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Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1915-10-08
Martha WaShingtOn's
Last Testament Given
Governor.

Richmond, Va, Sept. 30
Judge James Keith, president of
the Virginia Supreme court Of
appeals, today delivered to
Governor Henry Garter Stuart
the will Of Martha Washington
which was purchased by the late
j, P. Morgan.
When knowledge came to
Virginia officials that Mr.. Nor
gan possessed the valuable doc
ument there was III. interchange
of communications between Coy
ernor Stuart and j. p. Morgan
Jr., resulting in Mr.. Morgan Ell
trusting to Fairfax Harrison.
president of the Southern Rail
way, the delivery of the precious
document to Justice Keith.
Mr.. Morgan, IL q letter to-Jus-
tice Keith, says legal fight to
retain possession Of the will,
which no believes he has a per-
feet title to, would raise issues
of the late war aud the status of
participants therein, which he
Deems best not raised III view of
the fifty years of peace and unity
which have elapsed since the
termination of the war; conse
quently he yields possession Of
the document and gives the fol-
lowing statement from the wo-
man from whom 1t was pur
chased:
Lieutenant Colonel David
Thomson, commanding the
Eighty-second Regiment, Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, was during
the spring or autumn of 1862
stationed at Fairfax Courthouse,
Va. His headquarters were in
the courthouse building. The
safes had previously to this been
broken open by the blenkers, a
command OF men noted for reck-
less vandalism.
"The papers were on the floor
and had been destroyed i'll large
quantities, used to kindle fires
Ny father going into the office
found his men shoveling the
material from the floor for this
Use. He called them to stop,
and looking over them found the
document in question. Justpre
ceding his death in 1892 he gave
the document to me, to be done
with as | thought proper.
(Signed.)
"MARY EsPEY THOMSON,
1866 Irwin Avenue, South,
Minneapolis, Mimi "
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1915-10-08
TRUSTEES SALE.

BY virtue of deed of trust
from Henderson Wells, and Cora
B Lewis, to NJ. @. Huddle, Trus
tee, dated March the Sth 1915,
and recorded in the Clerks Office
OF the Circuit Court Of Wythe
county, in deed book number 81
page 3S3 The undersigned, as
trustee tor Maurin and Buck OF
Rural Retreat, Virginia, will pro
ceed to sell at public aution on
the 18th day of October, at lC
o'clock A. M. in front Buck s
Block in the town of Rural Re-
treat, Virginia, the following
described property.
Lying and being in the county
of Wythe and State of Virginia,
southwest of Rural Retreat, in
Murph"yville, and bounded as
follows: on the west by Charles
Russell's property, on the north
by the African Church, on the
east by the Peoples properly, on
the west by Robert Killenger's
property. Said property being
about one-half acre more or less
with house on same.
Terms of sale-cash.
M. G.. Huddle. Trustee st
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1915-10-08
Coughs That Are Cured

Careful people see that they are stop
ped. DR.. Kings New Discovery Is a
remedy of tried merit. 1t has held it's
own on the market for 46 years.
Youth aud old age testify to its sooth
ing and healing qualities. Pneumonia
and lung troubles are often caused by
delay of treatment. DR.. Kings New
Discovery stops those hacking coughs
and relieves la grippe tendencies.
Money back if 1t fails SOC. and $l00.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1915-10-08
Odd Bits or News.

Haley Id Unable to speak
and tell how it happened, Miss
Lucille Gulta, II years old is
recovering from an operation
required for the removal OF a
fo K which she swallowed. II
is believed she was examining
her throat with the fork when
it slipped from her hand.
Anahuac, Tex. Mrs. Fritz
Outer arose in the night to
raise a window. Something
like snake, touched her
neck. When she aroused other
members of the family, they
found the snake coiled COM
fortably around her neck.
Vandalia, Ill.--Six hours al
ter she had been pronounced
dead by the family physician,
Mrs. Lydia Adams, 70 wears
old, arose. walked into an adj
joining room ard greeted the
chief monrners.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1915-10-08
FAMILY AVOIDS
SERIOUS SICKNESS
By Being Constantly Supplied With
Thedford's Black-Draught.

McDuff, Va.-"I suffered for several
years." says Mrs. ]. B. Whitaker, OF
his place, with sick headache, and
stomach trouble.
Ten years ago friend told me to try
Thedford's Black-Draught, which | did,
and found it to be the best family medi-
cine for young and old.
keep Black-Draught on hand all the
time now, and when my children feel a
little bad, they ask me for dose, and it
does them more good than any medicine
they ever tried.
We never have a long spell of sick
ness in Our family, since we commenced
using Black Draught."
Thedford's Black Draught is purely
vegetable, and has been found to regu-
late weak stomachs, aid digestion, re-
Iieve indigestion. colic, wind, nausea,
headache, sick stomach, and Similar
symptoms. q
1t has been in constant use for more
than 70 years, and has benefited more
than million people.
Your druggist sells and recommends
Black-Draught. Price only 25c. Get a
package to-day. N. c. s2a
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H. + /: U NattblkaussternR.E
Schedule in Effect May l, 1915.
LhAvA Rural. RETREAT DAILY.

Schedule IN Effect May /, l9l0.
LEAVE RURAL RETREAT DAILY.
BAL a. M, for Lynchburg, Petersburg,
Richmond, Norfolk aud Hagers-
town Pullman Parlor car TO
Richmond. Pullman Sleeper
TO New York,
Richmond Pullman Sleeper to
Norfolk, Roanoke to Richmond,
2;25 ~, for lynchburg, con meets at
Walton, 5;53 p m for all pointe
west and northwest. Pullman
Sleepers Walton to Columbus
Cincinnati and Chicago, East Rad
ford to New York via Sheuadoah
Valley Route. Cafe car.
7:l6 a m for Bristol and intermediates
stations. Pullman Sleeper.
l2:48 M For Bristol end local stations.
500 p m For Bristol ana intermediate
stations. Pullman Sleeper to Brls-
NEW RIVER BRANCH Leave East
Radford daily 5;25 a m, for Colum
bus, Pullman Sleeper and dining
car I0,40 NJ, and 500 for
Blueheld
Ii you are IninklnS VI GahlpS d bitP
YOU want quotations., cheapest fares
reliable and correct information. as to
routes, tram schedules, the most com
Portable aud quickest way, Write and
the information is yours lor the asking
with one of our complete Map Folders
r. l.. Humphrey, ag't Rural Retreat
w PEVILL, Pass. TRAIT Mgr.
w. G Saunders,
Cent. Passr. Agent
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1915-10-08
Killed In Auto Accident


Bristol, Va, Oct. A.
Ezekiel Watkins, years old,
was instantly killed at APP
aplachia, Va, Sunday evening
when an automobile turned
over. His skull was crushed
against a tree. The driver OF
the car, a boy named Carnes,
was badly injured. The car
turned over when Carnes at
tempted to run around anoth-
er auto going in the same dir
ectlon.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1915-10-08
A CIogged System Needs Attention

Are you bilious, dizzy and distress?
DR.. Kings New Life Pills taken at
once selzes upon constipation and starts
the bowels moving naturally and easily
Moreover 1t acts without gripping.
Neglect of a clogged system often
leads to most serious complications.
Poisonous matters and body poorly
functioning need immediate attention
/ you wish to wake up to morrow
morning happy in mind and entirely
satisfied start your treatment tonight.
25c a bottle.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1915-10-08

PUBLIC SALE Saturday !,
October 8, 1915, commencing at
ten O'clock, we will sell for cash
IN hand, part of our stock OF
dry goods including readymade
clothing, shoes, hats, caps, and
notions. Also a lot of patent
medicines and stock feeds. At
the store of the late J. A. Dix,
on Black Lick.
j. A. DIX, Estate.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1915-10-08
Woods Seeds.
Seed Wheat.

The Seed Wheats we offer are from
the best and most productive crops
grown in the finest wheat-growing
sections of Virginia, and are carefully
Tecleaned by us to remove all impur-
tiles and small and inferior grains, so
as to supply our customers only with
plump and well-developed seed
wheat, which should yield considera-
bly, more per acre than ordinary
wheats imperfectly cleaned. All of
our Seed Wheats are selected from
good yielding crops, which with our
methods of cleaning, makes the Seed
Wheat which we offer very much
superior to ordinary seed wheat.
Write for
WOODS Crop Special
giving full information and prices of
Seed Wheat Seed Oats, Winter
Barley, Rye and all seeds for Fall
sowing. Prices and samples of any
seeds desired, mailed on request.
T. w. WOOD & SONS,
SEEDSMEN, Richmond, Va.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1915-10-08

Leaves are falling. Babies
don't fall away while taking DR..
Fahrney's Teething Syrup. 1t
makes sap-blood.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1915-10-08

Watch babies bowels till the
trosts como. Dr.. Fahrney's
Teething Syrup keeps them IN
goodshape. Sample free.
l carry in stock at all times
all kinds of oils for machinery,
automobiles, ETC.; also the best
grade of gasoline. E. G.. Tarter.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-28
Time BROUGHT Joy
BY MELVILLE TURNER WARREN.

The fiuttering blushins bride of an
afternoon gave utterance to a cry of
oeWiioering Joy and delight, as she
s'epped across the threshold of the
beautiful house that assiduous labor
ana love had prepared as her future
home.
How beautiful" she breathed ar.
GENTLY. oh. Elwyn, l never expected
this!"
Inc eyes Of Elwyn Borden flushed
with pride and pleasure. He had
proved his deep lasting love for this
oainty devoted creature clineing
cnarmingly to his strong protecting
arm. He was glad of his ability IA
pay her the homage of wealth. and
ease, and comfort.
Leila was almost crying with happi.
ness as he led her from room to room
OF the quaint, but grand old mansion.
Al the time Of his fathers death II
had been closed. Now it had been
renovated to welcome the young bride,
my fathers favorite ROOM" ex.
planned Elwyn. as they entered a
somber apartment. A shadow of re.
spectful grief tinged the speakers
tones.
Leila glanced about at the ancient
carvings. the great book cases. the
numerous cabinets of curios. Her hand
LETT his arm with a sudden Jerk.
Her fair face whitened. Over the
fireplace hung an oil painting.
Who-who is that" she all but
gasped.
My father. Why, Leila!" and then
a slight tap at the door, and the at.
tention of Borden was distracted from
his wife.
"A friend has called to see you.
sir" servant announced-"Mr.B Bart.
ley.
All, am glad!" cried Elwyn. "My
dearest college chum, Leila. will
return soon."
In his boyish enthusiasm over the
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-28
VoraclouS Mole.


The British encyclopedia says:
The food of the mole consists chiefly
Of earthworms, in pursuit Of which 1t
forms its well-known underground ex-
cavations. The mole is one Of the
most voracious Of mammals, and, If
deprived of food, is said to succumb
in from ten to twelve hours. Almost
any kind of flesh is eagerly devoured
by captive moles, which have been
seen. as II maddened by hunger, to at
tack animals nearly as large as them
selves, such as birds, lizards, frogs
and even snakes; toads, however.
they will not touch, and no form OF
vegetable food attracts their notice.
II two moles be confined together
without food, the weaker is invariably
devoured by the stronger" Techni-
cally the mole belongs to tho Talpidae
family (from Latin talpus. mole) 1.
Of which there are several species, all
insectivorous or flesh-eating. The un-
derground burrowing Of the mole is
done in search of worms, for which
it has a keen scent, and no naturalist
speaks of 1t as consuming corn or any
other vegetable product
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-28
HAUNTED DESERT OF COBB
Singing and Mailing and Distant MI.
Gle Besuiie Travelery While Cross
inQ Great Waste.

Slowly We travelled across the great
waste Of Dzungaria, the soul appal
ling Cobb" Of some writer's, but to US q
land Of beauty, even If of a somewhat
terrifying character, writes Douglas
Carruthers in the Wide World For
her more nearly than in any other
land is beauty allied to terror
These silent steppes, the natives be.
lieve, are the haunts Of 'genii' and
the rendezvous Of evil spirits. As q
recent writer has said: The great
sandy desert of Cobb has been look
ed on as the dwelling place Of malig.
nant beings from the days Of hoary
antiquity" All luckless travellers in
this region, from the days of Marco
Polo onward, have recorded strange
stories Of weird beings that tnhabit
the depths of the wastes. Mysteri
GUS singing and wailing, beating of
drums and distant music are said to
beguile the traveller and lead him OF
the track until he s hopelessly lost
in the wilderness. A recent Russian
explorer gives quite oetal1ed &C
count of the wild men Of the desert.
Listen to the strange story told by
Kosloff, who traversed the desert of
Dzungaria in It's widest part not long
ago:
"ese wild men, the Kyz-Kyks as
they are called, are covered with short
wool similar to the fur bf young
camel They have long black hair
and black eyes. They are of ordinary
size, but rather long legged They
roam the steppes in pairs, and when
harnessed by man they scream, whis-
tie and snarl as they run away. The
native Kirghiz claim to have caught
them occasionally. but the captives
refuse food and drink, and die after
a few days"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-28
"This-This 10 No Place for Mel" She
Palpitated.

arrival Of his old-time chum Borden
hurried from the room, the servant fol-
lowed. The door closed after them.
'His-father!' painted the bride,
his father! That man! Oh, what
have l done! what have ! done!"
She had fallen to a chair, her eyes
fixed upon the portrait. Oh, there could
be no mistake! She had been shown
the photograph of this same person
under distressing circumstances she
had never forgotten. There was not
face in million so peculiarly char
acteristic and marked-the prominent
chin, the bristling brows, one eye gone
and a criss-cross scar on one check,
the mementoes OF a runaway accident.
"This-this is no place for mel" she
palpitated. "Oh, the mockery Of it!
oh, the heartbreak! Father-father!
why has this blighting curse come to
my poor heart!'
She arose, blinded with tears but
cropping her way through an open door
way let out into the garden. She
crossed it in feverish haste, upper
ceived. emerging into lane. She pur-
sued her way for half mile until,
tottering and faint, she reached the
limits Of the town where an electric
line ran.
A car came whirling towards her,
Leila hailed it. She sat crouched up
in a rear seat until it reached the ter
minus, twenty miles farther on. Here
she took branching route. Beyond
that she became . passenger on a
cross line. 1t was nesk midnight
when she left the last trAih.
She must have travelled over hun
dred and fifty miles. Numbed, sick
at heart, she barely sustained her
ebbing strength under the impelling
influence that babe her leave no trail
that could be followed. She traversed
the streets of busy town, found a
hotel, and as she was shown to a
room fell across the couch it con-
tanned, Frustrated.
In vivid panoramic array her past
life passed before her mental vision.
At fourteen, a motherless girl, she
had gone to boarding school. 1t was
the only home she had known for
eight years. She had graduated, had
met Elwyn Borden, and this day we'd
ded him.
Then, back of that, what she had
never told him-the story of her faith
er, still alive she believed, but hidden,
an outcast, a refugee in some far cor.
ner oil the world.
One night, month after she had
been placed at the school, he had come
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-28
Tho Jocose Gods.

What humor could be wilder than
that of life itself? Franz Schubert, on
his deathbed. read the complete works
of j. Fenimore Cooper. John Mil
lington Synge wrote Riders to the
Sea" on a secondhand $40 typewriter
and wore a celluloid collar. Richard
Wagner made a living, during four
lean years, arranging Italian opera
arias for the cornet. Thomas Henry
Huxley's wife called him Hal Her
bert Spencer sang bass in a barber
shop quartet and was In love with
George Eliot William Shakespeare
vas social pusher and bought him
bogus coat-of-arms. Martin Luther
suffered from the jim-jams. Bismarck
was afraid of his mother. The great
est soldier in Hungarian history was
nacled Hunyadc Janos.-Owen Hat
teras in the Smart Set
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-28

o,,,.. ppoihted tone. 1T is quite
qui'e attractive, and-the frame ..
very bright and new" !"
sne did not tell her father tho.
nao been swindled with the veriaa.
daub, but he suspected that on
mo. NOT right A week later he had some,
.nhs else to think of. The Golconda
e a.'er paying unearned dividends blew
up ana honest Johns cash snrn,n.
was consumed. sur pius
, Nv more art school, then said
Lucy, with quivering lip; but she add.
Gu orave'y: Il shall go back to teach
lug I'll l earn enough to complete INV
art education" ny
10 this her loyal lover, Vincent nor.
NV, Nv oemurred 1t meant long wait
ior a wife and home. but there was
no appeal from Lucy's ambitious eec;.
sion She painted evenings, and on
ner fathers birthday presented him
Win her first finished canvas
Why, say" observed the old mn,
WHAT'S the matter with ripping that
Ulo oauo out Of place-for know now
tnst II Is one-and using the frame.
winch is pretty fair for An apc,ior
frame. after all?"
Inis was agreed to. Her lover bv
ner side and her father regarding
enem lndulgently, Lucy began to re-.
move the old canvas from its frame
packing. To her surprise, as II came
iree' there showed under it a SECOND
canvas. 'e'ohu
oh. father!"
Lucy fell back with so startled an
exclamation that father and lover
stared at her in amazement. Her ewes
were fixed on the hidden canvas
Ineir depths were expressive, &C.
static
why, Lucy" began her puzzled
, lover.
on, Vincent" interrupted Lucy in
delighted gasp-"it's a real Corotl"
WHAT'S that?" Numbered her ia.
Their
A gem-almost priceless" declared
Lucy, who knew art when she saw II.
See-signature and ALL"
1t all proved true. In some wav nm.
ooubtedly, one of the pictures con.
ceaied by the foreign shipper to evade
paying duty, had got mixed with the
ordinary stock of the auctioneer
On, how much it means," was all
the enraptured Lucy could say as she
sat drinking in the beauties of the
masterpiece, all her dreams of ambi.
ton again revived.
She was too good a little business
woman not to calculate the great ben.
eft some immediate money would
prove for herself and those near and
dear to her.
John Marsh had to take another trip
to the city the next day. He accom-.
panied Lucy. carrying the precious
corot In a grasp that he was deter.
mined no thieving miscreant should
break
Lucy had no difficulty in finding an
expert. who pronounced the picture
genuine, and established its selling
value. She left 1t in his hands to dis.
pose of. Then she and her father re-
turned home to await the result of
that friends negotiations.
A letter arrived finally that set all
doubts at rest. Lucy opened the ex.
pected missive with trembling fingers.
and a madly beating heart.
"Hurrah-it's sold!" cried John
Marsh, reading the truth in her radi.
ant face.
Yes" nodded Lucy. "Oh, father.
everything is all right now"
An art connoisseur had paid fifteen
hundred dollars for the treasure.
Lucy was able to resume her art stud.
les, her engagement with Vincent was
shortened, and John Marsh was able
to gloatingly declare that he had his
eye teeth cut" after all!
Copyright 1918. by W. @. Chapman.)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-28

to her-stealthily, under some terrific
strain of anguish. wildly excited.
Leila he had said. as they stood
In the garden Of the school, Il have to
nee the country. Listen, child. for /
believe | am followed. Human blood.
hounds are on my track. Already
they have forced me to give up nearly
all my fortune. They hunger for the
rest. They would impoverish me. l
am innocent Of any crime, but my
thieving business partners, to shield
themselves, have SO doctored the
books that they could prove me guilty.
l will never dare return to this coun.
try again. l have arranged for your
care until you are educated. You will
hear from me later"
But, oh, my father!" sobbed the
broken-hearted girl. let me go with
you"
impossible. Listen, Leila! the men
who have brought me to this hideous
pass may l live to see dragged down
where l have been dragged. There
was one l must tell you of. Here is
his picture. Take it" and he pressed
upon her photograph. That man
silence! All, as feared"
He pressed his hand closely across
his lips. She saw two lurking forms
pass down the road. Her fathers pur-
suers! He kissed her swiftly and dis.
appeared In the shrubbery.
Since then every year a bank at
tache had visited the school with sui.
ficient money to meet all her expenses
Tor the coming year. Every year she
had letter ready to be sent to her
father. whose address she did not
know. She knew only the bank
through which the missive was for,
warded. Never a word from the father
she implored to come to her or send
for her through all those lonely years.
And she had married the son of one
OF the men who had made of her
father an outcast! The thought was
horrible.
With the morning Leila proceeded
to the city where the bank was To-
Gated. She implored its officer to give
her the address of her father. He re-
fused, but offered to forward letter.
She wrote all of her sad story and
besought her father to take her away
from her heartbreak and loneliness.
She remained sequestered in the
hotel, where she awaited reply. A
weary month went by. She broke
down with the suspense of the ordeal,
to awaken from a wasting fever one
morning and to stare past her nurse
at figure standing at the side of the
bed.
Father she cried ecstatically.
Il have come at great risk from
the far West" he told her, when the
rhapsodies of their reunion had sub
sided. My child, there has been a
frightful mistake. That picture--it
was of the one man who stood by
me in all my troubles. was about to
tell you to go to him when those pur-
suers appeared"
"Then-Elwyn!" palpitated Leila.
rs here. Be calm, be happy. my
darling. He has agreed to come with
us to that safer home for me, at a
distance from the cruel city where
have been so bitterly wronged."
And few days later the united trio
were speeding towards the setting sun,
fathers devotion, husbands fer
vent love bringing joy unutterable to
the tender heart of Leila.
Copyright, 1916 by w. G. Chapman.)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-28
PASSING of Youth,

To me the passing OF youth was es-
Gaping from torment of passion, strife
and trouble into placid content My
griefs and joys grew less violent.
ceased hunting those who had wronged
me, and, In lesser degree. grew calm
er IN my attachments. Undisturbed
by passions I found could think
more clearly, be more liberal and un
derstand better.-American Maya,
zine