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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-20
PRESbYTERY ENDS
annual. SESSION
Satisfactory Reports of Church
Work Made During Meetings
Held at Dublin.
Especial to The Times Dispatch. !

IL.
Pulaski. Va, April 1e.-The ninety
third session OF the Abingdon Pres
bytery closed on Friday night with
the sermon by Rev. j. a. Macmillan.
having been In session ut Dublin since
Tuesday night. The report of DR..
the home mission work, showed the
department to be the best since the
formation OF the presbytery. REPORTS
from al the committees were most
the church work. Rev. Tiiden Scherer.
president OF King College. Bristol,
9poke OF the educational work. Rev.
gained during the session, Rev. J. A.
Gray delivering the charge Among
d the minister's Listers who preached sermons
kitsler. OF Bristol; Rev ]. NJ Smith.
OF Gate City: DR.. George n Gilmer,
or or draper; Rev Dupuy Holiday, of
Abingdon Mr.. Macmillan miaeAi'1 rema,0 0T
over Tbo s prssryt to- to- conduct services.
off from the Presbytery Of MONTGOMERY
by an act of Synod of Virginia. Which
met met In Norfolk in November, 1866. The
h M Nm meeting ,da was held at Wytheviile
IN May, 1857, Rev. r. Gildersleeve pre-
slalng. The following members were
present at the first meeting: Ministers
6 b. Gi.iidfgrsl sw,ns Robert e Graham.
S. Brown, ]. N. Neff, J. w. Whar reHo
Jonathan 1,,I at n,, Lyons and Henry N. White:
Edmondson, w. II. Crouch II
Ghumbley, j.. c. Porterheld, John G.
Darst' Robert Draper and John AM
SON son. ny Two separate acts Of the
IN November, 1868, and the other in
Lynchburg In October, 1871. the bound
airy INES OF the Abingdon Presbyterv
were defined to include fourteen conn
ties In Southwest Virginia, Carroll
Grayson, Washington, Scott, Lee. Wise
I1ickenson buchanan. Tazewell, Bland
one county in West Virginia, Mcdowell
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-20
GROWING SOUTH CAROLINA TOWN.

Anderson. S. c.. April 1e.-Porter A. VIVA
ley, recently elected secretary of tho Ander-
and assumed his duties as secretary Of The
t fnarnner H. MI. Whaley was formerly secro-
resigning the secretaryship in the South.
wese eSas city TO come to Anderson He
Executives Association, havini. been nInotai
10 10 nat nat position at tho last annual meeting
81 'hnt organization at Houston last year
e ca p3e with commercial club work in Tex
al ~ TOT SIX years and comes 10 Anderson
with very excellent endorsements SOU
Anderson. as Is we'll known is n citv y,
stppTto1ximateIy 20 900 people. one OF the great
idly growing town. anu u rap
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-20
DOWN WITH CAR STEPS.
Too High by Far, Declares Rather st
Woman

Too High by Far, Declares Rather Stout
Woman.
Jersey City. April le-figh steps on street
cars are provyig Injurious for women and
for stout ones are simply impossible" II
was testified at hearing before the state
Public Utilities Commission Members OF tho
Wcmens club OF Hudson County and SOW
steps
Mrs. William d Edwards. wife OF former
state Senator. said: Look at mo, gentle
men; am stout. but am active. Yet ind
II very difficult 10 travel trolley cars |
can get UP on high steps, but oh my! get
ting on is real agony. High steps are simply
Impossible
Or: Gordon K. Dickinson testified that
The henlth OF prospective mothe...
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-20
COULDN'T RUN TWO WAYS.

bicycle, in Tow of Motorcycle, Pulled from
Under Rider.
Egg Harbor City. y. J.. April B-Jacob
Specht. captain OF the powcrboat Carrie was
returning home from the harbor on his bicy-
Gle In tow OF q motorcycle. whom through a
misunderstanding specht turned one corner
and the machine went the other.
The bicycle was jerked from beneath ,ho
skipper throwing him head first to the
gravel roadbed. lie was carried into hotel.
His face was badly bruised.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-20
Odds and Ends From the Wire

holding one wire and another was pressed
against his body, forming circuit.
The lightning came aiort, and knocked
him into state OF unconsclousness. and he
would have fallen 10 his death, had not the
belt held him until he recovered and was
able to descend. II was not until some hours
later that the cause Of his unpleasant ex-
perlence was learned.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-20
CARS MALopoRous BATH.

Boys With Fierce Eggs spattcr Innocent
Trolley Passenger.
Oakiyn. y j. April Rotten-cKging troll
icy cars VIII probably prove serious for sew
rral Tnischlcvous boys Marshal Yoder
happened 10 be standing on the end OF q car
that got n malodorous drcnching. One eKg
struck a passenger who standing on tho
foot ~
foder could not catch tho boys after tho
thr had stopped. but he recognized num-
h-r OF them and intends advising punish
Inent by the borough officials II their par
ents refuse to do the proper thing.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-20
onILD's DEATH KILLS MOTHER.
voyngo to America Saddened By Family.
Dual Bereavement

Now York. April ls.-Death on tho steamer
Wittekind. from Bremen. claimed ono o! six
children OF family on It's way to this
try and loft the remaining Ave little ones
motheriess. On April Eva Stall. nine years
old; died OF meningitis. Tho shock OF the
chilcs death war too much for tho mother,
Katherine Stall. and the neIt day she died
from heart failure. Both bodies were buried
Tho father. John Stall. and the nve chill
dren. left In his sole care, reached here on
tho Wittekind tonight.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-20
sPURNED BY WIDOW. HE DIES.
Tilted Wooer Hastcns to Inhnle Two Ounce
of Chlornfnrm.

Reading. Pa. April ls-Spurned by his
sweetheart who. II is said. ordered him from
her. homo whom he called to SEQ her. william
touck committed suicide In the hallway of
~ Penn Street. n rooming houa by inhal-
ing two ounces OF chloroform.
He went 10 the house to nsk Mira Anna
Devon. u widow. to marry him. and when
sne refused TO see him he left in rage.
body was found. Houck was widowJr.
forty -nvc yours old.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-20
BALL
April 2od-NIasonic Tc1nnIe

AprII 22d-MasOnic Temple.
For relief work Virginia Division,
United Daughters OF Confederacy.
Tickets can be gotten from any
member OF the Richmond Chapter at
$1.OO, including supper; soc in GAL
lery.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-20
LIGHTNING HUNTS ITS MAN.

Goes Over the Wires Twelve Miles Till II
Reaches Lincmnn.
York. Pa. April l:.-Lightning hunted
Twelve miles to md n victim. after striking
trief electrical storm.
Az Hanover. 6. a Leach, iincsman for
INC Bell Company. strapped by his
safety belt TO tho top Of pole Ho was
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-20
WEST POINT GETS
VERY MUCH BUSY
Railway Officials, Steamship
Folks and Industrial Develop
ers Fall Right in Line.

West Point Va. April 1s-The
Southern Railway officials, representa-
tives Of the Chesapeake Pulp and Paper
Company and citizens of West Point
have at last reached the point where
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-20

Of kled physician than you ws,d in the eonjeeeures
of hundred lnymcn. Put equal reliance in these 48
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That is sufficient guarantee for most buyers.
HUDSONS don't disappoint
The "a" HUDSON has electric lights. It i.
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spccdometer. clock top curtains Windshield
demountable rims. twelve-inch upholstery, ETC.
Equipped with hve-passenger Phaeton body at $3.50
AT $l875 you obtain the HUDSON "37"-
designed by the engineers that built the '54"-
and pointed to as the "Four-cylindcr masterpiece"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-20

Motonsts who know see IN il tho qualities which only
Howard E Coffin and his associstes-48 oil tod-wero
able to build into It.
Thsy have not produced Six by merely adding two
cylinders to good -Four. A good Six can't be built
that way.
These 48 specialists experienced in all the details Of
motor building trained in 81 European and
American factories. started out to build Six without
being hampered by old manufacturing equipment and
old ideals.
They had new conception. the result Of combined
wider knowledge than perhaps over before conferred
upon the designing Of motor car.
You naturally have confidence in the diagnosis
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-11-14
The Daughter of David Kerr
By HARRY KING TOOTLE
illustrations
Copyright by A. C. Mcclurg & Co, 19ra

No. shouted Wright, beside him
self with indignation at the offer; "Ill
see you In hell first"
What further might have been said
there is no telling The words were
scarcely out of Wrights mouth when
he saw the door opposite him open
and Gloria appear. Instantly he re-
Taxed from his tense, strained man
ner, and, noting his change, the other
men turned TO find that David Kerr's
daughter was the cause. She stood In
the doorway hesitaungly, recognizing
that she was interrupting a business
meeting.
beg your pardon" she said,
but from the window / saw Mrs.
Hayes on the street. and 1 thought I'd
go to her.
I'll join you," Wright announced.
He left his place at the table and
walked over to where Gloria was
standing.
81 suppose the meeting is over"
ventured Gilbert.
1T is. as far as I'm concerned" said
the newspaper man. Then, looking
at Kerr, he added, Il think I've made
my position perfectly clear"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-11-14
ROMPERS THAT ARE SMART
Copy of Dutch Style Is the One Most
Approved at the Present
Moment

The past cry in rompers for children
of between one and five years of age
is the Dutch boys play suit. Every
body who has ever seen a Dutch folk
picture knows the model. The waist,
which fastens in the back, is made in
one straight piece, fits the figure snug
~ and has mediurn-sized arr1-eyes into
which long sleeves are sewed. There
is no fitness to the blouse about the
waist line. where it buttons fatty onto
the broad band of the trousers which
are exceedingly full about the hips,
and below the knees fit the legs and
ankles closely. Instead of the peck
cts being sunken into the side seams
of the trousers, they are put on in
patch style at the front Of the hips
and are large enough to carry any
reasonable amount of childish Junk. "
The model which made the hit with
fond mothers has waist OF Turkey
red cotton and trousers of dark blue
cutton, but the rompers ere also very
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-11-14
TIME GIVEN LANGUAGE STUDY
English and French Is Thoroughly
Taught in the Lower Public
Schools of Germany.

The Germans are famous for their
thorough mastery of languages. The
university graduates are expected to
converse in Latin and to read Greek
authors at sight Even the pupils
whose education has been confined to
the public schools can generally use
French and English in common con-
versation without difficulty. The Sc
cret of this mastery. which is so I'M
usual in this country, is the thorough
ness of the si\,dy required.
An American delegate to an educa-
tional conference abroad last summer
found a class of girls nine years old
busy with two French verbs, and US
ing them in all varieties Of form in
translating from German into French.
In q class ten years old they were
using all the regular verbs and the
common parts Of speech in the same
way. analysing, constructing and CIV
ing the rules in French.
At eleven years they were using the
irregular verbs, memorizing French
poems. writing compositions in
French, and all the conversation of
the classroom was in French From
this they pass to the higher French
literature, thinking and talking wholly
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-11-14
That Shiny Skirt.

The teacher, scholar, or office girl
who sits at a desk and each day uses
a smooth-seated chair, soon finds her
serge skirt getting that Skinny look
which sponging and pressing never
quite overcome. If she can make il
possible to keep on the chair seat a
covering of thin, rough leather, this
will prevent the rubbing when turning
or getting up or down, and the skirt
will keep it's original finish much long
err. One woman, after her skirt be-
comes shiny, has way of removing
the shine She takes either very fine
sandpaper or emery paper and softly
rubs the shiny surface. This roughs
up the material, and if done gently II
does not harm it at all.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-11-14
NEW USE FOR THE HAMMOCK
During the Winter Months It is POSI-
Bile to Get All Kinds of Comfort
From It,

One particularly busy young mother
has found winter use for the couch
hammock which all summer long
swung at an end Of her porch. She
has provided steel chains and hangers
by which it may safely be suspended
from the wood trim of the living room
ceiling, and also an extra ind-break
Of hale the height OF that crossing the
back of the couch. For the baby to
tumble out of this improvised crib is
an impossibility, and instead of taking
up rocker space, the hammock may be
raised half the height Of the room.
we'll out of harms way.
Another ingenious young mother
conceived the idea of swinging her
hammOck-couch across her own bed
and about two feet above it. It's firm
ly braced canvas sides are just high
enough to keep the baby from rolling
out, and do not in the least interfere
with it's supply of fresh air. The sway.
ing Of the hammock-couch is less jerky
than is that OF the cradle, and conse.
quently is more soothing to the baby.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-11-14
DAME FASHION
MARY DEAN.

Fichus have long sash tails down
the back
They are fixed at the waistband with
two upright and oval buckles.
Muslin dresses have skirt frills
headed with bands Of velvet
Narrow ruchings at the top of the
collar gives way to frills of lace or
net.
1t comes as piping and bars across
the bodice, and sometimes as hem
at the foot of the skirt.
Chiffon f1chus cross in front, pass
around and meet in the middle of the
back and hang down in straight fat
folds that suggest panniers, These
are trimmed with either lace or shin
ing passamenterie to keep the ends
from flying up.
Loose, short coats worn with patent
leather belts replace the long cIoaks
of last season,
These are made Of heavy wooden ma
teriaI and are very desirable when
travelling.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-11-14
NEW STYLES IN MILLINERY
Small HAT Is the Dctum of Those
Who Set the Fashion in Pa
risan Circles.

Small hats are reproduced from sew.
eral Paris models. One in "tete-de-
negre coiored moire and velvet is
chiefly worn with tailored costume
in the morning. Very soft and tight
ly fitting the head, this form of hat
suits the up-to-date hairdressing.
Hair is dressed higher than it has
been for some time.
The crowns of the new millinery
are unlined but for the small founda-
ton of white silk which bears the sig
nature of the firm. Black is a great
favorite, and we see these small hats
trimmed with scarlet. orange and blue
wings, very becoming and bright with
the dark tailor costumes.
Another style of hat has an identa-
ton on one side of the stiff velvet
brim in dark chestnut brown, worn
low upon the neck and made particu-
larry smart with a pale yellow para
disc.
Ribbon bows have taken the Pa
risiennes' fancy. and at the fashion
able restaurants simple velvet hats
trimmed with black ribbons are said
to be worn by the most elegant wom-
en-. The broad brimmed shapes are
less favored.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-11-14
Pannier Purses.

Pannier purses are SO called because
they hang from the belt by leather
chatelaine long enough to fall to the
edge of the left hip. The bag, which
precisely matches the chatelaine, is
about of the usual shopping size, but
Is oblong in shape and very substan-
TALLY made with a flap fastening at
one side instead of having the usual
wide mouth opening at the top. The
idea of the pannier bag is to rid the
hands of the encumbrance Of change
purse vanity case and handkerchief.
After all these necessary trifies have
been accommodated, there still is
space for c.rds. memoranda pad. etc
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-11-14

and edited by Joseph Wright" He
had just sworn that he would be the
champion Of the people of Belmont.
and here at his first trial he was
quailing under the eyes OF the woman
he loved. With wrench he tore him
self away from his dear desire to save
her from pain and answered husk1ly:
You don't understand"
''Yout" she cried In all agony OF
despair as she realized he was con.
Tossing
A single movement of his head
showed his assent.
"Oh, you coward!" Her disgust was
overpowering. The whitening con-
tempt she put into her words was
equaled by her look of scorn. He
started to speak, but with gesture
of Impotence she stopped him.
'All your words are lies, lies, lies!
And to think that I promised within
this hour to be your wife! You make
me hate myself for ever having looked
at you. Now / understand why you
urged me to leave Belmont" Again
he tired TO speak. 'Not Wofd. III
not listen to you. Father, take me
home"
She shrank from Wright as if to
look at him were dishonor.
All the great love he had for her
welled forth In one cry:
"Gioria!"
The girl could not, would not hear.
She had but one refuge for her break
Ing heart Turning to her father she
flung herself into his arms with only
a single word: Father"
With never word, with never a
look to right or left, the man she had
promised to love and who. had prom
ised to love her, walked out OF the
room.
Sobbing as il her heart would break.
Gloria rested in her fathers arms.
CTO BE CONTINUED
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-11-14

ing his list down on the table with
leach telling point he drove home.
You'd better go slow. young man,
cautioned Kerr. Il amt played my
hand, you know You've put up a good
tight: hats why I'm giving you a
good chance TO git out without admit
ting you've been licked"
Licked Licked" echoed Wright
with 6Ge disdain. I've just begun
10 fight. You're nearer a worse de
feat at this rainute than you ever were
before in all your life. You're going
down and the people of Belmont are
going to keep you down if I have any
thing 70 do With 1t. Don't insult me
ny trying 20 buy my paper. I've the
dearest reason In the world for want
ing money and for leaving Belmont
but IL | go without dollar I can still
hold up my head and look every man
In the eye
Kerr now looked at him without
visible show of anger. in that cold, cal
icuIating manner he had taught every
one &c fear.
Then you won't SELF" he said
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-11-14
CHAPTER xiV-continued.

, You are JUST a little nasty In your
judgment, Mr. Wright" Judge Gilbert
said. when he saw that the publisher
seemed 70 regard his answer as final.
IF yOuU consider the matter care
6uily think It'll appear to you in
this light: Here's paper that isn't
mahng expenses A good offer is
made you which IL you are wise
enough 20 accept will permit you to
teaye Belmont far richer than when
you came. There are other lances to
be broken elsewhere. Why tilt here
against a stone WALTZ"
IL X we're a stone wall there'd have
been no offer" Wright was shrewd
enough to know that they must be In
desperate straits.
See here, young man." Kerr blaLed.
you wont be able to make a go CT 1t.
IT you don't sell now III see to it
that some day the sheriff will"
This direct threat was more than
he could bear Rising from his chair
and leaning across the table the pub
fisher shook his fist in Kerr's face and
ioid, him just what he thought of the
situation. Remembering who was on
the other side of the door he was fac
ing. he did not raise his voice, but into
his low tones he put all the fire Of his
honest Indignation
You may put me down and out. as
you boast you can, but you can't buy
me out You've scared advertisers so
they're afraid to use my paper, you've
had me sued for libel. you've raised
my taxes. you've made the railroads
hold up my white paper. you've an
noyed me In q thousand petty ways,
but Tan getting out paper every day
and I'm telling the truth. That's what
hurts. he hurled across the table I'm
ceiling the truth. You can't stand it."
God knows Belmont needs some
body 60 tell the truth! II you took
my paper today. who'd stand between
the people of Belmont and the wolves?
The towns being robbed blind I'm
telling about 1t, and | believe there
are enough honest people to see me
through and set the town right But
they need a leader-a newspaper-and
won't sell 'em out
For what's coming" he announced
sterniy, hold yourself responsible,
not me. You forced me to come out
with the bald truth OF the matter
Maybe you know and maybe you don't
Know that you Of all men are the one
Il would least care to hold up for the
public TO see. Today-for the first
time-t printed nay name at the head
of my editorial page. / want people
ITO know that back of the papers a
mau-a man that won't sell out. and
back OF the man I'm going to have the
Tpeopie. Do you hear? Belmont's 60
ling to be a clean city"
| He leaned across the table and
booked the boss straight in the eye,
emphasizing his last words by bring,
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-11-14
SYNOPSIS.

GiOri9 Kerr. a motheriess girl who has
spent most OF her life In school arrives
.tf her fathers home in Belmont. David
lKcTT II The political boss OF the town
and - anxious to prevent his daughter
FehrnIns of his real character. Kendall
representing the Chicago packers. IS ne
lSottating with Judge Gilbert Kerr's chief
fdVlSer. for q valuable franchise. They
rear the opposition of Joe Wright, editor
~ the reform paper. Kerr asks the as
distance Of Judge Gilbert in introducing
sdoria 90 Belmont society, and promises
10 help him put through the packers
franchise and let him have all the graft.
Jioria meets Joe Wright at the Gilberts
IL appears they are on intimate terms,
paving met previously in touring party
Pm Europe. The Gilberts invite Gloria to
stay with them pending the refurnishing
Ut the Kerr home. Wright begins his fight
F1gainst the proposed franchise in the col
iufnns or mis- paper. the Belmont News.
Rerr, through his henchmen. exerts ev-
cry influence to hamper Wright In tie
publication OF his paper Gloria realizes
she IL not being received by the best so
Gicty and IL unhappy. She takes UP set
itteTnent work. Kerr and his lieutenants
TeCidc 70 buy Kerr's paper and ask the
Gditor TO meet them at Gilbert's office.
calling at Gilberts office to solicit q do
Uation Gloria meets Wright. He proposes
tnd ~ accepted while waiting to be called
pnto the conference. Wright refuses to
sell ms paper and declares he will fight to
y finish.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-11-14


GIays are In high favor this season.
both for simple and dressy tailored
costumes. Gray velvet, velveteen or
corduroy is frequently trimmed with
gray fur. either chinchilla or silver
fox. A gray velveteen suit with chin
chilla collar is pictured on this page.
The trimming is in self tone of braid
and buttons.
Many charming little one-piece
frocks in velveteen are made up for
trotting and afternoon wear in black
and In all the rich deep colors, and
are usually trimmed with braid, satin
or fur
Black, the very deep raven blue, a
dark green called hunters green"
several shades Of purple and various
shades of brown and taupe are among
the colors frequently seen IN these
comparatively simple street and after
noon frocks, and for that matter in
the handsome velvet models as we'll,
though among the latter one finds d
great many interesting color combina-
tons
MARY DEAN