The Hereford Brand, Vol. 18, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 28, 1918 Page: 1 of 10
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MBRBVORD BRAID. FBBBUABT U,
GIGGLERS
POETIC
FOB mil SRMATOR
Of THE NTH DI8TBICT
Pollyaima says there arc more
than eight hndred "glad verses''
in the Bible. Ample justification
for the happy hours spent 'ast
Friday evening when a crowd c f
fnn-loving, loyal, progreasi c
Methodists met at the courthouse
fur the two-fold purpose of p-t-
tmg batter acquainted and con-
tributing something to the new
chnreh fund.
Conaistent with the apirit t
the tiaca the first act was regis-
tration. and under the persuasive,
winning smile of Mr. Bo bo Mc-
Lean, even the Jerraima Emiue-
lines, the Sallie Susannahs, the
Jonathan Peters and Epaenetua
Bush rods, cheerfully wrote down
their full signatures, paying two
cents per letter therefor, the pro-
ceeds to be given to the church
fond.
Acting on the principle that to|
know eaeh other betteryeta love
each other more, the fttm hoar
was spent in conservation as nei-
ghbors and friends—then the
games began.
We supposed, when filled can-
sales were passed around, that in
order to digest the refreshments,
to be served later, that we were
eaeh to be given a dose of medi-
cine.
The contents, ho
to be a mental relaxative'
sary after the deeply intellectual,
concentrated conversation, which
had preceded.
Each of the capsules contained
one of the words: grin, sadle,
trs—***—■
groups. Ten minutes were given
in which eaeh group was expect
ed to produce a poem, the super-
iority of wbieh was to be decided
by five Judtres.
After much grinning, smiling,
laughing, giggling, and snicker-
ing. and some thinking, the re-
sults were read by a chosen rep-
resentative of each group, the gig-
glers winning the Poet Laureate
honors.
A new "old fashioned" spelling
match followed. Sides were chos-
en as of old, numbering twenty-
six members, each one wearing—
suspended from the neek—a let-
tor of the alphabet painted in
large black and red type.
The lines were formed facing
eaeh other, and Judge Slaton.
standing between the lines ne*r
the center, annmneed the words.
The plan was for those of eaeh
side wearing the letters necessary
to spell the given word, to as-
semble and arrange themselves
in correct order, as ouickly as
possible, the side succeeding in
doing this first to gain a man
from the other side,
Anvone seeing the eager, grae •-
ftd ability of the participants, re-
gardless of gray hair or wrinkle*,
lack or excess of avoirdupoise,
would have enncluded that th n-
were no middle-aged nor elder!v
people there and that instead .if
merely ♦rving to form a word
fro* the old Blue-hack Speller
they were rushing a Oerman en-
trenchment presided over by the
Kaiser- The Beds secured the
" iter number of eaptives.
iere wee other games, hut
tbe accommodating and long
r>rr R*and mieht eliminate
this entire article if we were to
gnre each of them an adequate
deaerintion
IkfwwIiiwdBt* ww w>rr >d a-!.**
nrf^teett the entree serening
. iwi'w management
| o# Mn McTiesn. wm a conn-
t tde+e sneemw and the euests left
feeKr «* !>*♦ thev hsd snent an
efenlnw w 1 worth while.
The reanH® of the registration
wto Mi .«n
w
R. fi. TEjpPLETUN
Wellington, (Jf&liiii;s worth Co,
Ihxas
Mr. Temp^ton is serving h;s
third term aa member of tbe
House of Representatives from
the 124th district, and during
that tims has been interested in
the bfov 1 by |he PRB8H
by what
'premntn-
tive R. F. Cates of Bartlott
Tribune, and author of the
PUBLICITY BILL recently en-
acted by the :!5th Legislature.
''Among the best workers in
the Thirty fifth Legislature,
and BSPEClAUiY for the
PITBIJCTTY Big, INfBO-
bl CED BY THE WHlffet,
#aa Hon. R. L. Templeton* *f
Wellington, CollinfSwortb'Co,
who made goo<l aa a lawmaker,
not only in the Thirty-Fifth,
but in the Thirty-Third and
Thirty-Fourth Legislature. And
now that he aspires to repre-
sent his district in the Thirty
Sixth Legislature aa State
r, we wiah him nnbouod-
snccess, not because of his
FRIENDLY ATTTTTTDE to-
ward the TEXAS PRESS, but
because he ia qualified to serve
his constituency ablv and prof-
itably. He will likelv have no
opposition for the Senate."—
Bartlett Tribune.
Mr Templeton ia one oftin-
principle owners 'of tMfWe'"
ington Leader and is associat -
ed it or of the Leader with -T.
Claude Wells, editor-in-chief,
and has been interested in th«
management and policy of the
Leader since 1912.
4Trx. L W.
Judge J. W. Crugdiufton. of Amanllo. District'
Advisor fog the i'au Handle ru the sale of War Ha^ 1
ings Ortifteates ami Thrift Stamps, spoke to ai
capacity andience at the Courthouse Wednesday
afternoon at 8 P. M. Practically every store in
town tdoead for oue hour during the speech, and;
dismissed all employees for the occasion
Judge Crugduigton visited Dimmitt We.In * !
day raornuag, accompanied by R T. Evan*. ami
made two addresses. First he talked to the
<• -hoot children, and later to tho citutena assembled at the court house.
They found eager aad attentive audience* at both fathering*. M".
E^ans offered the school children three prises (lis Thrift Cart!
with one 25 cent stamp on it; (2> a Thrift Card with four 3f> cent
stamps. (8) a War Havings Certificate with #5 in stamps on it, for
work in distributing literature and in soliciting contributions to the
cause*. ;
Both Judge CruIslington an.l Mr, Evans were delighted with
the «pirit of the Castro county folks. Although no organised War
Havings campaign has l een carried on there, stiil a goodly number of
stamps have been sold, and the meeting Wednesday demonstrated
the fact that every citiaen of Our neighboring county stands ready
| to do his or her part. Mr. Evans stated to The Brand that Castro
• mnty had "gone over the top" on Liberty bonds. Red Crowi. Y.
M C. A., and every other form of patriotic service put up to them in
•he past, and that they would unquestionably make other counties
work m the War Havings catapaign.
At the Hereford meeting Judge Crugduigton said that Him
county wan so well organised that it was hardly tteceeaary for him
to eouie here, hut he had heard so much of the local work that he
wanted to see it with his own eyes. He made a masterly patriotic
argument, following which every person in the room pledged loyal*y
and snpport to the War Havings campaign, and was raised hi
pledges and <*aah for the year.
At this making W. E. Dameron joined The Thousand Dollar
Club of Deaf Smith county. The Club members now consist of Mr*.
R N Mounts, M*. Percy Wei liver. Mrs. Percy Welliver. J. B MeCord.
R. T Kvans and W. E. DanaHk Carl Gilltland is chairman of this
club work.
Judge Crugdington waa unable to visit Parmer county, owing
to the fact that he is compelled to go to Austin to attend the present
session of the legislature, but delegated that duty to the local com
mittee
• OFFIItKD
TO TNC
The Redpath-Horner C'hautau-
qua people. who have booked their
Course for Hui'wpi'd the eomtrj
year, have arranged a letter-wri'-
irip contest with forty eash prises,
iuchiding $60 cash awards and
one gold and one silver medal,
for hoys and girls 16 years of age
and under, in an effort to arouse given by the
the young folks as to their pa-1 Quartet at the
AT
Professor D. A. Shirley of the
West Texas Htate Normal at Can-
yon waa a business visitor in Here
ford Wednesday Mr. Shirley's
mission was the arrangement of
details for accommodating tho*
local lovers of music who might
care to atttnd the recital to 'w
Zoellner Htnnif
Normal. Monday
LOAF
rd for It
WUNCSBY
MR. HOOVER
J. w llamm of Castro
ty seems to hold the re«
dry farmers /or the season of
1937.
Mr. llamm planted twenty
acres in sorghuin. and after
thrashing the seed was offer d
Thirty Five Dollars per ac
for the fodded on the twenty
aerea.
He sold #1921 worth of sor
ghnui seed, and has thirty
bushel*, valued at #142 . 0
RE< APITI LATION
Kmider brought $ 7<*MN)
H«.ed sold for l,tSl.M
Heed ou hand 142..1)
Total from 20 acres #2.76:1,si
or. per acre IW 17
And on top of all this, a huh
scrib.'r who lives in the '" Hho v
Me" state had the nerve -
eeiitly to write the editor of
The Brand that the only thing
we could grow on the Plains
was B«*r Grass!
T
In DtdHA
Mi Daughter* Home
Relatives and frienda we*a sad-
dened Monday by the news oAili •
death in Dallas Monday
noon of Mrs. L. W. Vaughan. for
many years a resident of He. *
ford.
Mrs. Vaughsfei was 63 years of
age. She had been spending the
winter at tbe home of her daugh
ter, Mrs. Odell Elliott of Dallis.
She bad been pqprtially paralyzed
for some time, sfad Sunday even
ing had to be helped to her bed.
Mr. Elliott immediately sent t.
argent message to Mrs. John H
Miller of Hereford, another dau-
ghter, and Mr. Miller rushed h.s
wife and Oscar Vaughan to Am
rillo to make connections with the
Denver train. At Amarillo th y
were joined by the third daught
er, Mrs. C. W. Beard.
The body arrived in Hereford
Wednesday and waa interred
Thursday afternoon at 2 o'eloeh.
funeral services being conduct > I
by Rev. Stevenson from the Mil
ler home.
Mrs. Vaughan's four children,
Oscar. Mrs. Elliott. Mrs. Bea*ft
and Mr . Miller were all present.
Odell Elliott and Mr. and Mrs.
Otis Truelove of Amarillo. also
accompanied the body to Here
ford.
triotic duty in ♦k'* critical period
of our nation's hutory.
MyrfSPTras been v-
ehairman of this
Mr H. C
pointed local
coriN-st. All applications fAr d
tails, entry requirements, etc
hfuthl l e taken up with Mr. M>
March 4. S >W P. M. Profess -r
Shirley wac enthuaiaatie over the
outlooik for this firat-claa* musical
entertainment, and pmlicted a
! large attendance from Hereford
and vicinity
While here Prof Hhirley stag-
ed that he is endeavoring to as-
subject of the letter to be | certain the names and address •*
writtA is "What can 1 do to serve | of every student who has ever at
"v fAntrvf" The boy who an tended Normal now in the mili-
weq^his Iflastion best will w t! tary service of Cncle Ham. so th t
ther one. | s *rviee flags may be prepared.
yfr Myriek will be glad to talk The names of 124 ex-students of
with any of the voting people in- the Normal now in the Service
(■rested in this contest. ' have already been obtained.
In our issue of November 22nd. Tbe Brand called attention to
the fact that during the six previous week* 66 new subscribers
and 28 renewals had been received.
Since November 22nd The Brand has recorded 151 new sub
scribers and 136 reneMfla.
Wo are very RpatefMA We take this to mean that The
ne
and
gradually gaining in the estimation of the people as a
wapaper. We wB strive earnestly to hold this commendation,
id W continue improvement in every possible way.
Suiekbt With Skat
Tk**ufh Th* Htod
M Tejeda. a Mexican member
of the local Hants Fe section gang
was found lying face downward,
on the floor of the section living
shack, just south of the track
near the section house. Monday
afternoon at o'clock, in the
center of a spreading pool o|
blood, a bullet hole in tig right
temple and a 36 calibre Smith A
Wesson revolver clutched m
right hand, which waa fold
der his body. Although tqpav i
aid was summoned at oi
never regained consciousness, diei
about M o'clock Monday night, and
was interred in th#* cemetery by
the Section foreman and his men
Tuesday.
Sheriff Pureed, County Judge
liughea. Squire Boone. Count*
Attorney Megert and other offi
eials made a close investigation
of the facts, ami from the inf r-
mation obtainable arrived at the
conclusion that the Mexican h-i I
committed suicide The bullet
wound was powder burned, 'he
hair around about stnged. an I i
the top of his ear bunted, show |
ing that the muzxl** of the wean
TO THE PCBLIC
Your attention is particularly
directed to the following new
rules Manned by the food adminis-
tration tn reference to the eoa>
nervation of flonr .-—
These rulings arc effective Feb-
ruary 1st., mil, all p rev ions ml«
hemg supersede*I by them
In reference to VICTORY
RRF.AD, the mle is aa follows:
Bakers are authorised to ap-
ply the name of Victory to slf
bread baked by them whi.'h
contains 'Jft per cent or mora
of wheat flour substitutes; th*a
bread will become the univers-
al bread sml standard «rf the
Country
The President has proclaim-
e«l Monday ami Wednsoday
WHRATLRMH DAYS. VIC-
TORY BREAD may be s ld f>e
consumption on Wheat lues days
and it will he within the law
to tise Harm>, however it ia &•
patriotic duty of every
wife where pasaihle. to
Monday and Wednesday
•lose
It ia also within the taw to
designate aa VICTORY pvnrf-
uets, sweet dough goods crank-
era, pies, cakes, pastry et,«,
when containing one-thivd or
more a9 wheat flour
and such products can be
on WWRATLESH days.
The bakers over thjr Uniteef
States are now baking amltr
rules set forth above and i
the Pood Administration lag
called upon the housewives of th*
country to use no produega con-
taining wheat flour on WmBAT
LESS DAYH where it is possible
to substitute, the bakers shonld
find their output ?n grest demand.
Through the natriotie spirit
of the mother* of the land Hie
Oovernment finds the cmiditio ~
to the head aa to the sugar supply in almoet
a normal condition but we stilt
want to put on the breaks ami ho
prepared at all times to have on
hand more than s normal supply,
to he ready for anv emergency.
Remember ladiea while it take*
men to do the actual fighting, the
Grade Thirty four pupils in Fourtn
Bryan Beams haa returned to | Orade own thrift stamps.
school after two weeka' absence Mr. L. E. Frost. Editor of Th"
on account of his mother's illness 1 Berkshire World, one of the great
Bessie Sanders has been absent "** Iiv" «toek journals in the
two weeka. She accompanied h r world, published at Chicago, w s
mother to Frost. Texa* to visit;"1 Hereford Thursday looking o\
her grandmother who waa very **r ^ local hog situation M1
ill Frost had hoped to meet 1 '
The boys and girls have ma le; McDonald while here but the la'
enough squares for the Belgran t*>r now 'n New York state
quilt which they are knitting, to purchasing Holstetn cows for the
begin putting it together. We have? Hereford Dairy Association
on was held
when fired.
The foreman stated that Tcp da
had not gone nut with the gang
to work Monday morning stat-
ing that he was not feeling well.
He had seemed to be " under hre
weather" for aom** time An ap
parent exp'anation of his mentsl women are the real back bone of
state was obtained by Hberi *f, a Nation, the boys cannot fight
Pureed from a letter, just reeeiv j * n an empty stomach You have
ed Monday from a woman h j been doing your full duty in ev-
Morenci Arizona, stating in *ul> j crvthmg yon have been called op-
stance that the whereabouts «,'!on to do, but keep this in mind.
Tejeda s wife was unknown The | you are the real controllers of
desd man came here from Mor \ the food supply of this country,
epei It is supposed that despon j exercise your authority ami bof<r
deney over nrivate matters cans d, on with <i death grip.
the raah act j J H JONES
, County Food Administrator.
WANTED—Suitabh
Dump Ground For
City Of Hmford
H fi t'-*- " j
mwtffuuf tn nam m
fooaiy Sum Raimd
r - t . at - i.
* wlWl/T# ^ow mtep®^W
The
enough money to buy the lining
and hope to complete it soon
The Central School handed >n
"5 for thrift stamps the p* t
week.
T*'« Fifth grade has started
Who knos's of a few acres f
rough iintdlahle land off the1 l. . . ...
. t The Budding < ommittee of the
Mr Frost is enronte home fro.n j F,,, , h'ffbwsys. hut near the|n,.w Methoduit hurch report-
a trip to California H* ei- ^ limits that could be pu- I'ssh on hand W UOOf1*
pressed his gratification at th • chaaed at a reasonable sum byj'lood note* 46 700 0*
number and quality of hogs in! the City of Hereford for dump! nwmber* who have not
this section, and predicted 'bMj i vet subscribed tbe -ommittoe m-
wtfh the proper cootie rat ion fm i ,,!T . 'imate* they can readdy
- - - 1 The « ity now owns a few acres, f ]QflQ00
kn;t*ing. Everv boy and girl «s this could he marie one of the' . . m . .
armed with knittine needles and greatest hog centers in the Cnit ! , T H* *?. \ The -burch is out of debt
armed with knitting needles and greatest hog
thread, and hope to be of help, j ed States.
The "Patriotic Girls" are a." j Mr Sloan Baker, stationed st
rantring to go to work again aoo , i Camp Wright Mineola N Y ar-
The Fourth grade is bnsdv rived Tuesday night. He is ap
kn:*ting a Belgian quilt with fifty narentlv in fine health an*' we
SO' ieea completed believe that Cncle
located on the C anyon rf ad B; has « building site paid for that
ia an una.ghtly heap and dee.de.,- (mi (h„ ,.hurrh gfi joaoo
ly no credit to the looks of hej ni(, ,.hurr.b irnmaS
community l^ cal property hold- L^m hnng tn addition to the
era who have taken a natural th«v- about *I,OW.O .
12 ,n Th - Finence Committee consist-
Fourth Orade Literarv Saeie v i agrees wi h him He will Ke *.tl e*t « mled considerable mon n|f nf Henry Wilkinson. John F.
r urrn ' raoe uirerary «mte . , agrees wonrtim ne win ^ *t\ny ,n ,movements object to the ui-...,, ^ h . p,-fc-e
wfh Gwendolyn Price as Pre, j h^ with his parents for Ko ,t Uwti^ed use of h.■ nr ~et., ^.V', ^ ^ ,, ,,^,,*7
dent, is progressing nicely
A greet throng of friends and
acquaintances paid tribute to the
M . departed daring the last ead rites,
W"1 ^ ^WH^mn dangtlerj ^ ^11 Hereford joins in sympa-
. m , n ^
Willi sBf' DWrBnV'WI iSnliTi
of Wt. and Hi* flheem WitHaias.
who Is amending College Hi Tet*
hNPtoi. Mo haa Wen verv lose ad to ha
wlwi Wvwt| im la
Ijatcst reports on the condition, sine® Thorsday night, takes nei-
of Rev. ®. A. Faris .ndicate tuat | thar nourishment or mewlicinc,
^ ~ 1 ^ * " puflte vary weak, lays quiet I v. ap-
parently without pain. May oil
there ia little prohal/lity of sev
ing hia life. The following post-
al was received by Mr. C. H. Dy .r
t pain. g :
before thte reaches
hakls up well.
Sincerely yours,
Cecil Faris.'
yo..
for snch purposes
to take necessary
lieving the city of the property
and to clean it up. provide<l the
city dads can find another avad-
able site.
Aay one who knowa of scch a
place would perform a public ser-
vice by informing the Mayor r
of the city eeimissioa
snd propose j {jorMl to nroseentc the enterprise.
action in re- j
Lieutenant J. H l.andrum eame
in Wednesday night from Fo t
l^eaveuworth. Kansas, where ht*
boo been ia training sehoojL Joe
will spend his teo days' furlsug1!
at hoiae. From here ha
^ th, BULI % Mtffl mh
MWI W19Ml ruling,
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