The Abilene Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, September 27, 1907 Page: 1 of 12
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ABILENE TEXAfe 3?RH)AY SEPTEMBER 27 1907
VOLUME 28
NUMBER 39
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sREAT SYSTEM TO MAKE GOOD
E. P. TURNER'S PROMISE.
GOOD-BYE TO OLD EYE-SORE
Shack Tlmt Served So long to bo Re-
placed With Modern Station Be.
coming Our Prosperous City
Information from an. authoritative
source justifies us. In adding to the
new business church college colony"
and library building In course of ereC -
tlon and promised for the next few-8
months a handsomo.. ;ne.w passopger;i8
-station. The dream of the Abilene cit
izen that has been a nightmare for the
2wst; few years of his hope is to be
realized. It';ls really going to'happen
and from what 'meagroMrifbrmatlon
:that can be' gathered -by Roportep ru's-
" tiers the new structure Is to be one
becoming the great system which Is to
build It and In harmony with 'the mod
ern. prosperous and.' progressive Mer
'tropolls of. West Texas where It' Is to
he located it IS' to: be of pressed brick
and will e located whore the. section
"house now. stands. If our Informa
tion Is correct it will be the best on
. 'the line between Fort Worth and El
3PaBO and why not? It Is in the best
-city and one that contributes more to
the system than any other in freight.
rotes and passenger fares.
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Building Material Is Bought:
. The brick and building material .has
silreadyfceen. purchased by;tho Texas
K&rTacIflcf afioTTpan Tie placed on the
ground Jn a few days-after the con-
tract has been let G .TVI Hall rep-
upentattve of the system in " charge
ciili.-bilene this mornlncand made
w'v"' Tfc seo one pf le iocai con"
rltors but failing was compelled to
eave on the eastbound passenger and
Mil return tonight to complete the
.'preliminary arrangements On account
of the scarcity of labor the railroad
.'realizing the. immedfato demand will
not postpone- longer: the erection and
''will let the contract to some local con-
tractbr.; It Is interesting to remember.
1he promise of B. P. Turner general
passenger and ticket agent during
visit to Abilene several - months
ago when ho .stated to a .representa
tive of AThe Reporter: '5Tho Texas &
Pacific realized the necessity of build-
ing anew and modern station at Abi-
: fene and we promise that it will not
be long until one shall be erected that
will be a credit to your prosperous
lty." Mr. Turner stated that labor
and other conditions made It impossi-
ble at the time but that the matter
would he given attention; in the near
future and his promise is to be made
good. The sight of the old shack which
lias greeted the newcomer to Abilene
and been an eye-sore for the citizens
Is to be "removed and this fact will
trlng joy to the heart of everyone ln-
forested and If the new. passonger sta-
tion comes up to the promises and ex-
pectations there will be' still greater
3oy.
STEALS A BRIDE AND MEETS
ABILENE MARRYING JUSTICE
"Judge I want -you to meet me at
nine o'clock for it I can got tho girl
J want to get married" said a young
fellow to Judge E. M. Overshla'or yes
terday afternoon and at tho appointed
hour the marrying justice young-man
the bride-to-be and friends met at the
ofllco of the. justlco of the peace and
3Jr. Fred Tayior was married to Miss
Ida May Towngey - Both of the young
Deople are of the Iberls community
where they faaVe. many young friends
some of whom were present and wit-
nessed the ceremony and -all of whom
wish for .them a long and happy life
and The Reporter joins In the congrat-
ulations. ?fORTH DAKOTA IS NAME
- Of VlWIST BATTLESHIP
By AMoelaUd Press
i WABHIJfaTON D 0. Sept .-
attlaahlp number 33 the tateet ac-
jMUo to the United KtM navy
Vto be named the "North Dakota."
It i to fee a V)M$ ton veeael Um cea-
tract for which has been let j the
navy department. The other veaael
a heretofore announced will be .called
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OF ATTEMPTED BRIBERY.
By Associated Press.
. FINDLAY OHIO Sept 26.
L. B WliHamson was arrested
today on. a complaint charging
him with attempting to bribe
Charles E. Thompson a juror
In the case of the state of Ohio
against the Standard Oil Com-
pany which was tried last
June.. Mrs Chas.' Thompson
said that "Williamson approach-
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CONDITIONS ABOUND HAMBY
e ABEYEBYENCOUBAqiNG.
A. H. Balcti and father B: N. Balch
ma'de a visit to the Hamby community
yesterday and in speaklng'of his visit
the former said to a representative of
The Reporter this m'orulng: "The crop
and general conditions around Hamby
are very good and the people are feel-
ing good. The. gin of Sam Williams
is running regularlynow and has. gln--n.edthis"
Beason already 160bales. The
cotton yield Is give by those with
whom :wertalked at; from one-fourth to
one-thlrdof a bale to. the acre which'
makes a. prediction of a half crop con-
servative.' .
THEY ARE COMING
EYERY POLITICAL CBEED AT. THE
WEST TEXAS FAIB
REPUBLICANS GIVEN A DAY
Preliminary Meeting at Abilcno Held
Tuesday and Arrangements Mado.
1 ' for the Organization.
.The republicans of this district aro
preparing to get busy and organize a
liye aggressive republican club 'dur-
ing tho West'! Texas Fair to bo held
here Oct 22nd. to 26th.
A preliminary meeting waB held in
Abilene Tuesday and a committee con-
sisting of the following gentlemen was
appointed to confer with tho fair di-
rectors with reference to arranging a
day for their 'speakers: Messrs. J. V.
McMantis of Balrd John B. Baker of
Haskell P. A. Hazzard of Colorado
Frank K. Storrett of Albany Geo A.
Sparenburg pf Big Springs Noel J.
Albright of Audra and John H. Morrow
of Abilene. Tho first five gentlemen
named are. postmasters of their res-
pective towns while Mr. Albright of
Audra Is a merchant and Mr. Mor
row of .Abilene who is a-grand-son of
tho noted Sam Houston is a lawyer.
A call meeting of the fair directors
was held and Saturday Oct 26th from
10 a- m. to 1:30 p. m. was set asldo
for the republican orators on that oc
casion.
It is expected that Col Cecil A. Lyon
and Hon. W H. Atwoll will address tho
people at this tlmo and in addition
to these gentlemen qulto a number
of other equally prominent republicans
from dlfferont sections of the state will
bo present
.At 3 o'clock- October 26th the repub-
licans will meot In the Elks club rooma
at Ablleno for organization and It Ib
exppctod that every county In Central
West Texas will have a good represen-
tation in this nieetlpg.
OPERATION IS SUCCESSFULLY
PERFORMED ON OUR CITIZEN.
A message from Dallas today says
that tho operation of removing cata-
racts from the eyea of John h. Steph-
enaon waa performed yesterday and
that the patient stood the ordeal nice-
ly It Is thought that the operation
waa perfectly successful and that alght
will he restored hut such caanot be
now deflaitely stated aa the eyea will
have to be kept under close bandage
for several days
J B. Gaot of Cisco who has been
prospecting in thle section left for
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8 PUBLISHER'S KOTICE
From this dato there will ho a charge of halt tho regular adver-
tising rates made for all notices ndovortlslng entertainments of a
religious fratornal or civic naturo where an admission or refresh-
ment fee is charged and same Is published In THE DAILY or WEEK
LY REPORTER. A llko thargo will also bo mado for cards of thanks
resolutions etc. This action Is mado imperative by the greatly In
creased demand bf lato for tho publication for such notices. This
charge will not moro than cover tho expenso of handling tho great
number of these notices that daily como In Wd which do .hot como
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ON CHARGE OF FORGERY JURY'BE
TURN YERDICT OF GUILTY.
IS GIVEN TWO YEARS IN PEN
Motion' t for New Trial. Orerrulcd bA
Attdrnej'" for Defendant Will-
Appeal' to Higher' Court
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'The jury In the Case of J; R. Edwards
on trial-for forgery returned a verdict
Wednesday afternoon of guilty. The
defendant was charged In flyo counts
four of -which the court held insuffi-
cient and he was convicted on tho oth-
er. The verdict was- returned by tho
jury nt-seven.b'cloclc "Wednesday1 after-
noon rinda motion for a 'new trial was
overruled; Attorney D Scarborough
representative of the ' defendant an-
nounced that tlio case will bo appealed
.to the higher court: The prosecution
was .'conducted by District Attorney
Mahaffey. ' ..'
The trial of J.A. Tarvln on a charge
of swindling 'wasbegun this morning;'
C6LORED MANS HISTORY
ONLY COLORED FARMER;
This 'morning Judge Bledsoe made
knbwntb.us.a:manJwho-wasJabby in
his boyhood days and in his neighbor
hood a negro but nevertheless a man
bf high standing. NIm "Williams is his
name and he was tho only negro hoy
ln'Somervllle' county and is thojonly
colored man In Cedar Gap;'where ho
has lived slndo 1883' and where he Is
a tenant farmer Judge Bledsoe tells
us. the only colored farmer ln Taylor
county. '
Nlm says that ho Is " thirty-seven
years old and that would make him
but thirteen when he came to tho.coun
ty twenty-four years ago;
Nlm is short in two. things ln our
judgment and that Is In not having
bought a farm long ago and in .not
marrying. Not too late to rembdy.both
however. A good man should bo rec
ognized as one' wherever he is found
and whatever his Color and this Is
why Nlm's neighbors like him and
Btand by htm.
LABV INJURED IN
The following account of an automo-
bile accident from the Dallas Nows
brings the' news of tho injury of some
relatives pf an Abilene lady. Of tho
parties mentioned Joe McAUster is a
cousin J J McAlilstor an uncle and
Capt Mafk Elllston ttxo father of Mrs.
O P Thomas:
Automobllo Flays Havoc.
Two men wero painfully Injured and
a third more or less bruised yesterday
morning about 9:30 as the result of
teams becoming frightened" at a pass-
ing automobile
Henry Ogden aged about 72 years
who resides at Elm Thicket and who
Is familiarly known as "Uncle Honry"
sustained a fracturo of tho right arm
noar tho shoulder and was otherwise
brulehed and shaken- up.
Joe MoAlister who Uvea on tho Den-
ton road 4 few miles out of Dallas
was hurt about the shoulders and had
his side and cheat more or Jeea crush-
ed. He wsb removed to his home and
the exact extent of his Injuries could
not be learned.
Mr. Ogden was takes to the City
Hospital where it was sa.14 jast night
that his injuries were sot necessarily
ser'lous and that he was resting very
nicely.
Joe Simmons who waa accompany-
log Mr Ofden received several bad
bruises and was scratched ua to some
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THURSDAY IS BUSIEST DAY YET
JN COTTON MARKET.
RECEIPTS ARE ABOUT 1.S00
Pvcr 100 Bales Weighed This Morning
rind. Sellers Get Benefit of
V. n Small Advance
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After consecutive slumps and sljdcs
downward the prices on cotton soom
o havo reached the bottom at Jeast
for the time being and show a tenden
cy tocllmb. A small part of what his
been lost. slnco the opening of the sea
son was gained in the closing ortno
market. 'yesterday and oponing today.
t$ tho tune of 'about ten points. T.ho
staple sold this mprnlng oh the. streets
of Abilene at from .11:75 to 11:85-
while the prevailing prices yesterday
were fromil:65 to 11:80 ah advance
of ton points on the general average.
This has been the busiest day of the
Abilene market since the beginning
of the season and before noon there
were received .from the wagons and
weighed at the' yards .over 100 bales
f making a total bf over 1400 for the
Be'asoh At noon the recolpto wCre as
follows: .;.
Rbss; CbtJjfc1 Yard ......... i 1220
Farmers'Union Warehouse ..144
At Gins and on streets .IV. 50
Total
.......1414.
TERRIBLE RAINS IN SPAIN
CAUSE IMMENSE DESTRUCTION
By! Associated' Press. ' '
' MADRID Sept- 26i Unprecedented
ralna in tlib province of Andulusla
caused an Immense destruction of life
and property. Tho Guadallmorla riv-
er has been converted Into a "raging
torrent three miles yrldo and -bridges
and even' entire' villages have been
swept away by tho flood. -Thirty per-
sons were drowned at Malaga twjmty
threo at Velezede among them tho
bmyor bf the tovn thirteen at Cojmar
nnd abqut one hundred elsewhere In
the province. All railroad communi-
cation has heon- destroyed and tho
people are in a state verging on des-
titution. SDF
All AUTO ACCIDENT
arato accidents both of which how-
over aro believed to havo been .caused
by the same machine.
The first accident occurred at a
point on tho Denton or Cedar Springs
rond near tho Turtlo. Creek bridge Mr.
Simmons and -Mr. Ogden woro driving
a mule attached to a single buggy.
When at the point mentioned they ob-
served an automobllo In which a man
and two womon wero seated approach-
ing at a rapid pace. Mr Simmons got
out to. stand at the. anlmal'aMicad hold-
ing tho reins at the bit As the ma-
chine sped by tho. mulo rearod and
plunged and the whole outfit was pre-
cipitated over a twelve foot embank-
ment Mr. Simmons still clinging to
tho reins Tho buggy was badly
smashed up and the. two men injured
as stated.
Some two miles or moro further on
tho speeding auto was met byMr. Mc-
Allister who was driving a'toam of
ittulea attached to a wagon loaded with
household goods. The team became
frlghteaed and the wagoa was backed
Into a ditch and overturned. Mr Mc-
Allister being pinned under the wreck-
age Ha waa rescued after some thirty
minutes.' work by his father J J. Mc-
Allister and Mark SUIston. The furni-
ture waa more or less .damaged.
According to Mr BUlston from
whom details pf the accidents were ob-
tained thi machine was traveling at
ABILENE
DESPERATE NEGRO WANE
FOR MURDER SURROUNDED
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8 "ELGIN ILL. .Sept. 26-'Cyrus 8
8 Baldwin oho of tho wealthiest 8
8 residents of Kano county Hi.- 8
8 todny killed himself- by eating 8
8 Paris Green after- ho had con- 8
8 fessed that he killed his wife- 8
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8 hammer. Mrs- Baldwin waa 8
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SUGGESTS AUTOMOBILE BACES.
AS A FEATURE FOR FAIR.
It was suggested a few days ago by
W. C SwcnBon' that pno or moro auto
mobile races" bo gotten up for tho "West
Texas Fair next month and tho' sug-
gestion seems t) iiho been favorably
received by all and wtH probably re-
sult in having this interesting feature
addod to the attractions; Thero aro
numbers of good' machines within tho
territory of the fair and thorp; is no
fear felt about being alio' to secure
enough entries' iqhould it be doclded
to havo Buch races to make the event
oxtremoly Interesting.
DOINGS III DISTRICT
ABILENE MAN IS ACQUITTED OF
THE SERIQUS CHARGE
J. R. EDWARDS CASE ON TRIAL
Young Man Churgcd 1 With Theftftqf
Donkey Is Acquitted and Another
.Similar Case Dismissed.
Tho Jury in. the caso pf the state vs.-
A. M. Pool charged with criminal as-
sault brought in a'vordicj; Tuesday af-
ternoon at two. o'clock c-fnbt guilty.
Tho aoIectldH of the 'jurjfor this caBO
was "completed Monday at noon arid
the trial bogun. The defendant was
represented by HonW. J. Cunningham
and the prosecution was conducted by
District Attorney Mahaffey. Tho pros-
ecutrix was Mrs. Lillian Bowie.
Tuesday the case of tho stajto vs.
Luther Collins charged with tho theft
of a donkey 'resulted In acquittal and
a similar case against Wallace Camp-
bell was dlsmidsod Tho defendants
in tlicso cases wero represented by A
8. Hardwloke; Esq. and Attornoy Dal-
las Scarborough.
Tho trial of J R. Edwards charged
with forgory is on trial and It is not
thought likely that it will be flnlshqd
and n vordlct reached this afternoon.
SIR THOMAS LIPTON WILL
AGAIN INVADE OUR SHORES.
Dy Associated Press.
LONDON Sopt 20. Sir Thomas Lip
ton although blttorly disappointed at
his falluro to work- out his. yachts to-
day authorized tho Associated Press
to announce that ho will bo prepared
to challenge America with a ninety-
foot boat under the Now Yprlc Yacht
Club's rules.
MarrJago Ltcease. '
8. R Collins and Miss Lola Kent.
George Kont and Miss Eula Stopehna
John Saylea and Miss Frances Mc-
Morrles
Fred Taylor and Miss Ida May
Towpsley.
YJtal SfailstksBirtkfi.
To Mr and Mrs. Oscar Proctor at
Buffalo Gap on Sept 15 girl
To Mr. and Mrs Neesnltk at Buffa
lo Gab oa Sept. 17. a boy.
To Mr and. Mrs Newt Breokresoa at
Buffalo' Gap on Sept. 17 a trl
Hp Mr. and Mrs Mf D Boats at Buffa
lo Gop oh Sept 13 a girl.
To Mr and Mrs A. B. Cody at Mer-
kel on Sept r sirl.
To Mf and Mrs. Oliver Dork at Abl-
ABUDANTiI supplied with
1VEAF0KS AND AMMUNITION.
WILL FIGHT UNTIL OEATH
lUchnrd Wnlton W""ted for traBsr-
ling Mrs. Lillian Grant la. Be-
sorted Hoiiso at Summit III.
By Associated Pross.
CHICAGO ILL Sopt. 26. Richard .
Walton thonogro wanted for the mur.
der of Mrs.-Lillian Grant the teacher
Who was found strangled to death
several days ago is Bald to bo sur-
rqunded by polled in a deserted house
at Summit 111'. twenty miles south of
this city. Ho is roportod as being
barricaded strongly and is abundantly
supplied with weapons' and ammuni-
tion Including tho polled force which
left tho city shortly beforo tori o'clock
this morning thero aro. fifty .officers on
tho -ground Walton has tho reputa-
tion of bolng a dosperate negro and It
is believed that ho will fight until
death.
PARTY OF SURVEYORS ARE
FIREB UPON IN ALASKA.
By ABsocIntod Press. " " .
VALDEZ ALASKA Sopt 20. Forc-
es from tlio Guggqnholm Railroad Cop-
per Rlyor and Northwestern shot and
wpunded six surveyors and workmen
Employed by tho Alasfta. Nomor lit
Koystone Canyon yesterday. Tha sur-
veying parly wore making a prelimi-
nary survey when surprised by- an. am-
bush of Guggenheim mon headed by
Edward Hndley Secretary and former
United States Marshall Hassoy order
ed the surveyors out but thoy thought
it a uiuii nnu xontinueu to nuvanco
when thoy wero mot by a fusllade of
bullets. All that wero not wounded
escaped as thoy could and carrlod word
of tho attack back io the settlement
Great oxlctement Is prevalent.
PORTLAND ORE. Sopt 20. A c
bio to Tho; Orpgonlan from Valdci
state tlmt only meagre details have
been received of the fight but it is re-
ported Hint one nuin Is killed and three
more may d(o 'from tho results. Th
cabla says' tho wounded worothct
shot at from ambush and had n'
chanco to escapo or mako fight Dop
uty United States marshals armed with
rifles loft Immediately for tho scene.
Yaldoz advices Btatd that popular opin-
ion is running high and citizens are
talking of wreaking summary Justice-
should tho inen who did tho shooting
bo caught '
RUDDER BOOT AND 8110 FAC-
TORY MAY BE LOCATED HERE
Secrctary O P. Thomas is In receipt
of a very encouraging lottor from C.
E. Spurgoon who. Is at the present in
Alaska regarding the location of a rub-
her boot aud shoe factory at Abilene
Mr Spurgeao closes his letter thus: "I
have been In business at Snyder for
the Inst four years and am quite famil-
iar with W"est Toxas and Abilene la
really my cholco of tho Texas towns
for this proposition ". Mr. Bpurgeon
Is favorably known to soveral of AbU
leno business and professional men.
BALLINGER MEN
ON NEW RAILROAD
At tho Citizens National Baafe We.d-
npsduy aftornoon thero was a meeting
of representatives of Balilnger and the
railroad .commlttco of the Abilene
25000 club.. Tho party from Balilnger
was composed of Chief Engineer W
J McDanloi C. A. pooee Jo Wilineth
and Jack McOregor There was no
business proposition BUbmltted by tha
committee frow the neighboring city
and the meeting waa held for the pur-!
pose ot learning conditions and -changing
Ideas The project Is a Bal-
llHge one and the representatives.
wished to learn the feeilag pf Abilene
In regard the matter; Thr vera aa
sured that at tha. time they could sub?
mit Abilene a proposition It would i
ved In tha 'ft&tte udrit iu
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