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Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-02-09
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CHAPTER L-Harriet Field, twenty.
siSht years old and beautiful. 10 The so
caal secretary OF the nirtRtious Mrs. lisa.
belle Carter, at "Crowniands," Richard
Carers home. and gcverness q. I7.ysar.
old and impressionabie. fancies himsslf IN
love with his mothers attractive secre-
taFy. Mrs. Carter's latest ',affalr' b
with young Anthony Pope. and the youth
70 taking 1t very seriously.
CHAPTER u-Presiding over the tsA-
CUPS this summer afternoon, Harriet 10
profoundly disturbed BY he arrival OF o
visitor. Royal Blondin. Next day. st Q
seif agreeable to Nina, and leaves . deep
imDressIon on the unsophisticated girl
CHAPTER III. Hasriets. agitation
Scsr sss sPO Is sapis.n 81 ~ S''a ne fact
that no had been g disturbing element IN
her life ten years before. and h fcars
him. The man ip an avowed adventurer,
living On the gullibility OF the Idle rich.
tention OF marrying Nina, who. az the
daughter OF the wealthy Richard Carter,
ia q highly desirable "catch," and urges
her to aid him. She is in a sense In his
power, and after pleading with him 10
abandon his scheme agrees to follow .
policy of Neutrality.
CHAPTER Iv.-Harriet visits her mar
ried sister. Linda Davenport, with whom
she had had her home during her unfor-
tunate acquaintance with B1ondin. ana
tells her Of his temperance. tn Two
women, realizing the uDscrupulous nature
Of The q view the future with appre-
henaion.
CHAPTER W Knowing the tender
feeling she has inspired In Ward Carter,
Harriet 10 tempted to marry him TOR me
position and wealth he "a give her.
though realizing she does not love him
Blcndin has ingratiated himself with
Madame Carter, Richards mother, ana
she 10 w~hole-heartedly In favor. Of his
marriage with Nina, Ward urges 4
ftet TO marry him at once. She procras.
tinMtA&
CHAPTER ~vI.-Angered at his wife's
too open Irritation with young Anthony
Pope. Richard Carter markedly shows his
resentment. Isabelle, ardently returning
her youthful lovers attachment, elopes
with him on his yacht, I'M pursuit 10
useless. The news Of the sensational az
fair, exaggerated, Of course, by gossip,
10 kept as much as possible from being
public property.
CHAPTER VII. Ward Carter again
Urges Harriet to marry him, but she can
not bring herself to In alliance with him
merely, for the rake of self-advancement,
and refuses. The fact OF Mrs. CRrter'N
elopement becomes public. Harriet'B ca
pable managing hand ID more than ever
needed. at .crownlands, :. and despite the
complications she. foreaees 81 inevitable
she decidas tn fsAzasin- =
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-02-09
COURT
HOUSE

Charlie Watts was arrested at his
home, north of Mexico Thursday for
having whisky in the process Of man.
ufacture on his premises. He was
arrested in July 1921 in connection
with a robbery Of a Benton City gar
age and was sentenced to a year in
jail and a fine Of $500. He was par
oiled from the Jail sentence on July
l5. 1921 after paying his fine.
He was brought before Judge
Ernest CAN'T here Friday morning
and his parole revoked ~whereupon he
was committed to Jail to serve his
sentence.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-02-09
iEEaiI3E
PIP 3i

ing the girl q sharp glance. shat ysu
and he-ehf
Harriet flushed
"Tm sorry he told you'll"
"oh, my dear child" Blondin made
q deprecatory motion OF his banda
"of course, ! think you're very wise,"
he added.
This smote upon her newborn self
respect, and all the glory departed
from the day. The nan saw her breast
rise and fall with some quick emotion
as he half-smilingly watched her.
"The lad gets q beautiful and wise
and very discreet wife," he was begin
ming, but Harriet silenced hiin angrily.
-He loves me. / don't know what
a boys love is worth; he's only twen-
ty-two, after all. But he does love
met But believe me. Royal, you
couldn't hurt meas you are hurting
met-if there was no truth In what
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-02-09
cAAPTER wiz.

Sudden peace and confidence flooded
her spirit. She sat on, dreaming and
planning, but with no more mental dis
Sress. With the prayer she had gained,
Ia some subtle fashion, a new self-re-
spect. She would not let him frighten
her again !; after all. while she com-
mhnded her own soul, Royal Blondin
could not hurt her.
And he shall not marry Nina,
eltherI" Harriet decided, going in,
stir and cold, but full Of resolution.
She looked at a clock--it was almost
four. Three hours sleep was not to be
despised, but Harriet was in no mood
for It. Instead she took a bath, and
Just as the dawn was beginning to flood
the world with mysterious halflights
and long wet shadows, abe crept out
into the dew-drenched garden and. with
4 triumphant sense Of belnx alone,
went into the wood. Carr walks
we're one Of. her delights. as al
most seven o'clock when sh1 came
back, glowing, beginning to feel warm
and haauachy, beginning ia fealize
that The July dag would be hot, be-
kinnIng to be conscious of NE eight
mlIe tramp. m the garden at Crown
iands she met Royal leaving tho
Mouse.
zke studied her apprOvingly.
Harriet, do you know that you are
extraordinarily easy TO look uponf
what gets yOu up 90 earlyT"
rye bees walktngss she said briefly
and unresDonzIssiy. His social pleas.
antyies instantly antagonized her, and
he Jaw 1t.
wen. / thought perhaps ! had bet.
bet out. Tm at the club for q day
~ tHa. Ward tells - hs added, az.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-02-09

Now is the time to leave off exper-
imenting, especially IN the matter Of
clothes.
It's time to be ure you get the
greatest value for your money.
We have the absolutely guaranteed
all wool clothes for men, boys, and
youths. Let Us show you. RICK
ETTS AND EMMoNS D. @. co.
20 ct Wit Advertisement
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-02-09

About sevnty persons attended the
progressive program conference q
the Presbyterian Church Tuesday af-
ternoon and evening.
The following churches were rep
resented at the conference: Bethel,
L.addonia. Benton City, Auxvasse,
Nine Mile, Fulton, Columbia, South
Fork and Perry.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-02-09

The H. J. Dodd sale Tuesday af-
ternoon brought a total of a little
more than 5000. The goods sold
ranged from household goods and
farming implements to live stock and
grain.
Among the individual sales were:
Team of mare mules to o. w. Mar.
tin for $3.50; pair of mare mules, 8
years old for $3.50; mare mules, 8
years old to J. A. johnson for SITS;
black Jersey COW, 8 years old to c.
H. Dean for $50. The highest price
paid for a cow was $50 and the low
est $26.
Shoats and yves were sold in. lots.
Six red shoats were bought by J. T.
Beatty for $64.80. The highest price
paid for shoats was $66 by c. Pryor
for a lot Of 8. Ewes sold for from 81
to $3.50.
Oats sold for 36h cents a bushel.
fF-sh -ff q.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-02-09

Juanita McDermott Of Wellsville
who underwent an operation Tuesday
evening is getting along nicely.
Frank Jenicek Of Martinsburg was
admitted to the hospital.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-02-09

c. /. johnson and wife Of Potter,
Nebraska, who have been visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen johnson south
of town left Monday for Platte City,
MO-, where they win visit a week be-
fore returning home.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-02-09

Fruit trees and ornamental shrub
berry Of all kinds. international Muir
sery Co. Represented by j. W. p.
814 S. Coal Street.
DE- wit pd Advertisement
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-02-09

: Mrs. AraBell .Rodescape, .6S years
old, died at her home two miles south
of Mexico at 8 o'clock Tuesday even
ing. Death was caused by pneu-
monia. IN
Mrs. Rodescape was born in Fulton
County, ILL.,, and has lived in Missouri
some time. She is survived by a
daughter, Mrs. Je Kemp Of Fulton
and two sons, aPrley Rodescape and
Harley Rodescape of near Mexico.
Harley Rodescape is also i'll with
pneumonia.
She has two grandchildren, Ruth
Freeman and Rose May Freeman.
Funeral services will be held at 2
o'clock Thursday afternoon at the
residence. Burial will be at Elm
wood.
The Ledger extends deepest SYM
pathy to the bereaved.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-02-09

Mrs. Abby Snoddy, of Mexico's
most talented musicians, had a story
accepted by the Youths Companion
recently and the editor of that maya
zine wrote her that he would like to
have her submit other stories for his
publication.
Mrs. Snoddy has been a. regular
contributor to The Etude, a musical
magazine, for some time but this is
the first time she has ventured into
another feld3y She is a musician Of
exceptional ability and her friends
will be delighted to hear Of her liter
airy success.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-02-09

wv. G. Sims, south Of town is suf-
fering with d sore foot, caused from
dropping a back log On It.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-02-09

Mrs. Fritschie will have a sale
Feb. 18th after which she win leave
for California.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-02-09

! Thomas Weaver Of Louisiana spent
Tuesday in Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-02-09

!. A. Jones ii Fulton was in Mexico
Tuesday.
The Washington times., 1922-11-05
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The Washington times., 1922-11-05
MIND DANCING
EXPECTED To
BRING BEAUTY
Irene d'Annelle Introduces
New Method OF Teach
ing Women.
by WILLIAM Il. CAN'E.
international News Service

Los ANGELES, Cal, Nov. -
And now comes dancing with the
mind,
Many funny things have hap
oened with the passing OF time ana
once there was when a young
woman who dared to dance publicly
with anything except her feet was
subject To an immediate trip To the
hooscgow. But times change-so
has dancing.
Miss Irene d'Annelle has arrived
I'm Los Angeles to teach dancing WIN
the mind.
Dancing is merely an expression
of primitive instincts unless sun.
iected to the refining influenc" OF
mental processes. says Miss d An
nelle. There is a philosophy in the
dance OF peoples just as th"r" ~
philosophy in their religion, ART or
literature.
1t is TO teach this philosophy in
the formation of a club thar MISS
d Annelle says she has com" To Los
Angeles. This club, which VIII De
for working girls. is Ia he more than
n refuge for tired bodies and rem
dezvous FOR gossip, she claims
In pointing out the possibilities OF
dance philosophy. Miss dAhneile
said that IL the working girl is given
an apureciative understanding or inc
beauty of movement and the bene'
fits of coordinate muscular action
she will find new joy In her WORK
and new capabilities, which had ialh
dormant through poor blood circuia'
ton and improper state OF nina
There il the dance Of the warrior,
the peasant and the priest. why not
the dance OF the stenographer, the
clerk. the cook" she ask :. .
Through an appeal to the working
girls love OF beauty OF face, ngure
and expression more can be ac-
complished than by the ineffective
methods of precept and much'abus"d
tencts OF duty.to. self-and'employ"r
cults"
II was for Miss d'Anne!lc that
Edouard Protjea. Belgian composer
wrote the opera. "Ariane. CrntoflhE
the plot about Il beautiful oriental
dancer.
Miss d'Anncllc came TO TO :
Angeles to take up her duties IN IN"
new club for working girls ana Will
devote all of her time. she says 70
teaching young women TO I'm d
beauty, health II happiness
through dancing with the nina.
Verify, tcrpsichOre has become
to Minerva
The Washington times., 1922-11-05
CLEAR GROUND To
BUILD NEW TOWN
Norfolk Men Plan New Indus
trial City on 4,ooo-Acre
Tract of Land.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. Nov. A.
About ten miles out OF Portsmouth
on the concrete highway TO Suffolk,
group OF Norfolk business men.
owners Of a tract OF land upon which
distances are measured In miles. are
steadily working toward the building
OF a new community Some day
they believe. on that tract OF land,
where now a hundred men are doing
pioneer work-grading ditching and
clcaring-will stand Nansemond.
planned 10 be "The Industrial City
OF Tidewater Virginia"
Nanscmond stands apart from
other projected Industrial develop
mcnts hercabout because of the i'm
mcnse scale upon which It is
planned. There are more than 1000
acres OF land In the tract owned by
j. D. Stone and associates and from
one side OF il 10 the other is a mat
ter OF approximately thrc>, miles.
The area OF the property. according
10 Mr.. Stone, is about the same as
that OF the city OF Norfolk.
The greater part OF the tra"t In
wooded, the timber having consider
able value. The first industry which
located AT Nansemond was a saw
mill. The Hmbor is being sold TO
builders on the tract for $lS per
900 feet.
The Washington times., 1922-11-05
Paid Rent for 10 Years;
Thinks She Owns House

NEW YORK, Nov. 4.--Her re-
fusal to pay rent for the last four
months led to the eviction Of Mrs.
Maria Romano. said to be wealthy.
and her husband, Joseph. from their
apartment In Mulberry street.
Mrs Romano. who is about thirty
five. has lived at the house for ten
years and contends she has paid rent
80 long that she now owns the build
ing. Several brothers and sisters
have sought permission TO pay her
rent. but sh" has forbidden them TO
do 40.
The woman. standing on the street
with her furniture. attracted consid'
crable attention in the neighborhood.
and thinking 1t was case or a
woman too poor to pay her rent,
Angelo Rizzo. known as the MaNor
of Mulberry Street" and a benefac-
tor Of the poor, came up ana OF.
fered her 500. She told him to mind
his own business.
The Washington times., 1922-11-05
Railway Sues Man Who
Bought Ticket Cheaply

WASCO, Calif., Nov. a. -- :. II.
Stovor, Of this city. who paid the
ticket agent s123.G5 for a first-cIass
ticket To Kansas City, Mo. has been
made the defendant IN IA Civil suit in
the Federal district court in Califor-
MA by the Santa Fe Railroad Com
pany. which asks the court To compel
Stover to pay an additional SlJ.O5 Tor
the ticket.
II was understood that the WasCo
ticket agent erred in the price of the
ticket and sold ii for less than the
passenger rat" fixed liy law.
Attempts were made by the rail.
road officials to collect the S19.0j
from Stover, but ne refused to pay.
it is alleged, stating he paid the
Wasco ticket agent all he asked.
The railroad stated ii was required
by interstate commerce laws to file
the suit to collect the amount named
as due
The Washington times., 1922-11-05
Asks Second Divorce
From Same Husband

NORFOLK. Va. Nov. "A con.
crete eXcmplifiCation of the old
nursery adage, IF at first YOU don't
succeed. try, try again" is on file
in the circuit court, in the form of a
petition by Jessie G.. Linchan for
divorce from her husband. j. J. Line
han. Mr.. and Mrs. Linchan have
been married twice and divorced once
before.
They were first married Septem-
Der 30, 1911, according to the declar.
alton filed with the suit of Mrs.
Linehan. \ deere" of vinCulo matti.
mont dissolved this union, how
ever. March 81, 1918, when il was
found the two could not live happily
together.
Nevertheless. they were reunited
in matrimonv November >. 1918, and
Mrs. Linohan charges that her hus.
band deserted her December 3, 1919.
The Washington times., 1922-11-05
Ogunquit, Noted Virginia
Hunting Horse Is Dead

WARRENTON, Va, Nov. L. go
Ogunduit. one of the best-known
horses in Virginia, and greatest
half.bred hunter in this section, was
buried at Jacquelin Farm few
days ago.
Ogunquit was bred by the late
Col. Robert Neville. and sold as a
yearling to Cortland III. Smith
twenty four years ago lie was
sired by the imported French stal.
lion Rigoletto. Ogunquit was IL
home either in the show ring, as a
hunter, or hack, in the hunting
field or in races over timber. He
twice won the race for hunters over
the famous old Barry course. ridden
by his owner. He was middle
weight champion hunter both at
Madison Square Garden and Bos-
ton and won first prizes at New
York, Chicago. Kansas City, Boston,
Rrockton. Philadelphia, Bryn Mhwr,
Richmond and all Virginia horse
shows.
The Washington times., 1922-11-05
Salesman Saves Baby
Forgotten BY Mother

WINCHESTER. Va, Nov A.
Irwin Price, n travelling salesman of
this city, saved 6.month.old child
from burning to death in a fire
that destroyed a farmhouse near
Gore, w. Va. after the mother,
in a moment of forgetfulness due to
excitement, had neglected to rescue
her baby.
Mr.. Price. who was passing in an
automobile, saw the roof Of the
house afire. and at once gave an
alarm. lie helped the woman TO
ret many articles Of furniture out
and assisted her and 2.year.old
child to a place Of safety. He then
asked whether anyone else was in
the house. when the mother sudden.
ly remembered that her baby was
asleep upstairs.
MIR. Price leaped up the stairway
and. after cropping his way through
dense smoke, with flames roaring
overhead he found the infant
.',,o.' .'ffcca'cd Tho child vna
The Washington times., 1922-11-05
Free Boy Who Slew Man
To Protect His Mother

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, NOV. -
Agreeing with the states attorn"E
that no jury would be likely to find
otto Garnand guilty of manslaugh'
ter because OF the lads quick defense
of his mother. Police Justice John H.
Locke dismissed the charge against
him.
The year-old boy was ac.
cused of manslaughter as "a result OF
knocking Thomas Hughes, Leviathan
worker. down after Hughes had
seized the boys mother by the arm
and had struck the lad in the chest.
Young Garnand struck out with his
right Just once. The blow caught
Hughes on the jaw. lie toppled over
backward His head hit the pave
ment. Next morning he died at the
hospital.
The Washington times., 1922-11-05
PENNSY PLANS
BIC TERMINAL
At T|DEWATER.
contemplates Outlay of Three
Millions for Projects at
Little Creek.

NORFOLK. Va, Nov. Am
nouncement was officially made
here this week that the Penn
sylvania railroad is preparing to
build extension terminals, at a
cost of $4,000, 900, at Little Creek
Princess Anne county.
win Construct Iiarb0r.
According To statements made
here by Elisha Lee. one OF the
roads vice presidents. 1t will con.
struCt an artificial harbor and
channel to Chesapeake Bay 10
handle freight car ferries from
Cape Charles.
modern freight station and
terminal will be- built on St Julian
avenue near Calvary cemetery.
Norfolk.
Present terminals at Port Norfolk
and the present freight station at
Brooke avenue will he abandoned.
AZ soon as negotiations with other
carriers are completed, the Pennsyl.
vania viii begin actual physical work
on the terminals at Little Creek.
This will shorten the ferry haul TO
cape Charles by One-third and NAV
ultimately mean the provision OF ia.
ciliti"s for moving passenger equip
mcnt across the bay TO and from
Norfolk
In carrying out its plans. the Penn.
sylvania Will use the ,0O0-acrc tract
OF land IL now owns at Little Greek
Big Outlays Planned.
Public and private expenditures for
harbor and terminal Improvements
now projected or under way at
Hampton Roads reach the huge total
of S14. .400, 900.
In brief, the expenditures an
nounCed are:
Pennsylvania railroad. Little Creek
terminal. $4,000 900.
VirGinian railway. coal pier, 49,
600. 900
Chesapeake and Ohio railway, new
coal pier at Newport News. and
other improvements there and at
Norfolk, $4,000. 900.
Norfolk and Western railway, i'm
prov"m"nts at coal piers and Allan
tic City extension. 81 800 900.
Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line,
new transf,r bridge at Sewalls Point
5000, 900.
City Of Norfolk. new municipal ter
miuals, 1900 900.
War Department. channel improve
mcntS, $500, 900.
The Washington times., 1922-11-05
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The Washington times., 1922-11-05
v. VA. PROSECUTOR
IS BETWEEN FIRES
Ordered by Court to Aid in
Mine War Cases, He
Merely Stands BY.

CHARLES TOWN, W. Va. Nov. 4.
prosecuting Attorney John l..
Porterfeld. OF jefferson county, has
become. without desire on his part.
the storm point in the legal pre-
liminaries TO the trial of G. Frank
Keeny. indicted mine union official,
here.
The defense early in the case OBJ.
jeCtad 10 going TO trial because. ~ IL
alleged, the State was not properly
represented and the court sustained
the motion to III" extent of directing
Attorney Portcrficld To associate him
self with the cases. Then the defense
claimed that his participation was
only to lend color" 10 the prosecu-
ton and that the actual prosecution
was still financed and directed by
private interests, notably the
Logan Coal Operators Association.
The court held the priVat" counsel
To be properly employed and 10 have
legal standing in court and these at
torneys have continued 10 carry the
major portion Of the burden OF the
prosecution. Attorney porterilcid,
however, is present all the time. lie
says he knows little or nothing about
the case. and the court in passing on
the earlier defense motions said II
was natural that the prosecuting at
torney her. should know little about
eases that arose hundreds Of miles
away. and he regards his own CON
trihutIOns To the case az not particu.
larly valuable. at least SO far. Under
TN" law he says he is not permitted
To taE" pay for services as prose
cutor other than his salary; and on
the other hand he questions the fair
ness Of tn" proposition which com.
p,ls him to stand by without re-
mun"ration to repay him for time
lost to outside interests.