The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, February 19, 1915 Page: 2 of 4
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The Deport Times! Growin* ow
BAM C. HOLLOWAY, Pp»lismkx
Entered at the posto flics at Deport,
Texas, as second-class mail matter#
Cards of thanks, resolutions of re-
pect, obituary notices, and all politi-
cal effusions will 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 it regular rates. Count your
words and remit with manuscript.
No ad accepted for leas than 20c.
.....$1.00
Six Months................
......50
IN ADVANCE
The Journal, a new
publica-
tion at Brookston, has
reached
our office. Tim G. Bludworth is
is tiie publisher. We wish The
Journal success in its new field.
The Commissioners Courts of
Red River and Lamar Counties
have named road overseers. We
trust that they are Rood ones
and will not “seeover” the bad
places on the roads assigned to
them.
Jack Neville, son of A. W.
Neville of the Paris News, has
purchased the interest of J. F.
Humphries in the Roxton News.
Jack is a chip off the old block,
and will give Roxton a good
newspaper.
The strayed calf advertised in
The Times last week found an
owner. It belonged to Mr. Har-
vey of Milton. Mr. Harvey was
f;lad to recover his bovine ' and
to vjay for the ad. It pays to
advertise in The Times.
In one respect newspapers are
similar to persons, in that they
grow old; but instead of showing
their age and losing the
youth of life, the newspapers
usually improve in loous, in
fluence and usefulness as they
grow in years. At least such
is the case with three of our val-
ued exchanges that last week
begun a new year of their exist
ence. The Weekly Democrat-
ic-Gazette of McKinney with
Perkins and Wilson as its edi-
tors, lest week passed into Its
thirty second year.
The Signal of Honey Grove
with the philosopher, J. H. Low-
ry, at the helm and who has
guided the destinies of the pub-
lication since Its establishment,
began the twenty-fifth year of
its career.
The Times of Deport, with
hustling and enterprising Sam
Holloway at the steering wheel
for three years, entered upon
its seventh year of usefulness.
yVe do not known of three pa-
pers we prize more highly than
the above and trust they may
continue for many, many years
to occupy the front ranks of
their respective fields.—Lone
Oak News. /
Thanks, Friend Joe. To our
readers we will say that we can-
not think of any excuse to offer
for publishing the above other
than egotism.
Ernest Geer’s Barn Burns (?)
1 Miss
cpuple,
According to the Clarksville
Times, 4,571 poll tax receipts
were issued in Red River Coun
ty for 1915, against,5,1106 in 1914.
A loss of 735 for an off year*.....
with the. war on and almost im>woke during the night and saw
Bernard, an aged cpuple, why
reside a mile south of town, had
a very unusual experience one
night this week- Mrs. Ramsey
passable roads is not so bad.
From the way our farmers
have been hauling seed oats, po
tatoes, corn and cane seed, away
from Deport the past three
weeks, we take it for granted
that they expect to raise feed
for their families and stock this
year.
The editorial and business
management ol the Mt. Pleasant
Times-Review has changed
hands. J.M. Harris has resign-
ed and O. G. Campbell assumed
charge. The first issue of the
Times-Review under his man-
agement stamps him as a news-
paper man.
THE City Dads have had oak
crossings put in at the 1 Baptist
Church and Dr. J. H. Moore’s
corners, for which the school
children and members of the
Baptist and Presbyterian
Churches are truly thankful.
Other crossings in different
parts of town have been repair-
ed, and we are informed that
the street grader is to start soon.
Ed Hutchison has informed
the committee appointed by the
Commercial'Club to see about
repairing the crossing in front
of the Globe Hotel, that he
expects to repair it at his own
expense, as soon as e weather
will permit. Mr.' H itchison
laid the crossings last summer,
and states that he mixed the
concrete according to govern-
ment formula, but that wagons
crossed on it before it was
thoroughly dry, which caused it
to crack, and crumble away.
Times Honor Roll.
Following are the names of
those who have renewed their
subscription since our last issue:
J. E. Westbrook, G. I. Terrell,
W. H. Thompson, Ii. O. Storey,
Tom Harvey, E. J. Harvey, G.
W. Epps, R. E. Harmon. Dr. B.
8. Grant, J. T. Parchman, S. H.
Moore, Other Pearson, H. F.
Sheppard, R. H. Bryson, J. L.
Lawler, W. S. Griffin, Jno. Jack-
son, J. R. Westbrook, J. J. El-
der, G. C. Moore.
a light shining in at the east,
window. She aroused Miss Ber-
nard and informed her that a
barn belonging to Ernest Geer,
who resides just east of them
was on fire. They first consid-
ered firing a pistol to alarm the
neighborhood,then changed their
minds and decided to blow a
large sea shell, (know by another
name and use many years ago)
but could not do that. They
dressed hurriedly and started
down the road without looking at
the fire. After going quite a
distance one of them happened
to look up and discovered it was
the moon. They both pledged
secrecy about the joke, but it
finally leaked obt.
At the Baptist Church
We will have preaching evefy
first and third Sunday, instead
of second and fourth.
Sunday School every Sunday
at 10 a. m.
Pastor’s subject next Sunday
morning at 11 a. m. will be
“Witnessing for Christ”. Sub-
ject for 7:30 p. m., “Leprosy, a
Typ*of Sin”.
A cordial invitation extended
to all. J. E. Peaden, Pastor.
New Subscribers
The following names have
been added to our list since our
last issue:
Virgil Thompson, Mrs. Carrie
Griffin, J. C. King, S. W. West-
brook, Mrs-Xucy Cherry.
Real^Estate Transfers
W. A. Larimore and wife to
Kate Terrell. 42225 square feet,
D. Draper survey, Deport; $1500.
Noel Terrell et ux to Kate
Larimore, four lots or tracts,
Deport; $1100.
For Sale
Good e$r corn on track at Oil
Mill. $1.00 per bushel. See
J. C. Bratcher.
For Sale
or trade within the next 30 days
one of the best improved hutnes
in Deport. J. H. Read.
The
QUARRY
Bti JOHN A. MOROSO
Copyright, mu. by Little, Brown * Co.
SYNOPSIS
Janies Montgomery, an Innocent country
lad. la arrested for killing a beak watch-
man. HI* finger prlnta ara taken by the
New York police. •
Hla old mother pleada In v&n for him
with Detective Michael Kearney. Mont-
gomery Is placed on trial for his life,
charged with murder.
Convicted of murder In the second de-
gree. he Is sent to Sing Bing as a Ufa
prisoner and enters the machine shop.
Hla cellmate. BUI Hawklna, a burglar,
plana to aid Montgomery In escaping
from tha prison.
Bill makes Montgomery a suit of
clothes, but It Is seised. Montgomery
crawls Into 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.
Rage Had Blinded the Convict.
and he felt ns If the talons of a great
eagle had gripped bis heart.
“She wan pretty hard up." added
Kearney. “She had changed from
Broadway to Third avanue and then
to the Bowery.”
Bill's tongue was protruding over hla
yellow lower teeth. Rage was .chok-
ing him.
“She whs a pretty girl when I was a
kid on the oqps." continued Kearney.
A coughing sound, such as a tiger
makes when he swallows a sharp
silver of bone, cauie from the convict
A cloud Swept by the warden id bis
chair and fell upon Detective Lieuten-
ant Michael Kearney of police bead-
qunrters. New York.
For a moment Mike Keerneyswat
clow to death, but rage bad blinded
tbe convict, and he fumbled in hla
rench for the throat of bis enemy. A
dorrs prison attendants were In tbe
room at tbe sound of tbe crash, and
Bill Hawkins was dragged from hla
prey In time. v
Tbe detective struggled to his feet
and straightened out bis rumpled
clothes. When he got bis wind he
turned to the convict and said. "I guess
that means a little more time for yon,
BUI"
Tbe warden bad had enough of tbe
practice of tbe third degree In hla of-
nee.
“One minute.” be said to tbe at-
tendants bolding Bill. He turned to
Kearney. “Have yon finished}** be
Mked.
••Yes."
He turned to tbe livid old prisoner
before him.
“Bill, was this woman be told yon
about your wife?"
“She’s toy wife,” he panted. “She’s
got the certificate to prove It If she's
on the Bowery It’s because she didn’t
have nowhere else to go.”t
“Go Imck to your cell. Bill,” said tbs
warden.
Working on tbe trite axiom that
chickens come home to roost, Kearney
looked up every friend of tbe Mont-
gomery family lit Nyack and tbe coun-
try around. He Impressed the town
Bollce with tbe necessity for alertness
lnd patience In aiding In tbe recapture
of tbe escaped convict
•" Montgomery would rome back some
day to tbe place of bis birth. When
the exile years grew stale and profit
leas tbe helinweh would get him and
be would succumb to It Kearney ar-
ranged wltb tbe Postal department to
* 'JCST* *•
“I don’t know nothing,’’ Bill choked
out
Kearney sat quietly for a moment
as If deciding on tbe size and quality
of his next bribe offering.
“Bill." began Kearney slowly.
“What?”
“1 saw your old girl one nlgbt last
week—Rosie."
The heavy Jaw of Hawkins dropped.
pat a watch on all lottara sent to tM
Immediate friends of hla quarry a ad
bis dead and burtad mother.
All thta carefully attended to. Kear-
ney bad the printer of tbo police de-
partment spread on hie form photo-
graphic plates showing Montgomery’s
face In profile and In full. A reward
of f1.000 for Information leading to his
recapture was announced In black type
above tbe pictures. Below was given
a minute description of tbe convict
taken from tbe police records. These
circulars were printed end sent to ev-
ery police center In every city and town
in tbe country.
It wee not exciting detective work,
bot Kearney went at It at If hla wbola
career depended on Its successful ac-
complishment Wltb tbe aid of a ste-
nographer and a mimeograph be sent
speclul letters to tbe beads of all big
firms employing machinists. This nar-
rowed tbe search to a considerable ax-
tent
CHAPTER VIII.
“Hunted.”
rn m ONTGOMKUY traveled all nlgbt
Ivl and wltb morning dropped, off
1 T 1 on tbe outskirts of a little
New Jersey v village. He re-
mained In the woods all day, determin-
ed that tbe good start so providential-
ly given him, should not be lost
through any lack of cautloa on his
part
At a brook be cleaned himself and
tbe muddled garments be wore, and at
evening of tbe second day of bis es-
cape be felt that he could present him-
self among bis fellows again. During
this time he hnd appeased bis hunger
with carrots, radishes and turnips from
tbe edge of a truck farm.
He craved a warming drink and
more substantial food. After dark be
entered the village and found a lunch
wngon near the railroad station. It
was while eating In this roadside cara-
vansary that be overheard two men
gossiping about the $1,000 reward of-
fered for bis recapture.
“It was a daring escape," said the
man next him. The newspapers all
wrote It up In fine style and announced
that tbe police would pay the reward.
I asked Constable Mlklejobn about It,
and ho told rpe tbat soon a description
and hla pictures would be In the bands
of every police office everywhere."
Montgomery finished his meal In si-
lence. paid for It from tbe money he
had hrougbt wltb him from prison and
departed.
He realised tbat within a week or
ten dnys he would not dare show his
face to a police officer In city or vil-
lage. He would hnve to get beyond
the police net if he could. It would
take time for him to grow a beard and,
chnnge his appearance, ne would
seek refuge in a part of the country
where vlllnges nnd towns were not so
closely crowded together. In some re-
mofeVorner he could, perhaps, secure
for himself some little social standing,
lust enough to feel as If he had some
dentlty other than that wrlttendn the
police records. He would , willingly
work his hands to the qulrb In any
form of ^honest toll for this boon.
He secured a time table at tbe rail-
road station und, finding that a south-
ern express paused .-there, bought a
ticket to ItlcbmoDd. Vs.
On the train he secured copies of tbe
New York newspapers and read tbe
accounts of tbe search for the escape
convict In all of the stories referenc#
was made to the fact tbat he was an
expert machinist and be felt that the
police would surely look for him among
those of his cruft Hla heart sank with-
in him. His craft was to bring him the
means by which some day bis name
would be cleared so that be would
have the Inestimable boon of moving
without a police shadow at bis heels,
of living In tbe open and qf doing bis
best In the struggle of Ufa,
Montgomery lingered 1b Richmond
for several days, taking a bnmhle lodg-
ing In a cheap boarding house and
gradually equipping himself wltb. s
modest wardrobe. He lived with
strictest economy, hoarding bis scanty
snpply of money. He yearned for a
chance to work wltb bla bands, bnt be
feared to show himself in the daytime
aa yet At the end of a week be teem-
ed from an afternoon paper that tbe
local police hn^ posted circulars offer-
ing a rewnrd for his capture. He saw
bis own picture on tae front pnge oi
the paper and under U a cloee and nc
curate description of himself. Hi
would have to move on.
. - He did not return to hla lodging
bouse for the little supply of clothe*
be bad gathered, though be bad puli)
for bis room lu advance. He kneu
that every other city In tbe conntr.T
would soon be added to the poller
mesh, and be determined to leave the
paved streets for the iflet nnd seelo
slot) of country roods. in a section of
the city where the poorer people did/
their shopping Tie bought a tin of meat
and a box of crackers, lls still bad
$23. and be would have spent the most
of It for a kit of tools, but be did not
dare run tbe risk. Ca managed to
pick np In a small shop a soldering
outfit, a light hammer, resin, a spool
of wire and a few other essentials for
a tinker's outfit He made a light pack
and as nlgbt was falling fonnd his
way southward out of tbe city. It
was summer, and he could sleep In
barns and stables or In the open dur-
ing fair weather. He determined to
travel on foot by night and sleep by
dny until hla beard was fully grown.
• ••••••
Into the lower bey of New York
came welling one of tbe highest tides
of the early summer. Higher and
higher tbe water rose until the nests
of tbe marsh fowl floated away and
only tha top of tbe New Jersey sedge
was to be seen. Tbe highest of the
hummocks In the meadows was cov-
ered. With tbe turning qf the tide
their gatherings of spindrift were re-
turned to tbe waters whence they came
and tbe dead friend of Montgomery
>
floated from nswarx flay taroago tae
Kill von Knll to the harbor of Mew
Tort N
Among the scores of totepbooe re-
ports from Harbor Bquad A at Pier
Mo. 1. North rivor. daring this busy
season of tbo year for tbo men on the
police boats, on# read. “Body of con-
vict found flooring near Tompklnsvtlla.
Staten Island. Sant to morgue"
This report woo made direct to cen-
tral office. Mike Kearney was prepar-
ing n new circular to send broadcast
and stimulate lnt*rest In the recapture
of Jamas Montgomery when tbe deek
lieutenant called him and shewed him
tbe slip from Harbor A. Ho rood R
carefully and banded It back, then put
bla unfinished composition In bis flask,
picked up hla weatherbeaten derby and
left headquarters for the morgue.
He aaked the morgue keeper to show
htoi the clothee taken from tbe body
of tbe convict brought In by tbe harbor
police. He exam'ned them and found
the white disk and star Montgomery
had won by five years of exemplary
conduct This would have assured a
careless worker tbat tbe body was tbat
of tbe man who bad escaped only re-
cently from /Sing Sing. But Kearney
was no careless worker. He asked to
be shown tbe body Itself, but because
of tbe wear of tbe elements he could
make no satisfactory Identification of
tbe features. A month bad passed
since bis quarry had slipped him.
"Just a minute," be said to tbe
keeper.
From one of bla pockets be produced
a little tin box, a abeet of white paper
and a brush of camel’s balr. The box
contained charcoal powder. Kearney
reached Into tbe receptacle of the dead
body and pulled out tbe right band.
He dusted tbe finger tips wltb the
charcoal and pressed them against tbe
paper. Wltb this token as to tbe Iden-
tity of tbe dead man. be returned to
police headquarters.
The BertIIIon records gave np tbe
tallying card for tbe finger prints of
James Montgomery. Kearney studied
tbe official record and tbe print be bad
made at tbe morgue aud then smiled
grimly.
Tbe charcoal prints were of tbe fin
gers o' a different man!
He went back to bis desk and con-
tinued tbs composition of bla new clr-
culur.
• **••«*
After tbe fourth nlgbt of lonely Jour-
neying Pencilth the stars and three
days bidden In forest nooks, drinking
from brooks and eating sparely from
bis little stock of food. Montgomery
found tbat he would have to chnnge
bis plan of flight He was now far
enough from ®e capital of tbe Old
Dominion to feel a degree of safety.
Tbe farther be got from civilization
on a large scale tbe deeper became tbe
conviction that be could now’afford to
risk travel by day. Farmhouses were
far apart, nnd fur tbe better share of
each day tbe streets- of little hamlets,
where tbe country people did their
trading, were deserted. He abandon-
ed living In tbe woods under shelters
knoeked up hnstily wltb boughs and
leaves and took the road at daybreak
one morning, hla tinker’s pack over
bis shoulder, ready to be dropped and
put In use at tbe first Job tbat offered.
Tbe whole summer was spent afoot
on tbe highway. In many a pleasunt
farmhouse be found welcome In the
evening after a day of usefulness.
Frequently the warm bed under the
shingles and tbe hearty meals offered
him In return for his labor he frit to
be wages as great as any man might
desire. He met kindliness and godli-
ness at every hand.
Sometimes he would find a host who
would keep him employed for a week
or tan days. In every tiny farm settle-
msut he found a little white steeple
of a elspboarded church topping the
oaks and pines, and on Sabbath days
he Joined these llttls congregations, of-
fering up his constant prayer of grati-
tude for his deliverance.
The Inst sickly trace of tbs prison
pallor hod left him quickly. A short
brown beard and mustache had grown
to aid the chnnge of his appearance.
Tbo large brown eyes In the bearded
face gnve tbe suggestion of on* who
bad suffered much and who had gain-
ed tbe essence of divinity.
In every farmhouse be found o Bi-
ble. that book which la a library In It-
self. Being a tinker, a crenture of tho
highways and byways, be could
glimpse and cherish tbe beauties of tbs
poetry written by Isaiah and Amos
and Mlcsh. Then. too.’lie gained ac-
cess during tbs long, quiet evenings to
other books In the houses where tho
stranger was made welcome.
This wholesome. If Itinerant, fifo
gradually shaped his character to a
wonderfully fine combination of saint-
liness and vigor. The dust and tur-
moil of a city strec’ gain would have
made him reJl and become faint The
rush and confusion of a crowded hab-
itation of men would have been to him
a veritable coart for dragons.
Occasionally be would feel tbat the
police net from Mulberry street was
thrown too closely to him. Going Into
villages for supplies, he would bear
about new efforts to recapture him aud
of new circulars sent out by his hunt-
ers. On such occasions be would
hasten back to remote roads nnd farm-
houses.
Would he ever be able to, get far
enongh awny from bis Implacable pur-
suers to agnln take up bla work with
machinery?
(Continued next week.)
For Sale.
i----
Scholarships in the Paris and
Tyler Commercial Colleges, at
prices lesB than you can buy them
from the schools. First come,
first served. The Times.
B3id??.
nZ/jd&T
QUestlT
G 50
for all by Calumet.
For dally nse In millions of kitehens has
proved that Calumet is highest not only in
quality but in leavening power as well—un-
failing i n results—pure to the extreme—and
wonderfully economical in use. Ask you*
grocer. And try Calumet next bake day.
Received Highest Awards
W.rM‘> For.
FmJ Expo-bias,
CUcopo. I I.
Pxri* Eapow- _ _
boo. Franc, /*4s ___
DR. F. G. COOK
Veterinary Surgeon and Dentist
Office in Paris Livery & Transfer
Company Building. Paris
Only Graduate of Veterinary Medi-
cine in this part of Texas.
At DEPORT 2nd SATURDAY in
each month.
_ \
E. H. B. STEELE
Physician and Surgeon
Residence, Commercial Hotel
Res. ’Phone 105 Office phone, 146
Office at City Drug Store
DEPORT, TEXAS
Dr. M. C. Andrews
DENTIST
Office in ’Phones in
Postoffice Bldg. Office ant| Res.
Deport, Texas
DR. S. H. GRANT
General Practice
Office in Post Office Building
Phone—Office 41.—Residence 201
DEPORT, - TEXAS
DR. B. S. GI NT
Physician and Surgeon
Calls Answered Day or Night
Office Thompson’s Drug Store
DEPORT, - Texas
A. r‘. Park L. L. Hardison
W. F. Moore
Park, Moore & Hardison
LAWYERS
South Side Lamar Ave., Paris, Tex.
WELLS & CALVIN
> lawyers
Lynch Uulding
PARIS, TEXA8
*■
Chas. W. Elliott L. V. Larsen
M. H. Baughn
Elliott, Larsen & Baughn
• LAWYERS
Office in Lynch Bld’g. Paris, Texas
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