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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-01-17

ing 10 escape By way OF the street.
aud yet II seemed to me that they
we're coming up. although We met
no omit
He paused. Framed IA the hnli
doorway there had appeared . tan
mid aged man clad 81 q "a tter-
ca dressing gown, With q lean,
efne 9th tar6 upon which astnnishs
meat struggled with resentment.
wlfst's been going on here. Of.
dcer?D he demanded. tim Girls.
void ON the floor above. WHO'S
been pounding ON my door fit 20
wake the dead?e
There's been murder going on,
slrls' Officer Boyle retorted grim.
Y. $50 It was pounding You
lheard?'
''T'hat was ~ Professor semy-
onov remarked with dignity. u
stopped on the way down at this
PERSONS door but received no Re.
Spouse. ("
And your nana'S Grlswold?'
the policeman prevented an eyi.
IDENTIFY heated rejoinder by. his
sharp custom.
Henry Griswold, and / know
nothing Whatever about any muir.
derin declared the newcomer. II
/ do not care to be emhrofled In any
such"
''You're here. ana ynn,I, stay
Sir, till we hear from headdunr-
ters," Boyle replied significantly.
so you're on the fourth floor and
this gentleman here on the fifth.n
He Indicated the professor with
marked courtesy In Difference to
the sergeant and then turned to
the young man, in the chair. 'You
have the apartment on tho second
floor. sir. Just over the shopY"
The young man nodded without
fitting his head and replied with
muffled tones: '
yes. My name Is Gordon Ladd. .
FL heard You making that racket
you know, and went down 10 tho
entrance and let you in.
"And that's all that lives in this
house?" Boyle looked from one to
another Of them but his gaze
finally fastened upon The profes.
sor and the latter replied:
"a lady lives on the top floor,
the one above mine. l do.not know
her. OF the shop can tell you
nothing, but there is a jointor or
superintendent who occupies the
basement, although l have never
found him there when he is want.
ed for sudden repairs or other
emergencies. There are no other
occupants OF the building, TO my
knowledge I"
"Thanks SIR" Boyle turned
again to the telephone and the
municipal machinery Of investiga-
ton into the death Of Miriam yane
was set in motion.
"Well," Boyle squared his Shout.
ders with a satisfied air, .'Ill get
what dope can. I'll ask you, ser.
geant, to see that these three gen
tlemen stay in this room. Don't
let one Of them put a finger on the
corpse ,eitheri"
He added the last IN a hoarse
whisper that must have been plain
~ audible to the entire group for
even the young man in the chair
overcome with horror as he an:
peared, shuddered and as the
policeman started up the stairway
with a heavy tread he raised q
Thaggered face.
1T can't bel" he muttered as Il
to himself. Not M1riaml I must
be going mad!n
80 It's Miriam vane, the woman
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-01-17
MEDICINAL VALUE

NEW ORLEANS Jan. IL
Answering the dnestionnaire
recently sent out BIZ me iour-
mi Of the American Medical
ociaion. 100 physlcIsns II
New Orleans and Louisiana
voted that whislSey was Of med.
icinal value while l7s were re
corded against It. Tho division
ON the question Of whether beer
contained medicinal qualities
Z was us 70 266 against, while
the vote on wine was 1A6 for
and 231 against. Sixty nine
physicians said lproffB tkot
had caused ..unnecessary SUI.
tering or death .
v 4 4 y. !.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-01-17
THE STEP ON THE STAIRS
D5 isAlkL oHtAhhpihs rs1yflEat = a. Service.

inquire IN inc tattefed dressing
gown close at his heels, he heard
tinmtst akabiy the sound OF hurry.
ing footsteps below and plunged
for the head OF the stairs.
The narrow hall was but diml3
lighted and il the unnatural 81.
4euee which followed the echo Of
the shot their own feet as they
clatteced down the mating cover.
ed stairs drowned out the lesser
sound which had come up 70 them.
The hallway directly below was
deserted and the door leading into
the apartment was closed and
blank. Professor Semyonoy paused
to hammer upon II but Barry hast.
eneds on downward. his eyes strtv.
ing to pierce the gloom. Was that
o fleeing figure below him or just
his own distorted shadow adYanc-
ing before his reckless descent?
On the third floor he halted. The
door Of this araprtment also, which
his host had told him was occupied
by q woman portrait painter, was
closed, but from the line OF the
sill streamed a peculiar. bright
light like q beam OF sunshine. The
professor ceased hts truitlegs eE-
forts and reiotned his companion
Just Us there came q soft thud and
then from the street level o yiol.
ent ringing and pounding.
Perhaps We were 1niBthkeIH'
Barry remarked Ut might have
been a fracas out In the street y
. Tho professor shook his head de.
cidedly and then pointed 20 the
line Of light from beneath the door
before them.
Someone is in here, at any rate.
We will knock. ]"
Suihng his action TO the word.
hegrapped smartly: waited and rap.
ped again, but there came no re-
sponse. only the steady glare OF
that gartsh light and the banging
from the entrance on the ground
floor.
Professor semyonoy shrugged
and turned 10 descend still further,
but the sergeant grasped his arm.
That's only someone who heard
what we did-the officer on this
beat, perhaps-and wants TO inyes-
tigate. Let him wait. II anything
Us wrong in this house 1t is behind
that door! I'm going to assume re.
sponsibility for breaking It in,
professor. Stalld back"
The door itself was q massive
one but the lock evidently old and
flimsy and at his third onslaught
IL snapped with such suddenness
that he was almost precipiated In
TO the apartment.
A single glance sutficed to show
the outlines OF dainty carved
furniture and cushions scattered
about in profusion by an obviously
feminine hand but the room was
empty and It's only ILLUMINATION was
that strange ray OF counterfeit sun
light which streamed through an
opened door In the opposite wall u
door which led evidently to that
studio built out over the strip OF
garden Of which the professor had
spoken.
The stu. heated ali was heavy
with a subtle, cloying perfume but
mingled with It was a harsh. acrid
odor that was not new to the de-
tective and he sprang across to
the doorway Of the studio and
then paused.
Facing him upon a large easel
was the portrait OF woman In a
gray evening gown poised on the
third step OF a staircase with one
slippered foot slightly advanced
and a hand Of startling Wilderness
upon a huge emerald hlazed rest
ed on the dark, polished wood Of
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-01-17
HAs ms cHoIcE

WASHINGTON. ia. 17.-char-
les q, Ingersoll was authorized by
the Interstate Commerce Commits.
sion, to retain his place as direc-
tor Of the Pennsylvania railroad
but was required to resign within
thirty days either as director Of
the Missouri Pacific or as Presi-
dent Of the Midland Valley rail.
road.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-01-17

Do yon Ike soft hands-use Blue
Devil Cleanser-Ady.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-19
TO ASK CITY AID FOR POOR
Plight Of 1860 Widowed Mothers
PItIable, Survey Shows

Major Barclay Fl. Warburton. Di-
rector of Public Welfare. will be asked
next week to 60 to Council with a plea
for the widows and orphans Of the city,
whose plight in many cases is pitiabIe
because Of hard times.
A group Of influential citizens are
preparing to take this step. basing their
action on survey Of conditions among
the poor made by the Department OF
Social Investigation of the Pennsylvania
School for Social Service. This survey
will be ready for publication by early
next week.
The investigators, It was learned from
summary OF the report. found 1860
widowed mothers on the waiting list Of
the Mothers Assistance Fund and IN
urgent need Of financial help.
The waiting list has grown to these
large proportions because of lack OF
funds. The State appropriation was cut
at the last session of Legislature,
and the present fund is inadequate. The
Public Welfare Department has no
money for the work. Various private
agencies are helping, but there is so
much to be done that public help is
necessary.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-19
ST. OLAF COLLEGE CHOIR
THRILLS BIG. AUDIENCE
superb Singing Done by Youthful
ColiegIans at the Academy


The choir of st. Olaf College, at
Mortified, Mimi, made its second ap-
pearance in Philadelphia last evening
at the Academy Of Music, the first
having been at the Metropolitan Opera
House a couple of years ago. AS on
the first occasion, the choir thrilled the
audience by the perfection Of Its work
and gave a practical demonstration of
the lengths to which vocal training can
be carried when conducted by learned
leader who has fine material at his
command.
The conductor is the same as on the
previous visit to this city. but the per-
sonnel of the choir has changed as COL
lege life makes necessary. But II there
Is a disadvantage in the constant change
of personnel, with a consequent loss Of
ensemble, there is a perhaps compen
sating advantage in the fact that the
freshness and youth of the voices in
such a choir always remains the same.
Such was the impression Of the choir
last evening. The ensemble was beau
tiful, but above all else stood out the
youth and the quality of the voices.
For a body obviously composed of such
young singers. the range Of the choir
exceeSinSiv hisb % in re9;ster q. % veil as
beautiful n aualitv and Tho second Tor
fourth for the choir sang ot time. in
sixteen nartsS hass being extremely
resonant tonallv as we'll as low in
register,
Tho St Olaf Choir "a ma of FIN host
singing organ;zotions IN Tho copntrv
today. Like ali imnressive ensembles
II has its own cba octeristics and next
to the yontbfui vocal quality 10 ner.
hans The deyotionoI at,nos,bere which
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-19
nab RIVER PIRATES
|LOOT|NG WHARvES
Two Arrested as Police ThroW
Gordon Around Della
ware Piers


piyr pirates operating in a swift
.a,nrboat we're surprised on Pier No.
|~o south Wharves, early today as they
~ s.rs moving bales OF serge cloth valued
y, S240o. The pier is used by the
|ssrcbants aud Miners Transporta-
|don Company.
Two suspects were caught on the
|.,sr after a Waterman fired several
|lscts. Police also sent a hail OF bullets
.Msr % the motorbont, in which a third
Imam escaped. ,,
|..fore g A. NJ, and call was sent
Ia the Third pnd De Lancey streets
|s,sron. Motorcycle Patrolman Miller
|sosd TO the pier, carrying Patrolman
|fsse IN sidecar.
Il Ns .he patrolmcn stepped on the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-19

wharf they heard three shots Aired by
q Waterman at one pirate who had
Jumped into the motorboat. Sergeant
Shensle, Of the Third and De Lanccy
streets station, also ran up with sew
eral patrolmon and Gordon was
thrown about the pier
The police, with revolvers drawn and
flashlights playing over piles of bales
and boxes, finally found two Negroes
who said they are Russell Brown,
Lombard street near Thirteenth, and
Joseph Thomas. Bainbridge street near
Twelfth. Later each was held in $1,000
bail for court.
Five bundles Of cloth were found in
the river near the pier and several
bolts OF serge were located in Delaware
avenue,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-19
HOW TO REMOVE
Skin BLEM|SHES

With a warm lather OF Black and
Fhite Soap, cleanse the skin of all
ust and impurities Rinse and dry
|horoy Then with the finger tips
lgntly apply just enough Beauty
ieach 10 form an even coating over
Pc skin surface.
allow to remain on over night
IeAt morning remove with warm
ater, Begin your beauty treatment
Pnight by purchasing from your drug
Isl SOC jar OF Black and White
fesuty Bleach.
Send CSC to Dept MS, Plough, Mem
ns, Tenn, for Refillable Powder
(M OF genuine eidcrdown, containing
two weeks supply Of the perfect face
6wder-Black and White incense
IoWers' Literature, giving in detail
! information regarding the beauty.
properties Of Beauty Bleach mailed
|ou upon request.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-19

TyHIS is an outrage!
- Va name and address.
You don't know who ] am.
That's what I'm tryin' to find out
give me va name and address.
Why do you pick on me? Why don't
you pick on some Of these other fell
lows? I was only going twenty FIVE
miles an hour. why this old coffee
mill wouldn't 60 forty.
Tell it to the Judge. C'mon, give
me va name and address.
(Motorist finally gives up precious
information. Cop makes out ticket and
hands il to him.)
Ten o'clock tomorrow morning.
G'bye.
(Motorist, looking at ticket blankly) (:
Who, me? This IL an outrage!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-19
Motorist and Motorcycles Cop

(Motorist tries to look surprised
as cop draws up alonsside--he had
heard the deadly put-put several
blocks back and had slowed up.)
WHATS your rush?
w Who, me?
Sure, you. Who d'ya think am
talking tot
why, whaddya mean?
Whadda / mean? wbadda you
mean2 Whadda va think this is-a
speedway?
Who, me2
Sure, you. ia think this is a race
track or somep'n?
Who, me?
Sure, you. What's the big idear Of
going forty miles an hour? Who ia
think you, ,are--Barney Oldiieldi
Old6eld? Who, me?
Yes, ,OldHeld or De Palma or somep n
What's va name?
VOU mean my name?
L Yes, your name. What's va name ?
Oh. listen, officer, have a heart. You
aren't going to pinch me, are you?
Oh. amt /?
But / was only going twenty Ave
miles. ..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-19

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You certainly want them
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#" you-and sometimes
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| Philadelphia
The Ocala banner., 1922-01-20

Try . Banner Want Al FOR Results.
The Ocala banner., 1922-01-20
CLOVES
QUICK CURTAIN FOR THE kLAN

The brief and dazzling descent of
the Ku Klux Klan has been even
more spectacular than its reappear-
ance. After being turned wrong side
out by publicity and exposed to the.
public view as an organization guilty
OF knavery and foolishness in fairly
equal proportions, it is now sliding
steadily downhill toward a receiver
ship.
Judge Pendleton, of Atlanta, has is
sued an Injunction forbidding the ex-
Denditure Of money or the sale of
property and prohibiting also any ac-
ton by the officials of the body in
revenge for the filing of the petition
by former members. Since the cam
paign for new members has slumped
utterly, it is dffficult to see how the
treasury which drew its sustenance
from initiation fees, can fail to show
a deficit. Even if the Khan still has
money it is bankrupt in respect.
With the desposed grand COLLINS
The Ocala banner., 1922-01-20
FLORIDA

Let me sing you song of our sylvan
retreat,
Where pines in sweet cadence, a soft
vigil keep,
And the suns brightest rays, through
all of the years,
Brings peace to the soul of those who
dwell here,
It's dreamland Of beauty, 4 quiet
repose,
Where nature has blossomed as fair
as rose.
Where birds love to linger and trill
out their lay,
All the year round in our own Flor
ida.
Here vine covered dwellings, so coy
and neat.
Nestle under the trees, in a shady re-
treat;
Wild roses and jasmines aid lilies
that are fair,
Mingle their fragrance on the soft
evening air
Here poor man can live if he is
willing to toll
Like king in palace, from the
fruits of the soil.
Here oranges and lemons and grape
fruit galore,
Can be picked from the trees that
grow round your door.
Here corn and potatoes, both Irish
and sweet,
And hogs, sheep and cattle, to furnish
us meat,
Can be raised here with ease in this
warm southern cline,
And there's something to harvest at
most any time.
Here are rivers and lakes all lurking
with fish,
And for a days outing. what's better
than this?
To the great God Of nature, our
thanks we should give,
For creating a Florida where his Deo-
pie can live.
N. N. KELLAM.
Astor, Fla.
The Ocala banner., 1922-01-20
QUARTER MILLION RAPTlSMs IN
YEAR

BY receiving 250,S14 new members
into their local churches during the
state conventional year ending Deeem-
Der 1, 1921, Southern Baptists have es-
tablished a new record along evan
gelistic lines and probably take the
lead among evangelical denominations
in America in this respect. The pre-
vious high mark was 1855, estab-
lished year ago, but the 1921 figures
represent an advance of 40 per cent.
While it is believed careful revis-
ion of the figures will show even
larger number than at first reported,
the numbers furnished by the states
to the headquarters of the rs Million
Campaign are as follows: Alabama,
17,341; Arkansas, 9.114; District of
Columbia, 500; Florida, S,194; Geor-
gia, 10000; Southern Illinois, 1863:
Kentucky, 10000; Louisiana, 1000;
Maryland, 963; Mississippi, 15,709;
Missouri, PATTI; New Mexico, 1.006:
North Carolina. 22,95s; Oklahoma, A.
600; South Carolina, 1881; Tennes-
see, $4,000; Texas, $4,000; Virginia,
1852.
The Ocala banner., 1922-01-20
Is a TELLER ONLY WAS

While walking through a crowded.
downtown street the other day,
I heard a little urchin to his comrade
turn and say:
Say, Jimmy, let me tell youse, I'd
be happy as clam
II | cnly was de feller dat me muade1
thinks | am.
Gee. Jim, she thinks dat I'm a won
der, and she knows her little lad
Gould never mix wild nothin dat was
ugly, mean. or had.
Lots er times I 81 and thinks how
nice 'twould be. gee whiz,
If a feller only was de feller dat his
r.udceg thinks he Isl.
L, friend. be years a life of toll OF
undiluted JOY,
You can still learn a lessen from this
small. unsettled boy.
Don't am 10 be al earthly saint w..h
yoa-' eyes fGee cn ar;
Just try to be the fellow that yo--
mother tAizLs :o1 Sre.
Anon.
The Ocala banner., 1922-01-20
COFFEE

In order to improve the coffee pour
OF one or two cups and then return
them to the urn. This mixes it, thus
improving it.
The Ocala banner., 1922-01-20
LAVE vcu TRIED IT VET, A COCA
COLA WITH ORANGE?

Rivers H. Ross is district man
age-,. for the Exchange at Selma. Ala
bama, and real live asset 10 boot.
Following is an idea he passes along
to George A. Ccoss genes al sa4es man
ager, that looks like a good one:
Did YOU ever drink an orange
cola? No! Well, you are missing
some good vitamines when you take
a drinh at foun1 without the or
.ange got one of the founts here
to buy some regular coca-ccla and
.ofss. 4 .sew dring--orangescola. just
a segular cocG-cosa tlistle less syrup
The Ocala banner., 1922-01-20
THE ANTl-LYNcHlNc BILL

We regret very much to see South
erners opposing the anti-lynching bill
now before congress- We are as great
a sfickler for state rights as any of
them but surely no one will claim
that IT is the right of a state to per
NIT murder. We would not have the
federal government take charge Of the
enforcement of criminal laws in the
states but this is case where the
states are unable to enforce the law
as It should be enfroced and the fed
eral government would be better able
to enforce it. We therefore believe
this matter should be handed over
to federal Jurisdiction
The law would still be enforced by
the people Of the state in which
iynching occurred but not by the peo-
pie of the community in which it oc-
CURED. When a man is accused of a
crime in Florida for instance, he must
be tried in the county in which the
crime was perpetrated. OF course a
change of venue may be granted if
good reason for it is shown but this
is rarely if ever done by the prose
cution. 1t is not infrequently done
by the defense. A man charged with
crime may be tried in another coun-
ty than the one in which the crime
was perpetrated if he can show that,
because of prejudice against him in
the county, he could not get fair trial
there. But the state never claims that
any county is so prejudiced in favor
or lawnessness that a conviction is
impossible or even improbable in it
even if the accused is guilty.
1t is true that there are counties in
every state where public sympathy
shields the criminals But there is no
state or federal district in state
where the public sympathy is so de-
praved. In addition to this the jurors
living in county in which a lynch
ing occurs would be apt to be intimi-
dated in the discharge of their duty.
They would know that the members
of the mob that did it's work secretly
were still unknown. They would feel
that men who had taken the law into
their hands to lynch man would
take it into their hands again to de
fend each other and the result is that
the jury no matter how much its
members might be opposed to lynch
ing and in favor of an impartial. ex-
ecution of the laws would be afraid
70 convict. We think an arrange
ment that would take this fear out OF
the consideration OF the case would
be good one.
The federal courts are not held in
every county nor are the jurors who
try cases in them always citizens OF
the county in which they are tried.
Jurors selected from all parts Of the
Southern district of Florida would
not be afraid to convict q man tried
in Jacksonville. Few if any OF them
would be from the county in which
the lynching occurred. The chances
Of justice and law enforcement would
be greatly improved by trying the case
beyond the influences Of local e.
vironment.
The crime of iynching is not as
frequent now as it was few years
ago but it has not been diminished
by the conviction of lynchers They
escape punishment as things are and
this justifies and in fact calls for a
change Times Union
The Ocala banner., 1922-01-20

than usual with half of a small
Sealdsweet orange squeezed into it,,
thus turning into a real live fruit
drink. Have some of your fountains
friends try this out The Yanks will
like it. whether they are from Yer
mont or Alabama.
Now If this tickles' the palate it
IS I'D to US to push it along We
need 10 popllarize these small sizes"
Lakeland Advertiser.
BANANAS
Try using the not quite ripe ba-
nanas as a vegetable some time Cut
the fruit in half and stew for % min
utes in littlel water. Drain, cover
with cream sauce such as is used
for cauliflower, and serve hotf
CREPE
If crepe needs freshening bring the
w-aer in the tea kettle to boiling
point and then pass the crepe back
and forth in the steam. The result
viii be a fabric almost like new.
COFFEE
In order to improve the coffee pour
OF one or two cups and then return
them to the urn. This mixes it, thus
improving it.
CLOVES
Push Few cloves into the ham be-
fore you bake it. The cloves add
very pleasant flavor.
ADD SALT
Pct little salt in the frying pan
before you put the lard in and it
will not splatter or splash.
The Ocala banner., 1922-01-20

and the imperial wizard squabbling
in court for control, the end of the
farce appears to be in sight. If there
is graveyard for secret societies the
khan may as well order its plot
World.
The Ocala banner., 1922-01-20

after this date I will present my vouchers
and accounts to the honorable I. f. Futch
County Judge Marion county. Florida,
and viii apply to said court for final
discharge as administrators Of the estate
Of Alice Roller deceased
e. VAN STRAIN. Administrators
S. r. SISTRUNK. Attorney for Adj.
ministratrix. -9-2-6mo-
The Ocala banner., 1922-01-20

Messrs. R. r. Thompson, W. B.
Holder mad w. r. Edwards, town
councilmen of Crystal River, were in
the city Wednesday.
The Ocala banner., 1922-01-20
WAGONS FOR SALE

Both one and two horse sizes
Prices reasonable. s. P. BURTON.
sparr, Fla.-1-6-st
The Ocala banner., 1922-01-20
MooD: woow. wooD::.

Zine and Oak-l.1Iune rs from Z
to a. nj. and IL 3 p IL. ~ see sIT
John DOZier cor Ifer3Dll and t1s
CECILIA Streets-9-16-tf If.
Trespass notices, 10 cents each; Or
half dozen for so cents.