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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-11
CHAPTER V.-Continued.

SFINF En- V0SSiNi'sSS'
i've been through there on the
train"
That's bad enough. Guess what l
suffered! 1 got off the train! Oh, you
can't realize what I've been through,
Bob! I've made a bluff and pretended
to be happy all the time; but, believ
me, old pal, there have been times
when I've started for the Brooklyn
bridge-and / won't tell you about a
bottle of poison and a gun full Of lead
which I considered using. / didn't care
about the money I'd spent; what wor-
ried me was that running in debt, day
after day, with no chance of repay
ing"
But you kept on accepting credit"
"And. it was wrong-dead wrong!
But-well, / guess it must be In my
blood. I couldn't help It."
How about your uncle?"
Broadway laughed, a cackling, scorn-
full laugh.
Hes a rich man. Have you tried
him."
Eyes; tried him and found him.
guilty. l wrote and told him ! was
short of ready cash, after I had spent
the pittance that he paid me for my
interest in the Jones gum. / asked
him if he wouldn't lend me, say, ten
thousand dollars"
did he answer"
"Sure, he answered. Sent me a pack
age Of the gum and the advice: Chew
this and forget your troubles He's in
Europe now He's worth a million, If
he's worth a nickel, and he bought me
out for practically nothing!"
"Stingy?"
"Stingy? He's so mean that every
time he's asked to have a drink he
takes a cigar and then saves up the
cigars, puts them in old boxes, and
gives them away for Christmas pres
ents."
Where have you been getting
enough for tips and pocket money!"
81 sold that big French cal I said
was in dead storage. And do you re-
member that I said I'd lost a lot Of
JcWclIJ i udOu II. l udu (WHICH IL.
How's my work, Ell"
You're a wonder! I've got to hand
it to you. But why didn't you conhde
In me long ago."
81 didn't have enough courage to
confide in anyone. / could only keep
on hoping that some miracle would
happen. I've thought Of nothing az
cept money and how to get it.
"And, Bob, last night, at that ban
Quet table, I sat looking at Mrs. &C.
rard, thinking of her millions and won
dering what she'd say to me If I should
tell my story, trying to pluck up nerve
enough to take her into my confidence
and see If she wouldn't help. That's
how it started. I didn't realize what
I was doing; but I must have been
staring at her for ten minutes when
she called a waiter who, presently,
handed mi a note"
What did 1t say? Was it from herr"
Eyes, and it said: Why do you stare
at me so?"
did you answer it,"
Eyes"
What did you say"
"Oh, ! couldn't help tt was des-
perate. I said Because I love your"
' "And she answered."
YES; I love you, too"
"And you wrote?"
Mot az much as l love YOU We
had quite a correspondence. Seven
or eight notes each way" ,
Who sent the last one?"
"She did, and it said: vii you
marry me?'"
"She really proposed to you?"
"On the level, and I didn't say a
thing. The letter carrier lost his Job
right there. For fear she'd change her
mind before the next mail arrived I
leaned across the table and yelled:
-Yes!'"
I'D gone, you know. Exactly what
then happened?" Wallace asked.
"She tainted; general excitement;
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The old saying is, Much smoke,
much business"-and we need the
business. But the progressive engi-
neer Of today will tell you that most
smoke can be avoided. 1t indicates
incomplete combustion, which means
waste Of coal, extra expense In labor
and equipment, damage to property,
sickness and loss Of life.-Power.
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can keep herself supplied with appar-
emily handsome silk stockings by buy
ing a 50-cent or even a 35-cent pair
of boot length silk stockings. I
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1914-03-13

,SSg
of house Is suitable for practically all
! parts of the south, as no extremely
cold weather is experienced and the
open front permits sunshine to enter
the house for several hours each day.
In case boy cannot obtain material
to build such house as has just been
described, he should get whatever ma
terial is available on the farm and
build shelter for his hogs. 1t can
be made out of waste planks, for any
4 shelter that will protect the hogs
from cold winds and rain and give
them dry bed, at tho same time per-
hitting the sun to shine in during a
portion of the day, will be quite an i'm
provement ever conditions existing on
so many farms at present.
A shelter to be used during the sum-
mer months may be made by setting
four poles or posts into the ground and
securely mailing 2 by S-inch material
around these about three feet from
: the ground; upon these few light
poles may be put cross-wise and straw
or coarse hay piled on top. The straw
should be piled higher in the middle
. than at the edges and smoothed down
30 the rain willNrun oTl. This will fvs
nisb shade during the gy eater part "
the day No sh)lter should be bull
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More Rail Road News.

As all the people III this locality are
greatly interested in the extension of
the G. q n. w. rail road from Win
ner on West it is our aim to give them
all the news obtainable on this mat
ter. The indications are growing
stronger most every day that work on
the extension will really be begun
this spring, but of course there has as
yet been no official announcement
made by the railroad company itself
but their manuvering certainly indi
Gates that there is something more
than idle talk to this extension matter
this time. The following was taken
from the Gregory County News OF
last week:
From a source which bears with it
any doubt of its reliability, we learn
that the Northwestern railroad are
contemplating to begin railroad con-
struction between Winner and Carter
at very early date and that the
road may be built still further west.
Every thing indicates this action on
the part of the officials and some of
those in a position TO know Of the in
tentions of the road is that work will
be commenced on this extension some
time during the month of April
This will be good news TO many of
the settlers i'm the west end of Tripp
county who have been without rail
road facilities near at hand for SO
many years"
The railroad company has had
much trouble with their water sup
ply since they extended the liue to
Winner, in fact we have heard it said
that it keeps one train crew busy to
haul water to Winner and other sta
tions along the line to supply the en-
gines. This of course is a big bur
den of expense, and the company is
going to be reasonably sure of a good
water supply before they start exten-
sion work. The following taken from
last weeks Tripp County Journal
will prove of interest:
Under the direction of Chas Dean, |
water uperintendent for the G. & y.
w. r. r., the work of testing for
water along the proposed extension
has been in full sway the past week.
The II p engine used in testing at
Winner, has been set up at Jordan |
and complete test is being made. |
The citizens in and about Jordan
dug two wells recently, one twelve
and one twenty feet in diameter; wa
ter was found at a depth Of seven
feet running through six feet Of grav-
ell. The work Of connecting the two
wells has been completed and Dean
expressed belief that they would be
able to get from twenty to forty thou
sand gallons of water daily and the
water, both i'm quantity and quality,
was the best he had found since leav-
ing Herrick. Both Spencer and Dean
are we'll pleased with the prospects
of an abundant water supply. The
probability of an extension this spring
now looks like realityn
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To Institute A Masonic Lodge

A number of the Masonic brethren
of this community met at the PIONEER
office last Saturday night and took
the necessary preliminary steps to-.
wards organizing a lodge here. The
required number of demits have been
secured, and temporary organiza-
ton was effected Saturday evening
by electing Rev. H. G. VanValken-
burgh, Master; Andrew j. Krieger,
S. W.; and Frank w. Jarboe, j. w.
1t was decided to name the organiza-
ton the Wood Lodge A. f. and A. M /.
and as soon as the necessary pYelimi-
naries can be completed the organiza-
tion will hold regular communications
here on Saturday evenings of each
month on or before full moon. The
Masonic brethern have completed one
of as nice little lodge rooms as you
will find in any frontier town and it
is to be hoped the organizaIiod will
soon be IN smooth running order.
This will be the first organization OF
the kind in Mellette county. The
charter list will be open for about
two weeks yet for any Masonic breth-
ern who are in good standing who de
sire to affiliate themselves with this
new organization. This new organi-
zation will mean much to Wood, and
will be great addition to the really
good institutions of our town.
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of acres of hign wUC;

or acres OF nigh WOOs-- ~
It was at one time preached by o--
best known agriculturists that weeds
were a good thing because they
spurred the lazy husbandman on to
greater activity in his tillage opera
tions; in other words tillage was the
desired end, the eradication Of weeds
being merely incidental. In our recent
work on. corn cultivation it has been
clearly shown that in the main weeds
are the arch enemy that makes inter-
cultural tillage necessary.
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Leaume Crops.

The United States department OF
agriculture is authority for the state
ment that among various causes that
have led to the abandonment of land
once cultivated there is no doubt thas
the greatest single cause has been the
failure to utilize legume crops. With
out the rational use Of legumes in q
rotation, the depletion of nitrogen and
the consequent falling OF. In produc-
tivity is certain to occur.
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FOR SALE--P Piano, team of mares,
colt, harness, tent, sewing machine, 4
three stoves, rockers, other household[
goods and II White Rock chickens.
H. l.. Swanson, . miles south Of I
Wood. 5-2tp
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Shelter for the Colt.
Let the, colt have shelter from storm.
,mt let hin hayo accsss to pasture
also
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1914-03-13

Did you see the eclipse Of the usbc
Wednesday, evening
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over which Judge Stanton IS presiding.
MRS: Robsartt iitzgiibbons Of Mum
roe, Wis, who is visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. H. King Of Beech street,
is spending the day at the Head Of
the Lakes. 's''.- a.@~*.'7= .
Mrs. H. G. Martin and mother Mrs.
Burke, Miss Gertrude: Martin and
Fred Murphy have gone to Lake Kas
betogema, Where they will spend the
summer with Mr.. Martin. - y
John D6nfn Of Superior who has.
the contract for the erection of the
new Southside school building has
moved his family here until he has
completed his work.
c. e. Dean of Grand Forks, who has
been visiting: in Duluth came to Vir-s
ginia this morning with his father,
dad" Dean,: the veteran travelling
salesman who represents the *Peyton
Paper Co. Mr.. Dean, tJr., will leave
for Grand Forks this evening.
Among those who are registered at
the Ormonde hotel today are: Geo.
Sperm, J. B. James, M. H. <Hapkins,,
A! L. Smith, Alex Ea> Eek, "A. Nahum
A F Ferguson and " y. 'Polski of::
Duluth, w. B. Moore and L. H. Holt
zapple of Chicago, Sam L Gibson Of
Omaha, H. G.: Carter, Minneapolis, c.
H. Newman, Superior and s: II: Han
son of Milwaukee. r.
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Big Burberry Crop.

Northern Minnesota's annual blue
berry harvest will soon be on and
will be one of the largest of several
years, according to outing parties re-
turning to this city from the woods.
Large quantities Of blueberries are
annually gathered in the country
along the line of the D., w. & P, and
shipped to market and the berry pick
ing industry is annually source of
considerable revenue to the Indians
in the Pelican lake country and at the
Nett Lake reservation. The berries
are ripening now and the harvest will
be on in earnest in two weeks more.
1t usually covers a period of several
weeks.
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PERSONALS

W. B. Shaver is in Duluth today on
business.
R. J. McGhee is in Gilbert today on
business. sH~>-r -.
Miss Margaret Eaton spent yester-
day at Ely lake: *'s1'' -. t. ''-
William Merrill was at Eveleth to-
day On business:;'' ~ II '''.'' =
>0rlo' Rogers of Hibbing was in the
city yesterday on business. >-''
F. H: Bidwel1 returned last night
from business visit to Duluth. t. =
. Conrad Mattson and party Of friends
motored to Sand lake yesterday. - 49,
LA: Tucker Of Fort Frances, Ont,
is in the city today on business.
Floyd De1ong returned from bust
ness visit at *Angora this morning. '-''-
Deputy Sheriff Fred 'Witte was at
Hibbing On business this morning. -
Miss Lillian King returned last
night from a business visit at Duluth.
Mrs. j: H. sCoade of Hibbing IS the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Verville.
Miss Minnie Virgins of Crosby Is
visiting relatives in Che city this week.
Mfr. and Mrs: Lawrence" Barrett are
the parents IT daughter, born; Nom
day. ss4ars7@sS '~,-44: +>s,r ~'T' %'--a'
: Mr.. and Mrs. Sanders of Duluth are
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. John Mes
berg.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Orr and Oscar
Osborn Of Orr, Mimi, are in the city
today. @ =, 80: - as:
Il Frank Skarp, the real estate man,
has returned FROM business visit to
Duluth ~' S'
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At the Socialist Opera House.

One of the prettiest and most pleas
ing plays yet presented will be given
tonight at the Socialist opera house,
on which occasion the Harry St. Clair
Stock company will present "Dora
Thorne," dramatization of the
beautiful novel of the same name by
Charlotte M. Braeme. Each and every
character in the play will appear to
best advantage and the pretty gowns
beautiful stage settings and lively
situations interspersed with tragedy
and pathos make this the prettiest
and most interesting play yet pre-
sented. Tickets are given out each
night for the dress length to be given
away Friday night.
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Editor Has Merry-GO-ROu

Editor Frank Harris of CHS
holm Tribune-Herald, was visitor
in the city last evening and is arrang-
ing to operate his merry-go-round
here during the week of the Elks' car
nival. Mr.. Harris has recently pur-
chased the riding gallery and says
that from the standpoint Of making
money it beats the Chisholm Tribune
Herald, which is one of the best pay
ing newspaper properties on the
range. He operated it at Hibbing
three days last week and says the re-
ceipts were entirely satisfactory.
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VIRGINIA. DAILY ENTERPRISE.
Kendall Of Sanosia, motored from Du-
lnth to Virginia yesterday

Kendall Of Sanosia, notored from Du:
lnthsto Virginia yesterday
Miss Mabel Newhard, Mr.. and Mrs.
Emmett Butler and Mr.. and Mrs. NJ.
r. Marion were among the Virginia
people who spent the week end at
Lake Vermilion, stopping at Goodwilrs
Landing. E5ss i3s5-i s.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Gordon of Min
|neapolis who have been here for sew
eral days visiting left for. Superior,
Wis, this morning to visit several
days before returning: home to xthe
Flour City.
James Perigrine and Luke, Burns
spent the week end fishing at lake
Vermilion. They were at Joyce's
Landing and brought home a nice
string of wa1l-eyed pike. J. " -
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Lippman and son
Joseph went over to Hibbing yester-
day to attend a party given in honor
of Miss Lily Sachs and Mr.. Meyer
Minkin who will be married in the
near future.
H. j, Scharr, superintendent of the
Manual Training department, in the
Virginia schools, leaves today for ST.
Paul, where he will attend the session
of the National Educational associa-
ton, which continues through the
week. -:
w. E. Pickering, daughter Miss Fay,
and Roy Colbeck, all of Superior, were
weekend guests at the home of R..
G. Pickering of 1926 Hemlock street. |
Miss Pickering will visit here for
sometime, the other members of the
party returning home this morning.
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CITY + BRIEFS
:s:.rI : =. 4;
From Tuesdays Daily.
Eve Is Injured.

Ralph Conway, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
G. S. Conway of 1T Fifth street,
Scanlon, will be laid up for some time
as a result of being struck in the eye
by timber while braking on motor
at the Virginia and Rainy Lake lum-
Der yards. The accident took place
about 1880 yesterday morning. MFR.
Conway is unable to explain how the
timber struck him. He was taken to the
Mcintyre hospital where his eye was
dressed and it is expected he will be
around again in a short time.
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Home from Twin Cities,

Mr.. and Mrs. c.. R. France returned
Saturday evening from an automobile
trip to Minneapolis and St. Paul.
While returning to Virginia Satur-
day morning their machine was dis
abled by broken axle on the Miller
trunk road near Twig and they were
compelled to take the train to Vir-
GINA. Mr.. France is having the ma
chine repaired today and will bring
it to Virginia. He says the roads
south of Duluth are very bad in some
places owing to the heavy rains.
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Walter Dewitt Improving.

Walter Dewitt, formerly in charge
of Finch's cigar store, is improving
slowly at Ely lake from injuries sus-
tanned in an auto accident, some time
ago. AS a result Of his injuries Mr..
Dewitt was partially paralyzed on
one side, but the affection is passing
and he will soon be quite himself
again, fact his many Virginia
friends will be pleased to learn. He
has opened summer hotel at Ely
lake, has boats for rent and is doing
a fine business.
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Anglers are "Ducked."

David Gustafson and, George Fowl
err, employees Of Che Virginia & Rainy
Lake Lumber company, spent the
Fourth at Lake Vermilion where they
enjoyed fine days outing, bringing
back about 80 pounds of fish. While
out in the boat Mr.. Fowler, who was
trolling became excited over fish
on his line and before he was aware
of it found himself Laundering in the
water. Mr.. Gustafson Immediately
jumped in after him and soon had
him back in the boat. Both men assert
that they felt very comfortable after
their sudden bath,
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PERSONALS
From MONDAYS Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
Peter Matchefts visited in Hibbing
yesterday.
Mrs. frank Weber visited in Hib-
bin gy Yesterday.
Albin johnson of Cook spent the
Fourth in Virginia.
Gilbert Finnigan of Eveleth was in
the city yesterday. >
Prof. N. B. Elson of Gilbert, was
here yesterday visiting.
Max Glassner, Jr., Of Biwabik visit
ed in Virginia yesterday.
j. L. Kelley and M. K. Baer re-
turned last night from Brainerd
where they visited over Sunday.
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Taken Under Amusement.

The case of the city of Virginia
against Faustina Marine, accused of
conducting an unlicensed drinking
place on the North Side, was taken
under advisement by Judge Carey yes
terday afternoon. The Marino woman
was one of the fourteen arrested by
the police last week on evidence Sc
cured by the city attorneys office
through the medium of special detec-
tives recruited from the ranks in
Virginia.
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Fine Passenger Business!

The D., w. & p: is having one of
the largest passenger businesses it
has had since the line was opened to
Duluth. Sundays Fisherman's special
was crowded both leaving Fort Fran
ces1 and Duluth and was literally pa
tronized by the towns along the line.
The road is having big business to
all the resorts along it's line between
Virginia and Fort Frances and fish
ermen returning from Pelican and
Joyee's Landing report fine catches;
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corps has lost none of it's old time
vim and energy and helped entertain
in Virginia on the Fourth very ma
terially. Uncle Billy brought with
him his famous war drums. They
were exhibited in the window at Mil
ler's cafeteria and attracted curious
crowds. The bass drum showns is a
relic of revolutionary days, having
been made in Germantown, Pa, in:
1774. ~'<'-'a".>.Ss" 49, e
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PERSONALS.

From Tuesdays Daily.
J M Thompson of the Weston Union
office. =. '~
Ellis Walsh was in Duluth yester-
day on business.
Miss Sophia Vogelpohl visited in
Duluth yesterday.
J:W: Murphy will join them later for
weeks vacation. -
: Clayton Quayle and party Of friends
motored to Ely lake yesterday.
Louis Osborn returned last night
from a business visit to Duluth. ~
w. j. Gordon of Cussons, was
among, yesterdays guests at the New
Fay hotel. =:
Miss Alma: Anderson of the sale.
force at Reds store, is enjoying he
annual vacation. ~s' ~ So. :,
/ Mrs. Josephine Paldne Of 1ra'
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MOtOred to virginia.

DIR. and Mrs. D. C.. Rood and children
and Mrs. S. R Kirby and children of
Duluth motored to Virginia last night
where they met Mr.. Kirby who has
been on the range for several days.
Tonight they will leave for Swan lake
where they will spend some time in
Mr.. Kirby's cottage. DR.. Rood who
has been spending the winter in CAL
ifornia is we'll known in this city hav-
ing been the first practicing physician
at Hibbing. He returned from Cali
fornia about June /.
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Will Remove to alaska.

Mrs. C.. R. Rhodes Of Hibbing, who
has been visiting her mother, Mrs.
Mccartney in Virginia, expects soon
to leave Virginia to join her husband
in Alaska. Mr.. Rhodes was a business
partner of R. A. Mclean in Virginia,
when they opened the first moving
picture show on the range and for
several years successfully conducted
the Orpheum theatre in Hibbing. He
intends to engage in business in Alas
ka, where there are some of the finest
business opportunities in the west.
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Many Visit Elv Lake.

Many Virginia people yesterday af-
ternoon visited Ely lake park, which
has recently been considerably i'm
proved by the Eveleth city council.
The park is an ideal place for an out
ing, but the road from Eveleth lead
ing to it is badly out of repair and
should be fixed up at once.
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Goes to Tower.

Mrs. Charles Gronberg of 219
Maple street left today for Tower
where she will receive treatment at
the Burns hospital there. The patient
has been suffering for sometime and
is now in seriously weakened con-
dition. Mr.. Gronberg is a deputy
sheriff, and we'll known in Virginia.
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WOodmen Have Social Session. :
The local lodge M AZ. had one
Of the most successful social sessions
the year lastzevenirg bunch was
..serYedby JIG. Holloway and VIM:
Fitzgerald and left nothing to be de-
sired The lodge heard the reports Of
CLERK Verville, Chief Forester Murray
and other members of the degree team
who attended the Toledo convention
and all present enjoyed pleasant
evening.