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It is the opinion of this paper that
the South can not only totally eradi-
cate the boll weevil, but it can rid the
cotton fields of every other pest as
well. Of course, this means a steady
light, a universal fight and religious
co-operation. The plan is much
simpler than the work of getting the
farmers interested. It is this: If
all farmers would attach a spraying
device to each cultivator and begin
•praying on the first cultivation and
keep it up throughout the plowing
season, they would go into cotton
picking time with an absolutely clean
•talk us well us a healthy one. And
it is not necessary to use poison alto-
Kcther. If the plan were universally
adopted and worked out, we doubt
whether any poison at all would be
required as almost any kind of emul-
sion mixture will “run” or kill such
pests, with the possible exception of
the boll worm, as infest the cotton
field. Any emulsion which will keep
cotton fields free of the armv worm
moth will solve the army worm prob-
lem, but it will never be solved where
and when one farmer sprays and his
neighbor does not. In some fruit
countries fruit growers are compelled,
by law, to spray regularly. In fact,
many fruit tree diseases are governed
and controlled by law. Even here in
our own state and immediate vicinity
the law governs the citrus fruit tree
canker. Then why not a law govern-
ing cotton pests? Why should the
greatest of all crops be left to the
whims of damaging elements and be
destroyed or badly hurt annually when
system and a concerted move can end
it all in a couple of years? Tick
eradication, which means so much for
the cattlemen was regarded impos-
sible until the government took hold
of it, but now, since it is being done
concertedly, and by law, it is the
simplest thing in the world, even
though expensive. Goethals, or who-
ever it was, did not dodge a Hercu-
lean task when he tackled the yellow
fever mosquito in the Canal Zone and
made Panama a healthful and safe
place in which to live. That was done
concertedly, and by law. The eradi-
cation of the yellow fever mosquito
there was as difficult then as the era-
dication of cotton pests would be now,
and more so, because the authorities
then were not aided by an abundance
of intelligence, such as would attend
the efforts in a war on cotton pests.
But, argument aside, it is our honest
opinion that if the South is ever to
nd itself of cotton pests, it will have
to be done by law, just as cattle dip-
ping and fruit tree disease control
nave been carried on. It would help
some, of course, if the states, one by
one, would pass laws which would
govern the growing of cotton but the
work would be surer nnd more swiftly
accomplished if it all were made uni-
versal. Under such a system all cot-
ton pests can be totally eradicated
just as easily as the cattle tick and,
perhaps, in h much shorter time.
Three years, at the most, would suf-
fice. All newspapers please copy, with
or without credit.—Bay City Tribune.
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The Journal and the Dallas Semi-
Weekly Farm News, $2.50 per year.
Hilmer Krause and Leslie Hausler
spent Sunday in Houston.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Koenig attended
the barbecue feast in Giddings Thurs-
day.
Mrs. C. W. Amberg left for Kerr-
ville Thursday for a visit with rel-
atives.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Brunner and
Mrs. Gus Werth, jr., are visiting in
Houston.
Hermann Hackebeil returned from
a ten days’ visit in Haskell county
Monday.
Miss Selma Schindler of Schulen-
burg is the guest of Miss Hilda Wolle
this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Albeit Moss of Mem-
phis are here on a several days’ visit
with relatives.
Misses Jesse Hawkins and Faye
Scott of Smithville are visiting at the
F. J. Lidiak home.
F. G. Woehl of Bastrop spent Sun-
day in our city, the guest of Ai-thur
Woehl and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Zuegenhall of
Bastrop are visiting with Mi\ and
Mrs. D. J. Weikel.
Miss Marguerite Scholz of San An-
tonio is visiting her grandmother,
Mrs. Louise Scholz.
Mrs. W. R. Sterling left Saturday
for San Antonio for a several days
visit with relatives.
Miss Rosine Pennington of Schulen-
burg is the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
R. G. Sceberger this week.
Miss Mario Weiss of Houston was
a guest at the horn# of Mrs. A. W
Koester one day last week.
Misses Elsie and Clara Dornbergcr
of Austin are visiting at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Franz.
Miss Mollie Hellmuth, after a pleas
ant visit with Mrs. Louise Scholz,
left for her home at Bellville Tues-
day.
V. M. Ehlers and family of Austin
are here on a visit with their rel-
atives. They will also visit at Ruters-
ville.
Miss Olga Nesrsta left Wednesday
for San Antonio, where she will visit
with relatives and friends for two
weeks.
Edwin Warnken, Assistant U. S.
District Attorney, and family of Hous-
ton, are here on a month’s visit with
relatives.
Edwin Scheel and Alfred Helm-
camp attended the District Conven-
tion of the American Legion in Gon-
zales on August 7.
Clarence Murphy left Sunday af-
ternoon for his home at San Antonio
after several weeks’ visit out at the
home of Wm. Janssen.
Mrs. B. W. Wiseman and daughter,
Mary Elizabeth, after a pleasant visit
with Mr. nnd Mr3. J. H. Wisemann,
left for Weatherford Saturday.
H. W. Speckels and Monroe von
Minden attended the barbecue feast
in Giddiugs Thursday, representing
the LaCrange Fire Department.
Misses Nettie and Vallie Roehl re-
turned to their home .at Angleton af-
ter a month’s visit with their grand-
mother, Mrs. Augusta Letzerich.
O. B. Willenberg and family, on a
visit here with their relatives for the
past several weeks, returned to their
home at Ingleside Monday morning.
W. B. Blaize of San Antonio, .ac-
companied by Max Neuhaus of Hous-
ton, came in Wednesday for a several
days visit with relatives and friends.
W. S. Bizzell, District Sanitary En-
gineer, with the State Board of
Health, was a visitor here Wednes-
day for the purpose of establishing
a health unit here.
After a week's visit here with her
aunt, Mrs. A. K. Homuth, Mrs. Henry
Goldummer of Eagle Lake left for
San Antonio to join Mr. Goldammer,
where they expect to make their fu-
ture home.
Dr. F. W. Stoltje and family of
Houston, former residents of our city,
on route to Yoakum, spent a few
hours in our city Wednesday morn-
ing, looking up old friends who were
glad to see them. We appreciate the
friendly call at our sanctum.
Elmo Koehler nnd Ilelmuth Zuch of
Yorktown arrived in LaGrange Mon-
day and expect to remain here for a
couple of weeks. They are canvasing
a large portion of southern Texas, in
Ford, representing an aluminum
NEWS FROM THE COORTHOUSE
DOINGS OF COURTS AND OTHER
MATTERS OF INTEREST
FOR OUR READERS
Real Estate Transfers Filed
Week Ending August 11.
Ed. Arnim et al to C. N. Helms,
deed, 156.29 acres John McGown sur-
vey.
Ed. Baker et al to Charley Fleck,
deed; interest in and to 100 acres J.
H. Baker survey.
J. R. Faison to Lee Smith, trustee,
deed of trust; 200 acres S. M. Wil-
liams league.
Fritz Flessner et ux to H. J. Slad-
czyk, transfer; 70 1-2 acres W. H.
Fay league.
S. W. Franklin to Aug. Loessin,
deed; lots 6, 7 and 8, farm block 54,
LaGrange.
Melyin Guthrie to Will Rightmer,
release; interest in and to 294 acres
Jesse Bartlett league.
Di\ F. J. Guenther to M. F. Gran-
ville, agt., transfer; lots 25 and 48,
block 1, LaGrange.
Isabella Godley by Sheriff to Alex
Derry, sheriff’s deed; 61 acres J. S.
Menefee league.
Wm. llinze to Hal Davis and Sarah
Scott, deed; 2.6 acres Silas Jones
league.
Lispette Hermes et al to Aug. Loes-
sin, lots 7 and 12 and part of lot 6,
farm block 55, LaGrange.
Mrs. Louise Jaterka and husband
to Emil H. Baumgarten, deed; lots 3
and 4, block 21, Schulenburg.
R. H. Kirby to John T. Duncan, re-
lease of deed of trust.
Joe F. Krenek et ux to The Texas
Co., oil and gas lease; 102 acres Thos.
Cochran league.
Joe F. Lidiak to The Texas Co., oil
and gas lease; 150 acres L. M. Ste-
wart league.
Lud. J. Lidiak et ux to The Texas
Co., oil and gas lease; 102 acres Jos.
McAllister 1-4 league et al.
Frank Mueller et al to Heinrich
Mueller, deed; 50 acres Fayette Co.,
School Lafid survey.
J. W. Null, trustee, to F. A. Zim-
merman et ux, release of oil and gas
lease; 170 3-4 acres Noah Karnes
league.
F. W. Paul to Mrs. Mary Miller,
deed; lot 27, block 35, Flatonia.
Frank Svoboda et ux to The Texas
Co., 185 acres Thos. Cochran labor
league et ux.
Alfred Weyand et ux to Conrad
Dippel, deed; 63 1-2 acres Wm. Wil-
liamson league.
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Births Recorded
Born to Wm. Wesley Lear and wife
at Muldoon, August 4, 1923, a boy.
Born to Aug. E. Dittrich and wife
at Schulenburg, July 21, 1923, a boy.
Born to Alfred Bruggeman and
wife at Freyburg, July 29, 1923, a
girl.
Born to Aug. Heinrich, jr., and wife
at High Hill, July 12, 1923, a boy.
Born to Hugo Ahlschager and wife
at Nechanitz, July 23. 1923, a girl.
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Deaths Reported
Died near Schulenburg, July 28,
1923, of pneumonia; Frank Stanzel,
sr., aged 86 years, 7 months and 6
days.
Died at Schulenburg, July 24, 1923,
of heart complications; G. E. Gilliland,
aged 35 years and 4 months.
Died at Fayetteville, August 7,
1923, of diabetes; John Hlanak, aged
49 years, 3 months and 2 days.
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List of Colored
Died at Schulenburg, July 3, 1923,
Jesse Bullock, aged about 25 years,
being hung by his neck until death.
Died near LaGrange, of congenitial
malformation; David Scoggs, aged 1
month and 2 days.
Died near Muldoon, August 7, 1923,
L. C. Winkfield, aged 7 years and 5
months; accidental discharge of j*pn.
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Marriage Incenses
Will Wackly—Minnie Erving.
Moritz Schwenke—Angelina Jasek.
B. A. Schneider—Annie Koopmann.
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Colored
Janus Oglesby—Mary Smith.
Our Next Big Fight
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THE TEXAS NATIONAL GUARD
LUTHER LEAGUE MEETING
ware concern. They will re-enter col-
lege this season.
The LaGrange Luther League held
its regular monthly meeting last Fri-
day night. Thirty-three members and
visitors were present, and much in-
terest was manifested in the business
brought up. Rev. Heise, Mrs. Elsie
Knigge, and Miss Elna Reichert were
appointed to arrange a program to
be rendered in October or November.
Louise Heise, the delegate to the
state convention, which was held in
Fredericksburg, August 20 and 22,
read her very interesting report.
The program committee had ar-
ranged a short program, consisting
of the following numbers:
Song: “In the Garden"—Elviera
Amberg, Loine Ilse, Genelle Koester,
Katie and Leonie Rudi.
Reading: “True Prayer”—Milton
Schmidt.
Song: “Whispering Hope”—Miss
Eleanora Eckel.
After this delicious lemonade and
cakes were served, and then a short
social hour was enjoyed. The out-of-
town visitors were: Mrs. Zapp of
Palestine, Miss Elsa Dornberger of
Austin, and Miss Elsie Iselt of Hous-
ton. REPORTER.
(By L. W. Martin)
San Antonio, Texas, Aug. 13.—With
only one day of actual hard work be-
hind them after six days at Camp
Stanley, the 55th Cavalry Brigade,
Texas’ citizen-cavalrymen, expect to
spend the remaining nine days in
concentrated “hard riding” and rifle
practice, according to Brigadier Gen-
eral Jacob F. Wolters, commanding.
Meantime, a system of recreatio.i
poviding amusement for every minute
the Terans are away from actual
duty, has been provided by Chaplain
Lee W. Heaton, Fort Worth minister.
There are boxing matches every even-
ing followed by a four or five reel
movie, a room full of books for those
who want to read, a piano and an or-
chestra for music in the big barracks
building taken over by the chaplain.
If the men don’t write home often
enough, it isn’t because they have
no paper and envelopes, the chaplain
said. These are furnished at long
tables in the writing room. Nearby
are checker and domino tables and
apparatus for other indoor games.
But the big sports are the after-
noon ball games. Teams have been
formed in every troop in the cavalry
brigade. At 3 o’clock each afternoon,
the troops are relieved from duty for
three hours. There is always a crowd
at the diamond.
This year’s training camp is better
provided with facilities for entertain-
ing men than ever before in the his-
tory of national guard camps, Chap-
lain Heaton said.
Everything is free to the enlisted
men. The boxing and movies are
staged in the open air without a fence
or« wall around the company street
where the troops squat on the dry
ground.
The training period will end Aug-
ust 22. Then, the 800 guardsmen and
the infantry, artillery and cavalry
units from the regular army used
as demonstration troops, will leave
Camp Stanley.
HISTORY OF CONSOLIDATION
The fishing party, composed of Mr.
and Mrs. Chas. Maisel and Ed. Rose
of Houston, Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Hoppe
of Smithville and Mrs. L. J. Rose of
this city, returned home from Junc-
tion City Saturday. They report a
very pleasant trip.
San Antonio, Texas, Aug. 13.—
Brigadier General Jacob F. Wolters
of Houston, now commanding officer
of the 56th Cavalry Brigade during
training at Camp Stanley, has shocked
the whole regular army. He has
aides who work!
It has been a tradition, so military
men say, that the aides of any gen-
eral have “the softest job in the
army.” They have no regular duties,
except to carry out the general’s or-
ders; have no enlisted men under
them, and are rated as lieutenants.
First Lieutenant Frank L. Chapa of
San Antonio and First Lieutenant
Joseph B. Danncnbaum of Houston
are the “aides who work.”
From reveille at 5 o’clock in the
morning until sometimes up to taps
at 11 o’clock at night, the aides may
be seen riding about or walking from
barracks through the camp, according
to fellow officers.
“My aides,” said General Wolters,
must have something to do as well
as the other officers have. If I let
them take it easy and have the work
done through the brigade executive
officer, Major Louis Davidson, then it
wouldn’t be long until my aides would
lose the benefit of summer training
in camp."
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The Journal—$2.00 per year.
The following is the first of a series
of four articles prepared by Railroad
Commissioner Splawn. The second
article will appear in our next issue:
Consolidation is putting two or
more units together and managing
them as one. To consolidate rail-
roads means to put two or more rail-
road companies into one company and
to operate through one corporation
properties that had before belonged
to two or more corporations. There
are now over eight class I railroads,
that is, railroads with an income of a
million dollars or more per annum.
There are also several hundred class
II and class III railroads with in-
comes of less than one million dollars
per annum. The proposal is to con
solidate all of these railroad com-
panies into fifteen or twenty big sys-
tems.
ConsolidationJias been going on for
three quarters of a century. The first
railroads were short lines, built to
carry goods to and from important
ports and river cities. It was thought
that they would always be less im-
portant than canals, rivers, and other
means of water transportation. Many
of the roads were built by local peo-
ple and for only a few miles. In time
many of these little roads came to
connect with each other; and after
1850, it was seen to be desirable to
piece together many of these short
lines into longer roads which could
carry through passengers and through
freight for distances of several hun-
dred miles. •
By 1870, some systems had reached
a thousand miles. In the ’80’s,
through extensions and consolida-
tions, some systems had even five
thousand miles of line. Through
these same processes by 1910, there
were several systems with as much
as ten thousand miles. When James
J. Hill and E. H. Harrjman formed
a corporation to buy and operate as
one property parallel and competing
loads in the Northwestern part of the
United States, the country began to
be alarmed. The Department of Jus-
tice filed suit to dissolve this corpor-
ation and the Supreme Court held
that suen consolidation were unlaw-
ful. It then appeared to be settled
that the people of the United States
preferred a number of railroad com-
panies to a few; that they believed
in competition, particularly between
parallel lines; and that they were dis-
posed to rely upon competition as the
most important and effective means
of regulating railroad transportation.
In 1920 the Esc-Cummins bill be-
came law, and was referred to as the
Transportation Act of 1920. Para-
graphs 4 and 5 of Section 5 of that
law calls upon the Interstate Com-
merce Commission to prepare a plan
under which the railroads of the
United States may consolidate into a
few systems; that is to say, Congress
commanded the Interstate Commerce
Commission to prepare a plan for
consolidation. After the Commission
has prepared and published its plan,
then the railroads may do as they
like about consolidating, but no con-
solidation will be permitted unless it
is in harmony with the plan of the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
This provision of the Act of 1920
constitutes a radical departure from
the previous policy of the country.
The language of the Transportation
Act is very strong and provide^ that
these consolidations shall be brought
about in conformity with the plan of
the Interstate Commerce Commission,
state laws to the contrary notwith-
standing; that is to say, it is proposed
to override the statutes and constitu-
tions of the states in putting together
the railroads.
Whether or not the Supreme Court
will uphold the legality of such legis-
lation remains to be seen. It is clear
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The largest triumph of modern
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upon a wider field of popularity—puri-
fied and refined from those objection-
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In biliousness, constipation,, head-
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variety of liver, stomach and kidney
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Calotabs are sold only in original,
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cents for the large, family package;
ten cents for the small, trial size.
Your druggist is authorized to re-
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THE LAGRANGE JOURNAL
NEWSY NEIGHBORHOOD ITEMS
HAPPENINGS WHICH ARE GIVEN
BECAUSE OF INTEREST TO
OUR READERS
Births, Deaths, Marriages, Accidents
—News Which Are Clipped
From Our Exchanges
from the record of testimony before
the commission in its various hear-
ings on consolidation that some'of the
statqs will certainly contest the con-
stitutionality of the law.
WALTER SPLAWN.
Mrs. L. W. Stuart of Engle Dies
at Marlin
After several weeks’ illness Mrs.
L. W. Stuart, wife of S. P. Agent at
Engle, passed out of this life at Mar-
lin Thursday of last week. The re-
mains were taken to Houston for
burial. She is survived by her hus-
band, two sons and one married
daughter, to whom our deep sympa-
thy is extended.—Flatonia Argus.
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300 Bushels Corn on Six Acres
George Frers, a popular farmer of
this section, was in town Tuesday and
called by to renew his subscription to
the Mercury. He is farming on the
Brandt place Northeast of town this
year, having sold his own farm.
From six acres of river bottom land
Mr. Frers recently gathered a total
of 300 bushels of corn, or at the rate
of fifty bushels to the acre. That’s
raising some corn, all right enough.
—Weimar Mercury. ,
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Gidd.ngs to LaGrange Highway
Rockdale, Texas.—Notice has been
received from the state highway com-
mission that the road from Giddings,
in Lee county, to LaGrange, in Fay-
ette county, has been designated as
No. 44, part of the Sap highway sys-
tem. The newly designated leg will
be in line to receive state and federal
aid allotments and make a link in the
great North and South highway from
North Texas to the border, running
through Waco and Austin.
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Death of Alfred Kubitz
Alfred Kubitz, whose death oc-
curred at Fort Worth on Monday,
July 30, was a native of Fayette coun-
ty, having been born at Warda Sep-
tember 13, 1867. He was at the time
of his death 55 years, 10 months and
17 days old. He moved to Flatonia
in 1875. He was married to Miss
Mary Dockery of Old Moulton and
moved to Fort Worth about 17 years
ago. He leaves his wife, two children,
Louis and Mrs. Hanna, and two grand-
children; his mother, Mrs. M. C. Ku-
bitz, of Moulton, and three sisters,
Mrs. J. D. Gray of Yoakum, Mrs. C.
I. Jaeggli of Fort Worth, and Mrs.
R. Jaeggli of Moulton.—Moulton
Eagle.
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Off On Their Camping Trip
Mr. and Mrs. Max Marburger and
daughters, Bernice, Nelda and Joyce
left Thursday of last week for Fred-
ericksburg, from where they will go
out into the mountains on a camping
trip. It is evident Mr. Marburger
became impressed with the beauties
and wonders of our own mountains
in Texas, during his recent visit to
Fredericksburg, when he and a num-
ber of other members of our school
board made a pilgrimage to that city
to inspect Fredericksburg’s fine new
high school building. They were ac-
companied on their trip by Mrs. Mar-
burger’s brother, August Mensing of
LaGrange.—Smithville Times.
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I. Lauterstein _ 111 With Pneumonia
M. Lauterstein has received word
that his father, I. Lauterstein, has
been quite ill with pneumonia, the
past ten days, in Chicago, where he
and Mrs. Lauterstein recently accom-
panied their son, George, on his buy-
ing trip. At last reports, however, the
patient was improving and is believed
to be out of danger. George Lauter-
stein was also ill for several days af-
ter arriving in Chicago. George is
now in New York buying goods, and
expects to remain in that city for the
next two weeks, arriving home about
the 20th to 25th of this month. He
reports great success in securing
many rare bargains for the Weimar
and LaGrange stores of this firm.—
Weimar Mercury.
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New Pastor
It was announced recently that Rev.
W. C. Dorre of Chicago, a recent
graduate of St. Louis Lutheran Semi-
nary, has accepted the call of the
Lutheran church of Swiss Alp. He
will also serve Schulenburg and Mul-
doon regularly. Rev. Dorre comes
highly recommended, having studied
for six years at the Concordia Col-
lege, Ft. Wayne, Ind., and for three
years been a student at the Theologi-
cal seminary. The past year, Pastor
M. C. Stoppenhagen accepted a call
to Wallis, the Swiss Alp congregation
was then served by Rev. A. E. Moe-
bus of LaGrange, who also installed
preaching services at Schulenburg
and Muldoon.—Schulenburg Sticker.
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Kerosene Stove Causes I,oss By Fire
Saturday afternoon at two o’clock
fire in the Mrs. W. H. Foxell rent
cottage did considerable damage, in
fact rendered the building a total loss.
The house was occupied by the J. W.
Hembree family, and one of the child-
ren was putting the oil tank on the
stove when it exploded and immed-
iately the kitchen was in flames. Des-
pite the valiant efforts of neighbors
little of the household goods were
saved and the family very near lost
exerything excepting their clothes.
No insurance was carried on the
household goods. The cottage was in-
sured for $1,000. The fire boys found
it a difficult fire to get to, as the
flames had burned through the ceiling
and set the whole upper part of the
house afire, and there was no trap
door leading from the ground floor to
the attic.—Smithville Times.
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Rat Causes Boy’s Death
Muldoon, Tex., Aug. 12.—A pecu-
liar accident resulting in the death of
L. C. Clark, 7, happened at mid-night.
Samuel Clark, a negro and grand-
father of L. C. Clark, was occupying
the same bed with his grandson. Both
were sound asleep whpn a large rat
is supposed to have run across a shot-
gun which was hanging on the wall
at the head of the bed, knocking it
to the floor. In its fall, the gun
struck the bed and was discharged,
the entire load of shot striking the
boy in the face, tearing away the up-
per part of his head, death being al-
most instantaneous. The inquest was
held by Justice Young of Westpoint
who found that the boy came to his
death as stated above.
A Bad Case of Carbuncles
Our friend Rudolph Klesel recently
underwent an operation at the La-
Grange hospital, he having three
large carbuncles about the size of
hen eggs immediately under his left
arm lanced. The carbuncles were
very bad and Mr. Klesel was on the
operating table for an hour and ten
minutes, it being necessary to admin-
ister ether before making the opera-
tion. After a few days at the La-
Grange hospital he was sent to San
Antonio where an X-ray picture was
taken of the wounds. We are glad
to see him out again and trust ere
long all dangers of complication will
have passed. Mr. Klesel while in
town Tuesday was a pleasant caller
at the Sticker office and ordered us
to set his subscription date up another
year which we take pleasure in doing.
—Schulenburg Sticker.
PRESBYTERIAN EDUCATIONAL
MOVEMENT
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Plans are now being completed by
the Southern Presbyterian church of
Texas for a statewide movement for
Christian education, having as its ob-
ject the raising of a fund for endow-
ment and equipment of educational
institutions under control of that
church. A meeting of the Presby-
terian synod will be held in Dallas
on September 11, to consider plans
for this work, according to Mr. H. S.
Caldwell, who was in the city in con-
ference with the Presbyterian church
leaders. At synod’s meeting, he said,
the amount to be secured and distri-
bution will be decided and active
work started. In the meantime in
order that there may be no delay a
number of those interested are visit-
ing various sections of the state with
a view of obtaining all necessary in-
formation.
The movement will be conducted by
the executive committee on Christian
education of the Southern Presby-
terian church of which Dr. Henry H.
Sweets, of Louisville, Ky., is execu-
tive secretary. Offices have been
opened up in Dallas at 1005 1-2 Elm
street by Mr. S. P. Hollinrake, state
director and representative of the
committee. No active work will be
done until after the meeting of synod,
it was stated.
A similar movement has just been
■completed by the Presbyterians of
Arkansas in which about $485,000.00
was pledged on a quota of $406,00.00.
Texas is the thirteenth synod in which
this work has been started and in the
other twelve successfully completed.
These include the synods of Arkansas,
Appalachia, Alabama, Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana,
Mississippi, Tennessee, Missouri, Ken-
tucky and West Virginia.
OUR LIST OF IMMORTALS
The following subscribers have paid
for their subscriptions to the Journal
during the past week, ending Satur-
day, August 11th: 1
Chas. Levien, WooHahero.
A. J. Dippel, LaCoste.
Miss Katie Rosenhein, Ben Arnold.
W. C. Froelich, Winchester.
Ernest Heinsohn, New Ulm.
E. L. Hausler. Elgin.
H. L. Koenecke, LaGrange.
F. C. Rosenthal, Beaumont.
Leon Rosenthal, Beaumont.
Wm. Treybig, Dallas.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Alfred Ehlers are the
proud parents of a fine baby boy, born
at Galveston last Friday. Mother and
babe doing well. Congratulations.
You take other steps to keep your homes
cool in summer—so why not use electricity?
Electric lights are cool—and give more light.
Now is the time to let us install electricity
in your home. When you have electricity
you can use all the new and labor-saving
inventions of the age.*
MAKE YOUR HOME
MODERN
JOHN H. KILLOUGH
INFORMATION ON DENGUE
The dry weather that has prevailed
in this section for the past few
months has greatly reduced the num-
ber of natural breeding places of
mosquitoes, especially those respon-
sible for the transmission of malaria.
In addition to this the city authorities
through their inspector, have done a
great deal toward locating the breed-
ing places of the domestic mosquitoes
which are responsible for the spread
of dengue. A surprisingly small num-
ber of breeding places were found,
but when it is remembered that one
mosquito will lay about two hundred
eggs in a week, it is surprising that
mosquitoes are not more common than
they are. It is hoped that the citi-
zens of LaGrange will continue to
give the authorities the splendid co-
operation that they have in the nast,
and so avoid another epidemic of
dengue this year.
EDITOR AND MINISTER BOTH
HAVE TROUBLES
An editor, going away for a vaca-
tion, left his paper in charge of a
minister. During the minister’s stay
in his sanctum the following letter
came from a country subscriber:
“You know d-well I paid my
subscription to your paper the last
time I was in town. If I get any
more such letters from you as I re-
ceived last week I will come to town
and maul h-out of you.”
The minister answered:
“I have been trying to maul that
thing out of the editor for ten years
past; and if you will really come to
town and maul it out of him, then,
my dear sir, I have twenty members
of my church I will also get you to
operate on.” __
The Journal—$2.00 per year.
DISREGARDING THE GAME LAWS
A member of Farm and Ranch
staff recently drove from Del Rio to
San Angelo, a distance of approxi-
mately two hundred miles, and most
of it through a wild, hilly and moun-
tainous country, a part of which is
seventy miles from a railroad. One
would naturally expect to see wild
life in abundance in this section .of
Texas, but on this two hundred mile
journey only two deer and three blue
quail were seen. It may be that the
flivver bouncing over the rocks gave
birds and animals warning and that
they sought cover before the observer
got within seeing distance, but upon
remarking to l.is companion, who is
a prominent citizen of that section,
concerning the scarcitv of game, he
was informed that hunting had be-
come very poor sport during the past
few years. “Disregard for the game
laws on the part of our citizens as
well as the promiscuous shooting on
the part of tourists, has just about
killed off and driven our game out of
the country,” said the citizen. “There
is too much shooting for the sport
of killing something. Our own peo-
ple, some of them, do not hesitate to
kill regardless of the game laws or
whether or not they need the meat
or even want it. What we want is
a rigid enforcement of the game laws.
Wc must have it if we are to have
any wild life, exfept snakes, left in
this country.”—Farm and Ranch.
RELATIVITY
"Waiter,” said the customer, after
waiting fifteen minutes for his soup,
“have you ever been to the zoo?"
“No, sir.”
“Well, you ought to go. You’d en-
i whiz past you.”
joy seeing the turtles
The Juggler.
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