The Bonham Daily Favorite from Bonham, Texas • Page 2

Two THE BONHAM DAILY FAVORITE BONHAM, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 1929 THE BONHAM FAVOHITF Published -fmily Except Sunday BY FAVORltK PRINTING O. H. A. Me DOUGAL Publisher ASHLEY EVANS Managing Editor CHAS. K.

INGUSH, Huainesa Manager By By By By My By St'BSt RIPTION Pijriblr in Advance rity Cariier, 1 month City Cartier, 3 months City 6 City I year $5.00 Mail, 1 i .50 Mail, 0 $1.7 Mail, l.year $3.00 CHANGE OF ordering address fpaper changed, give old add as well as the new. This it important and will avoid delay in making the rhange. to demonstrate that some other way of handling the problem will brinjr better results. That is what the great I majority of earnest friends of the amendm nt want, and they will never be much. They believe ihat law satisfied until they get 1 hut can be enforced whenever an earnest and sustained effort is made by men in sympathy with the law.

Heretofore no honest effort has made by the men on whose shoulders the resuonsibilitv fo- enforcement As long as the president nim.vif the man charged with enforcement are indifferent or hostile towards the law, only partial success in its enforcement can be expected. A president favoring enforce- Turning Back the Pages Of the Life in Fannin Counts 'JO Years Ayo. By REX STRICKLAND horses at night. Th. had become worn ou, watching and guarding those citizens who wei kept in an inclosure where they had to bo night.

In the center young men by inceasunt the horses of forted. bein'1 for safety, guarded at of this inclos CHAPTER II next morning we mounted our horses and for the Indian village, with our pilot leading. We marched for three days and camped for the last night until the Indian village would he devastated by the heroes of Kannin. On the following morning a council of war was notices of dinners and other where there is an admission fee or other monetary consideration, will be charged for at the rate of 7H cents per line. Five words to th'1 line.

Obituaries, resolutions of respect, of thanks, also charged for at the same rate. Cash mutt accompany order. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC Any reflection upon the character, reputation or standing of any firm, individual or corporation will be gladly corrected upon being called to the attention of the head in favor of enforcing the law, better results may be expected. The charge made that Hoover is playing politics, but the evidence so far is that he is honestly seeking to carry out his pledge to the people. If he succeds he will have demonstrated that the best politics one can play is to honestly endeavor do what he is under obligation to do and what he has promised to perform as far as is humanly possible.

on Application Enterad at the at Texas, second i lasa mad matter. Thought For Today 9 MHMMMMIMCME Toe moat generous and merciful in judgment upon the faults of ure always the most free from faults Aughey. i BIBLE THOUGHT TODAY FOR fir HE WORD THAT BREAKS Is my like as a fire? salth the and like a barn Uter that breaketh the rwk in Jiremiah 20 IRAYER Son Know n. Mike God, in the Gospel of His Kte.nal Counsels PROMISE OK BETTER ENFORCEMENT It is announced from Washington that Wm, .1 Donovan will not accept any Federal office after March 4th. Col.

Iioiiovan is assistant attorney-general at present, and has been supposed to the logical man for appointment as attorr '-general. Herbert Hoover. oorts go, thinks differenti ut that. Col. i i able man, he has been a -trong supporter of Hoover.

In i a Roman Catholic in religion and refused to support a Catholic candidate for the presidency. It naturally follows that his friends expected him to receive a place in the ca net. If another renort true, the reason that he will not be appointed in that he is not in sympathy with the eighteenth amendment and laws enforcing same. When Hoover president he will take t'he enforcement duty tiont I rea.sury Department ami place it in the Attorney-C I )epart ment. it logically belongs.

Col. Donovan, Secretary Mellon has not been in sympathy with Volstead and much of the blame for the indifferent enforcement of the law is laid at Secretary Mel- I door. Should Col. Donovan be appointed Attorney- general the would be made to him that ban been made to Secetary Mellon so far as enforcement goes. The, objection might prove valid, or it might not, but the nublic will be slow to believe that the appointment of a man to enforce the law when that man is shown to be out of sympathy with the law will insure the best results, So the report is that Col.

Donovan will not receive a cabinet appointment. Should the report prove true, it indicates that President Hoover intends to insure as far as he can an honest and efficient enforcement of the prohibition law for the uevt four vears. He intends to lend his influence to make the experiment" of prohibition a success, or ment, with theheed the held, and scouts were ent ahead to Department of Justice charg- 'py out village. returned ed with enforcement and the village near at i hand. Now we must try our bravery or hundred Indian ware riors fortified in their huts, to de- fend themselves, squaws and children, and only ninety whites to attack and enter into deadly conflict with them.

of attai were formed and the charge ordered. Many a pale face to be seen in the ranks. Away we went, buf lo! when we got to the scene of action, a camp of Indians wa- there. Its inmates were soon dispatched by the men and their scalps taken by Captain John Hart. One white man was wounded and one horse killed.

There we found Captain Journey's stolen horse as well as others. After the battle wounded Indian concealed in I he grass with a tomahawk in his hand. A man named Pangborn from the quantity of that article he drank) was on the lookout for wounded Indian and came up on him so closely he could not The Indian rose with tomahawk in hand, striking at head. The latter wheeled ami ran, shouting for help st, every jump. One gun was fired from the ranks the fell, and Captain Hart was on him in an instance to take his scalp place was occupied and some since by Maj, Bird, cailetl Fort, not far from where Fort Worth now It is of interest to know that a daughter of Jonathan Anthony Anthony But- nnin county.

near Trenton. She, having lieen horn Feb. 1, claims the of being the oldest living native (of Fannin county. Her 1 Samuel S. Wushburn, was the first white man killed in the borders of Fannin county by Indians.

His death occurred the absence of the scouting party Jounrey. It is supposed that the savages vantage of the ulwence of the majority of the men to invade the settle, and A more formidable force than that of was for the protection the during the fall of It consisted of Fannin Laniar county men tlu- command of John H. Oyer of Rest River County. The battalion rendezvoused Ft. Inglish a of eight or ten families who aren jgathered there for protection against the Indians, charged their appearance in the hand horse lot, secreting themselves behind and in the shade of the surrounding trees.

The moon shining brightly gave old men chance to see, but the of the In dians as they passed suddenly from one tree to another gave them no opportunity to get shot. They ing extremely anxious to sun the moccasins, in thoir eagerness to get a to do execution, beyond their balance the I center joist, their foothold gave away he rails end upon lend, and down went the old men, gunst rails and ail into the table 1 with a great crash. The Indians did not take time see what was the i matter, but ran to make into the brush, not being to such charges in warfare, men were somvwhat bru fall, but the honor a new way of si Indians. (To Ho continued) The ed by having caring old I he in- off Congress has decided that one way to help make the pio- hibition law more effective to make the penalty for the violation of the law in keeping i called with the gravity of the ef- fense. Therefore congress has amended the law, increasing the severity of tile penalties Hereafter the courts will not be given the privilege of fining a violator five dollars and sending him to jail jfor ten days.

The fine and I prison are both -to be I greater, and the greater the offense the greater penalty the judge may impose. Many bootlegges and many small distillers have found it profitable to continue their business, after paying a mentioned aln.ve, Mary inal fine and serving a feW jtet, is still living in Fa days jail. It will be a more serious matter to consider when that same bootleg- ger or distiller that he has to pay a five hundred or a thousand dollar fine and spend a year or more in jail. Judge Adam tlis-, trict court in Dallas has added one more to its list of convictions with the death penalty.j Dewey Hunt, who mudered aj street car driver, was sen- Itenced to the electric chair yesterday in spite of the fact that he claimed to be crazy' and sought to act the part Murder is ceasing to be popu i lar in Dallas. ure, a stable had been built, which answered for a guard-house.

The loft was partly with rails which projected over the center joist. On the rails the guards lay watching for the Indians. two old veterans took their stand in the house, on the rails, watching vigilantly fof the foe. but missed their aim, the halls tak- 7u true to their timt lor stealing effect in the opposite wall off. the room.

Thomas them with the fire poker in one and his rifle in the other. Being close to shoot he wielded the poker with desperate force and effect. felling five Indians to the ground. Such unmerciful havoc in- timidated the others and they re- treated to the bruih for safety. Mr.

Thomas and young Daugherty then started for the fort. '1 he Indians t(, them but Thom- as kept them off by presenting his loaded gun. So Thoma- and Oaugh- gote safely into the fort at dark. next morning we started to scene of the heti we arrived at the buttle grourul found old man Ilaugherty lying in a pool of blood, three having laen taken from his and the tomahawk having sunk twice in the naked skull a sight so horrible appalling that you can have no conception of it without you had heen an eye witness. Met arty son was scalded, but his was cut entirely off except a small ligament on one side.

The ladies were brought to the fort the next day and ill the grave ward at Ft. Inglish, second burial at that During the spring and summer of ISM while the Indian depredations were at their worst theie were three nters of refuge: by harassed settlers of Fannin County. Warren protection for the pioneers in the northwestern section of the county along River and Choctaw Bayou. The on Bois and Timber Creek depended safety on I't. Inglish.

The families on the south and east, or the Sulphur Fork section, built a fort in the southwestern part of County, sw)me ten miles east of present This was railed Fort for its commandant. Captain Isaac Luly. Coru-errrinv manner of life led by the ettler during these strenuous Simpson says: we were at Ft. Inglish in the spring of rm themselves into a to work their little farms. Two men were a guard, and tioned at each end of the field.

All I who were to work earned their guns to the center of the and laid ilown on the Our holster pistols were kept hwung to The guards would hide in some 1 secret place and watch for the Indians, we trusting lives to and faithfulness. In tins manner we prepared ground and planted orn. FARM IMPLEMENTS Th. on 'IM Rush will soon everybody bel pared to do Ihe worL in not, better see us for Iht the 1 li Bad Winter has put work. Are you pre- mu! (juickest way? if yc.

a need, such Case Stalk Cutter- Ca ivndclie Busters, Turning Plows, Sulky Plows, liano Hlnws, Disc Harrowg, Drag Harrows, Cultivators and Case Cell Drop Planters. We also ve A REAL COTTON ut show you. WELLS HUMPHREY hief of repor pas IIONCROV it From i he Bishop Moore of the Kpis opal church, was a guest of the St. Marks Fpiscopal church here Sunday evening, and delivered a most excellent sermon to a large congregation. Special music had been arranged for the ervtee.

Member varioua denomination of were in attendance. ing the ties having Chickens hav of J. and ably other pi hen bou es era I occasion ens heinsr tal Do of chic! in days, ot yet been R. ces. Ir en stai Oro gui a ur i ron' 'am iteli.

the Me. a responsible position of the large bunks in Tulsa turned to Tulsa Sunday, panied by Louie Fielding, remain in indefinitely. with one He re- acconi- io plans Herbert Dick so Lyon-Gray I.umhi last Thursday fn where he her dealers from 'r the returned Station. un wo OUI Mrs. Taylor, illness had J.

L. Matthews wa Texas, last Thursday I of Mrs. Ray Matthews, in ill for several allei at A. men, Messrs. Wheeler Shrum and John Diinnenhauer went to Dallas Monday where ihey attended the Dallas Agricultural Club luncheon at the Baker Hotel.

Mr, Dannenhauer is a mem l.er of the Dallas Agricultural Club and attends quite a numiier of meetings, Iwing grently in work they are and states that talking the matter over with a of the farmers in this sec- nun a rest ini pi rts from her getting along thews returned ate dv bat Mr dav. Rehe is Mat- Malcolm Fieldi day from Tulsa, week-end and Mrs. J. M. Fieldin' tion that they expressed desire for the organization of a dub city, where farmers might I gather talk over their problems.

Such an organization would no doubt much value to community the would like to one organized. PACKING UP we had finr would collect our i lenient and pa la bed aims i another, wh field. show thev at raid, and his financt made another flight the dayju after they had that minhap it) Mexico. That that indy has faith in himself and that his sweetheart has in his plane. When fort in search was left i twenty who acted a the of the same arrangement would made as until all the rops of the neighborhood plaQfeed.

I he ame pursued in working the A grariou us with bountiful in the fall we gathered -Ke. Calvin Coolidge says that prosperity is the result ofi fair dealing by men of character. Mr. Stewart of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana for instance. HIXCrlANGF-S DII I KR KM VIKVS Our of hard luck is for a man to buy a new of garden and then have wife go away foi the summer.

Bonham Favorite. Sounds like good luck It that he will not have use the implements, whereas he probably would his wife remained at home. Denton le, A idea of a sensible hat in that units her to with one eye. Ohio State Journal. Rangers left the enemv command of a guard fro the and children.

During the ah- i faith of army an that has become a al- moat in history, the heroic defense of Thomas. Simpson relates Die story ifter this fashion: "While the army was out, William i Daugherty and William arty a ion (tlie two latter mere went in search of pork hogs where Kentuckytown now I having lived a short in that vicinity. Securing their I pork, they started back with it in stopping for dinner at a i house nejr itiiipated, he hi far from the present site the autur.in of the Orangeville. Mr. Thomas was cook dinner, and one of the latls bad to the creek for water, when (the Indian warwhoop was heard the The savages young (McCarty full of arrows and cut off his head with their tomahawks, I They then house, yell- and screaming moat horribly.

The elder Daugherty was shot in left and kUled; his son was through the elbow with an ur- irow and crippled for life, i re.abed the door out met by the Indiana with guns and tomahawks ind divi and ded as one at this Fannin them without regard to of above of the places of refuge, wa time the of justice for County. Thi oiue thriving of which not a vestijfe now was loiated i.n the of lied River, a mile tielow the mouth of Choctaw It its gon and name to Warren, a fur trader of Ft. Smith, who established a fort there in The not proving a lucntlve as he had an- stockade year returned to Other settler 4 followed howevir, and oon size sprung up. for whom Mon i named, was of ritlMna. But it i not until when the jsioners Court the county eat that it beanie known (town in north Texrs other than Clarksville.

It was of this that John Simpson writes; the white people were foit- at Warren, in IS.T.*, Daniel Du; ai Henry Green, two old men, I town of Daniel Montague, Itague County wa 1 Warren's earliest band. They a volley at him their set vice to guard the i FELIX, THE CAT By Pat Sullivan HA' ma od VOu'RC So POR A. X. VOu UO.