Abilene Semi-Weekly Farm Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 38, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 19, 1910 Page: 2 of 8
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HUSTLING TIMES
AT BUFFALO GAP
JtEI'ORTS SAY IIOMESEEKERS ABE
RUSIIINCt IN TO SECURE
CHOICEST LOTS. "
BURTON-LINGO TO MOVE IN
Cottages Going lip Rapidly and n Gen-
cral Air of Acihity Is tho Or.
dor of tlio Day Somo
Personals
BUFFALO GAP April 1G Tho past
several ditys have been the busiest in
realty deals In Buffalo Gap Jn several
years. Three local merchants bought
lots in the Lyons.JGby subdivision to
the city while the Burton-Lingo Lum-
ber Company purchased a solid block.
T. W. McCormlck druggist bought a
Jot on Lllllo street J. W Wright two on
the same street and Tims and TlmS a
lot facing south. Tho Burton-Lingo
Lumber company bought a block of
land about cast pf tho railroad station
All lots in tho business patt of tho
city are for snlo bo dodgers issued
by Capt. Lyons state. There has been
a number of lots sold in other parts
of tho town during the past several
days.
The Burton-Lingo company having
purchased an entire block of ground
in close proximity of the railroad sta-
tion on which it will construct office
shed rooms and yards vlll begin
to haul lumber out to the new yards
next week. A great deal of masonry
work will bo required for tho now
structures to bo put up and it will
be one of tho prettiest yards in West
ToxaB. The lumber will be taken from
the big yards at Abilene to stock the
yards here.
Active work constructing two new
cottages just south d ftho Presbyterian
church has been begun. They will be
elegant and commodious homes. "Y
H. Knowlton is reshingllng and othor-
"wlse renovating his big blacksmith
shop on the square.
Neither of the big construction gangs
which havo been working in this im.
mediate stretch of territory for the
past months has as yet received instruc
tlons to move from here At present
-a surveyors' gang or tho Texas Cen-
tral is running imaginary lines up
and down the creek and through the
town enlivening the hopeB of many
Jthat .this rqad will 1 eally come through
the Gap and that the various gangs
now working on tho Santa T"e at this
point will he put to work again on
this new road.
At Sharpers' camp Wednesday after-
noon a little baby girl was born to
Sir and Mrs. Oscar Avery.
Joo. A Wright census enumerator
lor Precinct No G Baylor county loft
"Friday morning fpr Tuscola and the
Jarms In that territory to enroll the
-names of the people and to take agri-
cultural statistics.
The Tuscola Baseball team will meet
"Buffalo Gap this afternoon on the local
diamond. It promises to be a hot
Kame. The battery for Buffalo Gap
will likely be Coley and Tripp tea
A hard norther surprised tho natives
ihetween tho mountains Friday morning
and heavy dnrk clouds seemed to por-
tend snow. Truckmen fruit growers
farmers and gardeners feared frost
would fall last night but so far as the
correspondent of The Reporter has
learned none fell.
Columbus Powell formerly of this
place but now residing near Roby
Dvas in our town last week visiting his
old time friends.
Miss Maggie Butcheo is ill at her
"homo west of the city.
Three new stores for Buffalo Gap
to be built In the new town are being
figured on Just now and by our next
report wo expect to havo something
boastful to say about tho Gap and the
now buildings planned.
A number of local singers will Jour-
ney to Iberis tomorrow to spend tho
day at tho Taylor County Singing Cpn.
-ventlon Buffalo Gap will probably be
represented by a delegate or two.
PATTERSONS PARDON OF COOPER
ADDS TURMOIL IN TENNESSEE
NASHVILLE Tenn. April 14 Ab to
iho result politically In Tennessee of
the state rupremo court's decision In
the Cooper caso unclothe pardon pf
Colonel D B Cooper by Governor Pat-
terson opinion scorns gonoral that tho
qld factional lines Patterson and anti-
Patterson tho latter representing the
prohibition or stato-wldo element of
the state democracy are unchanged.
In fact they are more tout If that bo
possible.
The governor's friends claim that his
HCtlon has served to cement more
closely than ever his following that
4t haa given them a rallying cry to bat.
tie. Qn tho Pther hand. It has embit-
tered to an even intenser degree the
Tipatllity to him on tho paH of his po-
litical enemies.
Carmack. w the leader and idel of
the FttewMr. JIIh friends r-hartr-
?ng that hl killing was the outcome j and the average profit on corn but ?t
or paUtlMl.tbtjuu Biade it the chief or $0 as acre
iMue hi ft biKr wr that has arte
ben rlleitf?8r waged eaalnat Pat There is no cough medicine so pop-
terson sad the Copper eaaa has colored Hlar as Foley's Honey and Tar It
tbe political aUneephef of Tmibmiih.
A awtrnar asd atate JMfolity are;
moo to be eleete. fttt ftfotf dB
cratlc committee dominated by PaL
tcrson men recently called a blanket
primary for June 4 (to make nomlna
tlons. Enemies of Patterson freely
charged tho inclusion of the Judiciary
as an attempt to wield a club over the
I mmriMiin mirf. whlrli tiiwl IVin fVintinr
......... w.. .. -.. .. ... .--
caso under advisement and every
member'of which was n candidate for
reelection.
Matters wero complicated by tho re.
fusal of Chief Justlco Beard and Jus
tices Shields and Nell to enter tho prl
mary. They will run independently
and now that their attitude on tho
"Cause celobre" is known the ques-
tion is what will tho alignment be. It
Is most complex If the attitude of in.
dividual members pt the court is to be
taken into the analysis.
Meanwhile Patterson serving his
second term as governor has not said
If he is a candidate for a third term.
Many ot his friends nro insistently
urging him to bo while equnlly strong
pressure is being used to induco him to
run for United States senator against
James B. Frazlor. Incidentally Mr.
Frazler a candidate to succeed him-
solf has refused to enter the Juno
primary.
Tho statewide faction is well or-
ganized and prepared to fight Patter
son wherever ha lands. But they have
not as yet put forward a name to be
used in connection with the guber-
natorial race Tho campaign when
ft opens Is expected to bo furious
ha frfwi i i ii fl
100 llL'SHELS OF CORN
GATHERED FROM OXE ACRE
Froin the Youth's Companion:
Last .year a member of the Boy's
Corn Club in Marlboro County South
Carolina.-harvested a crop ot 152 1-2
bushels to tho aero. Of'tho twenty-
three members of the club only one
boy produced less than fifty bushels
to the acre and many passed the 100-
bushel mark. jYct tho average crop
grown there by men'Is but twelve bush
els to tho acre; the fathers of these
same boys have been growing on the
same land for a life-time crops but
little better than the average.
Corn clubs for boyB are not new
but they have never been so well or-
ganized or widespread as these in the
South. iThe national government sup-
ervises them aids in their organization
lends the advice of its experts receives
reports from nil draws its conclusions
as to" their needs and puts them in the
way to getting these supplied. The
government experts intorvlew 'state
and county school superintendents and
arouse their interest in the corn clubs.
These in turn go to tho teachers and
they present the plan to the boys. A
club is formed..
A state or federal agricultural ex
pert then takes up the work. The boys
are advised to take one arce for their
demonstration They are told how to
prepare the soli how to fertilize it
how to select their seed hpw to plant
cultivate harvest sell. A small boy
can cultivate an acre of corn very
thoroughly and go to school at the
same time. "He is advised nnd instruct
ed at every stage. He ti ies to surpass
the other boys of the club and the tiv-
.ulry and Inteiest are keon. It- Is
more fun than fishing!
The people of the town or country
are now asked to do thqir part h-v-ery
storekeeper lawyer banker doc-
tor In tho community is interested In
increasing the output-of the farms.
They offer prizes to encourage the
boys One prize may be for tho great
est production another for the ten
best ears another for the best recoid
of tne crop another for greatest net
profits fop the greatest production
may not bo the best farming.
Finally the great day when the" pri-
zes are awarded comes. Sometimes
this takes place at the county fair but
usually the rivals meet at the county
court house. Experts from tho state
agricultural colleges and from the De-
partment of Agriculture are there to
Inspect the corn offered.
Now the effect of all this upon any
given community is quickly shown.
Throughout the South tho averngo
acreage production of corn Is fifteen
bushels. Yet these boys have every-
where raised four times thai much.
Tlie fathers of the youngstors planted
corn in tho same fields. When the
crops of tho hoys began to forge
ahead the votorans began to bo inter-
ested. Many of the farms bad boon
thought worthless their owners hod
not believed it possible to raise paying
crops and for generations had mado
only a bare living.
At harvest time tho hoy gathers fifty
n hundred perhaps a hundred and
fifty bushels. His father ou the same
land gathers fifteen bushels It is
marvelous. Tho actual demonstration
n the home farm converts the father.
The great results start the boy on the
path to begin in nil ways a scientific
farmer
Tho boy has raised one hundred
bushels of corn to tho acre nnd his
product brings a fancy price for sued
corn. He sells it for ?2 a bushel and
takes $25 worth of prizes 225 In all!
It costs $7 an acre In the South to
raise corn His acre however has
been given special care and special
fertilizing. Probably $1 extras hays
been spent on it. This leaves a not
profft of ?208 to tho young club mem-
ber in a region where the yearly aver-
ago production of the farmer Is 140
never falls to care eoub cold
croup ana bronchitis Sold by Me
UaHrBai Diug Ce.
CENSUS TAKERS
'HUE NOW OFF
UNCLE SAM'S ARMY OF INTER.
KOGATOKS BEGIN T1IKIR
MAMMOTH VAftT.
70000 ARE ON THE JOBS
Estimated That There Aro MflpQftW
Human Beings and ft Record of
!obo MHSt Bo Obtained
irithlH Thirty Days.
From Friday's Daily:
At eight o'clock this morning Undo
Sam began tho herculean task Of-coun-tlng
and classifying his chldren and his
property: He divided his domain into
scores of districts corresponding to the
Congersslonal districts and in each
ot these ho appointed enumerators- va-
rying in ndmbors according (o the den-
sity of population.
In Taylor County there are four enu-
merators for tho" city of Abilene each
one making the count in each ot the
four wards one for the town of Mer.
kel nnd one for the Morkcl Justlge of
the Peace precinct outside of the town
and one each for all of tho Justico of
Peaco Precincts excopt Precinct I
which Is divided in two parts and uu
enumerator for each part. John B.
Littler of Big Springs is the supervisor
for the 13th. District of Texas in
Which Taylor county is located.
There is probably not another state
or territory in the Union which looks
forward to the result of this census
with so much Interest as tfexnsr npt
only as a state Itself hut different cities
and localities individually. According
to the census of 1900 San Antonio
took first place among the Texas cities
With a lead of about 10000 Wer Dallas
and Houston her closest rivals; but
now both of the latter cities are strpng
ly disputing the Alamo City's claim
and it would be a hard matter to guess
which one of the three will starjd ahead
However jf there Is one thing certain;
nearly all Texas cities Will show an
increase of from 100 to 300 per cent
According to the last count Abilene.
had only 3400 Inhabitants and now
oven the most pessimistic accord her
a population of nt least three times
that number.
It Is hard for pno who is not on the
Inside of the census enumeration to
even guess at tho intricacies of the
thing or to imagine tho difficulties en-
countered In making up the statistics.
Uncle Sam must count not his own
native born children but he must take
his adopted ones into consideration
as well. He must count Mexicans Ital
ians. Chinamen Japs and what not?
To illustrate some of the dlfUcultics in
this line Judge Bledsoe who has been
designated the source of Information
for Taylor County enumerators is In
receipt of a table from tho Census
Bureautl by means of which the age
of Chinamen may be computed. An
enumerator may approach an Oriental
who was boin in the province of Hong
Kow and tho yellow man will give
his ago aS 24 years; ho may appmach
the one next to tho first (who may be
a native of Pekln) and may see from
his appearance that he is not far from for the ear only pf one of the enumer.
the same age yet the yellow man may4ators. He IS sworn not to reveal any
give his ago greater by ten years. Chi-jpf the awful truths
namen in different provinces reckon . . nn nnn
their age in accordance with the .ule HI Cost ..00000.
of the dynasty to which they swear I Tlle mare Getting ot the information
allegiance rather than from a lixejl wn c05t the Government the pretty
date and hencp the discrepancies andjsum of $5500000 Of tills amount $4-
the necessity of the census pnumorat-500'000 wi1 l)e paltl to enumerators
or's finding out the age for himself i wth a few exceptions the enumerators
To wrestle with these conditions and W'H uo Paa on the bass of tho votK
problems and to satisfy Uncle Sam's 'oue- In tno cuntry -"e remunera-
curloslty ns to the size of his family."1'11 wm Uo rrom zo t0 M cent8 ror
and his propel ty holdings
70000 Men.
and women' white nnd .negro were
this morning turned loose In pursuit of
the people of tho United Stntes. Uncle
Sam estimates that he has a family
of about 90000000 men women and
children and ho already has employed
and put to work a body of enumera...
tors considerably greater than tho
standing army.
The law prevldps that the enumera-
tion shall begin on the loth but It Is
not so peremtory about tho commenc-
ing time as about tho closing time and
Intimations havo been received that n
some Instances tho work may bo post-
poned until Saturday. This is due to
tho fact that tho 15th falls on Friday
and among ho"70Q00 name takers there
are somo who are suporstitlous as to
the day of tho week.
Tho enumeration will cover all of
tho fortjvflve atnteB nnd two Territo.
ries of the Union proper ami also Ha-
waii and Porto Rico. Alaska the Phil
Ippjens and. Guam will not be included
as especial arrangements are made for
numbering tho people of those depen
dencies.
Under the statutes Covering the
work the entire enuermntlon must he
completed within a month. It Is ox.
pected that some of tho returns from
the cities will be ercelved aa early as
the first week In June hut the exact the Amicable IJfo Insurance Coin-
population of the entire country will pany ot the purchase by that company
not be determined before some time of a lot at 'the corner ot Fifth and
In September The census officials will Austin streets where they will im-
howaver know within a few thousand mediately bgfa the construction of a
of the number long before the close I modern steel frame office bulhllag of
f the summer months. They will he
Me f ' i substantially accurate
nay foil but thin
will be more of less speculative and
the figures will not be give out
Com tit on WW6 Name.
Director E. Dana Durand la counting
Upon a roll ot not fewer than 00000000
names. This cstlmato is based upon
calculations ot his experts and makes
allowance for nn increase according to
tho tendencies shown In tho last three
previous censuses. Between 1870 and
1880 the Increase In tho poulation Was
30 per cent; between 1880 and 1800 25
per cent! between 1800 and 1000 21
per cent If a docrenso should con-
tinue at the Btuno ratio thero would
be a falling off this year of the rato.of
gnlh to 17 per cent. Tho immigration
figures for tho past decade lmvo been
greater however thai! .for any of tho
previous tcn.ycar periods. Making nl-
lowanco for this augmentation from
Outside it is calculated that the In-
crease for tho past ten years will be
about 18 per cent arid as In round
numbers tho flguro for 1900 was 70-
000000 it is now calculated that there
will prove to havo been on addition
of about 14000006 souls.
Much interest is felt as to tho shotf.
ing regarding the purely native in.
crease The enumerations between.
1870 andiOOO show a startling tenden-
cy towardB "race suicide" nnd it Ib
Mr. Durnnd's fond hope that tho re-
ports at his 70000 subordinates may
be able to check this upparent decline
Man of figures that he is ho does not
however permit his optimism to shade
his fa(ts and until the actual returns
show something better ho will hold to
his 0.0000 estimate.
Some Innovations.
Thero Will be somo innovations in
the next census and they are expected
to Improve the roports. For instance
the country farmer is ufforded an op-
portunity to. consider in advance tho
statements he shall make as to the con-
ditions prevailing with reference to his
holdings and the same advantage is
to be given heads of families in cities
as to 'the enumeration of their house-
holds. In both cases sheets are passed
around before the official calls ot the
enumerators in tho hope that both rur-
alist and urbanite will bo more com-
plete in their returns than otherwise
they might be. There also Is to be un-
usual care In the supervision of the
work of the enumerators. In the cities
supervlsois will camp on the heels of
the men with the pencils during the
first day of their work and in the
country districts the sheets themselv-
es will bo especially scrutinized.
The inquiry will comprise three prin
clpal branches: Population agricul-
ture and mining and manufacturing.
The questions will cover the acreage
the value and the product of farms
including nn especial enumeration of
animals as it will be the capital inves-
ted the value of products and the num-
ber of employes of mining and manu
facturing plants.
The enumerators will Want to know
a good deal about you fc-r the poula
tion volumes. Theynot only will in-
sist upon knowing your sex but will
expect you to reveal your age and will
ask you to tell whether you are white
black mulatto Chinese Japanese or
Indian; whether you. are married or
single and if man led how often; wheth
er you are American or foreign born
nnd If the latter that you give not only
your nationality but your race and
mother-tongue. Then If you are a wo-
man you are to tell bow many chil-
dren have been born to you; and in
any event you are to tell all about
your education your parentage nnd
your employment. AH this Information
1 Is to be for the general average I nd
eacn ia?m roiiorieu wiiiiq ujo iwy mi
names wllj range from 2 to 4 cents.
The districts will nveraggo 1300 names
1000 In tho country and 1C0O In the
cities. In the Southorn States there
will be two enumerators in each dis-
trict one white and the other black.
alltold there will be abput 1500 negro
enumerators but somo of them will
be employed in the Northern States. In
the South the negroes will bo visited
by enumerators of their own race as
will also the whites by their own peo
pie. Thore also wJU bo about 500 wo-
men enumerators
New York will lead In point of num-
bers while Nevada will Closo the pro-
cession with ejghty-slx.
Tho reults ot the labors of this army
of people will bo. published Jn twelxo
or fifteen large cplumes which will
come out from time to time for two
or three years after tho completion
of the work In the field. All tho tabu
lation bb well ns the general prqpara.
tlon of the matter for the printer will
he dono In Washington under Mr. Dur
rand's supervision
WACO TO HAYE AN
IMMENSE SKY SCRAPER
Special to The R-eporter.
WACO. April 16 Official annouace-
meat was made here tbls afternoon by
not 1M thaa sixteen and poeelbly
twenty atari- The hulldlag wlH ost
about &? mllito dollars
3V)aw$ wei
ot T)v&fvdVotv
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WALTER-L.MORRIS.
The Reporter calls the attention of
Its readers to the announcement of
'Hon. Walter h. Morris for the ofllce of
'district attorney of the 42nd Judicial
.District
! Judge Morris is Btrongiy recommen-
Jded both as a man and lawyer of abil-
ity and especially as a man who will
perform ws auty.wnetner pieasani or
otherwise regardless of personalities
and an officer whoso acts can not be
controlled by Improper Influences. Th0
following Is an extract from the Alba-
ny News: "
"The News: takes pleasure In calling
attention to the candidacy of Judge
"Walter L. Morris for the office of Dis-
trict Attorney of the 42nd Judicial dis-
trict. Having known him personally
for several years and being familiar
with his character as a man and ability
as lawyer.the writer has no hesitation
In declaring that ho is tne proper man
for the place. Judge Morris came to
Shackelford county from Granburyrthe
WARNS FARMERS OF
- A POLITICAL SCHEME
Co-Operator Fears Union CUTeution
May Become Cutsuaw of the
Hearst Forces.
Fanners Union leaders of Texas see
In the St. Louis convention called by
National President Charles S. Barrett
I a scheme to lead tho the union into the
troubled sea or partisan politics and
the current Issue of the Co-Operator
the official organ of union In Tex-
as warns the union members that a
plan may be laid to form during the
convention a now political party.
All of tho Btate officials of the Texas
union are opposed to Injecting poli-
Itlcs Into the organlatlon and the del-
egates that go from here will oppose
'any proposition that has for its aim
!tho forming of a now party
One union leader points out that
Col. John Temple Graves editorial
writer for the Hearst newspapers.and
A M. Lawrenco editor of tho Chi-
cago Exam(nerare on tho progiam for
speeches. It is claimed that actual
'farmers can hardly be found on the
pipgram at all the only known union
member who is down for a speech be-
ing President Barrett.
Tho Co-Operator calls attention to a
dispatch from WashIngtonwhlch says
lI Finer Shoe St
In the " R. J. & R." Bpecinltjsjs'factqry jd!ppcii
with the best 6ho making uinckfuery itirjC world
which is onerMRU bv theviTiost cxneaf ne va
shoe nal;eiwQtieJjitrTh; best .matjftiaj S&iX
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MINT BY
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town of his rearing about ten years
ago. He had the office of county attor-
ney two terms nnd wnS then elected"
county Judge. This position he has
filled most admirably and satisfactorily
to his constituents for four years. He
has the reputation of giving a conserv- "
ative and. ltnelllgent Interpretation of
the law and he has always been found
Impartial and Just on the bench.
"Besides his experience as a Judge
he has had" practice as an attorney In
both civil arid criminal cases in the
county and district courts; His success
and development as an attorney has
been rapid. He has rare ability for a
young man of his age. In an impromp-
tu Bpeech hp is witty humorous and
entertaining. His popularity In ShoTck-
elford county Is all that any candidate
could ask for from his homo people.
The district could elect no abler or
better man to fill the office to which he
aspires than Judge Morris
that in all probability a national labor
party composed of Fax mors' Union
members and members of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor may bo formed
in St. Loula in May ;
Referring to the dispatch the Co-
Operator says:
'The Co-Operator can hardly be
brought to believe that President Bar
rett has any sucli intention butit be-
lieves thnt'at this time when the sus
picions of something of the sort is !&;?$
the alrthatfor the good ofrtne Farm--ers'
Union he President Barrettshould
positively denjr In a signed statements
through the union press and also
through the dally papers that there Is
any intention on his part or tbe na-
tional union to dicker or arrange in
any way whatever with any organls
tlon group of Individuals or individ-
uals themselves in St. Louis in May
or at any time and place pf aiding
In carrying tho Parmers' Union into
partisan politics of any kind or party.
This should he dono at once to offset
the charges of tho enemy and for tha
safety of the organization Fort Woith
Star Telegram.
TEXAS & PACIFIC BRAKEMAN
SUCCUMBS TO VIS INJURIES
Special to The Reporter
EASTLAND April 16 Edgar Stew-
art a Texas & Pacific brakeman of
Putnam died today on a train from In
juries received yesterday when no fell
under a freight train. He was twenty
one years of age and was being taken
to his home when ho died.
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