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VOLUME XXli.
ABILENKrJSXAS TUlS&DAY OCTOBER 21 1919
NUMBER 270
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The Sphinx
-By Morris
PRESIDENT WILSON
DICTATES LETTER TO
INDUSTRIAL MEETING
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PROVINCE
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NKN VORK OpI. 21. A crlMs
In (lie slrllp o fort) lliinissunl
'c York Ltingolinreifiati wns
roncliri; lounj itht'n llrr' (Hicriin-
tiOnnl Mercantile Marine n li felt
b:is fori) ipsp1n fed lip in:t strike
breakers lo work inotiiitf cargoes
mid fhc liumlrcil I'tiHcd States
(mops lipgnn work ut urmj piers
vihprp transports lo and from Ih-
ropp limp hreti held tip.
CENSUS EHUMEBftTDHS
Fl
A. W Sledge. Federal Supervisor ot
llio Census for the 17th Congressional
nistfltt has informed Judge. E. M.
Overshiner that ho is having ronsiuor
alilo trouble securing enumerators for
-Taylor county.
Tlio pny is $8 00 to $IS.00 per day
and tho time Is two week for towns
and cities and throe to four weeks for
Die country distrirtt Blank applica-
tions nifty he secured hy writing to A.
W. Sledga Bfllllnwr Texas. Men or
vomen may apply.
IT POUT OF
EASTA
ILEIE
iClnek Toney was held up and robbed
of fi2 Monday atteHen abgat "
o'clock nenr tho Texas & Pacific tnnk.
In KaBt'Abllono nccordliig to com-
plaints filed in tho court or Justice of
the Peace P. B. Ford Tuosdny morn-
ing. It Is alleged that ft young- white
njnu hold a gun- on tho man wjillo a
negro scorched his pockets. It is aaid
that tho robbers thou boarded a freight
train going East.
It was reported Tuesday morning
that officers at Balrd have arrested
men meeting the description of the
ones wanted hero and Sheriff John
Bond of Ablleno left Tuesday after-
noon to bring thorn to Abllone.
SQDA CLERKS
HfOIINT-
HOI S WEEK
By AfSoHated P.l
KBW YORK Oct. 21 Soda Clerks
or the first grade In Wow York drug
ilnnu lmvn nVftSHtVllul llflmilllllH fOf A
minimum salary of. forty dollar per
w'k while thru gruae uispensorH
want twenty dollars per week Tho.r
demand which were made public to-
day were Included in the lonnral -he-dulo
drawn by Pnltad Oru Clerks
Licensed pharmacists want a minimum
of fifty dollars per week and Junior
pharmacists thirty-five
JUST FOLKS
L
BO IT WELL.
Do It well wbate'er your duty.
Make or it a units "i ui.'
Though the task he mean and humble.
4JO it wen HU " e"""
In your tolling and your playing
If yourself that you're portraying
In the things you're called to do
uairy"iu"B:TW 3vr
Young man Into battle starting.
Heed these simple words at parting!
If you'd rise to fama and glory
If suecass shall be oar sdory
Po your bumble dutias gladly
Dq thorn well and never badly.
Never pause aad waver rast
Until you have dope yaur best-
Let no hedlas method claim ion
Let no finished labor sbaftie you.
Or tha work that leaves your fingers
SasaatkiBg of yaarsalf still lingers.
Fame or akaina are jo imrsuing
TJirttiigh tha tasks which: yu aro doing
By yaar tftll you rtw W:
Da. ft well or not at all!
Ho l wB' whate'er your duty
31bb of U a thing of UBauty.
ghjh not ovarmueh tor plwauros.
Tak.e no pride ia half-way measures.
Sljght no task however humble
Or with greater tasks you'll stumble
Fame and glory shall be won
It you lea a your work well done.
Copywrigbt 1919 by Edgar A. Quest
m IS ROBBED
1
GOES DRY
tBy Associated T'rsstJ
TORANTO Oft. 2lr-tneoinplele
returns fruit jrslrrdu'N flection
lnlfrate Unit Ontario 1'roiiiipp has
goito 'drj' Ijj oirrultplmfug mil-
Jorltj. Throughout; proUnee p-u
peefitllj In (lie rurnl districts pro-
Iiiltltltiu wnP rolled high being
three (o one In some dMriels
TWO SILLED
TWO WOUNDED.
IT HIKER TEX.
Bpoclnl to The Reporter.
RANKER Oct. 20 Curtis Shiner la
ilond. Carl Gallagher is dying and two
ether persons were wounded vj an ear-
ly hour this morning in a gun fight in
a rooming house on I'lnc street. Fonro
"Luko" BnrneB Laon Wilson and "Red"
McCullotigli are being detalnod in con-
nection with tho case.
Tho trouble nroso when the men
flnid to have boon drunk came into the
lodging liotiHO. Two or three woro well
artnod. When tho trouble started
Shiner was acting as penepmnker and
was shot through the head dying In-
stantly. Luke Barnes was shot In the
head hut Is expected to survive.
Carl Oallaghcr was shot through the
nock the bullet ratiKtiiK down throuch
11 body.
An old feud betwoon tho participants
was (ho causes of tho trouble It was
slated.
Count Tcrnnchi Bled .Monday.
TOKIO Oct. 21-.Ffcid Marshal
Count Zolkl TerauchI former projnler
of Japan died here Monday.
FIFTH DISTRICT
IF HI!
S
FQRTHELEAGIJE
Bjr AFiaclulril Vresfll
OKLAHOMA CITY Oct. 2t. Sup-
porter of thq League of Nations today
elslm a clean-cut victory in tho Satur-
day psnnry in which Claude Weaver
received the Democratic nomination
for Congress from the Fifth Oklaho-
ma District
Weaver cenductod an active pro-
Icaguo cninpalgn. Ed Boylos anti-
league ( and date fiu'shed eighth In a
list of nmi candidates.
REVIVAL ST SIT
PAUL GflliriHUES
MTEHEST IS CRRH
A fine audience attended the Mon-
day evening serv'ce at St Paul
Methedibt Church and good interest
was manifested. The choir and aud-
toi.co joined in pinging gospel songs
and there were fervent prayers for
the success of the meeting
The tost was the seventh verse of
th second chapter of Ruth. The le&-
sans drawn "wore on Christian duty
and service The reasons given for
Rutba anfering the harvest field were
thai she had a deep sense of eratitudo
tr Naomi that she saw the need and
th sua could know no peace until
taio went
Tha preacher pointed flutjDIckey formerly worked wJUj the Bil-
that tile went cheerfully and willingly
v orkiHl without criticism of others did
rut sflsk the chluti place and tolled till
tha end of the day.
Sunday afteraeoa in company with
Imlios of tha F.rst Christian Chureh
the ladie U St J'ttul'i made a cnnvafas
f Nc.tu At'tene tak ng a census.
Tm reveals that there are a large
i iult! of ottiplo of both churches
ut fiil&Lti'i with the local congre
jdtlocji. Durins these faarvicea the
vtne aM W4i'.rs et St. Paul's will
tiw to km er Methodwt in their
iljgtr wry hum t with trie chnrch en-
rdy pwr in Snnday sehdol
atirlMa't UCftferent marobershlp aud
Innrltl ji.icavtil In f'hrist?
TotHfet'P?' feubjact of the sermon
iwttl he "Aroused u Deadly Parti
Tb wrvtco aIU sp r ght on and au
are oarnwtlv invited to attend and
enjoy the meeting
iategrauis nviu ituj nuj iuu uij- y.iivu aiuiv-s mu lai-iuncs at iviuiisiuut
gelUtie singer state that railroad tie- was werklng Sunday and that sea-
ups prevented bis arrival for Sunday phuies which bombed the fortress were
Ha will arrive Tuesday night on tha fired oa by anti-aircraft guns. The
Wwbita Valley aud have charge of reported raising of tha white flag at
tho music Wednesday night Kronstadt Friday Is unexplained.
J M i i "i ' i ilJyii.U jii w'nilii ' i 'nmW ' jPLj" ifi a1" ' ' ' ' i"UI
m IS CIVEH
FIVE YEARS IK
PEMITENTIARY
A verdict for five years In tho peni
tentiary was rendered by tho jury In
the cage of the State versus A. B. Bak-nnd
Jr. in Taylor county district court
Monday nfternaon. The charge was
robbery with fire aras. It was alleged
that A. I). Baker in company with an-
other mnn hold up and robbed T. J.
Oalvin of Rnngor taking from him
$1.00.
Judge W R. Chapman who has been
presiding in tho Absence of Judge Har
ry Tom King who Is holding court at
Breckenrldge this week dismissed all
tho Jurors until Thursday.
BRITISH JOrilXA LISTS
WANT WAOi: IXCRKASF.
BIRMINGHAM. ENG. Sept. 25.-The
Journalists Institute which includes In
Hz meniVsrship many al the best
known newspaper workers and maga-
xlno writers In the United Kingdom
has just unanimously passed a resolu-
tion at Its annual meeting hero calling
upon newspaper proprietors to In-
crease saluries 100 percent over tho
salaries ot pre-war days to meet the
Increased cost of living.
TWO CLASSES AR1I ORGANIZE!'
AT V. W. ('. A. MONDAY NIGHT
Two classes for women were organ
ized at the Y. W. C A. hall Monday
night. A class In citizenship for wom
en will be taught by Mrs. Dallas Scar
borough. A class In physical training
will be taught by Mrs. Jesse Hunter.
.There were th'rty members for each
elaas at their organization.
'
Harried at Balrd.
Sunday afternoon Vernon P. Em-
mons of this city and Miss Neda
Diekey of Balrd were married at
Uaird by the Rev. Mr. Adams. Miss
tord Urocery Company of Abilene and
Is popular with the young people of
this city. Mr. Emmons Is a young
man well known to Abilene people.
KRDiTDT WIS
STILL II EL DRY
THE BDLSHEVIKI
I Br AESocUted Pr4sl
LONDON Oct 21. The fortress of
Kronstadt was still in Bolshevik! hands
accordir.c to a disnatch to the Daiiv
Mail from. Terjiokl Finland The dls-
m RPLANEWLL
WHIP SDDVENIB
EDITIONREPORTER
How would you like to take a spin
In tho clouds Lieutenant Townsend
Lieutenant Murray toccther with
their mechanic Arthur Oakley former
ly ot Ablleno nro hero In an airplane
nnd will remain throughout tho bal-
ance of this week. These gentlemen
ex-army aviator instructors will take
passengers for a ride. At other places
which they have visited they have been
kept busy taking passengers for a
"spin In thq clouds"
A souvenir edition of Tho Reportor
will bo published and distributed over
tho county and city from tho airplane.
Tho distribution will be mado ovor
Merkel and over the route to Morkol
also over Tuscola Ovalo Lawn and
tho route there and back. This Is tho
first distribution of a Daily newspaper
ly air plane that has ever been made
la tlil section. Each day that tho dis-
tribution will be made there will o
one papcr'Free ride" ami the ono that
H successful In picking up the "Free
Rido" paper will be given the "Spin In
the CJouds'without paying the regu-
lar passenger fare. Watch out for
your "Souvenir Edition" It may also
Irlng you a f reo ride.
IV AUIPLANK FLIGHT FROjr
IIOIWSLOW TO AUSTIIALIA
IBy Associated Vressl
LONDON. Oct. 3l.-Captain George
Matthews former aailor who turned
aviator left Hounslow today In an ulr-
plane flight to Australia in an effort
to win a ten thousand pound prize of-
fered by the government.
WKATHK1 limiAD
II. 8. PcDiHweit of ArrlfHltnr
For Abilene and vicinity: Tonight
and Wednesday cloudy local showers
cooler to-night.
For East Texas- Tonight and Wed-
nesday cloudy local sholers cooler to-
night except in south east portion. """"
For West Tesas. Tonight cloudy
colder in south portion. Wednesday
fair warmer
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HUaHEPBBTEB
IN RANGER FIELD
Special to The Reporter.
FORT WORTH Tox Oct. 21. Three
more good walls are reported from the
Ranger territory. Ono of which la In
Stephens county. They are the Turner
No. 2 ofitho Albors Oil Co. in the Pleas
ant Grovo district which lias been
drilled in and Is flowing 9500.1mrrols.
Rust No. 9 of tho Sun Co. Is coninlc-
ted and flowing 1200 barrels dally.
Aic-vien io. ot uie sun Co. In .Steph
ens county Is completed nnd flowing
tuu uarrcis.
3iiss i rem: ropkr bh:b at
. CISCO SA'lilHBAY AFTERNOON
CISCO Tex Oct 20 Miss Irene
Roper daughter of Mr. and .Mrs. Eilsha
Ropor died at the residence of her par-
esis In West C!"" e "f"- "--.
urday aftrnoon. Funeral Servlce3
wire held at th0 famllv residence at
five o'clock Sunday. Rev1 S J
Vaughn and Rev. L. N Stiukey con-
ducted the funeral services Burial at
the Cisco cemetery
NEW TEST OF COOPERATIVE
MANAGEMENT IS BEING TIMED
rilvf Asf'x-lfitiil l'rs.i
management by employer and em-
tH. M uuuvi At 1 t?
ntnvaa a in ttn Inn.. w i .1 .... nnn
HJV o v umuhliiuiUM 119 nil otu-
nnmlf tpf hv nno nf tha I . rk5.ll
manufacturing firms here November 1
it tne test la successful it will be ex-1
tended to seventeen other plants. Un-
c- i.o .. ... n ...1 ...!."?
aro women will elect own forewomonaestlc tobaQCOS wl
aim cetauiioii iusir uwu minimum Sian-
dard of production and take over all
matters of shop management
MINE DISASTER CAl'SEB
10 DEATHS IN KNGHNDJaj
t)I?V("li !.'.. .I.. ..I r. at a
mine disafcter at St Just Corn watt ta-V
day sauted abou fi.rty deaths Many
miners were injured
PLANS FOR REVIT
IN ALASKA WERE
-NIPPED IITBUD
fBy Associated I'rew)
PARIS FRANCE Ort Si -Plans for
a revolt In Alsace November 3th were
discovered Jit Strasburg. according to
the Echo De Paris It Is alleged that
the arch conspirator is an engineer
named Koesuler who was arrested with
two accomplices. A search of Koless-
Iers residence revealed a largo num-
her of propaganda pamphlets and tbir- Avessano recently was appointed to re-
ly thousand marks. Ueve hlia.
GEHN
T8 COLONIZE
IXICI TOLO
HNTrilll'IMKi: CONTKlU'l.ATHU It.
KKM'l'ION OF TWO lll'MlltlM'
niursAM) .irmis or land
N IHE STATE OF S
Plan N Ilelii! Floalcd b u Mexico (tj
("niilliillsl AssMcd ly (Jem nil
ituniflii. Ooirruor of
Sluoloit
flly Aiwor1titl Prl
MEXICO CITY Oct 21. -Concrete
osldouco of Genhmi oolonlulon plans
tor Mocn woro sevonleil hero today
with the announarmont of nu tmtcr-
pr:o for frrlgntlng tw" hundred thous-
and nefes Of land in the fertile river
alley Mi Slunlou whpro tbousnnds of
German immigrant expected lo buy
ttuall parcels of land on twenty year
moment plan. Tin corpointlott Is be-
ing floated by loo Meukny Mexico
( ity cap tullst with tho support of
Ci-nernl Ramon Govornor ot Hlnalau
''. "
Rpligcr Altortic) Robhrd
RANGKR Oet. 2i. R. C McCoy at-
torney of this city was robbed of lilt
fcrtiuor trunk containing two sulta
r.r ctothof. ton or fifteen shirts $20
north of linen nnd $75 worth of sjlvor-
wavo nnd also n Hitltcase valued at
'Si) he reported to tho police early
tlilH week. Tho Iohb occurred in tho
Young nddltlrou
'-
OmNESE DRIVEN
OUT OF MEXICO
APPEAL TO 1. 5.
Itiy Associated Pril
WASHINGTON Oct. 21 Approxi-
mately 100 Chinese who bavo bo u
driven from Mexico Into Guatemala
are awaiting tho result of an appeal
made to Washington by the Chinese
govarnment asking th I'nlted Stale?
to assist them In reluming to China.
The Chinese legation hero explulned
their pred'eament t the State depart-
ment which is considering the sugges-
tion that a government vessel he used
to transport them Expulsion of the
Chinese frtm Mexico Is a result of it
campaign in that country against im
migration of its l.itmr?
at . . . a a Jl
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And you'll be interested to
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xiof; tire your taste!
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WASHINGTON MOIRNA I'BATH
OP rtAl4tA .umana.iH"n
wiSHih'GTOX. Oet. 31.-rDlBlomatl
I Washington today mourned the death
rf iumr iaxxi ui . ..
Ambassador to the United State for
41 v vear. Ambassadors deattt occur
red-lata last night as ho waa about to
Lrder o an oratWtt at - aopa
here. Dtellere a attout to close hU
work la the I'aited Stata after hair-
line a number of difficult uuestloas
Loth durlas the war and since Baroa
l By nr latetl Prejnl
WASIUVGTON Oc. 2l-PrrL
dent UIHoti ilotpjfc HltiP's look
prrirtml hand In IH( iiallointl In-
duir!iUt t'oilferi'tin In iftt effort
In ntcrt n brttk (hri4(eiip nl n
restiK of lniili!IIIj of rapllal and
Iitlmr urcttp' io mien n Mt(Itfnc
(or uarreinettt oil Hie i'lillrcllrc
b.irttiilnllii Nmiip In a Irlltr Jo Sec
rrltirj Iitic I luilrii.ni n! (he Con
fcreticp dlclntod frotn Uir lrk
lirIt (hi I'rrx.duit otilHitfil hU
llt'Wi The putifi'U-itci m not
In session liru Lane rccrlc1 (hfi
(tiinmiiulottloii linritir itdjonriied -u'lpr
rt'cehlin Iwh rnolutloni
VrPMtilcil ul Hip viihmI of Hie lit.
hut trrotip. THp .H)rhuis -llii.iticii
in tlt. piiiiiprpu. ii ipyort."l to
Hip ''resident early lodny nflpr n
ro.ifirpnco liplrtpen c Iiulrniiiti
Latip Sicrclarj if Labor Wilson
mid Herunrd Baritclt pli.ilrm.in
public pro up with Secretary
Tumuli).
PRES. WILSON
CAIOT RECEIVE
KING AND OUEEN
THv AMtK'lated PrfeusJ
WASHINGTON. Oct 21. President
Wilson unless hla condition shows de
cided improvement will not bo permit-
ted to accord oven Informal reception
to King .Albert nnd Queen Elizabeth
of Bole turn when they arrive Mommy
according to Rear Admiral Grayson his
physician. Whlto House officials nre
more optimistic ovor Hie Presidents
condition today however.
President Wilson showed no signs
of fatigue thlsmornlng although ho
d!d pot sleep so well laBl n'Ght. nc-ce-rdlwj
to Dr. Grayson's bulletin.. Th
proatrntlc condition remains unclinng-
"wfedr -
-yssMl?
roinr persons killed xsn
SF.VLL'AL INJURED AT y. V.
By Associated PrcwJ
NEW YORK. Oct. 21. Four ncrsona"
were killed and sove'ral Injured when
it Th!ri Avnniin Elevated train crashed
Onto another train at one hundred and
seventy fifth street today
ONE lOlAi
BARREL WELL IN
AT IOWA PARK
Special to Tho Reporter
FORT WORTH Texas 0t. 21.--Reports
received hero state that the
now Kemp-Muver Allen wells six miles
south of Iowa Park which has found
a now sand af 18Q0 feet Is goM for
1000 barrels dally It Is twenty miles
from BurLburnett where oil produc-
tion Is frpm a similar depth and this
very probably Js an entirely new pool.
There is now a great demand for acre-
age In that vicinity and It Is selling
from two to flvo thousand dollarsper
lacre.
M'.W COTTON CROP JIKl'OKT
I im i'tJi'L'ii iifwnuvn M.iii.
Ffiarvrp
in many ne"i Washington. Oct. 21. a new cot-
'IrTt PMM nrrt Tell I fu LieiioI nrttfthat
neiOnafiSlst by the Agricultural Department
fraPTanf Assistant Secretary Harrison tojlay In-
Carolina author recent legislature
calling for another crop estimate for
mm GOUHTY
I BAS BREST CROPS
HOUSES SGAHGE
- i
fepsclaj to The Reporter
1
STAMFORD Tes Oct 20. Al
though real estate in Jones Cohnty s
tlfig tranbferriHl more rapidly than
vr before no inflated Talues in prop
erty have been noticed Many Jones
Country furws are being sold each
week.
Few renters are selling- tttelr eroitt.
Ik one Instancy a crop -ot 60 'sorts ot
loitpii. two maroa and two mules sold
tor -LftBO. The purchaser la such eas
pays the rfoi w.Wck is oae-fourtk.
.ever in the trstory of West Taxaf
has such a cotoa crop boot) produced.
The houslar problem u acuta but
a Bttwfer of promiBent property owa-
Ts will build kouswf suituWUi for
sale OJf Mat TWa will gTatly x4m
the serlaasass of tka sHuatioa Tk
new homes will Iw sold or rtd at
ihe lowest rata possibl.
vmimmmvngMmm(i'i'
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