Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1913-09-26

John T. McCabe made a Deming
trip the first Of the week.
Presiding Elder Ray, of the Metho-
dist church, was here Sunday, on his
regular visit to the local church.
Work on the new school building is
progressing rapidly, a gang Of brick
layers are busy putting up the walls.
Mrs. e. L. Constable arrived in
town this week and the Constable
family will make its future home here.
The Peoples Saving Bank, Of Silver
City, has a card In the LIBERAL this
week. The institution Is a new one,
and offers excellent inducements to
depositors.
J. G. Gatti, of Clifton, has been
over the ranges and bought a large
number Of cattle, having purchased
some seven hundred head Of the
Cureton cattle.
Ben Myers, Of Denver, an old time
travelling man, who in former years
frequently visited Lordsburg, was in
town the first of the week for the
first time In several years.
Miss Louise Moon, who this sum-
mer has been visiting with her uncle
and aunt, DR.. and Mrs. NJ. NJ. Croker.
the visit extending as far east as
Boston, has returned to her home in
Los Angeles.
The Silver City chamber of COM
MERGE has bought sixty acres Of land
a mile and a half northeast of town,
paying 81, 300 for it on which a SAN
itarium for consumptives will be built
by the Methodists.
There was a sharp electrical storm
Tuesday evening, accompanied by
rain. The rain did not come till after
dark, and it sounded like a young
flood, but when it was measured the
next day with ]. H: McClure's rain
gauge it was found that only half an
inch fell.
The Deming-Silver City auto race
of last Sunday has got the Silver City
auto bugs interested and they propose
to race from Silver City to Columbus
and return next Sunday. The autos
will go through the main street Of
Deming, and they propose to show
the Deming people what fast running
really is, If not stopped by the Dem.
ing speed cop.
The coal miners of Colorado are or
a strike, for recognition of the West
ern Federation of miners, and for
readjustment Of the wage scale. Nine
thousand men are said to be out
There is a large amount Of coal mined
and stored In various places, so there
is not much danger of people gettinl
cold because Of the strike, unless Il
should be continued too long.
at the postofice the box rents TO
the coming quarter are now due. No
tices we're placed in the boxes the frs
of the week. If the rent is not pait
by the first of the month the box viii
be declared vacant. The boxes ar
all rented, and there are some peopl,
who want to rent a box, and If a DO,
is declared vacant it will be rented T.
a new applicant the next day. If yol
delay you are liable to lose your box.
Harry Eaton, who was convicted o
murder this term of court, has mad
a full confession, which puts a dill
ferent light on the matter. He wen
on the stand during his trial and toll
part Of the story, but not enough t
satisfy the jury, From his story !
appears another man did the killing
1t is not certain that he can convinc
the court that he ought to have ar
other trial. G. L. Rhodes, the chaui
feur, who killed Ong Ding, a restaul
ant keeper at Leopold, because he oil
iected to getting him a meal out c
hours, was tried. The jury, after bC
ing out some hours reported to Judg
Neblet they could not agree. TIL
Judge thought there ought not to b
much trouble in arriving at a verdict
and ordered them locked up for tn
night. In the morning the jury cam
in with a verdict of guilty of murde
in the second degree.
There was an impairment and II
quisitive grand jury during the pr
sent term Of court in Santa Fe coul
ty. They got to inquirlng about tn
water works scandal In Santa II
The water works franchise was abor
to expire, and a new franchise was
be voted on, and the president of I'll
water company intimated the frat
chise had been offered to him for
consideration, and then skipped baC
to his New York home After Il
grand jury got through asking que
tions it brought In an indictmeI