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SHERMAN DAILY DEMOCRAT-SHERMAN, TEXAS.
Tuesday, April 8. 1919
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SHERMAN, TEXAS.
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Relict campaign
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ESTABLISHED 1870. ”* i ——-
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Members Of the Associated Presa.
The Associated Press is exclusively
entilled to the use for reptihlicntion
•f all news dispatches credited to it or
not,JtU^f»i*e credited In this imper
and also flic'local news published here-
in! All rights of repuhlleation of
aisH-lnl dispatches herein arc also se-
oervCtf.
men
their
Governor Ilohliy i- meeting Me\itSin
governors ami Itallas business
are in the sister rcioildje with
order ti.siks and gettlnjf hotter- ae-
qnninted. Now. it look* like Hie hatch-
er Inis-hern hurled and .Texas and the
United States will do hnsltiess down
there again. —- - ‘
Mat. subscribers changing locations . sand storms in the west dining the
thottid |M the banner mUmI as well v .....!. m„|
as the new one. Subscribers served by i. . . , ,
carriers will please assist the mAn-* T‘" * t",i
agement in rendering good service by! of-Sherman show many .breeds. of
mdifyitig the IiCmOeraf about irregu- alien plant life coming tip and crowd
laflties ami omissions. hig cut the Bermuda. There i- a jolt
Any erroneous reflection ttpon the .ahead to cm and pull out the foul gr.t'S
character, standing or reputation of* nut]
•tty person, firm or corporation which— -•-
may appear in the columns of the up.e ppfipfkCLn CIY TIMF?
JNCfnoerat will he gladly corrected up nt rKUTUMlD 3IA lllTiro.____
ondi befrii brought to the attention of BUT DOESN’T MARRY
Am pnbttshrr*., ,,__
endctiitoring U> .cus),, off, .Aichi^tt-i
with F-tevnn, .lh‘lp|je-< in Id* ^raiAJ
staggered trtjtne swe' ifrtd flung*ft5»
shrieking Spanish qur ovi-rMiartl out
into dark witter. I heard the splash as !
he fell, the single'cry hi* lips gave, hut i
he never again appeared a hove the sur- j
face. Above the bedlam Watkins |
roared out an order.
“That’s it. bailiesLthat's it! Now |
let her drop! We’ll send them to hell ,
where they belong. Good sltot; sha
landed I.”
It was the hank of a spare anphor.
haliinced for an instant on the rail,
® ** | then sent crashing dawn through the
0 V 000000 $ 0 0 0 ! frail bottom of the boat beueuth. The
CHAPTER XXXI. wreck drifted away Into the fog, th£
• _ * - j two miserable occupants clinging dek-
The Boat Attack. ! P’Tutoly to the gunwales.. I lifted
He'waited for us ju-t without the Dorothy to her feet, and she clung to
companion, but tr.y eyes caught noth- nl,‘ unsteadily, her face yet white.
3817,000 CARS WERE SCRAPPED IN 1917
and most of them were only middle-aged
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RANDALL PARRISH
T
irtg unusual
tr>y
as I emerged
into the
| suitsT
Watkins, have you figured up re-
dnyliglu. 1 could barely see amidships,
timl on either side hung the itupene- two of our men are cut rather
tmblc hank of cloud, leaving sea and j badly, and otie hasn t come to yet l'rotn
sky invisible. , a smart rap on the head.”
“What is it, Watkins? Wher$ju&.the “None got away?”
aim!'™-'.-.. ........~ ! “Nut 'less they swum. Hair's six dead
“Forrard, sir, a-hangin’ over the star- ones aboard. Four took ter the water.
EBED-
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New Yolk.-ot'aesar may have thrice
i refnsisl to rvjylin-e his onlitiary liertd-
■ gi'ar W ith a gulden i rtiW’ii, Imt SoJ K<>-
! kits went him several better, aceord-
| lug to the evidence given in 'Essex
’ market <*mtrt before Judge Simms by
j (rUss.ii- Hrossnnin. the iudigualit <>l»-
ijis-t of Sol's sleuthing activities.
] “Six times he asku‘d,'jtc*'YCi''‘«Wt«yi#lH.£L.J
him.” declared liussic. them.'
) -Ves?'umwied the court. “No, sir; I told the men ter keep still
“But ho never ionics across.- lie) till I called you.’
j promises and then hacks out again. The crew were all gathered at the
I "Why the charges of disorderly ; ruil' staring otit into the mist, whis-
eonduct?' pering to each other. I pressed my
• \.,W he ,s following we all ,mmml.; , a them. We may have
It then appeared that sol. in spite*
t board rail. Thar’s somethin' cursedly
strange a-happotiin' in that fog. Ole
| was the first ter hear the clutter ov
vii oar slippin' in a' rowlock. Then,
sir, while wo wus doth
; caught sound ov a Spanish oath,
1 spoke as plain as if the buck was_
j aboard.”
j “A lost lioat, likely—shipwrecked
j sailors adrift in the fog; perhaps our
(juarterbont, No one hailed
a3>i'Sg'wi
jof his many <-hrt»ijr*“s «»f lu*nrt, still!
j wanted to marry Otissie. and to pro-1
j vent anyone else robbing him tiefore |
’, he made up his mind finally he up- '
._ w- ; _______ |>f*arc*l unexpectedly here and there hi]
^ her daily life, much .to her embarrass-j
Hid .Ur. Ela*rt run out of ammnni- ment ;
“Why do you follow her around?" :
Sul was askid.
*Tm afraid she's, going to throw me |
down.” he a itswered. "She is going
the few chickens, they must lie as wjj|, sranchody else rniu "
searee as hens' teeth i “Ho yon want to marry her?”
- ! “Sure I want to marry her. bill I
tiou or Spartacans?
If the price of chickens is due to
mostly because they hed to. The only
livin’ one o’ the buuvh is that nigger
’Ringside the wheel, an’ nuthin’ but a
thick skull saved him."
“Then there were eleven' In the
party. What do you suppose has be-
i ome of the- others aboard the Na-
m'iirt'
“I dunno, sir; they might be a waitin'
but there in fog. I’erUam the nigger
cud tell you.”
I crossed over to where the fellow
sat on a grating, his head in his hands,
the girl still clinging to my sleeve, as
though fearfuhof being left alone. The
man was a repulsive brute, his face
stained with blood, dripping from a
cut across his iow forehead. lie looked
up suiienly at our approach, but made
no effort to rise.
“Look yore, you black villain,”
roared Watkins, driving the lesson
home with his fo.ot,."don’t be a playin'
possum yer. Stand up in’ answer Mis-
ter Carlyle, or yer’ll git a worse clip
Whar Is the
iEVEREADY
station
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If tl>e Peace Conference is to keep
its promise to get it wound up by Eas-
ter, it begins to look as if we might
have to postjionc Easter.
able to afford
“When will you lie
itr
"After Easter. I guess.” suggested!
the dubious and imjieentiiims Sol.
Sol then testified that he was a |
lined working man and was doing Hi
lies! to hold his head above water, |
He was treating her like a lady. When
lie couldn't take" her to Coney he even,
went ns far as to give her money to j
r )]my fur a*ilice little -trip by herself.
Thing of what a price of $J0 t hun-jWt'fc fl" , icht ",'in,K;
" 1 _ , | she did not. Instead of coming home
rtretl for hogs will mean next win *1. ^ nr n, as shy slmulil. she appeared
w hen many a family will be compelled | t|K. next inortiitig at 1 oc and with
Petitions have been filed for execu-
tive elemenov for Eugene V. Hclis. If
Mr. Debs said anything he slnmbl not
have said, he Viegs his pardon.
to ^ftt along with ipiuii oil toast.
! the next morning
j somebody else.
And all <>n Sol's money. lie simply
Pending the opening Of the hascball * 'ouldn t stand for
, , , Because Sol lin< bail the stage to
season, there is always the opportini- j th,s |H(il|1 u MO, signify that
ity for the man" of the house to step1 (lussie bad been reticent. Not for a
into the back yard and hit something j minute, tinssie was holding her own.
.... i u j "Six times." slic hissed, with a
t scornful look at the still hopeful Spl.
■ , . , . •.. , “I have (md enough, and I want him to
Another Judge, this tune down in * |(l||V(1 alon(, , llol,-t WilM, him
Ismisville. lias decreed that the wnr is! f0n,,u. ,1U. around all the time.”
legally over. Every once - lit awhile, I Judge Simms decided that a seltle-
however, one gels the sttspleiou that-it [ment of the original difficulty was
—.....?“ ■ e 1'1 1 not hi his province. 1
pering
way
„een clinging there a minute of two,
breathlessly listening- Then a voice
spoke directly in front of me out from
the dense #og.
“Try t .e port oar, Pedro; we must
have missed the d—^n ship.”
I straightened up as though struck,
my eyes seeking those of Watkins, who s than I give yer afore,
stared sack at me, his mouth wide ; bloody bark?”
open in astonishment. j “Pounding her
“You heard that?” I whispered. “Do
you know who spoke?"
•‘Do I? Dead or alive, sir, it was
Manuel Estevan.”
“Ay ; no other, and alive enough, ito
doubt. Lads, come close to me and
listen—they must not hear us out
there.. By some devil's trick the Na-
i miir has followed our course, or else
! yonder are a part of his crew cast
: away. They clearly know of us—per-
haps hud a glimpse through some rift
in the cloud—and are seeking to
board with a boat party. ’Tits not like-
ly those devils know who we are;
probably lake us for a merchant ship
becalmed in the fog and liable to be-
come an easy prey, if they can only j hollowed hands shading his eyes” star-
slip on us unseen. How are you, bub ing forth into the swirling drapery of
lies? Ready to battle your old mates?” j turned at my call and pointed eX-
“Thosc were no mates o’ ours, sir,”! eitedly.
said Watkins indignantly. “They are ‘ There's a bark aground yonder, sir;
half-breed mongrels, and no sailors; ( and it looks like the Namtjr!”
Estevan is a hell-hound, an’ so far as? Even as, I crossed the deck to his
my yoke goes, I’d rather die on this j side the wreaths of obscuring ipist
heart out on the
rocks yonder," he said civilly, "unless
she’s slid off an’ gone down. To the
west, maybe a mile er so.”
“What about tbe crew?”
“They got away in the boats, an’
likeiy mostly are ashore. We were in
the last boat launched, and headed
out so far ter get ’round a ledge o'
rocks we got lost in the fog. Then the’
mist sorter opened an' give us a
glimpse o’ yer topsails. “We didn’t ex-
pect no fight, once we got abourd."
“Expected to find something easy, of
course? Perhaps It would have been
if—what is it you see out there,
Simms?” .it - -
The seaman, who was standing with
has Just begun.
John Burrough. the naturalist, is 82
not i:i Ids province. Tmt belonged to
some professions^ "fixer." According-
ly, he was unable to turn the six pro-
posals into something more definite.
deck Jhan ever agin be u bloody pirate.
It that the right words, lads?”
The Ot'hers grumbled , assent, but
the^r. muttered words had in them a
seemed to divide, as though swept
apart by‘some mighty hand, and there
in the full glow of the sun, a picture
in a frame, lay the wrecked vessel.
years old. And probably after his. life j and ordered Sol to keep away from
lime of study on such subjects lie can’t Gussie until lip was ready to chime
ring of sincerity, -and their faces exj4 <>ther.s sa\v it aS-I did* aftd gave vent
hlbited no cowardice. One only asked to recognition,
a question. ; “Damned if it ain’t the old hooker !"
“I’m fer flghtin’,'sir,” he said grim- “She got what was coming to her all
l.v, “but what’ll we use? Them lads! right mates."
tell where the dealers
l*ior peanuts.
find so many
tiie glad tiding* with marriage hells.
Sol was. not observed to make a sev-
en tli proposal.
It seems that on (lie question of a
refuhd to the citizens who use elCc-j >
VETOES
PRISON LEASE BILL
tricity the City, Commission, went up
tin* hill then down the hill—up the) ~
tttriscfohe election and rbm-rr Thc trttt * 'Vo!' *v .fJm‘'r,lor , “0,*f
. vetoed the bill which proposed to an-
niter election. jtliorize (lie prison commission to lease
*■ 1 prison lands for oil and gas devClop-
A minister in Detroit likens Sena-i ment. The governor gave the.follow-
tor Lodge to Jonah, “whose sin was i ins explanation of his veto;
“If tiie present system can do its
that of a narrow nationalist," Like
Jonah's, upon that particular occasion.
Senator laidge s vision is confined larg-
ely to Urn interior.
Senator fiorali says lie HiinksTio can
support the League of Nations amend-
ed as suggested by Elihu Hoot. Tbe
title‘SFMr. Root's article, prepared for
Obairman Hays, should have lieen:
“This way out.”
ain’t cornin’ aboard bare-handed, but
damn if I’ve seed a weapon on this
hooker."
“Dar’s three knives, an’ a meat
cleaver in der galley, sah," chimed in
Sam.
“We’ll do well enough; some of you
have your sheath knives yet, and the
rest can use belaying pins and capstan
oars. .The point is to not let them get
aboard, and. if there is bniy'one boat,
we will he -pretty even-handed. Pick
up what you can, and man thi^rail—
quietly now, hearties, add keep your
eyes open.*
It proved a longer wait than I ex-
all thej petted. Dnalile to withstand the in-
j'ulg-i action any longer l.,turned and took a
few steps aft, thinking to gauge our
progress by the Wake' astern. I was
abaft the'cabin on the port side when
prospecting with its own equipment]
and its own labor and obtain
oil produced, it would in ray
ment bp a better plan than to enter
into the usual lease under which the
. prison commission would get onc-
| eighth and the Jcssees seven-eights of
| tiie oil produced? The lease .plan, how | Dorothy called my napie—a sudden ac-
! ew'r would he iweferaMe to no devel-1 cent of terror in her voice,
j »pment. I will submit the subject to j The alarm was sounded none too
i the called session, to the end of enact- goon. F-ither fortune, or skill, had
i iug a law which will permit the prison 1
system to lease lands, also to prosisjft
at its own
“And she’s lousy with treasure!”
“Come here, Sum! That’s the last
of the Namur.”
(To Be Continued.!
WHEN NEURALGIA
ATTACKS NIEVES
■ ".’..J, ■
Slcan’a Liniment scatters
the congestion and
relieves pain
■ There is also an opinion that the
dismaler in Europe will tiot haW been
putiilowo until they have,,convinced a
lot Of fellows wlio are doing 01e fight-
ing that they are not out liiLstRog for
tliefr breakfasts.
It is reported that the
Army is going to quit taking up colieo-
tions by weans of the girl and the
tambourine. Don’t do it, _ We shall
Mis* the girl and tin- tambourine, and
not only this. Unit Salvation Army
lass gpts a few pennies, nickels, dimes, j
quarters and sometimes even dollars,
out of tightwads who- never cough up
for Anything else. The money’ is used
for a good purpose, so just let
tiitm iass and her
please.
50-foot friRit brick bunding Thomp-
son. plitil reeentlv. cotlducted a variety
store here di'p .»ing of lii- business
t January I to Elder A. 1.. Oiler, ininls-
Snlvatlon ter of the Christian i hun-b.
THE MEN IN
CLASS A1
'A' Rflimd, healthy mas ia never a back
number. * A man can be aa vigorous and
able at seventy as at twenty. Condition,
not years, puis you in tbe discard. A
system weakened by overwork and care-
the less living brings old ago prematurely.
tambourine ai„m> Thc boihiy functions are impaired and
tambourine aloue Mp|eaBMlt Bj.mptoni(, appear. The weak
: fjmt is generally the kidneys. Keep
----•- them dean and in proper working con-
Dr. Anna Howard Shaw is in Texas d*>,on "J!!5 H->u viil rnDerElly find your-
speaking op suffrage, health and edu- Haarlem Oil Capsul'-g periodically and
oatR>n. Here’s one weli-ba)anccd. cap Jour system will always be in working
,1,1. Am.,tan mm„ gfjg 2X WafSStt
mands a hearing. She calls Uioh* wo- * ’
men idiotic who resort to such acts
as picketing the White House and says
they should have picketed the Senate,
for President Wilson is a frjend to
equal suffrage. She would have a Sec-
retary of Education and Secretary
rit Public Health in the ('obixiet. She
believes the amendment will pass the
penale when Qgngress meets again.
served .those dentans well. They had
succeeded in circling the stern of the
Santa Marie, unseen and uuheard by
SnViler—W A Tlminp-Ri lias pur- i a''.v'jn-e al,0»r'-1- Even as she shrieked
diHsetl two lot* in tbo’piiHsengcr sta- th<’ atenn, a hand was at her throat,
tion block iqq«i-!te tbe Brick hotel j and she was struggling desperately in
in Sai dor Bin! i* prejiajdng to erect a the merciless grip of a half-naked In-
• dlun.
Yet at~that they were too late, the
advantage of surprise had failed them.
A half dozen had reached the deck,
leaping from the rail, the others below
clambering after their leaders, when
with a rush we met them. It was a
fierce, mad fight, fist and club pitted
against knife and cutlass, but the de-
fenders struck like demons Incarnate.
I doubt if the struggle lasted two min-
tes. 1 heard tiie blows, the oaths, the
cries of pain, the duffitiud of wood
against bone, the sharp clang of steCl j
in contact, the shuffling of feet on the j
de«k. the splash of bodies hufled oVer- !
hoard. Each man fought for himself, |
In his own way. I thought only of her, |
and leaped' straight for her assailant I
with bare hands, smashing recklessly
through the hasty guard of his cutiuas
and gripped the copper devil by hair
and tin at,. » knew che fell to the
deck ' eceath our feet, but I had my
work cut ut for -no. He was a hell?
bounl, slippery as an eel in his half
nakedness, strong as an ox, and fight-
ng like a fiend. Yet » hue} hifit fouL
my grip unbreakable, as I forced his
reel' back against the rail, until it
cracked, the swarthy-body sliding inert
to the- deck. Whirling to assist the
i others I found no heed. Except for
bodies here and there tiie deck waa
A little, applied vrithout rubbing, will
penetrate immediately and rest and
aootHe the nerves.
Sloan’s Liniment is very’ effective in
allaying external pains, strains, bruises,
aches, stiff joir.t^, sore musclc3, lumba-
go, neuritis, sciatica, rheumatic twinges
Keep a big bottle always on hand
for family use. Druggists everywhere.
Sloan’s
Liniment
KiU^Pain
and your body capable of hard work.
Don’t waif until you have been reject-
ed. Commence to be a first-class man
now. Go to your druggist at once.
Get a trial box of COLD MEDAL
Haarlem Oil Capsules. They are made
of the pure, originul, imported Haar-
lem Oil—the kind your great-grandfath-
er used.. Two capsules each duy will
keep you toned up und feeling Jac.
Money refunded if they do not help yt u
Remember to ask for the imported
GOLD MEDAL Braad. to tkti.
sealed packages,
Save Time!
Save Money!!
DENISON'
SHERMAN
WACO
CORSICANA
FT. WORTH
and intermediate points
reached hourly
“The Convenient Way”
Keep the oV hoss
in harness
iO chloroform a good horse just because he’s hungry
would be a foolish thing.
But thousands of people are apparently just as
reckless—dumping good cars onto the scrapheap because
of a battery hunger they do not understand
As this is not the year for extravagant waste, it’s up to
you to keep the old car in commission. Feed her—and
she'll respond. The Eveready Storage Battery is the tonic
she needs. No indigestion—no ruinous sulphation—just
the everlasting “go” that is her natural gait when you
treat her right.
Come in ami read the Everaady Storage Battery Guarantee
—a year and a half—and we’re here to make it good
Grayson County Battery Company.
We test and repair
all makes of batteries
eVEREADy
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is fully guaranteed
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Sherman Daily Democrat (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. THIRTY-EITHTH YEAR, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 8, 1919, newspaper, April 8, 1919; Sherman, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth719179/m1/2/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .