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TO THE PUBLIC

Beginning with Monday, June thir-
tenth, and continuing for the remain
der of the summer season, Offices in
the Court House will be open at /
O'clock p. m, instead Of at 1889 D. m,
as is the custom at present, and will
be closed on Saturday afternoons.
Above plan adopted with the ap-
prevail OF the Board Of County Com
missioners In session June 8, 1921.
Dated this Sth day of June, 1921.
p. III. Walsh,
Auditor OF Hand County
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Auto Violators
To Get The Hook

Pierre, June State Sheriff John
Shanks and his force of deputies have
started out on a campaign with the
are driving motor vehicles without
proper licenses and without proper
headlight lenses. The state sheriff
finds that in many parts of the state
there are large numbers of cars not
provided with 1921 license tags and
in some instances none at all.
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/. On motion duly made. seconded and
carried. Henry Butts. of st. Lawrence
Town. was appointed County Consta-
BILE to fill the unexpired term.
Moved by Rowen, seconded by Hud-
SON, hat the Board of County Com
missioners offer a reward of $100.O 90
for the location of a gravel pit accep-
table to the State Engineer, gravel to
be used in building of Black and yell
low Trail. On roll call. motion, car
ried unanimously.
The following claim was presented
and on motion duly made, seconded
and carried, approved:
DR.. j. F. Paddleford. Coron-
er's report, inquest OF Alta
and Eleanor Dale ---$ 109.9 80
Commissioners claims we're allow
ed as follows:
y. G. Gardiner. mileage. per
diem and cash advanced--s zoos
Louis Manning. mileage and
per diem -- 17.40
IL, c. Hudson. mileage and per
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cording bond of Ralph w.

+. r. Fisher, back salary as
States Attorney, and steno-
grapher hire - $1,000 $4,000
Upon motion duly made, seconded
and carried. the following claims were
rejected:
Beadle County, " expense
building Co. line road
Petition for cement bridge on 9Th
ST., leading to I. o. o. F. Cemetery,
read and ordered placed on file.
Petition OF Pearl township for ce-
ment bridges, read and ordered plac-
ed on file.
Petition for c~ulverts In Midland
township. read and ordered placed on
file.
Petition for change of County Road
in Spring township, presented, approx
ed by Commissioners, and referred
to State Highway Commission.
Petition Of Ontario township for
road grading approved and placed on
file.
The following township officers
bonds were approved:
nm Aorrn
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Roy Dies From Effects of 1FIu,

The fifteen year old son of Mr.. aud
Mrs. C. w. Scott. living two miles
north of Miller died Wednesday ev-
ening, death being caused from COM
plications following influenza. He
had been i'll for about two weeks.
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prior to the said date OF hearing.
Dated this 18th day of June, 1921.
BY The Court:
G. G. Briggs,
Attest: Judge. /
tSEAL) Emma A. Morrow, Clerk.
Il. Il. Slifer, Attorney for Petitioner
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diem ----- --- 1910
A. M. Rowen, mileage and
per diem -------- $500 26.40
There being no further business.
Board adjourned to meet June Z, at
200 o'clock p. m.
Louis Manning,
Attest: Chairman pro TEN.
(SEAL) p. H.. Walsh, Auditor.
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OFFICIAL WORK OF
COUNTY BOARD

Continued from Page y
X. W. Butte, ~jaiior's fees and
board for Kintigh, month Of
april -------- ----- $500
Clinton Taylor, witness fees
County Court - ESQ
FTankel Carbon and Ribbon
Mfg Co., supplies - 100
w. S. Thomas, expense acct.
April -------- ---------- S.UU
News Printing Co., office sup
plies, $124.45, at -- 61.45
j. Fred Olander, supplies Co.
Supt., $4.85, at --- 2.35
Bohning Bros, hall rent and
supplies 1850
Road and Bridge Fund
p. p. Anderson, road labor $1,000
Fred Sivertsen, road labor 1880
Rudolph Earlandson, road Ia
Dor -------- ------------ 64.OO
General Fund
Municipal 1t. & Pr. Co., April
service -------- --------- 1888
Dakota Central Telephone Co
Way ----------- --------- ZI.lU
q. W. VanDusen Co, coal for
Lawler, poor -------- - 11.40
r. A. Smith, draying -- 800
Bertha J.. Pusey, stenographer
fees Coroner's inquest 900
j. T. Redmond, supplies 24.30
G. W. Wilcox, supplies Board
OF Health and jail - 5000
w. J. McPhail, repairing Supt.
Highway cal ---- $500
ID. A. Lewis, T~reasurer's ex-
pense acct, wolf bounties,
Court Certificates, postage,
freight and express, April 1S7.08
County Motor Fund
Paul Erich, road labor and
supplies -------- -------- 6.UO
c. w. Speirs, road dragging 1900
John Flanagan. road drag
ging -------- ------------ 5.OO
Geo. Campbell, road dragging 500
Jack Sisk, road work, Logan
Twp. 1920 - 1000
Leland Major, road dragging 1000
Ernest Peterson, road drag
ging - 1925
Arthur McGilvery, road drag
ging, $500, allowed at - 400
Oscar Larson, road dragging $500
H. N. Cassidy, road dragging 21.50
Haverstock Garage, repairs 3.75
Arthur Schwartz, road drag
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On motion duly made, seconded and
carried all applications for abate-
ment and refund of tax, were laid over
to the June meeting.
The following names were drawn
upon the Jury List, upon requisition
of the Clerk of Courts:
William Templeton, washington, S. D.
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ging - 500
L. S. Mcdonald, road drag
ging -------- --------- o'VV
Robert Brachvogel, road drag
gin o.VV
G. G. Hammersmith, road
dragging - TOO
o. o. Eaton, road dragging 800
l.. l.. Porter, road dragging 14.50
Henry Roorda, road dragging 1900
Robert Wickey, road dragging 10000
David Granquist, road drag
ging - 10000
General Fund
Curtis Farmer. supplies - 1907
p. ID. Peterson, supplies and
repairs Supt. Highway a 1928
County Motor Fund
Archie F. Anderson, road
dragging -------- ------- lz.UU
J. A. LOOMS, road dragging $500
Thos. Harris, road dragging 24.0O
w. II. Hiatt, road dragging 500
will Wade, read dragging 1900
Geo. Campbell, road drag
ging - 1900
Nash Motor Co., repairs 1910
G. w. Engel, repairs - $500
w. j. Newell, gravel B. & Y.
trail $3.50 - 544.6O
Road and Bridge Fund
Henry Kost, borrow pit, $4,000
at - - 1900
Melvin Ellis, labor - 1850
Fred II. Martens, rent of right
of way, Co. line --------- 5000
Sioux Falls Metal Culvert Co.,
c~ulverts - 2427.40
Twin City Co., repairs 30S.S6
Scofield Cash Nero. Co., sup
plies - - 1875
On motion duly made, seconded and
carried, Board adjourned to 1880 p.
m.
80 p. m, Board met pursuant to
adjournment, all members present ex-
cept Chairman Linn. Commissioner
Manning acted as Chairman pro ten.
The following claims we're present
ed, and on motion duly made second
ed, and carried, allowed as follows:
Road and Bridge Fund
Miller Hardware Co., Co. u p
plies - ---$ 1895
Russell Grader Mfg. Co, re-
pairs - 1880
State Highway Commission,
supplies and repairs 80 1928
Miller Auto Co., repairs and
labor, $61.22, at -- 1922
Upon motion made, seconded and
carried, the following bills we're laid
over:
G. F. Callsen, filing and re-
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June 2t6
SUMMONS

In the Circuit Court of the Sixth
Judicial Circuit Of the State OF South
Dakota, in and for the County OF
Hand.
Walter T. BROWN plaintiff
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-09-09

nlm, IL IneY naQ TO depopuIate The
whole Ball settlement, Jerusalem Cove
and Hatton's He'll to accomplish it I!
Happily, the majors counsel prevailed.
Sheriff Tom Flowers was a tall and
1.-THE, smooth-faced man. He arrived
with Luke Moreland at noon, after
hours Of hard riding. He saw the high
tension, and Immediately steeled him
self to handle the situation. After
riding straight to the center Of the
gathering and there halting his horse,
he said evenly:
''In order that / may know who to
arrest, must know something OF the
circumstances. Only one man must
speak at time. No playing bad with
me; and remember that, gentlemen.
I'll certainly drop the fellow who
starts playing boss with me, If it's the
last move make on earth. Now some
body gently use his powers Of speech"
Major Bradley, more soldierlike than
ever, went forward. "As the attorney
Of Mr.. Dale, who stands accused Of
killing Adam Ball." he said to the Of
ficer, II beg leave to state that my
client will do no talking at present"
Dale understood, and he did not
open his mouth.
But old Ball had something to say,
and he proceeded to say it:
"He killed my son, Adam" pointing
to Dale, lin cold blood. Me and about
a dozen O. my kin was on our way
over Long ridge to look at bee tree,
when we heered three pistol shots. We
was right up thar" pointing to the
nortkward, land we come a-runnin'
over here to see, by comics, what was
the matter. Well, by comics, we found
Bill Dale thar down on his knees
aside o. my son, Adam, who was as
dead as hi or deader; and Bill Dale
was a-sobbin and a-sobbin' about it.
And ef he never killed mZs0Q- Adam
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-09-09

trial." growled old Ban. rnen 70 nIs
kinSmen.
wen hold Dale right here, boys,
ontel the shuriff he's sent after comes.
And Wen not move Adam, which same
is accordin' to law. ! reckon Shuriff
Tom Flowers'll find a different job
from what he expected to find; won't
he, boys? Say, l wisht one O. you
fellers'd gi' me good, big chaw O.
tObacker. Be burned eff l don't. Adams
death, 1t has made me feel sort O.
bad, by comics, and tobacker's allus
consolation
bill Dale, you hain't got chaw O.
tobacker on ye, have ye-bought to-
backer, store tobacker? It's burned
sight better'n homemade, l says. Ye
say ye don't chew! CheW-h-ll !
Whyn't ye say 'chaw,' like man! l
allus knowed ye wasn't no count, no
how. Nobody at don't chaw tobacker
amt no count. =. All right, Jim
Ike" to his nephew, ''I'll take chaw
O. yores, then. And I'll take tol'ably
big chaw, Jim Ike, cause Adams
death has made me feel sort O. bad,
and tobacker's allus a consolation"
The sounds Of the shooting had car
ried far, and 1t wasn't long until the
scene of the tragedy was crowded with
Balls and Torreys, Littlefords and
Morelands. Major Bradley and Hayes,
too, were there. Every man Of them
was armed; very little thing might
easily turn the place into shambles.
The major saw this, and he was
afraid. He drew the leaders of the
Morelands and the Littlefords aside,
and finally prevailed upon them to do
their utmost toward keeping peace un-
til the coming Of the sheriff.
At first John Moreland and Ben Lit
tleford were for taking Bill Dale from
the Balls and Torreys who guarded
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-09-09

what was he a-s0bbin' and a-sobbfn
about, l ak you that? And my son
Adam, he had a rifle, by comics, but
he never shot none at all. He was
with US up to few minutes before, and
he hadn't shot none all mornin'.
Shuriff Flowers, l wisht ye'd gi' me a
good, big chaw o tobacker, by gon-
MES, cause my son Adam his death
it has made me feel bad"
Major Bradley stopped caressing his
well-kept gray imperial, walked over to
the dead mans rife, picked 1t up and
put its muzzle to his nose. He scented
fresh powder-smoke. Then he faced
old Ball with a strange, hard glitter
In his blue eyes.
"You are liar, sir" he said with a
peculiar politeness.
A stir ran quickly over the Balls
and Torreys. Sheriff Flowers called
out:
"Quiet, there % and there was quiet.
He continued: where is Mr.. Dale's
revolverT
The Balls had it. They produced it.
1t had three empty chambers when
1t should have had but one!
"Pass it to me butt first" ordered
the laws representative. He knew
that many man had been shot while
taking a revolver barrel first, and he
was taking no chances.
Old Ball obediently turned the weap-
on around.
"Say, sheriff." he chittered, "have
ye plumb fO'got about me AKIN ye 70
chaw O. store-bought? BY comics
Adams death"
Flowers turned to Dale.
Il have heard through Luke More
land" he said with more or less Oh
feeling in his voice, "a good many
things in your favor. l want you tC
kpoAthat-Im sorrG to haxG to tak6
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-09-09

you and place you In the Gainesville
Jail. To show you that mean it, Pll
spare you the irons and allow you to
ride your own horse along beside me,
as though you were not under arrest
at all"
Dale had by this time worn the keen
edge from his grief by means Of his
great will power. He bowed slightly
to the officer and replied with grave
courtesy:
Believe me, sir" with the very
faintest trace Of q smile, Il am very
much obliged to you"
Luke Moreland led up the sleek
young bay that Bill Dale had named
Fox, and Dale swung himself easily
tDto the saddle, He faced the sheriff.
If you're ready to Co. slr, ue sa44,
II am"
Together they rode through the
woodland toward the broad, green val
ley, with the Littlefords, the More
lands, Major Bradley and Hayes fol-
lowing closely behind them.
Up on the side of David MOreland's
mountain there had been a silent and
unseen witness to the arrest Of Bill
Dale. She was hidden behind a
gnarled and twisted clump of sheep
laurel, sitting on a patch Of tiny,
dainty, pure blue dayhowers- crushing
in her hands the tiny purple blossoms
that are known as Jobs tears.
Lord, what'u do nowT she mur-
INJURED.
Continued Next Week
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-09-09

BY Heck and his rifle disappeared
in the darkness Of the mountain night.
A little after work-time that day,
Bill Dale started alone on the way of
the narrow gauge railroad for the sid
ing. He wished to see for himself just
what the damage had been to the
trestle, and he hoped to meet Goff, or
a Ball, or TOrrey, and learn some
thing that would be to his advantage.
Before he had covered two miles, he
had seen two of the enemy skulking
through the woods, and he recognized
them for Torreys from Jerusalem
Cove and Hatton's He'll; he knew 1t
by their very swarthy skin, their high
cheekbones and their coarse black
hair, the outcroppings Of the Cherokee
Indian blood in them. They looked
cunning and wicked. Dale loosened
in its holster the big revolver that
Major Bradley had persuaded him to
carry for his own protection. John
Moreland had taught him how to use
firearms.
stream that flowed past the Halfway
switch emptied into Doe river, where
Doe river turned almost squarely to
the left, Dale halted abruptly. He had
seen a man dart behind a scrubby oak
some thirty yards ahead Of him; quite
naturally, he concluded that the fel-
low meant to waylay him, and he, too
stepped behind a tree, big hemlOck
A silent minute went by. Then Dale
put his hat out on one side of the tree
and peeped from the other side 1t
was an old trick that Grandpap More
land had told him about. A rifle
cracked promptly and sharply, and
bullethole appeared in the rim OF his
hat
Following it, there came the coarse,
bass voice of Black Adam Ball, the
mountaineer Goliath:
"You CANT fool me. jest shot to
put a hole In yore new hat and to
show ye at l amt no bad shot. You
CANT hit my hat"
Dale's temper, the temper that had
always been so hard to keep under
control, rose quickly. He tried to rea-
son with himself, and couldn't; his
passion mastered him. He snatched
The big revolver from its holster and
cooked it. With as steady hand as
ever held a weapon trained, he began
to take aim at Balls slouch hat, the
half Of which was in plain view at one
side Of the scrubby oak.
II fooled you once, back there in
The middle Of the river" he cried hot
Iy, "and now Pm going to fool you
againp
There was in his voice that old, old
primitive rage, which frightened him,
and puzzled him too, in his better mo-
ments.
He let down the bead until it was
barely visible in the notch, and eased
off the trigger. The revolver roared
and spat forth tiny tongue Of fame
and a little cloud Of white smoke. Ball
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-09-09
sYNoPst0

DatA - "Bnl Dale" - ks elects . s.
known, son of wealthy coal operator.
John Z Dale, arrives 1t the Halfway
ing BE Of Idle sass~ss1 Incidentally =
bride, Patricia ClavevinR. at the altar
dsF%1s:S s %s:s. to max: H way in S: 1it:
ter Qf the hills. takes him to John More
''otaA," which has an old feud With the
1sssorSs; d1 s,s S.c., He tells Dale Of the kilns
maa named Carlyle. Norslsnd's dssds4p-
tiou Of Carlyle" causes Dale to heaisve
the man was his fa&hAa.
CHAPTER II.-Dsle arranges to mako
his home with the Morsland family, for
whoan he sntsrtains q deep respect
CHAPTER IH.-Talk!9g with Babe"
nttleford next day. Dale 10 ordered by
BLACK Adam" Bal!. bully Of the district,
spir1tedly. and they nght. Dale whips
the bully, though badly used up. He ar
ranges with John Morsland to develop
DaxtGs coal deposits. Ben Httleford
meet him with his followers next day. IN
battle. Moreland A&rVaa
n: lap! Ss;on The gnt =.
the Gorslands mystsrtously disappear.
CHAPTER V.-DAle aEranges to 60 to
nR &. to s ieers: : 6s or aS tn; tSs a
weapons, which the women had hidden
and line up for battle. Babe" in an
effort to stop the hght1sg. crosses to the
Moreland side OF the ryeE. and IL aoct-
wounded
CHAPTER VT Ct Ir9psr surxteai
Dale convey Babe" unconscious, to the
city Doctors n assure them she h. ts,.nS T. not
Bobby MctAurin, who had married
Patricia Clavering. Telling his father Of
David Moreland's coal, the old gentle
mans actions convinoe his son OF his
fathers guilt In the killing Of MorslAnd.
CHAPTER Wilt y arranged that
Babe 10 to stay with Mrs. McLaurtn
to be educated. Dale, refusing his faith
er's pro6sred financial aid TO develop the
mine, interests Newton Wheatley, capi-
talist, who agrees to furnish the money.
Dale realizes he loves Babe"
CHAPTER VIII Returning to the
Halfway Switch, pAls meets Major
mountainssrs, whom he engages IS
Cot, Of evil repute, tries to bribe Dale
to betray the Morelands BY selling him
the coal deposits, and telling them they
are Of little value. Dale attempts to
thrash him, but Goff draws q revolver.
Dale 10 unarmed.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-09-09

sprang erect, Wheeled, and fell CRASH
ing to the leaves
Dale dropped his weapon. He went
as white as death, and his two hands
clutched uncertainty at his throat He
was a murderer! No, he wasnt-his
bullet had gone wild; it had struck
Balls head on the other side OF the
tree, by accident But how could he
prove that it had been an accident?
Would any jury believe him? 1t was
far from probable.
He stepped from behind the hem
lock and went toward the writing
Goliath, whose legs only were visible
now.
Then a third shot rang out on the
morning stiffness. 1t had been fired
from a point some little distance
away, and Dale's condition of mind at
the moment was such that he didn't
even note the direction from which
the sound had come He was unhurt,
and he had not heard the whine OF
bullet or the pattering Of shot on the
leaves. When he looked about him,
he saw no one neither did he see any
telltale smoke. Perhaps, he thought
dimly, 1t had been a squirrel-hunter
that had fred that shot. He forgot
about 1t very quickly for the time be-
ing, and went on toward Adam Ball,
who now was lying perfectly still.
There was bullet-hole through and
through the great, shaggy head. The
face behind the short, curly black
beard was of the colorless hue OF
soapstone. The giant hillman was
dead.
Bill Dale knelt there beside Black
Adam. Again he clutched at his throat
with his two shaking hands, and this
time he tore his blue flannel shirt. All
the agony and all the remOrse In the
universe seemed to be gathering there
in his heart. Never before had he
seen death. It's grim presence terrified
him. That the deplorable thing had
been an accident, due to his faulty
craftsmanship, mattered little. He
had killed a man, and the blood-red
brand Of Cain was burning away on
HIS DTOW lie was undu III noH Va
his own making. And kneeling there
Bill Dale sobbed great sob that
shook his broad shoulders as violent
ague would have shaken them.
He tried to look at the blue-edged
hole in the shaggy head; at the cruel,
british face that was of the colorless
hue of soapStOne. Merciful tears
blinded him, and he couldn't see. 1t
was compensation, pitifully beauti-
full compensation. -.
Five minutes passed. five minutes
that were as five years to this man
who had never been in the presence
of death before. Then he realized that
he was being surrounded by kinsmen
of the dead mountaineer. He looked
up into their ashen, angry faces, and
they cursed him. Big and gripping
brown hands were placed upon him;
several rifles were turned upon him.
He arose and spread out his arms, and
offered his breast to the frowning muz-
zles. They could give him, at least,
oblivion.
"Shoot, If you like" he said bitterly.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-09-09

ut was an accident, y'know, but
shoot, If you like"
NO" commanded Adam Balls
father, a slender and angular old man
with a struggling iron-gray beard
mo, don't shoot. ShOotin's too quick,
by comics. And 'en, it amt accordin'
to law" (Queer how suddenly he re-
spected the majesty of the law ,
Wed burned sight ruther see him
hung by the neck ontel dead In the
jailyard at Gainesville. Ye'uns put
down them thar guns Put down all
O. them thar guns right now; hear
me?"
He turned back to Dale. "Ye say 1t
was q accident? he sneered.
Yes, it was an accident"
Like the old devilw roared Black
Adams father.
He stopped and picked up his sons
black slouch hat and examined it.
There were two bullet holes close to-
gether in the rim-and one of them
had been there for long time.
John Moreland, he's been a-l'arnin'
ye how to shoot" he said, land you've
shore rarned purity id well. 1t must
ha' been yore third shot at got
Adam"
81 fired only once" disagreed Dale.
"Your son fired first; fred second !;
and somebody else, l haven't the
slightest idea who, fired the other
shot"
"AR. shet uni Ye can tell It at the
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-09-09
Continued Next Week

Don't accept bread unless il
bears the Union Label. The
Label stands for sanitary work
ing conditions and tair wages,
Bakers Union No. 172.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-09-09

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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1921-09-22

Mrs. Nose Barkett and five children.
and Miss Adeba Barkett. are expected
here this week from Wichita Falls.
Texas. on an extended visit with A. :
Barkett and family
Mrs. Mack Reid and little daughter.
Jane. returned IN elater part Of las
week from a several days visit IN Cairo
with Mrs. Murray Falconer
Infants ready-to-yvear clothes and
play things az Dobsons.
Mrs Sadie Keeser and baby OF Bel
zoni, Miss. are visiting her cousin. Mrs
Z. W Hoicombe and sister. Miss Eiiz-
abeth Smith.
Judge Robbins. VIII Webb. Of May
field Herschell + smith OF Fulton. at
torneys. are attending court here this
week
Mrs Park Powell and children. of
Fulton. spent a few days last week with
her brother. = T. Kelly. and wife
Ladies' muslin boomers. 3ac az Dob
sons.
Geo Coon. wife and children. spent
sunday ia Union city
o.
Get Hartford Hold-up Policy
with Reid = Reid