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The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-09-19


weaker stupider insurgents around
him, till he has formed an obstacle the
machine can't override. He's done
more. He's reused the whole people.
And the people are watching their rep.
resentatives so closely. at last, that a
lot Of crooks have to play fair or lose
their jobs. Oh, I'm following Standish's
work. When he clashed horns with
Jim Blake over this Mullins railroad
bill it did me good all over. For when
Standish defeats the Allins bill he'll
break the backbone of Jim Blake's po-
litical power Yes. and he'll smash
Jim Blake's plan to put Governor Rob
ertson in the speakers chair. He'll
keep Robertson out. And he'll sit
there himself. And when he does
his gavel blows will beat the Jugger-
naut car into scrap-iron."
"Wanda!" protested Tom, amazed at
her TRADE. Haven't we better things
to talk than politics? I'll tell dad
about your father and see II he
| won't"
No! You mustn't. You must prom.
Use not to tell him who am. Promise"
"Oh, | promise. II you like. But |
can't bear to have you go on hating
dad. He's the kindest,< dearest old
chap alive. Maybe he didn't know"
Does the organization do anything
Jim Blake doesn't know and dictator"
Mister Thomas Blake!" PACED a
liveried boy. at the far end Of the cor.
ridor. Mister Thomas Blake!"
Tom caught sight of telegram on
the tray the lad carried. But before
he could signal the boy himself, the
latter had gone out Of sight.
He's carried It to the bar with all
the unerring instinct of homing
dove!' grumbled Tom. and he'll
bawl Mister Thomas Blake!' In that
disreputable place for a solid hour If
don't 90 and choke him off,"
Wanda watched her sutton hurry
away In search of his quarry. and her
dark eyes took on q tenderer light
than ever he had seen in them. Then,
at sound OF a chance word behind her,
she became all at once her alert bust.
nesslike self again. She glanced into
little mirror that swung obliquely
from the top OF the switchboard. In
this bit Of glass. without turning. she
could command a full view of the
amen corner few feet to the rear OF
the switchboard rail-
Three men had seated themselves
there. One she recognized as tha Hon:
Tim Neiigan; and a second a. the
Hon: sllas Gregg. leggy and TOW.
headed representative from Kansas
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-09-19

you're.mistaknn But I'm afraia you &c
not know they do those thlngs-as
Won said-'for the good of the party!
Oh" he broke out fierce(y, ITS 'ha'
sort of game can't understand. can
naver understand. | know them all
And personally they're White men, 'e'''
der.hearted, clean, honorable But pro-
fessionally-- Why, for instance
there's my brother-in-law, Marx hoo'
ertson. He and Grace have been mar
ried over three years now, and his
love for her is still sort Of alteration
He's the perfect lover.husband. bn'
as a lawyer he won the name OF Deihg
a bloodhound. And, as politician
well. he's like the rest. Theyll all re-
sort to the dlrtiest trickery, the rot
tenest sort of corruption. can't make
1t out. But why should dads political
deal affect you and ME? I'm not &c
blame if"
And I'm not blaming you. But I've
been brought up to hate Jim Bake ant
his crowd and to pray for a chance &c
get back at them. know that ISM
a meek and womanly way to talk. Bu'
it's the way feel. II loved my la
Their SO! My square, honest, white IA
Their. And they killed him. All. there's
something coming to that crowd! &c
Blake and all of them! And It's com
ing from me. Some day | may be able
to deliver the goods! II oughnt &c
talk 80 to YOU" she caught herself up
half apologetically. I'm afraid | hur'
you. Perhaps you didn't fully know
WHY In blazes did it have to BE-
your father, of all men, that the!
chose to"
1T didn't He was just one OF hun
dreds that the party machine smashed
He used TO say the machine was like
the Juggernaut car, crushing every
thing that dared stand in its path. jim
Blake guides that car. And he guide:
it over the bodies Of better men. liz
and his crowd prosper. But some
things coming to them, just ths
same"
But"
"The machine has tried to run oyel
the wrong man at last. And its joints
and wheels are rattllng with fear
Standish became an insurgent. But n
had the cleverness and the strength
not to be crushed. And he has rallied
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-09-19

have been at each others throats Five
years-no. six. Ever since Robertson
ran for governor and Standish dug up
that smelly franchise deal against
him. Robertson's had it in for him
ever since
Just when I'm all loaded up to the
guards with perfectly good stock that
will 60 to pieces like a card house
when the bill fails." walled Gregg.
Cut out the whine!" ordered Nell
gan. "You aren't the only man who's
bought stock that Standish will turn
Into waste paper. Oh, that man Stand
ish! He's got the country running
after him like flock of hens after the
farmer at feeding-time. They think
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-09-19
Eleven Years for FIve.Cent Theft.

Convicted of stealing a flve-cent
bottle Of a soft drink and given eleven
years in the Fulton County reforma.
tory as punishment. the supreme court
decided that Ollie Taylor, now thir-
teen years old. must serve out his
time.
Appeal was made to the court that
the time given the boy was out Of all
proportion to the otfense. but the
court decided that while the nature
Of the offense should be considered
by the trial Judge the length Of the
term imposed would not invalidate the
sentence. Taylor has already served
three years. He will be twenty-one
when he comes out.-Atlanta Dispatch
to Philadelphia Record.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-09-19

his private LIES got Saint Peter and
Anthony Comstock dashed to the mast
and that his politics are 30 pure they'c
make Abraham Lincoln feel like q
ward heller. He's no man. He's a
bloodless saint. I don't believe he
ever 30 much as squeezed woman's
hand in his life or swigged anything
stronger than sarsaparllla. How are
we going to get the hooks into q fel.
low like that!"
Il don't know how" Jared Van
Dyke. But it's Jim Blake's business
to know. He was supposed to be run
ming the house and holding our mon
together. What's Jim been doing to
let things get away from him like
this!"
"Ah. can it," snarled rNeligan, at
once up in arms In defense Of his
adored leader. Throw the blame all
over the shop II you've got to. Rub Il
into our hair. But don't spill any OF II
| on Jim Blake. Tell me this, before
you hand out any more kindly criti
cisms: Did Jim ever lose trick thai
any mortal man could have taken
fDtd nc Isn't he the hest house lead
er the organization ever had? Hasn'
he put you people into the way o
grabbing millions?"
Cool off. Neligan.' laughed Var
Dyke. "Why, good lord, Tim. l thinl
as much Of Jim Blake as you do. He'i
a splendid upright man and"
He is not!' fiercely contradicted
Neligan. Hes CRATER. And every
body knows 1t. But, by the powers
he's the very best CRATER in the bust
ness. And, what's more. he's my
friend. And"
"And the best way to show we agree
on at least one thing" said Van Dyke
rising and laying hand on each OF
his companions shoulder. rs to ad'
journ to the bar and see what effect
three or four cocktails will have on the
department Of the interior. Come
along. We can leave word to be sent
for when Jim comes in"
Having thus Gained the storm In
the one possible fashion, he led the
following amicably enough. As they
way toward the bar. the two othevs
passed the switchboard Wanda Kelly'a
voice was dr0ning:
lilo. No. Mr.. Standish isn't In
yet. Yes. ART"
(TO BE CONTINUED
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-09-19
CHAPTER ll.--Continued.


I'm sorry" she said. Il didn'
know it meant so much to you"
DO you suppose enjoy perchins
mp on this rail like a google-eyed Poll
parrot and squeaking Wanda, will
you marry me?' and getting a lemon
each time instead Of cracker"
To turn the talk away from its old
trend, she broke in, almost at random
You don't realize the power of g
phone girls Job. No outsider does
People from a thousand different
points call up people at thousand
other points. Every pair Of peopie
thinks they are talking unheard by the
world at large and that just they two
can hear each other. Each of those
thousands thinks that. But the tele
phone girl hears them all. read in
an old book once about demon
named Asmodeus who used to I'll,
about by night and lift the roofs off OF
houses to see what people were doing
II he were living now he could save a
lot of time and work and bother by
getting a job at central We"
BUZZ!
"Hlo!" droned Wanda. "No. MIR
Blake hasn't come in yet. Any mes.
sage? Arr"
YES" she went on in her own
voice; what the telephone girl doesn' t
hear isn't worth the hearing"
The whole world under your two
little, little hands!" he said softly
reaching for one Of them as he spoke.
But the buzzer rushed to the rescue
of its high priestess with a sudden
noisy purr.
Mrs. Robertson" droned Wanda
to the transmitter. Nom. Mrs. Rob
ertson Is not at the Keswick. Did you
wish to be connected with Governor
Robertson's suite? Nom. don't know
whether she's expected In Washington
soon or not. A'ri."
Friend Of your sisters" she ex-
planned, turning from the transmitter.
She. said Mrs. Robertson wrote her
she Ssas coming down from IN SN YcrKs
sometaays this week. go !
Grace spends more time on the
trains during the session than she
does at home" laughed the youth
She wanted to close the New York
house and come down here to stay all
winter. But Mark won't let her. But,
Wanda, you've simply got to listen to
me-" he went on with return of his
boyish impulsiveness. 81 love You.
And l."
"Mr. Blake!' she protested, half
laughing, half distressed, l."
"Mr. Blake!" he echoed ruefuliy.
"How long since I've been Mr.. Blaka,
to you? Haven't I begged you to call
me 'Tom?' always call you Wanda.
Why can't you call me-"
II am telephone operator" she
said with mischievous occurrences,
and you are Mr. Thomas Blake. prom:-
nent on the district attorneys staff.
only son Of the great Jim Blake, and
brother to woman the Sunday papers
call society queen"
Lord" he growled, ARE you trying
to ring social standing In on meat
this stage of the gamer"
ere yo,, Nora IN p,t II tbof r1,o,, oh i,
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-09-19
a,nnust Oldest snaexee.

Bethlehem. N. H.-America's old
est sneezer-Maj. Richard Muckle Of
Philadelphia, aged eighty.eight-was
given a banquet here by the United
States Hay Fever association. The
major has suffered from the sneezing.
smiling fever for seventy.nve years.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-09-19
Best Bark for Tanning Leather.

Quebracho bark. one OF the chief OK.
ports of the Argentine. will tan
leather at least three times al fast
"A the bark OF the oak or the hemlock.
and In less than ten years fortunes
have been made by specializing in
auebracho LANDS. Nearly a million
tons of the wood or the dry extract
are sent to this country and Europe
annually. The growth of the tree 10
OF the slowest. and II Is estimated
That q thousand years 3 required -
reach maturity.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-09-19
Yawns and plslocates Jaw.

New York.-Joseph Russer yawned
so widely that he dislocated his Jaws
and the dislocation left the jaws
wide open. At the hospital Russer
was put under anaesthetic and his
jaws showed back into place.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-09-19
SYNOPSIS.

CONGRESSMAN Standish and the Woman,
ntneVlng themselves In love. spend a
,Gial week Us man and wife In a hotel
~ northern New York under assumed
names. The Woman awakens to the fact
mat she docs not love Standish and calls
Iheir engagement off Standish protests
ohdying devotion. Wanda Kelly, tele-
prone girl at the Hotel Keswck, Wash
Ingion. Is loved by Tom Blake son of the
pontlcal boss Of the house. He proposes
marriage and Is refused.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-09-19


answered more seriously. Il certainly
am" -
what rot"
yes? Yet notice you didn't come
across to speak to me until Governor
robertson had gone away. And You
never have thought to introduce MN
to me when you and he have passed
here together. He has been governor
az New York. He may some day De
president. Would II make any SORT OF
hit with him to have his brother.in-saw
marry a telephone girl that half his
nolitical friends have always been try,
ing to jolly? Would he care 20 say 20
M Michigan, for instance: 'hememoer
snas little hello girl you Wanseo 70
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-12
Taft's Three Weeks of Power Means
Three Weeks of Responsibility

There revolution in Mexico central and
acing than before
coup etat in the capital sudden and sweeping
that of Napoleon III France spreads anarchy and chaos
for time through the provinces There will follow the
usual havoc with the lives and property Of foreign citizens
including own, because Americans of all nations, through
aggad and chkenheaed president, have made American
threats of intervention mockey and the power of the great
Republic the ughngstol of the insurgents and regulars alike
We who live upon outside and read the
scarcely comprehend avagery the recurring Mexico
The other day the ranches of the rebels
slain by the regulars and in that Christian ( chaos these
left unbued literally by the prowng coyotes
region days after battle fifty regulars
and rebels and the nburied bodies of these men,
left in the by the hogs and coyotes
the birds prey hundred of American citizens
have already been slain
Does any think that Germany would have endured this
for day? Does any believe that English warshp
would be already bombardg Vera for similar
upon English citizens?
The of in the white house. spineess and helpless
holds his hands and does nothing
Taft whimpers that he is unwilling do anything until
Wilson in. Taft is president yet for three weeks
charged with the responsibilities of the Repubcfor the pro-
lection of the lives and properties of its people
Are American citizens be slain and American property
be paged unchalenged for three weeks in order that the
outgoing president may be polite the incoming president? Is
state of revolution leave citizens aud investments
loot and outrage in order that William Howard Taft may pre-
the amenities with Woodrow Wilson?
While power abides respons bity abides While Taft is
president Taft is answerabe the American people
And Taft should dispatch now with ALL POSSIBLE
SPEED, HIS ORDERS TO THE ARMED forces the Ameri
government to protect the American people, say
REALITY AND DEADLY EARNEST THAT, WHETHER
Madero Diaz the government must and shall
protect the lives and property of American citizens
Mr. Taft extends not the middle February but
TO the 4 Of March Ii he is going to abrogate his duties
ought to abdjcate his Office
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-12
Scientific Study of the Social Evil

Mr. John d. Rockefeller r has explained recently the plan
and purpose OF the Bureau of Social Hygiene is the
moving spirit This bureau private institution devoted
solution of wordod social problem through application of
modern methods of research and the organization
human kindness
Inc specialists associated with Mr. Rockefeller this work
have already built structure of knowledge
enlightened social action and remedial legislation They probably
know more than anybody else about the vice and general
social pathology of New York If for the social
evil mitigation of its dreadful dangers thew seem 70
be in the way to find ii.
MI Rockefeller shows and in
following the path OF this painful and disagreeabe
example should be both rebuk and incentive men
who take their social responsibilities easily
Mr. Rockefeller did not choose this social
service 1t was thrust upon hun when he made
special grand jury that spent six months in 1910 nyeston M
white slave trade He did his duty in that with xtraor
binary patience and persistence The establishment of the Burea
of Social Hygiene proof that he is man who nns his
hand to the pillow III hard funow and does back
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-12

President Taft has one more
grand chance to go wrong. He can
veto the anti-jug train liquor bill.
y D.
1t is without question entirely
reasonable for respectable people
to consider the Martha's Home an
undesirable neighbor and desire it's
removal The form the protest
took, however in effect accuses the
good woman in active charge of
this work, the committee of church
women of Atlanta and the execu-
tive committee of the Men and
Religion Forward movement who
are sustaining it of running a
house OF i'll fame, and is decidedly
unreasonable and preposterous.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-12

Acting as press agent for a pri-
vate sanitarium is a much less ac-
tive duty than the responsibility of
duly exploiting the usefulness of
an up-to-date undertaking estab-
lishment
~
Senator Hoke Smith, who is in
the confidence of President-elect
Wilson, should be more careful. He
admits that William J. Bryan has
been mentioned for the cabinet
The necessity of an appointment
by the governor to bridge over the
hiatus in the senatorial tenure be-
tween March and the converting
o. the Georgia Legislature 81 June
is o dofoe, that sl.3uli DE ralla.
died
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-12

Business in connection with the
election of a United States senator
in West Virginia seems to be con
Quoted under unusual difficulties.
With three sets of detectives
watching the members of the legis-
lature prices for votes have almost
reached famine figures.
b. ~
Nineteen thirteen will be At
lantas lucky year, if it brings a
new city charter
Contractors for public works in
Atlanta would do well to arrange
for their material and supplies be-
fore signing the contracts.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-12

President-elect Wilson is said to
have got mad and said damn" the
other day. This should teach a
few doubling Thomases that some
times the man is almost human.
"
win the old reliable Ultimate
Consumer pay the income tax? AS
Bill Nye would say, sometimes we
trow he will, and then again we
WOt not
y
Mddero has not yet subscribed
fully to the ancient near-philoso-
ply that it is more of a personal
satisfaction TO be live gutter
than dead hero-but he is re-.
ported wabbh
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-12
By DOROTHY DIX.

TIME one subject on which a
girl and her parents will never
agree is, when is the love time
of life? In the girls opinion. the
psychological moment arrives
whenever some good looking youth,
with a winning way with him, puts
in an appearance on the scene.
On the other hand, the parents
contend that a maiden should not
think of love and marriage until
she has prepared herself for the
responsibilities they entail, and
that there is no hurry aabout get
ting married, anyway, because
when you are married you are gen
orally married very long time
She Runs Great Risk.
A father who is arguing with his
daughter this eternal problem that
comes up between every girl and
her parents asks this question:
Don't you think that the aver
age girl of 10 or 20 is very apt TO
mistake infatuation for love, and
that to become engaged at that
age would be cheating herself out
of the happiest years of her life?
Do you not think that her judg-
ment in choosing a husband would
be much less apt to be wrong il
she would wait until she was "a or
IS years old?'
am no believer in early mar
riages. | think that if no woman
married before she was 20 and no
man before he was 80, it would ma
terially reduce the amount of do
mestic misery in the world.
There are enough risks in matri
mony, anyway, without taking any
chances on what you are going TO
be yourself, and the kind Of q wife
or husband you are going to want
when you come to maturity. And
that's what people do who marry
before their tastes have ripened
The girl that fired a mans fancy
when he was q or % he wouldn't
look at second time when he is
80. The youth that set a girls
pulses -f1utter at 10 puts her to
yawning when she is %. There is
no experience in life more disillu
sioning than to meet a lost love
after five years of absence.
Ninety nine times out of hun
dred when you see conspicuously
mismated couple you will find out
that they were married when they
we're very young, and one of the
twain has gone on growing and de-
veIoping, while the other has stood
stock still just what he or she was
when the immature Judgment of the
other one picked him or her out for
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-12
Tells of Past Changes.

This being so, 1t is clear that
the coal of the Antarctic continent
may have been formed from plants
which grew under conditions Of eli
mate not very different from those
that now prevail in Alaska. ANY
now, 1t abSolVeS us from the neces-
sity of assuming that the south
pole once glowed with tropical heat.
although we are still forced to be-
lieve that the temperature, at least
around the borders of the Antarc-
tic continent, was formerly much
higher than it is at present. But
the change may be assumed to
have been far less than would be
implied by the existence Of a truly
tropical climate.
Then, the story of the rocks tells
us that in the past changes of eli
mate have occurred in recurring
periods, or cycles. The precise
cause of these are not known. but
we seem to be warranted in sun
posing that similar changes NAV
occur in the future. 1t is within
the range of possibility, then, that
at some time-no doubt immensely
remote-the ice barriers of the
Antarctic continent may be so far
removed by change of climate that
vegetation can again flourish on it's
borders, and in that case it might
become eaSV To delVe AMONG i+c on
cient riches.
But, long before that time, man
kind will probably have passed be-
yond the coal age, and, If our more
immediate descendants are forced
to avail themselves of Antarctic
coal they will have to depend upon
themselves to get it, and not upon
an altera ton Of climate 10 place *
within their easy reach