Ballinger Daily Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 12, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 19, 1917 Page: 1 of 4
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Ballinger Daily Ledger
MEMBER UNITED PRESS
BALLINGER, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19,1917
VOL. XII PRICE FIVE CENTS
HALL HARDWARE COMPANY
cheered to an
Wi'H
him t<> a man.
er Kent and E
in the Russian rebellion.
Ladies purse, with some
It wa
t he st r< ets
the great t
PERFECTING PLANS
not dreaming of war.
FOR CHRISTMAS TREE
No one was hurt in the wreck.
been
our
.’1
23
Sundav.
in-
to 66*.
evening-
It is the desire of the committee
i'll-
ngland and I-ranee and with her
and civiliz-
136*.
Jan
1636.
Lead in i> Socialist Arrested
GET YOUR CAR PAINTED
For Disloyalty To the Flag
and the German warning
inizat foils meant
moms
t ime,
the
the
the
ki served an ultimatum on I'krain-
iaiis today demandin'? that they
to
to
the
mall
under
which
to hang such enemies in this coun-1
try, the speaker statc<| that the
tiermans in this country were not |
the enemies the government had |
the presi-
im-lmling
count l ies,
made in Germany, and I want to
take it hack.”
lie was advised to mail it.
supreme judges and cit i
up when the president
assemble in that house. Through-
the
Fri-
A couple of young men, driv-
ing a high stepper to a new rubber
tire buggy, collided with the T.
J. MeCaughn freight truck at the
er t-> get seats Every one Is in-
vited and especially every child in
Jan.
Jan.
.Ian.
Jan
Jan.
Jan.
Blanton paid his
unecrtain terms. 11<
REVOLUTION
IN RUSSIA
FAST DRIVERS COL
LIDE WITH TRUCK
man remains to he net'll, but the
o'al citizens of this community
have declared that the time has
come when there are only two
classes of people and no neutrals.
A mini is cither for lhe govern-
ment or against it, and those who
are against it, must stand the c<m-
AMERICAN WITH
GERMAN EYE
ties in the buggy wei
Hatchings and claim
see the truck until it
to cheek the horse,
struck the front of
turning the buggy
We carry a complete stock of everything for the
automobile. See us or we both lose.
pie must sacri
eir time, ami
Everready Storage Battery Station
and an Expert Battery Man.
Say, our guarantee is worth something.
The local exemption board has
completed a schedule for mailing
out questionnaries to every regis-
Itrant in this comity. The mailing
begins tomorrow ami will contin-
shortly a f I e r Congressman
Blanton s patirotic address al Bal-
linger Wednesday morning, Sher-
iff Perkins placed undei arrest \V.
I- McDonald, ami is being held ill
I four wind
how the enemy lm<|
right of other ship-
Sunday.
969 to 106*.
I loliday.
1069
11*7
‘ ’ ( iermany
would soon have had England
and I'rance on her knees and in-
stead of sending our boys
France we would soon have
trying to cheek millions of
man soldiers pouring into
Hiri’rr. I Ir had 1a 1<»
speak at Brownwood, at the re-
quest of a friend, and the Cham
her of Commerce had taken the
mutter up and sent him an insult-
ing telegram advising him to stay
at Washington and attend to his
om n business. The Dallas News
carried an account of the insult-
ing telegram sent to Mr. Blanton
and his attention was called to it
(CraUnuM on Last Pact.)
13119 Io
Sundav
ami if he fails to get his blanks
through the mail on date corres-
ponding with the mailing he
should call on the local board and
get lhe necessary blanks.
Following is the order in which
lor trouble at home.
Mr. Blanton told how
We have a nice line of Christ-
mas cards in stock. Place your or-
der today. Ballinger Printing
Co. dtf.
BOMBS FROM
AIR KILL 10;
INJURE 70
1 to 163.
164 to 323.
pie way, and it begin to look
gloomy for McDonald when the
sheriff appeared on the scene and
carried the man to .jail. McDon-
ald made no statement after be-
ing placed in .jail, but when crit-
icised for showing his disloyalty
to lhe flag he stated that he did
not understand the speaker’s
proposition. Failing to salute the
flag may be only a minor charge
in the complaints filed against
the man, as his free speech in lh«*
past has been hostile to the Amer-
ican government and its presi-
dent.
McDonald has been living in
this county for quite a number of
years. He has been prominent in
politics, figuring conspicuously in
the county socialist organization.
Just what disposition will be
indient ing
a as w it h
the I kranians in the way of sup-
plies ami information.
The speaker first pointed oil*
lhe causes leading up to the war,
Hutchings Ave. late Tuesday af-
ternoon. The truck was loaded
and was coming into I..........-
from Seventh Street and the par-
•e coming up
they did not
Kiimifi in the man’s stomach un-
► Washington, Dee. 19. Orders
were issued today pulling into ef-
fect urgent recommendations
made by Surgeon General Gorgas
for removing and alleviating con-
ditions leading to disease and suf
feting in the American army
camps. The war department stat-
ed that speedy action would be
taken to prevent further spread
of disease, and better treatment of
cases which have already develop
The horst
the truck
Louisville, Ky., Dee. 19.—-Paul
Gary of Anderson, Indiana, is all
American, with the exception of
a glass eye. The’substitute optic
is alien.
Gary; tried to enlist in the F. S.
Marine Corps at their recruiting
station here, hut was rejected
when his infirmity was discovered
by Sergeant G. Wright
“Didn’t you know that the loss
of an eye would prevent your en-
listing?’’ asked the sergeant.
“I thought it might,’’ explain-
ed Gary,
SPEEUY ORDERS FOR
IMPROVING CAMPS
country, ami on -■barges of mak-
ing statements hostile to the A-
merican government.
at Washington and that
'‘International law
ed warfare does not train 16 inch have been coming to our own fair
Guy Stephenson returned Wed-
nesday from Brownwood, where
; lie had been for several days
working in the offices of the West
< 'ompaiiy.
BALLINGER AUTO COMPANY
OppMltt Coart Boost Uwi. IrltpkftM Hunter $05
P. S. We will take 1135.00 lor the Saxon we have had
advertised at $165.00 for quick sale, 6 casing with it. 1 Chev-
rolet all new casings $100.00.
on short notice. Ballinger Print-
ing Co. dtf
greatest nation on earth.’’
('ongressman Blanton told
fit < . i « . I . 1 4* I I I
-lent's war
any color you want.
We are building a dust proof paint shop and
I guarantee our work to be good as any one can do.
f you are figuring on having your car painted let
us figure with you-we have a man that knows how.
< ongressman Blanton began Lis
address by .say ing it was not a
political gathering, ami that this
was no time for i-olitics. i I- stat-
I their bit most severely, say ing
that lhe man who cats meat on
a meatless -lax should be punish-
JWe
have been here 8 years. Batteries instock for every
make of car, guaranteed by us for 18 months.
Steam Vulcanizing, Reliners for Casing Retreading.
Expert Repairing, Rebuilding and Repainting.
Let us store your car during the winter and deliver
it to you, $4.00 per month.
Stockholm, Dee. 19 The social-
ists of the central powers have
come out strong in opposition to
separate peace with Russia. They
fear sm-h step may so .strengthen
the German imperials that Ger-
many's socialism will be wiped
! out of Germany. The move for
(separate peace may bring about
' internal trouble in (Iermany.
Schedule For Mailing Out
All Questionnaires Ready
We can print
graving ami have nice line Christ-
mas cards to select from. It is too
late to order engraved cards, but
Patriotic citizens have called
the attention -if the officers to
statements made by McDonald
from time to time, and his arrest
was the culmination of an inves-
tigation which has been
and
by Mellon-
li is ’ valty
when Con
waters through which live-sixth the A M. <A war work, closing
'of the grain, meat ami cotton of his address by telling what both
i this country passed. |"f th
! “Our big hearted president the s
kept out of it," said Mr. Blanton, the J
until the lime came when the A fi ••• '
I mcricans would have been brand-(1heir
cd as vellow dogs and cowards by
Ittvery nation in the world.’’
• The speaker told of the great
STORK VISITS TWIN SIS
TERS ON THANKSGIVING
At the beautiful country home
near Hamilton, of County School
ami Superintendent and Mrs. A. T.
throwing the two young men out. Jones on Thanksgiving morning.
After running a block with the ov-[Thursday November 29th, at 1:30
erturned buggy the horse stopped, o’clock, the kind old stork, left a
but not until he had damaged the precious gift, a handsome baby-
new buggy and injured his heels, son. The happy young parents are
‘the recipients of congratulations
of a host of friends throughout
state, and on the calender of
blissful years of their union,
past Thanksgiving will ever
main a truly red letter day.
And there is another part to this
happy story. The stork flew on
in his mission, and at 11:50 o'-
clock Thursday evening visited
the home in Oglesby, Coryell coun-
ty, of the twin sister of Mrs. Jones,
Mrs. J. B. MeKelvain, leaving
there a healthful baby daughter.
Adding to the sentiment of the
joyous blessings that have come to
the lives of these charming young might increase. Igyt read
remembered Congressman Blanton dwelt at Blanton.
ticipated in lhe raid, bombardingi
the different points sim-ilt.aneous-
ly . < hie and possibly two German1
machines were brought down and i oilice ami pay for this not ice, and
the aviators killed. get purse.
W.A.N.CK. NIGHT PHONES
by tiie Germans and
denied the
to sail the
Briefly leading up to the causes many, and to which threat Am-
whieh brought America into the b-ussador Gerard answered by say !
war, ami pointing to the hedioiis ing that there wire five hundred
ami brutal crimes committed by thousand telephone poles wailing
the German government, ami the
ruthless breaking of all interna-
tional treaties by the imperial
monarchy, ('ongressman Thus. L.
Blanton delivered an address at
the (^uecn Theatre in Ballinger
Wednesday morning that touched
out a hitch ami the big Christmas |
entertainment promises to be a
the congressman’s
Out of four or five hun-
dred men in the audience McDon-
ald was the only man who refused
to stand tip.
After the large crowd had been
dismissed, McDonald whs severely
criticised for his refusal to show
Ids loyalty to the flag in the sim- sequences for the stand they take.
pitals where wounded soldiers arc
being cared for. Civilized war
fare does not capture innocent getting ready for the war, re-
vv< in- ri and carry them behind gardless of opposit ion. He point
the enemy lines to be debauched j e<l to the tact, that the I nited
bv cnemv soldiers.’’ (States had transported more than
The speaker told how patiently 600,000 American troops to Eu
President Wilson waited and how ' rope without the loss of a single
every effort was made to stay out one. This statement brought
of the war, but said that the time'forth perhaps the most hearty
came, after every promise Ger- (cheer and greatest demonstration
many had made had been broken, of any made during the speaking.
Mr. Blanton appealed to the
of the committee in charge, ati-'tlir questionnaries will be mailed
nouneed that the program had out
been devised, ami would be fur I
nished The Ledger for publication!
(’ongrassman Blanton did not
refer to polities except to say that
his attention had been called to
an insult aimed at him from
Brownwood < Immber <d Com-
ahl's refusal to show
to the American flag
gressman Blanton asked al) those
in his audience who would declare
their allegiance to lhe flag to
stand and w hich was the closing imade of the charges against the
climax
: many had destroyed mon1 than
I'Jrxt ships of neutral nations, ami
-killed 11-‘»2 Americans before we
I entered tin- war, broke every
If-Tomise rna-le stld shot into the
side of the Lusitania, killing font
teen hand re-1 innocent people, and
shot the ship the second time and
I watched lhe struggling women
land children drown without offer-
ing aid.
After picturing the enemy in
the most brutal terms, Cotrgrrss
man Blanton fol,| how the Ger-
mans had Mid that the I nilrd
.States could not afford to go to
war with the imperial nUtion ns
IhHT were five hundn-l thousanrl
Germans in America ami that
these would remain true to Ger-
the entire list until Jan. 2Hth when
'lhe l-ig municipal < hristmas the last lot of questionnaries will
tree will be placer! in the court be mailed. It is up to every reg-
horise auditorium Friday, ami the '-.tend man to know his number
piano also placed in the room, ami
everytihing made ready for
last rehearsal of the children
dav afternoon after school.
women, it will be
that their marriages
‘but this glass blinker l-rated on the same
is the only part of me that "as Hamilton Record.
take -•are of the large crowd at
one time, and it is for this reason
that the program will be present j
-■-I twice. Tlio-e who can do s-G
should attend the first entertain I
Germiny was making to wage a any other political laith, so long
war of conquest and gree<| while as he w.is true to the American
the American people wei-' either ILig, but that it his party aftilia
asleep, or busy making money ami lions prevent him from being true
to his country’s flag, he should he
(dealt with as a traitor.
ed throughout this nation by the| "If America had not called
German government, and how Germany's ham) when she did,’
that after everything had been said the speaker, “Germany
made ready to unmask the awful,
war machines of the enemy the
American flag was assaulted up-
on the high sea and in short order'
hundreds of American lives—in-(
noeent women and children were
murdered by the submarine pi rat-[country over the Canadian
es working in the dark. IL- told Mexican border, and then
how the kaiser posed as the rep- homes would have been in ashe-
resentative of God ami how the and our women and children
12,iMMi.(HM> trained German troops slaughtered ami outraged like the
had been taught, that they were. peo-ple of Servia, Belgium and
God's particular people and that bleeding Northern France.
they must destroy weaker nations' “This government has been
in order that the kaiser's kingdom (charged with wasting nioney to
for the war,’’ said Mr.
“(If course we have
ie- length on the principles of civiliz- wasted money because vve had to
ed warfare, pointing out* how ev- ,do things hurrieilly to save our
lerv iirincii>le had been cast to nation from German rule and ty-
ranny. We hail to act quick or
within 60 or 90 days Germany
measures ami how this
<1 that lie could not be
s party ami support 1 he
n flag. He also told of
how cverv man in the joint si's
.......... inian troops and
Hutchings I (JDards are fighting in
Blanton’s War Speech , GERMAN SOCIALIST OPPOSE
Cheered By Hundreds W|T()
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