St. Joseph News-Press from St. Joseph, Missouri • 2

THREE "ISOLATED" TQWNS. the senate chamber tomorrow beginning at 1:10 o'clock. Th ether authorized, th vice-president to appoint a committee of nineteen sena TO REBUILD "APPLE." Hunt Brothers Award Contract for Stneesara, Near Wathena. DR. STRATON, NOTED PREACHER, IS DEAD; DEATH OF BURTON, LONG IN CONGRESS.

SADDENS CAPITAL Continued Prom' Page On. SENATE CONSIDERS REBUKING BINGHAM FOR HIS TARIFF AID DE PRIEST PICTURE -VEXES LEADERS IN-VIRGINIA CAMPAIGN Republicans Accuse Democrats of Issuing Pamphlet, but They Deny It. CHARGES G. 0. P.

WOULD CHANGE ELECTION LAW tors to supervise th services and to. accompany th body to Cleveland, wher burial will take place Both were offered by Senator Fes of Ohio, th late enator' cot league. President Hoover, members of the cabinet' and diplomatic corps; high officials of th army and new member th house and other prominent government officers were lnvuea to attend" the services. HOOVER PRAISES BURTON. group, who had been referred-to by Bingham aa the admlnYstsatlon's only rland on the.

committee. Robinson added his owh tandem-hat ion to thab-'of his committee colleagues, asserting that he did not approve of Bingham's action, that the Republican party did not approve of it nor, in -his opinion, the Americaii-4eople. Lata In Senator Norrls announced his Intention of introducing a resolution calling upon the senate to express Its opinion as a whole on the Bingham affair. Its introduction meant consideration by the senate for. the first time In twenty-seven year of a measure censuring one of it a members.

Chairman Caraway planned to go ahead with the committee's hearings, until the Introduction of the Norrla proposal, Joseph R. Grundy of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association and ths American Tariff League was re President Will -Attend Public Fu- Ll nerai nervicea ror Senator, WASHINGTON. Oct MLui t-d president Hoover In commentin on th death of Senator Burton al sain today. "Vhn the origins jnisi ana successful policies are 7" examined la the retrospect tory, the senator's, name will be among th first of his contempor- I sry statesmen." 'al Th White House announced to- day that Presldsnt Hoovsr will at. tend th publlo funeral services for the late Senator Burton of Ohio at A contract was awarded today by Hunt Brothers for the erection of the new Big Red Apple West of Wathena cn U.

Highway No. 18, to take the place of ths one which was destroyed by fire, Work will be started at once by C. E. Nelson, a contractor of Wathena. The apple Itself wlll.be thirty-six feet In diameter or four feet more than the eld apple and will have about double the floor space.

It will be two stories high and about the same -height of the old apple. thirty feet To the-south will be the dining room and kitchen In a building' thlrty-elx by forty-eight feet and on this building will be a roof garden, entrance from which will be gained from the second floor of the apple. This roof garden will be a feature. It is planned to complete the bgtjdlng fur use next BANQUETS TOR RATS Modern Pied Piper Starts a Drive cm Rodents. Hamburger Steaks, Apples and Cheese Coated With on Menu.

Great rats, small 'rats, lean rats, brawnv rata Brown rats, black rata. rav rats. Uwnj rats. urave oia pioaaert gay young frtskers. Fathers, mothers, uncles, cousins -Ye each and everyone are Invited a banquet In St.

Joseph any night during the next two. weeks. The banquet to be given by the modern Pied Piper, Feeds Rodents Cheese. The Pled Piper is In this citv, but la without his In place of playing enchanting music for -the the rodents and leading them to the river to drown, this Pied Piper will offer the rats fine food such as hamburger steaks, fresih apples and cheese. Such foods ss rats crave.

But to tarnish the food a specially prepared sauce will be added to It. the capitol tomorrow. ROCKNE IS TOLD TO REST. Notre Dame Coach Lot to Team for Hematnder of Season. SOITTH BEND.

Ind Oct 29 HVKnut Rockn. famous Notr Dam football coach, probably will be lost to his team for the reaUot the, 1929 season because of a dan gerous Infection In his right earrui -test the blood clot In his leg spread sufficiently to affect hla Ohloan threw himself and soul Into the effort to make the Ideal of perpetual peace reality. National Lose, Fees Says. He advocated the abolition of poisonous gaa as an, Implement" of warfare, Joined In a movement to outlaw tits aggressor nation In any International opposed In 1924 the appropriation of funds to begin the construction of three cruisers previously authorised, and sponsored the movement which led to the. Kellogg treaty renunclatlng was aa an Instrument of national i A vigorous proponent of.

the lim itation of naval armaments, the Ohio senator died In. the satisfaction "of ths knowledge that, the nations are to assemble at London In January in an effort to attain this ob jective. Spontaneous and universal ex pressions of regret- were Jtieard as word of his death apread through official His colleague. Senator Fees of Ohio, mourned his death aa a "na tional i Many Join In Tribute. Chairman Hawloy of the house ways, and means committee termed Senator Burton "one of the great statesmen, of America." Chairman Wood of the.

house appropriations committee and Representative. Garner of Texas, th. Democratic lead er, also Joined In the flow of praise and tribute evoked by Senator Bur ton's death. Representative Morgan was the 'only Ohio house member In th city at the tlmthot his death. He termed- Senator Burton's death "a shock.

that has brought sincere sorrow and deep grief to his colleague and nis mend. rOl'R MENTIONED FOR POST, Postmaater General Brown Figures In Speculation, COLUMBUS, Ohio. Oct Wlth the death of Senator Theodore E. Burton In Washington, Governor Myefs Cooper of Ohio will be called upon, to nam the fourth person to carry on In ths senate seat to which th. lat Frank Willis orlglnslly was elected.

The governor ha not announced whoni he will appoint but political leaders tonight ths choice probably- would be from a group of four men. They ar Postmaster General Walter Ft -Brown of Toledo; CoL Carml A. Thompson of a prominent, figure stais pontics; (joionei Kdward Edwards and Col. William Cooper Procter, Cincinnati, manufac turers. SENATE EXPRESSES REGRET.

Chamber Adjourn Out of Respect to Senator Burton. WASHINGTON, Oct ssnat today adopted a resolution expressing its "profound sorrow over the death of Senator Theodore E. Burton of- Ohloi and adjourned heart, hla physician had- ordered zr. iw TOHipii. 1s rie' nasi, resigned himself to his condition and has promised his physician he will not disregard orders as ha did last week when he attended the Notre Dame-Carneirl Tech same at Pittsburgh, further'' aggravating nis conoKion.

SENATOR WATSON TO REST. Physician Issue Order to Nervous. Breakdown. WASHINGTON, Oct. 29-HJ-Senator Watson of Indiana, th Re publican leader, has been ordered by physician to take an immediate rest of two weeks to avoid nervoua breakdown and he will leav probably tomorrow for Florida.

ORGANIZE NATIONAL CO-OP The modem Pied Piper is honej.slderation of rate achedules to be Farmer' Grain Corporwtlon Fllea.b Legal Charter In Delaware. WASHINGTON. Oct 29, WV-Th4" other-thah J. -fcr Nicholes, nationally known rat exterminator. Mr.

Nicholas has worked in practically every city In the United States, and has killed, close to 1,000,000,000 of ths rodents. And this Is hot, his first visit to this city. He waa hoet to more than 15.000 rats In St. Joseph 1923. This time he desires an attendance of more than 80,000 at his banquets: Rata Are Intelligent 1 In addition to his ra't-kflllng meth ods, Mr, Nicholes Js armed with government pamphlets and will furnish these to any persons who desire them.

The pamphlets tto not Into, detail as to how to kill the rodents, but tell how to free orem. ises by cutting off their food supply. in Killing me rats ip this city Mr. Nicholes will' begin ft he center the business district" and work outward in every direction. His First National Commodity Co-opetf atives Sales Association to be up under the guidance of th farm board ram Into legal existence to-ic day aa the Farmers' National Graint orris of Nebraska Plans to Introduce Condemnation Resolution.

MAY LOSE COMMITTEE POSITION AS PENALTY If Other Means of Censure Fail Critics Would Bar Him From Finance Croup. WASHINGTON; Oct possibility o( the senate publicly rebuking Senator Bingham of Connecticut for employing an official of the Connecticut Manufacturers' AssoclaUon to advise him on tariff questions arcue today from the hubbub of charges and counter-charges provoked by that incident A resolution of condemnation, privileged under senate rules Immediate consideration, waa contemplated by' Norrls of Nehnkaka Ik- committee nt hih i.j. i (h Bingham affair as a part of Its i i-i- i avvruifra. mm lobbyists. May Lose Place) on Comnittte.

Meanwhile, word spread that unless It included such a provision, an amendment would be offered designed to remove the Connecticut senator from his place on the senate finance committee, The Caraway group's' Inquiry disclosed that Bingham put Charle.i L. Eyanson, assistant to the president, of the Connecticut Manufacturers' Association, upon 'the gov. eminent pay roll as his tecretarv, In that capacity, he attended the executive sessions of the majority members of the senate finance committee, then ene-aa-ed In th mn. embodied in the tariff bill now before the senate. In addition an office memoran dum of the manufacturers'- association waa Introduced, showing that the' association possessed Information on tfie trend of the committee's acUvlties, together with a letter to Eyanson from E.

Kent Hubbar.l, president of the aseoclatlon, which said that more had been accomplished than had been "bargained" for, -r Censured on Senate; Floor, Completing Itsinquiry into the Blngham-Eyanson 'episode, the Caraway committee' submitted to th senate a report of its findings and with its' Introduction-, members of the committee took occasion to. speak. on the case, "censuring Bingham severely," from the floor of the senate. Bingham replied to hla antagonist yesterdaycharglng-4hafr th committee had been 'framed" against any friend of th administration and had treated him "un-fairly" when he appeared befor It He declared purpose of the group had been to "befoul'; him with "political slime by th twisting and-torturing, of flimsy evidence." By turn" four members of the committee then arose and replied to the tatemenU of th Connecticut senator, often employing language as severe as that which: he himself had used. These included Senator Robinson of Indiana, member of Republican the administration To the and His Special prise for most unique costume and maak.

If you nut car to maak eofne anyway and- enjoy the rreateat dano musio ever heard. i Corooratlon filed incorporation oa-fei pers at Wllminston. 'r-ii nanm re' .10 buriviuid rHnuLcu. rauilfleld Grants Beleaaea Rennrnrf called for continued questioning, MISTRIAL DECLARED Jury Fails to Agree on Case of Sidney J. Catts.

Former Governor of Florida Was Tried on Counterfeit ing Charge. TAMPA, Fla Oct. 29 tJVA mistrial waJ declared today in the case of SldneJ- J. Catts, former governor of Florida, who had been tried on a charpje of aldtn, and abetUng counterfeiting, the Jury reported In federal court that it had been unable to agree. TWO YEARS FOR GENTRY.

Jury Returna Verdict of Guilty In hicken Stealing Caae. After deliberating an, hour, a Jury in the criminal division of circuit court today returned a verdict of guilty in the case of John Gentry, accused of stealing chickens. Th Jury assessed aienalty of two years in the penitentiary. Gentry drew the aam penalty aa his companion, John Roberts, plesded guilty to taking sixteen chickens from the farm of Ralph Mabary. near, Halls, and who testified for the state in Implicating Gentry.

Attorneys for Gentry claimed a fraraeup and asked the jury to discount the testimony of Roberts. An alibi was offered that Gentry was at Halls when -Roberts said they were disposing of th fowls to a South Bid grocery man BUYS STATEROAD BONDS. (50,000 Purchase Is Announced by Club. ST; LOUIS, Oct. 2.MV-Matt P.

Morse, secretary and general man ager of the Automobile Club of yesterday announced pur chase of 150.000 In road bonds by, ths Inter-lnsuranc exchange of the Th purchase was ap proved by the advisory board. It Is Split $40,000 in Missouri state oada bonds recently-Issued by the- highway' oommlsrlon aa a part of the- ST5.0OO.00e bond- S10.00O In St Louts County road bonds. DR. T. H.

BROWN SUED. Wiley Carder Asks SMWO as Result of Suit for $38,000 was filed In circuit court late yesterday by Wiley Gardner against Dr. Turner H. Brown, as the result of an accident at South 8cond street and Florence crosdng. 30, Personal -in- juries and the death of a horse are alleged In the petition for damages.

Inimitable Orchestra Ton'll nji.y dancing ti on nf the world's rrMtnat dance orchestras. Come out and enjoy the real Hallowe'en spirit danctnii to th munlo nf lahahi Junes and hi or-uheatra. rsue, andfafter- a three-minute session 'out of -snended by Penal Board. bat JEFFERSON Oct W. given tonight PICKERING- MARVVIUlT ho BOL CKOVV SAVANNAH 0 ST.

JOSEPH How lea than eight miles of paving would give three Andrew-and Nodaway County towns paved connections with St. Joseph and other principal cities: The towns are Rosendale, Bolckow and Barnard. The dotted line shows the old route highway No. 71, Th double line hows the paved road, just being completed. The heavy black lines show the stubs which would give the towns the highways they were denied because the One Hundred and Two River bottom waa found unfit the highway.

Pickering, at the top of the map, is also likely to seek the paving of the short strip between the town and the end of the nine-foot slab In the near It likely that those seeking the rosds wllL resort to the farm-to-market highway arguments In ths 1826 bond campaign. 4 FARM-TO-MARKET ROADS WILL HAVE A HEAVY DEMAND Continued From Page One. north' to the corner at Bolckow that is if there hadn't been a rain heavy dew the night before. Mud Waa Bad. It there bad been any precipita tion) the road had to be stretched out to dry for a couple of days, and' there had been any rain up the river valley it was likely that the One Hundred and Two was out of hanks From Bolckow to Barnard the road followed a' somewhat higher route after crossing the river, but the stretch between thl bridge and ths town of Bolckow was one of the worst on ths entire route.

When the state highway depart ment engineers first reported that the road should be removed from the river valley and placed on the hills, the citizens of these three towns, protested vigorously, even In ine courts, ins engineers were up-itr held; however, or It was undoubt- edly to the benefit of greater number of people that the high road be adopted as the one for per-manent The paving from Savannah to the end of the Old paving south of Maryvlllf Is now nearlng completion, Another Town's Aims. Another- town In north west Missouri is anxious to get some help from the state highway department. That town Is Pickering, northeast of Maryvllle. Pickering la on state highway No. 27, which runs from point two miles north of Mary- villa to the Iowa line at It is pave4 from ths junction with No.

71 to a point within a mile of Pickering, with nine-foot slab. The other side of the road 1a oiled. Pick. ering people point out that the Inconvenience caused by having to travel a mils of dirt 'road in muddy weather is almost as great as If the paving had never been constructed. for chains have to be put on and taken oft twice each time a motor ist desires to visit the county seat when the road Is Thess four towns In Andrew and Nodaway County are going to be heard and heard strongly when these farm-to-market roads are ap portioned.

It no wonder that they, loo, are going to insist tnat north west Missouri get representation Oil the state commission. GUESTS FROM ATCHISON. Ten Visitor Attend Rotary Lunch- eon at rlobtdoum. Six new members were Initiated today at the luncheon of the Ro- tartan Club at the Robldoux under the direction of Rabbi Myron Meyer, chairman of the Rotary' ed ucational committee. They are Roy Rlcnardson, Tom Newton, Harold Nledorp, Samuel Ruley, Harry Kel- ley and Frank Pollock.

Short talks on the relationship of the club to the Rotarian, of the member to the club and of the club to the community were, made, by Fred Barbae, Will g. Aldtich an Max Andrtano. Rabbi Meyer played a violin solo and sang two vocal solo accompanied by Mis Culls Lelbowits. Ten Atchison member drove her for the luncheon. They ware Early Poindexter, president; Harry Hackney, sacra tary; William Thomas, William O'Brien, Charles Wright William Wolf, Heber Mlse, Martin Jensen, Albert Lehman and Art Eymann.

Local members who cannot attend the luncheon here were advised by Hugh McNutt to attend the Atchison luncheon on Thursday. eaid they would assured of a good time. President. E. W.

Tedlock observed that ths Atchison men did not have their Rotary buttons; with ths ex ception ef on, and fined each of the visitor 10 cents. Thl money was collected during much good natures' 'bantering by Bus Allison, who gathered the change in a bush el basket Jam E. Hunt observed apple day by paatinf apple to th mem bers. and He Dr. of and had was by tlon W.

a tax for to the In to convicts In th Missouri penlf respect for the dead legislator, Adjournment was taken until ff: m. -tomorrow, Two resolutions were adopted during the brief ae. sion. On called for funeral services In BITTER SMITH FOE New York Pastor Carried Campaign Against Democratic Nominee to Wl nFlTH IINFYPFr.TFnr DUE TO HEART ATTACK Militant FundamentaJist Opposed Study of Darwin The? cry in Public Schools. CIJFTON" SPRINGS, Oct Rev.

Dr. John Roach Ftraton died at 8 S3 m. today. ,1 111 W(M til i tvw vv. n- though he hd beta 01 with nervous breakdown (or soma months, his death came Mis i lf atone of bis family was at his ueuaiue.

cause vi ucaui wm a heart attack. A Militant Fundamentalist Doctor Straton was a militant undsmentallst and In recent years had clashed repeatedly with pro- The Rev. i John Roach Straton, Kotes fundeonotaitit prcecbar, who sim today. r.onents of modernistic teachings. He especially was opposed to the theory of evolution and lent his support to the late William Jennings at the famous Scopes trial at Dayton, In 1828.

His campaigns, against alleged in-deeenry oh the stage date back to 1022 when he engaged In a debate with William A. Broadway theatrical producer.on a resolution that the modern atage -was a menace to public morals. He opposed the study of Darwinism teachings in the public schools and denounced Ku Klux Klan doctrines. Doctor Straton constantly was In AnNlFt -with various members of his congregation at Calvary Bap tist Church, in New York City, partly through his nnmms sns cauae or nis omer activities, ne blamed "social for most of bis difficulties within the church. Debated Unitarian Pastor.

He once engaged a fundamental-Jut-modertiist debate- with Rev. Charles pastor of the -West at lacked various magazine publishers as promoters of and deplored the modern me'hods of tea? hint- science. His pentecostai service In 1927 brought another upheaval bis church, and. several resigned, He theli started a Series of divine healing services and became involved With the American Association, frtr the lilvinnmnt of Atheism which sought his prosecution on charges of practicing med icine without a license. Growing out of this conflict with the American Association for the Advancement of Atheism Doctor Straton had Charles Lee Smith, Its president, arrested on charges of annoying him by sending him clippings and atheist literature through the mat).

Smith waa found guilty and fined on the charge. A Bitter Foe Smith. In the last presidential campaign Doctor Straton was a bitter oppo- Alfred E. Smith; the Demo ns tjc nominee. Ht attacked the former- governor-, from the pulpit and campaigned against him in the Bouth.

A amall part of the congre gation, opposing, his participation in political debates, withdrew from the church and formed a ch.urch of Doctor Straton had been pastor of the Calvary church since 191. He wa -bora in Kvansville. and was educated In Mercer University and the Routharn Baptist Theological Seminary at Louisville, Ky. He also studied at the Uni versity of Chicago and the Boston e-hool of oratory and eapresslon. He received his doctor of divinity degree at Shurtleff- College, Alton, In 190e.

Author of Several Books. He held pastorates in Chicago. Salviasore, and before coming to New Tork. He waa or dained In the Baptist ministry In 100. He was ths suthor of numerous books supporting his fundamentalist beliefs and attacking the theories and teachings of.

ths mod- ernieta. i- Doctor Straton is survived by his wife. Ma. Georgia Hlllyer Straton, aa four-sons, the Rev. Hlllyer H.

John Charles, Warren B. and George Douglas. -r-r CAN'T BLAME DEMOCRATS Wassachneetts dub Applauds R- awka eel Mock SPRINGFIELD. Mass, Oct they blame the stock n-arket on the Democrats PotM was the laconic message sent by Alfred Smith to a meeting ef the Western Massachusetts Dem ocratic Club last night. The mes sage was enthusiastically coming after Governor Franklin D.

Roosevelt of New Tork bad declared that if such a market debacle ver took place In a Democratic administration It would Immediately be hailed as the result nf business bungling by ths party fewer. pi A 1 I Vd of for is or If its tentiary by Govsrnor Caulfleld on recommendation of th slat pens board, Excerpt? of Negro Congressman's Speeches Atso Are included in Circular. 'RICHMOND, Va Oct circular showing pictures of Oscar Prist tr- Kgr-congressman, his with portions of De-Priest speeches. today usurped some of the interest that other phases of the Virginia gubernatorial campaign had held. Party officials exchanged letters concerning 'the circular, Henry W.

Anderson, Republican leader seeking to learn If the circular was authorized or approved and T. McCall Frailer, Democratic- headquarters director, denying arty official Dem- ocraxic connectiun wun Aocuaea Democrats. Ir. Anderson sjx-ks of the circular as being an attempt to asrtMite William Mosley Brown, coalition fubernatorla) candidate, and himself with DePrtest accused Democrat! headquarters of distributing the circular, Frazier, wju. received and answered the letter lit the abseniV of John Garland Pollard, Democratic nominee for governor, wrote Anderson that -Insofar as he knew Doctor Pollard did not know the existence of the pamphlet declared that no one connected with the Democratic headquarters anything 'o do with; Mr Frailer wrote tht.

Doctor Pollard "no more responsible for its printing and distribution than is Doctor Browij ar bis headquarters responsible for-4he printing and i distribution of the circular aigned Dabney Harrison, which la now being distributed by friends of the coalition candidates and in which Doctor Pollard is shamefully, slandered Charge Election Change Sought In the DePrtst circular it Is charged that Doctor Brown, eoall'- candidate for governor; Henry Anderson and the platform on which Brown is running "demand radical revision of our election laws. Including the repeal of the requirement that three years poll -must be paid as a prerequisite voting." DePrtest and his wife are pictured in the circular standing together, the Illustration appearing alongside the -statement that Anderson, Brown and ths Republican platform stand tor repeal, of the poll tax. The circular charged that the poll tax was- put-tnto the-eon- stltution to eliminate the Negro The circular btars on the front page this question: "Can white supremacy be preserved in Virginia our election laws sre liberalized meet the views of Doctor Brown Republican ernor -and Colonel Anderson, his chief supporter GIVES YOUTH LECTURE. Police Judge, Tells Everett Hughe He's Headed for Prison. Modern youth and Its reckless ness came In for more castigatlon police court today when Judge Frankenhoff censured nineteen-year-old Everett Hughes, 818.

Fa- raon street, arrested yesterday on charges of drunkenness and car rying a concealed weapon. Hughes wsa taken Into custody at Mrs. E. M. Daugherty's place at 422 North Thirteenth street After telling the youth that he was starting on the path that leads to the penitentiary, Judge fined him 1200 on the concealed weapon chargs-and S3 on the charge of drunkenness.

He then gave- the boy a stay of execution on the 1200 fine pending good BEGIN MURDER TRIAL Half of JUL Hamilton Jury Is Already. Selected. Texas Girl to Testify for Father Who Shot Her Husband, Secretly Wed. (BULLETIN) WEATHERFORD, Texas, Oct 29. tffV-A Jury to try R.

H. Hamilton, Amarlllo attorney, for killing hi son-in-law, Tom Walton was completed In district court her this afternoon. WEATHERFORD, Texas. Oct 39 OV-Ths drama ot a youthful bride aiding In' a fight to sav her father from conviction a slsyer of her husband may be tnaeted today in district court he la th trial of R. H.

Hamilton for th fatal shooting of hla son-in-law, Tom Walton In Amarlllo last May. Wlt) half of th Jury already In the box at th opening court there waa a possibility that testimony might be taksn this, afternoon. Walton's i eighteen-year-old widow, Mrs. Theresa Walton, whom ha married last year while both werl students at th University of Texas, will testify for hee father. Opposed to.her story will be that of the boy mother, who sent him to Hamilton's offte to Inform hint of th sscrat wedding of th young coupl.

Hamilton shot Walton when the youth stepped Into his. fsthr-tn tow's private office. Defense attorney- Indicated by their! question tc Jurors yesterday that they would plead self-defense. Hamilton I said to have told police Immediately after th shooting, however, that ha shot "to protect hi family." Walton was of humble station In comparison to that of th family of Hamilton. to In go of lA in 'Style Without Etivaganc" Everyday Chic in The New Dresses It's not hard to attain that casual smartness that distinguishes the well-dressed woman even in her off-guard moments.

Not if you have one or two of the3e little in-bQtween frocks in your wardrobe. Of silk crepe, printed and plain colors, or wool crepe and other sheer woolens. P-' 3 in I le L-SS .1 ill 4 ve' i in sat--- "Buy UPSTAIRS Savw rttt a Felix lIrJy? Felix'. UPSTAIRS- FREE tGN JT deltvert I a 47 Markets Jh one or me large stores. According to Nicholes, rat have Intellect They are too to let on kind of poison kill them all.

Working on this theory, he uses at leaat three kinds of poison bait. The bait is placed throughout the building In places where rata might run, and the tainted food Is placed In small quantities three feet apart, The poison is slow working so that the rats will die in the open. He assures any store -owner that after one night's work he- will guaran tee there will be no rodents left And no other' rats will the building for some tlms to come. Will Free Home. Government statistics- show that a pair of rats in three years.

If all the offspring lived, could produce 359.000.000 more. Nicholes was given letters of introduction to St. Joseph concerns by Mayor Stlgall, the board Of health and Marlon Cox, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, All the letters urged the business men to engage In the war rats. Thia year the drive will extend to the residential section, and th third week In November will he devoted to the kilting of rats In th homes. Housewlvea will be -urge to' take part' In the drive.

4r. Nlchole also offers to talk to any organizaUon on the subject, "The Menace of Rale." MURDERER IS ILL. Charles 8. Dlmmlck at Savannah la Eating Very Little. Illness, Induced by worry and fear, Is causing Charles D.

Dlmmlck, St. Joseph man, who on Oct mur dered his wife on a lonely road about four miles-southeast- of Savannah, to loss considerable weight Dlmmlck la confined to the Andrew County jail at Savannah. Aa yet Sheriff Holt has not found It necessary to call a doctor for the man, but on will be summoned If th condition continues, Dlmmlck, who' has been In solitary confine ment sine taken to the Jail, has been eating but little of late, th sheriff said this afternoon. Hla trial is set for Nov. 11.

ASSAILANT NOT HELD. Negro 1 Injured In Another Affray 7 In Rabbit Sboot Alley, Rabbit Shoot Alley seethed again today and as an outcome Willi Miller, twenty-year-old Negro, 413 Main street Is In Noyes Hospital suffering from severe gashes about th face and body. The Negro he named aa his assailant cam to Central Police Station and gave hi version of ths story. was not held, aa It Is not probsbl that Miller will prosecute, 1 REDUCE WAGGONER'S TERM Tellnride Banker Sentence la Cut From Fifteen to Tea Year. NEW TORK.

Oct Th sentence of Charles D. Wag goner, Telluiide, banker, who was convicted of defrauding six New Tork banks of $500,000, ha been, reduced from fifteen to ten year on motion of defense counsel, Waggoner will leav for th Atlanta federal penitentiary when a suffi elent number ot prisoners ar rsady to III! ear, Halloween Eve (Wednesday Evening) NINE TILL TWO. Admission $1 Per Person FROG HOP PICKETT ROAD 74 STORES and Still Growing The A-G System of St. Joseph now: numbers 74 strong local grocery-units. It has taken the leadership in the grocery system because of offering more for the money.

More Service Better Quality and Economy in Price..