davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1916-03-08
CRETONNES

Never were cretonnes produced in such be-
wildering array as now. =
Every color can be had and at surprisingly low
prices. Whole tables can be seen here at
Csc, 3Oc, 35c, SOC, 75c and $1.00 I'd.
Imported Cretonnes up to 5000 yd., so
in. wide.
The Washington times., 1916-03-08
SLIP COVER MATERIAL

Besides the great selection OF cretonnes for this
purpose we offer the plain and striped material
to take the place of Belgium Linen which cannot
be had
% in. Woven Stripe Material. ...... zoe yd.
so in. Woven Stripe Material. $500. SOC I'd.
linen and scarcely be distinguished from 1t.
The Washington times., 1916-03-08
NETS

These are being shown in the Filet, Shadow.
Stripe, and small neat figure designs.
Prices are soc, 4Oc, SOC, 75c, $1.OO, up to
$500 I'D. ,..
Plain heavy bobbin nets, As in, at Soc
yd.; II in. at 75c yd.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-06-07
FORTY MILLION DOLLARS
FOR LEGAL BATTLES

The latest federal census reports
show that We have 4577 lawyers In
Texas. We have m lawyer for every
$50 population in Texas. The av.
erage in tie United States is one law
yer to $50 population. We have al
most three tiues as many lawyers as
bankers. We lave an average Of is
lawyers to eveiy court house in the
State. We have more lawyers than
peace officers. We have no govern
ment records available on legal sx-
penditure, but II is safe to estimate
that we spend annually approximately
$4,000, 900 in legal controversies in
Texas. This vast exp, nse, directly or
indirectly reaches the backs OF those
who toll. 1t is equal to 20 per cent
Of the value Of the cotton crop OF this
state. When the farmer markets his
cotton he must stop at the court
house and unload one bale out oil
every five and divide 1t between the
lawyers. judges, witnesses, juries, etc.
j. S. Cullinan.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-06-07
ENTS.

An extra good bill at the Dixie to-
night. with n swell three-act Knicker.
booker feature. Shadows" with the
famous and handsome Frank Mayo,
assisted by beautiful Lillian West. A
dandy good Sis Hopkins farce com
edy and q beautiful Biograph drama,
zone Hundred Dollars" The feature
for the Queen tonight Is positively the
\cutest picture ever shown on a motion
picture screen. II Is guaranteed to
please everybody. Money refunded to
those who do not enjoy this picture.
with little Marguerite Clark playing a
double part as the poor little Beg
gar boy and at the same time the part
OF tho prince. Special music will be
played for "The Prince and the
Pauper' tonight II Is truly the most
fascinating feature OF the season. To
morrow the great Paramount feature
presents Constance Collier in The
Code OF Marcia Gray" Every woman
should SEQ this production.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-06-07
AsLEsT MEN OF THE DAY.

The newspapers view the railroads
rs wonderful proofs Of the highest
type OF efficiency and ability. The
biggest work Of an age always at
tracts to itself the biggest men Of the
age. When the great work Of the
world was painting. IN the days OF
the Medicis. the greatest men in the
world were painters. Michael An.
gelo was the greatest engineer. the
greatest architect, the greatest sculp'
tor. Of his day, and probably in every
other way the greatest man. Leon.
ardo da vinci was the greatest mill
fary engineer, the greatest road and
fort builder; with the power OF two
Jeffries. he could take an iron bar and
bend II in his hands. The greatest
minds 20 in the greatest directions.
Railroad building. Industrial building,
Is the great work Of today. And the
men who would have been naval
heroes In the days OF Elizabeth, and
explorers In the days OF La Sale, and
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-06-07
ACREAGE AND YIELD
OF COTTON IN 1915.

Washington. June THE Bureau
OF crop estimates. United States DE
partment OF Agriculture, has madt q
revision OF Its preliminary estimates
Of cotton acreage last year (l9l5)
based upon results OF a special IN
vestlgation and the report OF the IN
rea OF the Census OF the quantity
OF cotton ginned In the past season.
The revision indicates that the area
planted to cotton lin cultivation ut the
end OF June. 1870 was about 32.i07,
900 acres. instead OF 1885. 900 as re,
ported last July. The revised esti'
mate will be used by the Bureau OF
Crop Estimates as a basis In making
its cotton acreage estimates this year
The yield OF cotton per acre In 1915
is estimated at l70.3 pounds, as com
pared with 20.e2 pounds In 1914. is.
pounds In 1913, 1903 pounds In 1912
207.7 pounds in 1911, 1907 pounds II
1910. and i5i.5 pounds In 1909. Tn,
area picked In 1915 was about 3i.ii2.
, 900 acres.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-06-07
FOR RENT.
FOR RENT-Fve-room house, close
to graded school. Phone 314.

FOR RENT-Two unfinished rooms
for light housekeeping; close In;
one block from car line. Phone 554.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-06-07
HERE'S PROOF.
University of Texas.
June 1, 1916.

A Bryan Citizen Tells Of His Expert.
ence.
You have a right to doubt state.
ments Of people living far away, but
can you doubt Bryan Endorsement?
Read 1t:
A. b. Shelburne. public weigher.
Red Top street. Bryan. says: Some
time ago my kidneys got out Of fix
and | suffered severely from back
ache. / was so sore and stiff, ]
couldn't bend. The kidney secretions
passed very i~rregularly. at times be
ing too frequent, then again scanty
and highly colored. containing sedi'
ment. Two boxes OF Doan's Kidney
Pills put my back and aidneys in good
order"
Price SOC. at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney r~emedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Shelourne had. Foster.Milburr
Co., Props. Buffalo. X. Y.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-06-07
painters in the days Of Michael An
gelo, are railroad men today.-Arthur
Brisbane.
HousToNIANs OFF SUNDAY
FOR TRAINING CAMP.

Final arrangements were made at
the Business Mems Training Camp
luncheon, on the Rice Hotel roof gar
den yesterday. for the transportation
OF the 20 Houston business men to
the camp at Fort Sam Houston. Lieu
tenant f. X. Sterling instructed the
party to Immediately go to field head
quarters on arrival at San Antonio
and also advised on the kind OF wear
ing apparel for the occasion. The
party will leave Sunday night, June
II, at 1880 o'clock via the Southern
Pacific.-Houston Chronicle.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-06-07
OPPOSITION TO COTTON
INSURANCE SCHEDULE

Austin, Texas. June 7.-consider.
able opposition has developed to the
new tentative cotton schedule OF in.
surance rates as proposed by the State
Fire Insurance Commission. this op'
position coming chiefly from cotton
compress men over the State. When
this tentative schedule was issued the
commission sent copies to all insur'
ance companies and compress op
orators AID others Interested, for any
recommendation that may be made
Since then delegates of compress
men have been here protesting against
the schedule which. Il is claimed
greatly increases rates on cotton.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-06-07

ALL u
ANNOUNCEMENT.
The Eagle 10 authorizes % maze the
following announcements. subject to
the action Of the July democratic pri-
mary:
FOR CONGRESS-. SIXTH DISTRICT:
RUFUS HARDY.
(of Navarro County,
FOR DISTRICT JUDGE:
JUDGE JOHN WATSON.
(of Cameron.)
FOR COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT:
PROF. w. L. POWERS.
q. R. WILLIAMS. A. NJ, NJ. Acc.
PROF. NOAH COLE.
FOR COMMISSIONER PREC. NO. 4:
CLAUD A. BUCHANAN.
G. p. (Clum) FOSTER.
JESSE H. CANNON.
CHARLEY PALERMO.
-----
FOR COUNTY CLERK:
HORACE o. FERGUSON.
B WILL 9. Hogs.
FOR COMMISSIONER PREC. NO. 3:
CHARLEY DISTEFANO.
CHAS. MERKA.
]. ]. DARBY CAHILL.
FOR CONSTABLE PRECINCT NO. 4:
J. R. MOON.
c. L. BAKER.
M. NJ. VANCE.
NoR COMMISSIONER PREc. NO. /:
BEN MOORE.
L. B. SIMPSON.
J. NJ, ATKINS.
FOR COUNTY JUDGE:
L. D. MCGEE.
]. 7. MALONEY.
FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
PRECINCT NO. 4:
M. r. PHILLIPS.
w. W.. GAMER
J.J. RAY.
FOR COMMISSIONER PREC. NO. q:
NJ. B. casters.
WV. MANTHEI.
]. = COBB.
yOB TAX ASSESSOR:
JOHN W. HAMILTON.
. J. SIDNEY SMITH.
FOR LEGISLATURE. I'D DISTRICT:
o. DAVIS.
(Anderson, Texas)
J. C. MINKERT.
TOR STATE SENATOR, 18TH DIST:
4. A. DECHERD. JR-
tof Franklin.)
HON. n. p. HoUX.
(of Mexia.)
SOR COUNTY TREASURER:
J. B. PRIDDY.
FOR SHERIFF:
T. c. MUM.
FOR TAX COLLECTOR:
W. !. M'CULLOCH.
FOR DISTRICT CLERK:
J. w. BARRON.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-06-07
Classified Column
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-Extra fine young Jersey
COW, fresh in milk. See s. |. Dowl-
ing, Bryan, Route 4.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-06-07
STORM VICTIM
LIST IS GROWING
Reports Show That Many Are Killed
In Storm That Swept
States.
lpy Associated press.l

Kansas City. June additional
reports from the communities which
have been isolated since Mondays
storm are expected today to increase
the death list above a hundred and
fifty. The detailed report says that
one hundred and twenty.six have been
killed In Arkansas, Missouri. Missis.
sippi. Tennessee and Illinois, with a
large number missing.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-06-07
AXE MAN VISITS
A BANKERS HOME
Two Deaths VIII ee Result Of MUr.
dsrer Who Deals Death Blows
at Wills Point.
(By Associated Press.)

(By Associated Press.)
Wills Point, Texas, June Mrs.
H. 7. Goodnight, 70 years old, wife Of
the president Of the Van Zandt Ma
tional Bank. was killed and her hus.
band was fatally injured and their
daughter, Mrs. r. ]. Moran was beaten
into insensibility by q person who
used either a large hammer or IN axe
in their home early this morning. 1t
Is said that Mrs. Morau will recover
but 1t Is only a question Of a few
hours before the death Of Mr.. Good
night. This will make the crime a
double murder. There Is no motive
and no clues
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-06-07
TO THE PUBLIC.

The following voluntary private let
ter explains itself. Il. r. Williams.
IL a truly wish you success as be.
ing the best qualified man in the race,
and hereby give you liberty to use this
statement among any whom you con.
slider my friends.
Your ripe scholarship was IN in
~spiration to me, and ! think you could
be Of much help to the teachers under
your care. Yours sincerely,
&C. G.. SCOTT"
University Of Texas,
June 1. 1916.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-06-07
GET IN THE SWIM.

POPULAR EXCURSION TO GAIL
WESTON VIA I. & G. n. RY, SAT.
URDAY, JUNE 10 Tickets on sale
for trains arriving Galveston on Sat.
urday p. NJ, June 10, and Sunday A.
A.; return limit Monday. June 10.
For particulars, see ticket agent, |.
&. G.. n. Ry.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-06-07

P~rofessor-'If a physician Is call
ed to see a patient, what Is the first
question he should ask" Student
'Where he lives."-Judge.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-06-07

Intellect, seems to have very little
TO do with happit ,ss.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-04-01
HONOR FOR DIOCESAN
COLLEGES.

The Catholic Bulletin cordially
congratulates the two Colleges of
the Diocese, ST. Thomas and st.
Catherine s, on the approval which
they have received at the hands of
the North Central Association of
Colleges and Secondary Schools.
This Association decides the rat
ing Of institutions Of higher edu-
cation in fifteen States. No Col
lege is affiliated by it unless it
measures up to the standard
which it sets and furnishes annual
reports Of the work done i'll the
various departments during the
year. The requirements to which
Colleges seeking it's approval must
conform cover the academic train
ing of the professors, the number
and variety of the collegiate
courses offered, the conditions of
matriculation and graduation, the
number Of students registered in
the respective departments, the
equipment for Physics, Chemistry,
Biology and Physiological Psy-
chology, and the financial status
OF the institution. The Colleges
of ST. Thomas and st. Catherine
invited investigation, and as a re-
suit of the inquiry have now taken
their place among the schools affil-
lated to the Association. AS the
Association is the highest tribunal
i'll educational matters in fifteen
States, its approval marks a new
era in the history of our diocesan
Colleges. The honor conferred
upon them will be a matter of
pride for all who are interested in
higher education amongst Catho-
lies in the Northwest, and will
help to establish both schools more
firmly than ever in the confidence
of our people in a steadily widen
ing area.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-04-01

The general intention of the
League Of the Sacred Heart, for
April, as recommended by His
Holiness, Pope Benedict XIV, is
"The Widows and the Orphans Of
the War;
The saddest victims of the al
most worldwide war that has
been raging for over eighteen
months are the widows and Or
phans whom the bullet or the bay
onet or shrapnel has robbed Of
their natural protectors and sup
port. Hundreds of thousands of
unfortunate women and children
have been driven from their
homes to anguish in foreign
lands, dependent on the charity
of strangers. The little ones cried
for bread and there were none to
share it with them.
The first object Of our prayers
for them must be that God will
touch the hearts Of those whose
means will allow them to feed
the hungry and to clothe the
naked. Their appeal for help
must not be made in vain. And
we feel sure that our Catholic
people i'll the United States will
do their share to provide for the
widows and orphans of all the
countries that are involved i'll the
war. Large sums are needed and
will be needed, but God will bless
abundantly those who show mer-
cy to the widows and the father
less.
Let us not forget to pray that
proper provision may be made to
safeguard the faith of those Cath
olic children who may be carried
to lands where our holy religion
is often an object Of hatred and
bitter opposition. Sadder far
than the death Of their fathers
would be the loss Of their Catho-
lie faith.
Finally, we must gain for these
victims spirit Of supernatural
patience to bear all their woes
with resignation to Gods holy
will and with a humble recogni-
ton that what He permits will
Iconduce best for their spiritual
welfare.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-04-01
FRIENDS OF VILLA.

The stamp Of approval has been
put OH Villa, the Mexican bandit,
by the so-called Guardians of
Liberty Of Texas, in an official
communication from Alamo Court
No. /, i'll which is expressed
hearty appreciation Of his great
service to his country. lie is
commended especially for Kidding
Mexico of the Catholic clergy.
Villa thanks the honorable So
ciety" for its gracious words of
commentator, and hopes that it
will " continue progressing every
day for the welfare Of humanity
and civilization
In commencing Villas course
this honorable society" must
approve the murder of American
citizens by the raiders and thugs
under his command. What a
choice brand Of patriots the
Guardians are! It goes without
saying that very, very few, if any;
of them, are enlisting in the Unit
ed States army. Perhaps it is
just as we'll; for those who are
patriots, when patriotism means
money in their pockets, could not
be trusted to defend the Ameri-
can Flag. The GO. L. know as
much about patriotism as an
army mule does about the fourth
dimension.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-04-01
MEMORIES OF FATHER MATHEW

A writer using the pen-name Mon
onia" has contributed to the Free
mans Journal" of Sydney, Australia,
some very interesting personal recol-
lections of Father Mathew OF the
personal appearance of the great Irish
Apostle of Temperance, 'Mononia"
tells us:
There was something singularly ar
resting in the countenance of Father
Mathew. More than one authority
whose words carried weight as those
of shreWd observers of the human
face, recognized i'll the priests GER
tain resemblance to that of the great
Napoleon. A glance at any of the por-
traits Of the two men will show that
the comparison was not an eXtrava-
CANT one. Father Mathews face had
a decidedly Napoleonic cast, though
with a sweet and benignant express
sion in place of that air of stern
command which, even when depict
ed in his calmest seconds, was and
is diScerniblc i'll the pictures Of the
modern Caesar. Father Mathew was
always a special favourite with chill
dren. Wherever he went they focked
round him. He, himself was never
more delighted than when there was
a big muster of children among the
audiences which he addressed when
advocating that cause with which his
name is now SO inseparably associ-
ated."
Having thus limned for his readers
the personal appearance of Father
Mathew, the writer naturally goes on
to speak of Father Mathews power
as an orator, saying:
''In his noble reformatory mission
Father Mathew was aided by priests
not less jealous than himself, and
many Of whom had much more re-
markable gifts of eloquence. He had,
indeed, no special faculty in that way.
His discOurses were not set off by any
of those rhetorical graces OF style
which many other public speakers of
his day--both lay and Clerical-So
carefully cultivated. His language
was always simple and direct. But it
went to the hearts of his hearers in
d way that the most studied periods
would have fallen short Of when COM
ing from other lips. He exercised a
sort of personal magnetism which in
itself was more potent than words,
however burning. He was persuasive
from the impression which he con-
veyed to all who listened to him as to
the depth and sincerity of his own
convicti9hs."
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-04-01
NURTURING "A VIPER.

During the past few weeks the
people of this city have been sur
feited with the sordid details of
alleged scandals in high and un-
usual places, dished up for public
consumption i'll language too vile
and obscene for any but the deni-
zens OF the underworld. All the
articles of the yellowest journal
ism have been employed to focus
attention and stimulate the jaded
palates Of those who revel in
moral filth. Newsboys have been
pressed into service and their in.
nocence coined into shekels. Men
young, old and middle-aged-
paid their nickels to learn the
latest lascivious details and to
gloat over the suggestive descrip-
tions Of immortality. Many wom-
en-, too many, indeed, stepped
down from their pedestals to in
dulge their curiosity at the ex-
pense OF their dignity and self
respect.
Nothing was done to prohibit
this traffic in obscene literature.
Public officials confessed their in
ability to stop the tide of moral
contamination which flooded the
city: there was no law which
could be invoked Individual cit
liens were moved to mitigation at
the affront offered to public de-
cency; but what can the individu-
al do in such cases? The numer-
Gus civic and fraternal organiza-
tions dozed away in pretended ig-
norance of what was going on.
Zone would think they would be
sufficiently interested in the gen
eral welfare to make some move
to purify the atmosphere or, at
least, enter a protest in the name
Of common decencE. But nothing
Twas. done; evidently, they do net
consider themselves their broth
ers keepers. One can account fol
this apathy only on the score oil
politics or business. Each one is
afraid to make a move lest his
popularity or his pocket-book SUI.
fer.
| But it is hard to explain the In
difference of the women of st
Paul, and especially of those who
glory in their membership in or.
foundations formed to promote the
public good.
/ The club women of this city are
an acknowledged power in the
community their purpose is civic
and social uplift and moral bet
Iterment. They are expendine
valuable time and much energy II
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-04-01
ECONOMIC WASTE.

If the licensed liquor traffic has
nothing else to condemn it, the eco
nomic waste and destruction which it
entails would be ample. Every dol
lar invested in its manufacture is q
constant menace to every legitimate
manufacturing enterprise; every dol
lar spent for intoxicants is worse than
wasted. The drink bill of the United
States is staggering. The best and
most reliable estimates now place the
drink bill of America at $2,500,000,000
per year. That would dig six Panama
Canals each year. 1t is more than
three times the entire amount spent
on education in the United States
and double the amount expended in
the maintenance of the Federal Gov
ernmcnt. 1t is $50 for each man,
woman and child in the United States.
Not only is this enormous amount Of
money wasted, but it is so wasted as
to reduce the productive power Of
every man who spends any part of it,
and thus reduces the productiyeness
and prosperity of the American peo-
BILE as a whole. Home and State.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-04-01

many directions; they are given
credit for bringing about much
needed reforms. With commend
able zeal they have developed a
spirit OF civic pride and co-opera-
ton in the interest of "a city
beautiful" And yet we heard no
protest from them in regard to
the obscene publications haWked
about the streets, polluting the
moral atmosphere and sowing the
seeds of impurity in the minds of
thousands of innocent boys and
girls. Why are they silent? Is
the casket more valuable than the
jewel! Is the city more impor-
tant than the citizen? Not weed
may be left standing in the back
yards; not a scrap of paper may
be found along the streets; dirt
of every kind must be removed
from the highways and by-Ways;
and yet filthy stream OF moral
pollution is allowed to seep into
the very souls and sully the
hearts Of the rising generation
whose welfare should be the spe-
cial care Of every true woman.
The evil results Of this propa-
ganda are almost irremediable.
Back yards may be made to bios
som like the rose; streets and
alleys may become highways OF
light; but the boys and girls con-
taminated by this moral filth can
never be as they were before they
lost the bloom Of innocence. 1t is
strange that women who are the
natural guardians of purity and
innocence should concentrate their
energies on material advancement
and improvement, while immoral
ity and obscenity in alluring
guise are allowed to stalk boldly
on the street, unchallenged and
uncensured.
We prefer to believe that this
inactivity is due to a lack OF
knowledge rather than IA lack of
interest, and that when the condi-
tiOns which now menace the rising
generation i'll this city are real
lied, not only the women, but all
who have the public veal at heart,
will marshall their forces and ban
ish, from the streets and other
public places the harpies who bat
ten OH the innocence and purity
of childhood. Let us make the
streets of st. Paul safe for the
weakest and frailcst individual
that walks them.