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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-18
DENTAL CLUE MEETS

At the regular weekly meeting of the Birmingham Dental club there was a general discussion relative to certain legislation in regard to the appointment and maintenance of a dental surgeon for the Alabama Girls school, as well as the Alabama Boys Industrial school.
 Following the above discussion, lec- ture was given by Dr. Sidney Gross, specialist on plate and bridge work, in regard to Causes of Failure in the Construction of Partial Dentures.'
Evening star., 1924-12-01
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET

CHICAGO, December I tCnited
States Department Of Agricultural
Hogs-Receipts $4,000 head. active:
mostly firm; light lights and light
weight, steady TO sc higher; liberal
supply and active buying support;
few early sales weak TO 1oc lower:
top. $50; bulk good and choice 225
to 325 pound butchers, s.5oas.55; 10
TO zoo pound weight, largely, s.6oa
9.25; bulk, 140 to $50 pound selections,
7.25as.c5; packing sows mostly s.s5
a9.10; majority strong weight slaugh-
ter pigs. 6.50a70o.
Cattle-Receipts, $4,000 head: trade
uneven; killing quality plain. fairly
active demand for yearlings and bet
ter grades matured steers; desirable
beef heifers also wanted; bulk fed
steers short fed offerings of value
to sell at 1000 and below. show re-
ject yearlings upward to 1925: some
regular market offerings held above
1875; several loads light offerings
early. 11.ooa15.oo; early top nlatured
steers. 1860; some held higher; run
includes about 1000 Western grass
ers: steer contingent mostly in feeder
flesh; she stock run liberal; lower
grades predominatins; bulls and
yealers steady; few bolognas above
400: bulk vealers, s.50a9.oo; lower
grades stockers and feeders in too
liberal supply; weak. kinds of value
to sell at 500 upward: steady.
Sheep-Receipts, $4,000 head; very
active; fat lambs fully Csc higher:
bulk better grade natives and fed
Westerns. 14.75a15.o0; top, 1925: no
clipped lambs sold; heavy yearling
wethers, 100; fat sheep and feeding
lambs around Csc higher; handy
weight fat ewes up to SIS; bulk de-
sirable feeders, 14.5oa15.eo; top, 1900
Evening star., 1924-12-01
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

BALTIMORE, December 1.-Pota-
toes, new. 100 pounds. 1.ooa1.50: bar
rel, 1.5oa2.00: sweet potatoes, barrel,
2.o0a5.O0: yarns. barrel. 3.5oa4.o0;
beans, bushel. 3.5oa4.0o; beets, hum
dred. 4.ooa5.oo: broccoli and kale.
bushel, 5oaso; Brussels sprouts, quart,
20a25; cabbage, hundred, 3.o0ao.00; /;
carrots, hundred, 4O0a5.0o: cauli-
flower, crates, 1.50a3.0o; celery. crate,
1.75a4.0o; cucumbers, bushel, S.5oa
500: eggplants, crate, 4.00a5.oo; let
tuce, bushel, 75a2.50; onions, 100
pounds. 1.75a2.35; oyster plants, hun
dred, 7.ooas.oo; parsnips. basket. 5oa
so: peppers. crate, 3.50a5.0o; pump
kins. hundred 15.ooa25.oo: Spinach,
basket, 35a4o: other stock, bushei,
50a75; squash, crate, 2.50a350: toma-
toes, crate, 2.50a5.5o; turnips, bushel,
75a1.00.
Apples-packed, barrel, 2.50a7.o0;
bushel, 75a3.oo; loose, barrel. 1.50a3.0o;
bushel, 50a1.oo: cranberries, box, 4.5o
aS.5o; grapefruit, box, 1.ooa3.oO;
oranges. box. 2.50a4.0o.
Selling Prices at Noon
Wheat-No Q red Winter, spot,
1854: No. red Winter, garlicky,
1891; No. 3 red Winter, garlicky'
l.69ls.
SdlSS--NOUC
Corn-Cob, new yellow, spot. $40
and $50 per barrel; track corn, yell
low, No. 2, 1.34a1.35.
Sales-None.
Oats-No. new: 6o1s per bushel,
No. 8, 5sia.
Rye-Nearby, 1.1oa1.25; No. } rye,
spot, 1.41.
Hay-Receipts. 26 tons. There is a
fair demand for desirable grades Of
timothy and light clover mixed hay
and for such the market is steady.
Medium and low-grade hay in free
supply. and prices on everything
from No. 3 timothy down are very
irregular.
Quotations today-No. timothy,
1s.5oa2o5o; No. timothy, 16.0oa1s.oo;
No. light clover. mixed. 1s.50a19. 90:
No. l. clover, mixed. 17.50als.o0; No.
. clover, mixed, 15.ooa16.oo.
Straw-No. 1 rye, 13.0oa14.oo.
Evening star., 1924-12-01
CHICAGO GRAIN PRICES.

CHICAGO, December Wheat
ran up rapidly today to new high
price records for the season. Frost
reports from Argentina, boding i'll
for the crop yield in that country
were chiefly responsible for the rise
in values. The fact that deliveries
on December contracts had appar-
emily gone into strong hands tended
also TO lift prices. The opening
which ranged from Il to Is higher
with December 1.54As to 1.55 and
May 1853 to 1.65A, was followed by
material further gains.
Corn and oats took an upward
swing with wheat and as result
of the fact that December corn de-
liveries were smaller than had been
expected. After opening at L to IL
higher, May 1.221s to 1.22Ia, the
corn market eased down a little, but
then went higher than before.
Oats started unchanged to u
higher. May ssh to 5SA, and later
continued to ascend.
Owing to sympathy with grain,
provisions were firmer notWith-
Evening star., 1924-12-01
Markets at a Glance

NEW YORK-Stocks higher: Amer.
acan Waterworks jumps 12& points.
Bonds steady; high grade rail is
sues advance.
Foreign exchanges strong; sterling
near 1924 high; francs gain.
Cotton weak; increased crop esti-
mates.
Sugar lower; commission house
selling.
Coffee firm; bullish crop adyices.
CH1CAGO-Wheat barely steady:
Increased stocks.
Corn easy; larger receipts.
Cattle irregular.
Hogs steady to higher.
Evening star., 1924-12-01
RAILROAD STATIONS
TO BE ABANDONED
Eastern Shore Line Gets Permit
F:om Maryland Com
mission.
Special nlsnsfch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. December 1.-The
Public Service Commission has author
ized the Baltimore. Chesapeake and
Atlantic Railway Company, a sub
sidiary of the Pennsylvania railroad.
to abandon four stations on the East
ern Shore lines of the company. Per-
mission to abandon the station at
Rockawalkin, which had been asked
by the company. was denied by the
commission.
The stations to be abandoned as
agency stations are: Ellwood, Reid
Grove, Bloomzeld and St Martins.
Evening star., 1924-12-01
DAIRY PRODUCTS.

BALTIMORE, December Live
poultry-Young chickens, Is, 1sa25;
Leghorns, 1sa20: old hens, I6a24;
Leghorns, 16a17; old roosters. Halls;
young turkeys. 35aS6; old, go; poor
and crooked breasts. 25; ducks, 16a
22; geese, 1Sa25; pigeons, pair, so;
guinea fowl, each, 4Oas0.
Dressed poultry-Turkeys, IS, 32a
40; poor and crooked breasts. 25;
chickens, 23a27; old roosters, 15a16;
ducks, 20a25; geese, 20a2s.
Eggs-Receipts, 1867 cases; native
and nearby firsts, dozen. 60a62.
Butter-Creamery, good to fancy,
18, 40a48; prints, 4sa5o; nearby
creamery, 3Sa42; ladies, 3oa32; store
packed, 22a22hs; process butter, 33;
daily prints, 24a25; rolls, 23a25.
Evening star., 1924-12-01
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.
BY the Associated Press.

by tne AB5UC1attu TTtss.
NEW YORK, December 1.-Foreign
exchanges-Firm. Quotations Gin
United States dollars): Great Britain,
demand, 4.63az; cables, 4.64; 60-day
bills on banks, 4.61. France, demand,
.o5461s; cables, .0547. Italy, demand,
.0434%; cables, .0435H. Belgium, de-
mand, .049Sa: cables, .0499. Germany,
demand, 1881; v Holland, demand,
.4031; Norway, demand, .14S0; Sweden,
dennad, 1851 Denmark, demand, .1749 !:
Switzerland, demand, 1881; Spain,
demand, 1872; Greece, demand, OTIS;
Poland, demand, .19K; Czechoslo-
vakia, demand, .03o01s; Jugoslavia,
demand. .0145k; Austria, demand.
.oo0o14A: Rumania, demand, .511a
Argentina, demand, 1926; Brazil, de-
mans, .11so; Toxic, demand, .3sX /;
Montreal, 80 31-32.
Evening star., 1924-12-01
Trading on Local Exchange.

Local issues were quiet In the initial
session of the local Stock Exchange
today. Railway common, which has
furnished local sensations for several
weeks, remained inactive, although
S7T was bid for the stock, with none
offered.
Lanston was relatively active, and
advanced fractional1y on the day to
TIN. with 35 shares changing hands.
Capital Traction was firm at 50, as
was Riggs National Bank at 800.
National Mortgage and Investment
preferred held at 9. and District Ma
tonaI Bank brought 1877. So -
Bond trading was restricted to utili-
ties at unchanged levels.
Evening star., 1924-12-01
CLOSE IS UNSETTLED.
Jump of 10 Points in Iron Products
One of Late Features.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, December 1.-Throw-
by high call and time money rates.
stock prices bounded upward again
today, with buying most active in
the coppers, motors, public utilities
and specialties. Over 20 issues
touched new 1924 highs. Sales ap-
proximated 1,S50.0O0 shares.
The closing was irregular. Heavy
accumulation of the katy" issues
and a jump of 10 points in Iron
PRODUCTS pfd. featured the late trad
ing. United States Steel common
and American Can were heavy.
Evening star., 1924-12-01
STROMBERG REDUCES
DIVIDEND TO $3.50
BY the Associated Press.

NE" YORK, December 1-Di-
rectors of the Stromberg Carburetor
Company of America today declared
a. quarterly dividend of $3.50 payable
January to stock of record Decem-
Der Is. Previously So quarterly had
been paid. Earnings for the quarter
ended September 80 were equal to
s1.32 a share, compared with $221
declared In the preceding quarter and
S2.53 in the third quarter of 1923
Net profit fell to s99,359, compared
with S1S9,761 in the third quarter
last year.
Evening star., 1924-12-01
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
Received by Private Wire Direct The Star Office

Because OF abnormal
Evening star., 1924-12-01

am > & X pr I'd.
Ano Stl Fdys (3).
Am Sugar.
Am Sugar pf 60.
Am Sumatra.
Am T & Tel (9).
Am Tob Cn).
Am Tob E tn)
Am Tobac (14).
An Tob B 40.
Am Tobac pf (6y
Am Wat Wk (n).
I Am Water Wks.
Am W W pf (6).
Am Woolen.
Am Wool pfd Cd
! Am Writ Pap pr
Am Zinc.
Am Zinc pf. ......
Anaconda. a......
Ann Arbor pf. E.
Armour Del Cd.
Arm Cons & Co.
Asso Oil (1h>-.
At T & s Fe (6).
4 T & S r pt 80.
! At! Birm & Al
Atl Coast l. (tSl.
At Gulf & W l.
! At Gulf & w / pf
| Atlantic Rehninf
| Allan Ref pf CD
| Alta S Powder (D
Austin-N Nichols.
| Baldwin l. CD.
Eald Loco pf (7).
Bal & Ohio (5)..
Bal &; Oh pf 90.
| Barnet Lea tn er.
Barnsdall A. -.
| Bayuk Cigar -.
| Beechnut 3d..
Bethlehem Steel
Beth Stl pf 20.
Beth Stl pf (s).
! Booth Fisheries.
| Booth Fish 1st.
| British Empire
British Emp 1st.
! British Emp I'd. E.
Ekl Edison (S).
Brk Ma n Tran.
| Bklyn Man pf (S)
Brklyn Un G. 90
| Brown Shoe 90.
Brown Sh pf %.
Burns Br B CO..
Burroughs 90.
Butte Cop (50c).
Eutte&S Superior.
ButteTick Co. -.
Caddo Central. =.
Cal Pa acking 90.
Cal Pete (1A)..
Calf Pet pf o..
Callahan Zinc. =.
Calu &c AriZ Cd.
Calumet & H SOC
Can Pacific (10).
Case Threshin g.
Case Thresh pr.
Cent Leather.
Cent Leather pf.
C r r n J (i12).
Century Rib (2).
Cero d Pasco (D
Certain T eed. =.
Chand Mot (3)..
Ches Ohio "a,
Ches & Q pf t6 h)
Chicago & Alton
Chic & Alton pf.
Chic & East Ill.
Chi & E III pf. :.
Chic CIR West.
Chic CIR West pf.
Chi Mil G. st P. :.
Chi Mil & 8 P pf.
Chi & Nwn o..
Chi Pneu T CD.
Chi r I & Pac...
c r I & P pf (6).
C r I & P pf "a.
Chi Yellow c (D
Chile Cop (2k)..
Chino Copper.
Cluett Peab t5)..
Coca-Colo o..
Colo Fuel & Iron
Colo Sou 1st %.
Col G. & e (2.60).
Col Carbon o..
Com In TT $500.
Com In TT pf Cd
Com Solv A o..
Com Solv B. -.
Congol- CD
Consol Cigar.
Con Cigar pf Cd
Con Distributrs.
Consol Gas <5)..
Consol Textile.
Cont Can 90.
Cont Can rtS.
Cont Mot (80c)..
Corn Prod (2)
Cosden Co.
Cosden pf co..
CruciDle Stl (4j.
Crucible pf CD.
Cub Am Sug t3).
Cuban Cane Sug.
Cub Cane Su pr.
Cuba Dominican
Cuyamei Fr (A.
Daniel Boone. 4.
Dawson Chem.
De Beers. S.......
Del & Hrd (9).
Del L G. w co..
Detroit Ed o..
Dome Mines (2).
Doug Pectin "a.
Dull s s & Allan.
Dull S S & Atl pf.
Du Pont (S).....
Duquesne Of G.
Eastman (t7A).
Eaton Axle.
Ell Stor Bat %.
End-John t5).
Endicott pf CO..
Erie............
Erie 1st pf......
Erie I'd pf. ......
Fairbks (2.60)..
Famous Pl (S)..
Famous pr 3d..
Fed 1t & Tract.
Federal Mines.
Fed Mines pf (D >
Fisher Bdy (10).
Fisk Rubber.
Fish Rubber pf.
Fleischman f3 "
Foundation CO..
Frseport-Texas.
Gardner Motor.
Gen Asphalt.
Gen Baking 90.
Gen Cigar (s).
Gen Electric go
Gen Ell spl (60c).
Gen Motors (5)..
Gen Mot pf (6l..
Gen Mot pf CO..
Evening star., 1924-12-01
TRADING CONFUSED
IN BOND MARKET.
Activity Centers in Railroad
Group-lndustriaI Liens
Generally Higher.
BY GEORGE r. HUGHES.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

NEW YORK, December Except
for signs of liquidation in high grade
rails, such as Atchison general 4s,
B. & o. As and Southern Pacific re :!
funding As. the bond market today
was firm. Business was not on a
large scale, but the market had n
good tone. Libreties were shade
higher. the selling of the high grade
rails having no effect on the United
states Government loans.
Foreign Group Active.
Active trading kept up in the for
eign group and the French rs held
around their high price while the
old French bonds went higher. The
German Is also sold around their best
prices. Hungarian 71as fell back be-
low Ss. a movement perhaps coming
with reports of political disturbances
in Hungary. Nord Railway 6I5s, Of
fered in October at SSk, sold down
as syndicate support was withdrawn.
New Haven issues were strong
among the speculative rails while the
ST. Paul group was irregular. OF the
former. the New York. West Chester
and Boston 412 and the New Haven
os were the features. Seaboard Air
Line adjustments were lower, but
other Seaboard bonds were not ma
Railway Bonds Quiet.
There was less correspondence be-
tween markets for railway stocks
md railway bonds today than for
long time. Only in the case of con-
Vertible issues, such as Chesapeake
and Ohio convertible 5s. was there
any great activity.
Traction bonds were heavy. fnclud-
ing Chicago Railway 5s, Third Ave-
nue. adjustments and some of the
lntsrborough issuee. Among indus
trials L. S. Rubber first SIS were up
half point. Wilson & Co, 71as and
convertible es both did better
New issues included sl,30O,0o0 Ne
vada- California Electric Corporation
6s of 1850 at sS, s4,391.0o0 Wabash
Railway . per cent equipment trust
certificates to yield 4s9 per cent
sl5,000,oo0 State of North Carolina
AZ per cent highway bonds due Sc
rally from 1885 to 1854 to yield from
i.S5 to 40 per cent. s6.o00,o00 Nor
folk and Western Divisional 4s OF
1914 to yield 4.s1 per cent. $4,000, 900
st. Maurice Paper five-year 5la per
cent notes to yield SIS per cent and
s2.400.o0o Nugent Realty first 6s due
1914 at 1914.
Evening star., 1924-12-01
5 RATES ON BAR SILVER.

NEW YORK, December 1.--Bar sill
vers 6oA; Mexican dollars, 53H..
Evening star., 1924-12-01

fPartly extra. Playable In preferred stock.
Dividend rates rs given In the above table
are the annual cash payments based on tho
latest quarterly or half-yearly declarations
Unless otherwise noted, extra or Specisl
dividends are net included.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-06-14
Slept through Tornado

Tornadoes play many freak antics.
The following story, told by Gayle
Pickwen In Nature, is just a sample
of them:
Mrs. LEM, a young farmers wife.
had placed her sleeping baby upon a
bed and had gone out, among the scat
tering pellets Of hail, to look after
some baby chicks. Her husband was
at a distant pasture watering the cat
tie. Mrs. LEM noticed the peculiar
cloud, dangling like thick rope from
the sky, heard the roaring, guessed
the awful import and rushed to the
house and In TO the baby She then
threw herself upon the bed clasping
the child The house, which hap
pened to be directly in the path of the
tornado, was completely demolished.
Two hours later the frantic husband
found his wife beneath a pile of de-
bris In his uprooted orchard a hun
dred yards from where the house had
stood. The woman was unconscious
but, aside from a few bruises, unhurt.
The baby was fast asleep. held tight
ly In the mothers arms.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-06-14
Not Engaged to Think

Many are the stories told about the
late Judge Walter c. Ong, and here is
a characteristic anecdote related by
that veteran Cleveland newspaper
man, Elmer E. Bates, whose beat" at
the time the incident happened In
Guided the old courthouse In the days
when the Judge was on the bench.
zone day." says Elmer, the Judge
was explaining to me the intricacies
of a technical case, when a country
veterinary came In to report that a
valuable horse that the Judge had en-
trusted to his care was dead
Did you give the horse the medi-
cine left with you exactly as l in
structed you to do7" the judge In
quired.
"Why, why, no" stammered the
man. you see, judge, l thought some
medicine l prepare myself would be
better"
"You thought" Numbered the
Judge you thought Good heavens,
man, do you suppose for q single mo-
ment that If l had been engaging a
man to think would have hired
youp'-Gleveland Plain Dealer
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-06-14
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MERCER NEWS

X X j 4
Frank Heiderer Of Park Falls
called on friends here Sunday
Miss Blanche Stun of Birnamwood
and a party of friends from Rhine
lander visited her uncle, Frank
Barker, Sunday
Mrs. I. c. Borman Of Chicago, Mr..
and Mrs. F. E. Bradley and Neal
Bradley made a business trip to the
Harry LaFave and Chas. Doriot
resorts Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Peterson and
son andMrs. Peterson's mother made
a pleasant call at the F. E. Barker
home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Seth Smith made a
short visit to Ironwood Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Dalbec are
again busy taking care of tourists at
their pretty resort on Lake of the
Falls.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Zellen of
Winchester were in town Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. Gehr of
Winchester did shopping here Mon
day evening.
Mrs. Inez B. Rydeski was an Iron
wood visitor Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Borutta are
entertaining the formers parents of
Pound, Wis, who arrived Tuesday.
F. c. Wilson of Ironwood is here
this week attending to business
motters.
Mrs. Margaret Craw of Berlin,
Wis, is the guest of her son, Ernest,
for a few weeks.
Mr.. Levine and son Oscar are
visiting at the homes of Herbert and
Anton Levine.
F. E. Freeman of Phillips visited
relatives here Sunday.
H. A. Peter is attending strictly
to his official duties as constable.
R. L. Ball is improving his store
by building a new extensive front.
The ladies of the NJ. E. Aid
society were entertained at the home
of Mrs. Anton Levine on Pike Lake.
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Vaughn and
Mr. and Mrs. V. l.. Liberty ac-
companied the latter's sister to her
home at Iron Mountain, Mich, Sun
day. They made the trip by motor.
Mrs Ernest Craw, Mrs. Dan Shea
and Fred Thompson were at the
county seat as jurors Tuesday.
Ernest Craw and Constable Henry
A. Peter made business trip to
Hurley Wednesday.
Mrs. Michael Babic went to Iron
wood Wednesday to see a doctor as
she ran a file into her foot and cut
it badly.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-06-14
A STITCH IN TIME
Hurley People Should Not Neglect
Their Kidneys.

No kidney ailment is unimportant.
Don't overlook the slightest backache
or urinary irregularity. Nature
may be warning you Of approaching
dropsy, grovel or Bright's disease.
Kidney disease is seldom fatal if
treated in time, but neglect may
pave the way. Don't neglect a lame
or aching back another day. Don't
ignore dizzy spells, headaches,
WEAKNESS or depression. If you
feel you need kidney help begin
using the reliable, time-tried remedy,
Doan's Pills. For so years, Doan's
have been found effective. En-
dorsed by Hurley people. Ask your
neighbor!
Mrs. NJ. Schmangner, So Seventh
Ave, says: 81 was troubled with
bearing-down pains in my back and
was so lame, | could hardly work.
Ny kidneys acted too freely and
was nervous. Dizzy spells, when
everything whirled about me, came
on. l used Doan's Pills from
Sullivan's Drug Store. The dizzy
spells and backache disappeared and
| was cured of kidney complaint"
Price 6Oc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Pills-the same that Mrs.
Schmangner had. Foster-Milburn
Co, Mfrs, Buffalo, N. Y. Adv
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-06-14
Sluggish Liver
During Spring
Causes Poison

This is the time of year when your
liver becomes sluggist and your
intestines become clogged up with
poisonous waste. Your liver does
not properly purify blood that flows
to your skin The result is sallow
complexion, dark circles and pimples,
coated tongue and bad taste morn
ings. AS these poisons continue to
flood your system, your resistance
is lowered you feel duh and tired
and sick.
Make this test! Cleanse and tone
your liver with DR.. TEACHERS Liver
and Blood Syrup Contains pure
ingredients prescribed by Physicians.
Helps nature strengthen your stom-
ach, soothe tired, and overtaxed
nerves, brace up system, and purify
your blood. Notice quick difference
in way you look, eat, sleep, and feel.
You too, will be satisfied, as others
have, or no cost.
DIR. Thacher's is sold and recon-
mended by J f. Sullivan in Hurley
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-06-14
Careless DriUer

The dear old lady went up to the
taxicab driver and told him to drive
her to the British museum.
''Right-ho, mum" replied the man.
Jump inl'
But the old lady stood her ground.
"Not until you've started the en-
CINE" size said.
The driver got down from his seat
and started the engine with half a turn
of the crank.
Proceeding up steep hin, the en-
CINE suddenly Stacked of and then
stopped dead.
The old lady put her head out of the
window and with a knowing smile. said
10 the driver:
"Ah. driver. I thought you didn't
wind It up enough London Answers.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-06-14
Ne, of Millions Kept
Iia.ai i ~ - 1g'S=,.h a Secret

To the ordinary man II vould APP
pear that the millionaire must neces-
sarily be a conspicuous figure. But
the case Of the late ]. T. Mills Of
Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, whose
III revealed the fact that lie owned
more than twenty million dollars,
shows once more that the elght-figure
man may be quite unknown to the
public.
Who. for instance, suspected that
Maurice Marcus, lonely, shabbily
dressed bachelor, who could be seen -
fine days working with his gardener in
the grounds Of his house at Re hill,
Surrey, and on duh or wet days spent
his time indoors making the mats on
which his specimens Of rare china were
displayed, possessed more than fifteen
million dollars, asks a writer in the
London Mail. For after making a for
tune in the diamond trade In South
Africa In the sos and increasing it as
a stock broker, he had ceased for
some years to figure In the city and
by the time of his death last year had
been practically forgotten.
The bachelor millionaire seems to
find 1t easy to keep his secret. There
was, for instance, Alexander L. This
tlewayte, lord of the manor of South
wick and dorchester, who left $1,000
600 In 1915. Little was seen of him
outside his estate near Fareham, ex-
cept when he drove every night into
the village to get a newspaper.
The biggest surprise the city Of Lon
don has had was given by another
bachelor, Charles Morrison, haber-
dasher Of Coleman street. He left
more than fifty million dollars-the
biggest fortune of which any one in
Great Britain has had absolute dis
posal.
A bachelor also was Lord Clanrl-
carde, who died in 1916, dlsposing in
a 200-word viii Of more than ten mil
lion dollars, the bulk of which went to
his great-nephew, Lord Lascelles. The
ordinary man who saw him sitting on
a bench in Hyde park, as was his
custom, would never have imagined
that he was a millionaire peer ior be
was supremely Indifferent to dress.