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following an operation for appendicitis

following an operation for appendicitis } yesterday.
 MT. and Mrs. William Brochester of Fairhope, Ala. are visiting their mother on Highland avenue.
 Arthur Lichty. James Reilly, sprigg Crawford, Clarence Osment and Fred Brinskelle have just returned from St. Bernard College, Cullman. Ala
 
 Judge and Mrs. Dan Green will leave early in July for Camp Junaluska, N. C. Miss Margaret Oliver will be among a group of girls who will accompany Misses Alice and Mary Harsh to Camp Nakanawa, in the Cumberland mountains 30.
 Little Miss Virginia Alexander is the guest of Mr.s and Mrs. James NJ. Hen dricks in Selma
 MT. and Mrs. Craig Smith and daugh- ter of Montgomery spent a few days in the city last week en route to San Francisco.
 Mrs. Virgil Newton is i'll at the South Highland Infirmary
 Miss Minnie Hughes of Montgomerv ;s in the city, having been called here on account of the illness of her sister. Mrs. Virgil Newton
 Mrs. Elizabeth Kitchen and son ot Davenport, la, and Mrs. S. T. Patter. son of Texas are the guests of Dr. and Mrs. N. c. Glass.
 Mrs. w. A. Sawyer and daughter Mary Jane, are the guests of Mr. ant Mrs c. R. Howell in Montgomery.
 MT. and Mrs. Robert McCaughan, ac. companied by Master John Reid Ryall are spending few days at Bloun Springs.
 MT. Lee Roueche and Mir. Joseph HiI are spending few days at the Rouecht summer home at Blount Springs
  Miss Louise Wright of Austin, Tex is visiting Mrs. Joseph G. Reynolds a Birmingham-S Southern College.
 Misses Mary Emily Chenault ant Margaret Doty of Richmond Ky, ars visiting Miss Anne Catherine Arnold.
 Miss Mary Lee Tugg, who spent the winter in Savannah has returned home 1Gn route here she visited Miss Winnie Perry in Atlanta
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Mobile, June 19.-Mr and Mrs. Per rin Bestoe, MT. and Mrs. Albert Bush, Mr and Mrs A. W. Brook are at the Bestoe College at Point Clear,
 Mrs Wythe Wheling and family are at Point Clear.
 Mrs. M. F. Kerbles and Mrs. Robin Hernden have moved to Point Clear,
 Miss Mary Waring Harrison enter
 ta:ned at bridge on Wednesday for Miss Melva Overbey, who is to be mar red soon.
 Miss Ida Pique entertained on Wednesday afternoon for Miss Louise Mccall of Butler and Mrs. Earl Bart lett of New Orleans.
 pr. and Mrs Edward Sledge and MT. and Mrs Steele Partridge had de- lightful weekend at Little River.
 MT. and Mrs Louis Malone of New
 York, who have been the guests of Judge and Mrs. Newborne Clarke, left Friday for New Orleans. On Wednes
 day they were rendered a supper party at Dog river, the guests being Mayor ard Mrs. R, s. Thomas, MT. and Mrs. Curtis Bush, Mrs. c. E. Harrison, MT. l., c. Dorgan.
 Miss Mary Radcliff and MT. Robert Rartee were married on Wednesday evening at the home of Dr. and Mrs. A. E. Maumenee, Father Rogers of St Mary's Church. officiating. The house was deliberately decorated with Shasta daisies and prie-dieu was made in the bay windows of the living room covered with a lace shawl and with | tall candlesticks at each end. Before The ceremony beautiful vocal music twas rendered by Mrs. John Lynch, Mrs. l Henry Wright and Mir. Harlan Cleve-
 land and the bridal party entered to
 the music of Lohengrin, played by an 1 orchestra The brides sister, Miss | Florence Radcliff, was her maid of i honor and her father, MT. William | Radcliff, gave her away. Miss Rad
 cliff made a beautiful bride in her dress of white lace with accordion
 plaited skirt, covered with veil and | in her hair she wore orange blossoms
 and carried Shasta daisies. The table was lovely with a centerpiece of dais- ies, a large wedding cake and small cakes being embossed with daisies. MT. apG Mrs Bartee left at midnight for 1 a visit to Atlanta and Hendersonvllle, N. c.
 i Misses Barbara and Maysie Black | shear are visiting their sister, Mrs Ashlon Hill, at Uriah. Ala.
 | Flag Day was celebrated Monday by
 the Needham Bryan Chapter at the l home of the regent. Mrs. Harry Inge. The house was decorated with blue hvdrangeas and the programme opened with America" sung by the Sather- | ing and played by Mrs. Carl kuhge and Mrs. Martin Nester The next mum l bcr was March Militaire," piano and l two violins; Mesdames Nester kllnge and Miss de Winter. Mrs. D. T. Me Call read fine paper on Our Flag. ! Mrs David King gave reading Ihe l Fatherland;" Mrs. Nester sang our United States and the Marsellaise Tn French; Mrs. King gave another read 1 ing and the programme closed Wlth 1 music. Think, Love of Me-. lees, | cakes and punch were served 1 Miss Mary Smith entertained Tor Miss Melva Overbly at Hears Monday. l Tier were four tables of players and the hostess presented Miss Overbey
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ROANOKE

Roanoke, June 19.-tSpecial.) IA former German war dog. captured by an Eng fish soldier while attempting to get through the trenches with message, was in Roanoke this week with his pres- ont owner travelling salesman. The dog displayed much intelligence by doing some clever stunts at the bidding of his ni1s ster He is used by the travelling man as a companion and guard for his car
 The Knight Sanitorium. incorporated by local promoters. is nearing comple- ton, the occupancy to take place about 3tIy l. Th.s building is one of beauty and is a Iaodel of convenience and sani- ta-ion
 X large tw o-story brick building with all necessary conveniences. including ele-
 ators and steam heat, is being erected the knight-MeIntosh Manufacturing
 ompany. This will enable the company so haudle the increasing de - of it's
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TINDALL-S SANDERS
 WEDDING PLANS

The marriage of Miss Helen Sanders and MT. Elmer Jackson Tindall will take place Wednesday afternoon at 8 o'clock at the West End Baptist Church
 Mrs. w. r. Williams, sister of the bride, and Mrs. w. D. Hammond, sister of the groom, will be the matrons of honor
 Miss Fay Emmonds, Miss Miriam Mill ner and Miss Hulda Dawson will be the bridesmaids.
 MT. J. E. Lovelace will be the best man and Mir. Jones, MT. Curtis and Mir Stroek will be the groomsmen.
 Little Misses Erin Coleman and Leo Williams will be the flower girls and the ringbearer will be little Sarah Tin dall Hammond.
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FLORENCE

Florence, June 19.-(Special) )-Automo- bile thieves have been active here. The car of the Florence Daily News was stolen last night and was later found headed into a ditch on South Pine street Also the car of I. Kreisman was stolen from his garage. MT. Kresman's car was later found few miles from town on the Huntsville road, the thieves having abandoned it after the gas gave out The theory of the police is that part of the gang were bootleggers, and they used the cars to haul whisky. A small testing vial found in the Kreisman car and broken hacksaw blades were also in this car.
 Also, the office of the Florence Lumber Company was visited by thieves, but they secured only a small amount of money They gained entrance to the office by breaking a window glass, and they went through every desk in the office. Blood hounds were put on the trail and the depot in East Florence. where it is be- | lieved they caught train leaving the 1 city.
 ! Building contractors in several lines of 1 the building trade who have adopted the "open shop plan state that they now have more men than they have ever had
 
 proceeding satisfactorily with all their contracts.
 The Florence post of the American Le-
 zion held it's regular meeting at the Chamber of Commerce hall Thursday night. Free smokes" were passed around to the boys and the delegates to the recent Anniston convention added to the enjoyment of the meeting by tell ing some of the most interesting experi- ences they had socially and otherwise while in attendance at the state conven- ton. The 1921 Legion convention was se- cured for Florence.
 Frank F. Hines, chief of transportation of inland waterways, was here this week looking over the government projects of the Muscle Shoals district. General Hines was impressed with what he saw here and he stated that at an early date the river interests here would be a large feature of the work in his governmental department
 Sergeants Smith and Archer of the gov- ernment police force at Wilson Dam, who were recently arrested information which had been given Sheriff Mitchell in connection with the attempted burning of the house occupied by John Poole, col ored. near the reservation. have been re- leased, as the trial brought out nothing but circumstantial evidence. Secretary H. H. Dunn of the Chamber of Commerce and l.. P. Kleitz. manager of the Northern Alabama Gas Company will leave Sunday for Norfolk to attend the annual convention of the Southern Gas Association, and the association will be extended an invitation by these gen.
 t1emen to hold it's 1921 convention in Flor ence.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS

There will be a special called meet ing of Llewellyn Johns Chapter No 174 Order of Eastern Star. tomorrow at 8 o'clock, West End hall. The business of the evening will be initiation of sev- eral candidates, and members are asked to be present Visitors welcome.
 
 The city mission board will meet Thursday morning at 10:3O o'clock at the First Methodist Church.
 The women of the Missionary Society of the Woodlawn Methodist Church are asked to meet at the church Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock to go to the Girls Training School
 The Psychology Study Club will meet on Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock at the home of Mrs. c. c. Adams
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ed with nervous

ed with nervous prostration. Mrs. J. CHRISTIAN, l93 Oak Street, Bingham ton, New York.
 The success of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, is unparalleled. It may be used with perfect confidence by women who suffer from nervous prostration, displacements, inflammation, ulcera- tion, Irregularities, periodic pains, back ache, bearing-down feeling, fatulency, indigestion and dizziness. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is the standard remedy for female ills.
 If there are any complications about which you need advice write in con fidence to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn. Mass.
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mind was gloomy, could see no light on anything, could not work and could not have anyone to see me. Doctors med icine did not help me and Lydia E. Pink h a m 8 Vegetable Compound was re- commended. I took i t a n d a m n o W W e l l. I recom-. mend it to all afIiict-
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MIR. AND MRS. GRIDER ENTERTAIN

MT. and Mrs. Frank Grider entertained at dinner last evening at the Country Club in honor of Misses Polk and Miss Mayberry of Franklin, Tenn, who are the guests of relatives in the city. Among the guests were Miss Mayberry, Misses Polk, Miss LeMay Caldwell. MT. Robert Bailey. Mir. Alex Cecil, MT Frank Nelson, III, Dr. E. P. Hogan and MT. Yerkes
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RAINBOW REVIEW
 ENTERTAINMENT

Rainbow Review No. 13 Womans Benefit Association ofs the Maccabees, will give an entertainment comprising solos. readings. heart dice and cards Monday evening at Fraternal hall ar S:15, o'clock.
 A special invitation is given to all reviews and friends. The public Is cordially invited. Refreshments will be served
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western trip this summer instead of going to Chautauqua as usual
 MT. and Mrs z. M. P. Inge enter
 tained at family gathering on Sun- day for Miss Louise Inge of Califor-
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busness and will aid in building up a b'g ira .e IL oVerails.
 It has been evident for some time that due to the rapid growth of Roanoke more room must be provided for the pupils who attend the city's schools. For the present the rear of the auditorium will be converted itno two study and recitation rooms In making the pro- visions now contemplated quite number of desks will be purchased and other .conveniences provided.
 Roanoke is now suffering from an ice shortage as the local plant IS unable to fill all orders.
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LADIES OF CHARITY 4- TO MEET

The Ladies of Charity will meet to- morrow afternoon with Mrs. w. B. Leedy, Jr., 100S South Nineteenth street.
 Mrs. James Downey will have the paper for this month. As this will be the last meeting until fall, all members are asked to be present.
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MRS. GOIDsTEIN HOSTESS

Mrs. A. Goldstein entertained yester- day at luncheon at the Southern Club in honor of Miss Florence Lischkoff, a charming bride-elect. The guests in- cluded the members of Miss Lischkoff's bridal party.
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PEARSON-CATER
 ANNOUNCEMENT

Cards have been received in the city announcing the marriage of Jennie Frances Cater, the niece of Miss Mar garet Coghill, to Ruth Hicks Pearson. The wedding took place June 5, Brming- ham.
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unia. There were fifty three members of 1.-the Inge family invited and a huge 1lcake baked in a cake pan fifty years iold was an interesting feature of the
 Entertainment.
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MRS. SIMPSON HOSTESS
 ID WESLEY CLASS

Mrs, John Simpson will be hostess to the Wesley class or the Woodawn Meth odist Church Thursday afternoon at her home
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BANKHEAD-CRUMPTON ANNOUNCEMENT

The following announcement has been sent to friends:
 Mrs Ursula A. Crumpton announces
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Society News and Activities of City and Suburbs

the marriage of her daughter. Emelil, to Mir. William w. Bankhead, on Saturday June 5, 1920.
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NERVOUS
 REGISTRATION
Mrs. J. Christman Proved
 That Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is a
 Remedy for this Trouble.

Binghamton, N. Y.-"I was in very nervous condition for over year, my
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Building contractors in several lines of the building trade who have adopted the "open shop plan state that they now have more men than they have ever had at any previous time, and that they are proceeding satisfactorily with all their contracts.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-11-04

In Japan the telephone number eight
commands higher price from SUBJ
scribers than any other. This number.
written In Japanese character. means
success and prosperity. and costs the
who holds II nearly f1OO
n year. Another lucky number Is 357,
for the reason that 1t is the 'custom
to present children TO the deity on
their third, fifth and seveny Birth
days. As a.'general rule odd numbers
are considered luckier than even NUM-
bers. Numbers forty-two and forty
nine are particularly .unlucky in the
eyes of the Japanese. The former Is
pronounced "shlni," which means
death; the latter "shiku," meaning
distress and suffering. These numbers
are carefully avoided by subscribers.
and are usually allotted to police sta
lions, aslyums and similar institutions.
London TitsBits.
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| Yellow Men Sleep
Il By JEREMY LANE
~ruay rsca@pcA
By JEREMY LANE


premier ease. The boy was handed
over TO the matron of the city rest
room. After supper they took him to
his father In the hospital.
"Tm going" said John.
Con was somewhat closer to the
meaning now, Johns eyes were more
deeply shadowed, but even In this new
situation the boy was reassured by the
familiar scent of wine and cinnamon
about the bed.
The young son did not like the
funeral. He refused to weep as In
structed. But he screamed when they
let him see that his father was In the
box. He knew all about II now. He
had seen funerals before. and thrown
stones at them. II meant, as some
said along Dory street, goodnight.
Realization OF his fathers death came
like shower Of hot needles, and then
slow weight on his chest. II was
unbelievable. Tomorrow would be all
right; Il must be. Con was stupefied.
So the city council extended its
humanity once more, and voted care
for the waif. and 1t happened that the
lowest bidder for his keep was the
woman next door--the cheerful slat'
tern with four of her own-and to her
foul dwelling Con went to be raised
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CHAPTER u
Purple Tracery.

In the darkness of the months and
years that followed Con Lexington
did not suffer consciously from the
horrors of his environment He be-
came much like It, and through the
accommodating films OF sordid experience
he saw but vaguely that there was
more in life than this. Whenever
anything beautiful forced its way to-
ward him he could not imagine that
it might be for himself. Yet the true
heritage In his blood was not lost.
Merely his decent, poetic young self
woven and crossed with filth.
He companioned with the scum Of
cities, after running away from Do
waglac, also took few music lessons
of Max Markov, a young Russian spirit
in Chicago. He spent much of his
time at club of questionables, yet
managed to make firm friend OF
Premenez, a Spaniard I'm French dlplO-
matte circles, princely person of ir-
reproachable standing. Con never
realized what an indigestible layer
cake he was making out of life. The
| nearest he ever came to Strengthening
himself out was during occurrences OF
longing to know more, to see deeper
into the complexities about him. He
forgot his father and mother, even for
got the dirty woman whose marks were
, still upon his habits, but this longing
would come frequently out of the wells
Of his spirit. perhaps to be Instantly
| polluted, denied, smiled down. Cor
! did not believe that real life was fol
! such as himself. Both to the under
| world and to the upper realms OF so
ciety, he felt somehow an outsider.
| There was at last a series of events
that quickened his longing to degree
that would not be put aside. Th'
pressure of these strange events form
ed his life. once for all. The bette
story begins here. the final ravelinl
out of the ugly weave in his days
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feminine chatter of his host. He
mounted a stone urn. The high cop
ing of the wall was within Jumping
distance from this, as he had noted In
daylight. He sprang, clutched, and
his wrists burned against the bricks.
Drawing himself up, he dropped down
on the other side, and was In the
street
II depressed him for moment to
think of the bitter misery he had dealt
Chez Ming. This was not his idea OF
something noble. But he had wanted
the small leather sack, still warm with
Chinese heat.
Hatless, out OF breath, he brushed
thu gravel from his knees. and looked
both ways. The suburb was quiet.
ard this the continuance Of a city
street that became road beyond the
town. A blush arc-light at the corner
showed no one. Con turned to the
left and walked rapidly. AS he nenred
/ the next arc-lamp. large black motor
car crawled out of the shadows. and
drew In at the curb on his side OF
the road. The door opened-no light
In the car. Lexington stepped into II
and the door swung shut after him.
The leather packet was placed In the
hand OF the person who sat beside
ldm. THE ear whirred away.
'Have any troubleT' asked the
other.
mo. II was much as you had said"
"IIow did you slip your friend
| Cecil ?" .,.4ts n
Con explained, adding, at was a
shame TO fool him."
81. understand" replied the other
at isn't his fault. Maybe you can
stralghten II out with him some day.
.T hurt that Chiney," said Lexington
half to himself.
| There were no congratulations upon
| the small success. These two had ex
pccted to succeed, and were not sur
| prised.
The other man was of middle age
rather slight and small. Under
soft black hat his hair showed lona
and gray. The lean-fbered strength
OF his hands a. d neck might not have
been considered beautiful; but 10 Cor
Lexington this man was chief. and
more--a comrade and second father
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accept MIN under the crlcunisIanccs.
She still had week OF vacation left.
and she decided to spend 1t with Aunt
Martha in Ohio.
Before leaving the hotel she penned
q note and left II with the clerk.
"Dear Leonard" IL said. II am leav-
Ing. and will never see you again. I
love you. but have been n wretched
decelver and cannot bear to look you
In the face
Thirty-six hours later she leaped
from the train aud into Aunt Martha's
arms. Aunt Martha escorted her to
the relic that had once been an nu-
tomobile, and they drove to the farm.
II was lonesome there. but Winnie
made the best OF IT, She felt that she
was atonlng for her sin by shutting
herself away from the world. She was
bensive and moody, but she roamed
the fields and woods and tried TO for
get the handsome rich man who had
asked her TO marry him.
One day Aunt Martha sent her on
an errand.
"Tve got TO churn today, and Uncle
Roberts busy In the field; so We cane
get away. | wonder II you'd as soon
drive the flivver to town and get that
tire we left to he vulcanized? That
left front one Is about ready TO blow
out"
Winnie welcomed the opportunity,
but she smiled bitterly as she re-
| called her conversation In the north
relative to being bored by driving.
She found the garage without trou-
BILE. stopped the flivver In front and
went into the office, making her wants
known to the proprietor who looked
as though he had just taken bath in
grease.
"Oh. Mr.. Hendricks tire; sure.
think It's ready" he said, and stuck
his head out the door TO call:
"Oh. Len. get Mr.. Hendricks tire.
and bring It out and put II on for the
young lady"
Winnie walked back to the car and
stood waiting. Presently a tall, ath-
letic figure appeared. Juggling the tire.
His face was so black from mechan-
lcal dirt that he would have passed
for an Egyptian night.
(Which wheel. mlss?" he said. and
then stopped and stared, allowing the
tire to drop In the road.
Winnie. puzzled by his behavior.
studied his countenance In an effort
TO penetrate the grease and make out
what he looked like. Suddenly she rec
ognized him. In spite OF the CRIME.
Leonard" she exclaimed. lis II
possible? Why, l thought you-did
you get my note?"
IL did, he affirmed. "and had Just
written one like 1t. to leave for you.
got sick Of that business up. north ant
beat II home about the time you did
: You see, l am another. wrstched de-
ceiver. All the money l possess II
what I've saved from my wages here
: and It isn't much. and the. cars. re
, pnir are the only ones have anything
to do with. went resortfns just Z
|, catch rich girl and I--wssh reaii!
/ wished and wished. you were poor iik
/ myself, as ! could"
Q ~'well,' said Winnie. joyfully, "you
:, wish came true. the same as mine did
, SO now there's nothing to prevent
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close gathering OF faculties. He went
to the door of the buffers pantry, and
passed on through.
In the low light beyond was Chez
Ming. taking care Of the silver. The
face was shadowed, showing neither
surprise nor interest at the approach
of Lexington; yet one bony hand
moved along the shelf toward the
handle OF the breadknife. The
two men came together as swiftly as
struggling phantoms.
Chez Ming was built OF live tendons.
The bread-knlfe came around In the
grip OF yellow fingers closer over Lev
ington's stomach, but could not go ON.
Con plnioned his arms and, with
pang OF regret bent him backward
with force that might have snapped
a white mans spine, but the Chinese
would not be broken. Neither uttered
sound. An instant they locked.
Their feet seemed fast to the floor.
Then. under necessity. the white young
man forgot TO be tender-liearted. n
quick gasp of pain came from the
Oriental lips and Chez Mlng's weapon
ratified to the floor. The victim sighed
and crumpled in Levington's arms.
On the floor he quivered, while the
victor plunged hand into the blouse
and searched. Against the skin Con
touched tiny packet OF leather. warm
and soft and precious He snapped
the throng, withdrew II. stood erect
and listened. Cecil was humming as he
returned. Lexington released the vel
low hands that weakly held one ankle
lifted himself out at the pantr,
window, and dropped into the bushes
below.
In the darkness he ran across thu
lawn, where he had walked two hour
before, listening to the endless half