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BRIDGES FIXED
TKAVKL 111' VEHICLE IN THIS
PKECINCX WIIiTj HE GOOD
FOri LONG TIME.
IS THE WORK OF MR. EUBANK
Says to rut n Ooinpnss Down in Abi-
lene and In Eicry Direction Indl
cntcd Will lie Found a First
Class Kond for Fire Miles.
From Saturday's Dally: '
"Lay a compass down In tho center
.of Abilene and then follow evory di-
rection indicated on Its face And you'll
find for the first five miles a good
wagon road In tip-top shape" said
J. J. Eubank representative of Pre-
cinct No. 1 on tho board of commis-
sioners of Taylor county. He was
speaking to a representative of Thq
Ilcporter.who asked Him this morning
for an Item concerning his work on
the roads of this precinct
Mr. Eubank says that he believes
all wagon roads and bridges In his
precinct are now in first class condi-
tion. The two steel bridges over Ce-
dar creek one at Ninth street and-the
other at E. N. KIrby's place have
juBt had now floors laid In thom. A
newl bridge has been built over 'Cat-
claw between the Knox and Harvey-
places and nnother over Elm just
west of the one over Catclaw vhlle
all the roads have been graded and
generally improved where It was
found to be even the least bit neces-
sary. Mr. Eubank says the county com
missioners meet Monday and he Is In
position to report everything In his
preclncti in fine Bhapo'and ready for
tain. Quite a number of people have
spoken to The Reporter about the ex-
cellent condition in which Commis-
sioner Eubank has placed the roads
and. bridges under his jurisdiction.
Speaking of rain Mr Eubank stat-
ed this morning that if It didn't rain
next Wednesday the 12th he would
be stoned to death -would offer him-
self up a martyr to his faith like
Stephen of old. "I know my frlendB
will stone me to death" he said "be-
cause they have long been asking me
when it was going to rain and I have
told them all that it would rain May
12 becu.se that Is my birthday and It
hasn't failed to rain oh my birthday
for at least ten years."
Mr. Eubank Bays ho will be seventy-
one years old next Wednesday yet
Jio challenged the reporter just half
'as old to a foot race to be run on
one of his excellent roads on his
birthday. A moving picture machine
lias been ordered and if It conies in
time the rape will be run unless it
rains too hard.
Mr. Eubank has adopted a new aud
original plan of getting work done on
the roads in his precinct. When he
finds a fellow so hard up that he is
calling for help fiom tho county
Tjecause he can't find employment ho
puts tho poor fellow to work on the
highways Ho finds this to bo eco-
nomical to the county as tho county
would have to help tho man -anyway
and' in this way it gets value receiv-
ed for said help.
A Happy Father
Is soon turned to a sad pno if ho has
to walk the floor evory night with a
crying baby. McGdo's Baby Elixir
will make the child well soothe Itst
nerves Induqe healthy normal slum-
ber Best for dlsqrdered bowels and
sour Btomach .all teething babieB
need it. Pleasant to tnko sure and
safo contains no harmful drugs.
Price 35 and 50 cents per bottle.
Sold by Abileno Drug Co.
) .-II - . -I L. .
To Enjoy
thi
full confidence of tho Well-informed
of
tho World and tho Commendation of
11
most eminent physicians it was csscn-
t
1 that tho component parts of Syrup
Figs and Elixir of Senna should bo
own to and approved by them; thcro-
ro tho California fig Syrup Co pub
lishes a full statement with every package
ho perfect purity and uniformity of pro-
uct which they demand in a laxativo
medy of ad othical character are assured
tho Company's original method of man-
cturo known to tho Company only.
ho figs of California are used in tho
production 01 oyrup 01 ; umr u
Senna to promoto tho pleasant taste hut
tho medicinal principles aro obtained from
pJantAknown to aot most beneficially.
To get its beneficial effects always buy
iho genuine manufactured by tho Cali-
fornia Fg Syrup Co. only and for sale
by all JeaUing druggfeta.
TWO CIIILDKEN IIUIISBD TO
HEATH AT SWEETWATEK
One of tho moBt henrt-rendlng nccl.
donts that Tho nbpof tor has ovor been
called upon to chronicle occurred nt
tho homo of Mr. nnd Mrs. Louis Ben-
done residing west of tho compress
lato Wednesday ovonlng when two of
their children wpro horribly burned
and died n few hours later
Tho children n little girl C years
old and a little boy of 4 yearfl wore
In nn underground room used for u
kitchen nnd It is supposed that one
of thenl put kerosene oil on n Btove
when tho flames enveloped pnch of
tho children's clothing. Tho little
girl ran out of tho room and tho
mother seeing her clothing In a blaze
In her fright wnB attempting to get
the clothing off when P. T. Orognn
Jr. and Ben Moody who were out de-
livering groceries drovo up. Tho
boys nt ouco leapod from tho wagon
and Ben Moody took tho little girl
and Immersed her In a barrel of wat-
er that wbb near by while P. T. Oro-
gan ran into tno uurning room ami
brought tho little boy out All of
his clothing were burned off.
Tho firo alarm was turned In
piomptly and hundreds ot our citi-
zens hurried to the seen 5 to extin-
guish the flnmes. The fiist men oh
reaching the scene had carried buck-
ets and extinguishers from the com-
press and soon had the fire out.
The sight that met tho eyes of those
who reached the scene was heartren-
ding many strong men who could face
death tliemselves without flinching
were heard to' groan and shudder aa
they saw tho little tots so horribly
burned screaming and writhing with
pain. They were at once carried to
the offices of Dr. S. N. Leach where
Overyhting possible was done to re-
lieve their suffering but it was ap-
parent from the first that they could
live only a few hours at best.
The Httlo boy Frank died at about
8 o'clock and Jlmmie the little gill
died at 12 o'clock Wednesday night.
The funeral occurred Thursday at
12 o'clock Rev. .7. B. Dodson conduct-
lng the services.
Mr. and Mrs. Bendone are Very poor
people and many friends out of sympa-
thy rnlsed money and purchased Jieau-
t if ul caskets In which the little bodies
were laid to rest.
Our entire people deeply sympathise
with the heartbroken parents and
trust that Sweetwater will never have
to witness a similar occurrence again.
Sweetwater Reporter.
Letter to Hugh Emerson
Abilene Texan
Dear Sir: Experience tcuahes some
neonle sometimes ' It toflches a few-
some .things; it's almighty slow
school though thatBame experience.
Lots of peoptaMiaint lead-and-oil '
paint once In twee yeatrs and think
tliemselves w;; they aro wasting
half their mpiey andffuss. They're
so sure tliF aro wise they die as
they live fiulnt-fojfsfifc. Experience
teaches thwn nqtryfhg
There's
'set
o buy paint
by tho ga
tho price of
1110 price is
a gallon.
high ant
nether
and they
don't they
pay abou
ddll
pay low
ley now
at milk bm't
dear or chdap
hi
the pice of a quart;
thnt. the .full
has smethlng to do
with It. T
don'i
ny "cheap" milk;
but; thesf hi
"chea
paint and pay
double. J
fcpori
ce tencnes mem
m f
nothing
There's nmjfher sot. They painted
years ago lead-and-oil; exhausted
that. Then tried something else; It
wns better or woise. Then Devoo; It
coat; about half and wore twice uq
long! Thnt's how experience teaches
some of us.
Yours truly
C4 F W DEVOE & CO.
P. S J.D. Mngeo sells our paint.
CONSTRUCTION' CONTKACT
AWAHDED FOH SECTION' CUTOFF
LUBBOCK May 0. Moore & Harris
have secured tho contract to build tho
Plalnvjew branch of tho Santa Fo to
this plape nnd the snmo people have
been awarded tho contract for the
Coloman-Toxlco cut-off from this plnce-1
to the cap-rock a dlstnnco of 25 miles.
The rest of the contract from Lubbock
to Coleman will bo let In about ninety
days according to what Is considered
an official statement nnd the road
from horcrto Toxico "will bo contracted
lis soon as tho branch Is completed
from Plnlnvlow to this place which
will enable work to bo conducted back
toward Texlco nnd Coleman. The
heavy work on this lino Is from tho
cap-rook to Coleman tho cap-rock be-
ing art especially heavy pleco of work
Tho report thnt part of the Coleman
cut-pff had been contracted out of
Texlco was a mlstnke arising perhaps
from tho fact that tho contract had
been lot out of Lubbock istead of Tex-
lco More farmers and stockmon use
Bass' best Liniment for sprains bruls
es uid Insect Nqi. in '.he West than
ihy other. Your druggist has It at
50 cents a bottle.
THE ABILENE REPORTER HtlDAY MAY U 1W
BAPTISTS MEET
AT LOUISVILLE
SOUTH KK- IlRAXni OF fJIUHfll
AND CONVENTION' 18 TO
"TAKE STOCK."
SILVER JUBILEE COINCIDENT
TH-lr States and the Dfolrlct of Co-
lumbia Will he Represented t Es-
timate of Attendance is
FI10 Thousand.
.LOUISVILLE KY. April 10. Coin-
cident with tho Bllver Jublleo of tho
Southern Baptist Theologlcul Semina-
ry of Louisville May 11 a conven-
tion of nil the Baptists of the south
will begin here the session to cover a
period of ono week. Tho occnsloli of
the convention will bo made the me
dium for a'soit of stock taking of tho
faith In the states of the Union below
the Ohio and the Potomac and Dr. E.
Y. Mulllns president ot the Beminary
and ex-qfilcio head of tho organiza-
tion which is known as the Southern
Baptist convention estimates that five
thousand delegates will be in Louis-
ville during the eventful week.
The Southern Baptist Convention Is
In no sense a legislative body. Alaba-
ma Arkansas Florida Georgia Ken-
tucky Louisiana .Maryland North
Carolina South Carolina Tennessee
Texas Virginia and a portion of the
Baptistry of the- District ot Colum-
bia will be represented with a total
membership in 1908 or 2015080 in
which Texas Georgia and Kentucky
hold the first three placed in point of
numbers.
The convention was organized at
Augusta Georgia in 1845 and this is
the fifth time It has met in Louis-
ville. Fourteen Soutnem states will have
representatives from the prominent
citizen Baptists and many Northern
ones will seird speakers and those de-
sirous of learning what progress the
creed named for John has made since
its last meeting. Thero will be sever-
al distinct department of tho conven-
tion: The Laymen's movement the
Baptist Educational Society of the
South; the church as a whole; the
Baptist Young People's Union and the
Southern Baptist Theoligical Semi-
nary. Separate meetings will be held
the entire field In each case gone over
and then a general -.meeting is expec-
ted to solidify and make uniform the
several Intel ests in the South as well
as to establish a line of communica-
tion and co-work with tho members
of the church north of the Ohio river
Joshua Levering of Baltimore is
head of tho board of trustees of the
seminary and this board will meet
and discuss tho value and scope of
the woik of that Institution since its
founding In I860. The Broadway Bap-
tist church of Louisville for a long
timo presided over by Rpv. Carter
Helm Jones whose father was Chaplain-General
of the United Confeder-
ate veteraiiB Norton Hall and the
First Regiment Armory will bo the
central meeting places and here ad-
dresses by well known men from all
parts o"f tho country will be heard.
Among those shedultjd to speak are:
Rev. Dr. E. Y. MullinsPof Loulsvillo;
Joshua Levering of Baltimore; ex-
Governor W. J. Northen Georgia; ox-
GoYernor Longlno Mississippi; B G
LoWrey Blue Mountain Mississippi;
J. Campboll White New Yoik; Joseph
N. Shenstone Toronto; J. H. Tucker
Ashovlllo North Cnrollna; J. II. Hen-
derson Bristol Virginia; S. Pasco
Montlcello Florida; 'Rev B. D. Gray
Atlanta Georgia; W. W. Hamilton
Atlanta Georgia; Rev. Dr. Caleb A.
Rldloy Beaumont Texas; Rev J. M.
Frost Nashville Tennessee; Rev. Dr.
CCS Wallace Baltlmoie; "VV E.
Stephens Columbia Missouri; Dr.
John Ri Sampey Loulbvlllo; Rev. Dr.
T B. Ray Richmond Virginia; R .11.
Coleman. Dallas Texas; Rev. C W.
Duko Tampa Florida and Ai thur Ya-
ger Georgetown Kentucky.
Tho gonefnl convention wljl meet
on Thutsday night. .May 13- -Joshua
Levering who is president will or
Becoming
aMotheb
Thousands oF women have found the i
confinement of much pain and
child. This liniment is a.God-senu
only does MothBr s Friend carry
chilu-birtn but it prepares
the system for the coming
event relieves "morninc
sickness" and other t h m
vim fnrft: "''l by urugulat it $l 00.
COmiOrtS. uxkoIalSblolafoni.
lion nulled freo.
TlVi BKADF1ELD REGULATOR CO.
Atlanta. Ga.
ganize tho convention for tho election
of odlcers and It la probable that Mr.
Levering will bo re-elected. Presi-
dent E. Ys Mulllnfl bf Loulsvillo will
welcome tho delegates; nild tho Ttov.
Dr. E. C. Dargnn of Mncon Georgia
will preach tho Introductory Bermon.
On tho morning of May 14 the ro-
portfl of tho following threo convoiii
tlon hoards will bo received! Homo
Mission Board RoV. Dr.B. D. Gray
Atlaiitn Georgia corresponding sec-
retary ; Foreign Mission Board Rev.
Dr. ft. J. Wllllnghnm Richmond Vir-
ginia corresponding secretary; Sun-
day School Board Rev. Dr. J. M. Frost
Nashville TenncBscO. A committee on
tho order of oxoiciscu will then be ap-
pointed bccaUso tho convention does
not prepare a program beforehand.
One ot tho features of tho conven-
tion will bo tho unveiling of a now
portrait ot Dr. Jonlea P. Boyco first
president of tho Southern Baptist Tho-
ologlcal Seminary which has been
presented to tho seminary by tho
daughters of Dr. Boyco tho MlBses
Elizabeth Fannie and Lucy Boyce all
of Washington D. C.
On the morning of Wednesday May
12 the board of trustees of tho semi-
nary will meet In Norton Hall pre-
sided over by Mr Levering. Dr.- Mul-
llns as president nnd financial agent
also will" submit the leporta of the
Institution; and reports will also be
given by treasurer B. Presley Smith;
and Finnncinl Board Chairman George
W. Norton of Louisville. On Wednes-
day nlgljt tho alumni of the seminary
will banquet at the Gait House and
discuss the raising of ?G00000 for
their alma mater.
Not the least Important of the aide
conventions that are to bo held during
the great gathering will be that of the
Woman's Missionary Union of the
South of which Mrsv W. M. Matlock
of Xfluisvllle is secretory.
A banquet at the Gait House by the
laymen on the night of May 11 is a
feature.
MGIITS OF UNREST
No Sleep N'o Rest N'o Pence for. the
Sufferer from Kidney Troubles.
No peace for tho kidney sufferer-
Pain and distress from morn to
night.
Twingea of backache bother you
all day.
Dull afchlnc breaks youv rest at
night
Urlnay disorders add to your mis
ery.
Get at the cause cure the kidneys
Doai's Kidney Pills will work the
cure'
Tii'n for the kidneys
onl-
Have made great cures inthis local
ity.
Hoi-man Gebauch USjCedat St
Abil&ne Texasrsays 'Jny wlfegcom-
plaiifed a great dearofifljalns arss the
sniaB of her fjack' se could ot rest
wellland oJ the rult hedgeneral
healtl becjuiiominlown. Wjfen I saw
Doanlf KJilny Pis adverted I pro-
cured Jjofor Jy wifeft Bradfleld's
drug s&jfe and Ihehgan their use.
Fi om 'tlfetiiIm jLan she steadily im-
vravifof and 1jere long her klaueyb
and frjfack ceasfd to trouble her I
thinK a reniedywf such great value as
Down's Kidney
Ills cannot be rqcom-
monded too hi
ly."
For sale by
11 dealers. Prlco 50
lllburn Co. Buffalo
cents. Foster
New York sole
gents for tlio United
States
Re"member th
take no other.
name Doan's and
15 YEAR OLD BOY KILLED
' WHILE HORSEBACK RIIMXG
WICHITA FALLS. MW 10. Elmer
Pei-ry. aged fifteen died late last night
from injuries received yesterday af-
tornoon while our horseback riding.
As tho boy started to dismount tho
saddle girth turned which frightened
the animal. The horse kicked and
then ran dragging young Perry ovor
rocks nnd rough roads.
Read This
Abilene Texns. I give this for the
benefit of people who have kidney and
bladder diseases One bottle of Hall'B
Texas Wonder cured my wife and we
fully recommend It. Sold by McLor
more-Bass Drug Co.
Chas. D. Heath nnd family whoJiud
been spending the past Boverajdays
with friends nnd relatives ynt near
Ovnlo left this morning fornolr homo
In Putnam.
Is an ordeal wnich qll women
approach y(fith dread for
nothing oempares to the pain
of childbirth The thought
of the suffering in store for
obs (he expectant mother
pleasant anticipations.
Wothors momurobs
jnsuresafety
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to omen at U
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THE
Farmers & Merchants
National Bank
Abilene. Texas
Capital Surplus and
Strong enough to take proper care of all desirable
business offered it. .
Conservative enough to afford its depositors abso-
lute safety.
Appreciative enough to give the business of its
small customers efficient attention.
DIRECTORS:
I'-'ED. S. HUGHES
F. W. JAMES
K. K.
Capital and Surplus
$125000
OFFICERS:
GEO L. PAXTON Pa
W. C. LASLEY ...Acting V. Eres
W. H. EDDLEMAN V. Pres
F. E. HAYNES V. Pres
P. H. HAMMOCK V. Pres
.TOE F. GARRISON Cashier
W. H. FREE
WM. REEVES
President
J O. SHELTON
Vico Prea.
STRENGTH
Promptness and Attention to Details Are Offered Yo
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First State Bank & Trust Co
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N. W. GORSUCH
LEGETT
Asst. uaamer
WILL F. SUDDATH
Cashier
SMITH MEDICAL
Institute
141 Pink Strket
CARL LEE SMITH MyTT Pes.
Specialist
In the TjeatmentyCf
Chronic and erveuUiseases ef
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MojleJwyirquipped Office
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The Abilene Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, May 14, 1909, newspaper, May 14, 1909; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth331209/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Public Library.