Show PENCILS CAUSE A FIGHT AW AN ENCOUNTER ON MAIN STREET parley P pratt and 0 R pease havo have a allx up and tho the former is not pleased with the results parley P pratt of the johnson pratt fratt drug company and C H pease who mho siella sells pencils with advertising on them engaged in an argument that ended in a bistle encounter on main blain street yesterday afternoon the battle was intensely interesting jahile it lasted pease la Is considerably smaller and lighter than pratt but lio lie came out of the combat AN without a scratch on the other hand was considerably I 1 bruised about tile face a and nd eyes aul bore every mark of having emerged from the fisticuffs in that unpleasant condition know n as second best he shouted for somebody to send tor for a policeman hut but none of the bystanders ers moved then pease went into a nearby dr dry K goods store to borrow fu be box x in uh which ich to gather up hla his pencils which had bad beon been scattered alt all over the pavement pratt took advantage ot of hla his absence to take from mrs pease NN who it had w the conflict conff lct two alir boxes ot of pencils in spite of 0 the worn comans womans ams protests protects pratt after deliberately kicking two other boxes of pencil i that had bad not been huit butt to pieces carried the captured booty into hla his stoic state when a b bluecoat blu coat came up pease was arrested find and pratt went to tho the station and aware to it a complaint against hit 1114 4 opponent charging him with assault and battery in police court tho the defendant was granted 9 a contin continuance nance until afternoon and was released on 25 cash ball pratt says baya that some time almo apo ago he e entered nt ar e d 1 into nt 0 FL a c contract on tr a c t N alth 1 t h P pease ea s e f for 0 r t tho h e p pur ti rc chiso h t se 0 of C n a q u a n t i t y 0 of t p e ne 1 I 1 nith an advertisement of hn hi business on them at the time he agreed to in buy the pencils pencil 3 pratt claims that pease bought some from him for I 1 which ho he failed to ray pay when pease went to moke make tho the delivery yesterday according to pratts story some of the pencils pc bore the names of at other advertisers and some were not up to contract lio lie destined to pay for them ho and penso Ara th them C up and started out lie he suggested to the the vendor that the 1111 previously contracted conti acted I 1 by him remained unpaid pratt assorts I 1 that pease refused to pay the account C and h ho a told him to le leave ave t the h e pencils pending a set settlement theme nt T this h lq I 1 pease declined to do and ho he followed I 1 him out to tile pavement trying to persuade him to change his mind once outside pratt declares that pease shed his coat and then the trouble began |