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WEEKLY HERALD
Published Every Thursday by
n. p. houx,
Editor and Proprietor.
subscription rates
One year $1.50
Eight months , $1.00
Four months — — 60c
Strictly In Advance.
Entered as second-class matter
March 6, 1908, at the postofflce at
Mexia, Texas, under the act of Con-
gress of March 3, 1879.
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THE FLAG OF OUR COUNTRY
Forever may it wave, o'er the land
of the free and the home of the brave.
Pay the President
A. R. M'COLLTJM.
In the death of Senator A. R
McCollum of Waco, the State of
Texas loses a wise and faithful
legislator, Southern journalism
an able and distinguished expo
nent and humanity a friend who
was always gentle, helpful and
kind.
For forty years past Senator
McCollum has been a prominent
figure in Texas. He became a
leader in journalism years ago
In the beginning of his Texas
career good newspapers were
few, but there was nevertheless
a group of exceptionally strong
men in the State who gave tone
and character to the profession
and who in a period of transi-
tion rendered conspicuous ser-
vice, political and otherwise.
Senator McCollum took high
rank among these, of whom
there are but few survivors.
The dominant note of Senator'
McCollum's character was his
unfailing gentleness. He was a
man of poise and self-control.
He was patient. He was toler-:
ant. He was generous ^n his
judgements of men and his sym-
pathies were genuine aijd active.
He disclosed in all his work that
one can write with force and stil
be courteous; that he could ad-
minister reproof without sting
that he could disagree and stil
be just; that he could give the
soft answer without sacrificing
his dignity or honor.
The newspapermen of Texas
both old and young, loved this
man, as did all who knew him,
It was his pleasure to aid the
youthful and aspiring, and he
was always generous with gooc
counsel. His usefulness and his
eagerness to serve brought to
him early in his life hosts o
friends.
All these will share the great
sorrow which has come to his
family, for he occupied in their
regard and affection a place that
will not soon be filled.—Houston
Post.
Save Food
"Veni, Vidi, Vici."— Uncle
Sam.
Home Is Where the Boy Is In
This War
By Bruce Barton
I visited a home where a service flag hangs;
and while we ate we talked of the boy who is
over there.
"I wonder if he is cold tonight, the mother
said, "I wonder if he has a plactr to warm him-
self and dry his clothes; and sefniething good to
eat." I
"What wouldn't I give to fee with him," she
said and we were silent, knowing her hearty
But I thought of the Soldiers of Friendliness
who that very night would crawl out across No
Man's Land to take chocolate and, hot coffee to
that boy. .... , A- r
f Of the huts with their warm^rres bypung; ot
the great lecturers and preachers and actors and
motion pictures that are over tljere. <
And 1 thought to myself; "TMere is a dif-
ference between this and every other.war. For
when the bovs have marched away before, the
influence of their homes has stopjied/at the front
gate and could go no farther.
But in this war it follows the flag, across the
ocean, over the shell to^n battle'land, straight
up to the front line trenches'. .
Home is where the boy is in this *<Var. From
every town and village the line* of helpfulness
runout. .
And no boy leaves his home behind him:
step by step it travels with him,' financed by the
folks behind him—a token of their love.
ious.axeaths; our bruised arms
hung up for monuments; our
stern alarums chang'd to merry
meetings, our dreadful marches
to delightful measures. Grim
visaged war hath smoothed his
wirnkledfront."
Pay the President
The Toledo Blade says with
Ohio dry there will be fewer wet
eyes among the women and chil-
dreri""""Very true true, Jack, but
man, did you ever see a man suf-
fering from an attack of dry
eye following an evening with
red eye?—Geo. Bailey in Hous-
ton Post.
Pay the President
Congressman Marvin Jones
of Texas, who enlisted in the
tank corps and reported for
training at Raleigh, N. C., was
assigned to kitchen police the
first thing. We are a democrat-
ic people. —Dallas News.
Betcha he did the work all
right too.
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The editor attended Press Day
at the Waco Cotton Palace last
Saturday and had a big time,
even if he did have to walk about
three miles into town on account
of the railroad being under wa-
ter. The show this year is bet-
ter than usual, and the War Ex-
hibit alone is worth a trip to the
Palace to see. Most everything,
including the amusement sec-
tion, is clothed in an atmosphere
of war, and one cannot help feel-
ing the gravity of the situation
after taking a trip through the
various exposition halls. On
account of the influenza epidem-
ic and the recent heavy rains,
the attendance has not been as
large as usual, but with good
weather the remaining days the
management hopes to pull out
ahead again this year.
THE WASTERS.
OFFICIAL STATEMENT
Of the Condition of
Prendergast, Smith &
Co., Banking.
Vt Mexia, State of Texas, at the closi
of business on the 1st day of Nov.
1918, published in the Mexia Week
ly Herald, a newspaper printed an<
published at Mexia, State of Texas
on the 14th day of Nov., 1918.
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts, per-
sonal or collateral $231,149.4?
Loans, real estate 14,780.5;
Overdrafts 3,167.61
Bonds and Stocks 30.995.6C
Real estate (banking house) 7.000.0C
Other Real Estate Nont
Furniture and Fixtures ...... 3,000.00
Due froni Approved Reserve
Agents, net . 55,412.08
Due from other Banks and
Bankers, subject to check
net * 8,004.91
Cash Items ......... 6,816.21
Currency 13,778.00
Specie : 2,737.30
Interest and Assessment De-
positors' Guaranty Fund.. 9,178.15
Other Resources:
W. S. Stamps and Liber-
ty Loan Bonds 11,520.22
Bills of Exchange ... 97,072.68
Total $494,612.72
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock paid In
Surplus Fund
Undivided Profits, net
Due to Banks and Bankers,
subject to check, net
Individual Deposits, subject
to check
Time Certificates of Deposit
Demand Certificates of De-
posit
Cashier's Checks ....
Bills Payable and Redis-
counts
Certificates of Deposits,
issued for money bor-
rowed
75,000.00
50,000.00
3,647.01
56,422.96
259,460.24
5,000.00
None
82.51
45,000.00
None
-Save Food-
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ill?
-Save Food-
Even if the republicans did
capture congress, the world has
gone democratic by a large ma-
jority.
8ave Food
It only took Uncle Sam and
his brave boys one hundred days
to put the kibosh on the kaiser
and his erstwhile invincible
armies.
-8ave Food-
"Now is the winter of our dis-
content made glorious summer
by this son of (New Jersey) and
all clouds that lower'd upon our
house in the deep bosom of the
(armistice) buried. Now are
our brows bound with victor-
IF WOMEN ONLY KNEW.
What A Heap of Happiness It Would
Bring to Mexla Homes
Hard to do housework with an aclv
ing back.
Brings you hours of misery at lels
ure or at work.
If women only knew the cause—
that.
Backache pains often come from
weak kidneys,
'Twould save sucli needless woe.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for weak
kidneys,
Many residents of this vicinity en-
dorse them.
Mrs. H. W. Wroe, Groe3beck, Tex.,
says: "I and others of my family
have used Doan's Kidney Pills with
good results. My kidneys were disor-
dered and I had soreness through
them. My back ached and my kidneys
were Irregular In action. I used Doans
Kidney Pills and they relieved all the
symptoms of kidney complaint."
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't sim-
ply ask for a kidney remedy—get
Doan's Kidney Pills— the same that
Mrs. Wroe had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y. (4)
——Buy Liberty Bonds
FOR SALE
57 acres sandy land, near town;
makes anything; $65 per acre.
E. P. HUNT.
Eagle Pass Guide: Of course
we newspaper folk have to con-
serve paper so that the thous-
ands of department clerks can
use tons upon tons of it to write
to us telling ufc how to use the
little paper we are permitted to
use.
Ah, welli if.,the various- and.
multitydinous departments at
Washington did not daily send
out tons of printed matter, the
people at home might believe
the boys at Washington were not
working. The dally edition of
the Congressional Record is. said
to weigh fifty tons. , This must
be an exaggeration, but if it
weighs only two tons, one ton is
thrown away absolutely. The
newspapers kill the Congression-
al Record long before it finds
its way into circulation. A
thousand or so copies for arch-
ives and libraries, and file clerks
whose business it is to keep the
record straight, would be a suf-
ficiency. But the Congressional
Record is not the only waste of
good paper. Carloads of useless
literature are constantly ema-
nating from the capital. Eevry
bureau, department and agency
appears to be frescoed with
publicists who write and cause
to be printed and distributed
veritable avalanches of facts,
figures, fads and fancies which,
while mostly authentic and in
some part important, make no
impression anywhere. Perhaps
it ought to be done. Possibly it
has to be done. But in the final
summary it amounts to next to
nothing.—State Press.
And besides, if the said de-
partment clerks were relieved
of this mass of work they might
lose their jobs and have to go to
work sure enough.
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We haVp as yet had no report
on the pujnpkin crop, and yellow
yams haVe made themselves
scarce in these diggings. How-
ever, it has been suggested that
with the approach of Thanks-
giving both1 will soon be making
their appearance upon the mar-
ket. But it is not the market
places we are interested in see-
ing such specimens of the grow-
ers' art. There is a perfectly
good corner in this sanctum
that has been altogether empty
since some friend swiped the of-
fice umbrella, whose vacancy
could well be filled with a pum-
pkin, whether the frost is on it
or not, and thirty-six centime*
ter yams whose yellow of gold
reflects the joy of living.—Den-
ison Herald.
Hard luck, and lots of it.
—Pay ths President
Be sure to read tfie page ad of Duke
A Ayres, 5c to 50c store in this issue.
Total $494,612.72
State of Texas )
County of Limestone )
We, Jack Womack, as President,
and J. Sandford Smith, as Cashier of
paid bank, each of us, do solemnly
swear that the above statement is
true to the best of our knowledge
and belief
JACK WOMACK, President
J. SANDFORD SMITH, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 13th clay of Nov., A. D„ 1918.
W. G. FORREST,
Notary Public Limestone County,
Texas.
Correct—Attest:
B. S. SMITH,
WALTER WOMACK,
BLAKE SMITH,
Directors.
Pay the President
No. 1093.
OFFICIAL STATEMENT
Of the Condition of
FIRST STATE BANK
At Tehuacana, State of Texas, at
the close of business on the 1st
day of Nov., 1918, published in the
Weekly Herald, a newspaper print-
ed and published at Mexia, State
of Texas, on the 14th day of Nov.,
1918.
RESOURCES
Loans ami Discounts, per-
sonal or collateral $20,678.31
Overdrafts 133.62
Bonds and Stocks 553.50
Real estate (banking house) 2,000.00
Furniture and F'xtures .... 1,500.00
Due from Approved Reserve
Agents, net 6,244.81
Cash Items 358.61
Currency 613.00
Specie 401.00
Interest and Assessment De-
positor's Guaranty Fund 300.00
Other Resources:
Bills of Exchange 18,535.65
Total
liabilities
Capital Stock paid in
Surplus Fund
Undivided Profits, net
Due to Banks and Bankers,
subject to check, net
Individual Deposits, subject
to check
Bills Payable and Redis-
counts
$51,318.50
10,000.00
1,000.00
651.46
362.41
$29,304.63
10,000.00
Total $51,318.50
< State Of Texas )
County of Limestone )
We, W. M. Moody, as President,
and O. D. Hallum, as Cashier of said
bank, each of us, do solemnly swear
that the above statement is true to
the best of our knowledge and belief.
W. M. MOODY, President,
O. D. HALLUM, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
tills 12th day of Nov., A. D„ 1918.
E. C. TROTTER,
Notary Public Limestone County,
Texas.
Correct—Attest:
J. B. MATHIS,
JNO. T. REESE,
W. D. MOODY,
Directors.
Pay the President
CLAIMS ALLOWED
On Wednesday night, Nov. 27, 1918,
after prayer meeting, Mrs. H. T. Fort
will prseent her pupils of Expression
in the play, "Claim Allowed.".. This
is a story of today, a story set in the
great world war, and it will bring
thoughts of your boy, when he shoul-
dered the musket, and a deeper real-
ization of what he has really done
"over there."
The Mothers Club urges you to
come, not only to see a pretty play,
but to help beautify and equip the
grounds of the Public Schools, as re-
ceipts go to that cause.
——Save Food
CARD OF THANKS
We want to thank our neighbors
and friends for their services, rend-
ered us, in the last Illness and funeral
of our little daughter, Mary Alice.
Mr. and Mrs. Bon Hickman.
(Editorial from Boston Transcript.)
in point of digestibility t^e Ameri-
can dougnut may not be the most
Irecommendable article of food in the
iworld. In times of piping peace,
and especially wtien the doughnut is
piping hot, it may have a tendency
to lie long and ponderously on the
'etomach, but in time of war the sol-
; flier's digestion, like Tils spirit, is
apt to imitate the action of the ti-
ger—in. other words, he can digest
|anything! Yet it is not on account
of its digestibility, even to the sol-
dier, that the American doughnut
'has made such a success as the
I type and expression of The Saiva-
Ition Army's work In France. It is
because the doughnut is about the
homiest article of food there is to
the average American soldier. Serv-
ed everywhere by the patient SalvaV
tionists, it is to the soldier redolent
cf the fireside and reminiscent of
the dinner pail. It brings back
: mother herself, bending over the
kettle in .the kitchen; or it recalls
(the long dinner-hour in the little;
white schoolhouse when you swap-
iped one of the two doughnuts from
jyour pail (It was a sacrifice, they
'tasted so good after the long morn-
■ tag's grind) for one of Mary Jones'
'two rather skimpy pieces of drled-
' apple pie. If the soldier has no
'such rustic memories, The Salvatioif
HOW THE S. A. !
SERVES THE BOYS
/
MOTHERS AND SISTERS PROXY
IN BRINGING HOME TO THE !
FIGHTING FRONT. •
Doughnuts and code will remain:
always as the popular idea of what;
the work of the Salvation Army!
abroad is, but Its fiold of endeavor
is far more extended and the fol-j
lowing outlines will present a few
other phases not so generally
known: ; . i
Cash Pay Checks and Loan Money
To the Boys
The Salvation Army workers oash
the boys' pay checks without, ques-
tion and during AprU jo a cetrtain'
division the workers sent home over
$20,000 for the soldiers. They also
take care of the lads' keepsakes
when the order comes to go "over
the top" and in every hutment are
ban-els or boxes of those intimate
"treasures the lads want sent home,
should they be compelled to make
the "great sacrifice" and "go west."
Lassies Nurse the Wounded
These sweet and pure girls go
from hospital to hospital and from
ward to ward talking to the boys,
always carrying them fruit and can-
dy and fill.iLg any request that a
wounded soldier may make, no mat-
ter how extraordinary It may seem.
They jot dowo in a aote book a
aeiao of any artiute desired and
that very day make erery effort to
get it. Hours have been spent try-
ing to buy a particular brand of
tooth paste for a lad whose nerves
were torn to shreds by shell shock.
In fact they seek to gjive the same
wondrous service that the mothers
of these boys would gtve if they
were over in France.
Mend Clothes, Darn Socks, Knit
and Sew
If a boy's uniform has become tat-
tered and torn, if his socks are full
of boles and he caa't get a new pair
immediately, if his shirt has rips
and has trousers rents he can al
ways get first class tailoring done
at a Salvation Army hutment. This
is emergency work and the boys
surely do appreciate it.
Meetings in Hutments—All Welcome.
When the boys are resting in the
rear lines the doors of the hutments
are open to all and meetings are
held that attract crowded houses.
Old songs and hymns are sung, a re
iigious talk is given and jfrayers are
said. There is real religion in the
army evetmeas and the boys realize
that they can get very close to the
Sawior in the hospitqi>le halls of the
Sal vatic n Army. All gatherings are
non-sectarian and there is no at-
tempt made to force attendance.
Ambulance Work Develops
When the Salvation Army ftrst
reached France there was tremen-
dous need for ambulances, the num-
ber in operation being unable to
transifer the wounded to hospitals
and hospital ships. An ambulance
corps was outfitted, equipped, man
ned and placed under the control of
the Red Cross. Kttty weven of these
ambulances are now in operation
and hundreds of thousands of wound-
ed boys have been oaaeM off the
battlefield since the begtwning ot the
war. The Salvation Army Ambu-
lance unit was dedMtred by the head
of the British Red Cross to be
among the most eft Merit in the ser-
vice. .
Army Chaplain* of the Salvation
Army
General Pershing believes that the
morafei of his men are of the great-
est importance and has appointed a
larger and more effective corps of
chaplains than any other command-
ing officer in Mstary. One of the
most popular of these ministers of
<Ood is Major John B. Atkins, as-
m&atvi to the hataJMoti erf which Ar
MtJn Roosevelt its Morteaaul-Colonnl.
A TASTE OF HOME
Army lassie's doughnuts may recall
the high-piled city lunoh-counter,
with the light and roar of the dear
old thoroughfare coming in througo
the open door. At all events, the
doughnut goes infallibly with Amor
ica in every soldier's memory. It is
a lunup of home In a strange land.
Therefore The Salvation Army
does well to maike jnd give out mil-
lions of American doughnuts. The
helpful organization reaps a reward
in the friendliness of the atmos-
phere that they create. A dough-
nut is cheery, personal, intimate. No
letter of introduction need go with
it. Before us at this moment lies
the letter o4 a young soldier who
says that In Pemberton Square he
used to. pause only' to smile in half
scorn at The Army, but that in
France, though he smiles still, it is
in quite another spirit. "My hat's
off to The Salvation Army now," he
says, "and I'm not the only one who
feels that way either!" The boys
are all', ready to indorse the senti-
ment of the poet who celebrated
General Booth's entry into Heaven.
The Salvation Army has found the
way to theJr hearts.
The American doughnut in France
is also the type of proof of anoth-
er thing, and that is the fact that
this war is rich in a sort of help
fulness that no previous war ever
knew.
FIRST TO SERVE
• LAST TO ASK
ty,..
SALVATION ARMY WAS THE
FIRST AMERICAN ARMY TO
LAND IN FRANCE.
Ten days after Germany started
.?n .Its ruthless march through peace
loving Belgium, British troops were
in the field and with them went the
advance guard of the Salvation Ar-
my, a small force of only fourteen
m^a ■artil"'WPnien. They landed in
lfr<thc?e-"ojl August 14, 1918, just as
,jtii6;big...«tCrupp guns began to pound
of Liege., .
One afternoon a column of Tom-
mies, tired and parcheA from the
hot summer sun were '"ordered to
march along a French road near the
coasts-- Some of the boys were
limping. Here and there was seen
a bandaged head or arm in splints.
The small village through which
tliey were tramping seemed desert-
ed until suddenly a girl, in quiet un-
iform of blue, rushed into the road.
"Sergeant, Sergeant," Bhe called,
"we have hot tea and biscuits and
some fresh bandages. Bring In your
imen."
"Bly'me, boys," shouted the ser-
geant, startled out of his weariness,
'Here's the Salvation Army on the
job and some 'ot tea. Fall out."
In this unconventional manner
the British branch started its work,
with trained women in the field,
took its position in the front line
trenches and by common consent,
based on the demands of the men
land later ratified by official action,
it has been there ever since.
The American Branch moved as
quickly as did that of Great Britain
for during the week that President
Wilson officially declared our na-
tion was in a state of war with Ger-
many, Commander Evangeline
Booth, as leader of The Salvation
Army in the United States, proffer-
ed to the government the total force
and equipment of her onganizotion.
The President accepted and gave
formal recognition to her plan.
Before the first expeditionary
force had landed "over there" Com-
mander Evangeline Booth had dis
patched Lieut. Col. W. S. Barker
of New York, to France to look over
the ground and arrange for the
work.
Within a few days he reported and
a number of officers, all experts,
were sent across to assist him. A
number of women were appointed.
It was an innovation and on account
of the dangers and privaitions facing
them, an effort was made to dis-
suade Commander Booth from send-
ing them but her wisdom in refusing
to change her plans has been abun-
dantly proved by the effectiveness
of their work. #
First to Serve—Last to Ask
The Salvation Army is not a large
organization compared to some of
the other relief associations but it
is composed of trained men and
women. It is a mobile body so
formed that it can turn its full
strength Into any movement within
■a few hours. It is an army aiways
tinder orders, used to discipline,
hardship and privations, actuated by
the highest principles and ready to
go to the ends of the eartii at a mo-
ments notice.
This made it exceptionally valu-
able to the military forces of the
Allied Nations and enabled it to be
"The First to Serve."
There was no time to wait for fi-
nances to be raised from a public
appeal so funds were borrowed In
America, London and Paris and the
work of building huts, opening can-
teens, equipping and sending work-
ers and securing auto trucks and
cauteen suppflies went, forward imme-
diately. I
The financial problem was an ln-
joubus. The constantly growing ex-
penditures soon forced It to make
a public appeal for aid, but it was
Itha last to do so.
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