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THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALBM. PRECOX. SATURDAY, FEB. 26, 1916. I. The Guardian of the Accolade By O. HENRY Copyright by Doubleilay, Tauo A Co. OT the least Im portant of t lie force of tlie Wey mouth bank was i; n c I e Hushrod. Sixty years bad Uncle Bushrod given of fultbful h e r v I e e to the house of Wey- ui'inl It ns cbuttr-l, servitor niiii frleud. Of t tie color of Ibe .mahogany bunk furniture was Uncle Bimhrod thus (lack was be externally; white ub the uninked pages of the bunk ledgers was bis soul. Eminently pleuslng to Uncle Biislinxl would the comparison have been, for to blm the only Institution In existence worth considering was the Weymouth bunk, of which he was Hmiethlug between porter and general 1-nImo in charge. Weymouth lay, dreamy and. urn luiigeous, among the low ' footlillls iilong the brow of n soul hern, vulley. '1'liree banks there were In Weymouth vlllo. Two were hopeless, misguided I- ilerprises, lucking the presence and prestige of a Weymouth to glvo them glory. The third wus the bank, man ured by the Weymouths-and L'uclc Jtiislirod. In the old Weymouth homeslfiid -the red brick, while portlcoed mansion, the (list to your light as you crossed Khler creek coming Into town lived Mr. ltobert Weymoulh, the president of the bunk; his widowed daughter, Mis. Vcsey, culled "Miss I.etty" by ev ery one, ami her two children, Nan ti iid Guy. There also, in a cottage ou the grounds, resided Uncle liuslirod and Aunt Mullud.y, bis wife. Mr. Wil liam Weymoulh, the cashier of the Ii i nk, lived In a modern, line house on the principal avenue. Mr. ltobert was a large, stout man. HUty-two yeurs of age, with a smooth, plump face, lung Iron gray hair and llcry blue eyes. He was high temper ed, kind and generous, with a youth ful smile and a formidable, stern voice that did not always mean whut it Hounded like. Mr. William wus a mild er man, correct lu deportment and u! Horbcd lu business. The Weymouth formed the family of Weymoulhville a ud were looked up to, as wus their riujit of beriluge. Uncle Hushrod was the batik's trust ed porter, messenger,' vassul and guur iliiiu. He carried a key to the vault, Just as Mr. Hubert and Mr. Wlllliuu did. Sonielliuos there wus ten, fifteen or twenty thousand dollars lu sacked silver slacked ou the vault tloor. It was Hiife with Uncle Hushrod. He was g Weymouth lu heart, honesty and pride. Of lute Uncle Hushrod had not been without worry, It was on account of Murse Hubert. For nearly a year Mr. K ilici't had been known to Indulge in too much drink. Not enough, under Miami, to become tipsy, but the habit was pelting u bold upon blm, and ev eiy one was hcglnulug to notice It. llitlf a down times a day he would leave the bunk ntid step around to tlio Merchants and Hunters' hotel to take it drink. Mr. Itoborl'H unusual keen judgment and business capacity be (Mine n little Impaired. Mr. William, a Weymoulh, but not so rich lu experi ence, tried to dam the Inevitable hack How of the tide, but with Incomplete Hiiccess. The deposits In (Ue Wey mouth bank dropped from six llgures to live. I'm st due paper began to ac- "(imulale, owing to Injudicious hums. No one cared to addresi Mr. ltobert on lie subject of. temperance. Many of his friends fculd that the cause of it had been the death of his wife some two years before. Others hesitated on ac count of Mr. Hubert's quick teniK'r, which was cxlretuely apt to resent per sonal Interference of mich a nature. Miss I.etty and the children noticed the change and grieved about It. I'll cle Hushrod also worried, hul he was one of those who would not have dared to remonstrate, though he and Murse ltobert bad been raised almost as coin pi'iiioiis. Hot there was a he:i',r wlio. k coming to Uncle Hushrod than tloir caused by tho bank president' t-xldic itml juleps. Mr. ltobert bud a, passion for llshlng, vblch be usually Indulged whenever the n'lison and business permitted. One day, when reports bud been cm log lu relating to the bjss and perch, li" iinnooriccd Ms Intention of making H (wo of three d tys' vl.sK t ) t'io hikes. Ilo win t! ih'g down, be said, to Iteody line with .lU'Uv Arrhhiai'l, aa old fite.,,1. mmrr -- Now, Uncle Bushrod was treasurer of (he Sons and Daughters of the Burning Bush. Every association he belonged to made him treasurer with out hesitation.' He stood AA1 lu col ored circles. He was understood uiong them to be Mr. Bushrod Wey uoiitu of the Weymouth bank. Tho night following (he day on which VIr. ltobert mentioned his Intended lsliing trip tho old man woke up and use from his bed at 12 o'clock, declar ing he must go down to tho bank and 'etch (he passbook of the Sons and Daughters, which he hud forgotten to irlug home. The bookkeeper had bal inccil It for lit in that day, put the can- Mr. Robert Cam Out With a Lirg Hand Satchel. celed checks in it and snapped two elastic bands around It. He put but one bund around other passbooks. Aunt Mullndy objected to the mission nt so lute an hour, denouncing It as foolish and unnecessary, hut Uncle Bushrod was not to tie deflected from duty. "1 done told Sister Ada Hue Hosklns," he said, "to come by here for dat hook tomorrer mnwuln' at sehln o'clock for to kyar" It to de nieetln' of de bo'd of 'rungenients, and dat book gwlue to be hero when alio come." So Uncle Bushrod put on his old brown suit, got bis thick hickory stick and meandered through the almost deserted streets of Weyuiouthvllle. He entered the bunk, unlocking the side door, mid found tho passbook where he hud left It, lu the little back room used for private consultations, where he always bung Ills coat. Looking about casually he saw that everything was as he had left, It nud wus about to start for home when he was brought to a standstill by the sudden rattle of a key lu the front door. Sumo one on me quickly In, closed the door soflly and entered the counting room through the door lu the Iron railing. That division of the bank's space wus connected with the buck room by a narrow passageway, now in deep darkness. Undo Bushrod, firmly gripping his hickory Btlck, tiptoed gently up this passage until he could see the uild night Intruder Into the sacred precincts of the Weymouth bunk. One dim gas Jet burned there, but even In its neb uloiis light he perceived at once that the prowler was the bank's president Wondering, fearful, undecided what to do, tho old colored man stood mo tionless In the gloomy strip of hallway and waited development. The vault, with Its big Iron door, was opposite lilui. Inside that was the safe, holding the papers of value, the gold and currency of the bank. On the floor of the vault was, perhaps JIS.tHH) lu silver. The president took his key from his pocket, opened tho vault and went Inside, nearly closing the door behind hint. Uncle Hushrod saw through the narrow aperture the flicker of a candle In a minute or two It seemed an hour to the watcher Mr. Hubert came out bringing with him a large hand satchel, handling It In a careful but hurried manner, as If fearful that lie might be observed. With one hand he closed and locked tho vault door, With n reluctant theory forming It self beneath Ills wool Uncle Hushrod waited and watched, blinking lu his concealing shadow. Mr. ltobert set the satchel softly upon l desk and turned hi coat collar up ' i.i- ......i. .....i ........ it.. ....... v .M Ol lll'l K 11I1U Vill i. SH H13 tressed In rough suit of gray as If 'or traveling. He glanced with frown- ng Intentness at the big office clock ibove the burning gas jet and then ooked liugerlngly about the bank llu- ;erlngly and fondly, Uiicle Hushrod nought, as one who bids farewell to lear and familiar scenes. Now be caught up his burden again ind moved promptly and softly out of ;ho bank by (he way be had come. ocking Ibe front door behind him. For a minute or longer Uncle Bush rod was as stone In his tracks. Had that midnight rider of safes and vaults Keen any other on earth than the man lie was the old retainer would have rushed upon him and struck to save tho Weymouth property. But now the watcher's soul was tortured by the lioiguant dread of something worse than mere robbery. He was seized by in accusing terror that said the Wey mouth name and (he Weymouth hon- r were about (o be lost. Marse Itob- ;rt robbing the bank! What else could t mean? The hour of the night, the stealthy visit to the vault, the satchel orought forth full and wilh expedition ind silence, the prowler's rough dress. Is solicitous reading of the clock and noiseless departure what else could it mean? And then to the turmoil of Uncle Uushrod's thoughts came tho corrob- iratlng recollection of preceding events Mr. Itobcrt's Increasing Intemperance ind consequent many moods of royal nigh spirits and stern tempers; the nsiuil talk he had heard lu the bank f (he decrease in business and diffi culty in collecting loans. What else ould It all mean but that ltobert Wey mouth was an absconder was about o fly with the bank's remaining funds. caving Mr. William, Miss I.etty, little Nan, Guy and Uncle Bushrod to bear ho disgrace? Dining one minute Uncle Bushrod onsldercd these tilings, and then lie 'i woke to suddeu determination and ICtloll. "Uawd, I.awd!" be monned aloud as tie hobbled hastily toward the side door. Spell a comeoff after all dese here years of big (loin's and One doln's. Sctinious sights upon do yenrth when le Weymouth famhly done turn out robbers and 'boz.lers! Time for Uncle liuslirod to cleau out somebody's chick en coop and cben mutters up. Oh, f.nwd! Marse Robert, you ain't gwlne do Out. N Miss I.etty tin' dein cliHIuti so proud and lulkln' 'Weymouth, Wey moulh,' all de time! I'm gwlne to stop you cf I can. 'Spec you shoot Mr. Nig ger's head off of. he fool wid you, but I'm gwlne stop you ef I can." Uncle Hushrod. aided by bis hickory stick, Impeded by Ills rheumatism, liur rted down the street toward the rail road station, where the two lines touch lug Weymouthvllle met. As he had ex peeled and feared, he saw there Mr. ltobert standing in the shadow of the building walling for the train. He held the satchel lu his baud. When Uncle Bushrod came within twenty yards of Hie hank president, standing like a huge, gray ghost by the station wall, sudden perturbation sola ed hltn. The rashness and audacity of the thing he had come to do struck him fully. Ho would have been happy could he have turned and fled from tlie possibilities of tho famous Wey mouth wrath. But again he saw, in Ills fancy, the white, reproachful fnce of Miss I-etty nud the distressed looks of Nun and Guy should he fall In his duty nud they question him as to his stewardship. Braced by the thought, he approached In n straight line, clearing his throat and pounding with his stick so that he might be early recognized. Thus lie might avoid the likely danger of too suddenly surprising- the sometimes has ty Mr. ltobert. "Is that you, Bushrod?" cnlled the clamant, clear voice of the gray ghost. "Yes, anil, Murse ltobert." "What the devil are you doing out at this time of night?" I'or the first tlnio In his life Uncle Bushrod told Murse ltobert a false hood. He could not repress It. He would have to clrcunilocnte a little Ills nerve was not equal to a direct ut tack. "I done been down, still, to see o!e Aunt M'rlti Patterson. She taken sick In de night, and I kyur'od her a hot tie of M'llndy'a medeniue. Yes, suh." "Humph!" said ltobert. "Yon better get home out of the night air. It's tin mil. You'll hardly be worth killing tomorrow on account of your liieuiuu Usui. Think It'll be a clear day. liusli rod?" "I 'low It will, suh. De'sun sot red Ins' night." Mr. ltobert lit a cigar lu the shadow, and the smoke looked like bis gray ghost expanding mid escaping Into til night nlr. Somehow Uncle Hushrod could barely force his reluctant tongue to (he dreadful subject. Ho stood, awkward, shambling, with his feet upon tlie gravel and fumbling with his stick. Hut tlicu, afar off-three miles aw ay, at the Jlinlowu switch-he heard tlie faint whistle of tlie coming train tlie one that was to transport the Wey mouth name Into the regions of dis honor and shame. ' All fear left him He took off Ills hut and faced the chief of the clan he served, (lie great, royal kind, lofty, terrible Weymouth. He hoarded hltn there nt tlie brink tr the awful thing that wus about to h:ipKn "Murse Hubert," he begun, his voice quavering a little with the stress ol his feelings, "you 'member de day (ley all role de tiMiiianieut at Oak l.awn de day, sub, dat you win In de lidin' and you crown Miss I.ucy de queen?" "Tournament 7" said Mr. Robert, tak lug bis cigar from his mouth. "Yes, I remember very well the but what the deuce are you talking about tourna ments here at midnight for? t!o 'long home. Bushrod. I believe you're sleep walking." "MM l.ucy letch yon on de shoul dcr," continued the ld man, never heeding, "wid a s'ord and say: 'I met you a knight, Suh Rjbert. - Rise up, pure and fearless and widout re proach.' Dat what Miss Lucy say. Dat's been a long time ago, but me nor you ain't forgot it. And den dar's another time we ain't forgot de time when Miss Lucy lay on her las' bed. She seut for Uncle Bushrod, and she say: 'Uncle Hushrod, when I die I want you to take good care of Mr. Robert. Seem like' so Miss Lucy say 'be llflteo to you mo' dan to anybody else. He apt to be mighty fractious sometimes, and maybe he cuss you when you try to 'sonde him, but be need somebody what understand him to be rouud wid him. He am like a little child sometimes"' so Miss Lucy say, wid her eyes shiniu' In her po thin face 'but he always boon' dem was her words 'my knight, pure and fearless and widout reproach.' " Mr. Robert begun to mask, as was his habit, a teudeucy to softhearted ness with a spurious auger. "You you old wludbag!" he growled through a cloud of swirling cigar smoke. "I believe you are crazy. 1 told you to go home, Bushrod. Miss Lucy said that, did she? Well, we haven't kept the escutcheon very clear. Two years ago Inst week, wasn't It, Bushrod, when she died? Confound It! Are you going to stand there all night gabbing like a coffee colored gander?" Tho train whistled again. Now it was at the water tank, a mile away. . "Marse Robert," said Uncle Bush rod, laying his band on the satchel thut the banker held; "for Gawd's sake don' take dis wid you. I knows what's In It I knows where you got It In de bank. Don' kyar' It wid you. Dcy's big trouble lu dat valise for Miss Lucy and Miss Lucy's child's chillun. Hit's bound to destroy de name of Weymouth nnd bow dowi dem dat own It wid shame and triberlation. Marse Robert, you cau kill dis ole nig ger ef you will, but don't take away dis 'er' valise, if I ever, crosses over do Jordan what I gwino to say to Miss Lucy when she ax me, 'Uncle Bushrod, whurfo' dldtf you take good care of Mr. Robert?'" Robert Weymouth threw away his cigar and shook free one arm with that peculiar gesture that always pre ceded his outbursts of Irascibility. Un cle Hushrod bowed his head to (be ex pected storm, but be did not flinch. It the house of Weymouth was to fall he would full with If. The banker spoke, and Uncle Bushrod blinked with sur prise. The storm was there, but it was suppressed to the quietness of a sum mer breeze. "Bushrod," said Mr. Robert In a low er voice thnn he usually employed, "you have overstepped all bounds. You have presumed upon the leniency with which you Ipive been treated to meddle unpnrdoiiobly. So you know what Is lu this satchel? Your long and faithful service Is some excuse, but go home, Bushrod not another word!" ' But Bushrod grasped the satchel with a firmer hand. The headlight of the train was now lightening the shad ows about the station. Tho roar was Increasing, and folks were stirring about at the track side. "Murse Robert, gimme dis 'er' valise. I got a right, still, to talk to you dis 'er' wny. I slaved for you and 'tended to you from a child up. I went th'ough de war yo' body servant tell we whip ped do Yankees and sent 'em back to de no'th. I wus at yo' weddln', and I was n' fur nwny when yo' Mlss.I.etty was buwn. And Miss Lctly's chillun, "Gimm dis valise. Mars Robert I'm gwin to hab it." dey watches today for Uncle Hushrod when he come home ever' evenln". 1 been a Weymouth, all Vept lu color and entitlements. Both of us is old. Murso Robert. 'Tuln't golu' to be long tell we gwlne to see Miss Lucy and bus to give nn account of our doln's. He ole utgger man won't be 'sported to say much mo' dan he done nil he could by de famhly- dat owned him. Hut do Weymouths, dey must say dey been thin' pure nnd fearless and without reproach. Gimme dis valise, Murse Robert-l'm gwlne to hut) It. I'm gwlne to take It back to the bank and lock It up In de vault. I'm gwlne to do Miss Lucy's blddlif. Turn 'er loose. Marse Robert." The train was standing at the sta tion. Some men were pushing trucks along the side. Two or three sleepy passengers got e(T and wandered away Into tho night. The conductor stepped to tho gravel, swung ids lantern and called: "Hello, Frank!" at some one fij.0 Invisible. The bell clanged, tlie brakes hissed, the conductor drawled: "All aboard!" Mr. Robert released bis hold on the satchel. Uncle Bushrod hugged It to his breast with both arms, as a lovei clasps his first beloved. "Take It back with you, Bushrod," said Mr. Robert thrusting his hands Into his pockets. "And let the sub ject drop now mind! You've said quite enough. I'm going to take this train. Tell Mr. William I will be back on Saturday. Good night." The banker climbed the steps of the moving train and disappeared In ' a coach. Uncle Bushrod stood motion less, still embracing the-preclous satch el. His eyes were closed and his lips were moving lu thanks to the Master above for the salvation of the Wey mouth honor. He kuew Mr. Robert would return when he said he would. The Weymouths never lied. Nor now, thank the Lord, could it be said that they embezzled the money In banks. Then awake to the necessity for fur ther guardianship of Weymouth trust funds, the old man started for the bank with the redeemed satchel. Three hours from Weymouthvllle, in the gray dawn, Mr. Robert alighted from the train at a lonely flag station. Dimly he cculd see the figure of a man waiting on the platform, and the shape of a spring wagon, team and driver. Half a dozen lengthy bamboo fishing poles projected from tho wagon's rear. "You're here, Bob," said Judge Archlnard, Mr. Robert's old friend and schoolmate. "It's going to be a royal day for fishing. I thought you said why, didn't you bring along the stuff?" The president of the Weymouth bank took off his bat and rumpled his gray locks. "Well. Beu, to tell you the truth. there's an Infernally presumptuous old nigger belonging In my family that btoke.up the arrangement He came down to the depot and vetoed the whole proceeding. Ho means all right, and well, I reckon he Is right. Somehow be had found out what I hud along. though I hid it In the bank vault and sneaked It out at midnight I reckon he has noticed that I've been Indulging a Utile more than a gentleman should, and be laid for me with some reaching arguments. "I'm going to quit drinking," Mr. Robert concluded. "I've come to the conclusion that a man can't keep It up and be quite what he'd like to be 'pure and fearless and without re proach' that's the way old Bushrod quoted It." "Well, I'll have to admit," said the Judge thoughtfully as they climbed into the wagon, "that the old darkey's ar gument can't conscientiously be over ruled." "Still," said Mr. Robert, wilh a ghost of a sigh, "there was two quarts of the finest old silk velvet Bourbon in that satchel you ever wet your Hps with." Salted Herrings. Centuries ago William Buckels, a Hollander of Bierwlcb, made the then astonishing discovery that salt would preserve fish and that salted fish could be packed and exported. Before bis time herrings had to be consumed within a few days of their capture. Buckels salted them. In 138C William Buckels salted the first hundred of herrings, nnd, having salted them, be packed them In barrels. This exercise of common sense resulted in a singu lar development of the resources of the country. The F.ugllsh fisheries were not as prominent COO years ago as they are now, and Holland bad for a time almost a monopoly of a market which she was able to create and to supply. Buckels hnd not to wait 500 years to have his claim to public grat itude recognized. Charles V. had a statue erected to -the mackerel sailer who became the henefnetor of bis country. Queen Mary of Hungary, nowever, pant mm even grenter Honor. During her residence lu Holland she discovered his (omb and, seated upou It. ate a salted herring. Smelting In Bulacan. A primitive Iron smelting industry. evidently of Chinese origin, exists 'in Bulacan, a province of (lie island of Luzon. Magnetite nnd hematite ores, found In tho locality, are smelted by the natives In small bamboo cased blast furnaces of soft clay bricks set In tiny, each furnace being seven and one-half feet high and five feet in ex ternal diameter, with a conical Inner cavity, tapering from forty to twenty Inches. The furnace has n single clay tuyere and a Chinese double acting band blower niado from n hollow tree trunk nnd fitted with n feather packed wooden piston, An average chnrgo is llfty-llve potnids of ore und ninety-five of charcoal, no flux being used. The Iron made Is cast directly into molds for plowshares and plow points, and the product of a furnace is about 500 pounds of castings daily. The Chief's Error. Goron was chief of tho Purls police when the following Incident took place: l.ombroso hnd written a book in ISS8 ou criminality among women, so runs tho story, and when It was finished wrote to Goron to send blm "forth with" some portraits of Parisian wom en criminals. Anxious to please the writer, the package was made up nnd sturled ou Its tour to Italy. When the book came out l.ombroso sent a oopy, handsomely bouud, to Goron, who snw his gift acknowledged on the tlrst page. "It was a scholarly book," said the chief, "and would have had a large sale but for nn error on my part The pictures came out of the wrong drawer of my desk. They were not Criminals at all, but womeu who had applied for hucksters' licenses, and a new edition had to be printed to make ijood a police mistake." ... : STATE NEWS t Klamath Palls Herald: Livestock to the value of $ 1 ;22'A,7O0 was shipped from Klamath countv points between July 1, 1!M"), and February 10, 191(1. Besides this, there . was considerable stock bought here during that time which was driven out of the country into California, and still more was loaded for shipment .at Dorris, Mon tague ami Gazelle, California. A total of 845 carloads went out during the seven months period. This means over 120 carloads a month, or an average of 30 carloads a w eek. Couilleq Herald: Sunday Mrs. O. F. Smith tried out her skill as a marks man over tho local traps. She let the first two birds get away, and then made an amazing run of 23 straight. The score book shows this to be the biggest straight run ever made by a trap shooter on the Coquille Gun club gTounu. Takii'i,' .iiijto consideration the fact that some crack shots have demonstrated their skill over the same traps, it is a remarkable record made by Mrs. Smith, and one of which Bhe can feel justly proud. If some of the ladies who handle firearms would join in with Mrs. Smith, it would make the local trapsmen go some to retain their reputation as trap shots. The proposed excursion of the Port land Kosarians to Honolulu on the steamship Great Northern will cost each person $150 for the round trip, but the price does not include anything ashore, such as hotel bills, and excursions to the interesting places on the islands. The vessel will take but 144 people, and reservations are fast being taken. There are, however, still plenty of ac commodations and anybody who would like to enjoy the excursion should ad dress Dean Vincent, Portland, who is manager of the excursion. The Great Northern will sail from Portland April 15 at 3 p. m., and spend a week at Honolulu, returning about May 4. Among the tasks that confront the Beaverton Chamber of Commerce in its proposed clean-up campaign, ac cording to the Times, is that of "dis posing of the old rail fences and brush along the roads in parts of tho city and otherwise improving tho appear ance of the streets." The Medford Sun reports that the annual spring migration of wanderers from southern to northern points is now in full swing. A squad estimated nt 25 passed through Medford last Tuesday en route to Portland. Train crews, the Sun further says, are ex periencing considerable difficulty han dling tramps who insist on riding with out paying. Tl.o ToLunnn Fvnrpsq lands tho oft derided and much maligned prune in 1 . - . i - 1...1 these words: a ou-acre uaci ui jsiuu near Conser, a station not far from Al banv, is being planted to prunes. This fruit, which for a time seemed to be under a cloud, is now coming into its own again. Taken year in nnd year out, this fruit is a most satisfactory one to grow and brings good returns." Albanv Democrat: W. W, Haines, of Eugene," was in the city today, being in the county to look after his farm near Brownsville. Mr. Haines and tis brother, of Monmouth, have tho distinc tion of being the oldest twins in Ore gon, now over 8S years. The brother is not very well, unable to get out now. News Reporter 's survey of the build ing situation at Yamhill's capital: " With a new tile brick Ford garage, a new $10,000 Woodmen of the World temple and a new 3000 Christian Science church, building activities are looking up here in MoMinnville." The people of Donald have voted a bond issuo to provide a building for a high school. An addition to the present building is proposed. Klamath Falls takes pride in fire A rill tf f ii'lpiii'v in the nublic schools. The Central school minding was cleared in 30 seconds last Tuesday. The Coos Bay Harbor boasts that three times in five years North Bend's schools have won distinction in de bntinz and in a1! other lines arc well hi. to the front. DIED FROM GEIEF .Seattle, Wash., Feb. 25 Grief over the death of his mother and daughter is believed todav to have caused the death of Kdwnrd K. Webster, special agent of the Pacific. Telephone & Tele graph company here, formerly general manager of the Independent Telephone company here. His mother and daughter died with in six hours of each other. Mrs. Web ster fell ill Thursday morning. His wife found him dead on the hath room floor shortly nfter noon yesterday at their home. Webster was til years old. 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PROFITABLE RALLIES HELD A scries of very soeoessfitl and en thusiastic school rallies were conduct ed during tho latter part of last week by School Supervisor ti. H. Parsons, as sisted bv Miss Helen Cowgill, the popn l.ir extension worker from the O. A. C. Thursday afternoon the Polk Station school held its annual rally and it was one of the most interesting' school events ever held in that community. Mr. Parsons and Miss Cowgill spoke to tho guthering ami Mr. Parsons present ed the institution with its standardiza tion penn.int for the year.' Tho assem bly was not as larjje as some of those that have met in the county, but that the patrons and children were keen in their Work was evidenced by tho inter est manifested throughout the after noon. On Thursday evening Mr. Par sons nnd Miss Cowgill conducted a meeting at the Bridgeport school house ind aided in tlie organization of a live Parent-Teachers' association. Miss Cowgill gave an illustrated lecture on school cluli work thnt was popularly re ceived. The Parent-Teachers' associa tion expects to accomplish much good by its work in connection with the school and has already made extensive plans for the remainder of the year. At West Salem on Friday one of the best rallies hold In the county this year wns successfully conducted by Mr. Parsons. Miss Cowgill and K. V. Carl ton, assistant state superintendent of public instruction, wero the principal speakers. This was an all day event and at the noon hour a ilclieious lunch eon n served. Tiie pupils ,nd teach, ers of the West Salem school were greatly interested in the event and had arranged a pleasant program. The teachiiu; stiff at Vct Salem includes O. A. Puirkhead, Miss Florence Cory and Miss Hurkhead, Miss Florence - t'ory and Miss Arlene Hennctt. At Zona OB Friday evening Mr. l'arsons and Mis Cowgill spoke at a meeting. Mis CoW gill's illustrated lecture on industrial club work was entertaining and instruc tive to the large gathering. Mr. Par sons took the meeting as tho occasion to present the school with its standardi zation pciiiinnt. Miss Klsie Taylor is teacher at Zona. Dallas Observer, m ami I T17 Capital Journal Vim a. ,