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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-22
WON BRIDE THROUGH MAIL
Soldier Makes Love BY Post. Then
Gets Leave and Marries
the Girl.

London.-Having won the girls af.
fections BY the glowing fervor OF mis-
correspondence. a soldier married ner
three days after they first saw each 9TH
O.. The bride il Miss Kitty Blowman.
twenty. who had been in the service
Of N Old Kent road corn dealer. ana
he groom. Gunner Albert Mccarthy.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-22
Quick Thinking.

The chief Of police Of Cincinnati
tells this one:
"A German shoemaker left the gas
turned on In his shop enc night, and
upon arriving in the morning. struck .
match to light it. There was Q ter
rife explosion and the shoemaker was
blown out through the door. almost to
the middle Of the street.
"A policeman rushed to his assist.
ance. and after helping him to arise.
inquired u he was injured. The leu
tor gazed INTO his plsce Of business.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-22

width at the wrist. There are other
evening coats that have round Vic.
torian tops Of sealskin. with all the
edges outlined with ten inches of
sealskin. AS for fiaring fur redingotes
that's another chapter.
Copyright by the Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate.)
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-22
Plated Underskirts.

With the underskirts accordion plait.
ings have come back again-an admir-
able treatment for underskirts which
Give freedom Of movement
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-22

which was now burning quite brfskiy.
and said:
mo. ] amt hurt. But I got out
shust In time chr
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-22

\ Theory.
what causes the scarcity Of mouev.
In this section!" asked the investira.,
tor.
Well" replied Farmer Cornto....
my guess 10 that IT'S partly due p
standin' around an discussin. -,
high cost o livin' instid O hustlis.
coin"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-12
CONVICT KILLED IN LOCAL EXPLOSION
 IN BANNER MINES
Another Injured Seriously and Ten Painfully Burned. Fan Broke Down and
 Left Pocket of Gas

One unidentified negro convict was killed, one seriously injured and 10 burned about the body and face yes- terday afternoon at o'clock when an explosion occurred in Banner mines, near Littleton, 22 miles from Birming- ham. All of those injured were negro convicts.
 J. M. Kyser, associate mine inspec- tor. was at Banner whom the -explo- sion occurred and aided in the removal of the debris as we'll as attending to the injured. Kyser made the following statement to an Age-Herald reporter:
 The big exhaust fan which Is used in all mines to carry off the gases broke down this morning. Men were put to work on it an once and by 12 o'clock 1t was put in operation once more. At 3 o'clock there was an ex- plosion of a local nature in one of the rooms in the mine Twelve negro con- victs were in this room at the time of the explosion. One of them was killed outright, one Is seriously injured and the remaining 10 were burned. be- lieve the 10 who are burned will re- cover.
 "The explosion was only local one and was evidently caused by small pocket of gas being left in this particu- lar room when the fan broke down ir the morning. It is evident that this gas was not sucked out of the room by the fan when 1t was, put back in commission. The explosion was not g large one. although 1t caused much ex- |citement among the men working ir the mines. All the debris has been cleared away and the injured men art being attended by the local doctor The property. damage is slight"
 A persistent rumor which latel proved untrue was afloat in the city to the effect that a number of mer had been killed in . mine disaster al Banner. An investigation will be helt by the board of mine inspectors thil morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-12
MISS LAURA MACY DIES SUDDENLY AT
 LOCAL VETERINARY
Believed to Have Taken an Overdose of Headache Med
 icine-FOund Unconscious in Bathroom of Home

Miss Laura Macy aged 25 years. 143l Fifteenth avenue, south, became suddenly i'll last night at 10 o'clock at her home and died at the Hillman hospital. where she was removed, this morning at 1e:5s o'clock.
 It was impossible to ascertain the cause of her death, and the family of the de- ceased as well as the doctors who at- tended her are at loss to know what caused her death
 When seen by an Age-Herald reporter this morning, Miss Nell Macy made the following statement:
 My sister came home last evening about 2 o'clock and complained of a se- were headache. Someone told her to try some headache medicine and maybe 1t would get better. No one knows whether or not she took the medicine.
 About o'clock she retired for the night. At 10 o'clock she was found un- conscious in the bathroom of the house by her sister, Miss Kate Macy. Dr. w. R. Ward, who lives close by, was called and after working over her for a few minutes Lige Loys ambulance was called and she was taken to the Hillman hos pital. We then called in Dr. A. c. Cam eron. who went to the Hillman to see if he could be of any aid to her. Despite the efforts of the doctors she died this
 morning at 12:55 o'clock. without regain ing consciousness
 "She did not appear to be Respondent
 when she came home tonight. We know of no troubles that she might have had I believe she went in the bathroom and took an overdose of headache medicine and died from the effects of it.' The remains of the deceased are being held at Johns Undertaking company pending an autopsy, which will probably be held this morning. Miss Macy had g burn on her mouth, which seemed tc have been caused by an acid. Miss Macy had been employed by the Steel City Lumber company for num- Der of years and was well known and
 highly esteemed. She Is survived by two
 sisters, Miss Nell and Miss Kate; also one brother. w. J. Macy. who Is em'
 ployed by the Birmingham Railway. Light
 and Power company. and an aunt. Miss Ann Macy. Funeral serviceD will bo an n0unced later.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-12
U. s. WITHDRAWS. CONTRACTS FROM
 AETNA POWDER co.
tContinued from Page One,

(Continued from Page OneD Rittmann process in commercial quan- titles.
 According to Agreement
 T am greatly gratifled at the success which has been made in the mechanical development of the process and I feel as- sured that the process has an important and industrial future not alone as a source of two of the most valuable con- stituents of high explosives. but also as an efficient means of supplying dye stuff bases.
 Tt should be a matter of national sat- isfaction to know that should the need ever arise, the country can depend upon this process, which Is the result of the labors of government scientist, to fur nish 1t with quantities of the raw ma terals for the manufacture of the most efficient explosives, lack of which has been one of the greatest handicaps of certain of the warning European powers. Of not less importance, however. Is the peaceful industrial uses to which these same products can be put. now that it has been proven that they can be pro- duced on a commercial scale. and I am
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-12
ny CHARLEs H. ' ANDY

point on the prohibition question. He would find that so far as Birmingham Is concerned the striped animal with the dim lamps Is as scarce as the ancient phynchocephalia, and as for speak ca sies there 'an't no sich animal" He might follow the prohi squad and run into booze cache or two, but thanks to the activities of the prohi squad aforesaid, that method of preserving or rather con- cealing joy water in greater quantities than the law allows is fast losing it's favor.
 In regard to the discovery of "caches' 1t might be said-in fact, it is a matter of record, that the prohi squad has made many a water haul in their search for booze and have unearthed everything from a dead cat buried under rose bush to a discarded corset in closet.
 There Is nothing to it: if anyone says or thinks that Birmingham Is not dry so far as the illegal sale of liquor is concerned, he has another think coming. It is true that there is some bootlegging being carried on, but owing to the diff ficulty of getting the distilled moisture in large quantities, the stuff that is bootlegged is so high in price and so vile in quality that those who buy once say never again and resort to other fluids to satisfy their appetite for liquid joy.
 The fastidous drinker takes on hair oil, toilet water, perfumes and like prep arations. The moderate drinker has gone back to old Peruna, Jamaica ginger and branded prunes, while the hardened to- per tackles anything from red varnish to carbolic acid.
 There Is an advantage, however. in got ting lit up like cathedral on the per fumeries, in that, instead of whisky laden breath that would stagger turkey buzzard, Clarence William can approach Geraldine Ann with a knowledge that he exhales the fragrance of the helitrope or the honeysuckle, and should he be so fortunate to receive parting kiss i. may be with the added sweetness of tulips. (OuchD
 Then there are those who don't give hang for what the prohis think, and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-12

and go boldly to the office for their pack age. There are others who order their booze and sneak In and sneak out of the express office as though they were committing a crime. And there is the other fellow who is either afraid or ashamed, or both, to order the wet goods in their own name and induce some other person-generally a negro-to order 1t for them. Of the three the first is by far the most honest, and with time will soon be in the large majority.
 And another thing: No matter how free ly fellow would 'set 'em up'' when he could order his drinks at an open
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-12

booza atorium, he has changed under the new order of things and Is as stingy with his shipped goods as Is the legislature in passing bills for the benefit of the city of Birmingham. As a matter of fact, cold bottle of beer in Birmingham, to the fellow who has no place to store cask, should he have the money to or der it, is much of luxury a bot tie of champagne was in the good old days that have gone never to return.
 Yes, sir, the amber-tinted fluid that has It's Justification in the splendid phy- sique of the Teuton; the distilled an- brosia from mountains of "ole Kaintuck or the blushng. bubblng juice of the .ineyard are as scarce. in this city, in proportion, as red noses are plentiful at a prohibition meeting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-12

In a recent publication Sam Blythe prohibition makes the whole world kin,
 and points out the fact that practically The same subterfuges and methods of obtaining joy juice in prohibition terri tory are practced the world over, whether 1t be in Petrograd, Topeka. or Portland, Maine. so far as blind tigers, speak easies or booze caches are concerned, and having visited the above places Sam probably knows what he is talking about
 Now. Sam is a great writer and like wise a great traveller, but should he honor us and himself by a visit to the south s metropolis. he would get another view
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-12

hopeful that the established possibilities of the process will give a decided stimu- Jus to important chemical industries.
 ''The success which has attended the development of this government-con- trolled process in cooperation with pri- vate capital has demonstrated the wis dom of the arrangement, as otherwise the process would probably be in the lab oratory state, and It's commercial possi- bilities would have continued to be a matter of. conjecture.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-12

pie and abolishing in 1918 and 1920 ths convict lease system. The first named bill was adyersed by the senate com. mittee on prisons and criminal admin istration and the latter was so sub stituted that to all practical purposei it is dead. It is therefore apparent tha' an extraordinary session next spring even if not made necessary by virtus of the fate of the proposed bond tssus amendment will, with difficulty, bt evaded on account of the fact tha' so many factions and agencies and in dividuals will demand that one bt called, and with the fear that in tht near future the legislature will agaiI convene, Montgomery is thoroughly dis tressed today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-12
The Boom Town

From the WashingtOn Star. l
 Praising Americas growth, James Hill said:
 "Americas growth almost robs th Tin Can story of it's hyperbole.
 "A tenderfoot. visiting the boom tow of Tin Can, said to the mayor:
 Why don't you get out literatuE about this locality? Why don't you gt out booklets, illustrated with officis photographs? Is it possible you haven ever had the town photographed?' ?'
 Stranger said the mayor, Tin Ca progresses so gosh-almighty fast ths there ain't no camera quick enough snap her."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-12
ALL INDICATIONS NOW POINTING TO
 EXTRA SESSION OF
 SOLONS IN SPRING
tco.t1nued from Page one)

islation. The prohibition leaders of both branches are anxious that an opportunity be offered to remedy whatever defects in their laws the passage of time may de- velop and there are many members who are terribly disappointed that it now ap- pears certain no legislation will be com pleted for the relief of the convicts of the state.
 As is known, through the house bills have passed making the members of the convict bureau elective by the peo-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-12
New Interpretation

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger
 Madge--Have you really found that absence makes ths heart grow fonder!
 Marjorie-Indeed have! Since Charlie went awaX I've learned to love Jack ever 70 muct more
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-10-14

Since you're clothed in your right mind,
we'll get down to business. First, I'll
ask you to hand over the key to that
safety-deposit box you've got in Mr..
Grierson's bank"
GrisWold took his bunch of KEYS
from his pocket. slipped the one that
was asked for from the ring, and gave
it to his captor.
"Of course I'm surrendering it under
protest" he said. you haven't vet
told me who you are, or what you are
holding me up for"
Brot1in waved the formalities aside
with pistol-pointed gesture. I'VE can
skip all that. I've got you dead to-
rights, after so long a time, and I'm
goin' to take you back to New Or.
leans with me. The only question is,
do you 60 easy or hard?"
i don't go either way until you
show your authority"
II don't need any authority. You're
the parlor anarchist that held I'D the
president of the Bayou State Security
bank last spring and made a getaway
with a hundred thousand-what?" -
All right; you say so-prove IT,"
Griswold had taken a cigar from tae.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-10-14
CHAPTER xxx-Continued.


"Margery," he began, when the in.
terval of thoughtful heart-searching
had done it's illuminative work, what
would you say if I should tell you
that your some day has already
Gomez"
She started as if he had thrust
knife into her. Then she slipped out
of his arms and caught up his hand
to press it against her cheek
Il should say, Whatsoever seemeth
good in the eyes of my dear lord, so
let it be-"
But think moment, girl; if one
has done wrong. there must be atone
nent. That is the higher laW-the
highest law-and no man may evade
it. Do you know what that would
mean for me-"
1T is the Price, boy, dear; l don't
ask you to pay it. Listen: My father
and I have agreed to disagree, and he
has turned over to me lot of money
that he took from-that was once my
mothers brothers share in the Colo
RADIO gold claims. What is mine is
yours. We can pay back the money
Will that do?"
He was shaking his head slowly.
No" he said, Il think 1t wouldn't
do"
Il was afraid it wouldn't" she
sighed. ''but l had to try. Are they
still crashing their teeth at you?-the
dreadful things, I meal?"
He did not answer in words, but she
knew. and held her peace At the end
OF the ends he sprang up suddenly and
drew her to her feet.
Il can't do it, Margery, girl! can't
ask you to wait-and afterward to
marry a convict! Think of it-even if
Galbraith were willing to withdraw,
the law wouldn't let him, and I'd get
the limit; anything from seven years
to fifteen or more. Oh, my God, no!
can't pay the price! I can't give
you up!"
She put her arms around his neck
and drew his head down and kissed
him on the lips "Tll wait oh.
boy. boy! I'll wait! But l can nei-
Their push you over the edge nor hold
you back Only don't think of me;
please, please don't think of mel
Whatsoever seemeth good-that is
what you must think of; that is my
last word: Whatsoever seemeth
good" And she pushed him from her
and fed.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-10-14
CHAPTER XXI.
The Desert and the Sown.

TIC DSoCIl anu IIlC Down.
Through streets in which the village
quiet of the summer night was undis-
turbed save by the scattering tinkle Of
the lawn sprinklers in the front yards,
and the low voices of the outdoor
people taking the air and the moon.
light on the porches, GrisWold Jared
homeward, the blood pounding in his
veins and the fine wine of life mount
ing headily to his brain.
After all the dubious stumblings he
had come to the end of the road, TO
find awaiting him the great accusa-
ton and the great reward. By the un-
answerable logic OF results, in it's ef
feet upon others and upon himself, his
deed had proved itself a crime. Right
or wrong in the highest ethical fields,
the accepted social order had proved
itself strong enough to make it's own
laws and to prescribe the far-reaching
penalties for their infraction Under
these laws he stood convicted. Never
again, save through the gate of atone
ment, could he be reinstated as a
soldier in the ranks Of the convention
ally righteous. True, the devotion of
a loving woman, aided by a train of
circumstances strikingly fortuitous
and little short of miraculous, had
averted the final price-paying in penal
Tetribution. But the fact remained.
He was felOn.
Into this gaping wound which might
otherwise have slain him had been
poured the wine and oil of a great
love; a love so clean and pure in
it's own well-springs that it could
perceive no wrong in it's object:
could measure no act of loyal devo-
tion by any standard save that of it's
own greatness. This love asked
nothing but what he chose to give. 1t
would accept him either as he was, or
as he ought to be. The place he should
elect to occupy would be it's place; his
standards it's standards.
Just here the reasoning angel opened
q door and thrust him out upon the
edge of precipice and left him to look
down into the abyss of the betrayers-
1t IS to be the pace settlers. In a flash
of revealment it was shown him that
with the great love had come a great
responsibility. Where he should lead,
Margery would follow, unshrinkingly,
unquestioningly; never asking whether
the path led up or down; asking only
that his path might be hers. Instantly
he was face to face with a fanged
choice which threatened to tear his
heart cut and trample upon it; and
again he recorded his decision, con-
firming It with an oath. The price was
too great; the upward path too steep;
the set-deuial 1t entailed too sacrif~
eial.
We have but one life to live, and
:we'n live It together, Margery, girl.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-10-14

convaIegoent 'Hrestqent~of the Bayou
State Security from the Grierson man
sion to the south-bound train. An
drew Galbraith was not alone in the
carriage, and possibly there were those
in the sleeping car who mistook the
dark-eyed and strikingly beautiful
young woman, who took leave of him
only after he was comfortably settled
in his section, for his daughter. But
the whispered words Of etaking
were rather those of confidante than
a kinswoman.
"Pll arrange the Raymer matter as
you suggest" she said, "and if l had
even a speaking acquaintance with
God, I'd pray for you the longest day
live, Uncle Andrew. And about the
trial: I'm going to leave it all with
you! Just remember that shall bleed
little drops of blood for every day the
Judge gives him, and that the only
way he can be helped is by a short
sentence. He wouldn't take pardon;
he-he wants to pay, you know.
Goodnight, and good-by!" And she
put her strong young arms around An
drew Galbraith's neck and kissed him,
thereby convincing the family party in
lower seven that she was not only the
only mans daughter, but a very affec-
tomato one, at that.
The little-changing seasons of cen
trail Louisiana had measured two COM
plete rounds on the yearly dial of
times unremitting and unhasting clock
when the best hired carriage that
Baton Rouge could afford drew up be-
fore the entrance to the states prison
and waited. Precisely on the stroke Of
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-10-14

for better or for worse" was his apos-
trophic declaration, made while he was
turning into Shawnee street a few
doors from his lodgings; and a minute
later he was opening the Widow Hol-
combs gate.
The house was dark and apparently
deserted as to it's street-fronting half
when he let himself in at the gate
and ran quickly up the steps. The
front door was open, and he remem-
bered afterward that he had wondered
how the careful widow had come to
leave it so, and why the hall lamp
was not lighted. From the turn at
the stairhead he felt his way to the
door of his study. Like the one below,
it was wide open; but someone had
drawn the window shades and the in
terror of the room was as dark as a
cavern.
Once. in the novel-writing, follow
ing the lead of many worthy predeces-
sors, Griswold had made much of the
sixth" sense; the subtle and indefin-
able prescience which warns it's pos
SCISSOR of invisible danger. No such
warning was vouchsafed him when he
leaned across the end of the writing
table, turned on the gas and held a
lighted match over the chimney of the
| working lamp. 1t was while he was
still bending over the table, with both
hands occupied, that he looked aside.
In his own pivot chair, covering him
| with the mate to the weapon he had
smashed and thrown away, sat the
man who had opened the two doors
| and drawn the window shades and
otherwise prepared the trap.
"You bought couple O. these little
playthings, Mr.. Griswold," said the
man quietly. Keep your hands right
where they are, and tell in which
pocket you've got the other one"
Griswold laughed, and there was a
sudden swapping of invisible bonds
He dismissed instantly the thought
that Charlotte Farnham had taken him
at his word; and if she had not, there
) was nothing to fear.
81 threw the other one away little
while ago." he said. Reach your free
hand over and feel my pockets
Brofin acted upon the suggestion
promptly.
"You amt got It on you, anyway
he conceded; and when Griswold had
dropped into the chair at the tables
end: 81 reckon you know what I'm
here for
Il know that you are holding that
gun of mine at an exceedingly uncom.
Portable angle-for me-" was the COO,
rejoinder. 1--WE always had squeam.
ish horror Of being shot in the stom.
ach."
The detectives grin was apprecia.
tive.
"Youve got good, cold nerve, any.
way" he commented. 1--WE been put
tin it up that when the time came
you'd throw fit O. some sort-what: