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Show SAM JONES ONHIS MUSCLE. He l)o. up tha Mayor of Palestine In (treat Ntyle. Palestine, Tex, F'eb. 4. During a meeting here last fall Evangelist Sam Jones took occasion to severely score the ollicial and hrivate character of Mayor Word. Taj! mayor was absent from town at the time.. Jones lectured here again last night and this morning as he was taking the train at the depot, Mayor Word attacked him vigorously with a cane. In the struggle the cane changed hands, aud the mayor received several heavy blows. He bled profusely. profuse-ly. Tho evangelist got on the train and went away, and the mayor was placed under arrest for aggravated assault as-sault and carrying a pistol. |