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ton court" was the reply. he had
in his office these two young msn,
G. H. Davis and Carl Budwesky.
When he was appointed TO tho
bench he left them In charge Of his
office.
You need have no fear that
everything won't go smoothly" Col.
bert confided. adding, You. Of course,
understand that everything I've told
you is in strictest confidence. /,
would never do to have the workings
OF the Virginia divorce court known"
But the fear Of publicity In connec
ton with the divorce had all but over
come "Mr. Borden" who expressed his
misgivings.
Rising to the occasion, however
Colbert, the divorce-detective. with I'll
discretion thrown to the winds, re
vealed how the courts order OF
publication OF divorce DEGREES wa
made and how safely It could be
done"
(Read in tomorrow's Times the
Confessions of the Divorce
Kings" as to how hundreds of
husbands and wives in Washing
ton and elsewhere are being cut
off from their rights through the
work Of the Virginia divorce
ring.)
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davits?"
This, Mr.. Colbert assured "Mr. Bor.
den," was covered by the fixing
charges.'
However, fearful of the conse.
Slip" Mr. Borden refused to agree
to the proceedings unless the de.
tails were explained.
The Amazing Revelations.
Lowering his voice and casting 9
glance to see that neither one Of the
doors to his office was ajar. Mr.,
Colbert, the salesman. revealed ths
inside workings of the Virginia
divorce ring, whose practices have
become 30 widespread that II has
long since earned the name Of al
vorce kings for it's ringleaders.
CORTLAND II. Davis and Carl Bud
wesky, former law partners Of Judge
Moncure, and whose offices are In
the judges home, located adjacent Ia
Mrs. Baggett, who referred to the
divorce kings as my boys"
Colbert's own story Is as follows:
when your year starts, it's up
you are through" he said. THE Law
stipulates that one has to live a year
in the state Of Virginia before q
divorce In granted.
1--WE will secure nominal resi-
dence for you, but you need never
live there. We would suggest that
you have your mail sent there. but
for $25 we can establish you a resi-
dence. and as stated. When your year
starts, it's up
Tho Plan.
Tor witnesses, We furnish them
You will be provided with the neces
sary dispositions which will show that
you have resided in the State for one
year, or more than year, that the
deponents have known you for that
length Of time and that your allega
tons as set forth in your divorce
papers are true"
"wiil II be necessary that 80 t.
Alexandria and live there?" Border
asked.
Absolutely not" Colbert treasured
his prospective client.
1--WE have q house over there
where you win be registered at, and
you can, II you desire. spent a nigh
or two there, but II will not b
necessary for you to do So" he de
clared In the presence OF Mrs. Scott
and Mr.. Borden"
But, the Judge Is bound TO know
that the thing Is crooked" Border
declared.
"Up until the time Judge Moncur,
was appointed Judge Of the corpora
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-22
BANGS, AUTHOR, dies
|. FOLLOWING ILLNESS
Famous Writer Unable to Over
come Effects Of Operation
At Atlantic City.

ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.. Jan. Ill
John Kendrick Bangs, noted humor.
list. author. and lecturer, died here
at 500 p. m. today.
Ho had been seriously III more than
a week following an operation for
intestinal trouble.
Bangs. born In Yonkers. N. r,
was graduated from Columbia Uni
versity at the age of twenty-one. He
studied law for year and then
began his career as a writer, When
twenty-five he was associated editor
of Life. He was fifty-niHe when he
died. ".,a
Among the best known of his
works are a "Houseboat on the
styx." "Olympian Nights" 1.-THE In
yention of the idiot" and 1.-THE Foot
hills Of Parnassus." - -"
The author spent much Of his last
few years on the lecture platform.
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NOTED SCULPTOR TO
TAKE TITLE ROLE
J. A. Atchison viii Appear in
"christopher Columbus"
Early in February.

Joseph Anthony Atchison, well.
known local sculptor. will play the
title role in q play. christopher
Columbus" to be given by the Ma.
tional Dramatic Guild Of the Ma.
tional Council Of Catholic Men early
next month in Gonzaga Hail. The
date for the first performance has
not yet been set.
The play was written by Daniel
Of San Francisco and Washington.
Mss Esteile Murray, who played a
prominent part In the recent pro.
duction OF THE Notwithstanding
at Central High School, will play
Dolores. There will be q cast Of
twenty.
Mr.. Atchison, q great -cousin Of
Frank Bangs, who played with Edwin
Booth and David Garrick, Is noted
for the busts Of number Of noted
Americans.
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has received great benefit from it
You can use this letter for . testi-
monial If you wish, a. ! cannot say
too much about what your medicine
has done for me and formy daughter. !"
Mrs. WIN. S. HUGHES, Greenville, Del.
Mothers and oftentimes grand
mothers have taken and have
learned the value Of Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. So they
recommend the medicine TO others.
The best test Of any medicine 10
what it has done for others. For
nearly fifty years we have pub
lished letters from mothers, daugh-
tiers, and women, young and old, rec
ommending the Vegetable Compound.
They know what It did for them and
are glad to tell others. In your own
neighborhood are women who know
of It's great value.
Mot6ers-dsughters, whynottryit!
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seekers fiancee. This was q Sigh:
change OF program, the reporter
rather than the lady being the pro
posed complainant.
They were admitted to the inner
sanctorium as possible grist for the
divorce-mill, whose hopper has been
so plentuously fed by the Virginia
Divorce Kings" and the reporter be-
gan to participate In his third divorce
proceeding in two weeks. Brigham
Young, in his widest moment, could
have done little better.
The case OF Mr.. Borden" was
briefly put. He had wife and three
children, the divorce must be gotten
absolutely quitely, without publicity
quickly, for "Mr. Borden wanted ia
rsmarry. The case was really an
urgent one and could Mr.. Colbert
handle II.
Az related in yesterdays Times
Mr.. Colbert assured the pair that the
matter could be fixed" quickly and
quitely as well as safely.
How Much Il Cost.
When the question Of cost was
raised, one Of the most amazing
incidents of the whole investigation
occurred.
Colbert's answer to the question
was: Excuse me please" he reached
for his phone.
Over the phone he ascertained his
information, In much the same man
ner that a broker would call his
stock exchange and get that days
quotation. on any commodity that he
happened to be specializing In.
what are they worth todayf
Colbert asked somebody he addressed
as Davis.
The answer was apparently promp,
as the quotation flashed back, $3.50
fixings and cost"
The price would be SEQ for the
divorce and s25 for the "fixings'
Mr.. Colbert, salesman extraordinary
and minister plentipotentiary for the
Divorce Kings Of Little Reno. re
pested.
Suspicious Reporter.
Suspicious of the appellation nix
ings," Mr.. Borden hesitated to press
the suit unless assurance was given
that It could be done absolutely with
out publicity.
This assurance Mr.. Colbert quickly
gave. adding that, Of course, "tht
prospective client must pay for the
fixing"
This was agreed to, but how coilt
the obstacle of a years habitation b
gotten around? Wouldn't the judge
be suspicious and where could the wit
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-22
Washes Husbands Feet
3 Years: Now Divorced

CHICAGO, Jan. 21.--Mrs. Katherine
Renne. OF GAINESVILLE, Wis. testified
before Judge Grimm that one OF her
household duties for the past five
years has been to wash the feet Of
her husband. George.
The court granted her a divorce.
These not being Bible times. a nus.
band should wash his own feet"
Judge Grimm said.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-22

Or. Martin volunteered his services
to aid in every way possible In the
cleanup Of the Little Reno OF the
East" m, .,a
the pastors standing Tor law ana oIuer,
irrespectiye of who IL involved, and we
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-22

Be sure to remember the name MASTlNS
VTTAMON-the original and genuine yeast
vitamine tablet-there 10 nothing else like il,
90 do not accept limitations or substitutes.
The name MASTINS on the yellow and
black package is your protection. If you are
not entirely satisfied with the results IN your
own case your money will be promptly re-
funded. You can get MASTIN'S VTTAMON
TABLETS At all good druggists, such -
Peoples Drug Stores.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-22
Robbers Wreck Bank
for Paltry $50 Loot

PARSONS, Kan. Jan. 21.-An
overdose of safe-crackins Soup
foiled the plans Of yeggmen who en-.
tered the State Bank Of Dennis, near
here. The charge Of explosive was
90 great that It wrecked tho entire
interior OF the bank and the dctona,
ton aroused the town.
Shots were exchanged with the rob.
pers. who escaped in q motor car after
obtaining only S55 from a cash
drawer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-22

meal. Then weigh and measure yeurs.if again
each vsek and eentinus taking MASTfNS
NTAMoN TABLETS regularly until you are
satis6sd with ysur gain In weight "pep" and
snsrsy. II % Dot enly a question Of hew much
better yeu lsok and feel, or what r.ur friends
cay and think--ths seslss and tape msasus VII
tel their svu story.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-22
MOTHERS and
DAUGHTERS
Read This Letter from
Mrs. w. s. Hughes :
Creenville, Del.--"I was under
BE- impression that my eldest daugh-

Ter had eomemter-
naltrouble q ever
since the first time
her sickness ap-
peared she had to
70 to bed and
even had to quit
school once for .
week. I always
take Lydia &.
|Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound
myself % ] gave
lie to her and she
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-22
WILSON ATTENDS KEITH's.

Former President Wilson and Mrs.
Wilson, with former Secretary McAdoo
Boiling, attended b. r. Keith's Theater
last evening. A crowded, house ex-
tended the usual long and vociferous
greeting of welcome.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-22

mars WHAT MRS. barrow was
Told When She Got Quo
r tatlons on Liberty.
Ii ny HARVEY l.. COBB.
(copyrisht 1874 by The Warrington
Times Company.
sIts an easy spay to shake a mean
man--so qsick and quiet, safs and
sure, and tksy know how to get yoa
a dirorcee. Nobody will ever lear,
about Il.
go see M. Edvard M. Colbert,
Hss Flfth street, he'll help you out"
This was the recommendation of
Mrs. Ida Seiford Barrow, pretty
thirty four-year-old divorce, resid-
ing at 1917 street northwest, one
Of the many Washington women
whose marital barks were piloted to
. blissful shore under the twin cap
taincy Of Little Reno's divorce kings.
"Oyer there" Mrs. Barrow de-
clared, they have a firm that knows
how, and they are in right. 1t is
certainly an easy way to shake q
, mean man, and nobody in the world
will ever learn about IT," Mrs. Bar
row declared, loquacious in her praise
for the system.
Lawyers Ask No Advertising.
When first seen Mrs. Barrow very
lawyers don't want me to say any
thing about It. although the matter
has already been settled.
After being told, however, that the
! speaker. Times reporter, who was
In quest of a divorce, must have one
very quickly and quietly. she
I. gradually warmed up In her praise Of
the ease and facility which Little
Reno's divorce ring could accomplish
I'm matters Of this kind. They GER
I tainly know their business" she de-
. clared, as she related how she had
filled suit for q divorce on August 20
and was granted her freedom from
Z the mean man" three months later.
Where Mrs. Barrow lived in Alexan.
dria while securing her divorce she
refused to say, but" she stated,
h"there are plenty of places over there
where they can fix you up in the
matter Of Virginia residence.
Lived In Washington.
Whether or not Mrs. Barrow ever
. lived in Alexandria, or spent night
there Il mt n mart of this storv al
sho,,1b ,nys.tirstion sbows thaf she
mas onerated a roomina house at the
1si7 street addrsss ali durinp the
past year, and lived there during the
I three.month period while she was re-
. curing her divorce.
Through channels. fbe souncs NJ
( which she refused to divuire' Mrs,
harrow stated that she had been in.
formed by q "friend" that she could
! obtain a divorce. quietly and Quickly,
throuRh the services OF Mr, Colbert.
\ the detective, 'if she would pay"
I According to the pretty divorcee the
decree was granted Quietly and quick.
~ without fuss of formality."
"You are supposed to live q year in
Z Virginia before you can get q divorce,
I but they fix that for you," Mrs. Bar.
Z row confided.
Dspse va LIZ. y, nl a..orney ,s
not Si.cHss her case with anv one.
\ NJ. Rsrron waved eloouent on the
.ssrv,cs" rendsred her bv the Vir.
.sn;a "n,yorcs Kjnos"
Z ..,rh -, Lii t;x snarvth,ro -. ,,,,, >,
49, rey..tad sdd,ns that ~ 'SS,
&C.. ~, 49, ,os, sas ana b.r S,,,oro.
sls .o r .a,aI s tSs All" A'' ui'oi'e
So", VI % ~ s. g., ,,,-
( tIsS., .ne ~ &C. -. VII
pnlaF sne was asked.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-11-22
FINAL SETTLEMENT

Take notice that on the 22nd day of
December, 1922, viii render q final
account OF my acts and doings as Adj
ministrator Of the estate Of J.fE Mar
tin deceased, in the office Of the Judge
OF Probate OF IIaurens county, at II
o'clock a. M. and on tho same day
will apply FOR final discharge from
my trust as Administrators.
Any person indebted to said estate
Is notified and required to make pay
ment on that date; and all pcrsons
having claims against said estate VIII
present them on or before said date,
duly proven or be forever barred.
Fl. 70. MARTIN,
Administrator.
Nov. %, 1922 I19-5t-A
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
. a. . { = 8

Don't do nll your Christmas Shop.
ping until you see our assortment Of
gifts and delicious homemade can
dies. We will be glad to have you look
at them whether you buy or not. Mrs.
T. l' kendick and Mrs 10. 0. Ander-
son at Moscley & Roland old stand,
next TO Bencholf'S. l93t-pd
Candies Fresh home made candy
for your Christmas eats. i am now
making the most delicious Of candies
for the holidays. let me have your
order. One-half pound boxes. one
pound boxes, two pound boxes, and five
pound boxes Wafer mints a specially.
Mrs. w. l.. Meng. phonn l75. l9-5t-c c
TreSEass Sotice-All persons are
hereby warned against hunting or oth-
erwisc trcspassng on our lands near
Watts Mills. Violators OF this notice
viii be prosecuted to the fullest OK
tent OF the law. II. H. ana W.T.. Sem,
Miss ELLA Bell J. T. Blakcly. w. A..
Copeland. i9-3t-pd
hereby warned against hunting or 9TH
clwise trespasRing upon bur lands on
.Dennlty OF prosecutions A. l.. and j.
L.. Mahaffey 10-1t
Widower Desires Early narringr.
Ladies bctReen 35 and 90 please write
and learn more. VINO will he the lirst
one to write? Address "a. PA" care
lSaurens Advertiser, Laurons, s. c.
" 1927
Strnyed--Collie Bitch. color sable
and white. $500 reward Notify G, p.
Armstrong, F0untain Inn. 10.1t-pd
Fer Sale Pair blacls mare Inules,
2 or 8 years old, weigh 1000 pounds
each, or more. II. n. Wright, Clinton.
:, i9-1ta
'Furkeys-~I havnh lot Of fine turkeys
for sale, Bonrbon Reds full stock Az
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-11-22

some other bug will come along, just
as the pink boil worm is following in
the wake Of the boil weevil, but
there are at least signs that substan-
tial relief may come from the one
lpest which has done more to hamper
the South's cotton crop than any
thing that has ever developed.
''We are gratified to know that the
farmers Of Washington county will
receive several thousand dollars more
for their cotton crop this year than
they did last year, and we hope that
the same conditions prevail in pro-
portion all over the state 1t would
mean q greater degree Of prosperity
| than we had counted upon.
What the News has to say in re-
gard to other pests that have afflict-
ed agriculture passing is perhaps true,
but there is no sign that the boil Wee
vii is going to pass and we have an
idea that he is with us forever, GER
| is planted in the South.
The Weevi entered Texas many
years ago and is still there, although
the'very hot summers and very cold
winters in that state cuts down his
ravages to great extent and then, too,
Texas rainfall is less than ours and
the weevl thrives most in a section
with high percentage of rainfall.
Ever since the weevil entered Louis-
ana and mississippi he has been bad
and there is no leSsoning of his raw
ages unless the farmers combat him
with every known scientific remedy
cotton can be raised in the delta of
the Mississippi as it was before the
weevil when there is high fertiliza-
ton, rapid working, poisoning, etc.
When there is a very wet summer we
do not believe that it is possible any
whore to make anything like normal
yield.
The Chronicle believes that it is pos
siblc with very dry summer to make
cotton without poisoning, but it is not
safe to try it. There have been some
good yields made in this section With
out poisoning this year but these spots
We're favored with less rain than 9TH
crs and the farmers who made these
good yields without poisoning would
have made much more with poisoning.
Now as for the boil wcevil passing,
there is no hope for it, We regret
that a paper like the Macon News
would encourage such an idea. We do
not know the exact reason why Wash
ington county made nearly l 900 bales
more than last year but it was prob
ably due to more intelligent farming
which includes poisoning, high fer
tilization, rapid cultivation, etc, plus
lat least fairly favorable weather
We would advise our farmers not to
be thrown off their guard by any such
thought as the passing Of the boil
weevil, but to prepare to fight him to
the limit and make cotton in spite
of him.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-11-22
No, The Boil Weevil Is Not Passing.

W. ne noH Heo'ii is NW faSSihs.
1,"S""'" ohronlcie'
"o .""''i' news pr'h'" an caitofi-
49, "i"cr 'lie c'p''oh' is thc boll
oo''. '''a''s 10 start win Ihc
~ o'''o'o "i"neS 70 sue ehnphat'cai-
- '.", '"o 'o'' "'e'i' IS not passing
~ - ~ 6 to "'"S' ana WIN thlS state
n'.'.' ",. '"e "''' '""'' from nc news IN
p',. 49,,
nc : '''''p.s fe'o't Tor ""shihE-
W" 'D",tS SHOWS 'n"t Almost 'ooo
,"o.o p"'cS o. cot'on nave peen raised
~ 'h"' county dhrlhs tne past season
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-11-22
WHY AN EDUCATION?

WHY AN fI)J'SAllo-N
Somebody is constantly finding
something wrong with our system OF
education. The latest critic to get ii
the limclight is Thomas Edison, who
came out few days ago in an inter
view declaring that a college educa-
ton units man for work He said
the college graduates do not like to
do dirty work, but Wanl TO become
high officials as soon as they land a
job. He gave the colleges a consd-
cradle rap. DR., Henry Van Dyke, not
ed preacher, author and educator OF
Princeton University, came out a few
days later in defense Of the colleges
He said. speaking OF Mr.. Edison:
lie is right in saying that our col
lcgcS are not what they should be,
said Or. Van Dyke, but he is dead
wrong in thinking that he could make
them SO. The very things that he
blames in them are best and most
hopeful The object OF college cdu-
cation is not TO enable /; man to make
a living, but 10 teach him how TO en-
large and enrich his mental and moral
life. to be more Of man, to be a real
person and not a cog in a machine OF
'''uun'S ',,r,S OF 'uo ,,,, .,
nducation i. that he merely wants la
Dor that he can use in business. The
colleges, ut least most of them, want
"oliie'ilins po''ti, men VINO gan uS'
pathetically with the larger purpose
OF mankind"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-11-22
Honor Roll OF YOungs School

Ninth Gradc-Mattie Ruth Manly
Myrtle Sutton.
Eighth Grade -Pauly Abcrcrombic.
Seventh Grade--Alvin Williams
Fifth Grade Mary Cox.
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Card Of Thanks

We wish to extend thanks for the
many kinanesses shown us in the
death Of our father, Mr.. j. &C. Stone
May Gods richest blessings rest up
on each and every one.
- HIS CHILDREN
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-11-22

The i4aurens Drug Co. pays the cost
of a trial by rcfunding your money II
iyomei fails to rel elleye>that cough OF
cold you have. ~
Evening star., 1922-04-16
Nine. Coronado Made
Colombian Delegate

Mime. Marie Dc Coronadc. . promi-
nent South American woman and for
the past ten years resident Of WASH
inston was appointed last week by zhe
government OF Colombia ~ its official
delegate to the pAn1Amsrtcan con-
ference Of women which viii Be held
In Baltimore this month.
Nine. Coronado ID descendant Of one Of
the Oldest and best known families of
her native country. She 10 the grand
daughter OF the French general Louis
Perou de Ia Crodx, who. at the time
Of the French revolution, was, sent by
Napoleon to England on D confidential
mission. In 1893 he went to South
America and acted as aide de camp and
brfgAdier general Of the liberAtor
Simon Bolivar during the war OF
Independence 81 Colombia, Ecuador and
venssuslE He 10 the author OF the
celebrated "Dtarfo de Bucaramanga, "
or memories OF the private and public
life OF Bolivar. 4
She has taken an active part in. the
organization OF charitable socfeties in
her country and has always been inter.
ssted in the welfare OF both women
ana children.
Nine. Coronado received her educa.
tfon In one Of the leading women's
colleges OF Bogota, and after gradu.
atinG. went to France and completed
her studies In Paris.
Evening star., 1922-04-16

This reliable little machine goes IN the
most convenient place-oa top Of your
ies-box, beside il, or IN the basement
Insulation can be made IN . single day.
The second il motor b connected 70
the nearest electric light socket. Il senn
to work. You set il Contractor Ther.
mostat for the degree Of cold deshed
and it keeps within ih degrees Of that
sempz.nme-all the year round.
No more uneven temperature or mois-
uue-laden air to hasten food decay.
Evening star., 1922-04-16
Surprise Shower Given
For Miss Hutchinson

A surprise miscellaneous shower
was given for Miss Edith Grace
Hutchinson, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
E. L Hutchinson, at their home, %
Girard street northeast. with her
hostess.
A musical program was rendered
by Miss Harriet Shaw, who was ac-
companied on the piano by Mrs. p.
Craig Jones. The guests included Mrs.
Charles Long. Mrs. Charles Wood.
Mrs. Price, Mrs. Fennell. Mrs. William
Marsh, Miss Edna Marsh. Miss Louise
Marsh. Mrs. q. Nelson. Mrs. J. Math-
ers, Mrs. K. L. Dean. Mrs. Amelia
Hutchinson. Mrs. B. Wrenn. Mrs
Flora Beach, Mrs Hefton, Mrs. John
Davies, Mrs. John Jones. Mrs. Sellers,
Mrs. Melitssr, Mas Margaret Moxley.
Ars. Joseph Simmons. Mrs. Arthur
Conner, Mrs. H. MCGOWAN, Mrs. Fem
ton and Mrs. Charles e. Hutchinson.