The Taylor County News. (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, August 13, 1897 Page: 1 of 6
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TOLTJME 13.
ABILENE TAYLOR COUNTY TEXAS FRIDAY AUGTJST 13 189'
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INSECTICIDES!
Paris Green London Eurple Insect Powder Wash . Balls Fly
Papers Etc. are specialties with us. We are selling a large quan-
tity of Sulphur for cattle' fnver; don't wait until your cattle begin
to die. BASS' LIQUID CEESYLIC is the cheapest and best
pints 25c.
BASS BROS.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANE OF ABILENE.
Capital $100000.00. Surplus $18000.00.
Otto W. Steffens
President.
E. S. KeaK
Cfshier.
Depository of County Funds.
Directors J. H. Parramore C. W. Merchant E. S. Kean J. M.
Radford OttoW. Steffens Brooke Smith N. W. Gorsuch.
J. G. LOWDON Pros.
GEO. S. BERBY Cashier.
The Abilene National Bank.
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"W. J. THOMPSON Assistant Cashier.
J. W. EVANS
) DEADER IN (
Staple and Fancy Groceries
NEXT DOOR TO P. O.
Will Stith & Co. "J"
Has some of the choicest tracts of land iii the
Abilene Country for sale at a bargain
and on easy terms. '
YOU
are Interested in getting good groceries for the least monur.
CALL AND SEE US.
are interested in making as many sales as possible and in order to
o we shall
DIVIDE PROFITS WITH YOU.
Wristen & Anderson.
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He Pulled His Freight
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With a Mitchell Wagon and was
pleased just as every freighter is
who is using one. The Mitchell
is undoubtedly the "Monarcli of
the Road." "As good as 4he $
Mitchell" is the highest oom'pli- j
ment that can he paid another fj
make of Wagons. While Jhe $
Mitchell has always been -the jj
Standard of Excellence yet jwe
candidly believe that the factory
is now turning out the test
Wagons they have ever msde.
If interested write us or call
and verify our statements.
Yours Truly
0 ; ABILENE TEXAS;
JProfessiotuiI Cards
DR. E. S. EVARTS
HOMCEOPATHIO
Physician and Surgeon.
(Office and residence on Fine street oppo-
site Sharp's Wagon Yard.
DR. L. W. HOLLIS
Physician and Surgeon
ABILENE TEXAS.
Office over Harris Bros.' drug store.
Residence in Kdrington property in southwest
part of the city
"TR. F. E. I1AYXS
PHYSICIAN and STJEGEON.
O0fllce left of stairway over Word Aicxan
der'a drugstore. Will answer calls at night at
room aujoining my oiucc. yrly
The Woman of It.
Two weeping women at the Gate.
Repentance stood diacousolate.
"For love I married; he was poor'
Said one; "the wolf was at our door.
"I would that I had had Jess heart
And chosen of the better part."
The Judge of all things frowned and said
No word but gravely shook his head.
"And I for wealth" the second cried;
"I sacrificed my love to pride.
"I would that I had had more heart
And chosen of the better part."
The Judge of all things smiled and said
No wortPbut gravely shook his head.
And for a time his counsel kept
As each unhappy woman wept.
Then with his hand he opened wide
The Gate and to them both replied:
"Pass in ye penitents; the years
That shall be yours shall know no tears.
"For this Is Heaven; this is where
The married have no weight of care;
"For here they marry not; nor give
In marriage here l'ass in and live."
The women moved;not. "Sin" said they
"We do not wish to live that way."
Town Topics.
D
R. J. CECIL LEG A HE
Oillce over Harm' Drug Store
- Calls attended at all hours.
DRS. KLINE & FREEMAN
DENTISTS
South Sido ABILENE TEXAS.
i)7. "hell"
ATTORNEY - AT- J A AY
ABILENE TEXAS.
Office over First National Hank.
J. II. PICKENS & CO.
Abstracters of Land Titles
and Notary Public.
Oflice over First National Bank
Abilene - Texas.
WILL STITH
NOI1TII 1st STREET. ABILENE.
Takes acknowledgments draws up deeds etc
The Nitness of the No.
lie was a gallant suitor
And she a princes tit;
He called see her often
And he'd
Sit
Sit
Sit.
He loved her O so dearly !
(It's true as holy writ).
She was a tempting morsel
. And he
Bit
Uit
Bit.
And when he thought he'd won her
To ascertain the sit
Thro' life'" said he ''together
Let us
Flit
Flit.
Flit.
Her answer was a stunner
He freely did admit;
1 1 bore but one constiiuctiou
It was
'Nit!
Nit I!
Nit!!!"
TWELVE YEARS AGO.
A Rehash of Local Events.
From News of Aug. 14 1885.
Iron
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?MUJ0
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NTAIN
Route
For the
North-East
Vw
Memphis or St. Louis
In Pullman Buffet Sleeping Cars.
rhis is the Short and Quick Line
And
Hours are Saved
By Purchasing Your Tickets via This Route.
Tor further Information apply to Ticket Agents
of Connecting Lines or to
J. C. Lewis Traveling Pass'r AgenU
Austin Tex.
H. C. TOWNSLND. G. P. and T. A. ST. LOUIS.
--e PORTER'S -
AUTOMATIC CHEMICAL
MILK COOLEB AND CREAMER
Wilk keep your
milk cool and sweet
in hottest weather i
isfe
County court was in session.
N. D. Crossley went east.
C. L. Wortham and wife went
to Mineral Wells.
T. L. Odom was up from Run-
nels. Otho Durant shipped 23 cars of
cattle to Chicago.
I Dr. G. II. Higgins the Episco-
. pal Rector went to Colorado City.
A prisoner named Jamison tried
to burn himself out of the cala-
boose but was prevented. There
came near being one less bum in
Iflm ntn.M T .: I. 1- 1.
m iiuuu. xjnivi ill II1U WUUK ue
was taken out by an unknown
crowd escorted to the bottoms
east of the city and given a Hog-
ging that made him pine for some
snow to sit down on and to yearn
lor the pmey woods of East Texas
toward which he speedily set his
face.
George Wilson a bar-tender in
Mel Thompson's saloon shot and
killed a negro named Jim Bird.
Bird had gone to the saloon rais-
ed a row and attempted to shoot.
The coroner's jury which investi-
gated the case was composed of
the following named men: J. E.
Wells E. S. Hughes Win. Ful-
wiler P. C. Knapp L. F. Chaffln
and J. L. Stephenson.
On the previous Saturday the
postoflice was clossd and a Hag
over it floated at halfmast on the
occasion of the funeral of Gen. U.
S. Grant.
11. A. Locke and wife went to
Tennessee.
HOWARD YOUNG.
Ofttimes I think how true are
the words "No man who needs a
monument ever ought to have
one." The block of granite has
fully completed its mission when
it has informed those of life's
busy world who pause one mo-
ment that this sacred spot is the
last resting place of the one whose
name with date of birth and
death is engraved thereon; and
such a monument is only needed
for strangers to him who sleeps so
near. A grander one has never
been builded for those who knew
him best by his own acts and
deeds one that time can never
dim until memory is lost to them
forever. We have often felt that
if a life to which deceit hypocri-
sy and sham have been unknown
count not for us at that one great
day why are we taught to live a
life of truth and honor.
Howard Young was born at
Koscinsko Miss. July JSth 183$
wherejie grew to early manhood.
In ISSiJ like many other progres-
sive young men he came west
ward to Colorado Ciiy Texas
and later in the same year to Abi-
lene lie came here when the
town was in its infancy and upon
the western border of the settle-
ments of Texas. He entered the
employ of Melville Thompson and
remained with him until 1885
when he succeeded Mr. Thomp-
son. In that year he was married
to Miss Ida Re vis of this city who
died three years later leaving one
child a son. In 181)3 he was
married to Miss Mamie Revis
who survives him. From 1S82
until his death Mr. Young was
closely identified. All knew him
and always called him by the fa-
miliar friendly name Howard.
We believe that the great index
to the life of any man is the daily
treatment he extends to his ac-
quaintances and friends: but. the
best of all is the life in his home.
Letter From Col. Taylor.
Dallas Aug. 9. I suppose you
irrigators of the West feel despon-
dent since the election. I do not
think you have cause to feel so.
That election does not represent
the feelings of the people oi Tex-
as. You see only about one-tenth
of the vote was cast. I -warned
you how it would be that those
opposed would go to the polls and
vote every one of them while
those favoring would generally
fail to vote through negligence and
laziness and through the certainty
they felt that the amendment was
in no danger of defeat. And so it
went. The sleepy irrigators em-
bracing the most valuable citizen-
ship of the state were set upon
and shamefully beaten by an in-
significant pack but well mob-
ilized and filled with -the fury of
fight. Had the people of Dallas
believed there was the least bit of
danger of the defeat of theamend-
el you will curse Frank Holland
and the pops till your faces are
blue as indigo. But that will do
you no good. You will be simply
I getting your deserts. Don't think
this a fancy sketch. There is a
strong probability that every line
of it will be fulfilled. If any of
you wish to stay there you should
go to work at once learning the
Hunnish Turkish and Bashi Ba-
zouk languages. I particularly
commend this advice to my friends
Bentley and Bowyer. But I shall
not learn those languages. I am
too old. When a Bashi Bazouk
lakes possession of the Taylor
County News I shall write' no
more letters for it. N. A. T.
The Amendments Defeated.
The indications are that all of
the proposed amendments to the
constitution were defeated for the
time. The vote was extremely
'light as is always the case when
ment they would easily have given j amendments are submitted at elee-
a majority of 7 or S thousand for tions which involve not candi-
u. Ana it would nave been pen- dates for nflinp. And n-lm onnhi
D . .. ..Uv. .. .. v- v. ... .V
eral 1 believe throughout the
state. We must try it again but
next time it must be at.a general
election w hen all the people go to
the polls. But it is hard to wait
so long. In meantime unless
there shall be a change of climate
which it is not reasonable to ex-
pect I fear West Texas will have
a tough time I have no doubt
be surprised at the result! The
irrigation amendment was not gen-
generally understood and exper-
ience proves that when a voter is
in doubt about the wisdom and
scope of such an amendment he
invariably votes against it. Those
who appreciate the importance of
irrigation for the arid districts of
Texas will not be disheartened at
your properties are already much J t)is first repulse. The first cam-
depressed by the failures. A man
who owns large bodies .of land
out there held them at 2 per acre:
he now authorizes his land man to
sell them at oOcts per acre half
cash balance on long time.
The Southern Mercury organ of
the middle-of-the-road populists
claims that the populists did it
and points out that whore the pop-
ulists arc most numerous the vote
was heaviest against the amend-
paign was necessarily one of edu-
cation and viewed in this light
the results should not discourage
the people of the west. The more
irrigation is understood the
stronger it will grow and in a few
years the opposition expressed at
the polls Tuesday will melt away.
We must recognize the fact that
the necessities of population have
not yet demanded the agricultur-
al use of the arid lands of Texas:
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All who knew Howard Young t -8 4.hi ' A 'd
jomtiewnter in saying no t ' him into close ter8.
man could be truer to his friends
than he. The test of true friend-
ship comes not in the hour of
prosperity but with our days of
adversity and trouble and tin the
subject of this sketch his friends
always found a willing helpful
hand in their hour of need. To
those who met him in his own
home who knew him as a son
husband and father it seems that J j
his motto must have been
"Sow Iotp and taate It fruitage pnr
Sow prace and reap its hurreat bright.
Sow sunbaams on 1 rocks and moor.
Ami and the Larrest-hme of light. '
lint nnw n Rilvor IJtiL- ii miceimr
in that kindred chair of home and " ' t0 CVa(Ie tMs chargc'
fl Wltrt nllllll U'W xti'iw miilinK ........ "...j .ow.v.0 iw onun inn
i..l.. tJilUi II 1UU H I.V1 HiW 111. 1 1 ... ....
ment. But Frank Holland of the i nut we know too that it will not
Farm and Ranch claims the vie- D(J i0I1g oelorc these lands will be
called upon to contribute to the
sustenance of the human race.
Therefore irrigation is inevitable.
The railroad bond amendment
will likewise be adopted in time
to assist in the logical and legiti-
mate development of the state.
The validating amendment was
championed by the administration
of the state. tlt involved a prop-
osition repugnant to the moral
sentiment of the people and was
repudiated. In this instance Tex-
as covered herself with glory and
notified the world of a lirm pur-
pose to deal honestly with all
qiu
Mr. Kemp of the irrigation com-
mittee of Wichita Falls makes a
sworn statement which is publish-
ed that Frank offered to support
the amendment and secure its suc-
cess for a purse of $10000. This
offer was declined. Thereupon
Frank swelled with indignation
and turned the batteries of Farm
and Ranch loose to annihilate the
rrigalors. On election dav he
j worked fervently from morning
till the voting closed ; insomuch
that he sweat like a bull. His
A Remarkable Cure of
Chronic Diarrhoea.
last paper makes a miserably awk- j "cn. Hie governor attorney-
general superintendent of public
instruction and others of the Aus-
tin regime invoked party loyalty
and' party machinery in the effort
to induce the people to adopt this
rulv he i amendmeni because forsooth the
H'nnlil lwi n ....nnt l.n.n .. I Tl (1 1 tl 1 Tl "J I llrVltlfTf nf (ho ( omnfir.it.
. uuiu uv; ii illtrrtt UUUU1 IU US VI 1 j.-w-.jv. Mti.nv.iui-
the Russians or the Turks.
sisters and brothers will long and ?um: -V"?1!1 ?' n0V10W t( lllake
silently mourn their untimely loss. I l7:m.k Hanl Senator or Gener-
. alissimo. or Emperor of Russia or
Kfinirhinrr nf flint cnrM fP
I - ... wa uiw uvrl J.t.. 10J ...1 r . .. '"'- -.-"""""aj vi mv. .Lu.no. kjvjuiu
luioo-uBuibTOinycouii. here are talking about getting up
try as a private in Company A a great indignation mating de
loah Pennsylvania Volunteers II lnaudiD tbat the cit c n
contracted chronic diarrhoea ltIp.lss purging resolutions eras-
has given me a gre.'U deal of; illfT ..n r.ri fhnt pra'b . ...
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Dr. 'J. W. Sliangle and Miss
Ripens cream even-! Edna Bond were married at Mer-
ly and makes churn- kel.
ing easy. Works in s. 1L jIenson and Miss M. Pur.
anj cnmaie. losio cen were Iliarrietl iu Abilene
noinmg 10 operate
it and will last 10
years. Every one
guaranteed. Write
for descriptive cat-
alogue and full par-
ticulars. Mention
the News when you
x'atemed. write ior prices.
AUTOMATIC COOLER JI'F'I! CO..
Rockdale Texas.
&
JOHN T. WOODSON
FIEE
TORNADO
AND
ACCIDENT
INSUBANCE.
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i vmv;uer iruru Cb Aiexanuerii. ra
A protracted meeting was com-
menced at the Baptist church.
The county commissioners court
decided to issue bonds to raise
money with which to build
bridges.
G.R.Ward W. A. Thornton
and G. II. Richardson were elect-
ed school trustees at Merkel.
J. T. Tucker and J. P. Allen
contractors of Merkel were said
to begetting plenty of work.
Prof. James accepted a school
at Kyle and began preparations
for moving.
Overwork eifher physical or
mental will produce weakness
and loss of energy. Too many
business or family cares over-
work in the harvest field an ex-
cess of woman's work and worry
will produce months of misery.
To prevent this the exhausted
system should be reinforced im-
mediately. Dr. T. H. McLean's
Strengthening Cordial and Blood
Purifier is an appropriate remedy.
Price 50c and 1 a bottle. For
sale by Bass Bros.
Every failure carries a guide-
book to success in its inside
pocket.
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uuumBBiBBB. i nave tnea Mayor of Dallas. But this as it
a dozen different medicines andseems to llie wouI(l b& an u f
several prominent doctors with-: itable aild foolish piece of busi.
out any permanent relief. otino
long ago a friend sent me a sam-1 .' i ..nf )...in r?.ni o i;t
pie bottle of Chamberlain s Colic Ue. The VifUey of the Wichita is
Cholera ami Diarrhoea Remedy. :said to enibrace o-l0000 acrca of
and after that 1 bought and took ' irriabie land and j know a of it
a ouc uoiue: and now l can say
that I am entirely cured. 1 can
not be thankful enough to you for
this great remedy and recommend
it to all suffering veterans. If iu
doubt write me
is extremely fertile. With irriga-
tion it would produce GO bushels
of wheat per acre or a crop of lo
million bushels more than enough
to bread all Texas. The San Saba
1 OUrS grateful-I Vnl(tv .rnlIll nnL-i mnnli nmru
fy Hexky Steixbergkh Allen- ' Well; it is pitiable t0 think about;
town Pa. Sold by ord fc Alex-YiKlt do Frank Holland and the
an er" ' populists propose to give us in
-" place of all this wealth and bread
Pimples blotches yellow skin j lost? Nothing so far as I can see
scaly and ugly spots foul breath. ( but serpents and stones
dark rings about the eyes owej Let me tell you now of a great
their existence to a diseased liver danger with which I think you
and bad digestion. To remove people of West Texas are threat-
these disfiguring evidences of in-' ened. You know that powerful
ternal disorder the liver should ; combinations of capital known as
receive immediate attention. Dr. trusts are gobbling up and monop-
J. H. McLean's Liver and Kidney olizing all valuable things as far
Balm is a reliable remedy for liver as they can. Soon or late they
troubles and derangements in the will spy out the rich valleys of
kidneys. Its use will restore Western Texas and the beautiful
those organs to the healthy active streams and fasten their greed up-
ana regular performance of their on them. After some terrific
functions. When this is accom- drouth which may turn up at
plished the eye will become bright any moment it would be an easy
and sparkling the skin fair and ; matter to buy these lands by
smooth and the complexion clear.! wholesale for a mere song. Then
Price $1 a bottle. For sale by 'would they build great irrigation
Bass Bros. works husbanding the storm-
waters making great lakes and
Secretary of Agriculture Wil- ao watering every inch of thoir
son will visit the South for the lands. Then would they fill the
purpose of promoting farming valleys with tenant farmers not
interests. 'Americans but imported Huns
v- . v. ' "77 ' Goths Vandals Poles and Turks.
You and Your Grandfather pTrptwnn .niifi h ti-doi oi
Are remored from each other bv a span Great crops would be raised and
of many years. He traveled iu a slow thousands of tons of melon vjnes
going stage-coach while vou take the j but all would belong to the trusts
lightning express or the electric car- Then would they get the uplands
W hen he was sick he was treated bv old . . J b f"""
fashioned methods and given old fash-. for le.63 than a 80ngj anl import
loned medicines but vou demand mod- Bashi Bazouks and Cossacks to
ern ideas in medicine'as well as in every- herd their cattle sheen and hors-
j r .
thing else.
lie
Hood's Sursaparilla is the
medicine of to-day. It is prepared by
modern methods and to its preparation
are brought the skill and knowledge of
modern science. Hood's Sursaparilla
acta promptly upon the blood and by
making pure rich blood it cures dis-
ease and establishes good health.
es. luus would they have the
monopoly of that whole country
and all its products. What will
you fellows do then! Why you
will have to skin out. And while
skinning Pll bet my bottom nick-
ic party was at stake. But the
people saw that the proposition
was infamous and standing upon
the highest moral grounds reject-
ed it. Their lofty sense of public
integrity moved them to an ad-
mirable plane of self-abnegation
and they preferred to lose a muni-
ficent sum rather than deal unjust-
ly with the private individual.
They saw the proposition as the
Xews stated it: If it is right to
validate irregularly issued bonds
held by the state it is wrong not
to validate such bonds held by in-
nocent individual purchasers: if it
is right not to validate such bonds
held by individuals it is an injus-
tice to tax-payers to validate such
bonds held by ;ha state; generally
all these bonds or none should In-
validated. In justice to those
who opposed validation in repu-
diation of the calumny which the
governor of the state inflicted up-
on them from the vulgar view of
partisan considerations the News
will not hesitate to assert that
had this amendment been thor-
oughly honest it would have been
adopted. Morally a half-honest
proposition is wholly dishonest.
If the next legislature shall choose
to submit an amendment giving
justice to all the opponents of
the validating amendment will
support it with enthusiasm not
because of its submission by the
democratic party or by any other
party but because it would afford
a just opportunity for the people
to emphasize their devotion to
public integrity unspotted by con-
siderations of cheating selfishness.
Let all'who regret the defeat of
irrigation console themselves with
the reflection that while their
cherished purposes may be delay-
ed for the time the defeat of the
amendment championed by Cul-
berson and Crane elevates and
ennobles the integrity and public
virtue of the state. Had both
these amendments been adopted
irrigation would not have been
facilitated for who would have in-
vested in an irrigation bond if the
state had set the pace for the re-
pudiation of such obligations in
the hands of individual citizens?
Dallas News.
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