The Canton Herald (Canton, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, June 15, 1917 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL. XXXV, No. 24.
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H’OttE JOKE H. BOVD
APlHMXTKil DlfcTBIfc^ JIDGE
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in the -United Slates really begat, two years ago when" the
Federal Reserve System was orgaui/ed. It will be complete
when every citizen is {lofug liis share towards the niaintc
nance of the system. '
By depositing your momy with us you eaVi help direct-
ly ill developing and strengthening it as We are required tj>
keep on deposit with bur (Federal. Reserve Batik in Dallas
_______a portion of your bait, nee with us.
At the same time, and Without cost, you benefit direct-
ly from thy protected the- system affords us.
BUY A LIBERTY BOND
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First National Bank
CANTON, TEXAS
Washington, June 12. CJovernorr.
of'states wtl not be catted nwn *n
make recommendations for apooint
ment to local boards cLfex^-iiotior1, re
jj| j originally planned, following parseoe
11 of tins national army act, but tie- I'Mds-
0 tration boards will nerve In that ea-
}]t paclty, composed of the sheriff, county
ft ; clerk and county-physician. In cities
of 30,000 people the registration board
t j also will serve.
I j i. lteconiniendation8 will.,be .rceeinr .
[1 from tlie governors of states for the'
: I chaug.es in the exemption board!* when
any member pro’res un satisfactory, ri
The high pes-entage claimed ex-
emption* as shown by the registration
returns, which probably will reach 00
per, cent, has caused alarm for fearj
that the rules fpr exemption nirv ’ 1
loosely enforced In the first Instance '
the county phyateian ts to pass upon
the phyisical fitness- of the drnftc-'
person, but if-tlie board is not satis' +.
WUh his report It may call one orj,
more other physicians to, make .exam j
tnatlons. Whlle~-the right of habeas J
, corpus is always open to the citizen, i
an appeal Is provided from the local j
board to adlsTttfcl bourj.- to he or-
H ganlred fof that particular work. Be-
yond that the only appeal lies to the;
<J president unless, of vourse. the «p!>-
«C, e^iy* nuoh tTiHfSSCit-ft-e
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Notice to Auto Owners
UfE £the . undersigned garages of
Wills Point will not sell any
gasoline, tires or any accessories
on Sunday, after June 10. Our cus-
tomers will please take notice and
see about you: auto needs on Sat-
urday.
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to warrant a judicial Irinuiry, where- till:. <•'
Jpilff* I f' R. 15-Pd.
Ja»te. l-.st Tiicr-lay afi. .p i f'.ov-
ernor. r rgnacn apno.ntrd Ju '*.•
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RHODES & ALLEN CO.
JAMIESON'S GARAGE.
J R. L. BROOKS. j
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PERSONAL MENTION
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mtstfetannmsssatutrn | .Judge 'Julius Gcrpiam of Dal-j upon lie may try Ills fortune in the fed-j Jhdg* Royd hi t’rp.r-siu** N known-a* Open Letter to the Governor |
las U's here first of the week at- 1 oral court. There will be small chance.! ?':« Glvh.'v- Jsit' r i di r t r.r./l i' • . .... ", ;
'.'the assumption its, to obtain relief; is comprise I of the ecu nth <•<>.• Kuuf- *• .niton* . '■ June > 1 «> liis
.through an appeal to the president'rdaa. V-n Jiur.dt and Hock will. ” is1 Kxrd! ),<•»•, .Liui.-s, R. ”J '••’•gu.Mill. '
QFbpftgr the cage has biifa f'lily paswd ' n r» d t • h-.-f-e pev.,-rre.'.VJ bv 1 ViLin, ... 11 • ” i.',..'.
upon by, the appeal board. The law ^tlie Bat l' .Tb.lajlure ~~f~. ~.'i* j -------—’~T"— 4 ."i '
brings the question of'exemption horn Jadgc 'tc»d will a.,name rh • \ r'“ ' '*r' lM" ' 'i1' ''»!
to the people. For that reason military -a the oo.,Uir p oji. Juae d" His f'rr-
A. I). Hatton was here on busi-
ness Monday from Grand Saline.
W. A. Daniels-of Wills Point
was here Tuesday buying cattle.
J. E. Dean pf Edgewood was in
Canton Monday gQenriing court. |
Ben Wright was here from |
temdug county court.
Ai,>—L*aider and eliiidreu
Nava rid eouhty are visiting th
former’s aunt, Mrs. Georgia Mar-
shall, here this week.
.Miss Cora Lawler returned W|th:
home Wednesday from Dallas, i* There will be no class exemption,
where she has been attending the1®8 Indicated today. That is to say.
Southern Methodist CniversityV ' farmer boys, because they are such
Hunter Huckahy, win
ANNUAL TdEETING OF EDOM
CEMETERY ASSOCIATION
members of tjie court were done away tor.n» c-f court wilt he in Van Zg**df
Id Sf^rmb^r, un’es.H
sfD‘ri£i
sessirn sloiUd.be t:eid in Kiufmar
county vh cb D her,j]v pr,(t*nb! • al-
though there has bee a so.tx talk of it
will not be allowed to escape the rul-1 Ills term of appointment Is until theLiimeh mooted ‘UP-’-mt;
.r1'.11 j of miHtary srviee. It it can he shown next guv: n»t~drcttnrrr whtt h WtTt be P-*" N'pw^whiT
fion of fiMteniit:
t:n i:i our coll
much controversy bet-v;n
-ehool -iu.vji ,i ol ^efiol 11'. It >
to remain For„,;nn\ to settle
- (tt'orr frstei'tij*
ges btts < i!t-i'd
our
•ms
llo
held next year. He was ||orp Monday
had .theif . fr.»obb
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£■'*. • "Willi Point Tuesday on business. I.vTsTtng’hs sister, Mrs. W. P. Kel- j that they are of more value in the ft«
•rT "B* Peerv of Willu Point «■„« ! him here for several dtivs left for 'him the army, they probably will be j interviewing hits fudiciul" constituents'
rJ/' 1 eer-V ‘V 'V 1 0,nt I ' ; ' ■ V , 1 J doo I,. 'allowed to remain in civil life. and it is understood that he will V A' men also bav,
An Cantoil Monday_attending. '■us home at town, i-a.. rsunua. , .. The "high percentage of exemptions; cand date for re-a«pt1on at the -roper; nne>tions, to-wit
court. T ‘Mrs. h. < . I Oole and baby have claimed embraces very phase ef con-t time ..... Fallirirr fmm
# I wn4simw.rl to t Vi o! i> twuftn ■ n 'I'iiIo-i ! dlflnti a r* A thoPo OL’ ill h*» t\ i f f if II IYI ’ Jl* o T t» — t* II T ro a i\* iV, ^ ' * 1
John Sides and taiuily of ier-
r school Hlr
returned to their borne in Tulfa,
after tin extended visit at.
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ditiori, and there will be difficult-! Ytm Terr I!
«« to isi. i •*'*-»" '«™*" »“• «iK*JSSS £ SS5
ton HimilAy. tbl-honw-of th. j»™gr ? !'*«■<•>*•»; U,, li.l.t Mmmu,y
•IlHififO ami Jr IT a. K. M. IiiVfMV, and Married men are conuld^rably in
family. ^ doubt a* to th^lr statns. If the rule
Misses Roxie Stanford. Glfldvs tl,«t »W>Ued to the national guard Is
Wa . i i i \i n . * . adhered to dependency wb«ji actu
Mteheli and Mildred hostel and eJtjstjng will be valid for release, but
Erie Stanford returned to Denton
last week to attend the summer
... , ,,| normal at the North Texas
Blackwell
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Will Robinson and Floyd Terry
of Grand Saline were Canton visi-
f j tors Sunday.
I ' Cortia Downs, Sib Ellis and Ei-
bert Slaughter of Edgewood visitrj
I ed here Sunday^ I
Henry and Robert
nd siater, Miss Rosa, spent Sutt-
^yjh Malmnk. ' ......
_____MJSies Margie and Johnnie
Thom spent last wgek'^yith Jaek
Kell at n and family at Colfax.
Bailey of Colfax was here
attending county court,
gTy w/ucfi is in session this week.
County Clerk W. L. Steed and
Tax Assessor John B. Sides wade
a business trip to Dallas Friday.
T. K. Bateman and Hill
IfbeSe spent a couple of days in
..Dallas the latter part of last week.
Mrs. Corry Causey and daugh-
Miss Rena, are visting the
former’s daughter at Dallas this
, week.
Hayden Bateman and Miss P.-el
of Martins MiTT took dinner with
maLCoJiege.
Mr, and Mrs. J. K. Todd return-
ed Friday from Southwest'"Tuxas,
Where they' Spent their honey-
moon enjoying the gulf breezes
and riding the waves.
nvu where u person ban ample 'me?
to car,e for his family, or there are
\or. | means for them being taken care of.
Business concents over the
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eh u reh
theif fb-bata bit!
Infant Bapfi-.m,
_. , . / ", r fining I rom irrm-i-, etc. As v oil
TriPuerto.’, through l , ...... , . . , .
which 'paper *e are.) ' school, trouble, 1
permUtecl to pVint the. aihove likenea»{ feel confident you will couf< r a
ef J-4~r> Road, gives, the iollowtngi great favor not onlv on vour run-
w^rn^tehl sk.uch vMeh will he of „tjtu*nts but the entire Christian
to. fii?r r*md^rs: ... .. .. , .
I’.ond wbh born .in h> 'for 1,1 •s,'tr!!,n- rh,s
St’4At«‘f4l »H,' li, lAJiUr Sl>fl fffy ^-UAi i’tiJj
J. }{. jad K!i/a^et»i BuikI. Hi* ^ ftc* vnrj fo*’ 'lich '*l!TItlCf
education was obtain* in the p’rbtic' 3, , ^t);..' p,,'.,., j.„.s
schools of Terrell, from which bd i ■ , ,
graduated in the cla»s of l’.lOb. From H‘' * ''’"/giug tutu-,t ib-ri-stnu at Wtl't'e
Tbe ermrrei. rtrect-ng —of —Ttr?~~
Edom (Vuicten Asspeidtion vs ill
be held at Kdnm, Texas, on Fri-
das. June 2T I'1!?. Tin [iiirpose
ef tliis organization is to keep the.
oemef**ry clean tmd in good eon-
' ditioii geueralt.v. (t is supported
h.v- p’-iyatr xnhgtj-.Ttvnong ,n e t 'arty '
one aiding-iit the work will reoe+v-e
o"r many Jbariks Tie* association
will t oy a cold drinks stand on the ’
ground* and the proceeds there-
from will be appii *xi. 1o the work
being conduct-si by the Associa-
tion. Come juul bring a \veH-filled
basket. R srieetfullv,
R. I.. MCRf’TTYi'Tresident.
,1. T. DREW Eh' -^eurr-Tan-:.
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Hon. H. P. Davis and wife of
Wills Point and Leslie Valentine,
and wife of this place'motored to
Tyler Sunday.
I w Ganrnbeli ami wife The rules President Wilson Is to
- .brl'X -!V!^ivu';f'ry2,'artfh
and
from Emory and took the former’s
sister, Mrs. ('has. Roberts, and
two children hack home with them
to spend a vyeek.
Miss Stella Sides entertained a
number of her girl friends at the
houj'e of Mrs Alice Mitehell one
night this week with a slumber
yiarty.
Al.-C. hWtier —is prrparwtg tt>-
have a new home erected on the
lot where liis old resiiterreP' sfSiids
and the old building is now being
towii down. Mr. Foster and family
are domiciled in the Mrs. Georgia
Matthews' bouse while the new
home is in course of construction.
_ ___________________ - _ ^ tlra high actroot, the--vyrntig grabitam j as ill- :*r;>’raeTetf—Th ■•tints stltrt.
try are again importuning congress gj"accepted the first cniplnym-nt thru or- ymp ,,.„l •],. pn ael .-r. need time
see that their employes are left tn ctrttl rered ifseir, that of.a section hand eti| ?|; >,r,ioris
Vwt7|*r'J’'titv.
life, and Instances have been reported j the T ’Xjs .Midland railroad, from
where person* were looking for an' wtitcff be made and saved enough
opportunity to exert influence tn or-j money to at tend the state university I
der to save their son* from probable.; *f Austin, where he took the eourso of t
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service in the trenches.
Susie
exemption list to the last notch and
permit no one to go free that properly
should do service. In order to. insure
this the list of applicants for appoint-
ment to the district appeal boards U
to be carefully scanned before selec-
tions are(made.
5Er8a5-tt2e2ki?i.'8! £2i M1
he was married to Sara Park-4.| Sunday nifrlit. 31 iss r)« an is a
daughter of Hr. J W: Parks of Kauf- f daughter of Alex Dean, who lived
maa. lie began the practlcw of hi*.S(,v,,.a| „n.i Mj,s Susie
profession in TerreTI. and from th—1 . —-r—
first met with marked success. In 1912f 'lafs n,;ir*J I riellds here v Ho wish
he formed a partnership with nisi her smooth sailing over the mairi
Mr. and Mr-. Torn je-
eomiia’Me 1. l<y R. v M. A l^iiiiid
b n ai <1 wife anjjJJr. A. .1. Barton
of dtalta.V Went IVT Marius Mills
S’tflda where Dr. Barton address-
ed tin* jv-opb* on the feohihition
question-and took up a eolleetiou
for the <*au'C. At tnght he address-
ed a large crowd at th< Baptist
church in Canton, taking a eoUec-
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R. Bond, fdr the! motiial sra
broth-t*.- Thomas
practice of law in this city, a firm
which has achieved » full mi*a*ure of
professional success in the s-.ft'ereiling
years.
,. ,, , ‘The only official position which
U{> ( onstable hngar j Bond lias filled prior to the one
recently bestowed upon him was that
of chalriimF-uf tlot-citv 4>«*nmisnom-s#
to which he was elected in
i
Sheriff Joe Carpenter aud Dep-
uty Ifenry Blackwell went to Ben
Wheeler ,-ftetrjrday night, where
they picked
Austin and went on to tin* home
ofChaidey—JohtneMv 4e* JwJjigi
charged with a . misilenfitanor. j (n whm he Se7vpd 7nr Two
They called for Mr. JohltSon, who j years. reiixillK voluntarily at the end.
a while "came to the door of his ternt of office to devote his time,
a winchester rifle.- He WHS! entirely to the practice of his protes- j
, . „ ti,„.lsion. His administration was marked!
to eome.out to the ear that ripiJ prof?regs:iR th, wsl>. „r pul.-,
needed SOUlC_assistance as j |jc improvements in Ihe city He sii-
Fresh 1 a.kes, keg
other lunch goods at
pickles and
Val. ntin**'s.
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Seven Days’
SPECIAL
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Begins Saturday, June 16
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Ends Saturday’ June 23
after
vv'ith
asked....._...
they needed soniq.assistance
the ear—was out of fix. After fail- j pervis. d the paving of Moore avenue
ing to get him to iiolli'e out they! and imersecUng streets and .erected
r ,, 1-. ■____ i , i the w hite way. tor w hich his prede-
asked for light which he brought' or had contracted, built a $4o..mo
and s<*t dowrt about null way an<l| ciL>- iia-U—co-operated with the school „
told them to come and get it. After j board in the erection of the new g
§| failing to get him out tliev went| '*"> ''igh school gliding, paved Vir-' g
ft -i " ii i gin la ktreet- and marry other Dungs in! «
jj op. the gallfr\ where_ h* was, ^t t|,A ^ ^ progre-*- ft>r the city
telling -him what ho hndj "judge Bond has ever M&ii aenve') u
*1 come for. After a. lit Hi!, iiarleyitlg in social, comtuerfial and religious life; I*
« the sheriff grabbed the gun anti a of Terrell and bU every act both In a «
. mi .- _| private and public way has been for i |{
ft short scuffle ensued. The guq wasj advancement and toward making Ter-iS
5 i wrenched from Johns6n's hand.j rp]| a better place in which to live. He j 0
Bv this time they were on (he edge i is a staticb prohibitionist,
of the gallery near the'.'other and | ' Judge Bond has been kept busy. |
s ; .....- today receiving the congratulations K
of his numerous friends in Terrell He g
also received a number of felicitations ft
by tong* distance phone and telegraph.'11*
t\_ 1)_ILiltun......wJto. Ini* -six
miles south of. Gt'Jtui Suliun. -is
here this wee If on the jury. Ho
states th.- wind Friday night dam
■vgr.l cotton and corn *ooo on the
loos.* sand' farms.
W, B <'ot-, tv ho 'a rail'*
-south «d' k»>w-n. was he.rv_fs*turday
seHtior htackherries and found tile
.!oiuu4 -o ggeti4-dye-.-fytT+Ti-'TnVtMTfr-"
Tin to supply it. If stat’d that.
,’Voeoiie made a raid on. his smok**
lions"’ several days ago and Took a
ham and a couple of sides of ha-
eon. He .....in *d to he grateful they
1 eft him enough to last his„fami!y
rlfe'Toita |V('e"'oT tlrls M'iisot; /
F« Hi I ’ ’ ' ri'
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Itub-My-Tism Antiseptiejk Anodyt
Kills pain, stops puttefnelTori,
\V.- u,,u In
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Fill'd ea >'s
♦ til lijind..
! 111 ' ! t ;. mi.*4
1 HI 4 i-i.od'-l.
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fill ''ill', if. A
Wills
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To the Trade
We boug’ht heavily in the early spring of women’s and
pumps and oxfords, and we are going to give you
choice of any slippers in the house at greatly reduced prices
—tor GASH only, for the next seven days.
nil Kid Pumps for! ihie sale ................$4.00
$4.Ub Dull Kid Pumps, for this sale........ ........$3.00
Patent Kid Pumps, for this Bale ............ , $2.90
Kith aud Patent Pumps, for this sale...... .. $2.25
TCid and Patent Pit hi pa,* for this sale..... ]......$1,90
have a big lot of Ladies' Slinners to eh»te. out U{-
pair. Stun here a«‘ broken, but don’t fail .to see
Inline, as the (iFices h tab fa r below what these shoes
, today. . . J ,,
as soon as Johnson lost! his ltokl
on the gun, he jumped from the
gallery and darted round the eor-
ner and got away from the offi-
eers- Who retained possession of
tlie"gun and the sheriff has jiosse^ Iflsf Sunday
sion of it jiow.
an emphat
proper
I^oint.
)nly 3, is tl
tiog of.
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-Richardson
Willie Adams, who lives south
of Grand Saline, was in ’Gantoii
Monday and stated that crops as
a rule look well in his section, but
that the wind last Friday light in-
jured cotton some in the deep
bandy land apd did damage to
corn:-——---:——
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price*
ley jt. 22tf.
W. D. Goodman dieij at - Paris [,
and
shipped from there to Grand Sa-j:
line, then taken 8 miles south to ■
Mount Lebanon, where it wasji
buried Tuesday evening at 2 .
o’clock. Rev. J. E. Edmonson of!:
Having faith in yofl, in the land and believing thjit
<* *w->
prices will continue high, we have not waited until fall to
buy our leather and cotton goods. ’ <
We have in stock Wagon Sheets and Bows, Cotton
Duck, Bridle*, Lines, Collars. Pole Straps. Back Bands, .etc.
Have the bill for our Gloves and Hats, big lot of Rubbers.
Tops and Jars.
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Judge Joel R. Bond of Terrell,
the newly api>ointed jmlge for this
district, was here Monday, .fudge
Bond is u vegy pleasant antj intelli
t gent gentlemen.
Grand Saline officiating. The tie-1
ceased had a number of relatives
living in this county and tliose
who attended the Imrial services,!
besides his- wift* and **htldft*H v.dit> -
aceoinpanvetl from Paris, were It ii
rianri“jr. McNtrrronlfnn fflunTy "oTTTvnTid d
Saline, M.VL. Reaver and wife of j
"(’..Ttiton and John Beavor and wife j
who Jive near Mount Ijtdumqn. ’
Mg ll‘'1Yl>l'-llf il'aiitnii and .Mrs.!:
M('Norton of Grand Saline are the ;
only rmnairting sisters.of the de- j ]
e'easetl.
Will make special prices on
Suits ar.d Straw Hats.
Low Cut Shoes. Summer
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We are expecting the biggest Fall and Winter business
ever known here and we are going to be in a position to get ”
our share We appreciate (he nice "business you She giving "
as *ad will certainly 4ry-4<r rrsrrt s coTrtrrruTiHCc! We prsTu
ise good service, fair treatment and such favors as sound
business will justify.
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Qulfr -a inVmbrr oE the the Gan
ton people attended the all-dav
•.Miigmg at KliaJyrovc last Sunday.
. VI..q e-te.i t ytitra pleasant tnnr. (
No, will care (TiiUs'iuie Fever. U Lvt Valentine order your suit
c.ty tb* mc«l speedy remedy we know. *ml pppt a p'air of |»anta free. 21t4.»
E. <>. Box. a tncrchant. ftaa in
town Monday and rode home in a
new Dotlyt. ___
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J. P. VALENTINE
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