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The Refugio Review.
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Only Paper iu The County-
Published In The Interest Of Refugio County.
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VOL. 6.
REFUGIO, REFUGIO COUNTY, TEXAS, JAN. 22,1904.
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COTTON AGAIN KING.
Given Place of Honor in the
♦Special Agricultural Exhibit.
Bt. Louis, Mo.—“King Cot-
ton,” milt mg on his throne in a
magnificent cotton palace, view-
ing the cotton fields through the
open doors and windows and
hearing the rumble of cotton
machinery of the mills in opera-
tion, will Ixe the central feature
of the special cotton exhibit in
the Agricultural Building at the
world's Fair of ljK)t.
Cotton is /gfv^u the place of
honor in the 'arrangement of ex-
hibits in the grant Palace of Ag-
riculture. and this is preeminent-*
Jy fitting in these Roosevelt ian
days when the building of the
Panama canal will give the
♦Southern States a short route
to the Orient, where 500,000,000
people- wear cotton doth. The
prophets say that the ‘‘big
ditch” across the isthmus will
revolutionize the cotton grow-
ing and cotton manufacturing-
industries in this country, and
that the cotton mills will move
South to be near the raw pro-
duct and save expense, and then
the battle will begin,for America
to capture the greatest market
for cotton doth in the world—on
the other side of the Pacific
Ocean.
Through the center of the Ag-
ricultural Palace, wnich covers
20 acres, is a nave, 106 feet wide
and 60 feet high, running the
whole 1600-fpot length of the
vast structure. This nave, on
^ «7 -i^rpacco;sugar and
riceT^ Each state can donate
products for these special exhi-
bits, and, if desired, can also
have products of the same kind
ia their respective displays in the
State sections of tne same build-
ing, This grand nave through
the Agriculture Palace is the
most wonderful vista of instal-
lation ever presented at an Ex-
position, and the star special ex-
hibit of this entire avenue will
be cotton.
The location of the special cot-
ton exhibit will ^ **•- t* <• nco-
in ctrical of the 800,000
squa/c feet of space in_ the Agri-
cultural Palace, aud will also
undoubtedly be the center of at-
traction for the multitude of
Visitors. This exhibit will be in-
stalled behind a handsome doub-
le facade 300 feet loug and 52
feet wide, enclosing 15,600
square feet of space. The pi-
cades will present beautiful out-
lines in gold, and the ornamen-
tations will be the white cotton
balls and green leaves, and bas-
kets o’erflowing with the snow-
white balls. The columns will
be ornamented with cotton hulls
and leaves aud lint, characteris-
tic of the purposes for which the
facade is to be used. In the cen-
ter of the facade will rise a dome,
forty feet in diameter and sixty
feet high, crowned with a piece
of sculpture, in staff, represent-
ing the “Spird of the Cotton In-
dustry.” This statue is a female
figure stundiugiua field at grow-
ing cotton, and the fairy threads
from the balls rise to a shuttle
which she hold* in her uplifted
right hand, and they are wind; The machinery to be seen in
blown to the left and form a
graceful airy-like drapery, thus
illustrating the cotton-growing
industry from the field to the
loom. Over each doorway lead-
ing to the interior of the dome
will appear two nude female fig-
ures, in staff, one standing and
operating an ail press, and the
other reclining and holding a
glass in her uplifted right hand
to cat'-li the dripping oil.
The design for this double
facade for the special cotton ex-
hibit was made by Mr. G. F.
Crecn, of Hie Department of
Agriculture of the Fair.
The exterior ornamentation of
the dnuayyiH be executed bv the
Worl^^H^p Commission from
the Texas, and will be
appropriate to the cotton indus-
try.
All tlie cotton-growing States
of the Union will contribute to
this,special exhibit, where will be
seen the cotton staples of the
entire country. A service aisle,
7 feet wide, will run through the
cent er of this special exhibit, ami
on either side will be seen the
cotton displays from the various
states. The State of Mississippi
is to do herself proud by plat-in
t he ornamentation of the iiit
ior uf the dome and installii
there imad^fdaborate and
tic cet^^Bklubit thal
pass am
attempte
center of tl
will appear
a wax statu
either side, is to ‘vyasiss* h ts-t.hr1 &
South. Thia
now being
leans artist
No one knows
Brown or Sully,
feature of the Mississippi' ai
will be a Southern cotton field7
which five negroes; made iu wax,
will appear in the familiar atti
rude of picking the white bolls
and singing their plantation-
songs.
Alabama will appear ia the
special eot^^^jjaibit with life-
like outdi^^^^Bies and..
rfowth
the special cotton exhibit of the
Agricultural Palace is only to
illustrate the process of handling
the staple from the field to the
mill door. The visitor can go
to the Palace of Manufactures
ami see the process agaiu takeu
up and continued to the com-
pleted cloth, and to the
finished garment reaifygto wear.
Here will be in opera tion spinning
machinery and looms and.other
apparatus that will take the
cotton as it is delivered at the
mill door and turn out the cloth,
and then this is passed to other
machinery in operation that wiil
tutu out cotton aprons, shirts,
handkerchiefs ami a great
variety of. articles. Knitting
machinery will be running and
maxing hosiery, and other tmt
chines will make collars and
cuffs. , H-y1
In the. Vat ied Industries Pal-
ace the visitor will See the finest
THREE AMENDMENTS.
To the Constitution to be Voted
Oil at Next Election.
Austin, Tex., January 2.-—The
voters of Texas will be called on
to vote on threeseperate amend-
ments to the state constitution
at the general election next
November.
The first amendment is to
authorize legislation in aid of
certain internal im{ rovenients,
viz:
(a) The improvement of rivers,
creeks and streams to prevent
overflows and to permit naviga-
tion thereof or irrigation there
from, or in aid of such purposes.
(b) The (o istruct’on, and
maintenance of pools, reservoirs,
lakes, dams, canals and water
ways for the purpose of irriga-
tion, drainage or navigation, or
in aid thereof.
(c) The construction mainte
oispl.iv* iif textile 'jfubri* ever «“d tiou of maeada-
1 utnpikeH, or in aW thereof.
iff
fis pi ovi .es for t he issuance
JidA by municipalities or
subdivisions of couu
such improvments.
>nd amendment is to
tides 3, section 51,
tensions of cx-Con
|iers .fiml sailors, by
mount to $500
ind that $8 per
ie limit of any
e4s£^rliSh
Cotton Acreage For 1904.
Firm aad Ranch.
Reports come from all sections
of the cotton district, extending
from the semi-arid regions of the
Panhandle and West Texas to
the red hills of the Carolina*,
showing that every acre will be
planted to cotton that can be
scratched in or plowed in during
the spring season. This because
of the price, ruling foi cotton
du-ing the past fali season.
With fair weather conditions
I reva liag, we may safely count
on a crop of 11,509,000 bales
hr 1901.
The cotton farmers of the
southws.st will litake a determine
ed effort to fill the gap between
consumption and supply. It is
safe to say that-no idle cotton
mills will be fouud anywhere in
the world during January 1905.
What about the price of the
cotton crop? The trend of prices
will be downward. Just how low
the point reached, will depend
upon the size of the crop and
general business conditions that
favor or discourage the consuin.
ption of cottofi goods? The wise
farmer will east an anchor to the
windward, and will not stake all
of his prosperity upon the cottou
crop of 1904.
£ pri vmjges.
.pro
m of
Puking
5tT id tuw
Ilews. A
machinery
of weeey svnrpie and its tran-
sition through the mill and con-
version into the manufactured
protluct.
Georgia, North Carolina,
Texas, Indian Territory and
Oklahoma will also be represent-
ed by characteristic cotton dis-
plays that will contain many
surprises
This special exhibit will also
have comprehensive displays of
all the by-products of cotton.
The fiuer grades of cotton seed
oil for table use, the cheaper
grades for lards comp* muds, and
^ ekklyb!
intonation of The RefTT
Review and The Dallas Semi-
Weekly News is just What the
farmers of this section need in
order to keep thoroughly posted
upon Local News, Home Enter-
prises, Personal Items, State
News, National Affairs, Foreign
Matters. In short this Combina-
tion keeps the larmer and his
family lip to the times on in
formation.
For $1,75 we will send the two
papers one year—156 copies.
The Farmers’ Forum in The
News is aloue worth the money
to any intelligent Farmer or
Stockman of this locality to say
soaps made from the still cruder ^nothing of other Special Feat-
grades, wiil be shown. The cot- ures.
ton seed meal aud hulls for food
for cattle and as fertilizers wiil
be eeen.
Cotton implement machinery,
iucludiug the new process gin,
slowly moving, will be on exhi-
bition here, with the round bale.
Implements of the cultivation,
harvesting and baling of cotton
will be shown, and a few cotton
cloths to demonstrate the result
of processesses,
Subscribe now.
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good voter; the man who sub-
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pays for it, is a good citizen and
a wise man.
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INGTON LETTER.
C orrespondence.
tar; Root states that no
a ratio us are being made
for war with Colombia. , The
preparations already made will
^iave the effect of averting war,
f t t
rj
George W
that IT
stated that vv
democratic this year, an
charge that Peck has ceased to
be funny is completely refuted,
t t t
The Hearst boom will now
start a newspaper in St. Louis,
the city chosed for the Democra
tic convention. Whatever can
be said of this boom,’it will un
questionably bring large rolls of
good money iuto general circula
tion and to this extent is a
public benefaction.
t t t
A bill has been introduced in
Congress to purchase the Temple
Farm at Yorktown, Virginia,
and the old Moore house there
situated, the scene of the surren
der Lord Cornwallis and the
headquorters of Washington,
Lafayette and Rochambeau.
The handsome Yorktown monu-
ment erected by the United
States to commemorate this
victory over the British now
stands in an open and barren
field at this point. The Temple
Farm includes five hundred
acre*.
Some days ago one man bet
another that he could not move
an ordinary brick tied to^ie
end of a cord two or three
png A straight aud level road
Chicesteij
amount. It was state*
one present that tfl^Fbriek,
although weighing seven pounds,
would from a distance of two
three miles, represent a^
weight of nearly a ton.
club raise
which are all of valut
and to agents a hand-
some cash commission,
if preferred to the priz-
es. Agents and club
raisers wanted in every
town, village and ham-
let in Texas and Louis-
iana. Write for full in-
formation.
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mation
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Gaffney, J. F. The Refugio Review. (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, January 22, 1904, newspaper, January 22, 1904; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth739158/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dennis M. O’Connor Public Library.