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The log cabin Democrat., 1912-10-07
MODE-TOZIER.

Lee Mode, son of J. A. Mode, the Guy merchant, and Miss Priscilla To- zier were married at Guy Sunday, Justice of the Peace J. L. Hooper off ciating.
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-10-07
BANKS TO CLOSE FOR FAIR

The Faulkner County Bank and the Bank of Conway will close at 2 o'clock each afternoon during the county fair.
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-10-07
VILONIA RESIDENCE
 DESTROYED SUNDAY
Special to the Log Cabin Democrat.

Special to the Log Cabin Democrat
 Vilonia, Oct. 7.-The residence of c. E. Wright, one-half mile east of Vilonia, was destroyed by fire about II o'clock yesterday morning The family had prepared dinner and left the house to attend church, and it is supposed the fire originated in the kitchen. Practically all of the con- tents of the residence were also de- stroyed, the loss being about $1,200.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-12-12

Opera bags. handsome work bags
and small ribbon bags that are SO
welcome with each returning Christ
mas are more beautiful than ever this
rear. For the art Of weaving ribbons,
which amounts to as much as paint
ing when 1t comes to picturing flowers.
seems to have reached perfection.
Woven and printed Dresden ribbons
and the richest brocades are used for
the various kinds Of bags. The heavy
brocades are used for bags to be car
ried on the street. the flowered and
gayly striped printed ribbons are chos.
en- for work bags and the small toilet
or vanity bags for carrying powder
and powder pun, a small hand mirror
little square of chamois and all the
other little requirements which wom
en- find it necessary to have within
easy reach all the time.
The colors chosen for hand bags are
soft and rich and the flowers shown
In raised velvet against a satin back
ground. Eggplant and deep roya
purple shading into black in the back
ground, blossom into rich American
Beauty roses in their natural colorings
with dark green shadowy foliage melt
Ing into the ground. Little rosettes
finished with pendant ribbon flowers
or little bows are used as a finish
Such bag is shown in Figs. 1 and q
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-12-12

For Fig. . lighter brocade is used.
with woven.in instead of raised fow-
ers. But the design Is gorgeous with
gold thread woven into the design.
The bag is a trifie smaller and the
corners of 1t are rounded. Narrow
satin ribbon In the prevailing color
Of the bag finishes the sides with
loops and furnishes the means of car
rying the bag.
Fig. is work bag made Of gay
Dresden ribbon with dark stripes
sewed to plain satin ribbon in the
same color as the background Of the
Dresden. This bag is provided with
cardboard bottom covered with the
ribbon and finished with hangers Of
narrow satin ribbon and two rosettes
of It, These Dresden and plain satin
ribbons are inexpensive but beautiful.
Fig. 4 is a very handsome bag in
fowered ribbon in which black and
gold are the predominating colors with
touches Of scarlet. 1t is made on a
circular bottom like Fig. 3, but the
lengthwise of the ribbon run around
the bag. 1t is hemmed at the top
without q standing ruffle and rosettes
of narrow black satin ribbon are set
about it. four of them altogether. At
the sides flower pendants made Of the
narrow ribbon hang from full rosettes.
JULIA BoTToMLEY.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-12-12

theory such as this. followed as it was
In the next line with the word dis
grace" s,
For a moment felt that was on
the track Of the solution Of the mys.
terry. Some specter from the generals
past had risen to haunt his declining
years. to threaten his good name, to
worry him into his grave. His elder
daughter had discovered 1t and had
been unable to carry the burden Of
shame. Could this have been the
secret that these two shared and kept
Louise in ignorance Of? A word from
Louise all at once upset my theory.
Il wonder" she said. eff this isn't
part Of letter about Hugh Crandall." :"
Both she and we're convinced that
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-12-12
CHAPTER u.
Our First Clue.


Louise and sat at dinner together.
Isn't 1t strange in this world of
ours how the commonplace follows on
the terrible, how the usual and the un.
usual intermingle, how the clock ticks
on when the whole universe seems to
be tumbling about our heads! In one
Of the rooms upstairs lay Katharine.
still unconscious. with a doctor and a
nurse constantly at her side. The bull.
let had been removed. and while 1t
had penetrated the brain some slight
distance. Doctor Wilcox said there was
just chance-the barest chance-that
she might recover. 1t might, however.
be hours, he explained, before she re-
gained consciousness-ifs she ever did.
In another Of the rooms lay General
Parrish. more dead than alive. Paraly-
sis had deadened his limbs and tied
his tongue. Only his eyes seemed
alert. Most Of the time since the
stroke had felled him he had been
slumbering heavily.
While the hustle Of caring for the
two stricken ones lasted there was
little time for thought, and was glad
for the activity that kept Louise's
mind distracted. Just at the moment
when 1t seemed that everything had
been done and there was nothing left
but the anxious waiting-waiting for
the worst-the butler had tiptoed in to
summon US to dinner. Bravely. at
first, Louise and l made pretense Of
eating. each trying to encourage the
other. but the unforgetable events of
the afternoon. the missing faces at the
table and the sorrow that filed US both
made food impossible. Drawing our
chairs together. We discussed in whis-
pers the banning mystery Of Kath-
arine's attempted suicide and her fa-
ther's strange terror.
On the table before us lay the scrap
Of yellow paper. the sight Of which
had 90 agitated General Parrish. A
soon a. be had been carried into his
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-12-12

Flat rosettes and velvet roses, and
fife-like roses Of ribbon, more wonder
fully well made than ever. are the fad
Of the hour. With small, compact
nosegays made OF ribbon or millinery
flowers. they divide honors in milady's
favor. For furnishing separate girdles
fiat ribbon rosettes are used. The
corsage rose is fastened Just above
the waist line and it is superb touch
to the dinner or evening toilet. The
exquisite little nosegays bloom on all
sorts Of dress and are liked for the
tailor-made coat with Its dainty finish
OF white plaitings at the collar and
sleeves. Two American Beauty roses
are shown here made of satin ribbon.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-12-12

- 00no way Graf
Ny theory would not aya. ..t =.
eo0ooction with the case ard / at suCe
shoD4eoed it, listening in,eutly to one
L0oAoo advanced.
Aere must have been some con.
Doct1oa between his having telephoned
hoe aod what she did this afternoon,
Deeeso she shot herself she burned
tASo beeter. or most Of it Father must
have Known about the letter, so I an
certain that IT concerned Crandan."
s8aD Crandan q sister,
7 % not know" said Louisa 4
D0V nothing about his family. N
soo00 strange. too. when for months
aA1 Months we saw 90 much Of him.
- ~ recollect his ever having nsn.
3ooo4 any OF his relatives.''
Ny brain recorded . victory for
voAan's intuition over mans logic.
6es theory seemed Infinitely better
than mine. After all It was absurd to
suapect skeleton in the life Of q man
like General Parrish. who had been
constantly under public scrutiny for
many years. 1t was much more prob
able that the letter referred to some
incident in the life Of Crandail. some
thing 30 discredtable that the general
had been forced to forbid Katharine
having anything TO do with him. This
theory would account for the quarrel
between father and daughter. for Gran
dalIs reticence about his family. for
Katharine's distress. and naturally
the sight OF the letter that had caused
all the trouble would upset the gen
eral. l began to see plan for action
Louise, dear" How quickly ad
versity strips OF conventionality and
puts US where our hearts would have
US! Louise. DEAR" said. 1T will
probably be days before either your
father or Katherine will be able to
give US any assistance, yet the knowl
edge that everything has been cleared
up. that the specter has been driven
away. undoubtedly would hasten the
recovery Of both. So l feel that We
must 60 ahead"
"Oh, Harding" she breathed. Her
hand stole out and sought mine. "Wha,
= comfort you are to me! What would
I have done this afternoon without
you! You're right, dear, We must solve
this awful mystery at once. We must.
"The first thing for me to do,"
went on, is to find Hugh Crandall
He can probably tell us all about this
letter. Even If he can't he can say
why he telephoned Katharine and
where she went this afternoon. Wher
We have learned this much We shall
at least have made a good start. The
next thing will be to trace the letter
II Crandall does not know about 1t. w
will try 10 learn from whom 1t came.
That's impossible" objected Lou
ise. Haven't we looked everywher
in Katharines room for the envelope
in which it came. am positive that
she burned 1t. Without the envelope
you can never discover where 1t wai
mailed or to whom 1t was addressed"
I'm not so sure abo1t that The
post office has wonderful ways ol
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-12-12

racing mail. One OF the inspectors u
a friend Of mine and We will enlist his
help. But first / must find Crandall.
Probably he can tell US everything If
he will. Do you know where he lives!'
He has bachelor apartments some
where along the avenue. ! don't know
Just where. know his place OF busi-
ness"
know that. too, but 1t is useless to
try to hnd him there tonight"
Katharine used to send all her
notes to one Of his clubs where he re
ceived his MALL think 1t was the
University"
Come into the library" said !. W.
can quietly locate him"
ITO AZ CONTINUED
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-12-12
Johnston
Mz1dGw5AN1az1

soul out Of him. l have seen Kath-
arins's life. too. blightsd BY Its con-
slant presence. Whether Kathirins
lives or whether she dies. must md
out what It 10. ! must before It kills
my father. to- You'll help ne. voo't
your"
There have bssn strange vooings
and strange betrothals In loves his
tory. but never before has any man
been brought to . fuller realization Of
the depth Of . womaa's Affection for
him or her confidence and trust in him
than l was At this moment whom Lou
iss put this question to me. Ny arms
went about her and my lips met hers
in one long kiss that was . pledgs-s
pledge that henceforth my life. my
heart, my mind. my powers. my every
thing were hers. All my abilities would
bs devoted to clearing this mystery
that was stealing the Joy from her
years. whom they should be the pleas
ATTEST. But this was no time .or love
dalliancs. The mystery must be
solved. Suicides generally left letters.
Perhaps
Hand In hand. Louise and l went
into Katharine's apartments, where
the rooms disorder still told of the
tragedy 10 recently enacted there In
one corner stood little open desk.
Its contents bore evidence of a ncent
careful sorting that hintsd very plain.
ly Of premeditation. but there was NO
note or letter there. looked next on
the mantelpiece. hoping to find among
the photographs and cotillion favors
that Uttered 1t some clue which might
solvs the mystery, but there was moth.
ing there. either.
Ny eye fell to the crate below
where fre burned cheerily. Here
again was evidence Of premeditation
in the ashes Of burned letters and the
charred corner Of a photograph. A
blackened bit Of paper that had fallen
through the crate before it burned
caught my glance and ! stopped to
pick 1t up. 1t was just scrap of yel.
low. torn from folded letter, with its
edges burned to fragileness. Careful
ly Louise and I unfolded 1t. for 1t
seemed the only thing in all the room
that might yield some explanation. As
We pored over the meaningless fraE-
ments Of sentences. an exclamation of
horror came from the doorway. Look.
ing up we saw the tall form Of General
Parrish tottering on the SILL
Clad in dressing jacket, his white
hair In wild disorder, he pointed with
accusing finger at the yellow scrap OF
paper in my hand. Never in mortal
face have l seen such terror as l saw
in his. His eyes. dilated. seemed bulg.
ing from their sockets. His counte.
nance was white as chalk. His Jaw
had dropped In the paralysis of terror.
From his throat came horrible numb.
lings. a. he tried to speak and could
not.
Louise and sprang to his side, but
with almost maniacal strength he
shook us on and, with finger still
pointing to the yellow scrap I had let
fall to the floor. he managed to gasp:
THAT yellow letter. Where did"
Before he could finish the sentence
he fell stricken to the floor, his voice
choking. his eyes glazing, paralyxed by
some hidden terror-we knew not
what
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-12-12

Each petal is carefully curled and
tucked at the edges to look like a
cleaning natural rose. The ribbon is
in two and sometimes three shades
and millinery foliage Of the most nat
ural-looking variety Is used with the
roses. Finally. not 10 disappoint any.
one, the flowers are scented with altar
of roses
There is nothing that could be bet.
ter for Christmas gift than the cor
sage rose or the little nosegay In
the latter the stems are wound with
tinfoil matching the flowers in color
and tied with bow of baby velvet
ribbon Of the same color
JULIA 6OTTOMLEY.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-12-12

0Va rooms I had hast1asd to Feoeoe =
fFoo ths 1oor. 1aat that. tnsiSni1eanf
- Il appeared. II Dnst have sa0o ~
Dsstant coanset1sa vttA IL Svsats q
tAs afternoon. Yet - Louise an1 ]
|. pusslsd over II. there seemed notAing
sinister In the fragnents of ssats.ess
that the flames had Isft an Bot iD1o'
cipherabIs.
he papss. of . peculiarly yo1loWtso
tint, vas hardy Dees tAan tvo s0uSo
inehaa. tAs tom esssss q tsa1s1 ~
tss. o. 4 ~ esal1 0A1s ct tbsse
words:
-
usal -
. sister
sssmsl insvita
and disgraos -
By accident b
make good
A. W studied tAs ~ q tyDsvsss'
ing. word BY word. Ws trieA to tFaco
In 1t some hidden meaning. some sin
lister warning. something or anything
that would connect It with poor Katb-
arine's mental distress and her t.
theirs poignant terror. That the let.
ter of which this was . part had bssn
in Katharine's possession was evident
from the plaos whers had picked up
the fragment. 1t was equally certain
that It had bsen her purpose to de.
stroy It. On the other hand. General
Parrish. too. must have known Of the
existence Of this letter. else why did
he show such terror At the mere sight
Of . scrap OF III 1t must have been
part of some document that had made
. vivid impression on his mind. Mors
than likely. We felt, whatever the lot.
ter was. 1t had played some part in
the quarrel between Katharine and
her father the afternoon before shs
dismissed Hugh Crandall.
We ran over all the words we could
think Of that begin "b.a," trying to III
one to the phrases following-back
bar. ban. bank. bankruptcy. basin. bar
rel. barren. battle-there were toe
many Of them. We gave It up and
passed ON to the next phrase. used
Sc" 1t proved equally puzzling. We
could make nothing out Of It. but the
third line at least was definite enough
for discussion.
"A sister," said Louise. "Tha,
makes 1t certain that this letter did
not apply in any way to father. for h<
never had . sister. He was an only
child"
was not 80 positive az she that the
letter did not apply to the general
The thought came to me that perhaps
even in the proud Parrish family there
might have been some girl child oi
unblessed birth whose existence had
been kept secret from Louise. Per
haps some knowledge Of this sort had
come to Katharine and the letter re
ferred to It. refrained from suggest
ing such = theory. for felt 1t would
be the height Of cruelty even to hint
such thing to Louise At time when
the father was helpless to explain
Yet the following phrase. seemed In
evitable." might well nt into some
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-12-12

Harding Ksat calls On Louise Parrish to
oroposs marriage and finds the houss In
grsat excitement over the attempted sui
eide OF her sister Katharine. Kent starts
Csandall. suitor for Katharine. Who had
bsen forbiddsa the house by General Far
sSeh. had talked with Katharine ever ths
tsls0hons Just before she shot hsrssif.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1912-03-12

There 10 more Catarrh in this
section of the country than all
other diseases pat together, and
uutil the last few years was sup
posed to be i%ncnrable, For q
great many years doctors pro.
nounced it . local disease and
prescribed local remedies, and by
constantly failing to cure with
local treatment, announced 1t
incurabls. Science has proven
catarh TO be q constitutional dissas
and therefore requires constitution
al treatment. Halls Ostsrrh Cure.
manufactured by F. J. Cheney &
Co.,, Toledo, Ohio, 10 the only
constitutional cure On the mark
ct. Il il taken internally IN
doses from 10 drops to q tsasp- On
fai. It acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the
system. They offer one hundred
dollars for any case it fails to
cure. Send for circulars and tes
timonials.
Address: F. J. CHEEY & Co..
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Drnggists, 75o.
Take Halls Family Pills fol
constlpstion. ;
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1912-03-12
sA1rsrulY, N. C..MARoH 10, 1912

The frat step Salisbury needs
70 take for the re-establishment
of her business interests and pro-
mote commercial activity is to
rs.establish =, reign of law and
civic righteousness. No commun-
ity Sodomized a. this need ever
expect to be much. salisbury
10 the place" to get your liquor
~"salisbury 10 the place" where
they do not observe law, "Salls
bury il the place" for liceusnous-
ness. etc., will quickly be tht
answer to efforts that do not have
the removal Of these things from
our midst ~ an object. Decen'
people do not care to live in OF
make investments in respectable
enterprises where there 10 no Law
and they must got down on q leve
with the lawless TO get . hearing
or obtain patronage.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1912-03-12

$4,000 or more was spent ill
road bulldog during the past year
and less than SIX MILES OF
ROAD HAVE BEEN BUILT,
leaving the road from China
Grove to Saw out Of the count i.
The thrsa 1iiss of road to Faith
cost about $1,000 per mile. The
people hauled the rock free and
the late e. B. 9. Hambly
gave the rock. The Bringle's
Ferry road is now costing abe
county about 5000 per mile =.
1t runs right through the granite
heis where rock is plentiful and
easily obtained and the County
Commissioners are paying for all
they gss. Lock at the recent
county statement and you will
sss shat one of the commissioners
is getting something along.
These are the gentlemen Who
want to Issue bonds fer 8 new
cours house. WhyS
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1912-03-12
SALEM NEWS.

March. 8,-Will Briggs is build
ing his chimney this week. HI
don't need to carry any water tc
make mortar. Gus Llppard il the
Mason and is good one.
G. w. Graham 10 add ing new
machinery to his saw-mill.
Miss Anna Rice has gotten
some better Ut this writing.
The ealem School closed to-day.
The spelling match ct Salem
school last night between the
Salem aud she Lingls Schools
was . tie.
Ex.Post master of Manning has
= COW that makes him Q pounds of
butter = week. Who can beat
thatP
The people of this community
don't want q new Court house..
We don't need it. Bsttsr put the
shat money on the road whore it
will do some good.
Mrs. John Rex has considers,
bile improved sincs she tried the
new doctor.
Messrs Shulenburger. Graham.
Repley all we're bitten by . mad
cat and all went to Raleigh for
treatment. The cat WAS taken
along and proved to 10 mad.
People are almost afraid to 20
out doors after dark, its no tell
ing what sill was bitten in it's
rambles. Some have killed eli
their cats and dogs.
E n. Sifford il hauling logs
for . new barn.
I think if people of Rowan
County, want q new courthouse
give the tax payers = chance and
leave it to the people at the ballo'
box, aud If the commissioners OF
the board only want it, let them
build it aud pay for it. It il
County property.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1912-03-12

standing by the task undertaken
until the results desired are 40
oompl shed.
The prohibition act was made
law by a non.partisan effort.
High-minded, Christian men and
women of all parties got together
and won 8 great victory, but one
that must be constantly guarded
to be maintained. Only by q
similar effort need prohibitionists
ever hope TO retake the county
and uphold the law; only by
such an effort need any prohibi-
ZIONIST, republican or democrat,
ever hope to again hold ali office
in the county. Neither of these
parties are willing for him &c
have q square deal. He is ia
booed, he is outlawed, yet he ii
10 the majority and is quietly and
foolishly sleeping on his rights
He needs only to arse, get him.
self together and take charge Of
the wbole "show." Shall this bt
done? Or shall this reign of law
l%essuess and inoompetency b
permitted to re-elect itself ant
continue in its blighting course?
Will some ono start the ball
Now 10 the time, = little late!
may bs too late to . ,ceed.
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Mrs. JIMMIE GREEN, C%ovington, No.
How Mrs. Cline Avoided
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Brownsville, Ind.-"I can say that
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and that nothing could help me but an
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81 had hemorrhages and at times
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"Several women who had taken your
Compound, told me to try 1t and l did
and found it to be the right medicine to
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female troubles.
81 am now in great deal better health
than I ever expected to be, so l think I
ought to thank you for it. Mrs. O. NJ.
CLINE. S. Main St., Brownsville, Ind.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1912-03-12

bond Issues, aud docs not suggest
in any manner that the commits
sioners should not submit the
large matters to the people be-
fore proceeding, such % il now
proposed by our oommimloners.
It is q very easy matter to spend
public money, very much too
easy. and faithful public servants
would be slow to take such q
step. Such men always See the
public's interests. the peoples
welfars and looses sight of their
personal wishes. They have the
confidence and esteem Of all and
are praised for doing their duty
Grafsers are just the reverse =.
They are continually wanting to
issue bonds, spend big money aud
care nothing for the public vel
fare and the peoples wishes, a.
though they are most vide
moathed in their pretensions.
Men who make a habit Of giving
ont contracts to the highest bid
der instead of the lowest for the
same goods, ought not to be per-
mitted to handle other peoples
money. They are the kind the
people 'ouss." and they are the
kind Who 70 ab,ut prstsndinst' be
the innocent victims Of righteous
oensure. No true, honorable and
patriotic official has ever yet had
to go about lodging the indignan,
protests and oalumies of an out.
ragged constituency and he never
will, for the meanest criminal il
always willing to respect both bis
words and acts.
The only way now open for oul
people to stop this unwarranted
waste of money is to raise q fund
take the matter into court anG
demand their rights Lst some
ona in eaoh neighborhood start
subscription and 60 around anG
collect something for this purpose
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1 Question TO be Answered.

John Hsrkey. of thu Salem
church neighborhood, was in SAL
isbury this morning ard pro-
pounds a question that he w,uld
like for some one to settle. 1t 10
this: Should . man plant .
pumpkin seed near . dividing
line, the seed sprouts, the vine
crosses the line and lears fruit.
whose pumpkins are they? Do
they bslong to the man who
pl, ntsd thu seed or to the mar on
whose land the pumpkins grew?