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evangelical MERGER
VIRTUALLY ASSURED
Union of Association and Con-
eral Conference to be Ef.
fected at Detroit.
BY Associated Press to Ever,. Evening.

BY Associated Press to Everr Evening.
harrington, H., Oct, 11.-Follow-
ing unanimous approval Monday night
Of a proposal TO merge the Evangelical
Association and the United Evangelical
General Conference, delegates of the
latter. went yesterday TO Detroit.
where the merger will be completed
at the Park avenue Evangelical
Church.
The Evangelical Association Is In
session in Detroit.
The success OF the merger movement
was taken az virtually assured. with
the action here Mondny night.
Twelve years & the suggestion for
n consolida tion OF the two churches
was given concrete form when h as
s~ociation resented a proposition to the
United Evangelical denomination.
Commissions were appointed by both
conferences and were continued by
two succeeding quadrennial confer
ences. Long and detailed study of the
organization and their component
parts was made and exhaustive dis
Cusslon took place In the conference
sessions.
4 basis Of merger was worked out
and his proposition involving the
property and church boards as well ms
the conference OF bishops. had been
under discussion for three days OF the
eight q~uadrennial conference of the
United Church when the decision
came. The last Pennsylvania confer
enCe was the chief opponent Of the
merger basis when first presented. The
general sentiment for n merger, how
ever. was virtually unanimous.
Tacit approval of the merger was
given in the Episcopal message e
to the conference here by Bishop He'll
OF Allentown. Pa, and Maze of lie
mars. Iowa.
The two denominations represent n
total membership of more than 200
600 communicates with more thar
1000 individual churches. Each main
tains colleges and publishing houses
as we'll as large home and foreign
missions
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Pearl and intimated that she might
know of the murder than she has
admitted.
Pearl Tell1 Her Story.
my father hasn't supported me
since I was a teeny weeny$ baby, Pearl
previously explained to the court, my
mother supported me then, and after
she died nine months ago l went to
live with my brother-in-law. Then he
fought with me all tho time because
l wanted TO stay out late. and I left
him and now live with Mr*. Lillian
Barlow, next door to my fathers place
on Nelson street. l room with her
crippled daughter, Laura Marsh.
IL suppose II my father knew what
I told yesterday he would cut my
throat. l don't care II ne does. There
la no life for me Of my own while my
father lives. I never heand OF n girl
hat had to go out with her own father.
He never wants me 10 go out with any
one, even with single men. When l
get out OF here / am going to jump
overheard and. make sure l go down
for the third time"
~ ! AZ \ INV ~ ~
seventeen, but II wasn't. The girl had
tried suicide and about the only thing
In her life hat might have seemed to
her worth while was her love for the
unprepossessing Schneider, a married
man and a ne'er do well.
Answering questions Pearl pieced
out her life and the incidents of the
night OF the murder. According to her
she and her father went no further
out than College avenue, which Is
much nearer town that the Phillips
Farm, In fact IL along the inner sid
of Buccleuch Park. According TO her,
too, her father always carried a gun.
She told in detail OF Mrs. Schneider's
visit with her to the farm and the
place where the bodies were found.
This visit was Mt Mrs. SchneiderIs re-
quest. They walked M 20 the place
and back and they saw Schneider on
the streets. but when his wife called 10
him he refused to come TO her. He
told her." laid Pearl, ITO go back TO
South River az he didn't want her and
only wanted me-"
At Work Four Years.
Pearl has been working for four
ycars. she said, and h hurled many
names at Mrs. Annie Messlers. known
"a her stepmother. She insisted time
and again that her father was Jealous
Of Schneider and said hat she had
| been going with Schneider a year and
n half before she knew he was mar
ried: Then she learned OF II by acct
dent and he told her not 10 believe
everything she heard.
In the main her story OF her own
movements agreed with the statement
OF her father and with what h has
said before. Only the revelations OF
her fathers conduct toward her and
her pitiful story OF her own life, with
the statements as to Mrs. Schneider
, were new. She had said earlier In the
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confirming a part of the story told by
Schneider, Hayes and Kaufman, who
were following the pair.
Unaware Father Was Held.
/. After he had heard her story Judge
DAILY held the girl for a week on n
charge OF incorrigibility. continuing
the case. He said he felt, all things
considered that the girl would be bet
ter OF In Jail than In her own home.
She had no idea at the time that her
father was TO be arrested.
The arrest OF BANNER can be credit
ed. not to the county detectives, but to
the local police. who have remained
out OF tho case. much 10 the surprise
Of everyone outside the charmed Beck
-Toolan circle. 1t was ac-
complished about $40 last night by
Policeman Joseph Curran. who saw
BahmerN riding in an automobile and
knowing there was an alarm out for
him picked him up. David, the detec-
tive. had been seeking for BANNER for
two hours.
BANNER was at once arraiEned be-
fore Judge Daily and was told OF the
ttld kt dNhiliSt MN. ht NNiitiiaiilt httu
been signed by Detective Fitzpatrick.
The date mentioned as that OF the par
ticular charge was July 10. BANNER
said hat Pearl was his own daughter
and volunteered the information that
IL would be shown to be impossible for
him to have committed the crime
charged. He was held in 10000 bail
and was in jail, where his lawyer, Paul
w. Ewing. visited him. In New Jersey
the crime Of incest Is punishable by
Imprisonment for fifteen years or a
fine OF $1,000 or both.
BANNER Admits He Had a Gun.
In Jail BANNER talked freely before
he saw his lawyer. He admitted that
on the night OF the murder he had a
"a caliber pistol. but said he had Dor
rowed Il and that II had not been in
his possession before or since. He was
asked again as to the caliber and
laughed: Sure II was a forty-hve.
Don't you think / know the difference
between a thirty-two and n forty-fve?'
Ii was a 80 with which Hall and
Mrs. Mills were killed. Asked II he
knew who committed the murder. after
he had said that he did not, BANNER
said he believed he did know. and that
il was not Hayes. He felt, ne said. he
could get down on his knee and swear
il was not Hayes. He recalled In this
connection that il was Schneider who
| was looking for his daughter Pearl
That night, not Hayes,
The Dodge car that has come into
his possession since the murder, Bah
mer said, was bought by the woman
now regarded as the stepmother of
Pearl. She got an inheritance from an
uncle in Trenton. When asked from
whom he had borrowed the As BANNER
answered: Now you're going too
deep"
Bahmer reiterated his statement Of
Monday as to his movements with
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day Schneider had suggested to her
hat she get her father out OF the way.
proposing she put poison into his cof-
fee. That the cnmity between the two
was deep enough to warrant her faith
cr's action In carrying a forty-nvc and
In going to look for Schneider, she
made quite clear. Yet she said az TO
her fathers
mo. ] don't exactly hate him, but I
wouldn't mind II they locked him up.
II no kills me It doesn't matter. ] don't
care anyway"
Schneider Told Three Stories.
Schneider, II developed yesterday,
told at least three stories In the our
of tho long examination that preceded
Hayes arrest and his own detention ns
n material witness. Tho first two of
these, differing from each other and
from the original recount he gave of
how he n Pearl came upon the bod
les. were 80 riddled by questions that
In the end the youth was forced 10
admit. they had been fabricated OF lies.
Finally he made "A third. written. state
ment, that Mt )east In It's main outline
seemed to he interrogators to accord
with the known facts.
Pearl BANNER has exhibited n will
ingness to tell almost anything to al
most anybody. She IL an unfortunate
much to be pitied. frequently an OBJ
ject OF police attention for n father and
an epileptic. She IL n girl OF little on
no education. OF frail, undernourished
figure and long the associate of un-
wholesome companions.
Against Schneider the girl has turn
ed bitterly. She Is ready now to dc
anything or say anything 10 hurt him
At the same time she has n certain
pride In the fac that she was ahIe &c
inspire his affection as was shown
when there were obtained from her
yesterday letters which Schneider had
written to her. These letters ran:
Letters to- Pearl BANNER.
MY Girl. You are tho only one
care about in the world. Nothing will
make me go back TO my wife. If you
are going TO be my girl you can't &c
out with other fellows. | don't want
you to go with any n but me. | re
main as ever. your friend.
Raymond G. Schneider"
MY Girl: | don't care how Otter
Happy Uearl's hrotherr beats me mp
| wont stop coming 10 see on. | an
going 10 stop working nights and yn,
must gee me often. | won't keep any
Job that keeps me from seeing you
When al | see your r.. e. s.
Sweetheart Girl. there ~ nothing II
this town for mo &c 7 cant see Won. Ny
wife means nothing to me. | walked NJ
20 George and Somerset Streets.
waited for you till $40. Why didn'
you Gomez
l. "RaYmond c. S~chnelder."
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AUTOMOBIlES.
Automobiles For SaIe


ARMATURES-In stock, magnet wire.
electric repairs; motor generators bought.
roid. exchanged. IL. X. Cam. su7 WoI'
laston street. Phone 1869 X.
BoDY-ip20 Ford sedan body. Sim All.
dress " q. Every Evening Once.
CHALMERs-Touring. 1917; good run
ming condition. cheap. Apply i2nl
French tsecond noorl.
CHEVROLET-Ig2o touring. in pood
shape, slI5 takes ~. Wilmington Auto
Co, 22l West Tenth street
DODGE Roadster. 1919 model. ,3oo
terms " you desire. Wilmington Auto
Company. Phone 800.
DoRT-Tourlng. reprinted a bargain NJ
s225. Wilmington Auto Company
ESSEN Touring. g2I model. in tho
PINK OF condition; 500. easy terms
Wilmington Auto Co, 22I west Tenth
FORD Sedan. 1920 model. si25: terms
Wilmington Auto Company. 221 West
Tenth street.
FORD 1921 touring. good rubber winter
Phone 500.
in dandy shape. s65o We icrm rep"'n W +.
minRton Auto Co. 22l West Tenth
street.
MAXWELL Sod parts. choap. + n
Myers Garage. 704 Kirkwood street.
OAKLAND sedan. I92 model. now
rubber. 1880; crmg. Wilmington Auto
Company. Phone S7G0
ROADSTER Gnu mmy. 300 jefferson
street.
ROADSTER-Franklln: will sacrifice.
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Notices

D1RT-Frcc. good soil. for digging and
hauling away, over 100 loads. Cal
7TlS j,
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USED CARS

We now have the choicest Tot Of used
cars that IL has ever been our good fortune
70 secure. We exercised. especial care In
purchasing these cars If order that we
might oner our customers only the best
ootainable In used cars-everyone re-
conditioned and in Al running order.
ana a guaranteed title goes with every
car we well.
1920 HUDSON, sUPER-sIX
Power and pep To spare. rood rub
Der y paint, and a bargain.
1921 AUBURN BEAUTY SIX
Looks like new. runs even better.
Just the car. for. pleasure and SER
vice. Priced right.
1919 HUDSON COUPE
old weather Is coming, but you
can be comfortable in this coupe:
good paint and rubber; low priced,
too.
1921 sTUDEBAKER SEDAN
This is one Of the best cars on our
floors, only moderate use: looks and
runs Ike new. and at a price you
cant beat.
1920 DODGE TOURING
Everybody knows and wants a
Dodge, because they give satisfac-
ton. You'll get it in this car
and at a reasonable price. Tires
anu paint are ike new.
1921 STUDEBAkER WINTER TOP
This Is a combination winter and
summer car, thoroughly recon
ditioned in every respect. and a
1918 FORD SEDAN
Are you looking for a bargain?
Then see this one.
1920 DODGE SEDAN
A rare offer In used cars. o~verhauIed.
repainted; good rubber: low priced
1921 CHANDLER SPEEDSTER
This is a mighty nifty car. lots OF
speed and good looks, together with
a low price.
1922 FORD TOURING
IL you are seeking a good Ford.
here IL Is; a bargain. i
1921 OVERLAND SEDAN
A dandy little closed car: will he
sold for a song; looks good and runs
better.
1921 STUDEBAKER TOURING
Can't be beat. In looks or condi
ton. at anything like the price W,
ask.
1921 DODGE ROADSTER
Excellent running condition will
good rubber and paint. =
1918 HUPMOBIIE TOURING
Used verS little, painted and over
hauled and viii be sold At a sacri
flee.
1921 FORD COUPE
A good cold weather car, for th
man who wants a small car; pain
and ubber practically new.
WE HAVE MANY MORE CARS NO
LISTED.
Every one Is mechanically perfect whe
we say that we can back IL up. Tim
payments II you want 1t. We inanc
our own cars. Guaranteed title wit
every car.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-03-22
Weekly Mukstgram
Y. :. ouRgAU or MARKgTe
Wsshlnuten. D. Q.
Week Ending March 20. 1922.

Grain: Prices averaged higher FOL
the week Influenced by strength n
cash market. good expert sales. light
receipts and bullish view OF foreign
situation. Visible supply wheat
3s.i7a.0 900 bushels. n decrease OF
673.o00 bushels for week. Visible
supply corn aG,cos.oo0 bushels. an
Increase OF 1881. 900 bushels for
week. Closing prices In Chicago
cash market. No. ? red winter wheat
u.3s. No. 2 hard winter wheat 81. Lac:
No. 2 mixed corn sec; No. 2 yellow
corn coc; No. . white oats &c. Aver.
age farm prices: No. 2 mixed corr
In central Iowa about dc: No. 1
dark northern wheat In central North
Dakota si.3CM: No. 2 hard winter
wheat in central Kansas Gle. For
tho week. Chicago May wheat up
SIC closing at SISSY: Chicago May
corn up ihc ut c2c: Minneapolis
May wheat up Sc at si.ib: Kansas
City May wheat up sac at $i.2Gn;
winnipeb May wheat up 4xc at
si.35M.
Hay: Hay prices advanced In sey.
eral central western markets. Very
light receipts largely responsible for
advances. General demand unim-
proved: poor hay sells slowly. East.
ern markets duh, southern markets
inactive. Buying generally for i'm.
mediate needs only. Quoted March
IS No. l timothy New York s2s,
Boston $3.50. Philadelphia s2i, Gin.
cinnati SCI. Pittsburgh $3.50. Chi.
cago s25. No. l alfalfa Atlanta s3S.
Cincinnati s2S. No. / prairie Chi
cago $i7.
Feed: Feed markets %inactivt.
Country demand In most sections re.
mains poor. Offerings OF wheat
feeds by southwestern and north.
western mills are freer. Linseed
meal slightly easier. stocks and de.
mand light. Stocks OF cottonseed
meal and cake at mills larger than
on same date last year but are firm.
ly held. Demand for cottonseed meal
light. Production hominy feed,
gluten feed and gluten meal con
tinues heavy, demand fair. Beet
pulp In good request. stocks small.
Alfalfa meal dull, production light.
Quoted March IS: Bran $4,000.
middlings $3.50. Minneapolis; glut.
en- feed 1926 Chicago; linseed meal
$3.50 Buffalo; white hominy feed
st. Louis; $22 Chicago; No.
l alfalfa meal $1S Kansas City; SO
per cent c~ottonseed meal $41 Mem.
phis.
Dairy Products: Butter markets
firm under an excellent demand
his taking all grades including
Closing prices 92 score:
New York 4Oc; Chicago 99c; Phila-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-03-22

ally soc lower; pork loIns practical
y steady: mutton si.2 higher per
100 lbs. March 20 prices good grade
meats; Beef sisso-i4; veal tii.is:
lamb sss2s; mutton sisei; light
pork loins tie22; heavy loins tls-ia.
Fruits and Vegetables; Onion
markets steady to strong demand
and movement limited. Eastern yell
low globes up 7sc In Baltimore at
W,eS.s.5o per 100 lbs. sack; firm In
other cities ut 1895 to $3.50; middle.
western stock steady In Kansas City
aud Cincinnati 1850 California
Australian browns ss.s.bo In middle
Western markets. Apple markets
generally steady: demand movement
limited. New York baldwlns Agh
firm In Boston and Chicago NJ S..
$50 per barrel: steady In other
cities ut SIS. Northwestern extra
iancy boxed winesaps firm In New
York at $500 steady IN other mar
kets at 1915. Cold storage hold.
ings March ono were sSs.b57 bills.
and G.20s.275 boxes or n total OF
S,0bs.si5 barrels as compared with
a.Gig,2 EOS barrels March 1. 1891. Cab.
bage markets slow aud weak for
Texas stock. stronger for Florida
and South Carolina stock. Texas
fiat type down SO IN most markets
5000 per ton bulk. strong IN
Philadelphia at si0-is slow and weak
In Chicago and Kansas City at $50
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-03-22

deiphia ashc; Boston 4o,sc. Cheese
markets. steady hut trading N not
on confident basis except for held
goods which are scarce. Prices nj
Wisconsin primary markets March
IL; Twins is'Ac: daisies and dou.
bio daisies zoe; young Americas 2sc:
lonsaorna 22hc: square prints CSC.
Live Stock and Meats: Chicago
hog prices declined io-i5c per 100
lbs. Beef steers weak to zoe lower;
butcher cows and heifers down 10.
Zoe; feeder steers firm To &c high.
or. veal calves declined 75csi.25.
Fat lambs unchanged: feeding lambs
and yearlIngs GENERALLY 25c higher;
lat ewes showed n net advance OF
'sc per 100 lbs. March 20 Chicago
live stock prices: Hogs. top $1,000;
bulk OF sales $3.50 10 5000; me.
dium and good beef steers $40
500: butcher cows and heifers si.is.
8; feeder steers s5.50.7.T5; light and
medium weight veal calves sC-9.25:
fat lambs siS.25.i5.s5; feeding lambs
NlI5-i3.55; yearlings ~siie5.i4h0;
fat ewes sG15i0.25. stocker and
shipments from IL Important
markets during the week ending
March 10 were: Cattle and calves
b2.los; hogs 1s,4i7: sheep 2t.54G.
With the exception OF mutton the
trend OF eastern wholesale fresh
meat prices was downward. Veal
declined si'2; lamb 81; beef gener.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-03-22
TREE PLANTING CONTEST WARNS AS
BUSINESS MEN PLAN CAMPAIGN FOR
PURPOSE BEAUTIFYING FAIR GROUND

Friday II 10 be tree planting
day" ut the Grady county fair groun,
and arrangements arc being per
fected today for the planting Of 2o'
trees. Il being the aim 10 finish IN,
Job In one day.
Simultaneous with tae announce
ment Of this campaign. came IN,
organization sof two association,
here. One Is the Hole DiEgers" as
socIation and the other IL the "Tree
DIrgers" association. The aim In "a
get "a members IN the former and
% In the latter association.
The Job Of the Hole Diggers" will
be TO dig 200 holes at the fair ground
for the planting Of the trees. The
members OF this association are ex-
.pected TO have the holes dug by the
time the "Trec Disgers" return
from the woods with the trees.
The party was mapped by Harry
Stephenson Of the Grady County
Park association. lie with W. a..
Owen viii furnish trucks to haul the
trees and see that the "Tree Dig.
gers" have transportation for the
trip TO the woods and return. Elm
and blackberry viii BIO the type OF
tree planted.
Fred Lugenbyhl, Ornate Organizer
for both associations. declared this
morning that things were rocking
along In good shape. lie stated that
a number OF Chickasha business men
were joining and were receiving In.
structIons to come and bring a pick
and shovel" Friday morning. An.
nouncement OF the time and place
OF meeting will be made tomorrow
and the names OF the %"jiners" win
be included. ]. w. Conner. secretary
OF the Chamber OF Commerce an
nounced.
Considerable rivalry is being shown
already among the membership. For
instance. Hal Thompson was heard
TO state In a loud and raucous voice
that he could and would dig a hole
bigger, deeper and quicker than
Claud Erwin.
J. r. Mcneil took up the chant
and allowed that he would challenge
Bill Richards to a holedIgging con
test. No sooner had the Mcneil
solo ended than +. T. Chandler Is |
sued an ultimatum In which he
claimed that he would take on o. L.
Bingham and Julius Garner com.
bined and would deliver more foot.
age and a better tree hole than the
TWO Of 'em.
Dave Hybarger was the first char
.er member of the Tree Diggers."
He claimed he knew where the trees
yrews straightest and he offered to
Zig more trees than any three men
who went on the expedition. This
.hreat was investigated and 1t was
'ound that Dave has hired four men
dig trees for him and heel them
in" at a convenient spot where Hy-
barger expects to fatten his batting
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-03-22
a TONIC

Groves Tasteless chill Tonic restores
Energy and Vitality by Purifying and
Enriching the Blood. When you feel its
strengthening. inv~isoratins effect, see how
il brings color to the cheeks and how
it improves the appetite. you will then
appreciate its true tonic value.
Groves Tasteless chill Tonic Is simply
Iron and Qdinine suspended in syrup. So
pleasant even children like 1t. The blood
needs QUININE to Purify It and IRON to
Enrich it.s Destroys Malarial germs ard
Grip germs by its Strengthening. Invisof-
atinf Effect. g.,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-03-22

: per 100 lbs. Florida stock up CSC
to 7sc In leading markets at si.es.
i.b per ~ bu hamper. 100 ID.
crates In Pittsburgh brought si.75.s.
Potato haullngs light ut shIppina
points; demand movement limited.
Market weak and unsettled NJ north
central and western points fairly
steady IN western New York. North.
crn sacked round whites down 10.
sSc fob 1T ti.soi.ts per 100 lbs: