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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-18
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NEW YORK, May 1S.-Among the
important sporting events scheduled to
take place this week are the follow
ing:
Tuesday.
Endurance run of the NOrristOWn
Automobile club to Hagerstown. Md.
First run under revised rules OF
American Automobile association and
the Manufacturers association.
Wednesday.
Jack Johnson meets Jack O'Brien in
a six-round bout at the National A. c.
Philadelphia.
Amherst VS.. Yale, at New Haven:
Bowdoin VS.. Maine, at Orono; Brown
VS.. Harvard, West Point VS.. Williams,
Amherst VS.. Yale.
Thursday.
Syracuse VS.. Yale.
Friday.
Jack Goodman boxes Freddie Welsh
at the Paramount A. c., New York
city.
Saturday.
Crews from many big eastern col
leges will race in the American Hen
ley. under. the auspices of the Ameri-
can Rowing association on the Schuyl-
kin river, Philadelphia.
Dartmouth VS.. Amherst at Andover,
Brown VS.. Villa Nova. Princeton VS..
Harvard at Princeton. U. S. N. Acade-
my VS.. Georgetown College. UNIVERSE
ty' of Michigan VS.. Pennsylvania State
University, West Point rvs. Lehigh Col
lege; Holy Cross VS.. Yale, at Worces-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-18
WAlLA WALLA HIGH
SCHOOL TRACK TEAM
TO MAKE EFFORT
Local Lads Hope to Make Better
Showing Next Saturday at Pull
man in State Meet.

Those who will represent the Walla
Walla nigh school at the state field
meet next Saturday at Pullman prom
Use to lower some state records, at
least several of them have lowered
state records on the local grounds and
there is no reason why they should
not duplicate the stunt next SATURDAY
John Snyder equalled the state record
in the pole vault at Pullman last Sat
urday. On second trial he made 10
feet s inches, two inches higher than
he record, but the wind was blowing
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-18
LOCAL M|LLERS
DISAGREE ON RAISE
UNDECIDED whether TO FOL-
LOW FLOUR RAISE MADE BY
COAST MIlLERS.
Local Produce House Gets Car Load
of Spuds-Banana Vender Cuts
Price and Dealers Wax Roth.

The reported raise in price of flour
from $6.O5 to 1925 per Dbl. wholesale
has not materialized as yet local mill
lers disagreeing as to whether the
price will jump at all or not. One
miller speaking of the rise, said that
ne did not think the price on the
Sound would affect his company, as
they had purchased all their wheat
before the present high prices pre-
vailed
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-18
ENGLISH DERBY
TWO WEEKS OFF.
Americans Bank On Sir Martin to Win
Worlds Turf Classic.

LONDON, May 1S.-The derby is
less than two weeks away and turf in
terests in the great race is very gener-
al. 1t is generally conceded that in Mr.
Winan's Sir Martin lies the hope of the
Americans to capture this great prize
Horsemen regard Sir Martins chances
as good. He has been trained for this
race and is in grand condition. Private
trials have demonstrated that he has
both speed and stamina.
While not predicting the winners of
horse races many venture to assert
that the horse that beats Sir Martin is
very likely to win the race.
If he should win sovereigns will be
plenty in the American colony for a
while, for not only has Mr. Winan's
horse been literally backed in the flu
tire books. but the Americans will
send in a flood of money on him the
day of the race. 1t is not thought any
Of tie other American entries have any
great chance of winning.
Dean Swift, the second horse in the
City and Suburban is a great race
hore-. In six years he has been in the
money in the City and Suburban five
times. His record is as follows:
1904-Dean Swift ....2d 81 ran
1905-Dean Swift Sd 10 ran
1q06-Dean Swift MON 10 49,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-18

One Of the surprises of the present
ment in the playing of Big Tim Jor-
tionals. In 1907 Jordan was one of the
best hitters in the older organization
and fair fielder, but last year MS
game was below par. big Tins" prin-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-18

ciDal weakness was his inability to ham
die grounders successfully. Judging Ly
his present playing, he has overcome
this fault, as he has been picking them
up a la Hal Chase. Jordan made his
professional debut with the Senecas of
New York in 1899. In 1901 he was a
substitute on the Washington Ameri-
cans. During the season of 1902 he
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-18

played with the Newark team of the
Eastern league and in 1908 with the
Nashua club of the New England cir
cult In 1904 he became a member of
the. Baltimore team. He did fine work
that year and in 1905 attracted the at
tention of the Brooklyn club. In 1906
he made twelve home runs, leading the
league
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-18
Eddie Graney Married.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 1S.-It was
learned today that Eddie Graney, ref
cree and fight promoter, was married
May 6, to Agnes E. MilhOan, aged 25,
a former stenographer in Abe Ruef's
office. Graneys first wife died a year
ago.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-18
Tries Auain.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 1S-Failing
to get a match for Billy Papke with
Sam Langford, Promoter Coffroth is
conducting negotiations with Willis
Britt for another Papke- Ketchel fight.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-18
Moving DWELLING.

+. Pope, Boyer and Roosevelt streets,
mas been granted a permit by Building
Inspector William Metz to move and
repair his dwelling. The Improvement
will cost $780,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-18
Big Tim Jordan, BrOOklyn'S First Is
Stacker. Now Playing a Great Game ss

British sportsmeh believe in looking
after the inner man even when thew
are enjoying sport At the recent Gun
the final at Crystal Palace the caterer
made the following provisions:
Rread and h,,ftar (SI;oacN 90 ono
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-18

Another mill owner said that as
practically all of the wheat in the VAL
ley had been disposed of by the farm
ers the price of -four would be chang
ed to correspond with the Sound mar
ket.
car load of potatoes was received
by local produce house Yesterday.
Potatoes are selling retail at 1925 and
wholesale for $175. Apples are sell
ling for $50 per box, but they are
not of extra quality.
Strawberries From South.
Strawberries are selling for IS per
crate for the California product. but
the homegrown berries cannot he
handled by the local grocers on az
count of their prohibitive price Tho
Walla Walla Strawberries are shipped
to Spokane, where they sell for S18
per crate.
Oranges are selling at from $3.50
TO $4.50 per box. Bananas bring $3.50
a bunch.
Confectioners and grocers who han
die the slippery skins waxed wrathfuI
yesterday when they learned that n
peddler was selling the "banans" on
the street for 20 cents a Dozen. but
their righteous anger was somewhat
aliayed when they found that the
vender was disposing of some fruit
which was too far gone to be put on
sale In self-respecting store.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-18
Visits the City.

w. L. Muncey, of the Richland COM
pany, is in the city looking up old
friends and incidentally doing a little
boosting for the Columbia river coun-
try.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-18

19OS-Dean Swift 900. won 1sran
19J0-Dean Swift 2d 10 70,
There are few horses in the records
which can duplicate Dean Swift's per-
Torrance
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-18

II you have no real estate you VIII
not be at the landing Of the Greater
W-la Walla. See Classified columns
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-18

There We're % bars and buffets, three
marques, two dining rooms to seat
1000. and tea rooms to seat 5000. The
walters and cooks numbered 1900, and
80 pair horse vans and motor cars
were constantly running provisions
from Cadby hall to the Palace. There
is no record of what was left.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-25

life of The city. They are wor. ng un-
tiringly to make the city beautiful.
They are advocating street and side
wlak and yard Improvement. They
have as their especial care. the city 8
cemetery. Their labors have not been
In vain because Dothan's streets are
ornamented with as many handsome
homes and picturesque lawns as amy
city In the state can boast.
And Dothan Is moral community.
There is little need for police court.
One finds q great many persons i'm
Dothan opposed to the prohibition law,
but not one opposed to its enforcement.
The law is enforced in Dothain, too.
There are no %blind tigers" for the
very good reason that there are no
soft drink" stands.
Cant I get even q glass OF near
beerf'' asks the drinking man.
mo sirree," responds the Dothanfte.
Near beer Is not sold in Dothan."
Investigation discloses that 1t is q
fact. The city fathers found they
could not deal with prohibition IL near
beer was to be permitted; SO they cut
off near beer.
After all the business of the post
office speaks for the growth or in
activity of a. city. Postmaster Byron
Trammell has grown with Dothan and
he Is proud of the statement showing
a steady year-to-year increase. Here
are the figures for the sale of stamps
covering ten years, fiscal year ending
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-25

the statement OF the fsrst negro. yher-
IN Hood then went over 10 the negro
cemetery and found In the crave a
suit OF convict stripes ana an empty
pit. Deputy Sheriffs Haynes ana BIN
HAN were called over the telephone,
and the chase Of the fugitive from ius-
tice began.
The two deputies chased their man
al over the northern portion az the
city. the negro using ''coon" tactics.
doubling ON hts tracks,, ana running
In circle. The trail finally led to
Highland Park, and thence the depu-
ties followed. The tran was hot. and
the deputies expected to make their
capture any minute.
Az Highland avenue. however. the
deputies and their hounds came to an
abrupt stop at the car tracks OF tina
Oak Park line. Il Is supposed that
the negro boarded the car at this point
making for the heart Of the city. The
trail was given up, but the deputies
are keeping sharp lookout for es-
capped conviets. So far no report OF an
escape has been made to the county
authorities.
Sheriff Hood Quoted che negroes at
Chisholm, assuring them that the me-
gro had hidden himself ID the newly
dug grave during the day, and had
made good his escape when dark came
he brought the discarded suit OF con-
Wet stripes to the county jail.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-25
Escaped Convict Causes
Excitement al Chisholm

"Fer Gawd's sake. Mister sherifr.
sen. somebody cut hear quick. De
WORT done come to er end. I'm de mig
gers am q risin' FUN de grade. Pleas
sir. Mister. come ON out hear quick"
Day Jailer Pettus was just about to
turn the eounty's prisoners and the
jail over to Night Jailer McCord when
he received the urgent request from
the Thrasher place near Chisholm in
the northern section OF the city. Sher-
iff Hood was In the ONCE. Mr.. Pettus
delivered the message. and the sheriff
lost no time going to Chisholm.
On the Thrasher place all the ma
gfoes were scared white. They stood
about in groups moaning their fate.
certain that the Judgment Day was at
hand. It took lot Of pointed and per.
sistent questioning on the part Of
Sheriff Hood to find out the exact ma
ture of the trouble, but II dnaiiy, came
in a burst OF confidence.
'sIHr. Sheriff. was er passin' by de-
grade yard out dere, when seed y
niger rise outen de grabs. He was
dressed in white. = He set up In 0s
grabe, looked all round I'm. en- den
he jumped to his feet. and made Ter
de woods. I didn't watch fer no mo ,
/ cum to my house. en- toie de res OBJ
de folks. an sent you de message to
cum out hear quick"
Other negroes around corroborate'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-25

the soil with education. And there are
$4,000 Of them within q radius o.
ssventy-miles or Dothan. Thsss f@Tsss-
ers felt the need OF place OF ex-
change and q market. Dothan YVES the
home OF q great spring Of water ana
so the town was set aroupd this foun-
tain of nature. As Il kept ON growing
the railroads found II, as ralFoads
have a way OF doing. With mofe peo-
pie factories were needed and churches
and school houses and banks and ho-
tells and newspapers. Now Dothan has
every modern facility except one. A
street railway 10 needed. The set OF
men who build an electric. car line In
Dothan will reap dividends n
A Test for lima gfnation.
1t requires a sweep OF the imagina-
ton to conceive that this city Of 10000
inhabitants had q bare $500 people
ten years ago. where twenty years
ago was an old field Is now the sixth
city OF Alabama. city with eleven
churches. four fine school buildings, q
paid fire department, three railroads,
three newspapers, two excellent hotels,
an electric light system. pure artesian
water system which provides drain
age and sanitary sewerage system,
four national banks, a free mail de-
livery service with a handsome gov
GTukilcht hhACA SSA~sN 49,
two theatres. public library. hos
pitai. many miles of streets with well
paved sidewalks and scores OF manu-
featuring establishments.
Heretofore agriculture has been
stressed by the enterprising citizens of
Dothan. Now they have come to real
lie that a great city cannot depend
entirely on products of the farmer.
With a population OF 10000 they have
AaA In, n
than shall have 10000 people. They
have organized Commercial Club
with a paid secretary and they have
gone out into the world of trade and
commerce to gather factories. They
know that inducements must be of
fered and they are not niggardly.
They have announced that Dothan VIII
give free of encumbrance and with
out price SUFFICIENT ground on which
to establish factories, will exempt the
plants from taxation for hve years
and, more to the point, Dothan capital
will be subscribed for a reasonable
amount of the stock in any industry
that is on q businesslike WORKING
basis
Manufacturers have already taken
advantage OF this liberal offer and
there is now in Dothan large cot"
ton oil mill. three immense fertilizer
factories a large lumber plant, three
planning mills, variety works, two
congresses, a foundry and. machine
shop, grist mill and cigar factory
and a mattress factory.
Looking For Factories. al
Anything into which timber and cot
ton enters can be manufactured In
Dothan. The cotton receipts are APP
proximately 100000 bales and Southeast
Alabama is famous for the varieties
of its timber The secretary Of the
Commercial Club says that Dothan
needs and can care for cotton mill.
a knitting mill, a Irvine and rope mill.
a furniture factory, a paper mill, a
pottery, a soap factory, stove fac
tory. a wagon factory, spoke and
handle factory and many others OF
like kind.
While the men of Dotham are active
in promoting the material welfare OF
the city, the women have not been
idle. The Ladies Improvement Club is
taking a keen, intelligent interest i'm
these things that make for the home
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-25

The handsome court house IL the
pride of<all Of bethan and Of Heus-
ton county. It IL built Of yellow
pressed brick. terra Gotta and stone.
It cost $4,000. The court house oe-
cupies a large lot at the corner of Main
and Oates streets. Its wide, well kept
grass lawns are the admiration of all
visitors to the Wiregrass Metropolis.
The Fine Court House.
The Alabama Press Association held
its meetings in the court ROOM. 1t is
large and well ventilated. Dothan is
certainly we'll equipped to care for
conventions.
The location of Dothan is such that
It distributes and draws trade in three
states. In the. Southeastern corner Of
Alabama 1t is sixteen miles from the
Florida line and eighteen miles from
the Chattahoochee river, which is the
boundary line between Alabama and
Georgia. Montgomery is 119 miles to
the northwest Savannah Is 291 miles
east; Pensacola is 157 miles west; and
Panama City, the new Florida port Of
entry Is eighty-one miles due South
on St Andrews Bay. When the i'm
provements contemplated at st.
Andrews Bay are completed Dothan
will be 'eighty-one miles from deep
water and on a direct route from the
Gulf to the East, more than 100 miles
nearer NGW AoAh bhoA oAJ 1900
port.
The meeting of the Press Association
in Dothan ought to do Dothan much
good. Few of the editors had ever
visited the city before. They were
lavish in their praise of the city and
its people. No doubt they will make
the people of the state better acquaint-
ed with Dothan.
It was fitting that the people OF the
wiregrass should have given the name
OF George s. Houston to their newest
county. It was the sturdy old Cover
nor from North Alabama who. on his
| first visit to the Wiregrass declared
that it was the finest section of the
state for home building. Throughout
his life Governor Houston was a friend
to the Wiregrass. =
MANY of the newspaper men agree
with Governor Houston and there Ia
little doubt that the Association viii
meet there again II the Dothan people
want it. LET US go to Dothan." Il
an Invitation hard to resist, II one Il
familiar with Dothan and the gracious
hospitality of its warm-hearted people
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-25
Bridegroom Goes Insane and
Wedding Guests Are Kept Waiting

Augusta, Ga, June 24.--At the hour
sat Gar the wedding Of Allen A. Lilies
ana Miss Emma Reynolds last night,
the Bridegroom failed to appear. Hours
naaHed and 200 guests finally went
home. before Lilies was found, temper
II left Miss Reynolds q few hours
baYora the time for the ceremony APP
narently well. but showing signs OF
ahsant nindednesa which were
ascribed TO excitement over the ap-
preaching event.
when next seen late at ntght Lilel
was in q lumber yard. dishevs9ed in
dress and general appearance and said
he had no recollection Of what had
happened since he left his lance In
the afternoon.
Today he was still unable to remem.
her what happened, but physicians said
that he would recover in g short time
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-25
9 And 4 Heard Them Say Let
Us Go to Dothan, $50 They Did

the Wiregrass section was stretch
OF barren fields covered with scrut
pines and that the people made q
hazardous living producing turpentint
and rosin. Years ago 1t was told Of
them that their educational facilities
were meagre and that they were q
shiftless. thriftless. set. 1t is true
there Is something enervating about
the climate near the Florida line. but
IL the wiregrass people were lethargit
they have awakened. II would seem
that all of them awakened about the
same time and heard again the Biblical
cry Let us Go to Dothan." A large
percentage of the people Of Dothan are
natives of the Wiregrass.S
And so II was that the editors who
had never visited the wiregrass before
were struck with the Beauties of Its
farm life. They were given the OPP
portunity' to drive ten and fifteen miles
into the country around Dothan. They
discovered that the foundation OF
Dotha.n. its real backbone. is the small
farm-the farmer who operates farm
of twenty-five or 100 acres and who
does most of the work himself. as
sisted by his sons and homework by
his wife and his daughters. The educa-
ton OF the boys and girls Is not
neglected. They have learned that by
q DEopeE COHScENatiOn VI tifnc tBiC may
go to school and work in the fields
too. They have learned the dignity of
labor. They have come to honor the
overalls and the calico dress. Know
ledge of these things came with educa-
ton. After all these men and women.
these boys and girls are living exam
pies of the Transformation being
wrought by the states educational
system.
There Are Few Negroes.
LESS than ten per cent of the popu-
lation Of Dothan are negroes. 1t is
said that a still less percentage of the
people on the farms of Houston coun-
ty are negroes. 1t Is the home Of the
white man. An editor from the Sand
Mountain country rebuked his brother
from the Black Belt by declaring that
a great poem could be written on
these Alabama boys and girls clad In
overalls and chopping cotton.
We travelled over the good roads Of
Houston county through fields of wav-
ing corn and cotton. 1t was a pleas
gone in for the Williamson method and
that several of them were gratifed
that The Advertiser, had been helpful
TO them in their experimental farming
At one place we saw a picturesque
water mill turning corn into meal and
at another place was an up-to date
dairy where the owners, young men
named Hail. thoroughly educated, did
their own work. They had a fine herd
of Jersey cows and were shipping Jer-
sey calves all over the country and
supplying Dothan with pure milk and
butter. All Of the farm houses are
we'll kept and the country reminded
one of the fertile fields of Iowa and
Illinois where the country people are
not dependent on the negroes.
Right here we have the answer to
the question, On what has Dothan
builded. It Is built on one of the
best farming sections in Alabama by
farmers who have blended work in
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-25
D0THAN CLAIMS 10000
AND IS THE Sixth CITY
The Basis Of Prosperity Is the
Small Farmer.
Dothsn And wiregrass An Eloquent
Proof OF what The white Man
Can DO In Agriculture when :
He Goes To Work On
The Farm.
By BRUCE KENNEDY.

Wherever one goes in Alabama he
hears that the growth of Dothan has
been surprising. that the present day
metropolis of the Wiregrass is one
of the most enterprising cities of the
state and that 1t bids fair to rank as
the sixth city In Alabama.
The real fact is Dotham is already
the sixth city of the state. In 1890 the
population of Dothan was BAT. Ten
years later the census showed 3,275
people. 1t was about this time, $500
that the enthusiastic citizens set their
population goal at 10000. This has
already been passed and now these
stick-to-ative Dothanites have set out
TO catch Admission and Selma, respec-
lively the fourth and fifth cities OF
the state. They have a good chance
to win, too, because these Wiregrass
folk have succeeded in everything they
have undertaken thus far in their first
experiment at city building.
Success characterizes Dothan. It is
ernbIazoned- osn everything whereabouts.
This Is the thing that left deep i'm
men who met in Dothan last week
Other Alabama communities have
grown in<o proud cities with the help
of NortlBerners and Westerners.
Dothan has been built by Wiregrass
people. The real men and women of
Dothan who spin through it's streets
in great. big automobiles guided by
professional chauffeurs--these men and
women used to be bare-legged boys
and girls in the old field school houses
of Houston and Henry. of Covington
and Geneva and Dale. They saw the
opportunities In amd about Dothan.
They seized the opportunities. Now
many of them are rich. as riches go
In Alabama.
Fertility of the SON.
The visiting editors were astonished
Mt the fertility OF the soil around
Dothan. Men coming from extreme
North Alabama had a vague idea that
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-25
NEGRO TRYING TO
CHEAT THE GALLOWS

NPaducah. KY. June 24.--George
Freeman, the negro condemned to die
tomorrow may cheat the gallows after
all, as he frequently declared he would
do. The murderer was found in an
unconscious condition in his cell at the
county Jail early this morning.
Physicians were hastily called and 1t
was found that Freeman was suffer-
ing from morphine poisoning and in
diving condition. Every effort is being
made to save the mans life.