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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-02-25

One twin grew up prosperous,
respected, honest--he has just
come out of a prison cell.
Tne other Is alleged to have
gEown into the BLACK sheep
and to have committed the crime
for which the former was pun
ished.
These Oliver twins were born 40
years ago at Climax, Ga. They
were dressed alike, and were the
image of each other. Even their
playmates did not know the diff
ference.
When years old, they were
wading in a puddle near their
home. Louis stepped on a tin can
and the big toe on his left foot
was cut off.
Not long after, their parents
died and Louis was taken by a
family named Harding. Alfred
lived with an aunt. A year later
the Hardings moved away with
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-02-25
Wholesale
Quotations
buying Prices

buying Prices.)
Livestock-Cows, 6ho: calves,
s@9c; hogs, shsc; wethers, &c;
lambs. 7c; ewes, 4hc.
Butter and Eggs-Ranch but
ter, 25@2Sc; strictly fresh ranch
eggs. 20@21c.
Poultry - Hens, Is q Ice;
springs, 100 tic; spring ducks,
lag lac; squads, $1.5002; rab-
bits, SO 10c.
Jobbing Quotations.
The following prices are fur
nished the Times daily by leading
firms engaged in the various
lines 70 fruit, produce, meats, pro-
visions, etc. These prices are paid
by the retailers to the commits
sion men:
Cheese - Wash, zoe; Tilla-
nook, gle.
Eggs-Fresh ranch, 22c.
Butter-Washington creamery.
34@35c; Oregon, soc; Eastern,
31@32c; New Zealand, 29c.
Fresh Meats-Steer. 12h q
13hc; cows, 12hc; heifers,
12hc; hogs, trimmed sides. tic;
do, combination, 16hc, whole
hog 13c; small veal, 10411c;
heavy veal, 10Q12c; ewes, 10c;
mutton, wethers, II NC: lamb. IL
@13c; Alaska reindeer. tic, ex.
warehouse.
Fruits-Apples: Cooking, 75o
@$1; table. $1.50Q2.50; Wine
saps, $1.50@$2.25; Yellow New
towns. $1.50@2.25. Oranges:
Navel. s1.65 @2.60; sunkist.
$3.50 $50. Grapes: NAL
aga, imptd.. bbl., 81. Bananas:
4hc lib. Lemons: Extra choice,
SAC 4.25. Pears: $1.75. Grape
Fruit: Florida, $3.50; Cal,
$3.50; Tangerines, $1.25. Pine
apples: SC Id.
Vegetables-Green onions, 200
doz. Lettuce: Leaf. 75c1$1
box; head. CAL. $202.25 crate.
Onions: Yellow, $S.50Q3.75.
Spanish, lbs. Csc. Spinach,
Walla Walla, box, S5 q soc; Tur-
nips: $1.10; home grown. h.. &c.
Carrots, 75c@$1; retail 8 Id 25c.
Potatoes: $1,000 ton; White
River. SIS; sweets, MERGED.
$3.50; Burbank, $22. Cucum-
bers: soc doz. Cabbage: Ore
gon and CAL, $2.5093. Cauli-
flower: CAL. $1.S5 @2.25. Par
ships, SLIPS sack. Celery: $3.50
per crate. Bell Peppers: loo lib.
Hubbard Squash: IN 0Sc lb.
Garlic, 12o lb. Lettuce, local
dollhouse, 81 crate.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-02-25
az swapped hopes and fea rs with the Fat Girl"

all men, especially little ones. =
Its a good thing" she wheez-
ed, you amt goin' to really mar
ry i'm. The smaller they are. the
easier they are to lose"
'Twouldn't be much lost II
did mislay him." admitted.
Another thing" murmured the
Fat Girl, "I'd advise you when
you DO marry, steer clear OF the
little fellows. They're liable to
turn out wife-beaters."
told her I'd had several pros,
poets of matrimony, but none
smaller than at the present time
This joke didn't cheer her. Evil
IDENTIFY her marriage hadn't been
happy, and probably her husband
was much smaller than she. In
fact, he could easily be. So, az
I seemed to make her gloomy,
went over and talked to the
Bearded Lady.
Continued
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-02-25

term was ended, q sheriff OF Mis-.
sissippi met him at the door OF
the Georgia penitentiary.
Oliver continued his fight for
liberty, insisting that il was his
twin brother they wanted, but he
was placed in the penitentiary and
even identified by residents Of
Greenwood as Harding.
"I'm not he, and I'll prove 1t to
you some day." he told his jailers.
The other day Alfred Oliver
went before the court to make q
final, determined fight to prove
that he was serving sentence for
his twin brother; that he served
four years in Georgia as q big
amist because of the mistaken
identity and lost q wife and for
tune, also.
"My twin brother, who now is
known as Harding" said the
prisoner, "is the man you want.
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Central America.

Honduras, Central America.
Alfred, the other twin, a few
weeks later. married Miss Rose
bud English. a Georgia belle.
Mrs. Louis Harding, wife of the
twin brother In Mississippi. saw
photograph of Alfred Oliver
and his bride In a newspaper.
That's Louis and he's married
again." she exclaimed.
Alfred. believed to be Louis
Harding, the escaped convict, was
arrested as a bigamist. His pretty
bride stood firmly by him until
Mrs. Harding took the witness
stand.
"That's my husband, and he es-
capped from the prison at Green
wood" said Mrs. Harding, point
ing to the accused Georgia
banker. divers witnesses who
had known him for several years
testified that he was not Harding,
but the wife's testimony out
weighed theirs.
Alfred Oliver was sent to the
state penitentiary for four years
for bigamy. His wife. believing
herself married to Harding, who
already had a wife, was granted
absolute divorce.
Police sent Alfred divers pic
ture broadcast and one fell into
the hands of the sheriff at Green
wood, Miss. He wired to the gov
ernor of Georgia that Harding was
wanted in Mississippi to serve out
a 1O-year term under the name Of
Harding.
So when Alfred divers bigamy
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-02-25

Louis, the twin with the nine toes.
He had been legally adopted. and
instead of being Louis c. Oliver,
he became Louis G. Harding.
That was the last the brothers
heard of each other until 10 years
ago, when Louis wrote to Alfred
from Mississippi. He was doing
we'll, he said, and owned three big
lumber mills near Greenwood.
Also he had a very pretty wife.
Alfred, in Georgia, also was
prospecting. He had amassed a
fortune, owned a chain Of banks
and was a social figure.
Two years later. Louis was ar
rested on charges of swindling
several lumber dealers. was con-
victed and sentenced to prison for
ten years. He escaped.
His photographs were sent
broadcast. No trace of him was
found. He is now said to be in
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-02-25
III


Just as Mr.. Kiester, of Kiester's
Karavan of Kurios predicted, his
dwarf's forthcoming wedding to a
young belle of the village (ME)
certainly caused hveller interest
In the Indoor Street Fair. The
attendance picked up wonderful
ly. Admiral Atom" became the
center of attraction, and there
was much speculation as to who
the bride would be. That was
being kept secret until the day
Of the mock ceremony.
While waiting for my non-bind-
ing nuptial knot, snapped hopes
and fears with Heavyweight Hill
d." the Fat Girl. She and / got
rather chummy. She was a very
sedate person who spent most of
her time doing fancy work, and
signing. She admitted she. was
married and seemed bitter against
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-02-25
Andrew SHOWN, Hero

will look social registers blue books
Who's Who Sjovin been
him. agencies
sailing steamships
Had wished him. would walked docks
barrel certainly sailor lodging
of their eternay
d
When Inflated off the Virginia
peshed nquisve commission began
Dobeand found sioyn able the bright spot in
= that reeked of cowardce inefficiency.
life sweet said the wireless for
officers
mindful of children lieboa
Sjovin-but duty
saving
How battled with the
maddened
licked crowd until finally eaped the
with his futile effort to
II written the cold of the commission.
Gold a q
Andrew Sjovn able his worth hour Of
registers overlooked will continue overlook him
His recorded the those lusrous who
need such testimonials
There grief without provision soften its in
tanaeness-G.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-02-25
A Jolt i'm the Jaw

Down Hampton other night athletic
officer offene which another
with his wife public ball meeting the
: other a hotel lobby. knocked him down.
What he said did to the wife is not recorded. ~
Wives who such drastic guardianship happily aren't
though truth the disappearing dancing dementa
of usually esmabe rather fooshy
times
To be the fist a social reform somewhat
primitive principles glad this husky
Uncle it. Such the number of
womanhood,
themselves fail to remember 1t.
Joity when clean And that's mighty good for
keeping IL clean don't think?
society making
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-02-25
A Conversion

The sandpat crowd which bowling freak legislation
awful Guggenhem
Of the American Smelling Refining
the idea ownership the railway ee
graph and telephone lines
Guggenhem the handling
the Uncle handle
railway telegraph private
corporation anybody else.
Even the big fellows been fattenng special pvi
that
made them rich the of the doomed to break
all the principle
happiness service for the whole
minimum
depth a path Hottest height
Carlyle.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-02-25
..Jests...

1T HIT UP.
After kidding along for spell
And switching around every
day,
The weather man finally has
steered
Some real winter weather this
way.
Spring weather we've had up to
now,
But real change has hit us
at last.
You know what l mean: Say,
turn up the steam;
B-r-!! This surely is some win
ter blast.
P. S.-Everybody can get a
skate on now without being "out
Of order"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-02-25
Ba1eS Beln bddy
KEEP YOUR RECORD CLEAN

KEEP YOUR RECORD CLEAN
So live, my son. that when you start
A fight Of any kind
Your enemies can never find
A crooked action on your part.
So live that they may freely roam
Into your past, and snoop about.
And comb 1t with fine tooth comb,
And never dig blame thing out
That's mean or fraudulent or vile.
Though every man is sure to make
Many an error and mistake,
II you have lived upon the square
You still can make your fight and smile
And never worry, fret or care
How much your foes may try to cast
The calcium glare upon your past.
But Il you haven't played the game
Your foes will find your hidden shame
And you viii get the bitter blame,
And set II good;
And though your fight be just and right
Good night!
And 80 It's simple business sense.
Although the pressure be immense,
Although temptation may be keen
BAT IT'S SIMPLE BUSINESS SENSE.
10 KEEP YOUR RECORD CI.EANi
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-02-25
AN AMAZING STORY IN REAL THAT SENS As n6PR0b-
ABLE FICTION--AND ALFRED ID.
GEORGIA BANKER, GONE THROUGH FIRE HE'LL
FOR AN0TIiERS DEEDS

AMERICUs, Ga Feb 25Twn brothers, separated in early
boyho0d have furnished the history
remarkable Of dual identity.
Alfred
prison. after serving crine he alleges
committed by his brother, Louis Oliver.
Also Alfred served fouryear for bgamy
Louis wife insisted that he (Ared) her husband
The twin brothers look nearly their
their relatives could tell the other
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-02-25

To the Editor
In the Times read about Cath
that all the CHRISTIANS, and there
are lots in Tacoma, set aside 3 min
utes a day in prayer, KNOWING
their prayer WILL be answered be-
cause they have the promise. Ask.
believing your prayer will be an
swered, II they will all pray at the
strength5. Let The Times SGT the
minutes at whatever time suits
best and let EVERYBODY pray the
same prayer. A simple prayer is
best. / know that the prayer will
be answered. Pray without doubt
and the child will soon be restored
to her parents.
Yours sincerely,
A LOVING MOTHER
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-02-25

at all. The opinions of those pres
ent voiced opposition and as the
matter stands today there are only
I taxpayers In favor Of colsolida-
ton. This Is from the Benbow
school in Silver Lake precinct.
Please correct statement.
Yours truly o,,,,o
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-02-25

up of nights reading with bated breath the tale
which leaves the heroine hanging over the cliff by
her fair hair entanged in the bough of the ancient
cedar, or turn to the last page in O fever of ex-
element to find out whether the heros villainous
twin brother, who looks Just like him, married the
girl or got the inheritance.
But this feeling Of apathy the part of the
reading public Is not based on any justifable OBJ
lection the ground that these har-raising tales
are impossible. They are quite possible. news
story in today's Times shows this.
1t is the story of the Georgia banker, A. D.
oliver of Climax-fitting name, that!-who has
actually served q term Of years In prison for the
crime Of his twin brother. who is his double in ap-
pearance. The brother married one woman, and
A. d. Oliver another. divers wife found out
that a man whom she thought was her husband
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-02-25
ON ELECTION DAY.


"Is this the polling placer" said
Mrs. Slithers over the telephone
to Bumps butcher shop.
Eyes, madame" replied the in
spector.
well, I'm Mrs. Slithers of 81
Garraway street. just wanted
to tell you that 1t is raining so
hard just now that l can't think
of going out, so will you please
cast one straight ticket for the
progressive party for me? And
while you are about it ask Mr..
Bumps to send me up four pounds
Of liver, two"-but bling went the
phone.
DO, DON'T.
Don't ten your troubles II you
are looking for an encore.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-02-25

Editor Times:
After a talk by l.. L. Benbow,
an anti-colso1idation meeting
at Tanwax Sunday Topped over
and voted for consolidation Of
public schools.
In your issue Of the 17th tn
above item appears--which 10 or
roneous. There was no vote take
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-02-25

She-Why did you take off
your hat to that girl? You don't
know her, do you?
He-No-er--but my brother
does, and this is his hat.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-02-25
THE EDITORS MAIL

Of
our Many
printed because they Keep m short. -
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-02-25

rested complaint of subsequently
sent to prison. served his term and when liberated extra
who living in Honduras where there extradon
the meantime Mrs. Oliver freed from convict
had remarked Oliver Mississippi
the stoy. doubt but imposed
court his imposition wild told
Here tragedy for Shakespeare Aeschylus and it
finished What
for the adventure for the
the pathos specialst-and pape
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-02-25

Is not while Christmas and much Of
Christmas spirit remains in system?
little oh little. to make child happy.
q candy, will it love with the gift
the child isn't moved by the gift itself but by what its
the magma
that will gid its
dreams
expense neglect spirit
Chrsmashe spirit Of which unseshness
throughout the
What If not the of carelessness?
CLOTHING association said have decided
ankles. for this It'll be
fng slit trousers
JOE MGINNITY has completed his ball club which that
be
Joes judgment will be justified when the
half for we all like rpsnoring ball clubs. we do
deputies police hunting
robbed
lad to hunt the robbers insead of clues
burning
the opposition discovers child
remote village.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-02-25
RUINED AND-A FELON CHARGES WRONGS
TO TWIN BROTHER WHO is HIS DOUBLE

He has nine toes; have ten"
Chancellor Jones looked over
Bertillon measurements OF Hard
ing and those of Oliver. 1t was
true. as the prisoner said. that
Harding has only nine toes. while
Oliver has 10.
The chancellor then granted an
order freeing Alfred d. Oliver.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-02-25
REGULARITY.

Miss Paul-Did they allow her
to bury her past?
Miss Pry-Not until they held
an inquest.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-02-25
THAT'S TT,

Tommy---Pop, what is fIatteryg
Tommy's Pop-Flattery. my son.
ID salt sprinkled on the tail OF
vanity.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-02-25

There grief without provision soften its in
tenseness-G. d. Prentice
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-02-25
III ERB ERT QUICK
SAYS TO-DAY
HERBERT QUICK SAYS STORY OF OLIVER AND HIS TWl
BROTHER is A TRAGEDY FOR SHAKESPEARE.
BY HERBERT QUICK
Author of ION Board

HERBERT QUICK
Author of ION Board the Good Ship Earth when Glory Ceased
think the world tired of her fed strained highly
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-02-25
WE'LL. WE'LL,

WELL, WE'LL
"One-half of the women in this
world retail gossip" remarked
Mr.. Stubb, as he lit his after-sup-
per cigar.
quite considefate OF you not
to say all of them retail gossip
snapped Mrs. Stub, as she wash
ed the dishes.
well, the other half whole
sale it."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-02-25

LONDON Arts describes method of making
sawdust. WE'LL that's softer than sand anyhow.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-02-25
UNRAvEL THIS.

A young woman asked the
magistrate for a separation from
her husband, to whom she was
married only three months ago,
She added:
"He Is my second husband. My
first ia doing time"
Then this man is not your
husband?" asked the magistrate.
"Oh, yes, he is," was the reply,
II was my first husbands second
wife. His first one is still alive.
That is what he IL doing time
for"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-02-25

From the lowes depth there a path Hottest height
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-02-25

United Press burning its wires red hot losing the
Catherine Winters Just fast the opposition discovers
n some remote village
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-03-27
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION

BE it resolved by the Mayor and
City Commissioners of the City OF
Madison, South Dakota:
That notice is hereby given that a
special election of the voters of said
city will be held in the City of Mad
ison, South Dakota, on Tuesday, the
21st day of April, 1914, for the pur-
pose of voting on the following prop
osition:
Shall $4,000 in bonds of indie
pendent School District No. /, OF
Madison, South Dakota, be issued
for the purpose of erecting addition
al and suitable buildings for High
School purposes in said City of Mad
ison, South Dakota.
ihe voting places shall be as fol
lows:
First Ward-Northwest jury room
in courthouse.
Second Ward-Upper room o
Firemen's hall.
Third Ward-North room o
John Swenson's shop.
Fourth Ward-W. G. Abbott
barber shop.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-03-27
THE JUDGESHIP
JONES RECEIVES THE NOMINA
TION ON A LIGHT VOTE IN
THE DISTRICT

Sioux Falls. March 27.-Judge j..
w. Jones is nominated on the repub-
lican ticket for circuit jugde accord
ing to the semi official returns re-
eeived from all of the counties of the
circuit. Jones' plurality over Wag-
ner was 276. His total vote was
1899 against Wagner's 1868.
Three of the counties of the circuit
gave Jones small plurality. He car
ried Lincoln by 1876, Minnehaha by
l346 and McCook by four. Wagner
carried Lake by 80 and Union county
by 33 while Blewitt carried Moody
county by &c over Wagner who led
Jones by SO in that county.
The vote in the circuit on Judge
was very light at the primaries, only
GAIA votes being cast. This repre-
SCENTS only d fraction of the electorate
of the district.
1t is generally conceded that the
multiplicity of candidates opposed to
the denomination of Judge Jones, sc
divided the opposition as TO insure
the denomination of Judge Jones.
1t was not until late that the re-
suit in the judicial contest was GER
tain and early returns indicated
Wagner's nomination by a small
margin.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-03-27
THE MUNICIPAL SALOON,

This seems to be the way out of
a grave difficulty. Many people who
would not care to vote for saloons
seem to think that to have just one
saloon under proper supervision
would be the best solution of the sa-
loon problem. They say, Better one
saloon than half a dozen blind pigs"
The writer has taken the trouble
to correspond with a prominent cit
iZen of SisSeton where the dry ele-
ment was instrumental in establish
ing a municipal saloon after the town
voted wet, and this correspondent
was in sympathy with it. A part of
the reply to the inquiry about the
success of the system is as follows:
Men get drunk on the stuff they
sell here as in any other saloons"
Removing the profit idea from
the saloon does not, | think, lessen
! drink"
Il think that the demoraliZing eff
feet is the same as any other saloon"
The great danger is that so many
'drys' will be lured by the money
proposition (for the city, that they
will vote wet"
Most of the men who brought this
l pan tibo DVtAS oiC hlhS VI
harder than ever. | hope, and be-
lieve, that Sisseton will go dry this
year"
II might add that this (municipal)
saloon does not solve the blind pig
or boot-legger problems"
1t will be seen from these state
ments that the municipal saloon is
far from being a satisfactory propo-
sition, but on the other hand il opens
a free door for drunkenness and does
not close the. door of any blind pigs;
and further, it makes it an easy mat
ter for a boot-legger to buy a bottle
and peddle it around.-(Adv.)
Colds, constipation and headache
are three common Affections and re.
lieving the constipation helps the cold
and stops the headache. Use Foley
Cathartic Tablets because they are very
prompt and thoroughly cleansing, with
absolutely no unpleasant effects A
hole bottle full for 30 cents. Fol
sale by all druggists. ADV.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-03-27
in Washington
HOW THE SOUTH DAKOTA ELEC'
TION NEWS WAS RECEIVED
AND INTERPRETED

Washington, March 27.-Repre-
sentative William H. Hinebaugh, or
Illinois, chairman of the progressive
party congressional committee, says
the bull moosers would put a full
ticket in the field in South Dakota
from United States senator down.
Mr.. Hineman admitted that the vic
tory Of Representative Burke was
a great surprise to him.
"Mr. Burke is a good thing for
u.s." Chairman Hinebaugh said; lit
puts Senator Crawford and other so
called progressive republicans OF
South Dakota in a position where
they are forced to come to US. There
is no place elsewhere they can go.
We shall have a complete ticket in
the field; there is no doubt about
that"
The victory of Mr.. Burke was re-
ceived with much pleasure by a large
majority of republicans in the house
where he is popular as first lieuten'
ant to Representative James X
Mann, minority leader.
The force Of Senator Sterling
Office showed much interest In thu
returns from the state, especial,
those on the vote for Burke ant
Crawford for senator.
Senator Sterling was asked his op
pinion on the outcome Of the vot'
for the republican senatorial nomin
alton, but he preferred to continue
silent. He said he could not we'll ex
press an opinion without going int
the causes which brought abou
lCrawford's defeat and Burke's vic
tory, and he did not care to do that
The campaign statements of MI
Burke and Mr.. Crawford have beef
filed. the former with the clerk o
the house, the latter with the secre
tary of the senate. Mr.. Burke's ex
penditures were 1928. whit no con
tributions. Mr.. Crawford's expendi
lures were $2.055, with no contribu
tons.