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BROWNWOOD, TEXAS SATURDAY, DEC. 7, l»li.
EIGHT PAGES
' INFORMER THREATEN
ED MID LER Oil
Special to Dally Bulletin:
Havana, Cuba, Dec. 7.—Bridgie
Webber, one of the Informers of the
Roeenthal trial, who arrived here
Wednesday. Bays that his life was
threatened if he remained In Cuba,
and flaring assassination h,e left to-
day for New York.
DREEK squadron
IT DARDANELLES
BRfMMIIWOOD WOMAN'S Btcim sumas
UNCLE KILLED TODAY “1,8 * “N"
Farm Predeelioe Greatly, Increased
He. It
Special to Bulletin
Sidel Bar, Dard
The Greek squad
elles, Dec. 7. —
six warships
entrance to the
elles Straits this afternoon.
waaalffhted off
DaMnei:
5MH CAROLINA GOVERNOR
ACT1N61HE FOOL
Washington. D. C., Dec. 7.—Oover-
laor Blease, of South Carolina, who
is jipong the governors Invited to
WWOQngton by President Taft, when
asked today about hts utterance that
caused such a storm at the recent
session of the Governors' conference,
said: “I s:ani on the official steno-
graphic record and- apoligiie to no
man for one word I have said.”
COTTON CORPORATION
SHIPS FIRST COTTON
Family Troubles Supposed to be the
Cause of’ a Double Tragedy
at Holland, Texas.
. Mrs. W. R. Lambert' pf this city
received a message this morning
stating that R*r uncle, pampas*. H. __
Williams, of Holland. Texas, Was this *•** anoual report he will make as
morning shot and killed by his son- head of th® United States Department
During His Sixteen Yean of Ser.
T*e*—An Optimistic Report
Washington, Dec. 7.—After sixteen
years, a record of service In the cab-
inet. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
submitted today to President Taft the
Of Agriculture. The report is more
than a review of the past year’s
in-law. Mat Armstrong, of “Dallas,
who then killed himself. Very little
is known here of the tragedy, but wor^l It contains s summary of the
Mrs. Lambert states that family ! agricultural advance of the country
troubles wergi probably the cause of durln« the venerable secretary*! term
the killing. Mr. Williams wis a re- lof P^Uc service,
tired farmer and well-to-do. Arm- "T*1® record of sixteen years '• has
strong was a railroad man and;1**11 written/’ he sa.vB. “It begins
his horn* was in Dallas.
RALLY AT HIGH SCHOOL
BUILDING LIST NIGHT
The High School students met last
night at the school building in a big
rally, at which they practiced yells
and songs, and made speeches cal-
culated to arouse enthusiasm In the
game of football to be played this af-
ternoon. A huge crowd of the stu-
dents will be present at the game,
and much enthusiasm has been ar-
oused.
I All Around
•must
be simmered.
Soup should always
not boiled.
Allow nearly three hours for roast
Lag s ten-pound turkey.
To crisp celery, let it lie in Ice wa-
ter two boars before serving j
y | * Olive oil wlU clean aluminum ware
D&las. Tekas, Dec. 7.—The first and ** **°m n**t-
shipment of cotton in Texas by the J Sponge black goods thorpe^y with
v alcohol to take sway s dusty look.
Keep a calendar with pencil at
Southern States Cotton , Corpora-
tion' organized last spring was an-
nounced todajr. Two thousand bales
were shipped from Childress and five
hundred bales from Dallas to Bre-
men, Germany. This cotton was
handled via Galveston under a prom-
ise of fifteen cents to the grower
dhder a co-operative plan.
tacbed In the kitchen for housekeep-
ing accounts. . t
Never leave canned food In the tins
after opening. Remove Immediately.
Instead of halls of butter, cubes with
with s yearly farm production of $i„-
000,000.000 and ends with $9,532,000,-
000. Sixteen years ago the farmer was
a Joke of the caricaturist; now be la
Hke the stone that was rejected by
the builder and has become the head
atone of the corner/* The tillers
of the soil were burdened with debts
he adds, “but prosperity followed and
grew with unexampled speed. Be-
gin Ings have been made In a produc
tion per acre increasing faster then
the natural Increase of population.
There has been an uplift of agricul-
ture and of country life.
During tHe (>aat sixteen years the
farmer has steadily Increased the
wealth production year by jear, .with
the exception* of 1911. During the six-
teen years the farmers’ wea'th pro-
duction increased 141 per cent.
‘Most productive of all agriculture
al years In the country has been.
1912. The earth has produced its
greatest annual dividend. The sun and
the rain and the fertility of the soil
bended not the human controversies,
but kept on working in co-operation
with the farmers’ efforts to utilize
them. The prices at the farm are
generally profitable an<l will con
tlnue the prosperity that farmers
have enjoyed in recent years. The
total production of farm weal:® la
the highest yet reached by haK a bil-
lion dollars. The grand total for 1912
is estimated to be $9,532,000,000. TiJ“,
is more than twice the value of the
SAFE WITHIN SAFE
\F0ILE0 BUNK ROBBERS
Special to Dally Bulletin:
Duncanville, Texas, Dec. 7.— The
placing of one safe within another
safe balked tbe attempts of would-
be bank robbers to loot tbe Farmers
Bank here last night. After cut-
ting the wires leading into town,
they dynamited the outside safe on-
ly to find another safe Inside the large
one. The explosion aroused the
town and the robbers fled without
leaving a clew by which to trace
them.
CATTLETTSBQRG CASE
REMAINS A MYSTERY
The Haa la Casa Died Fipai Lethal
Poisoning. Woauui Living De-
nies Knowledge el IL
Special to Dally Bulletin:
Cattlettaburg. Ky„ Dec! 7.—The
mystery added to the tragedy In a
hotel room here recently was Increas-
ed today when James York, the man
in the case died today, never having
regained consciousness. York was
the victim of a lethal dose, as was
Minnie Turner, who was poisoned
with Ida Gullett, the only survivor.
How the poisoning was effected or
what prompted it remains a mystery.
York and Ida Gullett registered at
the hotel as man and wife and the
three asked to be assigned to one
room which was done. Later York
and tbe Turner girl were found ly-
ing across a bed. the girl dead and
the man unconscious. Ida Gullett sat
in a chair staring blankly at the pair,
apparently unable to move and un-
conscious of their condition. ' She re-
covered from her condition, but has
either been unwilling or unable to
make any explanation.
DINNER PR SUPPER REUSHES
Aggatisteg Condiments That Form the
Freper Accompaniment far
CnW Ptehca.
SLIGHTLY DAMAGED
Special to Dally Bulletin:
Princeton, N. J, Dec. 7.—Fire that
threatened Witherspoon Hall, one of
the Princeton dormitories, was
fought by the students last night un-
til the arrival of the fire department:
The damage Is estimated at only fif-
teen hundred dollars.
NAYY YARD WORKERS
UNDER CIVIL SERVICE.
Special to Dally Bulletin:
Washington. D. C„ Dec. 7.—Twenty
thousand waiters In tbe navy yards
of the country were placed under the
protection of the civil service by or-
der of President Taft.
6REECE WlU ARBITRATE
ON SEPERATE BASIS
London, Dec. 7.—It has not been
definitely ascertained whether Greece
will scud a plenipotentiary here to
participate in the peace negotiations
to begin Dec. 13. A report this
morning says that Greece will enter
into separate negotiations with Tur-
key, probably In Vienna.
CLAPP- PAYORS RESTRICTING
CAMPAIGN SUBSCRIPTIONS.
S*'*”*T to Dally Bulletin:
Washington, D. C„ Dec. 7.—Sena-
tor Clapp today Introduced % bfll
prohibiting the sending of campaign
funds from' one state to another.
ALBERT PATRICK VISITS
HIS USED MOTHER
Special to Dally BulteOn:
New York, Dec. 7.—Albert T. Pat-
rick who was recently pardoned by
the Governor of New York, having
served ten years of a life sentence for
the murder of Millionaire Rice, for-
merly of Houston, Tex^~t* on his
was to Denver to visit his aged moth-
er, who lives there.
¥
Mo
dated edges are a pleasant change.
Don’t put simple milk puddings in U nKjre than twlc* thr v*5,Ie th« Tomato Raltefe.—Scald and skin
a very hot oven, or the milk will car- ^arm wealth In 1891.” . enough ripe tomatoes to make a pack
fgig. f , More than $105,000,000 la the grind Ana. Pnt them In n
Th. lull,. >id society of the FI ml I /”'“•* ,'»rk« * ”r7k/<TJ 11 'oul ot f*n” Production. a. j 'V/ ! "«•■» OH IHUtSIf OF
p,l.t church -111 Met the church ™. “ "■‘"rt “>'*• durt“ “■* <“« •*«“" U, ~!2-L‘--i
L .. . u . roasting. 'years, an amount ' ' *
and six ontona Mix
onday afternoon at three o’clock, in
a burgess meeting and Bible study.
The lesson wljl be the first ten ques-
tions In 2nd Samuel. Teacher, Mrs
equal to about the celery, peppers and onions with
SWINDLING IN TRADE
A man whose name is Hudson, and
*• *•** u.'lcn- th. .r.r^cTo“ I "MO ecu*, true u*.
al wealth.
Ed Gr
sire/
Into it h ,
______ ____ When chestnuts are tn season, they The most rffectlv* move .ogrsrd re-
ady A full attendance is de-! ar® a delicious addition (boiled) t)o s duced cost of living is the prod'.'tion
mustard seed aad three pounds of
brown sugar, one quart of vinegar,
one-half cup of salt and a Uttle elnna-
slmple salad.
of greater crops, says the secretary, - . . , . .. .
he declares, is due; corn Balad.-™^ cTjl ot com.
was arrested last night and Is now In
the custody of Jailer Lile, awaiting
mon tt _ lh® ^pniinK Of the Eldorado sheriff,
rooa. It doss not require cooking ir„daoft
1 and this move.
A reformer may be willing to sup-
hue., sorter‘zrz.zz 5^
rrrr,f *" *■*' rzrm ,6y r, tr ss
Is charm'd with buying Awo
cars of horses in the Eldorado coun-
try and giving a bad check In pay-
He
to Fine
THEN FIRED BULLET FBOM FM
TOL INTO HIS OWN BBEABT
FAMILY TROUBLE THE CAUSE
Mathias Armstrong Killed Samples
! Williams, Wealthy Farmer, at '
Holland, BeU Ceaatj *
tpaclal to Dally Ballaun:
Holland, Tex., Dec. 7—Mathias
Armstrong, a railroad man of
shot and kilted his father-in-law,
Sampson Williams, a wealthy farmer
of Bell county, wounded Wreck Wfl-
llama, his brother-in-law, with a
shot gun, and than drew a pistol and
fired a bullet Into his own breaat.
Armstrong died within an hour. Wreak
Williams waa not seriously wounded.
The killing waa the result of family%
troubles. Armstrong married OUle
Williams, a daughter of Sampson Wil-
liams. about 12 years ago. In No-
vember divorc > proceedings warn
filed against Armstrong In Dallas
county, where be and his wife lived,
and a temporary restraining ordsr
had been granted.
Armstrong went to the Williams’ '
home this morning, and placing a
shot gun near the front door went in
and talked awhile to tha elder Wll- ,
Hams. As he started out he picked
up the weapon and turning, fired the
fatal shot Sampson Williams’ son.
Wreck Williams, who was In the
house heard the shot and rushed out,
when Armstrong turned the gun on
him, shooting him through the leg.
Then Armstrong shot htanedf with a
pistol he <hrew from a pocket
Armstrong's wife, who was lu Del-
la*. Is reported as prostrated by the
tragedy.
Editor’s Note—Sampson Williams
was an uncle of Mrs. W, R Lambert
of this city, who received a message
this morning notifying her of tbe
tragedy. The message was brief and
she waa unable to give any further in-
formation aa to the tragedy.
CHOLERA CAUSES HAVOC
IN TURKISH CAPITAL
8pecial to Dally Bulletin:
Constantinople, Dec. 7.—Cholera
_ waa arrested
stations am) to the help of the pres* four tableapuunfuU of ground mustard j Vre while going through with the 'continues to cause havoc in the na-
horsee. Tho Eldorado officer will jtlve .quarters of the TurklMi capital.
DON’T MAKE ANY DVTE
<?r“ .boor,, iro*ToKF*'‘ «•*■*«
spooq milk, one-nair cup
vkC'rHr iMhiV MMIT chopped,nuU, one-half teaspoon lemon forgot its farmers In the general j ™
r»K ratwiiAi .vu.Mi t , nrheme of cdocaMoji. of past. yeyra pteaiiiM
Except to ateend the Trial ’ at the Cream the batter, add sugar an{l egg %ad phllanthropiata though
Fm! .! S&jSSJ3SSsrr^r -i?ssrri
I i'h-~h „„ Th. M.f. one inch apart. Place omvhalf nut The secretary first tak,* * u» ,c , morninJt
probably arrive tottlght to get
man. -, J .
Church on The Move one Inch apart. Place one-half nut The secretary first takes V un
The mgzo Baptist church In Tan- meat on lh^ lOT? ot each and bske^lJ work of the various bureaus of hi, , vegctablea wTthTne'qVa^ 0^0^ i't'helr T^tos^ere
mehill addition; is
WM to- ZT.h™‘ 10 t6» <** »«••*»« T*IU> <»o
IS BEING IHSCI SSED
rhefe is a fc« o< that seems nd
t« down th ; In . Detnoc.auc gevern-
•eent the pe >i» o who are patrons and
beneficiaries n ^ostoffiic^ should
have some voice in tbe selection of
There doesn't
his | It Is officially admitted that there
have twen more than one thousand
rases within the tost twenty days and
that half of them have proven fa-
tal. This is believed to be far ba-
low the real figures. A proclama-
tion issued today warns the public
day to the ne4 location secured for ^ menaared before they are (&opW<L t#‘,U ®f i^owth In some Instance* | drain again. Then mix two quarta of
the negro quarters near Ford’s addl-;
tioo. Tbe house movers are expert- {
enclng difficulty ~~ln moving the i
Mines Meat
One -quart bowl each of sugar,
church, owing tl the height of the cu- raisins and meat ^chopjped fine), two
and it mAy be that this
WU] quart bowla of chopped apples, one und«-r him.
tablespoon e
moo, one-half tablespoon of dov
from their foundation, of these bu-
reaus during the time he haa been _____ ____ ____
head of the department. Ke pralsra of ground pepper, two
^milx t^r W*^*r W><* *lN>car to be any reason whv iu~y are
vinegar, one pound ! n<n nK,^,* 40 d^d(* * ho
pound of white mustard seed, two
^ ^. one table-
tTb. r*ra>ved' from th, MIM- | " uuL’p^o " !Th' *"*' *n'1 Su
iKrfor. th. move I. complete. |#noUn„, .‘.reiurd. ot • cup “ br tor
1^19 work of moving the houses from ^ molasses and a little salt. Juice of ^^I’icultura) betterment. he de-
newly acquired Santa Fe right- two large lemons, moisten with liquor rI**’”**■ ‘‘has not been sustained sole-
in which the meat was bollad; cook .fr by one man nor by a few men. A
ft
V*
f-way haa bee* progressing rapidly
all the -week, with two gangs at
work. <
•*Call for coupons next Monday,
when patronizing any of the busi-
ness men whose names are Hated In
Christmas Contest advertisement.
B. Y. P. U. PEOGRAM AT
COGGIN AYENU1 CHURCH.
Subject—An Intellectual Faith.
Scripture reading—Jno. 4:1-10—
lively lieChrlatir.
J|^ur Great Baptist Principles—
Creel Grady.
How do these great principles re-
q%ru lntalllg'TCU—Mr. Roper.
Special Music-*—Misses Rucker and
Hood.
Why must we *s Baptists be Inter-
acted In Education—Eaver Strother. "
^Yhy must we seek to make our-
** wires more IntfllllgentChrlstians? —
KKfb Howard. ’ 4- t
^MjBfhle Drill—^thel Dyer.
^Dou’t forget to call tor coupons
hi the dbrtetmaa Contest.,
slowly tor several hours. If not moist
enough add water or a cup of black
coffsa.
corps of scholarly experts In their
special lines of endeavor has been
growing In membership, Je breath of
->w, and lu th* practical appllcttlon
of their r*Torts.
’The department Is prepared to
continue and Increase Its public ser-
vl During sixteen years It has pro-
gressed from the kindergarten
through tbe primary. Ynlddto and up-
per grades qf development until now
It has a thousand tongues that speak
with authority.'' | <
From a department with 2,444 em-
ployes in 1897 and an appropriate
of $3,272,902, it haa Increased to 13,-
858 employee at the beginning of
the present fiscal year with an ap-
Qlazed Sweet Potatoes.
Wash and boil in their Jackets eight
madlnm-eixed sweet potatoes. When
dona, skin and cut to halves length-
wise. Put tn a buttered pan. Hare
a sirup from one cup of sugar
and onahalf cup water. Add two
tablespoon* of butter. Baste the pota-
toes with this strap while they bake
about 15 minatee.
■
Carrot Conserve
Boll tour or live pounds of carrots
which have been washed but not
scraped, cook until tender. Remove
kettle and peel and mash to smooth ... 4. .- — . .
pulp. To every pound add one pound Pr°l‘riat*°n thla year of almost $25.- tact could naft hare made the
of sugar, six almonds, shaved, Juice of •VML.OOO, Whereas there are now 62.- the place well known. It rested wtth
two lemons, rind of one grated. BotljOOh requeue every w»>ek for depart- the little local government to brine,
steadily for 15 minutes; let cool and mervt publications, there wore but 500 iMe name of tbe place to notice and
X ; ln “urlsg this |>eriod
8Hr to keep from scorching and put
Into glass or stone Jars.
Three hard boiled eggs, two table-
spoonfuls of ham, one-eighth teaspoon
salt, one teaspoon mustard, one tea-
spoon of oil. one half teaspoon lanaon
juice.
“DM you erar hear of the vtltegO'
Oberaalsbnmn In Germany?” writes ^
bom thsre, but even
■ \ VanlGea
Beat two act*, stir In a pinch of
■alt and one-half teaspoon of mss wa-
ter. add alftsd flour till Just thick
Cut wtth caks
tn «*a» hot
sugar on thooa
oool pnt n
When HauDtmann celebrated hla Of-
ooo noo Copied hate been dl.trlbute.1 ™ KlQ. « tb# mttetom
In soil Investigation an area of 822.-
000 square miles, equal to that or
Germany, France. Great Britain. Ire-
land and Italy, has been eovered.
The average man has a lot more
to say about what ho If ~’ng to do
than about what ha haa
wanted tbe vtltafo to prusmt to lit
distinguished son n birthday gift
But tho pmpoUton. oMhnngh It to-
reived n ridiculously small sum, was
voted down, and Obtesalibrans has
Iscsan tomous. What ths oohhlor
Voigt did tor Kopanlck tha thrifty vO-
'age Let* rs did tor
hoata.”
that ffclhire to report
will be
shall serve them in thi* capacit;- th a
la the nienvber of congress wN) re-
sides in a different part of the stare :
and «(>enda moat of his time In
Washington or elsewhere If the poat-
offlce la regarded merely as a part
of a political hiaohine, perhaps tbe
people may not Am the beat Judges of
whom they should select, for the peo-
ple do not know much about ma-
chines, bat if postmasters ere select-
ed tor their ability* to serve the peo-
ple, then It la unreasonable to deny
those directly served tbe privilege of
saying who shall be their servants.
There are probably two sides to
this question and the Bulletin would
like to bear what the public bus to
say about It
At three o'clock thla afternoon the
attending physician reported that
Mrs. R. M. Low's condition, though
serious, showed a slight Improvement,
and that there la a possibility for re-
covery. Thla encouraging news will
be received with Joy by Mrs. Low's
many friends.
punished br fine and ltnpri9bmnent
TRYIN6 TU BRING .
THE DEAD TO LIFE
Snecial to Dally Bulletin: \
Washington. D. C., Dec. 7.—Govern-
or Hadley today conferred with Sen-
ators Borah, Kenyon and La Follette
about reorganization of the Republi-
can party. It became known today
that practically all of the Republi-
can governors who attended the Rich-
mood conference dlsquaeed the reor-
ganization
Mias Lela Tittle baa been very 111
for tbe past two days on account of
an overdose of medtolne, which aha
took by mistake. The medicine act-
ed as a poison, and her condition was
rather critical for a time, but at
present she Is resting well and will
experience no harmful results from
the accident.
The Young Woman's Missionary
Society of the First Baptist church
will meet Monday afternoon at SrSO
with Mrs. Will A. BeU in a work
meeting for the baxaar. It Is a very
Important meeting and all members
are urged to be present nt the meet-
ing.
For every hot day gone there’s n
oold one coming.
Tbe more n man know* the easlar
tt to to keep fcto tote tout
Notice to Traveling Men
The undersigned committee has *
been appointed for the purpose or
soliciting contributions from the trav-
eling men of this city and territory
for use in distributing charity, and
the traveling men are requested to
contribute liberally.
— J. J. TIMMINS,
TOM. DENMAN,
J. W. MITCHELL.
Huyler's Famous Chocolates for
sale at
KANRASTHR'8 GANDY KITCHEN
Many a great mam haa
tatowMii of.ths toot.
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