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Cantalonpes have been abdut as plcn-
tiful the past few days as strawberries
were last week and 1t is reported that
as many M 800 carloads OF the fruit
were shipped out OF California during
24~h0uf period this week Florida grow
ers shipped out much smaller guam
titles.
There were so many eantaloupes In
the local market this morning that the
moderate demand made the market
duh The fruit was OF various aiaes aud
IN different stages OF fipening, prices.
according 10 size and condition. cover
ing wide range.
Mo carload lots of watermelons were
reported this week Dealers have re.
ceived small shipments OF the fruit. but
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TIE Washington Bond Club has ar
ranged Z Summer outing 10 be held u
tte Burning Tree CcsintTT Club II
MARYLAND. or Saturday June p. Prac-
tlcsIiy 81 the members of the club are
planning 70 attend and many have bafn
Invited g JOIN the party from Baltimore
Coli and tennis are 10 be among tG1e
1szoz1g features. the winners 10 be
sysr6ed prizes. TIE chairman 81 the
G1er1s! !rrert committee is Sidney
Thomas of G1lett Il Co and Charles
Cs~ro1l Moran Of q n ?. Murphy
& CO. Is acting as vice Chairman.
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father, who was big and brawny in
stature and heavy in tissue, and still
less like her mother, who was tall,
angular and sharp-featured. To
Byrd she looked unreal without a
dustcloth pinned around her head.
for Mrs. Hamilton was the old-fash-
toned housekeeper who just had TO
take an active part in all the house.
hold activities.
In fact. the only member Of the
family who bore any resemblance to
Byrd was Patricia. called Pat" and
sometimes pep" because she was as
full Of high spirits rs a puppy, and
was known all over town for her
tomboy pranks.
At is. Pat was still n gangling
child with a ready tongue and a
shrewd and ~untutored idea Of life.
Most Of the time she looked all legs.
elbows and eyes. II was a constant
race. her mother had said. between
her knees and her skirt hens. Pat
had glorious hair that curled all over
her head in deep, coppery shades.
lighting at the ends to the warn rich
reds of a setting sun. Byrd scolded
her constantly for always running
her fingers through II so that il
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half so hard to raise a half million
for the new hospital"
"Papa, why do you have 10 make
n joke Of everything?' asked Mrs.
Hamilton with a catch in her voice.
Mr.. Hamilton drew in his breath
deeply, as IL to cover an impending
break.
"Clear out, everybody" he said,
quietly. MAMA and i want to be
alone with these two newly-wedsi"
lie turned TO Byrd and Larry, and
put an arm around each OF them.
Then he drew out a slip Of paper,
which he handed them.
81 was going t. give you a little
advice on the use of this, but I've
changed my mind. There amt going
TO be no strings tied OF to it"
He blew his nose violently, and
tucked his handkerchief. deeply bor-
dered in purple, back into his
pocket.
Byrd caught her breath as she
glanced Mt il. IL was a check for
five Thousand dollars. IL vas made
out to Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence
Browning. Larry put the check in
his pocket, thanking them.
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Byrd almost sobbed with sympathy
for her. /. There. in that story,
lay the entire tragedy Of sex. . .
The great. ~old-fashioned house,
with It's "big" parlor and its little
parlo-, its large hall and larger din
ing room, seem 10 absorb easily the
many guests that thronged ii now.
IL made a bright picture. with the
walls garlanded with spring flowers
reflected in the spring : colored
dresses Of the girls and women.
Some Of Larry's friends. even n
member Of the firm for which he
worked. had come all the way from
Cleveland and stood a little apart, a
smart, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. group. a
little superior as city folks are apt
to he.
The strains of the wedding march
floated up the stairs, and now Byrd
was descending on her fathers arm.
She seemed TO be carried down on
the rhythm Of the music.
The guests edged closer against
the ribboned aisle that her two little
Neces as flower girls had drawn,
straining TO get a full view of the
bride.
Byrd wasn't in the least like her
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into the roing-away gown q gray
ensemble" purchased in a smart lit
tie shop in Cincinnati. In IL she
looked like a little grey dove that
was to make a long journey into a
half-mythical world of bright hopes
and rosy romance.
MONS! you looked just beauti-
full" said Byrd, proudly as her quick
fingers snapped and buttoned and
adjusted side elastics. And Jenny
and Jinna looked like two little an
gels. And Pat was as cool as any
thing. I was afraid she was going 20
look like a vaudeville queen with all
that makeup. Ii was the most heav-
emily wedding that any girl yer had"
Byrd put on the chic little hat that
matched the suit, and tilted il so
that the rakish whisk swept her ear
and completely covered one eye.
"Ain't you fitting 10 a little too"
began Mrs. Hamilton.
Her mind was concerned entirely
with the little things details unim-
portant facts all the minutia Of life.
There was a rush up the stairs,
and Pat burst in before she could
finish.
TOT EeLS : SdhG. S1e GACialEnfu.
aren't you ever coming down? Hav-
ing prayers or something?" She
looked around, disgustedly, at their
serious faces. Then her eyes fell on
Byrd. "Sheba's queeni Spiffy, Ill
say! You look like one Of those
swell French mannequins! Now, for
goodness sake, live up to that out
fiji"
Pat put up her hands, as il to
: ward off an imaginary blow. Then
| she hoped up on the foot of the
| walnut bed, with legs swinging.
Patricia" said her mother, sharp
ly, pull your skirts down :"
"Moms, I've got to leave in a min
ute" said Byrd, wondering what was
keeping Larry and her father.
There was a din and shouting
below.
Suddenly she saw Larry standing
ing the doorway, flashing that bril-
liant smile that no woman, had she
but known, had ever been able to
resist. Her father was with him.
"Clear the stairs, dad, darling
Byrd said, n~ervously. "Moms, take
my bouquet and hold il till / get my
| gloves on. Heavens, don't let me
forget to throw IT," Turning to Pat,
"Get down where you'll have a
chance Of catching il. Pat, dear. I'D
rather you have it than anybody in
the world"
ooh. I don't want it," said Pat,
disdainfully. I'm going to stay
single for a while and have some
fun
The tension Of the foment began
to take its toll of Mrs. Hamilton's
nerves Until this moment, she had
shown the same qualification that
she might have felt il she had mar
ried Byrd TO royalty. She began TO
sniff audibly, and wipe her eyes.
ats so hard to give you up she
said, pathetically. "but a girl has 70
70 through it some time. Anyway,
/ hope you'll always remember that
YOUR father and | have always tried
| to do what was best for YOU.
Byrd saw the struggle II was cost
ing her father to carry off the mo-
ment with his usual broad. rollick-
ing humor. He adored Byrd. Under
| All their bantering and chatting each
| other, there was n deep, indestructl"
| bic. mutual love.
Now. observed only by Byrd. Mr.
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Hamilton turned his kindly, shrewd
eyes, their points OF light as pene-
trating as searchlights. upon his SON
in-law, and ~momentarily the smooth,
florid skin was criss-crossed with an
ENHANCEMENT of tiny wrinkles.
"Shucksl" he said, half aloud.
From everything that he had
heard about Lawrence Browning, he
was an up-and-coming young
His industry vas tatested by the fact
that one Of the members Of his firm
had come all the way from Cleve-
land to attend the wedding. Larry
had a bright, alert way Of discuss
ing matters, and il was only natural
that his wider experience should
make him feel a little superior to
his father-in-iaw. whose career was
perhaps a matter of good luck and
lack Of competition in a small town.
"By gumi" said Er. Hamilton, as
he wiped the p~crspiration off his
dripping forehead and smoothed
down the grey. bristling hair that
stood out. in moments Of excitement,
like a crop of scrub pax. Its GER
tainly a ticklish job getting the ugly
duckling married off. ! didn't work
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always looks just like q cosy cor
ner."
Then Byrd's eyes were drawn by
some magnetic force to Larry's. He
was standing there at the minister's
side so at ease, so assured, his COM
pact form drawn up to its full height
of six feet, so young, so handsome
and so distinguished looking, the
lines Of his suit not concealing en-
tirely the packs of muscles that
moved lightly under the smooth.
black broadcloth. His serious, dark
eyes held a secret message for her.
rs they held he, close to him for an
instant.
She loved Larry distractedly when
his face wore that fine, uplifted OK
preston.
When, when he looked at her like
that, she felt queerly taut inside like
a violin whose strings have been
softly and a little cruelty frightened
by the musician who alone knows
how to mute or force the sounds
from within.
Six months ago she had zone to
Cleveland to visit friends. And there
she had met Lawrence Browning
N. Il. il was at a dance (. . . they
were introduced, and he had asked
her to dance. Stepping into his
arms, their eyes had met. Some
thing Clicked"
Her light weight in his arms had
released some secret spring in both
their bodies that had thrilled them
simultaneously with a sudden elec-
trical shock . . that had swept them
together , . and bound them with
a thousand tiny, invisible wires,
.. They had felt "its" presence as
if cit" had been a person!
And Larry had stopped stock still
in the middle of the dance, before a
word had been spoken between them,
and kissed the top Of her bronze
hair, softly, re%verently, like a prayer
Suddenly she was conscious of the
deep, throaty tones of the minister,
spacing off his words as if he were
measuring them with a ruler.
"Wilt thou take this man q
be thy welded husband J" the
voice of the minister doomed and
questioned her.
Byrd shivered as if some ghostly
hand had suddenly shaken a warn
ing, SpeCtFdl iliEtT dL hel' pAos
patches floated before her eyes, and
the room became blurred and unreal
Larry, noting her sudden pallor, put
a sustaining arm around her,
strong, encouraging arm.
Il do" Byrd's voice floated, flute
like and steady. upon the tense air
and the sigh Of relief that escaped
her mothers lips was heard all over
the room. !.
The crisis had been safely passed
and now laughter and congratula,
tions filled the air. The kindly and
familiar faces Of old family friends
and neighbors crowded past her down
the receiving line.
Her father, on her right, addet
lust the correct amount Of buoyancy
TO the OCCASION. with his hearty and
overlooking good humor, which no"
and then couldn't resist dropping q
little story" into the willing. bui
shocked. ear of some overpious soul
He gave the evening a sort Of ease
for everybody adored big Jim Ham
ilton, president Of the Jacksonville
Savings and Loan company, and
about the most important and we'll
TODD man in town.
] An hour later, Byrd was slipping
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CHAPTER 1
was Byrd's wedding night.

was byrd's wedding night.
'e was Z tumult IN ner neart, a
smut OF JOY and tear.
sefs glri who has been led to the
sar knows that feeling a
-Nnsiihg OF happy emotions with
$50 q uncertain premonitions.
1ut until today she hadn't thought
~ ~ tnat way! Not Just that wayi
nau Deen too happy with Larry
20 even think Of their life after mar
riage. "
one mad lived in a dream, a dream
~ rove, OF JOY, OF beauty-a dream
snae mad opened up enchanting yistas
"neIe n and Larry wandered ire
cons of time. ~ "Hu
tonight she had stepped down 10
eatln Tor the first time, and she was
AFRAID. just a teeny, teeny bit fright
enc trembled slightly, as she gazed
~ the shimmering silver cloud, with
ius heouia OF floating mist that was
e1 eoain gown, as il was reflected
table. b" uieSins
one thought g~uiltiIy that she did
iooh IKE the moon, wrapped in bolts
ana oolts of satiny clouds, as Larry
had said when he had peeked in once
wren she was "trying on"
Inc little half-moons Of yellow silk
tnat camouflaged the lights over her
dressing table threw an added sheen
over her soft bronze hair. wound in
strands of gold about her small and
snapeiy head, and gave a deeper
iuster TO her smooth. white skin and
deiieately-molded features. Under
that soft light one doubted her
twenty years.
Her face might have been painted
on shell. II had the wraithlike quail
lty OF a miniature. Only her eyes,
] K deep, blue lakes under a noon
sun, gave il a vivacity that contra
dlcted the somewhat Trailer qualities
OF the rest of her.
There was something fragile and
exquisite about her. She made you
think Of the flowers that bloom at
night under the pale fire of the
noon . the night-blooming
cereus in its waXen beauty. or
the moonflower hat held the bare
beauty of her shoulders as a calyx
holds its bud, while the iridescence
of satin seemed to shower her with
It's silNeTy radiance ana nef veil drew
a silver cloud over her head.
Some one rapned at the door. and
Byrd called: 'Just one minute and
I'll be ready"
Her heart was beating like a sledge
hammer. and she wasn't quite sure
that she wanted to join the process
sion waiting for her at the top Of
the stairs.
1t was perfectly ridiculous 70 get
excited about il. she was saying TO
herself. An experience that the
whole world shared could have no
mystery. II was the natural order
Of the universe common 10 all
living things everywhere. But she
stood rooted to the SPOT as If in
visible fingers were holding her !.
that story she had read in the paper
haunted her.
A girl in Cleveland had postponed
her wedding three times. becoming
each time STRANGELY i'll. and the
last time she had locked herself in
her room when the strains Of the
wedding march BEGAN and they
had to break down the door.
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CLAUDE POLLARD
Attorney General
ID. A. SIMMONS
frs. Assistant
DAVID J. PICKLE
Special Assistant
ETHEL r. HILTON
Special Assistant
BRANN FULLER
Chief Clerk
X. V. NICHOLS
Legal Investigator
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of This Gripping Story

Ryrd threw her arms around her
neither. and then her father. giving
hin, an extra squeeze, q long. tight.
auiverinr embrace. which clung 10
Min, the rest Of his life.
Thsn Larry held out his hands 10
her. II was time to TO-.
In his smiling. slightly arrogant
exes- there was n curious. vibrant,
ciouing expression that pronounced
him altogether male,
And Byrd knew then that
Larry was the only maj she would
she knew then that no mat
,.r what ne did. she would continue
iii her life to love him and forgive
The little chains Of dread that had
heid her back. seemed suddenly NJ
hreak' and she thought to herself.
with an inxpressible happiness surg
;ry through her slender. young BODY;
aWhy. I'd 20 anywhere with
larry I'D do anything for Larry
And Byrd needed nil the faith m
The world. for before many hours
Mad passed. something happened 70
test her love in an extraordinary
way ITO BE CONTINUED
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REPUBLICAN PARTY
Electors for President and
Vice-President:

Electors Tor fresldent anu
Vice-President:
Mike II. Thomas, at large
w. p. II. McFaddin, at large
Ed King, District No. 1
DIR. A. Z. Swaziland, District No. .
B. J.. Peasley, District No. 3
T.. T.. Hanna, District No. 4
j. b. Graham, District No. 3
Tyler Haswell, District No. s
II. c. Smith, District No. 2
Wallace Pratt, District No. s
Charles G.. Smith, District No. 9
John X. Drake, District No. 10
Mrs. Margaret Conger, District III
Joe Kebelman, District No. IL
C.. ". Johnson, Jr., District No. 13
Bodo Holekamp, District No. il
John r. Lomax, District No Is
Mitchell Waldrop, District No. 10
DR.. A. Il. Brock, District No. IL
L. A. Kennedy, District No. is
7. II SERlY
For Ass tie Justice 5rcne Court;
r@ ", ff Il INES
For Lie t GOys,
For Alto General:
c. 0. J. RS
For go GSm = 2 R {
Fer Stat 'asurer:
c. P. : Is
For State 1erinter { Of Public
MRS. ' 4 B. a rs
For Com 'oner OF agriculture:
T. J. y IN
For Railr commir aer:
JEFF NJ -ILLER
70. Conn Toner &C al Land
Office:
For Judge Court Of I ninaI
Appeals:
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ITO BE CONTINUED

IN POLITICS AT 80. OUT At 81
SHEFFIELD, Eng. W. Barley.
who entered politics at ss, IS getting
ont mt 81. He says it's "A young
mans game"
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GU Leave UNMARKED ALL TWENTY Of the Hoover electors
at the top Of the Republican column. Mark out all names n this
column below the electors.
() Mark out the whole of the three columns to the right, head
cd Communist Party" Socialist Party" and the blank column.
REPUBLICANS, wishing to vote a straight ticket, will leave the
whole Republican" column unmarked and mark out all four other
columns.
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IMPORTANT!

4 Democrat wishing to vote for Hoover should mark his ballot IS
shown in the marked sample ballot above. This has been approved by
uon CIaude Pollard, Attorney General of Texas, a a legal ballot
nrbicb ms be counted. Read General Ponards official letter o this
page. -
~ Mark out ALL TWENTY Smith electors which are those at
The head of the Democratic Party" column. Leave all other names
in this column unmarked.
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For United States Senators:
TOM CONNALLY
For Associate Justice Supreme Court:
THOMAS B. GREENWOOD
For Governor:
DAN MOODY
For Lieutenant Governor:
BARRY MILLER
For Attorney General:
CLAUDE POLLARD
For Comptroller:
S. II. TERRELL
For State Treasurer:
W. GREGORY HATCHER
For State superintendent Of Public
Instruction:
s. NJ. n. MARS
For Commissioner of Agriculture:
GEO. B. TERRELL
For Railroad Commissioner:
LON A. SMITH
For Commissioner General Land
Office:
J. T. robson
For Judge Court OF Criminal
II. G. MORROW
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CHAPTER Xxx.

Continued From Yesterdays Starr
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District National Guard

for promotion. It is suggested that
where suf1cient interest cannot be
aroused In correspondence courses as
such the lessons thereof may be found
to be of great value as guides and les
son topics for armory schools.
Correspondence courses, 1t was add
ed, are especially valuable for officers
contemplating attendance at service
schools, and their standing at such
schools will be materially increased by
such previous preparation. Completion
of subcourses l. 2 and Of Command
and General staff course is required as
a prerequisite to attendance at the
Command and General Staff School at
Fort Leavenworth, Kans.
Private Carl D. Sinner, Medical Corps
Detachment, 260th Coast Artillery, has
been honorably discharged, on account
of his removal from the District
The following have been ordered
transferred from the active to the re-
serve rosters of their respective organi-
cations. on account of attendance at
schools interfering with their military
Headquarters Detachment, 29th Divi-
sion. Special Troops, and Private Albert
j. Sherman. Headquarters Detachment,
goth Division, Special Troops.
Sergt. Francis F. Cole, Company A,
l21st Engineers, has been reduced to
private.
The following promotions in Com
pany A, 121st Engineers, have been or
dered: Pvts Thomas A. McGafin and
Milton A. Smith to be sergeants. and
Pvts. FIRST class) George Jones,
Charles e. Nichols, Louis I. Watkins,
John j. Many and Herman J. Cain to
be corporals.
The superior classification in the at
tendance lineup of the National Guard
organizations during the past week was
shown to be vacant when the figures
we're compiled at brigade headquarters.
However, the Quartermaster Corps De-
tachment still heads the list in at
tendance, although in the excellent
classification. with percentage of
1888 The other two organizations in
this group are the Headquarters De-
tachment, 260th Coast Artillery, with
percentage of 1898. and the Headquar-
ters and Service Company. 12lst Engi-
neers, with an attendance percentage
of 81 80. In order to get In the superior
classification the organizations must
have an attendance Of go per cent of
their strength or better. The figures
generally show decline in attendance
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throughout the entire organization.
In the very satisfactory classification
are the following organizations, with
percentages: Headquarters Detachment,
29th Division. 1866: Medical Detach-
ment, 260th Coast Artillery rs: Com
pany A, 372d Infantry, 74.61, and band,
121st Engineers, 71.43.
Company d, 121st Engineers. heads a
group Of three organizations in the
classification of satisfactory, with a per-
centage of 65.71. The other two are
Company F. 121st Engineers, 65.67. and
the Medical Department Detachment.
12lst Engineers. totaling so. This latter
organization has shown a remarkable
pickup in its attendance during the
past week. 1t having for the past sew
eral weeks been In the very ursatisfac-
tory attendance classification.
In the unsatisfactory group are five
organizations, headed by Company q,
121st Engineers, with a percentage of
57.57, and the others as follows: Com
pany A, 12lst Engineers, STA; Head
quarters Detachment, Special Troops.
55.55 Company c. 121st Engineers
55.22, and goth Military Police Com
pany, 5345.
Four organizations are in the verv un-
satisfactory attendance group. They
are Battery c, 260th Coast Artillerv
with percentage of 1902: Company F.
12lst Engineers, 4722; Battery 3. 261th
Coast Artillery. 46.15, and Battery A.
260th Coast Artillery, AZ.
Orders have been issued for the
taking Of the annual inventory of Fed
eral property in the possession of the
National Guard by the Regular Army
instructor on the following dates Conn
pany A, 372d Infantry, November ia:
goth Military Police Company, Novem-
ber IA; Company A, 12lst Engineers.
and Company F. 121st Engineers, No
vember IS: Headquarters Detachment.
29th Division. and Headquarters De-
tachment. goth Division, Special Troops,
November Is: Battery B and Head
quarters Detachment 260th Coast Ar
tillery, November 81; Company B, 12lst
Engineers, and Medical Department
Detachment, 260th Coast Artillery, No.
vember 90 Batteries A and B, 260th
Coast Artillery, November %: United
States property and disbursing officers
storehouse. November "a: Medical De-
partment Detachment. 121st Engineers.
November 26 Headquarters and Serv-
ice Company. 121st Engineers, and
Company E, 121st Engineers, November
27; Companies c and D, 121st En-
gineers. November 80.
Private George w. Lee, Company E..
372d Infantry has been nonorably dis
charged to enable him to enlist in the
United States Army.
Corp. David P. F. Hubbard, Headuuar-
ters and Service Company, 121st En-
gineers, has been honorably discharged
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on account Of his removal from the
District.
First Lieut. Rex p. Mulligan. Battery
c. 260th Coast Artillery, has been
granted leave Of absence until Febru-
ary /. 1929. on account of educational
interference with his military duties.
Pvts. Alex D. Goodkowitz and Joseph
s. Goodkowitz have been trane 'erred
from the active to the Reserve list Of
Company E. 121st Engineers, on ac-
count of their temporary residence OUT
side of the District.
Pvts. Lester S. Keefauver and Will
liam A. Menges, Company E, 111st En-
gineers. have been ordered on the Re-
serve list of that organization. to per-
NIT them to pursue studies at school
without military interference.
The following have been ordered
transferred to the Reserves of their
respective companies on account Of
business interference with their military
duties: Pvt. James P. Bowers. Company
D, l2lst Engineers; Pvt. John A. Eaton,
Company A. 121st Engineers, and Pvt.
John r. Hilleary, Company -, 121at
Engineers.