The Daily Ledger. (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 6, 1916 Page: 1 of 4
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' The Daily ledger.
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VOLUMNXI MEMBER UNITED PRESS>AT.T.TNGF.R. RUNNELS COUNT/, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1916
BINDERS r van PELT, KIRK and MACK
and Deering A AL K-r The Largsst Sio:k a* Rapa rs in West Texas. Orders Filled«Day Received “Tell the Truth Advertisers”
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Lieut.ELECTION RETURNS
Tfl P.fKT MfiNFY i T-eporled this morning that the contingent with his demonstration
IU UUul IVIUI1L I German bombarded the London of ability to police Northern
where he traveled preparing
militiamen originally called
Walton.
Lampasas.
NIGHT PHONES
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PICTURE PROGRAM
HConstipation and Indigestion
nd
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where.
tor.esg Get a jitney and ride
Bathing Pool, only 10c.
Conn.
P. $. One new Maxwell to sell it $100.00 Oiscoint
Admission 10c
ger en route home from San An* Guaranteed—a trial will convince
gelo.
KAISER AND
STAFF WILL
GO TO FRONT
SUFFERS A
HEAVY LOSS
J.
ft
greater part of the militia will be
back home within three months
and the border placed under the
protection of a strong force of
regulars.
July 6 —
and train
W,
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This
oc-
ex-
jitney
Pool.
5-3td
e will do your Repairing for less
id have men that know how.
are bent back by the Germans.
The German blow may fall against
the British front.Miss
week
RECEIVES NEWS OF
YOUNG MAN S DEATH
ative tonic for young, adult and
aired. Its mild non-griping action
commends it to deiicatc women.
Phone 610. Conn’s Bathing
Pool. 5-3tdA special price of 10c
fare to Conn s Bathing
Phone 305. 329, 165 or 610.
message was received
blowing at the rate
miles an hour.William Fox presents
THEDA BARA
William E. Shay and Jean
Southern in—
• THE TWO ORPHANS”
written and produced from
Hurst's edition by Her-
bert Brenon. 7000 feet.
Admission 10 cents
Tomorrow—Louise Lovely
in “Bobby of the Ballet’
Blue Bird feature in 5 acts
you. Get a bottle today.
We Cut the Price On Everything for the Automobile
Gasoline 19c Spark Plugs, any Kind
Oil 40c at Cut Rate
Tires, any kind of standard makes 10 per cent, off
BALLINGER AUTO COMPANY
taesfte Cwvt tae Lawn. Tdepteoe taker 505
Q. Victor Miller is now sporting quarters
an Overland six recently bought front jot far from Cambrai
GERMANS
IN COUNTER
ATTACKS
I’owell and
spending a
vertising medium in this special
Sunday morning issue of the pa-
per as it will be extremely eir
culated.
Py United Pre
JACKSON, Miss.,
With all wires down
service suspended it is impossible
to get details of the extent of the
hurricane which swept the gulf
and Mississippi coast Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Mrs. W. L. Allen and baby, of
Corsicana, who had been visiting
her cousins Tom and Henry Van-
NEW ORLEANS July 6.—All
efforts to reach Mobile and Pen-
sacola by wireless up t-o ten
o'clock this morning had failed.
The Louisville & Nashville rail
road officials report the greater election,
part of the country surrounding
Mobile flooded and great dam-
age is feared.
II. F. Kemp of the Valley creek
country, came in Wednesday to
meet his wife who came in at
noon from Coleman en route home
for
Chicago, where he will spend hi-
vacation between the cotton sea-
son with his daughter, Mrs. Tray-
lor and familv.
C. A. White, of Brownwood,I
was here this week buying horses;
for the United States army. He
rounded up a bunch of 46 head.,
paying from $100 to $125 for)
them. A good part of the bunch
shipped from here by Mr. White
Wednesday were purchased thru
Street & Middleton, local
and mule dealers.
Lawton, Okla., July 6.—The
Oklahoma militia numbering 1.
465 men, mobilized at this place
and being held at Fort Sill, have
received orders to get ready to
entrain for border points on Julv
12th.lies.lav afternoon.
Mexico and co-operate with the
American t roops in quelling
banditry.
The war department, though
convinced that all danger of im-
MITCHELL CARS
You Had Better See the Mitchell Before You Buy!
We have several late model second-hand cars in good
condition for sale cheap or for trade. See us at once
we must have the room.
allied offensive. The report says
the Kaiser will establish head-
opposite the British
The Bathing Pool will be open
each morning from 5 to 8 o'clock,
and 4 to 9 at night. Everybody
come. R. P. Conn. Prop. Phone
619. 5-3td
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy.
Everv familv without
glasses will do well to see him
You get ti e best made in lenses
and best of sen ice. 1 uire at
W. B. Wood & Son’s G
Store. 6-2twn si
FUNERAL AT
EL PASOEL PASi >, July ti
of Captain Boyd
Adair and seven n
who were slain in
fight, arrived here
Notice.
A. Levy the well known optician!
. of San Antonio, Texas, is in Bal-
linger again and will remain.
some time. Any one needing
LONDON, July b.— deports
of their relatives B. F. Jones and supply at San Luis Potosi gave out received here from Amsterdam
~ ’ * ’ ’ —J “ r say that the Kaiser
mareneu vu iue gu»ciuui □ unnai <>n the Somme iron? with
’ and made a demonstration in ap members of his general staff who
Phone for Conn's Jitney only pealing to the governor to give will direct defense against great
10c to The Bathing Pool. 5 3td them something to eat.
MILLIONS
STARVING
IN MEXICO
iee<l a
»ine i
By United Press
WASHINGTON, July 6.—The
. danger of conflict with Mexico
( laud Stone received a tele- n0| entirely passed, notwith*
gram Thursday morning announc- standing that most of the admir-
ing the death of Leslie Kegenold, istration officials believe that
...e young man who came here within three months all American
from Tennessee and spent a con- troops will be withdrawn from
least we will be able to tell you 1 ple <)f years for the benefit of his ’Mexico.
who returned to his President Wilson and his cab-
Tenn.. inet will go into conference early
----- EAGLE PASS, July 6,-^Iosef
The band boys are planning for; p. Martinesz, after a two month s
one of the best concerts of thelstay in the southern republic
season to be given on Friday night where he traveled preparing a
of this week. The music will be- report of the condition of that
gin ut 8:30 and a large crowd is country for New York interest,
expected to assemble on thejarrjVed here today. Mr. Mar-
lawn and erijby the following pro- tinesz says there are at least two
million men, women and children
on the verge of starvation in
Mexico. He says nearly every
part of Mexico where he visited is
in desperate condition. The army
has plenty food, but civilians are
destitute with no relief in sight.
Thousands of hungry men are en-
listing in the army rather than
starve to death.
By United Press
WASHINGTON, July 6. —
Following a conference with
President Wilson this morning
Secretary Lansing stated that a
reply to the last Carranza note
would go forward soon. It is
learned that the negotiations for
settling the trouble between the
mb mb m Alf A ' t',vo governments will be carried
A I I A ]■ 1/ O on tnrough regular diplomatic
HI I nul\u c! mnels
I The punitive expedition will
; not be withdrawn merely on the
Bi J Press I strength of Carranza’s note. Any
PA BIS, Julv 6.-—The war office withdrawal will be based on theField Headquarters, near Dub
lan, July 6.—Reports reaching
Gen. Pershing from San Luis
Potosi say that starving women in
that citv created a riot when they
were refused food. The women
rushed through the streets crying
“God send the gnngoes. ’. Sold-
iers quelled the outbreak utter
Mrs. Wriston and little daugh- severely beating several women,
ter. of Grands Falls, and Miss Line of gaunt women and children
Wilcox, son and daughter of Big are being doled corn in all the
Springs, are the guests this week principle Mexican cities. The
iamilv and C. A. Rogers and fam- recently and hundreds of women this morning
A * marched to the governor's palace arrived on tl
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WASHINGTON. July 6.—The
weather bureau admits that all
communications with Mobile and
Pensacola have been completely
cut off since eleven o’clock yes-
terday morning. Shortly before
that time and when the last radio-.,n<j given mi’litarv funeral this!
message was received a gale was 'afternoon. Fourteen cavalrymen1
of eighty wjlo participated in the fight are
still unaccounted for.
count, lazy,
•leaning out.
right thing for that purpose,
sitmulates the live
stomach and purifies the bowel
Price 50c Sold I". Walker Dru
expected to assemble <
lawn and erijby the following
gram.
March— ‘ Chicago Tribune ’'.
Chambers
One Step—“Sweetest Girl in
Monterey ....Herman Palet
March—“The Ford”...... .... ■
Harry Zickel
Vocal Solo—“Don’t Bite the
Hand That’s Feeding You"
Troy Simpson
March—‘ ‘ Lem yley ’
Chambers
-Waltz—“When It’s Moonlight Ini
Mayo” Percy Wenrich .
March—* * Rolling Thunder ”.....
........... Fillmore
Over Princess of India i
K. L. King
Blues—“Bunch" by Request
d during the hot weathe
I’.niii' r m<mtl;>. < ’hamber-
'Cholera and Diar-
lieinedy is wort], t’jany tim-
■ '■ wi:vn needed and is al-- . - - J- Patterson, of Corsicana, accumulated poisons. It is a lax-
lice. It kills the nits and eggs of who had been looking after buy-'
’ ing horses and mules in this sec-
tion spent Wednesday in Ballin-
MAGNA
immediately relieves dyspepsia
caused by excess stomach acidity. from |he local ts o‘*Kellv &
A simple, safe, palatable, inex-1
pensive remedy tor indigestion,
heart-burn, sour stomach, belch-
ing. and all stomach disorders
“Magna" neutralizes excess acid
so stomach may act normally—
price 50e. Manufactured only by
The Walker Drug Co. Ballinger
Our bathing hours are from 5
to 8 each morning and 4 to 9
o’clock at night. 5-3t4
Allied flyers report constant ar-
rival of troops to reinforce the
Germans now fighting between
Andre and Somme. Holland dis-
patches report heavy concentra-
! front not far from Cambrai.
Ypres to Sonnne. Every indiea-
I tion leads to believe that the Ger-
I mans will launch a heavy countei
We w.mt 499 ladies at the Bath- .. ., .j/m . ,,1]x
ing Pool from 5 to 8 o clock Sat- ;1Iul the object will be not to onlv
urday morning. Absolutely Free. the ];ritjsh otfendvr. but
Ladies only. 5-3td, prevent further advance of the
————- French who can not continue to
children left Wednesday
noon for Fort Worth to \ >i
lives a few weeks.MARINES
KILL 27;
CAPTURE 5
trict officers The Sunday morn-
ing paper will also carry the lat-
est telegraph news right up to I
the time of going to press, as well
as local news.
In order to take care of the’
heavy expense incured in such an
undertaking we naturally will
call on the people for their sup-
port and co-operation. We will,
2^'/; -an yoo.i ad-1 Preaching at Methodist Church
Dr. Sam G. Thompson, the pre-
siding elder will preach at Metho-
dist ehuri-h Sunday night.
I is the quarterly conference
casion ami a good report is
peeted Rev. E. R. Stanford will
preach Sunday morning. A cor-
dial invitation is expected to all.iH-om a visit to relatives.
SHIPPING RUNNELS A UrVIAlil
HORSES TO ARMY! < Ml> I 111 f| IU
PROBLEMS
UNSETTLED
to The
R. P. 1.
5-3td A Laxative Blood Cleanser.
T , I)on t put off taking a treat-
-Mrs. I. D. Evans ami children,, inent of Po-Do-Lax. Your system
ot Lampasas came in Wednesday needs a cleanser and tonic—noth-
to visit her father in law S. H. ing like Po-Do-Lax to purify the
. , -----e -----c bowels
C1 • ; and stimulate the liver to healthy
action . The first dose releases the
„„ guLf COAST MILITARY
S. A. B. Hamilton had busine
------ east between trains Thursday.
WASHINGTON. July 6.—The
war edpartment received a report
this afternoon saying that Amer-
ican marines in a battle with
revolutionists at Santa Domingo!
rutted 250 revolutionist and kill-1
en twenty-seven and captured
five. The Americans advanced
on Santiago Saturday with the
loss of one man killed and cig1’.!
wounded.
BAND CONCERT
FRIDAY NIGHT
M. Kleberg
•<day from a *.!
her and frien i
Cathedral last night with heavy
shells, ami that the Germans
made a strong counter attack
North of Somme, resulting in the
retaking of two small woods on convinced that all danger of im-
in.,e- a. f,'ont n°rfh of mediate break with Mexico has
. T~.« Villa Hain from the allies. French passed, is standing by the origin-
county
Notwithstanding that the cost
of securing the election returns:
for the coming primary is double!
the cost of the last primary, The:
Ledger has perfected arra“ *
ments ami will receive complete: . , . . , , ■ ■, . * ; . -
.. turns Of the state and countv'r<?t“llafteI< b-v ,akln- "OIH,S "orih'l al intention of sending to border
I east of Ham. militiamen originally called
It is our purpose to bulletin the I
returns at The Ledger office,!
where our patrons and the public
in general can come ami learn who I
is who as soon as the votes are
counted. We hope to be able to;
tell you who the county and state
nominees are by twelve o clock!|be young man who came
on the night of the election. .* *
T ... ..
” •”*- ........... •' • —i pit- <>l \ var:
who the candidates will be in thc|bea]tb and
second primary. home at Mount Pleasant, ' „
As has also been the custom for jUst three weeks ago to a day of, tomorrow to take up the Mexican
the past several elections, we will (]eath. The young man was a question and act upon the Qar,
issue a Sunday morning paper, vjetiin of tuberculosis and while! ranza note in outlining future
following the day of the election, ^e held his own for awhile during’plans.
giving complete returns of the his stay here, it was realized thatj While it is freely admitted by
county and state election as far the awful disease had gained a I those in touch with the situation
as possible. The state returns-'hold on him that would be impos-jthat the present crisis is over,
yih consist ot Kite by counties sible for him to over come and he there remains three problems to
lor state officers, as well as dis-1 refnrned to his old home to be ’be settled. First the withdrawal
with loved ones during his last, of the punitive expedition, co-
days on this earth. operativn border patrol and
Deceased was a nephew of cleaning up Northern Mexico. If
Mrs. S. p. Stone. During his Carranza convinces the American
stay in Ballinger, and at Winters government of good faith in oo-
he made many friends who will! operative border patrol and
regret to learn of his death which j cleaning up Northern Mexico, the
occurred at three o’clock Thurs-;
day morning.
LICE ON STOCK
Lice injure calves, hogs, horses, Evans and family, southeast of the blood, gently move the
and cattle One or two applies-
tions of Ross’ ‘Dead Quick"
Spray will positively rid stock of
lice and insects. Once tried, you
will never be without it.
Sold in Ballinger by Walker
Drug Co.
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Sledge, A. W. The Daily Ledger. (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 6, 1916, newspaper, July 6, 1916; Ballinger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1172701/m1/1/?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.