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KATE AND VIRGIL D. BOYLES
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SYNOPSIS.
r)<>nfRi' VllllltM 'I poor rune' man.
Tlifh tiiin.l'il r <l eultui'l Kciin hei* (m
cnitb* inimind from Ills rioieli the "I<nk\
8 On wooded spot In ilif river's I•«•«!
Hint would lime hiHii mi Island IihiI th*
MlMourl been lit l.llib wiit' i lie dimmers
* band of liorac thieve* engaged In work-
ing ov iT briiiidn on - .t11W- 11•• creeps
nmr enouiil to note l • bunging of the
"Thr.'r llnis" brand on oni ntfi'i to the
"j It " brand I'hviI l.iengford. the* rich
owner of the "Three Hhih run til, Is went
for by W111 int oil unit I* informed of the
operation* of ti e name of rattle thieve-.
41 hand of outlaw* I cmlt-d b> Ji-we Hliitli,
who long hint defied the htu and aulhor
(tie* of Kemah rountv. South liak'itu
with Impunity hut who, heretofore, hail
not duretl to run I cut hii> of the property
of the (rreat "Three Half" ranch. WiIIIk
tori shows his relui turn y In opposing a
hand o powerful In politics and io dread
id by all tin" community Langford
lili-tlgcs WllllNton bis friendship If he
will usstst In bringing "Jesse HIio V and
hlf gang to Justice laingford If struck
with the beautv of Mary. commonly
known an "Williston's little till."
CHAPTER III.
Louise.
It was raining when she left Wind
City, but the rain had soon been dis-
tanced. Perhaps the Judge was right
when he s.'d It never rained north
or west of Wind City. Rut the judge
had not wanted her to go. Neither
had the Judge's w ife.
Full 20 minutes, only flay before
yesterday, the judge had delayed his
day s outing at the mill where the
Jim river doubles right around on Its
tracks, In order to make It perfectly
clear tp her that it was absolutely
outside the bounds of her duty, that
it was altogether an affair on the side,
that she could not be expected to go,
and that the prosecuting attorney tip
there had merely asked her out of
courtesy, in deference to her position
Of course he would be glad enough to
get her, but let him get. some one
nearer home, or do without. It was'nl
at all necessary for the court report-
er to hold herself in readiness to an-
swer the call of anything outside her
prescribed circuit duties. To be sure
she would earn a trifle, but, it was a
hard trip, a hard country, am! she
Tind much better postpone her Initial
Journey into the unknown until the
rogular term of court, when he could
be with her. Ho had then thrown bis
minnow seine over his shoulders,
taken his minnow pall In one hand
and his reel case and lunch box in
the other, ant' walked out to the road
w agon awaiting him at the gate, and
bo off to his frolic, leaving her to
fight it out for herself
The judge's wife had not been so
diplomatic, not by any means. She
had dwelt long and earnestly, and no
doubt to a large extent truly, on the
uncivilized condition of their neigh-
tors up the line; the roughness of
accommodations, the boldness and
license of the cowboys, the daring
and insolence of cattle thieves, and
cunning and dishonesty of the Indians,
and the unconthness and vlclousness
of the half-breeds. She had ended by
declaring eloquently that Louise would
die of lonesomenesg If, by God's good
providence, she escaped a worse fate
at the hands of one or all of the many
evils she had enumerated. Yes, it
was very evident Aunt Helen had not
wanted her to go Hut Aunt Helen's
real reason had been that she held
It so dizzily unconventional for hei
niece to go to that wild and unholy
land alone She did not actually fear
for her niece's personal safety, and
IjOulse more than half suspected the
truth.
She had heard all the arguments
before They had little or no terrors
for her now They were the argn
ments used by the people back In hei
eastern home, those dear, dear peo-
ple, her people- how far away sin-
was' — when they had schemed and
plotter! so pathetically to keep her
with them, the second one to break
away from the slow, safe, and calm
traditions of her kin in the place
where generation after generation of
her people had Jived and died, and
now lay waiting the great judgment
In the peaceful country burying
ground
Bhe had listened to them dutifully,
half believing, swallowed hard and
followed her uncle, her father .-
youngest brother, to the "Land of the
Dakotahs
Now, that same dear uncle was a
man of power and position In the new
land Only last November lie had
been reelected to his third term on
the bench of hl« circuit with a big,
heart stirring maloritv In the day
of his prosperity ho hail not foigot-
ten the little, tangle halted girl who
had cried so Inconsolably when he
went away, and the unaccountable hnr
ror In whose eyes )e hh<I tried to
laugh away on that never-to-he forgot-
ten day when le had wrenched his
heartstrings from their i safe abld.ng
place and gone forth In quest of the
pot of gold at the rainbow t end —
the first of many generations. Tradi-
tion knew no other since his ances-
tors had felled forests and built homes
of hewn logs Xow he had sent for
Ixiulsc Ills court reporter had re
cently left htm for other fields of
labor.
There was commotion among her
people on receipt of the astounding
proposition. She lived over again
the dark days of the first flitting II
might well be her uncle had exag
gerated the dangers of life in the new
land It was great fun to shock his
credulous relatives He had surely
writtin them some enormous tales
during those I ft years and more, lie
used to chuckle heartily to himself
at reading some of tin sympathizing
replies Hut these tales were held in
evidence against him now that he
dared to want Louise Kvery letter
was brought out by Louise's dear old
grandmother and read to her over
again. Louise did not half believe
them, but the> wi re gospel truth to
her grandmother and almost so to
her father and mother as well She re
membered the old spirit of fun run
pant In her favorite uncle, and wutir
his vivid pictures took all the color
from her sensitive fact deep down in
her heart she recognized them for
what the> were worth The letteis
were a strange medley of grasshoppers,
blizzards and Indians Hut a ten dol-
lar per diem was a great temptation
over a five-dollar per diem, and times
were pretty hard on the old farm
More than all, the inexplicable some-
thing that had led tier uncle to throw
tradition to the four winds of heaven
was calling her persistently and would
not be denied
The dear heio of her childhood
was much changed to tie sure; his
big joints had taken on more flesh
and he had gained in dignity of de-
portment what he had lost In ease of
movement. His once merry eye had
grown keen with the years of just
judging. The lips that had laughed
so much In the old days were set in
lines of sternness. Judge Hammond
Hale was a man who would live up to
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Louise.
the tenets of his high calling without
fear or favor, through good and evil
report. Yet through all his gra .(>'
of demeanor and the pride of his In-
tegrity, Louise instinctively felt his
kindliness and loved him for it. The
loneliness fell away from her and a
measure of content had come In its
place, until the letter had come from
the state's attorney up in Kemah
county:
Mv I>ear Ml*." teih- The eighteenth of
A.ignst Is the dat' set f..r the prelimin-
ary hearing of .!> se Hlio k Will you
i nine and take the testimony '' 1 am very
anrlous that the testimony lie taken by
a competent reporter anil shall he grate-
ful to vou if you decide to come
The judge Will fell you about our poor
nee omirioil.'itlons I.«t me re< "inmcnd to
your i onslderntion sotnf irnod friend* of
mine the Wllllst' tin. father find daugh-
ter They live three mill's northwest of
Kemah Tin Jiitiije will remember Wll-
llstnn, fieorite Wllllston of the I.ar.y S
They me cultured people then if! i their
way of living Is no esiarllv primitive, f
am sure you will like It better there than
at our shabby little hotel, whit h Is a
rendezvous for a pretty rough class of
null, evpeolnllv at court time
If you det Ide to tome. M i ry Wllllston
Will meet you rit Veil" n I'iense let me
know your declson Very sincerely
lttrn.\tU> OOKIHtN.
So hero she was. going into the In-
dian country at last. A big state,
South Dakota, and the phases of lt«
civilization manifold. Having come
so far, to refuse to go on seemed like
turning back with her hand already on
the plow, so with a stout heart she had
wired Richard Gordon that she would
go. Hut It was pretty hard now. to
be sure, and pretty dreary, coming
into Velpen knowing that she would
see no one she knew In all the wide,
wide world. The thought choked her
and the impish demon, loneliness, he
of the smirk and horns and devil's
eyes, loomed leerlngly before her
again. Hlindly. she picked tin her um-
brella, suit case and rain coat.
' Homesick? asked the kindly brake-
man, with a consolatory grin as he
came to assist her with her bag
gage.
She bit her lip In mortification to
think she had carried her feelings so
palpably on her sleeve. Hut she nod-
ded honest 1 >
"Maybe It won't be so bad," svm
pathlzed the luakeman His rough
heart had gone "'it to the slim, fait
haired creature with the vague trou
blf 111 her o> es
' Thank you," said Lou.se, grate
fully
There was a moment's bewilderment
on the station platform. There was
no one anywhere who seemed to bo
Mary no one who might be looking for
her It was evening, too, t'ue lone-
some evening to those away from
home, when thoughts stab and memo
rles sap the courage. Home one push
ed her rudely aside. She was in the
way oi the trucks I
"Chuck It! None o" your sast, my
lad! There's my fist. II ft It If you
don't put no stock in its looks. Git
out o' this, I say!"
The voice was nig and convincing.
The man wasn't so big, but some way
he looked convincing, too. The truck-
man stepped aside, but with plucky
temerity answered back:
"Get out yourself! Think you own
the whole cattle country, jest 'cause
you herd a few ornery, pink-eyed,
slab sided critters for your salt'
Well, the railroad ain't the range,
le" me tell you that Jest you run
your own affairs, will you?"
"Thank.v. Glad to. And as my af-
fairs is at present a lady, I'll thank
you to just trundle this here railroad
offspring to the back o' this hero lady
- the back. I say back ain't front,
Is If Wasn't where 1 was eddicated.
That's better. Ai.d ef you ain't sat-
isfied, why, I belong to the Three
Hats Ever hear o' the Three Hars?
Ef I'm out, jest leave word with the
boss, will you'' Hi II see I git the
word Yes. sir, you ol' boss thief, I
belong to the Three Hars "
The encounter was not without In-
teresting spectators Louise's brake-
man was grinning broadly at the dis-
comfiture of his fellow employe. Louise
herself had forgotten her predicament
in the sudden whirlwind of which sho
was the innocent storm center.
The cowboy with the temper, having
completely routed the enemy to the
immense satisfaction of the onlook-
ers, though why, no one knew exact-
ly, nor what the merits of the case,
turned abruptly to Louise.
"Are you her?" he asked, with a per-
ceptible cooling of liis assertive bra-
vado.
"I don't know," said Louise smiling
fearlessly at her champion, though in-
wardly quaking at the intuition that
had "ashed upon her that this strange,
uncouth man had come to take the
place of Mary. "The boldness and li-
cense of the cowboys," her aunt had
argued. There could be no doubt of
the boldness Would the rest of the
statement hold good?
"I think ma; be I am. though 1 am
Louise Dale, the new court reporter.
I expected Miss Mary Williston to
meet me."
"Then you are her." said the man
with renewed cheerfulness, seizing her
suit case and striding off. "Come
along We'll git some supper afore
we start. You're dead tireil, more'n
likely. It'll be moonlight so't won't
matter ef we are late a gittln' home."
"Court reporter! I'll be doggoned!"
muttered the brakeman. "The new
girl from down east. A pore little
white lamb among a pack o' wolves
and coyotes, and homesick a'ready. No
wonder! I'll be takin' you back to-
morrow, I'm thinkin', young lady."
He didn't know the "little white
I lamb" who had come to help Haul
Langford and Dick Gordon in their big
light.
(to m: continued.)
PROBABLY NOT ON PAY ROLL.
Father's Occupation Would Likely Be
News to Lord Clare.
"The late Frederick McNally had oc-
casion." said a Chicago lawyer, "to
consult me about an Infringed copy-
right. Mr McNally said he thought
there would be no trouble about cor-
recting this infringement. The thing,
he believed, had been Innocently done.
The man who bad done it was an ama-
teur in publishing—unsophisticated—
like a girl bis father used to tell about
in Ireland. This girl was the daughter
of a poor man. and every week or bo
she used to come to the village rec-
tory with a pi.easant or a hare to sell.
The price she asked was low, and
for a time the pastor bought of her.
Then somehow, his Busplclons wero
aroused. The next time the girl call-
ed, he said to her sternly: it Is good,
fresh game you bring, my dear, and
your price is always reasonable; but
do you come by all these pheasants
and hares honestly?' 'Oh, shure. yes,
ver reverence.' said the young girl.
'My father is poacher to Lord t'laro.""
As Might Be Expected.
A man who, with his family, had
spent several weeks at a fashionable
summer resort, discovered one morn-
ing that he had lost his pocket book.
Thinking it possible that it might have
been found by some employe of the
hotel at which he was staying, he re-
ported his loss to the landlord.
"That's too bad, Mr. Johnson," said
that functionary. "I'll make Inquiries
about it. What kind of pocketbook
was It?"
• Hussian leather," answered the
lodger.
"What color?''
"Dark red."
"Any distinguishing marks about
It?"
"It had a clasp."
"What was the shape of it?"
"Flat, of course," said Mr, Johnson.
"Haven't I been here more than a
mouth?"— Youth's <'ompaniou.
Trying for Faker Prize.
He didn't set himself up to be a n<*
ture faker, but be confessed he knew
a story which, if not exactly accurate,
was at all events somewhat brilliant,
'i bis ha| pencil In the cottage of a
peasant who had his quiver full oi
children When the baby was put to
sleep at night ever j one in the family
was enjoinc d to he quid. They were,
Including the dog One night, how
ever, the dog fancied the room wasn't
as quiet as It should be. There was
an old-fashioned clock In the corner
of the room, which ticked somewhat
loudly with Its ponderous pendulum.
The dog. thinking that this ticking
might disturb the baby, went on tip-
toe. and, putting his paw against the
pendulum, stopped it. And that's a
fac " Hut even the oysters on
the counter gaped with astonishment.
—New York Press. •
SPRING CROP REPORT.! a shower of praises.
FIFTY PER CENT MORE TPUCK-
DIVERSIFICATION INCREASES.
FIGURES VERT ENCOURAGING.
Ccllin County Has 10.000 Acres of Orv
lont Scurry. 2.000 in Water-
Melons.
Galveston, Tex Comparison If i.iis
with last springs crop b> the I'll
special correspondents of The Newt
in fruit and truck raising communi
ties shows ihat the general Increase
has bet II full) ."in per cent In less
than a half dozen cases reported was
the acreage le ss this yeai. Near Me-
kinncy, Collin county, in 1 !♦«•?. l.uuo
acres of onions were raised The)
proved to be so *a'>factory that t,<is
year the acreage is estimated at H'.
onii Sn>der, Scurry county. reports
2,000 acres in watermelons as ,ius
year's estimate
The News i'hurscla> morning miIi
Halted a table showing the aerouge
planted, bearing, that will bear or
that wjl! ho planted this spring, of
ton of the principal crops planted ii>
the fanners ol Texas in diversifying
tomatoes, onions, potatoes, cabbage,
cucumbers, strawberries, blackberries,
cantaloupes, watermelons and peaches.
This table is made up from reports
received by The News front Its corre-
spondents at the places as tabulated
The average date of these reports is
March 15. The name of each city re
porting is given, with the name of
the county in which it Is located. The
reports tio not Include the entire coun-
ty In any instance, but appl\ exclu-
sively to the immediate community
from which they were sent, and only
for acrage lhat is grown for market
purposes.
In potatoes, Refugio countv leads,
with an estimated acreage of 2.500.
onions. MeKlnney, Collin, lo.onn; to.
matoes, Gainesville, Cooke, 600; cab
bage, 1 lay ton, Liberty, M l!; cucumbers.
Alvln. lira/.orla. 5do. strawberries,
Gainesville. Cooke. 700; blackberries,
Gainesville, Cooke, l.Ooo; canta
loupes, Gatosvjlle, Coryell, Mm. water-
melons, Snyder. Scurry, 2.000.
Ninety two correspondents reported
communities with 100 or more acres
In potatoes this spring; thirty report-
id the same as to onions, thirty-two,
tomatoes: twenty-seven, cabbage, fit
tot ii. cucumbers: ten, strawberries;
fifteen, halckherries. thlrtytwo, canta-
loupes. sixty two, watermelons, i-igh
ysyven, peaches, out of a total of -'Hi
reports printed
IN THE TICK OF TIME.
Bray Head Picks Up Crew of V/. H
Sk i nner— Exhausted.
New Orb 111. I.t Shipwrecked ami
drifting lor six day - on the w reckage
ol then broken vi • 1. ('apt Grille -
and the crow of the Ann iic in sehoon
or William II .*,kiniie.' wen- picked
up In ibe Atlantic in an exhausted
condition b> tin s earner Hr.iy Head
iioiiud front Galvi -ton to II' Iia i Such
was the in form.i ion received here
Tuesday li Mossi - Itoss a Heyn, Io
oal agents of the Mraj Head and oth
t r lb ad lino steamers
llatl the Hra> II id been one I):i\
later in coming to the assistance of
the wrecked oiiilel) they would al!
have perlshc d
SANTA FE BRAKEMAN KILLED.
Victor Tyler's Head W.is Crushed I3e
tween Box Cars.
Gainesville T- v Victor Tyler, a
brakeman on lite Sa'tta l-V out of Mil-
dly. was Instunth killed at I tour. Iter
tv, ok. north of litre Tu' sda> after
noon by having Iii> head tine hod •> i
pulp between two I >' i \ I .11 wlllb 11141 Ii
lug a cotiplin '
Tj lor was a voting in.in a id wa
married in tlii city a \ • -ar ago His
remains were brought to Gainesville
and will lie interred here
HOME ROBBED OF $250.
Eurglar Made a Rich Haul at Mario
Sunday.
Marl In, Tex While Mr Kd Stro
meyer and family of the Hlovitis coin
murilty were ah ent from home Nun
day a burglar entered the house hroke
into a trunk and abstracted there
from $250 in cash, The occurienc
has been reported to the -hei of
flee but as >■ t no arrest bi>-< been le
ported.
American Design Wins.
Si Hot et -1 111 tf All American flrtn
h is been successful in the competition
Instituted b> tile war office to deter
initio the best cartridge and pack-
carrying equipment for Infantry men.
Kortysix foreign and Russian compan
it : ii built t oil do iglr.
San Antonio. Tex * At a special
nl ed meeting of the Ells held Tiles
da> night those present listened Io n
very Interesting adilii b\ <!u\ II
Hied, district deputy grand exalted
ruler, of Heaumont He Is making a
trip over the state «'or the purpose of
officially visiting the various lodges
San Antonio, Tex H I Maddox,
charged with stealing a horse, pleaded
guilty In the District Court Monday
and was sentenced to two >ears iu
the state penitentiary.
RCOCEVELT. TAFT AND DRYAN
WEciE IMMERSED.
Talked Two and a Half Hour* Against
the Aldrich Bill, and Then
Didn't Finish.
W;.shiPfton; I'raise of President
Itoosexi II, Secretary Tall and ^ II
Hani .1 Hryan was heard in the house
of representatives toda> during gen
oral debate on the pension bill
The tirst speaker was Mr Ken-
nedy of Ohio, who lauded the presl
(lent and his policies as well as See
retary Tall, who, he said, would
bring glory mid prestige to the- conn
ti v as preside lit
The commei'idutlnii of Mr. Hryan
came front Mr Olllo James of Ken
t u ck >. who pi edict ed that the N'ebras
kali would be elected president Hex
November A speech iii advocacy ol
the Kowler financial bill was made b\
Mr Hrince of Illinois The eitliet
speakers we're Messrs llrundige of Ai
kuiiuis who criticised the inaction ol
the present congress, and Mr. Klo\ *
his colleague, who urged leglslatlou
to regulate the trusts
The pension appropriation bill wa
still the order of business when the
house at I t'.t p m adjourned.
Washington: After speaking fot
two and a half hours In the senate
Tuesday on the pending currency bill,
Senator La Kollette asked permission
to suspend his remarks and conclude
Wednesday, as be was unable to con
tinuc* longer.
Senator Aldrich reported to the sen
ate committee on finance amendment*
to the bill exempting railroad IioikL
from classes of bonds to be used ti
secure emergency currency, limiting
the retirement of such currency and
providing that such Issues should In
permitted up to the par value of the
bonds used io secure them
The legislative, executive and judi-
cial appropriation bill was considered
at length, and at 5:o'clock the sen
ite adjoin lied.
BOUNTEOUS TEXAS.
Spring Is Exceptionally Early
Crops Well Advanced.
and
San Antonio. Tex Trie present
spring is the earliest in the history
of Southwest Texas and crops are well
advanced Nearly a'l trees are In full
leal and fruit trees are In full bloom
Spring gardens are well undei way
and in some places corn is already
up. Thi onion crop Is helm* harvest
ed and so for this crop has been sell
ing at exceptionally prices
There will be a cousid ruble In
crease iii acreage of .ill kind-, e.ipec
tally truck gardening and cotton Ow
Ing to the Inrush of home, "oki i s la t
year and Ibis year there will be thou
sands of iicit's of new laud put iii < ill
tlvation south toward Laredo .iiii In
the vicinity of Corpus Christi and vm t
to Hrowusvllle
While a ureal deal of thi.* will I>•
used for diversified funning, there
will al o be 111111 -11 i ottoii planted ,.tnl
a conservative estimate makes the in
crease in at a .■ o \ t i Sou', h w t -1 i • v
at- fully one u'h
There nt\er was a better outlook
for a bountiful cr>>p titan at pre.-i 1
CREAT TURPENTINE PCRT.
Southern Producers Forming ScMmg
Corporation.
Heaumont. i't \ Then was another
meeting Monday of the repre'setita
lives of turpentine producers in lie
Southern stales and progress w ;
made toward the* orcanizatioii of tie
central company or organization
which is to handle the product of nil
the turpentine producers in the South
Nothing has yet been decided upon
definite 1, bill the COli "til is in pro
i es- ol formation and it may lie emu
pie oil at any time, as the gentleman
now here will remain here ami meet
from titty to day until all the detail*
shall have been worked out Kvory
substantial product of turpentine pro
ducts in the Southern stales Is rep
,% entcd at Ills conference, and tin
result will be one of the largest Indus
tilt s this section of tin Sou:Invent has
vet to know
San Antonio. Tex A contract has
been closed with the Chicago Svin
phony (li chest i a of sixty-eight pieces
to play In San Antonio at the spring
musical festival which will be held In
May I'rof Carl Halm, a local music-
al leader, will organize a mixed chor
ii <,f inn voices for lite event
Sour Lake, Tex While ussisllng
in the wuric of loading sheet Iron on
a flat car. Mr. James Hat-field's left loot
was almost cut off when a slice- of tin*
Iron fell on It The sheet Iron t'l-is
loaded Is front th<- Security Company s
big tank, which is being lorn 'lown
Sail Antonio, Tex Wet weathei
seriously interfered Tuesday with the
dean up day" program, and the c||>
nt!mln)K*iHtlon. tin* women's clubs, tin
Ht<"!ness Men's ('l ib and tin Hoar.'
of Health are plann'ng to name anoth
or day.
Cuero, lie Witt Co., Tex It F lien
r\ Is rebuilding his telephone' line be
tweon Ciii-ro and Goliad, which has
been for many years a great conven
P uce for the prosperous country It
traversts
NEGRO'S AWFUL DEED.
TRIPLE TRAGEDY AT JONES' GIN,
FIVE IV:ILES FROM MARSHALL.
KO WITNESSES TO THE CRIME
Ne^jro Returned Home After Having
Been in Quarantine for Smallpox
and Shooting Took Place.
V«
Marshall. Tex : Sunday morning
about I: L'll o'clock at the Jones gin,
about live- miles from Marshall on ibe*
Port Gaiielo road three negroes met
leath In one house, the slayer t tilling
tils own life with the weapon with
which lie killed the- either two. Sun-
day morning Sheriff Munden received
word to go to .lone- giu lie- and
his son Claude' Munden, went e ut
to the scene r.-id upon arriving then*
found that Ja> llrooks a negro, bad
kllhd his wife. Ida. and his step-son,
Solomon Cob malt, and then took tho
gun and shot himself
Sheriff Munden found the negreas
in bed At toss her feet lay her hus-
band, and in the door was the boy,
about It: years of age From the nev
groe. who live- near by it was learned
that on Saturday llrooks, who had
been In ipinranline on account of
Hnallpox, came to the neoghborhood.
Loud talking at the1 house was heard
during the night and early In tho
morning they heard several shots and
saw Hrooks come lo the door and
throw out a burning unlit and iu a
few minutes another gun shot wan
heard Some lime afterward the tough
bors went down and pushed the door
open and the above ghaM' sight met
their eyes
So far as Is known there Is no one*
who saw lite killing, and after hear-
ing the testimony of several witnesses
who live in the neighborhood, S(|inre
I'erry ordered the bodies burled at ai
tiny were burled Sunday afternoon.
machine war on weevils.
Patent Rights to Implement May Be
Bought by the Government
Washington; The Department of Ag
rlcuiture will probably buy. and thus
preculde monopolization In its manu-
facture, the patent rights of an Imple-
ment which, It Is believed, will aid
greatly iu combating the ravages of
the |,o|| weevil Thi-- implement is the
invention of Dr W K Hind former-
ly an entomologist lit the Department
of Agriculture*, lint now a prnfesseu in
the Agricultural and Mechanical Col-
le.-t-■ ■ ot Alabama >
The machine con ist of a series of
chains attached to a light ee| ft ,mo
in such ft way that win n it is drat • d
ll it m h a field it scnipes fallen
<|iiaic from under lln- plants and
into i narrow path, wh tv they art
• x pee oil to I In- full ray of I he 11 .
In addition, thi - machine inulcht tin-
oil. and is t Ii ii i I cultivator
This invention ha resulted from tho
ohst'i \ aiioii that the mortality of wee-
vils is infinitely gr* atet wlnut tlit
quale--, and lu lls which they Infest
lie In the sun than when they art
haded, and this machine BUppllem a
quick and cheap method of throwing
all the punctured squares and iit-lla
into tin- miii and thus multiplies tho
distraction of the weevils which t. <-y
bar bo; |tr Howard, chief aiitouiolck
:i t of th<- Agricultural Department, I
confident that It will prove to le of
greet benefit
COVERNOR CUTS FESTIVITIES.
Affairs of State Preclude His Attend
ance Now.
\ustin. Ti'\ The governor i just
now being overwhelm* ' with invita-
tions to v i11 (-011111111.iltb-f participate*
in picnics, attend reunion- and otter
guile-rings and make peeches In >*n(i
instance but authorize.- the ta emeiit
th>it he Ii compelled to decline al! of
the invitations because of the t vac
Holts of official business at tin lime.
The various boards have bee*n meet-
ing and are meeting at this time,
hence* he has little time to t*et awav
from lb - capltol However, he has an-
iiniiiic.il that he would of necessity
take a week's rest Iu the near future,
and while he has npt dee lib'd Where he
will go, bis inclinations are toward
Crystal Lake, near Palestine, where*
he has a lodge Crystal Lake Is de-
scribed as a beautiful place, ami quite
a fresh water llshing resort.
Devlne, Tex.; While playing hit!!
Sunday evening Guy Dickens, son of
Lew Dickens, got Ills leg broken He«
is a small boy about !i years old. He-
was playing second base His weight
was on one leg when the runner ran
against It, breaking it between tho
mi and ankle. ^
Unemployed in Providence.
Providence, It I : Tho (sdlco of this*.
dt\, who early last week started to
take a census of the unemployed peo-
p'e, have completed their work, the
list showing a total of K.ooo idle per-
sons In the city
Natchez, Miss Hp to 7 p. m. seven
bodies had been taken front the ruins
of tile Natchez Drug Company's III.
fated building, which was wtecke-d hy
an explosion of gas ami lira Saturday ^
afternoon.
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