The Abilene Semi-Weekly Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 15, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 11, 1913 Page: 4 of 8
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Bwlnees and Glreulatloa South-eaters 67 Independent
67. Editorial Office Independent 151.
SOCIETY EDITOR.
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JUDGE BLEDf OS'S LETTIR.
Judge Ulwlsoo's letter published in The Reporter
in answer to our request for information rcjjnrcliiiff
the plans of the Commissioners Court should put
nt ease every objection to the court house bonds.
We cannot believe that there are many men in la)
lor county who will object to a new court house
when the tax rate will only be raised 6 cents on tno
duo hundred dollars rendition. That is much less
than wo thought it could be handled for. Ihrce
dollars a year on a $5000.00 vduntion in Jl not
hurt any one. If you render oQ0.Q0 it vouh
"cost you only 30 cents a year for Taylor county to
have a new court house. Surely no one will object
to paying that amount.
In tho next place the Commissioners propose to
erect a fire prpof building and that is as it should
he The one item of insurance on a building tnat
will be suitable for a epurt house for this county
means it great saving. In time a flrt proof building
will save as much to the county as tho original
cost. The amount asked for when figured that it
will take about $25000.00 to furnish the building
Js very low. Taylor county must have a new court
house tho present building is dangcrotis ahd can-
not be repaired so that it will be safe so we arc
informed by first class mechanics. Valuable pa-
pem are being poorly protected every day and n
fire might cause a loss that it Would be impossible
to estimate the damage. It is indeed fortunate
that the county is in so good financial condition
and that the cost will be so little on everybody.
The need is imperative.
In Atlanta Ca. several years ago a ten year old
boy ww sent to prison for 11 years for Btealing a
Lwti wnff- In Ti.hk si man can shoot down his
rellowman and get on the stand and BWoar that
the man who was killed made n motion towards
his hip pocket and that cuds it. Often the dead
man has no pistol on his person but that makes no
difference juries let clever lawyers hide the cold
facts and let their sympathies become aroused and
they return a verdict of not guilty when the facts
warrant a verdict of first degree murder with
hanging as the punishment. The charge that we
are a nation of murderers can ulmost bo brought
against us- The record of Texas for J912 is u
blot on civilization and the number of convictions
a disgrace to our courts. But it is not at the l'cct
of the courts that we lay tho blame the juror who
swears that he will try a case according to the
law and evidence and swears to weigh the evi-
dence to the best of Ills ability uud then goes into
the jury room and forgets everything but what the
defense lawyer said is to bfame. Hundreds of mur-
dered dead cry out against us and the Lord 'Jod
of lieu ven has thundered down the ngw "thou
fchalt not kill". Let a poor ignorant negro steal
something and ho is surfl of the penitentiary but
let a man murder his fgllow being ami ho is almost
fcure Jo be acquitted.
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It don't cost any more to be a gentleman than it
does to be u fool. It is refreshing to read such re-
marks U8 Secretary of tho Interior Land made
ubont President Wilson after a cabinet meeting on
Thursday. Auked about tho meeting Sir- Lane said
that the thing that impressed him most was tho
modesty of the gentleman who sat at the head of
tho table "lie listened to every consideration and
decided without hesitation what should be done.'
Those are the marks of real greatness. Contrast
tho two Roosevelt mui all of his thundering
noise with Wilson tho perfect gentleman what 11
wonderful difference and all in fiivor of the quiet
unassuming educated eollogu president. He is
giving the world an example that should bq fol-
lowed: In this duy of rush and got rich we for-
get that "we nro fellow' beings nnd though we be
in a hurry and are besieged on every hand that
we are expected to ba a gentleman. No man has
miy sort of right to become so busy and so entan-
gled with business that it saps his life of the beau
tiful qualities of being courteous polite gentle-
man. lie who docs it is falling below tho murk that
folks have a right to expect of oven u business
man.
One of the many thitigs that interested L-1. Llg-
on on his recent trip to Arkansas was tho fact that
thu farmers arc dynamiting their ground before
planting. Bcvdral parties in Abilene aro dynamit-
ing before planting trees. Where this method has
been tried it bus lHren Joujtct to bo of groat heuefll
to tko growth of all kind of vegetation and capo-
uisflyl 4ouh it benefit young trees. In formation
U what the people need sttd no opportunity should
b ht to study imjH'ove methods
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CWlslnly everything is moving off well at Wash-
kiftiw. Dowm st Am(U Bisuy gtod lws ra be.
in atMMitwl snd tlwi eountry is & to lmve
I'u-iuj- ui ram w rmm a gotut crop. ro urn to
"j' . ... t.ar.juaac
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Perhaps tho greatest wasto of tho American poo.
plo !s tho wsfite of time. Few people improve their
time in faot there aro very few people who do not
waste hours of their own tlmo every day and also
of their fiends- .Southern people liuvo not learned
1i.. !- nt .nnWlmr lirtlirfl nOllllt IIS lUlVO UlU
people of tho north. Southern people as n rule
never have any time for recreation and the reason
for this lies in" tho fact that they have no system
for dispatching their work. In their ensy go-
lucky way they try to transact business for four
teen hours a day and think they are worked to
death. The proper way and tno ocuer way iy
use every minute of the day for eight hours Tor
work and then take a few hours for recreation
Collis P. Huntington when a young man counted
a day worse than lost if ho did not add something
1.:.. i.n.b. ...wmmif "With him Jt was a life am
bition to be richer every night than when the dny
began. He did not allow his friends to waste Ins
time. He worked hard every day but he always
found n few hours for rest. Of all the things that
southern people need to learn it is to quit wasting
time. There is plenty of time for everything that
anv person needs to do if proprly used. 1 he thing
is to not waste your own time nor the other fel-
lows time.
Dr. Priedmann who came to America to test hrs
new tuberculosis serum has administered the treat-
ment to several patients and has been besieged
with applications for the remedy. It is fine that
the Doctor was given an opportunity to make good
and we hope that his serum will cure the dre.id
disenso and that he gets a million dollars for t.
.Mnnv millions are spent every year in fighting the
plague which Will be saved if this new remedy
is what is claimed for it. The price cuts no figuro
whatever if the disease can be cured and. tho peo-
ple saved from the awful waste of life that tubercu
losis now demands.
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Those who visit President Wilson each duy will
have their names furnished to the press nnd their
business will be announced. Some folks that other-
wise might have ventured to call piay stay at hum'.
The office seeker must come the reginr way-
through the head of the department under which
he seeks appointment.Husincss ideas are being adop-
ted and if some body don't look out by the time the
first 4 years of President Wilson's administration
have expired the United States will be on u busi-
ncss basis. Millions and millions of dollars Can
be saved to the people oice real business methods
are adopted as was bIioWh by Mr Hitchcock post
master general-
it
(The popularity of William Jennings Iiryan is at-
tested every time ha comes in sight of the crowds
at Washington. People love Bryan for his honesty
and hid great intellect He is u wonderful man.
"Biok to the Land" at Last.
The most wholesome of the impending economic
changes in the United States will be the reversal
of the drift of population from the country to the
city. The census of 1020 will be the first for more
than a generation to show a diminishing rate of
city gnVwth and an increase of ruVa.1 Jwpulation.The
reason for our present condition has been of
course that the protective tariff has made manu-
facturing excessively profitable- And in order
that the city factory owner might become rich tho
country has been drained of its youth to wQrk for
him. Not only did they come as factory workers
but to supply all those varied demands which the
growth of the city broughfctho 'extension or
streets the stimulation of the building trades and
the increase of transportation. The reduction of
the tariff will withdraw this premium from manu-
facturing. There will follow a real buck-to-tho-lund
movement of large proportions and most healthy
significance. "Buck-to.tho.fnnn" 80 long us it
remains what it has been merely a sentimental .slo-
gan amounts to nothing. For the number of peo
ple who will leave the city and go on the farm
because of sentiment or because their intelligence
tells them it is best for them is small The bulk
of human nature is such that it will leave the city
for the country only through severe economic pres-
sure only because they find it no longer easy to
get food or shelter in the city. This change will
hurt for tho moment but it will be incalculably
valuable to the nation; and while the parents and
adults Who aro transplanted in mature life may
Buffer inconvenience their children will profit
enormously in every physical and moral aspect
Collier's Weekly.
A Ninety-Day lession.
In view of the interruption of labors for a week
and thu important work Undone it hardly seems
probable that the state legislature will adjourn at
tho end of sixty days as bus been proposed or at a
near date
Truo It is It great hardship upon members to re
main nt Austin uud render laborious service for the
compensation of only $2 a day which will be the
rate after sixty days. -.But they accepted office1 no
der that coustilutiouul condition and they should
not shirk thoir obligation or evade its plain pro
visions.
It would bo too much to require the members
to continue in 11 regular session longer than nci
essury to transact tho state's ordinary business.
Four or five mouths would be an intolemlilu bur
den. But three mouths or thirty days after the
S-H-dny period should suffice for tho disposition of
all pressing matters and that much tho people
have h right to expect. If anything unusual should
sriso requiring prolonged labors tho body would be
warranted in putting upon tho governor tho res
pousibllity of culling a special session for its eon
siderstiou- But tho ordinary appropriations uud
tno pledged acts under Democratic parly uisti'tie
titm can bo easily completed in another mouth and
under all tho circumstances that much is required
as u mutter of political contract uud u good faith
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FAIR GROUNDS
ACTIOS' TO HK IJSK1I AS WA1IM.NO
TO OTIIEHS WHO
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Oy Associated Press.
CONSTANTINOPLE Mnrch 7 Fif
ty nititlnoiiH Arao noKiiero ooioiisins
to the Turkish rcglniontB RunrdlnB
Gallljtoll wore shot today ns a vrnrn-
lnir to tho others.
MoBt of tho nion hi this division or
the Turkish army are from tho warm
Asia Minor section flntl 'nro so chilled
by the cold that they claim that they
aro too numb to flRht.y
back that cat
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Chamber of Commerce Helulhe
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CHATS CHOICE.
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON. March " The De-
mocratic senators' caucus today se-
lected Senator Clarke of Arkansas for
President pro-temporo of the Senate
over Senator l)aoh bf Georgia by n
voto of twenty-seven to fourteen.
Tho voto came as k great surprise
for It was beiieved UifvjTSenator nac-
on would bechosfy
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forces the
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By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON March ? Prwldonl
Wilson lias beon Invited to attend the
Cuero Texas turkey trot there next
November.
The Invitation was -vHveri'd to the
president today by Jtiok Howerton
who appeared at tho Wu'te HoUu
dressed in n boy scout uniform and
accompanying a huge turkey nearly
ten feet tall.
In tho rcgulnr weekly meeting of tho
City Commissioners Thursday nftet-
noon tho mutter of the rcmovnl ot
tho present Fair Grounds to n location
enst or ttcdnr creek and jiorth of tho
Texas nnd padllc tracks was discuss-
ed nt length and n committee from
tho Chamber of Commerce appearing
'.before Ihc Hoard for this -purpose.
A proposition was submitted to thu
Commissioners for the trading of tho
forty acres upon which tho present
grounds nre located for ninety acres
situated east of Cedar creek. It wn
stated that tho trade could bo made
for thoconfllderatlon of the present
grounds and $tf000. Tho Ijoiird ex-
plained 0 the committee thnt tho city
could pot assume any obligation or
incumbrance on the property this as-
sumption having been Included lit tljo
proposition Hubmitted For it was
shown that ft part of the contract
which was made when the present fair
grounds were turned over to the city
by the citizens who owned tho prop-
crty was that the grounds wore nev-
er to bo incumbered.
After a longthy ' discussion Mayor
Kirby appointed Corjiorrttloti Counsel
Hickman and Oominissionerft Hoone
and Shackelford ns a committee to
confer further with tho committer of
f the Chamber of Commerce and to as
certain what kind or a deal was pos-
sible to bo mftde whereby the city
rould secure the properts devoid pf
rjiLMinibriincfis and other dtflils
T Order llond Klcrllou.
Tho committee appointed by the
Hoard to look into tho matter of Horur-
Inp an option on a location for the
CoIIckp Height public school report-1
d that they had scoured options on
two sites situated on Fifteenth ana
two sites situated betttoeiv Fifteenth
and Sixteenth on iWcJi. t'orporatlon
Counsel IL N'. Hlekiuau v;ns Instructed
to prepare resolutions ror a Itond elec-
tion to the amount of $ir.uoo for tlp
orootlun qf a building and purchase of
a site tap this school.
Permit was granted o A T. CJort
and Sons to establish a milk depot at
list North Second.
Bills were ffTTuwed nnd Uk Board
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adjourned
The
Farmers and Merchants
National Bank
OF AfilLENE TEXAS
Twenty four years of continuous growth
and successful Banking Experience.
We Appreciate Your Businoss
ED. S. HUGHES President
F. W. JAMES Vice-President
? HENRY JAMES Cashier
W. B. KEEBLE. Ass't Gashier
Her. W F. Plllnrd Hotter.
Rev W. F. Dlllard eontliu.ea to Im
prove and his physicians think that be
Is about out of danger Ills frinnds
will bo glad to know that his condi-
tion Is so favorable.
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Jmin Weeks died at his home six
miles southeast of Abilene last night
Brlght's disease being the cnuao as-
signed. Wo was thirty-!." yinr of
ago. PartieB who came In after the
casket stated that burial would take
ptafo In the Abilene cemettfy thlB
(Friday) afternnon but were not In-
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