Record and Chronicle. (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 211, Ed. 1 Monday, April 18, 1910 Page: 2 of 4
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DENTON, TEXAS, APRIL 18, 1810.
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Prominent Denton Lawyer Ik Quoted
as Favoring State-wide Prohibition
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Abstractor and
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capacity or installing additional
pumping unit to eliminate 30 per
cent deficiency, 3c.
Meters.
"A least 75 per cent of services
to be metered, 1c.
Pumping Station.
"Cut off eletrtc light plant entire-
ly (Including generator in
room) by standard 12-lnch
wall witn fire doors, 10c.
Supply Mains.
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DFNTON STEAN DYE WORKS,
W. R. SCOTT, Proprietor
For First Class Work
In a first clam place by first daas
barbers, go under the Postoffice, which
2 Mills Per Ton Per Mile.
Thia method of transportation is
cheaper than either ra "
highways. The prindl
FRED D. M okE.
SPECIAL RATES TO 8TU1
ANNOUNCEMENT*
(All announcements appearing in
thia column *re subject to the action
of the democratic primary election)
SOTIOB TO THE PUBLIC.
■ the character, reputation or standing
ition which may appear In the columns
be gladly corrected upon being called
Poindexter, being unable to keep
bis campaign hitched to the prohi-
bition question, has now gone n for
conservation and all that. But still
the issue remains prohibition, with
Cone Johnson representing the pro
s'd* and Colquitt the anti, and you
can't make anything else out of the
situation.—Palestine Herald.
We would like to have you see
our samples. Have your clothes
made to fit your special figure.
If you have'any clothes that
you want cleaned, pressed or re-
paired it will suit you well to
have it done on the only Steam
Press in the city.
Ladies Skirts a Specialty
That New Spring Suit
The perfection of the airship will
greatly reduce the cost of transporta-
tion. The atmosphere furnishes the
roadbed for aerial navigation and af-
fords a free and universal distribution
of trackage facilities. AH people are
vitally interested in inventions. Rob-
ert Fulton, in giving us the steam en-
gine, reduced the cost of transporta-
tion in Texas from 43 cents per ton
mile (public highways) to 1 eent per
ton per mile on the waterways. Im-
proved machinery reduces the coat rtf
transportation in all lines of traffic
and consequently increases th: vs! *.
of production.
Any erroneous reflsct
st any firm, individual or
st ths Record and Chronl
to the attention of the pub
"a rovlde dupl'cate discharge mains
from pumps to service distribu-
tion, 2c.
Fire Department.
“If eight additional full pa’d fire-
men employed, 3c.
“Two paid drivers, now employed,
to sleep at station in preference to
the "minute men, 3e.
Fire Alarm System.
"Install standard automatic fire
alarm system, plans and specifica-
tions to be approved by this office,
5c.
Police System.
"Employ four additional full paid
pol'cemen, 6c.
Fire Marshal.
.“Employmlgn marshal and adopting
Notes the McKinney Examiner:
‘ to th,t ,he
sston Post, Fort Worth Re-
fl and other city papers which
re strong supporters of Ben-
r Bailey tn his recent fight
now lined up for OMquitt
A letter from Representative John
H. Stephens advises that present in-
dications da not point to a general
appropriation bill, nd in case such
an appropriation s not passed we
can not hope for a Federal buildng
at this time. In which case, we will
Just keep hammer ng until we do get
one.
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The work being done on the Mc-
Kinney road will mean thousands of
dollars worth of business to Denton.
Since the work has actually been
started and Commissioner Higgin’s
willingness to put the road in good
condition to the Elm bridge, we may
well afford to offer liberal induce-
ments, or, in fact, grant any request
which is made of us.
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good roads dictated a verdict reading
about like this: “The permanency or
the cost of the road is of little con-
sequence to us just so long as the
road is worth what it costs.” These
same gentlemen indicated that they
would not do without such improve-
ments aa-have been made In Dallas
county for many times the cost jf
same. This subject should |>e given
thorough and unprejudiced considera-
tion. If, as some believe, good roads
would be the most far-reaching de-
veloper for the county within her
possibility we should have good
roads regardl-sg of the “pull backs.”
On the other hand, if good roads are
>ad or public
_ J cost of pub-
lic highways is in constructing and
maintaining the roadbed, and the same
applies to railroads, but nature fur
pishes a level roadbed for the vessels
and the government maintains tfey
waterways. The improvement of our
rivers and harbors will greatly lower
the cost of transportation.
Pipe Lincs.
We have 1.500 miles of pipe line in.
, transportation service leading from
the oil fields to •'pr refineries, and
Heinzes buix mixed and |
>, sweet pickles Both phones 25.
S. A. GIBBON.
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several hundred miles of pipe line* in
the refinery yards.
Pipe lines are primarily city build-
ers. The pipe lines bring the oil field
to the refinery and the gas well to the
city and the factory, and reduce the
cost of transportation as well as pro
vide a feasible method of distributing
the product of the oil and gas wells
throughout the State.
, Aerial Navigation.
We have no airships in transporta-
tion service in Texas. This character
of transportation, while experimental
is nevertheless important, says the
Texas Commercial Secretaries' Asso-
ciation.
There is hardly a citizen but what
could call to the attention of the
secretary a way in which he may be
of assistance In developing some re-
sources or some general usefulness.
We invite that this be done. This
organization’s only and sole purpose
is to upbuild, progress and prosper
the whole county.
When you are in a
When you went goo
POLITICAL OPINION’S.
Colquitt is the only man in the
race for governor who can put the
•HwwrJveK at.amc stuisdiMi smmt
The judge struck the'table another
forniidable_blow.
“Mrs. Jeffries!" he exclaimed. .
She turned away her head to hide
her feelings.
“Oh, how I’d like to have a good
cry," she murmured. “It Howard
only knew!"
Judge Brewster touched an electrio
button, and bls head clerk entered.
“Mr. Jones,” said the lawyer quick-
ly, “get * stenographic report of the
case of the People against Howard
Jeffries, Jr.; get the coroner’s inquest,
the grand jury Indictment, and get a
copy of the Jeffries confession—get
everything—right away!”
The clerk looked inquiringly, first
at Annie and then at his employer.
Then respectfully he asked:
“Do we, sir?"
“We do,” said the lawyer laconic-
ally. ,
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Probably never in the history ot
the county were all conditions so
generally flattering. A close esti-
mate of the wheat crop as gathered
by this organisation indicates an
acreage of approximately 163,000
acres or considerably the largest
acreage ever planted in the county.
If present prospects materialise even
only in a fair way we may reasonably
expect from one half to a million
bushel crop larger than ever before
produced in the county. Our pros-
pects for a fruit crop seem almost as-
sured, farm lands generally were
never worked in better shape, corn
being, except in a few localities, in
ideal condition, with the thorougn
preparation of a seed bed and with
the present good season In the
Pilot Point Weekly.
In a conversation with J. M.
Spencer, editor of !the Aubrey Her-
ald, and the editor of this paper,
last week Hon. A. C. Owsley, of
Denton, said he had quit the anti-
prohibition party, and was in favor
of state-wide prohibition and local
option. He is driven to this position
by the saloon and brewery men
themselves, who have combined to
debauch the politics of this state in
their own interest, and against the
interest of everybody else. He said
he would quit thq churches on the
same principle; that is, if they un-
dertook to debauch the politics of
Texas in their own financial interests
and against everybody else. He is
bitter against the combination of the
saloon an<i brewery men, and hopes
his sentiments against them will be
echoed all over Texas. As we un-
derstand Mr. Owsley, he will short-
ly take, the stump tn favor of state-
wide prohibition, and show 'he peo-
ple the damnable diabolism of this
hellish comb'nation. If he makes a
speech, it will have a wide effect,
because he has been a life long anti,
from principle and not for pelf
So he turns the back of his hand up-
on that crowd of toughs, freebooters
and marauders. His language against
them Is too sev
but if he takes
pie will hear fn
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5e; macadamia- fect.i
able i
for its combination hook and ladder
and chemical wagon, making a total
credit of 20 l-2c, which would re-
duce the rate to 29 l-2c. ,
Wh le these changes could be
made, probably they will not all be
made, at the present at least, on
account of their cost and the city's
financial condition.
Those which can be made at
once, however, and at a comparative-
ly small expense are: ,
increas'ng meter service to include
it> per cent of the connections; build-
ing 12-inch brick wall and making
changes as suggested in pumping
station: arranging a dupl'cate dis-
charge and connection with the stand-
pipe by 8-inch main; requiring the
paid f'remen to sleep n the fire hall:
the appointment of a fire marshal.
These changes would effect a saving
of 19c and on top of the 1-2 al-
lowance for the combinati'n chemi-
cal ann hook and ladder wagon
would make the rate 39 l-2c. A
building law would cost little, it is
thought, and would reduce the key
rate to 34 l-2c, and make Denton’s
one of the lowest key rates in the
state.
Repairing, Cleaning
and Pressing
MEN’S AND LADIES' CLOTHES
Your patronage solicited with P
the assurance that all work turned
out will be in first-class condition.
NEW PHONE 31 |
-J. MITCHELL
Judge Poindexter's three-mile law
is not meant for local option coun-
ties at all, but you’d think so to
hear Colquitt and Johnson speak of
it. The law in intended only for wet
counties where local option can not
and has not been adopted, and it Is
to be a state law, prohibiting saloons
within three miles of a school house
and in counties not having local op-
tion and not will'ng to have ft__
Abilene News.
state, the facts should be pointed out; wanl tiauge followed.
' ' " — - introduced them.
• Mrs. Jeffries, may I present Mrs.
Howard. Jr.?"
Alicia bowed stifil and somewhat
haughtily. Annie remained self pos-
sessed and on the defensive. Address-
ing the banker's wife, the lawyer said:
“I told Mrs. Howard that you
wished to speak to her " After a pause
he added: “I think, perhaps. I ll leave
you together. Excuse ms."
I He left the office and there was an-
other embarrassing silence. Annie
waited for Mrs. Jeffries to begin Her
attitude suggested that she expected
something unpleasant and was fully
prepared for it. At last Alicia broke
the silence:
"You may think it strange that I
have asked for this interview,” she
began, “but you know, Annie—” In-
terrupting herself, she asked: “You
don’t mind my calling you Annie, do
your
The young woman smiled.
"I don’t see why I should. It’s my
name and we’re relatives—by mar-
riage.” There was an ironical ring
in her voice as she went on: "Rela-'
tlves! It seems funny, doesn't it, but
we don’t pick and choose our rela-
tives. We must take them as they
come."
Alicia made an effort to appear con-
ciliatory.
“As we are— what we are—let’s try
to make the best of it”
"Maks the best of itr echoed An- n*ntly—“nothing
^le. “God knows I’m willing, but I’ve
had mighty little encouragement
Mrs. Jeffries. When I called to see
you the other day, to beg you to use
your influence with Mr. Jeffries, ‘not
at horns’ was handed to me by the
liveried footman and the door was
slammed in my face. Ten minutes
later you walked out to your carriage
and were driven away."
I “I knew nothing of this—believe
me," murmured Alicia apologetically.
I “It’s what I got just the same,” said
the other dryly. Quickly she went on:
/‘But I’m not complaining, understand
J—I’m not complaining. Onlff I did
think that at such a time one woman
might have held out a helping hand
to another.”
Alicia held up her hand protest-
ingly.
“How could I?” she exclaimed.
"Now, be reasonable. You are held
responsible for Howard's present po-
sition.”
■ “Yes—by the police,” retorted An-
nie grimly, “and by a couple of yellow
journals. I didn’t think you'd believe
all the gossip and scandal that’s been
printed about me. I didn’t believe
what was said about you."
Alicia started and changed color
“What do you mean?" she exclaimed
haughtily. "What was said about
mer
; "Wall, It has bean said that you
married old Jeffries tor his money
and his social position."
'“Old Jeffries!’" protested Alicia
indignantly. "Have you no respect
for your husband's father?'
“tot a particle, answered the oth-
oolly. "and I never will have till
lets like a fathedk I only had one
rview with him and it finished
with me for all time He ain’t a
.r-b.’. a fish.”
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ground a good •<•»<! of cotton may
oe counted on almost with certainty.
Many farmers have additional soureva
of income never before utilised,
their actual living, in many instances,
being made from dairy products,
poultry products, etc. The people
of Dentou county are generally in
good sbai>e financially. The prices
of all products are satisfactory and
leave a liberal profit for the farmer
between the cost of production and
the market prices. Denton county
should and, we believe «(J11, lead the
state n agricultural products this
year. Inch advantages as at present
exist must by all means be taken
advantage of ano energetically and
industriously worked. Through the
efforts of this body Denton county
real estate has been kept constantly
before the Morid, prices have been
maintained anj the demand active
and for bona fide transactions, we
believe, has been unsurpassed out-
s'de of the cities of our state. Here-
tofore the work has been handicap-
ped and to disadvantage, but it has
been beneficial to every citizen of
the county and has been money well
spent. We have reached a point
woere greater and more material
things may be expected. _ Much en-
ergy and efforts have heretofore
been expended in establishing the
work. The co-operation and support
of every citizen is desired and with
the liberal and loyal support of all,
a hardship is worked on no one.
All are m*de better cit'zens and old
Denton county will lead not only the
state of Texas, but the whole South-
west. The opportunity is ours, the
way is easy and if every citizen will
“limber up” we will develop, progress
and prosper more wlth'n the next
ten months than we have in the past1
ten years. Do it now!
finishing touches on Cone. The oth-
er fellows have already fallen out-
side of the works.—Gainesville Reg.
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•Uy catered as second elans mall matter at postoffle. at Deaton, Tex-
lly^te^r^s^o^Bd^’ina,urmatte^8Aug 22, 1902, at the postof-
Boe at Denton, Texas, under act of Congress, March 3, 1272.
subscriptions to the Weekly Record and Chronicle discontinued at ex-
The Chamber of Commerce is sim-
ply an avenue of getting together.
Individually we may hustle and tus-
sle for the almighty dollar; we maj
have ouy preferments and ide.is
about religion or politics; ur moral
standards may differ. None ot
which effects the common upbuild-
ing and development of the com-
munty as a whole. Through the
Chamber of Commerce we may lay
aside petty Jealousies, or selfiah mo-
tives nd unhampered by likes and
dislikes, loyally and liberally and
unitedly pull together.
By C. E. Scruggs.
Through the Texas Commercial
Secretaries each affiliating commer-
cial organization in the state has
open to them a line of free advertis-
ing in the North and the East
which if undertaken singly wonld
cost thousands of d<>llnr>- The eyes
of the world sre at present on Texa«
and the community which does not
make a noise like “tooting its own
born" will fall to get its share of
the desireable immigration and
vestments which are coming to Texas.
Let every citizen use every oppor
tuntty to tell the trruth about Den-
ton end Denton county. We have a
supply of booklets briefly describing
Denton county. Every citixen is re-
quested to call at the Chamber of
Commerce and get a few to ma’l out
io friends in other sections, or send
in the names of friends who yon
think could be interested in our
county.
A prominent citizen requests that
we secure for him from the govern-
ment a supply of fish for breeding
purposes. This citizen in doing this
has not only used this organization
for the purpose for which it was
originated, but calls to the mind of
the secretary a manner of usefulness
which had not before occurred to
him. Efforts will be made to supply
this gentleman, and as many others
as desire and we snail also endeav-
or to have the streams of the county
well supplied with a suitable bresd
of fish.
Standard Fife Marshal ordinance, Sa.
Building Is»ws.
“-.dopt'on of Standard Building
Code and employment of competent
building inspector, 5c.
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“Pave or macadamize all streets
in business section. 2c.
"Possible key rate, 16c.
“Cop'es of the Standard Building
Code and Standard Fire Marshal Or-
dinance may be secured, upon re-
quest, from the State Fire Rating
Board, Austin, Texas. Plans and
spec'flcatfons of all Improvements
submitted to this office for approv-
al.
"If 1 can be of further service to
you and your citizens in giv.'ng you
information as to how to further
reduce the key rate, kindly command
me.
Changes that could be made at a
fairly reasonable price include re-
pairs of pumps to 100 per cent ef-
ficiency, at 3e; metering 76 per cent
of the connections. 1c; cutting off
the power plant from the pumping
statl.in by 12-lnch brick wall, 10c;
duplicate discharge and puling in q.
inch main to East Oak street, tee
requiring pa'd firemen to sleep In
same building with apparatus, 3c;
appointment of fire marshal, 3c:
adequate building laws governing
k construct'oi
r paying stres
about all are
except the »
the town is
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BACK TALK .
The “white upron brigade," we
read in glowing headlines, "has no
terrors for Colquitt." And perhaps
vice versa.—Record and Chronicle.
The "white apron brigade” are
not concerned in this race only to s
small extent; the "malefactors of
great wealth” in the liquor business
are the ones from whom Col. Quitt
will take his orders.—Austin Brand-
ing Iron.
Horse wanted for his feed.
205tf c W S. YEAGLEY
Fifteen hundred Smith county
democrats issued the following:
“The democracy of Smith coun-
ty where Cone Johnson is best
known and where he will receive a
overwhelming majority over all his
opponents, assures every democrat
In Texas that he is a good and true
man w ohwould mak^ for all the
people of this state a great and con-
scientious governor. And we re-
spectfully call upon the democratic
voters in every county of the state
who want a goverment by and for
the people, end not a government
by and for the politicians to support
the cause of Cone Johnson and pro-
-U^ed now to form organizations for
the "purpose of nom'nating him for
governor uf Texas.”
It seems that Col. N. Jones is
rather in the minority at home. An-
other prohpet, perhaps, not without
honor save in his own country.
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The Denton Record and Chronicle
last week reproduced an cxUcle from
the Weekly relative to the industrial
departments in the Pilot Poin schools.
This will grealy advertise Pilot Point
as well as her schools, for whatever
advertises the schools of a town ad-
vertises the town also. No town
can be a town without a good public
school system. Pilot Point did a
great thing in securing the manual
training departments for her schools.
This pieces her educational facili-
ties ij the front rank with the Texas
schools, and aside from tbe advant-
age to the studednts of the school, a i
vertises the towa all over the state.—
Pilot Point Wtekly
Tte Weekly’s article was inter-
esting and well worth reproduetijn.
The introduction of the industrial
departments into tbe Pilot Point
school should be a source of much
pride t<» Pilot Point and to Principal
Weisner of the Pilot Point schools,
for our ne'ghbor Is one of the first
towns of the state 'o install the new
departments anq from all accounts
For Local Rspreeentatlvs:
r. r. Hiii.
w. C. DICKSON.
WORTH 3. RAY.
For County Judge:
LEE ZUMWALh.
3. H. HOSKINS.
For County Attorney:
CHARLES MAYS.
For Tsx Assessor:
B. E. MILLER.
J. K McK XVY.
For Tax Collector:
B. C. COFFET.
SAM HAWKINS.
O. L. it. CROWDER ,
H. V. HENNEN.
O. L. HAMILTON.
For County Clerk:
OSCAR T. BUTTON.
M. P. KELLY.
WALLER L BUSTER.
For County Treasurer:
D. M. REEVE.
For District Clerk:
W. B. DURBIN.
For Sheriff:
W. C. ORR.
For Coommissioner Precinct No. 2.
JOHN W. STUART.
For Commissioner Precinct No. 3-
8. T. OOLEMAN.
JACK CHRISTAL.
Far Commissioner Precinat No. 4:
J. B. SMITH.
B. F. DAVIS
J. M. GARY.
For Justice Peace Pr clnct No. i.
WM. MCCORMICK.
For Justice of the Peace Precinct
No. •:
J. P. KIRKMAN.
For Constable Precinct No. I.
JOE A. YOUNG.
For Public Weigher, Precinct No. 1
GEORGE WELLS.
J. C. BROWNLOW
**A fish!" exclaimed Alicia, scandal-
ized at such les* majeste.
Annie went on recklessly:
"Yes—a cold blooded—”
"But surely," interrupted Alicia,
"you respect his position—his—”
, “No, ■*■; I respect a man because
he behaves like a man, not because
he lives in a marble palace on River-
side drive.”
I Alicia looked pained,
was certainly impossible.
[ "But surely,” she said, "you real-
jized that when you married Howard
|yeu—you made a mistake—to say tbe
least?”
| “Yes, that part of it has .been made
ipretty plain, ft was a mistake—bls
mistake—my mistake. But now it’s
done and it can’t be undone. I don’t
.see why you can’t take ft ss ft is end
.—and—”
| She stopped short and Alicia com-
pleted the sentence for her:
j -and welcome you into our fam-
ily-"
“Welcome me? No, ma'am. I'm
not welcome and nothing you or your
'set could say would ever make me be-
lieve that I was welcome. All I ask
is that Howard’s father do hie duty by
his son.”
! "I do not think—pardon my saying
•o,” interrupted AMcia stiffly, “that
you are quit* in a position to judge
of what coutitutee Mr. Jeffries’ duty
to his son.”
"Perhaps not. , I only know yhat
I would do—what my father would
have done—wbst any one would do if
they had a spark of humanity in them.
But they do say that after three gen-
erations of society life red blood turns
•into blue.”
I Alicia turned to look out of the win-
dow. Her face still averted she said:
i “What is there to do? Howard has
acknowledged his guilt. What sao-
Sces ws may make will be thrown
WWffff.'’
; Annie eyed her companion with con-
tempt Her voice quivering with in-
dignation, she burst out:
“What is there to do! Try and save
him, of course. Must ws sit sad do
.aotbing because things look black?
;Ah! I wasn’t brought up that way.
|Mo, ma'am, I'm going to make a
Sshtl"
| “It's useless,” murmured
shaking her head.
| "Judge Brewster doesn t think so.”
replied the other calmly.
• The banker's wife gave a start of
surprise. Quickly she demanded:
; "You mean that Judge Brewster has
encouraged you to—-to—”
“He’s done more than encourage me
—God bless him!—hs’s going to take
up the case.”
Alicia was so thunderstruck thst for
a moment she could And no answer
"What!” she exclaimed, “without
coasulting Mr. Jeffries?"
I She pnt her handkerchief to her
face to conceal her agitation Could
,lt be possible that the judge was go-
ing to act, after all. In defiance of her
husband's wishes? If that were true,
what would become of her? Conceal-
ment t would be no longer poeaible.
Discovery of her clandestine visit to
Underwood's apartment that fatal
night must come Howard might still
be the murderer, Underwood might
not have committed suicide, but her
visit to his rooms at midnight would
become known Judge Brewster wss
not the man to be deterred by dUB-
cnltles once he took up a ease. He
would see the importance of finding
the mysterious woman who Went se-
cretly to Underwoods rooms that
night of the tragedy.
“He consulted only hie own feel-
ings," went on Annie. "Ho believes in
Howard, and he’s going to defend
him.”
Alicia looked at her anxiously as if
trying to read what might be in her
mind. Indifferently she went on:
"The papers say there was a quar-
rel about you, that you and Mr. Un-
derwood were too friendly. They Im-
plied that Howard was jealous. Is
this true?"
"It’s all talk,” cried Annie indlg-
but scandal—lies!
There’s not a word of truth ia it
Howard never had a jealous thought
of me—and as for me—why—Tvs al-
ways worshiped the ground he walked
on. Didn’t be sacrifice everything for
-my sake? Didn’t he quarrel with his
father for me? Didn't he marry me?
Didn’t he try to educate and make a
lady of me? My God!—do you sup-
pose I’d give a man like that canoe
for jealousy? What do the newspa-
pers care? They print cruel state-
ments that cut into a woman’s heart,
without giving it a thought without
knowing or caring whether It’s true
or not, as long as ft interests and
amuses their readers. You—you don’t
really believe I’m the cause of his
misfortunes, do you?"
Alicia shook her head as she en-
swered kindly:
"No, I don’t Believe mis, I don’t
You were right when you said that at
such a time as this one woman should
stand by another. I'm going to stand
by you. Let me be your friend, let
me help you.” Extending her band,
; ahe said: “Will you?”
Annie grasped the proffered hand,
it was the first that bad been held
out to her in her present trouble. A
lump rose in her throat. Much af-
fected. she said:
“It's tbe first kind word that—” She
Stopp< d and looked closely for a mo-
ment at Alicia. Then she went on:
"It’s the queerest thing, Mrs. Jeff-
ries, but it keeps coming into my
mind. Howard told me that while bs
was at Underwood's that dreadful
night he thought he heard your voles.
It must have been a dream, of course,
yvt he thought he was sure of it
Your volce-that’s queer, isn’t ft?
Why—what’s the matter T P(
—
I I
Thus they are not letting the
"Bailey issue” bother them.
They are willing however to let
the “Bailey issue” divide the
prohibitionists of the state. The
saloon interests know no party
loyaly and action except it
serves their purpose. They play
with the name and fame of Sen-
ator Bailey only to advance the
interests of the liquor crowd.
There is need of courageous and
independent action among the
voters. The practice of decep-
tion by liquor organs and so-
called democrats who back them
should be resented by the peo-
ple.
It Is equally noticeable that, these
sAlf-same papers which are sup-
porting Colquitt never miss an op-
portunity to pat Poindexter on the
back as they go along supporting
Colquitt. “The only possible dan-
ger of a defeat for Colquitt,” said
a very staunch Colquitt supporter
to this writer the other day, “is the
possible withdrawal of Poindexter.”
If that is the case, is it strange that
Poindexter is receiving encourage
ment from Colquitt supporters to
stay in the race?
■.....—— —o------
Editor Lowry of the Honey Grove
Signal, himself a Tennesseean, sizes
up the Tennessee situation and the
use of “executive clemency” in this-
wise;
Senate r Edwin W. Carmack,
eas'ly one of the most brillfknt
and manly men the South has
produced,■ was held up on tbe
streets of his home town while
he was engaged in conversation
with a lady, and shot to death
for no other cause than that
he mentioned the name of a po-
liicsl enemy in his paper,
day the man who held
up is free and the one
d'd the shooting soon will be. As
we see It, the Governor of Ten-
nessee has cheat?-' justice and
outraged the people of his state,
and our predietkn is that the
Old Volunteer State will* for
many years be torn with fac-
tional strife as disgraceful, and
perhaps as bloody, ag the feuds
that have torn Breathitt coun-
ty. Kentucky.
The Carmack murder was like
unto the Goebel murder. In Ken
tucky Goebel stood in the way of the
republicans. He was assassinated
and a republican governor pardoned,
the leaders implicated in the assas-
sination. In Tennessee Carmack stood
in the way of Patterson anq the
wh'skey-negro ring which by hook
or crook has dominated Tennessee
politics. Carmack was shot down on
the streets. His murderer was par-
doned by the head of the “ring.”
The fact that Carmack used Coop-
er’s name furnished merely a pre-
text—it was the political menace of
Carmack’s brilliancy to the welfare oi
Patterson and big ring that hatched
the conspiracy which resulted in hta
foul murder.
“Now, my dear young woman," said
Judge Brewster, when the astonished
head clerk had withdrawn, "if we are
going to get your busband free we
must get to work, and you must help
me.”
His visitor looked up eagerly.
“1'11 do anything in my power," she
said quickly. “What can 1 do?"
"Well—first of all,” said the lawyer
with some hesitation, “I want you
to see a certain lady and to be ex-
ceedingly nice to her.”
"Lady?” echoed Annie, surprised.
"What lady?"
“Mrs. Howard Jeffries, Sr.," he re-
plied slowly.
"Howard's stepmother!” she ejacu-
lated
A clerk entered and handed bis em-
ployer a card. The lawyer nodded
and said in an undertone:
“Show her in.” Turning round
Again, he went on:
stepmother. She’S out there now. She
wants to see you. She wishes to be
of service to you. Now, you must
conciliate her. She may be of great
use to us.”
Annie’s face expressed considerable
doubt.
“Perhaps so,” she said, “but the
door was slammed in my face when I
called to see her.”
"That’s nothing," answered the
judge. “She probably knows nothing
about it. In any case, please remem-
ber that she is my client—”
She bowed her head and murmured
obediently:
‘Tl! remember.” ,
The door of the office opened and
_ Alicia entered. She stopped short on
merely a fancy and a fraud as some] seeing who was there, and an awk-
!n an intelligent way to tbe goot
road enthusiast, and we are liberal
enough with our fellow man to be-
lieve not a man in the county would
advocate good roads if it can be
pointed out to him that game would
be a detriment t the county.
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