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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-04-28

you couldn't see that quite SO direct
~, Of course, and you thought didn't
like Ben, and there was some lack in
me which made me fail to appreciate
him"
mo; not that Constance denied
quickly. Not that, Henry"
What was it then, Connie? You
thought me ungrateful to him? !
realize that l owed a great debt to
him; but the only way l could pay that
debt was to do exactly what | did
oppose him and seem to push into his
place and. be an migrate; for, because
| did that, Ben's been a respected and
honored man in this town all these
last years, which he couldn't have re-
NAMED if I'll let him have his way, or
if | told others why l had to do what
did. didn't care what others
thought about me; but l did care what
you thought yet If you couldn't see
what l was up against because of your
affection for him, why-that was all
right too"
mo, it wasn't all right" she denied
almost fiercely, the flush flooding her
checks; a throbbing was in her throat
which, for an instant, stopped her.
"You should have told me, Henry; or
Il should have been able to see."
II couldn't tell you-dear," he said
the last word very distinctly. but so
low that she could scarcely hear. 81
couldn't tell Won nOw-if Ben hadn't
gone away as he has and this other
fellow come. / couldn't tell you when
you wanted to keep earring so much
for your Uncle Benny, and he was try
ing TO hurt me with YOU"
She bent toward him. her lips part
ed: but now she did not speak. She
never had really known Henry until
this moment, she eait; she had thought
of him always as strong, almost bru-
tai. fighting down ilercely, mercilessly,
his opponents and welcoming contest
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we're suited. We don't get u suits
from the shops and then say after
we have them home:
"'Oh dear, now / wish I'd ordered
that blue and green suit which was
hanging next to this one.'
'We never say anything like that!
"In the first place there are no
%porcupine shops and In the second
place we'd never 20 to them IL there
were.
1--WE have too much sense for that,
and we're pleased with the suits we
have always worm. Why change when
one is satisfied?
'There is no sense In doing such a
thing and SO we don't.
Every sensible Of u.s.
Very sensible, indeed" said Percy
POrcupine. "Oh, I love these woods
up here where people SO seldom
come. / don't mind people and I
wouldn't hurt them, but 1 like to be
away where it Is quiet.
II would never do for a city life.
Dear me, no. Even q small town
wouldn't suit me. Do you suppose I'd
care to walk about the streets and
wave my tail as a dog would do when
he met his friends? Not much. I
wouldn't do that. / would be very
unpopular In a town or q city and 1
wouldn't be happy there at all.
Now, a dog is quite different.
They are sOciable. Bur when they
try to make friends with US we don't
make friends with them.
Perhaps shouldn't say they try
to make friends with us, for they
don't. They want to chase us and we
make them nervous II upset and
they can't keep away from us. And
then we stick our quills into them
when they come near us.
Eyes, dogs had better keep away
from US If they don't want to be hurt.
Were all right by ourselves i'm the
quiet woods where few people ever
come. We don't like the woods near
places where people are.
"We're quite satisfied with our own
ways. That's because we're porcu-
pines"
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HENRY AND CONSTANCE

GYNOPSIS.-NVealthy and highly
placed in the Chicago business
world. BENJAMIN Corvet is some
thing Of q recluse and a mystery
to his associates. After a stormy
interview with his partner, Henry
Spearman, Corvct seeks Constance
Sheriff.. daughter OF his other
business partner, Lawrence Sher-
rill. and secures from her a prom
Use not to marry Spearman. lie
then disappears. Sheriff. learns
Corvet has written to "A certain
Alan Conrad, in Blue Rapids, Kan
saS, and exhibited strange agita-
ton over the matter. COvet's let
ter Conrad, a youth of
unknown parentage, to Chicago.
Alan arrives in Chicago. From a
statement of Sheriff. ii seems prob
able Conrad is CorVets illegitimate
son. Corvet has decided his house
and it's contents to Alan, who takes
possession. That night Alan dis
covers Il man raaSacking the desks
and bureau drawers in Corvet's
apartments. The appearance of
Alan tremendously asitates the in
truder. who appears to think him
a ghost and raves OF 1.-The Niwa-
ka." After a struggle the man es-
capes. Next day Alan learns from
Sheriff. that Corvet has decided his
entire property TO him. Introduced
TO Spearman, Alan is astounded 1T
the discovery that he is the man
whom he had fought in his house
the night before.
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for the Joy of overwhelming others by
his own decisive strength and power.
And she had been almost ready to
marry that man for his strength and
dominance from those qualities; and
now she knew that he was merciful
t~oo-indeed, more than merciful. In
the very contest where she had
thought Of him as most selfish and re-
gardless OF another, she had most
completely Inexperienced.
Il ought to have seen" she rebuked
herself TO him. surely, l should have
seen that was it!'
How could you see?" he defended
her. He never showed to you the side
he showed to me and-in these last
years, apYWay-never to me the Side
he showed 10 yCc. But after what has
happened this week, can you under
have TO distrust the young fellow
who's come TO claim Ben Covert's
place"
Claim !" Constance repeated. "Why,
Henry, l did not know he claimed any
thing; he didn't even know when he
came here
He seems, like Ben COrvet," Henry
said slowly, "to have the characteris-
tic of showing n side TO you, another
to me, Connie. With you, of course,
he claimed nothing; but at the office
Your father showed him this morning
the instruments Of transfer that Ben
seems to have left conveying TO him
all Ben had-his other properties and
his interest in Corvet, Sheriff. and
Spearman. | very naturally objected
to the execution Of those transfers,
without considerable examination, in
view of Corvet's mental condition and
of the fact that they put the control
ling stock of COrvet, Sheriff. and
Spearman in the hands of a youth no
one ever had heard of-and one who,
by his w story, never had seen n
ship until yesterday. And when l
didn't dismiss my business with Il
dozen men this morning to take him
into the company, he claimed occasion
to see me alone to threaten me-"
Threaten you, Henry? How? With
What?"
Il couldn't quite make out myself,
but that was his tone; he demanded
an explanation Of exactly what, he
didn't make clear. He has been given
by Ben. apparently, the technical con-
troll Of Corvet, Sheriff. and Spearman.
His idea, If l oppose him, evidently is
to turn me out and take the manage
ment himself"
Constance leaned back, confused.
"He-Alan Conrad?" she questioned,
"He can't have done that, Henry Oh,
he can't have meant that"
Maybe he didn't; I said l couldn't
make out what he did mean" Spear
a said. "Things have come upon
him with rather a rush, Of course; and
you couldn't expect q country boy to
get so many things straight. He's act
ing, l suppose, only In the way one
might expect a boy to act who had
been brought up In poverty on n Kan
sas prairie and was suddenly handed
the possible possession Of a good many
millions Of dollars. It's better to be-
lieve that he's only lost his head.
haven't had opportunity to tell your
father these things yet; but / wanted
you to understand why Conrad will
hardly consider me a friend"
"I1l understand you now, Henry
she promised.
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RIDDLES

When Is a pie like a noted English
poet? When 1t Is Browning.
What word of five letters by remov-
ing two will leave one? Stone.
Why is a newborn baby like a
donkey's tail? Because it was never
seen before.
When is n man like the letter b?
When he Is In bed.
What roof covers a noisy tenant3
The roof Of your mouth.
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"They say that the Drum
beat wrong when the Miwaka
went down."
CTo BE C~oNTINUED.)

About one-half tie trade o. FL Pas,
Is with Mexico.
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NOVEL DYERFlSING
FEATURE UNDER Way
Paige Motor Sales Co. viii
Give Away $1,000 in
Cash 1sb in ln1 County.

The Paige Motor Sales Co. has
inaugurated a novel sales campaign
as a special advertising feature 70
call attention to the 1922 Paige car
at tho reduced price OF $1,575 de-
liyered.
By, the plan, more fully announc
ed ID an advertisement, the con,
pany Proposes to give absolutely
free, without red tape, or hindranc
q 81 ,140 tJewest SIX or $1,000 IN
cash 70 the first twelve buyers o
Paige cars.
The Paige dealers state It as tho
opinion that they have the best ca
value on the market this season
and stand ready to demanstrate
tho merits and show the beauty o
the new model to all interested In
the purchase Of the new car. They
say that they are so sure that tie
placing Of dozen cars Immediate
~ this spring viii enable them
sell many moro cars during tho
season that they felt justified II
making this liberal offer.
a thousand dollars is a right
nice. bunch Of money TO be given
away but that Is their offer and
they are anxious to tell all prospeC
tive buyers more about the detail
oftheir sales campaign.
IN = = -
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SEEKS
]. F0|IU.R-P0lYER PACT

The four.power treaty, negotiated
by the Arms Conference, ir5inot tie
only vitality important tioltr ipact
agreement, according to 4he view
held by John s. Scott, lS.al post.
master. II the following agree
ment can be put over IN the effort
fof perfect postal service. 1t Is
thought that afgreat amount Of good
may be accomplished: -
THE tPostoffice Department he:e
by agrees TO Keep alive the spirit
OF cooperation among postal work
sefs; tustnspire them to activity by
encouraging ideas and suggestions
as to Improvement in methods OF
Handling the mails: and to rewlrd
nlefitoriotis service by special no
tee Wherever possible.
s%The postmasters hereby agree
to ask no greater effort Of the err.
pfoyes than they are themselves
willing to give; TO acquaint the
publici with postal facilities and
Keep those facilities up to the high.
est standard OF efficiency: to give
tie government the same devoted
service they would giyo their Dr.!
vats business.
,.The postal employees hereby
agree TO regard their positions as
d public trust: to cooperate with
postmnsters and each other for ser.
vice exaltation; to perform their
duties cheerfully and Gourteously,
and by rapid and efficient perform.
ance Of their work to merit com.
tienddtlon Of officials and public.
THE public hereby agrees to
mall early and often: to properly
address With return card, each
pieces mailed: to Withhold criticism
pending investigation; to place full
postage oh each article mailed, and
70 regard the: postal business a.
their own business"
s tA9lr t3%u iifbtgtLy
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CHURCH THIEF GETS
VARlvISH AND BRUSH
Watson Pastor Does a Little
s o!d Sic Ikssutthlng and Says H
. Knows now. the Burglar.

WATSON, April ga gallon
Of high-grade varnish and abrsdd
new brush constituted the total
haul Of a robber who entered the
Watson Methodist Protestant
Church recently r I
Since the theft occurred the
pastor has been doing alittle old
'sfsuth work On the side and and he
says " he b 1 now has sufficient Evidence
TO convict the guilty party.
+. The minister is going to give
the burglar one more chance, to
make his credit good by returning
the varnish and brush, however,
and If failsto do SO, the gentle
man Of the cloth intends to prose-
cute. - y.s'G ms fs' = ds@rs
Rs@ Sunday Services
Sunday school wiiTfbe held al
the usnUal Hour Sunday morning,
with Frank Bradley s6upefintetl !.
dent in charge. y on Sunday even.
Abfsilf ~ AEihg+ fRh ~ - IA =. ytkssJl
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Five OF the signers OF the Declar.
alton of Independence lived to be
over 90, eight over so and ten over.
20. A
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woods. 2: Lane Parrish and Mn.
a. IL. Rtehafds, feprssentine 1rs
thing tom II! poods an = IA
Harbeft; from Il artef Hin: T0mt
Mineat3 the Joyce girls. and Edfia
Brown OF Anna Bells Homer
Woods Of May; Howard Mason
Of Carolina; and Joshua Parrishs
Wayne Parrish and Mrs. A. H.
Bates of Parrish Run. Squire u
Lane Parrish was pronouncef, and.
did 1t excellently; at the same time
preserving good order. Mel uffey's
Speller was used, and for anrhour
and a half the spoilers were sub.
jected to a terrific ,barrage OF
words, first one and then another
going down to defeat, until Tom
Mihear Of Anna Belle Held sole
possession Of the floor. go =
The next spelling match will be
atitfe same place two'wee from
last Thursday or on May ~, and IL
Is believed attendance and interest
will continue to increase: ~
Folks from or near Carolina.
who were there included Mr.. and
Mrs. John shuttlesworth, Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter pitman, Mrs. J.eU.
Parrish, L. q. Michael, Mr.. and,
Mrs. w. P. Cotter, Howard Mason
GILES Davis, Charles 7McCaffrey,
Archie Rowand and Glen Rowand..
r. Mining Class Active : ~,
Prof. A. Il. Crawford was here
Wednesday evening and took UP,
the'study of "Tlm bering" with the
University mining extension class
at this place. This subjec wililbs
completed Z in two more lessons,
which will also close the term tor
this year. The attendance here.
has been good all along despite
unfayorable conditions. ~@.sf
800 Personals
Oscar Robinson; student In the
.Fairmont Normal School was a re-.
cent visitor here vii h Mr.. and Mfs.
w. j.. Menear.'a <sss ~ vss 4aPS !
Tom Davis and family have re-
turned home her from d visit with
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MONOPOLY BY BUS
LINES CHALLENGED

MoRGANTowN. April 2s.-op
orators OF motor bus lines under
permits issued by the State Road
Commission must be protected
fromathe inroads Of ta:xicab drivers
on their established routes, Magis-
trate s. "A. Posten, decided in a
test Gaze heard in court recently.
The commission was represented
by former Senator II. S.sNhlte
and the taxicab drivers united TO
employ Donald G ,Lazzelle as coun-
sci. No appeals from the magis-
trate's decision will be taken, II
was said.
Tho test case was that Of the
state against William Roach
charged with operating taxicab
over the Nlorgantown-Star City
route without a permit. A permit
had been granted on the route TO
Al. e. Hoffman by the state com.
missions ~" ST ;..9ilV
In finding Roach guilty. the mag
Btrate declared that before grant
ing Hoffman n permit, the state
Road Commission had compelled
him to give bond, TO maintain a
regular schedule on the route,
charge fixed rates Of fare, keep re-
serve equipment to guarantee SER
vice to the community and other
wise give assurances and guaran-
tees OF satisfactory and uninter,.
nlpted service. at is obviously I'm
fair to permit taSicab drivers who
have complied with none Of these
requirements TO take advantage Of
tho situation" the court decided.
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Ia. 4
Costello e9mpo sed 9 party 81 local
st9dIes who O tend ed Init ti6n
and bSnq uet Which Was held by
the Fslrmont Chapter. sPythtan
Sisters; Tiles 81 evening. ny
Daughter Il Born
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Parker
arc receiving Generalization On
the birth Of a bright little dangh-
ter who arrived at their home last
Saturday morning. ''s9 '8s
This Is the second child born to
MT. and Mrs. Parker and the baby
has been ehristened Ruth Leo
Parker. Mother and babe are
doing nicely. ;7,s's
Play Ball
Considerable improvements arc
being made IN the local baseball
park. 1t Is said that in 4 short
time q grandstand viii be built
and other equipment added. "A
team, from tile South Side played
game with the watson team on
Thursday Of this week, thessc6fo
being 81 in favor Of the visitors
Buy Properly
Mr.. and Mrs. Archie c. Thomp-
son have recently purchased the
property which they have 6eeup pied
for some time, and Which VI was pre-.
,yiously owned By lbs father, j. 70.
Thompson Two additional rooma
and a new porch have been built
to the residence which add mitch
to its value.
Two Have Measles
Paul, iittlc'son Of MI. and Mrs,
Guy somners rs confined to his
home and Is suffering IRON an at.
tack OF measles. Nalittl6 daughter
Of sMr. and Mrs. J. %. Bush has
been i'll With the same disease but
is recoyettng at this time. gre
Moving to ,Parkersburg !,
Mrs: Emma higgins was the
guest Of her daughter, Ms. Ray
Harper OF Clarksburg. recently.
The Hsrper family IS planning To-
f "fAE's Nlnt ~. X Etf'-llE ~ \
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ing the regular pastor, the Rev. "a.
". Lowe, viii eve . lectute on
the spbjee sschurch GoYerns
1ment. There Will Be Bible Glars
meeting On THURSDAY evening and
prayer meeting On TuesdAy eTen4
ing.
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COUPE-An enclosed roadster.
This is the form decided upon by
the standards committee OF the
American Society Of Automotiye
Engineers. The coupe has one
door at each side and seats two or
three persons.
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CAROLINA MINERS
ACTIVE aN GARD EMS
Practically Every Available
l Foot =. Ct Garden Cars k.r Space ace BE-
Ing Guilty.! Cultivated .I'

CAROLINA, April ee-suspen-
sion OF mining operations here
furnishes the opportunity and al
the same time is;ioneS OF the most
Compelling factors in the 7extraor5
binary amount of gardening and
small scale farming being done,
Almost every available foot Of
garden space In camp Is being
given careful attention in the way
OF breaking up the soil and en-
richtng 1t in various waysFso that.
1t may produce the best results.
Moreover, some Of the men who
own horses are renting portions OF
nearby farms for, truck patches.
The past few nice days have seen
the most work OF this kind ever
done here before, and should the
mines resume work, many Of the
men would practically have 10
work double time in order to do
their daily work In the mine and
carry out the home work that has
been started. e'tN" 80 W. 1c
Spelling Bee
The spelling bee ut fTeverbaugt
Schoolhouse on Thursday evening
was a success, Judging by the at
tendance and interest shown. This
was the third weekly spelling con
test held here. and the affair was
we'll advertised, SO that the best
spoilers in the surrounding com
muntties were present. Although
every one that cared to spell was.
chosen by the opposing captains, 4
the leading contestants were Jesse
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StandQrdized

RoADsIER-The COMMITTEE
on standards Of the American Sd
ciety Of Artomotive Engineers has
decided on this form of automobile
to be called a roadster. II has a
touring top and seats two persons.
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Condition Improves

!
Harry Huffman. son ,otlMr. and
Mrs. David Huffman q. Pike
street, Is q ;pstientsat Cook hospl-
tai where on Monday Of this week
he underwent an operation Tor
appendicitis. For a time his con-
dition seemed totbeI dangerous, but
at present he is said to be improy-
ing nicely. III
BIT BY Coal Bucket
Ray, the 2-year- o1d son Of Ar.
and Mrs. Perry Wiley, met with
q painfil accident on Tharsday Sf
this week. While playing about
the room the child fell strtklngiths
side Of his head on a coal bucket,
and inflicting q very severe wound!
DR.. ]. q. Boulware was called to
dress the injury and the child Is
doing nicely at this time.
Have Good Meeting
Hope Temple No. 71i.aPy thian
Sisters, held a splendid meeting
attheir lodge hall yesterday even
Ing. Two candidates we're initiated
into the order. Following the In
titiation and business meeting, a
social hour was enjoyed and re-
freshments or tempting quality
were served.
Quartet Is Feature
An organized quartetSin Watson.
is one Of the new features ii musi-
cal circles. All are male voices
and the following are members
John Shumaker, George Hunsaker,
Bert johnson and Willis A. Will
son. t,f - >tis4 NJ ne y
~ Attended Meeting
Mrs. Alta1Merrifeid, Mrs. ,Sallie
Kendrick, Mrs. Alice Tarletoi,
Mrs. Kettle Jarrett and Miss Iva
- ~ D.. rN,s.r. 4
The New York herald., 1922-08-14
SALES IN THE SUBURBS.

Robert f. Farley Organization has
sold for Luke S. Van Zande plot in the
Gedney terrace section of White Plains
to George w. Busch of this city.
Scarsdale Estates, Robert Il. Farley
president. has sold two lots in the Sage
terrace section of Greenacres to Herbert
I. Keller and brother. who are planning
the immediate erection of two brick
houses on the property.
The following sales of Tuxedo Park.
South Orange. property have been made
by the Crowley o 'Brien Company, agents
the southwest corner Of Mercer place and
Varsity road to Daniel Yates, who plans
the immediate erection of an eight room
residence on the plot for occupancy IN
December northeast corner of Mercer
place and Varsity road to Theodore G..
Mertz of Newark. who will erect on 1t a
seven room residence I; Frederick Younger
of Irvington purchased plot, 50xl00.
on the east side OF Milton place. On the
west side of Mercer place a plot. 50xl00
was bought by Robert Brader of Brook
lyn.
=. w. Holloway Company sold home
sites in st. George Manor. Woodbridge.
near Asbury Park, on the Newark New
Brunswick trolley line, to ]. f. Kendall.
Thomas Smith. James Thompson. Henry
Crede. Margaret Brennan. Otto Krum-
wiede, George Vohdin, Frank Stephen,
B. Wisner and Robert Campbell. They
will build on them at once.
.. l.. Schwencke Land and Investment
Company sold lots in Hampstead TO J. J.
Golfer, C. ]. O'Donnell, f. and l. Nc
Gee, r. G. Giery. N. and F. Salvey. +.
:. Brooks. A. 5. Earles. G. O'Connor. A.
Quigley. A. w Johnson. G. r. Reidt. NJ.
Hines, G. F.. Martin. 3. and j. Martin.
p. and r. Grant. A. and r. Flotterson.
e. l.. Scheffert and NJ. Rice.
The New York herald., 1922-08-14
D. S. RUBBER SELLS
S7,OOO,OOO BONDS
Proceeds to Retire z Per Cent.
Notes-Ncw Issue of IS Is
Offered at so 1-2.

The United States Rubber Company
has sold to Kuhn, Loeb & co. an issue
OF s7.o0O,o00 OF first and refunding
mortgage per cent. gold bonds. series
A, due January j, 1871 The bankers are
offering these securities for public sub
scription at 90k and interest.
The purpose of this financing is 10
provide funds for the retirement on De-
cenlber ] of the outstanding $4,000. 900
of per cent. secured notes. and after
the completion of this operation the cor
porations annual interest charges will
be reduced by $4,000.
c. r. Seger. chairman of the board
of directors Of the United States Rubber
Company, has submitted to stockholders
the statement of income covering the
first half of this year. This report
shows net profits for the period after
all charges of s3.052,9iS. Net income
before interest amounted to s6,305,113
and interest on the funded debt 10
s2,445.610. Other interest charges ag-
gregated ssos,5s5. making total reduc-
tions of s3.252.1 1876,
The balance sheet as of June 80
shows an excellent position. Current as
sets amounted to s132.745.000 of which
SIS, 900 is in cash and accounts re-
ceivable and s75993,000 in Inventories.
Against this arc current liabilities Of
s46,35a, 1000, including s11.362.0 ac-
counts payable and ss4,a9o,o00 in notes
and loans payable. The surplus as of
June 80 stood at s30.23f.456.
The volume of business the report
shows, has shown a steady Improvement.
Net sales for the six months were s73.-
a33.7T1. which Mr. Seger characterized
as satisfactory. in view Of the lower
level OF selling prices compared with
previous years"