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W. Vdn<r K<nne5Y TO 90 In,o
ths Nevzrzre- Bczrn<u II
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Mr. Wilmer Kennedy. for many
years connected With TIE EAGLE
rstires ~ the close Of this month
70 take charge of the ParoEan.
one Of the oldest and best papers
N the northern part OF the state.
Mr. Kennedy has purchased this
paper and viii assume complete
control
The many years experiences
Mr. Kennedy mas had in this
once Will serve him we'll; he
should De familiar with the entire
field necessary 70 make his new
venture q success The EAGLE
and his many friends here wish
him and his family much sue
cess and prosperity.
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the Secretary q me University OF
Mississippi UNI Oc-- eth, on The
following articles for immediate
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Ms.
Il barrels o. 1Ou-.
. barrels sugar granGlased-
, barrels uzsaI, Cream, wood.
go lbs g-i,s. Pearl.
$40 los rice, full head
- SACKS potatoes
ii cases houIny, Ole Nam
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! bushels white peas
: cases PORK : beans
: cases Uf soap
9 cases salmon. medium
II cases tomatoes. ; 10 cans.
. cases Peaches. ) 10 cans
Il cases Corn.
fancy.
100 los evapo-atsd peaches.
fancy
, barrels OF sat-
II boxes crackers, snail, extra
sailed
Il cases English peas, extra
sif1ed-
> cases spaghetti
rs pounds prulss fresh.
case Of aprIco.s. best
> hoops Of cheese. full cream
1 cases Quaker Oats
barrel Of Eolases. god.
10 gas sour pickle, snail
10 gas sweet pl.xLe, mixed.
. boxes vanilla waters
~ Ios BLACK. pepper. groCnd-
- gals eatsup, ,11zs8-
3 cases Of god Cuss-
8 cases OF corn fixes
3 cases Of pulled wheat
! case Of cream O. wheat
; cases sliced pine apple
o cases canned pears
1 cases asparagus ups, Lio5y's
case Of Good Lick baking
powder.
? cases Hzuseu's !Inksts-
2 cOz- orOO0s- heavy.
2 co-- nops- % o.
80 pounds OF CcEse.
1 box Of lemons
1 case Of co1dsnssl uiIk.
/ pound shelied peeans, fresh.
1 pOuni shelled Almonds fresh
8 cans Wesson's Cooking Oil
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vi Meet this week n which tin.
specially prepared literary PRO
grams win Re rendered Boa,
the young ia5iss and the yoal-
zen enjoy basket tall on the
grounds specially PREPARED for
/ this purpose
On last Sunday night xish Mr.
Johns. OF the University, u-=eus
10 assist ard GI-set and xin the
school auditorium fled 18th stu
dents ard q large nu1oer from
the community. \ Young Peo-
pies Christian Association was
launched for the students TIE
officers Of this association vii b
selected this week
The demand for zcco--c6a-
lions for the students i irc-eas-
ing. Tie Hurt DOrEis0-y Is a.
ready filed There have been
many social svea.s dgring the
week
Mrs. Bruce Bunch and Mrs
J,Ea Hope, Mrs. Nina Maths,
Mrs Lille Hurt and Mrs B. N
Petris entertained with dinners ..
dinners az their homes In homer
OF relatives.
Mr.. Robbie BufOrd and his SIS
ter. Mrs Buford Anderson vii
entertain 4 few friends this week
az their old home place
Dane Runor i delighted
and ms much 70 talk abou: these
days for many weddings are pre-
dicted and that in the near future
IN fact. one can almost hear the
weddings bells
Ansrg the noteworthy improve
nents on the Hill OF late = that
being pla sed upon MS hone place
by Mr. Bcford Anderson And
there are Erany gussses a. % the
reason for these Improvements
Misses Mary and Annie Bogss
Of Oxford visited their nephew.
Nr. Ernes- Shaw.
Mss Losrie RagIa1d, OF Oxford
S visiting Miss Lusills Anderson
Mrs Hugh Aecklin Of Georgia
is visiting der mother, Mrs Eva
B. Anderson for some time
Hon- Leighton Hope. who re-
Gently received an appointment
10 the pension once ar Little
Rock. Ark, Is expected home
this week 70 spend several days
The tennis court on the lawn al
Mr.. Wallace Shaw's Is the scene
,f much pleasure every afternoon
IN the part of the young people
1f the Hill who thus enjoy what
hey consider one of the best Of
III Oat door games
An Interested Visitor.
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THE COMMISSION FORM OF GOV.
ERSNfN.

In another column OF this pa
FER " ss- forth so-s OF the n4ir
points n the eo-zzsslc1 form Of
gJvernEen--
On last Noz11y. after the boar;
Of Mayor ard Aldermen had ac-
jourre6 from tine 70 tine TO hear
this pednOn. they finally decided
that TIE petition vas rot IN dr.
f0rzs. thar Ia % say Mayor Ad-
ans. Messrs- Slough and Smith
iF9 rot think 50. Mr.. Aveut vas
IN f2vo- OF ordering an election.
Messrs- Taylor ard Brown were
=os present
Now, L occurs 20 u from this
sorS OF ruling th4s there Is an ef-
fort CT foot 70 defeat This move
NJ. Avsns 3 me Only member Of
tbs body that = heartily in favor
Of this form Of government; he
Gays hE believes the people ought
% rule The ru=or : abroad n
tae tox7 that certain members Of
ina: eo1y don't want any change.
NcT. Z TIE members Uf this hon
crane o0Gv-azi ne DO not and
VII zat- knowingly, accuse eth
- cf theI With any secret or sell
1sn -csvs II trying 70 keep the
Fscrae from adopting t1is 1eE
.rrz of government, desire %
Ssas ne electors riyhE. they VII
"a -1t throttle, nor ztss-pt %
s.rrzs tbs movement Ire good
OF IA cry must be locked to-
IL tsey kaTs teen faithful. they
nave - arpo-tuni-y % prove
rn1s . lie v9rs-s and 70 run for
r-etecro1 u-Gs- the Few gov
ernzszr.
To ~ ihsss men 70 the test
. oessr-ize lust what the TO
I've oe1lE1 this whole matter =.
re sugsssS thzt the objections De
rs0ecae6 5y Hing 4 new petition
a. the Nov5-oer meeting and
o-g1E tn2- these Cen call an
e.setlun n fhfrsy Gas<. ;his vii
give plenty Of tine for the slec- !
hon the second Tuesday II De-
es1ber-
Il : an open secret that this
board wln csier this mst,s- for
much longer than thirty days,
as to the ealing Of the election,
and thereby defeat the vote Of
he people until Deeenbe 1914
This i nothing more nor less than
carrying out methods 10 tnxart
the viii Of the people We trust
these runors and insInuztions
thai this board intends 20 do that
when they ges the chance . IN
founded, but let them Dc put 20
the test
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THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
lafayette Comfy
To Fem J. Chrestr,an. -za-zlls a Al
n his OWE behElf, also Mabel Ch-e~r-
uEzn- Eddie ChresErzn ant Oels Ch-ssr
m21. minors, whose post atzsee a.ssl-ess
. III LEey aEec1s. Memphis, Team
Hoo are hereby Commando % aouea-
before the Ch2ncsry Co1rr q LAFzyesrs
County n said STATE On the
FOURTH MONDAY OF NOVEMBER
A. D., 1913,
20 defend the partition SIT of J. II.
CAresEan. e Avs FemJ ChrsS-uxu-
e a. v1srern yo1 are defendant.
Inls Ind day Of Oc<-- 1913.
W n WooBwAz0.
C1a1cs<y Clerk.
). l. HARz-s. Att0r-ey for Ccn-
pLsinants-
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Ny farm lyiug between Toeco-
pols and lafayette Springs con-
tanning lS1 acres, half in cuItiva-
uon and pasture. vel Eatered.
nice residence and good tenant
houses, fine orchard and garden.
Terms reasonable Apply 10
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Oxford, Miss
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The following unnoEcired 70 stiruoriaI
should certainly BE sufxcienr Ito give
hope AID courage to persons z1licred
NTH chronic dyspepsi2- Il have been
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the medicine have taken, Chamber
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than anything sise," says W. G. MAJ
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Coonty Of lafayette F3s5.
10 Richard Tfnrsl- whcse posr-of-
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are couazzded 90 appear before the
Chzzeery Coarr Ct Lafayette County
= szld State On the
FOURTH 20 SDAY OF NOVEMBER,
1913,
. cefeud tn su5t Of Msrde Tinnel N
$40 e1orr wAeresn you are defendant
W NJ WOODWARD,
Chanee-y Clerk
rnss Oct INST 1913
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sasz- fsr Coapls.
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The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1913-06-18

In His Mouth.
what was In Jonas mind, and what
the result Of his actions would be.
In an incredibly short time. consid-
ering what he had to do. the old negro
finished his task. He rose to his feet
and stood staring triumphantly at the
long stack of guns. He even permit
ted himself low chuckle. with a
glance across the hall to the court.
Now Edith Varney. who had OBJ
served him with mingled admiration
and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES that he
had proven false to her people, her
family; and admiration at his clever
ness-stepped further into the room
as he finished the last musket, and, as
he started toward the lower end of
the room to make good his escape, she
coughed slightly.
Jonas stopped and wheeled about
instantly. frightened to death, of
course. but somewhat relieved when
he saw who 1t was who had him I'M
der observation. and who had inter-
rupted him. He realized at once that
It was no use to attempt to conceal
anything, and he threw himself upon
the mercy of his young mistress, and.
with great adroitness, sought to enlist
her support for what he had done.
"Dey's gwine to shoot him. shoot
him down lax dog. missy" he said
in a low. pleading whisper, AN All
couldn't bah to see 'em do dat. All
wouldn't lax to see him killed, All
wouldn't lax It noways. You won't
say nufdn' about dis 70 de sake OBJ old
Jonas. what always was so fond OBJ
you ebah sense you was little chile.
You see, All jes' TEX desc yeah"-he
extended his hand, full of leaden bull
lsts-an' den dey won't be no ham
cum to him whatsomebah. les'n dey
loads 'em up agin. When dey shoots.
an he jes draps down. deyll roll him
obah into de guttah, an be OF lax
mad. Den All kin be neah by am
he stopped. an. II his face had been
full Of apprehension before, it now
became transformed with anxiety.
Flows he gwine to known" he asked.
IF he don't drap down, deyll shoot
him agin, an dey'll hab bullets in dem
next time. What All gwine to do,
how All gwine to tell him?"
Edith had listened to him as one in
a dream. Her face softened a little.
Altar all this negro had done this
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ally that the young man should not De
punished for his attempt to bring
about the success of the Union cause
which Jonas felt to be his own cause.
Therefore he had a double motive to
secure the freedom of his principal
II it were in any way possible.
AS he stared at the pyramids OF
s,lns. listening to the hum of CONVEX
sation from the room across the hall
tho door had been fortunately
closed-a thought came to him. He
pushed aside the portieres with which
he had concealed himself. and en-
tered the room by the back door.
He moved with cat-like swiftness in
the direction OF the first stack Of
rifles. He knelt down by it, seized the
nearest gun. which lay across the 9TH
or three, swiftly opened the breech-
plug, drew out the cartridge. looked
at 1t q moment, put the end OF 1t In
his mouth, and crunched his strong
white teeth down upon it. When he
finished, he had a leaden bullet in his
mouth, and the cardboard shell in his
hand. He replaced this latter in the
rhambsr and closed the breech.plug.
4 smile IT triumph irradiated his ~
BILE features. The gun could b
fred, but whatever or whoever stood
IN front Of It would be unharmed.
He had not been quite sure that
he could do this, but the result of his
convinced him. All the
other guns were Of the same charao-
ter, and. given the time, he could rem
der them all harmless. He did not
waste time In reflection. but started
In with the same process on the 9TH
err. He worked with furious haste
until every bullet had been bitten on
every cartridge.
The noise of Jonas first entrance
had attracted the attention of Edith
varney. She had turned with the in
tention Of going into the room, but.
on second thought. she had concealed
herself further behind the curtains.
Between the wall and the edge Of the
portieres was q little space. through
which she peered. She saw the whole
and OWNED instantly
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1913-06-18

01a6Iisht 1917 BIZ Dodd. Mad . Ooopany
BRIi m hsre," cried the sergeant NJ
which the men quickly took their
places. Attention. Stack armsi Two
Of you take the prisoner. Where shall
we md a vacant room, ma'amf"
ACROSS the hail." said Mrs. Var
ney; where the ladies were sowing
this evening""
Very good" said the sergeant
Left faoeI Forward, march,"
Arrelsford and Wilfred followed the
soldiers.
Il am the chief witness" sa3d tho
former.
Il will see that he gets fair play"
unmarked the latter. as they marched
out
Il must go 70 Howard" said Mrs.
Varney; this excitement il killing
him; l am afraid he will hardly sur
vive the night. Caroline IL with him
now"
VERY wen, mother" said Edith. 90
ing slowly mp the now deserted room
and standing In the window. looking
out into the night thinking her
strange, appalling thoughts. They
would convict him, shoot him, there
was no hope. What had he said2 He
was not ashamed of his work. 1t was
tho highest duty and involved the
highest and noblest sacrifice. because
4 made the greatest demand; and
hoy would shoot him like mad dog"
"Oh. 0od!" she whispered; III some
.ullet would only ind my hsart ~
nus
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oHAPTER XIX.

Ths Dvumbsad court-MartiaI.
n % happened that the soldiers
who had thrust old Jonas back in
his closet whence they had taken
him . short time before. in their
hasts. had failed to lock the door upon
him The negro. who had listened
for the click Of the key In the lock.
had 1t once known OF their careless
ness 30 soon a. they had with
drawn from the room. and their search
took them to other parts OF the
house. he had opened the door eau
tiously and had made his way toward
the hall by the drawingFoom, which
he felt fnstinctively was the place
where the exciting events Of the night
would soon eliminate.
ThornSs entry and the circum-
stances Of his apprehension had been
20 sngrossins that no one had given
. thought TO Jonas. or to any other
part OF the house. for that matter.
and he had been able to see every
thing through the hangings. He was
q Quick-wftted old negro, and he knew.
Of course. that there would be but one
verdict given by such a court-martial
as had assembled. Now, the men
who composed the court would of ne
cessity be detailed to carry out their
own sentence. The long room was
filled with stacks of guns. Every sol
der. even those under the command
of Corporal Matson in Arrelsford's de-
partment. had gone to the court-mar-
tial. There was nothing else Of In
terest to attract them in the house.
Every gun was there in that room. un-
guarded.
A recent capture of a battalion of
Federal rihemen had put the Confed-
crates into possession of a few hun
dred breech-loading weapons, not of
the latest and most approved pattern,
for the cartridges in these guns were
in cardboard shells. but still better
than any the south possessed. These
rifles had been distributed to some of
the companies in garrison at Rich
,mond, and 1t 80 happened that the
men of the secret service squad and
the provost guard had received most
OF them. Every gun in the stacks was
of this pattern.
In his earlier days, Jonas had been
his young masters personal attend
ant, his body-servant, and as such he
had often gone hunting with him.
During the war he had frequently Wis
tied him In camp. charged with mes
sages of one sort or another, and he
knew all about weapons.
As he stared into the long room
after the departing soldiers, he did
not know Edith Varney was still
there, nor coufd he see her at ell. fuf
she was on the other side of the cur
tain, looking out of tho window. ana
1t seemed to him that the room was
empty.
Jonas was a very intelligent negro,
and while under any ordinary circum'
stances his devotion to his master and
mistress would have been absolutely
sure, yet he had become tinged with
the ideas of freedom and liberty In
the air. He had assisted many and
many Union prisoner. Captain
Thorne. by his pleasant ways and nice
address. had won his heart And he
himself was deeply concerned person
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Caroline's low exclamation Of pity
struck responsive chord in Wilfred's
heart. He nodded gravely. and bit
his lips. He did not feel particularly
happy over the situation. evidently.
but the conversation was interrupted
BY the entrance of the men. They
came into the room in double line.
Thorns walking easily between them.
They entered the room by the door.
marched down It, came back. and
ranged themselves opposite the stacks
of arms.
Haiti" cried the sergeant Right
face! Take arms! Carry armD! Left
face! Forward-march!"
Edith had not taken her eyes on
Thorne since he entered the room.
She had watched him as II fascinated
He had shot at her one quick, search
ing glance. and then had kept his
eyes averted. not because he would
not like to look at her. but because he
could not bear himself like a man in
these last swift terrible seconds, II he
did.
Al the men moved to carry out their
last order. the girl awoke TO her sur
roundings.
wait" she said. who IL IN oom-
mand!"
Z am. miss." answered DE ser
geant
I'D like to speak TO the-the-prfs-
oner." continued Edith.
I'm sorry. MISS" answered the
sergeant respectfully. but abruptly;
but we haven't the time"
only a word. sergeant" pleaded
the girl. stepping close to him. and
laying her hand on his arm.
The sergeant looked at her q mo-
ment What he saw in her eyes
touched his very soul.
Very we'll" he said. Fright facet
Fall out the prisoner!"
Thorne stepped out in front of the
ranks
Now. miss" said the sergeant. be
quick about It."
mol" said Wilfred sternly.
"Oh. Wilfred!" cried Caroline. laying
her hand on his arm. Let her speak
to him. let her say goodby."
There was an instant's pause. Will
fred looked from Caroline's flushed.
eager face. to Edith's pale one. After
all. what was the harm? He nodded
his head. but no one moved. 1t was
the sergeant who broke the silence.
THE lady," he said, looking at
Thorne. and pointing at Edith. AS he
spoke. he added another order
"Matson. take your squad and guard
the windows. Prisoner. you can 60
over to the side of the room"
The sergeant's purpose was plain.
1t would give Edith Varney an oppor-
tunity to say what she had to say to
Thorne In low voice II she chose,
without the possibility OF being over
heard. The Initiative must come
from the woman. the. man realized. 1t
was Edith who turned and walked
slowly across the room. Thorne fol-
lowed her more rapidly. and the two
stood side by side. They were thus
SO placed by the kindness Of the vet
eran that she could speak her words,
and no one could hear what they were.
one Of the servants" began the
girl In low, utterly passionless and
expressionless voice. Jonas. has taken
the bullets from the guns. II you will
drop when they fire. you can escape
with your life"
In exactly the same level. almost
monotonous voice, Thorne whispered
pertinent question:
Snail do this for you7"
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thing for the man she-God forgive
her-still loved.
You tell him." whispered Jonas;
you tell him; it's de on'y way. Tell
him to drap down. Do dis TO ole
Jonas. honey: do It TO- me, an Ahll be
a slabe to you as long as An lid. no
matter what Mars Linkum does. LIS
ten." said the old man. as a sudden
commotion was heard in the room
across the hall. "Dey's gwine to Kill
him. You do it."
Nothing could be gained by remain
ing. He had said all he could, USED
every argument possible to him, and
realizing his danger. he turned and
disappeared through the back door
into the dark rear hall. There was
scraping of chairs and trampling OF
feet. few words heard indistinctly,
and then the voice Of the old ser
geant:
Fall ini Right face! Forward
march,"
Before they came into the hall.
Jonas made one last appeal. He thrust
his old black face through the por-
there's, his eyes rolling, his Jaws work
ing.
"Fo' Gawd's SEX. missy, tell him to
drap down." he whispered as he dis
appeared.
Wilfred. not waiting for the SOL
diers came into the room. and Caro-
line followed him.
where's mother?" asked Wilfred.
'"She's gone up to Howard; think
he is dying" said Caroline. she can't
leave him for anybody or anything"
II Edith heard. she gave no sign.
She stood motionless on the other side
Of the room. and stared toward the
door; they would bring him back thsk
way. and she could see him again.
"Wilfred. dear" asked Caroline.
what are they going to dor
Shoot him"
~When?"