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THE C ANTON HERALD
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REAL MAN
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By FRANCIS LYNDE —~T ’
(Copyrig))! by Ch»». Sctibaer’s Sou)
WHAT HAPPENED
J. Montagu* Smith, cashier of the Lawrenceville Bank & Trust
Co., young society leaders, popular bachelor engaged to marry Verda
Richlander, heiress, and destined to be one of the town's leading citi-
zens, became Innocently involved In a dishonest bank loan. Watrous
Dunham, president of the bank, tried to shift the blame to Smith,
Who "refused to be the scapegoat. When Dunham drew , a pistol to
threaten h|m,.Smith struck the president a blow over the heart and
left him for dead. * ...... <
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There was no present help for that,
however; and five minutes later he had
regained the road and wus on his way
to the dUch camp. As he walked he
read for the fiftieth time something on
the page of a recent St. Louis paper.
It was under flaring headlines:
ATTEMPTED MURDER OF
PRESIDENT..
BANK
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pk---------Good Judges on the working floor of
the Lawrenceville Athletic dull had
said of the well-muscled young lmnk make-up ti-AOlt, alertly seeking his op-
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cashier that he did not know his own
strength. It was the stght.Qjr the pistol
tljat maddened him and put the driving
force behind the smashing blow that
landed upon the big mart’s r'liesT. The
lifted pistol dropped from Mr. Watrous
Dunham’s grasp and he wilted, settling
hack Into his chair, and then slipptrtg
to the floor. _
In a flash Smith knea’ wlint he had
" IldlfU. Olll'tVTWIrt 1Ht’TTtTi'g'MIll'll" lictDFrt"
been Induced to put on the gloves with
the Athletic club’s trainer, he had con-
trived to plant a body blow which had
sent the wiry little Irishman to the
tnat, gasping and- fighting for the
tirwnn of ttfc. • TfeT'pr yez’ll twgtvnr
a man that heart-punch wld th’ Imre
flsht, Mlsther Montygtie, ’tis you f’r th’
fasht train wldoi^t shtoppln’ to buy
nnny ticket—It’ll be murther In the
first degree.” the trainer had said,
when he had breath to compass the
saying.------------------•
With the unheeded wnrntng resur-
gent and clamoring In his ears, Smith
knelt horror-stricken beside the fallen
man. On the president’s heavy face
anil In the staring eyes there was a
foolish smile, as of one mildly aston-
ished. Smith loosened the collar around
the thick neck und lnid his ear upon
- the spot where the blow hnd fallen.
The big man’s heart hnd stopped like
a smashed clock.
the electric light, and, from mere force
of habit, closed and snap-locked the
^ president's desk. The watchman hud
not yet returned. Smith saw the empty
chair beside the vault door as he
where a tright switching crew was mak-
ing up n train.
Keeping to the shadows, he walked
back along the line of cars on the
portunlty. Half-way down the length
of the train he found what he was
looking for: a bo* car with Its styloiloor
liasped but not ’locked. With n hit of
stick to lengthen his reach, he unfas-
tened the hasp, and at the swltchlrtg
crew’s addition of another car to the
“make-up” be[ tbok advantage of the
noise made by the Jangling crash and
slid the door. Then he ascertained by
Trbptng'inio die deck tmollOP TlinptfaC:
Society-Leader Caehier Embezzle*
9100,000 and Makes Murderous As-
sault on President.
Lawrenceville, May 15.—J. Montague
Smith, cashier of the Lawrenceville Bank
and Trust company, and a leader In t^e
lawrenceville younger eet, Is today a fu-
gitive from justice with a price on his
head. At a late hour last Iilght the
watchman of the bank found president
putiham lying unconscious in front of his
desk. Help was summoned, and Mr. Dun-
ham, who was supposed to be suffering
from some sudden attack of Illness, was
■ taken -to- liter -hotel.'- Later, it transpired
that the president had been ttie victim of
murderous assault. ^ Discovering upon
his return to the city yesterday evening
that the cashier had Men using the bank's
funds in an attempt to cover a stock spee-
. ulation of his own, Dunham sent, for
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th.- inspection went deeper than tbs
grime. —-------—
“I’m nrtt afraid of the pick and
shovel, or the wheelbarrow, and on
Some accounts I gueag*thcy'd lie good
for me. But on the other hand, per-
haps ft Is a pity to spoil a middling
good dfllcV man to ipake an Indifferent
day-labored—to say nothing of knock
Ing some honest fellow out of the only
Job he knows how to do."
Colonel Baldwin swung In behind the
steering wheel of the roadster and held
a* fresh match to the black Cigar
Though he was from Missouri, he hnd
lived long enough 4n the high hills to
know better- than to Judge any man
altogether by outside appearances.
“(limb In,” he soJd,- Indicating the
vacant seat at his side. “I’m the pres-
ident of the dltclTCompany. Perhaps
Williams may be able to urfe you: but
your chances for office work would be
ten to one In the town.”
“I don’t care to live In the town.”
said the man Glut of work, mounting to
ttie proffered seat; and past that the
big roadster leaped away up the roaff
and the roar of the rejuvenated motor
made further speech Impossible.
^|thu crime.|
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car was empty. With a foot on the
truss-rod he climbed H»i.*4ind at the
next cotlpllng crash closed .the door.
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efiithterS* only thought was to go at
once to police heudqunrters and give
himself up. Then he remembered how
carefully the trap had been set, and
howf Impossible It wortld be foy him to
make gny reasonable defense. ___________________ __________ ______
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the darkened front windows of the
< hank, Smith begun to run, not toward
the police station, but In the opposite
direction—toward the railroad’station.
For J. Montign? Smith, slipping from
shadow to shadow down the scantily
lighted cross street and listening mo-
mentarily for the footfalls of pursuit,
a new hour hnd struck. It was all
prodigiously Incredible. The crowding
sensations were terrifying, but they
were also precious, in their wny. Long-
forgotten bits of brutality and tyranny
On Watrous Dunham’s part came up to
be remembered and, In this retributive
aftormnth, to be triumphantly crossed
off as Items in an account finally set-
tled. On the Smith side the bank cash-
ier’s forebears had been plodding farm-
ers. but old John Montague hud been
* the village blacksmith and .a soldier—
a shrewd smlter In both trades. Blood
The High Hill*.
The Nevada through freight was two
hours late Issuing from the western
portal of Tlinanyoni canon. Through
the early mountain-climbing hours’of
the night nnd the Inter flight across the
.'Jed desert..,dusty, travel-grimed
young fellow 111 "the empty box car mid-
way of-the train had slept soundly,
with the hard car floor for a bed and
his folded coat for a jiillow. But the
sudden cessation of the crash nnd roar
of the shut-in mountain passage awoke
him and he got up tolppoa the door and
look out.
It w-as still no Inter than alary man’s
breakfast time, nnd the May morning
\\’as perfect. Over the top of the east-
wfif i'AHU'tT'fW’TuBf wnVToftlfrirg, teVrtT
rayed. Into a parked valley bounded
on all sides by high spurs and distant
snow peaks.- In Its nearer reaches the
valley was dotted with round Mils,
some of'them Imre, others dark with
mountain pine and flr.
From the outer looping* of the
curves, the young tramp at the car
door had momentary glimpses ,of the
Tlmanyonl. a jnountaln torrent In lt^
canon, and the swiftest of upland riv-
ers even here where It had the valley
, Smith and' clittjjged him with
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assault upon Sis aupferwr ofTi-er, healing
him Into Insensibility and leaving him fur
dead. Since It la known that he did not
hoard any of the night trains east or west,
Smith Is supposed to be in hiding some-
where in the-vicinity of the city. A war-
x-luL la-ont. wad a-**wM»4-«e-4he6e-f<ir hts -
arrest and detention has been offered by
the bank, it Is not thought possTBIe ttiat
he can escape. It was currently reported
CHAPTER IV.
Wanted—A Financier.
It was a full fortnight or more after
this motor-tinkering Incident oh the
hill road to tiie dam. when Williams,
chief engineer of the ditch project, no t
Pi'esITTent Hu! d wi nTn 'TR e IYFe (VSflV* o'-
Odes of the ditch company and spent a
FOOD SUPPLY NEEDS TO BE INCREASED
(Prepared by the, United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture.) *"
Sows must l*o bred before the Pnd of
June If fall Utter* are to be obtained.
The pjgs will then come before the
Iasi week In October, and will have at-
tained growth enough to be able to
shift for themselves before chid weath-
er arrives. If the breeding can he
done In early June or In May, so much
the better.
Under no circumstances, this year,
should breedable sow# be carried over
the summer unbred. The food supply
needs to'be Increased, and under com-
mon-sens*; management, full litters are
profitable. ’ ~ r
Scruples over breeding Immature
sows should be forgotten. While In
normal times most hog raisers do not
breed the gilts earlier than eight
months of age. There are thousands,
of young gilts farrowed last fulj, and
winter which will take the boar and
the pigs retardgrthe growth (if the
young sow, but this permanent retard-
ation of growth is-small and of minor
Importance when the sow will produce
a good Utter of pigs.
Obtain Large •Litters. J - • -
Larger utters are obtained by flush-
ing sows befory breeding. This l#1
done by feeding In such a way as to
.have the sows putting on weight at
(the .time of breeding. The truckling
Wow should have her pigs weaned
shortly before being bred. Her udder
should be dried up by u reduction of
feed. She should then be flustldd and
In a few days can usually be bred. Af-
ter breeding, the sow should bd
watched to be sure she has caught. If
she has not, 21 days later she Will
again show Indications of heat und can
again tie bred. ■ v,
A good purebred* boar should be
used, preferably of the same breed a#1
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not long since that Smith" was engaged to
a prominent young society woman* of
Lawrenceville, but this lias proved to he
untrue.
He folded the newspaper nnd put it
in bis pocket. The thing was dope,
and It could not be undone. Having put
hltuseif on the wrong aide of the law',
there was nothing for"tt now but a
complete disappearance; exile, a
change of Identity, and an'njtisolute
severnryce’ With his past.
When he had gone a little distance
he found that the wagon road crossed ;
the right of way twice before the mu-1
structlon camp, came Into view. The
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CHAMPION POLAND CHINA SOW FROM MISSOURI.
should be bred this spring. By brood-
ing them this spring the feed given
them through the summer will have
boon more completely devoted toward
food production. It will help to pro
■bice a greater meat supply and a sup-
ply ready for market six months ear-
the sow or of that breed which pre-
dominates in.the sow. This will result
in a more uniform lot of nigs dud an
“I Used to* Drive a Car."
busy hour with the ccdonel going ovet
the contractors’ estimates for the
month in prospect.**In an Interval of
j the business talk, Baldwin remembered
last of the crossings was at the tem-j the good-looking young tramp who
upgrading,a*f the breeding herd. For
the young gilts: and small sows a
.breeding crate may be mthesaury if
the boar be large. -
Her than if they wYre not bred until j The pregnant'sow should'be fed a
.fall. Breeding such young gilts will j ratnu* consisting of bone-making nnd
have no bail effect,on th* farm herd, muscle-making feed*. aylfc;^ should
Results at tip* Missouri experiment gain weight but not be ma<?e fat. Pas-
statife show that the young pregnant I ture with a small grain ration proves
sow continues* to grow under proper j excellent for carrying the pregnant
feeding and that the size of the litter * sow until she Is almost ready to far-
Is not appreciably reduced. Suckling row.
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horary material yard (or which the,
side track had been installed, und from
this point on, the wagon road held to
the river bank. The ditch people were
doubtless getting all their fhTSteflnl*
over the railroad so there would he lit-
tle hauling by wagon. But there were
automobile tracks In the dust, and
shortly after he had passed the mate-
rial yard the tramp heard a car com-
ing up behind him. It w-as a six-cylin-
der roadster, and its motor was mlss-
lng badly.
Its sin
wanted a Job.
“Oh, yes; I knew there was some
thing else that I wanted to ask you,*
he said. “How ahout the young fellow,
that I unloaded on you o couple
weeks ago? Dld'he make good?”
“Who—Smith?”
“Yes; If that’s his name.”
The engineer's left eyelid hhd a qui*
zlcal droop When he said dryly : “It’s
the name he goes by In camp; ‘.Tohr,
Smith.’ I haven't asked him his othei
A FARMERS’ PATRIOTISM
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de&niSkift*,,
serv-uw forfl* onr
e
man had told him that the railroad di-
vision town of Brewster lay at the end
of the night’s run. In a river valley be-
yond the eastern Tlmnnyonls, and that
the situation of the Irrigation project
which was advertising for laborers In
the Denver newspapers was a few
miles up the river from Brewster.
As the trnln swept along on Its wny
down the grades the valley became
more open and the prospect broadened.
•At one of the promontory roundings
the box-car passenger had a glimpse
of a shack-built construction'camp on
the river’s margin some distance on
ahead. A concrete dam was rising In
sections out of the river, and dominat-
ing the dam nnd the shacks two steel
towers, with a carrying cable stretched
between them, formed the piers of^fhe
aerial spout conveyer for the placing
of the mnterlnt In the forms.
The train made no stop at the con-
struction siding, hut a mile Yarther
along the brakes began to grind and
the speed was slackened. Sliding the
car door another foot or two, the young
fbamp with thi week-old stubble beard
on his face'leaned out to look abend.
IBs opportunity was at hand. A Mock
semaphore was turned against the
freight and the train was slowing In
obedience to the signal. Waiting until
the brakes shrilled again, the tramp
put his shoulder to the sliding door,
sat for a moment In the wider opening,
and then swung off. • « • ',
Hla alighting was upon one, of the
, rpromontory embankments. To the
westward, where the curving railroad
track was lost In the farther windings
of the river. Tay {he little Intermoiin ■
tain city of Brewster, a few df Its
higher buildings showing clear-cut In
the distance. Paralleling the railroad,
on a lower level and nearer the river,
a dusty wagon road,pointed In one di-
rection toward the town. <«ijd In the
other toward the construction camp.
The young man who had crossed four
states and the better part of. a fifth as
___ _ ...................a fugitive and vagrant turned his hack
longer an Indistinguishable unit In the upon the distant town as a place to ho
avoided. Scrambling down the rail-
road embankment, he made his way to
the wagon road, crossed It. and kept
on until he came to the fringe of aspens
on the riven’s edge, where he broke all
the tramplsh traditions by stripping off
the travel-worn clothes and
In to take a soapless bath. The water,
being melted snow from the range, was
Icy cold ahd It stabbed like knives, 1
Nevertheless, it was wet, and soe»«
part of the travel dust, at least, was
glowing
single occupant was n big, beard-
ed man, wearing his gray tyveeds as
one to whom clothes were merely a
convenience. He was chewing a black
clgnr, and the unoccupied side of his
mouth was busy at the passing momenp
heaping objurgations upon the limp-
ing motor. A hundred yards farther
along the motor gave % spasmodic gasp
nnd stopped. When the young tramp
came up, the big' man had climbed out
nnd had the hood opeu., Whut he was
saying to the stalled motor was pic-
turesque enough to make the young
man stbp ffn3"grih‘appreciatively'.
“Oone bad on you?" he Inquired. | *® say:
Col. Dexter Baldwin, the Tlmanyonl’s
largest landowner, and a breeder of
fine horses who tolerated motorcars
The ranchman-president matched I
the drooping eyelid of unbelief with t I
sober smile. “I thou^t he looked ai J
If he might be out here for his health— j
like a good many other fellows wtrr j
have no particular use for a doctor
How Is he making It?”
The engineer, a hard-bitted man with j
the prognathous lower Jaw charnctcrlz- j
Ing the tribe of those who accomplish ]
things, thrust his hands Into his pock- j
cts and walked to the window to, look 1
down Into the Brewster street. When I
| he turned to face Baldwin a gain.-It wee j
“That young fellow 1# a won- j
der, colonel. I put him into the quarry j
at first, as you suggested, and In three [
days he had revolutionized things tc I
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isfissss.'r t, "«*» -»■ «■»■-**
abusive language, took his head out
of the hood.
“The third time this morning," he
snapped. “I’d rather dr?’-e a team of
wind-broken mustangs, any day in the
year!" ,
“I used to drive a car a while back,”
said the tramp., "Let me took her
over."___ _____
Th« erdonri stood aside, xvtptng hts
hands on a piece of waste, while the
young man sought for the trouble. It
was found presently In a loosened
magneto wire ; found and cleverly (cor-
rected. The tramp went around in
front and span the moto;L,and when it
had been throftled down, Colonel Bald-
win had his hand In hlk pocket.
“ "That’s something like,” he sirtrt
"The garage man said It was carbon.
You take hold as If yon knew how.
What's yonr fee?”
Thpn I gave him
at the concrete-mixers, and he's mak
Ing good again In the cost reduction
That seenjs to be his specialty."
The president nodded nnd was suf-
ficiently Interested to follow up what ■
had been merely u casual Inquiry.
“What are yon yalling him now?—n i
betterment engineer? You know yOur
first guess was that he was somebody'*
bookkeeper **f a ~J«W' ---
Williams wagged his head. .. ........, ,
“He’s a three-cornered puzzle to tne.
j’et. He Isn’t an engineer, but when
you drag a bunch of cost money tip the
trail, he goes after It like a dog nfter j
a rabbit. I'm not anxious to lose him. |
but I really believe you could make
better use of him here In the towfl of-
fice then I esn ob the Juh.” o
Baldwin was shaking his head dubi-
ously.
The shortest
patriotism is
country.
There are many ways in which
you can serve your country
while at home. Here are some:
Hunt a' larger garden than
ever and can sufficient from It
to tide you through this year and
■pnrrrrf tfir ri» »(.-■-—-— --
Plant more potatoes, especial-
ly sweet potatoes, as these are
staple food articles.
Every acre should be planted
to corn or kafir, and receive the
best cultivation possible.
Twenty-five to 50 per cent of
the wheat land eould be disked
nfter cutting and planted to
fl'teritn.
Corn land can easily be pre-
■pnred for wheat next fall, thus
having the two crops overlap.
Plant eowpens ?rfr ‘tuctr~Teed
value as well as a soil builder.
Save the manure and- apply
five tons an acre. ,
Make this a banner year for +
chickeqs and swine, +
More attention should be given T
to raising turkeys. +
Insect pests should be com- J
bated in orchard, garden and ♦
field. +
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HEEL FLIES PESTER
ifr-wsb e burrow”* -for- „ : .zsHtr
the■ grouniffas changed into the pupal
stage, and from this the mature fly
Y emerges in about one month. Some
„» ♦ claim thar the egg hatches on the hair
1 - -w-w -SwR—fns——
Lillid the larva make* iT~iay directly
through the skin.
Grubs cause cattle to fall off a little 1
in flesh and milk, and they greatly de-
preciate the value of the hide. It is
well to press out the grabs, using • \
knife, if necessary, to enlarge the
opening. A quicker way to destroy
4 J them is to apply a few drops of kero-
~Y 1-sene' ft'i'rouglT"*ffie^epebTS'iF ’WIfh'Hr'TItT-
♦ | can. To ke*p the flies away from the
j I cattle, use pine tar*or one of the coal-
♦ t tar dips,
WRONG METHODS OF
FEEDING ON SUNDAY
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CATTLE !N SUMMER
Serious Disorders Often Caused
j. by Overfeeding Amrnajs Which
Are Working Hard.
More work horses are sick on-Mon-
day than on any other day In the
| week. This is good evidence that
| something- ts often- wrung with the
method of feeding’ on Sunday, de-
clared Dr. C. W. M<sCampbell, associ-
ate professor of animal husbandry in
the Kansas State Ajrrieultural college.
“One form of Illness to which' the
j work horse is subject occur* so often
j just following the Sunday rest thatit
j is popularly known as 'Monday morn-
i ing sickness.’" sai’d^Dis tor McQqmp-
The tramp shook his,head and smiled
good-naturedly.
"Nothing; for a bit of neighborly i
help like that”
The colonel put his coat on, and in |
the act took n better measure of the |
stalwart young fellow who looked like
a hobo and talked elnd behaved -like a
gentleman.
“You are hiking out to the dam?” he
asutt braqueij. • ~
"I am headed that way, yes," was
the equally crisp rejoinder. ’
“Hunting a Job?”
’“Jnat that* ’ -
“What sort of a Job?*
"Anything that may happen to be In
sight."
"That means a pick and shovel or s
wheelbarrow on a construction Job.
But there Isn’t much office work."
The tramp looked up quickly.
"What makes you think rm hunting
office Jobr he queried.
The young e)i-tramp soon finds
that hit services are very much
ip demand, despite the fact that
he Is suspected of trying to hide
his past.
LG S£ CONTINUED.)
Had Hsr Reasons.
They were dismissing church affairs
when Mary caipe home from school,
and Aunt Maria remarked “little pitch-
ers have big ears" nnd the conversa-
tion stopped. A few days afterward"
the minister came to tea and gave
some Of bis attention to Mary.
“Do you like to go to church?" fee
asked. *
!*No,” answered Mary, very firmly
but politely.
“And why not my little dcarr r*^.v
“Oh." said Mary, with a smile. “Httl*
pitchers bars big ears," very much to
the surprise of hsr mother and Aaat
SHOATS FOR EARLY MARKET
The young man looked at hli hands
Parasites Cause Lumps on Backs
of Animals—Kerosene Oil
Will Destroy Them.
(T,y OFORtJE TT GLOVER, Colorado Ag-
ricultural College, Fort Collins. Colo.)
Several letters have, been received
of cattle. One party made the impor-
tant-discovery (?) that “worms had
eaten big holes through the backs t>fs
his cattle and were fotmd at the bot-
tom eating their way.” ____.
Cattle can do very nicely without
these parasites, but the parasite* can-
not livte without their hosts. These
parasites are the larvae of thi* heel Ayr
’This fly Is about one-half inch louK
nnd looks something like a SfiiSIl Bllek'
bee. The flies pester cattle during the
summer months and d*posi,t their eggs
on the hair around fhelheels and hind
legs. The tttes are ueahi* to bite, but
cattle are Instinctively afraid of them,
and will run with their tails high In
the air, to the nearest water hote,
when they approach, "the eggs are
taken Into the stemiseh by cattle lick-
ing themselvet, and there they haten
and the tiny larvae migrate through
the body to their favorite habitat. By
spring or ekrty summer the grub Is
full grown sad mokes Its
•» opening"which yp
bell. "TliN IrHuble'ts noted most fie -
qucirtTy in those cases where HftrSeg
are working ijard, Squire heavy feed-
ing. and lire given regular feed
on Sunday while thejWrcmain Idle in
the barn. This is n serious disorder
often resulting in death.
"Another"'common disorder among
work horses on Sunday and Monday
iscoHc. Ulu most cases It Is caused by
heavy feeding while Idle, but it may
be caused by a cold. sloppjP bran which
is a sure trouble maker____JL
steamed bran mash to which a liberal
amount of salt has been added is often
beneflclaL
“When tfie horse is working hard
his Sunday feed should be of the same
kind and quality as that whit® be re-
ceives on other days, but the grain por-
tion1 of the ration should be reduced
one-half. If a small pasture is avail-
able and the grass Is not too plentiful.
It wnntd be wett to allow him to spend
the day there, especially if he can hnvn
access to shade.”
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Campbell, T. E. The Canton Herald (Canton, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, June 15, 1917, newspaper, June 15, 1917; Canton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1118512/m1/3/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Van Zandt County Library.