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The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-09
at the mfIk-white skin Then a Rroan
of disappointment broke from his

at the miik-white skin. Then a groau
of disappointment broke from his
throat.
No the mark is not there!"
What mark?" asked the wonderfng
girl.
my daughter carried a scar on her
right arm. My men, when she was a
child on Windward island, caught and
killed IA shark. The child, when no one
watched her, thrust hand in between
the brute's jaws. Those dying Jaws
closed on the flesh, and an iron bar
had to be used to open them again.
And they said that scar would always
stay with her"
The girl, wide-eyed. dropped back
into the armchair.
Why, / seem to remember" she
said. staring before her. II seem to
remember years ago. rows and rows
of sharp teeth and the sudden pain as
those teeth came together"
But the scarf" cried Golden.
There is no scarf"
Il seem to remember about that.
too. 1t was long ago, after Legar had
VI ouBuL Iue dCTObS water, and then
miles and miles In railway train. /
remember him taking me to a man
who wore round eyeglasses. and show
ing him my arm. This man gave me
something to make me sleep. But
when ! wakened my arm was sore
again, for weeks and weeks. And
when 1t healed the scar was gone.
remember" But she stopped sud
denly, for the telephone bell close be-
side Golden shrilled out sudden call.
Mechanically the man at the desk took
up the receiver, his eyes still on the
girl facing him.
This is Eastman of the central of
flee speaking" said the voice over the
wire. "A short while ago a young
woman was seen entering your
house"
well. what of it?" was the impa-
tient inquiry.
Our office merely wants to warn
you that the girl is Blonde Casey, the
come-on for the Cookson gang. She's
the smoothest swindler in the bust
ness. And as long as that baby-eyed
she-crook is in your house. Golden,
your house will be in dangerl"
Golden hung up his receiver and sat
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-09

ment and his own nrearm spoke first
The shirt-sleeved figure fell in q
heap, where he had stood In the open
doorway.
At the sound of that shot. from
within could be heard sudden calls
and shouts and hurrying steps.
That's Legar," cried Manley, as he
caught sight of the one-armed figure
side by side with a bespectacled Ger
man striving and fighting to push
shut the intervening door. But the
fallen mans body lay in the way. and
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-09

command. Get down to Griswolds
bank with these checks and be quick
about iti"
Whereupon Manley meekly took his
departure. Two minutes later. how
ever. yet another figure was passing
through the gloomy silences of Enoch
Golden home. 1t was more purpose
full figure than that OF the lazy-eyed
young secretary. And over the face
of this intruder as he cautiously made
his way through the great house was
an odd-looking band CT yellow cloth.
cut In the form OF mask. The center
of this. dropping apronlike almost to
bis upper lip, was marked by an in
.yerted crescent. which at first glance
lent to the partly-covered face the
snjrs guxEes+'on of an ironically laugh
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-09


Grounds.
the door refused to close. Before that
body could be dragged to one side,
the lieutenant and his men were in
through the door, welding night
sticks and flashing firearms
1t was Manley himself who caught
up chair and brought it crashing
down on strangely complicated mech
anism standing squarely in the light
of the Tower window.
But Legar himself had not been
idle. At the first wild charge into his
tower room, the master criminal had
dropped crouching behind a work.
table, darted across to his parcel
chute and there touched a hidden
spring. The next moment the chute
stood open and Legar was descend.
ing like plummet to the floor below.
But not before Manley had caught
sight of his vanishing head and start
ed in pursuit
Manley was Joined a minute later by
the police. In the meantime Legar
had escaped to the street by way OF
the fire escape.
He hailed taxicab and hurried
eastward to the Owls Nest. Two
minutes after Legar went rocking and
swerving eastward he was followed
by stranger in a second cab. This
stranger drove straight to the water
front, two blocks to the north, dis
missed his taxi, and earnestly con.
ferred with a roughly-dressed long
shoreman, who later rounded the slip
in rowboat and took the stranger
aboard.
Legar, in his quarters beneath the
Owls Nest, was in anything but an
amiable mood. He stared about at
his coterie of unsavory confederates.
A CLEAN of triumph showed in his
narrowing eyes as he spied white
faced girl in a chair near the fireplace
so we've got you back, little one?"
he Knocked.
She WINGED as he wheeled her
| roughly about, but remained silent.
A sleepy-eyed parrot, standing on
its perch beside the empty fireplace,
| stirred uneasily at Legar's rough
movements. The girl, rising slowly
from her chair, stared into Legar's
evil face.
What are you going to do with
me?" she demanded.
Legar laughed.
you won't be asking questions
about it, when you find out!"
Courage. little one, courage!" said
low yet distinct voice.
Legar. at the sound, wheeled sud
denly about.
Who taught that damned bird to
talkY he demanded There was a
stir of uneasiness about the room.
Why, cap. that parrot can't talk"
| declared the tremulous coke-snuffer
at the end of the table, lit never
could talki"
Then who said 'Courage'?" called
out the irate master criminal.
Il did" said the same distinct vet
ghostly voice. And had that wide.
eyed group stared closer into the fire.
place, instead of at the silent and
motionless bird on its perch. thew
might have noticed where a small
stone, little bigger than mans hand.
had been worked loose and lifted
away from the heavy wall separating
that unseen watcher from the room
into which he had been peering.
Yet that stone was once more in
place before Legar and his worthless
peered, squinting-eyed, about the
smoke-stained masonry. Only, the
hands of the girl, sitting silent and
thoughtful in .,er chair, were no long
er trembling. The covering look had
faded from her eyes. For to her that
voice had not seemed an altogetbe,
unfamiliar one.
fTo BE CoNTINUEp)
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-09
SYNOPSIS.

On windwnrd island PaiIdori intrigues
Mrs. Golden into an appearance of evil
which causes Golden 10 capture and tor
ture tho Italian by branding his face and
crushing his hand. Palidora opens the
dyke gates and floods tho island and In
the general rush to escape the food kid
saps Golden's six-year-oid daughter Mar
cory. Twelve years later in New York
one calling himself "the Hammer OF
God" rcscues an eightcen-year-old girl
from the cadet Casayanti. TO whom jules
Iegar had delivered her
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-09

studying his desktop. Then with his
grim mouth fixed he crossed to the
rear door and opened it, stepping out
into the hall and peremptorily called
for his butler as he did so.
Manley. returning from his errand,
at the same moment stepped into the
room from another door, He stared at
the girl as he stopped to pick up his
pocket camera.
who are your" he pertly inquired.
as Golden re-entered the room.
But his eyes, the next moment, were
on neither Golden nor the girl. His
gaze passed beyond those two strange
ly diverse figures to yet third, the
crouching figure of an eavesdropper
clinging to the wistaria vines that
framed the huge window on the far
side of the room.
Manley. crossing the room on the
run, took the window, glass and all, in
one leap. He landed on hydrangea
bush even as the burly eavesdropper
dropped to the grass beside him. The
next moment the two men clinched
The fight was an uneven one, but
Manley stuck to his man. He stuck
to him until that worthy, with a sud
den blow on the jaw. sent the 1.-the
bodied young secretary staggering to
the ground.
Before Manley could recover him
self. the mysterious eavesdropper
broke away, vaulted 70 the street and
signaled to a waiting automobile
Then Manley's senses came back to
him. and rolling over into the open
roadway. he took the camera from his
pocket and held it between him and
the disappearing touring car. He
pressed the spring, knowing that
his telescopic lens would carry to the
waiting film the secret of that mys-
terious cars license number.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-09
The Arrows of conflagratlon.

Jules Legar, in his role as a master
of underworld activities. was both
adroit in his engagement of the serv-
ices of others and painstf king in the
preparation of the field wherein they
should labor. Like the humble weasel.
he held that every warren should have
both an exit and an entrance.
So when Legar and his scientific
friend. DR.. Herman Stein. engaged
their tripe-floor office suite at the top
of the Central Tower building, they in
sisted on certain structural altera-
tions in those offices. Not only was
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-05
Story Of Atlantis Island.

Plato tells the story OF the great
island Of Atlantis and puts it's exis-
tence 5000 years before his time. His
location of it is about half way be-
tween the western projection of Africa
and the Gulf Of Mexico. It's civiliza-
ton was supposed to be very advanced
and it's powerful armies were said to
have penetrated Africa as far as
Egypt. The whole island, according
to this legend, was engulfed by the sea
IN a day and night. Another story
says that great earthquake destroyed
the island. The legend was ascribed
60 Egyptian priests. and on some old
Italian maps Atlantis is placed to the
westward of the Azores. Among some
tribes Of South and Central America
there is the legend Of q vast catacysm
which eng-.lfed a great extent of'land.
Eminent scientists have found moth
ing impossible in the existence at some
time of a great Atlantic island, but the
story of Atlantis Is generally regarded
as myth.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-05
CAPT. E. ". JENKINS
= dies AT MEADE, KANSAS
Former Resident of Pine Bluff and
Brother-in-iaw of Oscar G.. keeler
Was 81 Years of Age.

Oscar G.. Keller received a tele-
gram last night, informing him of the
death of his BROTHER n-law, Capt. E.
w. Jenkins, at the Jenkins home at
Meade, Kansas, after a rather short
illness.
Capt. Jenkins lived in Pine Bluff
very many years ago, and was promi-
nent here He married Miss Mary F.
Keller before the war, and the fam
lily made its home in Kansas since
soon after the marriage. Capt. Jen-
kins was 81 years old, and is survived
by his widow and several children.
Mrs. Jenkins family is among the
oldest in this city and section, and she
has many relatives, among them a
brother, Oscar g. Keller and several
sisters, all of whom have moved te
other points, Miss Bette Keller al
Muskogee, Okla, Mrs. l.. c. True anc
Mrs. l.. c. Stewart at Kansas City
Kan, and Mrs. C. Y. Davis at Chetopa
Okla.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-05
Killed nv Own Invention.

One man gave up his life in the
search for a new explosive few
years ago. He was a scientist named
Wartenberger. He had spent years
Of his life in the midst of awful perils
in search Of new explosive. Ee
found one at last which the expert
ments of the United States govern
ment experts satisfied them was even
more powerful than dynamite. The
government offered Wartenberger ST.
000, 900 for his invention, providing he
could perfect a method of firing the
fearful stuff by means Of electricity
instead Of a fuse. While he was en-
gagged in these experiment an expro
sion occurred which killed the unto.
tunate inventor.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-05
TWO-MAN Street
CAR CREW RULE
BE RESClNOED
Continued from page one.)

decided to have Mayor Bloom, Alder
man Clement, chairman of the COM
lnittee on public works, City Engineer
Allen and City Attorney Earl Wood
serve as special committee, to at
tempt to get the matter Strengthened
out to the satisfaction of the prop
erty owners, the district commission
ers, the contractor and the city.
No Action on Street Cars
In the regular course of business,
there came up for it's second reading
The proposed ordinance to repeal ordi-
aance No. 1910, which compels the use
Of two-men crews on all street cars.
President F. G. Bridges and Man
eger B. c. Fowles of the Pine Bluff
company were interested spectators
at the council session, as were also a
number of officers and members CT
the Central Trades council None of
them took any part in the proceed
ings.
Immediately the proposed ordi-
nance was read. Alderman McGibbony
moved that it take it's place on the cal
endar. Alderman We'll seconded the
motion, and the vote, was as follows
For-Alderman Franey, Means, Me
Gibbony and We'll.
Against-Alderman Bahlau, Glenn
ant, McGehee and Simpson.
To break the tie, Mayor Bloom vot-
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-05
Start Tomorrow
and Keep 1t Up
Every Morning
Get In the habit Of drinking a
glass Of hot water before
breakfast.

We're not here long, so let's make
our stay agreeable. Let US live well,
eat WE'LL digest we'll, work well, sleep
well, and look well. What a glorious
condition to attain, and yet, how very
easy it is if one will only adopt the
morning inside bath.
Folks who are accustomed to feel
dull and heavy when they arise, split
ting headache, stuffy from a cold, foul
tongue, nasty breath, acid stomach,
can, instead, feel as fresh as daisy
by opening the sluices of the sys-
tenn each morning and flushing out
the whole of the internal poisonous
stagnant matter.
Everyone, whether ailing, sick or
we'll, should, each morning, before
breakfast, drink glass Of real hot
water with a teaspoonful of limestone
phosphate in it to wash from the
stomach, liver and bowels the previous
days indigestible waste, sour bile and
poisonous toxins; thus cleansing,
sweetening and purifying the entire
alimentary canal before putting more
food into the stomach. The action Of
hot water and limestone phosphate on
an empty stomach is wonderfully in
vlgoratlng. 1t cleans out all the sour
lamentations, gases, waste and acid
ity and gives one a splendid appetite
for beakfast While you are enjoying
your breakfast the water and phos-
phate is quietly extracting large
volume of water from the blood and
getting ready for a thorough flushing
of all the inside organs.
The millions Of people who are
bothered with constipation, bilious
spells, stomach trouble; others who
have sallow skins blood disorders and
sickly compilations are urged to get a
quarter pound of limestone phosphate
from the drug store. This will cost
very little, but is sufficient to make
anyone pronounced crank on the
subject of inside-bathing before break
fast.-Advt.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-05

\ gift is not appreciated
for its intrinsic worth alone
for some of the most eE-
pensiye baubles are put
away into eternal darkness.
The true spirit of giving
consists in making your
purchase fit the recipients
needs.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-05
A. NJ. E. CONFERENCE
AT CROSSfTY CLOSES
Rev. James Jones Appointed Presid-
ing Elder of Pine Bluff District
by Bishop Conner.

Crossett, Dec. 2.-The South Ark
ansas conference of the A. VI. E
church closed here Sunday with the
announcements by Bishop j. NJ. Con-
ner of appointments for the year. The
appointments for the Pine Bluff dis
trict follow:
James Jones, presiding elder; St
John, Pine Bluff, A. Fl. Hill; Allen
Temple, Pine Bluff, G. B. Ashford;
Wards Chapel, Pine Bluff, r. T
Thomas; st. Paul, Pine Bluff, H. S.
Scott; st. Luke, Pine Bluff, P. R.
Washington; Moscow, J. Fl. Redd;
Stewards Chapel L. D. McCullum
Sulphur Springs, G. Fl. Kinard; Mt
Gilead, w. R. Stewart; Mt. Zion, N. l..
Bentley; Lights Mission, F. NJ. Har-
ris; Grape Vine, J. D. Henry; Glen
dale, D. H. Head; Bishop Turner Mis-
sion, H. Fl. Harris; Mt. Olive, F. NJ.
McC,ehee.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-05
ed for the motion.

ed for the motion.
Proponents of the measure appear
ed well pleased with the vote, and ex-
pressed the opinion that the ordinance
will be adopted at the next session Of
the council and that the company
! thereafter will be enabled to revert
to the one-man crew system, which
was given a try-out of several months
here, some time ago.
To cure defects, the council adopted
a new ordinance perfecting the or
ganiZation of paving district No. 80
and curb and gutter district No. A.
An all-night traffic light is to be
erected at Pullen and Cedar streets
by the Pine Bluff company, the cost
of maintenance to be borne by the
city.
A motion was passed that Deem
Der salaries of city employees be paid
several daps before Christmas, as is
the custom
Stock Dealers Delinquent.
City Collector Hutt, reporting COL
lections aggregating S2,274.76 for No
vember, also reported nine stock deal
ers had paid the privilege tax and
seven have not, and that warrants
have been issued against the seven
alleged delinquents.
The council placed on the calendar
the proposed ordinance to create the
office of "eity nurse" measure urg-
ed by the Associated Charities.
After first tabling the proposed
ordinance to prohibit the appearance
here of carnival shows, the matter
was reconsidered, and the ordinance
was referred to the ordinance and no.
lice committees, for study, amend
ments and recommendations.
Secretary F. B. Bloom of the cham
Der of commerce urged the council to
adopt resolution urging the county
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-05
Mesmerism and Hyrnotisn,.

You may say that ''mesmerisnl :
a form Of hypnorisln," or you may
with equal propriety, say that "hypno-
tisln is form of mesEerism.' It is
as broad as it is long. Mesmerism is
so-called from the fact that it first
sprang into prominence through one
F. A. Mesmer, German physician OF
Merseburg, about 1760. The name
mesmerism has in these days been
eclipsed by the more familiar hypno.
tism.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-05

court and all road districts, to make
provision in all future contracts for
road building, that the roads be kept
open continuously for traffic. After
much discussion, the matter was re-
ferred to the board of public works
for investigation and recommends
tions.
Police receipts were, cash fines
$500, committed 1918, appealed S25
total 81 $50; stock fees, S44.45.
The sexton at the cemetery report
ed receipts Sly, disbursements 1924
excess 1923.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-05

Wheeling in the lungs indicates that
phlegm is obstructing the air pass
ages. BILLIARDS. HOREHOUND
SYRUP loosens the phlegm so that it
can be coughed up and elected Price
25c, SOC and S1.00 per bottle Sold by
W. L. DeWoody & Co.-Advt.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-05
The Wav It Goes.

"a man lives three lives-youth.
manhood and age" philosophically
stated Professor Pate. Youth is the
rising sun of life, when he thinks of
what a heck of a Teller he is going to
be; manhood is the sun at full me-
ridian, when he is satisfied that he is
indeed a heck of a Teller; age is the
setting sun, when he says around and
brags about what heck OF Teller he
used to be."-Judge.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-05

List your used ears with the Auto
Exchange, 11l9 Main street telephone
J46. 11-251m
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-05
Why IL q rawn?

Mamma, what is a yawn?" asked
WHEN Of her mamma, who was dis.
cussing this favorite of all face exer.
2ises. Why, yawn, baby--we!i-
why, yawn ia gape," she explained.
Silence for five minutes Man MA !"
asked WHEN, "can you yawn without
gaping?"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-05

Try 355 for Tire Service.
The Detroit times., 1916-03-25
RESOLUTIONS.

BY Aid. stefanowski:
Resolved. That the City Controller
tran.mit TO the Common Council a
suppienental estimate In the Poor
Commission Fund. In an amount sui.
ncient To include the sum OF $4,000
each per month for the six city ply
sicians. for maintenance OF automo-
biies and transportation expenditures.
BY Aid. Littleneld,
Resolved. That the Recreation Com
mission be and is hereby instructed
to transmit to the Controller sup.
elemental estimate In the sum OF
si2.5oo. said sum to be appropriated
for the purpose OF construeting a
grandstsnd, with necessary equip
ment. for the proper accommodation
OF the tens OF Thousands OF citizens
who frequent the Northwestern Play
ictic sports aud psstimes are partici-
pated In.
Adopted.
by Alderman Gilman;
Resolved. That this body In CON
sidering the budgets submitted by the
various departments for the ensuing
year consider the same In regul ar
sessions and do not resolve Itself In
Ald. Gilman moved the adoption
OF the resolution. which motion was
lost as follows:
Ayes-Ald. .Ashe:. Barnett. Gilman.
iI,ndic. schultz. wenzel and Zoeller
-
Neys--Aid Allen. Bell. Cranshaw.
Guthaid. Heating. Kronk. Littieheld.
owen. Richert. Robinson, Rollo, Ste
fanowski. Vernon. \. y. Wilson. w. j.
Wilson and the president--16.
To the Honorable the Common Council
Gentlomen--To your Committee on
Bridges was referred the estimates
In the Belle Isle Bridge Fund. Your
Committee has carefully considered
the same and recommends that the
various items he allowed In the
amount hereinafter set forth:
The Detroit times., 1916-03-25

from is.5o to ss7s per
I;cferrcd To Committee on Health
ana cay Hospitals.
suvricmeptaI Public BUILDING Fund.
F9r vacuum cleaners. city.
isrSried to Committee on Public fyg Ho
Buildings.
Supplemental Poor Com nsission Fund.
Maintenance OF autos and
transportation expense s
city Physicians. ......S also 90
l,ofctred to Committee on Health
and city Hospitals.
supplemental Recrestssn Fund.
Combination athletic shelter
ana 9randstand for Ferry
Field To accommodate tho
thousands OF spectators
who witness the events. .si2,500 90
Referred - Recreation Committee.
By Aid. E1lis and Rutteri
Resolved. That the Commissioner OF
Parks and Boulevsrds he and he is
hereby requested to transmit to the
Controller n supplemental estimate In
an amount sufficient To purchase the
TRIANGULAR piece OF vacant property
'iratiot and Concord avenues. for
park purposes.
Adopted.
Nv Ma. Ashe.
Counsel he and IL hereby requested
TO institute the necessary legal pro-
ccedingE 10 compel the Detroit Unit
od Railway 10 issue double transfers
from Inbound Gratiot line cars TO any
connecting street car line and TO the
Junction avenue line.
Adopted.
TWENTY FIRST WARD
Nv, AID. Starkey;
Resolved. That the Department. of
Public Works he and " hereby in.
structed 10 transmit to tho Controller
n supplemental estimate in an amount
sufficient to construct n substantial
guard rail on tho Alter Road from q
Lpinf south of Jefferson avenue whera
FoN Creek runs parallel with the said
Alter Road to the. river bank, a. said
guard rail IL absolutely necessary for
the protection OF life on this much
travelled thorouEhfare.
Adopted.
The Detroit times., 1916-03-25
COMMON
COUNCIL
tADJoURNED-OrrICIAi..,

Detroit. Friday. Mar. "a. 1916.
Pursuant to adjournment the Coun-
Gil met at y, m. and was called to
w. Ruttcr.
Pr, sent--Aid. Allan. Ashe. Barnett.
Bicn. Case, Cranshaw. Diil. Ellis.
freiwald. Gilman. Guthard, fIlndlo.
Iafcl. kcatinG. Kochcr. kronk. kunz,
Littleneld. Nowc, owen. Rlchert. Rob-
inson, Rollo. Schcmansky, schultz.
Siarkey. Stcfsnowski. Thompson.
-NcrnSr, Nertell. Wenzci. A. H.. Will
son. W j. Wilson. zInk and the
President.
There being quorum present. the
Council was declared TO be In session.
The Detroit times., 1916-03-25

To the Honorable the Common Councii
Gentlemer-To your Committee on
Public Buildings was referred the cs-
Inmates In the Public Building Fund.
Your Committee has carefully exam
the various items be allowed In the
sm2unts hereinafter specifically set