The Jacksboro Gazette (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 24, 1917 Page: 4 of 8
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JAUKSBORO GAZETTE
The Jacksboro Gazette
Published every Thursday bv
J. N. ROGERS COMPANY.
Entered at the Postoffiee at
Jacksboro, Tekas, as second-class
mail matter,
„ Business office on northeast
corner of Public Square', Jacks-
boro, Texas.
Remit cash by Postoffiee Mon-
ey Order, or Bank Check at our
risk, otherwise at risk of sender.
Churches, lodges,. societ ies and
clubs will be charged regular ad-
vertising rates for all notices and
announcements of affairs of any
kind at which admission fees are
charged, or articles offered for
sale. Resolutioits of respect, obit-
uaries, and cards of thanks, also
charged for at regular rates.
Subscription:—$1.00 a year.
Telephone 71.
Be a Jacksboro booster next Fri-
day. It will do you good, do your
town good and do your county
vitation is to the people from all j
over Jack County as well as those
of Jacksboro.. This splendid pro-'
gram has been arranged for you;
and if you do not come those who
have worked to secure this attrae- ’
lion will feel greatly disappoint-
ed. Come each time you possibly
can. There has never been such a Alaska, Hawaii and Porto Rico a
program before offered in Jacks-' day for registration will be nami
boro. ' ed in a later proclamation.
And l do charge those who
PHUIIT11
MEM TO REGISTER
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Thursday, May 24, 1917
| behind the battle line,
j The day here nam^.d is the time
j upon whieh all shall present them-
! selves for assignment to their
tasks. It is for that reason des-
tined to be remembered as one of
the most conspicuous moments in
our history, it is nothing less
than the day upon which the man-
hood of the country shall step
forward in one solid rank in de-
voyage, he asked: j met at the cemetary last Satur-
When will you be ready for day and worked over the entire
business?" yard, adding greatly to its ap-
“We can start at once," the pearance. *
American commander ; replied J. A. Duncan is having a nnui-
promptly. | ber of wells drilled on his proper-
This espouse, so cliaracterist- ty adjacent to the townsite, J. W.
ieally American, sin-prised the Bums, local driller, doing the
British commander, who.said he work.
had not expected the Americans Mr. Baugh the De Land Sepa-
would be ready to begin?work on rator man for this district, was
this side so soon after ttheir long i assisting the local dealer. J. D.
voyage. When in- had recovered Martin, in landing a few sales in
tense of the ideals to which this
The woman who saves one can ! through sickness shall he unable .Nation is consecrated It is im-
of food is helping the men in the to present the,nselves for regirt™., portant l0 thos, id,als no lessif,.om his risi, ho„.eve,, this
trenches, (an not every woman ."" that they apply on or before thanto th priae of this genera- made a short ton,- of thS destroy- The school board has bought
and girl m Jack ( ounty save that j llu tlr1^ ol r< gistiation to the i tioab. in manifesting its devotion to . - . - . . •
much?. Of course hundreds pf; county Glerk of the county.where j them that therv be no gaps in the
thfern will save hundreds of gal-jAhey may be for instructions as j ran]-S-
Ions. If you Jiav-e not cans dry to bow they may he registered by | ft is essential that the day he
everything possible. Remember j agent. Those who expect to be ab-; approached in thoughtful appre-
your mothers and - grandmothers 'sent 011 the <la.v named from the }ieiiSjon 0f jts significance and that
did this and they were just asj >™nent homes may register by we acCbrd to it the honor and tbe
good as you, and perhaps much;™1'- hut their mail registration ; meaning; th'at it deseiwes. Our in-
more thrifty than than are many oai'ds must reach the places injdn^rial need prP-seribes that it be
women of today. Do your |bitA| wlueh they have their premanent, not made a fechnica] holidav. but
for the success of your nation. homes by the day named herein.
They should apply as soon
_______ _ ________ ^ \All authorities from the Presi-j practicable to the County Clerk
good. Be one to give the glad j dent to the leaders in all lines of the county wherein they may
hand and a welcome to Jacksboro. business urge business men to he for instructions as to how they
keep business going as usual, j ma-v accomplish their registra-
■ tion by mail. In ease such per
the ktern sacrifice that is before us
urges that it be carried in all our
hearts as a great day of patriotic
devotion and obligation, wheat the
duty shall lie on every man,wheth-
er he is himself to he registered
or not. to see to it that the name
of every male person of the des-
ignated ages is written on these
lists of honor.
In witness whereof 1 have here-
This issue of the Gazette has a | When the agricultural division of llon by mail. In ~
number of good words for the the nation is expected to plant S0rLS- fVS through sickness or ah
Jacksboro boosters of last week, i and raise the largest crop in the sence> May be unable to present
Let everybody who can posibiy j history of the world why should themselves personally for registra-
do so go on the trip arranged for the business man not push his lltm skaH he sojourning in cities ^ .., 11<lvr llCJ
next Friday, | business. There is a great differ- o1 over 30’000 population they | unto set my band and caused the
--- | ence between thrift and a close- |shaI1 to the CitY Clerk of Iseal of the United States to be af-
l.t has been said that he who down penuriousness. Really this cdY wherein they may be so-1
is not a time for that spirit to ex- journing, rather than to the Clerk; |)one at tbe city of Washington
ist. A bi’oad business spirit ready i °* llie COUJ)ty- f he clerks of conn
, i I , ! « m ,1 a4 — X* __ O A A A/
to stand by every worthy enter-
made two blades of grass where
only one grew before is a bene-
factor to his country. This same
thrifty individual will now be a i prise, guided by wisdom is what
greater benefactor than at-any"; will hold the nation in balance.
time in..the history of the world
Be a nation supporter and a para-
sitic burden. ' %
The old-.time friends of Miss --—
Lillian Buster of Waco have re-j This week the Gazette begins
eeived invitations, to commence-; the publication of a series of ar-
! ties and of cities of over 30,000
population, in which numerous
applications from the sick and
from nonresidents are expected,
are authorized to establish such
sub-agencies and to employ and
deputize such clerical force as
may be necessary to accommodate
wkivvu my uaiMjuis in commence-; me ■puuiieauoii oi a series or ar- .....- — **~—«~*».
{■ ment exercises of the high school tides issued by the committee of;^ese applications.
’j . of that city, she. be/ng a 'graduate j sixty, whose slogan is “Save 11.- ^ P^wer against which
Us it i. J. ________v.......1 nnntvKY i______ , i arra vpd lists! eniirrlit tn
this eighteenth day of May, in the
year of Our Lord one thousand
nine • hundred and ‘seventeen, and
of the independence of the United
States of America the one hun-
dred an,d forty-first.
ers and admitted that the Ameri- paint and employed painters to
can tars looked prepared. paint’ the school .building, work
’ A es, replied the American to begin at once,
commande r, *‘we made prepara-j The Woman’s Missionary Soci-
tions on the way over. That is <-ly met at the Methodist (*hurch
why we Are ready,- - May 14th. Mrs. R. A. Nelson pre-
“They are certainly a fine body‘ siding. The meeting was eonduet-
of men, and what's more, their j ed by- Mrs. R. L. Patton. • Subject,
craft look just as fit.” said the < hristian Stewardship. There
British commander, as he watch- were several interesting talks on
ad the destroyers file seaward .One i various topics by members of the
of the American destroyers began society, and some very interesting
war duty even before reaching ‘ and suggestive talks were made
this side of the Atlantic. Tills by Mrs. Johns, Inghram, Johnson
was when it picked up and escort- of Bridgeport. ,and Mrs. Bvrd of
ed through the danger zone one Jacksboro. We were very glad
of the largest of the Atlantic lin- indeed to have these good women,
ars. This action so pleased the ! who are so interesting and helpTul
passengers on board that they j in missionary work, with us, and
sept a message of greeting and 1 extend to them and others a eor-
appreciation to the commander of | dial invitation to attend .our soci-
the destroyer. ety meetings again. The meeting
WIZARD WELLS PEOPLE Wlth S°ng an<1 benedlc'
WANT GOOD ROADS FROM
THERE TO JACKSBORO. „ , . 1
____ . Rock Island Employes Enroll for
Wizard Wells, May 15.—Mon- . Seivice in Engineering Corps
Fort Worth, May 19.—Four of
Robert Lansing, Sec y.of State.
VESSELS GIVEN WARM
______.... -. ( { L , wearei \ WELCOME BY BRITISH.
this year. It will be remembered 1000.000 loaves of bread a day.*' ana-°l ia^ sought to impose its _
that Miss Buster is. the youngest! The committee" is Made up of men1"1” 111)011 world by forcA To; ^Tar is sad war is serious’ vet
sister of Mrs. E. E. Young of this;from ajl walks of life. The Com- this ot1<1 if has Mereased arma-|as we as a nation ha‘;.e entered it
mittee state as a preface to their (m/nt 11utl1 has °^nged the face , in beJlalf of humaijitv the world
| . —-— - | work that the- food shortage is j war- ,n the issue m which we | ovor. we must all M -ratified
In his proclamation to the men • certain. Normally the food J have been wont to think of arMies, j tbp reception of the -first
to register President Wilson right- serve is sufficient for two years. t,lor<‘ are no armi<?s in this strug- jS(|UH(iron 0f American torpedo-
Jy says: “ It is not an army that, | There is now but eight months’ g1e: Thepe are entire nations j boat destroyei-s in England, and
ff* 'vc must shape and train for war; I supply on hand, and the draft ;,r,nod- Thus ,he men whp-mnairi jU8tjy g0 OVet. |he expressed opin-
| it is a nation. To this end .ourjwill soon call 500,000 men from tl!l tlle ‘S011 and man the facto'Uon,of the commander of the Brit-
people must draw close in one! the productive pursuits, who will] rieS are no !ess a Pai*t of the army : jsb fl0tjj|a
\ compact front against a common j still have to be fed and clothed.;tllat i11 France than the men he-1 \ cr0u d of several hundred
foe. But this can not be if each In the face of these conditions the neatk tke battle flags. It must he , prrso,us some ot- tbom carryjno.
man pursues a private purpose, useless waste of food stuffs used!80 Wlth ny American flags, lined the wa-
A1I must pursue one purpose." in the manufacture of intoxicants; Nation Must Be Trained. ;ter front and cbeei.ed tbe destrov.
has aroused a stern protest.. Lead-! 1'U 1S an anny that wemust lein from the moment they were
ranks fifth in the; era of public thought in every | a'ria^e and train for war; it is a until thev reached the
4 4-U„ _______ i._____________i * ; Nation. To this end nnr n<>nnU i . m.
day found a goodly number of
o'ur citizens i„ Jacksboro to ?,
pear before the Honorable Com-i^ ■ P
-By The President. miMioper.' Court, asking for road ed km 'Z ™ SpeC1“‘
~ - - • -I . * • engineer Corps -to be sent to
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Texas now
list of States lti
v,, 1-uuti.: inuugiiL Ui “vcij i - ----Signed until they reached the
the number of .pari of the nation have poured ini Aatlon- To th,s 0«^1 our people deok. The crowd again cheered
,— „^.^»ive army. Texas | telegrams, letters and memorials. | rau8t dra'; clo®e in one compact wben a b -
is one of the young States in the A committee on Wartime Prohi- *po,lt af?aimst a common foe. B**t American
Union, but it has the blood of lie-
this ean not be if each man pur-
bition has been organized, with . ,T4—«- —
roes. While its young men are go- Prof<?ssoi- Irving Fisher, the polit- sues a private purpose. All must
ing to the; front, the host is in- ieel economist of Yale, at its head, Pursue one puipose. The nation
j. srho pledge themselves [and Charles W. EUot, president neods aH raen; but ix needs eaeh
1 the world. There has j emeritus of Harvard, as viee-pres-
going the rounds, ident, and including in its mem-
“Turn Texas Loose,” j bership many men who have hith-
looks like ffexas had erto opposed the prohibition prop-
loose. / 'Uganda. But now’it is a case of
I necessity. Eleven million loaves
senior officer earae
ashore to greet the British Senior
officer and Wesley Frost, the
American Consul, who had come
down to the dock to welcome the
man. not in the field tnat will most, flotilla
please him, but in the endeavor! ti,„" __. - .. _ . . ,
tUn. •„ . . I he commander ot the British
that will best serve the common <1^:11 ...
j , flotilla was waiting on board his
good Tims though a sharphoot-j^ and ^ wi„le88 u
0, ploaucs to operatp a tnp-ham- L, American units as soon Z
mer to,- the torg.ng ot great guns. they iove jn si ht. steami . ,
and an expert mach.mat des.res to j ,ong linc into ,hp
march ,v„h the flag the Nation is After thp.
l -l the British '
if#’' «-?•'«
W. Gerard, former am- a day is the amount of food val-
to Germany asserted in! ues going into the manufacture of
s before the New ork |li'|UOi*s. This makes it a question - - .....- ^“;i- \ greetings and. the British com
of Medicine that the | of life and death-a question of |shooter marehes and the maohin-1 mander had congratulated the
woman is in a large | food or starvation. In the letter1 lsl[ remalns at his levers.. The American officers on their 8atV
' responsible for the high accompanying the articles with " 5P 0 Nation must be a team in j _________________
living. The credit system request to publish, Prof. Fisher uddch eaeb man 8,18,1 Pla>’ the ■
telephone is responsible says: “This committee is for war-! part for which he ** li0St fitted. To
ever increasing cost of!time prohibition, duripg the warjthis eild’ ^qngreS8 1,88 provided
consumer. We should and for war reasons. Some of itSjthat tbe -N‘atio11 * 1 1(e organiz-;
the facts in the case 1 members are opposed to prohibi- ■ l*d 'var selection and that i
work to eliminate all useless I tion in tithes of peaee, and most of eacb man 8ha!l classified for1
‘ them are new men in the field!8orvice iri the place to-Which it
i<*ork. Ariiong those present in u °
Piimei-en \t t a adulation. They are John A.
Gilmore, Verge - Gilmore, J. A. Tw, , , , . ■* T w
ty t, it. , ’ Dodd, brakeman; W. E. Andrews,
Duncan, Bud Lhwis. and Rev I? - " c ■
L. Patton.
brakeman, and David E. Hern-
are new ........... .....
-—- There are three big reasons forj*haU best 8erv** the general good
* Jncks’ooro’s big booster crowd prohibition as a war measure—'t° cal! him.
The significance of this can not
new
•epori tho trip made last Friday Food—Efficiency — Health; eaeh
- Vndid one. All were delight- une vital and serious. Eminent he overestimated. It
the welcome they recejv- men in all lvalks of life recognize;thing in our history and a land-,
the hundreds of people the measure ^ a natural and le-j maik in our projrmw It is a new
r-:
various towns visited. This jjrtiinute part of adequate prepar-
Ait 1, .* ,f .* * manner of accepting and vitalize
oft-repeAted phrase»V4hii*ss lor war. Herewith you % 1 ^ |
^he better people know and will find excerpts from recent inR our dut*v to «ive ourselves,
erst and each other the better telegrams and the names of dome;Wl11* thoughtful’ -devotion to the]
li -tc each other. It would -eeii in your own community who common purple of us alh
Jacksboro if these booster j have expressed themselves em- It is in no sense a conscription
m could be made more often, phatically upon the qtiestionv;of the unwilling; it is rather se-
1 include all points in the trade w;*v. *1 ..
• 'Vlth tiiesi1 we are sending you lection from a Nation which has
some articles written on the sub- volunteered in mass. It is no more J
th.t&AOl^tujk-rie.br ■i''ct by .....« who .pe.k with «n-j» ehoortng of (how who shall j
t. the big tent -Sunday af- tbor,t-v‘ 1 Ikeir timeliness march with the colors than it is a I
the hi
i at 3
ilO
The latest patients to register! £***£ fori. Worth
»f the Wizard- for treatment are J? ° ?C°' P°"'‘
G. E. Hancock; Lake view; Mr. A.. ., . - -. :•* , *
and Mr*. J. L. Smith and Mrs. -L' # "'“S r<"
M. Parnell, Marlow. Okla., Mrs. HE*4 °“ ?0I'e comP“/ of
Sue Clapp, Gainesville; «. 11. ^ ?Tr
Compton, city; Miss Ethel Hoff-1 h< R°ok Island, insteadofan en-
man. Camzozo, New Mexico. ; » 0nf^ P™"
The citizens of . Wizard Wells 'T*; hav.('
. j. , volunteered to fm-nish the regi-
and suiTOundmg temtorv' are „ . .
.11 i , . ment it desired, 244 applications
called together in a mass meeting, iK. . - „. ”
KVirL.tr Cat Cl ’ being sent, m ftom this district-
rnclay night, tor the purpose of; t^ , ... „
following further, the projeot set^ ”'
tortj, m the two former meetings. A Roek ,sla„d
of the .organization of a company, peril,tendJ.nt J, Lj|H(. Kock
to do a large mercantile business j D , , , ,
in Wizard Wells. At this meeting f * u ?? C°m‘
Prof. J. K. Terry, the m.n en -
ployed at our last meeting to so- i m ,_
licit stock subscriptions wifl make Papers Containing Liquor Ads
a report of his work. | Barred In Dry Territory.
Jno. Newman of Jacksboro and Washington, May Ip.- All that
Mr. Butler of Weatherford, both portion of the State of Texas that
employes of the Magnolia Petro- has voted ..dry- wiu bf re3triut.
hum Company, were vWtore in ; «d aa far e*. operation of the peri-
the resort, Tuesday. a I regulations apply under th,
Mr. and Mrs. H. h. Stamper Jr. taw of Maroh 3 aecording M a„. >
attended the carnival at Bridge- nounceraent from the department
port. Tuesday night. 1 tonight. The law prohibit* the
K. V. Myers of V meyard was a sending or carrying of any news-
business^ visitor in Wizard Wells | papfr. ictter, post card, eirenlar,
a'.' . | etc., containing an advertisement
The citizens of this community 10f intoxicating liquor, to any
' — point “in any State or Territory
of the United States at whieh if is
by law, in force in the State or
[Territory at that time, unlawful
to advertise or solicit orders for
I such liquor, or bV any of them re-
spectively.” The provision is ef-
fectively,” Tlfe provision is ef-
fective July L
The department's notice shows
that the entire States of Arkan-
sas and Oklahoma are affected by
i the law. and that the same is true
of all political subdivisions of the
] State of Texas which have voted
(“dry.”
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Have Good Music
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nil .he
and authorship will warrant your selection of those who shall serve
. |finding apace for them in your as equally necessary and devoted ‘ Tllis is 8 Pictur« of a talented group from Caatellueci’a Milano
1 i«r- »• «•- ue| “d
State of Ohio, City of Toledo,
Lucas County, ss.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
is senior partner of the Arm of F. J.
Cheney & Co., doing business in the City
of Toledo, County and Siaie aforesaid,
and that said firm will pav the sum nt
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS°for'*eaeh
and every case of Catarrh that cannot be
fared hv the use of HALL'S C\T\RRM
MEDICINE. FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
7y this «th day of December.
isr.;»1S86- A- w- GLEASON,
*» (I,1 „ Notary Public.
Ball« t atarrh Medicine is taken in-
y and„aci* through the Blood on
the Mucous Surfaces of the System. Send
for testimonials, free.
J CHENEY ft TO.. Toledo. O.
§?,rt,b3^an..drU|l!rt,'ts- TSf-
Hall a Family Pill* for constipation.
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