The Champion. (Center, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 40, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 9, 1918 Page: 1 of 8
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THE CHAMPION
VOL. XLI.
Center, Shelby County, Texas, October 9, 1918.
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this, they can be made to fight in the hour (11:30
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NO INTEREST IN LIB-
ERTY LOAN CAMPAIGN.
Clifford Smith Writes
Interesting Letter of France.
LIBERTY BOND MEETING, AT
CENTER SATURDAY MORNING
the streets are crooked,
houses are all in the villages.
GERMANY MAKES PEACE
PROPOSAL TO WILSON.
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No&O
Mrs. R. S. Sanders spent last week
with relatives at Jasper and is in San
Antonio this week visiting her broth
er.
But Little Subscriptions Turned In.
Immediate Action Urged.
Spanish Influenza Sweep-
ing Entire Nation.
The Spanish Influenza seems to .be
sweeping the entire nation. Dis-
patches come from Washington that
the disease is gaining rapidly and
that the Red Cross all over the na-
tion will be called upon to assist in
the stamping out of the disease. The
Red Cross will be asked to co-oper-
ate with the local health authorities.
It is suggested that all school? be
closed as well as places of public
Farmers Institute to Meet Saturday.
The Champion is requested to an-
nounce that the Farmers Instituted
Shelby county, is called to meet here
Saturday afternoon October 12. The
meeting will be held at the Agricul-
tural Agents’ office. The Institute
will be reorganized, new officers elect-
ed and some matters of importance to
the farmers of this section will be dis-
cussed.
T. L. Haley,- who moved from here
to Elmot, Texas, a few weeks ago-, is
here this week. While he is not cer-
tain about it, he will likely move back
here soon,
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The Womans Reading Club.
The club will be called to order
promptly at 3 o’clock for an hour’s
session with Mrs. Bryarly. The les-
son on Science and Invention will be
found in the Literary Digest of Octo-
ber 6th, 1918. Members will bring
in name of guests for October 31st,
so confusion can be avoided.
The interest in the Fourth Liberty
Bond sale is indeed discouraging to
those who are anxious to see the coun
ty come up to its very liberal quota.
From the best The Champion can find
out but few communities in the coun-
ty have pledged their quota. Cen-
ter district has pledged only a little
more than half of its quota and those
who have made the canvass say they
have been thorough in their work.
From every direction of the coun
ty comes information that “no action
has been taken.” If the county goes
in the slacker column this time, they
cannot say “there was but little said
about it and the time passed without
notice,” for every person in the coun-
ty- has had attention called to the mat-
ter personally from some person.
I point of view.’
“Accept, sir, the renewed assur-
ances of my high consideration.
Robert Lansing.”
In addition to the above meeting
another general meeting will be held
at 2:30 p. m. at which time a speak-
er of repute will be here to address
the public on the war and Liberty
Bond sale. To this meeting all are
invited and urged to be present and
the stores will be asked to close dur-
ing the speaking.
A.
Will write again as often as I can.
Love to all.
Your loving son,
LLOYD C. SMITH.
classes are expected to fight in this
country by liberal subscriptions to
the Governments demands.
certainly has flown fast. ’
second birthday in France t
doubtless will have as many more be- J President Wilson,
fore I return to the “Dear.Old U. S.' terms. AH,... tIlcac iauuSj „
I doesn’t seem that any move is made
to comply with the things president
Wilson says must be done before he
will talk peace conserences. While
there isn’t much to the. matter as to
peace at this time, yet the Presi-
dent is giving the matter considerai
tion and going over the communica-
tions carefully, acting, as he has at
all times done, with the greatest ox
care. Despite the fact that but few
believe in the sincerity of the offer,
yet there is a hope in the hearts of
the American people that something
may come of it, that is if victorious
peace can be had. It seems that
none other is desired.
Austria and Turkey Join in Request.
President Wilson Take s Action.
Ford Bridges was expected to ar-
rive here this morning from some
place, where he is in the navy service.
He failed to arrive but a message was
received from him that he would t r-
rive heie Friday, he being in Wich-
ita, Kan., with his parents, who are
visiting Frank Bridges.
The farm
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in the country, but are all closely
grouped in the villages. There are
many houses in nearby villages built
long before Columbus dis : > ei ed
America.
There are still signs of the war of
1870 and of the Napoleanac wars, and Germany, acting
Have been over the ground fought ing President Wilson
over by Caesar.
I have not yet seen any one <..f the
home boys, but hope to at an early
date. I hear from several of my
former friends who are over here.
Has J. K. Bevins Jr., crossed yet?
If so, what is his address in full?
Today is my 27th birthday, I can-
not realize that I am that old—time with considerable suspicion.
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I hereby announce a meeting for the
citizens of Center Independnt school
district, to be held at the court house
at Center at 8:30 o’clock Saturday
morning “Liberty Day.” No long
speeches and just enough time to fin-
ish subscribing the quota for this
district. Men, women and children
are urged to be present. Merely
half of our quota has been subscrib-
ed, and those who have already indi-
cated how many bonds they are to
buy should be present..
COHRON DAVIS, Chairman.
----- Wednesday)
I The Champion has been unable to
find out any of the particulars of
what caused his death or whether or
not the remains will be brought back
to this county for burial. We have
telephoned a number of relatives and
all say that they have so far failed
to receive any information other than
that he was dead.
Mr. Thomas moved to Post City, or
near there, some months ago. He
finished assessing taxes in June and
secured Buck Scates to make out the
rolls, and was here last week to make
final report. In fact, he left here
Friday last and was in seemingly as
good health as was usual and his
friends here are at a loss to know
what caused his death so sudden. The
first message received was that he
was very low and another was re-
. ceived in a short time stating that
, he was dead.
Note: Information was received
re-
Thoughtful Immortals.
The^following have paid subscrip-
tiontion to The Champion including
September 28 and to close of busi-
ness, October 5th.
A. B. Lout, Mrs. Wiley Tatum, J.
W. Windham, Walter McClelland, W.
S. Wheeler, J. S. Pounds, Cecil Hunt-
er, J. F. Bridges, Jas. T. Harris, J.
W. Harvey, Dr. T. J. Tribble, E. M.
Crawford, J. J. Snider, Chas. D.
Ballard, (in France) M. M. McCau-
ley, L, S. Covington, H. G. Green,
Homer Williford, W. D. Ellington, J.
J. Beckham, Ebb Stephens, John
McLendon, John Burrows, Carl AD ^or t'le constituted authorities of the
ken, J. E. Nicholson, Mrs. Nannie emPire who have so far conducted
Jackson, H. A. Padon, J. M. Cam-!tfle war- He deems the answer to
mack, M. C. Martin, Rogers Steph- Diese questions vital from every
ens, 0. F. Yeary, J. Wilson, I. H.
Willingham, E. T. Burgess, Dr. C. O.
Bryan, B. F. Jordan, L. M. Andrews,.
Mrs. R. C. Foley, Mrs. J. D. Mims,'
Beeman Strong, Miss Eula Collie,
M. F. Witherspoon, O. Z. Pickard,
Mrs. I. B. Thomas, Eugene Askew,
H. A. Windham, Miss Annie Johnson,
J. L. Smith, Mrs. A. M. Smith, Miss
Ticie Windham, Henry Sims, F. B.
Beck, T. A. McKinzie, H. M. McClel-
land, ,1. T. Armstreet, Geo Lightfoot,
Mrs. Mollie Owens, Z. P. Squyres,
Tom Hammer, T, L. Haley, Hugh
Jones, F. M. Barham, W. A. Barber,
Jqe Holt, S. A. Daniel, W. H. Clark,
Jeff Jackson, C. B. Langford, Bettie
Belsha, W. R. H. Dowden, J. A. Wil-
liams, J. K. Faulk, S. H. Truitt, J. A.
Dickson, J. E. Armstrong, R. W. Tay-
lor, A. B. Hughes.
The Champion has heard of hut
little about champion coton pickers
in this comunity of late years. In
fact, it is said that the cotton is so
hard to pick this year that it is hard
to get much over the usual 100, 150
or possibly 250 per day. But Sat-
urday W. R. Wilson reported to The
Champion that he picked 540 between
suns, one day last week. He was
picking in cotton of Mr. Bryan Sin-
clair and first reported 440 but when
he and Mr. Sinclair settled for the
picking it was found that an error
in addition had been made and that
his days work had netted him the
540 pounds.
France, Aug. 11th, 1918.
Mrs. J. M. Smith,
Center, Texas.
Dear Mother:
Today is Sunday and a very beau-
tiful day. I have the entire day to
spend as I care to, will spend the
morning in writing, and the afternoon
in walking in a nearby village and
to the mountains, which are close to
our camp. We are In a very beau-
tiful part of the country, in fact, the
most beautiful part I have seen, but
even here you can see the ruin of war
The villages are old and quaint,
Clyde Bush Severely
Wounded in Action.
The family of J. B. Bush, near
town, has received information that
their son, Clyde Bush, has been se-
verely wounded while in action some
where in France. This is all the in-
formation that they had up to yes-
terday. Clyde Bush went from here
September, 1917, and has been over-
seas sometime.
PRESIDENT WILSON’S REPLY.
President Wilson has addressed
the following communication to the
German ruler:
“Sir, I have the honor to acknow-
ledge, on behalf of the president,
your note of October 6, enclosing the
communication from the German
government to the president, and I ~
am instructed by the president to re-
quest you to make the following
communication to the imperial Ger-
man chancellor:
“ ‘Before making reply to the
quest of the imperial German gov-
ernment, and in order that that reply
shall be as candid and straightfor-
ward as the momentous interests in-
volved require, the president of the
United States deems it necessary to
assure himself of the exact meaning
of the note of the imperial chancel-
lor. Does the imperial chancellor
mean that the imperial German gov-
ernment accepts the terms laid down
by the president in his address to the
congress of the United States on the
8th of January last and in subse-
quent addresses, and that its object
in entering into discussions would be
only to agree upon the practical de-
tails of their application?
“ ‘The president feels bound to
say with regard to the suggestion of
an armistice that he would not feel
at liberty to propose a cessation of
arms to the governments with which
the government of the United States
is associated against the central pow-
ers so long as the armies of those
powers are upon their soil. The
good faith of any discussion would
manifestly depend upon the consent
of the central powers immediately
to withdraw their forces every-
where from invaded territory.
“ ‘The president also feels that he
is justified in asking whether the im-
perial chancellor is speaking merely
Three Young Men With
Much Booze Arrested.
Last Thursday officers from Joa-
quin and Tenaha arrested three
It is said that there is a lot of idle y°ung men between Joaquin and Pax-
money in the county. The banks of
the county showed more than a mil-
lion and half dollars on deposit Au-
gust 31. Cotton is bringing a good
price and a fair crop has been pro-
~''duced.
Saturday, October 12, has been de-
signated as “Liberty Day” by the
president of the United States. Ev-
ery community in the county -is call-
ed upon to hold all-day meetings and
■arrange to subscribe their quota. No
person in the county can possibly
make the sacrifice in the matter of
buying bonds that the boys who have
. gone over yonder and those who are
' going, have made.
■ There is some talk of peace now.
If the kaiser should hear how the
Fourth Liberty Bond Sale is drag-
ging, he would likely withdraaw his
peace proposals, for Germany is now
floating their 9th bond sale and it is
up to America to beat them with our
fourth.
The banks here report' that but a
small actual sale has been made.
Few are buying but they are buying
in small lots. Those who have sub-
scribed through their community or-
ganization should at once make ’.Re-
purchase at the bank. Always state
the number of the community t.'< be
credited to.
The Champion prints the above
a news story and not editorial.
ton, and found that they had quite
a quantity of booze in the automobile 1
They passed through Joaquin and i
Deputy Sheriff Smith — 1----_
for some person who molested the? mains were buried at Post City,
school children at Joaquin, he came
in contact with the young men, and
finding that they had the booze ar-
rested them and brought them here.
They secured the booze in Louisiana
and were en route to Houston county
their home. The case being one for
the federal court, a deputy marshal
came here and carried them to Beau-
mont.
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Speaking of the Kaiser
You cannot pierce his heart with
a bayonet, but you can destroy
his hopes by buying I
Liberty Bonds
Send us your subscriptions, stat-
ing in what school precinct you
live. If you cannot pay cash,
we will give you terms to suit.
Calls for Physicial Examination.
The local board here has furnished
The Champion with the names of per-
sons called here for physical exami-
nation on October 11, 15 and 16.
Each person so called has been noti-
fied personally and these names are
not printed here for the reason that
the office has been without power for
the most part of three days and we
could not get the names in type.
Card of Thanks.
I desire to thank my neighbors and
friends for their kindness and ex-
pressions of sympathy during the ill-
ness and death of my late husband,
J. F. Cooper. Mrs. Mollie Cooper.
DEATH OF J. S. HUNTINGTON.
J. S. Huntington died at his home
in the Dreka community at an early
hour Friday morning. The remains
were interred at the Rather grave-
yard Saturday.
Deceased was a pioneer citizen of
this county, residing here the greater
part of his life. He was a man that
made friends and it is many of these
friends who will be sorry to learn of
his death. He is survived by his
wife and three children. In his ear-
ly days he taught school in this coun-
ty, but retired from that profession
to farm and has always been a suc-
cessful farmer.
amusement, until the disease can be
gotten under control.
The disease is in the army camps
badly and many deaths have occur
ed from it. The local situation in
Center and community and through-
out the county, so far as we can
learn, is not bad. Probably a few
cases are scattered here and there,
but no epidemic is as yet reported.
One family in Center, the family of
Rev. C. H. Adams, are all down with
some illnesd, presumably the influ-
enza.
It is a germ disease, and the germs
thrive in the throat and nose. It. is
a good idea to avoid crowds and
those suffering from cold.
Acting Governor Johnston has is-
sued a proclamation advising the
closing of schools, and places of pub-
lic amusements, etc., while the epi-
demic is prevalent.
In connection with the Liberty
Loan drive, The Champion has been
furnished with the following with re-
quest to publish:
“The Local Exemption Board of
this county has requested the Liberty
Loan Committee to furnish them with
a complete list of every man in Shel-
by county who failed or refused to
- subscribe his quota to the Fourth
Liberty Loan. Men in deferred
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Death of Walter Thomas.
Information was received here
They Monday that Walter Thomas, Tax see-no farm houses on the farm
are expected to buy Liberty Bonds Assessor of this county, died at Post
until it hurts. If they refuse to do ! City at 1 o’clock Monday. At this
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first line trenches in France.”
SHELBY COUNTY COMMITTEE
LIBERTY. LOAN.
The Sunday papers, and all papers
since, have carried much matter rel-
ative to Austria, Turkey
and Germany, acting together, send-
„ -------- -------1 a note, asking
for a peace conference of the waring
nations. The matter contained was
eagerly sought and for the moment
many could be heard to say “the war
is about over.” But developments
seem to show that the war is not
about over and that the pea.ce propo-
; sals of these empires are looked upon
This is my | The offer is made to consider peace
-----! and terms upon the ideas expressed by
l Trcsideui, Wilson, or to accept his
*----. After stating these facts, it
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Gilmore, R. M. The Champion. (Center, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 40, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 9, 1918, newspaper, October 9, 1918; Center, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1321403/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fannie Brown Booth Memorial Library.