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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-11-17
JOHN J. WINTER
Victim Of Heart Disease and Dies
Suddenly at Home Of Brother In
This City Yesterday
Morning.

Mr.. John J. Winter, of Ellery. H.,
ager "a years, dropped dead yester-
day morning about Z o'clock at the
hcme Of his brother, Mr.. Thomas J..
Winter, on Court street.
Mr.. Winter has been the guest OF
his brother here for the past several
months. He was a native OF Mason
county, having been born and reared
in Mason county.
He was a veteran of the Civil War,
having enlisted in the Second Ken
lucky Cavalry, Company L, of the
Union army and serving for over
three years. At the close of the war
he returned to this county and en-
gagged in business with his brother,
later moving to Ellery, ILL.,, where he
accumulated small fortune.
Besides his brother, Colonel T. j.
Winter, of this city, he is survived by
three sons and one daughter-Mrs. J..
s. Sidwell and Mr.. Orin Winter, of
Clarinda, Iowa; Mr.. Harry Winter, of
Nebraska and Mr.. Thomas Winter, of
Ellery.
The body will be prepared for bur-
ial and shipped to his former home in
Ellery. Interment in the Fairfield,
ILL.,, cemetery.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-11-17
AMERICAN SHELL FIRE


American Field Headquarters,
France, November 16-American ar
tillerymen planted roaring barrage
of shells over the front trenches held
by American infantrymen Thursday
and defeated German plans for raid.
Fighting activity along the Amer
ican front" is now reaching a hot
stage
Every sort Of war activity, short Of
general assault, is being experienced
by the troops in the front-line
trenches.
Tuesday and Wednesday nights
American patrol parties, scouting
over No Mans Land, encountered Ger
man reconnaissance units. There
were brief, hurried exchanges Of
shots in the dark and the enemy sour
ried away.
Meanwhile the enemy artillery fire
had been increasing steadily. We'd
nesday night 1t reached a crescendo.
Then early in the morning the
Boches suddenly loosed spray Of
machine gun fire at communication
trenches-the lines by which re-en-
forcements and supplies are sent to
the fighting lines.
Alive to the fact that this might
forecast a raiding attempt, the Amer
leans sent up flares. They flooded the
irregular ground in front of the
fighting lines with lignt and discover
ed a group of Germans approaching
the American trenches.
Word surriedly went gack from the
American commander Of the menaced
trench section for barrage.
The American artillerymen got the
word by telephone and bent to their
guns with top-speed activity. Their
battery roared in tattoo of fury.
Over in front of the American lines
the ground was churned up by the
shells as they fell thick and fast near
the would-be raiders.
Then the Boches gave it up and
scrried back to the safety of their
trenches and dugouts.
Patrol encounters now are becom-
ing regular every-night occurrence.
In the clashes of the last few days
there have been no American casu-
alties. Whether the Germans have
been equally lucky against the Amer
lean rifemen is not known. Dawn's
light over No Mans Land fails to re-
veal any bodies.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-11-17
SOLDIERS IN CAMPS
To BE Well Fed on Thanksgiving Day
-Perlshable Goods Should Not
BE Sent As II May BE Delayed
lin Tranlst and Spoiled.

Secretary Dodds of the Chamber of
Commerce, while thinking of some
plan whereby the Mason county boys
could be furnished Thanksgiving
comforts at Camp Zachary Taylor
this year, came on a clipping issued
by General Glenn, of Camp Sheridan,
in which he stated that it was unwise
to send eats to the boys, as Uncle
Sam was arranging a feed extraordi-
nary for all the boys in camp. Know
ing this, and the fact that all the boys
in the camp do not have relatives who
may remember them at this season of
the year, he wrote General Hale,
Commanding General at Camp Zach
ary Taylor, expressing his belief that
Mason county wanted to be assured
that her boys were being well cared
for on Thanksgiving and desired to
render any assistance he felt needed.
Thursday morning the following re-
ply was received:
November 13, 1917.
Mr.. Carl Dodds, Secretary,
Maysville Chamber of Commerce,
Maysville, Ky.
Dear Sir:
"The Commanding General has
turned over to me your communica-
ton of November Z, 1917. In reply,
l would say that the government
makes special allowance for SOL
diers Thanksgiving dinner, so that in
fact soldier has more excellent
dinner without any assistance from
the outside appreciate very much
your kidness in making the offer you
do to increase the pleasure of Thanks
giving Day for the Mason county
men, and would say that believe the
clipping which you send in regard to
Chillicothe has great deal of truth
in it. 1t would be much better to
send money to be expended on the
Thanksgiving dinner rather than
perishable goods which may be de-
layed in transit and spoiled. If you
should determine to make a collec-
ton for the benefit of the Mason
county men, you may send the same
direct to the Commanding General
l59th Depot Brigade, for all Mason
county men are assigned to the 1st
Provisional Training Battalion. and
that is a part of the 159th Depot Bri-
gade. The Brigade Commander will
know to whom to transmit the money
so that it will be expended on the
proper mess. A copy of this letter
has been furnished the Commanding
General, 159th Depot Brigade. Should
you desire any further information in
the matter ! will be very pleased to
give it, and wish again to thank you
for your interest in endeavoring to
get for the men a pleasant Thanks
giving.
"(Signed) LAURANCE HALSTEAD,
Chief of Staff,
Copy to C. G. 159th Depot Brigade. "
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Boys Subscriptions

A mass meeting is being arranged
in the interest OF the Y. NJ. c. A. War
Work at the Baptist Church at Lewis
burg Sunday II a. IN. The address
will be made by the pastor, Rev. Nit
chell.
County Chairman Rees and James
d. Wood will be organization repre-
Isentatives at this meeting. A very en-
.tbuslastic meeting ls anticipated.
Mr.. James y. Wood paid visit to
the Forest Avenue School yesterday
and received nine so subscriptions
from the pupils In the Fifth. Sixth.
Seventh and Eighth Grades.
The special feature Of the meeting
was. the one subscription taken BY
Naslsr Edwin csIkIns, who expects
70 ssrn this W his ovn labor,
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BODY TO BE EXAMINED TODAY
BY CINCINNATI DOCTORS

Drs. Otis e. Cameron and Charles
e. Howard, expert pathologists, of
Cincinnati, are here today to make
an examination OF the body of Ed
ward "Top" Stewart, which was bur-
led here last Tuesday. Relatives of
Stewart and the County Health Board
have given their consent to have the
body exhumed for examination. Stew
art died while patient at Longview
Hospital, near Cincinnati, and it is
thought that he may have died from
mistreatment at the hospital, as his
skull was said to have been fractured.
Warrants charging attendants at the
hospital with murder have already
been prepared in several other cases.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-11-17
REVIVAL SERVICES AT MAYS
LICK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Protracted services began in the
Mayslick Presbyterian Church on last
Wednesday. The preaching is being
done by Rev. E. l.. Wilson, the Pres
byterial Evangelist. Services tomor-
row at II a. m. and at Z p. m.; also
each day next week at p. m. You
are most cordially invited to attend
these services. Mr.. Wilson breaches
the pure gospel in a simple and force
full manner.
W. P. HOOPER, Pastor.
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ANOTHER MASS MEETING
in INTEREST OF Y. M. c. A. WAR
WORK TO BE HELD SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AT WASHING
TON OPERA HOUSE.
Mason County's Total Subscriptions
Last Night $4,6S6-Distrlct Ex.
pected To Go Over the Top
Tonight - All Reports
Very Encouraging.

Another Y. M. c. A. War Work
mass meeting will be held in the
Washington Opera House Sunday af-
ternoon at 2 o'clock.
This meeting will be in the form of
rally for all the workers. and con-
tributors. The committee expects to
make report of all the subscriptions
to date of city, county, state and ma
ton.
Hon. John p. Mccartney will be the
principal speaker and we are expect
ing him to give us some very helpful
and interesting thoughts bearing on
the work
A fine musical program is being ar
ranged. Miss Amy King will sing a
solo. A mixed quartet composed of
Miss King, Mrs. H. H. Barkley, DR..
P. G. Smoot and Carl Dodds will rem
der several selections.
Cleve Grover, former Mason
county boy, but selected from Robert
son county, now at Camp Zachary
Taylor, is expected to be present and
make a few remarks.
No doubt this will be the banner
meeting in both attendance and in en-
thusiasm. Be sure and be present
and bring your friends.
The Y. NJ. c. A. subscriptions are
still climbing the ladder throughout
the county and district.
The one big feature of the cam
paign was the meeting Mr.. ]. b. Wood
and Mr.. r. A. Cochran assisted with
at the High School yesterday morn
ing. They reported they never wit
messed such enthusiasm as those High
School young men and women dis
played. $500 was subscribed This
sum is to be earned by the young men
and women. We feel that the par
ents of the boys and girls are back OF
this grand patriotic spirit they have
shown.
! Chairman w. H. Rees reports that
several very interesting boys meet
ings were held yesterday at Lewis
burg and Springdale. Through the
efforts of Mr.. Wadsworth Clark one
boys subscription was obtained at
each school,
Mr. Casey reports some mighty fine
results in his trip through the county
accompanied by Rev. Locke White.
The Dover school subscribed $50;
Minerva, $50; Germantown made an
extraordinary effort and came over
the top with $lOO. The High School
boys of the Germantown School did
heroically. They were only IA in
number, but came across with $780,
not a boy in the group giving less
than $3.50.
Mason county turned in $339.75
subscription yesterday through the
different wards and districts Mason
county's total last night including the
boys subscription was $4,5S6.
District No. II, Of which Mr.. r. A
Cochran is chairman, was allotted
$13,750. Yesterdays total showed
s11,019 of this amount subscribed.
The following counties subscribed
the following amounts.
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TOWBOAT STRANDED

The steamer Val P. Collins, one of
the biggest towboats on the Ohio riv-
er, ran onto a sandbar just below the
government dam yesterday morning
and is now held fast. She has a
heavy tow of barges. The steamer is
not damaged to any great extent and
will be able to float again as soon as
the river rises sufficiently
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-11-17
MASK CARNIVAL
To BE the Big Feature Of Tobacco and
Corn Fair-FOrmatiOn Of
Parade Announced.

The committee In charge of the
mask carnival for Saturday night OF
next week have practically all the
plans completed. Rehearsals are in
progress for the court scene and
coronation Of King and Queen which
is to take place at the Liberty Ware
house on this occasion.
One of the most elaborate and en-
joyable affairs of the Fair will be the
parade which is to start at 1880
o'clock.
The parade will march out Second
street to the Warehouse, where all
the events will take place.
The following formation is planned
for the parade:
Uncle Sam.
Minute Men.
Police Department.
Esbergers Band.
High School Girls.
Kings Float
High School Boys.
Rube Band.
Fire Department
Business Mems Floats.
All other masked.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-11-17

Butter fat AZ cents a pound at the
Maysville Model Creamery this week.
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OYSTER SUPPER

owl PATROL" Boys Scouts OF
America, will give an oyster supper
at Third Street M. E. Church Dining
Rooms, newt Tuesday evening, No
vember goth. Get a ticket, come out
and help them earn some money for
equipping their Club Room with good
reading matter, games, etc. 1927
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-11-17

French Lessons. Glass or private.
Apply to Mrs. George Barbour. 16-1w
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county CHdITmHn ReeS SuBBeStS
that should any person have been
missed during the canvass and feel
they ought to have part in the Y. M.
C. A. War Work be given the oppor-
tunity to subscribe. County Chair
man Rees or the Chamber of Com
meroe will accept any additional sub
scriptious.
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DIED AT INFIRMARY

Mr.. l.. p. Cord aged 81 years, died
at the County Infirmary this morning
at 4:30 o'clock. He will be buried in
the inflrmary burying ground tomor-
row afternoon at $3.50 o'clock.
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over THE TOP
With Delicious Meats ut Economy
First Prices.

Last big special on lard. Saturday
only, we will sell at retail, for whole
sale price, lard 3Oc per lb., while 1t
lasts
Every tender, juicy steak in the
house will be just zoe per lb. This is
rare bargain that all buyers will
appreciate.
Rib roast at 1Sc per lb.
Chuck roast .......... at 16c per lb.
Plate roast ......... .at 15c per Id.
Liver ...................1 .121sc per lb.
Liver pudding ..............3 3 for 10c
Sauer Kraut, sc per lb. Bring
your buckets.
Yours for big day
THE CENTRAL MEAT MARKET.
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-02-01

Anxious 70 40 anything which might
tend to clear up the harassing doubts
preying upon her mind. Margery vii.
lingly acquiesced In this plan. A lit.
tie later the speedy. gray roadster
containing the determined police cap.
tain and the troubled-faced girl>'drew
up just around the bend Of the road
beyond the Kicks homestead, where
David Manley had taken up his abode
since his abrupt departure from the
manor house Of his former employer
Suddenly Margery felt her heart
quicken as she saw a familiar figure
with dejectedly dropping shoulders
cutting across the fields In the direc.
ton of Seven Oaks Hill. The keen.
eyed officer caught sight of his quarry
at almost the same moment.
There's our man now." he said
quickly, "and It's up to US to keep
him In sight every minute"
Stealthlly the slender girl and the
burly captain, slipping from cover to
cover. shadowed the distracted Man.
ley. who was apparently too occupied
with his thoughts to be at all on his
guard. He finally reached the sum.
init Of the hill and made straight for
the lone bowlder, where on a previous
occasion the Laughing Mask had mys-
teriouslys eIuded the hotly pursuing
police captain. His trailers lodged
Into n nearby thicket and breathless.
ly waited the outcome of this strange
procedure.
Nor had they long to wait. A few
tense moments elapsed after David
Manley disappeared from view behind
the bowlher and then another figure
emerged from In back of that stone
concealment The features of the new
conner were shrouded by yellow and
grotesquely laughing mask.
Through that opening the two shad.
overs Of the Laughing Mask saw him
advancing toward rose-mantled sum-
merhouse at the end OF shaded
walk. They saw graceful girl. her
fiowerlike face aglow with eager ex-
pectatlon. suddenly emerge from the
summerhouse and run to meet him
with outstretched arms. Then as the
two figures met for q moment In a
close embrace sharp cry of pent-up
anguish burst from the white lips Of
Margery Golden.
As that soul-racked cry reached his
ears, the perfidious masker broke from
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-02-01
Eighteenth EPISODE
The Green-Eyed God

IT thought you had discarded that
theory. Captain Brackett," Margery
Golden said In surprised tones. II
know you discovered some strongly
convincing evidence. but when, with
our own eyes, we saw both David
Manley and the Laughing Mask In the
same room at the same time, II stands
to reason they must be different per-
sons" Then she added softly to her.
self, sand I am sorry II turned out
that way"
Just then one OF the captains men
entered the room with news OF a star
ting character written large on his
face.
"Well, Jenkins, what Is III" tersely
demanded his superior. and then as
the self-lmportant sleuth glanced at
Margery. he added. Miss Golden is In
on this as much rs any Of u.s."
"Well, you see It happened like
this" he began In a meditatiye voice,
II had been doln' a four-hour stretch
down at the four corners. II was
The blackest kind of a night and there
wasn't even stray rabbit for com
pany. hadn't seen anything that
looked suspicious. so when Donovan
comes along to spell me of. l thought
I'd stop In a minute for chat with
Parker, the head gardener down at
Wilken's place. l found the old man
and his son, Joe, In the kitchen and
they gave me a little somethin' to
take the dust out of my throat. We
was settin' there quiet and peaceable,
when all Of a sudden I seen old Par
ker starin' at the open wlnder with
the eyes bulgin out Of his head.
took q squlnt myself and I'll be
blamed II that slippery customer with
the comic mask wasn't lookin' right
into my eyes.
"'Jenkins.' he says, quite calmllke,
you're a good man in your way, SO
thought I'd tip you of that couple
Of the Iron Claw's.second-story workers
are pullln' of a job right In this house
while you're guzzling your beer. II
you nab those two porch-cllmbers.' he
says, IT ought to help that promotion
ye're lookn' for"
Then he gives little laugh an
with that he was gone. ! thought ne
was kiddln' me along and was pretty
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-02-01

the embrace of his companion and
stood gazing In startled surprise In
the direction from which II came. At
that moment a thick-set figure came
catapulting through the hedge and
bore down upon the Laughing Mask
like human cannon ball. The exas-
perated police captain. realizing he
could no longer hope to take his enc
my by surprise, had staked everything
on this sudden rush. But the nimble-
footed fugitive was of like a sprinter
trying to beat n record. and by the
time he reached the road he had
gained wide leap over his numbering
pursuer, who shortly gave up the
chase and slowly retraced his steps,
blowing like winded truck horse.
This is the second time you've har-
bored that criminal" he barked at the
proudly erect young woman who stood
facing Margery Golden. "an' as an Of
ficer of the law give you warning
1t will be worse for you IL you don't
tell US where he keeps himself under
cover"
Il shall tell you nothing" answered
the openly defiant girl, your bully
ing threats do not frighten me In the
least, and l shall see that your In
sulting conduct Is reported to the
proper authorities"
With this parting shot the unruf-
fed girl deliberately turned her back
on the raging police captain and. with
quiet dignity, made her way toward
the white-plllared mansion. Nothing
remained for that utterly routed arm
OF the law but to withdraw from the
field OF this disastrous verbal battle
with the best grace he could muster,
but already, In his somewhat limited
range Of mental activity, he had de-
vised new scheme for trapping the
elusive masquerader. whose immedi-
ate capture he was more grimly de-
termined upon than ever.
To his surprise Margery Golden
promptly and steadfastly rebelled at
the part which he had chosen for her
to play In the consummatlon Of this
scheme, which savored to q certain
degree of INSCRIPTIONS trickery. II
was only BY tanning the smoldering
jealousy of the sorely tried girl that
he was at last able to wiring from her
a reluctant consent to do his bidding.
"The chances are he won't leave
that good-lookin' doll for a minute,
even though he thinks you s:e In ter.
rible danger" had been his argument,
which finally carried the day. Fear.
ing that his hesitating confederate
might exercise her woman's preroga.
tive Of suddenly changing her mind,
the willy strategist Immediately pui
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repellent lawbreakers left their cover
when the thicket was again occupied
BY a stealthily moving figure.
The newcomer, straining to over
hear the conversation between Jules
Leear and Dutch Frank, wore that
familiar and derisive mask of yellow.
ITS a trap to get our masked
friend down to Wharton's quarry.
where the bunch is waiting to gather
him In" said Legar.
II haven't got any love for that med.
ding masker, but this is too good a
chance to miss. I've got some heav-
Ter scores than his to settle, and right
now is the time to do It."
With cold chill of apprehension
the Laughing Mask remembered he
had no method Of reaching the dis
tant quarry except by foot, and long
before he could hope to reach his
destination Legar would have had
ample time to carry out his fiendish
purpose. But anything was better
than this maddening inaction, and
although realizing the futility Of his
course he raced frantically along the
road through the dust clouds raised
by the black automobile, fast disap-
pearing In the distance.
That swiftly moving conveyance
bearing Legar and his vicious follow
er turned of into seldom used wood
road and shortly afterward came to a
stop a little way back of the steep
walled granite quarry. As Legar
peered over the edge Of the perpen-
dicular cliff. from which great blocks
of stone had been sheared away By
powerful explosives. an evil smile Of
triumph distorted his scar-furrowed
face. For Just beneath him were the
figures Of the portly police captain and
two Of his men crouching behind a
ponderous upright slab Of granite,
Standing little apart from the others
was the sober-faced daughter Of his
long-hated enemy.
He saw the authoritative officer mo
ton the detected girl into the hldina
place. and as with apparent reluct.
ance she obeyed this mute signal the
iron-clawed spy drew back from the
cliff-edge and rejolned his companion,
who was waiting BY the automobile.
They're down there. all right" |"
Legar savagely exulted, In response
to the questioning look Of Dutch
Frank, sand when we blow out the
side of that cliff they are going to
get crushed like rats In a trap
"Then we can croak that bunch
whenever you're ready. gov'nor." an.
swered the blond gunman, with the
red lust Of murder In his eyes. y had