The Batesville Herald. (Batesville, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 19, 1907 Page: 1 of 4
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re lore, we aerve;
oved by othere, we are
ind no man Is useless
friend.—R- L. Steven-
HERALD.
BATESVILLK, TEXAS. THURSDAY. SEPT. 19. 1907.
andChildren^
You Have
Bought
NO. 37
L0
or Over
|ty Years
wit
IHNY, NKW TO»« OITY.
It World
>f Texas Lying
the Gulf.
Lores to 640 Acre* and
$10 a Month
|ng:
Is, March 11, 1907.
inst., and in answer
in Atascosa County,
and stayed all night
' two
|ie ranch, making
breman on this ranch
J him l wanted to see
liow to go, and after
■position.
Iitvii i. i > of a mile of
lls and found it to be
liian water is when it
luisliing enough water
l»ture.
Jl.irk red, and all the
jod to me, and I
Id good
Inined the little book.
|-es printed in it, and
aw enough to satisfy
Antonio via Corpus
Ibetter than anything
now making prep-
Imy friends and all of
aii’t go wrong. It ts
B. Q. MATHES.
[•e* 36 miles south of San
name of nearest agent.
|N8,
tNTONIO, TEXAS.
FED AND
KEPT OPEN
BLOOD
blood is'not pure and
tus germs or some old
rculation. Those most
[ reached or passed mid-
b system have naturally
[•e accumulated because
Lr some hereditary taint
cutlet on 'the face, arms,
] and angry, festers and
a chronic and stubborn.
Ii the blood is saturated,
■born, non-liealiug sore,
leatment.; is good reason
dicers is bach of every
■c is an inherited one.
Irectly to the sore, can
Lod ; neither will remov-
jcanStic plasters or the
lice a lasting cure. If
lie diseased flesh were
1 sore would come, be-
[ in the blood, and the [
r BE CUT AWAY.
«; by a thorough qleans-
|n S. S. S. will be. found
ndulcers of every kind,
blood purifier—one that
i the circulation and
I it of all poisons and
rn to the very bottom of
_cs out every trace of im-
la complete and lasting
Tiges the quality of the
Hof feeding the diseased
[ties, it nourishes the
fesh with healthy blood.
I p.tin and inflammation
jj purified the blood the •
|l first class drug stores.
|ny other medical advice
®’ice.
>., ATLANTA, CAa
.
I aQvallarf ml any *w/c»-
I. «t iui|^«l on bottom. T*k«*
I he . j*nnot H'l'ply you.
y ,L.Do*i|iu. Brocklo*.
W, * COUin, J.O SMTTK, W.r.BSIKOST, w. r. MOIOAI
rre.id.nl .Tice frw. Cukiw. Aaat. cuk
CAPITAL STOCK........................................(SO,OOO.OO.
SURPLUS AMO PROPITS........................... $25,000.
W. W. Colllar,
W. P. Dsrmody,
D1BUTOKI i
Ira B.v.n., H. b. Palliab, s. O. lank
W. I. Dai., H.arj T.ilua.
O Wo Solicit account, and will gloo all Butlnoti Prompt. Jto-
\ \ . curato and Contldorato Attention.
IT LOOKS LIKE A DAM.
CONSOLIDATED COMPANY WILL
DEPOSIT *25,000 IN AUSTIN.
IRE MERELY PROMOTERS.
b G. White A Co.—Have Done Dam
Building in Egypt, Brazil, Colora-
do and Elsewhere.
A. 1. Root Co’. B..-Supplies oa hand,
■urh a. ar. generally called for In this locality. Order, loft with
ripor A Horner recolro prompt attention. Host good, on the market
D. M. EDWARDS.
Office end Warehouse at My Residence.
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DR. S. E. HAYS
DENTAL SURGEON
HIOH CLASS DENTISTKT TUORODOI EQOIPISKrr* I
PBBMANRNTLT I.OOATBD.
W. D. KINCAID.
President
I I 1 I I I | .|. |..
J. A. MANGUM,
Vice President
P. J. RHEINER,
Cashier
Uvalde National Bank
UVALDE, TEXAS.
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, - - - 6100,000.00
DIRECTORS i
W. D. KINCAID, J. A. MANGUM,F. J. RHEINER, T. C. FROST. A. R. BOWMAN ' '
J. M. KINCAID, D. W. BARNHILL. * *
YOUR BUSINESS SOLICITED.
*ftar all <»• -Accommodation* Consistent with Safa Banking.
• p»WW*»l"H-M-»t-M'i| lid * «'.l I I. t » l .l
GMIECm SHLQS
CURIOSITY AROUSED.
“Do I want a 'party line?'” snapped
Mrs. Marker, with much emphasis.
"No, indeed! Why, the idea! I wouldn’t
think of having one.”
"Don’t blame you, madam." replied
the telephone solicitor, with a sly
■wink at the milkman. "Party lines are
very embarrassing. When you go to
the phone to call up some one you are
likely to hear Mrs. A. telling Mrs. B.
all the latest gossip of the neighbor-
hood. Then you will hear the butcher
telling Mrs. Z. how much she owes
him and what he Is going to do if she
doesn’t pay him.”
“Gracious!”
“Not only that, but you can hear just
what Miss K. says to her beau during
lunch hour and what old man Smith Is
telling the pretty widow down in the
apartment house and—but what is the
use of wasting time? You don’t want
a party line. They are too embarrass-
ing. Good-day, madam, I—"
But Mrs. Harker had him by the
arm.
“Come right back,” she said, firmly,
“and tage my order for a party line.
What if it is embarrassing? We all
have to stand embarrassments some-
times.”—Chicago Daily News.
Fireproof.
“You say your husband frequently
gets overheated?” interrogated the po-
lite clerk in the haberdashery. ’’Then
perhaps you had better get him a cel-
luloid collar.”
“No," replied the wife of the irri-
table merchant, ”1 think one of asbes-
tos would suit him better.”
"Asbestos.”
“Yes; you see, his clerks say he
is always getting ’hot under the col-
lar.’ ”—Chicago News.
AN ENTER-“PRISI NG” MAN.
Austin, Tex.: A message has been
received here from Jay Strickland,
manager of the Consolidated Construc-
tion Company, that he would be In
Austin shortly and deposit the $25,000.
The message did not say that the com-
pany had accepted the contract, but as
the amount mentioned Is the deposit
required to bind it, the inference is
that the contract will he accepted.
However, the company has until Oct.
14 to give its answer and make the de-
posit. The citizens are devoutly hop-
ing that the contract will be accepted
and the dam rebuilt.
It is conceded,that the Consolidated
Company is merely the promotors and
does not Intend to do the work, but
will sell the contract to those engaged
In that class of financing. It was un-
derstood that J. G. White & Co. of
New York were the prospective pur-
chasers. The latter firm has a Nation-
al and international reputation as dam
builders, having operated in Egypt,
Brazil and in Colorado and other
States In this country. The firm has
in abundance of money for all of Its
projects, and If the Consolidated peo-
ple succeed ill interesting White &
Jo. to buy the contract rights the dam
will be a surety.
The Consolidated representatives
here secured practically every conces-
sion they asked for an the principal
abjection to the contract on the part
of several citizens and officials was
lue to its liberality, insisting that the
pity was pledging entirely too much
money for the financial return. This
resulted in an attractive contract, and
It was understood that the consolidat-
3d left here firmly believing that they j
would be alile to sell their franchise 1
to rebuild the dam. The citizens were
lavishly liberal in order to get the dam
as a great pleasure resort, the loss of
which was a great blow to Austin. The |
impression is that the Consolidated j
has a bargain to offer In the contract I
given them, but they must reply by j
Oct. 14 and put up the $25,000 to j
bind it.
FOUND 127 WILD DUCKS
_ '
Demack A Co. Charged With Violation
of Recent Game Law.
Galveston, Tex.: Following the j
swearing out of a complaint against j
the firm of Demack & Co., charging
them with having in their possession
wild ducks for sale, and the enforce-
ment of a seach warrant, the carcasses
of 127 wild ducks were found In the
refrigerators of the firm Monday after-
noon. Tills is the first arrest made in
Galveston county under the provisions
of the new game laws. Under the
game laws, the lowest penalty to he
Imposed in the case of conviction is
$10 for each bird found, while the con-
victed one might be confined in the
county jail for not less than nor more
than thirty days, or both, at the dis-
cretion of the court. The lowest fine
In the case of a conviction in this in-
stance therefore would he $1,270.
▼AKINQ HI8 PLACE.
GAME LAW DEFECTIVE.
TWO MASKED ROBBERS.
OPEN SEASON CLAUSE FOR TUR-
KEYS CREATES JUMBLE.
ENGINEER STOP
TRAIN.
THE
Also Indefinite—Lorance Has Called .
on Attorney General to
Elucidate.
Robbed Registered Mail Sacks, Fired
a Parting Volley and
Skipped.
The Natural Result.
“Wheat is going lip now, Isn’t it?”
remarked the casual reader of the
papers.
“Yes,’’ replied the young specula-
tor with a chuckle.
‘‘It’s the wheat just now that’s be-
hind the dough.” — Baltimore Amer-
ican.
A WISE ONE.
III?
She—That good-for-nothing cousin
of yours, what is he doing now?
He—Oh, he has gone into a bank.
She—Broke In at night, I suppose!
Mt
Ins and Outs.
It does seem strange, without a doubt,
In this great race for tin,
A man will never be "all out”
Until he is ’’all In!”
—Chicago Dally News.
Lola—Then you don’t even pretend
to understand women?
Jack—No, Indeed. I know them too
well!
Nice of Tom.
"Yes,” she said, “I always like to
go out with Tom.”
"But,” her friend replied, “he seems
so stupid. He hardly ever says any-
thing.”
”1 know. Still 1 can sit and tell
him my troubles by the hour and he
never lets me know by word or sign
that he Is being bored.”—Chicago Rec-
ord-Herald.
CASS1E CHADWICK BLIND.
Nervoujsl Collapse- While Conferring
With Her Son.
Colirmbns, Ohio: While engaged in
conversation with her son in the fe-
male department of the Ohio peniten-
tiary. Mrs. Casa1 e I- Chadwick suf-
fered a nervous collapse that almost
cost her her life and left her. tempor-
arily at leant, stone blind. She was
carried to the hospital In the female
department by her son and female at-
tendants, and Dr. Garrett, the day
physician, was immediately sum-
moned. When the doctor arrived at.
the female department Mrs. Charwick
was lying on a bed in the hospital in
a chill. Although she was conscious
and very civet mentally, her circula-
tion was almost stopped and she was
blind.
Charge for Haulinq Circus.
Austin. Tex.: The railroad commis-
sion approved an atipllcat'on of the
Texas & Pacific Railroad Company for
a charge of $3,400 for transporting
79 cars of Rlngllng circus fro El Paso
to Fort Worth with stops at Abilene
and Weatherford. The advertlsng ears,
four in number, are to he charged $50
each.
Attorney General'* C'erk Resigned.
Anst'n. Tex : 11. It Cushman has re-
signed as one of the stenographic
clerks In the attorney general's depart-
ment, and-has been succeeded by Rus-
sell Sanders of Dallas Mr. Cushman
mad“ n most efficient clerk, and goes
to Dallas to engage in business for
himself.
Austin, Tex.: R W. Locance, chief
deputy state garni- warden, has asked
the attorney general for an opinion
concerning the open season for duck
and geese as provided In the game
laws passed by ;Tie last legislature. In
the game law as with many other laws
of the last legislature there are prob-
ably many things the legislature nev-
er Intended. The game warden wants
to know when the open season on
ducks, geese and turkeys begins. So
far as can be found there Is no closed
season for ducks and geese, as they
are migratory, breeding in the North.
Concerning turkeys there is consider-
able doubt as ti what the open months
for killing are. In one place In the
December, January, February and
March. In another place It says it
shall he unlawful to kill turkeys ex-
cept in November, December and Jan-
uary. Two months are included in one
provision which are not mentioned at
all in another.
In another section it says that dur-
ing December, January and February
a person shall not kill more than three
turkeys. This leaves the hunter free
to kill all the turkeys he wants to in
March, providing .one section of the
law is held to apply to March, the
month when turkeys are laying their
eggs and when it was probably intend-
ed by the legislature to prohibit the
killing of turkeys.
SARATOGA FIELD FIRE.
It Caught From the Forest Fires That
Had Been Raging.
Saratoga, Tex.: A fire is raging in
the oil field near here. The fire caught
In the Christian lease from the forest
fire that was hurnlg west of the field
for several days. On a great part of
the Christian lease, all of the Day &
Hefflin, the Meehan-Groce and a part
of the Guffey-Wlng lease the derricks
and rigg are all gone. The damage
will amount to more than $25,000.
St. Paul, Minn.: General Manager
Elliott of the Great Northern Express
Company announced to the Associated
PreBs Thursday that the Great North-
ern Oriental Limited train No. 1, which
left St. Paul Tuesday morning, was
held up by two masked men six miles
west of Redford. Mont., early Thurs-
day. The robbers crawled over the
tender at this place and at the point
of their guns commanded the engineer
to stop the train. They then ordered
the engineer to go back with them to
the express car and instructed him to
tell the express messenger, mall clerk
and baggageman to go hack to the
the robbers kept up a continual fusil-
lade of their guns to terrify the pas-
8f,ng£CL a,!0..-KePJ).T 'lUJJ'.-JLUW!1 'he
gage man and mail clerk had left their
cars the robbers went through the
mail cars and robbed the sacks of a
large quantity of registered mail. Then
they went into an express car, which
carried an overflow of mail and bag-
gage and express, and which contained
a regular through safe. After explod-
ing three charges the safe was opened
and found to be empty.
The robbers did not enter the regu-
lar express car, in which the messen-
ger had been riding. Finding the safe
empty, the highwaymen helped them
Helves to the registered matter, and af
ter firing a parting volley departed.
In view of the fact that the Great
Northern Express Company did not!
suffer any loss, the Great Northern
Railroad Company has telegraphed the
following offer of a reward to all
points In the West along Us lines:
’’The Great Northern Railway Com
pany will pay $5,000 for the arrest and
conviction of each of the persons en-
gaged in the holdup of Us train near
Redford, Mont., on the niorqjng of Sep-
tember 12, 1907.
“F. E. Ward. General Manager.”
This means a reward of $10,000 to
those who arrest and secure a convic-
tion of the robbers.
LOUISIANA LOOTED.
DEFICIT IN STATE TAX COLLECT
TION8 OF IIOTJXX).
Had Been a Trusted Employe for 1$
Yeare—Fitzpatrick Will Mako It
Good—Began Four Years Ago.
New Orleans. La.: A defalcation In
the state tax collections, which the po-
lice Wednesday night announced
amounted to at least $107,000, and
might reach $200,000, was dlscovsred
In the books of Charles E. fatten,
chief clerk to John Fitzpatrick, state
tax collector of the First District In
New Orleans. Mr. Fitzpatrick, who
was formerly Mayor of New Orleans,
has announced that he will make good
whatever the shortage may be.
Letten. who is 55 years old, for nine-
teen years has been one of the most
trusted men In the department. Up
till now the police had not been able
to get a trace of what was done with
the missing money.
Mr. Fitzpatrick, after examining the
books, said the shortage appeared to
have begun four years ago, and to
have been hidden by using delinquent
taxes and the current taxes to cover
up the deficit of the previous year.
Four days ago Mr. Fitzpatrick
called for the final settlement of the
190(1 taxes, earlier than bis chief clerk
had prepared to make It. Letten
worked with Mr. Fitzpatrick two days
helping to prepure this statement, and
Tuesday suddenly left the office un-
der the plea that he must see a doc-
tor. Mr. Fitzpatrick found that Let-
ten had not gone to the doctor's and
Immediately opened the chief clerk’s
desk. The revelations followed. The
police have not yet secured any clew
‘o the missing man’s whereabouts.
STRIKE IN GALVESTON.
8. P. DOCK WORKERS DECIDED IN
SPECIAL MEETING.
MEN cm SUPPORT FAMILIES
Demand Increase of 5c Par Hour—Su-
derman A Dolton Say They Ara
Prepared to Moot Situation.
Liquor License Increased.
San Antonio. Tex.: The city coun-
cil has passed an ordlnace increasing
the tax on all retail liquor dealers $35,
per annum and on all malt dealers
$6.50. This Is expected to increase the
city revenue about $8,000 during the
coming year.
A $30,000 Strike.
San Antonio, Tex.: As a result of be-
ing injured when a switch engine
struck a hack, John R. Ryan, a switch-
man, has sued the Galveston, Harris-
burg & Sail Anlonto for $30,000 dam
ages. * •
Loss in Bataon Fire.
Batson, Tex.: The loss by the fir.
in the oil field reported Monday, will
amount to at least $40,000. Twenty-
i one standard rigs, six or seven tanks
and about. 5,000 barrels of oil were
burned, besides a great deal of other
property.
Onion Ptckera.
Laredo, Tex.: Owing to the great de-
mand for labor on the onion farms In
Webb county at tills time many of the
Mexicans who have been picking cot-
ton in the interior of the State are
returning home.
When You Oon’t Need It.
“Ever notice It?" queried the Install-
ment questioner.
“Did I ever potlce what?” asked the
man at the other end of the dia
logue.
"That as long as you don't want to
borrow anything you are always bump
lng Into people who want to lend you
something?” continued the party of
the prelude.—Chicago News.
Sandbagged and Robbed.
Waco, Tex.: T. 11. Hill, a young man
of Taylor county, was recently sand-
bagged here by crooks and left uncon-
scious, the nun getting $S5. Officer-
kept the matter quiet, hoping to make
arrests, but have not found the guilty
parties. Hill belong* to a good family
Madisonville. Tex.: A light shower
fell here Monday night and Tuesday
morning, and the approach of winter
was evidenced by a cool norther. Tur-
nip sowing Is In progress.
Death of Assaulted Negress.
Hills Prairie. Bastrop Co., Tex.:
The old colored woman. Aunt Mary
Owens, who was assaulted at her
home Sunday night, died Tuesday
night. One man has been areated but
she said he Is not the man. The de-
tails are shocking.
Blanket School Bonds.
Austin. Tex.: The attorney general
approved for registration $10,(Kit) fif-
teen-thirty five per cent schoolhouse
bonds of the Independent school dis-
trict of Blanket, Brown county.
Mule's Fatal Kick.
Midlothian. Tex.: J. A. Dutton, three
miles west of here, was kicked by a
mule a few days ago and died on
Thursday morning. The inule kicked
at a horse, tnisslng It. and struck Mr.
Dutton on his abdomen.
Bexar Teachers' Institute.
Ran Antonio, Tex : Tne teachers of
Bexar county will hold a week's Insti-
tute In this city beginning Sept. 23.
TjJlJ program for the sly lays ts an ex-
c<, tat one, and will no doubt result
in' \ch good to th« teachers. '
Temple, Tex.: Cotton receipts at this
place to date amount to 1,295 hales, of
which amount Satin day's receipts con
trllnited 171 hales. Prices ranged from
13.55c to 13.65c.
Died of His Wounds.
Waxahachto, Tex.: Little George,
the negro who was accidentally shot a
few nights ago while officers were
raiding a game of craps, died In the
county Jail here Sunday night.
Thomaston, Tex.: A light rain came
here Tuesday morning between 12 and
1 o'clock, accompanied by a great deal
of thunder and lightning and a high
gale of wind. A cool further Is blow-
ing.
Barbecued Beef.
Philadelphia: The largp plant of the
Cudahy Packing Company hqre burned
Wednesday. I-os about $200,900. Beef
weighing 250,000 pounds was de-
stroyed Fire Is believed to have been
\ caused by a spark from passing loco-
motive.
Gathering Statistics.
Hallettsvllle, Tex.: Wm Peterson
has started the rounds of the county
gathering from the glnners of the
HADN’T THE BACKBONE.
Louisians Absconder a Feint at Com-
mitting Suicide.
New Orleans. I.a.: Charles E. Let-
ten, chief clerk in the office of the
first tax collector here, who dlsap \
peared two days-ago leaving a short-|
age of $200,000, was discovered Thurs-
day afternoon standing on the hank of
the Mississippi River attempting to
summon up courage enough to Jump
Into the water and commit suicide. He
said he had started townrd the water
several times, but each time his cour-
age had fnlled him. He made a full
confession.
.IflDI '’^CD Cl nlNN* 1,0
News-Herald Hat Been Making a Vig-
orous War on Graft.
Joplin. Mo.: The office of the .lop-!
lin Morning News-Herald, P. E. Bur- (
ton editor, was blown up with dyna- |
mite at 11 o'clock Friday night. Every
linotype machine and press are In ru- |
Ins. The dynamttng occurred while
the office force was at lunch. Two
sticks of dynamite were placed on
each machine with a fuse leading to
the press. The building has the ap- j
pea ranee of having gone through a
cyclone. The News-Herald has been
making a hitter fight on graft and has
made powerful enemies.
Race Horeee Burned.
Bremond. Tex.: Monday evening a
stock ear with two race horses In It
was set out on the sidetrack, the car
being brought from Marlin going to
Beaumont. Two men In the car at-
tending the horses about sundown
were cooking supper on a gasoline
stove, which was overturned. Igniting
the hay and entirely burning up the
car and horses.
Negro Boy Flogged.
Victoria, Tex.: Monroe Wallace, a
negro boy aged 12 years, was arrest-
ed and severely flogged by Marshal
Dlebol of this city for rocking the ex-
cursion train ou Sunday night. The
boy waited until the negro coaches
had passed and then threw rocks at
the coaches containing white passen-
bers.
Blames Water Company.
Greenville, Tex.: 8. A. Beckham filed
a suit In the district court Thursday
against the Greenville Water Company
for $3,500. Mr. Beckham's residence
was destroyed by fire a few weeks ago
and the suit grew out of the elleged
failure on the part of the water com-
pany to furnish water pressure to ex-
tinguish the flames.
Galveston, Tex : Between 600 aiql
700 members of the Southern Pactflh
Dockworkers' union met Tuesday niche
and declared that they will refuse to
work at the Southern Pacific docket
uutll their demands for a 5c increase tal
straight time and overtime ore grant-*
ed. Directly, about 90 men will be af-i
fected and have quit work at the Souths
eru Pacific docks.
This trouble has been brewing ton
some time, and some months ago the-
union drew up the contract it would!
submit to Sudermuu A Dolson, the ooa-
trading stevedores of the Southern Pa-
cific Line here, for the year commeae
ing Sept. 9, demanding an Increase ot
5c per hour for both straight and over-
time. which would be 35c and 50c per
hour Instead of 30 and 45c, as has been
puid. When this contract was present-
ed to Suderman A Dolson they an-
nounced that they would not meet the
demanded Increase, and the meeting
Tuesday night was called to take ac-
tion upon tills refusal t$> grant the
raise. The contract submitted con-
tains minor matters which differ from
the contract of last year, but tho In-
crease of wages Is tho principal
change and Is the bone of contention.
When that is settled tho strike will bo
settled, and It was decided Tuesday
night that each and every man would
remain awsy from the work until hucIs
time us this settlement could be effect-
ed.
“We can certainly do no worse,'*
said President Anderson of tho dock-
workers. "A man who can not averago
more than $8 a week Is a very poor
one, and that is an average amount
earned at the docks. We have every-
thing to gain and nothing to lose. It
is simply Impossible for a man and bib
family to live, even In the coarsest
manner, on the wages earned In this
work. The strike Is a necessity. It
Is a demand for the actual necessities,
that life may be sustained In the work-
ers and their wives and children.
New Orleans, La.: Sailors belong-
ing to the steamship Yucatan and Cal-
ifornia were loading these ships Tues-
day. Since the strike of the longshore-
men, which has tied up practically the
entire river front so far as the mer
chant marine Is concerned, there baa
been no loading of vessels.
The steamship people, finding little
hope In the situation, took steps to
overcome the obstacles placed In their
way by putting the sailors to work la
at. least two Instances. The police are
guarding the workers. The executive
committee of the longshoremen held
an all day aesslon Tuesday, but noth-
ing of any consequence transpired.
FARMERS ARE HOLDING.
A Good Many About Elgin Have Taken
Their Cotton Bsek Home.
Elgin, Tex : Up to this time there
have been 1,620 bales of cotton ship-
ped. A good many farmers have tak-
en their cotton home, and are holdlns
for higher prices. A good deal of cot-
ton ts also stored In the farmers' un-
ion warehouse. The merchants of this
place are very blue on account of poor
collections. Cotton picking will sooa
be over on the prairie. On some farms
It will last for eight or ten days yet.
A good deal of building Is going on.
The round bale gin Is nearly complet-
ed; also the Moore A Gilllspie skating
rink. The Rivers Bros.'s mercantH*
building, which Includes the Elgin Na-
tional Bank. Is completed. The stroo-
lure cost, over $15,000. Otto Bankston’s
residence Is Just completed, and la In-
deed an ornament to our city.
Half of 1906 Crop.
San Antonio, Tex.: H. W. Ringle-
tary, who travels for H. A B. Reer, has
just returned from a trip over North
and Central Texas. He says tho cot-
ton crop Is much worse than when he
made his previous Inspection and that
the crop will not be more than half
what It was last year. He is a bull as
to future prices.
Monty In Bee Busineee.
Aiigleton, Tex.: Mr. David Yancy
made a shipment of 10.900 pounds of
fine honey last week to North Texao,
where he finds ready sale at very re-
munerative prices. Mr. B. F. Yancy
is also In the bee business and truck-
ing, and they are making money.
Drilling Near Stone City.
Hearne, Tex.: A party Is prospect-
ing for oil across from Rtone City near
the Bib Brazos River and has already
erected derricks and commenced drill-
ing. The oil Indications are said t®
be very good, and It is to be hoped
that the company will be successful.
Brenham. Tex.: There wn a good
rain here Monday night and Tuesday
morning and the weather ts decidedly
cooler. The season comes In time for
fall gardens and fall planting of pota-
toes.
Eigh Chinamen Captured.
Ran Antonio, Tex.: Eight Chinamen
were captured by the U. 8 Mar-
shal Monday near Marfa. They had
slipped across the Rio Grande from
Mexico. The Celestials will be held
for deportation.
Negress Took Her Life.
Esst Bernard, Tex : Something out
of the ordinary occurred In the negro
colony Tuesday morning when the
wife of Ollbert Howell took her life.
The weapon used was a shotgun.
Cause unknown.
Yoakum, Tex.: Monday night about
11 o'clock Yoakum was visited by a
splendid rain with some wind. Truck-
ers are wearing broad smiles and say
the rain is a good thing for thorn.
Stock will also have plenty of watof
to do until it rains again.
La Grange Receipts.
La Orange, Tex.: The La OraofS
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