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Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-28
AID IS GIVEN
300 CHILDREN
Get Good Things to Eat and
Toys at the Salvation
Army

Close to 300 youngsters left the
Salvation Army headquarters last
night laden with good things to eat
and many toys which were distri-
buted from the huge Christmas tree
that stood IN the center of the audi
torium. Tickets had previously been
issued to the children from names
gathered by the Army and given
through the overseer of the poor.
Tomorrow night the final Christ
mas efforts of the Salvation Army
will, be held for the soldiers of the
corps. There are sixteen workers
in the local organization whose ef-
forts are recognized by the staff cap
tain and the occasion will be in the
form of a social affair for the assist
ants.
The Salvation Army here will hold
a watch night on New Years Eve to
usher in 1922.
p A. Hdwe. for Electric Gifts.
Chevrolet "4s0," a real automobile foI
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-28
PROPOSE HEARING ON
CROSSING ELIMINATION

Mayor William C. Wilson will ask
the incoming council to set date.
which must be some time before
January 25, for the purpose of hold
ing a public hearing on the grade
crossing elimination plans which
have been submitted to the city by
the Central Railroad of New Jersey.
The city's representatives at the
hearing before the Public Utility
Commission at Newark on December
Z secured an adjournment until jan
uary 25, in order that more time
might be had to study the plans as
proposed and the residents affected
might give their views on the mat
ter.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-28
TRAINERS BUSINESS
COLLEGE IS SOLD

Trainers Business College located
at the corner of State and Smith
streets. in this city. has been pur-
chased by the Drake College, lnc.-
William Z. Drake. founder OF the
Drake colleges. has been connected
with the business college enterprise
for about forty years. and during
these years has become associated
with a number of men capable IN
this line who have aided greatly In
making the undertaking the success
1t has proved 10 be.
The Drake College, Inc. has insti-
tutions in Newark, Orange, Plain
field. Union HILL Bayonne. Brook
lyn. New York City and two each in
Elizabeth and Plainfield.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-28

order your Chevrolet "4so" today on
our special thrift plan. Jefferson Motors
Trc as4e-I9~es-lt@
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-28

Heat your house with Steam. Hot Wa
| ter or Pipeless furnace monthly pay
ments. F, ]. Larkin. 2s7 Mcclellan st
Phone 565-R. NJ. w. s. rfs
Chevrolet "490" is equipped with Stew
| art Speedometer. Jefferson Motors. Inc.
9649-12-2s-1ts
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-28

p. A. Hdwe. for Roller Skates
CARPENTER work and jobbiug promptly
attended to- Geo II. Thompson. s. Lewis
ST Phone i4os-W.
s475-6-25-Wed. Sat. tf'
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-28
this morning.

The writ obtained by Seaman. a
property owner on Washington
street, is to restrain the city coun-
Gil from passing an ordinance which
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-28
WEATHER:

Fair and warm
tonight, tOmor-
row unsettled and
warmer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-28

p. A. Hdwe. Tor EIectrlc Glrts.
Chevrolet "490," a real automobile for
little money. Ask the owner. Jefferson
Motors. Inc s649-l2-zs-lt'
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-06-09

stare at the slip and heard him say,
half to himself, Howard Colling-
wood g.
Hatch followed up his advantage
promptly. He was afoot and strug-
Cling into his %overcoat when he said:
you've got what you were after, Nor
cross, and it has got your goat. We've
known all along that 0 were only
blufing and sparring to gain time.
We've nailed yGu to the cross. You
let this deal with Marshall and his
people stand rs it's made, or We'll
show you up for what you are. That's
the plain English of it,
"You mean that you will go to the
newspapers with thisg' said the boss,
and it was no wonder that his voice
was a bit husky.
HJust that. Wen give you plenty
of time to think it over. . The Joint.
deal with G. s. & w. goes into effect
tomorrow, and it's up to you to sit
tight in the boat and let us alone. If
YOU don't-if you butt in with the
ground-leases, or in any other way
the story will so to the newspapers
and every sucker on the line OF the
y. S. i. will know how you've been
pulling the wool over his eyes with
all this CUFF about Justice first, and
the public be pleased YOU'RE no
fool, N%orcross. You know they won't
lay 1t to Dnnton and the New Workers.
You've taken pains to advertise it far
and Wide that YOU are running this
railroad on your own responsibility,
and the people are going TO take Won
at your world
Dcdnlpn, and the lawyer who
hadn't spoken a single word IN all the
talle~were edgIng toward the door.
The boss Didn't make sny answer ID
Hnfch'a waadiap EXCEPT i ia
tint MI;
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-06-09
xiv
The Dead.Line

We found the three disappointed
afternoon callers already on handwhen
we reached the headquarters. The
boss said, "Good evening. gentlemen
as pleasant as a basket of chips, and
invited the waiting bunch into the
private office, swapping on the lights
as he opened the door.
No introductions were needed. One
of the pair Hatch had brought with
him was a lawyer named Marrow,
whose home town was SedgWick: a
sharp-nosed, ferret-eyed man who fig
ured as n of the many local coun-
sells for Red Tower. The other, Ded-
mon, was a political place-hunter who
had nee been sheriff of Arrowhead
county.
you've kept us cooling our heels
in your Waiting-room for just about
the last time, Mr.. N~'orcross!'' was the
spiteful way in which Hatch opened
fire. We've come to talk straight
business with you this trip, and 1t will
be more to your interest than ours
II you'll send your clerk away
While they had been dragging up
their chairs and sitting down, I had
heard Fred May lock up his typewriter
and go. and had been listening anxi-
Ously for some noise that would tell
me Tarbell was on deck. / thought
I heard the door of the outer office
open again just is Hatch spoke and
II comforted me a whole lot.
The boss didn't slay any attention
to Hatch's suggestion about ssending
me away; acted as II he hadn't heard
II, Opening his desk he tookea box Of
cigars from q drawer and passed it.l
With this concession TO the small hos
FATALITIES the boss swung his chair to-
face the trio.
MY time Is yours, gentlemen he
said and Hutch jumped In like 4 man
fairly spelling for u fight.
eFor six months, Nnpeross. you've
been moving d pretty Wide swati, oui
here IN The tall hills. You've hee'
rML NO. -AI ~
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-06-09

Inc otner TWO We're out. now, and
Hatch turned to stick his ugly Jaw out
at the boss, and to say, lust as If 7
hadn't been there to look on and hear
him:
mo, by Juplter-it isn't all! In the
past six months you've made Gus
.Henckel and me lose a cold half-mil-
lion, Norcross. For a less p%rovocation
of woods has been sent back east in
the baggage-car, wearing a wooden
overcoat. You climb down, and do it
while you can stay alive"
For some time after the three men
went away the boss sat staring at the
slip of paper on the desk slide. At
last he got up, sort of %tiredlike,
/ thought, and said to me-: Jim
mie, you go down and see if you can
find a taxi, and we'll drive out to
Major Hendricks. I promised him
I'd go out to the house, you remem-
ber."
When our taxi stopped at the ma
jor's gate, somebody was coming out
just as We're getting ready to go in.
The man had the visor of his big flat
golf cap pulled down well over his
eyes, but l knew him just the same.
1t was Collingwood!
This looked like more trouble. What
was the presidents nephew doing
here? / wondered about that, and
also, if the boss had recognized Col
lingwood. If he had, he made no
sign, and a moment later I had pushed
the bell-push and Maisie Ann was
opening the door for US.
Both of you? oh, how nice!' she
said, with a smile for the boss and a
queer little grimace for me Come
in. This is our evening for callers.
Cousin Basil is out, but he'll be back
pretty soon, and he left word for you
to wait if you got here before he did,
That message was for the boss, and
| Jagged behind in the dimly lighted
hall while she vas showing him into
the hack parlor. / had dropped down
on the hall settee, in the end of it
next to the ceat-rack, and when Mrs.
Sheila came downstairs and went
through the hall, she didn't see me.
A second later / heard the boss jump
up and say. cat last! 1t seems as
if YOU had been gone a year rather
than a fortnight" and then Maisie
Ann came lodging out and plunked
herself down on the settee beside me.
You needn't tell me that we had no
right to sit there listening; I know
it well enough. On the other hand,
I was just shirky enough to shift the
responsibility to Maisie Ann. She
didn't make any move to duck. so
r didn't.
.You came out to see Cousin Basil?"
Mrs. Sheila was saying to the boss.
And then He had a telephone call
from the Billiard. and he asked me to
tell yon TO watt After that. I guess
she sat down to help him wait, for
pretty soon we heard her say: cousin
Basil has told me a little about the
new trouble: have you been having
another bad quarter of an hour?'
LINZ WoiSt VI tio W., tuS bStSS Sdtu
grayely. and from that he went o.
TO tell her about the Hatch visit and
what had come Of it; how the graft
ers had n new claw hold on him. now.
made possible by m unwarranted piece
OF meddling IN the part Of the New
York people In the political game,
1t was while he was talking about
this TINT MaisIe Ann grabbed ME by
the wrist and dfagged mi bodily Into
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-06-09

sae car1enec front purlor, the door to
the coat rack. I thought she had
come to her right senses, at last, and
was making the shift to break off the
eavesdropping. That being the case,
I was simply Mortified when I found
that she was merely fixing it so that
we could both see and hear. The slid
ing doors between the two parlors
were cracked open about an inch, and
before I realized what she was do
ing she had pulled me down on the
floor beside her, right in front Of that
crack. e
eff you move or make a noise, I'll
scream and they'll come in here and
find Us BOTH" she Kissed in my ear;
and because l didn't know what else
to do with such a kiddish little terma-
CANT, I sat still. 1t was dastardly, I
know; but what was I to do?
When the boss finished telling her
about the Hatch talk, Mrs. Sheila
said: "You mean that Mr.. Dunton
and his associates sent somebody out
here to influence the e%iection?"
"Yes; that is it, precisely. But how
did you know?'
you made the inference perfectly
plain she countered. 81 have a rea-
soning mind, Graham; haven't you
discovered it before this?"
The boss nodded soberly. II have
discovered a good many things about
YOU during the past six months: one
of them is that there was never an
other woman like you since the world
began"
knowing, as l did, that she had a
husband alive and kicking around
somewhere, it seemed as if I just
couldn't stay there and listen to what
a break of that kind on the boss part
was likely to lead up to-. But Maisfe
Ann gripped my wrist until she hurt.
you must listen!" she whispered
fiercely. You're taking care. Of him.
and you've got to know!"
As on man, other earlier occasions,
Mrs. Sheila slid away from the senti-
mental side of things just as easy as
SooI hoho oSSls eE=5-
you are too big a mar to let an
added difficulty defeat you now" she
remarked calmly. going back to the
business field. 'sYou are really MAX
ing a miraculous success. / have just
spent two weeks in the capital, as
you know, and everybody is talking
about you. They say you are In a
fair way to solve the big problem-the
problem of bringing the railroads and
the people together in a p~eaceable and
profitable partnership-which is as 1t
should be-
right here OF the Pioneer Short Line
if / didn't have to fight so many dif-
ferent kinds of devils at the same
time" said the boss, scowllng down az
the fire in the CRATE. And then with
q quick jerk of his head to face her:
You sent the major a wire from the
capital last night, telling him to per-
suade me not to 60 to Strathcona.
Why did you do it? And how did you
know I was thinking Of going?r
For the first time in the whole Six
months saw Mrs, Sheila get q little
mustered, though she didn't show it
much, only q little more color In her
cheeks.
Some day, perhaps, / may tell, you.
but 1 can't now she said sort OF hur-
riedly. And then .Yon mustn't ask
me-"
tCans,nusa hsxs yvaexa
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-06-09
Dedmon-s hands.
Me-o-my,

Dedmons hands.
The man from Arrowhead county
bent over his knee and wrote a name
on the slip of paper, laying the slip
on the drawn-out slide of the boss desk
when he had finished the slow pencil
ing! The effect of the thing was all
that any plotter could have desired.
l saw the boss face go gray, saw him
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-06-09
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I.-Graham Norcross. rail-
road manager, and his secretary. Jimmie
D!odds, are marooned at Sand Creek sid
and her small cousin. Unseen, they wit
ness a peculiar train holdup, in which
a special car is carried off.
car stolen as ohm Chadwick's, financial
magnate. whom he was to meet at Portal
City. He and Dodds rescue Chadwick.
The latter offers Norcross the
IN the hands of eastern spectators,
headed by Breckenridge Dunton. presi-
dent OF the line. Norcross. learning that
Sheila Macrae is stopping at Portal City.
accepts.
CHAPTER uI.-Dodds overhears con-
versation between Rufus Hatch and Gus
taye Henckel, Portal City %hnanciers. in
kidnapping, their object being to keep
Chadwick from attending a. meeting Of
directors to ~reorganize the Pioneer Short
ests.
CHAPTER Iy.-To curb the monopoly
controlled by Hatch and Henckel, the Red
THMer corporation, Eoreross forms the
terest in sheila Macrae. Dodds learns
that Sheila Is married, but living apart
from her husband. Norcross does not
CHAPTER ", Hatch, aware that
els participation in the Chadwick kid
Norcross. Dodds refuses. Leaving the
office, he is knocked senseless. Recov-
ering consciousness. he learns that Nor
cross has disappeared and Is believed to
have resigned and gone east. U-Ea
CHAPTER W.-Dodds connects Nor
cross disappearance with Vaccinations
Of Hatch and Henckel, and on recover
terry.
CHAPTER VII. with Kirgan, the
roads master mechanic, Dodds gets a
follow a clue given them ehroush
missing locomotive.
CHAPTER vII1.-The rescue party finds
and releases Norcross from captivity to
sumes control Of the Pioneer Short Line,
refusing to give place to mar whom
Dunton has sent to take charge.
CHAPTER Ix.-Dodds follows an ennis
Norcross, to a coal yard, where he over
hears a plot to- pu Norcross out of
business. and at the risk OF his life frus-
trates 1t.
CHAPTER Kat the home Of Sheila
Macrae Dodds is witness of strange
actions Of a man he believes has de-
signs on the life of his friend and boss.
He prepares to defend him.
CHAPTER xL.-The sudden return Of
Sheila's uncle drives the intruder away.
Later Dodds recognizes him as Howard
CollingWood, nephew of President Dun
ton of the Pioneer Short Line. A series
of wrecks on the line, impossible to ex-
plain. cause alarm to the management.
CHAPTER xII.-Durgin, night dis
patcher, routes passenger and freight
trains to meet on a single track. Dis
aster is narrowly averted. Durgin com
mits suicide, leaving evidence that he
was bribed to bring about collision.
CHAPTER XIII.-Evidence accumulates
that Norcross' enemies are plotting his
death, but against all advice hi decides
on a trip on a special train over the line.
A pilot engine travelling ahead, discovers
displaced rail which would have thrown
the special down a mountain side. Nor
cross hears for the first time that Sheila
Macrae is married. He refuses to believe
1t.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-06-09

posing as i.. :. GOD ,rn1'h:a sI5's
people of this state, and all the while
you've been knitting and smuggling and
black-jacking private capitol and pri-
vate business wherever and whenever
they have happened to get in your
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-06-09

CHAPTER I.-Graham Norcross, rail-
road manager, and his secretary. Jimmie
D!odds. are marooned at Sane Creek sid
and her small cousin. Unseen, they wit
ness a peculiar train holdup, In which
a special car is carried off.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-06-09

CHAPTER XIII.-Evidence ccumulates
that Norcross, enemies are plotting his
death, but against all advice he decides
A pilot engine, travelling ahead discovers
displaced rail which would have thrown
the special down a mountain side. Nor
cross hears for the first time that Sheila
1t A
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1921-08-04
Tomato Pack Only S Per Cent OF Last Year

Salisbury, Md, July 81 The out
look in regard To- the canning of to-
matoeS in Wicomico county this wear
is particularly discouraging both to
the grower anc to the Gamer. Not
only Is the same true of Talbot and
Somerset counties, "a we'll as Wicomi-
co, but the same situation is said to
exist throughout the Eastern Shore.
The acreage in tomatoes last year in
the county was somewhere between
u, 500 and 1000. while this wear, as
nearly as can be aScertained, the farm
ers have set out slightly upward of
300. In Talbot the acreage has been
reduced from 9, 900 last year to $50 this,
and in Somerset the reduction is from
between six and>seven thousand to
about go.
The pack on the Eastern Shore at
large will be only about 5 per cent of
that canned last year. it is believed,
and the conservative estimate of one
of the largest Gamers IN the East places
the pack thoroughout the State at not
more than 10 per cent. The pack on
the Eastern Shore, according to this
same authority, will be the shortest
ever known since the packing industry
took its place among the business
enterprises OF the Peninsula.
In this factory there are about 81
canning factories, only six of which
will be operated this season on to-
matoeS. The Gamers have tried to
get of their hands the bulk of the to-
matoes put up last year, which will
improve the situation TO q certain de-
gree. Very few tomatoes have been
contracted for this year by the can
ning-house men, the prices of these be-
ing Is cents per fye-eighth hamper,
while last season the contract price
was as high as so cents.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1921-08-04
GARDINER IS OPTIMISTIC

Mr.. George !. Gardiner, speaking of
the tobacco situation while at La Plata
the other dav, spoke very encouraging
ly, saying that the Association had
sold last week onc-third as much to-
haccO as il sold the entire year of
1920. at satisfactory prices. taking all
things into consideration. He also
spoke very highly of the corporation
Of the State tobacco Inspector, Mr..
blackjack, and his assistants in get
ting the old tobacco rciusp rcted, OF
which about 1899 hog>hradS have been
recently sold. H. said, however, that
conditions have now reached a point
where for the next thirty days il will
he almost an impo~sibility tn get the
old tobacco rein>pccted. but he thinks
that the farmer will gain by this, as
recent sales of this old tobacco were
slightly better on account of the poor
outlook for the 1921 crop, and tie fact
that the farmcre q! the tobacco grow
ing area Of Maryland seem 20 be Just
realizing that they were within an
hours run of the city by truck. and
this, connected with the fact that there
has been established a large creamery
in Southern Maryland, means that
greater diversification will be under
taken.
lie said: "Evcry week that | return
to the country | see greater evidence
by the farmer of thought and business
methods in the management of his
farm and the handling of his crops,
and the time is not far distant when
the real intrinsic valne Of co. operation
will be plainly visible. and my advice
to the young man of Southern Mary
is to buy land while he can and grow
with Southern MARYLAND. Don't wor-
ry about your future. You have fine
opportunity. All you have to do is
organize, Think and work. Don't let
the other fellow do your thinking. Do
il YOURSELF
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1921-08-04
Chaptico Items

ChaptiCO vicinity seems To have
woven spell about the summer trav-
cicrs, for it seems that never before
nave there been 80 many visitors in
On" midst, and We bid each hearty
welcome.
The Community Club held its month
~ entertainment Thursday night and "a
large audience thoroughly enjoyed and
appreciated the especially fine pro-
gram, which was under the manage
mnnt Of Mrs Jos. L. Gibson and Mrs.
John Rccdcr. The decoration was
very artistic and looked quite like
ANY land. 4 playctte, Seven Times
~''vcp. was both interesting and in
.tructi.c, representing seven stages of
llic from childhood on through love.
motherhood, grief and loneliness. We
listened with great JOY to- some splen-
did selections on the violin by Rev.
nr Whiuhore. The amazing ease
ard freedom OF his playing, firm and
beautiful tones, seemed like mystic
patterns woven with thread of irri-
dissent flame, while his gracious per-
Sonality wholly facinates those who
are so fortunate a to know him.
"A Little White Rose was recited
with grace and ease 10y Miss Catherine
Robcy. Several songs, "Will o. the
WiSp.' Banjo Song "Belieye
Me, etc, bv Miss lowering, brought
wonder into our very souls
Then the -Four Seasons" were rep
resented by tiny tots as leaves, and
lasSieS as snow tlakeS and flowers, with
the ''sun" at length shining forth and
Frightening and righting all. The
costumes were very original and love
ly. Garry Me Back to Ole Virgin
ny" and Let the Rest of the World
Go By" was charmingly sung by Miss
Birdie Davis These songs find an
echo in each heart and il is proven
that birdie" has the right name. and
those that were not present cannot I'M
aginc what delightful evening we
spent.
Can you believe that "hard cash"
Is the most comfortable thing to
feather your neStf''
Mrs. Fred Davis has returned from
Washington, where she attended the
funeral OF Mr.. Billy Budd, formerly
Of this county. Our sympathy to his
loved ones. "HoPE"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1921-08-04
CONCRESSMEN IMPRESSED WITH
DRUM POINT HARBOR

a subcommittee of the House Com
mittee on Naval Affairs, which return
ed TO Washington on Monday after a
week end spent in inspecting the natu-
raj harbor at the mouth of the Patuxent
River. was strongly impressed with
the possibilities of this remarkable
body of water. Congressman Sydney
+. Mudd piloted the party, which made
numerous soundingS in the water
around Drum Point and SolomonS,
showing a depth of from 81 TO 1877 fl.
Discussing the availability of this
body OF water, members of this com
mittee predicted that eventually either
the Government or private enterprise
would make use of il. The only draw
back they could see was the absence of
railroad transportation.
Drum Point is considered by many
persons TO be the greatest natural har-
Dor on the Atlantic Coast and its ad-
yantages will surely attract the neces-
sary attention at some time. The rail-
road problem, where a big project was
concerned, would be comparatively
easy of solution. To extend the rail-
road from Mechanicsville to Milestone
or vicinity, would involve no engineer
ing problem at oil and the expense
would be trivial when the many natu-
raj advantages of this location are
considered.