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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-01-30

convinced me that the right thing to
do Is to stick right here and put up a
fight for these people, the same as my
uncle did"
Her reserve quite vanished; as is
the way of women, she took credit for
an intuition which her previous man7
ner had not indicated. Where she had
been suspicious of q reason for sus-
picion. she became enthusiastic over
reason for enthusiasm.
Il knew you would" she cried. n
knew knew you would"
She had not known he would; she
had feared, had half believed that he
would not; but that now made not the
slightest difference with her Arm be-
lief that she had known he would. Nor
had the fact that Broadway, a short
minute before, had suspected, with
good reason, that she seriously doubt
ed him, any influence whatever ON his
deep pleasure when he discovered that
she did not-did not because she could
not, not because she would not.
Men do not think clear to the bottom
of these things. They take what wom-
en- give them, when they give them
anything, and are humbly grateful and
surprised because they get q smile
when they deserve one, rather than q
brick when they do not deserve one.
Nothing which the world has ever Of
fered to the gaze Of the philosopher
has been one-half 30 pitiful as the as
tonished gratitude of the right-minded
male when he finds that the one fe.
male for whom he has begun, con-
sciously or without his knowledge, to
live his life and do his deeds, does not
utterly condemn him when he has
done his level best and that best has
been worthy. Men are the worlds nat
ural "come-ons," women the worlds
natural vendors Of psychological, SEN
timental and often very raw gold
bricks.
So when Josie soulfully declared
that she had known he would, Broad
way did not let it pass with an unap-
preciative, "Of course you did," but
looked at her with gratitude alight in
his pleased face and humbly Queried.
did you?"
For moment the fact that she dc.
clared that she had known he would be
decent and not villainously selfish so
completely overwhelmed him (and
please do not forget that she, within a
minute, had admitted that she thought
him capable of basest selfishness) that
he could not find words with which to
proceed conversationally. All men are
that way.
But presently he recovered self-pos-
session and continued:
Now, don't know anything about
business. and don't know anything
about money. never did days work
In my life for the simple reason that I
never had to-"
He looked at her with a shamed
smile. the first evidence that he had
ever shown of anything but pride in
his ability to live idly with enormous
and successful effort.
"The only trial of skill into which
have entered since I went from Jones'
Vile to New York has been a general,
endless contest with the world at large
to- see which could stay up the latest.
have generally won-won in walk"
She was listening intently. All wom-
en- are intent to breathleesness when
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Her manner now became more seri-
Gus and rather puzzling. 1t was not
as II he had done anything which dis
pleased her, 1t was not even as If she
thought he might; it was only that Of
the delightful woman who is wonder
ing II. presently, she may not think he
might She was not suspicious. she
suspected that she might suspect. He
knew It: men always know when wom-
pm are beginning to wonder If they had
pot better very soon begin to wonder.
(t's the only intuition mere men have.
The others are all feminine monopo-
ies.
Presently. while he waited, acutely
CONSCIOUS that some unpleasant ele-
ment had entered into the situation,
but densely ignorant Of its character;
end while she calmly went about the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-01-30

-Uh, I'm 50 siau!" she exclaimed
cordially.
But he failed to note this circum-
stance; he failed to ward against on
coming danger. AS matter of fact he
was not thinking Of her as an employe
OF the Jones company, he was not
thinking about Jonesville, he was con-
sidering his own pressing need for
money and the delightful possibility
that through Pembroke, in one way or
another, that need must be relieved.
He rose and paced the floor with light
and hopeful tread, wholly without ap-
prehension.
I'VE gave him to understand that we
wouldn't sell for less than a million
and half" He said this half proudly
Then, with the accents of a hoper:
I'VE expect him here at eleven o'clock
with his answer"
Her face took on a puzzled and dis.
approving frown. "But you just gave
your word to the men that"
Now he spoke definitely and crisply.
No one listening to him could imagine
that he did not mean exactly what he
said; that he had not carefully consid-
cred every meaning of each syllable
that he was uttering.
"Oh, don't be afraid" he assured
her. II meant exactly what said to
Higgins"
She sighed with real relief.
Il don't mind telling you, Miss Rich
ards, that when came here yesterday
my intention was to sell this business
and get it of my hands at any price
or sacrifice"
The mere statement of this evidently
past and gone intention was a shock
to her. He noted and not without
emotion-mind that: Broadway unmis-
takably was touched-that her face
blanched at the thought of that which
he had definitely decided not to do.
The young man was beginning to
think; he was forming some faint
realization Of the fact that his own
troubles were but somewhat unimpor-
tant bubbles In sea made up of
everybody's troubles. The thought
was forming in his mind that. while
he had been severely worried about
ways and means for getting luxuries.
these people, here in Jonesville, who
had lived and probably would die with
out ever having heard the names of
many OF the things his sybaritic soul
had learned to crave. had felt them
selves confronted by the possibility of
loss of the necessities.
Indefinitely, but for the first time in
his life at all, he saw how grim the
struggle for a bare existence is with
the majority; how. although thew
strain and strive to their limit of abil-
ity. they never feel quite safe in their
possession of the means for getting it
He acknowledged to himself a feeling
OF embarrassment as he considered the
undeniable selfshness Of his previous
existence.
But he frightened visibly, m he
went on. He had learned his lesson
and had learned 1t thoroughly.
Carnegie couldn't buy the plant this
morning" he said simply. ''if he Of
fered every dollar he has in the world
Mr.. Wallace and sat up talking 1t
over until two o'clock this morning.
told him everything you said, and went
over the whole situation with him. I
promised TO take bis advieos and he's
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-02-12
A Good Town in Kanawha

Charleston, the Capital of the
state. is greatly excited over its
suburban industrial town, Dun
bar, being built by the Dunbar
Land Company of Charleston,
West Virginia.
One large factory already op-
Grating, three large factories
building, with two more con-
tracted. giving employment in all
to about sixteen hundred people,
which will be the making of a
suburban town of from five to
ten thousand people within a
comparative few months. This
will add greatly to the industrial
activities of Southern West Vir-
GINA.
This town has for its own use,
about twenty-six thousand acres
OF natural gas, with two pipe
lines, the finest Interurban Trac-
ton line in the state, ..and the
most beautiful building sites in
the great Kanawha Valley.
There is a demand for three
hundred houses. to be occupied
by the manufacturers and their
employees, and we would not be
surprised to see buildings going
up by the hundred, and people
living in tents waiting for more,
before July the LIST, with real es-
tate doubling itself in value
within the first six months. All
this within thirty minutes ride,
by TRACTION line, from the Capt.
tai Building of the State of West
Virginia.
Every body In the Southern
part of the state should be proud
to watch this new development,
as well as take part in the same,
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-02-12
Radium Treatment Failed

Baltimore. Md, Feb. Rob.
ert Gum Bremner, member OF
Congress from the Seventh New
Jersey District and editor of the
Passaic Daily Herald, died today
of cancer at a local sanatorium.
where he had been undergoing
radium treatment since last De-
cember. He had suffered from
the disease for four years. He
was 80 years old and married.
Mr.: Bremner came to the san
atorium to try the radium treat
ment after physicians in this
country and Europe had vainly
tried to cure him.
1t was found that the disease
had made such inroad that little
Gould be done to help him and
the fight against death would be
made with all odd against him.
Mr.. Bremner was optimistic,
however, and tubes containing
500, 600 worth of radium were
applied to the growth.
For a time the patient seemed
to improve and members of his
family frequently expressed be-
lief that he would recover. They
chung to this hope until few
DAYS ago.
In his last days of suffering
Mr., Bremner still fought on and
insisted that he would get we'll.
He declared that he wanted to
60 back to Congress to fight for
a bill to have a government own
ed radium institution so that this
mineral could be at the disposal
of rich and poor alike.
Mr.. Bremner was warm per-
sonal friend of President Wilson,
who was kept constantly advised
of his condition and who frcqual t.
ly sent him messages of sympathy
and encouragement, accompanied
by flowers.
MIR, Bremner's election to Con-
gress was accomplished while he
lay i'll in bed. He did not make
a speech.
On the night before election
President Wilson, then governor
of New Jersey, visited Passaic
and made speech for Mr., Brem-
ner.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-02-12
Oh You ShOe-String District

Years ago when the Republi-
can party got to gerrymandering
around they made the tenth Sem
atorial District Democratic and
laid off a shoe-string along the
heighth of land from the Ohio
river to the top Of Allegheny
mountains, following as near as
they could the old Botetourt and
Augusta line, which ran from the
Blue Ridge, crossing the Green
brier at the mouth of Swago
creek, to the mouth of the Little
Ka0awha river, where it enters
the Ohio. Since then some very
able and aimable gentlemen have
represented us in the State Sen
ate, but they lack q whole lot of
being neighbnrs of ours. About
a year ago somebody up about
Wheeling got to churning around
about something he thought was
going to happen in the legisla-
ture, and he wrote to a citizen Of
this county to wire or write a
protest to his state senator. The
Pocahontas county man replied
that he had received his letter
but that he was like the young
girl in the old tale. Her mother
called to her at a party and said
for her to tell that young man to
take his arm from around her
waist. The girl said: Tell him
yourself, ma, he's a perfect
stranger to mel" So said the
Pocahontas man! "You write
or wire to them yourself. They
are perfect strangers to me. -
Pocahontas Times.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-02-12
Established June 12. 1888.

from Tyler. r. j. A. Boreman,
who represents Wood on the
state committe; Senator Shinn,
who represents Mason county,
and G. H. Enichs, who repre-
sents Putnam county. Besides
these committeeman there were
a score or so others from every
part of the state, who gladly a.
vailed themselves of the offer to
express the sentiment of the peo-
pie back home"
During this part of the meet
ing the chairman directed that
several letters and kilograms be
read from others who were un-
able to be present, among them
a wire from E. M. Grant, the
committeeman from Monongalia;
a letter from j. H. Hobbs, the
committeeman from Sumers
county, and letter from Hon.
VIM. Seymour Edwards, all urg-
ing the executive committee to
speedy and thorough organiza
ton of the party.
In the lobby of the Chancellor,
were gathered the groups to dis
cuss matters informally, it was
learned that many mad read the
get together" interview given
out by former Chairman Dawson,
and some told of letters from
him along the same lines. 1t is
a well known fact among all Pro
gressives that the former chair
never did have any sympathy
with a third party movement and
it was this fact that doubtless
led him to resign his position as
leader. The attitude of Cover
nor Hatfield and of Mr.. Dawson.
in Calming to be Progressives,
while at the same time doing
everything in their power, with
powerful assistance from the
Penrose, Crane and Barnes COM
bination, is resented by all Pro
gressives, and doubtless their
resentment will soon be felt by
all those whose tendency is to
hinder the cause of progress in
this state, for the sake of office
or any other personal aggrandize-
ment, or for special privilege. =
Sentinel of Feb. End.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-02-12
ces per 100, 600 population, or one
divorce for every five marriages.
If the United States were to

ces per 100, 600 population, or one
divorce for every five marriages.
If the United States were to
write in the Constitution an a.
mendment prohibiting absolute
divorce, it would not be taking
such a radical step as might at
first be thought. but would be
following beaten path. Our
own state of South Carolina-all
honor to her forbids divorce.
1t is absolutely prohibited in It.
ally, Spain and to two thirds of
the population of Austria Hun
gary, while the Latin-American
countries Of Mexico, Argentina
Republic, Brazil. Peru, Chile and
others have similar laws.
While many excellent people
are divorced, and some of them
make new homes, the inevitable
trend of divorce is to break up
many more homes than it builds
up, and TO materially reduce the
number of children. When mar
riaRe is dissolved the true home
ceases to exist; the parents and
the children are separated; and
the sweet ties that bind father
and mother to their offspring,
and to each other. are broken for
ever.
AS long as the Romans of old
looked upon marriage as sacred,
aid held the sanctity of the home
inviolate, their arms were invul-
nerable, and Rome became mis-
tress of the world. But with the
accumulation of colossal wealth
came great laxity of morals; mar
riage became a jest, and child
bearing a useless burden. The
luxurious Romans lost all respect
for female chastity; the heroic
virtues of their early years were
forgotten. and the Empire fell.
the victim of luxury and disre-
gard for the binding effects of
marriage.
Shall not the United States
take warning from Rome's exam
ple?"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-02-12
A. K. Miller'S Residence Burned

About a O'Clock Tuesday even
ing the dwelling of A. r. Miller
was found to be on fire in the
second story and the house. con-
tents and outbuildings were prac-
tically a total loss. a few lieces
OF furniture in the down stairs
part of the house only being saw
ed. The origin Of the fire is m,-
known; the most plausible theory
being that gas from the ten-mil-
lion foot gas well which had been
drilled in near this dwelling that
day had settled in and about the
house and caught fire from lights
which were burning in the sec
end story. Mr.. Miller had no in
surance and the loss is a heavy
one. Spencer Bulletin.
A. r. Miller is a brother of our
townsman, Cashier Arthur G..
Miller of the Bank of Grants
vile.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-02-12
Cashier Got Two Years

Commenting on the trial of O.
b. Wetzel, of the defunct bank
at Spencer, the Charleston Mail
says:
State Banking Commissioner
Sam V. Matthews and John B.
Morrison of the Attorney Gener-
erals office, returned to the cap
ital Saturday from Spencer,
Roane county, where they spent
all last week at the trial of o. B.
Wetzcl, former cashier of the
defunct Bank Of Spencer. on in
dictment for embezzlement.
while an officer Of that institu-
ton. The amount charged a.
gainst Wetzel was $40. 900. He
was found guilty and sentenced
to serve two .ears in the peni en-
tiary. Mr.. Morrison, represent
ing the state, assisted Prescott
ing Attorney Ferguson, of Roane
county, in the prosecution. 1t
did not take the jury long to
reach a verdict after the case was
put in their hands, having re-
turned the verdict of guilty about
HOO O'Clock Saturday forenoon.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-02-12
Would Prohibit Divorces

Washington, d. c., Feb. d.
Divorce with the right to re-mar-
~ would be prohibited forever
in the United States and in all
places under the nations juris-
diction by an amendment to the
Federal constitution proposed in
the Senate today by Senator
Ransdell, of Louisiana. Enact
ment of uniform marriage laws
for all state and territories, with
provision for separation without
permission to re-marry, would be
directed by the amendment.
With the states of the Union
granting more than twice as many
divorces as all the rest of Chris
tendon combined, Senator Rams
dell told his colleagues that the
time had come for the nation
itself to put down this menace to
the chief bulwark of society,
the home-the maker of good cit
liens. and the model on which
every wise government is foune-
ed"
The remedy by constitutional
prohibition is drastic" said the
Senator, ''but the malady is so
fatal that nothing short of it will
prove efficacious. In the United
States divorce is spreading with
alarming rapidlty. 1t has per-
meated every walk of life, and is
prevalent among every class of
people. The total number of di-
vorces granted in 1867 was 9, 937,
or u per 100000 population.
Forty years later, in 1906, there
were ", O62 divorces, or per 100,-
000i thus, in actual numbers,
there were more than seven
times as many divorces granted
in 1906, as 1867, or allowing for
the increased population, divorce
had increased 319 per cent.
IF divorces multiply at the
same rate in the future as in the
past-and there is every indica-
ton that they will INCREASE fast
then before the middle OF
this century we will have annual
ly in the United States 275 divor.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-02-12
Want John D. to Pay Taxes

Cleveland, o. Feb. 3.-John d.
Fackler and William Agnew,
deputy state taxation officers for
Cuyahoga county, went to the
home of John d. Rockefeller on
Forest Hill, east Cleveland, to-
day and filed a written demand
upon him that he pay taxes on
his personal property estimated
at 5000, 100000 into the treasury
of this county.
They claim that under the
Warnas tax law Rockefeller by
residing in the county for the
greatest part of the predicting IL
months has made himself liable
to taxation here.
The officers did not see Rookie
Teller personally but left a letter
notifying him Of the demands
with members of the household.
The officers placed Rockefeller's
tax at SIP, 100000.
Virgil P. Kline, attorney for
Rockefeller, laughed at the eff
forts of the officials to make the
oil king pay taxes here.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-02-12
Her Curiosity Caused Hunger

The reader of this has doubt
less heard of the hens "immor-
tai lay" The following is a re-
cent and striking instance of it.
There may be some meticulous
grammarians who will character
lze it as an immoral lie. All
such can go to" as Shakespeare
srys. This story is vouched for
by an ex-sher!ff and other blame
less citizens and citizeness.
A lady on Avery street has a
flock of well-bred chickens of
which she thinks a great deal.
They are fine fowls and valuable
some time ago, she missed one of
her finest hens. Search, high
and low, was in vain. The own
er concluded the hen had been
stolen and abandoned all hope of
ever seeing her again. Six
weeks after the hen disappeared,
the good lady happened to turn
over an old basket that had been
lying, all that time, bottomside-
up IN a corner of she yard-and
10! There was the missing hen.
rather emaciated, but still alive
and able to scratch. She had
kept herself alive by worms, etc.
in her search for which she had
scratched a deep hole in the
ground, at the bottom of which
she was found. The theory /.
that she had jumped on the edge
of the basket impelled by the
curiosity of her sex, to see what
was inside and her weight hac
overturned it on her, thus i'm
prisoning her.
The job the hen had done 8.
an excavator suggests some daz
zling labor-savjng possibilities
Suppose it is desired to have 2
row of posthole5 dur. Verr wei
at the proper locations. place Z
hen and turn basket over her
wait several weeks and, thtr,
you are: Even an oil well but
no! Think Of getting a string O
hens fast some hundred fee
down.
At last accounts, this partjcu
lar hen was recovering he
strength nicely, but shying, will
an ;agonized squawk, from any
thing resembling a basket.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-02-12
Democrats go on Record

Washington, D. c., Feb. a. -
The Democratic party was for
mally placed on record today as
opposed to national legislation
comforting the right Of suffrage
on women, by majority leader
Underwood, on the floor Of the
House.
The House Democrats, at a
caucus last night, went on record
against the creation of a House
committee on woman suffrage,
BY vote Of 1913 to 81, the caucus
adopted a resolution declaring
this state question, and reject.
ing tie Raker resolution to create
the committee.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-02-12
Starting Young Trees Properly

Young trees from the nursery
to the orchard is the subject of a
timely circular written by Prof.
b. s. Brown of the horticultural
department at the Maine Univer-
sity. 1t is pointed out that nurs-
erymen take about three years to
get desirable trees from the APP
pie seed. Stock of that age will
be 4 to 6 feet in height. stocky
and of upright shape. Medium
size trees give best results. An
infallible rule is to see that trees
have the least possible exposure
of roots to the air. Even 10 min
utes' exposure to a dry hot wind
may prove disastrous,
Orders for nursery stock should
be placed early as they are usual
ly shipped in order of receipt.
Late orders are often rushed and
too frequently undesirable varie-
ties sold. AS soon as trees ar
rive at the farm unpack and heel
them in by digging a narrow
trench, placing them in and
throwing dirt over the roots. Set
stakes in your orchard where
trees are to stand. Holes may
be dug several weeks in advance
of planting trees. In light soil a
hole IL inches square and Is inch
es deep is about right. In heav-
Ter soils it is necessary to 20
deeper, the prime essential being
to have soil well loosened where
the young root growth is to start.
When it comes to planting
trees the best way is to take a
common barrel, place 1t on a low
truck or stone boat 50 a horse
can draw it readily. Put in 80 OF
40 trees and sufficient wafer ia
cover the roots. This will obvi-
ate the danger to exposure II