Ceredo advance. [volume], July 06, 1910, Image 7

About Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939

Image provided by: West Virginia University

                
LAND IN CANADA
AN INVESTMENT
WORK IT, AND SECURE 20 PER
CENT. ON THE EXPENDITURE.
Farm lands In Canada increased !n
value this Spring from fifteen to twen
ty per cent, and as a result of this
Increase thousands of tboso who harp
gone there within the past few years
have had that much more value added
to their holdings. There is proof here
that as a field for investment there
Is nowhere to be found a more profit
able one than in purchasing farm
lands in Canada. And. as a field for
occupation and working the farms
there is nowhere on the continent
where more satisfactory return is
given. The crops are always sure and
the prices are always good. With
railroads entering and traversing all
the settled parts, there are very few
districts in which tho farmer will be
more than from ten to twelve miles
from a railway station. Hoads are
good, and big loads are easily handled.
The price of getting grain to the pri
mary market is low’ on this account,
and then in reaching the world's mar
kets the railways have their rates con
trolled by tho Government, and what
may be considered a fair deal is cer
tain. Good prices for all kinds of
grain is the rule, and if the investor
has made good money by the Increased
value given to his unworked land, it
is not difficult to understand that the
profit to the man who works his land
Is just that much more, and thero
will be no depreciation. The man
who holds a free homestcrffi of one
hundred and Bixty acres of land,
which he got for $10 as an entry fee,
has land which at its lowest estimate
la worth $10 an acre—yes, $15 an acre
—the moment he has completed his
three years’ residence duties. It will
continue to increase in value until its
earning power gives a reasonable in
terest on a certain sum. That is, if
be takes off the land fifteen to twenty
dollars per acre clear profit each year,
his land is worth to him, at a fair rate
of interest, $200 an acre. If he only
realizes $10 an acre clear profit, it is
worth $100 per acre. Now, thou
sands of farmers are duplicating these
figures. The price of land in Canada
to-day is much less than its realizing
value. The fact that the fifty thou
sand Americans who went to Canada
year before last were followed by one
hundred thousand last year offers
6omo evidence, and good evidence, too.
that there is getting to be a pretty fair
knowledge that money is to be made in
Canada lands. As an investment money
Is to bo made, but more by living
upon the land, secured either by home
stead or purchase. The one hundred
thousand of last year will be one hun
dred and fifty thousand this year.
These comprise people from every
state in the Union, and it is just being
realized the asset that awaits the
homeseeker in Canada. The large
numbers that have gone, though,
makes no appreciable difference In
the supply of land. There is still left
vast quantities of the best of it. But
the longer a delay is made In arriving
at a decision, the price will advance
proportionately, and the more de
sirable homesteads near the railway
lines become more difficult to secure.
The Government publishes interesting
literature, which may be had on ap
plication to any of the agents whose
offices are located at different points
through the States, and they (the
agents) will be pleased to assist in
any way possible in the choice of lo
cation. _
Fletcherite Loses His Count.
"Hobby,” said bis mother, "sit up
straight, and don't tuck your napkin
under your chin. I've told ypu hun
dreds of time—"
“There!” exploded Tommy, "you’ve
made me lose the count! I don’t know
now whether it’s 256 or 356 times I’ve
chewed this clam!"
When Rubbers Become Necessary
And your shoes pinch, shako into your
shoes Allen's Font-Ease, the antiseptic
powder for the feet. Cures tired, aching
feet and takes the sting out of Corns and
Bunions. Always use it for Breaking In
New shoes and for dancing parties. Hold
everywhere 25c. Sample mailed FREE*.
Address, Allen S. Olmsted, I,e Roy, N. Y.
If a man who is early to bed and
early to rise doesn't get rich, his wife
is firmly convinced it'3 because he ia
too honest.
Seldom See
» M* kn*« Ilk* this. but ynvr hor«* m»y
nr»r« » bnpch or brnlw «.n hu Ankle,
Uuck. ntlfl*. Knoeor Threat
_ _ will ct-ao thorn off Without Inline »b*
w«ll'« borno up. Nn blister, no h Ir ffono
_ K.vipw bottle. Book B E free
AIWORIUNkT JK., for mnnklfiff, fi and It
RerooTe* Painful Hwoillna*, Knln,,e,i t.lan^n,
coe* Vein*. VarlooMtle<
«>M 8or-«. Allay* Pain. Y.>ur<Jrn«r«t can »„ppiy
•nd *!▼» reference*. Will toll y,,u m.,ro If »\,a
wot to Hook Iron. Manufactured only |.y 1
• l*T.*p«. 14., HprlnfftloM.
w. l fotM, r.®.r.
WANTEfl Wrtf<*r"; 1° •'op/ letter* at homo. Mull
WBB I til ton oonU for forms and Instruction*.
ft. KBIT Wallace Street. Philadelphia, |*a.
DEFIANCE STARCH
oarer at Irk*
to tb« Ira*
THE LITTLE
BROWN JUG
MF.RF.Drrn mciiolson
Illustrations By
BA/ WALTERS
I £sP-|
Uipyrigtat lAJh by Tbe Bobbs-Mcrrill I.'-'
14
SYNOPSIS.
^Thomas Ardmore and Henry Maine
i 3riswold stumble upon Intrigue when the
governors of North and South Carolina
are reported to have quarreled. Gris
wold allies himself with Barbara Os
borne. daughter of the governor of South
-arollna. while Ardmore espouses the
raus«* of Jerry Uangertldd. daughter of
the governor of North Carolina. These
two young ladies are trying to All the
ihoes of their fathers, while tlis latter
• re mlrslng. Both states are In a tur
[noll over one Applewelght. an outlaw
with great political Influence. Unaware
of each other’s position, both Griswold
and Ardmore set out to make the other
prosecute Applewelght. Valuable papers
m the Applewelght case nre missing from
: the office of Gov. Osborne ami Griswdd
; places the theft at the door of the
•chemlng attorney general. Ardmore
I rharters n caboose and starts for the
I border to plan the arrest of Applewelght.
Jerry meanwhile. Is a guest at Ardsley.
Ardmore’s posse takes the field.
CHAPTER X.—Continued.
Ho was more buoyant than aha had
aeon him, and she liked the note of
affection that crept into his tone as
he Rpoke of his friend.
“Ardmore ia the most remarkable
person alive,” Griswold continued.
"You remember—l spoke' of him this
morning. He likes to play the in
scrutable idiot, and he carries it off
pretty well; but underneath he’s real
ly clever. The most amazing ideas
take hold of him. You never could
imagine what he’s doing now! I met
him accidentally in Atlanta the other
day. and he was in pursuit of a face—
a girl's face that he had seen from a
car window for only an instant on a
siding somewhere. He declared to me
most solemnly that the girl winked at
him!"
Griswold was aware that Miss Os
borne's interest In Ardmore cooled
perceptibly.
"Oh!” she said, with that delight
ful intonation with which a woman
utterly extinguishes a sister.
“I shouldn't have told you that,”
said Griswold, guiltily aware of falling
temperature. "He is capable of fol
lowing a winking eye at a perfectly
respectful distance for- a hundred
years, and of being entertained all
the time by the joy of pursuit.”
"It seems very unusual,” said Bar
bara. with cold finality.
Griswold remembered this talk as,
the next day. aboard the train bound
for Turner Court House, the seat of
Mingo county. South Carolina, he pon
dered a telegram he had received
from Ardmore. He read a- * -e-read
this mesnnge, chewing cigars and
scowling at the landscape, and the
cause of his perturbation of spirit
may be roughly summarized In these
words;
1 On leaving the executive mansion
the night before, he had studied maps
in his room at the Saluda house, and
carefully planned his campaign. He
had talked by telephone with the
prosecuting attorney of Mingo coun
ty. and found that official politely re
sponsive. So much hud gone well.
Then the juxtaposition of Ardmore’s
estate to the border, and the possible
use of the house as headquarters,
struck in upon him. He would, after
all, generously take Ardmore into the
game, and they would uphold the
honor and dignity of the great com
monwealth of South Carolina togeth
er. The keys of all Ardmore’s
houses were, so to speak, in Gris
wold’s pocket, and invitations were
unnecessary between them; yet, at At
lanta Ardmore had made a point of
asking Griswold down to help while
away the tedium of Mrs. Atchison's
house part)*, and as n matter of form
Griswold wired from Columbia, ad
vising Ardmore of h*s unexpected de
i acent.
Kven In case Ardmore sha.ild still
be abroad In pursuit of the winking
eye, the doors of the huge house
would be open to Griswold, who had
entered there, so often as the owner's
familiar friend. These things he
pondered deeply as ho rend and re
read Ardmore's reply to his message,
o reply which was plainly enough
dated nt Ardsley, but which, he could
not know, had really been written in
i caboose 0186 as it lay on a siding in
the southeastern yards at Raleigh,
and thence dispatched to the manager
at Ardsley, with Instructions to for
wr.ra it as a new merrage to Gris
wold at Columbia. The chilling words
thus flung at. him were:
Prof. Henry Maine Griswold.
Saluda House. Columbia, B. C.:
I am very sorry, old man, but I ran not
(ake you In Just now. Scarlet fever Is 1
tpklamlr among my tenants, and I could
not think of exposing you to danger. As
•oon as the accursed plague passes I
want to have you down.
An epidemic that closed the gates
of Ardsley wxiuld assume the propor
tions of a nafional disaster; for even
If the great house itself were quar
M lined. there were lodges and bunga
lawn seatte?cd over the tomato. wherw '
a host of Quests could be entertained
In comfort. Griswold reflected that
the very fact that he had wired from
Columbia must hare intimated to Ard- I
more that hiH friend was flying to- |
ward him. rursuant to the Atlanta in
▼itatlon. Griswold dismissed a thou
sand speculations as unworthy. Ard
more had never shown the remotest
trace of snobbishness, and as far as
the threatened house party was con
cerned. Griswold knew Mrs. Atchison
very well, nnd had been entertained at
her New York house.
The patronizing tone of the thing
caused Griswold to flush at every
reading. If the Ardsley date line had
not been so plainly written; if tha
phraseology were not so characteris
tic, there might be room for doubt;
but Ardmore—Ardmore, of all men,
had slapped him in the face!
Hut, scarlet fever or no scarlet
fever, the pursuit of Apuleweight had
precedence of private grievances. By
the time ho reached Turner Court
House Griswold had dismissed tho
ungraciousness of Ardmore, nnd his
Jaws were set with a determination
to perform the mission intrusted to
him by Barbara Osborne, and to wait
until later for an accounting with his
unaccountable friend.
Arrived at Turners, Grisw’old
strode at once toward the courthouse.
The eontemputuous rejection of his
message by the sheriff of Mingo had
angered Griswold, but he was destined
to feel even more poignant insolence
when, entering the sheriff’s office, a
deputy, languidly posed ns a letter
“V” In a swivel-chair, with his feet
on the mantel, took a cob pipe from
his mouth nnd lazily answered Gris
wold's Importunate query with:
"The sheriff uln’t hyeh, seh. He's
a-visitin’ his folks in Tennessy."
"When will he be back?" demanded
Griswold, hot of heart, but maintain
ing the Icy tone that had made him
so formidable in cross-examination.
“I rorkon I don't know, seh.”
"Do you know' your own name?*’
persisted Griswold sweetly.
"Go to hell, seh,” replied the deputy.
He reached for a match, relighted his
pipe, and carefully crossed bis feet on
the mantel shelf. The moment Gris
wold’s steps died away in the outer
corridor the deputy rose and busied
himself so industriously with the tele
phone that within an hour all through
Pondered a Telegram He had Re
ceived.
the Mingo hills, nnd even beyond the
ntate line, along lonely trails, across
hills and through valleys, and beside
cheery creeks and brooks. It was
nown that a strange man from Co
umbia was in Mingo county looking
for the sheriff, and Appleweight, alias
Potcet, nnd his men were everywhere
on guard.
Griswold liked the prosecuting at
torney on sight. Ills name was Haber
sham, and he was a youngster with a
clear and steady gray eye. Instead of
the southern statesman's flowing
Prince Albert, he wore a sack-coat of
gray Jeans, and was otherwise distin
guished by a shirt of white and blue
check. He grinned ns Griswold bent
a puzzled look upon him.
“I took your courses at the uni
versity two years ago, professor, and I
remember distinctly that you always
wore a red cravat to your Wednes
day’s lectures.”
“You hav* done well,” replied Oris
woid, "for 1 never expected to And an
old student who remembered half as
touch of me ns that. Now, as I un
derstood you over the telephone, Ap
pleweight was Indicted for stealing a
ham In this county by the last grand
Jury, but the sheriff has failed or re
fused to make the arrest. How did
the grand Jury rome to Indict If this
outlaw dominates all the hill coun
try?”
"The grand Jerr wanted to make a
allowing of virtue, and It was, of
course, understood between the fore
man. the leader of the gang, and the
sheriff that no warrant could he
served on Apple-weight. I did my
duty; the grand Jury's act was eg
emplary; and there the wheels of Jus
tice are blocked The same thing is
pi actlcally true across the state line
In Dilwell county. North Carolina.
These men. led by Applewelght, use
their Intimate knowledge of the coun- j
try to elude pursuers when at times
the revenue men rndertake a raid,
and the county authorities have never J
seriously molested them. Now and
then one of those sheilffs will make a
feint of going out to look for Apple
weight, but you may be s.ire that due
notice Is given before he starts. Three
revenue officers have lately been killed
while looking for these men. and the
government Is likely to take vigorous
action before long ’*
"We may as well be frank,’ void
Griswold In his most professional
voice. **I don't want the feoera' au
thorities to take these men; it Is im
portant that they should not do aa
This Is an affair between the govern ,
®r» of rtr# Carolina*. rt tt ami
••id that neither of them dares prsM
the matter of arrest, but I am hers In
Got. Osborne** behalf to give the Its
to that imputation. Got. Osborne baa
been viciously maligned. Suppose all
these people were arrested in Mingo
county under these indictments, what
would be the result—trial and acoult
tair*
“Just that, in spite of any effort
made ts convict them."
“Well, Gov. Osborne Is tired of thta
business aud wants the Appleweight
scandal disposed of once and for all."
“That's strange." remarked Haber
sham, clearly surprised at Griswold's
vigorous tone. "I called on the gotr
ernor in his office at Columbia only
ten days ago. and he put me ofT Ha
said he had to prepare an address to
deliver before the South Carolina
Political Reform Association, ami ha
couldn't take up the Appleweight
case; and I called on Bosworth, tho
attorney general, and he grow* furious
ly angry, und said 1 was guilty of tha
gravest malfeasance in not having
brought those men to book long ago.
When 1 suggested that he connive
with the governor toward removing
our sheriff, he declared that the gov*
ernor was a coward, lie seemed anx
ious to put the governor in a hole,
though why he should take that atti
tude I can’t nmke out. as it lias been
generally understood that Gov. Os
borne’s personal friendliness for him
secured his nomination and election
to the attorney generalship, and 1
liavo heard that ho is engaged to tha
governor’s oldest dnughter.”
“He’s a contemptible hound,” re
plied Griswold with feeling, “and at
the proper time we shall deal with
him; but it 1r of more importance Just
now to make Appleweight a prisoner
in Nortli Carolina. If he’s arreste®
over there, that lets us out; and If thr
North Carolina authorities won’t ar
rest their own criminals we’ll go over
in Dilwell county and show them how
to be good. The man’s got to b*
locked up, nnd he’d look much better
In a North Carolina jail, under all th«
circumstances.”
i imt s Rood in theory, but how do
you justify It In law?”
"Oh, that’s tho merest matter of
formulae! My dear Habersham, all
the usual processes of law go down
before emergencies!”
Tho airiness of Griswold's ton#
caused the prosecutor to laugh, for
this was not the sober associate pro
fessor of admiralty whose lectures he
had sat under at the University ol
\ irRinla, but a different person, whose
new attitude toward the law and Its
enforcement shocked him imtneasur
ably.
"Well, as 1 told you over tho telo
phone, we hear a great deal about Ap
plewelRht and his crowd, but w«
never hear much of their enemies,
who are, nevertheless, of the same
general stock, and equally determined
when aroused. Ten of these men 1
have quietly called to meet at ray
farm out here a few miles from town,
on Thursday night. They come from
different points over the country, and
we ll have a small but grim posse that
will be ready for business. You may
not know it, but the Appieweights are
most religious. Applewelght himself
boasts that he never misses church on
Sunday. He goes also to the mid
week service on Thursday sight, so
I have learned, and thereby hangs our
opportunity. Mount Nebo church lie*
off here toward the north. It's a lone
ly point in itself, though it's the ypir
itual center and rendezvous for a wide
area. If Applewelght can be taken
at all, that’s the place, and I’m willing
to make the trial. Whether to atam
pede the church and mnke a fight, oi
seize him alone ns he approaches th#
place, is a question for discussion
with tho boys I have engaged to go
into the game. How does it strike
you ?”
"First rate. Ten good men ought
to be enough; buv 'f it comes down to
numbers, the stat*. militia ran bs
brought Into use. The South Carolina
National Guard Is In camp, and w<
can have a regiment quick enough, if
I nsk It.”
Habersham whistled
(TO HR CONTINUED.)
A 8trange "God Tree.”
What. Is a god tree? Nobody know*
or had ever heard of such a thing un
til, not long ago, an ethnological ex
plorer came across quite a lot of thers
on certain little known Islands along
the west const of Sumatra.
The god tree Is carved out of wood,
with curiously fashioned branches of
the same material. On these branrhef
are hung strings of bright colored bits
of cloth and tiny baskets filled with
grains of rice. The whole affair !•
not more than three feet high.
According to the belief of the na
tives of the if^anrls aforesaid, a god
lives In the tree. He is not a partic
ularly good sort of divinity and, If h«
talr»s a notion fo leave the tree he la
liable to do folks a mischief. Tha
best way to peisuade him to atay at
home In the tree is to mnke the lattej
attractive by a lornlng It In the man
ner described and by supplying rice
In baskets for the god to e#t.
The god is a household god and tha
tree which he Inhabits is kept In l
corner of the family dwelling.
Woman as Bank Officer.
Both the paying Ml the receiving
teller* In the Maiden Lane Savings
bank Df Me tv York are youn-g women
In a nlrnular recently leaned the offl.
rials of the hank commended the**
two women for thsdr efficiency, arcus*
ary and the general excellence of
their work. Since they have been la
office no shortage of cash ban beef
found and they readily detect discrep
ancles In signatures and are unvary
Ingly punctual and eeurteoua to pe
troaa »f tiie bank.
1 .
Try Th!*, This 8ummm
Tbo very next time you're hot, tired
or thirsty, step up to a soda fountain
and get a glass of Coca-Cola. It will
cool you off. relieve your bodily ami
mental fatigue and queuch your thirst
delightfully. At soda fountains or
carbonated in bottles—6c everywhere.
Delicious, refreshing and wholesome.
Send to the Coca-Cola Co.. Atlanta.
C.a., for their free booklet “The Truth
About Coca-Cola.” Tells what Coca
Cola Is and why It Is so delicious, re
freshing and thirst-quenching. And
send 2c stamp for the Coca-Cola Base
ball Record Book for 1910—contains
the famous poem "Casey At The Bat,"
records, schedules for both leagues
and other valuable baseball informal
tlon compiled by authorities.
An Embryo Emancipator.
A little miss riding on a Brooklyn
trolley car the other day tendered
the conductor half fare. "How old
aro you. little girl?” he queried, gin
gerly handling her fare.
She pursed her lips for a moment,
then calmly opened her purse, dropped
two moro pennies into the conductor's
extended palm, snapped her purse
and demurely replied: “You have
your fare, sir; my statistics are my
own!"
“That Place Needs a Picture."
This Is something you havo often
aald about a certain blank spot on
the wall. Modern methods of art re
production make It possible for tho
Hewitt llrothers Soap Company of Day
ton, Ohio, to send you a beautiful pic
ture for twenty-flvo wrappers from Easy
Task soap and a two-cent stamp. This
clean, pure luundry soap Is the one that
tpakes u half day's work of a whole
day’s washing.
A diplomat Is a person who has ac
quired tho art of declining to tako
"no" for an answer to a request for a
favor.
For Red, Itching Erdlda, Cyata, Styca
Falling Eyelaatioa and All Kyea That
Need Caro Try Murtno Rye Halve. Asep
tic Tubes—Trial Hire—26r. Ask Your Drug
gist or Write Murine Eya Rcinedv Co.,
Chicago.
Honest politicians are as plentiful
In sumo places as white bluckblrds.
Mrs. Wlnalcv
VarchllirsB toothing
kaatUon.tlkri pal
»'» Btothlaf SjrniB.
, s»ftona tba !■■«. raJaaaata
n.esrsa «ls4 auUs SaahuMia.
A grass widow can give reference—
but Bhe hardly ever does.
ciayrTMi
ALCOHOL-3 PER CENT
Awtfetable Preparation forAf •
similating the Food andRegula
ting the Stomachs aftd Bowels of I
INF AN 1 S ( MILUKI N
Promotes Dige *ti on,Cheerful
ness and Rest Contains neither
Opium.Morphine nor Mineral
Not Mar c otic
SOU DrSAW£lfYTV/rsn
Jtxr •'
FftAtUr Sj/t$ >.
CASTORIA
For Infant! and Children#
The Kind You Have
Always Bouj
Bears the
Signature
lnrU*mUS~U.
Clo'Sinl Sajar
Wmkrjrnn Ft* nr,
A perfect Remedy forConstipa
lion. Sour Stomach.Diarrhoea,
Worms .Convulsions .Feverish
ness and LOSS OF SLEEP
Fac Simile Signature of
Tire Centaur Company,
NEW YORK,
,\tb month-* old
35 Dosis JjCeint^
^Guaranteed under the Pooda^
Exact Copy of Wrapper.
In
Use
For Over
Thirty Years
CASTORIA
T»« Manui (
Glorious Colorado
No one can say he has seen the world
until he has seen “Colorado.”
Write for the books that
picture and describe it
Electric block signals—dining car meals
and service “Best in the World”
via the
Union Pacific
"The Safe Road”
Ask about our personally conducted tour* to Yellowstone National Park
For full information, tickets, etc., addreet
E. L. LOMAX, G. P. A.
Union Pacific R. R. Co.
Omaha, Nebraska
CLEANSES THE SYSTEM
EFFECTUALLY; DISPELS
COLDS. AND HEADACHES
DUE TO CONSTIPATION.
BEST FOR MEN. WOMEN
AND CHILDREN-YOUNCI
AND OLD.
TO CET ITS BENEFICIAL
EFFECTS-ALWAYS BUY
THE GENUINE.
MANUFACTURED MLTKK
SOU) BY ALL LEADING DRUGGISTS
Ou sue only. Ricouut rua 50*iknu
KNOWNsince 1836 asRELIABLE
__ - ...rU'C TRADE MARK I
IV&Co» Black
^ CAPSULES
SUPERIOR REMEDY FOR MEN etcek
at druggists trial box by mail 50‘
PLANTtN 93HENRY ST BROOKLYN NY
OA 18 WHAT W1 CAN SAVE
YOU ON ANY BUQQY
Top Buggies, Runabout*
Surries, Pony Vehicle.
Carts and Wagon*.
Writs for Prlcsa. ,
BUOB A SCHEU CO.
400 Court and Broadway Cincinnati. OMs
6^ vs. 4°A>
Why accept 4%
from a urlnyl
bauk when yon
can bny
Six Per Cent Real Estate Rondel
Bentdea sharing tn the profit a of a great cor
poration. Writ* for full particnlara. Dept. K.
DEBENTURE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK
834 Fifth Arenue New York Ctlf
OPIUM
Or.ft. S. nnrretn *,
«r Morphia* Habit Treat
free trial, Ljum where
remedies
d#et<
Treated.
ie* tailed, ipeclaUr
w. N. U., CINCINNATI, NO. 25-1910.