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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-30
SYNOPSIS.

Abaer Halliday. "A misery Ynilh4naife,
% FOUND gagged bound and insensble IN
Mis- room. his safe rthed and $4o,oO mss
ing The thread OF the story Is taNe ~ , up
house are other relatives: reckless bruce
Halliday and pretty Glare Winton. bruce.
who Is a bond broker. has been trylhs 70
raise $4,000 I. put through oea4 h has
applied to his misery uncle and 70 others
cor the loan but has been refused; rom
sends for William LeDuc. an old-u1he
friend connected with q detective asehG r.
acquaintance with Mrs Dace.. a Wee'thy
widow. whose business agent Is tslcharQ
Mackay. a boodler and political boss.
Tom Is jealous OF Mackay ana ~ deeply
warns him to shun her as an adventures.
Tom sees Mrs. Dace and Mackay togeth-
er. He afterwards meets the woman az
"a horse race. and. happening 10 Inehelp ION
that Bruce had q tip on the winner. sue
gives him $500 to place on the race me
tip goes wrong and she loses her money.
Later Tom invests In stocks tie makes
some money and returns the ,ost s1t" th 20
theft Of the $4,000 from old Abner dalli,
day occurs. LIE Due meets Clare ana
Bruce. lie learns that the key wGlch
kay's dealings with Mrs. Dace make Tom
more jealous. The detective intimates
suspicion against Bruce Halliday as the
thief. This Glare Winton Indignantly re-
pudates. Mrs. Dace accepts Tom as her
dance. and encourages him to invest IN
certain stocks Tom has row with
Mackay and the latter threatens revenge.
The detective announces that he has dis
covered important clews as to the thief
1t looks as If Mackay had got hold OF
Toms key to the Halliday home and
might have been the burglar. Tom sud
denly finds himself financially ruined. He
learns that Mackay had SO manipulated
the stocks that he lost everything. The
detective calls Tom to conference and
announces he has discovered the person
who stole the 900 from old Abner Hal.
liday. Tom asks the name OF the culprit
SternIy and alphabetically LIE Due declares
that 1t Is himself.
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Jour previous climb. / told you at the
time that l expected to get the proof
from one who would not suspect that
he had furnished 1t until | denounced
him, and l guess / was correct. |
don't believe it entered your head
that you were making the evidence as
you went along by which ! could
send you to the penitentiary. Neither
did you suspect that ! meant you
when ! told you If ever unraveled
the knot it would be because OF the
assistance and clues you had given
me. Incidentally might say that
the office we tsurg1ariz1a belonged to
friend Of mine who loaned it to me
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Ted was an excitable youngster. and
tc adequately express his feelings had
acquired the use of words forceful. but
improper. In fit Of temper one day
he used some of his most violent
terms to his mother She said moth.
ing, but Ted knew well the signs OF
preparation for a just rebuke, corpor.
eally administered. He said. Il know
you are going to whip me. but before
you begin remember said it In very
pleasant tone of voice.
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for the purpose I had you 5amb your
thumb against the ball Of soft putty
and got an excellent impression OF Y,
which I have had experts compare
with the faint lines on the blackened
paper They assure me that they
were both made by the same thumb.
1t was a good thing that LeDuc
had possessed the foresight to render
me helpless and secure my revolver.
In the frenzy of the moment certain
~ would have used it upon one or
both of u.s. ! turned upon him des-
perately. DO you think any jury
would believe such evidence as that
and convict me?" demanded huskily.
He wrinkled his forehead
II am sure I don't know. One can
never tell. Do you want to give
jury the chance?' | made no answer
and we sat in silence, the GOODNESS OF
death upon me, my companion I'M
moving, but lynx eyed. Then once
more he addressed me, and through
his tones ran the old familiar friend
illness of days long gone by.
Il know that you are not Grim
inal at heart. Tom. / am sorry. Y
sorry for all this, and I should req :
very much to see you go to the penn
Tertiary. But if you wish me to as
sist you, you must make a clean
| breast of the affair. Have you any
! of your uncle's money left?" | could
! only groan. Despairing and helpless
| / threw myself upon his mercy.
| no l used it for flYlher specuia-
| ton after l was wiped out the first
| time. I was way ahead OF the game
until today, but now { am wiped out
completely l am penniless and IN
debt l can repay absolutely nothing
can offer no compromise You will
have to do as you please with me.
| LeDuc whistled.
II wondered if you had got bitten
| today for the second time when
:. read that Underground had blown up
! So that ends my prospects of getting
any fees for lot of hard work. HE
| looked quite downcast for space
then frightened up and continued
more cheerfully.
but really that does not matter
so much after all, for can worry
/ along without it. If /; could only have
found that some one besides an Ole
| friend had done this thing | wouic
not be dissatisfied with my job Bu
| there is thing or two which | dom
understand. ! don't believe you hat
duplicate key, for don't believe
you ever contemplated such an ac
until you were dssfaen desperate b.
the calamity. ! have gone upon tht
assumption that you quarreied WIFI
your uncle the day before the Fob0er!
on purpose that you might have al
excuse for throwing down the key ant
absenting yourself from the house
during the night. That being tn
case, how did you enter?"
when / left the house after tn
quarrel ] threw the catch which pre-
vents the door from locking. O
|, course 1t would snap shut as usua
but could then be opened from tn
outside by the knob. had NO Ide
, that any one would think OF lookin
/ to ses that the door locked itsel
when it was shut on that day an
: more than any other, and of cours
: no one did. I was therefore enabled t
: come in without key, and when
, went out after replacing the tool'
and with the money in my pockets,
4 restored the door to its usual cond
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FROM THE NORTH cpun YRs
Where the Winters Are Cold aHd n
Shows Deep.

Writing from the vicinity UNI
Harum made famous, O man says "
he was an habituai coffee drinkef s
although he knew 1t was doiag u
harm, was too obstinate to give b Il
till alb at once he went TO pieces As
nervousness and insomnia, loss ~ Il
petite, weakness, and a geas'a5
used-un feeling. which praeticaW y. u
fitted him for his arduous 0ceapasaI
and kept him on couch az nasS
when his duty did not call him oua ]
while in this condition wv
Nuts food was suggested TO ING, sa,a
began to use 1t. Although Y Was
the middle of winter, and the p5)
mometer was often beloW zero, alnsa
my entire living for about Sig WI ".
OF severe exposure was on Grapsasl
food with a little bread and DaAsl h
cup of hot wateF;ptill ] was 3
enough to make Postum my taDls q
erage. IA
AFTER the first two weeks = psss
to feel better and during fne NJ
winter I never lost trip On Ms y. Is
so.te, frequently being ON lhss's
Y or s hours at a time.
sIhe constant marvel 70 " u
how a person coSld do the anls ".
work and endure the fatigue ahp
ship as I did, ON SO small az w. .s|
of food. But / found my new .Ss II
so perfectly satisfactory fhat. HI
continued them-using botn .y
ard Grape-Nuts at every nsaa
often they comprise my entire ", " 4
..All my nervousness, irritaoln HI
| insomnia have disappeared ana hss
natural sleep has come Daea. ~
But what has been perhaps ~
| est surprise to me is the a. M
! with the benefit to my genera W.
has come a remarkable lmpEp'1
in my eye-sight. ,,sa;B=l
/ .If a good appetite, good as N
! good eye-sight, strong neFssa n
| active brain are to be desllsa, .s h
say from my own ezperleps
Grape-Nuts and Postum san gflI|
| by Postum Co., Battle GreeAs5 mi I
| Read the little book y Y 81. .s
| MELVILLE" in pfgs. There Z $50
Ever read the above sisae. #
one appears from time y a.,s Ri
are genuine, true. aDd
snfAreaf- n
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ton, leaving it locked LeGuc looked
at me with a froWn.
THAT was a thing l never did
puzzle cut to my own satisfaction;
yet it was the simplest thing Of all.
When I think how rudimental it is,
it makes me disguised with myself
to think that didn't solve it. All
Of which goes to, show what blunder-
ers we all are when we think we are
doing something extremely clever.
Another thing along that line which
l should like to know is this. Did
you put that half burned cigarette
where | found it in the hall?'
I did not; / know nothing about It. 2
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Mixed the Orders,

A local doctor once sent his mai
with box of pills to patient, and !,
hamper containing six live pullets ID
be left at the houee of a friend. IIsI
luckily the messenger bungled oFa|
his errand, ea4d took the hamper VI
the patient and tAe pills to bis MAJ
ter's friend. Imagine the consternfl
ton of the patient on receiving aolal
with the fowls the following prasefIp|
ton:
Two. OF these to be sWalloval
every half hour
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Wisdom of Father.

Pretty Daughter-But can't under
stand why you object TO Clarence.
father. Isn't 1t better to dwell In
cottage with the man love than TO
dwell in a palace with one hates
Wise Fa2her-G certainly. my dear:
but Clarence hasn't the cottage
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Retnrt 10 The Point.

DIR. Mary Walker. who long afesssa
In mems attire. had been lecturlng
q. certain small country town. AZ 81
walked down the main street one q
ernoon an impudent urchin called "
er her:
"say, are you the Mary that haa'
little lamb?''
'sNo,n answered DR.. Walker, w
your motheG aad little Jacsasss'
Lippincott's Magazine.
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Her Idea OF a. Chicken Farm.

Every little actress in New York hi|
a. Long Island chicken farm. 4 vel
known leading lady recently decidadaI|
follow the way OF her sisters. sslh|
secured a lease on a good bit u #pFull||
erty and then sought out 4 reputss
poulterer.
Il want she said firmly y tllas|
sand hens and less firmly ~ tllapl|
sand ROSTERS.
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Extenuatina Circumstance.

THE END.
The Lamar register., 1912-01-24
SUGAR ~ coLoRApo
,rus.sse- ksf go. .O60 Poundu
Of Best Sugar. Worth
siAs7S, 900

With a yield that gave the farm
ers of this state s5.3s2.oso in cash
and added 1885,. 500 to the man
ufacturing wealth of the common
wealth, besides distributing $4,000
900 among the state's workingmen. i.
and even more than that to the
capitalists who have built the fac
tories that dot the farming sec
tons of all parts OF the state. the
sugar beet is still king of Colo
radios agricultural domain. and is
better entrenched than ever be-
fore.
There are in the state seventeen
sugar factories. each with its de-
pendent fields of the Juicy roots
lying nearby. Most of these are
the plants. nine in number. Of
the Great Western Sugar company
in the northern section of the
state. Arkansas valley has five.
Luis valley one. These are owned
by six corporations with more than
the western slope two. the San
s4O.O0O.O00 capitalization. by far
the greater part of which Is held
in Colorado. These seventeen fac
tories utilized the product during
1911 from $500 acres of land.
Assuming that beet land will, un-
der ordinary circumstances, yield a
net a revenue of $25 an acre, and
the statistics furnished by the sug-
ar companies Indicate that It slight
ly exceeds this sum, and that this
net income represents ten per
cent on the investment, the value
of the lands actually sowed to
sugar beets during the campaign
of 1911 was ss.6eO.Oo0. The result
of the season have been:
Tons of beets 80. =. $4,000
Sugar produced. lbs PA. 100000
Value OF sugar pro-
duced 80. .... -. .875, 500
Paid to farmers ......$ 5.362.0sO
Paid to factory labor ..s 1.329.00O
Paid for field labor IS 100000
Paid by factories for
supplies ..S l.2O5. 1000
Men employed during
campaign -. 1920
Tons of pulp produced 31s.5OO
Acres harvested 49,. $500
a
The Lamar register., 1912-01-24
Another Collection Needed

The Denver Democrat publishes
picture" of the assessment list
of the personal and real property
of Thomas NJ. Patterson, who has
been reported to be worth three
millions. r. NJ. =. has made a
sworn statement that all of his
personal property is worth $4,000.
1t seems that Thomas NJ. had not
been very prosperous since Charlie
Rawalt and others were taking up
a penny collection to pay a fine
for him a few years ago-Hotchkiss
Times
The Lamar register., 1912-01-24

year that the male sex is espec-
tally important, let him cast casual
glance at the department store ad-
vertisements, says thee Chicago In
ter Ocean. He will there find out
exactly what he amounts to as
compared with woman. He will see
that he is almost . negligible guam
tity, and that, while woman fills tn
stage, he is lucky, u he is given
the opportunity to aock in from one
of the wings. r
It's "women's and misses this
and 'women's and misses . that
It's lingerie at greatly reduced
prices. muslin. linen, dresses. cos
tunes and Wraps. It's silk and
other dress goods remnants. tub
dresses. wash fabrics and 12-button
gloves.
I And what recognition OF the ex-
istence of man is afforded the male
specimen who reads these fasctnat-
ing department store offers? He is
lucky If he findA In small type and
in some remote corner the casual
intimation that he can get a half
dozen pairs OF socks rather cheap
or that the collection OF silk ties
has been considerably reduced In
price. ~
1t was Beranger. We believe. who
The Lamar register., 1912-01-24

Down in Oklah oma the other day
man went into a store to buy n
saw. He saw the kind hewanted
and asked the price. II was S1.65.
the dealer said.
GOOD gracious" said the man.
II can get the same thing from
Sears. Roebuck q Co. for 81 So"
That's less than It cost me-"
said the dealer. but I'll sell IL on
the same terms as the mail order
house just the same"
''All right" said the customer.
You can send II along and charge
II to my account"
MOT on your life." the dealer
replied. mo charge accounts. You
can't do business with the mail
order house that way. Fork over
the cash.
The customer complied.
Now 2 cents for postage and 8
cents for a money order"
what"
Certainly, you have to send a
letter and a money order 10 a mail
order house. you know"
The customer, inwardly raving.
kept to his agreement and paid the
nickel.
"Now 25 cents express"
well. I'll be -" he said. but
paid it. saying. Now hand me that
saw and I'll take It home myself
and be rid of this foolery."
Hand 1t to you? Where do you
think you are? You're in Oklahoma
and I'm in Chicago. and you'll have
to wait two weeks for that saw"
Whereupon the dealer hung the
saw on a peg and put the money
in his cash drawer.
THAT makes s1.67." he said. 1T
has cost you cents more and TAX
en- you two weeks longer to get II
than if you had paid my price in
the first place"
The Lamar register., 1912-01-24

Permanenf headquarters OF the
Colorado Good Roads Association
have now been established in room
3l2 Chamber OF Commerce build
ing, Denver. This " in line with
the resolutions adopted at the meet
ing at Pueblo.
The Pueblo convention was the
largest good roads gathering ever
held in this, or almost any other
state. and in beginning the work
for the coming year R. IL. Higgins
OF Pueblo. the new president. out
lines as follows the policy to be
pursued.
The Colorado Good Roads As
ISOLATION is an Organization work
ing for the benefit OF the entire
state. The Pueblo convention was
the greatest state gathering ever
held in Colorado. and clearly man.
ifests the great interest in the
good roads movement in Colorado.
The attendance exceeded even that
at the national gathering in Chi
cago some months ago.
THE policy of this organization
is TO work for every section of
the state. II Is our aim to secure
for Colorado a comprehensive sys-
TEN OF roads in line with the rec
concentrations of the state high
way commission. I wish 1t en-
phatically understood thai his body
is not working in the interests of
any one route or any one section.
THE formation of good roads
organizations everywhere is well
coined as through such means in
terest in the work is stimulated and
better results are obtained. The
state organization, however, should
receive the support of the entire
state, and in the work ahead of
us such support is necessary.
THE plans as outlined call for an
active campaign of education at
home. and a wide campaign of pub
licity abroad so that this state may
become the best known state in
the union from the standpoint of
the tourist and the automobile
traveller, and that thus we may
secure the benefits which should
come to all in the upbuilding of
Colorado"
The Lamar register., 1912-01-24

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-. ..,,uonts .aairs,
49,, -. :, ,,a,nn,atad and
s Co.. I'D ,o vote
=, ,,t.o, :,
80. -, .na no,,o,n
NJ. I.,,.,.a ana Hawai-,
-, .o..hod ,hoir ,,m,t n,
,,.,,, I'D tho ph,,
-. - o. ,ha,, ,,,,it NJ,
ar, 80 ..,,,a,, ,. ,,,,,,
81, ,,,,as ~ s,..r
-, - nj. ,,.rv rhara-
10y ~ 80. -, ,noroasa In domos-
~ n.aa,,o,,an GOV. ,ha ch.mher lie
~. .,o 80 ,,a haa, sr.-
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r.. -, e., Ann TONS
,,.,aa uo,,a rao,,r. only
The Lamar register., 1912-01-24
Farmers Club

The Sugardale Farmers Club held
a very interesting meeting last
Friday might at the Enterprise
school house. Owing to the con-
dition of the roads a large number
of the members We're not able to
be present The question box fur
nished interesting topics that were
earnestly discussed by the members
present. Without doubt the fu-
ture meetings of this club will be
largely attended and will prove OF
great benefit to all the members.
The following program has been
prepared for the next three months;
February 2nd-Poultry raising.
leaders. w. A. Mcpherson and Mrs.
L. J. PhelatnL
leaders. J. NJ. Corcoran and F. q
Deverman.
February 16th-wheat culture
March 1st-Alfalfa culture. lead
urs. ]. w. Hanna and f. ]. Phelan.
March 15th-Beet culture, lead
e.. E. II. Gerecke.
April 15th-Increasing yield per
acre. Fred Reyher and s. r. Ready.
April 18th -Conservation Of
moisture. leaders. d. b. Butler and
J. q. Pollard.
The Lamar register., 1912-01-24

Following is the report OF school
district No. 12:
Total number enrolled. 12; ten
boys and two girls. Those neither
absent nor tardy were James. Joe
and William Eberle. George Har-
old and Wanda Nicklos. Those
making above ninety in their grade
were Joe Eberle. George and Wan
da Nicklos. Murl Shakelford and
Jerry Tuttle.
EDNA NICKLOs, Teacher.
The Lamar register., 1912-01-24
TARIFF REDUCTION


No reduction in sugar duty.
That u the demand of the cham
ber of Commerce OF San Francisco.
which recently adopted resolutions
demanding absolute protection for
the beet sugar industry of Califor-
MIA. The resolutions. forwarded to
United States Senators John J.
Works and George c. Perkins and
Representatives Julius Kahn and
e. A. Hayes. and to every chamber
of commerce in the state. follows:
"whereas. persistent effort has
been made to induce Congress to
lower, II not entirely abrogate. the
existing duty on foreign cane sugar;
and, whereas, this movement is
prompted by self-interest on the
part of the foreign cane sugar re-
finers, because the growth of the
beet sugar industry in the United
States is admitted to be an increas-
ing menace to their refinery invest
mmts, and they expect that a ma
terial reduction in the existing tar
iff will check the further develop
ment of the beet sugar business
and cripple some OF the establish
ments that have come into exist
ence under present protective con-
ditions: and whereas. 1t Is of the
highest importance, and is entirely
possible, that our nation should be-
come self-supplying In the article
of sugar; be 1t
Resolved. That the San Francis
co Chamber of Commerce cannot
look with favor on such congression
al action to retard the expansion
of this promising business as will
result from the reduction OF the
present rate of duty ON sugar. and
these resolutions are sent to our
senator's and to the representatives
The Lamar register., 1912-01-24
FIRST BLOOD
Taft Is Indorsed BY Oklahoma Con-
venfiOn

Colgate. Okla, Jan. 23.-Presi-
dent Tart was indorsed for renom-
nation by the Fourth congression-
al district republican convention
here tonight after Roosevelt sup
porters had made determined ef-
fort to stampede the convention.
Defeat came only after hard
struggle and during which spectac-
ular methods were used to impress
the delegates with the boom which
the supporters of Roosevelt had
set in motion. Edward Perry. dis
trict chairman. led the fight for
Roosevelt.
Before the assembling of the
delegates this afternoon a huge ba-
loon was released near Convention
hall. Painted on 1t was one word.
"Roosevelt.' The baloonist. be-
fore his leap. unfurled flag bear
ing the lettering. He will land"
As Perry began speaking after
the convention was temporarily or
ganized. a small boy dressed in
rough rider" costume. rode a
horse up the center aisle of the
convention hall. He was lifted to
the stage while Perry suspended his
address for a moment. The lad.
waving his dimutivQ sombrero.
shouted 81 want Teddy" Cheers fol-
lowed
The defeat of the Perry forces
became evident early. On the vote
for temporary chairman the Perry
people had momentary visions of
victory when It was announced that
their candidate had been chosen
7S 70 Uss~H-<UNnno or the voEe
showed an avowed supporter Of
President Taft had been eelected
72h TO s3h.
The delegates selected tonight
are the first to be chosen of those
who will select the republican pres
idential nominee at Chicago in June