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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12

rious than anything else. The details
are not complete, because Mr.. Laid is
rather reticent in regard to the inter-
mission In their courtship. 1t is
known, however, that he met Miss
Mat MacCallum of Albany, that they
became engaged, and that he gave her
the engagement ring.
Probably he became engaged to
Miss MacCallum while piqued over
losing Miss Carberry. At any rate,
Miss MacCallum wore the ring for
nearly month. Then it disappeared
as mysteriously as it had done before.
The girl either was deceitful or
rather frightened over the loss, and
instead of confessing it she wrote
and broke the engagement and stated
that she never had cared enough for
him to marry him and that their en-
gagement had been mistake. She
did not mention the ring.
Ring Returns to Owner,
Three days after he received the
letter from Miss MacCallum he re-
ceived a nice little note from Miss
Carberry She thanked him for send
ing the ring. showing her that in
spite of misunderstanding he still
trusted her. The ring, she said, was
left on her desk in the office where
she was employed, without message,
but she understood 1t to mean that he
was weary of their foolish quarrel
Puzzled and upset over the affair,
Laid called upon her, and after be-
ing convinced that there was no
danger he confessed everything and Z
was forgiven They agreed to be
married in three weeks and Ladd
jokingly insisted that wedding ring
was necessary to hold that engage
ment ring on her finger.
Ring Found on Ladd's Desk.
Two nights afterward the ring dis
appeared again, while she slept. Miss
Carberry insisted, and the following
day Laid found it circling a twisted
Spite of paper on his desk. On the
paper were two words, "Ha! Hal"
written in large, bold hand. and
those two words furnish the only
clew to the mystery.
Instead of writing Laid went direct
to the home of his fancee and de-
manded to know whether she were
trifiing with him. The result wa
another quarrel and separations
more tears, and they parted Miss
Carberry declaring she never wanted
to see his face again. He stood it
month. then wrote. begging forgive
ness. After proper time he was per
mitted to call to explain"
Laid proved resourceful that time
He brought a new engagement ring
and he pledged himself to throw the
other away IL she would accept him
again. She agreed that if the new
ring would remain on her finger foM
two months she would marry him and
they would know that the other ring
was hoodooed.
For two months the new ring
sparkled on the third finger of hen
left hand. Then the date was SCI
and a short time ago they ran dowE
to Atlantic City for little outing and
threw away the hoodooed ring that
had caused them so much trouble.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12

1t was not on the floor, on the table,
anywhere.
Maybe you slipped it off for fear
Joe would see you were engaged, y
suggested Ladd hopefully and tact
fully.
Miss Carberry Indignantly denied
this, and called his attention to the
fact that she had been proud when
he introduced her as his fiancee They
parted with increased coldness Laid
said he was glad the ring was lost, but
he did not say it as If he meant it.
Another misunderstanding that lasted
for weeks resulted, and then there
was a quarrel, and the engagement
was broken again.
The day after the breaking of the
engagement the ring made its reap
pearance. Miss Carberry found it in
an envelope on her desk at home. She
waited almost month before she no
titled Laid of the recovery of the ring.
Although both had been so positive
that she wore it at the luncheon. they
agreed they must have been mis-
taken.
That time Miss Carberry wore the
ring exactly seven days. and was so
careful that she placed tight guard
ring above it on her engagement
finger. On the seventh day, a Sunday.
she went to spend the day with some
friends.
Guard Ring Remains on Finger.
After dinner, late in the afternoon.
she went to room upstairs with
three other girls to prepare to re-
turn to the city, and the ring disap-
peared Oddly enough. the guard ring
was on the finger, and so far as she
could recall, it never had been OF.
She was almost frantic with anxiety.
fearing another break in her engage
ment
She determined to make every ef-
fort to recover the ring, and not let
Mr.. Laid know of it's third disappear
ance until Tuesday evening, when he
was to CALL He did not call Tuesday
evening. Instead there came a cool
little note asking her to explain WHY
she had left the ring on his desk and
If she was DESTROYS of breaking the en-
gagement why she did not say SO and
have it over with instead OF indulging
in trickery with the ring.
The note made her angry. She
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12
Once Was Enouuh.

Il wonder" unused little Harry. who
was studying his Sunday school les.
son, ''if men will ever live to be 500
or 600 years old again.
no. I guess not" replied his six.
year-old sister. THE Lord tried the
experiment once and they got so bad
he had to drown most Of them"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12
Pupils Open Wide.

If you happen to be between the cat
and the light you will see a peculiar
CLEAN in this wide open pupil, which
is the reflection of the light at the
back of the cats eye.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12

coaster gets along too fast down a
hill when it is headed that way a very
effective brake can be brought into
play and stop it at once. The vehicle
is designed to safeguard the boy, as
well as give him pleasure.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12

But when a cat is hdnting mouse
in room where there is very little
light, or when the cat IS being hunted
by some bad boys ana wants to see
every move the boys make, it opens
the pupils of it's eyes until they are
perfectly round.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12
HOODOO Ring
THAT PARTED
FOND HEARTS

w VIEW YORK.-When Frank M.
IA 4 Laid stood on the end of the
" iron pier at Atlantic City the
II ~ other day with Miss jeanette
Carberry and threw carat
and a half solitaire diamond ring as
far as he could into the waters OF
the Atlantic some of the spectators
thought him insane: But as the ring
flashed and sank Ladd turned and
said, Thank heaven it's gone" and
Miss Carberry sighed happily.
The act probably dispensed for all
time with the hoodooed engagement
ring that four times caused Mr.. Laid
to figure In broken engagements and
which five times he placed upon the
dnger Of Miss Carberry, where now
a new cut diamond flashes. Unless
some luckless loving couple dallying
in the sand at Atlantic City some time
dig up the solitaire the hoodoo will re-
main with the mermalds.
The story of the i'll luck that has
followed the ring and its peculiar adj
ventures leads toward the realm of
uncanny mysteries. No explanation
yet has been offered, no theory
evolved beyond that the whole thing
must have been the work of some hui
man enemy of either Laid or his
fancee
Nothing Extraordinary in Principals.
Mr.. Laid is a New Yorker; that is,
he has a business in New York but
resides in Brooklyn, down in the Pros
pect park south district. Miss Car
berry lives in the same neighborhood
with her parents, and until two years
ago was assistant buyer for big New
York wholesale millinery establish
ment.
Mr. Ladd has a small apartment and
takes breakfast with a family named
Brescher, consisting of the father,
mother, and one child, a boy Of
twelve. While on friendly terms with
the Breschers, it cannot be said that
Ladd is at all intimate with them. He
sees them at breakfast, but seldom at
any other time, as he lunches in New
York and usually dimes in town and
returns to his apartment during the
evening.
Their First Meeting.
Laid met Miss Carberry in the fall
of 1909. They fell in love with each
other and their engagement was an
nounced in January, the date of their
marriage being set for June 81. Evil
IDENTIFY Laid felt tolerably certain that
he would be accepted even before he
made the formal proposal, as he adj
mits that the week before they be-
pure white diamond solitaire and or
dered lit set in a nigh ring of old red
Guinea gold.
Miss Carberry first put on the ring
the evening of January when she ac-
cepted Mr.. Ladd's proposal. She was
much pleased with the ring itself, be-
sides she seemed unusually happy and
wore the ring proudly. The following
Friday Mr. Laid called to take her
to the theater. She wore the ring
and distinctly remembered that after
Mr. Laid kissed her goodnight and
started away she turned out the light.
and as she started to her boudoir she
stopped on the staircase and kissed
the ring. The following morning the
ring was missing.
The Ring Disappears.
Miss Carberry made hasty search
of her room and her bed, then sum-
moned her mother, informed her of
the loss, and told her to take every
thing in the room and hallway to
pieces and find the ring, as Mr. Laid
was going to call that evening and
she would not want him to know. Her
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12

Little Bo-Peep sat fast asleep
Beneath big tree near the sty;
A pig, round and fat,
Saw her as she sat,
And said with grunt: "O-ho-my!'
And little Bo-Peep stayed fast asleep
TIL bee buzzing round stung her ear!
Then up she did spring
And cried; "What a sting!
would best get away from here"
So home she did go (and not very slow!l
And showed to dear Mother her ear;
And dear Mother said
AS she wrapped up her head:
"a naughty bee stung you, my dear"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12

HILE the newer Havana ho-
tells seem Americani2ed the
older are true to their Span
ish origin. / think of one in
particular. 1t is in the heart
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12

of her room and her bed, then sum-
moned her mother, informed her Of
the loss, and told her to take every
thing in the room and hallway to
pieces and find the ring, as Mr.. Ladd
was going to call that evening and
she would not want him to know. Her
The Detroit times., 1912-03-16
Edifed BY
RALPH L. YONKER
OUTLAW LEAGUE COULD FLOURIsH
S5,O00,000 CAPITAL REQUIRED
BY RALPH L. YONKER.

MONROE a
equal that the American parks conveniently
and well thinks
which forced Itself
money and might in time
the countrys baseball organization.
the formation o
tBusness dashing outlaw
moters of
Of a made
that
there baseball trust"
nothing illegal
S n
The public
getting baseball
well paid and well treated the realization the the
baseball
them costly the
The time would league begin
Jennings public
ling 1t the
controlling
They figured that matter how badly treated the
equally
HAD recognized
necessary people
dissatisfied
fed willing
Iteams.
is a of
theme
inducements they would have trouble getting
that
lof income
The Detroit times., 1912-03-16

During the past season. Clyde
Wares. the Oakland shortstop. who
goes 10 st. Louis next season, lost his
favorite glove and was much worried
about It; he commenced TO make
errors in the easiest chances until
Wolverton. seeing the cause of the
trouble. gave his old glove TO Wares,
who played an errorless game there
after Gloves are all alike, but Wares
needed confidence in the new glove.
Wolverton's only quarrel with his
men Is when they neglect TO follow
his Instructions On such occasions
he is severe, often suspending the
offending player indefinitely. Mag
gart was perhaps the star of the Oak
land team last year, but when he dis
obeyed Wolverton during the most
exciting part of the race, he was sus-
pended for the rest of the season.
Pacific coast fans will follow the
success OF Wolverton closely and IL
is safe to predict that they will find
him fighting hard and trying all the
time to land the New York Americans
we'll up in the race.
The Detroit times., 1912-03-16
0tttVVEEfF tttVVEEfF HAS Has BRIGHT BRIGHT TRACK TRACK
PROSPECTS THIS SEASON
Expects To Have Strongest
Team in History To Defend
It's Title
From a Special Correspondent.

From Special Correspondent
OLIVET, Mich, March l4.-Olivct
college expects 10 have the strongest
track team this year in the history
OF that sport at the congregational
institution. The reason for sucb a
condition is the unexpected and IN
usual showing that a number of the
freshmen have made in the pre!lmi-
nary tryouts and these new meH, to-
gether with practically the same team
with which Olivet so easily won the
NJ. /. A. A. meet last spring, should
provide the crimson with an eXcep-
secutive years Olivet has won the
Intercollegiate track meets, it being
just five years ago that NJ. a. G.. drop
ped out of the intercollegiate asso-
citation. Last year IL was thought
that Olivet had no material at all,
but for the first time in the history OF
the school, a coach was provided fos
track and this man, .. Evan Mills,
former Cornell track star, led the
team to the greatest victory ever won
over the Michigan colleges.
On Saturday evening, March 16.
Coach Mills will take a small quad
TO Battle Greek for an indoor meet
with the Battle Greek Physical Train
ing school. Webber, Osborn and
of the best men are not TO
be taken, II being the desire of Coacn
Mills to try-out some OF the green
material in a real contest.
Warren Powers, star half miller, i5
captain and manager of this seasons
track team and is confident that
Olivet will maintain her high place
in Michigan track activities. A num-
Der OF the runners have been on the
road all winter and the weight mep,
pole vaulters and jumpers have bCIn
practicing in the gymnasium since
Christmas vacation. The schedule
for this spring is not completed, but
the following dates have thus far
been secured: May IL. dual meet az
Albion college; May %, triangular
meet, NJ. A. c., Alma, Olivet. at East
Lansing; May 80. state Y. NJ. c. A.
meet at Grand Rapids. and June
and s, big annual NJ. I. A. A. meet at
Albion.
job Printing Done Right. Times
Printing CO., lb John R.-st
The Detroit times., 1912-03-16
MUCH AT STAKE IN
CENTRAL-ADRIAN GAME

On the outcome of tonights basket
ball game at Central high school de-
pends the fate OF Central as regards
a chance at the state championship
title. When the Adrian high five lines
mn against the Cass-ave. quintet to-
night one of the best interscholastlc
contests OF the season is promised
Adrian took the first game from Cen
trail at Adrian several weeks ago and
In order TO remain in the running Tor
the state championship the Central
boys must cop tonight. II Central is
defeated tonight only one more game
will be played by them, but II they
show in front several more games
having a bearing on the state cham'
bionship, will be played.
The Detroit times., 1912-03-16
HIGH ROLLERS MAINTAIN
PLACES IN TOURNAMENT

CHICAGO, March 16.-The high
rollers in all the events in the Ameri-
can Bowling Congress tournament to-
day all retained their places through
yesterdays efforts of the big squads
that bombarded the pins most OF the
day and until after midnight. The
best score made was that OF Helne
and Beilfuss a Chicago team, work
ing in the doubles. They took fourth
place with a score OF 1,2O7. other
changes In the high fives were made.
Rollers from South Bend, CINCINNATI,
louisville, st. Louis. st. Paul. Omaha,
Pittsburgh. Milwaukee, Peoria, Grand
Rapids, Watertown, Wis. Madison
and Rochester took the alleys today.
The Detroit times., 1912-03-16
TWO HUNDRED ATHLETES
COMPETE IN meet TODAY
Championship Indoor
Contests Bring Out Best
In State

Two hundred athletes from differ
ent parts Of Michigan will compete
this afternoon and tonight in the sec
oud annual Michigan championship
indoor athletic meet 10 be held at
Light Guard armory by the Wayne
county Amateur Athletic Federation
under the auspices of the local \. Nj.
c. A. Some of the best amateur
athletes in the state are entered and
it would not surprise many II several
records went by the boards.
The relay races promise to furnish
the most interesting feature OF the
meet The three-cornered fight be-
tween d. U. s.. Central high and
Eastern high. for first honors, Is also
expected - furnish some thrills.
The preliminary events for boys
Will be run in the afternoon and the
ultimate winners decided at night.
The program follows:
Thirty-five-yard dash for three
cllsses OF boys, 35-yard dash for nigh
school entrants and championship
contenders: 35-yard high and low
hurdles for both high school and
championship classes; mile run,
S0-yard run for high
school runners; 440-yard dash TOT
championship class; SS0-yard run Tor
championship. The championship en-
trants will contest in the high jump,
pole vault and 12.pound shot put.
The officials:
Referee Walter 7. Fishleigh, Uni
yersity OF Michigan; starter. John A
Collins, Central high; inspector, VIM.
3. Wreford, Central high; hnlsh
Judges, Paul Benjamin, ID. U. 5;
George Becher and II. j. Essex; tim,
ers. Theodore Luce, Jr., Richard
Jackson, Jr.. and J. b. Nolde; scorers,
John Folger Davis, Floyd l.. Nelson
nud=EsFaBl-B Barnard.
The Detroit times., 1912-03-16
BY RALPH l.. YONKER.

MONROE, La, March 15.-If your
name was the good old French name
of Dubuc and you were kind enough
to refrain from asking people TO pro-
nounce in la Francias with all the
contortions required OF Americans to
articulate a French ''u,' wouldn't 1t
peeve you just a little IL your base.
ball friends insisted on making your
cognomen, "Doobeck?
Mr.. Dubuque" Chats 1t, just as II
1t were the one in Iowa. says "Doo-
beck" or "Dobuck" or anything the
fans like will suit him all right but
that his name ought to be pronounced
just like that of the Iowa town.
II Dubuc has kick coming on the
way his friends pronounce his name
after they see II spelled. Remneas'
friends have a kick coming on the
The Detroit times., 1912-03-16
THESE RECRUITS NAMES ARE
BOTHERSOME; WISE UP NOW

way he himself pronounces his after
they see htm~spell IT, Instead OF
Rem-fee-as as 1t is spelled,>>it is Re.
me-nas.
Westerzil is really Wlsterzil, with
an Il" following the "w" instead OF
an "e," but since everybody insists
that he Is Yves" he has about de-
cided that he is himself and alter.
mates from xvi" to "We" when sign.
ing his name.
Maurer says that his name isn't
Mari" but that It has two syllablesi
Louden is not 'Looden." And Kocher
is not "Coacher."
Speaking OF names and not men,
tioning daffydls, Ralph Works says
that the best joke last year In the
leading paper In his home town,
Quincy, I'D was the q and a. How
will Detroit have joyful Fourth OF
July celebration? Fireworksi"
The Detroit times., 1912-03-16
Ry RALPH T.. YONKER.

MONROE, La, March 16.-Fred
Dubuc might follow in the path OF his
about.to-be illustrious Tiger brother
CT is hoped, at least, that this about
to-be illustrious won't go wrong), IL
he would follow Johns advice.
Fred is some pitcher. He is big
fellow. nearly six feet tall and weigh
ing $50 pounds. He has been pitch
ing amateur ball and John thinks that
The Detroit times., 1912-03-16
Johnny Kilbane Is Bigger Man
In Cleveland Than The Mayor
III
BY RALPH Il. YONRER.

MONROE, la, March is a bigger man
in Cleveland right than IL mayor"
Well Jim Delehanty, ou we'll have admit
that must be right,
ago. and you know the sentiment of the Forest City
Johnny is the pride OF the says Jmdel He
before OF in
featherweght victory Ae natur
ally brought him e had before the
Harry Tuthill Is silent abcut Klbane
good reason He has the champion This
OF news for the prominent fighter that Tuthl isn't
with is a rarity.
The Detroit times., 1912-03-16
Must Southpaw Be Eccentric to
Be Good? Then Moroney Is There
Favors CrosEyed Mascots Sleeps Berth 49, and Lives in
Haunted Room

a cross-eyed boy was watching the
players going into the park. Every
body avoided the jinx but Jim. He
took the lad in to the bench. The
bunch raised howl. but there was no
getting the kid away.
LIN going to pitch this game. The
jinx is up TO me-" heroically. just like
that, from Jim and Jim pitched and
won. He gave the enemy two hits.
Jim rode TO Detroit In berth 13. He
was 13 hours late.
He plans to be Tiger for 13 years.
The Detroit times., 1912-03-16
BURNS THROWS UP SPONGE
IN BATTLE WITH PACKEY

KENOSHA, Wis, March 16.--With
his face battered to a pulp by the
piston.rod blows of Packey McFar-
land and conceded by the fans but
one accomplishment OF a fighter-a
Willingness TO take punishment-the
much-heralded Kid Burns is ready TO
return east today after one OF the
worst wallopings ever administered
10 fighter in the ring
The Stock Yards favorite was at
his best. He peppered Burns with
vicious jabs, smothered him with
punches and jolted him time and
again in every round with uppercuts.
In the eighth, Abe Marks, Burns
manager, mercifully put an end 10
the slaughter and threw the sponge
into the arena.
Mcfarland left the ring without a
bruise. Burns landed less than half
a dozen clean blows. II was Packey's
fight from the moment they stepped
into the ring. Every blow of the
easterner was telegraphed ahead and
either blocked or countered by the
crafty Mcfarland. The mill was wit
messed by a small crowd.
The Detroit times., 1912-03-16

lamette river in AZ minutes IL 20 sec
onds. The previous record of A min-
utes 33 1-5 seconds was held by the
st. Louis Dixie w."
The Oregon Wolf has a 250-horse
power Smalley type engine. which is
the only nine-cylinder motor boat en-
gine in existence. 1t is designed by
Wolf. The Dixie w. is equipped
with two eight-cylinder engines of
25O-horse power each.
New Year Wolf took-the same
craft with which he made the worlds 8
mark, February 20, over the same
course at rate of 41.2 miles per
hour. which satisfied him that he had
boat that could beat the record OF
the Dixie w"
The Detroit times., 1912-03-16
John Dubuc Has Brother Who
Is Some Pitcher, Too, By Gar.

II he would go to kotre Dame and try
out for the squad there he would get
whole lot OF good from II.
Fred was furnished money to begin
his course at the Indiana school but
he blew into New York. blew his mon
ey. and blew back to his home at
Newark. At least, that Is what John
thinks he did for he hasn't heard Of
his matriculatlng at Notre Dame az
yet.
The Detroit times., 1912-03-16
WESTERN CLOSES SEASON
WITHOUT ONE VICTORY

The Western high school basketball
season is closed today and the Cow
boys have not one victory TO show
for their seasons work. They were
defeated last night in the game with
the Ann Arbor five by a score OF "a
to 90. The game was slow, Western
lacking pep. CHM was the only man
who showed any ginger. Ann Arbor
using three substitutes, playing an
exceptional fast passing game
The Detroit times., 1912-03-16
by RALPH l.. YONKER.

MONROE, La. March 16.-Does
lefthander have to be eccentric TO be
good? II so. Jimmy Moroney is there.
Jim Moroney, southpaw, aged 20,
looking wise enough TO be 40, favors
cross-eyed mascots. sleeps in berth
13, lives in haunted room, smokes
long thin cigars and hacks his face
to slivers with a safety razor.
His-angalar- antics sait@wellL
angular build.
Last year when Jim was with Utica
The Detroit times., 1912-03-16
RECEIVES ORDER
FOR $50 AUTOS

FLINT, Mich, March 16.-An order
for a train load OF $50 autos has just
been received by the Buick Motor
Co., from the Howard Automobile
Co.. of San Francisco.
This makes the third large order
placed by the same firm within the
past two months, representing total
of 700 machines The order must be
ready for delivery on March %, and
in order TO fll the demand the plant
will have to work overtime.
The ID. u. =. basketball team were
Sadly outCfHsspd by the Pontiac Ave
last night at Pontiac, when the latter
team won by score OF Al 10 10. Pom
tiac played rings around the local
school boys.
The Detroit times., 1912-03-16
BILL LoUDEN USED TO
PLAY BASKETBALL WITH
PIRATE HANS WAGNER

MONROE. La. March 16.-
Bill Louden used TO play bas-
ketball with Hans Wagner.
Hans was a guard on the Car
negie team Of Carnegie, Pa.
and Bill was a forward on a
Pittsburgh team when they
met. Bill says Hans was great
big rough basketballer who was
so big he couldn't be passed
and so quick he couldn't be
stopped.