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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-10-24

Senator Bristow's visit to Abilene
recalls one raw winter day away
hack in the nineties when he came
down from salina and called on
newspaper friend about his only
acquaintance in town, with the an
nouncement that he wanted to run
for congress. The two went around
town and saw some influential men.
Rr,stow was then little known but
hecause he was from our neighDor-
ing county he had the support OF
men who did things and when the
convention was held Dickinson was
with him, one OF the three counties
be carried. He was not nominted--
calderhead. then also an unknown
man, was nominated and remained
In congress for fourteen years. BITS
tow became secretary Of the state
central committee, fourth assistant
nostmaster general and four years
ago was elected senator. Many
wears have gone since and whole
volumes OF history have been wit
tan In them the young Salina editor
has been far more prominent than
he dreamed on that raw day back
IN the ninetles.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-10-24
4 dlfference between

There's a difference between q
candidate and voter. The latter
may support whom he pleases. The
former is morally bound to stand
by the ticket and platform on which
he Is running. And If q lot OF Re-
publican candidates are defeated IN
November it will be because they
are trying TO get the votes Of the
party that nominated them while
themselves supporting another par
- whose avowed object is the de-
struction Of Republicanism-and
Republicans will not stand for 4
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-10-24

Three men, Gov. Hadley, Gov
Deneen al illinois and Senator Bor-
an lead Roosevelt's fight at the Chi
cago convention. None of them Is
supporting him; all are convinced
that he had no reason to start 9
third party. Gov. Deneen, who ranks
among the best governors the coun-
try ever knew says: There were
only thirty-four serious contests IN
the Chicago convention and Col
Roosevelt told me SO himself, ask
ing me to modify the resolution
which | offered to include only the
thirty-four. did not do 80 anq
kent the figure of contests at the
number which had been agreed ~
originally BY Gov. Hadley and the
Roosevelt managers. Those thirty
four delegates, had they been seated
in Col. Roosevelt's favor. would not
have changed tine result. He would
not have been nominated" And the
people Of the nation will believe
Gov. Deneen.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-10-24

Roosevelt failed to destroy the
wise precedent which limits presi-
dent to two terms merely because
Theodore Roosevelt under the sting
Of wounded vanity and disappointed
ambition went forth from the ma
tional Republican convention crying
the Republican party is bad ana
must be destroyed.
Mr.. Taft is the same man. MS
party is the same party that nad
mnstinted praise from Theodore
Roosevelt only four. indeed only
two years ago.
First voters should consider these
things. JAMES WILLIS GLEED.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-10-24

II is a new experience in politics,
this thing Of being accused OF In
fidelity to your party because you
support the candidate your party
has nominated. 1t is so new and
startling that If carried only little
more to the bad there will be no
nominees to support A test OF
Marty loyalty has always been the
Support OF the nominees and party
nlatform. The theory thia year
seems to be that the test Of party
loyalty is a denuneiation Of the plat
form and q refusal to support the
nominees. II is q great farce, this
thing Of setting up q standard eacl
for himself, and then demandinl
that the other fellow violate th'
the code Of political ethics you ad
vocate.-Lawrenee Gazette.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-10-24
SENATOR Bristow made 3 good I'M

Senator Bristow made good i'm
preston in his address here n
afternoon. He has improved greatly
IS q public speaker during the pase
few years Of his public career.
whne We believe he could give bet
ter service as . supporter q tne
administrator 10 4 not g eanaA'
date Tor ans office ct lhe eomlns
slr.ssa ara nss fuli prgIls &c
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-10-24

The fair minded voter desires
first that the records Of the county
shall be kept in first class shape
and that the office shall be admin
istered In an impartial manner. This
II. w. King has done prominently
and he will be reelected by hand
some majority.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-10-24

voters who wish to vote the in
dependent ticket where the Roose-
welt electors are to be found, can
not vote in the circle for there VIII
be no circle above the independent
column. Secretary of State Charles
Sessions says the law expressly for
bids it and he is sending out let
ters to the county clerks to clear
nm any Misunderstanding.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-10-24

Only one candidate for the legis-
iaturs in this county has legally
signed Statement No. III. y.
howe. the Democratic nominee for
ssnafor. The nominees who are on
fke Republican ticket are free to
vote Tor stabba no matter what the
elats does and both having bolted
Republics national ticket prob
t|4 wn IS IS 4 elected
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-10-24

President Taft has signed more
pension bills for old soldiers than.
any other president ever signed and
he has vetoed none. This Is In
rsrone contract with the record Of
re last Democratic president, who
vetoed more pension bills than any
other president ever did and signed
fewer.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-10-24

Job E. Hedges gives this as bic
own platform: II want to put the
state Of New York back where Cow
ernor Hughes left Il. And / am
not going around the country quot
Inc Abraham Lincoln, I'm trying e
llve Iincolr. I'd rather put Into
oonduce what be taught than 70
quote hin era I'VE differently
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-10-24

The Kansas City Star and Times
has come out fIat-footed for Hodges
and the Progressives of Kansas
seem scared stiff again. They APP
parently thought they owned the
star but have found out differently
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-10-24

snunorf whom be pleases e aoss
~ esksr siti1sn s. situated. re
.~~s.sisn a. Roosevelt Rna fhe bes.
q tae
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-10-24

ty.s candldats and plans that
his ever BEEN given hsre and BIS a.
srse VS. ven given end NtLl -
eslFs
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-10-04
ARMY WORM is BUSY
HAS CAUSED CONSIDERABLE DAM.
AGE IN SOME COUNTIES.
Crop, as a Whole, Has Not Been Bet.
tered by the Weather During the
Past Week, as Ne Cool Nights
Have Caused Shedding.

Jackson.-I{eports from several coun.
ties in fhc lower section Of the delta
state that the army worm has been gc%-
ting in its work in the cotton fields dur
ing the past two weeks, and considerable
damage to the crops has been inflicted.
In a majority Of the infested districts,
however, the cotton growers were pre-
pared for the pest, and at its first aP
pearan" arsenal Of lead and paris green
were, freely used. As q result much of
the crop III the danger zone has been
saved, and the destruction from this
cause will be far less than last year,
The army worm has not been found in
any of the counties in the northern por.
ton OF the delta.
Picking has made satisfactory progress
during the past week. Farmers state,
however, that the weather has been rath,
er unfay0rable, cool nights have caused
considerable shedding, and, N the whole,
the crop has not made any progress dur
ing the week.
Practically all of the oil mills in the
state have started their seasons run,
and some of the comprsSscs are in OPP
GRAFTON. There has been very little
movement Of the crop to scnboard or
the eastern mills thus far.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-10-04
MLADYofDOUBT
BYRNNDAM PARRISH
AAb5N of -Zoe MderHg"
WRhH 1C1W LaW 0fMeN ormcG
oown Illustrations BY fERY TfEDR
Illustrations by HfNRY IhlEDR

broad steps were Scared and spin,
tered. The mar lay face upward, his
feet inside the hallway, one side of
his head crushed In. He was roughly
dressed In wooden shirt and patched
smallclothes. and o gold hoops In
his ears, his complexion dark enough
for a mulatto, with hands scared and
twisted. Surely the fellow was no
soldier: he appeared more TO me like
one who had followed the sea.
stepped over his body, and glanced the
length Of the hall. The chandelier was
shattered. the glass cleaning under
foot, the stair rail broken into a jagged
splinter, and a second man, shot
through the eye, rested half upright
propped against the lower step He
was a sandy-bearded fellow, no better
dressed than the one without, but with
a belt about him. containing pistol
and knife. His yellow teeth protlu
ing gave his CHASTITY features a tiend.
lBh look. Beyond him a pair Of legs
stuck out from behind the staircase,
clad In long cavalry boots. and above
these. barely showing. the green cloth
Of the Queens Rangers. Then Grant
had not gone when this attack was
made, or else he had left some men
behind? | dragged the body out into
the light so I might see the facet
was the Irishman who had helped in
my capture.
| stood staring down at him, and
about me into the dismantled room.
endeavoring to clear my brain and
figure all this out. 1t was not so diff
cult to conceive what had occurred,
every bit of evidence pointing to n
single conclusion. Grant had searched
the house for Eric, and discovered no
signs Of his presence; whatever had
subsequently happened between the
girl and himself, she had not felt jus
tilted In releasing m while he and
his men remained. They must have
departed soon after dark. we'll pro-
visioned. upon their long march toward
the Delaware, leaving Elmhurst unoc-
cupied except for its mistress and her
servants. The fact that neither the
lady nor Peter had opened the IN
trance to the secret staircase would
seem to show that the attack on the
house must have followed swiftly. 1t
had been a surprise, giving those
within no chance to seek for refuge,
There had been a struggle at the front
door; some OF the assailants had
achieved entrance through the win.
dow, and that had practically ended
the affair.
But what had become Of Peter? OF
the girl? Who composed the attack
ing party? The Indian had been de.
spatched to Valley Forge with my
memoranda; probably Peter. the Irish
man, and a negro or two were alone
left to defend the house. As to the
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-10-04

devils, hiding in caves among sand
hills, and coming forth 70 plumber and
rob. Pretending to be Tories, their
only purpose Of organization was pill
lags. Even In the army the names
of their more prominent leaders wers
known, such as Red Fagin, Debow,
West and Carter, and many a tale OF
horror regarding their depredations
had | heard told around the campfire.
These came back to memory as |
gazed about those lower rooms, dread.
Ing my next discovery. half crazed to
think that Claire Mortimer might be
helpless in their ruthless grasp. Bet.
ter death a thousand times than such
a fate.
| pushed forward into the rooms OF
the lower floor, more than ever i'm.
pressed by their original magniicence.
Now, however. they we've all confusion.
furniture broken and flung aside, walls
hacked, dishes smashed into frag.
ments, The scene was ~sickcning In
It's evidence of want0u hate. Yet !
found no more bodies, or proof Of
further resistance, In what must have
been Mistress Claire's private apart
ment ! stood with beating heart star.
ing about at the ruin disclosed. The
large closet had been swept clean. gar,
ments slashed with knives, and left
In rags; drawers turned upside down
in search after jewels; the very cur.
tains torn from the windows. 1t was
a scene Of vandalism Of which vaga
bonds alone would be guilty.
tTO BE CONTINUEpl
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-10-04
ACT UNCONSTITUTIONAL
CHANCELLOR WHITMAN RENDERS
AN IMPORTANT DECISION.
Legislature Without Power TO Leave 1t
Optional With Voters Of Counties
to Retain or Abolish Office
Of County Attorney.

Jacksom-Thr legislative act ptoYrd-
ing for submission to n vote of the pco-
pie at the November election the question
of whether the office Of county attorney
shall be maintained or abolished X IN
constitutional, according to ! icc'stcn
rendered by Chancellor Sam Whitman,
il, IN the rhauccry court Of Rankin
county.
IL" case will be taken immediately TO
the supreme court on appeal and made
a preference cause on the civil dock't Tor
the middle district when that tribunal
cunVrnes next month
Owing to the Importance Of the qucs
ton involved. and the fact that it in
wolves the election to be held in Novcm-
Der, it is believed that the supreme court
will give it an immediate hearing, Rs
urged by the attorneys.
Chancellor Whitman held that the
Legislative act Is in violation of section
30 Of the constitution, in that 1t ia an
attempt by the legislature to delegate "A
Legislative power to the people, In brief,
the lawmakers sought to make it option.
al with the voters IN each county as to
whether the office OF county attorney
shalt continue IN existence. The decision
OF the chancellor means that thu lCgisla'
ture must either abolish the Office or
continue the act creating the office in
force, and no optional power can he dele
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-10-04
CHAPTER &V.--continued.


The silence and loneliness caused
me to become restless. could not
entirely throw off the ems o fFbeing
buried alive In this dismal hole. |
wondered IL there was any way OF es-
cape, II that secret door was not
locked and unlocked only from with
out. A desire to ascertain led me to
take candle in hand, and climb the
circular staircase, examining the wall
as ! passed upward. The interior OF
the chimney revealed nothing. While
| felt convinced there must also be a
false fireplace on the first floor, 80 as
10 carry out the deception. the dim
candle light made no revealment Of Its
position. l could Judge very nearly
where 1t should appear, and I sound
cd the wall thereabout carefully both
above and below without result. Nor
did any noise reach me to disclose a
thinness of partition.
Convinced Of the solidity of the wall
al this spot, I continued higher until
I came to the end of the passage. To
my surprise the conditions here were
practically the same. Had ] not en-
sered at this point | could never have
been convinced that there was an
opening. From within II deled dis.
soVery, for nothing confronted my
eyes but mortared stone. | a sealed
In helplessly, but for the assistance
Of friends without; no effort on my
part could ever bring release.
Yet | went owe the rough surface
sgain before retracing my steps down
b the room below. All this must
have taken fully an hour Of time, and
the strain of disappointment left me
tired, as though ! had done a days
work. I can hardly conceive that I
slept. and yet | certainly lost con.
seriousness, for when I aroused myself
Z was In pitch darkness.
I felt dazed, bewildered. but as my
hand felt the edge of the table ! com.
pretended where I was. and what had
occurred. Cropping about, | found flint
and steel, and that last candle, which
I forced into the candlestick. The tiny
yellow fame vas like a message from
the gods. How l watched 1t, every
nerve tingling, as 1t burned lower and
lower. Would It last until help came.
or was | destined to remain pinned up
in the darkness Of this CHASTITY grave?
Why, | must have been there for
hours--hours. The burning out of the
candles proved that. Surely l could
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-10-04
SYNOPSIS.

Major Lawrence. son Of Judge Law
renee OF Virginia, whose wife was a Lee.
Il sent on a parilous mission by Gen.
Washington, Just after the winter at Val
lev Forge. Disguised In a British uni
form lawrence arrives within the enenly's
lines. The Major attends a great fete
and saves the Lady OF the Blended
Rose" from mob. He later meets the girl
ct a brilliant ball. Trouble Is started
over a waltz. and Lawrence is urged by
his partner, Mistress Mortimer (The Lady
OF the Blended Rosel, TO make his escape.
Lawrence Is detected as a spy by Captain
Grant Of this British Army, who agrees
10 a duel. The duel Is Etopped by Grants
friends and the spy makes a dash Tor
liberty, swimming a river following a mar
row escape. The Major arrives at the
shop Of a blacksmith. who is friendly. ana
knows the Lady Of she Blended Rose.
Captain Grant and rangers search black
smith shop In vain for the spy. Law
renee Joins the minute men. Grant and
his train are captured by the minute men.
Lawrence Is made prisoner by an indian
and two white men. who lock him in a
strong cell. Peter advises Lawrence not
TO attempt to escape as some n
would send for him. Grants appearance
adds mystery to the combination OF CIR
e~unstances. Lawrence again meets the
Lady Of the Blendid Rose. who INFORMS
him that he is In her house; and that she
was In command OF the party that cap
tured him. The captive lis thrust Into q
dark underground chamber when Captain
Grant begins O search OF the premises
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-10-04

u seemed as Though Those Walls,
That Low Roof Were Crushing
Ne; as II the Close. Foul Air was
~saffocatins.
doubt no longer this was a trick. a
cowaraly. cruel trick! II help had
been csming 1t would have reached me
before his. The day must have passed,
nj mueh Of the night. Grant and his
party would have marched away long
before Gis on the road to Philadel-
phia. What could have occurred, then,
10 preveft Peter or the girl from set.
ung me rec! Could they have been
FORCED ito accompanying the sol.
diers? Gould they have forgotten?
Could they deliberately leave me there
to die!
MY b~rainwhirled with incipient mad
ness as SIGH questions haunted me
INCREASINGLY lost faith In every.
.nins, even Yer, and cursed aloud. nat.
ing the eches Of my own voice. It
seemed as tough those walls, that
SOW FOOL WEB crushing me, as II the
close, foul airwas ~suffcatine recall
tearing open the front of my shirt
! gam easiersreath. | walked about
oeatihg with ARE hands the rough
ntune' mutterin1 to myself words with
wy meaning. he candle had burned
1o"n uhti Darcy IN inch remained.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-10-04

identity of the m~arauders, | had small
coubt; their handiwork vas too plain
lT revealed, and those two dead men
remained as evidence. Rough as we're
British and Hessian foragers, they
were seldom guilty Of such wanton de-
struction as this. Besides this raj
the home Of a prominent loyalist. pro.
tected from despoliation by high au.
thority. The hellish work must have
been accomplished by one or more
bands Of those pine Robbers" who in
tested Monmouth county. infamous
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-10-04
Ice Merger Alleged.

Jackson.-With a view to ~expediting
the Investigation which he has started
in order to determine whether the ice
men of Mississippi are really in a con.
bination In restraint of restriction Of
competition, az is alleged is the case,
Attorney General Collins will call in TO
his aid the several district attorneys Of
the state, az well Us the county prose-
cutting attorneys, who are required to
assist the district in all Investigations
for violation OF statutes In any way
possible when called upon.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-10-04

a doctor to get 1t out and dress the
eye. Now, what do you propose to do
In the matter?
Railway Manager-Nothing, my
dear sir. nothing W. have no use for
the cinder. and you are perfectly well
come TO II. No doubt, strictly speak.
ing. you did go of with our property
the cinder of course. was not yours
but we do not care to make q fuss
about such a small matter. Pray do
not give the incident q moments
thought y
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-10-04
MAY SETTLE SUITS.
Mississippi Railroad Commission VIII
Confer With Companies.

Jackson, - The Mississippi Railroad
Commission met in this city Wednesday.
At the present session it is more than
likely that the different railroads filing
injunctions against the rate fixed by the
commissioners on sand aud gravel will
make an effort to get together with the
commission and reach a satisfactory set
Element Of the matter outside of the
courts.
The members Of the commission are
not Mt all uneasy about the suits filed by
thc different roads. They contend that
in fixing the rate on gravel they we're
acting within the scope of their author.
ity. In view of the fact, however, that
the commissioners try to weigh out exact
justice to both the public and the rail-
roads they will no doubt be willing to
listen to Il compromise with the com
NAMES,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-10-04
Youth rnyenta Seed Crusher.

Jackson. Clifford Orr, q Yazo City
~youngster, who haa barely passed his ma
jority, has invented Il labor-saying ma
chine that promises to rcyolutioni2e the
cotton oil industry.
The machine is an automatic seed
press, or crusher, operated without any
form of human labor, and completes in
twelve minutes a process usually re-
curing two hours in ~present-day oil
mills.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-10-04

In the past century advances In sur
gerry have been so great that one Ia
almost prepared to hear Of any o
der, and In this respect we notice In a
Paris contemporary a startling an
nouncement which, we are told. Ia TAX
en- from a reputable scientific review.
II is to the effect that a surgeon has
invented q sewing machine for use
after operations and in place Of the
stitching by hand We r told that
the doctor In the first instance con
structed bis machine by way Of recrea-
tion, but the results were such that he
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-10-04
Plan New Charity Home.

Jackson.-The outlook for establish
Ing in Jackson a working girls and wo-
mans home, not as Il charitable instt'
tuition, but as a practical utility, which
will be supported after the expense of
establishment and equipment has been
met, by revenue derived from the ex'
pected inmates themselves, is reported
by the ladies in charge OF the prelim'
mary arrangements to be fairly prom
Using.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-10-04
Cotton Men BUSY.

Meridian.--Secretary L. s. Atkinson
of the Mississippi Cotton Association, re-
Gently organized and composed of cot.
ton buyers and sellers throughout the
state Of Mississippi, has announced that
he has taken up with the Interstate
Commerce Commission, expense bill cot
ton shipments, from this and other terri
tory in the state.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-10-04
WILL MEET DURING FAIR.
Kinds County Live Stock Association to
Hold Session.

Kinds County Live Stock Association to
Hold Session.
Jackson.--The finds County Live
Stock Association will meet on the fair,
grounds on Tuesday morning, October
22, the second day Of the fair,
Many subjects relative to the welfare
of stock growers will be discussed by
the members and plans for the encour.
agement Of the people in raising more
live stock in the county will be cousid.
cred. Addresses will BE- made by several
prominent stock experts. The members
Of the various county live stock associa.
tions will be invited to be present and 1t
is likely that matters Of statewide in
tcrest in regard to cattle raising will
be taken up in an informal way.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-10-04
Reward for Killer.

Jacksonville acting governor issued
q proclamation wherein he offers u re-
ward of 5000 for the arrest and convic'
ton Of the party or parties who killed
w. W. Tubb in Monroe county.
The county has offered q reward Of
$500, which, taken with the reward Of
fered by the state, aggregates 5000.