The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 10, 1915 Page: 3 of 8
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REUNION OF UNITEU
CONFEDERATE VETERANS
Qsnorai Bennett H. Young Re-elected
Commander In Chief—Birming-
ham, Ala.,- Next Reunion City.,
Richmond, Va.—General Bennett H.
Young of Louisville, Ky, was Wed-
nesday IB-elected commander in chief
•of the United Confederate Veterans
in annual reunion. Birmingham, Ala.,
was selected as the reunion city for
1916. W. N. Brandon of Little Rock
.was elected commander in chief of
the United Sons of Confederate Vet-
erans. ...
Other officers elected were: Ernest
G Baldwin, Roanoke, Va., commander
of the Army of Northern Virginia;
Creed Caldwell, Pine Bluff, Ark., com-
mander of the trans-MlsBisBlppl de-
partment, and Dr. Thomas M. Owen,
Mobile, Ala., custodian In chief. A.
O. Wright of Jacksonville, Fla., was
elected commander, and William F.
•Clayton of Florence, S. C„ secretary
of the Confederate Naval Veterans’
Association. Commander Wright des-
ignated as his chief of staff Edward
M. Anderson of Savannah, Oa.
Before the close of the final busi-
ness session the reunion sent the fol-
io winggreeting In the^form of a unan-
» fully
i.-'
imously adopted resolution .to Presi-
dent "Wilson:
“The United Confederate Veterans
> ____ “
bled at Richmond, Ya., seat greetings 420,000. The last
only toc^ well the horrors of wgji
^ew-citizens of a reunited country:
are" glad at heart that we have at
Washington a president who, strictly
neutral between warring: nations, will
with wisdom and courage stand for
all regard and respect of the honor of
* the American 'flag and a .proper ob-
servance of the full rights of the hum-
10 .. ^V ^artcan
received with tumultuous applause by
the veterans, who again cheered the
u ^pame 6f President Wilspn when Con-
gressman Heflin of Alabama declared
that th# defender* of the'Smmr bad
been “spared to see a man, born in
tha Smithian,), thn e,„n . P* a
r 7-.."^ a - r ■)■■■' . fpark, of April In
T*», reading v6f:the.resointlofi ™
RALPH OE PALMA WINS
THE' 500-MILE AUTO RACE
American Speed Pilot Drives Consist-
ently and Makes a New Record. <
Resta Second, Anderson, Thisd
Indianapolis, Ind.— Ralph de Palma
won the fifth annual 500-mile inter-
national sweepstakes on the Indian-
apolis motor speedway Monday In the
remarkable time of B hours 33 min-
utes 65% seconds. Tho victor's aver-
age speed of 89.84 miks an hour broke
the record for the race established fn
1914 by Rene Thomaff—6 hours 3 min-
utes 45.9 seconds.
Dario Resta, who finished second,
contested every mile with the winner,
and the battle of these two pilots
was the feature of the contest. Resta
finished only four minutes behind De
Palma, in 5 hours 37 mlnutee 4.94 sec-
onds. Gil Anderson was third, 6
hours 42 minutes 27.67 seconds. Out
of twenty-three cars that started
eleven finished, of which ten received
prize money.
De Palma’s machine ran perfectly
until the beginning of the 498th mile,-
when It showed signs of faltering.
Spectators feared the car would fail
him and ha would be-robbed of vic-
tory, as in 1912, when, with but two
milna ta go, ,hla irinrhinn h
SOOTH AND EAST TEXAS
DEVELOPMENT MOVEMENT
Laajua Organized With Mora Than
a Score of Counties Represented.
Qfflcera Chosen.
The winner made two- stops for lifts
and fuei.
, Ten drivers, divide Xk*- SiC MAeSaiUa , as lew as SlMAar^a^-aar-
seven were Earl
Town and country Jotnetb, interest
met Internet and selfish ambition gave
way to unity of purpose in the crea-
tion of the Jtouth and East Texas De-
velopment League in Houston Friday.
More than a score of South add
East Texas counties were. represent-
ed. Each pledged support to ,tho sec-
tional movement which 14 ntpcctod to
accomplish in actual upbuilding what
haa not been possible through individ-
ual effort.
Officers selected to direct tho ac-
tivities of this organization are:
President, John T. Scott, Houston.
Vice presidents, one to each county
—Chosen by the delegations from
each: Liberty, Judge C. N. gmith,
Liberty;' Harris, H. C! Schuhmacher,
Houston; Brazoria, Judge J. W. Mun-
son; Galveston, Maco Stewart, Gal-
veston; Matagorda, Oscar Barber, Day
City; Wharton, H. A. Cline; Colorado,
E. L. Mooney, Eagle Lake; Jackson,
F. O. Moffitt, Edna; Angelina, M. W.
Glenn, Lufkin; Nacogdoches, John
Schmidt, Nacogdoches; San Jacinto,
J. M. Ilamsboro, Cold Springs; Polk,
W. L. West, LiTingston; Trinity, H.
H. Thompson, Trinity; Walker, L. C.
Eastham, • Huntsville; BrHtos, E. J.
Fountain, Bryan; Grimes, E. J. Goree,
Navasota; Houston, J. W. Young,
Crockett; Anderson, J. E. Angly, Pal-
estine; Smith, Charles W. Boon; Fort
Bend, M. J. Hickey, Richmond; Leon,
R. H. Evans, Jewett; Bowie, Senator
Morris Sheppard.
At the 'meeting a resolution was
adopted Tecommending that the South
and East Texas Development League
make as its chief objects three things,
namely, flood prevention, drainage of
the coastal plain, and road improve
ment,
The matter of considering the reso-
lutions adopted by the* Good Roads
and Drainage Congress was taken up
before adjournment. After some dla-
cusslon, they were approved and the
purposes and provisions in the reso-
lutions w-dre adopted unanimously: "
Miip> silos ure being built in the
..xkmltv of Analmau.
A r.i-w 12 ton Ice plant is now in
opernttfm ttt Stofkrtaie
Texas health officers have formed
a summer school hi Austin.
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Physicians report many case* ot
pellagra in Wharton county.
-
A new brick school building Is un
der c obstruction at Bronson.
Longview will soon have a new fed
eral building costing $33,0u0.
Three oil companies are prospect
log in Washington county for oil, ______
■ Alvah I’ayne, the oldest settler of
Brazos county, died at Kdgo last week.
The West Texas Episcopal diocese
held • sessions in Sun Antonio last
week ‘ V
Texas Veteran Pepalona Cut.
Austin, Tex.—Texns Confederate
pensioners for the quarter^ ending
May *1 received a pension or $13 in-
stead of $22, which .was paid them
during the two 'previous quarters.
This reduction was due to the lack
ot money accruing to the pension
e amount 'of money for Con-
[TEXAS NEWS
Wai.rmelons will
from Kalfurrias.
SOQU be slopped
A TCxas rancher predicts a world’s
Shortage in cattle as a result of pres-
ent wars.
The Texas Pharmacists will hold
their convention In Houston on June
15. lti and 17.
Tomatoes of fine quality are now-
being shipped to the markets from
Neelies, '{’exas.
The body of Irwin McDonald, justice
of peace, was tpund hanging in a tarn
at .CoHad recently.
The overflowed farms near Midway
are being rapidly planted again to cot-
ton and Juno corn.
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The. farmers of San Augustine coun-
ty are planting peas, potatoes and.
peanuts In large quantities.
Milano’s first crate of tomatoes was
marketed last week, selling for $2,
and drawing a premium of $8.
The general managers of Texas rail-
road lines held th.elr bi-monthly Meet-
ing in Fort Worth this week. ,
The new system for firing the big
defense guns at Fort Crockett, Gal-
veston, is pronounced a success.
The City Marshals and Chiefs of
Police Union of Texgs will .convene
in Fort Worth oa Jtine 16, 17 and" 18.
federate pensions is not fixed, vary- .. _ .. - . ... .. . _ ..
lng nearly every quarter. It has been | JJ* BTH(tont Publication at the A. and
college, has mado 1
■*— iiilU r.Sid
(.rrnngements-are
Forty-Two Under Indictment. the construction of an interurban rail-
-CVirpna rh’rlrtl Tax ^Thn fftrtrrnl ,
A Cinch.
“My big brother is a printer,” said
the boy who worked in a downtown
offlcA
“That’s untliln' to brag about," re-
torted his bosom friend.
“Maybe it ain’t, hut It’s mighty
handy Just the same. When I want
to go to a (kill game. I get him to put
a death notice in the pnpor. so the
boss, has rot to betlevt} I’m gain’ to
a funeral '
' The Height of Atrocity.
"I sec the Germans are using g&s
Instead of shot and shell," said Hark-
aw-uy. "Could anything be more atro-
cious?"
“Oh. yes," said IMngleberry. “It
would be more atrocious if after us-
ing the gns they should fire a volley
of gas bills ot their victims labeled
'Please remit.’ "
What has becotpe of the old'fnsh-
lotted soda' fountain which yielded
sarsaparilla?
Fiction.
"What kind of action does Fleecer—
write?"
“Mainly promissory notes and I O
U’s."—Boston Evening Transcript.
What is Castoria
^AASTORIA Is n harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drop*
%. , Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It contains neither Opium,
Morphine nor other NarcTtic substance. Ita age is its guarantee. It
destroys Worms and alluys Feverishness. For more than thirty years it
has been in Constant use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency, Wind
Colic, ail Teething Troubles and Diarrhoea. It regulates the Stomach
and Bowels, assimilates the Food, giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children’s Panacea—The Mother’s Friend.
The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over
80years, has borne the signature of Chas.H. Fletcher, and has been made under
hi* personal supervision since its infancy. Allow no one to deceive you in this.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and “ Just-as-good ” are but Experiments that
trifle with and endanger the health of Infanta and
Children— Experience against Experiment.
Genuine Castoria always bears the signature of
Reduced. «
“They’re having a marked down aulo
of shoes at Blank’s." --~-
“I thought they' prided themselves
on never cutting .prices."
Who said anything about cutting
prices? It's the sizes they've marked
down.”
HANDS LIKE VELVET
Kept 8o by Dally Uae of Cutlcura
Soap and Ointment Trial Free.
On retiring soak hands in hot Cutl-
cura aoapsuda, dry and rub the Oint-
ment into the hainfs some minutes.
Wear bandage or -ojd gloves during
night. This la a "one night treat-
ment for red, rough, chapped and
Bore hands " It works wonders.
Sample each free by mall with 32-p.
Skin Book. Address Cutlcura, Dept
XY, Boston. Sdld everywhere.—Adv.
Why She Went to Church.
A devout old lady had become very
deaf, and, as her church was some dis-
tance from her home, decided to at-
tend another one, which was nearer.
She spake to the minister of the sec-
ond church about it, and was cordially
received and urged to come whenever
_____ possible •
The 1915 edition'of the Long Horn,' "Ah. well.” aha. said, ’’ail churches
leAd to heaven,, and as T have grown
* deaf and cannot hear any of the ser-
nr-imnr-Mrr. ■ “r.Tr .....
rts- are well in hand lor ~-t>4 Said Mr.
Report on the Unemployed.
Washington. — More than eleven,
wage earners in every MO werg, out
of employment and about sixteen of
the , remainder visere working. only
part time during March and the early
part of April In fifteen of 4fce tthaofc-
Corpus Christi -district, hias indicted ftroWnwood country has ever prta
on two counts forty-two residents o£, duced ,.
Corpus Christi, for the most part ■ . —
prominent county and city 'officers. 1 ;('«rlqs Garcia was fount} guilty by
Charging election irregularities, and a federal Jury at Corpus Christi in
^corruption of the -ballot, during the , connection wjth an attempt to black
genei
lection of November. I|TJ.
erate soldier, president of the United
States."
General Young was re-elected com-
mander in chief after a spirited con-
test, his opponent being General
Felix H. Robertson of Crawford, Tex-
as.
Memorial Day at National Cemetery.
Washington.—Eulogies of America’s
soldier and sailor dead were voiced
Monday by President Wilson, Secre-
tary Bryan, Secretary Daniels and
Governor-WRHe of ObiO;-at impressive
Memorial Day exercises at Arlington
NaNonal cemetery. President Wilson
was applauded when he declared
"Greater days lie before this nation
than it has ever yet seen and tho
solemn consciousness of those who
bear office in this time is that they
must make their best endeavor to em-
body in what they do and say the
best things in the United States."
Louisiana Oil Bill Defeated.
Baton Rouge, La.—Oil interests
of Shreveport, Mansfield, Chreiten,
Natchitoches, Webster, Oil City and
other northwestern fields w-on their
argument before the house judiciary
committee Friday when that body
unanimously reported "without ac-
tion” the pipe line bill of Frank E.
Powell of De Ridder. Its object was
to declare pipe lines common carriers
* and place them under the jurisdiction
*. of the state railroad commission, forc-
ing them to carry oil for hire, as other
common carriers.
Ammunition Goes to Carranza.
'Laredo*' Tex.—A consignment of
400,000 rounds of rifle ammunition for
the Carranza army passed through
Laredo Friday and was delivered to
the military commander of Nuevo La-
redo. The ammun’tiou will be dis-
tributed to different arsenals in North-
ern Mexico.
tanbtltleB of the eonntr.% "thd ^KlrehV'f
of labor statistics stated this'week in
a report on unemployment.
, P!.n1!- . ■■
Harvest Hands Make Trouble.
vest hands were reported Monday fol-
lowing
throato against tho—eity of
flcials for declining to provide food
and- lodging longer. Sheriff Hume
was called *Upon by Mayor Clover to
assist the police in handling the men,
and later the militia was called out
to prevent any further trouble.
Houston’s f1,950,000 Bonds Approved.
* Austin, Tex.—The attorney gen-
eral’s department Mondaj^approved
$1,960,000 bonds for the city of Hous-
ton. This issue is a portion of the
$6,000,000 issue recently voted by that
9ltv. It includes drainage sewer
bonds, $500,000; sanitary sewer, $500,-
000; harbor, $500,000; schools, $200,-
000; parks, $250,000.
Coast G'Uard Station'Closed.
Galveston, Tex —All stations-of tho
ninth district, United States coast
guard1 service, embracing the gulf
coast from Pensacola to Point Isabel,
closed at 12 o’clock midnight. May 31.
They will remain closed through the
inactive season of June and July,
opening again August 1. The force of
fifty-one men have been granted two
months’ leave of absence without pay.
Nogales,' Arlz.—A posse of ten
American cowboys and miners rojjo
Santa Cruz, Sonora, Saturday aiul,’
_ -tbet
manding the garrison, while 150 Mnx-
lcan soldiers looked on, secured the
*0
in Bee county’s prospects for «ll, es-
pecjally. in the vicinity of ^Skidmore
immediate release of two American
boys kidnaped by three of the soldlors
on the Arizona side of the border
(Te$as) sanl-
tariiim burned last week, entailing a
lose of $25,000. _^AJ1 patients were ro-
moved safely.’
wlfe.
“NOt at afl,” he replied. “You, see,
they didn’t havN* any menu cards, and
I knew you’d want to know, what we
had to' eat;" ——
r y <, a 111 f <* m I, t' to give her .goo’d
that's all '
I seem black In the distance, but grow
lifthloi- n« they approach. , _
State Glnners’ Meeting.
Dallas, Tex.—The annual conven-
tion of the Texas Slate Glnners’ As-
sociation concluded its three. day»
meeting Saturday after adopting a
few minor resolutions and electing of-
ficers for the evuing year. Dallas
is the permanent meeting place of
the association, and It Is planned to
Bring fully 3,000 glnners to Dallas at
the next annual meeting—R*
-i-k-lli.
Austin and Colorado counties, to
bear the expense equally, will build a
$3,000 bridge over the Bernard rivet-
near Cat SptingSV
Regular cnrload^shipments are go
| ing out of tockport now of cukes,
| squash, tomatoes, hot and sweet pep-
pers, snap beans, etc.
The cultivated crops of dewberries
of the Luting district ere just going
the market and are said to he the
-t4m.nl amir |<rr»Hn/»oH there
It Is the man who listens to bojh
jr.ldes of the .question who meots the
greatest number of liars.
Submarine About to Break Up.
Honolulu.—v\fter being raised from
a depth of more than ?00 feet to with-
in twenty-four feet of the surface, fur-
ther salvaging of the wrecked subma-
rine F-4 had to be suspended this
week on account of a large hole In
the shell and danger of the hulk
breaking In two. A new method of
lifting Is to be tried and a month's
delay is expected.
Report of Villa’s Defeat."
Vera Cruz; Mex.—Defeat of the
forces of Generals Angeles and Villa,
the capture ot the town of Leon and
of all of Villa's trains and artillery Is
announced in a report of General Ob
rqgon of the Carranza army received
Sunday.----:
Designer of Great Saal la Dsad.
Washington.— Julius Baumgarten,
who designed the great seal of the
Southern Confederacy, died Monday.
aged 80.
To 3urvey King’s Highway.
Austin, Tex.—In the departmental
appropriation bill there is an item of
$5,000 tof pay the cost of - surveying
and establishing the old San Antonio
rqftd, sometimes known as '.‘the King’s
highway," from a point-where tho
same crosses the boundary between
'IVxas and Louisiana, to be expended
under the direction of the governor.
Picnickers Kilted In Accident.
Dallas, Tex.—Six persons were kill-
ed, several Injured and more that) a
dozen slightly injured when a truck-
load of picnickers, returning to the
city Monday nlghu went Into a twen-
ty-foot ditch and several of the peo-
ple were drowned In tho creek into
which the machine plunged.
Whisky has caused -many a man to
go to work In order to get tho price.
-The milk of human kindness Is usu-
ally distributed In rather small cahs.
Russia Becomes Temperate.
The prohibition of selling brandy
In tho government .monopoly shops
was Introduced throughout tho Rus-
sian empire from th« beginning of
the war, on the day of mobilization,
and has now been in force for mops
than eight months One of the Rus-
sian papers has made inquiries -con-
cerning the results of this measure,
and lias published some of the statis-
tical data that was collected. The
following lint shows the consump-
tion of vodka In the city of Moscow
in 1914 compared with the preceding
year: July, 612,686 gallons in 1913'
and 369,124 gallons in 1914; August,
667.926 gallons In 1913 and 23,373 gal-
lons In 1914; October, 707,688 gallons
in 1913 and 2,913 Radons in 1914. Dur-
ing the^ first three months vodka could
he obtained at rt»e first-class restau-
rants for consumption In the same,
the selling of vodka In bottleB being
prohibited under'a heavy flue.
V” rJ
Earmarks.
Alexander Howell, war eorrespond-
dent and lecturer, said at a tea In
New York: .
“The English volunteer troops ars
splendid. You can tell by certain ear-
marks where they come from. You
can “tell the miners of the Midlands^
the .mill hand# of Manchester, the
- - . —47IIUUII, tIl© '** 7
-“How dojyou tell them?” a youqg
PoweTif "lUs
easy
enough to tell, for example, the book-
keepers. Every time the bookkeepers
are commanded to siftTld III f'BWPTfl'UJP.*
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*An Unmaker of History.
Directory Canvasser—What la yotir
husband's occupation, matfkm?
Lady—Oh, hetunmakes history.
Directory Canvasser—Unmakes hie-
.^Van nehoVd The fiooti. . ' ?
"And not a blessed plgce to Intern,"
he ^ried.
A girl admires a fast young man—
that is, It she has him bo fast that hs
can’t possibly, get away.
Conversation attains its most asinine
form In the 'grandstand at the ball
park.
A man can be reconciled to any sort
of expenditure If none of the money
belonged to him
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Hri
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Watermelons Are Shipped.
Houston, Tex.—Tlwt first carload of
watermelons of the season, consigned
to Houston markets, was received Fri-
day.
Italian Countaas Is Pardoned.
Milan.—Countess Marie Tarnovsky, !
sentenced In May, 1910, to eight years j
Imprisonment for complicity in the 1
murder of Count Kamarowsky at V<* i
nice in November, 1907, has been par-
doned and released.
The harvesting or the oat crop In
Gillespie'boutny has begun and reap-
ers and binders are busy in almost
eves? portion of the county.
Texas freight agents have received
notice of a material cut in freight
rates on certain commodities from
California to Texas and other points.
Two iron bridges will 'be built, at t
pore In Lavaca county, one to span
Mustang creek near Mount Olive, and I
one over Kelly's creek near Yoakum,
Flood prevention, drainage and
paved roads were advocated at the
meeting of the Good Roads and Drain-
age Congress at Houston a few days
ago.
—♦—
Major E. F. Brown, leading lawyer
or Grayson county ajpl brother of the
lute Chief Justice Brown of the Texas
.supreme court, died at Sherman Inst
week.
Shipments of hogs by the Co-opera-
tive Shipping Club of Brown w ood are
mado regulurly. The shipments are
mado up by a number of farmers who
nave not enough hogs to ship cars in-
dividually.
New $6,000 -School Building.
Berclstr, Tex.—A contract was
great naval
Tte^luilt
toon
.oast town 22
vllle. The plant, next
radio station will
at Point Isabel, the"
miles' east of Urownn-
to that st Ar-
■J!—
Hits the Particular . ..•
Southern Taste
Long ago Yankee notions of. cook-
ing gave place to the dainty, toothsome
cookery of the South, and today in Boston,
New York, Philadelphia or Chicago the
honors for “extra good" items on a hotel.bill ,.
■ • of fare are shared between the skill of the
Parisian chef and the dictation of the South-,
ern housewife to her skilful "mammy.” v
To match the culinary skill of the South-
land, a new, unique apd ready-to-eat cogp
food was originated —
Post T oasties
' The praise of Southern women for this
delicious dish seems to indicate its great
measure of success in a section where ex-
ceptional cookery is so common.
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If you are interested in something "sweet
that requires no cooking, has a rich
smack of
your grocer
a package of Post Toasties.
• s / wu ui v imbiusivu ass ovbiiwuii
to eat,” that reauires no cooking, h
corn flavour, and carri*** a pleasing
satisfaction, why—-order from yoi
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