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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-24
A Wonderful Town.

Lecuring at the London Salon of
Photography recently James Shaw
said that the town Of Rothcnbury, in
Bavaria, was a. model in the way Of
municipalities. Should a business be
on the point of leaving the town, the
town itself would guarantee the nee
essary money in order that the dis
'aster to local industry might be
averted. Recently the town had u.
ibis manner financed a baby car man
ufactory.
There was neither n workhouse nor
vestlgc Of sum Ina Rothenburg
and the laborer, the artisan the pro-
fessional man ana the nObleman lived
street,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-24
TIL NT--.L e IL . H. SHORT STORY
L TIC V1OlldlCIl vi tlC A\OChlCo By +. ST MARS

about, which he had done every min
ute or so.
The sudden frantic, terrified snort
of a young hind about thirty PAGES
in front of him was the first the stag
knew of the danger. That was fol-
lowed by an almost simultaneous
spring by the whole herd. in which
he too, Joined; but even as he did so
he was aware Of great shape rear
ing up suddenly at his very side. He
sprang, therefore, to one side, and
realized in a flash that there was no
time for a second bound An enor-
nous grizzly bear was practically up
on him.
Swiftly he dropped his horns, but
he was too late. He could not get
them quite low enough in time.
Wh-r-r-rrl came the great bears
paw. with its siX-incn claws, in a
fearful raking, round arm stroke
and struck the antlers on the side
instead of on the point. The grand
stag reeled at the terrific impact of
the blow, his head being forced round
in spite Of the enormous muscles Of
his own neck and shoulders.
Then. quick as a flash. like a boxer
delivering a hard attack, the bear
drove his second blow. from the other
as he did so. Bat! bat! sounded the
strokes-all as quickly as that-the
second blow landing clean on the
Wapiti's neck. II was a terrific
smash The mighty stag dropped in
stantlv in his tracks, without a sound,
and just as if he had betn pole-aNed.
The grizzly had just broken his neck
with a single blow.
All Still.
Then the everlasting silence Of the
mountains, broken only by the crash
ing OF the wapiti herd, now far a.ay,
settled down over the scene, and all
was still. The bear stood quite mo-
tionlesa over his splendid prey, lis
tening suspicious as always.
He was grand figure Of beast
there In the red Light Of the setting
sun-a monster some ten feet long,
and Of a vaster bulk and weight even
than his victim; massive and hairy,
hump shouldered, almost bOw-legged
by reason Of the enormous depth Of
his great chest--a rugged king OF the
mountain.
SO still did he stand that a great
white tailed eagle swept down on
rushing pinlons, TO see If there was
a chance of snatching bit Of vcnison
for herself, ] suppose. But the bear
took no notice. He was listening
hard.
Presently, very far behind him, he
heard a tWig snap. That was enough.
Something besides himself was fol-
lowing the deer over the divide. lie
had suspected it before by the actions
Of some big horned mountain wild
sheen above They had taken flight
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-24
The Defense

Farmer Hiram sold butter to the
village grocer and took sugar in ex-
change. 1t seemed to Farmer Hiram,
after a while, that the sugar he was
getting was short weight. So he went
over to the grocery store to make a
complaint.
Look here, Mr. Jones'" he said, ut
seems to me you're giving me short
weight sugar"
NO" said Jones in dry voice;
mo, that can't be, for in measuring
out that sugar of yours l always use
a pound of your butter as a weight"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-24

ats a queer worldF unused the
little stenographer, glancing at
the boollkeeper
"Er-you the book
keeper, making one last neat figure
before plotting his work and turning
around. what was that you said?"
81 was thinking about men," re-
piled the little stenographer. Don't
you think they're queer?"
Wei" parted the bookkeeper. ut
depends, don't you know, on the man."
Not at allH' said the little stenog-
rapher. But wasn't trying to argue
i Just thought I'd tell you some
thing.
You see. Mr.. Gray invited me out
to his home to meet his family and to
take tea. gladly accepted. as l like
his wife and I was curious to see his
home.
o. you could see that he felt strange
in asking me, and as soon as l ac
copied he changed the subject and
began debating. so l dropped the
subject. too.
ALL ALONE.
"Then yesterday morning, in the
middle of letter that he was die
tating, he handed me ticket When
he finished the letter he asked for the
ticket again and said he guessed /
could go out with him II it had been
any other girl he wouldn't have given
1t a thought, but l am his stenog
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-24

Il has been said that the wapiti is
l the largest Of the red deer tribe
in the world. You had better
look at the specimens in the Zoo, and
see what you think about it, though.
They are certainly very big, and their
antlers are huge in proportion. Wild
ones are often even bigger. This wild
one of which l write was. He
weighed close on to half ton, and
his vast horns spread out like the
branches of a tree.
He was feeding along the pine
patched slope of mountain side, not
leading his herd. as a master stag
should, but following on behind-let-
ting the others face the danger first
The nerd was 81 strong, mostly
kinds Cfemales). but comprising too,
three or four stays. who hung about
the TANKS of the party-with them,
indeed, but hardly of them. The chief
concern of these gentry was to avoid
the lord Of the herd, for he wasf a
very jealous and badtempered lord.
They had Just come through the
ulNIuG llOIIl lIiC ONiltl NIbt vi NAiS
mountain, because the master stag
mad there suddenly given a plunge as
if the bullet had struck him This
was not so really, but he had crossed
the fresh trail Of a man, and the
shock of it caused the plunge. They
were ten miles away from that place
now, feeding peacefully among the
great, still, ranked pines in deep ST.
lence-the silence that comes with a
light fall of snow.
If he had known anything at all,
that lordly stag would have KEPT
away from that place forever, for
the pines were mostly nutpines, and
there is a saying among the Red In
dams in those parts which means:
"Nutpines and grizzlies go together"
And this must have been true, be-
cause suddenly. in the oppressive ST.
lence of the mountain forest, tWiS
snapped-snapped like a pistol shot.
The effect upon the deer was
strange. IL was just as II they had
all instantly been transformed into
statues-very beautiful statues, too.
our stag stood with his magnificent
head erect-bloodshot, full, almost
fierce eyes, staring hard into the
shadows beneath the trees. Nothing
thprpi
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-24
MAIDEN NEGOTIATIONS.

Fortune does us neither good nor
harm She presents us with the mat
ter and the seed, and we make JOY
or sorrow for ourselves, just as chill
dren build houses they choose with
their blocks.
Clothes warm us-not with their
heat, but with our own, which they
are adapted to cover and keep in!
If you have sufficient self reliance
to take care of yourself, out of your
surplus energy you will be able to
do much for others.
The best way to secure good friends
Is to be one.
Let every dawn of morning be to
you as the beginning of life, and ev-
cry setting sun as its close. Then
let every one of these short lives leave
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-24
No Time to Breathe.

The young couple on the settee had
been engaged only a week. He had
kissed her fully forty times that eve
ming. When he stopped she looked at
him reproachfully, and the tears came
into her eyes as she said;
Dearest, you have ceased to love
me"
mo. 7 haven't" he replied. but I
must breathe"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-24

II NO IN fhn o-roat 60 &c cbonI1or
and with one mighty moist lifted him
and half dragged, half carried him
away up nasty hillside for a dis
lance Of seven hundred yards, and
stopped not until he had reached a
dense thicket that offered safe re-
treat.
And from this thicket, a quarter Of
an hour later, he saw party of three
hunters 20 by not on the trail Of the
deer Lucky for him, perhaps, they
saw nothing to make them suspect
hia presence. Lucllily for at least 9ne
of them. too, perhaps. for it would
have taken q good few bullets to stop
that furry terror when he charged on
his foes,
When the hunters had quite gone
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-24
A Hidden Death.

He tested the wind, then blowing
full in his face. with his large, keen
nostrls. Nothing there!
In fact, he never knew, never
guessed for one moment, Of the hid
den death that had been logging his
trail for hours; never even suspected
the great. grim shadow that had
slipped noiselesslv from pine-trunk
to pine trunk. or brambe to bramble
when he had moved forward or when
he had lowered his head to feed but
which lay as still as a dead log when
The stag had lifted his head to gaze
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-24
The Delivery.

3 little girl, after relating how God
had sent her a baby brother. added
as she thought of the straw laid out
SIDE the house in order that the
mother might not be disturbed by the
i"ise Of the traffic, And it was well
aaPd"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-24
HAPPINESS.

Happiness in this world, when ii
comes, comes incidentally. Make it
the object of pursuit and it leads us
wild goose chase, and never is at
tanned. Follow some other object
and possibly very possibly, we may
find that we have caught happiness
without dreaming of it. But likely
enough the moment we say to our
selves, Here it isl" like the chest of
gold that treasure seekers would find
it is gonei
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-24

active volcanoes is concerned, and attained the
edge of a mouth" which opened in July last, and is
the first new mouth known to have been formed
for seven years. Accompanying the daring pioneer
were Professor Max Stortz and M. Paul Iacobi.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-24
The Hint.S

Aged Uncle-"I've insured my life
for $4,000 in your favor. What else
can / do for your"
DEMONSTRATING on earth, uncle"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-24
PERIOD OF ERUPTION.

Professor Alessandro Malladra, Of the Yesuvius
Observatory descended into the crater on Septem-
Der 8, and reached a depth of about $40 metres
(about 1912 eet) record where the exploration of
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-24
Read About the Pretty Nurse in
A Bachelor S
y Diary Il
She Gives Him Hug and Calls Him an Angel. Which
He Denies
He Denies.

garden safe on our return, "have
been answered She had prayed, she
said, every night and morning since
the accident that I would get well
and strong and not be the cripple
the doctors had feared.
1t made me feel good to think some
one is praying for me No one ever
phays for rich man. They pray in
church for the widows and the or
phans for those who are suffering or
destitute, for those who go out to
sea in ships, and for the redemption
Of the drunkard, but no one prays for
the rich man.
lie has disease worse than a
fondness for liquor He began, too,
with no special craving for that
which became his curse. He thought
he would make little money, and as
wealth grew his appetite grew with
it. The dollar ceased to be his slave
and became his master, but no one
prayed for him.
n.y. every churchgoer will ask,
should anyone pray for him? He
has lots of money"
That Is true. he has. And he also
has grave responsibilities obligations
to whom he knows not, nor how to
discharge them. He also has loneI-
ness, heartache, suffers the fate of
the misjudged and misunderstood,
and learns, too often to keep his
faith in humanity sweet, that none
approach him except with mercenary
motives.
Sept 24.-Tompkins has the town
house in READINGS for us, but our de-
parture will be delayed a few weeks
longer to crafty q wish expressed
by Manette. She said she would like
to come up here every Summer, and
the wish resulted in my purchase,
this morning, of several hundred
acres adjoining Aliens home. 1 have
sent for an architect, and We will
spend some time longer up here
planning for bungalow to be built
a few rods from this place, near the
pretty turn in the woods. want it
near enough for Allen to be care
taker while we are away and that
we may enjoy the old-fashioned joy
of having neighbors when we are
here.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-24
THE Plan.

u will be built of logs. with huge
log beams in the ceiling. There will
be bedroom on the second floor for
me. connecting rooms for Richards
and ManeUte, and two or three guest
rooms, with rooms above for the
maids
Tie pretty nurse is to spend
month every Summer with u.s.
"lt~wiu do me good" l urge. ito
have you here. The constant danger
Of succumbing to your charms will
make my blood circulate and keep
me young"
You might" contemplatively fall
in love with me-"
"Of course" l replied. there would
always be that danger but 7 shall
enjoy it, Sometimes the fishing and
hunting up here are not 5000, and the
constant association with you will
furnish the sport l might otherwise
lack"
She laughed, and turning quickly
toward me. gave me a. little hug,
calling me an angel.
81 m not an angel" I growled, I'm
a man, and for that reason you
mustn't do such things. That's the
cause of a lot of trouble: You women
forgetting that we men are very live
and very wicked, and treating us as
if we were angels, made up of moth
ing but draperies and feathers"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-24

We have moved to our new store
81 Peachtree Street.
ATLANTA FLORAL co.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-24

Ny prayers for your recovery"
sad Richards, who met US at the
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-03-13
GONE TO GET PRISONER.
Man Caught in st. Paul Unidentified
as Barnwell Fugitive.

Barnwell, March 7.-Rural Police
man E. E. Morris left this week for
St. Paul, Mimi, to bring back to this
county Elliott Gardner, alias Walter
Peters, who was arrested in that city
last week. When arrested the negro
denied that his name was Gardner
or that he is wanted in this county,
so photograph was made and sent
to Sheriff J. B. Morris, Of BarnWell,
who stated that while the man has
changed somewhat in appearance
since making his escape from the
gang about four years ago, there is
no doubt whatever that the right man
has been caught.
Gardner is wanted in BarnWell
county for burning the gin house OF
J. L. Ellis, near Baldoc. He was
tried and convicted and sentenced to
ten years on the chain gang, but
made good his escape after serving
only one year.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-03-13
South Carolina Man Appointed.

Washington, March 7.-Daniel c..
Roper, a South Carolinian, who form
erly lived at Marion, recommended
by Postmaster General Burleson to be
First Assistant Postmaster General,
has been nominated for the position
by President Wilson, and it is under
stood that he will be confirmed next
Monday, so that the business of re-
organizing the postoffice department
and handling the applications for
postmasterships throughout the coun-
try may begin without delay
Mr.. Roper has for two years been
clerk of the ways and mean commit
tee of the house of representatives,
and in that important position he has
made reputation for efficiency.
Chairman Underwood's influence
is believed to have had much to do
with Mr.. Roper's section for higher
place.
The prospective new First Assist
ant Postmaster General is about 40
years of age and is very popular at
the capital. He was with the census
bureau before coming to the ways
and means committee.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-03-13
Eleven Years for Fiye-Cent Theft.

Atlanta, Ga., March Am IL
year sentence for the theft of five
cent bottle of a soda fountain drink
has been affirmed here by the Geor-
gia supreme court against Ollie Tay,
lor, 13 years old. To-day's decision
ends three years struggle by 0. F
Taylor, father of the boy, to have
the sentence set aside.
The lad pleaded guilty three years
ago to stealing the bottle. He was
only ten years old then and was SEN
fenced to the Fulton industrial farm
until he was 21 years old.
The supreme court made no COM
ment on the sentence, it being held
that such a. matter rested with the
trial court. In his connection the de-
cision reads: 1.-The slight value of the
article stolen is matter to be given
weight by the court imposing the
sentence, but it does not nullify the
sentence once it is passed properly.
Chief Justice Fish and Justice At
kinson of the court dissented from
the majority opinion.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-03-13
All Hope for Aliens Vanishes..

Richmond, Va, March 6.-Floyd
Allen, leader of the outlaw band in
Carroll county, and his son, Claude
Swanson Allen, will be executed in
the State penitentiary on March 2S
for their part in the Hillsville court
murder on March IA, 1912, Governor
Mann tonight refused to commute
the sentence to life Imprisonment.
The prisoners were to have died
tomorrow, but the governor yester-
day granted a respite of three weeks.
The respite was accepted by the AL
lens as an indication that the gov
ernor would extend mercy. The re-
lection of the petition, however
means that the case is officially clos
ed, as there is no way by which it
can be again opened.
Miss Nellie Wisler, mountain
girl to whom Claude Allen was en-,
gagged, made an unsuccessful effort
to see Governor Mann to-day with q
final plea for communication.
Early tonight the prisoners hao
not been advised of the executives
decision and under instruction of the
prison superintendent no one wa:
permitted to see them until to-mor
row.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-03-13
SHOOTING AT RIDGEVILLE.
r, c. Schwartz is Shot and Slightly
Wounded by /. HI. Murray.

Ridgeville, March 6.-Last night
about Z O'Clock a shooting affair oc-
Cured here in which R. G. Schwartz
was shot by l. H. Murray. Murray,
constable for Dorchester county, sus-
pected Schwartz of selling liquor and
accompanied by. Constable Grooms,
of Berkeley, entered the store OF
Schwartz to make a search. Part of
the store is used by Schwartz as a
dwelling and the constables went into
the dining room where the Schwartz
family were eating supper and it was
here that the shooting occurred. Only
one shot was fired. This entered the
left cheek, passed through and came
out behind the left ear and then
struck the wall of the room but did
not make a very serious wound. All
three of the men came from Charles
ton on the -6:15 train. Murray left
town and no arrest has yet been
made.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-03-13
CLAIMED COULD RESTORE LIFE?
Alleged Religious Fanatic Saved
from Greenville Mob.

Greenville, March 6.-L. F. Free,
white man said to be an itinerant
sign painter and alleged religious
fanatic, was placed in Jail tonight
by Sheriff Rector to save him from a
mob that had gathered in a suburb
an mill village, many in the gather
ing having become incensed over the
failure of Frees alleged claim to re-
store life to an infant that died Mon
day.
From what can be gathered of the
facts surrounding the affair it seems
that Free and another so-called
Holiness" fanatic, claiming to have
power to work miracles, aud having
heard of the death of the infant of
James Ballew, went to his home and
told the sorrowing mother and faith
er that they could restore life to the
child. The parents, crazed in grief
and swayed by pleadings of the two
men, it is said, allowed them to be-
gin their gruesome work, which, it
seems, consisted mainly in twisting
and distorting the little lifeless body
until the coroner tonight found it
nothing more than a mass of bruised
flesh. Officials will probably take
the case in hand tomorrow.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-03-13
TO TEST WEBB LIQUOR LAW?
Express Company Refuses to Deliver
Whiskey Shipments in Greenvile.

Greenville, March 7.-Acting on Or
ders from headquarters the local
agent of the Southern Express Com
pany to-day refused to deliver whis-
KEY shipments to any person whomso-
ever. whether for personal use or not,
declaring the Webb bill is of this
effect. Following this action several
citizens prevailed upon Col. G. S.
Webb, of Greenville, brother of Con-
gressman Webb, author of the bill,
to wire the representative at Wash
ington for his opinion as to the in
tent of the bill, receiving late to-day
the following reply:
Washington, D. c., March 7, 1913.
C. S. Webb, Greenville: Law does
not prohibit private use shipments
and will not unless State forbids it,
and State cannot where it allows sale
to individuals by any one in the
State. "E. Y. WEBB"
Senator E. D. Smith also answered
request for information, giving an
opinion similar to Congressman
Webb.
Agent Hall, of the express COM
pany, stated that several persons
showed him letters from whiskey
houses acknowledging receipt of or
ders, but stating that the purchasers
would be unable to get the whiskey
houses take the same view of the
bill as the Southern Express Com
pany.
The general opinion here is that
the express company is taking this
method to test the validity of the
law.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-03-13
First Primary on April First.

Columbia, March IA primary to
select the Democratic nominee for
congress from the 1st district, to be
held on Tuesday, April 1, the second
on Tuesday, April Is, and the third,
if necessary, on Tuesday, April %,
was ordered by the State Democratic
executive committee here to-day. The
committee also ordered the cam
paign to open at Walterboro on
March 20 and fixed the following
dates for the candidates to speak to
the voters at the various county seats
in the district:
Walerboro, Thursday, March 20;
Charleston, Friday, March 21; ST.
George, Saturday, March %; Monck' S
Corner, Monday, March "a; Manning,
Tuesday, March 25.
Al pledges must be in the hands
of the chairman by noon, March 20,
and all assessments paid by that day.
Each candidate is assessed $500, the
same as was fixed at its last meeting
on the request of: the candidates. A
subcommittee consisting of the
members of the State committee from
the 1st district, and such members
as reside in the city of Columbia,
was appointed to tabulate the returns
and declare the result.
The rolls which were used in the
last primary are to be the rolls for
this election, and an additional roll,
permitting such voters as have be-
come of age since the last election,
to place their names thereon, was or
dered. This supplemental registra-
ton will remain open in each county
until five days before the first pri-
mary, and are to be in charge of the
secretaries of the various clubs, ex-
cept in the city of Charleston, where
the secretary of the county executive
committee will have charge of this
supplemental enrolment.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-03-13
A Cheap Provision.

"A life partnership, my boy" gos-
siped the old chap brightly-"so
that's what you contemplate with
Miss Richbird? But are you suflcl-
emily well off to take such step?'
"Oh, that's all right" replied the
youth airily, relates the Boston
Globe. 1--WE shall rub along we'll
enough. You see, her pa will give
US a house and garden, the uncle is
going to part up with corpulent
check, and she owns little money
of her own"
and inquired the old gent,
may 1 inquire what you contribute
to the partnership"
The young man blushed, and the
twinkle in the old mans eye grew
still more noticeable.
"Well-er," admitted the bride
groom, ''-er-principally the
name"