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VOL. 24, NO. 21
War Welfare Work Works Wonders. Have a Heart. Give Liberally. Nov. 11th to 18th.
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Devoted to the Upbuilding of Meridian and Bosque County
RIBUN
MERIDIAN, TEXAS, NOVEMBER 1, 1918.
ONE1 DOLLAR A YEAR
Walnut Spring Gets
Honor For Largest
L. B. Subscription
J. W. Butler, of Clifton, chairman
of the Liberty Loan Committee for
Bosque County, furnishes us the fol-
lowing report concerning the amounts
subscribed in this county for the
Fourth Liberty Loan.
Bosque county’s quota was $215,-
900.00, the amount subscribed was
$279,550.00, making an over-subscrip-
tion of $63,650.00 or 130 per cent.
Town—
Walnut Spgs,
Valley Mills,
Meridian, ....
" Morgan, ...........
Clifton, .........
Kopperl, ........
Quota— Subscription
20,200..
39,850..
27,700...
13,600..
$80,150..
9,300.
Cranfills Gap, 11,200
Iredell,
13,900.
. 40,650
. 56,050
. 40,050
. 17,500
.$94,050
. 9,650
. 11,500
. 10,100
Standing of the towns at the close
of the campaign is as follows: 1st
Honor, Walnut, Springs, 201 per cent;
2nd, Valley Mills, 140 per cent; 3rd
Meridian, 138 per cent; 4th, Morgan,
121 per cent; 5th, Clifton, 117 per
cent; 6th, Kopperl, 103 per cent; 7th,
Cranfills Gap, 102 per cent.
The reason for Iredell having fell
short is due to the illness of their chair-
man, and sickness of other members
of the committee.
the large crowd that would have
been present on this, occasion. Quite
a number of seats had been reserved
and others called to make their res-
ervations when he received the fol-
lowing letter from the manager of
the Vitagraph Company at Dallas
announcing the dissapointment. The
letter follows: '
“In regard to your booking on “0-
ver the Top’ for November 2nd, wish
to say that prints on this production
were in bad shape, we had to ship
same to our New York studio to have
same repaired and do not expect to
receive them back before the last of
November.”
That those who so desire may not
be denied the privilege of seeing an
extra good show on Saturday- night,
Mr. Hornbuckle has wired the Pathe
Company to ship reels for this oc-
casion. We were all desirous of
seeing “Over the Top” on the screen
but since that privilege is denied us
at this time, let’s console ourselves
by seeing the pictures that will be
shown insead. Mr. Hornbuckle
says he assures the public the sub-
stitute pictures will be good and asks
that as' many as possible attend.
Ceenac
FROM OUR BOYS
-----------IN THE ---—------
SERVICEOF UNCLE SAM
! Letters Bosque County boys write to relatives and friends will constitute a more interesting
a commentary on the conditions of the men in service than any of the staff correspondents
! stories. Therefore the Tribune wants to publish these letters provided they are properly
■ censored. These letters, too, will keep acquaintances back home in touch with “our boys.”
■ We will return the letters to you unharmed after we have published same.
esoune
I should have ‘had. Where we have
just moved from we could go out in
the woods near our camp and gather
all the blackberries we wanted and
have nice berry pies, which sure were
good.
Mama, I guess I had better quit
and go to bed, every one else is in bed
and it is getting late so guess I had
better get there, too. Will write a-
Large Draft of Men
Called For Novem-
ber and December
Colored People To Plan War Work
Campaign Sunday.
There will be a meeting for all
colored men and women of Meridian
and. vicinity ' at the colored church
in Meridian on Sunday, November
3rd at 3:30 o’clock p. m. Plans for
the work of the Colored Division of
the United War Work Campaign will
be formed. Dr. J. T. Welch, dis-
trict executive, will be present at the
meeting.
Mrs. Ida Sadberry, Co. Ch’rm’n.
--•——
If you are borrowing this paper
every week, come in and subscribe—
your neighbor does not like to loan
his paper.
Two of Valley Mills’ physicians,
Drs. W. T. McNeill and C. L. Good-
all, have been confined to their beds
for several days, the former with an
attack of pneumonia, while the latter
had an attack of influenza. Their
many friends here are pleased to
learn that they are rapidly recover-
ing their health and trust at an
early date they will have completely
recoverd.
Bosque County War Savings Stamp
quota is $403,940.00. Up to October
16th, $159,733.56 or 7.90 per capita
had been'bought.
Are You In Arrears?
Better Pay Up Now
German Dugouts Fixed Up As Per-
manent Headquarters, But They
Moved.
Mrs. J. L. Tutt, of this place', is in
receipt of a letter from her son, Ern-
est, who is now in France. The let-
ter follows:
Dearest Mama:—I shall endeavor
to write you a short epistle tonight
since we have moved again today and
now think we may be settled for a
short time again. We have moved
nearer the front and are now where
it is said to be more interesting from
the standpoint of enemy shells. I am
told that this place is either shelled or
bombed every night. But mamma
that is nothing to a fellow who is in
this place. We have been under fire
of the enemy for a long time and have
gone over the top, well I have not my- ,
self, that is our headquarters bunch
did not go; but all the either fellows
of our outfit did and they sure did ex-
cellent work. I knew these fellows
would make good on the battlefield
though and they sure did. Mama if
you could see the place that the fel-
lows had to go through you would
say it is impossible to do what is done.
Our bunch did good work though with
light losses.
Mama if I may I will send you some
souvenirs which I have taken from
German dugouts, I have quite a few
but don’t know if I may send them.
The boches were evidently expecting
to stay here where we have ousted
them from for quite awhile since they
were fixed up so nicely. I have been
on gain soon. Hope I may hear from
They had their power plants, photo-1 you before very long. Love to all.
graph galeries, dance halls, saloons,
bath houses, everything even to their
girls right in their dugouts with them.
The morning we disturbed them they
were just fixing to have breakfast
Your boy, Ernest L. Tutt, Headquar-
ters 345th Machine Gun Battalion,
Am. Ex. Force, France, September
21st, 1918.
The casualty list of Monday re-
and had to leave their meals, and our
men came and ate it for them. Of ported Richard Childress, of Mosheim,
course these were officers quarters,) as missing in,action,
but they had pretty good eating. Their
bread was the worst thing I have seen,
it is a black kind of stuff, a very poor
substitute. Also their tobacco is a
poor grade, or rather a substitute
mostly. I have smoked some of their
cigars. I have a helmet and could
have more and various other things.
And oh yes we are lighting our offices
with German Presto lights which we
fellows got out of some of these dug-
outs. In fact we have most anything
you can think of that we have gotten
from the boche.
Where we are now we have a real,
nice place, a pretty good bed, and al-
together a very nice place to stay, of
course we have quite a bit of policing
to do before things are real clean, but
we will do that and then things will
be more pleasant, if the boche will
just lay off of us and allow us to live
in. peace for a while.
The worst thing that has happened
to me for quite a while is a big bunch
of mail came this afternoon and there
was not a single letter in it for me.
I sure hate for mail to come and me
not' get some. I have been a little
sick for the past few days, but am
Slightly Wounded But Will Soon Be
Ready Again. -.
A letter dated Oct. 11th was receiv-
ed by Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Lomax from
their son Avery, stating that he is
in a hospital as a result of a wound
received on the firing line in France.
He says that he was only- slightly
wounded on the right hand, but will
not lose any fingers, but the first will
be stiff, the joint having been shot
all to pieces, otherwise he is well as
can be and is anxious to get back with
his company and help finish the huns.
Ralph 0. Bass, of Clifton, has been
recommended as second lieutenant of
Field Artillery as a result of' train-
ing at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ken-
tucky.
Several letters from “Our Boys in
France as well as other items and ar-
about straight again
now. I don’t
The Federal Fuel Administration
for Texas announces the revoking of
order No. 9, which among some two
hundred others, put Bosque County on
a wood basis so far as domestic con-
sumption was concerned. This new
order No. 11, permits coal to move in-
to these Counties. This change is
permitted by reason of the increase
of coal supply and great methods of
conservation. >
“Over the Top” Will. Not Be Shown
Here.
A large number of the citizns of
Meridian and community will be dis-
apointed to learn that they will not
have the pleasure of seeing “Over
the Top” shown on the screen ’here
Saturday night as has been hereto-
fore announced.
Preston Hornbuckle, manager of
the Cozy Theatre, had gone to con-
siderable expense and trouble in
making arrangements to care for
With this issue the time-limit for
those who have not paid their sub-
scription to the Tribune expires. The
War Industries Board has ordered
us to discontinue the paper to all who
are in arears for three months or
more, so if you fail to receive a copy
of the Tribune this week or hear of
any one else complaining, you can
tell them the cause. We are indeed
proud of the large number of our
• subscribers who have paid their sub-
scriptions since we gave notice of
the orders of the War Board and
only a small percentage of our sub-
scribers will fail to receive their cus-
tomary copy this week. Please un-
derstand that in this matter we do
not question your credit, but we
have received orders that must be
obeyed. We hope to have those dis-
continued on our list again in a short
time, at least, we are trying to pub-
lish a local paper that you cannot
well afford to be without.
in numerous dugouts of theirs where know exactly what has been wrong
they had electric lights, and every- with me, but I guess
thing fixed up as nice as you please, something that was not exactly what
have 'eaten
SOUNDING AN ALARM!
SUDDENSERVICE
This is the kind of Ser-
vice that some people want
at times, and this is the kind
of Service we give.
Money to Loan
On Improved Farms
VENDOR’S LIEN NOTES
Purchased or extended.
Reasonable Rates, Liberal
Terms of Pre-Payment.
There is no one in the
Farm Loan business in bet-
ter position to care for your
needs or handle the
business more promptly than
we can, and we solicit and
request an opportunity to
figure with you.
Call ‘Phone or write
ROY I. BOUNDS
Farm Loans and Real Estate
MERIDIAN, TEXAS
ATTENTION, .BOSQUE COUNTY
SHEEP AND GOAT RAISERS!
Clifton,' Texas, Oct. 26, 1918.
To Bosque County Stock and Poul-
try Owners:—
On October 10th, I sent out an ap-
peal to the citizenship to aid and as-
sist in a Wolf Bounty of $5.00 in ad-
dition to the County Bounty of $1.00.
This will induce hunters and trap-
pers to rid Bosque County of the
Wolves. When each big Wolf des-
troys $1,000.00 worth of meat pro-
ducts in a year we can all readily
see that a small Bounty of $6.00 is
only a fractional per cent of the loss
and the Association is appealing to
you for money for one-half of one
per cent of the loss incurred by one
wolf. Act now. SEND IN YOUR
MONEY. WE NEED $1,000.00.
The Association does not bind itself
to pay only so far as the money is
collected for this purpose.
Yours truly,
Oscar J. Rea, Sec-Treas.
Bosque County Sheep and Goat
Growers Association.
Mrs. Fred M. Huggins has been ap-
pointed County Executive for the Girls
Earn and Give Division of the United
War Work Campaign, and E. R. Row-
en County Executive of the Boys Earn
and Give Division. These appoint-
ees, together with a Local Executive
in each town, are to attend a District
Meeting at Cleburne, Saturday, Nov.
2nd.
Cards were received here Sunday
stating that Louis A. Crawford and
Brownie Griffin, colored, had arrived
overseas.
Next Tuesday is General Election
day.
We, in Democratic Texas, are often
prone to lose sight of this event, for
the reason that in Texas a Democrat-
ic nomination is supposed to mean an
election.
But some fine day we are going to
be caught napping, and who knows,
if we remain away from the polls next
Tuesday as we usually do on General
Election day, that this year of all
years, may not bring the long-looked-
for-by the Republicans--victory for
the enemy party.
Some people, who voted in the
Democratic Primary say that they are
going to vote for the Republican can-
didate for governor.
And the Republican party is doing)
its dead level best to roll up a big
vote in Texas this year so as to get
“aid” in the way of a big campaign
fund from the special interests two
years hence.
This is to s ound the alarm!- Let
every Democrat go to the polls next
Tuesday and vote, and let the Demo-
crat vote be the largest ever cast at
a General Election in Texas.
Political Advertisement.
The Local Board received the fol-
lowing Telegram:
“No. D. A., 145 Govt.
Austin, Texas, Oct. 29, 1918.
Local Board, Clifton, Texas.—Requi-
sitions have been made upon this of-
fice for a large number of fighting
men to be furnished during Novem-
ber and December. This will require
early calling of Class one fighting
men of the September registration,
nineteen to thirty six class. Calls
suspended on Oct. tenth as announced
in my bulletin number twenty eight,
are now being reinstated to begin mov-
ing early in November, and addition-
al calls are being announced today for
men to begin moving November 11th.
In view of the above it now becomes
imperative that Local Boards of Tex-
as immediately begin a completion of
the classification of the nineteen to
thirty six class of the September reg-
istration. You are therefore urgent-
ly requested to complete physical ex-
aminations in order that all Class one
men will be available for induction
at the earliest possible moment. Tow-
nes.”
From the above notice we will like-
ly have very heavy movements .in all
branches of the service. This is pub-
tides of interest have been omitted ,
from this issue of the Tribune for
lished for the information of the peo-
ple at large.
O. E. Schow, Chairman.
want of space. They will appear
next week.
Solon Randal Died At
Amarillo Wednesday
Solon H. Randal died at 9 a. m. yes-
terday morning of heart failure, at
his apartments in the St. Charles A-
partments, aged thirty-three years.
Deceased had been ill with influ-
enza for several days and had gotten
up and a week .ago took a relapse but
just an-hour before his death his phy-
sicians pronounced him out of imme-
diate danger. His heart refused ac-
tion soon after and in an hour death
had claimed him.
Deceased was the owner and pro-
prietor of the Randal Drug Company
at the corner of Fifth and Polk streets.
His mother had come here about two
weeks ago and cared for him during
his illness. He was a single man but
leaves a host of friends, a mother and
other near relatives.
The funeral will be held at 4 o’clock
this afternoon, the procession leav-
ing the Griggs undertaking parlors
at that hour. Interment will be in
Llano cemetery.—Thursday’s Amarillo
Daily News.
- Mr. Randal to whom reference is
made in the above article was born
in this county and reared to manhood
in Meridian. He was a brother of
Homer Randal, deceased, and had
many relatives residing in this coun-
ty. This will be sad news to his many
friends to learn of his death and we
join them in extending sympathy to
the bereaved ones.
Opening Services of Meridian College.
Due to the prevalence of influenza,
the opening services of Meridian Col-
lege have not been held. Next Sun-
day morning President Winfield will
preach the sermon, his subject will be
“Power and How to Use It.” Meridi-
an people know President Winfield
well enough to know that a treat a-
waits them. Let every one who has
at heart the interest of Meridian Col-
lege and the young people in attend-
ance on our school, be present.
Jas. M. Wynne, Pastor.
Mitchell Conley, Robert Smith,
Melvin - Brittain, Leonard Rizer, Bill
Powell and Carl Elliott left Tuesday
for Nashville, Tenn., where they will
accept employment in the ammuni-
tion plant. Urgent calls are being
made for able bodied men who are
not otherwise engaged in war work
to assist in the work of supplying
the fighting forces with ammunition,
etc.
New sugar rules have been put in
effect by the U. S. Food Administra-
tion and now three pounds per month
per person is allowed and a month’s
supply may be purchased at one time.
Attention Registrants of June 5th,
1917, June 5th, 1918 and August 24,
1918 Classes.
Beginning with the 5 days move-
ment Nov. 11th next, we will be re-
quired to furnish 43 men in Class 1-A
from the registrants of above dates.
If you are in that class, you will please
shape your affairs in such a way as
to be ready to go. Registrants of
September 12th will not be taken in
this call.
Local Board.
Stores to Close At Five-Thirty.
With the exception of the drug
stores and garages, the other places
of business at this place have signed
the following agreement for early
closing:
“On account of the change of the
time, and the wintry days which will
soon be hovering around us, we the
undersigned agree to close our place
of business at 5:30 o’clock, except
Saturdays, beginning Monday, Octo-
ber 28th, 1918.”
President Wilson has approved an
increase in the amount which the U-
nited War Work Campaign will seek
of nearly 50 per cent, and the organ-
ization will ask the Country to con-
tribute $250,000,000.00 in the week of
Nov. 11th. This is the most gigantic
Campaign for- funds for War work ev-
er undertaken, and is to finance the
seven great organizations- recognized
by the War Department doing the
welfare work among our boys and our
allies.
. LOST—Red and white female
hound; heavy with whelps, and had
fresh scar on side. Notify John R.
Cowan, Meridian, and receive re-
ward.
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