Abilene Daily Chronicle from Abilene, Kansas • Page 2

STHi A DAILY CHRONICLE P. W.HEATH A. There i vr. but Not Contents r-Flukl Drar.hnij Entered at Abilene, Kansas, ost-ofliee as second-class mail by P. W.

Heatl), owner tint publisher. received by his attorneys here Saturday sa that William 11. Watson, a voiimr business man of Craiir. l'ridu shot his mother-in-law, Mrs. Marion Buckley, near Boston, anil committed suicide.

Watson's wife left 'rui'' several months uiro and took their daughter with her. Aflcrnan! she brought suit for divorce. Watson left Crai- hil Monday and was not heard I roin there until news of the shoot in'-' came. He has In en cna'ecl in the motor car hiisi Ill's at t'rar, hut lately transferred the L-realcr part of his business to Kansas City. His parents lie at Crai'-'.

not personally. Keep your head, remember that one does not make a life time, nor one swallow a summer. III- name was Ka'pli, loiind out from ol the other boys, Kalph iir-i'slakc. After she. arew to know mill bi'ncr.

he told her solncth.tl.' of his own lile. Hilda had been tearfully curious over the vi-il- of a ver, woman in hla-k who came and lell the colle-re ground in a larjc louring car every Sunday i Ih, that 's I he mater, h'alph told her. "She's fearfully good to me. She's. ju-l my step-mother, hut we've been regular pals ever since my I'm her died.

She's put me thru col-' and we rather keep an eye. on For Infanta and Children. Mothers Know That Genuine Castoria i c.iTii lis f. iE'rl AVci'lnbicPropnMtionrirAs TO SUBSCRIBERS. The Chronicle employs a force of carriers to deliver the paper promptly and regularly.

Tapers will he placed in boxes when such are erected by the subscribers. Any incivility or poor service on the part of the carrier should he reported to the ofTice either in person or by phone and complaints will receive prompt atten tion. Subscribers should not pay am money to the carrier of the paper except upon presentation of a written receipt from tho oflice. Always Bears the YACHT BURNED ON THE OCEAN A Jt CO ED COURTSHIP The principal reason win the family decided Hint ililda uo to Sagamore t'ollcue was it was co-ed. Aunt held that a si net female seniinai a girl 's mind was apt to be so tilled with her studies and feminine pursuits, that she was ii lit ted tor her li I role of 1 1 e- hood.

'I'he doctor took an entirely dil-I fereiit view of the situation, as hi1! told 1 1 1 Mil the nidil before she lell. "llear 'irl, you've led a monotonous suit of hie at this old place Wltll Jil-t and Invsell. mi need (ii liu and i il our own a-e. l.oirr a.uo youri nioiher, hless her, was student at Sagamore, 'i on are to have the same room she had and her seat in the din-I mi- hall. Have a tune and don't 1 have ton many love Itv tliej way." he stopped niaikinj stars on I the liiae blotter and lint hell Signature i Tliercbvrromo'iinijDisUon i-' aI)oel of neither Mineral.

Notahootic 1 jaoWSAiiuimo Monday, octukkk TRAGEDY FOLLOWS A DIVORCE I'l Jnjrlrr: Harm riavr In Use so '-s One is Dead and Three May Die From Gas Explosion. Charleston. S. Oct. 'J'J.

The 1 1 yacht oiiiniodore, on the wav from Sin ille, N. to Honda, burned tin' water's cd''c r'ndiiv at Me-( 'lellam ille, forty miles above here. The tinner's wile. Mrs. Cornelia Hra-kaar, was killed while his two duiiLih-tcrs and sou were burned ibimrerous-ly and may not live, according' to reports received here cstcrdav.

Cap-lain HVakaar was lul injured. The lire was caused by the eploion of a tank. 'WILSON THE ALLIES' LEADER' Paris Paper Welcomes United States Participation in Conference. 1'aris, Oct. American participation in the allied conference is welcomed by the Temps, which says: "It i highly 'j rat if iiur to know that ill-1 Culled States will be represented this conference.

The task of the Allies is too treat for them to discuss it without the I'niled States. President Wilson is so much respected that we have need of listeninir to men who possess Ids contidence." Vbclpfullietnedvfcr Coniltpn'ion and Diarrhoea IVvcHsfness and I osS OF SLU-P I PuSarillcSivn For Over ad William Watson, Formerly of Craig, Killed Himself. Towiispnd Harbor, William II. Watson. cattle man, is dead und hi mother-in-law, Mrs.

Mary K. liiick-ley, is believed the result ol a fitfhl over Watson's I enr-ulil Mury Watson is separated from his wile, lie came here to take the child from its mother. When he entered the house, through a window and seic'l the from her molher's aims he was chased by Mrs. Buckley to a barn nearby. There he turned and Bhot her in the hint's, then committed suicide.

Thirty Years i I Tl 1 ai Mbiii JH JEa Tr aW rm MC AIL.vW,MPirtWl aH MHI IV Ri kH I 1 II fiance with a boiivanl 'leain of recklessness in hi-, own I'vi vou may lind a si ep-niot her here, hen vim come liaik, one whom I know you will luv e. It seemed al that instant as lhou-li the vv hole world turned black to Jidda. She looked at the oil paiiitimjs on the wall, the portrait ol her own dear mother who had died nine years before. 'Vou mean Mrs. Kvordon.

dad." she asked, a little break in her tone in -pile of herself. mean I'aula Kvci'don," he responded, ipnet ly. "oii know I wouldn't she llashed back quickly, "if she hadn't known mother when ilicv vverei-irls." "Vm 'II feel different ly as inic passes by. Hilda. 1 hope thai you will be very happy in your own new lile.

We won't be married before iicxl in any event." hen she had been at aaiuorc just I wo weeks. ar too busv to dwell Kxact Copy cf Wrapper. THE CINTtUR COMMH HIW YOUK C1TV A St. Joseph. Oct.

i ai other. on see. hv the terms ol my lather's will, if she marries before I 'm she loses all but her dower ri'jht in the estate. That would L'ive Ille the lmiise 111 New Yolk and a line old stock farm up in Sullivan county, besides a little place at Newport. Hut then a-'ain.

if I marry before I've established myself under J.1, I 'II a whole lot and she wins." Hilda looked at him appreeiat iv e- "I should think it would be splendid to jo deliberately a-iainst such a vv i II. she -aid. "I think it 's cruelly selfish of people to bind their relative- down to hard and fast conditions, but I 'in ulad you like her. I'm 'going to have a new step-mother and I dread it." The months passed, and June loomed ahead. Hilda viewed its coming anxiously.

Her father's wedding was set for the latter part of June. Somehow she felt that she could not go home and find a stranger in her mother's place. Kalph tidd her of his plans one ni'ght when they were walking up the elm-bordered campus, lie had his choice between a nist-graduate cour-e al the school of mine- and a as superintendent of a western smelling plant. I think 1 'II take it," he told her. "The mater hasn't written or been up here in a long while.

I shouldn't wonder if she had her own plans. Have you set your heart on going hrii here for our ears Hilda fell reckless. The witchery of the June night was in her veins, and youth called to her. Itefore they hail 'entered the big cent ral hull together she had promised Kalph he should not go Wesl alone. "I don't know just how dad will lake ibis," -he said, a bit wistfully.

"Nor the mater." added Kalph. prom habil they went into the little room used as college of fire. There wasa a letter in each of their boxes. Hilda finished hers first. "(Hi, Kalph.

dad's married Kverdon! -he cried. "I'm so glad decided li.it we had a riglil lo our own huppine-s. Kalph 's brown eves I vv inkled wit'i mi-chief as he held out the let ter in his hand. "The matei's name is She dropped the King-lake when -he went into business for herself and took her maiden name. Py jov i-n 'l it funny 1 1 ilda bit her lips bide a smile.

"I think," she said, "we'd better telegraph them our blessings." fix. ytmm Attention Threshers We are in position to furnish you Sawyer Endless Thresher Belts at prices that will interest you. Central Auto Machine Works 210 North Spruce Street Fiery Eczema and Skin Eruptions Readily Yield to This Old Remedy Sucessfully used for fifty years. Eczema and similar skin troubles come from a disordered, impure con This wonderful remedy is without an equal as a blood purifier, being probably the oldest blood medicine on the market. It has been sold by druggists for fifty years.

You are invited to write to-day for complete and tull advice ai to the treatment of your own case. Address, Chief Medical Adviser, Swift Specific Dept. Atlanta, Ga. dition of the blood, and they can only be cured by n'vins the blood a thorough cleansing, and removing from it all traces of impurity. Ibis is why b.

b. b. has been used so successfully in hundreds of cases upon her own personal troubles, she was otic day on a tall mountain spur overlooking the Hudson tor miles, 'file prolile of Storm iinu showed tar In Hie south and to tho east rose tlie 11 lulu hi i iil; She liked to take om' walks by heisell, explor-in- strange roads and clumberim; over the rocks toward the river. A slorm had been brewim; and she hud been IrviiiL- to make the. rollc-'o 'jlouiufs before it broke, lint in lie! hurry, she stumbled on the lock.

lost her fool in-', and lell. I'he pain in the shoulder and foot was rvrr.i-cialiir-r. Siie tried to n-o bin could not and siuhieiilv there came a ilrenehinu' downpour of rain, Willi a crash of thunder, a swift eipiinoclial slorm broke low ov er he land. she wore a shin I military cape, ami threw this around her like a poncho, irvmv to nheller herself trmu the downpour. She hail never been out ill heavy thunderstorm before, ami a.

panic, svvi'pl over her as 1 1 1 1 'i 1 1 she had been on her lirsl baltlelield. All al once she lelt herself lilted bodily in st ronu arms and ea.rrie I on a run to the -belter of an old deserted shack Used by workmen who had been hla-tim'. Jl was dark inside the hut, so dark that, she could hardly discern the lace ol' her rescuer. The terrilie noise outside barred any attempt at conversation, but he had removed her cape and was bu-y tryiiu to lihl a tile on the old stone hearth. When the blaze llared up, she caiiuhl a vilinips-." of his It was a yoiui'; one, dark and scholarly, 'file chin was sharp and decisive, the lips tirnily set.

Ho turned and smiled at her. fei'lin'4 her scrutiny. "We're apt to be here for some lime. You'd belter make yourself com fort aide. I hope you're not tar of Eczema and other skin eruptions.

Impure blood runs yuu down makes you an easy victim for disease, l'or pure blood and sound digest on P.urdoi UlooJ Hitters. At all drugstores. Price $1-25. BANK EOBBEES GOT $37,000. rii -w' uUrt.

irtcket Outlet tor Give Your Young Folks Music Provide a home magnet for them. Keep them happy and contented their surroundings. Lively young men and women demand wholesome recreation. Give them a 3lrHC IFrnul; frmia Player Piano and turn dull moments into gay, rollicking times that every member of your household will thoroughly enjoy. With a PLAYER-PIANO X'NQUKSTiON'KD EXCKLLKNCK" 1 ncaoiiecnt UmN 4 ft' bit Watt eoh eajuirfcUnt Spfcinl Flooi Onto or'Elctric Cooktnf Towkr, Kjf Holier, Tbl YoA to Two Michigan Villages Raided a Gang in Motor Cars.

lirand Kapids. Oct. bank robbers early Saturday blew safes at I he Parincrs Stale Punk at Alto and the Farmers Stale Hank at Middleville. After eut'in'-: all telephone wries the bandits took at Alto and from there traveled in a motor car twenty miles east KitcuaAuuua TT) CeUing Outlet tar loeAnii (Meant lmpa 3 ROOM DINING lo Middleville, whei'e thev secured TKBttm ClwiiM. One bag' containing- in gold was overlooked at the Mit dleville bank.

E5 tww (rn oJl.f to, S' -XL-. Futuf A i1 roin your home "Just Simatnore, replied Hilda, TWICE-TOLD TESTIMONY Abilene People Are Doing All They Can Tor Fellow Sufferers Abilene testimony has been pub Every conceivable kind of melody is yours; dance music, ragtime, opera scores, difficult sonatas, anything you like played just the way you want it, at any time. Take advantage of our new easy-payment plan. Call and try them or send for our Free Catalog showing the many Jranf SFrritrb. fcnna Grands, Uprights and riayers.

Liberal Exchange allowance on your old instrument. Made by holding out her hands to the fire. "I'm afraid I can't help myself very much. My shoulder und ankle both seemed to catch it when 1 tell. Perhaps when you you mi-rht leave word at the eollcvre so they'd send for inc.

I'd be awfulv obliged." "1 think I can to get you over myself," he said, "at least as lished to prove the merit of Doan's Kidney Pills to others in Abilene who suffer from had backs and kid When planning wiring it is advisable to put in more switches and sockets than now seems necessary. Continued development of electrical devices will soon bring out some new appliance you will need badly. The wiring plan herein shown is suggestive of many uses to which electrical devices may be put. ney ills. Lest any sufferer doubt this evidence of merit, we produce confirmed proof statements from far as the then 1 can run down after vou in the Dean's eur." Abilene people who niiain endorse tJ Doan's Kidney Pills confirm their former testimony.

Here's an Abi Jesse French Sons Piano Go. Factory: NEW CASTLE. IND. rrcncli iv sons Factory: NEW CASTLE. IND.

lene ease A. P. Spahr, eardner, 509 W. Sec ond says: "My back ached and I often had sharp pains through Our engineers will cheerfully advise with you on electrical matters. No charges for such services For Sal by my loins.

Stooping or lifting hurt me. I knew that my kidneys were weak, as the kidney secretions were irregular in passage and filled with sediment. Doan's Kidney Pills re lieved me soon after I took them It did not seem that they were together loiii; before the storm cleared, yet three hours had passed when Hilda linally reached her own room. 11a had carried her in his arm a-lainst all her protests up to the lod'e-keeper's bouse, and then after the dean's car. "Isn't he a perfect said Anne Wjithburn, her roommate, when Hilda was kuult on the bin couch, drinkini; ten.

"I haven't wen him at any of the classes. He must be a senior." It surely gave her prestige ainoni; the other freshmen, this beinvr cared for in cavalier fashion by a senior. She wrote home and told her father of it, during the week her sprained ankle confined her to her room. And he laughingly warned her in his reply of the real danger id' co-ed courtship. Remember, my that love is after all nature's trap for the unwary.

You are just at the age when They rejrulated my kidneys and drove Riverside Light, Power Gas Co. i Telephone 100 away the pains. Nearly five years later, Mr. Rpah save: "I generally keep Doan'i HI REPUBLIC ItLDG. pq Stata aad Adama Sla.

Jf jf "Jen French, a idm? Jf Hvll-knouui liiictf t75" Kidney Pills in the house and use them when I leel in need of a kidney medicine. I always receive pood results." Price OOn, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy get Doan's Kidney Pills the same that Mr. Spahr has twice recommended. Foster-Milburn Buffalo, N.

Y. Adveitise in the Chronicle BROUQHTON MTJSIO HOXJSB you will fall in love ith love itself,.