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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-05-20

By Mabel S. Keightley, author of
The Worlds Greatest HEROINE
Mother" Life, - Joan of Arr"
Etc.
On tine table in the little parlor
of the country home, or on the library
shelves in the mansion Of the million
aire, one can find est. Elmo" by Au-
gusta j. Evans Wilson, if not others
from her pen.
Mrs. Wilson s modesty has denied
her admirers the qualification of
knowing. more about the brilliant au-
thoress who, like a star, burst upon
the literary heavens over a half cen
fury ago, little star that grew and
enlarged until it attained brilliancy
which for real literary merit has rare
ly been surpassed since that time
AS a writer she, was not prolific,
her books numbering only eight, and
though she frequently had munifcent
offers for short stories and newspaper
articles been made, all were gracious
ly declined.
AS a child Mrs Wilson's delicate
constitution forbade the confinement
of the school room, thus her early ed
ucation was attained from her moth
er, woman of rare refinement and
superior intellect, who made of her
daughter a companion, and by this
means developed the precocity of
which her early stardom as an author
ess was the result. When still quite
young the family moved to San Anto-
Mo, Texas, then a frontier state,
which soon after became headquarters
for the troops sent to assist General
Taylor in the Mexican war. I'm
doubtedly the glittering uniforms
of the soldiers, the stirring martial
music, combined with her marvellous
imaginative brain, inspired the theme
for "Inez; A tale of the Alamo "a
vivid penportrayal of the times. 1t
was written at the ear y age of fifteen
and presented to her father as
Christmas gift, who heretofore had
been ignorant of his daughters liter
airy ability and aspirations. The
book was first published by Harper in
1855.
Owing to the disorganized social
conditions which the war had wrought
reavement of her fathers death, the
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-05-20
Conducted BY Grace kirkland

l.. M. Wilson was delayed for sever
al months, but on December 2, 1868,
they were quietly married from the
home of her mother. Shortly after
her novel, "Vashti; or Until Death
Do Us PART" was finished and Colo
mel Wilson stipulated with the pub
fishers that the original manuscript be
'eturned to him. This being granted
he had it handsomely bound and pre-
scented to his wife, who considered it
one of her most precious treasures,
owing to the sentiment attached. It
might De interesting to note that this
was before the time of typewriters,
and through the hundreds of pages
not one erasure or correction mars
the beauty Of Mrs. Wilson's clear chi
Biography. For number of years, In
Difference to the wishes Of her hrls-
band, Mrs. Wilson gave up writing
and interested herself in identifying
their lovely suburban home, Cash
land, y situated at Spring Hill, a few
miles out from Mobile, but later, for
several reasons, the suburban resi-
dence was given up for the present
home on Government street, the fash
ionable residence section of the old
southern city on the gulf coast. In
1875, however, "Infelice" appeared,
followed by cat the Mercy of Tiber-
ius,'' book which called forth vol
umes of criticism, owing to the plot
being based on electrical phenomena,
or freaks Of lightning. Always posi-
tive of herself, Mrs. Wilson made
complete study Of this subject and
She was no doubt greatly amused
when the literary reviewers at that
time criticised the photographing by
lightning on the window-pane at
"Elm Bluff as "absurd and impos-
sibIe" The auuhoress while very
proud Of est. Elmo" considered
"Tiberius" her best work, and was
more partial to 'Beryl" than all the
other children of her "brain brood"
1t will be gratifying to know that a
successful dramatization of this nov
ell has been completed by an Austria
liam playwright and accepted by a
London manager. An announcement
Of the production of est. Elmo" III
the near future has already been
made. Apropos, certain we'll known
attorney of Mobile proudly boasts Of
his first earned money In that city
the typewriting of cat the Mercy of
Tiberius" Eighteen years after its
publication, the story under the title
of "Beryl" appeared as a serial in
81 Echo" one of the leading period
icals of Paris.
After the completion Of Tiberius'
nothing appeared from the pen of
this gifted woman for period of six
teen years. The greatest sorrow Of
her life had come upon her, the bright,
beautiful and happy home had been
darkened by the death of her noble
husband, a breaking up of an ideally
happy married life of twenty-three
x,oorc D,,+ Hro111y xyioldiro. ~ +bo 1,o
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-05-20

odnHd, WueFe Cne young author IS sec
ond book was completed. With the
manuscript of ''Beulah,' Miss Evans
Journeyed to New York, where she
might personally negotiate for it's
publication, as the returns from her
former book had not been encourag-
ing. The first publisher visited re-
Jected it, but nothing daunted, this
delicate southern gentlewoman sought
an interview with Mr.. Derby, of Der
by and Jackson, who asked permits
sion to first submit the manuscript to
the members of his family. Needless
to say their approval was unanimous,
and the firm Immediately arranged
for its publication. ''Beulah' at once
arrested the attention of the reading
world, and edition after edition was
put out in rapid succession.
Her next pook, "Marcaria; or AL
ta1s of Sacrifice" was written during
the Civil war. Of THAT time she said,
1.-The solemn, anxious, torturing, yet
holy four years of tears, prayers, Wig
lis beside hospital cots, of nights
passed on my knees in prayer for
dear ones in battle line, those few
vivid terrible years constitute
for me the most sacredly, sacrifcial
portion of my life.' This frail,
though loyal daughter, of the south
land, sewed for soldiers, visited them
in camp, nursed the sick and wounded
and wrote her "Marcaria while
watching at nights beside their cots.
1t was sent through to Mr.. Derby in
New York by blockade runner, hav-
ing been printed by a Virginia firm
upon coarse brown paper, the best
then that could be procured in the
south. The novel was dedicated to
the brave soldiers of the Southern
army and was naturally most popu-
lar among them. In one of the bat
ties a bound copy, hastily thrust in
the breast pocket Of a soldier I'M
questiOnably saved his life, as after
the engagement a bullet was found
embedded in its leaves
In 1866 est Elmo" Mrs. Wilson's
most popular book, was given to the
world. It's success was instantaneous,
its sale tremendous, and at the pres
ent time the demand for the book is
still great. With the possible excep-
tion of Mrs. Stoves "Uncle Tom s
Cabin, no book has been so widely
read, or translated into so many Ian
guages. In fact, it has been said
traveller visiting the Tai Mahal at
Agra in India, so superbly described
IN the story, came upon a Parsee boy
sitting in the shadow of the tomb pro-
foundly engaged in reading a London
edition of this book. Babies, hotels,
houses, animals have been named af-
ter this character. One Of Mrs Will
sons treasures is a fine painting of
the famous Italian greyhound, "Mas-
ter st. Elmo princi pal of the novel
Of the same name, and who figured so
prominently at the time of the St.
Louis fair, he being the ONLY doc per-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-07-08
BEGIN BIG SAND FENCE
Construction on Backstop by
Gary Land Company
Under Way.

Work was started yesterday on the
construction of the Gary Land COM
pany's fence along Broadway, which is
being erected for the purpose of pre-
venting the sand from drifting onto
the street from the vacant property
The fence is being constructed by the
Land company at It's own expense and
a total of two thousand feet Will be
erected.
The first stretch of the fence is be-
ing built north Of Fifth avenue, where
for over a block there is nothing to
shelter the public from the drifting
sand which at times makes life miser-
able for the pedestrians. The back
stop for the drifting sand will be
placed on every lot on the west side
in the first subdivision.
The fence erected is five feet high
and will be painted to make 1t as or
namental as possible No signs will be
allowed to be pasted or even bills of
any character to mar the looks of the
fence. The city will be asked to CO.
operate in preventing the use of the
fence as an advertising medium.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-07-08
Rehearsals Are On.

Rehearsals are now on for the
Singh Skule Regiment" the laugh
able entertainment which the ladies of
the Rebekah lodge viii present at the
Majestic theater next Tuesday night.
July 13 A splendid cast has been Sc
cured, made up of some of the most
prominent ladies and gentlemen of
Gary, and as this comprises some of the
very best singers and amateur actors,
a merry time is being looked forward
to. Mr.. and Mrs. J. Bassett Willard,
who coached the entertainment at East
Chicago and Indiana Harbor recently
with such pronounced success, have
been engaged to direct the rehearsals
and play the two leading comedy parts
here.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-07-08
Articles Of Incorporation.

Articles of Incorporation have been
filed with the secretary of state by the
following:
The Riverview Cemetery association,
Churubusco; capital stock. 81 900; in
corporations. Oscar Candy, w owen
Candy and Elmer z. Candy
Indiana Automobile Gas and Ma
chine Co. Indianapolis; capital stock,
$4,000; incorpOrators, Jerome Herff
Charles Pigman, August NJ. Kuhn and
John w. Kern.
Elastic Plaster and Coal Co. New Ha-
ven; capital stock $40 900; incorpora-
tors, Gustav G. Brudi, Lycurgus S
Null, August r. Schnitker. Cornelius
Reagan and William H Schneider.
The W. NJ. Williams Co, Indianap-
oils; capital stock, $4,000; to manufac-
ture washing powder; incorpora tors.
John D. Davy, Mary Frances Williams,
Niles V. Moore, and Lemuel G. Williams
The Delaware Garage Co, Indian
apolis; capital stock, $500; tncorpora-
tors. John E. Marand, Paul r. John and
Cecil E Gibson.
Fountain Detective Co No. 81, Hills
boro; incorporators, V A. Long. Lee
Wilson and H. l. Moffett.
The Linton Social club, Linton; in
corporators, Jonas E. Meredith, Will
| liam Thompson and Frank lib
| The RidgewoOd Realty Co. Gary; to
| deal in real estate capital stock. So
/ 600 ;incorporators, John D. Herr, Ar
thur L. Russell, Charles ". Howe, Geo.
E. Dend, Leonidas B. Boyd, Charles NJ.
Barney. Ora B. Vinal.
The Noblesville Heat. Light and Pow
/ er Co. has filed notice of an increase OF
| its common stock from $4,000 to $70,-
GOO
! The Crescent Emery -Corundum Wheel
Co. of indianapolis has filed notice OF
an increase of its capital stock from
$4,000 to So 1000
The Apollo club Marion. to furnish
entertainment and refreshments to its
members Trustees. la NJ Reeves. H
". Baker and James A. Kelley.
David c. Braden Co. indianapolis
capital stock, $4,000; fncorporators
Edward c. Dunmeyer. David c. Brader
and William S. Tomlin.
Hanover Horse Thief Detective asso-
citation; incorporators. John Kunxel
Joseph T. Neighbert and Harley War
men.
Northern State bank Gary; capita
stock. $4,000; S. J. Watson, president
and Harry Watson, vice president
Scandinavian Political club. Eas
Chicago; incorporators, Emil Swanson
and four others.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-07-08
Thrown Out Of Saloon.

Grant Downen. colored, aged 81, was
arrested last night at Broadway and
Fifteenth avenue by Officers Juric and
Jenkins after he had caused a good deal
of trouble. Downell was ordered out
of John Bonick's saloon after he had
become noisy. The local police were
notified and Officers Puric and Jenkins
were ordered to arrest Downell. At
Broadway and Fifteenth avenue the Of
ficers found Downeu, who was stand
ing near a building with big revolver
in his hands. When the officers APP
preached Downell leveled the weapon
at them, but he was knocked down.
and it was taken away from him. He
was brought to the station and booked
on a charge of carrying concealed
weapons. He is considered one of the
most disreputable characters on the
south side.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-07-08
For CITY Beautiful.

In order to encourage the people of
Gary to improve their lawns to as
sist in identifying the city. the Gary
Land company proposes to pay, under
certain conditions. the cost of water
required for watering the lawns in or
der to keep them in good condition dur
ing the summer months of this year,
and hereby makes the following offer:
For all residents of Gary who viii
put their lawns in a condition satisfac-
tory to the Gary Land company. the
Gary Land company will at the end of
each month pay TO the Gary Heat. Light
and Water company the difference be-
tween the bill rendered by the Gary
Heat. Light and Water company for the
month and the bill that would be rem
dered for the month under the fiat rate
schedule.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-07-08
EVERY LITTLE HELPS CHICAGO
So CHICAGO IS THINKING

Important developments show the
increasing Importance of the Chicago
territory as manufacturing center"
observed the Iron Trade Review. The
United States Steel Corporation has de-
cided to build fifty mill tinplate plant
and a ffty-mill sheet plant at Gary.
The plants will be the largest of their
kind in the world and their erection
may have considerable bearing on the
maintenance of the openshop principle
for which the corporation is now fight
ing in its sheet and tinplate mills
The announcement of an advance Of
81 per ton in prices of bars, plates and
shapes by the Carnegie Steel company
has not been followed by the Illinois
Steel company, which continues to quote
former Pittsburg prices plus the freight
rate This IS an important step for
ward abandoning the time honored GUS
tom making Pittsburg the basing point
for these products, will enable Chicago
plants to deliver their products at low
er prices than formerly. AS the build
ing of the Gary plant proceeds it is
the steel corporations policy to take
care of its western business at it's west
ern mills
AN Independent interest, the Inland
Steel company of Chicago, which is
about to double TIE capacity of its sheet
mills at Indiana Harbor has advanced
its prices in harmony with the action
of the Carnegie Steel company Pig
iron production for the first half Of the
present year. not including charcoal
iron, amounted to 10,S20,005 tons, an
increase of so per cent over the first
half of 1905 and decrease of Is per
cent compared with the first half of
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-07-08
IN AND AROUND
q A 2 Y
Rushing School Work.

The plastering work on the Elmer
son school building is now we'll under
way and will probably be completed
by the middle of this month. The first
coat has already been put on and the
finishing work is now being done. The
marble wainscoting is now being put
on and will be completed in a few days.
The plumbers are also ready for the
finishing work. The building is now in
such condition that the public can OBJ
tain a very good conception of what
the fine school Will look like when
completed Many visitors have gone
through the building in the past few
days.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-07-08
THE CITY
QUESTION AS TO GAME

The SIS put up as forfeit money by
the fremen and now in the hands Of
John Millikan are growing lonesome
waiting for company in the way of $25
from the police department as forfeit.
Captain Hanlon Of the police depart
ment. who preached the subject of a
game between the police and fire de-
partments last Monday. has not been
heard from. and there is a question now
whether there will be a game at all.
If the game materializes it will be
played on the H A. A. grounds, and
only until after the vacation season.
when the men in both departments viii
be back on duty again.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-07-08
SAYS S2O,0OO,0OO LOAN
IS UNRECORDED ASSET
Secretary Sims, Says Charges Are
First Information Of Dodge, and
viii Go After Company at Once
Fair Deal Means Much to Smaller
Independents in the State.
TIMES BUREAU
AT THE STATE CAPITAL.

Indianapolis, Ind, July S.-The men,
bers of the state tax board sat up and
took notice, yesterday afternoon, when
James S. Bradley, president of the new
long distance telephone company, the
largest Independent long-distance COM
pany in the state. made the charge that
the Central Union Telephone company
is tax dodger, and that it is lodging
paying taxes in Indiana on something
like s2o,O00.000 worth of property.
Bradley was asked by the board to
furnish proof of his statement and he
has promised to do so.
Tells of Tax Dodgfng.
Bradley was asking for a reduction
in the assessments of his company at
the hands of the tax board. The board
this year raised the assessment about
$4,000, and Bradley thought it was not
justified. The New Long-Distance Co.
has several hundred miles of lines in
the central part of Indiana. radiating
from indianapolis, and is the nucleus
of the great independent telephone sys-
tenn of the state. 1t is the largest Indi-
ana competition of the Central Union.
which is a Bell company. He argued
that his company was taxed in proper
ton higher than the Central Union, and
the members of the board were endeav-
oring to show him from his own state
ment of capital stock, bonded indebted
ness, earnings, etc, when compared
with the statement of the Central IN
ion, showed Brailey's company had been
fairly dealt with.
Shows Where the Hook Is.
But the Central Unions statement
does not show that It has borrowed
$40, 100000 from the American Tele-
phone and Telegraph company. and
that all of this money has been put
into its plant, does it?" Bradley asked.
The board said it did not.
TT is a fact" Bradley continued, that
the Central Union has borrowed that
money and put it into it's property"
An examination of the Central I'm
ions statement showed an item under
the head of expenditures of $1,000, 900
for interest and compensation" and
Bradley said that item represents the
amount of interest paid last year by
the Central Union to the American Tel
ephone and Telegraph company for in
terest on the borrowed money.
Secretary of State Sims, who Is presi-
dent of the state tax board, informed
Bradley that this was the first informa-
ton of that kind the board had ever
received. and that it is important, il
true for it would mean a large in
| crease in the valuation of the Contra,
Union property for taxation. He ask
ed Bradley if he could furnish any evil
dence of the facts as stated by him, and
Bradley said he could and would
Helps All Independent Lines.
If Bradley does this it will proba-
bly, add several millions to the assess
ment of the Central Union company
for if the s2O,O0o,Oo of borrowed mon
ey was put into the Central Unior
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-07-08
Not Our Discovery.

The Greek, Eratosthenes. ESQ B. c.,
taught the doctrine of the rotundity
of earth, and the ideas Of the
sp its poles, axis, the equator
arctic and antarctic circles, equinoc-
tial points andthe solstices were quite
generally entertained by the wise men
of that time There were plenty Of
men in Rome, therefore, who we're
prepared to talk about the earth as a
sphere and to make globes illustrating
their ideas
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-07-08
Takes Overland Trip.

Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Bell started today
to drive to their summer home on Lake
Winnebago. Wis. Miss Grace Bell, their
daughter, left on the train, and will
stop at Fond du Lack, Wis, until her
parents arrive, when she will accom-
pany them to the lake. The trip viii
take three or four days. and the real
destination is PEBBLES. Wis. Their ad-
dress will be r. f. d. No. 81. Mr.. and
Mrs. Bell take an annual outing at
Lake Winnebago. and one of the most
pleasant features of the trip is the
overland carriage ride.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-07-08
Higher Courts Record.
Supreme Court Minutes.


2132S. Ira W. Porter VS.. the State
of Indiana. jay G. c. Appeliee's
brief go.
Gleason vs. John W Gerdinck. Vigo
5 C. Appellants reply brief
Appellate Court Minutes.
6296 Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago
& St Louis Railway company VS.. Will
liam s Van Malta ct al Tippecanoe
S. C. Appellants petition to transfer
to supreme court and briefs go.
CAST. Enrich Furniture company vs..
Joseph Byrnes. Marion c. c. Appel
lees petition to transfer to supreme
court and briefs (s).
1887. Mary J. Carter VS.. Joseph Z.
Carter Grant s c. Appellants
brief (s).
1859. John Broderick. by next friend
VS.. Pittsburg. Cincinnati. Chicago &
St. Louis Railway company Hen
bricks c. c. Appenee's petition for ad-
ditionaI time Granted sixty days
from July :, 1909.
7119. Indianapolis Telephone com
pany VS.. William z. Sproul. Hancock
c. c. Appellees brief
7211. Niagara oil company VS. Eli
| jah Ogle. Henry c. c. Appellants pc
tition for time
1914. Harvey Thomas VS.. Ellen Nc
/ Coy ct at. Jay c. c. Appellant.
brief
7179. James c. Robbins ct al vs.
Ethan F. Souers. Huntington c. C
Appellee's petition for time.
7172. Inland Steel company Us. Mix,
Ilko. Lake S. c. Appellee's brief.
THE TIMES rnvERs LAKE CoUN
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-07-08

1911. Niagara Oil company VS.. Eli
jah Ogle Henry c. C. Appellants pc
tition for time. Sixty days granted.
Appellate COurt-New Suits.
1920. Thomas Ashley ct al VS.. VII.
liam Z. Henderson. Marion S. c. Rec
ord. Assignment Of errors. Notice.
1921. The Western Construction Co
VS.. the board of commissioners of Car.
roll county, Indiana. Carroll c. c. Rec.
ord. Assignment Of errors. In term
Bond.
1922. Indianapolis Traction and Ter
minal company VS.. Charles n Craw
lay. Hamilton C. C. Record. Assign
ment of errors. Praecipe. Notice t.
Marion county. Application for super
sedeas and briefs go. Bond. Super
sedeas granted and issued
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-07-08
Foolish Question.

A New York chap wants to be told
why theater tickets in that city do not
indicate the hour of the beginning Of
the performance. Should think he
would know. The hour is not men
toned because nobody is ever on time
at the beginning of the performance.
What would be the good of wasting
printers ink?
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-07-08
The Advantane.

John Bright used to tell how bar
Der who was cutting his hair once
said to him: You ave a large cad,
sir; it is a good thing to ave a large
cad, for large cad means a large
brain, and a large brain is the most
useful thing a man can ave. as it nour-
ishes the roots Of the air" Sacred
Heart Review.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-07-08
Reunion of Pearson Family.

George P. Pearson and family re-
turned from Tuscola, H., yesterday
where the annual family reunion was
held at the home of H. B. Morgan
There were thirty-fve members of the
family present, including John and Su-
san Morgan, Mrs. Parsons father and
mother. The celebration was held on
July Fourth. and is the fourth affair Of
the kind that has been held by this
family. The relatives consisted of chill
dren and grandchildren OF the family.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-07-08
To Open Liquor House.

E. Kahn. the Holman street saloon
keeper, will open a new liquor house
in the store in the Beekman building
that was formerly occupied by a local
fruit company. He has secured the
lease on the building and will at once
begin the remodeling of the store to
suit the PURPOSES of his business.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-07-08
Held Tonight.

The regular monthly meeting of the
Gary Retail Merchants association will
be held tonight in the Gary hotel AL
ready nearly fifty of the local mer-
chants have signed the agreement pro-
viding for the closing of their stores al
$50 p. m. on Wednesday and Friday
nights of each week. Last night the
new agreement went into force, and
all those who signed closed their stores
on time