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The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-01-23
PRESIDENT MAY
VISIT COLUMBUS
WILL Be INVITED TO IN.
CLUDE CITY IN CON-
TEMPLATED TOUR.
TO URGE BIG ARMY
FOR THIS COUNTRY
Will Visit Birmingham and il
is Hoped that He can Be In.
duced to Come Here.

Official announcement is made
IRON Washington to the effect
that President Wilson is soon to
start on a trip over the country for
the pupose Of delivering in a number
of different cities series of
speeches urging preparedness for
war, the creation of larger army
and navy, and, if an effort which is
to be made by a number of promi-
nent local citizens to induce him to
include Columbus in his itenerary
proves successful, one of the
speeches will be delivered in Colum.
bus.
OF course the larger cities of the
country will be given preference by
the president in making up his
route, and it may be impossible for
him to come to Columbus, but the
invitation win nevertheless be ex-
tended and many well informed cit
izens are sufficiently optimistic to
believe that it will be accepted It
will be remembered that when the
invitation was extended former
President Taft to visit Columbus
ST.. years age most peOrl7 thought
that the effort to induce him to
come here would be vain one, and
even those who headed the move
ment were, deep down in their
hearts, very dubious about the out
come of their efforts. They went to
work with a will, however, and
through Hon. J. M. Dickinson, who
was then secretary of the navy
Mr. Taft was induced to come to
Columbus, his visit having brought
here from nearby towns thousands
of strangers and having marked ar
epoch in the city's history.
Columbus now has equally a.
good a chance to secure President
Wilson as she had to secure former
President Taft in 1909, for Hon
T. w. Gregory, the pesent attorney
general, is native of Lownde'
county, and will work just as earn
estly to induce the present Chiel
Executive to come here as Mr.. Dick
inson worked to induce former
President Taft to visit Columbus
six years ago. Attorney-Genera
Gregory has not only large mum
Der of close personal friends bu
several relatives here, as these gen
tlemen will write him strong letters
urging him to do every thing in hi
power to induce the president to in
clude Columbus in his coming tour
While not yet assured, the visit Of
! President Wilson to Columbus is by
no means a dream or fanciful men
tai creation to fill newspaper space
1t has already been officially an
nounced that he will go to Birming
ham, and New Orleans will undoubt
edly be included in his itenerary
Columbus is on a practical direc'
line between these cities, and h
could arrange to stop over here fol
an hour without the slightest incon
venience. Whether or not the effor
to induce President Wilson to com,
to Columbus is successful, it is Ger
tainly worth trying, and local citi
zens are going to do everything pos
sible to persuade him to include thi
! city in his itenerary.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-01-23

PASS HANGING BILL.

Jackson. Miss. Jan. zi.-
The Mississippi House Of
Representatives today went on
record In opposition N public
hangings. when the bin Of Nj.
Green. Of ilinds county. to this
effect was passed by n vote Of
81 to 81. In the Senate at the
same time Senator Thompson,
Of llauderdale county. intro
duced a number Of bills chang.
ing the penalty Of a number Of
crimes from hanging to life
Imprisonment. Chairman Nor
wood. Of the House judiciary
committee, called up the Green
bill at the morning session, and
its author made a strong
speech in favor of its passage
Mr.. Green declared that the
present method of permitting
public hangings is a relic of
barbarism, and lowers the dig
nifty of Mississippi.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-01-23
COLUMBUS To HAVE
A BIC CHAUTAUQUA
CONTRACT SIGNED WITH
REDPATH LYCEUM
BUREAU.
Is ATTRACTIONS
TO BE OFFERED
Ten Entertainments Will Be
Free, And Admission Will
Be Charged for Remainder.

Contracts have been signed with
the Redpath Lyeeum Bureau, of
Chicago, whereby Columbus Sc
cures series of Chatauqua enter
tainments which will be held here
next spring. Definite dates have not
as yet been fixed, but the enter
tainment will be given some time in
May, the first one probably taking
place between the first and fif-
teenth of that month.
Messrs. c. E. Price and A. L.
Thomas, representatives of the Red
path Lyceum Bureau, have been in
Columbus several days making ar
angements for the local ChatauqIa
season, and these arrangements
were completed Friday, a large
number of citizens having obligat.
ed themselves to become responsible
for the necessary guarantee.
There will be sixteen entertain.
ments, six of which will be free
while a small admission fee will be
charged the remainder. These en-
tertainments will cover wide range
including lectures, addresses, musi-
Gals and recitals. The prorram will
be arranged with view of making
a special appeal to children, and the
entertainments for the little ones
which will include storytelling
folklore songs and other divertise
ments that delight juvenile hearts
will be absolutely free.
The following is list of those
who agreed to become responsible
for the guarantee: Messrs. w. H
Carter, J. w. Lipscomb, r. E. John
ston, John Oliver, N. ]. Searcy, s
B. Johnston, S. l.. Caine, Shapirs
Shoe Store, L. f. Mayfield, T. W
Harris, H. G. Stephenson, L. Z
Lide, John A. Lipsey, R. E. Leigh
Drs. Berry, Brooks MCGOWAN, X. j
Harris, j. 7. Sanford, w. T. Law
renee, Commercial Hotel, V. 3
lines, ]. w. Burris, w. S. Phillips
+. L. Kuykendall, S. Loeb & Bro, T
Z. Lott, w. V. Frierson, Jr,, L. B
Divelbiss, S. d. Harris, Frank c
Owen, W. N. Holesapple, Seth A
Meek, B. B. Muslin, R. B. Eggles
ton, John R. Laws, Kaufman Bros.
DR.. W. c. Brewer, w. E. Kennedy
F. P. Phillips, DR.. Geo. L. Dowdle
Columbus Commercial, by Geo. @
Senter.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-01-23
Baker-F reemsn,

Mr.. w. B. Baker and Mrs. Lula
Freeman were married at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Kline on Col
lege street Saturday. January IA,
at 600 p. m, the ceremony having
been performed by Judge 7. NJ.
Cummings. The marriage was very
quiet and unostentatious one, only
the immediate relatives ard few
intimate friends of the contracting
parties being present.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-01-23

Two interesting meetings will be
held in Columbus on Monday, Jan.
uary 30, at the Chamber of Com
merce.
At 1890 a. m, the citizens of tn;
county interested in creamer,
will meet, and in the afternoon a
l 80 o'clock the members of tn,
First State Bank Pig Club will hole
a meeting. All boys il the county
who care to become members of thi
club are urged to attend.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-01-23

Mr.. j. T. Wood was visitor Il
Jackson the first of the week.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-01-23

Mr.. julius Marks visited Jackson
the first of the week.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-01-23

Messrs. Orion and Mock Warren
Eichelberger, and Mr.. L. d. Banks,
OF the a. and u. College. are spend
ing the weekend here with Mrs. H
/. Eichelberger.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1916-11-18

unusually tall figure. When 1t np-
peared nearer he was seen to be walk
Ing with both arms raised, hands high.
Ho slowed his stride.
Does Burt Jones live herer he
asked, In a low, hurried voice.
II reckon. I'm Burt. What can I
do for you?" replied Jones.
The stranger peered around, stealth
lily came closer, still with his hands up.
1T Is known that Buck Duane Is
here. Captain MacNelly's camping on
the river just out Of town. He sends
word to Duane to come out there after
dark"
The stranger wheeled and departed
as swiftly and strangely us he had
come.
"Bust me! Duane, whatever do you
make OF thatT exclaimed Jones.
"A new one on me-" replied Duane,
thoughtfully.
First FOOL thing ever heard of
MacNelly Going. Can't make head nor
tails Of 1t. I'd have said off-hand
that MacNelly wouldn't double-cross
anybody. He struck me square man,
sand all through. But hell I! he must
mean treachery. can't see anything
else in that deal"
maybe the Captain wants to give
me fair chance to surrender without
bloodshed." observed Duane. pretty
decent Of him, If he meant that"
"He invites you to come to his camp
after dark. Something strange about
this, Duane. But MacNelly's a new
man out here. He does some queer
things. Perhaps he's getting swelled
head. Well, whatever his intentions.
his presence around Mercer is enough
for us. Duane, you hit the road and
put some miles between you and the
amiable Captain before daylight. To-
morrow I'll go out there and ask him
what in the devil he meant"
'"That messenger he sent-he was a
ranger" said Duane.
''Sure he was, and nervy one! 1t
must have taken sand to come bracing
you that way. Duane, the fellow
uiull puSh u gun. IL SWSui W th"''
Pretty odd, this trick. But you can't
trust 1t. Hit the road, Duane"
A little later black horse with
muf,led hoofs, bearing a tall dark rider
who peered keenly into every shadow,
trotted down a pasture lane back Of
Jones' house, turned into the road,
and then, breaking into swifter gait,
rapidly left Mercer behind.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1916-11-18
CHAPTER XII.

Next morning Duane was Off again,
working south. During the next few
days he paid brief visits to several
villages that lay in his path. And in
each some particular friend had n
piece of news to impart that made
Duane profoundly thoughtful. A
ranger had made quiet, unobtrusive
call upon these friends and left this
message, "Tell Buck Duane to ride
into Captain MacNelly's camp some
time after night"
Duane concluded, and his friends all
| agreed with him, that the new rangers
main purpose in the Nueces country
was to capture or kill Buck Duane,
| and that this message was simply an
| original and striking ruse, the daring
| of which might appeal to certain out
laws.
But 1t did not appeal to Duane. His
curiosity was aroused it did not, how
ever, tempt him to any foolharuy act.
| He turned southwest and rode hun
1red miles until he again reached the
sparsely settled country Here he
| heard no more of rangers.
He got into rough country, rode for
three days without covering much
ground, but believed that he was get
| ting on safer territory. Twice he came
to a wide bottom-land green with will
| low and cottonwood and thick as
chaparral. somewhere through the
middle Of which ran a river he de-
| n No
One evening as he stole out from
| a covert where he had camped, he saw
the lights of a village. He tried to
| pass 1t on the left, but as he mounted
a ridge he noted that the road made a
sharp turn, and he could not see what
was beyond 1t. He slowed up and
was making the turn, which was down
hill between high banks Of yellow
clay, when his mettlesome horse heard
something to brighten him or SHE'D ut
something and bolted.
The few bounds he took before
Duane's iron arm checked him were
enough to reach the curve. One
flashing glance showed Duane the open
once more, little Wiley below with a
wide, shallow. rocky stream, clump
Of cottonwoods beyond, somber
group Of men facing him. and two
dark. limp strangely grotesque figures
hanging from branches.
The sight was common enough in
southwest Texas, but Duane had never
before found himself SO unpleasantly
close. rs
A hoarse voice pealed out by hell
there's another one"
Stranger, ride down an account fer
yourselfw yelled another. ~
"Hands-upw
"Thet's right, Jack; don't take no
chances. Plug himw
These remarks were SO swiftly ut
tered as almost to be continuous,
Duane was wheeling his horse when a
rifle cracked. The bullet struck his
left forearm and he thought broke It.,
for he dropped Tie REIN The frigttep-
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1916-11-18

TOPPING along in his rear. He paid No
more attention to them. and with teeth
set he faced ahead, grimmer now In
his determination to foil them.
Sight of the village ahead surprised
Duane. He reached II sooner than he
expected. Then he made discovery
he had entered the zone Of wire fences.
As he dared not turn back now, he
kept on, intending to ride through the
village. Looking backward. he saw
that his pursuers were half a-rmile
distant, too far to alarm any villagers
In time to intercept him In his flight.
AS he rode oy the first houses his
horse broke and began to labor.
Duane did not believe he would last
long enough to go through the village.
Saddled horses In front of a store
gave Duane an idea, not by any means
new, and one he had carried out sue
cessfully before. AS he pulled In his
heavlng mount and leaped Off. couple
OF ranchers came out Of the place, and
one of them stepped to clean-limbed.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1916-11-18

clear stream between yellow cliffs,
stood a small deserted shack of cover
ed mesquite poles. 1t had been made
long ago, but was well preserved. A
| door faced the overgrown trail, and
another faced down into a gorge Of
dense thickets. On the border fugi-
tives from law and men who hid in
fear Of someone they had wronged
never lived In houses with only one
door.
1t was wild spot, lonely. not fit
for human habitation except for the
outcast. o.
On clear days-and rare indeed were
cloudy days-with the subsiding of the
wind Mt sunset hush seemed to fall
around the little hut. Far-distant dim
blue mountains stood gold-rimmed
gradually to fade with the shading Of
light.
At this quiet hour man climbed
up out Of the gorge and sat In the
westward door Of the hut. This lonely
watcher of the west and listener to the
silence was Duane. And this hut was
the one where, three years before,
Jennie had nursed him back to life.
The killing of man named Sellers,
and the combination of circumstances
that had made the tragedy a memoir
able regret, had marked, IL not a
change, ut least cessation in Duane's
activities. lie had trailed Sellers to
kill him for the supposed abducting
Of Jennie. Vague rumors, few words
here and there, upauthenucated stor-
les were all that Duane had gathered
In years to substantiate his belief
that Jennie died shortly after the be-
ginning of her second captivity.
Sellers might have told him. Duane
expected, If not to force it from him
Mt the end, to read 1t In his eyes. But
the bullet went too unerringly; 1t
locked his lips and fixed his eyes.
After that meeting Duane lay long
at the ranch-house Of friend, and
when he recovered from the wound
Sellers had given him he started with
two horses and pack for the lonely
gorge on the Nueces. There he had
been hidden for months, a prey to re-
morse, dreamer, a victim Of
phantoms.
II took work for him to find SUBJ
sistence in that rocky fastness. And
work, action, helped to pass the hours.
But he could not work all the time,
even If he had found it to do. Then
in his idle moments and ut night his
task was to live with the hell in his
mind.
The sunset and the twilight hour
made all the rest bearable. The little
hut on the rim of the gorge seemed to
hold Jennie's presence. 1t was not
as If he felt her spirit. II 1t had been
he would have been sure of her death.
He hoped Jennie had not survived her
second mlsfortune; and that intense
hope had burned into belief, If not
surety.
A strange feature Of this memory
of Jennie was the freshness Of 1.-THE
failure Of years, toll, strife, DEATH
dealing to dim ito deaden the
thought of what might have been. He
had marvellous gift Of INSTALLATION.
He could shut his eyes and see Jennie
before him just as clearly as IL she
had stood there In the flesh. For
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1916-11-18

hours he did that, dreaming. dreaming
of life he had never tasted and now
never would TASTE. He thought OF her
beauty and sweetness, of the few
things which had come to mean to
him that she must have loved him |;
and he trained himself to think OF
these In preference to her life at
BANDS, the escape with him, and
then her recapture, because such men,
cries led to bitter, frultless pain. He
had to fight suffering because 1t was
eating ddt his heart
Sitting there, eyes wide open. he
dreamed Of the old homestead and his
white-haired mother. He saw the old
home-life, sweetened and filed by dear
new faces and added Joys. 60 on be-
fore his eyes with him part Of It.
Then in the Inevitable reaction, In
the refux Of bitter reality, he would
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1916-11-18
SYNOPSIS.

The time Of tho story: about 1875. The
place: The Texas COW country. The chief
character: Buckley Duane, a young man
euppresses. In self-defensN he shoots dead
a drunken bully and is forced to flee to
the wild country where he Joins BANDS
outlaw band. Euchre. an amiable rascal,
tells him about Jennie, a young girl who
had been abducted and sold to Bland for a
bad fate. They determine to rescue the
girl and restore her to civilization. Eu-
dangerously wounded by Mrs Bland. but
escapes with Jennie
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1916-11-18

fiery bay. He was about to get into
his saddle when he saw Duane, and
then he halted, foot In the stirrup.
Duane strobe forward, grasped the
bride of this mans horse.
mines done-but not killed." he
painted. "Trade with me-"
oval, stranger. I'm shore always
ready to trade" drawled the man.
"But amt you Il little swift2"
Duaneyganced back up the road.
His pursuers were entering the village.
"rm Duane-Buck Duane" he cried,
menaclngly. "Will you trader Hurry
The rancher, turned white, dropped
his foot from the stirrup and fell back.
II reckon I'll trade" he said.
Bounding up, Duane dug spurs into
the bays TANKS. The horse snorted
in fright, plunged into run. He was
fresh. swift, half wild. Duane flashed
by the remaining houses on the street
out into the open. But the road ended
ut that village or else led out from
some other quarter, for he had ridden
straight into the fields and from them
into rough desert. When he reached
the cover of mesquite once more he
looked back to find six horsemen with
In rifle shot Of him, and more coming
behind them.
His new horse had not had time to
get warm before Duane reached high
sandy bluff below which lay the willow
brakes. AS far as he could see extend
ed an immense fiat strip or red-tinged
willow. How welcome II was to his
eye He felt like hunted wolf that.
weary and lame, had reached his hole
in the rocks. Zlgzagging down the
soft slope, he put the bay to the dense
wall Of leaf and branch. But the
horse baked.
There was little time to lose. Dis
mounting he dragged the stubborn
beast into the thicket. This was
harder and slower work than Duane
cared to risk. If he had not been rush.
ed he might have had better success.
SO he had to abandon the horse-a
circumstance that only such sore
straits could have driven him to. Then
he went slipping swiftly through the
narrow aisles.
He had not got under cover any
| too soon. For he heard his pursuerS
piling over the BLUM, loud-voiced, con
fident, brutal. They crashed into the
| willows.
"Hi, Sidi Heahs your boss ~ called
one, evidently to the man Duane had
| forced into n trnde
"Say, IL you locoed gents II hold ur
little I'll tell you somethin'," replied
voice from the blum.
"Come on, Sldi We've got him
corralled," said the first speaker.
"wal, mebbe, an II you hev it's lia-
BILE to be damn hot Thet Teller was
Buck Duane"
Absolute silence followed that state
ment. Presently 1t was broken by q
rafting Of loose gravel and then low
voices.
HE can't git acrost the river. tell
you" came to Duanes ears. "He'a
corralled In the brake. ! know thet
hole"
Then Duane. gliding silently and
swiftly through the willows. heard no
more from lbs pursuers. He headed
straight for the river. Threading a
passage through willow brake was
an old task for him. Many days and
nights had gone to the acquiring Of a
skill that might have been envied by
an Indian.
Eeeeee~eee~e~~ee~oeo~-~o2
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1916-11-18
Considering all the domestic

Considering all the domestic
troubles, family scandals and
love affairs that turn out badly,
one might be cynical indeed
about the nower Of woman's az
lection and trust to keep a man
on the path Of honor in the face
Of aIluring temptation. But
there comes into Buck Duane's
life feminine influence so fine
las depicted by the author
that the reader Of "The Lone
Star Ranger" cannot resist the
charm Of it all. II you want the
cream Of romance and adven-
ture, don't miss this instailment.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1916-11-18
CHATTER xl.

A hundred miles from the haunts
most familiar with Duane's deeds. far
~ vhsrs the Nusces ran trickling
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1916-11-18

Do you believe that Captain.
McNeiIy 10 trying to lure Duane
to HE camp at night time In or
der to shoot him from ambushf
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1916-11-18

Buck and Jennie are sitting In the
wilderness cabin discussing their fu-
ture.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-03-31

town teachers lowered and the country teachers the
district allowed substantial increase in salary five
OF coal were furnished each country school and their cond
ton otherwise improved. Why should Mr. Olvers attitude
be hongcd sqarey around from vhat 1t last year even
Mrs Oliver candidate and in years previous? Why
has he unexpectedly become the champion of the country
school?
John Oliver has made the statement that if he again
gains control of the school board he will make general
ceanpg from janitor to clerk. And this promise
that we believe he would keep
Do 1rat to Ouer pick to- the $1,000
hedJ p(1t that the roe's are paying for mou, aohen, had
1t moi been Of his niatakes this $1,000 vod haze
been spent for improvements IN the country schools?
DO uah repetiton Of the turbulent and unharm1on-
times that prevaed nhen Honest John the Job
bore1 Do auat Oliver supplant the 1veordered
o satisfactory school system of this district with chaotic
regime? DO paut to Billy Freese oused from
his position clerk Of the board when he has serued ovsey
and 1cN, is trustee clerk, for sl1teen gears?
W. do not believe that the hghy-coored prediction
promises made by Mr. Oliver going to influence the calm
judgment Of the voters to great extent. We have at
hand letter which sent out Mrs. divers
last year. when she candidate for school trustee, in
which the voters in the district outside Of town prom
cd The schools conducted in the outside sections will be
given the careful attention the town school and
believe they should have just much school should the
toW~.'
Is learned that the country last spring. after
Ms Oir0 assumed the craftsmanship of the board
month shorter than the gear before Mrs. Oliver being
Jfaeo7 Of the cHrtnjncn.
sign published statement promising the country portion Of
the district square deal in every possible In fact she
has made such verbally has also Board Men,
Der r. II. Ferguson.
But We nave based argument upon future pos
sbes they forecased by past events rather than
upon the doubtful ground Of prediction promises.
---CoMMrrEE.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-03-31
Movies so Start.


The movie show at the Play
House will open Sunday night
with . tive reel feature entitled
THE jQWel'. Miss Ella Hall,
the noted Juvenile star, appears
in The leading rol! supported by a
cast Of artists, For this opening
bill popular prices will prevail,
being 23c for children Up to
twelve years o. age and 35c for
all others. Considering that this
program is first class. recently re-
leased feature, these prices are
extremely low Doors open at
$50; show starts at S:15.