The El Campo Citizen (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, December 20, 1918 Page: 1 of 8
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CHRISTMAS ROLL
LL CHAIRMEN OF
WHARTON COUNTY:
**The nforaent for the <acl-
“ :e has arrived. The inia-
is in our 'hapds. All f>ow-
v of resistance to the appeal
mercy h^Sr vanished and
will go ’forward behind
barrage of publicity which
undermined the defences
apathy and selfishness to a
toplete conquest of the
of the people. Your
tives are not marked on
map. Go as far as you
:e. Take every man, woman
d child in the Division pris-
hr. Thousands will come
ard you crying “Kamerad”
t them kindly but take
dollars just the same.
“There may be areas which
liave not been reached by our
bombardment and you will
;ut the barbed wire of indif-
nce and ignorance and
take a censqs of the inhabit-
fhts of every dug-out.
“The army of the Red Cross
emands unconditional surren-
in the name of humanity,
army of the Red Cross
never / be demobolized
this, its last campaign,
be^ the climax of its
le against suffering, dis-
tort, pain, misery, and
The complete surren-
of patriotic Americans to
jpurpose will constitute
ation of its wonderful
in behalf of our soldiers,
allies, and the weak and
ess everywhere. People
over the country will be
pt to join it" forces in a
of thanksgiving and re-
They will join in or
that the fruits of military
may be safeguarded,
that the ideals and
for which Americans
shed their blood and
Dallas, Tex., Dec., 16.—The
patriotic and philanthropic
spirit of Texas will again be
challenged in Januafry1' when
the people will be called upon
to contribute to a thirty mil-
lion dollar fund for the relief
starving and helpless Armen-
ian and Syrian women and
children and men. Stories of
the revolting persecution of
these people by the Turk have
aroused righteous indignation
in the hearts of the American
people during the past several
years, and in a limited way,
Christian people have sent aid
to the sufferers. At last the
end of the great war has
brought about promise of re-
lief from the horrible massa-r
ci;es and punishments inflicted
upon the Armenians and Sy-
rians by their enemies, but an
j the generosity of* the Ameri,- evpr appeared* in the^Ne^
1 rxn npnnlp in PcrViotr cC f-v.,, o____ -* •*
can people in behalf of the
millions of war sufferers in the
York Sun:
---------i This contribution was Jiria-
jTiear East, Armenians, Syrians I ten by Frank P. Church, who
iand Greeks who have bee if died in 1906. It was printed
driven from their homes bv {September 21, 1897.
Hun invasions, and who are
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! literally starving to death by We take pleasure in^na-
! the thOUSandS. A camnaitm worinnr q + nnno nnH fVma n<w
the thousands. A campaign
for relief funds will be con-
wering at once and thus pro-
minently the communication
PROCLAMATION
EDISON RECITAL
ducted January 12-19. Fol-j below, expressing at the name
lowing is the President's pro- time our gratification that its
elamation faithful author is numbered
Tor more than three years
American philanthropy has
among the friends of the Sun.
Dear Editor:
Remember, that more Jhan . Close on to a hundred music C"1'1‘W. p"I,illunroP-v nas Ij__
3,000,000 of our boys are yet lovers of El Camno spent at ?.en a arge factor in keeping I am eight years old. Soffit
in the Army, and that the very enjovable flour at the' 1Ve ^rmen\an’ Syrian,Greekj of my little friends say there
greater part of this numberj Methodist * Church Monda-"’and otber e*des and refugees is no Santa Claus. Papa say.
are yet across the sea, and ! night, through the courtesy of of."’estern Asia- . “if you see it in the Sun it's so”'
that the articles of peace are i Hefner-Douglass Furniture Co 0n tW° former occasions II Please tell me the truth,'Is
yet to be signed, and that it A Recital was given with Mr’ have appealfd to the American 1 there a Santa Claus?
will take more than a year OjEdisons latest New Art Music i fe°pl,e in behalf of- thes® • " Virginia O’Hanlon.
of starvation'"e'jTposure disease ! thfmfhome and muster ! Re-Creation, by the New Ed;- home)es* sufferers, whom the ,115 West Ninety-fifth Street,
and degradation i,w1 them out of service- and that son - Diamond Disc Phono vlclssltudes of "ar and massa-f Virginia, your little fifl
their^ emtncf ^Urir8,^StiTJheboysmHgr^h. The recHal was com tCre had br?Ught t0 the ex- are wrong. They have”
pation coming too late unless! 6 where and fedkand now.] ducted by a representative ofjtr*^ . . . L j by skepticism!
the dpodIp - of TTnifnri Whereas, the Government ‘ the New Edison Mr John K resPon-e has been i skeptical age. They do
States" respond to The appeaT h" ^ tts’c»U for tbe eom- Patterson, whTgaveVome\>08t /Tr°!\ now the belifc «cept ^ I
for help. PP^pIete payment before Decej- ry interesting information .of pcnod of rehabilitation is at think that • nothing can
h.r 81 ,0,8. -r ... ji.the wonderful qualities of the !? d‘ ' t y larger sums W1" wh)ch is not comprehensib
instrument. A very pleasing be requlred to restore these their little minds. All m
program was rendered with -°nCe. Pro?Pero“8> but nqw mi-1 Virginia, whether ' U*i
several encores of. the ’ latest lpovnshed- refugees to their; men’s or children’s, are Utt|
songs. The instrument useui .me,r homi;s than ware re-: In this great universe of o
in the recital was the nffin,u: qu . . merely to sustain life man is a mere insect, «g
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m. x--^---- lyCLCllI-
• u • • Jber 8.1, 1918, of all pledges
18 -b1ing or2anizedjmade to • -the United States
for a financial;-campaign to ,Treasury Department t„“r?
raise funds for the starving;
and dying Armenians and Sy-
rians, with some of the state's
leading citizens identifying
themselves with the movement
chase War Savings Stamps,
and
Whereas, the chief execu-
tives-of towns and cities have
been requested by the Govern
order
labor.
VPeace on Earth, good will
men’ are the immortal
twords of the Christmas
‘Peace on earth’ has
vouchsafed to us by the
*ces of our own gallant
and by the tenacity and
^nce:of our French and
allies.
will to men’ will be
by your success in
our final ,and necessarily
torious campaign.
ro forward. Nothing can
you. The zero hour is at
and the * chimes from
long of belfries and the
:e flags in millions of
ldows will proclaim our
tefulness that decency has
iphed over force, that
le has come, and that the
words ‘Good will to men’ have
new and definite m'eaning.
le Southwestern Division has
Sen. James R. Wiley of Den- ment^ to Tirect aSittoTto
with lTnc °f ?°rth TexJ Proclamation to he? official
as with 153 counties which !caU for the liquidation of wa‘
sip rajftte vi;
North Texw 8aid G«vernment“cT^"for
>r„ recently i^en^d a'n
the United War Work Cam- gtamn PlerivI, tl, „Sa?T
forThe N ethCTiVe !eCre,tary!ed Persons in’the City ”of
cretary of the South Texas ceXr, mi ^ ^ °f De‘
distnct, with headquarters at1 rSio-n^n p r u u
Houston. C. P. Sites, promir.-' Mavor 0! the rltv of pi r '
ent citizen of Dallas, who h is; * f th C ty of EICampo
been interested in Armenian 1 exas*
. - may fee vindicated
the might yRed Cross may
fbured the moral and fi- ---------- „. ..
support to carry on its. ent citizen of Dallas, who his
relief activities for some time.! NO PAPFR k,fyt wriri,
is local chairman al Dallas,] NEXT WEEK
and is cooperating in the geii-i n *- r
w. sss
in the recital was the official • . ,
labratorv mnHoi wun« in tbeir desert exile
Mary Period Design, theTm j 4 (jooeStimated that„about
strument whirfl Mr- 4,000,000 Armenian, S>nan.
in his intellect, as compi
with the boundlessjj
about him, as measured
strument which Mr Edison T*’ ’ Armenian, byrian. about him, as measure^
has spent over three million!? - tnd °^er war sofferers) the% intelligence - capable ,
dollars in research work To?” the Near East wiU require grasping the whole truth
man voice and instrumental tfT a/e n°.'?' ,hu"dreds of [Santa Claus He exists
instruments with such fldelitv ^v irom .their homeland, certainly as love and ger
that it is impossible to distin-1V\e ,Vast maJority °f tbe.P? are!lty a"d dev°tion
guish them apart when olaved • ',pl!?s women and children,;you know that they al
in unison, one with the other lneJading 100,000 orphans. and. give to your Ufe its n
Over forty Edison Artists have! , T.he AJ?erlcan for relief infest beauty and joy. Alas,
proven this fact to over Twe the Near East Is appeallng forjdreary would be the
proven this fact to over Two • • e ,»«* ‘ ” — i,. •
Million Music Lovers and it; «f $30,000,000 tc there was no-Santa Clau
is hoped that El Tamnn « : be subscribed January 12-19, | would be as dreary “
s r i.«. .esi",:
t 4-u~ ' TT 1 ' We should have no*
! on the people of the United ence. _____
States to make even more gen-!i°yment except in sense
erous contributions than they | light. The eternal light
A NEW OIL COMPANY
I. P. Baker has resigned his haVe made heretofore 10 sus-! which childhood fills the woi
position with the Texas Oil1 tain throu£h winter I would be extinguished?^!
Company, and the interests of [months those, who, through
that company are being looked 1“"'f U‘
after by Mr. W. H. Howell.
sver failed. Under your [ Evans Hughes"”'.Myron T.''Her-
:e 9he W|M not fail j rick, Elihu Root, and fifty oth-
Oakes, who directed the Ur it- “""T T™' ooserv« DOS,t,on wi,h “““ ’r---- — ■tain throu«h the
ed War Work C.impaig i pub- mi if hollda>’ and
licity drive, has been detailed thjs 0^ce 1 e lssued from
a similarr^padtv.CamPaign *" I* ™ ? wil1 “se the time thu-s
The actual drive for funds of v IT ‘hi
will be in January 12 to 19 : P °f n?achlIlery and «*--
th, hi,,,
sv ”2 v"inrv'.hr-
asked. The Southwestern fet nrim , f ' year'
states will be asked to give; week as th» • ^
at least two and a quarter mil- " k, / the 0,1,ce wl11 bu pre-
lion dollars. Pycd glve vnu Prompt and
T- ., , satisfrctorr service.
»The committee in charge o; ; Wishing our reader.’ I
^,re!;ef wor^ *s m»d^ up of. advertisers the comnliment's ^ cur*n^ brst c^ass work, but of fluenza and pneumonia. Mr. | fairies dancing on the lawn?
ritvAiunH^H ne^' 1 wMr-ing 1 the '.rS- that they may|giving their Patronage to home : Barcla>’ was the Junior mem- j Of course not but that**' no
Howard Taft Jtffif’ r" ’m'“? , have a happ/ an<; prosperous i men. ber of the firm of Hall & Bar- proof that they are not tMafl
Cardinal Gibbons,OscarStraus[-------
Henry Morganthau, Charlo 1 b>‘ Jnt*1 •>-‘,1“aL'
winter I would be extinguished.
...___0„ no! Not believe in Santa
fault of their own, have been You might as well not L*
— ..xx. »». n noweu ,eft in a starvin£ shelterless.j in fairies! You might get
Mr. Baker has accepted a condition’ and to helP re-es-^papa to hire men
position with the Humble q-j ^ablish these ancient and sore- in all thei chimneys
Company, a new corporation °PPre9sed people in their, mas eve to catch Santa
that will be i>aHv fnr k„ • ‘former jiomes on a self sup- but even if they did qot
Pflr. . X, ead> for ^usln€8s Porting basis. Santa Clausf coming Tj
y n the year- Mr- E- C. j (Signed) Woodrow Wilsocj what would that prov*? N<
Hill has the contract for erect- j ‘ --—— body sees Santa Qaiii|g
ing such buildings as may b<* j JOHN BARCLAY that is no •sign that there
Santa Clang. The most
needed, thus showing a dis-’ c, . , , , « —m
ornnanv, oi not only se- Wharton, succumbed to in-jean see^ Did you ever'
PROCLAMATION
Carry on,
Mack Webb,
County Chairman.
ei- men of public note.
I There are approximately
Hanr am l0"- eSt’tUtf Armcn' P^te payment before Decern-
BY LARGE MAJOR,‘TY. | poeure an/diaea"1 unless War and'
JV Worth, Tex., Dec. ^ ‘f* lmted Stat';i M’herea*, tfie Coynt? t,:dge
’"ong were voted out of Tar- L- .. . 0Be'' nf<1' »t each-county has been re-
sary to save them from thud* quested by the (iovernment t<<
------ * . of the strongest Nobody can conceive or imag*
ATTENTION EVERYBODY legal firms in the county^He, ine all the wonders that are "
WffS ‘A vmincr mun 11 ! nnaa^n onr) 11 kl»
___ was a young man, physically]unseen and unseeable in tfcdp
We have a beautiful ;calep l Strong and in r°bust health world.
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> FT. WORTH VOTES DRY
lar in, our window with u ljUt a few da>’s before his de-j: You tear apart the baby’atjfl
Whereas, the Government j name underneath concealed, I rrdse* « ] rattle and see what makes7 the ’S
which is affecting the pictute Funeral sen. ices were con- no*se inside, but there is a veil 9
The-young lady shows herself ducted Sunday evening under^-covering the unseen world v|p
involved in deep meditation. Masonic auspices and inter- | which not fhe strongest map, *
lo the first person guessing v-nont , l'nor even the united strength
». . *• meat made at Wharton. ! - of all the strongest me#, that '
the correct Word which is
Monday by a j fate
^^HRthat will run above! ' __
three to one. Approximately I Dr. W. Ph ( 'handler v a-
5000 ,vot£3 were cast, being l^aBed !° Dallas Saturday on
Ibout one-third oc the votmg of the ^i'iol)s illness
rfroa/ xv, x c- °* his son Elmer, who is a:
npgcn of the county. So u , r. . ,, ,,
:. T ^ j tending Bsv ior Dental ( oiloj^r
confident were all tnat prohi- Latest reports are that Flmer
>ltl01RjWd win that manv improving,
voters did not go to the polls.! ______
^^Sis the third local oprC q w. Britton of Enid, Ci<-
election held in Tarrant]iahoma. is in the city on a bus
, eav h of the others hav-i iness mission,
n the “wets” a larg.il ___
Even in Ft. Worth! CountyF. L. Krai has cemher. liUH.
r: sftss & zs&SKisg&o;! ® £?. Xfisl
lar gold piece on the evening _ aPd r°mance, can push aside ^
of the twenty fourth inst. Austin. Nov. 3, 1918. ' of
drect attention by prociama- Next Tuesday', we will then .Vlr. J. K' Fravtor
’ion to the official rail for th y give out the-calendars to ai^ Tax Collector,* Wharton Co
b Inflation ot W ar Saving- our customers and triends who - Vy harton Texas
Stamp-Pledges, , ] happen to be present. - " % I)eai sir:
Therefore, I W . (j. Davii.j Should there be more tharu„
van jJUSU
that curtain and view ^nd pic-,
ture the supernal beauty and
glory beyond. , Is it real? AU,jr
Virginia in all this world there
is nothing else real and *1
Repiving to your letter -of
•J .jh
••mmty Jpdg-- :..f the c.,«mv wivr • gm-is. wo - will ,h« 2nd inst.. Wg to advise' No Santa Claus? Th._
°* W nai ton.-.Texas, do herein | aivaol a m.-.x-haml.se pn/a , hat you should collect and is- C.od he lives,*and he live, for"
ever. A thousand years njH
now, Virginia, nay, Ml
annouflee th» said Governmei't
ion t)\- fiocuni-
*' “ 1 i Wav •‘■Sitv-1
i >
.
la:
a
call for liqiii<
ber 1. IP Is
i.ig< Stamp FIef!gt*>
pledged |u-rm>n.i in V\*fla.rton ] j:
County may take notice'.
Done this 18th dav of
as many as guess the right- sue poll tax receipts, cetifi-
!.>t Hi. • gue»is to »*acl'i cates of exemption, eic. to wo-
rn > ■
e shall take down' nu*n
-ul the hour of aU as u
»rrectlv. l'\or>body
along an'! try your luck-T
dn’g. Wishing all a Met*
same manner
unv
were large in the ma-. been wrestling with the in-
i fluenza thi* week.
W. (J. I)a\is.
(bounty Judge.
jst in tin ..................
n,(.n . ten ‘thousand ^ears from
Yours very truly, he will continue’^o make
H. B. Terrell, the heart of childhood.
Comptroller —--m*gj
Mr. and Mrs
Christmas. - 1 •__ __ _
Respectfully,.- y Mrs. Olan Knipel returned are visijtiiig iii
ebb Mercantile Cov i from San Antonio Saturday. Galveston this
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Ballew, W. L. The El Campo Citizen (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, December 20, 1918, newspaper, December 20, 1918; El Campo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth987195/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Wharton County Library.