The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 19, 1917 Page: 2 of 8
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THE- LEADER
imjsHRn EVERY THURSDAY
Ratet of SubtcriplioB
One Copy, One Year - *
Entered at tlw^s^n^et^Gr^ain, ]u^ .‘},uf j cannot vote for war. ag,.s „f niiiftoeri
_—--- She waq_Jherefore recorded in are called into th
FRANK H. BOW RON, Editor.
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abstracts.
Strike Hard
Now that the war with Prus-
•ionised Germany has been
waging upon America i8 official!}
nroimized- -a ml ^ucct-pLed^- the.
gregO-thing is to strike
__reeled t > use all the naval and
military forces and all the re-
source* of the ©ohntry to eervy
wrong-headedness. It. was the
and .plans have long vote of hope not hindrance^
to thwart them. IVe the vote of tfc* h^art. It gives
the war to a successful conclusioi
and there can now be no hesita-
tion or delay.
rnii the. nation ready 1 There, is
assurance- that it is. The plot-
tings of Prussia have been un-
derstood
been laid
have not been tied up in a war
with Mexico, as Berlin fervently,
hoped. There was apprei iat ion
at Washington of greater busi-
ness ahead, awl work of organi-
sation for real belligerency has
been pushed. Capital, labor and
factories have men marshalled
and are ready. The president’s
resolution is not to her disere
It -was essentially womanly, aays
eastern exchange. f‘l want
o vote for my
the negative, and the great mass
her asapetatesy-^01 li^^iwspt
con-
that there is hq other
vriiy of making a good world
than by forcibly putting the evil
They were right, .but
CUT of It.
Ji does not necessarily follow
that she is to bs condemned.
' Probably Miss Rankin the
first woman to whom so momen-
tarP a question was ever put.
Her first declaration was of her
patriotism, and with the decision
made, ««she knew it would—be
made, there is no reason to duubt
fttwddcnt la di-itlial she will do everything she
Transportation mini not he
rupted. §
lery fire in preparation and pur-
Xtfcsmi draft svfitmi, sHy! tfc •dv““
---‘I-TxT-I.: iT. brevionsly been employed on hu>
the men Oetween the fUM ^ the war. TheBia|I».ht|W—
guns leveled all opposition with-
in the
the service of the
country, enables the Government
to raise «u army without
ing its economic resources. Under
that policy men who ought to be
cm thej farms can be kept on the
farms. Men who ought to be in
the factories can be kept in the
Men who ought to
rangtrset for them, and
the advancing infantry had only
te
g^> T<iT^arcT7 eng m and hoi
the ground againtd| improvises
counter attacks. As the infantry
advanced the artillery fire was
factories: Men who ought to be
on the railroads can be kept on
the railroads. The army can be
made up of njep without wives oi
dependejits, of maa talre n tf&m
the non-essential industries. At
the same time, the shirker^ and
slackers can be compelled to do
their, share, either in itailitary~or
industrial service.
It i* h system umJLer which
ca^i do to terminate the war suc-
cessfully at the eaTlicfit possible
moment. Let its imagine, if we
can* a congress-woman ranting
and raving for war—we
have liked her much less.' Miss
Rankin’s vote k not to be taken
reactionary or* the result of
Idle sons' of the rich must
along with the sons of the poor.
It m ther
as
long paricncc and kindly protest
under national wrongs have
brought the whole people to the
conviction that he has never de-
sired war and has done t wry
thing in peace to secure the de-
sired ends. His preat address in
us a glimpse of the pew factor
that is coming iu^gov^rmnoit to
make it better and more just—
the very thing that men are fight
VUg for. When the war is end-
ed the" international conditions
must be such that there will he
no more var .The wotnaifhood of
this and other nations, thi
first of war’s horrors, will be a
tremendous help in gaining and
holding the world peace and
dood wifi for which -we are all
only system under
should wb*cl1 lhe right man can be sent,
to the right place. * .
When the British volunteer ar-
tny wa« recruited, men whose
services were invaluable . fo the
military industries of the coun-
try' freely enlisted, and the dam-
age whs .incalculable, la one bat
talion there were 200 expert mu-
nition-workers Who were worth
their weight in gold to their
country in the industry that
they deserted. Former non-com-
missioned officers who were in-
dispensable in training recruits
as privates and were
lifted systematically and dropped
like a curtain behind thu Gorman
advanced forces. _.In consequence
of thin t.hp Utti»r uip** 11iijs!11«> wi 1
of this the latter were uiutble to
retire, therefore could but yield as
British earns forward.-
Your Boots
Also take a look at my Shop-Made Boots. First-
class service and workmanship guaranteed.
24 YEARS EXPERIENCE
.MAX LAUBE
Tito John Pohlmgn stands Wool SldB of Squnro
battle of Arras is accounted a
great British vietory, although
it certainly can not be said that
!a vital defeat has been adminis-
tered to the opposition.
tack has slowed down, but wheth
for *he purpose of bringing
the heavy guns closer for the
rest of the men orto make prepa
another
THROUGH TRAINS TO
r
X
prSying. ,
Busy; With Plans For Commer
sent to the front, where their ex-
ceptional qualifications were waat
ed. It was finally.necessary to
begin at the beginning and •*-
organize the m Hilary induslries bf
part of the line, no longrdiatance
observer can say. At all events,
it is clear that the British of-
fensive has begun in earnest, and
that the biggest battles of the war
are evolving.; General Maurice,
.director of operations at The
Home Office, declares that both
sides * ar; gathering for the
world’s bloodiest battle. What
lias just happened at Arras may
be the overture. * The Germans
undoubtedly are bringing men
from the Russian front, where
they probably anticipate no im-
mediate aggression, With heavy
reinforcement in the west, from
the east, Hkidenburg will be in
position to defend de«]>erately
every yard of ground in dispute.
He must not permit his
line to be broken, for the
KANSAS CITY
CHICAGO, OMAHA
Connections from Gra-
mm with trains to above
points and to Colorado;
also to other points
North and Northwest.
For rates and particulars;
also for information rela-
tive to short limit excur-
sions, call upon or write
C l WYNNS, Local iftit
Geo. 9. PenteeoMt, O. P. A.
Fort Worth, Texas
Lawyer
West Side of Square.
Graham, Texas
ARNOLD A ARNOLD
Attorneys - at-Law
Will practice la all Bute and Fadaral
Court*, loan money upon landa.baj
•ell vendor’* lien notea, eto. Bin
oomplete aba tract! el title*
furnish same on short notice.
Dr. W. A. MORRIS,
DENTIST,
Office over Graham National
] . GRAHAM. TEXAS.
Dr. M. H. CHISM,
Dentist*00 PbotogFapbtf,
GRAHAM, TEXAS.
Waat Bid* of
congress has put the (Miming con-
flict on the highest p< ssibh
plain* and hits insnre4-th^ sup-
jKjrt of every honeot micd>
This, country is to fight the
cialixing Rabbits
Austin, Texas, April 13—Car-
wrong that wicked men have put
Into the world—the wrong oi
rying out his plana of commercial ' Government,
i/ing tin Texas jack rabbit, Com-
missioner of A
Davis lias sent experts to the
western portion oi the state to
trSeh the farmers how to cam
privilege and the power of some raj,bits for shipment to the east-
ovff the livfil eru end northern^markets.
| others; the wrong of tyranny and
oppression of the many for the
greed and exaltation of a few.
ItJklo figfrfr^fer liberty atwl jus
tiee everywhere—Germany in
eluded; for the dethronement of
autoeraey and the rise of the
rule of the people. It is to fight
for the world, asking nothing for
itself that it does not ask for oth
•r peoples. /
Among those sent is Mrs. E.
M. Barrett, head of the econom-
ies bureau of thel department.
and
others engaged in. killing rabbits
as an occupation, several differ-
to carry on the war.
Should Congress insist on re-
peating the mistake ef the Brit
we -shall <not
only cripple ourselves but cripple
and British troops
morale of the whole German na-
tion is intrenched behind it. But
that it will be broken, granting
that Russia remains an active fac-
tor, is not seriously to be doubt-.
iof Squaratvodoom
of Pythian Hall.
now fighting in the trenches. We
shall have an army that we can-
not transport to Europe, but in
the meantime we shall have de-
Samuel Merwin
Samuel Medwm, who among the
young writers of America has suc*’f>s‘‘i|
already won much renown, is a
mothoda of exiling the rab-
bit meat, including potted rab-
bit stew, sausages, and swept
pickles.
Mrs. Barrett has advised the
department here that she and
others in the field are making a
of the work, and that it
will not be long before carload-
ii11>i‘h 1 i/**<l industries that are vital
to the winning of the wary We
shall have fens of thousands of
men iu uniform who ought to be
doing something else, and tens of
thousands of other men doing
nothing who ought to .be jn uni-
thc French or the British by mid
summer, for tha entente allies
now have preponderating artil-
lery and inexhaustible ammuni-
tion. And they have the spirit
and determination requisite for
the. work. Our own position in
th-» war is not materially ebung-
ed, Congress is working with-
out ill advised haste, and a com-
AT YOUR
COMMAND! I
Bert King B. W. King
KING & KING
—Lawyers—
Offices at Seymour and
Practice in all he Oourto
------ . “T 'f'W t,f 1 'WS" 1
form.-——:— -- • ~
The principle of the selective
Vi .
aegular contributor to Cosmopoli-; meat Will be _|hipped
tan, America’s Greatest *Magazizi( •out ^ state markets.;
At j>esent Mr. Merwiii tt-Herm-1
tributing short
draft ifleahs neither more nor lest
than the application of experience
and proved effectiveness to *the
carrying on of war, and when a
nation makes war it is criminal to
adopt half-hearted or half-way
measures. We know exactly what
happens when the selective draft
is applied to the raising of an ar
Sonin fellows seem to think
stories entitlec f|1af ,t|OV cani aaaajm war bv>»t-
Tha LoVes of.Henry the Ninth,’ '
teve. Never
and girl
ksi>iriihK^‘!!2ir sh fill f
gayly, yet so' delicately treated {Brazil into tKf conflict, seventeen
unt’ons
my. We know exactly what hap-
— ■*“ **
Neither theory aior sentiment can
emtrit
againsttSa n
week of ease, amrihe supreme duty that the‘ fly,
Jt
■tory forTHay is entkied “The
Counter-irritant ’ —and tit ’• £* a
War.
Two hundred and fifty patriot-
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ttt hrtl
ten pat
rdkogtiorsf
«ruttiogl of-
m it
9 !, 1 * JPH'I
Btatea
will now give way
gnintqr tho wv.” ~~
World.
Don’t let the high cost of paper
from aending
EVERYBODY—
when you have our
telephone in your
house and office.
NOTICE!
! ML R.D. RUTHERFORD
VETERINARIAN
will be in Graham every trades
every ti
day. Office a Henderson's
plcte program will have been F r
initiated put into force
in a-week or two. The War and
Navy Departments are busy day
and night, and their plans will
soon be perfected. The subma-
rines are active, but according to
British figures thefr- destritctive-
ncsH is diminishing. Itrifg notable
that the German press now dis-
cutcss the submarines with less
elation that formerly, and for en-
couragement has returned to its
credulous faith in Von Hkiden-
GRAHAM INDEPENDENT
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J. F. HAMILTON, Hunger
‘‘ Tenting Tonight”
Mary Roberts Rhinehart has
contributed to the May issue of
Vos i opolitan Mwgazine a billian
article entitled ‘Tenting Toight.”*
In this narrative Mm. Rbineharl
tells t e story of her wonderful
nfc
lri^> te the grcdL TJorlliwMto
Rnrkics, and .tells it in such-
Wagon Yard. Examination Free
at office.
Dr. N. B. Blevins
Veterinary Surgeon
• Independent Phone No. 8-ls
LOVING - - TEXAS
Some fellows do ao little that
if they didn’t get paid for it you
couldn’t call it work.
The feTTow who used to be fori
jKr present war will go down
in history properly
‘'made-in-OrtMn|r 1
branded
meitMRttn^pftMiMwr that Ute read
er’s interest is held from bogin-
awiyBiK yrtei v wamtm
markable photographs taken
the trip.
on the sands of time now hat s
jj. ton who is afraid he can’t cover
SjjE up his tracks.—Exchange.
on
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firingsVigyfiada sat Gait-
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‘Obey Hbe lawn
she will n(
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Bowron, Frank H. The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 19, 1917, newspaper, April 19, 1917; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth886657/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Library of Graham.