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Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1912-07-04
little dreamed that he could have a
personal reason for asking.

personal reason for asking.
'T thought no more Of the matter
until the wears telegram reached me
at Plymouth. This villain had thought
that would be at sea before the news
could reach me, and that l should be
lost for years in Africa. But I re-
turned at once. OF, course, could
not listen to the details without feel
ing assured that my poison had been
used. came round to see you on the
chance that some other explanation
had suggested itself to you. But
there could be none. I was convinced
that Mortimer Tregennis &as the MUIR
derer; that for the sake Of money,
and with the idea, perhaps, that if the
other members Of his family were all
insane he would be the sole guardian
Of their joint property, he had used
the devil's-foot powder upon them,
driven two Of them out Of their senses,
and killed his sister Brenda, the one
human being whom have ever loved
or who has ever loved me. There was
his crime; what was to be his punish
ment?
Should l appeal 10 tic law? Where
were my proofs? l knew that the
facts were true, but could l help to
make jury Of countrymen believe
so fantastic a story? l might or l
might not. But l could not afford to
fail. My soul cried out for revenge.
/ have said to you once before, Mr..
Holmes, that I nave Il mt much Of
my life outside the laE, and that I
have come at last to be law to my
self. So it was now. l determined
that the fate which he had given to
others should be shared by himself.
Either that, or wcCld do justice upon
him with my own hand. In all Eng
land there can be no man who sets
less value upon his own life than l
do at the present moment.
"Ncw hHTo tolH rcu I'll. You have
yourself supplied The rest. I did, as
you say, after Il restless night, set ci
early from my cottage. foresaw lie
difficulty of arousing him, so l gath
cred some gravel from the pile which
you have mentioned, and l used it
to throw up to his window. He came
down and admitted me through the
window of the sitting-room laid his
ofIense before him. told him | had
come both as Judge and eXccutioner.
The wretch sank into a chair para
lyZed at the sight of my revolver. I
lit the lamp, put the powder above it,
and stood outside the window, ready
to carry out my threat to shoot him
should he try to leave the room. In
five minutes he died. My God! how
he died! But my heart was flint, for
he endured nothing which my inno-
cent darling had not felt before him.
There is my story, Mr.. Holmes Per.
haps, If you loved woman. you would
have done as much yourself. At any
rate, am in your hands. You can
take what steps you like. AS have
already said, there Is no man living
who can fear death less than l do"
Holmes sat for some time in silence.
What were your plans?" he asked,
at last.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1912-07-04
CHE
ADVENTURE
or THf
DFVUS FOOT

voice, Il owe you DOtn my tndnhs anu
AN apology. 1t was an nnjustifiaole
experiment even for oneself, and
.doubly so for friend. am really
very sorry"
"You know" l answered, with some
emotion, for l had never seen so
much of Holmes heart before, that
1t is my greatest JOY and privilege to
help you"
He relapsed at once into that half
humorous, half-cynical vein which was
his habitual attitude to those about
him. 1T would be superfluous to drive
us mad, my dear Watson" said he.
"a candid observer would certainly
declare that We were so already be-
fore We embarked upon so wild an
experiment. l confess that / never
imagined that the effect could be so
sudden and so severe" He dashed
into the cottage, and, reappearing
with the burning lamp held at full
arms length, he threw it among
bank of brambles. eve must give the
room little time to clear. / take 1t,
Watson, that you have no longer a
shadow of a doubt as to how these
tragedies were produced?" .:,->.
"None whatever"
"But the cause remains as obscure
sas before. Come into the arbor here,
and let us discuss 1t together. That
villainous stuff seems still to lfnger
round my throat. think we must ad-
INK. that The: evidence points toI
this man, Mortimer Tregennis, having
been the criminal in the first tragedg, 4
though he was the victim in the { &C.
-ond one"
"Then his own death was suicide!"
"Well, Watson. it is on the face of
1T a not impossible supposition. The
man who had the guilt upon his soul
of having brought such a fate upon
his own family might we'll be driven
by remorse to inflict it upon himself.
There are, however, some cogent rea-
sons against it. Fortunately, there is
one man in Eneland who knows all
about it, and ! Lave made arrange
ments by which we shall hear the
facts this afternoon from his own lips.
All. he is little before his time.
Perhapc you would kindly step this
way, Dr.. Leon Starndale. We have
been conducting chemical expert
ment indoors which has left our little
room hardly fit for the reception OF
so distinguished visitor"
l had heard the click o. the garden
gate, and now the majestic figure Of
the great African explorer appeared
upon the path. He ;urned in some
surprise towards tie rustic arbor il
which we sat.
You sent for me, Mr.. Holmes. l
had your note about an hour ago, and
l have come, though l really DO not
know why I should obey your sum-
mons"
perhaps We can clear the point up
before We separate" said Holmes.
meanwhile, l am much obliged to you
for your courteous ac1uiescence. You
will excuse this informal reception in
the open air, but Ily friend Watson
and l have nearly finished an adci-
tional chapter to what the papers call
the Cornish horror, and We prefer a
clear atmosphere for the present.
Perhaps, since tie matters which we
have to discuss will affect you per-
sonally in a very intimate fashion, it
is as well that We should talk where
there can be no eavesdropping."
The explorer took cigar from his
lips and gaZed sl1.Gly at my coT92n-
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1912-09-27

The Althenian oath, given be-
low, although several hundred
years old, contains much that is
good and it would not be amiss to
have it read in the public schools
of Newark every Monday morn
ing: eve will never bring disgrace
to this, our city, by any act of
dishonesty or cowardice, nor ever
desert our comrades in the ranks;
we will fight for the ideals and
sacred things of the city, both
alone and with many; we will re-
we're and obey the city's laws and
do our best to incite a like respect
and reverence in those above us
who are prone to annul or set
them at naught; we will strive un-
ceasingly to quicken the public's
sense of civic duty. Thus, in all
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1912-09-27

That old Republican scare-crow
about a Democratic President
bringing panic is about the stall
est rot every sprung on the public.
The worst panic" this country
ever had was during Roosevelt's
administration few years ago,
when a man could not even draw
his own money out of the bank,
and the only medium of exchange
was court plaster and soap wrap
DerS.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1912-09-27

The value of the present corn
crop is estimated at 81, 750,000,000
enough money, if paid in gold
coin, to load 100 freight cars to
the limit of their capacity. The
The crop is considered enormous,
and yet it is only about one-half
what it really should be. The
average yield is only about Is
bushels per acre. and it has been
proven by the members of the
Boys Corn Clubs that Is to 100
bushels is not an unreasonable
yield. When our people get down
to real farming, a yield Of less than
so bushels of corn per acre will be
considered a failure.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1912-09-27

The increase of drunkard fact
cries in Arkansas marks the moral
decline of the state. There is nc
other conclusion. But with a dem
ocratic candidate for governor and
a democratic candidate for United
States senator defending the ex-
istence of the drunkard factories
what better could we expect?-
Paragould Soliphone.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1912-09-27
LIVE LITTLE LOCALS
FROM OIL TROUGH
Weeks Happenings Among Our
Neighbors in Fertile Valley
Across the White

Cotton pickers are beginning to
come in.
P. E. Osborne left this week for
Parma, Mo-, on business.
George Arnold returned home
from Searcy Saturday.
Mrs. w. O. Moore was visiting
in Newport a few days this week,
Mrs. C. c. Wingo and son, Bur-
ley, are visiting relatives here this
week.
w. A. Mayhue left Tuesday for
McHue to visit his father who is
very sick.
Wesley Hill came in Thursday
from Texas and will make this his
future home.
Miss Bertha Carter, age Is, of
near Olyphant, died Thursday of a
prolonged illness.
Taylor Mayhan of Little Rock
was here Tuesday visiting his SIS
ter, Mrs. ]. w. Eaton.
J. H. Hill returned home Satur-
day from Sulphur Rock, where he
has been attending school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morrow and son,
Alvin, of Dodd City, accompanied
Mrs. Zed Griffith home Sunday.
Lonnie Ray came in from Searcy
Saturday and will weigh cotton at
Griffith & Pelley's gin this season.
The Oil Trough gin made its
first run Tuesday. Captain Folona
and CARMEL Robinson have charge
of the gin.
Robert Wick and daughter, and
the Misses Hoops of Pleasant
Plains were in Oil Trough Monday
en- route to Auvergne.
Squire ]. L. Outlaw was taken
seriously i'll Wednesday night of
hemorrhage of the bowels. He is
some better at present.
w. O. Moore, G. c. Davidson,
Ed Bruce and others went out
deer hunting Thursday but failed
to bag any game, larger than
squirrels.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1912-09-27

The right of a governor to par
don a man, under trial, before the
jury has received the case, is con-
stitutional, all right, but the gov
ernor who does so must be in an
awful hurry.-Commercial Appeal.
We suppose this has no refer
ence to a couple of distinguished
gentlemen" who were pardoned in
Tennessee a few years ago.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1912-09-27

The Republican party managers
are publishing whole page adyer-
tisements in the newspapers and
magazines in the interest of Taft,
in which they urge the people to
do their own thinking. But the
advertisements are incomplete, be-
cause they fail to give any direc-
tons as to how one may keepfrom
thinking of a lot of things he must
forget if he votes the Republican
ticket.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1912-09-27
these ways, we will transmit this
city not only not less, but greater,
better and more beautiful than it
was transmitted to u.s."

1t is estimated that there will
be about five million new voters
this three and two-thirds
million young men who will be
.enfranchised by age, and one and
a third million women and newly
naturalized citizens. That will
make about twenty-six million per-
sons who will have the right to
vote for President in November.
In 1908 there were about twenty
two million voters, but less than
fifteen million of them went to
the polls.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1912-09-27
SO, 900 GIN BURNS

Pocahontas, Sept. 22.-The cot
ton gin and saw mill belonging to
NJ. A. Grant, at Dalton, IS miles
west of Pocahontas, was destroyed
by fire last night at about 10
o'clock. The origin of the fire is
not known, but it is thought that
the fire caught from the engine
room of the grist mill, as it had
been in operation Saturday. The
loss will be about $4,000.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1912-09-27

When a man gets to a point
where he can see no need of i'm
provement, mentally, morally or
financially, he might as well call in
the Observation-Disclosures Journal.
He ought to call in the fool kill
er.-Arkansas Gazette.
That loafer? Poohl What can
you expect of him?l
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1912-09-27

Prosperous farming, like charity
begins at home. Those whose keep
down the high cost of living by
raising most Of the living on the
farm may expect to have more
than a meager living. Those who
raise cotton to buy their living have
a poor living and nothing more
Farm and Ranch.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1912-09-27
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications. as they caarot reach the dis
sased portion OF the ear. There Is only one way ).
cure deafness and that Is By constitutional remedies
mucous lining Of the Eustachlaa Iube Wba1 mi,
tube y Unnamed You have a rumbng sound or i'm.
perfect nearing. and when il IL entirely closed Deaf.
nesS IS the result and unless the inflammation can h,
laAeh out ana this tube restored normal roudi.
ton, hearing VIII be destroyed forever nine easet
out Oh ten are caused by Catarh. which IS uothina
but an lntiamed condition Of the mucous surfaced
We VIII give One Hundred Dollars for ANY easp ri
Deafness teaused by eatarrh that cannot L. cured
BY Halls Catarfb CHfr. Send for circulars free
r :. CHENEY a co. Toledo q
Sold by Druggists. Z Sc
Take Halls Family Pulls for constipation.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1912-09-27

Regardless of what may be said
against him, no thinking man can
see and hear Roosevelt speak with
out admiring the man, the type of
manhood and citizenship that he
represents and the principles of
right and justice that he champ
iouc
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1912-09-27

Poor Old Unc' Trusty! All the
candidates seem to be denouncing
him. But it is possible that uncle
knows a trick or two he can turn
after the election to put himself
"co11are -
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1912-09-27

1t is reported that rats cost the
United States thirty-fve million
dollars year. This does not in
include the cost of those that are
bought at the millinery stores.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1912-09-27

John F. Boyle, a we'll known
Little Rock cotton dealer, predicts
that the price of cotton will go to
fourteen cents before Christmas.
We hope Mr.. Boyle proves a true
prophet.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1912-09-27

"Why worry" asked the sage,
many years ago, and the question
has been repeated by countless
thousands, but no one has ever
answered it.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1912-09-27

Having fallen out among them
selves, the old Republican leaders
are now telling things on each 9th
er that the Democrats have been
telling on them for the past forty
wears
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1912-09-27

There are no bosses IN the B.
Moose party. Bosses" you will
note, is used in the plural.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1912-09-27

Many a man works increasingly
for forty years, in order that he
may enjoy a little ease in later
life, only to find the undertaken
driving up to his gate just as he
thought he was getting ready to
live
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1912-09-27

Since 1908 the length of the
average school term in Arkansas
has increased four weeks. That is
the kind of progress that means
something for the good of the
state
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1912-09-27

Entered at the post Office at Newark,
Arkansas, as second class mail matter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-10
by THE WAY
BY HARVEY PARsoNa.

The object of "slumber party
seems to be for a bunch of girls to put
on nighties and then stay awake until
breakfast is ready.
The Colonel says all he wants is
justice. Taking his justly celebrated
word for it, that corrects the wide
spread theory that he wants third
term.
And, as justice is all he wants, he
should be well pleased with the ma
tional committeeman, who are giving
it to him in large punches.
The Mexican rebels should go into
the furniture business. They have
made the finest collection of final
stands" ever seen in a press report.
Friend Marcomorrow says it was
not he who raised the "holler'' over
the size of type used in the new direc-
tory, but If he didn't, he should call
out the vigilance committee to look
for brand blotters.
Some one has stolen the seven-foot
sword from the bronze statue of Kos
ciusco in New York, and an insurance
theory being that they are about to
cut a melon and couldn't find any 9TH
er carver of sufficient size.
Inc thickness or the L II punch IL
ter the steam roller passes will de-
pend entirely upon the solidity of the
ground where they go down, so it
might be well for them to avoid the
paved streets and beat it for the bog
gy shores of lake Mish.
The New Jersey man who named
his infant '"TRalice," must be an op-
timistic gambler. That was a big bet
to lay on a selling-plater.
Considering prevailing food prices,
the fish that got away is not a joke
it's almost a calamity.
Better take the hand painted plates
down off the plate rail and pack 'em
in sawdust. The big scrap is hardly
started, but the seismograph at
Georgetown University is already re-
cording earth tremors.
The guy who will go into a strange
restaurant and order scrambled eggs,
is not hard to classify. He is an Opt
mist-upper case 60"
And perhaps you, also, have noticed
that the woman with poorly upholster-
ed tibia seldom attends a fancy dress
affair as Little Bo-Peep."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-10
GLOBE SIGHTS
By THE ATCHIsoN GLOBE.

Most of the fresh roasted peanuts
used to &c, anyhow
When q man says he is undecided,
he is usually more than half convinced.
There IS enough ingratitude in this
would t. go around, and you are like
ly to ge1 your share.
We are all more or less like ball
players: when we lose it is the fault
of the umpire or somebody.
Generally speaking, those who pay
the rebat es aren't figuring on losing
anything by their 1iberalfty.
You hear a great deal about the
Fight for Principles, but the jobs con-
tinue to be the main issue.
There are heroic policemen: doubt
less there are even hard working po-
licemen. although that kind isn't ad-
Vertised extensively
What became of the o. f. boy who
used to stand at the head of the SPELL
ing cla7s? Anyhow, he doesn't seem
to be writing many letters.
AS borrower of things an Atchison
woman is only exceeded by Moham-
med Oil MeZra, ex-Shah of Persia, who
borrowed a fleet of ships.
It depends somewhat on how a man
wastes his money whether he will be
regarded as liberal or extravagant;
also, somewhat, o. who is talking
about Il
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-10

she who had been impatient of his
caresse It was she who had one night
interrupted his sunset Iitany to say,
Another day of toll and trouble-an-
other day-of loneliness
After that he had not kissed her at
sunset. After that he had withdrawn
a little After tht he had worked
harder and more doggedly. Suddenly
the reason of his incessant laboring
dawned Upon her. Did he think she
wanted an easy life more than she
wanted romance, and so he had en-
deavored to give it to her?
Inei~ horses were waiting for them
az the station. They drove through
the long aisle OF the forest. Pine trees
lowered above them, and there was a
spicy fragrance drawn out by the
warmth Of the afternoon sun.
The puSsies were at the door to meet
margaret. The man drove away with
the horses, the maid who had greeted
them turned and went into the house
to serve the evening meal
. Philip looked at his wife. you are
rome again, Marcia" he said, simply.
viii you try to believe it is for the
pest, and not blame me too much?''
suddenly she raised her face to his
Inc sun is setting" she said, tremu-
lousy, Kiss me, Phil, and forgive me.
l didn't know; I didn't know
he took her in his arms and bent his
race to hers, and she heard his whisper
of fierce rapture, Another day is ours
day of love, dear heart
(CopyriGnted, 1912, by Associated Lit
erary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-10
SAYS UNCLE CAV

Have a care how you sneer at tie
"cheap skate" They who revile him
today seek a place at his table to-
morrow-or, quite likely, on his pay
roll. The national fault Of every pros
porous people is extravaganza. Here
in America we have enshrined the
spender, and he who disgorges literally
and without too much regard for re
turns is asked no questions. All Of
which is very good. for the purveyor
of life's luxuries and necessities, but
is hardly of advantage to the con-
sumner. -s-- .4tafs s,.s a. --..- 4---.-s- b.
We give UP our money as a burnt
offering to the great god 'Ostentatlon,
and we wear our lives away with the
comforting thought that we are show
ing our neighbors that the coin OF
the realm means as little to us as t.
them. 1t is not our necessities, but
our luxuries that keep our noses to
the grindstone. Our food bills could
be cut in half, our housing expenses
reduced by two-thirds and the cost
of clothing be diminished to an III
considerable fraction, but for our love
of show and our eagerness to demon
strate our ability to waste and want
not in keeping up with the modes of
the day. And this sort of thing does
very well for him whose only ambi-
ton is to play the peacock, whose
choicest privilege is to demonstrate
his ability to go the gait of the spend
eEs.
But the Cheap skate" who usually
has a more serious ambition, knows
how to beat the game. He is the
tortoise who keeps pegging away while
the hare lies down to make up for
sleep that he lost the night before
1t makes little difference to the am
bilious fellow who sees great light
in contempt and that the pursey PRO
kind. Neither does it grieve him that
he cannot while away idle hours with
Arabella of the switchboard, who pain
fully counts car fare on the way to
work in the morning and who simply
must have a taxi home after dinner
wit a swell gentleman fr'en'." Mr..
Cheap Skate knows what ails Arabella
and her "fr'en'.'
And knowing. he cuts out a good
deal of the fat of life, eschews the
modest 1uxuries that he might enjoy
and accumulates a bank account while
his spender associates are borrowing
car fare. That bank account repre-
sents a career of usefulness, a pla ce
of honor and position of power. With
Mr.. Cheap Skate it is a business pro-
position-a mere question of getting
the best returns for his youth and time
and energy. And in good time, it is
discovered that he is neither cheap nor
a tight wad. For even victim of the
spending mania cannot consistently call
the man who hires him cheap or tight.
copyright, 1912, by w. E. Williams)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-10
AMBASSADORS AND UNIFORMS

1t is difficult to conceive of Ameri-
can diplomats in other than convention
al black at social and state affairs, but
now comes Hon. John G. A. Leisnon,
the American ambassador at Germany,
adopting q court costume for himself
and also for his secretarial staff, who
appear at banquets impressive in gold
braid and plumed hats, writes Joe
Mitchell Chapple in his NEWSLETTER.
This is in accordance with the old
time and oft-administered advice,
when in Rome do as the Romans do"
1t is said that the first real Ameri-
can diplomatic uniform originated with
an American ambassador in ST Peters
burg who said that he was tired of
being mistaken for waiter or a butler
when he entered diplomatic royal as
semblage. He believed that a diplomat
ought to have some mark of distinc-
ton, representative of his country, as
much as a soldier or a sailor Then
there is the earlier example of BenJa-
min Franklin and his appearance a
the French court, where he considered
his uniform his best investment as rep
resenting the then embryo republic.
Although aristocretic american am
bassadors may believe that an ornate
uniform is needed to mark their pres
ence at diplomatic functions, yet it