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Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-09-18
INSTITUTE ADJOURNED.
sssles County Teachers Spent Week
In Profitable institute.

The Brazos County Teachers InstI.
tuie adjourned yesterday afternoon,
after spending the week In most prof
liable and interesting session. Practi.
cally the full teaching force was In at.
tendance and the daily programs. as
rendered. dealing directly with school
work. the mos, thorough and modern
methods OF teaching. school govern.
meni. etc. will prove most helpful to
the teachers In the coming years work.
Before final adjournment they unani-
mously adopted the following resolu.
tlons::
l. Resolved. That We extend our
sincre thanks to Supt. T. w. Parker for
his kindness and courtesy to US as
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-09-18
ARKANSAS COTTON
MARKETING PLANS

Two years ago a farmers cotton
marketing association was organized
at Scott. Ark. In which twenty fouI
growers combined their interests
named a marketing agent. and obtain,
ed profits OF from s2.50 to S. a bale
ON the lint and 81 a ton on cotton
seed. compared with standard prices
obtained by unorganized farmers In
that section.
This Scott organization was effect.
ed by President II. 8. Mobley OF the
Arkansas Farmers Union. who has
done some notable work In this re-.
spect. In an interview In a Little
Rock paper last November he gave
the gist OF his plan as follows;
Our members are encouraged Ia
bulk their cotton In as large quaint.
ties as possible" he said. Samples
OF each bale are then forwarded to
the office OF markets at the old State
House In Little Rock. where they are
graded by cotton grader sent from
the Bureau OF Markets at Washing.
ton. This bureau returns the classi.
lication to the agent OF the parties
owning the cotton. and at the same
time the samples are displayed In
the office OF our State secretary, J. II.
Fry, which Is also located In the old
State House. Buyers from all sources
are invited TO visit this office and In.
spect the samples and they make bids
10 Mr., Fry or myself as the case may
be, which bids are forwarded to the
owners Of the cotton. Thus the mem.
beers OF the union are provided with
expert Information as to the grade or
merit OF their cotton and at the same
time are furnished the opportunity
OF receiving bids from sources out.
side OF or beyond that which would
be offered In their local markets.
1T almost always results Ia their
getting a higher price than could be
had by the noncompetitiye manner OF
selling only to local buyers. One IN.
stance OF this was the sale last Thurs.
day at Paragould. The use OF this
method resulted In the sellers OF over
200 bales receiving bids OF 1915 a
bale above the prices offered locally
before this method was made effective
In that market. and the total saved
to the producers OF this lot Of cotton
was little more than $3.50. This
was quite a snug sum and really bene.
fitted many more producers than
those Immediately interested In that
particular sale. since Il influenced the
street price ON other cotton sold In
that market"
In letter Just received In which
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-09-18
HOW TO MAKE A BIG
DAT cRop-sEvEN RULES

|. Seed In the early fall and thu
double the yield Of spring seedlings
Experiment station results the South
over have clearly shown the grea
superiority OF fall seeding over sprins
seeding. and the farmer who wait:
until spring TO SOW Is simply. on an
average. cutting his yield in half
2. Seed with grain drill. This
In another point on which experiment
station evidence Is very positive. re
suits showing q very decided gain In
favor Of seeding with grain drill
over hand seeding.
3. Treat your seed oats TO proven,
smut Every spring. after Il Is too
late to apply any remedy. We are
delused with requests for information
on how TO prevent smut In oats. The
time TO prevent cat smut Is before
you plant the seed. ana the way to
do this Is to treat the seed with for
mAiin before planting. This treat.
ment Is inexpensive and II may save
YOU many dollars.
4. Sow ON n well compacted seed
bed. Breaking land for oats should
he done far enough In advance for
the seed bed TO become well frmed
bfore planting. DO not plant on
cloddy. freshly plowed ground. Where
the land has been well cultivated.
drilling oats In the cotton middles
after the first picking Is often advis.
able.
3. Sow on q fair grade OF land.
10 not put your oats on the poorest
land on the place and expect Il good
crop. Fallsown oats. under anything
like favorable conditions. are a very
certain crop. but. like everything
else. they do best when you treat
them best.
6. Plan In advance To have the use
Of q binder and thresher. OF course
when raised entirely for home use.
the necessity for uptodate harvest.
Ing machinery is not so great bu;
where oats are to be marketed. they
should always be threshed and nicely
sacked. Now Is n good time to talk
this matter over with your neighbors
and local business men. with a view
to setting what machinery may be
needed.
l. Plant legume crop after your
oats. Failure to plant the subtle land
to peas or some other soil.imprpDying
crop means failure to realize on one
Of our best opportunities for getting
cheap feed. Save an abundance OF
pea seed this fall and prepare to let
not q single acre OF stubble land lie
idle next year. - The Progressive
Farmer.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-09-18
A Difficult rask.

The government official had been
telling a simple old Scotch farmer
what he must do in the case OF a Ger.
man invasion on the east coast Of
Scotland.
AN haze I really tae dse this wi a.
ma beesties u the Germans Gomez"
asked the old fellow at the finish.
The official informed him that such
was the law. "All livestock Of every
description must be branded and
driven inland"
"weel. I'm thinkin' III hae an awfu'
job wi ma bees."-Philadelphia Pub.
lie Ledger
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-09-18

he encloses this clipping. Mr.. Mobley
says:
Last year we handled about 10000
bales Of cotton and possibly 100 cars
OF cottonseed at good advances to the
growers over local prices paid for
individual or small lot sales. This
year we expect an enormous Increase
in the business. and our membership
has doubled since We insuEurated
these plans."-Progressive Farmer.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-09-18

teachers and for the excellent name,
In which he has conducted this Insti
tute.
2 That We thank supt W. C. Law.
son and the members OF the Board Of
Trustees or the use Of the public school
building and other fayors which have
made our stay profitable.
.. That we thank Mr.. II. l. Nc.
knight. Mr.. J. A. Moore and the Com.
mercial Club for the most excellent en-.
tertainment and interest shown in our
work. and we pledge our cooperation.
.. That we extend our thanks 10
Prof. Dawson for his hearty co-opera.
ton In rendering the music for our
opening exercises.
3. That we express our apprceia.
tion for the addresses OF Profs. Martin
l.. Hayes. L. L. Pugh. George s. Weir.
ween and Col 0usley.
8. That we thank the Eagle Print.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-09-18

Ing Company for II courtesy In print.
ing thes resolutions Respectfully sub.
mitted.
NJ. BLAIR AUTHy.
@. G. SCOTT.
r. A. TsApleton.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1915-01-22
SYNOPSIS.

Stanley Hargreave, millionaire, after a
miraculous escape from the den of the
gang OF brilliant thieves known as the
Black Hundred. lives the life Of recluse
for eighteen years Hargreave accident
ally meets Braine, leader of the Black
Hundred Knowing Braine will try to get
him, he escapes from his own home by a
balloon. Before escaping he writes a let
ter to the girls school, where eighteen
years before he mysteriously left on the
doorstep his baby daughter. Florence
Gray. That day Hargreaye also draws
one million dollars from the bank. but 1t
is reported that this dropped into the sea,
when the balloon he escaped In was pune
tured; Florence arrives from the girls
school, Countess Olga, Bratne's compan-
lon, visits her and claims to be a rela-
tive Two bogus detectives CALL but their
plot Is foiled by Norton, newspaper
man. By bribing the captain Of the Orient
Norton lays trap for Braine and his
gang. Countess Olga also visits the
Orient's captain and she easily falls into
the reporters snare. The plan proves
abortive through Braine's good luck and
only >hirelings fall into the hands Of the
police After failing in their first attempt
the Black Hundred trap Florence. They
ask her Tor money but she escapes again
foiling them. Norton and the countess
call on Florence the next day, once more
safe at home. The visitors having gone,
Jones removes a section of flooring, and
from cavity takes box. Pursued by
members of the Black Hundred. he rushes
to the water front and succeeds in drop
ping the box into the sea. Braine con-
ceives the idea of giving a coaching party.
to which Florence is invited. Jones and
Norton both go along and are fortunately
on hand to save Florence from being i'm
prisoned in the country house to which
she is lured. Florence goes horseback
riding and is captured by one OF Braine's
men along the roadside. Norton rescues
her. They are pursued. however, and the
pair make their complete escape only
after Norton has exploded tire on the
fast approaching machine with bullet.
Countess Olga, schemfng to break the en-
gagement now existing between Florence
Hargreave and Norton invites them both
to her apartments and pretends to faint
in the reporters arms. Florence appears
in the doorway just at the planned mo-
ment. and as a result gives Norton back
his ring. Accompices of Braine succeed
in kidnapping Florence while she Is shop
ping and hurry her off to sea. Norton re-
ceives a wireless later informing him
that the girl had leaped into the sea and
been drowned.
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He pulled out his poI14-
| lively. Not postage stamp
put US OF at the next static
with a glance in the little
tween the two windows,
blame them Bit" He was
he was wearing the suit Sd
for his own; and Florence, saT1 10
was not much better OF.
She smiled, blushed, stood up, and
turned her back to him. Then she sat
down again In her hand she held .
small dilapidated roll Of banknotes-
Il had them with me when they
abducted me-" she said Besides,
this ring is worth something"
Thank the Lord" he exclaimed.
relievedly
So there was nothing more to do
but be happy; and happy they were-
They were quite obliyious to the pecu-
liar interest they aroused among the
other passengers. This unshaven
young man, in his ragged coat and
soiled jersey; this beautiful young
girl, in a wrinkled homespun, her
6ioiious uiouoc Adiiy d"iy, anu tn0
way they looked at each other during
those lulls In conversation peculiar
to lovers the world over, impressed
the other passengers with the idea
that something very unusual had hap
pened to these two.
The Pullman conductor was not es-
pecially polite; but money was money,
and the stockholders, waiting for their
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CHAPTER xI.

When Jones received the telegram
that Florence was safe, the iron nerve
of the man broke down. The suspense
had been SO keenly terrible that the
sudden reaction left him almost hys-
terfca1ly weak. Three weeks Of wait
ing, waiting. Not even the scoundrel
and his wife who had been the princi-
pal actors In the abduction had been
found. From q great ship In midocean
they had disappeared. Doubtless they
had hidden among the immigrants,
who, for little money, would have
fooled all the officers on board There
was no doubt in Jones mind that the
pair had landed safely at Madrid.
Al for Susan, she did have hyster-
les. She went about the room, wailing
and laughing and wringing her hands.
You would have rnought by her actions
that Florence had lust died. The sight
OF Der stirred the saturnipe lips Of the
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/ I've been shanKhaied, and you
| know it. Where are We pound?"
Copenhagen"
| We'll, for month Or more you'll
beat me up whenever ahe opportunity
| offers. But merely Wish to warn you
that if you do you'll find heap of trou
Bile waiting for you the next time you
drop your mudhook In North Amer
ica."
is that so?" said the giant. eyine
the spanner and the shaking hand that
held it aloft.
| 1T Is. I'll take your orders and do
the best ! can, because you've got the
upper hand. But, God is witness
you'll pay for every needless blow you
strike. Now what do you want me to
| DOR
Lay down that spanner an come
| on deck, I'll tell We what t. do. l was
goin' t. whale tn daylights out o. ye;
t ye're somethin ay a man. Drop
the spanner first"
Norton hesitated. Az 1.-the as a IT,
ger the bulk of man sprang at him
| and crushed him to the floor, wrench
ing away the spanner. Then the giant
took Norton by the scruff Of his neck
and banged him up the steps to the
deck
Il amt goin' t. hurt ye. / had t.
show ye that no spanner ever bothered
Mike Bannock. Now, d. know what
a cooks galley is?''
Il do" said Norton, breathing hard.
We'll, hike there an start In with
peelin' spuds, an don't waste 'em
neither. That'n be all fer tn present
Ye were due for wallopin' but /
kinda like yer spunk."
So Jim stumbled down to the cooks
gallery and grimly set to work at the
potatoes. 1t might have been far
worse. But here he was, likely to be
on the high seas for months, and no
way of notifying Jones what had hap
pened. The outlook was anything but
cheerful. But vague hope awoke in
his heart. If they were still after him
might 1t not signify that Florence
lived.
uhCdAtiAiO Ia oiuC AdQ uot USSu lulS.
According to Vroon the girls memory
was in bad shape; SO he had not the
least doubt of bringing her back to
New York without mishap. Once he
had her there the game would begin
in earnest. He played his cards ex-
ceedingly well. Steaming up into the
little fishing harbor with a handsome
yacht in itself would allay any dis
trust. And he wore capital disguise,
too. Everything went we'll till he
laid his hand on Florence's shoulder.
She gave startled cry and ran over
to Barnes. clinging to him wildly.
"No, moi" she cried.
Now what, my child?" asked the
sailor.
She shook her head. Her aversion
was inexplicable.
Come, my dear; can't you see that
it is your father?" Braine turned to
the captain. she has been like this
for a year. Heaven knows If she'll
ever be In her right mind again."
sadly. II was giving her an ocean
voyage, with the kindest nurses pos
sfble, and yet she jumped overheard. |
Come, Florence
The girl wrapped her arms all the |
tighter around Barnes neck.
An idea came into the old sailors |
head. "Of course, sir, we got proof |
thet she's your daughter"
PROOF" Braine was taken aback. |
Eyes; somethin' t. prove that you're
her father. l got skinned out of a
sloop once because l took a mans |
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CHAPTER x-ContInueu.

The man told the story of F1orence4
leap into the sea and her subsequent
arrival at the cape.
That's funny" said the stranger
IT don't recollect reading about any
young woman being lost at sea- BuI
those big liners are always keeping
such things under cover. Hoodoos the
ship, they say, and turns prospective
passengers to other lines. 1t hurts
business. What's the young girl look
like?"
Florence was described infinitely. The
stranger teetered in his chair and
smoked. Finally he spoke.
"She probably was insane. That's
the way generally with insane people.
They can't see water or look off a
tall building without wanting to jump.
My business is insurance, and we've
got the thing figured pretty close to
the ground They used to get the
best of US on the suicide game A
man would take out a large policy
today and tomorrow he'd blow his
head OF, and we'd have to pay his
wife. But nowadays a policy is not
worth the paper it's written on II a
man commits suicide under two
years."
you amt tryin' to insure anybody
in town, are your"
ooh, no. No work for me when
I'm on my vacation. Well, Pm going
to bed; and tomorrow morning I'll go
out to Captain Barnes beach and have
water"
He honestly enjoyed swimming.
Early the next morning he was in the
water, frolicRing about as playfully as
a boy. He had all the time in the
world. Over his shoulder he saw two
women wandering down toward the
beach Deeper he went, farther out.
He WIS q bold swimmer, but that did
not prevent q sudden and violent attack
of cramps. And 1t was a rare piece
OF irony that the poor girl should save
the life of that scoundrel who was
without pity or mercy. AS she saw
his face a startled frown marred her
brow. But she could not figure out the
puzzle. Had she ever seen the man
before? She did not know, she could
not tell Why conld not she remem-
Der? Why must her poor head ache 10
when she tried to pierce the wall Of |
darkness which surrounded her men |
tally!
The man thanked her feebly, but |
not in his heart. When he had sum- I
GENTLY recovered he returned to tho |
village and sought the railway station,
where the Western Union had it, Of
dee.
Il want to send code message to
my firm. Do you think you can fol-
low it?'
Il can try" said the operator.
The code was really Slav: and whom
the long message was signed It was
signed by the name Vroon.
The day after the news came that
Florence had jumped overheard on
The banks, vroon with q dozen other
men had started out to comb all the
fishing villages along the New Eng
and coast. Somewhere along the way
10 felt confident that he would learn
whether the girl was dead or alive.
L she was dead then the game was q
lraw, but II she was alive there waA
It'll lighting chance for the Black
Hundred. He had had some idea OF re-
naming in the village and accomplish {
ns the work himself; but Aftsr DELHI
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word 1t Its face value. Black an
white, an on paper. aays l. hereafter
But / never thought OF such a
thing" Protested Braine. beginning
to lose his patience. II can't risk
sending to New York for documents.
She Is my daughter, and you will find
1t will not pay to take this peculiar
stand"
"In black an white. r y can't have
her"
Braine thereupon rushed forward to
seize Florence. Barnes swung Flor
ence behind him.
II guess she'll stay here Z leetle
longer, sir"
Time was vital, and this obstinacy
made Braine furious. He reached
again for Florence.
"Clear out O. here. r show your xu-
thority," growled Barnes.
She goes with me, or you'll re-
greet it."
"AIl right. But guess tn law
won't hurt me none. I'm In my rights.
There's the door. mister"
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| dividends, made it impossible for him
| to reject it. The regular conductor
| paid them no more attention than to
| grumble over changing $40 bill.
So, while these two were hurrying
on to New York, the plotters were
| hurrying east to meet them. The two
| trains met and stopped at the same
station about eighty miles from New
York. The princess, accompanied by
Vroon, who kept well in the back
ground, entered the car occupied by
the two castaways.
In the mirror at the rear of the car
Norton happened to cast an idle
glance, and he saw the princess.
Yroon, however, escaped his eye.
BE careful, Florence he said. "The
princess is in the car. The game be
gins again Pretend that you suspect
nothing. Pretty quick work on their
part. And that's all the more reason
why we should play the comedy we'll.
Here she comes. She will recognize
you, throw her arms around you, and
show all manner of effusiveness. Just
keep your head and play the game"
She lied about you to me-"
mo matter"
"Oi" cried the princess. She seized
Florence in wild embrace. She was
an inimitable actress, and Nerton
could not help admifing her. Your
butler telephoned me. / ran to the
first train out. And here you are,
back safe and sound, 1t Is wonderful
Tell me all about it. What an adven-
ture, And, good heavens, Mr.. Nor
ton, where did you get those clothesf
Did you find her and rescue her? What
a newspaper story you'll be able to
make out of it ALL Now, tell me just
what happened" She sat down on
the arm of Florences chair. The girl
had steeled her nerves against the
touch Of her. And yet she was beauti-
full How could any one so beautiful
be wicked?
well, it began like this" said Flor
ence; and she described her adven-
lures, emitting, to be sure, Braine's
part in 1t.
She had reached that part where
hey had been rescued by Captain Ban
lock when a laundering, grinding
crash struck the words from her lips.
The three Of them we're flung violent
y to one side of the car amid splinter
ng wood thinking glass, and the shrek
II steel against steel A low wall Of
lorror rose and died away as the car
over on its side. The three
we're rendered unconscious and were
luddled together on the floor, under
he uprooted chairs
Vroon had escaped with only a slight
ut on the hand from flying glass. He
limbed over the chairs and passenr
ers with single object in view. H
aw that all three he was interested
i we're insensible. He quickly exam
led them and saw that they had not
sceived serious injuries. He had but
tile time. The princess and Nortc-
ould have to take their chance
le other passengers. Resolr
ooped and lifted Florenc
ms and crawled out of T.
sr. It was I di1hcult t
anased it. Outside. in Il
, one paid any attention
, threw the unconscioui
. shoulder and staggered
. road.
sro BE coNr1Nurpa
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-06-05
Is
Sued by
Man Hit

Hunky Shaw may have TO
pungie more money than the
s25 fine plastered on him by
President Blewett OF the
Northwestern league for his
little display Of temper at tho
ball park Monday when he
smashed the bail Into the
bieschers 20 get even with
some fans who were JoshIno
him.
Z. A. Wright. attorney In the
Burke building. today filed suit in
the superior court In behalf of
owen Powell. OF the Seattle Crack
er a. Candy Co. asking $1,000 dam
ages from Shaw for the fracture OF
Powel's right thumb by the ball
heaved by Shaw.
Hunky. at third base. had been
making a number OF cracks about
Seattle. and when he muffed an
easy foul fly in 'front.' OF the
the bleachers opened
up on him. Shaw's anger got the
best OF him and he heaved the
bail at the crowd In the bleachers.
Powell, quiet young fellow OF %.
who. his attorney says, had not en-
tered into the josbing. played the
role OF innocent bystander and
was hit by the ball.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-06-05
HARNESS RACING
STARTS At FRISCO

SAN FRANCISCO. Juno Sun.
der the auspices OF the Pacific
Coast Trotting Horse Breeders as
ISOLATION the $4,000 light har-
ness rece meet win open today at
the exposition race track. where
the finest harness stables ever on
the coast will contest.
At D. m. the track will be
formally dedicated by President
Moore OF the exposition. A three
race card for today consists OF
2:30 trot. $4,000 purse, three heats:
2:07 pace. $500 purse. three heats:
2:0s trot. purse. $1,000. three
heats.
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To Play
All-Cit,y
Tourney

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