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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-03-30
FACT
Local Evidence.

Evidence that can be verified
Fact is what we want,
q Opinion is not enough.
Opinions differ
Here's a Chickasha fact.
You can test it.
Mrs. A. Haight, t26 5. Eleventh ST.
Chickasha, says: Several of the
family have used Doans Kidney Pills
for disordered Kidneys and have had
great relief. | have used them my
SELF with satisfactory results"
Coans Made Cure.
MORE THAN THREE YEARS LA.
TER, Mrs. Haight said: "Doan's
kidney Pills made cure for both
myself and another in the family.
The cures have been permanent"
Price zoe. at all dealers. Don't sim
ply ask for kidney remedy-get
poan's Kidney Pills-the same that
MRS. Haight has twice publicly recon-
tnerded. Foster-Milburn Co, Props,
buffalo. n. Y.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-03-30
Beware of Ointments foro
Catarrh That Contain Mercury

as mercury will surely destroy the sense
of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering it through
the mucous surfaces. Such articles should
never be used except on prescriptions
from reputable physicians, as the damage
they will do is ten fold to the good you
can possibly derive from them. Hairs
Catarrh Cure. manufactured by F. j.
Cheney & Co. Toledo O.. contains no
mercury and Is taken internally acting
directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces Of the sytsem. In buying Halls
Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genu-
inc. 1t Is taken internally and made in
Toledo, Ohio. by F. J. Cheney & Co Fes-
timonials free
Sold by Druggists. Price 75c per bottle.
Take HaIrs Family Pulls for constipation
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-03-30
5 Personal
& Mention

Mary, Mary. quite contrary,
Why wear your winter things;
While the College Girls at the Eagles
Store
Sell everything new for spring?
30-1t
Quality plumbing prices right. Roy
English. Phone Sal. 2-Stf
Ross Cox is in Rush Springs on bus
mess.
w. S. Whitson, who lives east Of
town, is reported quite i'll.
Get your harness and harness re-
pairing at Wadsworth & White Silt
Mrs. Lon Smiley of Laverty was III
the city yesterday
Boyce Ballinger will leave this even
ing for Shelby, North Carolina.
Mrs. f II. McElroy of Ninnekah was
in the city shopping yesterday.
For paper hanging and painting,
rhone 1863. 3-2S-9t
Mrs. J D. Cox of Layerty was a
| Chickasl.a visitor yesterday.
John Feeley of Alex was business
visitor yesterday.
Miss Josephine Bell of Tonkawa is
the guest of her sister, Miss Mary Bell
]. D. Buie. ST., has returned from a
business trip to Kansas City.
w b. Griffin is in Cushing on busi
ness.
Frank Fdqua of Duncan is busi
ness visitor in the city.
i ]. NJ. Ikard is in Oklahoma City OF
business.
Mrs. A. M. Prague, 1910 Iowa ave
nue., is Suffering with a severe attack
of tonsilitis
Moman Shepard is i'll at his home OF
Minnesota anvenuer with slight at
tack Of la grippe.
| Leonard Austin has gone to Oklaho
ma City, where he will make his fu
ture home.
| The little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
John Barnes, 514 South Sixth street
who has been quite i'll, is reported i'm
proving.
We have all kinds Of buttons, patterns
and pins
and will be much obliged if you'll
drop in-at "The Eagle" Saturday
30-l
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-03-30
(First Published March 4. 1850
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PAROLE.

James Ballard will on the 5th day
of April, 1916. make application to the
governor of Oklahoma for parole
from a sentence of the district court
of Grady county, Oklahoma, Of II
months in the county jail of such
county.
3-4-30td JAMES BALLARD
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-03-30

I will be in Chickasha, Saturday,
April 1st, at the Cheaney Hotel, from
IL o'clock until 5. | want several en-
crgetic men and women to assist me
in demonstrating a money making
proposition. If you want to make
some quick, easy money, be sure to
see me 30-2t
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-03-30

Classified advertisements, such az
wanted" "For Rent" "For Sale,
etc. will positively not be received for
the Express ny phone. They must be
brought to the office. Please do no,
phone them, II is embarrassing to us
to refuse to receive them. 11-3-t
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rose,
Come to the Eagle to buy nobby silk
hose. 3O-lt
Some musical act-Kozy today. II
Mrs Bredlove. Mrs. John Dean and /
Mrs. Tom Jones of Ryan, are the
guests of Mrs. l.. D. Majors.
G Vera S-i-s-s-on-Kozy today. 1t
Misses Mona and Mehantta Vincent
of Blanchard are in the city, the
guests of friends.
'ge sport" and come to the Col
lege Girls sale at Eagle Saturday.
s0-1s
Mrs. Evelyn Elder and Miss Pearl
Moss will motor over from Blanchard
to attend Everywoman.
Dingley Norton-some act -Kozy
today. IL
Mrs. L. H. Harbour has returned to
her home in Oklahoma City after q
visit with her son, P. ]. Harbour.
Keen Easter bonnets for less than
sonnet
Come in to the eagle" store and see
Collage Girls run It. 30-1t
w. H. Whitaker and daughters,
Misses Fannie and Minerva, have re-
turned from a visit to Kansas City.
Miss Frances Joliff and Miss Mary
Lee Durham, of Rush Springs, are in
Chickasha guests of Mrs. II. N, Multi
can.
strange case of Mary Page" every
Friday at Kozy. u
Miss Leatress Spring of Ryan is in
the city to attend "Everywoman,"
and while here will be the guest OF
Mrs. L. D. Major.
"Come''-take a peep at the ravish-
" beautiful silks, the stylish shoes,
| and the raft OF pretty ginghanls at
"the Eagle You can't help but buy
30-lt
| The ladies' of the Methodist church
invite their friends to meet their new
pastor and presiding elder at recep-
ton tonight in the church parlors.
Vera Sisson in Battle of Truth at
Kczy today. i
Cards received here announce the
oirth OF a daughter, March IL, 1916,
to DR. and Mrs. Frederick Estabrook
Elliott of Brooklyn, New York. Mrs
Elliott will be remembered AS Miss
Stevens. teacher of domestic art at the
o. C. w.
Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Favreau, man
ayers of the Geronimo, expect to leace
sometime this week for Macon, Geor.
gia, where Mr.. Favreau will be gener
al manager of the Parker hotels and
eating houses. They wish to thanF
the people of Chickasha, and the la
dies especially, for their kind consid
Grafton and patronage.
| will be in Chickasha, Saturday
April 1st, at the Cheaney Hotel, from
IL o'clock until 5. | want several en-
,rsrotin man and women to assist me
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-03-30

Mr., and Mrs. F. H. Favreau, man
ayers of the Geronimo, expect to leace
sometime this week for Macon, Geor-
gia, where Mr.. Favreau will be gener-
al manager of the Parker hotels and
eating houses. They wish to thank
the people of Chickasha, and the la
dies especially, for their kind consid-
Grafton and patronage.
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Jeb McNash shook his head. A apasm
OF battle went through him and shook
him like a convulsion to the soles OF
his feet. He had but to crook his fin
ger to appease his blood-lust--and
break his pledge.
4 done give Anse my hand ter bide
my time 'twell war dead sartain," he
told himself. Il hain't quite dead sar-
tain" he told himself. Il hain't quite
dead sartain yit. reckon I've got ter
wait a SPELL"
He uncocked the rife and the other
boy rode on, but young Jeb folded his
arms on the wet earth and buried his
face in them and sobbed, and It was
an hour later that he stumbled to his
feet and went groggily back, drunk
with bitterness and emotion, toward
the house Of Anse Havey. Yet when
ne arrived after nightfall his tongue
told nothing and his features told less.
Juanita, living in the cabin she had
built with the girl who had become her
companion and satellite, making fire.
Quent hard journeys to some house
which the shadow OF illness had in
Vaded, found 1t hard to believe that
this life had been hers only a few
months. Suspense seemed to stretch
The Southern herald., 1916-02-25
CHAPTER XII.

One day in early October young
Milt McBriar happened upon Dawn
and Juanita walking in the woods.
The gallant colors and the smoky
mists of autumn wrapped the forests
and brooded in the sky. An elixir
went into the blood with each deep
drawn breath and set to stirring for
gotten or hitherto unawakened emo-
tions. And in this heady atmosphere
Of nuiHkeqed pulses the McBriar boz
haIteu ana saleu aS ~ v--,-s gsi-,
Juanita saw Young NiY's eyes fash
with an awakened spirit. 3he saw
look in his face which she was woman
enough to interpret even before he
himself dreamed what its meaning
might be.
Dawn was standing with her head
up and her lids half closed looking
across the valley to the Indian sum.
mer haze that slept in smoky purple
on the ridges. She wore dress OF
red calico, and she had thrust In her
belt few crimson leaves from a gum
tree and few yellow ones from a pop
lar.
Juanita Holland did not marvel at
the fascinated, almost rapt look that
came into Young Milts eyes, and
Young .dilt, too, as he stood there in
the autumn woods. vas himself no
mean figure. His lean body was
quick Of movement and strong, and
his bronzed face wore the straight.
looking eyes that carried an assurance
Of fearless honesty. He had been
away to Lexington to college and was
going back. The keen intelligence Of
his face was marred by no note OF
meanness, and now, as he looked at
the girl Of the enemy, HIS shoulders
came unconsCiously erect with some
thing of the pride that shows In men
of wild blood when they feel in their
veins the strain of the chieftains.
But Dawn. after her first blush,
dropped her lids a little and tilted her
chin, and without word snubbed him
with the air Of Havey looking down
on McBriar.
Milt met that gaze with a steady
one of his own and banteringly saidt
Dawn. pears like ye mought a. got
tangled up with rainbow"
Her voice was cool as she retorted:
81 reckon that's better than Citing
mixed up with some other things"
Il was Jest a-thinkin', es | looked al
ye," went on the boy gravely, ''thet
hits better then gittin' mixed up with
anything else"
(To BE cONTINuEp1
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SYNOPSIS.

Juanita Holland, PHILADELPHIA young
woman Of wealth, on her Journey with
her guide, Good Anse Talbot, into the
lheart Of the Cumberlands to become a
teacher Of the mountain children. faints
9L the door of Fleteh McNash's cabin.
While resting there she overhears a talk
between Bad Anse Havey, chief of his
clan, and one Of his henchmen that ac-
qualnts her with the Havey-McBrlar feud,
Juanita has an Improbable talk with Bad
sAnse and they become antagonists. Cal
Dougias OF the Havey clan Is on trial in
l,erll, for the murder of Noah Wyatt. a
McBriar In the night Juanita hears
1eudists ride past the McNash cabin,
Sganlta IIanI5 and Dawn McNash become
friends. Cal Douglas is acquitted Mash,
wyatt attempts to kill him but is him
sell killed by the Haveys. Juanita goes
70 i've with the Widow Everson, whose
poyss are outside the feud. Milt McBriar
nead or his clan, meets Bad Anse there
snd dlsciaims responsibility for Wyatt's
attempt to kill Douglas. They declare q
sruee, under pressure from Good Anse
IaiDott. Juanita thinks she finds that
sac Anse is opposing her efforts to buy
land, and build a school Milt McBriar
oreaks the truce by having Fletch Nc
Nash murdered. Jeb McNash begs Bad
Anse to tell him who killed his father.
guy IS not told. Juanlta and Bad Anse
Burther misunderstand each other. Bad
Anse is bitter.
The Southern herald., 1916-02-25
CHAPTER xI.

That summer Juanlta's cabin rose
on the small patch of ground bought
from the Widow Everson, for in these
hills the raising of house is a simple
thing which goes forward subject to
no delays of striking workmen or
baking contractors. The usual type,
with its single room, may be reared
In few days by volunteers who turn
their labor into a frolic, She had owed
much to Jerry Everson and to Good
Anse Talbot, for had her building
force been solldly Of Havey or Nc
Briar complexion the school would
henceforth have stood branded, in ma
tive eyes, feud institution.
But Good Anse and Jerry, who were
tolerated by both factions, and were
gifted with a rough.hewn diplomacy,
had known upon whom to call, even
while they had seemed to select at
random.
The cabin had been finished Just be-
fore the news came of the death OF
Fletch McNash. and Jerry Everson
had gone over with her to survey and
admire it.
AS he stood under the newly laid
roof. smiling the fresh, woody fra
GRANGE Of the green timbers, he pro.
duced from under his coat what looked
like giant powder-horn. He had
scraped and polished Il until It shone
like varnish, and he hung It BY It's
leather thong above the hearth.
What is II for. Jerryi" demanded
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reckon Anse Havey won't hardly let
hit go by without doin' nothin'. Thank
heaven, thar's some men left in ther
hills like Anse Havey-but ef Jeb don't
do nothin' I'll do hit myself"
Again Juanita shuddered, but It was
not the time for argument, and SO she
went on, bitterly accusing Havey in
her heart for his wizard hold on these
people-a hold which melted them to
bloodshed as the fanatical priests of
the desert urge on their wild tribes.
men.
She did not know that Bad Anse Ha-
vey went every few days over to the
desolated cabin and often persuaded
the boy to ride home with him and
spend part of the time in his larger
brick house. She did not know that
Bad Anse was coming nearer to lying
than he had ever before come in with
holding his strong suspicious from the
boy because of his unwillingness to
incite another tragedy.
So when one day a McBriar hench.
man by the name of Luke Thixton had
left the mountains and gone west, Anse
hoped that this man would stay away
for long while, and he refrained from
mentioning to Jeb that now, when
the bird had flown. he knew definitely
Of his guilt.
While Dawn, under the guidance OF
her preceptress, was making the ac-
Quaintance Of a new and sweeter life,
whose influences fed her imagination
and fred her quick ambition, her
The Southern herald., 1916-02-25

weeks to years, and she awoke each
new day braced to hear the news Of
some fresh outbreak, and wondered
why she did not. A few neighborhood
children were already learning their
rudiments, and plans for more build
ings were going forward.
Sometimes Jeb came over from the
brick house to see his sister, and on
the boys face was always dark cloud
of settled resolve. II Juanita never
questioned him on the topic that she
knew was nearest his heart it was be.
cause she realized that to do so would
be the surest way to estrange his
friendship and confidence.
In one thing she had gained point.
She had bought as much property as
she should need. Back somewhere be-
hind the veil of mysteries Anse Hayey
had pressed button or spoken word,
and all the hindrance that had lain
across her path straightway evaporat-
ed. Men had come to her, with no
further solicitation on her part, and
now 1t seemed that many were animat-
ed by desire to turn an honest penny
by the sale Of land. In every convey.
ance that was drawn-deeds of ninety
nine-year lease instead Of sale-she
read a thrifty and care'',l b., $500
Oh land laws and reservation of min
eral and timber rights which she
traced to the head Of the clan.
AS summer spent itself there was
opportunity for telling timber, and the
little sawmill down in the valley sent
up its drone and whine in proclama-
tion that her trees were being turned
into squared timbers for her buildings.
Once, when Milt McBriar rode up to
the sawmill, he found the girl sitting
there, her hands clasped on her knees,
gazing dreamily across the sawdust
and confusion Of the place.
"Ye're right smart interested in thet
thar woodpile. haint ye, ma'am" he
inquired with slow, benevolent smile.
His kindliness of guise invited conf.
dence, and there was no one else with.
in earshot, so the girl looked up, her
eyes little misty and her voice i'm.
pulsive.
'Mr. McBriar," she said, every one
of those timbers means part of a
dream to me, and with every one of
them that is set in place will go hope
and a prayer"
He nodded sympathetically. 'T reck.
on" he said, we kin do right smart
good, too"
"Mr. McBriar," she flashed at him In
point-blank questioning, "since came
here l have tried to be Of use in a
very simple and ineffective fashion. |
have done what little l could for the
sick and distressed, yet am constant.
ly being warned that I'm not allowed
to carry on my work. Do you know OF
any reason why l shouldn't go ahead %
He gazed at her for moment, quiz.
zically, then shook his head.
"oh, pshawI" he exclaimed, q
wouldn't let no sich talk es thet fret
me none. Folks round hyar hain't got
much ter do except ter gossip round.
Nobody hain't a-goin' ter hinder ye.
We haint such bad people. after ALL"
After that she felt that from the Nc.
Briars she had gained official sanction,
and her resentment against Anse Ha.
vey grew because Of his scornful IN.
graciousness.
The last weeks Of the summer were
weeks Of drought and plague. ordl
narily in the hills storms brew swiftly
and frequently and spend themselves
IN violent outpourlnga and cannonaa
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ing Of thunder, but that year ths
clouds seemed to have dried up, ana
down in the tableIands OF the Blue
Grass the crops were burned to worth
less stalk and shrunken ear. Even up
here, in the birthplace Of waters, the
corn was brown and sapless, SO that
when a breeze strayed over the hill.
side fields they sent up a thirsty, dying
rasp Of rafting whisper.
1t was not only in the famished
forests and scared fields that the hot
breath Of the plague breathed, carry
ing death in its fetid nostrils. Back In
the cabins Of the "branch-water folks"
where little springs diminished and be.
came polluted, all those who were not
strong enough to throw of the touch
Of the specter's finger sickened and
died, and typhoid went in and out Of
Havey shack and McBriar cabin whis-
pering, "a pest on both your houses"
The widow McNash had not been
herself since the death Of Fletch. She
who had once been so strong over her
drudgery, sat day long on the doorstep
OF her brothers hovel and, in the Lam
guage Of her people, "jest sickened an
pined away"
So, as Juanita Holland and Good
Anse Talbot rode sweating mules
about the hills, receiving calls for help
faster than they could answer them,
they were not astonished to hear that
the widow was among the stricken.
Though they fought for her life. she
refused to fight herself, and once
again the Eastern girl stood with
Dawn IN the brier-choked "buryin'-
ground" and once more across an open
grave she met the eyes Of the man
who stood for the old order.
But now she had learned to set q
lock on her lips and hold her counsel.
So, when she met Anse and Jeb after
ward, she asked without rancor: May
| take little Jesse back with me, tooY
He's too young" she added, with just
heartsick trace of her old defiance,
to be useful to you, Mr.. Havey, and
Id like to teach him what can"
Anse and Jeb conferred, and the
elder man came back and nodded his
head.
Jesse can go back with ye," he said.
I'm still amin to give ye all the rope
ye wants. When we've had enough an
quits, let me know, an I'll take care Of
Fletch's children"
And on her farm, as folks called
Juanita's place, that September saw
many changes. Near the original
cabin was springing up new struc-
ture. larger than any other house in
that neighborhood, except, possibly,
the strongholds Of the chiefs, and as
1t grew and began to take form 1t inn
parted an air of ordered trlmness to
the countryside about it. It was fash
Toned in such style as should be In
keeping with its surroundings and not
give too emphatic note OF alien
strangeness.
Juanita wished that her cabin could
house more occupants, for the plague
had left many motherless. families,
and many children might have come
into her fold. AS 1t was, she had sew
eral besides the McNashes as her nu-
cleus, and while the weather held
good she was rushing her work OF
timber-felling and building which the
winter would halt.
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the girl, and with that he took Il down
again and set It to his lips and blew.
A mellow sound, not loud, but far
carrying, like the fox-hunter's tally-ho,
foated over the valley.
Our house haint more than a
whoop an holler away" he said
awkwardlY but when ye're livin' over
hyar by yoreself, Of ye ever wants any
thing in ther nighttime, Jest blow thet
horn"
After she had almost burst her
cheeks with effort he added: Don't
never blow this signal onless ye wants
ter raise merry hell"
Then he initiated very low, through
pursed lips, three long blasts and
three short ones.
What's that signal?" she demand
ed.
"Ye've heered the McBriar YELL" he
told her. "Thet horn calls ther Havey
rallyin' signal. When thet goes out
every Havey thet kin tote guns got
ter git up an come. Hit means war. !"
Thank you. Jerry. l won't call the
Haveys to battle"
The night after she had flung her
challenge down to Bad Anse Havey
Juanita stayed at the McNash cabin
to be with Dawn and the widow. The
next day she went with them to the
mountainside "buryin' ground" where
Good Anse performed the last rites for
the dead.
After 1t was all over, and it had been
decided that the widow was to take
the younger children up Meeting
house fork to live with a brother, the
missionary and the teacher started
back. Jeb was to stay here alone to
run the farm, and when Juanita re-
turned to the ridge Dawn went with
her.
They were passing a tumbling wa
terfall, shrunken now to a trickling
rill, when Dawn broke the long silence.
"Wunst, when l war leetle gal"
she said, "Unc' Perry war abiding out
up thet branch from ther revenuers. /
used ter fotch his victuals up thar ter
him"
Juanita turned suddenly with
shocked expression. It was as If her
little songbird friend had suddenly and
violently reverted; as If the flower had
turned to poison weed. And as Jua-
nita looked Dawn's eyes were blazing
and Dawn's face was as dark as her
black hair-dark with the same ex-
preston which brooded on her broth
ers brow.
What is 1t, dear?" Juanita asked,
and in tense and fiery voice the
younger girl exclaimed:
Il wishes l war a man. wouldn't
wait and set still like Jeb's doin'. BY
heaven, I'd git thet murderer. I'd cut
his heart outen his body"
II tole ye," quietly commented
Brother Anse, tibet ther Instincts in
ther blood. Anse Havey went down
ter Frankfort an set in ther legislator
but he come back ther same man
thet went down. Somethin called
him. Somethin' calls ter every noun
tain man thet goes away, an he bark
ems ter ther call"
"Anse come back" repeated Dawn
triumphantly. "An' Anse is hyar. Eff
Jeb sets thar an don't do nothin', l
The Southern herald., 1916-02-25
lTo BE eoNTlNuEDl

A man may deliver a convincing
barroom oration concerning 6 ffee
country, and then Be required 70 rue
hls money On the couaier before being
served.
The Southern herald., 1916-02-25

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