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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-06
Grain Futures Volume
Is Far Below 1887
BY the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, Nov. ga drop of al
most so per cent in the grain trades
volume of business as compared with
last year has reduced it to the low
est level on record market statistics
showed today.
Ebbing speculative interest in
grain futures was blamed for the
sharp decline in business. Merch-
andising operations in the grain pits
have proceeded normally with the
marketing of big crops the past
summer but the volume of buying
and selling required to give the
market liquidity has been unusually
small.
For the first 10 months of the year
trading in grain futures on the Chi
cago Board of Trade, where almost
80 per cent of all such transactions
are made, totaled 6,636,972 900
bushels compared with approximate
ly 12,940 100000 bushels in the cor
responding 1887 period.
Aggregate sales of grain futures
last month totaled 444, $50 900 BUSH
els compared with 693 100000 in
September. In the last week of Oc-
tober the total was 1l3,11O,O0O BUSH
els, compared with 100000 the
previous week and 230,527 900 year
ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-06
Net Of Mid-Continent
Petroleum Declines
To S465,042 Mark
Quarters Net Compares
With $l,5l2,118 for
Same 1887 Period
BY the Associated Press.

tHe ASSOClaleQ eItSS.
NEW YORK, Nov. 5.-Mid- Cont
nent Petroleum Corp. reported today
for the September quarter net profit
of $465 ,042, equal to 25 cents a share
on the capital stock, compared with
$l,512,l18, or 81 cents in the COM
parable quarter of 1887. In the June
quarter of this year profit was $574,-
264 or 81 cents a share. The COM
pany has producing properties in
Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas and New
Mexico.
Poor & Co.
Poor & Co., railroad supplies, re-
ported for the nine months ended
September 80 net loss of approx
mately ST. 900 against net profit for
the like period of 1887 of 1888 900.
equal to 1898 a share on the class
"A stock, and, after deducting nine
months participation thereon, to
$l.98 a share on the class b" stock.
Auburn Automobile.
Auburn Automobile Co., in reor-
ganlzation under section II b" of
the Bankruptcy Act. reported for
the quarter ended August 81 con-
solidated net loss of Sl24563, after
accruing interest of S36.168 which is
not being paid, depreciation and
amortization. This compares with
net loss of S703,44 in the COMPARE
tive period last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-06
Argentine Corn Crop
Smallest in Years

By the Associated Press.
The Agriculture Department said
yesterday that this years Argentine
corn crop was expected to be the
smallest since 1918.
Latest estimates received here
placed the prospective crop at 174,-
10000 bushels, compared with a
1867 crop of 359,615,OOO bushels
and a five-year average of 334,328,-
900 bushels. The 1917-18 crop to-
tailed 17O,660,ooO bushels.
The department said it had re-
ceived reports that only about IT,
600 900 bushels of corn have been ex-
ported from Argentina since the be-
ginning of the present marketing
season from total supplies estimated
at about 100000 bushels on
April /.
1t added that slightly more than
81 900, 900 bushels probably would be
utilized for domestic needs, leaving
less than 65,o00,ooo bushels for ex.
port or carry-ovez.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-06
Coco-Co|o Orders 50 Dividend;
Increased Profits Reported

quarter reported net income of So
584,792 after charges, equal after
dividend requirements on class "A"
stock to $204 a common share.
This compared with net income of
$7,676,7 20, or $1.81 a common share,
in the preceding quarter and So
49l ZOO, or SOL a common share in
the like 1887 quarter.
For the nine months ended Sep
TENDER 80, the company reported
net income of $21,125,707, or $495
common share, against $40 ,367,t 70,
or $4.76 share in the like 1897
period.
The company's advertising APP
preparation was "appreciably en-
larged" by the board today, and n
disqualification plan for employees
was added to the existing group
plan.
The dividends voted today are
both payable December Is to
holders of record December 2.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-06
Prices on Print Cloths
Decline Moderately
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 5.-Mills
moved about rs per cent of this
weeks production of print cloths,
most of it at slightly lower prices.
Demand for some types of cotton
gray goods picked up.
Prices on sheetings were main
tanned as fair-sized orders were
booked. Osnaburgs were marked
up following heavy sales to bag
manufacturers and the clothing
trade. Demand for heavy duck was
brisk and prices advanced. Mod
crate turnover was reported on
many heavy cotton clothing fabrics
in the gray.
Combed gray goods were uneven.
Wolfe, marquisettes and broadcloths
were fairly active and stronger
while mills began to curtail pro-
duction of lawns as demand fell off.
Sales of finished cotton goods
were larger. Percales sold in good
volume. Home furnishings were
scarce as mills sold up output
tiuOuSI VIC lllS Qudi ICi VI Aooo'
More business was written on work
clothing fabrics at last weeks
high prices.
Raw silk declined following dis
appointing consumption reports.
Hosiery continued to move in VOL
ume. Rayon yarns were active and
some specialties were marked up.
Demand for rayon gray goods i'm
proved. Spot rayon fabrics sold tn
scattered lots.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-06
Major Markets
Will BeCIosed
Election Day
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 5.-The New
York Stock Exchange, curb exchange,
the Chicago Board of Trade and
most other leading domestic securi-
ties and commodity markets will be
closed Tuesday, November s, cleo
ton day.
Remaining open for business, how
ever, will be the New Orleans Cot
ton Exchange, the Savannah Naval
Stores Market and principal live
stock markets.
Canadian and foreign markets also
will be open as usual.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-06
Foreign Exchanges

NEW YORK Nov. ) (4n.--Leading Euro
pean currencieS were marked down mar
rowly in terms of the dollar today in quiet
foreign exchange dealings.
Sterling declined ID of a cent. while the
French franc held UNCHANGED. The Swiss
franc dipped 00la of cent the guilder
.Ol Of a cent and the belea like amount.
Closing rates follow: Great Britain in
dollars others in cents. Great Britain,
40: 60,day bills. 4.55ss:, Canada:, Mont
real in New York. 99.31A: New York in
Montreal. 100.6Sa4: Belgium. 1851:
Czeehoslovakia. .344la; Denmark: 21.25;
Finland n 2l2; FRANCE. SOS; Germany,
1901: benevolent. 1890: travel. 40:
Greece. So: Hungary 1885: Italy. 526h4;
YugoslaYia. 2.34: Netherlands. "a. 80;
Norway 23.92: Poland. 1884; Portugal.
4.32s.: Rumania. Ia Spain unauoted:
Sweden. 1855: Switzerland 226s: Ar
gentina, 31.13n: Brazil Gree, 5;a0n;
Kong. 1885; Shanghai, 1900. Rates In
not cables unless otherwise indicated.
n-NomiAel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-06
Staunton Man 10 Head
Phone Association
By the Associated Press

os the hSsOClaCeO PreSS.
RICHMOND, Va, Nov. Sired T.
Prufer of Stanton, secretary of the
WaynesboroC Clifton Forge Tele-
phone Co., was elected president
of the Virginia Independent Tele-
phone Association yesterday at the
final session of the association S
fourth annual convention.
Other officers named were w. C.
DarroW of Tarboro, N. c., CONNER
cial manager of the Home Tele-
phone and Telegraph Co. of Vir-
ginia, vice president, and Frank
Gould of Harrisonburg, secretary
treasurer.
The following were named to the
Board of Directors:
Charles C. Ward of Charlottes-
vile. B. L. Fisher of Martinsville,
A. w. Meadows of Bristol, Rodney
M. Goggin of Warsaw, w. A. Pankey
of Bluefeld and Fred Switzer of
Harrisonburg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-06
BY the Associated Press


NEW YORK, Nov. 5.-Coco Cola
Co. directors today shared increased
earnings with both stockholders and
employees.
The board voted a year-end divi-
dend of So a share on common stock
IN addition to the usual dividend
Of rs cents a common share. In
October, rs cents common share
was paid.
Todays disbursements lifted 1888
payments to $3.50 a common share
the same as in 1887.
Directors in addition voted an
extra months salary to all employees
outside the managerial group who
have been continuously employed
since the first of the year. The
managerial personnel will partici-
pate proportionately in approx
mately $250,000 additional compen-
Sation.
The company for the September
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-06
Tobacco Prices Firm
On Bright Belt
BY the Associated Press.

RALEIGH, N. c., Nov. 5-Tobacco
prices this week were firm on the
new bright belt, steady on the old
belt and about the same as last
weeks on the middle belt, the Fed
eral-State Department of Agricul-
ture reported today.
Sales in the old belt through Oc-
tober % were reported at 73,942,912
pounds at $2424 per hundred pounds
and 56,754.048 pounds at s2285 on
the middle belt. No figures were
given for the new bright belt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-06

Wholesale Plumbing
Business Expands

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 5.-Dollar
sales of 486 of the Nations whole
sale plumbing and heating equip
ment dealers increased 23.5 per cent
in the second quarter of 1888 over
the first quarter, the Philadelphia
Office of the United States Census
Bureau reported today.
The total was 1856 per cent less
however, than that for the cor
responding period of last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-06
Silver Output Down

NEW YORK, Nov. 5 R).-Produc-
ton of silver by world refineries-
with the exception of Mexico-to-
tailed 15,5S6,00O fine ounces in Sep
TENDER, compared with 16.416.o0O in
August, the American Bureau OF
Metal Statistics reported today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-06
Fatalities Decrease

The number of fatalities among
passengers, employees, persons at
highway-railroad grade crossings
and trespassers in the first half of
1888 was 17.6 per cent less than In
the same period In 1897.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-06
Roll Risks Reduced

A railroad employee in 1887 had
eight chances of getting hurt in a
million working hours compared
with 81 chances, IS years ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-06
(DO1O Jones StdtiSticS.)

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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-09-05
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Numbers


beautifully embossed three-tier
wedding cake topped with the
miniature bride and groom. The
French pastries. confections and
individual cakes were served buff
fet style from here, accompanied
by refreshing punch served by
Miss Elizabeth Lewis. The bowl,
on the buffet. was banked with
flowers.
The handsome wedding gifts at
tested to the popularity of the
young couple.
Among the out-Of-tOwn guests
were: Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Lew
is, of Birmingham, Ala; Mr.. and
Mrs. Irving Moss. of West Palm
Beach. Fla. the latter 4 sister OF
the bridegroom; other sisters who
included Miss Sara Dave. Miss
Rosalie Dave. Miss Lillian Dave,
ali of Durham: Mr. Israel HerOld,
OF Bridgeport, Conn.,, 4 cousin of
the bridegroom; Miss Kathleen
Goodman. of Birmingham; DR..
Abe Rosenstein, of Durham; Mrs.
Taub and son, Mr.. Ivan Taub, Of
Louisville, Ny; and u large num-
Der Of guests from Asheyllle and
other nearby places.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-09-05
British Kill IA
Arabs In Pitched
Battle On Sunday

JERUSALEM, Sept. 5.-(UP)
British military police forces Sun
day routed an armed band of
Arabs in a pitched battle at Lidd
village near Nazareth, killing Ia
of the Arabs and capturing two
others.
At Haifa a Jewish customs
guard and Jewish bus driver
were killed when Arabs set fire to
a Jewish omnibus.
Two bandits, part of a gang &C
cused Of stealing cattle from the
Jewish settlement at Benyamina,
were killed when Terrorists and
British military forces FLASHED.
Heavy patrols of troops were
spread through Nazareth last night
as result of the explosion of two
bombs at Casanova Hospice where
a detachment of the British Essex
regiment is billeted. Other explo-
sions occurred in the Latin quar-
ter and at a Russian building
without serious damage.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-09-05
MAN HELD ON
KIDNAPCOUNT
BREAKS JAIL

ST. PAUL, Mimi. Sept. s.
(UP)-James Council, sOuthwes-
tern desperate charged with kid,
mapping St. Louis couple, escaped
from the Ramsey county Jail late
yesterday.
The 2-year-Old federal prisoner
dug through brick wall under
the window of his first floor cell,
jumped to the ground, and fled.
Council was captured Aug. IL
in a northern woods hideout near
Fife, Mimi, along with his COM
panion in the abduction, James
Otis Meredith. The latter was
wounded seriously during the cap
ture and died short time later.
Council and Meredith were
charged with and confessed the
abduction of Peggy Cross, st.
Louis socialite, and Daniel Cox
Fahey, an architect. The two were
kidnapped in Missouri and released
the next day in Minnesota
woods.
He faced a possible death pen
atty under the Lindbergh law.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-09-05
MEXICANS REBUFF
u. s. ON OIL FARLEY

(Continurd from page nnel
putc are valued at only $lO,O0O,-
600. They have been cXpropriat-
cd periodically since 1927. The
oil properties were confScatcd
only last spring and only a few
weeks elapsed before the agrarian
seizures became a public issue.
HAYS note was cOuchcd in the
usual devious diplomatic vcrbia@".
Stripped Of its furbclowS it con
stitutcd a stern rebuff of HulPS
demands as well as an emphatic
avowel that Mexico will run her
affairs according to the require
mentS of her internal economy
and not for the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
or profit Of foreigners or foreign
powers.
At the outset he said that n de-
tailed analysis of conflicting views
might become discussion which,
instead of aiding better under
standing. might. perhaps, alien
ate us from the spirit which
friendship and mutual respect i'm
pose on us" He then regretted
the United States attitude and re-
futed Hull's charge that his cOun-
try had scuttled all the preceptS
of international law. or. had dis
eliminated against American prop
erty owners.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-09-05
Former Fassifern
Students Going
To Universities

FaSsifcrn School for Girls will
be represented in the student bod
les Of many colleges and universe
ties in the fall term, officials Of
the school announced today.
Members Of the 1888 class will
enter Randolph Macon. Duke uni
versity, Agnes Scott, William and
Mary, University Of Pennsylvania,
Shorter, Cocker, and Mt. Vernon
Junior college.
Students Of other years will at
tend Wellesley, University Of
Wisconsin, MaIyyiIlc, N.C.C.W.,
Mary Baldwin.
A number Of the FaSSifcrn fac
ulty members have been attend
ing summer sessions to prepare
for special work. Mrs. Jean Hill
house has attended the University
of North Carolina, Misses Bull,
Coync and Stadclman have spent
six weeks at Columbia university.
New York, and Miss Catherine
Howard has attended Il special
course in dancing at the State
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-09-05
HOUSEHOLDER is FORMER
RESIDENT OF ASHEVILLE

4 s II + ' l. l. +, Sept. >. =
Ray Householder Of Charlotte,
driver of the Greyhound bus that
figured in the highway accident
near Charlotte late Saturday, is Il
former resident Of Ashevillc. He
is the son Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. d.
Householder, of 1872 Dorchester
avenue. He lived here for more
than - years.
Householder suffered extensive
bruises and decorations about the
face and body and possible in
tcrnai injuries.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-09-05
AUGUST WARM AND
DRY HERE; RAINFALL
REMAINS DEFICIENT
Continued from page onc)

Continued from page onc)
90 degrees twice during the peri
Cd and the mean normal temper
allure was 1903 degrees as COM
pared to Il normal Of II degrees.
Figures over the weekend were
as follows:
SATURDAY
Maximum tcmperaturc-SO de-
grecs. Minimum-63 degrees.
Mcan-7l.5 degrees.
Days rangc-l7 degrees.
Rainfall-2.7J inches.
SUNDAY
Maximum temperaturc--S7 de-
grecs. Minimum--63 degrees.
Mcan-75 degrees.
DAVIS range-24 degrees.
Normal mean temperature Tor
Scptember-6G.9 degrees.
Rainfall to date-2.75 inches.
Normal September rainfall -
5.04 inches.
AUGUST SUMMARY
Maximum-93, on 18th and
oath.
Minimum-54, on 10th.
Mean maXimum--S7l9.
Mean minimum-62.y7.
Mean-75.0S.
Normal meant.
Mean daily range-24.l6.
Greatest daily range-33, on
oath.
Rainfall &C inches.
Greatest daily-.35, OH Sth.
Normal rainfall-G.l3 inches.
Clear dayS-20.
Partly cloudy-ll.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-09-05
PERSONAL
PARAGRAPHS
Telephone
Numbers
80 or 9125

Jack GeSser left today for Lake
Junauska where ne will attend 4
student-facuit" conference due to
the fact that he is business man
ager of the Western CarOlinian.
He will return here for the week
end before rcsumin@ his studies at
w. c. +. c. ut Cullowhee.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Lewis
and Miss Kathleen Goodman. who
were weekend guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. Lewis. being here especial
w for the LewiS-Dave nuptials,
left this morning for their homes
in Birmingham, Ala.
Mrs. l.. A. Frazier has returned
from Morganton where she spent
more than a week with her daugh-
ter. Miss Mary Ross Frazier, who
underwent an appendix operation
and has now recovered sufficient
ly to be taken to the home Of
her grandmother. Mrs. Anderson,
whom she was visiting before her
illness.
Misses Virginia and Margaret
RrOokShire left yesterday for
Cleveland. Tenn. where they will
attend Bob Jones college.
Isabella Frances and Roberta
Josephine Gibbs have returned
home after spending several weeks
with their grandparents. Mr.. and
Mrs. John B. Gamble, of Athens,
Ga, at their summer home at
Blowing Rock.
Miss Margaret Garrett leaves
tomorrow for AshcVille to enter
the Asheville Normal.
Mrs. Quay Dotson and little
daughter, Peggy Ann, Of Charles
ton. S. c., spent the weekend with
relatives.
Rev. and Mrs. Aubrey X. Cheek
and young son. Aubrey. have re-
turned to Hillsboro after visit
to Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. Hill.
Miss Laura Brown Robertson
has returned to Spartanburg, S.
c.. after q stay here. 49,.
Miss Wilma Young spent the
weekend in Cleveland, S. c., as
the guest of Mrs. Daisy b. Cleve-
land.
Sammy Hodges Hunt has re-
turned home after visit to his
aunt, Mrs. Nick Jones, in Hickory.
Miss Hester Rash. of Shelby,
leaves this evening after spending
the weekend With her sister, Miss
Pauline Rash.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-09-05
BUS DRIVER HELD IN
BOND IN FIVE DEATHS
(Continued from rag" one)

CONTINUED from rag" one)
about %. Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
Rhodes and Billy Rhodes, 5, all OF
Charlotte, were killed instantly.
Austin and Rhodes were drivers
for another bus company, the
Horton Motor lines Of Charlotte.
All 81 bus passengers were
brought to hospitals here and Ill
Charlotte, where all but % were
dismissed after receiving first and
treatment.
Most seriously injured were
Householder, the driver, with cuts
and bruises suffered when the
front end Of the bus was crushed;
Miss Harriet Sweeting, school
teacher of Auburn, n. Y, Pelvic
injuries; Mrs. Willie We*tbrook,
Juniper, Ga, broken leg; Miss
Bessie Richard, Charlotte school
teacher returning from a Vaca-
ton in Little Rock, Ark.
Others injured less seriously
were:
Lyman Rhodes, New Orleans,
Annapolis midshipman.
Mrs. Gus Meier, Woodhaven,
Long Island.
r. l.. Brady, Charlotte.
Mrs. d. NJ. Westbrook, Column
bus, Ga.
Mrs. Sarah Nelson, Greensboro
ko,, ,,nnr old con
Mrs. W. r. Forest, New Or
leans.
Michael Minday, Atlanta.
Harvey Dewberry, Fl1nk, Fla.
Virgil Dewberry, Frink, Fla.
George Destreakis, Blrmlng-
ham.
Mrs. George Destreakis, Birm-
ingham.
Mrs. S. NJ. Ramsey, Austin, Tex.
Miss Frances Ray, Monroe, Ga.
Miss Ossie Ray, Monroe, Ga:
Miss Harriet Ray, Monroe, Ga.
Miss Ray Nation, Bunkie, La.
An unidentified man from New
York.
Six were released from hospI-
tails yesterday: Gus Meier, Wood
haven, l.. l.; J. G. Newman, New
Orleans; Miss Thelma McColl,
Winston-Salem; A. T. Ayala, Cor
pus Christi, Texas; S. T. Parsell,
Birmingham, and Mrs. +. Dewitt
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Rhodes, enroute to Annapolis
after visit in New Orleans. SAID
eve were travelling along smooth
ly, rather fast, when the automo..
bile suddenly doomed up out or
nowhere. There was. a terrific
crash. Sparks flew and | thought
for a minute the bus might be on
fire. Women were screaming ana
wondered if everyone was killed
as the bus ran over the embank-
ment. Some of us climbed through
windows and helped others out"
He said Herbert Forest OF New
Orleans was thrown into a tree
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-09-05
OPEN PRE-REVIVAL
TALKS THIS EVE

Rev. Yancey Elliott, pastor of
the Baptist church at Brevard, will
begin a series of talks at the First
Baptist church this evening at
7:45 o'clock, preparatory to the
beginning of the revival meeting.
All OF the church leaders, in
Guiding the board of deacOns, the
finance committee, Sunday school
officers and teachers, BTU. lead
ers, WINS. leaders and in fact,
the entire membership of the
church have been urged to be
present for the first talk this eve
ming. This will not be in the ma
ture of a study course but will be
a series of inspirational messages.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-09-05
FRENCH CALL MORE
RESERVES TO COLORS

Continued from page one)
listeners thought might be the
opening gun of some American
peace offensive, a two-fold effort
10 reduce Europe's expanding
threats Of war. He proposed:
efforts to obtain an inter-
national accord for the abolition
of aerial bombardment as the
opening wedge for general dis
armament.
2-InternatiOnal efforts to end
the programs of autarchy, of
economic Self-Sufficiency, in the
tOtalitarian countries, which he
described as a vicious circle"
contributing TO world unrest.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-09-05
WOMAN KIDNAPPING
VICTIM AT HOME
CONTINUED from page one)

Continued from Dape one)
ing, was thrown into the rear,
where she was forced to sit.
: Everett, Yuba county deputy
sheriff, Munson, reported that
while working on gold dredge on
the Bear river near the Meeks
ranch Thursday afternoon he saw
three men with sleeping bags, SIM
liar to those carried by itinerant
farm workers, in the vicinity Of
the hilltop hideout. The abductors
were believed, on account of their
southern drawl, to have been wan
dcring fruit pickers, probably
from Texas or Oklahoma.
Meeks, peach. rancher and .hus-
band of the middle-aged woman,
led a party of searchers to the
hideout in a clump of live oaks on
a hilltop 10 miles east of the
Meeks ranch.
Inside the tiny grove, screened
effectively by the low branches OF
the live oaks, the searchers found
several cigarette butts, crum-
pied cigarette package, and piece
of gauze to which was attached
piece of the blue and white
dress Mrs. Meeks was wearing
when she was seized in her home
just before midnight Thursday.
The grove told little else Of the
story of more than 48-hour &C.
cupancy. The two kidnapers fled
sometime Saturday night and
Mrs. Meeks, wrapped in blanket
which the abductors had taken
from her home, left Sunday MORN
ing.
Down the hill from the hideOut,
located about one mile from the
headquarters of the Camp Far
West Peach ranch, she stopped at
house and asked where she
was. Told she was near the town
of Sheridan, she trudged on with
out revealing her identity.
Bert Foster, 55-year-old EN-
ploye on the Camp Far West or
chards. met her as he drove to-
ward Sheridan.
Are you Mrs. Meeks" Foster
asked.
YES" she replied, he told au-
thOrities.
"Then get in and ri drive you
hOme," Foster said.
Foster brought her to the Rio
Oso ranch and notified authori-
plies.