Abilene Semi-Weekly Farm Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, January 6, 1911 Page: 2 of 8
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TELEPHONES:
wlness and Circulation S. W. G-7; Roberts C-7Ono Ring
Editorial Office Roberts 161.
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ntered as second class mall at Abilene Texas October
14. 1908.
Really it is funny to think of tho big colonel being
pod.
.How about that now year resolution? Did youmako it?
not perhaps you should yet try your hand.
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A flno time this to think and plan for tho 'mnnufac-
ring enterprises. Abilene needs tho Bmoke stacks.
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J Tho Reporter ie no prophet or Bon of' a prophet but
ellevcs President Tart's now Supremo Court is going
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put tho interests guessing.
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f Those who havo beon wishing for a genulno freeze
iould be satisfied. IMhe bursted water mains and ser-
irc plps over Abilene indicato anything it certainly s
hat it has been cold.
Fires are occurring with considerable regularity in
lumbers pf towns nnd cities oVer the state and United
6tatcB and It would not bo out of place to suggest that
Abilene folks be careful about starting traBh fires etc.
Tho Atlanta Constitution suggests that If you had re-
ceived an aeroplane for a Christmas present that you
'might not have been "among those present" at the New
Year celebration. Thero is moro in the suggestion than
you might think tor atat first thought.
"I am going tb try to think and speak more kindly
af everyone this yeaf" is a fine resolution and ono that
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( iuj utcu iu iuukv. xoi luui you nurt ma oiner joiks
1 i H" talking and thinking hard thits abouti them but
for the Rood you will get out of tho thing ypurself. It
i is impossioze minK pjeasant thoughts without being
II "pleasant and congenial. It is n good business proposi
tion.
AMERICA AN ASYLUM FOR CRIMINALS
Declaring that the "situation growB nioro serious year
upon year" -tho Washington Post directs to tho attention
of congress' tho necessity of legislation that will put a
check to tho influx of foreign criminals into this country
through our various immigration stations.
In tho Southern Btatcs with tho exception perhaps of
Louisiana tho situation presented by tho incoming crim-
inal docs not approximate Its gravity in tho north and
cast where shipload after shipload of immigrants aro
dumped on our sliorcs with little provision mado for a
thorough elimination of tho fit from tho unfit
Regarding this condition tho Post says:
"Tho fundamental defects In tho law have boon called
tu tho atentlon of congress with a strong recommendation
of rcmcdical legislation. Tho present law contains no
ndequato provision for ferreting out tho criminal aliens by
mean a of looking up their records in other countries.
Worao Btill tho method of Inspection nt our ports as
provided by tho law Is ndmlttcdly a failure with respect
to tho detection of immigrants of tho criminal olasB."
Amorlca has a problem sufficiently BerlouB in handling
its own criminal product without taking on those of oth-
or nations. And yet under existing regulations or rath-
er lack of them tho foreigner with an actual criminal
r'-cord or a lawless bept has little trouble In getting past
tho" inspectors on Ellis Island and nt other stations
t As a result tho task of checking trlu-o especially in hj
'.argtr eastern cities and In those labor dlstncts oe Pcnn-
"'vnnin nnd tho mlddlo west o't-n sougtii by Ho.lmmi-
linM prows constantly more uggrn tnl with tho Imn'l3
of the local police tied as effectively as thoso or the
nntlonal authorities.
Other nations nrc not burdened wlth this dilemma.
They take proper Btcps to keep a finger on the records
or the men or women Booking entrance into their bounda-
lles and In tho majority of cases tho discrimination prac-
ticed Js rigid.
Tho sooner congress comes to tho consideration of our
own derelictions in this matter tho better it Will be for
our own institutions and thosq or tho old world For
under thq system now prevailing wo not only Injure our
selves but unconsciously abet tho. criminal classes of
foreign countries in escaping trie consequences of their
offenses. Atlanta Constitution:
. FACTS ABOUT THE MEAT TRUST
Statistics showing the extent of tho trado and tho
pioiits of tho meat trust aro given in considerable deta.il
In another column. They nre.complled from statements
made by tho various companies of the trusts In accord-
ance with tho requirements bf the Now York Stock Ex-
change. Tho total business or tho six great meat-packing com
panies amounts to $945000000 a year. The profits ex-
clusive of those of the National Packing Company aro
set nt $23379044. Estimating tho profitB of the Nation-
al Packing Company as equal to those ot Sulzberger &
Sons the total would be raised to about $25000000.
Somo of tho detailed figures are as Impressive as tho
totals. When a concern llko Swift & Company can pro-
gress from a $10000000 capital to upward of $80000-
000 In about Blxteen years; when Armour & Company
after paying big dividends ciyi pile up a surplus of $73-
000000; when other companies In the combine make al-
most as notable showing It Is clear the profits aro enor
mous.
AVJth such figures before them how even tho stand-
patters or congress pretend thnt protection is needed ror
the meat trust? The tariff confers monopoly of the Tiome
market and tho monopoly Is used to exact from tho peo-
ple excesslvo prices for one or "the most Important ne-
cessities of lifp.
Thoso are the plain facts of tho matter. There is no
ncod for an elaboi ate investigation by a tnrjfr commis
sion with a year or delay. There is time enough ror this
congress to repeal tho tax on meat and give the people
immediate relief. Now York World.
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RESTORED
PENITENT TO FOLD
NAZAR1NE CHRISTMAS MEETING
-AT BUFFALO GAP COMES TO
VERY SUCCESSFUL CLOSE
MERCHANTS- TAKING STOCK
Did Satisfactory Business In Splto of
almost Total Crop Failure.
Teleiilwmo Exchange Moved
Rcshhio Business
The Texas state legislation will soon be In session at
Austin and Its erforts should be more largely devoted
to repealing some of tho obnoxious laws nbw upon the
statute books than In framing additional ones. Too much
law Is as bed as too little law and tho gqneral dlsposl-
A HIGH STAN?)ARI) OF EFFICIENCY
Mr. Louis B. Brandels or Boston counsel for the
traffic committee of commercial organizations Bays that
it Is not higher rates but a higher standard of efficiency
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The Texas Commercial Secretaries Association has In-
cited Elbert Hubbard writer lecturer and business man
to "visit Texas and investigate the magnificent opportuni-
ties and resources of tho state and Mr. Hubbard advises
that he will accept the invitation and expects to devoto an
eutlro Issue of tho Fra magazlno to singing the praises
or" Texas. His writings excel in light and power that
of any modern author nnd in choosing Texas for his
theme he has selected tho biggest subject "before tho
American people todny and ono that Is capable of en-
larging the pocket book of every citizen in tho United
States.
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Hon to .seek to relievo ovnrv ii nn.i fnnnii m rmhHIu tho management and methods or railroads that is need-
tho enactment of drastic legislation Is a very unwhole- fd Contem"nS that the business of he railroad world
some public scntlmont--El Paso Tiiries. a muucu m a supsnou way .Mr. urnnueis protests against
any raise In freight rates. Tho nuestlon which ho raises
Is tho question of most vital concern to every business
large or small. It Is tho pivot uppn which hangs tho
success of every business enterprise. Success may be at
tained in a small way with slipshod Ioobo methods btit
never can thore be real permanent success In any bus-
iness until Us operntlon is brought up to n high degree
or efficiency. To reach this Ideal business methods must
bo adopted. Every branch of the business must bo mado
t3 yield It Just proportion of royenue and equally Impart
with a high standard of efficiency is economy. Tho waste
column of the ordinary American 1b a long ono. The
rallrbads of the United States pay out millions of dol-
lars in damngo claims and freight that is traceable to
carelessness and indifference In handling tho goods and
wares given the various roads for transportation. Tho
few concerns that got their business no matter what
kind up to a high standard of efficiency with uscIcsb
waste cut out always mako great successes.
Don't let it make you unhappy because the people who
shall come after you will havo mora .and better facilities
"for transportation heating lighting and in fact every
thing than you have. It wind is used for fuol if pneu-
matic -tubes are substituted for railroad trains if Hying
jnwchlnes aro ns common placo ng buggies and wagon"
If crops are grown In one night nnd day what difference
does It make? The thing of concern to us who nre now
alive is to do tho best wo t' Mnvbe when rolke nre
enjoying such things as wo nume obovo. you will b an I
kncl. nv
There arc somo old custom's thnt ruled In the past that
are still ory dear to mo. I especially refer to tho'tlme-
Itonored custom of eating food with a knife and drink-
ing coffee out of a saucer My wife has tried every way on
earth to get mo to discard tho knire and the saucer but
to save ray life I can't do It. I certainly believe that I
-would starve to death If I had to dopend on eating With
a fork and as to drinking coffee out of a cup I never
trtod It hut once and camo In an Inch of burning my
tonu uff. I bavo bowed with submission to raaay do-
cta ot custom in tno'last twenty years. Ton years aco
AN IMPORTANT DECISION . '
Tho Supremo Court of tho United States has Just held
constitutional tho bank guaranty laws or Oklahoma Ne
braska nnd KnnsaB and in so doing upheld nnother of
Mr. Bryan's pet policlos Tho new court wo Bay now
court because four bf its members aro now having been
appointed by President Taft will settle some oVthe most
vital legal questions that havo been presented to any
ccurt In the history of tho United States. Tho Standard
Oil and Tobacco trust suits Involving tho existence or
thesa Immense corporations will bo fought out before
the present session of tho court. Tho outcome will be
Matched with great expectancy by the pcoplo of tho en-
tire world.
During the year 1910 393 new banks wore organized
and began business In tho South with an aggregate can-
parted with my whiskers which were tho appjo of my1n of $7420000 saya tho Southern Banker. Fifty-five
jref oecause rasnion aecreeu it; t nave worn a collar j uanKB ujat ucgnn ouBiness previous 10 lvjv increased
that has Jabbed my ears out of place because or fashion I tbeir capital stocks $2544500 In the aggregate during
an4 my wjfe proclaimed it tho proper thing I liove wora i tho year just closed making n total accession to the
panties's o tight that the blood would not circulato in banking capital of tho South $9964500. The total num.
vljr lege and again I have worn them bo loose- that they . bor of now banks Includes fifty national and 433 Btato
flapped around my clawjc limbs llko a lady's skirt. Alljflnd private banks and trust companies. The 1400 na-
ot ihese things liave bea done by mo to Batlafy tho do- tlonal banks la the South have capital surplus and undl-
mands of my wife and custom but when it comes to cat- vlded profits of $258020000 as ngalnst $240401000 at
ln pje and ctlier atuff- hard to handle with a fork tho close of 1009 a net Increaso of nearly $18000000 for
and drinking ho. coffee out oC R CUP n order to satisfy tho national banks alono In thlrtoon states. Tho South
it ious fashion I buck and; refuse to budge an Inch. J all right and ho mistake Buy land. Aa an invest-
ti i - iLy.-- - u uiuHarj)inn tt void minejDallM.Ume-JIeJCSld.i
BUFFALO AP Jan. l.A fcport
reaching here one day last week to
tno crrcct unit Mine t'owcii formerly
of this placo and related here had
been thrown from a Btoek train in
Which ho had several cars pf stock
going to markett proved erroneous In
that n later report brought Clio infor-
mation that yhlle sitting in a revolv-
ing chair In the cupola of the caboose
he was thrown to tho floor and receiv-
ed a jolt which rendered him uncon-
scious and caUBed n loss of blood Hp
will recover.
Tho Nnznrlno Chrlsamts meeting
which has been In conduction for the
past week closed Sunday .night with
many sinners being redeemed and a
number of wnnderors returning to the
fold. Tho preaching was Up to the
standard and tho song services were
rendered especially impressive and
(pleasing by reason of the many differ
ent instruments tised andrtho fine vo-
calists present from surrounding coun-
try. The various stores of the city for
the past ten days have been taking
stock during which time they have
closed their doors. All ot the merchants
.seem to think that they have passed
a year that has been unusually bright
In view or the prevailing conditions
following analmost total crop failure
Business with local" merchants with
possibly one exception has boen bet-
ter than at any time In-the past evi
dencing the fact that faith In this
country has not waned despite adverse
conditions.
The local gin was busy almost all
of Saturday a number of straggling
bales coming in from outlying farms.
The Shilling Telephone Company is
again In service after an enforced close
down for several days consequent on
the removal of the switchboard from
the Oak office to tho new residence of
the manager A number of new phones
are still being installed from timo
to time nnd the service being rendered
is considered far ahead of the aver
age in cities.
Miss Joe Slatton has resumed the
duties of "hello girl" superseding
MIbb Armlne Nesmith who has re-
signed. W. B. Snnders pastor and princi-
pal of tho local public schools be-
gins construction of n new residence
this morning on three lots which he re
cently bought of the Lyon and Eby
Townsitc Company and which arp sit
uated midway between the postoffice
and the public school building. Thfi
new residence will lie a bungalow and
will bo lip to now.
The Shilling $1000 new residence Is
completed nnd will leave the palnter'-s
hands in a few days. It is a two sto-
ry residence the upper atory being
given over to tho local telephone ex-
change office.
On tho 28th hit. at Haskell Miss
Elizabeth Lemmon a popular young
lady of that city was married to Mar-
shal Gray Jenkins business manager
ot the. Live Oak of this city. Tho cou
ple took train immediately after the
ceremony for Buffalo Gap where they
arrived the following day. They were
royally received and profusely tender-
ed presents or eevry description. They
are at homo in this city at tho resi-
dence near the Oak office.
Will Saylers boh of W H. Saylers
a prpmlnent farmer or this city lies
nt tho polit or death at his 'father's
homo or tuberculosis. Dr. Cash ot
Abilene has been in attendance with
local physicians
W. J. Phelps formory of this Place
but now connected with tho Santa" Fo
railway construction gang at Sweet-
water is reportod vory ill nt that place
and no hopes are held put for his recovery.
Henry Greer of this place wob ser-
iously Injured ono day last week while
operating a "wheeler" in Plstbl's gang
diverting tho Balllngor road crossing
over tho Santa Fe In Southern Bufralo
Gap. Ho "was conveyed to his home
and will bo out again in n few days
it is thought. r
A' severe Btandstorm that assumed a
times tho proportions of a tornado
Bturck'tho city Sunday afternoon and
raged steadily through tho day. The
sky was overcast during' the entlro
afternoon with sand clouds that made
chocolate trimmings xu. the cake look
Blck.
Luther and Hudle McCormlck sons
See that your Insurance
Covers Fencing Out-
. buildings Barjis
Etc.
Motz & Curtis
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DIRECT OXS
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xieiuy u allies j.x. v. uuraucu
K. K. Legett
O F F I c e r:s
Ed. S. Hughes. Pres. F. W. James V-Pres.
Henry James Cashier
W. R. Keeble Assistant Cashier
Depositary for United States
and State of Texas
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jpSfj Profitii $190000-0( ytSi
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MV. JOE F. GAHRISON Cashier MMf
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Moro DANKERS Indorse DKAUG1 ION'S Colleges than Indorse all other business colleges COMBINED
37 Colleges in lfi states; 21 years' success 100000 successful students.
POSITIONS secured. Bookkeeping Shorthand Banking English etc. taught
at COLLEGE or BY MAIL.. Address J. D. MIRACLE Mgr Abilene Texas
brought back in sacks and baskets.
Tho publlo schools of this city which
havo been clqsed for tho holidays re-
opened this morning with what ap-
pears to b6 an increased attendance.
Wf B. vSandors nnd wife are tho tea-
chers G. A MoElray and E. P.. SandolJ mado
or JohnMpCormlck of Ablfone spent fleveval business 'trtpB to Abilene tyst
the Christmas holidays with relatives we l tno attorB ato doing somo
in this city. stunts that beat cutting tho didoes.
Joe A Wright spent tho holidays' Tho peoplo of the Gap as a wholo
with relatives at Quanah. aro Impatient for the early Innugura-
John unburn of Clarendon is spend- Uon of mall Borvlco on the Santa Fo
ing the holidays hero. through the cloy. A present the eor-
HuntorB thnt have been roaming vice rendered by hack line hnB bcou
thtB country over during tho present found entirely 'Insufficient nnd detrl-
foBtlvo season are having all kinds o! mental to tho interest of business. It
luck that doesn't need mcro talk to Is belleVed tat only a few weeks will
maKejcVedlblQj judging from the game elap before such service will he
forthcoming and that now service Iu
cpnnection with tho Abllone-Buffalo
Gap hack lino service wU glvo tho
Valo cy all that Is desired.
Thero aro no vacant houses in the
Gap and many peoplo are camping In
tints which are Btretchcd Arab fash-
ion in tho various sections of the town
It can ho said that more now residen-
ces havo boen erected during tho past
six months tlian'Tor any single length
or time In tho history of this city
without eliminating- tho "palmy days"
when tho Gup wob notoriously bad
All druggiBts. Boll Dr. Cox's Barbed
Wire Liniment 25c 50c ard $1.00 bot-
ttes. Guaranteed to heal without Icay-
huc a blemish or money refunded.
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Abilene Semi-Weekly Farm Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, January 6, 1911, newspaper, January 6, 1911; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth331249/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Public Library.