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WICHITA DAILY TIMES
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8,1080
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SOCIAL AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS .OF INTEREST TO WOMEN
SALES
Mrs. Duff and Miss Railey.
Return From Convention
HER EXPECTED
Mrs. E. T. Duff, state viceregent, and Miss Vivian Railey, local
chapter delegate, have returned from the state convention of the
Daughters of the American Revolution held at Abilene the past
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The report of the convention was
made by Miss Railey Saturday at tha regular monthly luncheon of the
D. A. R. at the counter club. .
Tables were decorated in Thanks-. (
giving colors and root ills, and host-
esses were Mesdames Ben Bell, C.
Balley, A R. Bleakly, J. E. H.
Railey, O. Berryman, Charles Bor-
land. Jouette Bonner, Burke of Iowa
Park and Bristol.
The convention was one of the
most enthusiastic held, according to
- -report, and was attended by 80 Tox-
aa D..A. R. delegates. Two national
officers were present, Mrs. Alfred
Brosseau, president general, of Cone
necticut and New York, and Mra
Russell William Magna off Holyoke,
Mass., vice president general and
chairman of the constitutional hall
finance committee.
Mrs. Brosseau presented the me-
morial hall in Washington with a
— gelid silver Declaration of Indu-
pendence, bound Id ebony, which is,
about 12 feet high and eta feet
wide, costing $10,000.
A number of important business
matters were transacted during the
convention. A perpetual scholarship
of $1000 were created for the Tama-
see mountain school in South Caro:
Una. and the delegates also voted
that the state chapters buy, one of
the 62 boxes in the constitutional
hall, at a cost of $1500. Many mem-
bora also bought Individual chairs
in the hall aa a memorial to loved
, ones, or as an honor to regents.
\ The D. A. R. of Texas also bought
- chairs in the hall for Robert E. Lee
and the mother of Sam Houston.
response to aa offer made by
the Kiwanis club of -Navasota to
match the amount raised by the D.
A R for a monument to Le Salle
at Navasota, $1500 was subscribed
during the convention, Md the
mono amount waa given by the KI-
wants club ter too monument
Mrs. Duff and Mrs. J.B Gardner
of Fort Worth, state chairman of
Americanisation, made response to
addresses of welcome given by too
American Lesion Auxiliary, the
mayor of Abilene, and the Auttene i
D — " Watts was lender of: Wichita clinte hospital.
program on Nathaniel 9.
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PISTMELE Mecrory was in a student at Kidd-Key college, at cotton to market Md too present
huoe themusie rhirty-tive sherman. Bunday. $ Pr-es"not@nocureinsonoune
members were present. I . - ♦ - _____-___10 Mr formers much PHON
**2 522 12 moeur 2. Aunor ah. i
nounce the marriage of their daugh-
ter, Gladys Fay, to Paul, Martin
Beddow, eon of Mr. and Mrs. John
Beadow, 1505 Britain, Reverend Les-
Me Miller, paator st the Grace
Methodist enuroh, performing the
ceremony Saturday morning. The
young couple left for a short wed-
• dins trip to Dallas and Fort Worth
and will make their home in Wichle
E Falls upon their return. . ...
Both Mr. Md Mra Beddow were
well known among the young peo-
ple, and were graduates of tha lai
cal high school. Mrs. Beddow
student in junior colege at the time anw money mumun= wans mcen
of her marriage, and has also at Tuesday at the home of Mrs. J. C.
tended C.I A. A year, Mr. Beddow -Y ----------—
is connected with the American Re-
finmne company. .. TE
mrihdar Dinner Given.
A birthday dinner was given for
R. B James Jr.,,and Cephas Cro
means at the home of Mrs. R. E.
. James, 2005 Bluff, Sunday evening.
' Table appointments and decorations
were to pink and white, and too
hostess was assisted by Mrs. M. A.
Tayler and Mrs. Lily Moran.
Covers were laid for the honorees,
and Mrs. M. A. Cromeans, J. T. Cro-
means, J. A. Cromeans, Mr. Md Mrs.
Joe Cromeans, Edna, Clarence and
Vergil Cromeans, Mr. Md Mra H. C
James, Eloise and Juanita James.
Mr. and Mrs. B T. Sanders, Mrs. B
* James and son. Robert, Mra B M.
James, Gordon, Mary Etta, Mildred,
Ethel Md Betty Laverne James,
Mrs. Taylor, Leroy, Nettie Lee and
Franklin Taylor, Mrs. Moran and
- Duley and Jackie Moran.
. Fay Fowdhl nonoree.
announcement or the marriage of
her sister, Mra Leara Decatur, to
John N. Gundershans,. in Kansas
City, October!. Mrs. Gundershans
will he remembered by A number of
friends here as matron of the day
nursery for two years. :$
She Md her husband will make
their home in Bloomington, III.
1 • ♦
SAINPINNE
NEX
ZOE BECKLEYS CORNER
Th N HIDE ANTTONAmne Austin W
I I nr li II Illli “Come into my room." Faith’s
IU AVDIIL UUI lull cold lips formed the words in a
when she had closed the door of
her room. Faith stood slumped
against it, one cold hand gripping
the knob, the' other frozen around
the two letters which Cherry had
brought her. 4
“I—I don’t undorotend." she whis-
pored. “Not Bob! Bob couldn't do.
a thing, like that!"
. Cherry planted her tense, angry
little body M close to Faith that she
could feel the younger girl's hot
breath on her face “Well It didn't
take you half a second to Me what I
saw!" Cherry flamed at her. “The
sneaking blackmailer! Look at those
letters! Look at the one addressed
to Dad, with his return address in
the upper lefthand corner! Then
look nt this one addressed to me!
“You mw it instantly! You admit
it. It’s the identical envelope, ex-
actly the same blocking of the ad-
dress—all stenographers vary a lit-
tle bit In their ways of arranging
addresses, if it’s no more than a
space or two. Compare these lot-
ten! The stenographer who wrote
both--and believe me, they were
typed by the same person— has her
tabulator set for addressing enve-
lopes. There's exactly the same
, white space from the edge of the
envelope to the beginning of the
address, top and side. And the
Continued inclement weather for
" a week or ten dava? will reduce the
grade of cotton in the fields and
cause still greater loan to the cot-
tea farmers, who will resort to
snapping instead St picking the cot-
ton. George Dashner, manager of
the Wichita Falls Cotton Dil Com-
PMy. stated Monday morning. *
Mr. Dashner atatad that many of
Jack Newsom Mas Party.
Master Jack Newsom celebrated
his sixth birthday at the home st
his grandparents, Mr. and. Mrs.
Thomas Ballard, ef 1615 Ninth,
street, Saturday afternoon.
Ths little guests enjoyed out-door p.n.u .......
games tor while, and then were , An kins in the Wichita Falls trade
asked by the little host to share territory have been running at full
with him his birthday cake, which enpneny for .the paet two weeks,
was beautifully decorated in pink and practically one-third of the
and white. The candles were lighted bales, ginned during the present
and blown out by the little guests, season havebeen sinned during that
with birthday wishes. \ .time, gin manager stated.
Assisting Mrs. Newsom, ‘mother of Cotton’ buyers estimate that so
the Httle host, were his grand- per, cent of the cotton to be ginned
mother and Aunt, Mrs. Thomas Bal- this season has already been mark-
lard and Miss Winnitred Ballard. Noted, mitnougs only about one-third
and Mrs. George (Davis. lot the crop raised to this section
, Those present were Peggy Bal- has been picked or snapped Md, +_______-
lard, Betty Joe Wilkerson and Em- ginned. I address, top and side. And the
ogene Smith of Burkburnett, Johnny I Guy R. Jones, county agricultural same typewriter was used. That L
Martin Jr., Jack Wilkerson, B. B agent. In of the opinion that s high aa both—the top is worn half off
Fisher Jr. Frank Dickey end Mar- wind Md a heavy rata, sleet or and is tinged with red, and ths toy
via Spicer Davenport snow would cause a lowering of the of the M on Myrtle Street is tinged
♦ % grade of cottea Md that most farm- with red on each envelope. Sho-
ore would snap their cotton to get or he, if Bob is a stenographer and
it out of the fields. , | typed these letters himself—uses
Cotton buyers who are traveling a two-color ribbon—top half of it
from town to town buying bates in red, for typing figures,
quantity state that 30 to 40 psr test would undoubtedly
cent of the cotton will be aband- and black ribbon, beca
oned in the fields and will be plowed
under and wheat and grain crops
will be eown In due season.
One man who is familiar with the
cotton situation in thin territory,
stated Monday morning that the cot-
ton farmers were discouraged and
the farmers had already started to
snap the cotton from the stalk in-
stead of gathering it. Snapped cot-
ton brings from Ze to Sho less per
pound than the market price for
picked cotton.
Pruitt decided on their, dresses?”
Faith ashed, glad of a chance to
think of something else than Bob
Hathaway, “I really think that lip-
stick red chiffon to too loud for a
wedding, honey. The other girls
couldn’t possibly get collors that
wouldn’t elash with it.”
“Oh, I forgot to toll you!" Chery
was sparkime again. "Selma and
Frances and I’ve worked it all out.
All three of you are to dress to rep.
resent flowers You’re to wear gold-
aa yellow taffeta—all the dresses
are to be taffeta, made in Colonial
period design—and you’re to be a
California poppy and Selma’s to be
a sweet pea, in palest orchid and
flesh color, Md Frances—she’s such
a lovely, silvery blonde, is to be a
cornflower, to the heavenly corn-
flower shade of taffeta.
“Your bouquets will be of the
flowers you represent, combined
with lines of the volley. You con
wear the lipstick red chiffon to Bel-
ma’s party she’s giving me a week
before the wedding. Frances to go-
ing to give one, too. Isn’t everyone
lovely to me. Faith? All except that
snake In the grass Bob Hathaway!"
(Continued in Tuesday’s Issue.)
(Copyright, 1926. NEA Service, Inc.)
Tomorrow. Cherry again courts
scandal and is eaught to the act by
Jim Lane.____2 - '
THREE BIDS SUBMITTED
Ltb
Judge A. H Carrigan will be one
of the principal speakers at the an-
nual American Legion banquet to
be held at the Kemp hotel Thurs-
day, November 11, R. J. Claypool,
commander of Fat Carrigan post,
announced Monday.
An invitation has also been ex-
FOR FIVE U. S. VESSELS
Drink to Me Only-
“Dear Zoe: What would you
* do if you were engaged to a
ans
to.
doesn’t wish
-IN DouBT.”
PERSONAL
LARAGRAPHS
Miss Eula Shipley, of 1109 Mon-
roe, who has been ill for come time
at her home, has been moved to the St ‘munster "Nem Wu Nor sne:
much effort to get cotton pickers te
visited her gather the remaining cotton in their
R. ML James and daughter, Edna,
were called to Donna Sunday by the
serious illness Of Mrs. James’ broth-
er. J. C. James
BRIEFS AND NOTICES 4
The executive board of the Fed-
erated Missionary society will meet
Tuesday morning at 9:30 at the Day
Nursery.
- The a O. P. class, of the First
Methodist church will have a lunch.
Wreuersaustidor the io- 22% MW’RN % P.Winer
school. Mrs. Beddow was a JAY. HOTAmeer to at * oeioea.
- . .-------1- time The Merry Matrons will meet
Walker, 1901 Tenth-strest.
The Macle study club will meet
Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock at
the home of Mra. Fred Weeks, Mrs.
O. B Kiel, leader. .
The Pythian sisters will have a
benifit luncheon Tuesday from 11 to
12:30 at the L O. O. P. hall. ■
REPUBLICANS CONTROL
HOUSE AND DEMOCRATS
SENATE IN MISSOURI
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 8. (M)—The Re-
publicans loot three seats, but re-
talned control of the state house of
representatives and the Democrats
lost one seat,but retained control
ORGANIZE CRESCENT
__. _. -------- An archie
toot would undoubtedly use a red
and black ribbon, because half of
him dictating would be figures. You
can see all that con't you?"
' “I saw that the two envelopes
were identical except for the return,
address on Dad’s,” Faith admitted
slowly her area black with pain.
“Of course I didn’t know just how
I was convinced of it, at a glance,
but everything you point out is true.
Oh, Oodi" ahe moaned, passing a
hand dazedly over her eyes. “But
i won’t believe it’s Bob.”
tended to J. A. Kemp to deliver M
address on his travels in Europe,
Mr. Claypool said. ‘Shay’s orchee-
tra will play, for the ball which
will follow the banquet and a well
known, entertainer has been en-
gaged aa M additional feature on
the program. ur ■■ ne sons
All ex-service men and Legion- Md no polite tha
naires are invited to attend the ban-
quet and to beress “Mtn
tra, Burkburnett and other nearby
cities, Mr. Claypool said.
‘All who expect to attend are res
quested to make reservations with
Adjutant J. S. Friberg as soon aa
possible. His phone number is 9059.
The banquet will start at T:80
o’clock. '
w Let’s seo—what would we dor
We would cogitate thus: Now,
just how much does Bill drink, Md
what does it do to - ,
him? Does he
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health, wea kenSUS I
his character. In-MO
terfereg with his By
clear thinking and went)
his business day?
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some and dis-IN
agreeable when s
he has had a few piseim
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WASHINGTON, Nov. s.M—Three •
bids, the loweet a million dollars,
were submitted to the shipping
board today for purchase of the five
ships of the government’s American •
merchant line. -'•
Two of the bidders offered also to
charter the five ships of the United
Stated linen They were the J. H.
Winchester company, New York
City, end William F. Kenny and as-
sociates. New York City.
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so polite that G am
he wants to go Tod agcmea
right over and CUE 91
kiss the policeman? Is the habit
of conviviality likely te grow on
him so that he will get to be a
shiftless old character with spots
on his vest, a schedule st two shaves
a week dad always an odor, not of
sanctity but of alcohol?
Answer these things as well as
you oM and set them on one side
of the ledger, so to coy. Then tell
yourself this: That millions of Men
“drink" and are not appreciably
too worse for its many seem bet-
ter. They do not drink to excess,
only on occasions when a touch
of geniality, the relaxing of inbi-
bitions. Md relief from care are
pressing needs. These are men of
normal character and purpose, who
like to respect themselves and be
considerkteot wtheir womenfolk.
They can be trusted with their bev-
erages.’ Europeans know how to
drink. Many Americans have to
learn, and of course “‘prohibition"
makes it“more difficult.
Mrs. a. L Powell gave a sur-
prise birthday party for her daugh-
ter. Fay, celebrating her eleventh
X birthday. Saturday afternoon at her
home. Ferns and cut flowers were
prettily arranged in a pink and
white color motif.
Games and contests were enjoyed
and refreshments were served, with
miniature dolls aa plate favors, to
the following children: Maurine
^^.Tc.^^^
ville, Eloise Nash, Maxine Collins,
tBlanch Corn, Winnie Beth Beaty,
Mildred Owen, Beverly Calhoun,
A Georgia Davis, Kenneth Davis, Mil-
dred Walker. Raymond Crawford,
Mary a Murray: and Mesdames S.
T. Foader, Clyde Crawford, G. E.
Davis and a F. Somerville, who as-
, slated in entertaining.
Man. Lunaien: sister weds.
Mrs. D. A. Lundien has received
of the senate, virtually complete re-
turna tabulated by the Associated
Press from Tuesday’s elections
showed today.
The next house will be composed
of 76 Republicans and 74 Democrats
and the next senate will be come
posedposed of 31 Democrats and 18
Republicans, unless the official fig-
ures should change the result la one
or two of the districts where the
A delegation of Dokeys from, the
Azotes Temple at Fort Worth, in-
eluding a 35-plece band, a patrol of
it men and the divan of tea offi-i
cers, arrived in Wichita Falls on
two special Pullman cars early Mon-
- day morning. 8
The delegation left shortly before
noon for Burkburnett, where they
win have charge of ceremonies for
the organising of the first Crescent
in northwest Texas, which will
probably have ita headquarters to
Wichita Falls.
Approximately 400 Knights of
• Pythias of this district will come
into the Crescent no charter.meme
bers Monday night. Many of these
have already received the Dokey
degree at other cities, but there will
be about 100 neophytes.
Among the visitors Monday were
included Hal P. Hughes, Justice of
the peace of Tarrant county: Ed
Ruckman, flrat assistant deputy
constable of Tarrant county; w. a
Beall, deputy county clerk of Tar-
rant county, and C. A. Fogelin, all
of Fort Worth.
"He knew all about Albert Ettle-
son, didn’t he?” Cherry demanded
fiercely. "And he saw me in Chris
Wiley s arms at George Pruitt’s
party that sight. Didn’t he come
running to you for sympathy. Didn’t
her Bits was shaking an angry
finger to Faith’s pale, drawn face.
"Yes," Faith groaned. “Yes, he
did. I told you Don’t lose control
of yourself like that. Cherry. How
many, of these blackmailing letters
have you received? .
“This is the fourth," Cherry be-
gun to pace up Md down the room,
her high French heelsbeating an
angry staccato on the painted, un-
carpeted floor “All exactly alike on
too outside—two ad them mailed,
one of “them delivered by Western
Union messenger and one lying on
the floor beside by bed when I woke
up on Thursday morning." 1
“Why didn’t you tell mo—show
them to me?” - X
“I was sick of worrying you with
my, troubles,” Cherry’s angry yotee
1 softened a’little ■ “And-and I broke
my promise to show that first one
to Ralph. But FU chew him ell of
them, and tell him what his precious
nephew to doing to met Bob Hatha-
way’s going to pay lot this, Faith!
1 don't care if you are to love with
him!”
The third offer was submitted hr
Kermit Roosevelt and proposed to
purchase the merchant line steam-
are at $282,000 per ship, and to
operate the United States lines en
allocation by the government.
Both the Winchester and Kenny
offers fixed $200,000 aa the price of
each of the five vessels of the
American marchant line.
The Winchester offer also pro-
posed to construct two additional
express ships, suitable to operate
with the Leviathan, at a total cost
of $30,000,000, the shipping heard to
loan the company two thirda of this
amount under the merchant marine
CT
Will Rogers Md tke De Resske
singers who are to appear at the
junior college auditorium Tuesday
night will a five here from Ama-
rillo Tuesday morning at 11:45.
Mr. Rogers swill attend a pole
game and probably play himself -umn uo- uw --pus m-ssawu w -
during the afternoon and will be drunkard, and if >111 has really a
the honor guest at a barbecue aft- good start toward being one, you
er the game. Following the en- cannot reform him after marriage,
tertainment Tuesday night the en-
=== m $ *== £? miee met
The Frits Motor company is
placing a Mormon sedan at Mr.
Rogers disposal during his stay
here.
Only a few hundred seats for
the entertainment remained unsold
Monday morning with prospects
that the house would be sold out
if necessary several hundred seats
can be put on the stage.
Rogers and the De Reszke sine
gers are making their second ane
nual appearance in Wichita Falls, ,
They are coming under, the ausy
pices of the Muslelans’ club.
It was announced Monday that
the entertainment would start at
8:18 In order to give the party am-
ple time to eatoll the Wichita Val-
ley train for Abilene.
The hardest thing for you to
judge le whether your Bill will de-
velop into a rounder or not. He
sounds like a decent chap, not like
a wastrel. But make sure, for no
woman can be happy married to a
while? Mara you really discussed
the matter with him sensibly Md
sympathetically?
Heaps of men are reasonable,
honest they are! And ready te do
almost anything the girl they love
asks them.
“Don’t do that yet. Cherry," Faith
begged piteously. ‘‘I know there’s
some explanation. Bob -couldn’t
have done it—rd etaka my life on
that": --
vote waa clone. v —
On joint ballot the Democrats will
have 95 votes Md the Republicans
89, Democratic majority of six, aa
compared with a Democratic ma-
jority of four in the last legislature.
ANOTHER 50 YEARS
Sentenced Shortly After Discovery
Of Plot to Escape From
MEN LINE II Fun
BREAKFAST
New Oats is a real improvement
on oats
Men who have always said: “You
can’t improve on oatmeal’’ change
their minds at their first taste of New
Oats. For here is a hot cereal with
every quality of oatmeal—and more
besides. One with a new a better
flavor—thatisalwayalight and delicate.
New Data is the latest achievement
of the Kellogg kitchens. It is a blend
of oats and whole wheat, including the
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New Oata Comes to you pre-cooked,
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grocer has New Oata. ,
Mefe by Kellogg in Bicete Creek
MYSTERY FURNISHED IN -
DEATH TWO YOUNG MEN
LEBANON, re. Nov. s. Vy—An ex.
planation of the violent deaths of
two youthful chums who bore the
same surname was sought today by
state authorities.
Ths body of Roland Gray, U. with
a bullet in the chest above, the
heart, Md a pistol lying nearby
with four, empty chambers was
found in A tela near here Vester-
The boay or Romna trend, Fred,
ertek Gray, today was ths goal of
a search tn the Connecticut river
between here and Belows Falls.
Frederick was seen to jump late the
river from a bridge Saturday.
No cause for the deaths had been
unearthed. The pistol was found
to have bees the property of a boy
friend of Frederick's named Tucker.
The police believe that Frederick
might have taken it from the Took-
er home.,
The boys were not related. They
were known to here boon together
Saturday afternoon. They Mid they
intended to go to the Dartmouth
football game at Hanover.
Around Town
William M Coleman, 3009 rents
street. Archer county ranchman, and
director of the First National bank
here. Is in the Wichita Falls Clinic
hospital undergoing treatment for
the removal of subcutaneous tissues
of the face. His condition is not
regarded as serious.
William Schack, manager of the
w. a Auto Supply company’s Ama-
rillo-store. Is in Wichita Falls sa a
business trip and will return to
Amarillo during the week.
Chicago Jail
CHICAGO, Nov. 8. (P)—Fifty years
in prison confronted Martin Durkin,
dapper desperado lead automobile
thief, today.
Federal Judge Cliffe sentenced
him to the Atlanta federal peniten-
tlary when he pleaded guilty today
to interstate transportation of stolen
automobiles. Previously he had been
convicted of murder In the state
courts and sentenced to prison for
35 years.
The sentence came 24 hours after
a plot by Durkin to escape was dis-
covered. Steel Mwa were found con-
cealed in his, son in the county jail.
Three steel saws and s piece of a
fourth were discovered Sunday to
the cell of the slayer of Edward
Shanahan while the shiek automo-
bile thief and gunman was exercise
ing to the bull pea of ths county
jail. , - reason in
The discovery followed investing. Denise a '
tion Of a tip to federal authorities
that Durbin was planning M escape
before going to Joliet to start his
85 year sentence for murder.
When the dapper desperado re-
turned to his cell and quickly noted
the loee of too Mwe be went into a
tantrum, ripping up the new mat-
tress which had been provided for
ble bed. When guards stopped him
the prisoner turned on the water In
an attempt to flood hie cell. Finally
subdued be turned surly and refused
to see newspapermen.
The condition of the Mwe indlest-
ed they had been used, but a care-
ful search of the Mil failed to dis-
close any bars sawed. Bow too
steels were smuggled into Durkin’s
possession remained a mystery. He
has been searched each time he
leaves and returns from court.
“Even had Durkin sawed his way
through the bare of his cell he would
have been unable to escape,” Mid
Warden Fogarty. “He is in the most
secure place in ths jail."
“You make me tired!" Cherry
whirled to face her slater, her gold-
en. eyes wide and hot with anger.
“Crazy- about a man that just hands
you out a crumb of pelting now and
then! If he’s in love with you, why
doesn’t he say so? Why hasn’t he
been near you—since that Saturday
night? He hasn't even called you
up. X bet!”
“You can't blame him very much
for staying away from this house,”
Faith spoke with a sorry attempt at
a spirited rejoiner, but Cherry’s
words bad touched the enroot spot in
her heart. That Saturday night
wasn’t very pleasant for him, after
that aceno you made at the Marl-
boro Country Club. And you must
remember that I took your part—as
I always do—when he was telling
me how you tried to rope him in.
Have you read this letter?” she
asked suddenly, turning the enve-
lope addressed to Cherry between
her cold fingers.
“No.” Cherry snatched the envel-
ope from Faith’s bond and ripped
it open. "Just like the others, ex-
cept that- it’s shorter. There’s onix,
one line, but—I’d rather not read it
to you, Faith,” Her cheeks were
flamlag. and her eyes dropped sun-
dealy. “It’s a rotten lie, anyway,"
. Then it can’t really hurt you,"
Faith soothed her, but her heart
waa heavy with misery and doubt.
“Well, they can’t scare mat” Chers
ry mashed the letter down into tke
pocket of her suit and flung up her
bright, curly head defiantly. ——
“There’s only a month between now. - 1
and the wedding, and I’m going
through with t.s
“Why, they a think they’d forced
me out. If I backed out now! Well
I'm to too deep to give it up for any
reason in the world I isn’t Madame
avused a wonder, Faith? I can't be-
Have all these gorgeous clothes are
for me!"
"Have Frances Warren and Selma
BLECTRA, Texas, Nov. •—Fu-
neral services for Tom Ragland, 49,
rancher and extensive land owner
of Fort Sumner, N. M., who was
killed instantly Mrly Sunday when
run over by a string of stock care
being switched 1 nthe Santa Fe
yards at Amarillo, will be held at
Graham Tuesday morning.
Mayor George E. Ragland of this
city, a brother, and Bam Ragland
of Wichita Falla, also a brother,
and two sons, Guy and Kugene
Ragland of Electra, went to'Ama -
rillo after receiving the news of
the fatal accident, and all four men
will accompany the body to Gra-
ham and attend the funeral serv-
ices.
According to information received
here Mr. Ragland had started to
Kansas City with several other
ranchmen with a number of ear-
loads of cattle, and while he was
looking after his own cattle in the
railroad yard in Amarillo the acci-
dent occurred.
Mr. Ragland la survived by hie
two brothers, the widow and two
sons, and a daughter. Miss Jewel
Ragland of Houston, Texas.
WELLINGTON WOMAN
FATALLY INJURED IN
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT
$soo soekat whew N -
BOSTON. Among the feature ex-
Dibits shown recently at the Cop-
ley-Plasa by the Associated Indus-
trice of Massachusetts were a pair
of silk stockings valued at $600.
Helf From Big Sister
loved my sister and she chose
, “Dear Zoe Beckley: Two men
loved my sister and she chose
the one she cared for most.
The other persister, however,
and telephoned begging for a
meeting. She refused. But
because she is straight to every:
thing, she told her accepted
sweetheart of the call from the
other. He raged, was, abusive,
never to return. She to wretched
but too, proud to recall him.
X cannot bear to see her mis-
ery.’ Being married, could I not
invite Fer sweetheart to my
home and have a heart-to-heart
talk, after which a reunion might
be accomplished. ‘Or has a sis-
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' WELLINGTON, Texas, Nov. 8.-
Mra. Lee Chaney of Wellington suf-
fered a fractured skull, when the
Ford car in which she was return-
ing to from ‘Amarillo was struck
by another automobile andover-
turned at 1:30 Sunday afternoon on
the highway one mile west of Hed-
She was brought to the Baptist
hospital in which she died at 7
p. m. Sunday. She was accompa-
died by her mother, Mrs. J. C.
Skasss, and sister, Mrs. Andy Fen-
net. Mrs. Skaggs was’severely In-
jured.
STUBBORN SORES
J and inflammations quickly yield
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Resinol
nook m.T da WM such
a faithful friend that, whoa she
died, her mistress, Mrs. George Mv-
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the grave. The grave is near Ath-
ene, Qa. on the banks of the Ooe-
nee river. The grave ie cemented.
anA tha slab le 4.-4 — —1 11
AUBURN DALE. Betty, a
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had any children of her own, but
is mother to two families—peacocks, _
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Everything that is honestly help,
ful in everybody's business. We are
all one vast human family and
ought to feel friendly, kind and
ready to be useful to anybody at
any time—anybody who needs us.
that is.
In this silly quarrel, someone is
quite evidently needed, first to tell
the little sister that a person can
be “straight” without loantag over
backwards; second te give your
young man a lesson to deportment
and in keeping hie head although
angry.
He has no business to be angry,
anyhow. Why shouldn't the dis-
carded sweetheart have telephoned?
We admire ‘him for being persist-
eat. Where would any of us be if
we stepped aside for every newcom-
er? We have a right te urge our
MM, to turn every stone is win
what ws want. And when we fail,
time enough then te do a fadeout.
But, haring telephoned, sad the
girl having turned him down, why
did she fell it necessary to-pardon.
the word—blab the incident is her
accepted lover? It was a -private
Md personal episode and to tell
him of it could serve no possible
purpose except to show him that
the gin was still desired' by an
If you honestly believe thlose two
are suited to each other, would be
happy if married, and congenial
enough to stick together through
the hard and trying experiences of
matrimony, by, all means engineer
a meeting, give the boy a Molding,
give your sister a lesson to com-
mon sense, and reunite the quar-
relers.
* No harm to trying. And little sis-
ter ought to thank her etaro big
sister loves her enough and is suf-
ficlently understanding to try to
secure her happiness,
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DISCUSSED AT FLORAL
HEIGHTS C. E. MEETING
"War Against War” was the sub-
jeet at the weekly meeting of the
Floral Heights Presbyterian Chris-
tian Endeavor society Sunday eve-
ning.
The program follows: Talk by the
leader, Fay McCandless: “Christian
Endeavor as a Peace Society,” Bur-
gess Rabon: readings, “In Flanders
Fields,” and "Salute to the Flag,"
Joyce Samuele; duet, Mildred
Sehsefer Md Helen Willeus;
“League of Nations,” Volta Wilson;
"Airplane,” Loma Ray; “Reduction
of Armies,” Billy Douglases: "War
AgainstWar.” Rev. E. F. Me- V
Gaughey: “Peace Meetings and Pa.
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