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liable stock companies doing
business in the world.
Why not entrust us with
your business?
Phone 76.
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he wants them to live and grow. He
realizes the importance of proper feeding. It is
for this reason that 1592 hatcheries recommend
Purina Poultry Chows. Poultry yard facts
Bread and butter are the two articles of food
that co-operate more smoothly and satisfactorily
than any other two articles. There is no competi-
tion btftween them. They co-operate for the good
of the people that consume them.
Eat more bread and butter.
LUBBOCK SEEKS FEDERAL DIS-
TRICT COURT
'• DALLAS. March. 115—Poetmaster
John W Vaughn and a committee
Ot tubLock citizens asked the sane
tton of Federal Judge William H.
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Denton County Clu
[guests at the Fan
re Saturday evenin
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rm Club are urgcdl
n sons or anothrl
p meeting |
rhe program will]
boys' poultry c)ub|
Dowell, boys' corn]
B Dunkle, boys' |
M. T. Payne and |
rk by O. R. WarJ
About 50 boys are I
id the meeting. I
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■oat near coaet
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now quoted for jJ
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1st 11.35 a bushel. |
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hnd to lose monej]
com at 6135 t<3
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MOROCCAN JEWS TO FARM
PAMS — Progress of Jewish fert-
ilization in Russia, the Argentine
mdUlPaJestine has started a land
v arid movement among Jewish in
habitants of Morocco. The govern
ment will aid settlements of Jews
on Moroccan farms.
BcfmBabyGmes
If
FREE
One Can of Kyanize
LUSTAQUICK ENAMEL
With Bach 15c Brush.
YARBROUGH BROS.
Furniture.
Witho
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“ AlNBtately Saft
eot iatar. tewaan being,.
RveMack. doea cala pouluy «a
yet IldMdly to r.la and Mice every ium. »
K-XO dore noir net ala ewsaln pjinqihun,.. 7«
barlure carbaaaM er »r daadly voLon M
of S.S.S. It cleared my face and
back. I think S.S.S. is wonder-
ful. I have told many friends
about S.S.S., and they are ’get-
ting as much benefit as 1 did.”’—
Miss Ruth Gahm, 1134 Elden
Ave., Los Angeles, Calif.
All drug stores sell S.S.S. in
two sizes. Get the larger size.
It is more economical.
The National Convi
Red Stales Leag|
HfUng and Loan Asl
et in Dallas. May 3
hnss. Secretary of
llding anu Load
(nothing like 3,500 d
over the United H
d the meeting and|
now being planne|
talnment It is unj
llutions will be pad
t to make more mi
is governing bmldl
xdatfons The gl
Ming and loan idJ
. few years in mosl
ntry has been reiJ
Ion in the North Texas United
Mbtes Court District, providing a
term of court to be held In Lub-
bock. A bill creating the new dis-
trict will likely be Introduced in
Congress durinj the present term.
One 1927 Buick Coupe
One 1925 Buick Coach
One 1926 Ford Coupe
One 1925 Ford Coupe.
SMITH-HAMILTON MOTOR CO.
118 South Loeust Street. Phons »M.
With a minimum u
djrrees Friday ml
nd blowing from I
uds hanging low. I
taaed that a hard
kterialize itonigh’’ I
would damage fr|
ps and late-sown c]
n blowing 22 milcsl
[ north at 7 a m |
day was quite a|
e spring IJke weed
?vaUed for some t|
»w or rain was repl
rta of North TexJ
inch was records
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Hha .lightest provocation. so they
san, with immunity, vent their lust
ibr slaughter, flpotowoode, I'd say. Is
nsrely a rational animal with the
courage of bls convictions "
(To Be Continued)
organs and i
causes much <' T______ ________
tion can be stopped only with
antiseptic.”
"Gordon's” goes right to the I
of the trouble, as It exerciaMflff
tinctly antiseptic as Well as9H
tive effect. It stope and hhbve
fermentation, soothes and tiMH
irritated or inflamed condltlgH i_.„
will bring quick relief in cases of
dyspe|sia, f _ *•
after mesic excess acid.
€un(iipaiion, si *
vousness, when
digestion, tone up ths d
A d-h— -reiM ---|V|nCt
th| mutter
l^Kll right,
d^pt worry "
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nothing in
Everything
W sixty-four
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Purina Startena
live and thrive. We
have just received
a shipment of
Purina Startena.
Come m and tell
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of the troable and chaeta
of the germs.
Creomuhion is gasrsats
lory in the treotnmM. ai
roughs and colds, broach
bronchitis sad ether Imm
lory diseaaea.andloaaMK
not eoMeead after laUmt f , ___
diroctioao Ask year
of Ood.
"No one
Markham
dental If one could But Spotswoode
certainly took every precaution that
was humanly possible. It never oc-
curred to him that you would
thwart hl« every effort to return here
and confiscate the record; and he
couldn't anticipate my taste tn mu-
sic. nor know that I would seek sol-
ace In the tonal art.
"Furthermore, when one calls on
a lady, one doean't expect that an-
other suitor Is going to hide himself
, In the clothes-press. It Isn't done
don't y' know All tn sll. the poor
Johnny was beaten by a run of abo-
minable luck"
"You overlook the flendlahneu of
the crime.”
him tartly.
"Don't be so confoundedly moral
old thing Every one's a murderer kt
heartburn, bloating
constipation^ Skk "headacht^ner-
i CSUMMI by faulty
up Uu digastiva or-
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jwttte — building
clearing the bed;
■kin troubles.
‘’’"I was troubled with pimples
and blackheads. I took a course
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MANHATTAN. Kan —E. J. 6rxd
ski. Kansas City, forward ana en-
ter was elected captain of thrf^n®-
29 Kansas Aggie basketball takM
CHICAGO — Frank Taberslu, of
Schenectady, N. Y., remained th*
only undefeated contender tn the
National pocket billiard touma-
mftit after Erwin Rudolph. Chi-
cago. former a tampion, mfft his
first defeat at the hands of Jea-
eps Concannon. Washington. V.
EVANSTON. III. — Harold
Oleichmann. forward, was elected
to captain the Northwestern baa
ketbafl team for the 1928 29 season.
KANSAS CITY. Mo. — Rudy Du-
sek Nebiaska heavyweignt wrestler,
arrived, here to begin training tor
his bout next Monday ntrht with
Joe Malpewlcz. Utica, N. Y.
SAN FRANCISCO — Edouard
Horcmans, Belgian billiard champ-
ion defeated Jake Schaeffer,
91. in the second 300 point L
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Only pure fresh drugs and chemicals are com-
pounded by registered pharmacists in our prescrip-
tion department.
NMHM
AN ABSTRACT1S NsMUMtow,
Before you can sell property. Wp make abstracts, 50c
per pa|e. i
AbitHMt Company *
ank Bldg.* * A ' Phone 87.
L. B. Shavi
INSURANCE
Ftaae 851. Or* BsrvtM Drag gtan
SATURDAY EVENING POST
Issue of March 10, pages 88 and 89, has a wonderful ap-
peal to the Home Manager,
Read it.
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This is G. M. Gordon, widely
knowp Dallas, Texas, pharmacist,
who spent twenty years developing
"Gordon's, ’ an Internal Antiseptic
for the stomach and bowels, for
which he received 830,000 for the
rights to ths secret pr<MMi$K
compounding.
“The greatest obstacle
successful treatment of stomach
troubles." said Mr. Gordon”*was
fermentation (souring of food mat-
tor in the stomach and bowels),
which inflames and irritatea these
produces gas that
distress. Fermenta-
i an
Spring Dry Cleaning Time la Here
Plan today to have a new spring wjtrdrobe by
having us clean your Suits, Dresses, Hats, Coats,
Ties, etc. Service is rapid, work excellent and
charges reasonable.
fietautadfeZ
■nfKIKND
a ea&rfort to wbMk
> _ Aa« It la to aooth-
bs dato ore makre tha
ft atrf pliable.
SB In labor only tS mlnutre
■P last child, bat Buffered
With three prevlmia children.”
Hb . onthnaiMtlc mother who
■Mhark Friend."
I MW. frmn thia day on. and
a» to the day your haby la
Sfotber’a Friend” ahould ba
Ml drag atorre aelt Mathre's
> Bearin now and you will
■to wisdom of doing ao as the
mm. today «
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RAINFALL SOAKS
4' ...ENGLISH FARMS
ABINGTON. England — Wheat
fields Of England are water logged
aftdf nine months of almost con
tinuoua rain, and farmers despair
of totting any crops in this season.
Arable land has become a checker-
board of interminable seas and
mud. which is impossible to plow.
Ion defeated Jake Schaeffer, 800 to
91. In the second 300-point block of
their 1.50Q point maten for the
world's 18.2 balkline billiard "Chain
pionship, now held by Schaeffer.
BOZEMAN. Mont. - MantaQa
State Bobcats defeated the Wyom-
ing University Cowboys, 59 to 31,
to win the Rocky Mountain bas-
ketball conference title' for the sec
end consecutive year.
NEW YORK - Lloyd Halm will
attempt to set a new record for
the three-quarters mile in the Man-
hattan College games at the 108nd
Engineers armory here tonight.
The present record ta 3 mtpvtes
3 2-5 seconds, held by Hahn sin
NEW YORK — Twenty teams
are entered In the National Indoor
doubles cliampionships which get
under w&y at the Seventh Regi-
ment armory today. Francis T. Hun-
ter, No 2 in the national ranking,
and Dr George King, were seeded
at the top of the upper bracket
and John Van Ryn and Kenneth
Appel, the Princeton pair, in the
lower braikct.
to the encl
h Might
NOTICE
iwmy friends and customers:
I have sold my Interest in shop
on North Locust St. and am back
with' Blanks Bros at 225 W. Hick-
ory BL, just opposite Red Ball sta-
tion. i"« *Ag«l
185 ^VC. M. (Milford) PAYNE.
“The
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1592 Hatcheries Say—
‘ ^Feed PURINA
COLDS THAT-
DEVELOP INTO
PNEUMONIA
IVrsistem coughs sad colds lead to
serious trouble. You qgg (top them now
with Creomulsion, an pmuldfirei creo-
sote that is plesoant to take. Creomul-
aion it ■ new medical discovery with
twofold action; it aaattes and heala
the inflamed membranes and inhibits
grem growth.
Of all known drug*, creosote la reo-
ogniuxi by high medical author!lira as
one of the greateet healing agnneiea for
persistent coughs sad eslda and other
forms of throat troubles Creomulaion
contains in addition to (eiosste, other
healing elmnents whieh soothe and heal
the infected membranes and Stop the
irritation and inflammation, while tha
creoaote goes on to the stomach, is ab-
aorbrd into the blood, ottooka ike neat
growth
Fancy being In a cold funk, gastag .1
at a murdered woman. and then a
hearing piercing acreatna behind yvul g
It was a bit too much even for the 8
hardened Tony _ fl
"I don't wonder he forgot all enu- ,g
tlon and put his hand on the table *
to steady himself And then came b
Spotswoode's voice through the door. .
and the record's answer. This HKM* F
have puzzled Skeel I Imagine ho ]
thought for a moment he'd loot hie 1
reason I
"But pretty soon the significance I
of It dawned on him; and I can see <
him grinning to himself Obviously 1
he knew who the murderer was—(F 1
would not have been tn keeping with <
hla character had he failed to learn
the identities of the Canary's ad-
jnlrers . w
"And now there had fallen tnto
his lap. like manna from heaven, trye
moat perfect opportunity tor black-
mail that any such chai nin' young ,
gentleman could desire. He doubt- .
less indulged himself with roseate .
visions of a life of opulence and ease ' - .. -
at Spotawoode s expense When Atwell for creation o£ a new divte-
Cleaver phoned a few minutes later,'
he merely said the lady was out. and
’then ‘ -•- -
I depai
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slon on the record, and put bis quee- take
tion to the imaginary lady at just the| "And remove from the acene of the
right moment to receive the record's , crime the ont piece of unanawerwhle
avMaew»a7 Rre«4 aliralarvv k/awb^am
"It was all carefully _
beforehand, he no doubt rehearsed
It tn hla laboratory It was deuced
simple, and practically proof against
failure The record Is a large one—
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Hergeaut of the
ajt.r wiLLiam^, J
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Et. The perAn who has never felt
wsslonate hankering to kill some
la without emotions And do you
lk Its ethics or theology that
« the average person from homl-
17 Dear, no I It'a lack of courage
>e fear of being found out. or
nted or cursed with remorse.
Observe with what delight the
pie en masse—to wit. the state—
men to death, and then gloat
r it In the newspapers. Nations
lare war against one another on
(lightest provocation. ao they
•aihoia.
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NEA London BMMflg
Flying alone, like Lindbergh,
Lady Bailey, wife of Str Abe Bailey,
South African diamond millionaire,
left London in her plane. boubti /OF
Capetown, South Africa. Lady
Bailey s plane is a DeHaviland
Moth, capable of remaining in the
uir ten hours. Lady Bailey intended
to fly by way of France. Italy, Mai
ta, Egypt and the Sudan.
SPORT TABLOIDS ‘
mous settlement from Spotswoode at
once And I Imagine that’s what he
did Spotswoode no doubt gave him
something on account and promised
him the rest anon. hoping in the
meantime to retrlrva tha record.
"When he failed to ftp, Skeel
phoned you and threatened to tell
everything, thinking to spur Spots-
woode to action. Well, he spurred
him—but not to the action desired
Spotswoode probably met him by
anpolntment last Saturday night,
ostensibly to hand over the money,
but. Instead, throttled the chap
Quite In keeping with his nature,
don't y' know Btout fella. Spots-
woode "
"The whole thing It's amazlnv
"I shouldn't saythat. now. 8pots-
woode had an unpleasant task to
perform, and he set about It In a
cool, logical, forthright, businesslike
manner He had decided that his
little Canary must die for hla peace
of mine; she'd probably made her-
self most annoyin' So he arranged
the date—like any Judge passing sen-
tence on a prisoner at the bar—and
then proceeded to fabricate an alibi
"Being something of a mechanic.
■ he arranged a mechanical alibi The
device he chose was simple and ob-
i vloua enough—no tortuosities or
vuu... v,. complications. And It would have
Ing was planned succeeded but for what the Insur-
He was defeat- *nce companies piously call an act
can foresee accidents.
they wouldn't be accl-
evldence? Bad strategy, Markham
figured out It be himself had produced , the re-
■ - cord later Spotswoode would simply
have denied all knowledge of it. tond
accused the blackmailer of a plot.
______ _ _______ "Oh. no; Skeel's only course was
twelve Inch diameter. I should say—' to leave It. and *nor;
and It requires about five minutes
for the needle to traverse It.
"By putting the screams at the
end. he allowed himself ample time
to get out and order a taxicab When
the car at last came, he rode direct
to the Stuyvesant Club, where he
met Judge Redfern and played poker
till three If he hadn't met the
Judge, rest assured he would have
Impressed his presence on some one
else so as to have established an
alibi."
Markham shook hla head gravely
"Good Ood! No wonder he Impor-
tuned me on every possible occasion
to let him visit this apartment
again 8uch a damning piece of evi-
dence as that record must have kept
him awake at night."
'Still. I rather fancy that If I
hadn't discovered It, he would have
succeeded In getting possession of It
as soon as your sergent-de-vllle was
removed
"It was annoyin' to be unexpect-
edly barred from the apartment, but
I doubt If It worried him much H,
would have been on hand when the
Canary’s aunt took possession and
■■(NtTH hPOTHWOODK. a nianu-
Wctam
iJRJIB MANN'IX. an Importer
IHL AMMOI8B I.1M>QITNT. a
I fashionable nearologlM
TONY MKUX. a professional burglar
WILLIAM FXMEH JE8NIP, tele
ilMMSe operator
MARRY KFIVU.Y, telephone opera-
SRNHNT heath.
would think It was a typical burg-
lar s performance When this had
been done, he placed the record on
the machine, set It going,
ly walked out He had .
prayer-rug and bronze bowl on the
cabinet of the machine to give the
impression that the phonograph was
rarely used
"And the precaution worked, for no
one thought of looking tnto it. Why
should they? Then be asked Jes-
sup to call a taxloab—everythin'
quite natural, y' see While tie was
waiting for the car the needle reach-
ed the recorded scream* They .were
beard plainly: It was night and the
sounds carried distinctly. Moreover,
being filtered through a wooden
door, their phonographic timbre was
well disguised. And. if you'll note,
the enclosed horn is directed toward
the door, not three feet sway ”
But the synchronisation of ht«
questions and the atimrs on the
record ?”
"The simplest part of it. You re.
member Jessup told us that Spots-
woode was standing with one arm
on the switchboard when the
screams were heard.
"He merely had his eye on his
wrist-watch The moment he heard
the cry. he calculated the Intermls-
id put hla qura-
lady at Just the
the retrieving of the record Would
have been comparatively easy Of
course the record conatttuted a haz-
ard. but Spotswoode Isn't the type
who'd shy at a low bunker of that
kind No; the thll
scientifically enough. ___________
ed by sbeer accident."
"And 8keel?"
"He was another unfortunate cir-
cumstance He was hiding In the
closet there when Spotswoode and
the lady came In at eleven. It was
Spotswoode whom he saw strangle
his erstwhile amoureuse and rifle the
apartment
"Then, when Spotswoode went out.
he came forth from hiding. He was
probably looking down at the girl
when the phonograph emitted its
blood-chilling walls My word!
TTNDERNE ATn a clear,
VJ (mooth akin, healthy tissues
—/uZf oj rich, red blood—thrive.
No worry about pimples now.
Inataad there is a certain salis-
n that giveB confidence.
jiu thia because rich, red blood
la Nature's way of building and
auataining the body.
Without plenty of rich, red
Wood, there can be no strong,
powerful men, or bcauti-
You know a clear skin comes
from within. Correct the cause
—through the blood-—and piin-
fflea, boils, eczema and that sal-
tow complexion will disappear.
^Thousands have regained their
atrength and charm by taking a
fpw bottles of S.S.S.—Nature's
own tonic for restoring the ap-
........’ strength—and
ly cf so - called
CHAPTER III
fter a short snence during which
three of us remained speechless,
same feminine voice
I, distinct tone "No,
I'm sorry
Please go home, and
fl was in the easier
Lnty Thursay and
pre in fine conditio
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prat and oata needed
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the North East Tel
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b state to attend |
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ra. Eric Schroeder. J
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M the Texas PrerJ
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I parts of Texas, rrl
tow years ago. Thel
Denton was considl
rs of the Associatll
b outstanding meetll
would be well if dJ
Bt to the Northeasfl
tion and It may be I
taken to secure tl
needle hod come
record There was
click, and the automatic device shut
oft the motor The almost terrifying
•tMnce that followed was broken by
a hardonlc chuckle from Vance
■Well, old dear," he remarked lan-
guidly, as he strolled back Into the I
living room, "ao much for your Ir-
rtfutabls facts!"
INSURANCE I--.. „ •
. The voice on the record is merely
We represent some of the his own m falsetto- better tor
oldset, largest and most re- i>,urP‘>w‘ th“n “
’ *» stronger and more penetrating
"As for the label, he simply soak-
ed It off of an ordln'ry record, amt
pasted It on his own He brougl
the lady several new records that
night, and concealed this one among
them
"After the theater he enacted his
gruesome little drama and then care-
fully set the stage so that the police
pt v ’
Mvur .... x . ...
■pi- •.
if ■
■I’ J'jr
tJr ' .'.A-', ; '•'!
| There cam"- a loud knocking on
the door and the officer on duty out-
side looked in With a startled fa#e
•'It's sll right," Markham inform-
ed him m u husky voice "111 call
you when I want you "
Vance lay down on the davenport
and took out another cigaret Hav-
ing lighter! It. he stretched his arms
tar over his head and extended his
legs, like u man In whom a powerful
physical tension bad suddenly re-
laxed
" Pon my soul Markham we've all
been babes In the woods. ' he drawl-
ed "An Incontrovertible alibi—my
word' If the law supposes that, as
Mr Bumble said, the law Is a ass. a
Idiot -Oh, Sammy. Sammy. vy
worn't there a alleybl! Markham.
I blush to admit It but It s you and
I whove been the unutterable
a^es
Markham had been standing bv
the Instrument like a man dazed
bls eyes riveted hypnotclally on the
I telltale record Slowly he came Into
the room and threw himself wearily
Into a chair
"Those precious facts of yours!"
continued Vance ‘Stripped of their
carefully disguised appearance what
are they?—Spotswoode prepared a
phonograph record a simple enough
task Everyone makes ’em nowadays "
I "Yes He told me he had a work-
shop at his hame on Ixmg Island
where he tinkered a bit "
"He really didn't need It y' know
But It facilitated things, no doubt
The voice on the record
j bls own In falsetto- better
u woman's.
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McDonald, L. A. Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 184, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 15, 1928, newspaper, March 15, 1928; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1335347/m1/12/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Denton Public Library.