Abilene Daily Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 122, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 12, 1910 Page: 2 of 8
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T1IL A1HLENE DAILY KEl'ORTEll WEDNESDAY JANUARY 12 1910.
ABILENE COUNTRY FARMERS
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What They're Doing Have Done
and can do. -:- By S. L. N.
Mrs. M E. Parker of Collin county Ja
But visiting her (Imigiitor AIM. John
I'hllllps north of Abilene.
Mrs. Jess Ilngau 1ms returned to
hot homo near Hodges after n visit to
3-elatlvcs In Fort Worth
J .C. Hartllnc living out on route
3 sold the Inst of his 1910 cotton crop
Saturday 116 mnde 17 bales.
T C. Richardson Into of Kentucky
&ut now living on his fnrm near Hnin-
ly was In Abilono1 Saturday buying
supplies.
J. II. Robinson has moved from the
"Hornby district to Cedar Gap and will
farm with B. F. Hawkins. Pretty
iBood team.
Bon B. Holly of Potosl has dropped
Ills Weekly Reporter and subscribed
for tho Dally Reporter threo months.
"While attending tho Farmers Un-
ion mooting hore wo booked W. R.
Holland of Gulon for the Dnlly Repor-
ter. Mrs. C. SI. Davis orders nnd payB
for The Rcportor to go to her son V.
C Davis at Grandview six months.
J. D. Wlngo who wont to New Mex-
ico last year has returned arid Will
larm dilt oh routo 3.
C. L. Aloxander vas over from the
Gulon district Tuesday to renew h.ls
iteporter subscription and pay his.
taxed.
Dan O'Cpnncll reports the death last
week of the sixteen-nionths-old baby
of N. J. and Mrrf. Bronkey of. Cedar
Gnp.
A lino Poland China pig was shipped
to y. H. Hayes of Anson by B. W.
Crow of near Merkel laBt Saturday.
J. T. Sktllern (better known. In
Tennessee 30 years ago as straight old
John) was down from Trent Saturday
' to pay his taxes.
B. A. and Mrs. Ross have gone to
Comanche for a three months stay.The
Hepor'ter will follow them.
Potosl's "sweet singer in Israel" W.
D. Webb got caUght in our subscrip-
4 ton net last week. We've been fishing
lor him. 12 months.
In renewing his' Reporter subscrip-
tion J. C. Copeland had tho address
changed from Caps to Market.
W. L. Green has rented his farm out
lor this year and moved to Abilene.
lie owns the old Hunter place near
-Shop.
K.T.. Howell was In from tho Moro
district Tuesday and If promises are
any good the writer will break bread
with him during the county campaign
.next summer.
J. C. Lee was in from the Hodges
district Monday notwithstanding ho
.had an old-time chill Sunday night
'shaking for nearly two hours he
sald.
Rev. B. F. Tatum of near Merkel
who was called to tho pastorate of the
-Colony Hill Baptist church filled his
opointmtnts there Saturday and Sun-
iday -- O. V Harper father-in-law of S. P.
Duke living out near Little. Elm school .
bouse 'has moved his family hero
from Blanket Brown county and Is
-wanting to rent a farm.
S A. Briggs living out on roUto
-3 is building' himself and family a
new; comomdious and comfortable
home with an 80-foot gallery which'
will add much to' its beauty as well
as comfort".
P: L. White the old mountaineor
ranchman 6nst of Cedar Gap turned
down an offer of ?1G.OO each for nlno
Duroc Jersey pigs.
Edwin N. Ray Hying north of this
city a few miles was in Abilene with
his bride who before .her marriage
was Allss Gortrudo Oden buying fur-
niture groceries etc Success' and
happiness to them.
Deputy Sheriff W. IL. Duke who has
been living on route 1 for sevoral
.years has moved out north of. Nugent
and ordered his Roporter to go to
-Avocn.
AS a Now Years gift Henry 'McMil-
lon subscribed for Tho Reporter six
months for his father-ln-law- at Hem-
Btead. Of course ho'Il nppreclato (his
kindness of Henry
Dr. Ballard who left here two
months ago for tho purposo of making
hlB homo' in California was in Abi:'
lono Mdudny on business. He Is now
located lit San Antonio ho saya.
Tom Davis after trying the Tyo dis-
trict for n year' or two hits moved to
near JlcCanjant whoro ho'll raise pea-
nuts potatoes pigs poultry and 'pos-
sums. I T. Armstrong pf Elmdalo flipped
a silver dollar our way for Tho Re-
porter to go to his friend A. Hugh
Uakor at Campbell California olio
year.. .-.
R B. Burris and family woro visit-
ing his father W. W. Burris near
Hodges the latter part of last veek.
It. B bought n farm faoar Audm last
year and ho nndjiis family are well
ploascd with their now homo and
nolghbora. jjf
Old tinier J. Ci Copeland was In Ab-
ilene to pay Malaxes Saturday and
wo promised o oat poach cobblers
With him next summer and If tho
poach crops "hits" (he promise will
bq mado good.
E. W. Dinwiddle and his nephew. N
G' Olawlddiu of Tyo returnedTuesduy
mnt-ninir f i om Duncan Oklahoma
where thoy W0re called to attend tWl
funeral pf ft brother and father rod-
lioctjvfcjy '
T; J porrlB for several years rclt-
ima of tyft Morc-dlittJpt Jwwl MfolB'r
i
N. of Clyde and Bonln-law Robs
Stophcns all loft todny tor'1 their now
homo at Sandla In tho const country.
.F. E. and W. II Smith with thoir
fulnllied II. O. High nnd- family and
Mm Jim Vlckory all of the Winters
country made thoir old homo nnd
friends In Van Knudt n holiday visit.
W. T. Llmlley ono of tho old timers
over near Potosl predicts it good fruit
crop this year Ho tins n largo pench
orchard and ho cultivates and looks
after It (is closely ns. ho docs his cot-
ton and nillo mnlzo crops. .
The old Roman W. W. Burris who
tins been living In tho Ilodgcs district
since lid came to this country has ren-
ted nnd will llvo on 'Rev. Lockhnrt's
rjirm four miles north of Abilene.
Mrs. George Fisher pased through
Abilene Tuesday morning enrouto
homo to Gulon from n visit to her
daughter near Anson. Sho was ac-
companied by her brother-in-law W.
E. Fisher df Abilono to Ovalo.
Mrs. John Dale of Missouri Is here
visiting her brothers C W. and Dan
Logsdon. Tho. Logsdon family was
among the. first settlors in tho old
Itising Sun postofflco district on Dead-
man and where Mrs. Dalo has many
friends yet among the oid-tlmers.
W. C. Clark n son of Uncle Tom
Clark tho night watchman nnd who
has lived at Dudley and Abilono slnco
his boyhood dnys but went to Stahton
two years ago has returned to Ablr-
lenq with his family and 'ho has en-
tered Simmons collego to study for the
ministry;
J. W. Glaze who bought tho Will
Spnuldlng old homo In southwest Abi-
lene and inoved his family there could
not stand tho strenuous life of a town
man and lias moved' hack to his llno
farm and pretty homo'on the biU'over-
looKlng Tuscola valley and Cedar Gap
Tho first quarterly meeting tit the
Taylor .county Farmers Union for 1010
met hero on tho Gth and was in ses-
sion .only one day when they adjourned
to meet ngaln immediately after a
called meeting of tho Stato Union in
Fort Worth on the 28th.
II. L. Bropkshlre reports the wheat
and"1 oat crops around Potosl looking
as well or better than he over saw
at this Season of the year. Old time
Allen Williams he says has traded
for a stock of dry goods and grocer-
ies and embarked in the mercantile
business.
W. C. Bridges .of the Hodges dis-
trict. waB in with several bushels of
blackeycd peas and sold them to gro-
cery merchants at 5 cents per pound
No better country for peas than this
and at 5 cents there's good money in
'em. After killing hogs for this years
meat and lard Mr. Bridges says he has
1C others coming on for 1911.
The solicitor has ' booked the fol-
lowing now subscribers this 'week: B.
A. Ross Comanche? J. W. Glaze Coats
J. B. Asklns Tye; J: H. Blair Hemp-
stead; J. H. "Petree Potosl; A. Hugh
Baker; Campbell CaL; G. W. Davis
Grandview; S. W. Cathey Gulon; E.M.
French. Pleasant SUe" Alabama; Mrs.
Nora Barrett Covington Texas; W. D.
Webb Potosl; J. B. Preultt Nugent
A. M. Landers' and family and a Mr.
Williams and his family all of tho
old Lawn district returned Monday
morning from a visit to their old home
In Alabama. They reported the old
state In tho clutches of the severest
winter weather forycars.
J. W. Taylor of Iberis returned Tues-
day morning from a visit to his old
home nnd relatives ut Lebannon Ten-
nessee. Hdfreported the old Volunteer
state wrapped In a sheet of snow and
Ice during his stay there and at Mc-
Kenzlo West Tennessee on his return
home Monday snow was" 10 Inches
deep on a level.
D B. Hlgglnbotliam waB In Abilene
Monday and renewed his subscriptions
to the Roporter Dallas NeWs and Wa-
co Tribune. He has sold his lOo-acro
Weak Over-worked Women
Who are broken down and rnjhwtrtttfsryliedrudgery of never ending household carea
J and duties or by over-f??fuent: bearing and nufcjjng of childern and many other cares
burdens and strainsirtwych the weaker sex have toear are. deserving of profound sym-
pathy. But whiUiynrpathy is commendable what thee unfortunate women mpst need is ;t
good honestyrfqdare-deal
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Ed. S Hughes-Co.
farm at Tuscola at $63.00 per ncre nnd
bought tho J. C. Burleson old homo of
1G1 acres near Moro. In tho trade
Mr. HlgginsDotham got moro land a
much bettor home mid about $2000 to
lay awayaB a nest egg.
T. P.. Wood "of McCamant salted
down six porkers and has 20 or niorq
sows and pigs left for noxt.year. It
Was reported hero that peanut growers
In tho Brazos valley had sold all thoir
last year's crops of huts but T. 'P.
says ho has 200 bushels stored lor
planting purposes. He also has 200
bales of peanut hay to feed to' his
stock through the coming crop seas-
on. J. B. Treat living near the. conflu-'
ence of Cedar and Elm creeks north of
Ablleho has made only wo crops in
this country and ho Is well-pleased
with tho results. "I have no ono to
help me" said ho "and my 1908 crop
brought me ?I400 and my 1909 crop
$1000." Whore can you find tho coun-
try outside of Central West Texas that
a man single handed can beat this?
There' was a little bluster of excite-
ment in tho Iberis school last week
caused by a report that the eleven-
year old . daughter of R Smith had
been attending school several days
with a well-developed case of small
pox. Tho county physician vas sent
for and he pronounced the disease as
chicken potf. 'Mr. Smith was In Abi-
lene Saturday and reported his daugh-
ter about well and that' no further
fears of Bmall pox. were felt by the
patrons of the school.
While In Abilene on business Mon-
day B. E. Hollys team became frigh-
tened hear Jinks McGee's sale stablo
On Walnut street and started at br.oak-
neck speed South throwing Ben out
of the wagon but ho was not hurt. At
the corner of North Second and Wal-
nut the team came In contact with a
mesquite tree where they left the wa-
gon and continued their flight south-
ward. Tho damag'e to the wagon
amounted (to about ?5.00. - -
In a letter to his brother-in-law W.
C. Petree E.M. Finch of Pleasant gtte
Alabama; 'an erstwhile citizen of Abi-
lene enclosed a ?1.00 bill for- Tho Re-
porter one. year and says "Tell Neely
I've "got the Texas fever and hope to
bo his neighbor again ere long." All
right E.M. don't bo timid about It
they all come back and your friends
will meet you with a hearty hand
shako and welcome you and' the good
wife- back t6 tho Queen City of Central
West Texas.
Aunt Nan Foster was out Saturday
soliciting funds for a .family living In
her neighborhood tho husband and
wlfo of the destitute family having
Restorative Tonic and Strength-giving
carefully adapjfcd to act in harmony
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both been Blcknnd unable to work for
sevoral months honco thoy had run
short of money and tho neccssnrles of
life. No one sick and In distress over
foil into the hands of a better person
than Aunt Nan Foster.
S. W and Mrs. Cathey came over
from Gulon and spent Sunday with
their .laughter Mrs. D. Morgan on
North Ornngo street. Mr. Cathey
to Bell county Texas with ills f-- ..-
in 1848 then only eight years of. age
nnd ho grow up to manhood In tho Sa-
lado community where ho lived until
lie moved to Taylor county. It was
with a great deal of pleasure we book-
ed the old Texan and Confederate vet-
eran for Tho Reporter and Dallas
News.
W. T. Childers of Tyo was in Abl-
leno Monday and flipped a full grown
eaglo our way for TheReporter to go
to his daughter Mrs. Nora Garrett at
Covington this stato. Wf T. looks
mightly young to have a married
daughter but ho says It's a fact that
sho was married to Mr. Garrett De-
cember 24th 1909 and that she had
been reading the Reporter for eight
years' and in. a letter-to-hlm said she
could not keep house without it. May
she and the young man who wooed nnd
won her heart live happy lives and
prosper isour wish. - . i
Np bettor evidence that The1 Repor-
ter is popular with the. people than
the way old subscribers aro renewing
their subscriptions.. Since last Thurs
day the following have renewed wlth
the writer and equally as many have
called at tho office whose names are
not given below:. U.F. Casey Abilene
route 3; J. C- Hartline Abilene route'
1; J..W: Winters Hawloy routo 2; J.
B. Redden Abilene route 3; J. L.
Barker Merkel route 4; J. H. Robin-
son Hamby; T. H. Antilly Abilene
routed 1; W. C. Bridges Hawley route
2; E A. Blanks Abilene route 3; G. W
Ratllff Abilene route 2; Jas. S. Bailey
Merkel; J. M. Lynn Hawley; T. R.
Tfammell Iberis; Ji Kelso Gulon;
J. M.. Kelso OvaUlTBVWlngo Abi
lene route jJiJW a. hUEginbojnam
Tuscola.
Sectlo
fine land. In XPry county
to sell'
pnn or nxohmrirni fnr nltv
propeiyln Abiimio. jrerryi county is
the emtttng cprnf andfruit f ountry of
TexqS. f See mo JatOneo.
JV F. SIMINGTONV
&
D.VIohn(6n wlfeyind children of
tha NUgant community passed through
bllene lafffcjiielrf'on their way to Dal
las -and Fort Worth on a week's visit
to relatives.
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' ABILENE TEXAS.
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REPORT OF THE
THE
Farmers & Merchants
National Bank
Abilene Texas
As Reportecl 'to the Comptroller at Jhe Close of Business .Novetn-
x ' ' ber 16 1909.
ItESODKCES:
Toftnfl and overdrafts 838C.589.95
IBank Buildings and
Fixtures 11.500.00
U. S. blonds and Pre-
miums 13G.500.00
Othor Bonds 2(5500.00
ash
Cue from U. S.
Treas ... .8 5.953.00 .
I Due from
OUI1KB. ... 01-vi.ti.
I In Vault . . . 83042.43 .
Bills of Ex- ' . ' '
change .. 289470.98
$472076.82
Total
.973715.77
DIRECTORS!
ED. S. HUGHES
E. W. JAMES
K. X.
W. M. LACY PrflBldent
BRUCE E.. OLIVER. V-Pi-sldent
E. E. GREEN. Asst. Cashier.
The Commercial National IBank
Of Abilene Texas
Capital $75000 -:- Surplus $4000
HAVE A EINANCIAL "HOME"
In these days tho man without a financial home Is about os bad oft
as the man without a country. Why not make this Institution with
Its ample safeguards and careful management YOUR '"financial
home?" Wo invito accounts of any size. Wo. pay 4 per cent in-
terest on savings arid time deposits.
J..C. RUSSELL Cashier
DIRECTORS
C. A. LANIUS W. M. LACY J. C. KIMMEL BRUCE E. OLIVER
J. N: PORTER J.O.RUSSELL C.G.DAVIS
1881
Louis C. Wise & Son
A $500 Policy
On your Dwelling or Household Furniture Insur-
inglthem against Fire and Lightning written at
this agency for an annual premium of
$3.75
Louis C. Wise & Son
Real Estate and Insurance
TOM E.
Successor to
MACHINE SHOP
Competent Workmen Prompt attention to all lands
of work. Can do your work on short notice. The best
equipped Machine Sfiop in West Texas for any kind of
Auto repairing. Your business solicited
Reporter Want Ads
CONDITION OF '
LIABILITIES.:
Capital 8100000.00
I
Surplus and profits.. 78645.90
Circulation 100000.00.
Rediscounts NONE
Bills payable . ONE
bther Borrowed Money NONE
DEPOSITS:
Individual $5C789&"
Bank 127532.C.
United States l000.0o
Cashiers Cks 36381.92 '
8700069.78.
Total ... 897371577
HENRI JAMES Cashier
HENRY JAMES
N. W.GORSUOH
LEGETT
J. C. RUSSELL Cashier.
W. H. LACY Asst Caahier.
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