The Electra Daily News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 547, Ed. 1 Monday, August 31, 1914 Page: 2 of 4
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IS THERE ANY JUSTICE IN IT?
We were asked this morning, k^Vhy
is it that the city »can force one citi-
zen to build a concrete sidewalk in
front „and alongside of his property
.and^not force his neighbor to do the
s'ake "thing?” •' ' * '*
We were not in a position to give
him an^ answer, for we do jiot know
why the city should have pets in giv
I ’ out an order of this kind. If they
can Tnalce Mr. A. put down a sidewalk^
they certainly have the power. to
make Mr. B, do the same thing, and if
they'"force Mr. A/tO comply with this
ordinance, and make hint pay for it
^y a threat-td sell his property if he
does not, then Mr. -A. should have
some recourse to force the city to
•make Mr. B'. lay his \^alk too. -
There is no justice in' any such pro-
. ceedings, . If the*city orders a side-
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flows from ’such " institutions, are
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brought into conflict'with 'the highly*
efficient imperialistic beaurocracy and
‘military"'; organization of Prussia,’”
“If we go down and are swept in
ruin into the past you are'the next in
line.”
“We’ recognize the consequences
and, the issue being joined. England
must go forward to. the very end,”
The object of this interview is, of
course, tot create American sympathy
for England and its six allies in their
attempt to vanquish Germany and
Austria. Aside from the fact" that
England has forfeited considerable of
the sympathy which the United
States has given her of their own free
will by introducing into the struggle
the assistance of Japan and the fur-
ther calling in of their native Indian
troops to fight their blood relations,
the premises upon which he has built
this elaborate interview are wrong in
more than one point. He says, “The
British democracy is engaged in a
death grapple with the Prussian au
'topratic rule.”- Germany’s rule is as
much a constitutional government as
the English and if their military as
cendancy has been developed to a
greater extent it is simply for the rea
>son that? Germany -not being a fool
and threatened on both her eastern
and western frontiers by great mili-
tary powers—one a despotic and the
other a republican—instead of being
surrounded by the sea as England is,
she had to adopt the military policy
as a matter of self preservation.
Is England’s rule over India con-
stitutional? and i£ she is so mych in
.favor of ponstitutional and democrat-1
ic government why was she in such a
hurry to join Russi£—the only really .with the largest and beSt .supporting
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sjrahle-location for, a,
C. P. Sheldon at Austi
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FOR RENT—One-roo(ni
and strip, papered; f2x:
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DRS. PATTI!
'Albert taYlor at garden t onight with a big company.
The well.know actor Albert Taylor iRussell, in the character of “Hosea
Howe,” Mr. Taylor is
TOR RENT—Office buildi’jfe, cheap; on
principal street, cent^ily located,
L4xl8, electric lights. Safe C. P. Shel-
don, Austin Furniture Co. , d452t£
said to have
autocratic and despotic power in Eu-j company he has ever had, will be here ^he Second plformanTe*'^vil^be^Who
rope?• . .* jat the Garden on Monday and Tues-|wm Marry Mary,” which will prove
The fact that he hardly mentions day, .August..31st and .Sept. J.st. Mr. 0f the real comedy hits of the sea-
walk built on any street then every ,
property owner on the street should Russja this interview is an evidence Tavi01. ,vm present two nlavs entirely
be oxotffied". a'rfd 'dompfelled to obey the f {he fact that he himself considers : ' . V f l , tW° P yl ^4y
order. There, is no sense in having a presses weak '!leW ‘° loca, «»??• “f. °P,?n;
sidewalk full of gaps. If this be the, , ' ., ,fh ilnS P'ay m ba Peaceful Valley, a
Uw then let the law be enforced.' If howCTer> h’s fle"ca [comedy made famous by .Sol Smith
x-l. i . , , , . „ , regard to Russia may be looked at m:
.the law .s not strong enough to fol-ce Supposing .the,allies I p,gF„ATT Tv .... rpat Tn^7.
Mr. A. s neighbor to build the walk,, w 'vi0toriOUs over'Germany, where1 BASEBALL IN BIBLICAL TIMES,
then let Mr. A. alone. 'would Bussia-Qome in? Would it not
then.be England’s policy to stir up
FOR RENT—5-room
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blocks north of sch/ol ho
R. Brown, 220.
•som In. case of inclement weather
the show will take place at the Dixie,
twhich has been reseated with the very
FOR RENT-^Oaepo
at Marriott’s sto\e.
latest in. opera chairs.
WANTED—800 feet
Must be in good co
Sheldon. Phone 220
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The Dallas Evening Journal of Sun-, ^ wal. in ord6l. to crush another
day contains a lengthy interview .with
Winston Churchill, setting forth what
the United States might expect at the
hands of Germany in the event of the
latter being victorious in the present
war. The salient points of this state-
ment are condensed in the following:
EXCERPTS FROM INTERVIEW
WITH WINSTON CHURCHILL
“autocratic military power?” Church-
ill makes a great noise about this
“Prussian militarism” although she
has herself for nearly two centuries
controlled the oceans of the world by
her powerful armada.
England had nothing to say against
German militarism as long as Ger-
many confined herself to keeping in
check her troublesome neighbors on
London, Aug. 29.—Excerpts from ( continent. Only when Germany,,
interview with First Lord of the Brit-' °rder to find an outlet for her sui- ,
ish Admiralty Winston Churchill: { plus population in colonies of hei <
“The British democracy is engaged
in a death struggle with the Prussian
autocratic rule.”
“It is our life or theirs.”
“This war is for us a war of honor;
own and a market for her great in- |
dustries in compettion with England, j
and which colonial policy had to be j ^ea>
protected by a powerful fleet, that j
English animosity against Germany j
The Devil was the first coach—he
coached Eve when she stole first—
Adam stole second.
When Isaac met Rebecca at the well
she was walking with a pitcher.
Sampson struck out a great many
times when he beat the Philistines.
Moses made his first run when he
slew the Egyptian.
Cain made a base hit when he killed
Abel.
Abraham made a sacrifice.
The Prodigal Son made a home run.
David was a long-distance thrower.
Moses shut out the Egyptians at the
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it has become a war of self-preserva-; ^as developed.
tion.” 1 We do not think America has any-
“It is the old struggle of 100 years 1 thing to fear no matter which side
ago against Napoleon; we are at grips) wins. It surely has no reasons to ap
with Prussian militarism.” t prehend any attack by Germany.
“If Germany wins, it will be the There might be a certain amount of
victory of the blood and iron military ' speculation indulged in as to where
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school whose doctrine and principles, the United States would come
will then have received a supreme and in if England’s supremacy on
terrible vindication.” j the sea was by the destruction of
“The French English' and Ameri- * Germany’s power left in unchecked
can systems of government by popular , control of the oceans and therefore
election and parliamentary _ debate. * the markets of the world.
Richarcfs'on
Drug Store
Is Robbed
Small Amount of Money and Dia-
mond Ring Stolen—Entrance by
a Back Window.
J. W. Martin died at the home of
Somenone entered Richardson Drug
company’s store Saturday night, gain-
ing an entrance by breaking a glass
in the back window and prizing off
one of the iron bars. The thief got
away with about $6 in change, taken
from the cash register, and the dia-
mond ring belonging to the Garden
theatre, which was displayed in the
store window, and was "to be awarded
in the baby contest at the Garden to-
1 night An exact duplicate of the ring
| was wired for immediately and the
his son-in-law W A. Ashley.^im af- j of ^ baby eontest wil! be all. ^
teir.oon a 0 ^ oc ’ ai ,a” J nf.ss pounced at the Garden tonight. |
of several months from Bright s chs- _ The robb(fry wag not discovered un.
ease, age a ou i yeais. 1 til Sunday morning when H. F* Ward,
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tist church, was a member of the Ma
sonic, Eastern Star and Knights of
Pythias lodges.
Funeral services will be held at the
clerk, opened the
the proscription
i store. I
| There is no clue to the theft, fur-1
[ ther than a track in the mud just out-1
„ . , . ^ . . side the window which shows aj
Baptist church tomorrow morning at! T , , , ... , i
„ ^ . , , , , , _ _ broad toe shoe with a run down heel,
10 o’clock by the pastor, Rev. W. C.
Garrett, after which the Masons will
take charge of the services and the
body interred at the Electra cemetery.
The funeral will be under the di-
rection of Sid W. Smith, undertaker
for the Goodman-Floyd Furniture Co.
To the sorrowing relatives the New's
extends sympathy..
COLLINS HAS HARD LUCK.
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s ir-posed to be a No. 5. j
Officers are diligently searching “ ' n , t_
j. j. * ... . , u-7 Kansas City, Aug. 28.—Cash wheat
for the guilty party, and while there i m + ■, vr o
is no absolute clue to his identity, lbl?- - bai'd l;01to 1'°7' i No.
they have their suspicions and it Z 19 Oats No. 2 white
might he well for the party to follow *' t0,
the example of the thief who went in : -
this store on a former occasion and Fort Worth Livestock.
left the stolen goods in a barrel of
i rubbish behind the store where it was Fort Worth, Aug. 28. Cattle re-
wound later. eeipts 1,700, active; beeves $5 to $6.50.
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Manager Collins of the Garden and
Dixie theatres says hard luck has it in
for him. Expecting the diamond
ring contest to bring in a big crowd
Saturday night, one of the worst
looking storms of the season blew up
right at show time and cut the at-
tendance down to a mere house party.
Sunday morning he was awakened
with the good news that the diamond
ring which was on display at Richard
son’s drug store had been stolen dur
ing the night. That was all bad
enough, but Collins, being of a cheer
ful disposition, says he can live over
that, but fate not havipg done enough,
permits death to enter his door. Poor
little King died, or rather the dogs
hilled King. King, if you are not ac-
quainted with the members of the
Collins family, was a fine long-haired
Angora cat belonging to Mrs. Collins.
King, as his name indicates, was some
scrapper and heretofore had whipped
all the dogs in the neighborhood, but
the dogs, following the tactics of the
dogs of war, formed an alliance and
all jumped on Mr. I£ing at once, quick
ly dispatching him. We extend our
deepest sympathies to the family.
(Evidently the cat wasn’t Dutch.
—?Ed.)
This is the third time this store has HoS receipts 500, jive cents higher;
been robbed in practically the same bulk $8.80 to $9.15. Sheep receipts
manner. Last July the store was en- 400; steady,
tered twice by the same entrance.
same
The first time a small amount of mon-
ey was taken, several cartons of cig j
alettes and a number of fine pipes.!
the
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hand it t
would be sufficlen
ehinery in the county, much less a fan.
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Chicago Futures.
Chicago, Aug. 28.—Wheat sold down
The next night, however, the cigar- iat the opening today on profit taking,
ettes, a $15 and a $6 pipe were left in ibut it required small demand to check
a barrel of rubbish back of the store, (the decline. First prices were one and
.The other time nothing was missed tone-half to three cents under yester-
from the store, but on the same night day’s close and in the first fifteen min-
the Adams Drug store was also bro- rutes there was a further recession of
ken into and a quantity of morphine one-half to one cent, May touching
was stolen. $1.15, exactly ten cents under' yester-
A report was circulated yesterday /day’s top. It rose two and three-quar-
that when Ward went into the store /ter cents from the bottom on a mere
the robber was just leaving and he hint of buying. Corn was compara-
chased him far enough to see him tively easy in view of the break in
catch the cow catcher of the north- rwheat, but prices opened one to one
bound passenger train which was iand five-eighths lower. A recovery of
iust going through. The story goes ,one cent on buying by local bulls fol-
that Vernon officers were wired and a (lowed,
man was arrested with a run-over f There was a big trade in oats. Open-
jffioe on his foot, a diamond ring and ing prices were 5-8 to 1 1-4 down. At
$6 in small change on his person. The the bottom buying orders were uncov-
public expected to see the officer come ered, under which there was an up-
in on the next.train with the thief, but (ward reaction. Wheat closed steady,
-an investigation proved that the run- Corn closed weak. Closing prices:
,down shoe was on the wrong foot, that/Wheat, Sept, 1.04 1-2; Dec. 1.09 1-4;
You
Ma
Talk
to One
Man
he had bought the ring from a street (May 1.15 3-8. Corn, Sept. 79 7-8;
faker for a dollar, and had won the .Dec. 71 3-8.
change in his pocket shooting craps 50.
Oats, Sept. 47 1-4; Dec.
But an advertisement in
this paper talks to the
whole community.
Catch the Idea ?
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Sheldon, A. H. The Electra Daily News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 547, Ed. 1 Monday, August 31, 1914, newspaper, August 31, 1914; Electra, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth892679/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Electra Public Library.