The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 20, Ed. 1, Friday, October 25, 1918 Page: 4 of 8
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"i gallon Pie Apples ...-50c
$ Xb Crisco ...a. 93c
lb Crisco . ' $1-80
S lb Crisco . .. . $2.80
Coal Oil, 5 gal.-..- 00c
Blue Label corn syrup, gal 75c
Peaherry Coffee 20c and.., 23c
Rio Coffeo 18c and 20c
Spuds, ID lb.. -45c
Texas Flour 48 lb .... r$2.85
Texas Flour 24 lb - - .' . $1.15
Blackeyed Peas 13'jc
Meal, 24 pounds .. 1.30
Pinto Beans 12 Vj
Navy Beans - 15c
5 Clean Easy Soap..-,..... -....25c
Tea Liptons lb .......20c
Old Colony Tea, lb .. 40c
Garrett Snuff.. .....-. 25c
Honest Snuff ' - 25c
Tomatoes 2Ib....L...... 15c
Tomatoes lib - 9c
Corn 21b - 1215c
Kraut 21b a ,. 10c
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Yours For Fair Dealings
Braun's Cash Store
Bartlett, Texas
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Whe TRIBUNE
and NEWS
K, F. Cates, Editor and Owner
Entered as second-class mat-
ter at the post office at Bartlett,
Texas, under thp act of March
, 1879
Subscription, $1.00 Per Year.
Four Weeks a Newspaper Month
FKIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1918
'Regular church services in Bartlett
iJSSunday. Don't forget to attend.
The rainfall in tlijs section amount-
to one and a half inch during this
eeck.
Ruling From
State School Superintendent.
Belton, Oct. 23. The following let-
ter was received today and will set-
tle thve question whether teachers may
legally draw pay for time lost during
the quarantine called by the county
health officer ''in tiiis county. Also
wish to say that the county superin-
tendent has (received no funds with
which to pay teachers yet, and from
the other letter received from state
superintendent which was published
in last Sunday's Telegram, we may
not get these funds until after Nov. 1.
Austin, Tex., Oct. '23. 1918.
Mr. L. S. Butler,
Belton, Texas
Dear Sir: ,
In rcnlvtovour letter of Oct. 12.
I desire tosay,, that if school-boards
IT, fr
.Bartlett went oyjy?,the tot
fourth LjbgrtyIcoanV a3 'tWjaf
(Fes Tn. anyt patriotic movemer
ind the stale-wide law is not the
law passed by the legislature
tot should be declared 'unconstitu
tional as much as we regret it. mere
are others. If we are going to con
sume to pass laws tnat are uncon-'
Ututional, we are going to continue
tg have trouble.
According to letters received at the
Southwestern Division headquarters
id the Red Cross from commanders
of the medical corps of the big camps
a'hd cantonments of the Southwest,
he-Red Cross has done yeoman ser
ine in helping to stop the spread of
ISpamsh influenza. This is true witn
regafd to the civilian population also.
In a letter fcom the medical com-
bnaoding officer of one of the largest
camps in Texas the witer said: "The
Red Cross always has been our bul-
k in time of stress, and it gives
much pTfcaSure" to , acknowledge
tironiBt.' and. Valuable aid r which
E ftttVe-iBtoes in this" emerge
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dismtsssqnooDpnnccount of an epi
demic, and! ihotify the teachers to
'Jfdl& themselves in readiness to re-
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Antitiea to receive pay ior sucn
i as school may be dismissed. If
teachers agree to the dismissal
be
TOE STATE WIIBJ LAW
UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
Last Wednesday the Court of
.Criminal Appeals handed down an
opinion declaring the State wide pro-
hibition law passed by the last lcgis-
lture unconstitutional. Since the
27th of June that law, has most ef
fectively made thostato bone dry,
and evory community that had failed
to carry local option and thereby
become dry prior to that date has
had a gpod taste of dry rule. Bart
lett is among that number.and the
effect hore has been very pronounced
in convincing Almost every one both
pro and anti alike that dry rulo is
by far the best, for the town and
community, tried' from every stand-
point, and the Tribune is safe in
saying that no' less than eighty-five
per cent of our -toting population
deeply regrets the reopening of the
saloon liusiness in our little city.
As a result steps are already being
taken to call a local option election
in this precinct and there is no doubt
from the sentiment now expressed but
that it will carry by a good majority.
Our peoplo have npt forgotton the
conditions that prevailed here night
and day after Dallas and Waco
voted dry, and tho zone law become
effective in Fort Worth, making
Bartlett the first place after leaving
Kansas City where whiskey was be-
ing sold. They have not forgotten
the enconveniencos and danger attend-
ing any effort to travel upon our
highway going north, and therefore
are unwilling to,, allow this state
of . things to be renewed and
coiftinue' any longer than they can
legally proceed to prevent it.
Taking the matter of collections
this fall under dry rule
our merchants and banker's will
show a bettor record for both
sales and collections, than any fall
in tho past, in spite of the drouth
conditions that have, fallen upon us
duing the past two years.
In the above statement the Tribune
feels that it onjy expresses the sen-
timent of the citizens, pro and anti,
as given it.
Again we say that our people, al-
most as a whole, deeply reerret the
reopening of the saloon business in
Bartlett; but we have no quarrel
with our-xourt who has declared our
state wide law unconstitutional. Ours
are a law abiding people and will
endure thecondition and other attend-
ant inconveniences that may follow,
until they can usher in a better day
under a rule that will pass constitu
tional muster.
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while our PRICES are LOW, they never
DESCEND to the point where QUALITY
ceases.
Have Lots of Bargains Left
Our Prices Will Bear Comparison,
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without pay, then they should
bound by such agreement.
Sincerely,
W,. F. DOUGHTY,
State Department.
A LETTER FROM FRANCE.
Injunctions prohibiting the trans-
ortaf 1 and ' delr. cry of intoxicating
hquoi-3 which were issued byy the Dis-
rtict Court of Travis County against
practically all the railroads of Texis
are not affected by the decision of
the Court, of Criminal Appeals on
Statewide prohibition and are still in
force, according to a telegram sent
by Attoney General Looney to the
several Federal directors of railroads
in Texas. The telegram adds: 'With-
out regard to the action of the court
on motion for rehearmg, the State will
vigorously insist on the validity of the
anti-shipping and other features of
the statute."
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CLOCKS AND WATCHES TO
BE TURNED BACK ONE HOUR.
Our highway laws should be ob-
served by sober people, as well as
those who are not sober.
toke
fair
Hardware Company
Automobile Hearse and Ambulance.
Also Horse Drawn Hearse.
SERVICE DAY OR NIGHT '
Day Phone 82.
Night Phone 23 and
77,
Jliss Juanita Webster received the
following letter from her cousin, C.
Laughlin, who is now in France.
Dear Juanita :-
Your letter to hand a few
days and surply enjoyed hearing from
you. Write often; always glad to
hear from you, and remember :t is
a long time between letters should
you write only in reply.
Enclosed you will find a litle souv-
enir with lots of god will. This is
a great country for souvenirs. Ev
ery where we find children they want
some little remembrance American
pennies being their UQlighu The
do not want them for their value but
as they say "souvenirs".
Today is the first "land-mark" in
my career as one of "Dear Old Uncle
Sam's Boys". I felt like a full-fledged
sodier upon entering but the more
I learn, the more I find there is to
learn. But I know I am far better
fitted today than one year ago today.
Many of the duties I have had to per-
form have been far from what I
imagined they would be. In fact, I
find fighting face to face with the
enemy is the least part (tho' it isself
is very important) of alloldior's duty
but I have enjoyed most every day of
it.
Tho trip, over here and our stay
is something great almost priceless,
for it has been one of great interest
all the time and continues to be.
Sure there will be groat joy when we
j;et back to the Old States and homes
where wo can ait around the burning
logs in tho fire places and relate our
piany adventures (tho mine at pres-
pnt are few and of a mild form).
It was surely bad about Franklin
Curtis. I remember him well. IvhnU
a card from Alfred Wackor this week.
Yee I see a good many of the Texas
boys, but most of then are of 'the
same command I am. There is only
one from Bartlelt here that J know o(
Albert Frederick.
Yos I heard about my new neico,
guess she tokos up all of Lucilc's time.
I have not heard from them in ages.
With Love -Pvt.
1-c Chaa. H. 'Laughlin,
Btry, F. 345. F. A. A. E.F.
-Via New York. '
At the close of business hours next
Saturday evening, all clocks and
watches are supposed to be set back
Clocks in residences will
ABOUT THE PRICE AND
PRODUCTION OF COTTON.
one hour. Clocks m
be set back an hour before bedtimel
in order that everybody may awake
Sunday, morning with all timepieces
back at normal standard time again.
This is the program suggested by
Joseph L. Cline, in charge of the
United States Weather Observation
Bureau h'crc.
' According to the law which was
passed by Congress the official time
for moving timepieces up an hour is
set at 2 a. m. on the last Sunday in
March, and the timefor setting them
back is 2 a. m. on the last Sunday in
October. The most practical way of
carrying this out, Dr. Cline said, is
for everybody to retard their watches
and clocks an hour before they retire
on Saturday night.
Railroads will observe the law
strictly, setting thejr timepieces back
an hour at 8 -o'clock next Sunday
morning., ' ,
UNITED WAR WORK CAMPAIGN
AN APPRECIATIVE LETTER
Dallas, Tex., Oct. 23.
Barttetfc Tribune,
Bartlett, Texas.
My Dear Sir:- i
The biwt thanks which I
can offer you for your part in tho
Liberty Loan Campaign is to toll you
that unofficial returns show we are
likoly to reach our quota.
I bm sure .yoU will regard this vas
a sufficient reward for all your splen-
did effort. I appreciate more than
I can say everything that you have
done Very sincerely yours.
J. W. ITookos,
Executive Managor.
Stokes-Blair Hardware
Bartlett, Texas
Co.
See us for all kinds of patent med-
icines and stock remedies. Farmers
Mercantile Co Schwortner.
See
lard.
Bridges Bros, for fresh hog
Coleman County Cotton Failure.
f (Santa-Anna News.)
Levi WI Smith, cptton census
enumerator for Coleman county, re-
ports that 108 bales of cotton were
girmfcd in the county prior toSepU 25;
1018 as against v.uaz to tno same uaw
last year.
In Santa Anna only 02 balos had
boon ginned to Saturday night, Oct.
12, as compared to more than 2,000 at
the same date last October.
"Silver Floss" Kraut, large size can
20 cents, Farmers Mercantile Co., at
Schwertner.
Austin, Texas, October 15, 1018.-
The State Department of Agricul-
ture of Texas has made a careful
survey of the cost of producing the
1018 Cotton Crop and found tho cost-
to bo 85 cents based upon 1G0 oounds
of lint per acre, and named 35 cents
as the minhrium price cotton should
sell for. Since than the Government
estimates less thrfn 160 pounds, thus
increasing the cost.
Iho price went to 35 cents. The
producers were compelled to tell
more coton than could be shipped at
once in order to pay off obligations
and meet the requests of the govern
ment in financing the , var. The
banks of the South furnished the
money to pay for the cotton, which
was their patriotic duty in financing
tne lourtn tiiberty Loan. At this
point, speculators and enemies pf'cot-
ton sprang price fixing talks and
gave out false utterances from Gov
ernment officials to aid in depressing
tne price, wnicn nas worked a great
hardship and injustice to the pro-
ducers as well as to tho buyers vyho
bought and tho bankers who furnish-
ed the money.
Every class of citizenship having
any knowledge of" the cost or value
of cotton, from the tenant producer
to tho officials of this Federal Reserve
banks, realize tha 35 cents should
be the minimum prico for this crop.
Since the System of making tho
price of cotton does not reflect value
or cost of production, but is largely
governed by tho action of the pro
ducers as to the price thoy ask for it
and the way they handle it, and
since 35 cents will barely cove cost
of production, and ns .enough cotton
has been sold to Relieve the pressing
debts, and as all bank's fr6m the
smallest to tho Reserve banks had
rather piake loans to the farmers
on their cotton to meet further obli-
gations than to buyers to buy that
which cannot be shipped, and as sell-
ing cotton reduces the prico while
borrowing money on it advances 'it,
selling should, cease. The represen-
tatives of this Department have been
well over the State and find all
classes realize that cotton xis worth
55 corits and are universally holding
for at least that price.
Under tho circumstances and con
ditions, I feel it very important that
all understand each other and all act
together that the dealer in futures
may- depend on them and place his
The Great United War Work Cam-
paign to be had during the week, Nov
lth to 18th, during which time tha
citizenship of the United States will
be called upon to put up not less than
One Hundred seventy million -five-thousand
dollars for the various war
activities, will soon be on.
Dr. John R. Mott the Director Gen-
eral ofNthe Campaign wires as fol-
lows: "Our whole National Organ-
ization are 'uited in the conviction
that the War Work activities of the
seven organizations must continue to
be pressed With full and increasing
vigor and that whenever Peaco comes
it will be -followed by a long period
of demobilization. Military autof-
ities say it will take fifteen months
to bring tho Canadian Army home
and eighteen months for the Austral-
ian Army to be taken home. AH
military authorities wih whom I
have consulted insist, it will require
- ......... luuuiiio imer peace is
declared to bring the American Arm$-
home. This demobilization period
will present greatest need for our
work and by far our greatest oppor-
tunities, therefore there should bo no
hesitation or change in any of our
campaign plans, except that of en-
larging them and redoubling ur ef-
forts to secure even larger' funds
than the goal set".
We must do our part. If each of
us does' his part tho burden will be
light on all. Williamson County has
never yet failed to put un its full
quota nnd moro 'n ovory War drive
ancl it will do the samo this timo.
Publicity Com-
r
hots accordingly nnd advance the
price to at least cost of production.
While farmer, merchant, banker
and cotton buyer are all holding forg-
ot lenst 35 c6nts and realize that cot-
ton is worth that price, there needs
to be no a unity of action and I am
giving this notice to tho dally and"
country press that all may be united.
I hope that all who read this wiU
realize that it is going alj ovor tho
South and that each one, ns ho roads
it will decide his cotton is not for
sale for less than 35. cents and that
all will have seen it by Monday, Octo-
bof 21, after which time it is hoped
and urged that no cotton will be for
sale for a less price
Respectfully.
W. B. YEARLY, Cotton Specialist.
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Cates, R. F. The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 20, Ed. 1, Friday, October 25, 1918, newspaper, October 25, 1918; Bartlett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth49098/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bartlett Activities Center and the Historical Society of Bartlett.