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Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-12-10
MENLo MOORE ACQUITTED.
Slayer of His Wife's Betrayer Gver
an Ovation.

vincennes, Ind, Dec. 1O.-"Not
guilty" was the verdict of the jury IL
the case of Menlo Moore, manager Of
a circuit of theaters, who was charged
with the murder of Chase Gibson, Q
wealthy operator in the lndiana-Illi
nois oil fields
The killing followed a confession
alleged to have been made by Mrs
Moore that Gibson had debauched her
When the verdict was read the
crowd in the courtroom broke into a
mighty cheer and men rushed upor
the platform and carried Moore from
the courtroom. The court made nc
effort to stop the demonstration.
The trial has been in progress fol
about ten days and was one of the
most sensational murder cases ever
tried in southern Indiana.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-12-10
BUSIEST PLACE IN TOWN.

The busiest place in Bryan is Walk
er's &c and 10c store. 1t is regular
beehive all the time and the nearer
the holidays come the greater the
crowds. A reporter for The Eagle
dropped into the store last night and II
was dazzling scene that met his
gaze. Large hundred power lights
have been added, making the store as
bright as day, and the store was
crowded with shoppers inspecting the
thousands of articles that are beauti
fully displayed. The whole house Is
in holiday attire, the Christmas holly
with bright touches Of red being used
throughout the decorations. Mr.. Wal
ker calls the attention of the ladies
to this show window and also invites
them to call of evenings after tea and
the salespeople will take pleasure In
showing them through the stock.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-12-10
A TREAT NEXT FRIDAY.

The prettiest play that has ever
been presented in Bryan will be seen
on Friday, December 16, for the first
time. This play, Polly of the Circus,
was seen at the Liberty theater, New
York city, for one solid year and was
one of the seasons biggest successes,
The circus scenes and acts are prod
uced by Frederic Thompson, of Luna
Park, Coney Island, and Hippodrome,
New York city, fame. Tickets will be
placed on sale at Brandon & Law
rence's Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock.
You'd better call early.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-12-10

number of young men being present
she announced that the men would
have TO wash the dishes. The WON
ans suffrage question brought up the
suggestion that she teach the mer
how to cook, and the hostess declared
her willingness.
Il only meant to joke" said Mrs
Emery, but am ready to make good
The men have already learned the
most important part, the dishwashing
When women vote the dinners should
be ready when the women come home
after the strenuous days work in up
lifting the politicians, and the men
should learn how to run the kitchen
right away"
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-12-10
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1910.
mere are number Of small Woo

There are a number of small wood
en- bridges in the county that should
be replaced as soon as practicable
with concrete culverts. In high water
the stream runs over the top and
washes the dirt away from the ends,
making a jump of six inches to foot.
Many of them have holes in the floor,
which are dangerous in case horses
foot should get into one. The first
cost of the culverts is more, but they
are cheaper in the long run, besides
being safer and more satisfactory in
every way.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-12-10

American packers products are sell
ing in London from seven to fifteen
cents lower than American consumers
pay them. Nobody believes that the
packers are losing money on their
foreign trade; it is plain then that
they are robbipg the people of this
country. And this is true not only
of meats but also of nearly all kinds
of manufactured products. 1t is the
tariff that makes such outrageous in
justice possible.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-12-10
viii Be forgotten.

In this age the man that dawdles
along contented with things as they
are, making no improvements, caring
for nothign but a present little advan-
tage and callous and inert to the call
of progress, just as surely as the sun
shines and the world moves will in a
few brief years be as entirely forgot
ten as though he had never existed
Centerville Record.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-12-10
FORMER LEGISLATOR
FOUND DEAD IN BED.
Ispecial to The Bryan Eagle.l

San Antonio, Texas, Dec. 10.-Hon.
Thad T. Adams, aged AZ, former
member of the Texas legislature, was
found dead in bed this morning. Heart
failure is the cause ascribed.
The deceased figured prominently in
the investigation of alleged gambling
by members of the Thirty-first legisla'
ture. The charges were made by N
Bascom Thomas. Mr.. Adams was ex'
onerated.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-12-10
TEACHING MEN TO COOK.
Must Have Warm Dinner Ready for
the Suffragette When She
Comes Home.
Especial to The Bryan Eagle. ]

Spokane, Wash, Dec. 1O.-Since the
women in the state of Washington
have been given equal suffrage and q
club formed for studying politics, I'M
der the auspices of the Washington
Political Equality League, Mrs. F. F.
Emery, anti-suffragist of Spokane and
actively identified with women's clubs
and charitable work here, proposes to
give men lessons in cooking. The
idea started at one of Mrs. Emery
Sunday evening dinners, when, a
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-12-10
ages are offered for enjoyment and for

ages are offered for enjoyment and for
possession. He may make them his
at his will. The person who has not
learned to read-and many who are
far from being illiterate have never
learned what to read or how to read
misses more than he can imagine,
loses a wonderfully large part of the
sweetnes sand beauty that should be-
long to llfe.-Starkville (Miss) Pro-
gressive Farmer and Gazette.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-12-10
FRED FLEMlNe's TRIAL RESUMED
Granddaughter Of Juror Whose Illness
Caused Interruption Is
Recovering.
[special to The Bryan Eagle. ]

Dallas, Texas, Dec. 10.-The exami'
nation of L. C. Mcbride, a witness in
Fred Fleming's case, in which Elem
ing, former president of the Western
Bank & Trust Company, is charged
with accepting deposits while knowing
that the bank was insolvent, occupied
the morning session of the court. The
trial was resumed, as the granddaugh-
ter of Juror L. NJ. Brown is recover
ing.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-12-10
The Value of Good Literature.

To the man who has learned to reac,
who has developed taste for good
literature, who reads thoughtfully and
carefully, for instruction and inspira-
ton as well as for entertainment, all
the thoughts and dreams and achieve
ments of the wisest and best OF all the
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-12-10
DIR. WEAVER TO SPEAK
AT RALLY IN CALVERT

Rev. NJ. e. Weaver will speak to
morrow morning in the First Baptist
church at Calvert at church rally
He will return in the afternoon and
will preach here at the night service
at the First Baptist church.
Rev. Isaiah Watson of Natchitoches
La, will preach at II o'clock in the
absence OF the pastor.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-12-10

The Knox City Journal tells OF
bale Of cotton that sold for $117.95 for
lint and seed, the former bringing
s101.45 and the latter $3.50. Improved
seed and more intelligent cultural
methods will maintain the supremacy
of King Cotton.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-12-10
EPISCOPAL BAZAAR.

The ladies of the Episcopal church
will have their sale of fancy work,
cakes and candies at the Smith Drug
Company's on Wednesday, the 14th,
beginning at $50 a. m.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-12-10
NOTICE.

For the information of all concerned
l desire to state that the schools will
adjourn for the holidays on Wednes-
day afternoon, December 81, 1910, and
resume work on Tuesday. January 8,
1911. w. c. LAWSON,
Superintendent.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-12-10

Census Director Durand says re-
count for Texas is not to be thought
of, at the same time admitting that
he is disappointed in the result. There
is no good reason to believe that the
count was not as nearly correct as is
practicable. State pride is great ex'
aggerator.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-12-10

The weather here never gets cold
enough to kill the flies. Sometimes it
benumbs them for few days, after
which they are uncommonly impudent
and annoying. There should be no
truce in the war of determination
against flies and mosquitoes.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-12-10
Corn Club Boys Win Prizes.

Forty-three counties in Alabama en-
tered into corn contest, and in thir-
teen of them the prizes were won by
boys, members of boys corn clubs.
This goes to show how beneficial to
the agricultural industry is the organi-
zation of the corn club.-Beaumont
Enterprise.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-12-10

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram says
''the frost is on the sweet potato" II
North Texas farmers were as indus
trious as Brazos county farmers they
would have dug their sweet potatoes
before the frost ruined them.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-12-10
FOR SALE.

wish to retire from business so
that | may enter the Baptist Theolog-
ical Seminary at Fort Worth on jan
uary /. For this reason ] offer my
butcher and restaurant business for
sale. For particulars and price, see
me. S. w. BUCHANAN.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-12-10
MERCHANT KILLS FARMER.
Murderer Fled to Northumberland
Was Over Money Matters.
Especial to The Bryan Eagle. ]

ISptcIaI 10 T 1Ic I'I y III 11tts'IV'I
Muskogee, Okla, Dec. 10.-K. II.
McDaniels, keeper Of country store
eight miles east of here, yesterday
shot and killed Sam Midland, Jr., a
wealthy farmer, and fled to the Green
leaf mountains, with a posse pursuing.
They quarrelled over money matters.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-12-10

r. v. Davidson, three times elected
attorney general and once defeated
for governor, will locate in Dallas. BY
his removal South Texas loses and
North Texas gains, so it is all in the
family
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-12-10

The Centerville Record says nobody
in Leon county will vote against a
road bond issue except "a few chronic
croakers who have to do a little kick.
ing just from habit"
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-12-10

1t is plain that the election OF
speaker of the Thirty-ffrst legislature
will hinge on the Bailey issue. Yet we
are told there is no Bailey question
in Texas.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-12-10

Consistency may be a jewel, but
compared to truth it is an agate to a
diamond. It is better to be inconsist-
ent than to be wrong.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-12-10

President Taft wants the farmer to
pay the expense of guaranteeing cot
ton bills of lading. OF course. What
is the farmer for if not to be every
body's pack Rule?
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-12-10
election next year. SO don't blow in all
your money.

In selecting Christmas presents, re-
member the old saying: "The worth
of a gift is not measured by the price
tag"
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-12-10

The st. Louis school girl who has
Just inherited sS0.O0c,OoO is too young
to marry, but she will outgrow that.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-12-10
WE HAVE GOT 1T.

Car coal, fair grade. Have another
car from McAlester en-. route. Prices
right PARSONS K RAY.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-12-10

After Christi pas comes taxes. You
viii want to Pte in the statewide
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-18

involute mazes of labyrinthine dialectic.
The captain of industry that looks out
at you from the pages Of the maya
zines is so simple that 1t is hard to
believe in him. The character sketch
that goes with the picture sounds like
the answer to a conundrum. His
schemes are so artless that it seems
shame to take the money. He
thinks in straight lines"
Some day with the same naive direct
ness we shall reorganize the admins
trative function. The complexity Of
chicane. the depths of dishonesty in
our organization of the political ma
chine. begin to weary the hearts of men
who define straight line as 1.-THE short
est distance between two points" Pres
emily We shall find our cities proceed
irg to their ends of government with
as STRAIGHTFORWARD purpose as we ex-
pect in a business house. Gradually
the relations of state and nation will
be worked out in frank recognition OF
essential conditions That which now
seems so vast and multifarious a con-
flict of warning interests and irrecon-
cilable advantages will be bound to-
gether in a federal compact so sim
pie, so basic IN Its assumptions, tnat
we shall at last have attained to a true
democracy, an immediate application, of
the social authority to the ordering of
life wherein. the. community spirit Will
sway the vast sweep of America as 1t
scarcely swayed even the city state OF
Athens. Then we shall have a govern
mental machinery worthy of our demo-
cratic social organization and of the
traditions of our diplomacy. For no
where has the peculiar American PEN
chant for coming to the point produced
more startling results than in our for
eign policy. So simple a matter as to
say what you want and to mean what
you say has completely nonplussed the
diplomatic world, masters of sniff and
artists in evasion. The triumphs of
shirt sleeve diplomacy have taken
away it's name of contempt. The arti-
flee OF the plain truth. the involved
subtlety of a blunt demand, the elusive
double entendre couched in an ultima
tum of so many words-there is our
secret, the directness that misleads, and
the simplicity that befuddles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-18
HITCHCOCK MAKING COoD.

among the muck-rakers, Mr.. Hitch
COCK, the postmaster general, is classed
with Mr.. Ballinger, the secretary of
the interior, as an undesirable" in the
.1art cabinet, as a presidential adviser
VINO Is bringing the administration into
lu-repute. These characterizations are
based on allegations that Mr. Hitch
COCK is the chief adviser to the presi-
dent in the matter of the distribution
OF patronage, the making of appoint
ments, and that he has been RESPONSE
BILE for many appointments which are
not what they should be.
Be all this as it may-although as a
matter of fact the appointments made
by President Taft will compare more
than favorably with those of anv of his
predecessors-it is an undeniable fact
that the president made an admirable
selection when he placed Mr.. Hitch
cock at the head of the postoffice de-
partment. He is proving himself to be
about the most efficient postmaster
general that this country has ever had.
When Mr.. Hitchcock assumed the
management of the postoffice depart
ment the yearly deficit in it's admins
tration had reached 81, O0O,o 900. From
figures just made public he has caused
a reduction in this deficit of $4,000, 900
for the first nine months of the present
fiscal year. The deficit for these nine
months was 50. zoe, 900 as against $12.-
$4,000 in the same period of the proceed
ing fiscal year. Not only that but In
the third quarter of the fiscal year end
ing March 81, the postal service earned
a surplus of $1,363, 900. Such a condi
ton of affairs is unprecedented in the
history of the management Of the post
office department, says the dispatch
from Washington telling about them.
Mr.. Hitchcock has certainly proven
himself to be the man for the job that
was placed in his hands. He may be a
politician whose ways are sometimes
odious to a few who are purists and
square dealers" when the time comes
for them to deal themselves hands, but
he is making a record as postmaster
general which is a credit to himself
and of material benefit to the people of
the country whom he is serving. In
cidentally the present efficient con-
duct of the postoffice department is
also considerable of feather in the cap
of the Taft administration.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-18
PRIMARY PARTICIPATION.

Exceptions have been taken in GER
tain quarters to the statement made
in these columns a few days ago to the
effect that in some states the law pro-
hibits voters from changing their party
affiliations oftener than once year
for the purpose of participating in
party primaries. To be more specific
on this point, New York is one of the
states that has such law. Primaries
providing for direct nominations do
not prevail in New York. Their estab-
lishment is now the most prominent
political question in that common
wealth. But indirect primaries, those
which give the voters right to par
ticipate in the management of parties
through their selection of delegates 30
the various nominating conventions,
have been operative in New York for
years. And the law is stringent and
el-ective on the point of making it i'm
possible for the members of one politi-
cal party to participate in. the pri-
maries Of another party.
When a voter goes to the polls on
each regular election day, which comes
in New York in the fall of each year,
he is asked if he wishes to affiliate
with a political party. If the reply is
in the affirmative he is given an en-
velope inside of which is a ballot
designating the various political par
ties He makes his mark alongside the
party he wishes to help manage, puts
his marked ballot back in the envelope,
writes his name and address on i
or has an election judge to do it for
him if he can't write. These envelopes
are kept by the election authorities
and several weeks after election day
they are opened and party polls of the
voters are made from the way these
ballots are marked. During the next
ensuing year no voter can participate
in the primaries of any party except
the one he has enrolled in. He can
Join different party on the next cleo
ton day if he so desires. But for one
year, at least, he can only participate
in the primaries of one party.
There is nothing in this arrange
mnt which precludes a voter from ex-
ercising the right to vote for any can
didate of any party he pleases on the
regular election day. Nor is there
anything in it which impairs the
secrecy of the regular election ballot.
But the law does keep the self-avowed
members of the Republican, Democratic,
Socialist and other parties within their
own ranks on primary days. 1t makes
the test of party affiliation what a man
has been in the immediate past. That
| is the only test which can be applied
properly. The assertion that man can
participate in any primary he pleases
| according to the determination he may
make on primary day itself as to which
party he belongs is ridiculous. If
this is to be the procedure in Kansas
there is no need to hold primaries and
an election as well. One contest of the
free for all variety would be all that
would be needed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-18
HU1AOQ OF THE EAY

I Doctor; my wife has D.. lost her voice
home late some night."-Boston Tran
script.
Miss Amen always guess me to be
fSsyge heard Miss 5s
Leader.
Bella-Yes; I saw a great bargain in
shoes when had hole in my stocking!
Ladies Guest.
Taylor-Did the course Baylor took in
physical culture make him any stronger?
Young Wife Tin Invalid chair)-Jack,
want you to pray that I may get well be-
fore my new hat goes out OF fashion,
Harper's Bazaar.
Husband to wife packing trunl)-But
how am I going to get my things in?
much my dear. You look very well as
you are.-Life
die. should you merry Widow Muller
Gooa svs So e n1 me nWhy neta Every
just the reason -Lustige Blaetter.' '""'
You seem to find your book very inter-
read. And so true to life. Every man in
it is villain. "-Tit-Bits
why don't you go on the picnic? p,
I'm too tired. Let's soak the Sandwiches
in lemonade and eat 'em on the floor
There are plenty of red ants in the
kitchen. City Journal
Visitor-And you always did your daring
robberies single-handed? Why didn't Won
have a pal? Prisoner-Well, sir wux
afraid he might turn out to be dishonest.
Cleveland Leader
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-18
QUAKER fluctuations.

TFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
The man who borrows trouble never
gets out of debt.
It is difficult to build up credit on coun-
terfeit prosperity.
Nobody loves a fat man. especially II
he happens to be a baseball umpire.
Our sins may find US out, but they can
generally be depended upon to call again.
Women write all their articles on how
to manage husbands before they get any.
Some people get out or tune with the
world through constantly harping on one
string
The summer girl is. in the swim, but
that doesn't necessarily mean that she
gets her bathing suit wet.
Nell-"Maude has a beautiful waist
line" Believes, and 1 understand II
is the lire of least resistance"
dom INDUCED in by upholsterers when
they are re-laying carpets.
Nor does the acceptance Of a story, in
spite of some of the cheap magazines,
necessarily imply lack of merit
Notwithstanding that woman has
she nuts on her back" Slobbs-"Wel
saw her at ball the other night and she
didn'f seem to have much
Mrs. Buggins-.That young man who is
calling on Emma seems like q steady
YOUNG fellow" Mr.. Buggins-"Why. yes
six nights week and twice on Sunday IL
rather Staadr
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-18
LAYHAWKER JOTS

Some people are SO dissatisfied with
everything that they think they should
have rain checks to all the shows they
attend, says the Lawrence Journal.
1t is noted by the Salina Journal that
there was something doing in the muSi-
cal line in Holton last week. One man
sold a B-fiat cornet and Mr.. Harp fell
from a affold and sustained painful
injuries.
A timely request from the Independ-
ence Star: Now that the aeroplane has
been declared practical. will the church
choir please quit singing that distress
full old anthem, 70, That Had Wings
Like a Dove"
This description of a stfngy man was
heard the other day by the Cimarron
Jacksonian. He pinches his pennies SO
hard that every time he puts his hand
into his pocket the Indian on the penny
gives a war-whOOp.
ct refuse to discuss any political
question with you,' the Vinland Vine
quotes Bill Sincaller as saying the other
day as John Brassfield started in to
make a talk on the tariff. Il am get
ting everlastingly tired of these men
trying to talk public affairs who are
not patriotic enough to register
Despite tfhe fact that hundreds Of
thousands of people have engaged in
the poultry industry in the past few
months, the demand and supply don {
seem any rearer meeting and the prices
are mounting higher. The old hen
DOESN'T seem to be solving the problem
of the cost of living.-Leavenwort
Post.
Lots of women can handle the lines
pretty well, but very few OF them can
tie a horse right, says the Howard
Courant, and to back up this statement
il relates: A woman who has handled
the lines for 40 years drove up by the
postofIice the other day, got out and
hitched her horse to a telephone pole,
tying her hitch strap in a bow-knot
like a pecktie.
Did YOU ever stand by and listen
to the ordinary conversation OF the COM
mon swearing man? Did you ever
notice how he chucks in his ''cuss'
words anywhere and everywhere, with
cut regard to sense or meaning? Just
slaps them in for no other purpose
than to get as many of them mixed
up with other words as possible. If a
fellow were to use words as foolishly
in any other line as in common "cuss-
irg" he would surely have to stand
trial for nsanity.-Douglas Tribune