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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-03-14
COUNTY LINE BRIDGE CASE DECIDED.

The friendly chancery suit brought
to ascertain through the courts
whether existing laws would justify
Greene County in helping Wayne
erect the County Line bridge on
proposed site which is a few hundred
yards within the WAYNE line, - was
decided upon appeal the other day in
the Supreme Court as upholding the
contention of county attorney J. w.
Backstrom, that this could not be
done. So it seems he correctly con-
strued the law and advised our board
The advocates of this bridge measure
are that determined that they will
secure a proper local bill In the legis-
lature next winter authorizing such
building which will mean that the
bridge may be recontracted for and
built likely in the Spring or Summer
of 1914.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-03-14

Don't fail to investigate the con-
struction of our pianos, as we invite
the closest scrutiny, and put out an
instrument the peer of any in all
parts. Solid steel back; built-in-brass
bridge, nickle tuning pins. brass
copper wound base, rock-maple bush
ing around the pins.
Advt. W. +. Lamb Piano Co.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-03-14

Only BROAO
Cold
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-03-14

The Piano that can convince the
Piano Critic, the Piano Expert, the
Piano Buyer. That the Piano bear
ing the name Bush & Lane, is with
out peer in the Piano World. See
1t before buying. For sale by
Adyt. w. E. Lamb Piano Co.
At Leakesville, Miss, until Mch. oath
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-03-14

Walter Green comes to town every
few days now bringing his seven-year
old son Walter Jr. to have the foot
dressed which the lad recently came
so near getting cut off accidentally
by his next oldest brother Jake,
while the boys were cutting wood.
His father tells US that Walter was a
very plucky lad, not even crying
after the wound was made though it
bled quite bit. Fortunately it was
mostly flesh would striking on the
meatv part over ankle and glancing
down shaving up the flesh from the
bone.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-03-14
COMMISSIONERS s SALE OF LAND FOB PARTITION

J. w Backstrom. Sol for Complt 3-2s
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-03
Authority Gives a List Of Those Which
She Advises Girls to Give UP
or Avoid.

Miss Elizabeth Burchenal. inspector
OF athletics for the board of education
of New York city, who recently made
q study of athletics for girls, with the
object of determining what kind Of
athletics are really helpful to girls,
and what kind harmful, has inter
viewed forty women. all graduates OF
physical training schools and all OF
whom have had either practical expe-
rience In athletics or else opportunities
OF observation. Az a result of their
statements and Of her own experience
she has listed a. condemned athletics
for mature girls the broad jump, the
high Jump in competition and pole
, auiting. and az doubtful for the mat
ture girl the high Jump. running more
than 100 yards in competition and
weight throwing. For the immature
girl the condemned athletics are rum
nins more than 100 yards. pois vault
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-03
Convicts to Prison AGAIN.

Jefferson City.-Norman H. Moss,
parole officer of the Illinois peniten.
tiary at Chester, came here to get
warrants from Gov. Major, on requi-
sition of Gov. Dunno, for the return
to that state Of Patrick Doyle and
George Brown.
The men are about to complete sen.
fences in the Missouri penitentiary
and will be taken to Chester to serve
sentences there. They violated paroles
by coming to Missouri.
Brown, whose term will expire at
once, was sentenced from st. Louis
four years ago for five years for rob-
berry in the first degree. He was sent
to Chester from Sangamon county in
November, 1906, under an indetermi-
nate sentence for burglary and larceny
and was paroled in July, 1909, to w.
I. Erwin of East st. Louis.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-03
Land of Our Forefathers

she holds the tombs of those who have
reflected honor on all who speak the
English tongue: she is the birthplace
OF u fathers, the home of the Pill
grims; 1t is these which l love and
venerate In England.
should feel ashamed Of an enthu-
siasm for Italy and Greece did I not
also feel It for a land like this. In
an American 1t would seem TO be de.
generate and ungrateful to hang with
passion upon the traces OF Homer and
Virgil and follow without emotion the
nearer and palmer footsteps of
Shakespeare and Milton. / should
think him cold In love for his native
sand who felt no melting in his heart
SOr that other native country which
kolds the ashes Of his rbrefathers.-
howard Everett On
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-03
A Cry From the Depths.
The autumn leaves are falling
In places we could name.
oh. that the cost OF living
Would only do the samei
Good and Bad Athletics

Ing and weight throwing. and the
doubtful athletics are basket ball and
field hockey.
The safe athletics for mature girls
include. according to Miss BorchenaPs
investigation, archery. ball throwing,
basket ball (women's rules), climbing,
coasting. dancing, field hockey, golf.
horseback riding, cross and side sad.
die, indoor baseball which 10 played
in the open air. low hurdles not in com
petition; skating, skiing. snowshoeing,
swimming, tennis and walking.
AS especially beneficial for the ma
ture girl Miss Murchenal lists climb
Ing, dancing. jumping. in moderation;
running. in moderation, and not in.
competition; skating. swimming and
walking.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-03
CHAPTER XIII.
AIeck Sees a Ghost.

Little Simon drove leisurely up the
long, rugged hill over which Agatha
and James had so recently travelled,
and drew rein in the shade at a dis
lance of a long city block from his
destination. He pointed with his whip
while he addressed Aleck, his sole
passenger.
Wonders the old red house, mister.
The parson, he hated to have his trees
gnawed, and Major here's a great
horse for gnawing the bark offer trees.
So | never go nc nearer the house
than this"
All right. Simon; you wait for me
here"
Aleck walked slowly along the coun-
try road, enjoying the fragrant fields,
the quiet beauty OF the place. 1t was
still early in the day, for he had lost
no time in following the clues gath.
cred from the village as to the sur
vivors Of the Jeanne Dare. The air
raj fresh and clean, with a tang of
the distant salt marshes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-03
Edward Everett's Tribute 10 England
as the Cradle and Refuge Of
Free Principles.

For myself I can truly say that
after my native land | feel a tender
ness and q reverence for that Of my
fathers. The pride l take in my own
country makes me respect that from
which we are sprung. The sound Of
my native language beyond the sea
II q music TO m: ears beyond the rich
<st strains Of Tuscan softness or Cas-
lillian majesty.
i am uot--I need not say / am not
the panegyrist OF England. am not
dazzled by her riches nor awed by her
power. The scepter. the inter and
the ooroneI stars. garters and riK
bons seem to me poor things for grek
me 70 contend for.
But England ID the cradle and ne
rtkzss n FREQ principles. though oven
~psrsecutsd; the school Of religious
liberty. tDb mora precious for The
-%saaziss thrcuGh which It has nsssed:
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-03
Troops as Flood Heroes Are Praised.

Jefferson City.-Adjt. Gen. John B.
O'Meara filed with Gov. Major a re-
port of the service of the National
Guard of Missouri in protecting the
levees in southeast Missouri during
the overflow in March and April.
The companies of the Sixth infan-
try were on this detail from March 20
to April 10. 1t cost the state $0,115.35
to do the work.
There being no available fund to
pay the bills, this amount will have
to pc carried until the next session of
the legislature makes a deficiency ap-
preparation to meet it.
Gen. O'Meara says this was the
greatest flood in this section; the riv-
er was higher and the territory re-
curing protection was much greater
than ever before.
Not only did the troops guard the
threatened levees to prevent their
being cut" says the report, but the
men worked heroically in sacing life
and property and in relieving the dis
tress of the afflicted people"
Gen. UMeara compliments .Ae tire
less efforts of Col. Arthur L. Oliver.
commander of the Sixth regiment.
his officers and men.
Gen. O'Meara concludes his report
with the following suggestion:
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-03
RISK MEN NOT TO
CANCEL POLICIES
SUPREME COURT Restraints IN.
sURANcE CONCERNS FROM
QUITTING STATE.
ARE ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE
Three Judges Dissent as to Right to
Call in Policies, but the Court Is
a Unit as to All Other Cues
tions That Are Involved.

Jefferson City, Mo.-The supreme
court, in an opinion written by Judge
Woodson, overruled the demurrer of
the fire insurance companies to the
writ of quo warranto asked by the
encouragement, and held that the
court had jurisdiction to try the ques-
tons involved in the controversy, and
that the proceedings brought by the
state officers were proper.
The companies now must file their
answer to the petition to show cause
why they should not be penalized for
withdrawing from business in Mis-
souri,, and when that is done the court
will appoint a commissioner to take
testimony in the case.
The supreme court also issued a
temporary restraining order prohibit
ing the insurance companies from can
ceiling insurance pending the DISPOSE
ton of the quo warranto suits. On
this point the court was divided,
Judges Brown, Walker and Farris dis
senting from the opinion of the ma
jority,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-03
New Parish in the canltal.

Jefferson City-The Catholic church
has decided to establish another par
ish here, which probably will take in
about one-third of the city and all of
the eastern suburbs. The congrega-
ton of st, Peters church has become
to large as to necessitate another par,
ish. There are more than 500 families
in the present parish, and it takes in
a great deal Of territory, crossing the
Missouri river and taking in a 81,
Galloway county.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-03
SYNOPSIS.

Agatha Redmond, opera singer, starting
For an auto drive in New York. finds a.
stranger sent as her chauffeur. Leaving
the car, she goes into the park to read
The will of an old friend of her mother.
who has left her property. TheTs she is
l~ccosted by a stranger, who fqtlows her
20 the auto, climbs In and Ehloroforms
Ter. James Hambleton of lynn. Mass,
witnesses the abduction Of Agatha Red
nlond. Hambleton sees Agatha forclbly
taken aboard a yacht He secures a tug
ind when near he/yacht drops over
soard. AIeck Van Camp, friend of Ham
oleton, had an appointment with him. Not
meeting Hambleton, he makes a call upon
friends. Madafne and Miss Melanie Rey-
1ier. He propose to the latter and Is re-
FUSED The three arrange a coast trip
on Van Camps yacht. the Sea Gull.
Hambleton wakes up on board the jeanne
O'Arc, the yacht on which is Agatha
Redmond. His clothes and money belt
gave been taken from him. Heymeets a
nhatelard. who is Agatha's abductor,
hey fight, but are interrupted by the
prHnking o. the vessel. Jimmy and Agatha
hore both abandoned by the crew. who
make to the boats. Jimmy and Agatha
7 win for hours and finally reach shore
IN a thoroughly exhausted condition. Re
.Nll,overtng slightly. the pair find Hand. the
rec hauffeur who assisted IN Agatha,s alb
ft1uction. He agrees to help them. Jim ls
: = elirious and on the verge of death. Hand
roes for help. He returns with DR..
who revives Jim, and the party
nnS conveyed to Charlesport, where Aga
NIha's property Is located. DR.. ThRyer ID
ncnle brother Of Agatha's benefactor.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-03
Can't Take the Picture SERIOUSLY

The picture OF a man holding 9
large fish does not necessarily prove
that he is telling the truth. Photo
sraphers nowadays are too expert in
grating the picture Of a fish taken at
close range onto the end Of a line held
by a man whose picture was taken at
o considerable distance.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-03
sweet PerouIsIte.

Candy 10 a ~perquisite OF theater ush-
ers seldom taken into account. After
q Saturday matinee the enterprising
usher q secure enough bonbons and
chocolates to last q week. The more
absorbing the play the larger the sup
ply At an Interesting climax the emo.
tlonal matinee girl forgets her candy
box and let's Il slide to. the door with
several pieces sticking In the corners,
Immediately after the performance All
enterprising ushers search the house
fnr discarded SWEETS
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-03

TO the required dimensions. is heated
in a gas furnace until the iron can Just
be handled without distortion through
softening.
1t is then plunged In a chemical
bath, which removes superfuous ma
terials and leaves the Iron clean. FL
nally, II is magnetized by means of
electric coils.
In strength of field, castiron mag
nets are from ten to fifteen per cent.
inferior to those Of steel. but they are
equal in magnetic permanence. and
cost, for intricate patterns. only one
half as much as steel magnets.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-03
Standard 10 STAY In State.

Jefferson City.-The state supreme
court issued an order permitting the
Standard Oil Co. of Indiana to resume
business in Missouri and suspending
the custer during good behavior. The
court retains jurisdiction Of the case
and confers power upon the attorney
general to institute proceedings if he
has information that the company is
net complying with the laws of the
state.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-03
Team She's at Auto. kills nrluer.

Cape Girardeau.-Charles Sanders,
a young man living near Jackson, was
killed when his team became fright.
ened at an automobile. He was
thrown from his vehicle and his neck
broken.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-03
Confident Of Her pnwer

Every woman knows that although
she may not be as vapidly pretty as
some OF her rivals, she rejoices in a
certain indefinable charm which gives
her an incontestable advantage over
them ALA Little World, by Arnold
Goldsworthy.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-03
Piedmont Revival Ends.

Piedmont.-The Hay-Bell-Huggins.
Gilbert revival that has been held in
Piedmont for five weeks has closed.
The meeting raj conducted in a large
tent and later In the Presbyterian
church. Many converts are reported.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-03

Hub--"Have you done what | asked
and saved some money this month";.
Wife-Yes, dear. spoke to the gro
Ger and he's promised not To send n
his bill TIL next month.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-03
Gettysburg Pilgrim rPostrated.

Joplin.-George Wilson Of Laclede,
Mo-, a veteran of the civil war, was
Frustrated by the heat while walking
from a hotel to the railroad station
here. Wilson was on his way to Get
tysburg to attend the semicentennial
reunion. He was hurried to a hos.
pital. His condition is dangerous.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-03
Insurance Company Gets charter

Jefferson City,-The Mercantile
Town Mutual Fire Insurance company
of Kansas City completed the neces-
sary preliminaries for securing incor-
poration papers, and received a char
ter fom Secetay of State Roach. The
Offices OF the company ire: Philip s.
Brown. Jr, president; Reynold Bar
mum, secretary, and Homer B. Mann,
treasurer. Among the incorporators
are former Gov. Herbert s. Hadley, A.
L. Cooper, John R. Grove and George
3. Edwards.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-03
Provisions of Law.

The litigation in this Ease was in
stituted by the Encouragement in
May last, when the companies an
nounced that, under the provisions of
the Orr antitrust law, passed by the
last legislature, they could not con
tinue writing insurance without sub
jecting the agents and officers of the
companies to prosecution for violation
of the law.
The last clause of the Orr law,
which the insurance companies de-
clare particularly offensive and dras-
tic, provided that if two or more COM
,panies used the same rate basis in
writing insurance they would he held
guilty of conspiring or combining to
fix rates, and it would be prima facie.
evidence of such combination, for
one company to use any book, sheet,
schedule or table of rates for writing
insurance, which was used by any
other company as a basis Of writing
insurance.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-03

The ~dlnlcnity Of making good cast
iron permanent magnets hrs been
overcome By a very simple process.
1Tks srne aastins. sftss hains mAahlnsA
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-03
peevlah.

Il had TO kill my dog this morning."
Was No mad?" Well, he didn't seem
~ tho well Observation-Disclosures En-.
irer
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-03

WHAT'S the russ about7"
They say somebody IN tho party
has mislaid something
Then I'll bet It's JasgA Ho & =
AVS losinx biz haaAs
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-13
Pat Sheedy's Part

And that is the history OF what hap
pened to Gainsborough's famous Duchess
of Devonshire" painting, which is now in
]. Plepont Morgan's private art gallery
on Madison avenue. New York. AS said
earlier in this article. Raymond, who stole
It, neither wanted the picture nor the
money it represented. Raymond cut that
painting from its frame as an act Of 10y
atty TO a fellow thief who was in trouble
to use it as powerful lever to make sure
Of getting Tom Warren out OF prison.
And right here, before going further
with the episodes Of Raymond's remark
able career. let me explain the mystery of
how Pat Sheedy. the New York gambler,
happened to be the person who sold the
stolen Gainsborough back to the Agnews
Long before that Pat" Sheedy and
Harry Raymond had done much business
together. After Sheedy had accumulated
a fortune by gambling, he built up a
large and exceedingly profitable business
in the sale of stolen paintings. Through
his wide acquaintance he formed a con
venient connecting link between the rich
men who could AFFORD to buy rare paint
ings and the clever criminals who knew
how to steal them. Raymond took up the
stealing of paintings when he became too
old and too well known to the police to
attempt more profitable kinds OF robbery,
and it was through Sheedy that he dis
posed of most of them
A number of years before Raymond died
he met me in London and asked if / could
do some business for him. Being in need
of ready money. | readily agreed He
took me to his apartments and handed me
two paintings which showed at a glance
that they had been cut from their frames
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-13
Raymond's Expert on
Safe Cracking

Raymond was a natural leader Of men
and ne had a sharp eye for able assistants
In his gangs were the greatest experts he
could collect around him Raymond was
not a technically educated machinist, and
he felt the need OF an expert mechanic.
For a number of years he watched the
work of various other bank burglars and
gave especial attention to any work that
showed peculiar mechanical skill in get
ting into locks and steel safes.
Finally Raymond got his eye on very
promising young burglar named Mark Shin
burn, who turned out to be a perfect won
der as a safe opener Shinburn had
served an apprenticeship in a machine
shop and soon got a job in the factory OF
the Lilly Safe Company Locks and safes
had a peculiar fascination for Shnburn
and he rapidly mastered the whole scheme,
theory and practise Of lOck-making and
knew the weak points not only of the locks
his own company made but also OF all the
other big safe makers whose locks and
safes were on the market.
Shinburn was Just the man to NJ into
Raymond's band Of experts. he had the
peculiar and valuable technical knowledge
that RAYMOND lacked Raymond would
select a bank, study the habits Of the bank
clerks, survey the situation and lay out
the plans for the job. Raymond would
execute all these preliminaries and would
lead his men into the bank and face 10
face with the safe; but at this point Shin
burn would bring his genius into action
and Raymond would stand BY holding his
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-13

top. With a long, sharp knife, he care
fully slashed the precious canvas from
its heavy gold frame.
At one of the bottom corners RaymOnd's
knife made series OF peculiar zigzags.
Later he cut from the portrait a little
piece that matched these jagged lines.
This was to send to the Agnews as evil
dence that he really had the picture
After cutting the picture out, Raymond
rolled 1t up carefully, tied it with a string
and buttoned it underneath his coat.
Then he went out the same way he had
entered, being careful to close the window
behind him. With his companions he
returned to his Piccadilly house and hid
in closet the picture which he hoped
would prove his friends ransom.
Next morning all London was in a
fever of excitement over the loss of the
Gainsborough. The Agnews offered $4,000
for its return and soon increased the
reward Of $4,000. A hundred of the best
detectives in Scotland Yard secured the
city for clues.
The crime was shrOuded in mystery. The
doors of the gallery had not been tam
pered with. The fastenings of a rear
window were broken, but the watchmen
averred that no thief could have entered
there as they had been sitting close by
all night.
In all London the only persons who
had no theories to advance as to the
Gainsborough's fate we're Raymond
Philips and Elliott. They quietly waited
for the excitement to subside, realizing
that with the public mind in its present
state 1t was altogether too hazardous to
think Of attempting to negotiate for the
pictures return.
Meanwhile something happened to make
the Gainsborough of no use to Raymond
his friend Warren was released from jail
through the discovery of a technicality
in his Indictment The famous portrait
now became a veritable white elephant"
Raymond dared not return it-he feared
to leave It in storage lest some one recOg-
nize it. So he carried the roll Of can
vas with him about the world until later,
when, through Pat" Sheedy's aid, he re-
turned it to the Agnews and secured $685.
600 for his pains