The Abilene Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, November 5, 1897 Page: 4 of 8
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ABILENE REPORTER.
PUBLISHED BY
15 jfbilene JPrnfity Company.
1 Shook & Kiefeh Pkopiuetoks
L. B. Shook Editor.
Geo. S. Anderson Manage
The Jones County News is now
an qSght page five column paper
and seems to bo prospering.
The edict has gone forth that
all tramps who hit Abilono must
at once hit the road again or go
to work on tho streets. They
cost Abilene hundreds of dollars
last winter and our city govern-
ment has determined to save
that expense the coming winter.
Feed crops never fail in this
part qf West Texas as many far-
mers who have been here for
years can testify. A ten year
boy cau plant and Cultivate
enough sorghum to feed milk'
cows hogs. horses etc for the
biggest family in this country
which on account- of its extreme
healthfulness is noted for Jarge
families.
If people could get to heaven
upon the faults of others the
bounds of that haven would
have to be -greatly enlarged.
There is a large class that never
brings forward any excuse for
ill conduct but the shortcomings
of others and it seems to bo
rapidly growing. They magnify
their neighbors' sins and minify
their own. If a man can not
prove a Clear alibi .his neighbors
as a ruleare ready to believe any
allegation against him without
reference to his past upright
life.
They are all talking about it.
They can ask a hundred ques-
tions in as many seconds and the
subject never tires them. "We
mean the Abilene conntry of
course. They tell of their hard
work and poor returns their
chills their fevers their pneu-
monia their hundred ills includ-
ing high rents wet northers etc
and so they are talking about
the land of sunshine good grass
healthful climate and pure air.
They want to come and they
would come if they could secure
a patch of land to farm and any-
thing like an apology for a house
to live in. Hundreds of In-
dustrious renters are scattered
over the black lands between Ft.
Worth and Austin that would
come here . if they could get
places to farm. Men who own
.good teams and wagons and who
pay their debts and who
under the favorable conditions
existing here would soon be able
to buy farms and make comforta-
ble homes. Again we call upon
pur land owners around this
town to cut it up into small
iarins put up houses.and rent it.
This is your opportunity to
double the population of this
country in a feW years. "Will you
doit?
It does an Abilene man good to
visit other portions of the country
and compare our prospects with
those of districts where lands
and rents are high schools no
better health not so good and
climate far less pleasant in both
winter and summer. In the
black land belt of our state crops
are far behind ours and one man
cultivated a much smaller acre-
Mge in everything. The man
who farms hero can cultivate
three acres to better advantage
than one in tho black waxy dis-
trict. No man need fail to make
crops of sorghum Oriental corns
and cotton even in the dryest
seasons we ever have in this
country.'if he will plow his land
before tho winter rains and use
surface cultivation so as to save
the moisture through tho dry
months. For a certain and prof-
itable return every year the
country around Abilene averages
above any portion of the state
unless It be irrigated lands.
'When a man can make enough
cotton on one hundred acres to
pay for three hundred all fenced
and a hundred and twenty In
cultivation in one season which
has been uono this year In four
miles of Abilene almost anyoue
can afford to buy a farm.
A man can havo cows and liogf
In this country and with those
and poultry ho is about as nearly
independent on u farm as one
over gots in this world.
One of tho strong proofs ol
blindness of peoplo who delight
iu the stories of tattlers is. that
thoy aro always surprised that
tho guns aro trained upon them
Tho mnn or woman who will ruin
your neighbors' reputation will
ruin yours if an opportunity pre-
sents itself.
Many half starved people in
our cities prefer starvation there
to plenty in tho country. Nearly
all the really poor in America are
found in our cities and tho move
niont to colonize them in this
country is a most eoinnieudable
one. Tho Salvation Army is to
be congratulated upon its work
in that direction and should be
aided in every way by all who
have the good of their kind at
heart. It will require a great
deal of money to inaugurate the
movement but if the colonists
can half make a living the first
few years it wiU'be cheaper than
to feed and keep them warm
through the cold weather in our
big cities. .
The man who has a quarter
section of good laud in Taylor Oi
any adjacent county can make
himself independent of the whole
world unless he has to spend too
much time on the street corners
saving the Country. Let hjtn
fence his whole tract put in
what land he can properly culti-
vate and use the balance for pas-
ture. He can. grow hogs to make
his meat and lard to use for all
purposes. A few cows will fur
nish milk and' butter for his fam-
ily and he will have yearlings to
sell to help out in cash purchas-
es. A few acres t in fwheat in-
sures bread and thus he Is inde-
pendent of grocers for his living
unless.it be for coffee and sugar.
Pork eggs milk butter home
grown molasses to start on at
home the farmer's children are
not going to suffer. An acre in
fruitand vines makes him safe
for desert and ten acres of five
cent cotton will buy all the
clothes the family heeds. Thus
his family is provided for Jy his
pasture fiye acres in wheat and
ten in cotton so that all the bal-
ance of the farm can be used for
profit. If. there are boys a great
deal more land can be worked
but forty acres will make enough
to satisfy an ordinary family and
to insure prosperity. If you
think this a fancy picture look
around and see. We do not count
farmers who are also curbstone
patriots.
E. G. Senter is wasting his
talent in a law office and we do
not mean any disrespect or non-
appreciation of the high talent
necessary to a successful lawyer.
We simply mean that Mr. Sen-
ter is better fitted for a journalist
than for any other calling. His
"Rifle Balls" in Texas Farm and
Ranch go straight to the mark.
Read one:
He that regardeth the clouds
shall not sow. All that man has
to do with life is to plant and cul-
tivate water toil and hope. The
results belong to God and the
future. Only in exceptional
cases does he survive to see and
enjoy them. Shakespeare lived
and died an insignificant person-
age among his fellows with his
ambition ungratined; Napolean's
last days were spent in specula-
tion as to whether future ages
would think of him as an etuperor
or as an outcast. Over all hangs
the heavy cloud of an ominous
but impenetrable fate which
speaks only of discouragement
und despair. From within not
ton without must corau the
t vitality and energy that quuil
not before tureats and clouds
and reverses. Faith in Cod and
faith in one's self which Is Us
sequltur constitute the stalwart
supports of indoninitable will and
unflagging hope. Look not to
the cjouds whence shadows
come but look boyoud the clouds
beyond tho brief stretch of timo
that you have to live. If you
sow and toil there will be reap-
ing. Yon may not see it or
share in It but what of that?
ffava you uqt reajwd from other's
sowing-?
Doesnuyono in Abilono still be
lievo that tho bogging tramp
wants work? If so objoot les-
sons aro Of no avail for our farm-
ers aro witucssos that not ono of
thoCoxoy army that has novor
quit inarching' will taken job at
.jood wages. To feed such mon is a
orimo and good people should
refuse to doit hereafter.
The hen is now receiving much
attention In tho press gohornlly.
Senter claims that ouo able
bodied hen will earn more clear
money than au aero of fivo-cent
cotton. That depends. There
aro heus and hens: and thoro are
acres and acres. "Wo have had
dozens of able bodied hens that
never earned one half their feed
to say nothing of the worry of
cariugfor them. Tho hen is a
"notiouuto" critter and goeson a
strike at the most inconvenient
season. She generally strikes
when eggs ate at tho highest
figure and when they can not be
sold for freights sho works day
and night Still a fow of. her
tribe shoula inhabit all our
farms.
The Abilene Reporter tho pa-
per that has spent so much time
and interest in the Abilene Fair
and the general. interest of that
city in an "editorial says:
'Abilene can do whatshewants
to do is what we said three
mouths ago and we now em-
phasize that statement."
So far as Abilene has gone
she has done well and weare
ready to aid her in any way but
we would like to see her get ;the
Santa Fe road and that oil mill
then we Will join in with the Re-
porter and say "Abilene can do
what she wants' to do". Buffalo
Gap Messenger.
The oil mill machinery has
been bought ten loads of lumber
shipped and if we do not have the
oil mill at work by Feb. loth. we
will set up the peanuts. As
to the railroad- that will . bo at-
tended to as soon as the fair is
over and we. have a breathing
'spell. All things in good time.
Civilization is just d-iwuing
and at times seems to Hi . on the
wane though this is because
clouds of ignorance cross over
the horizon and obscure the ris-
ing sun. In another century or
two people will look back to the
nineteenth century and wonder
what manner of people we were
to allow au indiscriminate mixing
of the laW. abiding and the crim-
inal classes. A professional thug
and thief is apprehended tried
sentenced serves his terni in
prison is turned loose upon
society allowed to contaminate it
to propagate his kind and. to
spread his poison all over the
world. Such is our- present Idea
of managing criminals. The
weak argument of so-called phil-
anthropists that we must raise
the ono class by amlgamation
with the other is a theory that is
scorned by those who protect
their horses and cattle from the.
taint of scrub blood and is not
even good horse sense. You can
not purify a foul pool by putting
Clearwater into it butKeepclean
water pure by preventing its
contamination. No father wants
to reform a horse thief by marry-
ing his pure and spotless daugh-
ter to the thief. We must separate
criminals from honest-men.
Tired people are tired because
they have exhausted their
strength. The only way for
them to get strong is to eat
proper food.
But eating is not all. Strength
Comes from food after digestion.
Digestion is made easy with
Shaker Digestive Cordial.
Peoplo who get too tired die.
life is strength. Food is tho
maker of strength. Food is not
food until it is digested.
Tired pale thin exhausted
sick sufferers from indigestion
can be cured .by the use of Shak-
ers Digestive Cordial.
It will revive their spent ener
gies refresh and invigorate
thorn create new courage on
duruiico and strongtli all by
helping their stomache to digest
their food.
It aids nature und this is the
host of it It gives immediate
relief and with persevorence
permanently cures.
Sold by druggists Trial hot-
I tie 10 cents-
Abtlene Cotton flarkct.
Tho tendency is still down
and tho best posted judges think
that wo cannot hopo for any ral
ly before January 1st A fow
days ago tho editor visited cen-
tral Texas and mado a poidt of
asking for information upon tho
prospects of tho staple. Tom-
plo in tho midst of a big cotton
producing district with several
oil mills at least two compresses
competing linos of railway buy-
ors of Jill kinds and located near-
ly 800 milos nearer tide water
was paying on Saturday 43 for
midling which wo aro informed
was about tho price paid in Abi-
lene. We aro porsuaded that our
merchant buyers have added
several points to what would
havo been the ruling prices had
only foreign buyers been in tho
market We aro of tho opinion
that all has been paid here that
tho market would bear. Alto-
gether the cotton planter in this
country has fared much bottor
than those in tho so-called cot-
ton bolt. We have hud more
favorable weather for harvesting
with uo killing- frost while lato
reports from' many cotton cen-
ters show that tho top crop is
ruined by heavy frosts. . Rains
and high winds had previously
greatly: damaged that which had
opened some crops being prac-
tically ruined. Tho bears still
claim a ten million bale crop
though fi'ost has done damage
in restricted areas in many por-
tion of the South and we are
Confident that the next govern-
ment estimate will be consider?
able reduced which may possib-
ly briug the staple up a few
poiuts. In tliis market theprices
siuco Monday have ranged from
4:25 to 5:3a but on Thursday at
3:110 p. m when this report was"
written the prices ranged from
4:25 to 5:00 a fow bales selling
on Wednesday at 5:25. Up to 8
p. m. Thursday of this week 9218
bales has been weighed into our
yards which is -something less
than hulf tl Uic ustiuiated re-
ceipts for the season.
"Wheat is selling at 75 to S3'
cents per bushel No. 2 going at
SI to 83. Flour is not so high as
a few weeks ago say" 1Q cents off.
Very little grain of anyother
kind is being handled.
Cap'tJohffD. McCamant's Mus-
ter Roll.
An old document came into bur
hands today It is the original
muster roll of Captain McCam-
ant's company organized at
Greenville Texas' July 19th
1862. His company was muster-
ed into General Pike's division
and as will be seen was compos-
ed of mostly young mon tho
Captain being but 27 years of age
at the time. He is now and has
been for 12 years an honored
citizen of our country owning
and living upon a farm at the his-
toric Phantom Hill fort whore
General Robert E. Lee was sta-
tioned and yhere ho wroto and
sent in his resignation us an offi-
cer in tho Federal army. Cup-
tain McCaraant is in possession
of the roll because of tho omis-
sion of somo necessary official
names as tho adjutant's lotter
explains. His roll was- compli-
mented in tho lettorx very highly
you will also notice. Ho tells
as that fully half of his old
company still live among them
being Jasper S. Brumley father
of Mrs. Barry of this city ana
grandfato." to Miss Hindu Barry
ono of our popular teachers in
tho Abilono Public Schools. Tho
following is the roster of tho
company officer's tho numbor
aitor each namo being tho ago of
that member:
John D. McCamanti 27 Cap't.-
P. H.W. Sponcor 25 First Lieut;
I. Nowton Harrison 25 sec.
Thornton Pollard 110: 3rd
Jas. H. Jorlngon 22 1st Sorg't
V. R S. Howell 21 2nd ;
Benjamin S. M.ooro 21 3d j
RodoUmlu Lindly 27 4th ;
Joseph Roby 27 Dth M ;
D. W. Yeargor 31 1st Corp;
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John F. FatrchUdS 81 4th " .
Captain MoCutnaut will bo horo
on Confo.dornte day of tho Fair
and will havo tho original with
htm. Tho following oxiict copy
of a letter from tho nsS't adju-
tant gdtiorul to tho Captuhu
"Headquarters Trans-Mississippi
Dop't
Little Rock Ark. Nov 28 1802.
Captain:
Yours of 17th inst enclosing
muster rolls of your company
has boon roe'd and I am sorry to
havo to roturn them to you but
it is necessary thoy should bo
signed by the mustering oflUjer
captain Marshall havo that
done aud rotiirn them to mo and
I will forward copy to the In-
spector Goneru) .
Thoy are by far tho best mado
out rolls I havo Soon wita ono ex-
ception and yours aro equally as;
good.
I am Captain vory rospt
Your obedient servant
S. S. Anderson
Ass't Adj' Gon'l
To Cap't Jno D. McCamaut"
Mr. McCamuntwusafterwsrds
promoted to the rank of Major
served through the war and af-
terwards engaged in commercial
pursuits until twelve years ago
the health of his Wife compelled
him to locate on a" farm and he
has since improved three farms
doing much Qf the work with his
oyn hands. Although ho was in
the sorvice of his country when
thoabovo letter was ' written 35
years ago he is still an active
man and wo are glad to say
many years of useful life appear
still- to be his portion. Ho
speaks of his "boys" in his old
company with much affection
and their names will over be
greeu in his memory. He is
lbved by his neighbors and no
man stands higher hi the estima-
tion of nil who know him. Be-
sides the officers named above
the- company roster shows 07
others. Wo wish a reunion of
tlie company could be held here
ne.a Fair season. Why not? '
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That Mayors Convention
By letter and through tho col-
umes of The Reporter the. Hon
Mayor of Baird has. several times
suggested that the mayor of Abi-
lene call a .convention of mayors
to meet somo day during the.
fuir.
I havo consulted with sevoral
good citizens of Abilene regard- j
ing the advisability of such a
convention and it is tho opinion
of all with whom I havo talked
that.it would be a timely move;
and xersuant to the authority
given me particularly by the Hon
JudgO and mayor of Baird I
hereby call a convention of the
mayors of tho several towns wish-
ing to participate to meet at
Abilene Wednesday November
10th 1897 at 1:30 P. M at City
Hall and I furthermore supple-
ment this call by inviting tho
Justice of Peaco from each town
having no mayor to meet with
said convention. .
Respectfully
A. M. Robertson
Mayor of Abilene.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Reported by J. II. Pickent &Co. Abitrac-
toro. Deeds fecOrdccTfor week end-
ing Nov. 3 1897.
D. G. Hill to Eulah P. Stlth Jot
4 blk M. subtl lot 2 blk lqa
Abiluno for 125.00
Salllo and Joe Humphreys to
Henry Jamos lots 18 19 and 20
In blk 2 subd of lot I blk 101
AGilono for $125.00.
J. 13 Chandler and wifo to T.
J. Dorris M. R. King sur 481 for
$1000.00.
( T. J. Dorris and wife to N. J.
Roberts part of tho M.P. King
sur 481 forB58.8Q
Mary and J. W. Hampton to
Jas. M Echols part of lot 2 blk
103 Abilono for C300.00.
A. UufTorinun to IL Hoflfor
orinnu V of sec W bile 4 T A p.
Ry Co. for 8100.00
L. H. una J. I Stephenson to
J H. P. Hintoit 81 2nd
John Wllklns 27 3rd
W. H. Elhngor undivided n.
toroBt in Jno. Townsoud sur for
88000.
J. T. Anderson to A. ..7. Horn
lot 1 of Ahdorsons subel of vj
of.Gco. V. whoolock sur for
500.00.
Tho Wostmlnster League of
tho Presbyterian church will
give tin entertainment at tho
residence of Mr. C. W. Roberts
Friday night Nov. 5th. TJio
following grogram will bo given
and nico refreshments served.
Admission 10 cents' Evorybody
invited.
Program.
Annio Lnurio ................
....Miss Mdblo Daughorty.
Song . .Ruth Border.
Recitation . . . .Currio Hurndou.
Valo of Cashmere
Mrs. Morris and Miss Hurt.
Character Duet "Tho Days
of our Youth."
Second Mazurk Godard
Miss Blanche Roberts.
Soug Miss Mablo White.
Espnhitn Waltzes .......
Piano and Guitar.
Last Hymn. .Mrs. J. G Lowdon.
Kentucky Babo.. Jewel Roberts.
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Thursday's nows. continued.
Coldor weathor is. predicted
for touiorrOw.'
The afternoon train is reported
two hours lato..
.Wm.R. Huey camo in yester-
day from Pittsburg to take a
position with 'his uncle L. P.
Ligon. Wo trust he will like Abi-
lene. DonH. forget to hear Gov. Hub-
bard at the.Opora house Friday
night. 130-2t.
J. D.. Donaldson of Truby
come in with 10 bales of cotton
today and sold at 4:90.
W. N. Haney who has bought
land in the south part of this
county will take passage tomor-
row for Fordyce Ark. .vhere he
will wind up his mother's busi-
ness and. she too will come here
to llvo
Samuel Jack who camo hero
from Alma Avk. to visit Allen
Reddell of Cedar Gap was
stricken with speechlessness ami
a pain in his head while ut work
in a cotton field eight weeks ago
and had since suffered with bniiii
fever until last night when
death camo to his relief. It was
reported here that ho did not in
all that timo regain conscious-
ness. A casket was taken Out;
for his body today.
The Press Association.
Let all the editors that possibly
can attend tho meeting of the
West Texas Press Association at
Abilene on the 11th. Work ami
talk for the association porjw?-
tuatoitand next year wo will
havo rf day at tho fair ourselves
and will enjoy oursolves much
better- than attending tho state
press meeting. -Colorado Spokes-
man. '
Thatswhatwo will have and
wo will inako it tho day of all of
the fair.
j .1 -
: Trades Display.
Tho following firms havo al-
ready; jar ranged for proporly
decorated floftt)ittho trades v&
vado a thu Fr: x
Norris Bros.; Sc Myors Abi-
lene Grocery Go Boo Hive
Digby.Roborts fc Co. Pegucs
Bfos.t Bass Bros. Rollins &
Young and John Martin "VHtoS0
Blacksmith'. A who wish to
have a part in this pnrado- unii
all shouhtjw represented -ought'
to at oricojMako.proparutions.
!& ? -flce.
Tho Ly tlo I Water Co positively
prohibit 1-any jnorp hunting 1'
fishing ofcthelr luko pr grounds-
t priyllefce previously give"
are hereby revoked.
Tho in'eniifes tiro posted tuul
any ouykiJiM tho law will ho
probata r 1 12H-UI
LyU water Co.
Per T. Wi Hampton.
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