The Hugo Husonian (Hugo, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 3, 1914 Page: 7 of 8
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BAKING POWDER
FARM LOANS 5,7,10 YEARS
If you are contempating borrowing money on land it will
pay you to see us before making definite arrangements.
We make a strrit interest rate payable once a yera. We
don't deduct cash commissions from the loan or take com-
mission notes in large payments. We grant the borrower the
privilige of paying loan at any interest payment before ma-
turity. All business is transacted at our office. We have
been in the loen business continuously In this country for 10
years and are a perniinent institution.
The Hugo Farm Mortage Co.
O. A. Simons, Pres. V. Bronaugh, Sec.
Office in Darrough Building
THE RURAL !THE PATRIOTiC!wEBB m ™ Tgbain leads traffic
villa not the
for presidency
DECLARES HE IS UNFIT FOR
PRESIDENCY AND EXPECTS TO
RETIRE TO HIS FARM IN NORTH
Pablo Gonszaies Has Declared Him-
self Provisional President Accord-
ing to State Department
(By Associated Press.)
El Paso, Tex., Nov. 30.—General
Villa has again set aside all fear
that he will seek the presidency of
Mexico. In a letter which was re-
ceived at Juarez late last night, the
chieftain says:
"My one ambition is that my people
shall be free, and that no tyrant, un-
der whatever name or at the head
of whatever party, may oppress them
because they can not protect them-
selves. No one knows better than I
that I am unfitted for the presidency.
1 do not have any aims or designs
upon it.
• When peace is ree-stablislied upon
a permanent basis I intend to retire
to my home at San Andreas and
there enjoy the companionship of my
wife. That is all I wish."
Tula, Mexico, Nov. 30.—The forces
of Generals Villa and Zapata will form
a conjunction and co-operate against
all factions in Mexico that have not
arrayed themselves on the side of the
Gutierrez following. General Car-
ranza has met with some success
against the forces of Maytorena, and
has a strong army in that section.
Announcement that troops would be
moved against him was made today,
but there was nothing said as to the
time the column would be advanced
nor the number of men that is to ba
commanded by one of the Zapata and
one of the Villa generals.
Gonzales Would Be President
Washington, Nov. 30.—State de-
lartment advices todny reported that
General Pablo Gonzales, now at Pach-
uca with 8,000 troops, had proclaimed
himself provisional presidest of Mex-
ico. He hitherto had been regarded
as loyal to Carranza.
Gonzales was one of the foremost
leaders of the constitutionalist army
against Huerta.
After the Aguas Calientes conven-
tion Gonzales disappeared southward
with his army and his whereabouts
since had been more or less of
mystery.
on three. nationo
CZAR CROWDS HIS HORDES
AGAINST GERMANY AND AUS-
TRIA WHILE HAMMERING OT-
TOMAN EMPIRE
Fipnco-Belgian War Zone Is More
Quiet With Kaiser Preparisg to
Strike Directly From Home Base
oisease prevent!
day in oklahoma
(By Associated Press.)
Oklahoma City, Okla., Nov. 30.—
This was "disease prevention day" in
all public schools in Oklahoma. State
Superintendent Wilson recently is-
sued a proclamation asking all teach-
ers, oflicers and patrons in each
school to join with health authorities
today in making sanitary surveys,
etc., looking to the correcting of any
deficiencies that may be found in
ventilation, sanitation or other mat-
ters in school buildings which tend
to cause disease. ,
McHoney Wn Released
(By Associated Press.)
Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 27.—Re*
McHoney, charged with the murder
of Isaac Strickland yesterday, was
released today; on a verdict of justi-
fiable homicide. Strickland had kill-
ed McHoney'8 mother-in-law.
London, Nov. 30.—The Russians
still occupy the offensive in the war
zone, pressing their advantages in
Poland and getting their troops still
closer to Cracow. The Petrograd
correspondents of Paris and London
papers have claimed greater victories
for last week than was true accord-
ing to the official advices out of that
city. The kaiser has joined with
General Hinderburg in the eastern
zone of operations and while the lat-
ter's army has been severed and giv-
es some hard blows, the stubborn re-
sistance of the central wing, which
has been isolated from the other two
wings, has saved utter defeat. Noth-
ing definite comes from the Russian
forces on the Austrian side of the
Carpathians. There have been hard
battles in that region and Sunday the
Petrograd dispatches claimed some
advantage for their forces, meanwhile
the uAstrian war bureau notified Ber-
lin that the troops of the emperor
had withstood the fierce Russian on-
slaughts and were able to make some
advantageous strategic movements.
Since Saturday the weather has been
so terrible is the Carpathian regions
as to make the movement of large
bodies of troops almost impossible.
Montenegrin reports are to effect
that a complete victory was won at
Vishegorod, Bosnian Austria. This
may be the same battle that was
fought Saturday and briefly mention-
ed in the dispatches of Sunday via
of Rome from Cettinje.
Little in the West
In the western war zone the battle
along the north French coast has sub-
sided. The English-Belgian forces
have withstood all the German as-
saults and the movement of troops
toward the south indicates that the
G rmans are massing for an attack
from Germany proper. It was at this
point that the Germass met their first
reverses at the hands of the French
and the frontier there has been the
scenes of some of the heaviest bat-
tles of the war. The French lines
have been strengthened in the center
and offensive demonstrations have
occurred for the past few days.
Turks Are Advancing
Cairo, Egypt, Nov. 30.—According
to advices from the Suez canal a
heavy Turkish force is advancing
south westward from the desert re-
gion and a re-enforcing column from
the south is presumed to have formed
a conjunction. Turkish claims of vic-
tory is the northern zone of war be-
tween Turkey and Russia are offset
by reports from Petrograd of contin-
ued successes of the Russian arms.
The fact that the Russian forces have
gained ground gives indication that
their reports c. c more probably cor-
rect.
How To Give Quinine To Children.
FKBRILINK i* Ihetrnde-mark name eitfuJo ii
improvedQninine. ItifiTiileleiiSyrtip.plea*-
anl to take and does not disturb the stomach.
Children take It and never know tt is Quinine.
Alao especially adapted to adulta who cannot
take ordinary Quinine. Does not nauseate nor
THE FARMERS THE CUSTODIANS!
OF THE NATION'S MORALITY. j
Co-operation of Church, School and'
Press Essential to Community
Building.
i..curuiu.jj- v/uiDinc. uoes not nauseate nor
cause nervousness nor ringing in the head. Try
it the next time you need Quinine for any pur-
pose. Ask for 2-ounce original package. The
name FKBRILINK ia blows in bottle. 25 cents.
CONGRESS DECREES DOLLARS IN-
DULGING IN LUXURIES MUST
FIRST SALUTE THE FLAG.
War Revenue Tax of $105,000,000
Levied—Beer Bears Brunt of
Burden.
By Peter Radford
Lecturer National Farmers' Union.
The church, the press and the school
form a triple alliance of progress that
guides the destiny of every commun-
ity. state and nation. Without them
civilization would wither and die and
through them life may attain its great-
est blessing, power and knowledge.
The farmers of this nation are greatly
Indebted to this social triumvirate for
their uplifting influence, and on behalf
ol the American plowmen I want to
thank those engaged in these high
callings for tlieir able and efficient
service, and 1 shall offer to the press
a series of articles on co-operation
between these important influences
and the farmers in the hope of in-
creasing the efficiency of all by mu-
tual understanding and organized ef-
lort. We will take up, first, the rural
church.
The Farmers Are Great Church Build
ers.
The American farmer is the greatest
church builder the world has ever
known. He is the custodian of the
nation's morality; upon his shoulders
rests the "ark of the covenant" and
he is more responsive to religious in-
fluences than any other class of cit-
izenship.
The farmers of this nation have
built 120,000 churches at a cost of
$750,000,000, and the annual contribu-
tion of the nation toward all church
institutions approximates $200,000,000
per annum. The farmers of the T*ni-
tQd States build 22 churches per day.
There are 20,000,000 rural church com-
municants on the farm, and 54 per
cent of the total membership of all
churches reside in the country.
The farm is the power-house of all
progress and the birthplace of all that
is noble. The Garden of Eden was
in the country and the man who would
get close to God must first get close
to nature.
The Functions of a Rural Church.
If the rural churches today are go-
ing to render a service which this age
demands, there must be co-operation
between the religious, social and eco-
nomic life of the community.
The church to attain its fullest meas-
ure of success must enrich the lives
of the peogle in the community it
serves; it must build character; devel-
op thought and Increase the efficiency
of human life. It must serve the so-
cial, business and intellectual, as well
as the spiritual and moral side of life.
If religion does not make a man more
capable, more useful and more Just,
jvhat good is it? We want a practical
religion, one we can live by and farm
by, as well as die by.
Fewer and Better Churches.
Blessed is tl#t rural community
which has but one place of worship.
While competition is the life of tr: -le.
It is death to the r~: ! church and
moral starvation to i.. - community.
Petty sectarianism is a ocourge that
blights the life, an^i the church preju-
dice saps the vitality, of many com-
munities An over-churched commun-
ity is a crime against religion, a seri-
ous handicap to society, and a useless
tax upon agriculture.
While denominations are essential
and church pride commendable, the
high teaching of universal Christianity
must prevail if the rural church is to
fulfill its mission to agriculture.
We frequently have three or four
churches in a community which is not
able to adequately support one. Small
congregations attend services once a
month and all fail to perform the re-
ligious (unctions of the community.
Yhe division of religious forces and
the breaking into fragments of moral
efforts Is ofuimlte tittle less than a
calamity and defeats the very purpose
they seek to promote.
The evils of too many churches can
be minimized by cooperation. The
social and economic life of a rural
community are respective units and
cannot be successfully divided by de-
nominational lines, and the churches
can only occupy this important field
by co-operation and co-ordination.
The efficient country church will
definitely serve its community by lead-
ing in all worthy efforts at community
building, in uniting the people in all
co-operative end?:ivors for the gen-
eral welfare of tin community and In
arousing a real love for country life
and loyalty to the country home and
these results can only be successfully
accomplished by the united effort of
the press, the school, the church and
organized farmer*.
big civil suit on
at fort worth
(By Associates rress.)
Fort Worth, Tex., Nov. 30.—The
case of the Underground Construc-
tion company against the City of Fort
Worth claiming $190,000 due on the
contract for the construction ol Lake
Worth dam was to begin here today.
Congress has levied a war tax of
$105,000,000 to oftsfct a similar amount
of loss on import revenue due to the
European disturbances and of this
amount bt>er is the heaviest
contributor, having been assessed ap-
proximately $50,001),000; a stamp tax on
negotiable instruments, it is estimated,
will yield $31,000,000; a tax on the
capital Btock of banks of $4,300,000
and a tax on tobacco, perfumes, thea-
ter tickets, etc., makes the remainder.
Congress has decreed thai tho
brewer, the banker and the investor
must shoulder the musket and march
to the front; that milady who would
add to her beauty must lirst tip l.'ncle
Sain, and a dollar that seek3 pleasure
must first salute the flag; that Pleas-
ure and Profit—the twin heroes of
many wars—shall fight the nation's
battles and by an ingeniously ar-
ranged schedule of taxation congress
has shifted the war budget from the
shoulders of Necessity to those of
Choice and Gain, touching in its
various ramifications almost every line
of business.
All hail the dollar that bleeds for
Its country; that bares its breast to
the fortunes of war and risks its life
to preserve the stability and integrity
of the nation's credit.
The market place has r.lways been
a favorite stand for war revenue col-
lectors. The trader is a gTeat finan-
cial patriot His dollar is the first to
rally around the star-spanglet banner
and the last to hear the coo of the
dove of peace. He is called upon to
buy cannon; to feed and clothe the
boys in blue and each month cheer
their hearts with the coin of the
realm. Men can neither be free nor
brave without food and ammunition,
and money Is as important a factor
in war as blood. Many monuments
have been erected in honor of heroes
slain in battles, poems have been writ-
ten eulogizing their noble deeds and
the nation honors its soldiers while
they live and places a monument upon
their graves when they die, but very
little has been said of tha dollar that
bears the burdens of war.
Honor to the Dollar that Bears the
Burdens of War.
All honor to the dollar that an-
swers the call to arms and, when
the battle is over, bandages the
wounds af stricken soldiers, lays a
wreath upon the graves of fallen
heroes and cares for the widows and
orphans.
All honor to the industries that |
bend their backs under the burdens
of war; lift the weight from the shoul-
ders of the poor and build a bulwark
around the nation's credit.
All honor to those who contribute
to the necessities and administer t*%
the comforts of the boys who are
marching; cool the fever of afflicted
soldiers and kneel with the cross be
side dying heroes.
A dollar may fight its competitor in
business, industries may struggle for
supremacy in trade nnd occupations
may view each olh?r with envy or
suspicion, but v lion the bugle calls
they bury strife and rally around the
flag, companions ar.d friends, me?s
mates and chums, al! flirhting for one
flag, on? cause and on? country.
The luxuries in life have always
been the gr^at I nrder-bearers in gov-
ernment. We will mention a few of
them giving the annual contributions
to the nation's treasury: Liquor, $250,-
000,000; tobacco, $103,000,000; sugar,
$54,000,000; silks. $15,500,000; Es-
monds, $3,837,000; millinery, $2,479,-
000; furs, $2,024,000 and automobiles.
$870,000. We collect $665,000000 of
internal and custom revenue annually
and $150,c00,000 of this amount classi-
fies as luxuries, and to this amount
we should add the $100,000,000 w ar tax
now levied.
The war tax is immediately effec-
tive. Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! the
industries are marching $100,000,000
\trong and beneath tho starry flag
•\hey will fill the treasury again while
Aey shout, "Hurrah for Ur.cle Sam!"
FIRE GUTTED WEBB BUILDING, r"-J^ ' OtMAND FOR FOOD IN
LEAVING THIRTY-FIVE THOU- EUROPE CAUSES WHEAT AND
BARLEY TRAFFIC VIA CANAL
ROUTE
THOU-
SAND STOCK TOTAfc LOSS
Fire Started in Center of East Room; Nitrate Shipments From Chile Were
and Employes Sleeping on Second' Expected to Lead But War Caused
Floor Made Nightshirt Rush for | Depression in Traffic
Safety
Fire which originated in the cen-
ter of the Webb Mercantile store at
2 o'clock Sunday night and which
burned for two hours oefore being
extinguished by the local fire depart
-ment, was the cause of one among
the largest fire losses Hugo lias
known In years.
The big Webb stores, pr ipTty of
C. L. Webb, are located on the north
side of Jackson and the east sido of
Dewey streets, occunying a practically
new two-story brick buildiug with a
fifty-foot frontage on Jackson stieet.
Hugh Winne and Clerk Carragney
sleep on the second floor of the build-
ing, but the latter was away Sunday
night. Winne asked Steve Burrus,
the bookkeeper, who came in cn ono
of the night train?, to sleep with him.
About midnight Homer Gibson, an
employe of Mr. Webb in the cotton
buying business, came in, ana the
three retired at midnight. About 2
o'clock they were awakened by the
smoke, and made their escape from
the building by jumping from the
second floor to the awning and then
to the pavement Burrus being injured
in his fall. Half clad, they ran to
the Knox cafe where the alarm had
already been turned in. For some
reason they could not get the light
plant whistle, and it was thirty min-
utes before all the volunteer firemen
could be reached with the alarm.
Meanwhile the firemen had been
making a brave fight to extinguish
the flames. A superstructure in the
center of the east room, where the
firm had dislay.-d merchandise had
scattered the flames by the garments
catching on tire and scattering as
they fell. Another big blaze was in
the dry goods department by the ejst
wall. Heavy streams of water were
poured on the burning goods and what
fire and smoke did not do in the way
of destruction, water finished in that
section of the house.
From appearances the loss to the
6tock, which was valued at $35,000,
Including the fixtures, is complete.
Large quantities of the goods were
destroyed, while other parts of the
house found the garments only
slightly burned all smoked and wet
from the water necessary to extin-
guish the flames. The loss to the
building, which is owned jointly by
C. L. and W. Y. Webb, was estimated
at $1,000 or possibly slightly in excess
of that amount. The stock of goods
was the property of Mr. C. L. Webb.
He carried insurance to the amount
of $25,000, or something near tfiat,
Mr. Webb being in Fort Worth and
it being impossible to determine the
exact amount.
It is the fourth fire that has over-
taken Sir. Webb in recent years, he
having lost a gin at Grant and two
at Soper in a short space of time, his
losses amounting to a considerable
sum in the vai(?ous conflagrations,
twice finding him without insurance.
Neither those who were in the
building at the time of tb<> fire nor
the firemen could form any opinion
of how the blaze originated but the
location of the flames gave rise to
the opinion that it was of incendiary
origin.
Firemen say the front door of the
store was unlocked when they arrived
on the scene. It was also ascertained
the cause of the fire alarm not being
sounded was due to the batteries in
the gongs maintained by the city
being exhausted.
(By Associated Press.)
Panama, Nov. 30.—Grain for Eu-
rope, from north Pacific ports of the
United tates, has so far formed the
largest single item of cargo carried
through the canal, saj-3 the Canal
Record. In the two months and a
half of canal operation ending No-
vember 1, the canal was used by
seventeen eastbound vesseli in this
traffic, and eight vessels l.ave passed
through from the Atlantic to the Pa-
cific in ballast, to return with grain.
The laden vessels have carried
through an aggregate of 122,1:58 tons
of grain, consisting of 72,932 tons of
barley and 49,326 tons of wheat.
Counting thirty-seven bushels ot
wheat and forty-six of barley to tha
long ton, the cargo amounted to 1,-
825,062 bushels of wheat and 3,354,872
bushels of barley, a total of 5,179,934
bushels of grain.
The next largest sing!-; item of
cargo handled through the canal dur-
ing the same period was nitrates,
principally from Chile. This was car-
ried in fourteen vessels, and aruouit-
ed to 99,126 tons, an average of 7,080
tons to the vessel. That the grain
shipments should have exceeded
those of nitrates is contrary to the
prediction that the latter would form
the largest Item but does not disprove
that prediction, as applied to any
considerable period of normal world
business. It appears that the grain
traffic is largely seasonal, and has
been stimulated recently by an In-
creased demand in Europe, coupled
with a heavy crop in the United
States, while the traffic in nitrates,
which is perennial, has been, during
the period under consideration, con-
siderably depressed by business con-
ditions. It is reported that Atlantic
ports of the United States have es-
tablished new records of grain ex-
portations to Europe during this per-
iod.
In every field of human activity the
demand for more competent men and
women is growing every day. Espe-
cially so in agriculture.
Home pride Is a mighty valuable as-
set, and the farmer who hi s none Is
carrying a heavy handicap on the
road to success.
Work is the salve that heals the
wounded heart.
Noted Stockman Was Here
R. Matlock, foreman-general man
ager of the TIX ranch, spent Sun-
day evening and this morning here
with friends and looking after bus-
iness interests. Mr. Matlock is one
among tbe best known progressive
business men of Southeastern Okla-
homa and his business transactions
in this locality are on a large scale.
recreation plages
mm won
(By Associated Press.)
London, Nov. 30.—Realizing the
need of recreation centers for women
whose protestors have entered the
army, American and English women
are making an effort in London to
provide wholesome amusements and
temperance refreshments for women
who might otherwise go to public
houses to hear war news and diacusi
the progress of the armies in Europ1 .
Lady Henry Somerset and a num-
ber of associates have established a
temperance public house exclusively
for women and children, which is
the first of a chain they expect to
open throughout London, to offset the
temptations of the ordinary public
houses during the war.
b! george goethalii
NO PILOT OR TUGMASTER CAN
ENTER SALOON WHILE IN UNI-
FORM IN CANAL ZONE
Order Restrictive Issued on Theory
That No Sailing Master Can E^-
Considered Safe Unless Abstemious
<1A crowd is what you
need, Mr. Farmer, at
that sale. The more
bidders the higher the
prices your stuff will
bring.
<5 Publish the entire list
of articles to be offered
for sale, and see what
happens.
tBy Associated Press.)
Panama, Nov. 30.—With a view •
preventing accidents, Governor Goe-
thals has ordered that the Panama
canal shall be operated on a strictly
sober basis. His oi-t jr, issued upon
the suggestion of Captain Hugh Rid-
man, superintendent of the canal traf-
fic, affects all persons employed ni
the canal who possess marine licen-
ses—such as pilots, tug masters and
mates and those in charge of the
dredges at work in the canal—and
the lock-operating forces The order,
among other restrictive provisions,
forbids any canal pilot entering a
saloon while in uniform.
It is believed that the order will
encourage confidence on the part of
the ship-owners using the canal, and
possibly have some influence toward
preventing increase of marine Insur-
ance rates on vessels passing through
the canal.
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