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The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1905-05-12
Witherspoon & Cough.

Mrs. f. M. Shaughnessy enter
tanned Wednesday from two till
six at cards and tea, in honor of
Mrs. John Wagner, who is leav-
ing for Beatrice, Neb. Those pres
ent were, Mesdames Wagner, Fly,
Gordon, Inman, Conode, Sewell,
Robinson, w. L. Thompson,
Horseborough, Wallace, MAR and
Peppers. The ladies were unani-
nous in pronouncing good time.
We have nice fresh vegetables
arriving every day. Send in your
orders early in the morning and be
sure and get fresh vegetables.
Smith & Currie. Phone 81. 3S-It
The intercollegiate debate be-
tween Amarillo Academy and
Clarendon College will be held
Monday night at the opera house.
An admission fee of IS cents will be
charged to pay expenses of judges,
debaters, ETC., Clarendon expects
to bring up crowd of 200, and we
hope our citizens will give them a
warm reception.
Winesap apples fresh at Smith
q Currie's. Phone 81. 3S-It
The Commencement Sermon of
the Amarillo Academy will be
preached at the Cumberland Pres
byterian church Sunday night, by
Rev. c. N. N. Ferguson. All
friends of the institution are cordi-
ally invited.
Next week belongs to the Acade-
my and High School boys and girls.
Give them full swing and get for
yourself all the enjoyment possible
out of the occasion. Commence
ment comes but once a year.
For Rent--Three nicely furnished
rooms for housekeeping. Call at
7o8 Harrison street. 38-tf
Bro. w. A. Erwin and family
left Wednesday evening for Hot
Springs, Ark, on account of little
Paul, who has not recovered from
the results of the recent attack of
scarlet fever. Bro. Erwin may re-
turn within a week or ten days,
leaving the family until later.
c. c. and Willard Stone, of AS
pinwall, Tex, are prospecting in
the city for few days.
If you want to be young again
and catch a breeze of college life
be at the depot Monday at 9 a. NJ,
when the Academy students meet
the Clarendon College contingent.
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1905-05-12

The lady who has been waiting
to buy her hat at a bargain now
has the opportunity, Mrs. Collier
is selling her splendid stock at cost.
3S-It
Julian Bassett, of Emma, was
in town Wednesday on cattle bust
ness.
w. +. Armstrong, of Plainview,
was in the city trading Wednes-
day.
If you want a nice dinner for
Sunday, give Smith & Currie your
order for meat, groceries, and veg
etables. New potatoes, also nice
fresh tomatoes. 3S-It
A new and nobby line of mems
shirts haye been received at White
& Kinks, Most attractive both in
quality, design and price, ever
shown in Amarillo. 38-It
J. l. Kendrick, manager of the
Maddrey & Kenyon Furniture Co.,
will leave Sunday to attend the an
nual session of the Texas Under
takers Association. Mr.. Kendrick
is chairman of the executive board
of the association, and will be in
Mineral Wells all next week.
Drs. Dodson & Lewis, Dentist,
front rooms Smith building. If.
The Amarillo Academy and Clar-
endon College base ball teams will
cross bats at Elwood park next
Monday and Tuesday. All lovers
of the sport are invited to be pres
ent.
For Rent-Nice furnished four
room house. Cor. Ist and Pierce.
Inquire Io5 Pierce, G5tf
Mrs. Caroline Moore, of Mar
shall, Mo-, and her daughter, Mrs.
Fannie Thompson, of Kansas City,
are visiting for a couple of weeks
their daughter and sister, Mrs. w.
B. Benton, east Of the city.
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1905-05-12

Best pasture in the county, with
plenty of good water, 4 miles from
Amarillo. Horses and cattle at
reasonable rate. J. M. Stansberry
Co., over First National Bank.
34-tf.
A. Davidson left for Roswell
yesterday morning on a business
trip, expecting to return this even
ing.
Members OF the Real Estate and
Livestock Association are requested
to meet at my Office Saturday at 3
| p. III. R B. Newcomb. 38-It
There will be no preaching Sun
day morning or evening at the
Methodist church, as Bro. Ferguson
will take part in the services at the
opera house Sunday morning, and
will preach the commencement SER
mon for the Amarillo Academy
Sunday night at the Cumberland
Presbyterian church.
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1905-05-12

A letter from Robert Smith, who
is at Hot Springs taking treatment,
conveys the cheerful news that he
is improving nicely. Mr.. Smith
is suffering from the after-effects of
a street car accident sustained it
Fl. Worth some time ago, and
which induced blood poisoning.
His friends here, and there are a
lot of them, hope that he will be
entirely cured in due time.
Some rare bargains in exclusive
millinery. Mrs, Collier 38-It
Minnie, wife of c. f. Moore,
died of dropsy at the home of Tip
Man in this city on Tuesday after
noon at S o'clock, aged 80 years.
The funeral occurred yesterday at
3 p. M, conducted by Rev c. N.
N. Ferguson, and interment in the
city cemetery. Deceased leaves a
husband and three children.
Nervous people should look to
the Osteopath for relief and per-
manent cure. Beware of opiates.
38-1t
Mrs. Whitening, of Washburn,
was in the city Wednesday for
medical treatment.
1t is not often that strictly up-to-
date street and pattern hats can be
bought at cost. That is the reason
Mrs. Collier is selling SO many
hats. 38-It
d. T. Wren, of Stratford, was
in the city Tuesday.
For Sale--Three good mich COWS.
T.. L. Adams. Phone 1882 39-5tp.
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1905-05-12

Miss Virginia Num- has been APP
pointed as one of the maids of hon
or to the sponsor of the Texas di-
vision by Commander Lane of the
department of Texas, L. c. ",
for the annual reunion to be held
in Louisville in June. Miss Mum
will join the Texas delegation at
TT, Worth, and after the reunion
will visit at her old home in Ken
lucky for time.
In every case of paralysis there
is either a body, muscular or ner-
vous lesion. The Osteopath, from
his special training, locates and re-
moves these LESSONS, and in 90 per
cent. of the cases treated makes a
complete cure. 3S-It
d. c. Hammer, of Abbott, Tex,
is new conner in the city, and has
obtained such relief from asthma
that he will likely locate here.
For Rent-Two 4-room houses.
J. L. Fuqua, Ist Natl Bank. 35tf
Work has begun on the improve
ment of Sixth street between Polk
and Tyler,a fact which is much APP
preciated by all who have occasion
to use that thoroughfare,
Hair switches and rats. A nice
line of them at White & Kinks.
There will not be any services at
the First Presbyterian church Sun.
day morning, but the usual even
ing service will be held.
Wanted-For a few days, man
to pillow, Apply to Mother Superior
at Sanitarlum. 37-2tp
Mrs. Reed will open her dress
making school Monday morning,
May IS, at 100 Polk St. 3S-Itp
Mrs. A. +. Hoffman, of Panhan-
die City, is now the guest of Mrs.
w. T., Cox, 6Go Buchanan street.
Notice. shall be out of town
for two or three weeks, but during
my absence my Office will be open,
with Messrs. Gilvin & Estes in
charge. NJ w. Cunningham. 3S-2t
Misses Mary Potter, Grace Dry.
den, Annie Woods, Sallie Crossett,
Drue Crossett and master Paul
Potter pick-nicked at the canyon
to-day.
Persons who are interested in
Christian Science and wish to at
tend lesson Sunday afternoon at
$50, at 400 Van Buren,, will be
welcome.
Witherspoon & Cough.
Wanted to Rent-By June I a
four or five room modern cottage,
near town. Address &C." care of
HERALD. 36-tf
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Local News Items

Star brand shoes are better. Try
them. White & Kirk. 38-It
Mr.. A. S. Harvey and wife, Of
Fl. Worth, are visiting relatives
in the city.
Wanted-Day boarders. For in
formation Apply at Mrs. Vincents,
5o7 Van Buren, St. STAT
Capt. Will A. Miller and son,
Stuart Miller, arrived in the city
Monday to make Amarillo their
future home. Both these gentle
men will go in the Office of the Will
A. Miller Land Co., and assist our
townsman, Will A. Miller, Jr. with
the work of settling up the Pan
handle.
If you want pasture for a COW or
horse with grass and water see +.
w. Zimmerman or phone 77-4
rings. 32tf
The Choctaw will put on its new
fast train, the first one to leave be-
ing Sunday morning at 8 am. The
train will be daily, carrying the
usual day equipment and through
sleepers, and will cut down the
time between Amarillo ond Mem
phis at least five hours. The train
will arrive at 1918 p. N. daily.
There is nothing wonderful about
Osteopathy, it is only common sense
applied by one that as taught the
anatomy and physiology of the hui
man body, both in health and dis
ease, and trained to treat disease
scientifically by manipulation to
the parts diseased OF to the nerve
centers that supply the parts,
Wanted to Rent-Three good
sewing machines. Mrs. Marie Reed,
TOO Polk street. 3S-Itp
Attend the Amarillo Clarendon
ball games Monday and Tuesday,
and show that you are proud of the
Amarillo Academy, that the visit
ors are welcome, and don't forget
to root.
Only a few shirtwaists left on
our bargain counter. Come quick
and get the choice. White & Kirk.
38-It
1t is expected that 200 rooters
will accompany the Clarendon de-
baters and base ballists to this city
Monday and remain until after the
game Tuesday. Every citizen of
Amarillo should attend these meets
and show the down-country folks
that we are all for Amarillo and
Amarillo institutions.
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1905-05-12

Look at our nice fresh cakes and
cookies and you will be sure to
buy. Smith q Currie. 38-It
James Wilson, Secretary Of
Agriculture, will pass through
Amarillo Sunday on his way to
Claiming to inspect the expert
ment station there. An effort is
forming to endeavor to have the
cabinet officer stop off in Amarillo
on his return, going to FL Paso.
For Rent--Nice furnished rooms,
400 Pierce street. 38-Itp
J. J. Brown, of Cucu, N. NJ,
was in the city Wednesday on his
way to Kansas City, following his
recent shipment OF 1000 threes to
the Kaw markets. Brown is
mourning the death of his great
bull, Laughing Boy" who ex-
pired on the first from old age and
an overdose of mineral water. The
animal was one of the finest Here
fords in the Pecos Valley and was
quoted at IS, 900 at one time.
For Rent Two nice furnished
rooms, 100 Polk street, near bust
ness center. 38.tf
Mrs. M. B. Haynes and Mrs. J.
P. Sleeton, of Hereford, were in
the city Wednesday on business
matters.
Don't buy Texas cabbage when
you can get nice California hard
head cabbage at Smith & Curries.
Phone 81. 38-It
G. c. elliott, of Roswell, is in
the city for few days.
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out. about Nipc bay, the new harbor at
the northeastern end OF the island a SYM
dlcate OF Boston capitalists has pur-
chased more than hundred thousand
acres OF land and is about to build what
] am told viii be the biggest sugar pian-
tntion ever constructed. 1t Will cost In
the ncighborhood OF two million dollars
and 1t will have capacity OF about
5000 bags OF sugar per day y bag
or sugar weighs little more than 300
pounds. 1t WILL Just about I'LL barrel.
no that 5000 barrels will give you some
idea OF this mills capacity. There arc
nj present a number OF mills here tliaS
gre turning out a thousand bags per day.
and there are many plantations WORT!
n million dollars and upward. Indeed, O
big sugar estate. including us miil'
lands and houses, Is a two million dollnr
proposition and the modern sugar mn
alone, as> 1t is In Cuba. costs frorN $780,
600 to s1.O00,0O0 The machinery OF a
mill that will make thousand bags
q day will cost half million dollars,
and the buildings, yards and other Things
two or three hundred thousand dollars
more. fgse
Where the Sugar Cane Grows.
sugar 10 now being grown in nearly
every province OF Cuba. About half the
land cultivated Is devoted to that crop.
and there arc vast areas which VIII yiclc
cane yet to be set out. have before mo
a list OF the working plantations. Begin
ming at the west is the province OF Pinar
del Rio, which is noted as having the
best tobacco lands upon earth and when
produces the famed Havana cigars. y
has only seven sugar plantations. and It
VIII make about 163. 900 bags OF sugar this
year. Ono OF Its plantations belongs TO
Americans. four are Cuban, one french
md one Spanish. In Havana there are
twenty plantations. chilly owned BY Cu-
bans and Spaniards. and IN Matanzas,
from, whore this letter is do ted, Just east
az Havana, there are nfty-two planta-
tons OF which six belong to Americans.
One OF tho American companies annually
produces 10000 bags. another $4,000, and
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comes from Europe, the United Statos
producing only about 100000 tons,
The great cane sugar countries are Cuba
and Java and the Sandwich Islands. Sew
eral hundred thousand tons Of cane sugar
arc raised In Louisiana. 5000 tons ~
Porto Rico and $4,000 tons In the Philip
pine Islands. Including our beet product,
We raise altogether just about ono NIL
lion tons OF sugar, which Is less than two
'nfths of what we consume, the balance
being imported.
Uncle Sans Sweet Tooth.
The United States has In fact, q sweeter
tooth than any other nation except Eng
land. We eat on tho average more than
seventy pounds year for every man,
woman and child In the country, while
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another 12b. 900 bags. Matanzns has some
OF the best sugar territory, but Its lands
have beer, worked for generations anu
may be surpassed by the new estates now
being cut out OF tho woods. The total
output OF these provinces Will be IN
the neighborhood Of 100000 bags. or In
round numbers, something like 100000. 900
pounds OF sugar.
snnta Clara province, which lies cast
OF Matanzas. has seventy plantations, OF
which seventeen are American. three
British, eighteen Spanish and thirty-two
Cuban. Most Of these plantations arc
very large. and some OF the largest belong
to Americans. The Emilio Terry planta-
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,,,a,,at lions alone, and this has a value
sns r,oro than eleven million dollars. The
,,,oat ~ these roads are equipped with
ro,,Inp stock from the United States.
,rhav Use BALDWIN locomotives largely,
and some of them buy their steel rails
of Krupp.
Electric Roads and Alcohol Au-
tornobiles.
So far the sugar estates have but rev
electric railroads. and Cuba has no cleo
trio railroad system such rs IS fast grlo-
ironing the United States. This would
seen 70 mo one OF the possibilities of the
rnture zach big plantation, with Its pop
uIatlon of several thousand, will event
unlly have its railway connection with
ia neirhbors. and the roads will carry
sugar cane TO the mills as we'll as other
freIrht and passengers. Many OF tho
sugar p]anters urc studying cheap rall-.
road TRANSFORMATION. They are consider
inc the use of automobile engines made
after tho present gasoline pattern, oper-
.nted with alcohol as fuel Alcohol here
is much cheaper than gasoline, Indeed.
1t is n by-product Of the sugar mills, be-
ing made at so little cost that y Is sold
in hundred gallon casks At twelve cents
ner gallon, 1t has It Is said, about ninety
eight per cent, of the heat generating
mower Of commercial gasoline, and It can
he used with little gasoline to start It.
/ understand that German engineers have
been making experiments with alcohol as
fuel, and that they are now USING al
cohol engines for small electric light
plants in some Havana stores. Al the
aor,cr1tural experiment station at sam
tiago de Nigos the pumping and lighting
Is done by means of alcohol and there -
an establishment In Havana which has
ono hundred and sixty electric lights run
by alcohol motors,
How Sugar is Grown,
81 1t will surprise many Of our = America
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tIon, which Is Cuban American, Will pro-
duce 100000 bags this year. The Colo
NAL Sugar Company will produce 10000
bags. and there are several other Amerl- !
can estates which will Yield from $1,000
to 5000 bags each. In the eastern end
OF the island there are other American
plantations, and along the northern coasts
arc the Boston Central Estate, belonging
/ 10 the United Fruit Company, which Will
have an output OF 10000 bags, and the
Chaparra estate. which will turn out
25O,00U bags.
In the central province OF Puerto Prin-
cipe there are only four sugar planta-
lions now opened. but one OF these be-
longs to an American, and 1t will produce
all told about 27.000.000 pounds OF sugar
this year. There are altogether more than
$25, 900 900 Of American money invested IN
sugar mills and working cane lands In
Cuba, and this is to-day probably yield
Ing a bigger profit than any American
money abroad.
Cuba's New Lands.
The sugar which we now get from
Cuba comes from old plantations, and
the greater part OF II is from santa
Clara. Matanzas and Havana. me m n
crease In the crop Of the future will come
from tho eastern part of the island, which
has been opened up by the Cuba Rail
road, built from Santa Clara TO Santiago.
BY Sir William Van Horne. and running
along Cuba's backbone. This country IL
now covered with forest. One rides for
miles through nothing but woods. woods,
Gods, but tho woods cover land as rich
IL not richer than any now devoted to
sugar, and land which has the virtue
OF never having been farmed.
In going over the rond j saw number
OF places where new sugar plantations
were being cut out OF the woods, The
largest Is at Jatehonico. where something
like 5000 acres have been cleared and
planted In cane. and where n 81 gar M
is now building. A few months ago this
was nothing but forest. The Cuba Com
pany PIT In Its men and cut down the
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trees. A couple OF months later the
ground was burned over and the cane ID
now growing among the stutnps and logs
left from the fire. BY the time II Is
ready for cutting the mill will have been
completed, and the cane Will be carried
on little plantation railroads direct from
The field. It is the intention TO put IN
nbotit 5000 acres OF canc for that mill
alone.
A Similar mills will DO built at other
places along tho road and one especially
is soon to DO constructed to supply the
sugar estates OF n Michigan syndicate.
which has bought&a large tract OIL land
{ d short distance from Carlagucy along
tho line OF tho rallrond. q
AS 1T Is now. not half the lands fitted
for sugar have been reduced to cultivation,
and It has been estimated that the sugar
product Of Cuba might be uuadrupled
and not use all the available sugar lands.
What It Costs to Raise Sugar.
Cuba can produce sugar cheaper than
any other country. The plantation at
Jntebonco, which referred to, will con-
tinue to produce cane for fifteen or TWEEN
ty years without rcpanting There are
plantations here which have produced
for twenty-five years from one Getting
out, and 1t is said that cano has grown
lofty anu 4cVclI IIIOI CtLA o'A s1sol s''''S
ground, being cut off year after year
and sprouting up again from the old
stalks. No one thinks of rcplanting cane
here for five, ten or fifteen years after
The plantation has boon first set out.
and on this new ground all that is needed
Is to plant and keep out the weeds, and
the crop goes on for years without other
cultivation.
In many other countries the cane has
to be planted every third year, and l
know of no place where 1t will last as
long as in this. I have made some IN
6quiries as to wha tit costs to produce
sugar in Cuba, and the estimates are
about cent or a cent and quarter
pound Beet sugar costs In most places
two or three cents n pound. and such
sugar will have 10 be sold at three and
II half cents a pound to make fair
profit. Now, inasmuch as there Is more
beet sugar in the world than cane sugar,
this means that the price must be fixed
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farmers to know that much OF the sugar
cane here Is raised without plowing, In
the now plantations, which nre set out In
the woods no plows can be used on ac-
count OF the logs and stulnps. None
Is necessary however. After tho wood
has been burned the land Is perfectly
clean. The men then dig holes at In
tervals along the rows and put In nc
lions of sugar cane II few inches long
and cover them up. In fow days tho
cane begins to sprout ut the knots. and n
day or so later the blades. which arc
much like those OF corn or grass, come
through the ground a young cane field
looks much like u corn field. The crop
grows rapidly, and all that is necessary
Is to keep down the weeds, IT sprouts
up in punches of several stalks to bunch.
The cane is ready for cutting in eigh-
teen months. after which 1t can be cut
every year, It Is cut close to the ground
the tops trimmed and the leaves stripped
Off. It is then loaded on tho great OK
carts, which carry It to the railroad.
on the best plantations the carts and
cars are loaded and unloaded by ma
chinery, steam cranes being sometimes
used for this purpose
Good sugar lands will yield as much as
from twenty to thirty tons Of cane to tho
mere and n not uncommon yield Ia two
ions of sugar per acre. The harvesting
goes on through all the months from De-
cember to May, and the mills are usually
supposed to grind about one hundred
days to the season.
The Worlds Sugar Crop,
Cuba has produced eleven or twelve
hundred thousand tons of sugar this year.
ThIs is about one-tcnth Of the worlds
total sugar product. and fully one-fourth
Of tho cane sugar product Beet sugar
leads the cane sugar In quantity by
more than one million tons the WORRIES
product from beets amounts aNogelher
( 10 five or six million tons, whereas me
cane sugar crop Is usually not more man
four mil,ions. Most of our beet sugar
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SUGAR IS KING
DOWN I N IN CUBA c. D 4
Mr.. Carpenter Describes the Big
Plantations, Worth Millions
81 Dollars.
HOLDINGS 81 q Of AMERICANS
Worlds Biggest Sugar Mill,
Which Boston Syndicate is
Building.
By Frank G. Carpenter.
Especial correspondence Of The Times

Especial Correspondence Of The Times
l DIspntch.)
(Copyright 1906. by Frank c. Cnrpcntcr.)
MATANzAS. CUBA. July 20-Colno
with mo and take Il peep into Uncle
Sans sugar bowl About half Of
ali our sugnr comes from this Island.
We paid Cuba forty two million dollars
for short sweetcning last year, and We
shall pay more In 1906. ns the pricea
nre higher. Cuba produces about hIif
OF all the cane sugar made upon earth.
and she has some of the biggest sugar
plantations. For The past two weeks I
have been travelling through tho interior
and have Ind a chance to get on idea
OF this great Industry.
Cuba's Sugar Plantations.
Cuba has several hundred million dol
lars invested In sugar plantations. She
las In the ncighborhood OF two hun
drcd which IRE now In active operation.
nEd along the line Of tho Cuba Railroad
the forests arc being cleared and cane set
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Europe averages only a little more than
twenty-seven pounds. The English sugar

consumption is ninety-one pounds por
capita, That OF the Swiss is sixty pounds
OF the Danes tfty-four and of all the
other nations much less. The Germans
each cat thirty-fpur pounds OF sugar
every year. the Dutch thirty-two, tho
Greeks and Bulgarinns seven, and tho
Turks, although notably fond Of candy,
only eight pounds, We eat altogether
about five billion pounds OF sugar annual
~, or pound and half per week for
every man, woman and child In the
country. We consume three times as
much now per capita Ms We did when Ans
drew Jackson WAS President. and we are
eating more and more from year to year
Copyright. 1905. BY Frank G, carpenter)