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Evening star., 1915-12-26

point of view, Don's straw hat was too
large and too high in the crown. His
black-and-white check suit was too con-
spicuous and cut close to the figure in too
feminine fashion. His lavender socks,
which matched lavender tie, went well
enough with the light stick he carried; !;
but, in his opinion, young man of
twenty-five had no business to carry a
light stick. By no stretch Of the imagina-
ton could one picture the elder Pendleton
in such garb, even in his jauntiest days.
And yet, as worn by Don, it seemed as if
he could not very well have worn anything
else. Even the mourning-band about his
left arm, instead of adding somber
touch, afforded an effective bit of con-
trast This, however, was no fault of his
That mourning has artistic possibilities is
happy fact that has brought gentle
solaco to many a widow.
On the whole, Barton could not escape
the deduction that the son reflected the
present rather than the past. Try as he
might, it was difficult for him to connect
this young man with Grandfather Pendle-
ton, ship-builder of New Bedford, or with
the father who in his youth commanded
the Nancy r. But that was by no means
his duty-a Don family suggested when
he uncrossed his knees and hitched for
ward impatiently.
"Your fathers will is dated three years
ago last june began Barton.
"At the end of my freshman year. Don
observed.
Evening star., 1915-12-26
The Wall Street Girl

phasis "He has honored our firm with
the commission of serving as a board Of
trustees for carrying out the terms of the
will
@You mean to fix my allowance
"To carry out the terms of the will,
which are as follows: namely, to turn
over to you, but without power of con-
veyance, the paternal domicile on West
Sixtieth Street with all its contents
Don frowned.
"Paternal domicile-1 can translate
that all right. l suppose you mean the
house. But what's that line without
power of conveyance'?'
at means that you are at liberty
to occupy the premises, but that you
are to have no power to sell, to rent. or to
dispose of the property in any way
whatsoever"
Don appeared puzzled.
"That's bit queer What do you sup
pose dad thought wanted of place
that size to live IMP"
II think your father was a man of con-
siderable sentiment"
"Eh?'
Sentiment Barton repeated at was
there you were born, and there your
mother died"
"Yes. that's all correct; but-well,
go on
~The rest of the document. if you insist
upon digest, consists principally of di-
rections to the trustees. Briefly, it pro-
vides that we invest the remainder of the
property in safe bonds and apply the
interest to meet taxes on the aforesaid
paternal domicile, to retain and pay the
wages of the necessary servants, to fur
Evening star., 1915-12-26
By FREDERICK ORIN BARTLETT
Illustrations by George E. Wolfe

Jonas Barton adjusted his spectacles
and began to read. He read slowly and
very distinctly, as if anxious to give full
value to each syllable:
"New York City, borough of Manhattan.
State of New York. l. Donald Joshua PEN
dleton, being of sound mind and
Donald Pendleton, Jr.. waved an OBJ
lection with his cigarette.
"Can't you cut out all the legal stuff
and just give me the gist of it? There's
no doubt about father having been of
sound mind and so FORTH
at is customary began the attorney.
"Well, we'll break the custom" Don
cut in sharply.
Barton glanced up. 1t might have been
his late client speaking; it gave him
start.
"As you wish, he assented. Perhaps,
however, | may be allowed to observe
that in many ways your fathers will is
peculiar
at wouldn't be fathers will if it wasn't
peculiar declared Don.
RARTON pushed the papers away from
- him.
Briefly. them" he said, "your father
leaves his entire estate to you-in
trust
Don leaned forward, his stick grasped
in his gloved hands.
"I don't get that last"
ain trust repeated Barton with en-
Evening star., 1915-12-26

EFORE beginning to read the in
teresting document in front of
him, Jonas Barton, senior member
- of Barton & Saltonstall, paused
to clean his glasses rather carefully, in
order to gain sufficient time to study for n
moment the tall, good-looking young man
who waited indifferently on the other side of
the desk. He had not seen his late clients
son since the latter had entered college
back-haired, black-eyed lad of seventeen,
impulsive in manner and speech. The
intervening four years had tempered him
good deal. And yet, the Pendleton
characteristics were all there-the square
jaw, the rather large, firm mouth, the thin
nose, the keen eyes. They were all there,
but each trihe subdued: the square jaw
not quite SO square as the fathers, the
mouth not quite so large, the nose SO
+. sharp, or the eyes SO keen. On the other
hand there was a certain fineness that
the father had lacked.
In height Don fairly matched his
fathers six feet, although he still lacked
the Pendleton breadth of shoulder.
THE son was lean, and his Cigarette
dillettante variation Of honest tobacco
smoking that had always been n source of
irritation to his father-did not look at
all out of place between his long, thin
fingers; in fact, nothing else would have
seemed quite suitable. Barton was also
forced to admit to himself that the young
man, in some miraculous way, managed
to triumph over his rather curious choice
Of raiment, based presumably on current
..styles. In and of themselves the gar
mcnts were not beautiful From Barton's
Evening star., 1915-12-26

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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-05-20
District Court Is
Holding Session

w. 8. Klstler VS.. Cora r. Sick ct
al, partition. granted and commits
sioners appointed.
Court convened this morning and
today was spent in hearing few
court cases and in arranging the
docket. The Jurors will be here to-
morrow. The criminal charges
against Thomas Hughes and John
Allison, arrested in connection with
the Ed. Lord case, were dismissed
upon motion of the county attorney,
who said that the information
against the men was not enough to
convict. Nine cases for violation OF
the prohibitory law are on the
docket, and one defendant, L.
|Whorley, will plead guilty. s. M.
Daley of Herington, hotel pro-
Iprietor, has two charges against
him, one being filed last week on
the charge of maintaining a nuisance.
The suit against Peter Simmons on
the charge of gambling was dismiss
MI, defendant paying costs.
Several divorce cases were settled
They we're: Clarence vs.. Lydia Tar
bell. granted, custody of child to
defendant; Settla B. vs.. Grover T.
Shook, decree for plaintiff and Gus
tody of child, by default; Martha
vs.. william E. Converse, abated by
death of plaintiff; Estelle vs.. Eu-
gene Barber, dismissed by court;
William B. Gibbs VS.. Ollie Gibbs,
decree for plaintiff; Sarah VS.. Elias
Quilting, decree for plaintiff by de-
fault; John F. VS.. Dorothy Graves,
granted; Katherine Weber vs.. John
Weber, granted by default; Anna
Croley VS.. Charles Edward Croley,
decree for plaintiff and custody OF
children.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-05-20

Dickinson county will not harvest
fifty per cent of wheat crop this
year, in the opinion Of R. M. White
who returned Saturday evening from
a two-day trip over the entire coun-
ty looking at the wheat and making
personal investigation. "The north
half of the county seems to have
Jared better than the south, Mr'
White says. "As far as can see, the
late wheat seems to be in as bad
condition as the early sown. The
wet weather made some of the fields
turn yellow and in one or two fields
/ investigated, I believe the wheat
would have made good yields IN
spite Of the fly, had 1t not been for
the wet weather"
"soms fields look fine" Mr.. White
continued, "and where the Hessian
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-05-20

The suit of John Wilder vs.. the
Hoffman mills is being tried In
district court today. The jurors ar
rived today and jury was selected.
Only two witnesses had been heard
up to 2 o'clock this afternoon. A
similar case against the mills In
which John Feighley was plaintiff
was thrown out of court in the jan
uary term when a demurrer offered
by Hurd & Hurd, counsel for the
mills, was sustained. The same Ques-
tions may be raised in the suit now
being tried.
The famous Ziebell will case has
been set for May 81.
Other cases settled are:
state Es.ssDavii hase, assault,
dismissed on nj county at
torney. q.
!, John A. Reese VS.. A. q, Moore
house eottled.
M r., ssnborn VS.. Annie Dowlinel
ssss sie6 Md dismissed, piaintiif pay
ing costs.
]. T. Prendergast vs.. I. H. Clew-
ell, to collect on note, settled and
dismissed.
Mary B. Seaton VS.. S. L. Neal ct
al, recover money, granted by de-
fault.
Hamilton J. Cooley vs.. Leslie
Frazier, ct al, quiet title, granted;
P. H. Roger appointed guardian OF
minor defendants.
Jacob D. Walters VS.. Robert Nc
Bratney ct al, to quiet title, grant
ed.
R. L. Barker vs.. Martin Dolan,
dismissed for want of prosecution.
o. E. Lower vs.. B. R. Hall, re-
cover money, dismissed.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-05-20
Did John Beggs Try
to Bribe the Judge?

about a foot deep. Beggs then made
two openings in the dixie to the
east, and the water started to drain
off toward Newland's land. There
was a controversy in court as to
whether this dixie which Beggs open
ed was on his land or on Newland's.
INewland closed the dixie and
brought suit against Beggs. chars-
ling that Beggs had threatened him.
|Beggs retaliated with suit against
INewland to compel the removal OF
the dixie on Newland's side and for
$500 damages.
8. 8. Smith represented Newland
and Hurd & Hurd and c. s. Craw-
ford. Beggs.
The contempt charge filed today
by County Attorney Bischoff upon
the information Of Judge King al
Ileges that January 2S, 1915, Beggs
wrote the Judge the letter quoted.
A warrant for Mr.. Beggs was is
sued this afternoon. Contempt OF
court is q very serious charge.
Beggs Denies Writing Letter
The warrant was served upon
IBeggs and he was brought into court
this afternoon. He denied having
written any letter to Judge King Of
fering a $500 bribe. Judge King
showed Beggs the original letter,
and again Beggs denied having writ
ten 1t. The court then put Beggs un-
der $500 bond and set the hearing
for June 2. He was released and OBJ
tanned bond.
"If you did not write this letter.
then we shall find out who is guilty
lof the forgery" said Judge King
land II there be any perjury prov
en-, it will go hard"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-05-20
WILL STOP SOUTH FREIGHT
Santa Fe WIN Give Plan a Trial,
Kouns Announces

c. w. Kouns. general manager OF
the Santa Fe. has written to secre-
tary Brewer of the Commercial club
that while there are serious obtec-
tions from the viewpoint OF the
Santa Fe with regard to making
connections with the stock train on
the main line at Strong City, the
road has decided to give the plan
of stopping southbound freight No.
sos at Hope and Navarro a trial.
The local office will be notified OF
the decision of Mr.. Kouns and will
put the plan in operation. Mr.. Kouns
in his letter acknowledged the re-
ceipt of the petition Of the business
men Of Abilene.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-05-20

The foregoing is q copy OF let
fer included in the information Ill
ed in the district court this morn
ing citing John Beggs for contempt
Of court on the charge of attempting
60 bribe Judge R. L. King OF the
district court, who has had under
adyisement since last term OF court
n case brought by Mr.. Beggs against
Samuel Newlands. The case was I'LL
ed in June Of last year. Beggs al
LACED that dikes built on Newlands
land prevented the natural flow OF
wafer and as a consequence water
was left standing on Beggs' land
and he was damaged thereby to the
extent of $500. The evidence OF the
case was taken under advisement
bv the court. The conclusions based
upon the findings were announced
today. The decision was for VI In
favor of Newland.
Newland and Beggs live on the
Detroit road. Along one side OF
Beggs' land is a ditch leading down
from the north. Newland's land is
east of Beggs and lower. Mr.. New
land built a dixie. Last spring 81
acres of Beggs' land were fioodeo
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-05-20

Mr.. Judge King:
Dear Sir: Have you made up
your mind yet about my case
with Newlandsf Know Judge
1 am in the right and IL you
will decide in my favor and not
make me take my dikes down
ana give me the 500 dollars
damages / will turn It over to
you when I get it and make
Newland pay the cost.
Yours truly,
JOHN BEGGS.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-05-20
COMMISSIONERS PASS
PAVING RESOLUTIONS

The city commissioners at the
weekly meeting passed resolutions
for paving on Sixth from Olive to
Brady, cutting down the roadway to
"a feet; North East Seventh. Olive
to Campbell. "a foot roadway;
South Olive, First street to Cottage;
North East Thirteenth, from Olive
east two blocks; North East Eighth.
Kinney to Olive.
The time limit for receiving petit
tions for paving for this year ex-
pired Saturday.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-05-20

knee. Park was alone in the sum-
mer house when the accident occur
red and lay on the floor Of the sum-
mer house for about twenty minutes
before his mother found him. He
was nervy, and said that ne was
waiting until his father came home'
AZ he didn't want to frighten his
mother by calling her. Park is about
IA or Is years old.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-05-20
CHAS. SMITH FUNERAL
AT 2 SATURDAY AFTERNOON

The funeral of Charles Smith, a
farmer living near Carlton who
died at the home Of his sister, Mrs.
r. D. Hunter. North Buckeye, on
Thursday afternoon viii be held
from the Hunter home tomorrow
afternoon at 2 o'clock. DR.. F. s.
Blayney win be in charge. Burial
will be in Abilene cemetery.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-05-20
THE MAGAZINE SECTION

3 The new Magazine section
3 of the Reflector is receiving
8 commentator from our read
& ers that testifies to the at
3 tractiveness of the publica-
& ton. The magazine will be
3 kept to a high standard OF
; interest both in its illustra-
3 tions and in the reading
3 matter. Some of the best
8 writer's of Kansas and the
= west will be contributors
3 and the information given
; will be valuable to every
3 reader. 1t is not usual to Sc
8 cure in a local paper such
3 additional magazine features
3 and the Reflector in giving
8 to its readers this splendid
; section free once each month
3 is making its paper more
3 valuable. With the twelve
: page weekly and the twenty
: four to thirty-page maga-
: zine section it is giving the
Z best paper in this county
3 for the subscriber. To the
: Daily subscribers the same
: privilege is given and they
3 get the magazine section ev-
: cry month also free. The
) next issue will be even better
: than that of this month. For
: future issues some special
. articles are being prepared
! Of direct interest to the
! wheat growers as well as
} some splendid fiction for
! those who like to read a good
story.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-05-20

Abilene high school will graduate
its largest class next week. Forty
two seniors will receive diplomas
Miss Elsie Patterson Is the clasi
valedictorian, and Miss Mary Smith
salutatorian. Both made excellent
scholarship records during the -four
years of their high school course
and the class standing az q whole
Is an exceptional one. The seniors
this week are sending out their
commencement invitations, and the
program arranged by Supt. w. A.
Stacey and ]. w. French, principal,
has been announced.
All the class exercises will be held
In the seelye theatre. The Rev. H.
F. Martin will preach the bacca-
laureate sermon next Sunday even
ing. The class day exercises, which
the seniors promise will have some
new and interesting features, will
be given Monday evening. The class
play, given under the direction oi
Mrs. J. w. French. will be present
cd on Wednesday evening.
The commencement address will be
given Friday evening by the Rev. N.
s. Elderkin, pastor of the Congre-
gational church at Lawrence, and a
speaker of ability. Following the
address, the graduates will receive
their diplomas.
The alumni reception will be held
Tuesday evening in the A. o. U. W.
hall and at this time the 1915 class
will Join the ranks Of the alumni.
The Glass Roll
The seniors finished the final ex-
aminations last week and this week
are making final preparations to bid
high school work goodby.
The class roll is: Isabel Alvord
Anna Bannigan, Russell Briney, FL
sic Brooks, Tracy Conklin, Grace
Daniels, Charles Davis, Willard Day
Elizabeth Engle, Viola Engle, Gladys
Flippo, Edith French, Harold Gar
yer, Wesley Gish, Earl Gibson, Ma
bel Hoffman, Paul Hoffman, Lewis
Hunt, Ernst Kugler, Roger Kyle
Jennie Laird, Harry Lancaster, Irene
Lancaster, Carrie Lee, Golda Lynn,
Lillian McLatchey, George Mullin,
Mildred oliver, Elsie Patterson
Viola Paxson, Helen Picking, Char
les Roop, Harold Royer, Sheridan
spangler, Leila Schad, Mary Smith,
Mildred Sleeves, Clark Steyer, Rob-
ert Walters, Clara Williams, Fran
ces Wilmer, Elizabeth Wyandt.
ID. G. H. s. Graduates 81
Other high schools of the county
are getting ready for commencement
week. D. c. H. S. will graduate
thirty-one seniors, who are:
Roy r. Monninger, Bert Water
stradt, Edith Foley, Hazel M. Dal-
ton, Regina Theckla Metz, Urvin
Nichols, Lauretta Kelley, Edna Alice
Latzke, Anna e. Winthroth. Tesse
Vera Spencer, Elvia Angeline Lux
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-05-20
River Brethren Hold
Their Annual Session

E. H. Hess was elected secretary,
d. w. Heise assistant secretary and
George whistler, reading clerk.
A large attendance is at the con-
ference. All the Abilene delegates
made the trip safely and all are
well. Great interest Is shown in the
sessions.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-05-20
@. Baumgarth's Father Dead

c. Baumgarth left today for saut
county, Wisconsin, called there by
the death Of his mother. She was
In the seventies and had been In Ill
health, SO that her death was not
unexpected. A year and a half ago
Mr.. Baumgarth's father passed
away.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-05-20
High Schools Are
Near Commencement

or. Elsie Leah shippy. Lima Maria
shippy, Charles H. shippy. velma
Ruth winsiow. Mabel Kreider. Edna
10y, Gladys Dean Diets. Beulah
Swartwood, Bernerd Meyer, Leslie
Taylor, Emma @. Gish, Oliver White.
Ruth Miriam volkman. Esther Grace
Buhrer, Pearl @. Snyder, Vera Mur-
iel Adam, Henry Delker. Merle
Rhodes. Roy Kreider, Gladys Joy
Webb.
The commencement program: May
20, 8 p. m, operetta. "The Princess
Chrysanthemum." by the Fine Arts
Department; May 2S. 8 p. m. bac-
calaureate address to graduates. Ed
ward T. Hackney; May "a. 8 p. m,
faculty senior reception; May 9b,
D. m, annual address to Christian
societies. T. A. Borman: May 20, ,
D. M, graduating recital, Fine Arts
Department; May 81, 1880 p. m,
dramatized industrial commence
ment exercises; May 81, 4 p. m,
annual alumni-high school ball
game; May 81, p. m, commence
ment exercises, presentation of d.
plomas; May 81, evening, annual
alumni banquet.
The Enterprise Schools
Enterprise high school is holding
commencement exercises this week.
The Rev. o. ]. McCulloh preached
the baccalaureate sermon Sunday
evening at the German M. e. church.
The program for the remainder OF
the week:
Wednesday, musical play entitled
"Rumpelstiltskin," on the school
lawn, 8 p. m. Thursday, a cantata,
"The Awakening of Spring" on the
school lawn at 10 a. m. Class day
exercises at the same place at 2 p.
m. Friday, commencement address
by DR.. d. w. Kurtz, president OF
the MCPHERSON college, at the Ger
man M. q. church, p. m.
The class Of graduates numbers
five, Karl Dieckelman being valedic-
torian. The class roll: Iona Jeanette
Jones', Nina June Pontius, Karl
Eyth Dieckelman, Frank Emil Hen
och and Ralph Christopher Stradt-
ner.
Enterprise Normal academy VIII
graduate eleven students. They are:
Margaret Schulz, Martha Mussel-
man, Marie Oesterreich, Alma Hoff-
man, Iona Stephens, Ida Smith,
George Kreutziger. William Rauck-
man, Albert Hueftle Herbert Sch
wartz and Milton Oesterreich.
The commencement program;
Nav 23, 1O:45 a. m, baccalaureate
sermon by Rev. Hohenw1ld Of Kan
sas City, Kan, in German M. ID.
church; May 26, class day exercises,
2:3O D. M, at the college; May ~
1880 D. M, commencement address
by Paul A. Dietzen, Hutchinson,
German M. e. church.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-05-20

Special to the Reflector:
Mansfield, o., May 1s.-The gen.
eral conference Of the Brethren in
Christ church was organized here
today with Bishop J. N. Engle as
moderator and C. N. Hostetter and
c. c. Burkholder as assistant mod
orators.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-05-20
HOFFMAN SAYS WHEAT
WON'T MAKE OVER u CROP

Ralph Hoffman Of the Enterprise
mills estimates that this county will
raise not more than fifty per cent Of
last years crop, which was over g.
900 900 bushels. Mr.. Hoffman spent
last week investigating conditions
over Dickinson.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-05-20
Wheat Damage by
Fly is Reported

fly has damaged one piece of ground
next to 1t will be fine stand COM
ing along we'll"
AS prospects now are, even though
the crop is much smaller than last
years a higher price will be paid
for wheat. Last year, Dickinson coun-
ty's crop was over 100000 BUSH
els.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-05-20

At the local office Of the Santa
Fe this morning no official notice
had been received from Mr.. Kouns.
but It is expected soon.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-05-20
PARK PAGES LEG BROKEN
Boy Was Caught in Belt ON Gasoline
Engine

Park Page, a son Of Joseph Page
living near Moonlight, was caught
in the belt Of a gasoline engine sun
day at his home and his right leg
broken in two places below the
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-05-20

NOW, WHO IS THIS
VETERAN OF THE G. a. R.2
Here is a picture of member OF
Abilene Post G. A. r. The photo
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-05-20

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