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Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1922-03-04
~ MEAN MARRIAGE"

Synopsis. Harriet Field, twenty
eight years old, and beautiful, is
the social secretary of the tiirta-
tious Mrs. Isabel Carter, at
"Crownlands," Richard Carter's
home, and governess of seventeen
year-old Nina Carter. Ward, TWEEN
ty-four years old and impression
able, fancies himself in love with
his mothers attractive secretary.
Mrs. Carriers latest affair" Is with
young Anthony Pope. and the
youth 10 taking 1t very seriously.
Presiding over the teacups this
summer afternoon, Harriet is pro-
foundry disturbed by the arrival of
a visitor. Royal Blondin. Next
day, at tea party in the city,
Blondin makes himself agreeable
to Nina, and leaves a deep impress
sion on the unsophisticated girl.
Harriet's agitation over the appear
ance Of Blondin at "crownlands"
Is explained by the fact that he
had been q disturbing element in
her life ten years before and she
fears him. The man Ia an ayowed
adventurer, living on the guilibility
OF the Idle rich. He frankly an
nounces to Harriet his intention OF
marrying Nina, and urges her to
aid him. She Is In sense In his
power, and after pleading with him
to abandon his scheme agrees to
follow policy of neutrality.
Knowing the tender feeling she has
inspired In Ward Carter. Harriet
is tempted to marry him for the
position and wealth he can give
her. though realizing she does not
love him. Blondin has ingratiated
himself with Madame Carter, Rich
ards mother, and she Is whole
heartedly In favor of his marriage
with Nina. Ward urges Harriet to
marry him. She procrastlnates.
Mrs. Carter elopes with Pope. Blon-
din threatens Harriet. She prays
to do what is right. Blondin and
Harriet agree to keep silent about
their past relations.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1922-03-04

own mistress" Richard sa4d, with
quiet significance. ut would be q
marriage only in the eyes of the
world"
II see," she said. IL must have
time to think about 1t /"
"As long as you likew She had
risen, and now he rose, too and went
with her to the library door and
opened 1t for her "When you decide
come and tell me-" he said, bowling.
She turned TO give him a parting
smile, with a desperate wish to tell
him half the honor and JOY she would
feel in taking his name, In sharing his
responsibilities, but the pleasantly i'm.
personal nod he gave her chilled the
words unspoken. Harriet fed to her
room.
my chance" she whispered, press
Ing her cold finger tips to her hot
cheeks, my chance at last-and ]
can't take 1t No, can't take it
don't care what his world does OF
thinks-my world doesn't permit II
No--I can't. Not divorced man, not
man with living wife! I've been
fool-I've been wrong, plenty OF
times, but I've never committed my.
self to folly and wrongr'
She stared blindly ahead of her.
After while she spoke again, half
aloud:
"Oh, but why does 1t have to be
this way! If could go to him, tell
him what he means to me, IL we were
poor-if we could take a little place
next to Linda-never to see Nina or
his mother or Ward or Roy again
Oh, what heaven! How l should love
ii, planning for things together, as
Linda and Fred did, having him come
home to me every night!
"But 1t isn't that way" Harriet sud
denly recalled herself sensibly, land
it is folly even to think about it He
Is rich man, and married man,
and that ends It, That ends It,"
A great desolation swept her spirit.
She fell from bitter musing to weaken
ing. The law permitted 1t, after all.
Plenty of good women had shown her
the way. The family needed her; she
might do good here. And above all.
she loved him.
She heard a stirring In the bed
room.
"What time Is 1t, Rosa 2" she called,
suddenly aware of weakness and
fatigue.
'My goodness, how you frighssne&
me, Miss Field! It's just noon."
do you happen to know If Mr.. Car
ter Is still sdownstairs?"
'Yes'm, he is; he's expecting Mr..
Fox to come"
Harriet smoothed her tumbled hair
and went slowly downstairs.
But / love him." she said, sud.
denly standing still on the landing,
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1922-03-04
CHAPTER Ix--contlnged.

"Your devotion to my son and his
family Is extremely praiseworthy,"
said Madame Carter, coldly. "But, as
Mrs. Tabor, who Is of course woman
Of the world, and comes Of very fine
family - she was Kingdom, the
Charleston family--as Mrs. Tabor was
saying, Richard is just the sort Of
chivalrous, splendid man who is per-
fectly helpless in his own housew
Harriet smiled, with a touch of
scorn.
"When Mr.. Carter is dissatisfied
with me, Madame Carter. ! shall Of
course consider myself - dismissed.
But until that time | am very glad to
make his own house comfortable for
him."
The hard, angry color of old age
had been rising in Madame Carriers
face during this speech, and now she
was quite obviously enraged.
"You are hardly In position to
dictate to me In this matter r she said,
shaking. Harriet watched her gravely
as she rose from her chair made a
few restless turns about the room,
opened and shut bureau drawers,
dropped and plucked up handker-
chiefs and newspapers. In dead ST.
fence the girl asked:
WAS that all?"
A sort of sniff was the answer, Har-
riet sighed as she entered her own
suite to find Nina and Amy compla-
Gently dressing themselves for the
afternoons run.
Were going to Easthampton, Miss
Harriet; Granny said 1t was all right"
Nina said, In great spirits. Il know
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1922-03-04
Watch YnIr Wslnht

Medical men all agree that In y
great number of cases Il would be of
valuable assistance to them If pa.
tients could produce a weight record
when going lor advice. Often IL Ia
impossible for Ii diagnosis 10 be given
until patient has tested his or her
weight for o certain length of time.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1922-03-04

her turn. But it was not, he saw with
surprise. the silence of confusion. On
the contrary, she seemed simply a
little thoughtful and puzzled.
"Mr. Carter" she said presently, 81
have reason to believe that Mr.. Blon-
din would be a very bad husband for
Nina. / had no scruple in-in divert
ing his thoughts. But If he was the
only man In the world"-and to his
surprise, she slowly got to her feet,
and spoke as If to herself, her eyes
fixed far away--''I would sooner kill
him than marry him !" she said.
Richard sat genuinely dumfounded
Her beauty, her assurance, and the
cleverness with which she had man
aged that Blondin's allegiance should
be temporarily shifted from his own
daughter, held him mute. 1t was with
the charm of watching perfect acting
that he followed this extremely anus
ing and unexpected woman.
Il confess that ! am glad to hear
1t !" he said, dryly.
nina Is very angry at me-" Harriet
said. "Well l have to stand that!"
And she gave Nina's father whim-
steal and friendly look.
but what them" Richard asked.
Harriet Immediately became serious
again.
But this" she said, you know your
mother is fright. You're all too kind
to me; I am really member of the
family. / love 1t. love to dress for
dinner, and order the car, and charge
things to your accounts! Butts
not possible. You see that?"
Richard was quietly looking down.
Now he made several parallel lines
with a pencil before he looked up.
mo. l don't see that"
"Mary-Mrs. Putnam, for instance,
who Is very fond of me, and Mrs. Jay.
They want to ask me to dinner-to
Christmas parties--and they're not
quite comfortable about it. am not
a member of your family even though
you are kind enough to treat me as
one. am a paid employee, and Mad
anne Carter naturally resents their
treating me as anything else. But
most of ALL" said Harriet. seeing that
she was not making Roadway its my
self. Nina, and your mother. and Mrs.
Tahor-it's just hint here and there
nothing at all {! But 1t undermines my
position. | dress, l entertain your
friends, join you in town; it makes
talk. And can't can't"
She stood up and turned her back
on him proudly, and he knew that she
was crying.
"Just a minute" Richard said, find
ing himself more shaken than he
would have believed. 1T is-you're
sure 1t isn't Blondin?"
Royal Blondin! No, it's more seri-
GUS" Harriet said. cit means constant
irritation for your mother. II means
that she Is always in state of exas-
peration. | think-I don't know. but
have reason to thlnk--that she made
It a choice, for Mary Putnam, between
usr
"She has no right to do that" said
Richard. soberly.
"T'm not--you know that !--criticlz-
Ing" Harriet said. The man sighed,
and tossed few papers on his desk.
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you won't feel hurt. because the car
simply won't accommodate more than
five, and it's too long run to sit on
laps"
But, dearie child" Harriet said, In
her friendliest manner II don't be-
lieve you bad better do that! You're
all pretty young, In case anything oc-
Cured"
A mutlnous line marked Nlna's ba-
byteh mouth. She would not yield to
shy nursery control before Amy
Anyway. I'm goIngl' she muttered.
ts Gang her hign white buckskln shoes.
with some shortening Of breath.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1922-03-04

to look out at the softly falling snow
with brimming eyes. II love him with
all my soul y
A moment later she knocked at the
library door, opened it in answer to
his call and went In, closing it be.
hind her.
Rockingham post-dispatch., 1922-02-23
A. A. TARLToN SHOWS COSTS
AND DISTRIBUTION OF
CRIMINAL COURT.

Supplemental to the foregoing
statement, the January term 1922
Criminal court cost Anson county
S1,O62.36. The Solicitor received OF
said amount $604.00, paid by the
taxpayers of Anson county. In adj
dition thereto the Solicitor received
from the taxpayers OF the state
$4,000, and from defendant where
Judgment was suspended on pay
ment of costs $164.00. Making the
Solicitors total fee $78S,00 for ap-
proximately four days service.
In the noted case of State VS.. Coot
Crump, Pete Carpenter, Alfred Wall
and Bennett Kirby charged with lar
ceny of the automobile OF ]. w.
Griggs, and breaking in Ballards
store, the total bill of costs was
S294.23. The Solicitor received
$4,000 of said amount, leaving a
balance of $9i23 to be distributed
between the sheriff, Clerk, witnesses
and other officers.
In the case of State vs.. w. II,
Lockhart charged with forgery, the
total bill of costs was $94.S0. The
Solicitor received $4,000 of said
amount, leaving a balance of S34.SC
to be distributed between the sheriff
clerk, witnesses and other officers.
The above stated facts are not in
tended as reflection on the solici
tor, he only takes what the law al
lows. 1t is the law that is wrong
Are we living in day ofequalize
4 ton?
Yours for further information,
A. A. TARLT0N.
i political Advertisements
Rockingham post-dispatch., 1922-02-23
A BRIEF SKETCH OF A. A. TARI.
TON BY THOSE WHO HAVE
KNOWN HIN FROM
HIS YOUTH.

MIR. A. A. Tarlton, of Wadesboro,
Democratic candidate for Solicitor,
of this the 18th Judicial District was
reared IN Anson county, White
Store township, near the state line.
He is son of Mr.. ]. B. Tarlton one
of Ansons best known citizens. He
attended his first school at old Long
Pine with Senator L. M. Blue OF
Gibson, N. C., Scotland county as his
teacher. He became a member of
Deep Creek Baptist church when
quite youth at the age of thirteen,
under the pastorate leadership of
the late Rev. Joe Bivens or as he al
ways called him Uncle Joe.' He
entered Al. &. E. College, at West
Raleigh, N. c., at the age of 10, and
worked his way through college by
working at the. dairy barn OF. any
tother place he could find honest en-
ployment. He then read law pri
vately for several years, and entered
Wake. Forest College law school.
After a thorough preparation for the
Supreme court examination he OBJ
tanned license to practice law.
After obtaining his license he
hung out his shingle at Albemarle,
Stanley county where he practiced
| for more than a year, where he made
many acquaintance that will no
doubt use their influence to secure
his nomination at the primary.
He returned to his native county
| that his father might make his
home, his headquarters that he
would not be forced to leave his ma
tive county, after the marriage OF
all his daughters. Upon his return
10 Anson he formed a partnership
with Messrs. Stack g. Parker OF
Monroe, and opened branch office
in Wadesboro, under the firm name
of Stack, Parker & Tarlton. After
several IS the partnership was
dissolved by mutual consent, and
| he has. been praeticing alone since,
except for short while with Mr..
Enos T. Edwards.
He has made it a habit to place
l'his church letter wherever he locat-
ed. SO when he returned to Anson,
he nlaced his letter with the First
Baptist church of Wadesboro, and
has been an active member. he
takes great interest in Sunday
school work, and has served in every
duty--of the Sunday school from
teacher OF the lowest class to super
inteHdent
He is a good lawyer and well
qualified for the Office. He loves
d fight, and is fearless in the dis
charge of his duties, and if elected
solicitor we feel confident he will
fearlessly, prosecute all the laws for
the betterment of the citizenship and
protection of the homes.
We present him to the voters OF
| the 18th Judicial District.
/ II. w. CLARK,
| Chief Police of Wadesboro.
H. ,,.~,s,.. s.,.C.s L. GAMBLE a.,
}, Justice Of the Peace,
Wadesboro, N. C.
7 ]. T.. LEONARD,
Farmer and Justice of the
u Peace, White Store, N, c.
w. A. STAGALL,
Farmer, Morven, N. c.
|. F. THOMAS,
\ Farmer, Wadesboro, N. c.
]. C. LOWERY,
Farmer, White Store, N. c.
/ political ADVERTISEMENT
Rockingham post-dispatch., 1922-02-23
NOTICE.
NORTH CAROLINA,
Sale Of Land for Partition.


Sale of Land for Partition.
Under and by virtue of the power
and authority vested in the under
signed commissioner by a judgment
of the Superior court of Richmond
county bearing date of February 16,
1922, in a special proceeding before
the clerk entitled Mary Jane Us
sery, Eli Cole ct al, ex parte; the
undersigned Commissioner, w.
Steele Lowdelmilk, will sell at pub
lie auction, to the highest bidder,
for cash, at the front door of the
Court house OF Richmond county, in
the town of Rockingham, N. c., on
Monday the Goth day of MARCH, 1922,
at IL o'clock, HI, the two following
described lots or parcels of land, to-
wit:
First lot: Lying and being in
Mineral Springs township, Rich
mond County, North Carolina, begin
ming at stake and runs N. SS W.
16 1-20 poles to a lighfwood stake;
thence N. 20 w: 10 1-2 poles to a
stake on road; thence S. SS E. 20 IL
poles to a stake on said road;
thence S. IS w. 10 6-10 poles to the
beginning, containing is acres
| more or less.
Second lot: Lying and being in
Mineral Springs township, Rich.
mond County, North Carolina, begin
lining at a stake Rays, Coles and
Freeman's corner on the road and
runs thence as Rays and Freeman
| line N, SO degrees and 45' w. 51S
] feet to a stake in Freeman's line
thence S IS degrees and 3 w. 14f
! feet to Pemberton's corner, stake
thence as Pemberton's line S. x
degrees and s. E. 500 feet to his
corner in Coles line; thence as
Coles line N. IS degrees and 3 f
2S3 feet to the beginning, contain
| ing 2 40 acres.
/ This land is sold for the purpos'
! of dividing the proceeds of said sal,
among the heirs of Margaret 4
/, Cole.
! Form of sale: Public auction.
! Place OF sale; Court house doc
i in Rockingham, N. c.
| Terms of sale: Cash.
\ Time OF sale: March goth, 1922, a
II O'Clock m.
i This February 16, 1922.
i w. STEELE LOWDERMILK,
Commissioner.
Rockingham post-dispatch., 1922-02-23

distriet.4sIn addition to the above
total the solicitor receives not to
exceed ten per centum of the amount
collected for prosecuting and col
Letting all penalties and forfeited
recognizances entered in their courts
respectively, and fee to be fixed by
the Judge for performing duties for
the appointment of receivers of es-
tates of minors; and in passing on
the returns of the receivers in
such cases.. Also Twenty $4,000
dollars paid by the state for each
week of criminal court held in the
district, including mixed terms, as
expense money, court or no court so
they attend. The total will exceed
SS,000.00 or more than the Governor
of North Carolina receives for a
years service. In addition to the
above stated facts be has at least
two thirds of his time to stay in
his Office and look after his civil
practice. | also most strenuously
oppose prosecuting defendants by
splitting and accumulating indict
ments and piling up costs for the
purpose of making additional fees
whether paid by the County or de-
PENDANTS. Officers, witnesses and
taxpayers are you getting square
deal? You can readily see that the
solicitors are getting entirely too
much, when you consider the small
amount of time they are giving to
the service of the District; and at
the same time most of it comes out
OF the pockets of the taxpayers
Everything is on the decline and
there is no reason why salaries
should not decrease, especially those
that have been placed on the noun
tain peaks. have been advocating
decreased salaries, economy, and
/. less taxes for sometime, and am
willing to start the ball to rolling
by accepting my part of the de
crease, and take the initiative.
II | am elected solicitor of this
district | promise you and hereby
pledge myself; that / will petition
the Legislature to put the solicitors
on the same basis as the shefiffs
clerks, witnesses and other officers
that is. allow the solicitors only hal
fees in those cases where the eoun
ties pay the costs, or if preferahl
adopt the pre-war fee bill II tn
Legislature will not pass this as
general law for the state. will con
sent that it be passed to apply to tn
counties OF the Thirteenth district
In this way. i will not only be fai
to the ether officers and witnesse:
but it will be fair to the taxpayers
and thousands Of dollars viii b
saved. Am right lawyers, officers
witnesses and taxpayers9
A letter stating your persona
views will be greatly appreciated.
Very respectfully,
Al. a. TARIT0N.
Political Advertisement
Rockingham post-dispatch., 1922-02-23

Wanted Salesman to sell cigars
for well established brands, in
this and surrounding territory.
either full time or side line; Is
per cent commission paid weekly.
Dixie Cigar CO., High Point, N,
C.
Rockingham post-dispatch., 1922-02-23

Making a total of -------$7, ,459.50
Largely paid by the taxpayers for
prosecuting the criminal dockets,
which only consumes approximately
seventeen weeks or about one-third
of the solicitors time in the entire
Rockingham post-dispatch., 1922-02-23
tPolilicaI Advertising.)

tn the Voters. Male and Female, of
the Thirteenth District.
We have heard much recently
about High taxes and certainly one
cause of high taxes is high salaries
OF officers.
The office of Solicitor is one OF the
best paying offices in the state, and
large part of the solicitors pay
comes out of the taxpayers.
know that there is a general inn
preston that the fees OF the solicitor
are paid by defendants who are con-
victed, but that is true only in cases
where the defendants are let of by
paying a fine and the costs, which
is only a portion of the cases. In
most felonies and large per cent OF
midemeanors the defendants are in
solvent and the counties have to pay
the costs which comes directly from
the taxpayers. In these cases the
witnesses, sheriffs, clerks and other
officers except solicitor get only hall
fees. The taxpayers have to pay the
solicitors full fees as the law now
stands, public laws extra session
1920, Chapter 97yand as result in
the District the Office of solicitor
Maid last wear as follows.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1922-03-10
AYERS NARROWLY
MISSES DROWNING
WHEN JAM BREAKS
Is Caught In Torrent AS
River Floods In East
Middlebury
MANY CELLARS
ARE FLOODED
Serious Trouble Averte d
When Ice Is Loosened
By Raging Current

George Ayers, of East Middlebury,
narrowly escaped drowning, and the
homes of several persons were threat
cned when the East Middleburv
river, jammed with ice, overhowed its
banks Tuesday evening.
Rapidly rising with the heavy rain
Tuesday afternoon, the stream was
blocked with ice by the bridge near
the grist mill yard About 6 o'clock
the condition of the stream was so
bad that Selectmen Brookins and
Fem were sent for and it was de
cIded that the jam should be broken
by dynamite The stream threatened
to break over and flood the street,
so fast was the water coming down
ON the ice flow While they were
waiting for dynamite, several citizens
tried to break the jam with pike poles
but to no avail However, about S
o'clock the water coming down from
Rlpton made the river a raging tor
rent, and the force and pressure of |
the additional volume was sufficient |
" strong to break the ice and the |
river tore loose, breaking out through |
he grst mill yard, instead of through !
he street Several cords of wood in
he yard were washed down the
stream, but very little water flooded
Continued on page five)
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1922-03-10
LEGION NEWS
Il OF STATE AND NATION 4

"What is meant by the polarization OF
light" And one of the students, with
unwilling wisdom, replied, The pol
arization of light, as l understand it,
is very little understood" With equal
truth similar reply might be made
concerning the bonus by many of the
financial writers who are opposing it.
One hears extraordinary statements
about the probable expense involved,
and estimates varying all the way from
one to fifty or seventy-fve billions of
dollars. | have received many circular
letters from broking houses, profess
ing to explain the adjusted compensa
ton BILL and to estimate the burden
which it will place upon the business of
the country, but l have yet to read
one such circular letter, or to read any
financial letter in any important news
paper OF the country, which gives any
thing but a grossly exaggerated state
ment of the probable cost invilved.
In a recent market letter of Jules
Bache & Company it was slater that
1t would place upon the taxpayers of
the country a burden of one billion
dollars annually; in a financial article
from the Public Ledger which was sent
me the other day, it was stated that
the soldiers bonus will require two bill
lions of dollars initially; and in the
last circular letter issued by the Irving
National Bank of New York, one reads
Continued on page three
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1922-03-10
TEMPORARY HALL
TO Be ERECTED
Single Story Recitation
Building to go up on
Women's Campus

President Paul D. Moody has an
nounced that work will begin in the
near future on the erection of a new
temporary recitation hall to he To-
Gated on the Campus of the Women $
College and costing about $4,000 The
structure will consist of a single story
containing four recitation rooms and
capable of accommodating one hundred
and fifty students.
1t is expected that the new building
will be ready for occupancy at the re-
opening of college next September
The need for an additional recitation
building has become acute and since
it is inadvisable at the present time to
erect a permanent structure, the truS-
tees at the mid-year meeting adopted
the plan of a temporary building.