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Evening star., 1911-08-20

The answer was interesting. but not re-
assuring. Mitchell has captured Hunts
vile and is said To be coming to CHAT
tanooga. and We are getting everything
out of here
lie was asked by Andrews TO pull his
train a long way down the track out OF
the way and promptly obeyed.
1t seemed an exceedingly long time be
fore the expected extra" arrived, and
when it did come it bore another red
flag, The reason given was that the
local" being too great for one engine,
had been made up in two sections. and
the second section would doubtless be
along in short time.
This was bly, vexatious, yet there
seemed nothing To do but wait. To start
out between the sections Of an extra train
would be to court destruction. There
were already three trains around US, and
their many passengers and others were
growing very curious about the mystic
rious train which had arrived on the
time of the morning mail, manned by
strangers
For an hour and five minutes from the
time of arrival at Kingston We remain
cd in this most critical position. The
sixteen of who We're shut up tightly
in a box car, personating Beduregdfd
alnmunition-hearng sounds outside, but
unable 10 distinguish words-had perhaps
the most trying position. Andrews sent
up, by one Of the engineers. A cautious
warning to be ready to fight in case the
uneasiness of the crowd around led 1t
TO make any investigation. while he him
self kept near the station To prevent the
sending off of any alarming telegram.
So intolerable was our suspense that
the order for a deadly conflict would have
been felt as a relief. But the assurance
OF Andrews queted the crowd until the
whistle of the expected train from the
north heard. then. II glidp6 I'D
to the DEPOT past the end Of our side
track, We were off without more words.
But unexpected danger had arisen be-
hind us. Out of the panic at Big Shanty
two men emerged, determined, if possible.
TO foil the unknown captOrs of their
train. There was no telegraph station,
and no locomotive at hand with which to
follow; but the conductor of the train w.
A. Fuller. and Anthony Murphy, foreman
of the Atlantic railway machine shops,
Evening star., 1911-08-20


4 few words will give the sequel to
this remarkab bic enterprise. The hunt for
the fugitive raiders was prompt, ener-
xetic and successful. Several were cap
stred the same day. and all but two
Uithin "A week. Even those two were
"1ertaken and brought back. when they
blpposed that they were virtually out of
danger. Two who had reached Marietta,
but had failed To board the train. were
identified and added 10 the band of pris-
oners
Now follows the saddest part OF the
story. Being in citizens dress within an
enemys lines, the whole party were held
as spies. \ court-martial was convened.
and the leader and seven out of the
manning twenty-one were condemned and
executed. The others We're never brought
To trial, proba bly, because OF the advance
OF Union forces and the consequent con-
fusion into which the affairs of the de-
partments of east Tennessee and Georgia
We're thrown.
OF the remaining fourteen. eight sue
ceeded. by a bold effort-attacking their
guard in broad dayight-in making their
escape from Atlanta. Ga, and ultimately
in reaching the north. The other six.
who shared in this effort, but We're re-
captured. remained prisoners until the
latter part Of March 1863, when they
We're exchanged through a special ar
rangement made by Secretary stanton.
All the survivors of this expedition re-
ceived medals and promotion. The pur-
suers also received expressions of graft
tude from their fellow Confederates. not
ably from the governor and Legislature
Of Georgia
a,orrugnt 1911 lH the Century Company
The log cabin Democrat., 1911-03-22

A year ago a tipless hotel of the first class was opened in London. The management positively announced" that no gratuities to walters, porters, maids or other employees would be per mitted or suffered The experiment" as everybody called it, seemed e,- tremely interesting, but the result WAS considered doubtful Skeptics said: ''Wait q month or two" The hotel is now year old. The public is as- sured that the no-tip policy has been enforced to the letter, that the as- tablishment has prospered beyond all expectations. and that there has been no trouble whatever in getting em' ployes-and good. fit. well-mannered employees, too. This is very gratifying news indeed, says the Chicago Record Herald. Presumably the hotel pays wages and salaries that compare ia vorably with those of hotels where tips "go," or run riot, at all hours ot the day and night Mere prohibitions. where temptations exist, will not eradl' cate an abuse But if everybody is satisfied at the tipless hotel there Is no reason why it's policy should not succeed permanently.
The log cabin Democrat., 1911-03-22

The buying of foodstuffs by weight is being agitated as plan to affect the cost-of-living problem in favor Of the housewife and enable her to come nearer getting the worth of her money. If it will do, either, or both, it should be adopted without delay providing it enta;c no incidental hardship that would offset it's benefits. But would such plan produce these results2 Theoretically, one is inclined to an
 swer yes, for it does seem that one would be paying for what he got by buying by weight and net measure, or article, says the Omaha Bee. Yet i'll places where the plan has been iu vogue has it accomplished this? Cals- fornia has always bought by weight even potatoes, fruit-nearly everg- thing in the edible line-and yet the people of California have been caught by the high-cost-of-living wave along with the rest of us. In Cuba, It Is said, the plan works with good results, it being applied even more thoroughly there than In California. Eggs are bought by the pound in Cuba and the American advocates of the plan pro
 pose that we buy eggs the same way.
The log cabin Democrat., 1911-03-22

EIGHTY DOLLARS you get the most perfect magneto ever devised. It is built-in integ- ral part of the engine--not 6 separate added feature. That's an advantage in the Ford's fa- vor.
 FORD USES VANADIUM STEEL throughout the entire car. All high priced cars use a special high grade steel, but Va nadium is the acknowledged su- perior of all other steels. It will stand 50 per cent harder ser vice than any other steel manu- factured. Ford pays $500 pound for every pound of Va nadium alloy he buys. Nothing
The log cabin Democrat., 1911-03-22
THE CONWAY PRINTING co.
 FRANK E. ROBINS, Editor
AUTOMOBILE ExTRAvAeANcE.

Both the automobile and its owner are coming in for very serious preach ments these days. The machine itself is held up as the direct cause of much unhapplness and suffering, and a vast deal of ethical denunciation is hurled at fl from many sides. It would seem that there are only three classes of people who are at all justified in rail- ing against the machine itself, says tbe Washington Post They are the man who gets run into. or nearly run Into. by one; the farmer whose horse is afraid of the pesly thing, and. most of all, the man who cannot get one. Those who are outside of one of these classes really mistake the thing they condemn. What they mean to get at is the extravagant, irresponsi- bls, spendthrift habits of a limited tho machine is only the outward and visible sign They forget that if 1t is hot an automobile, it will surely be something else. Of the man who can well afford to own and maintain an automobile there is nothing by right to be said; it Is wholly his own pri- vate business. If man mortgage his house to buy one, that is entirely with in his own right, and if he choose to own an automobile rather than to have "a house, it is not at all clear that he has committed any breach of ethics or morality by the exchange.
 4
The log cabin Democrat., 1911-03-22

MONEY. Many of the first cars Ford built are still in use. No car will climb hills or cover muddy roads, sandy stretches or rough country better than the Ford. No car has a wider range of speed, three to 45 miles with out changing a gear. No car approaches it in flexibillty-in ease of control in crowded streets, difficult situations and various emergencies. The con trol on the Model CT" is the simplest ever devised for an au- tomobile.
 THEN LOOK AT WHAT
The log cabin Democrat., 1911-03-22

cheap about that.
 EASY RIDING QUALITIES of high priced cars are often advanced as proof of merit, and rightly so. But that helps sell Ford Cars, too. Select the toughest road you know of-or a medium road-or any road at all-and if the Ford will not travel over it at equal speed and with at least equal comfort, we will gracefully withdraw. The Model "T" is generally conceded to be the most comfort able, easiest riding car on the market.
 THE WEIGHT IS MUCH LESS, very true. But it isn't
The log cabin Democrat., 1911-03-22

The official census-statistics give Chicago population of 2,185,293, a gain of 4S6,70S in ten years This Is doing very well, as the returns show Chicago to be the second city in the United States in number of inhabit in population and in rate of increase Yet Chicago is not satisfied. The me tropolis thought it should have al Ieast 3,000,000. Apparently the only way to get such total is to annex some more of the outlying territory,
The log cabin Democrat., 1911-03-22

LONGER. It is lot. It is the biggest automobile value ever offered. The only comparison to date was in the value of the now famous Ford runabout, which revolutionized the runa- bout trade of the world. A prominent manufacturer recent ly called MT. Ford the Price Buster" and it fits him. The car is high priced in quality, and the man who buys it, for years to come, finds he has a car that has never been approach ed for real merit.
 IT LOOKS A LOT FOR THE
The log cabin Democrat., 1911-03-22

EQUIPMENT is included. Ex- perience has taught us that most buyers want a top with other cars-that's an extra; they want a wind shield, that's an extra; a speedometer is satisfaction, and that's an ex- tra; they want a stronger light, and gas lamps are extra; and by the time they have bought all these things, the price, which is already higher than Ford, has been jumped another hundred or so plus the magneto. There is nothing extra to buy for a Ford, these things are all included.
The log cabin Democrat., 1911-03-22

THAT'S A FAIR QUES- TION, for true value is not summed up in what you pay, but consists in what you get fol what you pay. Henry Ford could lay no claim to low price if those cars at several times the price offered several times as much real automobile. The Ford is quality car-that it is sold at so much less than any of the rest is what you gain be- cause Ford possesses the "know how"
 IN A HIGH PRICED CAR you get magneto-that is, in some of them. In the Ford at SEVEN H U N D R F D AND
The log cabin Democrat., 1911-03-22

Cable reports that in Berlin during ring. bouts a band always plays lively airs. and many boxers not only keep time with their feet bu, seem to take lsheir hitting and sidestepping cues from the music. This is magnificent 'se+ it is not boxing. Over here there's
 required save the thud of
 re and the contestants
 enough.
The log cabin Democrat., 1911-03-22

LIGHT w FIG H T originate with heavy weight builders, and surely no one can blame them it means their bread and butter. The argument in favor of light weight cars comes from the users of both light and heavy weight cars. The owner of a heavy weight objects to the eX- cessive maintenance cost-fifty dollars and more a month. The Ford owner congratulates him self that his car maintenance expense is even less than that of a horse.
 NO CAR WILL LAST
The log cabin Democrat., 1911-03-22

one pound less than would be the weight of any car manufac- tured, if the designer knew how to make it so, and at the same time keep pace with Ford qual-. ity. There are a score or more of manufacturers now advertis- ing light weight who scoffed at it when Henry Ford built the first light car. Next year you will see more of them reducing weight and less of them ridicul- ing it, for light weight can only be attained by the use of the best materials and the employ ment of the simplest, fewest part construction.
 ALL OBJE TION s TO
The log cabin Democrat., 1911-03-22

She promised yesterday afternoon to bring my hat home this afternoon when she went driving. and I know should just die if had to meet her.
 No. you wouldn't either say any thing to her about wearing the hat, because she'd tell Fred, and you know perfectly well man would never un- derstand. Why, those men wear each others ties and things and never care a bit.
 NO. I told mother this morning that I'd have to go to a very import. ant meeting of the Zetas this after. noon and for her please to see Louise when she comes.
 That's awfully sweet of you, Bess. l knew that you would understand ex- actly how I felt about 1t.
 Well I don't know what to think. I'm afraid I must have very evfl mind. but just can't help wondering whether Louise's theater party was an impromptu affair or whether she knew she was going when she per suaded me to save my beautiful hat Nom the weatheri"
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-10-10
cd enough doubling Thomases 10 a

led enough doubling Thomases TO g
belief in votes for women" to assure
success in today's election.
The initiative and referendum, the
recall for judges, and the amendment
|enlarging the powers of the state rail.
road commission, have been especial.
ly advocated by Governor Johnson,
who was elected on a reform repub.
lican platform and pledged to the
overthrow of the alleged domination
of California by the railroads and
other big interests" Francis ].
Heney and other insurgents also
toured the state in advocacy of the
direct legislation amendments.
President David Starr Jordan OF
Stanford university announced him
self during the campaign as in favor
of woman suffrage. while President
BENJAMIN Ide Wheeler of the Univer-
sity of California went on record as
the measure. The Chinese
Six Companies of San Francisco were
denounced by the suffragists
because of their alleged activity
against the granting of the ballot to
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-10-10
INSURANCE MEN IN SESSION

Chicago, Oct 1O.-Leslie NJ. Shaw,
former secretary of the treasury:
William II. Hotchkiss, New York state
superintendent of insurance. and offl-
Gals OF many of the leading insur-
ance companies of the country are on
the program for addresses during the
three-day convention opened in Chi
cago today by the National Associa-
ton of Life Underwriters.
The session was opened this morn
ing with an invocation by the Rt. Rev.
Samuel Fallows, and addresses of well
come were delivered by Mayor Carter
Harrison, President Harry A. Wheeler
OF the Chicago Association OF Com
merce, and President Jules Girardin
OF the Chicago Life Mems Association.
Joseph A. DeBoer president OF the
National Life Insurance Company OF
Montpelier, VT, spoke on The indis-
pensability of the life insurance man.
ayers and agents. There will be
reception this evening.
Reports show that five new life in
surance associations have become af-
filiated with the national body during
the last year: South Carolina, Missis-
sippi, North Carolina, Delaware and
Nashville The present meeting is the
twenty-second of the association.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-10-10
CALIFORNIA VOTES ONAMEND-
MENTS TO CONSTITUTION
Woman Suffrage Is the Main Issue,
but There Is Also Great Inter
est in the Initiative and
Referendum.

San Francisco, Cal, Oct. 10.-Wom
an suffrage and more than score oil
other proposed amendments to the
constitution, some of them involving
radical and sweeping changes in the
form of state government, will be dc
cided by voters of California today
In this city, Los Angeles and other
cities and towns throughout the state
the suffragists are making determined
efforts to secure the number of votes
necessary to achieve the ballot. The
campaign has been he most spectac-
ular ever waged in advocacy of equal
political rights for the fair sex, and
women in Chicago, New York and
other cities throughout the country
have submitted to voluntary ''fasts"
in order to save money to be devoted
to booming the cause in the Golden
State. Even the bitterest opponents
of the proposed amendment admit
tnat the women III charge or the state
suffrage movement have shown them
selves expert organizers and able to
give pointers TO the shrewdest of
practical politicians. California is the
most important state in which suf-
frage has been brought to an issue
and the expected victory here viii!
probably have its effect on other
states.
Circus tents, moving pictures, red
lire and oratOry have been used in the
of the suffragists, and some
Vt the best speakers of the cause, East
and West, have toured the state and
lave, it is ioyously predicted, convert
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-10-10
Militant Suffragettes Arrested.
tBy Associated Press

Los Angeles. Cal, Oct. 10.-The suf-
fragettes became so militant in their
electioneering here today in the con-
stitutional amendments election that
several squads of patrolmen had to
be sent on to arrest them.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-10-10
West Virginia Republicans.

Charleston, w. Va, Oct. l0.--At the
meeting OF the West Virginia repub-
lican state central committee here to-
day it is understood that plans for a
reorganization of that body, to restore
party harmony, together with the
formulation of method for the selec-
ton of the next state ticket, will be
considered.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-10-10
FOR SALE.

Fifty acres of land three and one
half miles from Bryan; public road on
two sides; 80 acres in field and 20
acres in timber; all fenced. Price, $15
an acre; terms easy. Apply to
]. w. BATS.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-09-01
A Witty Comment,

One night several years ago two
young men were dining with two
ladies at the Havlin hotel, in Cincin-
natl. The two ladies were members
of Miss Marie Dressler's company,
and Miss Dressler herself happened
to be dining at the next table. AS
the party of four arose after dinner
one of the mems sleeves brushed a
glass from the table and it was shat
tered to bits on the marble floor.
With IA twinkle in her eyes Miss
Dressler leaned toward him and
said, 81 beg your pardon; you've
dropped the stone out of your ring. "
Town Talk.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-09-01
A Puzzler.

At an examination in an English
school the teacher was SO pleased
with his class that he said they
could ask him any question they
liked.
Some were asked and replied to.
Seeing one little fellow in deep
thought, the teacher asked him for
a question. The boy answered.
with grave face:
"P-please, sir. if you was in a
soft mud heap up to your neck and
l was to throw brick at your head
would you duck ?"
The answer is not recorded.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-09-01
Wicker Ba skets.

One of the largest imports from
Russia into America is willow
clothesbaskets. The huge hampers
so commonly in use are nearly all
made in central Russia by peas
ants, although some come from the
Danube valley, and there is consid-
cradle domestic manufacture. The
importations last year exceeded a
million dollars worth. Osier will
low, from which they are made, has
been worked by Russian peasants
for centuries and was formerly the
material from which they woye
their houses. The method Of cut
ting, peeling. twisting and manipu-
lating the withes is handed down
from father to son.--Chicago Rec
ord-Herald.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-09-01

Friday, Sept. |, 1911
A Yankee Commission.

Since the golden age Of the New
England trading skipper Yankees
have had a reputation for being
commercial. Few of them. however,
are so eager for a bargain as this
one. celebrated in the Louisville
Times: He was touring the south
for pleasure, but could not disIodge
from his mind the customs and
phrases Of his business life.
"Here," said a guide to him one
day. fright here in this room, sir,
Washington received his first com
mission"
The Yankee frightened up.
"What per cent commission was
it ?" he asked.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-09-01
The Ono Who Wasn't Whipped.

1t was in a large school, and one
of the boys had committed some
grave infraction of discipline. The
teacher announced that he would
thrash the whole class if some one
did not tell him who had committed
the offense. All were silent, and he
began with the first boy and
thrashed every one in the class un-
til finally he reached the last one.
Then he said, "Now, if you will tell
me who did this l won't thrash
you" Gail right, sir; I did it," was
the reply.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-09-01
AS She Would Have Been.

A gentleman in Paris paid visit
to lady, in whose parlor he saw a
portrait Of a lovely woman Of, say,
five and twenty Upon the entrance
of the lady her visitor naturally
asked her if the picture was fam
lily portrait and was told that it rep
resented her deceased daughter. as
it long since you lost her?" asked
the gentleman. "Alas, sir" replied
the lady, "she died just after her
birth, and | had a portrait painted
to represent her as she would have
appeared if she had lived until
nowp'
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-09-01

Tho Twist that Sh- Inc PROCESS
From Hand TO o. Work.
There is notuin e prosaic
than a rope, or tha cra into
greater number OF y occupa-
tions, and yet in the b Of labor
saving invention aking ma
chine was one Of the On the list
SO lolr, indeed, dill 5pemaking
remain one of the mauu arts that
the name Of the place whore the
work was done has Lecome in
grained in popular speech, and the
rope factory, though in no way mer-
iting the appellation, is still known
in some quarters as the rope walk"
Formerly it was considered fact
WORTHY Of note that the government
rope walk at Boston could turn out
a rope 1920 feet long.
A young workman in rope walk
saw that lie twist should be APE
piled to the rope instead Of the
strands if machinery was to take
the place Of the hand in ropomak-
ing and realized fame and fortune
for the conception. His opportu-
nifty came with the proposition to
grapplo for the broken ends Of the
Atlantic submarine cable in the
sixtic5.
A rope fully 10000 feet long was
required for the graphing, but the
task Of making one Of this unheard
of lcr yth could not be undertaken
seriously by any ropemaker then IN
the business.
At this juncturc John Good came
forward with a proposition to build
machinery from his own designs
and make "A rope in one piece as
long as was wanted.
The offer seemed a bold one, but
was accepted; the machinery was
built, the rope made, the break in
the cable found and repaired and
telegraphic communication between
the old world and the new estab-
lished. -Harpcr's Weekly
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-09-01

81. u. kribs, Register.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-03-16

Barred Plymouth Rocks. bred for laying
qualities, very heavy layers, splendid
value In hatching eggs. Write for book
let. II. W. Hildreth. MonSon. Me.
ncAl0dim6.