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Sharp County record., 1915-09-10
Ash Flat

DR.. c. Z. Roe was at Thayer Sun
day playing base ball with the
Hardy team.
Mrs. William Wiles has been on
the sick list for several days, but is
reported better now.
Mrs. Dave Buercklin is here from
Minturn for visit with her mother,
Mrs. j. L. Goodman.
Sam Bryant and R. L. Stephens
Of Hardy have been in this section
lately buying walnut timber.
Jesse Walling and wife of David
son township spent a few days late
ly in Ash Flat with relatives.
Atty. Lehman Kay, a we'll known
Salem citizen, was attending to
some business here a few days ago.
Rev. W. A. Overton Of Mammoth
Spring, Presbyterian minister, will
preach here on the night of the goth
inst.
Walker Blagg and wife are here
from Little Rock for a visit with
relatives and friends and to attend
the fair.
Claude Worel and Fred Allen re-
turned Saturday from Kansas,
where they had spent the past sew
eral weeks working for wheat grow
ers.
Sam Richie and wife have re-
turned from Oklahoma and will
reside here in future. They say
Sharp county is a mighty good
place
Atty. D. L. King of Williford was
here Saturday returning to h i S
home from Evening Shade, where
he had been looking after some legal
business.
The Sharp County Fair is on in
full blast. Good crowds are attend
ing and all seem to be having an
interesting time. The exhibits are
pronounced unusually good.
Sunday school was better attend
ed Sunday than for many months
past. Especially was there a not
able increase in the attendance Of
older people, which was very graft
flying to the school, and it is to be
hoped that others will attend also.
Rev. Swift Anderson is engaged
this week in a revival meeting at
Hills Chapel, lizard county. He an
nounces that he will begin a meet
ing at this place on the fourth Sun
day in the month. He will be as
sisted by Rev. A. E. Horton Of Cave
City.
The series of meetings at the
Christian church closed Tuesday
night and Elder Andy T. Ritchie has
returned to his home in Tennessee.
During the meeting there we're
more than a dozen additions to the
church, following some splendid
sermons by Elder Richie.
Uncle Tom" Howard, who is now
more than 70 years of age, is very
poorly. He resides alone at his
home a short distance north of
town. He was never married, and
his sister, who was also quite old
and who had never married. died a
few weeks ago. The two lived to-
eether,
Sharp County record., 1915-09-10
Examination Notice

NOTICE Is hereby given that the
quarterly examination of teachers
will be held at Evening Shade on
the 18th and 18th days of Septem-
Der, 1915. J. W. Taylor, County
Examiner.
Sharp County record., 1915-09-10
SEEK ASSISTANCE IN
REBUILDING BRIDGES
Committees At Hardy And
Williford Are At Work To
Secure Funds.

| county Judge w. L. 1Orn spent d
few days at Hardy and Williford
last week, looking over the damage
done to the county bridges at these
places by the recent flood and in
terviewing the people as to the
manner in which this damage is to
be repaired
AS will be seen at a glance, tie
proposition of re-installing the Will
liford, Poughkeepsie and Hardy
bridges all at once is too big for the
county to undertake at this time
with its own funds. This is due to
the fact that the county is already
in debt, and to add the probable
cost of repairing these bridges to
the present Indebtedness would i'm
pair the countys credit to such an
extent that scrip would sink to the
bottom in price, which condition of
affairs would prove very unsatiSfac-
tory to everybody. Indeed, it is
hardly probable that the county
court could secure a contract for
the repair of all three bridges at one
time at anything like a price that
the work is worth, for the reason
that bidders would be afraid of the
price of scrip and would run up
their prices accordingly.
There Is no doubt that the county
could repair one of these bridges a
year without depreciating the value
of county scrip at all, but the inter
ests of a large per cent of the pee
pie demand that the bridges be in
good condition for public use as
soon as possible, and these facts
constitute the problem that con-
fronts the county judge. Judge
Horn, as we understand him, is will
ling to do all in his power to have
the bridges placed in position again,
so long as his course will protect
the county's credit, and in that po-
sition he will of course have the en-
dorSement of people generally.
On the occasion of his recent
visit to the towns Of Hardy and
|Williford, and after the matter had
been discussed with numerous in
terested citizens, Judge Horn ap-
pointed a committee in each place
to see what can be done in the
matter OF raising funds by donation
to be used in re-insialling all three
bridges He was assured of a lib
eral donation from each Of these
towns, and in addition the commit
tees will seek aid from the railroad
company and timber companies,
interested in the towns from a
business standpoint.
Judge Horn will 60 to Hardy on
the third Monday in the month to
hold probate court, and at that
time reports will be made to him
of the progress made by the COM
mittees, and at that time some
thing definite in regard to the mat
ter of repairing the countys dam
aged property may be agreed upon
or at least some plan NAV be start
Sharp County record., 1915-09-10
Work On Cemetery Grounds

The Record Is requested to state
that those interested in the Schales
graveyard, three miles northwest Of
Evening Shade, are expected to
meet at that place on the third Sat
urday in September for the purpose
Of making some very necessary re-
pairs on the grounds,
Sharp County record., 1915-09-10
4 STANDARD FAMILY REnEDY
Center

Center
Aunt Kate" Hislip of King Mills
is visiting this week at the home of
F. M. Thomas.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Causbie spent
a few days with relatives near Ash
Flat recently.
The weather is fine and every
body is busy in the crops, saving
hay and fodder, making sorghum
and plowing for wheat.
Miss Floran Rogers, daughter of
W. D. Rogers and wife of Hardy, re-
Gently paid a visit to her grand
mother, Mrs. P. j. Schales of this
place.
Mrs. j. C. Hooker and baby of
Bennington, Okla, are here visiting
the family of her father, P. j.
Schales, and friends in the COM
munity for couple Of weeks.
George W. Denton, our black
smith, and Miss Olgie Fulton of
King Mills were married Sunday
evening We wish them a happy
sail over the sea of matrimony.
Claude and Luther Gibbens came
up from Lawrence county a few
days ago to visit their relatives and
to see what the flood had done to
their farm. They report crops badly
damaged in Black and Cache river
bottoms.
Will Blaee left his self-binder
standing on the bank of Big Creek
before the big flood came. When
the overflow had gone he found
that the machine had gone off the
bank and was reposine upside down
in the mud.
Crops are not damaged as badly
in this section by the overflow as
was first thought by the people.
Hundreds Of bushels of corn have
been husked out, and while some of
this is sproutine the most of it is
keeping safely so far.
Homer Kunkle of near Evening
Shade was here lately visiting his
grandmother, Mrs. Helen Schales.
One day duriue his stay here he
and Dewey Schales went out and
killed eleven squirrels, and it wasn't
a very 900d DAY 1Or squirrel nunt-
ing either.
Pascal Spurlock, of whose illness
we made mention in our last letter,
died last Saturday night. He leaves
a wife and eight children, the ages
of the latter ranging from two to
eighteen years. The deceased was
the oldest son Of Mr. and Mrs. j. +.
Spurlock Of King Mills, and had liv-
ed for several years one-half mile
from this place, on the road to
Evening Shade. He was a pros
porous farmer an d good citizen.
The family and relatives have our
sincere sympathy in their very sad
bereavement.
Sharp County record., 1915-09-10
Cave City

Earl Sharp of Batesville W a S
meeting his friends here few days
ago.
DR.. E. D. johnson, the dentist, is
at home again, having returned
Friday.
Frank Herring, a we'll known citi-
zen of Mobley, was a business visit
or here Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. 7. Harrell were in
the Maxville section Sunday visit
4 ine the family of 7. c. Ford.
Rev. W. M. Lane preached in
teresting sermons at his regular az
pointments at the M. E. Church
Sunday
A. E. Albright and family spent
Sunday at Calamine attending the
camp meeting and seeing their rela-
tives and friends.
Mrs Anna Brown returned a few
days ago to her home at Cotton
4 Plant, after having visited relatives
here for some time
W. NJ Barnett and family attend
ed the Holiness camp meeting at
Calamine Sunday. They report a
large crowd at the services on that
day.
Jasper Mcleod, one Of Reeds
"A Creeks best citizens, was meeting
8 his friends and looking after some
a business matters in Cave City Sat-
\ urday.
n w. H. West, good citizen of
n Mobley, was here Tuesday, and
made arrangements to place his son,
Homer, in the school here when the
term opens.
Miss Ira Thomas left few days
ago for Evening Shade, where she
will pay relatives a visit. She will
also attend the fair at Ash Flat be-
fore returning home.
Miss Ethel MCGEE, who is engae-
ed in teaching at Silver Springs,
several miles north of this place,
spent Saturday and Sunday with
home folks and friends.
H. N. Stull of the Sidney section
has purchased the j. M. Fry resi-
dence property and will soon move
his family here. This family will
be welcomed among US.
J. W. Taylor was at Sulphur Rock
again Sunday We have a faint
suspicion that these regular trips to
il, that little city will cease soon, be-
cause-well, we'll say more about it
some other time
Austin Carpenter was at Poueh-
keepsie few days lately. He took
the place of his brother, Arthur
Carpenter, in the school there for a
few days, the latter being kept at
home by the illness of his wife.
Our base ball team went up to
Maxvile Saturday and engaged the
nine at that place in combat. The
game is said to have been a very
Interesting one, and the final score
(, was IL to 5 in favor Of the Cave
CITY team.
Sharp County record., 1915-09-10
The Broad Highway

The very worst use to which you can put
money is to spend It, This year why not set up
new milestone on the Broad Highway of Life. A
Bank Account at the Bank of Cave City will
please every member of the iamily-do them
most eood-last the longest Bestow half the
time this year In teaching them to accumulate
money that you did last year In teaching them to
spend It and you will benefit yourself and better
the condition Of every one to whom you give such
gift.
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ias 20 her. She transcribed r. win
beating heart:
o. X. Coming.
The guard swung open the wicket
In front of Quests cell.
Young woman to see you, Quest"
he announced Ten minutes, and no
loud talking, please"
Quest moved to the bars. II was
Laura who stood there. She wasted
very little time in pr~eliminaries. Hay
ing satisfied herself that the guard
was out of hearing, she leaned as close
as she could to Quest.
Look here" she said, "Lenora's
crazy with the idea that Craig has
done these jobs-Craig, the profess
sor's servant. you know. We used the
phototelesme yesterday afternoon and
saw him burn something in the pro-
fessor's study. Lenora went up
straight away and got hold Of the
ashes"
Smart GIRL" Quest murmured, nod.
ding a~pprovingly. "Well?"
There are distinct fragments"
Laura continued, "of embroidered stuff
such as the Salvation Army girl might
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stwM send IA n, ooat an. ws VII.
90 tegether. II yos like" hs suggested
She smiled.
u an going the other way, back to
Georgia square" she explained. 4No,
please don't ring. ! can hnd my own
way out"
She hurried from the room. Outside
In tbs hall she paused for q moment.
listening with beating heart. BY the
] d wall was a hat rack with branch.
Ing pegs, from which several coats
were hanging. She slipped quietly be
hind their shelter.
A moment or two later she heard
the professor leave the house. Very
cautiously she stole out from her hid
Ing place. The hall was empty. She
crossed IL with noiseless footsteps.
slipped into the study and moved
steaithily to the fireplace. There was
a little heap of ashes In one distinct
spot. She gathered them up in her
handkerchief and secreted II in her
dress and quietly left the house.
At Georgia square she found Laura
waiting for her, and a few minutes af-
terwsrd the two girls we're examining
the ashes with the aid Of Quests mi
crorcope. Among the little pile wal
one fragment st the sight of which
they both exclaimed. II was distinctly
a shred of charred muslin embroidery.
Lenors pointed toward 1t triumphant
ly.
isn't that evidencei' she demand
ed. Lets ring UP Inspector French!"
Laura shook her head doubtfully.
mot so fast" she advised. French
IL a good sort in his way, but he's
prejudiced just now against the boss.
I'm not SURE that this evidence would
go far by itself"
IT'S evidence enough for us to go to
Craig, though! What we have got to
do is to get a confession out OF him,
somehow"
Laura studied her companion, for a
moment, curiously.
Taking some interest In Mr.. Quest,
kid, amt your"
Lenora looked up. Then her head
suddenly sank into her hands. She
knew quite we'll that her secret had
escaped her. Laura patted her shout
der.
That's all right, child she said
scothingly. Wen see him through
this, somehow or other"
Laura" exclaimed Lenora, eve will
save Mt. Quest and we will get hold
Of Craig! have a plan Lister!"
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Gene round and see me In the
Tombs, n OF you"
The ambulance men came and de.
parted with their grim burden, the
room on the ground floor was locked
and sealed, and the house was soon
empty except for the two girls. To.
ward three o'clock Lenora went out
and returned with q newspaper. She
opened 1t out upon the table and they
both pored over 1t.
Justice Thorpe has refused to con.
slider bail!' He's q guy, that Justice
Thorpe, and SOS the idiot who wrote
this stunt" laura exclaimed, thrust.
Ing the paper away from her. Il
guess the professor vas dead right
when he told French he was locking
up the one man who could clear up
the whole show"
Lenora nodded thoughtfully.
The professor spoke up like q
man" she agreed, but Laura. | want
to ask you something. Did you notice
his servant-that man Craig?"
Cant say did particularly" Laura
admitted.
Twice" Lenors continued, II
thought he was going to faint. / tell
you he was scared the whole of the
time"
What are you getting at, kid."
Laura demanded.
AT Craig, If can" Lenora replied,
moving toward tho telephone. Please
give me the phototelesme. / am
going to talk to tina professor"
Laura adjusted the mirror to the in
strument and Lenora rang up. The
professor himself answered the call.
Have you seen the three o'clock
edition, professor" Lenora asked.
4 v read newspapers, young
lady" the professor replied.
Let me tell you what they say
about Mr.. Quest!"
Lenora commenced a rambling ac-
oun OF what she had read In the
newspaper. All the time the eyes of
the two girls were fxed upon the mir
ror. They could see the professor
seated In his chair with two huge vol
umes by his side, n pile OF manuscript,
and a pen in his hand. They could
even catch the look OF sympathy on
his face as he listened att~entively. Sud
denly Lenora almost broke Off. She
gripped Laura by the arm The door
OF the study had been opened slowly,
and Craig, carrying a bundle, paused
for n p,omant op the thraabold Ia
glanced nervously toward the profess
scr, who seemed " OF his en-
trance. Then he moved stealthily to-
ward the fireplace, stopped down and
committed something TO the flames.
The relief on his face, as he stood up,
was obvious.
"Ali can do sc- Mr.. Quest, young
lady, | WILL" the professor promised.
He laid the receiver down and the
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whatever the peaaity may -. II 10
for her sake--to hnd her--that ! broke
out of prison and that ] Am trying to
keep free. The visest thing to DO,
from my own point of view, would be
tc give myself up. j can't bring my
self to do that without knowing what
Eas become OF her,"
The professor nodded again.
"a charming and well-bred young
woman che seems" he admitted. II
fear that J should only be a bungler
in your profession, Mr.. Quest, but IL
there iS anything / can do depend
upon me. Personally, J am convinced
that Craig will return to me with
some plausible explanation as to what
has happened"
Quest, for the third or fourth time
moved cautiously toward the window.
His expression suddenly changed. He
glanced suddenly downward, frowned
slishtly.
They're after me-" he exclaimed.
sit still, professor"
He darted into his room and reap
peared again almost Immediately. The
professor gave a gasp Of astonish-
ment at his altered appearance. His
tweed suit seemed to have been turned
inside out. There were no Iapels low,
and it was buttoned up to his neck. He
wore a long white apron; a peaked
cap and a chinpiece Of astonishing
n%aturalness had transformed him into
tho semblsnce of a Dutch grocer's boy.
I'm OFF, professor" Quest whis-
psred. you shall hear from me soon.
| have not been here, remember"
He ran lightly down the steps and
into the kitchen, picked up a basket,
filled it ~haphazard With vegetables and
threw a cloth over the top. Then he
made his way to the front door, peered
out for a moment, swung through it
On to the step, and, turning round,
commenced to belsbor 1t with his fist.
Two plain-clothes men stood at the
end OF the street. A police automo-
bile drew up outside the gate. Inspec.
tor French, attended by a policeman,
stepped out. The former looked search.
ingly at Quest.
We'll, my boy, what are you doing
here?" he asked.
Il cannot answer yet" Quest re.
piled, in broken English. Ten min
uts already have 1 wasted. / have
knocked at all the doors"
French smiled,
you run along home" he said, "and
tell your master that he had better
leave off delivering goods here for the
present"
Quest went of, grumbling, French
opened the door with a master key
and secured it carefully, leaving one Of
his men to guard 1t. He searched the
on the ground floor and finally
ascended to Quests study. The pro-
lessor was still enjoying his cigar.
Say, where's Quest?" the inspector
asked promptly.
Have you let him out already" the
professor replied, In a tone Of mild
surprise. II thought he was in the
prison."
The inspector pressed on without
Every room in the house
was ransacked. Presently he came
back to the o where the professor
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SYNOPSIS.

Sanford Quest master criminologist OF
the world, finds that in bringing TO jus
tice Macdougsl the murderer of Lord
Ashleigh's daughter, he has but just en-
tered a life-and-deRth struggle with a
mysterious master criminal. In n hidden
nut In Professor Ashisigh's garden he has
seen ar anthropoid ape skeleton and a
living inhuman creature, half monkey,
half man, destroyed by IRE. In his rooms
ut Intervals have appeared from nowhere
two black boxes with sarcastic and
threatening notes signed with a pair OF
armless. threatening hands, representing
those which have already figured In a
diamond robbery. With his secretary,
Laura, and his assistant. Ienora. he fol-
lows the trail OF Macdougsl. who escaped
Oh his way to prison, and finds Macdou-
gals dead body In a cave on a lonely
hillside. After a thrilling escape from
two thugs who try to kill him he returns
20 his rooms to find his valet. Ross
Brown. and a Miss QuIgg murdered. and
Police Inspector French investigating.
French. puzzled. half suspects Quest OF
the crime.
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~
was still sitting. His usually good.
humored face raj q little clouded.
Professor he began What's the
matter, Miles,"
A plainclothes man from the street
had come hurrying INTO the room.
Say, Nj. French" he reported, our
fellows have got hold Of q newsie
down in the street. who was coming
along way round the back and saw
two men enter this house by the side
entrance. half an hour ago. One he
described exactly as the professo,
here. The other. without q doubt, was
Quest"
French turned swiftly toward the
professor.
you hear what this man says!"
he exclaimed. Mr.. AshleiSh. you're
fooling me! You entered this house
with Sanford Quest. You will have
to tell US where he 10 hiding"
The professor knocked the ash from
his cigar and replaced 1t In his mouth.
His clasped hands rested in front
OF him. There was q twinkle Of soma.
thing like mirth IN his eyes as -
glanced up at the inspector.
Mr.. French" he said, "Mr. Sanford
Quest is my friend. l am here IN
charge of his house. Believing - I
do that his arrest was an egreg3Oas
blunder. | shall say or do nothing NJ
ly to AFFORD you any Information"
French turned impatiently away.
Suddenly a light broke In upon him;
hs rushed toward tas door.
That id Dutchie!" he exclaimed.
Tho professor smiled benignly.
Cro n CoNTINUED)
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reflection on the mirror faded away.
Lenora started up and hastily put on
her coat and hat. which were stu ly.
ing on the chair.
Il am going right down to the pro-
~fessor's," abe announced.
What do you think you ian do
theref' Laura asked.
." am going to zee II l can -nnd out
what that man burned" she replied.
* will be back In m hour"
Laura walked with her a. far n the
street car, and very soon afterward
LenorA found herself knocking at the
professors front door. Craig admitted
her almost ut once. For q moment he
seemed to SILVER % he recognized her.
well. young lady" the professor
said, have you thought Of something
l can do2"
She took no notice OF the chair to
which he pointed, and rested her hand
upon his shoulder.
Professor" she begged, go and see
Mt. Guest! He 10 In the Tombs prison.
IT would be the kindest thing anyone
could possibIy do"
The professor glanced rsgretfully at
his manuscript, but he did not hesi-
tate. gfe xose promptly to his feet
'If you think he would appreciate
Il i win 60 &C once" he, decided, III
Her $50 ahona with gratitude.
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