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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-22
BELIEVED GEMS
 CAN NOW BE MADE New Method of Making Dia- mOnds Said to Have
 Been Discovered

Berlin, November 21-A new method of making diamonds, it is said, has been discovered by Dr. Wener von Bolten, chemical expert connected with the Siemens- Halske laboratory here.
 3eThe process is based on the decompo- sition of lighting gas by mercury amalgm whereby the carbon contained in. gas is cyrstalized into diamonds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-22

Mrs Robert Baugh, Mrs. Ross c. Smith, Miss Harriet Fitts. Miss Doris Weath- erly, Miss Marjorie Weatherly, Miss Lillian Orr. Miss Charlotte Hopkins Miss Virginia Means. Miss Fannie Dunn and Miss Grace Smith
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-22
MRS. CRAWFORD JOHNSON
 INFORMAL BRIDGE HOSTESS

Mrs. Crawford Johnson will be one of the hostesses extending small hospi- talities this week. She will entertain few friends very informally at bridge for Mrs. Frank Fowllxes guests, Mrs. Deadrick, Mrs. Cole and Mrs. Petit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-22
Delicious Desserts

The best part of the meal is the des-. sert. Don't spoil the fininshing touches by using inferior extract, Use Blue Ribbon vanilla or Lemon. Pure. strong delicious. Best and takes less"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-22

 ANNOUNCEMENT MADE

Mir and Mrs. A. c. Harper announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Natalie, to Dr. Samuel Earle Johnson, the wedding to take place on Wednesday evening, December 20, at the First Methodist church, Clanton, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-22
Dividend Decreased

Richmond, November 2l.-Stockholders and directors of the Atlantic Coast Line company, in session here today, declared a semi-annual dividend of 3la per cent payable January 10, 1912. This is an in- crease of 1s per cent. The principal of ticers were reelected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-22
MIR. HARTZELL TO
 GIVE ORGAN RECITAL

Mir Claud R. Hartzell is inviting a few friends to an organ recital this evening at 9:S0 o'clock in compliment to MT. Damn Petersen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-22
MISS FITS IS INTRODUCED
 AT BRILLIANT. RECEPTION
Mr. and Mrs Hampton Sidney Smith Hosts Mrs Matte Pope Seals Entertans Gregory Smith Bridal Party-After- Reception Introduces Miss Josephine Cosby
 Details of Other Interesting, Attractive Events
BY MYRTLE MILES Telephones; Bell 49OO; Peoples 231.

George Watkins. MT. I. ?. Young and pr. Stuart Welch
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-22
Grape~Nuts

is a partially pre-digested food, and contains the natural food elements from wheat and barleyal- bumen, phosphate of potash, etc., that keep body and brain in perfect repair.
 Grape-Nuts is a concentrated food and its rich nourishment is easily and quickly absorbed by the blood with but slight tax upon the digestive organs.
  One can be strong, well and brainy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-22
ton and makes one proud of the Ly-

The Cincinnati Enquirer has this to say
 "Thoug,1 resident of this city, and in his fiftieth appearance here in ten years, he drew the largest audience in the his tory of the Young Mems Christian asso- citation SIr course. His presentation was full of dramatic force and intensity of delivery
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-09-01
SYNOPSIS.
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= The story opens with a scream from
3!orothy March in the opera box of Mrs
~ais;slonsr. wealthy widow. 1t is oc-
Sdsloned when Mrs. Missioner's necklace
2reaks, scattering the diamonds all over
me moor. Curtis Griswold and Bruxton
S1ands society men in love with Mrs. Mis-
6toner, gather up the gems. Griswold
steps on what is supposed to be the cele-
Brated Maharanee and brushes it. A Hin
900 declares 1t was not the genuine. An
expert later pronounces all the stones
Subsututes for the original. Detectives
Donnelly and Carson investigate. They
decide that the theft of the original gems
was accomplished by. some. one in the
mouse Miss Elinor IIolcomb. confidential
companion of Mrs. Missioner, is sus-
Pected. One of the missing diamonds is
found in her room. Mrs. Missioner pro-
tests that Elinor is innocent, but she is
taken to prison. Meantime, in IAN up
town mansion. two Hindoos, who are in
america to recover the Maharanee, dis
cuss the arrest. Detective BritZ takes up
the case. He evidently believes ElinOr in
nocent and asks the cooperation of Dr.
Lawrence Fitch, her fiance, in running
down the real criminal. He advises Elinor
not to seek bail Britz investigates affairs
at the Missioner home. He learns that
Mrs. Missioner had the diamonds in Paris
with her. Paris police inform him that
duplicates of the stones were made there
on the order of Elinor Holcomb Britt
INTERVIEWS Miss March and learns who
or her friends can draw.
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CHAPTER X.-(Continued.)

She stopped in the act of throwing
off her furs, and stood gazing at the
middle of the room There, absorbed
dn his task, at ease in a big chair be-
fore the cracking CRATE, sat Detective
Lieutenant Britt. Pad in one hand,
pencil in the other, he was sketching
busily.
Mrs. Missioner extended hand be-
hind her to silence her companions.
She turned her head with a smile al;
most as mischievous as Dorothy could
flash
Hush" she whispered. She and
the others watched Britt quietly as
his pencil moved slowly, awkwardly
over the paper. From his frequent
glances at the end of the room that
held the big safe, it was evident he
was making a drawing of it. The Ia
iborious dragging of his pencil point
proved he was not accustomed to such
Work-at least, so it seemed to one
OF the three who watched him. But
the sleuth stuck to the task dOggedly,
and at last he bore so heavily on a
corner of his sketch that the point of
mis- pencil broke.
He laid down the pad, took out a
pocket knife, and began to sharpen
the pencil. When the point was
fashioned to his liking, ne looked up.
Then and then only did he seem to
see the widow and her friends. He
rarose instantly and bowed to Mrs.
Missioner, following that with short
nod TO the men behind her.
Il told your man to let me come in,
madam, because I had no time to
spare" said the sleuth.
Mrs. Missioner bowed her head in
assent.
You wish to see me?" she inquired.
'There is something more you wish
to know?"
She was not in the mood for dis
cussion of the detectives quest this
evening. The afternoon tea in
Sherrys, the short ride home, in
Guiding the turn in the park with her
two most persistent admirers, this
COW home coming in the dusk Of a
winter day, however unreasonable the
weather. had made her meditative.
Even as she spoke to the detective
and sank dreamily into a conversation
chair beside the fire, her eyes strayed
from Sands to Griswold, from Girls
wOld to Sands, with the vague look OF
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were squeezed together so closely he
could not take 2 step, and in another
minute he found himself bound,
gagged. helpless, with three men sit
tins on him, bowling rapidly in a cab
along the park drive in a direction
which, owing to the swirling excite
ment of the last sixty seconds, he
could not ascertain All he knew
was that he was a captive; that he
had been seized in a way unusual to
city highwaymen, and that for the
present struggle for release would
be simply useless-perhaps worse
than useles. of his
strength
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close them again in the first moment
of his torment, and before his muscles
could recover from the shock, the
sway of the brougham swung him
clear of the rods Then, by the united
strength Of the three inside, he was
jerked upward, and dragged with
single tug into the carriage. The door
was slammed, and the coachman
brought his horses back to their high
stepping trot Suddenly they slowed
to a walk
Whats wrong here?" asked a voice
at the window.
Halo, Rafferty," said the driver
with the easy familiarity of night
hawk toward the rank and file Of the
force. Just bunch of DRINKS I'm
taking to their little white cots" he
added in an undertone.
A patrolman pressed his face
against the pane and looked inside.
Already, the three dark, slender men
who had kidnapped the detective were
lolling and nodding in way sug-
geStive of safe but satisfied intoXica-
ton. Britz, trussed more securely
than ever, was under their feet, we'll
out of the policeman's range.
They're sure q fine lot OF rum
mies!" exclaimed the bluecoat to his
friend, the coachman. The sooner
they hit the hay the better. On your
way" And, the driver Ticking his
horses in a leisurely way, the broug-
Cd with nA4nN-
tive-Lieutenant Britt raging in en-
forced silence among the silk rugs on
its floor
1t was just then that Britt made his
second mistake. He breathed too
deeply. True, he was blown sadly by
the desperate struggle as he hung
headdown from the vehicle and his
lungs had almost stopped working
when he was jerked so violently back
into the carriage. The air near the
floor was cool and refreshing, No
ordinary man would have hesitated to,
renew his strength by drawing it as
far down into his lungs as the cramped
| position would permit; but Britt him.
self, in cooler moments, would haVo
observed sagely that air itself was not
always an unmiXed blessing He
would have tod inQuiring minds that,
under suspicious circumstances, it
should be taken with caution and, IL
! fore taken. In this instance, the air
| Britt breathed was mixed with a SUBJ
tie something that gradually stole his
senses and left him, though healthily
alive, an inert heap under the feet or
| his captors.
So potent, SO gentle was the action
of that strange something that the
| stoppage of the carriage, the lifting
from it's floor of the inaninate detec-
tive, the carrying Of his limp form up
darkened stairs in dead silence to a
room at the remote end of a suite at
the top of the building, and that
which happened to the headquarters
man as, sodden with the subtle So
porific, he remained at the mercy OF
the strangers three, were things Britz
for many a long day could only guess.
SO cropping was his conjecture through
those weary days of uncertainty that
whenever he recalled the experience.
it was with a certain gliding move
ment of the jaws that BODIED i'll for the
three dark slim men II ever he
should be able to enfold them in the
rneshes OF the law as they had
wrapped him in their scarves.
No, Britt was not vindictive, but he
was-human.
(TO BE CONTINJED)
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d WOuldH trying TO Q6ClQo q mOm6H-
tous question. Griswold, ever ready
to seize the smallest advantage,
promptly occupied the other end of
the chair. Facing the beautiful
widow, he ignored both Britz and
Sands, and he threw into the chances
ne showered upon the woman all the
caress at his command.
Britt eyed Sands sharply before re-
plying. He gripped his chin with
thumb and finger, and seemed study
ing the big millionaire. AS a matter
of fact, he was watching Griswold.
His gaze, even as it appeared focused
most strongly on Sands, in reality was
concentrated on the clubman, who
shared the serpentine chair with the
wealthy widow.
Il want a plan of the rOom," said
Britt at length. "A sketch of the safe,
too. One of my men was to have
made draughts for me, but | had to
send him out of town at short notice
on another end Of the case. So" and
he smiled slowly at his poor work
manship, I'm doing the best l can. ~
May l see what you have DRAWN
asked Mrs. Missioner pleasantly. ooh
Mr. Britt" she laughed holding the
paper at arms length, I'm afraid
you'll never make an artist. l hope,
she added hastily, you have no pro-
fessional pride on that point?"
None whatever" returned the de-
tective He liked & woman with a
sense Of humor, and there was some
thing about Mrs. Missioner that ap-
pealed to him anyway. Il told you
was merely a substitute"
Sands, towering above the widow on
the hearth-rug, shot a single, indiffer-
ent look at the drawing. Griswold' S
glance brushed it carelessly, but the
widows interest in it was echoed by
him in so for that he took the dia-
gram from her and examined it for a
few seconds. Then, with a short
harsh laugh, he half turned to Britt,
alternately bending and Strengthening
the paper in his fingers.
Ever hear OF such a thing as per
spective, detective?" he asked conde-
scendingly. Britt overlooked the air
of superiority. He snook his head
thOughtfully There was inquiry in
his eyes as he waited for Griswold' S
next words. You'd starve to death
in a studio" the clubman continued
scornfully.
A crisp little laugh from Britz was
the only reply. He crossed the floor
and made a microscopic examination
of the safe Then he circled the room,
tapping the walls again, moving pieces
of furniture to look behind them, turn
up corners of the rug, and gazing re,
fiectively at the ceiling Ali, the In
dian servant, appeared noiselessly at
the door, started slightly at the sight
of the detective, and vanished as 81
lently Britt pretended not to see
the Hindoo, but, in his movements
about the room, he paused at the
threshold, and glanced quickly down
the passage There was no one In
sight.
All that time, Curtis Griswold, hav-
ing ripped off the sheet on which
Britt had drawn the rude diagram,
was sketching idly as he talked in an
undertone to the widow. His words
held her attention. She took no note
of the detectives wandering, the
heavy silence of Sands, the sOundless
appearance and disappearance Of the
Hindoo. Ripples of laughter revealed
that she, az least, was amused by
what Griswold was saying. 1t was
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concerned, at least.
National Road Building
To Be Democratic Policy
Speaker Clark plans to make good
roads an issue of the next campaign.
AS a member OF the Lincoln Memorial
commission Mr. Clark Is advocating
the building OF great highway rom
Washington 20 Gettysburg. "As the
nucleus OF great system of national
roads built by the government In cor.
poration with the states" The ma
Jority of the commission favors a
marble arch IN Washington. which the
Speaker says would form fine meet.
ing place for English sparrows. but
which would not fit in with the Drac-
tical character of the great Lincoln.
The speaker has induced the Presi.
dent to defer action until the legisla-
ton can be passed permitting the
building of the road He will then work
for the adoption by the government
of national road building policy
Wickersham an Issue
Thai Attorney General Wlckersham
will become ~ampaign issue by 1912
is regarded as certain by those look
ing ahead. Wlckersham has permitted
Taft to be besmirched In Pinchot and
other matters. Wickersham was on
\
the side of Ballinger against Pinchot
just as he is at present against DR..
Wiley. Developments in the steel
trust Investigation furnished fresh
evidence that Wickersham exemplifies
the alliance between the Republican
party and monopolists. In the opin-
ion of many the sequence of all this
will be that Taft will get many awhack
over Wickersham's shoulder.
Competitions or Trusts! Which9
When the Sherman antitrust law
was passed legislation was directed
toward the prohibition OF destruc
tion of monopolies. Roosevelt. Taft
and W!ckersham have not the idea of
trust dissolution. They advocate in
stead that the existence of the trusts
be recognized and legalized, but that
their greed be curbed by government
regulation. 1t remains to be seen
whether the people are ready 20 con
fess that the competitive system is
obsolete; to abandon system which
affords tree reign for individual en-
terprise. and 70 establish in it's place
centralized government with the
business OF the whole country in it's
hands fW+
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!: ! OBITUARY !:

Mrs. Sarah Il. Norman

Mrs. Sarah II. Morgan, widow of the
late General George w. Morgan. died
Wednesday morning at the home Of
her daughter, Mrs. John H. Cole, De
troit, Mich, after a brief Illness.
Mrs. Morgan, whose home was East
Gambler street, this city, went to De.
troit the early part of June to make
an extended visit with her daughter.
She was taken i'll while there. but
was able to be up and about the house
until few days ago. Her death was
due to complication of diseases. The
deceased was 50 years of age at the
time OF her death and is survived by
three daughters Mrs. HARRIET Coffin
berry Of Cleveland, Mrs. John Collie OF
Detroit, Mich, and Miss Katie Nor.
gan OF Columbus. The deceased was
well known in Mt. Vernon where she
resided for many years. She was a
member Of st. Paul's Episcopal church.
The remains will be brought 10 Mt.
Vernon where the funeral and inter.
ment will occur. The day and hour
will be announced later
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Mr.. John Mckee and family visited
Mr.. Allen Bebout and family Sunday.
Several of our young people went
to Niagara Falls this week.
Quite a number from here attended
the Herrod-Biggs reunion at Fulton
Thursday
Miss Edith Hays entertained the
following in honor of her fourteenth
birthday Thursday, August 10; Miss.
es Dorothy Thompson, Ruth Thomp.
son, Rebecca Cunningham, Olive Dud-
geon, Stella Reed, Elizabeth Reed,
Mae Mckee, Daisy Mckee, Esther
Wolfe, Neva Wolfe, of Gambler; Miss
Marie Wolfe, Evelyn Ferenbaugh. Ma
rie Fawcett and Minnie Hays, of Buck,
eye City; Miss Gladys Smith, of Mt
Vernon; Miss Emma O'Daniels, OF
Granville and Miss Bessie Wheeler OF
Coshocton.
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The Mt. Zion Sunday school picnic
has been postponed from Saturday,
August 26th, until Saturday, Sept. 2,
on account of the picnic at the Rain
Rocks. All Sunday schools are cor
daily invited to come and spend the
day with us.
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Wolfe and Mas
ter George Mckee spent Saturday
night and Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Fisk of Rocky Fork.
Mrs. Elizabeth Burcb and Mrs. Ad-
die Schooler and daughter, Wave,
spent Saturday night and Sunday with
Mrs. Margaret Blount and family OF
Perrytown.
The Mt. Zion Sunday school attend
ed the picnic at Black Run Saturday.
Mr.. Milton Hays and family visited
Mrs. Elizabeth Hays of Esto Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs Cary Harris and
daughter, Lille, of Winding Fork,
spent Sunday with friends here
Mr. Osmer Scott of Cleveland and
Milton Evans of Walnut Ridge, spent
Thursday with Mr.. Henry Van Winkle
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Thompson and
daughter, Bonneta. spent Wednesday
and Thursday with Mt. Vernon friends.
Mrs. Addie Schooler and daughters,
Evaline and Wave, and Mrs. Elizabeth
Burch visited Mrs. Lurel Weirick on
Tuesday.
Mrs Frank Rinehart spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs e. d. Rinehart OF
jug Run.
Miss Evaline Schooler spent Wed,
nesday with her grandparents, Nj
and Mrs. John Wolfe.
Miss Gertha Nichols of Bladens.
burg, spent Saturday night with Mr.
and Mrs Calvin Nichols.
Mr.. Clarence Werlich has returned
home after a pleasant visit with
friends in Trumbull county.
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Several from this place attended
Camp meeting at Sychar Sunday.
Miss Irene Parrish was the guest OF
her grandmother, Mrs Clements, Of
Mt. Vernon, Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. Robert Rinehart was the guest
of Chester Johnson Saturday night
Mr.. Oscar Nixon and family was the
guest of Mrs. Name Scott Sunday.
Several from this place attended the
picnic at the park Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Archie Pealer were the
guests of Mrs. Pealers parents, z
l.. V. Mcdonald, Sunday.
Miss Nellie Baker was the guest OF
Myrtle Hoar one day last week
Miss Ola Johnson has been to Mag
ara Falls the past week.
Mr.. Earl McDermott and family was
the guest of c. C. Clements Sunday
Mr.. Ellsworth Johnson and family
of Mt. Vernon, was the guest of his
parents, Mr.. Charles Johnson and
wife
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Mr.. and Mrs. Linsey Hays spent
Saturday and Sunday with relatives in
Mt. Vernon.
Mrs. Frank Elliott and family have
been visiting friends in Newark, Johns
town and Utica.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Ewart have re
turned from trip up the lakes and
to Detroit where they were guests
of their nephcw, Robert Ewart.
Mr.. Lee Pumphrey and daughter
Burdette, who have been seriously IL
are corvalescing.
Miss Ethel Baird of Ada is home tc
spend her vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Haskett of Salem
Nebraska, are visiting Mrs. Haskett's
mother. Mrs. jane Coulter.
Mr.. Chas. McCanment has improved
his residence with coat of paint.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Harrison and
daughter, Margery, and Mr.. and Mrs
W. C, Cline spent Friday in Mt. Yer
non.
Mrs. Frank Coulter and daughter
Annabelle, of Pittsburg. are the guest:
I, of Mr.. and Mrs. Jane Coulter,
DR.. and Mrs. N. s. Foland had as
their house guests last week the Miss
es Margaret and Lucille Ewart OF Plair
City, N. j.; Miss Ella Ewart of Marion
and Mr.. Ray Lafever Of Newark.
A very pretty wedding was solemn
ized at the home Of Mrs. Ellen Larnt
when Rev. Ransbottom united in mar
riage Mr.. Howard Hammond and Mis-.
Evelyn Thomas in the presence of {
few of their friends and neighbors
A most delicious wedding dinner fol
lowed lie ceremony.
DR.. \ 8. Poland accompanied Al
thur P,irdy to the Mt Vernon SAM
tariunt Thursday where he underwear
a serious operation which was quit
successtul and the boy is improving
nicely.
Mr.. Will Painter of Newark Is visit
ing in the house of Mr.. N. II. Tilton.
Mrs. j. s. Schooler and daughter
Clare, and Mrs. Will McMillen are tn
guests of friends at Byesyille.
Mrs. W. e. Shrontz is in Painters
vile, the guest of her mother, Mr.
VIM. Rouse.
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And you will readily become a depos.
itor of the Knox Building & Loan
Company. because you will then
know that your money is safe. Safe
because our money is loaned only on
mortgage real estate secur.
ity under the most careful appraise-
ment. Safe because insurance poll.
cies are required with all loans. Safe
because our securities grow better
each month as the interest and a por.
ton of the principal are repaid month.
ly by the borrower.
We pay four per cent on deposits
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8 East High Street,
Mt. Vernon, Ohio.
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There is only one way to cure deafness,
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you have a rumbling sound or imperfect
Deafness is the result. and unless the in
fiammation can be taken out and this
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hearing will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh.
which is nothing but an infiamed condi-
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We will give One Hundred Dollars forany case OF
Deafness (caused by caarr that cannot be- cured by
Halls Oatarrh Cure Send for circulars, free.
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