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The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-01-07
ODE
Blue Moon
CA Tale of the F1atWoods

| to this letter, / beg to remain. as ever,
"Your obedient serv't.
"GEO. ESKRIDGE.' .
A voice out of the big world she had
visited only in dreams She glanced
again at the letter, looked hard at the
opening Of the third paragraph.
turned to her companion. He had bent
forward and sat staring at the floor.
what does it mean?"
lit MEANS" he said slowly after
time, with his eyes still on the floor.
that you are a rich heiress; and
you've got a-name."
"A name :" she repeated, her wOm-
ans intuition instantly catching the
minor note. $50 have you, and'-she
reached in her bosom and drew out
the draft-"a fortune. And you made
them both yourself
He glanced at the draft; waved it
away without lifting his head.
Keep it, please, for me till after
tonight"
She put it back in her bosom, picked
up the letter and sat bordering, steal
ing an occasional glance at his glum
face
Seven years the letters came" the
man unused, half aloud, land you never
received them. The postmaster has
stroke-you receive the very next let
ter that comes"
You don't reckon"
Reckon! It's a plain case. Let's
see-every month-six hundred a year
seven years-seven times six hun
dred-no wonder he could build that
new house"
"Oh, Welt Poor old man! He's
paying for it,
"And do you think that's the way a
man pays?"
"Sometimes-maybe
The man raised his eyes after a time
to the bright spots of metal in the
gathering gloom above the mantel.
''The letter called him a famous sol
der. Maybe that's his sword. and
spurs?"
''They are"
"And you keep them shining bright
like thatT'
always"
The man was silent long time. One |
he dreaded to ask it, He twisted him |
self around so as to look into the face
of his companion. 1t was deeply |
Things had recently hap |
pened in his own life that had brought |
the question to his mind. Finally very
softly, reverently, he ventured 1T forth.
"And your motherT'
The girl caught her breath; dropped
one hand, doubtless uneonsciously, up
ON his shoulder Her lashes dropped
low.
II never saw her! :" she said, after
a time. "And she-never saw me ~
There was a pause. Her grave is
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Reversed.

famous Scotch minister of the
last century was very absent minded
and many amusing stories are told of
this awkward failing. On one occa-
sion he had arranged TO preach in
certain church few miles from Aber-
deem. He set out on a pony in good
time, but wher near the end of the
journey he felt desire to take a pinch
of snuff The wind was blowing in
his face. so he turned the head of the
pony around. the better to enjoy che
luxury. Pocketing his snuffbox. he
started the pony without thinking to
turn it in the right direction, and he
did not discover his error until he
found himself back in Aberdeen, at the
very time when he ought TO have been
preaching seven miles away.-Buffalo
Commercial.
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on hill that overlooks the river. Dad
dy took me and came up here in the
Flatwoods TO forget. guess ne
couldn't forget. for he never went
back"
The Pearlhunter was sorry he had
asked the question. The grave that
overlooked the river! Was there not
another such grave-not three days
old; the orchids upon it still alive !
The gray eyes followed the blue into
the pensive shadows.
81 wonder what it MEANS" he medi-
tated half aloud "You are to fall heir
TO his fortune, if no word comes. What
word, do you suppose? And why
should any word prevent you falling
heir to his fortune.-your father's?"
II wondered about that / guess it's
just lawyer talk. Do you think !
should answer that letter."
II think you should
But what would I say? As I said
a while ago. I never wrote letter"
Neither did t. He saw the answer
did not relieve the perplexity on the
thoughtful face. and went on. ssBut
I'd tell him about your life here, and
about your father's-accident. and
that this is the first letter you've re-
ceived for seven years" He hesitated,
seemed to study his next word. finally
added: And believe I'd ask him to
come; yes. I believe / would-ask him
to come
Why, of course; why couldn't L
think Of that? Now you'd better lie
down while I get you a mite of sup
per-"
In an instant he was on his feet,
protesting.
II shall have to get supper for
Daddy. anyhow" she emphasized.
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WASP

" HE U. S. 5. Wasp had tran
4 sient glory about her that was al
most modern.
She fitted into being in April. 1914,
and buzzed out during the fall OF the
same year.
There was a first Wasp in the war
of 1872. This second one was smaller
but better built Her 500 tons made
her little more than an overgrown
yacht.
She was armed with 20 sawed-off 30
Founders and pair of lean 12-pound-
ers. Cutting loose all together she
could hurl the tremendous broadside
of 315 pounds of metal-Or about the
weight of one modern S-inch SHE'LL
Captain johnnie" Blakeley took her
out on May 1, 1914. He wasted no time
but headed straight for the English
channel. In six weeks he had cleaned
up enough prizes to retire on chick
eo farm.
But Johnnie was not the retiring
kind or we shouldn't have named one
of our late destroyers after him.
On June % H. NJ S. Reindeer hove
in sight With Laplandish pertinacity
the Wasp perched on the Renders
haunch and stung her venomOusly.
But the Reindeer was known as the
pride of Portsmouth. so she bucked
and kicked and fetched other vicious
efforts TO dislOdge her adversary. Her
skipper Capt. William Manners, leaped
into the rigging and CALAMITY promul-
gated a boarding party over the rail
OF the Wasp. which had come along
sides.
Followed n unanimous and success
full prohibition movement amongst the
Americans.
Bill Manners and 81 of his crew and
officers were killed or wounded. The
ships clerk was the only officer left to
surrender.
Thence the Wasp sailed to France to
recOup. She did it so well that soon
after leaving port she attacked con-
voy of ten vessels escorted by the IA
gun ship-of-the-line Armada. With
sentimental partiality she cut out the
brig Mary. captured valuable military
stores and escaped.
With her blood still up she fell in
with III. NJ. S. Avon. After a running
fight of two hours in the darkness of
night the enemy surrendered. The
AvOn's mainsail fell over her after
guns and blanketed their fire.
At the moment the Britisher sur
rendered several more of the enemy
hove up over the horizon. Capt
Blakeley prudently beat it.
On Sept. 81 the brig Atlanta was
taken. She was the fifteenth prize.
October 8 the Wasp fell in with
Swedish brig and was reported for the
last time. She was never seen nor
heard of again.
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hin to the top or the bIuff. Keep out
of sight as much as possible. I'll be
right behind you
The sheriff was not a brilliant man.
but he did have a saving grain IF
horse sense. He crept-along the
barn wall, up the hill through the
bushes and into the thick woods at
the top of the bluff. The shadow be-
hind him was noiseIess, but he knew
that il was there
ITO Fallen Rock" came a low, in
cisive command. You know the way"
He knew the way. He took IT, He
never liked TO remember that Journey.
1t brought the sweat out on his head
to recall it. Not even a sheriff.
FIatwoods sheriff, to boot-has a stom-
ach for a tramp through the dark at
the point of six-gun in the hands of
such a man.
At the spring around back of the
west end of the old cabin. he hest
tated. undecided whether that was the
final destination, and yet dreading TO
make the mistake, if it wasn't The
gun muzzle prodded him onto the brink
of the pool under the falls Barely
out of reach of the spray. the shadow
came around and faced him.
you think I'm the Red Mask. The
whole town thinks l am. Like pack
of hounds you've hunted me today, but
you hunted the wrong man. The real
Red Mask was one of the pack That
timber buyer is your man."
The sheriff started. The cold voice
went On.
did you ever know him to buy a
timber option? Did you ever hear of
any that he bought?"
NO"
The sheriff was surprised TO find his
mouth dry. his tongue stiff
"And you never viii. He deliberate
ly planned to lay the murder of Louie
Solomon on me. He's the real muir
derer, and has the Blue Moon at this
minute l knew. it all along, but had
no proof. Tonight l expect to get my
proof and 1 brought you along to help
me get it"
The Pearlhunter briefly explained
what he had CHANGED to learn the eve
ming before after escaping from the
Jail.
Had you never noticed that he
comes down this way every night?" he
concluded.
''Yes, but 1 understood it was to see
a girl"
The Pearlhunter WINGED. His jaw
frightened. He was thinking Of the talk
that had probably been banded back
and forth over the bar of the Mud
Hen.
HE came TO feed his horse There's
no girl down here his mouths dit TO
mention. He'll come tonight = any
minute now. Quick Out on that fiat
rock"
Without word, the sheriff bounded
over the two intervening stones to the
fiat rock. The Pearlhunter waited just
long enough to sound the woods. The
noise of the falls made it impossible.
With a searching look back up the bluff
as far as his eyes would carry In the
gloom, he joined the sheriff.
Jump. l told you how
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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It was Roberts first day I'm school
and he was having a good time talking
TO the little girl that sat next To him,
when his teacher called him mp to her
and SAT him on her knee till she had
finished the lesson when she said 20
him:
Now. Robert ARE You not sorry
you made so much noise that Miss
Clarke had to cali You up and sit you
on her lapg"
Robert snuggled up To her and
looked up into her face. and. smiling.
said: No. like it,
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-01-07
Marriage without a courtshIp.

When a New Guinea woman falls
in love with n man she sends piece
OF string TO his sister. or. if he has
no sister. to his mother or another of
his lady relatives. Then the lady who
receives the string tells the favored
man that the particular woman is In
love with him. Noscourtfng follows,
however. for Ii is considered beneath
New Guinea mans dignity TO waste
time In such pursuit. IF the man
thinks he would like to wed the lady,
he meets ner alone, and they decide
whether TO marry or drop the idea.
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strength Of ! clear conscience.

A great fnancier IN New York sat
one day, good many years ago. on
the board of one OF the big life insur-
ance companies, and argued with Its
members that they ought to buy space
I'm the newspapers every year End
print their whole balance sheet, show
Ing every dollars worth OF property
they owned. One director objected In
dignantly. "But some day you will
make a. bad investment" the objector
said 'sWhat are you going 10 do
khen7 Are you going to advertise that
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She led him into strange house
and said strange things TO strange
people. His head whirled He tried
TO remember IL he had had more than
one glass of grog at the landing.
Ten minutes he sat in a kind of
trance. Then someone mentioned st.
Johns. He leaped TO his feet. The
boOm-the compass deviation :" he
cried. Its Newfoundland I've hit"
They thought him crazy. but in fact
1t was his compass that had gone
~looney. He had missed Sydney by just
three hundred miles!
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-01-07
Meaning Of Word 4Hooan-.

The hut of the Navajo Indians Is
called hogan" 1t consists Of a
conicaI framework covered with poles,
bark and earth. The main beams turn
north, south and west, while the en-
trance Is on the east side. Sometimes
the shelter Of the Pima tribes are alsa
called hogans.
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TO the public too7" To which the
flnancier replied: "If you know in ad-
vance that every investment you
make IS going 70 be advertised. You
Will be much less likely TO make a
bad investment. Joseph French
johnson.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-01-07
Don't FORGET cuticur7 Taleun

When adding TO your toilet requisites
An exquisitely scented face. skin, baby
and busting powder and perfume, reD-
dering other perfumes superhuous-
You may rely on it because one OF the
Cuticura Trio (Soap. Ointment and
Talcum). 25c each everywhere.-Adv.
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Grease in waIInaner

Press a cloth moist with high grade
gasoline against the paper for about
q minute. Do this repeatedly. as
single application will remove only
s. part of the grease
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Some Husbands Still Timorous.

Some Husbands Still Iim0Tous-
In old colony days il was against
the law for n man TO kiss his wife on
Sunday"
81 fear we are still feeling the effect
of those laws"
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Covering the Situation.

Visitor-'T hardly know what to do
with my Weekend Nafive-ssI sug-
gest that you put hat on it,"
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Wright's Indian Vegetable pills contain
nothing but vegetables ingredients whfcA
act gently 3 tonic and purFative by mtfm-
ulation and not by frritation--Adv.
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a door must be either open or shut
French proverb.
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Check That Cold
Right Away
DIR. Kings New Discovery
soon breaks cold and
checks a cough

a SUDDEN -sneezes-stlIfFy
a feeling IN the head-and you have
the beginning of a hard cold. Get right
after Il, just as soon as the snifies
start, with DR.. Kings New Discovery
For fifty years a standard remedy for
colds, coughs and grippe.
You viii soon notice a change for
the better. Has a convincing, healing
taste that the kiddies ike. Good for
croupy coughs All druggists, 6Oe
and $40 a bottle.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-01
In the French Salon.
Jupon Blouses
New and Different

And what an important part
they play in the wcll-dre5scd
woman's wardrobe this season.
Only one Of Il model in this
group, showing the trend Of
Fashion toward graceful, flowing
lines in sleeves and uneven hens.
Some are so long that only
petticoat is needed TO complete
the costume.
JUPON BLOUSES of figured
duvetine and silk crepe skirt;
another OF metal brocade-and-
Canton crepe, a third of velvet
brocadcd crepe Georgette, and so
on through a beautiful collection
5000 10 $3.50.
;'rnwbr.42e s C.o,..e'--
Preach sa,on. Third floor. West
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-01
PLENTY OF FRESH TURKEY
Highest Price for Thanksgiving
Birds May Not Be over soc lb.

Plenty Of fresh turkeys, and at
lower rates than last year, are prom.
iscd for Philadelphia by the principal
retail poultry dealers. One dealer said
that ne did not believe that the highest
price would be over fifty cents q
pound.
Cold d-storagc dealers, it is said, will
find It hard winter and mny have to
suffer a loss possibly Of twenty cents a
pound.
Arthur II. Donsor. head Of one OF
the largest firms of poultry dealers in
the Reading Terminal Market. said yes.
terday that fresh turkeys will lie
abundant this year. and that the cold :
storage birds will likely be excluded
from tho market. Philadelphia prin :
cipal Thanksgiving supply, he said.
will coinc from Kentucky and Ohio. ne
express shipments Of turkeys from those
States only require twenty -four hours
to reach here. q"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-01
",Jillion a Month" Bureau

( The Bureau o; Highways is mil
,i,n .dollur.a month" bureau. The
contracts completed in that bureau so
for thls year are ~. at 4 t0tn! cost
OF 81 230. .766. 80. They are divided,
as 10 the character OF work. as fol-
iows. Fifty four grading contracts ct
cost OF S104, 4,323.21: eighty three
waving contracts ut cost Of S3l1,-
T0S,GJ; eighteen repaving. at u cost Of
s1OS5. 5.3T5: seventy foar miscellaneous,
at cost Of s427 .114.4S: four cor
tracts for improving country roads at
cost Of S42. .955: orc contract fof
work on the Roosevelt boulevard at
cost Of S16O. .04S.G2. and three contracts
for work ct League Island Park n. 4
cost oi SJ.34A.4T.
The work under contract in the Eu-
reau OF Highways, but not yet COM
rleted is Represented By :;01 contracts
at total cost II 81 236. .T4S.64. Under
this heading are five contracts Tor bath
ing beaches totaling $3Gi i.003; one for
the improvement q Delaware avenue,
which is being converted :nto oEc Of
the first -claSs streams OF traffic. a.
a cost Of S"0%.G00: ninety FIVE con-
tracts for r2nNvirg valued ut $3.50,
$50: fifty -u!ne for paving ut SGlS,-
1890 forty eight tor grading ct
cost OF $500 .044.T9: seen for improI'-
ips country roads at Sl93.502. Az; FIVE
for work on the Roosevelt boulevard.
TIE wonderful roadway FOR pleasure
and commercial traffic running out tic
northeast, ut cost ot S20t GSG.l0.
three for LcagIe Island PARK. valued
at $33o, cT2 IS; two OH the Parkway
at sos 600. and seventy six miscnl-
aneous pieces 0? Improvement, scat.
tered over the city, valued ut $685.
123.6S.
After Mayor Moore had finished ore
OF hts recent tours of inspection. and
had seen the work being done In various
sections Of the city, lie remarked
II the taxpayers could get real
hfird's'epe view OF tleir city and zee
The. WORK uader way, they would sec
sight Of unparalleled activity in Pail
sdelphia. That Is whnt we arc in
ttcrested IN: getting things done. and
they are being done. You might under.
score that verb are
"Philaaelphia's highways are being
MADE over-ncw streets HIe being
opened and sewers laid. and the road
paved for the development Of new bugi.
ness and residential districts"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-01
Also a Lot of Laced High Shoes at S5.45

Laced leather with BLACK hid black cnameled Louis
Laced black bucn black cloth Louis
= M .rGE & EE naLL
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-01
AUT0IST'S THROAT is CUT
BY WINDSHIELD IN CRASH
John elore, Of Torresdale, Narrowly
H Escapes Death In Accident

The throat Of John GIore, twenty
five years old, Of Torresdale, was
gashed by glass from broken wind
shield when the small touring car In
which he was riding crashed into n
heavy machine parked on Broad street
at Tioga. mt o'clock this morning.
The glass made deep wound with.
in a short distance of the jugular vein.
Another fraction Of all inch and Glore
would have died in few minutes. As
1t was. he was weak from loss Of blood
when he was taken to the Samaritan
Hospital, and still is in serious con :
dition.
Glore was riding with John Costello,
driver Of the car, and John Holt. both
young men Of Torresdaie. Apparently
they did not see tho big car parked BY
the curb. The owner OF the larger car
ie being sought. 1t bore Pennsylvania
license number, but one 80 high thnt it
Is not in the local records and must be
obtained from Harrisburg.
Costello and Eoft were arrested and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-01
.iG]UNC|L |MPER|LS
BIC CITY PROGRAM
rioht.ning Of Pursestrings tor
sactionaI Revenge May Do
Damage, caven Says
FINDS ARE DWIhDL1Ae

..a,,nh;a's splendid program OF
an,,truction and improvement
tclsh ~, Going on ut the rate OF loo
work, ~. month, and nt tho average
contraslt contsltrrs of S2,O00,0 ,0J1 a month FOR
exp.sauttw expssat two months of this year, Is In
tne DANGER of plunging headiong INTO
fsys n',ev unless the Combine con-
vm.n vn TonScil loosens the municipal
purse strings. ,,,d. to6av by
,- las C,vep as he announced the de-
pir.c'o r. The municipal work actually
t.s " wsv. and thereby more than
wy, IN Mavor Moore's statement that
necAviu Wv. ~ mas "olivc and at work, de-
.Ds .n;,s s"t Ire opposition Of the poiitieo-
financial ring. ~ c.-, +ho
-. bureous In his department-High-
n.rs Water and Surveys-the three
W., construction and improvement di,
p.s}yo ..yo,s are working out contracts &C
,'"S sn.ed tbat the end OF the year Will
s..A tbe department financially ex-
lsusted.
< Council Must Supply Funds .
.1t will then be up to Council" said
-, n,.sctor "either to recognize the
iae.trnction iae needs Of the city and pro-
eVhsb ls tbs funds, such as we asked for in
,l.e ". Ian , which was killed. or else stand
..vnnnahle ..v for bringing great pubic
spys 10 a standstill. ] am hopeful,
wa am sure the people prefer, that
sirIc tI deccncy will prevail over faction
spTh,. Ths Director said that his department
,.. dos0 contracts either entered into or
sornIeted. and that the total amount
~ sTpepditures involvel approximately
S2O,O60,00o. =, .,., .ro nj.
-. 1.ro, nnner work. As a business
a,.n | am ready to say that the bureaus
n tbs department are working 100 per
n.rt Shortly after the first OF the year
% y. will have spent $500 600 In the
tu,s,u of highways alone, leaving
a",.ii b,lapce of $500. 900 out Of the
erisiusl % sum Of S6,000.000 appropri-
.tsS That means that the dirt has
sssn % aying: that men have been work
;rs. Tint miles Of grading have been
done. miles Of paving md repnvinS.
snd o,hpr work 80 vital to the welfare
and prosperity Of the city. Every dol
lar 81 this sig sum means vast returns
II dsrcloniup Philadelphia as home
citr and as q great business metropolis.
philadelphia Is contributing q rich share
N The movement headed by Secretary
Hooyer-a movement designed TO start
the wheels OF prosperity: ~,
The 1880 contracts referred to by the
Director are divided as follows:
r. ths Bureau " SurTe:B. 955
X the Nlghway Bureau. .''.''.'''''' ooe
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-01
1C LEDGER R-pHIADEIPH1A, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER I, 1921

taken to the Park and Lchigh avenues
station for n hearing today before
Magistrate Glenn.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-01

Man. Seventy, Hurt by Auto
Struck by an automobile near his
nome last night, Emil SedmanL. seventy
years old, 1908 North Fifty second
face and hands. ''''
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-01
Smart Hand Bags
Take the Form of
Flat Silk Purses

.A.sO they have taken tIe
fancy Of women who appre2iato
the noveI and distinctive in dress
accessories. A beautiful rolIec-
ton here. some with metal cor
ners AMI trimmings, mauy in
envelope stvle, Others with cord
or silk handles. Quite the smart
est Dress and Vanity Bags OF
the seHson-S0.00 to $24.O0.
si-aw.r.GSc 4 c.oth:sr-A!s,c 5 r,a,r.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1921-09-17
as his assistant.

as his assistant.
Mrs. R. w, Hayden and son Raw
mond camel from Crowley Thursday
where they spent the summer with
Mrs. Hayden's mother, Mrs. Milton
She is pleasantly located in rooms
with Mrs. Louise Marchant, and will
be in Elton during thesch COL term at
least She was the guest of Mrs. r, s
Hart from Thursday until Saturday.
Grandma Smith of Pineville arriv.
ed Wednesday to spend some time
with her daughter, Mrs. Walter He.
bert.
Uncle Louis Langley is quite il
at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Eu
gene Butler.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Walter He
bert, Wednesday, Sept. 7th, 1921, q
daughter, introduced to her manv cal
lers as Onita jeanette.
Mrs. E. w. Tedlie of Coushatta. ar
rived Thursday for ten day visit
with her daughter, Mrs. C. M. Nc
Cain and family.
John and Nicholas Garbarino, Mes
danes. Make Langley, Leila Doise
and Willis Butler have been ENJOYING
an extended visit from their cousin
Mrs. ]. w. Jaeger, son William and
daughter Violet, of Los Angeles, Cal
They returned home Saturday. Thurs
day picnic was given in her honor
In the woods near Maxile Langley's
the old Garbarino homestead. which