The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 46, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 30, 1905 Page: 5 of 44
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WILUBE TESTED
v
-vorucc Companies Have Askei
for aa Iajaactioo
j "
TO RESTRAIN THE STATE
?rom Attempting to Enforce the
'I' New Law Pliclnf Taxes on
tne Cross Receipts.
yi (Houston Pott Special.)
Austin Texts April ll.-As exelue-
Iroly forcast In then dispatches last
. night the franchise tax feature of
''the Bowser Insurance tax bill la to be
tested la the courts. Proceedings
were Instituted In the Fifty-third die-
r trict court bare this afternoon by for-
ty-two fire Insurance companlea and
plate (last casualty company to
' restrain 0. K. Bhannon secretary of
atate. from colioctlng the franchise
tax prorMed In the Bowser bill which
became a law on April IS to restrain
Mm from assessing any penalties
against either of the plaintiffs for
. non-payment of the tax by Hay t
1906. and also to restrain him from
declaring any forfeitures of permits
for those plaintiffs which sre foreign
corporations or the forfeiture of the
- charters of such aa are domestic cor-
poratlont. Judge Calhoun of the Flf-
ty-thlrd district court granted a tem-
porary restraining order la eccordr
anee with the prayers of the plaintiffs-
and set1 'the ease down for a
bearing os Jta merits on Haf 6 -
The plaintiffs sre the German A1U-
. anoe Insurance company the Qermaa-
Amerlcan the Cltlxena. the Hartford
Fire the Liverpool Londoa and Clobe
the Liverpool London and Qlobe of
Near York the Fireman's Fund the
Rome Fire and Marine the Aetna the
Home the Hamburg-Bremen the Com-
mercial Union the Phoenix; the Phoe-
. alx Assurance company the Pelican
Fire the Aachen and Mualefc Fire the
Federal the Northern Ann ranee the
North British and Mercantile the
North British and Mercantile of New
Tors the Becurlty Fire the Houston
' Fire and Marine (be1 Fire Association
of Philadelphia the Pehn Fire the
Scottish ' rjnion and National the
' Orient the New Hampshire Fire the
National Fire the Niagara Fire the
. Glenn Falls the American the Metrc-
.'. politan Plate Glass and Casualty the
. T. and 0H the German of Free port
. lit the Girard Fire end Marine the
ikAmerlcan Central the Mercantile Fire
Kd Marine the Amerlin of Newark
tie Camden Fire the Globe aad Rut-
gers the Michigan Fire aad Marine.
' the Atlanta Birmingham and the
." North American Fire.
""' It will be remembered that the free
- conference committee on the Bowser
v groat receipts tax bill Inserted this
. provision is that measure and it was
(V enacted Into the law:
. .m "Provided That all Insurance com-
" ... panlea affected l)y .thjs act shall pay
' the same franchise tax levied by ex-
' tsting law upon other corporations of
like 'capital stock surplus and undl-
: . tided profit."
Theyietltlon alleges that the above
v ' provision Is la conflict with those artl-
elea of the 8tate constitution which
require that no bill shall be amended
.without reference to its title and that
;;' ' all' amended laws shall be re-enacted
.'. and set out In full also that the cap-
tion of each bill shall set out its
' purpose. It Is also set forth that this
franchise tox feature of the Bowsjr
bill Is In dlrectconfltct with the Love-
Brelsford franchise tsx lsw which ex-
emptg Insurance companies from Its
provisions.
V Further grounds for the suit are that
the law Is In vlolatloncf the provision
. of the State constitution requiring
mat nil taxes snail re uniform ann
equal and In violation of the Federal
constitution which prohibits the tak-
ing of property without due process of
law. The farther point Is raised that
tho new law Is vagne and Indefinite.
It Is estimated that the Increase of
taxes which the insurance companies
doing business In Texas would have
to pay the State under the enjoined
provision Is $25000 to $30000.
The attorneysSpre Crane Alexander
tt Thompson of Dallas Carden
Renter of Dallas Hogg Watklns &
Jones of Houston.
W. B. ROBINSON DEAD
Prominent Banker of Palestine
Died 'at Fairfield.
(Hotutnn Post Special.)
Palestine Texas. April 29. Pales-
tine was greatly shocked on receipt
of a message from Fairfield stating
that W. B. Robinson had died at that
place this morning at 6 o'clock. His
death was unexpected. Deceased was
one of Palestine's leading public men.
?e was tho eenlor member of the
an of Robinson Bros. bankers one
of the leading private banks in East
Texas He""was born In Manchester
county South Carolina In 1S50. He
came to Texas In 1872. locating at
Fairfield where he practiced law un-
til 1880 when he moved to Palestine
and engaged In banking. Deceased
was an elder In the Presbyterian
church a Mason a Knight Templar.
He'waa a director In nearly all Pales-
tine enterprises.
Committees left for Buffs! to meet
the train bearing the remains and
will act aa a guard of honor to Pales-
tine: Knights Templars A. R. Howard
Captain .8. P. Allen A. C Noblln
Wood Nance; bankers. Colonel N. R.
Royall Lucius Gooch Will Robinson;
Commercial club J. M. Fnllenwlder
W. C. Campbell Ben Greenwood Dr.
J. M. Colley Colonel W. M. Lacy H.
L. Wright; relatives 0. S. Robinson
Mr. and Mrs. Gray Boulware.
Funeral services will be held at the
Presbyterian church 3undey at 4
o'clock under the auspices of the Ma-
sons. r Made Deputy Collector.
(Houston Post Special.)
' Galveston Texaa April 19. Mr. I
W. Fields who for some time was In
the' employ of the United States cm-
torn house In this city and Is well
known hereabouts and1 who was re-
cently transferred to the subpotta.t
Sabine aa been appointed a deputy
collector at that point
LARGE PLANS
Annooaccd If IuuiEndof Soot
cro Cotton AuocUtlotu V
A. CLAIM IS KING MADE
That the Acreage Is Being Great
ly Reduced and that the Cot-
ton Is Being Held.
(Houston Pout SpvcaU.)
Dallas Texas April H Tbe fol-
lowing has beea given out by the
Texaa division of the Southern Cot-
ton association the executive com-
mittee of which recently held a meet-
ing at Dallas;
The executive committee of the
Texss dlvlstea of the Southern Cot-
ton association. In session at Dallas
Texss April 87 sends greetings to
the divisions of this association la
our sister cotton States and offers
congratulations upon the assured re-
duction of cotton acreage for U9e In
Texaa and all the other cotton grow-
ing States aad the decided reduction
In tne amount of guano used under
cotton this season in the Easter cot-
ton States. Theee facta combined
with the cotton-holding movement
which has been so successfully con-
ducted prove that the cotton grow-
ers of the South axe workiag la her-
moay and are able to control the en-
tire cotton situation. We ask that
the cotton growers of the South 're-
sent the atatement made by Theodora
Price who proteases friendship for
the South and at the same time
charges the cotton growers wtth the
crime of speculation and forming a
trust and who rakes up sectional
prejudicea Is addressing New England
cotton spinners IS his persistent ef-
forts to misrepresent . the cotton
growers- for the purpose of cheapen-
ing this great staple crop. We eom
mend the spirit of Independence
shown by the Southern cotton grow-
ers which Mr. Price thinks such a
crime believing that theae business
methods axe the only means by which
a fair price can be Insured the grower
for his staple.
Features of Organisation.
' Whereas the objectc and purposes
of the Southern Cotton association
are not now fully understood by
Texas farmers snd business men we
invite epecial attention to the follow-
ing featnrea of this organisation:
1. Ample provision has been made
to take aurplua or distressed cotton
oS the market enery year before ft
reaches the spinner. Thla protects
cotton In the farmer's handa and his
future crop. If the spinners sec are
the i0000o0-bale surplus of the ISO
crop they will dictate prices for the
next three years
1 The aaaoclatlos encourages the
building of co-operative warehouses
owned and controlled by local people
as offering the cheapest protection
for cotton going to market Instead
of -a charge of ll.tO or tt per bale
cotton may be stored a year for leas
than 60 cents. The Insurance rate la
decreased from 4 per cent to one-halt
of 1 per cent. Cotton thus stored
furnishes the best collateral and bond-
ed warehouse receipts issued to farm-
ers can always be cashed at the local
banka tor 80 per cent of their face
value. The manager of such a ware-
house Is elected by the stockholders
and Is under bond for the proper
grading and accurate weighing of cot-
ton stored. . i
The weighing charges Vre i cents
per bale. Instead of IS cents the pres-
ent charge. One manager and one
weigher operate a KOOO-bale ware-
house and their services are ordinari-
ly required for only a portion of the
year. A warehouse of 1000-bale
capacity coats about $1250 and tf au-
tomatic fire protection la Included
there Is an additional cost of $to0.
These farts have been obtained from
warehouses now In sctual operation.
Cotton Mill Plans.
3. Cotton mills in the' South are
essential to the cotton growers' pros-
perity and this association will en-
courage tbe erection of these mills
In Texaa In communities favorably
situated for their operation by fur-
nishing estimates and other necessary
Information relating to building and
operating.
4. Because of the large amount of
perishable fruits and vegetables now
grown In Texas the cotton associa-
tion will encourage the building of
canning factories and will urge Texaa
consumers of canned products to pat-
ronise these home canneries and thus
encourage the reduction of cotton
acreage In a substantial manner.
5. t he reduction of cotton acreage
throughout the Soutn tbia season to
adjust tne crop of 1905 to the market
demands la a legitimate object and
one of the Immediate purposes of this
association and will place the cotton
growers in control of the price of
raw cotton. It Is expected that the
mills will control the price of cotton
goods.
6. We caution the farmers of the
South against the many slanderous
statements aimed at this association.
One of these is the falsehood circu-
lated by ' prominent Southern cotton
broken concerning fertilizer tags
used In the Carolmaa and Georgia.
The facts are 30 per cent less guano
la used under cotton thla year than
In 1904.
For these purposes the cotton grow-
ers and the business men of tbe
South have organised for the protec-
tion of our principal Industry.
Some' Recommendations.
This committee recommends to tho
officials of the Southern Cotton asso-
ciation that steps be taken to expose
the fallacious misleading press re-
ports now systematically Issued by
tbe enemies of our cotton for the pur-
pose of depressing the price and con-
fusing the cotton grower and thus pre-
vent any united action on the part
of tbe producers. These persona or
firms abould be publicly exposed as
enemies of the South snd we ask
that the seeretaiT of the Southern
Ottos aeeoclatloa furnish each Stale
division ' with the names ef parties
engaged la' this buslneae of mlsrep-
reeentaUoa based npon laaufflclaat or
leeeenrste Informs Ooa which la hurt-
ful te every farmer aad baslaess mas
la the South.
Wa call attention ef the holders of
cotton to the fact that when the gov-
ernment's acYeage at at la ties la June
show e reduettea eottoa writ sdvsaee
rapidly and eur plans for the' proper
marketing of the crop Will be real-
laed. .......
. We call attention to the county
meetings railed by President Jordan
for May I la all cotton growing coun-
ties where organisation baa beea ef-
fected. If on aoooant of weather con-
ditions It la Impracticable to bold
theee meetings the executive com-
mittee appoints the second Saturday
In May aa the proper time for holding
theae county meetings In Texss.
brenhaiTbudget.
Tbe New Constable Has Been
( ' Sworn In.
(Houston Post Special.)
Brenhsm. Texss April . Mr. O.
8. Crosble of Houston la In tbe city
to Investigate tbe oil prospects of
Washington county the Dixon place
on tbe Yegua near Oay Hill being She
specific field which be came here to
Investigate.
Constable Joe B. Ouyton has made
bond and catered upon the discbarge
of hla duties aa constable of precinct
No. 3 of Washington county. .
There was another rain here Satur-
day morning. It' looks aa If we would
have to change tbe name of the sea-
son from spring to the rainy season.
There haa not been a dry period long
enough thla apring for the farmers to
get In a whole week 'a work secee
etvely. Aa a. result of tbe freanent and
continued rains all fanning operations
have suffered.' The com acreage haa
been greatly reduced much bottom
bud will go uncultivated aad many
farmers have bad lowland crops
washed up" sad hare had no chance
to replant.
Mrs. Cllne an sged lady formerly a
resident of this elty died at ber borne
Is Dallas Friday night aH&rleiegraa
received here announces What her re-
mains will reach bens on the 4:30
train Sunday morning and be conveyed
to the Methodist churcn of which ahe
waa a consistent memberA and the
funeral win take place from there' at
Sam.
A bo at :tA o'clock Friday night an
alarm of fir was aonnded aad tbe de-
partment responded to tbe call and
found the fire at the residence of Prof.
J. W.' Scott colored la Camptown. The
flames had already gained too much
headway In they frame structure for
the department to de more than con-
fine the flames to the building.
A. B. Watklne the man who escaped
from the San Antonio insane asylum
a few weeks ago and waited home
making It Into Brenhsm in seventeen
days waa carried back to the asylum
hut evening.
Owing to the Inclemency of tbe
weather snd the acarclty of flowers
just at thla time the Knights ' '
Pythias have decided to postpone tho
decoration of the gaves and the dec
oration services that wore to have
been held at the cemetery tomorrow.
Commencing at 11:01 tonight the
Cane Belt trains will run into Bell-
vllle Instead of Sealy as heretofore.
TRAINMEN KILLED.
Canterbury's Body Not Found;
Gordon Is from Houston.
(Houston Post RperlaU
Hearne Texas. April 29 Tonight
about 9 o'clock freight train No. 25
ran Into a washout a jnlle south of
Hearne and the engine and thirteen
cars were put In the rfltch. allof them
being very badly smashed up.
Engineer Canterbury has not been
accounted for and It is feared that he
has been killed under bis engine.
A trainman named Gordon whose
home la at Houston was killed. He
leaves children.
It Will take nearly all of Sunday to
clear the wreck and put the road In
sbspe for tbe passage of trains.
CAMPBELL LITIGATION
Sent a Big Crowd to the Lake
Charles Court House.
(Houston Pot Special.)
Lake Charles La.. April 29 Tbe
creditors of the J. I. Campbell Lumber
company which recently went Into the
hands of a receiver are clustered
aBout the district court today for an
adjudication of the final account. The
contention today hinges on the sale
of the lumber claimed by the Conti-
nental Lumber company of Houston
to the L. B. Menefee Lumber com-
pany. There are more than a dozen
lawyers and a hundred creditors after
their share of this money. The files
in the case are swamped with peti-
tions oppositions demurrers and In-
terventions and the court has Its hands
full getting the matter properly
straightened out.
HAD GOOD TIME.
Legislators Wen Pleased With
Their Trip.
(Houston Post Special.)
Austin Texss April 29. Less than
a doien members of the legislature
returned form San Antonio today.
Many of those who attended the tar-
nival went direct to their homes to
spend Sunday. Those who returned
report having had a most enjoyable
time. They are unanimous in pro-
nouncing It tbe most delightful and
best managed festivity they eveR.wlt-
nessed. "We had a grand time" said Repre-
sentative W. J. Bryan of Taylor. - All
visitors were royally treated and the
affair waa In every Tespect a signal
success."
Representative W. B. Waro of
Quanah said: "I had a fine time. It
was a big affair."
Senator Tom P. Stone of Waco
said: "The carnival was a success and
I am sure everybody bed s good time."
.nOUSlJJNrDAILY1rOSTl'1SirNDAT.MORNINQl ArplkJO llMS.".
GURSEDJURORS
When Ya Jld of Guilty of Warder
WasRctnrftfd. '
ELMORE VERY WRATHY
Shook Fist in Rage but He Was
Prevented from Any Fur-
ther Demonstration.
(Hoottoa Pest Special )
Orangs. Texas April 29 John El-
more who bss been on trial for the
past ten days for tbe murder of Bud
Watson' waa given twenty years la
the penitentiary the jury returning a
verdict tonight at I o'clock.
When the sects ace waa read to bun
he euraed the Jury- and aheok hie flat
at them but was prevented from mak-
ing any further abuse by Deputy
Sheriff C. M. Devla. It Is said that S
new trlsl will be ssked for Imme-
diately. ORANGE NEWS.
The Big Dredge Has Been Pit in
the Water.
(Houttnt Poet trrrUl.)
Orange Texas April if. A large
number of sightseers assembled oa the
bank of the Sabine this afternoon to
witness the launching of tbe dredge
just finished by Clark 4 Co. under tbe
supervision of pan Platxer tbe build-
ing being dose by Captain Fred W.
8 wales. WbeS the mat block of tim-
ber wsakhockel" 'out that held the
large vessel is "place the people' held
their breath thinking that the dredge
would Instantly splash into ths water.
A hitch was caused from some reason
and the crew tabomd faithfully tin
O. T. Snell of Galveston who haa been
with tbe Clark k Co. people for sev-
eral years came over to take charge
of tbe vessel aa soon aa it wat
launched. B. L. Sanctuary a director
of the company and Charles Clark
both of Galveston and connected with
the company owning the dredge were
also present
While the-work of attempting to
launch the dredge was going on John
Fenny an employe in the construc-
tion of the dredge bad a very pain
ful wound Inflicted on bis left band
by another man who had made a mis-
lick snd struck him who s top malfc
The eases Of Tom and Bill Delano
who were jointly Indicted for the
same murder as Elmore were con-
tinued for the term as next week ends
the term of the court aad tbe last
trial demonstrates .the fact that. more
than one week would be required to
try the case.
The little 8-year-old son of WU1
Landera of thla elty fell off a log
sheer while fishing with two com-
panioaa In (foot of the . LuUher 4
Moore Lumber eompany'a of flee today
just before noon. The water was
very deep and the little fellow would
have drowned In S abort 41me had It
not been that the other two children
screamed and alarmed othere among
whom was A. L. Dees ef the office
force for Lutcher Moore Lumber
company who plunged Into the water
just In time to ssve the child from
a watery grave as beoras sinking the
third time. At this wVitlng the child
has suffered no bad r Rulta from the
occurrence.
THE BOWDE I CASE
Has Been Compromised and the
Old Man Goes Back.
(Houston Post Special )
Austin Texas April 29. A settle-
ment has flnallj been reached In the
famous Bowden esse. The esse was
on trial Thursday and yesterday In the
Fifty-third district court and yester-
day afternoon the taking of evidence
was concluded and the case was sub-
mitted to the Jury without argument.
After the Jury had been out the law-
yers representing both sides In the
case came to an agreoment and the
case was taken sway from the Jury.
According to the agreement which
was In the nature of a compromise
J. T. Bowden. the plaintiff will be per-
mitted to seturn to the home from
which he had been dismissed provided
he goes before the board of managers
which met at the home todsy. snd
apologizes to It for any remsrks or
strictures be may have made against
the board when ihe matter first came
up. This Bowden agreed to do and
he will also sign a promise to obey
the rules and regulations of the home
In future.
AN ORGANIZATION
For Victoria County Growers of
Cotton.
(Hounton Pout Special i
Victoria Texas April 29 There
was a meeting at the court houseje-
terday afternoon for the purpose of
organlilng the Southern Cotton as-
sociation In Victoria country. Mr. R.
R. Dancy who Is traveling through
Texas In the Intend of this organisa-
tion the object of which Is to e8ct
a reduction In the cottdn acreage ad-
dressed tho meeting after which
permanent organltatlon was effected
with twenty-one chartered members
and the following officers: E. L. Dun-
lap president; J. C. Sloan vice presi-
dent and C. S. E. Holland secretary
and treasurer.
THE STEFKA CASE
Resulted in Mistrial; Habeas
Corpus to Follow.
(Houston Post Speclalj
Halletsvllle Texas April 29 The
Jury In the Stefka case failed to agree
and were discharged and a mistrial
entered. Attorneys for Stefka will
now sue out a writ of habeas corpus
for the purpose of getting the defend-
ant released on bond.
One of the features In the trial of
the case was the exhibition In the
court room of a reproduction of the
room In which Mrs. Stefka and her
child were found dead.
G. W.' CARROLL
Sars Ec D i Rot tastif ate tht
Gambling Iftiktmea'av
EFFECTIVE WORK DONE
By tV Present Gand Jury Evi-
dences a Tendency to Better
Things. .
t
Beaumont Texaa April tl.-r6lace
the return of the eighty-two bills of
Indictment for gaming yesterday It
baa been currently reported that
Oeorge W. Carroll was the lastlgator
of ths Indictments. Mr. Carroll says
that thla la not tbe ease and further
stated:
"I am not disposed to shirk my re-
sponsibility In the matter nor averse
to taking a hand la ths batUe against
vice in Beaumont but tbe fast is that
1 save not beea before tbe grand Jury
snd have afforded se tnformatlos ex-
cept te give the same of one party
who was wanted. 1 am glad 'to knew
that others are willing to take up the
crusade aad that (hey have the stamina
to do It H snows that there) Is s ten-
dency to better things aad that there
la a dlspoaitloa to secure tbe enforce-
ment ef tbe law ae matter who is sf
fected.
'The present grand Jury la -doing
effective work and there eaa be bo
doabt that laatlag good will cobs of
It The community will be better off
materially aad morally when all forms
of gambling are eradicated.
The Water Franchise.
Beaumont Texas April M. The
elty council wss convened In extraor-
dinary session this afternoon pursuant
to the call of Mayor ianghaxs to take
ap the matter of the proposed amend-
ments to the tree cilse of ths Beau
mont Water Supply company . Be-
cause of the absence from ths city of
Alderman T. 8. Reed the council ad-
journed Immediately after eonvaalat
until seat Monday afternoon at' I
o'clock whea another special meeting
wlH be held. It waa thought beet not
to dispose of such aa Important mat-
ter as- the proposes changes Is the
water company's franchise without a
full beard of alderaea present r
Wadding Today. 1
Beaumont Texaa April II. An-
nouncement la made of tbe marriage
of Mr. Temple Wheeler to Miss Battle
Elklss to Uke place at St Mark's
Bplscopal church tomorrow evening at
7 o'clock. My. Wheeler Is ths sea of
J. 8. Wheeler sa sM sad well kaewa
railroad mas of Taxai who was agent
a Temple Texas at ths time of Tem-
ple Wheeler's birth twenty-three years
ago. He was tha first child bom In
tbe town of Temple and waa named
after tbe town. Mr. Wheeler la at
present the city clrculstor of tbe
Beaumont Journal and baa many
friends. Mlaa Klklns tbe bride la
also a native of Temple and Is a popu-
lar teacher of music Is the high school
conservatory of this city.
Report Asked For.
Beaumont 'Texaa April 19. Coun-
ty Clerk Hal O. Land la In receipt of
a letter from Edwin Jadwln rsptaln
of the corps of United States army en-
gineers at Galveston calling attention
to the fact that the "rlvera snd bar-
bora act of March 3 1906 prevtded
for an examination ar.d survey of
Port Bolivar with a view of obtaining
a channel 800 feet wide and a depth of
twenty-five to thirty feet respectively
to deep water."
That communication also set forth
thst to facilitate an early report and
recommendation "you and others In-
terested In Post Bolivar are asked to
submit to the Oalveston office of tbe
United States engineer corps not Ister
than May 16 1906 views and expres-
sions on this subject."
The communication further states
that the rivers snd harbors bill of
March R last provided for an eiamlna-
tlon for an Inland waterway from the
Rio Qrande (Texas) to a con-
nection with the Mississippi river at
Donaldsonvllle. It further ststes thst
any Information on the oil lumber
coal agricultural and horticultural
products etc. showing what effect
light draft navigation would have In
reducing rates of transportation on
raw bulky materials and products
will be especially appreciated.
To. Be. a Dry Sunday.
BeaumonfA Texas April 29. On ac-
count of the numerous Indictments
found by the grand Jury for vlolstlons
ofthe Sunday law Constable Holder
tonight made the rounds of the sa-
loons and notified the proprietors that
under no circumstances would they
be allowed to sell liquor tomorrow.
The next step to be taken by the
grand Jury Is understood to be sgalnst
the slot machines In cigar stores snd
saloons ss well as "klondlke" ma-
chines. Many places have taken the
hint and have taken the machines out
of Shelr pieces.
Two Nsval Recruits.
Beaumont Texss April 29. The
United States naval recruiting office
which has been open here for one
week closed today Lieutenant J. A.
Scoflel of Houston coming over to
the city today and swearing In the ap-
plicants. Two Beaumont boys were
enlisted. They are V. C. Ward aged
17 years as as apprentice seaman
and J. L. Tontanow aged 21 years aa
a coal paaser.
The Courts.
Beaumont Texas April 29. It wss i
divorce and motion day In the district
courts today.
In the Sixtieth district court di-
vorces were granted In favor of
James Helton sgalnst Mrs. A. L. Hel-
ton. Decrees of divorce were also
awarded Fannie Conndl against Joe
imJl. ise
'nf5'
CoeaelL sad for Ba Smith agalaet
Aaale Smith
' Tba Beaamoat Improve west one
peay brasaibt eM la the district eoart
against Ba aVkog oa presslaaory
note far est aad far foreclosure ef
vendee's Ilea. Tbe Beaasaoal Improve-
Bvaat compear alao nied salt easiest
Joakae
O. Dtfkl
laeos te eafofoe tbe
eollecuoa of
torlM -.
two promissory aotee
Tbe feature of the eesalaa 'ef the
Fifty-eighth dletitt eonrt Sa thb
aumsreae orders at dismisses! for
wast ef pvweaeatlos which were en-
tered la dlvVwee-taaeSk About s score
of divorce oases sosse of which have
beea ea tbe dockets for a toag time
were dlemlaoed sad Judge Pope stated
that they weald sot be relastatad ex-
cept for very g-iod cause.
la the FtftyiBth district court a
judgment for plaintiff la the asm of
10o waa entered la the rase of J.
F. Keith vs. W. F. Treads way
NEAL'S POSITION.
Will Accept Nomination but He
u WUl Net Scramble for It
aieuxoe poet Special.)
Navaaota Texas. April M. Lieu-
tenant Qoeeraor Oeorge D. Nel re-
turned borne todsy from duties at the
Bute. capital to spend the gabbeth
with bis family. The Poet correspon-
dent saw kirn sad called bis sUestloa
to the" pronouaced pabHe eestlmeat
here tbe gratlflcatlea expressed by
borne people for tbe eonOdeace and
esteem .publicly expressed la him la
ether sections sad ssked hla whether
or sot be had Anything to add to bis
expressions to The Pest's Austin cor-
respondent . Ha bad not But could act eoaceal
the feellagwlU which be received tbe
maay tokens of regard and protesta-
tions that be would receive support
for. the afflee of ceagreesmaa from
this district te mi tha unexpired term
of the Jate Congressman Jobs M.
Piacksoy. -
Tbe lieutenant governor aa a sollU-
dss Is a wiaa ef some marked pecw-
llarttles. One ef theae la that he will
never take ths Isltnulve la. resting
publicity of say claims he may haws
to crewns ef glory snd honor; an-
other thst his persona! eeavealenee le
generally snbniaalve te ths will of
the people whom be has se faithfully
aa splendidly served aa State eenator
aad- lieutenant governor for the past
saves or eight years.
The burden of hi remarks te the
reporter chewed that ehould It appear
that tbe people ef tbe Eighth district
wasted him to ge to e aegises be could
net well ssy se; bet that under ae
elrctis) stances would be be either able
or Inclined te enter a grand scramble
for tbe place.
People wbe ksow him sre Soatlve
that hs would make Texaa aa exceed-
ingly valuable sasa la congress teat
now.
FAVOR MEACHUM.
Anderson People Want Him to
Run (or Congress.
(Heuaien Feet Special.)
Anderson Texts April tl-Ssnator
MeDoaald Meacbum Is here todsy. He
waa reared at Aadareoa and the people
want klm to go to ooagreee. Re was
In the thickest of the fight for demec-
racy In some of the dsrkest days ef
the party la Orlmee county wbsa
he wss only II years old snd bss
ever kept up the good fight until this
day. He has decided opinions upon
sll questions sad you can always
knew how be steads. Tbe people here
sre proud of his record both ss a
private cltlien snd aa a legislator.
They realise fully that It Is rather
early but other candidates coming
out forced them to make our wishes
known In justice to eur favorite.
SENATE ELECTION BILL
A
Has Nearly Bsen Completed by
ths Committee.
(Houston Psst Apodal i
Austin Texas. April 29. Tbe sub-
committee of the senate committee on
privileges and elections consisting of
Senators Smith Looney Fsulk and
Davidson appointed to draft a general
election bill using the Terrell elec-
tion bill as a basis for Its work
has been faithfully at work for two
days and has almost finished the
task. The subcommittee bss deferred
sctlng upon the1' nonpartisan aad In-
dependent caadldate provisions and
the primary election feature of the
bill until Senator Davidson returns
which will be on Sunday. Tbe bill
will probably be reported to the aen-
ate Tuesday morning. '
HUTCHINGS NAMED
As Chief Clerk in Secretary of
Stats's Office.
(Houston Post Special )
Austin Texas April 29 This after-
noon Secretary of State Shannon an-
nounced that he had appointed Colonel
Henry Hutcalngs of Austin as chlet
clerk in the department ef state. The
appointment of Colonel Hutclrlngs waa
made without application from htm
though a number ef his friends pre-
sented to the secretary of state the
superior qualification possessed by
Colonel iiutchlng for the responsible
position. Colonel Hutchlngs Is st
present superintendent of the States-
man printing establishment snd Is well
known aa a printer aad newspaper
man of ability. The appointment Is
generally regarded aa a wise one.
LAND FORFEITED
Seven Hundred Tracts Included
in the List.
(Houston IVwt prll )
Austin Texas April 2S. The State
treasury department today completed
the compiling of the list of land for-
feitures for this year and sent It to tbe
State land commissioner. The list
embracea 700 tracts of State land 160
to (40 acres eack which will be for-
feited by their present owners for fail-
ure to pay the ssnual interest on the
purchase of ihe lead due ca Novem-
ber 1 last. The land commissioner
stated that the prebabte cause ef tbls
unusually large forfeiture list la tha
high price at which Ssate lands were
sold In West Texss.
POTTER IS DEAD
. . 4 i t
Alter a irofsi of Wtirlf t Boat!
dCihctu
A DIST1NGULSIID CAREER
Was a Lawyer of Ability and
Had Served On Terra u
State Senator.
(Houetea Pest BseHal)
Oalneevtlle. Tessa. April. M. Hoe.
C. U Potter former State senator
died at I JS o'clock talb ssorslag. efter
ea lllaeea ef tweaty-foar days. Cas
eer ef tbe river waa tbe eease.
The funeral will take place st I p.'
m. Sunday. . . . . .
Cslboua Lasderg Potter wse bom
Is Peatotee county Mississippi. Fsbra-
ary Ills ssd sadved wttb his parents
to Tease wkes I years el I Tbe
family lived hv Orayeoa eoeety voae
tar moving from there te the head
ef risk creek la Cooke eosaty. where
they lived three years sad anill the
ladlaae burned their hewe est all
tVil poaeeeskne Tbe big Uaule
tv Centals Revlead's eomatey anJ
ths lest lavas Ion late Coo eoumy
ef Comaache ladlaae was - fought
arouse the ruins ef 'their" heme
while Us l ysar-eld lad waa eoneea'ed
la the timber with the women of tbe
Potter aad Landers remittee. Mr. Pet-
tor thea moved with bis parents te
Whites bare where be Mvwd two ee
three years moving beck to Flak
creek aad living ea a farm en til be
was II years eld. After attending
school at Marysville ene year be
caste to Oeieeevtfle te study law la
tbe office ef hla brother. Judge C C
Potter - One rears later he was .ad-
mitted te ths bar aad formed a part-
serek I p wtth his brother- aader the
firm same ef Potter Potter. This
paraerahlp waa eeatlsued aatlt 1110
whea Judge Potts went ea the beach
aad the partnership ef Potter A
Hughes wss formed snd which existed
aatll the retirement of Judge Pot-
ter from ths beach whea the partaer-
shin ef Potter a Potter was renewed
sad eontiaeed aatll dissolved by
death. -
Is 1171 Mr. Potter was married la
tela elty-to Mlae Nellie Waltoa aad
ef this union three children were
bom. The first a eee died la Infancy.-
Two deugntersi Mrs. Walter
Harris of South McAleeterand Mlae
Edith Potter ef tbls etty survive aim.
Hla first wife died m ISM. aad la
HIT he married Mlae Dixie Croeke
of Dealeoa. by. whom bs bad twe
sons Ceillsle snd Wendell. . r
Mr. Potter devoted himself exclu-
sively te the practice ef law aatll
HM whea be wsa elected to tbe
lute siesate from the Fourth sena-
torial district elaee which time Ha
has beea greatly interested ra Texas
polities. Ha drew the short term aad
served la the senate only two years.
Hs waa re-elseted from Che same die-
Met m 1MI and served feus years.
Hs waa a candidate for Hsu tenant
governor la lilt at a time whea It
required a twe-tblrds majority to
nominate and .lacked only eleven
votes of bavins ths . two-thirds ma-
jority Instructed for ' him at the
Houston . convention but the with
drawal from the convention of all the
forces Instructed for Oeorge Clark
took s number of his Instructed rotes
ana tne convention that nominated
Clbrernor Hogg selected ss lieutenant
governor M. ii crane la that con-
vention Mr. Potter was the vWIm ef
aa unjust suspicion. Hs wss .ths
choice for lieutenant governor snd
should bsvs bees nemlastsd but de
signing mnes circulated s report that
he waa 'not true to Hogg and with the
spirit which then prevailed ho man
could have been out on tbe ticket
who waa not absolutely known to" be
loyal. Tbe statements made about his
loyalty however were not correct ssd
he wsa turned down without reason.
Mr. Potter worked early and late
for the advancement of Gainesville
and waa always foremost In every
move looking to the city's advance-
ment. In his home life Mr. Potter was a.
man of admirable character. HIS
Gainesville home Is one of the most
delightful In the city and he haa many
friends throughout the county and dis-
trict In which he Uvea.
FRIEND OF WILLACY
Would Like to See Him on Rail-
road Commission.
(Houston Post Bpeejai.)
Halletsvllls Texss April 29. The
stsiement In The Post to the effect
thst Senstor Willacy would probably
be a candidate for lieutenant gover-
nor was pleasing to his friends here
who hope to sse him favored by be-
ing elected to a state office. It Is
generally admitted that he would
make aa exceptionally efficient rail-
road commissioner or comptroller and
Senator Paulus hla warm personal
frlead and admirer statea to Tbe Post
correspondent that be would prefer
seeing him elected railroad commis-
sioner believing that commission
should not be composed wholly of
lawyers and that no man In the State
Is better fitted for work required as
commissioner than la Senator Willacy.
WOMAN FOUND GUILTY
Of Sending Obscene Letter
Through Hail.
(Houston Post BprrlnM
Tyler Texas April tt. In the
Federal court today Jmnle Richard-
son a negress charged wtth having
mailed an obscene and lewd letter to
a young lady of this place waa found
guilty. . The young lady to whom the
letter was addressed belonga to one
of tbe oldest families In tbls section
snd her grandfather served in the
Mexican war. Judge Bryant will
pass sentence on ber next week.
Crand Jury Resting.
Heaumont Texas April II. The
grand Jury which broke the record In
Jeffereea eeunty by returning 100 bills
ef iadlcttW wss la session today
but took ike regular recent tbis after
noon aatll Monday. ; ; . .
TIIRiA
Ciaic fa at ftoa IV. .'.
veky GOCD 'nouua::
For AH of Them H Pme Cat
' Pressure in ths A - y Hole.
' Field la Ext -a.
0eeeO Tmt t -- ' I
Bateoa Texas April tj -
new
..ly
i
wells came la almost
la tba aew field hue ye;.
aa. They are teepertiv-:
Christian Co. No. 4. Ads I
aad K. V. Astray Me. 4. Tk it
la seemingly sot muck t
tbetr prodecrma. They er t '
eomewbere betweea lee and ;
rkar bet tbe Aetrey well ha
ly tbe beat gee press are er i '
reason le getting better s i t
ft Is farther to tbe aerthwMt (
etbere and will awaken i a
that direction.
t
1 1
Se far sot a stagie well l
to come la la that sat ef t
and ra that respect tt a -r l
that tneee taterceted there 1
suffered a Single dlaappoli '
t. i
la
t
bow extensive this field wi.l '
a eaeeUon bet experts t-
an that lead eaeireled ea ti e
Pine Ulead Seyos will prove t
1
prodacinc territory.
CHASTER Tit'
For thl Producer! Pfcs !
Refinery Comp '
Ootirta. O. T. April is.- -
due era' pipe Line aad R '
ftay with ftO.OM.MO tt.
sad with beadanarters at '
City waa tkartered bare U
purpose of coaxtrsctbig a :
m tbe Kanaue field f
through Oklahoma Indian .
tad Texaa fields to Oalve.
rylng ell for export. Tbe
rludee the erecttoe ef at
arise la tbe fields terottxti
sine line will paaa. Tbe i
Ight the Standard Oil eo
X. Wright who secured l
todsy Is a ettisea ef Seven;
snd claims to have behind l
tol la excess ef the capital
moneyed men of Calcage t
St Louts Kansas City sad (
Texaa a Interesting meet:
stockholders will be bald
days at Oklahoma City and
II they will begla as everiac 1
the proposed roote of tbe p
Oil producers of Kansas B
snd Tulsa I T and CleveUii l. c .
are Interested. r .
1 enwssaanswbwassaas
1'. - ; BALE OP OIL
At Thirty-Eight Cents Wss I
.: "w. at Beaumont
' rHeoetea Pest Spsrlal.)
; Seaaaont; Texas April Is
-cat oil market bss bees sacb&
some time past ee far as tb ;
(notations of the pike Use c
sre concerned.
J The Landry Oil eqpr'ry t
cfoeed a contract with tha.b n -compasy
for ths output of Its -the
Soar lake field tor the s t t
ty days st a rcesldsratloa ef i i c
per barrel. --
Some smart sales ere heir ; r
around that figure but so Ian i t
actions bsvs takes place since t
deal la Jennings ell made recti.
C antes Bass A Besckesstein a n
ported at tbe time la The Post.
Shutdown st Barbers.
(Houston Post Special.)
Mont Belvleu. Texaa April tt.
Tbe only rig running Is the field this
morning Is tbe one at the Pearl well.
The McCann rigs are all waiting for
fuel oil of which a barge load is ex-
pected at Needle Point tomorrow.
The Sun company struck a cavity
In tbe rock In which they were drilling
and loat their water yesterday and ar
now waiting for orders from head
quartera.
Measra. Markham and Fisher of tbr
Ouffey Petroleum compasy inspecteC
the field Thursday and Friday.
WENT TO CHICAGO ;
To Take the Places of Striking
Tesmsters. .
(Houston Post Spsslati -' ' '
Waco Texas April II. Quite S
number of men left the elty today ton
Chicago to act as drivers for the ex
press companies whose drivers are
on n strike In Ohlrsgo. They have
had good Inducements to go to Chi.
cago and -he men who are leaving
here are of the kind that will pay nr
attention to the strike but Will work '
at the acale that is promise there ?
ORGANIZED LABOR.-'
Galveston Typographical Union ;
Will Have Discussion v
Oalveaton. Texas April t A gea
era! meeting of organised labor bar
been called by Typographical anion
No. 21 for next Wednesday evening at
Cooks' snd Walters' ball. Tbe object
. . . . i . .i.i-. . i
la the discussion ot me eigsi-nuur w
which wu recently adopted by the
International body of the prlntere end
goes Into effect on January 1. 1101
Not a Costly Tertn
Halletsvllle. Texaa April II. This
terra of the district court expiree to
night at it o'clock by limitation snd
Judge Kennon Is due to epea court In
Beguln Monday and will leave for t! t
place tomorrow without having aa op-
portunity to ylalt his family la Colu. t-
hue. Today waa spent in making ov -t
reading minutes approvtoff eee i
etc. Total costs of term are lees t j
11000.
Mayor Johnson Dea l.
Moody T"a April f-
Featua Johnson died at b' !
1:11 tbls afternoon HI
expected for ssrersl d. .
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