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nOUSTON DAILY TOST: 1 THURSDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 20. lCOi
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Big Conference! Devoted
;in Line on
r ft-
talks made disaosed great progress made. in
: routing pest from cotton belt -1
Orgacizatloii Has Bccq Perfected the Present Conditions Are Under"
anl Action of Far Reaching; Import Is Expected Before . .
;"- " the Time for Adjournment Arrives Today.
Thar were more than M people pree-
nt yesterday morning In Maeouto hall
when Dr. 8. A. Knapp rapped the drat
matting - at ..the .Farmer' . Co-operative .
Congress to order.- '-. iv-
YS'htle It la called a farmers' congress
there wsr -among the farmers banker!
and merchants and lawyers railroad
men and. In tact men In all walks of
life. Almost every interest In tle Stat
was represented and every .man was a
representative of his industry.- Every
man was a thinking man. Among the
farmers there- ware the small fanners
who own only a few acres and cultivate-
them thftitseWeg and there were
the farmers who own and operate t-
tenslve plantations. -
These men attended the meeting com-
ing some of them from the most re-
mote corners of thia State and Louisiana
They were not bent on pleasure but
came to Houston to learn something.
WELCOMEBI STONE.
-.! address of welcome was delivered
by Hon. Thomas H. Stone city attorney
1ho acted for Mayor Jaokson. Mr Stone
stated that while he did not know much
bout farming ha- did know that every
Interest In the State was materially In-
terested in the-culture of cotton and
the work of the department in battling
with the boll weevils. He then gave a
few Interesting figures. 'He stated that
It waa reasonable to estimate that the
boll weevils cost the farmers of the State
LtKKi.OUO bales' of cotton. At the rate of
M per bale this meant a loss of ISO.OOO.OO)
annually to. the farming interests and
tp the Htate. a sufficient sum of money
to dig a canal from one end of the coun-
try to the other. He then touched upon
the work of the government and of the
Importance of the bringing; together of
the farmers and nllstina them In the
work. Houston he stated was peculiar-
ly Interested In the success of the move-
went as Houston was greatly Interest-
ed In the culture of cotton. Thia ia the
biggest Interior cotton market of the
Svnrlrt Mn nnkrilftMi that wlih thtt ttnm-
Dieting of the canal ncrosa the Isthmus
in connection with the widening and
; deepening of the bayou that Houaton
would one day.be the biggest seaport
shipping point for cotton In the world.
Winding up his remarks he stated that
he had been given the authority to turn
the city over to the delegates to the con-
cress. .
MR. ADGEIV8RESPON8E.
: 'Major J. E. Aiiger of Alden Bridge La.
responded to the welcoming- adores.' as
follows: e
"TV beg-In with Dr. Knapp " ladies and
brother farmers I never made a speech
In my life. Dr. Knapp has given e a
title hvhis introduction but I never knew
I had one and tint inclined to think he
baa It wrong. . .'
"Representing the delegation from
Louisiana I may aay It alwaya affords
me pleasure to meet with farmers; 1 am
a farmer myself. I never made a speech
In my life but perhaps that makes no
. difference and I do want to say that
what the people do themselves they ap-
preciate we have no boll weevils vet
in my section of the State of Louisiana
and wish the day might never come
when we have but should that day come
X am sure we - are better prepared be-
cause of the work of this year. At some
future time I hope we may have thia
convention of co-operative workers In
rlhreveport where the people of North
Louisiana may welcome you." -
- CIARlDQB ALSO HEARD.
Mr. J. H. Clarldge of Palestine was
then called upon to respond to the ad-
dress of welcome on behalf of the farm-
en of Texas.
He opened hla remarks by stating that
as long as people wear clothes cotton
will bo grown and that they would wear
them made of cotton and as long as
people - wear clothes made of cotton and
.as long as cotton la grown Texas will
grow it. He had heard It suggested by
some farmers that the best way to kill
the boll weevils was to stop growing
cotton until the boll weevils were starved
out. "That Is not the way the Anglo-
Saxon people accomplish things. They
go to work with a will and they over-
come all obstacles. I find that all
classes are interested ' In this work.
v There are merohants and bankers at well
aa farmers and they keep in close touch
with every move toward growing cotton
In spite of the weevils.
"From the first 1 felt that Dr. Knapp
waa right. I thought so because I found
that he was not tied to any one method
but waa willing and anxious to adopt all
methods. My observation is that no one
thing will do the work but that It takes
a combination. f many .things. It is
upon thia basis that Dr. Knapp directs
. the work and that Is the secret of the
success of It. When It was announced
that IM.OOO would be paid to the man
who could find a way to eradicate the
weevils. I know that no one would ever
get that sum. It la not possible for any
one thing to do the work. It requires a
diversity and a .combination of things
such as fertilising burning the atalk
the selecting of the seed -the planting
and the cultivation. ;
"The amount of Ignorance among the
farmers concerning the cultivation of
crops Is sstoundlng. Why I had a rrp
and had men working In it. They were
the good average men. I went out one
day and found that all the boys had gone
fishing. When I asked them why they
had not been In the crop working they
stated that they could not see any use in
working the crop when there" were no
weeds In It. They did not recognise the
fact that working the orop would make It
mature earlier and make "better cotton
arid make more money for me. Yet they
: were the average men. We need educa-
tion. The Influence of the present propa-
franda upon the- farmers of this State Is
ncnlculable and the benefits to the State
at' large are incalculable. I hope that Dr.
Knapp will be able to Organise his foroe
for another year and that the good Work
will go on." v .
' HON. A. WV GREGG SPEAKS.
ifc. Knapp' then called upon Congress-
man A. W. Grcse of .Palestine) who" re-
pended as followai t-r
' Gentlemen I never made & crop In my
Family ef Rats End Lift Together.
In the yard of local residence a pathetic
tight waa seen the other morning. Near
the water faucet was a family of dead rata.
The had eaten Steams' Electric Rat and
Roach Paste And rushed oat of the house to
the nearest point where) there was water
Kat and Roach Paste is snre death. It k
' easy to nse and absolutely guaranteed to
kill cockroaches water bugs rata mice etc.
drivitiir-ihem out of the house to die. Deal-
f arb generally have the Paste for sale or
package ill be tent express prepaid on re-
ceipt of price by the Stearns' Electric Pasta
Co. Tribune Building Chicago 111. ' Small
25c: Hotel sue tight - timet the
amntity 1.00. r U
.'.d by A. E Riesling.
'
Opening Day to Getting
Situation -
life. They talk about their hundred bales
etc. That mystifies me. I made only a
bale and a half my total crop and will
tell you how I made that. I came home
from college and hud to- teach aubooV- I
had five brothers -and sisters that I hud
to take care of. and I cot up In the
mornings and plowed until school Unit
then after school I plowed and on Satur-
days I plowed and 'in -thut-way mede a
bale and a half but I did not have the
boll weevil to contend with. If I had 1
guess I would not have made anything.
There Is one thing that I want to say
fellow-cltlsens and cuie thing I want to-
Impress upon the farming people of the
great State of Texas and that Is thin:
There Is no doubt In my mind but what
there has been a kind of disposition to be
suspicious of the methods of the agricul-
tural department; - there Is no doubt of
that. Now I went up to Washington and
I want to tell you what conclusions I
came to. I concluded that for the form-
ing element of the United States that that
department waa of more value than all
the rest put together (Applause.) They
are broad-gusgedi they know no North
no South. They want Texas to prosper
the same aa Maine. They know no East
they know no West; they are practical
people; they have upplled practical mer.h-
oda to the agricultural Interests of thia
people and of this country; they are ie-
cidlng for the people the character of the
soil that they have. I mean for whit
Produce the charsoter of the aoll thoy
ave la best adapted and Insisting upon
them using that aoll for the purpose that
will make beet results.
Some cay they are theoretical but I tell
you they are practical people. Some aay
that there la too much science but I tell
you science neves yet tackled a proposi-
tion be It boll weevil or anything else
that It did not finally conquer and over-
come. I want the people of Texas to have
confidence In that department; I want
them to adopt the methods suggested by
the department; I want them- to get or-
ganised so that they can oo-operate with
that department; and let me tell you fellow-cltlsens
when you do you will see
grand results In this State. Now t be-
lieve that is all. I believe that it Is neces-
sary tor some one to Impress upon the
people the idea that they ought to get In
harmony with and stay In harmony with
the great agricultural department of this
country. I thank you for your attention.
MAJOR GRINNAN RESPONDS. '
Major James Grlnnan of Terrell ; waa
called upon and made the following re-
sponse: ' ".. v. . 4f.
Mr. City Attorney and Gentlemen.
In replying to the honorable city at-
torneys address of welcome It la with
profound aatlsf action that I find myself
m-posltlon to answer In behalf of the
Empire state of Texas that the glorious
work undertaken by the Federal depart-
ment of agriculture has already and with
great emphasis borne the fruits of vic-
tory. This conference . today of Dr.
Knapp and bis coworkers Is a hearty ex-
pression of the encoui agement and ap-
proval that all classes In this great State
have given to the work undertaken by
the department of agriculture under the
able supervision of Hon. James A. Wil-
son. secretary of agriculture. - To Dr.
Knapp fa due In a large degree the
credit for the Interest now manifested In
Texas by the authorities at Wash-
ington; to Mm above all others la due
the credit for the material results that
have been accomplished tinder the plan
of Improved agricultural methods applied
to our great staple crops. I am in po-
sition as a farmer of North Texas to
attest personally to the great value Ot
the work now In progress and It la suf-
ficient to aay that for the present sea-
son under the able direction of Dr.
Knapp and his Worthy subagents that my
production of cotton has exceeded by )
per csnt under the Intensive methods ot
culture the production during the past
five years under the old method. In my
county of Kaufman one of the richest
and most fertile counties of the State
the department's methods have become
effective beyond the most sanguine de-
giee and It Is a conservative statement
to say-that our production of the staple
crops will be quadrupled during the next
few years with the steady progress of
the work along the lines originally laid
out -
This meeting today Is In the nature ot
a discussion and interchange of Ideas aa
to the liest metheda of prosecuting the
department's plans and under the able
leadership of Dr. Knapp and his asso-
ciated workers much good Is bound to
result. Lat us therefore get together
and by fre expression and discussion at-
test the approval we are anxious to give
to the object of the meeting and by our
fellowship to cement the relationship
which the department has so worthily
indicated Its desire to establish with tha
farmera of the South.
PERMANENT OPn.vr-ravriOJT.
At the eloae of Congressman Gregg's
remarks Dr. Knann atatei ... k.
thing In order would be the forming of a
permanent organisation for the purpose
of conducting the business that wilt be
brought before the congress.
Mr. Stanley H. Watson moved that
Dr. Knapp be selected aa the chairman
of the congress and there being a doxan
seconds Mr. George W. Curtis put the
motion and the doctor waa selected by a
unanimous vote.
Mr. George W. Curtis was elected sec-
retory with five assistants who are as
follows: Stanley. Watson. Houston; T
O. Plunkett. Waco; 8. 3. Bentley TVlehU
W.l.'kl.e6' T"rell;
B. Calloway Quanah Texas; F. A. HH-
ley Shreveport; George Scarborough
Orapeland; G. H. Collins Greenvin"
Major J. R. Orennan. Terrell; . w. L
Walkei. A. A . Barnes N. N. Hoffer
Kaufman; W. U Foster Shreveport; E
ftdeon'
Prof. Oswald Wilson then moved that
a committee of nine on resolutions be
selected and this was adopted. '-r"
Knapp stated thaf ho would announce
the personnel of the committee later.
It was then moved that a committee on
credentlals.be appointed and while this
was being seconded Hon. Tom N. Jones
of Tyler arose and moved that all farm-
ers and all sympathisers with farmers be
admitted as delegates to the meeting.
The morning session was adjourned to
meet at J o clock. u
THB AFTERNON SESSION.
Immediately upon calling the meeting
to order In the afternon Dr. Knapp read
the names ot those appointed on the
resolutions committee which were as fol-
lows; - '('.' .. ':
Dr. John H. Polk Welti Por-
ter . S. H. . Watson ; J. ... B
Wemple and J. E. Adger both of Louis-
iana John T. Calloway B. M. Haynea
and M. C. Glenn. . The doctor etated
that U resolutions would be referred
to thia committee without' debate.
; The doctor then save an outline ot the
work of the department and a history
of the movement ao fur tt he was able
to find It. He stated that he did not
.know who originated the work hut gave
a great deal of the credit to Dr. B. F.
Gaitoway of the bursau of plant indus-
try ot in United Hla-iea agrluuituriu de-
partment stilting uiai Ir. UiUiowaf
had been wurklng on the plan for a
number of yearst i Five years ago. hs
totaled he and the doctor had held many
conferences over the devaluing effects
of the boil weevil upon ill vjtt.tn in-
dustry. It wss by the aid of Dr. Gal-
loway that the appropriation for the
present work was got through congresa
and without the aid of the doctor It eouid
nut have ueiu:
- Dr. ' Knapp then told of the dif-
ficulties confronting the work of organism-
tile taruiers. The farmer n
stated la akeptlcal and they reailayii
that for the Department to presume ta
teach tbem how to raise cotton would be
a thing they would not take kindly to.'
It was decided to call In a few of the
representative farmers and lay the puns
before them. When these people were
told that the agricultural department was
not going to give them anything they
were am used. They had got It Into their
heads that was what the department was
Suing to do. However when the people
gan to understand the methods to be
Pursued by the department they . took
old.
The best way to teach a man how to
to a thing Is to let him try to do it him-
self. Just suppose a man should try to
make an athlete of himself and try to
Jump a six-foot fence Just by reading how
another man had done It. It reminds me
of the young fellow whose grandfather
had lots of money. The grandfather
wsnted the boy to go to school and gt
learning. The boy replied: 'Grandpa we
have lots of money; let us buy the educa-
tion.' "The way to do things to accomplish
anything Is to go to work and do them.
When we went Into this work we did not
have any set methods. We lnveettgited
the methods pursued by the most success-
ful farmers In the country and put them
together.- We ere ueing methods in this
work that are aa old aa the hills.
"We had to get the farmers over their
prejudices: - We had to eniist the aid of
the railways for they were skeptical. 'I
want to-tell you that when the matter
waa properly presented to the railways
they took hold of the work and they have
been a great aid to us. -
"Another thine 'was the selection of
Agents to direct In tha work. We hid to
be careful In this respect and we selected
men In their respective localities men
who could be depended upon to not antate-"
onlxe the farmers men who could be de-
pended upon to gnther up Information
from among the people and use It. You
know the small talk of a community Is
valuable. .Having succeeded In getting
the right kind of men we went to work
among them held meetings and made
aursrestlona to them not new and foreign
suggestions hut things that every farmer
knew would be helpful. And the success
of all this is for this meeting to say:
You must remember that it was late when
we began the work and that there was e
territory WOO miles from east to west
ami "w nines rrom norm to south to cover
with the organisation of the co-operative
workers."
Dr. Knap rfhen told of the different
Wn that had been tried covering the
bresjtlnw of the ground deep In the fall
fertilisation the planting of the rows and
the cultivation until the crop was mado.
MAJOR HOFVER'B TALK. -Major
H. M. Hoffer of Kaufman one
of the government's special agents was
then called upon to five his experiences.
He responded by saying that -when he
had been called to help In the work he
waa greatly surprised not knowing any-
thing about the plan to be pursued. Ha
had charge of the demonstration work In
Hunt Kaufman Rains and a part ot
Ellis county. The work In those sections
had proved a success. Ha gave hla ex-
ptrlencea in trying to get the farmers to-
gether. One old fellow who waa among
the first that he had called upon flatly
told htm that he would have nothing to
do with the department's work. He stated
that he- had been growing cotton for
nearly seventy-five yeara and thought he
knew more about It than the fellows In
the agricultural department and was mad
because the agricultural department pre-
sumed to teach him how to. grow cotton.
I went Into his field and. made the dis-
covery that he himself was using the
methods suggested by Dr. Knapp. and
when. I told hlra that he began to" get'
hla eyes -open. 1 told him that Knapp' s
method was the methods at all the suc-
cessful cotton planters like himself. And
all through the section I went telling
the farmers how to work their cotton
according to the plana of those who hud
successfully grown cotton.
MR. PORTER'S EXPERIENCE. ''
Mr. W. C Porter a successful farmer
from Kaufman county was the next man
called and he made a short talk telling
of the success of tha work during the
two years that he had tried It. He had
been told to plant peas In the middles he
stated and he followed the advice and
found that these pens were worth IS per
acre to hla lands Ho then told how he
had cultivated hla crop by the uae ot
the dlso and the harrow. Going over the
cotton ao often he atated looked like a
lot of work. He stated this going over
the crop so often but It was not as much
work aa It appeared to be. He then told
how he had planted and cultivated his
crop and stated that he had on a 8iW-
acre field grown this year Sao bales. Dur-
ing his talk he stated that Major Grln-
nan had made 400 bales more on the same-
area ot ground than had been made by
farmers In the same locality who had not
adopted the cultural method. This cotton
of Major Grinnan's he stated belonged
to the department and he called upon the
major and asked him what he Intended
to do with the cotton.
Major Grlnnan replied that he would
put it In a campaign fund to help along
the work If Porter would put in the
cotton he bad grown as a result of the
work.
Some one In the audience at this an-
nouncement perhaps thinking .that all
campaigns 'must be tainted with some-
thing polltcal yelled out:
"That's right; put It In a campaign
fund to-"help elect Dr. Knapp governor
of Texas."
Tha suggestion met wl(h much applause.
RESULT OF "EXPERIMENT.
Major Grlnnan was then called upon
to give his experiences on" a piece of land.
He stated that he had purchased a piece
of rawhide land that had been In culti-
vation for nearly thirty-five years and
which was considered to be no account
and having been worn out. This year
he had grown on 100 acres ot that land
nearly fifty bales of cotton while In
former years it had not produced over
twenty. Through the cultural method he
stated he had increased the productive-
ness of the land more than 100 per cent.
On another field that was run down and
considered ta be of no account he had
f rown a llttls over one bale to an acre
t waa due he said to following the
methods of the department
WORK InToUISIANA.
Colonel Joseph E. Wemple ot Louis-
iana who had charge of a number ot
parishes then gave a lengthy report
covering the work In his State and what
had been accomplished and he was fol-
lowed by Mr. Williams of Terrell who
gave his experiences In East Texas. He
Is one of the government agents and his
work had been In Henderson county r
and he atated that he. represented the
-yellow yam and 'possum farmer the ona-
gallus farmer the little fellows who
owned small patches from one acre up
to 100 acres. The work had been a god-
send to them he stated for the rav-
ages of the weevils meant the taking of
the bread out of their mouths. He-then
told of the success of the movement
stating that the people of his section
swore by It that they had found that
the cultural method was the salvation
of the farmera and that they were fol-
lowing It. . .
He was followed by M. C. Glenn of
Dallas who stated that he lived near
that city and that he tried the plans of
the department on four acres of ground
as an experiment and had grown on
four acres thus treated three and three-
quarters bales. He was followed by Mr.
E. M. Haynes of Henderson county who
made a short talk after which the meet-
ing adjourned to meet In the assembly
room of tbe city hall at 7:80 t ;
INTERESTING EXHIBITS.
There Is Something; for the Vis'
itors to bee .
. There are many cotton exhibits most
of them from Lookhart and what It
known as tht Melbant Improved by Mr
A. D. Mebane who hat devoted fonr
yeara to the plant It Is a cross between
a long lint and a storm-proof and from
testimonials will average tt per cent ot
lint -to ti-sd oottoo. It is grown
on black land and In the boll weevil dis-
trict. It la the second earliest. King's
coming first. .
A comparison of the two tt Intsrestin.
Twenty-five bolls of Mebane weight
eight and one-third ounces while twenty-
five bolls of King's early on exhibition
by W. W. Bain grown In Brasos bottom
weighed four and three-quarters ounce
The Jaokson. from Grayson county;
Improved by George Jackson eighteen
miles from Denlson Is also considered
a good cotton twenty-five bolls weigh-
ing eight and one-third ounces. It is
also tenacious to hoe. '
Then there ore samples of Bohemian
by George Stern of Brookshlre; Rowden
by A. J. Tldwill of Williamson county
twenty-eight bolls weighing nine and one-
eighth ounces; Georgia Prolific by Eut
gene Hart of liockhart. twenty-flve bolle
eight ounces; Holmea cotton by Kd.
Starke of Lockhart; storm-proof cotton
by Henry Muele of Yoakum attracted
much attention.- The cotton was left Ini
field all summer and fall and did not
fall out. It la a long lint and early.
Starr's cotton of Granger was among the
exhibits and Mr. John Keller of thlt
city had an exhibition some bi-lls ot col-
ton grown In yard with sprinkling.
There are also several boll weevil ma-
chines on exhibition some ot them haw
Ing been tried with more or less ucoesa.
All of them did some good all capturing;
a few of the weevils. Hojvm none
captured the prise. - i .
AMONG THE NOTABLES.
Some Short Talks Had with Well
. . Known Men. . .
-DR. J. A. ABNBY at Broownwood spent
the afternoon In the meeting. He stated
that while the weevil had not hit the
farmers of his section they were Inter-
ested la Jlht work.
. DR. B. A. KNAFP-"I am afraid that
someone will eccuso me. of getting up
a self-congratulation meeting . there art
to many expressions highly indorsing thar
workt. .WeluX.dld. no know what .Aha
speakers were going to say. I made it
an impromptu affair In order that all
expressions win Id be. of. a. spontaneous
nature ui course we appreciate an ma
testimonials recommending the work of
the department."
HON. TOM N. JpNES of Tyler eame in
early yesterday and was an Interesting
figure at the. congress. Tom does not
Claim to be a farmer but states that he
la a sympathiser. One of the delegate
during the morning session moved that
a committee on credentials be appointed.
Tom waa promptly on his feet with a
motion that all farmera and sympatuixera
with farmers be admitted aa dolatc.
The motion ' was adopted.- Mr.-Jonee
stated that he made tbe motion In self-
defense.. -...;v; . .. .
HON. TOM O. PLUNKETT of Waco
an old-timer In the newspaper business
and known to all old-time printers and
writers ot ' the country It among the
delegatet to the oo-operaiive congress.
Tom has quit the newspaper business and
Is now a full-fledged farmer. He owns
one of the beat regulated farms In the
Slate a few miles south ot Waco and
this larm was aeiectea oy tne aepartraeni
this year as one of the experimental
farms. Mr. Plunkett was made one ot
the secretaries of the congress.
COLONEL B. H. R. GREEN president
ot the Texas Midland : railway whoae
headquarters art In Terrell wax selected
aa one ot tht vice presidents. Mr Green
though tor a time a power In the raw
publican party hat quit dabbling la poll-
tics and Is devoting much ot his tin
and energies to agriculture and It heart
and soul witn tne movement on tooa
to oust the weevil. "Ot course" said ho
"the cultural method la the way to grow
"cotton. Much- depends "upon getting -tlie
farmers to work together. What la the
use of a fellow devoting ait nis ijm ana
energies to- making t crop when those
fellows all ground him will .do nothing J
Whv' when the boll weevil comes to the
patches of the other fellows It will tlm-
pty hop over to the good cotton that has
cost such effort and the man who has
worked hard has all his work for noth-
ing. He it tht victim of tht other fel
low. '
CONGRESSMAN A. W. GREGG of the
Seventh district whost "home It In Pales
tine was one of tht speakers yesterday
morning before the congress and he said
many things of 'Interest among the most
Interesting of which waa that from ex-
nerience after Investigation he had found
that tht United States department of
aarlculture was of more Importance than
all of the other departments of the gov-
ernment put together. "It la not par-
tisan. It knowa no Kast no West no
North no South. It la as greatly Inter-
ested In Texas at It la In Maine. It la
a body of practical workers gome peo-
ple say there is too much science about
tha rtenartment. I want to tell you that
there has never yet been a time when
science grappled with a problem that It
did not solve tnat prooiem mat ia
what the department of agriculture will
do with the boll weevil."
He was an early arrival and tpent the
greater part ot tne aay in tnt meeting.
NOTES OF GATHERING.
Lots of Pleasant Little Incidents
Punctuated the Day.
An Invitation from the eresldent of the
Houston Cotton Exchange to the delegates
to the Farmers' Co-operative congress was
read before tne morning session.
Last night assembly hall wat appro-
priately decorated to receive the visitors.
The cotton samples were arranged on
the chairman'! table and t targe stg.i
bearing tha name "Dr. 8 A. Knapp"
with letters made ot cotton and pasted on
a blajjk background decorated the wall
above the chairman s teat.
Major Grlnnan of Terrell read a lengthy
testimonial from tht people of his onuntv
Indorsing the work of the United Stales
agricultural department and especially tlvi
efforts of Dr. 8. A. Knapp. The testi-
monial was signed by seventy-five men-
farmers bankers merchants attorneys
in tact oy men m au wains in lice.
The Misses Eva Whitley ot Palestine
and Decker of this. city. In oharga of the
roils atenograpners in ur. Knapp s ortlco
took stenographic reports of the Brocaoil-
Ings. tvhlle Mrs. Crosby chief clerk in the
office ana the Misses Irene White nr.
countant and Irene Kennehew of C'orsi-
cana stenographer were Interested list-
eners In the audience. These ladles have
taken a very active interest in the work
of the department and their asslstim.-o
to Dr. Knapp and Prof Curtis has been
incaiouiaoie.
Henderson county delegation: E. II.
Hayes Algle Bass. Oeorge T Williams.
Dallas county: Major M. C. Glenn.
Kaufman county: Colonel E. H. H
Green president of tht Texat Midland ;
u. Mcitey general -peawenger- agent
the Midland and Walter C. Porter and
Major Qrlnnan. prominent planters
McLenan county; Tom O. Plunkett.
Hon. EuftetU' Williams W. CKeeblc ISnra
T. Keebie. w. t. jtucker i u gulcksall.
James tvenaricK ana nenry iiewis.
SHERIFFS' DEPARTMENT.
Taken up by J. Sautter 16U Prairie
avenue one sorrel horse 15 hands high
both hind feet white biased Jaw.
Strayed or stolen from H. L. Robert-
son 1518 Alamo street one fawn col-
ored Jersey cow 1 year old white mar
In forehead branded HL (connected)
on loft hip; hud on muszle; suitable re-
ward. Stolen from A. B. Jaokson Peep.
watfr Texas two brown mare mules
or 10 years old 14 hands high branded
X with half circle over It on left shoul-
der; had on chain harness; 3 reward.
A. R. Anderson Sheriff.
Burglary Is Charged.
i Lewis Evans a whlto - boy about It
years of sgs was arretted yesterday
morning at 11 o'clock on t charge of
burglary. lit gave the required bond
to Justice of the Peace Matthews end
waa released . until his examining trial
which la set for Monday morning Oo-
Advicoto thoAgcd.
Age brings Inflrmltfea such tlut
. fish bowels weak kidney t and husoV
I TORPID LlVUt.
htvt a specific effect tm these onrtaa
ttbnuletlng the bowels causing them
to perform their natural ruiKtkiaa at)
la youth aod
IMPOifG VIGOR
to tht kidneys. Madder and LIVER.
Tbcy art adapted to ok aod young.
toner 34. Evsn Is charged with unlaw-
fully taking some carpenter tool be-
longing to Carpenter Trimmer from a
house In the Fifth ward tinder construc-
tion for Commissioner Hlldebrand ami
upon which Trimmer was working.
"A GIRL FROM DIXIE1
Tuneful Opera Well Played Mat
Inee arid Night Large Crowd
Greeted 'Favorit Company
"A Girl from Dixit" pleased large a-
dlcncca at . the Houston .theater yesterday
afternoon and last lv -A Ulri from
Dixie" Is a musical comedy with eomo-
thlng ot a plot whlcii la rather a rare
avis with thia kind ot production. Tht
cast presenting the comedy was practical
ly the same as that seen Inst season with
the exception of a chaugM In lite titular
role. Miss Gnnevtve Day replacing Miss
tieains Bronte ana ntting tne rsuuirou
moots- nf-rhe part quite" as acceptably.
miss nay nas a very gooa voice wnn-u
elm uses pleasingly and a very express! v
and pretty face and hor Impersonation ot
Kitty .Calvary wat a thoroughly pleasing
one. Miss Julia Brink and Miss Olga May
played their roles with sprightly nttriu;-
tlvenoss and won favor with the audience.
The honors among the men of tht cast
easily fell to Mr. D. I Don. As Lllilwlf
Regenborgen Kitty's bibulous step-father
his work wat Inimitable Local theater-'
goers are familiar with Mr Don't stylo
as he hits lwn seen here often and
flayed the part ot Ludwlg last season
le Is unctously funny at all times .in I
particularly scored with his piano Imita-
tion In the second tot. He hat Introduced
a new turn this season which found favor
with the audience. Mr. Thomas Keogh
another Houston favorite. Is hardly wnll
cast In the role of Squire Tamarack. He
has not enough to do. Mr Keogh It an
exceptionally good comedian and can be
depended to play any role well but It la to
bo regretted he has not a more congenial
role. Clifford Leigh as the fortune hunt-
ing BrltlBh lord was most acceptable. Tht
ensemble work wat commendable and the
scenlo environment adequate.
The muslo of the opera which hat betri
contributed by various composers la
pleasing and tuneful the moat popular
aongs being "Ive In An Orchard" (J0k
Randolph) "Lovers' A. B C . (Ned
Brandon) "The Dissipated Kitten" (Kitty
and chorus) "The Sunflower and the Sun"
(Bess Jackson) "When the Moon Comet
Over1 the Hill" (Kitty and chorus) "Bub-
bles" (Ned Brandon) "Happy Days In
Dixie" (Kilty Randolph and Marl
Louise). '
The house will be dark tonight; and to-
morrow night Mr. Lester Ixinergan will
present George Bernard Shaw's much
talked of comedy "Candida." This play
cornea with the Indorsement of the .effata
East and the strenuous West both New
York and San Francisco putting the
stamp of approval On It and expectation
l. kii nmonst theater habitues.
The audience enjoyed the comfort ot
tht new leather seats which added very
mate-rtsllv t the pleasure and. Interest ot
tbe performance. Only those Who have
endured the discomfort of Jtbp temporary.
cane chairs can appreciate just what a
relief the placing f the -new ehalrt It to
the theater devotee.
"CANDIDA'S" SUCCESS.
The Show Was Much Appreci-
ated at Beaumont
(Houston Fost Special.) y '; "
Beaumont Texas October 19. "Can-
dida" produced at tht Kyle theater to-
night held a large tnd most fathionablt
audlenot completely absorbed and In-
tensely Interested tor over two hour.
After seeing this comedy It can he easily
understood why New York coined tht
word "Candldamanla. ' The cast headed
by Lester Lonergan proved an excep-
tionally strong one.
Empire Theater Tonight.
"Roanoke" the beautiful ' Southern
drama. Is the play that It being featured
at the Empire theater by the Wilson-
Waterman stock company Raymond
Whltaker as Joe Peyton fills the post In
hit usual pleasing way. Mist Effle llext
as Roanoke Peyton the blind girl Is sure
to win aympathy from all and playt the
Sart suprebly. Frederick Lorraine aa Bse-
lah Morae renders the part to a finish
as usual. He Is the mean man. Miss
Hettle Bernard Chase as Aunt Dina with
her banjo selections fills her role without
a flaw. Specialties by Cain and Cain P.
R. Dr-vls Lee Van Nort and the picture
man are features wlthki themselves and
you should not miss them. The usual
popular Saturday matinee will be given
and "Roanoke" will seen every night
thlt week.
FOR THE N0-TSU-0H
Members of Association Urged to
Attend Meeting at Business
League Tonight.
The members of tht No-Tsu-Oh asso-
ciation will hold tn Important meeting
tonight In the rooms of the Houston
Business League
Matters ot special Imporlance to all
Interested in the success of the groat
fall festival will be presented to the
members at this meeting and It Is urged
that a representative attendance be on
hand to discuss and settle these mut-
ters. Tht dlrectorg have been working faith-
fully for tome weeks now nlonntng for
Houston's greatest carnival and now it
Is desired that the membership assemble
and post upon these plans and projected
arrangements. The meeting will open
promptly at I o'clock.
- . . . Aged Man Missing.--
Please JoaK. PHI tot aged man about
70 years of age five feet high gray beard
gray mustache; left home yesterday
morning. He Is wearing a dark blue coat
dark gray pants and soft black felt hut.
Owing to Infirmities he may not recollect
his address. Phone any Information re-
garding him to 1423 old phone.
Women should
not wonder at
tbelr falling
health n long
as they con-
tinue tu suffer
from monthly
Irreg ulai- II lea
The Bitters It
the best rem-
edy In such
cases. It al-
ways cures
Backache
Vomiting
Knlntlng
Spells.
Sleeplessness. -Indigestion
or
Dyspepsia.
Try on bottle.
i nit sb ins
s. ss4ss jss4Sims mK0m&HKfm40m mss 4ga .
1ALKIEY
I
8
Unusually good values of new
able merchandise. Prices made pcc:'.j!2
by our unexcelled buying facilities.
8
New Fall Waists
A beautiful assortment ot the moat pronounced ttylet
In an tlroott andleta assortment. Tht valueg art de-
cidedly tha beat you hive seen thia tetsun.
h Flannel Waists
Of standard flannels pretty pleated and tucked moo-
els in all eolort. - Exceptional Ttuet ' OC2a
at 91.25. All tliea U3C
New Waists at $1.25
Made ot excellent grade of twilled flannel. In pretty
" pleated yoke effdrt in all colon and..' at QfJ
tinea; an excellent !.00 value I tfcsitj
Stylish Waists at $1.98
- - - : Exceptional tS.09 Value. - -
' Those are made -ot beautiful Qualltlet of botany flan-
' nelavaud light broadcloths la prettily htmntltchea
"and pleated-models and are exceptional ff
' $3.00 values; all color and aliei ...... I C!
b
$2.50 and $3.00 and $3.50
Ladies Sweaters $1.98
A number of pretty ttylet In these Jaunty serviceable
garments in band crochet affectt with high sweater
or roll collars; all colors including black and white.
Value ranging from $2.50 to $$.60 will be sold to-
day and a long a they last . QQ
95c Sale of Petticoats
Worth $1.80 and $1.75.
Full cut and well mad petticoats ot black' satine
with wide double and triple flannel flounce trimmed
with gathered and accordion pleated ruffles; gradea
telling regularly at $1.60 and $U(; AC.
special eel JC
Warm Comfortable Bedding for
the Cold (Nights Now at Hand
$1.75 Comfortables $1.25
Good gride Comfortables alt quilted fllltd with
pure eltsn cotton full 10-4 slit J a aplendia
$1.78 value our apeclal 1 OfS
plot I aaCaJ
$1.50 Blankets $1.00
Extra grad Cotton Blankttt thick and toft
pure white with colored bordtrt nlotly tapto)
edgtt worth fully $1.80; J ff
our tpttltl prloe pair ............ I aW
-" $7.50 Wool Blankets $4.95
Aft pure woor "California Blankets with" wide
silk ttped tdgtt pretty colored borders full
11-4 tlit and big value at $7.80; Jt OC
our tptcltl prlct a pair Just ...aw W
!
Handsome Souveni
Next SUNDA TS POST in addition to its many speck!
features will contain a handsome portrait of v ; .
Alton B.
(THIS beautiful piect of art toork in fib colors is borthy of a froths and a
place in sbery Democratic home in Texas and The Tost is glad to be
able to present this picture shobing the home group to its thousands of
readers bithout charge. j j j jt j
Don't fall to
GIFTS FOR THE LIBRARY
Carnegie Institution Is" trie Re-
cipient of Still Further Valu-
able Additions.
The Houston Cnrnrgle library ttss again
become the recipient of valuable bene-
fnctlims having this Week received two
Important gifts In the way of additions
to the library. Mr. E. Raphael hut place)
ninety volumes on law and Irga! proced-
ure In tbe stock room of the Institution
for use of patrons tnd the Current Lit-
enilure club has presented tht library
with a shelf of tht latest fiction.
Both gltta are valuable additions to
the stock of Houston's rapidly Increasing
library and will bt appreciated by nil
of lis patrons. Ten days ago The fust
r'-ported the gift ot some valuable ntwa-
mipnr lla to this Institution mtd com-
mented upon the significance which the
pone I jiubllo would attach to the In-
terest thus manifested by public men In
the affairs of the library Tht recogni-
tion of the- library's work by those who
bavt given to Itt Increase It sincerely
Women's Co els cl C5.C J
Worth $8.50
Thia la tbe beat coat value we have ever ofAi 1
They are mad ot beat grade of kerseys In tan can-
tor black navy and brown to pretty late donhio
breasted butcher effect; piped with velvet ar l sr-i
. liberal I8 60 gradet; all attea; f 1 p "
apeclal v.. t'w -
' a----.--.'--.--.- ...
Women's Cods ct C7.C 3
Tha Regular $10.00 Oradea.
Full aattn lined butcher coat of best grafla kerer yr
pretty double breasted tt rapped back d-'-. m!
or collarleee effect; In tan or castor; p - t
an .exceptional $10.00 coat m aw ...
An Immense Sa!e cf
Corsets ct 2Cc
at 85c
Worth Wo 76e and $1.00
Thousands of them In every desired length and tt- .
long abort medium and girdle" effects full dot - .
perfect fitting. cortett tn pink blue drab and ah :
Big table piled high with them and worth 60c 7.:
and $100. Your choice and as many " -a
you want at t w v.
Children's bodies ICc
Children's strong serviceable Outing Bodies but"; s
. securely fastened; the uaual I0o l
grades at I V.
Babies'
Crochet Sacques 4Sc
Babies' pretty Crochet Sacquet of silk and wool; c -
ora pink blue and
at T6o and vvc;
a pair
Parker and
have your Deafer save you a copy of SUNDAY'S POST
If you are not a regular subscriber.
appreciated by the librarian and trustee!
of the Institution.
The law books comprising the collec-
tion placed In the library by Mr Raphael
are important additions to the rapidly In-
erenslns reference- llbnwjPi- Wltfc the ex
oeption ot the few sernl-legal volumoa
Included In fUe government reports and
statistics these are the only law books
In the wilding.
The current fiction unllertlon the rift
of the Current Utem-are clu'i s con-
sidered most valuable sift bff-Mvse of
the many culls which nave come In lor
reoent fiction which t:.t llbratian wst
unnble to fill - Ion fomm wis
the most Important r the new novel-.
and within a day or ao liey will bo cata-
logued tnd available to all botnw'it.
AUTO CLUB RUN.
Some Splendid Sport It Booked
. for Toniftht.
The regular run of tht Auto olub will
take place tonight leaving the club at
7: sharp til being Invited tnd expected.
Thf run will bra gama of "follow tht
leader" over a route of some thirteen
mllct to a point beyond tha "poor farm"
known at the "Fork! Of tht Treek."
where a epcelal lot of musicians will give
plenty of good old-time dunce music.
The autns will each carry lunch and a
family spread will be enjoyed by all on
end cz:
K
white; grades selling rpguu
specially priced
Warm Gloves and Shawls
for Comfort
; $1.00 Wool Cloves 39c
Ladles' and Children' warm knitted and cro-
chtttd Wool Gloves extra heavy weights or
fin pureet wool good assortment at desirable
colore aapeolally tulttd for driving g'ovtt ano
eoheet weir full $1X10 values; aw r
...... ..V w w
$3.50 Wool and Silk Shawls $2.53
Ilk and Wool hawls of purest wool and silk
In broad aatortmtnt of style and color. There
art lead wool lamb's wool Shetland float and
vsrloue kind of tllk shawl; thtra are atjutra
oblong and circular or oapa shawls ellk lace
dgta and deep fringe; they are 0 " r
xotlltnt $3.80 values for ....UiuV
It
Family
tht banks of tb lakt at the forks of t-
creek. .- -; -
The route Is a pretty one and tht r
over an open prairie road. No dust t
plenty of moonlight.
Captain Surkett wanta til to eame i
time and a good ttart will bt madu
time
AV-""-!. Ji in iiiii ii -f:
Firemen Made Kim. .
A burning trash pile In the Rem.
ward last night oenuUoned the fir "
partment a lively run. Tht fire result-
n no damage. s
Stat ot Ohio City of Toledo Ss.
L.ucaa Comity. '
Frank J Cheney makes oath that he t
senior partner of the firm of r J. Chw
at Co. doing business In the City ot j
ledo. County and .cHala aforesaid
that mid firm will pr the sum of o.
HUNDRED DOLLAK3 (or each 11
every case of Catarrh that can not
cured by tht use of Hull's Caturrh i
FRANK J. CUV. v "
Sworn to before me and tubsenh a
my preeenct this tth dy DecernO.
&eal.) A. W
Notary I "
Hill's Catarrh Cure Is tnKen Int. r
and acta directly on the blond s-m .
eous surfaces of tht system. . b-.-tni
testimonials free.
F. J. CI" VFT CO. T
Bold bv all -". !.!.
Tk Hall's t t l ' '
tlon.
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