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ABILENE TEXAS THURSDAY DECEMBER 12 1912
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'(IMM'I.II .SCHOOL M1 (01X11
iiicii im. vv tit'itr pumw
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Until Ti'iuiH In Excellent ('nudllhm
mill In"-! mill Hnrd-fought (irliN
Iron I tn 1 1 lo 1 Anticipated
lli'gtii I'lii) ii I
Working toward tin end (hut iho
largest crowd or spectators flint baa
ever gathered on football fluid In
Abilene this season or uny other tnuy
witness (ho mutch between tin Coop-
er School for Hoys and the fuluinun
High School on l-'ridti' nftoriuioii. of
fortH extensive nni enthusiastic have
booh exerted for the punt several Inyn
liy tho stoudents. of till' Cooper School
aided by Coach Hnlpli W Hedges of
the team.
The hardest fought of gridiron Tmt-
tlcs on a local Hold this year Is con.
latently expected on every hand nud
ui anticipation of having to meet iho
strongest tiun that his men have had
to go up nguinrtt. slih one exception
daring this season. Conch Hedges has
i.eet running tils team dally and while
he exjiecis to meet n fast aggregation
Friday- he ts most sanguine In his
Unpen of victory fhnj will hi; complete
Details are Inciting as to the present
strength and smashing power or tin
Coleman eleven hut their record on
the gridiron thin: season in the section
of the country from which they will
journey to Abilene has been or the
( and thai they mo a husky and
mime H()1M-1 Is undeniable DeHjiHe the
fact the game Friday will he some-
thing of n post season contest the vis-
iting warriors tire reputed to be In b"J-
fer form than ever and come oxnoct-
Ing without the least shadow of doubt
In their minds for adding another
scalp to their nl ready-grown large of
football victories
In order thai a number who find It
Impossible to see tin game on Satur-
day imay not be forded iomlss it on
llmtiaroount It has boon uWdeih to
stnge tho march on Friday. lr present
1 weather Indications continue o exist
Friday will be an Idcn rooibtill da.
Just enough briskness tn the nlr to en-
gender vim anil "pep" In ih iWers
nnij thefoby make the Kanle better
niid more lijierestfus oiti from the
point of view of the Bpcctal-'r. A large
crowd Is expected t.y Ik- student of
the Cooper hclioil ami tliy will ri
predate greatly any-support from
those who may conus out Fihltiy nf
ternoon. IMity wilt begin nf four
o'clock oi the Cooper fie-Id which can
be reached liv taking the southbound
street ear. Pouter have been placed
about town th the different ."tore win.
dows and the prune h(is been tlior-
oughly advertised Mini ''talked "I) '
everv bund ' Indications are Hint it
will bo the linrdest-rought or the year.
An ndmlBttlon fee of thlrty.llve cents
will lie charged Come oitt and see n
fust contest
FALLSlciScK
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.tehti Alfred MIr Meets WW Pain-
fill WeJdenl. Three inrli Un-li
on Fnii-heml Sustained.
.rutin Alfred the oluhl-ye.nr-old sou
of Mr and Mm. V. 11. Mulr wtio recei
ved an ugly eut on the loft portion"
hl forohoad by railing down and Mld-
ltlng his bead' on a Btruot car rail
about -I o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
is reported to be getting along nice-
ty twins and will soon recover.
.lolni Altted and his little sister
were t'omliiK to town to sue the pic
ture show and as they wore In tho
act of passing over the street car
intck ni the eroHHtiiK of Cedar and
TforTh "ThlriT RTTennrninT tray- trlTrnmt
on oiio rail und fdt. striking IiIh bond
on tho opposite rail. Ho wtis lumcK-
ed nnconscloiiB ind was ploKml Up
and carried Into a m-uvby house nml
latur to a sanltnrluiii whore his wound
wns dressed. The biihIi on Ills foro-
lioail wjib about three Inchos In
iungthi und cut to(he lipno but It Is
ti(Oiight thore Is HO frneluro. Throo
rtltehciB worn taken by those wtio at-
tainted liltn. Ho was later cnrrlod to
tio liomo of tils iitirontH 441 cirupo
sit out whore lie reiunlhml In n houU-
eonnoloiiM dondttlou until about 8
o'ojock p. in
c W Merchant gave ten ilollars
nud the Phllnc-thon C4us of tho Hap
(1st ehurah Is going to flit Iho titncl;-
Ings of two of tny tigBOt ftiittli
what are you going to do?
MOTHMl HUlinAIU).
Japan inukos use of murine vegeta-
tion more than auy oltiQr nation niuqb
of Uh seadweed lining mntuifnefurod
Into pillblo golnttno .
BIG AM
LARGE
CROWD
EXPECTED
BAD
WOUND
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imhm'K iti:tai:5T i.rrriin.ii
01' ltVAIII 1IIKII lOllAY
Hv ABmicliilcil Pros-a. -
Mt'NICH Iluvarlu Due 12--Prince
licgem Luitpuhl of itn-
vurln (licit today aged ubiety-
niic He toolt mi It'iwolil lmtli
iti-for.- daybreak nil 'his life
He was Europe's oldoxt ruler.
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NEW TRIAL 15 ASKED
rfriilM In I'runfe Wish ((cnihU
Cleared of the Hint mi
Chn racier.
I-AltlS Ueo to. An effort to ob-
tain revision of tin trial of Madam-
Lolargo ft bipMittrul soelots wunian
who wurt Huutoneod to linprlsoninent
for life In IS 10 lor tho murdor of her
ttURUifiiib Is to he lUUdu by h powerful
cumiulltoe of scljuitlsts writers und
If'iltil-ltfijs A'liteh ui8ubt beoti form-
ed. The case or Madatne Lofnrge was
xen 'utmitlHr to tbnt of Mrs May.
JirlcK It ''Mined a -grunt sensation
at (ho time. The conviction waj due
principally-- to the evidence of the
great (sliiuiit Mutthteii Orfilu who
swore to the plusence of Marseille in
Lefurge'u body. Another lending
ecliti-t of die period Pntncols Has-
idal hiisti-nttl to Tulle v. here the
trial took plac in order to declare
to the jury thai Orfl:t'ft evidence tvt
Insuffielent us arsojile thus pr'hen(
In all Uoiltes but he arrived too hue
Uaspial's - contention h -Mipported
to noine oMciil by later experiments
carried out by Armnnd Hantser and
Prof. Oaliriet ISertrand has Just con
cluded a series of studies showing in-
cautrou'ttlbl. that arsenic exisls In
a general Way in eiery lhtng organ
ism and further Hint the methods
hitherto enniioyed allowed the pres
ence of aisenlc In bodies bad the ef
fect of Introducing arsenic Into those
bodies.
Madame Jfnrge died in ISS5 two
vears after she had been pardoned by
Xapolnpn lt
Central I'rosb lerlaii Cliurcb Notes.
The primary dopartmont of Cen-
tral I'reb torlau church tins been
furnished hj' four young man of Ahl-
Imi?. Tho donors wore 'Messrs. Hun
L. dox C O. Mliltlon Olen Corrte and
C. H. Fohvller tho Inst named being
a donation front his. coinpanj-. the Abi
lene Hteam Uauudry l ho pastor nn
nouncing the names of tljese donors to
the church stated those Soung men
on lonriiliiK Of tin newl of this de-
partnieut gladly supplied tin needed
funds. Previous Jo this donation on-
ly sis people of Abilene outside the
membership of this church lurte given
donations and two of those were hiiho-
litlted. '
int. M'V WU'.Y iionoiii:!).
Alitleiie Ilentlst t KJtcteit Secretari
of Slate Dental Hoard ut Austin
Tmln.
APSTIN. TfK Dec. 12 Dr. C M
MeCuulpy of Ah)letie was elected sec-
retnry of the Stale Uetital Hoard to-
day T S- Cartwrlght or Van Alsfyue
Is the president.
. I. H. PETREE
AT P0I05I EARLY I0DAY
Deceased Was a Woman Highly Re'
epected and Much Loved.
Re'atlves Here
Mr. .1 II. Potreo dlotl at bur home
at Potosl nt throe o'dook this (Thurs-
day) morning after nn Illness of sev-
eral weeks. She wns one of the most
blghty respected women of the com
muntly- Hodeased leaves n huHbnnd
and ti number of ohtldren qlid top
ehtldrou. It wan nnnouneed that the
funornl -would be bold at J'otosl at
ruur o-oloelc (tils nftnrnoon. Tho fun-
eral was attended by W. C Petroo of
this city a huphow of tlto husband of
tho dead woman nml John Potreo til-
wrof thlrcItJ.TbroIberof Iho Potosl
man.
Delightful home-inade cnudlos nt
refreshment prices at the llnsnnr
I "III unit lKtlt of December
Tho United Stales supplies Russia
with tbroo-fourthfl or Its typewriters
twenty kinds of American iunehlncft
being mild tboro.
DDDDODOaOOiSWO'C''
91110011 IX pltlKKH IS
AWAHIK1 IIV MX(5Hi:SS.
Uy AsBoaiated Press.
DALLAS Tox Dee. 12 -Ten
Oioimnnd doljarn In prizes wore
iiwartlod by the Town IndUHlr-
itil Congress todns Gbarlo A.
Dobs of Hooktbilo. .Milam Co.
won first prUo n CIubb A
ILAOO. Ho beat his father who
won n $50 prtee.
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WOMAN
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TIiq latest addition fo the list or
opera bag the lop of which Is fitted w
cd that the bag folds perfectly flat.
STEAMER I BV
CREW OF 25 IN
DKVO.VPOHT Englutid. Dec. 12.
tt Is now prnclienlly ceitain that the
steumer uuknovu at the time whjch
the dreaduought Centurion sanit Tues-
day was the Uorna whlph carried 2."
men.
The Centurion wlillo Bpeedlng at
t mto of twenty I'notB off Portland
before dawn Tuesday rnn down and
sank a ship which la now believed to
hnvb been the Dornn.
The sletmer tried to cross tho bow
of the warship which struck well for-
ward with such force that the steam-
er's jlort light was round still burning
utter the collision on the Centurion's
forecastle
Heforo the steamer cleared the bat-
tleship's smoke she Bank and no'traco
could bo found although h'Jnfa were
lowered ami tho Centurion cruised
about until dawn.
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Talks on Town Development
This interesting series of articles has been especially prepared far
us by Frank Parker Stockbrtdgo anil leo L. Ilcdding editors of Town
Development Magazine. Look for them every day In tho Itcjiortor.
You will ho interested In their appeal to your civic pride.
iHUiAMZATIONS AS M'SINKSS
liriLUUItS. '
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Prank Parker Sioclthrlilge.
tCopyrlghl 112. by Town
Develop-
input Company. I
How's business in your Town?
nuainesK men sitting nround and
complaining nbout It? It must be n
preity poor sort of (own if ttiat's so.
1 never huw a town In which tho
inorchantB were ulwas klcUtuj Unit
muounted to anything
I)y the Baine token. I never saw n
town where the merchants were Bat-
Islled that amounted to much.
The only towns that amount to any
thing In these days are the towns
whore the btiMluess men neither grum-
ble because business IB bud nor Bit
contentedly Inking whatever huppeiiB
to come their ny. but got together
and 1'1'LL together nml everlastingly
hustle to make more business for the
town and for themselves.
Thorn's plenty qf business more
than your Town Is doing now moro
than VO intra doing. Tho only wiry
to got tt Is to go nftor It and tho very
best vnr orntl in gonrtet- It Is to go
Toai-miKU.
m-T TOClTHHIM That's tho mis-
wor-
Don't grumble about bad business
don't rest content with what the oth-
er fellow doesn't happen to got hut
make up your mind to gel more bus-
iness and gc4 the other fellowB to Join
with you to gel moro business too
One man can get more business if
he goes after It. but two men can get
three HinoB ns much business na one.
and n hundred men can get n thous-
and times us much business as ono.
Keen II. too.
Just na soon ub tbo people In your
Town's trade territory discover ttiat
the bueluohs men of tho Town nro
nllvo nggrosalvo business goliorB yoilr
Town wilt got the trade that's now
going Homewiioro else nud moro.
People IIUo to deal with "live ones"
i was u Dolovun wjb. u row
nionthB ago. Ltvesl town of Its Htft
Ivo ever iteen. HusInesB? Why you
linvo only got to walk nlong Main
atreot to PKKL buslnoss lit the tilr
I
iiovoUtcs Tor women Ih'-i beaiitifnl
th u lurge bevelled mirror so arrang
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MONTGOMERY. ALA.
The body or P II. Hammock who
died Tuesday nftornouii at 2 1." o'clock
were taken lo his old home at Mont-
gomery Ala. on the 12; 12 T & I
train today.
U T. Laughter who has boon con-
nected with Mr. Hammock for1 several
years ntcoiupuuicd Mrs. Hammock
and will attend thp uncral .which
wjjj fnkc place at Montgomery- No
setvlces were held In Abilene but a
large number of friends of the futility
gathered at tho honle and at the train
to pay their respect to the memory of
this good num. The Citizens National
Hank Kd S. Hughes-Company nud
perhaps other business hotipcs closed
their doors while (tin funenil party
was being- coin eyed to the (ralnf One
of Abtteues ".pry best men hua golio
and his place will bo hard to fill.
Stores with window displays that
would do credit to Marshall Field's
Automobile delivery truckB loading
tip In front or tho grocery. Crowds
everywhere even at the bootblack
stand and tho soda fountain and It
wasn't n special sale day or anything
like Itmti either; Just (he ordinary run
of business (hey (old mo.
Yoi (en or fifteen yeitr ago Dele-
Vau uns a "dead" town. You know
(ho kind Inhabited by rotlred farm-
ers. "Tired" fanners a friend of mine
calls them llitsluess wua slack and
ccttlui: Blacker Half tho morchuutB
were alwajB gniiiiblliig'aud the other
half simply content with whut crumbs
of business tliiii cntuc their way.
How did the oliauso come about?
J'-asy.
TH13Y OOT TOOI3THI3II.
That was nil thero wa to tt. The
business men nf Uelevan simply got
together for the sole purpose of get-
ting more business nud they discov-
ered Hint (hoy hnd been Bleeping right
In tho midst of great business lor-
rltory und letting tho trade get nwny
from them going to the mntl orucr
houses lp (owiib across the stn(o line
nnywhoro oxcopt to Dolcvan.
They've got tho hiiBluesB now you
couldn't nrv It awns from Dolcvmi
with a crowbar Incldontally they've
made Dclevnh one of the best towns
to look ul nud to live In anywhere in
tho Northwest though no better than
vnur town might become And horn's
the point I want to hummer homo
EVEKY DOLLAH'S WOUTI! OF BUS-
INESS TUB OHOANlZraD M'SINKSS
MKN OF DKLKVAN HAVI3 CUKATBO
KOK THE TOWN HAS II t;Nt: FITTED
EVraitYIIODY IN THE TOWN WI!B
TIIBK TIIBY HBLPBD Oil NOT.
Tho huslueBB men of YOUIl Town
are netting together. They nr pull-
tiig together to get moro hiiBlness for
the town mid for iiioniHeivoB.
YOI are getting tho benefit. I don't
enro who you are or what you are so
long as ou live in Ibis Town every-
thing Unit tnuki's biiBtncBB here bettor
lulls dollar In YOUR pocket Whether
you 'have helped or not.
if you're helping bully for yonj
tf you're not welt arn't you JubI
n little bit mummed of yourself?
REMAINS F
HAMMQCK TAKEN
aucnapoDOfioPtttteao
O HUU.b HOI-Kji LISI'T OP O
IMI'STI(J TlttH'lIi:. 0
O Uy Assoetnted Press.
HOl'STOX Tex. Pee 12 O
; Smalt hopes nv left of ndjiist- Ct
' lug the differences between the i
t' llarrlinaii Hues and conductors O
: mid trainmen. V. P Nlol (Ills O
tnornlpg announced he would 0
t nmki' one more utlempt to set- 0
O tie the trouble f
0
iiimm:nk.m iiii'si:iioiii) ac-
tivity PAHTI.V PAlt.VI.Y.IIll
Si:VKIttl. IIM-ltS.'
ALL FIREMEN ESCAPE
lllcli Power Kleclrlc Wires nre Af.
focled bj Plrc IVhltb Destrojh
tine of Largest Hardware
iTriu. In NotilhwcHl.
Hy Assoctnted Press.
DALLAS TeS. Dec. 12. A two hun-
dred thojiBtind dollar fire williln ten
feet of the electric wire nrlery which
carried nearly every high power wire
of Dallas' partly paralyzed business
and household activity for several
hours hero this morning.
The fire destroyed tho three-story
establishment of lluoy and I'hlllp at
Klin and Orlrffn streets one or tho
largest hardware firms In the South-
west. Twq squads of firemen stood In the
Harrow conrines of Griffin Utreoi fus-
ing a three hundred foot "no of tot-
tering wall and wtth tho- big high
liower wires swaying ov'cr their heads.
They stood their ground until part
or the wall begnn falling toward ttiolu.
und then they saved themselves b;
Jumping Into doorways across the
street while mi avalanche of bricks
rolled nt their feet.
All of the men escaped Injury. The
limy.1 poles wllbhlgti teiiHjou wires
were orusireIPby'(tvlB walf'nnd nearly
the ontlro city oleclrlo supply wns out
orf.
The flro was got Under control after
three hours fighting by the flrmen
$10.0(10 Fire at Houston.
Uy Associated Press.
HOUSTON. Tex. Dec. 12 Forty
thousand dollars damage was dono by
fire lust night to Walt Stable Under-
taking Company and their building.
Mothers I have the names of ulno-
ty children who wilt be remembered
at Christmas did you send in iho nam-
es of yours? lr you nro not nhle to
give them anvthlug write- me and give
nte their oges and tell mo where they
live. Nobody will know but
MOTHBIl ltpnitAun
Care Abilene Reporter
IS
S
Check Passed on Yager Shoe Com
pany Cause of Detention of Man
Giving name of McCllntock
A man whoso numo Is given uu'U
q. MctliliKock vvub arrested this mor-
ning by local police officers mid '
held for a bearing in Justico court
this (Thursday) afternoon ut three
o'clock.
McCllntock went to tho Yager Hhoe
tJtoro nt an early hour tills morning
and selected a pair of shoes costing
live dollars gave In payment a check
for ti liku amount mid departed with
tho shoes. Tho etieck was made out
on tho blank of tbo Ilotnn Grocery Ca
ut Waco and signed with tho iiume
McCIcndon
Leaving tho Yusof Shoo Store Mc
("Unlock went to the furnishing houso
of MlngUB Ilrothers mul Co. where
bo selected an overcoat lo bo made
costing $32 On being Infornuid that
ti forfeit of live dollars would luive to
bo put up ha wrote out u check for
$8.00. When tho party waiting on
him hesitated to accept the tender
McCllntock tore tho check up and can-
celled tho order for tho coat.
Mr Yager of the liao Company
growing uneasy about bin cheek put
in u telephone cull for tho Hotnn flro.
cory Company nt Waco mid was In
formed tluit the party named was not
authorized to gtvo a check: bo far ub
they knew. McCllntock waa located
at tho Oraeo Hotel where ho watt reii
istcrcd under tho nnme of W. S. Cam
eron of Sun Antonio.
McCllntock Is a young man appar-
ently about 23 yenre old. nicely dress
od. mid baa no appearance of being a
criminal. It !b understood that he
has employed local attorneys to de
I fend htm.
DALLAS SUFFERS
$200000 ni
STRANGER
ARRESTED
HEAR NG THI
AM
TOTAL ESTIMATE
I COTTON CROP
iiovinmir.vr issrrs pittsr ui:.
roiiT i'ok i:ah tiihoiuh
niiti:u.
BE 13820.000 BALES
Helen That of 11)11 which wns t.11111.'.
7HL. Total Production of Texas
l.s'.MUiiw Ceinparcil to l.'-V.tl.
127 (tales lits Year.
Hy Assoclaled Prosa.
WASHINGTON Doe. 12. Tho Amer-
ican cotton urop for the seusnn of
I IM 2-i:i will amount to t11.82O.O0U holes
of Ii00 pouuds (not Including lliitcrn)
according lo (he firs( oulinute made
by the government this yi-ur tlirougb
the crop reporting board bureau of
statistics. Department of Agrlcullnre
and announced (his afternoon. This
Compares with 15002.701 bales of 500
ioutit!s exclusive or Holers produc-
ed in the record crop of last year
when the total crop ii-cluslvc of Hit-
ters was 102:100011 baleH r 100
pounds; ll.taiMlo bales In I'.ilo
which Including llnter umouuted lo
I2.oo:a88 hales; lO.IMJt.lHSl bales 111
l)0!i which lueludlng Kilters uiiiounted
to $lt:str..:iS2 bales; i:i21l.70U .lmlett
in 100S which Including linters umouu-
ted to 13n7no0 bales mul ll.107.17U
hales in "lfln7 wivich Including Huters
amounted to ll7r.ti'l bales The uv-
oragn (otal production exclusive of
linters ror tbo Hve years rrom 1l0i to
IflO was 1 18-17270 bales Tho value
or the crop Including seed for the
suuto period nveriiged $77i.H220()0
while last yesir'H record crop Is esti-
mated fo have been worth $Sfi!)80000
anil (h lyiO crop $!l03tSO000 tb.
most vnluahle over jiroduced
Tomis Total production -tS5f)000
bales compared with I.2.jiil27 Imlea
last year and .'I.I72.2IK bales Hie nv-
er.'ige 1000-10 The value of (he crop
lasl vear was $2.10010000
Loulslnnn-Tolal jirodncHoiu 13P.O00
bales compared with :itHu07 bales
Inst yuur and 52(1.181 tho uverfige for
1110010. Tho vnlue or the crop last
year was $2L0U(.000.
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vi.flouu!.-i--ioiiii .prouitctinu. 150395J
ini imjm.'s (;iuuiure(i w'lin i.e.'.uuz
bates last year nibl 78378(5 hales tho
average. 1000-10 The value or the
crop last year waB $ZTfi0Ml
1
A man power tiiclclo with n revol-
ving brush projecting from between
the rear wIiouIb. Iiiib been tiivonted tn
Paris tor street HwoeporB
nrtv i.ijiLi. r.ft.... -... . t.iri
Fill 11 slocking like you would have
ror tho child who Is gone and send It
to .Mother Hubbard mid make gla'd the
heart or a little child on Christmas
morning
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THE LAST OPPORTUNITY
TO WRITE IT 12-12-12
Twelfth Day of the Twelfth Month of
the Twelfth Year In the Pres-
ent Century
If you should live u million years
you would never again have the oppor-
tunity of dating 11 letter 1212-'12
which would bo the proper way to put
tt today. TIiIb 1b tho twelfth dily of
tho twelfth month of the twelfth year
of the century. In fact you can't fig-
ure any time in tlto future when you
will bo nhle to designate 11 particular
dato with three of the Hnmo figures
or threo comblnnUons oftwo figures
each combination tbo sumo. Hotter
vvrlto n letter mul not lei tho oppor-
tunity of n lifetime pnes awny without
taking advantage of It.
.W'o suggest Hint ybu.dlrecl your lot-
tor to "Mother Hubbard" following
tbo dnto with "Enclosed please find."
etc.
A Profit Ih CfloHKkiHK.
Tbo coon bunting season baa reach-
ed Uh height mid Is perhaps u little
paused. Coon fur hnB bocomo popn.
Inr of lute vcurs and t good volt easily
brings $5 before It Is fixed up to wcufcj
It used to be tho custom to cut down
u treo that hnd bueu growing 200
yeura to get u coon that tn those dny
wasn't worth 60 centn. Coons aro
about ub plentiful now its thoy worn
then but trocB nro scarcer. Farmer
Cobb up near Redding which Is n
wild nnd barbaric district reports one
of bis neighbors having thirteen coon
Bklnu nailed up on tho burn door to
dry. It imwt be a pretty big itoor.
Thirteen coop akltis nt r each Is $05
which is n good deal of money for quo
man to have all to hliUHelf in Hea-
ding. Privately we have alvvnyn felt Hint
n coon's slcJu looked bettor on Iitft own
person than around some woman's
neck or perhaps nsod'hy ber as it ntff
New York Evening World.
NEW YORKER S
WITNESS TODAY
.r.
II. t.MtlKMI'l. Tf'l.LS SKNiTK
nnf.HiTTKK or lows
UK M.UIH.
$25000000 IN A DAY
Ueclnri" ''MIHIoni ami MIIHoMt urn
Loaiicil Oier Hie TelephoHe in
P(Hirit of llegiiiar HiikIhchs
in .Now York.
U Associated Press.
WAHHINOTON Dee. 12. X II Grlo-
nol of Xew York told the Semite com-
mittee Investigating the io-enHo.d nion
y trust today that on the New York
Stock Exchange he laid loaned sohie
twenty to twonty-fivo million dollars
nud borrowed fifteen million dollars
all-on the same day.
Orlesel said Hint bo tind niiido tomiB
for the Chase National Hank on No-
vember 20 when onll-monoy was tvveu-
(y per cent (Irlesel Bald that he
loaned fifteen to twenty millions
i-oauB vvo.ro nlso nmio for Kithn
lob nml for Hbryor. He Bald that
'iiillliotiH nnd inlllloun" are tonned ov-
er the telephone In tho course of reg-
ular huslucbB in New' York.
He said If the rate of Interest on
nullify In the Htock Exchange should
be nnu)e fled the result would bo to
keep the money nt homo in the coun-
try hnnks.
!Y TELEGRAPH
WMTKXJIKNT IH'MXS SI'IT AGAI-
NST JltHlSKSIIOLIIS ASSO.
CIATHI.N.
FUniHROP jl -
Nl'W Hrlcmis 1'o(oh Market Affected
Hy Tiiful INtlinate of Crop
('. A. HamngHrtHcr Hid Not
Sulcble S)s Attomej.
Hy Associated PresB.
DEHQIT. Mich. Doe 12. The Fed-
eral Government began today an anti-
trust HtilL ugulnst ilio MifBter Horse-
sboors National Protective Associa-
tion alleging that It refuses to sell
direct to horBO owners drilled horse-
sbocs adjustable cuius mul rubber
hoof puds.
Futures Drop $1 Hale.
Hy ABsoclutcd Press.
NEW CHILEANS La. Doc. 12.
Cotton futures dropped one dollar a
halo today upon receipt In this city
of (ho Government cokqb crop total
cstimnte
"llHiiniKHrtUer )ld ot SHlcIde."
Hy Associated Press.
WAXAHACHIE Tcx Dee. 12. "C.
A. Hnttiugnrtner who shot Ills ivire
and hired limn. Newt Plerson 'eBler-
day did not kill. hluiBulf but was shot
by Plersou ufter bo lnwl fired on
Ploreon."
This statement was made today by
County Attorney Whipple. Tho shoot-
ing occurred on tho farm of Haum-
gurtner near Orviltn ut Beven o'clock
In the morning Mrs. Haunigurtnnr
was thought to have been fatally
wounded but- Plerson's Injuries nro
said to he Blight.
lllllllll. lWMMIM
('eldest Mght of WlMter.
Tho temperature went down thbj
morning to 2(1. tbo lowest point which
ban been reached thin winter. The
Bun came out early. Its first appear-
ance in several dnya Tbq Weather
Hureau'fl rorecuBt for tonlht rcadii
cloudy und colder. The clouds wera
hero nl throe. oWoelc IhTs altcrnoon
Tho ladles of the First Chrtetlait
cliurcb will hold their annual Dasaar
on nest Tuesday and Wednesday
December 17 wad 78 Refreshment.
After twenty yearaor oxivprtmentinjc
a Philadelphia scientist has succeeded
In hutching oggs or diamond back ter-
rapin in an Incubator
. "' ' 1" j '" ' '
Jly nil means bo on kaml at ilw
ClirlBtlau Ladles Ilazaar If you want
n bargain In Christmas lmveUUsa.
Deeembor 17 and 19.
GENERAL NEWS
-ipiMMtM ui llp
Tbo elilckon Balml aaa4wleke jl
etc will be a great ac It you btf
nttond tho Ibuaar Tufavf a4 Wwd-
nustlay. ExpcrlwewlH Ih nrHUiy mbi t
hav uhown taat Md Mtotat vteM
kave tka mm vatw fmt fwiti Work
" f JaBFT HBf f
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