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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-01-01
Savannah Tot Falls 40 Feet.

Savannah, Ga, Dec. 29.--Ruth
Heise, aged 8, was plyaing on top of
the grand stand of the Grand Prize
automobile race course to-day, when
she fell 40 feet to the ground. Alarm
ed by screams of her playmates some
men rushed to the spot and found the
child unconscious. Taken home the
child recovered and tonight Is again
at play. She was not injured.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-01-01

Persons troubled with partial pa
ralysis are often very much benefited
by massaging the affected parts thor
oughly when applying Chamberlain
Liniment. This liniment also re-
lieves rheumatic pains. For sale by
all dealers. adv.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-01-01
Farmers Union Meeting.

Bounty Land Union will meet on
Saturday, January 4th, 1913, at 10
o'clock a. m. All the brethren arc
urged to attend, as there is import
ant business to transact. Officers are
to be installed and delegates to be
elected for county meeting. Don't
fail to come.
l.. M. Smith, President.
j. H. Dendy, Secretary
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-01-01
Painter Leaves House as Museum.

Paris, Dec. 28.--The will Of the
late French battle painter, Edouard
Detailla, leaves his residence as a
museum Of historical costumes. One
floor OF d house is to be devoted
entirely to uniforms OF the French
army. Detaille also bequeathed $40,-
600 for the reconstruction of the
house SO as to make 1t suitable for a
museum.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-01-01
BOILER BURSTS; NINE KILLED
Fearful Disaster i'm Seaboard Air
Line Shops at Hamlet, N. G..

Hamlet, N. C.,Dec. 2S.-Nine men,
three white and six negroes, were
killed here to-day when a stationary
boiler at the Seaboard Air Line shops
exploded with terrific force. The
dead are Charles b. Utter, general
roundrh rhouse foreman; William Ut
Ter, a broth i EI. q SeysSo Is 4, eieeel
trician; Charlie Ledbetter, Jim Pow
ers, Ed Gilchrist; Will Ballentine,
John Thompson and John Morrison,
negro helpers.
Charles B. and William Utter
reached the round-house a few min
utes before z o'clock to work on the
injector of the boiler that had been
reported in trouble. They were in
specting the boiler when the explo-
sion took place. Both men were di-
rectly in front Of the boiler, and
their bodies were so badly mangled
that 1T was necessary to use shovels
in removing them. Mr.. Reynolds, the
electrician, was in the dynamo room
and was killed by the force OF the ex-
plosion and tumbling walls. All the
negroes were in the wash room.
So great was the explosion that
most Of the machine shops were prac-
tically demolished. One section OF the
boiler was blown through an 18-inch
wall and carried more than 500 feet.
The body Of Ledbetter was blown
200 feet
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-01-01
800 Per Plato

was paid at Q BANQUET to Henry Clay
in New Orleans In 1842. Mighty
costly for those with stomach trou-
BILE or indigestion. To-day people
everywhere use DR.. Kings New Life
Pills for these troubles as we'll as
liver, kidney and bowel disorders.
Easy, safe, cure, Only 25c. at all
druggists. adv.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-01-01
New Series No. do7. Volume Lxv.---No. 1.
spARTANBURG MUTE MURDERBD
Body Found After Several Days
Robbery Probably Motive.

Spartanburg, Dec. 28.--A broken
blind, rified pockets and a ransacked
trunk told the only Known story of
what appears to be the murder OF u.
ID. Smoak, aged 60, a deaf mute,
whose body was found in his little
workshop, located about a half mile
from Cedar Springs Institute. The
discovery was made by a mute who
was sent by Capt. N F.. Walker to
the home of Mr.. Smoak with mes
sage, The body was balanced across
work bench and apparently had
been dead for long time.
The last seen of the dead man was
on Sunday afternoon, when negro
laborer on the farm of the deceased
talked with him in the mute code. 1t
y rs customary, according to the tes-
til. 1ny Of his neighbors, that Mr..
S. ak carried on his person con-
siderable sum Of money, and this is
attributed as the impulse that led the
assassin to this heinous work. Every
lining in his trouser pockets was
pulled out but whether any money
was secured could not be made
known.
In his inside coat pocket was found
$50, three bills Of the $40 denomina-
tion, and in his vest pocket was found
his watch. Because the money e,.iu
watch were not taken leads ~ the
conclusion that negro was h IS assas@
sin, since negroes do not lie to ham
die dead bodies. No effo. was made,
evidently, to turn the man over, thus
giving the guilty petty access to the
inside coat and v[st pockets.
Sheriff White and Coroner Turner
were notificd of the situation as it
was fornd, and upon advice, not a
move was made to touch the dead
Ian.
Smoak had son at Union, who
conducts a job printing plant
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-01-01
Is CARS IN YELLOW RIVER.
FessSsiizer Dumped in Water Proves
/ Disastrous to Fish,

Coyington, Ca, Dec. 2S.-Thirteen
cars of a freight train on the Georgia
Railroad, from Atlanta to Augusta,
went through the Yellow river tres
tie, four miles above Covington, late
yesterday afternoon. No one was
hurt The engine and one car OF
mules remained on the trestle on one
side and the caboose and three cars
remained on the otter. One car of
furniture, two Of acid, one of -four,
oneeof Irish potatoes and eight cars
of freight of various kinds are in the
river and practically a total loss The
cars are torn to pieces. Passens ,rs,
mailsand express are being transt> T.
red byteams in the employ of the rail
rDndSe
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-01-01
Fish Die by Hundreds.
(Atlanta Journal.)

TWO cars of the freight train
wrecked at yellow river trestle, 81
miles east OF Atlanta, on Friday, are
wedgSd in the woodwork Of the tres
tie, 5hocking the line to Augusta.
The train consisted Of string of
many cars, and thirteen of this num-
Der Were thrown from the tracks over
the river. Four plunged into the
river; One of the thirteen, which
was loaded with automobiles, was
thrown from one bank Of the river to
the other and landed high and dry
Another, with cargo Of sulphuric
acid. dropped into the water, and the
great tank filled with acid burst and
spread the poison through the water
of the river Hundreds of dead fish,
killed by the acid, have fioated to the
surface and are being taken from the
'water in great quantities. Physi-
clans, however, are giving the warn
ing that these fish are deadly poison.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-03-29
PROLOGUE.

Did you ever read story In
which humor of the finest and
most delicious oorf played the
leading parf2 Did you ever
tackle tale which made you
gasp by the originality of its
ideas2 Did you ever meet some
utterly impossible persons who
Reper lived and never could have
lived ana whom you might meet
any day of your lfe2
They're here. right here in this
aory They have the most i'm
possible adventures and get into
the most impossible situations,
Just as you or 1 might any day
II the stage we're set just right
for MS. Furthermore, they are
very entertaining people, and
they hold the interest from first
word to fins.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-03-29

tentive. absorbed. AS she smoothed
her gloves, Miss dollister continued to
speak In low musical voice that was
devoid of any of the quavers OF age.
ION the day reached my sixtietb
year, Mr. Ames, | decided that my
humdrum life must cease The strict
est conventions had guided me from
earliest childhood. My. experience or
life had been limited to those things
which women of education and means
enjoy-or suffer, us you please to take
II. Two years ago ! chartered a yacht
and cruised among the Lesser Antilles.
enjoying many adventures. Later
crossed the Andes. and have just re-
turned from Switzerland. where &C.
complished some OF the most difficult
ascents. have a clipping bureau en-
gagged to inform me of all rumors OF
hidden treasure and sunken ships, and
hope that of this something may
come, as I retain marine engineer
and corps Of divers and can leave at an
hours notice for any likely hunting
ground. This may strike you as the
most whimsical self indulgence. Tell
me candidly whether my remarks so
affect you"
To Be Continued
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-03-29

Of books, Its p,rtrnIfs NJ browning.
Rossetti. Hurnp..iuur~ and kindred spir-
Its.
chose a table sat down and sug.
gested lone does not order at the Aso-
lando, few articles from the card an
attendant banded me.
We're out Of the Paracelsus ginger
cookies" she replied, but recon-
mend Ruskin sandwich with our
own special chocolate. The whipped
cream is unusually fine today"
She eyed me with severity to which
| was not accustomed. and acguiesced
without parley In her suggestion. Be-
BILE the latest minor poet In green and
gold.
IL was nearly o'clock. and | was
alone In the Asolanda. The attending
deities IN their snowy gowns had van
ished behind the screen at the rear Of
the room. The food and drink with
which | had been promptly served
proved excellent. Even the minor poet
In green and gold had held my atten.
ton. though limitations of Coventry
Patmore's odes bore me as rule
Near the street, half concealed behind
mosquelike grill. sat the cashier,
reading. A bundle of joss sticks in a
green jar beside this young woman
sent thin smoke into the air. Her
head was bent above her book In quiet
attention. The light from an electric
lamp made glow of her golden hair
She was an incident Of the general
picture. a part of scene that contain.
ed no Earring note. A man who could
devise. In the heart Of the great city.
a place 50 instinct with repose no lull.
ing to all the senses was not less than
a public benefactor.
1t was at this moment that the ad
venture-for 1t shall have no meaner
name-actually began. My eyes were
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-03-29

still enjoying the Rossettilike vision In
the cashiers tiny booth when a figure
suddenly darkened the street door just
beyond her. The girl lifted her head.
On the instant the lamp key clicked
as she extnguished her light, and the
aureoled head ceased to be. And com.
ing toward me down the shop beheld
a lady, a lady Of years. who passed
the cashiers desk with her eyes in
tent upon the rooms inner recesses.
Her gown. of a new fashionable gray,
was of the severest tailor cut Her
hat was a modified fedora, gray like
the gown. and adorned with a single
gray feather. She was short, slight,
erect, and moved with a quick bird.
like motion, pausing and glancing at
the vacant tables that lay between
me and the door. She appeared to be
engaged In calculation of some sort.
and she raised lorgnette to assist her
In counting the tables. The cashier
passed behind her unseen and vanish.
ed. l heard the newcomer reciting:
zone. two. three. four, FIVE. six. sew.
en-" And at seven her eyes rested
upon me with look that mingled sur
prise aud annoyance. She took step
toward me. and l started to rise. but
she said quickly:
II beg your pardon. but this seems
to be the seventh table"
"Now that you call my attention to
It," ! remarked. gaining my feet, II
am bound to concede the point II by
any chance l am intruding"-
mot In the least On the other hand.
beg that yon remain where you
are" And without further ado she
sank into chair opposite my own.
! tinkled tiny crystal bell that was
among the table furnishings. and
waitress appeared and handed the lady,
who had thus introduced herself to
my acquaintance, a copy Of the tiny
card on which the articles Of refresh.
ment offered by the Asolando were
indicated within a border Of hand
painted Geld daisies
"Never mind that" said the lady In
gray. ignoring the card "You may
bring me caviar sandwich and a
cocktail. pink one. provided-pro-
vided"-and she held the waitress
with her eye-"you have the imported
caviar and your barkeeper knows the
proper frappe Of the spirit litter have
uamed."
pardon me. madam" replied the
waitress icily. "but you have mistaken
the place. The Asolando serves moth.
Ing stronger than the pure water of
Its own fount Of Castalia. Intoxicants
are not permitted here"
'Intoxicants" repeated the old lady
with asperity. do / look like a per-
son given to intoxication3 ! dare say
your Castalia water is nothing but Gro
ton whose flavor has been destroyed
by dlstillatlon. You may bring me
the sandwich have mentioned and
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-03-29
WORDS FROM HOME
Statements That May Be Investigated
Testimony Of Logan Citizens

When a Logan citizen comes to
the front, telling his friends and
neighbors Of his experience. you can
rely on his sincerity. The statement
Of people residing in far away places
do not command your confidence.
Home endorsement 10 the kind that
backs Doan's Kidney Pills. Such tes-
timony Is convincing. Investigation
proves 1t true. Below is a statement
Of Logan resident. No stronger
proof Of merit can be had.
7. B. Davis, grocer, % South Sixth
West street, Logan, Utah, says: THE
statement l gave in 1907, recommend
ing Doan's Kidney Pills still holds
good and you may continue It's pub
LEGATION. had pains in my back, and
lameness across my loins that made
it almost impossible for me to get up
after sitting. / was also annoyed by
irregular passage of the kidney Sc
cretions and there was a feeling OF
lapguor. Doan's Kidney Pills pro-
cured at Ritter Bros. Drug Co., gave
me greater relief than any other kid
ney medicine l ever tried. .consid-
er 1t my duty to let other people
know about this remedy. for it GER
tainly lives up to representations.
For sale by all dealers. Price SO
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the Uni
ted States.
Remember the name-Doan's--"
take no other. -Advertisemept
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-03-29
MISS HOLLIsTER.
Hopefield Manor.

oh" exclaimed, bowling. ANY
further introduction II unnecessary,
Miss HOLSTER"
The name is familiarl recall that
General Glendenning mentioned that
you were related to the Ames family
or Hartford. and your mother was a
Farquhar of Charlottesville, Va. II
you bear your fathers name, dare say
It was he whom l met ten years ago
In Paris. There Is no reason therefore
why we should not be the best of
friends"
IL was kind fate indeed that
had led me back to the Asolando, and
introduced me to the aunt of Virgins
inamorata. II may well be believed
that was Immediately intererted, AT.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-03-29
ARNOLD AMEs.
Consultant In Chimneys,
Suit %. Landon Building.

She read 1t aloud without glasses
and unused moment.
This Is very curious" she remark.
ed, placing my card in a silver case
she drew from her pocket. "This Is
very curious indeed. 1t was only yes.
terday that my friend General Glen
denning was speaking of you. He told
me that you had rendered him the
greatest service In adjusting several
dues In his country house at Shin.
necock. My own areplaces doubtless
require attention. and you may consid.
or yourself retained. ! shall make an
early appointment with you. You will
dnd my name and residence sufficient.
ly described on this card"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-03-29
CHAPTER I.
Ny Friend Virgins 10 Introduced.

DlNED with Hartley Virgins at
the Hare and Tortoise on an even.
ing In October not very long ago.
1t may be well to explain that the
Hare and Tortoise IL the smallest and
most select OF clubs, whose windows
afford pleasant view of Gramercy
park The club is comparatively young,
and 1t Is our joke that we are so far all
tortoises, creeping through our several
professions without aid from any hare
j hasten to explain that | am a chin.
ney doctor. Virgins is a lawyer; at
least have seen his name In list of
graduates Of the Harvard Law school,
and he has an office downtown, where
have occasionally found him sedately
playing solitaire while he waited for
some one to take him out to luncheon
He spends his summers on South
Dakota ranch, from which he derives
considerable income.
Virgins Is an athlete. and his sum.
mers In the west and persistent train.
Ing during the winter keep him In fine
condition, As ! faced him tonight In
our favorite corner OF the Hare and
Tortoise dining room the physical man
was III enough. but | saw at once that
nv was GUM and dispirited. He had
through many years honored me with
Ar confidence, ana | felt that tonight
after We got well started should hear
what was on his mind. l hoped to
cheer nim with the story OF visit
had by chance paid that afternoon to
NE Asolando ten room. for. though Wig.
gus H. n most practicui person. ! i'm.
sglned that he wound be diverted by
my description OF "A place which, ! felt
sure. nothing could tempt him to visit.
shall never forget the look he gave
me when remarked at about his third
spoonful OF soup:
by the way. dropped into an odd
place this afternoon urne-J ones buns
Rossetu macaroons and all that sort OF
thing. They call 1t the Asolando"--
was ambling on. expecting to
sharpen his curiosity gradually as | re-
cited the joys OF the tea room. but at
Asoando his spoon dropped. and he
stared at me blankly, II should be
known that Virgins IL not man
whose composure Is lightly shaken.
The Asolando." l repeated. to break
The spell OF his blank stare Know
the placer
lie recovered In moment, but he
surveyed me quizzically before reply.
ing
'Ot course have heard OF the Aso
lsDdo, but thought you didn't go In
for that sort OF thing, It's tritie girl
ssh. you know"
That's hardly against 1t! found
the girlishness altogether attractive"
you always were tolerably suscep-
tible, hut hroiled butterflies and moth
wings - 'H- seem to me rather pale
food TO-" man In your vigorous
health
THE, must have Disseminated In
your favor. saw no such things.
though to be sure was afraid to quib-
BILE over the waitress suggestions. May
] ask when you were therer'
"oh. l dropped In quite accidentally
one day last spring. l saw the sign
and remembered that somebody had
spoken of the place, and | was tired.
and 1t was a long way to the club,
and +,
Discrimination is not an art as Wig.
gins attempts to practice 1t at times.
He is by nature the most straightfor
ward Of mortals II was clear that he
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-03-29

Three quarters Of section Of dry
farm land under cultivation, with
good well, In Pocatello valley to be
sold by sealed bid on or before March
"a, 1913. Land In estate Of John C.
Larsen. ror particulars apply to
Emery Milton, Smaria, Idaho.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-03-29
CHAPTER u,
The Beginning OF Ny Adventure.

NV SS0s''0 W wy 'SNS'ss'~.
vvYIGGINS' strange conduct and
WV Jewett's dark hints 80 dis.
w turbed me that the very
next afternoon again
sought the Asolando tea room. feeling
that In its atmosphere I might best
weigh the few facts ! possessed touch
ing my friends love affairs.
Those who care for details In these
matters may be interested to know
that the Asolando Is tucked away
among print shops and exclusive haber,
dashers, stones throw from Fifth
avenue. The Asolando tea room is
sacred to wooers of the 6ute OF Pan,
secession photographers and confident
believers In an early revival OF the
poetic drama. There is about the little
room suggestion of tranquility, OF
charming clolstral peace, with its arts
and crafts chairs and tables. its racks
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-01-03
INJURED YEAR ago.
SUES FOR DAMAGES
Tohn H. Placke Blames Rail.
road Company for Ac-
cident.

AS the result of injuries sustained
January 8, 1911 through the alleged
carelessness of employees of the G. r.
& I. railroad of Indiana, John H.
Placke has filed suit against the com.
pany.
Placke demands $500 for injuries
which he incurred while driving a
horse and carriage across the tracks
of the G. r. & l. railroad at the in
tersection of the tracks and the I'm
ion Pike. Placke was driving across
the tracks when an engine which he
states approached without warning
frightened the horse and caused the
animal to run away, throwing his son
and himself violently to the ground.
The carriage was completely demol,
ished and the harness irreparably
broken. Placke alleges that his arms
were painfully injured as the result of
his fall and that he has suffered pain
full injuries since that date.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-01-03
WAR is PROSPECT.

LONDON, Jan. 3.-A resumption of
hostilities in the Balkan war seemed
imminent when the peace delegates
met again today in ST. James Palace
in consequence of the development of
the past "a hours.
When the session began both sides
were maintaining a firm attitude, the
allies demanding the cession of Adria-
nople and the Asgean Islands, the
Turks declaring they would never
yield those vital points.
Dr. S. Daneff, head of the Bulgarian
delegation, who served notice Thurs
day that the negotiations would be
broken off today and war resumed if
Turkey did not give way was one of
the first of the allies plenipotentiaries
to reach the palace. Il hope that the
Ottoman ENJOYS have prepared a map
of the Balkans which meets our ap-
proval," he said.
Because of the strike of the taxicab
chauffeurs the delegates were COM
PEELED to use horse cabs today and
some of. them were delayed an hour
reaching the meeting place.
AS the delegates got together nu-
merous and conflicting reports were
current. Strong statements from both
sides following upon the progress
made Wednesday indicated that the
old deadlock would either be broken
or else negotiations would be broken
off and the Balkan governments would
order resumption of hostilities.
The vital points that were the issues
in the negotiations were the status of
Adrianople, the "Mohammedan shrine"
of Europe and the Turkish islands in
the Aegan sea.
Rechid Pacha, leader of the Turks
carried a may into the conference
showing the territorial concessions
that Turkey was willing to make. This
may, he said. showed the limits that
Turkey would go.
This was not the first time howev.
er, that Turkeys irreducible minimum
had been put up to representative OF
| the allies. Previously the Ottoman de
| clined to concede any of Thraee or or
| Epirus but subsequently they gave
way before the firmnesS of the Bal
kan and Greek representatives. The
! Turks claim that without Adrianople
and the Aegean Islands they had yield
ed four fifths of what the allies ori
/ ginally claimed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-01-03
INJURED IN MAIN
STREET ACCIDENT
Taxicab Strikes a Carriage
Driven by Mrs. E. @.
McMahan.

While approaching the Main street
bridge from the east, a carriage driv-
en- by Mrs. Z. G. McMahan, wife of
City Controller McMahan, with Miss
Edna McMahan and Elmer Unthank
was struck by a taxicab coming from
the opposite direction. The occupants
of both conveyances were thrown for
chilly to the ground and sustained mi
nor injuries. The carriage was demol-
ished and the front of the taxicab was
badly smashed. In order to free the
horse, which was thrown to the ground
by the impact, it was necessary to cut
the harness and roll the horse over
before it could gain it's feet The ami
NAL was cut in several places by fly
ing glass and otherwise injured.
Witnesses to the accident say that
the carriage was on the right side of
the street as close TO the sidewalk as
was possible. The taxicab was coming
across the bridge at high rate OF
speed and on account of the slippery
condition of the street. it was unable
to turn out in time to avert the acci-
dent