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This is the place. SAID tho

tran. This Is the place." said tho
major.
"Impossiblei" exclaimed the fright
ened girl. why. no one lives here"
The major was busy at once unhitch-
ing his horses. Go into the house,"
he said. Il will take the horses to wa
ter and be back in a few minutes"
The women exchanged glances. Tears
of fright came into the eyes of the
girl. Aunt Polly" she said. I'VE are
trapped"
mo, dey won't. honey. | amt 'frald
Of dat ole man, I'll break his neck ef
he goes to foolin' wild my chile"
Women Battle with Wolves.
Night came and darkness came, but
Sark did not return. The wolves be-
gan to howl, and the hungry packs
drew nearer and nearer, until the
trembling girl could see the glazing
eyes and white teeth of the snarline
beasts. They will eat us up" cried
Choice. mo, you jes set still, chile, I
is got de neck yoke here and a big
stick. Wolves am awful towards. We
can keep 'em Off"
Choice stood up on the seat, and
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had passed away after leaving the
country and that all the children but
two had finally yielded to the germs Of
the fatal malaria that they had carried
from the lowlands. These two were
living with relatives in Burleson coun-
ty, according to the best information
that could be collected by Maj. Sark.
Schemers' Eyes Opened.
The old lawyer visited the oil field.
There he saw things that caused him
to open his eyes wide and made him
assume youthful airs. He heard men
talking of millions as his neighbors
talked of dollars. Here was a we'll
worth $100, 000." and there was one
that had just been sold for half a mil
lion" Before his eyes was 40 acres of land
that he had once seer exchanged for
an old blind horse and a fiddle that was
now being sold by the foot. 1t took
a capitalist to own as much as one
could cover with a saddle blanket. The
successful operators were working
right up to the line of the tract that
belonged to the heirs Of Whit Barde-
line.
Maj. Sark remembered that this land
had once been sold for two dollars an
acre, and he recalled that when Barde-
line was forced to leave the country
on account Of sickness in his family
and poverty, it was in vain that he
sought a buyer.
This region of country, almost In
sight Of Houston, had been unsettled
for years. Settlers avoided the leve
prairies and the thickets Of the Sar
Jacinto as II the land we're haunted o.
8 pestiIence hung over the place. Al
one period Bardelins had offered t.
trade his possessions for a yoke o
old steers, a cart and a mule as mean
and effects that offered some hope o
escaping the poverty stricken region
Tho old RAZOR wa well acquainte!
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-09
If YOU Are A WOMAN
What Mrs. Ford Says Concerning Or.
Williams Pink Pills will Surely
Interest You.

"I wish I could help other women get
rid of certain physical troubles as com.
pletely as I have succeeded in getting
rid of mine," said Mrs. B. B. Ford, Of
Pushmataha, Miss, recently. "You
know" she continued, "that a woman's
health depends chiefly IN the regu'
larity of just one function. If sha
fails to keep that properly regulated she
has no end Of physical misery. I suf.
fered from that n u for two
wretched years, during IL of which !
was kept in bed all the time. I tried
medicines enough to cure any illness,
but nothing gave me the slightest bene.
fit until I began using DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People. They cured me.
Why, I was suffering all the time prac.
tically from sickness of the stomach,
dizziness or swimming in my head and
pain in my back Now / am entirely
free from discomfort Of that sort. ] am
not only able to keep on my feet, but to
do my work as a teacher, and to enjoy
the pleasures that come through the
possession of sound health.
"Within three weeks after beginning
the use of DR.. Williams Pink Piiis / y.
perienced such relief that I knew they
must be adapted to the needs Of my case.
After using them for a short while longer
/ became and have since remained a
well woman, and the reason why is sim.
ply that l took DIR. Williams Pink Pills.
These pills make uterine action reg.
ular and painless, Danish headaches, LAM
guor, nervousness, create appetite, pro-
mote digestion, put color in the com.
plexion, build up strength and health.
Every woman should send to the DR..
Williams Medicine Company, Schenec.
tady, NY, for a valuable booklet, en-.
titled "Plain Talks to Women" 1t will
be mailed free in sealed envelope to the
address of any applicant. pr. Williams
Pink Pills are sold by all druggists.
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Scheme to Rob Girl and Brother of
Valuable Texas Oil Land
Is Baffled.
YOUNG WOMAN WINS HUSBAND AS REWARD
kidnapped by Arch-Fiends and Taken to De-
serted Cabin-Her Desperate Fight with
Wolves-Rescued in Nick of Time by
Brother and Comrade.

with poverty. He had been forced
TO practice law, he said, for bread"
and having no sense of honor or tina
elementary rudiments of his profess
sion, he had barely escaped the peni-
Tertiary. AS a recluse and a bear
hunter he had proved eminently sue
c~essful, but he longed to be rich.
Now that fortune had knocked at his
door, he determined to leave no stone
unturned until he could walk with
the oil millionaires and be one of them
altogether. While his head was swim
ming with these great ideas he was
approached by a well-dressed little
man, who asked a few questions, and
al once proceeded to make himself a
pleasing and interesting acquaintance.
Smart, of the firm of Smart & Her.
molingue, had stumbled upon a valu-
able find. In less than two minutes he
had learned that Maj. Sark knew a
great deal about the land and the heirs
Of Whit Bardeline, and he invited him
to visit the office of his firm. In
this office the old bear hunter was
treated with princely cordially. Drinks
flowed freely, and Maj. Sark was dis
sected and every fact in his men,
DRY was laid bare to the eager, con
scienceless capacities of a trio of the
smoothest sharks that aver scented
oil.
Mai. Sark left the office of his new
ly discovered friends with $500 in his
pocket and instructions to find the
heirs of Whit Bardeline. He slept and
then caught a train. Smart took a
train and then slept.
After arriving at Caldwell, in Bur-
llson county, Tex, it did not take the
laundering old lawyer long to secure
valuable information.
Two of the Bardeline heirs were still
alive. Miss Choice-a young woman
nearly 20 years of age-was easy to
find. She lived with one of her rela-
tives in the suburbs of the town. Sam
Bardeline, who was two years younger
than his sister, had gone to New
Mexico with a herd of cattle.
A little inquiry revealed to the agent
Of the operators in the oil lands that
he was searching for a popular, hand
some and intelligent young woman.
Miss Bardeline was the belle of the
town. She had won the odd name Of
Choice" when she was an infant
through the admiration of relatives,
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they failed. One day Maj. Sark dropped
& spark amongst the factors that were
disturbing the mental equilibrium of
the inexperienced girl which rapidly
grew into a mountain of regrets. He
said: coil flows do not go on forever.
The wells often suddenly cease to
spout. They burn out or blow out.
The field is exhausted. Then the land
is not worth five cents an acre."
Choice shivered as if she had an
ague. Running to old Polly she cried
in anguish: 20! why didn't I take all
that gold?"
The shrewd old major saw the effect
of his spark and he ran to Smart &
Hermolingue with the information,
They did not have the gold, but they
were rich in villainy. The major
remembered that the young woman
had a distant relative named Carroll
who lived in the San Jacinto bottoms
ten miles away, and that she had once
expressed a desire to visit the old mar
and his family. He at once went t.
Miss Choice with a lie that had beer
invented by Smart. He told the per
picked young woman that he had JUS
heard from her relative, Mr.. Carroll
and that the old man had sent an in
vitation for Miss Choice to visit hi
family. HE would have come fot
you, but he is not we'll" said thu
major.
II will 60 at once" said the dis
turbed girl.
The route was difficult. Nearly
whole day was spent winding abou
through thickets and swamps Of tn
San Jacinto bottoms. They travelei
in a light vehicle drawn by TWO horses
the major occupying the front seat
while Choice and old Polly rode be
hind. A little before dark they cam
upon d cabin by the side Of q dir
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Only the caution and extreme u
age of an innocent and inexperienced
young girl foiled the most dastardly
plot ever concocted by scheming land
sharks and saved herself and brother
oil property in Texas worth a kings
ransom.
The story of the merciless rascals,
the kidnapping Of the girl, her desperate
fight with wolves in a deserted house
and the timely rescue by her brother
and lover has only just recently been
made public and reads stranger than
fiction.
The trio of arch %swindlers implicated
in the plot tried by every method enelr
scheming minds could c%onjure to de-
fraud the girl of her land. They de-
termined to use force as a last resort,
but their wel-laid plans were sadly
spoiled and they were thankful to es-
cape with their lives.
Seek Heirs for Property.
The trio of swindlers in question
were for a short time engaged in max
ing an abstract of titles of Liberty
county, Texas. While working in this
business they made an interesting dis
covery. They found so acres of land,
in sight of flowing wells, that were
worth millions, which belonged to the
heirs of one Whit Bardeline. Thor
oughly posted as to the value OF such
property, the firm of Smart & Hermo-
lingue at once instituted a search for
the owners of the valuable land. The
trio saw wonderful possibilities in the
game they had in hand. There were
many ways to manage the affair in Or
der to secure possession of the land.
If the heirs could not be found there
would be plain sailing.
1t happened that there were other
people looking for these same heirs,
and it was not long before one of them
at least was surely discovered. An old
LAWYER by the name of Buckingham
Sark, who lived in n of the San ia
cinto thickets, had known Whit Barde-
line. and when he saw armies of ex-
cited prospectors boring holes into the
earth and oil spouting in streams
toward the skies he began to look
around for the children of his old
neighbor. Whit Bardeline had died of
malarial fever and his body was lying
where oil was flowing the richest. Mr..
Sark was aware Of this fact, and later
on he learned that the fragile mother
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who called the pretty little girl the
choice of the flock"
Maj. Sark turned his footsteps in
the direction of the residence of Mrs.
Sallie Bales, the old aunt with whom
Miss Bardeline lived. Sure of ac-
complishing his purpose, he already
accounted himself a capitalist and an
CT, king. Reaching the front gate, he
was rubbing his hands together and
whispering to himself: Them fellows
will have to pay me well for this fine
piece of strategy"
Girl Refuses to Be Duped.
Choice came to the front door, and
the major introduced himself.
II am Choice Bardeline," said the
young woman.
Maj. Sark discovered that another
man occupied a chair in a corne of the
room he entered, and while he vas
rubbing his eyes and trying to find
why the stranger had a familia' ap.
p~earance, the young woman said. Mr..
Sark, permit me to introduce You to
Mr.. Smart, from the Humble oil fields
The major stood staring with his
mouth wide open. Repeated efforts to
express his surprise resulted in fail
ure-the words stuck in his throat.
When Choice retired from she room
Smart whispered: II cab't do a
thing with her. l will leave as soon
as she comes back. Do your level
best. Get a quitclaim deed or Q
power OF attorney. There are millions
in this deal"
Sark was left alone with an mex
perienced young girl, whose signature
to a piece Of paper was worth heaps
OF gold. Miss Bardeline was q casua
reader OF newspapers. She had heard
something Of the discoveries at Hum
bio aud she knew that land in tina
section OF the country had increased
in value, but she had no inkling OF tn
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known that n of the Bardeline heirs
was in the field the excitement rose
to a pitch of frenzy.
Choice was soon discovered. Eager
land buyers, hopping the sweat from
their brows, thrust $40 gold pieces into
old Polly's hands, begging her to
grant them an interview with her mis-
tresS.
Desperate Plot Laid.
All sorts Of methods and stratagems
were resorted to by the sharks to force
the young girl to make a deal, but
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Weighed by His Soap.

In the little town Of Peru, ten miles from
Pitts6eld. the farmers in the winter bring
their butter and eggs to Frank Creamer,s
and exchange them for tea, sugar or any
thing else they need.
One day Mrs. Ackert brought some but
ter in pound humps to exchange, and after
weighing them, he said: "Mrs. Ackert, this
butter does not weigh q pound.
1T can't help that" she said, "l.weighed
It by a pound Of soap ! got here a few days
ago."-Boston Herald.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-09
Moonlight Bathing.

might bathing has grown more pop
ular with the size of the moon and is
now enjoyed by many" writes a resi-
dent of Peitaiho, China. "In the
bright moonlight the sea is literally
as clear as crystal. In five feet Of
water a ten-cent piece would be clear,
ly visible on the sandy bottom and enc
may place each step by sight with as
much certainty as On dry land in sun.
light. The effect is wonderful-almost
weird-and in the absence of the suns
heat there is an indescribable softness
and quality in the water experienced
at no other time"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-09
Long Ago.

LET us have peace" said the English
invader. "The white stranger loves the
red men,"
Yes" replied the intelligent Indian
chief, "he loves the very ground we
walk OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Public Led
ger
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-09

81 thought you said he was a big corpora
tion lawyer"
mot at ALL"
I'm sure you told me he spent most Of
his time attending to a big corporation"
eyes, his W corporation. He's forever
eating and drinking brooklyn Eagle.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-09

Japanese railway companies have
introduced newspaper-reading car
riages in some of their passenger
trains. Newspapers are kept at the
service of travellers, SO that they may
read as they ride.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-09
A TRULY IDEAL WIFE
HER HUSBANDS BEST HELPER
Vigorous Health Is the Great Source of
the Power to Inspire and Encourage
-An Women Should Seek It.

One of the most noted, successful and
richest men of this century, in a recent
article, has said. Whatever I am and
whatever success l have attained in
this world l owe all to my wife. From
the day l first knew her she has been
an inspiration. and the greatest help
mate of nv life,n
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-09
Saw the Teeth.

Connecticut Visitor gazing across the
sound toward Oyster Bayl-1s that the
White Squadron I'VE there? -,
Democratic Host-No. The president Il
rmiling.-N. Y. Times.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-15

sicians and his physicians here saw
that his malady was fatal and that
he would not long survive. His con-
diton grew worse Wednesday. and
his children were telegraphed to come
and We're here when he hreathd his
last this morning.
Judge Philips was one OF Tarboro's
oldest and most highly esteemed citi-
zens. He belonged to a large and in
iluential family that were among the
earliest settlers in the country. He
was a son of the late DIR. j. j. Philips,
long Il popular and skilful physician.
All his life had been soent here and
was known to everybody in the coun-
t.. He was a successful lawyer, a
man whose knowledge Of business en-
abled him to accumulate q large for
ture, a pubic-spirited and patriotic
man, and a man of uncommon sense
and Judgment. His last public APP
pearance was when he delivered the
memorial address two years ago. He
had prepared at great labor and after
long research d list of all the men
Edgeeompe sent TO the Confederate
army. In that address he paid
beautiful tribute TO the women of the
Confederacy. He took deep interest
IN everything that peryained ito
Confederacy and his old comrades,
build the Confederate monument un-
yelled here last year. His health was
such that he could not attend and Il
telegram was sent of regret that he
could not be present at unVeiling.
he had large plantations in the
county and loved the farm and was
very successful, and was a large stock
holder in banks, cotton mills and
other interests. He rarely made a
mistake. so unerring was his business
Judgment.
Judge Philips is survived by his
wife, who was Miss Martha LYMAN
before marriage, five daughters and
three sons--Mrs. Herbert w jackson,
of Raleigh; Mrs. Hal. CT. Wood, OF
Edenton; Mrs. DR.. Woodland of Nor
folk. Va. Misses Josephine and Leila
Burt Philips, DR. James j., Mr.. Hy
man and Mr.. Fred Phillips, the last
under tWenty-one. Dr.. Philips re-
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-15
Senate Gives Richmond
County Prohibition.
TAX SALOONS $1,000
And Require Them to Close at 6 O.
clock P. M. Bill to This Effect
introduced in the House.--Ap-
pomattox Bill Passed the
House.

Five years ago it was said that
Richmond county would be forever
the pool of pollution for the manu-
facture and sale of liquor in North
Carolina, and if anybody had sug-
gested a general prohibition law Cor
that county, that mans words would
have been hailed with contemptuous
derision as being impossible. 1t has
the strongest and biggest distilleries
in the east, which are fortified, pros
porous and progressive, but yester
day with almost q unanimous Dte
the Senate passed a stringent bill
against the manufacture or sale of
liquor in Richmond county, upon the
petition of a majority of the qudiiiiei
voters of that county
If the House passes the bill, as 1t
undoubtedly will do, the towns Of
Hamlet and Hoffman are redeemed
from the curse of liquor,
Some months aso the town Of
Rockingham, the county seat of
Richmond. refused to license dis
tilleries and saloons after the first OF
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-15

January, so this bill will not affect
Rockingham, but the driving out of
the distilleries and saloons from Ham
let is of State wide importance and i'm
tereSt.
1t was not very long ago that
prominent capitalist from New GEg-
land visited Hamlet With the iliten-
ton of establishing a large cotton
mill industry there, but when he dis
covered that the town and county
were predominated by the whisI.ey
interests, he abandoned his purpose.
and stated to several we'll known men
that he did not want to invest his
money in any industry in that locality
that would give employment to the
laboring people for fear that they
would be demoralized by liquor. And
it is notorious that Hamlet and Hoff-
man are darker in their liquor light
than any other place south of hell
or east of Marion.
The farmers and manufacturers Of
Richmond county will be rejoiced 1T
the passage of this BILL for they
recognize the fact that Hamlet IS
peculiarly and ideally situated to be-
come large manufacturing TOW ,,
and with this great decentralization of
labor out of the community it wal
fast grow UP TO be a big and flourish
ing town.
The passage of this bill is of i'm
portance not only to Richmond coun-
| ~, but to the entire Southern part of
the State. Robson, Scotland and all
the counties between Mecklenburg and
New Hanover have prohibition, but
the Hamlet and Hoffman distil!eries
nave done much to prevent the en-
forcement of their laws, and the peo-
pie of these counties have long been
DESTROYS of seeing Richmond join
hands with her sister counties in this
| moral and progressive step.
The Importance of the measure is
SUCH as to warrant the publication il
| full of the bill. 1t will be seen that it is
! very stringent in its anti-jug features,
and as regards the filing of prescrip-
tons by druggists andthe issuance of
| these prescriptions by physicians The
act will be in force after the fifteenth
of April.
| The complete text of the bill is as
| follows:
An Act to Prevent the Manufacture.
Sale or Shipment of Any Spite
uous, Vinous or Malt Liquors With
in the County of Richmond.
That it shall be unlawful for any
| person. persons firm or corporation
| 10 manufacture, sell or otherwise dis
| pose OF for gain, any spirituous, vinous
! or malt liquors or Intoxicating bittefS
| within the county of Richmond: Fro
| vided, this act shall not be construed
to forbid the sale of such spirituous..
vlnous or malt liquors by dru gs'st
| Tor sickness upon the written prescrD-
ton of q regular practicing physician
having such sick person under ms
| charge.
That the place of delivering any
CONTINUED on Page Eleyen.)
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-15
FOUR NEW CORPORATIONS.
The Secretary Of State Issued Four
NeH Certificates OF Incorpora-
ton Yesterday.

The Bank OF Caswell, of Milton. N.
G. The purpose of the corporation is
TO conduct a general banking business
The total authorized capital stock is
$4,000. The corporation will COM
mence business on $4,000. The in
corporators and shareholders are:
r. $. Watt twelve shares; r. p. Dixon,
four shares; F. 3. Jones, four shares;
ID. l.. Morton. six shares; E. Hines
Jr., two shares; James A. Hurdle, two
shores: r. l.. Walker four shares;
Robert HoWston, two shares: w w
kitchin. four shares.
The Raleigh Construction COMPANY
of Raleigh. The purpose of the cor
poration is to do all kinds of construc-
ton work, equipment of buildings
railways, ectric lighting and power
works, gas works sewerage, etc, etc.
The authorized capital stock is $4,000.
Will commence business on $1,000.
The incOrporatOrS and Shareh oiderS
are: Albert l.. Murray eight shares:
Z. S. Bertwhistle, one share; j. A. p.
Farnham. one share.
The Princess Theatre Company of
Wilmington, n. G. The object of the
corporation is to ACQUIRE purchase,
own, rent, move, construct and erect,
maintain and conduct theatres. mu-
sic halls and places of amusement.
The total authorized canital stock is
100000. Viii commence business
when $1,000 is paid in. The incor-
porators and shareholders are: S. A.
Schloss, seventy-four shares; Thomas
II. Wright, Seventy-four shares: Nath-
an Schloss, one share: r. II. Northrop,
one share.
The Welbanxs Mercantile Company
of Wilbanks, Wilson county. The OBJ
iect of the corporation is to conduct
a general mercantile business. The
authorized capital stock is SIS, 900.
Will commence business on $4,000.
The incorDorators and shareholders
are: W. ID. Sharp, five shares; J. c.
Hales. one share; C. T. Dawes, one
share: NJ. G.. Sharp, one share; w. b.
Farbes. five shares: G.. t. Johnson,
five shares: u. L. Bolts five shares;
j. W. Il. Bridger. one share: G. w,
Womble, one share; j. H. Farbes, five
shares.