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ORTV SMITH AND! NEW MOLINE WAGONS, Cash or Credit—Neely-Harrts-Cuoningham Co.
WDEMOD BKS
. IN LMERCEIICr BILL
fox Luxuries—Garner Strikes Out
■ ■ Tax on Warehouse .Re-
<*pt$ .. it
ashington, Sept. 2L-~The in-
revenuce war tuX plan, de-
*ed to rhise $105,000,000. fraiu-
by the Democratic leaders in
Igress and approved by Presi-
4ent Wilson, was laid before* the
House today by Democratic lead-
er Underwood. ,'i(,
' The bill well be voted out of
committee favorably tomorrow
utd will be taken up in the Housd
ursday under a special rule to
ure expeditious consideration,
lit. solid Republican opposi-
tion.
The first attack of the Republi-
Summary of the War in Europe.
i The French and English con-
tinue to drive the Gerinana qqt of
France. The Germans suffered
their initial defect in the battle of
the Ai»ue. From their position on
this river they wdri; driven rapid-
ly back to a new poaition On th<-
Oise and Muese rivers, Just south
of the French frontier, Mere the
Gerjnans have taken a firm stand
and collected all of their forces
for a determined stand. For the
last four days the French and Eu
glish have striven with heavy ar-
tillery and furious assaults to
drive them baek. All along the
line they haVe gained a tittle
ground. The loss of life has been
enormous o$(both sides. Both ar-
mies are now in good positions
aUd close to their lines of supplies
The allies sre receiving constant
reinforcements. While the Ger-
mans are at their full strength.
Reports say that the battle is like-
ly to last three or four more days
rers are taxed practically the
le as in 1898. The bill levies a
of 5 eents on bonds and eer-
Scates of indebtedness for each
involved, 1 cent on tele-
lone and telegraph messages
Bting 15 cents or more, indeni-
jy bonds 50 cents,H certificates
profits 2 cents, certificates of
I damage 25 cents each, life inspr
Ipnce policies 8 cents on each $100.-
[Bre, marine, casualty, fidelity and
] guarantee insurance policies 1-2
(cent on each $1, goods withdrawn
from customs-houses all to pay A
imp tax of "50 cents, and goods
Itered at custom-houses from
cents to $1.00 according to vaL
k-The war tax is effective imme-
itelv upon passage of the bill,
sept that the stamp provisions
HU not become operative until
Jovember 1.
All Federal, State, county, town
land municipal bonds, debentures
jer certificates of indebtedness arc
(exempt, as are stocks and bonds
IHMued by co-operative building
[am} lpau.associations that loan oq
|)v to their stockholders.
1 The bill does net contain a tax
|-mi cotton warehouse receipts.
I'ueh a provision wns in the find
[draft of the hill, and at the in-
stance of Representative Garner,
(the Texas member of the House
Ways and Means Committee, it
[was eliminated.
5. R. Banes.
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Attention!
,On next Thursday, October 1st,
the Maiestic Theater belongs to
the K. P. Ladies for the afternoon
and night. They have furniahed
the K. P. kali with a beautiful
new piano, and take thia means
of raiding a little money. Come
to the Majestic next Thursday,
your dime will be appreciated, be
sides you will get your money’s
worth in the picture show. Let
the school children come to the
4-.15 show. A- two-reel picture
with a moral, and a one-reel pic-
ture full of laugh. Afternoon and
night.. 10 cents to everybody.
Honest Bill in Comanche
Honest Bill, son of Lucky Bijl,
will be in Comanche, Wednesday,
Sept. 30. Honest Bill has a bunch
of trained animals and a consid-
erable menagerie. He advertises
the Isrgest elephant in the world
and several other unique features.
Honest Bill has s good clean show
from all reports and we feel sure
will be worth the mouey. rti r
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Familiea! yamilies! Wanted!
Sept. 23, 1914^—►Families wuit-
eil to pick cotton, fine crops. 65
to 75 cents per hundred. Free
pasture, wood and water.—Lee
Deshazo, Camp Springs, T**- 4-5d
To ths Public.
I have taken charge of all my
business. Those who wish to see
me, phone or call at my residence.
To Trade.
120 acres three miles south from
|the courthouse, in Snyder, Scurry
snnty, to trade for small farm in
Mwing the tot of October to
3-5pd
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Mrs. R. V. Neely.
the west side of the square next to
Win. Reese Co.—Stanton.
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• .\!V> $ ,V>'
I’M WARNS BANKS
EMERGENCY CURRENCY
HEIMS H
WITH DEMOCRATS’ AID i
Itosjag since the completion of the before a decisive result is reached.
^ Bl>dl was made today bv Represon-j The city of Rheims, une ofidhc
TAfjlJve Moore of Pennsylvania. He largest, oldest and most beautiful
voiced the minority contention cities in France is being shelled
1jpat the war tax is’ unnecessary, hy thd Germans. The French say
and is due mainly to the Demo- that the Germans intend to repeat
oratic tariff rather than to the the destruction of Louvain
European war. , 1 Rheims.
fy Taxes Levied by Bill. I In the east the Russians con
As finally drafted, the bill lev- tinue their successes against the
aes a tax of $1.50 a barrel on beer, Austrians. Only one or two forts
*pTCet wines 20 cents c gallon, stand between them and Austria
•iliues 12 cents, gasoline 2 cents a proper. In east Prussia neither
gkllon, bankers $2.00 on eaeh army has gained much advantage
HpOO of capital and surplus and Both German and Russian armies
(difidbd profits, brokers $50 olsim victories, tt is likely that
pawnbrokers $20, comraer-f the rains and the coming of win-
1 brokers $20, customrhouge ter in that district has caused a
kerw $10, proprietors of, thea- temporary lull in the figthing.
i, museums, concert halls W1 Sept. 22 a German torpedo boat
lies of 15,000 population or over ipade a sortie in the North Sea and
0 each ; oirons proprietors $HH) rank three ewgHsh cruisers. Kill-
ear, proprietors of other exhi- ing in all 1.133 English seamen,
ions $10, and proprietors of There was several other small en-
hcwling alley and billiard bo ms gsgements reported in different
gT» for eaoh alley or table. places, but none of them are of
Tobacco dealers and manufac any significance.
National Banka to bo Punished
for Not Aiding Farm-
art.
Washington, Sept. 22.—Secre-
tary McAdoo issued a warning to
National Banks today that have
received humeri of emerbCncy cur-
rency that unless they stopped
charging excessive interest and re-
stricting loans that the ourrency
would be immediately withdrawn,
and that he would order an inves-
tigation into the character of the
bank so refusing. Mr. McAdoo
issued a formal statement last
night dealing with the cotton sit-
uation in which he makes the
above statement. He also says
that there is no use for the bank-
ers and manufacturers of the
js,,. >m ntii*
to loaommil, With. In
structions to Out, Was Mads
by Senator Bankhead
Washington, Sept. 21.--Revolt-
ing against party leadership to-
night, Sixteen Democratic Sena-
tors accomplished the overthrow
of the river* and harbors appro-
priation' bill and eroWned with
victory a filibuster against the
measure directed by Senator Theo-
dore E. Burton of Ohio.
Thfe Senate by a vote of 27 to 22,
ended the straggle over the $34,
000,000 bill by adopting a motion
by a Democrat, Senator Bankhead
Of Alabama, to recommit the bill
to the commerce committee with
instructions that it substitute a
measure appropriating a lump sum
Bankhead motion the Senate vot
«d down, 39 to 11, a proposal by
Senator Borah to strike the ap-
ropriation of $155,000 for the
Hhity river in Texas, out of Sen-
Stor Burton’s substitute for iho
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Texas Will Stud Cotton Through
Canal to Japan.
The first cargo of cotton to pass
thru the Panama CsnqJ, all of it
raised in Texas, will leave Halves
ton Oct. 3. Several other ship-
ments will follow in rapid snece*
sion, all hilled for the far east.
Considerable cotton raised In the
vicinity of Houston will be in
those shipments.
The shipment, which is to be
the first thru the canal, was pre-
pared by H. L. Ziegler, of Galves-
ton, brother of the cotton broker,
J. A. Ziegler, of Houston. The
British steamship Penrith Castle
Will carry this shipment.
EXIRAORDINARrSESSIM
10 CONSIDER SANK Dili
Oaavtnsa Wednesday ksftrs BB
to Oommittos and Adjourns""*
Until Saturday.
Austin, Kept. 28—The third
called session of the legislators
convened Wednesday moruing at
ten o’etoek, pursuant to the gov-
ernor’s call. Both houses organ-
ised for business, referred tks Tex-
as bank hill to committees and ad
journed till Saturday. This thrss
days’ adjournment was taken to
permit those who found it neeea-
ssry to return to their homes and
attend to private business.
With the signatures of sixteen
members, passage of the Texas
honk'hill is assured in the
ThoM ohiik mu is sssureu in vne m-ums.
to Which cotton can £ sh£j£d/*! AH •ixtR*n *r’, w*d.y to.*>u*h ^
rr—riT of $20,000,000 to be expended on J A. Ziegler says, “and a quantity
‘^etori | Wfll be gotten out within the next jj
plenty of money in the banks of
the South, and the only reason
for the present depression was the
fear of the money-lenders to 1st
their money out, and added:
“If the hanks, the merchants,
discretion of the Secretary of War
and Board of Army Engineers.
The collapse of the fight for the
bill came suddenly after a desper-
ate attempt to wear down the Re-
publican opposition led by the
few weeks. Theie are Japan.and
In addition to those who signed
China, which will be reached now ** °th«* ™
South will quit taking counsel of
fear and go forward with confi . thirtv hour session end
dence. the situation will improve ’
gan last Friday morning and in-
still further.
“Complaints have been macle to
me. ’ ’ he said. * ‘ that banks are re
ing Saturday night.
How They Votod
' Democrats who voted to recom-
mit the bill were: Senators Ash-
£?■£££■ ant- BuUMd, Chilton. Ooro.
WMlvo u.t«w.t .. hm 1 bareHolUi. Johmon. Lm of llurtend,
ordered and investigation and if t , pwi xirrtine Piuman Pome
fu”d*
fcrtW*? *'^ w‘NlU>“'TO “>i Thompoon .nd Whit., '
further issue atopped immediate- vm.H wi
ly and without hesitation
Minority
Senators who voted with support-
•I ers of the Democratic bill against
’ .... the Bankhead proposal were:
•’*’ * . 7* ‘ *•- *; Jones, Penrose, Perkins, Poindex-
How State Mission Work is jer anj Townsend. Democrats
Gamed on’’—Leader. -1 who 8t00(j by the bill until the end
thru the Panama canal, since a
cheaper rate can be secured than
by rail by way of Vancouver, Port-
land and San Francisco, and 0'”nM th* fl*hl
thence by boat; there is Spain
and Italy, Portugal, Norway and
Sweden; and other neutral coun-
tries. also certain English ports.
“While there will brobablv not
be the usually heavy shipments
abroad, yet more cotton will go OiR
to foreign countries than was ex-
pected some time ago. Japan has
her own houses over here, main
tabling offiees in Oklahoma and
Texas. English buyers and rsp
resentatives from other countries
are in Texas and other cotton
growing Mates, and will probably, . .
pick up a vast amount of this pro ! f “"“!**•
hers of the aenatn in favor of h.,
Senator Lattimore probably will
lead the opposition to the bill. H*
on the last day of
the second seaaion and served no-
tice he would attack the constitu-
tionality of the measure.
Senator Hudspeth, introduced
the measure in the senate. Those
who signed it with him are H«s-
ators Westbrook, Cowell, Willsoy,
Collins. H nderson, Taylor, Wiloy.
NsU» Terrell. MeNealus, Grew.
Watson, Brelsford, Johnson sad
Warren. The bill waa referred to
s judiciary committee of whisk.
Senator Morrow ii ehnirman, far
conaideration. To thi* committSS
waa added the entire membership
duct.
‘State Mission Work the Near-
were: Bryan, Chamberlain, Flet-
eet to us. and so the Most Real”— cher, JCern, Lea of Tennessee, Ov-
Vf.oa Herrfn?‘ ' 1 tqrman. Ranadell, Robinson,Saule
State Mission the Foundation bury, Sheppard, Shields, Simmons.
Work”—Moma McNeill. . \ Smith of Maryland, Smith of
“Enlistment Work” — Velma South Carolina, 8tone, Thornton
I and Williams.
Some of the Thitfgs That Can |
he Best Done by the State Mission
Board”—Miss Stella Fletcher.
Leader—John Reeae.
Hay* Aak* Governor* to Moat in
Little Rook.
The bill rejected, when original-
ly reported from the Commerce
Committee, carried $53,000,000.
but as a result of a long fight be-
gun by Senator Burton early /in
the summer, had been reduced to
_. . | about $34,000,000 by committee
Little Rock, Ark.. Sept. 21.— action two weeks ago.
Governor Geo. W. Hays of Ar- Senator Bankhead delivered an
kansaa today telegraphed invita- impassioned speech appealing to
tions to the governors of Alabama, hi* Democratic colleagues to re
Honda, Georgia, Louisiana, Mis- commit the bill,
sissippi. Mission, Oklahoma,South Bankhead Urge* Retrenchment
end North Carolina. Tennessee^ “I believe,” he said, “that this
Texas. Virginia and Kentucky to is not the time for the United
attend a £^te conference to be States to appropriate more money
held m this city Sept. 29 for the than can be expended on river
purpose of devising some plan to and harbor work. Twenty mil-
reheve the cotton^situation in the Hon dollaw, with the money on
South. -The meeting is to be held hand in the treasury now aopro-
in answer to a proclamation ia- ( printed, but unexpended will be
sued bv Governor Hays request ‘rfmplo to carry'on projects tow
mg Arkansas bankers, cotton buy-1 under way.”
ers and cotton growers to hold a ! In rapid auccessiou Senators
|Statc coqfereqcc. , , , ,t. , , Marline. 1’oiucreue and Thomp-
Yellow complexions,pimple* and
disfiguring blemishes on the. face
or body can be gotten rid of by
doctoring the liver,which i* torpid
HEROINE ia a powerful liver cor-
rectant. It purifies the system,
stimulates the vital organs, and
puts the body in fine vigorous con-
dition. Price ,50c. Sold by Paris
Smith.
We are “Turning our wolf
loose” this week. Something big
doing “Down to our store.” Read
the two big ads iu the papeh
Higginbotham’s.
Get ready to get your new fall
clothes from Bob Stanton at his
new shop next to Wm. Reese Co.
—Stanton.
I have some property in Dublin,
Texas, that I would exchange for
Comanche property. Phone 510,
Comanche, Texas. . Itpd
Stop I Look I Trad*.
We have 160 acres one mile fiom
Stop! Look! Trade 1
We have 162 acree 14 miles
southeast from Comanche on pub
lie road, fair improvements, well
of fine water with windmill, flftv
acres iu. cuUivaliuu balance fine
The senate elected Senator Mor-
row president pro tern, for this
session. There was no opposition.
The senate was ready for buxi-
nes* st 11 o’clock and so notified!
the house and governor. Immedi-
ately thereafter it adjourned tm
meet again Hatnrday morning.
Senator Collins invited the sen-
ate to give up it* pay if no work
was done, introducing resolutions
to stop issuance of aatary war-
rants while not in daily session.
The body almost unanimously re-
jected this.
Several of the most prominent
men in the senate and house art
opposed to the bill. Among theaa
are Terrell and Kirby. Consider-
able fight is expected on the bill
before its enactment, and it ia like-
ly thnt it will be changed in sever-
al particulars before its enactment.
The opposition to the bill point to
the failure of the administration
to make a success of the recent
institutions managed hy the state j
notable the prisons and elymooa-
innry institutions. They say that
a central bank will be many times
as difficult to manage as any on-
dertaking that the state has at
present and it is nut good bua*-
neas to attempt a thing that wiD
rin all probability- fail
ing that the condition of the coun
town of Hereford, Texas, to trade try’s business and of the treasury
for farm in Comanche county,! resulting from the European war,
might (ake town property. This made it necessary to cut expendi
son announced their support of j mesqnite grass; that we will trade
the Bankhead motion, each deelar- J for sandy land farm northwest
from Comanche. Will give reas-
onable trade. ’ 3-6
land has fine sub-irrigated valley,
and the tract is 80 per cent tilla-
ble. Fine running stream of wa-
ter across one side of this tract.
Thia is choice tract and choice lo-
cation. If you have good prop-
erty to trade come to see ua.
3-4 -* J. R. Eaneri.
tures to a minimum.
Simmons’ Fingl Rally
Senator Simmons made a spirit-
ed effort to rally his forces, de-
nouncing the Bankhead motion as
an attempt to take from Congress
control of the public funds.
Prior to the introduction of the
J. R. Eanes.
See Higginbotham ’» two big ads
in this paper. Interesting.
Large stock of all the latest
double disc phonograph records
at the Singer oAca^for 66 eents
each. Come in and hear them.
3-4 S. J. Miles.
Don’t say you are not able to
own the highest grade sewing ma-
chine there is, for you can buy a
Singer for 1-4 thia fall, 1-4 next
fall 1915, 1-4 the next fall 1916,
and 1-4 the next fall 1917, and no
interest, and I trade for hay,
chickens, hogs, cattle, and any-
thing you have to trade. How
Joes this sound to the
wanting a sewing machine f ' See
8. J. Miles, or write me to bring a
machine oat and ws will try to
trade. B4
Would
! If we should put the price way down low and then give you ioc a pound for your cotton? If you Are at all ready to buy
inow is the time. We have a big stock of buggies, VELIE buggies, MOON buggies and a few OLD HICKORY buggies. Come
"in and let us make you a proposition on a buggy.
We sell hardware and harness, paints and oils.
Run a harness shop and put rubber tires on buggies.
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Callaway, Grade. The Comanche Chief and Pioneer Exponent (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, September 25, 1914, newspaper, September 25, 1914; Comanche, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth876908/m1/1/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Comanche Public Library.