The West Weekly News and Times. (West, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, June 14, 1918 Page: 2 of 8
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Daily arrivals of new merchandise in alt of our departments neccessitate our pushing the
old stock to make room for the new. Special offers in broken lots of shoes, work hats,
men’s clothing and notions. In fact we have bargains throughout our general line of
merchandise We appreciate your trade. Let us figure with you on all of your dry-goods
BUSINESS
DUNLAP Successor to Cecil Co.
THE WEST NEWS
tells us ‘the dirt roads are Rood incompetency.
Published Weekly B> | in dry weather, sand roads are have the best officials possible, plow. It needs cleaning worse
Tbs Ttrrsll Publishing Company good in wet weather, but gravel1 but good men are hard to get than ours. Ut our nationa so
J. J. BIKFLE. Local Manager roads are good in all kinds of unless the pay is sufficient to gan be: tin the ar.
-MM. „.oo Per Year A„..nCe "eatfaer." Correct you are, Fis | live on. _
n yi.w per » c«i m ,
d^ >cber’and y°vr10 a
at ta* p<wtornc« «t WMt. IMM. weather proof road from iviesei, At the last moment Miss Annie
am ada wiu b« run untu ordered out. to every other point in the state\\’ebb Blanton of Denton, an
—which would necessarily in j nouDCed bt;r candidacy for State
■ a— uthurwt.. jr.otflrd
elude this town.
NEGLECTED SOLDIERS.
(Texas Monthly Review.)
Onelof the arguments ad vane
In Luting recently a man
named Keller was tarred and
feathered and made to leave town
■' for lefusing to contribute to the
Superintendent of Public In ed for the primary suifrage bill
structlon. Miss Blanton is a WM tba( was needed as a war
well known educator and was measure Sl) many patriotic
once President of .the btatt i m0Q were going into service that
Teachers Association. She is a ^ patriotic women were needed
sister of Congressman Blanton. to gtand bebind tbe boys in the
all these the thousands of men
who have joined the new Nation-
al Guard—now practically organ-
ized— and some conception may
be had of the great number of
Texas men who will be unabie to
vole this year.
So far as the soldiers them
selves are concerned, they glad
ly gave up certain civilian privi-
leges to enter? the Army and
ing the muscled kid from milt
tary service.—Clifton Keoordi
TWO POPULAR ERROR8.
(Texas Monthly Review)
The test of the ten mile stone
law in the Court of Criminal Ap-
peals has resulted in consider-
able discussion of two question*
leges to enter? the Army «“‘|whlch do not nln%. One of these
others will continue to do so. as;i8 wh)Jtb„ lhe 8tatowide profit-
they should. But to have ac ! bukm ,gw wl|( re)>(>al lhe ^
corded them the privilege ol]^ ^ othcf J(| whether>
lmtimr urnnl/1 hlVA hppn 11 tfril/'P
voting would have been a grace
ful action ior the lawmakers, an
action which would, undoubted-
upholding the zone law, the
Court of Criminal Appeals did
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; Red Cross. Drastic' Certainly Her announcement is the result | drenches, as well at the ballot ly have met with the approval of;
and it showed the mob spirit too; 0f an unsuccessful effort to; box a8 jn the home the hospiUl......
Kut tvhpn it. 1 < f».nnftidered that cmolrn the npAAPrit, incumbent .. ____
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; comptlcnce, ms reius»i i*u biu
The above cut shows the trade 1 (be country that made him what
territory in Texas that is covered lbe was financially showed him to
but when it is considered that j smoke the present incumbent jor any otber tield o{ usefulness,
j Kellar came to Luiing years ago Doughty out on the Guberna-
j flat broke, was given employment torial race. The State Superin-
and eventually amassed quite a tendent of Public Instruction has
(competence, his refusal to aid refused to take part in the Gov-
intry that made him what ernor’s race holding that his
-----„c v,tt= financially showed him to 0gjCe bas nothing whatever to do
by the publication of The j be more bog than man. WearejWAh the Executive office. In
Terrell Publishing Company. 80rry the gang tarred and feath-; tbjg be jg eminently correct and
The six papers owned by the j ered him but we don’t blame ’em j tbe people will sustain his cou rse
company each covers well the , f0r running him out of town. We j when they have a say.. Not only
trade territory from the town in ! wouldn’t want to live in the same Diat, but it is poor politics on the
9 which each is published. I town with one of his kind either.! pari 0f the friends of any candi-
i date for Governor to try to force
Says the Bartlett Tribune; “It
seems to us that after Jnne 20,
when the beer is no more, ice
should be cheaper.” What use
will Bartlett have for ice, Cates,
“when the beer is no more?”
a member of the Legislature and
later was appointed by the sage
of Palestine, who was then Gov
ernor of the State, to the position
A peculiar trait of nearly every of District Judge of the Galves-
man you meet is that he would ton District. Briggs is a bright
rather give away five dollars young Jurist and will make an
than be beat out of five cents, active campaign over the District.
And this is easy of explanation: Congressman Gregg oi that Dis
To give the five bucks satisfies trictis a candidate for re-elec-
bis sense of generosity (a form tion and Congressman Jeff Me
Clay S. Briggs of Galveston all candidates for State Offieee to
is a candidate for Congress in declare a preference for a Gub-
that District. Briggs was once ernatorial candidate. Let every
A news disoatch from Wash-
ington of the 5th says; "Further
prohibition legislation at this
time appears unlikely. After an
announcement by Senator Mor-
bis sense of generosity (a form tion and Congressman JelT Me j ^ sbeppard that President
of vanity no one objects to) while Lemore is also a candidate. Me- Wj,son action unle88 u
tub stand on its own bottom. No
candidate for a State Office
should seek a combination with
any candidate.
to be beat out of five cents con Lemore married in Galveston
vinces him that he is still just and has since made that city his
that much of a chump. home. This bids fair to be an
__________ibhb- interesting Congressional race.
Tbe public’s conception of;
human rights and freedom has ■
its crowning climax n the right
to vote, and jet there are so
many that do not value that
greatest of all liberties at one
doiiar and seventy five cents.
After an election is over these
same fellows register seventeen
Senator Vincent of Louisiana
recently made a statement in
which be said be favored fifteen
hundred dollars for members of
the legislature of that state, and
that they were moral cowards
for not voting themselves that
Wilson opposes action unless it
should be recommended by Mr.
Hoover, Mr. Sheppard says
Mr. Hoover also opposes any
further prohibition action.” The
prohibition question right now
should worry nobody. The fed-
eral government has it under
absolute control; it is like a bull-
dog muzzled; no one need fear it.
There are many more issues to
settle now; live issues of greater
moment. The livest, the main
issue is to win the war. All other
Mine wuuw. increa8e ^ave given twenty issue is to win me war. ah oiuer
dollars and a quarter worth of oftt)eheet years of my life to issues should be forgotten. The
kicks over the results. j publicservice,” he said, “and it • man who shuts his eyes to this
has cost me more than four (fact should have them opened
About the only way we can
account for so many of our ex-
changes dropping their editorial
piges since the war began is
thousand dollars more than I
have gotten out of it. It I am
worth anything at all to my peo-
ple, I am worth a sufficient sum
------ —- ---- — pie, 1 aiu wuuu 1 iuu
that the editors have joined the,^ defray (he expense* of my I
army and left incompetent devils wbite gerriQ|f them.” Sen
to publish their papers Usually _tor Vincent simply voice* tbe
when left to tbe devil tbe paper*
shows a marked improvement
editorially—at least the devil
thinks so. We are thinking of
taking our vacation soon: watch
idea, now very strongly prevai
ent in Texas, that if public offi-
cials were adequately paid we
would get much more
by force; he is helping tbe kaiser
as much aa any other slacker
by diverting public attention to
otber ends than winning tbe war.
When the war is over we can
again take up our own family af-
fairs. We can go ahead closing
up saloons (if there are any left
to close) chasing scarlet women
out of town (if there are any left
So said the suffragists, and the
lawmakers heeded. Strangely
enough, while giving suffrage to
women, they failed to confer it
upon the very soldiers to help
whom the women asked suffrage
It is difficult to estimate the
number of Texans of voting age
who wiil be unable to vote in
July because of somebody's
blunder. It is difficult, too, to
understand why a *>»r session”
of tbe Texas Legislature closed
without tbe enactment of a sol
diers' suffrage bill.
Patriotism was the keynote of
the session. Legislation of dras-
tic character was practically un
opposed because of a general de
sire to be helpful to the Nation.
Almost anything offered as a war
measure was sure of success.
Yet the opportunity to allow the
boys in khaki to assist in decis-
ion of public questions, to have a
voice in the selection of the men
who will govern their State
while they fight for State and
Nation in the fielda of Francs,
was allowed to pass.
Major Townes, in charge of
tbe selective draft in Texas,
some time ago estimated tbe
number of men in Claes 1 In this
State at 100,000. Since that es-
timate was made public, tiie
draft machinery haa functioned
rapidly. Perhaps all these men
will be in service, either by sel-
ection or through accepting
such opportunities of early en-
listment as are offered, In time
to prevent their participation in
the naming of Texaa' officials.
But thousands of Texas boys at
ready were in service before
Major Townes' estimate was
made. Thousands were in the
Guard when war was declared.
Thousands more rnshed to the
Army and became Regulars or
Guardsmen after war was de
flared. Many bad been taken
into the National Army before
tbe new classification tor men of
Regarding the first of these
the citizenship.
And, surely, no class Lotions, it may be .pointed out
more Intelligently stand by the j lh(J state wHe ,aw
soldiers in so far as that can g provit|on tl1ecj(ically stating
be done at the ballot box, than!
the soldiers themselves jcumoiaUve ,Dd that its passage
Canada allows her soldiers to^ not 8U8pend the operation
vote, wherever they are. Many ;of exi8ting probibitory laws. H
States have provided, at.one foUow- lbal „ tbe 8uie.wide
time or another, for soldiers )8W be npbe|d M sound through!
voting. The special session offer- j ^ ^ Zl>ne# creaU,d by tbe
ed an opportunity for something: len.mi!, wlll o^n,* t0
of the kind being done lor Texas ut a)tboUKb M,8Ung wi^in *
soldiers. And that opportt mty dry gute Wbat attitude
was allowed to pass. j courts may take toward acondi-
___________________: ; tion of this kind is problematical,
i but it was the expreseed intent
of the Legislature that the ten-
mile dry zones should not be
! abolished by the operation oi tbe
law making the entire state dry.
There is nothing in the major-
ity opinion el the Court of Crimi-
nal Appeals In the zone law Ust
case to warrant a belief that the
State wide law’s fate was decid-
ed in that case. On the contrary.
Judge Morrow dearly indicated
that the court was not judging
the 8tate wide act and this law
must be considered on its own
merits later, in case a test is
made of it. The majority opinion
held the zone law constitutional
as a regulatory measure within
the police power of the State and
not as an outright act of prohibi-
tion. “The Legislature's power
to prohibit having never been
asset ted, has not been decided
by the courts,” according to the
majority opinion. “The Consti-
tution afford* relator no guaran-
ty of t *» privilege of selling la-
toxica- liquors In any speci-
fied locality in Tarrant County,”
says the opinion elsewhere. The
decision cannot be considered a
test of tbe State wide act and,
whether or nut any such test is
made after that act goes into ef-
fect, its constitutionality st
an open question.
. ........wo.
that the law Is to be considered
As Others See it.
Tiie dirt road* are good in dry
weather, the sandy roads are
good in wet weather, but a gra-
ve) road ia good in all kinds of
weather.—Riesel Rustler.
It seems to us that after June
26th, when the beer is no more,
tee should be cheaper.—Bartlett
Tribune.
The German report aays the
British attack on Zeebrugge was
a failure, which it probably the
reason Berlin ia removing the
sdmiral in commend of the port.
—Del Rio News.
Tbe esteemed Galveston Dallas
News is very much aggrieved
at German autocracy, as are all
of us, and yet it la distressed
because tbe supreme oourt holds
that congress can't control the
domestic concerns of a sovereign
state.—Waco Timea Herald
8till, there Is going to be some
tall bowling if some husky pro-
fessional athlete ia exempted be-
cause of the amusement he sells,
whereas some narrowchested
accountant is dragged out and
sent to tbe trenches. Athletic
amusements are all right, bnt
those left behind can indulge in
Drives Out Malaria, Builds Up
Tk«OM
a tot each other ’s plow*. But right draft age was adopted. Add to such themselves without exempt-
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