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CHAPTER xvlIl-continued.

Sandy went TO the door and hailed
Sam and Mormon. They came 10 th'
Office escortlng Blake, whose fox. fac'
moved from side 10 side with furtivt
eyes as II he smelIed q trap.
eve want the list OF the folks yor
unloaded Molly stock 10" said Sandy
Blake looked at his employer whC
sat gIowerlng nj his cigar end, licked
HIS lips and said nothing.
Tell him, you id fool!" gruntet
Keith.
"The stubs are In the car ut Here
ford depot" said Blake. I'm the safe
money there, TOO? ! suppose you
cashed the checks?"
II deposited them 10 my own nc,
count" said Keith. Come on, let's
get this over with since you are de,
termined 10 throw away your own
and your partners good money, TO say
nothing Of the girls. She could bring
suit against you. Bourke. with a good
chance Of winning"
He glanced hopefully nj Mormon
and Sam. They kept on grinnIng.
Round up that chauffeur, Sam.
will your" asked Sandy. "Tell him
we're startIn' TO- Herefo'd right or"
Kate Nicholson and Miranda Bailey
were On the ranch-house veranda.
Gould | ask you TO mail these let
ters, Mr.. Keith? Two Of Molly's and
n Of my own" Kate Nicholson nd.
vanced toward him, the letters In
hand. With a squirt OF fury Keith
snatched al the letters and threw
them on the ground.
ITO HI with you !" he shouted, his
face empurpled. you're firedl" All
of his polish stripped from him like
peeling veneer. he appeared merely n
coarse bully.
Sam came up the veranda In two
jumps and a final leap that left him
with his hands entwined In Keith's
coal collar. He whIrled that astound-
ed person half around and slammed
him up against the wall Of the ranch
house, rumpled. gnsplne, with trem-
bling hands that lifted before the
menace Of Sans gun.
III oughter shoot the tongue ont of
you befo' ] put a slug through yore
head" said Sam, standing In front of
the promoter. tense as q jaguar
couched for a spring. his eyes glitter.
Ing. his voice packed with venom
"You git down on yo' knees. you ring
tailed skunk, an apologize to this
lady. Crook yo' knees. o stinkin,
polecat, an crawl. I'll make you lick
her shoes. Down with you or III
send you straight to Judgment
mo, Sam. Mr.. Mannlng-it isn't
necessary" protested Kate Nicholson.
please . :"
Sam looked nj her cold-eyed.
This Is my party" he said. eth
do him good. I'll let him of lIckln'
w shoes, he might Spite the leather.
But he'll git them letters he chucked
away, git EN- ON ~all-fours. like the
sneakin', slinkin'. double-crossin' coy
ote he Is. Crook yo' knees first an
apologize r.
Sam fired a shot and the promoter
jumped ga~lvanically as the bullet tore
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Where They Get the News.

Vlsitor-Then You have no local
newspapers here, my good man?
VillaGer-Naw, sir, but us ave a
SEWN meeting every Friday, an that
seems to answer the purpose.
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through the planklng Of the ranch
house between his trembling knees.
II regret. Miss Nicholson he com
,menced huskily. that | LEI my temper
get the better OF me-. was greatly
upset. In the matter OF your services
i was-er-doubtless hasty. II cur
be arranged"
He shrank at the rap OF Sans gun
on his shoulder. whiting 10 his knees.
"She w'udn't work 10 you 70 the
time II takes a rabbit to d1fge a RAT.
tIer." said Sam. "She never did work
To- you. II was Molly's money paid
her. kufeS goin 10 stay right ir.rv
as Iang a. she chooses an
Catching Kate Nicholson's gaze. the
ndmirinR look oi q woman who has
,pever heforS been c~hamnfoned. con.
scious a. the fart that he had hIurted
out her Christian name amt disclosed
The secrei AZ that touvh Of Intipsa )
between them. Sam grew crimson
1hEoueh ~ tan Kate Nicholsou's
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-07
OPEN BRANCH LIBRARY
About 500 Volumes Transferred to
International institute.

For the convenience Of patrons the
first branch library in this city has
been opened by the San Antonio Car
ncgie library at the Int; 'ational In
stitute, Lake View ard North Pecos
streets, according to Mrs. Leah c.
Johnston who is in charge of the ex-
tension work of the main library as
well as being head of the children's
department.
Although library space was given by
the international Institute. there is
no other connection between that in
stitute and the branch library. Mrs.
Johnston explained. a sub-branch has
been maintained at the International
Institute for several years.
The branch library vii be open
from 3 TO > 80 O'Clock, Tuesday
Thursday and Saturday aftc- rJons of
each week. Miss Helen Henderson,
first assistant in the childrens de-
partment of the main library will have
charge of the branch.
Between 700 and 500 volumes. in
Guiding complete list of supplement
tary reading for grammar. junior high
and senior high school grades. as well
as books for children end adults have
been transferred to the branch library.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-07

be good enough to say for me that
there is no analogy.
AT conference at the executive
mansion in Albany the evening OF
August 0, 1913, my friends advised
me to sign proclamation declaring
martial law in Albany county and
instruct the militia to dispense the
assembly because it was apt to meet
in violation of the constitution of the
state.
"Suffice it to say that 1 refused to
sign such a petition and then and
repeat now: No man is greater
believer than l am in the supremacy
OF the law. No man, high or low,
rich or poor, is above the law, no
matter wnat he thinks are his rights
or what he believes to be his griev
ances. No man must take the law
in his own hands. Sooner than sign
that proclamation declaring martial
law to save my office l will sacri.
flee the governorship OH the princi.
pie that the law is supreme and
every man must bow to its suprem-
acy.'
"The fact that I was advised the
assembly was to 10 an unlawful act
was no reason why / should take the
law in my own hands. If l had to
go through now what l did go through
IN 1913. | would do today just what
L did then-submit to the civil au-
thorities.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-07
Hectic Days in Lii or NJ York
Some Folks Are So Mean They'd Even Steal SnakI

The BENEFITS now have found
clever way out. Richard Bennett, h
actor, and AdEenne harrison.
actress wife, and their two daud
tiers did not get along very well
one apartment. They loved one n
other, y understand, and had done
for twenty years or Whereabouts. I'll
Mrs. Bennett bad piano ana al
Bennett liked his breakfast at .
the afternoon while the other melsbs
of the family breakfasted at kou|
ranging from . in the morning to IL.
The Cooks Quit.
The cooks invariably got mad n \
quit. You can't run an apartmpI
without a cook if your breakfasts al
scattered all through the day. Nor
over Mr.. Bennett could not give II
his sleep and Mrs. Bennett would nd
give IN her piano. SO what did n
brainy family do but divide itself I'M
two apartments. Mrs. Bennett is mol
living six blocks away from her hui
band and she has the piano and ri.
cook. Mr.. Bennett in the old aparj
ment, has his sleep and a Jan yalel
The children with papa or mama n
the whim seizes them. And so til
four of them are dwelling in a sem
detached condition and ON the bes
of terms.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-07
WORLD NEEDS AMERICA
Judge Arthur w. Seeligson Says Eu
rope Needs a Stabilizer.

The world needs America now more
than ever and especially as an ar
bitter between the nations of the world
whether in the League of Nations or n
World Court, Judge Arthur Seelig-
son, who has recently returned from n
tour of Europe, declared at the lunch
con of the San Antonio Rotary Club
Friday afternoon.
Europe needs stabilizing power
such as the United States, Judge
Seeligson declared, to prevent the
hatred and enmity which will break
out among the nations as soon as they
are financially on their feet again.
This will not be long. Judge Seeligson
said. for the nations will soon be able
to finance the wars of the future and
Americas contribution to world peace
and democracy will be only of momen-
tary benefit.
Judge Seeligson's information was
gathered as he Travelled over Europe
where he was able to study the ma
tons financially as they recuperatcd
their wartime losses. The graves and
monuments of Americas dead was
also included in the itinerary of Judge
Seeligson.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-07
ORDERED TO HAWAII
Six Officers From Field Artillery to
Sail January is.

In War Department orders issued
from Washington Saturday the as
signment to foreign service Of six field
artillery officers Mt Fo"t Sam Hous-
ton was announced. The officers
named are: Mai. Albert r. Gardner
and Second Lient. Frederick r. Por-
ter of the Fifteenth Field Artillery.
The other four officers are: Second
lieutenants Paul X. NJ. Miller.
George DeGraaf, Russell q. Smith
and Richard c. Singer, all Of the
Fourth Field Artillery. ain attached
unit of the Second Division.
All six officers are ordered TO for
eign service in the Hawaiian DEPART
ment ard will sail from San Francisco
on or about January II. 1924.
Lieutenant Porter and Lieutenant
Smith are both natives of Texas and
are graduates of the military academy
Mt West Point. III" former finishing
wit hthe class Of 1917 and tho latter
finishing in 1918. Licuts. Miller. De
GRAF and Singer arc also West Point
graduates. Li"utenant Miller finished
in 1917 apd L'eu;enarts DeGraaf and
Singer finished IN 1918.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-07
WANT $4,000 POLLS
Effort To BE Made to Pass Last
Years Total.

Fifty thousand poll taxes before
the period closes on January 81"
This is the slogan which has been
adopted by public spirited San An
tonic citizens with the opening OF
the poll tax paying period at the
Bexar county tax collectors office.
This slogan is to be broadcasted
throughout sthe county with view to
getting every man and woman of the
voting age to pay their poll taxes.
That such public move is neces-
sary was indicated Saturday BY a
check of the number of poll taxes
which have been paid. Although six
full days had elapsed up 10 Saturday
afternoon. only 100 persons had paid
their poll taxes. This is an average
of less than 30 day. When it is
considered that there may be 10000
poll taxes and exemptions issued in
the county before the end of the
period. it is seen that there must
inevitably be "mad rush" at the
last moment
During the six days of last week
there was never any time during which
there was n crowd before the tax col
lector's window. In fact only once
or twice. was there more than one
person paying his poll tax.
Last years total for the county
was 5,163. An increase is expected
this year because it is county cleo
ton year and also state election
year. At times such as these 1.-The
poll tax payments usually run higher.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-07
STORIES FOR CHILDREN
Added Feature for Juvenile Depart
ment of Library.

Story hours for children will be a
regular feature of the childrcn's de-
partment of the San Antonio public
library, according to an announcement
by Mrs. Leah c. Johnston, children's
librarian. The first of series of
weekly story hours will be held at 4
o'clock next Friday afternoon for
children under 10 years of age or in
the first three elementary school
grades.
Nursery rhymes and children's
poems will be the basis for the stories.
Mrs. Johnston said For the first
story hour an entertaining feature mas
been planned by the childrcns librar-
ian. Pictures with titles conceded
VIII be shown to the children. The
chlld who correctly guesses the great
est number of titles will be awarded a
prize.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-07

In an effort to enlarge the scope
of the Notwithstanding move
ment and to widen the field of the
Better business Bureau Service, KEN
meth BARNARD, director of the Ma
tional Vigilance Committee of the As
ISOLATED Advertising Clubs of the
World will be in San Antonio from
October IL TO 10, and will speal, be-
fore the San Antonio Rotary Club
and the San Antonio Advertising
Club.
Mr.. Barnard, who has been one of
the most active leaders in the Truth
inAdvertising movement, is making n
tour Of Texas to further the work of
the committee. Last winter he toured
the Pacific Coast states. visiting each
of the Better business Bureaus in
that territory.
Formerly Mr.. Barnard was asso-
ciate director of the Vigilance Com
mittee, and before that time was for
several years manager of the Toledo
Better Business Commission. He is a
graduate Of the University of Michi-
gan and is a member of the Ohio bar.
The value of advertising depends
on reader confidence in advertising.
says Mr.. Barnard in a letter to the
San Antonio Light. 1T follows there
fore, that any influence tending to
undermine reader confidence is de-
structive TO the value of advertising,
and prevents business from getting the
maximum return which it has n right
to expect from its investment in adj
yertising.
misleading and fraudulent advcr-
Using is such an influence. 1t places
the reputable business concern at the
disadvantage Of having TO meet an UNI
fair class of competition. and, through
the deception practiced and the dissat-
isfaction that results, makes the pub
lie skeptical Of all advertising.
"The Notwithstanding move
ment: as it operates through the Ma
tional Vigilance Committee, and its
affiliated bureaus, protects the buy
ing public against deception and pos
sible fraud in advertising and mer-
chandising by investigation and cor.
recting wrong practices"
While in San Antonio Mr.. Barnard
will address the Rotary Club on Octo-
Der II. and the Advertising Club on
October Is.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-07
Danish PinnpIes
By Easy Method
Stuart's Calcium Waters Have
Remarkable Action in the Skin
to Clear 1t of Pimples,
Blaekheads and Other Such
Beauty Spoilers.

With all the wonderful pretty
Things to wear many Il girl is dis
tracted because her complexion is a
fright. But here's the way to Danish
those pimples. Ask any druggist for
a 90 cent box of Stuart's Calcium
WATERS and follow directions.
Their first action is to remove the
sour lamentations that are ant to POI
son the blood and thus disfigure the
skin. The effect is visibly noticeable
to those troubled with pimply skin,
or one that is muddy or red or blotchs.
scaly and rough and coarse. The Cal
cium Waters induce reaction 10
healthier tendencies and soon the pink
islI complexion beg.as TO assert itself.
the blemishes fade avay. the dimples
seem animated and IL. en- ire appear.
ance. is one of yivncious beauty in
stead OF uns!ghtlincss.
Get GO cent box Of Stuarts' Cal
cium Waters ut the nearest drug store
or write to +. 4. Stuart Co. G35
Stuart Bldg, Marshall, Mich, for a
free sample package.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-07
Siy Permits Issred.

Austin. Tex. Get. 6.-Although the
blue skv law has hecn in effect since
AUGUST II. only six ncrmits TO operate
under its provision have becr granted
bv the blue sky division of .hp sec
retarv of states department. There
are several applications nendin% but
these have NOT as -ct been nassed unon
bv the division. f. +. Johnson. chief
Of the division. is having arenarcd
blank forms unon which annlirHtions
NAV be made By persons desiring r.
org nize under if- provisions 70 soil
stock These i'll 10 'r"a1v TO- fro
distribution next week, it was stated.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-07
BY JESSIE HENDERSON

| Copyright. by The San Antonio Light.
New York, Oct. Cit may have
been the transition from daylight saw
| ing time to old fashioned time. 1t may
have been the arrival Of Lloyd-George
and the effort to pronounce his birth
place, which as everyone knows is
Llanystumdwy, in Wales, where they
go in for that sort of thing and wag
u mean jawbone..
But whether it was the mental up
set due to hopping back to standard
time or the physic disturbance in
cident to realization that for two
or three years the war was bossed by
man who thinks that parking all the
LIS and WIS you can in a given space
constitutes language-whateve the
cause, the old town dint been her
self for week or more. For one
thing, she's got the sneak thief blues.
There are sneak thieves, and sneak
thieves. And these are the other
kind. WAT do you think of an other
wise convential clerk, 20 years old.
who steals dictionaries from book
stores?
Would Steal Snake.
William Burke says he has vo-
cabulary of 100000 words and a cul-
ture complex. Twice before he admits
having been arrested for taking lber-
ties with other peoples dictionaries.
Books classic. books snappy, lay all
about him. Not a one of 'em would
he touch. He went to the handy
compendium of all books. the source
from which they flow. And now the
poor soul. over on Welfare Island,
will have six months or more in which
to look IN words like Honesty" and
police"
Burke's thefts, however, were less
freakish than the ATTEMPTED shoplift-
ing up at the Bronx Zoo. OF all
things to lift, venomous East Indian
cobra is the least likely to appeal to
the average citizen. Yet some person
or persons made serious attempt to
break into the snake cage the other
night and steal four of the most deadly |
serpents in the world. Something. |
however, scared the snake stealers
away.
There is something positively I'M
canny about the way in which one |
vi tdSt
only, to give place TO another. Hardl7 |
had the Ward case been wiped out.
than came the mysterious death of mil |
lionairess Gerty Webb. with its bat
talon of relatives eager to break the
will. its hints of foul inlay. its Ia
raised widower. and its dramatic
leath bed setting in fashionable coun-
try club lust outside the city.
Stokes Ease Sets Record.
With the Webb case there comes
also re-opening of the w. f.. u.
Stokes divorce case. For years. the
former hotel owner and his wife. Helen
Elwood Stokes. have foppht each other
IN the courts until the Stokes case is
likely to set LONGEVITY record. II
lees seem as if both sides of the
Stokes family had n good deal of
trouble on their hands. Mrs. Stokes
vas still in Chicago. irving TO prove
ber charges that people had been
,rihed in conspiracy TO smirch her
namn. when the newest segment of
he divorce proceedings began here. J.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-07
MUST HAVE PETITION
Commissioner Steffler Tells How
Have Street GrayeIed.

Streets cannot be graded and
graveled merely because some prof
crty owner complains over the tele
phone, or personally, but propertI
owners must petition the city council
This statement was made by Commits
sioner of Streets Paul f. Steffler Sat
urday in an effort to direct propertI
owners in the proper method of securI
ing these improvements.
Heretofore Commissioner Stefflel
said, residents have either telephoned
him or come to his office to reques
that he gravel or grade the streets adj
Joining their property. As result Id
has had to explain to each applicant
that he alone cannot order such work
MANY people,, Commissioner Stef
fler said, "are under the impression
that all they have to do is to- ele
phone me or personally call on mt
and complain about their street and
that that alone will be sufficient I'd
have the work done.
"All requests for grading or gravel
ing should be doRe by a petition from
the property owners and residents,
addressed to the mayor and commis-
sion. The petition then will be read
before the commission, referred to the
street department and upon recon-
incubation of the street commissioner,
such work can be done lawfully.
at is not within my province to ex-
pend public funds without the consent
or authority Of the commission. There
fore property owners will save time by
addressing their requests direct to the
commission.
This procedure, Commissioner Stef-
fler explained. does not apply to the
Of mudholes and similar
trivial jobs. A telephone call TO his
office is all that is necessary for this
character of work.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-07
MONEY COMING In
Money Order Receipts Are Twice
Sales POstOffice Cashier Reports.

More than twice the. amount of
money sent out of San Antonio by
money orders was brought into San
Antonio by money orders paid at this
office d1ring September, according to
report by the money order cashier,
A. l.. Wynne..
In September there were 11,19y
domestic orders issued with an aggre.
gate value of Sic, 560.34. During tie
same month there were 1.191 money
orders paid with an aggregate value
of S240,77S.R.
These figures stand favorable COM
parison with those for the CORE
spending month of last year when
the total of money orders issued was
IN EXCESS of the total for September
OF this year. and when. upon the other
hand. the value of money orders paid
was far less than that of Sentember
of this year. In September, 1922. do
nestle money orders were issued to
the value of S113.OS2.5O and domestic
money orders Sere paid to the total
of s201 ,9.3.91.
Foreign money orders issued i'm
September of this year amounted to
S4333.65. Those paid totaled S3463 60.
Postal savings in September showed
an increase greater than for any
month this year. On September l.
there was balance of S119.7 $50 and
on SeDtember 80. there was hilancc
a S122.25G. an increase of S252G.
Within recent months there has
been steady decline in the amount
of money deposited with the postal
savings department. Months that did
not show an actual loss, had but a
InnCa
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-07

BesBtifui Roseiawn Cem,re-y not
a gravfyrsd. beauiisnl. well kept
baria- PARK. Crockett -GSS.-tAdy.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-07

Dancing Sunday. Oct II at the
Highland Social Club. Sutherland
Springs road. Music furnished by
Eubank's Novelty -Four Band. (Adv.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-07

(Adv.)
One Hurt as Cars Crash.-Cars
operated by Miss Venda Williams, 610
East Guenther street and ID. =.
Burke, 1926 Hays street, collided At
4 AS Saturday afternoon at South
Pine and Iowa streets. Mrs. l.. C..
Rothke, sister-in-law of Burke. was
bruised. Burke's car, police report,
was considerably damaged.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-07

kriscll's Special Dance. fire and
candy spot, West End pavilion to-
night. Something you never saw in
San Antonio. Schutze's orchestra.
-(Adv.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-07

Big Dance at Adkins. Sunday De-
tober Z. Homen's Novelty orchestra.
-(Adv)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-07

Struck. BY Automobile.-Mrs. W
Rechel, 81 Howard street, escaped
serious injury when struck by an auto
mobile, operated Y G. L. Solomon,
1925 West Mulberry street, at 4 40
Saturday afternoon. The accident
occurred while Mrs. Rechel was cross
ing East Houston street at the st.
Mary's street intersection. She was
removed to her home by Mr.. Solomon.
"Hooover Vacuum Cleaners and
electric Washing Machines. Kirk.
wood & Wharton. CIR. 641.r--tAdv.)
Plumbing and Electric Work.
Kirkwood and Wharton. Crockett GA
-(Adv.)
Numerous Auto Parts. Phone II
%. Select Auto Parts Co.-(AAdv.)
Guns rented, exchanged and repair.
ed. Potchernick's, 211 st. Mary's st
-
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-07

Dance-Macdonna Shooting Club
Hall, Sunday, October Z. Rainbow
Six.-(Adv.)