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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-05-07

One of the sound criticisms OF
our public school system is its sup
preston of the individuality of the
teacher. In order to keep things
moving uniformly, rightly of pro-
gramme and method is insisted up
on; and thus the teacher is re-
duced much nearer to the level OF
an automaton than is at all desir-
able for either her or those whom
she has in charge. Even those who
recognize the evil find it difficult
to suggest specific ways of over
coming it, although something can
be done by the mere presence of a
spirit of encouragement Of individ-
uality in those at the top Of the
system. Mrs. Ella Flagg Young has
brought forward plan for this
end, which is being discussed in
Chicago. 1t is that of the hour of
teachers selection" by which cryp-
tic phrase is meant the opportunity
for a teacher to select some subject
in which she is particularly inter
ested and give extra time to teach
ing 1t. In this way, 1t is hoped, the
teachers enthusiasm can be made
available to q much greater extent
than is now possible. when she
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-05-07
The Valley Falls indicator give.

The Valley Falls Vindicator gives
q sure recipe for reducing taxes:
DO away with the schools. fire all
the teachers, sell the building and
grounds and divide up all the
noney-the district is out of debt.
Cut out all the sidewalks and tramp
through mud and dust, and do away
with the needless expense of street
l.ghts-let each man carry his own
lantern. Discharge the street COM
missioner and let the street grading
and dragging go-some towns do
this way-and you will save several
hundred dollars each year in taxes.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-05-07
It is easy to throw rocks a

1t Is easy to throw rocks at
Rockefeller but it Is just as well to
remember that the encouragement
of rioting and bloodshed every time
a lot of professional disturbers are
not satisfied with what is being
done is one way to start something
in this country that it will be hard
to stop. OF course If you have no
property maybe you don't care, but
II you have the law is pretty good
thing to have in operation-with
force behind it to compel obedience.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-05-07
Recently there went out from the

Recently there went out from the
office Of 2. G. Hopkins Of the state
free employment bureau, an an
nouncement that Kansas may re-
quire 10000 men from outside the
STATE to harvest the wheat this
year. The crop is in fine shape
now, although that was the case
last year, and more moisture in the
ground than at the same time last
year. Last year only 10000 hands
we're required. The year before the
number was slightly in excess of
that. In 1910 and 1911 there
were about $4,000 hands required
each year. The biggest crop in the
history Of the state will be harvest
ed this year unless too many things
happen before harvest time.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-05-07
BUSINESS MEN
WILL MEET TONIGHT

The Business Mems association Il
to meet tonight at O'Clock. This
is the regular meeting. The ques-
ton of dollar day sales" a new
plan that is being tried out in seE-
eral Kansas towns, will be discuss
ed. Whether or not market day
sales should be continued through
the summer months will be thresh-
ed over, also. Several other mat
tiers OF Importance will be brought
up for consideration.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-05-07

The world does not change much.
A musician named Boguslawski has
been playing In Kansas City for sew
eral years without any special men
ton. Then he went to Chicago and
was hailed as the equal of Pader-
ewski as a pianist and now Kansas
City is sitting up nights to get a
chance to honor him.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-05-07

L. p. Houtz is out for the Demo-
cratic nomination for representa-
tive. Mr.. Houtz will be remem-
bered as the legislator who spent
all winter in the last session trying
t. regulate" the newspapers-and
who saved money on his salary.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-05-07
KEEP POUNDING
By Holland

The principal value OF ad-
vertising consists in the fact
that the influence of adver-
Using is cumulative. 1t gains
strength by repetition. This
does not mean the repetition
of one advertisement indefi-
nitely. A change of copy Is
desirable. 1t means the con-
tinued advertising of ones
business in as effective a
manner as possible.
One man has been in bus
mess in the town twenty
years; another opened his
store last week. Both may
be equally honest. equally
enterprising, equally deserv-
ing of credit and custom.
But which has the better
reputation? Naturally the
man who has been doing
business in the same building
for twenty years. 1t is the
result of persistency, the in
evitable cumulative effect.
You can't get away from it
your reputation will either
get better or worse as your
. business methods become
. known. Repetition impresses
the fact even ON the care
. less observer. Remember this
in your advertising. Don't
expect to make a fortune by
one effort, but use it as one
stone to help build the tower
that will raise you higher
and higher.
MAKE YOUR ADVERTIS- >
ING TO-DAY HELP YOUR
BUSINESS NEXT YEAR.
a a a A A a a a a q a a 4 a
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-05-07
The new ballot law contains thi

provision: Whoever, Intentionally
writes, prints, posts or distributes
a circular or poster which is de-
signed or tends to injure or defeat
any candidate for nomination or
election to any public office, by
criticising his personal character or
political action shall be punished by
Imprisonment for not more than
six months"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-05-07

TIsR NIGH COST or PnO0hEsa
when President Wilson signed
tho bill which car. les an appropria-
ton OF $4,000, 900 for the sonstruc-
ton OF a railroad. or railroads, In
Alaska. no remarked that he felt
sure "that we have at last reached
out the hand Of real helpfulness
and brotherhood to Alaska. which
will now link It 10 us by many bonds
that will be valuable TO both sides.
Let us hope that the presidents
optimistic expectations will be real
lied. Before that can be the rail-
road lines that will make accessible
the resources OF Alaska must be
constructed.
How far will $S5,O0O,O0O go to-
ward the contamination OF that
task? First, the roadbed must be
prepared. in a country whose physi-
cal features present many obstacles
and where presumably the severity
of the winters will necessitate sus-
pension OF work. Then the mater
ial for the track must be brought
from a long distance. The laying
Of It will be costly, because high
wages will have to be paid to attract
workmen to that region where con-
ditions are not inviting and the cost
OF living is extremely high for those
who are not natives. Telegraph
lines must be constructed, station
buildings must be erected. rolling
stock must be purchased, and train
crews must be we'll paid.
Alaska has an area of 5sO,SS4
square miles which is nearly one
sixth of the total continental area
OF the United States. Its greatest
breadth is 500 miles, its greatest
length 100. 1t can be readily seen
that the railroad mileage which can
be constructed and equipped for
S35, 100000 will be only a small
part OF the railroad facilities which
that territory will require for Its
development.
Evidently this country is facing
an experiment in government own
ership which is likely to be a costly
lesson, but which may be worth the
price. Thus far the government has
been having a perfectly lovely time
with supervision and control OF
railroads maintained and managed
as to earnings-at private |
expense. Now 1t will have to pay /
for the construction, equipment,
and management OF
railroad system. 1t will have oppor-
tunity to learn from practical ex-
perience that 1t costs much money
TO run a railroad, and that money
cannot be miraculously produced by
earnings and that to pro-
luce them adequate charges must
be made for service.
To pass an appropriation bill, to
sign it, and to make cheerful re-
marks about what is expected of this
new enterprise-that Is all very
,asy. The real work remains to be
lone; and the actual cost to be met.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-05-07

must spend all her energies upon a
programme not of her selection.
There may be valid objections to
this specific proposal, but there can
be none to the spirit behind 1t.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-05-07

Prof C. A. Dykstra of the Uni
versity OF Kansas, has been put In
the field for the Progressive nom
ination for congress. He is a mighty
fine fellow-but has he consulted
]. L. Brady?
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-05-07

Judge Frye OF the Chicago speed
ers' court, says that in his entire
experience on that bench he never
had a motorcyclist charge with in
toxication before him. But per-
haps no man who was soused would
be able to ride a motorcycle.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-05-07
MRS. MARY FOLTZ
ADJUDGED INSANE

Mrs. Mary C. Foltz, wife of John
Foltz, living six miles south Of
town, was today adjudged insane in
probate court. Application has been
made for her admission to the state
hospital at Topeka. Mrs. Foltz was
adjudged of unsOund mind twice
before.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-05-07

The Kansans at San Francisco
have organized to act as hosts for
the visitors from this state to the
exposition. That suits us-have
been wondering where we would be
entertained for about two months
of the summer of 1915.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-05-07

Walt Mason is trying to stop
smoking and 1t is evidently hard on
his nerves. In his latest poem he
rhymes "glances" with kansas"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-05-07
THURSDAY, MAY Z, 1914

Teddy will land at New York
about May 20 and then we shall
find out just what we ought to do
about everything.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-05-07
ANNOUNCEMENTS
District Clerk

I hereby announce myself as a can
didate for a second term as Clerk of
the District Court, subject to the Re-
Z. M, BLACHLY.
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County SuDerintendent

l hereby announce my candidacy
for Superintendent of Public Instruc-
W. o. STEEN.
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County Treasurer

l hereby announce my candidacy for
county Treasurer of Dickinson coun-
1 nHh, Subject TT, to the action Of the Re-
f. " CLOSE
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Probate Judge

am a candidate for Probate Judge
on the Republican ticket, subject to
the primary August 4th, and solicit
your support. j. w. SORRELS.
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I hereby announce my candidacy for
the office of County Treasurer, SUBJ
Jeet to the action Of the Republican
r. D. HUNTER,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-05-07
County Clerk

am a candidate for County Clerk,
subject to the action of the Republi-
can primary, August 4, 1914.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-05-07

am a candidate for County Treas.
urer of Dickinson county, subject t.
the action Of the Republican primary
August 4, 1914. NEWTON COLE.
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County Attorney

I am a candidate for reelection as
County Attorney, subject to the Re-
publican primary, August 4, 1914
ARTHUR HURD
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-05-07
Representative

I am a candidate for Representative
from the 57th legislative district, sub
ject to the Republican primary, Aug
ust 4, 1914. p. SCANLON,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-05-07

am a candidate for the nomination
for County Treasurer of Dickinson
county, subject to the decision of the
voters at the Democratic primaries,
August 4, 1914. GUS KUBACH.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-05-07

Primary nomination papers at
the Reflector office.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-05-07
Congressman Fifth District

To the Electors of the Fifth Con-
gressional District of Kansas: Answer
ing the request of many Republican
my name, and announce myself a
candidate for the Republican nominal
ton for the office OF Representative
in congress from the Fifth congress
sional district of Kansas, hereby
agreeing to stand for election at the
general election in November 1914, as
the Republican candidate, IL nominated
at the primary election in August
SAM KIMBLE.
Manhattan, Kan.
am a candidate for the Republican
nomination for congress in the fifth
congressional district, subject to the
Republican primary.
NJ o. RETTZEL.
Washington, Kan.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-05-07

announce myself a candidate for
the office of County Treasurer SUBJ
primaries, August 4, 1914.
ORIN L. SNYDER.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-05-07

OpIIIIgO ullS.
. We want to talk
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You know our store.
You know the way
we do business, al
ways showing the
new in 6 S, t h e
brightest and most
popular things to
be h a d. T a k e a
walk with any nice
girl and as you go
OOWn Ln0 street just
notice the clothes
that we sell. The
ones that are styl-
ishly dressed are
the ones we sell.
Come in and See
HARRY C. LIFTS CO. |
AbiIene'S Fashionable Clothier
and Halter
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1914-10-30

''Nothing-wind too fresh, Make
yourself easy on the soft side of a
plank here. I'll land you a kick in
the stats when so minded-or when
it's your trick at the wheel"
With a chuckle, Alan obediently
stretched himself out on the deck
Il say-Law!"
''Wel?"
You seem pretty easy in your mind
about this young woman below. To
me, she's the same that tried to send
me to Davy Jones locker How does
she explain her presence aboard?"
Much as / surmised," Alan replied.
Il fancy they chleroformed her while
she slept in that hotel in Portland.
Whether or no, Rose woke up in a
closed motor car-bound and gagged,
of course-and was brought aboard at
Gloucester about midnight"
Simple when you know how" Bar
Gus commented. "Of course, always
did say that truth was a stranger to
fiction. Cuddle down, now, and I'll
talk you insensible"
His accents already merging in with
the swish of the longside waves, the
bubbling of the wake, and the many
toned composite voice of the ship in
being, Inconsistencies like a cloud
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1914-10-30

He caught an instantaneous glimpse
4 Of the knife-like bow Of a great steam
er towering above the two-master-
sweeping toward it at a speed which
raised a smart jet Of white under the
cutwater.
Someone aboard the schooner, with
the voice Of stentor, beloved a ter
rihed appeal;
stop your engines! Shut off your
propeller! Stop your"
Then. like the wrath of God the
steamship overwhelmed the lesser
ship; its bow seemed to slice through
the schooner as a knife through
cheese. And the two halves were fairly
driven under water by the frightfui
, force of the blow.
Thunders deafening him. Alan was
hurled bodily through the air fully
twenty feet.
When he came up he struck out at
random, blindly tormented by the
vision of Rose caught in the suck OF
that gigantic wheel, drawn under
crushed and mangled by the propeller
of the vast black hulk whose flank was
sliding past, like the face of a clif,
ten yards behind his shoulders.
Aware of several dark objects dot
ting the surface within radius Of
several yards, he swan for the near
est; the head was a woman's, the face
turned toward him, the face of Rose.
He gasped wildly: Keep cool! Don't
struggle! Put one hand on my Shout
der and" ...- r
What happened then was never quite
clear to him; he only knew that he
was forced to fight for his very life
that the woman, as soon as he came
within reach, flung herself upon him
like some maddened animal, clutching
his throat, winding her limbs round
his, dragging him down and down.
Primitive instinct alone saved him.
He remembered later, most vaguely,
the elimination of that duel beneath
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1914-10-30

descended upon Alan's overwearied
faculties.
He woke mutinously, with a yawn
and a SILVER in the gray of a furnished
daybreak, to find that fog pressed
heavily upon the face of the waters. a
mist so thick that from the stern the
waist of the vessel was almost invis-
ible, the bows completely so.
Barcus stood over him, at the wheel,
fairly Keeling with WEAKNESS, his eyes
blood-shot, swollen, and half-closed in
a face like a mask of fatigue.
Cant keep this UP much longer"
he apologized thickly; stood it about
as long as / can. Take your trick and
give me forty winks."
Grateful solcitude brought Alan in
stantly to his side, though he himself
was sluggish and stiff and sore in all
his limbs.
You're brick!" he protested why
didn't you call me sooner?"
mo good; I knew the way-you
didn't. That is, / did until this &C
cursed fog closed down couple of
hours ago. Now-God knows where
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reference to the rife of which they
had despoiled the victim of the sky
ill-faith.
Here"
"Then-let's go to it! Give way"
A dozen lusty strokes brought them
alongside the schooner, and as the
dory scraped the waist of the larger
vessel the two young men dropped
oars, rose, and seizing the low gun
wales, lifted themselves to the deck.
Nothing opposed them; the deck was
ignorant of other footsteps than their
own, the schooner as silent as only a
becalmed ship can be.
Without further. consultation, Alan
led quickly aft and down the compan-
ionway to the cabin, where dim light
burned-a smoky lamp swinging in
gimbals above a cluttered table.
OF the two stateroom doors one dis
closed an empty cabin, the other was
locked.
Trying the handle roughly, Alan
fancied he heard a sound within. Paus-
ing, he called, with thrill of fearful
hope:
Hello, in there!"
The respone was cry of incredulous
delight: "Alan!'
By way of answer Alan hurled him
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1914-10-30

we are-by my reckoning, somewhere
in Nantucket sound, west of Mono
moy." ....... is
Grasping a small brass handle
affixed to the wheel box, he jerked it
sharply three times, and the automatic
horn blared raucously a threefold re-
spouse up forward.
Keep that going" he begged,
three blasts in row and a minute
interval-and If the devil takes care
of his own we may possibly escape be-
ing run down"
With sigh, relinquishing the wheel,
he collapsed upon the deck and was
almost instantly asleep.
The wind had fallen until barely
enough air stirred to keep way on the
vessel; she moved in silence, a spec
trail ship upon spectral sea of long,
oily swells and the complexion of lead
Hither and yon in the obscurity, fog
signals of other shipping sounded a
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1914-10-30

summer! A month earlier we'd have
had the life-saving patrol to look to
for protection. But the service is sus-
pended in June and July"
A silence commenced eloquently on
this assertion, broken only when Mr.,
Law voiced a thought bred of long and
malignant observation of the schoon-
er's green eye:
I'D give a deal to know who's
aboard that vessel"
You don't mean you think your reg
ular young woman"
IT'S possible. Judith kidnapped
Rose in Portland. That's not so far
from Gloucester; a motor car could
have caught that schooner before she
sailed to waylay us, this morning. And
what better way to take care of an
able-bodied, full-tempered girl you've
kidnapped than to ship her somewhere
by sea, in the care of trustworthy
hellions?"
Don't ask me-Ive done very little
kidnapping for one of my years."
For tuppence," said Mr.. Law, I'D
risk swim off to that boat and see
for myself"
For two million dollars-I would
mott" Barcus affirmed with great de-
cision. -fs
A moment or so later the line of
little flames went out altogether and
unexpectedly; and the owner of the
late Seaventure fancied he could hear,
even at that distance, the hiss of
charred and smoldering timbers sucked
under and drowned out.
Exit" he announced plaintively,
exit Seaventure," with heroic gesture.
''R. l. P good little ship"
"Oh, let up, cant you'll" Mr.. Law
exclaimed peevishly. I'm sorrier than
you are-and after all, it's my loss;
I've got to buy you another boat All
you've lost is your temper"
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the professionalism freeing an
arm, drawing it back, delivering a
blow from his shoulder, with all his
strength, finding himself free, strug-
Cling back to the air.
Then a boathook caught the back of
his shirt and dragged him for some
distance, until two strong hands caught
him beneath the armpits and held his
head above the water.
He looked up witlessly into the face
of Barcus, and, still bewildered, strug-
gled feebly.
The others voice brought him back
to his senses. Easy, old top! Take
it easy! You're all right now-rest a
minute, then help me get you aboard"
He obeyed, controlling his panic as
best he might; and presently, with
considerable assistance from Barcus,
contrived to scramble in over the gun
wales of a boat which proved to be
the stolen lifeboat
Aside from Barcus and himself it
held one other person only-the wom-
an he loved, crumpled up and uncon-
scious in the bow.
He strove to rise and go to her, tc
make sure that still she lived. Barcus
restrained and quoted him.
There! Easy, l say! She's all
ht-fainted-that's all! She and |
took the water in practically the same
spot, and luck threw this blessed boat
my way within half a dozen strokes.
No trouble at all-in manner of
speaking!"
But the steamer"
why fret about her? At the pace
she was making she couldn't have
stopped within half a mile Wen be
all right now-with power to fetch US
to land"
But the others-Judith!" Alan sat
up and leaned over the gunWale,
searching an oily, leaden expanse spot
ted only with few splnters and bits
of wreckage. Il left her out there
unconscious-shel drown, tell you'll"
And I'll tell you something" said
Mr.. Barcus severely. You'll lie quiet
and shut up or I'll dent your dome with
the shaft of an oar Let her drown
and a good job, say! Don't you know
the meaning of enough? Merciful
heavens, man, you're the most insa-
table glutton for punishment ever!"
But Alan wasn't listening. His face
was as lightiess as the waters that
There was horror in his heart that
numbed even the sense of relief, OF
deliverance, that penetrated his being
like shock of mortal pain.
Dead! Judith dead! Back there, in
the fog and the cold dead by
his hand!
CTO BE CONTINUED)