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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-09-30
Standing of Contestants.

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The winners of the rose-bushes
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announced in the next issue.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-09-30

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The close is drawing near-just
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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-09-30

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-04
BROOKLYN SOCIETY
Weddings, Engagements, Recep
tiOnS and Announcements.

Yesterday was a busy day 70. society on
the Heights. Many from that section went
up to Rye for the wedding of Hiss Dorothea
Baron and Philip Rogers Mallory. and there
were two large receptions. one given by
Mrs. Charles A Hull for her niece, Mrs.
Merrill Bishp. and the debut of Miss l.
Beatrice Todd, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Clifton Todd
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-04
BARREN ISLANDS SCHOOL
Strangest of All Queer Schools
on BrookIVn'S Outskirts.

! The ordinary Brooklynite has come &c
| think of q local school house as a big brici
or stone building, with every modern Ia
cility for teaching, a corps Of dozens u
! teachers and with thousand or two chh
| dren AS a matter of fact, Brooklyn haS
more freak schools than some or the ruia
! counties of the state
! All around the suburbs are little, Ole
school houses with one, two, three OF ioui
| rooms Then there are the portable schoo
houses. that come like library units, anc
| are carted around like big packing boxes
and put where they are most needed. Ihere
are schools bequeathed the city by the once
| suburban towns, which passed into MIR
yana at the time of consolidation DoWn
| at Coney Island there is school Whlcn
was put up in the days of John Y. Mchane
| that trembles and shakes so when the gov
eminent has target practice In the vicinity
that the pupils heads are bombarded with
falling plaster.
The strangest school is No. 120, out on
Barren Island. This school is not freak,
but is surrounded by freakish circum-
stances 1t is run more on the lines OF
, settlement work, perhaps, than any other
school of the borough Some years ago the
school authorities saw that something
would have to be done for the children OF
the men-mostly Poles-who work in the
garbage disposal plant. Then the school
was put up. 1t has six class rooms and six
teachers, not including the principal, Miss
Harriet R. Daley.
AS the school is not provided with sub
stitutes, Miss Daley has to take the place
of absent teachers from time to time.
About two hundred children attend the
school. The teachers have a problem in
their work, the detectives. To handle them
it was found necessary to esta blish a spe-
cial class. The school has kindergarten
also. Consequently, all the work of the
primary and grammar grades must be done
in the other four classes.
Lying so far out of the reach of traffic,
the school authorities found that they
| would have to look out for the comfort of
the teachers if they wanted to keep any at
| work on the island. So cottage was built
| for their accommodation.
The teachers live at the cottage in the
! school days and return to the mainland on
! the police or mall boats for Saturdays and
Sundays. Though so inconvenient to reach.
| the special teachers get around to the
| school from time to time to teach music,
sewing, drawing and physical culture In
| the basement there are some gymnasium
paraphernalia for the use of the pupils.
| Occasionally public lecturer goes to the
| island, speaks, and puts up at the cottage
| over night. The teachers have entertain
| ments at the school from time to time. and
! there are two evening classes for such as
| desire TO attend
| Teaching at the island is discouraging
| and uphill work, however. The people take
| what is offered to them as a matter of
| course, thanklessly. When any of them i'm
prove they move away and get jobs else
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-04

Mrs. John ]. Hinchman, Mrs Ralph
Pratt Hinchman and Miss Hinchman will
be at home at No SO Monroe place Fridays
III January.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-04
MISS GLADYS MURPHY.

where so the average Of civilization and
intelligence remains on a dead level Then
opposition to the work of the school is eX-
hibited by some citizens.
On one occasion, a local saloonkeeper,
finding the people had deserted his back
room for the school house, reported to the
authorities that Miss Daley, the principal,
was permitting the boys to move the gym
nasium apparatus from the cement floor in
the basement and use the room as a rink
for roller skating. Miss DALEY was called
upon to explain. She freely admitted the
charge, and then she said:
II thought, as I had paid 500 to buy the
gymnasium paraphernalia, 1 had the right
to permit it to be moved"
The Investigators agreed with her. and
the saloon man lost his case The investi-
gators went further and found that Miss
Daley paying $50 a week from her
own pocket to provide the night school
with an instructor in elementary physics
Miss Daley is weIl-to-do and is not work
ing solely for the $1,000 salary she receives
annually. The city pays for the cottage
where she and the teachers live, and sup
plies the heat, but the teachers club to-
gether to pay the servants, and to buy the
food needed. The city has also provided
an artesian well for the school and the
cottage and is now carting soil to the
school premises with the object of form
ing the foundation for grass plot.
While there is no other school in the
city situated so peculiarly as the Barre,
Island school, the real freak schools ar
the portable schools These are collap-
sible, and can be readily moved Some
times where the fire limits for fra
structures permit, the little schools are set
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-04

they might be called. are gathered tossthe-
forming fairly respectable school syxe,,
Several years ago eight temporary school.
were erected as an annex TO Public scbeu,,
"a in the Brownsville section When "A
dItions had been erected the Temperate
structure was sawed in two and the part.
were carted of TO Church avenue. ne..
Utica avenue, where they are now In Use
A whole volume could be written abou,
the old-fashioned school buildings vhic.
are I'm Use and have been for time OUT =,
mind. In the Rugby section there \, !.
tvptcal little old one-room school bufld,,,
and there are others just as old ard h.
hind the times all about the suburbs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-04

nm IN the grounds OF the bigger schoo,S
re,ieve congestion. This is one Oh ''
important uses 40 little
The most interesting is their use as H.
,,,,,osts OF civilization In the rurai
t,ons Of the borough. A number OF t ,a..,s
occur in the Fatbush section Inc h'''.
structures are only one story .'s" "a
course. but they are light and airy anu
Furnish room for fifty or sixty puphs. 0n.
trouble is that they have to be hea,eu ~
stoves. They are especially useful for lne
little children, who are unable 70 go any
-rs.t distance to the permanent schoo'
houses as
Sometime. several of the school units as
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-04

One of the recently announced engage
ments of interest to the younger sex in
the borough is that of Miss Gladys Char
lotte Murphy and Frederick Arthur Ru-
dolph Won Normann. Miss Murphy is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Charles M.
Murphy. of No. 80 New York avenue
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-04

eRooKLYN ADVERTISEMENT
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-04

BROOKLYN ADVERTISEMENTS.
The Jackson herald., 1910-11-24
SYNOPSIS.

Lawrence Blakeley, lawyer, goes 10
pittsburg with the forged notes in the
Bronson case to get the deposition OF
John Gilmore. millionaire. In the latter's
home he is attracted by a picture of n
young girl whom the millionaire explains
is his granddaughter. lady requests
Blakeley TO buy her a Pullman ticket. He
gives her lower eleven and retains lower
ten. He hnds n drunken man In lower
ten and retires In lower nine. He ava
kens In lower seven and finds his clothes
and bag missing The man in lower ten
ts found murdered. Circumstantial evil
dence points to both Blakeley and the
unknown man who had exchanged clothes
with him. Bla<cley becomes interested
in n girl in blue. The train is wrecked.
Blakeley is rescued from the burning car
by the girl in blue. His arm Is broken.
They 60 To the Carter place for break
fast. The girl proves to be Alison West.
his partners sweetheart Her peculiar
actions mystlfy the lawyer. She drops
pocket. Blakeley returns home. He finds
that he Ia under surveillance. Moving
pictures OF the train taken just before the
wreck reveal 90 Blakeley n man leaping
from the train with his stolen grip.
Blakeley learns that n man named Sui
livan lcaped from the train near NJ
and sprained his ankle. He stayed some
time at the Carter place, While making
Inquiries at Carters. Blakoley finds ALI
son and kisses her. Mrs. Conway. the
woman for whom Blakeley bought the
Pullman ticket. tries to make n bargain
with him for the forged notes. not know
sng that they are missing. An amateur
detective thinks he has found Sullivan.
The Jackson herald., 1910-11-24

came forward rubbing his hands, fol-
lowed by a thin man in overalls. "Mr.
Peck says" he began-"this is Mr..
Peck Of Peck & Peck--says that the
place we are looking for is about
seven miles from the town. It's clear
ing. isn't it?"
1T is not" returned. savagely.
"And we don't want runabout, Mr..
Peck. What we require Is an hermet-
ically sealed diving suit. suppose
there isn't machine to be had?" Mr..
Peck gazed at me in silence: machine
to him meant other things than mo-
tors. Automobile" supplemented.
His face cleared.
''None but private affairs. can
give you a good buggy with rubber
apron. Mike. is the doctors horse
in?"
am still uncertain as to whether
the rawboned roam we took out that
night over the mountains was the doc
tors horse or not. II It was, the doc.
tor may be good doctor. but he
doesn't know anything about horse
And furthermore, ! hope he didn't
need the beast that miserable evening
While they harnessed the horse
Hotchkiss told me what he had
learned.
"slx Curtises in the town and vi
entity" he said. Sort Of family name
around herea One OF them is telegraph
operator at the station. Person we
are boxing for is--was-a wealthy
widow with brother--named Sulli
van! Doth supposed to have been
killed on the Flier."
"Her brother" I repeated, stupidity
"You see," Hotchkiss went on
three people, in one party, took the
train here that night, Miss West, Mrs
Curtis and Sullivan. The two womer
had the drawing room, Sullivan hat
lower seven. What we want to fint
out is Just who these people were
where they came from, IL Bronson
knew them. and how Miss West be
came entangled with them. She ma,
have married Sullivan, for one thing.
fell into gloom after that. TIL,
roam was led unwillingly into tn,
weather. Hotchkiss and ! eclipsed be
hind the blanket. The liveryman stoo,
in the doorway and called directions
to us. "You can't miss It." he finished
Got the name over the gate anyhow
The Laurels.' The servants are still
there: Ieastways. we didn't bring then
down" He even took a step into tn,
| rain M Hotchkisa nickad IN tho linee
IF you're going to settle the estate,
The Jackson herald., 1910-11-24

one inaccessible and II. as you say, the
--er-garments were in a tub here at
X. then, as you hold the key to the
other door--I think you said the con.
vent dog did not raise any disturb.
ance? Pardon a personal question,
but do you ever walk in your sleep?'
The priest looked bewildered.
I'll tell you what to do" Hotchkiss
said, cheerfully. leaning forward. look
around little yourself before you call
In the police. Somnambulism Is a
queer thing. It's question whether
we are most ourselves sleeping or
waking. Ever think OF that? Live a
sanity life all day. prayers and mathis
and all that, and the subconscious
mind hikes you out OF bed at night
to steal undermuslins! Subliminal
theft. 80 to speak. Better examine the
roof"
I dozed again. When wakened
Iotchkiss sat alone and the priest,
from a corner. was staring at him
dazedly over his brevary.
1t was raining when we reached
Cresson, a wind-driven rain that had
forced the agent at the news stand to
close himself In and that beat back
from the rails in parallel lines of
white spray. AS he went up the main
street Hotchkiss was cheerfully oblivi.
Gus OF the weather. OF the threatening
dusk. OF our generally draggled condi.
ton. My draggled condition, I should
say. for he improved every moment
his eyes brighter. his ruddy face rud.
der. his collar newer and glossier
Sometime, when 1t does not encircle
the little mans neck, shall test that
| collar with a match.
was growing steadily more de
pressed: | loathed my errand and its
necessity. had always held that a
man who played the spy or a woman
The Jackson herald., 1910-11-24
COUNTRY AWAKE TO DANGER
Increase Of sanatoria and Hospitals
for consumptives 10 Most
Gratifying.

The growth of the crusade against
tuberculosis In the United States is
shown to good advantage In the two
directories that have been issued by
the National Association for the Study
and Prevention of tuberculosis and
the one in preparation. The first tu-
berculosis directory published in 1904.
by the tuberculosis committee OF the
New York Charity Organization Socie-
ty and the National Association listed
1873 sanatoria and hospitals for con-
sumptives in the United States, for
some Of which preliminary provision
only has been made. The combined
capacity of these institutions was only
5000 beds. Thirty-two special dis
pensaries and thirty-nine anti.tubercu-
losis organizations summed up prac-
tically all Of the fighting force emu.
merated in the first directory. The
second directory was prepared by the
National Association for the study and
Prevention of tuberculosis and pub
lished under the auspices OF the Rus
sell Sage Foundation In August, 1908.
This directory listed 240 sanatoria and
hospitals, an increase Of 107 from the
former directory; 1853 dispensaries. an
Increase Of 1876; and 1876 associations.
an increase OF 156. The number Of
hospital beds listed In 1908 was 14.014.
The new directory that will be Is
sued soon, will list over 400 sanatoria
and hospitals with bed capacity OF
nearly $4,000; more than 400 special
tuberculosis dispensaries; and fully
450 anti.tuberculosis associations and
committees. Since the first directory
was issued in 1904. the increase In
the number Of agencies fighting con-
sumption aggregates nearly 500 per
cent.
The National Association for the
Study and Prevention Of tuberculosis
would like to get in touch with all
agencies engaged in the fight against
tuberculosis. In order that they may
be listed in the new directory.
The Jackson herald., 1910-11-24

he bawled. don't forget us, Peck &
Peck. A half-bushel of name and a
bushel Of service"
Hotchkiss could not drive. Born a
clerk, he guided the roam much as
he would drive a bad pen. And the
roam spattered through puddles and
splashed ink-mud, that is-until
was in a frenzy Of irritation.
What are we going to say when we
get there?" asked after had finally
taken the reins in my one useful hand.
"Get out there at midnight and tell the
servants we have come to ask few
questions about the family? It's an
idiotic trip anyhow; wish I had
stayed at home"
The roam fell Just then and we had
to crawl out and help him up. By the
time We had partly Embarrassed him
our matches were gone and the small
bicycle lamp on the buggy was wa
vering only too certainly. We were
covered with mud, painting with exer.
tion and even Hotchkiss showed a dis
position to be surly. The rain, which
had lessened for a time, came on
again, the lightning flashes doing
more than anything else to reveal our
isolated position.
Another mile saw us, If possible,
more respondent. The water in our
clothes had had time to penetrate; the
roam had sprained his shoulder, and
drew us along in a series of convulsive
jerks. And then through the rain
spattered window of the blanket, I
saw a light. 1t was a small light,
rather yellow, and it lasted perhaps
80 seconds. Hotchkiss missed it, and
was inclined to doubt me. But in a
couple of minutes the roam hobbled to
the side of the road and stopped, and
| made out break in the pines and
| an arched gate.
1t was small gate. too narrow for
the buggy. / pulled the horse into as
much shelter as possible under the
The Jackson herald., 1910-11-24
SICK, SOUR, UPSET STOMACH
Indigestion, GAS, Heartburn or Dys-
pepsla Relieved Five Minutes After
Taking a Little Diapepsln.

Here is harmless preparation
which surely will digest anything you
eat and overcome a sour. gassy or out
of-order stomach within flve minutes.
II your meals don't fit comfortably,
or what you eat lies like lump OF lead
in your stomach, or II you have heart
burn. that Is a sign of Indigestion.
Get from your Pharmacist a 50-cent
case Of Pape's Diapepsin and take
a dose Just as soon as you can. There
will be no sour risings, no belching OF
undigested food mixed with acid, no
stomach gas or heartburn. fullness or
heavy feeling In the stomach. Nausea,
Debilitating Headaches, Dizziness or
Intestinal gripping. This will all go.
and, besides, there will be no sour food
left over in the stomach to poison your
breath with nauseous odors.
Pape's Diapepsin is a certain cure
for out-of-order stomachs, because II
takes hold of your food and digests II
Just the same as II your stomach
wasn't there.
Relief in FIVE minutes from all stom.
ach misery is waiting for you at any
drug store here In town.
These large 60-cent cases of Pape's
Diapepsin contain more than sufficient
to thoroughly cure almost any case of
Dyspepsia. Indigestion. Gastritis or
any other stomach disorder.
The Jackson herald., 1910-11-24

was beneath contempt Then, admit
l was afraid of what I might learn.
For a time, however, this promised to
be negligible quantity. The streets
of the struggling little mountain town
had been clean washed Of humanity
by the downpour. Windows and doors
were inhospitably shut and from
around an occasional drawn shade
came narrow strips of light that mere
ly emphasized our gloom. When Hotch-
kiss umbrella turned inside out. !
stopped.
Il don't know where you are going"
| snarled, "and don't care. But I'm
going to get under cover inside Of ten
seconds. I'm not amphibious."
] ducked into the next shelter
which happened to be the yawning en-
trance to a livery stable, and shook
myself. dog fashion. Hotchkiss wiped
his collar with his handkerchief. 1t
emerged cleaning and unwilted.
This will do as we'll as any place."
he said, raising his voice above the
rattle of the rain. Got to make be-
ginning"
sat down on the usual chair with
out back. just inside the door, and
stared out at the darkening street,
The whole affair had an air Of unreal
ity. Now that | was there ! doubted
the necessity or the value OF the jour
ney. / was wet and uncomfortable,
Around me, with Cresson as a center.
stretched an irregular circumference
of mountain, with possibly ten-mile
radius, and in 1t l was to find the res
idence of a woman whose first name
| did not know and a man who, so
far, had been purely chimerical per-
son.
Hotchkiss had penetrated the steam
ing interior of the cave and now his
voice, punctuated by the occasional
thud of horses hoofs, came to me.
Something light will do" he was
saying. "a runabout, perhaps" He
The Jackson herald., 1910-11-24
CHAPTER XIII.
A Night at the LaureIs.

slept most of the way to Cresson,
60 the disgust of the little detective.
Finally he struck up an acquaintance
with a kindly faced old priest on his
way home to his convent school, armed
with roll of dance music and sur
reptitlous bundles that looked like
boxes of candy. From scraps of con.
versation | CLEANED that there had
peen mysterious occurrences at the
cimvent-ending in the theft of what
the reverend father called vaguely "a
quantity of undermuslins." dropped
asleep at that point and when l reused
q few moments later, the conversation
had progressed. Hotchkiss had dia.
gram IN an envelope.
with this window bolted and that
The Jackson herald., 1910-11-24
CHAPTER xxil-Continued.

sat for a few minutes thinking II
over. But what did he mean by say.
ing he hadn't seen the notes for ten
days? And why is Bronson making
the overtures?"
II think he was lying" Hotchkiss
reflected. Bronson hasn't reached
his figure"
IT'S big advance. Mr.. Hotchkiss
and I appreciate what you have done
more than ] can tell you" said.
.'And now, II you can locate any Of
my property In this fellows room
well send him up for larceny and at
least have him where we can get at
him. I'm going to Cresson tomorrow.
TO try TO trace him a little from there.
But I'll be back in n couple of days
and well begin to gather in these
scattered threads"
Hotchkiss rubbed his hands togeth.
er delightedly.
That's it," he said. That's what
we want to do. Mr.. Blakeley. Wen
gather up the threads ourselves; II
We let the police in too soon they'll
tangle IL up again. I'm not vindictive
by nature. but when a fellow like Sui
livan not only commits a murder. but
goes TO all sorts OF trouble to put the
burden of guilt on an innocent man
] say hunt him down, sir!"
you are convinced, of course. that
Sullivan did it?"
"Who else?" He looked over his
glasses at me with the air OF n man
whose mental attitude is unassailable.
"Well, listen TO this" said.
Then ] told him at length of my en-
counter with Bronson in the restau-
rant. OF the bargain proposed by Mrs.
Conway and finally of Meningitis new
theory. But. although he was i'm
pressed he was far from convinced.
IT'S a very vivid piece OF imagina.
tion." he said, drily; but while It fits
the evidence as far as II goes, II
doesn't go far enough. How about the
stains in lower seven. the dirk and the
wallet? Haven't we even got motive
in that telegram from Bronson?"
YES" I admitted. but that bit OF
chain"
"Pooh." he said, shortly. Perhaps
like yourself. Sullivan wore glasses
with chain. Our not finding them
does not prove they did not exist"
And there ! made an error; hall
condolences are always mistakes.
could not tell of the broken chain In
Allison Vests gold purse.
II was one o'clock when Hotchkiss
finally left. We had by that time ar
ranged a definite course OF action
Hotchkiss to search Sullivan's rooms
and II possible find evidence to have
him held for larceny. while went tc
Cresson.
Strangely enough. however. when
entered the train the following morn
ing. Hotchkiss was already there. He
had bought a new notebook and was
sharpening a fresh pencil.
Il changed my plans. you see," hi
said. bustling his newspaper aside fol
me. ''Its no discredit to your intelli
gence. Mr.. Blakeley, but you lack the
professional eye. the analytical mind
You legal gentlemen call a spade 6
spade. although it may be shovel.
A primrose by the rivers brim
A yellow primrose was to him,
And nothing more!
quoted as the train pulled out.
The Jackson herald., 1910-11-24
Al,evlatIno cIrcumstancs..

did you say" asked gentlemaA
who was looking for rooms, did you
say that music teacher occupied the
next apartment? That cannot be very
pleasant" Harpers Bazaar gives the
landlady's reply.
"Oh," she said. eagerly, that's
nothing, sir. The music teacher has
II children and they make so much
noise that you can't hear the piano At
all"