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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-12-24

Mrs. George A. Wilson has been quite
III for the past week.
Meeting Of the X. o. X. A. tonight,
Monday, with initiation.
Miss Laura Morrill, of Sumner is q
guest az Charles Newells.
Mrs. Keeae of Buckfield visited at
Frank Turner's last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. A. Hilton are spend
ing the holidays in Portland.
Mrs. A. NJ. Whitman is visiting for
short time her grandson at Minot.
Winslow G. Thayer is spending few
days with friends in Hanover and Bethel.
Miss Helen NJ. King is at home for the
holidays from her teaching in Portland.
Judge Sanford L. Fogg and family of
Bath were at S. Z. fuckers over Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest III. Herrick are
spendinga week with relatives at West
Paris.
Miss Susie l.. Porter is at home from
Portland, where she teaches, for the
holidays.
Miss Julia P. Morton, who teaches in
Abingdon, Mass, is at home for the
holiday vacation.
Miss Eunice Fobes is at home for the
holiday vacation from her teaching in
Wakefield, Mass.
Miss Mabel G. Hathaway is at home
for the Christmas vacation from her
teaching in Rockport, Mass.
Miss Edith Willis is at home for the
Christmas vacation from Brockton,
Mass, where she is teaching.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. l.. Plummer and little |
daughter of Lowell visited their daughter, |
Mrs. Fred h. Wiggin, over Sunday.
CIV W Farrar has been at home from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21

Git in. Madam He Said. This Goes to Montana.
in the far East, very bad, as badness goes in
the far West; but after all, women of the camp
and of kind totally unlike this little woman, who
was now serenely entering such place. Mccarthy
had mother once, and admitted in his cogitations
he would not want her to visit Montana City. Some
how it all seemed mistake.
The sense of strangeness between them wore of,
and in her quiet way the woman talked, asking
questions telling of her home life away back East
in Ohio, where people live and die unconscious of
the turgid West, and know but little of the wilder
side of life. AS she talked she grew more conhden-
tial In this way Mccarthy learned that she was a
widow and for years had lived with her only son,
"a very good boy, industrious and thoughtful,
honest and God fearing" His marriage had left
the little old mother time to think of others.
They passed place where the stage swung round
a curve on two wheels overlooking canon to whose
side they chung From the windows they could see
the sunlight beating upon ripping stream far
below, where the water sprang over cascades garb-
ing itself in silver lacework of foam. Mccarthy
silently and waited.
so, you see,' resumed his companion, leaning
back from the sight of the gorge, 4 going to
Montana City to live with my little grl,-to sur
prise her,-to let her know that her old mother
thinks enough of her to come such distance, such
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21

and find that she did not work. except perhaps
a faro dealer, and that there not big mining
company in the camp.
The stage horses going slower They
were tired of the swift trots and steady galops.
Mccarthy leaned out and they nearing
the halfway house, where the lat herring beasts would
be given rest and fresh substituted An inspira
ton to him. He would give the warning.
When the halt made, Mccarthy beckoned
Jim Upton aside. They out behind the stable,
and that the beginning of the conspiracy. Hugh
talked earnestly, and Jim repeatedly said ''Sho!"
Then Upton Strengthened himself up from the log
where they had been seated and said mournfuly,
Unless stuck up by some geezer that wanted the
box amt never been late before but I'll be three
hours behind tonight, and that II give you time.
Git horse and ride hard Put the girl on, and get
the boys to go a little slow with their mouths till
she and her mother pull out for Ohio. Montana
amt place for girl that got mother like that
A stage driver may be king in his domain,
but he doesn't own the company's horses. And
the station agent proved to have no sentiment.
Neither Mccarthy nor Upton could induce him to
rent, loan, or sell a horse. He was one of the
infieXble sort who knew nothing much beyond the
company's rules, and least of all Mccarthy.
There came swift, shifting movement on the
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blowing the smoke from his pipe through an open
window, and the little old woman reading as best
she might, from thumb Bible. Then, before
they knew it, they talking mostly of the hills
and country. But all the time Mccarthy was
wondering, SO he aterward said, why she was going
to Montana City.
being that the few there of the usual
camp class neither very good, as goodness is known
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21

Cne w eSt-Wnere men fought,
shot cursed, and gambled, dropped
all refinement, and lived the ele-
mental life of the border.
He remembered the girl as he
had last seen her, in the full
camaradarie of the western camp
life, which none but those who
have lived it may know; that
life which, though it may be clean
and honest, can never be under
stood save by those who have
dropped into it and been assimi-
lated by it. In sharp outline he
saw her as she stood with wide
eyes and reckless face, watching a
faro dealer make his turn of the
cards; recalled the oath embel-
lished comments of the men around
the layout, the bar at the end, and
the sitting smoke clouds of the
room through which the swinging
kerosene lamps glowed dimly; the
constant whir and click of the
roulette wheels, and the monoto-
nously accompanying voices of the
dealers.
And it was into this hell of the
West, as it would seem to her, that
this gentle old mother was going
to disillusion and to rtbreaki
Good God! Going to endless
misery with a smiling face and a
trust that somewhere out in the
unseen was a Power which had
protected her little girl through
all this and kept her sweet and
refined as when she last saw her!
What strange thing in Fate's calen-
dar had brought Clara Robbins, or
for that matter any other woman,
out on the chase of the setting
sun? What had called anyone from
the softer East out and out, step
by step, from camp to camp, until
without realization habits had been
formed and roughness overlooked
that in other days would have
seemed the acme of wickedness?
All! some one should warn the
girl; should if possible keep the
mother from meeting her in such a
camp and in such environment.
This little old woman would never
understand. 1t was not her world.
While he was in his reverie the
mother had told of the girls kind
ness in sending money, explaining
its acquisition and her long absence
by a story of work as a secretary
for big mining company. That
was to her credit, Hugh thought.
But now the moth would come
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21

would have spared her this contamination. He
took his hands from his pockets and took step as
if to caution those who were careless in speech,
when the stage swung round to the front of the
station with at each horses head and the
driver the box.
The station agent drowsily from out the
cabin, ARRIVING a varied assortment of band boxes
and bundles, which he proceeded with great deibera
ton to heap inside the old dust covered Concord.
He then yawned and said, Git in, madam. This
goes to Montana"
From the box the sandy haired driver, Jim Upton,
weather beaten of face and also typical of the West
peered round in unoccupied moments at his strange
passenger He showed sign of levity until the
parrot catching his eye, remarked that the Lord
was his Shepherd Then he incontinently doubled
over and chuckled Well, if that simple little old
lady's takin' you to Montana Camp Mister Bird,
| reckon you'll need Him So it's mighty good
you've got Him your side
Mccarthy would have ridden on the box with
Upton; but for some reason, either curiosity or
that he might know her better, he followed the
woman inside. There came the curt order. Turn
em loose!" the stablemen sprang from reach of the
striking hoofs, and the stage leaped out and away
upon its journey.
For long time they rode in silence, Mccarthy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21
By ROY NORTON

of e Stag Station She simple, innocent,
motherly old woman of the type whose years are
passed in serenity and sheltered from the rough
things of the world. Her very garb proclaimed it.
She was dressed in black alpaca, with tiny black
bonnet on her head and held a black satin retcule
in hand which was gloved in black cotton. And
the fashion was very old There neither evidence
of thrift nor of poverty in her appearance, but
one of those that remind the border man of his
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=
peered through the windows to the distant hills, but
could see nothing unusual.
In the meantime Mccarthy shrank into the shad-
ows in his corner. Clara Robbins! Kind Heavenl
This sweet, serene trusting little old mother going
to meet Clara Robbinsl Or for that matter any
other woman in Montana Camp He shut his eyes
as If tired and saw before him that whirlpool of the
frontier mountains in whose nav was sucked the
offscouring of civilization to mingle in its eddies
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T was early in the morning when the sun
was reddening the east back of the peaks
and preparing to lift the frost from he pine
- trees, that she came out to the front of the
loo cabin which WAS identified by he tit lie
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21

a long, long way. Perhaps you know her-Clara
Robbins?"
Hugh suddenly discovered thing out of
the window that interested him greatly, while
his pipe was arrested on the way to his lips
Mrs Robbins attract ed w his ,r1n1er,nent nISc,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-10-08

are dry. More than half the counties
Of Iowa are dry. There are only three
wet cities In Tennessee, In Maryland
500 cities and towns have prohibition
ordinances. More than half Of Mis-.
souri, is dry. Prohibition has claimed
nearly all of Florida. More than half
the counties of West Virginia have no
saloons. In Arkansas go out of 75
counties are dry. Prohibition is as
sured in Oklahoma for II years. In.
diana and Ohio are voting down the
saloons, town by town In Illinois
there are already nearly 200 local ops
ton towns. And while local option
has been juggled with by both parties
in Pennsylvania, it is doubtful IL the
adoption of local option bill can be
prevented through more than one
more session of the legislature.
The spread of local option sentiment
Is one of the most remarkable develop
ments of the past five years. Few
movements have ever made greater
progress in the same length OF time on
this continent BY any other name
prohibition smells sweet enough to
large masses of voters who have al
ways recoiled from any proposition TO
ally themselves with the Prohibition
party.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-10-08
A NOVELTY IN LIQUOR LAWS.

The Missouri law forbidding liquor
manufacturing concerns to own or con
troll saloon property has the peculiar
advantage of being favored by both
the public and the Independent saloon
owners. The public see in 1t bar 20
the persistent efforts to push saloons
into residence districts anG scattered
regions where police regulation is ditii'
cult; the man who owns his saloon and
is doing business for himself sees in It
a bar to the same methods which have
enabled the meat packing trust TO al
most eliminate the individual retail
meat dealer except as he fell in line
with meat trust methods and handled
meat trust goods.
Srom the purely business standpoint
the retail trade in liquor was being
forced into entire subsection to the
great brewing combines which Were
rapidly cutting the profits Of the indie
pendent man and pushing him to the
wall, rapidly and relentlessly, by
methods precisely analogous to those
OF the oil and meat trusts. It is not
often that any branch of the saloon
business works with temperance SEN
timent; but It is so in this case.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-10-08
AUDITORS REPORT
Showing Relief Expenditure Of County
TO Veterans or Their Survivors.

A number of yearly reports have
been compiled by County Auditor
0berlin and forwarded TO the state
department Most OF the annual fig
ures are prepared" he said. Satur-
day. "The work has been of the
greatest detail"
In the report showing statistics OF
INDECENT soldiers. the fact is disclosed
that sl4,165.50 was expended for re-
lief TO the veterans or their surviy-
ors, during the year ending August
81, 1907; si,26995 was allowed and
paid to soldiers. sailors and marines;
S9,895.55 TO wives and widows.
The cost OF keeping paupers at the
infirmary for the year ending in Sep
tember was s20.93643, Other means
of maintenance amounted to 81, 2,G59. 13,
making a total of s23.5955G. On the
first Monday in September there were
1853 males at the infirmary, and 81
females.
The report made by Superintendent
Southworth at the Fairmount Chill
dren's home states the institution
houses 40 children, the cost per cap
;ta being sl7O.63 per year.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-10-08
The Newspaper Man as a Writer Of

Fiction.
"How can man best prepare him
self to become a successful author?
asked an asprant for literary honors
Of a well known publisher not long
ago.
Get a job on newspaper" was
the terse reply.
But am serious" said the other.
81 mean to write books"
81 am serious Also" replied the pub.
hsher, "You would be astonished,
along with most everybody else, II you
could see statistics showing what per
centage of our successful authors have
had newspaper training. or course
| In some cases Il might unfit men wh5
really had talent, owing to the pres
sure they have to work under, but to
most the opportunity of seeing life
under all conditions, of learning to
express oneself clearly and concisely
Of always observing details, and Of
seeing other cities and in many cases
other lands, is invaluable. Rudyard
Kipling, Richard Harding Davis,
Jack London, Julian Ralph, Peter Fin.
ley Dunn--but there, list OF authors
who began rs newspaper men would
be long indeed. OF course. ] don't
want you to infer that It is absolutely
necessary TO start in as n reporter. but
II one is TO judge from the numerous
examples before us, that is a mighty
good way"
What the publisher said Of authors
might be said with equal truth Of
editors, especially OF magazines, into
whose ranks have entered many who
were formerly OF the newspaper world.
The reporter who represents his
paper in other countries, especially
during the time Of war or Of great hap-
penings, gets a chance to store up a
mine of information and experiences
which will prove OF exceeding useful
ness In later days. One press cores.
pondent who has profited by such OK,
periences Is VIII Lexington Comfort, !
q Western newspaper man who has
been coming steadily to the front dur.
ing the last few years as writer of
hctions He was at Martinique at the
time Saint Pierre was destroyed by the
of Mount Pelee, and he has |
made admirable use of his experience |
In a novel called "The Whited Sep.
ulchre," which is published complete |
in the October Lippincott's. II is a
very remarkable story-remarkably
original, remarkably dramatic re.
true to life. The pictur,
given OF the eruption, and OF tho
5hambles which Saint Pierre becomes
rs a consequence. does not suffer At
al by comparison with Bulwer Lyt
.on's famous description of the eruD.
ion OF Vesuvius in his masterpiece,
The Last Days Of Pompeii." The
'eader cannot fail TO realize that in
he writing of "rhe Whited Sepulchre"
Win Lexington Comfort has taken q
ong stride up the Parnassian slope of
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-10-08
ACTION TO QUIET TITLE.


William M. Lamott filed an action
against Margaret h. Thomas and nine
other defendants having an interest
in the property of Alex, Lamott, de-
ceased. 1t is claimed that on the sth
day of April, 1905, Alex. Lamott
agreed with the plaintiff to the effect
that IL he would board and lodge
him, take care of him in sickness and
after his death pay his debts and fun
eral- expenses he would execute a
deed of conveyance to plaintiff Of all
bis right and title TO lot 1913 in the
city of Alliance or would devise him
the property by will.
The plaintiff says he accepted the
proposition and that Alex. Lamott
died on the 18th day Of September.
1907. HIS claims he took possession
of the property under the agreement
and has made repairs and improve
ments at HIS cost and expense. He
says he informed the defendants
who are heirs at law of the deceased
of the contract and asked them TO
convey their interest 10 him but they
refused to do so. The court is asked
to grant the relief sought and quiet
the title OF the plaintiff to the prop
erty In controversy. Hart & Koch
Ter, attorneys.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-10-08
Notice 20 Contractors.

Sealed proposals will be received at
the Office OF the Auditor OF Stark county,
Ohio. up TO " o'clock noon OF October
~. 1907 for the furnishing OF labor and
materials required and necessary for tho
building OF an addition TO the Boiler
House at the Falrmount Childrsn's
Home. In accordance with 'he drawings
and specifications prepared for the same,
copies OF which may be seen at the
County Audltor'g office. Canton, Ohio,
the office OF the County Auditor. Lisbon,
Ohio.
A certified check In the amor. az
1ne Thousand Dollars lSlocO.c0l 10 10 &C.
'ompany each bid. made payable TO the
Auditor OF Stark County, Ohio, said ohect
Is TO be forfeited by tho contractor 20
whom the work IL awarded, In event
hat he fails or refuses to enter into
,ontract at the price named in his bid
With good and sufficient surety az the
line and place fixed by the jofnt board
af Commissioners OF Stark and Cclunnbi-
ina Counties. he being duly pctined OF
said award and the tine and place OF
igniifg the contract
Blank proposals will be furnished.
The Commissioners reserve tla rlkht
20 reject any or all bids.
M. W. oberlin, Auditor or Stark Coun-
~, o.
q. 4. Sheets, Auditor OF coiumbIsna
County, q.
Published In the Stark County Demo-
crat, Sept, a. Oct, I, and 49,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-10-08
BRIDEGROOM IN JAIL
Hartzell Couldn't Furnish Bail and
lingers at County 5astile-Bride
Is Heart Broken.

Leslie s. Hartzell the young man
who was placed under arrest on last
Friday night by Constable Il. c.
Burns upon an afIidnvit charging him
with embezzling $3.50 belonging to the
Adams Express company, was given
a preliminary hearing before Justice
Bowman on Saturday morning and
was committed to Jail upon his fnil-
ure to furnish a $1,000 bond for his
appearance before the next grand
jury.
The act OF embezalement with which
Hartzcll Is charged and TO which. Il
is said. he has made confession. was
the taking OF bag containing $500
belonging to the Pennsylvania Rail-
road company which was to have been
delivered by the express company to
a Salem bank, and which was in the
company's Office In Alliance where
Hartzell had been an employe for five
years. A leave of absence had been
granted Hartzell for the purpose OF
being married 10 Miss Anna Viola
"'VA"alu vi hliiiH''s Wntu Ol Dtp-
tember 20, Just before securing the
license for his marriage. he returned
to the Office OF the company and car
rled away the money.
Hartzell deposited $500 OF the mon
ey in an Alliance bank, taking certi-
icates of deposit for II and the re-
mainder he changed for money orders
which he carried with him on his
western wedding tour.
Route Agent Flanagan OF the ex-
ErCEs company. followed his trail into
Kansas where he apprehended him
and induced him TO return 10 Ohio
without arresting him, His heart
broken bride was left with friends
In Kansas. The express company
feels incllneu to treat with Hart
zell In as lenient manner as is con-
sistent with conditions, as the young
man has always been trusted by his
employers and respected In the COM
II seemed, however to have
been an Irresistible temptation 10
have such an amount OF money with
In such easy grasp just at that time
aud the young man fell victim TO
his impulslye cupldlty.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-10-08
CASES ARE COMME ENCED

Judges Donahue and Taggart who
constitute the circuit court in stark
county, and of which court Judge +.
T. McCarty, of Canton, is also mem
ber but OH account of illness was
unable to sit in the hearing Of cases,
finished their labors Saturday morn
ing and handed down their conclu-
sions in the following cases. being
all that was submitted at the term
just closed. Full written opinions
will be filed with the clerk of courts
later. The common pleas court was
reversed in two cases:
ERROR CASES.
Masslllon Savings e. Banking COM
pany VS.. John Define ct al, judgment
of common pleas court affirmed.
l.. A. Stoner VS.. Board of County
Commissioners, jIlgment Of common
pleas court affirmed.
Walter Yoder ct nj. -. Samuel Yo-
der ct al, Judgment Of common pleas
court reversed for excluding evidence
OF receipts Of advancements.
Charles Seeman ct al. vs. John
Hossler judgment OF common pleas
court reversed because OF refusal to
grant new trial and overruling motion
Of the defendants TO dismiss case.
G. T. 6 V. r. r. vs.. John Heinz,
Judgment Of court below affirmed.
City OF Massillon vs. Dennis G.
judgment Of common pleas
court affirmed.
william Barber & Sons VS.. Infrm-
ary Directors, judgment of common
pleas court affirmed. Z
Homer Wartman VS.. John More
ledge. judgment of common pleas
court affirmed
John II. Thorley's administrator VS.. |
Cleveland Brick company, judgment 4
" common pleas court affirmed.
In the appeal case against the Can /
ton State bank wherein Harry f.
Linton was plaintiff, the common
pleas court was affirmed, favoring the
& Deposit company for the
allowance Of claim against the re-
,eivers for s3G12.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-10-08

JUDGMENT ON CoGNOvIT NOTE.
Philip wild & Company filed an
action In court and took a judgment
against Edwin e. Bergman on cog
novit note executed April 20, 1896, and
calling for s163. The interest up TO
the date OF the judgment amounts to
$112.7S. The note and interest ag-
gregating s2s5.75 for which amount
an entry was granted by Judge Am
bier. w. ]. Piero. attorney.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-10-08
WANTS MONEY REFUNpED.

Ernest e. Baldwin also filed an
action against George II. Miller and
Fabcr B. Miller, claiming that on the
1lth day of June. 1907. he purchased
OF them their Interest in the real and
personal property of George E. Bald
win. deceased. for the sum OF $s0e0
II is claimed that among the realty
conveyed was lot 6866 in what Is
known a Fulton Place addition N the