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Evening journal., 1913-07-16
DECISION IN
WILL CASE
Chancellor InterpetS the Last
Testament of Horace
Burr

Chancellor Curtis yesterday afternoon
handed down a decision in the Burr will
case. This case, which was argued be-
fore Chancellor Curtis last September,
was that Of John w Shepherd and
Caleb NJ Steward trustees under the
last viii and testament of Horace Burr
vs.. Mary Burr, Ellen Burr ratnail Anna
L. Schuyler, William II, PONDER Lillian
3. Ponder, Sarah Elizabeth pondon.
Alice B. Shepard, Eliza B. Jones, Mary
Sophia Burr executrix Of the last will
and testament of Clara Amelia Burr,
Editha l.. G.. Burr, executrix of the will
Of William Hungerford Burr.
DR.. Horace Burr, of Rose Hill, died on
January 10, 1899, and in his will pro-
vided
Third--should my wife, Mary Burr
survive me II is my will that my es-
Itate shall not be settled and distfi-
butedN until after her death, and that
she, with my two unmarried daush-
ters, Mary S. Burr and Clara A. Burr.
shall occupy and have the use OF the
homestead where Iinow reside and al
SO their support and maintenance
from my estate during the life Of my
said wifs and in case either or both
n
before the death of my said wife.
then the support and maintenance Of
such dughter or daughters from my
estate shall cease.
Fourth hereby authorize and en-
power nay executors and trustees 10
sell at public or private sale. In their
discretion. for cash or upon credit.
the whole or any part of my real es-
tate, except my homestead, aforesaid.
and convey the same thereof without
any liabilities on their part for the
proper application of the purchase
money, and the proceeds of sale to
invest safely and hold the same for
the benefit OF my estate; ind after
the death Of my said wife, to sell the
homestead and divide the whole Of nv
lostate among my children, share and
share like, the issue Of any deceased
child to take their parents share.
Fifth Should my wife survive ICY
unmarried daughters, or they should
both marry. it shall be optional vita
my said wife TO remain at the home
stead or make some arrangement 8
with my executors and trustees fer
her support and maintenance else
where; and IN the event of her max
ing such arrangements and leaving
homestead I authorize and empower
my said executors and trnstes, in
their discretion, to sell same, under
the same provisions for the sale of
my other real estate.
Shortly alter the death of Dr. Barr,
his widow ceased to occupy the home
stead, and by release dated July q.
1905, released and quit claimed to the
trustees, under the will Two years
later Mary and Clara. his two daugh-
ters, removed frcm the homestead
and have not occupied it for several
years The daughter Clara died in
January, 1906
The two girls during the life OF
Clara received from the trustees all
Of the income from the trust estate
Chancellor Curtis decided that az
Mary s. Burr has a right to occupy
THE Burr homestead it cannot be sole
during her life unless she marries sol
consents to the sale. The Court helC
that the income Of the estate is dis
ltribuitable for maintenance. but that
the principal is not distributable.
Evening journal., 1913-07-16
ST. GEORGES FOLK
ENTERTAIN FRIENI 5

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
ST GEORGES, Del. July l6.-Mr.
and Mrs. II. V. Buckson have returned
from a few days visit in New Jersey.
They left here in their auto and visited
Ocean Grove, Long Branch and other
Jersey resorts. Mr. and Mrs. Buekson
nov have MS guests Mr.. and Mrs Lilly
OF Newark. Mrs. Fenton of Red Bank.
y. j.. Mrs. William Ellison and daugh-
ter, Grace, of Stanton-Mrs. A. 5.
Hughes and daughter of Wilmington
have been guests at the home Of George
Swain-Nrs Retta Riggin and daugh-
ter. Margaret. of Philadelphia, are stay
ing with Mr. and Mrs John Moore
Mrs Nellie Hill has returned home after
a. visit with Wilmington relatives
Miss Emile Janvier has been at Smyrna
Tor visit with relatives. Mary
Shonle is the gnest Of relatives at
0dessa.-Miss Ida Wright recently had
as guests Mrs Ireland and Miss Stew
ar dot Philadelphia Glenn Cannon
and daughters of Newark, are here for
a visit with relatives. Mrs Sallie Cam
has returned home after a visit with
relatives in Wilmington-Th Rev and
Mrs. AIilligan had for recent visitors
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Rommell of Bal
timore. Md.--Mr. and Mrs John Young
and daughter. Miss Dorothy of Phila-
delphia are Guests of Mr. and Mrs
John " Carrow-The members of the
NJ Z. Sunday school at Kirkwood will
hold lawn fete on the church green
tomorrow evening.
Evening journal., 1913-07-16
NEWS NOTES
FROM ELKTON
Lspecial to nae EvENING IonRNAl.


Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
El.kTON, Md. July l6-1he first
open-air service of the Elkton NJ. H.
Church was held in the Edison summer
gardens, on Sunday evening.
Elkton town commissioners arc having
notices posted on all the streets, warn.
ing automohilsts to run slow and Ia
blow their horns.
Company J. left for camp early on
Suniny morning, Captain Charles =
Finley commanding. They marched
three miles TO Singerley station, on the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. embark
ing from there for Camp Goldsborough.
near Belair
Captain Carroll Edgar, Of the Fifth
Maryland, has been detailed 70 the First
Regiment rs ordnance officer
Mrs. Enoch X Miller and Miss Mary
i. Miller Of Port Deposit, were guests
Of Mrs William J. Miller AZ Trinity
reetory on Sunday-G George +. King. Of
Philadelphia, is the guest Of relative.
in Elkton William H. Salmon and Miss
Rebeeca salmon Of White Swan Mill
are visiting friends in Flkton-Nlrs
George Nitworth, of Wilmington Is
spending some time with her mother
Mrs A. Palmer Shockley- Ralph Har.
graves, Of Media. Pa. has been the
guest Of Flkton friends Mrs Anna NJ
MAY formerly Of Ekton, is the guest
Of friends at Georgetown. Md Hurry
Burl,lev. of Philndelphia. is the guest
Of his brother. William w Burkley MIR
and Mrs Frank r Walker. Of Whining
ton. are visiting Mrs. Walkers mother
Mrs Mary Cillenev, Of Flkton DIR
Alexander Douglas McConachie. Of Bal
timore. is the guest Of Mrs. A. Elizabeth
Drennen, on East Main street
Evening journal., 1913-07-16
HARRINGTON VISITORS.
special 20 THE EvENING JoURNl

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
HARRINGTON, Del, July 16.-
Mrs Fred Louis and children. of
Wilmington, are the guests Of Mr and
Mrs. Eli Galloway ~ Miss Matte
Cubree spent the week end at Reno
both-Mlss Olive Wyatt, of Camden,
is spending a few days with Miss
Miss Helen Wyatt-Olan Tiniey. OF
Philadelphia, is the guest OF his
mother, Mrs. Jane Tinley.-Omar
Harrington of New York. is the
guest of his aunt. Mrs James Har
rington. Miss Anna Lewis. OF VII
mington, is visiting her aunt, Mrs
Annie Callaway. Louise Adams and
Pauline Franklin have been Bridge.
vile visitors.-Alice Sharp, of FELTON,
spent the week end with her aunt
Mrs Hatf1eld-Mrs. Frank Galloway
of Wilmington, has been the guest OF
Mrs. T. B. Callaway.-F Fleming
spent the week end at Rehoboth.-.
Will McCabe has been an out Of
town visitor.-Mr and Mrs Maurice
Richline spent Sunday with Ridgley
Md. friends.-Mrs. Hasty Cain and
son Allen have been visiting in
Wilmingto Hughes is a
Wilmington visitor Mr.. and Mrs
William Hitch. of Pennington, were
guests of Mrs Ell Galloway on Sun
day-Randolph Galloway Of Philadei
phia, is spending the summer with his
grandmother Mrs. Frank Galloway
Charles Knox is spending soml
time in Baltimore.
Evening journal., 1913-07-16
GOOD WAY TO DO BUSINESS
DR.. Howard Sell Reliable Remedy at
H9lf- Price and Guaranteed Q cure


Half-Price and Guaranteed q cure.
Wien one can buy gold dollars for
nfty cent it is good time to pur-
chase
In ordering a SOC bottle of DR..
Howard's celebrated specific for the
cure of constipation and dyspepsia
at 25 cents Or. Howard gives one
OF the greatest trade chances ever
offered to the people of Wilmington.
Even though offered at half price
for Introductory purposes the speci-
hc is sold under a guarantee to cure
or the money will be refunded.
If food does not digest we'll, if
there is gas or pain in the stomach.
Il the tongue is coated and the
breath bad, If there is constipation
and straining, DR.. Howard's specific
will cure you. If it does not, you
have DR.. Howards guarantee to re-
turn your money.
Or. Howard's specific gives quick
relief and makes permanent cures of
constipation, dyspepsia and all liver
troubles.
These are strong statements. but
DR. Howard gives customers a
chance TO prove their truth at just
half the regular price-sixty doses
for % cents. If they are not found
true, all you have to do is to ask for
your money. For sale by n. B. Dan
forth
Evening journal., 1913-07-16
BOAT SINKS IN RIVER.
Women Wade Ashore When Launch
Springs Aleak.

CHESTER. Pa, July l6.--A party Of
Chester people arrived home late Mon
day night from an exciting trip in the
naptha launch Twilight They were on
their way to Dalbow'a Landing TO camp
for several davs. At Old Mans Greek
rlie craft sprang leak and rapidly be-
gan to fill. William Dix, who had
charge Of the boat, got the craft into
shallow water near shore. to which the
women waded. The boat sank few
minutes after they reached dry land.
Those in the party were William Dix
Mrs Minnie Dix. Miss Elizabeth Dix,
George Gicker Earl Shropshire, Mrs.
Sallie Wood, Mrs. Esther Wood, Ellis
worth Dix and Miss Helen Wood.
Evening journal., 1913-07-16
INJURED TESTING CAR.
Auto Turns Over When Steering
Gear Locks.

LAUREL. DEL July Horace
Burris was probably fatally injured
when a defective steering gear
wrecked the automobile he was driv-
ing.
Burris is a mechanic in the garage
of L H Downes and had been sent
out to test the speed of the car, which
had been overhauled in the shop.
While speeding on a smooth piece of
road the steering wheel became lock
ed. The car jumped a fence. skidded
in the ditch and turned over three
times. Burris was unconscious when
picked up and is in critical condi-
ton
Evening journal., 1913-07-16
WOMAN SAVED FRnM pIvER

CHESTER, Pa, July l6.--While step.
pirg from a rowboat to the side Of Mar.
ket street wharf Mrs. John Mills. OF
Marcus Hook. fell into the Delaware
River, which is about IL feet deep at
this point As she came To the surface
Mrs Harry Chadwick who was in the
boat, grasped her by the arm and held
her until William Baxter Jumped into
the water. Considerable difficulty was
experienced in getting Mrs Mills. who
weighs more than POO pounds. out OF
the water
Evening journal., 1913-07-16
dies ON wAY nal HnSPIrAI.

LEWES. Del, July 16-While being
taken from the United States Marine
HOSPITAL to the railroad station. to be
taken to hospital in Baltimore Peter
Smith, of Placentia, Newfoundland. a
fisherman on the fishing steamer Sus-
sex, of the Delaware Fish Oil Com
Evening journal., 1913-07-16
SHOW sFcRFTARY CHOSEN.

The executive committee Of the Dia-
mond State Pigeon and Poultry Asso-
citation last night selected Charles
Speakman TO be show. secretary TO direct
the annual pigeon and poultry show.
Evening journal., 1913-07-16

pany, died In a carriage. Smith was
taken III on the Sussex Sunday night.
but the nature of his ailment has not
definitely been determined.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

FIR the week ending November Is,
ty Abstract Company.
Pedar Svaren, Guardian, to Oliver L..
Slime, w. d., SWA %13-109-52.
Sedalia E. Lister to Bertel Thompson,
W.D., SWH 10 and SEH 14-111-4S.
$4,000.
George p. Hall, County Judge, to Peder
N. Svaren, order confirming sale,
south 40 feet Of Lot 3, all of Lot 4,
and north 10 feet of Lot 5, all in
Blk. 6, Asks Add. to Volga.
Bertha VanDusen Mathews to Rasmus
r. Holm, WY. d. NEA 34-111-52. $4,-
700.
Lena F. Rudd to Robert Henry Con-
tract for Deed NJ sen 22-109-52.
$4,000.
Knute Lewis to Toronto Land Co.,
Wy. ID. NEA 1S-112-49. 81.
Toronto Land Co, to John II. Oriken,
wy. ID. NEA 1S-112-49. $4,000.
L. J. Fridley to ]. Ray Fridley, WY. d.
E so TT. of w 100 IT. Lots 19-20-21,
Blk. z, Brookings.
Oscar Sederstrom to Oscar w. Ander-
son, ct al, Wy. d. M 31-110-52.
$16,32O.
L. c. knapp to w. A. Burgess, Outlet
6, Sherwood's Add. to White, 81.
Harry Sayre to Arthur Mcknight WY.
D., Lots 1910 Blk, 9, Mathews &
Scobey's Addition to Brookings. 81.
Edgar c. Olson to Lizzie Nelson WY.
d. Lots rs, Blk. 4, Morehouse Add.
to Brookings. $4,000.
Theodore / Flittie tn Ada T. Ellis WV
d. Lot 5 and Ek Lot 6, Blk. 6, Skin
ner's 1st Add. to %Brookings.
James M. Culbertson to l. f. Lees, ct
al, Wy. d. SEA 19-109-49. 81.
George Williams to Fred w. Williams
Wy. d. WIZ NEA and SEk Of the
NEA Of 22-110-51, except right Of
ways. $4,000.
A. Nyman, Admir-. to Josephine M. E.
Peterson, wy. D. NWA 17-109-51.
$4,000.
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without eve a thought of yielding to
those temptations that beset a girl
who is at once poor and charming.
Among her fellows were some like
herself, others unlike. OF her own
sort in this single particular were the
two girls with whom she shared a
cheap room. Their common decency
in attitude toward the other sex was
the unique bond of union. In their as
ISOLATION she found no real compan-
ionship. Nevertheless they were whole
some enough. Otherwise they were
illiterate, altogether uncongenial.
In such wise, through five dreary
daily she stood behind a counter. She
spent her other waking hours in oblig-
atory mental labors, cooking her own
scant meals over the gas, washing and
ironing, for the sake of that neat ap-
pearance which was required Of her
by those in authority at the Emporium,
yet more especially necessary for her
own self respect.
With a mind keen and earnest she
contrived some solace from reading
and studying since the free library
gave her this opportunity. By candid
comparison Of herself with others
about her she realized the fact that
she possessed an intelligence beyond
the average. The training by her ia.
ther, too, had been of a superior kind.
There was as well. at the back vague
ly, the feeling Of particular self re-
spect that belongs inevitably to the
possessor of good blood. Finally she
demurely enjoyed a modest apprecia-
ton of her own physical advantages.
In short. she had beauty, brains and
breeding. three things Of chief impor-
lance to any woman.
There had been thefts in the store.
They had been traced eventually to a
certain department. that in which
Mary worked. The detective was
alert. Some valuable silks were miss
ed. Search followed Immediately. The
goods were found in Mary's locker.
That was enough. She was charged
with the theft. She protested limo
cence, only to be laughed at in deri-
sion by her accusers. Every thief de-
clares innocence. Mr.. Glider himself
was emphatic against her. The thiev-
ing had been long continued. An ex-
ample must be made. The girl was ar
rested.
The crowded condition Of the court
calendar kept her for three months in
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the Tombs awaiting trial. She was
quite ~friendless. To the world she was
only a thief in duress. At the last the
trial was very short. Her lawyer was
merely an unfiedged practitioner as
signed to her defense as a formality
men and true rendered a verdict of
guilty against the shuddering girl in
the prisoners dock.
That which was the supreme tragedy
to the broken girl in the cell merely
afforded rather agreeable entertain
ment to her former fellows OF the de-
partment store. Mary Turner through
out her term of service there had been
without real intimates, so that now
none was ready to mourn over her
fate. Even the two roommates had
felt some slight %offense, since they
sensed the superiority Of her, though
vaguely. Now, they found a SNUG
satisfaction in the fact Of her disaster
as emphasizing very p~leasurably their
own continuance in responsibility.
On the day of Mary Turner's tria!
there was a subtle gayety of gossipings
to and fro through the store. The
girls plight was like a shuttlecock
driven hither and yon by the battle
dores Of many tongues. 1t was the
first time in many years that n OF
the employees had been thus accused
Of theft. Shoplifters were so common
as to be a stale topic. There was a re-
freshing novelty in this case, where
one of themselves was the culprit. Her
her as they had opportunity, and COM
placently thanked their gods that they
were not as she-with reason.
Smithson, a member of the executive
staff, did not hesitate to speak his
mind, though none too forcibly. Yet
his comment, meager as it was, stood
wholly in Mary's favor. And he spoke
with a certain authority, since he had
given official attention to the girl.
Smithson stopped Sarah Edwards,
Mr.. elders private secretary, as she
was passing through n of the de-
partments that morning to ask her II
the owner had yet reached his office.
"Been and gone" was the secretary's
answer. "He went downtown to the
court Of general sessions. The judge
sent for him about the Mary Turner
case"
"Oh, yes, | remember now,' Smith
son exclaimed. 81 hope the poor girl
gets off. She vas a nice girl-quite
the lady, you know, Miss Edwards.
VIII you please let me know when Mr..
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men to make the necessary sacrifice
of time and money involved in the neg
lect Of their business interests requir-
ed to enable them to run for Office,
and to perform the duties of the posi-.
ton when elected. But when the
right sort of business man Is found
who is willing to make the sacrifice Of
time and money, the states have been
eager, in many instances, to secure
that business mans services.
Colonel Charles A. Howard of Aber-
deem, who has announced his candi-
dacy for the ~senatorship, Is a sterling
business a and has been one of the
most progressive citizens of Aberdeen
and Brown county for thirty years.
He has been M of the state builders
who have been largely instrumental in
making South Dakota the state 1t has
become. He has kept in close touch
with public affairs and has been a con-
sistent and devoted republican
throughout the years. If elected to the
senate, he will give the state first
class service and prove of real assist
ance to his colleagues in the settle
ment of the many questions that arise
in the senate which deeply affect the
welfare of the people,-Aberdeen
Daily News.
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CHAPTER l..
The Panel of Liqht,

THE lids of the girls eyes lifted
slowly, and she stared at the
panel of light in the wall. Just
at the outset the act of seeing
made not the least impression on her
numbed brain. For a long time she
continued to regard the dim illumina-
ton in the wall with the same passive
fixity Of gaze. Apathy still lay upon
her crushed spirit. In & vague way
she realized her own inertness and rest
ed in it gratefully, subtly fearful lest
she again arouse to the full horror Of
her plight. In a curious subconscious
fashion she was striving to hold IN to
this deafness Of sensation, thus to win
a little respite from the torture that
had exhausted her soul.
OF a sudden her eyes noted the black
lines that lay across the panel of light,
and in that instant her spirit was
quickened nee again. The clouds lift
ed from her brain. Vision was clear
now. Understanding seized the full
import Of this hideous thing on which
she looked. For the panel of light was
a window set high within a wall of
stone. The rigid lines of black that
crossed it were b~ars-prison bars. 1t
vas still true, then. She was in a cell
of the Tombs.
Crouching miserably on the narrow
bed, she maintained her fixed watching
Of the window-that window which
was a symbol of her utter despair.
Again agony w%renched within her.
The girl was appalled, by the merci-
lessness of a destiny that had so out
ragged right. She was wholly innocent
of having done any wrong. She had
struggled through years Of privation to
keep herself clean and wholesome, wor-
thy Of those gentlefolk from whom she
drew her blood. And earnest effort
had ended at last under an overwhelm-
ing accusation, false, yet Tor the less
fatal to her. This accusation after soul
wearying delays had eliminated today
in conviction. The sentence Of the
court had been imposed upon her-that
for three years she should be impris-
oned.
There had been nothing in the life
Of Mary Turner before the catastrophe
came to distinguish it from many an
other. It's most significant details were
of a sordid kind, familiar to poverty.
Her father had been an unsuccessful
man as success is esteemed by this gen.
GRAFTON Of Mammon worshipers. He
was a gentleman, but the trivial fact
is Of small avail today. He was Of good
birth. and he was the possessor Of an
inherited competence. He had as well
intelligence, but it was o of a finan-
cial sort.
So, little by little, his fortune be-
came shrunken toward nothingness
by reason of injudicious investments.
He married a charming woman, who.
after a brief period of welded happi-
ness, gave her life to the birth Of the
single child of the union, Mary. As
the years passed the daughter grew
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A BUSINESS MAN

South Dakota has had seven sena-
tors since the admission of the state
to the union in 1SS9-Moody, Petit
grew, Kyle, Gamble, Kittredge, Craw-
ford and Sterling. OF those seven, one
was a minister Of the gospel and six
were lawyers. The state has never
sent a business man to the senate
though year by year as the CONNER
cial interests Of the nation have ex.
banded, more states have acquired the
habit Of sending business men to rep
resent them at Washington.
One reason, perhaps, why in other
days the proportion Of lawyers in the
senate has been so large is because
II has been difficult to induce business
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Glider arrives? There are one or two
little matters / wish to discuss with
him"
"All right" Sarah agreed briskly,
and she hurried on toward the private
office.
The secretary vas barely seated at
her desk when the violent opening Of
the door startled her. and as she look
ed up a CHEEKY voice cried out:
Hello. dad!'
At the same moment a young man
entered with an air of care free assur-
ance, his face radiant. But as his
glance went to the empty armchair at
the desk he halted abruptly, and his
expression changed to n Of disap-
pointment.
"Not here!' he grumbled. Then once
again the smile was on his lips as his
eyes fell on the secretary. who had
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PROLOGUE.

This is a story of a brave girl
who suffered a great wrong. She
went to prison for three years for
a crime that she did not commit,
and when she left prison her rec
ord stood between her and a lip-
ing earned honestly. She gained
more than a living, and she got it
legally. She met bad men and
good men, and she pitted her wits
against those of men trained in
the intricacies of the law and in
the plans of criminals.
Mary Turner is good or bad
according to the way you look at
her. The police and the repre-
sentatipes of law and order that
had condemned her to a felon's
cell called her bad. One young
man believed her to be good, and
he stood by her through storm
and stress, through circumstances
that tried his soul.
This story gives an accurate if
Teeting view of the methods of
work of The police and the crini-
nails, and it shows the finish ola
brave crook who followed unde-
piafingly the course he had map
ped out.