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CHAPTER VIIi.-(continued.)

What to do? unused the rogue. On
the morrow Mr.. Jones would leave for
Port Said. Ryanne shook his head
and with his cane beat a light tattoo
against the side Of his shin. Abduc-
ton was rather out Of his sphere OF
action. And yet, the suppression Of
Percival was by all odds the most i'm
portant move t. be made. He had
volunteered this service and accom-
plish 1t he must, in face Of all obsta-
cles. or poof! went the whole droll
fabric. For to him 1t was droll, and
never it rose in his mind that he did
not chuckle saturninely. It was a
kind of nightmare where n hung in
mid-air, ones toes JUS: beyond the
flaming dragons jaws. The rewards
would be enormous, but these he
would gladly surrender for the su-
preme satisfaction Of turning the
poisoned arrow in the heart Of that
canting hypocrite, that SNUG church
deacon, the sanctimonious, the sleek,
the welLfed frst-born. And poor Per-
cival A%lgernon, for no blame of his
own. must be taken by the scruff Of
his neck and thrust bodily into this
tangled web of scheme and under
scheme. It was infinitely humorous.
He had had a vague plan regarding
Mahomed, guardian Of the Holy Yhi-
ordes, but it was not possible for him
to be in Cairo at this early date. That
he would eventually appear Ryanne
never doubted. He knew the Oriental
mind. Mahomed-El-Gebel would cross
every barrier less effective than death.
It was a serious matter to the Mos
lem. If he returned to the palace at
Bagdad, minus the rug, 1t would mean
free transportation to the Arabian
gulf, bereft Of the most important
part of his excellent anatomy, his
head. Some day, If he lived, Ryanne
intended telling the exploit to some
clever chap who wrote; it would look
rather we'll in print.
To turn Mahomed against Percival
as being the instigator would be an
adroit bit of work; and it would rid
him Of both of them. Gioconda said
that she wanted no rough work. How
like a woman! Here vas a mans
game, a desperate one; and Giocon-
da, not forgetting that 1t was her
inspiration, wanted 1t handled with
gloves! It was bare-hand work, and
the sooner she was made to realize
this, the better. 1t was no time for
tuning fddles.
Manomed out Of it, there was a GER
tain English bar in the Quarter Reset
ii, a place of dubious repute. Many
derelicts drifted there in search Of
employment still more dubious. Dregs,
scum: the bottom and the top OF the
kettle; outcasts, whose hand and
anilnus were directed against society;
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Baotists Favor Sanitarium.

\ Abbeville.-By an apparently large
majority of a viva voce vote, the Bap-
fist State Convention committed the
denomination to the establishment OF
a. sanitarium under the care Of the
Convention. The debate that proceed
ed the action of the Convention was
the most spirited which has so far
characterized the work of the Conxen-
ton and was participated in by the
Rev. Messrs. J. J. Lawton, A. c. Wilk-
ms, A. MICA. Pittman, M. W. Hayns-
worth, J. H. Mitchell, Louis Birstow
and Col. J. II. Wharton.
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Luminous Metal Discovered.

For generations the peasants Of
Cornwall have handed down a legend
that at night there may be cen a
luminous metal among the
rocks brought from the mines Of the
A British scientist has proved
that this story Is by no mean based
on Imagination. A specimen Of the
mineral autunite, which Is also found
in Wales, was sent to him from Portu.
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brown hands round the infdel's throat
But, patience. Did not the Koran
teach patience among the higher laws?
Patience. He could not, madly as he
had dreamed, throttle the white liar
here in the bazaars. That would not
bring the Holy Yhiordes to his hands.
He must wait. He must plan to lure
the man out at night, then to hurry
him into the desert. Out into the des-
ert, where no man might be his mas
ter. Oh, the Holy Yhiordes should be
his again; 1t was written.
The cries, the shouts, the tower Of
Babel reclaimed; the intermingling of
the races of the world: the English
man, the American, the German, the
Italian, the Frenchman, the Greek. the
Levantine, the purple-black Ethiopian,
the bronze Nubian; the yelled women,
the naked children; all the color.tones
known to art. but predominating, that
marvellous faded tint Of blue the
Cairene blue, in the heavens, In the
waters, in the dyes.
Make way, o my mother!" bawled
a d%onkey-boy to the old crone ped
ding matches.
"Backsheesh! Backsheesh!" in the
eight tones of the human voice. From
the beggar, his brother, his uncle,
his grandfather, his children and his
children's children. "Blacksheesh.
backsheesh!"
ITO the right" was shrilled into
Ryanne's ear; and he lodged. A
troop Of donkeys passed, laden with
tourists. unhappy. fretful. self-con-
scious. A w~ater-carrier brushed
against him, and he whitfield the fresh
dampness Of the bullying goat-skin. A
woman, the long. black head-veil
streaming out behind in the clutch Of
the monkey-like hand Of q toddling
child, carried a terra.cotta water-jar
upon her head. The grace with which
she moved, the a%bruptness Of the col.
exchanges, caught Ryanne's rowing
eye and filed 1t with pleasure.
Dust rose and subsidized, eddied and
settled; beggars blind and one-eyed
squatted in 1t, children tossed 1t in
play, and beasts Of burden shufled
through It.
The o q in front Of the shops, the
pressing and crowding Of customers,
the high cries Of the merchants; the
gurgle Of the water-pipes, the pleasant
P,ynno ~ Cnfaa fhn hor1u 1Nofarc
lolling before the khans or caravan
saries; a yelled face at a lattice-win-
dow; the violet shadows in a doorway;
the sunshine upon the soaring
mosques: a true believer, rocking and
mumbling over his tattered Koran;
gold and silver and jewels; amber and
copper and brass; embroideries and
rugs and carpets; and the pest Of fleas,
the plague Of flies, the insidious
smells.
Ryanne found himself inspecting
"the largest emerald In the world.
worth twelve thousand pounds" which
looked more like a fine hexagonal of
onyx than a gem. 1t vas one Of the
curiosities of the bazaars, however,
and tourists were generally round 1t
in force. To his experienced eye, 1t
was no more than a fine specimen of
emerald quartz, worth what any fool
of a collector was willing to pay for 1t.
From this bazaar he passed on into
the next, and there he saw Fortune.
And as Mahomed, always close at
hand, saw the hard lines in Ryanne's
face soften, the cynical smile become
tender, he believed he saw his way to
strike.
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gal because Of It's shining character,
He finds that it closely resembles ar
officially prepared salts Of uranium.
and that its luminosity is due to spon.
taneous ~radio-activity. The light 1t
sheds is stronger than that Of nitrate
of uranium. Upon parting with it's wa.
ter Of crystallization the metal loses
it's luminosity.
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Two Killed In Automobile Wreck.

Columbia.-T. Hugh Meighan and
William S. Stewart were killed and
William Watson, Theodore Bell and
William C. SwafieId were seriously
injured as a result of a skidding auto
mobile on the Hyatt Park road. The
accident occurred about 200 yards
south of the Smith branch bridge on
the road going to Ridgewood club.
The heavy machine turned completely
around and then turned turtle" IN a
gully ten feet deep. The occupants
were caught under the AUTOMOBILES
and we're pinned there. !
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NDANNUALSESSI0h
CONVENTION OF THE DAUGHTERS
OF coNFEDERAcY OF SOUTH
CAROLINA.
IMPORTANT WORK Is DONE
Officers Were Elected at the Last
meet'"s-A Number Of Reports and
Other Routine Business Was Die
posed of-Other Work Done.

Charleston.-The third and last day
of the 18th annual convention OF the.
South Carolina division of the Daugh-,
tiers Of the .Confederacy was marked
with the election OF officers, constitat-k
Ing the most interesting business of
the exercises Of the day. The follows
ing were elected: Mrs. C. E. Graham,I
president; Miss Alice Earle Of Column
bia, Mrs. St John LaWton of Charies4
ton, Mrs. e. J. Burch of Florence and.
Mrs. J. L. McWhorter of ~Jonesyilles
first second, third and fourth vice.
presidents, respectively; Miss c. "
Milling, Darlington, recording secreti
tary; Mrs. M. B. Owens, Clinton, corr
responding secretary; Miss Martial
Washington, Charleston, historfani
Mrs. John Cart Orangeburg, recorder
of crosses; Mrs. U. R. Brooks, Column
bia, auditor; Mrs. J. A. Burton, New
berry, registrar, and Mrs. M. ]. Perry
treasurer.
A number Of reports and other rou-
tine business was disposed of, con-
tanning little Of geneal interest but
of some concern to the ladies in clos
ing up the work of one of the most
successful conventions In the history
Of the organization.
The visitors were guests at a recep-
ton rendered by the Confederate col
lege chapter at the, Home" building
on Broad street. The function proved
q very enjoyable affair.
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a levity intended to steer him away
from this channel.
you know what I mean," he an
swered, moody and detected.
She opened her purse and dropped
the pendant into 1t, but did not speak
(TO BE CoNTINUED.)
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these excitements? Is your life moth.
ing, to you than something to ex.
pertinent WITH"
Truth, sometimes / don't know,
Fortune. Sometimes I don't care.
When one has gambled for big stakes.
it is hard to play for penny points"
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Don't lie to be entertaining-only ls
when 1t is profitable.
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Who WIN Be Judge Of First Circuit,

Who VIII Be Judge Of First circuit
st. George.-The suestion is almost
daily being asked throughout this and
the other juktciai circuits in the
state, Whom will the general as
sembly elect to the position of Judge
of the first circuit to fill out the ua-
expired term of Judge Robert E.
Copes, who resigned in the early part
Of September" So far there are two
candidates actively seeking the posi-
ton. One Of the known candidates at
present for the position left vacant
by the resignation Of Judge Copes Is
P. T. Hildebrand Of Orangeburg. The
other candidate Is M. S. Conner OF
the Dorchester county bar, who has
been practicing at the county seat for
the past IA years.
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Care OF Seed Corn.

Charieston.-Prof. F. H. Jeter, as
sistant director Of the Sosth Carolina
experiment station, issues the follow
ing bulletin on the care Of seed Corn:
It has come to the notice Of the sta
ton that from time to time in the.
spring on a number of farms In the
state, there isia scarcity OF good seed
corn. The question OF how to prevent
such a deplorable condition then
arises, and the usual advice given Tor
meeting this poor seed corn situation
is to test the terminating power Of
each ear. This is good advice when,
1t does not become a yearly, habit; but
the termination test Is very diseonrs
aging unless the seed corr. is gather
ed and dried early. in the fall, thus
causing the seed to retain full pro
ductiveness which the g~ermination
test cannot, restore or even properly
reveal. 81
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-20
PROF. JOE COOK
IS A BUSY MAN
Showing the Visiting Masons over the
Mississippi Normal Site and
Buildings.

Prof. Joe Cook, President of the
Normal College, is probably one of the
busiest men in Hattiesburg. All dav
yesterday and today he has been busy
carrying visitors to the site of the big
school and explaining to them its aims
and objects. It is surprising the great
interest that is manifest among the
large number of visiting Masons.
While they are cognizant of the pur-
poses of the school in many cases.
are utterly dumfounded at the elabor-
ate and massive plans for the institu.
ton. When it is understood that the
buildings which are being
erected are the only flre-proof and
thoroughly modern school building in
every particular in the state, 1t is
small wonder that visitors generally
ire agreeably surprised. The work
lnder way is progressing splendidly
md every effort is being made to have
ne buildings completed on time.
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day afternoon was very interesting,
but part of the program was deferred
on account of approaching unfavoyable
weather.
Mr.. Houston Lott, of Seminary, was
a pleasant Sunday visitor to Mr.. Giles.
He is a happy whole-souled fellow.
We always bid him welcome.
The good old-time log-rollings are
becoming quite fad here now. Mr.
Bill Edmonson entertained along this
line last in number.
Miss Bessie Mathis. our popular nri-
mary teacher, spent Sunday with her
parents at Petal.
Messrs. Chas. and Bud Edmonson
were pleasant visitors to their mother.
Miss Rosa Mathews, who has been
visiting her sister at Sunrise, has re-
turned home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas Easterling, of
McLaurin, were recent visitors to S.
%. fostering.
Col and Mrs. Briner, of SumralI, are
visitors to Mr. Easterling.
Mr.. Tew, of Fail, Ala, is a social
visitor to Mr.. Matthews.
Mr.. F. L. Rawls, of Clyde, spent
Sunday with Rev. J. L. Wilson.
Mr. Guest, of Little Rock, Ark. is
visiting Mrs. Cranberry.
Miss Gale Ross and brother, Curble,
of Corral, were Sunday visitors here.
Mr.. c. L. Thatch visited his son.
George, at Clinton, Sunday.
Mr. Watts, of Sumrall, was a social
visitor here yesterday.
Rev. Scarborough, of Hattiesburg,
was social and business visitor here
Tuesday.
Mr.. Leon Thatch, of New Orleans.
was recent visitor to his mother
here.
Miss McCrory, of Scott county, is
spending few weeks here on account
of her health.
Mr.. Matthews, of this place is a bus
mess visitor to Mobile.
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DAVIDSON DRY
GOODS COMPANY
Style OF Laurel Firm Organized BY
Hattiesburs People-capitaI-
lied at $4,000. p '<y.

Laurel, Miss, Feb 20-The Argus
has received for publication the char.
ter of incorporation of the Davidson
Dry Goods Company, which will short.
ly begin the erection of handsome
new mercantile structure in Laurel.
The new corporation will have a
capital of $4,000, divided into shares
of 500 each, and may begin business
when 100000 has been paid in. The
incorporators are: G. L. Hawkins
W. B. Glover and j. E. Davidson, all of
Hattiesburg.
These gentlemen are all experienced
business men, who have achieved
marked success in the Hattiesburg
field and there is no discounting the
fact that the new store will be a DO
tential force in the commercial affairs
of Laurel.
1t is understood that the contract
for the new building, which is to &C.
cupy the vacant lot at the corner of
Central and Fifth avenues, will be
awarded early in next month and it
is said to be the purpose of Mr. Dav.
idson and his associates to begin
active business in Laurel the first of
August.
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JACKSON Street RY.
TO BE PROSECUTED

jackson, Miss, Feb. 20.-District At
torney j. H. HOWE has rendered his
services to the Attorney Generals Of
f1ce to assist in the prosecution of the
jackson Railway & Light Company on
the charge of violating the antitrust
laws of Mississippi.
1t was announced several days ago
that the Attorney-General intends to
institute proceeding of this charac-
ter, based on the contract entered in
to whereby the Jackson Railway &
Light Company furnishes electric cur
rent for all patrons of the Capital
Light & Power Company, the latter's
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PIMPLES AND BLACK
HEADS DISAPPEAR
WHEN ZEMO AND
ZEMO SOAP ARE USED

For 25c you can test the healing and
cleansing powers OF HEMO and ZEMO
SOAP. We offer a trial treatment
consisting of "a generous size bottle of
zEMO, a trial cake OF ZEMO SOAP
and a 32-page booklet, How to Pre-
serve the Skin"-all for 25c. This of
fer is made to introduce ZEMO into
every home in this community. We
are confident that after you have once
used ZEMO and ZEMO SOAP you, like
all others who have tested this treat
ment, will say that ZEMO and ZEMO
SOAP are without doubt the best
treatment for prompt relief and surest
cure of all forms of skin and scalp
diseases. Blotches, Pimples, Skin
Spots, in fact all facial blemishes on
infants or adults disappear as if by
magic when these clean, effective rem
edies are used. We want you to test
the trial treatment of ZEMO at 25c-
we know you'll thank us many times
for this advise.-LOVE DRUG co.
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MRS. SCHlFF'S name
IN BRANDT CASE
Case Re-opened May Develop Salacious
Features-Was Sentenced On
Charge of Burglary.
(By Associated PreSS.)

New York, Feb. 20.-When proceed
ings began today before the Federal
Commissioner to determine whether
Foulke E. Brandt had been sentenced
to prison for thirty years through a
conspiracy, counsel for Brandt de.
clared Rather than have aspersions
cast upon the name of a woman my
client would prefer to suffer in silence
in prison" Counsel for Mortimer T..
Schiff objected. 1t was on a charge
OF robbing Schiff's home that Brandt
his valet, was sentenced Delaney
Nicoll, Schiff's counsel shouted eve
will bare the foul details of the con.
spiracy to blacken the name of a wo-
man." He contended that Brandt's
application for pardon showed he had
asked clemency on the ground that he
never committed burglary and went to
Schiff's home at the invitation of Mrs
Schiff.
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LAWYERS OPPOSE
FEWER DISTRICTS
Protests Pouring In Against Proposed
Redistrictins OF Court s-5
Districts.


Jackson, Miss, Feb. 2O.-Petitions
are pouring in on members Of the leg.
islature from practising attorneys in
their respective counties urging that
no effort be made at this session to-
ward redistricting the circuit and
chancery court districts.
The petitions recite that the seven
teen circuit court districts are not
more than ample to take. care of the
volume of litigation, and that ten
chapcery districts are absolutely nee!
essary for the handling of litigation in
which those tribunals have jurisdic+
ton.
1t is the prevailing opinion among
members of the bar that the some
what abortiye effort now under way
to cut down the number of circuit and
chancery districts is nothing more
than an over-zealous effort at econ
omy, and that the Lawmakers behind
it have no intelligent conception of
the actual needs of the state, or the
volume of business that is handled in
the courts.
The redistricting plan will be stub
bornly fought, and the minority re-
port from the special committee, read
in the lower house Saturday, conclus-
lively shows that the majority of the
members gave very hasty and made
quate consideration of the subject
prior to submitting suggestion for
return to the old plan of thirteen dis
tricts.
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Two good ones at the Lomo thea
tire today. Uncle Hiram's List" a
story of country town and chiefly
two real characters who lived there.
Uncle Hiram, the village censor, kept
skunk list" and it kept him busy
recording the failings of his fellow
townspeople. Uncle Hiram wasn't al
ways a good Judge. He got Jimmie's
name down for cowardice. See the
heroic deeds Jimmie did to get his
name taken off the list. "Yawn, the
Troupadour," a film Dart by the
Pathe Company, which for stage set
tings, beautiful costuming and fine
acting has never been equalled. Sc
lection by Mr.. E c Wheelahan, We'd
nesday, Cavatina, from Faust" in
(French). Friday, Gun Ballo in Ma
schera" (the Masked BalD in italian
Mr. Wheelahan is studying for the
Grand Opera under Prof. Maxine
Scum of New Orleans.
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NOTICE.
Ash Wednesday Service,

There will be Ash Wednesday SER
vice tomorrow morning at 1890 at
Trinity rectory, 700 West Pine street.
All members of Trinity congregation
who can possibly attend are expected
to be present. All friends desiring to
Join us in Offering up our Ash Wednes-
day prayers are cordially invited to
come and worship with us. Kindly
bring prayer books.
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HAMMOND MAN ARRESTED
r ON AssEElous CHARGE.
fBu Associated press,

New Orleans, Feb. 2O.-John Bon
durant, aged SO. a prominent mer-
chant of Hammond, La, and director
of bank at that place, was taken in
room Of local hotel with Miss
Edna Boyer. fifteen-year-old girl,also
OF Hammond, on serious charge.
Bondurant was taken to Jail aId the
girl turned over to the Society for
Prevention Of Cruelty to children.
Bondurant and the girl registered at
the hotel yesterday as father and
laughter.
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PRESIDENT URGES PASSAGE
EMPLOYERS LIABILITY BILL,
by Associated PreSs,)

Washington, Feb. 20.-President
Taft today submitted to Congress the
report of the Employers Liability
Commission, and the commissions
proposed employers liability and
Workmen's compensation bill, accom-
panied by message urging enactment
OF the measure, which is the most
advanced piece of liability legislation
yet presented.
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RAWLs SPRINGS.
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The two preaching services here
Sunday at the Methodist and Baptist
churches were largely attended and
able sermons preached at both places.
Mr.. Owen Lokey and wife, of Hat
tiesburg, were attendants at Central
church Sunday.
Prof. Cox has been quite i'll and
was not able to teach last week.
Our basket ball team defeated the
Sumrall team last Friday afternoon
by score of Z to 10.
Our school continues large and in.
teresting- Our society work last Fri
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-20
ANUTHER COLD
WAVE COMING
Blizzard Raging in Panhandle and
Warnings Issued for Southern
States.
by Associated PreSs.)

Dalhart, Tex, Feb. 2O.-Blizzard
weather closed the public schools here
today. The cold swept in last night
on the heels of two weeks of summer
weather This morning the tempera-
ture was twenty above zero with one
of the worst storms of the year rag
ing.
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!" A Terrible Discovery" a feature
Biograph. play will be shown at the
Gem theatre tonight, along wjtheoth-
err world famous photo plays, songs
and music. On Thursday, Washing
tons. Birthday, the great vitagraph
production in three reels Zone hour
and half show will be given. Thurs
day being legal holiday and in order
to give every one an opportunity to
see Vanity Fair the first performance
will start at one p. m. and on account
of the many strangers in town, 1t
will be advisable for as many ladies
and children to attend the matinee as
possible in order to avoid the big
crowds at night, The admission on
Thursday for the Vanity. Fair produc-
ton will be ten cents for adults and
five cents for children.
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EATONVILIE RALLY
MARCH 9TH AND 9Th

The date for the educational rally
TO be held at the Eatonyille school has
been changed from Thursday, the 22nd
OF this month, to March It'll and Sth.
The meeting will be in charge of
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-20
MOTIFS.

Trespaser will be persekuted to the
full extern of mean mungrel dogs
which amt never been overly soshibil
with strangers and one dubbed bari
shot gun which amt loaded with no
sofy pillars dam if amt tired of this
he'll raisin on my property.
Cy Fleming.