The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 22, 1914 Page: 2 of 8
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TftE ARGUS, FLATONIA. TEXAS
Efforts of ths border1
round up the Mexican f«
’who fled from Ojlnaga,
the'rebels entered, r.eaul
the arrest at Sanders
thoritles tc
rtrt generals
Ico, before
ed Friday In
ti, Texas, ot
EMBARRASSING MOMENTS
FROM EVERY CORNER OF 1HE LUND
Happening, the Wide World Over.of
Important Event. Condensed to
Good Reading.
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Co-operation among farmers Instead
of competition, that the. farmer may
receive th'e whole of the_consumJV'B J
dollar for his product Instead of it to
45 per cent, as now-la the case»Ja the
aim of a bill introduced Saturday'4)y
Senator Borah to create an ‘ agricul-
tural Capital," pr.clearirruf’liouse, to be
•run by farmers under government
charter or subsidy, > _
The senate Saturday confirmed the
-’nomination of Lewis T.Xftrpenter to
be collector of lnternnt; Tevcntwr-for
the district of New Mexico. Carpen-
’ ter is a'former Texan, Tesldent* for
many years at Dallas.
The wur department Saturday In a
yeport by Coftmel Burr, acting chief
* of the engineer corps, recommended
to congress that the inland waterways
from .Florida to the mouth of the 1U0
Grande, Including all the section- of
the lntet^oastal canal of Texas, shall
be’treated hereafter-ftnd finished as
one project, Instead of constructed as
at present Jn sections. „ *.*. ..
Authority would be given the presi-
dent by a bill which passed the senate
Friday to reserve natural townsites,
vide stfrh tracts into lots or villa.sites
to bo sold at auction to . the highest^
forpdeftcleuey bp*
proprlations of $l,8O0,6b(5 for pay of
substitute, auxiliary and temporary
■city delivery •carriers employed 'to
inept “the extraordinary demands of the
eight-hour law**and the parcel porft.
President Wilson has practically se-,
Jected Colonel Wiiliam C. Gorgas of
the. Panama canal commission for sur-
geon general 'of the atmyr""Colotiel
_____finryna has Httruotiul worldwide atten*
4 tlen for hls^ sanitation work in Cuba
and-Panama. *. '•* .-
Governor-Miller of Delaware,, Mayor
James W. - Preston of Baltimore,
Mayor Frederick Donnelly of Trenton,
General Jose Ynez Salazar, who was
tulum from a-train while en-route tc
join the federal garrison in Mexico,
opposite Eagle Pa.., Texas.
An oil well was brought In at Sour
Lake, Texas, Tuesday, which is re-
ported to be flowing about 100 barrels
per day.
Governor ^Oswald West. Secretary
of State >Ben Olcott and State Treas-
urer Thomas B. McKay were nominal-
ly arrested gt Portland,Ore., Tuesday
bn 'Variants Issued at the InsUumu at.
Labor Commissioner Q. P. Hoff to
test* the ' eight-hour lgw
employes of state inst
which- the threat state offic
board, have control.
Congressman ; James Curley^waB
■chosen mayor of Boston, Mass., Tues-
day by a majority of 6.05ft voles ov*
Thordas J. Kenney, president of tho
city council -g,
— The rattroads op the Unlftur Stateis
on jlie 1st tfay 'STJatfuary,. iyj4. hgd
more cars idle on their,tracks than at
any period since 11*11.. Approximately
200,000 freight; cars.of all types wer.e
out of commission at that'time and
nearly 60 Ter cent of the railroads of
the country were either operating oh
Summer basis or contemplating plac-
ing Their- Units on this basis.
•ittjfe than 3,000 square iiriiee of .ter-
ritory was Inundated by’ the. recent
floods of the; Brazos, Guadalupe,'Co|o-
r-q-J^,, Trinity, and. Sap .Jacinto rivers
In‘Texas, and the property- loss. Is
placed at $8,500,000, according to an
;:'ll ••.i:^
WHAT yOlf TACKIWG
AbOUT, At AT voo
WtAftiefc yovft PAP5
Off?
till
a FROM ai«» TO TOS iNDffiESTION. 6AS
BILL PROVIDING FOR WATERWAY
RECOMMENDEDuTO C0NGRE83.
From Atlantic Coast oh the East
Mexican Boundary on the South.
Recommendations, Etc.
Washlngton.—The war department
Saturday in h report by Colonel Burr,
acting chief of- the engineer edrps,
recommended to congress that the In-
land waterways from Florida - to the.
mouth of the Itlq Grande, lncluding'Ull.
the -section* of the lntercoastaf canal
of Texas, shall be treated hereafter
and finished as one project, Instead of
constructed as at present In sections.
■The war department recommends that
this inland Waterway be maintained
at five feet Instead of nine, hut that
the right of way,.where It is necessary
to obtain such a right of way, bo suf-
ficient To enlarge the canal for a ntne-
foot depth. The cost of completing
tkif Canal with a fivo-foot depth from
ebtlmatu.of Dr. B^Bunnemeyer, direc-
tor of.;the weaulierr-buitfu, from . re-
n'rv-i Vud ny -p lip
At the regiVnental parade held by
TEXAS FLOOD COiERED 3,003 SQUARE MILES
Estimates Made By .Director of Weath-
er Bureau Places the Losses at
More Than*$8,500,000.
Three thousand square miles of
Texas * were inundated , by the recent
ovdrftffws of the- Brazos,1 Guadalupe,
Colorado, Tlnity and "fean Antoiflo
rivers, according To estimates that
have be,en made by Dr <Ii. ’Bunne-
tiisyn.,1 discctnt* for the Ttistrlor'of-M'v
.as for the United States weiilher serv-
■ SOME RECORD CROPS FOR TEXAS
Corn, Wheat and Oat Crops Exceeded
Former Year—Cotton 1,000,000
Bales Short.
Washington.—The acreage produc-
tion and farm♦'value,,estimates of tho
principal crops of ..Texas, have been
given out by the ttrop reporting boar.d
of, the United States .department of.
agricisUure.' .They are as follows;
l5ti,~ acres, 3.93'),000
T*oTfo
bales, value $216,574,000.
-crramuBiftcntrrnrry, FrondJC’ttrTrm
mouth of the Kio Grande will Be $3,-
632.910, while a nine-fdoi canal would
cost nearly ♦24,000,000. The war de-
partment recommends that the work
be completed under annual appropria-
tions of not-l.ess than $800,000. r.
The report adds:
‘‘TJie , chief of engineers believes
thaW-as it Is impracticable to improve
' each of the smaller rights of the gulf
coast to the extent of allowing to each
a free access Jo ocean steamers, it
will be'very aclyantagdoue eventually,
to ,all tEese states to connect the.low-
er end of these Btreams by an. inside
coastal waterway .which shall, afford
an ',»iH*ly tines.. ■ *fi*t fw»i oattaf^
•waterway -connection to all the
Lions nf-thiy- route- ittilf Viir
Time it! Pape’s Diapepsin ends
all Stomach misery in five
minutes.
Do. some foods you eat hit back-
taste good, but work badly, ferment
_lnto stubborn lumps and cause a sick,
sour, gassy stomach? Now, Mr.’ or
M<$- 'Dyspeptic, jot till# down; Pape's
4>iapepsin digests-erieryth lug, leaving
nothing to sour and upset you. There
never was anything so safely quick, so #
certainly effective No dltfereucehow
badly your stomach Is disordered you
will get happy relief in five minutes,
but what pleases you most is that it
strengthens and regulates your stom-
ach, so you can eat your favorite foods
without fear.
You feel different ajs soon as “Pape’s
stomach—distress' Just vanishes—yoUf
stomach gets awgpt, no gases, no belch-
irtgTno eructations of undigested food.
Go now, make the best Investment
you ever made, by getting a large fifty*
cent case of Pape’s Diapepsin frpm any
store. You realize in five minutes how
needless it Is to suffer from indiges-
tion, dyspepsia or bad stomach. Adr..
Onions Are Cheaper.
Mrs. Hetty Green on her seventy
eighth birthday anniversary told a re-
porter tjfat sjie put more faith in on-
ions than in doctors. An onion ^vas
her.reelpe fop colds, coughs, insomnia,
her.Ve^ and many1 other ihaladle's.'
"she added, "Is a better
"ah onion,
te sec-^ fi:jjep1J_4v.iU'>r yocketbook than a
iiimu. tor, ♦»>... :—.-nsss
doc-’
Captain Hiram Hail, a deep sea skip-
per, and inventor of a jiatented
Randle in use by the fire departments
of most of the large cities of the coun-
try, died at Rockland, Maine, Monday,
^FOREIGN NEWS
‘ Dr. Frederick Burllnghani of IJin-
*don has made a hazardous descent of
-the Crater of .Ve^aius, a< NapfeA,-
Italy, pepetrgtfcg iSLI jeUft inti) • the
interior,-amid'intense gas and sulphur
•day before the house rivers and har-^sfumes. . - .
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^iepfesentatrve J. Hampton Moore of
Pehtlaylvania- and others testified Frl-
• day before the house rivers and har-
. ; '^bfS'^r' .aftse^AdvobaUng a coastal
_ 'canal from Boston, ■Mass., to Beaufort*
■T’ N. c.
. . .__ Topxohihltrailroads from leasing or
any interest in competiirj?
quirement of noncompetlng lines only
wjjen such acquisitions would improve
■ervlt'e amf—reduce cost' of operation,
a bill’was introduced by Sepator Ken-
yon of lofra Friday. Issues of securi-
ties would be regulated by the iqter-.
stale commerce commission. .> t •
Senator Sheppard reintroduced, in
the. senate Friday his resolution au-
thorizing a survey and examination of
the Rio Grapde border of the United
States to determine the advisability
of constructing a highway along the
bordet;.
STATE AND" DOMESTIC NEWS.
-,Th(* Velagsco end of th^e Vel^sco-An-.
gleton, Texas, public road is being
rapidly put into condition to bo used.
Four bridges along its route have al-
ready been constructed and large
force of men are 4U work on- tUo .large
, Oyster Creek bridge, restoring it to
its condition before tho flood.
■ Mrs. Maud Baillngton Booth, promi-
nently identified with prison reform
movemen-t throughout the country, has
adviae,d Governor Oolqultt that her
Visit to Texas has been deferred until
April.
. Footsore, ragged, almost famished
from their march on fool ot sixty'
seven ml’les over'a wind-swept moun-
tain road, "the 3,300 Mexican federal
soldiers and officers,, routed' from
Ojinaga, Mexico, by the rebels, with
1,061 women and about 300 children,
arrived Monday at Marfa, Texas,
whence they are to be transported by
train to Fort Bliss at El Paso.
. Rescued from their ic^coated, sink-
ing ship after they had given up all
Carter, commanding the'-Rer-oild DI
vision, pre#ftt£$|J|Jtoypr loving .cup
•to Company G'feJ.
W -arrive at accurul^ figures._
firing practiCO.'on thasfifle ran*; aiTBho'vi,ig losses. . f
Fort Crockett Tn October-of last year.
floods are, In'
from complete and many bf them are
Indefinite and vague, piaklPgalt Impos-
s,in 'l‘l bushels, Vtritte t-i6-,5T5,0t)O.
Wheal 780,000- acres,
bushels, value $12,831,000.
-Iftee, ' 303,000’ ' aCreg,
Thodft'Tpjmrtj} that 'he -has.rer-eiv e-i. bushels'.' tmlnh $8,339,0ta).
however, shqw the aggregate losses In-
curred to amount to more than $8,-
500,000, exclusive of losses incurred
by cme of fhe larger railway lines that
was. considerably - tied up asja.TPsnlt'
utm -f x elufilv6 or Targe losse^Tjelle ved
to have occurred' In Ho&tlons not fujly
cohered bp the report.
Three railroad lines and one tele-
phone company reported aggregate
lossos jHiiOunt-lnitf. to. $2,959,500. * TlieSe
.'were' tho only railway lines- that made
pny report at all, .Uno of these roads -value $26,000.
at assassination by young Turks.
guarded day and v
Of Fretie.h. pqlkijPUl, at lEtfls-
fectlijg Its llres duvlug^the past few
l - '. ' :r ‘
l '
hope, the thirteen members of the
crew of the five-masted schooner Full-
er Palmer Sunday arrived In Balti-
more, Md., aboard the Donaldson line
steamer Marina.
The Texas wheat crop in 1913
Amounted to 13,650,000 bushels, ac-
cording to, the final estimate of the
crop reporting board of the United
States department of agriculture,
which has Just- J»een made.
in payment of the suit
the State of Texas
against theTJEheral Film Company for
violation of the anti-trust law, amount-
ing to $25,080,--was paid to the attor-
ney general Thursday by former At*
torney General Lightfool attorney for
the film company.. .
The state Journey of King George
and Queen Mary of England to France
appears to be almost a certainty now.
Most probably It will occhr Just be-
fore Easter.
With hundreds of men and horses
participating, tho Sixth Cavalry horse
afiow and field day on tho prairie
north of Texas'City, Texas, Thursday
was one of tho greatest events of its
kind ever held in Jhe Southwest. The
congests, which .’consumed thl great-
er part of tha day, were witnessed
by probably 5,000 soldiers and civil
Ians. * f
to the Turkish government a loan of
$l2Q,0q04fij|...on' coMitioiLtimt ILshall
receive several Important timber and
railroad cojlcesslonjs In Asia Minor.
. A commission! lias been appointed
by- thO.*minlBtry of .the Interior To In-
vestigate. thy-TWnekai m61 '^-Jir-onv in
France. Tlje commission is Composed
of-members of, the Academy of Medi-
cine and the Council of Hygiene at
Paris. , *
Beggars in Turkey have established
a trades union, with 4,000 members
and headquarters In Jerusalem.
Following the dismissal qf the ap-
peal of the four men* Lockett. Griz-.
zard, Gutwirtli and ' Silverman,'.vvh6
were convicted at the Old Bailey, in
London, England, of stealing and re-
ceiving Max Meyer's $585,00$ pearl
ii.eeklace. the rewards offered in con-'
nection with the recovery of the gems
have been distributed. ' . df
Railroad bu'ild!ng«in Siberia is be-
ing promoted extensively just at' pres-
ent. The interior of the country away
from thC'goveanmont •railroad line is*
filling rapidly with settlers and The
need of railroad facilities is .urgent.
Mendel lioillss, recently acquitted
of the killlrm of the Christian boy,
AndreVv Yushinsky, at Kiev', Russia,
has lef-t with his family, for Jaffa in
Palestine, where Boron de Rothschild,
who manifested great interest in the'
"trial, has bought a small farm for
him. *
Some Idea of the size of Gatun
Lake, the great artificial body of.
water created by the engineers to sup-
ply the ‘ Panama Canal with water,
may be gathered from tho fact that It
required, Week’s time to lower the
water lhvel seven-tenths bf one foot,
through one of- the largest gates at
•the Gatun spillway.
Generals Pascugl Orozco and' Mar-
celo Caraveo, two of the federal com--
manders whp escaped with a body of
cavalrymen after the dlsastrqus battle
of Gjinaga, reported to the Mexican
government Thursday their arrival at
Cuatro Cienegas, 42 miles west of
Monclova, lh the state of CoaKuila,
Mexico. - • ■
Count Yuklyo Ito, fleet admiral of
the Japanese navy, died Thursday at.
Tokio, Japan. Count Ito had more to
"do with the development of the Japa-
nese navy than any other man.
Many hundreds are dead in the
Sakura JIma volcano disaster, accord-*
Ing -to dispatches Tuesday-from Mito-
ypsht, Japan. With the first eruption
bf the volcano the island of Sakura
Jtma, in the bay, was enveloped in
nfasseb of flame. Its villages were
entirely wiped opt and It is believed*
its 15,000 people peflsbefl;
g four of the twenty-five
soldiers acting as an escort and tak
.ing the others prisoners, -rebels Thurs-
day captured an Inter-Oceanic railroad
pay train, with *$50,000 aboard, near
Tfezultlan, Mexico.
a ml lin g--1 null, a- -i-rvlce cor-
porations^ have bean esttniaterf. as] fol-
J -?cwrw, sutnert TO Ti'mii.-r -rl^TBirotr witT)-
the receipt of more' reports-:
ofmda|upe ......... .*$, 761,000
Colorado.- i.,,.. ! ...v'JP.l1,446,3011
Brazos ;v...: 3,436,155
Tfin+m, _.... .v.V..- -187*800
San Antonio ...........*100,000
The area covered by the flood, ac-
cording to these estimates, was equal
to that of a lako 150 miles in'length
and. 20 miles ill. width.
• Jn addition to large numbers of cat:
tie of which no estimate was given
reported to have "been saved .gs a re-
sult ofwafnlngft M.-nt front the Hous-
ton wealhef bureau, specific values
thus sated were estimated to aggre-
gate not less1 than $1,277,500. Reports
from many points developed the-fact
**— * " ’ll- iargaa-savIn^K'could- have
13,650,000
9,69tt,000
Hay, t 400,000 .acres, Vj4C4,00.0 tons,
value $5,4J5,00o. * \
Sweet potatoes, 50,00.(1 acres, 4,000,*
000 bushels, value $3,800,000. '
lri>h potatoes, 45,000. acres,^ 2,3^0,-
000 bushefs, value $2,621,000.
Barley, 7,000 acres, 168,00O bushels,
value ,$136'.obo. • "■ ... ' - -
RyeT 2,400 aqres, , 30,000 Jjushels,
Value 7 $30*,0^*. ^- - * • *. ■
Tobaecd, 20Q acxes, 120,0CH? pounds,'
exceeded ^hat of the nreyl^jjs yjsmt
~*¥Ke cotton crop. ls“'a’Tnilllon bales
jUHl,il«i -vaWfe Js also several*
lJ 1 - .Hi! ill"05.
ormtWfiw 'trr'emdriiTt TiarBors
allowing Oc.ean boats to reach 'the
mainland • and existing railroad sys-
temajpow eyiat .at .St. Andrews Bay,
P.ens%£la, .Mobtfi^,'Gqlfporf,?*New .Or-,
leans, Sabine I’rws, Gqlveston,'. Brazos
and /tiji'nsors] Pass', Wot between {liege
deep-slraft*-harbors .many, rivers .and
small streams of Alabama, Mississippi,
Louisiana, and Texas empty Into
sounds. ’
“In view of. the rapidly lncrdhsing
production of.!>U these states, and es-
peelallj’ (if their fhereiislng output of
other natnral
inland water-.
coal' a#d petroieumj, and
resoutfces, a continholmi
way of evdft
- Ida to mipfl
great .Talup- In the. egrly futpre.
only to ■^RtrYlevelopment of th
lnr ocean jorte.-^^lka/tt)..'
the ’Inland and ex
commerce o^all these1'states;1'
eveu five feet' drift fronW-Tor-
th# Riff- Grandh," must. '* bf
talup-In the ettrly futpre, not
popular surgeon:
. "’lYhSt did you operate on Mr.
Mficfs for?’ *
‘For $3,000/ the surgeon answered.
“The young nurpe smiled* f
“ ‘No,’ she said; 1 mean what did he
have-?' - —— - : ^ ^
“’ThrVd'thousand dollars,’ was the
Surgeon's reply.’’ * *
1F HAIR IS T-URNIN.G
GRAY, USE SAGE TEA
I,;-/
Don’t Look Old! ' Try Grandmother’s ,
Recipe to Darken and Beautify Gray,
.Faded, Lifeless. Halt;., _ .
Grandmother kept her hair beauti*
fully dnrkened, glessv and abundant
35S23T.S:- v
I that, -dull, faded or streaked appear-
! tfhee, thlt^fmpfe mttfure"was applle* .*'
• %i-411. tm-ixy?*!r'ft\T opt Rv nfllfinc
-tho Misgtssippl' RJver,
5 COMPENSATION INSURANCE RATES FIXED l'S£;
that most of It
After kllilftp
been effected had the general public
shown a greater disposition to heed
these warnings. *■
Put Texgs Girl Off Train.
Durant, Cfkla.—A Missouri, Kahsas
and Texas train was held 40 minutes
at Durant Wednesday while the train
crew attempted, to eject Mrs. C. A.
Barry, wife of a MeA-lester attorney,-
her son -and -slater, Miss Marguerite
Leslie, -of Sherman, Texas, because of
their refusal to pay 3 cent fares.
The conductor s'umnioned tiie po-
lice, hut the officers refused to aid
him. Tiie baggage of the women was
then thrown from tho train and they
Thqy immediately swore out com-
plaints against the conductor, C. D.
McCormack, of Parsons, Kan., and the
trainjiudittfL • , • - *
’ - * , Movies Fined $25,000. *
Beaumont, Tex.—The. docrue enter-
ed in the fifty-eighth district court
Tuesday in the case of- tho State of
Texas vs. Motfon Picture Patents
Company and others amounts to *a
plea of guilty on the part of tho Geti-
eral Film Company to Violation of the
anti-trust law;In the purctmiFp? the
assets and physical property of jhe
J. D. Wheelafi Film Exchange of Dal-
las, tho imposing of a find of $25.01)0
therefore and dismissal of all- other
complaints against the other defend-
ants. , ■ “
Precincts Vote $600,000 Bonds, "v
Temple, Tex.—Advocates of good
roads, scored a coUspicifous victory In
an election he’ld Thursday in thirteen
voting precincts of • BeU 'County, In-
cluding the city 'of Temple, voting a
bond Issue of $600,000, ^.by a vote of
nearly 4 to‘4.-
P*und.
val stri
Second pil Well
Palestine, Tex.—Oil Va! struck’ ih
well No. ~2 being drilled' by Palestine
and Corsicana parties on Old Nechos
river Just east of Palestine Wednes"
day.
. ■ • • V* •. •
Workmen's Comeensation’ Rate An-
nounced—Fifty-F'i.ve Per Ce.'nt'High-
er Than Massachusetts .Rates,
Austin, Tex;—W. W. Collier, state
commissioner of insurance and hank-
ing, Thursday formally announced the
acceptance of terms proposed to gov-
ern the Insurance qpmpnnles . of. the
Suite, including motifal and'reciprocal
organizations and all* others trahSa'ct-
ing workmen's compensation . insut^
ance In the State, “
Those rates>are 55 per cent over tile,
Massachusetts rates 'and will be' in
effect for 90 days, at the end of which
time the commissioner will be in a
condition to Ugatn ask for a new
schedule of rates from tlm compann-s
doing this nature of'business. The
rates accepted Wednesday are not'
retroactive and are' effective on and
after Jan. 15^. 1914.
The failure of any company to ob-
serve the rules, classifications and
yates, and . write any business in vio-
lation of tho same will be punished
by cancellation of license to do busi-
ness in the State.
The letters advising ifgents and
companies of the action of the depart-
ment were^Wednesdny sent out to all
coni patties In the State.
“Special deposits in excess of the
corresponding liabilities will not be
allowed^ as an asset in annual state-
ments of Insurance companies.” TIB'
was. the ruling of the state department
of insurance and banking.Wednesday
relative to the annual reports of the
insurance companies, for business of
1914. .' "V - *
“The special "deposits are such as
are made for a special purpose or for
the protection of some certain part
of the companies’ outstanding Obliga-
tions and in this respect differ from
a general deposit for the protection of
all obligations of the’company any*
where and everywhere.” ‘
The recommendation for this change
originated at the National conference
of insurance" commfssioners at ad ad-
journed meeting held- In New York
Dec. 15, 1913.
‘traverse Pensacola Bay, Mobile Bay,
the- Bgblne'
The. lirazos
River, Pass Cavallo, Brazos* Santiago
and Ahehce to ttfe mouth of the Rio
Grande.. • .
Nayal,. military amf commercial.pur-
poses require the development* of^ the
intercoastal wafertvay, the engineers
state, as an adjunct to the commercial
development of the several states tra-
versed.
T’"'
Sulphur, Hair Remhdy,’’ you wfll get a
large : bottle of this olddlme recipe^
reA'dy.to for,.»bout 50 qt-riTS. TTfl*
Men Wanted *t West Point.
Austin, Tex.—The , army athletic
council of fhei United States Military
Academy at West'P6lnt has wrlttet^
Captain H. S - Wagjrer,, inspefttor-in-
structor of the Texas National. Guard,
urging him to interest^ where possible,
yqung men desiring a course at" West
Point , - ' ,
Bronson Has $150,000 Fire. \
Bronson^ Tex.—Fire caught from
unknown ^tuses in the Smith Mer-
cantile Company store Friday and'
burned out one whole business block.
INDUSTRIAL CONGRESS MEETS JN FEBRUARY
The'$10,000 in Gold for Largest
Profits Per Acre to Farmers *
Will Be Di^rlbuted. •
The fifth annual convention of the
Texas Industrial Congress, which was
.postponed from Dec. 13,‘ on account
of the seriSus Illness of Colonel Henry
Exa.1), the late president, will be held
duribf; the National Corn Exposition
at Fair Park, in Dallas, on Feb. 21.
The prizes offered by tho congress for
the largest net profit per acre in.the
Beveral lines ef farming, aggregating
$10,000 in gold, will be distributed at
the- convention, and the program, to
Include a pubRc memorial service In
commemoration of.the great, unselfish
service of Colonel Exall, will fie an-
nounced later. All who were selected
as delegates to attend the convention
set for Dec. 13, last, are delegates for
the postponed meeting. A‘full attend-
ance of the members, delegates and
friends of tho qongress is urged be-
cause it will be decided then ns to
whether the congress will continue its
work or not, and if- the decision is
favorable, the officers and directors
will be chosen and the work outlined
for 1914.
The congress.wiH have an exhibit as
a part of the National Corn. Exposi-
tion, which -will last from Feb. 10 to*
Feb. .24, inclusive, and .reduced rail-
road rates to Dallas for visitors to
the exposition will bo in effect from
every part Of the State. ' • ‘
Rebels Capture Pay Train.
Mexico City.-r-After killing tour Of
the 25 soldiers, acting as an escort
and taking thb .others pjitioners,
rebels Thursday captured an inter*’
oceanic railroad pay train with $50,0170 ’
aboard near Teziutian..
More Than 1,000 Miners Killed.
Harrisburg, Pn^»Ther'e were 1,141
mine workers killed tn and about the
mines of Pennsylvania.'W 1913, ac-
cording to a report made public Satur-
day by the state department of.mines.
State .Leases Farm.
Galveston. Tex —The Allen farm, In
Brazos Co|
John D.
tb the State
tarm of five years for a consideration
nf $36,000 a year.
simple mixture caq be depended upon
to restore natural - color -and beauty «
to the hair and .Is' splendid for dan-
druff, dry,-itchy ecalp and falling hair.
A well-known druggist says 'every-
body Uses Wyeth’s Sago and Sulphur,
because It darkens so naturally and
evenly that nobedy can tell it has been'
applied—It’s so easy to use, too. You .
simply dnmpen a comb or soft brush
and draw It through your hair, taking
one strand at a time. By - morning
the gray hair djegppears; after an-
other application or two, it is re-
stored to -its natural color and looks -
glosSy, soft and abundant.—Adv.V
4 Of a‘ Wild Nature.
Just outside the'entrance to the-,
yard at the-Naval academy la art
apartment house where many young
officers live, and baby carriages are
a not infrequent sight in this vicinity.
Not long ago the commander ,<of the
yard had a notice posted on one side
of the gate forbidding automobiles to
enter, because they frightened- the
horses. Shortly afterwards the fol-
lowing unofficial notice appeared* on
tbo other side of the gate:
'“Baby^aarriages and perambulators
not allowed In- this yard. i They scSre
tho bachelors.’’■ . "
A
’ RUB-MY-TISM
Will cure your Rheumatism and all
kinds of actleB and pains—Neuralgia,
CrantP*. Colic, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts',
Oid Sores, Burns, etd. Antiseptic
Anodyne, Price 25q.—Adv.
Probably Not.
“Scribble says he writes all his love
sonnets to imaginary women.”, • -•■
“And tdon’t suppose there would be.
any objections offered If he mailed all
Ills.love sonnets to Imaginary.editors-.”
Dr. Pierce’s Pellets, sfnn-11, sugar-costed,
easy to take as candy, regulate and invig-
orate stomach, liver and bowels. Do not
gripe, Adv. . . *
Paw Knows Everything.
Willie—Paw, -what Is an autocrat of
the breakfast table?
Paw—The sporting page, my.soi^
Worms expelled pn
eysieuf with Dr. tifi
Bliot” Adv.
omptly from (lie human
fery’s Vermifuge “Dead
.Don’t believe all yon bear. Lots of
defaulting bank officials have never
bedn 8unday school superintendents.
Mrs.Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the guhis, reduces Inflamma-
tlon.allaya paiu.cures wind college a bottled*
*■ . W* ' ., .
The things we do sometimes cause
ns more regret than the things we
don’t do.
To quickly cool burns and take the
fire out 'tase Hanford’s Balham. Adv
It’s easler<o talk than it Is to
fuire the wood-sawing hablL
iff - -J* ,
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Hurr, Henry. The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 22, 1914, newspaper, January 22, 1914; Flatonia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1113496/m1/2/?rotate=270: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.