The Paducah Post. (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, May 8, 1908 Page: 4 of 10
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AND THE FLOODS CAME
ALL NORTH TEXAS 8UFFERING
FROM GREAT FLOODS.
I Story Pub. Co.)
lay In the river
>ard bound from
A true specimen
was the Juliet,
she was, like her
HOT WORTH STRUCK TURD
Probably Five Hundred Families are
Driven from Homea and the Ma-
tarlal Loaa la near $1,000,000.
Fort Worth, Tex., April 20.—Easier
Sunday proved to be visiting day atl
the many flooded districts about thel
city and thousands of local resideatsi
availed themselves of the opportunity[
to witness the highest' flood stegel
ever reached In Fort Worth by the!
Trinity River. Many of the olderl
residents of the city, who witnessed I
the high waters of 1889 and tic heavy I
rains of the year following, declare!
that at noon yesterday all reoords had!
been surpassed. I
Until the water has receded within I
the regular channels It is almost an I
impossibility to make an estimate ofJ
I he damage Inasmuch as considerable!
railroad business and livestock trans-l
actions have been paralysed as well!
as the ruination of residence -p&p-l
erty in the vicinity of the river to!
" hlch is, to be added the loss of house-1
hold effects and ock. ■ 1
WATERSPd
Streets FloodeJ01*'
x put-
Tw°r .
Cleburne, -p,,* 18
the engineer • .
swamped Santa LT
Tears expressed®
drowned when tl!
from Dallas wonr
a mile north of
Tore ten o'clock
with both legs
°f a carnival
wards of 150 Ds
In the
whol
m Considering that over 500 families
have been rendered homeless andi
that the adjacent land has been rend-
ered temporarily useless for farming
or trade purposes and figuring on the
Jo_the railroads and stock business, I
Hendersi
Church; with
■way, one bridge
threatened; \V i th
guarding the hoUSe!
those driven by wat
greater flood, while
men are scouring
city for anyoim
marooned by the fi
midnight last night
ably the most strenj
of Its history.
The regular train fi
the Santa Fe is due
O’clock at night. Th
varado, having been
that point by the
to The dispatcher's uffic
was then on time,
midnight news was rece|
train was ditched in a w]
a mile north of Ciebur:
gine and baggage
Those missing ar
Fireman Allsup.
The passengers remain
the coaches. A wrecking
sent ont at once on the
(Copyright, by Dal':
The steamer Jul
off San Nicola, ou
Rosario to London.,
of the genus tram
Run for dividends,
crew overworked and starved, for if
the crew had little to eat, and that
bad, the poor old- craft had so little
paint on her sides that great splotches
developed aB if She had a promising
aase of eczema.
Forward of the quarter deck she
was a hungry ship. ?? ice the day she
had steamed out of Cardiff for Las
Palmas the crew hr lived on rank
beef and petrified L rpool pantiles.
At the start three potatoes had been
served to each man daily, and when
the men en masse petitioned for more
the supply had been cut down to two,
one, and finally none.
“Faith,” skid Hennessy, “at home
Father John used to prache from a test'
‘Ask and ye’ll recave,’ but on this
bloody hooker if ye ask ye git les3.“
Of course there were shore days at
Las Palmsis and Rosario, but then,
after the men had filled up with rum,
there was no money left for edibles.
What adjded to the discontent of the
crew was ' that the cabin lived well,
and when they saw and sniffed
chicken i>ie, etc., going aft it made
the beef/ nastier and the biscuit
harder.
At Robario the skipper had bought
tea turkeys for cabin delectation.
They xffeTt: » coop abaft the fiddly
' 'lea
-Tea
| ent damage at »1,000,000, which figure ported ta ihel S
SsfegtV-l locally or at
I mere rainfall
points up the river.
8ummary of
Fort Worth—Three hundred f*mil-F.^,/-^.S-54y.i%vo;*rr‘-l
zAso&s?** *”°r
headql
■When the waterspout
ly before 10 o'clock ten
IOdpGed the streets, and
which hid been vacated
of the advancing water earii Could
B11 If a k
r
/M
some sneaking to the engine room
and carrying portions to those who
could not come. Hennessy, especial-
ly, ate heartily.
“There's plpper and there's salt in
it,” he said, between mouthfuls, “but
the best flavor av all Is glttln' ahead
of the old man.”
The next morning the skipper was
on deck before sunrise and counted
the turkeys. There was a cold wind
blowing and the fowls were huddled
together In a droopy fashion.
Capt. McTavish eyed them a mo
ment, and then cried out to the stew-
ard, loud enough to be heard all over
the ship:
“I’m swindled. These turkeys have
cholery and that's the reason that
dago sold 'em so cheap. Don't cook
any of them, steward; they're deadly
poison. They'll all dee one after an-
ither. I’m sweendled.”
Then he turned fiercely on Hennes-
sy, who was standing under the
bridge.
“Mon!” he cried,” “Are ye sure ye
did na’ eat those turkeys instead of
throwing ’em overboard?"
Hennessy glanced at Clark, who was
peeping from behind a ventilator, and
both looked troubled.
“I troo 'em overboard,” said Hen-
nessy faintly.
"Ye lee!” thundered Captain McTav-
ish, “Ye ate 'em ye parcel of carrion
crow-s and ye’ll be all dead by the
night. I'll have the lives of all of ye
on my head, ye puir greedy souls.”
Then he stalked into the cabin.
“I wonder if he means it?” whis-
pered Clark, looking askance at the
turkeys in the coop.
“I dunno,” replied Hennessy, “but
the burruds certainly look sick."
“Then ye’ve pizened the whole
bloody crew,” cried Clark, savagely.
“ 'Ow could I If the burruds were
sick, bein' they-^ome aboard in the
night time?” growled Hennessy.
“Faith, I fale sick now.”
^e sailors stole alarmed glances at
the droopy fowls and scowled at Hen-
nessy.
Captain McTavish reappeared on
deck, accompanied by the mate, chief
engineer and the steward, the latter
bearing tbe medicine chest.
“All hands aft,” bellowed the mate.
“Eet’s a guid thing I found out
what ye ha’ done,” said the skipper,
addressing the assembled crew. "I
ha’ na’ call to help men that steal
from the sheep, but I'll na’ tak the re
eponslbillty of the lives af all of ye.
Eet's a sair thing to use up all the
medecine on the ship, but I'll na ha
How do the men look to you,
■FARMERS' EDUCATWNUjj
I ADD ■
1 CO OPERATIVE UNION g
PRACTICAL ROAD THOUGHTS.
Why
Not Put the State Convicts to
Building Public Roads?
The American farmer is today con-
fronted with no more serious econom-
ic question than that of good roads.
Everything he touches is affected by
the roads, and all the additional cost
involved In the poorer transportation
facilities must ultimately come out of
the farmers’ pockets. We regret that
the following clipping has come to us
without credit, for it is a very valua-
ble contribution to the good roads lit-
erature of this period and should fur-
nish some rich food for thought to the
members of the Farmers’ Union:
The farmers of Illinois have asso-
ciations looking to the betterment of
highways, but up to date they seem
to have missed the most vital point
in an intelligent agitation.
Convict labor will reduce the initial
cost of good roads a point where
the tax on local communities would
be almost unnoticeable. The State's
co-operation the building of good
roads is es\\ *tf. This co-operation
may take eltlK^ of two forms or both
—cash appropriations or convict labor.
Some progressive Eastern States,
like Massachusetts, co-operate with
county authorities in road building by
liberal cash appropriations. They
stimulate local efforts by meeting the
Initial expense half way. The result
is a system of good roads that shames
less progressive States.
Not until within recent years has
there been an organized attempt to
improve Illinois roads by State super-
vision. Even now the State appro-
priations for this purpose are so small
that the road commission can only
point out evils without remedying
them. The roads of Illinois are a
crowning disgrace to the third State
in the Union. ' »
Farmers shy at the initial cost of
building good roads. Then why do
they not insist that their legislators
shall aid them by the employment of
convict labor? The latter will not in-
crease anybody’s taxes. Bad roads
cost Illinois farmers ?l'ery
As a humanitarian policy, the «-
ployment of convicts at building gooa
roads would mark an advance in sci-
entific criminology. This form of
constructive labor would give convict*
the benefit of sunlight and fresh air
without interfering with necessary cur
tailment of their liberty. Outdoor em-
ployment under strict surveillance U
the ideal of all modern criminologists.
Thus the conditions are ripe lor
starting an agitation that will benefit
every agriculturist in the State an
also solve Borne of the vexing P*°,
lems of prison labor. Every tenners
association should unite in this agl»
tion. The Legislature will respond to
public sentiment.—Ex.
THE BOOK FARMER.
i dee. How
year
l^eaHkHioyTlghHnb
re8.3 DS wbrth of Muskogee, Ok., while Staffonri-
-® the floatiilg^REt uhii^pnes w-ie
will be applied to the payment
idends on preferred stock of the
company, and to
that stack at lOS.H-K V *■>;?\ ■ i. " .* -tflMll
- mentally shot by Alt 0f
was standing beside his young wlfe'e
Eat One of Them Feather
and All.”
p- all for relief.
w«o—Brasos River breaks all ree-
n* Bast Ward school bridge and were to be
creek
smashed and were at sea. At these fowls^j
!B**^OTerflow^nar^A^'w«m [•*•/ in portions. The creek -w glared with concupiscent eyes|
X ---
ling. Traffic hampered. the branches Joining
Buffalo
® Kirby says that hia lumber company
. v. withdrew from the Southwestern Lum-
sacriflced whe . h 1Qft» tv,„
on*
V1' ' , ’* Jber Association In 1902, so that the
Missouri Attorney General’s anti-trust
proceedings against that association,
■PP'T to the Kirby Lumber
‘Ye might as well be contented with - •
t horse and stone biscuit.” laughed
raughout the State—Swollen rtv-f^L^r W“‘ ®"ffal° t r ': rk the donkeyman; “it’s all ye’ll KendaM Ceonty Sheriff Shotfl
property damage is estimated in I r°rk’ 1,1 out of banks, and at mi0dy ship,” growled a man. ff and Ux coll
nlninna I wat reported to h« runtrtiv ,~,;.wkkt ” warned Hennessy; not *-v for fonrtm
nliilons.^^HHHHH
■ Jacinto Survivor.^^^^^
*!•: Alpbonso Steele, prohabiy
iat survivor of the famous battle
a Jacinto, lives three miles westl
■ city. He celebrated the ninety!
mnlversary of his birth
colleetor of Kendall Coun-
I was reported to be rapidly risirWhist,” warned Hennessy; “not aw jor fourteen years, was found shot
.Is feared that Other people wi,Td. If the old man catches a wnia-^ head at the Jail at Boeme Wed-
driven from their homes before r ab°ut the atln' he 11 cut lt 0,1 a tetday moratoc. dying five hours later
ier~" . _ . dthout regatnlng consciousness. Ear-
A Texas Melon
' that morning, aa was his custom,
An'Vessels^lie so in a riverj® to.t»b Wl before breakfast
Weatherford: Two years ilS„ H-re steam at a moment’s notice here Was only pae prisoner_ln_the,
“; '■-sir*2 HE:r:
P to be in good health, dawito them £5^2^51th. ed down from above if *11 was t.,q0 About an hour later Mrs.
pt that it has hWR ■acaaty-two fthemof vJ» ttem an I fnuI and Clarlt’ ***” t*^n5 »°Im «nir sent bar son to the jail He!
[slaw ha took *^*t1bM|teiSSfe|
R---F«M- iU UW IlfUg.
Pbb gave birth to tha Rapubue
Y* —
■b Mm Resigns.
Ip: AunouacemifRl k» ba’.v
I tha general offices tit the
"Pbarfhl
them of very inftrior quality, but save *wer> had hailed back that all
the Med and planted them right and that he could go to ^
^ben the plants were in iii.ium h
poiieaiaed thwo with pollen <<■■/
I Alabama, kwaata had aucceeii, ,i in pro ■lfi|fl|HH!
d<w|b« < WSTdlaed melon wh cap^- m«boy?t. .
MUbe Ant prise at tbe vw.rm'sft
a voice came down the
I hired
Fairl
“*w toal« ailP
kaaeigcr agent o*. I be HqUv ,0*Ua* w*dsm;i ,
■ad Weet Texas]
Attracted the st-
and he
contract with
'pounds of these
for three years
3htet!” It was Henneaay’a voice.
j£for late dinner, Clark, if y*Tl
jWintn’ the cookin’.”
lying on the floor,
giawound in his
A pistol was
silSIl
, -• - A
%
W *r
Ad.
fe
-SUf^
BJXS-r;
It expert of the
’ the Neches
I «d»lnio:i that
i the great-
srritoi'y In
only
er.
bH|
MpU'. who j froH
■mnetc-ma- !,f^W
weeks I ls
out of j
Ikie pneu-^n^g
RTtraces
la Wyattf^?j;J«j
ol ‘
1 , beenl^^^^S
fl-
New]
which I
tionsll
amid I
I alia ye, you Iri^h aas?”
1/ -fk up the tube. ' N*. |
1- vhat two av the tukkeysl
' They were found did I
M . mornin'. The skipper |
fegj / t’rotr thi'm overboard. |
^p'toe bunk and «*'u »te ’em|
itooody beasL” snarled Clark,!
| teke ua tor hu«^ that|
p thinga that die natural?” |
1 disease that fPriM av, me|
%X ■ ' ' ‘-Vwatoh.' They
RKlfwldoot a drop of blood
Hye’U codk tom wa ’ll ate ’em
ft- t 1
Mfc*
| Ctetmed by Death.
t nbary Campbell-Ban-
rPremlpr of the British
$$- "'‘away 'Wednesday
■■h ot his death was
Hmijtbof Sir Henry,
of more than
^^Ktomne as a sur-
bul|etins
^^^9uitlon critical,
^^a and tbe public
‘-.‘.y-Jp announcement
'la last fortnight.
^^Eears old, a res-
•f'i&M for sixty years,
Centrsl.^H
Ion of thel
■ !.y- Palestine I
‘ ‘\.j- ;_-M later toj
declares j
' Jthe Unionl
[with head-1
\miles of 1
. ’."[let to a |
'\.j- !-■ a few I
.‘[atoUl |
on I
mmtr _J
•I la- |
m The train carrying the OkiahomaHBli
■ delegation to Denver will he detoured|1||||
■ so as to allow the delegates to visitM||||
■ Mr. Bryan's home at Lincoln, where^^K
g they will be entertained' by the cele-Siipij
I brated Nebraskan. ■■■
© Three persons were probably cre-Z|||l
■ mated and a fourth was probably fa-^^B
■ tally burned Friday in a fire which|||||1
©destroyed the home of. David Weth-^^B
Herbee at Centerville, a village neari|l®|
■ Corey, Pa.
I Reports from over the Wichita coan-gH||
I try show the damage done by Tuesday IpBi
I night's storm was extensive. The rec-EBl
I idence of George Messner was blown 11111
I from its foundation and other houaeaBM
I damaged. H9H
1 Henry Crockford, a small hoy he-^wg
I tween ten and twelve years of age.Bipi
I was drowned Tuesday morning while p-^}!
I in swimming with two other hoys inj^K
I White Rock Creek beneath the OrxJH
I phans' Home road bridge near Dallas.l^B
4 As the result of deliberations . at 1
the Cabinet session lt waa determinedatam
1 that Secretary Taft should go to PaU-^S
lama. He will sail April 30 on thegH
I cruiser Prairie. A detachment of
irines also will be sent on the-. Prairie. 111111
1 Grata Mole, one of the obtest ntem-^^H
I mors of the Osage tribe of IndiMM. jplll|
■ died of heart failure near Bird CrasK^^H
I northeast of Pawhuskie, Ok. Otate^^^
I Moie was a member 6t the Big HIllBH
I band and resided near Gray Hone.
| In a contested , will case
Sherman, whercid the will. of.ll^^^^S
Mattie Hurd was attached by (he r i
viving husband to!keep valnahtej| - • . -.
j orty willed by his wife to £5
phans’ Home, the defendants A - ‘j
Mr. Smithson, agent ’
as Central Rail'lvayB;^^^^^^^^^S
Comyn, was drowned \i
Leon River W^^M
jmyn Is two miles
re was on hlsB
In some
Henri Boulanger,]
[island, New Y<H
and while In
ed up and
and made
The M.
Sedalia, HO..H
How One May Avoid Book Farming.
Every now and then we find * f**
mer who has a horror of book farmers,
and would not for any consideration
be considered by his neighbor! •
such. We wish to help this fellow, aw»
therefore make a few suggestions:
First, we advise him not to Keep
any hooks for hia farm operating-
Simply go along from year to y* »
taking what you get without taw*™
what it costs you, avoiding all
rate knowledge of what it has cost y
to produce a ton of hay, a btfhBeim
wheat or oats, a pound of pork or new
or butter. Such Information as twa»
dangerous to the man who is fearnu
of being a book farmer.
Don’t take any agricultural papers
They, too, are dangerous, for W7
might set you thinking. They
contaminate your mind with the reow*
of experiment stations or the
ence of farmers. If you read any Ml
riculture paper at all, read one tna
somebody has sent you for nothing**
order to get your trade or your p*W®"
age, or for some other reason. _
able or dishonorable. This will
you much harm, but better not take
any at all. ...
By all means keep away team va
agricultural institutes. Avoid parPCT-
larly any lectures that have the M*»
tinge of science. It Is true that SCI-
ence is only the application of com-
mon sense to farm operations,
that it only teaches how to °°*T
laws of nature; but science
book farming, and, therefore,
thing that has the remotest wP*'
tion with science should be SVOtOS
Keep away from farmers’ institute*.
To further avoid any possible eM* \
ger of becoming a book farmer try w
find fault with the operations Of I°"
neighbors. If your neighbor saw**
the fence has eighty busheto MW* j
this year while you have only WT,
try to explain it in some 1
story m
M Cm ii
try 10 exyuiiu
not be a reflection on
Itice. You might say that ^S -Mte
I was better to begin
Plucky, or that he happened::M>;
just in the right “sign.” Ton Q», *■■-
tjy explain his success without w
f ny credit whatever to flat to !Bjjf
llni book farming. Yon e“Jg|§l|fl
labxin why he raises large MgBBttBE
pairix,
The
to««t bond* for
1 of Mategontit
are twenty-forties, bearingl
Jacob AshoC, a rallroa!-' Ji
shot sad totally wounded! "
at BeBiin. phte, and then ^
I self. It is- said Mrs. AshiiflWm^Sfg
her haafetedi face. The shooT
WWW, |
•' JH^uar
12 years. I
I Trtmm, aged^S
by lightlBl!
^'^standlng at |
VA r|;| rain when I
aged 88 ■
HP story awntogH
■ Galveston 8atuB
jp tnjnriet in teas ^
■ ■
P approved Bmmi
^9 tor paving |
P cent of the^^B
( the work 1
■ frill be!.
pi
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