The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 10, 1918 Page: 3 of 8
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A
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Stock Selling Scheme
IN a few days a stock peddler will call on you. Watch out for
him. He will try to unload on you some stock in a queer cor-
poration. The corporation is called the American Red Cross,
and he'll tackle you for a membership. The price is small; only a
dollar or such a matter. And he will tell you in his oily tongue
about the dividends.
But don't you be fooled! There will be no dividends except in
brotherhood, and if you get into the corporation you will be stuck
foi 'assessments. Lord, Man, the assessments will come in thick and
fast before this war is over. Your heart will be wrung time and
again by the need of our soldiers; by the hunger and want in the
fan lies of our soldiers; by the disease and famine in Europe. And
while, of course, the assessments are voluntary, they will come and
come and come. And you will have your choice—meet th«m or
harden your heart. If you meet them your life will grow. Deny
them and your bank account will grow. Take your choice. Deny
them or pass them. The assessments are before you, and if you buy
stock in this corporation your whole life's destiny will hinge upon
the way you handle that stock.
And it is a curiou* stock in this: The dividends, as hereinbefore
stated, are in human brotherhood. Prom all over the earth, wherever
men and women and children are In want and misery, at home, in
France, in Italy, in England-*-even in Russia—will come to America
diving this war, and forever after this war, the deep, sweet abiding
gratitude of those whom we have saved and succored. We are feed-
ing the starving through this corporation, and they will not forget
it, nor their children's children. We are healing the sick—the
tubercular, the undernourished—covered with sores and filth. We
are housing the homeless in the devastated area of Belgium and
France and Italy, and the agents of this corporation are gathering
up the good will of humanity in bales and sh iloads and are pouring
it back Into America.
Now, don't you want your share? Don't you want some of
these dividends? In other ages when peace shall come permanently
to this world—shall come because America sowed in this great war
the seeds of good will, where Germany sowed the dragon's teeth of
hate—men too old to fight, and women who coold hot go into battle,
will say, "I was a member of the Red Cross. Here is my member-
ship. It is a certificate from the herald's college of my nobility.
You children and all of yours for grnerations may know that in the
great Peace Corporation, I was an Investor. I drew my dividends
u brotherhood. I paid the assessments that came from my heart. I
am proud that I joined.1"
In a few days the stock peddler will call on yo
• it will
sting j
in the real game of life.
him. He will try to sell you something that
and better and kinder; something that will stii
something that will make you or break y<
Watch out for that stock seller. D
ou. Watch out for
make you bigger
you for dividends,
ou
If
„ _ oh't let him fool you.
you become a stockholder in his corporation, it will cost you your
heart's best aspirations, your mind's best plana, and much—exceed-
ingly much—of the work of your hands. And all you will get out
of it Is your country's everlasting glory and your own soul's comfort
and content. So, when that stock peddler comes around—beware.
Don't let him fool you.
THRIFT A PAT
filOlIC NECESSITY
DEB CROSS SAVES
«. S. MAN-POWER
RESTORATION OF WOUNDED AL.
LIES CON8ERVES LIVES OF 80
MANY AMERICAN SOLDIERS.
BROTHERHOOD BIG WAR ANGLE
Money Not Sole Need, but Absolut*
Pledge of Personal Loyalty
and Co-Oparation Is
Required.
Every man, woman or child who,
out of his own heart, gives to support
the Amerlcnn Ked Cross by enlisting
as a member in Its ranks is helping
America to win the war from an angle
of attack that Is new In modern w«ir.
It is the angle of brotherhood. It
stiffens the courage of the civilians. It
puts hearts into our soldlerfc hy the
comforting knowledge that their home
affairs are going well.
Thrift is the watch-word of
the day. The Government has
adopted it as a slogan, believ-
ing the encouragement of thrift
during these strenuous war
times is a patriotic duty, indi-
vidually and collectvely through
out the land. The ideas of
thrift and of saving are insep-
arably linked and there is a
growing tendency to encourage
everything that tends toward
developing the saving instinct.
This applies not only to money
matters, but to food, fuel ard
wearing apparel, in order that
we may conserve as much as
possible and so have a greater
surplus to send to those brave
boys who are fighting our fight
in the trenches of Europe.
Whenever the question of
thrift arises, most naturally
one thinks of the premium in
dustry and particularly of the
trading stamp and coupon, as
applied to thrift inculcation.
Thousands of merchants
throughout the land are ap-
pealing to millions of consum-
ers to aid the great • work of
National economy. The trad-
ing stamp is a very vital and
important factor in bringing
about a very definite co-opera
tion among a great many mil-
lions of people toward this end.
The trading stamp is essen-
tially an inducement to thrift
It is a reward for cash patron-
age and continued patronage
and its redemption for cash or
valuable premiums results in a
great saving, estimated an-
nually into the Tens of Millions
of Dollars,,in thousands upon
thousands of homes throughout
the land.
The National Premium Ad-
vertising Association is lending
every effort, through its large
National membership, to co-
operate with the Government
in promulgating thrift, and be-
lieves that the premium indus-
try can be and is being im-
measurably helpful in this re-
spect. Whenever a man or a
woman gets the habit of sav-
ing, which is essentially the
factor which induces
r
See to It That One of These Flags Is
in Your Front Window Christmas Eve
And every additional member en-
rolled in tha Christmas membership
campaign, which opened Monday, Dec
17, continuing until Christmas eve,
makes not bnly for victory in the
world war, but for everlasting peace
between the great nations not fight-
ing together for democracy.
Every time the American Red Cross
helps to save the life of a wounded
soldier at the front It saves two men—
the man who was wounded and the
American boy who will have to take
his place. In other words, member
*hlp In the Red Cross will conserve
America's man power.
Work done by the Red Cross make?
the burdens of others easier to bear
Hospitals must be supplied in Europe,
ambulances must be kept running,
nurses must he provided If the.United
States is to care for the millions of
American soldiers to be sent, abroad,
those already there and those of Amer-
ica's allies.
The Red Cross is no! asking for
",000,000 members in the Southwest
division primarily for the money they
will bring in, although the need is
great, but for the absolute pledft of | moving
personal loyalty and co-open/ w I them to collect trading stamps
which is so vital to the success oi tne i aruj coupons, they are at once
nation in the war. ,, , , ., , ,, ...
I on the road toward better citi
The government could, of course, . .
hire knitters, and' it could issue pen- j Zi?l,s P'
sions for soldiers' families, it could I The recent Liberty Loan, on
ay ether and bandages and hire jt3 part payment plan, will tin-
work thai Questionably do much toward
would fail, developing the thrift idea and
| will maka savers of thousands
of people who heretofore have
RED GROSS
Chairman W. S. Red calls the
Mexia Branch of the Lime-
stone County Chapter of the
Red Cross to meet in the City
Hall Library on next Monday,
14 inst. 7:30 P. M. This is a
meeting for the old members
and the new members and the
renewed members; yes, all
kinds of members and any who
want to become members.
This is the meeting when
our relation to the Limestone
County Chapter is to be finally
determined. A report of the
financial condition of the Socie-
ty will be shown as a result of
the Christmas Drive. Those
who attend will know what be-
comes of their money.
We give below the result of
the Christmas Drive so far as
reports have come to hand,
from the various places in this
part of the County, with the
names of the solictors:
Vctoria, Mrs. Mattie Price —
Prairie Hill, Mrs. J. D.
Webb, 53.
Point Enterprise, Miss Gladys
Hall, 10.
Tehuacana, Mrs. J. B. Mathis,
160.
Tehuacana Valley, Mrs. Geo.
Ross, 10.
Fallon, Prof. B. P. Glass, 3.
Forest Glade, Miss Olive
Campbell, —
Shiloh, Mrs. George Tur-
ner, 51.
Honest Ridge, Mrs. Anna
Compton, 14.
Frosa, Mrs. Fred Runnels, 9
Kirk, Prof. G. B. Brown, Jr. 5
Personville, James Crider, 8.
Springfield, E. W. Foster
(col.) 5.
Dr. White and Prof. Price of
Mexia did effectual work among
the colored citizens of Mexia
and the result of their work is
included in the Mexia list which
amounts to 853. Some of the
citizens of communities contig-
uous to Mexia gave their names
to the Mexia solicitors and,
upon application for the organ-
ization of auxiliaries in those
communities, their names c
be transferred.
The work room in the City
Hall, has been renewed making
We call the attention of our Friends to the fact
that we have made contract for an
Extremely Interesting
Weekly Map Service
Which will be on exhibition in our Bank here-
after. These Maps will show all the Lead-
ing Events and Places of the War.
THE BIG BATTLE FRONTS
IN EUROPE
Where "Our Boys" are going—fine half tone il-1
lustrations of the chief War Scenes
A NEW MAP WILL BE PUT UP
EVERY WEEK
The Public is cordially invited to call weekly |
and examine thb very interesting historical
I summary.
PRENDERGAST, SMITH & CO., BANKING
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n'irses. But these thin-a are
frnall part of Red Crane,
with them alone our Cttu.se
for our boys in khaki and those
in distress because of. this awful
war.
It is through the Red Cross
that much can be done right at
home, so that everybody can
have a part in helping to settle
this question of whether auto-
cracy or democracy shall rule
the world. Anybody at the
work rooms will give informa-
tion how one can help, but for
the organization of Auxiliaries
in local communities apply to
Mrs. Jno. Sweatt, Secretary,
Mexia.
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRA-
TION.
never laid aside anything for'
the proverbial rainy day. The
five-year $5.00 War Saving Cer- was sent to
| tificates and 25-Cent Thrift
: Stamp will bring everyone" to
; realize never before the
value of Thrift. The National
, Premium Advertising Associa-
; tioit is preparng to reach at
least Ten Million ^consumers,
through its aggregate mem-
bership, and to preach to them
the doctrine of saving and
thrift and endeavor to co-oper-
ate with the Government in r.
National movement which is
vitally necessary, in order that
all of the Nation's resources
may be husbaned k conserv-
ed toward the end \§T bringing
success to democracy's banners
on the battlefields of Europe.
Notice is hereby given that
on the 19th day of December,
A. D. 1917, I was granted let-
ters of administration upon the
estate of D. W. Means, deceas-
it more inviting and comforta-j ed( by the probate court '' bf
ble. It is now open from Tues-. Limestone County, Texas.' All
day to Friday, inclusive, morn-1 persons having claims against
ing and afternoon. There the (said estate are required to pre-
ladies are making surgical j gent the same to me within the
dressings and hospital gar-j time precribed by law. My
ments. There yarn is distrib- pogtoffice is, Mexia. Limestone
County, Texas.
Mrs. Bertha Means,
Administratrix of the estate
of I). W. Means, deceased.
A LETTER
uted to those who are willing to
knit socks, helmets, sweaters
and wristlets for the boys in
khaki. Just now most of the
work is in surgical dressings.
Last week a box of dressings i
St. Louis and an-!
other box is almost ready fori
the express. Mr. McKinney's
Boy Scouts are attending upon
<)rtwn D C 1 IMtiilvliir uf Ulu .Sew Vmk KvinluB Journal.
A RKD CROSS SERVICE FLAG will be tmniahed every per-
son who joins the Red Cross in the big Christmas Member-
ship Drive which is now on. It is hoped that each home in the
Southwest will.d:.soUv the Gap in a front v,*n4ow Christmas eve
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i3rtweet! r.lc ftft
Pleurisy pains are located
just below the short ribs. Lum-
bago affects the same region
but toward the back. Ballard's
Snow Liniment is the remedy
in either case. If rubbed in
thoroughly it eases pain, re-
laxes the muscles and the pati-
ent can move about freely and
comfortably. Price 25c, 50c and
$1.00 per bottle. Sold by Mexia
Drug Co.
LOST, In Opera House Xmas
rk'hf-. man's kid glove. Finder
pVye return fo thi? c?ce rv.id
rccct.'i rcvard.
W. 0. W. OFFICERS
The new officers for Mexia
the workers, and under the lea- [ Camp No. 34, W. O. W. were in-
dership of Phil Karner Jr., are stalled last Friday night by
making the boxes for shipping Past Consul Commander N. P.
the output of the workers.
It is all the go now for young
and old women to carry their
knitting with them wherever
they go. Today a young Miss
returned from a trip to Dallas
and turned in three helmets
made while away.
News has reached us that
Coolidge has 600 membsrs and
will have a Branch; and so will
Tehuacana with its 160 mem-
bers; while Shiloh is to apply
Houx.
Following are the new officers
P. H. Turner, Con. Com.
J. P. Anderson, Adv. Lieut.
T. A. Griffith, Banker.
A. D. McDonald, Clerk.
J. W. Wadle, Escort.
H. R. Little, Watchman.
Will Kerzee, Sentry.
W. H. Mayo and G. W. Per-
kins, Managers.
Camp Bowie, Tex., Jan. 5«-
Major N. P. Houx, ^ ,
Mexia, Texas. U,'
My Dear Major:
Sgt. Jackson and myself
have been selected from this
company to go to the Officers
Training Camp which begins
today.
I cannot refrain from saying
a word of thanks to you for it
is to you more than any other
man I give credit for the op-
portunity which has now been
presented to me. Of course I
had to make good-but the op-
portunity would have been
longer coming. I shall do all in
my power to deserve the start
you gave me. Whatever suc-
cess I shall hereafter attain I
shall always feel indebted to
you.
In those days I never dream-
ed of what one must learn and
know to be an efficient modern
soldier and perhaps I am not
fully aware of it yet.
Your Friend,
Joseph B. Gay,
Sgt. Co. E, 144th Inf.
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Thus it will be seen that some
of the Mexia Boys are working
for promotions, this making
the third from the Mexia com-
pany who have received promo-
tions of importance.
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Liniment.
l\
Bad digestion robs the body
for the organization of an Aux-10f the nourishment it needs to
iliary. The Mexia High School j maintain health and strength,
will apply next Monday evening j To restore tone in the digestive
for the organization of an Aux-1 organs there is no better rem-
liary, and the Grammar School |e(jy than Prickly Ash Bitters,
is talking of an auxiliary too. j it improves digestion and will
Mrs. N. P. Houx is in Dallas ciean the stomach, liver and
and will return with some new
ideas tending to make our work
more efficient.
So many assisted the execu-
tive committee in the Christ-
mas Drive for membership that
we cannot mention all of them,
but the committee desires it to
be known how much they ap-
T>rec'ate this who'e-^o'ilcd co-
operation in this patriotic work
bowel. Price $1.25 per bottle.
Sold by Mexia Drug Co., special
agents.
Our car of Fine ("F. Hill")
Rowden and Mebane Cotton
Seed just received. Will ask
those who have them booked
with us to please get them, aS
we are a little crowdcd for
store room.—Jack on. Bros. 2
Lame back may come from
over-work, cold settled in the
muscles of the back, or from
disease. In the two former
cases the right remedy is
lard's Snow
should be rubbed in .thoroughly { *
over the affected part, the relief
will be prompt and satisfactory.
Price 25c, 50c and $1.00 per
bottle. Sold by Mexia Drug Co.
THESE HAVE PAID UP
Mexia, Tex., Jan. 10, 1918.
Following have paid sijnc
last issue of the Herald: v ,
G. A. Lyell $1. 50
R. E. McEachern 1 50
Henry McKenzie 1 00
L. Eady 1 00
W. B. Cochrum 2 50
Tom Yeldell 1 50
J. M. Winn 50
Thanks. Keep coming and
we may have some Christmas
money for next year.
For next 30 days, 10 per cent
goes to Red Cross.
Mrs. P. 9. Park of Bryan is
in the city visiting old time
friends.
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Houx, N. P. The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 10, 1918, newspaper, January 10, 1918; Mexia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth302516/m1/3/?q=war: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gibbs Memorial Library.