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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-23
Would You Risk $40 In An Oil Opportunity That Pr
Bigger Returns for the Investment Than
Anything Else You Can Buy?
We Have Bought the Leases With
Our Own Hard Cash

We Have Bought the Leases With
Our Own Hard Cash
The group Of men who comprise the officers ana
directors and have formed the Empire Texas Oil Com
pany have bought five leases in four well defined gsh
er pools in Texas We are not promoters nor specula-
tors but each is wel>know business man, practically
lifelong resident Of his home town and the kind OF
citizen you can always look up and find is O. K at the
bank
We Are Now Ready to Drill for the
Oil and Its Wealth
70 raise sufficient money to develop these five
y,1sher leases we have set aside limited amount OF
our capital stock which we offer at minimum OF
100 shares for $1,000. The money realized from the
sale of these shares is bonafide working capital
money to be used for the purpose of drilling wells and
developing the leases.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-23
The Man in Personal Charge

JOHN HENRY President and General Manager of the Empire
Texas Oil Company practical thoroughly experienced oil
He has seventeen and has
knowledge the oil fields in states Mr. Henry is
promoter He in personal charge of the development of the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-23
What a Natl Bank Pres. Says:

w. J. Richardson. President Of the Citi
zens National Bank of Wellsville, N. ".
has this to say regarding the active hea'
of this company: "Mr. Henry is a MAJ
of character and ability. He has had larg,
experience in the oil business and has beer
very successful. l have been closely &C
quainted with Mr.. Henry for long timo
and have always found him reliable il
every business transaction. l recommend
him as entitled to your fullest confidence"
w. J. Richardson, Pres, Citizens National
Bank. Wellsville. New York.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-23
We Have No Bonds, No Mortgages,
No Preferred Stock, All Shares Equal

Your shares are the same equal basis as all
other shares. We have put up our own cold cash in
what we believe the biggest opportunity have ever
had to develop real money-maker None of the Off
GERS has received any remuneration for his services al
though all are devoting their full time and energies to
the business management Of the company.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-23
Now Ready for the
Big Drilling

Remember his -GuSher Leases
We have five gusher leases four defined poolsWAGGON
R-DESDEMONA-RANGER and BURKBURNETT, in Texas.
You get into a realty speculation promotion,
genuine enterprise land four Of the famous oil prou
ing territories of Texas
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-23
Get your Share of
Oil Wealth

We offer you this opportunity to get share of oil
wealth Some people think that because they invest but
little, is not worth while, but that is mistake.
The New Oil Fields of Texas have possibly enriched
poor people than any other discovery of natural wealth
in modern times not in the entire history of the world
because they have offered opportunities for the little
along with the big fellow for the purchase of stocks at
prices Recently the stockholders of the Fortuna Oil Com
pany in short time made the following profits:
For each dollar invested So 500 each dollars S25
and each hundred dollars INVESTED, a QUARTER Uf
A MILLION DOLLARS.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-23
Waggoner Pool
Desdemona Pool
Ranger Pool

We own one lease Eastland County, 81
of Ranger, one mile northeast of production
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-23
The Shares You Buy Are An Equal
Interest With Ours

Every share of stock that you purchase in this
company is treasury stock, and every share OF stock
represents an equal interest in all the assets of this
company Thus you will more clearly understand why
this is the greatest oil opportunity offered yo
and why you stand to win big not merely the value
of your stock but the actual production Of the oil
itself
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-23
Let Us Get Together At Once

Let us get together these five big gusher leases
at once We should get at the oil without unnecessary
delay fast and expensive undertaking. All profits
must come out of The ground it is oil after and if
we strike it, we strike it rich if not out of luck
AS against the thousands have put into the company
we solicit subscriptions Of $1O $40 or up to hundred
dollars or more from those who are willing to risk the
price of new hat or suit of clothes the chance Of
making stake, striking it rich All the money from
the sale of stock goes to drilling wells rugs fur
nitre private offices nor fancy salaries We want
you to know all the facts.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-23
Money Back Guarantee Is Our
Pledge of Good Faith =

There was never open and above board
enterprise offered.
We propose to make some real money in a fair
and square way by getting the cooperation of suf-
cient number of live-wires to produce OIL We have
the oil land And everyone knows that if oil is struck at
ALL it sbig money we strike gusher we all share in
"a fortune if it is than gusher each of
us rich over night host Of men are rich today be-
cause they bought the basis that we offer
stock in this company.
Send for 100 shares at $40; 200 shares, $40; 500
shares $780, 1000 shares $100-as many shares your
venturesome spirit tells you is worth the risk.
If within ten days after sending your receipt and
prospectus Of the company you not satisfied, if
you have any doubt the genuneness of this under
taking simply demand the return of your money and
It will be sent to you without word bubble.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-23
Act Today! Don't Wait!

The time to take advantage of an oil opportunity
is during the initial period of development When oil
has been struck when the wealth of the EARTH may
be fabulous wealth. has been flowing every minute of
each "a hours is then too late to buy stock at profit
So get your shares today before actual deep drilling
begins.
EMPIRE TEXAS OIL CO., BELMONT, N. Y.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-23
Come In With US On
This Square Deal

The biggest return made money invested in
oil has to those who got in early in the Texas field
Here is opportunity share in the square deal de-
velopment of five mighty valuable Texas oil leases that
located right the heart of the gushe pools These
properties that have been secured by acknowledged
oil producing authorities who personally picked out the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-23
WHERE We
OWN LEASES
The Empire Texas Oil Co. Owns
$50 Acres of Undey eloped Leases
in The Best Oil Producing
Territory in Texas
Five Leases in Four Defined
Gusher Pools <

The various oil pools of Texas visited by the Pres
dent of this company at the time of organization He made
personal Inspection We went to Texas feeling that many
OF the Oil stories about the quick acquiring of big fortunes
were tremendously exaggerated
He looked the oil fields carefully. He personally
ran down several of the stories regarding the millions that
had been made in OIL and through first hand
nation baked by his extensive experience he makes the
Ia Texas fields where the leases of this company are located
far exceed other oil development that the
country.
Here properties -
Waggoner Pool
We lease located in block 90 Red River Lands
Wichita County closely surrounded by gshers doing 1000
to $500 barrels daily
Desdemona Pool
We lease Eastland County, west of Desdemona
M Bishop land near Lewis well. reported doing 1000
barrels daily. Gushers on three sides. ..-
We own one lease Earth County, east of Desdemona r.
L. Kirk land Comanche WE'LL reported doing 5000
barrels daily. .t.
Ranger Pool ~
We one lease Eastland County, 81 miles southeast
OF Ranger, one mile northeast of production.
Famous Shallow Pool
BURkBURNETT, WICHITA COUNTY
We one lease located miles south of BurkburneH
in the heart of the shallow pool Production within 400
all four sides. Five pay sands Texhoma Company
ported to have brought in 14OObarre we'll in fifth sand
Q25o h October 1s 1919 threequarters of mile north
east of our lease. F
far better prospects than the known bonanza at
the start of their development.
For the development of oil lands money is necessary
oil land nothing but land until the oil is brought to the
surface and it takes money to get it to the top.
And to money for this development work that
Will put this land into producing territory that limited
of capital stock being sold the basis of
cents share with minimum allotment of 100 shares
investment of $1,000 or more, to any purchaser.
Get your Share of .
Oil Wealth
We offer you this opportunity to get a share of oil
wealth. Some people think that because they invest but
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-10-05
MEMS FINE DRESS SHOES

Best grade black ys kid i'd Banker Bank ss5
Best Grade # sail. leather Ss;: Has i. last ss95
Gun Metal, dull finish, Crown last, &C a.
80 value at Observation-Disclosures.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-11-21
GERMANY'S $40 SUBMARINES

In his testimony before the com.
mittee investigating the war, Vice
Admiral Won Capelle. former minister
OF marine, gave the total number of
German submarines as $40. of which
all but 45 were constructed during
the war. If these figures are correct
they disprOve that in July, 1914, Ger
many had any large force of U-boats
of whose existence the world was un-
aware, or that it had made extensive
preparations in advance for an I'M
dersea campaign. Up to April, 1916
when Won Capelle succeeded Won Tir-
pitt, only 1876 submarines had been
built, while in the two and haIr
years that followed $40 were built.
On February Is, 1915, Germany es-
tabished by proclamation the war
zone around the British Isles, but it
was not until February l, 1917, that
it declared unrestricted submarine
war. After the battle OF Jutland on
don hope that the high seas fleet
could cope successfully with the Brit.
ISL fleet and to concentrate it's ener-
gies on the ruthless campaign waged
by the subs. In nine months in 1916
Won Capelle had built 80 submarines;
in 1917, 269, and in nine months in
1918, 220. 1t was a great achievement.
The British admiralty on Sept. 13,
1918, officially stated that "at least
$50" German submarines had been
destroyed, not counting others that
had been put out of action. BY the
end of the war the allied and United
State navies had accounted for close
to 200, and under the terms of the
armistice the Germans agreed to de-
liver all then in service or in course
of construction.
The point unexplained in Won Ca
pelle's testimony is the total number
of U-boats destroyed in action or
classed as unserviceable. 1t must
have been enormous, for of the SO
submarines constructed by Germany.
only a relatively small fraction on
Nov. II, 1918, were available for sea
duty, and the morale of many crews
had become so low that in the last
days they were in open mutiny-
World
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-11-21
J. Il. GRIGGS

Ed. Banner: The community at and
anout Lynne in this county was great
~ shocked on last Sunday afternoon
at the sad news of the untimely death
OF the aged and esteemed fellow citi-
zen, j. b. Griggs, "Uncle Dick" as he
was fondly known by his kindred and
friends, who were many. His reputa-
ton was untarnished as a quiet, UNI
assuming loyal citizen. He was born
and reared in this county, within two
miles of where death came last Sun
day and took him down to the silent
grave. He had passed his three score
and ten and one years. He was a
member of the Baptist church and
loved and feared God with all his
house for many years. In early life,
hc married a Miss Caldwell i'm the
same neighborhOOd where he and she
r6sided 10 the day Of his death. There
were born to them one son and three
daughters. The son. l.. 3. Griggs.
respected citizen. survives him and
was first to his fathers side in one
minute after the fatal shot was fired.
One daughter. Mrs. Isaac W. Perkins,
a respected lady. is also left TO mourn
tie loss Of a devoted father. The
other two daughters. Mrs. Barmer Of
Groom and Mrs. William Fore Of
Lynne, preceded their father to the
grave The sad death Of Mrs. Fore,
who was bitten hy large Tpttlesnake
ard fingered for many day in the
Ocala hospital Ia the summer 90 last
year, will be remembered by many
for long time yet
As old age came upon the subject
Of this sketch. affection laid ms hand
upon him and a. his physical system
weakened his Hental faculties began
90 fail. Ills life had been one Of in
dustry and frugality, his children had
ali married and left TIE parental
roof with familes e their own. Age
ard affection brought him low in the
valley ~ desOlation and he worried
M little at his inability - work and
Keep up his farm The last two days
% his life. his thinking and reasoning
faculties seemed 90 completely leave
him. The night before the fatal
hour he was completely deranged
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-11-21
SCIENTISTS AND RELIGION

DR. James Henry Leuba. professor
OF psychology at Bryn Mawr, has
been investigating the religious faith
OF American scientists. He sent to
1000 men of science. historians, So
biologists and psychologists, set of
Questions concerning the existence
of God who answers prayer and the
personal immortality OF the individu.
al man.
The results are not flattering C
the faith Of this generation as repre-
scented in it's intellectual leaders. The
majority of replies revealed. a lack
.of belief in these two great principles
And IN general. the more eminent the
scientist the less faith he professed
The I 600 men were divided into two
groups. 800 greater men" and Coo
lesser men" OF the former. less
than one-third believe in a personal
God and little more than One-third
ia personal immortality. OF the lies
ser men" about as per cent believe
IN personal God and about q pei
cent IN personal Immortality
Prof Leuba regards this as proof
81 the widespread rejection of the
two fundamental dOgmas OF Chris
tianity and seems to believe that II
threatens the doom OF the Christian
church With the greater diffusion
az knowledge he intimates. the gen
cral public all agree with the scien
lists
u doesn't necessarily follow. how
ever Scientists themselves are prob
ably less lacking in faith today than
they we're decade or two ago. The
class materialism into which the
4 scientific world WAS plunged by the
work ~ Darwin. Huxley and their
coworhers. IS giving place to a new
spiritual outlook And the people in
general, who have never really lost
their old faith feel this spiritual re
vivM more than the scientists do.
scientists. anyhow. cannot be Ia
ken IS typical They are authorities
r their own lines. but religion is not
r. their lane And the fact that a
seiortifcally trained mind may not
perceive religious truth is no argu-
rert arairsi that truth Their IN
beiiet uay merely indicate the
,sCphs ot tacir spiritual natures. Al
gnoraut laboror may know more
atout religion than a Huxley or an
Fdaol Is Hucnstcrbery.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-11-21

Considering his physical and mental
condition for a few days before his
death, the writer does not believe he
was responsible for the fatal deed,
therefore the consolation offered his
sorrowing kindred and friends and
especially his aged wife who with him
lived such happy. peaceful life for
so many years, and who was the bur-
cen of his heart to leave as expressed
IN letter he left. However, be it
said to his honor. he left her a plenty
of this worlds goods and loving son
and daughter to care for their mother
while she stays here to mourn the
less of an affectionate and devoted
husband. K. F. r.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-11-21
PRINCE OF WALES PRAISES OUR
NAVY

just before coming to Florida in
cognito the Prince of Wales visited
Annapolis, and addressing two thou.
sand midshipmen, said:
Il have had four years training in
the British navy and feel that can
speak to you as comratie. There
was most perfect cooperation and
coordination between the American
and British naval forces and it was
my privilege to learn to know and an
preciate the magnificent spirit among
your seamen. ] am more than glad
to have been able to come here and
meet you face to face"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-11-21

timent everywhere in favor of the re-
dress of every grievance that the
miners can establish.
Submission to the law will gain u
popular sympathy and popular sup
port that they could never have won
by coecrion, which is something that
organized labor everywhere would do
well to remember and act upon when
vast public interests are at stake
World
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-11-21
AM ERIcANS ALL!

The leaders of the United Mine
Workers of America have behaved as
law-abiding American citizens should
Accepting Judge AndersOns inter
probation of the law, they have COM
piled with the order of the court and
called off the coal strike.
Until early yesterday morning Mr.
Lewis and his associates had stout
ly insisted that they had no power
to discontinue the strike When it
came time, however, to decide defin
itely whether they would find the
power or defy the United States gov
eminent, they discovered that the
power existed and they acted accord
ingly. I'VE are Americans said Mr.
Lewis. we cannot fight our gov
ernment." which is sound doctrine
for labor unions. for corporations and
for every other element in American
society.
Having obeyed the law and having
submitted to the federal authorities,
the miners are now entitled to their
day in court on the grievances that
they have presented in their dispute
with the operators. Many OF these
grievances are substantial. If the
assertions OF the miners are support
ed by proof, they disclose industrial
conditions in the mining OF coal
which neither this country nor any
other country can afford to tolerate.
1t is really a state OF industrial an.
archy, without system or order or
stability, or any assurances whatev-
er OF decent living
The great blunder o. the miners
was in their method OF procedure.
Instead of bringing their case into
the open and making their appeal
to public opinion, which seldom errs
in matter of this kind, they waited
until the beginning OF winter and
then undertook to cOerce the country
into coercing the operators to grant
/ demands which were wholly arbi-
trary.
The. federal government was legal.
~ and morally bound to meet a chal.
LANCE of that kind. 1t could not per-
NIT the country to be starved and
frozen into submission in a quarrel
in which il had had no part and had
been admitted to no hearing. To al.
low any set of men, whether workers
or capitalists, to assert such power
Of life and death over vast industries
and millions of men would be the
very negation of government.
What ever may be said against the
abuses OF the process of injunction,
the fact remains that if there ever
was case in which this ancient
equity power of the courts ought to
have beep exercised. if there ever
was a case in which the public in.
juries would be wholly irreparahle il
tie power were not exercised. this
case was preeminent.
No greater mistake can be made
than to regard the government vic
tory in this matter as blow TO union
labor as the beginning of reaction
airy regime in which TABOR is to have
no rights that the employer is bound
TO respect. Labor has never lost
anything in obeying the law, altho It
has often lost much by trying to dis
regard the law. 1t Grill never lose
anything by trusting to the Ameri-
can peoples sense of justice and fair
play, and in this instance in particu-
Ter there will now be dominant SEN
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-11-21

Ocala has a brand new industry
the Ocala stockyards. owned by
Chambliss q Company. well known
bankers and stOckmen. They have
built stock pens az their shipping
track ca accommodate rs carloads of
Investors. On October 20 they open
"a a cash market Cor hOgs.-Florida
Grower
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1919-12-18

julius Bodenger to CASTOR c.
Bordenave, lots Columbus, Frank
lin, Hancock and Magellan $3.50
terms-Higgins.
Joseph A. Blythe to Miss Rebecca
Teens, lots Grant, Hayes, E. 18th,
and E. 18th, s25 cash.
Oliver Dorsey to Manuel P. Lom-
bard ct ais, portion Nunez, Lamar
que, Hermosa and Socrates; $1,000
cash-O'Connor.
A. T. Wainwright, Ltd. to August
Schabel, lot Belleville, Patterson,
Pelican and Elmira; $4,000 terms
O'Connor.
Poer & Seixas to A. T. Vain
wright, Ltd, remuneration in and
to authorization to sell property $50
Belleville in Algiers; (Cancellation) E.
Olivier Land & Imp. Co., Ltd, to
Mrs. Ida Herbert atal., lots, Lamar
que, Behrman, Socrates and Numa,
S2,425 cash-Puig.
Thos. Scott to Eureka Homestead
Society, lot, Homer, Monroe, New
ton and Franklin, $4,000 cash
Benedict.
VIM. Lloyd to Eureka Homestead
Society, lots, Homer, Teche, Nunez
and Newton, $1,000 cash-Benedict.
Eureka Homestead Society to VIM.
Lloyd lot, Homer, Monroe, Newton
and Franklin, and lots, Homer,
Teche, Nunez and Newton, 1890,
terms-Benedict.
Andreas P. Abascal to Eureka
Homestead Society, lot, Seguin, Eve
lima. Eliza and Bouny, $4,000 cash.
Purchaser to Mrs. Margaret Leon
ard, same property, $4,000, terms
| Benedict.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1919-12-18
SUNSHINE SEWING CIRCLE.

On Monday night, crowd of girls
met at the home of Miss lrma Schrod-
err. to sew and to embroider. Sew
eraI of the girls were unable to come
and were missed by everyone. Re
freshments were served and music
was played until late hour.
Those present were Misses Mary
Spellman. Leah Schroeder, Lillian
Knowles, Ethel Holton, Ethel Foster,
Irma Schroeder, Florence Lusk, Car
men Vanderlinden, Genevieve Hauer
and Mrs. Senner, Messrs. Gus
Knowles, Hy Alexander and Henry
Senner.
The next meeting will be at the
home of Misses Ethel Holton and
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1919-12-18
ELECTRIC LIGHT RATES TO BE
INCREASED.

The South New Orleans Light and
Traction Company is sending out
Tut ces to it's costumers of an i'll
crease in the rates of electric current
beginning mex: month. The notice
reads as follows.
Commencing after next regular
meter reading, the rates for electric
current furnished in Algiers 18th
District, New Orleans), will be adj
vanced in the same amount. and to
the same level, as the rates for SINH.
lar service prevailing since a year
ago last October in all the other dis.
tricts of the City of New Orleans.
To continue to provide the good
service of Algiers are accustomed to
we are compelled to have more rev,
enue.
1t was hoped that an increase in
rates might be avoided, but it ha:
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1919-12-18

Mrs. Matte Hughes, wife of
Frank Hebert, v. Frank Hebert, sep
aration from bed and board-N. E.
N nh
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1919-12-18
Civil District Court.

Mrs. Matte Hughes, wife Of
Frank Hebert, " Frank Hebert, sep
aration from bed and board-N. E.
Humphrey.
Succn. of Mrs. Jno. Sprada, petit
ton to homologate family meeting.
Succn. of Mrs. Louisa NJ. Burk-
EFT, wife of Toulme V. Casanova;
possession-N. E. Humphrey.
Mortgages.
Lever Taylor to Oliver Dorsey,
$500. lot Bringier, Lawrence, Mon
roe and Nunez-O'Connor.
Building Permits.
]. Bodinger, owner, O'Keefe and
Killeen, builders; frame residence,
4O9-11 Park Row, $1,000.
Mrs. George S. Pollock, owner and
builder; additions to room 32S Slidell
Ave, $3.50.
ReinscriptiOns of Sales.
Third District B. & L. Assn. to
Martin ]. Furlong, portion, Atlantic,
Pacific, Market and Jackson; two
lots, Pacific, Elmira, Alix and Eliza
$3,770 mortgage.
Same to Felix Penisson, portion,
Belleville, Vallette, EIza and Eve
lima, $4,000 mortgage Loomis.
Real Estate Transfers.
Andres P. Abascal to Tony Gaia
nese, lots Pacific, Elmira Eliza and
Evelina; $3.50 terms-Benedict.
jeremiah G. Hicks to Nicholas
Manalle, portion Slidell, Brooklyn
Teche and Homer Stas. $1,000 cash
-Hennessey.
Edward G. Kleinkemper to Gil,
bert Deranburg, lots Newton
Nunez, Teche and Diana $500
terms-O'Connoor.