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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-08-06

obliged to think that she would never marry any.
body at all. But in her heart She knew tAat Masters
was attracted by her and to this strand OF knowledge
She clunK SO as not be drowned in sea Of despair
Her position was OF extreme dithculty ana
delicacy. Sometimes Mister Masters came near her
Of his own accord and remained III bashfW shehee'
bur more often she obliged 10 have recourse
10 .ac cden 81 in order TO bring about proplnquy.
sgen lS @pnqs pP5s, had made e Fat s'5sSfe oad 51
fayorably noted. Behind her back tor instance
when she was playing tennis and he was looking on
he was quite bold in his admiration OF her.
One reason for his awful bashfulness ana slehce
was that certain people, who seemed to know, had
told him in the very beginning that II was ohiy d
question Of time before little Miss Blythe would
become Mrs Bob Blagdon shes always been fond
al him. they said and Of course he can give her
everything worth having 50 when ne was "wiln WIN
his real feelings not being proper 70 express II 9ay
way under such circums ances and his nature beng
single and without deceit, he was put in quandaTy
The frsf time Mr.. Blagdon saw them together he
thought; the second time he felt; the third time ne
came forward, gr4ciousy smiling. , A.
Don't you ride, Mister Masters! SAD MI
Blagdon. ,,, M.
I'm not 10 DO any thing violent before June
sorry" said Mr. Blagdon, because We stfins
OF ponies that gazing their heads on ID be dc
Bm Misters ,dasteTs smisd with unusual crooked :
ness and slaughtered lis thanks and his regrets.
u never s9y such a fellow you, BOB, saia
MS Bye foT putting other people people u ade[ leT psr
cations. " fNn i. eillNs CI lhc NSAe4t - az
sonal ones shudder' She smiled innocently. ana
looked up into his face. When people can't pay
their debts they have to 60 through bankruptcy
don't they And then their debts all have 10 De
forgiven"
Mr. Blagdon felt as II an icy cold hand had been
suddenly laid upon the most sensitive part OF ms
back; but lis expression underwent no change fiis
slow ewes continued TO look into the beautiful
brightly eoiored face that turned up to hnl-
"Nery honorable bankrupts said he, cafelessiy
always pay what they the dollar
Presently he strolled away. easy and nonchaiant
but inSxardlv he carried load oi dread and ne saw
clearly that he learn where he stood with bite
Ms Blvti,e or not know the feeling ol easlaess
ffoul one ayt the next. BetieEi he Thought to be
The recipient OF painful and undescrFed uitiuatill
than TO breakfast luneh and dine with uncertainty
The nsxf dsv there being some dozens of people
.ia.t =. .arsh.i Nr Rlaz.ian hzd AZ oppoIlcnily
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-08-06
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HOLDING HAND 8
Bv GOUVERNEUR MORRIS

confidence in himsta an in &c belpider @94 qn
obiect ,oaglt. She lined lAn because she VI used
10 HIM and because h ,agd aud @"ud ialk sef@f
rpon subjects which inlctss,ed her. 1851 she Was
affAd thim because she knew THAI he ,peetSd seI
10 marty him d-y, and be- at>e She tatw MAJ
suther people ipe lUdug he. 0N iathA cNPtettu nus
of hef Sometimes She felt ready 10 take Nnt2 het-
self al the horses and county places ana @4t"he
bi.vs ana yachts, tnd IN lt Med rtgaQtes 81
expense 10 bury and forget her letter sell bpt
more yf,en. like dy caught III spidef "eP' Ale
wished 10 free herself ohec aud forever tl1m tAe
entans leHleRt.
la ssand tut his first wife, aud wished TO replace ner
wifh litte Ml.s Biytae not t. snppiant her. 10
lis three young children he more % grand
father than rather; though strong Silied ahd even
stubborn he WAS unabll half tile time 70 say no
10 them
Blu; Nhen Mister Masters ehtered( SO timidly to
tle eye but really nasterfully) into little MISS
Bivthe's .iie .he could NO longer tolerate the iGe2
of marrying Mr. l.angdon. All IN twinkle me
knew that horses and yachts and great riches could
never make up 10 her for the loss OF long b4stft
youth sith a crooked smile on can't be really
appy If YOU are shivering with cold; You can be
really Happy II YOU dripping with heat And she
knew that without Mister Masters she must always
Be one thing or the other--too cold or too hot,
never quite comfortable.
Her own mind was made up from the hrst even
10 going through any number Of awful scenes WITH
Blapdon. But as time passed and her attentions
Ii shall have to call il that 10 Mister Masters made
no visible progress there We're times when she was
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-08-06
oAnd i its the other answer Dobl7

"And If it's the other answer, Bob
lie smiled in his usual, bInterng way.
III it's the other Phyis-why y--you-you can
walk home
She laughed joyously. and he laughed just as if
nothing but what light and amusing was III
question between them.
Along the Whiskey Road nearly the whole float
ink population OF Aiken moved ON horseback or on
sykeels to MIR. Bob Blagdon's picnic IN Rsd Oak
MIR Bob Blagdon had preceded his guests by half
hour, and already 81 the scene OF the picnic
Fate, or perhaps the weather bureau at Washington,
had favored mm with Just TIE conditions ne Mouu
have wished for The night was hot without heaN-
ness: in the forenoon Of that day there had been
shower. Just wet enough 70 keep the surfaces OF
roads from rising ndust. 1t was now clear ana
hestarred. and perhaps Shade less dark than when
he had started. Furthermore, II was so still that
candles burned without hckenng' lie surveyed MS
preparations vvth satisfaction. And because he was
iastidous in entertainment this meant great deal
A table thirty feet long and low to the ground so
that people sitting on rugs or cushions could eat
from it with comfort. stood beneath the giant red
oak that gave name fo the hollow. The white
danask with which It was laid and the silver and
cut glass cleaned IN the hight OF dozens OF candles
The flowers were Mareeha Mel roses in 4 long bank
uf molten metal
Except for the lanterns at the serving tables
diu,lv to be seen through dense hedgeke growth
of alnia latiiolia there other lights IN the
hollow 50 that The dinner table had the effect of
standing in caves for where the gleam Of the
candles ended the surrounding darkness appeared
solid like all.
il might have been a secret meetiugsof snugglers
tre pirates the 6eosgisu silver on tho table repre-
srntina wears Of caring theft il seemed az ID blood
must have been spilled fer the wonderful glass and
linen and porcelain. Even those guests most hard
ened in luxury and extravaganza looked twice Mr.
Bob Blagdon's picnic preparations before they could
find words with which compliment him upon
them: and The less experienced were beside them
selves with enthusiasm aud delight But Mr. Bob
BIZ pdon MAS wondering what little Miss Blythe
would think and say, and he thought it unkind OF
her under the circumstances 10 be the last TO arrive
Unkind because her doing either q good
mind which
Sir Bagdon's servants wore his racing colors
hlue and silver knee sbreeehes black silk stockings
pumps yth silver buckles. and powdered hair They
we're men picked for their height wooden faces and
weltprned calves They moved and behaved as il
utterly untouched and uninterestsd in their unusual
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-08-06

T 6r,t nobody knew him; then the
Hotehksses knew him, and then Il
seemed as ii everybody had always
Known him. He had run the gauntlet OF
gossips aid come through without a
Scratch lie wAs hrst noticed suting IN
the warm. corner made BY NiAsoNs an
mex andsihe covered passage that leads
TO the main building. PAIRS or tfios OF
people. bareiisaded, their tennis clothes
lit MAS tennis, year, mostly covered
from view by clumsy coonsk'n eo4ts,
passine WilleoNs in dilapidaied run
aLouts drawn by uncurried horses. q
s.sss /. -fs.:4,:,,r !, rbr hAsk III each
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-30
Try This Home.M1de
 Cough Remedy Costs Little, But Does the Work Quickly, or Money Refunded.

Mix one pint of granulated sugar with F pint of warm water, and stir for Z minutes. Put 2h ounces of Pinex fifty cents worth) in pint bottle; then add the Sugar Syrup. Take Q teaspoonfm every one, two or three hours.
 You will find that this simple rem edy takes hold of cough more quickly than anything else you ever used. Usu- ally ends deep seated cough inside of 24 hours. Splendid, too, for whoop- ing cough, croup, chest pains, bronchi- tis and other throat troubles: It stim- ulates the appetite and is slightly lax ative, which helps end cough.
 This recipe makes more and better cough syrup than you could buy ready made for $2.50. It keeps perfectly and tastes pleasantly.
 Pnex is the most valuable concen. trated compound of Norway white pine extract, and is rich in guaiacol and all the natural pine elements which are so healing to the membranes. Other prep crations will not work in this formula.
 This plan of making cough syrup with Pinex and sugar syrup tor strained honev) has proven so popular through- out the United States and Canada that it is often initiated. But the old. sue. cessful formula has never been enualed.
 A guaranty of absolute satisfaction, or money promptly refunded, goes with this recipe. Your druggist has Pinex or will get it for you. If not, send to The Pinex O., It. Wa-nes Ind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-30
AT THE HOTELS

The following are among those register ing at the Empire: H. M. Connolly of Auburn, B. A. Williamson of Memphis and H. S. F'itzburg of Baltimore.
 Mrs. H. S. Long of Jasper, G. E. Car penter of Nashville and John G. Pacco of Atlanta are stopping at the Hillman.
 Dr. J. E. Murphy of Mobile. B. H. Brit ten of Little Rock, M. K. Tayloe of Gads- den and A. M. Brooks of Atlanta are among those stopping at the Florence.
 o. w. Bradford of New Decatur, L. W. Murdock of Chicago and II. M. Reynolds of Cincinnati are registered at the Bir- minghaml
 J. W. Northington of Sheffield, J. w. Night of Decatur, w. M. Nichols of At lanta and F. Brooks Of Talladega are at the Morris.
 Among those stopping at the Metropoli- tan arc W. c. Gosa of Eutaw, ". c. Dean of Talladega and H. H. Howard of Sylacauga.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-30
LEGAL BATTLE BEGINS BY
 HEARING BEFORE GRUBB
SLEUTHS ARE HOT
 ON A COLD TRAIL Newly Made Grave Near Lewisburg Sent Cold
 Chills Down Backs

Another tragedy at Iewisburg," was the word that flashed around the sher- iffs office yesterday afternoon, A mes- sage from ". L. Walker, a dairyman, who had been hunting near the DuPont Powder works between Boyles and Lew isburg Thursday caused the men sitting around the sheriffs office to rush to the scene in automobiles, prepared for .lhe worst. The message came into the of fee yesterday afternoon, and at 2.30 o'clock Chief Deputy Waiter Metcalf and Deputies Steele, McDuff and Hartsfleld were on their way to the scene of the Coroner Brasher at the spot.
 The word from MT Walker was 10 the effect that he had been hunting Thursday afternoon and had discovered a newly made grave a short distance from the DuPont Powder works. There was no stone-not even a twig, to indicate whose bones rested in the gruesome sepulchre. Was it the aftermath of another Bloody Beat 22" murdery Apparently yes.
 Arriving at the scene, MT. Metcalf took but a few seconds to station his men in
 
 the mysterious tomb. Arrayed in a brand-new overcoat. Coroner Brasher aided in superintenulng the maneuvers. Exercising all caution the five men care fully stole nearer ana nearer to the grave. Hartsfield was in ms customary place in the front ranks.
 There was not a sound. Closer and closer they came 10 the scene of the expected crime.
 Suddenly the men on the skirmshing line jumped to one side and retreated a few steps However, they had only been startled by Coroner Brasher falling over barbed wire fence. tearing the new overcoat to shreds. discussion was held. Then Hartsfeld led the troops again toward The Great Mysterious. Their courage renewed. the i've men walked up to the grave, and after many excuses began to unearth the body.
 After a few minutes of slow digging, to the mortified vision of the five sleuths appeared the body of COW, nice, black Jersey COW.
 "Hnmph,'' said Coroner Brasher, smoothing out the tatters of his new coat.
 Just what thought" said Chief Met calf.
 Steele, McDuff and Hartsfied merely wiped the mud from their boots. The trip back to Birmingham was made in record time.
 The theory is that some person, after stealing the COW and appropriating a few choice cuts of the meat. buried the body in the grave to escape suspicion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-30
Real Estate Transfers

Deeds were placed on record yesterday fin the office of the probate clerk show ing the following transfers of real estate, the consideration being 5000 or more:
 $1670-Mrs. F. F. Hawkins ct al. to Guy David Hawkins, part of lots II and 15, in block 2S2, according to the plans and sur- yeys of the city of Birmingham.
 $3500-F. r. Snedeeor and wife to John s. Myer and wife, 3.4 acres of block A of the F. F. Snedecor survey of section 3d, township r, range ? west, according to the plans and surveys Of Jefferson county.
 $1600-Annie l.. Mann ct al. to Edward A. Patterson and wife, lots 1 and ?, in block S4, according to the plans and sur veys of the Birmingham-E -Ensley Land company.
 s1925-Ethel Virginia Conniff to William T. Morris, part of lot Il, in block 19. according to the plans and surveys of East Lake.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-30
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses were issued yesterday in the office of the pro- bate clerk
 A. ". Boatwright of Birmingham and Miss Etta Roberts.
 Lee R. Wooton of Birmingham and Miss Lucy Madeline White.
 Charles Campbell of Vivian and Miss Flora Stone.
 R. L. Smith of Dadeville and Miss Cathleen Oliver.
 James Evans of Buhl and Miss Lee Crowder.
 John L. Laster of springville and Miss Jessie B. Terry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-30
OWN 5O,OO0 SHARES
 AMERICAN CITIES

The clients of Sperling & Co. own 50,000 shares with a par value of s10o, which gives that company s5.000,00o in common stock. The clients of Sperling & Go. paid $2,s75,0oo for that holding. They have no further options. MT. Mitchell said they were bought as any other investment in the south might be made in any company which they believed in. The American Cities has a capital of s36,000,000. common and pre- ferred. The American Cities has out standing 360,000 shares of stock and over 1S0,000 are necessary to gain con- trol. Mir. Mitchell said that his com pany wished to have pleasant and mu- tual relations with the American Cities as that company was a prospective user of power which his company was to supply Further he said the Ala bama Interstate was not interested in the American Cities
 MT. Mitchell. accompanied by John B. White of London, director in the Alabama Interstate, reached Birming- ham yesterday morning. They have apartments at the Morris hotel. The two officials were accompanied by w. Winans Freeman, managing director,
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-30
President Mitchell Frank in Saying His Interests Have No Wish to Control
 American Cities
BUY 50,OOO SHARES
 so THAT INTERESTS
 WILL BE IN COMMON
Visiting London Officials of Interstate Power Company Go to Ocampo Today and Later Will Visit Various Cities and Towns
 of Alabama

In the negative, was the answer of James Mitchell. president of the Ala bama Interstate Power company, to q question as to whether his company had secured control of the American Cities railway which owns the Bir- mingham Railway. Light and Power company. Without hesitation the vis- itor from London representing sperling & Co, international bankers, denied the rumor which has been a subject of interest here for several weeks.
 The only approach to buying that company, according to the frank state ment of MT Mitchell, was that clients of Sperling & Co., who are interested in the Interstate Power. had purchased 50,000 shares of American Cities com mon stock at s47.5o per share. He said the only reason they were bought was to give the two companies an interest in common. but was not for the pur- pose of trying to get anything ap- preaching control or trying to disturb the management or operation of the American Cities.
 Despite the open manner in which MT Mitchell assured representatives of the press that his company-the Alabama Interstate-was not the buyer, it was in certain quarters insisted that such was the case, MT. Mitchell notwith- standing. He was inexpressibly an- moved yesterday afternoon when his words were twisted" as he said, Ito suit the fancy of other persons"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-30
INFIRMARY FIRE
 CAUSES ALARM

"A small blaze, starting from a spark on the roof of the Robinson infirmary at Eleventh avenue and Fifteenth street south yesterday afternoon about o'clock, caused a great deal of excitement but very little damage. The infirmary was full of patients at the time. As soon as the alarm was sent in all of the ambulances in the city were rushed to the infirmary, but their presence was unnecessary, as the blaze was confined to small part of the roof. The damage was estimated by pr Robinson at about S4G.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-30
Lahnrer Falls Fifty Feet

Herbert Bowman. q laborer working on the new Temple Emannu-El at Highland avenue and Twenty-flrst street fell a dis tanee of % feet yesterday afternoon. bad ly lacerating his face and breaking one thigh. He was taken to the Robinson inc frmary. His injuries are not believed to be dangerous, but will keep him in the hospital for some time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-30
No Right to Infringe Contract

Following upon the reading of the peti- ton, Mir Spurloek took up his argument and cited from many authorities, rules ana precedents to show that the city of Bir- niDgham or it's regular constituted au- thorities had not the right to infringe on the franchise of the waterworks company as 1t is alleged the Weathery water rates would do. The glst of MT. Spurlocks ar gument was that the recent relerendur. on the water ordinance, 97C. or the Exum- Lane ordinance, was pot valid because the ordinance did not enlarge or extend tht companys franchise. Mr. Spurlock alsl argued that the city of Birmingham in it. contract with the waterworks company IT. 1888 fixed the rates to be paid to the com. pany for a period of 20 years and n, cited many eminent authorities to show that the city of Birmingham had the right to enter into such a contract with the waterworks company.
 Aeeordipg to MT. Sparlock it was the legislature of Alabama which granted the
 
 lContlnued on Last Page)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-30
Appeals to Underwood

Hon. oscar w. Underwood, House of
 Representatives. Washington, D. C.:
 The welfare of the whole country, eSpe- cially the south, demands immediate and complete repeal of tax on oleomargarine and without any coloring line whatsoever The mind of the entire south and of the laboring classes and the poor everywhere appeals to you not for any favoritism or special privilege, but for simple justice They respectfully submit that there Is no inherent right by which the rich may claim their butter tax free and colored to please both eye and appetite, while the butter of the working classes and the poor is made to bear the burdens of tho government and denied the free use of the same appetizing coloring; that there is no reason why artificial coloring should be pre-empted, or the creameries catering only to the appetite and purse of the rich. except the unholy reason of special priyi- lege to the favored few; that cotton farmers and manufacturers of the south have the same basic rights as the dairy farmers and butter manufacturers Of other sections; that the immediate and complete repeal of this tax will strike the quickest and most effective blow toward reducing the high cost of living in every quarter of America.
 The country appeals to you to guard their rights and see that simple justice is done in the immediate and complete re- peal of the oleomargarine tax.
 "C W. ASHCRAFT, ''President Interstate Cotton Seed Crush
 CTS Association"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-30
City's Attorneys Question Right of Single Judge to
 Pass on Application
FIRST ARGUMENTS
 CONTINUE ALL DAY
Hearing Adjomns Until 10 O'Clock This Morning-Judge Grubb Takes City's Contention
 Under Adyisement

The first slxirmish In the great legal battle in which the Birmingham Water works company is seeking an injunc- ton against the city of Birmingham in the federal courts against the en- forcement of the Weatherly water rates took place yesterday in tho office of United States Judge W. I. Grubb, in the federal building. where for five long hours the attorneys for both sides ar gued exhaustively on the much mooted questions of the citys rights and the waterworks eompanys rights in the now celebrated controversy.
 The fight started at 10 o'clock yes terday morning when Judge Grubb opened the case for argument. The first move was by the attorneys repre- senting the city; City Attorney Ro- maine Boyd Assistant City Attorney NJ M. U1lman and George Huddleston, who is also acting on behalf of the municipal ownership league, who ques- toned the eligibility of Judge Grubb to sit in the hearing of the suit for in- junction.
 The allegations of the city attorneys were that an act passed at a recent session of Congress requires that ap- plicatlons for infinctions like the one under argument and issue shall be held only by district judge when he is assisted by circuit judge or a jus tice of the United State supreme court. Judge Grubb took the point raised un- der advisement and signifed his inten- of
 Arguments Are Begun
 The real fireworks then began and the few present settled themselves comfortably in their seats to listen 10 the lengthy arguments. Among those present were City Commissioners Weatheriy and Lane, Daniel J. o'con- nell, superintendent of the waterworlSs company, and the companys attorneys Frank Spurlock of Chattanooga, Tenn, and John London of this city. This group with the citys attorneys and the judge and a few newspaper men composed the entire assemblage, which diminished until only the judge, Mir. Ullman. MT. Huddleston. Mir spurlDck and Mr London remained when ad- JOuTniHeHL was tdheH dL o'oV CLOCK to be resumed again this morning at 10 o'clock.
 M. M. Ullman, for the city, opened the case by briefly stating various points in opposition to the injunction sought by the waterworks company. MT. Spurlock, acting for the water works company, followed MT. Ullman and for an hour he presented to the court the contentious of the Blrming- ham Waterworks company against the city.
 Mir. Spurlock first read to the court the petition for an injunction seeking to restrain the city of Birmingham through it's regular constituted authorities from enforcing the Weatherly water rates. which the waterworks company alleged ar rOuffSpa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-30
Shooting Scrape Reported

Word was received at the sherin's office last evening of a shooting affair at the Jett mines. It was stated that one negro had shot another, the wound being fatal. Details of the shooting were not re- ceved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-30
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 to Know

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