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The La Jara chronicle., 1911-12-01
A Meeting at AIamosa

The Alamosa Commercial club
has arranged with President Lory
and Prof. C. l.. Fitch of the State
Agricultural college for meeting
at AlamOsa on Wednesday even
ing, December 6. Pres. Lory will
speak on the general work of the
college and Prof. Fitch will give
an address entitled Second An
nual Report to Potato Growers, :"
and will also display his lantern
slides on general diseases of pota-
toes. 1t will be a meeting of ex-
ceptional interest to our farmers
and it is hoped a big turnout will
greet the speakers at Alamosa.
The Alamosa Commercial club
has the matter in hand and desire
every member of the club to at
tend the meeting.
Mr.. Charles A. Robinson, of
Denver, associated locally in the
real estate business with Roy S.
Shahan, purchased the, Empire
farm south of Alamosa the first
Of the week. Messrs. James r.
Wells of Denver and Alexander
Berg, of Salina, Kansas, have
owned the place for the past few
years and tie sum paid for the
al acres of which the ranch con
sists, was $37 $50 or fifty dollars
per acre.
The Empire ranch embraces
some of the most fertile land in
the entire section and with the
old Excelsior farm first proved to
the outside world the possibilities
of the San Luis Valley soil and
while the owners have not paid
any particular attention TO its cul
tivation in recent years, n:verthe-
less the place has yielded boun-
teous crops Of alfalfa, wheat and
oats each season.
Mr.. Robinson will divide the
place into small tracts and bring
each division into high state of
cultivation for the raising of
sugar beets Experts have passed
their opinions on numerous occas-
sions during the past few months
concerning the sugar beet indus
try in the valley and are una
imous in their decisions that the
proposition is a permanent one
and that in a few years the valley
will not only closely rival, but no
doubt, easily surpass the already
famous beet producing sections of
northern Colorado and it is Mr..
Robinson s intention to be one of
the first to ''blaze the trail" for
the industry and as natural
consequence be one Of the first
to reap the rich reward that will
be yielded. Both Messrs. Shahan
and Robinson have on numerous
occasions proven their desire and
ability to do big things on a
big scale and have met with
proportionate success and the pur
chasing and development of this
tract will be but another land
mark in their march of progress
through that part of the agricul-
tural world lying in the San Luis
Valley. The Courier.
The La Jara chronicle., 1911-12-01

The changing conditions of a
rapidly developing west have of
late years almost completely rev
olutionized railroad operations. In
Colorado nearly all the principal
branch lines Were built Tor the
purpose OF serving mining dis
tricts which of late years have he
come less profitable than before
and the situation now requires the
building of additional branches
into the growing agricultural dis
trlcts for revenue to support
the burden incurred long ago
by the costly construction of
branches into the new mining dis
trictS.
The La Jara chronicle., 1911-12-01

Fred II. johnson of Antonito
threshed his bean crop last Tues
day says the Ledger. The value
was $32 so per acre and the yield
about half what it would have
been under ordinary circumstance
The expenses We're, plowing, 50
narrowing aud leveling, 30 cents
drilling, 90 cents; irrigation, 30
cnntS; cultivating, $3.50; pulling,
81 thrcshing, $3.50; making a to-
tai of Sl4 per acre. The War
shau Mcclure company state
they will plant 100 acres to beans
next V ar.
The La Jara chronicle., 1911-12-01

The Denver and Rio Grande
proposes to advertise Denver in
every sctiOn of the country as
the city, scenically beautiful and
climatically superb with a fanto Y
pay roll of Il million dollars Il
month. This it is believed will
give "a rev character to tie cap
ito cuy OF Colorado and cores
pondingly benefit the whole state.
The population OF Denver in
creased 50 per cent in the period
between the last census and the
one before that, and the increase
of the capital invested in manu-
featuring in that city increased
73 per cent showing that the in
crease of manufacturing is eX-
ceeding the increase OF population
When the railway company has
spread the news concerning Den
yer. other cities of the state will
be taken up and their advantages
shown in the same convincing
way.
The La Jara chronicle., 1911-12-01

Mrs. jess Sailor passed away at
her home east of Romeo last
Friday morning. The cause of her
death was typhoid fever. Martha
Estella Carr was born in Manassa
January, 1891. Died November
"a, 1911. She was a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. j. III. Carr o. this
place. Four years ago she was
married to jess Sailor. Her
;lcath leaves motherless two small
children, one two years and the
other five months o,d. The com
munity extends sympathy and cor
ISOLATION to the bereaved relatives S
in their hour of sorrow.-Record.
The La Jara chronicle., 1911-12-01

Since Mrs. Patterson, husband
slayer. was acquitted, "A new kind
of underwear for married men is
being introdl d in Denver. 1t is
made of steel and guaranteed to lie
bullet proof.
The La Jara chronicle., 1911-12-01

II you have young children you have per.
haps noticed that disorders of the stomach
are their most common ailment. To correct
this YOU will find Chan,berlain's Stomach
and Liver Tablets excellent, They are easy
and pleasant to take, and mild and gentle in
effect. For sale by City Drug Store.
The La Jara chronicle., 1911-12-01

A young Mexican lad at Anto-
nito, out hunting with a compan-
ion, was shot through the shoulder
yesterday.
The La Jara chronicle., 1911-12-01

Sick headache i. causcd by a disordered
stomach. Take ChamherIlius Tablets and
correct that and the headaches will disap-
PEAR. For sale he City Drug store.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-03-31

Csstssa, sapissrfa, eneaj~. bor6sxu.
- GRO, H~tografis, sedas, ETC.
N ass screditado plsntsl a. -.
6snaa - instruye { las alumnss = =
sssisg1s interior d. uns 60 . -
snssas tsds slsss de o6cios doulsu~G
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-03-31
5QUE Saba Ell?

Una neutrality-suspicious. un man
go q I'm baturro que va por la caale, EN-
bebfdo en- la lectura de una carta.
|Dios l anaparey-contesta este dis
4raido.
-Mire cue hara un gran bien.
-Que'D Dies lie ampare.
q sigue Eeyendo.)
-Tenga compassion de mf-sgue el
etro.-MTre que hi perdido TN brazo...
y que quiie uste que 20 lie haga?-
zaurmura ell batrrre distraido, insterrum
piendo su 1ectrray-ye no nae 10 hi ma
llao, hombre-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-03-31
Seccl6n r~ecreativa
1FUERA Ell ARTEI

I'm pintor nnuy astroso y muy sucio
&c presenta q I'm RICO labrador que ACADIA
de adquirir una casa de campo y que no
entiende una palahra de pintura-
-DesearfaHle dice,-adOrnar los
principales techos y paroles de esta to
IRE.
~ con que va ste 8 adornarlos?
5Con trapicos 4 con banderasf
No, senor; con pinturas- 70 soy
pintor-
-iAh, pintorI ~ que pintarla suste
ande dice
-Caprich@ 10 que listed quisiera.
-H case es que que no quio NADIA.
-Anlmesse; quedara contento.
No, siilor, no; va estan bien como es
Tan las paroles y los techos. A mas a
mi no me GUSTAV esas cosas-
-Mire que Sc 10 hare barato.
zAunque me dara uste encima dine
res
@OOISiCtIC QuC ~ 4OS
muy en- moda-
Fla que no! Cue 10 quio modas.
Que pinto blen-
IQue 40 quiero, hombre!
Cue soy I'M gran artista...
-Pacho, con Ell hombre! Use qule
uste ir 4 nog
Soy I'm specialists en- las manchas,
Sc 10 aseguro.
-iRidlos con ell tfot ST no Sc va uste...
NO respondo 6 INF.
-Piense en- mi especialidad, en- las
manehds.- Qulzas ESQ no Sc lie aacance...
-Fuera. CON mil de q cabaalo! Cue no
me Sc alcanza q mi Io 6 las manchas...
Pus 81 pa c~onvencese no hay mas que mi
rale-S uste La cara y Ell vestido, que van
p1agadlcos de elias.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-06

Columbia, Mo-, Sept. 6.-Members
of the Missouri Methodist conference
departed for their homes today stunn-
ed by the sudden disappearance of
Rev. H. H. Johnson, of Clarence, Mo-,
secretary of the board of church ex-
tension, and one of the leading Sou
thern Mthodist ministers in Missou-
ri. He left a note saying:
God knows my sim
A successor was elected.
The Rev. Harwood H. Johnson's let
ter, which came to G. A. Lenhoff OF
Macon, Mo, presiding elder of the
Southern Missouri Methodist confer
ence, under a special delivery stamp
declares:
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-06
IMPROVEMENTS IN
GULFPORT HARBOR
Fine Progress Being Made On Second
Pier Despite the
Litigation.

Gulfport, Miss, Sept 6.-Notwith-
standing the pending litigation, the
Gulf & Ship Island road is making
steady progress with work on the new
pier being built at the Gulfport har-
Dor, and a portion of the structure will
probably be in readiness for use be-
fore the close of the year.
The building of the pier is abso-
lutely necessary in order to handle
the steadily increasing traffic of the
Gulfport harbor. which now holds
third rank in volume of lumber ship
ments. and this year will break all
former records.
When the pier is completed the har
Dor at Gulfport will unquestionably
be one of the largest and most i'm
portant on the Mexican gulf. For the
past several months the volume OF
lumber exports has kept above last
years record and the condition or
the domestic market has apparently
had very little effect on the foreign
trade.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-06

]. A. Quick, president of the Forrest
county Farmers Union, reports that
majority of the local unions of the
county held meetings yesterday pur-
suant to a general call issued by the
National organization for the purpose
of sounding sentiment among the
farmers and adopting plans looking to
the holding of the cotton crop for bet
ter prices. All the locals heard from
decided to hold their cotton for at
least sixty days and some cases 1t will
probably be held indefinitely.
The farmers throughout the cotton
belt and cotton factors everywhere
realize that the present price of cot
ton is below the real value of the
staple when the shortness of the crop
and the necessary yield this year to
supply the worlds demand are con
sdered With view to regulating
! the price of cotton so it will bring the
producers a fair price the meetings OF
the farmers were called and if the
sentiment of the members of the
union elsewhere is as strongly in fav
or of holding the crop as those o.
Forrest county, it Is safe prediction
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-06

izeara, lies eight miles farther down
ne rocky coast as much a victim to
Tie depreciation of the ocean junk
uen as the Oquendo A third Of her
form breaks the land line and It is
believed there would be comparative
.1y little difficulty in recovering her,
although she would be worthless, it
Is thought, as a vessel of war.
At Rio Torquino. forty-eight miles
from this city is the Cristobal Colon.
The Colon has been preserved from
the hand of the vandal by four faith
oms of water above her Locked in
her safe there is said to be a large
amount of money. Aboard her moth
ing has been disturbed since she was
silenced by American guns and rar
ashore to prevent her capture. The
water is comparatively deep at the
point where she lies submerged ant
the land rises abruptly from the sea
sheer precipice of considerable pro
portions Her salvage would proba
bly, be the most difficult of the three
engineers assert.
The history of the fourth vessel o
the fleet, the Infanta Maria Teresa, 4
we'll known. She was fioated by Lieu
tenant Richmon Pearson Hobson, o
Merrimac fame, and lost in tow @
an American war vessel when on he
way to an American port during
squall off Cat Island in the West II
dies. Engineers have decreed her Ill
worthy of a second attempt at sal
age.
The two secondary vessels of A.
miral Cevera's fleet, the torped
, boats Furor and Pluton, lie SUI
; merged not far from the harbor e
J trance. The safe of the Pluton ar
} easily portable articles from her deC
! and cabins have been recovered. TT
Furor is still undisturbed. Both I
E in comparatively shallow water.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-06
CFVFRA'S FLEET
MY RISE again
Uncle Sam Is Nov Figuring On The
Salvage Of Alni-ante Oquendo,
Vicaya ard Chrstota Colon.

Santiago de Cuba, Sept. 6.-Presi-
dent Tatt's recent message to con-
gress asking that it be determined
whether the Spanish men of war sunk
in the battle of Santiago thirteen
years ago should be given away and
Secretary Knox's opinion that the
wrecks belong to the United States
have revived speculation here as to
the possibility of relocating the ships.
Engineers who have studied the To-
cation of the the three battleships and
two torpedo boats are of the opinion
that their salvage is practicable and
would warrant the expense of saw
ing the hulks.
Seven miles west of the narrow
mouth of Santiago harbor lies the
first of Cevera's battleships, the AL
mirante Oquendo. She is beacheC
in the breakers of Juan Gonzales
with about one-third Of her hulk Wis
( ible Long ago she was stripped o
every portable article by wrecker
who braved a watery grave for tn
prize she was reputed to have held
They took everything they could pr,
loose, including. report has 1t, man
thousands of golden coins from tn
ships safe. Recent inspection ha
shown that the Almirante Oquend
was sacked even of the rivets whic
held her fixtures in place.
Admiral Cevera's flagship, tn
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-06

Shawnee, Okla, Sept. 6.-That the
farmers of America will be owned and
controlled by trusts within the next 80
years if they do not cooperate and
conserve their efforts, was the warn
ing issued today by President T. j.
Brooks, of Tennessee, in his response
to the address of welcome at the
opening session of the National Farm
ers' Union.
United States Senator T. P. Gore,
who followed Mr.. Brooks, took up the
cudgel for cooperation, and his speech
was confined mostly to amplification
of the statements of Brooks.
"You farmers will be buried deeper
in misery than ever, if you do not CO.
operate" declared the blind Senator.
More attention must be given to bus
mess if you are to be successful"
Former State Senator Campbell
, Russell in his address of welcome on
behalf of the Oklahoma Farmers
Union, denied a statement recently
made by the secretary of the State
Bankers Association that the cotton
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-06
Farmers Must Cooperate
in Fight Against Trusts

crop of the States for 1911 will net
the planters s75.OOO,O0O
Every intelligent farmer knows
that this years crop will do well to
bring $45,OO0,OOO," said Russell
That is, if the present prices are
maintained"
Secretary A. C. Davis of the Nation
al Union is receiving number of let
ters and kilograms from farmers in
the cotton belt urging the delegates
to pass a resolution to hold cotton for
13 cents. All of the remaining meet
ings will be executive.
More than 300 delegates are in at
tendance Every delegate represents
5000 members.
A great number of kilograms from
commercial clubs, business men, bank
ers, and newspapers of cotton states,
were received today pledging support
to "any holdings plan" the National
Union may adopt. While nothing Of
| fetal has been given out regarding
the price that farmers will be asked
to place on their cotton it is said the
convention probably will agree on
from 13 to Is cents.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-06
81, 100000 Increase in
Deposits in Ten Years

sed. il had gained almost an addition
al 100000, or in other words the de-
post account was about five times as
large the first day of the month as 1t
was ten years ago, showing an in
crease of one and one-half million
dollars.
The bank in it's published statement
well says: "This continued growth
means something-think about it, and
decide for yourself. 1t means that we
are holding our old customers, and
gaining new ones. This must indicate
reasonably good business methods on
our part, and assuming as much we
take the liberty of soliciting new ac
counts on the strength of same"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-06

Attention is called to the report of
the First National Bank of Commerce
as made to the Comptroller of the
Currency and found in this issue of
The News. The statements of this
bank are always interesting for it is
always of interest to a citizen of a
community, whether he is financially
interested in an industry or company
to watch its growth and prosperity
and to compare it with conditions in
the past, Ten years ago the First
National Bank of Commerce had in
round numbers $36O,OOO in deposits,
Five years later it had gained 1925,
000 On September 1st of this year,
another fve-year period having clap
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-06

lafion large enough to give us a 15,-
udu community. We have three banks
an doing a prosperous business one
of these having the largest deposits OF
any bank in the South, when the
size OF the town is considered. We
have the largest Fertilizer Factory
in the south. One OF the largest saw
mills in al lthis section is within the
corporate limits and is backed by a
timber supply for thirty-five years.
Just outside the city are two other
large saw mills with many years tim
ber supply, also a large planning mill
and resaw plant. A plant making
nothing but cross arms for the tele-
phone and telegraph companies Is
here. and always busy. There is here
Cotton Compress, and large cotton
warehouse. a cotton oil mill and box
factory. We have two large whole
sale groceries, one doing over mll-
lion dollars worth of business in a
year and both paying handsome dlVl
dends on their stock. We have two
large supply stores, four large dry
goods stores, and innumerable retail
establishments, handling respectively
fruit. groceries, shoes, clothing. haber
dashery and gents furnishings. we
have five furniture stores, two large
hardware stores, three large sales
stables and two buggy, carriage an'
harness establishments.
We have three steam laundrles, one
mattress factory, a broom factory ah'
three bottling establishments.
marble works plant, turning out Dullu
ing marble in the finished state ant
sculpture of high order Is locate'
here. We have two large mill suppl
houses, and three combined machln
shops and foundries. One OF the la
ter owned by one of the railroad com
nanies. builds and repairs railroa'
cars. Another is constantly at 'r
Continued on page two.l
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-06
Meridian Furniture Factory
Buus Lumber From Hatfesburg

the making of furniture. This fac
tory makes a speciality of the higher
grades of sideboards and dressers, and
Mr.. Knight states that two of their
largest buyers are located in Chicago
and another at Jersey City, while ship
ments are continually being made to
all sections of the country. The en-
tire output of the plant for the next
two or three months is already sold.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-06

Chesterfield Court House, Sept. s.
With unexpected brevity both the
commonwealth and defense in the
trial of Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., indict-
ed for wife murder, closed the evil
dence in the case shortly after o
o'clock tonight and Judge Watson an
nounced that court would adjourn un-
til Thursday morning Tomorrow
will be devoted to the argument of
counsel with the court as to the in
structions to be given the jury before
the argument proper is begun Thurs
! day.
When court adjourned tonight Beu-
lah Binford was still in Jail without
having been called on to testify.
The taking of testimony today was
along no well connected line, the
prosecution after completing its
short cross-examination of the pris-
oner, taking up scattered points in
the evidence.
From one feature of the case to an
other the prosecution skinned in its
efforts to corroborate certain points
in the case it had built up previously
but the most conspicuous was the di
rect attack on the testimony Of the
prisoner was the single question OF
importance the prosecution put to the
accused in the brief cross-eXaminatior
today, and one on which the com
monwealth has been basing practical
y ly the whole case against him.
The prosecution wanted to know
how it happened that the gun admit
tedly purchased by the cousin of thu
I prisoner came to be in the hands o
u the highwayman who killed Mrs
Beattie on the Midlothian turnpike
- four days after it was bought
e The prisoner answered simply tha
l. he knew nothing of the purchase q
y any gun by Paul Beattie, and did no
i see the weapon until it was raised b
Z the highwayman.
The commonwealth introduced Sc,
era1 witnesses, including members G
Paul Beattie's family to prove tha
Henry and Paul were together Thurs
=. day night as well as Saturday nigh
, preceding the murder. which was dc
MED by the prisoner.
On THURSDAY night Paul declare
his cousin asked him to buy a sho
=. gun
c. S. Oliver coItradicted the test
mony of automobile experts that tn
Be9tt'e car was imneryious TO drill
ping blood through it to the groun
except in two places where blood wa
not visible.
IL r. B. Airport, an automobile eXper
1t oorroborated divers statement.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-06
Forrest County Farmers
Plan TO Hold Cotton

that before many days the cotton mar
ket will show a decided bulish tend
ency.
In speaking of the action of the For
rest county farmers Mr.. Quick stated
that they intended to mark their cot
ton "RR," and when asked for the
meaning of the brand he said it meant
rise or rot" That shows conclusive
ly the sentiment of the farmers and is
calculated to bring results.
Mr.. Quick has been appointed a
delegate to the general meeting to be
held in Montgomery Ala, next Tues
day and expects to attend.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-06
CLOSES
IN BEATTIE CASE
Argument opens Tomorrow, Today
Being Taken UP With
Preparation.

Chesterfield, Va, Sept. Ct expect
to be home Sunday. I feel my story
has impressed the jury and I believe
they will give me a square deal"
This was the confident statement of
Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., indicted for
wife murder, as he sat in his cell
here today gazing in retrospect at the
eleven days of evidence which was
brought to a close last night. Today
Judge and lawyers are comforting al
Richmond on questions of special in
structions to the jury tomorrow wher
court reconvenes and arguments will
be begun.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-06
WHAT THIS CITY
HAS TO OFFER
H(|MESEEKERS
BENNETT G PERKINS OUTLINE
OUR ADVANTAGES AND OUR
RESOURCES.
MANY INQUI RIES COMING
An Open Letter That Is Good Read
ing TO Home Folks and Should
y Prove Effective From an Adverts
J ing Standpoint.
MANY INQUI RIES COMING

Bennett and Perkins of this city re-
port that they are getting numerous
inquiries relative to this section
These inquiries are followed with per-
sistence, and nothing is left undone
by this firm to convince inquirers,
that South Mississippi is the coming
section and that Hattiesburg is the
metropolis of this very promising
Eldorado.
This firm believing that it is a mat
ter of general concern to learn of the
awakening of interest in this section
in distant localities, favors the Daily
News with a letter just received by
them and their reply thereto. This
correspondence like all true stories
of our county should be appreciated
even at home, as one is really surpris
ed when he begins to think of it, a
the number of things We have to dis
tinguish Hattiesburg as a prosper
Gus city and South Mississippi "a
the promised land"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-06

Mr.. r. S. Knight Of the Meridian
Furniture Factory, is in the city in
the interest of his concern, which is
one of Meridian's largest industries,
and a plant that should receive the
hearty encouragement of the entire
South.
Mr.. Knight is a frequent visitor
here,and buys large amount of lum-
ber from this section which goes into