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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-12-09
FAST SKOWHEGAN

Mrs Ella Laverty. who has been
visiting relatives and friends for
some time will return to her home in
Auburn today.
John Ames was a caller at Mrs.
Burrills Sunday, having sold his
place, he has moved into the George
Barrett rent.
DR.. Lowe is better we hear. has
been very ILL., Will futile and wife
have been there when they needed
any help.
Mrs. f. b. Richardson and Mrs.
Laverty visited at Mrs. Burrill's one
day last week.
Fred Ames boys are making hoops
in Wallace Ireland's woods, hauling
them to Skowhegan village.
Any amount of fox tracks this
morning in the new snow.
There is to be a Christmas tree at
the Richardson schoolbouse one week
before the regular Christmas time.
1t was with feelings of sincere re-
greet that aequaintanees and friends
at East Skowhegan of Mrs. Cora Ell
liott Jones learned of her death at
her home in Oakland. Cal. on the
morning of Nov. IA. Miss Elliott Gas
YOUR scribe knew herr is remembered
here as a pleasant faced. genial young
school teacher. who taught several
terms at East Skowhegan in the early
seventies and although yet in her
teens gave excellent satisfaction, win
ming the love and esteem of her
scholars and your scribe wildly re-
calls the fact that at the close of the
different terms il was not an unusu-
al occurrence that both teacher and
pupils were moved to tears. We had
hoped to meet her again on earth, but
God Wills it differently We eX-
tend sympathy to the bereaved family
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-12-09
SOUTH BINGHAM AND VICINITY

Mrs Hattie Robinson went to Madi-
son on Monday of last week.
Randall McQuilkin recently shot a
deer having ten points.
Mrs Rattle York is at work for
Maryann Burns in Embden.
Mr. and Mrs. Merton Taylor are at
Phineas Chase's.
Mrs. George Gilman recently visit
ed her parents Mr. and Mrs. S. NJ.
Adams at Bakers.
Mrs Aston Corson and two child
rem and two children are staying at
VIM. McQuilkin's.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-12-09

Grammar School, returned from his
vacation Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Tarbell have
returned from their vacation passed
with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Frost
at Pembroke.
Miss Minnie Williams left last
week for Augusta, where she has en-
ployment
Mrs Fred Locke passed Friday with
relatives in Skowhegan.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-12-09
MAYFIELD

Mr., and Mrs. Frank Bryant and
Gladys Kinney were guests at Dan
Bryant's Sunday.
Dan Flanders of Bingham has been
visiting his brother A. l.. Flanders
for a few days.
Laura Palmer who has been work
ing in Kingsbury is now working for
Mrs. A. l.. Flanders.
Nelson Brooks and X. l.. Campbell
are getting up winters wood for
Fon Flanders
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-12-09
LEXINGTON

The ladies met with Mrs. Charles
Albee Dec. 4th to see about Christ
mas tree and organized a Jolly Glee
Club with the following officers:
Alice P. Allen, Pres; Josie Albee,
Vice Pres; Hattie Luce, Treas; Rena
Green, Sec; Helen Albee, Col; Ora
Sargent, organist; Edna Pease, Choir
ister Committee for entertainment
Grace Hewett, Bertha Bean, Florence
Churchill; committee for refresh
ments, Ora Sargent, Tavie chatham
Flora Dyer. All are cordially in
vited to come and help with the Xmas
tree.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-12-09
OAK HILL-NORRIDGEWOCK

Mrs. Zetella F. Relish and friend j
e. Lake have returned to New Bed
ford, Mass, after spending a few
days with her mother Mrs. |. c. Holt
Mrs. Madge Brown arrived from
Richmond recently and will spend
several weeks with relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Gray of New
Hampshire have been visiting Mrs
Gray's parents Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Yeaton.
Miss Pearle Giggey has gone to Au-
gusta, where she has employment.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-12-09
MERCER

Mrs. Herbert Stevens of Smithfield
and her father Mr.. Humphrey of Ca
naan visited at Charles Moore's Tues
day and Wednesday of last week.
We have a nice Fountain Pen for a
little money which makes a nice gift
Sampson & Ayore.
Mrs w b. Niles is quite sick at
this writing. Miss IneZ Brown is
caring for her.
W. Rowe reports quite business
filing saws at his shop on Elm St.
Mercer.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-12-09
HIGHLAND

Mr.. and Mrs Herbert Gould are the
proud parents of baby girl.
The Sewing Bee held at A. II.
Chase's Dec for the benefit of War
ress.
The Highland school that was to
close Dec. 3 will keep two weeks
longer
j. W, Howard is putting up people
and teams at present
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-12-09
MtIySTREAM

The Ladies' Aid OF the NJ r. church
will hold their annual sale. Dee II
With an entertainment in the evening
Mrs Sarah Balnc wsa, To Hartiand
Monday where she Will spend the
winter with her brother Frank Ian
der and family.
Ernest Emery vent 10 somsFvllle
Mass.. las, week where he has .in-
pioymsnt for the singer Se~ 20
Machine Co.
Mrx Phoebe nurdlek has been qgltc
siek the past week but 10 bette a,
this writing Dr Wilson ~ Am.
hFtdEs attends her
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-12-09
HARMONY

Our High School Principal Mr..
Noyes is wearing broad smile over
the arrival of nine pound baby boy
born on Thanksgiving Day.
Mrs. Fred Skillings is quite sick at
the present time.
Master Donald Annis is much
pleased with a pony which came on
last Saturday nights train.
Slas Whitehouse, one of our old
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-12-09
PUGH CORNER

Miss Velma Savage is on the sick
list. being unable to attend to her
school duties.
Miss Hattie Whittier of Athens is
working for Mrs. Walter Rowell.
Through the kindness of Mrs. J. K,
Bicknell the Juniors meet with her
every Sunday afternoon at p. m. for
Sunday School work
Mrs. Carrie Rowel is caring for
Mrs S. c. Tufts.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-12-09
ANSON

Barton Smith whose home is about
half way between Arson and North
Arson on the river road sustained a
very severe shock. Monday morning.
His left side is completely paralized
Is at present in an unconscious con-
dition and seems to be gradually fail
ing.
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Card of Appreciation

We wish to thank the many friends
and relatives for their kindness dur
ing the illness and death of our aunt,
Mrs. Clara NJ Weeks, and also for
the many floral tributes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter l. Berry.
North Arson Me- Dec. /, 1915.
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used it for eight or ten years and can
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LOCKWOOD

Guy Written returned Friday OF
last week from hunting trip bring
ing home two nice deer
There is about three inches of snow
on the ground which fell Sunday
The church members are preparing
play to be presented the goth of
Dec. for the benefit of the church.
There is a dance every Saturday
night at lockwood Hall in place OF
having the moving pictures.
c. Morris has returned to Green
vile with fine buck deer. Mr.. Nor
ris is one of the best guides of this
section and will return next spring.
He guided during the summer
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-12-09
soVrH cAyaAv

A social given under the direction
Of the wIlliAE workers wtil - held
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UeALL off6e OUX\BER[ANDS
 ~ CHARLES NEVILLE BUCK
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Samson had vaulted the stile and stood in the full moonlight As he saw her coming he stretched out his arms and his voice broke from his throat in half-hoarse, passionate cry
 Sally"
 It was the only word he could have spoken just then, but 1t was all that was necessary. It told her everything It was an outburst from a heart too full of emotion to grope after speech, the cry of man for the One Woman who alone can call forth an infection more eloquent than phrases and po- etry. And, as she came into his out stretched arms as straight and direct as hommg pigeon. they closed about her in convulsive grip that held her straining to him, almost crushing her in the tempest of his emotion.
 For a time there was no speech, but to each of them it seemed that their tumultuous heartheating must sound above the night music, and the teleg- raphy of heartbeats tells enough Later they would talk but now. with a gloriously wild sense of being to. gether. with mutual intoxieation of joy because all that they had dreamed was true, and all that they had feared was untrue, they stood there under the skies clasping each other-with the rife between their breasts. Then as he held her close, he wondered that a shadow of doubt could ever have existed He wondered if, except tn some nightmare of hallucination. 1t had ever existed.
 The futter of her heart was like that of rapturous bird, and the play of her breath on his face like the fragrance of the elder blossoms.
 These were their stars twinklina overheads These were their hills. and their moon was smiling on their tryst
 He had gone and seen the worIe that fured him. he had met it's dlfi culties and faced it's puzzles. He nao
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even felt his feet wandering at the last from the path that led back to her, and now, with her 1.-the figure close held in his embrace, and her red-brown hair brushing his temples, be marveled how such an instant or doubt could have existed He knew only that the silver of the moon and the kiss of the breeze and the clasp of her soft arms about his neck were all parts of one great miracle. And she, who had waited and almost de- spaired, not taking count of what she had suffered, felt her knees grow weak. and her head grow dizzy with sheer happiness, and wondered if It were not too marvellous to be true And, looking very steadfastly into his eyes, she saw there the gleam that once had frightened her; the gleam that spoke of something stronger and more compelling than his love. It no longer frightened her, but made her soul sing, though it was more intense than it had ever been before, for now she knew that it was she herself who brought it to his pupils-and that nothing would ever be stronger.
 But they had much to say to each other, and, finally, Samson broke the silence:
 Did ye think I wasn't a-coming back, Sally?" he questioned, softly. At that moment he had no realization that his tongue had ever fashioned smoother phrases. And she, too, who had been making war on crude idioms, forgot. as she answered:
 "Ye done said ye was comin'." Then she added a happy lie: q knowed plumb shore ye'd do hit"
 After a while she drew away and said, slowly.
 Samson, I've done kept the old need it bad when ye come back. an I've took care of it.'
 She stood there holding it, and her voice dropped almost to whisper as she added:
 Its been a lot of comfort to me sometimes, because it was your'n. l knew if ye stopped keerin' fer me ye wouldn't let me keep it-an' as long as I had it r." She broke off. and the fingers of one hand touched the weapon caressingly.
 The man knew many things now that he had not known when he said good-by, He recognized iq the very
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It is estimated that in 1914 more than five and a half tons of coal were consumed per capita in this country. Half a century ago only about a ton was consumed per capita. This big increase in fuel consumption is taken as a measure of the country industrial growth and it indicates tremendous progress in manufacturing, trans portation, etc. Naturally the price of coal has advanced as the de- mand for it has grown and as it continues to be consumed in ...in- ereasing quantities the price will continue to mount higher.
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Wireless Waves Bother Birds.

Wireless telegraphy has done much for us, and probably-or rather, surely will-do great deal more for the benefit of humanity at large. But, if they could speak. many birds would probably tell you that they don't ap- prove of this new invention in the least. For in the parts of the world where there are a large number of wireless stations observations have been made which seem to indicate that birds are disturbed in very curious way by the wireless waves. The un- offending seagull is one of the chief sufferers, as also is the harmless dove. This strange state of things is attributed in some way to an effect of the ether waves, though how t is brought about is not yet understood Answers.
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The dogs well-known keen sense of smell is of great service to him and his master. In addition to the olfactory or smelling nerves which have their termini inside the dogs nostrls the entire area of the black membrane around his nose is very sensitive. This sensitive ness is acute, however, only when the membrane is moist and it is na- lures provision for keeping it so that makes the dogs nose always cold and clammy.
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Wanted to Know His Fate.

Of the criminal court, London, the acoustic properties are not so perfec, as they might be, and there is dccid ago Judge Rentoul sentenced pris- oner to six months hard labor. When the judgment was passed "Six months hard labor was echoed from the back 0f the court. The prisoner turned to the warden by his side and inquired anxiously: Are these sentences to run concurrently?"
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There was passing before his eyes

IS he stood there, pausing, pano- rama much vaster than any he had been able to conceive when last he stood there. He was seeing in review the old life and the new, lurid with contrasts, and, as the pictures of things thousands of miles away rose before his eyes as clearly as the ser ried backbone of the ridges, he was comparing and settling for all time the actual values and proportions of she things in his life.
 He saw the streets of Paris and New York, brilliant under their strings of opalescent lights; the Champs Elysees ran it's smooth, tree trimmed parquetry from the Place de Concorde to the Arc de Triomphe, and the chatter and music of its cafes rang n his ears. The ivory spaces of Rome, from the Pincian hill, where his fancy saw almond trees in bloom, to the Piazza Venezia, spread their eternal story before his imagination. He saw buses and hansoms string through the mud and fog of London and the endless pot-pourri of Manhattan. All the things that the outside world had to offer; all that had ever stirred his pulses to a worship of the beautiful, the harmonious, the excellent, rose in exact value. Then he saw again the sunrise as it would be tomorrow morn- ing over these ragged hills. He saw the mists rise and grow wisp-like, and the disk of the sun gain color, and all the miracles of cannoning tempest and caressing palm-and, though he had come back to fight, wonderful peace settled over him, for he knew that, if he must choose these, his na- tive hills, or all the rest, he would forego all the rest And Sally Would she be changed? His heart was hammering wildly now Sally had remained loyal. It was mir acle, but it was the one thing that counted. He was going to her, and nothing else mattered
 He lifted his head and sent out a long. clear whippoorwill call which quavered on the night much like the other calls in the black hills around him. After moment he went nearer, in the shadow of a poplar. and re- peated the call
 Then the cabin door opened. It's jamb framed a patch of yellow candle light, and, at the center, slender silhouetted figure, in iuttering, eager attitude of uncertainty. The figure turned slightly to one side, and. as it did so, the man saw clasped in her right hand the rife, which had been his mission, bequeathed to her in trust She hesitated, and the man, invisible in the shadow, once more initiated the bird note, but this time it was so low and soft that it seemed the voice of a whispering whippoorwill.
 Then. with sudden glad little cry, she came running with her old fleet grace down to the road.
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The Taormina Trio, the las number of the School Improvement lyceum course appeared at Union church Saturday night, March 20, and rendered a very pleasing pro gram. Miss Georgia Sullivan, the reader, being the best of the seas on and MT. Gullatto proved to be an expert violinist.
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CHAPTER xV.

The Honorable Abe Smithers was which numbered Hixon among it's county seats. The elected incumbent was ill., and Smithers had been named as his pro-tem. successor Callomb climbed to the second story of the frame bank building and pounded loud ly on a door. which bore the boldly typed shingle:
 "Asa smithers. Attorney-at-Law."
 The temporary judge admitted visitor in uniform, whose countenance, was stormy with indignant protest. The judge himself was placid and smil-- ing. The lawyer, who was for the time being exalted to the bench, hoped to ascend it more permanently by the votes of the Holman faction, since only Holman votes were counted He was young man of powerful physique with face ruggedly strong and hon. est
 Callomb stood for a moment inside the door and when he spoke 1t was to demand crisply:
 NCil, Wudt dic yOu SoAH6 lo ao about it?"
 About what, captain?" inquired the, other. mildly.
 Is it possible you haven't neardr Since yesterday noon two murders have been added to the holocaust You represent the courts of law. I repre- sent the military arm of the state. Are we going to stand by and see this go on?"
 The judge shook his head. and his visage was sternly thoughtful and hypocritical. He did not mention that he had just come from conference, with the Holman leaders. He did not: explain that the venire he had drawn. from the jury drum had borne a singu-. larly solid Holman complexion.
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The volume of the saline matter in the ocean is somewhat more than 2o5, ,e56, 155, ,6oo,oOo cubic feet according to ths United States Geological Survey, ol enough to cover the entire surface of the United States, including Alaska, 9,448 feet deep.
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Judge w. M. Van Hook of Fl Dorado died at a hospital in Little Rock on Friday March l9, and the remains were laid to rest in the Bethel cemetery Sunday, under the auspices of the Woodmen oi the World.
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J. E. Sims and wife arrived home Thursday from Utility, La., where they attended the funeral of Mrs Sims mother, Mrs. s. A. Ryan, who died at the age of zz years.
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The First National Bank on Monday sold w. H. James of Fl Dorado who represents the Lessor Goldman Cotton Co.,, 9Z bales of cotton at 8 cents per pound.
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Arthur Townsend and wife were here Saturday from Arkansas City visiting friends and relatives. He was subpoened before the grand jury and went to Fl Dorado Mon day morning.
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E. L. Adams and wife returned to Huttig Tuesday from Pike City Mir. Adams will succeed E. R. Fore as timekeeper and Mir. Ford will become invoice clerk in the general office of the Union Saw Mill Go.
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COLDS G LaGRIpPE

.S or 6 doses 666 will break any case of Chills & Fever, Colds 6 LaGrippe; it acts on the liver better than Calomel and does not eripe or sicken. Price 25c.
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was made greater, another was un- changed and the condition of one patient became so alarming that the treatment had to be abandoned
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Rattlesnake venom as cure for epilepsy is failure, according to a
 report of the sup srintendent of the Kansas state hospital for epilep- tics. In two of the six cases that were treated for two months the report says the l.-mber of attacks
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David Sneaker and wife who were the guests of E. E. Buchanan and wife, left Tuesday for Chata- nooga, Tenn.
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Ernest Marony was up from Marion, La., Sunday visiting his sister, Mrs. H. P. Heard, and family
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w. H. Wheler and wife were Little Rock visitors this week. MT. Wheeler returning Tuesday but Mrs. Wheeler will remain several weeks under the care of a special ist.
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Ask the Union Saw Mill Go. for Femnena, the best Female Tonic. Price $l.OO. I
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Tom Green was at Lawson Wednesday visiting his father who is quite sick.
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Mrs. T. B. Weaver arrived home Tuesday from a weeks visit with friends in Monroe.
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c. T. Thompson, F. w. Scott and G. c. Pyle were court visitors We'd nesday at Fl Dorado.
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Lost-A gold lavalliere with chain and set. Return to Mrs. R. E. Ebbs.
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Will cure your RheumatIsH Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps Collie, Sprains. Bruises, Cuts ano Burns, Old Sores, Stings of Insects Etc. Antiseptic Anodyne. used in formally and externally. Price 25c
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CHAPTER XTv-Samsen goes home. catches Aaron Hollis in the act of mur- dering Jesse Purvy and kills him. He the killings.
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CHAPTER xIILTamarack kills Jim Asberry. is surrendered to the militia and shot from ambush by a Holman. The feud is on again and the law helpless in the face of murder. Sally sends for Sam son.
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CHAPTER XI-Farbish brings Norton and Samson together at the Kenmore clubs shooting lodge, and forces an open rupture, expecting Samson to kill Horton and so rid the political and financial thugs of the crusader. Samson exposes the plot and thrashes the conspirators
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CHAPTER XII-Samson is advised by his teachers to turn to portrait painting Drennie commissions him to paint her portrait. Sally goes to school Samson goes to Paris to study. Drennie finds in his studio pictured evidence of his loyalty to Sally
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CHAPTER X-Tarbisf1 sees Samson ana Drennie dining together unehaperoned al the Wigwam roadhouse. He conspres with others to make Horton jealous and succeeds.
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CHAPTER IX-Prompted by her love. Sally teaches herself to write Horton throws himself into the business world fnanciers and politicians. At a Bohemian resort Samson meets William Farbish. sporty social parasite, and Horton's ene- my.
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CHAPTER III-The shooting of Jesse Purvy breaks the truce in the Holman South feud.
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SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER Lon Misery creek, at the foot of rock from which he has fallen Sally Miller finds George Lescott a land scape painter, unconscious and after re- viving him. goes for assistance.
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CHAPTER II-Samson South and Sally. taking Lescott to Samson's home, are met by Spicer South, head of the family who tells them that Jesse Purvy has been shot, and that Samson is suspected of the crime. Samson denies it.