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Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1913-10-31
Nearly S1OO,OOO.OO Of Your
Money Spent, Wasted and
Squandered by Judge
Stamper in 4 Years

Mr.. Voter and Mr. Citizen, Read All This!
The Magistrates of Knox County allowed W. H. Davis the
aer in 1911 for Janitor work. feeding Prisoners waiting the
and other - 053 Theaw provides the County
Judge only allow claims emergedcy allow
claims $4,000 that claim for than $4,000 must
b. allowed by the Fiscal Court which composed of the
Judge and the Magistrates of the County and the claims must be
the Court voted by the and order
made allowing In the of 1911 Judge Stamper dis
regarded all laws and in absense of the Magistrates allowed W.
H. Davis the following for alleged work in the of 1911
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1913-10-31
Total to f. W. Golden $40 90

You will observe that many of these Claims and
these Whoron Golden claims than $1,000 Why
Claims presented the Magistrates? call
Judge Samper oexpain his violating
his nephew and Mr.. Davis
The following is list of Claims he allowed and
relatives.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-20
Daddy sBedtirne
The Good
= And the
Bad Rooster
Story

had arrived from and they
q dbeenbe o
daddy always did that" said uncle
Here I've telling
night and uncle comes along
"oh, love stories daddyE said Jack and Evelyn
"Yous "saidunc like
anyway" began:
little chickens
chicken
good harm will surely come to
thinking
he
chickens The good
red tuft
looking had
had
his plumage not
nearl &C brothers..
in which he lost
his and his brother and they
battle lis woundsa an
his good brother
that all the ite
him the bad with only who
disobedient
bad much older and dder rooster than his brother
But
the naughty experiences
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IMPORTANT APPOINTMENTS.

l President Wilson should give much
isudy and thought in his appointments
h the Interstate Commerce commits
aon. The members of that body In
heir official capacity have jurisdiction
jver the great public services Of this
nation. It has, to a more or less extent,
sontrol of the rates and some depart
rnents of operation, Of the telegraph
khlephone, railroad, express and steam
b hin companies. All of these have
, eer great factors in the development
5f the country. While they are not,
Itrictly speaking, absolutely necessary
70 the life of one individual, they are
absolutely necessary to this country
as a collective proposition-not only
necessary to the advancement, but
necessary to even the life of this ma
ton as it is today.
Therefore, this body Is clothed with
a great responsibility. 1t should be
composed of men who are competent
to fill such positions. 1t is the presi-
dents duty to select men of proven
ability in big business matters. Then
the men selected should give the most
careful and thoughtful consideration
to the requirements of the companies
and the demands of the public. The
wrong kind of a ruling might hinder,
for instance a railroad company, and
at the same tins not benefit the pub
lie. The right Find of rulings are
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two thick braids against her should
ers. Shirley rose with sigh and went
to her writing-desk, where lay her
diary. But she was in no mood to
write and she turned from it, frown-
ing little. with the reflection that
she had not written in it since, the
night of the cape jessamines.
All at once her gaze fell upon the
floor, and she shrank backward from
a twisting threadlike thing whose
bright saffron-yellow glowed sharply
against the dark carpet. She saw IN
an instant, however, that 1t was moth
ing more dangerous than fragment OF
love-vine from the garden, which had
clung to her skirt. She picked up the
tiny mass of tendrils and with slow
smile tossed it over her right shoulder
through the window. If 1t takes root,
she said aloud, my sweetheart loves
me-" She leaned from the sill to
peer down into the misty garden, but
could not follow its fall
Long ago her visitor would have
reached Damory Court. She had a
vision of him wandering. candle In
hand. through the empty echoing
rooms. looking at the voiceless por-
traits on the walls, thinking perhaps
Of his father, of the fatal duel OF which
he he'd never known. She liked the
way he had spoken Of his father!
Or, maybe he was sitting in the
lonely library, with some volume from
it's shelves on his knees. She pic
tured Uncle Jefferson fetching his pipe
and lar of tobacco and striking the
match on his broad foot to light 1t.
She remembered one of the old darky's
sayings: "Er man ain nachally no
angel, but 'thouten terbacker, All
reck'n he be pizen-ugly ernuf ter Civ
de Bad Man de toof-ache!" In that
instant when her cheek had touched
his. rough tweed jacket, she! had been
sensible of that woodsy pipy fragrance.
"A vivid flush swept up her face and
with a sudden gesture she caught her
open palms to her cheek. With what
a daring softness his eyes had hazed
as they looked down at her under his
crisp waving hair Why was the
memory of that look so sharply sweet?
, AS she leaned. out of the stiffness
there came to her ear mellow sound.
It was the bell of the courthouse in the
village. She counted the strokes fall
, ing clearly or family as the sluggish
breeze ebbed or swelled 1t was eleven
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TEACHING THE SLOW ONES.

The school board of Davenport is
taking progressive step In the educa-
ton of the children of that city, by
making a study of methods for teach
ing those pupils, who are just little
slower than the average, in acquiring
the knowledge that the teachers are
imparting or attempting to give to
their charges. The board of education
realizes that some children are slower
to grasp and hold ideas than are
others and If the slow ones are to be
taught in the same classes with the
normal ones, it means that the normal
ones have to hold back to the pace OF
the backward pupils. This is as I'M
fair to those who are normal as it
would be unfair to the slower ones to
20 at the rate of the brighter children.
Both have a right to an education; the
parents of both are paying for it.
Consequently it is step in the
right direction when the board deter
mines to study how best to provide the
kind of training the slower children
need. An examination is to be made
of each one to ascertain to what extent
the boy or girl Is mentally slow and, If
possible, what is the cause, for it may
be possible to do som ething for each
such child that will quicken it's mental
processes and waken new enthusiasm
for school work. 1t is matter of the
eravest concern, not only to each sub
normal child, but also to the commun-
itv. that the child be given the train.
ing needed to help him or her tn
catch up with others of like aga
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She drew back, dropped the curtain
the darkness crept into the soft bed
as If into a hiding-place.
CHAPTER xxx
At the Dome.
A warm sun and an air mildly mel
low. A faint Swallowed mist over
the valley and a soft lilac haze blend
ing the rounded outlines Of the hills.
IA breeze shook the twigs on the
cedars. 1uttered the leaves of the pop.
lars till they looked quivering mass
Of palpitatingy silver, bearing away
with it the cool elastic grace-notes Of
the dripping water, as it sparkled over
the big green-streaked rocks at the
foot Of the little lake at Damory Court.
Over the wild grape-vfnes a pair OF
drunken butterflies reeled, kissing
wings, and on the stone rim of the
fountain basin a tiny brown-green
lizard lay motionless summing itself.
Through the shrubbery cardinal
darted like crimson shuttle, to rock
impudently from feering limb, and
here and there on the bluish-ivory sky,
motionless as pasted wafer, hung a
HAWK, ITOlu LlIl6 W IllAlC VIC VI JuCSO
wavered and slanted swiftly down to
climb once more in huge spiral to
it's high tower Of sky.
Perhaps it wondered, as it's tele.
scopic eye looked down. That had
been its choicest covert, that dis.
heveled tangle where the birds held
perpetual carnival, the weasel lurked
in the underbrush and the rabbit lined
his windfall. Now the wildness was
gone. The lines Of the formal garden
II lay again ordered and fair. The box.
rows had been thinned Of their too
aged shrubs and filled in anew. This
wilderness garden to-be was still a
stretch Of raked and level soil, but all
across this slender green spears were
thrusting up-the promise Of buds and
blooms A pergola, glistening white,
now upheld the runaway viles, making
a sickle-like path from the upper ter.
race to the lake. In the barn loft the
pigeons still quarrelled over their new
cotes of fresh pine, and under a clump
of locust trees at little distance
from the house, half-dozen dolls
cabins on stills stood waiting the
honey-storage of the black and gold
bees.
! ITO be Continued.l
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those which will help the company and
at the same time be benefit to the
people. The proper kind Of rulings
can be framed in language that will
inspire confidence and cooperation On
the other hand, rulings that are hard
to interpret and hard to understand by
both sides, may work detriment to
both the public service company and
the people.
The proper solution of government
problems, city, state or national can
be brought about only by the selection
of competent officials.
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CHAPTER XVII

AS he greeted her, his gaze plunged
deep into hers. She had recoiled a
step, startled, to recognize him almost
instantly He noted the shrinking
and thought it due to stabbing mem
DRY of that forest-horror. His first
words were prosaic enough:
I'm an unconscionable trespasser.
he said ut must seem awfully Prov
ly, but I didn't realize I was in private
property till I passed the hedge
there"
AS her hand lay in his, strange
fancy stirred in him: in that wood
meeting she had seemed something
witch-like, the wilful spirit Of the
passionate spring herself, mixed OF her
aerial essences and jungle wilder
nesses; in this scented dim-lit close
she was grave-eyed, subdued, a raler
pensive woman Of under half-guessed
sadness and haunting moods. With
her answer, however, this gravity
seemed to slip from her like gar
ment. She laughed lightly.
II love to prowl Myself. I think
sometimes like the night better than
the day. l believe in one of my incar,
nations I must have been a panther
do you know" he said, IT followed
the scent Of those roses? I smelled it
at Damory Court"
"It goes for miles when the air is
heavy as it is tonight. How terrible
it would be if roses were intoxicating
like peoples. I get almost t1psy with
the odor sometimes, like a cat with
catnip."
They both laughed. "Im growing
su2erstitious about flowers" he said
"You know rose figured in our first
meeting. And in our last" .-.-e
She shrank momentarily. 'The cape
jessamines! I shall always think OF
that when I see them!"
"Ah, forgive me-" he begged. "But
when | remember what you did-fo1
me! Oh, I know! But for you, must
have died"
But for. me you wouldn't have been
bitten. But don't let's talk of it." She
shivered suddenly.
"You are cold" he said. isn't that
gown too thin for this night air?'
mo. often walk here till quite late
Listen!"
The bird song had broken forth
again. to be answered this time by a
rivals in a distant thicket. my
nightingale is in good voice.
81 never heard a nightingale before
I came to Virginia. l wonder why il
sings only at night
what an odd idea! Why, it sings
in the daytime, too
Really? But I suppose it escapes
notice in the general chorus. Is It a
large bird?''
mo; smaller than a thrush. Only
a little bigger than robin. Its nest
lis over there in that hedge-a tiny
loose cup of dried oak-leaves, lined
with hair, and the eggs are olive color
How pretty the hedge looks now, al
tangled with freely sparks!"
doesn't it! Uncle Jefferson calls
them Iightning-bugs.'
1.-THE name is much more picture
sque. But all the darby sayings are
II heard him telling our butler once, OF
something, that when de debble heat
dat, he gwine SEN TO- he smellin' salts.
Who else would ever have put it that
way? Do you find him and Aunt Dapf
|useful?"
"He has been godsend,' he said
feryently: land her cooking has taught
me to treat her with passionate re
.nAat, As Uncle Jefferson says she
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las If he were treading on path of
|roseleaves, down which the increas-
Ing melody flowed crimsonly to him,
calling, calling.
He stopped stock-still He had been
skirting close-cropped hedge OF box.
This had ended abruptly and he was
looking straight up a bar OF green
yellow radiance from double door
way. The latter opened on porch
and the light, flung across this, drench-
ed an arbor of climbing roses. making
lit stand out a mass of woven rubies
set in emerald
He drew long sigh Of more than
delight. for framed in the doorway he
saw figure in misty white, leaning to
at once that it was Shirley. Holding
his breath, he came closer, his feet
muffled in the thick grass. She wore
la gown of some gauze-like material
sprinkled with knots of embroidery
and with her lifted face and tilmy
aureole of hair, she looked like tall
golden candle. He stood in the dense
Iobscurity, one hand gripping the
gnarled limb Of a catalpa, his eyes fol-
lowing the shapely arms from wrist to
shoulder, the fingers straying across
the strings, the bending cheek caress-
ing the carved wood. She was playing
the melody of Snelley's Indian Sere-
nade-touching the chords softly and
;enderiy--and his lips moved, lnolGing
themselves soundlessly to the words:
Il arise from dreams Of the,
In the first sweet sleep of night.
When the winds are breathing low
And the stars are shining bright;
arise from dreams of the,
And a spirit in my feet
Has led me-who knows how?
To thy chamber window, Sweet
The scramble died In a single long
note. AS If in answer to it there rose
a flood of bird-music from beyond the
|arbor-jets of song that swelled and
rippled to soaring melody. She
heard it, too, for the gracile fingers
fell from the strings. She listened a
moment, with head held to one side,
then sprang up and came through the
door and down the steps.
He hesitated a moment, then a sim
gle stride took him from the shadow.
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Before they take away the pro-
lection Of the civil service rules
from all the government employees
It might be we'll for the democrat'e
politicians to remember that the
man that they put in the office has
no more votes to cast than the one
they put out of office.
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avote uncle had arrived from Japan
r had been begging him to tell them story
m thought daddy always did that" said uncle
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-10-24
SCORCHES TEAM
An Example OF Some OF "Hurry-Up"
Tosts Remarks 20 the Wolverine
Eleven, After Losing a Game.

After having been defeated by the
Aggies. the members OF the wolver.
Inc squad were treated TO a few re-
marks by Coach Yost. The following
Is a sample OF what was delivered by
him:
jenkins. want TO congratulate
you on the way you played left end.
II was better than anything Mel
Snow ever showed. I'm glad you re-
membered my instructions TO always
Jump to one side when the run swung
around your way. II you hadn't. the
runner with the ball might have
bumped into you and been jolted q
bit. And then. too. you might have
gotten your handkerchief dusty or
broken the crystal OF your wrist
watch. Stick 10 that system and
never get I'm the runners way. When
the goods get up a bean-bag team
you ought TO make a good substitute
And. say. Smith. your work at
tackle was great. They only walked
through you eighteen out OF nineteen
starts. | like TO see a man Jump out
OF the way Of a play for IL shows he
Is thing OF his family. You're a
wonder. As tackle. you're the best
delicatessen clerk that ever sold a
pound OF cheese"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-10-24
WEST VIRGINIA
VIII be We'll Represerted a. United
states Land Show IN Chicago
Many Local Firms Exhibit.

Tho Hon "a 4 Williams. commits
f'ou,r OF agriculture. has announced
'hat % pictorial exhibit ~ tho indus
tries ~ West Virginia will Do placed
ou display in fhc West virginia booth
at tho United States land show at chi.
cIr0. Commit sioncr Williams is con.
munIcating with au the boards Of
trades and other civic organizations
In fho state. asking for their c0.orrra.
Oou Iu fhis natter
Nr Williams also requisite that
"Vrrf manufacture In Tho state. large
or small send pictures of their plant.
and rrOducte &c. also requests that
data De- sent along with The pIcturca
nnI That 100 hc sent as soon 1s rossi.
hl" eo that everything viii be in rcadi.
ness Tor fhc opening of tho exhibit
This project is OF vital interest 10
ih state as people from al over tho
country viii attend this show This
VIII show tho vast Industrial advant-
AGES ~ The Little Mountain state. a.
VOL as the market for the output D.
VIII also show Of the opportunities
Tow advancement afforded by West
Virginia
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-10-24

Tomorrow afternoon or % O'Clock
viii occur the funeral OFF tho late Nre
Augusta Klctt who died at the Home
for AGED Women ~ AItrrhsim ycs.
f'rfly morning af t.aH o'clock af the
Hrr Uf ninety one years Shc was
fHe oldest inmate of tho home and
wna we'll known and highly respect.
rd resident OF this city for % great
many uf hrr years She died after r.
lDrr illness of complicated disc.
Deceased was 1u olI and consistent
member ~ The Evangelical Lutheran
church and Tho Rev NJ T. stcurr viii
have charge az the funeral Follow.
rr fho services Zoo the home. the body
VIII ho inferred iu the Greenwood
cemetery she ie survived be- two
rrandsone in thIa city. George Kiott
f fhr f'fcl Company and william
klctt ~ rho Locke Shoe COMPANY
Mrs klott was a widely hown and
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-10-24
BAD RECORD
Green Goods Man Arrested Here
Few Days Ago Appears 70
Have Shady Reputation.

The record Of the green good 90
man who was picked up by the local
police some time ago seems to be re'
ting much worse all the time Instead
Of better lie wa 90 have been az.
raicned I'm police court yesterday. hut
~ was deemed eEpcdieut 20 hold him
until this morning. when he will re.
ociv" his trial n ig hoped there viii
Do some word from Cleveland. where
t has said Dc has been operating for
some time 70 is thoueht that DO l1f
served time in the state prison 40 On.
iumbus although this is only con joe.
furo FOO present His picture has been
sent to various cities and chain of
evidence viii have been woven
around him before tis arraicumant
today.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-10-24
About People
Movements Of individuals 10 Ano
Fron the City.

James lyman. OF Parkersburg. was
here on business
Alfred Brill. Of the East End. was
IN Pittsburgh. on business
Joe Bohrig. Of StcubenyilIe. was in
The city yesterday.
Gabc Emshgimer. Of Stifcl a. Co. IS
suhering With an attack Of indiges-
ton.
Misses Emma and Anna Kennedy.
OF St Clairsville were shopping in
this City yesterday
Francis. the young son 81 Mr. and
Mrs Hamm. O; the South Side. is sui.
foriuE with scarlet fever.
Mrs. Jessie Eaton has changed her
residence 90 Fourteenth street
Miss Julia Farley of the East End
has H visitor. Mr. Trainer. from New
York city
N'ss Rosa Quairg. who has been
fiCk FOR some time. is completed re-
covered and has placed her name on
call
Miss Helen Conkl.n. Of Toledo.
stopped here on her why 90 Pittsburgh
to visit friends
Harold KEENAN,. OF tho South side
has bad cold
Miss leila TAYLOR of West AicSan
der was here 90 spend the day yester-
dow
Mrs Fufcnstein. Of the South side.
lHa me grippe
Miss Ncruordcue Shields OF the
East side. was in the city yesterday
Mrs y Workman. OF North Front
street Dol fuTorinr with q bad cold
Mies Louisa Civkor OF Elm Grove.
was in the city yesterday 10 visit her
brother
Mra " q McClustev. " Warvood
was iu the city yesterday. shopping
Mrs ? Rhcm. of ClarksburE. was iu
IN" CITY yesterday visiting Miss Con.
lcy. Of tlo South side
Col William UodIcv. who has boon
visiting IN Philadelphia FOR several
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-10-24
Road Improvements Near Bsthishem.

The macadam work on the ronds
around bethlehem rs being pushed zap
ldly. \ large stone crushcg. whicn -
run by Joseph Baird. OF Park View =
at present on the John Hermann farnL
where 10 IL crushing stons frorI q quarry
on the same farm. Yesterday the stone
We're being used FOR patch work on the
Chapline Hiu road. The other road to-
ward Wheeling has been supplied with
stone from here, and the trusher T. TO
Re moved In day or two. t. point on
the Elm Grove hill road. where IL vail
eceiNc stone from quarries IN the SIC
CCuey farm and the J. =. Garvin "a m.
IL ~ not known just when 10 will set
around TO the Whites hin road. which
Is a section OF the Wheeling and h e. r.
mont turnpike and IL very heavily used
The men engaged IN doing this maca-
dam work are. J. &. Garvin. Tom NCat-
gomcry, Charles Wilson. Carl Snedeler.
Neute Gilbert and Mr. Bruni
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-10-24
CAR BURNS
wheeling Traction Company Car On
Rayla1d Division Catches Fire.
Much Excitement

Last evening. as "a Wheeling Tuc
zion car ON tho Hafani division was
passing through 1ifonsvil.'. short
distance above Martin. Ferry. %
caught frr from Dot journal and
iuf fnr fho prompt action of thr frn
.vHrEGiah.r handled hy ti. crew of
f.. r.r bad fire would have boon
IHn result The cor was in rurr.a
u' Wof0rman Daniel Hunter and CON.
Iurf0r Robert N.uana
Tho accident happened af 5rl
o'clock 1rI several .1ss'rbsrs 0u Obj.
..r uoro frehfrrrd. until told by ffa
.r.w of '.e ofr fHaf Pho f-r vr4 out
I'. damage t0 fhn cor Nl. s.EIt
H.' o. was pu' out of commission for
hu-I linn.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-10-24
STARTS A FARM
Bud" Crosse Securing Data on
Scientific Agriculture, Win View
20 "Farr1inu" OF


With a view TO farming" his city
lot. which he obtained recently In a
contest conducted by the wheeling
Realty company. W. r. CBud"J
Crosse. the popular printer on the
lnte'Iigcncer ls securing Information
on scientific agriculture The lot is
located ON an advantageous site ~
Wow Point. near elm Grove. and
was awarded by the real estate com.
pany as prize 90 the person com.
posing the most words from the lot.
tiers contained in tine word Health d"
with 100 words % hls credit. Mr..
Crosse was easily the winner OF the
contest
Proud Of his possession. the limo
type operator is planning for big re-.
suits from bis Farm" during the
next few yrai- Zee has not decided
whether tc convert So into chicken
farm. SOW 10 in wheat. corn and other
.ap.e crops. or erect mansion on
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-10-24
SOME DOUBT
Felt by Government Officials as 20
Result Of Anderson White Slave
Case-Many Witnesses Gone.


There are many iutricacies facing
the government In its case against
John Anderson. the brutal negro. who
committed such dastardly crimes on
the Kohler sisters. The negro is
held 70 the grand jury az Ph.llippi
on n white slave charge. but the
white slave officer stated yesterday
that the government will have q hard
time 20 convict him. as so many wit
uesscs have LEFT the state rather than
testify and the ones who are sim
n the state are OF such a nature that
10 81 thought the government
viii exclude their testimony II is
Tie idea that the witnesses have in
many ways been tempered with and
that they now do not tell the same
stories that they did a. first. The
r.so will come MP before The grand
jury November II.