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The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-27

ing white mustache and imperial,
there was n suggestion of militarism.
He was Immediately followed by
young woman of twenty, certainly not
over that age. George sighed visit
fully. He envied those polo-players
and gentleman-riders and bridge-ex-
perts who were stopping at the hotel.
1t wouldn't be an hour after dinner
before some one of them found out who
she was and spoke to her in that easy
style which he concluded must be
gift rather than an accomplishment.
You mustn't suppose for minute that
George wasn't well-born and well-bred.
simply because his name was Jones.
Many Fitz-Hugh Maurice or Hugh
Fftz-Maurice might have been But,
no matter. He knew instinctively,
then. what elegance was when he saw
1t. and this girl was elegant, in dress,
In movement. He rather liked the
pallor OF her skin. which limited that
she wasn't one OF those athletic girls
who bounced In and out OF the din
ing-room. talking loudly and smoking
cigarettes and playing bridge for six
penny points. She was tall He was
sure that her eyes were on the level
with his own. The grey veil that
dropped from the rim of her simple
Leghorn hat to the tip OF her nose OBJ
scured her eyes, so he could not know
that they were large and brown ana
indeflnably sad. They spoke not OF
weariness OF travel, but OF a weari-
ness Of the world. more precisely, of
the people who inhabited Il.
She and her companion passed on
into the hotel. and IL Georges eyes
veered again toward the desert over
which the stealthy purples Of night
We're creeping. the impulse was me-
chanical: he saw nothing. In truth,
he was desperately lonesome, and he
knew. moreover, that he had no busi-
ness to be. He was young; he could
at pinch tell a joke as well as the
next man; and II he had never had
what he called an adventure, he had
seen many strange and wonderful
things and could describe them with
that mental afterglow which still lin
gers over the sunset of our first ex-
pressions in poetry. But there was
always that hydra-headed monster for
ever getting about his feet, numbing
his voice, paralyzing his hands, and
never he Topped off head that an
other did not instantly grow in its
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-27

dog: but one can not carry a doe
half way round the world and back. at
least not with comfort. What with
all these new-'angied quarantine laws,
duties. and fussy ships officers who
wouldn't let you keep the animal In
your state-room. travelling with four
footed friend was almost an impossi-
bility. To be sure. women with
2oodlea. And then, there was
the bitter Of acid In the knowledge
that no one ever came up to him and
slapped him on the shoulder with a.
Hello. Georgie, old sport: what's tho
good word?" for the simple fact that
his shoulder was always bristling with
spikes. born OF the fear that some one
was making fun OF him.
Perchance his mothers spirit, how
ering over him this evening. might
have been inclined to tears. For they
do say that the ghosts OF the dear
ones are thus employed when we are
near to committing some folly, or to
exploring some forgotten chamber OF
Pandoras box. or worse still. when
that lady intends emptying the whole
contents down upon our unfortunate
htaun- Al Sb btf tAty Wtio
tears; Percival Algernon had accom-
plished It's deadly purpose.
Pandora? Well. then, for the bene-
fit of the children. She was lady
who was an intimate friend OF tho
NEUROLOGICAL gods. They liked her ap-
pearance SO well that they one day
gave her box. casket. chest, or what
ever 1t was, to guard. BY some mar
velous method. known only OF gods.
they had got together all the trials
and tribulations of mankind (and some
of the joys) and locked them up in
this casket 1t was the Golden Age.
as you may surmise. You recall Eve
and the apple? Well, Pandora was a
forecast of Eve: she couldn't keep her
eyes off the latch. and at length her
hands-Fatal curiosity! Whirrl And
everything has been at skies and ut
sevens since that time. Pandora is
eternally recurring, now here. now
there; she is blonde sometimes, and
again she is a brunette; and you may
take 1t from George and me that there
is always something left in the casket.
George closed the book and consult
ed his sailing-list. In short time he
would leave for Port Said. thence to
Naples, Christmas there. and home in
January. Business had been ripping.
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clean boy like this one had not been
sent to her in her youth. You see.
the woridly-wise woman knows that
1t is invariably the lay-fgure and not
Prince Charming that a woman mar
-ries. and that matrimony is blind
mans buff in grown-ups.
Many Of us lay the blame upon our
parents. We shift the burden Of won
dering why we have this fault and
lack that grace to the shoulders of
our Immediate forbears. We go to
the of1ce each morning denying that
we have any responsibility: we let
the boss do the worrying. But George
never went prospecting in his soul for
any such dross philosophy. He was
grateful for having had so beautiful
mother; proud of having had sd
honest sire; and IL either of them
had endued him with false weights he
did his best to even up the balance.
The mother had been as romantic
as any heroine out OF Mrs. Radcliff's
novels. while the father had owned
to as much romance as one generally
finds in a thorough business man,
which is practically none at ALL The
very name itself is bulwark against
the intrusions fof romance. One can
not lift the imagination to the pros
pect of picturing Jones in ruffles
and highboots, pinking varlet in the
midriff. 1t smells of sugar-barrels and
cotton-bales, of steamships and rail-
roads, of stolid routine in the office
and of placid concern over the daily
hxa To-
Mrs. Jones, lovely, lettered yet not
worldly, had dreamed OF her boy,
bayed and decorated. marrying the
most distinguished woman in all Eu-
rope, whoever she might be. Mr..
Jones had had no dreams at ALL and
had pu. the boy to work in the ship
ping department little while after
the college threshold had been crossed,
outward bound. The mother, while
sweet and gentle, had will, iron un-
der velvet. and when she held out for
Percival Algernon and a decent knowl-
edge of modern languages. the old
man agreed If, on the other hand,
the boys first name should be George
and that he should learn the business
from the cellar up. There were sew
eral tits over the matter, but at
length a truce was declared. II was
agreed that the boy himself ought to
have word to say upon a subject
which concerned him more vitality
than any one else. So, at the age of
fifteen, when he was starting off for
preparatory school. he was advised
to choose for himself. He was an obe-
dent son. adoring his mother and idol
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-27

place. Even the sword of Perseus
could not have saved him. since one
has to get away from an object In
order to cut It down.
Had he really ever tried to over
come this monster7 Had he not wait
ed for the propitious moment (Which
you and know never comes) to
throw of this species from Hades?
1t is all very well, when you are old
and dried up, to turn to worries and
metals and precious stones; but when
a fellows young! You can't shake
hands with an ivory replica OF the Tai
Mahal. nor exchange pleasantries with
a Mandarin's ring, nor yet confde joys
and ills into casket OF rare emer-
aids; indeed, they do but emphasize
ones loneliness. II only he had had
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-27

izing his father. He wrote himself
down as George Percival Algernon
Jones, promised to become a hnguist
and to learn the rug business from
the cellar up. On the face of 1t, 1t
looked like big job; 1t all depended
upon the boy.
The hrst day at school his misery
began He had signed himself as
George p. A Jones, no small diplo-
macy e7r lad; but the two initials,
standing up like dismantled pines in
the midst Of uninteresting landscape.
reused the curiosity of his school
mates. Boys are boys the world over,
and possess a finesse In cruelty that
only Indians can match; and It did
not take them long to unearth the ia
tai secret For three years ha was
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-27

he observed the world through pair
Of kindly, shy, blue eyes.
Young girls. myopic through igno-
rance or Stiffness. seeing nothing be-
yond what the eyes see. seldom gave
him second inspection; for he did
not know how to make himself at
tractive. and was mortally afraid of
the opposite. or opposing sex. He
could bullyrag a sheik out of his cam
els saddle-bags. but petticoats and
lace parasols and small Oxfords had
the same effect upon him that the
prodding stick of a small boy has
upon retiring turtle. But many a
worldly-wise woman, drawing out with
tact and kindness the truly beautiful
thoughts OF this young mans soul,
ssSly Commanded OF fate why sweet.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-27
CHAPTER ~
What,s In a Namei


To possess two distinctly alien red
oorpuscles in ones blood. metaphor
ically If not in fact, two characters or
individualities under one epidermis,
L.. in most cases. peculiar disadvan-
tage. One hears of scoundrels and
saints striving to consume one an
other in one body. angels and har-
pies; but ofttimes, quite the contrary
to being curse, these two warning
temperaments become~o mans ulti-
mate blessing: as in the case Of
George P. A. Jones, Of Mortimer &
Jones. the great metropolitan Oriental
rug and carpet company, aff~of which
has dignified. sonorous sound
George was divided within himself.
This he would not have confessed
sven into the trusted II battered ear
Of the Egyptian Sphynx. There was,
however, no demon-angel sparring for
points in Georges soul The difficulty
might be set forth In this manner:
On one side stood inherent common
sense; on the other, boundless, ro-
seate imagination which was like
wise inherent-a kind Of quixote imag-
nation Of suitable modern pattern.
T5is alter ego terrified him whenever
1t raised It's strangely beautiful head
and shouldered aside his guardian
angel (for that's what common sense
Is. argue to what end you Wild and
pleaded In that luminous rhetoric un-
der the spell of which our old friend
sancho often fell asleep.
P. A, as they called him behind the
counters, was but twenty y-eight, and II
he was vice-president in his late ia
theirs shoes he didn't wabble round
in them to any great extent. In a
crowd he was not noticeable; he
didn't stand head and shoulders above
his fellow-men, nor would he have
been mistaken by near-sighted per-
sons, the myopes, for the Vatican's
Apollo In the flesh. He was of me-
d1um height, beardless, slender, but
tough and wiry and enduring. You
may see his prototype on the streets
a dozen times a day, and you may
also pass him without turning round
for second view. Young men like
P. A. must be Intimately known to
be admired; you did not throw your
arm across his neck, first-off. His
hair was brown and closely Clipped
about head that would have gained
the attention of the phrenologist, If
not that of the casual passer-by His
bumps. in the phraseology of that
science, were good ones. For the rest,
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-27

He would be jolly glad to get home
again, to renew his comradeship with
his treasures. And. by Jove! there
was one man who slapped him on the
shoulder. and he was no less person
than the genial president OF the firm,
his fathers partner, at present his
own. II the old chap had had a daugh-
ter now. And here one comes
at last to the bottom of the sack. He
had only one definite longing. a
healthy human longing. the only long
ing worth while in all this deep. wide.
round old top; to love woman and
by her be loved.
At exactly half after six the gentle
man with the reversible cuffs arrived;
and George missed his boat.
ITO BE CONTINUED,
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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-08
Confederate Reunion .

The executive committee of the Ieffer.
son. County Camp, U. c. v, Col. R. P.
Chew presiding. met yesterday and >de.
term'ned to have big reunion and
basket picnic again in the grove north OF
charles Town. fixing upon Saturday,
August 81. as the date for the grand oc-
casion. A committee of arrangements
was appointed consisting Of S. c. Young,
chairman, and MessrS John T. Colston,
Gee. H Hseley. c. Frank Gallaher,
lahn.F. Foley. Chas. C Couklyn and
James F. Watson. With this committee
the success of this affair isassured. Jef.
ferson county reunions are feature in
the lives of Young and old, and of course
this one will be no exception to the rule.
The old boys" from this ard adjacent
counties. whose ranks are rapidly grow
ing thinner and thinner, will of course
he here in force, and will be given a
hearty welcome.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-08
A Passing Glance At Religion.

Churchkoing persons and those who
sneer at churches are alike in danger
of confusing genuine religion with mere
piety, the spiritual grain with its ex-
ternal husks Easier than being re-
,ligious is it to go to church regularly,
to count beads obediently. to attend
prayer meeting occasionally, to be rev.
erent in conversation, to say grace
perfunctorily, and to subscribe money
in amounts you won't miss to works
of mercy respectfully endorsed. Also
is it easier. on the other hand, to sheer
at churches and penitents. ard leaders
in prayer and financial supporters of
church enterprises, than to be vitalIy
averse to mere piety. There is no
difficulty in spelling either kind of pa
genism, however tempting the line Of
least resistance it offers to lazy souls.
The learned scribe of whom Mark the
Apostle tells, was "hep to it" as a
popular revivalist might say: To love
universal fairness and Brightness and
justice, with all the heart and with all
the understanding and with all the
soul and with all the strength. said
that scribe, in substance, and ito love
ones fellow men as one loves himself,
is more than all religious forms and
Ger emonies Inasmuch. however, as
no man has ever seen universal fair
ness and rightness and justice, how
shall any man=Iove them, except by
bringing his wish to love them to bear
as best he can upon his behavior to
his fellow nen--not alone as indivie-
ual to individual in neighborlir ess, but
also as social unit to social unit through
social adjustment? Take, for instance,
two events Of the past week which are
in highly significant juxtaposition: the
idle girl Of New York with her golden
stockings, and the hungry women of
London driving their wretchedly paid
bread winners back with spurs of af-
lection into yielding to privileged greed.
What have you to say, you good folks
who love pious ceremonials, and you
other good folks who despise them
what have you to say of all such wan
ton waste by oilers in the midst of all
this dreadful want among workers?
Not about the girl; that Miss akilman-
segg's stockings are none of your bust
ness Nor about anybody else's per
sonal expenditures of which hers may
be typical But about the laws and in
stitutions which make such unfair, I'M
righteous and unjust contrasts possible
in society that takes its life in part
from you. What have you to say about
perpetuating those laws and institu-
tutions? The Public.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-08
RATIFICATION MEETING
-------
Organization Formed to Work For
Prohibition Amendment.
Communicated.


A meeting in the interest of an
organization in this county to labor
for the ratification of the Prohibition
Amendment convened 1.-THE Court
House at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon
in answer to the call of the county
committee on Temperance.
After prayer by Bishop w. L.
Gravatt, America" was sung. AT
torney F. L. Bushong the chairman
then delivered an appropriate opening
address, introducing w. B. CatIett, of
Berkeley Springs, the first speaker,
who is organizer for the eight eoun-
ties in the eastern section of the state.
MIR. Catlett urged effective organiza
ton, campaign fund, and systematic
effort on the part of the advocates
the amendment. He expressed great
faith in West Virginia manhood and
stronger confidence in her woman
hood.
Lee M. Bender, of Martinsburg was
introduced and made some remarks
on educational progress along tenn
perance hines.
Rev DIR. B. w. Meeks, of the M. E.
Church, Martins burg, related his ex-
perience in temperance work and said
that from the standpoint of political,
social and family relationship, men are
finding it necessary to change their
views and get rid of preconceived
opinions. The argument that prohi-
bition does not prohibit is evidence
the one who makes the assertion is a
law-breaker, or connives at those who
violate the law Representatives OF
the liquor interests, who make such
statements know them to be false. In
Martinsburg, under dry regime there
was an increase of $125,0O0 in bank
deposits in nine months, and crime
was greatly lessened within the same
period.
Hon. Rich'd l. Stearns, of New
Jersey, was the next to address the
meeting Iflyou people don't get at
this temperance movement somebody
else will he said.Z"We- don't=need
more jawbone, nor wishbone, but sub
stantial work and power for good.
I'VE need more backbone eve
need tonic that will stiffen our
backbones. Eve must get busy he
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-08
Coed judgement, or Luck.
Which?

A year ago last week, the
Free Press came out for Wood.
row Wilson for President, put.
ting his name at the head of its
columns, being the first paper in
the State, if not the entire coun.
try to do so.
A friend, in commenting or
our position, told this story al
the Baltimore Convention.
A young New Yorker was din:
ing with his best girl and be
coming annoyed by the rather
too ardent glances of neighbor-
ing party Of. Tammany men,
went over and brought them te
his table, introducing them thus:
Gentlemen, this is the young
lady I have selected for my wife.
Now what have you to say?"
To which ), after another adj
miring glance, responded one OF
the Tammanyites: My friend
you're a darned good pieker!''
Verb. sap. sat!
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-08
What Matters.


1t matters little where l was born,
Or IL my parents were rich or poor;
Whether they sHrank from the cold
worlds scorn.
Or walked in the prids of wealth
secure; n
But whether live an honest man.
And hold my integrity firm in. my
clutch,
! tell you, my brother, as plain as can,
1t matters muchl
1t matters little how long stay
In world of sorrow, sin and care;
Whether in youth am called away,
Or live till my bones and pate are
bare;
But whether | do the best can
To soften the weight of adversely 3
touch
On the faded cheek of my fellow man,
1t matters much!
1t matters little where be my grave,
On the land or on the sea.
By purling brook or meath stormy
wave,
It matters little or naught to me;
But whether the Angel of Death comes
down
And marks my brow with his loving
touch,
AS one that shall wear the victor's
crown.
1t matters much!
-Salectadl
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-08
The Contrast.

A report of the number Of prisoners
in the State prison at Moundsville
shows q populatinn of 1887. OF this
number Mcdowell county has the larg-
est number, 1853. Fayette county is
next with 1873. Grant and Lewis coun-
ties have no inmates. Jefferson county
has II and Berkeley county 10.
Mcdowell is the '.wettest'' county
In the State, with Fayette good Sec
ond, and in both the ''whiskey ring
10 dominant in politics.
Grant and Lewis counties are dry
and their people free from saloon IN
reference and control.
Berkeley and Jefferson lately became
and still are dry"
Are the above figures mere coinci-
dences or the result of cause and effect?
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-08
Etiquette.

They tell the following as a story
that the late j. 7. Harahan. former
president of the Illinois Central Rail
road, was fond of telling on himself.
Mr.. Harahan was sitting in his office
one day. while president of the road,
when a hurly Irishman entered the
office.
me names Casey" said he. '0i
want pass to st. Louis. Oh worruk
in tn yards.
That is no way to ask for a pass, =
said Mr.. Harahan. You should in
troduce yourself politely. Come back
in an hour and try it again.
At the end of the hour. back came
the Irishman Doffing his hat, he in
quired:
'.Ar-re yez Mr.. Harahan?'.,
81 am.
"Me name is Patrick Casey. Olive
been workin' out in tn yards"
''Glad to know you, Mr.. Casey. What
can ! do for your
''Yez can all go to hell. Olive got a
job an pass on tn Wabash. " Eu-
ery6ody'S
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-08
Commissioners Notice.

In the Circuit Court of Jefferson Coun-
ty, West Virginia.
J. N. Camden, S D. Camden, Annie
Spilman end Union Trust and Deposit
Company, a Corporation, Trustees
under the last will and Testament
of J. N Camden, decd, Plaintiff
VS..
John I. McGraw, and William M. Burns,
T. G. Green and Gerard u Moore,
Trustees in Bankruptcy, S. C. Young
and Charles B. Alexander and w. F..
Alexander, the last two named as
partners trading as Alexander &
Alexander and the unknown creditors
of John T. McGraw, Defendants,
Extract from decree of July 22nd, 1912.
1T is therefore adjudged, ordered
and decreed that this cause be and the
same is hereby referred to Cleon Moore
one of the Commissioners in chanccry
of this Court to take, state and report
showing:
First. All the real estate owned by
the Judgment debtor John T. McGraM,
where situate, a description and the
quantity thereof.
Second. The liens upon said real
estate, by whom held, their respective
amounts and priorities
Third. Whether said real estate will
in five years rent for sufficient sum
to pay off and discharge such liens and
the cost of this suit.
Fourth. Any such other matters as
any party in interest may require, the
same being pertinent or such other mat
ters as said Commissioner himself may
deem pertinent whether required or not.
A Copy Teste.
JOHN M. DANIEL. Clerk
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-08
On The Death Of Friend.

Il shall not believe that even now
his lights extinguished If the Father
deigns to touch with divinh power
the cold and pulseless heart of the
buried acorn and make it burst forth
from its prison walls, will he leave
neglected in the earth the soul of man,
who was made in the image CT his
Creator? If He stoops to give to the
rosebud, whose withered blossoms float
upon the breeze. the sweet assurance
of another springtim will He with
hold the words of hope from the sons
of men when the frosts of winter
come? ~: Bryan