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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-07

hsr pane. Six months ago l asked
her to marry me, but she wouldn't
say yes and she wouldn't say no,
FnAliy, less'n a week ago. l says
to her outright, Sally. what you
got agin me2' Then she blurts
out. am afeard o. marrying You
I'm afeard o. marrying any
man. Men don't know their own
hearts, SAYS she. They're sure
to change. l don't dare trust any
man. l just don't dare
oh, shucks,' says I, some
body's been filling you with book
yarns that never happened
Never happened says she,
and she give a funny kind of a
laugh; IL happened to Alice You
Sc, Alice Waters Darn.
didn't mean to tell her name. "
Squirting broke off in vexatioH.
Never mind" said Poole. Its
one name or another, and all the
same to me-"
Well, you see, Alice was a sis
ter of hern that had died three
years before. 1t was before l got
to know Sally. There was a pic
ture of her hanging I'm the parlor.
She was a mighty pretty girl II
she was anything like that pic
ture.
What happened to Alice?' !
asks, and then she tells me every
thing. Ii seems that three or four
years before, a young fellow,
spending the summer at the hotel
there in Windsor, got acquainted
with Alice. She was pretty, and
this chap made out he thought a
lot of her. She fell dead in love
with him, and-well, come Sep
tenn he was ready to dig out,
leaving her broken-hearted and
worse. There was an awful mess,
but they managed somehow TO
keep IL pretty quiet--the young
chap himself, l guess, was glad
to see to that. He didn't get
away. Alice's brother cornered
him and gave him his choice o.
marrying her or a bullet through
his head, and he married her on
the spot. But, of course. he skip
ped off afternward. She pinned
away and six months later she
was dead.
" That's what men is,' says
Sally. And | begun to see how
she felt"
Squirting fixed Poole with his
glowing eyes. That chap OF
Alfce's was Mr.. Archie Winthrop. .
A score of questions were press.
ing upon Poole's lips, but a soft.
toned bell chimed the hour. The
white-capped nurse had reap.
peared at the doorway.
Poole picked up his hat. and
rising to his feet, held out his
hand to Squirting.
You said you knew Archie
Winthrop"
Squirting nodded.
And he knows you - vel
enough to call on you for an ode
| job in your line IL it offered
You've worked as a maehinist
haven't you, here in Burwiek?"
Excuse me, but it's past tn,
hour" put in the nurse in de
cisive tones, advancing towarC
them.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-07

dreadful old man who lives up
in the woods and won't do any
thing for him."
Good Lord!" muttered Poole
to himself. And I've been turn
ing half the state upside down
trying to find HIM"
His decision was instantly
made. 1--WE got to see that
chap" he announced, abruptly;
and, speechless, Evelyn watched
him turn the corner In mad, eager
haste.
Accepting the situation with a
sigh, she recovered Poole's suit
case and motored slowly back to
the hospital.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-07

ed. He raced swiftly up the stairs
20 his room. snafeAed an electric
flashiight from a drawer. and
then returned softly down the
stairs and along the corridor
leading through the wing of ths
house. lie paused at a bedroom
door which stood aiar. Within.
all was dark and silent. lie en-
tered. crossed the room. and en-
amined the fireplace. The flash
of the searchlight revealed It
empty.
Too late. OF course." groaned
Poole. Its been cleaned out days
ago. II there was only a frak-
mentl" he muttered. franticaliy
darling his light into every nook
and corner. sud- sniy, I'm a niche
formed By the rough plasterins
of the flue. he detected a small
fleck OF black.
Poole's hand closed over IL IN
a CULVER OF ecstasy. v hen sudden
ly his ear caught the snap of an
electric switch button. and the
room was flooded with light.
Startled. he turned to find Archie
Winthrop confronting him.
What the devil are you doing
here7" demanded Archie. with
faint sneering smile at the
searehlight in Poole's hand.
Poole's lips frightened. and net
tied at the others tone. he tura-
ed upon him bluntly. "I'lI be
damned IL I don't tell you"
CHAPTER XIV.
Its not a matter of six or
eight Words" said Poole coldly.
In response Archie carelessiy
shrugged his shoulders. He soft
Iy shut the door. and the two
men faced each other.
I'm this little affair OF the
SAFE" began Poole. my suspi-
clans have been that you might
possibly have played a part IN
this interesting mystery"
Indeed"
you may remember your tes-
timony to the fact that ON the
night of the burglary you were
awakened by a light flashed care
lessly by some one passing out
side this window of your bed
room?"
81 certainly do" said Archie.
81 should not have been likely
to question the statement had IL
not been for an occurrence the
following afternoon while tea
was being served on the lawn.
IL l remember correctly you ex-
postulated with Mis- Winthrop In
regard to the arrangement of the
pillows in the hammock. IL seems
you find IL impossible to lie on
your right side. l have taken
the trouble since then to learn
that you habitually sleep on your
left side. Perhaps you will tell
men. then, how, when lying ON
your left side, light from the
window over there could ever
have flashed across your eyes
and wakened you. Obviously
your back must have been turn
ed to it."
CONTINUED Tomorrow
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CONTINUED From Yesterday


That's awfully good of you,
Miss Winthrop" Poole protested,
but l don't want to put you to
: all that trouble just for me-"
I'm not doing 1T on your ac-
count at all" replied Evelyn. 81
have got to go over to Burwick to
d see how my poor man is doing at
the hospital. and you might just
as well go along. So II you're
ready"
Poole assented, as at that in
: slant the car was brought to the
door by a servant, and they set
off.
The motor car wound up the
road leading to the Saddle-back,
descended into the Burwick val
ley, and gradually approached the
town. At the railroad station
Poole dismounted and held out
his hand to Evelyn.
"Good-by until tomorrow
night"
"Good-by," she said. "Remem.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-07
"The White SAPPHIRE
BY oopyreht by a Broters1
REGIN HERE TODAY

Montgomery Poole. amateur de-
tective. is a guest at the Winthrop
country home. One evening he
hides a white sapphire for the
members of the family to find.
They are Colonel Winthrop and
his niece and nephews, Evelyn,
her adopted brother Jack, and the
cousin of the other two. Archie.
That same evening the colonel
presents Evelyn with some unset
diamonds and a ruby. Evely..
puts them I'm an old safe for the
night. and the next morning it is
found that the safe has been
The diamonds are untouched.
Later Evelyn discovers the ruby
I'm Jacks pocket. At first she
and her uncle suppose that Jack
took IL for the fun of having
Poole work out a detective puz-
zie, but Jack denies any knOwl-
edge of the ruby.
Meantime PooIe4is strong on
the scent, and has discovered that
one Joe Squirting, son of a hermit
living I'm the woods back of the
Winthrop place, has left town
: suddenly. Everything points to-
ward his guilt, and Poole has a
detective I'm search of him. Feel
ing that the detective Is bungIing
the job, Poole decides to go to the
town where he believes the key to
the mystery lies. He trumps up
an excuse for a days absence, and
Evelyn motors him TO the station.
She continues on her way to the
hospital to visit a man she has
rescued and taxed there after he
was hurt on an obscure road by
a car that did not stop after
knocking him down.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-06
TANGO WITH HIRED HANDS.

From the Kansas City Star.
Business of handing bouquets to
the New York husband and his
charming wife. They know enough
not to annoy each other.
There are tango jungles uptown in
which the paying patrons are almost
entirely of the fair sex and for the
most part of "hoch" society. They
float in of an afternoon, dressed in a
handful of silk and the pelts of TWEEN
tv or thirty small and costly animals,
and fragrant as the rose corner in a
conservatory. Of course they come
to dance. But it happens that very
few men 60 to these somewhat eX-
elusive places.
Therefore, the proprietors hire
nice, slender, large eyed he-gazelles
lat So for the afternoon, They dance
with the ari4tocrats to the satisfac-
ton of the ladies and their own over
due board bills.
Many times each afternoon hum
dreds of men turn haggard eyes upon
the office clock. Finally they slam
down their desks shut, dictate a final
letter while galloping to the elevator,
and hurry uptown to the trot
courses. 1t is but an accident that
they do not go to the dancing places
which are chiefly patronized by their
lady wives. 1t merely happens that
so many of these men flock into the
Broadway dance restaurants that
list of those present would sound
like a census of down town New
York. The management strives to
please. Many pretty, 1.-THE young la
dies are employed at S. per day to
dance with the before dinner bache-
lors
Thus do we observe that no harm
has been done, and many worthy
young people are kept on terms OF
pleasant intimacy with their board
ing house keepers.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-06
For Leave to Sell.

State of Georgia, Terrell County
Notice is hereby given to all concern
ed that Z. c. HoyI, administrator of
the estate of William Kaigler, de-
ceased, has this day applied to me, as
Ordinary of Terrell county Georgia,
for leave to sell the remainder of the
lands belonging to the estate of Will
liam Kafgler, deceased, and that
same will be heard at court of Ordi-
nary in and for said county of Ter
rell, at the regular February term of
said court, on February End, 1914.
This January 9Th, 1914.
W. B. CHEATHAM, Ordinary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-06
The New Money Law.

The country appears to be well sat
fsfied, after all, with the currency
law. That is evidenced by express
sions one hears from banks and bust
ness men in all sections, as well as
newspaper utterances.
The people seem to regard the
measure as we'll meant, intended to
serve useful purpose, and in that
spirit it is accepted. Even some Of
those who were recently critics-and
not friendly at that-are now heard
to say that the law ought to serve a
good purpose. Everywhere there is
manifest disposition to make the
most of it, in the hope that it will
make good.
Such expressions, such spirit, are
gratifying. The fact that the law
has been framed and is now virtually
in force will go a long way toward
building up more confidence in the
measure. 1t offers opportunity to
business and industry, and there
seems to be general confidence that
under it's operations all lines of trade
and industry will be encouraged and
stimulated, which, Of course, ought
to promote confidence and prosperity
all over the country and make money
more plentiful And best Of all,
there is a feeling that with this sys-
TEN We have seen the last Of finan-
cial panics. 1t is said that money
will not go into hiding now, as it
used to do, because Of fear Of runs
on banks. The banks will be better
equipped to meet demands for cash.
All in all, there is cause to feel
much satisfaction, especially at the
opening of new year, at the out
look for business activity Of pros
porous and yet safe nature. The
South, in particular, should feel the
benefcent influence Of the situa-
ton
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-06
Bankrupt Sale.

In pursuance of an order issued by
Hon. w. w. Wright, Referee in
Bankruptcy, on Dec. 80, 1918, there
will be sold free of all liens, to the
highest bidder for cash, at the store
house of J. E. MoreIand, situated on
the road leading from Dawson to AL
bany and being in the Sasser district
Of Terrell county, Georgia, between
the legal hours Of sale the following
property to-wit: Stock of merchan-
disc, consisting of dry goods, notions,
groceries, hats and hardware; also
farm tools and accounts. Said prop
erty sold as the property of said j.
E. Moreland, bankrupt, and said sale
will take place at said store house on
January 18th, 1914. Inspection in
yited. This January End, 1914.
R. R. MARLIN, Trustee.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-06
Editor PendIetOn,

The News, in common with thous-
onds of friends and admirers in Geor-
qia and the South, learns with regret
Of the serious illness of Editor c. X.
pandIeton of the Macon Telegraph
who has suffered a nervous breaK-
down. and has not been at his desk
in three weeks. Saturdays Iele-
oranb announced that Mr.. Louis b..
Pendleton. a brother of Editor ZEN
dleton and an author Of renoWn'
who has made his home since leaving
Georgia at Bryn Athyn, Pa, had ar
rived in Macon and temporarily as
sumed the editorship of the paper.
For nearly half a century Editor
Pendleton has been engaged in news
naper work in Georgia, and for nearly
twenty wears he has guided the des-
TIMES Of the Macon Telegraph. He is
a strong and forceful writer, is sin
cere and fearless in his convictions
and is a balance wheel in the affairs
of Georgia. It is to be hoped that
he will be speedily and permanently
restored to health and soon resume
editorial work.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-06
The MiddIeman to Blame.

Although America, with six and a
half million farms, broke all produc-
ton records and crop values in 1913
the federal department of agricult-
ure does not think a reduction of the
cost of living will result.
Ten billion dollars worth of pro-
ducts, $5,OOO,0OO,0O0 of cash in
come and a bumper year despite
droughts and other setbacks is the
record set forth by the department.
The United States most successful
year in husbandry produced $780,
100000 worth of crops, of which
nearly $3,OOO,OOO,OOO were cereals.
More than $3,5OO,OO0,0OO of animals
were sold with animal products. The
value of the 1913 crops were twice
that of 1899 and was a billion
more than that of 1909, and much
greater than that of 1912. Relative
to the lack of decrease in the cost
Of living the department declares
that while the retail prices are
prompt to rise in case of underpro-
duction a decline is slow in case OF
over-production. A long line of dis
tributors and middlemen are in posi-
ton to take advantage of the market
and control it to a certain extent.
The report says the high price paid
by consumers, ranging from . to 800
per cent more than the farmer re-
ceives, indicates that there is plenty
of room for lowering the cost of farm
products and at the same time largely
increase the cash income Of the farm
er without increasing farm produc-
ton. This condition, called the mar
keting problem, is solvable by a bet
ter organization of farmers and in !
proved marketing methods.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-06
Would Like to Change Places.

Farm and Fireside, the national
farm paper published at Springfield,
Ohio, recently printed an editorial in
which the facts were presented about
q Chicago engineer who wishes he
could get away from the city and into
the country. This editorial brought
ont a number of remarkable letters,
which are published in the current
issue of the Farm and Fireside under
the title. The Rainbow Of Hope" "
raising the question of how families,
without money, but wishing to
make the break" can secure a start
on a farm. One of the most interest
ing letters in the collection is one
from a man who is seeking just what
the Chicago engineer wants to flee
from;
4 have read with much interest
YOUR letter in Farm and Fireslde,
in which you state you desire to go
on the farm. | own a farm of 326
acres, about 100 acres Of which is
good farming land. My desire IS
TO become a railroad fireman.
am a graduate of the American
Railway Educational Association
course on firing locomotives. Now,
nv proposition is that if your hus-
band. who is an engineer, could get
me a place firing on some good
railroad ] would be willing to let
him work my farm on the shares.
OF course 1 would furnish team
and implements l have had sew
eral years experience with boiler
engines of different kinds. l have
Dl0wed with steam traction en-
gines. am willing to work hard
and would want a steady job, as l
have wife and children to sup
port"
The editor makes the following
comment:
There are two basic troubles
which confront the family which,
either in the city or the country,
wants a farm and hasn't the mon
ev to buy one. The first is the
high price of land, the second is
the fact that there is no way in
which they can know where oppor-
tunfties exist. That they do exist
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-06

is made perfectly plain by the let
tiers printed in this article. There
are thousands of them-but de-
mand and supply are widely sepa-
rated. The problem is to bring
them together. Whether they can
agree on terms when brought to-
gether is an additional problem.
But the city man who goes on
farm must have his head free from
rainbow dreams and must be will
ing to work with hands. The OPP
portunities in the country for a
man with little capital are not al
Turing, but they are about equal
to opportunities in the city. Liy-
ing in the country or city is chiefly
a question of personal choice"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-06

But few people have any idea of
the tremendous wealth that is rep
resented by the three principal crops
grown in the United States. The corn
crop of last year is valued at more
than $1,5OO,OOO,OOO, wheat is a rec
ord crop at $11O,OOO,OOO, and cotton
at $798.OO0,OOO. The prices of the
fourteen principal crops average
more than 20 per cent higher than
year ego.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-06

BY treating the body as machine,
nv inspecting it at intervals and max
ing repairs when they are needed
tho Life Extension Institute intends
to lengthen life. 1t has been incor-
norated in New York with former
President Taft as chairman OF the
directorate and Col. Gorgas, who
made the canal zone sanitary, as con-
sultant in sanitation and hygiene.
The institute proposes to examine
ANYBODY who applies and give a state
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-06
THE MINGLING OF RACES.

From the Boston Post.
The recent death reported from
London of Lady Strathcona, wife of
Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal,
high commissioner of Canada, has di-
rected little attention to the ANAL
gamation of races here on this West
ern continent. Nevertheless, it is
notable and conspicuous.
Baron Strathcona is today the ar
bitter of Great Britain's power i'll the
Dominion of Canada. His wife was
the "frst lady" of that land. Her
mother was a squaw. Yet her dis
tinction was not exceptional; she was
one of the last remarkable group of
Indian women taken as wives by high
officials of the fur companies and ris-
ing to social eminence and titles.
Thus has commercial success com
manded acceptance of the blending
of races in Great Britain. We have
examples here The first delegate to
congress from Oregon married a Nez
Perez Indian woman and his family
resulting holds worthily social posi-
tions today. The leader and expo
nent of financial reform in the pres
ent senate of the United States is an
Tndian-Senator Owens of Oklaho-
ma-and he makes good in that po-
SitiOn
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-06
CITIZENSHIP AND LAW.
ON the Cnthbert Leader.

The recent street fair episode III
Cuthbert has brought out some legal
points that were new to the average
citizen.
1t is not the duty of superior
court judge to swear out warrants,
Should he take such action he would
be disqualified to preside at the trial
of the matter involved.
1t is not the business of the solic-
itor-general to swear out warrants,
but to advise those who come to him
regarding law applying to criminal
matters and to prosecute certain
cases.
1t is not the special duty Of the
sheriff to take out warrants, but to
execute them. 1t is his duty to ar
rest those he sees committing crimes,
even without warrant.
There are reasons why a solicitor
and a sheriff, more than other citi-
zens, should hesitate to swear out
warrants. The public is quick to
criticise and accuse these officers of
seeking to make business for the fees
that may result.
A private citizen may be doing a
duty to the public and proving his
good citizenship in swearing out
warrant against lawIessness. Any cit
izen has the same right that the sher-
if has to arrest without a warrant
a person he sees committing a crime.
We have it on legal authority that
any citizen could have arrested, with
out being deputized and without
warrant, a person he saw running a
gambling game at the street fair.
The hesitancy of the average citi-
zen to take the initiative in matters
of this kind and other criminal VIC
lations is largely responsible for law
lessness. We-you and fellow cit
liens, could make those who are ac-
customed to gamble, sell whiskey,
carry pistols, get drunk in public and
do various other illegal things very
scarce in this community if we would.
Are we doing our duty?
The average man thinks it is not
his business to attempt to break up
lawIessness, but that of the police
and the courts, except when his toes
get stepped on. In that event he will
bestir himself. We are pretty self
ish-you and fellow citizens. We
need backbone, moral courage. Few
of us measure up to the proper stand
ard of citizenship, though we should
feel offended if some one charged us
with not being good citizens.
With the general dissemination of
citizens to take individual steps to
break up various forms of law VIC
Iations it looks as though we need
some county officer whose sole duty
should be to apprehend and swear
out warrants against those who vio-
late the criminal statutes. AS condi-
lions now exist blind tigers have to
DCCOIlS uOJOI lOuSy PuUI1C vi ullhtII-
ness especially obnoxious, gambling
open and INDUCED in by boys before
citizens become active. And usually
then it is some parent whose boy is
being contaminated who nerves him
self. Wouldn't it be better to nip
these things in the bud? 1t is better
to prevent crime than to punish Grim
inals.
A law and order league is a step
in the direction mentioned.
But most of all We need an awak-
ening of civic conscience. We ought
to preach and practice respect for
law. We select men to make laws
and men to execute them. We ought
to observe the laws, whether or not
we approve of them. Disregard for
legal statutes leads to anarchy.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-06
CUTTING THE DEATH RATE.

From the Savannah Press.
The dierctor Of the census has is
sued a statement showing the death
rate throughout the United States
for the year 1912 as compared with
former years. These are the latest
figures obtainabIe, but they are most
encouraging and helpful, and show
that the mortality of the country is
much less than it was in the years
gone by. The area included in the
registration includes two-thirds of
the estimated population of the Unit
ed States.
The death rate for 1912 is the
lowest on record in the thirteen
years that the report has been issued.
The total number of deaths register
ed is 83S,251, corresponding to a
death rate of 1879 for 1000 popuIa-
ton. The best previous record con-
tanned in the reports was 142. The
year 1912 was a healthful year
abroad also, for the low mortality fig
ure of 1873 for each 1000 was es-
tablshed in England and Wales.
The records for 1912 show that the
division of sex in the deaths of the
country was 459,112 deaths Of males
to 379,139 deaths of females, and the
percentage of the deaths of infants
under one year old was slightly low
err in the proportion to the total
deaths than it was in the year 1911.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-06
An Ideal Woman,s LAXATIVE.

Who wants to take salts or castor
oil when there is nothing better than
Kings New Life Pills for all bowel
troubles. They act gently and natur-
ally on the stomach and liver,
stimulate and regulate your bowels,
and tone up the entire system. Price
25c. At al druggists. H. E. Buck
len E Co., Philadelphia or St. Louis.