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' v HOUSTOfJ DAILY- POST: SUN DAY MORNING APrtIL Zl 1918
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GUSON SPOKE.
ATWAXAHACHIE
latrodncd is Most Persecuted Man I
u:.t f T-w.-. . .... A
Says Boy i at Home As Well As
' " Soldiery Should Be Protected
From Influenos of - '
'; lienor.
(Houston Pott Special)
WAXArLlCHIE Txaa AprU lO.-Adi
dressing a crowd variously estimated at
from ItOO-to 4000 composed principally
of farmers and their wives. Jamas- H.
Ferguson Saturday afternoon mad - the
third speech of his campaign for re-election
as Governor of Texas.
Governor Ferguson was introduced by
C. N. Supple a leading business man -of
thla city who referred to him as "the
most persecuted man In the history of
Texas" and one who would be vindicated
at the polls In July.
Ferguson produced what he claimed to
o duplicate copies of a purchase from
wholesale liquor concern of Fort Worth
JL.W0 9ulu"t of brandy six quarts of
whUky. 73 quart of wine and 210 bottles
?i it61- by fidwn Hobby manager of the
7.1 wmpavn on April .
' Why was all this beer and liquor pur
cnasea Just before Fort Worth went
dry?" Ferguson dramatically asked his
audience. "If the Hobby campaign com-
mittee of which Kdwln Hobby Is the
head denies that It was to be used In
connection with the Hobby campaign
headquarters at Dallas then let them
say so and let them explain who did
drink the liquor and for whose benefit
was ine purchase made.
"It looks like this campaign Ilka a for
mer one ii to M i dry ntl against a
wet pro. ir Hobby la sincere in his ef-
forts to protect the soldier from the evils
or booie then he ought to set a good
example at home and realise that If we
arc to have pure elections and aa honest
imuw mai it is jusi as necessary to pro-
wet me boy .at home and the voter at
v home as It Is the soldier in the ranks.
- Let us do as much for a solier eitlaen-
u ship as we dp for a sober soldier."
. Governor Ferguson paid a clowlntt
: tribute to the women of Texas and stated
i that while he contended that the women
; themselves did not want the ballot that
they would exercise it with Intelligence
- and ability and that hey would not be
- deceived by his opponent's grand stand
' play at prohibition.
; John ft. Moore of Palestine candidate
' for lieutenant governor on the Furguson
platform preceded Ferguson and spoke
' tor IB minutes In the interest of his race.
; He referred with pride to the fact that
as a member of the legislature he voted
. against every count In the Ferguson lm-
peachment charges and slated that if
' elected he would act with honesty and
loyalty to the people and to the governor
' and would not try to steal the chair from
. the chief executive.
' Members of the Ferguson committee
of Ellis county held a meeting preceding
the speech of Mr. Ferguson and selected
- candidates to run for the legislature from
. that district. Bowd Farrar was chosen
to make the race from place Mo. 1 and I.
: H. McCarter for place No. 2.
Airplane to Search
; For Border Bandits
(Associated Prist Roparl.)
I Eli PASO Texas. April It. A military
3 airplane which was received at Juares
i Mexico. Friday from Mexico City is to be
; used to search for bandits along the ln-
ternationai border according to Major J.
' Gomex Tagle commander of the Juares
'garrison. Major Tagle ia an experience!
i aviator and will Instruct his officers in
the use of the machine.
V"
" ' Plane in Double Accident.
lAstciatt4J'ru KepL) -"
WACO. Texas. April 20. While making
regular student flight this' afternoon
" the machine in which Cadet Babcock of
Rich field was flying plunged to the
Z ground and was almost completely de-
. mollshed. The aviator who was about
- half through his course was not serious-
. !y hurt. As the machine was being r-
turned to Rich field In an army motor
; truck It was struck by a street car. John
W. Whltmore driver of the truck was
" thrown to the ground sustaining a frao-
4 tured shoulder and arm.
TJ. D. C. War Saving! Society. .
' ' (Houston Post Special)
BRENHAM Texas April 20 The
" Minnie B. Williams chapter. United
- Daughters of the Confederacy has fir-
' ganixed a war savings society with Mrs.
' Mary Dixon as president and Mrs. J. C.
Day secretary. Washington county is
- expected to organise 7? of these societies.
; Mrs. 8. Bowers chairman of the women'a
division for the war savings campaign
- in this county has appointed Mrs. Joseph
" C. Tucker as supervisor for war savings
.' societies and a number are In process of
formation. Societies were recently or-
ganiied at Blinn Memorial college and
at the Brenham High school.
HAVE YOU
GOGED
They Mean l
better
future
They Mean
health
and all
Imply.
If Your Teeth Are Not What They Should Be
You Should Consult a Dental Specialist
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Strong Efforts Being Made
Fix the Price of - Cotton
North and East Thinks
Raw Cotton E. A. Calvin Says-Recent Break
in Market Was Due; to i Manipulation by In
terests Seeking to Force Price Regulation.
By W. $ OARD Correspondent
Houston Post Bureau.
401 Kellogg Building.
WASHINGTON April 10. Pricing cot-
ton through government agencies con-
tinues to be talked In certain circle In
Washington anxt It Is understood th
war Industries board leans strongly In
that direction and Is ready to Droceed In
directly to accomplish this If congress re-
fuses to give the authority to do it di-
rectly. It is being charged that men high In
the councils of the aovernment shut their
eyes to the campaign of last week which
resulted in the big break in the cotton
market. Humors of aovernment Interfer
ence with cotton prices started the alump
ana inia aecune was aioea Dy oouineru
merchants and banks holding large quan-
tities of cotton on which they have ad
vanced money who hedged to save them
selves from losses threatened oy oe
cllnlng market. One cotton expert saya
It la this quantity of last year's cotton
still held in the South which has sus
tained the price of the staple and It Is
this cotton which the spinners would Ilka
to ronce into the market.
SOME SOUTHERNERS
FAVOR REGULATION. -While
the cotton belt as a whole 'is op
posed to attempts to regulate or stabilise
cotton prices there are few Southern
farmers and their spokesmen who have
argued In favor of government regulation
and control. They are to be found in
Texas and in the other cotton Utatea and
their utterances and writings are being
used now by the commercial organisations
working to bring sdoui price nxing. con-
gress is not anxious to get into this chan-
nel of legislation but the Avers bill
which seeks to make Doastble aovernment
pricing of all farm products including
cotton and the Emerson bill wutcn
makes 20 cents the maximum price may
be used to create a parliamentary sit-
uation which would foroe congress to give
consideration to the proposal.
Senator Ransdell of Louisiana has an
nounced in the senate "that no bill fixing
the price of cotton could pass unless It
fixed prices on all articles made from cot-
ton including textiles also farm products
also on manufactured articles of all kind
upon the same basis." Senator Hoke
Smith of Georala has said Dractlcallv the
same thing and a like opinion Is reflected
oy practically tne enure Texas congres
sional delegation.
Two important meetings nave been
called already which indicate the effort
being made to create cotton pricing senti-
ment. On May 1 to 4 there will be held
in New York a meeting called by the
national council of American cotton man
ofacturera which will be attended by
members of that organisation by cotton
buyers a delegation of Southern planters
headed by William McCabe of South
Carolina and the leading New York
bankers. The announced purpose of this
meeting Is to devise new methods of buy
ing selling and handling cotton and one
of the chief addresses is to be delivered
by Earl Heading. British ambassador.
The other meeting Is that arranged oy
Director Denny of the cotton seed division
of the food administration. Dr. Denny
and Hugh Humphries of his division will
confer with ginners oil men and farmers
at various points In the South early next
month to consider and formulate roles
snd regulations for the handling and sale
or this year a crop oi coteon seed. 1 tie
Texas ginners mill men and farmers will
be asked to meet Denny and Humphries
at Lianas on aiay s.
MAY PRESS COTTON
TO GREATER DENSITY.
Another matter of interest to the cotton
fcett is the suggestion that the government
railroad administration requli'e that all
cotton on: erect tor
tton offered tor shlprueat bcompressed
a density of 33 pounds per cubic foot.
to
This suggestion has the approval "of the
shipping
ipping ooara department ot agriculture
id nurrteroae -commerWal organizations
am
as a means to conserve car space. No
final action will be taken until Director
General McAdoo returns from his liberty
bona campaign.
Discussing -the Emerson bill which
would establish 20 cents aa the maximum
price for cotton unless the president by
executive order should advance or de-
crease this pries to accord with his idea
of Justice. E. A. Calvin of Houston who
Is now stationed in Washington as the
representative of the cotMn States' of-
ficial advisory marketing bWird which is
composed of State commissioners of ag-
riculture presidents of farrners' unions
and directors of State marketing bureaus
stild: "The terms o' this bill are so pal-
pably unfair that there Is no likelihood of
its passage but the price suggested as a
maximum no doubt represents the views
of the Knot and North and of many mem-
bers of congress. The announced purpose
of price fixing at the beginning was to en-
courage production by guaranteeing mini-
mum prices and cotton is (be only com-
modity on which a maximum price has
been suugested either by the food admin-
istration or by congress. While some may
contend that this bill only represents the
views of its author it nevertheless repre-
EVER STOPPED TO
NECESSITY OF
TEETH?
and brighter
They Mean
They Mean
for tha posse-
and happiness
that these terms
My ucca I built on expert aervice reasonable price and satis-
fled patrons cardinal principle that Insure me the reepect and
patronage of thousands throughout this section. .1
Bridge Work
Examination Free KJrJr
GOLD CROWNS J I SET OF TEETH dJ
that please. f : ... )t - that fit 3)4
Teeth Filled
To Stay Filled
Out of town people consult m at .one upon arrival In th
city.- In many Instances th work can b gotten out so you
can return earn day.
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20 Cents lar Fair Price for
eats tha views of most of th cotton
manufacturing States and clearly Indl
cates tha probable results in case a prloe
snouia oe nxea on ootton.
RECENT BREAK
WAS MANIPULATED.
- ''The reoent heavy break in the cotton
market waa superinduced by comblna.
tlon of Interests which had for It pur-
pose the 'breaking ot th cotton market
to such a point's' Id sat th South In Una
on prlce'fix!ngr;.Thls combination thinks
that if tha-market can be broken down to
about 20 oanta the South wilt demand that
a once be fixed and then tha same com
blnatlonwlll use Its Influence to have the
frlce fixed at that figure. Unfortunately
his combination has some henchmen in
Ihe South who are uslna their best en
deavors to accomplish th purpose set out
In the EmeiVui bill.
"The holders of spot cotton In the
South should not be stampeded by the
unwarranted and clandestine work of th
combination 'I referred to and If this
combination should ' succeed in getting
congress to consiaer nxing a price on cot-
ton the entire country should demand that
a price be first Used on all klnda of cotton
goods. Not only the cotton goods in the
hands of the manufacturer but also In
the bands of Jobbers wholesale .and retail
merchants. . This is logical and reasonable.
Neither th army the navy nor the civ
ilian consumers are interested in the price
or couon. out an are interested in tne
price of manufactured cotton goods.
' PICKETING IS ILLEGAL
Court of Appeals Decides Against
Labor unions.
tAuociattd Prlss Rtfort.)
.FORT WORTH Texas AprU 20. Pick
eting by labor union for tha purpose of
preventing persons from entering the
place of -business of concern not em
ploying organised labor was declared a
violation of the antitrust lawa of Texaa
by the court of civil appeals here Sat-
urday. The decision was made In the
case case of Webb vs. the Cooks and
Walters' union of Fort Worth. The de
cision of the trial court was reversed and
a new judgment rendered in which a per.
petual Injunction agalnat the Union was
established. This is the first case of tills
nature disposed of in Texas.
Second Court of Appeals.
(Houston Port ioa.)
FORT WORTH. Texas April 20. This
following proceedings were had in the
court of civil appeals for the second su-
preme Judicial district of Texaa at Fort
Worth Saturday:
Motions overruled: The Cooper Grocery
company va. Frank Neblett et al for ad-
ditional conclusions of fact and law; Har-
ry Scaling vs. R. B. Collins to affirm on
certificate; Joa Polythreas vs. Mrs. Min
nie E. Evana et al for rehearing; Chi-
cago Rock Island and Gulf Railway com-
fiany va. Mrs. E. J. Taylor for rehear-
ng; Jamea M. Elite vs. Houston and
Texas Railroad company et al for re-
hearing. Motions granted: V. F. Miller vs. G.
L. Cline et al to affirm on certificate; F.
W. Dill et al va. S. W. Woodruff et al.
to dismiss appeal.
Cases affirmed: C. Rj C. Law List
company va. S. C. Kowe from Tarrant
county; M. Merriman va. Swift ft Co.
from Tarrant county; Minnie May Mc-
Camant va. R. 1 McCamant from Tar-
rant coirtity.
Reversed and- rendered: G. R Webb
vs. Cook Walteaajtnd waitresses .uato
et al. from Tarrant county; Pete Amol
et ux vs. Minnie E. BcharXt. from Tarrant
county. '
Eighth Court of Appeals.
(Houston Post SrfCfs.)
EL PASO -Texas AprU 20. The Eighth I
court of civil appeala yesterday entered!
the roilowlng orders: I
Motions for rehearltur granted: Kelvin I
Lumber and Supply company vs. Copper I
state Mining company from El Paso; I
Jamea D. Shannon et al. vs. Mrs. Annie I
Chllders from Presidio appellee's motion. I
Motions. lor rehearing overruled:
Huches Bule company vs. Martin Vas-
ouez from El Paso; James D. Shannon!
et al. vs. Mrs. ' Annie Chllders from I
Presidio appellant's motion. I
Other motions granted: R. W. Kuehnel
vs. Carl Luebner et al.. from San 'Saba.
appellee's motion to dismiss appeal;
James D. Shannon et al. vs. Mrs. Annie I
Chllders from Presidio appellee' motion I
to dismiss as to one appellant. I
Dismissed: R. W. Kuehne vs. Carl I
Leubner et al. from San Saba. I
Reversed and remanded: V. 8. Tener I
vs. Kpma. irom ta raso.
Affirmed: J. M. Britain vs. W. E. I
Rice from Coryell ; L. E. Dodd et al
vs. w. t. Kawieign company from Cole
man; C. R. Green et ai. vs. C. W. Hall I
from Bait oaoa.
CONSIDER THE
a clear brain and -steady
eye for the busi-
ness men and women.
that th school children
will get all that they
should from a training.
Dentistry
50c Up
IRISH SITUATION
GROWING SERIOUS
Romah Catholics Cast Their. Lots
With Sinn Feiners.
i
Latter Organization Proclaims AI-
lianoo With Germany Irish
Times Advocates Voluntary
Eecruiting.
Asseciatil Press Report.)
LONDON April 20. The menacing
situation created by the determination of
nationalist Inland united as seldom be-
fore to resist conscription hus aroused
deep Interest throughout Great Britain.
Particular -emphasis Is In Id on tho de-
rision of the Roman Catholic hierarchy to
throw m Its lot with the Sinn Feiners
who hsve openly proclaimed Germany as
their ally. The bishops have not coun-
selled violence urgtm; pasHive reHlntunee
but this. Dublin correximndentH nulnt nut.
might easily be turned Into m iivn resist
ance by a lew notneaas when the time
comes to conscript tho young men of the
country.
The pledge which Is to be administered
Sunday to what one authority estimate
as nlne-tentha of the entire- Catholic
population of the country. Iiinrtx Iheni to
resist conscription hy the most effec-
tive means at their dlxposHl."
The delicacy of the sltuutlon Is recog
nised by the Irlah Times hitherto in favor
of conserlptlon which iidviHen the gov-
ernment and the Irish leaders to escape
from tha truly miserable pusltlnn "by
organising a great voluntary recruiting
campaign."
The Dally News aavises the government
to "drop altogether the attempt to pursue
this Irish adventure."
Temple Preparing to.
Observe Liberty Day
(Houston Post Special.)
TEMPLE Texas April 20. Liberty
day April It. officially designated by the
President of the United States will be
observed here In a most fitting way.
Postal employes will bo given a half holi-
day many business houses have signified
their Intention of Kivlnu their employes
day off the fiO-pieoe aviation band of
Camp MacArthur will give a recital on
that date and the mont unlaue collection
of war relics and weapons from all fronts
of the great war will be exhibited here.
The military band has been secured
through the etforta of H. L. Dailey and
J. C. Mitchell a committee from the
chamber of commerce and the Lions'
club. The war relic exhibition has been
embled at Waco and is tnmlne tim
country in two trains of five cars each
stopping at each city for several hours.
It consists of every type of warlike
weapon now In use in tha war on imj
under sea or In the air.
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BUT LIBERTY BONDS
Notice to the Public:
This Store Will Be Closed All
Day Tomorrow April 22nd .
N APRIL 21 1836 a
General Sam Houston
battle of San Jacinto
their number of Mexicans and brought peace and quiet
out of chaos and unrest. v
Today is April 2 1 anniversary of this event in the
history of our great State. The battle of San Jacinto was
fought just 82 years ago today and inasmuch as this year
April 2 1 falls on Sunday we at the Big Store feel that it
would be only the part of loyal Texans to close all day
Monday hence ' '
Store Closed All Day on Monday
W. C Munn Company
BUT LIBERTY
The Big Store Over the Top
1VERY EMPLOYE A
BOND HOLDER has been our
most pregnant desire since the first
day of the third great Liberty Loan drive
on April the 6th. . - v
And today have our desires become
realities. A splendid loyalty has been
shown and W. C. Munn Company is truly
proud of their co-workers.
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