I Local News of the Week.
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Mrs. C. S. Watkins was an El
Dorado visitor Monday.
W. R. Dickerson transacted
bus’nessat El Dorado last Satur
da/. _
Mrs. C. A Berry spent this week
visiting her mother at Mew Lon
don.
Attorney T. J. Gaughan was
down Camden Tuesday of this
week.
A daughter was born to Mr. and
Mrs. James Lockett last Thursday
night.
Capt. Sam D. Crawford, candi
date for sheriff, was in Huttig Sat
urday seeing the boys.
Hunter Tally and wife have
moved to Trout. La., where his
brother, Orin, is employed.
W. L. Reagan, F. I. Dupois, W.
F. Dyer and C. J. Pryor were at El
Dorado attending court this week
Manager R. L. Bodine, of the
Wisconsin Lumber Co., was a bus
iness visitor to Monroe several
days this week.
If you are entitled to a vote don't
fail to turn out next Wednesday
and express your choice for stat
and county officers.
Every farmer who can should
visit the Rock Island agricultural
train which will be in El Dorado on
Thursday, March 28.
Vice-President F. R. Gadd, of
the Wisconsin Lumber Co., was
here from Chicago the first of the
week on business.
The Union Circuit court which
is in session at El Dorado this
week will adjourn Saturday until
April 1 on account of the primary.
"^or short session, less expense:
better road, less tax. J. V. Jenny
for Representative will study and
work for the interest and welfare
of the people.
M. A. Nelson, the clever Equita
ble Life Assurance agent, formerly
of Junction City but now located
at Texarkana, was here on busi
ness this week.
Rev. J. T. King of Bernice. La .
was unable to fill his regular ap
pointment as pastor of the Baptist
church here last Sunday on ac
count of a quarantine against Ar
kansas on account of the death of
a negro at Junction City recently
from spinal meningitis.
You will find on sale at the
Union Saw Mill company store,
the Union hotel and Bell's cream
parlor four different local post card
views in colors. If these sell well
the publisher expects to add sev
eral other views to the list. They
will be sold at two for five cents.
Gus Farmer and Tom Calloway,
who are working in South America
and whom it was thought were on
their way back to the United
States, have changed their minds
and decided to remain there. Gus
is logging foremam and Tom is
mill foreman so both are evidently
doing well.
Turn out next Wednesday at the
Democratic primary and help nom
inate the best men if you are en
titled to vote.
On last Saturday night Red Oak
Camp No. 423, W. 0. W„ Sadie,
La., was stormed by the ladies of
Woodmen Circle, who came with
baskets laden with cake and fruits
and extended an invitation to the
Woodmen to assist them in un
veiling a monument the first Sun
day in June. The invitation was
gladly accepted and the cake and
fruit highly enjoyed by all present.
Brware of Inconsistencies!
There is not a mar, in the state,
but who will admit, Hon.J. H. H.ne
mon four years ago, declared him
self for State-wide Prohibition, ir
his race for Governor against ex
W.T. Kirby and our late George
Washington Donaghey. At this
time. Rev. E. A. Tabor (deceased
.nfluentially > was editor of "The
Searchlight, so called Temper
ance paper; and Col. Geo. Thorn
burgh was president of the Anti
Saloon League, both supposed to
be, A T i HA 1 TIME, standard
bearers of the Temperance cause'
in our state. But nothing to say
for Hinemon and his platform. Col.
kept mute. E. A. Tabor began at
once to work for George, the local
optionist. the same man for whom
the whiskey men voted and worked.
Four years has past. Honest
George, the Tax-Dodger, has bank
rupted our state, nursing his State
House Saloon, looking at his ®7CC
picture, and now on his political
death-bed. he cries "1 am a State
wide Prohibitionist." Col. Thorn
burgh and Tabor say, "i'll take the
same George, since tis on you."
So let it be understood, that Tabor
and the Cel. are state widers.
since George struck his elbow, and
his month went off. Beware of
imitation! How can any Temper
ance worker have faith in such
rotten demogogry? If Joe T. hao
ordered "Soda-Pop." do you reallv
•uppose Colonel would have taken
the same?
Yours for clean politics,
Henry C. Rushing. D.D.S.,
Huttig, Ark.
To Whom it May Concern:
In 1905,1 was ousted from the
office to which 1 now aspire. I
,vas put out by error, and not by
'aw. (as shown by supreme court
records). Since that time 1 have
cherished a hope that 1 might some
day go back and take up the duties
of the office again. If I should be
defeated this time, 1 feel that I will
h?ve to give up that hope, for 1 i
cannot afford to become chonic in
office seeking. So far 1 have been
unable to get out very much in the
interest of my candidacy, my time
(at present ) belongs to the Com
press Company, and at this season I
of the year we are pretty busy and
I cannot afford to resign the posi
tion. because 1 have to work for a
living. I will ask you to consider
this matter carefully, and if you
think I am the man for the place,
your vote and influence will be ap
predated. Yours truly,
Warren J. Hill.
To the Voters!
I will appreciate your vote for!
the office of sheriff next Wednes- j
dav and if elected promise to faith
fully look after all the affairs con
nected with it in the proper man
ner. J. M. Wallace.
Advertised tetter list.
The fol.owmg letters remain un
claimed in the Huttig postoffice for
the week ending March 18, 1912:
G ENTS.
Mack Rucks
Jesse Stinson
S E V. illiams
J B Dawson
George hunter
Percy Burrell
John H Dees
Ladies.
Mittie McDuffy
Otis Rouse (2)
James Sumbes
N B Morten
Rana Turner
1 E Lleischman
Henry Lofton
V M Howia id
Mitie Santen
S H Randolph
Elsie Roberson
Mae Smith
Mary Dickens
Lire Greer
Jessie Jones
Nannie Kerfoot
Martha Honeycutt
Ruby Ward
Mary Davis
Laura Hall
Fannie Long
Willie Boyd
Lizzie McHenry
letters
When calling for above
please say advertised.
E. N. Collett, P. M
Notice of Election.
An election will oe held in the
Incorporated Town of Huttig on
Tuesday, Appil 2, 1912, for the
purpose of electing a Mayor, Re
corder and five Aidermen to serve
for one year. T. W. Pearson.
W. H. Moore, Mayor.
Recorder,
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SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I—The story opens with a
■cream from Dorothy Marche. a charm
ing debutante, in the opera V'- \ of the
wealthy widow, Mrs Doris M -siom*r, at
the Metropolitan Opera House ' n New
Vork City It is occasioned hy Mrs. Mis
sion* r s diamond necklace breaking and
scattering the string of rare and costly
£°ms all over the floor. Curtis Griswold
and Bruxton Sands, two society men,
both of whom love Mrs. Missionary gat! ei
up gome of i lie diamonds, but t lie gem
of the collection, the celebrated M.ihar
anee. is missing. Griswold steps on the
apparent missing diamond and it crushes
under his heel, a Hindoo comes from an
adjoining box. and picking up n fla' e of
the crushed gem pronounces it a fraud,
not the genuine Maharanee, but—paste.
CHAPTER II The entire part} proceed
to the elegant mansion of Mrs Missioner
where she takes them to a room hav.ng
a safe containing other diamonds. Si,<
afterwards sends for a Mr. Res-ome. an
c.vp-rt. who pronounces the stones a!!
top.es. substitutions, of the original gems
CHAPTER III—Bruxton Sands tele
phones police headquarters an-J iwo de
tectives, Donnelly and (’arson, arrive on
the scene. They examine the safe and
decide that the theft of the original dia
monds was accomplished by some one in
tiie house. Tin- servants are questioned,
but without result. Then they learn that
Miss Elinor Holcomb, the confkh nlia’
ompanlon of Mrs. Missioner. has a di;pli
cate key to the safe and they send foi
her.
CHAPTER IV—The detectives Incline to
the belief tuat Miss Holcomb is involved
In the robbery. They search her room
*nd in a cabinet, wrapped in tissue pi
per. they find one of tin* original dia
monds. Mrs. Missioner protests that
Elinor is guiltless, hut the delicate girl
is marched off to prison.
CHAPTER V Meantime, In an up-town
macs on. the Hindoo of the theater episode
who is known as the Kwami, and a I Undo
prince Kananda. discuss the arrest. T u*v
VT# *n the United States to recover th*
Maharanee, which is a sacred relic of
India, and are puzzled at the discovery
of the imitation.
CHAn ER \ I—Detective Britz, an ex
pert of the police force, now takes up the
ase. He interviews Elinor who is pros
trated by the ' loud resting on her. The
!etecti\e evidently believes the girl lnno
cent.
CHAPTER VII—Dr. Eawr^nce Fitch
tin nan e of Elinor, visits her in prison,
cho 15 remanded for trial on suspicion of
being the thief. Britz talks encouraging]}
to hitch and asks his co-operation in
running down the real criminal.
< HA] TER \ III—The detective advises
that Elinor does not seek bail until they
have located the real culprit. He makes
a close investigation of affairs at tin
home of Mrs. Missioner.
CHAPTER IX Brit? learns that Mrs
Miss’.oner while visiting Paris had the
diamonds with her. He cables the polic*
Imre and they ascertain that the dupli
cates were made from drawings of the
original stones. The person ordering tru
substitutes gave the name of Elinor Hol
comb.
C’HAPTHR X The detective ha* fin in
terview w.'h Miss Marche. lie learns
who of Elinor’s friends ran draw. H«
clumsily draws a picture of the safe
Griswold offers to assist him, showing
skill as an artist. I,at.« r as the detective
!s walking rhrough Central Park he is
sudden fly seized and thrown into a closed
automobile.
CHAPTER XT—A wild ride ensues and
Brit* finds he has been made captive by
three Hindoo*. He endeavors to escape
bur Is bound and drugged.
CHAPTER X1T—His captors imprison
Brftz in a deported house. He finally
manages to 'ree from his bonds, es
rapes and reports at headquarters now
i-onvfnred 'hat Hie Hindoos are materially
interested in the rase.
CHAPTP3R XITT Protending to be a
newspaper repot ter. Brits interviews the
i-’v ami as to t? o rare diamonds of India
Vffer he leaves the Swanil Informs
t * rl» ■ e Kananda that he Jims penetrated
he disguise of t> o delective.
CHAPTKIl XIV Mrs. Missioner visits
Elinor In prison hut is dissuaded fron.
hailing her out until her innocence js
proven. Britz learns of an ittsane dla
trotid expert on Ward's Island and asks
Pitch to go with him and interview tto
man.
t"FT \ P'l ER XV - The Insane diamond ex
pert tel'-4 en<" gh to lead the detective t<
helie\ e that either Griswold or Sand* etn
ployed him to make counterfeits of the
Missioner gems.
‘"tip certainty didn't steal the neck
lace to raise money tor the cure of
tuberculosis. he commented. And
he certainly couldn't have afforded
that b;g check If he needed money for
stock speculation." He turned sharp
ly to Britz. "What do top make out
of It?" he snapped
"It Is one of the gnldepnsts to the
diamond theft." Britz pronounced.
The loo); of inquiry which the pros
ecutor bestowed on the detective re
mained unanswered. As if fearful of
having committed some indiscretion
in giving ct en this meager hint of his
thoughts, Britz rose hastily and with
a parting hint as to the complexity ol
the case, swung through the rionr and
hastened out of the building, ln
eonsciously. his footsteps took him to
headquarters, and into Manning's
presence.
"Griswold was down here to see
me about the case,” th® chief*Informed
him. "1’e tells me you induced Mott
to postpone it for a month?"
"I'm reaching out for the real thief,”
Britz returned. "Ive got him. Man
ning lie can't get away."
"Well, who's the thief?" the chief
innttired terselv.
Britz averted his face to conceal
the unwonted agitation that had sud
denly sprung up within him. A new
light gleamed in his eyes—a light not
railed up by the excitement of the
chase. The mere tracking of crim
inals was pari of the routine of his
life; he followed the course of his
trails unemotionally. Hire a well-oiled
machine. But the contemplation of
saving a human soul In distress, the
consciousness of exercising his talents
in behalf of a woman who had touched
his utmost pity, the knowledge that
he alone stood between her and the
living death that awaited her 1ft state
prison, increased the pulsation of his
heart, thrilled him with a sense of
noble purpose (hat was a new and
agreeable excitation. When he re
gained his customary nonchalance he
fixed his gaze on the chief and, in a
tone of cold indifference, said;
“The thinnest of veils is drawn be
tween the_ thief and his complete^ ex
posuro. i am not prepared to draw
the veil aside yet. Hut it will lie torn ;
away shortly -very shortly. And th n
he’il stand revealed I'pIoip the wor!d.“
"As mysterious as evet." the chief
commented with a show of impatience* |
“Go ahead in your own wav."
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CHAPTER XVII.
A Pair of Thlevts.
Two men late on that KehrtiSH a'
ternoon, wore hastening eagerly along |
converging routes in the bacheios
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"Griswold Was Down Here to See
Me About the Case.”
ome ol Bruxton Sards. Ore was
jnds himself. The other was l,leu
er.ant Brltz of Headquarters,
Every detail In the millionaire's
suite In the St. Barnabas and of his
uivate room in the Bowlins; fl-een ot
ire was known to Brit7. even more
uinutely than to the owner. Tha
ad teen among the early activities
it the sleuth in connection with the
ase. He was able to assure himself,
herefore, that no matter how much
lands might admire the Maharanee
diamond, especial y when it en< irrled
he white throat of 1 h« wealthy widow,
it would be nonsensical to suppose
his admiration could descend to cov
etousness. Clearly, Blitz was in some ;
sort a* blind alley.
As the two men left their offices al- I
most to the minute. Rritz, many
blocks ahead o! Sands, had arrived at
■ he St. Barnabas before tbe mililon
r.ire turned the Grace church bend in
Broadway. Sands’ man. when the
detective announced he was there lor
an important talk with the million
iire. admitted Rritz readily to Sands'
suite.
Rritz, silting in a great leather
armchair in an attitude of sybaritic
»ase. chose a panatela from his pocket
case, and rhen. with his eyes fixed on
■ tie ceiling and his hands clasped at
uip back of his neck, he gave himself
up to as many moments of unimer
t opted thought as the non-arrival of
the unconscious host would permit
i ie had reached a point In his nmdita
Hons that for an instant seemed to
open a way for an explanation, for
which he had come to see Sands,
"hen a faint rustling in the adjoining
room reached bis acute ear.
y ribbon of subdued light between
portieres of Moorish leather gave pas
i-age to his glance He saw a shadow
flutter at a far window and. in the
next Instant, rapidly and noiselessly,
he had slid out of the armchair until
lie was on his knees on the rig he
hinri the sh'-lter of a library tattle
piled high with books Inch by inch
soundless, Rritz lifted one knee until
his foot rested firmly cn the floor;
inch by inch, stilt without a sound, he
raised the other. When lie was fairly
on his feet, but in a crouching attitude,
he licit walked, half crawled, around
the table by the longer way. until lie
was close to the portieres. Britz was
too good a sleuth to make 'be mistake
of locking between the portieres to
get a giimp.-e of I he inner rboru. It
was no part ol his program to be seen
by Sands' o'her visitor, or visitors,
ile felt justified in giving way to tils
curiosity because it might be as much
to the millionaire's p teicts as to bis
awn to say itching of Mrs. Mission
r's, and that of the put lie In fact,
be headquarters man did not waste
much time in such reflections. lie
wanted to see and bpar what was go
ng on, and he took the readiest
means of doutg so. Instead of risking
hr danger of being seen between the
paring of the portieres, he pierced
with his scarf p'n a tiny hole in tbe
either curtain behind which he stood,
mri applying one eye closely, ho could
op Hie whole inner room. It was the
millionaire's bedroom, and he com
manded everything except the angle
n which was set the window where
ie had glinip ed the shadow. A slight
y more vigorous twist or two of the
yin enlarged the microscopical aper
ture, so that he could see even that
letail of fh° interior. Rritz almost
runted with satisfaction at what tie
ivltnessed In the n< xl few minutes.
I"ne shadow man was sliH at the win
low, fli u ring, flitting to ami Tro,
•ising and failing. It crouched ont
the window in such a way as
showed Britz It was on a fire nnpe
or a. balcony of some sort The rust
ling sound increased, and it whs fol
lowed by a faint "cheep," like a spar
row's ca.il. A second shadow fluttered
from a point above the window and
melted into the outlines of the first.
Then came a slightly rasping sound,
and the lower sash. Rritz rnRc'd,
trembled Ry well-nigh lirpoy op'll e
ries'ces the sash was lifted. The next
instant two men noiselessly lowered
themse’ves »o the floor and glanc'd
hastily about the room. Rea sated v
the swift look, they tiptoed along t'e
walls from right to left; one of them
stopped at a ch‘(Tonipr, the other con
tinued his little journo of Investiga
1 t ion until he arrived at the portieres.
Then it was that Rrl'z held I is
breath. He held it for seconds that,
seemed as tedious as hours, while ti e
rearer of the strange visitors, s pa
rated from him only by the thickness
of the leather, peered through the
parting between the curtains into the
'ibrary where the deteetive stood.
nritz had not obtained a good vew
of the intruder's face, for it was half
hidden by a loose fold of the turbrn
upon bis head that indicated the
stranger's nationality. Rrltz's eyes
still were fixed at the hole, and
by that time the stranger was
out of his line of vision. Had
such not been the rase, it is
possible that even the imper
turbable Kritz would hftve moved
at bast to the extent of a swilt reach
to a side pocket in his coat. Kor it
was about as evil a countenance as
one could expect to see anywhere,
save under the shadow of the gallows.
In Its rapacity, ferocity, blood thirsU
ness and cruelty of every degree
spoke loudly. If that savage face had
advanced an inch or two nearer, those
snaky eyes would have seen the man
from Mulberry street who shrank Into
himself behind the shelter of the pro
tecting strip of loathe’-. But It did
not: and. afier a leisurely survey of
the interior, the Oriental returned to
the other end of the inner room and
rejoined Ids companion.
(To Be Continued Next Week.)
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Cn thal day Lnion County will say to the world she
wants the office ol Prosecuting Attorney.
1 have tliis fight won anrl I a.sk my friends to go to the
polls early and stay late and make my majority as large as
possible. I have been honored by my people before. I feel
honored now in being their standard bearer. I have never yet
violated a trust reposed in me by you and I never will.
I have stated from every stump, and I say again as your
Prosecuting Attorney, 1 will prosecute every known viola
tor of the law.
I will personally attend the Justice Courts of this
County and prosecute 1VLP.Y MURDER, PISTOL TOTING
and BLIND T ICEK ease during my term of office. Under
my administration the blind tigers must go for the prohibi
tion laws will be enforced to the letter.
Under my administration I wrill know no friend or foe.
If you believe in good government, vote for me.
I he law' abiding citizens know my principles and are
with me.
SI AND FIRM. Make my majority so large that all
can see that Union County wants a Prosecuting Attorney,
and I wdll to the b~st of ability make you the best Prosecut
ing Attorney the District ever had.
Yours gratefully,
EMON O. MAHONY.
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