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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-02-16
WEST FLORIDA SOCIETY

church. has been on the sick list this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs Marvin Dean are the
proud parents of a baby girl.
Mrs. Mary A futile, aged rs, wife
of John futile, died on Monday Ihey
have been residents Of our town LOT
over twenty years
Mr.. B. B. Adams died on Wednes-
day Mr.. Adams came here recently
from New London. Conn He left
wife. who was Miss Susie Creary.
daughter of W. f. Creary, of TINS
city.
Capt. Francis Bell and wife, of Bar
rancas. are visiting Mrs. Bells par
ents, Rev D. J. Currie and wife
DeFuniakers are getting ready Tor
the Chautauqua, which is only three
weeks off.
| About twenty-five owners Of cattle
in Walton county met at the court
house last week to discuss the mat
fer of tick eradication also the matter
Of a dog tax was discussed. All pres
ent expressed the sentiment that the
| tax on dogs should go TO the road or
/ school fund
G. F.. Heinsley killed a Berkshire
hog which tipped the scales over ooo
pounds.
| At a meeting OF the county com :
missioners held Monday, they passed
a resolution against the employment
| of convicts by private parties where
county road work was hindered, thcs
| Joining the statewide movement.
sponsored by Marion county, TO put
such action into effect by special
appeal to their respective senator
and representatives ConSiderapie
road and bridge work was looked INTO
and the bonds OF some Of the officials
approved
John King, who has been stationed
lat Vancouver, Wash. has returned
home.
William Andrews. Of Darlington
this county. arrived home SUNDAY
from France.
Thomas r. Spence, one of our boys
who has been in the service, arrived
home from New Orleans this pas
week. having received his discharge
Mrs Dee Work, Of this city. re
ceiyed a letter from her son. Pau
who is in France. stating he was aor
to be again on duty. after long III
ness, and that he was among tn
thousands that greeted Preslden
Wilson at Brest, France.
/ One of the largest pipe organs Il
West Florida has recently been IN
/ stalled by Manager Bruce IN IN
Chautauoua Auditorium, preparation
: for the opening of the Chautauqua.
Palmer college and academy opene
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DeFUNIAK

DeFuniak Springs. Feb. 15.-Mrs.
Tom Croft. of St. Andrews. is visit
ing Mrs. Charles Campbell.
Mr. Monroe Prescott has accepted
4 position in Pensacola.
Mr.. Will Ray, of Muscle Shoals
Ala, is visiting relatives here this
week, z- szv.sess.
DIR. f. l.. Higgins has returned from
Chicamaugua Park, Camp Ogiethorpe.
..sa Miss Ashley Gawthorn has returned
from Stetson University, DeLand. Fla.
Miss Annie Parish is on a visit TO
Chicago in the interests of her firm.
Mrs Laura Creary. OF Pensacola
has been visiting friends and rela-
tives in DeFuniak.
Mr.. r. w. Storrs, editor of the
Breeze. left Monday night for New
Orleans to attend a meeting of state
and federal authorities engaged In
tick eradication. Mrs. Storrs accom-
panied him.
Mr.. r.. C. McKinnon and wife OF
Minneapolis. Mimi. are visiting Mrs
Annie McKinnon Davis.
Nessrs J. w. Williams and G. w
Oliver, of Louisville, Ky, are looking
over our city. They are intending e
make their future home in DeFuniak
Mr. Cade Shackelford, state con
vice inspector. was on tour of in
snection of the convict camps.
Rev. O'Bryant, of the Baptis
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CAMPBELLTON
(Speciai TO The journai.)

Campbellton, Feb. 15.-Mr. ]. Bull
lard Blair, of Washington, Pa, is IN
this section buying Up oil anu
gas contracts. He has purchased con-
tracts from several OF the land hoioers
in this place and expects to besln
boring a well as soon as he can get
his rigs from his Kentucky fields he
says that there is every evidence OF
oil around Campbellton and that ne
will bore several wells to great depths
or find it.
Mr.. w. L. Mckinley, one or QUIZ
big planters, will soon begin the erec-
ton of an office and store building on
the corner OF Main and St Andrews
street He recently bought the Ola
hank lot from the Central state panA
and will also improve that properly:
Mr.. r. e. Poyner has closed oeai
with Mr. +. J. Jones for business io
on the west side of the puouc squ
and viii soon begin the erection OF
garage on it. -. 80
oar.Iy bought $500 acres of some Oh
our best farm land, lying east OF neio
on the Mariana road, and has put III
| a large stock of red hogs. lie mas d
ready made an investment OIL iip
tban $4,000 in lands and stock ne
win plant 800 acres in sweet potatoes
this sea son.
Tuesday of this week, after Vacatlo'
Of a few days on account OF the III
fluenza students are all returning
and preparing to get down to WORK
The Civic League at its meellhs
this past week elected the foliowlns
officers: President, Mrs Peafy Deu
die: secretary, Mrs. John Richarosoii'
treasurer, Mrs. W. w. F'lournoy' press
correspondent, Miss Rela 6ullaru :
corresponding secretary, Mrs X T.
L. McCasken
| Mrs. Sarah NJ. Thomas ana daush-
ter. Miss olivia, of Milton, We're III
DeF'unial1 Sunday.
Mrs. Lee Ingram has returned 70
her home after spending several weeks
with relatives at Freeport
Albert Rowling of this city ana MRS
Pearl Whidden. of Argyle, were mar
, ried on Sunday evening at the couf'
house by Judge Campbell.
, Mr.. A. F. Billiard left "Wednesday
? for New Orleans to attend meeting
CONTINUED on Page Six)
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-
Cult pIowi:r ana snufflIngl \ dose
Of "Papcs c.. III t.Cn'l ound" taken
every two hours unit. three doses a'e
taken Will end g"rTc misery ami
break IN severe cold either in the
head chest. body or limbs.
Il promptly uEens clogged-up nos
trils ana air passages: stops nasty dis
charge o. nose running: relieves sick
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nradache, duilE eSs, feverishness, sore
throat, sneezing, soreness and stiff
ness
,pape's Cold Compound is the
quickest, surest relief known and costs
only a few cents at drug stores. -
acts without assistance. tastes nice.
and causes no Inconvenience. Don't
accept a substitute. Insist on
'Pape's"-nothing eIse.-Adv.
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ng like has been attempted time past for real high grade
the good off the prices when we have sale
# now at time when these things, and looking
your making underwear dresses ana
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English Nainsooks, Long
Cloth, Pajama Cheeks.
Foundation Lawns, Sheer
Linweaves. Lawns. plain
and fancy, also dotted
Swisses and Boxed Main
socks:
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CHAPTER NIN-(Continued

WITH the weapon in his hand he re
turned to the side of the dead man,
knelt beside the bedding, and, insert.
ing his right hand with the weapon
beneath the rugs, piled a number Of
t~hicknesses Of the closely woven fab.
rio over and about the revolver with
his left hand. Then he pulled the
trigger, and at the same instant he
coughed.
The muf1ed report could not have
been heard above the sound Of his
cough by one directly outside De tent.
Werper was satisfied. A grim SMILE
touched his lips as he withdrew the
weapon from the rugs and placed it
carefully in the right hand of the
dead man, fixing three Of the fingers
around the grip and the index finger
inside the trigger.guard.
A moment longer he tarried to re.
arrange the disordered rugs, and then
he left as he had entered, fastening
down the rear wall of the tent as il
had been before he had raised il,
Going to the tent of the prisoner he
removed there also the evidence that
some one might have come or gone
beneath the rear wall. Then he re.
turned to his own tent, entered, fast
ened down the canvas, and crawlcd
into his blankets.
The following morIfing he was awak.
ened by the excited voice of Moham.
med Beyd's slave calling 10 him at
the entrance of his tent.
Quick. Quick!" cried the black in
a frightened tone. Come! Moham.
med Beyd is dead in his tent--dead
by his own hand"
Werper sat up quickly in his blank.
cts at the first alarm, "a startled
expression upon his countenance; but
at the last words Of the black a sigh
OF relief escaped his lips and "a slight
smile replaced the tense lines upon
his face.
"I come" he called to the slave. and
drawing on his boots, rose and went
out of his tent.
Excited Arabs and blacks were run.
ming from all parts of the camp TO.
ward the Silken tent of Mohammed
Boyd. and when Werper entered he
found a number of the raiders crowded
about the corpse, now coid and stiff.
Shouldering his way among them,
the Belgian halted beside the dead body
OF the raider. He looked down in si-
lence for a moment upon the still
face, then he wheeled upon the Arabs.
"Who has done this thing?" he
cried. His tone was both menacing
and accusing. "Who has murdered
Muldhlnnui 1eyd?"
a sudden chorus OF votes G.ose in
tumultuouS protest.
"Mohammed Boyd was not murder
they cried. "He died by his own
hand. This and Allah are our wit.
ncsses," n they pointed to the re-
volver in the dead mans hand.
For a time Werper pretended to be
skeptical; but at last permitted him.
self to be convinced that Mohammcd
had indeed killed himself in re.
for the death OF the white
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THE DAILY
THE ~MONOCRAMMED CAR
By Sarah B. Inghom

DETH was aroused from her reading
ID by a heavy chugging u outside.
Looking out she saw a young mar DART
ing here and there about, a large tour
ing car. EvidentlD something had gone
wrong with the machine.
Pulling out his watch he exclaimed TO
himself. only ten minutes to catch
Aunt Sue on that train. I've got to
make it somehow, All! I know what
r, tn was all alone and grew quite
excited when she saw the young man
ru.. l y 'oward he back dor. for all
ready she had thought that he was rath-
sr nice. She answered the hurried
knock, and the young man said, "Ex-
cuse me, madam, but could l borrow
here? My machine has broken down
nd I'm to meet my aunt at the station
~ eight minutes. I really must be there.
rotur ahT nn cove 81 your property and
Beth wa pu2zl,d d. Should she let her
1rizr-horse go into the hands of a stran-
ger; and what would her parents say
Seeing that she hesitatcd. the Young
nan drew IA card from a ease, passei
70 her and said, You know my ma
nine IS yours mntil your outfit is re-
hlntd 10 YOU, You really would oblige
50 much If you would let me take itH""
were her eyes decciving her, or was
really true that she had known this
Giri, and when visiting an aunt in NeuSS
YORK, she hid met at a party a bov b'.
rs name n perhaps it was the same
Ten minutes seemed like bo,,r, non.
ror the young maid was quite anxioms
or IN" return % The s~trangrr Eo
wonder they hadn't recognized each
n'eF t9r II had been six years since
Tho Incoming train gave its usua,
S,tiil toot' ana Seth pictured Aunt sue
slShtlhb from H., with the a5sistanco
Of her nephew. Ah, they we're comin S
town the road now. Black BeautV WE
HFanGths along at high speed, knowing
~ ntf mistress was waiting for her,
and Nel', Mere back safe and sound,
nmu l surely apprCci tie the loan of YOUR
'uIHt, see you are guarding my car
~ mean yours, la, ha. This is my
".P,mherton," Interrupted Beth,
tom emperton' Did you say Pember-
Why, say. are you the Ruth Penn
v Ttt2" ob taat listed the Smiths in New
I think | can answsr for that mar
son, Mr.. Primrose and now She dis
PlIEed Two delightful d,mples.
yersatioIn w "e shaken and a rapid con-
rived Monday from New York. and a
are staying at the Burns cottage for
old ffT rienG us sure Jolly to find an
gu VII trust me again I'll drive Aunt
talk" "' iesuhle our
later IN the evening when Mr. and
Mrs femberton returned they were yarv
lucn surprised TO find their datshtar
entertaining a young man on The nj
IA, eut when Beth told them her story
made most welcome, and this ws11con a
SHas 4 lasting one, for the following vear
" became a'son-in-law TO Mr.. Peinbs,.
! Meeting. N"'e'etie-The
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CHAPTER XIV
Memories

A TARTAN let the pebbles from
"A the recovered pouch ran through
his fingers. his thoughts returned to
the pile of yellow ingots about which
the Arabs and the A~byssinians had
waged their relentless battle.
What was there in common be.
tween that pile of dirty metal and
the beautiful sparkling pebbles that
had formerly been in his pouch? What
was the metal? Whence had it
come? What was that tantalizing
half-conviction which seemed to dc.
wand the recognition of his memory
that the ::;AlloW pile for which these
men had fought and died had been
intimately connected with his past
that it had been his?
What had been his past? lie shook
his head. Vaguely the memory of his
apish childhood passed slowly in re.
view-then came "a strangely tangled
mass of faces, figures, and events
which seemed to have no relation to
Tarzan of the Apes, and yet which
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roped them in by thousands. The
shares were ten dollars each, and non.
assessablc. Five out of six orders
were from n to five shares; ninety.
nine out of every hundred were not
above ten shares. II was damnable.
The very people for whom / wanteo
the north to fight had been humbugged
to the tune OF a million and a quarter
dollars. Within u year Brokaw and
the others had floated a scheme which
was worse than any trust, for the
trusts pay back a part OF their steals
in dividends. And | was responsible.
Do you realize that, Creepy? II was
! who started the project. II was my
reports from the north which chiefly
induced people to buy. And this com.
pany-a company of robbers licensed
under the law am its founder and
its vice president"
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CHAPTER III
Ldughs Yin q Battle
HITO no, no! That's a good joke
,.,, ~ III,

UITO no, no! That's a good joke on
IL Billy" 'roared Joker as Billy
picked himself up after driving his fist
riEh' through Macker'a airy head.
And here's one ON you" shouted
Hilly, Ginning a hard punch at Joker's
fat stomach. His fist went through
Joker. just as it had gone through
Mocker's head. And Billy, carried along
bv the force of the blow. tumblsd
through the misty spritc, landing on the
ground with a heavy thnd.
"Ilo. no, no! He he, he :" laughed all
the mean sprites. Here's a new fun
maker come to FINLAND"
Come on and fight" yelled Joker End
Mocker, but Billy was wise, lie saw
that he couldn't punish the mean spritcs
with his fists. He would have TO try
something else.
You'll have to use your brains" sug-
gested Peggy.
"Why suggest the impossible?' asked
Wit, leading the mean sprites in another
burst of laughter.
He has lots of them, as you'll find
OUT declared Peggy coming stanchly
to Rilly's defense.
"Silly Jilly likes her Billy jeered
Mocker. Billy's fists frightened. but he
mTde no answer. lie was studying the
mean sprites so intcntly that presently
Mocker. Joker and Wit appeared to be-
come uncomfortable and their laughter
grew a bit uneasy. Then Billy began to
chuckle. then to smoker. then to laugh
then to roar, then to shake and double
up In a regular gle of glee. And all
the time he kept his eyes fastened ON the
feet of Mocker. Joker and wit.
The mean sprites couldn't understand
what Billy was laughing at and soon
they stopped laughing themselves and
looked at him in keen curiosity. Tears
rolled down Billy's cheeks and ne
laughed so h~rd he could scarcely "a =.
What's the natter" cried Peggy, but
it was some time before Billy could stop
laughing long enough to tell her.
"Do you remember how you fused
old King Crow by looking at his feet?'
whispered Billy between laughs,
Yes" answered Peggy.
I'm giving these sprites the same
kind of medicine" whispered Billy.
"Ha, ha, ha :" laughed Peggy. looking
at the feet of the three mean sprites.
She knew this wasn't polite, but II
seemed the only way to fight their mean
ness.
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tired with an aggregate steal of nearly
half a million. Pretty good work for
yours truly, eh, Greggy! Good heaven,
think Of it! ! started out to strike IL
blow, to launch "A gigantic project for
tho people, and this was what ! lad
Matched! Robbery, bribc'y, fraud"
GregsOn spoke, uneasily.
And what"
Philips fingers relaxed their grip on
the table.
III that had been all, | wouldn't
have called you up here" lie coutin-
ued. 1--WE taken Il long time in COM
ing down to the real hell of the affair,
auso | wanted you to understand
the situation from tn. beginning. Aft.
er ! left Brokaw l came north again.
possessed all the funds necessary TO
make an honest working organization
out Of the Northern Fish and Develop
ment Company. | hired two hundred
additional men, added twenty new
fishing STATIONS, began a second road.
bed to the main line and started a
Huge dam at Blind Indian Lake. we
had thirty horses, driven up through
the wilderness from lie Pas, and
twenty teams on the way. There
didn't appear to be IN important OBJ
staCle in the path Of our success, and
I had recovered most of my old en-
thuslasm when Brokaw sprung q new
nine under my feet.
"lio had written a long letter al
most Immediately after | left him
which had been delayed at severa
places. In it he told me hat he hat
discovered a plot TO wreck our enter.
PRISE, that some powerful force wa!
about to be pittcd against us in tn,
very country We were holding. | coulC
sec that Brokaw was tremendousl.
worked up when he wrote the letter
and that for once he felt himself out
wittcd by a rival faction, and realized
TO the full a danger which it took m,
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CHAPTER III

LNOR a full minute Philip paced back
L and forth without speaking. Then
he stopped, and faced Gregson, who
was staring al him.
"A million, Greggy," he repeated. IN
the same soft voice. "a hundred thou.
sand dollars to my credit-in a First
National Bank! While 1 was up here
hustling TO get affairs on a working
basis, eager to show the Government
and the people what we could
do, and what we would do, trl.
umphing in our victory over the trust,
and figuring each day on my scheme
Of making this big. rich north deal
a staggering blow to those accursed
combinations down there, they were
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You stayed in said Gregson.
"[ had TO. There wasn't a loupholc
left Omen to me. There wasn't a siny,e
point At which 7 ,ouLl hiring attach
AGAINST Erokaw and tho other, Tbov
wcro civ ,ori,,tro pisrro,oL, -,
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We '"'"' Jul "''i's' "'o"e ~ o''' :"
"''''l"H' N"" ''''t was 'o law WIN"
'ou'" P''N'i 'ieiIi from pacing tha'
Nalue upon H. or more lhcfe was
one thihS that could do--and only
one could resign, decline TO accept
my stock and the hundred thousand,
and publicly why l had
broken off my connections with the
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Joker, Mocker and Wit grew very UNI
comfortable. They looked down at their
own feet in Il vain effort to see what
was wrong, Joker was so fat that he
could scarcely see his toes, and his eff
fort TO lean over was funny enough to
cause the agreeable sprites TO forget
their sadness and burst into a gale Of
laughter.
What are you laughing att" de-
manded Joker. frowning darkly.
Il don't see anything funny" de-
clarcd Mocker, with "a scowl.
rs this II silly gamer" demanded Wit.
"Ha. ha, ha" laughed Billy and
Peggy in reply. "Iia, ha, ha!" echoed
the agreeable sprites, much amused at
the bewilderment of the mean sprites.
This fused Joker, Mocker and wit
more than ever. From being puzzled
they grew fighting mad.
We'll teach you to laugh at US they
shouted Come IN clam"
with that all the mean sprites rallied
behind Joker, Mocker and Wit and
rushed at Billy.
'(n the ucrt chapter UiN be old
hop Buy meets The dttck Of the mean
Sprites.)
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veloped, could be made to pay IA dlvi.
dend Of fifty cents a share on the
stock issued within two years. This.
| thought, would be at least a partial
return OF the original steal. Brokaw
worked the thing through in his own
way. He was authorized to vote for
n of the directors who was in
Europe, and he won over two Of the
others. AS a consequence we voted
all of the money in the treasury, near.
~ six hundred thousand dollars, and
the remainder OF the stock thi,' was on
the market, for development purposes.
Brokaw then made the proposition
that the company buy up any interest
that wished to withdraw. The two
NJ. P.'s and a professional promoter
from Toronto Immediately sold out at
fifty thousand each. With their orig.
inal hundred thousand these three re.
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at work, too. While I was dreaming
and doing these things. Brokaw and
the others had formed the Great
Northern Fish and Development Com
pany, had Incorporated it under the
laws of New Jersey. and had already
sold over Il million dollars worth of
stock, The thing was In full swing
when | reached headquarters. I had
authorized Brukaw to act for me, and
| found that | was vice president of
one OF the biggest legaliaed robbery
combinations of recent years. More
money had been spent in advertising
than N development work.
Hundreds Of thousands OF copies
Of my letters fro n the north, filled to
the brim with tho enthusiasm had
felt for my work and projects, had
been sent out broadcast, Turing buyers
Of stock. In II of these letters | had
said that II a half Of the lakes 7 had
mapped out were fished tho north
could be made 10 produce a million
VIE VI llSll Il g'dl. lNO llnult
thousand copies Of this letter were
sent out, but Brokaw and his asso,
ciates had omitted tho words, If a
half of the lakes mapped out were
tished' II would take fifteen thousand
men, a thousand refrigerator cars
and Il capital OF five million 10 bring
this about. ! was stunned by III,
enormity of their fraud, and yet wher
| threatened to bring tho whole thing
to smash BrOkaw only laughed an,
pointed out that not a single caution
had been omitted, In all OF tho ad
vertising it was frankly stated tina
our license was provisional, subjec.
to withdrawal If tho company did no
keep within laws. That very frank
ness was an advertisement. II wa,
something different. IL struck HON,
where il was meant to strikc-amonl
small and unnedged investors. I