The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-06-12
ENNIS CITIZENS
MAKE REQUEST
PLAN ~ HAVE asisrANT FARM
nEx{t,< sTRATItN AGENT
LOCATED HERE.
liberty Loan and R4i Cross Work Is
st,vssed in Ronsif rs Talks Made
At Ncen-DaV Luncheon

luncheon Sessions hsta "
down to patrioti{ duty oil the CIT
ixenship. and MOI Of the tune az
lotted to talk Is tissoted TO susa
great issues as IND Liberty bond sales
aud Red cross w1k. That the coun-
trv ia facing a Mneh gfaSer crisis
than has been ralized goes asaals-
nnfaa peonle fead and know the
nation Il involved IN the great world
war, but have nd yet made q person
81 anpIieation sof this knowledge,
This does not lmply that our peo~
n,a are less naIliotic than the PEG
nle az other sections, bur it does aug-
rest that ttefes must be an awaken
ins 10 prompt faction
4 telegram k-ona Assistant Cover
nar Hoones of the Federal Reserve
bank at DaIlaslsuggested that this Is
time for extraordinary action. tie
declared the pSbple have not respond
cd with that sactifity thar the oc-
easion DEMANDS.
Commenting partly upon the tel
eeram aud Suggestions Judge @ G.
groee said III didn't think any OF
the people Wfo had given the mat
ter due consideration failed 20 real
ize the Significance of action. tis
declared thesLibefty loan bond was
simply one i i've ways of pfoeaF-
ing financea With which TO carry OF
the war. Tte other way. he tieclaf~
ed. was bys direct taxation. tn
one was an plvestment and the other
is donatinn. lie declared il VAS
a simple bus ness proposition 70 take
tae government bonds. which were
good aud aAsays would be good,
rather than say for q tax receipt that
means SO mus,h money donated 10 tho
cause
de ealles attention to the Red
Cross work. (Which is not a loan. but
donation, sayjng the president had
called upon the people 81 the land 10
donate $I0a.o00,oo0 for Red Cross
work. lie I'D At a conference held
st Wiehita.f Kan, the matter was
one into 4 & that Ellis eouGfy's ap-
Ipartloaaant. @as 1896 This he
was informA BY Royal A. Ferris Of
Dallas, who svas In attendance al the
conference.
Judge Grsce called upon those
present to 9member that not only
were our en- soldiers and The sol
diers OF the billed nations entitled to
Red Cross seryiee, but he said the
enemy, w3en they fall into our
hands WouIeied are entitled to this
service. liberty bonds he said,
IS a loan 70 the government and
contributions to the Red Cross work
/ is duty Il humanity. Red Gross
is not woman $ work any more
than it is hans work; 1t is duty
that tails uput every citizen alike "
II. N. Nayll said the Rotary club
had planned II assist the Red Cross
chapter With 4 big demonstration at
ehautauqua pat Monday night next,
when a band Concert viii be gwen
land an interesting program rendered
followed by a fFee viii offering Tor
the Red Cross ork.
J. Lee Penn .aade mention OF the
act that the Iki#s Trail sisas We're
already put 10 between Hillsboro
and San Antonio and asked why not
see to placing Mem in ellis county
TIC was answered. by Secretary Carl
IS. Schutser who said the matter was
being looked aftk, the only delay be
ing oeeaAioned u the crew OF the
Kings Trail nos being available at
this time.
Secretary A. \ Burge Of the En-
mis- Commercial Iciub was preseut
and asked the cooperation Of tho
Chamber IN prochring county aid for
an assistant arm demonstration
agent lie explained that he had
been working ORD the propogltIon 81
an assistant agelt TO be located at
Ehais Tor thfcs Years and proposed
that county aid 4 procured on the
grounds that EnnF had helped Wax
abaehie In the wofk.
the suggestionIuiet with the au-
prevail of those krencnt and Fam,
demonstration Agint u H. Floyd de
elared there wasIneed for The scr
vices of two mens He said he was
not aote 10 atteni to all the work
u'at needed att"htoht that he made
the rounds OF theleounte as hest ne
could but that wlin It comes IA ter.
racing, controlling hog cholera and
the various dutie{one man could not
make the rounds
Nj Burge alsi made mention .,
ne ~ t. a. brk for the soldier
that is being don{ anu said EVERYDAY
pusht to nave part Ia II just tho