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Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1910-12-15
To Gain Social Success,

To be successful socially, a woman
must possess brains and looks, a
ready wit and perfect manners. She
must be well posted on general top.
les and have fund Of what the Eng.
lish call small talk" She can never
rise to any prominence in the social
world unless she has a firm will,
sound sense and ready sympathies.
These qualities. added to enough of
wealth to do as she would do, make
the best and mo representative type
of the American society woman. But
then, our women possess all these
qualities even when their lives are
not thrown in the most pleasant
places. No woman in the world pos.
sesses the adaptability of the Ameri.
can woman She always knows what
to do and when to do 1t.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1910-12-15

Some women Jump at conclusions,
because they want to see how the
story is going to end.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1910-12-15

ID OSToN.-Bent and marked with
- prison palor, Jesse H. Pomeroy,
serving life sentence in Charlestown,
Mass, has written his own story of his
crime and his efforts to better his con
ditions shut away from the freedom Of
the world. He is now 80 years of age
and was convicted of double murder
when he was only fourteen years Of
iage. All these years have been spent
in solitary confinement and the pris-
oner declares he has never felt a
touch of human sympathy or kindness
and no effort has ever been made to
better his condition. Il have no
friends" he writes 81 cannot get a
hearing from the governor. | have
been left 20 my own devices in my cell
all these years.
Pomeroy killed two children, a boy
and girl, after treating them with
barbaric cruelty. He inveigled other
small children into isolated sections,
stripped them OF their clothing, tied
them to trees or upon boards and then
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1910-12-15
SYNOPSIS.

Thomas Ardmore and Henry Maine
Griswold stumble upon intrigue when the
governors of North and South Carolina
are reported to have quarreled. GrisWold
allies himself with Barbara Osborne.
daughter of the governor of South caro-
lima, while Ardmore espouses the cause OF
Jerry Danger1eld, daughter of the gov
ernor of North Carolina. These two ladies
are trying to fill the shoes of their Ia
theirs, while the latter are missing. Both
states are in turmoil over one Apple
weight, an outlaw with great political in
f1uence. Unaware of each others posi-
ton, both Griswold and Ardmore set out
TO make the other prosecute. Both have
forces scouting the border. Griswold cap
lures Appewelght, but Jerry finds him
and takes him to Ardsley her own pris-
oner. Ardmore arrests a man on his
property who says he is Gov. Osborne.
Meanwhile another man is arrested as
Appleweight by the South Carolina
militia The North Carolina militia is
called into action When Col. Gillingwa-
ter, Jerry's fiance, finds that real war Is
afoot, he fees. Appleweight is taken Sc
cretly by Ardmore and lodged in jail in
South Carolina Returning to Ardsley,
Ardmore finds that Billings. the banker,
and Foster, treasurer of North Carolina,
have been arrested
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1910-12-15

arrested him for moonshining and he
served year in the penitentiary az
the result of that arrest. You will par
don me, sir" Cooke continued, ad.
dressing Griswold directly, but this
is undoubtedly the man you had your
self captured at Mount Nebo church
two nights ago, but who was taken
from you, as you may not know, by
Miss Geraldine Dangerfeld She was
lost in the woods and came upon the
captive much to her own surprise"
Griswold lifted his brows in amaze
ment and turned toward Jerry.
"1f that is the case, Miss Danger
field, l salute you | am sorry to con-
fess, however, that / did not myself
see the man who was captured by
my friends at the church, owing, 1t
appears, to Miss Dangerfields prompt
and daring action, and the regrettable
cowardice of my men. ! want to say
to you, gentlemen, in all frankness,
that l am greatly astonished at what
you tell me. Our prisoner is about
the same height as this man, has the
same slight stoop in the shoulders.
and the same short beard; but there
the resemblance ends
Ardmore was trying not to show too
plainly his joy at Griswold's discom-
future. None Of the South Carolina
officers had ever seen Appleweight, as
they lived remote from the scene OF
his exploits. Understands men, who
had so signally failed in the descent
upon Mount Nebo church, had taken
to the woods on the appearance Of the
state soldiery along the border, and
could not be found to identify the
man seized at the house on the creek.
Habersham had discreetly declined to
support Griswold's venture at the last
moment; to do so would, he pleaded,
ruin his chances Of political prefer
ment in the future; or worse things
might, indeed, happen If he coun-
tenanced and supported the armed in
vasion of North Carolina by South
Carolina militia. The Jealous young
militiamen who had captured the
stranger in the house on the creek
had pronounced the man Appleweight,
and their statement had been accept
ed and emphasized when the man was
taken before Griswold, to whom he
stubbornly refused to make any state
ment whatever.
Now that you cannot deny that we
have the real Appleweight," began
Jerry, who is, you must remember,
a prisoner of the state of South Caro-
lima, and must be returned to the
Mingo county Jail at once, think we
may as we'll look at your prisoner,
Prof. Griswold. He may be one of
Mr.. Appleweight's associates in bust.
ness; but as we are interested only in
the chief culprit, the identity of the
man you hold is of very little interest
to US"
If" said Griswold, "he is not Ap.
pleweight, the original blown In the
bottle"
jug if you pleased" interposed
Ardmore very seriously.
Then we don't care about him and
! shall make you a present of him"
Or" remarked Ardmore, 81 might
exchange him for ruffian l captured
myself down on the Raccoon. He
seemed quite insane, declaring him
self to be the governor of South Caro-
lima and locked him up in corn
crib for safe keeping"
(To BE CONTINUED)
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1910-12-15

A TLANTA, Ga.-Atlanta's society
n leaders and club women put on
white aprons one day recently and
armed themselves with brooms to lead
militant crusade against dirt in the
city's streets and back yards. They
raised a prodigious dust, and found
the experience no less interesting and
no more strenuous than their accus-
toned bridge parties or dances. Incl
dentally, they accomplished a real
good for they obtained the assistance
of FIVE or six thousand housewives,
each Of whom agreed in advance to
set apart the day for general clean
ing OF their respective premises.
For this one day the municipal street
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1910-12-15
No Place for Him.

its a funny thing" said the tall
man." but when we lived on the first
floor Of our apartment house we had
one baby. Twins came when we
moved to the second floor and"
That's enough" yelled the short
man in wild excitement. I'm going
to vacate tomorrow. We've just
moved on the fourth fioor!"
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1910-12-15
a Tongue TwIster.

The watch that watched the watch
that watched that watch. watched the
watch that watched that watch that
watched that watch watch that watch.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-23
TAKE THE FENCE nOy-N.

The Capitol Square was never more
beautiful than at present The re-
suit of last years returning is seen in
a splendid set of grass, and the wise
changes in the location OF the various
walks appear all the more successful
since the green has returned and the
terrace about the Capitol Is verdant.
on Arbor Day tit in we'll with the sur
roundings and give promise of great
beauty in the near future
There is only one thing lacking to
complete the renovations of recent
years, and that one thing is to remove
the unsghtly old fence about the
square. or course, there is a certain
sentiment connected with the long iron
tacies and spears which surround the
Park, They have been there for many
years and havesabecome familiar to
all residents of Richmond. As mat
ter of fact, they give the square a
courtyard appearance. and seem to cut
off its inviting green from the street.
If they were taken down and the grass
plots turfed to the pavement. the
square would be more open and more
attractive to all passers-by. 1t need
not be argued that the removal of the
fence would menace the lives of the
squirrels. No moro dogs could come
in from all sides than now enter from
the walkways. and besides. the squir-
rels seem rather to>like the occasional
excitement Of a chase.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-23

chitects say the ships can be enlarged
indefinitely There ia n gain to- safety
with every increase in size and a prob
able gain In speed as the engines are
made proportonatcly more powerful.
There is, on the other hand, no good
reason why the liners should not be
made as large as science can design
them.
1t seems probable that within the
next twenty years there will be ocean
liners 900 feet in length. at which the
Rip Van Wrinkles of the present age
may wonder. Unless the airship comes
in to dispute with the liners the car
riago of the worlds freight and pas
sengers, the traveller who embarks on
a great liner may have the cheerful
assurance that he will not be very far
from land at either end of the boat,
even in nidocean.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-23

VIII be like hin and will carry out the
policy laid down by the present sena-
tor.
This is a searchlight on Republican
ism, and a broadsidc sanction of Aid
richism In the State that gave it birth.
1t is not only an approval of Aldricll
but eulosy of the policies for which
he stood and as such 1t ought to eff
fectually dispose OF the idea that Aid
rich is worse than the rest of the
party to which he belongs. Tho truth
OF the matter is that Senatorial Re
publicanism and Aldrlchism arc one.
The Senator is what he is because
the Republican machine makes him
possible and upholds him. He holds
the place he has because he has more
sense and moro ability than any of
his Republican colleagues. We have no
particular prejudice for or against
Senator Aldrich; we believe in giving
him his due. as the shrewdest of his
lot--the one whose very ability to lead
has made him the sponsor Of his party
and the victim of his party's errors.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-23

methods of treating the disease were
discovered: Havana was rid of the pest;
so was Santiago. In a few years the
same discoveries, tested In Panama,
freed tho Canal Zone OF fever for the
first time in centuries, and made pos.
sible the building of the canal, Reed
and Carroll, the men who planned the
work, received their reward, though be-
lated, but kissinger the man who
stood tho test, was forgotten.
a year or two ago DR.. Howard A.
Kelley, the gynecologist, located Kis.
singer in town of the Middle West.
His health was broken as result of
the fever; he was an invalid; his wife
made a scanty living for the family by
taking in wash. The Government had
done nothing for him in his distress,
and the present bill is the first present
cd for his relief. II should pass If
there be such thing as true human
ity. kissingor is martyr, by whose
courage science set forward its clocks
and began a new era. a pension can
not restore him to health or recon-
pense him for his suffering, but the
living proposed for him by Congress
would at least show that the govern
ment knows man when it sees one and
is not without gratitude for one who
risked his life for his fellowmen.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-23
OUR TRUST POLICY.
How VIII Government Employ Time
BEFORE Sherman LAW Is Constructs.

To what use is TO be put the year
that is TO elapse before the Supreme
Court defines the Sherman law
The Department of Justice not long
ago informally announced that it
would mark time until the decisions
came. But this was before the un-
expected postponement, and now there
Is a tendency for It TO become busy
again. Attorney General Wickersham
apparently wants to shine in activity
is not willing to stand with his hands
idle in his bosom. New prosecutions"
are being started. The cotton brokers'
have been hailed before a grand jury,
Night riders In Kentucky have been
indicted as violators of the Sherman
law-an ingenious application. The
butter exchange of Elgin. Ill.,. is un-
der investigation. The Steel Corpo-
ration. it is said, is no longer to be
immune from interference Now that
the decisions have been postponed for
probably year" says Washington
dispatch, sit is likely that the depart
ment will move without further de-
lay against combinations which 1t feels
certain are violating the antitrust
law" Is this the plan of procedure?
Is the shadow again to fall on bus
mess? Is there TO be revival of
anxiety as to who and what is next to
be hit? Is this the sort of twelve
month that is to be looked forward TO?
President Taft. in his January mes
sage. suggested by inference better
use for the year 1t will be recalled
that, after recommending the enact
ment of a Federal incorporation law.
he intimated that 1t might be we'll for
Congress to defer consideration Of the
recommendation until the Supreme
Court had spoken. The iden was that
the wait would not be long, and what
should be done might more clearly APP
pear. But the condition on which the
President predicated his non-insist-
ence on the Federal Incorporation law
no longer exists. II we wait now
until the decisions come it Will mean
that the present Congress will be out
OF existence. The next Congress In
one of its branches, may not be con-
trolled by the Presidents party. 1t
thus seems case Of getting Federal
incorporation law from the present
Congress or not at ALL The practi-
calities of the situation are plain. II
the President is in earnest about
wanting certain affirmative solution
of the trust problem instead OF an
uncertain negative one it seems case
of now or never.
To many the Federal incorporation.
with definitions Of what sort OF COM
bination Is legal instead of the blind
prohibition of the Sherman law, offers
practically the only practicable solu-
| ton of the trust problem. 1T is a
grave thing to reflect that If early
efforts are not made toward realizing
an opportunity may pass which may
not recur in many years. The Taft
administration Is greatly in need of
something affirmative to point to- In
stead OF rambling prosecutions here
and there and llead-hitting without
any settled plan the administration
may we'll take the Federal incorpora-
ton bill out OF lavender and bring it
forward as the chief item in It's pro-
gram,v-New; York Globe.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-23
Too Mnny rag pays.

To the Editor OF The Times -Dispatoh:
S!r.--It strikes a dlsinterested party
as being most unfortunate, not 10 say
unfair, that after three years OF effort
TO educate the people to the idea that
tag day be always associated with
the work of the Instructive Visiting
Nurses Association; that ii was their
sole way OF appealing to the public.
and that only once year--I say it
seems most unfortunate that the plan
should be adopted by another body
of workers, who have various plans
of raising money. and who come be-
fore the public at various times during
the year Should not the one plan in
troduced and inaugurated by one set
of workers be left TO them. and tileir
wishes respected, IL no rights are rec
ognized?
Then, all workers should be wary of
Wearying the public JUSTICE.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-23
REWARDING A MARTYR.

There are probably 1000 bills on the
calendar of the present Congress-hills
of all sorts, goyd. Dad and Indifferent.
Some of them ought to be made law.
some of them ought to be forgotten
as soon as possible; others ought to
be discussed long time before the
men who pass on them decide they are |
worth printing in the Statutes at
Large
One bill on the schedule, however,
has as much merit back of 1t as any
measure can have, and carries with it
one of the most thrilling chapters in
the history of American science. This
is bill which was reported favorably
on Wednesday by the Senate Pension
Committee. and which authorizes the
payment of monthly pension of 1925
TO John r. Kissinger.
When the Americans went TO Cuba
in 1898 to begin the unjust war against
Spain they found the island pcst-rid-
den. Yellow fever stalked in every
camp; malaria swept every village AS
result, more men died from the fever
than from all the bullets fired by all
the spaniards in the island, and our
military camps became hospitals. There
seemed to be no way of overcoming
yellow fever. The military surgeons
were helpless. Sanitary science could
do nothing. The soldiers had to suf-
fer.
The war was over before the Pres
ident, at the request of DIR. William
ii. Welsh, the great pathologist sent a
commission 70 Cuba 10 study the pest.
This commission was headed by Wal
Ger Reed, Virginian. VINO went Wig
orously TO work, Ere long Reed
reached the conclusion that yellow fe-
yer was carried from ono person to
another by mosquito which flour
ished in certain sections of Cuba II
became necessary 10 tdEf Tie truth Of
their theories, and consequently Reed
called for volunteers who would sub.
nit TO incubation by tho mosquitoes.
kissinger was one OF these men, and
in little camp near Havana he al
lowed himself to be bitten by the yell
low-fever mosquito taken from a room
in a nearby town where man had
died OF the fever Kissinger developed
The fever in its most violent form, and
almost lost his life, His illness proved
me case; Dr. Reed was right in HE
theory as 10 the transmission OF the
disease by the MOSQUITO
Cuba was cleaned up from coast Il
gmountains as result Of the discovery
The mosquitoes were killed off; aen
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-23
TAKES TITLE FROM
RICHMOND CASTLE
Duke Presents Majestic Ruin to
State for Prescrva-
ton.
OLD TO UNITE WITH YOUNG
Early Marriage Will Connect
Opposite Ends OF Peer
age.
by La MARauIsE DE FoNTENoY.


n osT people Imagine that the
MI Duke of Richmond takes his
V title from Richmond on the
Thames. one of the most charm
ing suburbs of London, and for centu-
ries royal residence. This is not the
case. The Richmond from which the
duke takes his title Is Richmond Cas-
tie, in Yorkshire, now little more than
q majestic ruin. and which has Just
been presented by the Duke of Rich
mond and Gordon to the state for
preservation as national memorial
1t is one OF those grand old strong
holds of medieval times, covering more
than five acres of ground and perched
on rock overhanging the Swalc. In
deed the view from the battlements
down the, picturesquely wooded Valley
of the Swale is one of the most beau
tiful in England. The splendid hall
and keep. dating from the Norman era,
are still in fair state of preservation,
and are quite as fine as anything at
the Tower of London. Among its early
owners was that grand old Breton CRU
sader. Jean Nord de Bretagne. who. af-
ter his marriage TO King Edward is
favorite sister. Princess Beatrice was
created Earl of Richmond. This prin-
cess and her husband shared in the
historic crusade. in which King Ed
ward so narrowly escaped death by
means of poisoned dagger. An old
local song still lives around Richmond
Castle. and tells OF It's Breton lords,
how
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-23
crcot,np the "I,eEulars."

To the Editor OF The Times DlspatGH'
Sir.-Your editorial IN Mo 1,a Is
the Regulars" interested me, as It
should any one who is impressed with
this most pathetic OF all social prop.
lens, and brought to mind recent
March I spent several days in one Of
YOUR leading hotels. and one Satur-
day evening, sitting in the lobby. !
was struck with tho spectacle OF
from the street between the hours or
8 and 10 p. NJ. pouring across ~, tha
room and disappearing beyond they
went in the direction OF the saloon.
and a gentleman sitting near eat '1 ,ian ,ne
and that they would repeat the per-
Torrance at numerous other places IN
the city until they were thoroughly
soaked. then observed them en- more more
part they were weak faced young fell
lows. and that II they were not al :
ready regulars" in this business they
We're certainly on that road.
surprise was their numbers. ] would
be afraid to say how many OF them
i saw in single evening at single
hotel, but let me suggest that II there
that Certain responsibility rests upon
every member of the community FOR
these unfortunates, and especially Tor
the conditions which prlnS ABOUT tnelF
ruin, and make thousands OF them
public charges in one way or another,
that they would be interested to DO as
I did, to sit In the lobby of one Of your
| fine, big hotels for a couple OF hours
OF Saturday evening, and watch that
stream of young men pouring into the
have no intention of discussing any
policy, new or old, by which earnest
Ihen are seeking to find an effective
remedy for the drink curse, but am
animated by this feeling. that In your
community. and in, fact, IN any and
every community. there are plenty OF
| people, the best citizens, who, II they
will take the trouble to stand and
see what Is going on. to cont empiate
1t. to study It In all its aspects, they
will be so tremendously moved. ana
enough of them will be thus moved,
that something Will be done very
effectual something. and that with no
unreasonable Lapse OF time. 1t is only
| necessary to awaken the sense or re-
sponsibllity That responsibility en-,
lists; no doubt about that II you ana
I could prevent. or eyer. modify TINS
wholesale destruction OF young men
now going on In your city, and n
thousands of other places, them sir,
you and I may have to answer 70
Almt ghty God for the manner IN which
We discharge 40 8trenendo ns a duty,
] I'm Its enGeynesz to dlscharge th1S