Mercedes Tribune (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 24, 1917 Page: 4 of 8
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MERCEDES TRIBUNE
BY TRIBUNE
PUBLISHING CC
L. T. HOYT -
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Entered as second class mail matter at the
postoffiee at Mercedes, Texas, January 28,
1914, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1917
THE TWENTY-FIVE MILLION DOL-
LAR SESSION
The special session of the Texas
legislature adjourned last Thursday
night. It, together with the regular
session which preceded, created the
largest appropriations of any legis-
lature heretofore assembled in Texas,
$25,594,845. Most of the money appro-
priated will be well spent, and is
necessary; some, in our opinion, is
otherwise. We have particularly in
mind the Hudspeth ranger bill, car-
rying with it an appropriation of
$250,000 passed for the purpose of
employing men to protect the border.
The title of the bill has been changed
now, so that the word “rangers” is
eliminated and “home guards” put in
its place. This bill was altogether
unnecessary and its passage a mis-
take, for the simple reason that it is
the duty of the national government
to protect the national borders, and
that the United States government
has no idea of delegating this duty to
the constabulary of the state, whether
the state cares ttf^jjll the men so em-
ployed rangers, home guards, posse-
men or what not, was made clear in
General Morton’s proclamation a few
weeks ago when he declared that the
United States army has this subject
under control and “whatever is done
towards protecting the border will be
done by army officers.”
Thus will he seen the utter useless-
ness of imposing this extra quarter
million tax burden upon the people—
a tax to pay for the performance of
work which the United States army is
now adequately doing and will conti-
nue to do.
The bill has been most mischiev-
ous to the farmers of the border. The
fear that rangers were to be sent to
this country again has caused an ex-
odus of the Mexican people from this
section. Some were land owners,
some were tenants, making crops on
shares 'and many were farm laborers
who are sorely needed. Notwithstand-
ing the evasive answers they gave
when questioned as to the why of
their departure, entailinng loss to
themselves as well as to those by
whom they were employed, we think
General Morton, commander of the
Brownsville district, sensed the true
reason when he stated in his procla-
mation that whatever protection was
done along the border, would be by
officers of the army. They simply
feared the rangers.
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THE HEYDAY OF THE FANATIC
Is the democratic administration,
with its Southern domination, its
pork-laden congressmen, responsible
for the cloud of evil spirits let loose
all over the country?
Every day in some legislature, or at
Washington, bills are introduced that
would bring the blush of shame to the
prize ass of Christendom.
Thus we have a member of the Kan-
sas legislature introducing a bill prck-
viding a fine up to twenty-five dollars
for anybody smoking a cigarette, no
matter where he is caught, at home or
in public.
In business, if a certain set of men
are powerful enough, they will intro-
duce a bill to prevent other men less
powerful from doing anything in com-
petition with their business. America,
at the present moment, is the garden
spot of the world for cranks and fan-
atics. Nice old ladies who have mused
By Julia Ward Howe
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord;
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword;
His truth is marching on.
I have seen Him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps;
They have builded Him an altar in. the evening dews and damps;
I can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps;
His day is marching on. '
I have read a fiery gospel, writ in burnished rows of steel;
“As ye deal my contemners, so with you my grace shall deal;
Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel,
Since God is marching on.”
He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat;
He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment seat;
Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him! be jubilant, my feet!
Our God is marching on.
In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea.
With a glory in his bosom that transfigured you and me;
As he died to make men holy, let u» die to make men free,
While God is marching on.
TO PRODUGE 3,500
AEROPLANES IN YEAR
Education of Up to (>>000 Aviators Is
Also Proposed by Defense
Council
in their hearts for perhaps fifty years
some feminine theory of the universe,
sit in the capitol at Washington wait-
ing their calendar turn. Long-whisk-
ered mental dipsomaniacs from every
remote section of the' land are waving
clubs over innocent people whose
main idea in life is to live their lives
to suit themselves.
Living your life to suit yourself,
however, even though it may be genu-
ine benefit to others, is no longer en
regie in the best political circles.
In a short time we shall be tucked
up in bed at night by medical inspec-
tors. Each citizen will have to report
to the local board of health before he
goes to business. What we eat, what
we drink, what we say, how we shall
breathe will all be determined for us
by a local board.
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The newspaper dispatches tell us
that an American expeditionary force
will be sent to France in September
under command of General John J.
Pershing of San Antonio. Considering
this war and what it may mean in all
its aspects, the sending of General
Pershing as commander is the high-
est recognition which our government
could bestow upon him for his distin-
guished services. General Pershing
is not only a great soldier, but also a
great man. Broad minded, clear head-
ed, brave and sympathetic as are all
the brave and noble. General Persh-
ing has perhaps done more than any
other American to bring about peace,
harmony and confidence between
American and Mexican nations. This
alone was a great and delicate under-
taking, and the beneficent effects of
his administration of the affairs of
the Southern department are apparent
on every hand. The sending of Gen-
eral Pershing will be a compliment tt»
him, but it will be a great loss to tlje
continental army and to those of us
who live along the border.
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The secretary of agriculture was
petitioned in a resolution of the Far-
mers’ Union which held a meeting in
Texarkana last week, to send some
demonstrators over to Europe and
teach the Belgians how to eat corn
pone and cotton seed meal, in order,
as the resolution states, that the
Americans might have hot biscuit for
breakfast. We hope the secretary will
do nothing of the sort. Those Farm-
ers’ union delegates don’t seem to
realize that the paramount purpose of
the war is to carry democracy across
the water, and if the Belgians and
other Europeans are led to believe
that a diet of corn pone and cotton
seed meal is the portion of the dem-
ocrat on his native heath, they might
balk at embracing the faith. Let’s
wait with this demonstration at least
until we have put the collar on them.
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Farmers are needed in the fields
more than at the front is the Wash-
ington idea of the selective draft by
which the army is to be raised and for
that reason they will not be accepted
in the military establishment. Yet
Governor Ferguson wants to employ
the home guard, an organization com-
posed chiefly of farmers, to protect the
border. There’s, an opportunity here
for some good diplomat to smooth the
wrinkles out.
Governor Ferguson has issued a
proclamation to the Mexicans or
Southwest Texas, urging them to stay
on the farms and continue to help with
the farm work. The proclamation
comes too late. The ranger bill has
done its work and many of the Mexi-
cans available for farm labor are
gone.
The enthusiasm of our grow-it-at-
home gardeners is growing as the sea-
son advances. One enthusiast was
heard to remark yesterday that this
fall he intends to have the finest gar-
den in Mercedes if his wife’s health
continues good.
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To the graduates of the Mercedes
high school: “Remember now thy
creator in the days of the youth.”
PUBLICITY OF LIBERTY LOAN
Unequaled Whirlwind Period of Inten-
sive Advertising Is Contemplated
at Washington
Washington, D. C. — Almost every
avanue of publicity in the country,
treasury officials announced, is filled
with patriotic organizations which
have fallen into line to march with
the liberty loan campaign to success.
Plans for the nation-wide campaign
the | are fast ripening. They contemplate
an unequaled whirlwind period of in-
tensive advertising. Already the cam-
paign, yet in its opening stages, is
bringing results from every section
of the country in the form of increas-
ing subscriptions. The three-day per-
iod at the start, during which officials
werfe not wholly satisfied with the na-
tion’s response, has given way to a de-
monstration of patriotic co-operation
which, for sheer immennsity, has not
been excelled in the country.
Soon the shop windows of the coun-
try and the windows of the nation’s
banks will blossom out in startling
posters of red, white and blue to car-
ry strong appeals to all passersby.
One of the posters depicts the goddess
of liberty leaning forward with eyes
ablaze and pointing a finger with the
plea: “Buy a liberty bond lest I per-
ish.”
ft One million of these will be distri-
buted.
“Buy a liberty bond” will be flash-
ed the latter part of this week on ev-
ery moving picture screen in the coun
try. An all-star movie cast will enact
a “liberty loan play,” which will be
widely distributed.. Foreign language
newspapers are spreading the appeal
in thirty-three tongues to 12,000,000
persons.
Clerygymen of all denominations
will open a liberty loan week Sunday,
June 3, with references from the pul-
pit to the nation’s needs. More than
fififty thousand life insurance agents
will take a day from selling insurance
and sell bonds instead. The Ameri-
can Automobile Association will con-
duct a house-to-house canvass through
out the nation. The boy scouts will
devote at least two days to a whirl-
wind campaign.
I JUST ARRIVED j
| Another shipment of Buicks, both Fours and |
1 Sixes. ^fOur advise to prospective buyers is |
5 to place your order now, as we are expecting 5
= to hear of an advance of prices soon. We E
= will gladly comply with your request for a E
i booklet giving the descriptions and all specifi- E
= cations of all late models of Buick cars.
Washington, D. C. — Formal an-
nouncement of the government’s pol-
icy as to all types of aircraft except
Zeppelins was made by the council of
national defense through Howard E.
Coffin, head of the aircraft produc-
tion board, recently created.
The object aimed at for the first
year, according to Mr. Coffin, is the
production of a minimum of 3,500
training and battle airplanes; the edu-
cation of from 5,000 to 6,000 aviators
and the doubling of more of the pro-
ducing capacity during the second
year.
The board will co-operate with the
joint army-navy board on designs and
specifications of aircraft which will
pass on all questions of design and
military characteristics. The deve-
lopment of big rigid dirigibles or Zep-
pelins is in the hands of a special ar-
ijny-navy board, headed by Admiral
Taylor. Major B. D. Foulois of the
army aviation corps, is head of the
specifications board.
“We have been in constant’ touch
with the aircraft manufacturers for
weeks,” Mr. Coffin said, “on quantity
production of machines. The govern-
ment authorities are already signing
contracts for as many machines as
our present appropriations permit.”
Other plans include the establish-
ment of nine aviation training fields,
three of which already have been sel-
ected by the war department and
construction work on which will be-
gin at once.
Each will provide for two aero
^squadrons of 150 men each and have
hangars and shop equipment for sev-
enty-two machines. It will cost ap-
proximately $1,000,000 to equip each
field. Six American colleges are to
give cadet courses to classes of 600
student aviators each, making 3,600
men under instruction in the prelim-
inary courses by July 1.
The cadet course will take approxi-
mately four months to be followed by
six weeks or qjore of practical train-
ing at the aviation fields. The six
institutions giving the courses are the
universities of California, Texas, Illi-
nois, Ohio, Massachusetts, Institute of
Technology and Cornell University.
A five-pointed white star with a
red center and set on circular field of
blue will designate all aircraft of the
American navy under orders issued
by Secretary Daniels. Contractors
have been directed to add the insignia
to all aircraft under construction.
ROOSEYELT TELLS HIS
FOLLOWERS TO ENLIST
Buick Auto Sales Co.
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New York. — Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt, in a long statement, called
upon the men who had volunteered
for his proposed division to France to
disband immediately. He advised
them to get to the front in the best
,way they could. If they were unable
to secure places in service abroad, he
suggested that they devote their en-
ergies to aiding the country at home.
A vigorous reply was made to the
statement of President Wilson, issued
on Friday, denying the Roosevelt re-
quest for service abroad.
It is understood that the Colonel
will decide not to accept the position
at the head of the New York national
guard, offered him by Governor Whit-
man.
HASSLER
SHOCK ABSORBERS
AND
SEAT
COVERS
FOR
FORDS
In Mercedes
Crawford’s Garage
An Opportunity for Hog Raisers
For several years large numbers of
young sows have been shipped from
the various stock yards back to the
farms where they were needed. These
sows are given the serum treatment,
dipped and placed in a disinfected
car.
Several thousand have been shipped
from the Fort Worth stock yards to
various parts of the state, and so far
with no ill results.
Thousands of high-grade gilts are
now going to market, attracted by the
high price, that should be kept on the
farm. There are many localities
where the sows are needed, and the
people do not know that they can be
bought at market prices and cost of
dipping and vaccination.
The demand for meat is now so
great that it will require thousands^
of good sows to overcome the short-
age caused by the shipping of young
hogs.
The stock yards company at Fort
Worth will give full instructions, ex-
plaining how to secure these sows.
CLARENCE OUSLEY,
Director of Extension Dept, of Agri-
culture.
Blue Bugs
Please answer how I can best fight
blue bugs among chickens.
Ans.—The fowls had best be dipped
in a solution made of some dip or dis-
infectant made for the purpose. There
are several advertised. Clean up the
premises thoroughly, burning the
trash and other rubbish where these
parasites hide. Spray the coops, roosts,
nest and other places where the pests
may take refuge. Keep up the fight
until the place is free from them.
HARRIS & HERNDON
MENS WEAR
A Complete Line of Samples of the latest styles of Ren’s Cloths
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AT PRICES THAT ARE RIGHT
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THE PICNIC SEASON
Is With Us And We Have Every
Thing For The Lunch Basket.
BOILED SLICED HAM, PICKLES
CHEESE OF ALL KINDS, CHOW
CHOW, MUSTARD, WIENA WURST
LUNCH TONGUE, CRACKERS AND
CAKES, FRANK’S MEAT TREATS.
Little Helen was dreadfully inquisi-
tive one evening, and her father be-
came exasperated after answering
questions for two hours.
“What do you do at the office all
day, papa?” she inquired finally.
“Nothing,” snapped papa.
Helen pondered over the answer for
a minute, then returned to the charge
with:
“Then how do you know when you
are done?”
For the family trade we carry
the best and cleanest line of
groceries in the Valley and solicit
an inspection of our stock.
Prompt delivery is a feature of
our public service department.
PHONE NO. 4 FOR YOUR GROCERY NEEDS.
Mercedes Cash Grocery
O. SEIBERT, Proprietor
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Hoyt, L. T. Mercedes Tribune (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 24, 1917, newspaper, May 24, 1917; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1062794/m1/4/?q=carry+nation: accessed June 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.