TWELVE PACKS
THE MOXROB JOrilXAL. FRITUY. MARCH id. i:o. -
TWELVE PAG as
1JFK STOUY OF A tMMIU.I IS
Thirty Hours of I'MitinsKUfct I'litj
ILnmil Heart rtin-e and
iValh l.e;i a Slrki;c Airt-atc-nt
of It'iori'iins in UihIi
Tin' re is a livul Object a-hi.
(From The Kansas City itar.
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cetpi taiuY ou the."! snowed lual
almost ail had boeu laid on the date
tendered, lit was punctual, lattho-
There were let lers. correspondence
with uu.-ines associates in iHnvtr
ai.d Omaha, ptsu-ards froia a uuau
who a spending a vacation on a
farm. One letter was from a lieu
Uiia:i! iu the army stationed at Camp
Taior. near Louisvilie, Ky- telling
of a big stud poker game in which
nvo youus millionaires from the east
weir '"easy picking."
T:-e lieiieuaat lo!d how easy It
would he to trim the millionaire
wiih marked cards, and asked the
iv.mM.T t.i he ready to lake the
weie
trcivs of little indiscretions t was
too la:? 10 father up the louse ends.
.'.': ! t a gambler's legacy.
,15 tie afternoon of .Monday. No
v.:..er 24th. last year, a professional
i..i.tler of Kansas City sat down at
a xker table and broke the seal of
a 1 tw deck of cards. He played r.ll
-ttia; afternoon and night and all the
Beit dav, pausing only to take uaiid
viches." coffee and whiskey from a
J a panose servant' tray.
At eight o'clock Tuesday nisht. af
ter thirty hours of continuous play,
he roti n ted his money, pushed back.
Jis chair, bade the other meu around
h table good night and went out.
Jit? walked across the street to a ho
tel, where he lived, got his key at
the Vsk, went to his room on the
Jt,i..4 Knnr lltlitressed and Weill 10
hree hours later he aeau
disease.
-Iocs a professioiia' R.itublcr
iu.l h. a when he dies?
: Jacob, iciii'.- .;im'iiis!ia
t.xik cliarue of ilse Rambler'
, ne n.ornim: after he died.
jtatnaler had HM'i i
ll.St'it in L'.b-'i- y I ! ii
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.is a 1 ll
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l-e uid liK'.il's ' ';
l w!;o had kimv
ia it'Ll i hi' ii 1:
had a lar ' ate
... i .mied at !.-.:: :"
lu- - in rumcno i" .
Jm ; l an Omaha l.ank sev
When a man cL- :n.A,Ud! his
jU.au i t i vstaihv uiio a d paueia
trifil by i;id letitij, 'a. in iockeis
of tJi.i.in; Kit haiipiiK over a chair;
toy fcall-eiaptied boiiles on the dress
er, by telephone nun. berk jotted down
C the back, of a soiled en "lope; by
luctmva nd iruikois U iiw ml of a
tru-ik.
t n-t?K fh.i iit. .i.r ill llie
fimiariiis story. When he went train for Louisville when tniu
to bed iHal iwi-f-l wnh a thousand ,"ripe.
poitf bauds and jackpots runiiiiis "It would be a shame to let !!ion y
through nis tiiv.i brain bt prooa-jtike this get away." the lieutenant
tiv xjietieil to sleep lea or twelve ! wrote. "You could win a thopsand
tioiirs and in the moi-niiis renew his dollars at a silting. A chance like
actie life. But be tliei 01 heart , that doesn't come often." He in
crease brought on by tluiiy coin in- j closed a code for use In exchanging
TMjtis hours ot poktr playing- The telegrams.
H st morning it was too lale to soit j In the gambler's nuiiiss the al-
the letters and papers, a-sirjy uiinistrator touuu mere nmms
denee of his lite, as wen us e
l!nnatioa of how he managed to
accumulate ity thousand dollars in
currency. Attached to an old vest
was a roni'ilicaied paker hold out."
a device for slipping cards up th"
ut..M i.i r.mr.Miline them for tis
in an emergency. The holdout was
eouipped with delicate springs and
adjustments. A slight movement of
the knee would bring the extra cards
instantly Into play.
There were twenty-five or thirty
decks of marked cards, a machine
like a tobacco cutter with a razor
edge for trimming the edges of cards.
There was a catalogue from a firm
in San Ftancisco listing more than
seventy-five crooked gambling de
vices -1 from a tiny thumbnail prick
used to scratch a rough spot on aces,
listed at fiftv cen's. to a combination
iokr mid dire table with electric
'Airing and holdout attachments,
which sold fnr $330.
In the game which the partners
ran in the upper floors of a small
hotel here, the skv was the limit
Their Yustomiv s" v. ere f:ir!er a 'id
s;or!nieu and old men front Kans:'-.
(V;la'ioma. rr Te:H. Whatever 'l-'
;v..;i, ,f -rv surrounds th" ga;-:-:,!,.'.
lie. iih. li"'!"'1 is no iiiery in
it... v : ',:' i:;s f.irti.m'.
Ii- o'l.- :' his trunks wis an in
'. ir.'J cc' lee' ion of tnn'';s. Ther 1
v,. V-'i i id fiitilv f'.:l.le :,iscri'vv! '"l
i'm i -l-.vif : "To :vir M-ub'-r. C-r
is:u." Here are .on"1 of th'"
i v had i'.'SM -(! '
!.i He r.n,.!; of Old T;:re Verse.
. ucc and Healih. v.-iiii a Key 10
the -Tipti;rcs
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1 h;a! made a ftp to Omaha eari
j., fail i i""' . iac hi. di'n.is't box
'.'Mid I ".. ' "' '
. la.isas Cny. I.il;- fU
1.: . . lie lPe to handle iM:i.'t, :'"
l,v M-e:'erred to ktop li's "lvnk rH"
Au je he could have fi-adj a"c '
instead of invest ins it " oeposu-
tnP ii in a bank. So he rented a s.ue
imsit box.
it
lil'i-: rated Snath Ame'ica.
K .i'':i i.. at or Omar Kli.iy r.in.
Collected Yer.e of :i .v!;a:d
K i p-
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'I'h.-! nntoi'sis.
Ill a email pasteboard box was a
! collection of newspaper clippings,
'mostly poems. They were bappy-go-I'uuky
iitlle poems, lull of the bubble
j philosophy of life, litre is one ex
tract
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liiMii.i'u-e t"niuuiv-i'i;er S.i Rub.
1-iMi jtiul l-iuer 1 aii- t ires, and '
tic Maul S,''g CK'afi-n; Malted. ; Y.
Air. . L. Cio'-cil, liiiof of tli,
lit.' cei.j.tL.i'M, h.-. u.vived tae fol
u.u, t- ::t-r iro.a Me. James !.!
Vuuii.;. ;a;e i.isuraiuv coiuiniisaioaer; j
"t.ei uev biiuuii.g erected ii'XJ
o..i lov ii means added responsibil-! vv
uy and i.U or to your osi:.ou as tire
cuiet, wta piaclu-ily the same ap
l'ar;us. iiirr uiaius. t'ic. Karelv
d:d joa hate eiuiijia ot ll.e.-e to liefctn
with, but vou are continually be:i,i: v-
called upon to give iuci eased l'ro:ec-!5
lion and exiiu.uishiiig strvice. since .
il is well nigh impossible under !
present conditions to increase 5
imir ineelianical liie li'illil!" facili
ties, your auily hope luim oe m de
creasing the dunces of lir. A 8
cial season of inspection and of set
ting "even body else doing il' at : lie
same time by removing tons of tire
breeding waste in c.T.t district, la
the main purpose of "tire ytnteutioa"
week, iioiiiiiarlv termed "cleau-uo
week." It begins Sunday. Marc a j
1..k I 1. ...... ..k .1... .. ....L- ......I 2.
April 3rd.
"You know by exp'-rieuce. what!
waste, litter, rubbish and debris, in I
and out of buildings, can do to start '
or spread a lire. ou certainly hate j
heard brother chiefs tell of hghtlug I
a lire successfully wnen a ourniui;
brand would fail into a pile of rub
bish or on an old weather fuzzed or
rotten roof blocks away, often in the
heart of the fire district and start an-1
other fire, which proved more uu-jj.l
manageable than the first. ji.
"Any of the 'old timers' can talkjYg
you biind of such damnable occur-!
reuses: Haaey of Jacksonville. Ki-
... ..r v..h-ill.. I'nitv ftf Alliinrn VV
Tatlor of Creenslioro, Schnibben of
Wilmington. Christ ian of Durham, et
ill nines iremis. 'TheV know.' Sad . :'!
experience has taught them. They
a!! and iiiiimv others have found the.
real adva.nage of clean premises,
and build ng I'pnn the experience of
lire li-hieis. the Xorih Carolina in
surance depi'i'imei't is urging all
cities and 'owm; in Xorih Carolina,
nriiciallv mid oihei-icise. to join I hem
i'i til's rli lli-up week's s".'riitl diive.
a:ul io t!e.-iroy e:ic a". 1 for all accu-
: 'iilated 'ire bividiiu and ;",re Kpi'ai
iuc Jniii:.
"We hate ir.ke'i the mailer !
.iih tb" (ii!i r ro"i e.sive organiza
tions in .'i;r iiv.i. I namiii'i' oi t nnt-
nierc", Ro;:..y Club, Women's Clttb.
Oil v I'li'lier. M'liistet's' i'.ociat .oils.
itc, b'.i' ,m;i ami yo'ir tl-parlment
;'! the ones to b!a:M' the trail. We
will fn in i--tin1 Mo:'".' spoken or
printed, noon application, and any
other help we ran render. So let's
to to It. Let us hear from you. Will
ou do it?"
Mirn'is are to Invars what pen
niis are to dollars and he who wins
saves both."
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Smart Models in
omens
On Sale $2.48 to $4.50
$1
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On our second floor, which is devoted exclusively lo our annual
Spring Millinery display, you will find hundreds of Ladies' and
Misses beautiful Hats at prices ranging from $1 to $4.50. Tempt
ing bargains that will delight the eye are rampant on this floor,
and this Is an opportunity that should not be overlooked.
Men's and Boys Sun Hats
23 to 50 cents.
MISSES' PRETTY HATS
ttiili beautiful edget ami bauds.
Triced ridiculously low.
Newest Styles in Women's
Hat's 32.48 and $1.50
CHILDREN'S SUN HATS
25 cents each.
When
the public administrator! i vorry over this tiling and 1
Count.'
Mned that box at a bank the dayj
aftir the gambler died there was n o i
ri-rrency or papers of value. 1 he ad-1
,-i.trator learned that a nvin n"l
in the gambler's partner had yis-i
Ye lox earlier in tne o:i. i
tupr insisted he took out only
i np'-rs, ronreritins the partn'M
at belonged to hiui. I
.... ! .iviv ihoiirand dol-i
hich the gambler brought from j
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,-.iianc is one or tae noei.-......
(."'una .'.'i- .n.
rr. dir." , t - .o , '
the re'.aiiv.-s ef ih ' '' '
tV-id vif who live ln-nvr; l
4-,r .-omiiii who y....-- she v.'.i- hi
;.m.ion law wife, and IV P tr'n-r.
-who .eks a half .hare on I., basis
.-.f heiress partner: hi,'. If the "
Ver ;.ad made a will i a po'.'b..
,e vi d have lert hi.' V
..e or th '!. but to ;'- o.nth pe-soii
.IL , manicure g'rl In a downtmu.
hn-el As vet she had 'rtlht lin
claim against the estate and it Is
pn.hal.le she never will l.rinai on.
The gambler had said they would be
married In December. That was one
rif ihe tragedies he left behind.
What else did he leave?
.... hnit finished his
vort in the gambler's bedroom the him.
freornlnn after ne atea. i " """""
trator began hia examination xt per
ianal effects of the dead man. In
-J1 oq eSJBl "0JJ 'O1 nl00i 10i
u rn rv ever that.
lint 1 lioliee when the atmosphere
is eleaie.l
That ihe bad luck I had lookd Tor
didn't loiue and knock me Hat ;
And 1 didn't have tile lroubk that
I feared.
Tins is another:
A Utile bit of lire, a little bit of love,
A little bit of happiness and money;
just to shove
the hill and over io ma.e our
journey nveet
'.i-.d jel. v.e do nut ask loo much, we
p. y io ai! tw .!: -ei ;
Not much, not much, only all l!sre is
;f iiriiiitss and of beau;;, in a world
like i f. i !- .
l'ii Laps the natiibl"!' ii.i.l elippul
;.' e:l 1 1 : 1 1 .-. 1 1 : bn' it .enl. l.ior.
i;' 'l.ut h.i'i wife (liv:'"i them mid
..fiit them to him in li.-r letie..-. tor
some of t!:em are nndefscoi ed and la
teilined with remarks. At an; i.ue
he saved them, and then- they '. re
v. hen tiie public adiniaistraior and
hia assistants searched through hit
iriiuks. The ganililt-r'a money probably will
!; dl id.'d beiweea the claiuaiHs who
are scrambling for it in the courts,
hut liU real leaav H found in th-J
objiHl lesson which he left behind
Fords
NEW
and
Rebuilt
CASH OR TERMS
S. S. Wolfe
Next to
Western Union Office
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TwoSpecials
MAVIS TALCUM POWDER 25 cents
per can.
PALM0LIVE SOAP, 10 cents a cake,
12 for a $1.
Wo cm y lundreds of popular-priced articles
the shopper to isit our store and get acquaint
values.
r.d it fliwflvs n.ivs
et acquainted with real market
and 10c Store
AUSTIN & CLONTZ
f iiirn; ijiii; ajiiiic uii vuuiua.
CI Railroad engineer, 8
years at the throttle,
had invested his
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savings in a priming
business.
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Q Business, ill-managed j f
was cn the verge or ff YuGOuT WiDu
rum.
engineer
Nev I'l-om Hie Siindy IUde Set tlon
of Itulord Township.
Monroe, lit. 4, March 20. Mr. and
Mrs. Geose W. Moser motored to Con
cord Sunday, March 15th. Mr. Moser
says the first man he saw on arriving
in the capital of Cabarrus was Hon.
Frank Armtleld, one of our good na
il... I'nlnn rmintv citizens.
Mr. Charlie Carnes ana miss Dan
nie Fincher were married Sunday,
March 14th at the home of the bride's
parent, Mr. and .Mrs. John V. Fin
k Dav K VV. Hoiran officiated.
These are popular youiu people and
have a host of mends v. no wtsn tiiem
veil
Mr. A. H. Illciiardson left March
17th. for naltlmore where he will
tak? Ihe radium treatment ror can
cer at John Hopkins hospital. Mr.
V. T. Moser is preparing to erect a
nice residence on his farm which he
recently purchased from Mr. M. H.
Richardson on Ihe Plvler Mill road.
Mr. Frank Parker of Monroe town--h'n
finent Friday night v.lth Mr.
Steve nichardson.
The people In this section were
greatly 'alarmed on the nUht of
March the 15th when on unusual
light was seen In the north-western
n.-.rt of the nkv about seven-thirty.
There were many surmise as to what
it could be. Some thoueht if an air
ship, others a searchlight, and still
other thourht If was a sign that
something was Roing to happen. As
for nie. I was busy keplnc my hat
on and my balr rubbed down.
Farmer. ,
Items frtrn Around Hje.
Monroe Rt. 4, March Last
Saturday, although the first day of
spring was very "'d. Miss Besle
Moser has returned from Albemarle
where she hsi been rlsltlng her sis
ter. Mrs. Jerome Stames who has
been quite 111 with Influenza Is able
to sit up some. Miss Mai fie Blpham
of the Rouflhedge commnnltT snnt
i... u'uiniit a-lth Mis N'eal Mr-
tnsi , , ,i . - ,
Mantis. Mr. Julia Boone has moved
from Stouts to Mr. Sam Helms larm.
The
leit ,h;s engine one
day and stepped in
as superintendent.
Never had seen the
inside of a printing
plant.
Today it is one of
the most successful
catalog houses in his
section, and ne s rich.
tj He was a bom exec
utive, not an engine
. driver, 'and he found
himclf. :
CJ A want ad will also
find your phce, old
fellow. ,
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Polish
0-CEDAR MOPS
$1.00 to $1.50.
0-CEDAR POLISH
23c to $3.00 Size.
i.oosf.nh TorncY ronxs
Apply few drops on a sore,
touchy corn or bothersome callous.
Instantly the soreness leaves. "At
Ease" removes hard corns, soft corns.
or corns between the toes, without
soreness or irritation. "At-rtse,
the guaranteed remover, is sold in
Mmroe bv The fnion Drug Co.. and
Bohona Drug Co., and all druggist
everywhere.
Manufactured by
The Stanly Sales Co.
Albemarle, S. C. '
Johnson s Wax
For Floors (Paste)
For Automobiles (Liquid)
Monroe Hardware Co.
RETAIL DEPARTMENT.