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R. A. M.
Moulton Chaptor ^
No. 134
Stated convocation* Thu ra-
il ajr on or before full moon
each month. Sojourning’
Mapamona cordially invited.
L 1 J. M. Cadwell, H. P.
F. R. Cowdin. Secretary.
FLATONIA LODGE
No. 208 K. of P.
Meets Every tat and 3rd
Tuesday in their Castle
Hall. S. L. Sullivau, C. G.
Henry Miller. K. of R. & S.
Flatonia Rebekah
Lodge.
NO. 21, 1. O. 0. F.
Meets every 2nd and
4thTuesday afternoon
at 2 o’clock from Oct. to April and at
4 o’clock from April to October.
Visiting Shtfre and Brothers are
cordially invited to Attend.
Mrs. Louise Kaiser, Secretary.
Mrs. Justine Albrecht, Noble Grand.
THE HOUSE ADOPTED THE Mo-
NEALUS 8ENATE RESOLUTION
BY VOTE OP 43 TO S3.
BRYAN ADDRESSES BODY
By Invitation He Talks to ths Mem-
bers of ths Legislature at Austin
on Prohibition—Several
Bills Passed.
Austin, Tex.—The house Monday
adopted by a vote of 63 to 33 the Mo-
N'ealus senate resolution calling for a
constitutional convention.
The McNealus concurrent resolution,
which has uow been adopted by both
house and senate by a majority vote,
provldea that the constitutional con-
vention shall meet in Austin on the
second Tuesday in January, 1918. !
Delegates to the constitutional con
vention shall be elected on the second
Tuesday in November, 1917. Each |
republic has crumbled.
Saturday’s Senate Precsedlnge.
House bill appropriating 366,000 to
restore the quarantine station at Sa-
bine waa passed finally.
Passed finally the senate joint reso-
lution prohibiting the filing of suits
tor delinquent taxes after four years.
House bill providing for the estab-
lishment and maintenance of the
Northwestern Insane asylum was pass-
ed and $400,000 appropriated.
House bill to convert the old peni-
tentiary building at Rusk into an asy-
lum for negroes was passed and au
appropriation was made.
Bill relieving t'hambers county from
state taxes for ten years to allow coun-
ty to rebuild roads and bridges de-
stroyed by storm was passed.
Saturday’s House Proceedings.
The bill having to do with removal
■nd relocating of railroad tracks in in-
corporated cltie-s was amended and
passed to the third reading.
The house and senate recessed at 10
o'clock and most of the legislators
listened to au address by William Jen-
senatorial district is to elect two dele- njngs uryaI1 |n the house chamber,
gates and the state ten at large, a
total of seventy-two delegates, it is
furthermore provided that at the elec-
tion for delegates voters shall also
vote "For a constitutional convention" .
, .. . .. the third reading
or Against the same, and if a ina
The house joint resolution providing
for the reduction of membership in the
house to 93, raising of pay and reduc-
tion of railroad mileage, was passed to
14 ■
FLATONIA LODGE NO. 436
A.F.4A. M.
4feets Saturday on or before
full moon. Brethren in good
•tending are invited to attend.
C P. Johnson, W. M.
W. D. Johnson, Secretary.
Ireland Camp
No- 340
w. o. w.
i 1st. and 3rd. Monday nights each
month. Visiting Sovereigns invited.
A. M. Gooch, CC H. R. Thulemeyer
Secretary
O. D. H. S.
Germania Loge, No. IS
Meata first Sunday of every month
at 2 p. m. Visiting brethren invited
to attend. F. J. Haas. Pres.
H. R. Thulemeyer. See'y. '•
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Church Directory
Catholic Church Services
Every other Sunday at 10:30
A. M. A
Sunday School at 3 P. M.
Every Thursday morning ser-
vices at 8 A. M.
Night services on same day
•t 8 P. M.
Methodist Church Services
Sunday School, 9:45 A. M.
Preaching Service, 11 & 7:30
Mid-week Prayer Meeting,
Thursday, 7:30 P,41.
J. E. Buck, Pastor. Phone 76
WKlp"*"* ............ "
Baptist Church Services
SUNDAY
Sunday School, 10 A. M.
Preaching at morning and
night on the second and fourth
Sunday of each month.
Praver meeting. Wednesday
7:16 P. M.
jorlty of the voters of the state shall
vote ''Against" the convention shall
not be convened. The new constitu-
tion framed by the convention shall
be submitted to the people of the state
for their adoption or rejection at the
general election in November. 1918.
It is provided that the convention ahull
not change in any wav the present
i homestead provisions of the coustitu-
I Uon’
In executive session Monday the
senate confirmed J. W. Buller of Clif-
ton and W. P. Allen of Austin as mem
bers of the board of regents of tlie
University of Texas, it is understood
that there was no opposition to con
Hrmation.
Monday's Senate Proceedings.
An attempt to have a resolution
adopted felicitating William J. Bryan
on his fifty-seventh birthday failed,
i In executive session the senate con-
firmed J. W. Butler and Wilbur P.
Allen of Austin as regents of the uni-
versity.
Senator Lattlmore tnnde an effort
to have the senate consider the reso-
lution exonerating the faculty of the
University of Texas, but failed.
Senator Johnston's joint resolution
providing for a constitutional amend
ment raising the governor's salary to
310,000 per year was passed finally.
A resolution reassuring President
Wilson of the loyalty of Texas and up-
Austin, Tex.—The 1-attimore sub-
mission resolution failed of adoption
in the senate Friday by one vote. The
final vote was 20 for and 11 against. \
The final vote was as follows:
For Submission Messrs. Alderdiee.
Buchanan of Bell, Buchanan of Scurry,
Dayton, Dean, Dec herd, Floyd, Gibson,
Henderson, Hopkins, Johnson of Hall.
Lattimore, McCollum, McNealus, Bob-
bins, Smith, Strickland. Suiter, West
brook and Woodward
Against Submission—Messrs Bailey,
Bee. Caldwell, Clark. Hall, Harley.
Hudspeth, Johnston of Harris, King,
i’age and Parr.
By a vote of 45 to 69 (less than the
necessary ’two-thirds) the house Fri-
day refused to adopt the Terrell joint
resolution submitting a constitutional
amendment authorizing the legisla-
ture to provide a graduated land tax.
Speaking for his resolution, Mr. Ter-
rell said that in Brewster county two
ownerships embrace 433,000 acres of
land; in Coke county two ownerships
name 565.000 acres, etc., and that in
the State of Texas two ownerships
control 4,141,910 acres. Much of this
land has been sold by the state at
from $1 to 33 an acre and has in-
creased on the value by virtue of the
development of the country, etc., and
not because of the owners, who have
done nothing except to hold the land.
A graduated land tax. he thought,
would stimulate the breaking of these
holding ills foreign policy, while con*- )arge holdings into small tracts used
by actual home makers, or would
cause the holders to contribute more
to the cost of the govern
detuning those who seek to embarrass
him. was adopted
The Dayton resolution providing for equitably
the senate finance committee to meet ment.
in Austin a week ahead of the special Tne regular session of the thirty-
session to have the appropriation bill fifth legislature adjourns sine die on
ready for action was passed,
Monday's House Proceedings.
The Yantis bill making local option
territory bone dry was passed.
The McNealus resolution calling for
a constitutional convention on the sec-
ond Tuesday in January. 1918. was
passed, 63 to 33.
I>avis of Van Zandt introduced a
[ resolution providing for the priming
at state expense of 2.000 copies of the
proceedings of the investigation of
I Governor Ferguson, but later withdrew
i It.
Bagby and Dudley introduced a reso- ator suggested in a motion that a
Don’t Preach About
Home Trade
and at the tame time send
your orders for job printing
out of town. Your home
printer can do your work just
as good, and in nine cases out
of. tea he can beat the city
man’s prices, because he pays
mach less for running ex-
By tending your next
to this ofice
■tithed all
you’ll be kttping
lution calling for the refunding of all
money paid out of the contingent ex-
pense fund to provide members with
stamps, papers, telephones, etc., and it
was amended to call upon all former
governors und state officials to pay
back all moneys illegally used by them.
Austin, Tex. — William Jennings
Bryan, addressing by invitation the
Texas legislature Saturday, was given
a most enthusiastic reception by the
largest crowd that has gathered in the
house during this session. The gal-
leries were packed to their utmost ca-
pacity. Applause was frequent and
very cordial. /
The larger part of Mr, Bryan's ad-
dress was devoted to prohibition apd
specifically to a prohibition appeal to
Texas.
Mr. Bryan reaffirmed his peace at-
titude, and sounded a warning against
the state surrendering any of its rail-
road regulation authority to the fed-
eral congress. During his discussion
Some of ths Survivors Have Landed
Safely, But Quite e Number Are
Reported Missing—Ships
Were Unarmed.
Washington.—Preparation for ag
gressive action to protect American
rights began Monday when the presi
dent visited the navy department and
directed Secretary Daniels to utilize
the 3115,000,000 made available by
congress to hasten naval building
plans.
In addition to his conference with
Secretary Daniels, ^he president saw
Secretaries Lansing and McAdoo and
William Denman, chairman of the fed-
eral shipping hoard, and there was
every indication that he was mapping
out comprehensive plans for the pro
tection of American interests in any
eventualities.
London.—The sinking of the unarm
ed American steamships City of Mem-
phis, Illinois and Ylgiluncia was an
nounced Sunday. Fourteen men front
the Vigilancia are missing, as are nine
of the men from the City of Memphis
The crew of the Illinois was landed
safely.
The City of Memphis, in ballast
from Cardiff for New York, was sunk
by gunfire. Forty-eight men front the
ship have been landed. A patrol boat
has gone in search of the other mem
bers of the crew.
The Illinois, from London for Port
Arthur, Texas, in ballast, was sunk
Sunday morning.
The Vigilancia was torpedoed with
out warning. The submarine did not
appear. The captain, first and second
mates; first, second and third engi
neers, and twenty-three men of thf
crew have been landed at the Seill>
Islands The fourth engineer and thlr
teen men are missing.
The Illinois was a tank steamer
owned by the Texas Company of New
York, sailed from Port Arthur. Texas
February 17 for London. Marine rec
ords do not chronicle her arrival at or
departure from London. The Illinois
was of 5,225 tons gross. 8he was 39€
feet long, 52 feet of hbam and was
built in Newport News, Va.. in 1913
Her master was Captain Iversen
The steamship Vigilancia, owned by ;
Walker. Armstrong & Co. of Savannah j
sailed from New York for the Azores
and Havre on February 28, according
to latest marine records. She was ol j
4,115 tons gross, a freighter 320 feet
long and 45 feet of beam. She was
built in Chester, Pa., in 1890.
The City of Memphis carried a drew
of fifty-seven officers and men, vir |
tually all American-born citizens or
Americans by naturalization. The cap
Wednesday. March 21. at 6 p, m Both tain, three mates, the chief engineer
brandies adopted a resoluttuh to that and three assistants and the steward:
effect Friday. were Americans by birth. Most of the r
Friday's Senate Proceedings. crew wt'rB born in Norway and the |
The bill appropriating 3600.000 to firemen in Portugal or Spain, but had i
pay the debts of the penitentiary was , taken out final citizenship papers In
passed. ‘ the United States. The cook was an I
The senate concurred In the house American negro. Captain Borutii ol
resolution for the adjournment of the the City of Memphis was a \ irginiun.
legislature on Wednesday. The vessel was owned by the Ocean
The submission .resolution was de- Steamship Company of Savannah
feated in the senate by a vote of 20 | Bho left New 1 ork on January 23 for
to 11. one short of a two-thirds major Havre, France, with cotton. She ar-
jty j rived there on February 6 and word
Senator Johnston of Harris and Sen- j waa received at New York by her own-
ers of her departure for Cardiff to take
on bunker coal for her voyage toward
New York. The City of Memphis was
of 5,2fi2 tons gross. She' was 377 feet
long, 49 feet of beam and was built in
Chester, Pa., in 1902.
Technically the United States re
mains in a position of armed neutral-
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W. L. DOUGLAS
“THE 8HOE THAT HOLDS ITS SHAPE”
$3 $3.50 94 94.50 95 96 97 & 98 JWMb.
Save Money by Wearing W. L Douglas
shoes. For sale by over8000 shoe dealer*.
The Beat Known Shoes in the World.
Wf. L. Douglas name and the retail price is stamped on the bo*-
” tom of all shoes at the factory. The value is guaranteed and
the wearer protected against high prices for inferior shoes. The
retail prices are the same everywhere. They cost no more in San
Francisco than they do in New York. They are always worth the
price paid for them.
’T’he quality of W. L. Douglas product is guaranteed by more
than 40 years experience in making fine shoes. The smart
styles are the leaders in the Fashion Centres of America.
They are made in a well-equipped factory at Brockton, Mass.,
by use highest paid, skilled shoemakers, under the direction and
supervision of experienced men, all working with an honest
determination to make the best shoes for the price that money
can buy.
Aik your shoe Healer for W, I,, notifies ehoee. If he car
not supply you with the kind you want, teke no oth*
Wiake. Write for Interesting booklet explaining how t
get shoe, of the highest standard of quality far the prlct
by return mall, postage free.
r.K.LOR,KT,^~S: mg*r«a
_ 1____ President “W U Dougins Shoe Co.,
IU Spark Mt.. Brockton. Maes._
Boys’ Show
Best In the World
stamped on the bottom.
With Her Eyes.
They stood |»y the old well together.
"How shall we drink?"’ he said; "there
is 110 bucket here," She lowered her
eyes, when she raised them again they
were full of water. Princeton Tiger.
"So Edith married a fnniicf*r. And
SON HAD TO I
DO HOUSEWORK
^^5
Cockroaches
ARE FILTHY
Kill Them By Using
STEIRNS’ ELECTRIC PISTE
U. S. Government Buys It
SOLD EVERYWHERE —23c and 31.00
New Conception of “Cultivation."
Cultivation a generation ago meant
ucqiininfHitctj with letters and line
arts, and some knowledge of at least
two languages and literatures, and of
history. The term “cultivation" is now
j milch more Inelusive. It Includes
Lady Became a Nervous Wreck ‘•|*’n“>n,«r.v knowledge of me Mmcm,
w o xx • and it ranks high the subject a of hi*
From Three Years Suffering 1
With Head. Says Cardui
Made Her Well.
Texan City, Tex.—In an Interesting
statement. Mrs. G. II. Schlll, of this
town, says: “For three years I suf-
fered untold agony with my head. I
was unable to do any of my work. I
Just wanted to slee(7 all the time, for
tor.v. government, and ei-nomiea.-
Charles W. Eliot, in the Atlantic,
ANY CORN LIFTS OUT.
DOESN’T HURT A BIT' ^
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No foolishness! Lift your corns
and calluses off with fingers—
It’s like magic!
that was tile only ease I could get, i _?
i-*3o6»6.>6*4e*..|»6"6"la6«6n6»6.t«o6>4«i6M6.<6«6o6«6~4o6
w hen I was asleep. I became a ner-
new committee be created to pass on
nominations by the governor.
It was decided that no investigation
will be conducted in the affairs of the
State university. The faculty will he
fully exonerated ill a pending resolu-
tion.
Friday's House Proceedings.
The house bill to prevent desecra-
tion of the United States flag was
passed.
The bill providing for a negro insane
asylum at Rusk was passed, appro-
priating $200,000.
The house bill to repeal the law
creating the state warehouse and mar-
keting department was laid on tile
table.
Austin. Tex.—The unanimous report
of the house committee to investigate
charges against Governor James F.
Ferguson, read to the house Thurs-
day and adopted by the house, finds
"the purchase of groceries for the gov-
ernor and Ms family is subject to just
"that said trans-
vous wreck just from the awful suf-
fering with my head.
"I was so nervous that the least
noise would make me Jump out of m.v
bed. I had no energy, and was un-
nble to do anything. M.v son. a young
boy, had to do all my household
duties.
"I was not able to do anything until
I took Oal'dili, I took three bottles In
nil, and it surely cured me of those
awful headaches. That has been three
years ago. and I know the cure Is per-
manent, for I have never had any
headache since taking Cardui, . . .
Nothing relieved trie until I took
Cardui. It did wonders for mo.
Three bottles of it did more for me
than nil the medicine or doctor's
treatments, or baths I ever took."
Try Cardui for your troubles—it
i should do for you what it lias done for
so many thousands of other women.
Begin taking t ardul today.—Adv.
Truck Picks Up Load.
A new motortruck for lumber trims.
: pollution literally straddles and picks
ii)i the; load it carries.
WOMAN'S CROWNING GLORY
Is her hair. If yours is streaked with
ugly, grizzly, gray hairs, use "La Cre-
ole" Hair Dressing and change It In
Adv.
of hi* peace position, In effect the criticism, etc., but
same as he has formerly expressed it, actions are not sufficient to justify the
the speaker made reference to Presi- filing of impeachment proceedings."
dent Woodrow Wilson, the calling of and further, that "relative to the trans-
that name bringing an outburst of actions between the governor and the
cheers and applause as prolonged and Temple State bank, we beg to say that
enthusiastic as any demonstration dur in our Judgment they are deserving of
1 h the severest criticism and condemna-
; tion," etc., and “our conclusion Is that
During his address Mr. Bryan made sald con(juct was unjustified and whol-
no specific renewal of his nation-wide unwarranted, but does not merit
prohibition stand, but did predict the > tlie gevere pains and penalties of ini-
coming of nation wide prohibition. 1 peachment."
‘ | Governor Ferguson came into the
Bills Signed by Governor. house Just as the clerk began reading
The following bills were signed by i the reporl an(j aat In the hall listening
Governor Ferguson this week: to It attentively. When the clerk con
Senate bill authorizing city coun | cludgd the document. Speaker Fuller
paused a moment as though awaiting
ell* or commissioners to levy and col-
lect a tax not to exceed 5c on the $100
property valuation for Improvement
of land for city parks.
Senate bill validating a league of
land to Joao Antonio Sepulveda in
Trinity county..
House bill defining original appel-
late Jurisdiction of tbe supreme court
and regulating the practice there*).'
for some one to rise for recognition;
no one did. “The question Is, shall the
report of the committee be adopted?”
stated the speaker. He paused again.
No one rose to speak. No one called
for a roll call. The speaker put the
question, and by a viva voce vote, with
not a word of debate, tbe report was
•Vjj-v'-.i
Ity. Whether tills shall be changed
before April 16, the date fixed for a
special session of congress, the war-
making branch of the government.
President Wilson lias not decided.
lamdon.— The American steamship
Algonquin has been sunk by a Ger-
man submarine
The Algonquin was attacked Mon-
day, according to a report made by _____
1 the American consul at Plymouth. The the natural way. Price $1.00,
I consul states that all on board were 1
saved. -At First Glance.
According to advices from Plymouth Visitor What is a iiinii like that do-
I the German submarine opened lire ing here in .lull?
upon the Algonquin from a distance of Warden Time. mum.
4,000 yards, firing about twenty shells. —'—11----
These were not sufficient to sink the CAPUDINE
steamer, so she was boarded by men j _ .
from the submarine, who placed four | 'Of HCad3ChCS—
bombs, und the Algonquin was then , Try It and be convlneed, Good for
blown up. The crew was given plenty | „,.hos In am, nniha „|so—Assists
of time to leave the vessel. The j .\a,ure to get right and stay so. It's
Algonquin carried a cargo valued at ■ unuld—easy to take.—Adv.
$1,700,000.
"It was just after daylight on Mon-
day when we were attacked," said the
captain of tbe Algonquin. "There was
no warning. The submarine started
firing at a range of about three miles.
When about twenty-five shells had
been fired at the Algonquin.
“Than the submarine approached
with only her periscope showing. Find-
ing that the crew had abandoned the
ship, the submarine came to the sur-
face. Some of the Germans boarded
the Algonquin and placed bombs aft.
These were exploded and within a
quarter of an hour the steamer disap-
peared.
"I appealed to the submarine for a
tow toward land, in view of the rough-
ness of the water, but the German
gruffly replied, ‘No, I am too busy.’
“We pulled away In our boats, none
being Injured by ebell fire, but all suf-
fered from exposure.
...,
fjL
Thing to Do.
“My boat was arrested by the In-
ohilng tide."
"Then 1 suppose you haled her out."
Sore corns, hard corns, soft corns or
any kind of a corn, cun harmlessly he
lifted right out with the lingers if you
apply upon the corn a few drops of
free zone, says a Cincinnati authority.
For little cost one can get a small
bottle of freezone at any drug store,
which w|U positively rid one's feet of
every Corn or callus without pain.
This simple drug dries the moment
it is nppllcd and does not even irri-
tate the surrounding skin while ap-
plying it or afterwards.
This announcement will Interest
many of our readers. If your druggist
hasn’t any freezone tell him to surely
get a small bottle for you from his
wholesale drug house,—ndv.
And She Fell for It.
“I am not easily flattered," she said.
"Indeed not." lie replied. “It would
lie dittlcult to inqkc you out to he more
beautiful than you really are."
Many u imiu has liecome rich the
way pumpkins acquire girth—by vegej-
tilting.
WHAT IS
LAX-FO
LAX-FOS IS AN IMPROVED CA8CARA
A Digestive Laxativ
CATHARTIC AND LIVER TONIC
Lax-Fos is not » secret qr Patent
Clue but is composed of the foliowini
fashioned roots and herbs:
CASCARA BARK
BLUE FLAG ROOT
RHUBARB ROOT
BLACK ROOT
MAY APPLE ROOT
SENNA LEAVES
AND PEPSIN
In Lax Fos the Cascasa is improved by
the addition ot these digestive ingredients
making it better than ordinary Cascasa
and thus the combination sets Dot only as a
stimulating laxative and cathartic but
as a digestive and liver tonic. Syrup laxa-
tives are weak, but Lax-Fos combines
strength with palatable, aromatic taste and
does not gripe or disturb the stomach. One
bottle will prove Lax-Fos is invalnable for
STOP THAT HACKING COUGH.
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Cough Balsam heuls the Inflamed and Constipation, Indigestion or Torpid Liver,
lacerated membranes and quiets the Price 50c.
tickling nerves that lie underneath the
Infected portions. Invaluable for ba-
bies. Price 2Se and 50c.—Adv,
In Culm tobacco Is planted, grown
anil gathered In ltd days.
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