The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-03-18
BY THE WAY

men. AS result VI 'AiS II
last Tuesday, Mrs. Geo. Wesey smith
was. elected alderman.
A band of twelve masked men KID
naped Charlie Hill on the main street
| Of Choctaw, Okla. last Saturday; took
him five miles into the country, and
| administered severe whipping with a
rope. He was accused Of bootlegging
and not contributing to the support ct
his 65-year-old mother.
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watch. Now Uncle Sam is going to
find out who is slipping this valuable
information to the shiny men, and a
great upheaval is expected any moment
in Texas among the officials there.
1899
The commission Smen Omen who sell
| farm products on commisslon) OF Chr
cago have decided to send out wireless
messages to the farmers Of the nation
to tell them the price of all kinds OF
farm produce, weekly. We hope that
the time is not far distnat when the
farmer will send wireless messages to
the markets of the nation to tell them
what the price will be for all kinds
of farm produce.
1893
What was probably the largest still
ever taken, was found by the Sheriff
of Hardin County, Texas. There were
three stills operating as one, with ca
pacity of $50 gallons. So far there
has been no arrests, this is probably
due to the fact that whenever a gov
ment agent arrives in town, someone
gets wise to the fact and the news
is carried to the gang to be on the
y s. y y
Princess Ethel Friedrich, daughter
in-law of the former kaiser William,
was called into court as the co-respon-
dent in a divorce suit. The princess,
who is ~ years old, created sensa-
ton i'll court when she boldly and bra
zenly confessed an intrigue with the
husband Of the, plaintiff, both before
and after her marriage to the kaiser
youngest sen. Il swear it with the
greatest Of pleasure, are the words
she used in the court room, and my
husband knew Of the relations that ex-
listed between me and the husband of
the plaintiff. From this one can get
some idea to what depths Germany
has fallen since the close of the war.
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Mr.. Bryan declares in his opposition
to the Darwinian theory that you can
not make monkey out of me-" Mr..
Bryan loses sight of the fact that eIo-
luton seeks to remove man farther
and farther from the monkey, as time
goes on. Had the monkey admired his
state. he no doubt would have
renamed therein. and so on-the de-
scendents of those who lived in the
tree tops and plucked cocoanuts for,
food will continue to discard the pre-
sent state in order to find better one,
until time fades, when no longer will
be- either time or existence, When thai
time arrives it will make no difference
to MIR. Bryan or any of us as to who,
how or where were our ancestors; only
need we care that life has been made
a little better by our living.
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The district attorney of De Soto par
ISL has shown the calibre he is made
Of when he started out after the shin
ny-makers. Now every violator in De
Soto that is brought before the court
gets the limit, which is fine of $1,000
and one year in Jail.
We can never get anywhere in this
hight against poisoned booze without
we have every officer Of the parish
Doth and nail against this bootlegging
business, and the sooner De Soto Par
sh gets that in their heads the sooner
We shall get something done. If De-
Soto parish shows little or no dispose
ION to get after this crime wave, then
am through with holding office"
How is that for straight talkp Here
S man that has no fear in his make
Up; he talks straight out in meeting
What he thinks should be done, and
hey do it. Do you think we need
nan to talk out like thato And don't
you wish that some one would tackle |
he jobp 'Aie
, In the day of saloons, when everv-
hing was wide open and saloon keen |
RS used to put water in the barrel Of |
'ooze to make it go further. it was an
'asy matter to get the saloon keeners
'ar and notify him that hereafter he