Fayette County Record (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 13, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 28, 1910 Page: 2 of 8
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THf COTTON CROP OF TEXAS
NO VALOREM *RATM SHOW A
SLIGHT REVISION DOWNWARD.
Dluffton. Ind.—Forty two pwmsi
war* killed in an luterurbau trodley
wreck between BluStoo and Pert
Wayne about noon Thursday. What
caused- tbe wreck no one seemed to
I know. At leant no one yet haa offer-
ed a clear explanation. At 11: $6, It
the train left on schedule, g regular
i train consisting of one car left Bluff-
ton for Port Wayne. At practically
the same hour n single motor car left
Fort W^yne for Bluff too empty to pt^k
! up a load of passengers to bring beat
< to Fort Wayne tor the county fair at
j Fort Wayne.
Some one made a mistake. At Kings-
laml, eighteen miles south of Fort
Wayne, the cars met. «
Those who were In the accident can
tell little of what actually occurred.
In the extra ear were no passengers.
In the regular local were probably fif-
ty-five or sixty passengers. Of these
A best a* Per Cent ef Counties Heard
From, end All Show Crop
Shortage- - •
apt Rats Paid on Imports It Lid
For Cont Lower Than Under
the Dlngloy Law.
ISojJ, under tbe Dingley law, that tbe
revenues In the last year exceeded
those of 1909 by about $30,000,000 and
Ike average ed valorem rate of duty
paid was only 41.19, as compared with
13.15 under the old law.
The value of the principal dutiable
articles or groups of articles Imported
Cutlet collected and the average ad
valorem rates of duty In l91u as com-
pared With 1909 follows:
Sugar-In 1909, value J93.379.021;
luty paid. 150,362.788. average 60.36
per cont. In 1910, value $101,435,108;
luty paid, J57,024.675; average 56.22
per cent.
Wool and manufactures—In 1909
value. J52.807.241; duty. J33.361.sl7.
•ate 63.18. In 1910, value J70,736.937;
luty, 141,900,693; rate 59.23.
Cotton manufactures In 1919 value
Kl.90l.C62; duty J33.060.402. rate
$8.41; In 1910, value J67.938.8S0, duty
KM?6-'61. rate 56.05.
Fibers and manufactures In 1909
value J50.385.870; duly J1S,438,161,
rate $6.59; In 1910, value $61,440,741.
luty J22.427.670, rate 36.50.
Iron and steel. In 1909, value $21.-
126,690, duty JS.216.063, rate 38; In
1910, value $37,458,288, duty $12,375,-
146, rate 32.96
Silk. In 1909, value $30,486,367, duty
(16,18$,131, rate 53.09; in 1910. value
$33,683,667, duty $17,678,021, rate 53 43. j
Tobacco In 1909. value 327,332.038. I
luty $23,269,458. rate 85.13: In 1910, !
value $30,481,469. duty $26,124,339. ‘
rate 79.14.
Chemicals, in 1909. value $31,817,- i
170. duty $7,360,396, rate 23 13; In 1910
value, $30,934,401, duty $7,246,884, rate
tS.43.
Liquors, In 1909. value $21,856,363,
Inly $15,650,113, rate 71.60. in 1910,
value $23,896,158, duty $17,572,335,
rate 73.54.
Fruits and nuts. In 1909. value $16,-
888.802. duty $6,173,136. rate 36.55; I
In 1910, value $21,223,010. duty $8,-
638,755. rate 39 76.
Lumber, in 1909, value $20,463,941.
luty $2,296,608. ratee 11.22: In 1910.
value $23,768,077, duty $2.0.*,641, rate
$.71. |
All other dutiable imports in 1909. t
value $353,325,002. duty $74,002,256.
rale 29.24; in 1910. value $283,825,852.
duty $77,805,584. rate 27 24
Total dutiable imports, in 1909, i
value $682,265,867. duty $291,377.36", I
rate 43.15; in 1910. value $786,315,237,
duty $326,235,605. rate 41 49
Cherokee County—Cotton crop very
short.
Coke County—Crops are very short; !
won t be more than an average of one!
bale to every seventy-five acres that j
w ere planted.
Coleman County—In some places j
crops age a complete failure; all crops,
short owiug to continued drouth.
Comanche Conuty—Cotton crop will
bp very snort and will soon be picked
out. as it is opening fast
Concho County—On account of the
dry weather the cotton crop will be cut.
short.
Fisher County—Crops are very abort,!
will take forty acres to make one bale
of cotton, and no feed stuff only In
spots.
CJrayson County—Cotton crop very j
short; cut short by the dfy weather In j
early part of season; when rain began i car
the bollworm set in
Grimes County—Boll weevil began
its destructive work early: will make
about t wot birds of a crop.
Guadalupe County—Cotton short and
about all picked out.
Haskell County—Crops very short;
will produce about half as much aa
did last year.
Hill County—The crop will be light
this season; It has been dry and hot;
the plant has shed badly
Jonee County—Hot wind* and dry
weather have caused a very short crop.
Knox County—Cotton la one-fourth
shorter than 1909.
Lynn County—Cotton crop extremely
light
Maverick County—Practically no cot-
ton; dry weather grejt damage to ev-
erything.
Montgomery County— But HttJe cot
ton planted: will make something like
half a bale to the acre
Morris County—Cotton very short
this year; not as good as last.
Nacogdoches County—Cotton season
very late
Newton County—Cotton crop consid-
ered short for this year
Palo Pinto County—The long drouth 1
has cut cotton very short
Robertson County—Cotton crop Is
short.
Runnels County—Many gins will not:
run on account of scarcity of cotton.
Schleicher County—Crops will he
very short. Tbe April planting will J
make about a bale to every twenty j
acres
Tarrant County—Cotton crop very |
Ifyou value Your Health
DRINK
CONDENSED
HAPPENINGS
IN TEXAS
Mary Daugherty, Daniel Debach, J. E.
Swart*. Joaeph Sawyer, John Smith
] and wife, John Keed, Joseph Kdeux.
George Semthursi, Warren Cramer,
Ben Cramer. .-* ",
The Injured: F. A. Parkhurst, Fred
W. Jonee. C. M. Browne. John Kichen-
berger, Margaret Tribolet. Mrs. W. D.
Hurgan, B. T. Cork well.
One heroic act which will stand out
In the annala of tbe wreck la that per-
formed by Conductor Splller of the
Though severely in-
ti ERSEYCREi
t , 1673
i 'WHISKEY,
J. L- Daria, residing In Cleburne, haa
a well that la attracting a good deal
of attentlea. Mr. Davis said that 162
-Visiters were driaklng water from the
well. The water Is said to relieve
stomach and hidney troubles.
A new cotton record was made la
Oalvaeton when receipts of cotton
were 46,677 bales, the largest for one
day In September in the hietory of
thy port. The nearest approach to
this record was made oa Sept. - 87,
*964. when one day s receipts were
WEE/ztr..:
wui*
withoi
What
No mat
try $• ft
contract
W. Q. TAYLOR. Local Agent
• ervr-n, w utu uao da; a Igt nyt# W»1»
46.184 bales.
The estimate of tbe needs ef the
Texas Department of las.ranee and
Risking for the next two fiscal yean J
shown the largest percentage of In-
ereaae yet reported to Controller. Cem-1
mtasloner voo Rosenberg ask* for
$114,$90 for the fiscal year ehdlng
Aug $1. 1912, and for $116,396 for the:
fiscal year ending Aug Jl, 191$. ;
The Civil Service Commianlon an-1
All of the Thirteen Balloons Account,
ed For—Aero Club Will An-
nounce Victors Later.
SIHorSlJ
amount,
cent fliecoi
/331 acr<
orado rive
fence, field
everlasting
buildings.
Bounces that examination* will be 4etd
at Austta. Balias San Antonio. Hous-
ton. Waco. El
Paao. Amarillo (am!
Brownsville on Oct. 12 and 13 for 'me-
chanical draftsmen at $100 to $150 per
month salary for the Panama Canal
service
The Board of Directors of Agricul-
tural and Mechanical Callage of Tex-
as recently established a department
in which highway engineering Is to be
taught, and tbe professor In charge
to Instructed to confer with commit
•loners court good roads clubs, com-
mercial clubs and other organisa
ttoaa eeailas to WIW the htgbewjiys.
graes oti th
* 60 acres ,
LaG range-]
meadow, 1»
wellg with ]
One good
pie iV>nm foi
They gfre you teas read* In bed.
port, work, or egp, when they are
nofiaperfecthealth. Trtealittle
interest in your own pocket book
Road Over Graves of Family.
Orange. Tex—H F. Brock of New-
ton was recently paid the sum of $lut>
by the Frisco Railroad Company,
whose road was built over the graves
of his wife and children The road
was built through the edge of the old
cemetery and at that time there were
a number of grave* that were un-
marked and not until relatives came
to Orange and made an investigation
Waa it known that the railroad passed
over the grave*.
Killed By Street Car.
Fa«t Arthur, Tex.—August Berg, a
Rnkmvlw, wa* hilled Wednesday
r a trolley ear between this city ani
i»drtx*a.kfagontfae*Tar,
SoMby afl druegtate, Brio
Aviator Breaks Hit Spine.
Charles. France. -The aviator Foil
lot was killed Sunday while dfaking
A flight with a passenger. The latter
escaped with blight Injuries Tbe ma
chine had reached a height of nine-
|y feet when a piece of caavaas ripped
out from the wlag. The aeroplane
feU. turning completely over and bury
log the two men under the wreck-
age. Potllot a spine was broken.
Forty Baler Burned.
•mflMtre, Tex.-Tb jrsdsy fir* waa
hoovered In a car of cottor, standing
• 'the tiding at the cos'ot platform,
y heroic effort on the part of the clt-
mu the Same* were d istinguished,
estimated *t about forty hi lie
Peeking Teaae Hemes.
Baa Antonia* Tex.—Home** sharp,
not by the hundreds hot by the thorn
•node. Invaded Boo Antonio Thoraday.
They came from Oregon and Canada
on the Northwest Pennsylvania on the
Northeast ani from all portioaa of the
Central and Western Staton.
v W. F. C.R0SE
Painter and Paper Hai
Ltfnip, Tom
To Bring in Oil Well.
Liberty, Tex.—The Comet Oil Com-
pany 1a balling a well, which they will
bring In this week This w ell will be
n good producer and la located about
hght arte* from Liberty.
Chavs* Drews $104)00.
Milan.—The aviation committee
which has supervision over the aerial
Eight across tbe Alps has awarded
$10,000, half of tbe amount of the
print, to Oeorg* Chaves, the Peruvian
aviator, who was Injured after cover-
teg the moat dangerous part of the
K' Jowney The condition of Chares la
reported satisfactory
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Fayette County Record (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 13, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 28, 1910, newspaper, September 28, 1910; La Grange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth986795/m1/2/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.