hollings-
worth. John W. Best, F. L. Briggs,
Geo. \Y. Klock, C. A. Craven.
By a vote of 4 to 3, Mayes was
dropped, LoYe, Mathis, Kelley and
Littlefield voting for dismissal,
and Cook, Brents and Jones vot-
ing against.
On motion of Regent Littlefield,
W. T. aMther was voted out, the
same men voting for the motion
as voted for dismissal of Mayes.
The others were voted out by
practically the identical vote.
During the night session Prof.
R. H. Griffith, who, it was said,
had led the singing during the
students’ parade, was severely
criticised for his actiqp, and Re-
gent Mathis moved that he be
dismissed. It was finally agreed
to reprimand him and in the tak-
ing of the vote Regent Mathis
changed his vote so as to retain
Griffith, explaining that he did
this that he might be in position
later to move a reconsideration.
ied they will not be permitted to.
Local showers have been fall- enlist in any of the existing
ing throughout tho county dur-
ing the week. In many places
they have a nice season, while in
others only cotton showers were
views
,......, ,. *. , , . ® that Germany was undertaking
brandies ot the service but be- j ^ (1tpfensive w.ir an(, declare that
come <i part of the new national — - -
army. According to news dis-
patches every one of 10,000.000
And still, “Creel” and “squeal’
have a rhyming sound.
received. In the south part of men who registered June 5 will
the county, we are informed, sev- eventually be assigned a place on
eral of the ranehmen got plenty of the list of those eligible for ser-
stock water from the rain Sun-1 vice in this new army, which 'will
dav night. mean that the time will come
Cottle County has so far played when none of these will be per-
lueky on the rains this season,' rnitted to enlist voluntarily, but
with the exception of season for will be required to hold them-
the Indian corn crop. This crop; selves in readiness for the call
is almost a complete failure, but to active service. While for some
it is not depended upon in this of them the time may be \erj
country for feed. The maize ami distant when they will be assigned
kafir crops are doing fine, and;to such places or called, it wi
we have the best chances for a come eventually. The draft will
good cotton crop we have had in! probably be about the middle of
ajflng time. i the week of July 23d. Delay lias
Taking the situation all the! been occasioned tor the reason
way round, Cottle County is in!some states have not completed
splendid condition this year, and organization ot district exemption
much better than many places in | boards. However reports at the
the majority of the Reichstag
now favors peace based on a inu-
ual undertaking and lasting recon-
ciliation of nations. As long as
he enemy refuses peace the Reich-
stag and people are united to
fight until the rights of Germany
and its allies arc assured, the res-
olution states.
tho West and Southern part of
the state.
of Kansas and others said the
military secrets were already be-
ing revealed by the war depart-
ment, Council of National _ De-
fense dtad the official bulletin.
Kahn called attention to the
fact that Germany’s “Berthas,”
hand grenades and poison gas had
been kept secret.
“Duck Hunting With Brass
Band”
“But we seem to want to go
to War like a man going duck
hunting with a brass band,” he
said sarcastically. “I think we
are in for a long, terrific strug-
gle. For the next fifteen years
Germanv will be able to‘put 1,000-
000 trained and equipped men in
the field annually.”
To dispel any illusion that his
criticism that the war department
should have sent the bill to the
appropriations eommitteee was
personal, Fitzgerald offered to re-
sign as chairman. He said the
house was “slipshod, illogical and
indefensible” in procedure - and
wished a return to a concentra-
tion of committee power.
BIG MEETING IN PROGRESS
The big meeting at the First
Baptist Church is now in full
progress and much interest is be-
ing showed at this early stage in
the revival. Prayer meetings are
being held at different homes In
the eity each day in which the
ladies only take part, while pray-
er services are being hold by the
men late in the afternoon at the
church.
Rev. Finney of Dallas and
Singer Hugh Hiett of Arlington
are conducting the services, as-
sisted by a large choir and many
other church workers. Rev. Fin-
ney is one of the best evangelists
in Texas, and Mr. Hiett is a fine
singer and choir leader.
Everyone is invited to take part
in the meeting, and especially are
all the singers of the town in-
vited to come and take their
place in the choir.
Among' the other horrors of
vrsr is the Illinois Legislature,
which still is in session.
headquarters of the National
Guard of Texas indicate organi-
zation is going forward rapidly.
In the mean time voluntary en-
listment in the National Guard
and regular army is being aug-
mented by the realization of those
subject to the draft that once
they are drafted they cannot vol-
unteer and choose the branch xif
service they desire.
Under the draft plans Texas
will be expected to furnish 30,000
men, approximately. Each city,
county and state is to furnish
two-thirds of one per cent of its
paper or estimated population.
Texas’ population is estimated to
be 4,397,097, and two-thirds of
one- per eent would be nearly 30,-
000. Credit for men enlisted in
the National Gufird and regular
army prior to July 1st, will be
given and deducted from this to-
tal. However, the enlistments
prior to July 1st were compari-
tively small and it is more than
likely Texas will be called upon
for 20,000 men on the first draft.
Subsequently others will be called.
“Every indication is every man
physically fit and wjthout depend-
ants will be selected and assign-
The kaiser announces that he
will fight to the last gasp. Cer-
tainly*, Billium; we don't expect
any other outcome.
When a woman detective goes
to work'it is for the purpose of
making trouble for a married
man.
A man can hire a substitute
when his country goes to war. but
marriage is a battle in which be
cannot engage by proxy.
ed a place on the waiting list and
called into active service if need-
ed,” according to a statement
given out by Brig. Gen. John A.
Hulen. commanding National
Guard of Texas.
“The large number of exemp-
tions claimed and the definite
statement Texas will have to sup
ply 30,000 men for the draft, in-
dicates that men without depend-
ants, who are physically fit, will
be called. This headquarters has
attempted to show such men that
they will be expected to serve
their country and still is attempt-
ing to show they that it is much
to their advantage to enlist in
;he National Guard or regular
army rather than await the draft.
“in the guard they will be
among friends, men they know
and who know them. They will
be commanded by Texans, asso-
ciated with Texans and home Mu-
lt seems so much more desirable
to serve under those conditions.
The time yet remains when such
men can eome into the guard, and
the invitation is most heartily
extended.”
The Cost of Operation
Much of the high price evil for
necessities is caused by slow ac-
counts and expensive service. We
nave not realized this until con-
fronted with a condition which
awakes us to the fact that ^ve
must be as conservative and eco-
nomical as possible in order to
further increase the cost of mer-
chandise at retail.
The merchant is up against a
rather hard proposition when you
take everything into considera-
tion. The markets are rising and
changing so rapidly that lie has a
very difficult time to adjust his
retail prices. Take flour for ex-
ample. There are many mer-
chants who have flour on hand
which was bought at a much high-
er price than the market now de-
mands. He has to sell it at the
present market price. The change
was so rapid that he could not
be expected to be able to intel-
ligently buy and keep track of
the wholesale market.
Many lines of merchandise and
fond products are fluxuating so
rapidly that Vidjust-ment of retail
prices is very difficult, so that
the merchant might make a reas-
onable living.
The heavy cost of the delivery
service is one feature which might
he eliminated with the co-opera-
tinq of the buying public. The
leak and loss from bad and slow
accounts can be lessened with a
little intelligent co-operation on
the part of the merchant’s custo-
mers. Vith these two important
items of loss partially eliminated,
it will be possible for the mer-
chants to keep down the cost of
their merchandise several cents on
the dollar.
If the buying public wants an
expensive service and demands a
long time credit, then they natu-
rally will have to help bear the
burden of the cost of operation
caused by such a system.
If any man who is skeptical on
this matter of retail distribution
and who believes that the mer-
chants are making a lot of money,
investigate conditions a little and
ask the co-operation of their mer-
chants in doing so, they will find
that the average merchants in do-
ing so, they will find that the av-
erage merchant is just “getting
by,” and not making a heavy per-
centage of profit which many peo-
ple believe him to moke.
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Carlock, E. A. The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 10, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 17, 1917, newspaper, July 17, 1917; Paducah, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth755911/m1/1/?q=%22~1%22~1&rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bicentennial City County Library.