Newspaper Page Text
tit, IKlJSWtebL, juaily Mkuim i - 'B' "fc r r MMwiy sy - -jj . -. Hi VMM WNNMMP VOLUME 1. Roswell, New Mexico, Wednesday Evening, September 16, 1903 NUMBER 156 -: , -, ,,. -- .,. ,., . . .. ... .-..... .- - , HI ' I,, Attend The Millinery Opening At Motrison Bros, Thursday Night From 7 To 10, The New Mexico Conference of M. E. Church South, Con vcncd This Morning. A GOOD ATTENDANCE. Bishop J jseph S. Key Presides At The Several Sessions. Devotional Exercises To-Night. Preparatory to the meeting of the conference Rev. Geo. Ward preached an able sermon last night at the Me thodist church to an appreciative au dience. This morning promptly at 9:30 the conference of the New Mexico M.B. church (South) '.vas called to order by Bishop Joseph S. Key. After a de votional service the usual commit tees were appointed, and reports from the publishing house and va rious branches of the church were read. Next in order was the an nouncement of transfers from other conferences. Rev., G. F. Campbell forme-riy of the Louisville, Kentucky, conference was admitted into fuil connection into this conference. Mr. Reedy, representative of the publishing house- Of the M. E. church (South) at Dallas, Texas, made a strong impressive talk to the confer ence. He reported the publishing house in strong healthy condition with a steady increase in business and paid a high tribute to the minis ters who by their incessant labors and self sacrifice have succeeded in planting the church on such firm foundations and placing Methodist literature in numerous homes. The venerable Bishop Key, though bowed by the weight of years, has lost none of his interest and keen in sight as to the needs of the church. The Bishop is no stranger here, hav ing held a conference here several jaars ago, and is therefore better prepared to appreciate the great progress the church here and else where in the- district has made. He r.3ad this morning a beautiful expo sition from the old Testament (Gen. 24-ofwhat should be a ministers feel ing and anxiety; that he should be a man of one purpose and of one work, making the one object of life most prominent to help present the church as the bride to the great bridegroom. The Bishop places much stress on the spiritual part of the church conference work, and he asks that there be much time pass ed in preaching, and devotional exer cises that the ministers present may be strengthened for the arduous du ties assigned them and that the town of Roswell may be benefited by the convocation. Rev. W. E. Lyon, the host, is prov ing himse'f equal to the occasion in providing homes for the ministers and delegates. All seem more than satisfied with the homes assigned them. Nearly all the ministers of the conference are present, and those who are not are expected in this afternoon and in the morning. Rev. W. A. Hall, of the Nbrthwest Texas Conference wiH conduct devo tional exercises tonight at the church It should be borne in mind that the public is' cordially invited to be present at all the sessions of the con ference and all the evening services. The fol'owing are among the min isters present: ' Rev. T. L. Lallance, Presiding El der of the El Paso District. El Paso, Texas. , Rev. Robert Hodgson, Presiding Elder of the Albuquerque District, Albuquerque, N. M. Rev. D. S. Collie, El Paso, Tex. Rev. G. F. Campbell, Las Cruces, N. M. Rev. James, Pecos City. Rev. S. E. Allison, Marfa. Rev. Fottlks, Alpine. Rev. W. T. Burke, Artesla. ; Rev. B. F. Goodson, Carlsbad. Rev. Hill, Portales. Re;. Mark Hodgson, Albuquerque. Rev. Clayton, Albuquerqua. Rev. George Ray, San Marelal. Rev. Ira Hucket, Magdalena. Rev. Geo. Ward, Watrous. Rev. Arthur Marston, Denning. Rev. N. D. Woods, White Oaks. Rev. F. A. Bond, Capitan. Rev. S. E. Wilson. Cloudcroft. There are several present whose names we have been unable to se cure. Several more are expected in this afternoon, among them Rev. W. A. Dickey of Lordsburg, and D. A Wiliiams of Alamagordo. TOWN BOARD MEETING. The Streets Will Be Sprinkled All Night During the Progress of the Fair. The Town Board held their regu lar monthly meeting last night at Robt. Kellahin's office, with mem bers Jaffa, McCullom, Caboon and Tannehill and Cierk Kellahin pres ent. The following business was transacted: Bmiding permit issued to Walters & Maxey for a business house on Main street. The police judge and city marshal filed their monthly re-ports. Mr. Lowe filed a permit for the town to attach to his hose on Third street f6r sprinkling purposes. S. E. Patton asked permission to remove one of the trees in front of the- operaho use. He was referred to the Street and Alley committee. Application to the Governor for a proclamation to change the charac ter of the municipal government was approved and Clerk Kellahin was in structed to forward the same. The Salvation Army asked permis- For That Cough Elixir White Pine Compound. A Large Bottle 25g, : Let Us Fill Your Prescriptions. The Pay ton Drug Co. Prescri ptio n .1) rn grists. 3ion to move the Army tent to the vacant lot south of Charles White man & Bro. Permission was granted, provided they did not put same near any building3. Passed ordinance No. 187, prohib iting persons from hitching to awn ing posts in the fire limits. Instructed City Engineer Reed to hire a man and team to sprinkle the streets all night during the progress of the fair. The sprinkler is in use constantly now in the day time and there Is as much sprinkiking being done as possible. There being no further business, the board adjourned. OPERA HOUSE. Wednesday, September Twenty-Third. Grand Minstrel Show by the Roswell Colored 400 Jubilee Singers., Come and hear the old time melodies as sung by the hest colored talent, alo tbe Buck and Wing dancing as only coons can dance, ending with a big Cake Walk for a prize of five dollars. Admission, reserved seats, 50 cents. 15(5 (it It. M. Tigner, the drug clerk at the Pecos Valley Drug Co., who has been sick, is improving. Oliver Alden, Robert Farris md Roseoe Nisbet are in the White mountains on a ten days' bear hunting trip. W. H. Beckwitb aud T. P. Lightfoot of Tampa, Florida, arrived here this morning and are registered at the Shelby. Cig fft 4 t 1 v. wui v tii. o jucl niu 1 1 11 l iTiiin m 1 1 iu III Cti o sure a first class smoke. Not too srreen, not too drv but just right. We can tickle the Graham's Book Store. On corner opposite Post Office. Wholesale. LETTER FROM ROSWELL. Will Have Cadets and Probably Ball Team from Military Institute. Hon. Thomas Hughes, .Albuquerque, New Mexico: Roswell, N. M., Sept. 7. Your let ter regarding the sending of the Ros; well car to the Territorial fair, as well as a detachment of New Mexico Military Institute cadets, delivered by Cadet Kunz, and your suggestion regarding the appointment of a com mittee consisting of Capt. Lea, E. A. Cahoon and Will Prager, complied with. The above named gentlemen are now at work on the matter and if possible will send the cadet baseball team to the fair. You will more than likely think of our school team as be ing light and incapable of doing fast work, but were it not for the great distance necessary to travel in order to reach your town, we would show the people that a military training school of 110 cadets can turn out a team capable of coping with any non professional team in the west. I do not suppose it will be possible for us to bring our cadet corps to that part of the territory until we get a rail road across the country, but when we do you will see one of the best drilled bodies of young men ever turned out from a school. Although the Institute has only been open a few days this session, we- have matriculated as many cadets as can be accommodated and are now refusing applications on account of limited quarters. Trusting that the committee will Opp. P. O. 301 North Main. be successful and that a few of our cadets will be able to attend the fair, I am, very respectfully, JAS. W. WILLSON, Superintendent. K. F. Fpperh'iempr reeiv! ;v letter yesterday from Capt. W. W. Philbrick from Orange, M i-s. where he is visiting Harry Ken dall who formerly lived here. Cap trin Phil brick says he left Boston about a week ago and would leave in a few days for Roswell. He has numerous friends here who will be pleased to learn that Iih will return to the city. He was a Pecos Valle passenger conductor for year and is very popular all along the line. BOUND OVER TO GRAND JURY Prisoner Represented by His Brother, Who is a Brill liant Young Attorney. W. L. Thomas, who has been in jail for. several weeks on the charge of obtaining $200 u a fraudulent check, was given a hearing early this morning be fore Judge Peacock. The hear ing came off at 7 o'clock to al low his brother to leave on the morning train foi his home at Portales. His brother is a bril liant young; attorney and ap peared for the defense. Jas. M. Hervey conducted the prosecution. After hearing the evidence Judge Peacock bound him over to the action of the grand jury in the sum of 500. palate of the most fastidious. "Retail, BIRCHTWIG, 2:09. Half Mile Track A New Record for New Mexico. Each and every one of the twelve hundred denizens of Roswell who at tended the races at the grounds of the Roswell Fair Association yester day afternoon felt more than repaid for their time and expenditure, for the sport was of a high order. There were four events as slated, but only three materialized. The owners of George Landers preferred to pay the forfeit rather than try conclusions with Pickpocket in a dash of one fourth of of a mile. The first event was a matched race of 5-16 of a mile between Bon nie Bird, a sorrel mare owned here in Roswell, and Clay, a roan gelding that had been shipped here for the purpose of taking her measure. The parties at interest selected H. L. Gill for starter and A. M. Robertson and Mr. Bostick for judges. These two agreed upon J. H. Devine as the third judge. After the usual vexatious delay incidental to all short races, they were sent away to a head and head start and covered the distance in exactly thirty seconds, the mare being the first under the wire. The next was a contest at a trot between Charlie Wilkes, driven by T. W. Adams, and King Clay, driven by G. W. Cozen, to determine which of these two old patriarchs retained the greater amount of waning vigor. This was a match at half mile heats, best three in five, and was won by Charlie in straight heats, best time, 1:26 1-2. The real event of the day was the two miles of Birchtwig: First, to beat his own re-cord of 2:18 made at the fair last year over this track, and which by the way is the race record of the territory; Second, to beat the territorial time record of 2:14 made" by the renowned Rob ert over the Albuquerque track sev eral years ago. The first mile was negotiated in 2:12 1-2 and in this the irrascible black gelding was ac coutred in hopples and goggles. It beat both records, and would have been enough to satisfy every one present, in fact many left under the impression that no real attempt would be made to lower that mark. After cooling him out Mr. Harris again brought him out for a tiit at his time on the first trial. This time he wore plain harness. At the third score Harris nodded for the word and he went away steady and level. The first ouarer was reached in 33 seconds, the half mile in 1:05, the three-quarters in 1:37 1-2, and the mile in 2:09 flat. To say that the audience was enthusiastic when the announcement of the time was made but mildly expresses it. It is the first and only mile ever made in New Mexico below 2:10, and Is the fastest mile that four-fifths of those there to witness ever saw. While over three hundred horses have pac ed miles In 2:10 or better, less than a score have been able to do so over a half mile track. His performance was in all things regular. The at tempt was for a purse, the judges, timers and all officials were regular ly selected, and it is our opinion that it will stand as the record of New Mexico for years to come. It shows that Birchtwig is one of the fastest pacers in the United States and that the Roswell Fair Associa tion has one of the best half mile tracks in America. To emphasize the greatness of the performance it need only to be said that Birchtwig had no wind-break in front of him and no pace maker at j his wheel to urge him on. He simply paced on his courage, and as he executed the last quarter in 31 1-2 seconds, a 2:06 gait, it shows that he was not all out. Mr. Harris, his trainer, and H. L. Gill, his owner, are to be congratulated. C. L. Wolf of St, Joseph, is at the Grand Central. Clay McGonaffill, the famous roper, is in the city. Brck work on the bniLlinor west of the Lea block is about completed. Santa Fe Central is coming and property values will go np. Now is the time to secure & home. If yon haven't the price come to R. H. Mc Cane. Phone 358, Pioneer Block. Long tim and eaiy payments. FINE SHOES, We carry the best 3.50 shoe in the U. S. All styles, Vici Kid. Patent Kid, Box Calf and Plain Culf. Every pair warranted to" give satisfaction. Try a Pair. E. H WILLIAMS & CO. We extend a cordial strangers to make our store their headquarters at all times and particularly Modern W lf Grand Fait Opening. viz (j Vji On accouut of the immense stock of new Fall goods JjJ ' which we are receiving, it will be quite impossible for 3 us to have a formal opening. The crowded condition JJ rJ of our store compels us to keep many of our finest JjJ Crnnd'S in hnec Anil rfrawcrc W mn:t rnriWaUxr Initio. W jj the ladies to come and visit 0 selves that we have the MOST ELEGANT LINE of latlios' Tailor Made Nuits, gowns, drest and walking skirts and fine tnlliin-ry ever brought to Ronwell. OUR MEN'S OLO THING cannot but please the most fastidious. IMPORTED DRESS GOODS, WAISTS and WAISTINGS-We are certain our goods are far ahead of any house In the territory. In fact we are corryins? a bigger stock of the finer class of goods. ill ii vl vl 0 which are kept out of sight than yj StOCk. ii i. it il i Telephone 32. WESTERN GROCERY GO Here are the BEST and FRESHEST Groceries !L Will IKE Burnt Leather I NOVELTIES A Complete Stock Just Received at... I Pecos Valley Drug C f ir I hone 21. Prescription I'lrura. "f THE MEN'S FURNISHERS. invitation to friends1 and during Fair Week. c! licit e & Son. Grocers, our store and see for them- 5? ft many stores keep in their entire f il. YOU II ijji to