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A he hitewright un VOL. 37 WHITEWRIGHT, GRAYSON COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1918 i NO. 31 a Stamp and Help Lick the Every time you lick a three-cent postage stamp, a twenty-five cent Thrift Stamp, a five-dollar War Savings Stamp, or buy a Liberty Bond, you contribute just that much toward the success of our army and the defeat of the Kaiser. And neither is it a contribution or a donation, as some seem to is an investment and a good one, to buy War Saving Certificates or Liberty Bonds. In all your business intercourse it is necessary for you to deal with some bank.

We keep an accurate record of all your financial transactions without cost to you. All you have to do is to start an account with your funds here and pay your bills by check. The First National Bank OF WHITEWRIGHT, TEXAS THE HONOR Polly Of The Circus the highest circus dramas ever brought The popular circus drama, to your city at popular prices. Polly of the Circus, will show Our aim is to please and enterer one night only in Whitewright tain you so come and enjoy your- next Wednesday, January 23rd, self. Watch for the big parade exhibiting in a large comfortable at 12 noon, and the free Fire in Rear End of Roberts Garage Fire in the workshop of Roberts Garage last Friday evening between live and six did damage to the tools, building and automobiles stored therein of from two to four thousand dollars, the losses in such cases being difficult to estimate.

The weather was extremely cold, the ground frozen and cover ed with snow and ice, making work doubly hard for the tire department, but notwithstanding this handicap they reached the tire and had two streams playing upon it in remarkably quick time. It was a tine piece of work on part of those bundling the equipment and resulted in saving I thousands of dollars worth of property which under ordinary circumstances would have been a total loss. Not more than tifteen per cent of the property in hazard was destroyed. The use of gasoline in removing grease from parts of cars and for other purposes had probably caused an accumulation I of gas in the closed workshop, I so that when an attempt was made to thaw out a frozen water pipe with a blow torch the entire room burst into flame, making a dense smoke and a hot tire. The loss will be adjusted by the companies carrying insurance on the property and the garage will be overhauled and the business continued with as little inconvenience as possible.

American Army Numbers A Million And A Half army, above cloth- made- seated tent at some convenient place. The company travels in two pullman cars and carry fifty people besides all the horses and ponies that they use in their street parade, and also in the show. Polly of the Circus has been before tile public for a great many years having a long run at the Liberty theatre, New York City. Lovers of good shows should not miss Polly of the Circus. It is a play that the old and the young will enjoy and a great many after seeing Polly of the Circus, have said that it was better than any circus they had ever seen.

Remember the date and make arrangements to see Polly of the Circus. We have secured for this big royalty drama the best actors and musicians. Traveling in our own special train with a selected cast of 50 preformers and musicians. Two big brass Bands will furnish the music for this big production. We leave nothing undone and will band concert at 7 p.

rn. We are the only company playing this big drama in this part ol the country. (Advertisement) It will interest those of readers who travel to know that the schedule for T. P. passen ger trains on the Texarkana- Fort Worth division lias been changed, and that the westbound train heretofore passing Bells just after dinner will pass that station one hour and ten minutes later, and the train arriving from the west in the afternoon now arrives an hour and ten minutes earlier.

The two trains meet in Sherman. The night train goes west 35 minutes later and stops at Sherman instead of Whitesboro. rn. rn Prof. A.

L. Clayton tells us that a new barn on his place south of Sherman was destroyed by tire last Saturday together with about 400 bushels of corn. The loss was partly covered by insurance. He know how the barn caught tire. Questionnaire For Woman or HOOVERIZING? Everybody is, or should be, trying to help Uncle Sam win the war and bring it to a successful finish at the earliest possible date.

We can help you in a way that will not only save you money, hut will meet all your food requirements and at the same time leave something for our allies and army. By using Cakes, ready baked, you save fuel, Hour, sugar and other staples, and by using our fresh mackerel, salmon, sardines, oysters, tomato soups, you can observe meatless Tuesday and porkless Saturday without inconvenience. Our Post Toasties, Crackers, Potatoes and Corn Meal, all fresh and good, will enable you to observe wheatless Wednesday. Yes, you can Hooverize, Help and Be Happy by trading at this store. MANGRUM BROS.

Stone's Loaf Cakes and Silver Moon Coffee Madame Housekeeper, are you answering your call to service? Are you forcing your butcher to sell mutton, beef or pork on Tuesday? Are you asking for pork on Saturday? Are you demanding wheat bread from your baker on Wednesday? Are you insisting upon frosted or iced cakes? Are you permitting the whims of your child to induce you to violate the food pledge you have signed? Are you serving a fourth meal (refreshments) in your house? Are you knitting gay colored sweaters for yourself or daught er? this time be better sjient in knitting gray or khaki for the men who are giving themselves? Is it not, rather, your duty to conserve both for yourself and tile neighbor who is too weak, or too willful to do her bit? PUBLICITY COMM ITTER. Criticism of the War Depart ment has brought forth a statement of facts by Secretary Baker, which shows that the gigantic task of raising and equipping an army is moving forward in the most creditable manner. Arms of the most modern and effective kind, the Secretary declared, have been provided for every soldier in France and are available for every lighting man who can be sent to France in 191s. An army of nearly a million and a half men enlisted and selected without serious dislocation of the industries is now in the held or in training at home and abroad, lie asserted. The subsistence of the he continued, has been criticism, while its initial ing supply, temporarily quale, is now substantially complete.

army of similar size in the history of the world has ever been raised, equipped or trained so quickly. No such provision has ever been made for the comfort, health and general well being of an army. On the 31st day of December, 1917, the regular army consisted of 10,250 officers and 475,000 enlisted men; the National Guard of 16,031 officers and 400,900 enlisted men; the National army of men; and the reserve of 84,575 officers and 72,750 enlisted men. In other words in nine months the increase has been from 9,524 officers to 110,856 officers and from 202,510 to men. During the war with Spain, the army of the United States with its maximum strength aggregated 272,000 men and officers.

The army now in the Held and in training is therefore, roughly, six times as great as the maximum number under arms in the Spanish American war. The death rate in our forces in the United States, from mid September to the end of December averaged 7.5 per thousand, and is slightly less than would have been tile death rate of men of the same age at home. In the death rate per thousand was 20.14, or nearly three times as great. She joined our CHRISTMAS BANKING with CLUB Ten cases were disposed in tile district court ut Sherman over which Judge Cal. T.

man presided last week, with one verdict of not guilty and I convictions. This is an unusual record both in tile number of cases tried and in the number of convictions secured. Our Christmas Banking Club is for everyone; girls and women, men and boys, the children and the baby. You can start with IO cents, 5 cents, 2 cents, or I cent and increase your deposit the same amount each week. In 50 weeks: 10-CENT CLUB PAYS $127.50 MENT CLUB PAYS 68.75 2-CENT CLUB PAYS 25.50 1-CENT CLUB PAYS 12.76 You can begin with the largest payment first and decrease your payments each week.

We also have clubs where you pay fn 50 cents, $1.00 or $5.00 weekly and in 50 weeks have $25.00. 50.00 or $250.00. Join yourself and have every member of your family do so, too. Planters National Bank Member Federal Reserve System Dr. Powell was called to treat An army captain ut Camp two horses that were injured in Funston, Kansas, last week a fall through a bridge between bed the army bank at the can- Ector and Savoy one day last tonment, brutally murdered four week.

We learn the particulars of the mishap, but it appears that a family traveling in a wagon were crossing the bridge when the structure gave way, precipitating them with tile team and wagon to the bottom of the creek. It was reported that some of the occupants of the wagon were quite seriously injured and were taken to Bonham for medical attention. Tile search for oil on the Ryon farm north of Whitemound lias been abandoned and the casing is being drawn and shipped elsewhere. No information has been obtainable as to the depth of the test well or of tile showing of oil, if any, that was found, but it is Iftyown that the company spent a considerable sum of money in The enterprise. men in the bank, and when his indentity was about to become known, committed sipcide.

He entered tile bank and ordered one of the clerks to tie the hands of the other accupants of the bank behind them. When he saw that ho was recognized by one or more of tile clerks, he drew a hatchet from under his coat and proceeded to slaughter the helpless men in cold blood. Walter Hestand arrived home An officer in military uniform Saturday from Austin, where he was here last Saturday to take has been taking instructions pre -1 charge of tile two young men para tory to his new work of arrested here last week by Dr. collector of income taxes and J. N.

Powell for desertion, but other government revenues. He was told that the prisoners had left Sunday for Wichita Falls, been taken to Sherman, where wile re he will be stationed until lie would find them upon apple cation at tile county jail. Dr. O. Neilson went to Ladonia Saturday to spend a week witli homefolks.

Having sold I tis dental business here, lie will take a vacation until he is called into service in tile medical branch of tile army of which he has been on the reserve list for several months. United States Marshal Satterfield was here Saturday morning with an attachment for a witness whom he took back with him and caused him to testify in a case before the Federal court. Officers captured four automobile loads of whiskey and took in BB custody live men who were yjtt opiating to smuggle their valuable cargo into Oklahoma last Wednesday. Oklahoma officers cal led upon tile Denison a rn officers for help and the booze- ladened cars were caught in a trap of officers approaching from each direction. Mrs.

Daisy Holmes Lemmon, writing from Manila, Philippine Islands, to lier sister, Mrs. Pearl H. Connelly of Trenton, mentions having seen Miss Laura Lynn Major of Whitewright on lier way to Peking, wile re she is now attending a language school in preparation for lier missionary work among tile Chinese. W. R.

Cannonof Sherman spent several days tile past week with his daughter, Mrs, F. M. Echols. Keep a Clean says the Sanitary Nan He is right; we keep a clean store, and we keep a Quality Store. Our groceries are not only clean and fresh, but they are always of the best quality.

When you are using groceries there is nothing to after meals, not even enough waste for the chickens. The Heinz 57 Varieties and all other groceries we sell are good to the last bite. heard plenty ot people say that Davidson handles good groceries and gives good service. Try his store and you will say it yourself. If the wholesalers have anything espec ially good to offer we buy it for our trade we have built our business on cjne word, QU ALI i and we have found that it pays.

J. W. Davidson a Stamp and Help Lick the.