The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, April 6, 1917 Page: 4 of 6
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The following list
of prices will show
you how your dol-
lars are
MAGNIFIED
When you bring them to us.
Kitchen Cabinets from $17.50 to............... ..$27.50
Good grade linoleum, per yard... __________ __________85c
lie-enamel your beds, rockers, etc., with our enamel and
varnishes—all shades and colors, in any size cans. Priced
frcnc^'ic to..________________________________________ . 90c
OCedar Floor Mops, $1.25 to .................... ...$1.50
O’Cedar Oil, per pint..................................50c
In fact everything to assist you in your spring house clean-
ing, and a splendid line ol NK\V FURNITURE to select from.
Deport Furniture Cii
Funeral Supplies
Picture Framing
WATER PORTERS OF QUITO.
TH* Funny Way Th»y Hav« In Delivar-
ing Their Liquid Load.
About u l'oiinlaiii in ono of the prin-
cipal hijiiuiis of Quito, the capital of
Keuailor, lesnnblo every morning tlie
city's ngnmli cm. 'These water porters
differ from l!u* less uucrgulic ones of
nouio Soulli Aineriraii cities in carry-
ing their jars upon their backs instead
of on tile buck* of mules. Their earth-
-cn Jars are deep, have a wide mouth
and hold about forty pints.
The porter carries it on his shoulder
fastened with leather straps, lie never
detaches liin'tsclf from his jar either to
till It or to transfer Its contents tc
that of Ids customer.
lie turns Ills hack to the fountain so
rtiut the jar comes under one of the
jets of water a ad listens to the sound
of the water in the jar. and his ear is
so well trail. . ... . he always walks
away at the ; i moment when it is
filled to the I . ii t
Arriving 1.1 tin I.. a e of a customer,
Jio goes to the mm -bold jar, makes a
deep In,.-- and disappears behind a tor-
rent of wn!er 1 oieie'iors can never
receive without laughing the visit of
their a .im.dor, the respectful little man
who hows to i iie behind the cataract
of water.— Los Angeles Times.
OLDEST WAP IN THE WORLD.
It Prove* That Pastal Routes Wer*
Ct reef In Ahr.-'i.-.m’e Time.
Pqptal rmilcs of id years ago,
ivljen timpaivci po t and the circulat-
ing lib: try nlrenh h id been in c*
faience nt lea -i s.ki jcii.-s, arc shown
on *the ' orld . oide.-i map, a treasure
that wn disi w err 11 mining the Nippur
tablets in the uiusetun of the Univer-
sity of I elms' I' lfiiin by I)r. Stephen
J.ungdoii tin- or eutalist from Oxford
university. Dr. l.ungdon considered
the map not only tin-
best pi-esi d t e I
from antiip'il.v.
Dating he'oie theTiuie of Abraham,
the map *!,-•». * a co eprehensive sur-
vey of the re >n iilned llie temple of
Nippur in
was miii.
cultivation I'anals w ere numerous and
Mrs. Bell Dead
PRESIDENT ASKS CONGRESS TO
DECLARE WAR ON GERMANY
There are very few, if any of our subscribers, who do not read some
daily or semi-weekly newspaper, and the following is only a summary of
conditions as they exist late Wedn<?sday night:
President Wilson addressed a joint session of congress Monday and
asked it to declare a state of war existing between this country and Ger-
i many. A resolution to that effect has been introduced in the senate and
reported favorably by the committee on foreign relations. The senate will
vote upon the resolution Thursday, and it is thought there will be little
lopposition to it. In speaking for the resolution Senator Hitchcock said
that he had always been opposed to war. He asked that congress pledge
the natior to a war that may last three years and may cost much blood-
shed and sacrifice. A war that shall have no “Gethsemane.” We want
no more territory, we demand no indemnity. Hitchcock said “we alone,
of all the nations, will spend our treasure and our lives without hope of*
material gain. We are going to war to vindicate honor and independence;
as a great nation. We are going to war in defense of humanity. The
quarrel which we have, was forced upon us, but the German government
is desperate. No great nation could hold its place in history and permit
itself to be ordered off the seas.”
It is proposed to raise the money to conduct the war by taxation.
The President has asked for half a million volunteers. The Texas Na-
tional Guard has been ordered to report at San Antonio and preparations
are being made for both offensive and defensive. The Times believes that
most of the fighting will be done on the water. The Mexicans and Ger-
mans will probably give us considerable trouble on the border, and more
or less trouble of an incendiary nature will doubtless arise from Germans
munition plants, large
Mrs. Ruth Jane Boll of West
brook, mother of R. M. Bell of, ...
Rugby, passed away at her home I and German sympathizers in our large cities,
last Saturday. We take the foi-1 bridges, etc., but these things are not calculated to materially affect nor-
death^frum tile CoioradrRw'o^d' 'ma^ con(litions in North Texas. Every foot of available ground, however,
it is with a sad heart‘that we I $ht)uld be planted in something that will supply food for man and beast.
are called upon by one “wlm [ Prices are going to be lligll.
doeth all things for the best,” to j ____
chronicle-the death of Mrs. Ruth
Jane Bell, (nee Pyne) better
known as Grandmother Bell.
She was horn in Alabama in
1813, and was married to Mr.
McCollum Bell at Geneva, Ala
batna in lb07. Seven sons were
horn to them, live of whom are
now living: E. V. Bell, Claud
Bell, and ^\. M. Bell of West,
brook; R M. Bell of RUgb.v,
and Foy Bell of Midland, Tex
as. Two sons, Eugene and Otto
died in their early childhood.
In 1884 the death angel took
away the husband and father.
In the- same year she moved to
Texas, where she resided until
hei death.
She was converted at the age
of 25, and lived a v mseerated
Christian life for 1!> years; ami
those wlio had the blessed privil
age of knowing her, can bear
testimony to the fact that her
first thought was for the live
I'c-st, but the ! sons left to her car;, and for tin
has come down ,r , . ,
welfare of those about her,
She had been in poor health
for a number of years, hut sin
limtcs t;.at the' country ; was patient through it all, and I
hi :h Mate of tnti iisivo I am 8urt. that grace the through
•Which she met her allliction was
On Saturday, April 28th, the business men of
Deport will give prizes for the first and second best
five miles of roads leading into town on that date.
First Prize $25.00
Second Prize $12.50
This morey to be used by the roads winning .the prizes as dragging
funds. The following men will act as judges of the roads on that
day: W. H. Thompson, Lewis Dickson, C. I). Hutchison, Gene Day,
W. S. Cheatham, C. W. Milam and Albert Singleton.
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I
Your Road Can Win a Prize
\Ale want
and
your
BUTTER, GEESE
TURKEYS and \
HIDES . 1
Week in and week
out we absolutely
guarantee you the
highest market
price for these
things.
We pay you the
cash and do not
ask you to ‘ ‘trade
it out.”
i
The Standard Grocery Co.
R. N. Brown, Mgr.
Telephone Connection.
xervpil bof!i for iiiigarion and iratis-
Jiortati,,,,. Tlii-y were the mall mutes.: Lorn of afait|, securely anchored
and a l:r- lias been found lor a basket j
of “books" or liirrary tablets sent from
the library of, the Nippur temple to a
town about six miles distant. ffiiurup-
pok. According to Babylonian tradi-
tion, Noah IP i»l :it this town and built
in thecross of Him who “gave
, His lifoa ransom for others.”
In the early rmirnin on the
I date of her death, March 26th,
the ark there,
nffoo it. r.
'Hu-tug was used about I she called her live little grand
daughters, who had the privilage
Donkey. In Trousers. j of being With her ill ht.-f last
in Bella- j days, to her bedside, and told
them farewell. At l;30 o'clock
The stranger in Guayaquil,
dor, nt once remarks one very curt
011s feature of its life and general ap
pea ranee. tVo are use 1 to seeing nets j in the afternoon the end
over our horses in the summer, but j eame, and it was a pathetic scene
when her live sons gathered a
snrli an out tit ns is required by the
donkeys in the tropics strikes the
stranger as liidb-rons. The donkeys
are numerous in the eily and are used
for all nuinner f load purposes, from
baskets of fruit to the enrenssps ol
butcher's meat. In the morning a
string of them may In- seen trotting
through the streets with n load ol
• fresh meat from the slaughter house,
which is situated outside the town.
The donkeys are nil pro. ideal with eov
round the bed to watch the last
faint spark of life die away j
which finished her life as an an |
gel on earth, and begins a new
one as an angel in heaven. If
she had lived until March 30th
she would have been 71 years of
age. Besides her children, she
TRACK MEET
Also on Saturday, April 28th, a track meet will be
held at Deport, consisting cf two Relay Races and a Basket Ball
Game. The two contending Basket Ball Teams will probably be
Fulbright and Minter. The Relay Races are open to everyone. Re-
lay Race prizes are
$4.00 For Each Race
For the Basket Ball Team who makes the highest score a prize of
$5.00 is Offered
crlnga around tin* fori- legs, like or .
•Unary trousers, anil with a protection loaves thirteen giand children,
over the ears against the mosquitoes Two grand children preceded
The Gunyamdl donkey presents a ||ur to the other world. One sis
moHt comicn) fippeiiratjee trousers,
especially if his garment Is embroider| tur, Mrs. Cubic lil&ir of A ftbflinjl
ed, a# it sometimes la. land two brothers, I) M. Pyne,
MAKEYOURARRANGEMENTSNOW
to be in Deport Saturday, April 28th
Railroad Situation I'p to Congress
Washington, March 'JU.- Responsibil-
ity for tlie railway development of tho
country, for providing necessary truna-
portatiou facilities to i-ure for the grow-
ing business and population of tho
country, now rests largely with con-
gress and not entirely with the rail-
road managers. Tills was the state-
ment of Jmlgo Robert S. Ix>vett, ebatr-
mun of the executive committee of tlie
Union Pacific system, to the Newluiids
Joint congressional committee when
that body resumed its inquiry into
the subject of railroad regulation tills
week.
In making this statement of the
changed conditions of the railroad sit-
uation Judge Lovett undoubtedly had
in mind (tie decision of the supreme
court on the Adamson law, handed
down last week, which establishes tho
right of the federal government to fix
railroad wages and to prevent strikes.
This decision is regarded by rallioud
men and lawyers as marking un epoch
iu the development of transportation
in the United States,
"We have ohr share of responsibil-
ity," said Judge Lovett, "but it rests
primarily on congress. When the gov-
ernment. regulates the rates and tho
financial administration of the rail-
roads, tho borrowing of money and the
Issuance of securities it relieves tho
railroud officers of the responsibility of
providing mid developing transporta-
tion systems, except within the limits
of the revenue thut enu be realized from
such rates and under such restrictions.
"For a country such as ours, for a
people situated as we are, to blunder
along with a series of unrelated, incon-
sistent, conflicting statutes enacted by
different states without relation to
each other, instead of providing a com-
plete and curefully studied and pre-
pared system of regulation for u busi-
ness that is so vital to the life of tho
nation, is worse than folly.”
He summed up the present problems
and difficulties of the railroads as fol-
lows:
First.—Tho multiplicity of regula-
tions by tho several stutes with respect
to the Issue of securities. Involving do-
lays and conflicting state policies gen-
erally dangerous and possibly, disas-
trous.
Second.—Tho atato regulation of
rates In such a manner as to unduly
reduce revenues, to discriminate In fa-
vor of localities nnd shippers within
its own borders as ngainst localities
and shippers in other states and to dis-
turb nnd disarrange tho structure of
interstate rates.
Third.—The Inability of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission, whoever
the commissioners muy be, to perform
the vast duties devolving upon it un-
der existing laws, resulting tn delay—
which should never occur hi commer-
cial matters—nnd compelling the com-
missioners to necept the conclusions of
their employees us Anal in deciding
matters of groat Importance to the
commercial and railroad Interest^ of
the country.
Fourth.—The practical legality that
tins been accorded conspiracies to tie
up nnd suspend the operation of the
railroads of the country by strikes and
violence and the absence of any law
to compel tho settlement of such dia-
miles hv nrhitmtluD nr other Indicia!
Jno. McArthur is drilling a-
hout fifteen local hoys in the art
of war fare. John served a term
in thef army and the boys are
sure to learn a few things that
are worth tvhile under Ids in-
struction. ■
Our farmers are * complaining
because of the continued cold
weather. With the price of feed
so high, grass is not coming ui>
fast enough to suit them, and
other vegetation is not growing
much.
The members of the PreabyJ
teVinn Church met tit the church
Monday evening and carried to
the home of their pastor, Rev.
| J. M, Youree, a nice "assortment
ol things that gladden the inner
man. A vyry pleasant time is
reported. J
A. L Robbins of ClarksvilF,
has been appointed district at-j
torney of the Sixth Judicial Dis |
trict to till the vacancy caused
by the death of Judge J. R Ken-,
nedy. The appointment was
made last Saturday afternoon by
the governor. jj
D. W. Leigh, representing the
Clarksville Times, was in Depjort
on -business Wednesday and
made tins offiee a pleasant (tail.
Mr. Leigh is a hustler and has
doubtless materially increased,
the circulation of the Clarksville,«
paper in ti e small towns and*
settlements of the county.
We urge our farmer friends ti.
use the columns of The Times
in buying and selling products
or stock. It cost only a cent a
word per issue where the adl
does not egrry a head. This is-
sue lias a number of such ads
Have you tried tt?
moans, an all other issues between etti- . -
Zeus in civilized slates are to be set
tied. g
Fifth.—The phenomena! Increase In I
the taxation of railroads in recent \i
years. *
Sixth.—The cumulative effect of /
these conditions upon the investing j
public, to which railroad compuniel /
must look for the cnpital necessary bi
continue development.
V
Not Play For Her.
Edith—If you don t love Jack why
don't you tell him soV Madge—Well, j
he sends me flowers nnd takes me to |
tlie opera, you know, and— Edith—
Rut, gracious! 1 don't see how you can /
play with Ids affections thut way. J
Madge- I’lny? I call that "working" I
them.—Boston Transcript. y
Paris Commercial
College
Paris, Texas.
Knowledge in the head
PUTS Skill in the hand and
Money in the pocket.
The education you use regard-
less of what you do.
Winsboro, ^exas and T. S. Pyne,
Avery, Texas; a number of other
relative^ and a host of friends
mourn h'er death.
Futrerat services were conducted
at the Haptist church by Rev.
Bodine, of Colorado, pastor of
the Primitive Baptist church of
which she was a member.
Her body was laid to rest in
tlie W. O. W. cemetery by the
side of her grandson, to await
the resurrection morn. The
sympathy of all who knew her is
I extended to her loved ones.
It looks like our correspon*
dents have laid down on the job
tliis week. Only our faithful
reporter at Rugby has a letter
in this issue.
Additional Local News
Russell Kelsey, who has been
attending business college in
Dallas, returned home Wednes-
day.
Miss Mayme Grant is assist-
ng i.i the telephone Office this
week in the absence of Miss Big-
gie Fagan.
Clyde Woolley returned Sun
day from a week’s visit to Cor-
pus Christi and other south Tex-
as points.
We wish to inform our friends
and the public generally that we
have accepted the local agency
for the Saxon automobile. If
you are in the market v a car
let us tell you about them/
Purgerson Moto i Co.
To complete your Easter ap
pearance you should get a hair
cut and lirst class massage at my
shop. Ed Masters.
Your attention is directed to
an ad in this iasue telling of mo
ney prizes lor the best tive
miles of road leading into De
port.
Many people in Deport were
interested in the city election
at Dallas. Joe E. Lawther was
elected mayor by 1253 votes and
the franchise carried more than
two to one.
Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Youree,
Clarence Nobles, J. H. Read and
Misses Bessie Maye Binnion and
Maggie Fraser are attending the
Presbytery at Dodd City this
wfeek.
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modern fire proof European
230 ROOMS 230 BATHS
129 tfoOMS WITH PRIVATE BATH
110 “ *• DETACHED BATH
Rates $1.00 Pahd DIip
SPECIAL RATES BY THE WEEK OR MONTH
Unexcelled Cafe Service. Moderate Prices.
BUNTING SEA BATHING FISHING
THE BEST ALL - YEAR - ROUND
CLIMATE IN THE WORLD
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The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, April 6, 1917, newspaper, April 6, 1917; Deport, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1161154/m1/4/?q=war: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Red River County Public Library.