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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-28

NNNfH HAihhN A'AN W ~ ANNhI
When you suspect anothcr's act
Just walt
Unless you know thing is fact
Just wait
II isn't slfe unless YOU know
To Judge another person, So
Just wait
Sammy Jay is very much Inclined
not TO wait. Sammy Is naturally
suspicious You will always find that
people who do mean things themselves
always suspect that everybody else
Is just watching Tor chance TO- do
mean things. 1t Is just that way
with Sammy jay Sammy steals every
chance he gets He just can't help II.
That Is why Old Mother Nature has
made him scream, Thief, thief 80
that every one else will know that he
steals and be on watch when he IL
about. Sammy seems to find a great
deal OF pleasure In suspecting his
neighborS. Worse still, SAMMY does
MT wait TO find II his suspicious are
likely to come true.
Take the case OF Farmer Browns
BOY. Sammy was long time In
learning to believe anything Of Farmer
Browns Boy. Perhaps he was not
wholly to blame for that You sce,
Farmer Boys Boy did make "A great
deal Of trouble for the little people
OF the Green Meadows and the little
folks Of the Green Forest for Il long
time. He hunted them with his ter
rible gun and he sets traps for them.
them and to love them. When he dil
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-28
SHAWNEE Roy APPOINTED
TO POSITION by FREELING

Shawnee OK. Dec 2S.-Chester C..
Iydick, who haP been deputy clerk
NJ the superior court, has accepted n
position In the attorney genreal's Of
flee under Attorney General Freezing,
and will assume his duties after the
first OF the wear
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-28
THE FOLLY.

The Scarlet Woman OF Sin," pre-.
sented by the Hamilton. Buckley com
pany AZ the Folly yesterday, scored
one of the biggest hits Of the season.
The cast II AZ good az any seen In
any stock company presented In Ok
lahoma City. This IL n strong western
playlet and there were many dramatic
climaxes. Harry Hamilton made big
hit as Daniel Casey, He Is clever
and un excellent entertainer. Those
who appreciate an excellent MAY
must not fail TO see this company. The
vaudeville program embraced won.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-28
1t the Local Theatres

best pictures with Zudora as an add.
ed feature for today aud tomorrow.
The serial for today involves the
case Of the Mcwinters family and il
said to be- as mysterious as the pio-
lures shown In the past.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-28
SCHOOL NOTICE

The College Preparatory school for
Boys will resume work next Monday.
January T. Better personal attention will
secure for you better results. aud advance
you more rapidly We can accommodate
four or five more boys Apply now.
T. J, SIMS,
Ne. i22t n BrdwT~- Plane W. S7ps
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-28
THE EMPRESS.

Many friends and admirers Of Miss
Marguerite Sklrvin, premier Oklaho-
ma City actress, are gathered this M.
ternoon at the Empress to witness her
splendid dramatic work In the four
part motion picture production Of EAR.
istocracy," produced by the Famous
Players Film company. The film will
be repeated Tuesday. Miss Skirvin
plays opposite Tyrone Powers In the
drama which points out the shams OF
society. Daniel Frohman Is sponsor
for the play and the Paramount cor
poratlon presents II. The Five Flying
DuvalS family of sensation aerial
acrobats, are headliners on the new
vaudeville bily kThrills and ,1ch
comedy alternate IN the entertainment
OF q troupe department, Miss les
lie Thurston, expert xylophonist, pre-
sents pleasing musical act
Some beautiful lingerie isn't even
knee deem
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-28

have change Of heart Sammy would
MT believe It. No sir. Sammy would
ut believe II at all at first Ii wasn't
until he saw with his own eyes Farm
er Borwn's BOY take up the traps
he had set for Old Man Coyote that
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-28

Annette keilerman, the wonderful
swimmer who is appearing rs "Nep.
tunes Daughter at the 0yerholser
In moving pictures.
derful feats by the Great Leroy, jail
breaker, who has Travelled all over the
world. Leroy can escape from any make
Of handcuffs or straight jacket. He
liberates himself from haudcuffs
and straight Jacket while suspended In
the air by his neck and feet II IL
a truly wonderful act The Majestic
Singing Trio Is made up Of clever sing.
ing artists There are five reels Of the
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-28

Trouble never dodges up an alley
when II meets a man who ia looking
for H.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-28
Silks at 79c Yd.

Formerly up to $50 yard 40 and A. inch,
es wide. Printed and plain crepes and radiums.
Printed bengalines also in these widths. There
ARE kimono satins ~ inches wide, and plain
Ilubutals, SO inches wide Choice 7gc-tomOrrow
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-28

Some beautiful lingerie isn't even
knee deep.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-28

Broadtail plush, velour, broadclOth, dag
ona serges, wool velours, and novelty
woolens in black, Copenhagen, brown, navy,
tete de negre, green and taupe Amaz.
ing values should say so-formerly sell
ing at from $50 to s45 Choice now sl6.75.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-28

Silk messalines and crepe de chine wool
scrges and poplins Navy, Copenhagen,
black brown and green. Any number of
styles; for that matter, scarcely two Of
them are alike Formerly selling at from
S2j to $35 reduced to $l475
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1914-11-26

possibility OF sleep. Samson. too,
seemed wakeful. and in the isolation
Of the dark room the two men fell into
conversation, which almost lasted out
the night. Samson went into the con-
fessional. This was the first human
being he had ever met to whom he
could unburden his soul.
The thirst 10 taste what knowledge
lay beyond the hills; the unnamed
wanderlust that had at times brought
him a restiveness so poignant as TO
be agonizing; the underlined attuning
of his heart to the beauty of sky and
hill; these matters he had hitherto
kept locked in guilty silence.
In cove or lowland pocket, stretch
ing into the mountain side, lay the
small and meager farm Of the Widow
Miller The Widow Miller was a
South" that is to say, she fell, by
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1914-11-26
CHAPTER w.

George Lescott had known hospital
ity Of many brands and degrees. He
had been the lionized celebrity in
places of fashion He had been the
guest of equally famous brother artists
in the cities of two hemispheres, and,
since sincere painting had been his
pole star he had gone where his arts
wanderlust backoned. He had fol
lowed the lure OF transitory beauty
to remote sections Of the world. The
present trip was only one of many
like It, which had brought him into
touch with varying peoples and dis
tinctive types of life. He told himself
that never had he found men at once
so crude and SO. courteous as these
hosts who, facing personal perils. had
still time and willingness to regard his
comfort.
The coming OF the kinsmen, who
would stay until the present danger
passed, had filled the house. The four
beds in the cabin proper were full,
and some slept on floor mattresses.
Lescott, because guest and wounded,
was given a small room aside. Sam
son, however. shared his quarters In
order to perform any service that an
injured man might require. II had
been full and unusual day for the
painter, and its Incidents crowded Ia
on him in retrospect and drove of the
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1914-11-26
CHAPTER ~.

In days when the Indian held the
Dark and BLOODY Grounds a pioneer
telling oak and poplar logs for the
home he meant to establish on the
banks of purling watercourse, let his
AK slip, and the cutting edge gashed
his ankle. Since to the discovered be-
longs the christening, that watercourse
became Crippleshin, and so It is today
set down on atlas pages. A few miles
away, as the crow flies, but many
weary leagues as a man must travel,
q brother settler, racked with rheuma.
tism. gave TO his creek the name of
Misery. The two pioneers had come
together from Virginia, as their ances-
tors had coTe before them from Scot.
land. Together they had found one
of the two gaps through the mountain
wall, which for more than a hundred
miles has no other passable rift. To
gether, and as comrades, they had
made their homes and founded their
race. Whas original grievance had
sprung up between their descendants
none of the present generation knew
perhaps Il was farm line or disputed
title to pig. The primary incident
was lost in the limbo of the past; but
for fifty years. with occasional inter
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1914-11-26
How Suckers Bite.

One Sunday morning. On his way
to church, deacon observed a boy
industriously fishing. After the lad
had landed several, he approached and
said: my son, don't you know it is
very wrong to catch fish on the Sab
bath day? And, besides, it is very
cruel to impale that poor, helpless
beetle upon that sharp hook Said
the boy: "Oh, say, mister, this is
only an imitation 1t amt a real
bug" BLESS mel" replied the dea-
son. We'll, | thought It was a real
bugl" The boy, lifting fine string of
fish out of the water. said: so did
these suckers!"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1914-11-26

tie OF marriage, under the protection
OF the clan head. She lived alone with
her fourteen-year-old son and her six
teen-year-old daughter. The daughter
was Sally.
The sun rose on the morning after
Lescott arrived, the mists lifted, and
the cabin OF the Widow Miller stood
revealed A tousle-headed boy made
his way to the barn to feed the cattle,
and a red patch of color. as bright
and tuneful as a Kentucky cardinal,
appeared at the door between the
morning-glory vines. The red patch
of color was Sally.
She made her way, carrying a
bucket, to the spring, where she knelt
down and gazed at her own image in
the water.
Before going home she set down her
bucket by the stream, and, with a
quick glance toward the house to make
sure that she was not observed,
climbed through the brush and was
lost to view. She followed a path that
her own feet had made, and after a
steep course upward came upon bald
| face of rock, which stood out storm
battered where a rift went through
the backbone of the ridge. This point
of vantage commanded the other vat
lev. Down below, across the treetops,
were a roof and a chimney from which
thread Of smoke rose in an attenu-
| ated shaft. That was Spicer South s
| house and Samson's home. The girl
leaned against the gnarled bowl of the
white oak and waved toward the roof
and chimney. She cupped her hands
and raised them to her lips like one
who means to shout across a great dis
lance. then she whispered so low that
only she herself could hear:
Hello. Samson SOUTH"
She stood for a space looking down,
and forgot TO laugh, while her eyes
grew religiously and softly deep, then,
| turning. she ran down the slope. She
had performed her morning devotions.
That day at the house of Spicer
South was an off day. The kinsmen
who had stopped for the night stayed
on through the morning. Nothing was
said of the possibility of trouble. The
men talked crops and tossed horse
shoes in the yard; but no one went to
work in the fields, and all remained
within easy call. Only young Tama-
rack Spicer, a raw-boned nephew, wore
a sullen face and made a great show
of cleaning his rifle and pistol.
Shortly after dinner he disappeared,
and when the aft@rHoon was well ad-
vanced Samson, too, with his rife on
his arm, strolled toward the stile.
GRO BE CONTINUED
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1914-11-26

wounds that would have taken a less
charmed life. And in grisly reminder
of the terror which clouded the peace
of his days stood the eight-foot log
stockade at the rear of the place,
which the proprietor had built to
shield his daily Journeys between
house and store. But Jesse Purvy was
not deluded by his escapes. He knew
that he was marked down."
The years of strain were telling on
him. The robust, full-blooded face
was showing deep lines; his flesh was
growing faccid; his glance tinged
with quick apprehension. He told his
intimates that he realized they'd get
him." yet he sought to prolong his
term of escape.
Yesterday morning Jesse Purvy had
risen early as usual, and. after sat
isfying breakfast, had gone to his
store to arrange for the days bust.
ness. One or two of his henchmen,
seeming loafers, but In reality a body
guard. were lounglng within call. A
married daughter was chatting with
her father while her young baby
played among the barrels and cracker
boxes.
The daughter went to a rear win
dow and gazed up at the mountain
The cloudless skies we're still in hid
ing behind a curtain of mist. The
woman was idly watching the vanish
ing fog wraiths. and her father came
over to her side. Then the baby cried
and she stepped back Purvy himself
remained at the window. II was a
thing he did not often do. II left him
exposed, but the most cautiously
guarded life has its moments OF re-
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1914-11-26
CHAPTER lI-contlnued.


81 hain't a-wantin' ter suspicion ye,
Samson, but know how we feels
about yore pap. l heered tibet Bud
Spicer come by hyar yistiddy plumb
full of liquor an lowed he'd seen
Jesse an Jim Asberry a-talkin' ter
gether jest afore yore pap was kilt"
He broke off abruptly, then added;
"Ye went away from hyar last night,
an didn't git in twell after sunup-i
just heered the news, an come ter
look fer ye."
Air you-all lowin' tibet shot them
shoots from the laurel?" inquired Sam
son, quietly.
EFF VEAL hain't 'lowin' hit, Sam
son, we're plumb shore tibet Jesse
Purvy's folks will low hit. They're
jest a-holdin' yore life like hostage
fer Purvy's, anyhow. Ell he dies they'll
try ter git ye."
The boy flashed a challenge about
the group, which was now drawing
rein at Spicer South's yard fence His
eyes we're sullen, but he made no an
swer.
One OF the men who had listened in
silence now spoke:
I'm the fust place, Samson, we hain't
a-sayin we done hit. In the mex place.
eff we did do hit we hain't a-blamin'
ye-much. But reckon them dawgs
don't lie, an, eff they trails in hyar
yen need us. Thet's why we've done
come"
The boy slipped down from his mule
and helped Lescott to dismount. He
deliberately unloaded the saddlebags
and kit and laid them on the top step
OF the stile, and, while he held his
peace, neither denying nor affirming,
his kinsmen sat their horses and
waited.
Even to Lescott 1t was palpable that
some Of them believed the young heir
to clan leadership responsible for the
shooting of Jesse Purvy, and that
others believed him innocent, yet none
the less in danger of the enemy's ven.
geance. But, regardless OF divided
opinion, all were alike ready to stand
at his back and all alike awaited his
final utterance.
Then, in the thickening gloom, Sam.
son turned at the foot of the stile
and faced the gathering. He stood
rigid, and his eyes flashed with ,deer
passion. His hands, hanging at the
seams of his jeans breaches, clinched
and his voice came in a slow utter
ance through which throbbed the ten
sity of a soul-absorbing bitterness.
Il knowed all bout Jesse Purvy's
bein' shot. When my pap lay
a-dyin' over thar at his house | was
a little shaver ten years old
Jesse Purvy hired somebody ter Kill
him an | promised nv par
that I'd find out who tibet man was
an tibet I'd git 'em both-some day
So help me, God Almighty, I'm a.goin
ter git EN- both-some day!" The
boy paused and lifted one hand a,
though taking an oath.
I'm a-tellin' you-aIl the truth
But ! didn't shoot them shoots tbi,
mornin'. ! hain't no truce buster.
/ gives ye my hand on hit r.
them dawgs come hyar they'll find m,
hyar, an eff they hain't liars they'll
go right by hyar. don't low ter rur
away, an don't low ter hide out. In
a-goin' ter stay right hyar. Thets al
I've got ter say ter ye"
For moment there was no replv
Then the older man nodded with ;
gesture of relieved anxiety.
"Thet's all we wants ter know. Sam
son." he said, slowly. Light, men an
come in"
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good policy to meet rather than com
bat his requirements II was essen
tial to his purposes that the officers
of the law In his country should be In
sympathy with him. Sympathy soon
became abject subservience. When a
South had opposed Jesse Purvy in the
primary as candidate for high sheriff
he was found one day lying on his
face with a bullet-riddled body. II
may have been a coincidence which
pointed to Jim Asberry, the judges
nephew, as the assassin. At all events,
the judges nephew was a poor boy,
and charitable grand jury declined
to indict him.
In the course of five years several
South adherents, who had crossed
Holman's path, became victims of the
laurel ambuscade. The theory of CO.
incidence was strained Slowly the
rumor grew and persistently spread
though no man would admit having
fathered IL, that before each OF these
executions star-chamber conferences
had been held in the rooms above
Micah Hollman's Mammoth Depart
ment Store" It was said that these
exclusive sessions were attended by
Judge Holman, Sheriff Purvy and GER
tain other gentlemen selected by rea-
son of their craftsmanship. When
one OF these victims fell John South
had just returned from a law school
hHnxun hnInxtr nhoI -
clothing and thinking "fotched-on"
thoughts. He had amazed the COM
munity by demanding the right to as
sist in probing and prosecuting the
affair. He had then shocked the COM
munity into complete paralysis by re-
questing the grand jury to indict not
alone the alleged assassin. but also
his employers, whom he named as
Judge Holman and Sheriff Purvy.
Then he, too. fell under a bolt from
the laurel
That was the first public accusation
against the bland capitalist, and 1t car
ried it's own prompt warning against
repetition. The judges high sheriff
and chief ally retired from Office and
went abroad only with a bodyguard.
Jesse Purvy had built his store at a
crossroads 25 miles from the rail-
road. Like Holman, he had won a
reputation for open.handed charity,
was liked-and hated. His friends
were legion. His enemies we're so nu-
merous that he apprehended violence
not only from the Souths but also
from others who nursed grudges In
no way related to the line OF feud
cleavage. The Hollman-Purvy combi-
nation had retained enough Of Its old
power to escape the laws retribution
and to hold its dictatorship, but the
efforts OF John South had not been
altogether bootless. He had ripped
away two masks, and their erstwhile
wearers could no longer hold their old
semblance of law-abiding philanthro-
pists. Jesse Purvy's home was the
show place OF the countryside. Com
modious verandas looked out over
pleasant orchards, and In the same
Enclosure stood the two frame build
ings OF his store-tor he, too. com
bined merchandise with baronial
powers. But back OF the place rose
the mountain side, on which Purvy
never looked without dread. Twice
fits impenetrable thickets had spat at
him. Twice he had recovered from
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1914-11-26
Our Early Chinese Trade.

The rapid growth of our early trade
with China is shown by the fact that
the 81 vessels carrying in 1905 nearly
five and three-quarters millions worth
Of goods to Canton, represented a
larger fraction Of our total foreign
commerce than our trade with the
whole of China does today. The silver
imported to balance American trade
with China averaged more than two
and a half millions annually in the 30
years down to 1927, and reached a
maximum Of seven and a half mil
lions in 1S1S-John Ford, in Youths
Companion.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1914-11-26
YOU NEVER TIRE OF CUTICURA.

The Soap to cleanse and purify, the
Ointment to soothe and heal. These
fragrant super-creamy emollients and
prophylactics preserve, purify and
beautify the skin. The daily use Of
the Soap for all toilet purposes and
occasional use Of the Ointment tend
to prevent pimples. redness and rough
ness, dandruff and red, rough hands.
Sample each free II you wish. ADJ
dress postcard. Cuticura, Dept x, Bos-
ton. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1914-11-26
The Tip.

STUDY a child's character" said
Henry Ford in Washington. Mote
his proclivities. Then choose trade
or a profession for him accordingly.
Il sent little boy out the other day
with a quarter to make a small pur-
chase for me. On his return he told
me the article / desired was out OF
stock. and handed back my quarter
in the form of two dimes and a nickel.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1914-11-26

81 took your Com
pound and have a fine,
strong b a by. :" Mrs.
JOHN MITCHELL, Mas
sena, N. Y.
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound is a
wonderful medicine for
expectant mothers. -
Mrs. A. M. MYERS, Cor
donville, Mo.
81 highly recommend
Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound before
childbirth, it has done so
much for me. Mrs. E.
M. DoERR, r. r. l, Con-
shohocken, Pa.
"I took Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Com
pound to build up my
system and h ave tn Q
dearest baby girl in the
world" - Mrs. NOSE
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al praise the Com
pound whenever / have
a chance. 1t did so much
for me before my little
girl was born. " Mrs.
E. w. SANDERS, Rowles-
buAg, w. Va.
81 took your Com
pound before baby was
born and feel / owe my
life to it. Mrs. WINNIE
TMLIs, Winter Haven,
Florida.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1914-11-26
Friend of the Farmer.

DR.. Marion Dorset, bi-chemist Of the
federal bureau of animal industry, is
the scientist who first isolated the
germ responsible for that farm scourge
cholera In the hog. That accomplished,
he perfected serum to combat IL.
protected his processes by patents and
then turned them over to the pu5a'
to BE- used without charge
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1914-11-26
Halted in His Search

They say your husband was out
look ng for work"
"Yes, believe he's out looking at
work. There are some men digging
q hole down at the corner. and he
doesn't seem able to get any farther"
STRAY Stories.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1914-11-26
Copyright. 1913, by w. J. Watt & Coz
SYNOPSIS.

On Misery creek. at the foot OF a rock
from which he has fallen, Sally Miller
finds George Lescott. a landscape paint
er. unconscious, and after reviving him.
goes for assistance. Samson South ano
Sally, taking Lescott TO Samsons home
are met by Spicer South head of the
family. who tells them that Jesse Purvy
has been shot
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1914-11-26
The Easiest Way.

Fifth Avenue Pedestrian-Which is
the quickest way to the morgue, off,
Ger?
Traffic Cop-Just across the street.
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HAVE YOU
A CHILD /?

Many women long for children, but because Of
some durable physical arrangement are deprived
of this greatest Of all happiness.
The women whose names follow were restored
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