Abilene Semi-Weekly Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 74, Ed. 1 Friday, August 25, 1911 Page: 2 of 8
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ABILENE SEM-WEEKLY REPORTER
BY ABILENB PRINTING COMPANY
Entered as second cI&bb mail at Abilene Texas October
14 1108.
can be minimized In tho towns and cittee by applying
tho law without regard to who violates it. The public
must put tit) with tho careless and irresponsible driver
but tho public domand should bo to see that tho speed
limit Is not oxecedod. Automobiles have come to stay and
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tho Domicrttt 1ms iio fight to make agnlnBt theni but In-
tends to do its beat io nsslBt in tho protection of human
llfo which Boems to bo mighty cheap in tho oyoso of noma
people. Thoro arc people who drlvo on busy thorough-
fares just ttB if they had only half a mlnuto to go a mlla
when in fact thoy could take an hour If thoy wanted to
nothing imperative or urging at all. Shorman Demo-
crat The News feels constrained to call attention 'to the pre-
sent condition of Lake Wichita and to suggest that tho
time has arrived fbr thoughtful citizens to conBcrve tho
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will confer a it 'or upon the management by reporting
tame to tho business offlco. All papors should be dollr-
red by 0:30 each afternoon nnd If dcllvCT7 1b not mado
by 7:00 o'clock p. m. report Bame to tho business office.
Letters pcrUiInlng to business should bo addressed the
Reporter or some particular aepartmont and not to
Individuals a? In their absence their mall will not bo
oponed. Drafts checks and postofflce and express olr-
ders should be made payable to the ABILENE FRING-
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Any erroneous reflection upon ths character standing or
reputation of any person firm or corporation which may
uppear in the columns of the Reporter will be gladly cor-
rected upon its being brought to the attention of the firm
TELEPHONES:
Business and Circulation S. W. 6-7; Roberts 6-7 One Ring
Editorial Office Roberts 161.
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The government reports give Dallas a pay roll of $4435
000 and 6.372 employees in the 305 factories of the cjty.
Dallas leads all the cities of Texas In this respect. Fac-
tories keeep a city prosperous and' Abilene needs to give
much attention to securing the right kind of factories.
Governor Colquitt has signified his willingness to ap-
prove an amendment to tho Dallas charter allowing the
Commissioners of Dalas to pass a law requiring early
closing of saloons in that city. If the law Is f.ood for
Dallas why not for the entire state? Why did Colquitt
oppose the day light bill the legislature put up to
him
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Abilene needs a new motor truck fire engine and neds
it bad. If the City Commission can figure out a vav
to purchase one they will have accomplished a dm piece
of "work. The city is too large to depend on direct or
stand pipe pressure. A big fire in the business section
of the city would cost niatiy times more than a new
-engine.
Cotton in Dallas county according to W. S. KIrby a
prominent cotton grower of that county will make about
n bale to ten acres. That is a very short crop and unless
the yield proves to be better in other sections of the
state we cannot see where the much talked of bumper
crop is to come from. Collin county; is also in the list
of short crops.
One of the most novel methodsof advertising the agri-
cultural possibilities of a section has been hit upon by
the city of Galveston. In front of tho Union Depot of
that city and located where it is observed by thousands
of visitors is a fine patch of-gTOwing sea iBland cotton.
The cotton is about ready for harvesting and is an unuB-
ually heavy crop.
The second annual session of the West Texas Dry
Farming Congress will convene In Abilene September 27
and 28th. Abilene must entertain those who come in a
royal manner. No other subject is of more interest to
this section of the state. In dry yearB It is the salvation
of the country in wet years a larger yield will bo obtained
by tho methods employed and taught by the Dry Farmlnp
Congress.
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city's water supply as much as possible. Many a man
who has in the past made a practice of using water pro-
digally and without reason should now measure ench
gallon and force it to do its full duty No one knows
what the future may hold. That Wichita's supply of
water Is getting low Is not to bo wondered at becauso
of tho unprecedented drouth which has reigned especially
as prolonged as the one which has reigned in this vicinity
she Was crying for help. Bo It said to tho credit of Wich-
ita Falls that she has onotigh water to supply her needs
for many months to come and yet now that pumping
will shortly begin let every citizen bear in mind tho old
maxim. "You never miss tho water until the well's gone
dry" and -what is truo of a well is also true of a l(ike.
on the watershed of Lake Wichita. Eycryvcity in Texas
has known a water stringency. Dallas being ono shining
mark and long before Dallas had experienced a drouth
Wichita News.
Did you ever hear of a man trying to lift an unfortunate
woman when she has fallen from the pedcctal of honor
and virtue? Nary lift Too much Adamic blood creeping
through our polluted veins. When once a woman trips
and falls from her high and honored plane she lands in
hell from which no human will stoop to lift her out;
husband and father brother and son are deaf to her cries
from that hour. But on the other hand I have seen .men
as low as is possible for men to fall; I have seen the
wife lift the husband from the gutter and press him to
hor heart while tears of sympathy love and anguish
trickled down her cheeks. I have seen the wife follow the
husband through life in one constant whirl of miser
and misfortune and when at last by the gates of hell
they are separated she would stand and wring her hands'
because she could go no further. I have seen a mother
follow a son through rough path of crime vice shame
and degradation through "which a man has never been
known to follow a woman. Why? Let the angels of
heaven be the jury and God Almighty the judge. Rogens
News.
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WHY DO THEY DO IT-
An exchange contributes this excellent advice; "Our
advica to you boys is stop where you are hustle for a
job; make good. Tho men who have succeeded are tht
men who began their life-work early. Wo admire these
parcel boys on their bicycles alert energetic and atten-
tive to business. Thoy are the kind of boys that every
business man has his eyes open for and If thev have
braim combined with energy and loyalty they iro sure
to get along. Of courBO if these boys havo nothing in
hom tllAV Will full tntn tYin nnnlltnn v.l - it . ..-
belong and will become more cogs In tho wheel of Ia-
dustry. Higher schooling Is not going to make them
any hotter.
Hardly a day passes but there aro ono or more deaths
by tho nuto route. It Is either tho occupant or occu-
pants of a machine being killed or running over Bomj
one. Speeding is the cause of most accidents and while
It Is not possible to prevent fast driving in the rurals it
Who is there who has not tried to determine how it Is
that so many automobiles collide with trains on railroad
crossings? Day after day the papers tell ur of the wrecks
6f automobiles and the deaths of the occupants in colli-
sions on grade crossings. Is there a single person who
qver drove or rode in an automobile who has not tried to
reason the thing out? Calmly reasoning the iratter one
must conclude that automobiles approaching a railroad
track can either see both ways up and ilown a track or
they cannot. In cases where the railroad track is visible
in both directions to the auto driver is it conceivable
why he will deliberately drive in front of an approaching
train? In the other case isn't it equa'ir inconciiiviblc
how a driver will approach a railroad track where the
view of the track Is obscured without considering the
possibility of a train approaching and taking due cau-
tion.' ''One would think that people would get tired of
being killed in automobiles crossing railroad tracks"
says life. "It seems such an avoidable manner of death.
It may be true that the same person is never killed
twice in that way but that is no help. Tho experience
of the dead ought to teach tho living. Apparently it
doesn't. Every motorist must know from repeated and'
re-repeated demonstration that when a motor car and a
train of steam cars dispute' at a crossing as to which shall
'pass first the motor car invariably gets the worst of it.
And yet week after week and month after month the
argument goes on and contestants on the motor car side
proceed to tho hospital or tho cemetery."
We can understand that If an automobile driver "were
bent upon a mission which meant life or death if ho
were going fpr a doctor or If he wero eloping with
a girl whose father was giving him a close chase he
might tako a chance on beating a railroad train to safe-
ty. But wo feel assured that of all that vast number who
havo been killed in grade crossings not ono had any
reason why he should get across the railroad ahead of
the train except pure fool-hardiness. Similarly thefe
aro many other accidents which live motprlsts persistontly
Igonre. At Life says tho llvo ono decline to profit by the
experience of the dead ones. They make corners on con-
gested streets at reckless speed and persistently Ipvito
and oncoufago accidents Instead of seeking tho safe
course Evory automobile driver scorns possessed of tho
idea that accidents will not happen to him. Thoy hnow
that tires havo burst on othor machines that axles
have broken when least expected that steering gears have
failed to work at tho most critical moment Yet they go
on ignoring tho oxporionco of tho dead ones. Beaumont
Enterprise.
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U. 8. Department of AgricnUare
Weather Ilareaa
WILLIS L. MOORE. Chief
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For Abilene nnd vicinity; Showers
tonight or Friday.
For East Texas: Generally fair ex-
cept local showers la aorta and ex-
treme east portions tonight qr Friday.
fltor West Texas; Toalght &d Friday
LOWMt If
Mean 81.
Rainfall .
.NUMBER STRIKERS REINSTATE!
Progress Rapidly Made Toward Com.
pleto Settleneat ef Iadastrlal War
la United Kiagdoin.
nv Associated Press.
LONDON ENG.. 9ug. 23. Ranld nro-
gresB was mado toward comnlntn haU
tlement of the industrial war In tho
United Kingdom at Liverpool today
When a number of strikers wore rein-
stated No disorders wore reported
today and Great Britain Is slowly right-
ing boruelf to normal conditions.
Rev. W. B. Davis of LameBa for-
terday on route homo. Ho has recent-
ly closed a very Sno meeting at Putnam.
Hale County Crops Good.
Ernest Armstrong who. two voarn
ago took tfato hlmBelf a helpmate
Hiss Rosslo C(oyd an Abilene toac&or
and went west to grow up wltl tho
country la visiting his parents I. T
and Mrs Armstrong near Elmdalo Ho
Uvea at Estscado in Halo county and
aaya crops aro very good la his sec-
tion. "I left Mrs Armstrong and out
baby enjoying splendid health" said
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