Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell

THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Eighteenth Year - Number 36
Marlin, Texas, Wednesday, September 25, 1907
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SON JONES AVENGES A DISHONOR
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Fires Two Shots at Fleeting Form
of Earl Reed.
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       Son Jones took two fancy shots at the fleeting form of Earl Reed Thursday night.  One shot took effect in the arm of Reed, but the wound is slight.  Both are negroes.
       Son is one of the drivers for the Big N ice plant.  The story goes that when he went he found the negro Reed there under suspicious circumstances and he proceeded to bring his shooting iron into requisition.  The iron is of a cheap pattern, it was dark and Son's airm was rather unsteady, hence the damage was slight.
       The Reed negro drivers the delivery wagon for Clark's furniture store.

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