Abilene Daily Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 140, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 24, 1909 Page: 1 of 12
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DAftY
ABILENE
REPORTER
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VOLUME XIII.
abilene teXas strariUY January 21 tm
NUMBER 110
WILL SEND NOT
OF MEN TO AUSTIN
PROGRESS OF THE
PASTORS PLEAD
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5000 CLUB AND RAILROAD HEN
LIKELY TO PETITION THE
LEGISLATURE
INVESTIGATING
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SANITARIUM
CAS
ARTICLE BELOW IS CONTRADIC-
TION OF HABD TIMES IN
ABILENE COUNTRY
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BUILDING STILL GOES ON
at the sanitarium: rally At
FIRST BAPTIST CHUROll
LAST NIGHT
HUNBREDS OF INDICTMENTS AI
LIKELY TO BE RETURNED
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RAILROADS ARE IN MflrtHENT
Club Receives Number ol letters
'Dally Asking That a Joint- Ses-
sion Bo Held In Order To Do-
cldo on Favorablo Method
On Monday morning tho 25000
.' Club -will mall out a .number of let-
ters of which tho following ri copy!
From correspondence received from
officials of various lines of railroads
operating In Texas it is apparent
opinion prevails among them indlcqt-
jl'ng somowhat a feeling of apprehen-
sion as to future legislation in Texas
both as to what may be termed "rail-
road legislation" believed by many to
be needed at this time as well as ad-
ditional legislation having a bearing
upon capital Investment which may
be' enacted by the Thirty-first Legislature.
In view of the foregoing and.togeth .J
' or with the fact that wo have full
faith in tho patriotism intelligence
and broad-guaged statesmanship of
tho present administration mil those
who make up the Thirty-first Legis-
lature we deem it advisable that a
-conference of tho "rank and file'' bus-
iness and professional men together
with representatives from the "rank
and file" of tho railroads of Texas
should' be held to discuss the situation
: as.it exists formulate such plans a?
are sound fair and reasonable show-
ing that which .investment cipltal Is
entitled to "with the state's and the
people's interests safeguarded is what
we want and select a committee of
- the "rank and file" citizens to present
juatosTiotbjiropigautiiflrJties
for their consideration.
In. line with the foregoing we here-
by Invite a conference of business and
professional men our representative
farmers and stockmen representatives
of all lines of railroad operating In
the state-and representrlvos of man-
ufacturing and mercantile business of
the state to meet in Abilene Texas
Saturday February G 1909 to con-
- slder the matters outlined and take
puch action as In the judgment of the
conference wjn be best calculated to.
promote tho interests of the cause
Involved.
THE ABILENE 25000 CLUB.
By W. M. Lacy President.
Ed S. Hughes Vice Pres.
i W G Swenspn Treasurer.
Ol p. Thomas Secretary
And Directors Abilene 25000 Club.
TWO BABIES FOUND DEAD
ON CANAL ST. GALYESTON
Special to The Reporter.
GALVESTON. Jan. 24 The body
of a boy a few weeks old was found at
the foot of Canal Street yesterday and
the day before the body of another
boy of the same ago was found at tho
same place and it is believed that they
were' twins. A clue as" to their par-
ents is In tho hands of the authorities
and arrests aro promised.
LABGE PIER SOON TO
BE BUILT IN GALYESTON
Special to Tho Roporter.
GALVESTQN Jan. 24. The Galves-
ton Wharf Company of this city made
the statement yesterday afternoon that
they would commence tho construction
of a large pier which will cost when
completed two hrundred and fifty thou-
sand dollars and will take the place of
"the fifty thousand dollar pier which
was recently destroyed by fire.
BODY OP CONFEDERATE YET-
ERAN ARRLVES IN CLEBURNE
Special' to The Reporter.
CLEBURNE Jap. 24.-The body of
Capt. W R. Bounds a prominent set-
tler of Johnson county arrived hero
' late yesterday afternoon and wUhba
interred at Alvarado near "here today.
He was a. Confederate veteran and
commanded tho Pat Cleburrto camp.
STERLING PRICE STRONG
IN DALLAS FOR THE l'BOS
Special to The Reporter.
DALLAS Jau. 24 Sterling Price
Strong the prohibitionist leader ar-
rived in this city last sight from Aus-
tin and will today participate .In the
exercises by the pros which will be
held at all the churches. He declares
that the submission amendment wW
pass everywhere and become a law.
Abilene Lumber Yards Selling Lumber
at FurlonsRnte and 'All Re-
. port Business Better Than
Ever Before
Thirty new homos -going up in the
Abilene country approximately. Who
Can. say that Abilene is a dead town
and that the progress of the hammer
nnd saw Is a fit subject only for the
story writer? On or about tho sixth
clav of January present year Tho
Reporter noted twenty-seven houses
in" course of construction or repair.
Thereforo quite sixty different bills
of lumber havo been sold by tho yards
of Abilene slrice tho beginning of tho
new year sixty big bills each one
with a house behind it.
Ike Brown is aroonc the builders.
He Is putting up a home on. his ranch
In the southern part of this county
and according to reports' the cottago
is as neat a one as can be found on
West Texas farms.
Sam Hodces Is building at Nugent
on Deadman. Georgo Yost is making
renairs on his home south of town; A.
Coneland Is bulldinc southeast of Abi
lene; J. FRny Is putting tip a home
ton his brother's place at Lawn; G. w.
Preslar Is Retting in lino with a new
home on his Lawn farm; Floyd Brlggs
is also one of the urogressiomsts
with his new cottage on. his farm six
miles Bouth of town; W. A. Bowles is
adding to his home at Potosi.
And so 'they go. GeWge S. Baker
and A. J. Rogers in. College Heights
S. H. Klrby.six miles Bouth of town;
MrsO. Av Curl attawn; M. T. Brady
living five miles south J. W. Eatterson
near Hodgea all are buying lumber
for homes and Improvements.
John Sayles is making improve-
ments in the shape-of a barn and a
servants' house on his place In the
west part of town. A Mr. Aycock is
building on his farm at Lawn. J. R.
Chinn of Potosi is erecting a dwell-
ing. T. N. Beard is building in Valley
View. W. G. Swenson Is putting iip a
house on his farm at Hawley H. Holt
is doing likewise.
T. P. Westbrook is having a homo
built on his place twelve miles south
Of town Mrs. J. D. Kent is putting
up a rent house in tho south part of
town. Georgo Pickle is building a
rent house on Hickory and South S.ev-.
onth streets. M. L. Largo is building
on Pecan and South Seventh streets.
A Mr Lilly in Cowden Heights is put-
ting up a five room cottage. W A.
Carter is putting up a resldenco on
his farm two miles south pf town J.
T. Chapman Is responsible for tho
erection of the first residence in the
now town of Ovalo on tho Abilene and
Southern railroad He will put in a
gin later WuC. Clark living ten
miles south of "town on the Buffalo
Gap road Is also building. J. T. F.
Lockhart has Bold out hlB place in
;North Park and will build another
house in the same addition. C. L.
Barnes will soon bo moving into his
new cement stone homo in College
Heights addition.
And to cap tho climax the African
Methodist church In tho northeast
part of town near Plum Btreet will
Boon be completed
HUSBAND OF BRYAN'S
DAUGHTER HAKES STATEMENT
Special to Tho Reporter.
PARIS Jan. 24 William Leavitt
husband of Ruth Bryan Leavitt. daugh-
ter of WJlllam Jennings Bryan said
last night that ho had WOVer denied
his wife anything that she asked and
that sho was welcome to a divorce if
she wanted It Ho says that his wife
is not responsible for tho separation
and that she still loves him.
SHERIFF SERVES SITOPOENAES
IN ASHLEY BROTHERS TRUL
Sheriff T C. Weir left yesterday af-
ternoon on the 5:14 west-bound pas-
senger for Merkel to serve some eigh-
teen subpoenaes upon witnesses and
others to appear Monday at Anson la
the murder trial of the Ashley broth-
ers in connection with the famous
Hargrove case. The case comes up for
Moaday
William Howard of Stamford was a
visitor la the city yesterday.
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COUNTESS ALEXANDRA BERNSTORFF.
Ono of the most interesting Oung women in society circles in Washing-
ton is tho Countess Alexandra Bernstorff daughter pf tiio German nmbnssn-
dor. She Is a social favorite. 'd? the various capitals of Europe whero her
father has been associated wltti .be diplomatic servlco and at onco entered
Into tho spirit of llfo at Washington when the family recently arrived there
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College
By Oscar H. CoopeIvLL.
. .".$ College
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Tho Question "Are College ideals on
tho Decline?" Is pertinent and import-
ant. Opinions vary on the Bubjecijn
high quarters as most; perhaps oil
of your doubUesB are aware. '
I have hero a freBh bach of opinions
which I think will interest you and
at any rate serve to open up the sub-
ject. Only one or tw'o of the gentle
men to whom I wrolphave failed to
reply. As you will see some are from
the West and Borne are from our own
state but all are eminent
President Nichojas Murry Butler
under dato of December lCtht 1908 re-
plies in response to a request for his
opinion: You ask a pretty big ques-
tion in your letter of the 10th. I fear
that in parts of the country and on
the whole College Ideals are on tho
decline. Tho rampant rules of Athle-
ticism and tho curious decllno in the
appreciation of scholarship among the
student bodies of the country aro not
pleasant facts to reflect upon.
"Faithfully yours
"NICHOLAS MURRY BUTLER."
Dr. Butler evidently mor0thari sus-
pects that tho scholarly scholar's stan-
dard does not dominate student life
in tho American college. He Is sup-
ported in this belief by Woodrow Wil-
son who writes under date of Decem-
ber 15th 1908 as follows:
"Tho theme upon which you ask my
opinion Is a very broad one and I am
afraid that I can give but a very brief
and imperfect expression of my opin-
ion about it in a letter.
"If by collego Ideals you mean Ideals
of study I think that collogo Ideals
are distinctly on the decline) but if
you moan the ideals characteristic of
collego life I think that they aro not
at all on tho decline but are in many
waya very wholesome and reassur-
ing. "Tho troublo to my mind Is that the
extra-curriculum activities of college
llfo have become so multiplied and
have become so Interesting and inten
sive themselves Involving a certain
training and perfection of life that
they havo dwarfed and subordinated
tho main purpose of college life name
Jy serious study and a thorough orien
tation in things of tho mind. I be-
lieve that it is an Imperative neces-
sity now that wo should draw tho stu-
dents of our colleges together into a
Vital academic family which through
the influenco of Informal as well as
formal contact between teacher and
student Will restore the consciousness
of what a college Is and what llfo. la
it should mean by way of training and
enlightenment
In brief I do not think college
Ideals are on tiie decline but that
they are looking In the wrong direc-
tion or rather exaggerating things
Which should he Incidental not the
CLW&GAt3
Ideals
D. President of Simmons I
business of the place but Its relax
ation.
"Sincerely your
"Woodrow Wilson."
President WilBori Id commltteU aud
has committed Princeton to perhaps
the most interesting experiment in
college re-organization that I know
abou. If ho succeeds in overcoming
JHjjItriertla of Princeton conditions
ana geuing nis pinn into renuy suc-
cessful operation I shouldn't bo sur-
prised it he succeeded in restoring tho
consciousness of what a collego is
and 6f what llfo In it should moan by
way of training and onlightennient
In that seat of learning. Tho experi-
ment Is undoubtedly stimulating effort
in the same direction elsowhero.
I do npt Interpret his attitude us Im-
plying tho belief that there Is any roal
decllno in college IdealB.
A. somewhat similar point of view
is that taken by President Northrop
under whoso mngic hand Itho Univorslty
of Minnesota has grown in a quarter
of a century from a small fresh water
collego pf less than three hundred
students to a poworful univorslty of
mbro than tour thousand. His letter is
as follows:
"In a senso I think collego ideals
aro on tho decllnohat ts I do not think
that colleges reach their idoals as
well as they formerly did but it la
fair to say that the (deals of tho col-
lego today are much larger than they
wore fifty years ago Tho collego to-
day is much broador in its work and
it touches effectually much wider
classes of pcoplo and it readies more
thoroughly into tho work of tho coun-
try than wa8 tho case fifty years ago.
But in tho multiplication of posslblo
studios In the freedom of election by
which students can got a degree with
tho least posslblo labor by the scatter-
ing of attention to a multitude pf sub.
Jects Instead of concentrating it effec-
tually upon a fow and really doing
disciplinary work In these ofow tho
production of tho collogo todiv seems
to bo reduced in "valuo and ino grad-
uate does not appear to be as thor-
oughly trained as he did a half century
ago How to reconcile tho evor-widon-Ing
rango of study with concentration
of thorough work and montnl discip-
line on the part of the student 1b a
very serious problem. I hong It may
bo solved and meanwhile I nm In-
clined to think that tho college Ideals
aro not on a. decllno but that all feel
that we are not reaching our (deals
"Very truly yours
"CYRUS NORTHRUP"
These weighty Judgments to the of-
feet that college ideals aro moro or
less overburdened by extraneous inter
ests should bo compared carefully with
the opinions equally weighty con-
tained In to following letters from
men closely connected with education
(Coutlau4 on page seven)
QPPORTUNITES ARE PRESENTED
Christ Set (ho Example and Mis Pol-
lowers Should Carry Out
Tho Work
Tho "Sanitarium Rally" was tho Sat-
urday Might featuro. Of tho Simmons
Blblo Institute tho dbject being to eil-
courago tho movement for tho found-
ing a Baptist sanitarium for Wost
Texas. Tho speaUors wero llov. F. S.
Groner pastor of tho First Bnptist
church of Stamford and A. B. Ingram
pastor at Snyder. Tho First Baptist
church whoro tho rally was. hold was
packed and ;nll present Avero well re-
paid for tho tlmo taken to attend and
hear" tho splondld talks inndo oh tho
subject of tho West Texas BaptM
Sanitarium.
Christ Sets Example
Tho Rev. Mr G.ronor sold that wo
havo a mission to minister to the
bodies of our followmon as well as to
their souls. Christ sots the oxamplo
for US in this njattor. Ho. spout much
tlmo In honllngfrae sick and Ho is tho-
teal founder of evory oleomosynary
'institution andbjve-fy hospital in tho
world" today. Whon Ho healed tho mind
Ho laid tho cornerstone of ovory blind
asylum In tho world; when Ho healed
tho afflicted In mind Ho laid tho cor-
nerstone of ovory insane asylum (n
tho world and whon Ho healed the
peoplo of dlvors diseases Hq laid tho
cornerstone of every Christian hos-
pital and sanitarium in tho world to-
day. Christ reached tho souls of men
through ministering to the body. Our
aim In preaching tho Gospel is to
reach tho souls of men; the- aim of
our missionary propaganda our Chris-
tian schools aud our donomlnntlonal
papers Js to reach tho souls of mon
and tho body Is tho avonuo through
to approach tho bouI. Christ first
healed tho body and then blessed tho
Soul. Many moh who cannot soo tho
beauties of tho church will bo mado. to
seo them by being brought back from
tho. brink of tho gravo by Christian
nurses in Christian hospitals.
Christ said: "I wob sick and in
prison nnd yo mlnlBtorod unto mo."
Someone asked "When wero you nick
and In prison?" and Christ answorod
"Inasmuch as yo havo done it unto tho
lenst of those my brothron yo havo
done It unto mo." Whon you minister
unto tho sick today by brethren you
minister unto our Savior.
Denominational Opportunity
Tho sanitarium proposition presents
an opportunity to us Baptists Dr.
Carvor says this is an ago of Baptists
of democracy and of Individualism.
Jefferson got his ideas of domocracy
from a smalt Baptist church near
Monticello and tho church got them
from tho Now Testamont. Within tho
noxt ten years you will Bee such a
trend toward tho BnptlBt church as
tho world nover saw before It has
already started. It Ib an ago of Bap-
tist opportunities nnd ono of them is
now presented to you.
This proposition present to you a
local onnortunitv. Dallas with hor
85000 peoplo has three hospitals Fort
Worth with hor sixty thousand peoplo
has two and Waco has ono but Wost
Texas with hor half million peoplo
has nono. It la Indeed a great oppor
tunity for ub Baptists.
Tho Proposition
Tho proposition that bas loon mado
to you" Is that tho town giving 125000
including a Bite will get tho West
TexaB Baptist' Sanitarium and tho
Baptists of Texas will put $50000 on
top of It. That is a good trade. You
hayo tho opportunity of making your-
BOiYes a present. You will simply talte
money out of ono pocket and put It
In another and both pockets are your.
Then tho .Baptist churchos of Texas
will play tho part of Santa Claua and
put $50000 more Into tho othpr pocket.
It will bring you money and save
you monoy as it will keep at home
the monoy ypu spend in sending- your
patients away to distant hospitals.
But we must not ompbaslze tootmuclt
the commercial phase of the projo
sltloB. Jt will mean the saving of
live. We se wftert hear our doctors
say that if we bad a hospital We could
have saved the life of that good w
or swd woman. If the hospital saves
PROMINENT CITIZENS "IN III
Governor Haskell Mayor Pile Lei
Bennett D. II. Middle ton nnd A. Z
English Among Those Who Aro
Being Investigated.
Special to Tho Roportor
. MUSKOGEE OKLA. Jnn 24. It 1
expected that hundreds of Indictment
will bo returned by tho special gran
jury Investigating tho Townslto Ian
fraud cases which will convono Wor
day morning. Tho government 1b rej
resented by tho employes of tho inte
rlor department aud lB.roady to pro
duco its evidence.
Many prominent Oklahonmns ar
among those ngnlnst whom. Indictl
monts avo oxpectod to bo returned
among thoso tho foremost ato: Govl
ernor Haskell Former Mayor Flto
this city Leo Bennett D. II. Middlotoil
and A. '. English. A number of citl
zona who nro under investigation ad
mit that tlicy nro scheduled lost t
tho "Dummies" but they refuse to dls
cuss tho nllogod forgeries. Tho iur
will meet tit the Federal Jail in plac4
of tho court house and tho Jury ltsoll
will bo kopt Under strict stirvolllancs
by govornmont Becret Bervlco agent
all during the trial nnd investigation
A number of United States mnrshals
nnd detoctlvos arrived hero late yes
tordny. Assistant Attorney Gonoral
Pagan of Wnshlngton will conduct thJ
Investigations and Attorneys Rush ol
Omaha nnd District Attornoy Gregtl
will assist.
The first witnesses for tho govern!
ment amvea noro yosteraay aiternoon
from Philadelphia and four hundred
in nil nro expected. All tell a stor
that tho lots word scheduled to then!
without tholr knowledge and their slgl
nature to quit claim deeds wore forged
Haskell's representatives hero las
night admitted that tho lndlctmen
against tho governor was fully ex
pocted. and tho governor boliovos tha
politics aro at tho bottom of tho whob
affair. It is said that bo declares
will spring a sUrpriso on them it h:
called on to testify and that tho name
of RoqbqvoU will likoly Usurp promlJ
nontly in his statement.
tho llfo of ono person it will pay foi
Itself.
Can Wo Bo It?
Can tho Baptists of West Tex
build this sanitarium? Aro thoy ablel
Havo you over known tho Baptists ol
West Toxas to falrto do anything thej
undertook? Thoy aro aa noar omnlr.
otont no nuy body of pcoplo In the
world
Can thoy? Will thoy? Yes oncel
twice thulco wo hoar tho answeil
from every bravely throbbing heart U
West Toxas "Thoy will thoy W111.H
And It shall stand as ono of tho crownJ
Ing glories of our Western Zion and
will forover cheer tho hearts of suffer
ing mankind. And I want tho archi
tect to placo abovo tho door the In-
scription "I was stole aud yo minis
tered unto mo."
Ingram's Strong Plea
Itov. A B. Ingram mado a stroni
plea for tho Baptists of Wost Texa
to wako up to the great opportunity
presented to thorn by the sanitarlun
proposition. Ho uutllnod the benefit
to bo derived from tho hospital fr
ovory vlowpolnt and Bald that happy
would bo tho town that secured it. He
also drow attention to tho great hell
tho Institution would "prove to Tie Tn
tho work of winning eouls to ChrlstJ
If wo aro ropresontatlvefl of ChrlstJ
ho said purely 'wo will carry ?ut thl
phase of His work
Wo Baptists havo .allowed other dH
nominations to take this poteut factor
In tho uplifting of tho world away
from us said tho speaker and.lt 1
tlmo wo were waking up tjgjpr w
portumues wuon you minurter unic
tho sick you minister unto Jesus; an
if you want to roach men's hearts you
must minister unto their bod!?; Man)
a burdened heartA bees won lot
Christ in this
Vlalt our-ftudte tJsBrWeek Wj
waking reduced Mfcs on all
of work Now 'm your besifbpporfu-
ulty to seeurtme bestyrork at r
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