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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-01-08
engineer WAS
KILLED While
MAKING LEAP
ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTHERN
Trains on Southern and
G. & F. Collide

Macon, Ca, Jan. I'm a collision
between a Southern passenger train
and G.. and F. train at HazeIhurst,
this morning, Engineer George Little,
of the Southern train, was killed, be-
ing caught between his engine and
tender in attempting to jump from his
engine.
Details of the accident were diff
cult to obtain, being given out with
great reluctance. SO far as known
here, no other persons were killed or
injured. 1t seems that tn G. and F
train was standing on a cross track
and that when the engineer of this
train saw the oSuthern train ap-
preaching, he put on steam and en-
deavored to move out of the way The
engine OF the Southern train crashed
into freight car.
Engineer Little exerted every effort
to apply the brakes, which were prob.
ably inefficient, as tney did not worl
and when ne saw that the collision
was unavoidable he left hisl throttle
and attempted to jump. The fireman
was not hurt, and none of the passen
.S%s were injured.
The reason for the wreck seems
t. have been the defective brakes.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-01-08
LEARNED HIS HEART is
ON TIE WRONG SIDE

Camden, N. J., January AFTER
suffering for months with a pain in
his chest which his physicians could
not relieve, Edward E. Merrill, sixty
two, of No. 12 Fogarty avenue, this
city, has learned his heart is on the
wrong side of his body.
Merrill feared his right lung was af-
fected, and doctors made every test for
tuberculosis, but not trace of that
disease could be found. Yesterday II
was decided to use the X-ray, and the
resulting photograph showed that the
heart rests against the lower half OF
the right lung.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-01-08
LITTLE BOY LEAPS
OVER A MAD BULL
Jumped over His Head, Slid Along His
Back and Escaped All Harm.

Cincinnati, January 7.-Gerald Hop
kins, nine, this afternoon performed a
feat that would make the toreadors Of
old Spain and Mexico Jealous,
A wild bull which had broken loose
from the stall in stable in the neigh
borhood caused reign of terror in
Mount Auburn, Ayondale and Walnut
Hills, the fashionable suburbs of Gin
cinnati.
The Hopkins lad got directly in the
path Of the maddened animal People
held their breath and watched the
frightened youth. Taking a quick step
the lad jumped clear over the head OF
the bull and played "leap frog" slip
ping over the animals back and run
ming into a house before the bull could
turn around.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-01-08
Debt RAISED FROM new
DORMITORY AT COLLEGE
WheatIey Hall is Now Paid
For

The last dollar of indebtedness du9
upon Wheatley Hall, recently COM
pIeted as one of the dormitories of
the Third District Agricultural col
lage, was Cancelled yesterday when
Treasurer Crawford Wheatley, of the
board of trustees, received from the
state treasury a check for $4,000. This
was the balance of the special appro-
priation of $4,000, made by the legis-
lature as the states, contribution to-
wards the new building, which has
cost, completed and fully equipped, the
sum of $4,000.
The board of trustees sold to the
Country club here a tract of land not
needed by the college, for the sum of
$4,000, while the remainder of the
building fund, $2,5OO, was riased here,
making a total of $4,000, the cost
Of erecting and equipping completely
the handsome building The check
from the state treasury for $4,000 was
received yesterday through the Com
mercial City Bank, and Immediately
applied to the cancellation of the re
naming Indebtedness upon the build
ing.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-01-08
SLUMP IN COTTON
IS NOT Cheering
Holders Of Staple Somewhat
Blue

The decline in cotton values during
the past two or three days is not in
the least cheering to holders of spot
cotton, and more especially to banks
and warehouses, carrying any large
line of the staple. There is yet co l.
siderable cotton in the Americus ter
ritory, and holders would sell at !.
fair price. Besides the 2500 bales car
ried in Americas warehouses, there
are considerable lots of cotton at Ell
layille, Plains, Andersonville and
other towns, the total holdings aggre,
eating probably 5000 or 1000 bales.
This cotton has been carried for
some time in expectation of higher
prices, although last week the market
advanced very considerably, but not to
the point at which holders wished to
sell. Since that time there has been
a decline in prices of probably a quar-
ter cent per pound, The long holding
of such heavy stocks of cotton ties 0p
considerable money, which, at this sea-
son, could be used to advantage by the
banks and the farmers to whom the
cotton belongs. stt
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-01-08
Utah's Snry Governor.

Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan. Gov.
William Spry took the oath Of ofi e
Yes orday for his second term as chief
executive OF Utah.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1913-11-14

Fire early Thursday morning destroy
ed the house occupied by Mr.. Roberts
on Holland street. The house was
own ID by Mr.. Mcutre Sessions.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1913-11-14
Commission
Government
IS Defeated

The bill passed at the last session
OF the Legislature providing for a
change of Government for Marietta to
a Board of Commissioners was voted
on, Wednesday and was defeated by
a majority of seventy nine votes
TIE total vote cast was 577,
Interest was Immediately centered
in the possible candidates for Mayor
Friends of EX-Mayor E. P. Dobbs be-
gan at once to urge him to allow his
name to be used but no expression
was given out by Mr. Dobbs Wednes-
day night.
The election for Mayor and Coun-
Gil will be held within a few days.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1913-11-14

Gil will be held within a few days.
somewhere on the shores of Peach
tree Creek, not knowing that the
Government had carefully removed
the bodies of all the soldiers that
they could find to the National Gene
terry at Marietta; in fact, l did not
know that the cemetery existed. We
hired guide to take us out to the
old battlefield of Peachtree Creek.
All day long l searched the banks
of that creek for his grave, and re-
turning exhausted after a fruitless
search, late in the afternoon, to our
rooms in the Kimball House, | met
by chance veteran, to whom l told
the story of my search.
think you can still find him.
he said. Don't give up. Go over to
Walton street, take the car for Mari
eta, and on arriving at Marietta
anyone will direct you to the Ma
tional Cemetery, where the bodies
of all the Northern soldiers who
were killed around Atlanta and all
through North Georgia are buried.
you can imagine with what fresh
hope ! started for Marietta
ITO think that ! am at last to
see his grave-and fifty years have
gone by. This is the picture of
him, as he was in those days"
She wore at her throat an old
fashioned large brooch with war
time miniature of her husband. |
gazed with interest at the face of
the young man, whose grave we were
about to visit. It was strong,
young face, clean shaven, as she
had told us, of twenty-three. 70 her
he will always be the boy of twenty
three, who marched off to fight for
the Union fifty years age He can
never change: There VS. something
Of the youthfulness of those days
about her, too-traces of the grace
Of girlhood and the beautiful ex-
preston in her eyes that an indy
ing, unchanging love had brought to
her countenance.
We had reached the top of the
hill by this time, and turning to
the right and descending among the
graves on the other side, / soon To-
Gated the grave for her in a beauti-
tut circle of arbor vitaes-"the trees
of life and in their never-ending
greenness that cannot die with the
approach of winter are so typical of
her love through the fifty long years,
and also speak to us of immortality
and the resurrection.
We left with her a tiny silk flag
and bunch of beautiful Southern
roses and sprays of ribbon grass, so
that she might decorate the grave
she had come so far to see, and left
ilSA dlOuC WITH HGI lover OIL nIIN
years, never having a doubt that he
was there in the spirit with her. She
was shedding the tears of half a
century over his grave. 1t was over
an hour before she joined us.
Il have told him." she said to US,
II will cry no more. 1t won't be
many years before l will see him
now. No one knows how soon it
! may be-"
She folded the little silk flag
around "a Southern rose, and placed
them carefully in her purse.
This" she said, sis the first rose
| have ever put on his grave. | will
take this Georgia rose up to Wiscon
sin with me"
Love, indeed, is light from Heaven
| A spark of that immortal fire
With angels shared. by Allah given,
To lift from earth each low desire
Devotion waffc -Yha mind ohoyo
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-11

for the filling, for which excelsior or
straw should be procured. Pack the
filling as solid as possible. The best
results are obtained by dampening
the material before packing 1t.
The Target Sheets.
For the target sheets, use heavy
wrapping paper. Two sheets may be
pasted together II you cannot procure
large enough single sheets. Fig. 4
shows how to mark out the rings by
means Of homemade compass. This
compass is easily made out of a short
stick. Measure the diameter of the
barrel hoop (this Is usually between
II to Is inches), then take one
ninth of this measurement and lay of
the centers for five holes this dis
lance apart. Lay of the center for
4 sixth hole one-half Of this distance
from one of the end holes. This last
hole is for a pencil axis for she som.
pass to swing upon, while another
pencil Is slipped through the other
holes. one at tire, to describe the
circles. With the measurements laid
out in this way, the stick may be kept
Indefinitely for marking out additional
sheets, one Of which you will require
as soon as a sheet becomes too badly
perforated to be of any further use
After describing the circles, fill in
every other ring with paint, or wash
Ing bluing.
The tarket sheet should be pasted
to the side Of the hoop. TO make 1t
hold more readily to the wood, a row
Of small-headed tacks may be driven
into the side Of the hoop, and the tar
get sheet pierced onto them.
II you wish larger target than IL
possible with an 1s-inch barrel hoop,
you may unfasten two hoops and join
them together into one hoop Of the
desired size.
The bar ACROSS the top edge Of the
target platform should be nailed So
curely In place to the exact center Of
the edge, and a nail should be driven
into each end Of the bar to tie the
suspension ropes to. Fasten the
swinging cord to a nail driven into
the edge of the platform, and make
the cord long enough 20 the opera
tor will be out At range Of stray shot
or ARROWS.
How to Make a Bow.
Fig. s shows a well-proportioned
bow. The general rule for the
length OF one is to make 1t equal to
the height Of the person who r. to
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use 1t. The other proportions ar,
marked upon the diagram.

use 1t. The other proportions ara
marked upon the diagram.
Examine the piece of wood which
you select for your bow to make sure
that 1t Is sound. You may white ii
down to the proper shape and size;
but you will find it easier to place ii
IN your vice and use a plane. The
1side. or face Of the bow, may be-
rounded and the outside cut fiat, or
both may be cut round. Notch the
bow as shown about 2 inches from
each end, from which to attach the
bow-string. One end Of the cord
should be fastened by means of q
slip knot, while loop should be
made In the other end at the proper
point so the center Of the string will
be about s inches away from the cen.
ter OF the bow when it is slipped over
the notch Of the bow. Sandpaper the
bow to remove all rough places, and
wrap a piece of bicycle-tape arounds
Its center for distance Of 4 or 8
inches for handle.
Cut your arrow shafts % or "a
inches long. notch one end for tho
bow-string to fit in, and shape tho
head upon the other end.
Copyright, 1912, by A. Nicely Hail. ;
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-11
Very Dry.


The occupants of Pullman sleeper
were diligently trying to get some rest,
but could not. There was a very
thirsty woman in one Of the berths
who kept the whole car awake by her
perpetual song of, "Oh, I am so dry.
am 80 dry. My, but am awfully dry.
Dear me, what shall l do? 1 am so
dry"
Hello. porter!" at last sang out q
man across the way. For goodness
sake give that woman some ice water
and plenty Of it. want to get some
Sleep"
The porter brought glass of water.
He brought second glass. She drank
them both-and took up her song
afresh-
my, but was dry. was so awfully
dry. I never was so dry in all my life.
Dear me, but was dry"
"Oh, Great Scott, woman" sang out
the man across the way, dry up and
let me sleep!"
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A Bit of Fortune Telling
(Copyright, by W. @. Chapman.)

Dry 9 long time. Then suddenly the
fash came, and smiled as I looked
at Miss Charles, and asked:
"'How long have you been carrying
your mothers gloves?'
There was little start of surprise
at the question. The young woman
held up the gloves and her eyes grew
wide.
'Why-so I ami she exclaimed.
How did you know that?' A nervous
little laugh followed the question.
Have you ever seen my mother
how did you know I was carrying her
gloves!'
We'll let that remain my little &C.
cret for the present. answered.
Now, We'll revert to the original ques-
ton Of how long have you been carry
ing them?' H..
"'Only since last night. went to
her fiat to see If l couldn't persuade
her to come home, and I guess as
left, I must have taken up her gloves
by mistake
Then I became serious. Miss
Charles I said. You probably will
not hear from me for three or four
days. In the meantime wish that
you would go back to your mothers
fiat and make just one more attempt
to stay there-only for the few days
80 that We may keep her from getting
rid Of any more Of that money until
the time comes when I can stop it
forever. have to take a little out of
town trip
with that dismissed her and be-
gan to make the plans which would
result in the saving of fortune. And
late that night was still at my H.
brary table, figuring out means Of
finding the person whom I sought.
One thing I knew would be fruitloss,
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TO TEACH REAL PATRIOTISM
cleveland Board Of Education Would
Put Good Citizenship Into Cur
rIculum Of Schools,

Patriotism as new study for Cleye,
lands elementary and high schools ID
advocated by Attorney William VI
Backus, former president of the Cleve,
land school council, recently returned
from Mexico City.
Backus believes patriotism and civic
duty taught to public school pupils
from the beginning of their elemen.
tary education would do much to puri,
fy the politics of the nation.
1T Is all wrong to make children
believe the only way to be patriotic is
to fight for their country as did the
heroes of our past wars" declared
Backus. ION the Fourth of July the
child's mind is filed with bloody deeds
and carnage. Entertainments that
day are based on battles, war and sol
diers.
my idea of patriotism is clean.
honest service for the city, state and
nation, whether in a public or private
capacity. Half Of Adams county has
been disenfranchised for vote selling.
Detroit Is in the throes of a council,
manic investigation for graft and New
York is struggling with the worst ex
ample Of municipal corruption that
has come to light in the country.
These things would not be possible
II children always had been taught
patriotism and clean citizenship.
my idea ia for teachers to start
the work with lectures As a0on aa%
the work developed sufficiently there
would be plenty Of textbooks. The
publishers never are very far behind
the need for new forms Of textbooks
II am an advocate Of universal
peace and think it can be made
possibility II children are taught
patriotism in the right way. Soldiers
and policemen are necessary for pro-
lection. but the youth Of the nation
need not seek to emulate those call
Plain Dealer.
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the attempt to shadow Mrs. Charles
and learn with whom she associated.
If the person whom believed to be
the one who was getting the money
had anything to do with her actions,
then certainly efforts at shadowing
would be beyond the question. He
would arrange for that. consulted
my case book and found the name I
wanted. recorded there five years be-
fore. Then. late as it was, stepped
to the telephone and put in a long dis
lance call for the warden Of the state
penitentiary at Joliet.
"'When did Alem Hail get releasedr
asked when the connection was
made and had explained my person
atty. There was wait Of few min
utes while the warden looked up the
records.
"'You mean the Indian fakir?' he
asked at last.
eyes. Sent up by me in the Clark
street raids five years ago.
The same one.' said the warden.
He's been out about six months. We
gave him transportation to st. Louis
for his earne ed time in the peniten-
tiary.'
However,, had q different belief
about things as l hung up the tele-
phone. The memory Of those gloves
was what had made me come to the
c1on until the proper time came. We
had no Information on which to work
there was only one thing which kept
me at the job, my intuitive knowledge
that was working on the right track
and that sooner or later the person 1
desired would show up. But in the
meantime the detective and myself
| must find the key to this collection Of
material. We must know what to use
for various persons and we must know
the prices that were paid. Hour after
hour We spent that night, searching
everywhere. looking even under the
carpets for what we knew must be
somewhere about the place. Alem
Hail did not keep all his information
In his head, we felt sure Of that. He
did not depend on his memory for the
earning of his money and we knew
that sooner or later we would find his
book Of symptoms And sure enough,
about daybreak, my detective came
forth from closet, bearing with him
a small, closely written notebook. Anx-
iously we turned the pages. There we
saw names, addresses, prices-in fact,
a complete history of every client, who
followed the occult teachings Of Alem
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decision and the next day squad Of
detectives, obtained by me from head
quarters was searching every avail
able part Of Chicago's underworld.
That night Alem Hail, dealer In the
occult, was resting as comfortably
az possible in steel room In the
Harrison street jail, while his house
girl remained in the matron's room.
His place of business still was open,
however, with another man in Halls
place-a detective who possessed the
art Of makeup and tho brains to play
hard game.
"And it was a hard game that was
before him. What clients Hail had
we did not know, nor what they came
for. Questioning had proved fruit
less: the man only stared at Us with
his beady, swapping, black eyes and
smiled grimly at the cross-fire Of inter-
rogation which was shot at him. NOR
could anything more be gained from
the girl. We were playing a game in
the dark-but we had laid our trap to
save more than one victim and we
were going to use our resources.
Miss Clement ceased . moment and
smilingly raised hand.
Did you ever try to read fortunes,
distribute love potions. give seances
and play magic when you didn't know
a thing about the people you were
dealing WITH" she asked.
NO." answered. "Why?"
"Simply because that was the game
we had to play. Alem Halls place was
one Of Indian magic. Everywhere
about us was equipment, pots, funny
little blow pipes, queer smelling per-
fumes, jars Of colored liquids, dunn
mics, velvet curtains and idols. To
us, it was all a puzzle; We knew moth
ing more than that here was collec-
ton of Junk which must be worked
and worked correctly to allay suspi-
Halt, the mystic. There were those
who sought love and who paid for
their love potions at prices worth
while. There were others who sought
power-and paid for it. There were
still others who attempted to pene-
trate the veil which separates this
world from the next. and under this
heading we found the name Of Mrs.
Charles.
Some way. that day, my detective,
CARRIED in the robes Of Alem Hail, and
myself, dressed in the costume of an
Indian woman. whose sole duty was to
answer the bell and to roll her eyes
and speak . jabbering, gibberish
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tongue, managed to work with those
gave those seances, we delivered the
love potions, and we threw in free Of
charge things of which, Alem Hail
had never dreamed. If ever there was
day Of real mystic free-for-all tom
foolery, it was that one. More than
once. that day I gritted my teeth to
keep from laughing. More than once
that laughter would be choked back
by queer look In the face OF the eli
ent-as fear would enter our hearts
that 1t was suspected that something
was wrong, that the real Alem Hail
was not before them in the dimmed,
darkened room, after all. We were
playing q dangerous game, we knew
that We felt that even though we
had arrested Alsm Hail. that We had
SUFFICIENT evidence to send him over
the road again for being a fakir and
a thieving fortune teller. that We had
not yet saved the woman we had start
ed out to save. Did you ever knew
that such a person will trust the man
who is robbing her implicitly, no mat
ter what happens? We knew that If
we proclaimed to the world that Alem
Hail had been arrested and that he
was charged with stealing money.
there would not be one Of the victims
who would come forward to testify
against him. More than that, there
would be those who would look upon
him as martyr and who would even
furnish money to aid him make his
fight for freedom. And most impor-
tant Of these was Mrs. Charles. We
must wait for her. We must play the
game to the best of our ability and
b1de our time until the opportunity
came to set her SO hard against Alem
Hail that she would be willing to do
anything, now that her eyes were
opened. A week passed. Still we
f1oundered on, giving palm readings,
gazing into the crystal globe and do
ing anything which the key book des-
ignated as being necessary for those
who came to be duped. We gave ad-
vice on business MISUNDERSTANDING
to make it such advice that it would
do no harm. We gave advice In love
matters. We handed out tablets and
potions to make men and women hap
py and handsome, knowing that they
were nothing but colored water or
bread pills. And all the time we
hoped for that moment when Mrs.
Charles would come. We were also
getting anxious for another reason. In
that week or more Of work we. collected