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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-12
SECURE YOUR PROMISES
 BEFORE II IS TOO LATE
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scriptious of your friend who caves the coupons for you.
 Crucial Week
 This is the crucial week of rfe en- tire contest, as it is the beginning Of the last half and will mean the staring Of many of the contestants in the work of winning one of the awards in the Graphic contest. Your work this week will make you a winner providing you take every ad- vantage of it by rounding up prom ises that were given to you the few weeks past.
 Make every effof. to secure as many subserfptions as possible she next five days and continue to dc. So for the rest of the contest.
 The days are passing and tn first thing you know the final ciosa will be here and if your reserve is not the larges- you will not be able to land the prizes you have set your heart to winning
 Thousands of people in the field covered by the Graphic are waiting to be approached for their sub scriptions. You will get your share of the votes if you will but go af-er them with the determination thai you must have them to be winner
 Do not be backward about ap- preaching yoUr friends and acqualu- tances in order to secure their sup- port. Never let day go by without adding to your reserve as this is W hass is going to win for you and the larger it is the easier will be your winning
 k0NTEST kOMMET
 4 few days more reman of the first half of rhe, contest and the best time for aacuring Notes and sub scriptions
 Are you making the most of 1t
 If nc. you had best get busy if you wish to be on the roll of honor al the final close.
 Miss Bessie Brown District No 5, still leads .he entire contest by a very small majority over Miss Lula Mitchell of the same dis jet, who is very closely followed by sev- eraL other live wires in the same district
 Miss Ima Ragan of District No. ! the popular cashier St the Elks The i ger, has the distinction of p=fng conf est leader for the city of Pine Bluff this morning Miss Ragan has host of friends and well wisheEs who are desLrous of sssing their
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-12

Good Intentions Afford Absolutely No Protection Better Insure Now-Today Telephone g,
 E. H. N. MILLS < SONS Who Furnish Everything in Insurance.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-12

z. P. DeFeh, of Macon Miss, IS visiting friends in this ely.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-12

Entered at Postofies at Pine Bluff, as second-class mail matter
Alma record., 1912-09-05

pectin' you. When you asked me If
you might marry my sister, there at
the Comet factory, you almost killed
me. For then / did want TO be a girl,
your girl. Yes, I'm sayin' it, an
won't marry you, won't. / gave Jes-
sica a chance, an you didn't love her,
you loved Jes. l couldn't be happy
any more, either way. I'm tired of
wishin' the Mercury had fallen on me
you'd better go; I'm never goin' to
see you again"
You're going to see me-" corrected
Stanton, slowly definite, forever.
You're going to marryme today"
She lifted her face to him as he
stood over her. tie girls piteous
beauty of it, the boy-comrade's direct
candor, the mechanician's unmurmur.
ing obedience, and he saw her trem.
bling whose courage matched his own.
Don't make me unless you want
me, truly" she whispered. We're
playin' square. now"
His reply was inarticulate, the ex.
preston which leapcd into his eyes
was that with which he once had
looked at Floyd across the cups of
chocolate. Only now 1t came with the
fierce movement that crushed her sup.
pie figure In an embrace blending ev.
Alma record., 1912-09-05
Point Of View.

When the necessity Of daily labor
Is removed and the call of social duty
fulfilled, that of moderate and timely
amusement claims It's place as want
inherent in our own nature. To re-
lieve this want and fill up the mental
vacancy games are devised, books are
written, music is composed, spectacles
and plays are invented and exhibited.
And If these plays have a moral and
virtuous tendency; If the sentiments
expressed are calculated to rouse our
love Of what is noble, and our con-
tempt of what is base and mean; II
they unite hundreds in a sympathetic
admiration of virtue, adherence Of
vice or derision Of folly-it will re-
main to be shown how far the spec
tator is more criminally engaged than
if he had passed the evening in the
idle gossip of society, In the feverish
pursuits Of ambition or in the unsated
and Unsuitable struggle after gain
Walter Scott.
Alma record., 1912-09-05

are not my fault. 1t may interest you
to learn that Archer Ross broke his
engagement to me last week, to marry
a chorus girl"
He looked at her, then.
"Yes," she agreed. Dramatic pun
ishment, is it not? You can regale
Miss Floyd with the tale. You are on
your way to her, of course"
Miss Carlisle!"
She rose, drawing around her the
heavy folds of velvet. He saw now
the faint lines about her delicate
mouth and the new hardness of her
tawny eyes. She had suffered, was
suffering also.
Congratulate her from me- Mr..
Stanton. At least she has known a
man, whatever it has cost her."
Yes, Floyd had played a mans part.
Whatever the anguish of losing him,
1t was a matter of congratulation to
have known him. 1t never occurred to
Stanton that Valerie Carlisle might
have meant him, himself.
1t was afternoon when Stanton ar
rived in New York, among the snow
sprinkled, hilarious crowds that
thronged the streets. And then he
first realized that this was the day be-
fore Christmas. Christmas? Holiday? e?
With a vague impulse to escape it all,
he hailed a taxicab. A girl with her
arms full Of holly brushed past him as
he reached the curb, man in uniform
stopped him with a hastily recited
plea for aid to the hungry poor At
him Stanton looked, and put a yellow
bill in the outstretched hand.
"Sir!" the man cried, pursuing him
with ready book and pencil. What
name? So generous"
Floyd" Stanton answered, and
stepped into the vehicle.
The address he gave to the chauf-
feur was that of the quiet uptown
apartment house.
The little old Irishwoman clad in
black silk opened the door. He fan
cied she had aged, but on seeing him
she broke into beaming smiles and
ushered him in with eager welcome.
Alma record., 1912-09-05

curtain, he saw the pulse beating in
her round throat as she flung back
her head with Floyd's own boyish
mOvament
Alma record., 1912-09-05
Copyrisht l9l2. The Bobbs- Merrill Company

Copyright lslZ. The BoDDs- Merriu company
He saw the crowded railway station,
on the morning of the return from In
dianapolis, and F1oyd's vivid, anxious
face turned to him in the artificial
light. He heard the fresh young
voice: "If you won't take care OF
yourself, Stanton"
There was no need, Mr.. Stanton. l
had no idea Of interfering with you
personally. But the thing was done,
and overdone The man hired to play
detective was not honest; he exceed
ed his mission of protection and went
on to investigation for his own profit.
If | am telling you this, it is because
you would soon hear the story from
him, anyhow, and because | want you
to silence him. He has offered me his
silence for a price, but | do not
choose to yield to blackmail which.
once commenced, would never end.
prefer to ask shelter of your chivalry."
81 will silence him." he gave cold as
surance.
"You are very good. It is not the
least of my humiliations to know that
you could deal me nothing more con-
temptuous than your forbearance."
She hesitated. There is one thing
more; l would like to ask whether
your recent accident was In any way
caused by the late arrival of the tires
for your machine"
''You did that?"
'Yes, | did that. / had the express
car misdirected before it left my ia
theirs factory in Chicago. l knew
your car could not race on bare rims"
Stanton turned to the window. So
she was responsible for the last harsh
ness he had shown Floyd; since their
misunderstanding could never have
arisen if the mechanician had not
been absent on the trip to Coney Is
land. His sudden nausea of loathing
for her made calm reply difficult.
"The lost tires had nothing to do
with the accident" he explained care
fully. "If you have quite finished,
Miss Carlisle, will change to another
seat"
1T is l who am going. / am glad
that the wreck and alteration in you
Alma record., 1912-09-05
TROPHY FOR DRAFT HORSES
West Michigan State Fair Would En-
COURAGE Breeding Them.

To further develop Western Michi
gan is one of the great objects of tn,
West Michigan State Fair at Gran,
Rapids, Sept. 8 to 13. Special e.
forts are made to make the far on
of instruction and Development
the last few years the draft h
has gradually become lost ht C.
Few pe-sors r. Wcstc.u .r Il
made any nttsmp. to bceel IL :e il.
nificent aEimal >. IN oIoer e. entc
age the breeding and The oXLis.
of the best there is, the West u
igan State Fair offers the B. :. +
chett Draft Horse Trophy aid 81
cash premiums besides for TIE
draft team of any age. "e'rk'~r
pounds or more, owned t+iol.
and exhibited at the West M!c.
State Fair
The trophy is q beor' r.' "r
statue of fine horse. Tbs q
mains the property Of t. So !
igan State Fair but tha w.rrr"
takes possession OF T. 'rr O.
returning it to the fair on SeYt
following, and permitting It g.
competed for another year a Tc@-.
of the winners is kept and publ
annually. But besides the trophy
premium of S25 goes t. tho team -
ming first place and SIS TO the tea'-
winning second place. All contes
tants will appear in the grand Gao
cade on the race track, Wednesde'
afternoon of fair week. In scoriG'
for the trophy, teams count z r"'
cent; harness and wagon % per cen:
Alma record., 1912-09-05
MAI. Y BOYS have
NEVER SEEN COW
WEST MICHIGAN STATE FAIR
GIVES OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL
TO EXAMINE EXHIBITS
STABLES WILL BE CLEAN
Amphitheatre so Arranged That Spec
tators May Watch the Judging
of Fine Stock Without
Danger.

Did you know that in the great ZOO
logical gardens of New York where
they have the rarest animals to be
secured from all parts of the world,
they have also on exhibition a COW
just an ordinary, common, everyday
COW, such as every farmer boy of
Michigan milks every day. But that
is the truth. and the reason Cor q is
even more interesting.
1t has discovered that in the great
city there are thousands of girls and
boys and some grown ups who have
never seen COW and couldn't tell
what sort OF animal they received
their milk from. When that was ais
covered. the keeper OF the zeological
gardens promptly bought a COW and
placed her in the gardens where every
girl and boy might see her.
Now, the West Michigan State Fair
realizes this may be entirely possible
to many girls and boys in Grand Rap
ids and in Western Michigan. Goa.
sequently. at the West Michigan State
Fair to be held at Grand Rapids, Sept
- W lof llGilNSOIlt ICES are OuClt tI
for fine cattle-for fine cows
Chance to See Fine Cattle.
OF course this is interesting to the
farmer from the standpoint of bust
ness but it is intere sting to thousands
of others who desire to see some
really fine cattle and to study the
different breeds In consequence an
especial effort has been made to pro
vide means for seeing to the ful est
advantage the hundreds Of fine cattle
that will be exhibited.
), In the first place the stables arc
all carefully drained and can be easily
cleaned. The rules of the Fair Pre-.
vide that each exhibitor must keer
his stalls and pens clean and must
keep a card in full view which will
tell who owns the eXh Il and what
kind of an animal is being exhibited
The same is true of the sheep and
pig exhibits so that il will be PCS
sible for everybody to walk throU h
the stables and among the pens with
out getting dirty. and TO examine and
look over the exhibits of cattle, sheer
and swine and from the card in front
of him tell what he is looking at
But this is not all. In the show
ring, where all must be brought &C
be judged, arrangements have been
made for an amphitheatre, so that
people may sit in comfort and look
down upon the exhibits as they are
brought, all slicked up and lookine
their best. before the judges. Moth
ing has been overlooked which will
make it possible for all at the fair tc
see all exhibits in safety and at ease.
Alma record., 1912-09-05
cry passion to be spent on

cry passion to be spent on
woman.
"Jess, Jess-comrade Jess, love
Jess!"
After while, she made the last
essay.
You're sure, Ralph?"
Hush"
you've lost your racin' mechani,
cian."
I'm not going to race; we're going
to Buffalo to open the Comet automo.
bile factory"
I've known you every minute; you
didn't all know either Jes or Jessica. "
For the first time since the Mercury
car changed tires on the Cup race
course, Stanton's blue-black eyes
laughed into the gray ones.
Perhaps not, but I know Jess Stan.
ton. Get your hat and furs and come
sign your contract; we're terminated
for the long run, my girl"
THE END.
Alma record., 1912-09-05

The girl who was like Floyd was
standing in the firelit room. AS STAN
ton paused on the threshold, she re-
treated against the window opposite.
her fingers winding themselves hard
into the draperies, her marvellous gray
eyes wide and fevered. So they gazed
at each other, dumb.
"You can not bear to see me?" STAN
ton first found voice. 81 have no right
to blame you-God knows l under
stand. Yet Floyd would tell you that
it was not my fault. I did not throw
away his life by recklessness."
She gazed at him still, yet it seemed
to him that during brief second
consciousness had left her and return
ed, that now she looked at him differ
emily, almost wildly.
81 have been near death, Also" he
resumed. 81 have seen no newspa-
pers, I do not know what they have
told you. But the accident was pure
accident; If he could have been here,
Floyd would have borne me out in
that. I have wantonly risked his life
with mine at other times, then. no.
Her sensitive face had changed, she,
too, found speech.
"T never thought of blame" she
protested unsteadily. "Never. You
drove straight and best. You look so
ILL"
He drew near her, long past conven-
tionalities.
81 have been i'll, I have now little
strength to waste aside from my pur-
pose Jessica, have come for you, as
he once gave me leave to do. You
have no one left, nor |. Will you mar
ry me?"
Her fingers wound harder into the
Alma record., 1912-09-05
careIessness Causes Bad Writing.

Talking of handwriting-an indus
trious journalist, who writes all his
copy legibly with his own right hand,
said that he couldn't understand why
anyone should not write legibly. 1t
was quite as easy as writing the 9TH
er way. Only you had to learn 1t
young. Once you get the careless
habit with the pen or pencil you cause
endless confusion. And you cannot
cure the silly habit of illegible writing
when you grow rather proud Of It..
There is an argument for the reten-
ton Of the writing master at school.
Alma record., 1912-09-05

Try our home made ice cream. We
deliver to any place in the city. Lu-
chini Bros.
Alma record., 1912-09-05

curtain, he saw the pulse beating in
her round throat as she flung back
her head with Floyd's own boyish
movement.
"You love me?" she questioned, Just
audibly, grave eyes on his.
II thought you knew. Yes"
She shook her head, her smile sad.
"Me Ralph Stanton, or Jes Floyd's
twin?"
The acute question pierced deep.
Out Of Stanton's suffering leaped the
truth in a cry of vehement passion
and force.
81 do not know! Jessica, Jessica,
do not know! / want both. l love
you, want you for my wife; left with
him, 1 would have missed you. If l
cared for you because you were like
him, if l see him now in you, what
matter? l tell you l want you, but
shall want him all my life. want the
one who rode beside me, the one who
stood with me through rough or
smooth, the one who knew me and I
him-I want my comrade, Jes Floyd"
The naked strength of pain, the
fierce outcry of savage bereavement
left the atmosphere swept to primi-
tive clarity, free of all small things
The girl drew herself erect, even her
lips colorless in her absolute pallor
but her eyes meeting him on his own
ground of desperate honesty, and
raised her hands to her head
Stanton saw her lace sleeves fall
back, and a zigzag scar start into
view on her slender left arm. Like
bands Of silk ribbon she unwound the
heavy braids of hair and flung them
aside, letting a mass of short, boyish,
bronze curls tumble about her fore
head.
There was no mistake possible, ever
again. He did not know that he spoke,
yet his cry reached the street below.
Floyd! F1oyd!"
81 am Floyd"
"You-"
81 am Jessica."
The room reeled giddily, his vision
blurred. And as his composure went
down in chaos, her courage rose up to
aid his need.
You're goin' to take it hard" COM
passioned her earnest voice. 'I've
been doin' wrong to you. while
thought | was only hurtin' myself. I'm
sorry"
The lisp, the soft excitement-born
accent so blent with memories of
splendid peril and comrade risk, fell
on ready ears.
God" breathed Stanton, and sank
into chair, dropping his face upon
his arm as it rested on the little tea
table.
You've got to bear It; there's only
me. But that's the only way I've de-
ceived you, Stanton" The rustic of
her dress came strangely with his
name in those clear tones. "All that
told you of my life is true except
Jes. My father had to have son, an
he made me one. At first, when was
little, 1t was for fun he called me Jes
when l had my boy-clothes on, an
played there were two of us. But
when we found that all the country
side, all the factory hands, every one
except my nurse believed Jes and
Jessica twins, we let It go on. It
made It easier for him in trainin' me
to be his partner. For he said was
man-fit for that. So Jes studied an
raced an worked with him all day; in
the evenin' Jessica wore frocks and
frills. We lived alone in the big
house; 1t was so easy. used to dark
en- my skin bit: that was all. You're
Alma record., 1912-09-05

WANTED-Places where students,
either boys or girls. may earn part or
al, of their board and room by working.
Address ALBERT p COOK, Secretary,
Alma College
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-05-11
WILL HAVE GREAT
AUTO EXHIBIT

Salem auto enthusiasts will have an
opportunity to see an interesting auto
mobile exhibition through the enter
prise Of Mr.. Rose of the e. NJ F. Mo-
tor Sales Co. He has secured a cut
away chassis of Flanders "2O" auto
mobile, which shows the entire work
ing parts of the motor, transmission
and dlfferential. The chassis is Oper-
ated by an electric motor and the OPP
Grafton of the pistons, valves and gear
changing mechanism is shown just as
a car runs under it's own power. There
is included a nice display of the work.
ing parts and the construction and
operation of the car will be explained
to all who are interested in knowing
"what makes the wheels go around.
The original Hazelton Pathfinding
Flanders $50" will be shown. This is
the car which won the Challoner &
Mitchell trophy by being the first
driven over the proposed Pacific High
way terminating at Hazelton, B. c., a
distance of 1881 miles north of Seattle,
Wash, This Flanders has the distinc-
tion of having been driven to the most
northly point on the American conti-
nent ever reached by an automobile,
and so far as known by any wheeled
vehicle of any description. Over 400
pounds of supplies, baggage and pas
sengers were carried and after the
return Of this car to civilization 1t
has been in constant service doing
road stunts, hill climbing contests and
path-finding trips, The total replace
ments to this car outside of tires and
brake shoes to date consists of two
bearings which were cut out on the
Hazelton trip due to poor lubrlcating
oil. These cars will be on display un-
til Tuesday at the salesroom Of the
E.'M F. Motor Sales company.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-05-11

working girls friend, and all women who
suffer should write to you for special
advice. - Miss TILE PLENzG, 8 Jay
St, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
When a remedy has lived FOX over
thirty years, steadily growing in popu.
larity and influence, and thousands upon
thousands Of women declare they owe
their very lives to It, Is IL not reasonable
to believe that it Is an article Of great
merit?
We challenge anyone to show any
other one remedy for a special class Of
disease which has attained such an enor-
nous demand and maintained It for 80
many years as has Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
II you want special advice write to
Lydia B. PihkhAm Medicine Co. (cOna.
dentlaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
be opened, read and answered by 4
woman and held In strict confidence.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-05-11
SPIRITED CONTEST
AT METHODIST CHURCH

The great college prohibition cam
paign was promoted at the First M.
e. church Friday night when the in
terstate oratorical contest was
pulled off before a large audience
Prof. Mendenhall was given recall
for wonderful pipe organ rendition
that was alone worth the price of ad-
mission. Mendenhall was certainly
voted the big noise at Salem in a
musical way by that crowd 1t is
useless to go into the merits of the
arguments. The Prohibition cam
paign manager was master of cere-
monies and said this was a Method
list movement, and 200 young men
were going out now as orators to
slay the dragon Of drink, and they
hoped to have 1000 in the field be-
fore long. Theo. Smith from the
Methodist University at Tacoma,
spoke on Liberty and the Liquor
Traffic. He traced the development
of liberty from the Anglo Saxon civ
ilization and estimated there were
25,OO0,O0O slaves of the liquor traffic
In this country-all slaves of alcohol
His conclusion that personal liberty
is anarchy drew some amens from
the foes of the demon rum and he
got a good round of applause. Ray
A. Murray, of the University of
Southern California, tackled "The
Convicted Assassin" according to
Queensbury rules. He showed that
governments were always destroyed
from within, by a secret foe harbored
in their own political vitals, and nev-
er from foreign enemy. Murray
was in fine form, wore a dress suit,
had clear voice, was away up in G,
on his gestures, and his grafton was
more nearly like real oratory than
anything that was handed the crowd.
He got prolonged applause from
everybody present, even those who
did not agree with him. If left to a
disinterested vote Of the house, he
would have been given the crown
right there, for he was forcible, per-
suasive, eloquent and convincing.
He did not leave hide, hair or tail to
the criminal and assassin he was
trying before that jury that was
worked up to such high pitch they
would have hung the imaginary sa-
loonkeeper on the spot, II they could
have gotten hold of him-that is the
one Murray pictured. Harry G. Nc
Cain, Of Willamette came next with
"Liberty VS.. Liquors? He had a fine
voice, and impressive manner and
philosophical and logical presenta-
ton. Paul A. Dupertus, of Pullman,
Wash, asked as Prohibition a Sue
cess?" He answered with some very
convincing statistics from Kansas,
more hard cold facts than any of the
rest of the speakers presented the
only facts anyone took the trouble to
get into the evenings entertainment
He spoke in an easy natural CONVEX
sational way, like Mccain, and rose
to some eloQuence before he finished.
The Ladies' club and the Mems
quartet furnished some music and
President Henshaw made some re-
marks. The judges awarded the first
honors to Mr., Mccain, and second to
Murray Afterwards dinner was
given the orators in the dining hall
of the church.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-05-11
FACTORY GIRL
GIVES UP
Too Sick to Work DOcto,
Advised Operation. Re.
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Lydia E. Pinkham's
Compound.
Poughkeepsie, N. Y,-"I run a sev.
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al run uoWn. 1 had %
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not stand the pains in INV
back. The doctor said
needed an operation for
female trouble but lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound helped me
more than the doctors
did. ! hope that eyerv
one who is suffering viii
get the Compound. Nv
pains, nervousness and
backache are gone and |
have gained five pounds.
! owe my thanks To your
nadicina for II Il an
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-05-11

TOU CAN GET a good house on
chemeketa street for only $4,000.
800 down and $40 a month will Sc
cure this place. Hundreds of Sa-
lem people are buying their homes
that way. You thus pay rent to
yourself. Bechtel & Bynon.