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The state herald., 1912-07-26
NEAR TRAGEDY ON A
CALIFORNIA MOUNTAIN
Topango Stage With Nine Pas
sengers Aboard Turns Turtle
at Brink of Precipice.

Santa Monica, Calif.-A thrilling ac-
.cident befell the Topango passenger
stage the other day on the uptrip to
the hotel in the canyon. With nine
passengers aboard the big automobile
touring car. the engine refused to act
when the machine reached one of the
steepest places in the road on the
grade. Before the emergency clutches
could be brought into requisition to
prevent the dashing of the machine
down the hill the car had plunged
backward Off the road and turned a
somersault.
Those who were uninjured succeed
ed In crawling out and lifting the
weight that held the others fast. Il.
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and without word TO any ono. 20
make vlslt1" inquired the Judge. but
Mahany did not contend Tor this
point
what are you going to do nrBt.
Price7'
Have ,ook over the grounds, and
talk with the slaves"
'Wheso'a tho brother wasn't he at
Belle Plain last nlght1"
II, seems he went TO Memphis yes.
terday"
They plodded forward IN silence:
now and hgain they were passed by
somo man on horseback whose dos.
tination was the same aa their own.
and then at last they caught sight OF
Belle Plain In It's grove Of trees,
tTo nn cosTiNuEDJ
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SYNOPSIS.

he scene at the opening of the story is
in the library of an old worn-out
thern plantation. known as the Bar
The and Pais tsat df e ts the '0S asa
intards. is the subject of discussion by
nathan Crenshaw. a business man,
anger known as Bladen. and BOD
t1ard, a mysterious child OF the old
ithern family. makes his appearance
ncy tells how he adopted the boy. ma
aniel Ferris buys the Barony. but the
!. Yancy 10 keep Hannibal. Captain
irreli friend of the Quintards. ap-
ara aad asks questions about the bar
y. Trouble at Scratch Hill. when Han
bal is kidnapped by Dave Blount, Cap
in Murrell's agent Yancy overtakes
e boy. Yancy appears before SQUIRE
e piaintifr. Betty Malroy, a friend OF
De Ferrises. has an encounter with Cap
lin Murrell. who forces his attentions on
r, and is rescued by Bruce Darlington
6rrlnston takes tho same stage. Yancy
bd Hannibal disappear. with Murrell on
heir trail. Hannibal arrives at the home
i Judge Slocum Price. The Judge recog..
me- mes friena II nd 'f 3arreil rel arrives at Judges
ome Cavendish family on raft rescue
fancy. who ls apparently dead. Price
reaks jail. Betty and Darlington arrive
! bellt uisSlosSS
Iome startling things to the Judge. Han
Iibal and Betty meet again. Murrell ar
kves in Belle Plain Is playing for big
takes. Yancy awakes from long dream
bess sleep on board the raft. Judge Price
kakes startling discoveries IN looking up
hnd titles. Charley Norton. a young
PLANTER. who assists the Judge. Is mys-
assaulted. Norton informs Car
|ington that Betty has promised to marry
kim. Norton is mysteriously shot. More
light on Murrells plot: He plans upris-
Ing OF negroes. Judge Price. with Hanni-
bal, visits Betty. and she keeps the boy
Is companion. In a stroll Betty takes
with Hannibal they meet Bess Hicks.
daughter OF the overseer. who warns
Betty OF danger and counsels her to
eave Belle Plain at once. Betty, terri
hed. acts on Bess' advice. and on their
way their carriage II stopped by Slosson.
The tavern keeper. and a confederate, and
Betty and Hannibal are made prisoners.
The pair are taken to Hicks cabin. In an
almost inaccessible spot. and there Muir
-ell visits Betty and reveals his part In
he plot and his object.
he plot and his object.
The state herald., 1912-07-26
Mislnterpreted.
Gladys-So you've broken

William Shaw. the secretary OF the
famous Christian Endeavor society.
said in a witty after-dinner address in
Boston:
There is a little Back Bay girl who
is much Interested In her auntle's
Christian Endeayor work. The little
girl was writing letter to her broth.
er at Yale one day. and in the midst
of the eplstle she looked up and said:
"'Auntie. how do you spell deyllT
Devil cried her aunt. with a
shocked slle. Why, child, don't you
know you mustn't use such word as
devil?'
But. auntie, protested tho little
girl. I want to tell brother about your
Christian and devil meetinSs?'
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CHAPTER Xxx tcontinued) .

Let me gol" she painted. he
laughed his cool laugh OF triumph.
Let you go-ask me anything but
that. Betty! Have you no reward for
patience such as mine? A whole sum-
mer has passed since l saw you
first"
There was the noisy shufiiing or
feet on the stairs. and releasing Bet
~. Murrell swung about on his heel
and faced the door. It was pushed
open an inch at n time by not too
confident hand and Mr.. Slosson thus
guardedly presented himself to the
eye OF his chief. whom he beckoned
from the room.
'"Well?" said Murrell. when they
stood together ON the landing.
Just come across to the keel
boat!" and slosson led the way down
stairs and from the house.
Damn you. Joe. you might have
waited!" observed the outlaw. Slos-
son gave him a hardened grin. They
crossed the clearing and boarded the
keel boat which rested against the
bank. As they did so the cabin in
the stern gave up shattered pres.
ence In the shape OF Tom Ware. Muir
rell started violently. Il thought you
were hanging out in Memphis. Tomy"
he said. and his brow darkenod. as.
sinister and forbidding. ho stepped
closer to tho planter. Ware did not
answer at once. but looked at Muir
- ia
face pinehed and CHASTITY. At last he
said. speaking with visible effort.
Il stayed In Memphis until iiye
o'clock this morning"
Damn your early hours." roared
Murrell. What are you doing herer
suppose you've been showing that
dead face OF yours about tho neigh.
borhood-why didn't you stay at Belle
Plain. since you couldn't keep awayy"
Il haven't been near Belle Plain: /
came here instead. How am | going
"a meet people and answer dues-
uonsH" His teeth were ohattering
ia II known she's miSaingT" no
added.
Hicks raised the alarm tho firat
thlng this morning. according 10 the
Instructions ia given him"
"fea7" gaaped Ware. lie was drip
ping from every pore aud the aickiy
color came ana went on his unnhayen
checks. Murroll dropped heavy
hand ON his shoulder.
You haven't been at Belle Plain.
sou say. but has any one seen you ON
the road this morning."
No one. John" cried Ware. pant.
ing between each word There was n
moments pause and Ware spoke
again. what are they doing at Belle
plain1" he demanded In whisper.
Murrell's lips curled
u undetaiand there n talk Of sui.
eide" he said.
Good" cried Ware.
They afe dragging the bayou down
below tho house II looks as though
you were going TO reap the rewards
Of the excellent management you
have given her estate. They have
been trying TO md you IN Memphis.
~ tho sooner you show yourself the
better" he concluded significantly.
You are sure you have her safe.
John, no chance of discovery For
Gods sake get her away from here
as soon as you can. it's nm awful risk
YOU funi"
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and notified tho boy left In charge
of the store. but he was afraid to IN
vcstlgRte when Mitchell returned ho
found this note. signed by Irene
Dear Mother and Pnpa-i am glad I
am dead and ! do not want you TO
weep for me because ! am dead. but
you went to see my teacher and
thought you would be bad TO me. 10 I
killed myuelf"
Before finishing the oplntlo Mitchell,
shouting for hls wife 20 aBslst him.
rushed NJ tho stairway. On reaching
the third landing ho was Mortified 10
see tho chhrred body of hIn little niece
PROSTATE on the top step. tho empty
bottle near by and a book some feet
away.
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Compound has done
formc. Fortwoycars
| suffered. Tho doc
tor naid | had q tumor
and the only remedy
was th 6 surgeons
knife. My mother
bought me Lydln Il.
Pinkham's vegota-
bio Compound, and
today / am a well and
healthy woman. For
m ontha ] suffered
The state herald., 1912-07-26

A girl may not marry the best man
at her own wedding, but she should
try 10 make the best Of the man she
marries.
The state herald., 1912-07-26

According to an old bachelor. real
luck In love consists In being able to
avoid facing the parson.
The state herald., 1912-07-26

People who live in clean houses
shouldn't throw mud.
The state herald., 1912-07-26

Mrs. winslow'g Soothing Syrup for Children
tecthinF. zoftens the gums, reduces innammA-
tion, ailAys pain, cures Wind collie. go bottle.
The state herald., 1912-07-26

Many fellow Is n goner before he
has had chance TO be n conner
The state herald., 1912-07-26
SAVED FROM
AN OPERATION
How Mrs. Reed of Peoria, ILL.,,
Escaped The Sur
geon's Knife.

Peoria, Ill.-"I wish 10 let every one
know whatLydia T.. Pinkham'sVegctAble
The state herald., 1912-07-26

from inflammation. and your sanatiyo
Wash relieved me. I nm glad 10 toll
anyone what your medicines have done
for me. You can use my testimonial In
any way you wish, md | will be glad
10 answer letters. - Mrs. CfRgTnA
REED. l05 Mound ST, Peoria, III.
Mrs. Lynch Also Avoided
Operation.
JcaHup, Pa. -"Aftor tho birth Of my
fourth child. had severe organic innhm-
mhtion. lwould have such terrible pains
that Il did not seem hs though | could
stand Il. This kept up for three long
months, until two doctors decided that
an operation was needed.
"Thon onc Of my friends recommended
Lydia +. Pinkham'a Vegetable Com.
pound md after taking II for two months
! was n well woman - Mrs. JosErB A.
LYNCH. Jcssup. Pa.
Women who suffer from female lila
should try Lydia y. Pinkhnm'a veRcta-
bio Compound. ono Of the most success
ful remedies the world has ever known,
before submitting 70 a surgical opera
'ion.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-16

ones which have swept away the
greatest number of human lives, have
been started by the careless use of a
match. The Triangle Shirt-Waist fac
tory fire, which burned up one hun
dred and forty-seven persons, most of
them young girls, was started by the
careless use of a match. The Equit-
able Life Assurance Building fire,
which Quilted a city block and burned
up a million dollars worth of prop
erty, was caused by the careless use
of match. Do not argue that such
fire will happen but once in life
time. Surely this is enough. And re-
member that your daughter can burn
to death but once, just as did these
helpless young girls in the Triangle
Shirt Waist building
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-16
ALLIGATOR ATTACKS QUAIL
HUNTERS.

(Albany, Ca, Telegram to the Atlanta
Journal)
While City Engineer R. ]. Edgerly
D. ]. Minis and NJ. c. Watson were
hunting ten miles north of Albany
Friday afternoon, their dogs pointed,
and when the hunters advanced, ex-
pecting covey of quail to rise, they
saw one of the dogs leap into the air
to be met by the tail of huge alliga-
tor.
The hunters hurried to the rescue
OF the dog, and Minis fired load OF
bird shot into the reptile, which i'm
mediately attacked Minis. He man.
aged to elude the alligator, which then
seized the dog, again crushing it SO
severely that it had to be put to death.
1t took four shots to kill the alligator,
which was nearly a mile from Flint
river.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-16
5oWERY HAS A BEAR HUNT.

A. chubby little brown bear who has
been keeping house in an iron-barred
cage in front of a music arcade at 1877
Bcwery, heard the call of the wild
Friday afternoon, opened the front
door of his home and walked out.
Bruin waddled along the sidewalk,
hesitated an instant before the show
windows and open doors of Cohen
Bros, furniture dealers at 1856 Bow
cry, and then without SO much as a
growl walked in and jumped on bed.
The proprietor thought of another en-
gagement and vanished.
Policeman Sullivan, revolver in one
hand and trusty night stick in the 9TH
er, advanced Bruin must have scent
ed capture ana damestic life at the
sight of The brass buttoAs. for he
jumped from the bed. u.ggled throush
the crowd and headed double quick
for the car tracks.
A car was approaching as Bruin saE
on his launches in the middle of the
tracks. Sullivan crept along like an
Indian and made dive for the ami
NAL. but Bruin was as slippery AZ
creased pig and got away. He made
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-16

straight for the car, which had come
to stop, put one paw and then an
other on the steps leading to the rear
platform and walked up.
Again Policeman Sullivan made a
dive for the runaway, and this time his
hold was secure. Diminutive Bruin
nestled in the cops arms like kitten,
occasionally licking the policemans
hands and turning up his head to the
bluecoat with the friendliest pair OF
black, beady eyes in the world
1t was all over in a minute, with
Bruin lodged again in the cage, the
front door locked this time, and the
policeman asking the lady cashier in
the glass box:
"Jiggers, was it a real bear?"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-16
EVERY TEN MINUTES A
$4,000 HOUSE BURNS DOWN

Revenue yearly receipts. In the last
ten years the fire waste in the United
States exceeds the amount of gold
held in the United Kingdom, Austria,
Hungary, Italy and Spain. 1t exceeds
the annual value of wheat, hay, rye
and oats. 1t is twice the annual value
of our entire national corn crop.
The fire loss in America represents
three dollars per capita as against
thirty cents in Europe! Nothing to
be very proud of, is it,"
The above is quoted from an article
entitled Fire Prevention in the
Home" by Fire Commissioner Joseph
Johnson of New York City, which an
pears in January Pictorial. Review.
He further xplains-particular
warning women
l know it hardly seems possible that
in these enlightened days women are
still doing the prehistoric thing; yet
IT. does so happen. There are women
who rise little too late to get break
fast on time or dash home too late to
get dinner ready at the stated hour.
find the fire low, the sticks of wood
so green that they simply will not
light in hurry, and so in desperation
throw on a little kerosene. There fol-
lows flash and roar, and mass of
screaming, blazing humanity writhes in
the agony Of death. Her husband and
motherless children will calmly tell
you that she had done the same thing
thousand times with no bad results
and wiring their hands. The neigh
bors will attend the funeral and go
home to do precisely the same thing
the first time their own dinner is late.
Almost every country home boasts
of large cellar and spacious attic
both of them used as an out-of-the
way place to store useless bits of
broken furniture rag bags, old clothes
and other infiammable articles. When
the housewife wants to explore these
rubbish heaps, she lakes a lighted !
candle or kerosene lamp, sometimes
merely box of matches, striking one
after the other, throwing the dead /
ones away as they go out. Where do |
they fall? She knows not; neither
does she care SO long as she finds the
particular piece of old carpet she is
hunting for. !
AS you read this, these things may
'em like trifies; but they are large
when you recall the fact that
pst disastrous fires in years, the
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-16

of articles, which was issued a few
days ago, gives the contents of every
lot and, judging from the queer COM
binations of many of the lots the Sc
lection must have been made by a hui
morist in the department The list
includes every imaginable kind Of ar
ticle, books, neckties, sofa cushions,
millinery. gloves, hundreds Of pieces
OF cheap jewelry and a number of
rings, bracelets, brooches, etc., of con-
siderable value. Among the articles
is even a fine diamond, weighing 8
and S-64 carats, which will be auc-
toned separately. The attendance at
the opening sale was large and the
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-16

bidding spirited. 1t is expected that
the sale will consume several days.
Every one of the articles listed at
this action reached the dead letter Of
flee through the carelessness of the
sender. In most cases the articles
had been carelessly packed and, dur
ing the Christmas crush of last year,
had worked through the wrapping or
fallen out of crushed boxes SO that
1t was impossible to determine by
whom they had been sent and to whom
they were addressed.
In view of the fact that the new
parcels post law will become effec-
tive on January 1, 1918. Postmaster
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-16
COULD SHOUT FOR JOY.

Il want to thank you from the bot
tom of my heart" wrote G. B. RAIDER,
of Lewisburg, w. Va, "for the won
derful double benefit got from Elec-
trio Bitters, in curing me of both a
severe case of stomach trouble and of
rheumatism, from which had been an
almost helpless sufferer for ten years.
1t suited my case as though made just
for me-" For dyspepsia, Indigestion,
jaundice, and to rid the system of kid
ney poisons that cause rheumatism,
Electric Bitters have no equal Try
them. Every bottle is guaranteed to
satisfy. Only 80 cents at all druggists.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-16

"If all the buildings burned last year
in the United States were set up side
by side, on both sides of the road,
they would line an unbroken avenue
of desolation which would reach from
New York to Chicago. Set up on one
side of the road only, these burned
wrecks, most of them silent monu-
ments of carelessness, would build a
wall two thousand miles long. Every
year, mind you
And since 1900 lives are lost and
over 5000 people seriously injured
every year. you would find dead and
charred body of man, woman or lit
tie child every three-quarters of a mile
as you walk along that stretch of wan
ton waste Get the picture well into
your mind!
When you begin your fight against
lfre in your home, tell these things
ITO your husband, and then add these
figures which affect his pocket-book.
That's the way to make the men help
you. If he is a business man or
farmer tell him this:
The loss by fire in our forty-eight
states every year represents about
forty per cent. of the total unused
United States Government receipts or
total expenditures for year. or the
net earnings of the American railways
for a year. 1t represents eighty per
cent. of the United States Internal
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-16

General Hitchcock has issued a warn
ing to all PERSONS who wish to send
articles of value through the parcels
post. The wrapping should be done
securely and carefully and every pack
age must bear the required postage
in the new parcels post stamps which
will be for sale at all post offices by
January 1. No package win be for
warded in the mail under the new law
unless the parcel is accompanied by
the return card Of the sender. The
weight limit under the new law viii
be eleven pounds against the former
limit of four pounds for fourth class
matter.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-16
BARGAIN SALE BY
DEAD LETTER OFFICE

Washington, Dec. 16.-The annual
sale Of articles which were sent
through the mail hpt, could not be de-
hgered because neither the address of
the sender nor that of the addressee
could y ascertained, began here today
= 6. Sloan & Co.'s auction rooms
under the auspices Of the dead letter
OFF, There we're in III s.5ss arti-
cles, disf'1sS Into O.. for the sake Of
saving dpss 4 -. The list
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-16
WORTH DOUBLE THE PRICE.

The Progressive party spent a cam
paign fund of nearly 100000 in order
to assure us a quiet winter at Oyster
Bay.-Baltimore American.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-16
ECZEhIA'S ENEMY

The Eczema sufferer appreci-
ates relief from his dreadful
itching, scaly blotches, but when
you speak of an absolute remedy
he is skeptical. However, I'M
PERIAL REMEDY has proven
its worth through many years
of actual use. 1t absolutely kills
the germs by opening up the
skin pores, sinks to the seat of
.~trouble, leaving the skin soft
and white. 1t is a pure vege'
table liquid compound, not a
patent medicine. If your drug
gist cannot supply you, send US
$1.oo and we will send you a
large bottle, express charges
prepaid.
mpe-;elMed;~;-orc
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-13
Taft Red Cross Head.

Washington, Dec. 13,-President
Taft was reelected today president
of the American National Red Cross
at the eighth annual meeting OF
the organization held here. Other
officials chosen were:
Robert w. Deforest, New York,
vice president; Charles T. McGee,
Washington, secretary; Sherman
Allen, assistant secretary of the
treasury. treasurer. and William Mar
shall Bullitt, solicitor for the depart
ment of justice. chairman of the
board
The president, who presided at
the afternoon session. declared that
the Titanic relief work proved that
the world was coming TO know that
three was a trustee to whom money
could be paid and properly disburs-
ed in time of emergency. and that
this was the Red Cross
Reports ON the Balkan war, Mis-
sippi flood Titanic disaster and 9TH
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-13
Respite is Granted.

Richmond. Va, Dec. 12.-On the
statement of attorneys for Floyd
> Allen and Claude Swanson Allen
that newly discovered evidence suffi
cient to make the granting OF a
new trial by the supreme court
probable. Governor Mann granted a
reepiIe to the two men until Janu-
arv II. They were to have died in
the electric chair Friday of this
week for their part in the HillsVllle
murders of March IA, when Judge
Thornton Massie, Commonwealth At
tornev William NJ. Foster, Sheriff
L. F. Webb, Juror Augustus Fowler
and Miss Bette Ayers were killed.
The governor did not express an
opinion as to the new evidence, but
required the atuorneysto sign pa
per stating that they believed it to
be material. An application Will
now be made to the supreme court
for a rehearing on the petition for
writ of error.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-13

commitment from any court or any
person having authority to issue the
same.
The purported facts in the case as
learned outside the petition are that
many years ago the petitioner was
convicted of larceny at saltwater
and sent to Lansing, Kansas to serve
three years; that after serving two
years he escaped and returned to
Indian Territory; that he was later
sent from Atoka to serve term OF
twelve years; that he was sent to
Lansing and kept there until the
prisoners were brought here. when
he came with them; that he COM
pleted his twelve years sentence in
November last but on telegram
from the warden at Lansing he is
now being held to serve out the year
he still owed on his first sentence
when he escaped.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-13
Word "chore" Not Slang.

The word "chore," generally used
IN the plural, is not slang. but an Eng
lish word Of highly respectable line
age. In this form 1t is found only in
America, in England the spelling and
pronunciation being char" though
this is rarely used except in combina-
ton with char-woman.
But In some OF the provincial dialects.
that Of Cornwall. for example. the
word chores" is used precisely rs We
use chores" All these forms come
down to US from the Anglo-Sax
over.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-13
BrItaln's Colonial Possessions.

The colonial possessions of Great
Britain are divided into three classes
crown colonies, representative insti-
tutions, and responsible governments.
In crown colonies the crown has the
entire control Of legislation. the ad-
ministration being carried on by pub
lie officers under the control of the
home government Basutoland, Bech-
uanaland, The Fill islands, North
Borneo and most Of the African and
Asiatic possessions are crown colon
ies.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-13
WANTS OUT OF THE PEN.
Pony johnson Says He is in Prison
Without ANY Warrant Of Law.

McAlester, Okla. Dec. 13.-Pony
; johnson, by his attorneys, Harris &
Lackman, filed petition in the su.
perior court asking for a writ of ha-
beas corpus. The writ was ordered
to issue, directed to r. w. Dick
warden of the state penitentiary and
returnable December 16 at 2 o'clock
p. m. The petitioner sets up in
his petition that he is held by War
den Dick. but he does not know why,
alleging that he is held under no