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VOLUME XX.
AIIILE.NE TKXVS Tt'K.HIi.lV APHIL 11 Iftlff.
NUMBER H
W. J. BRYAN WILL
BE HERE APRIL 26
IHAlTAirQl'A COMMITTKK KK-
KEl'TS PERMANENT OIH1AMZA.
TIUN MUNU1Y NIGHT.
TO SPEAK ON THE WAR
Big TenI to hi Erected on ('imtriiicut
Sliot Officer Arc Elected
Tickets For Course Are
vn wanuuii'.
At a meeting of the Chantnuiiun
Committee at the Chnniher or Com-
nieree Monday night 11 permanent or-
gufllzutloii wum perfected as rolItvi
Chairman J. V. Hunt; Secretary A.
I) Klhs; Chairman of Ticket Commit
tee LouIb MontKomery; Chnlrmau of
Publicity George AnderHon. The ad-
vance agent Mr. II. II. Kentied.v up-
pearcd before the committee with a
proportion to bring William Jennings
Hryan to the city for Wednesday April
'20 1;30 p. in. for IiIk famous uddresa
on the "European War and Its Les-
sons." Mr. Uryan will appear In ad-
vance of the regular Chuutnumui pro
gram which will begin on May 20 and
continue one week during' which time
porno of the world's greatest orators
singers musicians und platform and
stago nrtlstB will come before the' peo-
ple of this section of the Htate.
Chairman J. W Hunt has Issued the
following statement'
"The big Chautauqua tent will be
erected on' n convenient spot for Mr.
1 try all's lecture hud holders of Chau-
tauqua season' tickets havo the priv-
ilege of hearing the great Commoner
Without extra charge. Therefore get
your season ticket before Mr. Bryan's
arrival.
"Advertising matter will be sent to
all surrounding towns and an im-
mense crowd Is expected. The com
inlttcc Is authorized to state that Mr
Bryan will not refer to the political
situation saver to pay a very high trib-
ute to I'res. Wilson to whose candi-
dacy ho Ib unequlvociibly committed
In tho last Issue of The Commoner.
"Holders of Benson tickets will hear
Mr. Hryan absolutely free of extra.corit
an his address is entirely outsider of
thi mntr.tct with the Chatitauuun and
his confine to Abilene Is the resulror
tho desire of the Chautauqua commit-
tee to nlwayH give moro than It agree?
to give. The committee greatly appre-
ciated the opportunity to have Hit
world's greatest orator with them fot
tho 2eth und confidently oxpectB 0
hearty and unanimous response from
tho public."
BELGIAN FLAG DAY
BE OBSERVED HERE
ON NEXT SATURDAY
The Daughters of the American Rev-
olution are making extensive plans for
their Belgian Flag Day on Saturday
afternoon April lath from 1:30 o'clock
until 0:30 tho ladles of the John Davis
Chapter assisted by a number of
other ladles und girls of tho eUy will
sell diminutive Belgian flaga on the
streets. The proceeds from the sale
will he sent to the war sufferers In
llelglum and Northern France and
knowing tho generosity of the Abi-
lene public a generoiiB contribution
is expected.
The ladles are most anxious for the
people to voluntarily purchase tho
flags and not wait to he asked. The
small sum of ten cents buys a flag
and supports one starving Belgian for
one day. Surely everyone can contrlb.
ute this much!
Groups of ladles and glrlB will be
stationed at nearly every block In the
business part of town with the follow-
ing ladies In charge:
Post Office. Mrs. E. W- Wade.
Woolworths. Mrs. T- M. Willis.
Yagers Mrs. W. C. Ryan.
Campbells Mrs. Walter Thompson.
First State Bank Mrs. Dallas Scar-
borough. Mlnters. Mrs. J. H- Pickens.
K. and M- Bank JUra. Len.FaucetL
Tates Mrs. C. C. Edwards.
Hotel Grace. Mrs. W- U Beckham.
FARMERS ARE BUSY
PLANTING CROPS OF
FEEDSTUFFS NOW
Farmers of Taylor county following
the splendid rains of a few days ago
have plunged with a will Into the
planting work. U LEADERS IN DIAZ PLOT
The great majority ot farmers are EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD
concerning themselves first with tho
planting of maize and similar feed-
stuff crops according to Agent MIn- By The Associated Press.
oar. Early teeasiuirs is wnai iney
are now working for and the other
cropa will get attention alter tne stock
rood is pianteo.
rue sou is ib epjenuiu coaaiuon lor
planting and plows easily
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LEATHER FORECAST.
U. H. Department of Agriculture.
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Weather Bureau.
-t-4- f ..i I.
bllenc and vlclnltv Tnnlplit
anu wcunesuay partly cloudy.
For East Texas: Tonight and Wed-
nesday partly cloudy.
For West Texas: Tonight fair and
wnrmer In north nortlon: WedneB.
day fair.
AgjaM
ALL KltfOS OF
J Vv MfKTtinvfVU
ARC RliKlf-
PQwuCHtiLL."
Blows up nobi
E.vCHy day
PRESBYTERIANS VOTE
TO CONSOLIDATE TWO
CHURCHES IN CITY
The congregations of the Central
and the First Presbyterian Churches
In a meeting Monday night at the form.
er church unanimously ndonted arti
cles of agreement to consolidate and
passed resolutlotiH asking tho constit-
uent presbyteries to approve tho act-
Ion Provided tho action la approved tho
actual union will bo made at once thus
uniting two bodies.
The Abilene Presbytery moots Tues
dny night at Stamford a largo num-
ber from the Central Presbyterian
church attending. Including Dr. L. B.
Gray the pastor and Retiring Mod-
erator J. W. Christopher. The Pres
bytery with which tho First church is
affiliated will meet Wednesday at Ft
worth and tllo Rev. T S. Knox at
!... SM.......1. -.Ill ...1 .
t'USk VIIUIUl Will UllCUU.
The meeting Monday night was har.
monlous and everything went along
smoothly.- DetallB of tho union will
not bo rnnd publfa ufiUI aTtor tho
presbyteries navo taken action on tho
matter.
WORK WILL BEGIN
WEDNESDAY ON NEW
Work on the new dormitory for girls
at Simmons Collego will bogln Wed-
nesday morning. Contractor R. C. Iasw-
Is nuuotiuced Tuesday morning.
Th contractor will put a big force
of men at work and promises to have
the building ready for occupancy with-
In flvo months or by September 12
The contract price was 138300. not
J3U.300 as a misleading headline stat-
ed .Sunday.
Tho contractor will get all his ma-
terials an the ground In readiness to
mako a swift but secure job of It. The
new building will be ready for the
student-boarders when the next term
at Simmons opens
WAR SUMMARY
The Associated Press summarized
the war situation aa followa Tuesday:
The German assault on Verdun la
centered today at Deadman'a 11111 west
of the Meuse which is the key to a
further advance west.
French commentators say that this
supreme effort of the Germans may
mark the close of the Verdun campaign
whatever may b the outcome.
The German statement today Bays
that the British troops made a Btrong
grenade attack last night on the Ger-
mans at Steoll but that the attack
was repulsed and the position held.
Fighting on both sides of the Meuse
is in progress although It Is more
strenuous on the west bank.
Thero is little activity on the other
fronts today.
INSTRUCTION CAMP
THE T. X. G. OFFICERS
By Tho Associated Press.
AUSTIN Tex. April 11. An Instruc
tion camp for officers of the Texas
National Guard will be held here May
9th to ISth according to an announce
ment made today my the Adjutant Gen
eral.
EL PASO Tex.. April 11. The three
leaders of the Diaz plot to eelzei Juarez
and. overthrow the carrama garrison
mere bunaay were executed t-a nr-
lug squaa loaay iney comcesea iu
the plot before they were killed. I
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WITHDRAW MAY BE SOON
DETERMINED.
BIG DEVELOPMENTS SOON
rnhHton'M Headquarters Not Ad Unci
of Position of the Admnced
American Column During
Oirapulgn TueHdny.
By Tho Associated Press.
SAN ANTONIO. Tex.. April ll.--Of-flclals
hero today believe that the Is-
suo of whether the United States will
withdraw her troops from Mexico and
leave tho pursuit of. Villa und hi
bands to the do facto forces will be
forced In tho near future.
It was believed hore at army head-
quarters that the next few days wouK
bring about Important developments
In the situation.
Southern department headquarter
wor- not advised today of tho position
of the advanced American colurana to.
day
C. DF-C.-O1REUT0RSHHIEET
DlHniBHcd Matter of Broadening the
Scope of tho Dairy Industry.
Tho directors of the Chamber of
Commorcu met In regular session
Tuesday morning to dlttcuss tho cam-
paign for members and funds. Tho
young men's committees were ordered
to take up active solicitation at 9:30
Wednesday morning.
Tho dairy situation was discussed
from every nngle and It was tho con
census of the directors that moro high
grndo bulls should be Imported and
distributed among tho different com-
munities A committee of which Sec-
retary Wcod Ib chairman will work out
tho details of the plans laid Tuesday
Other membors of tho commroltteo are
W. A. Mlnter Jr.. Louis .Montgomery.
J. M. Radford and K. K. Legott.
AT FIRST BAPTIST
The meeting at the First Baptist
Church is being continued and the In.
terest grows with each service. Mon-
day night there wbb a large congre-
gation present and Dr. Jenkens preach
ed a Btrong sermon on Belshazzer and
Daniel contrasting the two characters
of bible history. He said that Belshat-
zer failed because he had no purpose
in life and Daniel succeeded because
he had a fixed purpose with God In
hla heart to give him strength to carry
It out There were -three additions to
the church at the close of the sermon
two for baptism. The singing was
fine.
The subject for Tuesday -night Is:
'Tha Rev. filmoa Peter lha backslid.
er." The song service starts at 8:00
o'clock. Everybody invited.
GERMAN REPLY TO
U. S. INQUIRIES
HANDED TO EMBASSY
Rtf Ttia AaanryiniaA Praoa
dpdii a .11 11 n jBy The Associated Press
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hoirnitwi .tta inc vTtt qmcov
nH tt tm.r thn- oDoi tt.t. i
teen sunk or damaged on 'which Amer.
leans were traveling. waB delivered to
the American Embassy today.
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vuo iuei savings in view a sew
cereai ewser ca.a vo meenea in iae
top or a tta-Keuie.
EDENCE 10 RUMOR
REPORT FROM
IS GIYE.N SOME CREDENCE BY OF-
FICIALS OF CARRANZA GO.
ERNMENTTl'KSDAY.
NO DETAILS ARE GIVEN OUT
Manner In Which the Rntidlt Chief H
SuppnHcd to Have Met Death Is
Not divert SuppoHcdlj From
Wounds HecVhcd.
By The' AsNoclated Itish.
COLUMBUS N. M. April 11. Bulle-
tin. Aviators returning here ' today
said that reports wore current In Santa
Anna tbut Uen. YIHn hud died of blood
poisoning.
Other reports nald that ho mis tttlll
nllro und fleeing from the American
troops.
The military authorities recognize
that the reports of the bandit's death
may he another ruse to throw the
Americans off the trull hut the flyers
said that there was no tendency to be-
little the reports In San Anna.
By Tho Associated Press.
WASHINGTON April 11. Uaoffic
lal and unconfirmed reports that Gen.
jbwhc jll
tfc4 rch4HtHQJ-
1 arranza j-.KHassy louay &hh woro
give sopjo credencu by the officials
there. It Is sot stated as to Just hoiv
Villa was reported to have met his
death but the common supposition
seems to ho that ho died of the wounds
ho received during tho battle ivlth the
Americans at Querrero.
Tho reports are represented as hav-
ing cobio from Querretaro tho provis-
ional capital of the Carranza govern-
ment Tho reports aro unsubstantiated by
the latest dispatches to tho war and
stato departments. ClrcumstanUally
It Is felt that Villa could not siirrive
bis wounds.
General Scott announced that the of-
ficial estimate of the number of troops
In Mexican service today as follows 1
On tho border. 8500.
In Mexico 12000.
Remaining In the United State not
In Mexican sen Ice 1000.
Fershlug Hears the Report.
By The Associated Press.
GEN. PERSHING'S HEADQUAR-
TERS April 11. By Telegraph to
Juarez. Gen. Pershing today received
the renewed reports that Villa was
dead and that he had been burled. The
reports are being Investigated.
In tho meantime the hunt for the
bandits is growing moro vigorous.
TWENTY ADDITIONS TO
C0LLE6EHGHTS.CHURCH
IN TWO-WEEK MEETING
The protracted meeting which has
been going on at the College Heights
Baptist church under direction of tho
pastor. Rev. J. C. Burkett haa re-
sulted in twenty additions Jo the
church fourteen of which were by
baptism.
This church has ninety-odd preach
ers la its fellowship and each night a
new minister occupies the pulpit. The
meeting has been one of great Inter-
est as well as uniqueness.
The nightly services will continue
indefinitely. Everyone Is cordially in-
vited to attend.
SENATE WANTS RESULTS
OF PROBES OF STANDARD OIL
Washington. April n. without
debate today the Senate adopted the
resolution of Sen. Kenyon. Republican
dJ2fiI?ol!"0r?1eLter 1
mlt0 "tl"0!0'111
ic. T rnnCn-V 1
'Standard Oil Company.
The lavestlKatlons cover tho nerlod
since the Supreme Court's decree of
(dissolution against the standard OU
and particularly reports are wanted
on me investigations wmca nave Dees
made Into the price or gasoline.
QUcMIARO
TRY TO FIND
U. 8. TROOPS
MEXICAN OFFICIALS USE THEIR
LINES TO ESTABLISH COM.
MUNICATION TUESDAY.
BATTLE IS NOW EXPECTED
Reports Say Arrlota llrnthent Arc For-
tifying Themselves In Durango
City Hut PurpoHo Is Not
Hnonn.
EL PASO. Tox. April 11. Moxlcan
officials today sought to obtain infor-
mation over the land lines or tho Mex-
ican telegraph of the position ot tho
American troops who havo been rush-
ed southward so far und so fast that
Col. Dodd'rt and Col. Brown's troops
aro now far beyond tho lines of com-
munication. Army officers hore bollovod that tho
first word which would como from tho
Boldlers would be a report that they
had engaged tho Villa forcea In a bat-
tle Reports rocolvod here today said
that tho Arrlota brothors wero -fortifying
themselves In Durango City hut
for what nurposo could not bo ascer-
tained hro today 'S .
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INTEREST DAILY
Tho special servlcea at tho Christian
College contlnuo with Increasing at-
tendance and interest.
Monday night not more than a dozen
seats wero vacant In tho chapel und
thla morning at 8:30 a good number
wero present In addition to the school.
Mr Colley la growing In favor with
his hearers at each Bervlce
This morning his subject was ''Th
urout Choice" and the lesaons pro
sontod were heart searching.
Last night tho aubject was "If man
is lost who cares?" Tho speakor
aald In part:
"We can usually tell what a man
cares for by the way ho acts toward
bringing It about. Wo can tell wheth-
er or not you as christians want
others saved by tho efforts you put
forth to save them. Will there be any
lost In tho last day? Our Saviour
Bald in Mat. 25:46 "theao shall go Into
eternal torment." Ho said again In
Mat 7. 13 "broad la tho way that lead-
eth to destruction and many are they
that enter In thereby" When Jeau
came to earth he came to offer mercy
for lost men. When he comes again
it wll be to take vengeance on those
who obey not the gospel. II Thesp.
1:7-9. Doea God care If -we are lost
What has he Bald about It? What hat
he done toward it? "I have no pleas-
ure in the death of the wicked" EzeV.
33:11. "Not willing that any ahould
perish but all should come to repent-
ance" II Pet. 3:9. He so lovd the
world that he sent his Son to die for
It If man Is lost God carea.
Doea Christ care if we are lost?
What has he done? What haa bo said?
He left his father's home rich with
heavenly bllsa to come here to both
l live and die for man. No one can
watch the busy life of Christ as he
went about doing good without seeing
that he cares if we are lost. He died
for every man. Heb. 2:9.
Does the Holy Spirit care? What
has He done? What baa he said? The
spirit came to guide the apostles Into
all truth. .They should speak as the
spirit directed them. The spirit waa
not to excite people but he was to in-
struct them. His work can be un-
derstood best by going to the 2nd
chapter of acts and other places where
he actually through the apostles con-
verted sinners. He Is not willing that
we should be lost.
The church la not -willing that any
ohnuid h lost
It was founded for
the nurnoae of MLrrvln forth the (treat
commission to the entire world. Mark
16:15-16 Matt 28:19-20.
Tno cnurca MreB " man w l0Bl;
tva thA .innr it h in inst?
ai t wmiM nnt thtnu it
1
a darine deed If one who had been
condemned to die fox murder ihould
call for the warrant of death and sign
it with bis own band? Sinner are
you going to sign your own death wr-
'
utnVlutS
INCREASING 'IN
PLOT UNEARTHED
AT El PASO TEXAS
15 PROMINENT MEXICANS All.
RESTED THEKE 3IOMI.1Y
DISPATril HAYS.
CHARGES ARE PREFERRED
Claim Accused Were Implicated With
Sahuar Whose Present Plans
and Whereabouts Aro Still
Unknown in El Paso.
By The Associated Press.
Eh PABO ToxnB. April 11. A nlol
of wide dimensions hntched in El Pnso
nntl backed by tho same people flnauc
ing the Felix Din movement. In lie
Moved by tho police to have boon un
earthed following tho nrrcnt last night
of flfteoti prominent Mexicans who aro
accused of being Implicated with Gen
Salnzar.
Tho plaim of Salnzar for his alleged
rovolt wore not well matured and
whon ho learned that ho wub In dan-
ger of betrayal fled Sunday to Mexico
accompanied. It Ib said by only a
nandrul of his ndherontB.
Whereabout Unknown.
His proHcnt planB or his wherea-
bouta nro unknown at thin tlmo but It
la expected that ho will attempt to
rally tho northern Mexicans to cam-
paign against tho Americans and force
their Imnicdlnte withdrawal.
FAMODS WAR NURSE
SPENDS DAY HERE AS
GUEST CONFEDERATES
Mrs. Looln Klrtley-Leon Civil War
nurso tn Virginia AInbama and Mis-
sissippi from 1801 to 18CG wub a guost
lueaaay or mo Tom Green Camp of
Confederate Vetorans. she wbb on her
way from' Oregon to El Paso nnd
Btoppod off here for the dav.
wit .a.careor ah a .nurse laahoareat
Ml'waiy wma.wrjuvarnaHfl icldfttef
Mra. Leon romwnporB vividly many
datatls of tho groat war which have
never been wrltton She Is a meat en-
tertaining talker In spite- of her ad-
vanced ago. and tho following Inci-
dents In hor llfo history will aid In
understanding tho things she went
through during tho wnr
8ho was a nurso In a hoanltal In
Richmond and In camps In Virginia.
Bhq waa nt Drury'a Bluff. Culpepper
vounuouBO. Charlotte. Staunton Fair-
fax Courlliouso with tho Alabama Fly-
ing Artillery Swansea Forest Hill
reteruoro Lynchburg; and with Hood
and Wlgfall'a Texas nrmy at Frede-
ricksburg AquI Crook etc. Sho waa
with Gon. Beauregard's army at Ma-
naBsas She was In Mississippi In
1864-05 with N. B Forrest's cavalry
at IaUderdalo Springs Egypt Panto-
toe San FornandoB. Jackson Bryce'a
Cross RoadB. Meridian. Tupelo. In
Virginia sho had the Waco Guards un-
der Capt. Oacar Downa. Her huaband
was Surgeon Loula Leon killed In
March. 1862 tn Virginia
Mrs. Leon said:
"I lost all my peoplo In Virginia
during the war my mother (a camp
nurse) two brothers killed my hus-
band killed. 1 I have been west of the
Mississippi river since 1865 In mining
and railroad camps doing all kinds of
work. One brother a surveyor went
to Colorado in 1856 and surveyed Den-
ver City. He was killed by Indians in
Montana In 1860. I have been In
campB in Canada and speut eight years
In Old Mexico I have been In Oregon
and Montana since October 1915."
Mrs. Leon was due to leave for El
Paso Tuesday afternoon
36000 FRENCH
CAPTURED BY THE
GERMANS AT VERDUN
BERLIN. April 11. The Germans
have captured more than thlrty-slx
thousand French In. the fighting around
Verdun according to an estimate made
by the Overseas News Agency.
There have been no official figures
Issued on the number of prisoners the
Germans have taken around Verdun
but the figures ot the news agency are
assumed to be correct
SnOfOJiS-HECATirK
BAttfBALL GAME TUESDAY
The first game of a two-day series
between Simmons College and the De
catur Baptist College is being played
on the Simmons diamond this Tues-
day afternoon. Play was to be start
ed at 4:20 o'clock.
The second game will be piayea
Wednesday play to begin at the same
time.
rant that sends your soul to eternal
punishment? God Christ the Holy
Spirit the church care for you. Do
vou care for your own soul?"
Services each day from 8 30 to 9 30
a. m and at 7 4 p. m.
RETURNS FROM A
VISIT IH NORTH
PRESIDENT SANDEFER OP SIM-
MONS VISITED MAIN UNITE118I.
TIES OF THE NATION.
SAW WAR SPIRIT RAMPANT
People of North Affect to See Great
Danger of Int nslon of Texas Ftjh
Mexico; Factories AU
Busy.
President J. D. Sandefer has return.
cd front a visit of two weeks to cities
of the north nnd cabL In an inter
view Tuesday ho hald:
"The object of my visit was to look
Into some matters of vital importance
to Simmons College. In this point of
view the visit was entirely satisfac-
tory to me nnd I've no doubt but that
subsequent rcsulta to tho collego will
warrant tho trip. I vlsltod among the
educatlonnl centers Randolph Macon
College. Lynchburg Va.; UnlvorBlty of
Pennsylvania: Stovena-airard Colleaa
of Philadelphia; Pratt Institute of New '
ork; Columbia UnlverBlty of New
York tho College of tho City of New
York. I also visited Yalo at Now Hay.
en Conn. and Brown University at
Providence R. I. Brown la tho.school
from which Dr. Simmons the founder
of Simmons Collego graduated. I
found many peoplo In Providence who
knew him personally and who were
Intensely Interested In an institution
of such marvelous growth as Slmmoss
Collego has had founded by an alu
nug of Brown
"I Bpont ten dayB In Now York City
nnd had the pleaBtiro of mooting Joka"
D. Rockfeller Jr. and Edgar L. Mars-
den president of tho Texas 4 PaclfJe
Conl Co. at Thurbor whom I nave'
known for somo time I had a confer-
ence with. Dr. Sage secretary tot the
Rockefollor Foundation Fund whom
I found to bo thoroughly posted touch- '
ing Simmons College and who held out
.uiibiuuiuuiu nuyu 10 me eiiec-t unst
SlmmonB College -waa' In Hup a HttJf
later to become a beneficiary sfttyi
.fund provided "wo sought It
"I looked la oh Washing tor .a
and la the fieaate. The Ue C
preparedness seems to be cenqtHalBg
moat of their tlmo up thore at the'pres-
ent I had the pleasure of hearing
Uncle Joo Cannon ot the House Mr.
Mann of the minority and Mr. Kltca.-
en democratic leader together with
a number of other lesser lights. In
the Senate 1 heard Hoko Smith ot Geer.
gia ucnaior j. nam Lewis 01 linnets
together with some other of the cel-
ebrities. "Politically speaking I found north
of Washington that thero is a decided
preference for Roosevelt foe the re-
publican nomination for the presidency
Hughes cornea In for second honors
and Root and Burton aro mentioned
next in order.
"The headlines in tho papers thai
wore published almost hourly In New
York while I wbb there featured Villa
and tho Mexican situation uniformly.
In fact there seems to be a great deal
more excitement and interest up there
about tho war than obtains down here
In Texas. Many were surprised te
know that there wasn't real danger
from Mexican invasion In thle part et
tho state. Thero la no doubt In ay
own mind but that the middle states
and the New England are overwhelm-
ingly for a war program! and a war
president Of course this Is easily- ex-
plainable. Their munitions factories
are running overtime and those cor-
porate interests are literally plllag up
the millions In profits In their awn
private coffers. The longer they eaa
keep this sentiment gols'g. the larger
their profits and fortunes from these
Industries. I visited the Wlackeeter
munitions factory and found 17.1M
men and women In this one faetory
alone supplying munitions and arms
for the soldiers in the European tren-
ches. Another factory In the same
town employs 25000.
''All In all I enjoyed my trip bet am
delighted to get back under the blue
Bklea of Texas to live and coatlaue te
serve with and among my own people"
MERKEL ORGANIZES
COMMERCIAL CLUB
at a m mm
At Merkel Monday night a taraety
attended banquet waa held and a W
tatlve organization of a commercial
club was gone into.
F. A. Matthes ot this city n"riiiif
and did much to bring about Ute art
ganlzaUon. A report of the
will be published Wednesday.
R. L. Bland was elected
and W. D. Woodroof vice president C
the organisation. An xec4ie eem-
mlttee waa named to perfect mantle.
elect directors aad a seetlrr fbm
committee. Is composed of T. A. Jo
son J. a. Swan J. T. Warre and Dr.
M. Armstrong-
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The Abilene Daily Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 25, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 11, 1916, newspaper, April 11, 1916; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth316950/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Public Library.