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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-12-24
CHAPTER XVIII.
The SPONGE Diver.

ne sponge DlVer.
Annette opened wide her eyes. She
uttered an exclamation Of delight as
she saw Neal Hardin.
"Well, we're here" she said.
81 should think we were," said Neal.
He looked about him. Annette was
bound firmly to the only chair in the
place and he was tied quite as firmly
to stanchion in another corner. The
place was a rude hut.
81 see," said Neal that we're not
alone"
obviously not" returned Annette.
On the floor between them lay the
brute resting but wide eyed with the
lash of whip lying across his shout
ders. Ponto, the Mexican, watched
red eyed and gloating.
Something happened in corner. A
portion of the floor rose from the
ground and two men struggled up
from passageway. One of them was
Hernandez; the other was the SNUG
gler of Martinique. Hernandez nod
ded to Neal and to Annette. He took
from his pocket a tattered parchment
map which he had pasted well to-
gether.
"It is the map of the lost Isle OF
Cinnabar." he said in suave accents,
"and I have other evidence besides.
He glanced uncertainty toward the
brute. "An identifying locket," he
went on, "and other things"
What do you expect to do with
them?" said Annette belligerently.
"You are not Annette Ilington."
Hernandez smiled-smiled a bit too
grin1ly. Perhaps" he said, Il can
find some Annette Ilington who Will
do my bidding. At any rate there VIII
hereafter be no Annette llington who
will try to thwart me-"
Neal started. What do you mean?"
he said.
81 mean" returned Hernandez, with
a gesture toward the smuggler or Mar
tinique, that in all parts OF the world
| am able to find people who do ny
bidding. This gentleman can do 1t
well. | may as well tell you, children,
that you have perhaps al hour 10 I'VE,
perhaps less"
The brute looked up, his eyes
CLASSY, strange. He rubbed red spot
on his arm-the mark left by Herman
deZ' hypodermic needle.
"You are right. Ponto." said Herman
DEE, 'it was the only way to drug him.
Lend me your whip"
He seized the whip and struck the
brute heavily across the shoulders.
The brute sprang to his feet, growing
in his throat, but he fell back before
Hernandez.
Ponto united a single knot-the
knot that bound Neal to stanchion-
Then at another word the brute
seized Neal, struggling, In his arms,
and with him descended through the
passageway.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-12-24
This man, in reality a giant. look,

This man, IN reality q giant, looked
like a pygmy from below as he
crawled hand over hand to the heights
above. At the edge of the cliff he was
assisted by two other men who
dragged him on to terra frma and
who relieved him of his burden. This
burden they carried between them to
hut. Before doing so they cut the
big man across the shoulders with a
whip and pointed to the shore below.
The big man nodded. He stood for
one moment on the edge OF the cliff
and gazed about him. He gagged the
grade of the wicked, sharp, big Razor
Back, and nodded once again; then
nimbly he leaped over the face Of the
cliff, striking his heels into the edge
of that perilous path some thirty feet
or more below-and then in spite OF
his huge bulk ran like deer down
to the beach.
The men above dropped their bur.
den and watched him.
"Ah," said Hernandez to his com
rade Ponto, "the beast-he knows that
Razor Back. He has not forgotten IF
teen years ago."
There was a touch upon Hernandez
shoulder. Hernandez whirled as
though at the fall of trigger. A
third man faced him, low-browed, cum
ning-eyed. Hernandez breathed q
sigh of relief.
Half an hour later, with his final
load strapped to his back, the brute
climbed for the last time over the
edge of the cliff, this time bearing his
own burden to the hut. The three
men already within the hut admitted
him.
There was no window to this hut
and the light within was dim. The
room was bare. Tidy little bunga
low, friend smuggler of Martinique
he said.
The other man smiled grimly in his
turn "Tidy is the word, soldier OF
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-12-24
CHAPTER XVI.
The Razor Back.

Around the corner of the coast line
on the Isle of Martinique-inyisible
both from the bridge of the destroyer
Jackson and from the grounds of the
governor, there jutted out into the
sea cliff, stern and forbidding. AS
a matter of fact, it was not all rock,
this cliff-a large part of its formation
was of clay. Down the face of this
cliff, its sharp edges rising now and
then into the air like peaks, there
trailed a path, narrow and perilous,
from shore to cliff edge. known to GER
tain of the inhabitants of Martinique
as the Razor Back
Along this sharp, steep edge ran
a rope, and climbing the Razor Back,
clinging to this rope with huge bur-
den on his shoulders. upward crawled
a man. Below him, thrusting its nose
into the beach. was a disreputable-
looking boat laden with heavy wooden
boxes.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-12-24

Annette Conceals the Yellow Packet.
fortune" he returned. cat any rate
it's safe. You think all the palace
matches it. Come with me-"
He strobe to the corner of the hut
and threw aside matchbox. Leaning
down he cleared away a number Of
short wormeaten boards, then he lift
ed up a sheetiron door. With an ex-
clamation of surprise Hernandez and
his companions observed that there
was narrow passageway cut
through the solid earth. One by one
each man lowered himself into this
passageway and followed his leader.
From perpendicular shaft the corri-
dor shelled off into a passage almost
horizontal and widened as it went.
This" said the smuggler of Mar
Unique, "is the third story, as it were.
Neat, not gaudy."
"Now for the bathroom, If you
please"
This time they descended a wider
set of stairs and stepped out upon a
ledge that surrounded deep and linn
pid pool of water. Hernandez regard
ed this pool attentively.
First it RISES" he exclaimed, "and
then it falls"
"Ah," said the man OF Martinique,
I'VE are at sea level This is a cave
and there Is no outlet to it."
Somewhere there is" returned
Hernandez
Yes, in the attic-the sky parlor,"
said the other man.
Somewhere else," said Hernandez.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-12-24
SIXTH INSTALLMENT
THE CAVERN OF DEATH
CHAPTER XIV.
A Secret Service Message.

Neal turned to Annette. Good" he
exclaimed, you're safe at any rate.
Where is my mother-where are the
rest?"
I'm the wireless ROOM" returned An
nette. She laughed bit Historically
Even Joe Welcher is quite safe," she
said
Neal held her for a moment, shield
ing her body with his own. He looked
about him.
This mutiny is over" he said, in a
tone of relief
He was quite right. The mutiny
was over, but with disastrous results.
Meals commanding officer lay on the
deck with a fractured skull. The cap
tain and the mate of the fruit steamer
Coronado were dead or nearly so, and
the decks were strewn with disabled,
bleeding mutineers.
Now come with me-" said Neal. He
waved his hand and small squad OF
his companions joined him. He sought
and found his mother and her fright
ened companions, Joe Welcher and
the Castro girl-known to the rest as
Irene Courtier. He led them aft and
placed a guard over them.
Now" he said warningly, "stay
where you are, mother, and all the
rest. You, too, Annette. I've got my
work cut out for me for some hours"
Annette shook her head. mot until
/ dress your arm" she said.
Neal nodded to one of his compan-
ions Mate" he said, shoot the first
person who disobeys. I've got other
fish to fry"
He went back to his work. He wig
wagged to the Jackson for his orders.
The orders were brief and to the
point:
You take charge of the steamer
We are sending help"
He took charge of the steamer, not
only because he was ordered, but be-
cause he had to.
Inside of half an hour ne had his
own lieutenant's wounds carefully and
scientifically dressed-had all his
own companions we'll attended ton
short, in a few hours he had righted
the ship completely.
He signaled for further orders, for
the Coronado was now resting quietly
at anchor, and he got his orders:
Put into the nearest port
BY midnight they had reached the
nearest port-had locked. BY mid
night he had landed all his passengers
and had reported considerable prog
ress to his commander on the Jack
son. BY midnight something else
happened-a secret service message
filtered through space and got the
wireless operator on the destroyer.
Reduced from cipher, it read about
like this:
arms and ammunition at Martinique
or Porto Rico for Dolores insurrec-
tion. Follow at once. Investigate, ar
rest, prevent. Report.
Next morning this news had filtered
into Neal. He took it to the homely
little hotel where Annette and his
mother and their party had been har-
bored for the night. He dropped into
q chair.
Now" he said, 81 can talk and
listen to some talk. Gee whiz, but I'm
dog tired"
Annette pouted; then she smiled. Il
love to talk she said. And then she
added two significant words. Scar.
face"
Neal ieaped 20 his feet. "Scar-face,"
he cried. Where? When? What?"
"On the Coronado" said Annette.
u saw him twice-Scar-face and his
two companions. the big man and the
other"
TELL me everything" said Neal.
She told him. He waited impa-
tiently until she had finished, then
darted down upon the wharf again.
he boarded the Coronado and gave or
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-03-04
NEGRO FARMER SELLS
500 BALES OF COTTON
Raised on His Plantation in Baker
County and Brought $4,000

One Of the biggest sales OF cotton
ever made BY a negro farmer in
Georgia has just been concluded by
Barlow f, Powell, of Baker county,
whose 1914 cotton crop was stored
in an Albany warehouse. Powell
had sold none Of his cotton prior to
to turning loose the entire lot.
When he at last decided to sell
lie had 500 on hand He refused
to let any Of it go when the market
was very low, and when at last he
decided.to sell he received an aver
age price Of 5 cents for the lot. The
cotton is now being compressed, and
will be exported. 1T puts approSi-
mately $4,000 to Powells credit in
the. banks where he does business.
He is one of the most successful
farmers in this section.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-03-04
new DRUG LAW IN EFFECT
THROUGH UNITED STATES


The federal law governing the
/ registration of physicians and Of
dealers in narcotic drugs went into
effect March 1, and from now on
every physician and druggist has
to keep record on file Of al sales
Iof such prescriptions.
AS far as is known the physicians
any druggists Of Lee county have
properly registered in Atlanta with
the collector Of internal revenue and
there will not be any trouble. How
eyer, if any Of the physicians and
druggists have not properly regis
tered they will be subject to i fine
placed by the government.
The sword welded by Uncle Sam
for failure Of the medical men to
register with the internal revenue
department cnts in two ways for
other than the fact fine is exacted
for failure to register, the wholesale
or large dealer in drugs, coming
under the head Of narcotics will not
honor any orders, nor will the re-
tail druggist. attle direction of the
federal government, fill prescrip-
tions for narcotics when the orders
are not prepared on regulation
blanks which must be purchased
from the government.
The physicians were allowed un-
til yesterday afternoon TO register
and were privileged to order az very
low cost as many Of the blanks as
desired. These documents are SCI
cured through the office Of internal
revenue in Atlanta. When pre-
scriptioh for narcotics is given a.
patient by the medical profession
the person for whom the narcotic is
intended must indorse the decu-I
ment when filled by the retail drug
gist. Manufacturing chemist are
required to follow the same course
laid down TO the retail druggists.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-03-04

RICHMOND, VA, Feb. 2S. 1915.
Editor Lee County Journal: Dear
Sir-As this Is such 4 beautiful day
and have returned from Sabbath
school and am feeling fine today, |
thought | would write you few
lines.
A few days ago my daughter,
Mrs, Phil Coxwell, sent me by pal
eel pest a box Of goodcatabIes, and
among tn good things she sent me
one pound of as fine Jersey butter
as was ever made ii Georgia. She
bought the butter from my old
friend, Mrs. Kate Martin, and it is
commonly known all over Lee
county that Mrs. Martin makes the
best butter and sausages Of any lady,
not only in Lee county, bGt IN
Georgia. When I received the but
ter there happened to be in the hos
pital party Of gentlemen looking
over the works Of the Kellam Hos
pital aud talking to the patients,
and among them was Mr.. Leroy
Sutherland, one Of the most proni-
hent gentlemen Of Richmond. !
took occasion to show the butter to
tie u, and Dir. Sutherland asked
me to let him taste It. So / did.
He then said it was the best flaw
qrel and the richest color d butter
he had ever seen. He then asked
me il | could gct him five FoHad8 Ct
tile same kind. | told him would
try, 50 | wrote to Mrs. Martin at
once and she sent me the five
pounds Of butter. and | turned it
over to him, Tor which he paid NE
35 tents per pound and al charges.
Now nay object, Mr. Editor, in
mentioning this is to try TO stimu-
late orr farmers and good wives to
get them a good herd Of Jersey cat
tie, There is Il market all over tile
country for everything they can
raisa, if they will only make up
their minds to get>at it. You see
this is a good lesson to or people Of
Lee county Just think Of it. Lee
county butter in demand in Rich
mond, a.y<750 miles from Lees
burg. Bows, all Of YOU WHO have
70 jobs, leave towns, 60 to the
farms, get zoo some COED cows and
fine hogs, then get you a good wife,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-03-04
Mr.. ]. M. HINES WRITES
AGAIN FROM RICHMOND

get down to business, make every
thing to eat at home and plenty to
SELL. and it will not be long before
YOU will have good bank account,
! and then yon will be called Mr.,
and not d town loafer.
| Well, / have just read all about
| the assassination Of Mr.. A.. ID. Oil
! yer and the arrest of SIX prominent
citizens Of Sumter and Lee coun-
ties. | am glad to say they were
all acquitted, after having their
trial, by Judge Harper. When |
first read about the arrest Of my
dear friend, Mr.. Chance, cashier Of
| the Smithville bank, it was hard
for me to believe he had anything
to do with it. As the Richmond
papers kept up with the trial. kept
very we'll posted, and | was glad
to see he and the rest were dis
charged. OF course, somebody COM
nitteal the crime ard it was a da3-
tardly, cowardly murder, and !
hope the good people Of Lee county
will never let M until the guilty
party or parties are caught and
brought to justice. Mr.. Oliver
might have been "a bad man in some
re ,paets, but that did not Justify the
act Of killing him. ! knew but very
little Of Mr. Oliver. | never talked
to him one hour MI put together,
hut he Impressed me as being a
fairly good man. II the murderers
are never caught and punished for
it, | feel ike any or all Of our citi-
4ela will from now on have q poor
c sance Tor Their lives in Lee coun-
,ty. Let everybody 90 their best to
see t 1T justice is done in'tsis case.
Well, | promised Mrs Kate Mar
tin that while here | would try and
find her fathers grave Captain OF
DR.. w. c. Ware. ] looked all
through Hollywood cemetery and
only found one grave OF a soldier
Who left our county or near there,
and this was my own cousin, Hines
Harris. The records show that he
was killed in Richmond May %,
1868. A nobier BOY never pulled a
trigger than 18-year-'ld Hines Har-
ris. / then took the irternrban
cars and went to Oakwood GENE.
terry, where there. are 10000 little
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-03-04
CHOKEE CHIPS.

Misses Fanny Jacksonand Cleone
Hill Of Montezuma left Monday az
ter visiting Miss Matte Booth very
pleasantly for sometime.
Among those going to Leesburg
last week were Messrs. 7 J Greene,
.G r Ferguson, Ned Greene 3 S and
Claude Ferguson.
Miss Blanche Greene spent last
week in Americas as the guest OF
Miss Matte Veates.
Messrs. Lee Hansford Of Ameri-
Gus and q II Laramore spent Fri
day as the guest Of Mr.. ~ Hooks.
Messrs. Ned Greene and Claude
Ferguson spent the week end with
friends in Americas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Barheld
and children spent Saturday and
Sunday with relatives in Ft. Valley.
Mr.. Sherry Goodman spent the
week end with relatives in Warwick.
Misses Mary Elizabeth and Car
rie Belle Ferguson made flying
trip to Leslie and DeSoto Sunday.
The B. Y. P. U. recently organi-
zed at Antioch is progressing nice
ly.
Miss Emma Virgins Of Americas
and Prof. J F Colbert Of Warwick
were the week end visitors OF Miss
Eva Hooks. H..
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-03-04
TO THE PEOPLE
OF LEE COUNTY

We, the members of the Board OF
Commissioners have made dihgent in
curry into the financial condition Of this
county, and find that Lee county u II
debt to the extent of approximately
Twenty Thousand Dollars.
Wearrive at this conclusion by charg-
ing the gross Indebtedness Of approx
lnately $50 600. We credit the cash on
hand and the amount Of taxes that is
due to the county-at approximately
$28, 600, Inthe amount Of tax that Is
due the county we find that great part
Of it is uncollectible, most OF it being
against property which has never been
in existence For instance S5OO,0O was
given in by one citizen to be taxed, on
which amount we are unable to collect
taxes in any amount In fact we con-
clude that we will not be able TO collect
over ST., 900, leaving our Indebtedness
5000 0 more than our
assets. We have been endeayoring to
relieve this Indebtedness but find that
we have no way Of doing so without
bonds. We have, therefore, decided to
take stepsto call an election in oreerfor
the voters Of the county to express their
will. AT later date we will advertise
our proceedings, and in the meantime
we ask the people to cooperate with us
that we may work out a favorable solu-
ton in the matter.
Respectfully submittee,
A. j. Powell, Chmn,,
L. S. Burton,
T. f Miller,
d. Q. Jones,
County Commrs.
Leesburg, March 2, 1915.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-03-04
EXT ERlAENTS CONDUCTED
WITH LIMESTONE

As the result pf many inquiries
which havo reached the State De-
partment Of Agriculture relative to
the use Of limestone for the pur-
pose Of correcting acidity Of the
soil, Commissioner J. d. Price has
asked the state chemist for a brief
statement on this subject, which
follows;
Experiments conducted in the
chemical division Of the department
have shown conclusiyely that lime
stone should not be used as a filling
in fertilizer, because it changes the
water soluble phosphoric acid into
a form that is insoluble in water.
This latter form is not valueless,
but it is not as good as that which
is soluble in water
The farmer buying fertilizer
containing lime as a filler, is likely
to form the opinion that he is get
ting enough lime for bis soil, where
as he is really getting very little.
Most Georgia soils need lime, but
this material should Be added: by
itself where needed, ii quantities
varying from one ton TO four tons,
depending on the degree Of acidity
Of the soil. The limestone should
first be applied and thoroughly
mixed with the soil, and the fertil-
izer should be applied afterwards. =
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-03-04
REVIVAL SERVICES
At SMITHVILLE

Rev. J. A. Ivey, pastor of the
Baptist Church at Smithville, re-
quests US to announce that revival
services will start at that church on
March 9Th. Rev. 7 w Galloway,
of Dublin, has been secured to asis-
st the pastor in the services, and a
great meeting is looked forward too.
He also asks JUS, in his behalf, to
urge that all members Of that
church make arrangements to
attend these services.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-03-04

LOANS may be obtained at 6 pei
cent for any purpose on acceptable
Real Estate security; liberal priv
i!eges; correspondence solicited.
A. C. AGENCY co.
.75S Gas, Electric Bldg. Denver
Colorado; 446 Pierce Bldg, ST.
Louis, Mo,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-03-04
Card OF Thanks.

smithville, Ga, March 2, rs.
To Sheriff D r Moreland, Deputy
Sheriff Coxwell and our friends Of
Leesburg and Lee county, we desire
to express our sincere thanks for
the numerous kindnesses shown Us
during our recent incarceration and
trial. G w Chance
Claud w Chance
Roy Jones
Roy Black
&c Webb
Minter Kennedy.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-03-04
Quarterly bulletin No. GA Of the

Quarterly bulletin No. Ga Of the
State Department Of Agriculture,
dealing with commercial feeding
Istuffs, is just from the press and
ready for distribution. Commits
sioner Price has had this bulletin
carefully prepared, and il contains
much new and Important informa-
ton with regard to feeding mater-
ial. OF special value il the series Of
balanced Fations for various cattle
and live stock which 1t presents.
This bulletin contains also the state
laws relative to feeding materials,
definitions Of the various grades Of
feedstufFs, and a list Of analyses Of
various feedstuffs made by the state
chemist showing the value Of each
as a stock food. Upon request a
copy Of this bulletin will be sent to
anyone wishing it,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-03-04

headstones that mark their last rest
ing place, ard the old gentleman in
charge went through the records
with me, but / could not find DR..
Wares grave. Then, Mr.. Editor,
stood and looked over those $4,000
little white headstones and thought
Of how much starvation and the
hardships they endured fighting for
a cause they thought to be right,
and felt like Offering UP a word OF
prayer to the good Lord that our
lives were eth spared and that our
country was at peace, then | turned
and went back to the ear line and
headed back to Richmond, five
miles away, and in passing through
Tie great broad fields you could
still see the traces Of the old breast
works where our soldiers fought
from behind, and in looking over
them, / though%of the story my old
friend, Nose Morgan, told me years
ago Of two Irishmen, Pat and Mike,
who fought for our cause and in
Uncle Moses regiment. He said
Pat and Nike made an agreement
that whichever one was wounded or
killed first the other one was to stop
fighting then and there and take
him back to the rear and have him
treated. So, during the seven days
fight around Richmond and in one
Of the hottest battles Pat fell and
said to Mike: THE Yankees have
got me- Mike said. where are
you hit?" Pat said TN the leg. .
Mike dropped his gun, stopped down
and let Pat straddle his legs over
his shoulders and around his neck.
Mike reached up his hands, took
Pats in his and started to the rear.
Just at this time a shell burst and
a piece took off the top of Pats
head, and Mike did not know that
Pat was dead. Just at this time the
Captain hollered at Mike and asked
MIN where he was carrying the dead
man, and Mike said, He is not
dead" The Captain said his head
is shot off. Mike looked up over
his shoulders and saw Pats head
was gone. He then threw Pat down
like a. hog and said to the captain;
Pat, the darn fool, told me he was
shot in the leg" SO you see, when
we have troubles, something funny
turns up ara makes us IoTgeV lot
while.
Now, Mr. Editor, later on I will
tell you Of the many sights have
seen in Richmond. It is said to be
one Of the most historical cities in
the United States, and think it is.
l am still improving and hope to be
home before long. Success to you
and your paper.
Yours truly,
J. N. HINES,
P. S.-Tell the boys to come to
Richmond some time. They can
ride all over the country on the in
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-03-04

A true copy Of the original Of file to
be entered upon the minutes Of the
Board OF County Commissioners. This
March 9, 1915. James Morgan,
Clerk Board ofGo. Commrs.
Lee Co., Ca.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-03-04
Cad Of Thanks.

We desire to extend thanks for
the many kind favors extended rs
during the sickness and death Of
our little girl, Elizabeth.
Mr.. and Mrs. r II Forester.