The Abilene Semi-Weekly Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 93, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 10, 1912 Page: 4 of 8
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Tell Few Fcojile (Jbod-ltjc nml (Jo
.- an IJtilrlljf n PaxMIiIo From
Tlicir JIolcls (n Hip Hull-
road Station.
From the Fort Worth Uncord.
In direct contrast to h1 arrival In
Fort Worth nenrly a month ago John
Ileal Sneufl toft for GporKPtortu ldat
night nt C:3R o'clock imhcarftldtri. Not
more than ImH a dozen ifcojile out-
cltlo 6t his relative know of IiIh d-
pjtrturo. With him wore Ills fnmlly
nml his bodypunrd oonipoHcd of his
unolo. J. W. Sneqd. his I'rothor. H.
Marvin' Snecd and his cousin .1. J.
Darton.
Not until half an hour before train
time did anyone except uls Immediate
jelatlvcB Know whon !u was roIhk
When he did leave he Went with jhirIi
n lack of oaientatton thnt hut few
realized who the travolor whs.
Sliced did not ro 16 the ntntion
with his wife and children. Acoom-
jmnlcd by his uncle and two brother
he slljijicd out Of tho Selbnhl Htf 'ulct-
ly that no one besides hotel emuloycH
and n reporter noticed It. A bay cur-
ried lila bnRB to the ' depot uod be
caught ft car with his bodyguard.
Guarded on. Street Car.
Ortce on the car one of his broth-
ers stopped out on the front plat
form closing the door ijuiunu nun.
Snecd stood with his back to the door
and Ills other two rotative shielded
him with their bodies.
The party wont Into tho dnpot
thrpugh tKsldc entrance. They hastily
bought tickets und then went to the
cafe where M. Sneed and tho clillv
dren were waiting with Mr Hartoti.
Lenora the eldest daughter clung
to her father while Georgle Upal
'stayed with her mother. The father
walked ahead his wife behind. They
did not speak to padh other n-hon they
met. The other relatives wtilked In
front and on the sides of Sueed.
Take I. -A- (I. X. Train.
Tho train that they woro to take
was the international -& Groat North-
ern. No. 17. They roanhod ll without
being recognized. The whole party
climbed Into the rear coach. Mm.
Sneed sat on the wimp seat with her
husband the children sitting In their
parents' laps. Harto.n J. W. Sneed
and H. Marvin Sneed sat across tho
alalo from them. . t
Joe Spend the only member of thyr?
(nml)y left In town now; got off the
coach after bidding the party good-
by and walked to. the gate. He re-
mained there until the tralri pulled
out. c'oaely crrutlnlzlng everyone
who passed through.
VMI.h Ills Wife.
Shortly after 0 o cIoekyeKtorday
morning Sneed went to thA Court 1ht
tel whero his wife was ivavlng and
spent a few minutes wlthliDr
('els Jinny .ue'.'.ages
Ho was constantly rectdviiig ielo-
gruiiia from nil parts of the country.
Added to the number that he received
Tuesday they totaled nearly oOO
Sneed took his children batik to
their mother at about 2 o'clock. Ac-
companied by the same relatives that
stayed with him during tho morning
ho wont back to bis attorneys' offlcca.
Stepped on Street.
He walkod on Main street as ho has
alwuys. He wus stopjied ovorj few
minutes by some one w Islilng to -con-Bfatiilalo
him on his acquittal. Many
whom hu had ncvor seon before shook
hands wJth him hut he always had a
Htullo and word of thanks reudy for
every one.
Ho stayed' with the lawyers until
nearly 5 o'clock. Hit then walked back
to tho Court hotel. Mr. llarlou paid
Mrs Siiced'n hotel bill while lie was
there and stayed with her the rest ol
tho group gni mi to the Selbold.
Sneed chatted In the lobby for a
tdiort while and then sept for hie
bags mid jitid his hill. Not even aftei
he hud started for the train would he
tell where ho was going.
Afraid of Something.
Under his outward oxpruvsloii of
happiness over the verdict that ax-
ipitued him of the killing of Captain
Uoyce Sneed wears an almost huimt-
ed look. Ho looks us if he was afraid
of somoihtlig uud he does not know
where to look for that something.
Hven though ho knew that the
lloyeos wore all reported to uu out ot
town every time that he passed tli
Wostbrooky the- hotel nt which the
Hoyces stayed while In Fort Worth
Sneed seemed to be In trepidation
Ills bodyguards seemed to have the
Bnmo feeling for they drow closer
around him. I
Dtirkti 1IW Head.
At one time when they paused Ui)
saw u heitd peering out or one of the
upstairs windows and Sneud sudden-
ly ducked his head.
As ho was leaving for tho Court
hotel the last time he turnod to the
reporter for the Itecord who wua with
the party and tmld half jestingly hull
earnestly. 'Vou would tnuUo n nretv
good addition to my personal body
guard. How much will you taku In
quit your fa' and tn It"
Ik mnHfrHH Jeb.
keu tho newspaper limit repllud
Hiflt lio would bo able to do. his work
MmI still keep u lookout. Sneed spill-'
'( ftflmlfr ami uld with i ild nulrk
iip.)l "Yiu Might ho a very dead
iniwpr If ywt uis-ilo shield for me."
-il"M oly when Buecd m with
his 11-year-old daughter Lenora that
ho scorned to forget hl rnrcn. Ho
lauglictl nnd Jested as long bh 4tho was
In lila sight.
I'HjrHfirdcri on Trip.
His bodyRiinrd will not accompany
him through to aoorgetpwn. Ills
brother h. Marvin Speed nnd his cou-
cJn J .1. Ilarton will leave the train
nt Calvert nnd hl "nolo. J. W. Sneed'
will go only itB far as Wuco.
Jn Strpiimther's Home.
He will go to the holno of his step-
mother. Mrs. J. T. "Sneed with lila
wife nnd children. Ills stepmother
left Fort Worth yesterday morning.
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MET LAST NIGHI
WOODMEN LODE
ELECTS OFFICERS 1
.iiki:tini' TiirnsiiAV mi'iit at
ti:mk 111' I'-'". was HUST
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(imni mi:ftix(.' ami iior.si.
rniE ix si'iTfc of run i-
(LK3IFXT WKATUKK.
OFFICERS IRE ELECTED
Two .Vow 3Ieiulrr Initiated Into the
itanli of Fmre. Ouiy Three Mho
llue lieeu .Members. of tfiU
letie Iiodge Jlere -) Vcar.s.
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ORN
Abilene Cnmp A'w lln'i Six Hundred
.Member Four Initiated and Ap-
plications from Sewn Acted
('pun I Hi ring Meeting.
A rpusfng .meeting or star of the
West. Lodge No. -I-' Knight of ly-
Uilas was held last night at tueir
Castle Hall a good attendance being
present In spite of the cold Weather.
Fred Geteer and Claude Montgomery
were initiated into the rank of Page
Kiectlon of 'otlloers was also- had with
the following results; J. V. Garrison
C. C; H. .-nradshaw V. q; 1 IJ.
1001 Prelate; C. H. Fulwiler. M. or
W: I UelliSt M. Of bV H M. Over-.
shiner. M. pf ':.: J. ll. Russell '.M. nt
A.; Thomas White I. O.: Clyde New
berry Q G-; 12. M. Ovcrshlner. Grand
Hepresoutatlve; O; 1'. Thomus Trus-
tee. The club room committee was
re-elected; One; of .the Important
events of tho evening was the presen-
tation of a Veteran's jewel io Broth
er Will Voting for twenty-nine years
a member of this lodge.. There are
only three members of this lodge who
have held a continuous membership
of twenty-five yours or mpro anu
these arc K. S. Keen u charter mem-
iier; Will Voting and Ed S. Hughes.
Mr Keen lias already been presented
with his Veteraiv's Jewel and a jewel
lniti been awarded toMr Hughes but
h could not bu ptieBont last night-
0 I. Thpinns acting chancellor com-
n.ander called on B. M. Ovcrshlner
for the presentation speech who re-
sponded In part as follows:
'It has been the aim ot the Knights
of Pythias to omulatu the virtues and
ecohew the vices of the Illustrious or
ders of ancient Knighthood. And as
in ancient times the veteran and dis-
tinguished knights wore presented
tneduls ami other tokens of their dis-
tinguished services on tho Held of
Imttle nnu In the cause of humanity.
so the Knights of Pythias decorate
U-ejr veterans for long and" faithful
services In the fields ot friendship
charity and benevolence- . Thero Is
present tonight I am glad to say a
brother who although ho has grown
old In years yet Is twenty-nine years
young in the spirit of 1'ythluulsin; u
man whose hair has grown white In
tho service of our order hut whose
heart ever swells with the perpetual
fountain .of the youth of fraternal
love. 1 refer to our Hrother Will
Young whom the lodge Is proud to
honor with this beautiful token of
their esteem and affection in recog-
nition of his twenty-nine years or
toyal Pythian -service."
IJroth'-r Voting responded by rayn;
that he wsis. no orator and w'lshod
that ho were In order that- he might
find words in which to cxprobs him-
self of his appreciation and happl
pi'ss. bqt he thanked the lodge from
the depths of his heart ntidhUB hi) hud
lUed twenty-nine years In the Pythian
ranks he expected to die in the rnnks.
There wore one hundred ami twen
ty members of ramp No. 1236. Wood-
men of the World nt the meeting held
Thursday night it was the best at-
tended mill most enthusiastic meeting
of the present year. It was tho night
for the annual election of olllcers.
which resulted s follows:
C. jt. K. K. Ftesher.
Av LdB f'ogglns
Hanker. H F Gosh. ' ' '
Clerk Sam Rood.
Escort J. B. Rardue
Physicians. J. p. Magee W. II.
Harnett ami A. W. Cash.
Manager. T. A Hlcdsoc
Inside Sentinel J. 1. Carr
Outside Sentinel. M. M. Turner.
Fotif new members wen initiated
at the mecilng rind the applications of
seven others acted upon. The Abilene
cunin now has a membership of six
hundred and Is in a growing nnd
prosperous condition.
One pf tin' features of the meeting.
lmKrtntit to both tho lxdgn and Abi-
lene; was the dl?iiBBlonof the ipies.
Hon of the building of n home In this
city. The order owns a lot rOx-HO
fet which has liro.n. praetlcallv paid
for. The property Is located on South
First street.' now occupied by the
Crowu Bottling "Works. Much entliii
stasm was shown among the .mem-
bers and It Is pretty safe to say that
the Wpodmcn of tho World will sOon
have nuartora .all their own in Ali-
lenef From the expressions Which nre
hoard on the outside the upw bnlldiiie
wlU he a credit io both the order and
the .city in spcaklnc of the matter
this morning- Sam Reed who enters
on hlft: third year as -clerk nf the Cam's
said he expected to see- the work on
the now hope in propross within the
next six months.
FEAR SI'ilEAl) OF FRLTr FLY.
MA
HE
REMOVAL
SALE IS ISSUE
WASHINGTON Dec. 7 The Depart-
ment of Agriculture has Infornratlon
that a dangerous fruit fly. known as
trypota iudens which attacks oran-
ges mangoes poaches guavas. plums
sweet limes and other frultK and vog
etables. Is widely distributed In Mex-
ico and .may he introduced at any
time into the Cnfted States
Tho state of California Imss 'estab-
lished a ipiaruntlne prohibiting the
entry Imp the State pr the products
mentioned fi'om Mexican and Central
American ports und iitiK proUdcd for
the confiscation and destruction of
such frjitts whorever-found ill Califor-
nia. " Mexican fruits particularly or-
augea; are however now coming.' into
the I'nlted States in itiantitleH from
Mexico thrpugh various Gulf iiorts
and being whlelj distributed- Fur-
thermore the Itn estimation of this In-
sect by experts of the Department of
Agriculture Und othurb has fully es-
tablished the danger of the importa-
tion and establishment of this fruit
fly In oitrtiB districts bordering the
Gulf from whence It could easily be
carried to other States.
t'nder See. 7 of the plant quaran-
tine act of Aug. 20 1 0 lis it bocomos
the duty of the Seeretnry of Agri-
culture to consider the advisability
of restricting or prohibiting the im-
portation from Mexico' of the fruits
and vegetables mchUoiInd and others
that may carry the Insect-
lu compliance with tho-uct u pub-
lic heurlng will be hold at the De-
partment or Agriculture Washington
at io o'clock on Jnnuury 8 i;18 In
order that all persoiiB Interested may
liuve an opportunity to appear und
be heard concerning the uslabllsh-
rni m or u tiuuraniiue on certain
fruits tiimlng rrom Mexico Into the
I'nlted Stub's to prevent the Intro-
duction ot tho Mexican fly trypeta
Iudens
Car Good Okla-
homa Corn on T.
& P. Track at 65c
SEE
B. I. LOVETT
AT
FARMERS UN'N WARFHOUSE
THE IDEAL GIFT
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rercflce: OUj fttt liiul A
Helping a Irtaan
Generally means helping an entire family.
Her back aches so she can hardly dreg
nround. Her nerves arc on edge nnd che-
la nearly wild. Headache and Sleepless-
ness unfit her for the care of her family.
Rheumatic Pains and Lumbago rack her
body. But let her tako
Foley
Kidney Fills
and all these ailmenta
will disappear. She will
soon recover herotrenpth
and healthy activity fot
Foley Kidney Pills atl
healing curative strengthening and tonic
s medicine for all Kidney Bladder and
Urinary Disfe&SM that always cures.
For sale by Mcbcmore-Bass Drug Co
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The storo building now occupied by
the famplioll Dry Goods store cur-
lier of South Becoud uud Chestnut
streets which storo Will bo vacated
the ttrat or January will be occu-
.iled by the McDavId Iiros. Dry Goods
ihonr. " Four largo" vimlowff .will hr-
placod lu the north wull pf tho build-
ing which will uffprd a much better
light and tho building will bo thor
oughly ovurhuiiled until when com
pleted will be modern In every way.
I u this It; w tie on page It is a page
uuuouucomout of this uiovo and a itc-
tnoval Ralo" which starts tomorrow
Monday. mornlngT As suited In the
ud-. every article In every department
of this htnre bus been reduced lu
price for this great removal sale and
It Is the Intention of the: proprietors
to red nee this stouk by price concug-
sloiis to thu minimum hoforo moving
into their new storo.
fflffl FORDS
Eveniisa
you will use
Ifr-
M JF I
Cty
Moils
to Kans
and Sk
becaji
the train .ecriic is depend
able and thece are no con-
nections to he made it'n
"Kaiy" aU-ihc'Way.
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FOLEY KIDNEY PILLS
W RHEUMATISM KIONCYS AMI DUJOER
I CHERS
Put fulth In tho woman who really
loves children uud doesn't merely
"doto" on thumf-Fiorldu Tlmus-Uu-loo
l
r-5 r
When ti man eait't get uny .other
(jhinire to waste bis friends' lime ho
can call them on tho teloiTliojie-Neiv
Yurk i'ruiis.
THIS PAST WEEK
The Fulwiler Kluctrle Company
agunts for thu Ford uttd Chalmers uu-
lomobllus 'iiuvo sold and delivered
during the past six daya eight cars
all fully o'tulpped wlitch according
to Mr. Fulwiler lu the record of nuto
ailleH In Ablluno by any one aseuoy.
Hevun FordH flvo or them five pas-
senger touring cars and two delivery
wagons uud one Chalmers 3u five
passenger touring oar woro the mod
els sold seven to Abilene und one to
Merhul. D. Oldham A. V. Caeh A
V. Hmlth. Otis Klou and 1. M. Wuv-
ren pf Morktii quoh rueeived a tour-
lug ear. Tho Abilene Steam liiuii.
dry Company and CmiipbuH'a Dry
Poods Co. tiioli received a Ford du
livery car W. A. Mcllrldo rceelvell
Clmliueu model 3u ;
Farmers Brins Ysur SeeJ Cetten
ktlw
MAXWELL GIN
We have the right cleaner
for dirty trashy stuff
Wi buy in tlit tab ami in sctf
Bring us your remnants
for highest prices.
I. W. MAXWELL
MAHAITEY &-FUXWILER
AttomoyB-at-Law
Jiprwc 'faliltf. Abilene Toxiik
rulErsMoHEYmiS
f9 Qa'.iucmc KiewflMOMsiu
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