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WICHITA WEEKLY TIMES, WICHITATALLS, TEX AS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 14,1916
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But W
of a wrong—
Tha -death rate from typhold fever
The announcement of J. P. Jackson
ae a candidate
ven be
c
ble dose.
grhwor Oh! if we only owned a sul-
phur mine.
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this
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brace.
becam correspondpt at Dallas, und
"I den"
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republicans are out.
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"It is tho nienner 1
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•on that within-a few months.. new ; yet taken the life of a single American
MADE A GOOD GUESS.
J
iany I from newspaper
the public library, which-
GLOBE SIGHTS. .
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Being strictly neutral in
it will ap |
miration of a lean Europe.
pear to Europe as h-
attention and consideration of busi- diana former Governor Hahty, a Re-
They no longer have to buy their feed;
Hanly is responsible for the county
- Congress convened in regular ses-
December Gth. Ejght days lat-
bion <,n
Davir, Congre ssman-at
ye lone
it occurs to us that the nrofessor
large from Texas, delivered himself of
eaa " ‘
sives are..planning to put full tickets
from hia seat and indujged in t few
(?,
This time of tls year Father firmly
much with turn doesn't look as bad for the Dem-
the farmers themselves as with those
ocrats as. some of them appear to fear.
lot of us cheerful optimists.
JUDGE HARVEY HARRIS
IS SEEKING REELECTION
nounces
PLACING THE POST.
j were
in July.
The Wnco Tmes-Heral 1. which, weibeen
SQUIRE HOWARD CANDIDATE
FOR REELECTION AS J. P.
He’s : hot aIr.merehant, alright, but
L*
judge of the county court, he has ad-
nrend to the public in general. As
but the valuations of ratlrond property
i member
There are many de-
ith felonies so ato,bring out mi-
be Joe Malley but that gentloman will
It is with pleas-
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dendum just below It—"Thank God for
Wilson.**—Denton Record-enronicle.
Somebody in another state
wanted some information from
there is evidence
Uely committed.
candidate for re-election submitting,
his claims subject to the action of
city’s importance as a farming cen- founder, Theodore Rosevelt, the Pro-
terr that is an important matter and gressivePahty, doesn’t appear to be as
gcan be sift-
the True facts
many of them have silos, those excla-
mation polnts of prosperity and thrift;
few" of them are without at least a
small bunta of cattle and hogs' ami
many of them are giving attention to
two. The state government, in thjs
respect, is much, the audio as. county
It hikes it durn sight more than a
tempest In a teapot to attract atten-
tion nowadays.
who
The
well fill- d— more no fhaf had
the enad’at the present rcasion
campaign tricks that the democrats
'might borrow from the republicans
now that the democrats arei and the
French about 100,000 men In, killed,
wounded and missing, to_take and
hold the tiny strips of territory thay
gained on the peninsula, and with the
Wichita Falls built a $50,000 high
school and outgrew it in five years; |
though they do not hesitate to cohrs-
cate American property when Mund
upon the high seas,. .It_may be' that
has had something to do with ou
J. P. JONES IS CANDIDATE
FOR REELECTION AS J. P.
wny rt gottin
sendiur out |
The allies are declared, in a report
from Berlin, to. have paid Italy $400,-
000,000 to join their aide. If they did,
they paid too much.
Abusing a bill collector is no way to
improve your credit. *
Try tn give your complimettawith-
out strings attachd, or don't give
them. .
CAlL live withqut
art.
ties who are looking anxiously to the
future behold the gathering etuerzen
cies which events are bringing to us.
The view, of Senator Williams in that
of f man of vision. He believes that it
the Conrrenisie
rays is con tde
I
cording to the amount of
needed.
and It is one of the things that should the handling of war reports is not as
be kept earnestly in mind during 191G. easy as it might seem.
last year, including both property and
poll taxes, which Indicates What the
cerntry generally is in a more pros-
perous condition than one year ago.
Ilves would have been a low price for
Constantinople, if the urkishi-capital
could have been taken;, probably hah
a millian in. casialties would not have
WISE AND OTHEBMI6E.
And this is life eternal, that shey
should know Thee the only tru God;
and Him whom Thou didst send, even
Jesischrist.—John,xv),3.
Although apparenliy deserte by its
This Ie sald in no disparagement what.'
ever of the question of increasing this
greatest need at the present time. Helal reports, that are usually colored
There are many things that a growing to suit tho koyernmen that is issuing
"She will come backall right."
"She will, eh?" returned Smith, who
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J. P. JACKSON TO SEEK .
COMMISSIONERSHIP AGAIN
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'not be in this race.—Waco Time
aid ' * .
some other things than about business
management of large affairs. We
improvement lies not so
I
L"g‘Bubeoviption Rates
8 months ...............
• months..................
taar ................. ....
pectog,-most interesipig and forceful.
We recommend that all who can read
it, becahse most or those who do will
join us in thinking the ditors of jhe
was-sureof hi* ground. "Nhat make’
yon think shell com? bnct
"She is mx wife," smile; theother.
and this is our baby." N
Times, addressed a letter. Jo OtisT.
Bacon, editor. .The Times." He must
have thought turn about-was fair play.
Four Teaxns are being, urged for
the supreme court vacancy caused by
Hie death of Judge Lamar. Texas has
already fared pretty well at the hands
of the admiistration, but it is get-
A lot of men are
Nearly” any man will assume a
heavy load of responsibility if the
freight rates are.high enough.
Going back to the old home town
after years of absence should be list-
ed with the other disappoipitments
will likely-throw its infinence -t-Mr. i •
Colquitt. It could not well phrport
dangers have arisen in the world and
that our security against them is not
adequate to assure us of that immuni
ty front -their possibilities that oTF
munMold interests as a nation require.
* 14,74821 In 1915.’ There were nine
. Texas"railroads in the hands of recei 1
era when the rcw.wes made up with
a receiverraip threatened in the tenth.
dent Wilson's efforts to prevent the
embrollment of this country in the Eu-
ronean war and charges that, the-tim-
idity e the aduninfstration toward filer
many is due principally to the ' fact
that there is a huge qrman vote,in
thin < ountry. Most others believe that
Tax .collections jaxe better at
time this'year than at jibe same time
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growluk-agfst as Wichita Falls, butjaftrwar duril the. cha
In the minds of many citizens no nee pliubinte grain an4
is more present ihan a public library.: ascertained.' Being strie
believes that one
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take up the criminal docket, a word as
to the suspended sentence lAw may
not be amiss. This law has come tntc
much disfavor since its enactment, hy
are sure will not supnor Tom C imp jcsclone IA not - nly taking up space in
hell for the United states, senate, hen
got beyond her depth and,—". Daisy:
"Yes, yes?* Dolly: "And was saved by
a fat man with a wife and nine chil-
dren."—Kansas City Star. - “
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VirBis A monster or‘so friwhtful mlen.
As to Jie halt’d need but to be s ua;
Yet, heentooft, famjiar .with her
face.
Wo first endure, then pity, then em
walk ever to a oni ty-locking man aud
TCTT him (d. h w "i r baby while she
wer t to r store on the street level.
That trick is an old one," said the
wisesmith, going over to the lonely
looking man. '‘Tom ’.ill never see
-metherdear any more."
"You have foade n bad1Eu083, this
tiwm, old man," miled the lonely one
claim "Don’, monkey with the tariff."
, another favorite cry of the republicans
to make note of. And I let in.
In The Times today as a
from distant points indorsing his at-
titde. It may be said that it has •
cost Judge Jones something, from a
material, standpoint, to do what he
hasrdone in this'matter, but ne has
no cause for regret. In the affairs
of his office. Judge Jones has admin,
istered conscientiously and carefully,
mid hi* feels that his claims tor a sec-
ond elective term are entitled to full
consideration.
mhe. Times Pubiirhinu Compam
vi drintere /und Publimhers.)
Why does the man who 8*73 what
he thinks, have such unpleasant
thoughts?
abused, and there is no little senti-
ment for its repeal. The Times be
lleves that .the law'll fundamentally
farmers publican until this-year will be a can-
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Last April we had January weather
first commissioners’ court to be held'
in it.
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the democratic primaries
tatla of the work of the county judge
withwhich tlie genral public comes •
In. litile or no contact, and those,
who have had opportunity to witness
judge Harris" conduce of these mat- e
ters feel that his services have been
sattafnetory in every partcular and.
that the second term precedent may
be oxeretsed in his behalf with the
assuranee that Wichita county will be
vrofitted thereby, -
problems. Real Americans are agreed
that the administration has handled
grave problems of foreign relations In
a satisfactory manner. Why not put
the damper on inflammatory oratory
and give, the president the support'to
which he is entitled?-’
With the dlstrlct*court preparing to
exnending a b undred or two thousanrt
dollars for it printins. '.Now comes
all lending
Unitoi Suata
hnve, changed greatly in five years, didate for the Progressive party nomi-
They no longer have to buytheir feed; nation for governor in that state. Mr.
There weF-iTtwo notable teatures-or claimed the advantage In the fighting
the statements printed in The TimesinBukowina, and both the English
last Sunday, giving the views of aland Turks claimed decisive victories
number of business men as to vhatin Mespotamia. The only fair, thing
they considered Wichita Falls' chief [to do was to publish the claims of
..........._j whaflboth sis, and let. the sympat hies of
so many of the writers wapted great-er ! the "reader rule, for the present at
cooperation with farmers; the other: least, in determining the victors
was that not a single one mentioned where the war news must come ; not
of the commissloners’
Cl afFaverage of 100 per day, and the
same report'says there ure thirty-five
thousarrd cases in the city.
There will be ne special session of.
tho legislature unless a public calam-
ity strkesthe slate' -says Governor
Ferguson. Thus it Appears that we
may avoid,calamity altogether, and in
event of calamity we will have a dou-
• pub ministred matters in a manner sat-
Judge : isfnetory hoth to the members of the
finally smoked the sly old fox o it of
his hiding place and the old felow‘:
hat got Into the enlarged senutorial ancefor.theEI
Harvey Harris, county judge, an-
nes men. Wichita county
gressive votes in that state. In sev-
eral other close states the Progres-
------- ... —•------. .... — ------- the eity-to tie victimized as "vag-
local option law-and is a strong fig- rants" when he considered that the
The announcement of J. P. Jones
as a candidate Mr justice of the 5
peace to succeed himself, appears in".
The Times today, he offering for
place No. 1. Mr. Jones was’ elected —
to this office in 1914 by the county
commissiohers following the' death of
Squire Brothers, and was re-elected
by the people of the precinct at the a
election of that year. nPerhapa the
most notable feature of Judge Jones'
administration was hin/idecision not
to permit the unfortunate wome of
there are men of lbw ideals who ean
see nothing in the prospect hut’an op-
portunity, to reap fortunes from gov. . _____ - ... _____
< rnment contra* ts. : who trained tho trained ficus had the ..... • , .1
The president, however, and the least to do. +a- > I eech on 1the Buhje •t.o[prepared-
large company of statesmen.of all par-
nees. Three dnys later, Ilo azoin arose
'withdrawal from these positions, that
Itremendous human toll goes for
nothing, -ny war’s reckoning 100,000
so m
know. m? dear, uytena they use tin
water in the stor ks."—Rostou Tran*
seript. 2 a' 1
From’ont the throng and ttress of Iles,.
From out tha paint'll noise of sinlis.
Ing the pay change the personnel of
the- membership—no mhore so than In-
creasing the pay of district judges
gave to the State a better .class of of-
ficers. Conditions will continue as
they* are though admittedly. dtstaste-
ful. tintII the people resolve to again
take hold of their arTairs and ‘do their
own employing as in days of old, a pos
war may change somewhat In’ char 1
ater. but there are battles of peace
which are waged with no less spirit
and dtermination than those of war.
billions of wealth which in its quar enough to control your temper,
rels we absorbed.
meantime the people will continue to
groau in agony of spirit at theiulti-
plicitsrof foolish and nonsensieal laws
enacted, for heir government by meu
i whosp sole conception of government
consists of the size and fatness of thi,*
statutes.— Denison Herald.
* It is declared that wearing sulphur
in your shoes will keep away the
is of the highest importance that ...................
when the war end* we shall be in a i poetry, music and
—The-bitterest arraiznment Hint has
been made fif the Wilson ndminintra- j n ftiry
tton gandgit aplpics almost asmnch to fdi,
dhtof Pfesident Taft) is in a current that in ..... ......................
makarne from he vitriolieren of the min+-no particlar instace they are
Bull Moose leader. His animodver: uconsclously influenced by the con,
slensideal somewitat with ’he sets of duct, er misenduct.: whfrheveresou
J1.A w aw.t Paf4M nevhinine pnt InRa . a...___ a.. .. .... it 10. .1. 1 ... ■ —L ___
county commissiner from precinct
lu the"No, । apears in The Times today.
Mr. Jarkson ba* served two terma
These are the great issues involved*
In the administration's policy. Inti-
mations that there are sordid motives
behind it are net creditable to tho In-
telligenae .of men who indulge in
them.’It is possible, of course, that
ulpadord to paya fine! Twenty dol-
lalzt"-Fuck. X. - -
could,pot be brought to Henry’e auip-
eorr,under nny circumstances, 1f we
may jnge its- future bvits rnenn
nsd. The Post's first choide wonld
men who —witnese
either' Brooks or Catuphell, and it
and in the conflicts of peace we can-
not be a neutral, but onesot-the bel-
ligerents. The fatness which hlesses । A secret won't keep very well after
us is not calculated to evoke the ad j it becomes a partnership.
t he > 1 reatdent has long nince lost the alone in ahe city of.Mexico is given
support of this elemeit t harzely repub-
"Henry, how do financirs form
reforming apo reduced; in such cases
suspenston oN sentence is to be ad-
air before tlie session ends, than any '
six menbers irom an, State. WIIe:
any body cull't tat bet ?— benison Her-
thoRe of the present? t
, y to Texas for one.
dankarnain!nas
with 15,000 people*.. Wichita Falls, I beet in charse of the southwestern
Hero 18 nn average or $200 for every 1 territory or the Kssociated Press for
man. woman.and'chiia in the city, The five years, has been promoted to the
shortage at this desk.is $199.70. Chicago offices of that orzanization.
--- 'Tho A P. has made decided progress
> have April weath
*. Come to Texaie ‛---Magazine might have "printed an nd
The allies' attempt to force the Dar.
cficrenred from $148,170 397, in. 1914 ..... .... va .
despite the milcage decrenec aos1s0,-reason of the fact that it lifts been
267,6*2 in 1915" gain o 3:327,045.- ' ‘ "
nl Record, but what he j long to see the day when the office of
-1 or vurt ntent Import State Representative will be suffi-
dal. correspondents otciently nttractive to able men .thatt.
|thcy may be induced to offer them-
pers thrmmhout thoinelves for the ptace Erownwood BuL
WOULD CONSCRIPT LEGISLATORS. SpnenhtetaTheTiman. 1_r. s. P.
.. .. ... , , ErookS, president of Baylor Univer-
Next year there will be elections inisity, is in Henrietta, conferring with
many sections of Texas, to name men j his many friends here who are fur-
who shall compose the Texas wegisln- I thering the interests of his campaign
" At present there Ik little in-/for United States senator. Many days
ACement for Kqod men—well trained, prior to his visit his friends begun
napable men to offer themselves for iaying plans for the organization of
fly* position of State Represeytative a Brooks Club at Henrietta and other
AImost any nincompoop with a clean ; places throughout the county. Among
personal record-and many without it the many pleasant surprises DrT
-an conduct a successful campaizn I Erooks met with here was the strik-
i for the. office. The result is that the I in fact that the entire Henrietta bar
Texns Legislature ha* more whiskers; are unanimous in his support.
tan brains, and knows more abouti
•'How. long have
’ Ntvtorist (charged
* One weekrarVour
"Um -then you con*
eno that will increase this city's pros-.dead as the Republica faction would
perity in proportion as it is given the like: to beliele For Instance..i In-
ting to be a sort of habit, when a real democrats of this precinet will per-
I big man is wanted for a job, to look mit him-to sit as a member of the
res! vagrants were going unpunish-
ed. Wlille this stand has brought
- riticism upon Judge Jones from some
quarters, it has met with the hearty
and. whole sou’ed approval of the gen-
eral public, not only in Wichita Falls
but etsewhere, he receiving letters
position to demand respect and not be
subjected to the bullying of any pow -
< r or combination of j>owerti ;
Rabid attacks on the belligerents lu J
the European war will culminate in
the national congress' for the hext
few weeks. The Lion's tail will be 1
twisted and the Twin Eagles will be
plucked for the delectation of the two
classes of hyphenates, mush to the <
peril of our foreign relations, if an)
attention is paid to our torrid oratory (
on the other side of the Atlsnilc .
Congressmen and Senators will in
dulge in ill-considered attacks th at
tact attention to themselves and to
gain the applause o partisans of one
side or the other in the European war.
to the embarrassment of the adminis:
tmtlnn In its dealing with foreign
The Wichita Southern Life Insur-
ance company is about to lour, a bir
sum to the Masonic lodxe for the erec-
d tton of its new budingin Wichitn
Falls. The Robertson insurance law
made possible the Wichita Southern
Life Insurance Company, and the
Wichita Southern Life Insurance Com-
pany is making possible a $40,000 Ma-
sonic, buildlug in Wichita Falls. It is
making loans in communities through
out the state where it has policyhold-,
ers. When an opponent of tlie Robert ■
son law talks about emasculating that
legislation remember what the Texas
life insurance companies -and the out
of state companies who have complied
with the Investment features of that
law are doing.
itistitutions anil Individuals' that enn «♦» ' ,
meet the farmers’ financial require. * HENRIETTA LAWYERS
ments. . I ALL FOR DR. BROOKS.
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and city governments in that taxable vocated.
values as a generalthing, are set ac. Ci a rousumeu
' Fevenue I carefully planned, byone whose re-
moval from society for ud-elmhe would
benefit both society and himself, Jur-
JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS ONPRE-tes should go very, very siow.2KEhere
■ PAREONESS. . is mm it that can be said for thebu
" 6 (Honaton Post.) ‘vended sentence law, and the real test
"ll 00 Senator John Sharp Wruiamajofjofitis tly later careers of those who
----Mississippi, on of tlie ablest of aea-’arel given the advantagb of ita_cer-
ffiiwiwl at ths Pwtomos at Wtemu Fob* l tors, in declaring in favor of the pol ----3 . . *
as necond.class mall matter diev-nf npAafAAneas strassei tha ren
And hears thy stormyqqusic in Hie aim should be in 1916. .-One was
drum.— CampbelL S
-t st ms to rise:
rt that does." •
Wilam Morris.
Asuccesstul politician is one who
can see that invisible somethinE
known us public seatiment, and get in
the clear.
ald. ' ,
.Will, the proos dispatches tell us
that, on Thuray Cyclone was there
with the goodi That was not ull.
They also tell s that the galleries
isolation we might crav wo Would
find to be no isolation at all. -—3
The passions that precipitated the
aety: but be C keeu. 8° f Tli<re hr>* five Saturdays in July of in ths section since Mr. Blakesleq
thiyear,andas the electfen law pro- became correspondpt at Dallas, und
vides the primary eleczion shall be The Times feels that Joel P. Glass,
held on the last, Saturday in July It who succeeds him. liasa bigpair »t
throws the. election on the 29th day. I shoes to fill. • ,,01
Someanthorities have teen contend- omp.mM.n
, . . ... t Three, examples of the difficulties
ing that the election law calls for the ' U m: ,
22 . , T ' | which are encountered in gg im-
primary on the fourth - Saturday of, . , 4. — . ,
, , . . , 3. . .. , partial accounts of war happenigs
beenjrurnishedFeeenty.iih
ion. and is not correct according tothe Cermansand Frehch claimed vic-
thewaythelaw’reads. ! ^ry in the Champagne district hat -
------------ I tie; both the Austrians and Russians
built a $150,000 niom station and out.
grew it in.-five yearsp built a $75,000
postoffice and’outgrew it-before she
hadit. Why not build a courthouse . . ....
. ,,, ....... , . . ,, ting to be a sort of habit, when a real
that will meetruture needs as well us । . .
Dolly! “Wasn't it awful? Grace
1 remanded the case of
One volce of con,f<
» equalizers, and thy gbt bury—per-
haps finding thet other boards of
* equalizers had overlooked a few miles
of side-tracks, switehes,, spurs, etc.,
that“hiad been rendered twice and
lopped tbem off the tax rolls. This
.* probably accounts for the decrease
" in -mileage. The board also prob
ably discovered the valuations were
..."69, low, and set them up a notch or
ring two days before the New Year.
Good for you brother newspaper mon
—you served Texas a fine turn ih mak-
ing it more easily possible to elect n
fitting representative to the up nr
house of coneress: And the veenator
elected from Texas next yoamwt not
' (Philadelphia T«*!<*i:ram.) . -------—-g. — - ■
* fhe ocnverkwk in.the iobhy riof a TWichuans consider to-be tills elfy:s rwhat is transpiring, but from the of-
Iil the otber niht turned to th**
*deittdK cfsL.aansbs; INhen the
gtoty ' was told bi coneressman Mich-Lz-—~ --------------"-------1 . . ut o ... . -
..<1 iicver, of Ern -----— [town needs, especially a town that istiren, the piddle maustwit until days
smih was ramlins about the ivi'dl-
anse toem of u big rallroad terminal
one afternoon wi n he saw a wman
ip na in • ('• that bunk account builder, the poultry _______________ _
11!-th- report industry. . Conditions have changed in the field, no matter whom the IC.
greatly and Wichita Falls has profited publicans may nominate. With pros-
............. ...... ■ . K uni 01 t VO g ‛ Hill 11 > . I ll« । TD Vpe .
F W. Try, ftom Wichitn conntv. tried Hthe rosilts of our delectable primary
in idictnie it chareing'.ti rzery anHtelctton system. Nieu vi wjtiyarej
s!" twe 3 eats in the nenttemiry, not, going into a scranrble for a medio-i.
wpuzpmimresmi or X mm ! jamZrwV^u^^rt mcn'oM"romhiomsceomit • is
of ’ 'miacondnrt of jury" We are sure Itv. of character and of standing, the , if guilty, and if not guilty they ara
thich*ries a case intends to refult being a wise and economic sys turned loose at the time. JudKe
Indul • In mfsconduct: but it may he tem or laws.. And fle country would. Howard is a.Confederate. veteran,
that in soli", instances we hnve in have 'been very mhch bettor off if the the only Confederate It -is belevod
young statesmen had not sought tortholding office in the cuunty—and is
improve upon them, nut ffy did and i a pioneer cititen.r.EyerybodyouKht
rmr-....... -s.rx -uw • nug .. meverrauu wo have a bundle of complications and1 to know more about him than The
the Wilson and Taft administratigs < hoose to term It, of the lawyers en-rincomsiMtencles'thiat would even puzzle Times can tell and nt is with pleas-
witharepar “to Mexico.* but hipstory gaged in the trial of the ease.- Hous the brain of th* Infinite to decipher ure that it presents hisFelaims to the
Trows in fury as he thinks of Prest-iton Post. ' 22" what was intended. Nor will inereas voters of the precinct.
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an wN‛ , ' ' ' ' t —"2 •' 2
J. A. M'SPADDEN CANDIDATE
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
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J, A. espadden annunees-in The
Times iolay as al candidate for coun-
ty comnissioner for precinet No. 1.-
Mre-Mempadden came to this-county
seventeen years a,o from Bosque '
county and. Is locatei north of the
city where he has farming and dairy- ,
ing interests, being- considered ene.......
of this county's most successful
farmera). While Mr. MeSpadden his, ,
taken ' comparatively little part in
politics lit the past, other than to
.vote forwie men and measures he-
considered best for the county's in-
terests, he does not feel (hat this in -
any way affects his quajifications for "
the ofite: to which he aspires. He _
becomes' a candidate on the promise.
If elected, to do"htspar to gye
Wichtta county an economical, effi.
cient aid careful administratiom.’ Mr.
McSpadden is ton weh known to
most readers of-he-’FImes to make
it -nge4sar > to discuss his candidary
nt length, ami his. claims for the .of-
flee are submitted for the earnest ,
consideration of the democratic vot-
ers of precinct No.’1. ’* +,,
it is no mpirit of jingoism thaf .lies take notice and protest so vigotously
at the basiscor. the president h policy. । against what the Germans and Aus-
tpegcoirians ar doing"- course, we . _
and righteousness. don’t know, but SISBee2 that one rea | comirsadet
But it is a feeling akin to apprehen Ison is that the British have not as owned’a car.’
*___ al.. _ .... ..... at... ise. k0 . ...1. A..t.o.. • ’
danelles by the land route has been
abandoned and the position on Hie
Gallipoli peninsula evacuated. ‘This
marks the end. for the present at
least, of one of the war's most notable
features. - it cost the' Britibh and
I,----- — . tathlyt is too soon to declare it a
fainire, "permit sentiment
dent Wilson and so many of the far- to rule -them in administering it, its
, --------- ' seeing man now in publle life. Hena- Ireueal wil ultimately result,
angidfp tor Williams flouts the theory that -----'
■ ay-.5_Europe will be Joo exhausted to at
More money in the banks and more Ak “XS toperm and this danuary we
men employed at higher wages thavlthat Europe's exhaustion will be pure 0
— ever before known in the history ofiy"of an economic character, not phy- I
sibility so remote us to not e
chsidered problematical. And
the country are facts that are becom sical.
Ing more evident -every, day. Stil .Senator Wiams recognizes the
there are some who an’ believe t’u conditions which require a change.n
' m, I policy on our part. We may all grant
country is prosperous. They have that ‛ir there had been no war in
been tbid so long that lowering of the Europe, there would be no need here
tariff would result in disaster that of a largely Increase-1 army ami navy,
tiny can't believe the cohtry can be but the W. has comerthe greatest
’ , • ... a war in all history—and it is not for
..... prosperous now. The facts wont Jbeus to saywhether our own future is
with their theories and they are Kreat- o be affected by The results.
■ ly exercised. .....") ' ' Our future is not only to he affected"
__" |bythe.results,butinmamy-wvaysqand
The /Republicans hirv-totrowed so i< will happen whother we , adopt. th
mneh from thedemocrats-ir yoidmrinistration policy, of pre paresmess 1
don’t believe it ask W. J B-the) Kt.adotion or rcje< tian orhe pre
oughtn't to. kick ir.the democrats bor l payiness program wil merely, deter-
row something from timem. How would I mine in what way we shall be affect-
it do for the democrats to borrow thecu. . It will determine whether we are
Mican •i.t WSmenoueh Moue" soto secure justice in alt our pending
slosan Let WI enouxh None • "disputes, whether we shall be hullied. ------------- ---------,
frequently resorted to by Hie rePrts’we have already.boen, ami whether been deemed too high n price, had
Iteans. in yearg agone for the nsst we shall he attackeand. possibly success attended the effort. The war
campaign? Or, how would it do fori ompebet to comply with require offers no richer prize thancohstanti-
them to point—with pride ofenurae- mnts,which may prove anything but nople ana the aies gambled for it
to the nation-wide prosperity a"ndbwin .................... and lost- — ■ ......... .....■
<11*. development of our civilizatton, N--- ‛*bv--- Those P wnd. .about
.. , our resources and the material wall The question is often asked why is
in the past. There are a whole lot o" being of our people, we are to be per- .0u. . . I
‘mittea to live our life as a nation, ac, ithe United Statew not as quick to pro,
cording to our ideals.-free from nil ex test against offensey committed'
ternal pressure whatsoever, against us by the allies ’as she is to
rural credits, '.'.'ben Cyelone wan firat
electe -I. we - itored to bet that he
woul take up nore space in the Don-
eressional Terord than anyfolh mem
ben wlilch no one had nerve wrcall.
we reneat; he will waste more l pt
anyhow, it is; rhaps a more dignifled i The Texas Legislature is nothing The Times is authorize:! to am
- before the public than more than a training school for cm- nounce W. J; Howard as a candidate
V-i s or garden seed ; bryonfe Statesmen, many of them re, I for renomination at the Democyatic
cruited from the law class of theVul- primaries for the office of justice of
- versity. While pursuing their studies | the peace, precinct 1, pitace 2. Judge
<one fen w nem there always seem * at this seat of learning, young and Howard has held this ofice several
Denton Recot d Chronicle,
More money was needed with which
^conduct the state -government, and gond. Ana that withi
proper exorcise
w• imagine the pos era thnt he h-by jurles or the powers it grants, K
i pressed this fact, on. the board or*
can be made a lasting Instrument for
betterment of- conditions, but there 1+
no question that in the past sentencer
have been suspended in many1 roses
where they should not have been
Where the defendant is a young man
unseasoned tn crim*, led tto wrong
doing more as the result of ignofance
than through any real criminally', if
serves-no good ehd to confine him in
the penitentiary where hts chatces for
' ’ *K
living without eunnoune em nt that the mull, man
hope and seem to le as weli orr as a | has het n recos nize1.to,ror an
hour on Thurslay <n tlie suDj°0 of
ir re-election aa
.liii pnecdin*
Honor!" Judg
be Torii Campbell-Hbuston Post
„Wnthecoheincz,teeliwsz"wrirendy deminnd for-his wooda, Nobodylambitious men who seek membership teimsane.has discharged his duties
ore IWicbiaa "TImes, 1 ; f b to 6 “ ite sPo ',' " I sense, find -it quite convenient to have Howard was sherir of Wichita coun-,
V!rthar"beno other entry, the post a Hpope satien t bettion a cinch their respective counties honor dthem ' ty—and u is not improper to say
------′** ; witl sea’s in one or the pther branches lere that he is remembered as otioi court he has worked in harmny and
T*oeounteretimtnalcspenlapasaribhnsceitat#rriw"towarhrenaionlofqLhancidssheriarsenhaneznhdtpor.jccarotatiyrwseniathaonma"hea"on‛
tion of the country, That is ope ofifce Has made nim know better how I of the most prosressive and efficient
ure. He will hold thousands of Pro-
un commissioner and in becoming a
candidate, for the third time, he does
so on the ground of nufinished busi-
neas." . During his terin, being in
< charge, of the county foad work in •
his precinct, he has given it much
time and pains-taking attention, witi
the result that the roads around
Wichita Falls, taken as a whole, are
easily the best in Northwest Texas.
The regular revenues have been used
economically and cautiously byMr.
Jackson-in ! uiiding new roads an I
keeping old highways in good repair
find these roads represent a better' •
reason for. his re-election than The
Times could set forth on paper. Not — ’
only in roadmatters but in the many
other things that have to do with the
administration of the county’s ar---
fairs, Mr. Jackson’s reord has been
such that he can point to it without
hesitation. He has been a leading
factor in the movement for the- new
court house and he hopes that the
Grubbs: “Do you fhrul that your
wife an keep a srretmskuhlxi"Wel
IK,l eKas uiy , uut, ninz sun neu.i
iag."- Richmond Times-Iispateh.
—----- I
own departed , |( you can’t whin him I’ is easy
M Mewara ............Oenerni Manager
lie appanyway,» an.’ If "e President
Hup lost in addition Hi sirpport of the
allied ►: mpnthizere, as Colonel Roose
hit seems now to think, ther is no
reaxon why the colonel shouldn't be
ginrl nsecure the nominatin of either
hisowior of the k. o. p. next year,I
alucelsucega. would assuming lie is
'correct—be Mrtually certain,. Colonel
Heeseveit's article is. as would be ex-
During the- past '.eight years It is
estimated the investment feature of
I the Robertson Law has put $22,000,000
of but of state life insurance money in
Texas, and has kept in the state $18,-
• .000,000 in insurance bought through
-- Texas, companies, making a total of
• $40,000,000 that the Robertson Law
has caused "To be invested in Texas
Th/ investment, too, is a cunmlative
one and every year should mount at
a more rapfad rake. In t) few years It
will be a stupendous sum. The state
should, be verx, careful about doinr
6 anything that will check or stifle the
, growth of this mighty investment it
1u Texas. .
KJ --------
*i That a child can ask more questions
1 that are difficult to answer than a
grown person is generally conceded.
For Anstance, the following are a few
questions three-year-old Johnnie Bo-
hannan asked his mother, and the
mother in turn sends them to the
poTims. Here they are:
Flow can an auto get up power when
1 it la stopped?
। ’ Where is an elephent’s nose? and
why f God put It there?
If fh light globe should break
what would become of the electricity?
Go back on the wires.
What holds The ground up?
How do they put fir in matches?
Why does an elevator go up umng
down in the same place all the tinye?
_____ As the Times is not conducting a
"Question and Answers" column It
will have to pass these questions up
to some one who is more familiar with
such things, and can make them plain
to the young qustioner. We can't do
IL and are frank to acknowledge our
weakness along that line.
Comptroller Tetrell's report on the
railroad v aludtions '.t .. mewhat of II
puzzle in th*”, while ther e was no
railroad building. In Teran lst year
and none, so far os the "epert shows,
torn up, the tctnl m!lozge shows, n
decrease--from 15.611 77 In 1914 to
pious remark* goncerpl .
of the commife on industrial rein an. .. .___________.................- .____
tions in which he took acasion to by the change more than site has real- 1 perity throughout the country and its
tr Nt,1vp5"8houla thy"opok ized. The ren) opportunity for Further opposition split in close states the fu-
We cnnot maintain our economic, leniency toward Great Britain, and we
status quo with all the worlh under: strongly suspect that is why the 1 ov.
going change, because we are part of " "" 0 . . c
the world and shall have to conform ernment as Washington has been-"
to conditions ns we find Ahem, not asilittle bit more favorable to,, the"Erlt-
We should like td have them. We are ish than it has been, tn the Germans
not even able tn say tn the verldjand Austrians, ir inideed, such has
"Go your way, and—leave us alone. ‛T, _ . _ 1
The eorid will not permit it, and thel been tho case. x " •
Danger in Polroned Meat. *
Don't leave poisoned meat for the
ras in the day time; Rover may got
1L
(By the Atchison Globe)
So many hanereyes who do not seo.
The Wichita Times
) .: ruumye at
"u (fee Times Bulldine, corner Beventh Btren
and ecott -tvenus --,a .
Judge Harris is now serving his
first term in that office, having been I
firsi‘elected in 1914, and aside from 1
the democratic precedent of return-
ing n faithful servant to office for a 4
second term, he feels that his ser- J
vices during his incumbency entitle '-1
him to ask that he be continued in
.the ofice. During Judge Harris' I
term as judge the joint city and I
county hospital has been built ari’l
put into successful operation and oth-
er public improvements have been 1
made under his administration. As i
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