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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-11-10

yesterday.
The children IN Madeline's school. 6
say that she is a Victim OK pedaSoSicai
red tape. She refused 70 apologies FOR
something she says she did not do,
ner OF the schoolroOm for 100 hours
because some other pupils laughed
when she made mistake in cutting
and cut out one that looked like an ami
MAJ instead OF scroll. She would
iS6.s apologize polo TO tie teacher unless
OF school with no Immediate prospect
OF getting back unless she is sent to
the truant school next Friday, when
he radjourned case comes up In the
Butler Street Court.
1t was last May" she said yester-
out paper figures and 1 accidentally
made the other children laugh L had
always liked my school and my teach
err, and some folk were kind enough to
say i was a fair scholar. Miss Celia
T. Caren, the teacher, was not so much
told me to apologize and i had S refus nSp
what could she do? / had a good rea-
son for not apologizing. 1 don't be-
Ing anything that is against her sense
OF what she ought to do. That is be-
ing weak. 1 was sent up to the prin-
said that 1 must apologize. Because /
wouldn't L was stood on the floor like
a Ounce Days went by and there I
more felt was right. I went home
and told mama all about it. L could
see that i would have to stand there
till my spirit was broken. At last one
day after four weeks on the floor /
stayed at home. Then 1 was suspend
Madeline's mother said that she had
then gone to the district Superintend-
ent, w. A. Campbell. who sent the girl
to the principal with a note telling her
TO take the girl back. This note, ac-
cordtng to the mother, was torn up by
schools since January 1, 1878, with the
remark that IL didn't make any differ
eDce and that Madeline must apollo
gize before she would be reinstated
Madeline was sent to her corner
again. Fearing that FIVE hours stand
ing on the floor for young girl of her
age might prove disastrous TO her fu-
ture health, her mother took her stand
and refused to let the girl go to school
this fail. Last Friday the girls moth
er was summoned to court to explain,
on complaint of the truant officer
Il told the judge that 1 had no eX-
PLANTATION beyond that given by my
little girl. The judge turned to the
could be truant If she had been sus-
pended. L don't believe in breaking
children's wills. Her Will is all that a
poor girl has ITO protect her in the
years 10 come in a city like New York"
Miss Calkins, the principal, who re-
ceives a salary OF $4,000 and lives at
425 Nostrand Avenue, did not answer
her doorbell yesterday and was said to
be out OF town.
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AN ACCIDENT
GAVE HER AWAY
FALL FROM TREE REVEALS Ey,z1
AAIsEhlR,S SEX-SHE'D EVEN
COURTED LOCAL BELLIES

MIDDLEPORT. N. Y.-Spera.s-
railing from an apple tree and ~
JurinS his" back. James Dean va
had been employed as a farm EaRo-ws-
oy Is: Nj. Bell, OF Alabama tOwpsAss
was forced TO admit that he wnz a
girl and had been masoueradfr.rr -.
such since last May.
Dean or Miss Olive Meeker. a. ~
name really is. left her home. sThkrt
she made with her married sy=sp--- -
East Syracuse, early I'm May. aud dsr-
ing the summer months was en,a-
ployed at the assembly grounds "a
Chatauqua as a boy waiter E,ezpl
ing there at the close OF the sezson
she hlred out TO Mr.. Bell about ia
hrst of September and with five ofaer
hired men had done her share Of "a
apple picking. No one suspected ffsz1
she was a woman.
The physician who was called % "a
tend her when she fell from an asBr-
pie tree discovered her secret and e11F
Mr.. Bell. Then the whole story c@uzs
out.
While posing as a boy at the nnrun
OF the Bells she was nicknazam6
Handsome Jimmy and was quits n
favorite with the girls Of that seS1zazs.
paying attention to one for sonneazzs.
and even taking her to dances h.
ing slim, tall, fair, with auburn hazr
closely clipped, Miss Meeker made al
the boys and girls sit uD an& szNa
notice"
Mr.. and Mrs. Bell say they WI
adopt Miss Meeker IL she viii Eva
with them, and thus partially an to
vacancy in their hearts caused ~
the death Of an only daughter n TeW
years ago. who. had she lived unGR
now, would have been Just RErrs
Meeker's age-nineteen years TEma
her escapade has resulted in Gndzzw
a home for herself
The disclosure has relieved many n
heartburn from the SWANS of the s7rr-
rounding country. who were forced
to step aside for Handsome Jimny.~
and the country lasses are kept O41rr
explaining they were only foolinE~
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TO me. However. I have been more
fortunate than some neighbors, In
GLIDING Justice Giegerich and Profess
sor Frank S. Hackett. A few nights
ago an attempt was made to rob the
Chestnuts. the fashionable hotel near
here. but the thieves were frightened
away.
1T is too bad we cannot get the
police protection we pay for. We are
at the mercy OF burglars. and should
one OF them commit murder he would
md II easy to cover his tracks, as
the neighhorhood is sparsely occu-
pied
We have asked for extra police
men, but no attention has been paid
TO our request. so for our own safety
we have decided to establish our own
police force. There will be about
twenty MEN, and each man will have
five houses to guard. These guards
viii work on shifts that will keep
our property protected all day and
all night. We will have men not
only for the grounds and the houses,
but men will also be on duty outside,
so practically every avenue of escape
will be cut of"
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| With the dawn we saw our pnghiAk
| The mate came dripping aft, waVirErr
his arms feebly. When he rearhs-,f
the poop he looked sharply at ,4he
skipper and then stumbled agzinSc
/ me. She's leaking like a sieve - frs
! beloved. Opened up!" His vD5cR
/ died hOarSely
The wind dropped. The seas rO~U
less overwhelmingly. But the old AIs~-
roDa did not recover. Her leaps were
SprlnSless; she rolled sluggishIy. tn
water running OILY across the drck
me sun came up and we grew &ry
IN its warmth. The captain came over
TO the wheel and stared into -
pass. We're OF our couI4 s..
said futilely. "Huh2"
ives sinking" said the mate.
won't last an hour. We must NJ
vision the boat We must get away
thlnk she's making better weasA-
er of it, the captain continued sIOIEEv.
Don't you think so? Huh?"
We looked at each other the xna1a
ana i he went forward again, can.
ing TO the men TO get the boat stoves
over the galley ready to launch
In an hour they had the long bo@f
out or her checks mad balanced sa
the rall. now only a few feet AbSvw
the sea. We had tried thee puusur
Ihey were useless against the innous.
All that saves us is that forehoL6
full OF empty oil barrels" said Khen
mate Sne nave gone down konA|
ago. She'll 20 yet" He got the boaf
over.
The time had come. The cabin bow
and the cook ran wildly out with pre-
visions and tumbled them into fhs
boat. The crew came up on the pOOa.
now but bare fsthOm out OF fhN
water. The Twin Peters ,clunK to TIA
dashed wheel The captain stumbled
around the little deck, his ungafnRT
form coming between us and our
work, his mouth opening continusaIkssas
to emit a puzzled, distracted --Hnf.
Wed better get away" said Z
mate. Those oil barrels are keeDi
her for us. But she's going by q
stern, fast. There amt no 1inasl =
lose"
Everything stopped for a naou
Captain Finn stood outside the
died crew. He stared knoWing
at the topsailS bundled agains& 81
masts, his eye ran along the <5
clear to the jibboom forking ouI
ly as the waterlogged schOOne4
lowed in the sea. He waited. HeX<
the captain. There was not 81
except the scrape OF a boot a
deck as we tried to keep our
The skipper seemed at a IA
scanned us questioningly. "a <<&.
hands. Still we waited fqk
give the word Tor as to 4
boat. 1t came at last. slow. =.
Iy. as II the problem waa
''Huh2's Then. again. Hui i -
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WEEDS HER STEPSON.
HER FIRST SWEETHEAKE

CHICAGO, Special.-After mztrS-
monial vicissitudes in two weddfzxM
that read like a romance, Mrs. MaEF
Muir Reed-i Reed is the bride Of her
stcpsOn, Joseph Reed. Jr.. an enEiDeez
OF the Chicago and NOrthwes1erE
Railroad. The man is the son Of TIA
late Judge Joseph Reed. of Topekz-
The judge was a cousin Of the Ezfa
Speaker Thomas b. Reed.
Mrs Reed, Jr.. has married her
hrst love They were sweethearts IN
school at Topeka until shortly bef0ra
her marriage to hiS father July IL.
1890.
The bride said: II loved Joe. buk Il
loved the judge, too, and finally mar
ried him. Joe went to Chicago irom
Topeka and / did not see him ofxeu
until his fathers death"
She is the mother of a son eighfeen
years of age. Judge Reed died An
gust 18th. and less than two montl,z
after his widow married the son
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WAS COLD DAY
FOR CRAP SHOOTERS
CAPTAIN WRIGHT AND OFFICER
WAYMACK CLEAN UP CRAP
VILLE-GEr 20 OFFENDERS
CHM Nd. VA-SDeciaI

9 II NJ D n d, VA.-SpeciaI.-
what was perhaps the most extern
siVe docket Police Justice Maurice has
oeen confronted with in many years
was before him this morning. Thirty
cases were disposed of and $145 In
nnes were collected. This extraordf-
narily large docket consisted mainly
or crapshooters, twenty-nine Of whom
We're arrested Saturday evening and
Sunday by Captain Wright and Officer
Waymack.
The cold wave which has lust SVEN.
over the country is in a measure ac-
cessory before the fact, as these vete-
rams or the seven come eleven" game
IKE nothing so well as to gather about
hre In punches in cold weather, and
surrender themselves to the gods Of
chance. The officers heard that there
would likely be some great games in
certain parts OF the city, and started
out on raiding tour. Before long
they had ten at their tender mercy
But they soon found that this was only
the beginning OF the end. They stop
ped at another place on their way
back, and took another ten in their
told. Some would fain beat it," and
long distance sprinters inclined sud-
denly toward the tall timbers, but OFF,
Ger Waymack soon brought back the
prodigals.
At another spot the proceeds of a
49, DC JoNAPON were OcAnB NleQ IOT Oy
nine experts in an exciting game of
skin" The players Of this game are
technically known as "faders," but
they neglected to fade and were each
scooped in. Each was fined IS and
costs in Police Court this morning
They were as follows:
Ed Randolph, Bill Bailey, Aigin
Hughes. Charles Hardy, Alfred White,
Archer Parker. JEFF Wallace, Douglas
Hopson, Campbell Wilson, Dick Wool
ridge, Jeffres Firth, Robert Williams
William Jones, Elijah Davis. Willie
Cole, Jennis Firth, Louis Brahem r.
+. Fountain, Russell Winston, Kelley
Fortune. Dock Woodbridge, Edward
Randolph. Benjamin Bailey, Benja-
min Armistead, David Cole.
The following went ito Jail in de-
fault of fines: James Johnson. David
Coles. Isaac Wood and James Firth.
While the following failed to show up
and attachments were issued for
them: Charles Hardy, Alfred White
Elijah Davis and Caben Robertson All
were colOred.
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the main hatch. I'm hungry he
said. I'm going to eat"
went TO the poop. The captain
was staring into the compass. A
channel buoy lifted alongside and
bobbed astern. Keep her full" he
said Il want to make a straight
course for Honolulu. L will-if get
a good start, huh!" He went below
slowly, leaving me to watch the
schooner.
The Jbboom pointed into the eye
of the sun and the breeze listed her
over gently. The topsails shook a
little. Keep her OFF," 1 cautione d
off," he responded gently. Keep her
off," echoed a shrill voice from be-
hind me.
jumped around. A small boy was
climbing out of the lazarette hatch.
He raised his chubby face to my eyes
and smiled. You're the second
mate? HUH" he demanded
YES Who are you?"
I'm Peter" he replied, scrzmbling
to his feet MY fathers the cap
tain"
1t was not hard to see. Captain
Finn had big, ungainly form with
a heavy and undecided face. His very
mustache seemed uncertain, his whis-
kers nothing at all. And here was
his son, big of face, awkward, with
the same deep perpleXity in his blue
eyes. Then that HUH" quite the
same.
What were YOU doing in the laza-
rette" l inquired.
Il was putting Peter to bed" he
answered. Peter always sleeps there
in cold weather."
but you said you were Peter" /
insisted.
He's Peter. too. Don't you know
Peter?" without waiting for an an
swer ne shifted the air. OH" he
shouted. @supper's on. Why didn't
cooky ring the belle" He ran to the
companionway and scuttIed down.
The man at the wheel shifted 1t a
ly. That's one of them" he said
before. They're the Twin Peters.
SIR
THE Twin Peters," I echoed.
'"The other one isn't rightly a
twin" the man explained. Its a
rum business. He's a monkey, sir"
1 laughed heartily. 1 knew per-
fectly we'll the joke. I saw in my
mind the chubby-faced boy and the
small. wizened monkey trotting be-
side him. What a conceit to call them
the twins--the Twin Peters,
The mate came up the companion
way, putting at his freshly lighted
pipe. He stumped up to the poor
deck and grunted, like man filled
to the throat. Southeast by south,
] said. "Sout'eas' by SOU" he re-
sponeed. peering into the compass.
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that dirty deck like a dumb fellow,
my seXtant under my arm.
The captain beloved for the boy.
He came hastily and picked up my
stuff. He'll show you your cabin"
said the captain. I'm glad you know
navigation. HUH"
AS he made way for me to pass
down into the cabin he exploded again
in a husky and interrogative, HUH"
as If he were undecided and amazed.
1t was all so commonplace. / was
sick TO think of the dreariness of the
voyage ahead of me. The cabin
smelled of musty days, OF damp and
miserable Gains, as If no fair and i'm
petuous wind ever blew rousingly
through it. / stumbled on down and
turned into the little room assigned
to me on the starboard side.
changed my hat for a cap. my coat
for a jacket. Then l went on deck,
ready for work.
The captain was lounging on the
poop, one arm thrown across the
think we shall get away today" he
said briskly. He started up. us
the cargo all in. mister?" he below
ed to the mate. The mate threw up
his hands in assent. please see that
the matches are put on and batten-
ed" the skipper continued. 81 think
the wind will hold fair. We will use
AS left the poop heard him shift
his position. I heard, too, a grunt
Hunt" 1t struck me as queer 1t.
denoted bewilderment and uncer-
tanty,
1 started to work and suddenly fell
to humming to myself. The men an
swered my orders. nimbly. I swell
ed. / was an officerl For the first
time I was out of the fo'c'sle and /
waited for the final degree. 1t came
The skipper came down off the poop.
He called to me. Mister! get the
covers off the sailsi" Yes, ] was
mister now. With dignity / pulled
on lacing. 1t gave and / stepped
back. Let the hands do the work
was Mister.
We got the old Algaroba ready for
sea- A tug came putting alongside
took a line from our bow and we
swung stem to the channel. The tide
caught her and I saw the skipper
throw off the towline himself. We
were Off We hoisged the sails to my
call. They rose creakingly. the gaffs
complaining as we tugged. The wind
from the north filled them. went
to the poop With my men and we
hattened the spanker sheet The
captain stared uO IT think you'd
better set your tdpsails," he said.
Hook the sheets on the port side.
Huhg'
set the tona< hoisted them high.
sheeted tho tila they sprang
IN the bre . mate came by.
RSttng on t after wash in
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SLEEPING TRAMP SHOCKED
TO DEATH by I3,2OO VOLTS

PORTSMOUTH, n. H., Spe.-Some-
time last night Michael O'Nef, Of
Nashua, gained admittance to the
power plant OF the Rockingham County
Light and Power Company. O'Neil ap-
Darently was in search of a warm place
TO sleep and he finally decided upon a
shelf in the buzz bar department.
Early this morning when Clifford Pike.
a switchboard man at the plant, en-
tered the compartment he found a.
dead body OF the man lying upon the
shelf.
II is the opinion Of the officials that
as the unfortunate man slept the power
was turned on this morning and the
1920 volts passing through his body
killed him
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THE TWIN PETERS

1t is unforgetable, like a sudden
perfume OF spices borne on an off,
shore breeze. 1 shall remember il
always. not slowly and continuously,
but by gusts, by sudden moments.
AT the very last, even If il be in the
very hottest toll to save my ship, i
know that IL VIII come back before
me Just as ii was i shall be on the
old Algaroba once more. 1 shall hear
the creak of her rudder head, the
Wlld-Soose call of the gaffs swinging
overhead against the dry masts, the
clink-clank of the traveller blocks. I
shall see her huge bowsprit holding
out like a hand the slender jibboom;
the clumsy anchors on the fo'c'sle
head; the cook shifting his galley
pipe while we tackled ship; the car
penter smoking in the door of his
room; the man at the wheel cooking
luStrelesS eye up at the topsailS.
Yes, 1t will all come back. even to
through the skylight-the captain,
eternally pouring over the grimy
chart pinned down on the cabin
table
AT the last. the very last, in the
Hash OF shutter, I shall see the
Twin Peters. sQuatted on the soaring
tibboom amid the tatters of the head
sails. dumb deaf, sightless. clinging
TO that perilouS perch over the seas
that split against the derelict Alga-
roba's stem and threw her staggering
skyward-
came aboard the Algaroba in the
afternoon She lay at the wharf at
the foot of Powell Street, and as 1
trod the crazy planks saw, when
i dared look up. Alcatraz Island, and
the squat ferryboats crossing the bay
from San Francisco to Sausalito. 1
looked down on the Uttered deck OF
schooner. A heavy-faced man
stared up at my hail and another
climbed slowly up the companionway
from the cabin. This last men nod
ded at me. Here's the second mate
mister" he explained to the heavy
faced man. the mate. Then he nod
ded to me again. II was expecting
YOU" he remarked hesitatingly, as If
that were not what he really meant
to say. I dropped down on the deck
and my bag followed me. My por-
tsz& knelt on the stringer and pass
own with great care my sextant
and a roll of charts.
Euhi'' calculated the captain from
companionway. II. will be some
new to have a second mate
Isl a navigator Huh!"
blushed. l had never been an
IL before. 1t suddenly struck
Vt Il had been presumptuous;
1&teri eli / had set too high an
. On my new dignity what
officer of an old schooner,
~ JWhat WAS second mate
III again. paid the porter
What ! owed him. + stood on
y
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-11-10
LADY PAINFULLY
HURT IN RUNAWAY
Thrown Over Dashboard of Run
about Under Horses
Feet.
RICHMONn

r. II MOND, VA.,-(Special.)-
Mrs. George +. Crawford was pain
fully. though. to be hoped. not seri-
ously, injured in an accident while
out driving yesterday.
The horses were spirited and going
at good gait. with Mrs Crawford
driving when the jack to the pole
broke and the runabout swerved sew
eral feet out OF the road and throw
ing Mrs. Crawford over the dash
board and between the horses. Mr..
Crawford caught the reins and the
horses stopped with Mrs. Crawford
lying under them, bleeding from sew
eral wounds in the face and neck.
She was taken home by q friend,
where she soon had medical atten-
ton. She is suffering from internal
injuries, though it is to be hoped that
they will develop nothing more Sc
rious than to keep her in bed for a
few days
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HOW SCHOOL
FUND WILL GO
STATE OFFICIALS MAKE AN
NOUNCEMENT OF FUNDS AND
SCHOOL POPULATION.

RICHMOND. VA. -Speciau While
there is a decrease of - cents
a year in the gross amount from
taxes for public schools, there
will be no let up in the length of
the terms, the pay of the teachers or
the impairment of the schools in the
State.
A change in the laws of the State.
as made last session, is responsible
for the decrease. which aggregates
some $4,000, but as this sum is ap-
portioned to each of the counties and
cities of the State it will be seen that
the amount to each will be insignif-
cant
Last year the money set aside from
taxes for the public schools totaled
040,09S.04. and this year S1.O27,-
595.79. Last year the per capita for
school children was $1.79, and this
year it is $1.67.2 for . each child in
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-11-10
COUNTERFEITER CAUGHT.

DANVILLE, Va. - Special - Jannea
ID. Johnson Allen, a confessed profess
slonaI counterfeiter. who has bees
passing spurious dollar coins, is befnw
held here pending a hearing beforU
United States Commissioner StovRl
JohrSon was arrested first for being
drunk, but was Identified By -
secret service agent as being a coUn-
terfeiter who has served several teruas
in prison in other States Upon beln<
identified he made a confession
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GOES TO PRISON FOR
SHOOTING OFF FINGER

ATLANTA, Special-Although he
shot OFF portion OF his right index
waite Eugene LuSsier, Company /, Sew
enteenth Infantry, did not free himself
from military domination. His sentence
Ieavenworth, Kan, for wilfully disab-
ling himself was announced today, in
addition to his dishonorable discharge
from the service.
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KNEW SHE WAS RIGHT
WOULD NOT COVER

NEW YORK, Specialize isn't that
am stin-necked or stubborn, but that /
know am right-and when a girl is
right she should not cover before any
one or apologize for what she has not
done" said twelve year-old Madeline
Kenney, OF 239 Bond Street, Brooklyn
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-10-13

Mr.. MCLAUGHLIN is comparatively new
man in political work but is making a
that has developed with
wonderful strides since his candidacy at
the primaries of last May Donald
MCLAUGHLIN is one of the old residents
of Harvey township where he has been
engaged in farming for over twenty-five
years and has all of the qualifications
which would make him an ideal official.
From now until election day Mr.. Nc
Lauchlin will visit every portion of the
county and get acquainted with the
people whose support be asks for the
first time in his life as candidate for
public Office. The democrats in casting
about for candidate for the Office Of
register of deeds believe that in Donald
McLauchlin they have found the right
man to give the people honest and
faithful service and gather in the right
number OF ballots on Nov, 9th to roll up
MS big o majority as any candidate on
the democratic ticket.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Tho candidate for this Office is q