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WEATHER FORECAST.
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Tonight and Saturday iiiisettlil
weather, probably local thunder
nhowtrs.
SHERMAN DAILY DEMOCRAT
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
THE DEM0CK.10T has been pub-
lished rontinuously longer than
any other newspaper In Grayaoa
Co.—Established, Dally 1881, Week-
ly 1878, by G. 0. and E. C. Hunter.
THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR.
SHERMAN, TEXAS, MAY 23, 1919—FRIDAY EVENING.
Subscription Price, 60 Cents Per Month.
INTERNATIONAL HER HONEYMOON ENDS ABRUPTLY
SITUATION WHEN HUBBY RELIEVES HER OF
BUSINESS CARES AND $1,000
DR. BROWN URGES OLD MAN SHERMAN j.E. SURRATT TO
PEOPLE TO VOTE IS VERY BILIOUS ATTEND COTTON
Associated Press Dispatch 1
j Fori Worth, Tex.
| turned to hate in a
i iklalioma matron
May gd. Love
hurry 'and an
a wiilmv a wot-k
('oncessions on some points in the
)>• us* treaty have been made to tier-
limns hv the I’aris I’eaee ('ouferenee.
Slight modification* wire made in the
terms of the Saar Valley award ami
llie terms regarding re|w_n»tlon. The
question of the future administration I HKf>—Is nursing the wrath of a wom-
of Turkey is taking mueh time and I an stinted.
thb (lower appear to desire that the; It's a story as old as time ItselT.
I'lilted States assume their |s>sition of The woman tired of fight lug life's
its mandatory. President Wilson has [battle* alone: the drudgery of ruii-
lieeti advised by former Ambassador j uing a hoarding house grew monoto
Morgenthail that llie Administration nous.
of Constantinople, Anatolia and Ar-
menia should lie combined in the hands
of a single power.
This is Awful.
.1 ssoeieled Press Dispatch ]
to end on the groom's ranch in New
Mexico.
U nit lin- House Sold.
However, la-fort' leaving tiklalioma
they clored the wife's hoarding
bouse and sold out (lie furnishings—
FOR PROHIBITION
Associated Press Dispatch]
CONFERENCE
NEW WHOLESALE
GROCERY HOUSE
In his address at the First Baptist
Church Wednesday evening, Ur. F. F.
Itrmvn urged the people of Sherman to
go to the polls tomorrow and east tlier
votes for the amendment to the State
tl»e sale or
Texas. Ur. \
Paris, May lit!. The Paris Herman
note from Von Brockdorff Kanlzati
regarding the economic effect of the
Pence treaty made tatlilie today. says
li.v tin- diiuuhltion of her pristucta and
llie economic doiiressioii causiM ti.v ttfe
loss of her Colonies ami merchant fleet.
Germany will In- unable to iui|s>rl a
sufficient .quantity of rim material,
tints condemning the enormous jmrt of
Herman industry to destruction. Pos
sildlity agricultural product ft>t> would
decrease and (iermany would sism Is-
nimble to give bread and work to nu-
merous millions of her inhabitants.
Sin- tot it is- known that she would cares,
marry "if suited'’ When they got to Fort Worth a
Then a New Mexico ‘‘ranchman"’ day or two ago, flu- bridegroom went
a plica red outlie scene, ushered in h.v [out to buy nil automobile in which till'
interested neighbors, who vouched for| newlyweds were to journey to New
Ills deal nihility as a helpmate from a ■ Mexico. As yet lie hasn’t come back
financial as well as a kindly disposi- ami, the wife has nskisl llie police to
tinned standpoint. aid In locating him.
A whirlwind courtship started—tlioi He left her With $4.20 and a mur-
nifin wanted llie wedding bells to ho- rittge certificate.
loek, stis-k and liarrel.
A little over $r,(HKi was realized j Constitution to prohibit
from tile sale and the bnsliaiid took ! manufacture of Limiar in
charge of the money so that, ids wife “' j pear under the league, the Illinois sen-
would hot lie Worried with business Brown said that lie and .Mrs. Brown, a tor declared, and llliertics won
Jolin K. Surratt, secretary of
('handier of I'ommeree, has received a 1 Grocery Company, has been
commission signed* by Governor Wil-jliere with a capital -terk o. -'
Washington, Stay 23 -The attack on
the League of Nations began in the
Senate today with an address by Sen-
ator Sherman, republican, of Illinois,-
bitterly criticising President Wilson
for his conduct of flu- peace negotia-
tions and denouncing the I-eague pro-
posal as a revolutionary attempt to
set iqi "a parliament of nations con-
trolled by an oligarchy,” i . ... ,, ,,
National sever: igniy would disap- ^,"f . [ " ..
Anot her business enterprise for
Sherman, in the form of an incorpor-
ated wholesale grocery fine to 1h»
the!known as the Sherman ' dr I*
Ham P. Hobby to attend the cotton con-
ference called at Dallas next Wed-
nesday. and to represent the State Jit
the conference in an official capacity.
Tlte colife mice Is called at the ln-
Harding of flic Federal Deserve Bank
;;,lnt Washington.' 1>. whi.i will address
lost conference on the*subject of organ*
as well as Judge Hire Maxey of this ! twse‘”f* » <-««» corporation
;i 5&s35=S wsi
ed the . i>o.t;.i !'!« preoh ted. w,Mil beeon^Ji | U1MV,„f American'
ami n|iplieatIon has ts-vn made Jo the
State Department fur papers of incor-
poration. The new firm will do busi-
ness on South Braucli street. near
Olive, and will eater to foreign as
well ug local trade.
The success of the new enterprise"
Is already assured by (lie character
of men behind It, all of whom are
well known business and professional
men of this city. Tom E. Hopson, one
of the owners of the A. I!. C. Candy
Company, will head the corporation
ns president, and C. A. Hopson, an-
cotton crop independent of Eur«|s-un j otllor one of the ownerH nf the A. B.
Brought It On Themselves.
Aatin'iatrti Press Dispatch]
Paris May 2.'!.—Germany's economic
status under the terms of the peace
ireatyr Is .the result of her own hehav-
ior particularly through ruthless sab.
murine wurfare, tin- Allies informed
Count Voir Brockdorff Itiiiit7.au in an-
swer to liis note on economic quest jous.
The AI Bed answer points out that flic
(iernian plea Is tin exaggeration, and
ignores Hie fundaineiital consideration*
which Ital to tin- imposition of the
terms.
gin ringing at once.
Wmildn’t Procrastinate.
From llie widow caiue a suggestion
Ilial they -write lei tern to each other
for a while and get bettor acquainted.
While she thought lie was “awfully
nice." Ihe rush of the affair de mat-
rimony didn't appeal to Iter. At least
she told Dim so.
Bui Ihe man had something to say
about pris-riisthuttioii lining a first -
t-lask thh-f or words to that effect and
continued the onslaught.
Finally she. agris-d and a Justlcfc
of the iHjiiee did the rest.
They came to - Fort Worth—the
firsl tap oft lie honeymoon that was
Sou them Ih'plist (Vxivnitioii, j jxipmtir fiivbriiiicl for u world couflu*
by M. 11. Wolfe of Dallas, chairman of j ^2iv’g-^..v,.,lA„ hh ..miross : '"takers and eapitalists. who this year.,. ,-umlv Company, lias boon elected
the State Democratic Executive Com- L,™tilgaSwiuSli chela ring lt'"‘,U f1'"1 «“> tuition to vico president. J. H. MeKeynold*. at
mittee. who had also been ........-.....I n'e llnA of the^'ate that thTtm "»?;!* M, ft P, National
lion.
laises Faith in Men.
Wednesday afternoon the woman
was loath lo believe that she had
ia-en I'ttia'd and deserted but Thurs-
day tucruitig sin- was confident that
Hie tide of her husband's owning a
rancli was a myth.
"You'll never have to put those
linmls in dishwater again.” stio says
lie (old her when they met. and she
smiled ill tiie memory of the gallant
Words. intent in tlte opinion of Air. Wolfe}
There was a revengeful look in her ,, __, . * . ,, . . broken faitji with China, Poland and
eve when she left the Central Police Prr’,al,i> brought about ill jjaly; had "yielded to (!rent Britain,''
Station on tiie way to flic courthouse many by the belief that national pro-,.had endeavored “to subvert the fun-
the coun- i >--
attending i the seuSe of the senate that the lea-
, . j gm» covenant sliould is- separated from
the ccnveiitioB, and that .Mr. AVolfe Lthe peace treaty jvhen the latter is subs
told him that the an1i forces of Tex-' ndlb-d to the senate
reconstruction problems at home. * jBank, will lie secretary-treasurer, and
Mr. Surratt ts sending out urgent.^ j y for a number of years as-
l|dlM'i,ls fo 1,11 niemls-rs of the farm sis(a„, manager of the Patty-Joiner &
•nid tri'utv i ,m,'i<'au,l>1' 1 hamlier of Eubank Grocery Company, will be on.;
.......... ' of the vice presidents and also active
of seeming votes for the former and st„,(> chamber .'of'Commerce, of which
argued that separate consideration
It will only fake apathv mi the part i would give an opportunity for the
, , sf-ibifc avid Ho- country to pass a
of Texas pro* to defeat the amend- ,uo,(. v,.rilict
input in tin' opinion of Mr. Wolfe;! lie elmrged President Wilson had
lie is a director, at the conference. The
Texas Chamber of Commerce lias taken
an active lead in forming sentiment
for tin- organization of the corjsiru-
tiou.
Will Not Fly Today.
to lay tier troubles before
ly attorney.
DENISON GETS ; SENATE PASSES
NEXT MEETING APPROPRIATIONS
Switzerland Finds Fault.
anociuKd Pres. Pispobh)
AxanriaU'it Pi csh Dtnjxih h]
May 2M.~- Tlte
S. C. Strain and Solon Todd of the
Sherman Retail .Mcivhauts' Associa-
11l*'ii returned yesterday frofn Taylor ...
where they have I»ajn In attendance on vasiiington, juh n
lie annual, .convention of the Texas IMiewal without amendmmt
1 Itclall Mcrchimls' Association. j the deiiclency appr.qiriation Dill passr
Xewj The effort of the delegates of Shcr-/; J;L',!i-.>c’UW' >',''VVr'i’^ carrvl"»: . .. . „
Gazette says coiifiik’me in Switzerland - man mid Denison to secuiv for Gray-; f tor war risk allotments tojsclves whatever In falls
in flu4 of Niiliona Ik diminish-j mm mnniv tin* Uitm sifiito Muivcntkm'■"■fpWiliPH of sokliors ami Kail-ors am!
Sonato
Berne. May ’JH. The /.inlcli
. . , a. . jdamental laws ot the republic;” and j
iubilion is earning eventually, andL, ln,mil^(1 to cm,)ftvk the rultedj
that there In no need of going to the j States on polices that would nMjuire
A.i a _ . * , j her to send a million soldiers abroad.
polls and expressing ones fouvietions J .<Thp Alu(,ri(.a* d,-,1 the
on Statewide prohiliition. But antis senatof, “have not yet fully measured
are going to spend millions of dollars^;' ui.i;ni’..ll.Hoil and stro.-im.s char-
^ , actor of the assault made by the au-
to defeat, if possible, prohibition na- thor* of the league on American
tioually. Mr. Wolfe therefore 1 government ami American institutions.
urges
A more sinister assembly of men
that Texas people he on the safe side | never threatened tiie |s-ace and siifl'ty
of our country than now demand tluit
and write prohibition into ttieir State
issoi’iated Press Dispatch]
Wasliington. May 23—Weather con-
ditions at l’niitn Ik>lga(’.n still were
unfavoralile for resumption of the
trans-Atlantic flight by tiie seaplane
N’C-4. Admiral Jackson early today
notified the Navy Department. His
message skid the gpa still was rough,
and rain squall* were expected within
the next twelve or eighteen hour*.
renstitution, and thus
secure tliem-
the national
log as a result of a l’eaee (’onference
note asking if llie. Swiss are ready to
establish a more severe blockade
agi Inst self determination by small nu-
lions.
, ......mjdy tin1 1K2W State convention , ,
■ weiv sneeessful. Sherman ami Deni-|to1 •lelk’udent.s
ApiiiMarhiug Prtrogrud.
tssvciatcd Press Dispatch]
Ianidoii. May 23.--Ksthnuian foisvs
are rapidly npinouchlng Pi'trograd. says
mi official Rtstemenl from Hsthoniun
Army IteudqUaHefs.
Ameriran I* gat ion Attacked.
Associated Press Dupateh]
'WasiltliiRtwii. May 2'!.—An attempt
was made to dcniollsli llie American
legation building at San .lose, Costa
ltica, Monday night h,v a bomb, accord
son luereluints will join in entertain- i
ing the delegates who attend next ’
year. The sessions pro]a*r will lie held
hi Denisini. Sherman merchants arc
very much elated over the success of
their efforts to secure tlte convention
for ibis section next yeit&am a, siai
, ivil ^^eterans. |
iiineiidmeiit.
passes from the territorial limits of
our country to a foreign capital. Con-
unlimited imwer* over the lives and I gross cannot legislate, it cannot pass
fortunes of the American people be. appropriation bills nor collect reve-
suri'endered into their keeping.” j nues. it cannot enact labor legislation
In revising the. original covenant, nor exercise tiie usual police power be-
longing to an independent state until
tiie decrees of the latest orders of tiie
KANSAS CITY POLICEMAN
EXONERATED OF KILLING
Fori Smith. Ark.. May 23. —A' coro-
, , , ,,__,, tier's jury in Kansas’City has absolved
. **,df In*" »*ver iHs-n held any -fnr-1 uahinowitz. a p>dUeman from
Hi. .' north than Dallas in the past. Lrimlnnl liability blit eensured him
Mr Hwain. ,v m was a dimtor ol fo, Mt.„IIJ{ ln j,iHte, Homar
I he S a r .Vsisintba, as year. Wtt|IRw, » ,Tars son of Mrs. It.
elded third vice-president at the an- M ,f(irn of ,f!is (.itv wh0m 1{ltl)ino.
MEN WHO WILL
HOLD ELECTION
mail elution of officers Thursday.
SHERMAN MEN INTERESTED
IN CITY PUN OF DALLAS
Dallas. Texas. May 23.—W. W. Rod
ing In State Department advices, just | gers. C. F. Pool. Haydou W, Head .'111(1
received.
THE MCFFBAGE AMENDMENT.
IW I.. Fly of Sberuiaii visited Dallas
yesterday and were guests at liUb li-
eoii at the City club, of C. L. Banger,'
G It Ih'iiley. Samuel T. Morgan.
Harry 1.. Sony. Eli Sang-'r and L. \
Slnridau. During Hie afternoon they
The average man Hunks merely of, ...
the suffrage amendment as a measure! la ken f<>r an automobile tour ot
extending to women llie franchise. It
does (s-rmit Iheui lo vole. But Ibis is I
not ail. Htrong as tills reason is, there
are other eomtietting reasons why the
amendment sliould carry.
Cinter Hie amendment one must he
a citizen of tiie I’tilted States, and a
resident of the State for one year and
t.lie city.
"(’ur purpose in coming here.” Mr.
!»i dg‘rs i xpfaiued, “w i« to get sug-
gestion* how to proceed with the organ- (
izatifti (>f‘a luncheon dub, We re
gafd Hie people of Dallas ns our
friends and wo have felt very rl-ivo to
i belli in our pn-bieins of development j
and city (lianuing. W-yjjot consider- ’
us I In1 result of our
in order to he j 11
. “Since
wltz shot to death in a patrol wagon
in Kansas City a week ago. Horn
was shot five times Ivy Itnbiiumitx
who allegd ihe prisoner. who had
been arrested on a charge,of attempt-
ing to steal! . iAu . jiutbin(it>ih>, attacked
him with a knife. Uabiunwitz. in an-
swer to a question from a juror, said
Horn continued advancing with bis
knife after he bad been shot twice in
tiie arm. He said then* was not suf-
ficient room in the patrol wagon lo
siihdtie Horn with Ids blackjack, or
stick. The body of Horn, a former
soldier, was buried here last week in
the national (■enielery. He formerly j
lived at Tulsa, Okln.
Election judge* for the voting pre-
cincts in Sherman and Hie presiding
officers for the remaining boxes of the
county who will hold llie election on
the State emisiiiiitional amendment*
toinoryovv are given herewith. These are
all new appointments made by the
Grayson 'County Commissioner*’ Court
at a recent term, tomorrow's election
being the first laid under their juris-
diction and supervision. The names
follow :
First Ward, Sherman. If. O. Han-
nah. presiding officer; II. R. Church.
•j said Mr. Sherman.-the delegates at
! Paris Iqjd improved only its gram
! nnttieal texture.
| “fyike the original document it is
I unamendahle, opdnlscent and Infal-
i Utile' la* said. “Again it must he ac-
! (“opted as it flashes from the summit
I where dwells the incarnate wisdom. It
has become political blasphcy to ques-
tion ' and treason to try to under-
stand. Both the original and the
amended leagues impair Hie sover-
eignty of this republic and reduce it
to a vassal state.
“The Deagne of Nations’'!* interlock-
ert'with ¥lie treaty of pence designed-j congress..
t,v for an ulterior purpose. Tf—R can j invasion
CROWN PRINCE ALSO
MAY FACE TRIAL BY JURY
Second Ward. Sherman; A. P. Fin-
icy. presiding officer: J. It. Steed ill an.
F. .1. Dirge, Rowan Mills.
Third Ward. Sherman: P. F. Boggs,
presiding officer: S. A. Schott, MvtV
VVillis. Charles Haislip. military authority which exercises
] them, .v
"Dei this senate first ratify a
of the county six uaaiths. As it is to-,
day one docs not need lo he a citizep j nifornntu u
Of the Flitted States in order to be j11 ,
able to vote ill Texas. I ''Since He. beginning
Geneva council or measure in Hie as-
sembly shall have Itei'n studied. War
cannot lie declared nor peace conclud-
ed, armies raised and supported, nav-
ies provided and maintained, nor the
national guard of the several states
mustered and equipped.
“Article 16 declares if any member
of the league resort to war In disre-
gard of its covenants It shall of Itself
he deemed an act of .war against all
other’ members. This creates a con-
dition of war without a declaration by
We are at once subject to
and our merchant whipping
the new enterprise In-
clude o. p. McReynolds. well-known
attorney of Sherman; Knowles S.
Doving and Lee Simmon* of the
American Bank & Trust Company;
Dr. 1. P. Gunby, J. II. Berry and L.
E. Burham, a well known traveling
man.
The firm will put- men on the road
as - soon as practical, and expect to
build up a big business out of Sher-
man.
Mueh of the credit for tiie organiza-
tion of the new firm is due to
Messrs. Tom and C. A. Hopson, who
have Imiit up the A. B. C. Candy
Company from a very small begin-
ning nine years ago to its present
magnitude. The new business might
l>c snid to lie an outgrowth and en-
largement of,the A. B. Cv Candy
Company witii Hie ariditionnP lines of
goods and also additional capital back
of it. The present quarters of tiie
candy company will lx* enlarged, sev-
en!!'' thonsund dollars-being expended
in doing so.
ARKANSAS NEGRO
GRABBED
BY MOB
lie welded upon the pence treaty it is [exposed to a hostile navy wherever
supposed-to procure voles otherwise | found. We covenant thereby iminedi-
i in possible. It is a confessed ease of ately to lay an embargo on all eoiit-
logrolling. If the league lie ratified
while the government is at war the
vast and unknown war (towers of un-
defined extent will lie Invoked to de-
clare it valid. If lienee lie first con-
cluded those extensive and undefined
mereial- am’ financial relations with
tiie covenant-breaking state. This
again is n power exercised in this
country by congress and by no other
authority.”
Tracing tho historical development
■'Klih'
war
A man mar come to Texas, declare!"'' I"IV,‘ » »"»•* »<»*
hls intention of he,aiming ii cRlxen,)•' *.'»* I'1''!' *»ntl"M*.| to. .ns
lakv out IiIk fjrKt nttiM'r*. ;iiul voto tl»r ^°'v ''(l 1° r'*n
n si „f ids life ami still’never become1 '"I11*'’ ««ivhi< s ,l"‘Kl' vari,,,,s
naturalized, qeyyr liccoine a citf7.cn 0f Gilugs and effect their completion as
tiie I'nlted Stall’s. We have today!
\ early as possible. We. recognize that
thousands and twi n tens of Ihousands! *'1’" *'ie Hni" tc do (ids while our
..r voters In Texas who ......... citl- \.....I'1'' lmv,‘ l»" V wnucwhat sehooieil in
zens of (lie Foiled Stales, even many
Izmdmi, May 23~Frederh k William
Holumzollern, Hie former German
crown prime, will 1 a* liable to trial
under tin1 terms of Hie German peace
treaty, it was declared by Andrew
Houur I-a\v. the government leader,
in tla“ House of Gonunous. Mr. Bonar
I -a" said that (In' commandants of
prison camps also would lie liable
under the treaty's terms.
of them had to register as alien ene-
mies. The political eofrnption in the
counties along, tile McxicHiTTiiirdcr luisl
(bo varhms activities of organization.1
Wc Is'licve Hint we cau divert their
ailivitles, as loyal Citizens of their
town, in a way that will lie just as ef-
Women Go Free.
Tulsa, (Ik., May 23
Loggins, rhar.gcd with
M is.
first
found its richest field in
tiie Mexican vote of this sort. •"re 1
as it thought, in its local power.and j
control over the elrcHon laachinevy. ii
lias even gone so fur as to import di
rectly from Mexico on ehs'Hon (lay and
Inis even calied- upon the graveyard t"
Hie handlin'' ifei'tive'as was llie energy they gave murder, In coniuTtlon with tiie killing I cust.
Fourth Ward, Sherman:
mon-^ presiding officer; W. F. Akers,
Orair Brinuc.. Boh Hannah.
North Fifth Ward. Sherman: R V.
Barker, presiding officer: Josh Mc-
Grow. William Chaffin. J. B. Thomas.
South Fifth Ward, Sherman: (’. A.
Wendt, presiding officer: It. ('. Parks.
John Andersen. Jolm \V. Carter.
Other ITerinrts.
The (irt'siding officers in the pro-
cim ts in tiie comity outside of Sher-
man are the following:
College Park. T. .1. Legate:
Park. Luther Ladd: Black Bridge.
Boh McGinnis: Fairview, .1. IV. Fryar;
Nort lictfst iH'iiison, John Finli’y:
Northwest. Denison, A, J. Moss;
Southwest Denison, John ltawhaw;
j Southeast lh-nisoii. It. S. Coleman:
Maude | ('jisluon. Prici' t’oft'inaii: Preston. Tom
degive! (’addell
war powers disappear, ln peace, civil of the taxing power. Senator Sherman
(lowers ara construed and interpreted j declared it must, lie preserved invio-
liy peace tribunnls. 'Mil' powers are | lable. But it would hi* lost, lie sai l.
Wterpraiod. defined and created T'yfundcr tiie article pledging financial
liopi r without reference lo congress.
‘•1,'reat Britain.” la- continued, “has
no written constitution. Great Brit-
Irenty of i«*acc. then wc may consider aln’s representatives at the peat',’
under civil' jirotoednre and civil an- eonferance may not fully appreciate
thoritv. luiawed h.v executive warpoxv- I lie iinportamv of the constitutional
era. the colossal, vital changes propos-; differences in tlw* character of the,
ed in our form, of government. Tho | two goveniments. T assume they rep-
to wav activities in helping!to win the of her husband, T. E.
wa ■■
1-oggiris. ahoutj J. Johnson(iordonvllle.
*7»...
revolutionary experiments bristling
from this league may then he snip
niltted.tn the tieople .whose lives anil
TiffTlines Itra proposed to Ik* cast into
the hl«odv (tool of the whole world's
, ■ .I’ll spwrv
BatsvU's; quarrels.
“Altruism never before rose so far
above lUllir'ii nature - and .......cpiiiinpn
sense, ilor idealism so deluded its vis-
ions rv worshiPiK-rs, The twentieth
century doc* not call us to re-enact
Hie crusades. The misguided imagi-
nation of intellectual pervert* has
Pot I shorn. J. A. chiles: la*! wrought .more evil than tiie vicious
Johnson : Cedar Mills, II.! proismsitics of the criminal and the
,1. N. limi-
n',split and guard llie interests of
Great Britain. It is the duty of our
representatives lo safeguard tiie
Fnited Stales, They have yielded t >
Great Britain.
“Tiie'league fixes in unchangeable
limits the present boundaries of every
member nation. Its frontiers are .fi-
lial. When France joined with tin;
American colonies in flic revolution, if
this league bad existed, it would have
forbidden 4In* sword of Lafayette to
lie drawn witii Washington's an 1
would have crushed the infant
; lie beneuth the a nines of George III.
"We are interested in your city plan
j and in Hu- way you are doing'-thing*
i Von have here problems that in many
j respects compare w itii our problems
muster a sufficiency if voles to eiei i ! ('»'f l'"-v rdmlulstniHon is very active
its candidates and very much in sympathy witii town
Therefore as a matter of clean la.l- l'!"1"'!'T and our Chamber of
i lot. as well as extending lo women the
___ distorted images of the insane. The and Louis XVI. It announce* in sub
year ago, was set free by,Judge U.frnu: Rock Crack. IV. Perry: 1 h-leware, j man who writes a hook to portray, n | stanci* to.mankind that the period of
X ( ole of the District Court, when j "’alter Barnes. , j new and perfect government which lie successful revolution has dra wn to a
! Kite, let no man fall to go to the (tolls
{oil the 24lli amt -erase tile words,
‘Against tiie Amendment” op Hie of-
[fieial Itallol. Southland Farmer.
Com-
meree is a very active agency in de-
veloping public sentiment favorable to
town planning. The Chamber of Com-
merce ami Ihe city administration al-
ways work in harmony.”
II. ' chief! S 'liduskv. John Green: Basin! assures us lie lias invented, is move
Springs, Joe Funk; North Whiteslatro.I d:n.......... to his country than the an-
aequifted i.,. i,. .xoder. South Mliiteslmro. F. j areliist.
e\f tlm'
tin* world's history,
are made parties not only to
war and threats of war lull to overv
dose in
We
(CHANCE TO SEE
RARE WAR RELICS
AND SOUVENIRS
Sonic Intm-stingg Cotton Statistics.
The first question is: Wliat- percent-
age of its total crop acreage does each
the state failed to produce
prosecuting witnesses.
Mr*. Lulu Scheehtcr was
*'.v a District 'Court jury of the! Jones: Soutlmiayd, HunMr Williams; [ ‘'Colonel House foresimi’owcd the j comiilaiuts made by member nations
charges nf murder in connection with j Collinsville. W. P. Pelphrey'; Ethel. J- [.dost ruction of constitutional govern-: As: ,|M, wealthiest’ natimi in”the league,
tiie dentil of "leu Fanelicr, lU-year-j-N. Null; Tioga, l.ee .Brown: (> nil lev. joen f in tiie Fnited States in ids work | its- niauiMiwec iiiiiiimaired
old girl. I Ed l’biUiiis: Farmington. K. o. Td-1 ,,f fiction luiildisiied in PH2. This, |M-.avy '*urden will continually
'“ j hcrt: Elmont. M. V. Hiiitmi; Van A| J novo( oxidliits lib* Ittsrcgard of law],
! styue. S(*'mvr Taylor: Howe. .I.T. Ed-iqs '
Walter Williams;'
Woodiicn Fnvciling.
——— | wards: Jamison,
There w ill lie a \V. O. unveiling I Pilot Grove. I’. A.
a) Whllcwright . on Sunday, May -23,! "'right. F. M, Ecliol
twin, at 3 (1. III., by Sherman Cutup. > ^ ,f. Parish: Tom
No. tt, W. (>. W. jThotbpsou; Ida. .1.
Tiie following monuments will be! Hells. Tom Wells: North Bells, L.
D. ITerrnn.
ins jttsregiird of **•" ] uihiii tin* American people. We
in revolution. Geoi'ge j mandatories in Asia and
- (illf
ri (**i.
_ - |I7. lately Hu* president's en
Gilgoie. " hi to-; vflv (,, dm Bolshevist government 1** j w-HJ bo required to meet'the resist!!-'
Kentucky town, IDiissia rays of tlm nresident in H>1"MhMith** and duties of the Fulled
Beau. >L ". j .-•(Teisa revolutlmiary l***yond j pstnt.s,* In foralgn lands.
I., (ole: H(*utn i MT,vttiin« his words reveal.' ^ | einbt Hiciisend men to
Five members of tiie president s
tie*
full'
Ul list
Af
million American soldiers
cotton growing stale plant in cotton? Liggett. H, 1.. Lindsay, G. L. Lindsay,
un veiled : Soys. ,1. T. KoiW'rts. T. J.lGlive: Ciieriy M Kind. R. L. Lynch. | «.„"in»*t arc iainP'.l with soli'i.lism. ' 1 Kq^i,,""^* -‘nic'VirGh'Vieti
I i.r.r.Dt i ’ I . I .1 .• t * • , sill ; 1. W VI I ' lllllll'l- ■ I il'IllllillK 1 e i * * . . n no !
and those now
The call for
serve in Ki-
in Northern
The answer, according 1,1 BBS tignres
J. F. Fuglft. in room No. S.
iloughton ijgiiidlug.,south side of the
.square, bus war relics and souvenirs,
that Corporal F. Fletcher, lately re-|
turned from France, which lie will
explain and demonstrate to any one
yvho will eouie at 11 a. m. and p.
an. These reties were brought homo
liy Mr. Fletcher, who is stopping with
|iis wife at Hie home oil Mr. and Mrs.
Toe Richards, their kluspepph*. He
Iwill exhibit, tiie souvenirs for only a
[few days.
Discuss Military Terms.
which we have taken the trouble to
collect and compile from Agricultural
Department records is-as follows:
Per Cent Acreage Cotton
Cotton all Crops Acreage
X. Carolina .BD) 7,832.000
.43.0 (UMte.OOO
.42.2 12.024,000
. 0.8 1.5(C!,000
.12.fl 7,252.000
.23.1 10.560,000
. .'18,7 8,08t).(M«»
...31.3 4.081,000
. .44.3 25,328.0(Kl 11.235.000
. .22.5 13.744,000 3.005.000
.30.0 7.3001)00“ 2.888.000
The Progressive Farmer.
(Associated Press Dispatch] '
Paris. .May 23 Tile Council of Four
met fids morning and discussed tin*
military terms and elnuses relative to
prisoners of war which will lx* incor-
porated tn, the treaty with Austria.
Military experts attended the session.
8. Carolina
Georgia . .
Florida . .
Tennessee .
Alabama .
Mississippi
Louisiana .
Texas . j .
Oklahoma .
Arkansas ,
1.565.000
3.047.000
5.338.000
• 154.000
940,000
2.431.000
3.132.000
1.560.000
Jim Nicely and Jones May.
The I'ouotvjTn:
[vast swarm of his np(K»iutee* 3’’’ \nic*’’("'n liomes and eniliark
Denton : North Denison. A. G. Payne ;
Day, W. \V. Newman.
Sighted Red Lights.
Speeding l‘p.
Associated Press Dispatch]
Washington. May 23.—Since the
armistice was signed 2.500 airplanes and
10.000 airplane engines have been de-
livered by American manufacturers.
tiie exercises for unveiling: S. L. Tul-
h'.v. Consul Commander: B. ]>. liye;
Advisiu- Lieuteimnt; K. S. laiving.
Banker: ('has. , A. Walcott, Clerk:
Lonnie -I. Iliouias. i-scert: S(>eaker.
Judge Dayton B. Steed: Poem Render!
Mrs. Ha I tie I.. Hills: Quartett, Rev.
Ibmier T. Rainey J, D. Buster Frank
Duncan and A. A. MvMillin.
The Filiform Rank of Sherman i .
Gamp No. P. in charge of Captain Bavi - . , , „ , TT-i
Collins, will assist in the unveiling1 *"”**"* Pr<*3 D^0"^
exercises. j rsmdni. May 23—The oahle
Arraiigeim'nts have Iss'n made with Faraday reports that it
tiie Bukins Transfer Company to i red light of an airplane dnring
• furnish transportation fqr all who ‘ ' '
wish to attend the unveiling, leaving
the InterurlMin Station af 1 p. m. The
round trip for $1. Give your nany\»to
the clerk, ('has. A. Walcott, or (mono
1932 in plenty of time if you wish
.reservation made for tiie trip.
S. 1, TAI.LEY. Consul Commander.
('HAS. A. WALCOTT,-Clerk,
.shilo, M. (’. Henry: ' Dripping
Springs S. T. \ eimtile: (|| |„, and avowed socin!-jH,„' Wilson
J -R^-z-HseH^vde Park." .mil .Xlss.: T|„. administration of Woodrow , M,(t0 „f n„,<0 Ideals, said Sens-
Ellsworth, F. O. .Simon; Piainvicw, ; n.j|Min (nvn under eonstituthnial1
d. C„ Bumpass: Cotton Mills, Rasmus j of S(n-ertiroent is fi hybrid lie-
McMiHi" : i tvv|,(,M a v'ycnch revolution anil an
tzi emptv
us on
Johnson; Warner, I.. B. _T........ .; tw0(,n „
Dordiester. E. Mackey : Hagerman. j ( t„( desnottsm. History would
.Hunter Smith; Red RraDvb. Otto1
foviret tlio roitTYi of raliitula in tlu* ox*
Wattenharger: South Denison J. C ftdHes of the American
the
early hours of Monday at 50 degrees.
28 minutes north latitude and 30 de-
grees west longitude, approximately
midway tietween, Etgland and New
Koundlnnd ni|d iii tiie course which
would liave been followed by Harry
G. Hawker in his attempted flight lie-
liveon the American coutinent and.
Iceland.
. gpverninent operat<*1 under the Lon
ante of Nations irdcrorctcd h.v Presi-
dent. Wilson and Col. House."
\ Taking up the covenant section by
section, Senator Rhcvumn said that at
lthe very outset the instrument gave ...... aii. .... .......
i ship 1(0 the league a sepl*' of action oraeti . ft v. lna,|(v witii Italy
sighted the callv unlimited l»y empowering it to j )>0,.j| „ p,,j
\
deal “with alir matter within tie**
scope of the* league nr affecting tin*
peace of the world."
“'phe identification of the now or-
ffiinism as a permanent and Indepen-
dent government is complete.” he con-
tinued. “Time will develop and
strengthen its hold upon the several
nations.
“The sovereignty nf this nation
for S'liennan. forty million Chinese in
Shantung are dented the rigid of
sell determination and delivered lo
.Tqpan under the treatv while Poland
is given a mere approach and easement
of shipping- with the access to if
“through an allev flanked. with
German bayonets."
“A League of Nations.” ho declar-
ed. “founded on such a betrayal of
Poland, on the rohitery of Chiba, our
ally, on the. abrogation of its
in an hour of
paltering with tiie
nrinicple of self-determination donbiv
interpreted with a duplicity unrivaled
in even the congress of Vienna. is
doomed with the curse of broken faith
and shameless perfidy from its incep-
tion and birth. . If this be. one repub-
lic's contribution to the league, let ns
hang our heads In shame and confess
we are giants in word and lilliputians
in good faith and practical action.
Eldorado, Ark., May 23.—Atkinson
Clay, 35 years old. T'nion eotwjty
farmer, and his wife*, were murdered
by a negro farm hand. The
slayer tried to conceal, his crime by
setting fire to the farm house, offi-
cers say. Early In Hie morning a posse
of farmers captured the negro, whose
name was not learned, and when
last seen the posse Was moving hi tho
direction of a heavily wooded area
where it is believed they hanged the
negro. The sheriff left witii a i*isse
in pursuit of tiie captors of the negro.
Clay was killed witii an axe and his
wife was beaten to death, the negro
using n shotgun as a club.
MAN IS HELD FOR
* LANDLORD’S DEATH
Pine Bluff. Ark., May 23. Will
Williams is held here without bail
charged with the murder. 20 miles
north <>f here, of Perry Orton, liis
iauidlord. on a farm. Williams will he
given a heating tomorrow. Evidence
at a coroner’s inquest showed that
Williams shot Orton with buck-diot
as the latter passed Ids house, fatally
wounding hint and then shot liis vic-
tim through the bi'iid._with an auto-
matic' pistol.
Gets Life Sentence.
Dallas. Te*. May 23. Imprison-
ment in the State penitentiary for tiie
rest of his life was the punishment as*
sessetPu gainst \V”‘‘T!to77irtny^ est erda y.
Tin* jury brought tn its verdict, at
noon, having been out since midnight
before. A. F. Pm-kitt, counsel for tho
,.,,(,,,1J defendant, announced that, lie would
' file a motion for a.new trial.
Haley was convicted of murder In
connection- witii Hie death of Mulkey
Williams, near Forney, in April of last
year. He pleaded not guilty. s This
was tiie second trial of .the Wise. The
firsl, which'was held in Kaufman
County, resulted ill a verdict of twen-
ty years In the penitentiary being as-
sessed against Haley.
Tin* case was appealed, reversed and
transferred to tiie Dallas court for re- ,
trial,, .The trial here had been in pro*'
gross since Monday.
Harvest Begins.
Dallas. Tex-. May 23—Dallas and
Denton counties Joilav ooniraeueed to
cut oats mu' har’ey Wheat '• ■'est
will hegi i ;n both comities it.'XI Mint*
- ttny.----------------
ita I las county needs 1.500 more
harvest bauds than are now in tho
county. ,
FINAL PRO RUJ-Y.
■i
The Dry* will stage their
final rally in the interest of
tin* Statewide Prohibition
Amendment, on Hie east side
of Court Square tonight at S
o'clock.
Dr. F. F. Brown, just back
from overseas service, will
speak, after which a number
of recent converts to the dry
gospel ure ex(K'cted to make
their maiden prohibition ,
speeches. Some surprises are
in store. Come early and get
a seat.
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