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tached himself to the Dauber Avenue M. E. churth. Later, he attached most of the loose change around the Dauber Avenue M. E. church to himself. , But that's getting ahead of the , story. When Shaver first came ,io Canton, he was the last word in modesty and shy backward ness. He used to blush when I ever anyone spoke to him, and when a young girl addressed him, he acted like he was suffering ,from St Vitus dance. He also went into business, al though why he ever took that trouble with his talents, is a standing mystery to the people of .Canton. He went to work in a .drug store first, an worked real v-harrf. He worked so hard that he hum owned the drug store. T About this time the members of the Dauber Avenue M. E. church -began to spend their spare time telling each other 'what a fine, .quiet, well behaved young man JWAliam R. Shaver was, and after 'the pastor had added his word tQ that of the others, the church made Shayer a deacon ,and gave him the privilege of passing the plate on Sunday, which was a dangerous thing to do. Then Shaver really began to branch out He turned the drug tore into a limited liability com--pany. The limited meant that all the money that come in was lim ited from going into anyone else's than his own pockets, and the lia bility meant what the company ftad so much of. When the drug store palled on "himr Shaver branched out again. He formed the GQldenRuJe Ad vertising company, and elected! himself president of it. From what happened after this, the people df Canton believe that Shaver's translation of "Golden Rule" reads: "Do others, and- do ihem all you know how." Thei deacon began issuing stock in the Golden Rule Adver tising company. After he once began, he never stopped. That's why he's wanted so badly here. The grand jury that figured the thiug&it reckoned that Shav er at the&yely least estimate, is sued about $20,000 worth of stock, which might have looked pretty as wall paper, but wasn't much use as anything else. Then, some weeks ago, Shaver left Canton. He Jeft in the night time, taking the Golden Rule Ad vertising Company and a young girl with him and carelessly for getting about his wife and Chil dren. ' The young girl she isone of thrones that used to makcShav er blush and stutter and throw a fit by talking to him was with Shaver when he was arrested. She told the police of Winnipeg, who are a confiding and credul ous bunch, that she was Shaver's wife, and they let her go. Shaver will be "brought back, and explain to the judge abpUt that Golden Rule Advertising company, of which the grand jury could find only a few pretty stock certificates. fr--