Conroe Courier (Conroe, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 29, 1917 Page: 2 of 8
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WEHT1N
Th«* litiUJf Une (1) extended from the lUver Svurpe to San QuenUn.
entire German line from Itupaume Cambral nunl (2) to the Canal <lu
(8) was ruptured. Noyelle* (») was one-of the advunccd (>o*Ulnn*
by the English.
WAR SITUATION
M ALL EUROPE
BRITISH DRIVE THROUGH
IDKNBURG LINE HAS DE
IORALIZED GERMANS.
LO-FRENCH FORCES AID
Aim Hold All Line# Against th«
ijr—Allied Conferee# Aeeem-
I* at Parie—German# Aiding
Bolahevlkl Leaders.
A new assault was made by the Brit-
ish at Fontaine at dawn Tuesday after
S comparatively quiet night and fight
lag developed Immediately. The tier
menu poured a heavy machine cun fire
•gainst the British from the windows
and roofs of buildings and a large con
central Ion of enemy machine suns In
L>a Folic wood, southeast of Fontaine,
also was brought into action againet
the attacking troops.
This machine gun fire presented the
Bain difficulty to the advance, for the
Oennans In the hamlet were working
them behind walls and other cover,
■while It was necessary for the British
to charge across more or less open
•tretches, giving the enemy a good
chance to sweep their ranks with an
In tense fire.
The battle on the southern edge of
Bourlon village continued at night As
• result of a determined drive against
the German line the British were en
•bird to break through at one point
and bring back a party of English
troops that had been holding out In
the southern part of the hamlet and
had been Isolated for some time No j
•ttem^rfUa* made to remain In the ,
▼IllaaflLfter this body of, men had
^(Uejl and gotten bidrk through
“ f-man lino-
.ne Is holding firm
»m frin^mpf the wood
Ige of^Btlon village
the news
staff offl-
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of the Lin
be follot^hl^^Bhpt
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’to place
*ea list of
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Allies
for
itch
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the
Itallnn mis
led the French
ipectlvelv, by
’David l.loyd
minister.
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ting a basis
‘again1*! the
(•cos doutoh
length lie
when;
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ilding n
ians
ilay Mauds
Srltlsh forces In
November 18
>•<1 to
Arrived
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fill,
'with
rmiid*-r
prisoners
Tun<*d the esp
fear, unfouniled though It may be, of
Norway's eutrv Into the war and of
the German menace that In this case
she should feel called upon to occupy
Denmark as a counter measure.
It was learned that the conference
which was arranged In consequence of
an Intimation from Germany that tho
growth of anti-German sentiment In
Norway, particularly after, the sinking
of the convoy in the North Sea by Ger-
man cruisers, is being followed with
concern by Germany and it la feared
that Norway might be impelled either
by excited public opinion or pressure
from the allied side to enter the strug-
gle, at least to the point of granting a
uaxgl, base to England and the United
States.
After hurd fighting. In which the
troops came to hand-to-hand fighting
with vnrylng results, Field Marshul
Haig's forces now are in possession of
the town of Bourlon and the greater
part of Bourlpn Wood, west of C’am-
hrsi, giving them a dominating posi-
tion over the much sought for railroad
center and the surrounding country.
English, Welsh and Scottish battal-
ions, aided by the cavalry, now dis-
mounted,' encompassed the defeat of
the Germans, who had concentrated
fresh reserves to face the British I11
their efforts to win the positions wtiich
mean so much toward the ultimate
capture of Cambral. with Its tentacles
of railroads and highways leading In
all directions, and on which Field Mar-
shal von Hlndenburg Is so dependent
for support.
Littlo also except the gaining of
this town and of the wood had had a
place In the strategy of the British
commander In chief since his dash of
last week placed his forces west and
southwest of Cambral. virtually upon
the threshold of the town. Ever since
the initlsl attack the Germans had te-
naciously disputed every Inch of
ground, realising that with the fall of
Bourlon and the wooded heights their
tenure of Cambral would he seriously
menaced
Since the beginning of the^llrltlsh
drive they have taken clo'se on to
10,000 German prisoners.
Apparently the peril of the Italian
troops guarding the 1‘lave line and the
hill country In Northern Italy against
the Teutonic allies la at au cud. Large
numbers of British and French rein
forcements Infantry and artillery at
last have arrived upon the scene, ufter
days of anxious waiting in which the
Italians have home the brunt of terri-
fic fighting on both fronts solely on
their own shoulders and kppt back the
enemy from a further Invasion of the
Venetian plain
Although faced everywhere by su-
perior numbers of men ami guns, the
Italians have valiantly defended every
foot'of ground in tho hills und along
the I’iave, and In the former region In
recent days actually have taken tto*
offensive against the Invaders and
pushed them hack from strategic
points of vantage they had gained 1111
der terrific sacrifice In lives.
For eight days the allied reinforce-
ments marched to the rescue, bringing
along with them larue numbers of
gutis and huge supply trains.
After last week's severe repulses,
with heavy easualtles, the Invader*
have switched their main offensive to
the Aslago IMatenu sector, but here
also they have been held by the Hal
Ians without the gain of a yard of
ground. Attack has beou met with
counter attack, ami in addition to In-
fib tli.g h.nvv rrumntttng.
Tin fighting along th. l’lnve river
front trout the hilly region to the Ad
rlatic lias been sporadic, but tit out*
place where the enemy attempted to
(Cross the river on pontoons be was
wiped out by the fire of tin1 defending
artillery
The anny of tho German crown
yrlticu has not given up Its efforts to
overcome the success of the 1-Tench
troops northwest of Uheiina. whore the
gradual incursions Into the German
line arc threatening 1-aon Hero the
Germans again have made two violent
attacks, but their efforts brought
ditioual loss of numerous men.
Huntsville. Tex Two white men in
one cell, both having been adjudged
Insane; two negroes, also adjudged In
sane. In tho next cell; In a third c«dl
two white men. one of them Insane
and the other a man under conviction
for no crime and charged only by affi
davit, with two negroes in another coll
adjoining tbolrs Ruoh wors tho con
THK CONROE COURIER, CONROE. TEXAS
MEMBERS MIEUMAUORS
COMMITTEE COMPLETE TUP
TEXAS ITEMS
LaaQMS As-elected Officers for Ensu-
ing Year snd Chose Fort Arthur
as the 1918 Convention City.
Corpus ChrtstL Tn.—Having com
ptoted a trip to Taxes ports that start-
ed on November 16 and dial has in-
cluded New Orleans. Freeport, Galves-
ton. Houston, Onutge, Beaumont. Fort
Arthur, Corpus Christ! snd Port Aran-
sas. Members of the rivers and bar
burs oommittee • ho, since November
16. hare been the guests of the Free
port Commercial League. Friday de
parted for Miami, Fla, to attend a
meeting of the Atlantic Deep Water-
ways Association.
Members of the congress tonal party
are Chairman John H. -Small, Murray
Halbert of New York. Hubert Fisher
at Tennessee and H. I. Emerson and
M. Bwttser of Ohio. At New Orleans
they were joined by Representative#
.Martin Dies of Texas, James F Rear
of Wlsoonatn and William Kettuer of
California
Remark# of the congresemon Indi-
cated that they will especially favor at
the next HHgHton of congress appro
priatluns for waterways project# that
will serve ttiu government In a xuc-
cessful prosecution of the war. mean-
ing such porta ua are located near
naval buses, shipbuilding plants and
other communities that are contribut-
ing factors In providing facilities in
the war work
The congressmen visited Corpus
Chrtstl not only for the purpose of In-
specting the government deep water
project ut Fort Aransas and Turtle
Cove channel thut leads Into Corpus
Christ!, but also to attend tho four-
teenth annual convention of the Inter-
state In lurnl Waterways League of
Louisiana and Texas, that Friday con-
cluded tho final business of the con-
vention by the selection of Fort Ar-
thur as tho ID 18 convention city for
the league, the dates to be announced
later. *
The election of officers also took
place. (J. S E. Holland of Victoria was
elected league president; Henri Guey-
dan of Guoydan, La., vlej president;
I«eou l/ock* of I Aiks Charles and Roy
Miller of Corpus Chrtstl, secretaries,
and G. J. Palmer of Houston, treasurer.
Among the resolutions adopted was
arte petitioning congress to so amend
the Interstate commerce commission
law as to uinpower that body to pro
icrlbo minimum as well as maximum
rates between ports.
The league urges that a general plan
af waterway development, national In
*cope, be adopted, nnd that tho various
projects be carried out on tho basis of
continuing contracts. BtandardixaUnn
of widths and depths of waterways Is
a feature of the general scheme of de-
velopment which the league will sup-
port In future.
"The Improvement of waterways can
not be Justified merely cn the ground
that rail rates have thereby been re-
duced between water competitive
points; the establishment of water-
borne commerce commensurate with
tho cost of the Improvement must be
a controlling factor tn federal appro-
priations for waterways develop-
ment,” says the resolution.
Demand for recognition of the intra-
coastal canal on the basis of a ruling
depth of nine feet and a continuous
width of not loss than ninety feet Is
based not alone on tho commercial
needs of the territory served, hut also
ns an Instrumentality of defense in
time of war
On the whole, tho convention was
considered one of the most Important
In the history of the organization A
determined effort will be made to ob-
tain recognition of the Importance of
completing the canal.
THE WORLDS FOOD CROPS.
Statistics From Many Nations Indicate
Bumper Yields of Necessities
of Life.
Washington.—Bumper world crops
of corn, oats, potatoes, rice, sugar
beets and tobacco for this ynnr are
shown by estimates compiled by the
International Institute of Agriculture
at Rome, made public Monday by tbe
department of agriculture. Wheat, ryn.
barley and flaxseed, however, have
fallen below the five-year average of
production from 1911 to 1916
The production of wheat In seven
teen countries, not including the cen-
tral powers, will ho 1,868,000,000 bush-
els, SS.C per cent of the five-year aver
ages Com raised will amount to
8.812.000. 000 bushels, which Is 14 1 per
cent greater than the average produc-
tion for the Inst five years Other
crops an1 estimated as follows: Rye,
147.000. 000 bushels, 92 2 per cent, bar-
ley, 687,000,000 bushels, per cent;
oata, 2,682.000,000 bushels, 113 9 per
cent; rice, 70,000,000 bushels. 115.6
per cent; flaxseed, 38.000,000 bushels,
69,s per cent; potatoes, 71^,000.oOO
bushels, 112 4 per cent; sugar beets,
10.000. u00 short tons, 106.8 per cent,
totmeco, l.tMV.OOO.oop pounds, 120.6 per
cenL
x# sutuuaria* ssi I dlttona found Ip the "Insane ward' of
report n..,al|»h“ Penitentiary here when an
it approximate • f r > 1 •
five officers, wire taken off
ir1n< .
I ii*|ihTIoi was made Tuesday by
gj.„akrV F. O. Fuller and Hoprasenta
tlvo Frank Holaday of the legislative
Him '•tig.itlng oommlltos
Welfare Conference Ends.
Houston, Tex. Wichita Falls wn*
selected as the 1918 meeting place of
the child welfare conference of the
Texas Congress of Mother* and Far
ent Teachers Association at the final
session of that body Friday.
Thrse Aviators Meet Death.
Fort Worth, Tex —Two members of
the royal flying corps wen- Willed and
one died from injuries received Friday.
The dead are. Cadet W r, Alcock of
England, Cadet niddle of England and
Cadet Gish of Camels
Feed Auehed to Starving Cattle.
Washington.-—Railroads In Texas
Friday were ordered by tho priorities
board to give prefervneo tn transpor-
tation to ail shipments of cotton seed
cake and cotton seed meal for points
In Texas snd New M ex loo over all
other traffic except live stock and per
labablee. human fissistuff*. railroad
supplies and rrsUarkiL coal nnd gov
smniont shipments Tho purpose le to
get food to the thousands of oattle
threatened with starvation owing to
the drouth
The hog cholera epidemic near Lut-
ing continues to be seriously felt in
that section.
The road bond election for $100,000
held at Madisonvlllo for precinct No.
1 carried overwhelmingly
—♦—
The winter meeting of the Texas
State Horticultural Society will be
held In Mission on Decern her 12, 13
and 14.
A government drwdg** has started
the work on tin* latracoastmi canal,
working toward Orange, deepening the
waterway to nine feet and widening It
to one hundred feet.
-+---
Governor W. P. Hobby has appoint- 1
ed Hiram Glass of Austin a member
of the central committee to organise
legal advisory boards In Texns for
the selective draft.
The women s auxiliary of the Fred- ,
: erlcksburg public schools has donated
| money for the purchase of playground
, apparatus to he Installed on the large
1 school campus at that place
it. J. Windrow of Waco, recently up
j pointed a member of the state board
of water engineers to succeed J.
' Nagle, resigned, has qualified and en-
I tSred upon the discharge of his duties.
♦
The total number of bales of cotton
' ginned In Gonzales for this season' up
] to November 1 was 19,u52. according
j to the figures or J. F. Heed, United
State* statlsb-ian for Gonzales county.
-
The farn'« rs of Wharton county
1 have organized a Farmers’ Feed Asso
1 elation and the purchasing agent, W.
L. Harris, has gone to (stints In Okla-
homa, Missouri und Kansas to pur-
I chase corn.
—♦—
Palacios Is making ready to show
delegates to the annual Texas Edl-
1 toriul Association convention and
their friends a pleasant time The
j convention will meet at Palacios De-
cember M
The total number of bales of cotton
glnutel In Victoria county the present
season to November 1 w as 12,881 bales,
according- to the figures ef A. K . WIV.
son. United States statistician for Vic-
toria county.
The cotton report of J W. Thomas.
I government agent for Bell county,
shows ginned, of this si ason s crop,
prior to November 1, 21.620 hales, us
compared with 62,412 bales for tho
same period last year.
Several schools of Jim Wells county
have applied for a portion of the $2,-
000,000 rural school appropriation,
among which are the McUlaugherty,
Ben Bolt. Bentonvllle, Sandla and
Orange Grove schools.
Prairie hay Is worth $38 per ton In
Brenham, the same hay that always
sold at $8 per ton. Great quantities
are being imported by the farmers, as
the hay crop In Washington county
was practically a failure.
An Industrial use has been found
for the sands of the Texas "desert.”
that stretch of shifting sand hills am!
dunes extending from the gulf coast,
about midway of Padre Island, far Into
tjie Interior of the State. It has been
found excellent for the manufacture
o( glass,
A statement prepared hy th* rail-
road commission at the suggestion of
Chairman Mayfield of all persons kill
: ed and injured from automobile acci-
dents at grad*1 crossings by Texas rail-
roads from November 15, 1916, to No-
vember 15, 1917, shows a total of sixty-
four fatalities und 129 persons injured;
total of 193 casualties.
--^ —
Question* relative to the affiliation
hy state hanks with the federal re-
serve system will be discussed at a
meeting of state bankers, which has
been called to meet In Dallas Docem-
Iwr J3. The call was officially Issued
this week by H. W. Meredith.
—♦—
One of the largest turkey dressing
plants In Gonzales county has received
a wire from tho state association ad-
vising them that the national food ad-
ministration will permit no turkeys,
either alive or dressed, to be shipped ■
out of Texas until December 1, Here-
tofore thousand# of Thanksgiving
tables in the North were supplied with
turkeys from Gonzales county every
season.
—4—
The commissioners court of Robert-
son county bus ordered an election ‘In
a. defined road district reaching from
north to soutji, from Bremond precinct
to the Hch/A*. county line, composed
of the major portion* of Franklin and
Win* lock voting precincts, to deter
mine whether or not road improve
mpllt 1'Oflds ill the sum of $74-000 kIuiII
be Issued for sueh district.
♦
Scouting parties working under tho
direction of the department jf agricul-
ture have discovered pink boll worms
, »t Sin L«s>n, Ketnah and Dickinson.
Oaivost/m county, and at Webster,
Harris county. These men have found
; only a few of the pests, but farmers
have been requested not to destroy
cotton stalks uutll the Inspectors have
hod opportunity to make a careful In- ■
spectlon of all of the fields In the sec-
tions affected The worm hns been '
1 discovered over an extended area
j around Auoiiuac, across Galveston bay. 1
- •
Potuvi ginned In Washington coun-
ty U reported by Oeorg* W. Grater,
the government ststisiclan, as follows: I
METRE OF TK STATE
COUNCIL OF DEFENSE
plans Proposed for IwrsMhHI States
Crop Production—In amass
Ringsr Foros, Its.
Austin. T#x.—-The Texas stats coun-
cil of defense. In #ea*to*i Monday, In-
augurated. st the #ugge«t1on of Gov-
ernor W. P. Hobby, a campaign In the
Interest of Increased crop production
during th# coming year; requested the
governor to Increase th* ranger foroe
on the border to 200 men to give prop
er protection to property of Tcxaus;
appointed a committee, consisting of
Frank Kail of Wichita Falls, James
('alien of Menardville, R J. Kleberg of
Kingsville and D G, Giddlngs of Hrkn-
ham, to co-operate with the committee
of twenty-two appointed by the govern-
or to work In an effort to securp an
emergency appropriation of $60,(FX),000
for the drouth-etricken sections of Tex-
aa, snd adopted a resolution r#com- 1
mending tbe appointment of purchas-
ing agents to be stationed tn Oklahoma
and Kansas to assist the fanners of
Texas In th* purchase of feed, com
and other supplies.
The meeting w n# presided over by T*
Judge O. K. Dunlap of WaxabuctilA,
chairman of the council.
The governor told of the steps taken
by him to induce the federal govern-
ment to appropriate $50,000,000 for the
relief of the drouth sufferers In Tex-
as.
The council indorsed the governor’s
plan and authorized the appointment
hy the chairman of a committee to co-
operate with the committee which had
been appointed by tho governor to con- i
for with the national and state food ad-
ministrators und Secretury of the
Treasury William 'O. McAdoo. The
committees are expected to leave
shortly for Washington.
R. J. Kleberg of Kingsville, chair-
man of the home protection commit-
tee, called attention of the council to
:onditlons on the Mexican border,
which. In his opinion, called for im-
mediate action for the purpose of "nip-
?lng in the hud” certuln tendencies
hat might lead to serious dlsturb-
inces.
Mr. Kleberg said there are many
well-to-do and Influential German eltt-
lens in Mexico, intensely loyal to the
tJernittn government, who would im-
iotrbreitlj vio er«-rythinw 4n thole pus-
•r to stir up the Mexicans against thin
•ountry Many young Germans, he
mid, escaped across the Rio Grande
'rom this country to avoid the draft.
They, too, would be active and no
ioubt are active, he said Already, aaM
Mr. Kleberg, assassinations have ba-
gun in the Texns border counties;
ranchmen are being waylaid and cer-
tain bandit chieftains are In the sad-
dle. Now that the Texas National
Guard was no longer on the border, tt
was said that the Mexicans are oin-
boldened to make raids across the
river.
Opinion was expressed that Texas
men who understand the methods of
the Mexican bandits are more effec-
tive than the regular soldiers. The
most effective force possible, In Mr.
Kleberg's opinion. Is an enlarged force
of stato rangers Seventy or one hon-
1red additional rangers now, Mr. Kle-
berg thought, would have a more
wholesome Influence in restraining
border attacks than 10.000 troop*
might have later ou. “The Mexicans
fear and respect the Texas ranger,”
ieclared Mr. Kleberg
Adjutant General James A. Harley,
who was present, announced that the
matter of appointing additional raiv
<er* was now being attended to by his
yfflce nnd that he believed that the
present force of eighty men would he
it leust doubled and be in service or
the border by December 1.
Further announcement was made by
Adjutant General Hurley of hi* depart-
ment's intention of beginning the or-
ganization of a new Texas National
Guurd brigade about January 1 The
brigade will have about four thousand
mm below nnd above the draft age,
ind will be subji-ct to the order# of
the national government.
WHEN OUR UNCLE
SAM WAS YOUNG
In tho opinion of General Harley,
the new gutml will be assigned to umr-
vice on the Mexican border The coun-
cil discussed the law authorizing tbe
organization of home guards, and th*
Importance of exercising caution to In
sure that only good and loyal men are
admitted was stressed.
Commission Fined T. dt P. $5000 a Day.
Baton Rouge. La.—A fine of $5000
a day, effective November 22, was In*
posed on the Texas At Pacific Railway
Company Friday by the Louisiana rail-
road commission for every day on
which the road falls to operate all Its
trains. The fine, announced prior to
the obtaining by the railroad of an In-
junction In federal court In New Or
bans to prevent the commission from
Interfering with the discontinuance of
certain trains, was decided upon hy
the commission after tl j road, con
tfary to the commission's orders, dis-
continued nine branch line trains
Thursday.
Poisoning of Hogs Alarming.
Austin. Tex—Report# received by
R. H. HotTman, Jr, State pure Pood
commissioner, indicate that th* pois-
oning of he wtdle la shipment from
points In Toxn# Is becoming quite a
serious menu • HI# department ha#
Just received for snaly#i# tha atom
nch# of a number of hog# that were
poisoned In a shipment from Fort
Worth to H«nrm and MeDede, ovwr
the Houston A Texas Ontral railway.
A large number of tbe hog# ware dead
when unloaded, from the effects of
some kind of corrostx** poison
Threaten to Selx* Oklahoma Mine*.
Washington.—Oklahon 1 coal opuses
tom were threatened by Fuel Admk*
September, 1917. 15.012 bales; Roptom I IMrmt0r K#»urd#) with gov-
tier. 1916. 12.305 bales; October, 1917, 1 ermn,’nt B<,‘,Ure ftDd of their
21.937 bale*; October. 1918, 2S.6R0
hali-e. November, 1SU7. 24.027 l<altx*;
November, 1916, 31,236 bales The cot-
ton crop for 1916 was 3J.80O hales,
and cotton « ij»-rts estimate the 1917
produotUin ut 27.0U0 bale#. It I# ex-
pected that the top crop will reach
1,000 bales.
Only Twenty-two Nephews
and Nieces at This
Thanksgiving.
^ I ^lllH pretty piece of sentiment
I Is Intended to refer to n dinner
A given trr 1KV4 by Uwlv Knm to
his nephews and nieces of that
period. Since that time the member#
of Ids finally lujve Increased slightly.
“Twenty-two states are to dine tie
gether tomorrow. The invltutlons have
been out for a month. The dinner Is
given In honor of Connecticut, the old-
est Invited guest, xvhn sits down to
the anniversary f<-nst for tho hundred
and fifth time. The table will be three
thousand miles long—so there Is sure
to be room. New Hampshire has
agreed to preside, at the upper end.
In a huge granite chair. The clergy of
the Union will say grace two hours
beforehand. Thlrty-slr thousand
church bells have been arranged to
clilmo the music. The vlunds will he
various to suit all tastes—from Ice at
the upper end to wines and fruits at
the lower. But the majority of the
guests will probnbly make their dinner
of roast turkey nnd pumpkin pie, out
of compliment to old Connecticut, the
founder of the festival. .
“It must be u pleasant sight for her
to see the whole family gathered
uround her table, with Uncle Sam,
about half way down, in the midst of
them. The old fellow Is pretty well
In years now (seventy-eight last July),
but still hale nnd hearty, thanks to nn
excellent constitution. Virginia, his
eldest daughter (11 well-meaning per-
son, though with a deal of family
pride, and very much given to talking
nbont licr son ‘George,’ for which, how-
ever, nobody can blame her), will have
a si'iit at bis right hand. Texas, a
rough-and-ready sort of backwoods-
man. has n place ai the other end of
the table, and will probably contrive to
sit very close to Louisiana, one of the
youngest and prettiest of the old gen-
tleman's nieces.
“Of course there have been Idle sto-
ries in circulation about this family,
as there are about all families, which
this gathering xvlll do much to dispel.
Some, for Instance, have asserted that
they were hend over ears In debt, and
so near bankrupt thnt they could not
afford sugar In their tea. Uncle Sam
will Chuckle nt them xvell when lie
pulls out a surplus of $20,000,000
xvhlcll he proposes to exhibit. Others,
again, have privately hlRted that Mis-
sissippi has applied for 11 divorce, nnd
that she Is going to run away xvlth a
worthless adventurer. But her pres-
ence nt the dinner, smiling nnd con*
tented, will pretty effectually stop that
gossip. Others, ngaln, pretend that
there Is a deadly quarrel between New
York, Virginia, Massachusetts, nnd two
or three others. But you will see that
they xvlll be shaking hands over the
dinner tnble before sundown.
“Tbe old folks xvlll take great pleas-
ure In talking over the days when they
were young, and all thirteen of them
lived-together—down on the seashore.
The young ones xvlll, of course, he full
of a thousand visionary schemes by
which they think they are going to
make a great noise In the world hy
and hy. But, nt any rnte. they will
all he the better for the old tales that
xvlll he told, the old Jokes that will he
made, nnd the old songs that will be
sung, until late In the evening, when 1
Hope nnd Memory (two old servants
of this family who have done more to !
keep it together than nuy amount of
cnniproml#**# rrmM). will light them nil
up to lied, nnd aupply therii with the
niaterlul for thdr Thanksgiving
dream#.”
GOOD OLD DAYS
“BEEP’ DE WAH”
Eloquent Description of a
Southern Countryside
Thanksgiving.
A S good a description of a
Thanksgiving In ante-bellum
days as hns come to our
knowledge Is the following;
See xvhat happens to the turkey
xvhen It files south of Mason and Dix-
on’s line!
Mrs. Duvall of the Dower house In
Maryland vouches for this transforma-
tion :
“Tho men go off hunting nnd the
mistress may finish some book she has
been trying to rend for the last year;
and when the hunters come In. glowing
xvlth the exercise of climbing over tbe
fields, with twenty Or thirty birds, a
dozen or so rabbits nnd three or four
woodcocks, we all gather In the big,
warm kitchen nnd pick birds—yes. and
clean them, too—while the men build
n big fire on the huge brick fireplace
In the dining room and one of the
maids BrAx the table.
“And how beautiful It Is, with the
dancing light of the pine knots reflect-
ing the silver and china In the waxed
mahogany! Then we broil the birds;
yes, we nil cook them, hasting nnd
turning them and dripping them xvlth
molted butter, and finally dusting xvlth
salt and pepper—fresh ground, It is.
“The candles are lighted, nnd—nois-
ily, maybe; Impatiently, perhaps—
knowing the wonderful taste of the
broiled birds, we. gather around the
long oval table. Plates of hot biscuits
nre brought In. hot coffee with hot milk
Is our drink, and great enkes of wild
honey taken from a tree In the woods
where (he hunters had found It.
“That Is a Thanksgiving dinner here.
“And In the kitchen the rubblts are
’skun,’ an<t Aunt Mary, true to her
privileged position as ‘Mammy,’ puts
good lard (negroes an* not allowed to
use lard; they must fry out fat from
‘fnt hack’) In three or four Iron skil-
let#, cut# the rabbits up and dips them
In flour, salt and pepper, and fries
them all brown nnd crisp—and never
forget# to fry an onion In the same
pnn!
“And when the long table In the
kitchen Is set, and the delicious
hroxvned rabbit und pans und (wins of
conihread and the bits of wild honey^
thin were too broken to be ‘sent in the
house’ are ready, Aunt Mary asks the
blessing—for she Is very devout—then
silence reigns for 0 while, maybe for
half nn hour.
“But finally a mouth organ Is drawn
from Joe’s pocket, and Siam the rhyth-
mic shuffle tells us who have finished
our birds thnt Itena Is dancing; and
xve all troop out to see the girls dance,
especially to see Rena *plck de liznr !
off do fence.’ ”
Thanksgiving Proepeot.
O Turkey, an oration.
For your name toon will b# heard.
You ar« doubtful n# a nation.
But yxra'r# nil right a# bird.
mine# If they permit peoducsiun to
halt pending nctiou 00 dernnad for
higher price*.
Caring fer Inner Tube.
Any tire dealer will show you how
to roll the air out of nn Inner tut^^Ln
U4 fold If pmwrty, but If It Is left lr^
Its folded condition to* long It will
crack. So open It occasionally and
fold It another way. If this I# not
done, the tube will become almost unc-
lean. / *~'f- -.....—
Oof ton Seed Cake to Drone* --rAJag#
Houston. Tex —Between eor and ggo
tore of feptton seed cek* te being ship-
ped fromy Oatvp#ton dally to (M gpp
f "t#te where th# gSh M
tlons of t
starring
.eoooent of
New Gasoline Gauge.
A new type of gasoline gauge for
automobile*. In which a tloat cauee* a
hand to register on a dial, can be sub-
stituted for the regular tank oap.
Crosa Tracka In Second.
Always cross railroad tracks In sec-
nd speed. You will, of course, run
over them slowly to avoid damage to
the tires, but the motor Is easily
Mnlled xvhen throttled down on high
*l>eed. Crosa thorn tn second speed
and ypo will be more safe.
Salvage New Industry.
Wrecking or salvaging automobile*
ha* become an Industry In Itself, ■#•
ploying thousands of workers and In-
volving bnslneaa amounting to hun*
dreda of thousands of dollar# yearly.
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