The Banner-Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, December 17, 1915 Page: 3 of 44
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ional guard. In the Spanish war,
223,235 volunteer officers and en-
listed men served. In colleges
last year, there were 32,000 who
had drill, anti in the last 10 years
139,000 men have graduated who
have been trained 2 years. Fig-
ures for ten years behind that
easily make up the estimated to-
tal of 75,000 army officers say.
j As to the regular army alumni,
an average of 13.000 fails to
, enlist each year. The total for
1914 was 14,349. Even with the
loss through deaths since dis-
charge; incapacitations, removal
, to other countries and old age,
the figure for 20 years should be
175-000 to 200,000’ men.
Recent plans of enlistment in
the war department call 'for three
years with the eolors and four
in reserve Before that, once a
man’s term of enlistment was up,
the government gave no more at-
tention to him.
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Belts, Shirts, Garters, Gloves, House Shoes, etc.
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Boudoir Slippers, Royal Society Packages, Purses, Coll-
ars, Ties, Sweaters, Rain Coats, etc.
FOR SALE—Cheap, if sold at
one#*, one big pair of mules
IRA L. SIMS, Texas, ltw
FOR SALE—One Yale motor-
cycle. good condition, must be
sold at ouce. A bargain for some
one. See G. E. Kemp, at Metro-
politan Business College. 16-2d-
-ltw..
In our line of Stetson Hats we are showing some of the
newest novelty shapes and a full line of staples. Sizes
6 5-8 to 7 7-8. Prices - - $3.3© t© &7JB©
FOR SALE—at bargain, two-
story, five room residence on
6th Street to be moved from lot.
Will take some good trade, apply
at Ledger office. 17-3tw-pd.
Combination Sets in Christmas Boxes consisting of Belt
and Garters, Suspenders and Garters, Tie, Sox and
Handkerchief. Tie and Sox at per set - Tic t© $L2S
By William G. Shepherd
United Press Staff Correspondent
SALONICA, Nov. 2. — ( B Y
MAIL) ~
FOR SALE—Phaeton in good
shape. A bargain if sold right
away. Can be seen at E- C. Allison
& Son Plumbing Co. 14-5td-2tw
•The sun goes down like
an explosion in a paint factory in
this part of the world.
All the mixtures of tongues
and uniforms and ships and flags
of the various armies and navies
centering in Salouica are not in
greater contrast than the melange
of color which fills the evening
skies as the sun sinks nightly be-
hind the peak of Olympus where
the Greek gods lived and played.
Even greater than the variety
of color in the city or the sky is
the variety of opinion in the cafes
when the thousands of
Phoenix Silk Hosiery in Holiday Boxes, two pair in box
F©r Ladies
No. 368. Black, Pink, Light Blue, White, Red, box $2.00
No. 308 Black only, per box ... S3,©©
CHRISTMAS TREES—I have
for sale Christmas trees from
four to eight feet high, suitable
for frmily and church use. Also
take your orders for fruit, shade,
pecan and ornamental trees. See
me or phone 6100. W. R. WHITE.
27-d26t-w4t-pd.
JERSEY BULL—See me if you
are interested in registered Jer-
sey cattle. W. R. WHITE, Bal-
linger, Texas. 27-26td-4tw-pd
■ F©r Men
No. 284 Black, Bronze and Navy, per box - - SL©0
No. 389 Dixie Fiber Silk Sock, White, Black, Tan and
Gray, at the pair - 2Sc
FOR SALE—Two scholarships in
Tyler Business College. If you
contemplate going to a business
college, you can no: beat this one
For particulars rail on or address
he Ballinger Priming Co. tfdw
men of
many races gather with the light-
ing of the evening lamps to talk j
over what the future holds.
There are Germans here; they |
didnt move away when the allied ;
armies came. Salonic» is as much
an ally headquarters as the head-i
quarters in France, but the Ger-
mans haven’t deparled because
Greece is neutral. 1
The Germans are sure that,
sweeping past us 400 miles to the
north, the German
FOR SALE—Home made seeded
ribbon and sorghum syrup. For
eas or headed maize. Apply to
G. H. Sturm, Ballinger, phone
331. 10-3tw-pd
LOST
hordes are
pouring through Servia toward
Turkey. Some of them think that
the time is not far distant when
the Germans will be in Salouica
too.
Then what will these British
and French do? Where will they
iun to? But you don’t hear Ger-
mans talking this way, loudly
It’s among themselves they say
such things, in their own cafes.
Englishmen are divided. Most
of them are glad the allies came
to Greece, others say it was a
mistake.
“Why won’t Italy send an
army to help us in Servia?” asks
a Frenchman. “She could easily
send 100,000 men She ought to
do as much as the allies, for her
future is at stake.”
“But Italy isn’t fighting Ger-
many. She’s fighting Austria,
and she’s going to put up such a
stiff fight on the Italian frontier
that the Austrians will have to
withdraw troops from Servia to
keep the Italians hack,” explains
an Italian newspaper correspond-
ent • '
Turks, in their red fezzes, sit in
the same cafes in Salonica with
English officers fresh from the
Tureo-British fighting in the
Dardanelles. Two weeks ago the
Englishman was popping away
with his rifle at every fez he saw.
Today he passes them as placidly
as if peace had been declared.
Indeed, it is a sort of peace
that you see in Salonica, a peace
of shooting but not of thinking.
Bullets don’t fly, but opinions do.
All the different opinions held in
every corner of the world regard-
ing the Word War may be found
here in this city of 185.000 per-
sons and every evening after tin*
sun has set the pace with his riot
of colwr in the Olympian sky, the
occupants of the old Greek city
LOST—One brown mare mule,
yearling past, branded cross on
left jaw, disappeared from Hat-
chel Oct. 20th. Reasonable re-
ward for mule or information. C.
K- Williams. Ilatehel, Texas. 5-
wtf.
FIRST POST ROAD IS BUILT
IN TEXAS.
By United Press.
AUSTIN, Dec. 15.The San A11-
tonio-Austin post road, the first
built in Texas, is practically
completed. Its final cost will be
about $200,000.
The road traverses Hays, Trav-
is, Comal, Guadalupe and Bexar
counties. One third of the cost
was borne by the government and
the remainder by the counties.
Plans have been made to plant
15,000 shade trees along the
road.
By United Press.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 —
There are a million men in the
United States who could respond
to the colors in some form of mil-
itary usefulness, if the call came.
These are national guardsmen
and ex-national guardsmen still 1
of military age; ex-regular army
men now in civil life; the major-,
ity of the Spanish War veterans
and men who have received
training under authorized army
officers in universities. There
also are young men drilled under
military men in high and private
schools, and ex-lT. S. marines who
have had land training.
Officers of the U. S. arm admit
this would be a highly conveni-
ent army nucleus in time of
emergency, but the government
doesn’t know where any of these
men are, except the national
gaurdsmen-
Roughly estimated, there are
500,000 national guardsmen and
ex-national guardsmen; over 175-
OOO army and navy ‘alumni’; be-
tween 180.000 and 200,000 Span-
ish War veterans and 75,000 col-
lege cadets.
War department figures show
there are now 8,705 officers and
120,693 enlisted men in the nat-
SENATOR L^WIS HAD AN
ADVENTUROUS PAST.
CHICAGO, Dee. 15.—Senator
J. Ham Lewis of pink-whiskers
fame, used to be a stevedore and
stockyards laborer; and despite
his “pink-uns” he not infrequent,
ly has been compelled to show
certain would he “kidders” that
he can “come back” with the
“rough stuff.” He is an expert
rough and tumble fighter.
GALVESTON REBUILDING
NEW $200,000 CITY HALL
By Ur.‘*td Pru*.
GALVESTON, Dec- 15.—The
new $200,000 city hall and audi-
torium will be turned over to the
city soon. Bids will be asked for
on the equipment within a few
days.
know—his wife—is a sister of the
Kaiser of Germany, and the
king's word is law, now that all
the men of Greece arc no longer
mere citizens lmt have become
soldiers-
Or perhaps the Greeks may go
with the allies; is that possible:
Will they try a dash into Bul-
garia ? Or will the Bulgarians
try a dash at Salonica, this city
where Bulgarians and Greeks
fought one whole night through
the streets, three years ago with
the result that Salonica over
night became a Greek city, while
the Bulgarians fled?
All of these questions you hear
discussed in the excited cafes of
Salonica, these warm, semi-ori-
5 RUNNELS CO., PECAN NURSERY
S. B. Howard. Mgr. 107 IN. 12th Street
Our trees are now ready for market. We will
ag be prepared to deliver same at any time after
ag December 1st. Can supply Holbert, Stuart, Fra-
gg tcher. Money-maker, Kincaid, Oliver, Texas Pro-
ag lifie and a few from the noted Raby tree, a nat-
ag ive of Runnels County.
£ S. B. HOWARD
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Sledge, A. W. The Banner-Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, December 17, 1915, newspaper, December 17, 1915; Ballinger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1138043/m1/3/?q=waco+tornado&rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Carnegie Library of Ballinger.