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The Deport Times
8AM C. HOLLOWAY, PoSLimiw
Entered at the poetofllce at Deport,
Taxaa, *• eecond-claaamall flatter.
Cards of thanks, resolution# of ra-
pect, obituary notices, and all politi-
cal effusion# wljl be charged for at the
rate of one cent per word. Also all
church or any other announcements. If
the object is to raise money, must be
paid for at regular rates. Count your
words and remit with manuscript.
No ad accepted for less than 10c.
One Year........................W ®
Biz Months.......................“
IN ADVANCE
Rev. J. M. Yooree has enroll
ed as a member of the Commer*
cial Club. Who’s next?
SilHuftMiHi iinS.
The
QUARRY
Bu JOHN A. M0B0S0
Copyright MU, by Little, Brown * Co.
jjunar County has a voting
strength of 6,507 this year,
against 7,940 in 1914—a loss of
of 1,673.
If you do not get The Times
regularly, we will appreciate it
if you will’phone us or mall a
postal card to this office.
Here is the advice of a suc-
cessful banker to his farmer
friends. "Fewer dogs and more
tiogs. Fewer parrots and more
chickens. Less canned goods
and more butter and eggs. Few-
er boy scouts and more corn
clubs.”
Gainesville has secured the
$50,000 training school lor girls.
Half of this amount was appro
priated by the State and the
other $25,000 raised by popular
subscription, Gainesville givini;
$5,000 and 150 acres of land to
secure the school.
J. A. Thomas, editor of the
Mineola Monitor, has been
named postmas.ter at Mineola.
If the appointment pleases our
friend Thomas,we should worryt
but we fail to understand why a
perfectly good newspaper man
should be converted into an or-
dinary postmaster.
American farmers who have
cotton on hand could sell their
staple in Germany for 17 cents a
pound—if they had it in Ger-
many.' Hut this brings up the
statement of the ice man
that he could sell his ice at a
dollar a pound if he had it in
Hades.—Honey Grove Signal.
If a bill introduced by Repre
sentative Dickson becomes a law,
Lamar County people will hear
no more of a "back tax bug-a-
boo.” Such stunts as were pull-
ed off by special back tax collec-
tors in this county last year, is
enough to cause the people to de-
mand that our county officials do
their duty.
Until local merchants learn
the importance of regular and
systematic advertising, and that
it is as necessary to spend mon
ey for advertising as for rent <$r
clerk hire, or other regular ex-
penses of business, there will
continue to be complaint that too
much business goes to the ad-
vertising niHil order * houses.—
Texas Journal.
A good many yarns have been
spun concerning the condition of
the roads, but here is one whose
teller should have a pjftpe: C. O-
Crook, who was out in the
country near Clardy1 Friday
evening, gathering data for his
gin report, says that while rid-
ing along the road on horseback
a rooster started across ahead
of him and bogged up.
To those who are not Presby-
terians a called meeting for that
body, published in today’s
Times, is a little misleading.Rev.
J. M. Youree, the pastor, was
extended a call as supply pastor
until April 1st. The session of
the church has recommended
that he be installed as pastor, to
which The Times desires to add
IU mite of a recommendation.
SYNOPSIS
James Montgomery, sn Innocent country
lad. Is srrestsd for killing s bank watch-
man. His Anger prints sre taken by tbs
Nsw York police.
His old mother pleads In vsln tor him
with Detective Michael Kearney. Mont-
gomery Is placed on trial for bis Ufa,
charged with murder.
Convicted of murder In the second de-
gree, he Is sent to Sing Sing as s life
prisoner and enters the machine shop.
His oellmate. BUI Hawkins, s burglar,
plans to aid Montgomery In escaping
from the prison.
BUI makes Montgomery s suit of
olothes. but It Is seised. Montgomery
crawls Info a box of machinery that Is to
leave the prison.
Escaping, he hides In the New Jersey
marshes and changes his clothing for that
of a drowned man.
Detective Kearney vainly questions Bill
Hawkins concerning Montgomery’s where-
abouts. Montgomery becomes a tinker
and travels nights.
As "John Nelson," Montgomery enters a
cotton mill and Invents very valuable ma-
chinery. He meets Molly Bryan, a beau-
tiful girl.
“You might rend tills for your own
guidance. Nelson." said Mr. Bryan,
"and then pans It along to the foremen
of the various departments.”
Nelson drew forth the letter, a mime-
ographed sheet, asking that a lookout
be kept for James Montgomery, escap-
ed convict and murderer, sentenced
m
/
1 he Hound Was Still After ths Quarry.
Tor life to Sing Sing. The man the po-
lice wanted was an expert machinist,
was likely to apply for work anywhere
In the Industrial sections of the coun-
try, and then followed a minute de-
scription of feature and build of body.
The hound was still after the quarry.
“I’ll look after It, Mr. Bryan,” ha
managed to aay.
“What’s the matter today?" asked
the president ‘‘You look pale and
worried.”
“Nothing—nothing serious, at aay
rate," replied Nelson.
“You are working too bard; better
take It easy for awhile,” advised Mr.
Bryan. He paced the floor of his right
hand man’e office for a moment strok-
ing his gray mustache
“Look here. Nelson,” be aald. In a
kindly, half troubled tone, "something
hus been worrying you all winter.
What is It? Tell It to me 1 am your
friend."
Nelson’s face was ns white as the
snow on the ground outside. It was not
the caliber of the man to lie If he had
tried to He he would have made a bun-
gle of It.”
“I can’t tell you," he replied.
"Is It Molly?” asked Mr. Bryan.
Nelson did not reply. He could not
"She thinks a great deal of you. my
boy." said her father. *
Nelson left hla desk and stood before
Molly Bryan's kindly father. A con-
fession of bis love for the daughter
trembled on hts Ups. He felt that at
any moment a torrent of words would
pour forth froth him and lay bare the
whole tragic, terrible story hidden in
Tils breast Under tbe secret he carried
bia heart lay like a atone. He would
bare given bis left arm to have closed
his office door and made hla confession,
but he bad been bunted long enough to
feel the sense of cantlon exert Itself.
Mr. Bryan returned to bis office, and
Nelson tore Into tiny bits tbe police
circular. He would have to go away.
There were two reasons. The hound
whs near the quarry;'his plight was
bringing oadDess to tbe woman ha
loved. Not more than a acore of miles
beyond hla office window the boundary
lines of 8outb Carolina tapered be-
tween North Carolina and Tennessee,
making a mountainous corner. There
few of ffio people could read. The
questions they asked were about tha
weather and the scant crops of corn
from which tbay Illicitly distilled
enough whisky to provide them with
money for clothes and medicine. Their
habitat waa called tha Dark Corner.
Ho would withdraw Into its shad-
ows Perhaps, after a few yeara. he
could come out of tbe wilderness with
safety and And Hally Bryan waiting
for him. It was sweet far him to think
that any one would wait hla coming.
At drat tha scheme seemed vision
ary, but earefol study of It convinced
him that It was not only a plausible
plan, but tha safest he could devise.
He would buy a number of acres and
build hlmaelf a home and a workshop.
Hla determination to devote all hla
energies to Invention for e number of
yeara wee logical and wigjld furnish
tha necessary explanation.
In the spring, while the anew still
lay upon tha ground In shady places.
Nelson attacked the wilderness with
a gang of workmen. He had bought
BOO acres in tbe Dark Corner. Here
be lived In a shanty with hla workers,
as they made a clearing and he direct-
ed the bleating and cutting of rock
from tbe onscarred aides of the moun-
tains for bla foundations.
When hla castle In tbe Dark Corner
neared completion he Journeyed back
to Greenville, arriving there In tbe
night lie timed himself so that be
caught an express train north. In a
distant city the next day ha wrote
and Inclosed with a dollar certificate
this personal, addressed to tbe business
office of tbe Herald In New York:
“Bill—Greenville—1&—3—Kid.”
Tbe number 19 meant tbe nineteenth
letter of tbe alphabet "8,” end the
number 8 meant the third letter, “G.”
Of all tbe men In the world there
waa but one that bo felt he could
surely trust, one that fully believed
him, one that would come and help
him. and this man with tbe succor be
called for now waa a convict
Nelson’s castle In the Dark Corner
took shape rapidly. It rose two and
a half stories above a basement of
rock. From tbe upper windows he
was given a clear view of every point
of tbe circle where aky and earth met.
The outsldo waa painted a neutral
color, so that only a keen pair of eyes
at a distance would have picked out
tbe habitation amid the surrounding
ahade trees
The high basement was planned, for
kitchen, servants and storage purposes.
Tbe first floor was arranged for Ills
workshop, tbe floor above for Ills living
quarters, and tbe top of half, story waa
to remalu closed against every human
hand save that of Nelson.
There was gossip among the mncbln
Ists and laborers who uncrated tbe
masses of steel nod Iron that bnd been
hauled over the mountain roads, for
irnong the things that were not depos-
ited on the laboratory floor were cer
tain weights with leather clasps about
tbe thickness of a man’s ankle. There
were also Iron bars and affairs of rope
nnd polished wood that looked like
trapezes and gymnastic apparatus used
In tbe circus. These things jjrere placed
at tbe foot of tbe stairs leading to the
attic. There was a heavy lock to the
door, and the master of tbe strange
mountain castle never parted with tbe
key.
A small electric plant was Installed
to provide power for bis shop and
lighting.
Built against one side of the castle
was a cement garage. In which was
kept a motor of powerful build and fin-
est engines. It bad lieen constructed
especially to stand the strain of broken
mountain roads and carried a huge
gasoline tank and a place for provi-
sions.
The garage could be entered from tbe
castle by means of a door of masked
design, which showed neither casing
nor knob. A bidden spring opened and
closed It
As If seeking to get all tbe sunlight
possible, tbe bouse that John Nelson
built was of many windows, and each
was In the deep French style. Every
window was. In fact a door. It waa a
house of many exits.
In a separate clearing Nelson built a
bouso for bis servants and installed 1b
It a negfo, bis wife and his strapping
black son. He gave this family a piece
of land to till and provided them with
light and fuel and wages.
Furniture, bedding, equipment In
abundance for Ills workshop and storea
were taken within the castle, and tbe
last of tbe workmen departed.
Employing tbe mountain people aa
laborers. Nelson patched the roads
until he felt that he could use the full
power of his heavy motor In travers-
ing them If It became necessary to
tax Its speed. Ho had promised Mr.
Bryan to remain In an udvlsory ca-
pacity as the vice president of his
mills, and to keep this promise he
stretched from pine to pine n private
telepbono wire between his castle and
tbe office and borne of the mill presi-
dent
He started his hermit life with two
things before him besides his work
ns a mechanical Inventor. One was to
wait tbe coming of Bill Hawkins, to
whom ho would Intrust tj»e tnsk of
seeking in the underworld tbe mur-
derer of tbe watcbmnn of the West
End bank In N®w York. Tbe other
wi i to prepare himself to fnc«r tbe
day. should It ever come, when a man
from Mulberry street would confront
him and charge him with lieing James
Montgomery.
He told himself that bo would never
be taken back to It alive. Ills good,
capable, well ordered brain bnd
mapped out a careful course. Should
the bloodhounds of tho Inw come
upon him In this place-he had built for
Anal refuge be would make his tight
U> pass them.
During bis visits to Greenville be
cashed checks paid him for royalties
on his Inventions until he secured
$10,000 In certificates of denomination*)
be could use anywhere.
Each morning be passed through tbe
door to the attic stairs and locked It
behind him. For an hoar be worked
with tbe weights and bars, changing
Tb« fraction of an Inch In the length
of arm or lag would discredit the Her-
tlllon record made of him %nd filed Id
tbe bureau of Identification a* police
headquarters In New York. He gst*.
many aa hoar of agony to achieve this,
and hl| faea waa chalky while when
he left tbe attic and locked Ita door
behind him each day.
With the anxiety and the bard work
In hla laboratory a touch of gray cams
to bis hair and beard. Ho looked a
man of forty-five, save when ha
smiled, bat the purity nnd goodness of
his nature sbooe forth In hla coun-
tenance.
More money came to him as tha for-
eign rights of bis Inventions were dis-
posed of. and ha cast about him for an
opportunity to put It In use for others.
He employed us' ninny of the sturdy
mountaineers as be could In road work,
paying them good wages. He patched
their cabins, provided medicines for
their sick, and blankets and stont
clothes for tbe women and tha chil-
dren.
Tha scattered families of these poor
people looked up to him with mingled
wonder and gratitude. When time rid
them of tbelr childlike timidity they
came to know him and to love him.
• ••••••
There In uo statute of limitations
for uu escaped convict. He la always
legitimate quarry.
Nearly teu years had passed since
James Montgomery wns brought be-
fore the desk of Inspector Ranscombe
at police headquarters In Mulberry
street. There had been changes at
headquarters In that time. Tho ad-
ministration of tbe city was In other
hands The police department had
gone through the throes of more than
one shakeup. and there bud been sev-
era I |M>llce commissioners
Ranscombe had been relieved of bis
Important post ns tbe chief of the
city’s little army of plain clothes men.
but be had played the gnme of depart-
ment politics well nnd had won bis
way back to the central office.
On his return he found Detective
Lieutenant Mike Kearney, stolid, emo-
tionless. waiting for an assignment to
a case, aa usual. The Inspector kuew
his value nnd bad hli^prnuioted to
the grade of captain.'^He assigned
Kearney to take charge of the homi-
cide squad. The men under Kearney
were the pick of the 700 nnd more de-
tectives of the department.
Kearney started out In bis new post
with a slate clean, save for one In-
scription—the number 00.108. He felt
that he wns being rhented every day
that tbe escaped convict enjoyed Ufa
outside of Ring Ring’s walls.
Had Montgomery been a tblef. a
forger or a bigamist be could have
turned the matter over to his Inspector
as a case still pending. Rut he had
been convicted of murder, and his
case properly belonged In the homicide
bureau.
Gradually Kearney got tbe affairs of
tbe bureau working to suit blm. and be
could pause nnd give some study to
tbe Montgomery matter. Hla mind
turned from the evil corners of the
metropolis to the walled city up the
Hudson. Time had changed tbe prison
staffs throughout the stste. There was
a new superintendent of prisons and n
new wnrden at King Ring.
Kenrnev called up the new wnrden
and asked for an appointment the next
time be came to tbe city. Tbe wardea
was even then about to start for town,
and be would drop In at headquarters.
Within two hours tbe guardian of
Slug Slug’s populutlou was aeuted be-
stdo Kearney’s desk.
“I gotta case.” explained tbe detec-
tive, "that I’m anxious to clean up.
Ten yenra ago 1 sent a young feller
numed Montgomery to Ring Ring for
murder In the second. He was put
sway for life. Five years ago. before
you got on the Job. Me escaped. A
crook numed Unwklns, hla cell mate,
helped blm to get but. I want Haw-
kins turned out. but I don’t want him
to know that I bad anything to do
with It. I’ll have n shadow put on him,
tbe moment bo leaves prison, and If be
joins tbut young feller he helped get
out I’m gonna get the ‘lifer’ trad ptlt
him back where be belongs.
“After Hawkins flushes the bird for
us and we get the real game then we
can lay back and watch Uawklns.
He’ll go buck to tils old tricks, and
soon we’ll have him back where be be-
longs.”
Tbe warden nodded approval, a smile
of admiration playing about bis lips.
"The probation board Is now In ses-
sion,” he said, with a laugh. "We’ll
turn him out as an act of mercy and In
tbe hope that he will reform and make
n good citizen."
“I’ll get a couple of shadows up there
In tbe morning.” Kearney told him.
The wnrden departed, nnd Kearney
closed Ids desk and started for dinner
in his mother’s little fist In Oliver
street.
(Continued next week.)
:; PRACTICAL JHIEALTH HINT. ;;
Cenvaleeeenes.
Rome person* find K hard to re- I
; member that every wise court- ;
< > I essence must be gradual. That < >
) Is why a good uurae la almost as |
• > Important during convalescence • .
) ns during tbe real Illness. We j
| all have a healthy love of life, • >
| | nnd we are never so conscious j
; of Ilfs as we are when we hare • >
I Just escaped from tit* threat of
\; death. It la natural that our •
’ Joy should express Itself In af- !
J forts to do something to show ;
> that we are alive. That is espe- !
;; daily true after an attack of ty-
• > phold fever. Typhoid usually !
\ \ lasts several weeks, and by tbe \
• > time convuleecene begins the pa- ■ >
\ \ tlent la heartily tired of being sn \ \
■ • Invalid and very likely to abuse • •
\ \ bis feeble, uew born strength. A \ j
; | patient who la getting well of • >
"! typhoid generally baa a tremen- \ \
\ •' do us appetite, aud unless be Is «>
! careful to keep It within bounds 11
;) be may have a relapse. < >
! I In convalescence from anch dla-
’; orders of the respiratory tract • J
■ > aa pneumonia and bronchitis !!
’ there Is danger that tbe ever ;
• > present germ of tuberculosis . .
\ | may gain a foothold, and after * •
• - scarlet fever great care must be 1!
i \ taken lest the kidneys become \ |
• • Inflamed. . ■
! | Tbe way to avoid all these dan- j j
” gers Is to make baste slowly. ••
!! Unwillingness to remain a par- ) |
| t la I Invalid for a few weeks has • •
!; often caused lifelong Invalidism. ] \
; ’ Therefore give up every kind of • ■
!! social excitement for a time, go \
\ to bed early and sleep late, take ] •
.. a nap every afternoon and fol- I!
\ | low absolutely your doctor's ad- jj
• • vice. That Is the way to a safe !!
I \ nnd happy recovery. ] [
•M M I H-I -IH-H I I ■I H-H II I-I-H
KStGUen
SUPB0ARD
BEAN SOUPS.
Notice
We will deliver meat and talfe
your orders from 8 a. m. until
4 p. no. Rib Roast, 12 1-2 cents.
Steak, 15 cents and 20 cents.
We buy for cash and we must
sell for cash as our capital is
small. All orders promptly de-
livered.
Deport Meat Market.
Wanted
If anyone lias a Rood milk cow
he desires to put out for her
feed for a month or two, I will
be glad to take her. ’Phone me.
G. A. Millspaugh.
WISE DE8IRES.
Of truth, of grendeor. beauty,
lofe and hope—
And melancholy fear subdued by
faith:
Of blessed consolations In dis-
tress;
Of moral strength and intellectu-
al power;
Of Joy In widest commonalty
spread; • • •
Of that Intelligence which gov-
erns all;
I sing—“lit audience let me
find"—* • • may my life
Express tbVImage of a better
time.
More with desires and simpler
manners.
—William Wordsworth.
FINE
JOB PRINTING
We are here to servg you
with anything in the lins of
printed stationery for your
business and personal use.
CARDS
FOLDERS
INVOICES
DODGERS
RECEIPT8
HOOKLETS
PROGRAMS
CIRCULARS
ENVELOPES
BILL HEADS
NOTE BEADS
INVITATION8
A STATEMENTS
INVITATIONS
LETTERHEADS
LEGAL BLANKS
VISITING CARDS
SCHOOL REPORTS
ENCLOSURE BLANKS
CHECK8 AND DRAFT8
WEDDING STATIONERY
1
The best quality or work at
prices that are right. Come
in and see us about it.
THE DE-
PORT TIMES
»*-.
Th EAN ROUPS nre considered notrl
lY tlous^ Made with a rich stock
a ml thickened with beans, these
soups are substantial dishes for cold
went her
Baked Bean Roup.—Put In saucepan
a cupful of cold baked beans, two
cupfuls water nnd two slices of union,
bring to the boiling iiolnt and slmmer
half an hour. Bub through a sieve and
ndd one hul f cupful stewed and strain-
ed tomatoes, two tcaspooufuls each of
butter nud flour, one tenapoonful chill
sauce. Season to taste with salt and
pepper. Served with btvnd or crackers
and followed by a light dessert. It pro-
vides a cheap and satisfying lunch.
Made With Rad Beane.
Hetin Chowder.—Wash well on# cup-
ful ot red beans. Ronk over night In a
quart of cold water. In the morning
add a whole onion and stew until tbo
ben ua are tender. Add water os they
cook to keep tbe quantity first added.
When beans are tender ndd medium
sized diced potatoes, half a pint .of
strained tomatoes and half a cupful of
broken macaroni. Boll for about an
hour. Reason with salt and pepper.
Add diced fried bacon and ooa table,
spoonful bacon fat. Then serve.
Flavored With Herbs.
Kidney Bean Roup.—Take two cup-
fuls cold boiled kidney beans, four cup-
fuls stock of water, one tablespoonfut
grated onion, one tables pooeful butter,
one teasimouful salt, one tenapoonful
thyme, oue fourth teaapoonful white
pepper, oue tMlfepooofW chopped pars-
ley and a dash of iiaprika. Put tbe kid-
ney brans on to boll with tbe stock or
water; boll twenty minutes, mash and
strain. Return to the boiler, add tbe
onion, batter, salt, pepper, paprika,
parsley sod thyme; boll a couple of
■nlnutee nVid serve. If sot thick enough
add one tahlespoonfnl floor mixed with
a little cold water.
Soup of the Fatherland.
German Bean Roup —Take on# cupful
of beaus, two cupfuls of water, one
small oulun. one medium sized potato,
two tablespoonfuls of butter, two tea
spoonfuls of salt, pepper to taste and
water ns needed. Soak beans -*ver
nlgbt In a pint of water; In tbe morn-
ing pour off. Measure the beans after
they have expanded, add same amount
of water, the potato cut Into small
cubes, the minced onion and botl until
tender. When ready to serve add the
butter nnd seasoning. If too thick ■
little more water ran be added. Many
like n little vluegar In bean soup, but
this may lie added at table by ssch ac-
cording to taate.
^-vuhoj •
TRAVEL IN
COMFORT
I)
;
OPERATES
THROUGH STANDARD
STEAM TRAINS
BETWEEN
Dallas, Greenville and
Paris via Terrell and
Texas & Pacific.
ALSO
STEAM TRAINS AND
G A S-ELECTRIC
MOTOR CARS
BETWEEN
Paris, Terrill and Ennis
Ask for Tickets Over Texas
Midland Railroad
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F. B. McKAY
General Passenger Agent
Terrill, Texas
DR. F. G. COOK
Veterinary Surgeon and Dentist
Office in Paris Livery A Transfer
Company Building, Paris
Only Graduate of Veterinary Medi-
cine in this part of Texas.
At DEPORT 2nd SATURDAY ip -
each month.
E. H. B. STEELE~
Physician and Surgeon
Residence, Commercial Hotel
Rea. ’Phone 105 Office phone, 146
Office at City Drug Store
DEPORT, TEXAS
Dr. M. C. Andrews
DENTIST
Office in Phones In
Postoffice Bldg. Office and Rss.
Deport, Texas
1
DR. S. H. GRANT
— General Practice
Office in Post Office Building
Phone Office 41.—Residence 201
DEPORT, - TEXAS
A. P. Park L. L. Hardison
, W. F. Moore
Park, Moore & Hardison
LAWYERS
South Bide Lamar Ave., Paris, Tex.
Chaa. W. Elliott L. V. Larsen
M. H. Baughn
Elliott, Larsen & Baughn
LAWYERS
Office in Lynch Bkl’g. Paris, Texas
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