The El Campo Citizen (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, October 27, 1916 Page: 1 of 8
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El Campo, Texas, Friday Morning, Odober 27, 1916.
No. j
YOU ONE?
ter? I have pon-
qaestion often, and
I recently listen-
‘Champion Knocker’'
if not of Texas. He
a aocialcall, where
happened to be, and
was seated, “Bang”
out and (figurative-
and the effer-
, and neyfer
one could get a
ways” or any
! minutes by the
left then and
how much longer
He reminded me
ch that was a fav-
hool children for
toon recitations a
ago. It was
Talkative Barber.”
this:
gentleman taken
1 napkin spread over
- - ■
* began not a moment
ible budget
I would change
btly as follows:
iH^Aer” taken
chair with re-
began, nomat-
•f*
budget
day sir, I know I
PRIZE WINNERS
El Campo has not only birds
that are worthy to show at home
but from the reports of the Dal-
las State Fair some of our boys
have won ribbons.
In the Barred Rock class Dr.
J. E, Kent comes home with 2nd
light cock, 2nd and 4th hen and
3rd pen. Dewey Clampitt, in
the Rose Comb Rhode Island class
shows up with 1st and 3rd pullet
and 3rd cockerel. Then in the
Partridge Wyandottes, J.W.Good
carries the 3rd and 4th cockerels
with only two birds shown.
El Campo has some good birds,
and the cause of it all was the
little show started with the Fair
some four years ago. Then they
had sixty entries including ducks
turkeys and parrots. Last year’s
show had some 230 birds.
The members are a live bunch
and they are asking every per-
son who is interested in good
poultry ito help Ithe good work
along by making application for
membership, which is so cheap
that every citizen could join.
Join the live bunch.
SMITH REPLIES.
Replying to the article in last
weeks Citizen headed
Political Lines”, I must say that
I am glad there are two sides to
this question, and there is none
more willing than I to have the
facts Dertaining to this campaign
“carefully considered.”
This article coming from an in-
dependent source one would have
expected an impartial criticism,
however let us consider the facts.
To those of you who stand on
the outside and look in it might
be a source of much amusement,
but to myself, who is forced to
partake of this political argue, it
isn’t pleasant at all.
I have stirred up this hornets
nest in order to get the facts be-
fore the people. I know that it
takes something to wake them
up.
The Socialist party is a political
party and is not concerned with
matters of religion, therefore I
had no desire to dig into anyone’s
religion except to feed them some
of their own swill.
In your defence of the Knights
of Colpmbus in which you accuse
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
List of Deeds filed in the office
Along of the County Clerk of Wharton
County for the week ending Oct.
24, 1916:
BANKERS FOUND GUILTY RECOVERED THE
H, J, Bolton and B. R. Taylor, I Tuesday Aorning a
Sept. 12, 1916, L. B. Outlar to
Mrs. J. R. Davis, lots 19 and 20,
High School Addition to Wharton,
consideration $450.00 paid.
: Oct. 19, 1916, B. R. Taylor and
May Bolton Taylor to Dr. H. C,
Boone, lots 7 and 8, Taylor An-
nex to College Heights Addition
to Wharton, consideration $700
paid.
Oct. 20, 1916, F. W. Shannon
to H. P. McCormick, tract in Wil-
liam Kincheloe League, consider-
ation $850 paid
‘Oct. 20, 1916, Missouri-Lipcoln
TVust Co. to E. H. Beale, lot 5,
block 56, Missouri-Trust Co. re*
subdivion of parts of league in
Wharton County, consideration
$560. , ' '
on the mono-
knock; From
of cotton to
tb; from the
in Michigan to
TO SERVE LUNCHEON
A large company of ladies of
town held an enthusiastic meet-
ing in behalf of the dry campaign
at the Baptist church Wednesday
afternoon.
Mrs. E. F. Earl Sr., Chairman
presented several plans for next
Monday to the assembly, and
committees were appointed.
Coffee in abundance and hund-
reds of sandwiehes arc to be pro-
§g|* a cyclone yided free of charge so no voter,
pro nor coo, need go hungry nor
we have much thirsty on election day.
After the business was con
eluded, Mrs. Simmeon Shaw, the
crayon artist, who is to draw at
the Womans Fair at Houston, en-
tertained the ladies and a large
company of school children in
her inimitable manner.
The women of El Campo can-
store not vote but some of them intend
mortgage to be near the polls to encourage
to the fool pea- the men to vote right,
from the
Maine, (done by
of the money pow-
“jitney” lines of the
from the isl-
stealing from us to
e stamps ;from
9. condition of our
to theSuffra-
voting whiB-
” territory; from
of hogs (the 4-legged
soldiers selling their
booze; from Uncle
to the 8 hour labor
on end on, North,South,
it, not a good word
or any body. Even
the wall seemed to
“Knock? knock, knock,
Why, Oh why will any
ordinary intelligence
vet into such a state
just to pull down some
some one. Why not try
just for s change. It is
ng to be laughable.
ltd PUBUC SPEAKING
good way, what a Hon. W. J. Herwig of Dallas,
ul difference it would Ione of the big men of Texas, will
CARLSON-NORDEEN
At the residence of the bride’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Nor-
deen, Wednesday evening/ Mr/
Nils Theodore Carlson of Galves-
ton and Mias Minnie Mable Nor-
deen were united in marriage,
Rev. Sauer of Galveston officiat-
ing. The bride is an accomplish-
ed young lady who is well and
favorably known by many in this
vicinity. The groom is in busi-
ness at Galveston, where we un-
derstand the newlywedq will
make their future home/ The
Citizen joins their many friends
in congratulations /
HALLOWE’EN FROLIC.
Witches, spooks, and hobgob
lins, invite you to ‘frolic with
them on Tuesday next at 8 p. m.
ot Hearte.
Box supper for benefit of
school.
me of being misinformed you
yourself show the most pitiful
misinformation. As a matter of
fact the Masonic Lodge of Los
Angeles California that sought
to white wash the K. of C. (for
a mess of pottage) have already
been severely dealt with by the
rest of the Masops of that city,
and have been removed, no
doubt, from the high office which
they held.
The oath printed in the Citizen
is the newly gotten up white
wash oath that is being read to
large congregations all over the
United States for the jsole pur-
pose of deceiving the people.
The real oath that caused the
killing of Wm. Black two years
ago by members of the K. of C.
was taken from the Congression-
al record at Washington, D* C.,
and was evidently the true oath
or it never would have been
printed in the record.
Make no mistake, the secret
oaths of that or any other order
is not handed to the public like
that It’s a joke.
\ And again, I wish to say there
are as good men and women in
the Catholic church as ever lived,
but that does not mean that their
church and the K. of C. would
not take complete control of the
government of the United States,
and all other countries for that
matter. , -
Let me quote Father D. S.
Phelan, editor of the Western
Watchman, a strong Catholic pa-
per of St. Louis, Mo , who said:
“We of the Catholic church are
ready to go to the death for the
church. Under God, she is the
supreme object of our worship.
Tell us that we think more of our
church than we do of the gov-
ernment of the United States: of
course we do. Tell us that we
are Catholic first and Americans,
or Englishmen afterwards; of
KILLED BY NEGRO.
Bay City, Texas, October 22—
Claude Hughes, 21 years old,
stepson of George Kelly, was
stiot and killed by a negro at mid-
night Saturday night. The young
man died a few minutes after
officers arrived on the Beene, and
he was unable to givfe them a
description of his assailant or
furnish particulars leading up to
the shooting. The negro made
good his escape and the officers
have no definite clew.
Hughes was buried in the local
cemetery Sunday afternoon. An
examination of his body showed
that he had been shot four times.
former officials of the Wharton
National bank, were found guilty
by a jury in the federal district
court Sunday afternoon on a
charge of conspiracy to defraud
the United States government by
using the funds of the bank for
their own benefit and concealing
the true condition of the bank
from the comptroller of currency.
This was the first count in the
indictment returned against the
bankers. Onr the remaining
twenty-five counts in the indict-
ment, they were found not guilty.
The verdict was returned at
2:45 o’clock Sunday afternoon,
nearly twenty-four hours after
the case was given into the hands
of the jury. Shortly before the
verdict was returned sacred song
services were held by the jury.
Mr. Bolton still faces an indict-
ment charging him with misap-
plication of national bank funds,
and Taylor faces an indictment
ment charging him with embez-
zlement and abstraction of na-
tional bank funds. United States
District Attorney Green said Sun-
day evening that it was his in-
tention to take these cases to
trial, but toot at this term.
Judge Storey of the firm of
Wolters & Storey, which with a
firm trom Wharton conducted
THANKS
Those having charge of the
concert recently given for the
baiefit of the M. E. Church re-
quest us to express their sincere
thanks to the musicians for their
services and to all for their kirid
patronage.
in the “Western Watchman”,
and still you say the one requisite
absolutely necessary to become a
K. of C. is to be a member in
good standing in that church;
and again you say that the oath
does not conflict with the Consti-
Mexicans entered the
Hudson Bros, and r<
be shown a pair of
ciding not to buy one of
quested to be shown ot
chandise. A trivial
was made when Mr.
son discovered Mexi<
was gone, also the
which he had been looking.
Marshal Buadick was
and the trousers were
covered at a Mexican
Mexican No. 2 was
searched and it was
he was carrying com
pons whereupon he,
the city jail. Mexican 1
not been captured.
NOTICE
There1 will be special
the Presbyterian ch
o’clock next Sunday
this service Mr.
to be ordained, and
Elder and Mr
and Mr. Nictor Hill
installed Deacons,
these gentlemen
office at a recent
meeting of the
church. v
At 7:30 p. m the
church assisted
Job*
All
coni
ministers of the
lection will be taken
dowmentfund for
Everybody
attend.
CHURCH
The Evangelical
of Lincoln, Neb.,
the defense, said Sunday that he | service in the
had not decided upon the course
he would purrue for his clients,
as he desired to consult with
other attorneys m the case. It
is possible that he will sue oat a
writ of error in the case.
Sentence in the case will be
passed later by Judge Burns.
Messrs. Bolton and Taylor ware
indicted by a federal grand jury
at Galveston in the fall of 1916,
and the case was transferred to
Houston. The case, one of the
hardest fought in a local court in
years, went to trial last Tuesday.
Argument was concluded Satur*
day aftltnoon at 4 o’clock and
the jury took the case into con-
sideration at 4:25, after Judge
Burns had read a lengthy charge
to the jury-
According to his testimony,
Mr. Bolton, former president of
the bank, is 53 years of age and
Oct. 21st with -a
of labor. Reports
fa* , tefaopl. H;
Naperville 111.,
conference scsaMfc
no changes made as
and their fields of
were sent hack to
with the exception
which will be served
Deschner from Abilene
tution of the United States.
The Citisen readers can figure has resided at Wharton for the
this out to suit themselves. I
could fill six pages of the paper
the last 28 years. He organized
the bank he was charged with
with facts backed by affidavits to attempting to wreck. B.R, Tay*
prove'that I am correct, but I lor, the other defendant, is 30
don’t like this kind of work.
Replying to the writers person-
al reference to me being incom-
years old. He is the son-in-law
of Mr. Bolton. Mrs. Taylor with
he two small children stayed in
LOUISE
The Louise
will hold its next
night Oct 27.
The question for
“Resolved, that
more to navigation
roads.
A good
dered. All
petent to successfully manage a the court room most of Friday,
private enterprise I am surprised and all of Saturday afternoon
and I can hardly believe that W.
L. Ballew did it. However let it
be. My life has been devoted to
useful toil producing something
useful out of natures raw mate*,
riaU «nd spite of the fact that
Tex&o statistics show that a
and evening listening to evidence,
argument and waiting for a ver-
dict. In the indictment it wi
alleged that the defendants mis-
applied the bank’s funds and
made false entries to keep na-
tional bank examiners from learn-
ing the condition of ^tbe bank.
greater number loose or do not
gain, I can prove to you ‘that I One count of the indictment cov
am constantly going forward fi- > ered an alleged transaction in
nancially, not fast, but sure, and which Mr. Taylor, cashier of the
course we are. Tell us, * in the no bank has seen fit to offer my bank, was alleged to have, in the
paper at half price. Perhaps if name of the bank, bought a
GINNING
The gins of El
every day this
week. The week
6th we will run
Thursday, Friday and
Continuing the three
in the week until
At
conflict between the church and
the civil government, we take
the side of the church; of.course
38tf
P.
PECHA LI
The Pecha Literary
I could sell a few tracts of land $275,000 Wharton county ro&d j meet at the S. P, J.
and collect $3000 commission I bond issue for approximately Saturday night. Oct.
might have a “competency” tooi ^$277,000 and sold it for a loss of Morgan will speak
Yes, it might be unfair to say $21,000,, making no mention on bition issue. J. C.
so be present and
we do. AVhy, if the government
this old world. If these speak at the Opera House at El of the-United States were at war
onal knockers could “see Campo on the issues of the day with the church we would say what I have said and it fnight be the books of the bank of the loss.
as others see them” Friday night, Oct. 27. tomorrow ‘To hell with the gov-1 unfair to say what you have said This particular count probably j dress.
would stop it. They Everybody invited- ernment of the United States’, j that is for neither you nor I to received more attention during -
about agreeable to the; ~ - and if the church and all the gov- sayt but let that be. the trial.than any other, unless it U. D. C.
citizen as a shower bath haven’t time for their own. If ernments of the World were at The one thing 1 urge on the vo- was the charging of an alleged | The U. D. C. will
tomato catsup. Some
hold forth on the streets
of whom they offend,
(pice trickling from their
' g (?) their chin,
who will listen
be run.
you are one of these pests try to war we would say; ‘To hell with ters of the 73 district .is to inves- personal debt of the defendants Miag Mancie Jeatrer
if A Uf 1 all 7 tha rrn* -on.mnnrn _________1 j . 1. ® . ..
stop it and see if you don’t feel.all the
more wholesome and dean both World
governments
of the| tigate and do it now. to the account of the Wharton
I don’t feel justified in asking National bank. On the road bond
only to .say “How beautiful the church; let the Emperors, let the
______How nice j Kings, and the Presidents not
grtss took?,” dr “What a de-j come in conflict with the head of
! I the Catholic church.
mentally ant^physically. Be a “Lrt.the governments of the for space to go into details in re- issue count the defendants were
booster about some thing if it is i world steer clear of the Catholic gard to this political controversy. found not guilty*
I have asked for joint discussions
in which I can amplv prove my JoeJanak is the purchaser of
contentions. The public must a new Maxwell automobile,
admit that I am ready fof a show F. Mayfield, local
o’clock. All
quested to be
have some imi
( attend to.
Mias
j me v.iunohc cni/rcD. admit tnai i am ready ror a snow r. i
\ This and Plenty more appeared down end, that is fair enough. the
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Ballew, W. L. The El Campo Citizen (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, October 27, 1916, newspaper, October 27, 1916; El Campo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth893246/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Wharton County Library.