Gainesville Daily Register and Messenger (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 150, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 3, 1920 Page: 2 of 4
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fact is that the
half the cost of
American
who recently charged that
in Lawren re
up.
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would consei t,” was
• wear good, lubetan-
coareer
clothing
state and
government sc
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armistice came
ferred two thir
the British govt
buy cloth made of the
sequently che iper
clothing made
serviceable and
statement tonight in
on
competed sdit, and
price of
cost of
our own
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which carried
prices. Recent]
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appearance of
different
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smooth, soft
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which on govern-
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If you want to get rid of your aches
and pains bury them deep under your
mercies beyond resurrection.
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The most important man in the wrorld
doesn’t know it, but the least necessary
man
finer wools of a
“But besides 1
for the finer w«
world supply,
government has
to keep the prie
•During the v
Woolen Ct mpany.
some
were
neces-
raising
clothes
has ad j
cost of
go into
the lowest in several years.
High prices failed to cut down con-
sumption, however, and the commission
estimated that in 1919 14 per cent morn
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liness will aucciwd in s
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Produce more—
Save more—
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MADE A ROUGH HOUSE
“It will take six months to clean .a
Paris hotel used by the Americans who
were connected with the peace confer-
ence,” says the proprietor of the Hotel
De Crillon where this contingent were
quests, who has submitted a bill to the
peoce commission for tenancy of a year,
totaling roughly 3.0$0.000 francs. This
figure includes rent, damage, wear and
tear and articles missing from the inven
*4r.
The United States will pay, at the
current rate of exchange, about $300,000.
Americans must pay for renovating
the entire hotel, which is necessitated by
the hard usage by the commission. There
are cigarette holes in the carpets, cur-
tains are torn, the wall paper is spoiled
and much furniture is broken. Inumera-
ble small articles have beyn carried off
as souvenirs
An advtantageous settlement for dam-
ages to the tapestry had been made by
Americana The tapestries were worth
600.000 franca
p
re is only one “Bromo
. OROVK1 straatnro on
riloth in the ordinary suit
has advanced no
vanced a little
labor and other
the making of the suit. This s shown
by the following figures which 7 '
from a manufacturer and merchant of
clothing of the
Boson:
in 1914
$4.58, showing an increase in the
that tpere is a
in the
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Christmas gifts in Vienna of “one
loaf of bread for each person” picture
the distress in Austria more vividly than
highest prominence in
are Compared.
1919 of the cloth for
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ment held they offered only i n limited
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prices of clothing, ac-
cloth made froi 1 the finer and
pensive wools.] People will
coarser
grades,
rom these wools is both
I sound.
“Before the vrar the demand
cloth was chiefl y—indeed
almost exclusively—from the more fas-
tidious in taste, but now ever’body de-
mands the finer clothes and not>ody will
take anything else.
Coarser Cloth Shunned.
recently made up a 1 ample of
coarse wool pas used
The
but slightly
new sprint was used than in 1918.
ing the fourth quarter of 1919, particu-
larly, news print consumption was run-
ning up and the commission said that
the increase then over a similar period
in 1918 would be between 25 and SO per
cent.
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A vast amount of work now
remains to be done which the
intervention of war has neces-
sarily delayed and accumu-
lated, and the result is that
•••••♦ very large capital ex-
penditures uusebt to be made
to make up for the interrup-
tions inevitably due to the war’
and to prepare the railroads to
■erve adequately the increased
traffic throughout the country.
WALKER D. HINES.
Director General qf Roil road*
Su^maid Seeded Raisins, pound package-------—
Su|maid Seedless Raisins, pound package---------
Pressed Figs, per package-------1-----J-----—-
Ca iova
Ro nan Beauty Applet, size 100’s, per dozen-------
While the supreme court decision may
virtue of .sincerity.
hate caused some swearing, it also saves
* lot of swearing off.
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, A gentleman’s first instinct is to
put everyone at his ease, and especially
to avoid giving unnecessary pain.
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month in advance-----J •<?
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By Mail la Texas
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WVVKI.T REGISTER ▲ MESSENGER
.$1.40 per year, in advance.
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reflection upon the
or reputation ot
corporation which
columns of The
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r»*y corrected upon being
tha notice of the publishers.
our gov-
m! from the British
> hundred
lian wool 1 Vhen the
ey released or trans
of this woo back to
ipect due to
1 use kings to
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Canada has lifted the war time ban
upon liquor. How glad she must be that
she always resisted the movement for
annexation to this country.
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We should have at least fifty blocks
of paved streets constructed this year.
Then the town will begin getting into
the public spotlight it so much deserves.
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Now that the New Year is here what
an appropriate time for bringing in few
oil walla in Ceoke county and making
the year the biggest sensation—finan-
cially—ever pulled off in these diggings.
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Great Britain is making plans for a
big and effective air force. She is losing
no opportunity to profit by tbe lessons
of the war, while we are lying down on
otv laurels.
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The great political campaign is here
and there are going to be some hot times'
b^ore the ides of November. But keep]
a cool head, sit steady and don’t
the boat and all will be well in
windup.
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The humber of ways ia which
is obtained through taxation,
indirect, seemingly grows year
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Raise Fine Hogs!
I Farmers now have a great opportunity to buy half a herd
h h boar. The surest way1 to improve your porkers is to boy a
pufe bred 0.1C. boar sad top the market with your next load ot
swine. I have the pure bred 0. L C. pigs, sows and boare, to
offer you at reasonable prices. The 0. I. C. are noted for tbeir
large litters and rapid growth. . We have record of 19 pigs in oee
litter and have fed than to 500 pounds in ten months. My herd
boar iis one of the best in the South.
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-The arrival at Colon of the Black Star
lin- r Yarmouth, owned and manned by
negroes, is a historic event. The old
age when negroes were kidnaped in
Africa and sold as slaves is beginning to
end, though it has b?en> a long time
passing.
Tell your troubles and you then have
others to remind you of them besides
yourself.
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There always iwere prohibitions. In
Massachusetts noi one .was allowed to cel
ebrate Christinas 250 years ago.
But doesn’t it ehock you just a bit to
find a man on the stump canvassing for
the great office |f president.
When you meet man with his hat on
the back of his head it shows he’s sat
isfied with the vtorld.
It takes all kinds of people to make
a world. For
queer kind of
big city.
if
Sipe Springs, Comanche Co, Texas,
Jah. 2.—Atlantic’s Lusk well No. 1, five *»»»«*
miles north of this place and half
mile south of Carbon, flowed over the
crown, bjock or twenty minutes today.
Black Ume waa found st 2,670 feet. This
well ia a quarter of a mile northeast of
Humble’s Moorman No. 1. Tankage to
take care of production is being rushed
from Gorman.
Homer Peeples’ Doty No. S, located 400
feet south of Doty No. I, one mile south
of Sipe Springs, r—** x
last night and k making feur baireis an
hour. This production is thirty feet
shallower than that found in well No. 2.
- Duaa No- 1 “ making
‘ as. Preparations
h Goss Nr I.
But it is not nearly so important that
your New Year resolutions be all right
as that your plians and actual start of
the New Year are all right.
In 1920. The social order is all upset,
Some people still have something wet;
with all ranks leveled, it befalls, ’tis thej
who get the New Year calls.
Kansas women says that women’s ex-
travagance is no more responsible foi
old Hicost thau that of men. Yes, yes;
but what does that prove?
Why does the novelist shy off froih
giving the weight of his heroine, when
every other detail is dwelt on wi h sue i
particularity ?
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If a hen hang* around all winter with-
>ut laying she fe no more useful than a
redbird which also hangs around all w.n
ter and is much more ornamental.
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• NOTICE TO TBE PU B LIC l
Any erroneous
character, standing or
any person, firm or
may appear in the
Register A Meaeenger
and promptly <
brought to C--------
TO ADVERTISERS!
In caae of errors or omissions in
legal or other advertisements, the pub-
lishers do not hold themselves liable
for damage further than the amount
recSived by them for such advertising.
Don’t You Forget It
Bear in mind that Chamberlain’s Tab-
lets not only move the bowels but im-
prove the appetite and strengthen the
flf—_^A.2 revs. JL _____5—
other digestive ferment but strengthen
the stoms<;h and enable it to perform its
functions naturilly.
the market,
us there
wold not family. This is why
I on fine, »nd
smooth, soft fabrics, and thai accord- Cough Reinedy. J. B. Jones,
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clothing
made it
,r »uld not
sell clothes made from it. To our sug-
people Were com-
prices, this cloth that
. or more
in the cost of a suit ought to i ell readi-
shooting bulets were not
fired deliberately. Feeling
.«u ...r.. among those who gathered
about the injured girls and boys and
would hate been roughly handled.
M HHH ‘Aecordiiig to A. D. Stansburg. who
Owing to tbe filthy, rundown condi- made a fptile attempt to catch np with
- - the big automobile, the-occupants wore
officers’ uniforms. A report to the po-
lice was made of the smashing of a win-
dow of the United States war depart-
jment budding at 811 West, Baltimore
Ut., to Jo wUh mint. I?.?’-!’"
fired the shots that wound- 9JD00JM0 feet of mat
•M boys. are bmaf arels to dr
Everything that looks to the future
elevates'Human nature; for never is life
so low. or little, as when occupied with
the present.
ingly the manufacturers of
would not buy this cloth if vn
up in quantity,; because they
The ptesidentiM ring is. getting all
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A chemist sayS tha£ there ij^jdcohol
in coke, and we sUte r/eed dbke!
And again, a farmer and a farmer’s t the present high
man can i
more interesting.
, AUoh. presidential timber
out of tbe woods.]
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Maxagtat Editor
BnsiBMS Manager th€ 227 Amsrcan citie* with a pop- Wutterted up with
With 2,000 more “Reds” to be deported
within two months, Berkman’s means
for carrying oat his parting threat,
“We’ll get. you y.t!” will be numerically
lessened. *
They tell us that a man who n tin s
from his life work is bored to death
with ennui, but most people are so busy
they can't afford to find out for them
selves.
gestion that When
plaining of high [ *
would make a difference of $f
a greater exte it since there has devel-
oped a curious y insistent det land for
more ex- .
no longer
and con- j
although
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BEDLAM VISIONS
As a free nation and' of its own will
the United States will do its share in
tbe struggle of Europe against economic
demoralization, fniancial bankruptcy,
starvation and chaos. What national
license does the United States need
from the league of nations to do a less
share for the world in peace than the
United States without license from any
earthly authority but its heart and its
conscience, did for the world in war!
I^t us put away these bedlam visions
of the consequences of the rejected cove-
nant and get on our rational, practical.
American job of delivering the goods for
ourselves, for Europe and for,the world
ly, the reply was that $5 in the cost of
the cloth for ’a suit of clothe i did not
count at all there days; that t he- people
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•Nor u this all While during
war the supply of coarse wool i ha* re-
mained about stationary—it* mrmal in-
crease r * ‘ * * * - ‘
digestion. They contain no pepsin er »ow a shortage j in the world’s supply of
xnit 200,000,000 pounds,
iis increase o' demand
ols and shortage in the
he action of
Senator Capper of Kansas is urging
prison sentence* for profiteers. He is
right because the few fines that have
been imposed were nothing more than
license money paid out of the profits.
tBut we can’t continue increasing our pro-
duction unless we continue increasing our rail-
road facilities.
| The farms, mines and factories cannot in-
crease their output beyond the capacity of the
railroads to haul their products.
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Railroads are now near the peak of their
carrying capacity.
Without railroad expansion—more engines,
more cars, more tracks, more terminals—there
can be little increase in production.
; But this country of ours is going to keep
right on growing—and the railroads must grow
with it.
To command in the investment markets
the flow of new capital to expand railroad fa-
cilities— and so increase production—there
nlu$t be public confidence in the future earn-
iiig power of railroads. 4 ’
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The nation’s business can only grow as fast
the railroads grow,
Sto advertiAanent itpubliAhedtylhe
Association tfSiailuKy ^oxecutive^.
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concerning the railroad rituation may ob-
— Jo The dMOdation of Railway Rrecutiree,
tl Broadway, New Yorh
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$2.25
25c
25c
Pressed Figs, per package-------——J-----— ---------20c
Cai [ova Coffee^ (the best cup you ever drank) 1-pound can—55c
Rqnan Beauty Applet, size 100’s, per docen-------------,_60c
Frtsh Country Eggs, per dozen-------Li,--------------
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WHERE YOU GET FULL WEIGHT AND MEASURE
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your
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eat any kind of food that you crave!
Consider then the fa|ct that Chamber-
lain’s Tablets have eured others—why
not you! [There are many who have
been restored to health by taking these
tablets and can how eat any kind of
food that they crave!
UNIFORM OF
A; SOLDIER FIRE ON
CROWD; SIX WOUNDED
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Balti mode, Jan. 1.—In the wildest orgy
>f New . Wear’s shooting in the annals
if the Baftii---—*---*
persons, fdur girls and two young
aamaimIw <
»arly houj today. The shooting took
atrical dii
it is allej
»f soldiei.
mobile, wl
west on
lozen sh<
The inji
homes
when the*
fled in all
given a g<
bile and al
virons in j
sailants. ]
triets, special funds, all require financial
aid. ‘ 1 *“vs*v
money
direct or indirect, seemfrigly grows year
by year and there is no;end in sight.
The inspiration for economy must
come from solne source that commands
national attention and .national respect-
If congress will adopt a budget and will
inaugurate a sane but .thorough system
of retrenchment, they will"set the pace
for the whole country, j
The municipality of Gainesville should
adopt the budget system, likewise the
a. • . .xk —h—a------> court.
irieT an? municipalities anX Pen could PM"*
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“The pen is n*ightier than the sword.”
“Yes,” replied Senator Sorghum, “but a
good typewriting machine properly man-
aged may be mightier than either.”^
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There is a respect due to mankind
which should cause kings to respect
habit and incline even the wisest of men
to follow innocent customs.
Maybe when {Champ Clark announced
he was opening permanent campaign
headquarters in Washington he hadn’t
stopped to thimc how funny that would
sound.
Ln Cub*, it ia a*id, the swalow* are
homeward flying.
• ill the finer qualities of manliness
And womanliness have their roots in the
struck p*y at 240 feet qu«ntttiea, the keen compe ition for
to tremendo mly high
the govern rent sold
1 ta Borton il MTS a
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2.—Tie in-
public on doti made
REGISTER
Gainrevills, Texas
J. T. LEON ARD -
C. H LEONARD
I. M. LEONARD---------Ant Mu»<ei
ED HEATH Circulator
Editorial and Bu»ine*« Office 210 East
California Street. Telephone No. 98
Entered at the’ Gainesville Portofflce
as second-elass matter.
a«Wert»ti«B R*<«« 1* GalaesvUtei
one month in advance-----• .
six months in advance——♦4*9®
one year In advance----
Baherrietioe Ratee
aad Oklahoma
Per month, in advance-----—-
Six months, in advance.-----
One year, in advance--------
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MORE PIPER USER
DESPITE SOW!
Washington, Jan. 2.—Consumption of
news print paper in the United States
during'the last three months reached •
record-breaking point along with prices,
the federal trade commission reported in
a summary today. The average cost of
news print at mills tt the beginning of
December was $3.90 a hundred, the com-
mission reported, as against $3.75 a
year ago. In 1916 the price was $138,
Suffering Described As Tortve
Relieved by Black*Draaght
RoreviUe, Ga.—Mrs. Kate Lee Abla, oi
his place, writes: “My husband b aa
igineer, and once while lifting, he in-
ured himself with a piece of heavy ma-
'"inery, across the abdomen. He was
j sore he could rot bear to press on
itnseff at all, on chest or abdomen. He
cij;hed 165 lbs., and fell off until be
sighed 1’10 lbs., in two weeks.
He became constipakd and 11 looked
kfe he would dk. We had three different
ctors, yet wilh aB thru, medicine, his
>Web failed to act. fie would turn up
ten-cent bottle of castor oil, and drink
, two or three days in successlfii. JIt
d this yet without result. We becami
sperate, he suffered so. He was swol-
•nj terribly. He loid me his iMHnrisg
mid only be described as torture. q'
1 sent and bought Thedford's Black-
raught I made him take a big dose,
id when tt began r v *<« tainted, he
teiasuch misery, but h? Kni rrtWand
«gaa to mend at enve. ri* got well,
id we both feel be owes hi* Hit tc
rs Black-Draught ~
ard’s Black-Draught wffl bdp you
flt randy for the day’s wort.
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cording to William M. Wood, p esident
of the
Wood,
of the merchants
demanding excea nive prices foi
saries and were i n the. habit of
prices with ever- increase in wages in
the company's mills in that city, gave
out a prepared
response to a request for his views
the high cost of ilothing.
“Tt our people
his conclusion, “i
tial, durable clothes made from
wools, clothing coufil be purclased at
considerably lo#er prices than those
which now prevail.”
Cost of ClotJi Not Main Faitor.
“It is general]; Athciught that
of doth is the c mtrelling facto • in th'
cost of clothing,' he said, “tut
cloth cost is less than
a
other factors contribute to ihe
clothing quite o i much as the
“Tn the last 1 ive years the price of-1
in qi n - iw
m o’ e—indeed,
less—than the
materials that
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Colds Caaae Hea4aehea aa< Faina
Feverish Headaches and Body PahM
caused from a cold are soon relisvsd by
taking LAXATIVE BROMO Q!
Tablets. There to only ons
Quinine.” E. W.
the box. 80c.
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tied through or partiep that are in posi-
tion to inaugurate these reforms and
fail to do *o will court and will suffer
a stiff rebtice at tbe polls.
WELL PRODUCING P.000
BARRELS IN OSAGE COUNTY
Tulsa, 0|a., Jan. 24—The Minnetonka
Oil Company has a w*ll in Ohage county
(flowing at the rate} of 12,000 barrels
every twenty-four hours. It is the big-
gest well in Oklahoma, in two years.
To the Dyspeptic
Would, you like to' feel that ;
stomach troubles are Over, that you
“We
cloth in which
in the warp oi.ly.
the sample w»s
from that made of finer wools,
in a marked tegree the
texture of fine
“Its cost wa* considerably
the fabric made of the fine 5 grades.
As a cloth, ii; was good,' st ong and
serviceable. Bffore the war
have sold readi|y, but we w^re abso-
lutely unable to put it on
“Our selling agencies told
was no demand' for it; people
buy it; that customers insistec
ficials. They doubtless felt justified
in returning this fine wool to England
and in getting the highest price pos-
sible for the wools they have on hand.
They are selling these wools at prides
far in excess ofwhat they paid, and
therefore making * profit for the gov-
ernment—which I assume they think
highly creditable to themselves. But'
when you put the question why our
people have to pay such high prices
for fine clothing, which they'insist on
having, you must not forget that one
of the reasons for it is that the gov-
eriiment is holding the wool which it
bought at war prices for a profit.”
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The Best Cough Medicine.
When a druggist finds that his custo-
mers all speak well of a certain prepa-
ration, he forms a good opinion of it and
when in need of such a medicine is al-
most certain to use it himself and in his
j so many druggists
recommend Chamberlain’s
a well
-1 have used Chamberlain’s Cough Rem-
edy in my family for the«past seven
yrers, and have found it to be the best
cough medicine I have ever known.”
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Costs
“The cost in
suit of clothes of a particular grade ia
$13.67. The corres[>onding cost
was $4.58, shovfi
eost of cloth of j$9.09.
“The 1919 cost of making th s suit is
$14,47. The corresponding cost
was $4.98, showing an increah; in the
cost of making $9.49.
. “These figures show that c oth'
tributes slightly less than It bor and
other materials to the increase! cost of
clothing. Therefore, to your
why prices of clothing continue so high
throughout the country, the reply is be-
cause labor and cloth and other
rials that go ihto clothing continue
high.”
Cites Shortage of Clothiig.
After pointing out
shortage of cloth and clothing
markets of the world, which
means high pr ces,” and that
end e*ery pr ocess in-
> [manufacture of
h*avy tax, both
continued:
“In a measure during the w ir and to
Cooke county; cojnnjissioners’
Other Texas count ’ J~j----*'
are adopting the budget system. We
note the following from Dallas county,
recently published in The News, regard-
ing steps being taken by the commission-
,n always imagines he is important, res’ court of tiiat county:
“Attention of the commissioners’ court
was called yesterday to the fact that a
statement of the comity's expenditures
for the last four years, asked of county
auditor .last July to be used as the basis
of a budget system, ha* not yet been
furnished. A fixed stale for readjust-
ing county employes’ salaries has been
proposed. Commissioner J. D. Burton
pointed out that the readjustment could
more intelligently be niade if the count/
operated under the budget system which
has for some time bee* under considera-
tion by the court. ‘Tbe county auditor
was asked tne first of last July for a
statement of| county Expenses for the
last four yeats in order that we might
use the data in working out a budget
system, but *0 far he;has not furnished
it,' says Mr, Bruton.' No action was
taken in thi* connection, but the clerk
of the commissioners’ Court was instruct-
'd to prepare a list of all county em
•loyes whose salaries ; are not fixed by
statute to be used for future read-
justment. It was decidesl that when
.alary increase are m*de hereafter they
will be for a certain percentage on a
general scale and n0t by individual
cases.’’
Government is altogether too costly.
Economies* must be undertaken and car
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The people Tor years have been ham-
mering at congress fqr a budget system
but have Tailed tdl budge it. ,
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The only true principle for humanity
is justice, and I *ay unto you that tol
erance is the glory thereof.
There is nothing more becoming in
any wise man than to make choice of
friends; for by them thou shalt be
judged as thou- art; let them therefore
be wise and virtuous and none of those
that follow thee for gain but make elec-
tion rather of thy betters than thy in-
ferior*.
a *uit of clothe i
demanded the beat and would n »t put up
with An IF nfHor _^!
the
j Borton, Mas*4
j sistence of the
!Jrom fine wool^ is a large factor in
work logger hour* because it’a
tion of the hotel K cannot open in lew
than *ix weeks, says the proprietor.
No doubt the abundant champagne
furnirted the American boys had eome-
of that hostelry and its environments,
Nsar if PMfo hnl bssB Ay ttkn these Us
TEN IN UNIFORM OF
X SOLDIER FIRE ON
Jan. l.-fl
iris shooti
imore police department, six
■MillHiMiMBElMw swto
were shot j one of them seriously, at an
place in tne,center of the hotel and the-
"isirict and th* shots were fired,
edsd, by men in the uniforms
•nJ. from a high powered auto-
which. after the shooting, sped
Baltimore street. More than a
lot® are said to have been fired,
njtred were returning to their
from a New Year’s Eve party
were fired upon. Hundreds
directions. The police were
od description of the automo-
e scouring the city and its en-
m effort to apprehend the as-
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According to those who witnessed the
affair, the shooting bulets were not
the chan< e shots of the merrymakers,
but were;
ran high
had not the men made their escape they
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ulation of more than 30,009, 147 exceed-
ed their revenues in 1918' by
$70,000,000.
The total indebtedness -of the 22.
cities amount* t° $2,661,451,218. Thi-
is an average iniiebtednert .of more $77
per person in these cities. •
At 5 per cent, the high**t burden im-
posed on each family of five is nearly
$20 per annum, which is in addition, of
course, to the burden of 'taxes imposed
by these municipalities.
Government is costing altogether too
much in the United States. ,
Today, with the country prosperous,
the taxation problem is a serious one.
Given a period of lesser prosperity and
it would becomfe the mo*t serious issue
before- the American people.
Municipal taxation, though' import-
ant. is but one of the many imposts
laid upon the Home owner, the business
man and. indirectly, upon those who
own neither home* nor businesses but
help carry the burden through payment
of rents and through their purchase of
necessities and luxuries^
Countries, states and the federal gov
eminent aslo demand their share of
,■ taxes. School*, special ! assessment dis-
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Leonard, J. T. Gainesville Daily Register and Messenger (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 150, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 3, 1920, newspaper, January 3, 1920; Gainesville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1311198/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Cooke County Library.