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against ones aesthetic sense saws onei
ne looks imperfect, unfinished, incon-
grnous, eNclalfns another
Ihat OF course, depends upon the man
ana how he wears It. Not all men who
wear coats are tnstefully. pielslngly garhcl
are fashion plates--hy any means Neither
are all women who wear shirt waists things
OF beauty
II the waist docs not NJ trinity. II thers
~ n hiatus between the waist and skirt N
Q huge brass safety pin rlstens noticeahly
III dle belt. III the waist Is missed or solled
W the neck fXing~bc 1t collar rlhbon or
stnck~is not immaculate. she ia NOT can
not he, pleasing to look upon
But do not make tho mistake TO think all
men without coats are The so called shirt
waist men, The man with the rumpled
soiled shirt; tho nonhelted perllously
loose trousered dirty cuffed. ugly crnvatteT
soiled collared man does not belong to the
shirt waist class.
The real shirt waist man wears q pretty
colored waist With trousers well supportcd
snug htiing belt. spotlcss collar and cuffs
2 becoming tic and does not uced caNt
dressed
None of us have too much comfort nj any
time or season In this world. and tho chief
aim OF every one In hot weather should 10
to dress as comfortably as possible. and
any man ought to have the privilege Of dis.
cardlng his coat on hot day without he.
ing criticised or made an object Of rislicule.
SO stop hcrating the shirt waist mani
Dorothy Manners.
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BUSINESS HOUSES BURNED
FOURTEEN OF THEM WERE DE-
sTRoYED AT JOSHUA.
The Loss Is Forty Thousand Dollars.
with Ten Thousand Insurance and
Little Salvage.

Cleburne. Texas. July 1o-1here was a
most destructive FIRE at Joshua this morn.
ing. The knights Of Pythias han ami
fourteen husiness houses were consumed
Loss $4,000. less than $1,000 luscrancc.
Il. NJ Joiner blacksmith shop. loss on
building and tools 500 no salvage; "a.
surancc $3.50.
Dr. seman, barber shop $500, no sal
wage; Insurance 500
c. NJ Couch building $500. no salvage.
DR. Selman, building and grocery stock
$3.50, 10 salvage
Dr. selman, office Si5o no salvage; uo
insurance.
II l.. McClannahan, store building 500,
no salvage: no Insurance.
Rice < Thornton. general merchandise
and building $1,000, salvage $3.50 TO SOD
insurance $1,000
Brandon X Kemp, groceries and hard
ware $500. NO salvage; Insurance $500
Self X Toer, drug store and building
$500, salvage $500 TO 5000; insurane,
S11OO
l.. H. Hunter. groceries hardware and
implements, stock ana building, S10,WO
salvage none; Insurance $1,000
NJ L. Claybropk, general merchandise
and building $1,000, salvage possibly $3.50
Insurance $1,000.
Joshua Drug company. stock and building
$500, salvage about $50; Insurance Sl3j :
w. l.. West, general merchandise, sloeb
and building $1,000, salvage about $1,000
insurance 500.
DR.. Pickett office and library, $500. nc
salvage; no insurance.
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THE SHIRT WAIST MAN.
The Relation OF His Apparel to Church
Going.

The Relation OF His Apparel to Church
Going.
Kansas city Times
Why more men do not go to church IS
question that IS receiving considerable
attention from the more jealous members
of the clergy. and for some time past yo-
rlous arts and schemes have been rcsorted
TO 90 attract men to church. 1t is not very
long ago that a minister opened up box
ing room" in tho basement Of his church
aud Invited young men TO enter. They
were welcomed ostcnSibly for a little benz.
ncial athletic recreation, but IN reality 60
gain their acquaintance ana nave them
stay FOR the gospel lesson thar always fOl-
lowed the diversions The latest inuotd-
! tion Is by ST. Louis divine who invite
his nook 10 attend services In shirt wdlSiS.
and he preached last sunday from the mi
pit In a white shirt waist instead Of IN
usual ministerial froclt cont The women
in the congregation We're h1tlcss anl ~
men tcatless and who VIII doubt that tue
attention Of his listeners was more reycr-
emit more undivided because. they wcr
hdE cuol an cnmforlaAl' dnilns AZ scr,
icCf
Now he was very ftar.css minister. au'
one can not help thiHh!ug n practical stn
slble one tao, AMI his movement To IN
CREASE the attendance of men during III,
hot weather, a wise one
Why all this agitatun--why this hue ana
cry against men wearing shirt waists any
way why fnOulQ they NOT IT tneN Wish u
do sof WHY should they be ruled so mex
orllly by style-hablt custom de
prlyes them of cUnf0rtj Because II has al
ways been considered bad form to q
without Il coat, Is that why II should con
tinue to be sof II man takes of hil
coat, revealing clean, reai shirt walls
Why should he he made an object Of ridi
/ Guile!
| An Eastern paper, In decrying the neT
style, says; ut Is impudcnce FOR a MAI
to dress himself in the borrowed robes o.
/ a woman.
Borrowed robes, forsooth. Why can no
! II BE- said that tlr womans shirt waist j
/ only a modification or mans shirtf |
she bOrrows from him, why can not h
I be copied. Doesn't she AFFECT his higl
/ collars mnnuish tics, scarf pins, heay.
| shoes, hats. erc.f Are not the honOrs easy
Shall She monopoIize MI the comfort Il
/ wearing apparelf
lie IS the bread-winner, and. while th
mercury climbs higher and higher thes
hot days, what 4 pity that H. must con
form to custom that Is dlseomfOrt PEI
sonlhed and 80 about his anairs sulfgl
Ing sweltering-all because " he dofs hl
+ coat he VIII be- called ungenteel. ungen
tiemaniy- even indecent by some. Whi
are Tho ones t. make II fashionable In no
weather BY sanetioRing H. Women ca
dress themselves ias cool ana comfortahl
] as they choose In summer When at HON
they don thin Hight, cool negllgees, te
Jackets or wrappers. II they are forced I
20 down town on an errand or . shoppln
frocks Of sonie thin texture with an Hair.
Z fairy transparent yoke and sleeves an
equipped with fan ana parasol. can def.
even old Sol and his rays.
"But the man in shirt waist sin
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IndInestion.

Many things you fear ahout your stomach
cannot be true II you have had indgcs-
lion or dyspepsia Tor years II is natural
20 believe that the stomach Itself Is dis
eased II is only the functions OF the ston-
ach that are impaired. This Is. the whole
trouble In vast majority of cases and
the proof can be had by trying Or. Har
ter's Iron Tonic.
Your stomach has many things 10 do,
and failure 20 do any one OF them leads
to imperfect digestion The stomach gets
ms nutriment and It's digestive fluids from
the blood II the blood Is impure or lacks
the right proportion OF strength producing
iron. the whole body suffers from a kind
of breaking down process
To restore health you must start at the
source Of life itself--the hlood-and through
that vital nuid build up the stomach and
other vital organs.
DR.. Harter's Iron Tonic has cured thou
sands OF cases OF lndlgt ston ana dyspepsia
every year Tor the past torty-hve years
II is the one remedy YOU can take with
certainty Of immediate improvement and
sure cure.
1t Is prepared with scientific accuracy
and many emlnept physicians prescribe II
constantly Faithful use OF It will enable
you TO digest your food as perfectly as sou
ever have Prepared only by The DIR. Har
ter Medicine Co., Dayton, Ohio. Sold
everywhere.
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l.. r VERDERY-HAD FEELS LIKE 4 NEW
PERSON.
TRIED CATADDHAI TO PERUNA.
- : : - - -
TIED SPRINGS. T1NGDEDGTA-CIID

Leonard f. verdcry, Real Estate and
Renting Agent OF Augusta, Ca, writes
With many others want to add my
testimonial TO the wonderful good Peruna
has done me. ] have been a great snffcrer
from catarrhal dyspepsia. tried many
physicians, visited good many Springs,
but ! believe peruna has done more Tor
me than all " the above put together
Peruna aud Mauahn together and always
expect TO have bottle In my home. #
Leonard T.. Nerdury.
Mr., II. NJ. Baker, a prominent citizen OF
Buckhead, Ga, writes IN a recent letter
his experience with peruna Go build up a
broken down system. He says;
'Somc time ngo | was troubled with ca.
tnrTh Of the stomach aud spent lots .o'
money In buying so-cnlled catarrh mcdi.
clnes and paving doctors bills. peruna
WAS recommended to me by friend and
after taking n few bottles ! am happy 10
say that ! am now entirely cured.
II can recommend pcruua because | he.
lleye u 70 be the hest catarrh medicine on
the market
"My whole system was out OF order
and my health generally was very bad,
but since taking Peruna ann now en-
ioyine better health than can ever
remember, and fully believe that Pc
runa did the work.
~ shall always speak good word In Its
behalf"
Catarrh assumes Inherent phases ia DIFF
fcrent seasons Of the year In the sum
mer he stomach and bowels suffer the Of
teneSt as the seat OF the trouble. Perung
cures catarrh wherever located.
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TtIg AoRo FREIeHr cAR.
How to Get Maine Central Car HON,
from Waco, Texas.

ROW 70 Get Maine Central Car Home
from Waco, Texas.
Carl Hovey In Alnslee's
'The car accountant is typical Instance
OF development I'm the railroad business
In the early days he did not exist Tha
superintendent was supposed 60 know In q
general way what was being done with the
ctmpany's cars. The custom was for rail-
roads 70 carry through freight Ms far a.
the end OF their own lines In their own
cars, Then II was transferred TO the cnr,
q the foreign line and SO assisted on
the next stage 10 its destination So much
time, however was lost In masking Tn,
transfers that the needs of shippers forced
upon the railroads departure which has
now become their general custom, RAN
| roads permit all loaded cars 60 go through
| to their destination without transfer. an
allow one another certain sum for the
the cars of the different roads over every
section Of track in the country II pro.
duces the extraordinary professions ~
| many colored travellers from distaut lands
that delight the eyes Of youngsters at a
I'm theory, the cars are permitted to run
| through over foreign roads TO their dcstina.
| ton. on tho condition TINT on their arrival
| they shall be uuloa1ed promptly ana start
ed on the Journey home In practice the
| freight agent is apt to use the ears that
nre most handy regardless Of their own
crshlp. An agent In Minneapolis would
hardly think twice before 1lllng MP Maine
Central freight car with consignment for
Manitoba The agent at Manitoba would
not suffer a paug Of conscience when he
found himself stuffng the SAME Maine chr
with cargo of supplies for Waco, Texas.
Thus are begun the wnnderngs OF a car to
which IL II were not for the car account
ant and his memoranda, there would some.
times lac no end,
sit is by no means easy to bring tho
wanderers home When the Mainn Cen
trai's ear accountant learns from his re.
I ofs that HIS car Is herg undnly Knocked
about on foreign roads his hrst news -
that II has spent two weeks IN the yards
At Minncnpois tracer is NJ once for,
v-nrded 10 the transportation deplri ment
OF the railroad which Is believed % be hol,i-
ing the car BY this time the car Is ON rs
way 10 Manitoba. A tracer follows Y
There hut with the similar result OF hnh'
ing that the car has been dispatched Tor
The Southwest. A letter to 5hc company
opcratlng the line out % Waco brings an
answer 10 tho eject that the ear Is there.
INT is being held to await the disposition
Of thp consignee; or that II Is crippled aud
| has heyen run into the shops for repairs.
OF that 1t has been loaded again. tn whlcn
| case the company promises peiltely 70 M
| load II and send II home lnlmednleiy, lnen
| the car Is promptly switched IN on u =
| hrsinch line for some local cahflfhec ~ :
! a. not heard OF again except ny the hSNtiE
| agent who captured IT, until u turns w N
| n titilcad collision In the state o. West
| NlrrlHin Luckily II Is net hit inl9rru'
] and ls able to continue Its WandermsS'
| nursfrd hy more AMI more vigorously wor !.
! I'd cnrrcspopdcnce. unhl somebody sehds y
! hone.
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HUNTSVILLE is TO CELEBRATE.
Barbecue and Trades Display Is to Be
Given July %,

Barbecue and Trades Display Is to Be
Given July 26
Huntsville, Texas, July 10.A' well Mt.
tended called meeting Of the Business
league last night II was decided that n
barbecue tournament and trades display
bc given July % complimentary 10 the PEG.
pie Of Walker and adjoining counlicT
About fourteen committees were appointed
and every effort win be made to make or
this grand success,
Miss Buhman of Natchc2 Miss, Is Tho
guest Of Mrs, h. A. Eastman.
Mrs Manning and son, Mr.. w w. Man
ming Of Washington, are guests Of Mrs w,
r. Tittman
Mrs. II. G. Eastman has returned from
Galveston.
Mrs Gay and Miss Marglc GAY are visit
ing In Bryan
for her health.
Rev. Daniels of willis filled the pulpii oi
the baptist church hero SUNDAY murhi lg'
Miss Maggie Markham leaves for ~ q
this afternoon. accompanying MISS lidlho
McCord. who has been her guest for $'v
ernl weeks. home
DR. ]. phlllp Gibbs has returned 20 Nc.w
York. whore he goes 70 take r'Rponsihl
hOSpitpl pOsitinN
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AN EXPLOSION OF GAS
INJURED A NUMBER OF WoRkMEN
AT Ell PASO.
Smeiter Works Are So Badly Damaged
II Win Take Three Months to
Make Repairs.

E Paso, Texas, July 10. This morning
ut $50 an explosion at the lei raso Smeter
works engines and furnaces injured one
man fatally, three seriously and nine slight
~. Spontaneous combustion followed the
explosion aud the damage done win pro.
vent the smelter from operating for three
months The actual loss was SloO.o00, COW
cred by insurance.
A belt connecting the blast pipe blower
with the furnaces broke and the gas rush
ing back into the big steel pipe caused
Il to explode with force that unroofed
the engine room and furnace department.
The rush of escaping gas caused combus-
ton ana soon the ll0mes were raging In
the engine room furnace department.
The El Paso fire department was an.
pealed to for aid and In short time Chlet
Powers and SOUND Of mon with an engine
reached the scene on special southern
Pacific train aud In two hours had tie
flames under control.
When the first explosion occurred, Chief
Engineer I'D McGurn was standing ne
tween the two largest engines aud the
force of the explosion threw him out OF
the building aud when he regnlned CON
sciousness ne was standing outside staring
at the work OF destruction. So terflnc
was the shock OF the explosion that II
shook 10 the foundation buildings several
hundred yards away. The roof Of the en-
CINE room was sent spinning Into the
air.
simultaneously with the spontaneous CON
hustion Of the gas another OF the biz
steel pipes In the furnace department eN
ploded. .wreckipg all Of the furnaces. Tho
steel blast pipes which exploded were
ave and u hall feet IN diameter
B, Alayador, who was ip the furnace de
the face, neck snd body that he can not
live Chon Garcia and Jgan reranos were
seriously burned about the lace neck and
arms. Mr. McGurns injuries are slight
as are also the burns and bruises re-
celvod by eight Mexicnns working in the
furnace department. II Ia estimated that
actual damages done to the plant will
amount TO $4,000 and the loss by delay
will amount 10 three times that sum. Three
hundred feet of buildings. includlng the
engine room and blast furnaces, were
completely unroofed leaving the boilers
and furnaces buried In the ruins. A large
number OF men we're on the feed floor Of
the furnace room and IN the engine room
preparing for the days run. Several were
thrown into the air
The smelter pay roll was 100000 per
month. Operations viii be suspended about
three months.
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score stood Is TO 10 In favor OF the sec
ond nine Batteries; First nine Smith and
Cook; second nine, Lewis. Lumpkin aud
feeling. Both teams started on badly but
after few innings had been played they
played professional ball. many doube plays
and fine catches being made. The mer.
chants closed their stores and the whole
town witnessed the game. Another game
Will be PLAYED In the near future
The two men who robbed the store OF
Mr. Calvert, near Branchville last March.
We're given two years etch la the penltcn.
tiary at their trial held last week In
Franklin. Roth men received terms IN the
penltentiary for crimes committed IN Milan
county last March at their trial ia Cameron
In June.
McssrS Luclen Reed, William Austin ana
s. n Porter, planters ~ the bottom. came
IN this morning ON the Hearne aud BRACES
Valley railway.
Miss Fannie Gibson after pleasant Visit
10 Mis- Floy Beckham. has returned 10 her
home In Calvert.
Mrs William Erwin and two children,
Zcmma and Tommie. are spending few
days In Houston,
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a TEN-HoUR DAY.
The Oranae Lumber Mills Have Re-
duced Working Hours.

The Orange Lumber Mills Have Re
duced Working Hours,
Orange. Texas, July 10Thc Lutcher &
Moore Lumber company has adopted ten.
hour day at their mill, commencing TODAY,
The days work has heretofore been twelve
hours. with one hour intermisaon at noon
for dinner
The action by the Lutcher & Moore com
many. following the announcement made by
tho Kirby Lumber company, is regarded US
nrtta significant. Mr. Kirby announced IN
an interview last Saturday that his first
ofdcial net ms president OF the new COM
many would be to reduce the hours OF
iabor at all the mills under his Jurisdiction.
orange. Texas, July &C. r. Panuewitz.
general manager Of the Orange Lumber
company and d. n. Wingate Lumber com
many. L. Miller. president Of the L. Miller
Lumber and Single company a. j. Ban
cyoft president Of the Bancroft Lumber
company. announce through the orange
Leader today that beginning on tue Isl OF
August they will lnaugurate the 'en'hcur
q, stem Al their big SAW milling plants
running the plants ten hours a day ins'ead
AZ eleven as al present, the wages TO le
main az they are now. Between 90 ana
coa loboring men will he benefited by this
change and these mills are the hrst IN me
yellow pine belt TO announce the adoption
of the ten hour system. Working ten
hours a day and receiving tnoir pay IN cash
once a week, the employees Of the big mills
AT Orange will be In better position Than
anywhere else in the milling district and
the announcement is hailed with pieasurr
biz the laborine men and the people s'n
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Manu saIoon Men Arrested.

Waco Texas. duly 10 Twenty-Five sa-
loon men Of this city have already been
arrested on the charge of keeping oprh
their places Of business last Saturday, tna'
day being special election day and ON
crs are to he arrested. County Judge Ger
aid was asked by the saloon men yesler
day II he would agree TO let one case b'
n fest case, 10 which he replied that ne
would not, and that every ease must slanad
IN It's own merits The beer agencies VIII
he prosecuted for delivering beer on w
day also and twenty complaints have al
ready been made against one OF the agen
fsto
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THE RICE CROP.
The Recent Rains Have Been Of Con-
siderable Benefit.

The Recent Rains Have Been Of Con-
siderable Benefit.
Beaumont, Texas, July 9.-Reports from
the Hilbrandt and Taylors bayou rice
farms are to the effect that the recent
showers have been of material benefit TO
the growing plant. The fall of water has
not been of sufficient volume to Good the
fields and assure a crop, but 1t has kept
the plant alive and hopes are now enter.
tanned for downpour that will freshcn the
waters OF Taylors bayou, One good heavy
rain would practically make the present
crop-that is, it would not bring the Yield
mp TO what 1t would have been in a more
favorable season. but it will prevent any.
thing like n failure Farms which arc If.
rigated from wells have not suffered Sc
Nerely for water, ana when the Nechcs
river is turned into the mouth OF Taylcr' )
bayou salt winter in that stream will only
he an unpleasant recollection.
The rain has also been beneficial to rice
in the China nelghborhood.
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A. o. u. w. Finance Committee.

Bryan, Texas, July l0.-Grand Master
workman p II. Green Of Halletsyille, Spc-
clai Deputy Grand Master Workman WIZ
A. Hasscll OF Dallas. and the finance com
nlttee, composed Of II. Z. L, Montgomery
Of Calvert chairman; c. J. Won Rosenberg
of La Grange and w H. Cowiey OF
Georgetown Of the grand lodge OF Ancient
order United Workmen. are in the city
making their regular semi annual insprr
tiou and checking ~ the books and ar
counts of Grand Recorder Joe b. Reed
They will hnish their work tomorrow
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Caldwell Cuttings.

Caldwell. Texas, July 10. Mrs. w. W.
SNYDER Of Concho county, Mrs and MISS
Brandenburgh Of Brentwood Miss York
and Mr.. Lon hudson Of Rockdale aud Miss
stella Connell, AIrs swearlneen and 7. a.
Holland Of Brenham were in the dty TO-
day in attendance on the Brandenbursh
Hudson wedding
Mrs. II. l.. Allison Of Livingston. Ala, la
visiting her sister. Mrs. w NJ. Stone.
Miss Ruth Barton and Miss Louzeln Rose
of Salado are the guests of MISS Lena
Messrs. W. A. Lyon, J. II. Lyon, Casp1r
Landolt. william Iandolt, i, w. Wood uhd
James Nishart Of SomerNlle are IN ~
sion
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sevnn RasiIenoes a eaIveston.

Galveston Texos Iuiv Ia Tho Are men
""itVs'u AV~"s' '"!
toned In this morning Post, Whleh had
AT the time of the ding OF the repor, de-
.t.o-ad n,o rog,derces continued nrtil
stroFeu I'VE reNiuenVes' Von''"uVu uu.''
about 5 o'clock this morn ug and hn0uy
DESTROYED ceven residences and one large
.,t, \ ooo ,tr,o a. aea,ne5 tbot rho
''"D'S' V"' 49,
entire neighborhoud Woul0 be swept o|
the flames. but by the valiant work of the
81, donor+,,,o,t sststod b,. ,oi,,,,eers
hre department. assisted n| volunteers
from among the spectators, this must have
cen the ultimase result. As previously
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An Bids Turned Down

Austin. Texas. July 10-A half dozen
architects met in the governors office This
morning to witness the opening of bids, 10
furnish the various state institutions with
hre escapes. None Of the bids were salts
lactory, on account OF their being based IN
nne ilncal foot instead Of the entire wo H.
me number Of escapes To be furnished are
rs follows; Lunatic asylum proper ?.
North Texas asylum ,; deaf and dumb In
slltute .; blind institute 3; Southwts G II
asylum 3; orphans home 2, making tb5ll
or ~ ESCAPES to be used. The archtec i
VIII he given until 10 o'clock tomorrow 10
submit new bids 10 Include the entire work.
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Terrell Texas, Jlay o.-It has been
given ont thar the handsome new union
depot will be occupied for business next
MondaN.
The CITY water works committee has
contracted for another well, which Is ex
reced to be ready for business In week
81 ton jayS. The water supply has come
IL all right after making repairs and get
ting the old wells In better share. but naw
Nrls ar" to he dug To prepare for futuro
emergencies.
The Daily Transcript has new iIHl
lock press and Is using a typCsettng ma
chine like the big city papers.
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Notes and Personals.

Galveston, Texas, July 10 r Noel as
sistant general freight agent Of the Mis-
souri,. Kansas and Texas At Houston, is In
the city
John p Rogerman, travelling passenger
agent OF the baltimore and Ohio Southwest.
ern Railway company. with headquarters
al Dallas. Is in the city
H. r. Kigore, travelling passenger agent
Of the Pennsylvania railway, Is In the city
on business.
Mrs. J. T. Harris Of New Orleans Is Wis
tlpg her sister, Mrs w. r. Mcclure, OF
Galveston.
Leon Souheld nm attorney of Beaumont,
is In the city today.