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Old papers for sale at this offic
S. J Williams has moved to Cad
do Gap
Mrs. A. E. Lucas was at Monrce
Thursday.
Mrs. L. A. Bodine was a Monrce
visitor Tuesday.
Mrs. C. A. Berry is visiting in
Monroe this week.
Mrs. L. H111 i a • d visited Hot
Springs several days this week.
G S. Prestridge was over fron
Shreveport this week on business.
F. W. Scott a"d wife left Thurs
day for a short visit to Ntw
Orleans. _
Mrs. Sarah ■ Greer, of Popla
Bluff, is here on a visit to her son.
Vv' H. Greer and family.
J. K. Barksdale, who is now lo
cated in West Monroe, was here
Synday visiting with friends.
B. M. Armstrong, candidate foi
surveyor, was here Thursday in
the interest of his candidacy.
Rev. J. R. Rushing and wife ar
rived home Sunday afternoon from
a visit with their son and family at
Mena.
LOST- An open face, 16 size.
Elgin movement gold watch. Lib
eral reward for its return to New:
office.
C. G. Bell, manager of the Bell
Manufacturing Company of West
Monroe, was in Huttig Monday or
business.
Willie Phillips, who is now agent
for the Iron Mount .in at Stev -
son. La., was h-re Sunday visiting
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. L
Phillips
LnGRIPPE
> < O do Is 6P« will b> k
<. I Tver, Colds
'. ''•••’ it „-c.‘s on the liver
. • r r ’and does n<^
r e • . n i rice 2Sc.
A number of the young people
spent a pleasa t evening Wednes
d :y night at the home of Mr anc
Mrs J. W. Perritt. dancir g Re
fr rhments were served and en
joyed by alb
William Sterlmg Battis, the fa
mous interpreter of Dickens, who
is the feu th numb- r of the School
InrH • vament Association Lyceum
course, will appear at the Union
chur h on Friday evening. March
t le 2Cth. __
R. S. Warnock is just finishing
up this week almost a complete
township speaking tour of the en
tire III Congressional District,
filling about one hundred and forty
speaking dates, thereby meeting
thousands of people in their com
munities. Such a strenuous cam
paign was never made before by
any candidate for Congress from
th s district (.Advt.)
The Woman’s Missionary Unicn
met at the church Tuesday after
noon with thirteen members pres
ent. Devotional exercises con
ducted by Mrs. W. C. Thompson.
Meeting opened^ by sing'ng "Who
so-vei Will May Come,'’ followed
by Scripture reading, 1st chapter
oc Luke. We then had an interest
ing Bible study, after which the
me ting closed with chain prayer
There is more Cat rrh ip th's section of
the country than all nth. r discuses put
toitetlu r, ur.d until the 1 3t f.*v years
was supposed to b • ir.curable, For a preai
many years doctois pronounced it a local
disease p .1 prescribe 1 1 c..l r medics, amt
ty constantly failin'? to cure with local
treatment, pronounc. I It Incurable. Sei
eti e has proven Catarrh t > be a consti
tutional disease, and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh
Cure, manufactured b> F. J. Cheney &
Co., T 1 do, Ohio, is the only. Constitu
tional * ure en f e marker. It is taken in
t rnally in >' is< s from 10 drops to a tea
spoonful. It a ts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces r f the system. They
r"r« r one hundred dollars for ray ens- tt
f "s to ntre. Fend for circulars and tes
timonials.
Address: F. J. CUTITEY A CO„ Toledo, O.
m! \ Vv rpn**"i3t,i, 7’<*.
Take Hall’s Family Tills for constipation.
O. L. Cline, former operator at
the Iron Mountain depot, has been
relieved oy Jack Bernard, of Cam
den.
RUB-MY-T1SM
Will cure ycur Khrunintisra
Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps,
Colic, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts and
Burns, Old Sores, Stings of Insects
Etc. Antiseptic Anodyne, used in
ternally and externally. Price 25c.
Co gressman W. S. Good win ad
dressed sixty of the voters at the
P incess Theatre on Thursday
ight in the inte'est of his candi
iacy for re-election. He was given
dose attention a id his address well
eceived. Mr. Goodwin is oonfi
Jent of being returned to Gong; -ss
ty a handsome majority over both
)f his opponents.
Bapt:st Church Notice
The regular Sunday services at
.he Baptist church will te as fol
lows: Sunday school at 9.45 a
n. Preaching at 1 1 :00 a. m. and
7:30p. m. Everybody cordially in
cited to attend.
Rev. W. T. King. Pastor
Rheumatism and Neuralgia.
People will be glad to know that
lunt’s Lightning Oil stops the pair
almost instantly. No other lini
rient acts so promptly and with
uch gratifying results. Those who
suffer should not fail to try it. Sold
hy all druggists in 25c and 50c,
lottles.
Methodist Church Services
The following services will b°
held at Union church Sunday: Sun
day school at 10:00 a. m. Preach
■ng at 1 1 a. m. and 7-30 p. m. by
the pastor A cordial invitation is
xtended to ail to attend these
-ervices
Rev. J. R. Rushing Pastor
Notice.
The Union Saw Mill Company
will pav $50.00 as a reward to anv
one, not in its employ, who will fur
bish information from which anv
erson shall oe convicted of depre
cating or trespassing upon the tim
ber of said Company.
1 This 1 ft, day of February. 1 905.
Union Saw Mill Go.
’By F. W. Scott.
Seov. and Treas
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CHAPTFU T—Tack4 on Jones, nicknamed
“Broadway,” b«. • au.^ of Iris cunti ! * .1
l,k*r!f1-ation of N* ,v York's groat thor
oughfare, is anxious to yvt away from iiis
i. r*.>»* town of .lont-sviiU». Abner .Jones,
bis uncle, is very anory heoa.i > »• Broad
way refuses to settle dowf ami to • a
p’oco in the ?! m factory in which he suc
ceeded to his father’s interest.
CHAPTER 1J-Judrre Spots wood informs
P : ad way $:A n*«o U f* bin: by hs
father is at his disposal. TPv. utway
mfi’-es record 1hn«* i! i: • tiling for his fav
orite street in Yew Yor;-;.
CTfXPTER ITT—With his N* \v Y »C
fra ; !. Rr; Web ■ e. ! *. * iv. y ci
p .'-.pS.a , by bis ext* : nr tie
White .t’Hv. Four . - me m a Bro ,<i
way suddenly discovers 11• :i t 1e- is n -t
only brni-e. out hoc . i v in d hi. II ' ap
plies to bis uncle for a loan and r e ives
a package of chcwb g gum \vi;h the ad
vice to chew it and forgot j is tr abb s.
He quietly so ks work without >'* ‘ 's
CHAPTER TV—Bron -v ny sir whw 1
Intended to be a fYnw- II supper to hi
v«-w York friends, and b<,r it is ovea
!>• i-omes engaged t< Mia. C 1 i f. an an
oient widow, wealthy and very giddy.
CHAPTER V-W.d1. e <;p anisin
wlth the aged flirt ;•> ! : -u- >"t •
f. , hu! f•*|K tr, h. lie the vMu.iti
Tb learns lb:it R - .s;. i -• : a.* • t
e.T. ry him a position with b;s father’s ad
vertising firm, bni it is declln* a. Waller •
fii’oi charge of Broadway s l;v as.
CHAPTER VI—Broad wav r< iv.*i a
»eiogra?r announcing the .p in :
Cnole Abner in Europe. Broadway is Vd
?n»e heir Peter Pembroke of the < e-.
* Hidated Chewing fUtrn compem off: r
Broadway yo.iWi for b*s pom plant an ]
•• >'*d""iv agrees to s -dl. ",v )’ c tY• ' •
the*affair in band and t’ • [id
v ay ! i?d off ?«.r a hi • » . i jo** :• • n,J
him to Janesville to consult .imbr •
wood. who was Ciude Uiivt’s a ‘ birm y.
Phe shook his frier l’s hand heartily
“I want you to ft. .. ,1 at ho . <>. 1
guess Broadway knows that all hi ■
friends are our friends.”
Wallace really was delighted by the
whdle atmosphere of si , pie welcome,
and those ryes of Cla a S its
wood's—he wondered if, when
Broadway took the full charge
of the guilt works and came
here to live, there would not be some
•reason for a branch • ih o; the Km
, pire Advertising :>••••
The judge cal! d \i.< : attention to s
portrait of the dead gum 1.. nnte “It
was made ten years ago he said, In
axpianatiou.
“Bat he didn’t chant-e mnoh in his
;,isf ton years.” said Mrs S; otswood.
“No; you her ho didn’t,” Broadway
icknewlodged buterly.
‘Is Dave in tlie kitchen, mom ’" the
’adge inquired, as Mrs. Spotswood
darted for the lemonade.
“Yes."
He w»nt to her confidentially, hnwV
'tig her a coin, as soon as lie was sure
that Broad way and his friend v ere lost
in contemplation of r, e portrait. "Give
him this Quarter then," he whispered,
"and to'' him tq go over to the drug
store and get six good cigars tor me "
Though this was mad extr; >• nee,
she countenanced it upon this yr< at oc
casion. “I'll tell him right away," she
promised, and the judge smiled at her.
She always rose to great ocesmnns.
“Didn’t remember Clara, did you,
when she went to the door?” he get:hil
ly »nquired cf Broadv ay.
"No; I didn’t,” he admitted. "She’s
quite a lady now , -isn't she?’’
“Nineteen, neat twenty.”
“She's a mighty pretty girl, judge,”
Wallace commented, with fervor.
"Well, were proud of her." Tire
judge made a gesture as if warning
them to listen carefully, and the:
dropped his voice, al ost to a v ■> .per.
This was the home-coming of a Jones,
and this was Joncsville. It should he
held, be celebrated in some hing
stronger than lemonade. With a: eye
upon the door, he pulled a t!a-o. out of
his pocket. "I thought i;,;r bt you
boys would lire a little drop 01 site
thing, so I brought home this dins
Can't l\ix you up a drink. Itror.-lwaj '
Jackson guessed its quality, and,
though his system yearned for alco
hol, rejected the mere thought. "Not
now. thanks.”
“Mr. Wallace?”
Taking his cue from Jackson. Wal
lace shook >iis head. “A little la , r
judge.”
The judge put the flask back in his
pocket. “Well, don't say anything
about it. Mrs. Spotswood would raise
thunder if she thought i brought it in
the house. Site s an awful temperance
crank.”
“Not a word front rne, judge,” Broad
way assured him.
"Nor from me,” said Wallace.
They were wondering why he did
not begin to discuss business, but he
soon explained. “Wait till you see
Sammy, you v. on't know him.’’ he be
gan, beaming upon Broadway. “He'll
be here directly. I sent him to the of
fice for some papers. 1 want you to
see a copy of that will.”
"Yes; I’d like to, just as soon as pos
sible," Broadway admitted.
The judge turn3d to Wallace. “You
knew very few people Imagined that
this boy would come In for it all?"
“I can't understand it myself," said
Broadway.
“Of course I knew,” said the judge
complacently.
"But. i always supposed, judge, that
!hn oid •tenth man luted v
"No, siree!” exclaimed the judge.
“Of course he didn't like the idea of
your going to New York as soon as you
gi w up and not taking hold of the
business as your father had. Hut he
v»»r would have bought you out if
tied not been afraid you'd soil to some
one idle.
“i know. T was in his confidence
oft* r you went away. He didn't want
you to go to Nt vv York because he
'don't understand you. He never had
'he least idea that you’d take up. the
wholesale liquor business dow n there,
or take up an> other business for that
matter, lie feared you'd go'squander
ing your money.
“I wish be had known the truth be
fore be died! Hut he was really very
fond of you. though lie 'didn’t always
show it in a way you recognized, per
h . s. Natu v"’■ ( be; never
married: no * hbdren of his own.
“He urn d to fee! hurt that you nev
or came to see bun: but he always fig
red th e the plant an-! gum belonged
to you: You didn’t understand one an
“He Didn't Want You to Go to New
York.
other—you him nor him you. But he
did no- forget it was your father tbit
first made the gum a real sucres;-.
Taat was the eal reason he never |»t
go to the trust,” the judge continued;
' that and his r>> rtrd for this on,
i: unify.”
must he an immense fortune
judge, isn't it?" nsfed Wallace.
"The Cor; solid a ted people offered
him twelve hundred thousand <t-_:?«<iv
for the •plant and trade-mark."
"Yes; we know that." e:.id .Tackson
".Mr Wallnca means aside from tin
gum business."
“Well," said the judge refleeMve'v
"you see the se trust felloe * bo ,» In g|.
so anxious to yet the Jones Hum tha
they re been making business pretty
v. arm of late They knew, for in- fane.;,
•that we had a fund for advertising
anti they hilled that fund for us tv .-,
years age with one of their shrew 1
business tricks."
Wallace w .interested. “How 'vaa
that?"
“WeM. they sent in such a demand
on us tha' we added to the size of the
plant aud spent the money for ma
chinery. We thought it was the pub
11< . We never realized that it was any
thing tut a legitimate increase till i
the smash came. They quit all their
fake orders. We went hack to our nor
mal business, laid off our extra force
and found on; . Ives with a lot of use
less machinery and half a dozen super
fluous packing houses on our hands —
and no advertising done at all that
year. Shrewd game, eh?"
"Can yen beat that?” asked Jackson
of his friend.
"dust shows you," Wallace answered,
“what i ’nance a little fellow’s got."
"None n; all, unless he's got big capi
ta 1. That .\oiild have ruined a small
manufacturer.”
“What, did uncle do then?" Jackson
asked, and he lingered for .-a second on
Jtiiaf word “uncle." He was beginning
to have new ideas atout both gum and
uncles.
•“Turned everything he personally,
had in ail tip world iu'o hard cash and
put it bang into the business.”
This was seme, hat startling. “You
i mr that, aside from the actual chew
lug-gum business, be left very little.?"
“Not hing at all. Well, 1 won't sav
that, for I believe th ■ plant did actual*
y \v a profit last year. When Hiss
Richards i -vs slu'd tell you. She's
got it at her finger tips."
“Jo ; Does she know as much as
that? What's her position in the fac
tory?"
“She’s chief accountant, practically
manager now. You remember her? Of
outie you do. S-he’il tell you ali there
is to tell," the Judge explained, ns
Dave came with the cigars.
Their mere arrival made both vis
iters nervous, and when the judge pre
sented t'c to Broadway he was glad
•o iju.,1 K reasonable to disclaiin cigar
smoking entirely and light a cigarette.
Wallace bad no such excuse. He had
hcen stroking steadily since his ar
rr ad until within ten minutes. He
m ver felt like thinking save when he
"'as smoking and there would be much
hard thinking to be done this evening. I
Hut to smoke one Jonesville per feet o
"'mild, he doubted not, end all thinking
for all time, so he declared with
Truvor that he had. already, smoked
as much that day as he was allowed to
smoke by his physician.
The judge chuckled as he delved Into
tk< bundle of legal papers Sam had
brought. Then: “Here it is. It's a
long will. Take you quite a little while
to read it. Better put it in your
po< ket and look it over when you go to
tk hotel. And this other stuff we’l! go
through later.
i nert: a some one at the door. I ll
see who it is. Mom's making lemon
ade and Sam's practicing Ins banjo.
Hear him?”
Broadway looked at Wallace with a
shaking head while the judge was from
the room “You see? Nothing but the
Plant. I've got to sell all right.”
Wallace nodded In slow affirmation.
‘ ^ es. hut not at their price. Didn't
you hear? The plant showed a profit
last year without any advertising?
Heavens, man! Think of that! In
tin so days!”
Broadway recalled his very pressing
needs. ‘I can't afford to take a chance.
This is Thursday. Pembroke said
they'd have to know by Saturday
noon.” •
' That’s a bluff.”
Broadway looked at hhn reprovingly.
V ou don’t seem to realize the enor
mity of the offense—I mean of the
amount. it's twelve—hundred—thou
sand- -dollars.”
"1 tel] you to hold out."
“But I tell you i can’t afford to hold
out. I—”
' Piano!" Wallace warned. “Mrs. S.
is coming.”
And indeed she entered with a tray
ou which there were a pitcher and two
glasses. “Here’s some nice, cold lemon
ade.” she explained hospitably. Then: 1
‘ Did lhp judge go to the door?”
Broadway' nodded.
Phe dropped her voice to a loud
whisper. “1 put a drop of ehiskv in
the lemonade. The judge would have
a tit if he should find it out. He’s such
a temperance crank! But he’ll not |
know. He never will drink lemonade.”
Jackson smiled at. her with full ap
preciation of this tribute to him. “I'll
keep your guilty secret,” he said sol
emnly.
‘With me it's sacred,” Wallace
promised her.
She beamed on them and raised her
voice. “\\ o il, if ycu want more just
shout out.”
"I'm liable to shout most any min
ute,” Broadway promised, though the
thought of sweetened lemonade—he
was intensely certain it was very high- ;
!v sweetened—was distasteful in the
' las- degree to him, even though there
| was a little whisky in it.
Mrs. Spotswood was distinctly nerv
i one as the judge came back, which
j cheered the friends a little, for the
; judge had been distinctly nervous
when he himself had produced whisky.
Bur an instant later they were divert- j
“ I from this train of thought by the :
.fudge s answer to his wife's inrpiirv as '
to who was at the door.
•Someone to see you. Broadway,” I
He wras amazed. “Someone to see
me?”
T thought nobody knew you- were fn
rovn. ‘ said Mrs. Spots wood, equally
astonished.
■‘Someone must have recognized you
on the street,” said Wallace.
"Lord:” cried Mrs. Spots wood. ‘That
does settle It! Now the whole town
will turn out!”
But the judge shook his head. ‘This
man’s a stranger, f told hhn you
weren’t here. hut. he said he knew bet
'er. He knows the time you left New
York and all about it.”
Broad wav inStantJy eonsddered Pem
broke. “War he a tall man with grav
tair?”
’ It you’re thinking of Penibrok®, it
v»1 ■--> *t him,” the Judge replied. ”>
now him.”
W i’lace knit his brows. He was not
•'tii-i d. "Who the deuce was It?”
“Mrs. Gerard’s lawyer!” Broadway
hispered to Wallace, worried.
“No, no.” he iaughed.
lit- said." the judge continued, "that
-’ d wait for you down at the Grand,
-e id that it was most important;
hat he must see you tonight.”
"So he went to the Grand hotel?”
:Yes”
Bid you tell him that I woifldn’t see
.lybody ?” •
"1 dii^i’t even admit that you were
.ere.”
‘‘Perhaps I’d better go back to the
v>otel and sec who it is," suggested i
•V allace.
“Yes,” Broadway accepted. “Will
•ou do that. Bob? And hurry back j
won’t you?’’
“I won’t be any longer than I can
help.”
CHAPTER VIII.
As Mrs. Stiotswood turned she saw ,
Josie for the first time, for the girt
had instantly begun a low-voiced |
somewhat giggling confab with her ol<>
r'ridnd. Broadway, and was sitting at
.‘he fat side of the center table, where,
to his discust, the shaded lamp cast
but an imperfect light upon her face.
Th e judge looked at them, grinning. I
and then did a thing which made
‘roadway take a silent oath to see
o it that all the high-feed law prnetice j
which ho might find within his gift,
henceforward and forevermore, as
' ng as he should live, should go to
co one hut Judge S pets wood.
“Come, mom, please; they've got ltn
rortant things to talk about," the
judge petitioned.
"Vos. I know,” said she, but was not
■ o be diverted from h«r hospitality.
■ c. , will .mi have another
glass of lemonade?”
"No, thanks; not now.”
"Josie, have a cup of tea?”
“I don't think so. Mrs. Spotswood.”
“Now. mom, please"’ the judge ex
postulated.
"Ves; I’m going," said his wife, hut
added, a. she east af M n an angry
Fiance; “You have to he polite to
people, don’t you?”
With that she flounced out of th«
room, and, to the distress of Broad
way, went alone. Then and only then
he realized that the judge intended i»
remain. He was actually intent on
talking business. Broadway wondered
if he might not have to give his legal
work to some more intelligent attor
ney. Could not the gum business wait?
Hut no. The judge was purely busi
ness. There was no hone. The young
man reconciled himself as best he
could.
“I’ve explained to Mr. .Tones. .ToFie,’*
said the judge. ”fhai the affairs of lha
plant are entirely in your hands. You
' an give him a pretty good idea of
how things stand without the books
and figures in front of you. ran’t you?”
To Rroatlway’s grief he sal down com
fortably.”
"Well, hardly, judge.” said Josie,
smiling at him in a way which pained
Broadway, for it seemed certain 10
cement the jurist's firm intention of re
maining with them for the balance of
• he evening. It seemed to him that
rhis pas inconsiderate.
“The old gentleman told me," the
lodge explained, "that the works
showed a profit of about fort' thou
sand dollars last year. Is that right?”
"Oh. it was more than that."
This distracted Jackson Jones' atten
Sammy" Spotswood.
tion even from the eolor of her eyoa.
More than forty thousand dollars!
“It was!" hfe said, v. it h an elongating
gesture of the neck and a side lv-atl
twist which were habitual with him in
mcnv"iits othdeiisrliiod aurnrist.
He drew his chair a little nearer
even than it had been. Eyes were all
right enough; but. after all. fpri.y thou
sand dollars! And possibly ih< e>e»
thrown in! Had he been luck' to es
cape the bonds of wedlock wuh the
ancient widow? Verily lie had!
“It was nearer fifty, if I remember
rightly," said the pretty business wom
an. •
“Well, that wasn’t so bad, now, wa«
it?” exclaimed Broadway.
"Why, no." hie fair informant, grant
ed, "considering that we've been fight
ing the trust all the time. I think
it was perfectly remarkable."
“Do you?" inquired Broadway, with
the eyes of faith, as if he wore quits
willing to accept her judgment upon
all things.
"Why, yes; don’t you?" H»r Tors
head had a pretty, earnest pucker that
almost unmanned him.
"Sure, I think it is," he made haste
*-0 agree. "What do you flunk about
t, judge?” The Judge must he brought
r.to the talk, of course, as long as he
vas there.
The judge settled back into his chair
nd looked complacent. "I aiva.s said
t was the best chewing gum in the
■ orld.”
“We are talking about profits, not
• bout the gum,” said Broadway, and
Josie burst into a rippling laugh which
be felt sure was of the sort, which *
inkies among angels when funnel bine
hakes them happy on the goldeu
treets.
There was that in (his speech which
nenetrated to the depths of the juiii
’tal svstetn; it served as light to .show
he judge what might be going on.
Vlthough he had been comfortably spi
led for a long hour's chat about a snb
eet which intensely interested him, he
•ose abruptly and stood looking down
it them.
"Well!" aaiii he. and laughed. "You
alk it or or, now. with Josie. I'm—l
mess I am a poor hand where figures
re concerned. ’ He moved slowly
oward the door, and smiled at every
iep. "I want to ask mom about some
hing, anyway.”
Jackson Jones was really pir-har
assed tor a moment when he found
himsetf alone with this old friend of
Us youth, this simple little country
-irl. But he knew it wouldn’t do: he>
as certain that it was absurd. To
hit! time he referred hack to what (lie
Piitcc ,iad said about the gum.
( 'in you beat that?" he inquired.
"The best chewing gum in 'he world!’"
She looked at him with the serious
light ol teal reproof in hn itunrniiar
iivle eyes. "1 don’t think there's any
doubt about it, Mr. Jones. The trust,
people realize it. If thev don't, they
certainly wouldn't be -vuiing to pay
u million dollars for it:"
TO BE CONTIM’JED NEXT WE EX»
W. T. Thvwer v s on the sick
ist this week.