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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1915-09-09

Miss Mena Dlosilebrink re-.
turned home Wednesday after at.
tending the Conservatory of Mu.
sic at Chicago and visiting her sis
ter Mrs. George Bartlett. of
Rockport, Ky. She was accompa
med home by Miss Esther Bart
lett.
The following young men are
preparing 10 leave about the last
Of the week for Lexington TO at
tend the State University: Lexie
Rice, Marshall Mcdaniel, Aubrey
Townsend, Dee Mcneil and Guy
Guy Ledwidge.
Miss Rubye Fleming leaves
Sunday for Midway, Ky, where
she will teach school.
Miss Harrison, OF Paducah, is
visiting Mrs. Il. X. Ellison.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1915-09-09

At the hospital home of Mr.
and Mira. q. W. Whipple, their
nephew, Cleo Lancaster, entertain
od a few OF his young friends ON
last Saturday afternoon, the Oc.
casion being his fourteenth birth.
day. Different games We're play
ed aud refreshments of sweet
cider and cake enjoyed. A mum
Der of gifts were received from
his little friends. Those present
We're Gladys and Oma Shaw, Sue
Gladys and John Allen Wheeler
Mary, Vera and Clyde Everett
Earle aud Winnie Baird, Ethel
Rose, Parker Brasneld, Ollie
Sowell, Ward Harper, Mary Full.
cr Ballow, Harry Watson, Jr.,
Mary Motley and Iioyt and Or
vail Sanders. Of jackson.
The sending of a baby by par
eel post from Cancy, Ky, to Jack
son NY, is made the subject of
investigation 10y Supt John
Clark, ol the Cincinnati division
of the railway mail service. aud
orders have gone out from Supt
Clark calling upon the postmaster
at Canry Ia explain how H. hap.
prncd that he accepted the baby
IN direct violation 10 the rules ar
regulations OF the postoilice de
partmcni
lllrkman's public schools will
bein the 1918 IL term next Mon
day morning Parent should make
arrangements 10 have their chil-
drcn there the first day; il is
better for both pupil and teacher
10 do 50. No legacy 10 valuable
as an education. Every day in
school counts. Hickman offers
exceptionally fine educational OF
porlunllles. Put the little folks
IN school.
Chas. Clark went 10 Cairo this
week aud purchased stock of
gents furnishings, which hc
will add to his grocery line.
Vice Pres. W. g. MoOrehead, of
the Public Service Co, is here
from 81. Louis on business.
When IN need of anything for
the kitchen or dining room 90 to
DobsOn 3.
&. 7. Bondurant and wife left
Sunday for Chicago ~ spend a
few days.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1915-09-09
ROPER DISTRICT NEWS.

Mrs. Lucy Jordan, of Union
City, is visiting her daughter,
Mrs Morris BeaSlcy. Miss Pat
tie May Treas, of Crutchfield,
spent Thursday night with her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. w.
II. Treas Miss Tommie Clark
returned home Sunday after an
extended visit wish her sister,
Mrs. Drew l.icp, of near Jordan.
Miss Myra Shelton spent the
weekend with her uncle, p. q.
Roach, and family, of Cayce. -
Mrs. Ellen llann0m, of Moscow, Is
spending the week with Mrs. w
j. Fields and family Mr.. and
Mrs. John Sloan aud children Wis
tied MIR aud Mrs Arthur Allen,
of Cayce, Sunday John and
Naylor Treas spent from Friday
I'll Sunday with MH. May Treas
and children, of Crutchfield. -
Mrs. Robt Copeland aud children
of near Wingo, spent one night
last week with her daughter, Mrs
Neil Britt. Mesdames =. T. Rop
or and Thos. Plummer, of HicE
man, visited Mrs. W. j. Field,
Thursday MIR. and Mrs. Il. X
Treas were in Hickman Thurs
day MIR. and Mrs. Max Roper
moved to Hickman Wednesday OI
last week. A large crowd from
this vicinity attended the Baptist
baptizmg at the Scearce pond
near Cayee, Sunday Mr.. and Mrs
Drew Liep. of near Jordan, visit
ed Mr.. and Ms. W. w Preuetl
Sunday Mrs. X. A. Fields an,
daughter, Hazel, spent Friday
with Z. q. Roach, of Cayce.
Miss Ruth Rose. of near Stat,
Line, visited Mrs. T.. G. Robertson
Saturday A large crowd attend
ed the ball game between Ter
rell and Cayce, at Cayce, Saiur
day Naylor Treas enterialnc,
IN honor of his eighth birthday
Thursday afternoon, Sept. ., from
> ul . over fifty little folk
present and all reported a nic'
time During the afternoon ic,
cream and cake were served.
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CAYC NEWS.

Cleveland Vandegriff returned
home Wednesday to Arkansas af'
ter several weeks stay with
relatives here. Mrs. Henry Burns
visited her daughter, Mrs. Wade
Powell, of 0akton, Tuesday. Miss
Lois Freeman, of Crutchfield, Wis
tied her sister, Mrs. G. A. Wright,
last Week.-Mrs. Mayme McClel-
Ian, of Russh Creek, spent last
week with her grandmother, Mrs.
b. Jones.-Dr. C. A. Wright and
son, Hendon, Misses Lois and
Frances Freeman motOred TO I'm
ion City Wednesday .--Missse Myr-
tie and Corine Burnett spent last
week with Mrs. G. l.. BOndurant.
Misses Doris and Beth Huddle-
ton returned Sunday to their
home in Fulton.-Miss Ina Naill-
ing, of Union City, spent Satur-
day and Sunday with Mrs. Eta
Mailing and family.--C. l.. Bon
durant spent last week in st.
Louis. - Mrs. Eta Mailing and
Miss Jessie Wall attended the
Fulton Fair Tuesday.-Mr. and
Mrs. Andrew Burns and daugh.
ter, Louise, Mrs. Jones and little
Miss Burrus, of Woodland Mills
motored TO Cayce and were guests
of S. Il. johnson and family. -
Little Misses Mary Arden and Vir
ginia Mailing, of Union City
spent several days of last week
with Mrs. Eta Mailing Mrs
Joe Allen was called to Fulton Il
the bedside of her mother who
was thouht to be dying. Mrs. Al
len returned Sunday and report
ed her mother improving but still
quite low.-Mr. and Mrs. Myati
johnson attended the fair Tues
day.-Mrs. Eta Cummings, o.
near Fulton, has been visiting
Mrs. Era JohnsOn.--Joe Wall wa,
in Hickman Thursday.-The Bap
list meeting closed Sunday witt
four additions to the church.
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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.

sabbath school at 10 a. M, Prof
B + Gabby. Supt
Preaching service II a. m. sub
lect That that caused the most
Appalling series OF Murder of
all Ages
No preaching at night. Union
services at the Methodist church
preached by Bro. Hampton.
"Wednesday night prayer ser
vice.
Ladies Aid meets with Ms
Hutchinson Thursday at the par
sonage at 3 p. m.
The ladies have something
IN the way of a surprise for th,
members OF the church Friday at
; p M. at the parsonage.
&. O. Hutchinson,
pastor.
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Phone Us

and calf, . head of Hogs, ! bug
Ky and harness, about tons OF
hay, farming implements, house
hold and kitchen furniture.
TERMS All amounts of 81
and under, cash over this amount
"A credit OF twelve months will be
given on approved security at Il
per cent interest.
Sale begins at 10 o'clock a. IN.
la case OF rain sale will be held
next day.
j. B. Graham.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1915-09-09

Holt and the bride daughter OF
j. p. Giles.
Boone Jones and Miss Della
Giles We're united ia marriage at
the home of Mr.. aud Mrs. o. D.
Cole. The groom is son of W.
NJ. Jones and the bride Is daugl
ter of j. T.. Giles.
The officiating minister is a
grandfather of the Two young Ia.
dies.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1915-09-09

Hundreds of people viewed,
yesterday, the young man in the
Hickman Drug Co. show window.
This boy, under hypnotic influ-
ence, rode a bicycle from 4 until
z o'clock without a stop, and
would have probably covered a
round a hundred miles had the
same energy been expended ON
level street.
Has anybody seen the profes-
sor's pantH The hypnotic profess
sore last evening lost his pants,
$40 in cash, and papers worth
$500, while working ON the stage.
He had just changed for his act,
leaving his trousers behind the
scenery.
Bascombe Lunsfod, of New
York, is here the guest of his
father, Lewis Lunsford, for a few
days. He will be accompanied
back TO New York by his broth
Lewis, who has secured a posi-
ton in the eastern metropolis.
X. l.. Brandon, of the Co-opera-
tive Store, is i'll at his home in
Memphis. j. w. Newman, of
that city, is here looking after the
business.
Miss Louise Atwood has re-
turned TO Louisville after a visit
with Hickman relatives and
friends.
Mort Walker and family have
moved into the brick cottage re-
Gently vacated by M. +. Warner.
Harry Saunders and wife and
children, of Jackson, are visiting
f. Bettersworth and family.
Miss Mary b. Polhamus left
Monday for Cincinnati TO enter
the conservatory of Music.
Miss Hettie Williams and Mrs.
Lon Cotton returned home Tues
day from st. Louis.
w. G. Upton and wife spent
Wednesday with relatives at
Tiptonville.
Tom White anI wife, of Caycc,
spent Tuesday @i,a Mrs q. l.
Carpenter.
Miss Lucille Gabby left Monday
for Bowling Green 10 attend
school.
CANDIES: Always fresh-l0c
a pound. Why pay more Dob
son.
Household goods OF every de-
seriptiJn ~ Stark ( Co.
W. G. Upton has purchased a
1916 model Hudson.
Chas. Clark was in Cairo ON
business yesterday.
w. j. Webb, OF Mayfield, spent
Tuesday in town.
The Fulton fair is ON this week
Cotton pick sacks at DObsOn.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1915-09-09

+. q. Howell. until recently
publisher of the Fulton Weekly
News, has purchased an Interest
in the Clinton Gazette. The Ga
lctte is one of our most valued
exchanges aud one OF the mosi
influential journals in this scc
ton.
Hugh Saunders, wife and baby
of llally Springs, Cal, are visit
ing n. Betlersworth and family
Marvin Luter spent Sunday ia
Cairo
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1915-09-09

Mrs Ida DeBOw is expected
home today after a visit 10 rela.
tives in Virginia and 10 her sons,
Arch, of Louisville, and Harold,
of Cincinnati.
Mrs. +. NJ. Case has returned
home after a visit TO her mother,
Mrs. Clark, of Paducah.
WAISTS: Pretty wahsable
waists at only soc and $l.-Dob-
son.
Miss Leah Barry is eli the sick
list.
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IMPORTANT MEETING ELM
CAMP NO. 3, w. o. w.

All W. o. w are requested 10
meet at the court house ON
Wednesday, Sept. 10, 1916, at
Z 20 p. IN.
Very important business will
come up for settlement. Ii
You are Interested CONE. -
Managers.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1915-09-09
LARGE CROWDS ATTEND
ELEC. DEMONSTRATION.

The Public Service Co, of Hiek
man, is showing the ladies of our
city how to cook by electricity. y
special demonstration, which will
close tonight, is attracting large
crowds. Hot biscuits, coffee and
ether eatables, cooked ON III,
ranges and served to the visitors
The accomplishments of the Wiz
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1915-09-09
PUBLIC SALE.

will after for sale, TO the high
est aud best bidder, at my farm,
one-half mile east of negro Meth
odiSt church, in the lower bottom
ON Ovens slough, five and one
half miles southwest of HEX
man, Friday, Sept. II, the follow
ing described property: | brood
mare, | i-year old gelding, | lS-
months old filly, | Jersey COW
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1915-09-09

Mrs. Fanny Shaw entertained
at Rock at the Elks Club Tuesday
evening of last week from 3 TO 5.
At the close Of the games deli
Gus cream and cake were served
by Mesdames r. l.. Bradley, Perc!
Jones and T.. b. Prather and Miss
Mildred GOalder.
Paul Porter visited home folks
in Clinton Sunday.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1915-09-09
TWO COUPLES MARRY
NEAR BEECH GROVE.

Two couples, all popular young
people of the Beech Grove see
ton, were married yesterday, the
Rev, II. 5. Morgan, of Galloway
county, officiating.
Ed Holt and Miss Hattie Giles
Were married at the home of the
brides father, j. z. Giles. The
groom is a son of Mrs. Emma
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1915-09-09
When II
Comes to
Coffee

| don I want TO handle anything
but grades we know are good and
that We can recommend. or
course, we've different grades.
Now, | drink nothing but French
Market This is blended and
roasted under a secret process
which made the old French Mark
ct in New Orleans famous. This
process retains all the richness
and strength of the coffee and
gives 1t It's famous flavor
When you consider that the
price is but % cents a pound it
ought to be worth while to give
II a trial
Golden Gem is a very fine roast
ed Rio which We handle only in
bulk IL has a very fine flavor,
Many who have tried 1t will use
no other. The price is 30 cents.
Our BOca is so we'll know that
II would seem 20 be unnecessary
TO says anything about its quality.
This brand We have handled for
years and those who have used
II want no other. Ii is the high
est grade coffee We can buy. Ii
Is put up in 2pound cans, ground
or pulverized. Price now is but
% cents Tor two pound can, are
ductlon since our last lot.
Then We have an excellent
Peaberry at % cts
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1915-09-09

The worst cases no matter ~ how long standing.
are cured by the wonderful. old frliaAe DT
porters Antisepiic Healing Oh. II relieves
Pain and Heals NJ the same time 2se, 50. 81 "
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1915-09-09
Invigornting to the Pale and sIckIy

The Old STANDARD general strengthening tonic
GROVES TASTRLESS chill TONIC, drives out
Malaria enriches the blood a nd builds The sys.
ten. true tome. For adults aud children. sos
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1915-09-09
THIS WEEK

Fresh Creamery Butter, fresh
Celery, Malaga Grapes, nice eat.
my apples, and everything good
IN Fresh Meats.
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Special Notice !
TO THE LADIES'

We will receive by express
Friday morning, from New
York, SO Ladies' Coat Suits
of the very newest of styles
and colors. If interested,
call Friday and see them.
Baltzer & Dodds D. G. Co.
lIncorporntedl
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-08-12
ELEVATOR MANAGER
DIES BY OWN HAND
Directors of Heavily Involved
Company Find Body at Time
of Meeting.

Chatsworth. Ia, Aug. 9.-When the
directors of the Farmers COOPERATIVE
association. an elevator concern, as
sembled at 9 o'clock for their regular
monthly meeting, their manager, L. A
Daley. was missing, and a search re-
suited In finding him lying in a pool Of
blood in IN empty grain bin. bleeding
from a self inflicted knife wound. evil
IDENTIFY aimed at his heart, but which
seems to have reached a lung. He was
violently delirious. DR.. Roland and c..
d. Stevens removed him to the hos
pital at Hawarden. where his chance
of Cow Is considered small.
Mr.. DALEY has been manager Of the
corporation seven years and II now de-
Velops that 1t has been losing money
steadily, until it ppears to owe to
stockholders $S,325 and borrowed mon
ey and other bills amount to about ST.
900. The loss is thought to have been
caused by poor management, which,
with the thought of being let u Of a
job. without prospect of another, is
supposed to have been the cause OF Mr..
Dailley's rash act.
His books will be searched for eVi-
dence of embezzlement. which does not
now appear, as he is bonded for 81, 900.
A friendly receiver will probably be
appointed Monday to wind up the af-
fairs of the company.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-08-12
ARTESAN CAVE.|N
THREATENS TOWN
Undermined Surface of Earth
Sinks Into Hole Carrying
Buildings to Destruction
People Attracted.

Chamberlain. S. D.. Aug. 10.-Hun-
Ireds of persons today are watching
the ground in the region of the San
ford we'll cavein. Cracks in the earth
radiate from the extensive sunken dis
trict and 1t is growing larger. Since
the first cavein Saturday night, many
smaller strips Of earth have gone into
the hole, which is Of unknown depth.
Trees, telephone poles and several
buildings have been swallowed up in
the strange cavein. The bridge across
American creek, near the well, has al
so gone down, n the buildings of the
Chamberlain Milling company have
been wrecked. The electric light COM
pany has sustained damages n the
city Is without light or water.
The Sanford artesian we'll at one
time furnished power for the milling
company, but for 10 years it has been
practically useless, as 1t spurts mud.
The old power plant went down in the
caVein
Spreading of the cracks and the ac-
ton of earth in slowly but steadily
slipping into the cavein has given
ground for serious fears here. Cracks
now extend for a distance Of 500 feet
from the center of the hole, and the
railroad yards are threatened. Watch
ers are out day and night, but no pre-
tentative measures may be taken,
since none are known.
1t is believed that almost constant
rainfall of several weeks SO weakened
the undermined surface earth that 1t
dropped In. The hole is filing with
water as rapidly as 1t grows larger.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-08-12
WORRIED
AS "A SLUMPS
Imports Increase; Exports Decrease-Credit Balance Greatly
Against Her and Gold Reserve e Is Being Depeted-Food
Prices Soar - Strict Economy Urged Upon People.

London, Aug. 10.-While the Ameri-
can exchange problem Is being APP
parently ignored by the British gov
eminent. which is content to iet gold
slip away in small quantities without
making an effort to meet its indebted
ness to the United States, much advice
is being given by economists, through
the medium of the press, as to the most
efficacious method Of dealing with this
problem, which, with an adverse trade
balance Of several hundreds millions
sterling, grows more pressing every
week.
One writer advocates compulsory
economy to reduce imports and argues
that IL the American exchange con-
tinues against Great Britain h prices
of foodstuffs and other necessities will
continue to rise. 1t may develop that
there will soon be no exchange at all,
as in the case OF Petrograd, where
there exists only a nominal exchange
of 20 per cent against her and gold ex-
portation prohibited by law. Russia,
however, is in the position Of being
self contained so far as foodstuffs are
concerned. The same writer advocates
bread tickets as the only method of
making the bulk of the English popu-
lation earning large and increasing
weekly wages economize, remarking
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-08-12
BOY MYSTERIOUSLY
KIDNAPPED LOCATED
Lad Stolen While Playing In
Street-Reason For Crime
Unexplained.

New York. Aug. 10.-Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Glass. of Jersey City, N. j.,
were on their way today to Norman,
Okla. to their 4-year-old son,
James, who was kidnapped in Greeley,
Pa, on May IL. last. Mr.. Glass is an
auditor in the employ Of the Erie rail-
road.
The missing boy vanished when his
mother left him playing in the street.
Aided by detectives, his parents
searched for him In a dozen states. Sew
eral days ago Mr.. and Mrs. Glass re-
ceived a message from the chief Of po-
lice of Norman. saying he believed he
had found the boy. According to the
adVices the child was left by an uniden-
titled woman In the custody of William
Malore, Of Norman, in response to Mr..
Malore's advertisement for a boy to
adopt. A photograph and marks OF
Identification have convinced Mr.. Glass
that his son has been found. Why, or
by whom. the boy was kidnapped is I'M
known.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-08-12
SHORTER HOURS SOUGHT
BY LOCOMOTIVE EMPLOYEES

Bridgeport, Conn. Aug. 9.-Formal
demand for an eight hour work day
with pay OF time and a half for over
time work was to be made today on the
Locomobile Company Of America, by its
employees. The action was In accord
ance with a decision. reached at a meet
ing Saturday night of about 500 of the
company's workmen when by an al
most unanimous vote the bonus prop
osition made by the concern was re-
jected and a committee was appointed
to lay the demands of the men before
the company officials, Another meet
Ing viii be held tonight to hear the
committee report. If il is ~unfavorable,
IT was said, a strike call might be is
sued.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-08-12

that appeals useless in Germany, a
nation trained In docility, will be
equally inefflcacious here"
Another. In strongly urging the
great wage earning British public to
save a portion OF the weekly wage, IN
d that the government may borrow
1t later at interest says the fact must
not be overlooked that while trade
1t supposedly good we are not trading
under ordinary circumstances, and
practically all engineering firms, ship
builders and many manufacturers,
while paying out wages and piling up
profits, are really trading with the
government and not adding to the
wealth Of the nation.
The British board OF trade actual
fixtures for the month of July show
an increase in imports OF a16,171,663
&S0,S5S,315). The principal increases
were In food and metals.
The exports show a decrease Of e34,-
721,511 9173, 607, $3.50, chiefly in coal,
yarns. textiles and machinery.
The imports from the United States
in the half year ending July 80,
amounted in round numbers to 9124,-
100000 $500, 900, 000). In the same
period a rear ago the imports reached
e70,0 0o, 900 $3.50, 900, 000), while the
year before they totaled e69,000,00
($345. 900, 900.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-08-12
FARM YIELD WILL
SET NEW RECORD
Wheat Crop Nearly Billion
Bushels, Corn Almost Three
BiIIions-0ther Prod
uCts Promising.

Washington, Aug. s.-American farm
ers are harvesting the greatest wheat
crop ever grown in any one country.
1t nay reach 1000, 900, 900 bushels. De-
partment Of agriculture experts today
estimated the crop at sss, 900, 900 bushels,
basing their calculations on the condi-
ton of the crop August 1. Bumper har-
vests of other cereals and food crops
are indicated.
h size Of the country's important
farm crops, forecast from their condi-
ton August l by the department OF ag-
riculture's crop reporting board and an
nounced today, Is given below with the
production estimates forecast from the
July condition and the final harvest
figures Of last years crops. Compare
son OF the July and August forecasts
shows the change in bushels Of the har-
vest prospects, as affected by weather
n other conditions during the month.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-08-12
Menace
MEXICAN BORDER
Several Outlaws Killed In Bat
tie With RanChmen, Texas
Rangers and Federal
Soldiers.

Brownsville, Tex, Aug. 9.-Five
Mexican bandits and n Mex
lean woman were killed in the fighting
yesterday at Norias, 6S miles north Of
here. For an hour Is Americans, eight
OF them United States cavalrymen,
stood off the attack of so Mexicans.
Five Of the Americans were wounded,
three of the latter soldiers. The Is
Americans were saved from death just
as. their ammunition gave u by the
arrival OF II Texas rangers.
Brownsville, Tex, Aug. 9.-With the
expectation that United States soldiers,
sent to Norias ranch last night, would
relieve the situation there. caused by
the attack of Mexican bandits, border
officials here today turned their at
tention to reports that 800 Mexicans
had crossed the border into Hidalgo
county. Texas, in small parties, and APP
parently were making their way to a
concentration point. What this por-
tended, none of the officials would
venture a guess, but 1t was admitted
unusual precautions were being taken
by peace officers and ranch n TO
prevent outbreaks.
Details OF the fighting at Norias
ranch. so miles north of Brownsville,
last night, were awaited here with in
terest. Owing to the isolated nature
of the country there n the fact that
the bandits cut all telephone wires
from the ranch, only meagre reports
had been received early today. These
estimated the attacking force of Mexi-
cans as numbering from so to 200 men.
Fourteen ranchmen, later reinforced
by a detachment Of United States SOL
diers and Texas rangers, repealed all
attacks of the outlaws. who left sew
eral OF their number dead when finally
they ~retreated southwark. Five of the
Americans were wounded. three of the
number being soldiers. All passenger
trains were stopped last night for fear
they would be wrecked by the outlaws
in passing through the affected dis
trict.
Col. A. p. Blocksom, commanding the
lower Texas border patrol, today dis
patched additional troops to Lyford,
and Sebastian to
strengthen the detachments already at
those places.