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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-11-04
SYNOPSIS.
~ ATHlIsEL N2TU IW1N

THE etory opens with ecream from
y,orotlv March in the opera box or MRS.
missioner, q wealthy widow. IL IS oc
fastened when Mrs. Missioner's necklace
breaks ssattering the diamonds al over
shc sonr Curtis Griswold and BruXton
sands, society men in love with MIS- MIS-,
sione; gather UP the gems. Iris"
steps on what is supposed to be the Geie-
brate0 Maharanee and crushes IT, "A I'LL
doc declares 1t was not the genuine. az ~
expert later pronounces all the stones me-,
missing diamonds Is found In the room
Of Elnor Holcomb, confidential compan-
9on of Mrs Missioner. She is arrested:
Notwithstanding Mrs. Mlssioner's bene1
IN her innocence. Meantime IN an up
town mansion two Hindoos, who are IN
America to recover the Maharanee, GUS
cuss the arrest Detectives Britt taxes
I'D the case. He asks the cooperation OF
Or. Fitch, Elinor's fiance, in running
down the real criminal. Britt learns that
duplicates OF Mrs. Missioner's DIAMONDS
Einor Holcomb. While walking Britz IS
seized bound and gagged by Hindoos re
IL imprisoned In deserted house, but
makes his escape. He is convinced that
the Hindoos are materially Interested IN
che case Pretending to be a reporter,
Brltz interviews the Swami as to the rare
diamonds Of India. Britz learns or an IN,
sane diamond expert on WARDS !sland
and decides to interview him. He learns
enough 10 believe that either Sands or
Griswold employed the insane man TO
make counterfeits of the Missioner gems.
Griswold tntimates to Britz that Sands
Is on the verge Of failure. Sands nome
sg burglarized by two HindOos. VINO are
CAPTURED BY Britt.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-11-04
CHAPTER XVIII.
The GlIttering Dance.

Doris Missioner was affected much
more deeply than she would have
thought probable when she read the
ardor-breathing proposal of marriage
from Bruxton Sands. To say that it
surprised her would be to set feminine
intuition at discount. She had known
for long time that Sands was in love
with her, and on several occasions had
been perilously close to the necessity
of accepting or rejecting him.
Mrs. Missioner sent a reply to Sands
with which, she told herself, he must
be content for the present. When she
had written 1t. she dressed for dinner
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-11-04
A FINE NlGHT-cAP
The Best Thing In the Word g Ga v
Bed and Sleep On.

"My wife and find that teasp w
fu1s Of Grape-Nuts and Cup q u, U.
milk, or some cream, with y, msa. .
the finest night-cap In the Worla' W
an Allegheny, Pa, man. q.
1--WE go to sleep as soon as Hs sa, Ii
the bed, and slumber like paolss :.
rising time in the morning. I.
SIT Is about 8 years new since w. Y !,
gan to use Grape-Nuts food, Guy q u
always have IL for breakfast ana 4
fore retiring and sometimes 10y ~ w
7 was SO sick from what the aos' 81
called acute indigestion and PEW Vi. II
before I began to use Grape. NUS IN .ss
could neither eat, sleep nor We4A sss
any comfort. M
'I was afflicted at the sans III
with the most intense pains, aeeo' ss.ll.I
led by a racking headache any IS ISL
ache, every time I tried 20 eas ~.
thing. Notwithstanding 40 aa H.!
pressure from my professional a ,as 4
I was compelled for a time @ ~ "
my work altogether. NJ 1
~Then I put myself on Z Vii VII Il
Grape-Nuts and cream alone, as ma
occasional cup Of Postum q iaa
I'D, and sometimes a little dry p III
assure you that in less than Z d, ss I'll
felt like a new man; ] had galns ii
pounds in weight, could w.
and think well. a iii
"The good work went on, al - 81
soon ready to return 20 DasI sasingA
have been hard at It, and ~.
ever since. ~ nm Gsaa
enquiries as to the merits y q rssa
Nuts, You will find me a1Ms' posttpsI
to testify" Name given y
Co, Battle Greek, Mich lid n
Read the little book, hs s
wellville," in pkgs. There's d
Ever read the above le.ss 1ns. TX
sna annearu frOm time NJ N HI hsnat
are genuine, true, ana go
interest.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-11-04

nimity, but the detectives manner, as
he saw it, was offensive. Sands seri-
ously meditated for an instant an at
tempt to grasp the Headquarters man
by the collar, rush him to the door,
and drop him down at least one flight
of stairs The sleuth's GOODNESS and
courage avoided any unpleasantness
of that sort, and his unwilling host
quickly regained his grip upon him
self.
The tension Of the situation was re-
Taxed by the buzzing Of the electric
bell at the outer door Of the apart
ment, and the entrance of somewhat
clustering bellboy with an announce
ment that q patrol wagon was at the
door and two policemen were asking
for Detective Britz of Headquarters,
who was visiting Mr.. Sands.
Bring them up said Britz, vast
ing no further time on courtesy. Then
he turned to the millionaire and said:
"I wouldn't have brought the patrol
| wagon here, MIR. Sands, il you had
been a little more considerable A
| couple of plain-clothes men could have
taken these fellows to the police sta
ton easily enough; but, when man,
| through a rush Of emotion to the
| brain, oF-for-some-other reason
makes faces at the law as openly as
you have done, why, let the law take
its course. I say"
Sands maintained dignifed silence
as pair of bluecoats, stumbling over
a bearskin rug in the library, came
into the suite, and at sign from
Britt, seized the shrinking Orientals
| One by one the prisoners were lifted
| neck and heels, and taken to the pa,
| troll wagon. Britt, of course, could
| have had the bandages about their
| feet removed, for 1t would have been
perfectly safe to let those sturdy po
licemen escort them to the sidewalk
in the ordinary way; but Britz was
only human. The memory of the grip
In which those very men had held him
in the ride along Riverside Drive, OF
the snothering solitude of the desolate
apartment house, and the struggle
which had followed, came to him in
! the moment when he was on the point
of ordering the interfering of the
captives. With a grin that struck
terror to their cringing Eastern souls
he said to them:
you two artists are so fond OF silh
that guess TIL let you wear those
ornaments little while longer"
| When the Hindoos were gone, Britz
turned to Sands, and said with EN-
| phasis:
/ "'If you experience change Of
| heart, Mr. Sands, shall be very glad
to hear from you in regard to what
you found On your dark friend. q
course. since you are in your owl
rooms. and since the article was eyi
IDENTIFY stolen in this place by the fel
low, cannot compel You, without {
great deal OF trouble, to let me see
1t. It Is not at all certain it would bs
worth my while to take that trouble;
but 1t may dawn upon you before very
long that 1t will be well worth your
while, Mr.. Sands, not only to let me SCI
the thing, but to tell me everything 70,
know about it. Goodnight, Mr.. Sands
| And there was something ominous
In the military click of the detective,
heels as he walked across the echoint
marquetry to the elevator
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-11-04
The Proof.

Mrs. J. G. Phelps-stokes, Il ~ q
dress in Pittsburg, was urging hsl
women hearers to learn to b g6oa
cooks.
IT," she said quantity, you Woala
convince your husband that you afaa
better actress than Duse and 9 helNs
dancer than PayloWa, prove 70 na
that you are q better cook than Esaal
fer"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-11-04
Words OF Wisdom.

when you have an elephant on
hand, and he wants to run away 1S
tao let him fun.-LiScoln,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-11-04

Well arranged time Is tho sulss
mark Of well-arranged mind '-es
man.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-09-26
HER BRIGHT SMILE HAUNTS ME
STILL

rs years since last Ne met,
And We may not meet again:
10 forget,
But the struggle was in vain:
or her voice lives on the breeze.
And her spirit comes at will,
IN the midnight. on the seas.
Her bright smile haunts me etill.
Al the hrst sweet dawn of light.
hen | gaze upon the deep.
her form still greets nv sight.
While the stars their yigils Keen
"nen close mine aching ewes.
Sweet dreams my senses fill
ana from sleep when | arise.
Her bright smile haunts me still
haEe sailed meath alien skies.
1 nave trod the desert par1.
l nave seen the storm arise
Like a giant in his wrath:
ENfy danger | have known.
1hat a reckless Life can fill.
Yet her presence is not flown.
Her bright smile haunts me still
j. +. Carpenter.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-09-26

FOR some time it has been rumored
that Miss Mofitt had retained Judge
w. r. Bynum and other attorneys to
bring a civil suit for ten thousand dol
lars damage against r. L. Lambeth for
alleged seduction of Marguerite Mof-
jury OF Gullford for alleged conspiracy
against the two brothers seems to be
a new departure in the course of a
scandal. From the prominence of all
the parties in High Point and Thorn
%asville, and in financial circles, and the
number of able lawyers engaged al
ready, it goes without saying that the
case WilF ROY highly sensational in
many respects.
The young woman is now Is years
Of age, and it is alleged that she has
been under wrong influences Of one
Of the parties at least since before she
was IA years of age before the age Of
consent. Her father died about a
year ago. About a month ago it is
said she swore out a warrant of bas-
tardy before a High Point Justice of
tie Peace against r. L. Lambeth. but
the matter never came to trial there.
1t Is ais said that after making this
atldavit the young woman in the
presence Of a notary public and Mr..
Lambeth's wife, made oath COM
pletely generating r. L. Lambeth
from any responsibility for her ruin or
for paternity of the expected infant.
Out Of it all will come a story of al
legged attempt at biackmail Of r. L.
Lambeth, a wealthy and prominent
man, instituted as is alleged by the
real %culprit. who. while shielding him
self thought to get a large sum of
money from Lam beth to have the mat
ter husaed up. 1t is a deplorable state
of affairs at best, and the end Of it
all is diffisult Of representation.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-09-26

Bertha Rraiey.l

h wind. and the sky. and the sun.
And the open iran and free.
\ stan and "a packard one
To take TO the rood with me.
Over the hills that lure.
Under the trees ina. sway.
Laughing. and strong. and-poor.
Out on the wander way
wind, and the sun. and the sky.
A star-strewn vault at Night.
And two hearts beating high.
thrill with an old delight
from the fret OF the town,
Free from the ties that gall,
s~enturlng up and down
Under the w4nder thrall.
RE sky. and the sun. and the wind.
And one ON the road fare.
slender and g~ypSy-Skinned.
My gypsy way 10 share.
Lille that Is void of stress.
Love that Is cal and true:
me road-and the winds careSs.
sun and the sky-and you,
-Ainslee's Magazine.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-09-26

Hands of my friend, ! clasp you frfals
once more. and | would that | need
never let go.
Eyes of my friend. | look deep and eager
~. ! peer into your life. searching your
experience. asking il you are still true
to me, demanding an answer, striving
To show you chearly. through my own
eyes. that / am still true 10 you
Lips of my friend | bid you be mute rath-
er than speak the surface speerh OF ae
nuaintance. ask YOU To tell me Of
days grave and gay, of the thrpbbing
hours OF your JOY or the damb ho;.rs or
younr pair since last | saw you. OF every
garland given You. and OF every gastr
cut upon your soul by rough TiHs.
Hide nothing for fear that ! shall lack
sympathy.
Of my friend. | stand At the door,
knocking beseerhing entrance open.
that | may enter once more 10 'renoht
your treasure. for I come not in the
spirit Of criticism. ! shall overlook flaws
and pass gently past vacant spare. To
see you at your best. ! shall chat
lenge your highest. clearest thought.
and on these same terms make my own
mind open to you.
Heart of my friend. ! hunger and hr>t
for you. Grant me love stanch and
robust You. Grant nfe love stanSh aad
Come all the the holy way 10 meet mel
Have no uncertainty about my love- for
You. For it is born of me winter aud
the summer. Of the SHOWS and OF the
young flowers. and il Is hardy: II Is
born OF the blood OF battles and Of the
Of the body and Of the spirit. and IL IL
sweet it is born Of the human and The
divine. and il is great IHsrp@r's Ba-
Ear.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-09-26
The Old Sea serpent.

The big old snake came in from sea
And gave the summer guests a Jar.
hotel man soon found that he
Was hurting business at the bar
It seems that men would See the max
Along the shore of the sedge,
Survey him with an inward quake.
Then promptly go and take the
pledge.
management got angry then
And gave the ancient snake a roast,
They rounded up some boys and men
And chased the serpent off the coast.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-09-26

up, as generally acknowledged"
Concluding his letter. Mr. Carlton
says:
1t Is submitted that the President
OF the United States might properly
1eeI called upon 10 Use his good Of
fees to procure arbitration or adjust
ment Of these bonds"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-09-26

Slnsin at the reSt-piace. where the
later blessings fall:
The hard Dad to travel was the hap
piest Of ALL"
Sorrow our companion; but we heard
far voices call,
The hard road TO travel is the hap
pieSt OF all"
We were burden-bearers, and thorn3
were in the way;
Sorrow East its hadow on the roses o
the May,
But we knew the ben ediction from the
highest HEAVIER would fall:
The hard road 10 travel is the hap
piest of all"
Altar We heard the music of the song
that we would sing
When the winters Of the bleak world
would wear the blooms OF
spring:
The rest for the weary. in trihula-
tons thrall-
"Oh. the hard road to travel was the
happiest of all"
sweet the later singing. where
the storms are passed away,
The rest-time-the rest-time OF the
everlasting Day!
The green fields that beckoned where
the bencdictions fall
oh. the hard road to travel was the
happiest Of ALL"
f L. STANTON.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-09-26
DIV ANDREW

Greensboro, Sept. 21.-The sequel
Of a scandal that has kept the gossips
of brownsville and High Point busy
for the last month, became Of regret
table public Importance and Of judi
cial accusation yesterday afternoon
late, when the grand jury Of Guilford
county, returned a true bill against
joan w. Lambeth and Robert L.
Lambeth. two prominent and wealthy
manufacturers of Thomasvlile, charg-
ing them with conspiring to produce
abortion on Miss Marguerite Mofitt, OF
ThOmasVille. Endorsed OF the inGict-
ment and examined as witnesses be-
fore the grand Jury are the follow
ing: DR.. j. NJ. Rotarock. Miss Jennie
Withers, a trained nurse; Oscar p.
Mothtt, Maggie Moffitt and Marguerite
Moffitt.
The charge in the bill of indictment
rs in the following language:
The jurors for the State, upon
their oath, do present h a r. L. Lam
beth, Joan W. Lambeth n divers
other persons to the jurors unknown.
on the 2Sth day Of August, 1911, and
other dates before and since that day.
at and in the county Of Guilford, did
nnlaWfully, wilfully and feloniously
conspire, confederate, combine and
agree together AND with each other
and with divers other persons, to the
jurors unknown. to produce an abOr-
llon on a certain Oma tO-Wlt:
Marguerite Moffitt, then and there un-
awful Willfully and ~feloniously to
cause the premature birth of the said
rhlld with intent thereby to destroy
the said child by means and methods
10 the jurors unknOwn--the same not
pelng then and there to pre-
serve the life of the said other-con-
lrary TO h statute in such cases made
and provided, and against the peace
and dignity of the State"
"hen court opened this morning
me Messrs. Lambeth, through heir
counsel, Attorneys Raper. Of Lexing-
uon Parham, of Thomasville: W. P.
ftaSan, of High Point, and G.. S. Brad
shaw and J. W. Barringer, Of Greens
oor0. asked that the case be tried at
once. counsel stating hat owing to
inc gravity of the accusation their
'iients felt that they were entitled to
an immediate trial.
Judge Allen called attention to the
crowded condition of the criminal
ooIket, and the Solicitor stating that
many Jail cases yet remained to b
nfed, the case was continued until the
december term, the Lambeths giving
pohds IN the sum Of FIVE hundred dol
'dIS Tor their appearance.
appearing with the State in the
prosecution are Attorneys Walser &
nnalser, of lexington; United States
DlSlrict Attorney A. E. Holton, OF
WINSTON, and Judge w. P. Bynum, OF
Greensboro.
ounsel for the Lambeths, when
"Shed o the prosecution today,
made the following statement:
Al the instance and at the request
u Mr.. O. p. Mofitt, a cousin of Mar
3aerite Mofhtt. Messrs. r. L. and ]. W.
I%!hpeth, met O.. p. MOffitt in High
ip'ht, on The 28th day Of August,
mnere and when Mr.. 0. p. Mofitt
anoue certain propositions to these
aen'lemen which were p~eremptorily
Il absolutely declined; hat all sug-
eoouons, advances and propositions
nalhe from Mr.. 0. P. Moffitt. and that
"neh the facts are developed and dis
Used Will show that nothing has
zen said or done by the Lambeths tc
"~Staln the alleged charges"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-09-26
Prominent Business Men
Indicted For Conspiracy
TO Procure Abortion
PARTIES ALL RESIDE IN
TOWN OF BROWNSVILLE

ScoucI TO q Scandal Which Has Kept
the GosSipS T~homasViue.
High Point and Greensboro Busy for
some Time-Young Woman In
VOWED a Resident of ThOmaSville as
Are the MessTs. Lambeth, the In
dicted Men-StOry of the Affair ana
the Proceedings in Court-The Set
tie Murder Case and OtheE Gree1s-
hOro News.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-09-26
Schuyler Carlton
of New York Writes to
Taft About Them
WANTS HIS GOOD OFFICES

"Bondholders' Committee Who
Bought Dishonest Paper for a Song
and Have Been Trying for Years to
Force North Carolina, Mississippi
and Other Southern States to RE
Deem the Ihefts of Carpet-bag
Legislatures-"A Duty Imposed
Upon the United States Forsooth.
Especial to News and Observer.)
New York, Sept. 21.-Following the
petition to President Taft by
H. B. Rollins e Co. hat he use his
influence to bring about an arbitra-
ton of the claims of holders Of bonds
of Southern States in default, Schuyler
& Carlton, today addressed a similar
communication to the President, ask
ing that he use his good Offices to
procure an adjustment of the matter.
The States most prominently in the
public eye, which have defaulted in
the payment of their bonds, says Mr..
Carlton, in his petition, are Missis-
sippi and North Carolina.
Referring to North Carolina issues
Mr.. Carlton says THE State of North
Carolina, under the ~so-called carpet
bag government, issued 11:5S0 600
worth Of bonds in exchange for GER
tain railroad stock and $44, 600 to pay
for a ~penitentiary. 1t has had the
benefit of the construction and oper-
alton of these roads through the
State. and received the taxes on these
roads for forty years. 1t paid three
coupons on these bonds and then
stopped.
IF it is to be admitted" he asserts,
that the Southern States are not
morally bound to pay these bonds be-
cause they are claimed to have been
authorized and issued by Legislatures
imposed upon them by force and
fraud. it is to be seen who was III
force and in fraud. Under the Re
construction acts Of 1866. 1867 and
1868, these Legislatures were elected
| under the authority of the acts of
| Congress and supported by military
authorities Continuing, he says:
s.It might well seem as if under these
circumstances some duty was imposed
| on the United States, the duty Of a
| nation which sets up a government
and it by civil and military
! power towards holders Of the seeuri-
| ties issued by the government SO set
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-24
WIFE DEAD. He ENDS LIFE
After Grieving Nearly a Year
Frenchman Shoots Himself.

Driven TO suicide. Il Is thought, by grief
over the death of his wife. Pierre Guiot'
q Frerchman. employed by Edward f.
Caldwell & Co, dealers in electrical fXt-
ures, at No IS West 18th street, was FOUND
dead in his room at the Cambria apartment
house, No. 35l West 55th street. yesterday
morning. Those who knew him at both
his home and his Office said that he had
made little effort 10 be companionable at
ter his wife died nearly year ago.
When Guiot entered the house about
u:So o'clock Sunday night. according to
Harvey Yates. the elevator boy. he handed
him a dollar bin. saving he had not given
him anything since his return fIom France
a week or so ago.
Yates tried 70 get Gulots apartment nv
telephone yesterday morning when a post
man arrived with q registered letter. Re
ceiving no answer after five minutes ring
Ing. he accompanied the postman n the
seventh floor and knocked M the door. As
there was no reply he went IN and saw
Guiot lying across his bed, revolver IN
his right hand and blood from wound
liz his right temple covering his face.
When Coroner tIoItzhauser arrived later
the body was cold. In looking about the
room the coroner found several letters,
ono Of which, an unsealed note, read: -
I'm going 90 Join my wife. Please keen
everything quiet and out Of the newspa-
pers"
Another was 70 Charles 7. Willard. OF Bay
side. Long Island. with an Office at No. 80
Fifth avenue, a brother-in-law Of the dead
man. He was notified. and arrived at ;he
West 47th street police station I'm the after
noon and took charge Of the body which
he said wouldabe creuated, as Guiot had
requested
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-24
BROKER GUILTY OF LIBEL
Adolph Keitel, Mailing Company S
Foe, Remanded for Sentence.

Adolph Keitel a broker IF 40 A. New
street. was convicted Of publishing libel
against the American Mailing Company
Yesterday In tho Criminal Branch OF the
Supreme Court. He was romanded until
Wednesday for sentence The offence IS A
misdemeanor. punishable by one year in
prison or $40 dne. or both.
The evidence Of the prosecution. which
was conducted by Emory r. Buckner, 81
District Attorney whituan's staff. showed
that Keitel had sent out thousands Of cir
oulars during the last four years attacking
the management Of the company.
Detective Edmund Leigh, ~ the District
Attorneys Office related a conversation he
had overheard IN December. 1910. between
Keitel and A. O. Denniston, manager Of q
private detective agency. in a room Of the
Astor House, during which Keitel had
urged Denniston to inform President
Charles A. Stadler NJ the mailing COM
pany and W1lberforce sully. Of the direc-
torate that ne would stop sending out the
ubellous circulars for S20oooo.
Leigh was concealed I'm an adjoining
room and followed the conversation by
means Of an ACQUISITION. Keitel, said
Leigh. boosted Of having driven at least
one man out Of the directorate and of hav-
ing sent his letters attacking the company
all over the world
Since his trial began. two weeks ago.
Keite had been Boosting that he would be
acquitted. He referred TO the Indictments
against him. Of which another IS pending.
as bunk stuff" He lost his air Of bravado
when he heard the jurys verdict last night
and went silently to a cell in the Tombs
The Jury was out five hours.