The Abilene Daily Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 297, Ed. 1 Friday, November 12, 1920 Page: 3 of 10
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Alf and Bob
In the "War of Roses"
Fr-
jo ii a ; a.r in Tennessee m
has ome into his own; ht dranm of
thirty yearn ha baoa realised.
raek in the 80s h? tried for th
mmf oftkf but vtm defeated by lit
fetther tho famous "Flddttne Bob."
This thw ha was not t be dwilfd. for
the" wttvt of ItpnbHcn vta that
irwept Tfcnttraaw carried him Into of-
fice trttli n comfortable majority.
And after all it will nnt scehi
itmn?' to the pfHiplr of Tennessee to
haw ft Mepubllrnn governor foi Alf
umR or the most widely known anil
best loved families the state has ever
had a family that for more than a
Imlf rentnry has been pilte In the
lmblt of providing offlre-holdor both
Deuiocnuir- and tlepublkan.
Thero have been throe monihir 6T
tho lIluetrdUR family In public life.
tJol. N. O Tavlot. tho fathtr; "t1rt
mn tiob" ami Alf. Colonel Taylor
ami "Fiddling Hob" have passed and
Atf atone la left Id carry tho family
name Into the campaigns. No 16
than twenty times have members or
this tilo held of flee of public trust
lu'tuding six twins In Congress four
torm.3 as thief executive or Tennessee
ami many offices of teaser Importance.
Probably Alt Taylor and Mb brother
"Piddling Bob" will b remembered
longest on account of their great cam-
paign against each other for the gov-
ernorship of Tennessee in 1S8. It
waa in thl cnnumign that they rode
in tho satno buggy. BjHihe from the
mine platform and slept In tho same
bed.
It was after the election of drover
Cleveland as' president that Air wa
rtr-t .nominated by the tU'publlcnmt of
ToMiaaaeu. There were many counties
In that stale wltcra Republicans had
never npokeii and Alt's committee put
lilin t work immediately after his
HKiitiuutiiui and snt hlm out to these
c. unties to spiead the seed of nepub-
licnutein. In the meantime the im-
pression was started that tliere was a
Ilttlthnod Of Alfa ultimate election.
The Democratic state convention was
soon tharonfter called and in response
to iiHoriosbf a delegate how to "avert
a dlsastoB Which would fall upon tho
slnto" If It should have thus saddled
upon it a Ilopubllcan administration
another dolognlo arose and placed tho
name of Hob Tnylor before the con-
vention. Hob vAw ovetw.Helmingly
nominated ntuld cheer?.
Thus tho two brother wore pitted
against each other and thus began
"The War of the noses" the most ex-
citing ami determined political war
ever waged In the state.
The "War or the lliiw."
The method of the Joint discussion
by the candidates vat atill In vogue
und when the respective state com-
mittees met they mude a list of "kill-
Ins;" dates for Alf and Hob. The open-
lug dnlo was at Madlsouvllle in Iast
Tennessee. Bob who opened the de-
bate sold In his speech that he nnd
his competitor wero roses rrom the
same garden the only difference be-
ing that he wni a white roso nnd that
his brother wns a red rose. On their
way Into Middle Tennessee they stop
ped ono night in urliigeport Ain. in
the morning the landlady presented
I. LlytUt U1M lmfc.t.
Hv thl tinv- th (ntri nf b iv'iw
awakemd 1 ls li -u-Hvttlcs a
Wt fnned sit of tf rhnrM done
VinKfi( n Ttinonrrwl aftif Alf wa
-till -l...inir -.mn.lM TTe h-t h-l
i. i-k in. n t. kn hlm. XVhilo
1biekf.t tt w.uttriK ror All th old
mn nllr.l fob irido and ald" fln
I. nloi ihf IN i.iiNNH tl kei all
. "e.r' f "?cif.f"' "" i mv lf-. hu! I m eol darne! If T do
psmner-iiKe urrfgnis tobbi up ni-"' - -. 'i... .
now and then in the din of the wild (''. ?.""
Ksnnt City Star. !fo1!wTi nM many rime !h vm$ for-
k.h.f- h f t rfi(Hl the I eefl to an ail- Bin ami tan to thp
H . .-.-. .- -- . .------ T-- fc . - -- 1 . - k . .. . -
' tMrmins WfcWtls i -MT "IllUaB" flfMl tna
h.kv- uis;(H v . v " "1
Mt
nelwl Trtl ' WiWeAt fthrtk and i
nmtmr.
7h brcrthet wnt through It all
without the. altjrtrtest rapture 6f their
brotherly relation tt xa a !ah of
party prhwfptea and pollows in th"
moM earwst ronten that as ever
fought out on the -ml of Tptinowe
In It all thev kept alonf ftom viputer-
atlnn and pei-sonnhties. ronflnimr
theirtMerfs altogether to the dlarus-
fn if pijlidcal iup ImoKetl
ijoh st.iic iir - iii'iM-n
Amusing lnldoii wu 1 1 mt mih
occurring dmitiK Ihf- i n fi'" ft' 'he
campaign hut Oipk i nti nni
lite pianfc pUed bj I'.ub ul liui'i
nongtt. Rxtenslvp itfeiinrationp had
been made for the reception of Hi
candidates on this ocasion. A fir
tnre of tin vMit was u tif a mo
nade at night and p"-hf . th can
Uitlatea from the hotel bahonv. Th
Candidates agreed they would piepate
something out of the ordinary in the
way of speeches inasmuch a the oc-
casion hftd been prepared without c-
gard to cost.
According to tlte program Bob's
bands were to come first and after the
miwrtc and his speech his follower
were to withdraw ami make room for
Alfa hupporters and tltelr mwtcal ag-
gregation. So. late in the afternoon
Alf decided to write hie address for
th evening ami proceeded to do o.
"Jotting down" what seemed to him to
b) a credltaide tittle speech. When
! ltad finished his speeeh he was call-
ed Into An adjoining room hy hH
friends leaving lihs manuscript on the
table. The consultation f lnsled the
real of the atteruoou and until the
hntir arrived for the evening ceremon-
ies Thp bands had aaaembed and began
to nlav. In a few mlitutaM the streets
were Jammed fr blocks away Willi
notay throngs of pepl". ahoMtlne lor
"Our Mob." After playing many iifecea
mostly Of a imtriotlo nature the mas-
ter of ceremonies. bognn to speak In
troducing Bob Taylor.
Alf was still In conference with bin
stipiiortera but within easy hearing of
what was salt! from the balcony. He
listened complacently his time Would
oome shottly. Presently he heard a
voice raying:
Tho man thnt hath no music In him
self.
Nor Is not moved with concord of
sweet sounds
Is rit Tor tronson strategem and spoil
The motions or hV split are dull as
night
And his affections dark as Krebua;
let. no such man be trusted.
"Great Mcott! Listen! He hnrf nuot
efl my speech word for word" ojueu-lat-d
Alf. It was true. Bob had deltv-
red hta speech verbatim at llbern-
thn et puncluatumt
Hob tho Better Tiddler
Both Bob and Alf wore fiddlers but
Bob was tho hotter one and many
weie the nights during hU campaign
that he hiked a long distance to play
for a "BhliutJg." Many of the younger
gi neratiotiH In Tenilssee rirst heard
vnvhodv that I as m?v ai
Alfja tt.o darned iay to be governor
or Tennessee."
When the battle wa orr and the
iTi'k' cleared noav If m found that
B.b ha.' creHed the laigt te e -'i
piUd up to thn( tim for a lem-
.. at in 'th tat-. And Alf had re-
rrid th- l.i rest ote ever poil d I"
a Tl publican
Hut B. b w.t" trinmphant. The r
suit mighi bnc- Irm different if Nn
thitnlnl (' Tilir thlr father had a -
!.! it tl" nomination of tht rmhlbi--.n
Mit . wli h that party nought
ta.petl t tonier upon him Tlu
niAm i 1 Bib nnd Alf. ir the 3 eor-
i fT Tftrti mtl tnhtm ptae ild still
ih t.n-n iotv itand in her jiatd w.i
I hip bi iandki hlef and touting
j Ilu eh f..i T .101 as shr- did hfti
I Mf nnd Hob'-? pl-oelott wi! b
lit b wfl-i ttie tavoreu otic boo wt-m !
Ndilivilln a 0 e 'nor.
Atf l th tnst of the great trio and
although h ba hi full term ahead Of
him hr l now tf eari old. in- nas
note a true more ca; and th n thK
lamil ma mss out of publl" lifp But
Its memoir mn mnev lire tn im nrnrie
of tlic people of Tenneesfp.
nile Atnnnotl Anerit1
Apparatus and members or the fir"
department made a twelve block .l.isii
at 10-30 o'rlock Krlday morning it
reaponse to a call from Twelfth im:
Pine streeta. Spent several chilly min-
ute In loaning for th Mar.e and i tt'
ally decldrd that tln man on the t-i-photie
must haic Shld he needed n fji
At least there was no evidence Un.t
there had been one In the vicltiltv
Woman's
Column
in tea
U3C
liai-BAlf at llm ilcwir
V"T"" . ..- ... . I - .. ... ..i. k. a. . t ul. ii
"Here" she wild to Air "Is a uoti- aiteu mvoruea h "uoie in inn ivi-iuc
met of rd rosis." And here" ah ' "Turkey Binward." "Hilly Ann"
jAlalmoil to Hubert. "Ian botuiuet yf"Hlfot Old Dfly pugger" nnd "Xatch
Vhlto rout'. N'ow I vmnf you boya e Under th I nil" aa thejf waued.fi-om
a for the a or Hob's btt-d oid"rnidie' irj. mimo
eao flowera
or I know alio num. na
rtWf oWrmvhtrrnn mwiidll-
'-.an aitd still b brothers" And
the "War of the nosea" was enrrled
Into Middle and Wst Tenneaaev.
Tt r H ' tnri!- npr il""nnt coV--i
" ertton ot the state. At
t- -mint ih-e a wocslon
'iting to bo headed by each randi-
t i eBoetivelj-. Bl iiriec was
alwai bedet-kel with white togas knd
white bunting and drawn by eight
hite hnraea with white plume while
the band wagon and every vehicle In
Hue behind Wrh decorated with white
tttnbhtiiut tf the campaign. A Iin of
yelling marehera would extend a mile
aometitneN two mil according to
the also of tho town. A good Idea of
AUh proeeatilon can be drawn by attb-
atltutlng ml rosea mid red plume
shortening the line by hIkxu half
Tenneivee didn't have a league to vote
on At that time or an extravagant ad-
ministration to denounce. There were
no huiUiinuH In the mate Inrg-e enoucli
to qecoptmotlnte thu crowdn.
The rival crowds would surge to.
gether around aome elevated lilat-
form and the sifuktr at times could
not be heard above the din of mn-
vulsed muliiiudr Alf ns unfortun-
ate In h;i-.ing te Mliallt I number of
nosi'ailt liiftl' t '
Both fh candidate were good story
teller aw! the tf that told the most
waa suio to gain certain vote. Atf
spent hia time at the dance telling
. . .v .!!!. H"b of 'set this ad
antage vith hlleitoua danep tunes
h ii 'i i-'f leporied to have pro
bilmed the wik-s of the moonshiner
idimii.dth ghl throughout Ten-
ju;hee. Puli H'its eteinatly getting off t Prae-
tu'ul joke and the victim never knew
when It wan going to 1h- ptung. There
ai Minn iniifaiiilnn to 1m done in
tlfi remote wetloim of the t.ite. On
lber ii. i band Alf tr-iveled in the
uti me buggy one da. aft r trovi ling
ovir the worst Imuginuhle ioud. they
at lived at n pliue thnt o- inviting
lpv .Ked to be put up all night.
The ownei a UfelotiK Kepiibtb-au alart
ly coliaeoti-d to l.eti th i
Afiei eupiKi lhe Het taken to a
n otu mmtalr" and went lo Ix-d r ill
r. Next morning Boh rm at i o"-
. loek. dleHed and slipped out. bt.iug
h in dei M ! t hiioiiitg usi ..iilv
i in! man mn Alt wu liort mid frtf
I '. Jttli wan at (till time tull and
i .j. i !' 'I ! tb v.ni i'' nd
Ull !. 1.1 'ge 11 llll Ul Ul 'llMWIinil .111
Hod Crosi Course in llninje HyploJio
nnd Cure or tho Hick-
More than 3G.0Q0 women in the
Southwestern Ulvision of the Ameii-
can Bed Crow have nmlrlcutated In
Courses of Home Hyniene and Care of
the sick according to figure compiled
at Southwestern Division Headiiuar-
34 tei-a In St. Louis which Were made
'I ... . .... rfl... flmtMA. ....1. till.
PUOIIC lOUIl. I lie MS""1' vw.. -
period up to Oootober 1 ttist.
During this time IC22 classes were
held by .170 chapter- the figure snow.
The tnstruetora in each of the classes
were registered Hod Cross nurses.
TMiiwi. who nttonded the elnsse
wur. ulinwn various thine to be dolte.
and how. they should be done in the
are of the slckthlnga heretofore
known und practiced py jiroiesBiuuiii
nuraea alinost excluslveiv .ne worn-
. o 1 nn 11 II tl II
en also tenrneu maviem " ""' "
uanitHtinti :iu reuardH their homea
which doubtleeH will prove ot great f
aid In warding off disease
While tho thlnga taught tlie women
in the classes will not make them en-
tirely callable of nursing aa It la prac-
ticed by profeeslonalK. yet they do
learn what to do In cVitue of Hlnew or
dtnator in tholr homea. until a doctor
may be omtfdniilim -addition to the
anttary meuatirea.
This branch or Jtwl Croa work t
viewed a one of tho moat Important
of the organisation. The womi n
trained thua ate expected to prove of
Invaluable aid to the organisation in
ta health program for the division
which la eoniempfctted In the peace-
time nitivltle of the Red Croea.
The Home HyKiene and Care of the
Sick course are becoming more und
more popular throughout the dltlslon
and It la expected that each month
uilt find hundreds ol studenta addeil
to them
C7
res
Jin Everyday Food
which besides being unusually
delicious combines health and
alities.
strength-buildi
Gr.
l"Pu
tTm.MmW' li m I
tftractive wheat a
motpood neeos ao
fp ft contains itsf
bne from the jra
l iJvrfG'f'-
ts
mis a
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enin
deve
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E&sy
Moderate mprice
A Food Youre Sure To Like
nd malt-
sweet-
own sucjar
ins in mak-
Nb waste
Made by
Postum Cereal Co.IncBattle Creek.Hch.
SuitSeUin
ON ACCOUNT OF OUR
Suit Sale
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Is making new
Department.
other thgl
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m mM.r m jtx I tr 1
JAT I ilie Ul LWfLll
Vfje Have Orily
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our Clothing
Marx a n d
in
eduction i
. Early selections
se best.
About 325 Suits i
Divic
Four Big Value-Giving Lots That Will
he closed out as follows:
R
Stouts Stuhs Slims and
Regular Models from
Americas best Clothiers
Lotl
Choice
Lot 2
Choice
Lot 3
Choice
Lot 4
Choice
$27.50 $37.50 $47.50 $57.50 I
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Abilene 0vls Hold
MembershipJ5ai;ade
Dinner and Dance
Headed iiy the Abilene Concert
lUnd and with a membership cam-
paign bannei prominently displayed
about ZOO Abilene Owls punulml th
atreeta of the city Thursday afternoon.
The membership cninpalKn which
liaa been otiniluctud by the order sinca
its onpiithtation her several weeka
ii ko ha resulted In the enllstlUR of
350 members. The goal ta t at iOU
and thooampnlBu will be continued to
uecomplbih thla end.
1'ollowiiiK the parade Thursday af-
ti i noon the Owl unjoyed a dance at
thu Owls' Hall which waa largely at-
tended by mambera and tholr eueau.
fi.ilovved by a aupper at the Munhat-
ttu Cufa
si MICH COVfl.Vims 1'OIt
.SI ISSIXtJ St2ilUK 1 '.S
NOUTH I'AIlIt SCHOOli
lIOAItl) IX STATI
LMHNr
Tiv compulsory torm of tht Nhrtli
Park school wilt begin November 3U
m -irillnK to nnnouiiceinnt by th
Mchoot board. farmer patfoubsing
the nchoul are iiraed to hurry throdfch
with their cotton pieKlna o na to per-
mit the children to start the term on
the date mentioned The boaid'a
statement follows:
"Th eompUlMury term' of our pub-
lic school will bejftn. Monday Noveti-
br S3
We will be fixed to take cure of all
who are entitled lo our school. Hush
your cotton picking uild Ket the
children In sehooU"
llAY.MO.VI HTKVKNH IN
imow.vKi) in rvici-: auhtin
The beKlunlliiC of the eomputooiy l.tnion.
AH8T1X. TexiiH Nov. 12. Itay-
liuntil Hteveiis of Cleburne fre-h
man at mien t at the tinlveraity of Te-
nfe vvaa drowned In I-nku Austin thin
tnorntnv when a .canoe In whfoh he
'iid three .other HtudentH were crosa-ina-
the lake capslnnt. The party had
just started on a duck hunting expo-
term was set at a late date hi order.io
ttci ommodate farmers who need thili
children to help nntlitr their cotton.
We find that almost all will he able
to net through by the StSud and hi
earnestly solicit your co-operation m
putting into effect the compubeu v
w liool attendance law on that date
ArranKemrnis ar being made to
put on an extra Jeucber In order !
relieve the crowded mlidltlon of t!
lovver trrade.
Sievetis hndy
ered.
htiH not been reeov-
To Ti-bt l.lipior UuIIim;
COI.UMUUH. Ohio Nov. 12 Smt
to test the recant rullntr of the pro
hlblUon enforcement bureau prohlb-
MIiik the sl of in a it extract and hop
to anyone eci;i't confectlonera and
. iMtr.rr.ui'ci-: to hi:
SHOWN Tt) INVnSTOItS
WAaiHNOTON. I). C. Nov 12-
KlieaklriK for the Aemrlcnn group of
ImtiKi-i-M In the consortium for China
Toman W. Ijtmont or New York de-
clared In a lettter mndu public here
today by the Far Kast Commercial i
telllKence norvlce that no prefercno
will be extended to any particular bus-
liiesa Intcreata In lite undertaklnga that
arc contemplated. Ho said tho am
1m to aid China In devulopint: ur
great liaauc enlirprirt such aa inf-na
Of communication etc an at th. s r
time to protect lioth China nnd ti
foreign inventor who ptirclmsa i. r
bonds.
rjiy Off 1.300 31 KX
AI.i'OONA Pvmu Nov. 13 An-
nounevineut was made at tho Penivol-
vanbt rullroua offices here today uu'
1.3D0 mep In tho AUoonu ahopa.
lmkeiH was Mud In the United H'i'- teu pei cent of tho force would lo
cuurt lure today by a local dlstrtbut-(laid off November 16. All deput-
ing company. I innts ate atft cted
CUICAQO. Nov. Ii!. Search direct-
1 frum the Orent Iikwa naval train- (
nr station at Iake llluff llllnulH.
renewed early today fin the .-.in-
whit h haa been mlsalng from th-
iu..n biiur Wtdneaday.
V litt i (old and rising wind add-
i to the raging aeaa. can mm I t.ie
b.indontng of the reacua work 1-'
wight.
The liiisstnt? men ajo Lieut. Harrv
i: Ham pilot of ijike Porei Id '
Kuaigii Kdwm N Clark of Paaria Ul.
nut Oiinerg II it- John Caeamr -if
Holy Wiod Illmoi Tha espetlition
! tt un a tour ut r.-oniwlsain - tsi -fuits
to reach the aiMt wharw th
re lat Mit near Two Hivem. Wi '
wer in even tad by luad weathar j
Personals
I-
Born to Mr and Mrs. David Kuuff-
man. Jr.. a tea pound son Thursday
nitjrnink'. Kuvember 11. at u'clo- k
Th young maa lua bea named nviti
5ott
MPX JAMES4 M COX
DAYTON O. Probably this
should be a sob story but It
isn't. It la icaraly a picture story
-the picture of Mrs. James M. I
Cox taken just after she learned
Hard in ir vas elected. i
TJie trife of the goyernor ot
Ohio saw tie propect of living la
Vashingtoa as the first lady ot
the land loom In the future; aad
she saw it fade away. She dis-
Biased the White House wltlj
waile.
A Real Welcome
A Warm Handclasp
A Smije jjMat Imn
6iVi5tt&
"Kte.WvoSWt:
mvcv
Cor. 8th & Oak
16.3 -!
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INTROatJtTORY. SALE
Hal! Price jttifffltfflf Overcoats
Everything in our completetock of Men's and
Boys' Clothing andFurpWnings is included in
this big sale. At 3 goaTsmashing reductions.
REMEMBER THE PLACE
THE QUALITY STORE
Where Your Dollar has More Cents
1021 South 1st Street Opposite T. & P. Depot
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