The Flatonia Argus. (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 2, 1904 Page: 1 of 4
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VOL. XXIX.
FLATONIA. TEXAS. THURSDAY. JUNK 2. 1904.
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JOS. HEI,I,3N, A. O. P. A.
r, 'T3E3C.A.S.
Oil Burning Locomotives—
T J. ANDERSON, O. P. A.
3*0 raTOr
ANOTHER BOLL WEEVIL DESTROYER.1 TEXAS HAS A WEEVIL ANNIHILATOR.
Oklahoma to the Front With a Bug That Will Cut
Their Throats and Suck the Blood.
It Is a Little Red Ant, But It Puts Mr. Boll Weevil
Out of Commission in Short Order.
BUY THE
aos
INDIGESTION
SEWING MACHINE
Do not be deceived by tho-e who mi-
verttse a $t>0.00 Hew invc Mm-litno for I
$20.00. Title kind of a machine enn
be bought from user any of our
dealers from $1-5.00 to $1S,00.
W( MANS A VANICTV.
THE NEW HOME IS THE BEST.
The Feed determine* the strength or
weakness of Hewing Machine*. The
Doublet Food combined with oilier
strong points make* the IVew Home 1
the best Hewing Machine to buy.
Writ! for CIRCULARS HSksS
m uuimifaoluriiiiud price* before purr busing
THE REV HONE IEVINE MACHINE CO.
ORANQC. MAMS. t!
»UnionHq. X. Y., Chloogo, 111., Atlanta, Ga.,
tit. M«lKo., Delias,Tex., Hnn Francisco, <hU
roil mace my
CATARRH
Ely’s Cream Balm
This Ram-ody Is a Specific,
Sure to Cive Satisfaction.
OlVgg RII IKF AT OMOB.
It cleanse*, soothe*. he.il*. *u<l nroteeta the
Jiee.iMvJ niembnute. It cures Catarrh and
drive* nwnv a Cold in tli • He cl quickly.
Restores tfi* Sen*er. of Ta*ta *nd Smell.
Buy to me. ('outrun.-* no iujnrion* drugs.
Applied into the nostrils *nd ubeorlied.
Large Size, 60 eeuta at Druggists or by
(Util; Trial Sues, 10 ueat-t by mail. 4
B.Y BROTHERS, 56 Wtrrtn St., Ntw f ark
“I wm troubled with atom -
ooh trouble. Thedfnrd'n BI»ok-
Draught did me more good
in on* work than *11 the dor
tor’» medicine I took in a
yoMr.”— MRS. 8 A It A II E.
HUIRFIELD. KIlrtUVilK Uil.
ThwlfortJ ’i Black Draught
quickly invigorates tin* ac-
tion of the stomach and
cures even chronic carps of
imligeittion. If you will
fake a small doqt* of Thed-
• ford's Hl.uk Draught occa-
sionally you will kt*op your
httunach and liver in per
feet condition.
THEDFORD'J
LAffi-DRAUdHT
More aicknaa. n caused hy
constipation than liy any
other disease. Tbedford's
Black-Draught not only re-
lieves constipation but cures
diurrhiun and dysentery and
keeps tlie laurels regular.
All druggist. Bell
‘iX-eaat packages.
“Thedford't Black-
Draught is the best medi-
cine to regulate the bowels
I have erer used.' MRS.
A. M. GRANT, Sneads
Ferry, N. C.
consTiMTion
Iloutihrn, T»*U9. .V1ay SO. An luaoct
hich 11 ia ho Moved, will pray upon
ip boll woov 11 has 1/een dlaoovored iu
klahoma It wax diHCOvered by a
an by tho namo of William Howard,
ho live* near Chandler. Accompany*
ir 1 ho In ha* ot, t \\ <> of which he sent to
i S. \ Kuipp. in the ntatomeiit that
ha • tieci: und« v ihe observance of the
*opl*» up then* for yearn and that It
rcya upon all other Intecta, 'hugs,
ra-Hlioppetv. crickoii. and ©veil
c rma It cut* tbeir throats. they nay,
ml sucks the blood. They claim that
.t does not forage on plant growth, but
ppcars to be « anibalifttic in all lt-« ten-
enetcM. j
It is a Mack bug about the al/.o of a
mint, n.iil and has throe while stripe*!
iugton, end stare* that from what he
has been able to learn of the hug. he
expects that Homcthlog will develop
from It. Tilts I* one of the things the
doctor had reference to a few days
ago when he Htated that hie depart
meitl believed that a way of combat-
ting the weevli had been discovered
He has other (hlugs In view also.
Prof. W. I). Hunter, who ha* charge
of the entomological work in this state,
utul who I* conducting a laboratory at
Victoria in connection with directing
the movement* of the expert* on the
thirteen boll weevil experimental iarm*
In the state, was In the city Saturday
morning en route front San Antonio- to
Victoria. He was *eou -by a pres* rep-
resentative and asked for Information
Bait Antonio. Texas. May .11.—Bexar
county posse**! * au ant that has the
Gnat aim: la weevil eating variety Iteat-
en to a standstill, with the advantages
• tf being right 011 the spot now and in'
• lire weevil In hi* fields. The tows
•re strewn with dead weevils, which
the >bu*y little red ants arc carrying
away by the thousands Mr Cassiano
says a close Inspection failed to shoxr
need of no transplanting. They are in' a single live weevil on a cotton plant
the held by tbe million and waging aj anywhere else In his fields. The snU
relentless war upon the weevil. 'lMtit.iaro on the plant* and in the rows tie-
down it- back. Tho doctor has no name concerning tho Central American ant
for it, saying that he never saw any-| that the department hopes to accom-
thlng like it befi re. The young ladle* plish great results from. He stutod
In his office have named It the "pop! that while ho hsd ho official notifies-
eyed Inis,” owing to the fact that the; tlpn of the discovery, tie learned that
head resembles that of » grasshopper.
Ti e bug i* lively anil voracious, and
there was a 200-word mensage awaiting
him at Victoria, and he supposed the
has an armored back. Atli-t having' message h.ul reference to the ant. He
brut kept in a tin box for about forty-1 knew nothing of it save what he Had 1
chain, hours, one of them died, hut Sat.; read, though he was not surprised that
unlay the other appeared to be lively j tho' agricultural department had found
enough.
Dr. Kmtpp sent it to l’rof. Howard of
the department of entomology at Wu-lt-
little red utit t* rooting the. boll weevil
in Bexar county. According to reports
from the country It will nol b« necessa
rv to send to (inuiaiiiala to rid Bexar
county fields of tbo cotton pent, and It
mav be fust tltd* county can furnish all
the ants necessary to eradicate the
weevils all over Texas.
Joic Cassiano, ex-county collector,
who has several hundred acres of cot-jtho fields,
ton in this county, i* the bearer of tbe
g(*xt tidings concerning tbe work of
the ant. Mr. Caeslatio* fields less than
a month ago were alive with weevil
and he looked forward to discouraging
prospects of losing the greater part of
•his cotton through the ravages of the
insects. Now tie ways that there Is not
tween In countless thousands They
seem to have completed the slaughter
of the weevils and srs uow engaged In
carrying the corpses away, probably
to bo stored for food
Mr. Cassiano say* that even tho
roads In the vicinity of his ranches
are lined with ants marching in col-
umns bearing the dead weevils from
OoWge Cantaloup* Crop,
nodge, Tex., May 27,.-The canta-
loupe crop appears to be very prooa-
lsliig at the present time. This la tha
first crop of thin kind the farmers of
this section havo raised, amt much la-
te rest is manifested
Alvin Cabbage Crop.
Alvin. Tex , May 27.—Mr. W. Davis,
the largest cabbage grower of thhi aoc-
Hon. shipped a carload of extra quality
cabbage, harvested from his own patch
There I* nearly a carload of expreaa
shipment* per day. Cabbage has proved
a good paying crop here this year.
Big Jasaamlne Crop.
Alvin Tox . May 25.—The grand Bora
Jessamine crop thi* season exceeds any
prexiou* year. The foliage is perfect
• nd bud* very large. The output thlo
season is fur beyond any former year.
It Is a great source of revenue to tho
enterprising truck grower, and if prop,
erly managed will conlinun to increase.
The importance of this discovery M
the cotton grower* of Bexar county
an<l probably to the whole state of
Texas is Inestimable.
If the anls that have cleaned Mr. [
Cassiano'* ft,-Ids can be Introduced in- Luce t00.. North 1-aredo
to all the cotton Hold* of the state, ft 1 __L ___
moans a gain of million* of dollars to
Investigating Onion Culture.
t.aredo, Tux.. May 26.—A party ol
thlite-u capital!*!* front Missouri and
Kansas arrived this evening and at
the farmers of the state.
A TRAGIC SUICIDE.
some tiling in Central
men had been making
there for years.
A morion, for
investigations
A PEACEFUL DEATH.
I Senator M. S Quay Died at Hts Home
on Saturday.
H aver. I’a.: Mathew Stanley Quay.
I senior senator from IVunaylyadla, died
| peacefully Saturday afternoon of
I chronic gastritis. The funeral service
will be held Tuesday, May ;U, anil tho
body will be burled in Beaver ceme-
tery.
Senator Quay's indi*|*;4llton began
■ bout a year a go. tt was a recurrence
of the trouble tlun 'beset bint during warship Hatsuso, sunk a transport
the latter port of 1900 and the early or al1(| utterly f illed to cripple tho
da vs of January. 1901, vvhcn-lte was tut. Mikado's navy
deigning the strain of a campaign for. They won several trilling detached
ri election to the senate. Never aj fights on land, due principally to the
What the Japs Have Done.
New York: The Japanese havo sunk
or disabled fully Iwo-third* of the Uu»-
*Utn tleet. They have beaten the Rus-
sian* buck from the Y vlit almost to
their Interior base. Mukden.
They have cut the Russian line be-
hind l’ort Arthur and driven in the first
defense*. I’ort Arthur now remains
•loomed. With the fall will rnme the
end of Russia's power In Manchuria.
The Russian* have *unk or disabled
several torpedo boats
A number of physician- were invine-j
I dlately summoned atnl at once ex- j
j pressed the opinion that the wound j
j was necessarily fatal.
No cause can he assigned fur Ihe act |
by the members of Mr. McLaive's fam-
ily. Since .he fire of la*l February ha
R. M. McLane, Mayor of Baltimore,
Sends Bullet Through Temple.
^Baltimore. Mil : Mayor Robert M.
Mcl.aae of this city shot and killed
himself in a bed roimt at'his borne
hi re Monday. His bride of two weoktj hai, k,}|H a,Hi,,uoualj. al worlt' afi.
was at the time asleep in an adjoining
room and was awakened by the dis-
charge of the revolver, which McLane
ministering the affairs of the city, be-
sides endeavoring to direct tbe rehab-
ilitation and rebuilding of the burned
evidently used while standing tvetoro tll-trlct Tllil) t0ge,|ier wit], crlti-
prowess of the Cossacks
They have made the Japanese pay
dearly in human life for their vtctrle*.
80 YEARS’
’ EXPERIENCE
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Deatons
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onirkly .iBoerMiln «>ur optuimi fr«« wh«th«r iui
t iTRiiMon ib probAblf nftoniablR. rornniunirik-
tlotMstrictljrontkIentifU. Handbook on pMt«nU
•ent. fro*. Oldest mwiticj tor Mcamifr petenU.
taken throukh Munn ft «'o. ruoelse
iprcUU not tot, wit bont chAnre. In the
SdfHtifif JHserkan.
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L>aiMta New York
t r gt_ Washington. D-C.
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Brazil and Peru are threatening to
go to war. They-should be spunked
Funny misprint In Ihe Boston Trttn-
*crlpt~"Klnd Kdward" for the king of
Kngland.
The assertion that Joseph Cham
barlain I* enjoying poor health is cet
talnlv untrue.
After all, are wc really ready to
bear patlcptly with the "is it hot
I'ltimgit tor war boro?
Mr. W. K. Vamlerhllt, Jr., has sold
all his racing autoimildles. Did tip.
; life insurance folk* protest?
Taxes are to be Increased in Eng
laud, mo that the royal family may
I not huv - to discharge any of It* help
Jlte sword I* mightier than the pen
In the far East. At least, the cone
Spiindent* are not able to get to tin
front.
strong u.r.tt physically. Senator Quay
prided himself on hts endu-anee and
believed i.tat outdoor life would re-
xtefe health -o him. It wa* thought
that look him to the Mattie woods for
several successive summers.
Philadelphia, Pa : New- of the
death of Bi-natr Quay spri-ad rapidly,
and expressions of regret wi re heard
on all cldcs. Mayor Weaver ordered jll"* f,>rth tlm was f0,'0*''< »l>
the t: i.ts 011 all municipal building* at
the mirror of the dressing case.
Tho bullet entered the right temple
and crushing through the head escap-
ed in the rear of ihe '.eft car.
Mrs. Mi Lam- and other members of
the household rushed to the mayor'*
assistance, but he did not regain con-
and destroyed | adousness after he fell to the flood
and he expired within an hour
Dreyfus Affair Again.
Paris:. The ministry of war ha*
caused the arrest of an officer who 1*
understood to have been
with the Dreyfus affair. The officer,! the grounds of the
who Is held In close confinement In Two families, Including
the fortress of Mount Valerie, is said] daughter* of each, and three
clams of his political opponent*, are
thought by many to have caused a
temporary aberration i»f like mind.
Coroner Benjamin F. Hayden signed
a certificate giving suicide as U10
cause of death, and the remain* were
turned over to an undertaking estab-
lishment to Ire prepared for burial.
wheei- »,,ty will spend tnine :;mi> In
thorough'v invest lasting onion culturo
It. is under:mod tho purpose of th?Ii
visit I* lo engage in irrigation trucll
fv.Vrg 01. a Isgruv scale in *his ns*
«>x.
Shipment From Columbus.
Columbus, Tex , May 26. -A. mixed
car of potatoes and onion* wa* today
shipped fro.11 this plate to Bt. Lonla
by George Gegenworth, the ,-ame har-
ing been purchased by bint trom tha
Truck Growers' Association Another
lipnn-nr I* expected to be made ifit
bout two weeks.
Can Not Get Enough Potatoes.
Smlthvtlle. Tex., May 25.—Tito Truck
Growers' Association loaded another
car of Irish potatoes Tuesday, whlchi
was sold as soon as loaded, a buyer
claims h<- can not got enough pot*.
toes to fill Ills contracts, as it septus
tbe dents.-ul s greater than the supply.
There is *ome scxrclty lu labor here
to market the crop.
First Car of Tomatoes
Houston. Tex., May 28. -“The
first
tlal at Rennes in ordt r to secure
conviction of Dreyfus. Ail of the in
I*
A Proclamation.
Tokio: General Oku, commanding
tho Japanese army now Investing Port
Vrtltur, has issubd a proclamation to
the people of IJao Tung l'eniitsula set- j formation concerning -the o.tlcer
I withheld.
pen I to arm* on account of the unlaw-
ful aggression of Russia In China and
Korea. The proclamation declare* that
is fighting for the
! half must.
Mayor Weaver auul:
"Mr. Quav's careur ha* been remark- th* *™iy
able. Hts election to office after office] of J11-ati,'e' Protection to
' by the people of Pennsylvania and his
I term of public service for half a centtt-
i ry speaks very much -longer than
] words of his standing with the oeopln
1 of thi- .rommbnweallh."
Quality of Cotton.
Washington: lit a report issued by
Ihe department of agriculture, Herbert
J. Weis her, the physiologist in charge
of tho plant breeding laboratory, esti-
persons and pro|ierty, and noninterfer-
ence with orderly citizens. It promises
ample remuneration for all houses and
food supplies requisitioned and warns
tho people to refrain from assisting the
Russians ufider penalty of severe pun*
lchment.
Draped In Mourning.
Harrisburg, Pa.: Guv. Peuuybacker
has left for 'Heaver to attend the fatter
mates tbit the production of long ata-N Henator Quay. The governor on
Put Heads Under Wheels
Sour Lake-, Texas: At Nome Mon-
day morning an unknown demented
white man thrust his head tinder the
New York teachers find they are al
liberty to marry. Nothing further is
needed beyond the desire and thv
chance.
As the Russian ambassador will go
to Bar Harbor this summer, the Japa-
nese minister wilt probably go some
whore else. •
pie upland cotton In the United States
in I9tt;; reached nearly 105,000 hale*,
and sues the growing of this variety of
cotton can lx>st meet the demand for
long staple line spinning cotton. Their
production, the report says, I* capable
of almost unMmlted extension, and w ith
the different varieties now known, all
ranges of length of staple trom one and
one-tourth to one and ttvc-etghtha Inch-
es can bn provided. The report says
that, they probably are (belter adapted
to cultivation in tliia country than any
of the son Islands or Egyptian kinds
Va
Any one who had taken the trouble
to lay tip a good navy for a rainy day
doubtless could sell It to llussiit at an
advanced price..
Give a man a need catalogue and 11
woman a fashion chart, and they will
solve Bin problem of what to tJo with
their surplus cash
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General Ma has been very, quint
during the past week or two. Per
haps he has succeeded lu finding a
man tinder the bed.
Killed by Hit Wlft.
daikon. Texas: Graham Jones was
hot and killed Sunday ev.ralng about
7 o'clock by Cfcra Jones, It la wife Five
shots were fired, all taking effect, four
in the hack, passing through his body,
i*ud one In the wrist. Any one of the
shot* In the back would have been fa-
tal. Jealousy I* said to have been tho
ausc. Jones wa* born In Mount Pleas-
ant. but canto here with his wife from
Greenville.
Jersey applejack Is said lo prevent
hydrophobia and cause "sncJves." The
economic and moral slat as of the
fluid Is thus Open to debate
Nothing has ever equalled it.
Nothing can ever surpasa it
Shreveport Orownlng.
Shreveport. I.a.: While trying to
reach a jug floating In the river, the i-
ymr-old daughter of Louis Schools fell
Into Red rlvur hore and wa. drowned.
Her ij-year-old Lfother tried to catch
his sister, anl himself wa* saved from
drew ulng by a young playmate. The
body has not yet been recovered
Two Batson Quahara.
But*CD. Texas: Navllia brought in
a splendid well Saturday night on the
Paraffloe tblrty-acro tract. Five thou-
sand barrels a day la a conservative as-
tlrnate. Wing 1J esiue in Sunday even-
ing. floodlit* ih« adjacent territory It
is at least a it.dotHharrel producer.
Monday will preside at tho Memorial
Day exercises at Gettysburg. The
state buildings have been draped iu
mourning for a period of thirty days
out of respect to cienotor Quay
Will Break Record.
McKinney, Texas Considerable
smooth head wheat has already been
■mt and Is In the shock, It ripen* from
» week to ten day* earlier than ih#
bearded variety. In several ye.:is past
Collin county has harvested record
(breaking wheat crops, but this year,
both in acreage and yield, she promise*
to surpass all previous crop*.
Proposition to China.
-London: The Tien Twin corravpond-
ent of the Dally Express aays that Paul
Lesser, the Russian minister, Informed
Prince China that Russia will finally
evacuate New Chaug, provided China
grants a concession lor a railway from
Kalgan across Chinese Mongolia to
Klakhca. thirty ntilce from T.ake Bai-
kal. or that RussJu will evacuate Man-
churia outright If China loss-e* the 111
tirr't. ry to Rmc-la
NegroeJ Did Battle.
Corsicana. Texas: Parties In from
Eureka report tv bloody battle there on
connected! Sunday by two families of negroes on
1 tho ground* of the colored church. ; __
* . car of tomatoes this season out of th#
vL’Ii-Pd anil
] State of Texas for a Northern mar-
.....""" "' ’ ’ .......... ~ th0 kef left Lufkin on outline today. They
Vside, engaged in a fight lu which rax- Br„ finfi frui, M t aT)ll ^
sums of money during the court mar-] or* and knives were used. None of j ,amp)(.a 3 rrat,- of them" said Mr.
the! them, it Is reported escaped without; o£ the Central-East & Wcat
receiving Injuries, although none °tjRailvVilj We have s. nt Stanley Wat.
them were fatally hurt. One of tho] ,on 1|p ,(J , „lUu to ml,„.rvi*e the ahlp.
women Is reportml t« have been slash- p(n(? o{ l)lltl crt>1, take lt al,
ed twenty-three time*. AU the war , arollml tlle farrr^r ha» i„.en well treat-
rior.* were arrested. J ed and is going to reap substantial ra»
-------| suits from his labor.''
A Dead Man’s Mind. ] ___________
El Paso, Texas: Alfredo Chavez, a
truck* of the engine pulling the Sour] member of an engineering corps, en-
Lake train, lie was Instantly killed in i gaged In surveying in the Urea dU* j tato cr°P
the presence ot several parlies, who trtet of Sonora, reports an Important
were so awestruck at the man's act gold discovery made In a peculiar
that they could not prevent him front; manner. While working on a hillside
carrying Out hi* purpose. The act Chavei found an abandoned mine, and
was committed immediately In front j hear It were the charred remains of a
of the Nome depot, instead of tlu^ tent and prospector's outfit and pot^
head being severed It was horribly! tlous of a skeleton Chavez pre-empt-
mangled, not a recognizable feature ed the claim and took samples of the
living left. ■ g°M therefrom, which proved to bo
very rich. It is the prevailing opluion
that the former owner and bis outfit
Bell County Potatoes
Belton, Tex., May 23 —The Irish p»
In tlilJ part of the jRmuty I*
large. The yleSJ wa* much Imtter then
wa* expected. *N. H. Rather, a truck
farmer living near here, brought to th*
Belton Journal office an ordinary po-
tato vine which had yielded forty-nfk#
potatoes. Many of the potatoes wer*
extra larg and the average for all wag
good.
Territorial Torrent*.
Guthrie. Ok.: Heavy rains’iu Rast-j *9-* destroyed by a forest tire
ere Oklahoma and the Indian Territo-
ry have greatly Interrupted traltir. Oft;
Ihe Foil Smith and Western Kn it road,
between Spark* and Baden, three
miles of track went out. There aru
small washouts tm the other toads
Second Georgk III.
Catiton, Miss.: John Sharp Wil-
liams. minority Bader, in opening the;
campaign In Mississippi, outlines the!
| policy of the party, and dubs Roose-
velt. a second George 111.
*
Shook Hands With Engineer,
Washington: President Roosevelt
and party returned to Washington
from Gettysburg at 8:20 o'clock Mon
day night The run front the battle
field to the capital was without Inci-
dent of auy kind. On arriving at the
station tbe president shook hands
with the engineer, as is hts custom.
Petroleum Experts.
(Hake: The oil firms here have sign-
ed au agreement regarding the export
of petroleum.
Inspect Baltic Fleet.
St. Petersburg: Emperor Nicholas
will make another Inspection this
week of tbe ship* of the Baltic fleet
now under construction at Cron-stadt
The guns forming the batteries of the
battleships Sioutl Veliky and Navarlt
Rain In MHta County.
UoldthwsUe, Texas: Partial sht w- .
1 r* have fallen in this county for three j have been Installed.
days, ad .Saturday iiighi a more gen- ] ---- -
oral rain t-auie. Three quarters of an! A Chinese Report.
Inch fell here, and It '-imo In time to 1 (the Foo: From Chinese uourctw tt
he of much he lit to hay cropa and corn. |g |txarn(.,| that the Russian* have four
The proaperl* for a good yield are .
flnt, lines between Nan -dhau and Port Ar
' thur.
Asleep on Track.
Ansi in, Texas: Peter Dohl. aged
about 40 years, was run over and kill
ed by a Houston and Texas Central
train Monday. He waa asleep on the
track, tie was a bridge laborer for
the Katy, now building Into Auatin.
and was supposed to bn returning to
work when ha laid down and went to
sleep.
American naval oranges are retailed
tn Bordeaux, France, at 4 centa each.
Chinese Assist Japanese.
Cho Foo: A Pltsewo correspondent |
writes that the Chinese are assisting
tha Japanese In every way and that the
Chunchua and other bandits are regu-
larly enlisted In the Japanese army.
Purchased Oats.
Cameron, Texas: Mr. A. N. Green
returned Saturday from Falls county,
where he bought 5,000 bushels of oats.
He reports having paid one nan $1,600
for a crop raised on ninety aaroi of
tend.
Thomaaton Truck Shipments.
Thomaston, iv> Witt Co.. Tex.. May
27.—One line car of onions was ship-
ped from here la«t Wednesday and an-
other «111 lie .-hipped today. The ship-
ment of melon* by tbo carload will
commence about the 16th of next
month, anil the melon crop hore prom*
Ise* to lie a good one now. All rropa
are real good tuid in a fine slate o|
cultivation /
First Car of Melons y
Houston, Tox.. May 28.—W. A. Hein
Brazos Republican Committee.
Bryan. Texas: 'D. it. Ballard, chair
man, has ix*iied a call for a meeting fjnr<lt. traveling passenger agent of thd
Centre 1-Ha at A West Texas, returnsB
of Ihe republican executive committee
of Brazos county to bo hold at tho
court house In Bryau at 1 p. m. June
4 th
Against Port Arthur.
Mukden: As fir a* can l»e judged
from the grouping of the enemy's ________
force* hi* attention l» dlreoted prlncl j Nort), yesterday, and other
pally agalnet Port Arthur It is petal-
ble that part, of the second Japanese
army may be sept thither.
from the southwest coast today.
“I never saw the agricultural and
truck indsstry looking so fine In naR
life, and I have lived In this state «
good many year*. They shipped their
first i-ar of melon* from Hinton tt» tM
carloads
will follow rap:dly."
Advance on Kwan Tien.
Ht. Petersburg- The war offlee has
received Ihe following from Gen. Ku-
ropatkm under yesterday'w date:
"Thi* morning I received a report
stating that tho Japanese advance on
Kwan Tien had begun from 8ai Matsa.
Tho number of the enemy u* nol
known."*
Boy Shot in the Leg.
Gonzales, Texas: Howard Houston
a yottug hoy, was erhot In the leg Sun-
dxy by another boy, Davis, near Oak
Forest. The wound la not serious.
Rice Men Will Fight.
Crowley, Ia.: Tho rice men ere
much exercised over a bill that has
been presented tn the state legislature
by Mr. Tale-of Assumption parish de-
manding the Inspection of all mixed
foods hy chemists to be stationed In
different parts of the state. The rice
■nen claim that several articles ?tf the
bill are unjust in the extreme and are
preparing to make a fight
Out of suffering have emerged the
stepnffget xoele.
Orange Trucker* to Organize.
Orange, Tex., May 23.—A call hag
hecn made for a ireetlhg of farm era
- of th!* county to tic hold next Saturday
I with a view to organising a truck fetr>
mere' association. The soil In thle
j county, respond* well tn the culttem
t Ion of garden crops, but has neve*
! been pushed owing to lack of ready
t *ile for the surplus. Secretary Dieke*
sheet* of the Prof csslye League hoe
! Interested the prndueere »and tt tg
hoped the meeting may reault m pea
manent gottd.
Corpus Truck Shlpmentk.
Corpus Christ!, Tex., May 23.—C*
cunthera are going by express la lofgg
quantities every day. Two cartoadgql
cabbage were shipped lost-week
SO,not) pounds consigned hy.
Perhaps $12 per ton Is tha 4ag
since local supplies affoct «i
kel. Other express shlpmefil
week were *00 boxer cucut
35c; 25 barrel* squash si $t,
I okra at 80c. 10 barrels
j barrel* bqeta At $2.$0 and 10
i ma toes at $0e.
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Blanton, S. C. The Flatonia Argus. (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 2, 1904, newspaper, June 2, 1904; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth988200/m1/1/?rotate=90: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.