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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-02-12
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OF Live Stock & Farming Implements.

Of Live Stock & Farming Implements.
Having sold my farm, / will sell at
said farm, at Reedson, 3-miles north
of Halltown, 6-miles south of Shep-
herdstown, and 2-miles east of Duff
fields, on the Halltown and Shepherds
town pike, on
Wednesday, February 20, 1918,
commencing at 10 o'clock a. M, the
following personal property to-wit:
ELEVEN HID. HORSES & COLTS.
No. l, Fan, bay mare, 7-yrs. old,
barshear leader and a fine brood mare,
weight 1900 lbs, No. 2, Nell, bay mare,
6-yrs. old, good brood mare and well
broken, weight 400 lbs, No. 3, Ned,
gray gelding, 9-yrs. old, can't be hitch
ed wrong, weight 1900 lbs, No. A, Bess.
black mare, 4-yrs. old, works any
where, No. 5, Star, black mare, 3-yrs.
old, No. s, Dolly, black mare, 2-yrs.
old, Nos. 2 and 8, pair of horse colts,
2-yrs. old. These colts will make a
fine team of horess, weight 1000 lbs.
No. 8, Standard bred driving mare, O.
yrs. old, fine roadster, No. 10, year
ling, roam colt, good one, No. ii, bay
mare sucking colt. This lot of hors-
es are all young, heavy boned, and
worthy of the attention of buyers.
SIXTEEN HEAD OF CATTLE.
Eight head of milk cows, one JERSEY
cow carrying her third calf, will be
fresh by day of sale, Holstein cows.
one will be fresh by day of sale. the
other giving full flow of milk, 2 roam
cows, carry ingtheir third calves, close
sprlngers, 3 Durham cows, l will be
fresh by day of sale, the other 2 in
early spring; 3 heifers will be fresh in
the spring; l Durham bull, 2-yrs. old,
an extra good one; 1 Holstein bull, 9
yrs. old; Guernsey bull, Tyr. old; 2
yearling bull calves.
Al HEAD OF HOGS IA.
Nine brood sows, some with pigs by
side, and rest will farrow in March:
l fine short nose Berkshire boar with
heavy bone; is shoats weighing from
so to 20 lbs. Balance are shoats
weighing from so to 60 lbs. This herd
OF hogs have been inoculated and are
immune from cholera.
FARMING IMPLEMENTS.
One 4-horse wagon and bed, "Old
Hickory 2-horse wagon and bed
"Beddendorph;" Deering binder. prac3
tlcally new, Johnson mower, only cut
z crops, Thomas horse rake, Superior
single disc grain drill, Superior hoe
drill, Johnson low down manure
spreader, Kentucky lime spreader
new; Simplex double check row corn
planter, Oliver pulverizer. 2 Oliver
Chilled plows No. 40, Syracuse 3-horse
pillow, 2 walking cultivators two T.
morse cuitlvators, 3 springtooth har-
rows, double A harrow, 2 double shovel
pioWs, single shovel plows, 1 set Of
sneiylngs, new; lot of single, double
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-02-12
For Rent.

FOR RENT, Immediate Possession.
Five room house on Eagle avenue:
7-room house, cellar, bath, furnace. IN
Ransom; Broom house George st.
Ransom. G.. F war
FOR RENT After April 1st:-
Rooms over Ralph Burns store room;
lower rooms also; house occupied by
PM Davis; house in Weiricks Row:
Two houses on Eagle avenue; also
eight a to 7room houses in Ransom.
ten to broom houses in Charles
loWn. c. F. WALL.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-02-12
ADVERTISED LETTERS

List of s,,ers remaining in the PoSrptfice at
Charles Town, Jefferson county. W. Va, on
s. ur rty, Feb 1918. Persons calling for
same VIII oe regairco 70 pay ore cent ter
ach le--e
George Bland, letters; Frank B.
Bell, Judge Brown, H. c. Chisen, Ar
thur Folsom, A. ]. Ford, Mr.. and Mrs.
NJ. L. Carney, ]. E. Henley, Frank
johnson, ]. NJ. Lawrence, John U.
War, Samuel /. Wilson, H. L. Rider.
Miss Anna Fallen, Mrs. Robert
Limestolle, Miss Beatrice Roberts,
Miss Lizzie Robinson, Mrs. H. w.
Simons
inc ABOVE letrere. II nos c'tllaG tor = I'll n
fifteen days, will be sent 20 the dead lett, r
office. Persons calling for them will please
say that they are advertise.
s. C. YOUNG, P. NJ
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-02-12
PUBLIC SALE
OF Valuable Live Stock and Farming
Implements.

We the undersigned will sell at Pub
lie Sale, on the Aisquith farm, 4-miles
west of Charles Town, near the road
leading from Charles Town to Summit
Point, on
Tuesday, March 5, 1918,
commencing at 10 a. M, the following
personal property, to-wit:
TEN HID. HORSES & COLTS.
No. 1, Lucy, grey mare, 7-yrs. old,
works anywhere, in foal to Byers'
Percheron stallion; No. 2, Bess, grey
mare, 11yrs. old, a good strap mare;
No. 8, Diamond, iron-grey mare, 4-yrs.
old, good strap mare; No. a, Deck,
sorrel gelding, coming 3-yrs. old,
heavy bone colt; No. 5, George, gray
gelding, coming 3-yrs. old; No. 6,
Lewis, brown gelding, coming 3-yrs.
old, No. 7, Tom, bay gelding, coming
3-yrs. old; No. 8, Logan, sorrel geld
ing, coming 2-yrs. old; No. 9, Lady,
bay FLY, coming 2-yrs. old; No. 10,
Topsy, grey driving mare, coming Z
yrs. old, safe for ladies to drive. The
above Swear Odds are well broken to
work.
TWENTY-SIX HEAD OF CATTLE.
Three milk cows, fresh COW with
calf by her side, l will be fresh by
day of sale, the other one giving full
flow of milk; a nice heifers, will be
fresh in the summer; 10 steers, weigh
ing from 700 to 300 lbs. This is an
extra good lot of stock cattle.
% HEAD OF HOGS %.
Four brood sows, will farrow in the
spring; "a nice thrifty shoats weigh
ing from 80 to 40 lbs. each.
FARMING IMPLEMENTS.
One Shoe Thomas disc grain drill,
practically new; new Deering mower,
only used two seasons; 8 Oliver Chill
ed plows, No. 40; wood frame spring
tooth harrows; square spiketooth har-
row; 2 walking cultivators, Brown
make; l |. H. c. A hp. gasoline engine;
feed grinder; wood saw and frame;
6-inch belt, 20-feet long; l buggy pole;
lot of new thribble, double and single
trees, and many other articles.
Some Yellow Seed Corn.
TERMS:-A credit of II months
will be given on all sums of $40 and
over, purchaser to give a negotiable,
well endorsed, interest bearing note,
payable at the Bank of Charles Town.
Sums under SO, cash. No property
to be moved until terms of. sale are
complied with.
PEER BROS.
Chas. 7. Engle, Auctioneer.
Bane Brown, Clerk.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-02-12
To The Public !!

| have a man DOW to run nv mill ard
axe care Of INV trade.
We crush aud grind all kinds Of stccL
feed every day, exchange eal for cn,n
and keep on hand o. K. Horse Feed inst
try it.
We solicit share 81 your trade. ard al
ways aim 70 please everybody.
spectfully.
L. L. WILSON
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-02-12
State of Ohio, city OF Toledo. =
Lucas County fSS.

Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he ia
senior partner of the firm Of n TSb aaT -
$ Co, doing business in the CITY of To,
ledo, County and State aforesaid and
that said firm will pay the sum Of ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and ev
cry case of Catarrh that cannot he cl1red
by the use of HALLS CATARRH CITPT
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence. this 9th day of December
4. D. 1856.
(SeaD A. w. GLEASON
Notary Public
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internallt
and acts directly upon the blood and mn
oous surfaces of the system. Send for
testimonials, free.
r. J. CHENEY e CO.. Toledo. O.
Sold by al Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consultation.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-02-12

Huntington.-Mrs James F. Loring,
wife of the Chesapeake & Ohio engi-
peer killed was in a wreck near Rus
ell, KY, unable to attend her hus-
bands funeral here because of in
iuries received at nearly the same
time in Havana, Cuba.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-02-12
W. m. COX w ELL,
Contractor and Builder.
CHARLES TOWN. ". va

CHARLES TOWN. W. VA
The undersigned is prepared to coosraci
for and execute all kinds of bnilding in g
workman-like manner. and respectful
soicits share of the public patronage
Jnne 24-y. " " POXWE
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-02-12

Observation-Disclosures in gas rates
amounting to approximately u to 20
per cent were allowed by the West
Virginia Public Service Commission
when President E. r. Morgan, of the
commission, made public his opinion
based on the application of the West
Virginia Central Gas Co and the West
Virginia and Maryland Gas Co. and the
Northern Natural Gas Co, which sup
ply numerous towns in Central West
Virginia with natural
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-02-12

Charleston.-Inform from a
number of sources, including the Of
fees of the Kanawha Coal Shippers
Association, indicated that the effect
of the first four days of the national
fuel administration shutdown order
on production and the use of fuel by
industrial concerns, had not been to
improve conditions in so far as the
supply of coal cars at the mines was
concerned.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-02-12
Storage.

We have large storage room over
our place of business, and can furnish
any amount of space desired for the
storage of furniture &c.
n. S. ]. Strider.
ID. w. Ramey.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-02-12

Charleston.-Bee raising on an ex-
tensive scale will be started in West
Virginia at an early date by an Amer
lean now engaged in this husbandry
In Porto Rico, according to the state
ment made by Commissioner of Agri-
culture James H. Stewart.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-02-12
Notice.

We the undersigned Coal dealer OF
Charles Town are compelled to make a
barge for sacking and carrying in coal. Az
n less than twenty-five cents per ton. l5c
per half Ton and Zoe per quarter ton. at
pr eseut we will only sell one ton or les
to any one customer at time.
JNO. O. BURNS & co.
WM. r. REED & SON.
MiLEY BROTHERS.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-02-12

Fairmont-The West Virginia Coal
Operators Association has distrib-
nted 10000 appeals to mine workers,
urging upon them the necessity of ev-
cry man doing all that he can to win
the great war. Three appeals are
printed in English, Italian, Slovak and
Russian.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-02-12

Clarksburg. originating from g
defective flue in the Outright hotel de-
stroyed virtually the entire business
7ection of Alexander, lumber town
near Buckhannon. The total loss is
estimated at $4,000.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-02-12

Charleston.-Hearing what she de-
scribed as grunts, the small daughter
Of Mrs. John Mayer FASTENED into the
mothers room and discovered her
closed up in a folding bed with her
feet protruding. After being released
she said she was not hurt, but de-
manded the arrest of her husband for
putting her there.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-02-12

Charleston.-J. A. Viquesney, for ten
gears in the state service as chief for
EST, game and fish warden, and whose
term will expire soon, is here from
Belington making arrangements to
open business Office in Charleston
and retire from public office on that
date.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-02-12
Automobile TO Sale

FOR SALE:-Late 1915 Touring
Car, demountable rims. For further
information apply at the
Feb.5-2t. Spirit Office.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-02-12

Huntington.-The Huntington chap
Ser of the American Red Cross is COM
posed of 1883 members, according to
Information given out at the headquar-
sers in the Elks' Club building.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-02-12
NOTICE.

NOTICE.
DIR. Mary E. Conrad
Mechano-Therapeutic Physician
Chiropidist and Orthopraxic
Foot Specialist
will be at the Jefferson Hotel, We'd
nesday, February 18th, from 10 a. M,
to $50 p. m. If you suffer with pain
full aching feet see US for immediate
relief. Examination free.
Weak Arches, Flat Feet, Painful
Bunions and all Minor Foot Troubles
a speciality.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-02-12
Wanted /!

100 bard bone dry Hickory axles, highest
cash price.
HESS CARNAGE company.
Jan. st Hagerstown. Nd.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-02-12

Huntington-In fit of drunken
rage, Galley Ball attacked and stabbed
his wife at their home here. Ball used
q two-haded pocket knife and inflicted
, serious flesh wound twelve inches in
length. Mrs Ball was not removed
from the home. but was attended by
DE-. c. T. Taylor, who stated that the
wound was not a fatal one.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-02-12
Buqg!ss and Caro-

buggleS d"u s.
Complete stock = =
rubber tires at +
than can be offered y H
Write Us bsfrr e.. y
either vehicles OF lD' +
Thrush & s''S y
Shippensbdrg'
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-02-12
ONE MORE EXAMINATION DAY

An examination will be given on
Wednesday, February Is, to accommo-
date Class One men who, because of
sickness or other reasons, have not
attended any of the preceding exami-
nations. The list below contains the
names of registrants who have not
been examined up until February 81.
Serious penalties are prescribed for
registrants who purposely ignore the
notice for their physical examination.
Howard NJ. Thornton, Samuel Earl
Luckett, Jesse Ransom Buzzard, Car
roll Leslie Dennis, James Bernard
Moler, Geo. William Johnson, William
Boyd, Robt. Washington McCarty,
Joseph Franklin Nick, Newton Neill
Anderson, David Harold Beck, Rod
ney Harrison Fields, Hugh Sagler
Moler, William Dyott Rockenbaugh,
Benz. F. Hahn, Robert Neal Ridgeway,
John Robert Riley, Jesse McGarry,
Samuel c. Hines, Joseph Albert Rus
sell, Bennett Russell Wood, Joseph
Colbert Reed, Harry Brown Langdon,
William Lucas Miller, Samuel John
son Mitchell, Forrest Feagans, Edgar
NELL Fry, James Pendleton, Shady
M. Blackburn, Rufus Orville McBrien,
Mann Nelson coleman, Charles Irwin
M. Watson, Clemon Gray, Hammond
Tabler Staley, Kirby Lee Hershman,
David Tilman Spriggs, Charles Henry
Johnson, Geo. Franklin King, James
William Faircloth, Grosvenor ".
Crabbe, Liugie Paolucci, Joseph Ed
gar Webb.
According to an order issued by the
War Department this week regis
trant with a transfer may be exam
med by the County Board, or the Ad-
visory Medical Board. Heretofore all
such registrants were required to ap-
pear before the Advisory Board only
for examination. They now have a
choice between the local and the Ad-
visory Boards.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-02-12
Store Rem ~

Market Mari Hf House Building ..s !
g ny H BE- IN tie hand ., as :
House CommittsTs y \. AlI
". 4. ~ VIZ
A. D. 1Tas
4. n 5
Market House
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-02-12

Charleston.-The auditors Office has
collected about five million dollars in
the last ten days, representing one
half of the state tax due from sheriffs
amounting to about 100000 The pub
lie service corporations pay their tax
es to the auditor, and this year the
total, including fee for the support OF
the public service commission, is
81, 425 900.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-02-12

Parkersburg. West Virginia
Manufacturers Association will have
as it's major topics of discussion the
federal tax law, the state workmens
compensation fund and the general at
titude of the government to business
of the commonwealth at its meeting
here February IA and 10, according to
announcement. At the recent conven-
decided upon this city as its next meet
ing place after an election of officers.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-02-12
National Citizens Bank No.
tice.

The National Citizens Bank will be closed
on February IL and 22-Legai HOLIDAYS.
A. Nj. s. MORGAN, Cashier.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-02-12
Regular Examination Of Registrars
C0mDleted.


regular days.
The list of those examined and pass
edsince our last issue follows:
1856 VIM. F. Bradley
832 Geo. Henry Willis
835 Frank Thomas
500 Gordon Bready
767 Frank L. Mcdonald
915 Charles H. Koonce
912 John Henry Fields
945 Lige Clay
1135 James Lawrence Gray
ATT Frank A. Mcdonald
872 Gilbert Lee Dodson
$40 Howard l.. Sechrist
1923 Charles w. Clinton
952 Franklin Lee Russ
1872 Howard Fuller
654 Bailey Newman
652 James Newman
921 Harvey Johnson
$50 Daniel Lucas Beaner
859 Rudolph V. Talbot
$50 Edward Benjamin Mitchell
1872 Raymond w. Rideout
1913 Eugene Fuller
824 Charles T. Sechrist
904 Eldridge w. Barnes
900 Robt. S. Mansfield
839 Charles Hershman
926 Edgar Earl Lancaster
876 Jesse Edward Price
1913 Chas. Frederick Wall
800 Joseph William McSherry
1888 Wilmer B. Miller
964 Harry Staley White
901 Sam Miller
1863 Joseph William Cookus
883 Bassie Chinto
902 Harrison Washington Johnson
1048 Harold w. Costello
1858 Thomas Smith Herrod
808 Perry Reed AFTER
1885 Earl Leora Daley
988 Earl H. Rodeffer
1041 William H. Eaton
993 Roy Hamill Hoffmaster
OFT Wilbur Bushrod Thomas
963 Garland M. Nicewarner
826 Raleigh Pearre Hoffman
944 Garland Wilson Piper
821 Ashby Francis Cain
1040 George Sanders Springer
1887 Harry Hudson Darr
1882 Daniel Howard Bagent
974 Wilbur Lee Carper
1921 Charles Henry Baylor
8S7 William Nicewarner
$50 Thomas Clabourne Johnson
966 Ernest V. Roper
1857 Mathew Mitchell
967 Forrest Griffin Johnson
1867 William Johnson
1116 James Richard Jones
1856 Benjamin Ony Whiting
1011 Bernard M. Dennis
GA Richard Elscott Jackson
1000 Hubert Clark
1899 Charles G. Cole
1854 Joseph Lee Ross
1868 John Hudson Smith
1914 George Henry Carr
$50 John Cleveland Fleming
1896 Rudolph E. Cromwell
$40 George Edward Marlatt
1886 Walter Hugh Hill
992 John Allen Reinhart
1851 Walter C. Graves
1852 Geo. w. Roper
979 Grover Cleveland Benner
1884 Elmer Bryan Hardy
1905 Rodney Jenkins
1895 Glenn Gill Gardener
943 Roy Bernard holland
1916 John Leonard Perry
397 Walker Luther Williams
791 Luther Robinson
921 Charles William coleman
972 Charles Newton Jones
1925 John Edward Schley
447 Raleigh Miller Moler
748 Harry Brown Langdon
1889 Arthur Neal Sampson
1923 Jesse Sylvester Daley
6S7 Walter Boyd Racey
664 Alfred Richard Hester
1146 Howard Allen
1923 Daniel Henry Sibert
1854 John Ferguson
1922 John Patrick Geary
80 B. c. Sponsler
1876 Lewis Edward Wiltshire
1131 Gordon Bowman
1877 Calvin Preston Engle
1892 Raymond H. Byers
1853 James H. McCauley
864 Robert Neal Ridgeway
1850 Robert Washington McCarty
628 James Pendleton
857 William Dyott Rockenbaugh
1917 Carroll Leslie Dennis
1888 Rodney Harrison Field
1916 Edgar Franklin Jacobs
Qualified for Limited Military Service.
568 James Madison Lynch
The following have been disqualified
for military service.
TO Arthur H. Henderson
Earl Glenn Marshall
Frank Hoff
1925 Arch Franklin Bowers
1882 David Harold Beck
n
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-02-12

Charleston The collection of
gloves to be made into vests for the
soldiers in France has been quite a
success so far. Up to the present time
several hundred gloves have been
brought in. The leather is cleaned and
sewed on the inside of the vest, so
that any kind of soft leather can be
used irrespective of color or kind.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-02-12

Charleseton.-The water works
question, the jitney bus question, the
South Side coasting problem, an ap-
plication from the Charleston-Dunbar
Traction Co. for 50-year franchise
for an extension OF its line up Sum.
mers street to KaIawha and across
Kanawha street ~ the levee, where
it is proposed to endeavOr to secure
the privilege Of erecting terminal
station on city property, a proposition
to extend Avon street up the hillside
on the West Side, are some of the
more important matters engaging the
attention of the city council.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-02-12

We the undersigned will sell at Pub
lie Sale, on the Aisquith farm, 4-miles
west of Charles Town, near the road
leading from Charles Town to Summit
Point, on
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-29
LET BROTHER co
Phil Montgomery Takes Blame
for Burglaries Here.
Guy Goes Home To Help Sup
port Their Mother.

mothers need of assistance and
the excellent reputation his brother
had borne prior to the present trouble
induced Phil Montgomery to express
a Willingness to stand trial alone for
burglary of half a dozen homes in
Topeka in the last two months. He e%-
pressed himself willing to stand trial
today in the court CT Topeka and was
bound over to the Shawnee county dis
trict court At the same time, the
state dismissed a similar charg6
against the younger brother, Guy
Attorneys from Wichita where the
mother lives came to Topeka at their
own expense today in answer to the
plea of the mother of the boys They
arranged with Hugh Fisher, county at
torney, and the elder brother to dis
miss the case against Guy Montgomery
who promised to return to W1chlta
and aid in the support of an aged
mother, well known and respected in
that city.
The brothers were arrested early
one morning on upper Kansas ave-
nue., near a grocery store which had
been broke into few minutes before
they were apprehended by the police.
The next day, according to the off
GERS, they admitted breaking into the
store and also admitted committing
half a dozen other burglaries. The
brothers are the sons of the late
Deputy Sheriff Montgomery of this
Loft
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-29
co over BORDER
Ten MeXicanS and One L. s,
Trooper Killed.
Murder of American Ranchman
Results in Fight.

Maria. Tex, March 29.-Ten Mexi-
can raiders and Private Theo. X AL
bert, an American cavalryman, were
killed yesterday in a running fight be-
tween United States cavalry and Mex
lean bandits near Pilares, Mexico
southeast of Valentine, Tex, according
to official advices received here TODAY
The fight followed a pursuit after the
MeXicans who raided the Nevill ranch
killing Glenn Nevill.
The MeXicanS were wounded dur
ing the running fight The expedition
across the line following. was in per-
sonal command of Col. George Lang
horne, commander of the Big Bend
district. The cavalry troop recrossed
to the United States late yesterday in
thirty-siX hours, fighting the engage
ment in the meantime General Jose
Murguia, commander of the Ojinaga
district sent Colonel Langhorne a pro-
test against the crossing of American
troops in pursuit of the bandits stat
ing he intended sending federal troops
to oppose their invasion. However,
teh cavalry troops returned across the
border without seeing any federal SOL
diers, they reported.
They brought back loot taken from
the Nevil ranch including E. w Ne
Wills horse and saddle and Glenn Ne
Wills chaps and boots found on a dead
Mexican