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Abilene Reporter.
Abilene Texas Friday July ai 1899.
No. 39
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ItfRRENT.
Thrco dVpqUlol- .with- cisterns. Como
' m) St 0 us at puo ujou wuui mum Always
ml l overyHstfcdmp ana sco us wbon you
Clint to buy or ronfc.dWellings stores or of
'Uc0$ or whon you aht to s0ll or insuro
iDon'fcpas8utJ)y.
u'ohavQlartd&'.wfcK'wliortjj any amount
any quality and. oh.anyaerms you want.
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CITY PROPERTY SAME WAY.
Wo havo boon horo too loner not to know
what we aro doing. Wo FULLY Understand'
our business. Thoronro two' of us and Wo1
giVoyour business our
Personal attention & entire time.1
Wo aro doing business nnd wcaro going to do'
moro ousiuess. bo Kia.MlflMBER;
COMPERE BROS.
'"') " Eeal Estate Insurance and Rental Boys.
5- COMPERE; 1 Notaries Public. AMene' '
U. O. UUii.Hia ;
ioto WH;HJJ ft KKVU
For "bargains in
leeond Hand Furniture
O" if v'ou havofiecond Hand Furniture to sell tliey will buy
jaDtl piy yu sPot casb. Tn'ey also repair all ktedsof furniture. .
d0MU CHESTNUT STREET
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SILVER DRAWN BRUSHES.
v m need never have any more "trouble yith loose bristles
tooth brushes. Wo have imported under our owubraud
s Ivor Drawn Bass Bros n brush made of 1st class
sties each brisllo wrapped around and held in place by
i silver wire. Wo are sure that no better brush can be
ide and the inpudy is refunded for every defective one or
o with loose bristles. Price 40cts anda strict guarantee;
THB RALLS'.
iTvn tho suggestion of the
lasA B Y. P. "U. the . West
siasVotinc-Peoples Rally was
r?an nl last yoar and held us
ratn- Uiai meeting last July.
rn-s.'.r July 11th to 17th was
B&t. fixed for it to moe.t ana
!);. selected the samo as
st joir ''tho Johnson Hole"
i lli. Hear Fork of thp Brazos
Khvr i')ottt5i miles froni Nu
mn d 25 k miles from Abilene
wr ng to Mr. F M. Arnold
he pus funis tor at Nugont. . TV
mu a batter interest m tho
rors i thu youug pooplo and
orsitt al intercourse etc.. are
to urposes for which the or-
pm "1'ion came into existence.
Tu Abilene fnmi'y for such
It was indeed numboring about
pof . happy people as over got
get . r. left town at i) o'clock a.
L Tasday. July llih nnd ar-
wd at tho camp about 8 o'clock.
1W Work of erecting: tents tix-
psf ".supper feeding horses
t1 was at onco begun and sue
s t Jv fiuished In time to have
g" i spiritual service at night.
m ' sduy tho day was spent in
or n ntul recreation and SO
a I the hour camo to return
hoit. It 1ms nover boon our
iii tnrtuno'tn ho with a crowd
off 's moro congenial more-ffi.".i-
to sacrifloo forothors than
.i "(U ona. In tho entire
HO days wo novop hoard a
Cfi.s word novor hoard an
tar i'iit or cutting romark
Evi v ono was niixlnus to do
wh-iioy could and all being
uV nst nf nonnln in boffin with
'' rsoltwas pleasant. Tho
"i' '-rs of.. tho Union wore
Kl v bonouttod spiritually
St l Mil work tho coming your
' ronowod zoal Counting
tuMlaskolL Albany Anson and
o camps 2$Q or moro wpro
at.
rooroatlon and soulal foat
nr' f tho rally wore very
P' 'i tludced. Iluakoll ontor-
"' I tho young folks on Wod
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riesday night Abilene Thursday
n'glit and Albany Friday night
44ch ufter services had closed.
Recitations comic songs by the
colored. cooks candy pulling etc.
wore the modes of entertain-
ment at these meetings. The
first-stanza of the most popular-
song iuthe social gathering reads
as follows;'
There is a hole in the b.otton of
the sea!
There is a hole hi the bottom of
tho seal! .
There is a hole in- the "bottom of
tho son!!'
There is a hole in the bottom of
the sea1.!!!
aud the second aucl third stanzas"
are just the samo. -which' of
course makes delightful music.
Wo never saw young pooplo have
a bettor time and tho best pf all
we never expect or desire to sen
yon ng folks couduct themselves
in a more gentlemanly or lady
liko way. It was superbly grand
to see them enjoy tho innocent
and pleasant am usomont chosen.
Wo had lots nflish melons beef
aud in fact lots to eat and fine
appetites tiigon Confectionery
Company furnished tho entire
crowd with ice ice armies ico
cream otc of thpir t?vp makes
t prices just tho samo as wo pay
in Abilene. Everybody went
for a good limo everybody want
ed ovoryhody to havo a good
timo and everybody ploased
ovorybody. '
Tho only thing to mar tho
perfect ploasuro of tho (rip was
tho. stealing by aomo outside
person of Dr. Il-ink' hammer
loss shot gun which the AblldiKJ
Gun Club gave him somo time
ago but it is hopud it will bo
roturnod so Dr. Hauks sua get
it as ho fcols suro ho knows
who got It. Thos& who went
from Abllono wore Mr and Mrs
JL Poguos Kov U T Hunks
and family Rev Isaac Sellers
Mr ft A Poarcoand family Mrs
Wyllo uiid fumlly.Mrs Anderson
and hur grandsons IloshuU aud
R G. Will Young and family
0 S Anderson and wlfo Messrs
Chas Garrlsou G h and Claud
Christian Rupert Hr-rlrrider
! Russell W T Wilson Metcalf
13 D Lotspeiuh Will Neill Jim
Ligon E Flemming and Misses
Alice HanksrjSTannio May Soilors
Gertie Horn Annie Laurie
Pegues Bdnuott' Young Jossio
Enuis Susie Parra'moro .May
Keley and Mrs Morse. Oihers
catho out later amtfeff.them'IPr
G)V SmitU atidwifpMtP ypppf
SfJjf'J' -J .""" iujiuo ouiiuiaj.
Dabnoy Harvey. Victor AndPxiv
son Mrs. L WT HolIisand ' .'JtathV.
ily. We shall look forward to
tho next meeting with great
anticipation. Wo' forgot to tell
about the coons we caught the
k.ttens we found aud well tuats
G. S. A. .
all right.
Texas State Fair
The great institution' of Texas
of which tho whole State is just-
ly proud is the GreatTexas State
Fair It was orgauized in 1.88Q
with Col. J. B. Simpson as
president and Capt; Sj'dney
Smith ds' secretary. Its first
entertainment began October 26
of tho year namcd.ahd contiuued
ten days. Unlike most other
institutions of its kind ithad no
small bgiuning and slow subse-
quent evolution but Was from
the start a full-fledged complete
State Fair. Yea it was moro
(Jmn full Hedged for from the
first it has been concluded to be
tho greatest combined agricul-
turalfair.expositionand racpme t
iug.in the United States. Indeed
there are many who claim that
its first entertainment has never
deon eclipsed by any of is sub-
sequent brilliant triumphs.
Since its organization fpurteen
years ago this Association has
pipd out more thau 750000 in
premiums purses and attract-
ions and more than. $500000 in
buildings and general improve
ments thereby parceling out
those princely amounts to exhib-
itors for thoir trouble to mater-
ial men for thoir supplies to
merchants for thoir services
and tP laborers for their hire to
to say nothing of tho many mil
lions of dollars loft in tho State
of'Texas by tho 2500000 visit
ors it has brought to and enter-
tained on its grounds.
Tho officers of tho association
at present aro: W. H. Gaston
president; Ben E. Cabell vice
prosidout; J. B. Adouo troasur
or; Sydney Smith secretary aud
general manager.
Tho grounds of tho association
contain 120 acros. Ono of tho
raco tracks is a full milo regula-
tion trotting track; tho other a
saven-oighthsof u mllo running
track. Tho grand stand will
seat 5000 persons 'lhoro aro
fivo miles of graveled walks and
drives through tho grounds
which are protected by sbude
troos and adornod byornamoutal
shrubbory and smiling ilowor
bods.
Exposition building contains
70000 suuaro feet of floor spaPo;
Maohlnury hall 80Q00 squaro
foot; and hi implement and
vohiolo departments ' 80000
squavo feot. Tho poultry dd
partmont has room for .. iU)00
birds; tbioro aro stalls for 500
head of stock in tho cat Mo do
partmont; tho exhibition horso
department has accommodations
for 800 head of horses; tho swino
ponB will house 175 head of bogs;
und in the racing department
there are box stalls for 580
llyors.
Music hall has 8800 opera
chairs bp3ides the balconies and
galleries; tho now auditorium
novv being-erected will seat 8000
person.1? hits a ball room floor
GOx0 foot and a . stage 25 foot
doap 'and 75 foot wide. This ball
will bo for the special use of
organizations and societies who
will havo "days" for their roun-
Ions. Tho ladies' art textile and
culinary department hall has
20.'400 feat of lloDr spacs. Tho
now floral hill has 75 square feot
of floor Hero will bo displayed
exhibits of amotour as wpll as
professional florists. Tho farm
and mill department haying
21X300 feet of floor space is the
'plteojtoWhoro;2tho-products t of
seekqrl ...Bdufcalipnauhalf Open
'toTexj s educat6ra.ahd to piipils
oiprjynw ana:piioiig;.si;uooi8. ox
Texas ha5 a floor space of 2ix
800 feet. -
The new kennel now jnjeourse
of construction- 00x150 "feet is
for the use of the bench shpsy
which wilt open the second week
of the Fajr. This building has
room fowmore th-in400 dogs and
from presdnt indications it is go-
ing to be crowded. Anotherken-
nel is also to be built. This near
the grand stmd for the Texas
Coursing Association. It will
have accommodations lor J more
than 125 dogs. Thisassociation
will givei a series of meets dur-
ing the Fair winding up with a
contest for the Waterloo- cup
-which has been awarded to this
association over all others itf the
United States for this year. .The
Waterloo' cup is to coursing sport
what tho Derby is totho tturf.
It is contested for but oncei and
in but one place a year.
The purses in the racing de-
partment this year 'aggregate
some $30000. The outlay for
the attraction list will foot up. an
equal amount and the premiums
in the live stock department are
nslarge as thoso of any other
fair in the Uuited States.
In addition to the six hot-ls
run by the various churches on
the "grounds there is being
erected near tho entranco to the
now auditorium a building for
a eifo which will be run second
to no other in tho country. It
will bo a place where a meal may
be had all the way from 50 cents
to $10 and upward.
Tho continuous show in Music
hall this year will bo under the
managomen of Signor Luciano
Conterno with his celebrated
Ninth Rugiment Band of New
York City. By tableaux and
illuminated pictures Signor Con-
terno will give representations of
somo of the battles of our natiou
boginuing with thoso of the
revolutionary war and com-
ing down through tho war of
1812 tho Mexican war and tho
civil war to the battlo of. San
Juan hill aud tho battles in the
Philippines.
Paill's fire works pu a much
more magnificient scale than
ovor before will bo given for
twonty nights during the fair
depicting in lurid flames tho ho
rolo ohargo of tho rough ridors
nt San Juan Hill.
Npvor hgforo in the history of
tho great Texas" state Fair havo
there boon so many important
ovonts to (ako placo on tho
grounds. Among tbosq'mnybo
moutlonod the grand pageant
of Ihp grand order of Knllph;
.tho p'rosontatlou by GovfMouut
otVlndinna to GlpV. Sayorsj of
Texas of tho flag of Terry's
rangors. Than this latter no
moro important ovont hafc hap-
pened sinco the close of tho civil
war. By act of courtesy tho
legislature of Indiana made an
appropriation to defray tho Px-
ppnsPs of Gov Mount and staff
to bring this flag to Texas an d
present itto our governor dur-
ing the joint reunions of tho ex-
Confodorates.theG. A. R. tho.as-
sociation of Terry's rangers and
of ex'Indianians living in Texas.
Gov. Sayers will preside over
tho joint reunion and receive tho
-flag which in turn he will deliver
to Major J. J. Weiler who as a
number of an Indiana regiment
became the possessors of this
flag during the' civil war. The
flag was taken to Indiana by
Major Weiler's regiment; where
it has remained up to the present
date intact. Major Weiler will
deliver tho flag to the president
df the association of Terry's
rangers. Major Weiler -is now a
resident of Dallas.
'; Later duringtheFajjwll
conip Kentucky? dayTeripsee
'd'ayv Virginia; aayUiuysity of
Texas day traveling metal's day
.the grand parade of the Phorty
Pkupny Phellers ex-volunteer
day and so on to the close of "the
Fair .each day being set apart
for some order or organization
thus making tho entertaihmeut
RoVal
Baking Powder
Made from pure
cream of tartar.
Safeguards the food
against alum
Alum baking powders arc tfie greakrt
menaccrs to health of the present day.
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BOVAL OAKiNO POWfiCR CO. i NEvYORK.
of the Fair this closing year of
the century the mo it brilliant
niomorablo and magnificent of
the entire series of fourteen.
Hon. A M. Robertson spent
Wednesday in Anson at the
great celebration. He estimates
tharday's attendance at 3500
and says t was a great day all .
around Interesting and elo-
quent addresses were delivered
by .Ittdgo Legatt of thpisAbileaeri
par v.ur.. jtoxjb v.;ip.'esiapnfc. oi
Simmons Oollee and Profy
Pittard pf Merkel'." ThS. Afison -people
do themselves' ppu d .
i when thay undertake anything
aud they kept' up their lick on
this occasion.
Now Is Your Chance.
We have several small houses to sell on the monthly
installment plan with only a small cash payment down.
We also have vacant lots in a desirable part of the
city which we wiil sell very low and altogether on time
provided purchasers will build on them at once. These
offers are open only for a limited time.
Improved property and vacant lots in every part
of the city for sale Before you buy in "either town or
country come to see what we have. .Our list comprises
improved farms fenced pastures and unimproved
Lands and we can offer bargains in all of them;
Remember we are the "Old Reliable" land and
Insurance Agency. Our office is on Pine St. upstairs
over Bass Bros Drug Store
Will Stith & Co.
Land & Insurance Ag'ts.
Abilene - Texas.
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flust Know How.
A cow mau; new to the busi-
ness started out a short timo
ago to do the cowboy act. He
roped a iwo year oldheifor and
the horsa and holfer started in
opposito directions Tho horse
didn't have any more k'nowledge
of the business iu hand thau tho
ridor and the heifer made a side
run jerked tho horso ovor tho
rider falliug under tho horse
jerked the saddlo horn off- and
escaped. Tho cowboy was left
on the prairie pretty badly usod
up and lay thoro two hours
before ho was able to rise.
There is no lesson so thoroughly
learned tho first trial as roping a
cow on an untrained horso. Tho
writer saw a tall long logged
east Texan tako his first losson
anumbor of years ago aud it
was fun to the outfit of cow
puuehers who happened to bo
near. Tho east Texan's saddle
dividod iu thtf middlo and that
fellows legs wore stretched so
far apart they rosombled two
flag polos with his foot ropro
sonting tho flags. BaUingor
Ladgor.
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J. CECIL LEGARE MD.
Physician & Surgeon
Office ovor Harria'Drug Store
Marriages a La Alode In the-Philippines
The negritos have a curious
marriage custom. When a young
man makes know his preference
tho young woman flees from him
while he gives chase and catches
hor iu his arms. She struggles
and frees herself whereupon the
chase is. renewed and so on un-
til he has caught her tho third
time when sho yields and ho
proudly leads hor back to hor
fathor's dwelling Tho father
and mother of the bride elect
thon moot with the contracting
parties the lattor knoeliug sido
by side.
.The father thon takes somo
water in a coqoanut-sholl and
throws it over thorn. Coutiuu
iug tho coromony ho takes each
by tho neck and bumps thoir
heads togothorsovoral jtiniQsand
thonthoy'rea djudged to bo duly
married. A wedding tour of fivo
days' sojourn alouo in tho moun-
tains follows after which tboy
tako up thoir abodo us staid
citizens among their friends.
From "A Sketch of tho Phillip
hiiies" iu Self Culture; for July.
WHIi STITH
NOTARY PUBLIC
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Shook, L. B. The Abilene Reporter. (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, July 21, 1899, newspaper, July 21, 1899; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth331117/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Public Library.