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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-12-13

clothes, fine houses nor fine furni-
ture.-Franklin
1t is not the quantity of meat, but
the cheerfuIness of the guests, which
makes the feast. Where there is no
peace, there can be no feast.-Earl
of Clarendon.
The widows mite that went tink-
ling through the brazen throat of
the treasury is sounding yet; the es-
Gaping fragrance of the alabaster
box fills the world with sweetness
Beecher.
Be not ashamed of thy virtues
honor's a good brooch to wear in a
mans hat at all times.-Jonson.
The two powers which in my mind
constitute a wise man are those Of
bearing and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-12-13
THE BEST THOUGHTS
or TIE BEST THINKERS

N Friendship improves happiness
and abates misery by the doubling
Of our JOY and the dividing Of our
grief.--Cicero.
Every person has two Quotations
--one which he receives from others,
and one, more Important which he
gives himself.-Gibbon
We are sure to get the better of
fortune if we do but grapple with
her.-Seneca.
Experience keeps a dear school,
but fools will learn in no other, and
scarce in that.-Franklin.
Manhood begins when we have an
anyway made truce with necessity;
but begins joyfully and hopefully
onl ywhen we have reconciled our
selves to necessity.-Carlyle.
More men are beaten by success
than by failure. There are men who
cannot be defeated by difficulty nor
Disappointment; but before praise, re-
ward and recognition, they go aumb-
hing down. The man who is not
ahead of what the people praise him
for, who is not willing TO forego their
praise to fulfill his program, is al
ready on the down grade. The man
who thinks he has done something,
has not many more things to do.
Ones program should be so long and
so complete that when praise comes
to him it will seem to him to be triy-
ial, or for some accomplishment
which he made long ago and has left
behind. The man who cannot see
more things yet to do, than the pub
lie praises him for having done, is
nearly through.-Ford.
No man can be provident Of his
time who is not prudent in choice of
his company.-Taylor.
You cannot dream yourself into a
character; you must hammer and
forge yourself on.-Froude.
A friendship that makes the least
noise is often the most useful; for
which reason shoul prefer a pru-
dent friend to a jealous one-Addi-
son.
The eyes of other people are the
eyes that ruin us. If all but myself
we're blind / should want neither fine
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-12-13

If everybody told the truth and
nothing but the truth, lot of brides
and grooms would receive sympathy
and regrets instead of congratula-
tions.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-12-13
LOVE BESIDE THE FIRE


The price Of autumn fades away on
wooded vale and hill,
The days are growing grayer and the
nights are growing chill,
Then, hey for the home and happy
eyes and joys that never tirel
Wen face the worst that winter
brings, with love beside the
frel
o, sweet as youth the springtime
was, and fair were summers
bowers,
And gaily flowed the pageantry Of
autumn's golden hours;
With sadness fro mthe hills We saw
their sunlit days retire,
But winter brings us back again to
love beside the 6rel
So bolt the door against the blast,
and start the cheerful blaze
And let us sit, sweetheart Of mine,
and talk Of Olden days,
OF days when you first woke in me
the dream Of young desire,
When yet hardly dared 10 hope for
love beside the frel
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-12-13

farm. According to Miss King, steps
will be taken to start similar work
in the three counties surrounding Tus-
cumbia, Ala
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-12-13

The BOttling Works Co, East Lo-
Gust street, has put in gasoline
station and asks for a share Of pub
lie patronage. (lO4tfl
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-10-21

rupted:
"We're ridin' too fast. We're too
much ahead O. the others. One O. them
Balls might try to pick you off with
his rifle gum"
mot much danger of that" Dale re-
piled. "The Balls have already been
warned about sniping your father told
them that their very name would be
secured off the earth if there was any
sniping. Besides, BY Heck is acting
as advance guard somewhere ahead Of
u.s."
He continued, GAS soon as I can
build and furnish a little house out
near the mine, / want you to marry
me. Babe. VIII your"
Elizabeth Littleford seemed not to
have heard.
"Will you, Babe?"
She faced him sadly. He saw in
her hazel eyes the same queer light
Of tragedy that he had seen there a
day or two before; and now, as then,
he wondered what it could mean.
VI.
found glints of gold in her thick chest
nut-brown hair She was silent for a
moment; then her voice came duly:
"Pd better not marry you, Bill Dale"
Dale sat up straight and rigid in
his saddle and stared hard at her SOL
emnly beautiful profile He could
hardly believe that he had heard cor
rectly. He knew she loved him. She
had told him that she loved him. Then
why wouldn't she marry him? He
tried to reason it out, and the attempt
made his brain ache; he was unable
to reason. He knew only that she was
all of the future to him, all Of the
world to him, and-that she had re-
fused to marry him.
When they were within two miles
of home, Dale went suddenly white
and caught her almost rudely by a
wrist
'Is it Jimmy Fayne2" he demanded
hotly.
She gave him a reproachful glance
and said nothing. He flung her hand
from him angrily.
Dale did not speak again until they
had entered the broad valley that was
home to him. Somehow he felt limp
now. The great wave of anger had
passed.
81 guess you are too good for me-"
he said There was weakness in his
voice, and it was the first weakness
she had ever known in him.
"Will you always think of me as
the finest and most beautiful woman
in the world? she asked.
always"
'Tt's the best can hope for" mur-
INJURED Elizabeth.
"What do you D1eanW
TITS the best ] can hope for" Eliza
beth repeated as though she were talk
ing to herself.
They rode on in silence.
There was no sleep for Bill Dale that
night The sweetness of his liberty
had all been taken away by Babe Lit
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-10-21

land quickly told what he had to say,
and backed 1t up with proof; he
brought out a perfect allbi. The
judge and the jury frowned and smiled
in the same instant. Dale went for
ward and took his place. He pleaded
'Not Guilty" A little later the state
introduced it's evidence and rested
The counsel for the defense, patri-
clan and soldier-like, immaculate from
his toes to the crown of his head,
went eagerly to his feet. He had fully
prepared himself, and he delivered his
argument with an eloquent and force
full swing. 1t was plain that the jury
was favorably impressed by the words
of this man who never accepted case
unless he was absolutely sure that his
client was in the right.
Major Bradley hinged his argument
on the mysterious third shot. If Dale's
bullet had killed Adam Ball, would
not Adam Ball have been shot squarely
or at least nearly squarely from the
front? AS it was, the Goliath had been
shot straight through the temples
That third shot had been fired by some
hidden friend of Dale's, the major de.
clared, and it had been done for the
purpose of saving Dale's life Ball
had been in the act Of playing a cow
ardly trick; he had killed a man in
North Carolina by just such a trick
and he had boasted of it.
The attorney for the state made a
rejoinder that almost favored the de-
fendant Then the court charged the
jury, and the twelve good men retired.
The jury was out not more than
twenty minutes, but to Elizabeth Lit
tleford it was an age of torture.
The twelve men filed slowly in and
faced the judge, who turned austere
eyes upon them and asked:
Gentlemen of the jury, have you
reached verdict?"
They had. Elizabeth Littleford' s
head swan as she bent forward to
catch the foreman's words
'Not guilty"
A wild shout rose from the leathery
throat of the happy By Heck. The
MOrelands and the LittlefOrdS cheered
until they were hoarse. Sheriff Tom
Flowers had difficulty in quieting the
tumult. Bill Dale shook hands until
his shoulders ached. The Balls and
their relatives, bitter with resentment
and hatred stole out, were given their
rifles, and went toward the big hills
with the eye of the militia hard upon
them.
Then the Morelands and the Little
fords and the Hecks, with Dale and
his mining man Hayes, came out, and
they, too, started for the big hills.
Dale had hired a horse and a side
saddle for Ben Littleford's daughter,
and the two rode in each others COM
pany on the journey home. When they
were we'll into the mountains, Dale
drew his horse over close to that of
his companion.
"As soon as l can build and furnish
-" he began, when Elizabeth inter
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-10-21

ter cnance of acquittal than anybody
else would stand, and that If l re-
ceived sentence the right man
would come forward with confess
sion. l have an idea that BY Heck
himself killed Adam Ball-that is, If
! didn't do it."
"And Gale Moreland-wasn't it fine
for him to do what he done for you,
Bill Dale? How are you gettin' along
with the mine?"
"First rate" Dale answered, bright
ening at once. "We're shipping now
And we're getting a smashing price
for every ounce Of it."
81 see," said the young woman. He
went on:
"All of the boys and girls Of the
Morelands, except the very little ones,
are in school at Cartersville, and
they're learning fast. When our bor-
rowed capital is paid back, the More
land families are going to buy farms
lying ncsr Gainesville and go to them.
A big loWland farm close to good
schools and a good little town-Well,
there are worse places on earth. Pity
poor David MOreland can't know about
it,"
I'D sayw
She hung her head. She was think
ing, as she had so often thought be-
fore, Of her own benighted people.
"And the Littlefords?" she MUIR
INJURED. 1t had slipped past her lips.
Dale and the Morelands owed the Lit
tlefords nothing.
Dale understood, and he gave her
a sympathetic glance.
"a few of the boys and girls of the
Littlefords are going to school in Car
tersville, perhaps one from each fam
ily," he told her. ut is rather ex-
pensive, you know, On account of the
boarding, and they can't afford to
send all their children. However, |
think-ultimately-your people will
have their chance for education. too
But it won't do much good to edu-
cate one out O. each family" said Eliz-
abeth. "They'd come straight back
here when they got through with their
schoolin', and soon fogit-I mean for
get lit all. If they make their learn
in pay em anything, they'll have to
stay where they can use it."
She began to stare absently toward
her well-shOd feet.
"Are you ready to go?" Dale asked
Elizabeth Littleford raised her head
with a slight jerk and said rather aWk-
wardly:
HAS the valley changed muchr'
''Not very much," answered Dale
There's a new log church, where an
old minister named Ashby Cross
breaches the gospel of straight walk
ing and human kindliness every Sun
day. Henderson Golf isn't here any
more, but he sent me his address in
case we wanted to sell the mine! The
Torreys have gone back to Jerusalem
cove and Hatton's hell, and the Balls
are as quiet as mice. These, believe
are all the changes worth mentioning
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-10-21

Together they set out and walked,
without saying much, to the crest of
David Moreland's mountain, and there
they halted. The autumn sum- a great
red ball of fire, was just setting beyond
the majestic Big Pine.
Dale pointed to long, moss-covered
slab Of brown sandstone.
Lets sit down there and rest" he
suggested. you're tired, Babe, |
know. Don't mind my calling you
Babe do youY'
/ She looked at him as though she
were surprised at his asking that. They
sat down.
Bill Dale suddenly leaned toward her
and took one of her hands; and he
didn't take it as Jimmy Fayne had
done-as though he were afraid of it.
"You know l love you, don't you
Babe?"
1--WE been believin' it," she told him
after moment of painful silence. She
was a tritle pale now. ''But it-Bill
Dale, it somehow don't seem just right
for you to love me. Because I'm such
pore little nobody. I'm as ignorant
as sin; and | hain't-haven't even got
good manners. But-but if you love,
if you're sure you do, tell me WHY
There came another minute of pain
full silence.
Because" said Dale, speaking slow
ly, "you have always seemed to be
one of my own kind. You seem real,
to me. / was so sick of artifcialities
in women that / loved you the moment
saw you. l know you are primitive,
but l am primitive, too. And you
weren't calling yourself Ma-a-am-mah'
to id poodle.
Major Bradley" he went on, ''feels
sure that l will be acquitted. If it
turns out like that, l want you to
marry me at once. Tell me-will you,
Babe?"
How boyishly impatient he was. Was
lie afraid he would lose her by wait
ing?
"You love me, don't you, BabeY he
pursued.
ACHC ldCcu ullH Will Iu6
queer light of tragedy in her eyes.
But she didn't speak He pressed her
hand until it hurt and demanded:
"You do don't you, Babe?"
"Yes," she told him, in a voice that
he barely heard.
"Then why won't you marry me?"
She didn't answer. She wouldn't
+ answer.
=
The day of the trial dawned clear,
with the snap of autumn in the
air. The courthouse was filed to its
capacity within fifteen minutes after
the doors were thrown open. Every
man who had a rifle was forced to
leave it behind with the sheriff's depu-
ties; company Of the states militia
was there, and each member Of it had
hundred rounds Of ball cartridges
in his belt-the authorities were taking
no chances.
Amid a breathless hush, the wheels
! of the law BEGAN TO move Caleb More
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-10-21
CHAPTER XIV.



Two days before Bill Dale was tried
in court at Cartersville, the new Eliza
beth Littleford alighted from an after
noon train at the Halfway switch. She
was dressed in a smart and neatly
fitting suit of dark blue, with lacey
white at her throat and at her wrists;
she wore hat Of dark blue relieved
by a touch of white. In one Of her
strong and well-shaped, gloved hands
she carried a travelling bag of black
leather.
A big and sunburned young man In
boots and cordurOys FASTENED to her.
He raised his broad-rimmed hat,
smiled, took the bag, and pressed her
hand as though he was very glad to
see her.
"Bill DaleW r. she cried joyously above
the roar of the passing train. "Bill
Dale, it's you"
"Sure, It's mel" laughed Dale "How
good you look can hardly believe
it's you."
"But 1t is," she smiled. "Tell me:
what do you think the outcome O. your
trial is going to be?"
I Dale noted that her English had I'M
proved, and it was gratifying to him.
AS for the trial
81 don't know" he said. "But Ma
jor Bradley thinks I'll come clear. He
believes that somebody that was hid
den On the moutainside above us shot
Ball to save me. By Heck hinted that
he knew that this was the case; and
he intimated that would stand bet
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-10-21
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~ ATE.s =. .s,' ITYSuns 1s'S C c.Eiyls y % W,!ssss
John K Dale, arrives 1t the Haifway
swatoh in eastern Tsnnassee, abandon
p4a: r: Pstfics ,os cisv:rss. IT eotSsn the
as ms:s. Rss; ~s' 15 tsplesi rs:
moaatainser Eirl: by" Heck, : o6atao-
lands home. Morsland is chief Of bis
''qtap," which has an OLD feud with the
Htttesords. He tells Dale Of the killiAs
Of his brother. David :M?reland, years
as ss ssn:d & sarISis is r. sr.lsRRSs SlsRSSa
aoa q Carlyle" @ @s4SsSs Dale 70 believe
CHAPTER II-Dale arranges to make
his home with the Moreland family, Tor
whom he sntsrtains deep respect
IeissorG mex. as d.y. bass i: .'ta erdsrea sy
BLACK Adam" Ball. bully Of the district,
.o,s..y to l:.xs his girl. alenA. Psis replies
ranges With John MSrsfsnd To- develop
Davad's coal deposits. Beg. Httletord
sends g.. 2 challenge halls 70 John Horeland 70
battle. Moreland a9reAA
Chapter Iv.-Durtpg the night all
the guns belonging to thA Attlefords and
the Morslands mystsriously disappear.
CHAPTER v.-Dals ssranges t9 20 to
Cincinnati 70 secure nensy Tor the min
Ing Of the eel sSs IN: wo clans G nnS S,tasI their
and line up for battle. Babe" In an
Morsland side Of tie Fyss, ana ts ACCT
ssss1 Sssss|lZ shot BY her faaAsF and ''r'0''Al'
sid, John Norelsnd, Asn Utteford and
4: 1 'fpssss pSsrs ss:. ss% 81:
Psss. Psss.. T.as haS e. s.s:s
n:s ssas csp1aa, ss :S soa ssnsi & &.
fathsrs sulit in ths filiins Of Gorsiand
ak.a CHATTER : yn-s W. sr. sr.anEEsS1 ES1 s;a that
srs i prSnsrsd financial sis 70 Develop he
mine, interests Newton Wheatley, CAPT
talist. who agrees TO furnish the money.
Dale realixes he loves Babe"
HsI9Way Switch. DsiS meets MAJOR
Bradley. lawyer, and real friend Of the
moHntai3ssr zee whom he engages Ssu
Goft, Of evil repSte, aiss to bribe 5als
to Betray the Moreiands by selling him
the coal deposits, and telling them they
Are Of little value. Dale attempts to
bA1A 10 unarmed.
CHAPTER IX.-Goff enlists the aid Of a
turbulent crowd, the Balls and Torreys.
Lttlsfofds and Morelands agree to forget
the old feud and dwell in harmony.
CHAPTER x.-"Babs" returns to her
I@urins S psle sns Semonstrstss ass 20 and e she she
education. Waylaid by "Black Adam
s Dss ana ashts S. S duel b,is h Is sae
rssted ana taken to jail et Cartersyille.
fiieS 'is Ball ''' A'" ~ 'A'' ''N'O A'
tion as to who really killed Ball, the
who had constituted himself DaIe'i
guardian.
CHAPTER XII - Caleb Morsland, sor
Of John Moreland. admits firing the shot
which killed Ball, and takes Dale's place
In jail. He Is innocent, but takes thu
blame 1Ss ns Killing hs sTass Of
nina
CHAPTER XIII.-On the pretext Of In
vsstigating another coal deposit, Dale IL
decoyed to a gathering of the Balls ane
Torreys. They try him for the murder
of Adam Ball, find him guilty, and sen
tence him to be hanged next day. He II
rescued by BY Heck. Goff is forced Il
leave the neighborhood
CHAPTER XIV. Babe writes Dale
that she Is living with his parents ant
that her education Is progressing. Jimm,
To ~ nd ak URa he
to marry him, but she tells him she loves
Dale.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-10-21

tlefords refusal to marry him. He
became bitter toward her again. She
had been exceedingly unfair to him:
while she really loved him, she was
going to marry Jimmy Fayne because
he had so much money. She was un-
grateful to him: it was through him
that she was being educated, being
lifted out Of her uncouth and Hitter
ate self and set on higher social and
intellectual plane. All he had ever
heard Of the so-called unfathomable
mystery Of womankind he now be-
lieved, and more. All this, of course,
was unworthy. But Bill Dale was in
tensely human, and to be human is
to be unworthy.
1t turned cold that night A little
before noon Of the next day, BY Heck
stepped into the Moreland Coal COM
pany's office.
Dale looked wearily up from his lit
tered desk.
II am very much obliged to you for
shooting Adam Ball, By"
'Tt's hi, Bill, amt it?"
"What?"
Heck leaned over and rested his
knotty hands on the muzZle of the in
evitable rifle.
Continued Next Week
plaaSa aSk U0ur GrOcar< for
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-03-25
COMMITTEE BRRTHs
FOR SENATOR WELLER

Senator o. f. Weller. of Maryland,
viii get assignments to three semi-
major committees in Congress, ae-
cording TO reports from Washington.
Mr.. Weller. it is said, was particularly
desirious Of being placed on commit
tees having jurisdiction over legisla-
ton Affecting the commercial, fnan-
cial and industrial developments IN
Maryland. His assignments, there.
fore, will be TO Commerce, Banking
and Currency. Manufactures. Pensions
and District OF Columbia.
The two former are committees Of
great Importance, one handling legis-
lation relating to promotion Of for
eign and domestic commerce opera
ton of the Shipping Board and the
Rivers and HaTbors Approximation bill
and the other financial legislation and
the administration OF The currency
laws.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-03-25
MARYLAND DAT

This il Maryland Day, APP
propriateIy designated by the
State Board Of Education to mark
sle anniversary Of the founding
Of the colony on March %, 1852,
and sci apart as a day 10 be ceie-
brated in the public schools Of the
State.
The first act OF the Maryland
pilgrims who landed on Blacks
tons Isle was to offer thanksgis-
ing and praise for the safe terini-
nation OF their voyage and to rem
der homage TO the Creator in the
celebration Of the Mass. They
came TO the new world to founs
a colony where federation of re-
ligious opinions would be as
surcd. and their determination
made Maryland the birthplace
and the stronghold Of religious
freedom. The Land OF the Sane
tuars-, the Day Star Of American
Freedom, are among the titles BY
which Maryland Is still known.
This was not, accomplished
however. without many struggles
one OF the most decisive Of which
was the Battle Of the Severn.
It was on March 34. 1865, just
200 years ago yesterday, that
Governor Stone with 4 small
force of 100 men advanced to the
settlement at Providence Cater to
be known as Annapolis). Iic was
there met ~ Captain Fuller
whom the Puritans had named as
Governor. aud force of 1s5 men
The puritans were the victors in
this fight, following which they
took possession Of the Great Sea-
and records Of MARYLAND. but. il
the i1ica1Jisnc = armament ilaAlliS
been overthrow BY Cromwell
and the latter having taken Lord
Baltimore's part, the Puritans
gaze up the struggle The au-
thority Of Lord Baltimore was
afterwards acknowledged, and tht
nanN If the Puritan settlement
was changed to Anne Arundel
calnty, and the city which later
grew up was called annapolis.
Thus Annapolitans have a spe-
ciai interest and pride in Mary
land Day, and cherish the princi-
Irlcs for which il has always stood
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-03-25
CCLORED CONFERENCE
PROBABLY TO EXTEND
THROUGHOUT SUNDAY

There YVES something OF lull in the
proceedings OF the conference OF the
Waahington District. African Metho-
dist Episcopal Church today At a
meeting tonight, however, it is ex-
pected charge assignments will be
made Up, and it is not unlikely that
the conference will extend until Sum
day, although it was hoped to get
through today.
Last night, which marked the fifth
session. DR.. j. w. E. Bowen, delivered
an inspirational address. and Rev. DIR.
Pratt, Dean of Howard University,
Washington, also addressed the dele
gates. Mayor Levy, In q brief ad-
dress, extended the delegates the free
don of the city. Business tfansac-
tions in connection with the meeting
Included granting the superannuary
relation OF e. b. Bishop, and J. f.
Chestnut. Bishop Mcdowell ordained
20 the order of Elder, Rev. r. NJ.
Williams, and announced his transfer
to the Central Mission Conference.
The Bishop also consecrated Mrs
Jane Love, Deaconess. The case
os Bradley Johnson was referred to
The Special Committee for investiga-
ton of charges preferred against him.