Brenham Daily Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 58, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 4, 1914 Page: 2 of 8
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SUMMARY OF CANDIDATES.
It is not at all peculiar that two men should
litk to be governor of a great state. It would
be unusual if they did not, provided they had
a remote possibility of winning.
It is though decidedly amazing that two
of the same political organization are so
widely divergent in their views as are James
Ferguson and Col. Ball. Their widest point
of difference, too, is the prohibition question,
regardless of any effort to sidestep either way.
Ferguson, however, has the better of the ar-
gument so far as individualities are concerned.
Col. Ball's sole claim to prominence has been
his activity the prohibition element.
Without that hobby upon which to ride, he
would be an office lawyer of the corporation
10ft and known, outside of the Houston club,
only to a brace of railroad directors.
Hut is not true with Ferguson. He has ac-
quired some state reputation no doubt as a
who refuses to believe that it is either
Just or logical to seek to hedge individual tastes
and habits around with a bundle of laws that
will create a gang of bootleggers that will cost
the state thousands of dollars daily to run
down ami punish but never exterminate. This
ftafatanee, however, is not Ferguson's chief
Atr He frankly declares that he does not
propose to do anything unusual but does pro-
pose to administer the laws sanely and prop-
«lty and give attention to actual wrongs in-
of insignificant differences of opinion.
That's the summary of the two then. Both
want to be governor; one has been reasonable
god logical; the other has been chasing glory
by attempting to regulate other men just as
of citizenship and just as successful in
reputable business as he or any other good
citizen.
It doesn't seem hard to discover in whom
the greater merit lies.
KSIONISTS.
About two hundred and fifty Temple busi-
men were visitors in Brenham Wednes-
day. They arrived at the Union Station over
the Santa Fe and were given a cordial recep-
tion by representatives of the Young Men's
Business Association of this city.
The scene was one of considerable inspira-
tion. It might afford a splendid basis for the
young man, watching the mingling and com-
mingling of the successful men of affairs;
kaan, but square as a die; influential, but seek-
ing no individual public preference with com-
pensation attached; and certain of themselves,
bocanME they had no statements to make ex-
cept what the record evidence would support.
Unquestionably, it's a genuine tonic to see
ml business men, enterprising, progressive.
They, of this stalwart, substantial, reliable
were here from Temple Wednesday and
given welcome by men of their own
men who are keeping Bnaiham on the
pi#fi and sjowly, surely and permanently in-
creasing the city's commercial importance.
It is easy to foresee what would happen to
the farmer, the preacher, the lawyer, the law-
maker, the newspapers, and all other classes if
It were not for business man in his multi-vari-
ous farms. Be is the chap who bears the ex-
penses and therefore is entitled to the profits.
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^ ' I Heredity.
Every newspaper tells how farmers are tak-
prizes for fine hogs, fine chickens, fine
other fine things on the farm. It
ii hoped that some attention is also being
■ fine boys and fine girls.—BRENHAM
things go together./. You will
r find a farmer who has high-bred stock
follows the principles of advanced
whose children arte not
. vt<mrous, brainy type. He-
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England, that nation of proverbial stolidity
has been roused to sullen anger by the mania-
cal onslaughts of wild women, who are a dis-
grace to all that men respect in true woman-
hood. The police judges now are a unit in
declaring that as far as they are concerned, and
they seem to be backed by the government, the
day of temporizing with this type has gone by.
Drastic and decisive measures are to be taken,
and it looks as if after all some measure of
quiet and peace will be brought back to the
inhabitants of the British Isles.—beaumont*
journal.
There is nothing that a man respects more in
woman than gentleness and natural refine-
>nt. It seems as if some of the English
have lost this.
Modern Angel of Death Described.
ichael Wiliams, a correspondent of several
papers ,stood on the deck of the battle-
California, near Mazatlan, and watched
progress of the battle and advance of the
upon that city. He tells graphically, in
account of that advance, that no one
t of looking overhead and no one could
among a number of buzzards, whick
as usual soaring in the blue sky, anything
Usual
When the cry came that the rebels had open-
fire on the city, he was unable to discover
m what point they were firing ,and he de-
ibes what followed, thus:
"Meanwhile, unseen by us, one of the black
in the blue sky detached itself from among
soaring and dipping buzzards and flew
and disappeared.
r it had glutted its lust for slaughter
away, leaving behind far below it a
torn into ruins and a wounded mother
by the mangled body of her child,
ear by lay the dead father and two oth-
, while in the street outside there crawl-
eight horribly torn and bleeding pe*
crazed with the horror of what had
the sunny blueness of the Bky."
ilities of such horrors being dupli-
the thousands in wars of the future
rever hush the cry of the jingoes for
and more slaughter of the innocents.
ont Journal.
is hell, it says, and the saying remains
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The snnusl per capita cotton
production of Texas is One bale.
Texas produces 4,000,000
of cotton annually.
bale*
Cotton yields the Texas farmer!
a million dollars per day.
lie pictures are having a great run in
fmerican papers, especially the Sunday edi-
tions. * Many of them are cheap, poorly drawn,
disfiguring and degrading. Surely there is
talent available to produce funny pictures of
real merit to supercede the crude schoolboy
work that now spreads thick over the country.
There are able cartoon artists at work on
American newspapers, and the cartoon is en-
tirely legitimate newspaper feature when it is
well executed, but it is better that it should be
omitted altogether than that it should be poor
and vulgar.—granger news.
We came to the conclusion long ago that the
comic supplement of the Sunday newspapers
is one of the most potent forces in fighting il-
literacy, for who ever saw an illiterate person
who did not wish that he could read the funny
paper?—temple telegram.
The comic supplement has caused many pa-
rents to wish that it had never appeared.
Watch the boys and girls. They will grab for
it the first thing. While many of the comic
supplements have nothing that will harm the
young ones, it still does not contain anything
that will help them to be better children.
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Just because a politician tells you that he is
a friend of the "poor man" is no sign that you
must break your, neck to land him in the of-
fice he desires. We have known many of these
"poor men's friends" in the past and wt have
noticed that about all most of thefn have done
is to increase salaries and croaA i new oifces.
Better find out what each candidate has don ?
to show that friendship.—beaumont journal.
Watch this man after election. If he really
tries to do what he promised, then give him
another chance; if not, swat him the same as
you would swat a fly-
It is also worthy of note that the publb is
becoming more and more enlightened every
day in regard to political matters and not giv-
en to swallowing without a grain of salt what
profigonal politicians and ward heelers are
i ft* day to provide funds lore silver service
for the battleship Texas was a success in Bren-
Cotton is the principal' farm prod-
uct of Texas, although every cro]
known to agriculture can be
in this state.
A cotton crop failure is unknown
in Texas and a small yield pex
acre is always offset by an increase
in price per pound.
Cotton occupies 45
our cultivated area.
per cent oi
MRS
Within the past decade the cotton
acreage of Texas has increased 26
per cent
An acre of Texas cotton, in 1912,
worth $27,19, including the
value of the seed.
Texas cotton, in 1912, yielded
206 pounds of lint to the acre and
had a value of 11 1-2 cents pei
pound.
only the leading
unit, but is alto
exporting center oi
Galveston, Texas, is the world'i
leading cotton exporting port.
Houston, Texas, is (he largest
inland port cotton market in th«
world.
At one
cotton
ne planting a seed of
will multiply 1,600 ti
Texsi
To plant the v*xae cotton cTop
requires the services of 500,000
persons, 1,000,000 cultivate it snl
2,000,000 penona are kept busy 4
months gathering it
It coats (15,000,000 to pick thi
Texas cotton crop, $12,000,000 U
gin it and $8,000,000 to oompreaa it.
tal of 1.151 people were handled by
the lmmlsration authorities of the
port of Galveston during the mouth
of May. Of this number there ar-
rived in the port from foreign lands
651 people and an even 600 were
recorded as departing. The list as
made up by the Immigration officials
for the records of the department of
commerce show that of the arriv-
als there were 181 American citlsens,
147 males and 34 females. Thg
greater part of these were from
Mexico, with a few from Honduras
and Cuba. There were 384 people
who were classed as * Immigrant
aliens, in that they were entering
the United States with the Intention
of malting their homes here. Of
non-immigrant aliens, those entering
for only a short time, there were IS.
During the month permission to land
was refused to 20 people, many be-
ing rejected by reason of physleal
ailments. Of residents of Mexico
here on a brief stay there were re-
corded 21. Deserting seamen to the
number of 17 were handled and lo
cases are pending on appeal and in-
vestigation. Of those departing
there were recorded the namea of
800 American cltlsens and 200 for
•Igners. -.1
A record ia also made by Immigra-
tion officials of the amount of mon-
ey that each person in the immigra
tton alien and nonimmigrant alien
classea brings Into the United States.
Prom the arrivals during May tha
circulating medium of the United
State* will be increased by 114,#07,
divided as follows: Immigrant all-
ena, $13,<42; nonimmigrant aliens,
$1,2CS. By nationality the amounts
are shown as follows: Immigrant
aliens—55 Bohemians. 15,>91; 1
Dutch $56; 1 English, $10; 42
Germans, $2,030; 46 Hebrews, $684;
2 Magyars, 938; 13 Mexicans, 9980;
20 Polea, 9441; 1* .Russians, $1,990;
6 Rnthernlans. 9141; 1 Scandinavi-
an, 990; 8 Spaniards, 9860; 1 Ital-
ian, 968; 1 Lithuanian, 11; 1 Rou-
manian, 958; 1 Spanish-American,
96.
Non-immigrant Aliens— Cuban,
$26; 1 French. 970; 1 English, 960;
5 Germans, $490; 1 Mexican, 150;
1 Scandinavian, $410; 1 Spanish-
American, $60; 1 Scotchman, 960.
SNOW IS ALLEGED
II CAUSE OF TROUBLE I
A! MOUNT LASSEN
Red Bluff, CaL, June 4,—Forest
Supervisor W. J. Rushing reported
today that the disturbance which
broke out two days ago at Mount
Lawen is one of geyser action and
it caused by the rapid melting of tho
•now as it slides down into the fis-
sure of the crate*'.
The large body of snow and tho
Intense heat caused an Immense
amount of steam. The mountain
gave out little staam today and it
is thcught the phenonenan la neann«
au end.
Smoke and steam laming from the
new crater aaar the summit of
Mount Lassen were plainly visible
from the supervisor's station
St Mineral, eighteen miles distant.
Although the smoke, which waa first
seen on Saturday, waa report# 1 *o
huve ceased at noon yesterday, tbe
foresters telephoned groat clouds
clouds were again spurting from ths
aperture.IS'; r ''
Thus far no damage has been re-
ported as a result of the eruption of
Mount Lassen in Shasta County.
Further activity of the old volcano,
forest rangers said, would en-
danger millions of feet of timber In
the forest east and northwest of
the peak. On the north side there
Is no danger of a conflagration, as
the slope is covered for two miles
from the summit with lava.
Hwelve automobile parties have
started from Redding to try to reach
THE STATE'S CASH IS
NOV &3«,000.00; I
LARGE SECURITIES
the crater.
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PRINCESS LEAVES HUSBAND
Mirko, of Montenegro, Wife gays,
Had Become Entirely Too Ec-
centric—Wants Divorce
Nice, France, June 4.—Princess
Mirko of Montenegro, who was Prin-
cess Nathalie Constantinevit<&i\ has
begun proceedings for a separation
from her husband, Prince Mirko, son
of King of Montenegro. She bases
her suit oa the recent eccentric con-
of her husband which has gained
Wide notoriety the past season on
The behavior of the
wie suDjeci Om§:
recently at which %
Crown Prince
Austin, Texas, June 4.—The state
of Texas and her various special
funds had $3,840,000 in cash and $20,
586,300 in bonds at the end of the
fiscal quarter, May 81. Of the cash,
general revenue had $2,074,052 and
confederate pension tax fund $784,866,
The remainder wa* scattered among
the" various asylum and other ac-
counts.
In tiie bonds the permanent school
fund had the great sum of $19,274,775.
Tekas university owned $608,600 and
the A. and M. College 9206,000. The
several asylum funds owned the rest
While the balance of the credit of
general revenue appears very large,
it muat be rememberd that very large
disbursements occurred during Sep-
tember and October and that little
revenue comes in during the summer
months. The explanation . of the
September expenditures is that the
fiscal year begins Sept 1, and al
new appropriations become* available
mi that date and there is a rush to
clean up those Which expire on Aug;
rmjjfc Mr
In addition to that immense deliv-
eries of supfllies to slate eleemosy-
nary institutions are made in Sep-
tember under contracts to be let m
month by the state purchasing agent
with payment therefor in September
and October.
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Notice to Laundry Customers.
Chicago Record-Herald. »ifc
The United States is the most law-
less of the civilized nations; ita f
cide rate is growing faster than that
of any other land; lynchii^f is Ameri-
ca's own peculiar plague, and to wipe
it out should be made tjie first busi-
ness of the country.
This indictment of the United
States as holder of the international
record for deeds >of violence was ut-
tered by Robert McCurdy, president
of the Illinois States Bar Associa-
tion, in opening the annual conven-
tion of that organization at the Ho-
tel La Salle.
Mr. McCurdy's address on "Tha
Enforcement of Law" was directed!
particularly at the crime of lynch-
ing, and, following its suggestions, a
resolution from Judge E. O. Brown
was adopted memorialising the con-
ference of comissioners on uniform
state laws to prepare a model law
that will take main responsibility
from local officers and center it in
the governor. The Americsn Bar
Assodstion is asked to promote tha
passage of such a law in all tha
states. :
"Andrew D. Whit«^ells us that
homicide is the most rspidly grow-
ing of serious crimes in this country,
snd that R is increasing mora rspid-
ly here than In any other land," Said
Mr. McCurdy. "Four years ago ha
gave to tiM woria toint tigxtrw cor-
ering an 8-year period. He found
the number of murders a yew per
million population to be: Canada, 8;
Germany, 4-5; England and Wales,
10-11; France, 12-15; Belgium, 15,
and the United States more than 129.
"The latest official figures at hand
(1912) give the number of homicides
in London ss eighty-six. During tha
same year in Chicago they reached
231. If the total for Chicago were
figured to correspond with the pop-
ulation, the record would read; Lon-
don, eight-six; Chicago, 698. Mora-
over, Chicago by no means heads tha
murder list of Amerian cities."
Taking up the subject of lynching
Mr. Mc Curdy submitted figures show-
ing that during thirty-two years tha
number lynched in the United Statea
has reached a, total of 2^98, an av-
erage at one every three days. In
the last ten years the yearly aver-
age has bean reduced to seventy-two.
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MODEL FARMS TO RESTARTS®
Progressive League Calls Meeting to
Interest Business Men,
Houston, Texas, June 4.—To dis-
cuss plans for a membership cam-
paign and to interest business and
profeasional men of Houston In tha
projects of the ProgreiMve League,
a meeting of the organisation will
be held ia tho Houston Press Club
rooms this evening, beginning at 8
o'clock.
Several vacant lota about the city
have been obtained by the league
and upon these will be started "mod-
el farms". Judge Norman O. Kltt-
rell has a garden which has been un-
der cultivation for more than a
month. It will be shown to pros-
pective gardeners as an incentive.
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Adv.66-6t
Because ,the individual amounta
are so small and require too much
time to call and collect I respect-
fully aak that all patrons^have^ the
.lied V*inaugs-
fea^frlr, there
Driver.
Laundry.
Iflorgnn Mow ftftuinis to Port.
f Oalveacon, Texas, June 4.,
Morgan line rtOMnshlp HI Sol,
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or will be
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A ldXA8 WONDER
Texas Wonder cures kidney
and bladdeip, troubles, removing
Svel. cures diabetes, weak and
5eTti81^l' Snd ^ fr"
bladder in both men and women.
Regulates bladder troubles in chil-
IW< .If not sold by your druggist
ZnLi ^ on tMalpt mf
$1.00. One small bottle is two
months' treatment, aid seldom fails
to Perfect a cure. Send for Texas
testimonials. Dr. E. W. Hall, 2926
OHve Street St. Louis, Mo., Sold
by druggie — ***
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tired farmers, and others, why keen
your family st home to swelter
through the summer,. .When you can
buy a lot and build a summer cot-
tage on the sea shore? Hundreds
are doing tWs.; $ costs no more to
live there, than to Uve at home. It
is health and happiness to them and
you. The most beautiful and cool-
est place is tbe Bay shore of Texas.
Buy a lot for the future, If you do
not want to improve it now, or as an
stment, aa they go higher each
year. Clifton-by-the-sea, located bn
a high bluff bante between Houston
and Galveston, IS where you want to
buy. .Write for pamphlets, prices
and terma, which are liberal. Agents
wanted. W. C. MoOre & Company,
816 Carter Building. Houston, Tex-
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