Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1916-12-31
CIRCULATION BOOKS
OPEN 70 AoVuRrlsERs
Sunday. December 81. 1915.


LOOhlNd bOih WA1o.
Rain augurs well for The New
Year. aud helps to redeem the old
Ia many ways. 1916 Is better for
gotten. II goes down MS u yearl
Of extremes. 81 retarded aciiW
ties. II has tried the spirit nl ihe
pe0ple. but has not left thra viii
on benefits including better
knowledge Of their ~soureeiul
ness.
ono fact needs 20 be- heidi in
hpppy memory Corpus CHRISTI
passed through lhe August hurr
canc without the loss Of lle,
without So mich as scrious ac
eidcui 4 wilder night hn. not
becn known along the rcNn.
coast. II spliutcred lrml huild
ings. hli left The proplc serene
and we'll they might be- The island
barrier had proved It's ability to
resist.
la material ways, wc have made
no giant s stride. and yet, when
the ycnr is carefully reviewed il
furnishes substantial evidences og
growth. The new Federal huiid
ing ncars complexion several
stores have been erected eonsd
cradle rcpair-work has beeu al.
gagged in the Cau,ewny Is being
pm in shape for i!ie nccomuodn
ton Of traffic ln spiritual WAYS
we have perhaps achieved q rec
ord We understand one another
more clearly, aud are beginning 10
engage ia cooperative effort II
we are not harmonious politically +
we are beginning 90 appreciate
The necessity for united action.
and there IS less disposition to-
gnibhle over traditions
The New Year finds rs prepar
ed. We are ia the mood to ac /,
eomplish, and the season opens
auspiciously good cotton crop
will put the hurricane aud is
work on the shelf We have he
same mrivallcd climate. the same
environment of productive land
the same energy and determine
ton that have characterized
South Texas IN the past Nnd we
have optimism 10 90 ON. which IS
threc'auartcrs Of tho fight.
As Nation. We have cause 10
hold 1916 IN particular memory
Through succession of pcrils.
from within and without We have
kept our hands clean and have
willed 20 AVOID war and covelous
ness.
We owe great deal lo the
genius OF Woodrow Wilson There
has not hccn president ina our
time so thoroughly disintercstcd /
so impcrtnrhahle. nor one vexed
by SO many problems OF state.
We have kept faith with Mex
do. The task has NOT been pleas
ant, II has not been adhered to
without criticism, or, for thai mat
ter without some Justification lor
sighting estimates. But. it we
have lost Ia pride and pomponS
honor, we have gained IN 4 knowl- I
edge Of fairness carried 10 the last
ditch aud ii trouble comes. few
viii question.
We have kept out of the l,urop-
can ccnlliei Notwithstanding a
populations prone "a scoff at The
idonl Of neutrality Time aud
again, with both Germany and
England we have approached the
breaking point, and have avoided
u Opinions differ Dignity has
not always been held forward as
chip on the shoulder Some have
wflthed under sense cf wlthercd
pride hut majority Of thc PEG
pie are with the President, and
will be.
Internally. we have moved for
ward as never before. Reforms
have been varied and IN Keeping
with the temper OF the Democratic
Party, Most Of them have been
directed toward the relief OF the
misses: ssoi ole OF them has failed /