The Banner-Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, October 24, 1919 Page: 1 of 11
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BALLINGER. TEXAS. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 24,1919.
Asks Miners and Officials to Prevent Walkout
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Railway Men Will Not Quit Work
In Sympathy with the Strikers
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COTTON 36 CENTS; WILL PUT WAR fIME MORE GAS SHOWING
fUEL FAMINF ON
SEED S74 TON; OUT OF BUSINESS IN SAFETY FIRST AND mm NBR
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Witli cotton picking tied up | Another war measure will be Another mK strata has been eu
throughout the cotton belt on ae- put to (lent|, next Saturday night, countered in Safety First well,
count of continued wet weather, when at twelve o’clock tin? time ae.virditig to I?. W lluntee, local
the price continues to climb. An keeper will push the clock hands representative of tin- Safety Fir-t
advance of about fifty paints (atm* back one hour. giving to us nu ' *'• ,,;K * 'N Hunter stated prove serious
in Tuesday’s market, and cotton hour longer in which to “snooze.” .I'0,, understood that some M.ii'-r* will ; ,.? work
sold oil tiie streets of Ballinger
Washington, Oct. 21.—Officialintcrest today ig centered in to
effort to avert the natio^ wide coal strike, which has been c&Ued
for Nov 1st.
Secretary of Labor Wilson in opening the conference of the labor
—— i union representatives and operators which he called in an effort to
\\ "I, u 4,1.1 "other ,,nly a t -w ,;iVert the strike asked each side to approach negotiations with •
dais off. thi, country is threaten
'■d iiitb .1 find 1 mine, that will 1 conciliatory spirit and to endeavor to find some common gTound
Oil v\ fins <V>. Mr Hunter stated prove serious.
that he understood that some will ,|Uit Work on Nov llP<>n which they could agree and if possible to prevent a strike at
Perhaps a better plan would be "'re inclined not to place much titM unless ti a- unreasonable de. this time,
at ‘Ifi cents and better. The Iniv- to stop voiir clock for ail hour and '-•onlideuee in tthe report that gas mands ar.' granted b\ the coal „
ers are bullish, and Bulling.-,- is’a give the old time piece an hour’s *^i<1 been found i:i t|1(. Los Arroyo mm. ..p. • :i„is, and if the de- *5t'c- Wilson pointed to the great suffering which would follow the
good market. rest. To push the hands back «> >. ‘ *«*• |s ' '-'V"''"1 »»n* price «f coal strike at this time, leaving the country in the grip of a fuel
Seed were selling on the streets after tlie clock h «*-';ek t'ltlvo in. 1,, wh. th< t he} believe it or coal wkl In' almost prohibitive ( •
for #74 per ton Tuesday, this price will disturb the striking order. no*- s,iid Mr Hunter. 1 .1 I.? nu, a ... . a I ilealer, famine at the beginning of winter. He appealed to both sides to
prevailing for the last several ' b- if von have time to wind off 's —0•*'cj dew,, success- r<-.'i\e«l the following telegram L,..,!.- . , . _
days. A comparison of markets the twelve hours you enn pu«fh the Hilly, a double crew drilling re- Tuesdai from ihe Southwestern ‘ e for the time being and agree upon plans of equal
as given in state papers, shows hand forward, permitting it to gularly. 1 lie hole is now about t’oal t '• . : rights and justice to all. (
Ballinger to be the best seed mar- strike out the time and take a ’ “*‘‘t deep amj unless tools ••I'r-ent \ou wir.- senators ni»l 1 d1uh.i.:_ , a .
ket in Texas. new start. »»'.‘*">d be lost ,n the well, or some ................. ............... m Shaking in the senate Senator f relingbuysen, of New JenMJ,
i' work ng denounced the miners for their demands for a_six hour day and
take action
With dfi eem cotton and +7-4
seed farmers experience no *rou
We ar*1 told that there are a
few cranks in .he country who ,l"
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blc in pocketing WVt For a bate of neve changed their time and
. . . .... mgressiaei,
other accident occurs there will be xv.
until the well is com-
let
,'llld decrease
111 • i that 111 • • \
cotton, and with from a half to a sti!l running on old time. In
bale tier acre, all that is needed tj„. ,,f t|1is w;ir measure they
to make money circulate fast, is a f|„. mivantnge of those who
few weeks fair weather
Negroes continue to arrive and
the picking strength of t,he coun-
ty increases daily. Farmers ate
scheming to get full picking
crews and he prepared to make
up for lost time when the weather
clears tip.
CASUALTY LIST IS
RESULT OF AFFRAY
IN AN OIL CENTER
have been living the fast life, and
can retire next Saturday night
wit|, the satisfu'-tion of knowing
that the world is coming back
to their time
The change in tinp* puts to
death the daylight saving bill.
There will be no .thengine i k
next spring, and we will live more
i ? .......rd with the rising and set-
ting of the sun.
The Gulf Production Co. is build
in.* the derrick for lti|ssc!| No !
Tins company bids fare to make
record time in sinking their third
\\ ell.
Nothing new h is developed in
• \ of |lie ot her \\ ' ll ; in *h..........
»\, 1 os? iif whic|, are shut down
for the present. ^
I ► w oil I, Para > ■, <" A il *
V. as here Friday .Mliferi t g with
II 1 i icsecke who e.illt n is t he
Parainoro interest in this eoiiritv.
to prevent strike mi Noven
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for ? Iiirfy hour w . w lii -h 1 • ■
mv now getting for for
hour week, plus sixtv |"
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present priei
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dealers l.av'i
load, but if
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reai-h here
The Iron- .
It of
l,,.r only work five days in each week
John Fitzpatrick, chairman of tlu steel strikers arrived to attend
the conference, and bas asked lor confer<im».with the four big
railway brotherhood.- Fitzpatri k is cxpcovfetl to ask the railway
men to help the steel strikers, bu; the railway unions have already
nnounced through then leader,, that they will not stnkc through
ympathy either for the miner.- ar the steel strikers.......
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Ranger, Oct. 21. Three persons
were arrested following a sb miing
ffrnv here yesterday in which one
man was killed and another prob-
ably mortally wounded. The
shooting which oecured at a local <1 a in nt.
lodging house, resulted from tin
•evival "f an old fend, according
to the police.
COTTON CROP REPORT
FOR END OF OCTOBER
PROMISED TO NATION
Washington, < »et 21. A new
cotton crop repo'-t will be '.ssiie 1
on October 1! by the agriculture
M
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Ur i 11. then in.in- Mi Mism-,1 uifv.i-
.,•!’• Saturday, after a u-" to miner-
Mrs. Williams brother-. •! I» and bu? »h
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WIlSun 1 hi
EFFORT TO STOP STRIKE
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V-s'siant Sei-re'ir
Harrison tmlav informed Hepre-
senfative Byrnes of s..u?li t’aroli-
autliot of reeetit legislation
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Try Want Ad- ft •■ ?■ suit-
call i 'g
1 for I lie
for aim'her
eiiiTe'it y-ii!
. roo estimate
LEASES FARM FOB
TRACTOii FABMiNG
SOLDIERS MONUMENT
UNVEILHiG SUNDAY
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GAR ROW, MdcCLAIM \ GARROW.Inc
Successors to Hogg, Dickson & Hogg
Cotton Factors Houston, Texas
On acotmt of new and impro I 1 » hi -r u'dluig - otten
more efficient methods devised b u- for exj.e.liting deliveries, «
scuntiously promise sliippc- real Sf.KVICI ?'■ uo-- •. uul • nful a?U
exp( ?'t to mail out \cconnt Sales t -ra ui 11 I.!.-.- T •. 1 *11 ■! - - * -.
under no circumstances will wee o.. .1 shipper with . itt • r Stor.i, m
Insurance in excess of charges inc. rr? d for if item , up t? ten days
from date of sale. ...
The interest charges cm adva •? W II.I. I’1 SITIVI.IA Sit)! on
or before expiration of ten days a r date •? s? .
Accurate Classing Intelligent belling Prompt Out-1 urns
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WiLshington, Oct 20. The Nu- •
tional Industrial conference w.ts
due to meet at two thirty th:; :il
ternoop at which time the vote on
collective bargaining resolution
would come up The public labor
torn are expected to vote for
the resolution but the vote of the
employer group a gamut the re
olution will, under the rule , pre-
en the adoption of tin resolu-
tion :id collective bar. • nmg
will l»e defeated
.I fairs
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and othet
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QHUMiTY
Our Creed
As a lender this bank -land-, reads aid anyone
who is worths of it an I is building . a legitimate busi-
ness.
We have alway mule a strong point of courteous,
prompt and aecur.it> • ni >• t<» our <b positors. It is the
kind <d' banking serve even bn,sines, man wants and
ought to have find we I t"tri\e it
Have you ‘ried u- ately
The Winters Slate Bank
II infers, /t oo
All ll<nnr iMjfilal
Capital and Surplus $UK),000.00
Manet lung furim
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who T \ '■ |">-S.-
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CHARGED WITH
— WIFE DESERTION
JOlL&'jlii. e
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hut now
SHIPPING GOOD
JERSEYS HERE
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IT \\ Brownrig > :im ■ in from r<nn|
Itr..wnwood Tu. • I 1 v nigh', where til .1 >
tie left a ear load of I rsei eows w . |,
until the c| unrant me law had been > -t..| 1
complied with, .and th 01 tti.- ehw> print
will eofto 0.1 to Ihillioge- Mr T!
U:«.v nrtg n. tit * ? !,.•..?• .unity 1 , >
jiiui g..t 'lie cow . top llmr nboth- (. .tit,
am Bros y t'0.. uti J 11? > will be iig- hux
- Id to |*arties wanting row* Mr - > mu !
Bnn 11 lag also shipp'd link a lot | of tu, wit--
«.f j-. ,| In i»fc .11^ it- '.c eoiui- \\ \V I ■ Mid Hr Sanders
tr\ i, again becoming Mocked were l r. from Winters Saint
w ith pt od stork day
\\ A \i.riii.1n, h former Paint K l> Kogrrs returned to Brown
Book it i/eii was here from Dal-, wood Tue-dax afternoon, after
ilns Tuesday. 1 spending a day here on buxine-s
for
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UMted States
Extra 11 l Tiiras amidl Tiutees.
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SERVICE STATION
(ttir prices must be right, otherwise* we lose it sale,
prob b|\ a < iistotuer \Nt* doii’t intend losing either
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Oppcsitt Court Jlausi Lawn
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Sledge, A. W. The Banner-Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, October 24, 1919, newspaper, October 24, 1919; Ballinger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1143827/m1/1/?q=music: accessed July 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Carnegie Library of Ballinger.