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4 B 21 IE SUNDAY ncr,: oMAHA. JULY 30. 1022. Son of Wealthy i Rancher Given - Life for Murder Wife of Slain Man, on Wil nc Stand, TclU of Bru tality .of Husband's Mavcr. The Bee Short Story. ; Parstow. Tex.. July W.-William Meadors. 18, has been sentenced to 99 years' imprisonment on conviction of the murder of Aa Rawlj, after the most ' sensation trial ever held " In tvest Texas. Mcadori i the ion i of Andy, Meadors, millionaire ranch ' er. who is jointly charged with the killing, but who has been gramcu ; a separate hearing. . The youth received hi sentence without &how of emotion. The am-ged murder occurred on the great Meadors ranch in Andrews - county, v.-here Kawls had been em ployed as a ranch foreman. - The chief witness for the prosecution was ., Kawls' widow, who saw the killing, while .Miss Ola Meadors was the '. principal defense witness. '' When Mrs. Rawls took the stand she tc.itified that the men had quar- ' ' relcd when he had accused theMea- dors cj stcah'ng her diamond ring. , VfieVged for; Mercy. V According to her testimony, Rawls was. tied hand and foot and shot to ', death in the rear seat of the Meadors automobile, while both she and her husband were begging for mercy. j! , .L'The . Meadors, father and son, ' Vame to our home the day pr'eced- . in? he tragedy," testified the widow, ana wncn i was struggling' n the elder Meadors for possession of a gun my husband struck him. My husband resigned on the spot, and next day both father and son reap peared; both were armed. ' While standing on the porch, Meadors fired at my husband, and he went into the house in. search of his weapon. We then started to walk to a nearby ranch, but before we got there the two Meadors came up in their car again. ...They ordered us to stop 'and put 'up our hands, which wc did. I was ill. but the Meadors forced us to stand in the hot sun in the dusty road from 2:30 in the afternoon until 5. Twice they threatened to shoot niy husband, once when he started to adjust -his hat and again when he ' sfartcd to roll a cigaret.. "Then Andy Meadors said to my husband: 'I am going to hog tie you and take you in the car to Andrews..' Struck With Pliers. "My husband answered;- 'If yon (re soinz to kill me do it now, but if you will take me to Andrews T let you do r.nytlrns tor my I A MAN BY THE ROAD. By V. H. SJVEET. Mr. Laidlow was exaperated. He tirode into the room, twirled his hat so it tailed fff to the wall and hung i;sclf cn a liook (eat of hii col lege days-'tlien fingered and switch ed his whip meditatively. "Aching to lay it on somebody?" suggested Margaret, bis daughter. Her father colored, tossed the whip intii a comer r.ud came to the table. "Yes. I am," he nknnwledged, "on noine of thooe lary loafers who need work and won't strike a lick till they're on the verge of utarvation. Why, I passed three on the road just now, two of them lolling under a tree with their hands under their heads,, looking as happy as pigs which they resembled. Slept out all night, from their looks, and prob ably got their nourishment from somebody's poultry house. Pockets stuffed with stolen apples, too. But work? Not a bit of it. I offered all vnrti nf want, and thev just laughed. Said they didn't have to work, llahl Ought to be a law to ttj sucn ici lows to a whipping post!" He -took the cup of coffee his wife handed him and its fragrance eased the irritation somewhat. "Guess I'll have to do all the husk ing myself," he- said more temper ately, after he had buttered and eaten two biscuits and reached for another cup of coffee. "Make long days and run them Into theThoonlight Shame to miss any, of this fine weather, for it won't last long. Too late in the season. And I do hat?, to squat shiv ering beside a corn shock with the wind whipping cold shivers, down my spine. That field of corn will tak a month for one man to husk. Ugh I Besides, there's ' other work that ought to be looked after." "Can't you find somebody?." asked his wife. "Irs too bad that you have to do all that big field. Couldn't boys "Anvtriinor with 'hands." He pfenccd toward the clock. "Wish I could put those hands at work, too. Maybe a little work would keep them from racing round so fast. Well, I must be -going," gulping down a third 'run of ' coffee and rising.' I nfnmisprl in see Ed Smithers. And, boys they're obsolete,, except when melons ana apples are ripe, men i find abundant evidence of them in footprints and broken fence rails. Why, I rode two hours this morning looking for anybody that could pull the hifsks from an car of corn. It was a striking example of self-denial that I didn't wear my whip out on the backs of those fellows." . "Better be careful. George," e.arned his wife. "You've got an impetuous temper, and tramps are "''I felt ngly myself while arjuinrj with them, laugl'Cd her husband. And I've a' pretty shrewd idea that an hour later, he looked at the new man keenly, "Tretty well clreca lor noiio, isn't he?" he whispered to hU daugh ter when he at her out of tight be hind a shock "Likely lie took thrm off somebody's line, though, or through window. Hows he tel ling along?" Fairly well, but seems to want showing a good deal and talk all the time.. Talk-well, oq, 1 didn't suppose tramps knew so much," "Hump, they vary. Put we'll try to keep him as long as we can. May be I'd betfrr' promise to pay him Farmers' Votes to Oppose Ship Subsidy, Claim Farm Crfdil IWonU of All CandiJatfi ' for Congress Will Undergo Strict Imrxtigatiou. Washington, July 29. "Improve farm credits." This 1 the plea of middle western lirni,ri In knlh mtinr nolilicsil narticS at the end of the week. 1 he hope i u the congressional elections draw ot it may string mm along, tie can njoh. will wife's sake.' Meadors then made myj t;'v'ti have-boused first had I settled husband lie upon his stomach and ; ,0.vn t0 rcai business. Such medicine ordered me to turn . my head. When j ;s tj,e ony effectual kind for that I .was allowed, o look around he j flscase." , i was tied hand .mUdsoti jDla, Mea- ""T.aeree with vou.'! exclaimed Mar- dors and three smaller Meadors chil- j Rarct who. was V good deal like her urcn then came" up,; ana we were f.laced in the rear scat. . Both my . husband and I were stnicK several times with a shotgun and a pair of ' pliers, the father using the gun and the son the pliers. He fractured my nose, iWith. them. :.;,-" ',?. -A . "I ' asked permission to pray, and m$ husband moaned:, 'flcasc, .don't : kiil usP and for answer; Andy "Mca , dors said:' 'Hit him again, son!' I screamed, and Andy Meadors placed i his foot on my husband's chest, with the gun barrel , placed against his I. stomach. Blood was streaming down my face. '"'William said: 'Papa, please 1 let me shoot him" and his father re- plied, .'What is the use? We have 1 . already killed him,' and William an swered: 'I know it, but I want sat i if factton.' I screamed again, and ,, William hit me in the mouth, and I - heard a shot Ola Meadors came up, : scratched nv face( pulled my hair , and spat at me." - Says He Attacked Father. When Oa Meadors. took the stand she declared . that" after Rawls was placed in the car he worked himself , free from h?s ropes and attacked her father. " She also said that Rawls and ; his wife -were first to attack the Mea dors when they went, to the Hawls ; heme. ' - , - '."My . . The defendant was "placed on the t stand the last day. of .the trial and confirmed hfs sister's- statement. He - admitted having struck Rawls with : a pair of pliers, saying he did not do so until the latter went after his ; father and that he struck Rawls from . behind. An undertaker testified that ; Rawls' face was .badly bruised and ' cut by the pliers. ''" ' , : Japanese Newspaper in "Firefly Campaign" Tokio,,Juty29. The Osaka Main-.-ichi, issued simultaneously with and under the same joint management of the. Tokyo Nichi Nichi. which claims . the largest circulation in TaDan. with . 600,000 average net sales daily, is setting the pace in this country in advertising itself. Not only docs the o Mainichi maintain all the ordinary services and conveniences of. the aver : age great daily, but it maintains a .i Red Cross train, which pays regn- lar visits to towns and villages in f- central Japan, and a Red Cross ship c which cruises the Inland sea. Its j latest publicity venture is even yet i more; unusual. During the last few j weeks its agents have been scouring the environs of Osaka for gengi 'fireflies', the biggest and briehte known, and has collected 30,000 of ; these 'illuminated fliers. A noted authority on fircflcs will l.cture thk fweek to 400 women guests of the : paper, to each of whom wiU be r "presented a dozen fireflies in minia "i ture bamboo cages, while from the tapper windows of the Mainichi some 5 000 twinkling insects ' iwill be liberated. At the same time " the tug owned by the paper will cruise through the river converging iat Osaka and scatter some 20.00 fire .Iica throughout the suburbs. , i ' i .French Newspaper Takes L Stand for Woman Suffrage father in disposition. If 'a man von't work he ought to be made tq. T':- idea of bis husky fellows lolling hv the roadside like-that, and allow ing other people's labor to feed them! I'm not sure but l couia use ine wmp myself." ' " . -.: ;" "Guess vou could, r'uss, looking at her flushed face admiringly. "I know Td cringe if I ever saw the whip look in your eyes. But where are vou going?" as she pinned- on her hat, "out for a walk? It's' pretty early to make calls, isn't it?" .' Not on shocks ot corn mat nccu husking," she laughed back. 1 mieht have been out there two hours ago if I'd known the urgency of the case. Oh, you needn't shake your head at me. You used to be glad ot my help v at any kind of Work, and mv hands were .as brown as yours then." Because I've been away to school and whitened them .isn't any reason the fingers should lose, their trick of work. Bet I can beat you today, bushel for bushel." - "All right, Puss. I'll be in the field with you in an hourjust as soon as I can close a deal with Ed Smithers.' I'll give you that start." "Don't want any start. I'm young er than you, and age should be given the advantage. Just think, you'll be 40 next year, your poor decrepit man!" , . . Her father snapped his whip at her as she dodged through the doorway. i "Pile the cats in heaps - by the shocks, in the same old way?" she called. , "Same oW way. We'll gather them up ina wagon later." r It was early and Margaret walked ciuickly and easily, her voice now and then thrilling out in very gladness with the morning and the birds down the farm lane and into the big road and on toward the bars of the corn field, until, just before she reached the bars, she caught sight of a big fellow lolling on the grass munch ing an apple.- Instantly her resentment flared up, and her fingers closed involuntarily as though longing to feel the handle of a whip. Even the birds, between the snatches of soflg, were flitting about earning their breakfast. The big fellow was too lazy for that He had stolen- his. She could see other apples bulging his pockets. "Here you, sir," she called sharp ly," get up and come with me to the cornfield. A man should be asham ed shirk on a -day like this. You doubtless stole those apples. Show yourself man enough to exercise your muscles a little after an idle break fast-. I'll give - you $1.50 a day. Come." v. The men flashed a surprised and admiring glance at her and jumped to his feet with a light spring.1 As she finished he replaced his' cap and stepped briskly to her side. "The apples are stolen. I'm asham ed to say," he' confessed. "I took them from over the fence back yon der. But there was a whole lot in sight I didn't take all. As a tramp, of course, I don't like work.. But in an extreme case like this I'm willing to suffer and expiate by ' working at $1.50 a day. . You will have to rut me on the job. though. I'm not up to any farm tricks except picking ap ples over a fence." Margaret bit her Hps. Hoboes cer tainly had snappy tongues. Prob ably they had to be to get a living without work. . Vrt m Kin a.mnn.. I.., IT.' sleen in the barn." ; "Think he'll stay that long?" ''Honestly, no. I'll be surprised if he doesn't quit by noon. Work doesn't appeal to hnbori. But we'll hope he's a variety." Apparently he was, for when the end-of-the-week payment and the barn were mentioned, he agreed cheerfully almost too cheerfully, the former thought, for there were port able things in the barn worth many dsys' payment. "Seems a good "worker," he said at the supper table that night, after the tramp had eaten in the kitchen and gone to the barn; "steady, muscular and willing, but awfully dumb at taking hold. - Asks Margaret over and over about some little thing an average man Would take in at a glance. All in all, though, I'm stir- frised at such work from a tramp.' only hope there isn't anything be hind it. I shall feel safer if I find him sleeping in the barn when I go out." . He didn't, though, he wo.it out to do his chores with a lantern. The man was not there, . B.ut when he reached the field he found him at one of the shocks with a good-sized heap of ears behind him. ' "Rooster crowing woke me tip," the tramp explained. "Not used to it, . you know. After a few days I'm likely to sleep later." 'A few days! Lkidlaw's face showed satisfaction. The man was not planning to leave yet. Soon after Margaret joined them. Saturday Jiight the man refused his jWagesf saying he would 'wait till he got through. Husking corn be inrr sitting- down , work wasn't so baf'. even for a tramp, he explained, so i e would see the held finished. I'c was a likable fellow, and won der.'i'Hy, entertaining. Even the far mer found him so, though he caught himselt up from time to time. As for Margaret they were walking DacK trom the held one evening when the tramp leaned toward her. and said something. The girl drew back, flushing but not looking ill pleased, "Oh, Harry, you you mustn't say such things," she. rebuked. "Father would think it awful, a tramp. And and really, Harry, I can't under stand how a man like you could be willing to -4oaf along roads aid and live on other people's labors." ' "Hello, you there," called the farmery as he came across a field and joined them. "Did you meet the car rier?" - , v "Yes, he gave us the mail. Harry Mr. Bayles has it in his pocket." Laidlaw looked at them with af gathering frown. "Any letter for me?"-he asked." "No." "Well, I can't understand it," per plexedly. "Mr. Wyatt, that wealthy man who asked me to pick out ft big farm -for Jiira and speak to a contrac tor; about building a summer home, hasn't, sent 'a word since. . I should have heard from him several weeks ago. ; , "My fault." said the. tramn. draw ing a letter from his pocket. "Here are my credentials, was sent to close the deal.-but.happened to meet ycur daughter "this-; morning. She looked like a "queen, and she dubbed me a tramp. So I had ,to see the thing through.' "It yas more im portant than farm or summer house. Congressman Digs Garden Senators and roimrCMiilcn. seeking re-election, and their opponents, seek ing nominations, will have to stand picitgca tor a rcvivincauon oi cultural credits before they will win the farmers support, it was declared here by John Tromble, president of the Kansas Farmers' union. The trouble with the country is a restriction of farm credits. Tromble asserted, and its only remedy is freely extended financial aid from the gov ernment. The record of each man seeking public office in the coming campaign, Tromble said, would be searched for his true position on farm credits before support will be ten dered or withheld. Political affilia tions will be a side-issue, lie added. Tromble also contended the Hard-ine-Laskcr shin subsidy plan would be opposed "to the end" by middle-1 western farmers and farm organiza tions because it "favored a few to the cost of many. If the administration actually wants a ship subsidy, why aocsn t it.run the ships itseltr."- Tromble said. "I would not be as much opposed to such a plants to turn the money over to private shipping interests. Ninety per cent of the thinking far mers will never vote for a ship sub sidy. They will look upon it as the handicraft of Wall Street They will feel the farmer has enough burdens now without adding the, payment of a ship subsidy to their shoulders." Tromble, turning' to -the farmers' financvial problems, declared defla tion of the currency" was the prin cipal cause of all their ailments. ' "There should be a real govern ment system for the care of the farmers' financial troubles "-. he con tinued. "Federal Reserve banks have failed to solve he farmers' difficulties. The government can not be coupled with private enterprise and expect to see the farmer reap benefits. "The government credits should be extended through direct government tal channels and not through the agencies of private enterprise. Under this latter svstem.' which atterfds at present, the farmer does not get the benefits of government credits.- Pri vate individuals, havings control of great credit, use it to their own ad vantage. The government actually has little to say about its distribution once the paper reaches : individual banks. ; "The Federal Reserve banks have not solved the difficulty, ;'and it will not be solve'd until the law is amended or a new act . passed by congress which will take government farm credits out of private hands and turn them over-to public institutions." ift:C COrKrRESCMAN SWEON 0. FESS ;-v" Yellow Springs, O., July 29. Many thousands of citizens of the United States have hecard the oratory of Congressman Simeon D. Fcss,' for mer president of Antioch college here, and recent chairman of the re publican naiioiKil congressional cam paign committee. Here is their first opportunity to observe this candidate for the repub lican nomination for United States senator from Ohio indulging' in-one of his i favorite, athletic exercises : digging potatoes :ia the five-acre gar den at his home in Yellow Springs. Congressman Fess explains, his ability to work hard and continuous ly, without showing the strain, by stating that he keeps 'early . hours, eats plain food in moderation, and that he neither "drinks, chews', -ndr smokes. ' - -; '' . , But it's all rigjit now. Her eyes just told me so." ' . - "Who are you?"'- :-- "..'-- "V "Harry Bayles Wyatt, the, son:of the man who, wrote you, and who now asks you'..for your daughter." The farmer snorted. "So that's why you were so dumb about learning?'! he queried. "Margaret had to "keep showing you, ahd now she's tpld you with her eyes." No use for'me to ob ject." ; ".' .. Canada Will Not Protest ' Maternity; Hygiene Talks Windsor,, Ont, July. 29. No prp: test will be. made by provincial au thorities' against- proposed lectures on child and maternity hygiene by Dr., Madeline de Rouville of Paris, .trance, it is announced. Paris. July 29. "What man. date )fay thst his mother is not worthy of Ji'vin an opinion on ejection dav?"j Tasks Maurice Prax in Le Petit Pa-! rs.cn in an ciiorial artcie whicn enongn to strip tne nusks trom an it! ry be construed as a declaration ear of' corn, I think, and then place cn the F4rt of this popular tnornin' I the ears in a 'pile," she said coldly. nerrspaper in favor of woman snff-S"lit start you on the first one.' tagc. -.('j-. I- When her father came to the field Coal Consumers Are You Interested in Obtaining Maximum Heat at Minimum Cost? , , If your answer is "yes!" then the- following will, be of interest to you: It requires about one and one-half tons of the highest grades of coal and 18 hours' time to manufacture one ton of EVERBURN BY-PRODUCT COKE. 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Born a poor farm boy, near Lima, D he obtained an education by dint of his own efforts. J. he 1'css garden is famous throughout the vicinity of Yellow Springs. . All Absinthe Substitutes to Be Barred in France Paris, July 29. A law to enforce '.he prohibition of absinthe by shut ting the lid equally on all absinthe substitutes has been pasSed by the chamber. ' In the course of debate the United States was cited as a country where 'morphine and cocaine have replaced alcohol. . Iluhliantl Writes Wife on . Trip He "MiMeJ Childrcir Bellefontaine. O.. Jul 29. Some ol the bo) i employed by the Rig l our railroad here tell tins story on a fellow emnlove who Mas "trans ferred here front another point, but who has not as et moved his Um- liy io ueuciomuiiic; . v Iking lonesome, the onow strollr j down mar the- Big Four track one evening and whiled wav some time Kt. tlirturini nt the h.'ibira nn the dollracks. Returning to his room, lie wrote to iu wite telling now ne .. . 1 . missca tne cmiumi. Political Card Found Useful in llortekhoe Game Paris, July 29. That fultinn U as ue has been found for the cunuwiign cards hrtdrd out by Hclmont iotinty candidates for political offices. ' A DclUire picnic party, pitching hortrslines Ute iu.tlie evciu'ugwu unable 'to ice the pegs 'when dutt arrived until someone thought of the candidate's cards, which were tacked about the park. The card were forced down over the pt. The white suiface of the card, rendered the dark peg visible. 'rCrTN every city In the gs J country are men and , women who, years ago, stopped driving their own cars. They have used chauffeur-driven cars merely for transportation. Now they are driving the Wills Sainte Claire. Why! Because in . this car they have found a new - thrill and satisfaction in luxuri ous motoring. WESTERN MOTOR CAR CO. ' On Harney at 26th . ' WILLS SAINTE CLAIRE tMotorKCars frafciasHsm Hnl Hifi rowff&present the MI iff Ull fl MJ I - 0 a Pi IT " I . r IV . F. O. B. Omaha Fully Equipped With Spare Tire and Bumper We feel distinctly proud of the fact that we are able to offer our patrons the car v that has established itself as the value sensation of 1922. We have had the opportunity to represent a great many motor cars. Many of them were good cars. However we long ago determined that a motor car, to' deserve our endorsement, must be , more than merely a good car. And it was only recently that we were able to secure representation for an auto mobile of the character which we feel we now have. It is the. LIBERTY SIX. We believe in this car. We know it to be a good car and a different car. L' We doubt if any automobile, at any time, evernum- bered a higher percentage of eagerly enthusiastic en dbrsersamong its purchasers. 1 Ve dpubt if any car ever owed so much of its popu larity to the good words those owners spoke of it. Only the performance of the Liberty justifies a repu tation of that kind. Nothing else could create, and maintain, so loyal and powerful a feeling. - . V , ".'. Have you ever talked to a Liberty owner? Try it. Speak to several of them. Then just consider this. Could we possibly say anything to you that would be half as convincing as the statement of these men who know from experience? That's why we prefer and urgeyou to get their opinion. But bear this in mind. The Liberty of 1922 is a car that is greatly improved over any Liberty sold to a buyer in previous years. The body lines are wholly new. The new models are winning buyers by the score, wherever they are shown. They actually embody a degree of quality and style that, to our definite knowledge, challenges comparison with anything in, or approaching, the same general class. ' The mechanics of the car include the most recent improvements that Liberty Engineers have been able , to effect in a chassis already famous. . There is a saying among Liberty owner that "only in the Liberty can you get Liberty performance." That is a fact. There is only one Liberty Six motor. It is used in the Liberty car and no other. For years this motor has demonstrated to thousand ' of owners its tremendous power, its durability, , and a strength and sturdiness that seems to ' defy time. No other motor in its class offers the wonderful , advantages of triple, head construction, the Liberty y . , dry-gas vaporizer and exclusive Liberty manifold. It'' embodies the Liberty force feed oiling system, with ' special oU pressure regulating system that guarantee ; an adequate pressure of oil on all bearingsi ateverjr 4 speed and every load. AH the oil in the motor Base - -is forced through the circulation system one each minute at average driving speeds. Four big bearings support the crankshaft and four bearings support the camshaft 3354 more bearing surface than is found in average motors. Eighteen miles to the gallon is a moderate average gasoline consumption. One thousand miles to the gallon of oil is a minimum with practically all Liberty owners. . ; . ' Other parts of the chassis need only to be mentioned to provide the utmost assurance of quality. The car itself presents evidence of comfort, riding and driving ease, graceful appearance, and perfect smooth mechanism all of which leaves ground for nothing but approval and praise. . ... , The degree of your personal appreciation, of course, must be determined from a personal examination of . this car, and nothing-would gratify us more than to have it present its own merits. At its price of $1585. we believe the Liberty represents the greatest value a motor car buyer has ever had the opportunity to consider. ue .- May We Enjoy the Real Pleasure of Showing You This Car? GOOD DEALERS WANTED AS-V ayp Motors inc Distributors 2019 Farnam Street Folsom Auto Co. At Benson - f 1 i I i . , .