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The Ely miner., 1912-08-23
GOT HIM DOWN TO EARTH
Volunteer Fire Fighter Had to Spoil
Perfectly Good Suit of Rubber to
Do the Trick.

One of the stories which Frank
Jones used to tell on himself is re!
peated by Al Campbell, who knew the
dead dramshop keeper very well.
Jones was born in Wales" said
Campbell, "but when a young man
lived in Bucyrus, o. They had voll
unteer fire department there and Jones
was made chief.
The citizens took such an inter
est in u.s. said Jones in telling the
story, that they Clipped in and bought
us fire laddies new suits. Across the
breast of each suit was the motto:
1--WE live to save" and on mine, above
the motto was the word "chief" in
very large letters, reaching nearly the
width Of the motto.
lone day. Jones went on in his
usual droll way, the hotel caught fire.
Now when ''the" hotel catches fire in
a small town it means something. This
hotel was three stories high and we
believed it the largest in the known
world-having seen none any larger.
When the fire bell rang all of us
ran nome 10 get our new SultS on De-
fore attempting to fight such fire.
When we reassembled, one by one,r
that hotel was certainly going some.
In third story window was a man
who, SO l heard later, travelled for a
wholesale rubber house. He said
something about how he would like to
be saved, but we could not understand
him.
"'This fellow got real mad and go
ing back into his room put on some
kind of rubber suit which he blew
up. Then he leaped from that awful
tall building, three stories high. He
struck the ground and bounced back
as high as the top of the hotel
"'Was he saved?' generally asked
the bystanders for whom the story
was intended.
Finally said Jones, but l had to
empty a six-shooter into that derned
inflated suit before eventually got
him down to EARTH kansas City
Journal.
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Accorded Full Title,

One of the New YORK representa-
tives in congress tells of a social
function IN an assembly district po-
litical club on the East side, whereat
the chaiman of the entertainment
committee acted as master of cere-
monies.
The chair man was very busy intro
ducing the newly-arrived members of
the club to the guests, who included a
number Of municipal officers. The
representative mentioned was pre-
sented in a way to halve his official
honors with his wife, as "The Honor
able and Mrs. Congressman Blank"
Next came couple who were not
known to the master of ceremonies.
but, after receiving the correct name
in whisper. he announced:
"Mr. and Mrs. Inspector of Hy-
drants, Faucets and Shopworks Ca
sey."-Lippincott's.
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Beatrix Smith; she had married Lieu
tenant Gordon Smith the year before.
he was in Washington today, but
would return before eleven o'clock this
night.
That was the whole history, brief,
accurate and devoid of superfiuous
comment. She had there on the table
the original deed, maps and tax re-
ceipts.
Mason's face showed marked annoy
ance, as that of an eminent surgeon
would, who, having been sent for in
hot haste, arrives to find the patient
with bumped nose.
why do you send for me?" he
said; any lawyer could adjust this
problem"
1T is vital to me-" replied the
woman; sit means my happiness and
my husbands career. beg you to
help me-"
Her eyes began to fill up and her
lips trembled with distress.
Randolph Mason gave no attention
to the woman's emotions. He sat,
beating the tips of his fingers on the
arms of the chair, with evident annoy
ance.
Let us get the thing over, then"
he said. Call up this man Gilbert
Williams. Say to him that Mrs. Smith
mas determined to sell the lands; ask
him to come here at once with a
notary"
What" cried Beatrix Smith. "sell
the land to Williams? the man who
robbed me. How can that help?"
Madam" said Randolph Mason. "do
not worry he with petty pickering"
l signaled Beatrix Smith to a con-
ference with me in the hall. do ex-
actly as he says" 1 whispered when
we were outside the door, ''and hurry"
She promised and went swiftly up
stairs to the telephone
In very few minutes Gilbert Will
liams arrived. He was a red-haired
old fellow with face like a fox, and
beady eyes set obliquely in his head.
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"naddm,' said Randolph Mason, do not worry me
Wth petty bickerine.o

Randolph Mason arose when he came
in, and explained that as Mrs. Smith
wished to leave America at once, she
had determined to sell her lands, pro-
vided cash was paid. The lands were
worth thirty thousand dollars, but her
husband was absent and could not
convey his curtesy in the deed. She
would therefore take twenty thousand
cash and make a deed on the spot
Gilbert Williams snapped up the offer.
He did not care anything about the
curtesy of the husband. The land
itself was worth nothing, the timber
only was valuable. His mills would
cut IT OF in year, and he was willing
to take the chance Of Mrs. Smiths
living that long. He produced a deed,
which he had brought with him to
New York, and ran a pen through the
blank which 1t contained for the hus-
bands name. Beatrix signed the deed,
and the notary who accompanied Will
liams filled in the acknowledgment
and affixed his seal in proper form.
Gilbert Williams wrote out check
on the Importers Bank of Commerce
for twenty thousand dollars. We ascer-
tanned by telephone to the cashier
at his residence that the check was
good. Williams then folded his. deed,
put 1t in his pocket and departed with
the notary. The whole matter had
taken less than twenty minutes to bring
to a close.
Randolph Mason inquired at what
hour Lieutenant Gordon Smith would
arrive, and was told that he would be
at the house at halfpast ten. Direct
the agent Of the Export Spruce COM
pany to be here at that hour" he
said. Then he sat down in the oak
chair before the fire.
We were all greatly puzzled. We
did not see why this second purchaser
should be invited to come. Beatrix
Smith had nothing more to SELL The
transaction seemed to US to have ar
rived at fits final act, the curtain down
and the lights out.
Sarah Lernarr came down to the hall
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sters. his face thrown partly into
shadow by the flaming Logs on the
hearth. The masterful iron face, the
lean, hard jaw with it's projecting chin,
the fearless, bony nose appearing in
the fantastic light fattened a little at
the end, like that of a beast Of prey.
and the craggy forehead-all colored,
Drowned, Redeemed by the fire.
l heard the latch of the door click,
and looked up to see Beatrix Smith
standing on the threshold, looking at
Mason with profound interest. Her lips
were parted and her eyes wide. She
had not thought to come on this curl
Gus picture of the middle ages taken
down from some Italian gallery and
propped up here in the library of the
Won Huberts. She bowed to me, crossed
the room and sat down by the library
table little beyond Randolph Mason,
at the corner of the fire.
Presently Mason looked up at her.
rs this Nine. Won Hubert?" he said,
without rising, without an infection of
interest or courtesy, as he would have
said: rs this the contract?" "The
bond in question:"
She flushed little. NO" she an
swered; 81 am merely the interesting
case that you came to examine into"
Give me the details of it, said
Mason.
She began at once without introduc-
tion or verbiage and told her story
with brevity and directness that !
could not associate with that rather
silly Beatrix Waldo who used to go
up and down through the drawing
rooms of Newport looking for rich
husband.
She had inherited from her father
two thousand acres of wild forest land
in the county of Pocahontas in the
state Of West Virginia She and her
aunt had watched it carefully and paid
the taxes on it each year; they had
even taken the little local newspaper,
published at the county seat, in or
der that they might know what lands
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and peeped through the door at Ma
son, where he sat motionless, his
right elbow on the twisted arm of the
grotesquely carved chair, his clenched
fingers propping up his jaw.
20 Courtlandt," she whispered, 'he
is splendid! think Lancelot must
have looked like that when he sat
in Arthur's double-dragoned chair to
umpire the last tournament Just
fancy, with what freezing, acid irony
he would have said, Hast thou won?'
Art thou the purest brother?' to such
an unconscionable rake as Tristan"
Then she swore Beatrix to obedience
and slipped back up the great stair
way.
A few minutes after ten o'clock,
Lieutenant Gordon Smith arrived, and,
little later, the agent of the Export
Spruce company Mason arose when
this agent entered, and explained, as
he had done to Gilbert Williams, that
Mrs. Smith was about to sail for Eng
land, and had decided to sell her land.
She would take twenty thousand dol
lars in cash for 1t, the deed to be exc
cuted and the money to be paid down.
The agent agreed at once, and pro-
duced his deed He was prepared as
Williams was. Mason directed Beatfix
Smith and her husband to execute the
deed. l had no end Of trouble with
Beatrix in the hall this time. She
did not want to make another deed !;
she had sold her land; she would not
rob the Export Spruce company. 1t
was not the company that had stolen
her land; Mr.. Mason had clearly got
ten the two companies confused. He
was making an awful blunder. 1 must
call him out and set him right about
it.
Instead, called Sarah Lemarr. She
berated Beatrix like pirate Disobey
Randolph Mason? the thing was un-
thinkable! Make mistake? not that
big, fine, bronze god brooding by his
sacred fire. why, girl" she said, "I
would shoot every one of you in your
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were returned delinquent for taxes and
sold. They had been warned against
the horde of dangerous and unscrupu-
lous land thieves said to infest the
mountain districts of the Virginias.
But her great care was not sufficient
against the ingenuity Of these pirates.
After one of the periodic assessments
of real estate, one thousand acres OF
her estate were listed on the land
books under the name of Walden. re-
turned delinquent, and sold for taxes.
The land was purchased by Gilbert
Williams, president of the Black Creek
Lumber company, for $685.. She had
paid no attention to the sale, not
recognizing her land under this name
until she came to have the estate sur
veyed a few months ago, some five or
six years after its purchase at the tax
sale by Gilbert Williams. She also
learned that the whole thing was a
well planned and effective scheme OF
this owner Of the Black Creek Lumber
company to steal her land These wild
lands had vastly increased in value.
This company and rival one, the
Export Spruce company, were exceed
ingly anxious to purchase the remain
ing tract. They would give, she
thought, twenty dollars an acre for 1t.
The agents of the two companies had
been at her heels ever since she ar
rived in New York Gilbert Williams
was now at the Fifth Avenue hotel.
He had endeayored to reach her by
telephone this very evening. He Of
fered a little better price than the
Export Spruce company, but he could
well afford to, since he 1t was that
had stolen half the land The agent
of the Export Spruce company was
at the Holland. His note, on the table,
requested an interview with her at
any hour she would name, day or
night. This indicated how very de-
sirous they we're for the land. Such
sale would yield her twenty thou
sand dollars. All the lands would have
given her the forty thousand which
she needed. Her name now was
The Ely miner., 1912-08-23
REPORTED By THE CROUCH
Here the Original Hiram J. Tells of
His Attendance at a Country
"Function."

Having nothing else to do" re-
marked the old codger, 81 attended
a function while 1 was over at Tor
pidville the other day. The affair
was held in a dispirited grove at the
end of a road in which every time
horse popped down his foot the dust
shot up in the air like skyrocket.
A band was playing without the
slightest remorse. A statesman, with
ed forth redundant nonentities with
out end. A sad and rickety merry
gc-wabble wound round and round
to the sound of it's own plaintive pee
dle-deedle. In tipsy pavilion a
hoarse person was endeavoring to sell,
in brazen defiance to the pure food
and drug act, what looked alarmingly
like horned toads fried in axle-grease.
A gentleman in a striped tent near
by hoarsely stated that he preferred
to eat snakes at ten cents per ser
pent. There was the usual balloon
which seemed perfectly willing to do
anything but get up. Scattered around
IhAO AOuSh IhS lSoIdl oCSAO WO1O q AO"
old soldiers, grumbling; smattering
of farmers, also grumbling; sundry
honest voters, likewise grumbling:
and various other folks, nothing about
whom is worth mentioning except
that they, too, were grumbling. 1t
may have been reunion, fair, a
rally, picnic, or what-not; but what
ever they chanced to call it, twas an
excellent example of one of our most
cherished institutions. Kansas City
Star.
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tracks II that man told me to do it.
He is adorable. l could follow him
around like a dog and bite people if
he whistled to me. Not another word
out OF you, or will come down with
the dog-whip." And she shook her
little clenched hand over the banis-
ters.
Finally we got the matter over.
Beatrix and her husband executed the
deed. 1 got notary from the Plaza.
The agent gave certified drafts on
Dexter & Company for the twenty
thousand dollars. and, like Gilbert
Williams. folded his deed and depart
ed.
Beatrix Smith bearded the lion with
eyes swimming in tears. "Mr. Ma
son." she said, you have made ter
rible mistake. The Export Spruce
company is not the one who stole my
land. cannot take its money; it
will not get the property" And she
went on with torrent Of lamentation.
Madam" said Mason, rising, "all
this is drivel. have made no mistake.
The Export Spruce company will get
every acre that 1t has this night pur-
chased" Then he directed Beatrix to
cash the checks at the earliest hour in
the morning and sail at once for Eng
land
When we went down the steps to
his carriage, Sarah Lemarr slipped out
from behind the door and caught my
arm. Il shall see to it." she whis-
pered. They shall sail on the st. Paul
at eleven o'clock" Then she gripped
me until her nails hurt through my
sleeve. "Oh, Courtlandt," she said, II
have at last seen a mani" and she
closed the big door behind me.
The solution of the matter arrived a
month later. / was taking a hasty
luncheon at a downtown cafe, when
Freddie Harland of the firm of Milton,
Harland & Gaynor, came In and seated
himself In the chair beside me.
Hello, Parks" he said "Oid VIII
Iiams tells me you were present when
The Ely miner., 1912-08-23
Mothers LinauaI Attainment.

The mother of little boy in Kan
sas City, Kan, recites negro dialect
stories charmingly. Her small son is
quite proud of her accomplishment
and frequently boasts of It. One day
recently, when some of his playmates
were vaunting the achievements of
their several mothers, the little boy
braggingly remarked:
my mother is smarter than any of
yours; she can talk two languages"
What are they?" demanded his
companions.
White and colored."
The Ely miner., 1912-08-23
UnsinkabIe Ship.

Plans for an unsuitable trans-Atlan-
tic ship have been made by Otto Kret-
schmer, dean of the engineering de-
partment of the Charlottenburg Tech
nical high school In them he en-
bodies the principle Of constructing a
hull within a hull. The inner body,
which is entirely Independent of the
outer, contains all the engines and
boilers and is walled in with steel
plating and with no doors to the outer
structure.
The Ely miner., 1912-08-23
A csrplno Friend.

OdTPfn9 FTTcU'
"a college offers me degree for
million"
s'Do you want to be college youth?'
mo: but I'd like degree"
"Oh, why spend all that money!
Join the boy scouts"
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For the legal principle involved

- >~'~ 'S6Ss
in this story see Austin ct al.
v. Brown ct al, 81 w. Va, 634.
Syllabus, Austin ct al. v. Brown
ct al, supra. an. A. g., mar
rled woman, not living separate
and apart, but with her husband,
undertook by deed to
sell and convey a certain tract
of land, part Of her real estate
-. Held, said pretended deed
was wholly Intellectual to divest
M. A. g., the grantor, Of her own
ership Of such land, and did not
pass any interest therein, legal
or equitable, to the said
grantees"
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-02-02

Miss Louise Schilling entertained
the Roswell Street Sewing Circle last
week
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-02-02
ANNOUNCED ENGAGEMENT.

(From Knoxville Journal and Tribune)
Mrs. Curtis Cullen has made formal
announcement of the engagement and
approaching marriage Of her daughter,
Miss Dorathy Cullen and Mr.. John
Williamson Caldwell, OF New York.
The date of the wedding has been fixed
for February 18th. This winter Miss
Cullen has been the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs John Boston, OF Marietta, Ga,
and the Wedding will occur at the home
OF Mr. and Mrs. Boston. The bride
to-be is very lovely girl and has a
wide circle of admiring friends in
Knoxville. Her father was the late
Mr. Curtis Cullen, of the large whole.
sale firm of Cullen q Newman.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-02-02
MISS WHITFIELD HURT.

Miss Maize Whitfield, OF Smyrna,
had narrow escape from a terrible
death last Monday morning. She fell
as she was going across the railroad
in haste to catch a car to Marietta
Just as she stepped off the track the
engine dashed by, and only by rolling
over on the ground, without attempt
ing to get up, did she escape being
crushed The great iron wheel struck
her hand bag and scratched it up
She boarded the street car and came
on to Marietta, but was so nervous
from shock that she returned to Smyr-
ma, and was compelled to call in a
doctor However, she was able to go
to Sandy Plains Tuesday and resume
her duties as teacher in the school
there.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-02-02
lQ@1pS O1l@lo

Miss Susie Sessions continues very
ill.,
Mr. John D. Northcutt has return
ed from Seabreeze, Fla.
Mrs. N. w. L. Brown is visiting
relatives in Hurtsboro, Ala.
Mrs. p. w. Camp is improving, al
ter a painful illness with grip.
Mr. and Mrs. c. A. Green, Of Oak
hurst, announce the birth of a son.
Mrs Homer AcClatchey and chill
dren are spending a month in Florida
Telephone and automobile batteries
sold by Dobbs Hardware Co. ct
Mr.. Sax Anderson and little S A
Conner have returned from West
Point
MIR. R. E. Adams is at Bradentown,
Fla, with his nephew, Mr. Oline
Spence.
Mr.. H. c. Van Swerngen returned
to his home in Cleveland, Ohio, Mon
day.
Miss Leila Moon has returned from
a visit to Mrs. Eugene Barnes, in West
End
Mrs Evelyn Cogburn is i'll at the
home of her son. Mr.. j. NJ COgburn
near town.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Barrett have a
little son who will be named Howard
Eugene.
Store room on the square for rent.
Write "Store Room" in care this office.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Dobbs have be.
gun to build their new residence on
Church Street.
Mr. and Mrs. c. f. Henderson left
for Florida Sunday night to spend
several weeks
Mrs. ]. r. Brumby spent last We'd
nesday in Gainesville with Mrs.
Whit Mcleod.
Mrs f. O. Pyron and Mrs. Henry
Ward spent Tuesday in Kennesaw
with Mrs. Alb Cox.
DR.. and Mrs. T. c. Nolan are en-
joying a brief trip 10 Jacksonville,
Brunswick and other points.
Little ]. w. retty celebrated his
eighth birthday last Wednesday with
charming little dinner party.
Col and Mrs. T. A. Brown, of Blue
Ridge, attended the funeral of Col.
c. D. Phillips last Wednesday
1900 yards of val lace, worth
S to go2 IL cents a yard. New
goods just received.
Little Andrew Campbell Petty
weighed sixteen pounds at three
months of age and grows fast.
Mrs. r. E. Lawhon Is expecting to
go to New Orleans In few days and
will remain there until after Mardi
Gras
Miss Sallie Camp and Miss Regina
Rambo were with Mrs. Brown at the
Governors Inauguration. last Thurs
day.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-02-02

Mrs. M. l.. Sanges, who has been
quite i'll for some time, is now in her
usual health
Miss Frances West spent Sunday in
Atlanta with her sister, Miss Myra
West
Mr.. and Mrs. Shaft, of Atlanta, have
moved to Marietta and are at home on
Locust street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Huguley and
little daughters, Mary Lee and Kath.
ryn, have gone to Columbus to live
Mrs. c. r. Schoolfield, whose home
is with Mrs. d. F. Green, is visiting
her father in South Pittsburg, Tenn
Mr.. and Mrs. F. NJ Visqueney have
returned from ten days visit to
MIR. and Mrs. James Bynum in Amer
icus.
Mrs. Meinert has had a number of
hot beds and cold frames put in her
hover garden for tender annuals
like pansies.
Miss Ethel Lindley, of Powder
Springs, and Miss Lettie Abercrom-
bic, of Douglasville, were guests OF
relatives here last week
At the Martha Berry Jubilee last
Thursday the graduates of the school
gave $719.60 as a beginning for a stu
dents fund to Miss Berry.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. R. Collins have
taAen possession of their new home
at 81 Washington Avenue, where
Mr. Edgar Randy formerly lived.
WANTED-Agent and collector f. r
Cherokee Life Insurance Co. Inquire
at office in Freyer Building.
Miss Cora Brown came over from
Athens to attend Governor Slaton's
reception to the legislature, and was
very pretty in a white lingerie dress.
Friends of Miss Pauline Corley Will
tends spending the summer in New
York and taking a course at Colum.
bia University.
FOR RENT-A six room house on
Cherokee ave nue., with lights and water
1t MRS. G. F. GOBER.
Mr. and Mrs. F.. A. Root are at home
for the present at DR.. Rambo's, with
Miss Regina. DR.. and Mrs. Rambo
and their son, S. D., are in Florida
at their winter home
One reliable salesman to sell CalrAra
House, Barn and Bridge Paints.
Twenty-Five years the Standard ofqual-
ity. Salary or commission Sample
outfit free The Carara Paint Co.,
Cleveland, Ohio.
Mrs. A. w. Maynes left on Friday
evening for visit to friends in Flor
ida. She and Captain Maynes will re
turn by boat to New York and go
from there to Detroit, Mich, to visit
relatives.
Office for rent in Dobbs building 2t
Every film shown at the moving pc
ture show pleases some one, of course,
but to our thinking the dear little
comedy of the grandmother's aching
tooth and the sympathy Of her beau.
tiful and bright six-year-old grand.
daughter, was the most charming we
have ever seen. 1t Is really worth re-
peating now and then.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-02-02

The students of the Seventh Dis
trict Agricultural College were ad-
dressed by the State Veterinarian,
DR.. Peter f. Bahnsen, on the sub
ject of Live Stock Breeding in the
State of Georgia. and DR.. +. N. Nigh
bert, of the U. S. Bureau of Animal
Industry, on the subject of The
Eradication of the Cattle Fever Tick, -
on Wednesday,
Some time ago arrangements were
made by Professor H. r. Hunt, Super
intendent of the College, for these
gentlemen to be present. These talks
were greatly enjoyed, and we want
to state to the public now that we
must have more livestock and we
must eradicate the cattle fever tick
from the Seventh Congressional Dis.
trict
Anyone wishing information along
the lines of this work should address
the State Veterinarian at Atlanta, or
the College.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-02-02

Bradentown, fla, Jan. % 1912.
Editors of Marietta Journal and Cou-
rier.
The kindness, sympathy and help
fulness of our many friends in Ma
rietta, Ga, during the short illness
and death of Mrs. r. E. Adams on
the 28th of December, 1911, fills our
hearts with gratitude and love toward
you all; but especially for the tender
thoughtfulness and deeds of love from
the family of Mrs. r. E. Lawhon, at
whose home my precious wife passed
away from earth to the heavenly
home prepared for those who love
Christ and walk in His footsteps. BY
and by we hope to meet her there.
(Son) EDWARD Z. ADAMS,
Whitehall, N. Y;
Oaughter) MRS. II. c. VAN
SWERINGEN,
Cleveland, Ohio;
r. r. ADAMS,
Bradentown, Fla.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-02-02

To cure blight in fruit trees, Ma
rietta lazy says, pore small auger
halfway into the heart of the tree.
Then blow into this hole a very small
amount of dry sulphur scant after
this treatment restore blighted pear
trees to health.