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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-08-20

it's Nine. Nova kovitch.'
1T would he like stealing drunken
mans watch. | won't take the bet.
Come away, sir, and let the matter
drop where it is. For your own hap
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II any food remains undigested,
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CHAPTER vi.
At Maxim's

r r}ANIM'S after midnight the
tFSI. show restaurant whittier sight
Il. III seeing Americans and other
tourists flock and whose dizzy,
machine made mcrriment they solemn
~ he.ieve to he a part and parcel Of
true Partisan life.
On the night Of Sonia's garden party
ore group of men and women who en-
tered the jolly restaurant We're so diff
fcrent from the usual habitueS of the
place as 10 come in for not Il few
amused glanccS from their neichborS.
They were Nine. Natalie Popoff, Nine.
Nova Kovitch and Cascade and st
Eriochc. The visit was NatGlies idea
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When food fails to digest, you must
Help the Stomach

it irritates the stomach lining.
The pain tells you that
That is why the stomach fails
to recover-the irritation makes II
impossible.
Kodel leaves no food undigested
Leaves nothing to cause irrita-
ton or pain.
The result is, the stomach gets
well very quickly.
Dieting is unnecessary.
The body requires a variety OF
food. If you stint it, some parts
are robbed of their nourishment
Eat what you need, and let
Kodol digest it. For food will do
more for weak stomachs than
medicine.
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Our Guarantee

On the first dollar bottle of Kodol
your druggist gives a signed guar
antee. If it fails to do all we claim,
your druggist returns your money.
You take no risk whatever. This
$1.o0 bottle contains 2H times 40
much as the soc bottle. Made Dy
E. c. Dewitt & Co., Chicago. =.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-01-11

Griswold to Mrs. Mabel R. Hedrick, blk 7s Holtville, con $lO, dated Dec. 20 and g, 'O7.
 Fannie Holt and W. r. Holt to J. o. Withers, lots 11-12, blk 27, Holtville, con- BIO, date Oct. 3l, '07
 Melvin B. Price and Lydia A. Price to Louisa U. Hall, con. Sl0, an undivided l-2 interest in lots II and l2, blk B of Imperial.
 True Veneill and Arley Vencill to Mi as c. Newman, con. S10 a strip of land adjoining to and running parallel with the north line of tract of land described as NV 1-4 of SEE 1-4 of NE IA of sec. 6, twp Is S, R 14 E, S. B. M. con. acre more or less.
 Land claim by Llewellyn J. Bass to following described property: Com. at a point in twp Is s, R IS E. $. B. M. distant 2460 feet south and 1500 fit east from stake set on tp line bet tp 15 s, R IS E, S. B. M. and tp 16 s, R 15 E, s. B. M. and running tn south 40 chains, tn east 40 chains, tn north 40 chains, tn west 40 chains to beginning, known as the SW 1-4 of sec. 1, tp Is s, R 15 E, S. B. M.
 Imperial Light, Water and Power Co to c. l.. Jessup, con. $10, It IA, blk 36 of the town of Holtville.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-01-11
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

Alice M. Heber (widow) to William A. Jackson, con. $1O, all of Blks. 31 and 32 of First Addition to Town of Calexico.
 Holton Power Co. to Norman P. Sprague, con. $1O, lots 12, 13, IA, 15, and Is Blk. 13 of the town of Holtville.
 Imperial Valley Improvement Co. to Imperial County, con.$1O, lot 4 Blk. lO9 of Brawley Map 92O filled Sept. 19, 1904.
 Mary E. Wagner and Albert P. Wagner to William R. Gilmour con. $4OOO, WIZ of NW1-4 of section 24twp. 16 s. R. 13 E. s. B. M.
 Complaint J. w. Hart plaintiff, VS John Cooper defendant. Action to recover possession to SEA- of section 13 twp. IA, s. R. IA E. s. B. M. and SW1-4 of sectian IS twp. IA s. R. l5 E. s. B. M.
 Imperial Valley Improvement Co., to B. B. Bostwick con. $lO, lot Il block 56 of Brawley map No. 92O.
 Imperial Valley Improvement Co. to Samuel A. Taylor con. $lO, lot 10 block 56 of Brawley map 92O.
 Imperial Valley Improvement Co. to Peter P. Hoveley con. $lO lots l2 and lS block 56 Brawley map 92O.
 w. F. Holt and Fannie Holt to K. T.. Perry con. $lO, lot s block 67 of CalexieO.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-01-11
CHURCH NOTICES
Catholic

Catholic Services in the Imperial Val ley will be held regularly at 10 a. m. sharp on the Sundays in each place as follows, (until further notice): FL CENTRo-on the 1st Sunday of each month. BRAwLEY on the 2nd Sunday of each month. CALExICo the 3rd Sunday of each month.
 Other Sunday in the valley per ap- pointment. For sick calls, etc., ad- dress, REV. H. EUMMELEN,
 Fl Centro, California.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-01-11
Methodist Episcopal Church

There will be regular services at the Methodist Church of Fl Centro as fol- lows. Sunday services are Sunday School 10 a. m. Preaching service II a. m. Junior League p. m. Epworth League 6:30 p. m. Preaching Service. 7:30 Prayer Meeting Thursday Evening 7:30.
 You are cordially invited to attend any or all of these services.
 O. L. SNOW, Pastor.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-01-11
Hollywood Company Rushing Work To Complete West
 Side Canal Feb. 1
PAYMENT IS GUARANTEED
Water Now Running Through By-Pass as Far as Silsbee. Rumors Of Financial Difficulty Have No Foun- dalton in Fact.

Durant & Blackman, otherwise the Hollywood Realty, Building and Grading Co.,, are rushing work on the west side canal, to supply district number eight with water. under an amended con- tract extending the time to Feb. 1, and announce that the work will be completed on time. For the first time since the original contract was signed, the Holly wood people have entirely satis- factory assurances that they will get their money when it is due, from which fact it may be infer red that a more responsible par ty than the c. D. Co. is in con- trol of the irrigation system, or, in plainer terms, that the South ern Pacific is in full control and will pay the bills.
 The Peaseley outfit, operating under trustees selected by credit ors, is working on sub-contract under the Hollywood company, the combined forces aggregating 300 men and 700 head of stock. The street rumor that the Holly wood company is in the hands of a receiver is without foundation in fact. The president, MT. Dur ant, says the company is entirely solvent and able to meet all obli- gations, and is operating with it's own capital.
 The 75-foot canal in Mexico is finished, the ten miles of 60-foot canal on this side of the line are completed, and the contractors are now working on the 30-foot section seven miles west of Sils- bee. The new canal ends and connects with the existing dis tributing system of number 8 al- most due west of Imperial. Wat CT is now running as far as Sils- bee through a bypass just com pleted on the Mexican side.
 About 225, 900 cubic yards of material remain to be moved, and as the outfit is handling 12,- 900 yards a day it will require less than 20 working days to com plete the canal. When the con- tractors finish their work the water will be turned in and num- Der 8 will be supplied in time to get in crops for this year.
 Completion of the canal work will release several hundred head of mules and a large outfit of scrapers and graders, and it is likely that favorable deals could be made for employment of stock, tools and men on grading and leveling of land in the valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-01-11
M. V. BUTCHER Real Estate and
 Investments
Imperial Valley Lands Specia.,y ,

Imperial Valley Lands a SpeclaIly
 Imperial Valley is the largest irrigated district in the United States. The best bargains on earth can be found in the Imperial Valley. Anyone having Inn perial lands they wish to sell or trade for Los Angeles property will find it to their advantage to consult me. My fa- cilities for finding bargains for buyers and buyers for bargains cannot be sur passed. Write or wire me at 2O5 Mer- cantile Place, Los Angeles, Cal. Home Tel. 8lS2. Tel. Main 3440.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-01-11
LODGE NOTICES

~N~ Fl Centro Lodge No. 3S4 F. X
 NN IA NJ. Stated meetings in / v Masonic Hall, Fl Centro, first Monday of each month, 7:30 P. M. Members and visiting Masons invited to attend. D. H. CHAPLIN, w. M. John B. Baker, Secretary.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-01-11

El Centro Lodge, F. O. E., meets the Afrst four Thursday nights Of each
 mouth. Members and visiting Eagles
 invited to attend.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-01-11
SIX PER CENT ON TERM DEPOSITS
On Two Year Deposits We Pay 7Per Cent. .--Ol
 Three Year Deposits, 8 Per Cent.

The Imperial Valley branch of the Southwestern Mortgage Loan and Trust Co., of Los Angeles, invites deposits, large small.
 All the money deposited with us and an equal amount in addition from the home office will be i'm mediately available as loans to home builders of I'm perial county
 Help yourself by starting a savings bank account where it will draw good rate of interest and be abso- lutey safe. M
 Help your town and county by making it possible to build attractive homes
 For full information, see or write A. F. Nuffer, Fl Centro Cal.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-01-11

ERATERNAL BROTH BRIO 70 D meets every Tuesday night at Ma
 sonic Hall. Fl Centro, Cal. H. R.
 Kyle, president.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-01-11

Arizona Ash, 6 to 8 feet, 200.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-01-11

W O. w., Fl Centro Camp 264, w. meets every Friday night at Ma sonic Hall. Fl Centro, Cal, H. R. Kyle, council commander, J. L. Trav- CTS, advisor, E. H. Sherman, clerk.
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to paper. 1t would be a mouth-to-ear
plot and an ingenious one AT thar.
The next afternoon l was strolling
down Pennsylvania avenue. when i
saw the senator's son some distance
ahead of me, pacing along al the mine
ing gait which men of extreme fashion
affected at that period. He was bound
for some definite place. and L made
guess at IT My guess was Lady
Clares residence. ! followed him and
proved my guess to be cOrreoC. He
did not tarry long at the ambassadors
residence. When he came out there
was as much of determination in his
face as it was capable of showing. AT
the first telegraph office he entered
and wrote two or three messages. |
went in after ne had left, and. as l
knew the operator, had no difficulty in
seeing them.
They were to young men of Dams
ilk, inviting them to meet him at his
apartments at II o'clock that night,
sharp, for little affair" ! knew that
the little affair was to be a poker
game, but l thought that there was
something more important back of the
messages than that.
Dan. Hammond had been lost in the
throng of the avenue while l looked at
the messages, and as | was off duty for
l.
whom / found at his club drinking a
Scotch highball with the japanese IN
dersecretary, with as much indifference
as if his heart was not torn into threads
by the danger which threatened his
lady-love l told him of what l had
learned, and let him know that L in
tended shadowing Dan Hammond that
night. ale asked if he might bear me
company, which l readily agreed to as
really wanted him with me. 1 felt
that the attempt would be made to put
the plot against Miss Maynard into eff
feet that night
As luck would have ii, ] stumbled into
Hammond at the cafe where / took
supper. He was dining with two young
rakes and they were all drinking heart
lily l made it a point to finish about
the time that he did, and as he left his
companions outside 1 heard him tell
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young lady had been so captivated by
Dams melOdramatic courtship that she
had become engaged to him.
When Dan began his profligate course
she learned enough of some of his ad-
ventures to break the engagement Dan
loved her as much as a man of his
selfish nature could love any woman,
and the effect of Miss Maynard's ter
mination of the engagement was TO
make Dan more than ever determined
to marry her. He made some show of
Strengthening up, but il was only a
show In less than a weeks time he
had launched upon a drunk that lasted
for month, and while crazed with the
liquor he got into a .scrape that GER
tainly would have sent him TO prison If
it had not been for my timely arrival on
the scene.
Miss Maynard was quite young at
that time: in fact, it was her first sea-
son in society. Consequently the boy
and girl affair between herself and the
senator's son left no trace behind. /
don't know when l first began to no.
tice that Gordon was developing a re-
gard for the young lady, but ! think
1T was at an army and navy ball
where they sat out most of the dances
and otherwise comported themselves
as lovers are accustomed to do. Lady
CidIe was present or ItllS OCCASION, ana
although she showed a calm exterior, /
saw that the action of Gordon was
having no little effect upon her.
1t was not long until Gordon was pro-
nounced in his attentions towards Miss
Maynard, and the gossips began to
clatter, as they always do in such a
case. About this time Lady Glare and
Dan Hammond formed friendship. !
believe 1t was of Lady Clare's own
making, and / suspected that she had
some motive back of il, for / had be-
come convinced that she had a motive
in everything that she did | didn't
like this development, for l knew that
the senator's son would be as wax in
the hands of the crafty, beautiful wo-
man, and / feared that something I'M
pleasant might result from their init
macy. I had a vague apprehension of
danger threatening Gordon and Miss
Maynard, who were now quite as OPEN
ly infatuated as ever was young
couple, although both resorted to all of
those engaging little receptions that
lovers employ to blind the eyes of their
acquaintance and which only serve
more firmly to convict them.
l had promised Senator Hammond to
keep an eye on his son, for the fathers
sake. and one night. at a reception
which the president attended, and to
which l was dragged like a cart behind
horse, detected Lady Clare looking
at Gordon and Miss Maynard with a
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them to be sure to be on hand at his
rooms at II sharp He said that he had
AN engagement that would occupy him
for the early part of the evening. l
guessed that this engagement would
have 10 do with the plot
He went directly to MS rooms Il
was then o'clock, and took up a po-
sition close 10 the entrance TO his fat
where Gordon soon Joined me. Ham
mond's apartments We're on the second
floor. and each suite had a separate
stairway. / left Gordon on guard and
stole up the steps 10 Hammond's floor.
There were two doors opening into the
hall at the side and one at the farther
end. In both of the former rooms there
was light and the transom of one of
the doors was raised. I had made no
noise on the heavily carpeted stairway
and the hall was quite as well muffled
On reaching the landing. 1 could hear
Hamnend talking over the telephone.
He was just finishing the conversation
and was talking inca highly-excited
voice.
I will come for you at once" he said.
Yes, l VIII hurry. Don't be uneasy, il
may not be Seriousness, the doctors are
here now-nO there is not time for that
i Will send a message for her-at Sen
ator Blacks? All right, I Will be there
in less than ten minutes"
l heard him put up the transmitter
and come towards the door / looked
about for some place of concealment.
but there was none in the hall. knew
that it would be fatal IL Hammond had
caught ne there, so. as a last resort.
tried the second door. just as ! heard
his hand on the knob Of the first. It
was unlocked and I pushed it open
and slipped into the room as Ham
Z crrs fa,fC 10
It's going to work like a charm" I
heard him mutter as he strobe down
the stairs.
] head no fear of Hammond's SER
wants, for l had been 10 his apartments
often on previous occasions, so I
boldly walked into the room that he
had vacated and took down the trans
mitter of the telephone. When the
Continued on Page II.
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diplomats in Washington at that time.
and if it had not been for his unfortu-
nate accident of birth he would have
been a real ornament to the upper
house of the British parliament. His old
father, Earl Somebody, was anxious
that Gordon should marry Lady Clare.
as her lineage was quite as distin-
guished as his own, and as it seemed
highly probable that Gordon would
come in for the title at his father S
death, it was thought proper by the en-
tire embassy that he should make a
match with some peeress of his own
country. / am sure that this was the
reason that 1t became SO generally ac-
cepted that Gordon and Lady Clare
would be married. for Gordon did moth
ing to give substance to the rumor
Whatever were Gordon's private views
OF the matter. he kept them to himself
and, further than to treat Lady Clare
with graceful courtesy that was no.
ticeable in all his intercourse with wom-
en-, he seemed rather to avoid than
to seek after her. On the other hand.
1 thought it was quite plain that Lady
Clare had her heart much set upon the
marrying of Gordon. l saw a good deal
of them during my term as a watch
dog.
Congress had just convened, and
among the promoted congressman was
an old friend of my family, a man /
had known since my boyhood, who
had been returned as senator. He
was a man of dignified appearance and
of great wealth, but he was afflicted
with a son, Dan, who was as disgust
ing BLACKBOARD as ever slit a purse
or made a burgher stand and deliver
in the days when these pursuits were
considered legitimate for the gentry of
small means and elastic consciences.
Dan Hammond was eternally getting
into trouble and the senator was eter-
nalIy getting him out, and on more than
one occasion Senator Hammond called
upon me to aid him in extricating his
son from some disgraceful predicament
into which foolhardiness had drawn
him | had an utter contempt for the
son, but | could not refuse to help the
father and. as some of these matters
were of such shocking character that
the family honor would have been
blackened by them, / worked like a
beaver 10 clear them up and prevent
the newspapers from getting informa-
ton concerning them.
During his fathers first term in con-
gress. which was before Dan had fallen
a victim to the snares of Washington
| life, he had faIlen in love with Miss
Marjorie Maynard. step-daughter of
one of the supreme court justices. He
! had an impetuOsity about him that
quite swept everything before il, when
once. he made up his mind, and this
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c5Dt4iu Dickson, a retired secret serv-
i.e officer. and friend of mine, was
readfng a dainty little note one night
.gheu i looked in on him on the way
no my quarters from the club. and
there was a very pleasant smile upon
his face as he looked up from the tint
III uaDer TO greet me. The envelope,
gddressed in a graceful feminine hand,
Law upon the arm Of his chair and the
stamp upon it was foreign one. He
knew had come in, as l often did, to
get a story and he never failed me.
could see by his actions that a remi-
niscence had come to him.
Il was never a believer in internal
tional marriages." sighed the captain.
as. he. restored the note TO its envelope.
but this has been one that has turned
out well in every respect, tapping the
envelope reflectively. You wouldn't
think / had ever acted as a match
maker. now would you?" he continued,
looking at me mischieveusly.
NO" I replied. smiling back at him.
Il didn't think you had ever taken an
active part in so feminine trade
well" he resumed, Il don't make
a practice Of il. but one time l got
drawn into an affair of that kind, and
I had TO arrange a wedding before |
could get out of it."
With these preliminary remarks he
told the following tale, and ! give II
in his own way:
II was when l was stationed at Wash
ington as bodyguagd for the president,
a Job I thoroughly deteSted, although
the president was a most genial and
,ompaniOnable man and did everything
10 make our work pleasant. That did
not help matters with me, for l always
felt like a watchdog when on that
duty.
The reigning belle Of the season was
the niece of the British ambassador
She was one of the handsOmest women
I have ever seen. / didn't like some
thing about her face and manner, how
ever. for there was a suspicion of craft
mess lurking in her features and a
coldness about her way of saying and
doing things that didn't comport with
nv ideals Of WomanhOOd. She was eX-
tremely popular. though, and il was
generally thought that she was going
TO be married 10 the first assistant
secretary, a fine young man of about
30 years Of age who was the second
son Of one of the most distinguished
families in England. His older brother.
a disreputable scamp, stood between
him and the title. but this older broth
or had so undermined his health by dis
sipatiOn that IL was understood that
he would not be a barrier for long
The younger brother, whom l will call
matters and was rated one of the best
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-09-15
CHANGE IN TRANMAsTERs

Frederick Easton of Ogden has been
appointed as trainmaster Of the third
and fourth districts of the Salt Lake
division to succeed tot he vacancy made
by the transfer of b. A. Campbell, who
is now ~trainmaster at Ogden, vice J..
McCarty, deceased.
Easton will begin service as train
master tomorrow and is expected to
arrive in Sparks in a few days to con-
fer with Assistant Superintendent Row
lands. He will have his headquarters
at Winnemucca
Trainmaster Easton has been in the
employ of the Southern Pacific com
pany for many years in different ca
pacities and is considered a very reii-
abb and experienced man in all
branches of ~railroading. At the time
of his appointment as trainmaster,
which was made last Saturday, he held
the position of roadmaster with head
quarters at Ogden.-Reno Gazette.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-09-15
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the Second Judicial District Court
of the State of Nevada, in and for
the County of Humboldt.
In the Matter of the Estate of James
ID. Burns, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the un-
dersigned was duly appointed on August
IL, 1908, by the above-named Court,
Administrator Of the Estate of James
ID. Burns, deceased, and that he duly
qualified as such and was granted let
tiers therefor, on August %, 1908, and
that the order Of appointment directs
a summary administration of said
Estate.
All persons having claims against
said Estate are required to file the
same, with proper vouchers and statu-
tory afidavits attached, with the Clerk
of said Court, within forty days after
the first publication of this notice, the
date of the first publication thereof be-
ing August 25, 1908.
Dated and signed by me this 25th
day of August, 1908.
Y. A. WHIPPO,
Administrator OIL said Estate.
l.. G. Wilson, Attorney for said Admin
istrator.
First publication Aug. rs, 1908.
Last publication Sept. %, 1908.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-09-15

Application No. 1906.
Notice Of Application for Permission to
Appropriate the Public Waters Of the
State of Nevada.
Notice 10 hereby given that on the
22nd day Of July, 1908, in accordance
with Section Is, Chapter XVIII, of the
Statutes Of 1907, one David Graham,
of Carson City, County Of Ormsby and
State of Nevada, made application TO
the State Engineer of Nevada for per-
mission to appropriate the public
waters of the State of Nevada. Sucn
appropriation Is to be made from all
Springs above the Blue Lead field fence
l mile in a N. E. direction at points at
the various springs about Is miles NE.
from Kenedy-Tobin mining District, by
means of reservoir, and al flow cubic
feet per second is to be conveyed to
points of use by means of bitches, pipes
and flume and there used Domestic,
Mining, Milling and Irrigation. Water
to be returned to stream, No.
Date of first publication August 90,
1908.
Date Of last publication September
10, 1908.
Signed: FRANK R. NICHOLAS,
State Engineer.