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SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR SEPTEMBER Z. 1918

wasn't prepared to teach me the game smack off the
bat
"Mr. Scoville, suggested Craig adon't YOU think
this farce has gone far enough? Old Anderton
WE'LL but it's hardly sporting proposition to take ad
vantage of the situation"
But don't let's worry that. can judge faces well
enough to know when reads Ten minutes to make
good Say, where have | you before? Wait a
minute. Yale and Harvard Thanksgiving game WASH
it? Now place you That place kick of yours
weeks profits Two losses chalked up to your account
first Anderton didn't explain-too busy rubbing it
Then recalling the Lambert tragedy, his manner so
bered. "Guess you find it pretty hard to make
the beginning Have to start you pttance. You
are to have three months tryout thirty dollars
week. That drawing account though charged against
your commissions
Scoville devoted the next hour to explaining the
advertising business, illustrating his talk with trip
through the departments OF the agency "Stay around
for week and get the hang of things. Meanwhile think
OF friends who in position to throw business your
way"
Craig shook his head mo, let's understand each
other at the outset If you're counting on my con-
nections | quit now I've passed up better openings
than yours for the same Never went in for
handicaps."
Scovile's eyes frank with admiration. Il win!"
he chuckled; then lifted his telephone looking sign-
cantly at Craig, who stepped out of the ROOM
Rector 921, said Scovle. "That you, Anderton?
I'm hungry for revenge. No, straight bet
Lay you thousand even that the boy makes good in
six months He hung up the receiver and made
in his desk diary.
BENJAMIN BENTON had two passions-Beans
and Betty. To discuss Renton's Baked Beans
would be waste of time TIE mere sight of a tin can
at suggests that succulent legume From the
Alaska dggings to the cow-camps of the panhandle,
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when peasant becomes King therefore, the antecedents
OF Benjamin Benton are unimportant.
There are those who pride themselves upon the ex-
PLOTS OF their progenors; but, after ALL it's pretty
human whose status solely upon the efficiency
of his grandfathers
Benjamin belonged to that small but distinguished
group OF competent humans whose privilege it was to
become ancestor.
Even arstocracy cannot afford question the social
eligibility OF trade operating in tokens of figures In
tins enlightened era Dukes cousin open shop with
out marking the family scutcheon with the bar sinister
Thus in his fftyeighth year, we find the ex-grocer
OF Salem thoroughly lntrenched in the best "et" of
continents captain of industry, and associate of
statesmen bankers and the idest rich director eleven
clubs and seven banks, and father of most bewilder-
1ngy bew1tchng, copper-haired. dimped darling of
debutante- brings us Betty; who after ALL is
by far the most important Benton.
Homer the mendcant wordless before the love-
llness OF Helen do not presume to succeed where he
tailed Forty-slx typewriter pages lie in my waste
basket exclsed by the editor this magazine who daes
to aragn me for venaty and bring the low accusation
that lust for lucre has inspired pad nv narrative
at his insignificant wordrate- if any artist however
humble and needy, would paint even word picture of
Betty Benton for profit!
Who does not remember the disappearance of his
Serenity the Duke Di Dianda and his subsequent un-
masking a chauffeur in the employ of Benton; or
Society's gasp of establishment when the heir to the
Master multimllions denied further admission to the
Benton home, became traffic policeman just to catch
sight OF her face she daily rolled by his fixed post?
PUT while gossip we lose the thread of our romance,
- and SO | must hasten back to the afternoon of
June 2. speak with authority: the date is matter of
agent
At four O'Clock Craig Lambert approached 46th-st.
and F1thave. the officer at the corner checked the
northbound stream of traffic.
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highbrow theory meets a roughneck fact, guess the
answer
How about fnances?" ventured Anderton. "Unless
your habits have decidedly changed during the last
year. you're hardly in position to pick and choose
You know of course that my checkbook your dis
posal."
Thanks" said Craig. Father deposited my quar-
tery allowance few days before, he swallowed hard
for few moments, "and that's barely month, you
know. I'm far from strapped-plenty of clothes and
enough cash to last through the summer at least My
dues paid at the Yacht Club; I'll put up there.
Cheaper than hotel and plagued sight more pleas
ant"
Anderton seized his phone, "Gramercy $751;" he
Gale called. @Mr Anderton calling Mr. seoville :.
No. shouldn't worry about it. The contract is per-
fecty valid. Didn't call you up about that however.
1t just occurred to me that give you one-up and
smear your clubs with shame. Any time you
say. This afternoon preferably can hear the links
calling For how much? Five hundred
against job. No, not for friend Of mine.
Are you on? Good! Well catch the FOURTEEN.
Meet you at the gate"
He beamed on Craig. "There now, it's all settled;
you start to work tomorrow morning That's Scovile,
the advertising agent Fine ellow-wonder to me that
/ didn't think of him before"
Craig puzzled II don't quite get YOU"
ave just placed you with the Scoville Advertising
Agency. That wasn't bet: it burglary. I'll
wire you the result"
Andertons telegram arrived before dinner 1t read:
We win. Report nnethirty Dexter Building. Union
Square. Broke my record by one stroke.
EIGHT-FORTY! Confound it' mumbled Craig the
= following morning @This getting up at daybreak
hard Here's where the Lambert family adds
one large alarm clock to the MENACE He plunged for
the tub scrambled into his Clothes and boed for the
subway.
might as well have egg and cup of coffee, he
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from the shororder houses of Kansas the goos Of
Greenland. from the tenements of Cherry Hill to the
tables of Newport from the decatessens of the Bronx
to the fancy groceries of Connecticutave their repu-
tation is supreme.
1t requires hundred thousand broad to pro-
vide the Benton bakeries with their product Placed
side by side the individual beans annually sold under
the Benton label would pass the Milky Way Stats
tcians have figured that the combined fleets Of England
Austria and Japan could be oated in the sauce
consumed by Benton's, Ltd, in a single year. The
presses of two lthographing establishments whr and
glide twenty-six days to the month producing the
labels and literature required by the business The
dividends of the six companies decided by
the Benton contract, and four thousand six hundred
and twenty-three daily newspapers, country week
lies and monthly periodicals, published respectively
eighty seven distinct languages divide Benton adj
vertising budget exceeding million cold hard dollars
In brief, Benz amin Benton baked, and was "some
beans"
Genius is not quality exclusive to the panoforte the
mahlstick the quill The light of inspiration falls
alike upon the tangled locks of vrtuosty and the bald
pate Of trade. Foresight is confined to the railroad
builder and the empire maker The germ of mllionts
finds lodgment in ten-cent store systems washing
pounds and canned comesbles frequently as in the
fat of public utility concessions.
The immensely Of the Benton institution had inspired
beans with dignity.
The ancestry Of swneherd ceases to be Of moment
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suggested to himself he passed quick lunch estab
liShment.
1t was five minutes past the hour when he entered the
Times Square station. The crowd jammng into the
local as he reached the platform. He paused for
ment at the newsstand, dropped CON- seized paper
and jumped, colding with portly old party who lost
his balance paved the air. and dused himself the
concrete
BEG your pardon Craig apologized sliding into the
The door slammed in the fat mans face. He pounded
his fist against the glass and broke into fury of pro-
family. guard seized his and proceeded to put
the fear of brass buttons into his truculent heart
The old man wheeled and caught Craig in a broad
grim The violence done his person had in all conscience
sufficiently aroused his re subsequent proceedings had
famed the flame Of fury; but that the author of his
humiliation should derive satisfaction and amusement
therefrom sent surge of mpacabe hatred through his
singing veins.
lust let me get my hands that puppy!" he sput-
tered
The grinding wheels drowned his voice. Craig
grinned.
SCOVILLE welcomed him with wry smile. $50
you re my lost wager he began. well, you look
better than had hoped Know anything about bust
ness?"
I've heard the name laughed Craig uneasily.
That's at least refreshing Some hope for you, nv
boy You're the first beginner in my experience who
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lated Betty "Have you lost your reason? You forget
that you swearing in my presence
But before Craig could catch another word the ma
chine speeding toward the park. jumping Jupiter
Ginger' he unused. 1t had to be her father! wonder
who she iS?"
Which query, and at the same moment, was hanging
the tip of Betty Benton's tongue.
IT'S answer not long delayed. The follow
ing Sunday evening Betty, scanning the dining
throng at the Ritz, suddenly nudged her hostess,
"Oh, Mrs. Lathrop, that nice young across
the room! There, in front of the screen-hes look
ing this way and he's nodding to you. Who is
he? Tell me all about hm-oh, no, not now don't
waste the time. Send for him to come to table
pleased"
That's Craig Lambert. But look here, Betty,-fen
on him. You've already driven hundred and six per
cent. of my young to Muldoon the Philippines, and
monomania. You can't have Craig.
But there necessity to summon him. One
look, and he was pushing toward them
Hello, Lolly Lathrop! When did you get back to
town."
"On the Mauritania yesterday. We're moving to the
Yacht Club tomorrow
@That's luck said Craig. "Ive already taken rooms
for the summer
Betty dropped her napkin. He stopped and returned
it to her.
THANK you,' she said "Im Betty Benton. Mrs.
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MS Train OI CnougnL broken
by the diversion, Craig
turned to observe the activi-
ties of a steeplejack upon
the spire of the opposite
church. Had the daredevil
been dashed to death in the
succeeding moment, the in
cident would have been lost
upon Lambert. His gaze,
travelling upward, was caught
and arrested by a face in
the window of a stalled limou-
sine, a curb's breadth away.
The paving blocks promptly
exuded with glue and pasted
his feet to the spot.
ooh, you stunning crea-
ture!" thought Betty.
Craig was beyond coherent
reasoning.
Dads" Betty exclaimed,
"isn't he the handsomest
thing you ever saw?'
Benjamin Benton glanced
from his newspaper and
turned with an indulgent
smile, which fed before a
wave of wrath. Him! Let
me out of the machine! I'm
going to thresh that puppy!
Why, blast his impudent hide,
I'll break the last bone in his
lanky body!"
"Father! Father!" expostu.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-10-07
UNITED STATES
court C0NYENES
Large Docket Taken Care of at DC
tober Term and Business
Concluded Yesterday.

The United States court opened
here yesterday with the following
docket:
No 1924, U. S. VS.. Rev. Pierce
Parks; No. 2377, L. g. VS.. Rev. I'd
Mcdaniel; No. 2577. U. S. vs.. Rev.
Elisha Stewart; No. t523, Z. s. VS.
John Stang and Wm Stang; Inter,
state; No 1852. L. S. VS.. Rev
James Hays, No. 7S3. Louisa Bred,
enkamp VS.. c G. G. & st, l.. p. r
CO., No. 2O5, Ihinois charcoal
Chemical CO., VS.. Ja"5hall No S21,
Camuel L. Hazel, hdnr ys Was ?
Gal Co, No. 16, L. s. vs.. NJ q O
" K. Co., vio' ~ hour ,lv No
Sc, L. s. VS. NJ & o r. K Co, VOL
Safety Appliln2a, -. Sl9, U. s. =
NJ & o. r. y. 10. tt' "S-hour ,aw
The petit jury was as follows Al
ba, II. A.. Cairo; Armstrong. Fow-
Ter, Metropolis; Brown. b. b.
Brownstown; Combs. Samuel Ridge
way; Clodfelter. ed H.. West Salem
Curdling. Robt w. Albion: Carl.
ton, Grant, Vienna; Grow. Thomas
| Cave-in Rock; Cotterell, Asa. Clare
mont, r. F. D.. Durse Frank, Diet
rich. r. f. d.. Eaton, Enoch, Du-
Quoin; Eichhorst. Fred, Ullin;
Gray, Nathaniel, Fairfield; Gum. O
| ]. Marshall; Grindley Joseph. Mo
hamet; Haad, VIM. Coultervillc;
Jones. Louis, New Haven; Knccht
| J. P. Oakdale; Kinzinge", John
Millstadt; Moon, c. A.. Tuscola Mil
Ter, William. Karnak; McNair; w
f., Willow Hill; Norton, b F., Car
tervjlle: Orland. w. P, Mt. Car
mel; Pifer Ed Palestine; Rodgers
A. O., Toledo; Schrader, Philip
New Design, r. F. D., /; Smith
John O., Lawrenceville; Savers
| George. McBeansboro; Shoot. Clar.
once. Charlestou Stafford. Melvin
Paris: Sexton. William, Joppa; Tur-
ner, James H., Carrier Mills; Wick
cry. ohm W. lola: Weirvile, w. c
Brownfeld: Zeigler, George. Carmi
Attorney David s. Lansden enter.
ed plea of guilty for the Mobil,
6 Ohio road to the violations of the
2S-hour law.
Court completed its work yeterday
afternoon.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-10-07
OFFICERS TAKE
new POSITIONS
Stafford Lodge of Odd Fellows Install
Recently Elected Men at Meet
ing Monday Night.

The initiation staff of Stafford
Lodge No. 67 |. o. O. f., composed
of the following grand officers in
stalled the newly elected officers in
to their respective offices Monday
night at Stafford hall.
Lodge Deputy Grand Master
Harry Stout.
Special District Deputy Grand
Master. F. Bozman.
District Deputy Grand Master
T. W. Hurley. n
District Deputy Grand Recording
Secretary---Harry stout.
\ District Deputy Grand Marshall
W II Gibson.
District Deputy Grand Guardian
Fitz l.. Layne.
District Deputy Grand Chaplain
w. D. Young.
Past Grand---Q B. Archibald
Noble Grand Roger Barbee.
Vice Grand---J w. Hodge.
Recording Secretary---C. c. Stanly
,vordon choe II Arter
co,d,,otortlarrv s,out
Inside Guardian n. l.. Klein
out,,do croraian--Ceo w Rood
ptoh, c,,nor, Nohta Grand.
ra,nos A Cox
Ia e,r,ort Noh,o crand.-T
q, r,,,ov
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-10-07
P|[|NG STARTED
BETWEEN EIGHTH
AND FOURTEENTH
Many Men Busy Preparing for WaIl
Rebuilding From Fourth
Street North.

The work OF driving the inter
locking sheet piling between Eighth
and Fourteenth streets was started
yesterday by the WalshKahl com
pany. a pile driving outfit is work
ing from Fourteenth street south
and from the progress made yester-
day, the job will be completed in
record time. Ihe piling being
driven is the 90 IT, material.
The contractors have large force
of men busy between Fourth and
Eighth streets preparatory to the
concrete operations that are to be-
gin soon. Several cdnc~etc mixers
have been placed along the levee
slope as we'll as several carloads OF
material and supplies for the work,
Above Fourteenth street the drill
ing in the concrete wall is being ac-
complished gradually. The work
which must be done becuasc the con
tract calls for the tieing of the new
stone wall to the old by steel rods
is accomplished By means of com
pressed air drilling machine which
moves along the side Of the wall on
a fiat ear.
The concrete mixers which are tc
be used in the wall work between
Eighth and Fourteenth street are
being riggod up and placed on nat
cars SO they can be moved to any de.
sired place.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-10-07
PEOPLE EAGER TO
HEAR EVANGELIST
DR.. Lamkin at the Cairo Baptist
Church Draws Large Congre-
cation to Meetings.

The first week day Of the meetings
at the Cairo Baptist church brought
large congregations to hear the well
known evangelist, Or. Lamkin.
In the afternoon he spoke in no
uncertain way of the power of
prayer. "God Is supreme In his
world" said he "and not limited by
the laws which he has made. IL
man can make the natural laws by
which the world Is governed sub
scrvicnt to himself, then how much
more is God able to use these laws
to answer the prayer of his needy
children. He has left place in
natural law for the Intervention Of
prayer.
In tho evening he spoke of the
dignity of man, how God has en-
tDNtu uili Win LuF IibNtt w iHAEltA~
gent choice. and made him to have
dominion over all the things of the
earth. This being whom God has SO
endowed and blessed. God is ever
seeking TO lead TO greater things,
and to more wonderful accomplish
ments. Man is never as great rs
God wants him to be The great
accomplishments OF this wonderful
twentieth century are bat the be-
ginning of the things which God
Intends man shall do. He is ever
calling him to greater heights oi
achievement and 70 nobler things
God who made The world wants tc
help man run IT,
Tho subjects for ,oday are Al
".30 fChrist's Last Message to the
Church. At 7.30 Hell a Myth
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-10-07
FRENCH ACADEMICIAN
TO LECTURE IN II s

Paris. Oct. among the not
able passengers sailing on the Sa
voie today for New York is Emile
Boutroux, the French academician
aud philosopher. who Is to attend
the opening of Princeton Unvers-
ity's new graduate school While in
America NJ Boutroux will deliver a
series Of lectures on science and
culture, In which he will contend
that general culture is preferable to
scientific studies.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-10-07

the answer of Mrs. Bernice Jones,
who yesterday learned she had in
herited S35,oO0,0o0 when asked
how she would spend the money.
"The first thing | shall do is to
build a new church, she said.
Then | shall provide a foundation
for pension for worthy widows. :"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-10-07
CITY RECEIVES
Sl,4l.Ol FOR
FLOOD MATERIAL
License Fee for Carnivals Raised to
Fifteen Dollars Day Instead
of Ten Dollars. |
FINES COLLECTED DURING
MONTH AMOUNT TO $628.so

Commissioner Howley reported to
the council yesterday that s1441.01
has been received by the city to date
for material left on hand after the
fight to keep out the high water last
spring was over.
The following report by Commits
sioner Howley. of the department OF
Accounts and Finances, tells what
Mr.. Feuchter has done:
THE undersigned. Commissioner
of Accounts and Finances, begs
leave to report that since his last
report on September 22nd, Cotter
Bros & Company have paid the
city's claim Of s641.50 for material,
making total sum Of s1441.O1
thus far received by the city from
all sources for material left on
hand after the fight against the
high water last spring. The total
sum received by the city year
ago for like material was much less
The large increase this year was due
TO the careful watchfulness OF
Commissioner of Public Property.
Charles Feuehter, who has had
charge OF the matter.
''Your commissioner further re-
ports interest on monthly. balances
for September paid by the three
Cairo banks as follows: First Bank
& Trust company. s117.50, Alexan-
der County National bank, s117.50,
Cairo National bank, $3.50, total
S292.50.
"The undersigned would further
report that since his report on de-
iinquent licenses on September 22nd
last, several delinqaeuts nave paid
The city attorney will begin prose-
cutions against the others in day
or two"
Respectfully submitted.
, Commissioner Accounts and Finan-
ces.
Various claims against the city
were read and allowed
A letter was read by the mayor
| from the Big Four railroad, regard
! ing the Sycamore street subway.
! They agreed to pay the sum of
| $4,000 toward the Improvement,
provided the city would pay the bal
ance, refusing to pay the entire
/ amoant of the cost. They also
thought the matter should be
treated as separate matter and
not be included in the cost Of the
levee Improvement
The matter will be taken up by
the council to ascertain whether or
not the city car compel the rail-
road company to pay the entire cost
OF constructing the subway.
Commissioner Hurd reported the
RESIGNATION of Police Officer Jack
! Collins and his appointment on
the Ere department. Also the ap-
pointmont OF Charles OConnell as
police officer to fill the vacancy
and the resignation Of Firemen
! ODonnell and Morgan
Police Magistrate Lutz reported
S626.90 collected in fines during
tConclnded on Sixth PaEs.l
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-10-07
GOVERNOR MADE
ATTEMPT TOCA|N
ROOT'S|NFLUENCE
Sought Also to Interest Chairman
Barnes i'll Preventing Trial
BY Republican Vote.
DEFENSE COMPARES GOV.
TO THE APOSTLE PAUL

Albany. Oct. Ex-Governor William
e. Sulzer attempted to obtain the
influence of U. s. Senator Elihu
Root and William Barnes. chairman
of the Republican state committee
TO prevent the trial of his impeach-
ment, according to testimony pro-
Quoted at the trial today, although it
was subsequently stricken out by
vote Of the court.
A. NJ. Ryan, son of Thomas n.
Ryan, New York financier gave the
testimony. II is also brought out
through the testimony of Ignatus c.
McClone secretary of the elder Ryan
that the governor was the recipient
of a ten thousand dollar contridu-
tion from the Ryans. which was not
reported In tho governors sworn
campaign statement.
Ryan was called to the stand af-
ter the testimony for the impeach-
ment managers had obtained per-
mission to reopen their case which
they announced as completed when
court adjourned last Wednesday,
The witness said that the week
before the trial of the impeachment
began he had spoken to governor
Sulzer in the latter's office in New
York.
"IIe asked me-" said young Ryan
"to go to Washington and see Sen.
ator Root and request him to see
Mr. William Barnes and get him to
endeavor to have the Republican
members of that body to vote that
this court had no right and try and
impeach him,
The testimony preceding the
opening Of the case by the defense
in the afternoon II. G. dinneman
compared the governor to the Apos-
tie Paul. Former friends" the at
torney said, did not attempt to inn
peach him or his deciples because
of what he had done for acting with
them and while one OF them"
The question was added whether
Governor Sulzer was impeached fot
ccrrup conduct in office or because
of what he had refused to do since
he took office
It was in face of repeated obiec-
tions by counsel for the defense that
/ Ryan was permitted to tell OF his
, conversation with the governor that
Presiding Judge Cullen withheld the
final ruling on the objections OF the
attorney for the defense. As soon
as the testimony fell from his lips
the counsel for SuIzer held hurried
conference and demanded that the
testimony be stricken out on the
grounds that 1t was incompetent
''The testimony is stricken out
said Cullen.
Senator Brown. Republican lead.
er in the senate demanded a vote or
the ruling of the presiding Judge.
with all due Difference to the ml
ing of the president" said the sena
| tor, "I desire to move that the tes
timony be allowed TO stand. be
lieve it is due the people of the stat
and due this court in such a matter
as has been brought out that ther,
should be no finching on the par
of the court in relation to the in
quiry."
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-10-07
NATIONAL GUARD CONVENTION

Chicago, Oct. 6--The annual con
vention of the National Guard As
sociation began here today Nearly
every state in the Union has sert
members of its National Guard to
participate in the meeting. Drills
and various other exhibitions ar3
featured on the programme.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-10-07
THE WORLDS SERIES SERVICE

The Bulletin will contain each
morning a full account of each ball
game during the worlds series, the
special service being furnished our
readers by the Associated Press
This will include every play that is
made and the box score, and special
stories of the game by noted au-
thorties on the national pastime.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-10-07
BABY CRIES FOR A DRINK
AND IS BEATEN TO DEATH

the Bronx. An amazing story was
told Of how she had eloned with two
Italian gangsters and gunhghters
month ago, taking the child with
her. One OF the men beat little
Lulu to death with his fists because
she awoke and cried for drink OF
water.