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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-10-04

White had seen MIN nlking 10
John G.. brennan OF the Illinois
Central railroad and mad taken that
as his cue to approach him.
Whether Lee ONeil Browne. State
Senator John G.. Broderick and Rep
resentative Wilson can avail them
selves OF the constituted privilege
OF refusing to give self-incriminat.
ing evidence until after the trials
in Sangamon county, is still un-
der consideration by tho committee.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-10-04
New Paper Issued.

Tishomingo, Okla, Oct. 3.-The first
Issue OF the Ravia News was issued
last week. It is a five-column, eight
page uuarto and published by w. S.
Payton of Arkansas.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-10-04

OUR GREAT COLLECTION OF
HATS--If you have not seen the
beautiful Pattern Hats at West
heimer & Daube's for Fall and
Winter, you have indeed missed
a treat. Pay this Department
visit tomorrow. Many new styles
in Dress Hats are on exhibition
here at $3.50, $500, $500 5000
and $3.50.
MISSES HATS and CHILOREN'S
HATS in the most pleasing styles
introduced for this season. Prices
ranging from S10O and up to $50.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-10-04

Many an office seeker who feels
that his country calls him later dis
covers that II has called him down.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-10-04

It is sometimes an extrayagant as
sertion to say that talk is cheap.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-10-04

NEW DRESSES FOR STREET
WEAR-The most popular gar
ment of the day is the One Piece
Dress. More OF them being sold
now than ever before. The thous-
ands of women who live in Ard
more, as well as those who come
to this city to do their shopping,
will find that the task of selection
is made easy by coming to this
store to buy their Fall and Win.
ter Wearables.
NEW SILK DRESSES Just
what you want for immediate
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-10-04

New and second hand boiler
feed pumps, tubes, etc, in
stock for immediate ship
ment.
Jones-Everett Machine Co.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-10-04

Clothing French dry cleaned
and steam pressed. Only
French dry cleaners in city
Phone 1876 Blue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-28
NEWS OF THE NEIGHBORS

ed away yesterday morning at o'clock
at the family home after lingering
illness of several months duration.
The end came peacefully, although
without a moments warning. The IA
tai ailment was cancer of tho breast
and throat. Her death causes break
in happy home. Her maiden name
was Julia Malone. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs James Malone, who were old res
idents of Scott ounty, Iowa. She was
born Dec. Is, 1861, while her parents
resided in La Sale county, Illinois, and
a few years later the family moved TO
a farm in Scott county Deceased
spent most of her life in this county,
except about nine years Immediately
prior to her removal to Davenport,
when she was one Of the valued en-
ployes of the Clinton county hospital
and poor farm. On April 10, 1907, she
was united in marriage to Patrick
Granny, and since that time she had
resided at 1929 East Fifteenth street
in this city Mrs. Granny was one of
a family of eight daughters and two
sons. Her surviving sisters are Mrs.
James ]. Grady of Chicago. Mrs. H.
W. Higgins of Davenport, Mrs. NJ. J.
Malone of Bradford, Ill, Mrs. Thomas
Tiernan of Welton. Iowa, Mrs NJ z.
Lillis and Mrs. Frank Belick of Dav-
export. Her brothers, Thomas Malone
and James Malone, and one sister, Mrs.
Louis Randolph, died several years
ago.
William Henry Abbott, an old resi-
dent. died at his home, 1920 Ripley
street, at an early hour yesterday
morning at the age of 81 years. He
was born in Ireland and came to Amer
lea when a young man. Most of his
life since his arrival in this country
had been spent in Chicago and Daven-
port. He had been connected with one
of the large retail concerns in Chicago,
making his home part of the time in
Davenport, but some time ago retired
and had lived here continuously since.
He had never married and made his
home with his sister. He is survived
by two sisters, Mrs. William Cooley
of Knoxville. Tenn, and Miss Louise
Abbott, 1920 Ripley street. Davenport;
his nephew. G. A. Wilson, 1915 Ripley
street, and niece, Mrs. Amy Gwin, in
Knoxville, Tenn.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-28

tation to Josie Lockwood's party. Mr..
Duncan? l happened to see It on the
hall table this evening"
YES" he assented quietly.
IT'S to be the social event of the
year. l hope you'll enjoy it,
I'm not going. It's against the rules
at first-I mean business rules. I'll be
so busy at the store. you know"
Alone. l was fain to confess he baf-
fed my understanding
The rush of business to Graham's
began the following morning. Dun
cans hands were full almost from the
first, and he had to relegate such mat
ters as making final disposition Of his
stock and getting acquainted with it to
the intervals between waiting upon
customers Old Sam must have put
up more prescriptions in the next few
days than he had within the last FIVE
years. Everybody wanted to take
look at the renovated store, shake
Sans hand and see what the new
partner was really like. Sothern &
Lees was for some days quite desert
ed. especially after Duncan took leaf
out of their book, bought an fee cream
freezer and began to serve dabs of
cream in the soda
VIII Bigelow even dropped round
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-28
WHO'S Colonel Bohun?" he asked

who's Colonel Bohun?" he asked
suddenly.
why do you -askT"
"1 saw him this evening. He was
passing the store and stopped to glare
In as If he hated it-stopped so long
that got nervous and asked Miss
Lockwood shed just happened In for
a parting glass-of soda) whether he
was an anarchist or a retired burglar.
She told me his name, but was other
wise inhumanly reticent"
For Josie?" l chuckled, but he
didn't respond. So l took up the tale
OF the first family of Radville.
1.-THE story runs" said 1, that the
Bohuns were one of the f. f. VS.;
that they sickened Of slavery. freed
their slaves and moved north to settle
in Radville l believe they came from
somewhere around Lynchburg, but that
was a couple Of generations ago. When
the civil war broke out the old colonel
up there"-I gestured vaguely in the
general direction of the Bohun man
sion-"couldn't keep out of it. and
naturally he couldn't fight with the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-28

Roland didn't like the new partner
and had said so from the first. Blu
every one else did like him almost
without exception. His attentivenesl
and courtesy were not ungrateful aft
er the way things were thrown at you
at Sothern & Lees, we declared.
Duncan certainly did strive to please
No man ever worked harder in a Rad.
Vile store than he did. And from the
time that he began to believe there
would be some reward for his exer
lions, that the business was Suscepd
BILE to being built up by the employ.
ment of progressive methods, he grew
astonishingly prolific of ideas. from
our sleepy point Of view. The win.
dow displays were changed almost
daily, to begin with, and were made as
interesting as possible. We learned Il
go blocks out of our way to find out
what Graham & Duncan were exploit
ing today. And daily bargain saleI
were instituted. low priced articles OF
everyday use, such as shaving soap
toothbrushes and the like, being sold
at a few cents above cost on certain
days, which were announced In adj
vance by means of hand lettered cards
in the show windows. whereas for
merly we had always been obliged &c
pay full list prices.
Still earlier IN his career as a bust
ness man he noticed that the local
practitioners wrote their prescriptions
on odd scraps of paper.
That's all wrong" he declared
We'll have to fix it." And by mex,
morning the job printing press back OF
the courthouse was grooming under ar
order from Graham & Duncan's. and g
few days later every physician within
several miles of Radville received half
a dozen neat pads Of blanks with his
name and address printed at the top
and the advice across the bottom. go
to Graham's for the best and purest
drugs and chemicals" The backs of
the blanks were utilized TO request
people living out of reach. but on rural
free delivery routes. either to mail
their prescriptions and other orders in
or have the physicians telephone them,
promising to fill and dispatch them by
the first post
For he had a telephone installed
within the first fortnight and the next
day advertised in the Gazette that or
ders by telephone would receive
prompt attention and be delivered
without delay. Tracey Tanner be-
came his delivery boy. deserving his
fathers stables for the obvious advan-
tages Of So a week with a chance to
learn the business.
Starting with a line Of five and ten
cent packages Of indigestible sweets.
Duncan in time made arrangements
with a big Pittsburg confectionery
concern to ship him a small consign-
ment of pound and half pound fancy"
boxes OF chocolates and bonbons twice
a week. And taffy pulls and fudge
parties lapsed into desuetude.
Later Sperry introduced him to an
association of druggists. of which he
became a member. for the mainte-
nance and exploitation Of the cigar
and tobacco trade in connection with
the drug business.
Again, he treated Radville to its first
circulating library. establishing a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-28
BRAVED DANGERS
OF STORMY SEA
Lighthouse Keeper Sails Six
Miles Through Drifting Ice
to Get Father Johns Medi-
cine.

David w. Collision, assistant keep
er of a Maryland lighthouse tells
the risks and dangers he experienced
in order to secure a supply of
Father Johns Medicine, as follows:
81 am at Seven Foot Knoll light
house, Patapsk river, Md. I was on
the verge of grip. l had previously
used Father Johns Medicine with
good success and needed a supply to
give me strength to ward off the at
tack.
Owing to the inclement weather, I
could not leave the station to go to
Baltimore to renew my supply of
Father Johns Medicine, so l started
amid the risks and dangers of drift
ing ice and sailed six miles to Spar,
rows Point, the nearest place where
I could secure another bottle of Fa
Their Johns Medicine. ] have every
confidence in the medicine and so
was willing to undertake the great
risk involved (Signed).
DAVID w. COLLISION"
Cures colds and all throat and
lung troubles. not a patent medicine
and free from poisonous drugs or
alcohol. Fifty years in use.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-28

weary with the excitement OF that
day., and It was Duncan's hope that
she would be able to serve the custom
ers without his assistance
There were two of them, you see
Josie and Angie Tuthill-bun1ng, as
usual. in couples. And while he wait
ed, not meaning to eavesdrop. but I'M
willing TO betray his whereabouts by
moving, he heard very clearly their
passage with Betty.
He overheard first, distinctly, Betty
responding in expressionless tones:
"Hello, Angie. Hello, Josie"
There ensued what seemed a slight
" awkward pause, then Josie, pain
fully sweet, did you get the invita-
ton, BettyP'
Betty moved into Duncan's range OF
vision, apparently intending to come
and call him. She turned at the ques-
ton, and he saw her small, thin little
body and pinched face en- silhouette
against the fading light beyond. He
saw, too that she was stiffening her
self as If for some unequal contest.
The invitationT' she questioned
duly, but with her head up and
steady.
why" said Josie. 1T sent you one
to the party. you know-my lawn feet
next week"
give the local pronunciation as # is.
Ibid your
az gave It to Tracey for you" per-
sisted the tormentor. Didn't you get
itY'
Betty caught at her breath inaudibly.
Only Duncan could see the little spasm
Of modification and anger that shook
her.
"Oh. perhaps I did" she said short
". "I-Pu ask Mr.. Duncan to wait on
you"
She swung quickly ont into the hall
way, slamming the door behind her
and so darkening It that she didn't de-
tect Duncan's Swallowed figure. And
If she had meant 10 call him she must
have forgotten it. for an instant later
he heard her stumbling up the stairs.
and as she disappeared he caught the
echo OF a smotbered sob.
He waited motionless. too disturbed
at the time to care TO enter the store
and endure Josie's vapid advances.
and through the thin partition there
came to him their sharp comments on
Betty's ungracious behavior.
"wellr'
Josie said finally: "oh. come on.
Don't let's wait any longer 1 don't
think it's healthy to drink sody so
soon before dinner. anyway"
Angie glanced significantly at Josie.
saying:
"And, besides. we only wanted TO
hear
Their voices with their footsteps d.
minished. Duncan allowed a prudent
interval to elapse. entered the store
and began to bestow the goods he had
brought in.
While be was at work the light
failed. He stopped for lack Of IL just
as Betty came downstairs.
"Hello"' he said cheerfully. Know
where the matches areT'
YES" She moved behind a counter
and fetched him a few. Are you
Continued on Page Nine)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-28

branch in the store. One could buy a
book at a moderate price and either
keep 1t or exchange it for a fee Of q
few cents.
Undoubtedly he made the business
hum during those first few months,
and after that it settled down to a
steady forward movement. The store
became a social center, place for peo-
pie to meet In time Tracey was pro-
NOTED to be assistant and another boy
engaged to make deliveries.
But this chronicle of progress has
run away altogether with a desultory
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-28

north. he won his spurs under Lee.
After the war had blown over he came
home, to find that his only son had
enlisted with the Radville company
and disappeared at Gettysburg 1t pref
" nearly killed the old man, though
he wasn't so old then, but there's fire
in the Bohun blood. and his boys ac-
ton seemed to him nothing less than
treason"
And that's what soured him on the
world?"
Not altogether. He had a daughter
Margaret. She was the most beaut1-
full woman in the world" | suspect
my voice broke a little just there, for
there was a shade of respectful SYM
patty in the monosyIlable with which
he filed the pause. He swore she
should never marry northerner, but
she did. ! guess. being Bohun. she
had to after hearing she must not.
There were two of us that loved her,
but she chose Sam Graham"
Why" be said awkwardly, I'm
sorry
I'm not. She was right If couldn't
see it that way. They ran away. and
so did l. l went east. but they came
back to Radville. Colonel Bohun new
er forgave them, but they were very
happy till she died. Betty's their
daughter, of course. Sans not the
kind that marries more than once"
We reached our gate. went in very
quietly. lit our candIes'a with eIabo-
rate care avoided the homemade bur
glar alarm.
''By the way, did you get your invi
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-28
CHAPTER XIV.

"%KA HE way he's worked" Sam
Graham said to me that
I'LL night about Duncan. You'd
hardly believe it, Homer. He
said he wanted to get home early SOS
to write a letter to a friend of his
in New York, a Mr.. Kellogg, Junior
member of L. ]. Bartlett & Co., about
my invention But he insisted on
leaving everything to rights for bush
ness tomorrow. And just look"
But 1 thought Roland Barnette'-
i suggested with guile. OF course I'd
heard a rumor of what had happened
almost every one in town bad-and
how Roland and his friend Mr.. Burn
ham had sort of fallen out on the
way from the Bigelow House to the
train. but no one knew anything def
mite, and 1 wanted to get 1.-The rights
of it, as Radville says.
So ! had dropped in at Graham's on
my way home from the office. as
often do. for an evening smoke and
bit Of gossip. Then started home.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-28
MOLINE

| Taxi In MISUNDERSTANDING that he
had been "feeced" out of SO by a
chauffeur named Frederickson, en-
ployed by the Ford Taxicab company
of Rock Island, Bayor Shorb of Mo
line, ordered the chauffeur to drive
him to the police station here. Arriv-
ing at the station the chauffeur want
ed Shorb arrested for failure to pay
his taxi fare and Shorb wanted the
chauffeur arrested for an alleged
theft of SO. The officers refused to
act without a warrant. Shorb then
became noisy and was arrested. He
resisted and received a badly swollen
eye. Yesterday the case came before
Magistrate Gustafson. Shorb charged
with disorderly conduct by the police.
He pleaded guilty and was fined $3.50
which he paid. He and the taxi driver
then left for a justice of peace, Shorb
to get a warrant for the return of the
SO he claims was stolen and the
chauffeur to get a warrant to collect
the amount due him for the two hours
Joy ride" The justice refused either
a warrant and therefore the matter
has been dropped.
Agents in City.-In preparation for
their spring trade, $50 implement deal
ers, agents of the large Moline factor
les, are expected here before the end
of the week. Over so have arrived and
are now being shown about the shops.
The men represent Deere & Co., the
Velie concerns, Deere & Mansur. the
Moline Plow company, the Marseillies
plant and other concerns here. The
men will remain over until next week.
They will be shown about the factor
les Of the company they represent as
agents and will be given pointers on
the leaders for the spring trade.
To Finish Laboratory-D. H.
Stacks, steel expert and technical in
vestigator for Deere & Co. has just re-
turned to Moline from Chicago, where
he has been laid up for twelve weeks
with typhoid fever. Mr.. Stacks is now
ready to resume installation and equip
mentment of a technical department In
the Deere shops, which on completion
will be classed as one Of the finest re-
search laboratories in the country.
o.
Two Flee from Hospital. Forrest
Mccoy and Cadet Dunbar, patients in
the Watertowu hospital, escaped about
10 o'clock last night and the authori-
ties here have been asked to be on the
lookout for them. Dunbar was a pa
rolled patient and his departure has
mot caused the hospital authorities
much anxiety, but Mccoy is mitti-
mus patient, and every effort possible
will be made to capture him. Mccoy
was under Indictment for burglary and
larceny as result of entering Fiji
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-28
THE
FORTUNE
HUNTER
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAP
TIERS.

Nat Duncan. discharged for incoTuP7
tency by his employer, goes to the nome
! of his friend Kellogg, who has helped him
in the past
meets some of his old time acquaintance
at the home of his friend
kellogg wants to help Duncan. VINO Is
discouraged, and outlines a novel scheme
whereby Duncan can repair his shattered
fortunes,
a country town, dress well. go to church.
work steadily and thus attract and marry
the wealthiest girl in the town.
Duncan decides to follow KeIloggs sus-
gestion and with an array of newly made
city clothes departs for and arrives at
Radvilla
Old Sam Graham runs a dilapidated
out of date little drug store in RadviIle.
he has for years wasted his time on vart-
Gus inventions.
Betty Grahan. the old mans pretty bu.
careworn daughter, works in the stora
Mr. Littiejohn. the Radviue editor, be-
comes acquainted with Duncan.
BlinlSy" Lockwood is the richest NAV,
IN the village, and Duncan is interested
10 learn that the old miser has a daueb-
ter, Josie.
Duncan obtains a position In old Ora.
hams drug store without pay for he
learns that the village girls, including
wealthy Josie Lockwood, are very fond of
Duncan advances money to buy a new
stock of drugs and soda sirups. so as to
enable Graham to compete with the rival
store.
Josie Lockwood and Angie Tuthill visit
the store and make Duncan's acquaint-
ance. They hirt with him and buy soda
water.
Duncan meets Betty Graham. who,
weary and suspicious of the world. does
not enthusc Sx.zN 81 81 fathers new clerk
Roland Barnette, in love with Josie
Lockwood introduces to old Graham
New York swindler. Burnham, who tries
to get for low price sensational gas
machine that Sam has invented.
"Blinky' lockwood has a note of old
Sans which has maeured and threatens
Betty to the consequences of nonpay-
ment.
Betty raves at her father because OF his
poverty. Duncan comes in and gently re-
monstrates with the girl.
The sheriff comes to the store to de-
mand payment OF Graham's note. Dun.
can uses almost his last cent to pay the
sum, $3.50
Duncan meets ''Blinky" Lockwood and
also saves old Sam from being victimized
by Burnham. much to Roland's disgust.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-28
DAVENPORT

. For Clum Dinner. At the meeting
of the committee of 80 yesterday 1t
was decided to give a Clum dinner
searly in January, the date and place
TO be announced later. The commit
Yfee will meet the supervisors next
Tuesday to present the committee Of
t30's objections to the tax ferret mat
rer. Woodwork Clum, the recently
fappointed secretary, will take up his
work in Davenport Jan >.
: Bank Plans Ready.-Plans for the
new building to be erected at the
sbsouthwest corner of Third and Main
.lstreets by. the German Savings bank
Twill be completed by the middle of
next week probably. Clausen & Clau-
tsen, architects who are drawing the
splans said that they would be ready
within the next 10 days. The work of
hearing down the buildings now on the
sfte will be started as soon after the
lplans are drawn as possible. Most OF
the tenants in the present buildings
have secured new quarters and will
start moving out by the end of this
week or the middle of next week. Bids
8 on the plans for the new building will
be called for within a short time after
their approval.
Women Want Men1b ership.-Women
of Davenport who are making a fight
to secure membership in the Daven-
port Camera club, from whose ranks
the men have barred them, won the
first round in the war, scoring a point
against the men who sought TO keep
them out. Women photographers will
be allowed TO attend the next meeting
of the club, to be held next week some
time. Officers will be elected at that
time and a constitution and bylaws
adopted. The women will attend en-
masse and the generals in charge of
the skirmishes have predicted that the
club will allow them to enter its mem
bership.
Obituary Record. - Mrs. Julia Ann
Granny. wife of Patrick Granny, 1929
East Fifteenth street, Davenport, pass
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-28

say abnormal, Maidstone who never
misses going to church and Sunday
school, no matter what the weather"
He laughed lightly. Had letter
wanted to catch the first morning
train"
''Tben you're interested in Sans
burnerT
mo. I'm not, but / hope to interest
others Oh. yes. Mr.. Graham told
you about it, of course. 1t just struck
me that If a uan of Burpham's stamp
was willing to risk $500 on the propo-
sition he very likely foresaw profit
in It that might as well be Mr.. Ora
hams. So I've sent a detailed de-
scrtption of the thing to friend in
New York who'll look into it for me-"
He was silent for a little.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-28

pen, which started to tell why Duncan
didn't want to go to Josie Lockwoods
party. l was long in finding out, but
not so long as Duncan himself. per
haps, by which l mean TO say that he
was conscious Of the desire not to go
and determined not to without stop
ping to analyze the cause Of that de-
sire more than very specifically.
1t happened. toward the close of the
eventful day already detailed at such
length, that as Duncan was entering
the house with a load of boxed goods
he heard voices in the store-young
voices, of which one was already too
familiar to his ears. He paused, wait
ing for them to get through with their
business and go, for be had no time
to waste just then, even upon the
heiress of his manufactured destiny.
Betty was then working in the shop
(old Sam having gone upstairs for
little rest, who was overweight and