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SYNOPSIS.
Ttiomafi Ardmore nnil Henry Maine
Qriawold «t* 11 I>I«' upon Intrigue when I
fovwi. N r! an.I .' ■' 1 ■'
ar« report*d tu hav* quarreled
allies hlm/iilf with Barbnrtt nstn i i".
dtufhtei of the governor of s .1111 t'.it"
ill;* while Ariini'ire rsp.tuHi-8 ti ' t'lsr "f
>rry I to nircrtlcl I daughter of tin u
•rnor of North > arollim The^e two l.ull' •
r« trylii« to fit! tho sheen uf t'.i i -
th r«. while the tatter are inlssli Until
pt&tea Hre In 11 turmoil over on<' A| l l«
wtlfht, en outlaw with Ki.at i -.111l<-.iI In
Auance. Unaware of eaeh other'* pnsi-
ttdl. both 11 rIhwold nn<l Ardmor. set ■ 111
Jo make the other proseeute Uoth ti:i\ ■ -
fotv«a • rniltlriK the t, inl.-r arl.-W'ilit rap
luree Applewelglu, hut Jerry find* him
and tal'.es him to Aril' ley, her own pris
5cer. Grlswold and Birbar:i, while in-
e«tlfMtlne the outlaw s i] .-> ippi-n ini'i1
fleet Ardmore and Jerry, the latter re
aala tha presence of Applewelght a)
Ardeley. Ardmore arrests a muu "'i Ills
property who^says he Is <Io\ t l <li.irii'-
lieanwhlle another man Is art I'd
££plttwelght by tho South 'Carolina mll-
CHAPTER XVI.
The Plight of Gilllngwater.
"It will be better lor me to break
Che news to Col Gilllngwater," Raid
Jerry, "and you nntst go and and
meet the troops yourself, with Mr.
Cooke and thnt amusing Mr. Collins
There Is no tolling what effect my lid
tnga will have on Rutherford, or what
lie will decido to do. lie has never
before been so near trouble as he In
now. and I may have to give him his
Bret aid to the Injured when he llyds
•ut that the South Carolina troops are
•n Raccoon creek, all ready to march
opon our sacred soil."
"But suppose your adjutant general
shouldn't go back to his troops after
h« sees you, then what am I to do?"
"If you don't boo him by ten o'clock
you will take personal command and
•lerclse your own discretion as to the
best method of landing Applewelght
a South Carolina jail. After that
we must find papa, and It will bo up
to htm to satisfy the newspapers and
bio constituents with some excuse for
bin strange disappearance."
Collins had come from Raleigh on
the evening train, and ho had solemn-
ly assured Ardmore that the present
•tate of affairs could not be maintain-
ed another 24 hours. lie had ex-
hausted all his professional resources,
and the North Carolina newspapers of
*11 shades of opinion were clamoring
for the truth, ami were insisting that,
for the honor and dignity of the state.
Gov Danger field should show himself
In Raleigh.
"We've got to find Dangerfield or
bust Now, where is that eminent
•tatesman,. Ardmore? You can't tell
me you don't know; but ir you don't,
Miss Dangerfield does, and she's got
to tell."
"She hasn't the slightest Idea, but
If the newspapers find out that he's
really and truly missing, he will have
te show up; but first we've got to take
Applewelght off that case of Chateau
Bizet and lodge him In the jail at
Turner Court House, and let Gov Os-
borne have the odium of Incarcerating
the big chief of the border, to whom
be Is under the greatest political ob-
ligations "
"But it's all over the country now
tb&t Osborne hasn't been seen In Co-
lumbia since he and Dangerfield had
that row In New Orleans, ('ranks are
turning up everywhere, pretending to
be governors of various Btates, anil
old Dangerfield la seen on all the out-
doing steamers. There's been nothing
tike It since the kidnaping of Charley
hops "
Ardmore drew on his riding-glove
defectively, and a delighted grin il-'
iumtnatcd his countenance.
"I caught a lunatic down on the
Raccoon this afternoon who said lie
was the governor of South Carolina,
end I locked him up."
"Well, he may be. Osborne," re-
•nsrked Collins, with journalistic sus-
picion.
"And he may be a Swiss admiral or
the king of Mars I guess I'm a gov-
ernor myself, and I know what a gov-
ernor looks like and acts like—you
oan't fool mo. 1 put this impostor
■where he'll have a chance to study as-
tronomy to-night."
"Then he Isn't on that case of Cha-
Usi. Bizet with Applewelght?"
"No; I locked him in a corn crib un
til I get time to study In: credi ntials
Come along now!"
Ardmore, Collins, and Cooke rode
rapidly away through the wide gate*
of the estate along the Sapphire road,
•rer which, by Ills last bulletin, the
adjutant general of North Carolina
w«i marching his troops. .They bad
left Cooke's men with Paul's fori- tei
to guard the house and to picket the
banks of Raccoon in the immediate
neighborhood of the camp of the
Boutb Carolinians
®"I guess those fellows can hold 'em
tJU morning,'' t-alci Cooko. "We've got
olean no the wliole business bv to
morrow n'ght. You rnn't have two
tntes at war with each other this
way v ,thc,:t shaking up the universe
and If federal troops come down here
>o srrtlghten things out It won't be
funny."
They had ridden about a mile, when
Cooke checkcd his horse with an e*
•lainhtion.
"There's somebody coming like the
devil Mas after him. It must be Gill
Ingwater "
They drew rein nnd waited, the
Tuick patter of hoofs ringing out
sharply in the still night. The moon
light gave them a fair sweep of the
road, and thiy at once saw a horse-
man galloping rapidly toward them.
"I/Ordy, the man's on lire!" gasped
Ardmore.
"By George, you're right!" mutter-
ed Collins, moving nervously in his
saddle. "It's a human sunburst."
"It's only his gold braid," explained
the practical Cooke,
Seeing three men drawn across the
road, the horseman began to chock
his li ght.
"Men!" he shouted, as his horse
pawed the air with its forefeet, "is
this Hie road to Ardsley?"
"Right you are," yelled Cooke, and
'hey ware aware of a (lash, a glitter
that startled nnd dazzled the eye, and
Col Rutherford Gillingwater thunder
ed on.
The y rode on and saw presently the
lights of camp-fires, and a little later
wt re ceremoniously halted at tho road
side by an armed guard. "
M had been arranged that Collins,
who lutd once been a second lieuten-
ant in the Georgia militia, .should be
presented as an officer of the regular
army, detailed as special aide tu Gov'
Dangerfield during the encampment,
and that In case Gilllngwater failed to
return promptly he should cake com-
mand of tho North Carolina forces.
An open Peld had been seized for
the night's camp, and the tents al-
ready shone white in the moonlight.
The three men Introduced themselves
to the militia officers, and Collins ex-
pressed their regret that the/ had
missed the adjutant general.
"Gov. Dangerfield wished you to
move your force on to Ardsley should
we fall to meet Col. Gillingwater; and
you had hi tter strike your tents and
be in readiness to advance in case he
doesn't personally return with orders."
( apt Collins as he had designated
himself, apologized for not being in
uniform.
"I In t my baggage train," he laugh-
ed, "and Gov. Dangerfield Is so anx-
ious not to miss litis opportunity to
settle the Appjewelght case that i hur-
ried out to meet you w ith these gen-
tlemen."
"Applewelght!" exclaimed the group
of officers in amazement.
"N'one utlier than the great Apple-
weight!" responded Collins. "The
governor has him in his own hands
at last, and is going to carry him
across the border and Into a South
Carolina bnstile, as a little pleasantry
on the governor of South Carolina."
The militia officers gave the neces-
sary orders for breaking the half-
,.x s "-UM
SI EE3
Belaboring the Mules Furiously.
formed camp, and then turned their
attention to the entertainment of t'.ieir
guests. Ardmore kept track of the
time, and promptly at ten o'clock Col-
lins rose from the log by the roadside
w here they had been sitting
"We must obey the governor's or-
ders, gentlemen," said Collins courte-
ously, "and march at once to Ardsley.
I, you tindei '. r.'l ;i: ■ v a eiairier,
and your guest for the present "
"If you ph ' ■ .i-li'il Cooke, when
the line had begun to move forward,
"what Is that wagon over there?"
He pointed to a mule team hitched
to a quartermaster's wagon that a
negro was driving into po itlon across
the rough field. It was plied high
with luggage, a pyramid that rose
black against the heavens. One of
the militia officers, evidently greatly
annoyed, bawled to the driver to get
bark out of the way.
"Pardon me." said Collins politely,
"but is that your personal baggage,
gentlemen?"
"That belongs to Col Gilllngwater,"
remarked the quartermaster. "Tho
rest of us have a suit-case apiece." •
The pyramidal baggage wagon had
gained the road behind them, and lin-
gered uncertainly, with the driver
asleep and waiting for orders. The
conspirators were about to gallop for-
ward to the head of the moving col-
umn, when Collins pointed across the
abandoned camp-ground to where a
horseman, who had evidently made a
wide detour of the advancing column,
rode.madly toward the baggage wagon
"The gentleman's trying to kill Ins
horse, 1 should judge," murmured Ard-
more. "By Jove!"
"It's Gilllngwater!" chorused the
trio.
Tim rider In his haste had over
looked the men In the road. He dash-
ed through tho wide opening in tho
fence, left by (he militiamen, took the
ditch bv the roadside ax a lean.
wakened the stepping Oliver nn the
a agon w ith a roar, and hlnisi If leape'o
ipon tne box and began turning th
horses.
"What do you think he's lining'"
asked Cooke
"He's In a hurry to get back te
mother's fcook'rg " refilled Ardmore
lie's seen Miss Dangerfield nnd
'earned that war is at hand, and he's
"ping to get his clothes out of danger
Lordjrl I.isten to tilm slashing thi
mules!"
"But you don't think—"
The wagon hail swung round, and
already was In rapid flight. Collin?
howled In g'ee.
"Come on! We can't miss a show
like this!"
"Leave the horses then! There's a
•'111 there that will break his neck
We'd better stop him If we can!"
cried Cooke, dismounting
They threw their reins to the driver
of the wagon, who had been brushed
from his seat by the Impatient adju
tnnt general, and was chanting weird
ly to himself at the roadside.
The wagon, piled high with trunks
and boxes, was dashing forward. Gil
ilngwater belaboring the mu'es furi-
ously and, .in nrlng the shouts oi
strange pursuers, vel'lng at tlie tpam
In a voice shrill with fear
"Come on, hoys!" shouted Ardmore,
thoroi ghly aroused, "catch the spy
and traitor!"
The road dipped down Into the shad-
dow of a deep cut, where the moon's
rays but feebly penetrated, and where
the flow of springs had softened Ine
surjace; but the pursuers were led on
by the rumble of the wagon, which
swung from side to sUle perilously,
the boxes swinging about noisily and
toppling threateningly at the apex.
Down the sharp declivity the wagon
plunged like a ship bound for the bot-
tom of the sea
The pursuers bent gamely to their
task In the rough road, with Cooke
slightly In the lead. Suddenly ho
shouted warnlngly to the others, as
something rose' darkly above them
like a black cloti^ and a trunk fell
with a mighty crash only a few feet
ahead of them The top had been
shaken off In the fall, an.! Into It head
first plunged Ardmore,
"There's another coming!" yelled
Collins, nnd a much larger trunk
struck and split upon a rock at tha
roadside Clothing of many kinds
strewed the highwnv. A pair of trou-
sers, flung fiercely into the air. caught
on the limb of a tree, shook free like
a banner, and hung there somberly
etched against the stars.
Ardmore crawled out of the trunk,
sch'.-.ming with delight The fra-
grance of toilet water broke freshly
upon the air.
"it's his ammunition!" bawled Ard-
more, rubbing his head where he had
struck the edge of a tray. "His scent
bottles are smashed, and It's only by
the grace of Providence that 1 haven't
cut myself on broken glass."
They went down the road, stum- 1
bllng now and then over a bit of
debris from the vanished wagon.
"It's like walking on carpet," ob-
surved Cooke, picking up a feather d
cnapeau. "I dldnt know there were
so iWny clothes in all the world."
They abandoned the idea or farther
pursuit on reaching a trunk standing
on i pd. from which ti uniform dress
cnat drool ed .tdh
"This is not our trouble; it's his
trouble. I gue s In 'a struck a smooth-
er road down there. We'd better go
back," said Cooke.
In a moment tin v had climbed the
hill and were In hot pursuit of the ad
jutant general's abandoned army.
(to he continued )
Southern Gold and Southern Cotton.
Before 18-19 the south furnished the
chief gold fields of the country, but
since that date the south has not been
in the running This section has been
outclassed by California, by Colorado,
by Nevada, and last but not least by
Alaska. In the last fiscal year Alabama
produced gold to the value of $-11,200
find silver to the value of $200. This
state was outranked in gold produc-
tion in order by North Carolina,
Georgia, ami South Carolina, hut
no one of them turned out enough
gold to make the round figure of $100,•
000. Tlie entire production of gold in
the south In the last year was $2ati.-
400 and $273,000 In silver. Nearly all
t li ■ r
It is pretti plain that \lab.ima and
nil tlie lest of the south can get more
gold out of the soil via the cotton boll
than it can dig out in the gold mines
proper. The climate and the soil can
ill that wiij be coined into gold. Th
method Is a trifle more circuitous, but
It yields tu cotton alone more money
nine times over than do all the t . d
fields In the country, for the total
yield of gold In the last fiscal year
In this country was but $94,560,000.—
Birmingham Age-Herald.
HAPPENINGS IN OKLAHOMA
Interesting Items of the New State Gathered by Wire and
Special Correspondence and Conden sed for Busy Readers
$7ie>
Tha Drink ti Quality
TO AID OKLAHOMA FARMERS
State Plans Exhibits of Grain and
Dairy Products
Oklahoma City, GUla.—It la- not Im-
probable that the state board of agri-
culture and tlie A. and M. college at
Stillwater will co-operate with the Ok-
laohma City Chamber of Commerce in
the movement to enlist the railroads
in tlie work of making Oklahoma a
great dairying and live stock country.
The state board of agriculture is in
correspondence with the railroads,
and it is said lias received encourag-
ing replies from every railroad oper-
ating in the state. J. I'. Ccunors, of
the state board, Is known to favor
the use of dairy livi stork and farm
demonstration trains us a part of the
work Immrdiati ly afler the close of
the state fair in October. He con-
tends that these trains could piok up
tl.e various'exhibits at Oklahoma City
and show them to good advantage in
communities which are not regarded
as progressive as some of the others
In the state.
Tims far, both the Santa Ke and the
Frisco systems have announced their
willingness to furnish free trains for
this purpose. The Rock Island also Is
said to be In line, while the Katy
stands In readiness to enter upon the
work no later than December or Jan-
uary.
Man Falls Into Thresher
Durant, Okla.—Whit Moody, a
farmer residing northwest of Durant,
was ground Into an unconscious mass
when he fell Into the separator or a
threshing machine on which he was
working. He died shortly after his
body was picked from the machine.
No one was near Moody at the time
of tho accident and it is not known
what caused him to fall. The thresh
ing machine engineer saw him as he
shot head first into the separator.
Wheat Made 43 1-2 Bushels
Guthrie, Okla.—Several farmers In
the western part of the state thought
they had good crops thi* year, but can
not come up to that of Virgil Creek, a
farmer living near Pond Creek, who
raised 2,835 bushels of wheat this year
on seventy acres, or an average of
40 1-2 bushels to the acre. Julius
Decker, living near Lahoma, threshed
37 1-2 bushels to the acre from a 27-
acre field, and the average for the en-
tire 80 acres which he had in wheat
was 33 bushels, machine measure, i
Wood Knox, of the same neighbor- 5
hood, got 1-.000 bushels from 33 acres.
1 John Harder, of Whitewater, probably
I had the heaviest yield of oa^s on tho
| Oklahoma side, with 94 bushels to tlie
acre from a-HO-ace Held.
Reckless Speculations Charged
Oklahoma City, Okla.—The loss of
$4,000,000 by the great Pillsbury-
Washburn Klour Mi Is company of
England and America, which has Its
most extensive properties in Minne-
apolis and is the largest of the giant
milling concerns of that city, has
caused quite a stir among the grain
men of Oklahoma. The failure was
due, it is charged, to reckless specula-
tions in an attempt to manipulate the
market and inflate the price of wheat
in the face of conditions which called
i'or a drop in the selling price and de-
spite of the fact that it was already far
above the export figure and the gran-
aries of the nation contained last
year's wheat greatly in excess of the
reported northwestern shortage
The Texatone Boy
AT FOUNTAINS AND IN ItLHTI.BS.
raiATO.NU OOMl'ANY UAIJaAS. THXAfl
Frisco Makcj New Coal Rates
Oklahoma City, Okla.—The Frisco
lines have made effective a tariff con-
taining a line or rates on coal from
points on the Frisco lines and des-
tined to poihts on other lines which
form a material reduction over the
okj combination of local rates which
has prevailed during the past five
months, and which g|ves to shippers
the benefit of a joint rate on coal.
Heretofore, owing to chaotic condition
of rates on coal, tlie buyer was only
able to receive coal which was sent
him from a point on tho line by which
he was readied at destination.
stimulate tlie torpid l.'ver, ttrengthea th«
digestive organs, regulate the bowels, cur#
•ick headache. Unequalcd a* an —
ANTI-BIUOtS MtDICIME.
Elr jja.itly sugar coated. Small dose. Price.
■. 3
ANNUAL LOSS IS ENORMOUS
Railroads Must Pay Tax
Guthrie, Okla.—Denying the rail-
roads an injunction against the state
school tax levy of one-quarter of a
mill, Judge Huston of the district
court here disposed of the contention
of the railroads that the tax is illegal.
Judge Huston upholds the right of the
legislature to levy such a tax, on the
grounds that It Is a state and not a
local tax.
Indians Receive $100,000
Sallisaw, Okla.—A crowd of several
hundred Cherokees sweltered here in
the hot sun two days to secure
their money, the temperature being in
the vicinity of 110 degrees. There
were 751 checks issued. The total
amount of the payments was a few
dollars over $100,000. Good order pre-
vailed and there was no evidence of
any Interference with the Indians by
collectors.
Two Hundred Million Dollars a Y «r
Might Be Added to Wealth
of Country.
Computing that there are In th
United States at least 300.000 Indigent
cousumptlves who should be cared for
in charitable or seml-charltable sana-
toria and hospitals, tho National A
soclation for the Study and Preven-
tion of Tuberculosis estimates that
the annual cost to the country for ths
treatment of these persons would b
$50,000,000 at the rate of $1,609 per
day per patient At the lowest pos-
sible estimate the country loses $200,-
000,000 a year from the Incapacity of
these Indigent victims of tubercuitK
si3. This would mean a net saving of
$150,000,000 n year to the United
States If all victims of consumption
who are too poor to afford proper
treatment in expensive sanatoria were
cared for at the expense of the munici-
pality, county or state. And, this an-
nual gain does not Include the enor-
mous saving that would accrue from
the lessened infection due to the seg-
regation of the dangerous consume
tlves in Institutions.
Catches an Escaped Convict
Oklahoma City, Okla.—Amos Hollo-
man, who escaped from the prison
guards near Granite, was captur-d
here by Deputy Sheriff Leslie SkagL'S
Moil<im.-tn is a young white nmn, _'l
years oiil, nnd was sentenced from
Oklahoma county to two years in the
penitentiary. With a batch of pris-
oners he hnd been transferred to near
Granite to help construct the new
state reform school. He broke through
tho guard line, and after a nine-mile
orots-county chase made his escape.
Skaggs will receive tho $50 reward
which had been offered.
Man Probably Fatally Hjrt
P: pnlpa, Okla. -I. H. Sharp, 25 years
old, was perhaps fatally injured wh<n
run over by a freight train in the
I'tisco yards here. Sharp, who was
employed as an air man, was coupling
• ir on a freight train when a switch
1 engine backed inlo the strin.; of ears.
II..ill of Sharp's legs were cut off and
his arm was crushed. He Is unmar-
ried.
He Knew the Kind.
Little Edward, aged four, was an
only child He was anxious for a
baby sister, and was talking of It one
day with a friend of the family. In
the friend's family was a baby girl of
one year. The lady said- Bdward.
you may have my baby; she is pretty
and sweet "
"Ob," said Edward, "I don't want an
old baby. 1 want a bran new one wlf
noilin on but tacum powder."—Red
Hen.
Falls From Trje and Is Drowned
Lawton, Okla.—Elmer Hurd, the 10-
year-old son of I. II. Hurd, cook In a
local cafe, was drowned in Cache
creek near here, while on a Sunday
School picnic. The lad was swing-
ing on the limb of a tree near the
water when, losing his balance, he fell,
rolled down a steep bank Into the
water and, unable to swim, sank in
his death before playmates could res-
cue him. *
Woodpecker's Foresight.
In California the woodpecker stores
acorns away, although he never eats
them. He bores several holes, differ-
ing slightly in size, at the fnll of the
year, Invariably In a pine tree. Then
he finds an acorn, which he adjusts
to one of tbe holes prepared for Its
reception.
Rut he does not eat the acorn, for as
a rule he Is not a vegetarian His
object In storing away the acorns ex :
hlbits foresight nnd a knowledge of
results more akin to reason than to
Instinct The succeeding winter the
acorn remain Intact, but becoming
saturated are predisposed to decay
when they nre attacked by maggots,
which seem to delight in this special
food .
It Is then that the woodpecker reans '
the harvest Ills wisdom lias provim-d. |
at a time win n tho ground, being cov I
ere I with snow, lie would expei i.-nee I
difficulty otherwise In obtaining suit
utile or palatable food. 0
Big Cattle Deal Made
Tulsa, Okla.—One of the largest
cattle deals ever niado in this sec-
tion was consummated here when
2,500 head of the finest beef steers
In the Osage country were sold to
the Wells Packing plant of Sapulpa,
by U. S, Thompson of Beggs, The
cash consideration was $125,000. The
' little will be slaughtered nt Sapulpe.
Scout Younger of Tulsa, brother of
Cole Younger engineered the deal.
Ice Falls. Injuring Three
Homny, Okla—Hill Sapp received in-
juries which may prove fatal, and Roy
Lindsay of Hollis and J. K. Hickman
cf Ennis, Texas, were seriously hurt
here when ice in a loaded cai In which
the men were riding fell over on them.
Sapp lived in Hollis, Okla., and has a
wife and child.
Accused of Passing Bad Checks
Lawton, Okla.—W, It. Morrow, iiuti'
last week register of deeds of Jack-
son counts;, is under urrest in tbe
Comanche county jail, charged with
obtaining money under false pre-
tenses through passage of worthless
checks on the First National bank of
Altus.
Marries 1.000 In Eleven Years
Oklahoma City, Okla.—Rev. Thomas
H. Harper, pastor of the Pilgrim Con-
gregational church here, has held 2,510
meetings in his church, made 4,752
calls, preached 39fi funeral sermons,
and married 500 couples during the
eleven years he has been in Oklahoma
City.
The Ready Theorist.
"You see," explained the scientist,
"house flits are dangerous because
they carry germs on their feet."
"Ah!" exclaimed the ready theorlsti
"then the remedy Is simple. All yon
need to do Is to make them wear over-
shoes and leave them on the porch
when they come In."
Railroads Make Reduced Rates
Muskogee, Okla.—Reduced rates of
two cents per mile in each direction
throughout all parts of Oklahoma and
Arkansas to Muskogee will be granted
on all railroads in this territory for
the big Muskogee fair which opens on
October 10.
The Real Thing.
"You say your husband was cut by
his neighbors at the party?"
"Yassah, dat'a so, sail."
"Did they cut him with malice pre-
tense?"
"No, sah; wiv a razah, sab."
To Establish Colony in Oklahoma
Muskogee, Okla.—The representative
of a German philanthropist of the old
country, a man of great wealth, is in
Muskogee for the purpose of purchas-
ing land and establishing a German
colony here. He wants 4,000 acres of
land located on an interurban line.
This lie proposes lo cut up into ten-
acre tracts and place a family on each
tract.
By a patient loving endurance of
annoyance are wo preparing oui^
selves gradually for the discipline of
trials—E. M. Goulburn.
The only way to learn to do great
things is to do amali things well, pa-
tiently, loyally.—David Starr Jordan
$25,000 Hotel Fire at Enid, Okla.
Enid, Okla.—One person Is believ-
ed to have lost his life and Dr. Lam-
erton of Wichita was seriously burned
in a fire which destroyed the City ho-
tel Friday morning, and for a time
threatened to wipe out the business
section of Enid. Roger Rhodes of Kan-
sas City is missing. A wholesale house,
the Johnson Flour &. Feetl company,
was also burned. The entire loss will
be in the neighborhood of $25,000.
Man Killed by Falling Telephone Pole
Frederick, Okla.—During a wind
storm here T. O. Clay, an employe of
tho cotton oil iiitd manufacturing mill,
was struck and instantly killed by a
falling telephone pole.
Eighty-Nlner Passes Away
Oklahoma City, Okla.—Dr. Delos
Walker, '83er and well known physi-
cian of this city, was found dead In
Ills bed at his home here Saturday
morning. When he retired tho even-
ing previous lie ir.ade no complaint of
feelin' h.lly.
Sunda> School Convention Soon
Law ton, Okla.—The Comanche
county Sunday school convention will
he held here August 23 to 25. Many
ji th.' st.ite ni.'ieers 'if the association I
4i'.• li< pr<.' nt. i
Thresher Kills an Oklahoman
Durant, Okla.—While trying to ex-
tract a stick that hail fallen into a
threshing machine, at Brown's chapel,
W. F, Moody, a farmer, whs drawn into
the thresher, his left leg being
■:rounil to pulp. He died from lose of
blood.
Two Boys Hurt In Runaway
Tuttle, Okla.—Wilbur VanSant and
Edgar ilale, Jr., young boys of this
place, were badly injured by being
thrown upon a wire fence in a run-
away.
Hungry
Little
Folks
find delightful satisfaction in
a bowl oi toothsome
Toasties
When the children want
lunch, this wholesome nour-
ishing food is always ready to
serve right from the package
without cooking, and saves
many steps for mother.
Let the youngters have
Post Toastieo—superb Bum-
mer food.
"The Memory Lingers"
Poatnm Cerral 6o., Limited.
Battle Creek. Mich.
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