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ABILENE DAILY REPORTER
LaWn Terrace
The Beautiful
Building Site
LIPSCOMB.gTRIBLING
LAND CO.
Lawn Terrace
The Iicnutlful
Building Site
LIPSCOMlLSTRIBLINCI
LAND CO.
YOLUMIi XII
AlJILENE TEXAS MONDAY NOVEMBER 4 1007.
NUMBEU 89.
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CLOSE OF TIE YEAR
PBOGRESS MADE BY METHODISTS
I DURING THE I'AST 1EAB.
THE CONFERENCE AT AMAR1LL0
Citjf ota the Plains Will Bo Hostess fQ
Delegates io tho Northwest'
Texas' Conference.
At this tho closing of tub conference
year tho reports being map from all
parts of tho Abilene district showing
tho progress thathas baon made by
the denomination aro surprslngly Bat-
Is factory to both ministers and mem-
bers. Thjf report Jo bo mndo bjtho
Ablleno First Methodist' church is
among tho bast and reflects much to
1 th.o credit of Pastor Daniel L. Collio
who has worked three years at this
point Rev. Collio is making 'arrange-
ments to leave Tuesday morning fdr
the conference at Amarlllo and was in-
terviewed thisi morning by a- represen-
tative of Tho Reporter.
Increase in Membership.
During tho three years of Rev. Col-
lie's ministry at Abllpno there has been
293 additions to the church 22 dismis-
sals and a n3t increase of 271 or mak-
- ing a total membership of 6G1. Thus
It will be seen that more than a third
ft ihn nroannr mnmKaraliln Viaa woonl. '
Iffi led from tho labors of the minister
coupled with the natural development
of Abilene. There has. been collected
Jor'connectional purposes of tho de-
nomination by tho Abilene minister be-
tween $1900 and $2000; and in all the
financial work has corresponded In in-
crease with tho numerical growth.
Something About Amarlllo. '
Amarlllo captured th3 conference ftp-
this year and' we congratulate both the
conference and the city Amarlllo is
among the best cities in the Lone Star
state. We have Made recent obaarva-
ttlons and know whereof we speak. As
a product of the 'Plains lt( is an eye-.
;opener for any. other than the actually
-.'icquainted and' 'the "pushed progress
will b an inspiration for the- dela-
gates. As an entertainer Amarlllo is
! LIIU (JI1UCO .Ul SUUU ICWUVYO UUU WO
chlpken-eaters will have no cause for
complaint It's a bad week for tho
""yaller-legged" flock but a glorious
tlmo for the. Methodists and then there
"ivlli be auto rides galore. Amarlllols
tho auto city of the Panhandle having
over (wo hundred of the moBt modern
machines. And again the handsome
new Methodist church Just completed
there at a cost of $35000 will bs an-
other inspiration. Wo predict a reviv-
al as full of interest and enthusiasm
as an old-style Methodist camp-meeting.
IHAWLET. BANK CASniER SATS
TJIAT EVEBYHTING IS LOYELY
Cashier E. W. Kldwell of the First
National Bank of Hawley continues to
do business to the satisfaction of all
concerned. He says that the citizens
have been reading something about
tho financial -flurry the past few days
but that they are so!busy they have
'not taken the Interest of others In less
prosperous. communities. Hawlsy has
been a howling success from the time
-of its birth and now"sinceit has come
into peanut prominence it will take
more than a little break In tho money
machine to affect their happiness. The
igoober mint Is "running full capacity
day and night
ASSIE CIIADWICK DOCUMENT
ORDERED TO BE OPENED.
' By Associated Prosa. ...
PITTSBURG PA. .Nov. 4. The dep-
osition of the late Casslo L. Chadwick
made In connection with the suit- of
Mrs. Juliette against Messrs Hoffstot
and Frjond president and vico-presl-lmt
or the Pressed ' Steel Company
charged with conspiracy wad ordered
opened to day by Chief Justlco Mitchell
-of hft .Pennsylvania Supremo Court
sitting here now Effortsvhaye bJen
made by Hoffstot and Friend to ke6p
the document sealed. '
STEAMER STRIKES
BUT CREW ESCAPES
By Associated Press.
BOSTON Nov. 4. The steamer City
.lot Birmingham of the Ocean Steum-
ahlp company struck ledge harbor
&riy today while bound for Savannaa
and' sank In ten fathoms of water
about two miles below here The crew
(escaped.
JUDGE T. A. BLEDSOE PER-
FORMS MARRIAGE CEREMONY
.Sunday ovening at 7:30 o'clock coun
ty Judge Thomas A. Bledsoe pronounc-
od tho words that mado D. R. .Card-
well of Ablleno and Miss Emma Allen
of Potosl husband and wife. Tho mar-
riage coremony was solemnized at tho
residence! of ths groom's brother. Af
ter thoAweddIhg Mr. Cafdwoll tondore'd
to tho many guests. a sumptuous sup-
pqt. '
Mr. Cardwell is a citizen of Ablleno
an omployco of tha Metropolitan Cafe
a steady; sober young man well quail-
fled to win the heart' and hand of so
charming a young lady. Mfss Allori's
parents llvo at Potosl where they aro
highly .respected and. honored but the
young lady has many friends in Abl
leno who wish her and her husband
loriii and prosperous lives.
Mr: And Mrs. Cardwell will make
their futuro homo In Ablleno.
FRIENDS
AND PUPILS
STABT
THEIK
FAVORITES
HOW THE VOTE STANDS-TODAY
Tho Votes Thus far Bccelrcd In the
Prlzo Contest for tho Most Pop.
unlr Teacher In This City
The vqting contest for tho ten seats
in Tho Beporter row foT the perform-
ance of "The Clansman" to be given
to the lady school or music teacher re-
ceiving tle largest number of votes
has opened In a most gratifying man-
ner. The scholars are already beginning
to take a lively interest In the contest
and are sending in the ballots for their
favorite teachir. Everybody young or
ojd rich or poor is entitled to ono or
one thousand votes tho only provla-j
ion being that the voting shall be done!
on itheVprlrifed coupons' 'printed dally!
in THE REPORTER. There are sev-
eral thousand school children and sup-'
porters of the public schools in "this
city everyone of whom should cast at
least one vote for the teacher of their
choice.
TI13 plan of the contest is very sim-
ple THE REPORTER will afford the
opportunity to two teachers and their
friends to witness that great play of
the South "The Clansman" at the
L'yceum on Thursday Nov. 14. Wo
haye accordingly purchased a row or
ten of the choicest ssats in the opera
house and to tho two teachers receiv
ing the largest number of votes will
bo given' without charge and wltlf tho
compliments of THE DAILY REPORf
TER seven of these seats. The teacher
receiving next to largest number of
votes will receive without charge
three seats onTHE REPORTER ROW.;
This contest will be conducted on
an absolutely fair and impartial plan.
There? will be no votes Issued except
those appearing In each Ibsuo of The
Dally Reporter and the only way to
vote is to cut out these coupons and
write in the name of your favorite. No
one connected with Tho Reporter office
will be allowed to vote in this con-
test ' ft
Standing of VoteS'Todny. - t
Miss Ilollyco Thomas . . . 56
Miss Fannie Briscoe ..52
Miss Isla Klnsolvlng ...50
MlBs'Sazle Fields . 48
MlssZora Shackelford .43
Miss Lena Lilly 36
MistL Nannlo Smith. 32
Miss Kate Carter ..'....... 26
Miss Cora W6mack ..;... .... .25
Miss Elizabeth Hqghston .. 22
Miss Florence Montgomery 18
Miss Bessie Cloyd 18
Miss Tommto Clack IS
Miss Valley Clay 12
Miss Alice Martin ........ 10
Miss Mabel Lockett tumxiuu.Ji ft.
GOLD FISH KING IS
DEAD IN BALTIMORE.
By Associated Press.
BALTIMORE MD Noy. 4. Henry
Bisho'ii known as tho gold fish king
is dead at his home hero. Ho develop
ed tho largest gold fish industry in
New York and has supplied parks in
New York Detroit Washington and
other cities with specimens.
WINS ELEVEN PREMIUMS
AT DALLAS STATE FAIR.
A letter from G. O. Creswell says
that his Black Beauty cattle at the
Dallas state fair have been awarded
eleven first premiums. He was ''also
awarded the Junior and senior ckara-
ploashlp oh his herd
TEACHERS
CONTEST
TRUST CUPiy 0FICH! THE
LN TRUST
Two Banks Sustain
Week--Latest'Finahcial News
' . of the World '
i
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By Associated Press.
NEW YORK NOV. 4. Tho Tru;
Company of America and tho Llncoi
Trust company on which woro tltt?
heavy runs last week opened for busj"
noss at tho usual hour this morning.
America Buys tho Gold. ?
" LONDON Nov. 4. Amerlcanlnstltuf
tions purchased 'ho whole of the gold
offered In tho opon-market about $2";
rnnn t(n nni.n .oA . .iinA.... .ik
vuwvvv. iuu iuu) ui uiatuuui UL lu
Bank of England Iralsed to day from
5 1-2 to G per cent.
Scattlo Adopts Certificates.
SEATTLE WASH. Nov. 4. At a'
meeting of tho Clearing House Asso
ciation last night at which every bank
In the city was represented It was de-
cided to follow other cities of the north
west in adopting tho use of clearing
house certificates ceasing the cash
payments except id small amounts foi
emergency purposes. f
Brokerage Firm Suspended. '.
HAMBURG Nov. 4. The banktn'k
and brokerage Arm of F. Lapponbdrg
suspended payment today owing to
looses sustained through their custom-
ers The firm also did an export and
Import business and .enjoyed a high
standing in the financial world. "
STRANGE LITTLE GIRL COMES
IN ON ABILENE & NORTHERN.
Last night there occurred a pathetic
Incident which however ended vefyi
happily. When the eleven 6clookAbl-
lena & Northern paSsengfcrifronvWlch-
ltriFalls pulled In" among' tho many
passengers was one Uttlp strange girl.
The conductor in whose charge she
was knew nothing about her except
that she got on at Hawloy. "He said.
a man there presumably tho child's
father told him that someone would
be at the station nt Abilene to meet
her but If there was not any one to
turn h'r over to T. Ji Wall the trans-
fer man.
No one was at the station to meet
the little girl so Mr. Wall took her
from tho train and carried her to May
or's ofllc. Here sho was questioned
but she was somewhat frightened and
sleepy and could give no definito ac-
count of herself excopt-that' Bho had
come To Abilene to visit her sister Mrs.
Stepehns. Mrs. Stephens initials she
did not know. . '
TEN SEMI
E
AccordIngto previous" announce
ment tho Cdlo Younger and Nichols
Theatre and Amusement Company ar
rived this morning and stretched their
amusement tents on the T. & right-
of way just west of the Fire' Station
There aro ton shows in the company
a Ferris wheel merry-go-round ana
two bnunds. For bne week thoro'wlll
bo something doing every minute on
tho Carnival grounds from 2:30 in tho
afternoon until going to bed tlmo at
night '
Tho company has Just completed a
weeks engagement at Anson and tho
Jones County Talk makes tho follow
ing comments.;
The above company has boon with
lis almost their tlmo advertised to be
hero and thoyhave iyon splendid
shows and havo been liborally patron-
ized Their shows" aro of the most
moral character and on all sldes-every
thing has been pleasant.
It is a Bhow within Itself for one
MIL
COMPANY
Teachers Voting Coupon
I cast ray vote for.
n
iu the contest for Seven Seats in THE REPORTER ROW at
the performance of "THE CLANSMAN" Thursday Nov. 14
(Cut out this coupon fill in the name of your favorite teach-
er ana" mail or bring to tthls office)
GOMPANY
E
Heavy Runs of Last
t NEW YORK Nov. 4.Soveral doclln
es wore registered today in tho first
prices of stocks and thoy woro wide
apart The lossos quito generally rang
ed between ono and two points. Can-
adian pacific was down 3 1-4 and Hill's
stocks Southern Pacific Reading An-
aconda nnd American woro down 2
l-2c
President In Consultation.
:- WASHINGTON Nov. 4.E H. Gary
chairman of tho U S. Steel corporation
and Henry Phjllips wero in consulta-
tion with President Roosovelt mors
than an hbur today tho conferonco be-
ing participated in also by Secretary
Root. While no details aro obtainable
it; is understood that the meeting re-
lates wholly to the financial situation.
(LEETONIA 0 Nov. 4. The First
National Bank hero failed to open Its
dqors today. A notice on tho door
states that tho concern will Ilquldato
Its liabilities.
AURORA IND. Nov. 4. Owing to
the money stringency tho Aurora Na
tlonal Bank failed to open Its doors
today. The bank was orgnanlzed in
1883 with ac apltal stock of $50000 and
had deposits aggregating $166000. No'
statement lias yet been mado of Its
liabilities.
-Every person in Ablleno by the'namo
of- Stephens having cither telephone
vas callfedip hut none of those who
answered knew anything about tho
child. . - " r
Jl'njiUyy nnfaexMie. gontlopersuasioit
ul Buwtj who uecamo mceresieu me
little girl confided to them that hen
last name was Thorn and her father's
first name John. A dozen men in tho
crowd spoke up and said they know
John Thorn of Hnwloy Intimately. Tho
rest was easy. Someone remembered
tliat Mr! Thorn's married daughter liv-
ing hero wbb named Mrs. George Steph
ens and the transfer man know the
rest So the child was carried safely
to the home of her sister nono the
worso for her adventure except a few
hours of sleep.
Sho was a bravo little thing In spite
of her bashfuIneBs. Sitting In a deep
chair holding tightly a withered bou-
quet of flowers doubtless picked be-
foro sho loft home sho gazed into tho
friendly faces about hero with perfect
fearlessness. i
IS IN ABILENE
SHOWS; TWO
who is acquainted with tho history of
Colo Youngor to see him 'inoet him
and see how Jolly and pleasantvthQ old
man Is. He has a warm place in his
hart for rill his old Confederate Com-
rades and to snow thorn tho best tlmq
possible Wednesday ho Invited them
all and treated them as his guests
they woro shown tho entire Hat otpor-
formancei) lead by Colo Younger from
placo to place. It does a truo AmerN
dad good to see these drand Old Whlto
hoKded men together and whon ho sees
them ho Boes tho remainder of a large
number who fought for'what they ful-
ly believed to bit right and in them
has been for all tlmo a spirit of patrli
otlsm that any nation might Justly
feel proud These Dear Old "Dads" of
this United States aro tho ieavlngs-of
a set of tho bravest men that ever
smelt gun powder. May their last days
on earth always bo as pleasantly spent
as wn'a Wednesday evening with tholr
old Pal Colo Younger
BANDS
KVKjmionr woiiks is' the
SISTER CITY OF MEBKtiL
Judge J. Wf.Pottor of Merkct was a
professional visitor to tho county court
Iioubj this morning nnd was looking
as prosperous as tho nvprngo Ameri-
can farmer these days nud said that
he had uono of the troubles of tho
Wall street financiers. Ho said: "There
is no way for a mnn to kofp from
making nionoy In the wonderful West
If ho works nnd everybody works nt
Morkol. Business is almbst in regular
running order and bankers merchants
farmers and cltlrons are bound togeth-
er by a chain of confidence that Is ab
solute proof-against any panicky roar
being entertained nnd tho damaging
results whloh would follow Our banks
are in good shapo and the farmers of
the Mrkl country know that "their
half million dollars deposited In tho
institutions is safer there than in an
old woolqn sock under tho bed nt
homo. That is tho condition at Merkel
nnd of course things aro in almost as
good shapo at Abilene."
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS
MAKE ESTIMATES OF RESULTS
MARYLAND ELECTION TDESDAY
Chairman of Democratic SJntc Com-
mittee Claims nil Officers nnd Ma-
jority of tho Legislature.
By Associated Press.
BALTIMORE Nov. 4. Tho political
leaders of both parties hold to tho es-
timates already given out lis to tomor-
row's election results. Chalrmn'n
Standovor of tho democratic state com-
mltteo claims the election pf Judgo
Crothers for governor -by about '12000
majority and the rest of tho democratic
state ticket and a majority of tho mom
oers of tho legislature. Chairman Par-
rai of tho republican statocopimltteo
la'enuallv aBsertlnir and clalmn that
t!i0;'r:pub1lcansiwiIllect!iiaBth(;r'for.
- . -41
governorby 8000 to 13.600. iv t
Interest In Other Elections.
CINCINNATI O. Nov. 4. -With the
promtso of good weather nnd much in-
terest in tho Various municipal elec-
tions throughout Ohlp tomorrow every
thing points to n vory full vote. Ow-
ing to the prominence of tho tw0 can-
didates the C'levoland campaign Is tho
one of most general Interest.
PHILADELPHIA PA. Nov. 4. But
llttlo interest is tnlvn hero In tho
election as stato trcasifror Is tho only
stato ofllcor to bo elected. Tho republi-
cans claim tho election of John Q.
8hoa'tz by 100000 plurality while tho
democratic managers bollevo John G
Harmon will bo olected.
TRENTON N. J. Nov. 4. Democra
tic State Chairman Hudspeth claims
that reports from this field Indicate
that Frank Katzenbach Jr. will carry
the state by about 75000 whilo tho re-
publican chairman claims a majority
of 21000.
UNCLE SAM SATISFIED WITH
WOUK OP HIS ABILENE MAN.
B. F. Casli ot tho Dopartmont of
Justice at Wlshlngton D C wob a re-
cent vlsito to our city and whilo hevo
checked up the business and took a
general look through the office ot
Deputy Dlstrlctnnd Circuit Clerk W.
D. Glrand. Undo Sam found every
thing Jn apple-plo p'rdor and while ho
does not distribute any boquots from
his flower garden ho told tho Ablleno
mnn that he was satisfied with his
work and ho could conUnuo to draw
his salary at least for a few mqro
months of tho same good conduct and
c6rrcct transaction of -business
: 1 1
A BAM ASSOCIATION IS
WV ORMED IN ABILENE.
Saturday morning tho mwyera of Ab
lltnorgrietrat tho Court Ilouso aluTor-
ganlzed a Bar Association. Officers
word elected for tho following year
namely: Judge Blcdsoo Presldont and
Attornoy Hicks? Secrotury Tho ob
ject of thjf Association is to foster a
fratornal spjrlt among tho iawyors and
to settlo fit) a bqdy the events ot legal
Importance that come up.
AHILENE MESSENGERS ARE OFF
FOB SAN ANTONIO CONVENTION
A piirty of Ablleno peoplo left this
morning to attend tho Baptist con
vention at Sal. Antonlp. Thoy were
Dr O H. Cooper Dr. Q. T. Ball.Rtv
L. R. Scarborough Rev E. L. Sprin-
ger Rev. M O Bishop Rev. M. F.
Drury Rev. J. D Kennedy Rev G
B Alrhart of Merkel $eV. S. W.
Smith of Big Springs and Miss Pearl
Daniel.
CLAIMING
VICTORY
HORRIBLE
S
MEXICAN 'lU!8Ili:i . BENEATH A
FREIGHT TRAIN AT ROSCOE.
MAN KILLED NEAR MIDLAND
Accidental Discharge of ShotguR Sev-
ers Jugulur VcJa Gcumonio FiBd
- ' " of Ablleno Mch.
Si H.'Kcgans returning fast night
from a business trip over tho western
part of tho stato brought tho first news
to Tho Reporter ot two horrlbkr
deaths.
About sundown last night a 'Mexican
attempted to board a moving west-
bound freight train at Roscoo and felt
beneath tho train the 'wheels of sev-
eral cars passing over his body which
was sovored at tho waist The namo
of tho victim could not bo learned and
$16.00 in money was' found on hlsrper-
' Killed by Shotgun.'; 'J ''
Tho story of atiotho'r Accidental
donth camo to thceara 6f ho Ablleno
man whilo at Midland! "Satilrday
hack to a point 1G mllos west ofMid-
land whero Uiey proposed to spond tho
day in tho sport ot enjoying tho open
gnn.3 season. Throe ot tho party had
allghtod from tho vchlclo whoa "tho
accidental dlschnrge of a hammorloss
shotgun sovored tho Jugular vein ot
tho fourth nnd frightened tlio bam. It
was a hprriblo oxporionco for the trio
ot young follows who for tho tlmo al-
most lost tholr reason. Tho frighten
ed t'nm ran for a dlstnnco ot three
miles boforo stopping and Jeff Cowden
and .Tim McGoheo found tho corpso and
carried ltback to Midland Tho names
of the' party could not bo Ioarnod.by
th 3 Ablleno man.
25000 CLUB NOTES OF AN
' ENCOURAGING NATURE.
A tejegram was (rocolvod- yostorday
from a gentleman idownt eaBt who
AtttioV-thVt'iOvwill u&outjjoon. tojnj
vesgaie a proposition ioukiiik iu iuo
investment of considerable capital ill
Ablleno so It docs not appear that all
tho capital for Investment is hiding by
any means.
Ono of tho largest malls ot tho fnlL
season was recolvcd by the club this
morning Including enquiries from va-
rious portions of Toxtts nnd other
states mostly for larm lands.
An offlco Is now running In Fort
Worth styled "Office -of ths Contrat
Wost Texas Association -of Commercial
Clubs. Tho Jltoruturo of ench associat-
ed club is distributed free from this
ofllco to all enquirers and also-a dis-
play of products of eacli county affilia-
ted In tho work is shown1 A letter re-
ceived by tho Central ' Organization
from this office states that already a
number of enquiries have boon had
nlthough the office was only opened
th9 1st.
' As an evidence of how well the' co
operation of dlfforent towns into one
association works a shqrt whilo ago
ono of tho affiliated towns listed on
tholr wantB "a newspaper" and tills
mornings mall to 'tho hoadquartcrs
brought an application for the place
by a well cquippod newspaper man
from another point who wants to lo
cate in tho Central West Texas coun
try.
Tho regular meeting of the 25000
club will bo held at 7:30 tonight and
a full attendance s expected as nu-
merous Important mnttors are up fdr
attention. While for the moment in
vestments in now und additional oh- "
terprlsps will nccossarily bo retarded
to soma extent 'tho mattor'of more ef-
fective nnd closer cooperation for tho
general good of out city and commu-
nity bb a whole and tho encourage-
ment pf nil measures calculated to con
tlnuo tho stream of now peopU and
now capital .coming this way enhnot
bo emphasized Jo strongljMisJo Jta Im-
portance. 1 11 ii.
J. II Shoppard and wife camo in Sat-
urday night from Uaskell.
Rev. J F. Hendricks loft this morn-
ing for Temple to attend tho mooting
of tho Methodist Fr?o Thinkers.
:s
By Associated Preas. .
NASHVILLE Nov. 4. A dispatch to
the Bannor from HuaUville AU. a3
that James R Boyd cashier of tha
HuntsviUe Dank it Trust Company
committed suicide Uierv this morning.
1TSVLLE
CASHIER
SUCH
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