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fbe CradLeatier.PUBLISHED WEEKLY.Mrs. J VOL BROCK, Editor.Entered as second class matter April E,.1010 at the post office at ErankliatoD. La., under the Alt Ol Connress ot Marct 3.IK9-La., for several years. It is allege:! that the differences between him and his brother. John, have arisen over some land lines and are of long standing, and that threats of violence have been heard on several occasions.I H ........ ••jir.-s^nts. doldVt‘S. US \N'si»iit .it; maynssrvlatrd v. sucu'ssurs, 11 ohjtClS «lH(l rolnlitions jlt;Advertising Kates on ApplicationAddress all Communications to Era-Leader, Franklinton, La.Editors to Fill Pulpits.Advertisements and subscriptions will be continued at regular rates un til all past indebtedness is paid up.SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 A YEARJohn Duncan HeldFor Attempted MurderTylertown, Miss,, March 20,After being trailed twice by blood hounds, John Duncan was arrested yestertday or. the^ charge of attempted murder of his brother, Garland C. Duncan, deputy United States marshal, and the latter’s wife at their home southeast of here. John Duncan wasconveyed to the county jail atMagnolia. His preliminary hearing will probably be held herenext Tuesday.At 8 o’clock Tuesday night Garland Duncan and his wife went to a rear porch of their home for water. They were firedupon twice at close range with a gun loaded with buckshot. Dunan was wounded in the shoulder and his wife in the left breast. The second discharge went wild and lodged in the roof of the gallery three feet above the couple’s heads.Duncan, carrying his wounded wife inside the bouse, secured a gun and returned the fire. R. M. Duncan, a brother of Garland, who lives nearby, was summond and secured medical assistauce from Hackley, La. He then came here and' telephoned R. L. Gant, at Crystal Springs, to bringLawrence, Kan.—William Allen White, Arthur Capper, Henry Allen and ten other Kansas editors will step into church pulpits at Lawrence, the home of thel m- j versity of Kansas, one Sunday during Kansas Newspaper weekin May, and deliver sermons on‘The Press and the Pulpit.’ They propose to show the people of the state that the newspaper ranks with the church as the most powerful modern agency of socialservice.Possibilities of greater cooperation between the press and the church will be pointed out by the Kansas men.The nam*J. O. Magee .t: | shall naveI r\istem:e fo (veins, unWI t»r by constI n,.|vinRttlt;-r! Vnder *hi lion shall hitv lo conln an.l be suei porate seal ure; I1' nli-nate. pic t(ri ie underproperty t«‘na ne anu a«»rs, ajsvntsployees asUi is corportahlish bra s:\T.e in an isiana as t determine: by-laws, ru proper man may deem I he said eo ercise allas relatesforth or th; • mi the busi li.m is est: poration r under tin*The domic S.mny Hill, where all cit process shal in his abseii' treasurer.Country Hoys’ Creed For Young Virginia Farmers.The obj ibis corpo nature of it. anoperation o buy and sIn every schoolhouse in Prince Edward County, Va., a placard containing a creed for the American country boy and dedicated to the Boys Corn Club ot Virginia has been posted. It reads.“COUNTRY boys’ creed.“1 believe that the country which God made is more beautiful than the city which man made; that life cut of doors and in touch with the earth is the natural life of man. I believe that work with nature is more inspiring than work with the most intricate machinery. I believe that the dignity of labor dependsnoton what you do, but how youdo it; that opportunity comes to a boy on the farm as often as to ap.nd do ft lor the cu business ; dental ilnThe cu] shall be DOLLAR! v One 11 par value said stacit the ti: same is □r in pay erty actu this corp vices act This clt; ins busiicern as sot lars of its scribed foi the right t he issued;of its cupi Any s' transfer no trail unless t books olrant, at crystal opungo,i,oy in the city; that life is larger is bloodhounds. At the time freer and happier on the i. non. unA his doirs were, at fann than in the town; that mydr. Gant and his dogs were at farnado, La., running down •afeblowers who visited that place ruesday night. Mr. Gant, with ais hounds, reached the home ofGarland Duncan Wednesdaynoon.The dogs immediately struck a trail, which they followed to the home of John Duncan, who lives a quarter of a mile away, A sec ond trail by the dogs was made, and they agair. followed it to John Duncan’s house, refusing to go further.Deputy Sheriff B. O. Holmes and Justice of the Peace Frank Davis went to the scene and kept guard over the premises to prevent obliteration, of evidence, John Duncan was arrested by Deputy Holmes. He disclaims any knowledge of the affair.The wounds of Mr. and Mrs. Garland Duncan, while serious are not thought to be fatal.Magnolia, Miss., March, 29.— John Duncan, in jail here, stoutly protests his innocence. Deputy Sheriff Holmes, who brought thesuccess depends not upon mv location, but upon myself: not upon my dreams, but upon what I actually do; not upon luck, but upon my plucx. 1 believe in working when you work and in playiug when you play, and in giving and demanding a square deal in every act of life.Rio Notes.Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Byrd were Bogalusa visitors Monday.Rev. S. Frazier left Tuesday for Ruston where he has accepted a call to a church.Misses lva Keaton and Vernon Radcliffe, of Bogalusa, spent Sunday here.The Fifth Snnday meeting held here Saturday and Sunday was a success botii in membersand interest. Large crowds from botli Parishes attended.The c ^oration cised b; posed o decision poralior Hoard ishall b stockho l he cor in Jam stockho rectors nary o until tl electedI )i recto number Preside and Tr and Ti same s eligible in this holder Presidi and pr electio be giv« to eac of bus tion, a appoin side i. that s tend, stock\ fa Hurt direct purpo porati flee acontirare c meeti stock!vote 1 in h1« hoi do elect i and votes countson o The shall IMagotMaget Pre9ic Treas sors slerift Jrioimee, wno uruugut mo Miss Mellie Jenkins was a isoner to Magnolia, states that prankiinton visitor this week. :____mm nt lhill.camination of the gun at Dun m’s house showed that it hadMr. Neuhauser, of Slidell, wasen fired twice, being a six-shut a Sunday visitor, imp gun, and showing four I Rev. J. J. Walker and C. T-ells in it. Examination of one j Cjt kei», of Fraukhhtou, were the shells showed that it o«m-1 gUe#ta ui Mrs. J. 1- Waller Sat ined shot and wadding the j Uvday and buiiilay.Th po\vlt; nil it. I or o hold* boartrolandcons(hiscordnme as ihose fired , ^ ^ Va. nado of FrankIt is stated that John Duncan; ............... .....IHq stated Liiai juimd hi, brother, land h.*.- »«■»- Kv l»«.en on bad terms for a long ^liss |Ail,na liui kleln*i r.v. . • 1 ...... .. KnO h^oil MX I \f ... I 111)[n oau MTiua IV* « SWISS ueDim o*.*10, Garland Duncan has been leiu,eu Teachers Meetingtiva in the prosecution of tim- Rogaiu.sa Sum may.1 • In lllil CMllt llPITI ,atiniHlth a nd ness a n 11 n go I vide * his of 1 TI•MMsenms\insfpor sa 1 irieldepredations in 80!'l^| Miss E!lie lt;vl-«- shoppedt rtf Pike county ami the north-, m‘if7 fett.■» *»Tfieiioferr:SOl’A.
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