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BROWNWOOD BULLETIN JUNE 13 1918
THE BROWN WOOD BULLETIN
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TO KEEP DEMOCRACY IX TEXAS.'
The question involved in the pros?
ent gubernatorial campaign is nof
whether the people shall rule for un-
der the democratic form or govern-
ment in Texas the people do rule and
must rule but whether the people
shall support the constitution and re
spect the laws of the state. The peo-
ple can not revoke the impeachment
proceedings by which Ferguson was
ousted from the governor's office by
giving him a majority vote in this
campaign; Lul they can. by giving him
a majority vote go on record as op-
posing the enforcement of law and de-
nying their fealty to the constitution
of the state.
Jt is not necessary to. nominate
Governor Hobby for reelection in July
in order to affirm the impeachment
proceedings. They stand affirmed
now. The honor of .the Legislature "of
the state of Texas stands back of-the
impeachment proceedings and if "the
Legislature has no honor then the
state bas no honor. But Governor
Hobby represents the constitution of
the state of Texas because he Is the
chosen leader of that portion of tfie
people of the state who believe that
the constitution must be supported
and the laws of the state must be .re-
spected and enforced In order that
democracy may be safe in. Texas.
Casting a vote for Governor Hobby
therefore is casting a vote in support
of the foundations upon which this
state has been established and main-
tained since the early tlays "When as
a republic Texas made .-history which
Is yet without parallel in the world.
The United States entered the war
against Germany because that nation
paid no heed to her treaty obligations
and flagrantly violated the laws of thc
nations. Germany's action imperiled
democracy throughout the world .and
as a defender of democracy the United
Stales accepted the "challenge of the
Hun. Ferguson's ruthless disregard-
for law while he was governor oft thai
state and his determined attempt jnov
to override the constitution . of the
state to make it merely a scra) of
paper challenges thc fighting tfcdrit
of every man and women in Tfexas
-who loves the state and is prortd of
the democratic government of - the
state.
While the. Unitod States Is enage1
in the mighty task of making T the
world safe for law .and order and Jus-
tice thc people of Texas must also
engage in a conflict in' which fs in-
volved the honor and Integrity and
purity of the government of this State.
Remember that wliou preparing
your ballot.
disregard of th
as has been witnessed
present conflict.
It is small wonder that the Germans
can not understand
Germany has protested f against the
lynching of Germans in tho Unitcti
Stales whose activities are of a per
hicious character. Lynching is neve
justified but what would Germany
have us to do with the ungrateful
Germanr-American citizen who gets
.rich over here and then -tries to be
tray the land that has befriended him?
Should thc United States; give him
pension and allow him to retire? We
think not. Germans who attempt to
take part in any kind off Sabotage or
other anti-American movement in the
United States should cither be shot or
Interned in prison for the remainder
of their lives; but it should be done
legally and -with due resjpect for the
constituted courts of the) land.
The Bulletin has lonj;' . contended
that the ctiy manager plan of cily
govcrnmcnt is the mbstj lnisincsslikc
system in existence and still retains
that belief. The system as employed
in Brown wood has been success! ul.
even in its limited scope. and would bo
much more successful if the strings
were taken off the city 'hfanager and
he were permitted to really manage
the city's business. During the coin-
ng summer the city charter should be
amended so that the city manager
may be given the authority necessary
to the complete success
lere. .
of the system
con-
Bulletin
discontinued .his sub-
One of the former
sumers who
scriptidn because he -disliked the at-
itude of this paper toward Ferguson.
is still eager for toduyrs news today
and gets it regularly-arid free; Ho ei-
dently thinks thc Bulletin's bulletin
board is not as violently opposed to
Ferguson as is the remainder of the
Bulletin's organization.
A German airplane
bearing the
French insignia flew over the Ameri-
can lines on;a bombing expedition but
failed to do any dama :e A "civilized
nation would do no sjiph thing and a
nation of real- fighters would not
tolerate it if an Indivijlual -should at-
tempt it. But the Huns are not civil-
ized that's the explanation.
The Daily German Lie
Tltat French "merry
has been sentenced t
is probably not very
widow" who
bo shot as-a spy
much different
from many of her Aporictin sinters
who had rather continue their round
- i
of pleasures than to engage in useful
war work. Hers was jbut tlie more di-
rect method of :seHinb out her coun-
try."'.' ' .--'I'
The Germans haveN invented arid
pcriccicu lor -us two amazing new
wen pons in this war One is official
friglitfiilness on the field of battle;
the other is organized lying in the
field' of propaganda.
No. 1. A 'correspondent at Taylor.
villc lllv writes to thc Committee on
Public Information;:
"In a restaurant at 'Pawnee; III. I
heard repeated the story that thc gov-
ernment is buying large quantities of
whisky for the-soldier in the -trenches
The trench life is -described as so
fierce that it is absolutely necessary
to give the soldiers whisky . or they
could not stand it. This is the third
town in which 1 have heard this and
in one I ran .across the same story
with the addition that the government
contemplates taking all the hisky
for -the use of the soldiers on the bat-
tle line. I smell a German rat and I
would like to nail him.'
Tiie correspondent's-' sense of ?molI
has not deceived him. There is" io
liquor ration served to our . soldiers
either at home or abroad. No intox
icants can be bought in the canteens
connected with tiie American forces
anywhere.. By General Pershing's .or
der our soldiers in France "are. for
bidden either to buy or "accept as gifty
from the inhabitants whisky; brandy.
champagne liquor or alcoholie bever
ages other than light wine or beer.''
As there is little beer sold in France.
General Pershing reports that "men
who drink are thus limited to the
lteht native wine used by all. French
people. ' Even this is discouraged
among our-troops in every possible
Way. 1 hope to secure the; cooperation
of the- French government to prevent
the sale ofall liquors and. wines to our
troops. The question is under dtseri?-
sion. Personally 1 fa'vor prohibition in
the army but it is impracticable and-;
inadvisable to issue orders that can
not be enforced without the cboiera-j
tion of the French government
(Cable from . General Pe railing to
Washington". December 2G PjL7.)
Thc story that whisky is served to
our forces in France is-a pro-German
slander designed to set the temper-
itice sentiment of the country" against
the government's war pieaaures. It
is a story that has been In'. circulation
n various forms all winter. It lias
been many times authoritatively de-
nied by the government. General Per
shing's cable . quoted above was re-
ceived in Washington In reply to an
official .request for a report upon the
truth of such rumor- last December
and the prohibiten of the. risft of alco-
hol In the army is as-strict ntov. as-it.
was then." The story. is nhaselc$8 Ho
.o. 2. A ; corresp)lident. .reports'
from Charlotte; .MJcli.. . "'about ' three
weeks ago a woman at -a- ' patriotic
rally stated from .tile platform that
T.nntj nfpu in the RjiSiibbW. division-of
our troops had "! boon "fcHlOcL She
stated that she .had Uto .Intormatkm.
from Red Cross officials and could
government agents that secrecy would
be impossible. Itnjnors of such losses
and disasters are persistently circif-
latccd by Gorman sympathizers in or
der to depress the spirits of loyal
Americans and weaken their trust in
uiu noii iaii.ii oi men government.
All such stories however circum-
stantial are untrue. . The casualty
lists published day by day are the
whole truth. They keep nothing back
from the public except -those details or
time and place " which would enable
German agents to learn the number
and location of our troops in France.
. Pledge the President
the south in-:.sroms.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Taken
in rotation for coming on the market
the South has responded to the- rail
for more .foodstuffs by producing
hundreds of thousands of tons of per-
ishables from Texas' Bermuda onions
to Tennessee potatoes. The - two
major crops potatoes and onions
have humped into shattered marlut
prices. To add to this disaster indif-
ferent home consumption of onion's
and potatoes' has contributed to much
spoilage and waste. Wherefore the
national food administration is under-
taking to direct consumers' attention
to the necessity for liberal lise of per-
ishables the campaign to be managed
by stato food administrative forces.
This to release other articles of food
to the army and .our allies. Spenkiir-v
for -Texas unless home demand for.(
perishables picks up -suddenly "fanner
and truck grower may require some-
thing more than ..patriotic persuasion
that thu war can be won by potatoes
made a supreme effort and the results
have exceeded all expectations."
The Duke declared that over-taxation
of the runner '-would be a great
national disaster. "The farmer is not
a profiteer" he explained. "In niy
opinion profiteering as uppfted to
agriculture does not and never has
existed in this country. Those who
accuse the farmer of profiteering haie
little or no- knowledge of conditions.
Labor feeding stuffs arid machinery
have' all advanced in a manner all orit
of proportion to the extra: profits
reaped by the ' farmer. Today the
farmer's .act margin .of profit 'on
Investment does not exceed ten or
twelve per cent. :
"The question is what does -thc gov
ernment .consider a legitimate profit
for a man who stakes the whole of. bis
capital bn . an. industry in which - :'ie
also? expends the whole of his latyor-
and "itbllftfesT .!( "the government yiU
fli: ihntluorcentage. and the fai'mm's
profits .jiriff in. excess of that ;rtm.
then hfffijiay ;be 'accused of profiteer
ing: btitf.not: until then. '
"In .filiTttstrialisih - 'the returns joa .
capital free;-higher and the rjsl.s nifcry
tims lsa. - For this reason pcijple'
prefer jo invest in. industrial uiler-
.'Ijries "whoro" thoy obtain a large ire-.
-turfr ?AridiaiU -working for it rjjijher
thalt iuftfh' Soil. m If home-grown fljod
malteia!'. tfien the profit gained from
iu?flcr!iirb .should' bo in re'latiwij to
the. profit gabled Hsewhen . - -'
;lMfC; success. arn.hu Krhih farmer's
lalmr .during the -war in 'the 'nke
Opinion -is due very kt-gely to ihe
loyal iuppojl of 'women workers."
'"Iliu wmeii land worktrK.havj UtUvA
spfeHdifJlif he raid. "Yly fcav
frtjed tiej;nps on the farms .tr. 1 r nt-
sidering . tJin't they have niUicrl.i had
no? ox:prlfeux-e. in ari :ult!ir;il purui.s
rotting in the ground for tlie want of:11?-' h-tt -'-'..o-diii.tiy ap-
demand or market oiitlets at prices to
break even. It may be that the farm-
er arid truck grower overplanh-d in
I
J:
t itrovo. it. - - .
. I- mmilrvrlv n cnrrAi!idnnr ln'.Iilts-
Over at Abilene the other night a!. ". . Hoa..
worthless dog killed Wixty-six chickens -Lat!t Sunday. .May Srin -tne sjnok-
and a turkey . Unites the deceased ing room of the Twentieth Gontury
poultry was guilty' of trespassing id Limitol the; renin rjr .was mad' that
lu.nau of" our woundotl hoys from the
front in France. 'were already bnck
somebody's war garden thc dog ought
to bo fet! to the Huns.
A I)1$I.TEKESTEI WAIUtlOK.
The editors of German -newspapers
commenting upon President Wilson's
address to Mexican editors and their
readers tire said to follow two lines
of thought; The first that of crude
abuse; and the second that of.'dishc-
lief in the disinterestedness Of the
Uriitcd States in Carrying on its . part
of the war. '
The attitude of the German editors
Js easily understood. The ware 'In
which the Huns liave participated
since the beginning of time have all
been wars of Conquest" When -some-.
thing was wanted the Huns adopted
the direct method of going out to got
it They have never fought for prin-
ciples and can not now understand
the motives of a nation which is fight-
ing in support of principles.
But when the war is ended and the
spoils are being divided what will be
America's share? Certainly no ney
territory cortainjy no indemnity. The
faith of this nation is pledged to a
peace which shall be free of terri-
torial conquests and which will en-
slave no nation. The United. States
has. gone to war in order that there
may be peace; not now perhaps not
next year but In the years to come a
peace which will be enduring and just
guaranteeing the liberty and freedom
of the peoples of the earth protecting
the weak against the oppression of the
strong upholding truth and Justice
and forever preventing such ruthless
i '
"Let your wife- yritc." admonishes
the Temple .Tcjeprnni. Sure and
you'll be a very poor politician if she
doesn't vote. right
It Is said that o'vjory man has his
price. Where did. Ferguson get his?
Pledge the. j President .
TIIK OEIUfA.V kO-MK.VS WORK;
Fresno Tal. Horrid: Ao
Swiss newspapers received
iocording to
Swiss newspapers received in this
country thc German's are taking st-p$
to provide plenty off work- for ail wom-
en from 16 to 70 years old. It's as a
preventive of suicide the idea being
that when a womaq.is hauling a plow
or' digging potatoes! or at other hard
manual labor she gets so tired that
she goes right to sleep at night and
docs not lie awake thiuking about how
her father husband son or brother
has been blown to' .-pieces and buritjd
iri obedience to thej kaiser.
In Prussia Westphalia Saxony and.
Bavaria the numbjr of suicides In
101-7 increased by sixteen per cent
over the previous year and seventy-
five per cent of the suicides were
womon. . . '.
Tlie thing Is alarming to the Gor-
man autocrats for -they can not breed
soldiers without .women. Indeed it is
a blow at autocracy's principal valua
tion of women. .Maybe if German
women from ID to 7o work hard
enough they will establish a valua-
tion of themselves on the high leyul
of. the. ox the hdrse and the -motor
trilck. They will; if they are made too
tired for suicide. '
I'ledge- tlie President
GERMAXY'S WAR OX TIIE
WOlfXDEI).
-tltiide ttir -the work. To Hi". ;i :el-
wirn. lintem ut of mln women i ..n.
sitpiflfyieni'iHt n t ut. they cannot sup-
!. . i ii. . i i
patriotic zeal to produce au abund (n"etin Vicw . we are n il. shun ner
of food btuffs. Any v ay the. situation!"" w nspmau people war ..yyuion t
n mi iijni .(i
Fr acti. Urilian
has developed disaster.
Pledfv the President
BRITISH FARMER IS
E
are nut fitted to toil
the. sa'irie.way as the
-"It would J f'itii..'.t. feeggos-ti that
thc time- Will ever .'iiiic when r.r.t-'-
isji farmoRi can hope v s pply ttje en-)
tin- nvt'd of inr jm.:hi .;fwu. At tl:!i
lu.-t they can onl. iiope t ainutit
itlie sujndy in wh i way thai otiri
' .luperidiUite on DthtV . tountHiri is
L mtuj llilivo ina tn-iu vwis ie t
iVAII HAS DEVEI.OI'KI) iMENSIVE ;ip pre-war riaj.v"
1
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WORLD
IAinilNG MKTIIOD.S AS XOTH-
ISG ELSE UOULO
(By Associated I'rss)
LCrxtMiN. .June. 12 The British
faniifr is the inod skillful agricul-
turist in tin' world' said' the Duke
of ..MalUoi'outih in an Interview here1
"iliseusf imr tin- new' ineoiUe tax meas-
ure? desfTcl aaintt the farming
elafe.
!'Thc war period has brought out
the valu- arid virtues id' the -British
fUftmtr. a.s nciwr Jtefure." continued
the 'Duke: "The farm r link lout lif
skilbff men unl the illffh nltitv due
to the war have made his '"-pursuit
pior. and more irksome but he has
A Figfct For Life
It has been fight or die for many
of us in the paet and the Incky peopltv
here in rmr hpsidtals- in Connecticut are tho.e who an now well "becaufe
and New York. Tlie niari who mailt ' they lieeded nature's warning signal
the remark said it was a positive fart.l" t"ie Ui correct their tnmnie with
He said. he had his ihfornmtlon from wonderful new thscovery of Dr
ii. ji-'rfU i. iti ...t l ierce's called "An-u-ric." ou should
one or toe qoc ors in a nospiia. "i pr0mptlv heed th se warnings sbtuo
Connecticut. He refused to give flu.nf whicj arc dizzy spell? backache
name of the doctor and . refuses to j irregularity of the urine or the pam-
ire iifs iovvn as he said hu didn'I vvant ful twinges or rheumatism sciatica or
to set anybody in trouble but he; in-; lumbago. Jo delay may make posstblu
I'ledg. tb- President .
Bargain Ctuinler We have jIdcod a
Rirge. assfirtment of low ((unrtur on .- . -
U.e counter at greatly rt-ducod brlces. j -7TJuj YnuCj oiI and aIr st0ve at
-Looney Merc. Co. !- J U)m
NOTICE
TELEPHONE SUBSCRIBERS
Attention is again called to the enormous
: volume of traffic passing through
our local switchboard.
Local calls are so numerous during eve-
ry week day that it frequently happens
every cord on all of the 7 positions of
our local switchboard is in use and dur-
ing such periods subscribers calling can-
not be answered until some of those
connected get thugh talking.
Such a Condition Means That We
Are Handling a 50
Overload
We are doing our utmost to give the
fastest service possible under such con-
ditions and no relief is possible until the
new equipment -ordered more than 8
months ago is received and installed at
which time a redistribution of the load
will be effected. In the meantime we
ask our patrons to be patient whenever
it appears central is slow in answering
although we will always appreciate be-
ing advised of any unusually slow ser-
vice because the trouble may be in the
apparatus and not with the operating.
West Texas Telephone Co.
F. W. GREBER General Manager
(.'arden Seed Both bull: and pack-
age at Loonty's. Phone or call.
S iic
or
'your
S trtt
German airplanes recently bombed
a large American hospital. Hovering
at low altitudes every effort was
made to hit the main building which
was conspicuoiifily marked with the
ited Cross emblem. Doctors and
nurses removed our wounded boys lo
trenches previously dug for such
emergencies. XUtional War Savings
Day-gives an opportunity to register
in a practical way your vow that such
things must end.
Pledge the President
A London railroad station has been
equipped' with periny-in-the-slot ma-
chines to sell tickets to persons who
wish to accompany their friends to
trains
Misted tiiyt the govcrumpiU was keep-
ing the real 'truth bacik from tjie public."-
: -
Hoth these stories -are entirely un-
true. There have been 110 :aueh
losses among the troops of tlief Itain-
bow division. Hji -to the. 1st of -May.
Koine wee.ks after "the statement was
made in Charlotte there.-had -been
killed in all divisions of- the army
only lift men. At the same time .ill
oiir wounded amounted' to 2r00. And
thi& included submarine; casualties
among our troops.
An Investigation showed thai the
lady who spoke in Charlotte an Eng-
lishwoman by birth was a 'fen entl.v
loyal war worlcur. .She hud apparent
ly been imposed upon by a CTerman
rumor monger. . Thb same is perhaps
true of. the man In the smoking car
who was so reluctant to. "get any-
body into trouble" except his govern-
ment. The. government is a ware .that only
by frankness can it maintain public
confidence.. It gives out the' news of
casualties as soon as trie "lists are re-
ceived from KrancVi. A conspiracy to
coneeal any such disaster as ths loss
of 7.0UU men in the Kahibow division
or the presence of lo.frmi wounded
men in the " Connecticut hospitals
would involve so riiany conspiring
the dangerous forms of kidney disease-
such as stone m the bladder.
To overcome these distressing .con-
ditions take plenty of exercise in the
open air avoid a heavy meal diet
drink freely of water and- at each
meal take Doctor Pierce's Aiiuric Tab
lets (double strength). You will iii ii
short time find that you uro oiiu at
the firm - indureers of Anuria as are
many of your neighbors . -.
Tvi.ki: Texas.-! am M year: old. arid
tor the last throe
yi-ars 1 have btoti
atlliftiNl with kidnny
t rouble ; no rol i of
from the medicinos
I took. At last 1
took one small pack-'
ai;o of Dr. Pierco's
Anuric Tablets and
the very first dose
helped me and. 1
rontinuetl to Im-
prove. I took fn all
' six packages i am
very glad to testify." David- Vjwjiihz
lit K. Social Street.
YoAKi'M.TirXAS. After using different
medicines for kidney and bladder t ronbhw.
will say that I have given Dr. Pierce's
Anuric Tablets a fair trial and was
greatly benefited and do hereby cheer-
fully recomnieud Anuric to all persons suf-
fering from kidiu v and bladder trouble."
Hknkv. Itoxii lloiite -l 15ox 13.
Ak the druc7i-t for Anuric ((fk. ) or
send Dr. V. M. Pir.-e liiv.iliths' Hotel
and Surgical Institute Huifulo N. Y.
10 ccnUi for trial package.
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