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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-04-14
NEWSPAPER GIVES
FORTUNE IN PRIZES
Louisville Herald Announces Gigan-
tic Gift Campaign Which In
Cludes IA Free OutomObfles.

Automobiles are to be given away
with a lavish hand, according to an
announcement just made by The
Louisville Herald. Mere than $685.
600 in prizes are included in the list
OF awards to be distributed among
men and women of Kentucky and adj
joining states, and people from all
sections are entering the gift cam
paign that is attracting such wide at
teHtion.
The automobiles to be given away
are fourteen in number. They in
elude $3,SSS.75 Marmon, $3,375
Cadillac, 81 500 Haynes, $1,515 Chal-
mers, $1,000 Nash, S1,S55 Hupmo-
bile, s1,195 Essex, $1,150 Studebak-
err, S1,O95 Columbia, $1,000 Buick,
1910 Maxwell $3.50 Durant, 1925 Ov-
erland and S59S Chevrolet.
The plan of the gift campaign is
such that the winners of the automo-
biles and other prizes are to be de-
cided by votes. Those who secure
the highest number of votes will be
the lucky ones TO become the owners
of high-powered motor cars of the
latest models.
Several of the largest newspapers
of the country have recently con-
Quoted similar campaigns, with the
result that thousands of people have
become interested in the fortunes OF
those who participated and secured
automobiles gratis. The Louisville
Herald in inaugurating its campaign,
has arranged prize list that is the
greatest in the history of Kentucky
journalism, and it is expected that
there will be many eager ones to-
share in this generous distribution of
"A fortune in prizes.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-04-14
COOLIDGE SPEAKS
IN DETROIT
Marvcis AZ Organization And Ef-
ficiency shown.

Detroit, April 6.-Vice President
Coolidge concluded his two-day visit
to Michigan this afternoon, as a
luncheon guest at the Detroit Athle-
tic Club, where he spoke briefly in
praise of the Harding administration
The Vice President was accompani-
ed on his return to Washington by
Representative Patrick A. Kelley.
who had escorted him to Lansing,
where he was last night the princi-
pal speaker at Republican gather
ing. They left shortly after 1 o.
clock.
Mr. Coolidge arrived from Lansing
this morning, and after breakfast was
taken for a tour of inspection of an
automobile plant.
Commenting on this feature of his
visit in his speech, the Vice President
said he had "marveled at the organi
cation and efficiency shown" and he
continued, we are trying at Wash
ington to get the same organization
and efficiency into federal govern
ment. We are recognizing depart
ments, trying to bring more of the
efficiency of private enterprise into
the nations business"
I'VE are making progress" he add
ed.
The results Of the arms conference
were praised by the Vice President.
who declared the four-power treaty
had removed the threat of trouble
from the Pacific, and had at the same
time lifted heavy burden from AM
erican taxpayers
President Harding's administra-
ton, he concluded, means peace
abroad and prosperity everywhere"
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-04-14
% BILLION TELEPHONE
MESSAGES SENT IN 1921

Bucyrus. Ohio, April S.-There
were 22,OOO.OOO,0OO telephone mes
sages carried over the telephone
wires of the United States during the
year 1921, an average of over co.
OOO, 900 messages a day according to
the report of w. S. Vivian of Chi
cago vice president OF the Telephone
Mems Association speaking before the
Rotary Club here on THE Service of
the Telephone"
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-04-14
FRENCH AGAINST WOMEN
HOLDING PUBLIC OFFICE

Paris, April S.-Returns Of a ref
erendum taken by all chambers OF
commerce in France as regards the
eligibility of women for election to
chambers show that the majority are
not in favor of women holding such
positions.
The returns from Lyons state that
the administration of justice in COM
mercial tribunals demands qualities
of calm and impossibility which are
rarely found together in the female
character.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-04-14
"MoIl cutpurse," Notorious THE,

Mary Firth, sometimes called MOL
Cutpurse," notorious thief in the time
Of Charles / (le26-1649), died Of drop
sy at the age of seventy-four She pos
sessed great physical strength, and fire.
quently assumed mans attire. Having
on one occasion held up Lord Fair
fax on Hounslow heath, she was cap
tured and sent to Newgate, but escaped
by means of bribery.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-04-14

ed to have contained a very good
grade of sawdust and sand. Miller
stated that he would make restitu-
tion within the three weeks allowed,
but it is likely that even after he does
this, he will be given a Jail term
Louisville Herald.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-04-14
Titled Women in "Movie..n

Among the women Of the English
aristocracy who have become motion
picture actresses are Lady Diana
Cooper, daughter of the duke of Rut-
land; the Hon. Lois Stuart, daughter
Of Lady Abingdon; Miss Poppy Wynd-
ham, daughter Of Lord Inchcape, and
Lady Eden.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-04-14

For the stomach and bowel dis
orders of babies McGee's Baby Elixir
is a remedy of genuine merit. 1t acts
quickly, is pure, wholesome and
pleasant to take. Price 25c and soc
per bottle. Sold by Ohio County
Drug Company. m
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-04-14
DIR CT OR
Ohio County
CIRCUIT COURT

CIRCUIT COURT
Meets first Monday in March, Ma!
and July; third Monday in Septem bel
and fourth Monday in November:
Judge-George S. Wilson, Greensboro
Com'th. Attorney-Glover II. Cary
Calhoun.
Clerk-Frank Black.
Master Commissioner-B. II. Ellis
Trustee Jury Fund.-. b. Tichenor
COUNTY COURT
Convenes first Monday in each
month:
Judge-R. r. Wedding.
County Att'y.-Otto C. Martin.
CIerk-Guy Ranney.
Sheriff-G. A. Ralph; Deputies:
Mack Cook, Iris Render, George
p. Jones.
Jailer-Nat Hudson.
QUARTERLY COURT
'onvenes first Monday in each month.
FISCAL COURT
Convenes Tuesday after first Mon
day in January; first Tuesday in
April and October. r. r. Wedding
County Judge, presiding.
list District. p. Mccoy, Hartford,
End District-W. c. Knott, Center
town.
Oh n;s,.;ot n u nro,yn c;,,,nope
18th District. r. Murphy, Fords-
vile.
9Th District-Sam Fl. Holbrook, Hart
ford, r. F. ID. No. 4.
9th District-Mack Martin, Narrows,
II. F. d No. Q.
18th District. Walter Taylor. Bea-
yer Dam, r. F. d. No. 3.
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Superintendent-Mr /. S. Mason.
Convenes First Monday in every
l. S. Mason. s. S. o. c.,
and ex-officio Secretary-Treasurer.
r. A. Owen, Chairman, Hartford,
r. F. d. No. 6.
w. r. Carson, Vice Chairman, Hart
ford. r. F. d. No. g..
Nat Lindley, Centertown, r. F. d. 1,
Otis Stevens, Beaver Dam.
Claud Renfrow, Dundee.
Examinations.
For Common School Diplomas
Fourth Friday and Saturday in Jan
iary, and Second Friday and Satur-
lay in May. To be held in Fords-
lille, Beaver Dam and Hartford.
For Teachers Certificates-Third
Friday and Saturday in May, June
md September. Except notice is
,iven to the contrary the latter ex-
will be held in Hartford.
OTHER OFFICERS
Tax COmmissiOner-R. f. Keown,
Fordsville.
S. Moxley, Fordsville
sepresentative-Ira Jones, White
Run.
HARTFORD
'olice Judge. ID. Holbrook.
C. Blankenship.
H. Bishop, Secy.
ROCKPORT
Robert l.. Green, Judge.
Lee w. Pherson, Marshall.
Edd Cooper, Chairman.
w. II. Blackburn, Clerk.
Still Mason, Treasurer.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-04-14
USELW-VER-LAx
For Lazy Liver and
the Troubles Of
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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-10-12
CONTINUED from last week.

II have just written resolve, and
whenever do, it becomes a law of my
being. It has just been enacted and
recorded that never again on this earth
am l to bet another cent. / may go
to houses where there are card parties.
but never again am to shuttle deck.
MY career as a fool is ended
Who was it that wrote, If at first you
don't succeed, try, try again? A pris-
on sentence would be too good for the
hatcher of such fallaey. If at first
you find you're wrong, quit. That's my
course for the future"
81 congratulate you. But what are
you going to do?'' BRACE inquired.
ST will drag a surveyors chain and
squirt at the landscape. TIL lug a tri-
pod and eat raw turnip in the wind
Or if compelled to be humber, can
curry horses"
"And bet some fellow that you'll
have your horses curried first" said
the Major
With his pencil Shottle slowly
tapped his teeth.
"The first squirt of cold wafer gen.
orally comes from one as much af-
f1icted as yourself. But no matter.
Cold water chills, but at the same time
It cleanses. And from this time on,
gentlemen, Liberty Shottle, the vague
and unreal will become the obvious
and the actual. If / had thousand
dollars right now, wouldn't bet that
the sun will rise tomorrow. Oh, there
is such thing as redemption"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-10-12
CHAPTER vi.

About four o'clock in the afternoon
the Bumblebee passed Farnum's Land
ing, and later touched at Bethpage
Landing. From the crest of the high
embankment was an endless view of
spreading cane fields. The Generals
house stood in the midst of old trees
near half mile from the river. Lead
ing from the landing was road in the
perpetual shade of low-branching live
oaks. Along the road wild peoples
blazed in patches Of sunlight. and in
the shnde glowcd the color of darker
blood. In clumps of feathery grasses
insects sang, while from everywhere
came the low and drowsy murmur Of
the cane.
Drace was enchanted with the scene,
the sweet air. Beside him Shottle
long-legged his way, his neck stretched
out
"Yonder comes Uncle Howard, the
General" he said.
Toward them, with a slow but firm
and emphatic step, came tall, spare,
erect old gentleman; and as he drew
nearer, Drace saw that he wore mus
tache and whiskers trimmed neatly
down to sharp point. The soldier
within him rredominated, the profess
sional soldier, who is often gentler
and more kindly than the volunteer.
Shottle hailed him, and he quickened
his pace.
swell, well. Liberty Shottlel We'll
come. sir. and your friend"
"Uncle, tits is Virgil Drace, my best
friend"
The old man Strengthened. held out
both his hands and made Liberty's
friend welcome most Hospitality.
Now they walked toward the house.
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SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER 1.-The time is the late eos
or early '10s and the scene a steamboat
on the Mississippi river All the types
of the period are present and the float
ing palace is distinguished by merriment
dancing and gallantry. There are the
customary drinking and gambling also.
Virgil Drace, young northern man, is
on his way south on a mission of revenge.
He meets an eccentric character in the
person of one Liberty Shottle. who is
constantly tempting the goddess of
chance. They form q singular compact.
CHAPTER II.-Drace gets his mind off
in which he exhibits an unusual athletic
prowess. Liberty Shottle is again un-
lucky at cards and attempts financial
negotiation with brace. The latter see
ing an opportunity to use Shottle, con-
fdes to him that his mission is to dnd
a certain ex-guerrilla, Stepho Ia Vitte,
who had murdered Braces father. 1t is
his determination announced to his new
chum, to hang La Vitte as high as
Hannah. Drace has become enamored
of mysterious beauty aboard the boat
CHAPTER III-The steamer reaches
New Orleans, at that time in the some
what turbulent throes OF carpetbag gov
eminent. Shottle becomes possessed of
two tickets for the French ball, a great
society event, and proposes that Drace
accompany him to the affair. The young
men attend and Drace Unexpectedly meets
the girl who had fired his heart aboard
the steamer. She is accompanied by one
Boyce, whose proprietary interest indi-
Gates that he is her fiance. Through
stratagem Shottle learns that the name
of the girl is Nadine la Vitte and that
her companion of the evening is the man
who is seeking to marry her.
CHAPTER Iv.-Drace passes an uneasy
night torn by the suspicion that Nadine
is the daughter of old Stepho la Vitte,
now an admitted outlaw Now, more
than ever. is he resolved to find where
the girl lives and to find Stepho. Drace
In one of their nocturnal pilyrimages
they come upon a mob intent upon hang
ing a poor wretch from the limb of a
tree. 1t is a typical carpetbag execution
and aroused the resentment of an oppos-
ing mob of citizens BRACE takes a hand
in the fight which starts and is instru-
mental in preventing the execution. From
a window opposite the scene, he catches
a glimpse of one he is sure is Nadine.
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NOTICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND NO
TICE TO CREDITORS

STATE OF WISCONSIN, COUNTY COURT,
MARATHON CoUNTY-In Probate
In Re Estate Of Ferdinand Reetz, Deceased
Notice is Hereby Given, that at the regular
term Of said court TO be held the first
Tuesday of November, A. d. 1922, at the
court house in the city Of Wausau, county OF
Marathon and state Of Wisconsin. there will
be heard and considered the application OF
Ottilie Reetz for the appointment Of an ad.
mini strator Of the estate OF Ferdinand Reetz,
late Of the city Of Weusau, in said county, de-
ceased;
Notice Is Hereby Further Given, that nj the
special term Of said court TO be held at said
court house. on the second Tuesday Of March,
A. ID. 1928, there will be heard. considered
and adjusted all claims against said Ferdinand
Reetz, deceased:
And Notice Is Hereby Further Given that
all such claims for examination and allowance
must be presented TO said county court at the
court house in the city Of Wausau, in said
county and state, on or before the first Tues
day Of March A. d. 1923. or be barred.
Dated October g. 1922
BY the Court.
GEORGE J. LEICHT, Judge.
Schmidt & Ruder, Attorneys.
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ua&{
discovery, but | am not a very close
reader of the newspapers But Shottle
assures me that this wild jute can be
grown on the poorest land and that 1t
needs no tending. am naturally eau
tious. Virgil, and did not myself in
vest, but backing your Judgment in
the matter, loaned Liberty five hun
dred. When do you expect active OPP
erations toward building the factory?"
Tycie forestalled Braces answer:
"Oh, / am sure it will succeed, and
it will be a great thing, especially for
Liberty. He has tried so hard, but
somehow his energies haven't been
properly directed. And he is so cap
able!"
She was so confident, and so hopeful
for her luckless kinsman, that brace
played protecting villain to Shottle's
purposes.
We'll, / don't know exactly when
they are to begin work, but soon, /
trust"
She gave him grateful look for his
trust, now perfectly assured of Shot
ties useful future. But the General
did not appear to be easy in his mind,
and little later when he and brace
were walking about the yard, beneath
the trees, he referred again to the in
vestment. BRACE would have shut
fled away from it, but the old gentle
man cornered him with a question;
Il want the truth. Did Liberty lie
to me2"
Eyes, sir, he did"
81 began to think so the moment he
left me. Wei, it is singular thing.
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ing MS scaly back With shrek great
birds flew. Tapping low. their long legs
stretched out behind them. Drace was
armed with revolver, but did not
wish to fire it, caution warning him.
When he ceased for a time to. paddle.
how still everything vast
The adventurer liked to feel that no
one had ever been there before. But
now suddenly something caught his
eye. In the green tangle on low
bank he saw pole with wires strung
to it, sort of gate. The wires were
covered with vines, trained about them.
But for what purpose, here in this
brushy tangle? He caught hold of
weed and pulled the canoe up closer,
took hold of the pole and now he
found lower slat to which the wires
We're also attached. Farther along he
discovered a sort of hinge attached to
snag almost hidden by briers.
'Tll open this gate and see what lies
beyond" he unused, drawing the canoe
back to the other end He pulled at
the pole, and it yielded. The gate
opened, and through the weeds that
appeared to have been bent by the
passing of a boat, he saw a narrow
channel.
1t was easy enough to shove through
the weeds and to enter the new canal
Soon it broadened, winding about
among the enormous cypress trees
Now he came upon widening that
looked like millpond, except that in
the midst of it arose an island of tall
cane. 1t was an attractive sight, and
he ceased padding to look. Slowly
he drifted toward the islands shore.
He took hold of cane root and pulled
the nose of the canoe hard into the
bank. Then he got out, parting the
stiff and stubborn cane in shade as
dense as night. But now through this
parting hallway he could see sunlight
beyond, and knew that he was about
to come into an open space. And out
into it he looked with a start; for
there, a few feet from the edge Of the
fringe of cane stood a small house
made of minute shells cemented--peri-
wrinkles. Its roof was of thatch, the
long rushes gathered from the swamp
and about the door was cypress vine,
it's red blooms dazzling in the sun.
And then Bonded cane Drace held
was, crushed in his hand, for through
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(1st pub. Sept, ID last Oct. i9)
STATE OF WISCONSIN, CIRCUIT COURT,
MARATHON COUNTY
Hazel Cole Plaintiff,
Orlando Cole, Defendant
THE STATE OF WISCONSIN TO THE
SAID DEFENDANTS:
You Are Hereby Summoned TO appear with
in twenty days after the service of this sum
mons upon You, exclusive OF the day Of service
and defend the above entitled action in the Court
aforesaid, and in case of your failure so to do
Judgment will be rendered against you ae
cordmg to the demand of the complaint,
ARTHUR W. pREHN,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
7. o, Address; Wausau, Marathon Co.. Wis.
To the Said Defendant
That the Norginal summons and verified com
plant herein are file in the office of the
clerk OF the court for Marathon County. Wis
consin, at his Office in the court house in the
city of Wausau, said county and state
ARTHUR w. PREHN,
PLAINTIFFS Attorney.
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list pub. Oct. 5 last Nov 81
STATE OF WISCONSIN, CIRCUIT COURT
MARATHON COUNTY
Francis Synnott, City Of wausau, Chas. T.
Willcrt and Martha Willert, Plaintiffs.
VS..
Benjamin Whitaker, his wife, IL any, the un.
known heirs and unknown deyisees, IL
any Of BENJAMIN Whitaker and the un.
real estate in Marathon County, Wiscon.
sin: Commencing at a stake AZ rods
south OF the northwest corner Of the
Northeast Quarter Of Section One ~,
Township Twenty-eight (2S) North,
Range Seven l7) East, said stake being
on the east side Of the Wausau and
South Line Road, running thence East
20 rods, thence South 3 rods, thence
West 20 rods, thence North rods 10
the place Of beginning, Defendants.
THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, To the Said
Defendants and each Of them;
You are hereby summoned 10 appear within
twenty days after service u this summons.
exclusive Of the day Of service. and defend
the above entitled action in the court afore.
said; and in case Of your failure 10 20 do
judgment will be rendered against you ae-
c0rding 20 the demand Of the complaint, Of
which a copy is herewith served upon you.
SCHMIDT & RUDER.
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
p. o. Address: Wausau, Marathon County,
Wisconsin.
EOTE-Take notice that this action affects
the title 70 the premises described in the above
caption. and that the duly verified complaint
is on dc in the cgice Of the Clerk Of said
court.
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that when he is with me, / believe in
him, but the moment he is gone my
faith has. gone with him. have had
much experience with men, Mr. Drace,
in the army and elsewhere, but my
wife's nephew is the most-I don't
know how to define him. Let me
thank you for protecting him in the
presence of my wife, and / regret that
l may have seemed in doubt. But
brace, that fellow makes me angry
with myself Confound him, he almost
convinces me at times thatlI have no
stability of character. And yet am
fond of him. / am always glad 10 see
him come. And let me say that he II
Illustrates one truth very clearly--that
ability consists mostly in the fervor
: with which we go at thing. | sup
pose he has cost you considerable"
''Oh, not very much. I am fond of
him too. and / believe he is going to
be Of much help to me-"
"Well, I've lost five hundred this
morning but / can stand 1t. have or
dered the mules hitched up, and am
going to drive with you about the
plantation. I am going to show you a
government here i'm the delta"
During the drive the old gentleman
was laxative, sometimes with the
school mans hesitating precision, but
more often as the free companion,
agreeable rather than discursive
brace evinced in everything keen in
terest, but 1t was not real His heart
was not with him. 1t was In New Or
leans, In a narrow street where boards
were nailed across door.
From what he had been able to
gather from The General and by talk
ing in seeming idleness to boatmen
and to men along the River, Drace
confirmed the information snatched by
Shottle from the label on the French
mans wine case-namely, that old
Stepho had a haunt somewhere in the
neighborhood. A shrewd old negro had
said that the outlaw lived In the
swamp, In house built of periwinkle
shells. On the opposite shore, and
several miles below the Generals
home, there lay a great wood Of cy-
press and q thick tangle Of salt cedar,
a sort of everglade, a marsh with hun
dreds Of knoll-islands here and there
rising among the bayous. Here was In.
deed an outlaws paradise, for brace
was told that not nearly all it's lanes
and crooked byways Of brown water
had been explored. Herein he began
his search for old Stepho, day after
day penetrating farther and farther in.
to this moss-hanging wild. He did not
confide in General Bethpage, for his
mission was sacred unto himself alone,
and by himself alone must It be ac-
complished.
At his feet in the canoe lay a rope
one end Of II a hangman's moose and
he smiled at Il. grim and firm Of faith.
Sometimes his canoe would stan In the
carpet Of scum. But he forced hi
way through into a narrow and unob-
structed channel. Now he padded
swiftly In front Of him a great ain
gator arose aud sank. the canoe graz
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(Ist pub Sept. Ia; last Oct. l9l
STATE OF WISCONSIN,, CIRCUIT COURT
MARATHON COUNTY
Martha Fryer, Plaintiff,
VS..
John Fryer, Defendant.
THE STATE OF WISCONSIN TO THE
SAID DEFENDANT:
You Are Hereby Summoned TO appear with.
in twenty days after the service OF this sum.
mons upon you, exclusive of the day of service
and defend the above entitled action in the Court
aforesaid, and in case of your failure so 10 do
Judgment will be rendered against you ac,
cording to the demand of the complaint
ARTHUR w. PREHN,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
2. Q. Address: Wausau, Marathon Co., Wis.
To the Said Defendant:
That the original summons and verified com.
plant herein are on file in the office of the
clerk of the court for Marathon County, Wis.
consin, at his office in the court house in the
city of Wausau, said county and state.
ARTHUR w. pREHN,
Plaintiffs Attorney.