The Abilene Daily Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 315, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 19, 1918 Page: 4 of 8
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TUESDAY XAHCjt 10 lplB.
A CHj JHndo OTer.
Fort Worth while not alono In vice
records is being tnado over If wo
may uso that expression. Federal
Judge Meeks declared In his chnrfco to
the grand Jury recently that he would
keep the body In session and court
grinding until tho city aH3 Its envir-
ons aro rid of vice. Texas authorities
arc working with tho federal ortlcorB
and It Is certain that tho hundreds
of questionable characters who have
flocked to tho city on account of Camp
Dowlo will be run out and the city
placed upon a moral footing surpass-
ing anything It has yet known. Hum-
an "buzzards" who thought to prey
upon the soldiers aro finding tholr
road n hard one.
Abilene During 1918.
Although wd nrd fit war and It Is
tho duty of every man woman and
child In tho United States to do hla
best to help win Victory It is equally
true that honw entornrlHos must ue
kept going Jn order that the money
and sunnllcs nocded to win Bhull bo
forthcoming. As a growing City Abl-
leno faces threo largo propositions
Hint thn iionnlo should nlvo constant
attention. Tho first problem is well
unflor way to bo solved wo rofor to
an lncronsed water supply. Howovcr
that Is not yet solved and every one
should keep hammorlng away until
tho last foot of pipe Is down and tho
beautiful mountain wntcrs .of Kim
creek aro flowing out In streams of
lifo giving powor to mako bcntitlful
our city. Tho aecond and almost
equally Important enterprise Is llid
development of tho oil fields around
bore and tho iuuktjig of Abllane nn
oil center. Tho opportunity Is knock-
ing at our vory door and there should
ba no hesitation in our co'oponuion
In this section. Tho third nfeun of
growth that Is open to AlfllOnq la the
h aiding of good roads and tho secur
ing of national highways me nnouiu
soo much activity In th6 threo linos
suggested. If wo but Heuu"r6 pur shnrc
along those lines wo will novo notn-
lng to fear In the future development
of tho great wost.
(THE ABILENE REPORTER ABILENE TEXAS
out In the word's of General Pershing
If tho people at home will only smash
the German spy and sympathizer over
here the army will smash the German
Mne In France.
v
f. DEBATES AHD DEGISWNS j
ill Can Help.
Not long ago wo rend a pathetic
plea frbm a man who had been Crip
pled but who nevertheless wanted
to lake tils place'In the line of battle.
Of course there was no place for him
on tho firing line and his plea was
In vain. But there was a service he
could render and though it was far
rfinlbved fofhi dahger It was" h8ne" th6
loss Important So Is? tlioro a duty
for each of do however weak wo
may bo and however Infirm nnd tho
patriotic thing for all of us to do Is
to detortrtlne where we can render tho
most find the best service nnd devote
Dtirselvcs to the tnBks for which wo
are best fitted. Beaumont Enter-
prise. Tho other follow nlwnys has the
best job the prettiest wlfo nnd the
easiest time. The private Soldier says
the btflccf has nn easy time nnd the
officer weary from sleepless nlghtB
spoilt over his books and his other
duties is posttvo the private Soldier
has tho easiest time Tho man who
Is content to keep his own job and
tnhko the most of it is tho fellow who
Is always found nt tho wheel to lend
t shoulder.
I A little
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Fun
A Challenge
Wichita Falls challenges Amarlllo
to a sand storm duel. The first town
which gets wot is tho loser. o sug-
gest judges bo 'selected from kinder-
garten grades. In tho hopo th6y Won't
dlo of old ago before tho contest
closes. Wichita Falls Times.
Hoy lot Abilene In on this! Is
Wichita nnd Amarlllo nfrnld of Abl-
leno? Wichita and Amarlllo find Abl-
lone what n w-oll-mntchcd trio In ev-
erything. Including sandstorms! They
aro tho coming giants of tlu1 North
tho Northwest nnd tho Central WcstJ
nnd tho other towns sandstorms or
no sandstorms havo to rise early to
bent olther or nil three of them.
PelatH Unnecessary.
He Havo yon ever been kissed?
She Hardly. .
Ho I tjldn't aBk tor nil tlio delnlls.
Wanted lo Ito n Duchess.
Elslo (aged five) I do hopo sonio
Dutchman will marry mo when I groW
up.
AuntMary Why clear?
Elsle-Becnuso I want to bo a
ducheSs.Tho Difference.
A motorist who was touring In Ire.
land ono day met a native who was
driving a donkoy and cart. Thinking
ho would like to havo ft uttio tun ni
tlio Irishman expense lto began
"What Is tho difference Pat between
your turnout and mine?" "Oh not a
groat deal" promptly replied Pat.
"Shuro the donkey's In tho Bhafts In
tho wan nnd on the sato In tho other."
Girls' World.
Forgot Ills Own Lnngungc.
We inrted as heartily as tho elderly
naval man when wo heard about tho
Gorman tradesman In ono of our su
burbs who beenmo so alarmed about
his trado that ho proceeded to forget
all tho German ho oVer know Another
Tout called on him nnd addressed lilm
In the beautiful tongtto of the father-
land but the tradesman ignored him.
Ho continued with his discourse and
finally the first ono turned to him
and Inquired: "Vot iss It you las talk-
ing? Somo foroign lengcvllch?" Bert
L. Taylor.
WAR. PUZZLES
Times HnTo Thntigcd.
Pro!. John Fisko In his "History of
tho American Revolution" tells of U
British offlcor to whom a Notf Ens-
land farmer served n dish Of suc5
tash. Tho gentloman in tho scnrlot
uniform spilled tho beans also the
corn saying such food was fit only
for hogs. -
But tho boatloads of succotash that
aro crossing tho Atlantic onstwnrd
theso days aro not unwelcome ovor
thorc
Of course nobody In the world likes
corn or corn meal but thoro aro sev-
eral things that nro bettor than starv
ing to dentil.
GERMANS DEVASTATED
COUNTRY
And cut down fruit trees in Franco
'as they retreated ono year ago to-
day .March 19 1917
Find another peasant.
YESTERDAY'S ANSWER.
Let aide down nose at shoulder.
.
SWEET - CONTENT STORIES
Fairy Talcs for Children By EDITH HIXON
iijVlo
SWJEKT CONTENT AND THirTLOW L'K I'AIIIIKS LKAUNTO SKIP HOPE
Uafcer In France.
Tho visit of Secretary- UaKor to
Franco Is bringing out some ficu
conucctcd with the preparation of tho
United States for our war activities
that are encouraging. Amorican on
cineors have worked wonders in build
lng wharves railroads warehouses
and base hospitals to caro for tho
cniiilnrit The Immensity of the tusk
is conveyed to a limited degree only
when It is oald thnt alroudy 170 Amor
ican locomotives have neen set up in
France and aro now pulling trains
and that the program calls for 1.100
of the big monsters which havo been
landed In Franco and which will be
engaged exclusively In handling
trains connected with the overseas
ermy of Uncle Sam It Is certain that
our government expect to place mil-
lions of men in France and that due
preparation to keep them pruporJW
supplied is being made. By July wo
should have a force on the front that
will make the Kaiser take notice ana
that will be a real factor In the war
Thousands of American airplanes big
guns bombs railroad trains and ev-
ery conceivable instrument of war
will be there and will be manned by
frebh soldiers as brave as the brav-
est Secretary Baker will return to
America to Inspire and load the peo-
ple at home. The program is titanic
almost bevond the power of the hu-
Sweet Content our rosebud fairy
was sitting In tho midst of n crowd of
flowor fairies helping them to woavo
garlands of flowers Into charming
hcopa whon sho saw Poggy coming up
through tho smdoth rolling' meadow.
Peggy was skipping ropo. The falrlns
had never seen any ono do thnt before
and watched her with tholr oyos wide
with wonder. "Lot's mako her teach
us how" they shoutod.
Sweet Content was tho ono chosen
to bring Poggy to tho FlOwerland vil-
lage that night. Tho Floworland folk
by this time had finished tholr hoops
nnd tuken them home going In to
wash their smutty fingers and change
tholr frocks.
Ino moonbeams had just begun to
lot down their silver ladders from the
sky whon our fulry started for Cuddly-
town riding Fluffy her big whlto but.
torfly lu her magic rose petal bag
sho carried a flower frock for Peggy
Just almost like the one sho wore her-
self while sho had tiny roso petal
slippers with diamond dew buckles
tied around Fluffy's neck as It seemed
tlio only good placa to carry them.
Down In Cuddlytown street slic
found tho door of Peggy's house shut
tightly so sho had to squeeze through
the keyhole which left her qulto
breath-loss Peggy was fast asleep.
Sweet Contont bated to awaken her
for tho dear little chubby face was
so peaceful and contented. Her two
brown braids were stretched out on the
pillow while alio had tho sweetest
mouth and a pug nose which Just
Which you may visit If you will;
For I nm tho fairies' faithful guide..
And will lend you snjfoly to tholr Hide." J
Peggy was amazed. "Oh please
do!" sho boggod.
"First you vl havo tq dott this
roso petal frock" said our fairy.
"But It won't fit mo" snld Poggy.
"Just try and see" nnsworcd'Swoot
Content "Its amngio frock."
. Suro enough It was for It fitted.
kWhothor or not Poggy grow small or
tho frock Blrotehed you mny guess
for yourself for tho slippers fitted ptr
fectlv an wall T wish vnli tnlcht havo
eon her sho was almost as dainty as
our fairy hcraoir. But when It camo
to squeozlng through tho keyhole
Peggy had an awful time but with
groat troublo nnd many pokes from
tho magic wand sho came through all
right Fluffy was waiting and thoy
hopped onto his back picked up the
golden spldcrweb reins and flew
quickly down tho street to Flowor.
land
My. what a gay sight! Tho fairies
were dressed in their newest gowns
and they each had a rolling hoop fes-
tooned with tholr favorite flowor.
They too had long ropes of flowers
waiting to be shown how to skip them
by Miss Poggy
They greeted her with such shouts
of delight that she was almost frightened-
When she hoard what they
wished to know slio laughed nrt
laughed and picked . up a flower-
woven rope anit skipped merrily and
cheerily Tho falrios were astonished.
HER GRATITUDE SO
IT IT
BE TOLD IN WORDS
UnliiPtl 30 Pounds On Tniilnc Is
IIcTCd From Troublo Of l'.V
lenrs Standing.
Statement Condensed Of the
Farmers & Merchants
National Bank
of Abilene Texas
AL tife close of business March 4th? 1918.
RESOURCES -
1 .bans and Discounts $ 910425.34
Bank Building and Fixtures . . . . 12650.00
Other Real Estate '...' 21973.71
U. S. Bonds and Certificates 206664.91
Other Bonds 24459.56
Federal Reserve Bank StockS . A 4500.00
CASH:
. Due'from U. S. Treasurers 500000
Due from banks & in vault 457081.19 462081.19
TOTAL
"Words of praise en
gratitude I feel to
not only relieved
kept mo In ml
years but hag
thirty poun
whon I
J. C.
El P
I
to
express tho
nc for It has
troublf3 that
or twenty-five
p until I am
than I wnt
sab! Mrs.
Ifton street
ys ago.
fforcd Binccfl was about
Id" she continued "with
of
J a utarrlfil troublo oftho stomRch
and of nfcont yoara. wlMt rheumat.stn
nnd It swjmcd myjtfouhf s were ijtond-
"My food would ir on my stom-
nch onn tho jras DrTslnir nnninst niv
tionrt iffoctfl uly Jreathing groatly.
I fell bff injUr t nly wolghod sov-onty-Bl
irbjutds nd wns so weak
and ncrjtfuj got but little slcop nt
nights JSwob onstlpatod nnd suf-
fered JerrlbjJOfrom hendachob Tho
rheumatism afJfccjl my lower limbs
mostly nnd I ad anrh pains through
myipack andIght saV 1 simply & uld
norlook nftr my hauVohold dutlo
j' sure- was eurtprlsing to mo
tHo way Teniae took hild of mv trou-
Lp'loB Mjappetlto gof hotter and In
a snort Mine i wns eating just wnat-
ovcr I Avantcd. M strength came
back t me day byday ond I soon
ovcrcnio tho Iroulo from constipa-
tion did tho headnches Tho pains
In m lower llmh any more. I now
nd don't ovenfeel the rheumatism
In lift' lower iiuius ony more i now
woigfi ono huirured nnd six pounds
than Iever weighed bofore in
life yuny of my friends have
on ofXny great Improvement nnd
Ofut on earth I had bean tak-
f course I simply tell them
Tanlac' for I think it the most re-
narkablo medicine ever made "
Tanlac li sold In Abileuo by Mcl.o-more-Bass
Drug Co. In Morkel y
Merkel Drug Co. In Ovalo by W. M
Morrow In Trent by It. B. JohnBon. In
Potosl by Dr. Hicks Martin In Caps
by Caps Mercantile Co. In Buffalo
Gap by II. G. Bell and In Lawn by
O. A. Allen adv
Capital
Surplus
Circulal
Rediscoun
Bills Payi
Other Boi
DEPOS1
Individ
War I
Bank
Other
. . . . . j$L642f 754.71
KlABILlTlEcV
O lVLrflv - f $ m tX ti) X WJctvJ
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wtiu uiiuiwicicu rruHisi SJrVy
ion ... . . h T00.
f: Art V lJr xt
TvedMottA?
s
'jr.:. $972580.53
m Deji6siL 77000.00
l..:. 240680.53
DqDOsits .......... 61736.36 1
0.00
757-29
000.00
one
None
None
351997.42
TOTAL $1642754.71
The above statement is correct
HENRY JAMES Cashier.
seemed to dance for Joy oven In har-f?f though they tried thoy could not
dreams.
At last howev&rT our fairy tapped
her on' tho shrufldcr with her magic
wind- saying
"Wand made of moon beam ray
Lot mo havo this wish. I pray:
May Peggy open her blue eyos wide
And find me sitting by her side.'.'
And immediately Peggy did and
saw Sweet Content quite plainly She
thought she was dreaming and ribbed
man mind to conceive nut since aher eyos; but no her eye were cer-
world Is In the making tt Is. notjtaluly open wide. "Ohf Fairy dear."
strange that the tabk is so large. ;ahe called "whore did you come
America will prove herself en.ua to
the demand and will save the freadani
of the earth. The cost will be great.
f mm 9"
"l eame from
the hill v
Floworland just over
skip they always forgot and looked
about
Finally our good fairy thought of a
little song Sho taught It to them;
"Skip merrily skip
With a happy heart and laughing lip
Look neither to the left nor right.
And then you're sure to ' conio out
right."
And after that they naver missed
their stop. Peggy learned Jt too and
still sings It as she skips her rope
She does not now romember having
been in Flawerland. and often won-
dars where she learned that song and
why it is that when aho sings It she
never misses her step.
mot
ray J
spot
aske
tng
Mrs. W C Vlckors. Wllllo Woods.
Mexican List Pedro Quorro.
Itetumed Dead Letters Mrs Llllo'
Hayes. Molllo Mooro
Call at stamp window for advertised
lotters. Due 1 cent each. If not call-
ed for Inlwo weeks will bo forwarded
to tho Dead Letter Offlco at Washing-
ton D. C R. E. RANKIN. Postmaster
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With Bulgaria and Turkish troops
joining tho Prussians at Belgium
tho prospect brightens a bit for less
barbarous warfare thoro Boston
Herald
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Advertised Letters.
Gentlemen A. W. Allen Norman
Bass Jas. Buchannan. Blenuner II
Bnrnam. J. W. Burrls R. B Hampton.
Arthur Henry- V. Scott Johnson W It
Kegan J. I. Kerr. C. C. Long A. X
Mayes J. I. Mayes W. B. Moore. It ;3
I Murphy W. T. Pace D. 1. Rutlcdge.r
Eugene Thomas R. M. Thompson. Oft
B. Tims. M K. Winters
Ladles Mth. Mary Bown Mrs. N.
D. Carter- Mrs Charleyo Clinton. Lelu
Elexander. Mrs J P. Frasier Hatt.e
Garnan Viola Gray. Mrs. Queen Han
cock. Ony Henbrjck Mary Johnson
Abble Jones Amanda McGarry Ethel
Miller. Anna Morris Carrie Morris
Mrs. I. r. Okley airs. Dora Hogera
Mrs. Henry Sanders Mrs Jas. Sellers
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