The Courier-Gazette from McKinney, Texas • Page 3

)ERE hOR GOLD TK (I) IN Ab(tut 1 in Kentui in Texas once a they eael gianv up friends, quite a send his ion a man who lived lided to buy land This man was Fand married a son. 'fhe two boy.s and were great nan gathered together iiiom'y iind dtmided to In to Texas to make the (urchase. There was another yoimn living in the community in eonliden of the He waj to Tex'a; ablf' pai The SOI belled a As is place is had tra of Texa this COI everj body placed lull fo was a special friend we are writing about, as guard and come the trip. They came raveled a considcu- i looking for a hvuitiim his his body. in such the be.d little further on.

They over a considerable part xvere passing tnrough Wlu'n they crossed Kick- nto Van Ztindt atapoo ('i the liibi on the Athens and they stopped to eat a mile beyond the irm (now owned by Hid At a phice about one and from the county line and county. At the Riley )lic road forked, one prong fanton, the other eastward way of Hdom. The place elected to lunch and rest ittle distance from the head of a little glado grass grew possibly from foet high. While they old man Starnes and his a old Ri I 'ougla a half in Van farm tl leading to Tyb they was SI road, eri wife py north on a visit to tin who 1 toi a gun ome(i or Rill about six mib's soutli of ,1 as they they heard .1 down on the glade. Mr dd his wife that he 'ad killed a deer.

Threo or thereafttr back and saw' down hot was and acreod hunter y. and rd- wfu'i' aftt'r the of "t-ed it w. lu't the and Mrs. F-tariU a- After the mnrd. 1 tu: 1 a iv an wa'i lu nting itig gat w.mt to see dead.

He found a bad- ted body and a ronsideraMe of gobi seattei't'il saddle and part of a to a sapling (mv fatlum to mv when it had ed Word was sent overl, surrounding country and the men fhored in to see what eoubl be find who the man and from. Tmekily they founja b'tter from his father. Thev at the same time of jnst after the Starnes passmi home going north that a ti'afanm from the opposite direction W1 I rapidlv anil loadinii a Up eastward. Rv 'ise L. lottf'r thev found the vmmg name fmallv that the the killing they stayed all tti'if with Jas Mitcham, who then of Malakoff, Of ronrm of opinion that T- tV and tried friend and guar.i had the offense to gut all the Mv father found some of the 1 believe Hugh Rowan foim much as You know that at tha mails bv horseback and it would take at (past two months for a lett.u- to iOntuckv.

but the got to the fatluT and alone i 'knows his sorrow; his oblu-t lyin in the Rxilev gra.v<'vard way dowui Texas and his friend and his doubtless the murderer. The father and step-son came down here and got all the money that found (men were honest in those (lavs) and sueh as was ob- step son told mv father that'when the slain boy left home Im had a TU-emonition that something would lunmen to him on the trip that he dreaded to make it but would not tf'11 his father so. He also toM mv father he had promised his step-brotb- pr that if anvtbing did happen to him hp would avtmge the wrong and that he intended to his promise good. a vear afterward mv father got this letter: Davis. Athens.

Tex- Manv thanks for your and your kindness 1 got Davis, Athens Review. the OOTTRTER-GAZETTE, FlUDAY, 7, 19'21. aa a Hi'JlJ D. M. S.

Co. 'V UNIL4R Napoleon was In the round sealed checkered container with the removable cover. Dolly Dunbar Napoleon said that an army traveled on its stomach. changed much since time, except that we have better things to eat. h'or instance: there unbar outhern yrup ou should luivc it on your table iihvavs.

It 1 to a la." tlioroughly delicious taste of the cane itself. Boiled ridi, sweetness. half the pleasure of eating waffles, pancakes and liwit biscuits, and its healthful, too. Pure as pure can he. builder oi strength.

Ask your grocer for the checkered can. ollv XB.AR. THE LOCAL MARKET What the Armen Are tteiim tm Their fe Date. Feeiistuff aiul tiraiii. Corn in shuck per bu Bran per cwt Shorts per Chops per Hulla per ton Oats per bushel What per bu.

((basis No. 1.) Alfalfa hay per ton Millet hay per ton 2.00 $2.50 $7 to $25 arly Pioneers Slain in Ambush relieves Rheuma.atlm Sprains. to $15 Johnson grass hay per ton $10 to $12 Prairie hay per to Bermuda hay per Price of batteries i Reduced PrtHluce and Bacon per pound to 40c Butter per to 35c Creamery Chickens, fryers per pound Old roosers, per Ileus, per Ugga per doz. (candled) Turkeys per Lard per Irish potatoes per Sweet Potatoes per Colonel Tom Raitun of Fort Worth, a frequent visitor to ha.s written the following letter to the Fort Worth Ih'cord giving the details of a skirmish on h)vick Creek in Tarrant county in which some eai'ly w'ere in ambush. He is a brother of Mrs.

Mattie Webb of this city and a faniiliar figure at our annual reunions. Uis letter follows: Fort Worth, Dec. preface or blast of bugles, I will say by way of preface, in my usual eratic way, that my family is a tribe of pioneers, patriots and politicians. grandfather helped drive the Indian.s that then infested Rlinois (the Fox Sax) off the prairies of Illinois land afterward represent(Hl Green edition, which consi.sted of 300 men half a dozen counties around county. I would not detract any lionor due Tarrant, but he certainly nut on the ground when Denton vvas slain.

I never heard my father -peak of him and 1 have heard him tell iie stov.v many, many times. 2.00 The Pliiladclphia Diamond (Irid Batteries have been reduced 28 per cent. Etpiip your car with one of these batteries at this greatly reduced price liive Stock Hogs per cwt Beef cattle per Sheep per Cotton per to 15c Cotton. Cotton seed per ton Cotton seed meal (i per cent protein) Mixed hulls and meal cotton seed per Collin County Battery Co. At Garage.

McKinney, Texas. 11 1 'I-l-l' 1 1 G. Adams, Notary Public. At The Daily Courier-Gazette. Telephone 65.

Your patronage appreciated. 30c i countv in the Legislature. He grew 20clrich in that grand country raising a family of eleven children. My pip'- ent.s were born and raised in Illinois. My father, John Rattan, came to Texas in 18t0 (eighty years ago), settling at Paris, then called Pinhook.

Now, I see The Record writes something on a battle that took place on the Buck Creek, Tarrant county, the early 40s, in which J. B. Denton was slain. Now, The Record seems to tnmit General Tarrant was in command. But father, John Rattan, was in that and helped carry J.

B. ie body out of the thicket where he slain, a most ghastly sight, with his long, black, flowing beard. Now. 'oy father never did speak of any bat- lir being fought was rune They were simply led into an buscade, tracked by a little bell on an old pony. 00 Knew of Village.

Those pioneers knew all the time that there was a village on the Trinity of those Comanches and they had -uffered so much that they determined to punish them. When Denton 'ilain there were some fine old Indian fighters there: Buckskin Williams, old Henry Stout, Colonel James Boren and others. They followed up the retreat of these Indians, but never did see an Indian, but they burned the village and camped on the ground that night. My father knew' where J. B.

Denton was buried all the time. Now, my family has been in Texas since the early 40s and the first white man killed by' Indians in Tarrant wms my brother, Wade Hampton Rattan. His tragic taking off has never been related accurately. There was a party of prospectors and hunters camped at Birdville. Among was Wade Hampton Rattan.

They grew short of rations and Tom Birtl went east to old Hi to get supplies, and while he was gone Wade Hanipton Rattan and two companions, Webb and Silkwood, concluded to go hunting. body to the lake for water, and when approached by the party stood them off, but tliey got the body and cayried it in a blanket to the camp and buried it in a rough colIin made from a wagon body. Now', strange to Tom Bird got back with the supplies. dog died of grief and starvation in of all that w'idow' could do. Rattan lies smouldering in that rich soil of the Birdville cemetery.

I have searched and interviewed the old time pioneers all around Birdville and they know nothing of his grave. My family is w'ell fixed in this goods over in Collin county and we would place a monument to his grave if we could locate it. After Wade Hampton death Tom Bird seemed to have disappeared off the face of the earth. He is said to have gone to California. happy COLONEL TOM R.XTTAN.

A COCKIlFIJj FVFHV-HE VDV YVe now' have the Eveready battery station in cunnection with our garages which enables us to give automobile owmers complete automobile service. We Lieliove the Eveready to be the superior of all batteries. We do all kinds of battery work and have rent batteries on hand. Give us your business. WATKINS O.XHAGF., North Tennessee street.

Forf painting and papering see, or phonA Roy Apple. Phone 455 or llSi- Get help by using a classified ad- gmti liuto J. Ollie Smith relieve you of all the details and worries Expert service. Slain in Ambush. They found a tree that had a bear or bee's or something in it, and proceeded to cut it down, and while Rattan was cutting he was m- dians in an ambush.

And his two comrades fled to the palisade Wade Rattan had a fine dog, which stayed with him. The men w'ere scared badly and looked to be attacked all the time, but never were, and finally gathered and went after Wade t)ody nine davs after he had been ain. RAtUn you of all 1 never my father speak any- insurance 1 making a path from Rattans Made Instantly and without a bit of I nstant ostum the table drink so many prefer to tea or coffee because of rich uniform flavor moderate cost and superior health value. at grocers Dime 31011.