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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-02-23

The senate killed a bill raising
expense allowances Of all administra
tive state officers to the level o
supreme court judges. and passed the
measure abolishing tie state auditor
report, a $4,000 volume.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-02-23

Statements in the annual report of
the woman's committee Of investiga-
ton, for the term ending June 30,
1922. are in need of correction. accord
ing to ex-service men who are in the
legislature at the present time. In
the report the women alleged that 80
per cent OF the men in the .peniten-
tiary at the time the report was made
were ex-service men. This was a gross
exaggeration, for only about 80 per
cent of the men in the penitentiary
at that time were ex%-service men, and
at the present time the percentage
IS less.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-02-23

The Miller woman juror bill gained
.our votes on reconsideration i'm the
senate and passed, "a to 16. The bill
went through in the optional form
permitting women to decline service
If they SO chose.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-02-23

Gov. McMaster has appointed C.. T
Charnock, of Sioux Falls, to the state
highway commission, to succeed M. l.
Shade, who was removed last week.
Evening star., 1923-10-04

stand Jim Britten--but supposing Sir
The young mans brows knitted and
his lips tightened; but in moment
his face cleared.
Isn't that exactly a reason why I
should see him and do my best to
convince him of my innocenceT he
said He never gave me one single
chance, Jim, as you know. You know
what a hard, proud man he is, and
when it came TO 1t he shut himself up
within his prise and wouldn't Hear a
word from me.
II know. of course, I'd got bad
name from my previous goings-on.
/ know he'd a lot of trouble with me
when l was at Eton. I know 1 was
sent down from Cambridge. know
he had to pay my debts twice.
know 1 got mixed up with a very
shady lot at Newmarket-''
Wasn't this Mr.. Warrinder one OF
them. sir?" asked Jim.
Never mind that, Jim. Warrin-
der's stuck to me like a brick. re-
piled Clinton. Well, I know, I say,
that I went the pace pretty. badly.
I've had time to reflect upon it since.
/ can tell you! But there's n ocean
OF difference between being rackety
and gambling. and so on, and being
a common thief. l am as innocent Of
that charge as your dear old mother
lS, Jim, DeIOre heaven!
Il always believed IT. sir, said
Jim, looking at him steadily. And
l know a rare lot of people who be-
lieve Just the same-a rare lot"
Then, who was-who is--the scoun-
drel for whom I've suffered" said
Clinton houy. why, because I was
sort of black sheep as a boy. was my
uncle only too ready to believe this
thing against me when it came?"
Il believe 1t nearly broke his heart,
Mr.. Clinton" said Jim. Hes never
seemed to me to be the same man
since
,Tt's pretty nearly broken my life
said Clinton grimly. But look here.
Jim, / must see my uncle, IL only to
impress upon him that it's his solemn
duty to stir himself in this matter.
Good heavens! / should think any
fool could see why"
Perhaps / don't quite see all, you
mean, sir said Jim.
Clinton leaned forward, and began
to emphasize his point with taps of
his finger on his foster brothers $
arm.
MY uncle is getting an old man.
he said, 'and it is most unlikely that
he will ever marry again."
He'll never marry again. sirt" ex-
claimed Jim. Hes too much taken
up with Miss Phillipa."
He has no sons" continued Clin-
ton, "and no brothers living. Con-
sequently /. his nephew, as only son
OF his late brother, Philip Mannersley.
succeed at his death to the title.
We'll. sir?" ~
For the honor of the titie-wc've
borne it since the fourteenth century,
Jim. though you're such an old radi-
cal that means nothing to you--he
Evening star., 1923-10-04
THE DOUBLE CHANCE
OF Wrongly accused Hero and Loyal S,ceetheart
BY J. S. FLETCHER
Author OF "Rayner,SIade An,algamation, etc.

for while, Jim returned Clinton.
They'd never expect me to come
down to Mannersley. It's a fortnight
now since I got away. Pooh! I'm
not afraid Of 'em--not 1, indeed!"
Il don't know how you managed it,
SIR" said Jim wonderingly.
Clinton smiled. Managed itw he
said. Why, as easily as anything,
bar the first preliminary risk. War
rinder, when he found they'd sent me
to Dartmoor, took a sort of hunting
box down there, as close as ever he
could get, and he devised means OF
letting me know. Then he waited
always in readiness-day and night:
and at last my chance came, and
took it. OF course. / ran the gantlet.
They had a potshot or two at me. Jim.
Look here" He turned up the cuff
of his left sleeve as he spoke and re-
vealed a newly healed wound which
ran across the forearm.
Only scratch, you see, but near
enough" he continued. We'll, / got
to Warrinder's place all right. and
the rest has been easy. 1t was War
rinder who brought me up here in
his motor-he's putting up at Ash
ford; across country there, until to-
morrow night, when he's going to
meet me at Dead Mans Cross--you
run me to Liverpool. There's full
kit waiting there for me, and I'm OFF
to Canada"
Jim looked up from a steady con-
temptation OF the fire.
Mr.. Clinton, sir. what do you want
down here?" he asked.
Clinton's countenance assumed a
determined expression. He smote. the
knuckles of his right hand against
the palm of his left.
II want to see two people, JIM
will and must see both" he answered.
the resolution in his voice made
fiercer by the hushed whisper in
which, at n signal from Jim. he had
spoken ever since entering the cot
tage. And you can guess whom they
are-my uncle and my cousin. But.
above all. Sir Robert"
why Sir Robert so particularly,
sir?"
Because he. more than anybody,
can put things in motion for clearing
me-" said Clinton. He must do it
he shall do it.''
Jim held up n finger. fiMr. Clin-
ton," he said. you won't misunder-
Evening star., 1923-10-04
FREED,
READOPTS DRESSES
Court Crowd Cheers Verdict
in "SmiIing Girl Bandit"
Murder Case.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. October Acquitted of
having, as smiling girl bandit. shot
and killed Richard G. Tesmer, wealthy
insurance broker, In a hold.up last
summer. Fred G. Thompson last night
reassumen the feminine habiliments
that for fourteen years permitted
him to go unehallenged as a woman
and eleven years ago to marry Frank
Carrick.
Feminine throughout the trial in
his actions. gestures and remarks. de-
spite the rough male garb of the Jail
prisoner. Thompson, as If startled by
the verdict, woman-like. shrank to-
ward his attorney as the jury fore
man pronounced the words of ac-
quittal.
He Immediately recovered, however,
and the temperament of the old days
as q cabaret entertainer asserted it
self as Thompson swung up on a
table and requested nobody to go
until he had thanked everybody
Cheers and cries of approval OF the
verdict were shrieked az men and
women crushed about the "nan-wom-
an" to congratulate him.
The feminine instinct predominant.
Thompson exclaimed: 'My goodness.
I'll be glad to get some hairpins.' as
he was being led back to jail to be
Evening star., 1923-10-04

discharged. "Every time a woman
has visited the JAN I've said "Please.
madam, have you a hairpin to
Carrick was in the cheering crowd
in the courtroom, but Marie Clark, the
girl Thompson married because. he
said, he sympathized with her, was
not present. s-..' -,
Thompson. testifying in his own be-
half. was clad in feminine waist and
masculine trousers, with his long hair
combed in knots over his ears, He
told the jury of a dual life, as boy
in Chiilicothe, Ohio, and as woman
in Chicago.
Easier In Dresses. as
He dressed as boy in childhood
but felt easier in girls clothing, he
told the jury. and. after he came to
Chicago. wore woman's attire almost
exclusively.
Sobbingly, he declared he could not
kill a dog or cat" when questioned
whether he had donned woman's cloth
Ing to commit murder.
> Chief Justice Caverly dismissed him
from the stand with the remark
That will be all.lady.'
Thompson was arrested shortly after
Tesmer was killed. Mrs. Tesmer. who
saw her husband shot. declared
Thompson was the Smiling girl
bandit" who fired while q male ac-
complice was robbing him, and
prosecution witness repeated the same
statement from the witness stand.
Evening star., 1923-10-04
Bungalow Aprons
CSC; We're 81

100 bungalow aprons OF per-
Gale and gingham. Mussed
from display.
Petticoats, SOC. 10 heather
bloom petticoats. Broken
size range.
Bath Robes. Sz.95. Ladies
full cut bath robes with col
lars. Broken sizes.
House Froeks, ST.: were, Sl.95.
20, of Anoskeag gingham.
Broken size range.
DOWN STAIRS STORE
Evening star., 1923-10-04

y ~s sa =
Evening star., 1923-10-04

ought to have this affair reopened.
The thing to do Is to find the real
culprft:' exclaimed Clinton.
r"Find the guilty man! ] must and
will see Sir Robert. Jim, IL have to
force my way to him. I will make
him see that I am innocent, and that
il is his duty. even after these two
years-two years Of misery and deg
radiation to me--to reopen the matter
and have me cleared. I want to see
him in secret X II can be arranged /;
II it can't. I'll force my way to him,
and take whatever consequences may
come
(Contiuued tomorrow
Evening star., 1923-10-04
DRY CASE MlSTRIAL.
Four Defendants Released on Bond
for New Trial.

AIKEN, S. c., October "A mis-
trial was declared last night. after a
jury had deliberated for four and
one-half hours, in the joint cases Of
Manley S. Sullivan, Louis Kanter Of
Detroit. Edward Trattnor and c. J..
Hernandez of Charleston, charged
with conspiracy TO violate the eight
eenth amendment. in connection with
a sixty thousand dollar liquor seiz-
ure at Charleston recently. The case
was heard in the United States dis
trict court before Judge II. A. NJ.
Smith, who ordered the mistrial after
the jurymen failed to agree upon q
verdict.
The four men were released under
the original bond OF 5000 each un-
til next term of court, when the cases
will again be tried
Evening star., 1923-10-04
MRS. TONY PASTOR DIES.

NEW YORK, October 4-Mrs. Jo-
sephine NJ. Pastor. widow of Tony Pas
tor. former theatrical manager and en-
tertainer. IS dead at her home in Am
herst, y. Y Tony Pastor was for many
years ono of the leading theatrical pro-
ducers Of New York
Evening star., 1923-10-04

Philippa Mannersley, daughter OF Sir Robert,
owner OF an old estate on, which prontaole
mines have been found, surprises Mrs. Britten
and her son Jim-respectively, nurse ana
foster brother OF her disowned cousin-by an
evening visit on q mysterious errand.
Evening star., 1923-10-04
Muslin Gowns and Princess Slips, SOC

muslin gowns and Princess slips greatly reduced for clear
Straight BIoorer z5c 90 pairs straight boome
in flesh color only.
chemse zsc; were and higher. "a lacetrimmed caeme
in white. -,
extra size and the paamas in the popular Billie Burke
style - l. IT,: - ,;o..
Sfen;ns soc: were CSC. crepe step-ins in mede only
cariso zsc; much higher. Navy blue silk camisole
= DOWN
Evening star., 1923-10-04
CHAPTER III.
4 Meeting-and q Spy.

"EN minutes later Phillipa's
clear voice was heard saying
farewell to Margaret She came
- out into the dusk calling the
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-28

Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Smith, was pain
fully though not dangerously injur-
ed. No bones were broken. The
baby, with other children, was play
ing near the curb as the car ap-
preached and he is said to have step
ped off the curb directly in front
of the machine, the fender of which
struck him. The car was brought
to a stop Immediately ana the child
picked up. The accident was investi-
gated by Police Officer Willis, bat
Mr.. Smith asked that no case be
docketed against him as he did not
consider him in the fault, He was
not speeding according to Mr..
Smith,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-28
WOMEN TO PETITION
ALL STORES TO CLOSE

ROME, April disagreement of
the stores to give employees the usual
half holiday through the summer
months, VIII be secured by the Bust
ness Women's Club which has been
asked by H. H. Shackleton, president
of the Chamber of Commerce to do
the work. c. J. Wyatt and Albert
Fahy, of the Chamber of Commerce,
will assist. The commencing date
will be May 16, and the closing We'd
nesday, August 20.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-28
ROME MASONS ATTEND
CONVENTION IN MACON

ROME, April 28.-Past Grand
High Priest, A. s. Harvey, of the
Royal Ach Masons, of Georgia, head
ed the delegates of the Rome Mas
ons, to attend the 80th convention
in Macon. Others from Rome are
f. A. Green, F. L. Foster, w. H.
WiIkerson and J. B. Kyle, of the
Lndale chapter The Grand Master
of the Grand Council Royal Arch
and Select Masons, Early H. john
son, of Columbus, Ga. gave a glow
ing tribute in the memory of Judge
MaN MaNnrhardt.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-28
rDRDELE HIGH GOES
!. DOWN IN DEFEAT ia
Americus High Boys Visit Sister
City For Ball Came FRIDAY
Afternoon
By JOHN WEST SHEFFIELD

By JOHN WEST SHEFFIELD
The warriors of the diamond fro,,
Ian. iourneyed to the metronoIis
d Crisp Friday afternoon to show
he youths of that fair city the ART
T playing baseball.
Six ears full of players and enoc-
stors left this city about ! 40 in
f5e afternoon and arrived at tbai,
Estimation full of the determination
mai to lose another game. And tbat
Vas really one time they did beat
game. When it was all over tbo
scora was TIA in our boys favor
The game was an interesting one
akough it was evident at the very
that the boys from Americas
AID the best team. The main fea
tlre Of the game was the hitting and
fielding of the Americas aggrega-
lion. Witt, playing rightfield for the
local boys, did fine batting. He sue
eeedcd in knocking two two-baggers
during the contest. Broadhurst also
dd good batting by getting four hits
out of seven times up.
In the field Jap" Parker was =
star at second base although he made
one b2d error. DIN Jones who was
hurting for the home town did Won
derfuI work.
Up until the sixth inning, not p
single Cordele boy even had a smell
at first base. During the seventh
they succeeded in getting one tai
w. while the Americas bows cot
eight runs in the same inning.
Lucy" Ward, the star soda ierkor
and pitcher from Cordele, pitched
hard and continuously the entire
nine innings. Lucy's a good pitch
g-at least that's what we've heard
but as hard as he tried he could'n+
fool the Americas hitters. Kid
Sukes says Lucy must be math With
him, because when he got up to bat
Lucy would hit him with the ball.
DonnaIIv, the snappy little catcher
for Cordele. was a star in tht game,
enocally while holding down his po-
,tiOn behind the bat. We are sure
if he only had a good peg to sec
mi. ho would be backstop on Ty
o5b'e Tigers in the next few years.
The weakest Ink in the ordele
team is its infield the Americas
bovs getting several hits nv beating
ont an infield grounder The locals
vootorp spot was in the base-run-
r'ro Several time during the game
an 'mer'cus runner was caught fast
aIoon.
All nall it was pretty GOOD
Garo and we hone that The pluckv
mjat bunch will have better luck
in jts games in the future.
The Americus team has several
r7mcs n"vt week. The announce
morrs will be put in the paper little
I1tpr.
The batteries at Fridays game
were:
Ward and Donnallv
Americus-Jones and Player.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-28
CLEVELAND WILL SEEK
NATIONAL. CONVENTION

CLEVELAND, April 28.-Promi-
Ohio members of both the Re-
Publican and Democratic parties are
working actively to bring one Of the
big political national conventions to
Cleveland in 1924, confident that
the new municipal auditorium Of the
city and its general facilities are en-
tIeIy adequate for handling con-
venton that will select one Of the
PRESIDENTIAL nominees.
Cleveland, in its first bid for one
Of these meetings, finds itself with
an auditorium that it considers Dig
enough, and with sufficient hotel
space to handle such a gathering Its
new public hall has been declared
one Of the finest and best equipped
auditoriums in the country. Mayor
Fred Kohler has offered the use OF
the auditorium to both parties Tree
Of cost.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-28
CHEAP MONEY ON FARMS
HAND BAGS

HAND BAGS
We have just received nice line of Leather
Hand Bags
Come in and look them over as they are extra
good values and you will be surprised to know
what you can get a real good Bag for.
You will be pleased with one Of these Hand
Bags.
THOS. L. BELL
Jeweler and Ophcian
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-28
SCHOOL TAX DELINoUENTs.

WAYCROSS, April 28.-UVer 300
people have not paid their school
taxes, it was announced this morning
at the office of the city tax collec-
tor. The number, Walter Lee stated
to be exact, is 321. The funds as
they are collected are turned over
to the school authorities for use dur
ing the present term.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-28
/ 500 KNIGHT TEMPLARs MEET

AUGUSTA, April 26.-Afrange-
ments are being made for entertain
ment of more than fifteen hundred
people at a barbecue during the 63d
convention of the Grand Commandry
of the Knights Templar of Georgia,
according to announcements here.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-28
CHILD KNOCKED
DOWN BY AUTOMOBILE

COLUMBUS, April 28.-As a re-
suit Of having been knocked down
by an automobile eatly Thursday
morning by H. C. Perry, OF WaFef-
" Hall, at the TOP of the hi on
Talbot avenue, little Walter Smith:
two and a half years old, son OIL
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-28
$40 OOO PAVING Project BEGUN

CORDELE, April 28.--Work has
begun on a ten thousand dollar street
paving project here in the form of
repairs which are being made in the
asphalt paving.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-28

LOANS made on Improved farm lands
at cheapest rates for term Of 5, Z OF
10 years with prepayment. option
given. Money secured promptly, We
have now outstanding over S1,100,-
10000 on farms in Sumter County
alone, with plenty more to lend
MIDDLETON MCDONALD
Correspondent Atlanta Trust Com
pany in Sumter, Lee, Terrell, Schley,
ster Counties. 81 Planters Bank
Macon, Stewart, Randolph and Web
Bldg. Americas. Ga Nh0ne 80 OF
oil.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-28
oCOLD IN THE HEAD

is an acute attack of Nasal s.o, Gatar aTa
Those subject to frequent TGGtqS arc
generally in a run down c 22T1N4g 10
HALLS CATARRH MED d;It1n ~ - to
Treatment consisting OF an n O,n pbinb acts
Quickly t through the Blood on the Mg-
and D1 9Iriare 80, less liable to colds
Sold ,if hy dErHXg gg for over 40 Years
F. j. Cheney & Co. Toledo u
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-28

About $8OO,OOO,OOO worth Of to-
bacco will go up in smoke in the
United States this year.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-09-08
COlOred America At.
tenti0n, Assemble!

Boston, Mass. August 25.-Any mem
Der or members OF the race arc engt-
BILE to call meetings, informal or public
and organize Equal Rights commit
tees or branch Equal Rights Leagues
to send delegates to 18th annual meet
ing of National Equal Rights League
at Holy Trinity Baptist Church, De
Kalb and Franklin Avenues. Brooklyn
N. Y. Rev. T. 81 Harten, pastor and 10
cal chairman. September 1923, 1928.
Act in churches and all race bodies.
A National Race Assembly at which
the race itself will formulate Its own
declaration Of wrongs suffered and
rights due, to present first to the new
President in the White House. next to
the Congress that meets for a presi-
Dental year.-FOr any information
write National Headquarters, 1913
Court street. Boston, Mass Rev. NJ. A.
". Shaw, President; William Monroe
Trotter, Corresponding Secretary. Act
at once! ~,
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-09-08
SOutherner Explains
Jolt to S0utherners.
preston News Service)

birmingham, Ala. Sept. 6.-The
idea that Negro had been appointed
to act as an official at an election in a
southern state is so repulsive to the
representative of southerners that
a complete and full explanation Of bow
such an insult to white supremacy
could happen. The goat" Professor
Hewitt in explaining the mistake"
says, "At the time for the opening o;
the polls at box IL, precinct 81, only
one Of the appointed officials was pres
ent and when went to vote was ask
ed to swear in five men and that one
Of them, whom I and others thought
to be of the South European extraction
proved later to be a Ntgro. When this
was found out, the Negro at my re-
quest, agreed to leave without pay, al
though one Of the other men presen;
and myself agreed and did, pay him 81
most vigorously deny that knowing
ly swore in a Negro as an election off
cial. am confederate veteran and
staunci supporter of southern
ideals"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-09-08
WORLD BAPTISTS ELECT l.. X.
WILLIAMS no HIGH POST.
Negro Delegates Led BY Rev. c. II
Parrish Of Louisville.

(By the Associated Negro Press.)
Stockholm. Sweden, Aug. 23.-Ra.-
lying to the request OF American Ne
gro delegates, Baptists OF all races in
attendance at the third congress, of the
Baptist World Alliance here elected
the Rev. DR.. L. X. Williams, president
LOT the National Baptist Convention
and pastor OF Olivet Baptist Church,
the largest Baptist Church in the
world, to the executive committee of
the alliance.
The Negro delegates were led by too
Rev. G. H. Parrish Of Louisville, KY.
and the Rev. E. Arlington Wilson OF
Dallas Texas. They were appointed by
DR.. Williams as head Of the Baptist
convention. before they left America.
Other delegates were: T. S. Sande-
fur, Camden. Ark; j. H. May, Shreve
port La; G. s. Brown, Winton, N. c.;
J. w. Bailey, Marshall, Texas; r. A.
Adams, Dermott, Ark; Miss Fannie
Givens, Louisville, KY; F. W. Will
liams, Norfolk, Va; w. H. Rdcks. New
ark, N. j.; ]. p. Robinson. Little Roc1
Ark; ]. H. Henderson, Knoxville,
Tenn; Walter H. Brooks, Washington
ID. c.; h II. Carter, Atlanta, Ga; ".
HI. Rozier, Los Angeles, California; A.
A. Graham. Phoebuss Va; Mrs. s. w.
Layton, Philadelphia. Pa; S. B.
Brown, Reidsville, N. c.; c. H. Parrish
Jry Louisville, KY; Oh. Allen. States
Vile, N. c.; and d. S. Kugh, Boston,
Mass.
DR.. Williams chosen for the new
honor has had meteoric career in
church work, starting in a small way
in Texas and rapidly achieving the
sort OF things to cause his constant al
vancement. He came to Chicago dur
ing the World War and quickly assum-
ed place Of leadership in III, city,
affairs, being made a member of the
Lowden Commission ON Race Rela-
lions, and revivified the work of the
great church to which he had been call
ed.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-09-08
FORMER CANDIDATE FOR CON.
GRESS GET HABEAS CORPUS
preston News Service)

Washington, ID. c.. Sept. 5.--Aaron
+. Prioleau, who was taken to the Dis
trict Jail August "a to serve out sen
tence of 30 days and an additional sen
tence of 30 days in default of a fine
or $50 on a charge of unlawful entry
was released last Thursday by Justice
Siddons in Criminal Court under 81,
600 bond for hearing August 81.
Prioleau. through Attorneys Kelly
and Clarke, got o. writ of Habeas Cor.
pus. and alleged he had been commit.
ted unlawfuily, while an appeal was
pending.
The accused is well remembered IN
account of his candidacy for a Congress
slonal seat as representative from
South Carolina and his subsequent pe
titions for the reopening of his closed
case as well as demands upon the Con
gressional Appropriation Committee
for compensation.