Abilene Semi-Weekly Reporter (Newspaper) - November 5, 1912, Abilene, Texas VOL XXXI TEXAS 5 1912 UKi MILL BElliO Kit IIV Ml POST AT Founder Is Planning 1 Ise all Cut tun in Section in Cloth for Markets of the World A citizen of Abilene lias just re turned a visit to Post City Texas and when seen by a re porter for this paper and question ed concerning the resources of that city had the following to say Post Texas formerly Post City is i town of about twelve hundred in situated on the niau Cutoff of the Santa Fe railway It is the county seat of Garza County mid is thu central supplying point for i larso farming and ranching retail trade territory Among its retail business pursuits are numbered dry Kouds and clothing houses grocery stores hardware stores etc a first class steam laundry cotton gin etc Ninety per cent of its citizenship arc dependent upon the the city C Post of for their living Post City wa founded by C W Post about fiv years ago It is situated about fiv miles from lie foot of the Cap Roc on the West on an almost level roll ins prairie The site of Post City included in land purchased by Mr Iust from the Llano Cattle Company ami oilier private individuals abou KIX years ago his original purchase being acres of in one sol ill body in Lynn and Counties and has recently purchased something like SOooo acres County upon which he is planning to another city along the lines of Pus City Post City is supplied with abun pure well water piped from the IIKI of the Cap five miles dis tunt on the West The water is fur by wells being pumped b thirty windmills into a million gallon storage reservoir thence by gravity into the city The water extend all over the entire city and each house no matter how small is supplied with abundant pure fresh water A fire plug is located on ev ery corner throughout the city and a modern fire department responds to of fire the founding of the city Mr organized and incorporated the Double IT Company a corporation funned for the purpose of develop ment work This company has in charge the interests of Mr Post in that entire country and lias its ces in a modern uptodate office buil ding situated one block Northwest of the Santa Fe depot the building being supplied with sewerage connections steam heat hot and cold water etc The company is governed by four each in charge of a separate department and all com posing what te known as the Board of Managers for that company Mr Post has spent over two mil lion dollars including the original purchase money in development work at this place He is now spending southing over a million and a half dollars in the erection and equipment of a modern uptodate cotton mill and power plant which will furnish steady employment the year round to over five hundred people The cotton mill will bo operated with electricity furnished from the mammoth power plant which will also furnish power for numerous other enterprises now under consideration The main buil ding warehouses bleaching and dye rooms power house etc occupy something like ten acres of ground and nre of unit concrete construc tion fireproof throughout In the main building almost the entire walls are of leaded glass construction hereby giving abundant light in the of u much larger mill to low grade cotton into overalls etc as under the present situation th mill will be unable to handlo any thing but high grade cotton and it it Mr Posts to create a loca market and demand for ALL COT raised in Hint section of th country In fact to insure the pur chase by him of all cotton raised in that immediate trade territory this for every hale of cotton that In bus now on hand he has paid from an eighth to a quarter of a over the market at the time of its pur chase In connection with this col on mill has under construc ion something over fifty new bunga of from three to six each supplied with water sewerage con lection and lighted with electricity hese houses or bungalows are of ho most modern and uptodate con traction and arc to be rented and old to the employees of the mill at rentals or cost of construc ion added to the price of lie lot trip of inspection through this mill ven in its present state of construc on two OF AT XI YET Remarks Will Un til Mexico Is Absolutely Whereupon Officer Says Will Prepare fur 0 P ADVISED O VOTE FOB K O O Ry Associated Press OYSTER HAY N Y Nov 4 Theodore Roosevelt to day charged that Republican leaders advise their followers to vote for Wilson if they did not feel they could support Taft Mr Roosevelt the bosses great concern is to beat the Progressives 0 mill in lie day time and at night tiie is lighted by electricity This mill will be completed and ready for operation about March first 1913 contemplating which the manage ment has purchased and now have stored in warehouses in Post City something like fifteen hundred bales of cotton u is estimated that the present mill will consume something like three thousand bales of cotton per year and the supply now on hand together with what will be purchased during the remainder of he season will supply the mill until the market ing of another crop This mill will manufacture nothing but cotton gra ded middling and above which will be made into bed Kneeling This sheeting will come from the mill cut Into the proper sixes hemstitched blenched folded and each wrapped in ils separate wrapping ready for the It is hoped that this mill can supply the Texas market with lied sheeting At a smoker given Thurs last to the visiting Fort Worth Mr Willard liur ton in response to an address by Mr Post stated that be hoped that he wond privilege of placing he first order for the finished prn dupf with the mill Mr Post has now under contemplation he construction From Mondays Daily G B and Gco L Paxton returned this morning in an bile from Snyder where they went Sunday morning to see Guy Paxton son of the former who has been quite ill at his home in Snyder since last Wednesday at which time he was stricken with congestion of the lungs and liver and for a time it seemed that his life was drawing to a close 0 H Bursar of Simmons College when seen this afternoon at one oclock reported his son rested well last night and he left him in an to The Reporter KL Tex Nov army depot in charge of a captain was opened in El Paso Saturday The depot was created f the exclusive purpose of supplies to the American troops c duty guarding the Mexican and from the nature of tho shipmen received army officers believe lira the War Department officials are n calculating on diminishing the bordi ward for many months A big warehouse has been rente and sixteen carloads of supplies nr now being unloaded including carloads of horseshoes The larg of this shipment of horseshoes he particular thing that leads o th that the border guard will b maintained for a long time Wood and His Colonel When General Leonard Wood the army on the border last wee aid the army would remain on th Border until Afexico was absolute quiet one of his colonels in com mand of a regiment retorted Then General I will make arrangement for my burial in the El Paso ceme WILL MEET IV THIS CITY ON iXl HOLD IXm SCALP WOlM IX AVT ACCIDENT NOT WITH IS Bodyguard of Governor Ex by Physician Who is As founded at Bullet Holes in For mcr Hungers condition this morning though yet quite weak from his at tack For four hours said Mr this afternoon my son was I old lifeless and unconscious and it seemed that bis time had come but i am thankful to say that we now consider his condition very hopeful Mrs G B Paxton remained at the of her son and will be with lim until all possible danger is pass ed and gone The Reporter rejoices with the many or the family in the improved of tho young man and hop es that he may recover very rapidly now and soon be himself again According to the scientific spa of life I have only about more years to live AXY carl Forester Is in Sherman Jail Charged with Intent to Kill for Sheriff Jy Associated Press SHERMAN Tex Nov 4 Pearl in jail here charged with assault with intent to kill Lee Sim democratic nominee for sheriff Saturday night denies that she knows of the shooting Physicians say that Simmons con is favorable but ounds are dangerous that his DAMAGE TO of There was of There was tin Toy Crop of f rom Mondays Daily EW Pollock one of the pioneers f the Shep country wus here this and reported that they had ad three frosts and freezes and all was killed but he said there ras practically no top crop of cot on and hence no damage to that sta ile This is unusual at this time of ear after late rains FAILED TO MAIL IT Tried Mail HI Letter in Fire Alarm and Drought out Firemen Sunday night at about oclock fire alarm was turned in at the cor or of North 3rd and Pine street and ae fire department made a hasty run o find that a greener had tried to a letter in the fire alarm box and turned in the alarm Me food his ground and frankly admitted e thought the thing was a mail box It Is First Monday rom Mondays Daily This is first Monday in Abilene and le number of horse traders in the ty also number of horses for trade re greater than usual as cotton pick g is about completed and thoughts fanners have turned o trading here is a jam on the jockey yard id the horses exhibited are in million than usual and trading is isk Closes Tonight NEWARK N J Nov close his campaign in New Jer tonight with speeches at Passaic nd Patterson Pictures Free Tho Reporter will furnish the c moving pictures free Tuesday ight along with the latest election The will he furnished by the Towel Theatre and have never been shown in them Abilene Come and FIGHT AT LISBON PORTUGAL Nov civilians and two policemen were killed a dozen wounded and eighty arrested as a result of a riot caused by a fight between two enraged citi zens by jealousy who met in the street Saturday A regiment of infantry and troop of cavalry were out before the disorder was A wealthy merchant recently mar ried while walking one one of the principal streets met an unsuccess ful suitor for his Hot words passed followed by blows and revolvers were drawn Meanwhile friends of the two men had come up and a battle ensued The Governor sent the whole police force to Uie battlefield but the two parties joined forces and routed the police leaving two killed and six wounded The troops were then called out MUST DEAL Germany and Australia Will Not Join in Intervention Without Request Coming Directly from One of Belligerents LONDON Nov Balkan na tions and Greece are still persistent in their determination that Turkey must arrange directly with them for terms without any intervention of the European powers Xot Join in Intervention Associated Press BERLIN Nov and Australia will not join in intervention n the Balkan war without a request coming directly from one of the belli gerents CALLED OX SAD Abilene Lady Summoned to the Bed side of her Brother Seriously III From Mondays Daily Mrs Bacon wife or f W of the Woolen Grocery Co left Sun day on number 4 T P train for Nashville Ark where she was called by a telegram informing her of the very serious illness of her brother Wm at that place The message stated that tree was not expected to live There were no details of the sail af fair The many friends of the family hope it may not be so serious Irwin Improving Mrs Irwin is still improving This the word brought back from the Baptist Sanitarium Pallas this morning by Mr T W Irwin who has lieen at the bedside of hi wife since lier surgical operation two weeks ago Mr Irwin says Mrs Irwin will be able o return home now in about en days Advance will to Arrive Tomorrow Afternoon and About 850 or 400 Expected to lie hi Kemly From Mondays Daily Everything is now in readiness for the Annual meeting of the Northwest Texas Conference Methodist church South which is to convene in this city Wednesday November 6th The new pews have been placed in he St Paul Methodist church ng and the completion of the interior f that structure as well as the ir is announced homes for all the delegates and visitors who will be pre ent have been secured and the local churches have held their quarterly and their stewards an lounce everything is up In fine shape nd each of the congregations of the ity will come up with a fine report of lie years work Fine Reports are Rev Comer M Woodward pastor of he St Paul Methodist church and his are very of the record hat church rns Hie past yean The Sunday school contributions lone fool up 1100 Womans Mission ry Society has raised confer nce collections have been paid In ill also pastors salary and in addi to this the sum of has een subscribed and collected for im on the church Equally as proud are Rev A W iall and his stewards of the record of le First church which has added sev new members increased the unday school to 300 made improve of and collected monies or all purposes The Oak street Methodist church Iso makes a gratifying report its pastor Rev A Lee Boyd nd at every one of the quarterly cou of the city churches strong were adopted ry of the work of Presiding Elder S Barnes Both Brother Barnes as presiding der and Brother Woodward as pas r have been here four will ot be for return to this city nd the entire citizenship Of Abilene ill regret to lose them from our idst Pastor A W Hall of the First church has only been here le year and will in all likelihood be turned as he has given entire satis as pastor and preacher Dr Charles M Bishop president of e Southwestern University George wn and Dr C dean of that of learning are expected tonight Addresses will be delivered by Dr sbop and Dr Cody in which the Press N 1 Nov In iry received by Governor Woodrow Wilson in the auto accident here early Sunday morning is only a seal wound and will not interfere wit his engagements Capf McDonald Injured Slightly Captain McDonald a formi Texas ranger and bodyguard cf Wil sou who was also slightly hurt wa examined this morning for injuries but none were found Who flic physician examined Silent he was astounded at the number o bullet holes in McDonalds body whiel testify to his early days in Texas A friend remarked that if McDon ald went in swimming he had si much lead in him sink WOMAN ADMITS POISONING Mrs Pans Tells Los Thai She Tnu Women LOS Cai Nov into the police station afternoon Mrs Lesh aged 2 years surrendered herself to of the detective bureau an confessed to killing two women li Missouri several years ago by giving hem The women Airs Lesh said she pois were Mrs Elizabeth lance at Ridge Mo in 1904 ind Mrs Coe at Mo in She said that she gave her the in two capsules while was sick Picl Free Tho Reporter will furnish the pub ic free Tuesday Ight aUn the latest election fiws The pictures will be furnished y Ilia Jewel Theatre and have never een shown in Abilene Come and njoy them Change in Place Instead of being at the residence oi rt Donnells 1342 North Third St be box tor lhat precinct wil e at the vacant house on Beech street immediately north of Col H L residence which latter place s located at North Second street Remember the voting is lot far from the Cort Dounell home eds of the Southwestern University 111 be presented The Northwest Texas Conference sumes its prorata of the appropria on for the maintenance of the institution This year a total of is re The public service of conference ill be Tuesday night when Rev C N erguson of Plainview will preach at Paul and everybody is cordially to attend The first service of the real con rence will be on Wednesday morn g when that organization will con ne for its regular business The production of rattan in the phil pines is being fostered by the gov SHOT TODAY LOW By Press VERKON Tex Nov man named Turner who was shot Saturday night north of Harroll by Constable George died today Another man is expected to die in a short time The details of the trouble are not known in this city Tuesday night The Reporter will the people of this section the election news as fast as it can be gathered and sent out over the world by flashing the bulletins on canvass across the street in front of The Re porter building Everybody has a cor dial invitation to come and read the latest news as it conies in and enjoy the motion pictures North Second street will be closed from Cypress to Pine and vehicles will not be allowed to pass in order that no chances may be taken insetting people hurt from accidents Come out and enjoy reading the election news DATA FOK OCTOBER October Weather Milder Than Usual for This Month for the Past Twentyeight Years The weather report of the local bu reau just issued shows that the wea ther for October Just closing was milder than usual for the past twenty eight years The the past twenty eight years has been 94 whereas this year il is 91 and the minimum here has been thirty whereas this it is 40 showing a much milder type of weather There have been fifteen clear days and sixteen cloudy and pari cloudy days during month Rainfall 121 Greatest precipita tion in 24 hours 47 of an inch HILL UK ix n nt C W Taylor Whose Appears as Elector fur Election Officers From Mondays Daily Mrs Hill wife of rhos J Hill ma operator for the Reporter lef on the T r last night to Greenville in response to a telephone message informing her of the death o W P Latimer the husband of Mrs Hills sister by a fall from a telephone ost between Greenville and Mr Latimer formerly was ed with the independent Telephone Company of this city for a short while and leaves a wife and one child mother and sister and a brother Mun LaUmer who has been a resident of Nubia Taylor county for seventeen ears Mr Latimer wnile doing some line work full from a post anil broke his neck dying instantly His remains were conveyed to tome at Greenville where they will lie this afternoon Mr was an industrious highly esteemed young man who made many friends during the Wo ent people in this city rind all of whom will learn of his sad death with deep regrets The Reporter tenders deepest sym pathy to the bereaved family and rel Sunday afternoon at five oclock he residence of the brides parents VIr and Mrs J P Carr Mr W T Campbell of Baird and Miss Meda Carr were united in the holy bonds of matrimony Rev W E Harrison pastor of the Central Presbyterian church officiating The bride is the popular daughter of Mr and Mrs J P Carr while the groom is a rising young railroad man of Baird being connected with the T P railroad Earned After Candidates WASHINGTON Nov J II Kyler of Denison Texas wired Prcs dcnt Taft today that she has born to her William Howard Taft Theodore Roosevelt and Wood row Wilson Kyler A telegram was sent to the parents F S Supreme Court Adjourns By Associated Press WASHINGTON Nov Court adjourned today Su J W Whatley Sr and 1 W What y Jr father and brother of Mrs have been in the cily several days and will leave home al Greensboro Ala By Thomas H Popplewell Pastor Sermon for morning discourse Humiliation of Christ In the evening a sacred concert by lembers of the church and outside alent It is the purpose and repu ation of this church to its members and friends ith good sacred music These ser ices are also free and you are wei ome Mrs Clyde Higgins of Clyde will isit witi he parents Rev and Mrs over Sunday and assist program at the First Christian Sunday morning Prof an artist on the vio n and a recent musical addition to ur city will assist the orchestra and ive special selections on the violin unday evening at the First Christ 1 church Our revival will begin November 3 1912 The pastor will be assisted Y V 1 Bowles and wife of Spur a evangelist and personal wor er Rev W H a returned for ign missionary at present our dis rict evangelist and a young man rom Ponca City Okla E J Errett Ters Mr Mere nas had considerable experience in the C E society work as well as church work nn general and will be of service to Rev in his personal work Mr Pearn will have full charge of all personal work Mr Bowles the music and the pastor will do the preaching We are greatly in need of this meeting and covet the assistance and prayers of all good people You are also invited to begin now to prepare for the spe cial services and fail not to miss a single service and enjoy it as well as be blessed Our people have just closed their National convention at Louisville Ivy It was a great convention Four thousand people registered About teu thousand attended the meeting The Christian church now numbers 1500000 communicants It had 100 000 members before the death of Alexander now rank fourth among the Protestant bodies of AngloSaxon races in America In 1910 the phenominal growth was SO 759 As an evangelistic body tisy rank the first Our next National convention will be at Toronto Canada Official church Board will meet to morrow afternoon at 2 oclock Jj rom Mondays Daily Tomorrow is election day throu the United States one of the iost noted campaigns in the history the Union is drawing to a close and everybody take a pride and a pleasure in going out and cast ing his vote on this momentous elec tion occasion Texas may lose one electoral vote by a change in the el ectors for the 11th District where C W Taylor was nominated for state senator and disqualified and Joe Bid son substituted therefor but it came too late to have the change on the of he various counties and will have to scratch the name of C W Taylor and write the name of loe Kidson in Instead il they want Woodrow Wilson to have the nil voie of Texas in the electoral col lege Four Boxes In Abilene There will be four voting boxes in Abilene just like there was in the Democratic primaries the division ines being exactly the same as then All voters living South of the T i P railroad and East of Sycamore street will vote at the court house hose living South of tho T P and West of Sycamore street will vote at he City Hall on South First street On the North Side those living North S the T P railroad and East of street will vote at the Fire Station and those living West of Hic tery street will vote at the vacant building on Beech street Just north of Col Election Officers Court W Anderson pre siding Z D Hailey asst Fire W Roberts pre siding and Thos Buck asst City T Tarpley presiding ind M C Lambeth asst Beech Donnel presid ng and Will Stith asst Buffalo H Denver P O and Wilbur Tripp asst B Elliott F O and T Ripley asst Stein P 0 and B il Dye asst Lattimer P 0 and V I Gogburn asst J Stallings P 0 and S Allen asst R Keeling P 0 and S Edenborough asst H Cosper p p and C Hurt asst S Hancock P 0 and loyd P 0 and Jack Cotton asst W Nichols P 0 and W Abbott asst W Hammond P and Brewster F Jones Jr P 0 and Harry Drummond asst f Jones p 0 and W asst B Britton P 0 and If White asst L Morris P 0 and P Casland asst K Fuller P 0 and W Wade asst D Hylton P 0 nd W E Beasley asst J Hinds P 0 and T Reece asst P Shotwell P 0 and D Mcllroy asst B Cool P 0 and Jess atterson asst Rogers School Tost P and G W Burton asst Adams P 0 and F Coons asst TAXPAYERS VERY SLOW The Reporter will furnish the pub lic moving pictures free Tuesday night along with the latest election news The pictures will be furnished by the Jewel Theatre anil linve never been shown in Abilene Come enjoy them at Citizens Have Paid Their Poll or oilier Taxes so for This Year Tax Collector Baylor Crawford says ie usual condition prevails in his of ce but few paying their poll or r taxes A scattering half dozen or so at ach voting box is about the sum to of results so far this year but it is expected that business will pick up after the election Tuesday At the City Tax collectors office no payments have been made for the rea son that Collector Balch does not yet know what the tax will be on account of the delay in closing up the deals on bond matters now pending He expects however that that mat ter will be wound un in a few days and the books will bo open for pay ments Palace Opens WACO Tex Nov Cotton Palace today The weather was ideal Governor Colquitt was present nt the opening
