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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-07
$4,000

/ NO......,',','.. F"VV'VO
This is to certify that the Town of
Stealey Heights, municipal corporation
| in the County Of Harrison, OF the State or
West Virginia, is indebted to the bearer
in the sum OF FIVE HUNDRED (10OO0)
DOLLARS which 1t promises to pay in
gold coin Of the United States OF the pres
ent weight and standard OF itneness, on the
first day of September, 1875 At me Union
National Bank or any bank selected by the
Town and bond holders at Clarksburg,
West Virginia, upon the surrender OF this
bond together with the interest thereon
In the meantime, from the hrst day OF
September, 1916, ut the rate OF SIX t6!G
per Centum per annum payable ahhually,
at said Union National Bank or amy BANK
selected by the Town and bond holders, at
Clarksburg West Virginia, on the FIRST day
of September of each year, until such Doh9
is paid, upon the surrender Of the annexed
coupon therefor.
But the Town of Stealey helGh.s s1NlI
have the right on any interest date after
the first day of September 1910, 10 redeem
this bond and he released from any further
liability for said sum of money or inter
est thereon either by paying to the hoider
of this bond In person or uepOhuhB ~
said The Union National Bank or any Dhnh
selected by the Town Of Stenley HelEhlS
and the bond holders, Mt ClarksburE, west
Virginia. n sum in gold sufficient to as
charge the principal Of this bona ana hC-
crued interest thereon to that date then
unpaid Provided, hOweved, that Sucn
right to redeem this bond on any interest
day after the day aforesaid shall be exer-
Cised only after this bond shall have ueen
selected by lot from the other bonds rom
the same series for redemption and after
due notice to Ehe holder Of this BOND by
publication for four weeks 10 al the news
papers published In the City Of Clarksburg,
and OF general circulation In the Town VI
Stealey Heights, Of the desire and election
OF the said Town Of Stealey Heights to 50
redeem said bonds This bond Is and HhalI
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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-07
Scene from ~Tho Cou rim Of 'CnIliope' Crew."

the star will be supported by an all
star cast.
"The Heights Of Hazard" is the
Bijou feature today 1t is five act
Vitagraph Blue Ribbon production by
Cyrus Townsend Brady. Charles Rich
mantle handsome Charles Richmsa
Of Empire Theater Stock Company
I DAILY Stock Company, Captain Bar
rington," The Revelers," and The
Battle Cry of Peace" is the hero
Opposite him is chic Eleanor woodruff
as the lady Of his affections Sur
rounding and supporting them is a
cast Of eminent Vitagraph stars.
The added attraction today Is Con
Meeting Baths" with Marry Myers and
Rosemary Theby in the leads 1t 10
a refined comedy, and will please.
Charles Chaplin will be Tuesdays
attraction. He comes in "The Vaga-
bond" FIVE part drama. Recent
storm damage at Charleston, S. c., will
be shown.
Lois Meredith, who made hit in
Help Wanted" will appear In PROM
lnent part in a new musical comedy.
Pavlowa, the Russian dancer, and
her company are to be features Of
the next show of the New York Hip
podEome. ....,,,,,.,,..,l.......l......4,4.,a..s
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-07
Il Is "The SmuggIerS," a Fam
GUS Players Production
Starring Donald Brian.

There was S2OO.OOo worth of jewelry
the Famous Players studio the other
say. Sniff, sniN-it smells like a wild
press agent yarn in which some star
Is to be pictured as busting off the old
family Jewels which she has not worn
Tor years and putting them on in order
to lend tone TO a society story. But 1t
Isn't. 1t is merely a matter Of record
Ing the fact that big jewelry shop
ycene was staged for Donald Brian in
THE Smugglers,' showing today at
the Robinson Grand. and that a prom
lnent New York jeweler loaned the
necessary material for the display
Without implying any reflection on
my one, it may be stated that rep
'esentatiye Of the jewelry concern de-
ivered the gems in person and re-
NAMED constantly within eye-shot OF
The scene while the exquisite cases
were open.
Harry Dunkinson has another COM
,dy lead in "The Pacifist," a two-act
Essanay, showing the metamorphosis
Of peace loving citizen into a real
belligerent cuss
%
William A. Brady in association with
The World Film Corporation, presents
beautiful Gail Kane who scored such a
pronounced triumph in Via Wireless. !"
In a story Of nautical life Paying the
Price, from the pen of Burton Steven
son, today at the Orpheum This is
/ photoplay document of unusual ten
lcity and throughout its five acts
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-08

business. 81 wanted to see you to
tell you that you have overpaid your
account with me. The balance has
been put to your credit. You can see
the cashier about that. l want to tell
| you, too, that | have made too much
money myself to admire a surprising
capacity in that direction in anyone
else.
Don't think that l don't appreciate
the significance Of your wiping out a
debt which you incurred unwittingIy.
| can see that you had to do 1t be-
cause a Wayne must carry his head
high in his own eyes. But" and here
J. Y.'s eyes left his nepheW's express
siOnless face and looked vaguely into
the shadows of the room. His voice
took lower key. with all your sac
rlfice to pride you have failed in pride.
You have not been proud in the things
that count"
J. Y.'s voice fell still lower. His
words hung and dropped in the silence
of the room like the far-away throb of
a great bell on a still night. "Yester-
day Clem was crying because you had
not come to the house. try to think.
Alan, that it's because Glen Is there
that you have not come. If | could
think that" ]. US eyes came slowly
back to Alan's face. A dull red was
burning there. J. Y. went on, "Shame
is precious thing to a man. Differ
ent creeds-different circumstances
carry us to various lengths. Ethics
are elastic today as never before but.
as long as shame holds a bit of ground
in a mans battlefield, he can win back
to any height"
For a long minute there was silence.
then on a common impulse they both
arose. Alan's eyes were wide open
and moist. He held out his hand and
]. Y. gripped it. It was their whole
farewell.
Back in his rooms Alan sat down
and wrote to Glen:
Dear Glen: We are ali two people. I'm
Gle ]. z cut his other half off about thir-
ty years ago and left 1t behind. The
Judge has his other half locked up in a
closet. He has never let 1t out at all. And
so on. with every one OF US. This sounds
very funny to you now but some day
when you are grown up you will catch
your self looking at you and then you
will understand what mean. l am two
people too. The half of me that knows
you and loves you and Red Hill and chat
you love has been away longer than the
rest of me. He only got back twenty
minutes ago. and 1t is too late for him to
come and see you because he and the
rest of me are off tomorrow on another
trip. But he wants you to know that he
Is awfully sorry to have missed you Next
time ] shall bring him with me, | hope,
and I'll send him TO you the day we ar
rive.
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gether new respect for the old captain.
No one knew better than Alan that It
took a special brand of courage to
whip bin with words but the captain
had not stopped to stuff his own ears
with cotton wool before engaging the
enemy. He had risked all in one
liquid, stinging. overwhelming volley
and he had won.
The captains code was peculiar. to
say the least, and held the passionate
pilgrim In ample regard but, as he
pointed out to Alan. it was a code of
honor. 1t played a game within rules.
He further remarked that the hawk
was a bird OF evil repute but person
ally he preferred him to the eagle that
fouls its own nest There were other
pregnant phrases that hung In AIan's
mind for some time and half awak-
ened him to a realization of where he
stood. Many a man. propped up by
the sustaining atmosphere of a narrow
world. has passed merciless judgment
on such sins as Alan's-metal, un-
proved. sitting in judgment over the
bar that twists in the fame. But the
captain was not one of the worlds
confident army Of the untested. He
had roamed the high seas of pleasure
as well as the ocean wave. Alan would
have struck back at a saint but he
took chastisement from the old sinner
with good grace.
Alan left the captain and presented
himself at the downtown offices of ].
Y. Wayne & Co. They were expect
ing him and he was shown in to his
uncle Immediately, to the exaspera-
ton of several pompous, waiting
clients. 1t was the first time that uncle
and nephew had been face to face
since their memorable interview at
Maple House.
]. Y. Wayne was aging. He had
lived hard and showed it, but there
was no weakness in his age and he
met Alan without compromise. He
nodded toward a chair but did not Of
fer his hand. When he spoke his voice
was low and mOdulated to the tone of
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-08

and dotted with agate trunks two to
four feet in diameter; and just across
one valley a buried forest" whose
huge siliciied-not agatized-logs
show their ends under fifty feet of
sandstone.
The largest natural bridge in the
world, 200 feet high, over 500 feet
span and over 600 feet wide, up and
down stream, and with an orchard on
its top and miles of stalactite caves
under its abutments.
The largest variety and display of
geologically recent volcanic action in
North America, with 6O-mile lava
flows, 1,500-foot blankets of creamy
tufa cut by scores of canyons; hun
dreds OF craLers and thousands of
square miles of lava beds, basalt and
cinders, and so much volcanic glass
(obsidian) that it was the chief tool
of the prehistoric population.
Cave and Cliff Dwellings.
The largest and the most impressive
villages of cave-dwellings in the
world, most of them already aban-
doned when the "world-seeking Geno-
ese" sailed
The rs strange communal town re-
publics of the descendants of the cliff
dwellers," the modern Pueblos; some
in fertile valleys, some like Acoma
and HopD perched on barren and
dizzy cliff tops. The strange dances.
rites, dress and customs of these an
cient peoples who have solved the
problem of irrigation, six-story house
building and clean self-government.
and even women's rights-long before
Columbus was born.
Some of the most notable tribes of
savage nomads, like the Navaios
whose blankets and silver work are
pre-eminent, and the Apaches, who
man for man, have been probably the
most successful warriors in history.
Greatest Chasm in the World.
At the head of the list stands the
Grand canyon of Arizona; whether 1t
Is the greatest wonder of the world"
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ton. 1t had been here in this depres-
sion, lived, and passed away before he
and the girl were born. He tried to
explain to her what once had been. but
she shrugged her shoulders. She was
not Interested; she did not understand.
Together they walked back to the
house. Gerry was silent and thought
full. He saw a vision Of what Fazenda
Flores had once been, what work could
make it again.
The following day he rooted out two
rusty spades from the debris in the old
mill, fitted new handles to them and
took the old darky. Bonifacio by name.
off with him to the depression. They
began the long task of digging out the
silt of years. Day after day, week
after week. they chung to the mono
tonOus work. The darky worked like
an automaton. Work in itself to hIm
was nothing beyond the path to food
and rest at night Labor made no de-
mands on courage-it had no end, no
goal. But Gerry's labor was dignified
by conscious effort. His eyes were not
in the ditch but on the vision he mad
seen of what Fazenda Flores might
be. He had fixed his errant soul on
goal. The essence Of slavery is older
than any bonds wrought by man. The
white man and the black n the ditch
&ere its parable. The dignity and the
shame of labor were side by side, para
doxlcally yOked to the same task.
AIargarlta and her aunt looked on
and smiled and joy began to settle on
the girl. During Gerry's first restless
week she had steeled herself eacn
night to the thought that she would
wake to find him gone. But now he
was taking root. 1t amused him to
dig. Well, let him dig There was no
end TO digging.
Gerry occasionally varied the work
of digging with making some knick-
knack for the house. The twisted
limbs of trees became benches TO sup
plant the rickety chairs. clumSily
patched and totally inadequate to his
weight. In the same way he made the |
massive frame Of q bed and BOnifacio |
an art and filed In the
frame with plated thongs. Work In
spires emulation. The women got out
their store of cloth. They made clothes !
for Gerry and fitted out the new bed.
Pillows and mattress were stuffed with |
dry bur-marigolds that faIntly scented
the whole room. With each achieve
ment the somber house seemed to take
a step toward gayety. Ruin and dilap.
idation put forth green shoots. 1he
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-08
Personal Question.

A party Of strangers were visiting
at the college. 1t was in the late fall,
and the air was crisp and cold. One
of the members of the party, charm
Ingyoung woman was escorted through
the grounds by learned but absent
minded professor. Suddenly two
members of the track team, accoutred
for their sport, passed. IT'S dreadful
ly cold," remarked the young woman,
with q dainty shiver, as she gazed
after the runners, Ito be without
stockings" The professors mind,
deep in contemplation of the fourth
dimension, was attracted by the sound
of tho girls voice. Then why" he
asked absently, did you leave them
off?"-Youth's Companion.
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-08

dormant Instincts. For the first week
he would not hear. The past loosens
its tendriIs slowly. He was IIstless
and lOafed restlessIy about the house.
The two darkies worked for his we'll
being, the two white women waited on
him hand and foot. At first it was
lulling; then 1t was wearying. He be-
gan to wander from the house.
But the week had not been alto
gether lost. He had gathered desul-
tory but primitive information. Occa-
siOnaI re-Occurring words began to be
more than mere sounds. The girls
name was Margarita. The wrinkIed
little woman was her aunt Dona
Maria. The two darkies were linger-
ing relics Of slave days. They had
been born here. They had gone with
emancipation, but they had come
back. The name Of the plantation was
Fazenda Flores. To them it was the
world. They had wandered out Of 1t
hand In hand with liberty but they had
come back because freedom was here.
They needed someone to serve. Mar
garita had long been an orphan. The
place was hers and had once been rich.
But before her day water had become
scarce. The place was uncared for
and had fallen Snto its present ruin.
1t was we'll, she said. for If she had
been rich suitOrs would have searched
her out long since. She was eighteen.
She had been a woman for years!
These things, some of them distinct.
some only half-fOrmed Impressions. ran
in Gerry's head as he wandered over
the fazenda. 1t had once been rich.
why was it not rich now? Fertility
sprang to his view on every side save
one. This was the gentle slope away
from the river and behind the house.
Even here he discovered hummOcks in
alignment, vague traces of the careful
tilling OF another tlme He climbed
the slope till he came to a depression
running parallel to the river 1t made
line and beyond that line was desert
untamed. Cactus and thorn dotted its
barren soil. Gerry followed the de-
preston down to its end, then turned
back and followed 1t up. 1t wandered
among rocks and hillocks to q natural
cleft in the banks of the great river.
He climbed a point of rock and
gazed around him. Far down to the
left cleaned the old plantation house
in the midst Of its waste lands. His
eye followed the long depression and
he began to understand many things.
The ruin was young ruin like him
self. In itself it contaihed the seeds
Of rejuvenescence. 1t had been robbed
of it's taIlsman and its taHsman was
water. Tons Of water flowed past it
and left 1t thirsting for drops. Irrlga-
ton is cOeval with the birth of civillza-
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-08

depends a little on our definition OF
wonder" Possibly it. is no more won
derful than the fact that so tiny a
fraction of the people who confess
themselves the smartest in the world
have ever seen it. AS people we go
abroad to see scenery incomparably
inferior.
But beyond peradventure it is the
greatest chasm In the world, and the
most superb. Enough glObe-trotters
have seen it to establish that fact.
Many have come cynically prepared
to be disappointed; to find it over
drawn and really not so stupendous as
something else. 1t is, after all, hard
test that so be-bragged a wonder must
endure under the critical scrutiny of
them that have seen the earth and the
fullness thereof. But never has the
most self-satisfied veteran traveller
been disappointed in the Grand can
yon, or dared to patronize it.
The quebrada of the Apu-Rimac Is
marvel of the Andes, with its YER
tiginous depths and it's suspension
bridge of wild vines. The Grand can
yon of the Arkansas, in Colorado. is
a noble little slit in the mountains.
The Franconia and White mountain
notches in New Hampshire are beau
tiful. The Yosemite and the Yellow
stone canyons surpass the world. each
in it's way; but if all these we're hung
up on the opposite wall of the Grand
canyon from you, the chances are
fifty to one that you could not tell
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-08

darkey out. He jumped down on to
the sand-bank himself and dug q small
trench to the water. The river surged
through 1t gently. Gerry climbed out.
With each pulse Of the come-and- go
wave rushed through the little
trench, widening 1t and occasionally
carrying away a block Of the sand
bank into the hole. Gradually. then
in rapid progression. the barrier was
leveled. The hole filed with water
that rose till it began to trickle down
the long length of the ditch They
followed the tiny stream. Soon it came
In rushing surges. Hours passed. Boni-
facio slept. but Gerry had forgotten
time. The ditch filed. The water
started to flow back into the river.
Along all its length the ditch held.
CTO BE CONTINUED1
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ECTHE GREATEST thing in
the world" That is a large
phrase and an overworked
on1

[HH HE GREATEST thing in
the world" That is large
phrase and an overworked
one, and hardened travel
ers do not take it lightly upon the
tongue. Noticeably it is most glibly
in use with those who but lately, and
for the first time, have wandered be-
yond their native state or county
Yet in every sort there is, of course,
somewhere "the best thing in the
world" of it's kind.
There is and can be no dispute that
the term applies literally to several
things in the immediate region of the
Grand canyon of Arizona. AS has more
than once been said, probably no other
equal area on earth contains so many
supreme marvels of so many kinds
80 many astounding sights, so many
masterpieces of natures handiwork,
so vast and conclusive an encyclope-
dia of the world-building processes, so
impressive monuments of prehistoric
man, so many triumphs of man still
in the tribal relation-as does what
has been called the Southwestern
Wonderland" This includes a large
part of New Mexico and Arizona, the
area which geographically and eth
geographically we may count as the
Grand canyon region. A few wonders
are:
The largest and by far the most
beautiful of all petrified forests, with
several hundred square miles whose
surface is carpeted with agate chips
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-08
Given shakespearean Names.

A British paper announces that the
problem of finding names for the sta
tions On the new section of the Ket.
tie Valley railway portion of the Cana.
dian Pacific which runs through the
Hope mountains has been solved in
a distinctly original manner. The
construction Of the railway is now
almost completed, and it has been
decided to name the stations after
well-known Shakespearean characters.
One station just north of the Co
quahalla River canyon is called Othel.
10. another Lear, a third Jessica. q
fourth Portia, and a fifth Lago. Ro
meo. another station, is eternally sep,
arated from Juliet by Coquahalla sum.
nit. which is $500 feet above sea
level. and not likely to be moved by
anything short of an earthquake.
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-08
U~A~~AA~AAAAAAAUAN ANAAAANAANAANAAHA

Mystery Is always more dangerous
than truth; it gives such a Lead to
Imagination"
So bne told him and CoIlingeford
listened. interested. at the end he
said nothing. Alix looked at his
thoughtful face What do you think?
Isn't there 4 chance? Don't you think
he's probably-prObably alive?"
The judge was not there to hear the
meek appeal Of faith for comfort. Col
lingeford met Alix' eyes frankly. IF
| were you." he said. II would prob
ably believe as you do I've met too
many dead men In Piccadilly looking
uncOmmOnly we'll ever to say that
man is dead because he's disappeared.
Then there's the other side of 1t. Bod
sky says a man is never dead while
there's anybody left that loves him."
'"Tne Judge told me about Bodsky.
He's the man that said there had been
lots Of murderers he'd like to take to
his club. He must be worth while.
Id like to talk TO him."
II don't suppose" said CoIlingeford
absently, that BOdsky has talked to
woman since he killed his mistress"
Alix started and looked up from her
work. Don't you think you had bet
ter come back-aad bring the talk
back with you?"
1t was CoIlingeford's turn to start.
Il beg your pardon" he said. "You
are right was in another world. Only
you mustn't get a wrong impression.
Everybody says 1t was an accident
except Bodsky. He has never said
anything"
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SYNOPSIS.

Alan Wayne is sent away from Red Hill:
his home, hy his uncle. j. Y. as moral
failure. Glenn runs after him IN tangle
of short skirts to bid him good-by. Cap
tain Wayne tells Alan of the falling of the
Waynes. Clem drinks Alan's health on his
SiTthday. Judge Healey defends Alan IN
MS business with his employers. Alan and
AliX meet AT sea, homeWard bound, and
start a Irritation. At home. Nance Ster-
Ing asks Alan to go away from Alix. Ally
ia taken to task by Gerry her husband.
for her conduct with Alan and defies him
Gerry as he thinks. sees Alix and Alan
eloplng. drops everything, and goes to
PeTnamhuco Alix leaves Alan on the
train and goes home Gerry leaves Per-
nambuco and goes to Piranhas. On a
canoe trip he meets a native girl. The
Judge fails to trace Gerry. A baby is born
10 AK. The native girl takes Gerry to
her homo, and shows him the ruined
plantation she is mistress of. Gerry mar
RES her. At Maple house Collngeford
tells how ne met Alan--"Ten Per Cent
" Wayne"-buildtng a bridge in Africa.