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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-23
GREATEST OIL DEVELOPMENT IN HISTORY

Eight yearsa ago the great Electra oil field of Texas was discovered, and production de-
veornent has proceeded m a marvellous scale. Within the past year the greatest oil
boom Of III history has been growing by leaps and bounds with thousands of webs having been
brought in yielding mnmonsd amk Of valuable OIL pouring hnm apparently nbdindd oil pools
in the bowels of the earth #F
1t is estimated that 1900 men have been made mnnoancsW Within the last year in Texas and that
thousands have accumulated fortunes. An unusual phase OF the development is that's small investors
have prmd in the anne proportion as large INVESTORS md in muchg greater numbers Many Mem
phns have made investment in oil and have already poftd beyond their expectations here is no
dnmuinn.b but rr a tremendous increase in the development OF the producing oil fields of Texas
This is notably true Of the BukburnA.W Wichita Falls and amarillo fields Thousands of business men
from all parts Of the county, some on special trains have been pouring into these districts This won
dh dvlopmetm based not un. mushroom" structure but upon the smdt foundation liquid
wealth brought to the rhss surface cfnela and sent nnH they worlds commerce.
The prrostun for hvrg a share in the acquisition of hkw wealth as outlined in the following para
graphs is worthy the careful consideration of ah thoughtful persons 1t is to your interest to get the
information given here as We sincerely beNe HH opportunity is an open door to large acumua
ions
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-23

can be controlled more quickly with
GROVES BABY BOWEL MEDICINE,
and II Is absolutely harmless. Just as
effective for adults as for children,
Price 30c. adv,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-23
MANAGED BY EXPERIENCED OIL MEN

We have associated with us in the organization of The Seven States Oil Company men
of high standing from seven different states; hence the name. These are men who have
been successful their own undertakings They have been selected because OF their uqueShond
character and standing i. their home communities and we sincerely believe thanm TIA man connected
with the organization would contnhce anything bt a snr deal
The nana@nmt of the company is now and will continue to be- in the hands, the most successful
oil me to be found in the Texas fields men ho are not only amnr with the oil business but who
have been successful ole operations
Texas He has operated in the Electra and Bukbunt fields for the past eight years, and has a-
cummed fortune. that us nhH the mIHnns He is ppSden OF te amer State Bank of Buk-
burnett vccprshntd heN National Bank of Commerce Wichita Falls; pNsdento the Liberty
Pipe Line Conany;p president of thu Red River Refining Company and is interested financially in
many III companies Mr. Myers will have primary oversight Of ueo operations of The Sever states
O Company
Mr. + D Wnher Secretary and Treasurer of the Company of Wichita Falls and Amarillo, Texas
is a successful bune man and cattle der He has been active in oil operations since the on-
ing of the Wichita Falls field and has acquired a fnd Of information and experience which makes shin
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-23
y NOT HESITATEr

A rnited amount of the stock Of The Seven States Oil Company has
been allotted to this territory. II you would be among the thousands nat
are becoming wealthy by investing in oil buy a block OF the stoek mere
offered.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-31

affords an excellent criterion 10
go by this year. The bridge that
carried them over safe last year
will carry them equally safe this
year. The almost total absence
of the boil weevil in this county,
the average yield TO the acre and
the good price at which cotton
and cotton seed sold is having a
tendency to persuade farmers to
plant too much cotton and not
enough food and feed crops this
year.
A note of warning has been
sounded by the department OF
agriculture and agricultural bu-
reaus, which it would be wise for
farmers TO heed. These Organi-
cations have forecast a lower
price for cotton than has prevail
ed and equal or aCCentuated
Pii1CS ioi lOOu dild icSu StullS.
These departments are in a posi-
ton to understand world condi-
items and how they will affect the
price of cotton and food. The
wise farmer will pause 10 consider
what they advise and not plunge
headlong into putting all his crop
to cotton.
If cotton should rule at a price
lower than the cost of production
and food and feed stuffS rule at
higher prices than cost, any man
can readily see the folly of rails
ing crop that sells for less than
cost TO buy necessities that will
sell for more than their cost to
produce. The safe plan is TO
raise foods and feeds enough to
supply home demands with some
to sell. then plant as much cotton
as surplus land and labor will
permit as a money crop.
The farmer who follows this
plan will play safety-and safety
first is mighty good rule.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-31
Vardaman Supporters Distracted
From Holding Office.

Who will the Daily News sup
port for governor? asks a subscribe
i'm a letter to the editor.
a frank question, and it deserve:
a frank answer.
Like thousands of other Missis
sippians. the editor of the Daily
News has not yet made a choice.
Frankly. we don't know who we
Will support for governor.
However. we do know who we
will not support for governor.
Our support will not be given to
any man who has hitherto been al
igned with the Nardaman-Bilbo
school of politics in Mississippi.
In our humble judgment, no man
who has been mixed up in that crowd
deserves to be governor of Missis-
sippi, no matter how respectable he
may be in other particulars
The above from the Jackson
Daily News. Jan. 2lnd date, out
lines the intent of the Vardaman
haters in the State campaign. 1t
would damn man who had ever
been a supporter of Senator Var
daman no matter how respect
able he may be in other partlCu-
lars" This exhibits the hatred of
that faction and exposes its in
consistency in a painful degree.
1t appears, taking its present at
titude in comparison with its past
actions that COntritiOn has laid
hold upon il for IFS recent support
Of Pat Harrison for the United
States Senate. who fell from grace
10 lick the political spoon of those
who condemned him while he
was riding the coat tail of Sena-
tor Nardaman into the lower
house or Congress.
According TO the News, the
-Nardaman crowd will line
up solidly against every man for
office that has ever heretofore
voted for Senator Vardaman.
While ostraCizing the Vardaman
supporters from a citizens right
10 hold office. they, with unctious
audaCity, will permit them to
vote for their candidate, provided
they will crawl crineing and take
their abuse like servile puppies,
and thus save themselves from
the penalty of the edict which
has gone out from the Jackson
acknowledges, ITO drown all
the Vardaman pups"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-31
Grow Less Cotton and
More Food.

The advice issued by the l.. S
Department of Agriculture thai
the South should curtail its cot
ton acreage and produce food
more plentifully, is doctrine
that should be widely disseminat-
ed before the planting season be-
gins, if the indications upon
which the advice is based are
worth needing.
The gist of the statement at
tempts to impress Southern farm
ers to grow enough food and feed
StuffS for home consumption and
not to risk cotton alone. The
argument is based upon indica-
tons that Europe will not use as
much cotton as before the war,
because. necessarily, it will be
forced to economic in both the
manufacture and consumption of
cotton.
On the other hand, the demand
for food and feed stuffs will in
crease correspondlngly because
of Europe's depleted man power
and devastated fields.
Before our farmers begin pitch
ing their crops. it would be we'll
for them to weigh the advice of
the department of agriculture Sc
and determine how much
of cotton and how much of food
and feed stuffs it would be wise
for them to grow.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-31
Bond Sale.

The city of Aberdeen, Miss will
receive bids up TO $3.50 O'Clock p. m.
until February 5th. 1919. for the sale
of $4l. ZOO refunding serial bonds OF
said city. Same bear interest at five
and one-half per cent. per annum.
dated February 1st, 1919. and due in
one to thirteen years from that date.
All bids must have check of five per
cent of amount of bonds bid for. The
board reserves the right to reject any
or all bids and sell same at private
sale if they so desire. Bids should be
addressed to the Mavor and Board of
Aldermen of said al aud fled with
the mayor.
This the 9th day of January. 1919.
]. M. ACKER. Mayor.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-31

Seventeen cents buys a human
life in the campaign for relief in the
Near East, which is to be conducted
in Mississippi the week of February
$40. How many will you buy?
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-31
Safety First, a Mighty Good Rule

The farmers of Monroe county
made more money out of their
crops in 1918 than tor many years
previous. Those that raised cot
ton got a good price for il, and
since most of them grew cotton
as a surplus crop. planting enough
food crops to supply the home
demands. the money they got for
their cotton was net gain in their
pockets.
The system followed last year
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-31
ANNOUNCEMENT FEES

Fees for announcing in The Aber-
deem Weekly are "a follows:
County Offices $3.50. ----. sio.oo
Legislative Offices. 10 w
Supervisors Office ..---..----- b'oo
County Treasurers Office 5-Oo
Justice of Peace & Cunstable 90
Editorial write-ups of candidates
announcing in THE ABERDEEN
WEEKLY. will be given without
charge. Announcement fees must
be paid in ADVANCE.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-31
Obituaries, Tributes and
Cards of Thanks.

Obituaries and cards OF thanks will be accept
ed and published in The Weekly, at charge Of
one cent word for each WORD contained Trlp-
ntes of respect ana resolutions eliminating from
lodges. churches or similar ORGANIZATIONS
charge of one cent a word viii be made and col
Iected Count the words in your copy and re-
NIT one cent for each word counted A. the cost
of each publication.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-29
Omahan Named Vice
President National
) Real Estate Boards

Atlantic City, N. J., June zs.-
Byron r. Hastings of Omaha was
elected one of six vice presidents
of the National Association of the
Real Estate Boards which closed
its annual convention here Saturday.
John w. Robbins was elected to
the executive committee of the as
sociation. c. F. Harrison of Omaha.
is retiring member of the coq1mittee.
]. L. Weaver of Washington, D. c.,
was chosen president and Kansas
City is the next convention city.
Besides Hastings, Robbins and
Harrison, Harry A. Wolf and L. B.
Bozell, were delegates from Omaha.
Mrs. Hastings, Miss Catherine Hast
ings, Mrs. Robbins and Miss Lois
Robbins were in Atlantic City dur
ing the convention.
The universal opinion OF the ga
delegates from 90 cities was, that
there was no hope Of lower building
prices in the near future, and that
unless realtors and builders begin
construction of houses in the near
future the government will under
take to handle the housing situation.
Members of the convention do not
want the government to 60 into the
business of building homes.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-29
Noted Rabbi Speaks
Here Next Tuesday
on League Of Nations

On next Tuesday evening, July J.,
DR.. Rudolph Coffee, rabbi Of Temple
Judea, Chicago. will deliver an ad-
dress to the membership of the
Omaha Athletic club on the subject
of the league of nations. In send
ing out notices to the membership,
President Fraser of the Athletic
club emphasizes the fact that each
member may exercise his privilege
of inviting a guest, under the rules,
to attend the meeting. DR.. Coffee
is a graduate of Columbia university
and received his Phi. D. at Pitts
burgh. He is one of the leading pull
pit orators of the country and deep
student of international politics.
Preceding the address, DR.. Coffee
will be entertained at dinner at the
Athletic club. Among those who
will meet DR.. Coffee at dinner are:
G. w. Wattles, C. N. Dietz, Gould
Dietz, Mr.. and Mrs. Lysle l. Abb
bott, Rabbi Cohn Henry Monsky,
Harry Zimman. William L. Hottz.
: man. George Brandeis, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed P. Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. N. P.
Fell, Mrs Frank w. Judson, Mrs
James Richardson, Mrs. H. c. Sum-
ney and Mrs. Draper Smith.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-29

partnership with certain national
bankrupts. who, after our first six
months of meddling and muddling
with European and asiatic contro-
versies over there, have already
come to secretly despise and de-
test us.
Ireland was referred to by the
speaker as "a litigant with a perfect
case who can get no hearing" and
he maintained that it was the pur-
pose of the league to use the great
wealth, bone and blood of the great
est democracy of the earth to re-
tain revolving peoples who regard
the righteousness of their cause
within the governments and powers
of which they would be free"
Alter asserting that the league
means that American boys shall
police the world" Senator Johnson
said:
This league means the hating
and betrayal Of new world liberal
ism, the triumph of cynical old.
world diplomacy, the humiliation
aad tha cad e1 ARAsasaA idaaliaA.s
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-29
Elsasser Family Reunion
Will Have Big Attendance
Descendants of Three Brothers Who Located in Omaha
SO Years Ago Will Hold Annual Meeting at Elm
wood Park.

Fifty-three years ago three broth
ers, G. Fred, Peter and Chris Elsas-
ser, located in Omaha, and soon
thereafter commenced to multiply
upon the face of the earth, with the
result that now, in point Of num-
bers, the Elsasser family is running
a close race with the Smiths, the
Jones and the Johnsons.
In Omaha and scattered over Ne
braska, Iowa, Kansas, Wyoming and
South Dakota there are more than
$50 Elsassers who can trace their
origin back to the three young men
who located in this city in 1866.
Those of the original generation
of Elsassers settling in Omaha have
gone to their final reward, but the
family continues to grow. To the
three Elsasser boys who first came
to Omaha were born fairly good
sized families. In the family OF G.
Fred Elsasser there were six, in the
family of Peter six, and in the family
of Chris five children, most of them
boys. Since then the majority of
the newly-born Elsassers have been
boys, and, marrying, they have fear
ed large families.
Two years ago the Omaha Elsas-
sers conceived the idea of an Elsas-
ser reunion and picnic. 1t was a
success and was attended by some
thing more than 200 who bore the
EIsasser name. Last year there was
a Second Elsasser reunion and pic
mic and it was more of a success
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-29
Humane Officer Looks
for Vicious Dog, Finds
Cat-O'-Nine-Tail Whip

w. H. Wright, Humane society
officer, brought in an oldfashioned
cat-o'-nine-tails whip which he took
from a house at Thirty-fourth and
Q streets Friday afternoon.
He was sent out to investigate a
report that an unlicensed vicious
dog was being harbored at that ad-
dress, and while making that in
vestigation, heard a small girl cry
ing and espied the whip.
did your mother whip you with
that?" he asked of the child, who
nodded her head affirmatively be-
tween sobs.
Wright picked up the whip.
What are you going to do with
it," asked the mother.
"I am going to put it where you
will never see it again." the officer
replied.
The whip consists OF short
wooden handle with a bunch OF
leather laces attached to one end.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-29
Confusion Of Names
Is Embarrassing to
Italian War Worker

Sebastian Salerno, who has been
in business at Az South Tenth
street and vicinity for % years, and
who is president Of the Giovanni
d'Amegl;o society, the largest ltal-
ian organization in Nebraska, states
that he has experienced recent en-
barrassment on account of the con-
fusion of names due to the arrest
on several occasions of an Omaha
man who bears his name.
Mr.. Salerno was actively engaged
in promoting the various war activi-
ties, has been on two governors
stats and has never been in any
trouble on account of violation of
the laws. Notwithstanding that he
is held in high esteem by a large
circle of acquaintances, he states
that the recent arrest of another
Sebastian Salerno" has caused an
noying inquiries from persons who
do not know him intimately.
He wants to be known as law
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-29

than the first. This year the third
Elsasser gathering is to be held and
letters received by Albert w. and
George H. Elsasser, who have
charge of working out the details OF
the function, assert that the attend
ance will run between $50 and 800.
Sunday, July 6, is the date that
has been set for the annual gather
ing of the Elsasser clans, and the
place Elmwood park. During the
forenoon Elsassers, great and small,
will meet in the park. At l:30
o'clock the afternoon there will be a
family dinner spread in the shade
of the trees. Tables will be set
around these will gather Efsassers
from far and near. Everything con-
nected with the reunion will be
under the direction of the Elsassers,
for there will be enough of them to
handle all the details.
With the dinner disposed of three,
or four hours of the afternoon will
be given over to feature events.
There will be foot ball races, athletic
evens, a base bali game, only Elsas-
sers participating, pitching quoits
and games for girls.
Late in the afternoon and during
the evening the elder Elsassers will
dig into the past and recount in
cidents and experiences of other
days, this feature of the program
to be followed by a reception. At
the reception the Elsassers expect
to meet hundreds OF their old
friends.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-29
Soldiers Are Little
Aware How Profitable
Federal Insurance Is

Discharged soldiers and sailors,
and those still in the service, are
not taking as much interest in the
insurance plans Of Uncle Sam as
army authorities would like to see.
This neglect is likely to cost them
their opportunity to obtain the best
insurance at the lowest rate ever
offered. From the local army re-
cruiting headquarters comes this
earnest admonition:
I'VE travel on just like q toad,
Or like q horse goes down the road;
We never know two days ahead
How soon we'll be laid sick In bed
and maybe CROAK!
"Since the time of the great Naza<
rene the world has been full of the
manana type of people. Manana is
the Spanish word for tomorrow; so
many people are going to do a
praiseworthy thing "manana"-not
today-too busy today-but tomor-
row surely Welt do this or that for
which we have been planning and
which we feel should be done and
which is absolutely good and>neces-
sary.
How about your, Are you de-
sirous of cancelling your govern
ment insurance and having the priv
ilege of blowing in the extra two
or three dollars? Do you know that
there is absolutely no question about
it; it is positively impossible for you
to spend that small sun-your
monthly premium-for anything that
is 10 per cent as good as your in
surance? You say you will have the
fun of spending that money now
and later on you will take insurance.
Boy, the chances are all against you.
If you drop your insurance now, it's
a safe bet that never again will you
own insurance.
Lives Of great men all remind US.
We can make our lives sublime.
And departing, leave behind US
Policies paid UP in time"
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-29
Husband Remarries
and Protests Suit
Of Wife for Alimony

Harry Hodgdon, o65 South
Thirty-fifth street, says in an ans
wer to the suit of his former wife,
Pearl, for $l,5OO alimony that he
has married again through mis-
understanding" and now has two
small children and a wife to sup
port on the SIPS month which he
earns. He filed his answer yester-
day in district court.
He admits that he left his wife
in Maine in 1904 and came to
Nebraska where he married again,
thinking his wife had secured a
divorce until October 10, 1917, when
a decree was granted her in Port
land, and her husband was ordered
to pay her $500.
Harry says his wife earns $40 a
week. She says she earns only SIS
week in Portland factory.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-29
Cat Knocks Over Poison Gas
Bottle; Guests Vacate Hotel
Fumes Invented to Overcome Would-Be Safeblowers,
Prove Success When They Clear Lobby in Few
Seconds and Cause Near Panic

Guests in a downtown hotel were
given a fair demonstration of a gas
attack, an Omaha inventor had the
pleasure of seeing the child Of his
brain really work, and the hotel
management is now considering the
advisability of installing emergency
gas masks-all because an inquisitive
female cat knocked bottle of poi--
son chemicals from a shelf in the
hotel lobby.
F. Whittemore, inventor Of COM
bination of chemicals to be placed
in safes to overcome yeggmen,
brought quart bottle of his inven-
ton to the hotel to show to a pros
pective customer stopping there. Af-
ter pointing out its merits, White
more handed the bottle to the desk
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-29
Woman Forger Ready
to Make Good Check
and May Be Sci. Free

"Mrs. c. H. Wilson," who is vail
antly hiding her real name from the
disgrace Of prison bars. will be freed
from the charge of forgery on which
she has been held to district court,
if Mrs. Julia Thomas, 49l0 Capitol
avenue, will allow her to make good
the $50 forged check.
"Mrs. Wilson" was brought to
Omaha Thursday night from st.
Paul by Detective Jimmy Murphy
and charged with forging Mrs. Julia
Thomas name to a $50 check.
She refused to give her real name
to the police or to disclose even the
name of her alma mater, an eastern
school for girls. She told the police
her hus band was killed in action in
France 10 months ago.
She was held to district court
without counsel under $1,000 bonds.
County Attorney Shotwell heard
her story yesterday.
"1 believe the girl is not what one
would really call a lawbreaker," said
Shotwell. II think she had no GRIM
inal intent when she forged the
check and I know she is willing to
make it good, whether she is prose-
cuted or not. If it is satisfactory
to Mrs. Thomas, I will not push the
prosecution of her case"
l.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-29
Calls League of Nations
"A Gigantic War Trust''

New York, June 2S.-The league
of nations was denounced as "a
gigantic war trust" by United
States Hiram Johnson. of Califor-
MIA, in an address before a mass
meeting called by the League for
the Preservation of American In
dependence. He demanded the re-
pudiation of the league covenant.
Similar demands were made by
United States Senator James A.
Reed of Missouri, and George
Wharton of Philadelphia. The
league contains within ITSELF" as
serted Senator Johnson, "the germs
of many wars and, worse than that,
it rivets, as in the Shantung de-
cision, the chains of tyranny upon
millions of people and cements for
all time unjust and wicked an
nexations.
After declaring that under the
proposed covenant" the representa-
tive rulers, not Of peoples" would
govern the world, the senator said,
that by its entry into the league
the unitsd Sntss wilt aatss lase
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-29
Open Cutouts Annoy Sick
Man; Officers Warn Drivers

E. P. Boyer. 721 South Thirty
sixth street, president of the Boyer
Van Kuran Lumber company, who
has been seriously i'll at his home
for several days, has been much an
noyed by passing motorists, who
drive with the cutouts open and who
use electric horns. The Omaha
Automobile club has a sign at Thir-
ty-sixth and Leavenworth streets,
the corner on which Mr.. Boyer
lives, cautioning autoists to blow
your horn" Last night, two mo-
torcycle officers spent several hours
in that vicinity, warning motorists
about the use of cutouts, and re-
questing them to proceed past the
house with as little noise as pos
sible.