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NUMBER 9
TiSf Chalice
of Courage
Being the Story of Certain Penon* Who
Drank of It and Conquered
A Romance of Colorado
BY
CYRUS TOWNSEND
BRADY
way,
Illuitrationg bp Elltwortb Young
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(OopyrigUt, 1911, by W. Q. Chapman.)
8YNOP8IS.
CHAPTER t-TTdltiTMaitland,
polled
the
nd, a trank,
young Philadelphia
Colorado mountains
free »nd unBp
girl, Is taken to the Colorado mount!
by her uncle, Robert Maitland. James
Armstrong, Maitland’s protege, falls In
love with her.
CHAPTER ir.—His persistent wooing
thrills the. girl, but she hesitates, ana
Armstrong- goes east on business wlth-
sat'ah definite answer.
CHAPTER IIT —Enid hears the story
of a mining engineer, Newbold, whose
wife fell off a cliff and was so seriously
wife fell off
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to prever
While be ;
malned, “looks like there’d bln blood
on It."
“Great God!" cried Maitland, “not
that bear; I’d rather anything than
that.”
“W'atever it is, she’s gone,” said
the old man with solemn finality.
"Her body may be in those logs
there——”
“Or in the lake," answered Kirkby,
gloomily, “but w’ere ever she Is we
can’t git to her now.”
“Wo must come back with dynamite
to break up this Jam and-"
“Yep," nodded the old man, “we’ll
do all that, of course, but now, after
we search ibis Jam o’ logs 1 guess
there’s nothin’ to do but go back, an’
the quicker we git back to the settle-
ment, the quicker we can git back
here. I think we cai^ strike acrost
...... 52 SS compelled tc
to prevent* her being eaten '
went for help.
by
seriously
-wolv'S
CUnrTMt tv.-Kirkby, the .old guide
who tells the story, gives Enid a package
of letters which he says were found on
the dead woman’s body. She reads the
letters and at Klrkby’e request keeps
CHAPTER V.—While Enid Is bathing
tn the 'river In fancied solitude, a
hear
USE
ransra man.
jgi
ajpHKHI
It Was a W.oman’a 8Weater.
party’s ramp1 the mountains an’ save a day an* a
who* shot the there’s po need of us goln’ bad
ers that way.”
They searched the pile eagerly, pry-
ing under it, peering Into It, upsetting
It, so far as they could with their
naked hands, but with little result, for
they found nothing else. They had to
bear appears op the bank and is about
to plunge into the water to attack the
girl when a shot rings out and the ani-
mal !« wined by ri. strane
CHAPTER Yl—Enid la
storip ^yhlch wipes outlet
iear4' fln^^er'^uncVSus^'^nd “carAes the canon now, T take lt.’f
her to shelter. j “No," answered the other, “the
CHAPTER vn.-Miemcers of the camp-1 Quicker the better, as you say, and
ins parly r**«*«fc that Sind Is lest In ws can head off George and tho oth
the storm Institute * frantic search fur
tho missing girl.
CHAPTER VIII.
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A Telegram and a Caller.
•’You say.’’ asked Maitland, as they,
rveyed -the canon,
iwn the stream?”
She said she was
'ed^&gr how to
mountains an’ avoid
got no reason to susj
didn’t go w’ere she said.”
"Nevertheless,” said Maitland, "It
is toorely possible that she may have
changed her mind and gone up the
canon.”
“Yep, the fcemalo mind does often
change unexpected like,” returned the
other, “but w’ether she went up or
down, the only place for us to look, I
take It, is down, for if she’s alive, if
she got out of the canon and is above
sc, nacherly she'd follow 1t. down vere
a.n' we’d a seed her by thiB Uiue. If
she didn’t git out of the canon, why.
all that’s left of her is bound to be
down stream."
Maitland nodded. He understood.
“We’d better go down, then,” con-
tinued Kirkby, whose reasoning was
flawless except that he made no al-
lowance for the human-divine interpo-
sition that had been Enid Maitland’s
salvation, “an’ if we don’t find no
trace of her down stream, we kin
come back here an’ go up.” ,
it carefully and found nothing. To
drag the lake was impossible., It was
hundreds of feet deep and while they
) worked it froze. The weathqr had
i changed some dayB before, heavy
1 snows had already fallen; they had to
get out of the mountains without
further delay or else be frozen up to
die. Then and not till then did Mait-
land give up hope. He had refrained
from wiring to Philadelphia, but when
ho reached a telegraph line some ten
days after the cloudburst, be sent a
long message east, breaking to his
j brother the awful tidings.
I And in all that they did he and
1 Kirkby, two of the shrewdest and
most experienced of men, showed
with singular exactitude how easy it
ifi for the wisest and most capable
of men to make mistakes, to leave the
plain trail, to fail to deduce the truth
from the facts presented. Yet It Is
i difficult to point to a fault In their
It was a hard, desperate Journey reasoning, or to find anything left tm-,
the two men took. One of them fol- dope in the search!
Jowed the stream at sits level, the I Enid had started down the canon;
other tramped along in the mountains
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BKKT
■a
fcigh above the high water mark of
the day before. If they had needed
any evidence of the power of that
cloudburstjand storm, they found it in
the canon. In some places where it
/ -was narrow and rocky the pass had
been fairly scoured; at other places
the whole aspect of it was changed,
the place was a welter o? uprooted
trees, logs jammed together in fan-
tastic shapes; it was as if some wan-
ton besom of destruction had swept
.the narrow rift.
Ever as they went they called and
called. The broken obstructions of
the way made their progress slow.
What they wrould have passed over
ordinarily in half a day, they had not
traversed by nlghtfull and they had
iseen nothing. They camped that night
Jar down the canon and in the morn-
ing, with hearts growing heavier ev-
ery hour, they resumed their search.
'* About noon of the second day they
came to an immense log jam where
the stream now broadened and made
a. sudden turn before it plunged over
a fall of perhaps tWo hundred feet
■into the lake. It was tho end of their
quest. If they did not find her there,
they would never do so. With still
hearts and bated breath they climbed
out over the log jam and scrutinized
it. \ brownish gray patch concealed
beneath the great pines caught their
eyes. They made their way to it.
“It’s a b’ar, a big Grizzly,” exclaim-
ed Kirkby.
The huge brute was battered out of
all semblance of life, but that it was
a Grizzly Hear was clearly evident.
Further on the two men caught sight
suddenly of a dash of blue. Kirkby
stepped over to it, lifted it in his hand
and silently extended It to Maitland.
Jt was a sweater, a woman’s sweater.
They recognized It at once. Tho old
man ijlook his head. Maitland groan-
ed aloud.
"ooe yerc,” said Kirkby, pointing to
the ragged and torn garment wnere
/evidences of discoloration still re-1
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near the end of it they had discovered
one of her garments which they could
not conceive any reason for her tak-
ing off. It was near the battered body
of one of the biggest Grizzlies that
eltfter man had ever seen, it had evi-
dence of blood stains upon it; still,
they had found no body, but they
were as profoundly sure that the man-
gled remains of the poor girl lay with-
in the depths of that mountain lake
as If they had actually seen her there.
The logic was all flawless.
It so happened that on that Novem-
ber morning, when the telegram was
approaching him, Mr. Stephen Mait-
land' had a caller. He came at an un-
usually early hour. Mr. Stephen
Maitland, who was no longer an early
riser, had indeed Just finished his
bfeakfast Whan the card of Mr. James
Armstrong of Colorado was handed to
him.
“Tills, I suppose," he thought test-
ily, “Is one of the results of Enid’s
wanderings Into that God-forsaken
land. Did you ask the man his busi-
ness, James?” he said aloud to the
footman.
“Yes, sir. He said he wanted to see
von on important business, and when
I made bold to ask him what busi-
ness, he said it was none of mine, and
for me to take the message to you,
sir.”
' “Impudent," growled Mr.' MalUand.
“Yes, sir, but he is the kind of a
gentleman you don’t talk back to, sir.”
"Well, you go back and tell him
that you have given me hiB card, aud
I should like to know what he wishes
to see me about, that I am very busy
this morning aud unless it is a mat-
ter of Importance—you understand?”
“Yes, sir.”
“I suppose now I shall have the
whole west unloaded upon me; every
vagabond friend of Robert's and peo-
ple who meet Enid,” he thought, but
his reveries were shortly interrupted
by the return of the man.
Jssni
room, “he suyB his buslnefs la about
the young lady, sir.”
“Confound his impudence!” ex-
claimed Mr. Maitland, more and more
annoyed at what he was pleased to
characterize mentally as western as-
surance. “Where is he?”
“In the hall, sir.”
"Show him into the library and say
I shall be down in a moment."
“Very good, sir.”
It was a decidedly wrathful Individ?
ual who confronted Stephen Maitland
a few moments afterward in the li-
brary, for Armstrong was not accus-
tomed to such cavalier treatment, and
had Maitland been other than Enid’s
father he would have given more out-
ward expression at his Indignation
over the discourtesy In his reception.
“Mr. James Armstrong, I believe,”
began Mr. Maitland, looking at the
card in hiB hand.
“Yes, sir.” '
“Er—from Colorado?”
"And proud of it.”
"Ah, I dare say. I believe you wish-
ed to see me about—’’
“Your daughter, sir.”
“And in what way are you concern-
ed about her, sir?”
"I wish to make her my wife.”
“Great God!” exclaimed the older
matt in a voice equally divided be-
tween horror and astonishment.
“How dare you, sir? You amaze me
beyond measure with your infernal
Impudence.”
“Excubo me, Mr. Maitland,” inter-
posed Armstrong quickly and with
groat spirit fttiu determination, “hut
where I come from we don’t allow
anybody to talk tp us In this way.
You are Enid’s father aud a much old-
er man than 1, but I can’t permit you
to-” *
“Sir,” said astounded Maitland,
drawing himself up at this bold flout-
ing, “you may be a very worthy young
man, I have no doubt of it, but it is
out of the question. My daughter—”
Again a less excited hearer mi^ht,<
havo noticed the emphasis in the pro-
noun— *
“Why, she is half-way engaged to
me now,” interrupted the younger
man with a certain contejuptuous
amusement in his voice. “Look here,
Mr. Maitland, I’ve knocked around this
world a good deal. I know what’s
what. I know all about you eastern
people aud I don’t fancy you any
more than you fancy us. Miss Enifl is
l8 Why I
ke care
jt you’ve
come
’HsuM
yon, and minn’a all clean money
—mines, cattle, lumber—and it’s all
good money. I made it mysfelf. I left
her two weeks ago with her promise
that she would think very seriously
of my suit. After I came back to Den-
ver—I was called east—I made up my
mind that I’d come here when I’d fin-
ished my business and have it out
with you. Now you can treat me like
a dog if you want to, but if you expect
to keep peace in the family you’d bet-
ter not, for I tell you plainly, whether
you give your consent or not, I mean
to win her. Ail 1 want is her consent,
and I’ve pretty nearly got that.”
Mr. Stephen Maitland was black
with anger at this clear, unequivocal,
determined statement of the case
from Armstrong’s point of view.
*1 would rather see her dead,” he
exclaimed with angry stubbornness,
"than married to a man like you.
How dare you force yourself into my
house and insult me in this way?
Were I not an old man I would show
you, I would give you a taste of your
own manner.”
The old man’s white mustache fair-
tleman when he
admired the older
feel a touch of at
way of putting thinj
"Beg pardon, sir,^
breaking the awk
here is a telegram
sir.”
There was nothli
do or say. Indee
himBelf so unrest:
ly-lncreasing re,
took the telegram
considerable dlscoi
lng before him at
Into the hnll nnd
slowly passed out.
land mechanically
liberation and with
evil tidings, tore o'
velope and glanc
Neither the visito:
had got out of si,
they heafid the ol
fall back helplessly
men turned and ra:
for there was that
which gave*rlse ti
sion. Stephen Mai:
as death, sat coll
gasping for breath;
heart; the telegra
floor. Armstrong
riousness of the
three steps was
“What is it?” h<
hatred and rese:
the sight of the
Stricken
and secretly
;and began to
his own rude
the footman.
{ silence, “but
lias just come,
Armstrong to
ing expressed
to his rapid-
the old man
jrned away in
re. James bow-
door opening
4ng him as he
Stephen Malt-
rlth great de-
premonltlon of
the yellow en-
the dispatch,
the footman
hearing when
m groan and
a chair. Both
fck to the door,
ie exclamation
»nt apprehen-
now, as white
In the chair
1/and on his
open on the
gnlzed the se-
ion, and in
other’s side.-
eagerly, his
▼aniBhing at
in’s ghastly,
1912 B. Y. P. U. ASSEMBLY.
canon, wash-
id undoubted-
rrent and was
some of Aer
body. Have
the canon.
den
ed away the c:
ly got caught
drowned. We h:
clothing, but not
searched every
Think body has got Into tho lake, now
frozen, snow failing, mountains im-
passable; will search for her in the
spring when the winter, breaks. I am
following this telegram in parson by
the first train. WonM ratter have
died a thousand deaths than had this
happen. Goa heip as.
“ROBERT MAITLAND” wiiname, oi
Armstrong read {It, stared at it a Miss Nancy
oment, frowning heavily, passed it1 more, McL;a
r to the foptrian and turned
Program for this Year One of Ex-
ceptional Merit. Preparing for
the Coming Encampment.
The great throngs that attended
i the annuql B. Y P. U. Encamp-
ment in this city last year were more
than delighted with the excellent
program given from day to day, and
did not see how it could be improved
upon. But those in authority an-
nounce that the program for this
year shaH even surpass that of 1911,
hence it can be known that there ife
a special treat in store for all who
attend.
Rev. Walter Davis, of Waco,
president of the Association, aud
Mr. B. Y. Roberts, of Dallas, the
business manager, were here last
week, luokiug uver the giOUndo,
noting the improvements now un-
der way, and giving orders for
further bettering the grounds and
accommodations. Superintendents,
M. Baird is busy all the time on the
work of improving and beautifying
the grounds, and when the work un-
der way is completed cur own peo-
ple will hardly recognize the place.
The uiua is being graded itOWu to
the sea-wall built last year, streets
graded up in much neater shape
than eyer before, and other improve-
ments made.
President Davis authorizes the
Beacon to say that the program this
year will be second to none that
have ever been presented. Dr. John-
stone Myers, of Chicago; Dr. P. C
McConnell, of Waco; Dr. Porter, of
San Antonio; Dr. Ray, of Rich-
mond, Ya ; Prof. Tidwell, of Baylor
University, have all accepted places
on the program. Others who are
expected to appear on the program
during the encampment are, Db.
ambrell, of Dallas; D/. Carter
Helm Jones, of Oklahoma City; Dr.
Geistweil. of San DiegOj Ual.; Miss
SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS
On the Sunday School Lesson by
by Rev. Dr. Linscott for the In-
ternational'Press Bible Question
Club.
Copyright, 1911, by Rev. T, 8, Lin-
Scott, D. D.
March 10, 1912.
[Copyright, 1911, by Uov. T. S. Linscott
D. D ]
Jesus the Healer. Mark 1:29-45:
Matt. iv:23-2S.
Golden Text—Himself took our in-
firmities, mid bare our sicknesses.
Mntt. vlil:17.
(1.) Verses 29-31—If this sickness of
Peter’s wife mother hud been that of
any other woman would Jesus have
been equally interested?
(2.) What benefit Is it to us to tell.
God when our loved ones are sick?
(3.) Verses 32-34—Is there any rea-
son to expect that God, In these days,
will heal our sick In uny way resem-
bling the manner In which Jesus heal-
ed sick people?
(4.) How do you account for the fact
that the devils ail seemed to know
moment, frowning
over to tb»
“Old manTTlove^ ner,“‘ he
simply. “I love her still; I believe
that she loves me. They haven’t
found her body, clothes mean noth-:
ing. I’ll find her, I’ll search the moun-
tains until I do. Don’t give way;
something tells me that she’s alive,;
and I’ll find her.”
“If you do,” said the broken old
man, crushed by the swift and awful
response to hiB thoughtless exclama-
tion, “and she loves you, you shall
have her for your wife.”
“It doesn’t need that to make me
find her,” answered Armstrong grim-
ly, “she Is a woman, lost in the mourn
tains in the winter, alone. Theyf
slioifldn’t have given up the search.
I’ll find her as there is a God above
me whether she’s for me or not.”
A good deal of a man, this James
Armstrong of Colorado, in spite- of
many thlngB in his past of which he
thought so little that he lacked the
grace to be ashamed of them. Stephen
Maitland looked at him with a cer-
tain respect and a growing hope, as
he stood there in the library, stem,
resolute, strong.
Perhaps-
(TO BB CONTINUED")
“What la It?” He Aaked Eagerly.
ly quivered with what he believed to
be righteous indignation. He stepped
over to the other an,d looked hard at
him* his eyes blazing, his ruddy
cheeks redder thaij ever. The two
men confronted each other unflinch-
ingly for a moment, then Mr. Maitland
touched a bell button In the wall by
his side. Instantly the footman made
his appearance.
“James,” said the old man, his voice
shaking and hiB knees trembling with
passion, which he did not quite suc-
ceed In controlling, despite a desper-
ate effort. “Show this—er—gentle,
man the door. Good morning, sir; our
first and last interview ia over.”
He bowed with ceremonious polite-
ness as he Bpoke, becoming more and
more composed as he felt himself
“it you Please, sir, began rn-t-rins ^notion Ann Arm-
as he re-entered the, I Wrong, to do him Justice, knew a gen-1
Stump Pullers not Needed.
The following letter iust received
from the John Deere Plow Co., at
Dallas, is self-explanatory; also
complimentary in a way that we
very much appreciate:
Dallas, Texas, Feb. 23, 1922.
Mr. D. L. Stump,
Palacios, Texas.
Dear Sir:
In sending out a number of let-
ters recently to our customers over
the state asking about the prospects
^or stump-puller business we inad-
vertently mailed one to R. F. Clem-
ent & Son, of your city. We have
just received their reply, and as we
feel sure the contents would be very
interesting to you we are giving you
a copy below.
Yours truly,
v John Deere Plow Co.
Per James T. Mayes.
toitMlngljr.
John Deere Plow Co.,
Dallas, Texas.
Gentlemen:
Yours of the 16th inst. in regard
to stump pullers to hand. In answer
would 9ay the only 9tumpa within
20 miles of Palacios is- D. L. Stump
and family. There are little stumps
and big stumps, young and old
stumps, but as they are all good
citizens and tun the best newspaper
in the country; the “Palacios Bea-
con,” welio not care to root them
out. So don’t need any stump
pullers.
■ saaSjla ■ Youro truly,
One of • the kids in above firm.”
study leaders and specialists
the mission study, Bible study, B
Y. P. U. work and Sunday School
work; also conference leaders in
woman’s work and church finances.
The periods will be shorter this
year—45 minutes each, except the
noon hour and the evening service.
An announcement folder will be out
in a few weeks, and the program
booklet will be issued about one
mnnih earlier than usual.
fPALAUg--fc—-UAgQMI
Ramsey Favors Judicial Reform.
While there is much in the plat-
form recently announced by Judge
William F. Ramsey which will com-
mend itself most favorably to the
intelligent voters of Texas, espec-
ially those interested in the indus-
trial and social welfare of the state,
there is no more important para-
graph than the one relating to judi-
cial procedure, especially comiDg as
it does from a man recognized as a
great lawyer and Btudent. Judge
Ramsey says in the letter announc-
ing his candidacy for governor:
“The practice in the courts of this
state is obsolete, incongruous, ex-
pensive and out of date. If elected
governor, I v/ill use my be9t efforts
to secure such changes and modifi-
cations as will insure justice, pro-
mote dispatch of business and save
untold expense.” -
There is no reform more needed
or more sensible ever advocated by
any candidate. That it should come
from an attorney and a member of
the supreme court of Texas gives it
a weight that must have its effect
with every thinking man in Texas.
Business men, farmeis and others
who have become involved in litiga-
tion become disgusted with the de-
lays due to red tape aud technical
claims. Cases drag in the courts
for years. Expensive costs are
piled up which benefit no ODe but
the officers and attorneys. Many
men prefer to lose a just claim than
go into the courts under tho present
method of procedure.
But this is only one of the com-
mon sense planks of Judge Ram-
sey’s platform which will win him
thousands of votes in the coming
primaries. He favors the eight hour
law, more stringent regulations of
the liquor traffic, urges direct elec-
tions, declares against the enormous
expenditures in political campaigns
•and is emphatic in his advocacy of
legislation to promote the industrial
and agricultural welfare of , Texas.
Honest in his convictions and sound
in his reasonings Judge Ramsey is
pursuing a course which -isSbound
to result in his nomination for gov-
leruor in July.
Jesus?
(5.) Verse 35—Why was it necessary
for Jesus to get up a great while be-
fore day and, in a solitary place, en-
gage in protracted prayer?
(0.) To what extent is it duty or
privilege for every Christian to follow
the example of Jesus In the matter of
protracted private prayer?
(7.) Would you say that Jesus had
certain set times for prayer, or did
he pray only when ho felt the need,
and which method ought we to adopt?
(8.) Verses 30-37—Did Simon nnd
the rest of them do well to disturb
Jesus in his private prayer, or should
they have waited until Ills return?
Give your reasons.
(9.) Verse 38-What is the differ-
ence between the mission of Jcnus and
that of any one of his true followers?
(10.) Verse 89—Should a man with a
special messnge confine his work to
one church or to one town? Give your
reasons.
(11) Verses 40-49—Tf Jesus were-
preaching in the flesh today would lm
pay tho same attention to the cure of
physical diseases as he did in that day
or would he refer them to the physi-
cians and surgeons?
(12.) In view of tho progress of med-
f, teal science and the marvelous fonts
pf surgery would you say that God's
t plan for the cure of sickness
__fiOnidBethods ? Give
iip.
/a plca-t
Jeiftis laKhUt vlW „cure people- mira-
lously?
(14.) Christ in that day was move®
with compassion by individual cases
of sickness and cured them miraculous-
ly. Why does he not do the sapie thing
when appealed to today?
(15.) Verses 43-45 — Which is the
greater sin, and why, to tell a thing
when God tells us not to do so or not
to tell what he bids us make known?
(10.) Matt, iv :2C 25 Ia it a lack cf
faith on the port of preachers today
that they cannot cure physical diseases,
orv is it because God wants to cure
them through medical science? Why?
(17.) What is God’s attitude toward
those who teach that it is His will now
to cure disease, in answer to prayer,
without the use of the means? (This
is one of the questions that may be
answered in writing by members of the
club.)
Lesson for Sunday, March 17, 1912.
The Paralytic Forgiven and Healed.
Mark 11:1-12.
To The Voters of Matagorda County,
I lake this method of announcing
my withdrawal from the race for
County Judge. Circumstances are
such that I can no longer remain in
the race. To my friends who, in
this campaign, sincerely solicited
me to enter the race and who baye
so earnestly advocated my cause,
and to those who feel disappoint-
ment in my withdrawal, I wish to
express my sincere thanks and ap-
preciation, and deeply regret to
cause the disappoihtment. To all
of those I will say, that I have never
yet deserted a friend in time of need
and at any timo I can serve you, it
is your privilege to command and
it will be my pleasure to respond.
Yours respectfully,
Amos Lee.
IPALAtiiil—" -'3b- -JIALunI
U. B. McCurdy of Port Lavaca, con-
nected with the firm of Gregory Bros.
.<& Peck, which firm is developing a
3000-acre plantation near the town of
Port Lavaca, was among the arrivals
in the city yesterday, stopping at the
Bender hotel. Mr. McCurdy states
that the object of his trip to Houston
at this time is the purchase of &5,000
to 40,000 Satsunid orange trees to be
planted at Lake Plaeedo. “People can
talk to you about having lost con-
fidence iu the orange growing industry
College Notes .
Jeannette and Harley Lewis were
absent a few days on account of the
grippe.
Lee Paul is temporarily indisposed.
Verner Stokes was called home last
Thursday by the serious illness of his
father. His father is better, but
Verner has been sick eyer since his
return.
Dr. Wolf was away on business for
a few day last week.
Cyrus Parley and Earl Carter were
compelled to go home to attend to
Important business.
Monday was cool enough for the
electrical machine to work well and
the physics class took advantage of it.
The first basketball game of the
season was played on the college
grounds Thursday with a team of town
boys. On account cf the high wind
accurate throwing was impossible and
the game ended with a scoro of 1 to 0
in .'avor of the town. The game was
very close, no score beta# made until
the last half. The line up was as fol-
lows:
Town
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Williams
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R. Wyche
Paul
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Foul goal, F.
Deal:
referee, Gray?
umpire, Marshall; time of halves, 16
rhinutes. We are planning to have
another game with the same team
soon, also one with the High School
but the dates have not been decided
on for either.
Mrs. Wolf, Misses Allen and Willis
went to Houston Monday to hear the
famous musician. They report a fine
time, and good music.
Mr. Wolf went to Houston Wednes-
day to speak at tho Baptist Sunday
School Convention, F.«v. Israel is
hearing his classes while he is gone.
We have our Sunday afternoon
meetings an three o’clock, and are
glad to see people attend.
On account of the storm we did not
have any literary society last Friday
night. The progam for tfie meeting
March »th will be as follows^
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,11—Quotation^
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cd Story-E.
yohe\
in South Texas,” said Mr. McCurdy,
“and some folks can say the cold
weather has put a kibosh on oranges
in this r.ceticn, but tho fact that wc
Jmve not. lost faith in the ultimate
success of this industry may be in-
ferred from the statement that we are
now in the market for the large num-
ber of treeB I mentioned. Last year
we planted 47,000 trees and we Intend
to keep on planting orange trees.
South Texas is «oiuu to be a great
l orange country fet.”—Houston Post.
Dicks
Current Events—Jeanette Lewis.
Reading—Mary Huckleberry.
Piano Solo—Cara Garrett.
Dialogue, “Uncle Pete”—Oharles
Pathergili and E. R. Huckieberry.
Critics report—V. E. Stokes.
Vocal Solo—Kvle Dickson.
Official Statement of. the Financial
Condition of the
Palacios State Bank
At Palacios. State of Texas, at the
cloac of business on the 20th day of
February, 1912, published in the Pal-
acios Beacon, a newspaper printed and
published at Palacios, State of Texas,
on the 1st day of March, 1912:
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts, per-
sonal or collateral..____ $87,708.17
Loans, real estate ____ 28,864.31
Overdrafts. ............ 42.95
Real estate(bankiug house) 4,401.30
Other Real Estate.......... 1,458.34
Furniture and Fixtures____ 1,941.99
Due from Approved Re-
serve Agents, net 23,214.56
Due from other Banks and
Bankers, «nhject to eheck,
net...............1...72.68 23,287.24
Cash Items........... 290.82
Currency............6,369 00
Specie........ 7,091.21 12,751.03
Interest in Depositors Guar-
anty Fund...... 1,284.11
Other resources as follows:
Assessment on Guar’tv F’d
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120.07
TOTAL......... $131,939.60
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock paid in..'...? 25,000.00
Surplus fund............... 5,4.85.00
Undivided Profits, net...... 7,374.32
Due to Banke and Bankers
subject to check, uet---- 329.30
Individual. Deposits, sub-
ject to check _____1... 88,457.54
Time certificates of deposit 5,293.15
TOTAL................$131,939.60
State of Texas
County of Matagorda.
We, H. B. Far well as president,
and J. F. Barnett as cashier of said
bank, each of us, do solemnly swear
that the above statement is true to the
best of our knowledge and belief.
11. B. Farwell, President.
•J. F. Barnett, Cashier.
Sworn and subscribed to before me
this 27th day of February, A. D. nine-
teen hundred and twelve.
Witness my hand and notarial seal
on the date last aforesaid.
B. H. Smith, Notary Puhlio.
O. Doss,
Correct-Attest: R. J. Hill,
Wm. Williamson,
Directors.
For quick action I will sell you one
of the beat homes in the city. Corner
1 proposition. B. S. Montgomery. «
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