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The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1915-04-17
bNrEDERATE CHOIR

bus, Miss. April 7, 1915.
rs. SCOTT,
edale, Miss.
Ear Sil:-I am sending you
a mai ked copy of Ports.
Va } Star of March 3lst,
pg an article which | am
Re will interest you. Read
Ferully (see pages l and 81
If.explanatory but I may
kw comments OIL the unpre-
d. and l may say, revolu,
action of the Richmond
ktee"; said committee at
q to 1ocalize the features OF
tio,. al Confederate Reunion
h III defiance of numerous
! that have gone to them
Fominet veterans all over the
requests that they give due
Iepce to our Recognized choirs
musical programs-coupled
ksertions that our choir is the
lev wished to hear. This
|ttee in its seeming willing.
please certain local interests.
that the prime object Of its
IN was the pleasure OF the
i hosts who will assemble III
!ond; and in its present at
is doing violence to the pur-
its creation.
ustice to these roble women
ave freely given of their time
,lents for eight years. it is
t. d that a great wave Of pro-
Ieuld go up from the real
is to said Richmond Com
). Osborne, the leader Of the
whose open letter you will
las selected YOUR good self as
lhful friend of the choirs to
ihe situation in your city.
quests that you see IN per-
. editor of your principal
md have said paper present
Sc strongly i'll an early issue
alf oHMlssissippi's veterans.
lily drop me a line at Colum
iss.. and oblige,
merely aud cordially yours,
Hampden Osborne.
Osborne Formerly Mrs. j.
.dwards. of Virginia. being
Mississippian, counts on the
loyalty of Mississippi Veter-
the Confederate Choir.
n looking forward to the
e of meeting you in Rich
II June.
Yours faithfully.
II. O.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1915-04-17
Rosedale, Miss, April H.. 1915.
h. Hampden Osborne,
Co1,,,,, k,.~ AT:o,:.e;~>:

Rosedale, Miss. April H.. 1915.
!. Hampden Osborne,
Columbus. Mississippi.
y dear Sir:
Thanks for YOUR esteemed favor
the 9TH instant. enclosing copy Of
Porthmoufh Star, Porthmoutl.
ireinia, containing proceedings Of
bc Stonewall c mp U. c. v. in re
onfederate Choirs of America.
skiing that they be invited to sing
pc old war songs of the south at
ur next reunion at Richmon ond /,
Virginia.
note your wife was formerly
Mrs. J, Griff Edwards, tof Virginia
whose voice, leading this historic
choir in Dixie" and other South
ern songs. has been heard with ad-
mlratiou in all p.rts of the south.
will take pleasure in complying
with her request.
With best wishes to your wife,
and regretting that cannot, on
account of i'll health, have the
pleasure of meetingIyou in Rich.
mond. Virginia. am
Yours very truly,>
CHAS. .SCOrr.
II appears that for the frst tim
since fhe Confederate Choirs of
America, composed generally
OF members of the, Daughters
OF the South. was organized in
Portsmouth eight years ago, the
local mnsic committee of the reun.
ION city has seen fit to igno,e the
organization,
Members of the Confederate
Choir and of the UnitedC Confederate
Veterans, of this city, are exceed
ly displeased at this fact, which is
felt by them the more keeniy be-
cause Richmond, the capital of the
State in which the organization
that has given so much pleasure to
the veterans at their reunions was
the hrst city to take such action.
Stonewall Camp. c. ", Of this
city, has taken, prompt action in
anohicial resolution, which has been
forwarded to the reunion com NIT.
tee at Richmond. and which may
lead to the amende honorable by
that city.-Portsmouth (Va,) Star.
FOR SALE-Store house build
ing near depot in Rosedaie. For
price and terms apply to Leroy
Jones, RUsedaie.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1915-04-17


S,,elbv Miss. March 3lst 1915.
Honorable Boasd of Supervisors.
Bolivar county. Miss.
Beg to herewith hand you report
of the condition of the following
accounts for which we are Ndeposi
tory togeth with vouches attached
at the close of business March. lst
1915, ef'
Hoping that you will find same
satitfaciory, we are.
Citizens Bank,
BysL. B Wilkinson.
Railroad Bond and Interest act.
Receipts.
Feb. 2nd SO 88
Disbursements: none.
Bal, OIL hand .......-.-.36 8S
Institute acct.
Receipts.
Feb. 2nd .7Ol2
Disbursements: none.
Bal, OH hand d.-....--.-...- ....--........ ..7012
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1915-04-17

FOR SALE-Store house build
ing near depot in Rosedaie. For
price and terms apply to Leroy
Jones, Rosedaie.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1915-04-17
$24,1112l1

$24,111Sl III
Disbursement. None.
Balance on hand $26. .5O4 81.
Amt. brought forward. 1926, 5O4 80
Road and Bridge acct. No. 3.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1915-04-17

lis the 18th day ofApril. AID, 1915.
MRS. MINNIE LITrLEToN. Tax COLLECTED
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-04-07
They We're connolsseurs.

Many years ago, on our return from
a wedding, we found the house rified.
Mother had put out furs. her wedding
gown. and other things to air before
storing them. These were gone; the
solid silver also. and the plate broken.
The burglars had ransacked the ice
box and fixed themselves an elaborate
spread Upon the table was an empty
cigar box, and in 1t on strip OF pa
per was scrawled: THE grub was
fine, but, Fatty, your cigars arc rot
ten. Do better next time"
AS my father was a corpulent man,
they evidently knew their unwilling
host.-Chicago Tribune.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-04-07
HEROES DEVELOPED BY WAR
Terrible as Is the Battlefield. II Brings
TO the Surface Mans Great
Qualities.

Hateful as war is and utterly abhor-
rent to the Christian mind, we must
yet recognize the fact that 1t brings
to the surface as nothing else can Ger.
tain heroic qualities in man that the
whole world admires. And the great
war has already been prolific of he
roes. What is a hero? He is one who
does his duty fearlessly, as he sees IT.,
with all the energy. ability, power and
enthusiasm at his command. At Liege
a German officer, directing his men In
the trenches, fell shot In the head
At once the others came to him, eager
to help. He waved his hand. mo,
no." he said, 81 have got my account
so forward-do your duty" And so
died a hero. Prince Frederick Of
Lippe, leading his command. received
d bullet in his breast. He knew 1t
to be mortal wound, but with his
last ounce of strength he sprang for
ward, grasped the regimental stan
dard, which was in danger OF being
taken. and shouting, Save the fiag!"
fell to rise no more. Many incidents
of individual heroism like these are
told Of both sides. and they relieve the
somber tragedy of war. Many undis-
tinguished heroes went to their death
at Namur. Charleroi and other battle
fields In Belgium and along the border
from Mons to Muelhausen. and at the
great battle in Lorraine. where 100000
fought on either side. The story is
told of a number of students of Liege
university who had volunteered for
military service. There was an ex-
animation to be held, but a great
battle had already begun. II was at
first purposed to abandon the exami-
nation, but with a unanimous voice
the students and faculty decided that
1t should go on. The examination
took place." relates the correspondent,
"and then the candidates trooped from
the hall to the battlefield, where many
Of them lay dead a few hours later
Christian Herald.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-04-07
CHAPTER LIv.
The Wife.

" ne wire.
Again three days elapsed; and Iu-
dith, returning from the double fu-
neral of her father and sister, doffed
her mourning for 2 gown less somber
and more suited to the atmosphere OF
sickroom, then relieved the nurse
in charge of Alan.
He remained as he had been ever
since the falling of the thunderbolt--
in absolute coma.
But he lived. and-or the physicians
lied-must soon regain consciousness.
Kneeling beside his bedside Judith
prayed long and earnestly.
When she arose IL was to answer
tap upon the door She admitted
Tom Barcus and suffered him to lead
her into the recess of the window.
where they conversed in guarded
tones in spite of the fact that the
subject of their communications could
not possibly have heard them
I've come 10 tell you something"
Barcus announced with characteristic
awkwardness, 1--WE known It for
three days-ever since the wedding
in fact-and kept it to myself. not
knowing whether | ought to tell you
yet or not"
He paused, cycling her uncertainty.
unhappily
Il am prepared" Judith assured
him calmly.
You're nothing of the sort" he
countered, argumentative. you
couldn't be. It's the most amazing
thing imaginable. :. I. See here :"
"Well?"
You understand. don't you, that
Alan must never know that Rose vas
killed by that lightning stroke?"
What do you mean?"
i mean," the man fioundered mis-
erably, you see, he loved her SOL
thought-Pm sure It would be best
II you can bring yourself to ito let
him go on believing 1t wasn't Rose
who was killed. but Judith. And that's
skating so close TO the truth that It
makes no difference: the Judith Alan
knew and the Judith | knew in the
beginning is gone as completely as
though she and not Rose had been
killed"
After long pause. the girl asked
him quietly: 81 understand. But is
it possible you don't understand that,
If were 10 consent TO this proposi
tion, lend myself to a deception which
must maintain through all my life
to COMEDIAN would consider me his
wife?"
Well, but--you see--you are his
wife. Oh don't think I'm Off my
bat I'm telling you the plain, unvar-
nished truth You are Alan's wife.
. No, listen to me. You remem-
Der that day in New York when you
substituted for Rose, when Alan tried
to elope with her, and you went with
him to Jersey City, and stood up to be
married by a preacherguy named
Wright-and Marrophat broke in just
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-04-07
Put This to His Credit.

The most important thing that
Woodrow Wilson, president of the
United States, has done, in the second
year Of his tenure of office. has been to
give his individual attention to the de-
partment of state. to bolster 1t up by
placing its important work under the
direction of competent (if little known
politically men, whereby he has been
enabled, in one of the greatest crises
In the nations life. despite the secre-
tary of state, to avoid blundering the
country into war, although mi intafning
the dignity of the government. and the
essential rights of its citizens.-Phila-
delphia Ledger
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-04-07
at the critical moment and busted up
the party?"

at the critical moment and busted up
the party?"
"Well?" she demanded breathlessly.
Barcus produced a folded yellow pa
per from his coat pocket and prof
fered II.
Read that 1t was handed to me
as best man. just before the cere-
mony. Seeing it was addressed to
Alan and knowing he WAS in 70 frame
Of mind to be bothered by kilograms.
/ slipped it into my pocket and forgot
al about It temporarily. When l
came to find 1t. took the liberty OF
reading 1t. But read It for yourself"
The typewriter lines of the long
message blurred and ran together al
most indecipherably in Judith's vision.
None the less. she contrived to grasp
the substance of its meaning
WHY DIDN'T YOU WIRE ME
SOONER" 1t ran: MARRIAGE To
ROSE IMPOSSIBLE REV. MR.
WRIGHT INFORMED Me YOUR
MARRIAGE TO JUDITH LAST
WEEK HAD GONE TOO FAR WHEN
MARROPHAT INTERRUPTED JU-
DITH LEGALLY YOUR WIFE
WOULD HAVE ADVISED YOU
SOONER HAD YOU LET ME KNOW
WHERE TO ADDRESS YOU HOPE
TO HEAVEN THIS GETS To YOU
BEFORE TOO LATE"
The message was signed with the
name OF Alan's confidential man OF
business in New York.
When Judith looked up she was
alone in the room. but for the silen'
patient on his couch.
Slowly, almost fearfully, she creep
to his bedside and stood looking down
into the face of her husband.
And while she looked Alan's lashes
huttered. his respiration quickened. a
faint color crept into his pallid cheeks
and his eyes opened wide and
looked into hers.
His lips moved and breathed word
Of recognition;
Judith"
with a low cry of tenderness. the
girl sank to her knees and encircled
his head with her arms.
Judith" she whispered. hiding her
face in his bosom. judith is no
more :"
A pause; and then the feeble voice;
Then. If was mistaken. If you
aren't Judith. you must be Rose-my
wife!"
She said steadily: 81 am your wife :"
His hands fumbled with her face,
closed upon her cheeks, lifted her
head until her eyes must look into
| his
And for many minutes he held her
so. looking deep into the soul of the
woman.
Then quietly he said: 81 know )"
THE END.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-04-07

Digging the nailsof her fingers pain
fully into her palms, she breathed
deep. fighting down hysteria. reassert-
ing her self-control in so short a space
of time that her father failed to ap-
preciate that there was anything un-
common in the mind Of the girl.
Where's" he demanded angriIy as
she approached the car. where,
want to know, are Marrophat and Jim
my? Haven't you seen or heard any
thing of them9 They left me at six
o'clock this morning. to go after"
Dead" the girl interrupted, SEN
tentfous, cycling him strangely.
Il don't believe it," the old man
screamed. aghast. 81 won't believe it.
You're lying to me. you jadel You're
lying"
Il am not" she broke In coldly. Il
an telling you the plain truth d.
They followed US all morning in that
red racer, firing at us all the while.
Finally they caught up with US here.
about noon-came up this road shoot
ing over the windshield. 1t was our
lives or theirs. We turned the hydrau.
lie stream on them and washed the car
over the cliff. If you don't believe
me, get somebody rc show you their
faces"
She indicated with a gesture two
forms that lay at a little distance
back from the roadside, motionless
beneath sheet of canvas-the bodies
of Trine's creatures, recovered by the
mining gang and brought up for a
Christian burial
The last bitter drop that brimmed
his cup of misery was added when
Alan Law himself appeared. leaving
the miners cabin in company with
his betrothed-Rose now soothed and
comforted, smiling through the traces
of her recent tears as she chung to
her lover. nesting in the hollow of
his arm
To Alan. on the other hand, this
rencontre seemed to afford nothing
but the pleasantest surprise imagin-
able.
"Well!" he cried releasing Rose
and running down to the car. Here's
luck. And at the very moment when
l was calling my lucky star hard
names! How can ever reward your
thoughtfulness, Mr.. Urine? 1t beats
me how you do keep track of me this
way-happening along like this every
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-04-07
CHAPTER In.

HC last
Toward the evening Of the third
day following the motor spill. Judith
sat in the deeply recessed window of
a bedchamber on the second floor of
a hotel situated in the heart of Cali
fornias orange-growing lands.
Behind her Seneca Urine sat, APP
parently asleep. in wheeled invalid
chair.
There was no occupant of the room.
Though he had lain nearly two
days in coma. her fathers subsequent
progress toward recovery Of his nor
NAL state had been rapid Now, &C
cording to a council of surgeons and
physicians who had been summoned
to deliberate on his case. he was in
a fair way to round out the average
span of a sound mans lifetime. He
had apparently suffered nothing in
consequence of his accident more
serious than prolonged unconscious
ness. For the last twenty-four hours
he had been in full possession of his
faculties and Cfor some reason impos.
sible to Judith to fathom) uneom
monty cheerful.
From this circumstance she drew
a certain sense of mystified anxiety
Twice in the course of the morning
she had caught his eye following her
with a CLEAN of sardonic exultancy,
as though he nursed some secret of
extraordinary potentialities.
And yet (she argued) it was quite
impossible that he should have some
fresh scheme brewing for the assassi1 4
alton of Alan Not a soul had mad any
sort of communication with him since
his recovery but the attending sur
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-04-07
his friend bad arrived On the scers

his friend had arrived on the scene
OF the accident.
When damages were assessed It
was found that none Of the party had
suffered seriously but the chauffeur
and Seneca Urine himself The former
had only his wound to show however.
while Urine lay still and senseiess at
a very considerable distance from the
wrecked automobile.
Nothing but a barely perceptible
respiration and intern .ttently futter-
ing pulse persuaded them that the
flame of life was not extinct in that
poor, old, pain-racked body.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-04-07

geon, man OF unimpeaehable char
acter, a meek hammered trained nurse,
and herself, Judith. Under such cir
cumstances he simply could not have
set new conspiracy afoot
And yet She was oppressed
by great uneasiness.
Perhaps (she reasoned) the wealth
er was responsible for this feeling, in
some measure at least. The day had
been Internationally hot, day with.
out breath of air. Now, as 1t drew
toward its close, its heat seemed TO be-
come more and more oppressive even
as its light was darkened by por-
tentous phenomenon vast pail of
inky clouu shouldering up over the
mountains TO the music of distant rum
blings.
Nor was this all; considerable de-
gree of restlessness was surely par
donable in one who, from her window.
watched a carriage-drive populous
with vehicles (for the most part mo-
tor cars) bringing to the hotel gayly
dressed men and women, the guests
invited to the wedding of Rose Urine
and Alaa Law
Within another ten minutes the
man Judith loved with all her body
and soul would be the husband of her
sister.
She had told herself she was re-
signed; but she was not, and she
would never be. Her heart was brea.--
ing in her bosom as she sat there,
watching. waiting, listening to the
ever heavier detonations of the ap-
preaching thunderstorm and to the
jubilant pealing of great organ down
below.
The had told herself that. though
resigned, she could not bear to wit
ness the ceremony. Now as the mo-
ment drew near when the marriage
would be a thing finished, fixed,
irretrieyable. she found herself I'M
able to endure the strain alone.
Slowly. against her will, she rose
and stole across the floor to her IA
theirs chair.
His breathing was slow and regu-
lar; beyond doubt he slept; unques-
tionably there was no reason why she
should not leave him for ten minutes;
even though he walked 1t could not
harm him TO await her return at the
end OF that scant period.
Like a guilty thing. on feet as noise
less as any sneak thief's, she crept
from the room, closed the door 81
Iently. ran down the hall and de-
scended by a back way. little-used
staircase, TO the lower hall, approach
ing the scene OF the marriage.
Constructed in imitation Of an old
Spanish mission chapel. 1t contained
one of the finest organs in The world;
at this close range its deep-throated
tones Wed with the warnings OF the
storm. Judith, lurking In a passage
way whose open door revealed the
altar steps and chancel, was shaken
to the very marrow Of her being By
the majestic reverberations Of the
music.
Since they had Tegained contact
with civilization in section Of the
country where the Law estate had
vast holdings Of land. the chapel was
thronged with men and women who
had known Alan's father and wished
TO honor hts son.
Above stairs. in the room Judith
had quilted Seneca Urine opened
both eyes vide and laughed a silent
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time need a car the worst way in
the world"
Drive on" Urine screamed to the
chauffeur. Drive on, do you hear?"
But Judith had stepped up ON the
running board and was cycling the
driver coldly. with one hand signif-
cantly resting on the butt of the
weapon at her side. The car remained
at standstill.
Sulphurous profanity followed, a
pungent stream of vituperation that
was checked only by Judith's inter.
ruption: We've had to gag you once
before. you know. If you want another
taste of that-keep on!"
But where's Barcus?" Judith de-
manded when, after helping Rose into
the car and running off to thank their
hosts, Alan returned alone to the car
Goodness only knows" the young
man answered cheerfully. He would
insist on rambling off down the can.
yon in search of an alleged town
where we could hire a motor car
somewhere down there. | tried to
make him understand that we had
plenty of time, but he was mulish as
he generally is when he gets a foolish
notion into his head. So daresay
we'll meet him on his way back-or
else asleep somewhere by the road
sidel"
Taking the seat next to the chauf-
feur, he gave the word to drive on;
and they slipped away from the loca-
ton of the mining camp, saluted by
cheers from the miners.
Half an hour passed without word
spoken by any member of the party.
Each was deep in his or her own es-
pecial preoccupation: Alan turning
over plans for an early wedding; Rose
hugging the contentment regained
through her lovers protestations;
Judith lost in profoundest melancholy;
Urine nursing his rage, working him.
self up into silent fury whose conse-
quences were to be more far-reaching
than even he dreamed In his widest
moments.
Its first development. for all that,
was desperate enough.
The aged monomaniac occir ID the
right-hand corner Of the AZ seat
Thus his one able hand was next to
Judith, in close juxtaposition to the
revolver in the holster on her hip.
Without the least warning his left
hand closed upon the weapon, with
drew it and leyeled it at the back Of
Alan's head.
AS he pulled the trigger Judith flung
herself bodily upon the arm.
Even so, the bullet found a goal
though in another than the intended
victim. The muscular forearm of the
chauffeur received it.
With shrek Of pain the man re-
leased the wheel and grasped his
arm.
Before Alan could move to prevent
the disaster the car, running without
5 guiding hand, caromed Of a low
TO the left and shot full
tilt into a shallow ditch on the right,
Smelling its passengers like peas from
a broken pod.
Alan catapulted good twenty feet
the air and alighted with
such force that he lay stunned for
several moments.
When he came to, he found Barcus
helping him to his feet; a heavy sew
touring car halted in the
roadway indicated the manner In which
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-04-07
Noe rwentv. hnt ruo

The president declares that enter
prise has been checked In his coun-
try for almost twenty years, because
men were moving among maze of
Interrogation points" During the last
twenty years the business Of the ma
ton showed the greatest expansion
IN our history All industry leaped
forward. If there was anything the
matter with our progress, it was that
1t went too fast. There is a suspicion
That doubt and hesitation and lack of
confidence did not begin twenty years
ago. The cipher should be le1t of.
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SYNOPSIS.

The Of Hearts Is the "ssatil-sign" en-
plN->>. - Seneca Urine. an aged and Grip
pied monomaniac, in the private war Of
vengeance which he wages against Alan
Law, son OF the man (now dead who was
which rendered Urine a helpless Invalid
for life Alan falls in love with Rose,
Irine's daughter, and his love Is returned.
judith. Roses twin and double. but a
woman of violent passions and erratic
temper, promises her father to compass
Alan's death; but under dramatic circum-
stances, Alan saves her life and 30. I'M
willingly. wins her love. Judith then turns
against her father and successfully OPP
poses his efforts to cause Alan to be as
sassinated by his aides and mercenaries.
After many adventures Alan. Rose, Judith
and Barcus, Alan's best friend. escape to
the mountain country of southern Cali
fornia and there leave Urine helpless and
ntendless through causing the death lin
seif-defense) of his two first lieutenants
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-04-07

In these days Of high beef prices,
attributed by experts to a scarcity Of
cattle, it is interesting to learn that
In the Gulf coast country Of Texas,
in what is known as the black prairie
coast lands. there are 100000 head
Of cattle waiting TO be slaughtered
Exchange.