The Abilene Reporter. (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, September 29, 1899 Page: 4 of 8
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BILEN I REPORTER
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3Rt jfkiUnt Prtnttof Cempmxjr
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Shook Kikpkr Proi'riktoks
L. &$ Shook Editor.
Go. S. Anderson. Managier.
Jkwg Your Cotton.'
Read onr news columns and
"bring oiir cotton to Abllcuo for
jgofcd prices. t Our merchants
paymoro money for vbur co'ton
and sell you vr.hat you want at
lower figures. Wo stand square
ly on that proposition.
STcrrDiGKK
The 'Colorado daily Stockman
comes to us with a new dress a
new bead and other notable im-
provements. The management
( promises to continue the march
'qt improvement in alt lines as
time passes. No other town the
size of Colorado has any such
daily paper as the Stockman and
it is to be congratulated.
A Good Crop.
We were informed that Mr.
J. C Jones on the T. G. Carney
pliiCe had 110 acres in sorghum
and millett this year and that
" with the feed cutoff of ithas built
a walL ten feet high and ten feet
thick around a ten acre plot in
which he will pen his sheep this
winter and then take the world
easy while they eat their way
out. by next spring. Haskell Free
Press.
-"'. At first glance this sounds like
abisrstory but a little' figuring
proves that it not unreason-
able. A cube of eight feet
is calculated to make a ton
and assuming that ten fejet wide
and ten feet high will with the
rounding off of the top average
eight feet on two sides of the
cube then divide the length of
the rick by eight a half mile
Mrv Jones would ave made
three tons per acre no more than
he ought to have made the past
season. .
But the portion of the story
;p; we are interested more especially
in is where his profit comes in
feeding all this good milk pro-
ducing feed to sheep? "Will he
make mutton? Over three hun-
dred tons of sorghum and millet
ought to bring a man a pot of
money. Fed to dairy cows it
ought to bring ten dollars a ton
at the lowest calculation provid-
ed Mr. Jones were in reach of a
.creamery. "We are interested in
that rick of good feed because of
such is to be made the wealth and
lnture piosperity of West
Texas. This particular rick
may be a myth but such
. -can. be made on every quar-
ter section of land in all this
country and there are tons of
jellow gold in such crops tons
we say tons of it.
Hoctbg a Fortune
For most men fortune lies
nearest to them but by far the
larger number look afar off not
dreaming that it is to he found
at iLeir very feet. Hagar found
the well of water in the desert at
her feet and so has nearly every
man found fortune-. Boys grow
up with the idea that they mnst
go far away from the old home
10 find it and learn when too
late that it should have been
sought at home. Towns are
tilled largely with the same idea
. that their prosperity must be
"brought to -them from outside
ne froa "(be north" should
-coe down iavest their money
and make as rich by building fac-
tories and railroads or in some
other way. The Reporter favors
nd has encouraged every effort
of that kind but at the Jsamo
time realizes that nearly al such
efforts will either prove failures
or be so long delayed that many
of ns will be in our graves be-
fore these enterprises can bo
put on foot. But we have oppor-
tunities all around va to im-
prove our condition fortune ly.
Jug under our feet if we only
ieek it. The natural advantages
of cmute and soil and proximity
to caskets place within pur
reach possibilltiba possessed by
few countries in America.
Wo have pointed Out sora& of
those things time a& again ahd
it scorns to spmo that vo should
change ourtunonnd lpt up on
tho old chords but others who
havousod tholr eyes to bettor
purpose tell us to porsovoro
sincd wo are on tho right straiu
and that tho people will finally
uiovo.
Experiments have provon that
no hotter dairying district can
bo found than this. Experience
has taught the people that thoy
need never fail in growiug feed
and forage crops and thoro is
one line in which success is as-
sured. Stockfarming in north-
ern states on land worth forty to
one hundred dollars per aoro
pays bettor than anything ox
copt fruit growing and truck
farmiag In this country we
want to interest the farmers in
dairying aud raising beef cattle
hogs aud a few fine horses and j
mules. There is money by the.
bushel in those lines and we
want to wofk them up. The
well in the desert is at our feet.
listen For It.
Editor Cogdill of the Dickens
Doings seeks death.as the follow-
ing description of a serenade
perpetrated in his town proves:
"Imagine for an instant a dozen
Tom cats with their tails lashed
together suspended head down-
ward from a clothes line and a
pack of long-eard hounds hard in
a bear figtit. being suddenly
ushered into your presence to
break your pleasant connection
with nappy dream land and you
will have a very fair representa-
tion as. compared to the volup-
tiousness of those soul-inspiring
hair raising nerve-shattering
strains that far four long hours
swelled the air in the above men-
tioned locality last Monday night
and sent the canine and feline
population scurrying away to. the
hills in the distance."
Now what do you think of that
for a roast? "We are curious to
know what manner of death will
be meted out to Cogdill whether
he will be given rough on fats
dragged to death by a horse tor-
tured at the stake or blown up
by dynamite.
Tovrn.Bnildicj.
Kaskaskia Illinois is a tum-
bledown dozen houses and is
practically off the maps yet it
once sold goodsto St Louis as
Abilene now sells to points
aroundher. In the same manner
Abilene may become tributary to
some town now unborn and sus-
tain the relation to it that Kas-
kaskia does to St Louis. We do
not predict any such history for
our town but we point out such
apossibilty unless our citizens
continue to push their interests.
"We need two things very much
just now. First more people iu
close proximity to the town and
second better facilities for our
farmers to earn returns upon
their labor..
To secure the first is easy if it
is gone after in the proper way
since it is a well known fact that
hundreds of humeseekers come
here everyyear and that small
inducements would settle them
near ns.
As to the second nature has
provided the means and we have
only to add a little to her work to
make our land produce as well
as the Nile valley A few stor-
age reservoirs would cost less
than we are proposing to give
either of the two railroads which
may never come. We know hy
the results of damming Lytle
that they are practical wo have
other sites where a dam would
cost less money and impound
more water and wo can clearly
see that the returns would justi
fy such investments tho profits
being greater than any usurer
gets on his money at interest.
There are locations where water
can be impounded for ton thous-
and acres for twice that many
dollars and would pay 80 to 50
per cent per annum even with a
very light charso to the farmer
for tho use of water.
Nature makes no mistakes.
This country lies well for irriga-
tion. There are numerous sites
for holding wator until It lanced
cd and the rains doscond overy
year to fill the xoservotrs. We
need moro local trade Wo can
not hopo to rotain tho rotall
trado of ado'zoncountlos forovor.
It is hot possible to do so but it
is possible to till our own terri-
tory with prosporous stockfarnv
ers and duirynion whoso trado
would auiouut to umny times any
wq havo iver had.
Hero is AbUenos opportunity
and if sho novel scoa and acts
upon it so much the worse for
her. Irrigated lands in San
Saba couuty rented for 825 an
acre per annum a few years ago
and thoy are worth $10 dollars
here now or could be mado so.
How do you ask? In butter
making alone alfalfa is worth
$10 an acr9 per annum above the
same land run on rains alone.
An acre of alfalfa proporly wat-
ered will keep more than two
cows the year through wHh one
Crop cut for hay. A gentleman
we named last week mado clear
on beef Stock not good milkers
five dollars per head ou his cows
running on pasture of natural
grasses between May and Sop
teuiber not oounting his skim
milk fed to hogs nor the in-
crease of his stock. Nowa cross
between Jerseys and Durhams
for instance fed on the rich nu-
tritious alfalfa .would at tho low-
est calculation produce fifteen
pounds of butter fat per month
which returns three dollars per
animal or six dollars per acre
every month in the year "the
calves sold for beef paying 'a
handsome return for the care of
the cows aud for handling the
milk. Forty acres of alfalfa
watered will keep a hundred
cows and if you divide the pro-
fits we figure by three you still
have good interest upon a nun-
dred dollars per acre in alfalfa.
Other lines might be figured
the same way but this is a line
that has been tested to the satis
faction of all.
Abilene Cotton Market.
Cottonfis coming rapidly.J 150 to
200 bales beiug sold on our
streets today. Prices are up us
compared with last week very
little selling today Thursday
for less than 6.25 the round bale
ginners quoting at 6.35 to 6.65.-
In square bales 6 50 has been
paid to many parties. Receipts
up to Wednasday night 3254
which today has run up to near
or fully 3400.
Cash for Ponies.
We will be in Abilene on Oct 16
1899 to buy Polo ponies. We
want smooth good looking ponies
between 14 hands 2 inches and 14
hands 1 inch high The ponies
must be fast quick well reigned
and easy to stop and turn either
way. Not under six nor over
ten years old. Fast well trained
cutting ponies prefered. We
will pay good prices for ponies
that suit. Savage & Conover.
39 tf.
niss Bowman Accqultted-
Last night the jury selected to
try tho case of the Statoof Texas
vs. Myrtle Bowman 'brought in a
verdict of "not guilty" to the
charge of arson and tho prison-
er was atonco released. It was
a legal battle of no small demen
sions between tho district and
county attorneys who acquitted
themselves with much credit
and Cockrell & Hardwloko one
of the most noted and sue
cessful legal teams In
Texa the trial lasting two days
Tho verdict ot "twelvo good men
and true" will bo tbo verdict of
all and Miso Bowman walks
forth freo of all chargos evor pre-
ferred against hor in tho courts
of our county. At tho conclu-
sion of this case the court called
the State vs Toy Pattorson
charged with assault to murdor
John tawler both cltizons J of
color. This caao Is being stub
bornly fought by tho representa-
tives of tho state on one side and
J M Wagstnff for tbo dofondant
NOTICE OP ESTRAY
Taken up by D. E Coffman
whoHfl nostoftlco iaPbtoai Tay.
lor Co. and ostrayod boforo W.
A Mintor Esq.. Justlco of tho
Peace Product No one Taylor
county Texas on soptombor
12th 1899. Ono sorrol horso
about 4 years old blazofaco no
brand about 12 or 13 hands
high.
OnoGrav maro about 4'yoarB
old branded X on loft shoulder
and hor colt. All apprrtisoct at
$15.00;
Given undor my hand & soul of
the County Court at tho City of
Abllorio Texas this tho 12th
day of March 1899.
M. C. Lamboth
Clerk County Court
88 8t Taylor County Texas.
Cotton Sold In Abilene at 6:50.
. Now wo keep ou going up high-
ot Roberts Bro's yostorday selU
ing two bales of cotton at 0:40
Several parties got 0.12$ to 0.25.
A farmer would not look at u
man who offered him only 0 cents.
Tho round bale gins are quiet
tho owners seem to want all the
sugar and to give tho farmers
none so that tho square bale gins
are doing the business this year.
Both of. our round press smon
alsohavo square presses and it
matters notto them what shape a
man puts his cotton in. The city
papers predict that cotton will go
still higher butTheRqporterhad
much rather prognosticate the
weather. But as M. G. Ander-
son sold three bales of cotton
today at 0:50 we might say sho
is still agoin' up. We don't care
if this thing' is kept up all fall.
John Thomas also got 0.50.
Farmers.
As long as buyers of the square
bale cotton are. willing to pay such
prices for it in the pquare-bale as
is now paid in this market it is to the
farmers interest to put it in the
square bale and s4l it to the man
who will give tho most for it. If
we buy it ourselves and can get
such prices wo would put our own
cotton in the square bale.'- We
always advised our farmer friends
to put it iu square bale every
time they find it will give them
the most money. We have pack-
ed square bale' for the farmers
all .the season when they could
get an offer in squa'ro bale that
would give them more money.
We will pack square bales
right along for all that comes;
charging the regular ginning
rates for same.
Whenever pricos again get so
that the' farmers will get more
money out of the Round Bale we
will be ready to put it in the
Round Baleagain.
We want the farmer to get
every nickel he can get out of his
cotton (and his seed and Tdon't
care a copper which way he puts
it and will always give him best
advice we know on the day ho
wants it ginned.
Our gin will make as good a
sample as Is possible to got out of
the cotton as it is in the seed.
We ask of tho farmers a fair
share of their ginning business.
James R. Maxwell
The Old Round Bale Man.
39 2t.
S L. Neely.
When you want Furni-
ture new or second-
hand come to see me.
When you have old fur-
niture to stll or repair
come to see me.
I have some splendid
bargains and can fit
you up for housekeep-
ing complete
YOUR MONEY BACK
If I don't treat you right.
S. L. Neely.
Scrubbing Floor
can never be made
a pleasing pastime
but one - half the
labor will be saved
and the results im-
proved by using
Gold Dust Wash-
ing Powder.
6tnA for f r bookUt-" Ooldw ltuW
tot llonMwotk"
THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY
Qlttl SI.U1U NtwYork Bottoa
Have you Seen our New Furniture?
Alnke Home Beautiful with Furniture from
INGLE'S
A Side Board adds greatly to tho beauty of the
dining room. We have thorn from $12.50 to $45
Bed room Suites for $12 to $75. Throe pieco
suits mattress and springs for $17. Finest
lino of Folding beds in tho city Fancy Rock-
ers in tho latest stylo. In faot we are up to
date. Come in and examine our goods and bo
convinced.
The undertaking department is compiele
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P. C. KNAPP in charge.
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Aspermont Star Twinklings.
The public school opened Mon-
day morning with Profi W. P.
Fjoronce as principal. Tho en-
rollment for the. first day was 47
which number has since reached
55. It was at first thought there
would bo no need of au.assistant
buttheeurollmeutis far in excess
of what was anticipated conse-
quently an assistant will be em-
ployed after this week.
Elhert Askey is the happiest
man in town. Its. a boy and ar-
rived last Friday evening.
C. Bordnor was in" the burg
Wednesday eveuiug starting out
on his toiir of summoning jurors
etc. for district court which con-
venes October 23rd.
Three cows and calves the
property of T. T. Tankersley
were sold under the. hammer
Tuesday to satisfy a deed Of
trust held by Lee Bros'. Tho.six
head brought $67 50.
At a conference meeting last
Sunday evening Rev. J. J. Horn
asked to bo relieved from the fur
ther care of tho Baptistchurcb at
this place and Rev. X H. Ed-
monds was called to take his
place.
Abilene Alarket Report.
Corrected Sept. 28th.
' PUODUCE RETAIL
Com northern per bn. - - 40c
Hay per ton ..$8.50101000
Bran per ot ..SotoSj
Cotton seed meal per cwt .... 90 to $1.00
NATIVE PUODUCE!
from wagons.
Cotton baled 6.35106 65
Cotton In. Seed per hundred .
Johaion eras loose ....... .$4 00 lo 6oq
Colorado grass per ton $6.00 to 8 op
Solghum loose $300104.00
Baled brings $1.00 per ton extra.
Hides green prlb.... ...... 03 I004
Hidc dry. ' ' 06 to 09
Woo ".... 06 to 10
Com in the ear 35 1030
Oats in bulk....... 35 jo 30c
Pecans pr lb .................. 5 to 10
Butter clioicev... ijtoao
Eggs Iresh 4.. lajto 15
Chickens fry ersj ....1.75103.35
Hens ... $1.75103.00
Turkeys young.pcr doi.. . .fiora 4.50 to 7.50
Honey extracted. .New ... 8 to 10
Honey comb... .. isj to 15
Ulackeyerpeas shelled $.00101.50
Lady l'eiiliel!ed. i5$l.oo to $150 per bin
Sweet potatoes per bushel 75 to $1 .00.
Irish I'outpes " 651075c
Fresh Peaches ' 75cto$
" riums $1.00101.50
Cabbage pound .aj to 03c
On'" " ......1)103
Tomatoes . 01) 1003c
Roasting Ears Ji oatoioc
Canteiope ' each . oj to 05c
Water meloni 031010c
0r " Bl. ..lotol5c
eel lb 03 to 04c
Sweet Pepper per lb 08 10 lOc
0 "' r 8 to 10c
CmOOBKIES HETAIL.
in stock.
Flour sti aight gradei 1 . 75 lo i 85
Flour Texas high patents.. $1.90103.3.
Hour. Mo $i.soa7e
Meil.36 JbiMk... 7 Stall
"i P't v H I" J
Breakfast llacoi. . . . . ul 10 lid
"" ........' 13)1015
.'" '. .. .7) too
ha .perewt... . 5010O0
Salt stock per sack 51075
Kggs and buttcrvery scare and In demand.
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A SAD ACCIDENT.
Louise Lipari a 12-Yesr-OId Girl
Sustains Fatal Injuries in a
PALL FR'OM A PERSIMMON TRIE.
Tbenas Marry Servlag a Seven-Year Tcnsf
ta the Peoiteatlary for the Murder of 1
Depjt) Sheriff Recelm Psrdot.
Texarkna Tex.. Sept. 2G.-
Sunday evening wliilo four Hit!
girls 'between 10 and 13 yoarj old
were boating a persimmon tree
about two; mil'cs from town Lou-
ise Lipari tho daughter of a well-
known 'citlz.cn of this nlni-e. fcl
from the top of the tree to the
ground. Her hobo nnd two artm
woro broken and she was inter-
nully. injurod. Slie died this
morning in grent agony. Ta(
child wub just 12 yoarri of tuje anc
ono of the brightest uml mo"
popular children in the city.
Received a 1'ardon.
Corsicana Tex. Sept. iti. Thi
relatives of Thomas Murphy o
this county have just received th
news that Acting and Liout. Got
Browning on Saturday ptinionft
Thomas Murphy who was give'
eevon years ib the penitentiary io
the alleged killing of lp".1
Sheriff Taylor in this count; i
1891. Murphy wa given tb.-tj
four years by a jury m tne nn
trial but tho verdict v:ts reverse
in the upper court and tho '
remanded for n now trml. Ittl
nliimnn nf v. .(in. tlin fllSC W
taken to Henderson county flu
trlod again at Athens in bpte
ber 181)7 the jury Q. ing vtt
diet of guilty and fixing tho puc
ishment at seven yours.
Te Medllfy qarantln Order
Momnhis. Tonn.. St-nt. -"
6.-1
The United States marine iiospWI
servico ha decided to modify ta
nimronilnu nrilaru wll' ll W(fJ
iasued recently. Tho order ft
now ia nrohihita nuraotis
fr4
New OrloanBand Mim'l'l11 c
from getting off in Teiineswe."
Inspection will be osUblishw t
this effoot. Persons from
other parU of tho world om
these two places can coi "1
Tennessee. The order wliu-li i ij
quired persons coming hl' "i
neasco from the no.-h tpwJ
health certificates htw w rl
sqlnded
Wlhh STITH
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