The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 150, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 30, 1896 Page: 4 of 4
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The Governor of North Carolina said
to the Governor of South Carolina
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"BATTLE AX" is the most tobacco, j-y
of the best quality, for the least money, ffl
Large qu^aMies reduce the cost of ru
manufacture, the result going to the con-
sumer in the shape of a larger piece, for r
less money, than was ever before possible, St
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Time Card.
FAST TIME SANTA Fo Route
TIME TABLE.
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lo » in I K«;<t Kxpr«>»H I 7 "5 l> '•
Tho »horto»t and iinii-ktist route to tV..
*tortb (outh ImIuiiI Wmt. ('huap ratcsti
OaUtorum. Oregon ami WmliliitfUm.
To Denver In hours, San Kruucisco
•our* ant) Portland, Ori'K»n, in hi»ir».
Th« fa*t VentlbuU' KiprMD «
Io, Kaiitaa City anil Urnivcr aro thu la
u in est In the world, Mild tliolr i»(»rvl< »> id
knowledge*! to be the cotupltitvat, sufi*t
moat comfortable.
Pullman I'alare Sleeping Cur* liftwi i- i
SalTenton and Kansas < Ity on train* Vis. l
•lid J. ChlcuKo and tialvi tton Kx. tlirotKli
Chair Cam for St. I<miia on tin- !:• 1 Kvnn • «.
Tbe quickest Une froni Ttum to tin' Norti.
•ad Kaat via thla popular lint'.
All classes of th» hiiropeun st>'iniiHln|i (out
ward or prepaid) sold at low rut.'S, and i'
•formation f urtiUlicit on application to
a. A. Krndio, Cats. .Vat.. (j»mi-s\HI .
W. S. Keenan, U. 1*. Jk T. A., Oal ve.ston.
r . ~ "' -T—
—THE—
6. G-& S. F, Ry.
comport ] asd spesd combined
Take the Kixl Kipresa for all poinU In
•outh and Kant Tenia, Memphis, Shu vi-port
Mew Orleans, Sun Antonio, und all point* in
Slit Uaxlco. Close connections with T. ,t I'.,
Oottou Hull. I. ,t (J. N., S. A, A A. I'. and
•outhern I'aciUc.
Kiirlit hours saved between Oalnesv i lie mill
•Ii l<'ai*>.
Twewe hoars saved between Gainusvllli
•nd all poluts west.
UonuMita at Newtiin. Kan . with the flnest
va*tll>uled train* in the world.
Direct line to New Orleans and all points
NMMM
Most perfect urranvnnient for meals of any
•▼•tern In the west, liar'n* the famous liar-
ifcywatln* house* at point* where trains ar-
rive at regular tueal hours.
Through Pullman Slsicpors and T irotiifli
OhalrCars for St. Ixmls.
For ezcuralon tickets, Kuropean Ste>'iisnlp
tickets and correct liifortnatlo" relative to
ataa, ate., call on or addres*!
8. A. Kaiinio, Fuss. Ant., Gainesville.
By J. H. CONNELLY.
[Copy riulit, IK*;, by tho Author.]
em w mistamimg Ins perturbation and
mental distn ss tho thought flashed np-
'in him:
"What an nnonialTl Thanking God
tl'.at a murder ha.; lie. u successfully per-
;> trati d. Wi ll, why not? We thank
!o<! t ir tlie pnaive receive—repavdloss
t' i.iir pmd has 1. en the harm (if sonic
itlv r p r.-.iii—and surely the getting of
t !iat mom y i < a great pis<1 to me. At
!i as: '.I \v .'.hi Ix if 1 could he assurt-d
i: :! l!ie unial■< rs on those hills would
:ii '1 d lum;: ■ • in". "
That hr .:.•!,( him hack to the starling
- .i j.T i:i 1. s ! ii 11 .is circle < f in eessity.
• lis !'•: ure ii:.!t of Tantalus. For-
;•! e, i ll !■■ | ,1 . ver <hi amid of and
.ii"p'. ••:.! ! ': i' rly af him, and he
: 1 ■ 1 in.: it..te i take tir iif: t sti p to-
.i.iiil i» i • r. . rvatn.it threat-
i* ) '■
A\
■y=^
lie IhiiI the three Umlimj morniitij jour
In lis.
ened him, for lie lit< rally had not a
penny—nothing hut those moiLstrens
hills—and he was fearfully hungry,
hungrier, he thought, thaui t:ver Is Tore
in lus life.
If he cor Id only know what happened
when tht—the—discovery was made.
$4.00
$3.00
$2.50
i shoes fit to perfection and west
as only the best of leather can. They're
shapely, pliant—the most comfortable ot
Ibotwear. They always manage to let fc
air and keep out water.
$
A YEAR.
Tht price for tha
DAILY
HESPERIAN
Has been reJucod
from
$10 to $5
A Year.
Perhaps the morning pa]s rs would pivt
some hint about the bills. He would
have to s« e them hi fore risking any-
thing. Through the long hours until
dawn he sat up, not (hiring to go to
b d, and pondered upon his situation.
The tin; in I he stove burned out, the
room grew cold and the chill made his
Sense of physical discomfort almost as
keen as his mental torture. Nineteen
hours had passed since he had tasted
food, and his cspe-it ncrs in that time
had so exhausted /iini that the lack
made him weak and nervous. The fancy
that something was behind him return-
ed An unfastened window shutter
iwnnp in the rising morning wind, and
its rusty hinge made a lioiso like a
shriek, causing him to start and cry
out He felt as if he must go mad if
this strain continind much longrr.
At length he heard the newsman come
up the steps and poke under the hall
Hoor the morning papers for a lodger
who would not wake for hours yet.
Leaving his door open that the hall
might be lighted up, he slipped down
stairs, shuddering at each creaking step,
clutched the papers and n turned swift-
ly to his room. He had the three lead-
ing morning journals, and taking them
together could be pretty sure of know-
ing all tho reporters had been able to
tind out,
'Hie accounts were meager, owing to
the lateuess of the hour at which the
Ixidy had been stumbled over by a po-
liceman. Dentil appeared to have been
caused by a frightful gash on the back
of the man's head, produced evidently
l>y his falling upon a jagped, sharp
rock, hut there was no reason to sup-
pose his fall an nccidunt. Apt-cat bruise
on the face showed (hat he had been
knocked down, no doubt for the pur-
pose of rohlsry. Itis valuable watch
and a eonsidt ruble sr.in of money were
untouched in his pockets, but that fact
•imply went to show that the assassin,
after tearing his clothes open to plunder
him, had Ixtu alarmed by something
and had tied.
ah was as tno murderer could have
desired exe< pt that one account closed
with the sentence:
"The police have a clew to the assas-
sin, and believe they will be able to ar-
rest him today."
Not happening to know the utter
emptiness of that stereotyped phrase—
the preliminary txi characterizing the
crime "an inscrutable mystery" when
the murderer was not caught in the
prescrilsd time—Chester Sewall was
horrified. Its mcauing to him was the
realization of his worst fears. The large
bills had been missed and were expect-
ed to serve us the clew!
In fancy lie already saw the gallows
looming up before him.
CHAPTER XIX.
Michael McCaffrey was a man of
deeds as well as words—when the dan-
ger of doing was not conspicuously great
—and had not vowed revenge upon Mr.
Will mar: h without mi ailing to strive
for it.
"I'll make it cost him $1,000 more
for every d.;y he keeps away from me,"
he swore, "iui maybe if he gets iuo mad
I 11 go ov v to the other side, a:i what
will he do thi n? Aha!"
Hut he would give fair warning—
win ro it was his interest to do so.
Hi !:< c it Wits that at an early hour in
the morning of the day succeeding the
murdi !■ his gr.uidilaughter Kitty made
ii< r appearance ts fore the late Mr. Will-
marth's residence lis Is-arer of a message
io him who had so suddenly gone lx>-
rond the reach of all messages. She was
i. niewhat surprised to see a number of
;k rs -lis on the sidewalk staring at the
iw>use with the morbid curiosity com-
mon to a certain larpe class of street
loungi rs and a policeman stiuniinp at
the fisit of the steps, swinging his club.
Xo suspicion of what had occurred en-
ered her mind. Newspapers were not
!-ea<l in her house. Their only use there
was to wrap something in or to light a
ire. J-'o she stared w ith wonder at the
taping mob nnd felt impelled byhercdi-
ary instinct to run away at sight of the
ifiici r. But, on second thoughts, she
was more afraid of her fierce old grand-
lathir than of tho policeman, and did
lot dare to fail of delivering his mes-
sage, so she started to ascend the great
done steps up to the big front door of
;he imposin g mansion.
"Hi! Held on then1. Where are you
»oii:g:" demanded the policeman.
"Up the stejis," retorted Kitty pert
!y, th >ugh with inward quaking.
"I diiuno whether 'yare or not. What
d i Vi u want
"I've a h tter for Mr. Willmarth,
-sir, "she replied hesitatingly, showing
it in hi r hand.
The man stared at her, reflected a
moment, and then jerking his thumb in
the direction of the door ejaculated:
"(..wan."
She understood the order, and 1 st no
time in olsying it.
The door gave her a new surprise by
swinging open as she reached it hefoie
she had time to touch the Ik 11, and as
she stepped inside quickly closing he-
hind hi r. A policeman in uniform, a
ward detective in plain clothes a> d the
captain of the precinct—a prete ntious
being of whose kind she had been a>-cus-
tomed to stand in awe t ver since she
was old enough to know a policeman
from a goat—confronted and surround-
ed her. She trembled.
"Now, then, what do you want
here?" demanded the captain.
"If yon please, sir, I don't want
anything."
"Then what are yon here for?"
"I've just brought a letter for Mr
Willmarth, sir. That's all. "
This unconscious jostling of death I v
life thrilled each of the three men and
made them look at each other silently
Evidently the girl knew nothing of the
tragedy. The detective was first t • look
for a possible advantage in her igno-
rance.
"I hardly think you can see him just
now," he said in a friendly, reassuring
tone. "He had a little trouble, and is
very much engaged at present. "
Kitty did not know what to do.
"My grandfather," she said, "told
me to lie Mire t i give the letter into Mr
Willmarth's own hand."
"I will ascertain if you can see him,"
offcri d the captain, graciously stepping
into the parlor out of sight, but remain-
ing near the d. or inside to listen.
The uniform'd policeman, apparently
pe« ring out through the tinted panes of
glass at the side of the dixir, affeett d to
tie absorbed in observation of what was
poing on in the street. Kitty was made
to feel that she wf-s practically quite
alone with the friendly detective, whose
TEXAS.
Something About Her Resour-
ces, Her People, Her Laws,
Her Society, Wealth and
History.
Cooke County.
Statistics and Facts—A Good
Field For the Home-Seeker
and Investor.
Read and Then Come
See for Yourself.
and
THE STATE OF TEXAS.
Facts and figures to the think-
iEg man convey a better idea of a
country than word painting can,
so we give some solid facts for
(hose who may want to know
something about the empire state.
Population iu 1SW) i^S6J,4»
Hgtiuiated population low D.ouu.imi
Area In squbi«- miloa
length lu mile
lireadth in mllei
t^eltled in.........
Independence declared..
Admitted into the union.,
.Viva in aoret
tcre« lu timbered laada..
AcroK In mineral land.
..... .............7Mi
........... ■■..... 1mA
iS»6
.••a.............. IM6
l'4.M«6,M(i
M.OMI.Wie
'Ju.WSI.IMH.'
Acre, ot pablii; school land* M.uoo.uuu
flaiea oi cotton ralat-d, 1390 2,uoo.O«i>
liotbelauf corn ralaed, 1«®0 K6,&eo,oue
Kuabel« of oats raised, 1*90 li,TN),oui
ilashelaof wbent raised, ln#0 e.uUb.OMi
lilies of railway lo.li/7
ilnadof live atock l.ri,t>0u,l<G0
t'ounds of wool ralsod 2«,"00.w<)
Paiutile values tT34,OOO.On«
Value furm prodncts lsf>,0Ui»,0«)
Value lire stock W-A.Ouu.C v
Value exported stock I l,W,«*'•
Valne exported hides h,uoo.oiii,
Value exported wool «,0U0,000
Value free school fund, etc 15(>,0«),l>G«
iltate university fund lt,U00,0to
Value of railways S00.000.uv
.iualness transacted. 1890 JCO.Ouo.uj
Pt'Mic school expense. 1890 -i,flO<i,iK»i
Cos. of capltol building 4,000,oiv
Number of oountiee in Texas
Annual taxes collected 4,P«0,0tK/
Increased manufactures, 1890 0,000,oco
Average amount In treasury ],600,00>
HEK PEOPLE.
Texas is a cosmopolitan state,
but native Americans predomin-
ate. The negro population of tho
state is small compared to other
southern states and the "race
problem" cuts no figure here. The
state is settled largely with immi-
grants from different parts of the
Onion, those from the southern
■iiid western states predominating.
LAWB.
The laws of Texas are made for
iier own people and are the most
liberal, equitable and just an^
where.
HOMESTEAD LAWS
Are the most liberal, and her col
lection laws tbe most lenient to lx
found in any state in the Union.
These laws not only pruvidt
against misfortune, but give the
family a guarantee against waste
ful extravagance and bad manage
ment on tbe part of the husband.
The following extracts from tin
state constitution will give an idea
of the protection which the state
throws around a family:
"Art. 17, Sec. 49. The legisla
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GEORGIA ALABAMA MISSISSIPPI
TENNESSEE AND MISSOURI.
0K WHMMt* THtr tit It.
of
any improvptiH-iit*
• • •"
ture shall have power, and it t-hal
be its duty, to protect by law from j longing to any tiade or prc fi
forced sale a certain portion of the! One horse, s:uldie and bridlt
the value
thereon.
THE W AO EH
of the lal>oring man, whether mar-
ried or not, are as sacred as the
household.
Seetion 28 of Art. 16 of the con
stitution reads: '*Jio turrcnt
wages for personal service shall
tjver lie subject to ganiiMhm<>nt.*'
The statutes exempt the follow-
ing personal property from foreed
■tale:
"All household and kitchen fur-
niture. All implements of l.-ns
bandry. All tools, apparatus and
books lielonging to any trade <»i
profession. The family library
and all family |>oi1rait.s and p»«-
iun^s. Five milk cows ami tin ir
waives. Two yoke of work oju-n
with necessary yokes and t haitis.
Two horses and one wagt»a. <'«;•
carriage or Inggy. t>nc
Twenty head of sheep. All -an
lies, bridles and harness u» i e»sai\
•'or use of the family. All pro-
visions and forage on hand f..i
joine consumption, and all < arjvni
wages for personal shi vices
To all single j.iisons ate »»•
served: 4 * A11 weariug appaiei, alt
'.ools, apparatus and l«»uks l-»-
sioti.
All
Stevens, Kennerly
& Spragins Co.
o
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o
«»*»<» o
41
II
Exaiiiiiio Our ItuprovcHl
Refrip-erat or
personal property of all hea.'is o'
families, and also of unmarried
adults, male and female.
TAXATION
Is light, our state ad valorum lax
is now 20 cents on the £100, ami
our state school tax is IS tents
on the £100. County taxes do not
often reach 50 cents on the $JO0.
LAND.
Improved lands arc worth from
£10 to £50 per acre.
Our lands produce a greater va-
riety of crops than can be found in
almost any other county. They
have the rare advantage of bring-
ing both wheat and cotton crops—
something not found in many
places.
ROAD8.
Good roads reach into every sec-
wages for person*i wr-
en Trent
vices."
Wherever the people's homes
ire safe there will patriots U*
found. Hence tramps and lieggars
are not so lotutnou among us as it
other countries.
c«H)K K rot'NTY.
Cooke is one of the northern tier
uf counties and is separated from
the beautiful Indian Territory on
the north by Ked river.
It is a splendid farming section
and is also well adapted to stiw k.-
raising.
The soil of the county is almtit
equally divided black waxcy, sau-
| dy and red sandy. A Unit one-
half the county is timtier and the
j balance prairie with streams rtin-
| ^ ^ | ning through it, on which can U»
^ ___ excellent tiiiit>er ami water?
efllciid ch:iraet< l wnsof courseluikimwn | tio.n_ of tlie 00an(^ substantial! i{e(j nVer »>orders the county on
to her. He rei.pened the crinversatioii:
bridges span all streams. (^}j(> nortii for sixty miles.
"JSo the letter is from your graudfu- EDUCATION. Elm fork of the Trinity, Clear
thor?" he asked. ; W e have ninety public schools; and other streams tlow
"Yts, nil-. And he'll be wanting to in the county outside the city of | through it.
u at the life out <i me if I don't take Gainesville—eiglity-six white and ti.»
him an answer back. He was tearing | four colored. These schools run
mad last night with fifing up until Qn aQ average of gix month [each
expecting Mr. Willmarth, 1
year.
and
Chest.
HoinovaMo Icr ( hninlw r.
Dry Air (^renlalioii.
Any Price, Any Style.
!>
O
o
II
like a divil
12 o'cliiek exjiocting Mr.
who never came, and he's
let loose this morning, sir. "
"Oh, that's the way with these big-
bugs. Tliry never care how much they
make other people wait. But I take no-
tice they don't like it when they are
kept waiting themselves. It was no
doubt a matter of important business
for your grandfather to see liim last
night, I suppose."
"Oh, yes. He was to pay grandfa-
ther a lot of money."
"So! Whut do yon call 'a lot?' "
"Well. 1 don't ritrhtlv know bow
CONTINUED.
Low Rates via Santa Fe Route
Pittsburg, Pa., May 23 and 24,
one fare round trip, limited to
May 31, account national prohibi-
tion convention.
St. Louis, June 13, 14 and 15,
one fare round trip, limited to
June 21, account national repub-
lican convention.
Washington, I). C., July 3 and
4, limited to return on 18th, with
extension privilege to 31st, one
fare round trip, account natiolial
convention Y. P. S. C. E.
St. Louis, July 19, 20 and 21,
one fare round trip, account
American silver convention
S. A. Kkndio, Pass. Agt.
Fine tailor-made pants for only
£5 at Dunbar's for thirty days
only.
135 suits for §27.50; £8 pants
for $6, at Dunbar's for thirty days
only.
Advertise in the Hbbpuian.
"Sec. 50.—The homestead of a
family shall be and is hereby pro-
tected from forced sale for pay-
ment of all debts except for the
purchase of money, the taxes due
thereon, or for work and material
used in constructing improvej
ments thereon, and in this last
case only when the work and ma-
terial are contracted for in writ-
ting, with the consent of the wife
given in the same manner as is
required in making a sale, and
conveyance of the homestead; nor
shall the owner, if a married man,
sell the homestead without the
consent of the wife given in such
manner as may be prescribed by
law.
"No mortgage trust, deed or
other lien on the homestead shall
ever be valid, except for the pur-
chase money thereof, improve-
ments made thereon as herein lie-
fore provided, whether such mort-
gage or trust deed or other lien
shall have been created by the hus-
band alone or together with his
wife; and all pretended sales of
the homestead involving any con-
dition of defeasance shall be void.
"Sec. 51. The homestead nDt in a
town or city, shall consist of not
more than 200 acres of land, which
may be in one or more pareelB,
with the improvements thereon;
the homestead in a city, town or
village shall consist of a lot or
lots not to exceed in value $5000
at the time of their designation as
a homestead without reference to
1890 a population of
The county has an area of 933
square miles, e<jual to 597,120
acres.
It bad in
24,602.
It now has a population of j>er-
haps 30,000.
RAILKOADH.
The Missouri. Kansas & Texa*
railroad runs through the count)
from east to west aud the great
Santa Fe system runs thtoii^i.
fron north to south.
A road is surveyed and will soon
lie built from Gainesville north-
east to the coal mines at Me Ales ' ^
ter, I. T. $
GAINESVILLE, j ^
The county site, is located on the
Elm fork of the Trinity, six miles f
south of Red river. It has a popu- A
lation of about 10,000, and is a ^
busy, hustling, growing place. It \ W
has eleven churches, six splendid ( ^
brick school houses, two good $
flouring mills, an ice factory, an j gfe
iron foundry, the shops of thej^
Santa Fe railroad, a cott«>n com- $
press, a broom factory*, soap fac- gA
tory, cotton seed oil mills, i ^
pressed brick works turning j
out splendid brick, fouri
newspapers, three tanks with a
capital and surplus of #650,000,
and various other enterprises.
It is a live place and nu'n with
money or muscle can do no liettei
than to cast their lots here.
Stevens.
o
Kennerly
pragins C
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u
Tho r.i
Restau
and Cafe.
TIm- « V(r* («•*
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Mk-Ii. tit th« « * » .
Board S3.50 aWn k
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0PLM JILL KtSHT.
f « *t
Balance of spring woolens must
go. $40 snlts now only $32.50;
110 tronserings now #7.50 at Dun-
bar's for thirty days only.
Subscribe for the Bebpekiah
Mrs. M. M. Berger
Kcdutcd Rates Via the kat>.
f 15.45 to K«M-k|K>rt, t'orpof
Cbrinti. Aran r»M and Port
land. Tex., and return aeeonn*
winter tnorist. Ticket* on Mile
daily nntil April »Mli. limltH to
thirty days from date of
\\ f are talking to if tea Miller
front bedake, iieuraicia. etr.,
ttv a lev
Edwards' Quick
Hedake Powders.
tiuarantev-d to care in nM
tMinnte.
F!»W.\IHtS, lkt Lit
A two utoij
dcnce en < • r a»<l A*f
oiithnu<•••. ceawnt «alka
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