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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-10-15

WANTED-BOy THAT Is NOT GO.
ING TO SCHOOL AND WILLING TO
WORK, NOT OVER 10 YEARS OF
AGE. APPLY ARDMOREITE OF
FICE.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-10-15

Mr.. and Mrs. II. L. Hunter of
Wichita Falls, Texas. who have been
the guests Of their daughter, Mrs,
J. c. Shows, have returned to their
home.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-10-15

day for her home in st. Louis, Mis-
souri,.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-10-15

Mrs. Tom Cooper who recently
underwent a serious operation at the
sanitarium in Temple, Texas, return
ed home, yesterday. She was ac-
companied home by Mr.. Cooper. Her
condition is very much improved.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-10-15
Society Events
BY RUTH NOLAN
Phone 53s
Pie Supper

Pie Supper
Everything is in readiness for the
pie supper in the league room OF
Broadway Methodist church, which
begins this evening at 1880. The en-
tire membership of the church and
friends are urged to attend. There
will be a special table prepared for
the boys and girls under 13 years of
age. The pies will not be auctioned
but will cost the purchaser penny
a pound for his weight. DO not fail
to be present. About 100 pies have
already been promised. Many more
are expected. 1t will be a great pie
eating time.
AT First Christian Church
The Second Division of the Wo-
mems Union Of the First Christian
church will entertain tonight at the
First Christian church with weigh
ed in the Balance" social. The adj
mission will be a cent for every pound
you weigh above 100 pounds.
An elaborate program has been
planned, to be given as follows:
Solo, Miss Winnifred Avis.
Quartette, DIR. Brooks and others.
Solo, Mrs. C. NJ. Campbell.
Reading, Mrs. r. l.. Disney.
Reading, Mrs. Elmer Murphy.
Reading, John Hewitt,
Miss Rebecca Brett. will also be
on the program.
Following the program the evening
will be spent informally, when re-
| freshments will be served.
Everyone is most cordially invited
to attend this social.
Birthday Party
A very delightful affair of the week
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-10-15

Miss Louise Bauer who has been
the guest Of her aunt and uncle,
Mr.. and Mrs. r. l.. Helbach for the
past few months will leave Wednes-
The Little River news., 1920-03-17

along in the darkness, making no sound, I found myself devoutly wish ing for some weapon. Of course II might be Barbara, who had entered ny means of the ledge to leave some mes sage for me, but if it were not she, l felt certain that would discover who MaSV at the bottom of the plots against us.
 I gained the door without my pres ence having been discovered. In the dim half-light that came from the open window I could detect figure stand ing on a chair apparently feeling along the wall near the ceiling. l recalled with curiosity that it was from that spot that the whispers I had heard had seemed to come.
 Inch by inch l edged noiselessly for ward, my eyes on the intruder until at last my fingers found the electric light button. AS the light flooded the room
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SYNOPSIS.
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CHAPTER I.-Circumstances having prevented Spalding Nelson, clerk, joining the American forces going to France, he is in a Respondent mood when he re- ceiveS an invitation to dinner from his great-uncle, Rufus Gaston. On his way to the house he meets, under peculiar cir Cumstances, young girl, apparently Tn trouble, to whom he has an opportunity to be of slight service. She lives in the same apartment building as Rufus Cas- ton, and he accompanies her to the house. GaSton and his wife are going to Maine for q trip and want to leave Nelson in charge of the apartment. He accepts. Gaston and his wife tell their great nephew of mysterious roises-'W whispers which they have heard ill the house.
 CHAPTER II-On his way to the Gas ton apartment next Sunday Nelson again meets his accidental acquaintance of a few days before, Barbara Bradford. She urges him not to allow the fact of t.leIr being acquainted to be knowH. At !he apartment Nelson meets the sup%Tinten3- ent Wick, and instinctively diSlkes hr. In wall safe he finds a necklace Of magnificent pearls, worth a small fortune. Meeting Barbara in the hallway she passes him without recognition. Dining in a restaurant he is conscious of the un- pleasant scrutiny of a stranger, but man whom he had seen before.
 CHAPTER III.-Next day Nelson finds the pc ~'s 1a-e disappeared from the wall 1aie 5{ls fEst idea of informing the police IS EC. t.Ct6' LoO0 because or pc culiar circur stances He has been dis charged from his position without ade- quate explanation or reason, and feels himself involved in something of mys- tery. He decides to conduct an investi- gation himself. That night Barbara sig nals from the window of her apartment, which is opposite his, and they arrange . meeting for next day. In the morning he finds note in his room, asking him why he had not informed the police of the loss of the jewels.
 CHAPTER fV.-Barbara tells Nelson her sister Claire had some years before made runaway marriage with an ad- yenturer, from whom she was soon parted and the marriage annulled. Claire is en- gagged to be married and someone know ing of her escapade has stolen documents concerning the affair from the Bradford apartment and demands g large sum of money for their return, threatening to forward them to Claires fiancs if the de- snands are not met Neither 1:a-'oara nor her sister have the money to satisfy the demands. She tells Nelson she has also heard mysterious sounds in the fiat. They agree to meet frequently.
 CHAPTER v.-The Gaston laundress. the only person in the apartment besides Nelson tells him she has heard whispers and footsteps, apparently in the wall. He begins to suspect his great-uncle of some knowledge of the affair. Barbara tells him she also has heard the footsteps. In the morning he discovers his pockets have been searched during the night, in contestable evidence of the presence of someone in the apartment during the night.
The Little River news., 1920-03-17
Notice os Application to Sell Land.

Notice IS hereby given that the un- derslgned, as ad'ministratrix of the es- sate of 5. 1. Middlebrocks, deceased, will on the 18th day of April, 1920, apply to the Probate Court of Little River county, Ark, for an order to sell the interest of said estate in the fol- lowing land in said county, towit: Lot 6, block G. in the w. T. Waddel Addi- tion of Ashdown Arkansas, for the purpose of paying debts due by said estate. Witness my hand this the 12tn day of March, 1920.-Sallie Middle brooks, Adminisatrix. ALA
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ny appointment with German.

my appointment with German.
 Ieli your sister," I said to Claire Bradford as she departed, 'that it is Imperative that she meet me at lunch con tomorrow. I have news of the utmost lmportance,-news that con- cerns all of us. Tell her to meet me at the Astor at one. She must come" "Tll tell her." she replied.
 To Be Continued
The Little River news., 1920-03-17

 at Me.
 at me- Bringing a woman of that sort here"
 "A woman of what sort?" I asked eagerly, surprised to find someone in place of this sort who knew the Granddecks telephone girl.
 "Why, Lefty Moore's wife. of course"
 .T don't understand" I replied, I'm here with Miss Kelly" "Oh, she told you that was her name, did she?"
 q know it's her name. She's the telephone girl in the apartment where live-the Granddeck." could see his manner toward me change at the mention of my abode, but he was still insistent about the identity of my companion.
 How well do you know herr" he asked.
 "Well"-I am afraid l colored, as realized that my acquaintance with the girl was limited-T've been living there for a week or so, and I've talk ed with her two or three times and" q thought so," said my inquisitor. "rheres nothing to it. She's Lefty MoOre's woman all right. If I'd seen
 you come in with her, you'd never have got a table in this place." "What is the matter with her? Who is Lefty Moore?'
 An expression of amazement came into the mans face. Did you never hear tell of Lefty
 Moore, the cleverest three-time bur
 glar there is in or out of Sing Sing? Fourteen years he got the last time, and it was quite a write-up the papers gave me for catching him." It began to dawn on me then who | the man was. He must be an expo l liceman employed as the restaurant | bouncer or house detective. You're sure Miss Kelly and Lefty Moores wife are the same person?' ''Pve reasons for not forgetting her. l She was with him that time when
 took him. I've got the marks of her
 nails in my face yet. It's her all
 right, even if she has gone to work
 as Miss Kelly while Lefty's doing his
 stretch. She's a bad one, she is."
 'Is she crook, too?' I asked ex- citedly. l was trying to measure up
 the importance of this astounding bit
 of information. Already my deduc- l tions had convinced me that some | band of criminals was in collusiOn with someone in the apartment who l was carrying out their plots against 1 the Bradfords and me. I had beer 1 thinking of an apartment surrepd | tiously tenanted by criminal gang
 How much more likely that an em ployee of the place was in the pay
 of the plotters And now to learr
 that the telephone girl was, if not 2 l criminal herself at least the associ
 ate of criminals.
 "She's got no record that l know
 of," the detective admitted, but she
 couldn't be Lefty Moore's wife with
 out being a crook herself" l ''That helps explain things" l said
 more to myself than to him.
 Explains whatY he asked suspici-
 ously.
 Look here," said with new de termination. There have been some
The Little River news., 1920-03-17
CHAPTER VI.

Left alone for moment by my com. panion, I sat there at the table in the crowded restaurant, idly watching the beautifully costumed women all about me, listening dreamily to the music of the orchestra, observing with Interest the graceful gyrations of .he occasional couple who sought the dancing floor in the center, when sud denly was brought to myself by hearing a gruff voice saying:
 "What'd you bring that crook in here for?"
 "What do you mean?" I gasped in aStOniShrlent, looking up at a square 'shouldered man with neatly trimmed black mustache who was standing be. side my table.
 Its you I mean" he announced. Don't you know you can't bring that kind of people in here?"
 As explanation for my presence there in the White room of the fa- nous Hundredth hotel, let me say
 
 picking chain of mysterious circum- stances in which Barbara Bradford and I seemed to be each day becom- ang more firmly involved, had finally led me to deduce three different the ories, each more or less plausible, and each involving an entirely differ ent set of persons.
 There were certain happenings and circumstances that made me some times wonder if the whole thing were not a base plot on the part of my great-uncle Rufus, perhaps influenced by desire for revenge or perhaps led on by an insane greed for still greater wealth.
 Yet, on the other hand, there were those entries in his diary about the mysterious voices. Apparently, too his wife and Mrs. Burke had heard them.
 Did it not seem more likely that the arch plOtter was Claire Bradford's ex husband?
 This theory seemed far more ten able While the Bradfords had heard nothing from him for several years the publication of Claire Bradford's engagement might have attracted his notice and inspired him to an attempt at blackmail. Yet how could he gair access to the wall safe where the di s0rce papers were kept, or how coult he be dropping notes on the floor o1 Barbara Bradford's bedroom? How could he have stolen the Castor pearls? It seemed incredible but stil my thoughts kept returning to tho possibility of his directing ClaiPt Bradford's actions thronM hypnotic control. Once he hay i'd influence oyer her sufficient6nte xe her give up family, Asis everything to marry n some way unknm eadfcrd, re
 sister ant
 unconscious
 She coult
 room by
 sen all the
The Little River news., 1920-03-17

didn't like me-"
 Hitherto my companion had beer most vivacious chatting merrily, fash ing back at my sallies with clever bits of that slangy repartee of Which most of the metropolitan business girls are such clever mistresSes. At my last re- mark a quick change came over her face. It was as if mask had been set up between us behind which she was hiding from me.
 q guess he likes you" she answer ed guardedly. 'I never heard him say
 I had not intended to mention the Gaston pearls. I had slipped that phrase in on the spur of the moment, but little was I prepared for the as- founding effect my words had upon her.
 "Thc pearlr." sH.a gssped. turning white "You're going to serd h.m the Gascol pearls!"
 There was note of amazement, of incredulity in her tone.
 Excuse me-" she said. rising un- expectedly, T gotta telephone
 Before I could gather my wits to- gether she had vanished, leaving ne sitting there, staring after her in dis may. What did she-the telephone girl--know about the Gaston pearls? How could she possibly know that they were missiNg? ] had told no one no one except Barbara Bradford about the rifled wall safe. How could her excitement and perturbation be accounted for except by the fact that she knew of their loss? I was sitting there, puZZling over her mysterious conduct, when l became aware that man was standing beside my table. glaring down at me. l looked up. ex- pecting to see the waiter, or head waiter. Instead it was man in a dinner jacket, a stOcky, broad-shoul- dered chap with a close-cropped gray mustache.
The Little River news., 1920-03-17
DENTISTS

DIR. c. E. MAY, Dentist. Office in Sanderson Building, Ashdown, Arkansas.
The Little River news., 1920-03-17
PROFESSIONAL

DRS. MEEK & HARDING-Dr. R. L. Meek, C.. A. Harding; General Practice, Medicine and Surgery. Off, ice in Sanderson Bldg. Phones: Office 92, residence 92. Ashdown.
The Little River news., 1920-03-17

$. c. MARR, M. D. Office in Cook Building: office phone 2O4, residence 59, Ashdown, Ark.
The Little River news., 1920-03-17
ABSTRACTS

IS YOUR TITLE GOODg The only way to find out is to have an abstract made. We have the oldest and most complete set of records in the county. Why should we not give the best service.-Mc Iyer Abstract x Insurance Co.,, Office in Sanderson building, AshGown, Ark.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-11-20
PronInent Denver Business Men To
Build Mo6at Tunnel With Their
Private Capital

Word comes from Denver that at n
meeting Of the richest men Of Denver
and vicinity. movement is on foot to.
build the tunnel through james Peak
by private capital.
II the controlling interests Of the
Moffat railroad will come to some
agreement with these men they will An
ance the undertaking. This enterprise
will mean the -setterdnent7 Of tiis part
Of the state In every way. 1t WINS the
eastern counties which defeated the
bill at the election because they knew
1t would build up the western part Of
the state and hurt them in II business.
way. AS the Craig Empire said In Its
last issue. when you get another of
those catalogues from Pueblo firms.
you will know what to do with It,"
Yes. we will all know what to do with
them-start the kitchen fire In the
morning.
Among the men back of the project
are Governor ShOup. Senator Phipps.
W. G. Evans. Gerald Hughes and sew
eral other men of means. They de-
serve lots Of praise for their spirit In
the enterprise.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-11-20

The Craig Empire comes out In an
article last week saying. that the Rio
Blanco football team .hud gained the
Championship Of the Northwestern
Slope for tliis season. Jack Toole.
prominent Craig sportsman. who UNI
pired the game between Craig and
Meeker. says he feels that Coach
Creaghe has the superior team Of the
two towns. This is what we term good
spOrtsmanship. When n team Ia de-
featetl let them take defeat In the right
way. This has always been the spirit
between Craig and MeeHer. Each of
the two schools has had its ups and
downs for Victory but both have al
ways taken defeat with the proper
spirit. Craig gave reception for the
Meeker folks when over there and en-
tertained them In the same manner as
had they won.
On the other hand the Steamboat
Pilot comes out with the assuring re-
mark that the Steamboat team Is con-
fident that they could defeat both the
down country teams fMeeker and
Craig). They take for granted be-
cause they defeated the first football
team ever orgaizel In Hayden. Craig
defeated them twice and Meeker has
defeated Craig twice yet Steamboat
has the champion team of Northwest
ern Colorado. We would certainly like
to have Meeker play them but If the
weather continues as 1t has the sea-
ron is about over. There may he game
between Rife and Meeker here today
or Thanksgiving all depending OH the
weather. We feel we can come out
without any assumption and give the
Meeker boys the Championship Of the
Northwestern Colorado for this fall.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-11-20
Mining Congress Advises
Board Of Taxation Experts

Denver, Nov. INSTRUMENTATION
experts to pnss upon and settle cases
of taxes arising from the war period
took definite form today when n COM
mittce was appointed Mt II taxation con-
convention of the American mining
congress, Paul .Arnitagc of New York
was made chairman of the committee.
Il. G. Yates of DcadwoOd, s. D., told
II conference of gold mine operators
that the gold industry was facing dis
Indignation" and pleaded for prompt
aid.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-11-20
DELANEY AND GORDON
WIN OUT

Az shown In our postscript Of last
week, Frank Delaney for District At
torney. won out by % majority In the
district. The official figures gives Mr..
Walker. Republican, 800 majority in
Il Quit county and 195 In Moffnt coun-
~, or O05. Delaney received 100 mn jor-
ity In this county. 4+7 In Garfield cOun-
ty and III In Pitkin county. making
his majority In the district G5.
Mr.. Delaney IL the only Democratic
district candidate to win out In the dis
trict, which considering what happen
ed to all other Democratic district can
tlidates. is n remarkable personal tri-
butte to him as a public Official.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-11-20

You have to put your money in tn
bank before you kin check 1t out, an
You have to save somethin' before you
will have anything.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-11-20

The splendid vote given Frank De;
laney In Garfield county saved the day
for him. He was only 40 votes behind
Ed Taylor In Garfield county.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-11-20

Our neighl,Oring counties Of Routt.
Moffat. Garfield and Eagle elected
nearly NIL the Republican county can
didates.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-11-20

For County Judge Herbert Gordon
received majority Of the mail votes
and won by II majority.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-11-20
Election Notes

The report that Vincent carried Ed
TaylOr's home town Of GlcnwOOd was
Republican error" Ed carried his
home town by a votes. He also carried
Vincent home town Of Grand Junction.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-11-20

The Republican national and state
tickets carried Routt county by Gl5 fol
Harding. COB for Nicholson, and 5Si
for ShOup.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-11-20

Ed Taylor carried Republican lsout
county by DID and Mofrat by %.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-04-07

l can supply you with Raymond 5
antiseptie Wonderoil, that great home
remedy for external and internal use.
Prices: 52c, medium size box; 94c,
large size box. l.. NJ Carpenter. 63
Frost Street.-Adv. 1885,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-04-07

In France noted criminals are made to
speak and sing into a photograph before
their discharge from prison, that in fu-
fture their voice may be identified, in case
of need.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-04-07

The largest plants in the world are sea
weed. One tropical variety is known
which, when it reaches its full develop
ment, is at least 900 feet in length.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-05-27
Cars in Smash I'm

A car driven by Amos Brehmer
and a Ford driven by q young man
who gave his name as Smith, col
lided near the corner Of the White
Ice cream factory Tuesday evening,
both cars being badly smashed. Mr..
Brehmer says that he was crowded
close to the curb on the right side
with no chance to avoid the accident
The young man in the other car was
riding with four young ladies. Breh-
mer's car suffered bent axle and
the frame was damaged. Both cars
were taken to a north side garage for
repairs. Mr.. Brehmer will leave soon
for a $500 mile automobile trip to
the Rio Grande Valley, Texas where
he will locate.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-05-27
4 Mrs. Chatfield Receives Her Sons
DISTINGUISHED Service Cross

Mrs. H. L. Chatfeld, who makes
her home with her son, Atty. Mark
NJ. Chatfield, in this city, has receiv-
ed from the Canadian government, a
beautiful distinguished service cross
in honor of her son, E. C. Cratfield,
who was killed at Arras in 1916, dur
ing the bitterest fighting of the war.
E. c. Chatfield, who formerly resided
at Minot, enlisted in the Canadian
army at Edmonton, Alta. The cross
which is enclosed in leather case
is accompanied by a card bearing
these words:
This cross is presented to you in
memory Of one who in the great war,
died for King and Country"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-05-27
Truck and Trade Tour Ended Friday
Might

Night
The Good Roads Truck and Trade
Tour ended Friday night when the
1876 Minot boosters returned to Minot,
happy, dirty tand physically weary,
yet very enthusiastic over the results
Of their trip. The boosters visited
Carpio and Donnybrook Thursday af-
ternoon arriving at Kenmare for the
night. There was only one accident
on the trip which occurred when one
of the big trucks overturned on a
grade, smashing the glass cab. Sixty
men with ropes soon righted the truck
and the tour was held up but for q
short time. The entertainment at Ken
mare will long be remembered. In
addition to the usual stunts put on
by the Town Criers artists, Major
Person with members Of the Town
Criers Male Chorus rendered several
numbers. Addresses were given by
Major Crane, F. C. Upton and others.
The following day Tolley, Norma,
Mohall, Lansford and Glenburn were
visited.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-05-27
Welcome Showers Fell Tuesday

welcome showers fell thruOut this
section Of the state Tuesday, mos
tening the ground to depth of an
inch Or two. There is plenty of mois-
ture in the soil at a lower depth, but
the fierce winds of the past week prov
ed very drying to the surface. The
Independent learns that much of the
seed in the lighter soils between Mi
not and Devils Lake was blown from
the ground, doing vast amount of
damage.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-05-27

The state dental association will
meet in Minot next year in the month
OF May, the exact date is not yet set
and at the close Of the session school
q instruction will be held for pc
riod Of ten days. About two hun
dred and fifty members will attend.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-05-27
GrOnna May Withdraw in Favor 81
NestOs

r. A. Nestos left for Fargo Tues
day to attend meeting Wednesday
at which time it was hoped to center
on candidate for, the U. S. Senate.
1t is reported that Senator Gronna
has expressed a. willingness to with
draw in favor of Mr.. Nestos, proved
ed the other candidates opposed to
DR.. Ladd, the league candidate, will
do the same thing.