The weekly banner. (Athens, Ga.) 1891-1921, March 17, 1911, Image 2

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MARCH 17, 1911. THE BANNER, FRIDAY MORNING, I HASTES JOSEF1 STONE This Is the Jackson County boy who won the Boy»’ Corn Growers* Prise In Georgia. SPECIAL "GUANO 102 BUSHELS OF CORN J OE STONE, the Jackson County lad, 11 years old, made 102 bushels of Corn on one acre; won the first prize In the Georgia Boys' Corn Club contest for 1910, and received an Award of Merit from tbc government of the United States,signed by Honorable James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture. LOOK FOR THE RED STAR ON EVERY SACK / SPECIAL ■ SWSt '«» W *ju«!>« T uMfftir JL EMPIRE STATE CHEMiCALCO ATHENS GA “While the earth re- mnincth seed time and harvest ★ ★ ★ shall not cease.” By using Red Star Special Guano, any farmer can greatly increase both yield and profit from every acre of his land. Not more acreage^but ■•refract yoar acreage, is the Red Star slogan. ONE acre Our fertilizer book will be mailed free to you for the asking. Send us your name. RCO.TARCUAKO ^p|RE STATE CHEMICAL COMPANY What it didfar this BOY- it will dojfar YOU! “PtEOOVML Former Athens Man is Endorsed for the Place as (Successor to the Late Senator Clay. The letter below, sent to and pub lished In the Augusta Herald of very recent date, will be of more then interest to Athene readers, since Hon. Pleasant A. Stovall, the subject of the communication, Is a former Athens man and has a number of rel atives and many friends in the Classle City: Stovall for the Senete.^ Augusta, (In., March 8th', 1911. To the Editor of The Herald, Sir: I have seen In your paper and other papers of Georgia the fact that the many friends of Mr. Pleasant A Sto vall are urging his name as the prop er one to succeed the late Senator A S. Clay In the United States senate. If I mistake not this selection will be made at the next session of the Geor gia legislature. Would it not be well for some of the many friends of Mr. Stovall In this city to take tlve initiative In this matter? As you no doubt know many voters of Augusta are In favor of this movement and most overy one here will vote for him, but as yet there hae not boen any concerted action along thia line. I know that Mr. 8tovall Is not seek ing the position, for modesty Is one of hit many virtues, but it wquld cer tainly be an honor that bb would most highly appreciate, and. If elected, he would repreeent the Empire State of the South In a manner that would re flect credit upon the state of Georgia and the entire South. Mr. Stovall la a scholar, an orator, a statesman, a legislator, a llterateur, and a gentleman of education, cul ture and refinement. His presence In the halls of the .United States sen- ate would be s reminder of the days of yore when Georgia's voice was heard above all and heeded by all. Mr. Stovall la a citizen of Savan nah, and the honored editor and own er of one of the best papers In the South, the Savannah Press, and his close contact with th- politics of the etate and the people of the state and the press of the etate hare eminently qualified him as a United States loc ator. Indeed he Is prepared to don the toga on a moment’i notice. But Mr. Stoyall'e candidacy, If he should be Induced to be a candidate, would be practically Augusta's candi date. He was bom and raised in Au- gusts. His early education was here. He worked here, ‘‘earned a living here," made a name for himself here, his people live here, and he himself is often here Most everybody here who is anybody knows Mr. Pleasant A. Stovall—his most intimate friends call him "Pleas”—and most every body here would willingly vote for him. Yours very truly, O. P. TALBOTT. Atlanta Is Forced By Fre quent Accidents to pass Better Law or Enforce Old One. Atlanta, March 14.—Numerous vio lations of the new state automobile law, coupled with frequent and some times fatal accidents especially in the cities, are stirring public sentiment, according to all the Indications, to a point where there Is soon going to be a demand for both a better and more protective law and for more strenuous enforcement of It. In Atlanta this feeling bns already stirred the city council to the point of making more stringent regulations for the running of automobiles within the city limits; and a special commit tee has prepared a revision of the auto ordinances which will be sub mitted to council for Its action next Monday. In addition It Is proposed to put s copy of the new ordinance Into the hands or every city policeman and to caution them that It must be enforc ed. Automobile oyvners are now regia- tering with the! secretary 'of state at the rate of about 100 a week, and he has to date Issued 6,625 numbers, al though he hns been Informed by deal ers that thgre are between 8.000 and 9,000 cars operated In the state. Only the other day a man walked Into the office of Secretary Cook and said he had been operating an auto mobile tor a year, but bad no num bers. “Do you think I'll get In trouble?” he asked. “If the police bad done their duty you certainly would have had trou ble,” Mr. Cook replied. 'Give me a number quick," said the man, planking down bis $2. .It Is the duty of city and state officers to make cases against all) nutomoblllits who violate the state E Brains, Meats and Dairy Products Shows Heavy Increase Over Feb ruary 1910. Washington, D. C. March 13.—Feb ruary exportations of farm products show a marked increase when com pared with those of the corresponding month last year, according to figures Just received by the Bureau of Sta tistics, Department of Commerce and Labor. Corn, wheat, flour, other breadstuffs, and meat and dairy pro ducts all show a very large increase in February, 1911, compared with Feb ruary, 1910. The quantity of corn ex ported In February, 1911, was practl rally 10 3-4 million bushels, against . 1-2 million in February of last year; of wheat 1 1-3 million bushels, against 1 million a year age; of flour 839 thousand barrels, against 523 thou sand in February, 1910; meat and dairy products 10 3-4 million dollars In value, against 9 3-4 million one year ago; and cotton, 410 million pounds, against 169 million pounds In the coresponding month of last year. In the 8 months ending with February corn exports show also a large in crease, being for that period 35 3-4 million bushels against 22 1-2 million In the. corresponding period a year earlier. Wheat exports, however, show a marked decline, being In the 1911 period 18 1-3 million bushels, bgainst 38 1-3 million In the corre sponding period of 1910. The outward movement of flour in the 1911 pe riod is about the same as a year ago, while other breadstuffs, show a total export of 0 1-2 million dollars In val ue In the 1911 period, against 4 1-2 million In the corresponding period of the prior year. Meat and dairy prod- ducts exported inthe 1911 period dif fer but a little from those of 1910: and cotton exports aggregated 501 million dollars In value In the 1911 law, Secretary Cook says, and yet! P ell ° d ’ a * ala,t ™ mlllloa a year CITY PLANNERS MEET. Philadelphia, Pa., March 14.—Many experts are attending the third annual meeting of the National Conference on Cfty Planning, which met in this city today. The seeslons will last three days and will be devoted to the diecueslon of a wide range of nunklpa! probleme. ILLINOIS ICE DEALERS MEET. Rock Island, III., March 14.—The annual convention of the Illinois Ice Peelers’ association met in this city today with members present from Chicago, Springfield, Peoria, Rock ford and numerous other cities throughout the etate. there has scarcely a case been made. Mr. Cook says he has himself seen frequent violations of the law right here In Atlanta. Autos are run at night without headlights; numbers are put In the wrong place and can not be see,: at night; nutolsts round curves and cross bridges without ever slackening their speed, though the law says they must reduce to tlx miles an hour; cars are sold or ex changed, ’hud the new owner falls to register or procure a new number. Only the other day a horse was kill ed by an automobile in South Georgia, and tha number having been secured. Inquiry was made at the office of tbs secretary of state as to the owner of tbe car. The name In which the num ber stood wax given and a claim was made against the man for the loss of tbe horse. “Why I sold that car three months ago,” he aafd. However, be gave the name of the party who had purchased it and the man responsible tor tne accident was found. It Is stated a number of amend ments to the law will be urged at the coming session of tbe general assem bly, and In addition some measure will be asked to provide for the law’e better enforcement. NEW JERSEY METHODIST EPI8COPAL CONFERENCE City, N. J., March 14.—The i here Ailed today with list ministers and to attend tbeean. i of tike New Jersey M. E. Bishop Hamilton will ■ *•“ —nfer-mce, which In session n A“BiUous Attack.” Symptoms, sour stomach, nasty taste in mouth, sick , headache, sallow complex, ion, the world your enemy. Cause. Constipation, inact. ive liver, overflow of bite into the system. Relief. Treatment for two nights before retiring with RAHo^fte AMD TONIC PEUET8 One a night, don't worry, eteep well and Nature'll do the rest. Entire Treat mens 25 Cte. ALL DRUGGISTS. earlier. Cattle, hogs and sheep form the sole class showing a decline In both the month of February and the eight months ending with February, the value thereof exported in Feb ruary, 1911, being 824 thousand dol lars, against 1 1-3 million In February, 1910, and in the eight months ending with February, 1911, 7 million dollars, against 10 1-2 million in tbe corre sponding period of the preceding year. One notable feature of the recent exports of breadstuffs Is that the val ue of com exported is far In excess at that of wheat, being In the month of February, 1911, 5 2-3 million dol lars, against a little over 1 million dollars' worth of wheat, and 3 3-4 million dollars' worth of flour. For the 8 months' period, however, ex ports of wheat and flour In combina lion are larger in value than corn exports, the value of wheat exported in fhe eight months ending February, 1911, being 17 million dollars, and of flour, 32 3-4 Alllion while the value or corn exported is 19 3-4 million. While the exportation of wheat dur ing the eight months ending Febru ary, 1911, has been much less than that of the corresponding period last year, and far below the annual aver- age of the past decade, the figures will not make tbe lowest record of cur exports of that article. The to tal exports- In the 8 months ending February, 1911, are 18 1-3 million ■bushels, and In the single month of February, 1 1-3 million, indicating that for the fiscal year ending Jnne 30, 1911, the total will range between 20 and 30 million bushels, while the ex ports of wheat in the fiscal year 1900, following the very short crop of 1904, amounted to only 4 1-3 million bush els, the lowest record of wheat ex port! In many years. It seems prob able, however, that the exports of tbe Ascii year 1911 will, with the single exception of 1905, be smaller than In any year since 18(9, when the total was 17 1-2 million bushels. TWO SIS Stripling Case Which Has Attracted Wide Attention Now Showing Up “Other Side.” One bottle or box of Ane shoe pol ish with every dollar Job of shoe work done at my shop. No. 120 Clayton Bt. Phone 1010. Max M. Hubert tf Atlanta, March 14.—While there there does not appear to have been any widespread slackening in the public sympathy throughout the state in behalf of Thomas Edgar Stripling, the former Danville. Va.. chief of po lice who was recently brought back to the state as an escaped convict with a life sentence for murder com mitted in Harris county fourteen years ago, the interesting develop ment of the protest and opposition to the granting of clemency, gives as surrance of one of the most sensa tional hearings that has ever come before the prison commission "Hear the other side." says the wid- ow of the man who was killed. She has since remarried and is now Mrs. G. M. Nelson of Chipley; she was Mrs. William J. Cornett. Why should he enjoy freedom and family, she asks, and leave the widow, children, and aged father and mother of the murdered man the only one* to suffer? This question is going to be put up to the prison commission when comes to hear the case, and the other side will be presented by Cornett' family and friends. For a tlmq It looked as If Stripling would have easy sailing in securing his liberty; the sympathy 'aroused for him after fourteen years of ntonement Is having its effect, and petition after petition Is being circulated urging executive clemency, while half a doz en of these petitions bearing some 2,000 signatures, have already reached Governor Brown. In addition to tills the governor hn« received hundreds of letters from prominent citizens all over the state as well as from other states, asking him to exercise clemency In Strip lings' case. There have also come to the gov ernor a few letters and qiumerous newspaper clippings from the Dan ville Register and from papers Roanoke and Richmond, taking the other side of the case, and stating there was no reason why Stripling should be pardoned. He is too high strung, too quick on the trigger, they say, and they point out that he has killed two men while going under the name of R. S. Mor ris In Danville. One of these men he killed before he became chief of po lice, the other while chief, and the newspaper accounts from tbe hostile papers take the view that both of these killings could have been avoid ed. However, he was acquitted In both Instances. From accounts' too, It appears there is some politics In the case. The hos tile Virginia newspapers declare It extremyly doubtful that a majority of the citizens of Danville would sign a petition for Stripling's pardon. Stripling was known as the "pro. hlbltlon” chief of police. He Is nn advocate of prohibition and of course the opponents of that policy have fought him; perhaps, too, many of them would like to see him held here In Georgia and made to serve his sen tence. • W Governor Brown has not even read any of the letters or petitions In tbe case which must pass Arst through tl)e prison commission. For this res. son be Is, of course, referring all pe titions and papers.connected with the case to that body In its capacity at pardon board. The prison commission has set no time for hearing the case, but It Is quite probable It will be taken np at the next meeting which will be held Tuesday, April 4. There Is no reason why It should not come up then, un less some valid rason for a contin uance Is presented by one side or the other. In the meantime Stripling remains in. Jail In Columbus not having been sent to the penitentiary. Disposition of him rests with the prison commis sion, it is stated, and If he were sent tovthe penitentiary now,, it would be to the state priaon farm hear Mll- ledgevllle, since It would be impossi ble to put him at work In a road camp on account of his lame leg. That lame leg was the result of a fracture sustained In stopping a pair of runaway horses, through ffhlch. It It said, several lives were probably saved. On the other band, Mrs. Nelson, Cornett’s widow. In her statement, say* or Intimates that Stripling took part In the lynching of a negro in Columbus many yean ago. It will be seen, therefore, that everything, both to bis credit, and discredit. Is being brought to light Mrs. Nelson says tbe killing of Cornett was assassination, that be was shot down from- ambush. Strip ling and hla friend* declare he shot Cornett because of an Insult to a woman member of hit family. It will be seen that the case la replete with sensational details, alio? which will, no doubt, be brought out on tbe hearing before the prison com. mission. Everything conspires to make It one of the most sensational cases that has ever come before the pardon board and the governor. POULTRY SHOW Suggestion of Mrs. Upson in Letter to the Press Meeting With Much Endorsement. Tbe Banner is glad to contribute its influence to the movement for a great poultry show here In the coming fall. There have been many expressions of endorsement and co-operation with Mrs. L. L. Upson, one of the most enthusiastic chicken fanciers in the section and state, whose recent let- ter published In the Clarke county Courier and The Banner attracted at tention. She suggested the holding of a great fair here and the prior or ganization of a county association un der the regular rules of the larger association. Chicken raisers Gainesville, Commerce, Winder, Jef ferson, Lexington, Madison, Washing ton and many other points nearby have already expressed their inten tlon of entering fowls if the poultry show is held this fall in Athens, this connection the following commu- ideation will be of interest: For the Show Sure. Editor Banner:—It is with pleasure I read the article of Mrs. L. 7* Upson suggesting a poultry show for Athens this fall. 1 had intended calling the attention of the Banner to such movement and ask that you would give, not only the poultry breeders, hut the citizens at large an oppor tunity to discuss a poultry show for Athens: but Mrs. Upson, her ability re-lnforced by her experience, has gone into the details ably and now only remains to follow up her sugges lions and have this show. Atlanta and other progressive cities have realized the benefits of such shows, and why not Athens, too? I have wondered why Athens has never tak en up this matter. Her citizens, as sisted by your magnificent paper, have done other things and have reaped hnd are still reaping the rewards that 'come from such movements, it Is not, therefore, for the poultrymen alone to work 6ut the details and secure this show but the chamber of commerce could render its aid and the citizens of Athens in general should help It afong. Very few people realize what a poultry show means and not one person In a thousand (except in local Itles where poultry shows are held) knows to what extent the breeding of fine poultry exists. There are a num ber of fanciers. If you are a mind to call them that In Oconee county. Among them Mr. M. C. Griffith, Buff Plymouth Rocks: E. P. Johnson Rhode Island Reds: A. W. Ashford Barred Plymouth Rocks; A. C. Jack- son, While Plymouth Rocks; B. Overby, Bronze Turkeys and Guineas C. W. Chandler, Rhole island Rtds F. R. Booth, Pit Games. No doubt there are as many more whom 1 don’t recall Just now. And I believe the majorlty-of these will Join this move ment even If they do not exhibit stock. Now, Mr. Editor, don't let this tiling stop where It Is but boost It along. I suggest that Mrs. Upson appoint committee and I nominate her chair man to consider ways and means for organization and at some proper date call a meeting to enroll members and perfect the organization of tbe asso ciation. .Yours truly, A. W. MEADOWS. "Poverty Ridge." SECOND LETTER FROM • HI SON Mr. J. T. Pittard of Winterville Had Second Message From J. F. Hunnicutf. (Special to. The Banner.) Winterville, Ga., March 14.—A sec. ond letter has been received from J. F. Hunnlcutt, by Mr. J. T. Pittard which proves beyond a'doubt that he really the long lost ton of Mrs. Thomas Bailey. Seventeen years ago this fall he left hit home and mother, then Mrs. Hunnlcutt, he went to Flor ida, was engineer of a boat between Jacksonville, Fla., and Philadelphia, the last heard from him was in Feb. ruary of 1895. The letter was written and mailed in the later place. Mr. F. H. Kroner was in Philadelphia a few years later and at tbe request of bis mother, went to see Mrs. Ellis, the lady he had been boarding with. All she could tell of him was he had left bis trunk and asked her to hold his room for a month, he was golns down to the wharf to get work. Noth ing more was ever heard from him. Several pictures and letters of bis were brought back to hla mother, who has all these years given him up a* dead. Now she baa also received a letter from him, saying be was still under treatment at the hospital at Bognor, Sussex, England—that It would be sometime yet before he could return home. Mrs. Bailey* many friends here rejoice with her that she baa heard from her absent boy. May be return borne and be a blessing to her. ‘UfiUSTA IS AFTER CADEHNCAMPENI Fund Being Raised By Alumni to Secure the University Cadets.j — (From Augusta Chronicle.) The Augusta Alumni of the Uni versity of Georgia are responding well to the Invitation of the Chamber of Commerce to contribute to the fund to secure for Augusta the en campment of the University alumni next month. One hundred and thirty- live dollars has been subscribed by the Alumni, and a number have not jet been heard from. The secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, who has taken up the matter, feels conff- dent that Auguste can secure this encampment, which will put the ca dets here during Memorial week and have them here for the musical festi val. It will take more than 1500 to get the encampment here, and nearly one-fourth of this has been raised. A sysematic canvass will be made Mon day by Mr. Hafns, Mr. Welgle and Mr. M. Slusky. All of these young men are Intensely interested in the Uni versltr, and are working splendidly to Set the'encampment here. Just at this time when Augusta is trying to link its medical college more closely in association with the University, it Is believed that the coming of the cadets will be a good advertisement for Augusta. The appropriation by the state for the encampment is so little that It pays but little of the expenses, and it is necessary for Augusta to raise the rest of the amount, and the Cham her of Commerce believes that the pride In the University among the alumni Is sufficient to warrant them bring called upon in this cause. The following are the subscribers to date, with the amounts they have agreed to pay on or before April 15, It enough is realized to put Augusta in the bidding for the encampment At present Albany Is Augustat’s most serious competitor: T. I. Hickman 210.09 Lawton B. Evans* 10.00 J. C. C. Blalck A .*. 10.00 E. C., Fleming 25.00 H. C. Brown 25.00 Wm. H. Barrett 25.00 R. A. Rogers, Jr., 5.00 C. D. Lowe ; 5.00 P. J. Ar Berckmans, Jr. 5.00 Mr. Haines t. 5.00 Mr. Welgle 5.00 Mr. Slusky 5.00 ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦■♦♦ BARON D’ESTOURNELLE8' 4- VISIT TO GEORGIA, e ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦'♦♦♦♦♦ Baron d'Estournelles, one of -the world's foremost peace advocates, on the occasion of his visit to Georgia on Mnrch 20, to deliver an address be. fore the students of the University of Ceorgln, will, of course, be paid all the honors duo to his position am) distinguished public service. The cause of International peace and International conciliation has happily been far advanced by the ef forts of such far-seeing and patriotic men, who given their time, energy and efforts to this benefleent cause. Second only to *-thc International peace conference at The Hague, and such gifts as Mr. Andrew Carnegie has recently bestowed on the peace commission of his creation, In furth ering the cause of peace, are the visits of such notable foreigners as Count Apponyi of Hungary and Baron d'Estournelles of France. The former has come and gone, and the latter has just arrived. Having given 35 years of hi* life to the diplomatic service of hla coun try, and to study and observation In foreign countries, Baron d’Estournel- les Is qualified by wide experience and profound thought to urge the cause of peace with ability and conviction. Commerce, agriculture. Industry, sci ence and the cause of education ev erywhere are Interested In tbe cause he Is advocating. His address at the University of Georgia, on the morning of March 20, will be a rare treat for those permit ted to enjoy It. The distinguished disciple of peace cannot do better work In advancing tbe cause be so ably represents than to properly pre sent It to the intelligent and ambt tlous young men of the |tate and na tion such as will greet him In Athens. —Constitution. loons MOVING OF ^MONUMENT Council at Next Meeting to Con sider Moving Confederate Monument Soon At the next meeting of the mayor and council the question of moving the Confederate monument from the street at the corner of College aven ue and Washington street to some suitable place within the limits of one of the city's street parka, either between tbe City Hall and the Post Office or between the Southern Mu tual and the Hodgson-Shackelford building, will be taken up and dls. ctisted. There have been a number of accidents which have occurred at the monument—the street car track Is within a tew inches of the base, the curve of the track makes It the more dangerous. Only -Sunday Mr. Tibbetts, with a party of ladles In bis machine was caught between the monument base and a car which could not be seen for the shaft ami a narrow escape from death to some of the party resulted. Other acci dents have also occurred there. The matter will be taken up and carefully considered. WORLD-WIDE STRIKE OF ‘ SEAMEN THREATENED. Antwerp. March 14.—Tbe Interna tional Seamen's Congress, which threatens to advocate a general strike ot seamen throughout the world at tbe time of the coronation of King George, unelss tbe shippers' powerful organization, the International Ship ping Federation, .satisfies their de mands, opened here today with an attendance of delegates from many countries. Chief among the seamen’s demands Is one for a uniform scale of wages. The present rate of pay varies to such a degree that sailors and stokers signing at London for a voyage to America * receive wages from twenty to twenty-five per cent, higher than those paid for the same voyage to men engaged at another port. The men also Include in their demands the cessation of the use of a rubber stamp on the wrist by doctors as proof ol medical examination, bel ter food and quarters, and the aboli tion of shipping masters. INTERSTATE Y, M. 0. A. Washington, D. C., March 14.—Re presentative* of branches ot the Young Men's Christian Association lu Maryland, Delaware and the District ot Columbia met here ioday for their annual Interstate convention. The sessions will continue three dkys and will -have as speakers Dr. E. A. Stein er of Grinnell college, Cheating T. Wang of Chiip, Dr. C. A. Barbour of New York, Seldon P. Spencer of St. Louis, and Assistant Secretary Wlflct M. Ilnya of the department of agricul ture. Foley Kidney Pilie, Neutralize and remove the poisons that cause backache, rheumatism, nervousness and all kidney and blad der Irregularities. They build up and restore the natural action of these vital organ*. For sale by all druggists. WOODMEN OF THE WORLD. Greensboro, N. C., March 14.— Greensboro Ik entertaining for two days the annual session of tbe Norfli Carolina head camp ot the Woodmen of the World. Several hundred dele- gates representing many parti of the state were preient at the opening to day. Tbe annual report* show that the order made a gratifying gain In membership In North Carolina during the past year. SEA ISLAND COTTON GROWERS. Waycrost, Ga„ March 14.—Sea Is land cotton growers of Georgia, Flor ida and South Carolina met here to day for an Important conference. The chief purpose of tbe conference is to discuss means of Increasing the pres ent price of Jhe staple. A plan I* under t consideration to restrict tbe acreage for the coming lesion and thereby- avert the danger of overpro- ductlon. HEAR WOMEN’S PLEA POR SUFFRAGE. Harrisburg, Pa., Mareli 14.—Dele gates representing the women's suf frage organizations of the state were given a bearing liefore the Judiciary committee of the legislature (odey on the proposed amendment to the state constitution giving women equal suffrage. The hearing was the first ever granted to the equal suffrage ad vocates by the Pennsylvania legisla ture. MOTOR BOAT RACES AT PALM BEACH. Palm Beach, Fla., March 14.—Tbe seventh annual regatta of the Palm Beach Power Boat Association began on lake Worth today under condi tions that give promise of the meet ■uooeiafui erent of the kind ever held under the auspices of tbe association. Eighteen of the fleeted motor hosts In the country are entered for the va. rioua contests, which will extend over a period of four days. NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION. The firm of Tiller 4k Fleming dls* eoived on January 25, 1911, W. C. Tiller having .gold hla Interest to R. C. Nunn qnd J. C. Nunn. Tbe firm of FlemlnrNunn Hardware Co. haa been formed and assumed all the lla* bllltlee of Tiller A Fleming, and au thorized to collect all debts due said old firm. T. B. FLFMING, 41 W. C. TILLER. EL PASO PREPARES FOR ROOSEVELT. El Paso, Texas, March 14.—El Paso has every detail of arrangements com pleted for tbe welcome to ex-Prcel- dent Roosevelt tomorrow, and with favorable weather the big day Is an ticipated with eager intereet. Col. ftaoeevelt will be in the city three hour* during the forenoon, arriving at 1 a. m. and leaving at 10 o’clock for Albuquerque. It le expected he will deliver a public address while here. PI iSaWMKUHfltmw ZStl I