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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-12

damp with sweat and his hands were cIarnn,v
When he folt strength retnrnin, he Gftsd
the telephone off the HOOK with his teetb
Central. Central. Call the police 10 come
to this number at once; Hargreave's house
Riyerdale Toll Them 10 break in "
Where's vour gag"
There wasn't any"
Then why diint ron veil for helm"
The thieves lnred our neirbhor. away
from town. The patrolman who walks This
beat Ia bound and gagged and IL nrobablv ra.
posing back Of the billboard in the next block"
Murphy. Won watch this man vbile make
n call on the neighbors" said the officer who
seemed 70 be In AUTHORITY When he returned
he was frowning seriously Wed bettor
telephone 10 the precinct Ia search for Den.
nison There's nobody al home in either
house mud there's nobody hack If The bll
boards Unite the man. When this was homo.
the officer said Now. tell us w%r,t's han
pened and don't forget any Of the details"
Jones told q sinlpla an,J rar,1fncii, story
It was so SIMPLE and convincing that the
police believed it without question.
Well, if that amt the limit, Did YOU
hear any autos outsider"
u don't recolcct' said Jones. stretching
his legs gratefully Why"
The auto bandits hcll I'D bank mes
senrer today and got away with twenty thou
sand, Whenever man draws down a big
sam they seem to know about it, And say.
Murphy, call up and have tho river police look
out for new tangled -,irshp Your master
may have been rescued" turning 10 Jones.
IF were only sure Of that. sir
Whom the police took themselves off Tones
proceeded 70 act upon those plans laid down
by Hargreave early that night. When this
was done he sought his bed and fell asleep.
the Si'ep 81 the exhausted When HargrHaYe
PICKED up Jones 10 share his fortunes he had
Pu' MS trust IN no ordinary man
"'N'" i'p'i"'' i"'pea "ot 70 inv mar
EreaVe nome, only TO md 1t deserted. And
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ZONES stared at his hands, uiserably.

Whyf" she demanded. have thought
of him. thought of him. He has hurt me with
all this neglect, | expected to see him at the
station, to throw my arms around his neck
and forgive him." Tears swan in
her eyes as she spoke.
Everything will be explained to you when
reach the house. But always remember
this. Miss Florence; You were everything ia
this wide world to your father. You will
never know the misery and loneliness he suf-
ferei that you might not have one hour of
unrest. What are your pIans?" he asked
abruptly Of the teacher from Miss Farlow'..
That depends" she answered, laying her
hand protectingly the girls.
You could leave Miss Farlow's on the mo-
ment?"
Yes"
Then you will stay and be Miss Florence's
compartment"
Gladly"
What is my fathers name"
Iargreave, Stanley Hargreave"
The girls eyes widened in terror suddenly
she hurst into wild frenzy of sobbing her
head against the shoulder of her erstvhile
teacher
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-12
CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE
CONTEST.

SYNOPSIS or THE FIRST CHAPTER.
STANLEY Harsrea.e, millionaire. after "a
iraruious escape from she den of the gang
brilliant thieves known the Black
undred, lives the life of recluse for
xhteen years. Hagrense might enters
Broadway Restaurant and there
nee 10 face with the gangs leader, Braine.
After the meeting. during which neither
apparently recoE Mines the other, Har-
-reave hurrIcs Ia his mag Difcent RtyerdaIc
ONE and lays plans for making HIS escape
rom the country, He writes n letter to the
iris school in New Jersey w Mere eighteen
Years before he hnd mystcriousiy left ON
he doorstep his baby dRue hter, Florence
Gray. He also pays Wait to the hangar of
daredevil aytntor..
Draine and members of bis band surround
Harereave'r home mt night hut ms they
enter the house the watchers outside
s~r balloon t~asc the roof. The safe f~
found empfy-fhe million which larErcave
WAS known TO have drawn that day gone.
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found none. More, there were no photographs
of any kind to be found in Stanley Har-
greaves home.
When Norton awoke, he naturally went to
the door for the morning papers which were
always placed in a neat pile before the sill
He yawned, gathered up the bundle, was about
TO climb back into bed, when headline caught
his dull eye. Twenty-one minutes later, to
be precise. he ran up the steps of the Har-
greave home and rang the bell. He was ad-
mtted by the taciturn Jones, to whom the
reporter had never paid any particular atten-
ton. Somehow Jones always managed to
stand in shadows.
81 can add nothing to what has already
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-12

ANERE WHEN HEUsEDIO PINCH


appeared In the newspapers" replied Jones. as
Norton opened his batteries Of inquiries.
Mr.. Jones, | have known your master
several years, as you will recollect. There
was woman In this house, not even
among the servants. There are two In the
other room. Who are they1 And what are
they doing herel"
Jones shook his head
Well. / can easily find out
Jones barred his path, and for the first
time Norton gazei into the eyes of the man
servant They were as hard gun metal
My dear Mr.. Jones. you ought to know
that sooner or later we reporters find out
what we seek"
Jones appeared to reflect. MIR. Norton.
you claim to be friend of Mr.. Hargreave"
do not claim. I am. More than that
/ do not believe he Is dead He was Deep
He had some relentless enemies--I don't know
wherefrom or what kind-and he is pretending
he's dead till this blows over and Is forgot
ten"
You not going to say that In your
newspaper" Jones was visibly agitated.
Not till can prove it
If tell you who those young ladies are,
will you give your word of honor not to
write about them till l give my permission :"
Norton, having in mind the big story at
the end OF this mysterious tangle, agreed
The elder is teacher from a private
school the other is Stanley Hargreave's
daughter"
Good Lord" gasped the astonished re-
porter =" He never mentioned the fact 10 me,
and We've been together in tight places"
He never mentioned it to any one but
me-" Jones again seemed to reflect. At last
he raised his glance to the reporter. Are
you willing to wait for great story, the real
story?"
"If there is one" answered Norton with
his usual caution.
"On my word Of honor, you shall have
such a story as you never dreamt of, il you
will promise not to divulge it till the ap-
pointed time
~ agree"
The peace and happiness of that child de-
pend upon how you keep your word"
That was sufficient for Norton. Your
master knew me-. He knew also that / am
not man who promises lightly. Now intro
duce to the daughter
With plain reluctance Jones went about
the affair. Norton put dozen perfunctory
questions to the girl. What he was in search
of was not news but the sound of her voice.
In that quarter of an hour he felt his heart
disturbed as it had never before been dis
turbed.
Now, Mr.. Norton" said Jones gloomily,
will you be so kind as to follow me?"
Norton was led TO Jones bedroom The
butler-valet closed the door and drew the win
dow shade. Always seeking shadows This
did not impress the reporter at the time; he
had other thought but the story. Jones
then sat down beside the reporter and talked
in an undcrtone When he had done he TOOK
Norton by the elbow and gently but forcibly
led him down to the front door and ushered
him forth. Norton jumped into his taxicab and
returned to his rooms, which were at the top
of the huge apartment hotel. He Immediately
called up his managing editor.
Hello This is Norton. Put Griffin on
the Hargreave yarn. I'm off on another deal"
" But Hargreave was friend of yours"
protested the managing editor.
- know 1t. But you know me well enough.
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MILL NEWS O
o o o O o O O o O O

j. II. Crawford has become second
hand i'll spinning at the Riverside
Mills, Anderson.
Miss Gertrude Ballinger of Gafrney,
has accepted the position Of stenog-
rapher at the Lockhart Mills.
w. +. Todd OF Anderson has become
falo plant OF the Unioh- Buffalo mills,
at Buffalo.
VIII I-osa has been promoted from
payna3ter at the Pacolet Mill No. A,
New Holland, Ca, to similar po-
siton with the home office OF the COM
pany at Spartanburg.
A. 4. Brown has resigned as second
hand In carding at tine ID. e. Converse
Co.. Glendale, to become overseer OF
carding at Clifton Mills.
j. II. Fields has resigned as second
hand at the Lockhart mills and accent
ed the position of oyerseer Of spinning
ut the Riverside Mills, Greenville.
Joe Owens has accepted a position
In the slasher room at the Brandon
Mill, Greenville.
j. w. Crosby has resigned as loom
4ixer at the Enroce Mfg. Co., to take a
similar position at the Saxon Mills,
Spartanburg.
j. III. Merritt, formerly superinten-
dent OF the Riverside-Toxaway Mills
at Anderson, has become overseer of
weaving at the Monetta Mills, Lando.
E. S. Netherlands, formerly superin-
tendent OF the Oconee River Mills, of
Dublin. Ca, has become, overseer OF
carding and spinning at the Fort Mill,
Mfg. Co, No. /.
W. l.. Dunn has resigned as over
seer OF weaving at Seneca Mills and
accepted similar position at the Eu-
reka mills. Chester
ID. II. Hartman, ST., formerly su-
perintendent of the Monaghan, Mills,
Greenville, has accepted a similar po-
sition at the Woodstock Mills, Annis-
ton. Ala
J. A. Norris has resigned as overseer
Of spinning at the Easley Mills. to ac-
cepI similar position at the Wood
side Mills, Greenvilie.
A. G. Putnam has resigned as oy-
erseer OF spinning at the Mills Mfg.
Co., Greenville, to become overseer ot
spinning at the Easley Cotton Mills.
B. F. WillieI~ who has been over
hauling at n, .ison Mills, Green
Vile is nov & similar work at
the American Spinning Co., Of the
same place.
Will Farmer has resigned as secon- :
hand IT the Inckhart Mills, &c become
second hand in spinning at the River
side MIL, Anderson, ay,,, ,., ...
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BIG JOB on HAND

Anderson has invited here the an
nual reunion OF the Conferedate Vet
Grams OF the State. Anderson has a
splendid reputation for hospitality
throughout the country and there is
much to be. done to make this great
everything TO make the old soldiers
happy.
What is more lovely than to see the
little ones attending upon the vener-
''e? Why should not the children
Anderson have part in making a
SUCCESS of this reunion? There have
been reunions in this state which
have been made memorable because
OF the children. We call upon the
teachers Of the city of Anderson and
OF Anderson county to lend their aid
There should be an organization of
boy Scouts" to see that the old SOL
dicrs are taken good care of, that they
are waited upon and made 10 feel that
we love them and love the cause" for
which they offered their lives. Will
not some military person organize the
boys Of Anderson into company to-
day, ready to work and to give their
time to- making others happy 1t
would be tremndous asset for An
derson to have our boys organized in
to. something. II too late to become
scouts, they might have merely local
organization. Such a step would ac-
custom our boys to discipline, would
make them even more manly and self
reliant, and would cultivate that
greatest OF all graces, unselfishness.
The most beautiful reunion feature
in recent years in this state was by
the children Of Columbia. Clad in
snowy dresses with red sashes and
red hair ribbons, the colors of the
Confederacy. they strewed flowers be-
fc.s TIC Veterans, r"sh:S co:!S &c: SC
strain their tears when memory car
ried them back to the rugged, rocky
hills they had climbed, shoeless, in
the face of a rain of lead of death,
and when they assembled at the place
of meeting these same little ones
caused the old fellows cup OF Joy to
brim all over when they ysang the airs
which made many charge go down
into histnry as among the most valiant
of all the. deeds of the wars of the
world. -.
Give our good women and happy
children part in the reunion and it
will be known as the happiest occa-
sion OF the kind In the history Of the
States - aa12hHs 'ii' s" 81
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PROUD OF ANDERSON
General Benham Returns From a YIsit
TO Furman University.

Cen. N. L. Bonhasns mas returned
from GreenvilIe where Iie acted "a a. one
of the iadges In the sijoink debate Sa-
tween the two spealIrs from Mercel.
University, ana the two. FROM, FurtiaTs
Universally. ,'FelL sff,.ts. said The
General II felt! very much GaS nome
When we went into the. aiidis scrYufn
there stepped up three hardsonle
young fellows. marshais FIR the eyen-
ing, and bless my, ,heaEttH theEi were
not ell Anderson boys GambFaii,
HutehinEon and BelleptiRe. 4. felt
proud OF old And efson when ], IooSksa
at these handsome yonng EetlnAs. hr.
sa@e- ses me - IL :.:=s:4 .E..= A. ~
J. 3. hicSWain was the nfliaf
"Ot codrse Judges can't ten tales
out of school, but Ihefe was bounethinR
else that made me proud OF old An
derenh. and that was the aassatts by
young Chas, 8, Sutl!veu, IT.. Of this
sity. He made 4 epiet!a .=..z s=..@ .s:=Ss d
marked impression. s The guerr wss
Resolved, that the Labor Unions OF,
the United States are 5u6tiTIed "a
Demandink a Closed Shop, Eurnaan
had the affirmative: / am not alone,
/ feel sure, when 4 say shat Mr., Sui
iivan,s argument nlade 6 q spIendId I'm.
pression, and 1 WA rrond ce all the
Anaera3n boyz.
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lBEHAYIOR OF AUDIENCES

+ys ,r jE!i-:;s.:s- -T-- .:ls ~ ,gsp ~ 2s'sa
Tho bshay,s6r of the audiences at
the Ehdutahdua has been remarkably
attentive, While there. were probably
geo automobiles In and. around the
big tent Friday night, there was very
little noise from that source. THE
Chautauquans appreciate 1t, Mr..
DicKey, tho superintendent, says he
has positive proof that the Anderson
audiences are patient and consider
ate-bus Nc will not tell that Joke on
MIN.
Sometimes when we see great au-
6,ence gathered we are reminded Of
a heautiful incident in the career Of
that ,grsat-hearteG christian gentle
man ana wonderful evangelist, the
late r. G.. Pearson. In q certain
town In this state he was preaching
under o tent. and great congregations
were attending. among them being
many persons from the country. One
day a little one began crying. Sew
eral persons In the audience showed
great displeasure and nervousness.
In the midst Of u telling appeal the
inspired litSle man stopped and said
Friends, this poor mother may have
come miles to hear the word OF God.
She had no one with whom to leave
the little one. She may have few
chances to. hear the gospel preached.
Do moi, cause! her to leave. ] am the
one who should be disturbed. and Il
does not worry me half as much as
II shis good woman does not get to
hear the sermon. God bless the little
one"
He stretched forth his hand as If
In benSdiction-and almost instantly
the ,i.t.,e one fel! ssieer. 1t seemed
as il God was in that tent. The les
SON OF that little talk fingered in that
community for years. The poor, tired
mothers. SO few are their opportuni-
ties to get away from home. Deafen
your, ears to the cries OF the little
ones, soon they may fall asleep. Let
the mothers stay. 1''< t"as
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av8GI

by, the spinner for delivery of il 10
him. Necessarily this has been most
injurious to both spinner and proo-
duGeT aad has hati the efiect or mis-
leading buyers Of cloths and giving
them an erroneous impression OF the
price of raw material being nsad In
the cans6 atptii6n. Meme or rs like to
ne imposed Upon ana Il Is most flatur-
al that the buyer OF cotton, cloth, who
conceives from quotations Of the New
York cotton exchange that the price
OF the, raw material is two cents Less
than 1t really is, should fight most
earnestly the payment os prices ne
cessary to be secured by the spinner
In order to make any profit in pro-
duction.''
These low prices on the New York
cotton exchange we believe to be the
result OF manipulation on the part of
large operators Who ara able to use
the New York cotton exchange az a
means OF depressing. prices ON account
OF the fact that the rules of the ex-
change permit arbitrary differences,
the delivery OF undesirable eottoii. and
thus depressing the whole basis of
quotations.: We 'fepfore Conditions
undeIi which laege,.l operators oan.
Through manipulation and improper
use Of the exchange, depress cotton
at one time and advance ,it at an
other when the actual price OF the
raw smat terial Is changed But little II
any, during the interval. We cite in
this connection the, action or large
operators on the New York exchange.
L i;s practically making q corner in the
March contracts to 80 points over the
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NOT OUR KIND OF JOKE

Last Thursday night this office was
called on the phone to receive the
list OF delegates from Rock Mills
township to the county convention.
The notes taken at that time of course.
have not been preserved, for we had
no idea OF any joke being played on
anyone. We do not know what the
circumstances are. except that there
was not present last Saturday a quo
rum Of the members OF the club, and
an adjourned meeting was held or to
be held Thursday, .ys., sss
We are not informed OF the true In.
wardness OF the matter. but wish to
say 70 Mr. TT. o. Shaw 'that we
would under no circumstances have
permitted saLy one o,have used this
paper TO make sport OF him. and we
;sif wisfi "a ~. -. ms PFszitient OF the
lclub, Mr.. s. A. Burns that we regret
it IL some one played practical joke
on THE paper.
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MEDICAL INSPECTION
(Laurens Advertiser.)

That facts are stronger than theory
and that truth outweighs false char
ges are well illustrated in letter OF
Superintendent Frank Evans OF the
Spartanburg city schools dealing with
Governor Blease's speech In opposl-
tion to the medical inspection OF the
school children. His letter is found
elsewhere in this issue. Eir. Evans
! takes the example of the inspection or
school children as carried out in
Spartanburg to show that the children
have been greatly benefited by II, and
that they have not been subjected to
and measures which would jar the
most delicate sensibilities. In fact,
Mr.. Evans stated that the only paren-
tai objection met with came from the
Christian scientists, who do not be-
lieVe in the effectiveness of medicine
at ALL He goes further and submits
the inspection blank in use to show
the medical inspection OF school chill
dren does not imply an encroaGhment
upon parental authority. -
Why. the poorer people of this state
DECEIVE themselves about the measures
or allow themselves to be deceived,
we are at a loss to understand In the
tSSS ~ NoSASh 80 . uhlChtD anu ldSlo do
have been put up to support its
need.
Medical inspection of thes school
children is nothing more nor less
th:i thc state providing that 5aP5T-
vision by trained physicians for all
children which only the children OF
rich parents can afford now and pro-
viding for the protection of the heal
thy child from the diseased.
We often hear about the states
rights III the matter and the parents
rights, without consideration Of the
child's rights when his are most to be
considered. He has right to expect
the state to assume the obligations
Of citizenship and thoughtless or
needless parents should, d, not be
allowed to deprive him Of his own
right. 1t Is the child which has the
right, while the state has the obliga-
tion:. E .ur.,s.:a .ia,. ~
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rnE souNp OF LIrfLE VOICES

,se. - Z. ~ U : , Il L
Fairies play me songs, indeed.
With green fiddles,.o the weed, &
And the wild blooms OF the dell, ~
TO aeGomrsny the spell. -
wake; the laughter. break the gloon
j, with their minstrels OF hlco,n.s 4
Put IL sSana tt;t:s ttI:e sass +ssS @ @..a, s.:s
is tAo Voice OF n I:ttie Child;
Finer than the fairy playing.
Brighter than the bloomy Maying
OF the springtime when the birds
Tell thair inva in eilvaFv y1nrha
just the sound of children,s voices
HJ Nthe bounding heart rejoices,
How the crust and CRIME OF life,
Sordtd strain and scum OF strife,
FladS and fall from all our years,
Washed with laughter's silyery
Sd tears.
,59,3 Reitffoara sfIn
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on and conclude that by and by sOue
time, somewhere the majority will zee
where it is wrong and will the come
around to our way of thinking.
In our form of government the ma
jority mas the right to rule. But why
have any factional lines and vote
against your. friends and your best
judgment simply because you are lin
ed. up with faction, We like 10, ioto
for men and :hci you can get your
measures, but measures without mon
do not count for much. At any rate
the point is. bow 10 the will OF the
majority and let the peopleQrrIe.
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IN sHAKEsPE ARES TIME

Now; woman's parts were played by
When Shakespeare held the stage.
The necessary, wigs land pads -.
Would fsmnize Q gage. j AIN q,
But Still some odd, effects they'd. get
:. :. To make, poor sh9k NpeaFe ,gaye.
You'd often see D juliet ~, -.
Z. II In it BAD nee need Of os &. ahaYe il "'f @ /
And Shakespeare had but little choice
8 When Rosalind was done.
Sometimes she had p squeakE, voice,
Sonnet times a baritone. ~. -
r. s.,i 49, N74Louisyille SopriersJ Journal.