Abilene Semi-Weekly Farm Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 40, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 26, 1910 Page: 1 of 8
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ABILENE SEMI-WEEKLY FARM REPORTER
Volume x&.
ABILENE IKXAS TUESDAY AWHL 28 ifllo.
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COLD WAVE SWEEPS OVER TEXAS
AND KILLING FROST BLIGHTS CROPS
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BICHEST WOMAN IBTf AMERICA A
new convert to truism if
"EASY COME ATflTGO11
DISAPPOINTED IN EDWARD
E. II. H. flrccn Son of Mrs. Hcttle
is
Not Regarded With Favor Bo
cause of Ills Decided lore
Fr AH Sports.
Special to The Reporter:
NEW YORK April 23 It became
generally known here today that Mrs.
Hettlo Green who Is the richest wo.
man In the world wealthier even
than Mrs. E. H. Harrlmntf has
decided to retire from active business
and turn over her financial affairs to
her daughter Mrs. Matthew Astor
WllUs and her hUBband. For many
vpiirn Mis. Green has actively manip-
k ? "f . . - Mil...... wt li FnMa tilinw1
uiaiea Jier iuuuuuo uu mu " n
that she has steadily grown richer
yeai1 by year.
" Mrs Green's total wealth Is now
estimated at fifty million dollars. She
Is in poor health which may bo a
cause for her retirement. Also It Is
known that she was bitterly disap-
pointed because lier son E. H R.
Green of Dallas Texas 'was not In-
clined to become a famous financier.
''Edward is so peculiar" she snldl
in a peevish way when jllscusslng tne
shortcomings of her off spring "I
wish he would pay more-attention to
financial afralrB and less to automo-
biles and- airships
For the very reason that her Edward
did not fancy a maelstrom life In "Wall
'street but Father preferred automo-
billng and aerbplanlng Mra. Green
was not willing that he participate In
'the management of her fortune.
"I. have every confidence in Mat.
thew" she said speaking of her son-
inlaw Wllks JfhejJK one? of the most
-astute bUBlne'ss-men I yjr knew and
will take vcar-oJ;''ray'monoV
fintfYlte ISSUES CHALLENGE '
--- - fi8iN' fights TiTBTXrr.
JOJOTAIMS Tex. April 23 Fort MotiU
trie Cunyus of 'McKinney. candidate
for Governor tonight said to news-
paper men
"Tell them if you pleasd. that I
will be absent from the State on a
business trip for the next ten days
then tiaok again and right into the
thickest of the campaigning. I will
apeak at a barbecue at Moody May
25 and am promised an audience of
8000. July 4 I am to make an Inde-
pendence Day address jon Democratic
prflticB. I am still open for Joint de-
bates with all comers for the Demo-
cratic nomination for Governor bar
none. The statute of limitation win
not be Invoked against any of them. I
liave decided t0 withdraw my former
proposition in favor of a compromise
between Johnson Pomdexter and my-
self to Beevhich one should remain in
the" race as the prohibition candidate.
It's too late no.w to draw straws. I'm
In tj a finish."
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WALIiAS-DENISON ELECTRIC
LINE LIKELY BE EXTENDED
Hpecial to Tho Reporter.
WJliCO. Anrll 25 John Haven of
Denlson a stockholder of the Texas
Traptipn who is hero today said
that President Strickland: of that com
pany had decided to extend the line of
Interurban railway into Waco. The
road now runs from Denlson to Dallas'
WILL MAKE JEFFRIES ATONE
SAYS JACK JOIINSOff
OMAHA Nob.. April 23 Jack John
son at a banquet here last night dis-
cussed his coming fight with Jeffries
He is quoted' as sayings
"Mr Jeffries has said many harsh
things about mo In return Tor tho cour-
' toey that I have always tried to show
Jilrn But I shall remember them all
upon the day of the battle I shall ask
Mr Jeffries In the ring If he recollects
certain of the things he has said and
for-each recollection h& ahall make
afwjejnent." ti
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' FORT WOftTH April 25
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P' Judge Swayne this morning A P
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McFARLANE CASE
Special to tljo Reporter:
HOUSTON Aqirll 25 Coun-
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moned most of them for tho '(
Btatc. -Tho stntc will put on a
number Of character witnesses
to prove that the dead man As-
sistant Chief Murphy was of a
peaceable frame of mlrid under
all occasions. The trial of the
case will likely take up all this
week's and. part of next weeks
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GQLEMAN QUIET
AFTER RIOTING
WHITE CITIZENS ROSE SUNDAY
Iff GREAT ff UMBERS AM)
ATTACKED BLACKfji.
NO CASUALTIES REPORTED
ftj
But
Number of Negroes .JlSwIou8ly;
Beaten byEnragedlVBltesj
' N'cgro Cuscd White By
Canning' the Trouble.
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Special to The Reporter.
COLEMAN April 25 This city Is
quiet today after yesterday's race riotja
in which a number of men and boys
were seriously but not fatally hurt
About a dozen negroeB were beaten i
and driven out of town into tho open
country by a mob of five hundred.
white men who became enraged when
a negro nearly drove a carriage over
a white boy. It Is said that the negro
cursed the white boy ror getting in
his way and that several white man
who heayd the words lie used spread
It.
The niob quickjy formed and as it
marched toward the negrp quarters
was constantly made larger The
whites were armed with rocksf slicks
and other missiles. The negro popu-
lation Was in a state of torror. Ap-
peals were made to the officers who
were unable to make much headway
against thelr fellow whlteB
Until recently no negroes resided
here. The white people resented their
coming and the spirit of animosity
toward two blacks has stead'llj grown.
It is believed 'that the city will here-
after be freed of the presence of ne-
groes. .The rlo'ting did not cease until one
o'clock this morning. Business was
resumed this morning nnd no signs or
restlessness are manifested.
ABILENE PEOPLE LEAVE;
WILL ATTEND REUNION
Are Going to Tell Old Veterans at Mo-
bile Ala. Attest the AMIeae
CeMtry.-
Frora Sunday's Dally:
The vanguard of old soldiers and
their children left last night for Mobile
Ala. to attend tbq annual Reunion of
Confederate Veterans Daughters of the
Confederacy and Sons of Confederate
Veteran's!
One party left over the Wichita Val-
ley and will join the passengers on a
special train that leaves Fort Worth for
Mobile today la It were J. W Petree
and daughter Mia Marie John King
Cipttarbifry
XMjHw IK Cy
"Afttee m gewff te have a good del
eftfea at MoWH" said Mr. Keaa "we
aikoliMr to wliaa tkhiga f fcr the'eoHwt fifty ear eat ba4 MieM tklr-
iilw country mi M Mw Jd aol-ity
iMrti what a Am ia im Hve la tala
FORT WORTH April 25. A cold
wavo which swept over Texas . liUt
night extends from the northernmost
border to the Gulf of Mexico and takes
In practically nit of tho enstbrn porJ
P lion where much damage was done to
P the young fruit crop
P The mercury at Fort Worth which
Cuwas one of the coldest places in th6
Pi state registered thirty two degrees
above zero or freezing point. Potatoes
beans nnd tomatoes suffered most from
frost hut cotton IsHhoughfc to hnvc efi.
caped Injury.
Cotton Is reported to have been kill-
ed in various localities. Especially in1
Cgntrnl Texas where tho loss by cold
and fiost reached many thousand dol-
lars was the cold Wave noticeable.' '"
Reports from other sntteBprlnclpal
ly to the northeast Indicate that ToxUs
got off extremely light
Frost at Jacksomlile.
JACKSONVILLE Xprll 25 Reports
from all over Cherokee county stato
iK'that last night's freeze caused damage
t amounting into tho thousands of dol-
lars.' Potatoes and tomatoes fworo
ruined but the peach crop appears to
be only slightly injured.
Cotton and Corn Damaged.
DENISON April 25 Cotton and
coin in the lowlands of G ray sofa' coun
ty were seriously damaged by last
night's ' frost. Fruit and vegetables
also suffered. 'The mercury registered
thlity six degieeS.
Ice In Parker County.
WEATHERFORD. April 25 Ice
formqd in Parker county last night and
the frost hurt .cotton potatoes and
corn. .Crops in the lowlands suffered
the most. Farmers have lost thous-
ands of dollars.
ARTHUR GORHAM IN-
JURED SUNDAY MORNING
"Meat Cart Which He Was Drhlng
f Struck Guy Wire und Turned
Completely Owr.
ArMiur Gorham an employo of Bert-
Vand Bros. & Eplin meat market and
a well known young mnn of this city
Was seriously Injured Sunday morning
about three o'clock. He wa sdrlvlng
two wneel meat cart making the eih
y morning delivery and ran into a
guy wire on a telephone or electric!
light pole. The darkness prevented
his seeing the obstruction until the
cart hit It. The horse was going so
fast that when the wheels struck the
-wire the cart was turned completely
over throwing Mr. Gorham under It
and carrying the horse oyer too. When
tho young man recovered from the
shock he got up anoVfound the horse
turned irf exactly the opposite direc-
tion from the one m which he had
been going. . . '
"Mr Gorham was able to get back
to tho market nijd thence to his home
but he was unable to resume work
this morning. The physician attending
him does not think however that his
injuries will prove permanent or of
an extremely1 sorlous character.
He was'Btunned and badly cut and
scratched about the face and head but !
had no bones broken.
Serving Time.
"No man can serve two masters"
said the priest of one of his parishion-
ers. "I know that yer Rlverence. Me
brother tried It and now he's doing
time for bigamy."
09SEVELT TAKING
PARIS BY STORM
Ik- Entertained a.t Hotel Deiille
MHHcJpali.y People Acclaim
- as We gees AboH
By
PARIS France April 25. Colonel
itoosevelt was entertained Rt the Hotel
rtnvllln inituv ... ilia rnlr.lnallt.. nf
Paris today. At a luncheon tendered
in his honor two hundred covers were
laid. Several apeeches complimentary
to the guest t)f honpr were made and
Roosevelt responded.e An Immens
crowd acclaimed the farmer American
president as he entered and left tb
building.
; CftttaM JteMMfMl per Cent.
TYLER April 25 Froet this mors.
Jag damaged com fifteen percent la
'this stttH tosuttoes forty per cent
pt Mat. gtrawa mm ww atet
aaiiaa. ttrn'mHmr "mtattmi' m
!. AtioU at ttnlroston
GALVESTON 'April 25 -The tern
perature went down to forty flvo de-
grees hero this morning breaking all
records according tq statistics from
the United Stutes weather station for
April weather. The fruit crop was
not badly damaged.
South Texas Emit Safe.
HOUSTON. April 25 The thermom-
eter registered thirty nine degrees
Above zero this morning. The fruit
crop In the famoiiB Cotton Belt valley
Ib thought to be snfe.
Frost at Itilhboro."
HlLLSUORO April 25 A. heavy
Trost visited Hill county last night
killing corn In the lowlands. Pota-
toes tomatoes beans and other gar
den truck wore killed The extent off
tli( il:iiti:itrn will tint tin Iriinu'n until
tomorrow A killing frost last April ' j
killed nearly thlity per cent of young':?
corn. j-
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WAAAHAUHlliJ April H6 HOaVy
fiost vtaltvd Ellis county early this
horning and thousands of acres of
cotton aie believed to have been killed
Replanting will be necessnry. Corn In
the bottom lands wns also killed The
thermometer registered thirty degrees
above zero this morning
P ffew Crop Adi allocs. P
NEW ORLEANS April 25 At noon
the now cptton crop showed art ad-
vance of two dollars an da halt per
b'ale over Saturday's close. Long sta-
ple see dsold as high as a hundred and
fifty dollars a ton rind ordinary varle.
ties from fifty to seventy flviAloilnis
a ton. The niarket was so activo that
lit looked like a Biilall panic.'
S PRISONERS LEAVE TO
BEGIN THEIR SENTENCES
Bob
Ansell Slofoot Bill Williams
And Three "Anson Negroes
.Formed the Party.
Two well known characters. Bob
Ansell and Slewfoot WHHe Williams
the latter a negro In "conipnny with
threo negro convicts from Anson left
Abilene today on the 9:411 eastbound
train for Fort Worth at .which place.
they will Bepearato and be tnken to
the state penitentiaries either ut Itusk
or Huntsvllte. The party was in
charge of Convict Agent Luther.
Luther came in last night from An-
son with tho three negroes Two wore
sent up for two years one for four
all for burglary Ansell was convicted
In the last term of District court for
forgery and was given tWo years. He
Is under sentenco from Bexar county
for the same offense and will serve
an additional two years. Williams was
convicted pf passing aforged Instru-
ment and sentenced to serve two yenrs
and six months In the penitentiary.
Ansell left to servo his term with his
usual smile. Sheriff Weir nnd Jailer
Peevey say ho a the fiest behaved prlB-
oner over in the Taylor county lockup
as well as the JoUIwBrTTmKsr all occas
Ions
The other rfiHoners In the. All. as a
farewell" to nsell and Williams Sun
day evenlnlpUlled oti a kangaroo
court on tWce neuprlsoners.I slow-
foot Bill jfasprospectung attorney
and he afliupr eloquently for tho
state.
:ny I'amtpjna;
cost a trl-
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1ER AMI. PARTY
iCUaS. RAILWAY
Rumor Han It That Morgan Jones Is
AbGHt to Sell 0nt to Bur.
llagton lR.erCHt
From Monday's Dally:
D. B. Keelor and party of tho Bur-
llnttton Wflfif (Hit (Wflr ttl Allllrflln OIIl
Southern this moralng in Jlr. Keeler's
private car. Rumor has it that the
Burlington people are negotiating a
deal for the A & 8. property but Tho
Reporter la loath to give credence to
the report. That something Is n the
'r la railroad circles la sure but what
(that somethug Is we cannot at this
time predict. Wo simply are rompell-
ed to wait nnd toe
Ia er answacetBeat celuam today
F. K. Adcock anftoaacea for the sAee
'of Cowrisaleaw of Preclact K 3 Mr.
Adck rwAm U tl4 U Me kU
bH y for the beaftt J
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30. MAKE A DEAL WITH P
P r COL. SAM FOHDYCE 0
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P AUSTIN April 25-11. Clay
P Pierce iiiulU-nillllonaire ""oil P
P magnate who was acquitted In P
P a. Texas court of perjury In con P
P nctttion with tho famous Wat. P
P ers-Plorco Oil Company ouster P
P suit is-oxportcd to arrivo hero
P today for the purpose ofLjorni- P
P Ing a new partjnWship wuiTOto-
P onel Fordyoeof St. liuls the P
P man that bought out tho Wat-
P era Pierce property at recoiv-
P erssale and who contemplates P
P organizing the Fordyco Oil Com P
P paliy In Its stead. Fordyco did .$
P not arrive today but Is expec-
tod in during the week from his
tour of the Reptiblllic of Mexico
Much couJecturo Is Indulged In
as to what action Attorney Gen-
qral Xdghtfoot successor to R
V. Davidson will take when tho
now company makes formal np-
plication for its charter to do
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business in .Texas To ditto '
P Gen Llghtfoot has made no
statement as to what his Inton P
tioils aro
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DIRT FLIES Oil
T.6P.
ALL DOUR!' CONCERNING ITS ER-
ECTION DISPELLED ACTUAL
WORK BEGAN THIS A. M. '
BRICK WORK IN SIX WEEKS
Superintendent Lowell EstiuinteK Time
Required lor PiiUlng Iii.Founda.
Ion Will iiolLlkcljjExml
Foriy Days. 4
From Monday's Dally:
All doubt has vanished; the ptiss-
ImlBts must now give up: Ablleno's'
new Texas and Paclllc passenger sta-
tion Is a fact.
Bright and early this morning Sup-
erintendent Ltrvell of tho Hughes-
O'Rouko Construction company began
laying off the lines for tho foundation
and a corns of "workmen stnrtod the
excavation.
Air Lovcll a very affable gentleman
will havo activo supervision of the
building and snys that ho will put It
through Just as faBt as men can work.
By tomorrow morning he oxpocts to
have Ills full force at work with picks
nnd shovels nnd if it Is possible to
use them horses and scraporsr Ho is
securing all of his workmen In Abl-
leno nnd rfs far as possible nil ma-
terlnWfl'sed in tho building will bo pro-
cured right Here. Ho estimates that
tho foundation will bo completed nnd
ready for tho brick work in six weeks.
Mr. I)Voll superintended the con-
struction of the foundation of the do-
pot and office buildW for tho Toxas
and Paclllc at Big 'Spring nnd when
tho foundation hero' Is complotod he
will probably divide- his time between
tho two points. Brick layers began
worH at Big Spring last Monday. In
a general way that structure Is to bo
similar to tho one bolng erected hore
REUNION OF GONFEOERATE
VETERANS HAS GONVENEO
Ladies Memorial Association Holds
v First Meeting Sobs ef Ycie.
- raim Meet Tonight
MOBILE April 25 Tho first busi-
ness session of the Confederate Veto
ran reunion was that of tho Ladles
j Memorial Association held this after
noon in the Battle House auditorium
i Mrs. Electra Colston was elected pre.
Went for the coming yenr and address
ea were delivered by Mrs. Rv K. Ham
now the president by Mra Virginia
McShorry president of the Daughters
of the Confederacy and by Mra. Long
' hrt.CprtJ)at my frled
Brown whow'yo-H have b treating
j m for liver trouble am dtal ef
atawacs itmM" $M o of the py-
slclam )Mitita.
Da't ym Iwlkve all y kar" r-
plM ta deeiar. "Wbaa.1 treat tawi
for Mr tfouWa a llrwr trott
STATION
ABILENE Al'TO ENTHUSIASTS
RODE SIX HUNDRED MILES
IN TRIM LITTLE CAR.
VISITED THE PLAINS COUNTRY
Shot Deer and Antelope Broke Few
Records mid Ot"crnl8i Made-
Week's Trip Enjoyable In
us Every Manner
Martin MeUger R. 15 Rankin Dr.
C. L. Barnes and Messrs. Cox and
Smith tho last two nnnled being pros-
pectors and probable Bottlers in the
Abilene country from Cameron county
are back from a six hundred mllo tonr
over the Plnlns countiy ot Northwest
Texas.
The' parly returned Sunday at noon
from the west after having boon ab-
Bcnt since Tuesday afternoon. They
rodo In a Chalmers 30 touring car of
Which make of automobiles Mctzgcr &
Iine have tjio local agency
Tho route from Abilene lay through.
Suydor Post Clt' Lnbook through tho
ttackless plains of Bailey county
Plalnvlew Hnlo Center and back
through Lubbock Tahoka Gall Sny-
der and Merkol.
In Bniloy county they put In some
prdfltabloartdNcltlng hours running
down and shooting coyotes. They saw
grint herds of untolopo watering nt se-
cluded tanks and creeks nnd report
that section of (ho Plains a veritable
hunter's paradise.
"Oaino of all sqrts sninll and large
abounds in afl quantities'" said MeU-
ger "and In shooting season a man can.
take an automobile nnd kill threo deer
In a single day."
Tho Chalmers took them bIx bun-
dled and four miles. Tho only trouble
they experienced wnB with one tiro
nn old que. Barring this all went as
smoothly iib a wedding boll. Tho trip
consumed foity two gnllons of gaso-
line. The trip from Roscoo wns made fca
remarkably fast time Metzger says
they left Roscoo ten minutes bohfctd
the enstbound passenger due In AW.
leno at 11r5C fri tho morning and when
tho sixty mile run was completed the
train was pulling out of tho stattos
here. They completed tho ninety mile
run from Snyder in threo hours tmA
twenty minutes without stopping the
motor nnd ran In from Merkol In Jnet
thirty minutes. Mctzger Bays thee
figures are authentic nnd he is backe
up by ove'iy member of tho party.
THE COMET MIGHT
CAUSE A CALAMMT
By Associated Press.
BERLIN April 23. The well-know
profesBor of natural sciences William
Blosctic says the comet If It bad a
mind to might do all this to us m
May 18th:
It might poison tlijLwholo world Bar
carbonic ncld..
It might cause a world's flood e
kerosene to the utter annihilation et
John D. Bockefoller.
It might cover the wholo earth F
salt killing off vegetation.
It might overhont the atmosphera
to such an extent that tho most rabaato
botcerla Could no longer broatho.
It might make aft electric chair ef
the earth sentencing ua all to Imaw-
nte death.
"But" says BoIbcIio ''whllo It might
do all those things It won't being
very Well behaved comet"
ABILENE THREE LINKERS
SPEND SUNDAY AT OVAL.
.1. W Chrlatopher nnd wife W. T.
Wilson and wife Judge Calhoun and
wife John McBrldd and wife Baylor
Crawford and wife and A R. Chrhto-
phor nl chaperoned by tuo three fal-
lowing 'bnchotor boys George McCaaa
Earl Borryhill and Oncar Obar attead"-
ed an Odd Fellow mooting at Ovals
Sunday. It was a public meeting held
In tho M E. Church la the afteraoaf
and addroBSf-a on Odd. Fellowship "
made b the pastor of the Methodist
clnw od Judge Calhoun
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P ArgameHts Obcm Tomorrow.
P Special to tho Reporter:
P GRAKBURY April 25-tt-
P guthents will probably begin to- CI
P morrow before District Judge P
P Oxford In tho case of the state P
P versus B. C Qwjit member of P
P tlje legislature from Comanche P
P county who la charged with
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