The Abilene Reporter. (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 24A, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 4, 1896 Page: 4 of 4
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Tuesday's News.
X K. Trent of Kslot wns in
-town today.
3). P. White took yesterday's
train for Big Springs.
Our friend Judge Cleitt came
upfront Baird this afternoon.
Mrs. .lake Garnott came home
Ibis morning from a visit west.
Mr. Eugene Wood of Waco
came in on the afternoon train
today.
Chas. Davis collector of the
yort at El Paso came in on the
morning train.
Charley Crowley one of the
Importer's good friends was in
ixom Clyde today.
Newman Bales and family are
visiting the family of John D.
Stinchcomb Jr.
Simmons College trustees held
a meeting today. We have not
learned what was done.
Porcy Roberts of Kansas City
arrived this afternoon to visit his
cousin. Digby Roberts.
Miss Blanch Knause of Jim
Ned and Miss Maud Hill of our
city are visiting friends in Cisco.
L. A. Pires an insurance ad-
juster was in the city yesterday.
Dallas is his headquarters.
R M. Collins after two months
traveling for the Texas Stock
Journal is at home for a few
days.
J. V. Cunningham will go to
Dallas tomorrow and from there
to Comanche to visit his mother
and other relatives.
Mr. Henry Burton of Alaba-
ma who is visiting his daughter
at Baird came up this afternoon
to si?ud a few days with his
cousin. Sheriff Cook.
Col. Holt and Dr. and Mrs.
Mouzon came in this afternoon
from Georgetown where they at-
tended the commencement ex-
ercises of Southwestern Univer-
sity. Dr. Ward went out to his farm
today to look after the harvest-
ing of his 150 acre crop of wheat
which began on Saturday. He
lias also a fine crop of oats we
Jearn.
Prof. Chatfield came up from
Baird yesterday to see about
renting a home for himself and
two or three other families that
are coming here with him to put
their children in schooL The
Professor returned to Baird this
morning and will come up again
in a few days to complete ar-
rangements. Mr. Walker of Arkansas who
las spent a few weeks in our
city and country the guest of
bis old friend C. P. Warren
took the train today for his
home. He expressed great ad-
miration for our beautiful fertile
and healthful country and we
understand has made up his
mind to dispose of his interests
in Arkansas andcometolive here.
.He is a prominent business man.
A Colorado city papor says:
R. H. Igan of Abilene brought
in 78 Is and is Saturday from
Fisher county which he has bold
to A Retan at private figures.
Mr Logan says Fisher is devel
oping rapidly as th bet stock
farming county in West Texas
and that there are few jxistures
in the county that will average
over six sect tans. The cattle of
Uiat county are being graded up
to u ery high standard and the
stock fanners are prosperous
and happy;
The Sluikers have made a dis-
covery which is destined to ac-
complish much good. Realizing
that thijM-'-fourth of all our suffer-
ing arise from btomach troubles
that the country is literally filled
with people who cannot cut and
digest food without subsequently
suffynng pain und distress and
that many are starving wasting
to mere skeletons because their
food does them no good they
have devoted much study and
thought to the subject and thy
Tesult is this dicovery of the Di-
gestive Cordial
A little book can by obtained
from your druggist that will point
out the way of rolief at once. An
investigation will cost nothing
and will result in juucb good.
ChUdren all hate to take Castor
OH but not Laxol which 'is pala-
wuiu.
Nugent Notes.
Nugent Juno 1.
Editor Reporter:
It has mined und re-rained since
my last notes and farm w6rk was
on a standstill for a few day$ but
the wind und sun dried the
ground very fast and the farmers
now are all busy as bees.
Grain cutting has begun and
farm hands are in demand.
The weed crop has disapieared
considerably and if it don't rain
this week their umvoleomo visits
need not be feared any more.
Mrs. P. M. Johnson who is
visiting the family of Dr. God-
win will return Thursday to her
home in Howard county. She
seems well pleased with Jones
county and the people she met
while here.
Mrs. J. T. Wagner has beon
quite sick but is- better now.
A young Miss Carr made her
appearance on the "uth inst und
we are sorry to say the father is
not all smiles on account of the
sex of the new coiner. Cheer up
Mr. C. there may be some good
in the female sex.
Mrs. W. D. BerryhUl was visit-
ing Mrs. Godwin the first of the
week.
Mrs. Karnes is still bedfast.
The ladies and children of leis-
ure of Nugent went over on
Deadman fishing yesterday and
were well repaid by catching a lot
of large perch.
The fruit crop is fineand plums
and early poaches are getting
ripe.
There is some complaint of a
new kind of worm eating up the
young cotton. Hope it won't do
much damage.
The .election of school trustees
will come off Saturday. Our
scholastic census is tome larger
than last year.
It is to be hoped that we will
have a longer school term this
year than last.
Nothing more worthy of note
so will bid you adieu for the pres-
ent. Susanna.
In Memorium.
Died: In Dallas Texas Fri-
day evening May it 1K7 Nora
D. Daugherty in the 21st year of
her age eldest daughter of J.
M. and Bettie Daugherty.
For many weary months she
has suffered the depth of which
suffering none but a pitying God
could know; yea the agony of a
lifetime was crowded into one
short year yet with that forti-
tude so peculiar to womankind
without a murmur she suffered
and waited waited for the silent
messenger from out the pearly
gates where a crucified Redeemer
stands waiting to welcome the
ransomed ones of earth's sorrow-
ing children. Over the lofty
gem-set battlements of heaven
lean white-robed angels and afar
off through the dreary mist that
hangs like a pall between earth
and paradise they see the spirit
of the loved one coming. And
then the glad shout goes up from
a million throats "Throw wide
the gates! Here is one of our
Master's beloved of earth. " Up "
up sqo speeds to the foot of the
great white throne where in all
His majesty sits the Redeemer
of a lost World the blessed Sav
ior wno suttered a siiumeiul
death on Calvary's rude cross.
See liis hands! Sec his feet!
Those Wounds were made for
your sake and mine. Nora is
with Him. Could you ask for
more oh ye rebellious ones of
earth':1 No more sorrow no more
suffering no more tears but
peace everlasting peace that
passeth understanding.
The above is a clipping from a
pajer not known to us and was
written by a friend of the sub-
ject We reproduce it with a
short history of the fatal malady
omitted.
Lytic Luke is now a fact -that
is tho place Is ready for a lake to
form there tho dam and spillway
being complete ami ready for
any llood tllat muy choose to
come meandering down that
mountain stream. Tho timber
lias been cleared off tho basin
tho old bridge moved and every
body is ready for the rains to
come from heaven to fill tho va-
cancy except tho farmers up
Lytic who would like to finish
harvesting before any heavy ruins
come. We can well afford to
wait on them at least for a few
weeka as our supply of water In
the city 1s ample
General 5nylcs.
General John Sayles was born
on tho Oth of March 1825 in
Vernon Oneida county N. Y.
and died on the 22nd of May
181)7 in Abilene Texas.
On his father's side ho was a
defendant of Roger Williams
whoso character of Christian
charity and eatholto toleration
ho inherited in an unusual de-
gree. On his mothers's side ho
was a great grand son of tho
celebrated missionary John Sear-
gent and was related to the
scholarly families of Edwards
Dwight and Sedgwick.
His education gained in an
academy in his native town and
in Hamilton college gave him tho
basis upon which to rear tho
structure of a life so replete with
pure and lofty principles so per-
meated with lovo to God and man
that to know him intimately "wns
to have the standard of manhood
elevated and ennobled.
His fathor though a prominent
physician of New York wis in
later life a man of limited means
and in his early life General Say-
les began to hew his own path in
life his first efforts being the
teacher's desk as a stepping stone
to the attainment of the legal
profession. The year 1844 he
taught in Georgia and continued
the work after coming to Texas
in 145 and studying his profes-
sion diligently during theseyears
he was in lb45 admitted to the
bar.
In lb49 he married the noble
woman who held undivided sway
over his heart for forty-eight
years. Miss Mary Gillespie
the only child of Mr. Barry
Gillespie a prominent lawyer
of Washington county. Soon
after this event he formed a
co-partnership with his father-in-law
which association contin-
ued until the death of the latter
in lrl: after which he associa-
tied himself professionally with
W. T. McFarland and in W7u
with B. H. and Jefferson Bassett
and lastly on his removal from
Brenhamin lb6to Abilene at the
same time with that of his son
Henry from Galveston the firm
of Sayles & Sayles was formed
lasting to his death.
On making his home in the
south he became truly southern
in his views and in the sad strug-
gle of lb61 commanded the mili
tia" as a brigadier general and
later became adjutant general on
the staff of Gen. Magruder 4n
the defense of the "Lost Cause."
General Sayles was a member
of the fifth legislature l-CS 35
and was charirman of the sub-
committee to which was referred
the criminal codes reported to
that legislature. With this ex-
ception he showed no taste for
political preferment but gave this
home and his profession his au-
di vided attention.
To quote exactly from The
Bench and Bar of Texas" by
James D. Lynch from which so
many of the above facts have
been taken:
"As a lawyer General Sayles
was brilliant and profound He
had matured every principal fea-
ture of law and his- familiarity
with fundamental principles tho
philosophy of legal science and
tho decisions of tho courts fur-
nished him with a store of prece-
dent from which his genius
never failed to model an apt anal-
ogy. He was quick to percoivo
tho substance and character of a
proposition and his powers? of
analysis readily penetrated tho
most complex questions of law
and fact His cases were care-
fully and thoroughly prepared
not only to avail himself fully of
tho merits of his own side of tho
question but to untieiiato the
points made by his adversary.
Ho embodied his thoughts with
tho interest of his clients and
clung to their cause wilh the fi-
delity of a zealot. His arguments
were always logical and closely
woven and tho presentation of
Ids cases clear and convincing. '
WlUlo unfaltering and indo-
Iftttigablein his fidelity to his pro
fession he engaged as well iu 13-
gal authorship hnvtifg written
the following works;
Treatise on the 'Praotico in tho
District and Supremo Courts of
Texas tho first edition in 1857
followed by several Others.
'Treatise on tho Civil Jurisdic-
tion of Justices of the Peace in
tho State of Texas' several edi
tions the first in 1807.
Treatise on the Principles of
Pleading in Civil Actions in tho
Courts of Texas several editions
the first in 1872.
The Probate Laws of Texas
1871.
The Constitution of Texas with
Notes sevorul editions.
Laws of Businoss and Form
Book 1872. I
Notes on Texas Reports 1874.
Annotated Civil Statutes 1870.
Digest of tho Decisions of the
Supreme Court of Texas.
Treatise on tho Laws of Real
Estate.
Early laws of Texas.
Annotated Civil Statutes to
date just finished
These works of greatest value
are considered authority and are
in general use throughout the
state and are found in most of
the state libraries of our country.
As a Mason he embodied in
a high degree the grand funda-
mental principles of the frater-
nity always in thought work
and deed practicing its life giving
doctrine charity.
In 1832 he was he was Grand
Master of the Grand Lodge of
Texas and aside from his legal
writings has written a work on
the Masonic Jurisprudence of
Texas which ran through several
editions.
Of General Sayles as a citizen
a friond a father and a husband
who can do him justice'''
As a citizen in the smallest par-
ticular upholding the honor and
dignity of tho law scrupulously
careful that unto others wus
given what was due to the
last farthing and had in casts of
need help and sympathy always
ready.
For a friend he worked as for
his own no trouble too great no
responsibility too heavy if by
such means a friend could be
helped. The widow and the fath-
erless knew him and knowing
him thanked God on bended knee
that in the world there yet re-
mained men made after the Di-
vine pattern.
As a father let the sacred rev-
erence given his smallest wishes
let tho survival of the loving
principles the broad humanity
the far reaching generosity and
rarer tlian all the unselfish mag-
nanimity of the father in the sons
and daughters attest the tender
wise influence in his family life.
As a husband only the bleed
ing heart of the frail gray haired
wife who for almost half a cen-
tury walked the paths of life by
his side his other self only she
could sound the depths of his
protecting love and sympathy
no expression of career plin was
too small to bo soothed by his
tenderness Tho subject is too
sacred only Christ can soothe
tho suffering there.
Among his papers is found a
Life of Christ written for his
own use fin 'tho conducting of a
Bible class in tho Presbsterian
chinch at Bronlmm at that- time
in tho pastoral care of Warner-
B. Riggs. His gratification at tho
completion of tho tasteful church-
ly building was great and his in-
terest in all pertaining to it was
zealous.
Often expressing a wish to "die
in harness'' it is a comfort thai
no lingering suffering taxed tho
feeble strongtli of his last days
but Joavinghis waiting table but a
fow minutes before his tired
heart stopped Us work the noble
spirit was released from its fet-
ters and now from just beyond
the veil hereall'es tho sentiment
written by himself on u fragment
of luipor and I found after his
death in one of his books?
"tho river at the ford
whore wo shah bo compelled to
give the. pass "vprd.
it a btautivl btlitf
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