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The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-07-04
Sherif's Sale

The State Of Texas. County u Lubbock
Whereas. by virtue 81 an order % sale issued
out OF the district court Of Lubbock county,
Texas on n judgment rendered In said court on
the 10Th day u June. A. D. 1912, in favor II c. 2
Simpson and against X. T. Penney, J. s. Penney
and the Lubbock State Bank u Lubbock. No. 5s5
on the docket Of said court, and 20 me, as sheriff
directed aud delivered, did. on the 18th day Of
June. A. ID. 1912, AT O'Clock p NJ. levy upon the
following described tracts and parcels Of land sit
tsated IN Lubbock county Texas. and belonging 20
and claimed by x r. Penney. j $ Penney and
the Lubbock State Bank to--it. an undivided
One-third interest IN and 90 lots a. r. 49, 10 and
rs IN block l3i ~ the original town Of Lubbock
Texas, a. said lots appear on the plat u said town
recorded pages 80 and 3st Of vol 3 u the deed
records 81 Lubbock county. Texas, on the 6th DAY
" August, A. y 1912 being the first Tuesday n
said month. between the hours u ~ @ clock a. M
and 3 u'cock q said day. AT the court house
door Of Lubbock county. Texas in the town Of
Lubbock, viii offer for sale and sell at public
auction. for cash. all the right title and interest
n the SAID X J. Penney. ! s. Penney and the
Lubbock State Bank in and % s.iid property
Witness my hand. this the 2.th dav n June. a
D 1912
W n FLYNN
52-it sheriff If Luhh0ck county Texas
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-07-04
New Band Stand

The carpenters have completed
the band stand in the court
house yard and everything is
getting in good shape for the
open air concerts. The Lub-
book band is rendering good
music now and the people of
Lubbock should stand by them
with a liberal support, There
are few towns that can boast of
a band like Lubbock's and we
should show an appreciation of
their efforts to furnish us good
music, by giving them our sup
port, morally and financially.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-07-04

Of Boston, Mass, with Offices
In Dallas; capital stock 81. 200. :
900.
Iindale The berry growers Of
this section predict a yield of
600 cars this season and so far
forty cars have been shipped.
Austin A permit to do bust
ness in Texas has been granted
the Republic Trust Company, of
Phoenix, Ariz.. with headquar-
tiers in Dallas; capital stock So,
900. 900.
Fort Worth-Live stock re-
ports show that this city hand
led 1901 900 head of cattle during
the month of May. an increase
over the same period last year
of 56, 900 head.
Tulia All the machinery has
arrived for the new light plant
to be constructed here. AT the
present time large force of
workmen is rushing the work to
an early completion.
Texarkana The contract for
the erection of the Texarkana
National Bank has been let and
work will start Immediately. The
building will be eight stories
high and cost $3.50, 600.
Austin The American Live
Stock Company of Denver,
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-07-04

Kodak films tst sale at Miss
Browns StHs6. 50 Il
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-07-04

Colorado, has been granted a
permit 10 do business in Texas
with headquarters at Pampa;
capital stock 5000. 600.
Paris The business men Of
this city held their first trades
excursion on the rs. The party
travelled over the Cotton Belt and
Texas Midland Railroads and
visited all the cities along those
lines.
Houston The movement to
construct a public highway from
San Antonio to this city is
arousing favorable sentiment
and igood roads rallies will be
held in all the cities along the
proposed route.
Abilene The Board of the
Chamber of Commerce of this
city at recent meeting elected
E. B. Brynum to the presidency
of the organization and j. NJ.
Radford to the vice president.
The office of secretary will be
filled later.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-07-04

A communication this week
rom the chief engineer of the
I,anta Fe to our townsman S. H.
|vithers. is to the effect that dirt
wiz begin flying on the Cutoff
between this point and Lubbock
ust as soon as three parties who
own land through which the sur
bey runs. deeds the company the
'ight-of-way through their land.
Ne understand that this is only
|. matter of correspondence and
10 donbt this will be arranged in
few days or as soon as the
natter is brought to the atter-
ion of the owners of the land.
The corps of engineers are
blacing the grade stakes along
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-07-04
Texas Industrial Notes


1873 as compared with SIG for
the United States as a whole.
The precipitation for the same
month was 1886 inches in Texas
and 3.07 in the United States as
a whole.
Bryan The Texas Farmers
Congress will meet at A. & NJ.
College on July 80 81 &c. August
LIST. 1t is expected that 1000
farmers will attend the confer
ance.
Austin "A permit TO do bust
ness in Texas has been granted
the Houghton Mifilin Company
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-07-04

Fort Worth This city now has
one of the finest chemical lab.
eratories in the country.
Laredo The independent on
ion growers of this section have
organized with headquarters in
this city.
Houston Through the efforts
of the Chamber Of Commerce.
this city has secured a foundry
manufacture electrotypes.
Fort Worth According to the
June edition of the Crop Re-
porter. the normal tempera-
ture in Texas during May was
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-07-04

The Texas farms and ranches
have been producing over half a
billion dollars per annum. but
this year promises to eclipse any
thing within the memory of man
in the way Of quantities and
prices. The products Of our
mines and factories require six
figures TO express them and it is
safe to estimate that the wealth
produced in Texas in 1912 will
amount to approximately a billion
dollars. Then the increase in
the value of our property runs
close to a million dollars per day.
and there is a vast amount of
capital pouring into the state,
and all these factors taken in the
aggregate makes a magnificent
prosperity.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-07-04
Sherifs Sale

The State Of Texas. County Of Lubbock
Whereas. by virtue Of an order Of sale, issued
out u the district court u Lubbock county.
Texas. on Judgment rendered In said court on
the 18th day q May. A. ID. 1919. In favor 81 John
A. Morrison and against J. ~ Leari Individually.
and against. n. Lizard Lumber Co.. a partner
chip composed o. J. ". Lizard. W. y. Lizard and
w. J. McCaffcrty. Ma. 81 on the docket Of said
court snsto me. a. sheriff. directed and delivered
did. on the 18th day Of June. A. d. 1912. at )
O'Clock o. m. levy upon the following described
tracts and parcels Of land situated In Lubbock
county, Texas. and belonging 10 J. ". Lizard. and
the J. ~. Lizard Lumber Company, q partnership
firm composed Of J. N. Lizard. W. y. Leard and W
J: McCsnerty. to-~sts Lots II. u. 10 and u IN
block r In the town Of Lubhock. Texas. ~ aid
lots appear on the plat Of zaid town recorsied On
pagcs "a and $50 Of vol Of the deed records Of
Lubbock county. Tcxzs and On the 9Th day Of
August A. ID. 1919. being the hrst Tuesday Of said
U1nth. between the hours of 10 O'Clock a. m. and
o1lnck D, m. on sad day. at the court house door
q nbfock esoRy. Texas. In the town u Lub-
~. VIII o4wIpr sale and sell ct public auction.
eUfa<h. ~ ~ 49, title and interest Of the said
= II. LeoT1 - - =. N. LeArd Lumber Com
WI L:ssssS1 Il N !: and d 70 a'. AID
Ti.ss.. ny ~ - ssssA d., of June. A.
n-a $50 81 ..us. r,....
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-07-04

RAILROAD CONTRACTOR IN TOWN
Mr. Hurley. the contractor who
contracted the railroad work on
Altus Lubbock and Roswell Rail-
road in this section was in town
last Tuesday.
In conversation with the editor
he stated that he had no anthem
tic news in connection with the
movements of the promoters of
the road but from their late
maneuvers. he is under the i'm
preston that work will begin
again inside of ninety days. The
work. he thinks. will begin at
Lubbock and be pushed this way
as rapidly - poouibls .when it
is commencfd. He 4 very pooi-
tive that 'sks Nd wiz N ~
during this year. howevsr. b.
information is not official.
His impression is that if the
citizens of Silverton do not get
down to business that the road
will miss the town and build
a new town elsew here in the
county. II is inevitable that a
town. as good as any south of
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-07-04

Amarillo. will be built some
where in the county as soon
as work begins on the road.
and if the citizens of Silverton
fail to comply with the de-
mands of the promoters of the
road it will go elsewhere. -
Brisco County Mirror.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-07-04

Huffman is well pleased with
his crop. Wheat can now be
contracted for at 81 per bushel.
which basis would make the
yield $23 to the acre. Mr.. Huff
man has S25-acre land, and his
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-07-04
Threshing in FLOYD

Mr.. C. Huffman threshed his
crop of wheat Tuesday of this
week. and the yield was %
bushels to the acre. This was
far better than expected and Mr..
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-07-04
prosperity.

A man May be judged by the
company he keeps and the fruit
grower may be judged by the
package he puts up. Next to
the promoter who sells gold
brick, the farmer who markets
rotten eggs and the merchant
who cheats in weight, is the pro-
Queer who hides culls IN the bot
tom of the package.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-07-04

this line and are expected into
Hurley daily. State Line Trib-
une.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-07-04

crop Of wheat will come some
where in the neighborhood of
his investment. -Lockney
Beacon.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-07-04

Miss Kate Hooker rstnrned
the latter part of Iass week from
a few DAYS visit to points IN New
Mexico.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-09-26
RIGHT USE OF ADJEcTlVES
Some Authors Employ Them Lavish
ly, Others sparingly but With No
Loss OF Strength.

Did Cobbett say: when a man
comes to his adjectives, trelnble for
him." or did he tremble at the thought
of n writer using the word "It?" The
only book by Goblet now on hand is
his Tour in Scotland" in which he
says dreadful things against potatoes
and shouts the praise of brose. oat.
cakes and oatmeal, a book delight
full by reason of its vituperat!on. as
when he described the Globe newspa-
per as that rumble tumble of filth
and beastly ignorance" and Denman
as the dirty bill of indictment draw
er" for the Is. oughhams and the
Greys. Probably the saying is In Cob
belts English grammar. We were
reminded Of it by reading about John
Walter, the founder of the London
Times. That journal was at first
printed geographically that Is, a
number of words and phrases were
cast entire, to save compositors the
trouble of collecting type Thus these
phrases were on a single block
Dreadful robbery" ''atroeious out.
rage" fearful calamity" interesting
female" There are writer's today who
always Join the same adjective to Ger.
tain nouns just as 1t Is easy to fall
into the trick of characterizing n per.
son or qualifying a thing by applying
three adjectives. as the Irish lady was
described In her epitaph as bland,
passionate and deeply religious"
They say that Kinglake, writing 1.-THE
Invasion of the Crimea," worked for
O number of hours and left spaces
for adjectives. He then rode on horse
back, meditated the fitting adjectivos,
and on his return inserted them. Wss
II not Daudet who said that the ad
jective should never be the legitimate
wife of the substantive? Look through
"Gulliver's Travels" mark the sobrl
ETY. In the use of words, and note the
strength and authority thus gained
Lafcadlo Hearns description OF the
Windward islands Is in striking con-
trast-the style Is as lush as the
tropical vegetation; the reader should
don colored spectacles. Yet with a
few adjectives Poe and Coleridge
could work wonders, and Walt Whit
man was often fortunate, as when he
spoke of the gorgeous, indolent
SUM-" the sun so calm and naughty"
mad, naked summer night. Philip
Hale in Boston Herald.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-09-26
Cotton Duck for Motor Tires.

One million yards of high grade
duck, to be made from sea island
and Egyptian cotton, has recently
been sold by Georgia cotton mill to
a manufacturer of automobile tires.
The quality of this material Ia of
the highest grade, used only In the
larger tires, the lower grade OF. goods
being available for the smaller tires.
One million yards Of cotton duck, one
yard wide, is a pretty big order to 20
from one mill to one tire manufac.
turer.
1t illustrates, however. the ever
broadening market for cotton and the
reason why big cotton crop has been
so promptly absorbed. Every year
sees new uses for the south's cotton.
Not only is 1t being used in the manu-.
facture Of tires. 1t is likewise used In
the manufacture of automobile tops,
and the wider the use of automobiles
the greater will be the demand for
cotton.-Manufacturers' Record.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-09-26
Saws Chinese Are Heroic.

G. H. Chu, evidently a Chinese stu
dent of Columbia university, New
York, writes the New York Sun to
contradict certain statements that
have appeared in newspapers since
the Titanic disaster, to the effect that
among Chinese In similar circum'
stances the rule is men first" Mr..
Chu asserts that "the teachings of Con.
fucius all favor self-sacrifice, the
helping of others than yourself. Con.
fucius says that man who in peril
steals his own life instead of dying
under duty's call is less than man.
"Ihere Is nothing In Confucianism,
continues Mr.. Chu. "justifying any
man who saves himself by letting q
woman or a child lose life.
"rhe experience in China Is that
many, many times the noble rule ia
followed: Women and children first.
Sometimes of course the men neglect
the higher law, and are severely blam-
ed by the people in general II they
do"
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-09-26
You are the Jury
Hear The Testimony of SkOwhegan
People and Decide the Case.

Doan's Kidney Pills are on trial
are being tried every day for weak
kidneys-for exhausting kidney back
aches. What is the verdict? Read
Skowhegan testimony-personal eX-
periences of Skowhegan witnesses
There can be only one verdict
chorus of approval
Joseph Roderick. H. Summer ST.
Skowhegan, Me, says: My opinion
of Doan's Kidney Pills increases as |
learn more of their merit. | got this
remedy at Sampson & Azores Drug
store in 1897 and il cured me OF a
severe backache. | know Of a number
of other people in t j. town who have
used Doan's Kidney Pills and in every
case the results have been satislact-
Dry"
If you back aches--if your kidneys
bother you. don't simply ask for kid
ney remedy-ask distinctly for Doan'S
Kidney Pills, the same that Mr.. Roder-
lex had-remedy backed by home testi-
mony. soc all stores. Foster Milburn
Co. Props, Buffalo, n. Y.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-09-26
Story of an African Romance.

A romance born under unusual cir
cumstances eliminated at the altar, in
the marriage of Miss Olive Macleod
and Charles Lindsay Temple, chief
secretary of Northern Nigeria. 1t was
while returning from Wadai, in the
heart of Central Africa, whittier she
had journeyed to place cross on the
grave of her former fiance, Lieut.. Boyd
Alexander, a noted explorer, who was
murdered at that place by natives In
1910, that she met and was successful
~ wooed by her future husband. Dur.
ing this trip Miss Macleod covered
nearly 1000 miles, through regions
where the natives although nominally
friendly, are uncertain IN temper. For
four months she vas In territory hlth
erto Unknown to British travellers, and
for six months in districts where a
white woman had never before been
seen. A woman friend and her hus
band were the only other white mem
bers OF the expedition. They were in
almost constant danger lest the ma
tives turn against them, and on one
occasion ono Of the wilder tribes
seriously debated the proposition of
taking the women prisoners. The party
managed to escape while the parley
was going on.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-09-26
ANCIENT ROME'S WINES
NEARLY FIFTY KINDS KNOWN TO
ITS INHABITANTS.
Several Varieties, Made With Salt Wa
ter, Were Considered Medicinal,
and Not neutrality-suspicious.
Given Those to BE Tortured.

Nearly SO kinds of wine were known
to the ancient Romans. including sew
eral varieties used for medicinal pur.
poses. Falernian was home wine,
resembling the modern Madeira, and
was not commonly used until 1t was
ten years old. After 1t was twenty
years old 1t affected the drinker un.
fayorably, causing headache.
Other wines were foreign. China
also also called Ariusian, of which
there were three varieties-austere
sweet and intermediate-anf the Les
bian, considered TO be the diuretic
were of this kind. Some wines were
naned after their color, as white.
dark, and red The white were thought
to be the thinnest and least heating;
the dark colored and sweet the most
nourishing; the red the most heat
Ing.
Certain wines named Myndian, Hall
carnassian, Rhodian and Coan, were
made with salt water. They were con-
sidered not to be intoxicating, but
to promote digestion. Two Wines
Cnidian and Adrian, were also medL
cinal. Mustum was a term applied
to wine newly made. or the fresh Juice
Of the grape. Protopum was the Juice
which runs from the grapes, without
pressing. Mulsum was a mixture of
wine and honey. Sapa was mustum
boiled down to q third. Defrutum was
mustum reduced to half and Carenum
was the same reduced to a third
Passum was a sweet wine, prepared
from grapes that had been dried in
the sun. Passum creticum, also
sweet wine, Is believed to have been
the same as the wine which our fore
fathers called Malmsey the wine in
which the duke of Clarence, brother of
Edward W., elected to be drowned.
A wine called Murrhina has a curl
GUS history. The Greeks had a wine
Of this kind which consisted of pure
wine perfumed with odorous sub
stances. The Romans had wine
similarly named, which Is supposed to
have been wine mingled with myrrh.
1t was administered to those who
were about to suffer torture In order
to intoxicate them, and to remove the
sense of suffering.
These ancient wines retained their
place probably to the end Of the Mid
die Ages, but there Is no reliable evil
dence bearing upon this point. Very
slowly the names, rather than the
wines. changed generally. The an
cient wines, even those In use in
shakespeare's time, seem to have been
less charged with alcohol than the
vines of the present day. Even Malm-
sey, the strongest of them, contained
only about IL per cent. Of spirit, and
Sack a little more than half that
amount-The Ideal Grocer.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-09-26
Aviation and insurance

Aviation risks have been accepted
by certain German life and accident
insurance companies, but the results
have not been encouraging. The con.
ditions attending such insurance have,
consequently. been made more re-
strictive.
The rates for aeronauts who use
craft lighter than air have recently
been increased, while in the case of
craft heavier than air insurance
against death seems to have been de-
clined altogether.
A Swiss insurance company doing
accident business in Germany has re.
Gently abandoned policies for airmen
and air craft altogether, for even after
raising its original rates business was
found to be improbable. One company
which had early ventured into avia-
ton assurance against death recently
paid claim Of nearly $4,000 in ad-
dition to a policy covering the aero
plane, which was destroyed.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-09-26
Paul Jones a Stratealst.

Probably most of those persons who
read the account of the dedication OF
the Paul Jones statue at Washington
think of that daring seafighter as a
man of strenuous action, sort of sea
knight. Paul Jones was, indeed. all
of that, and he was great deal more,
comedies the Boston Transcript. He
was thinker, who thought deeply on
naval strategy and naval organization,
and, so far as our service Is concerned,
his designation as the father of the
American navy" is correct. Save to-
ward the close of his life, and then I'm.
der most unfavorable conditions, he
never had a chance to put his ideas of
strategy into action. The Russian
navy, with which he served in the war
against the Turks, was q poor school
and one unwilling to learn from a
great instructor.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-09-26
The Rauplcker Bird.

The trumpeter bird is the ragpicker
of the woods and swamps of Guiana,
where he is always at work at his
trade, with his stomach for a pack
and his bill for a hook. He performs
a useful but most extraordinary serv
ice, devourlng a perfect multitude OF
snakes, frogs, scorpions, spiders, liz
ards, and the like creatures. But this
terrible bird can be made perfectly
tame. On the Guiana plantations he
may be seen fraternizing with the
ducks and turkeys, accompanying
them in their walks, defending them
from their enemies, separating quar-
elcrs with the strokes of his bill, sus
tanning the young and the feeble and
waking the echoes with his trumpet
while he brings home his fiocks at
night. The trumpeter Is as handsome
as he Is useful. Noble and naughty
in aspect, he raises himself up on his
long, yellow gathered legs and seems
to say, Il am the trumpeter, the
scourge of the reptile. and the protec
tor OF the fiocks."
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-09-26

President Hyde of the Bath Iron
| Works has closed a contract with tho
ofeidis of the Maine Central Rail
road for new steel steamship, which
will be practically a sister ship of the
beautiful twin screw steel steamer
Moosehead which was built by the
Iron Works and launched May 4, 1911,
and represented a cost of upwards of
$4,000. The Moosehead was built
for the Mt. Desert route on French
mans Bay and has proved great sue
cess, being q favorlte with the Bar
Ilarbor travel. Just what route the
new steamer is to run is not yet an
nounced. The Moosehead is one of
the very finest passenger steamers on
the Atlantic coast, being really pal
ace afloat. The new boat will be sim
liar in its appointments and build and
will have the very latest equipment
and construction in naval architect
ure. The new flyer will be ready for
service the 18TH of May and will re-
present an outlay Of upwards of $780,
600.
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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-09-26
A Sea Moving Machine.

The first sea moving machine has
been launched at San Diego. 1t will
be used for cutting the millions of
tons Of kelp and seaweed that grow
along the coast. A gasoline launch
has been fitted with horizontal jack
shaft revolving at right angles to the
keel. Two vertical shafts are fitted
with four-foot blades that revolve at
high speed ten feet below the surface
The moved kelp floats ashore, Is
taken out and dried, and later is haul
ed to factory to be converted into
fertilizer.