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THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1913.
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“THE NET”
A Story of Love, Adventure
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• Copyrighted, 1912, 6y Rex Beach.
and Mystery
<HEX BEACH
(Continuation of Chapter XXIV.)
' The clamor which had greeted the
words of the previous speakers was as
vicinity of the parish prison the two
Sicilian j^irls were standing. Across from
them loomed the great decaying struc
ture, with its little iron-barred windows
nothing compared to the Titanic bellow j an( j jj-g steel-ribbed doors, behind which
- which burst forth acclaiming Dreux’s. i a y their countrymen. From inside came
“This is the hour for action, not for the echo of a great hammering, as if a
talk/’ he continued, when he had stilled gallows were being erected, but the
them. “The Anglo-Saxon is slow to an- square and the streets outside were
ger, and because of that the Mafia has quiet.
‘thriven among us; but "once he is [ “What time is it now?" Oliveta had re
aroused, once his rights are invaded and | peated this question already a dozen
his laws assailed, his rage is a thing i times.
“It is after 10.”
“I hear nothing as yet, do you?”
“Nothing!'’
“W T e could hear if it were not for
that dreadful pounding yonder in the
jail.’’
“Hush! They are building barri
cades.”
The peasant girl gasped and seized
the iron railing in front of her.
“Madonna mia! I am dying. Do you
think Signore Blake will yield to your
appeal and turn the mob?”
“I’m afraid not,” said Vittoria,
faintly.
“He can do more than any other, for
he is powerful; they will listen to him.
If Caesar should escape! I am asham
ed through and through to have loved
such a man, and yet to have him killed
like a rat in a hole! ' I pray, and I
entertained no faintest notion of taking know not what I pray for—my thoughts
part fell in, were swallowed up in the ! are whirling* so. • Do you he^.r anything
to reckon with. Our committee asks us
if we are ready to take justice into
our own hands, and I answer, Yes!”
A chaos of waving arms and of high
flung hats/ a deafening crash of voices
again answered.
“Then our speaker shall lead us. Judge
Blackmar shall be the first in command;
Mr. Slade, who spoke after him, shall
be second, and I shall be the third in
authority. Arm yourselves quickly, gen
tlemen, and may God have mercy upon
the .souls of those eleven murderers.”
He leaped lightly down and the great
assemblage burst into motion, streaming
out Canal street like a storming army.
It boiled into side streets and through
every avenue which led in the direction
of the prison. At ^ach corner it gathered
strength; every thoroughfare belched
forth reinforcements; hundreds who had
seething tide, and - went shouting to the
very gates of the jail.
Once that ’tossing river of humanity
from the city?”
“No, no!”
There was a moment's pause.
‘Those
had been given force and direction its j barricades will not allow, them to enter,
character changed; It became a mailed even if our friend does not persuade
dragon; It suddenly blossomed with steel. | them to disperse.”
Peaceful, middle-aged men who had i “I have heard there is sometimes
stood beside the monument buttoned up shooting.” Vittoria shuddered. “It is
in peculiarliy bulky overcoats were now
marching silently with weapons at their
shoulders.
terrible for men to become brutes.”
“The time is growing late.” Oliveta
quavered. There was another period of
Strangest of all, perhaps, was the | silence, while they strained their ears
greeting this, army received on every for the faintest sound, but the fresh
side. The flotsam and jetsam which j breeze wafted nothing to them. On a
swirled in its eddies or followed in its ! neighboring gallery two housewives
wake, cheered, howled, and danced de- i were gossiping; a child was playing on
liriously; men, women, and children from | the walk beneath and his piping laugh-
doorways and galleries raised their voices i ter * sounded strangely incongruous,
lustily, and applauded as if at some { From across the way rose that desul-
favorite carnival parade. In notable j tory -pounding as spikes were driven
contrast was the bearing of the armed j home and beams were nailed in place,
men themselves; they marched through ; Through a grated aperture in the prison
the echoing streets like a regiment of j wall an armed man peered down the
mutes. l street.
“Caesar is cunning,” Oliveta broke
CHAPTER XXV. i out. “He is not one to be easily caught.
THE APPEAL.
On the iron balcony of a house in the
Smoke of Herbs
Cures Catarrh
He is brave, too. Ah, God; how I
loved him and how I have hated him!”
Ever since Maruffi’s capture she had
remained in a frame of mind scarcely
rational, fluctuating between a silent,
sullen mood of revenge, and a sense of
horrow at her betrayal of the man who
had once possessed her whole heart.
“It can’t be that you still care for
" . J him!”
A Simple, Safe, Reliable Way and- “No; I loathe him, and if he escaped
It Costs Nothing to Try. ! he W0Pld . s ' ir , e1 ?; kdl ™ e - Yet s °T e ‘
° J ! times I wish it. She began mumbling
This preparation~of"tierbs, leaves. How- j she cried sudden,y ’
ers and berries (containing no tobacco! , 131 , . . , .
or habit-forming drugs) is either emoked j . A ppb,lP liack 3ame *JT' ) " S f , ipt °
in an ordinary clean pipe or smoking j vle ^' itfi horses at a gallon. It drew
tube, and by drawing the medicated! up befo , re th ® ma ! n gat V P ^° n '
smoke into the mouth and inhaling i a man lea P ed forth and began pounding
into the lungs .or sending it out through! 1 ? 1 " *«W«tance. Some one spoke to
the nostrils in a perfectly natural way, 1 ^ 11 ^ 1 through a gracing,
the worst case o*f Catarrh can be eradi- rtn<
l ted.
Perhaps he comes to
— Mother of God!
at
'What does he say?” queried the
peasant girl.
“I cannot hear,
say there is no-
Listen!”
From, somewhere toward the heart of
the city came a faint murmur.
“It is the rumble of a wagon on the
next s.treet,” gasped Oliveta.
The sound died away. The girls stood
frozen at attention, with their senses
strained. Then it rose again, louder.
Soon there was no mistaking it. A
whisper came upon the breeze, it mount
ed into a long-drawn humming, which
in turn grew to a steady drone of voices
broken by waves of cheering. It gath
ered volume rapidly, and straggling fig-
It is not unpleasant to use, and at,
ihc same time it is entirely harmless, ures came canning into view, followed
•md can be used by man, woman or! by knots and groups of fleet-footed
?hild.’ | youths. The driver of the carriage rose
Just as Catarrh is contracted by | on his box, looked over his shoulder,
breathing cold or dust and germ-laden ' then whipped his horses into a gallop
air, just so this balmy antiseptic smok- i anc j fl ec p As he did so a slowly moving
ing remedy goes, to all the affected W agon laden with timbers turned in from
Darts ot the air passages of the head, a si( j e street. It was driven by a som-
nose, throat and lungs. It can readily nolent ne gro. who finally halted his
be seen why the ordinary treatments, t eam an d stared in dull lack of corn-
such as sprays, ointments, salves, liquid j prehension at what he saw approaching.
or tablet medicines fail—they do not
By now the street beneath the two
*nd can not reach all the affected parts, j was half filled with people, it
If you have catarrh of the nose :
throat or lungs, choking, stopped-up
feeling, colds, catarrhal headaches; if
you are given to hawking and spitting,
this simple yet scientific treatment
should cure you.
An illustrated book which goes thor
oughly into the whole question of the
cause, cure and prevention of catarrh
will, upon request, be sent you by Dr.
J. W. Blosser, 51 Walton street, At
lanta, Ga.
He will, also, mail you five days' free
treatment You will at once see that
it is a wonaerful remedy, and as it only
costs one dollar for the regular treat
ment, it is within the reach of every
one. It Is not necessary to send any
money—simply send your name and ad
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package will be mailed you immediately.
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echoed to a babble^ of voices, to the
shuffle and tread of a coming multitude,
and an instant later out of every thor
oughfare which fronted upon the grim
old prison structure streamed the people
of New Orleans.
Then through the press came a body
of silent men, four abreast and shoulder
to shoulder. The crowd opened to let
them through, cheering fretiziedly. They
wore an air of sober responsibility, they
carried guns, and looked neither to the
right nor left. Directly beneath the
waiting women they passed, and at their
head marched Norvin Blake and Bernie
Dreux, together with two men unknown
to the girls.
Vittoria leaned forward horror-strick
en and although she tried to call, she
did not hear her voice above the con
fusion; Oliveta clutched her, murmuring
distractedly.
The avenues were jammed from curb
to curb; telegraph poles, lamp posts,
trees held a burden of human forms;
windows and housetops were filling in
every direction; a continuous roar beat
thunderously against the prison walls. *
The armed vigilantes drew up before
the main gate and a man smote it with
the butt of his shotgun, demanding en
trance. The crowd, anticipating a volley
from within, surged back, leaving them
isolated. A dozen bluecoats struggled
to clear the sidewalks next the struc
ture, but they might as well have tried
to stem a rising tide with their naked
hands; they were buffeted briefly, then
swallowed up.
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finally gave way a triumphant roar
arose. The armed men swarmed into the
opening and disappeared one by one;
all but two, who stood with their backs
to the door and faced the crowd warn-
ingly. It was evident that some sort of
order prevailed among them, and that
this was more than an unorganized as
sault.
Thouh the close-packed ranks, on and
on around the massive pile ran the word
that an entrance had been effected; It
was telegraphed from housetop to house
top. Then a silence descended, the more
sinister and ominous because of the pan
demonium which had preceded it.
Thus far Vittoria and her companion
had seen and heard all that occurred, for
ther position commanded & view of both
fronts of the building, but now they had
ther ears alone to guide them.
“Come! Let us leave now. We have
seen enough,” Vittoria cried, and strove
to drag Oliveta from her post. But the
girl would not yield; she did not seem to
hear, her eyes were fixed with straineo
and fascinated horror upon that shattered
aperture which showed like a gaping
wound. Her bloodless lips were whisper
ing, her fingers, where they ripped the
iron railing, were like claws.
“Quickly! Quickly!” moaned Vittoria
“We did not come to see this monstrous
thing. Oliveta, spare yourself!” In the
silence her voice sounded so loudly and
shrilly that people on the adjoining bal
cony turned curious, uncomprehending
faces toward her.
Moment after moment that hush con
tinued, then from within came a re>-
newed hammering, hollow, measured;
above it sounded the faint cries of ter
rified prisoners. This died away after
a time, and some one said;
“They’re into the corridors at last.
It won’t be long now.”
A moment later a dull, unmistakable
reverberation rolled forth, like the
smothered sound of a subterranean ex
plosion; it was followed by another and
another—gunshots fired within brick
walls and flag paved court yards.
. It shattered that sickening, unending
suspense which caused the pulse to
flutter and the breath to lag; the crowd
j gave tongue in a howl of hoarse delight.
Then followed a peculiar, shrilling
chorus—that familiar signal known as
the “dago whistle”—which was like the
piercing cry of lo^t souls. “Who killa
da chief?” screamed the hoodlums,
then puckered their lips and piped again
that mockiqg signal. As the booming
of the guns continued, now singly, now
in volley, the maddened populace
squeezed toward that narrow entrance
through which the avengers had disap
peared, but they were halted by the
guards and forced to content them
selves by greeting every shot with an
exultant cry. The streets in all direc
tions were tossing and billowing like
the waves of the sea; men capered and
flung their arms aloft, shrieking; wom
en and children waved their aprons and
kerchiefs, sobbing and spent with ex
citement. It was a wild and grotesque
scene, unspeakably terrible, inhumanly
ferocious.
Through it the two Sicilian girls
clung to each other, fainting, revolted,
fascinated. When they could summon
strength they descended to the street
and fought their way out of the bed
lam.
Norvin Blake was not a willing par
ticipant in the lynching, although he
had gone to the meeting at the Clay
statue determined to do what he con
sidered his duty. He had felt no doubt
as to the outcome of the mass meeting
even before he saw Its giant propor
tions and even before it had sounded
its approval of the first speaker’s
words, for he knew how deeply his
townspeople were stirred by the
astounding miscarriage of justice. At
the rally of the committee on the aft
ernoon previous it had been urged to
proceed with the execution at once, and
the counsel of the more conservative
had barely prevailed. Blake knew per
haps better than his companions to
what lengths the rage of a mob will go,
and he confessed to a secret fear of the
result. Therefore, although he marched
in the vanguard of the storming party*
it was more to exercise a restraining
influence and to prevent violence
against unoffending foreigners than to
take part in the demonstration. As for
the actual shedding of blood, his in
stinct revolted from it, while his rea
son recognized its necessity and de
fended it.
Bernie Dreux’s amazing assumption of
dictatorship had relieved him of the duty
of heading the mob—a thing for which
he was profoundly grateful. When the
main body of vigilantes had armed Itself
he fell in beside his friend with some
notion of helping and protecting him. But
the little man proved amply equal to
the occasion. He was unwaveringly grim
and determined. It was he who faed the
oaken gate and demanded entrance in
i the name of the people; it was he who
I suggested the use of the battering ram,
land it was he who first fought his way
j through the breach, at the risk of bullets
from within. Blake followed to find him
with his fowling-piece at the head of
the prison captain, and there followed a
delay while the gate was broken down.
Meanwhile from within came the sound
of turning locks and of clanging steel
doors, also shuffling of many feet and
cries of mortal terror, which told that
the prisoners had been freed to shift for
themselves in this extremity.
In truth, a scene was being enacted
within more terrible than that outside,
for as the deputies released the pris
oners, commanding them to save them
selves if they could, a frightful confu
sion ensued. Not only did the eleven
Sicilians cry aloud to God, but the other
inmates of the place, who feared their
crimes had overtaken j them, joined in
the appeal. Men and women, negroes and
whites, felons and minor evildoers, rushed
to and fro along the galleries and pas
sageways fighting with each other, tear
ing each other from place of refuge,
seeking new and securer points of safe
ty. They huddled in dark corners, they
crept under beds, beneath stairways, and
into barrels. They burrowed into rubbish
pil^s only to be dragged out by the hair
or the heels and to see their jealous com
panions seize upon these sanctuaries.
Terror is swiftly contagious; the
whole place became a seething pit of
dismay. Some knelt and prayed, while
others trampled upon them; they rose
from their knees to beat with bleeding
fists upon barred doors and blind par
titions, but as their fear of death In
creased and the chorus of their despair
mounted higher there came another
pounding, nearer, louder—the sound of
splitting wood and of rending metal.
To escape was impossible; to remain
was madness; of hiding , places there
was a fearful scarcity.
The regulators came rushing into the
prison proper, with footsteps echoing
loudly through the barren corridors.
Out into the open court they swarmed,
then up the iron stairways to the gal
leries that ringed it about, peering into
cells as they went, ousting the wretched
inmates from remotest corners. But
the chamber in which they knew their
quarry had been housed was empty, so
they paused undecided, while from all
sides came the smothered sounds of
terror, like the mewling and squeaking
of mice hidden in a wall.
Suddenly some one shouted, “There
they are!” and pointed to the topmost
gallery, which ran in front of the con
demned cells. A rush began, but at the
top of the winding stairs another grat
ing barred the way. Through this,
however*, could be seen Salvatore di
Marco, Giordano Bolla, and the elder
Cressi. The three Sicilians had fled to
this last stronghold, slammed the steel
door behind them, and now crouched
in the shelter of a brick column. Some
one hammered at the lock, and the ter
rified prisoners started to their feet
with an agonized appeal for mercy.
As they exposed themselves to view
a man fired through the bars. His aim
was true; Di Marco flung his arms
aloft and pitched forward on his face.
Crazed by this, his two companions
rushed madly back and forth, but they
were securely penned in and appeal was
futile. Another shot boomed deafen-
TERRIBLE CONDITIONS OF
E
"Mother Jones” Tells Mass
Meeting She Has Seen Min
ers Slain While Asleep
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—“Mother”
Jones, veteran organizer of the United
Mine Workers of America, describing
the conditions in the West Virginia
coal fields, at a mass meeting here last
night, declared she had seen women
and children, wives and families of the
striking miners thrust out of their
homes and forced to live in the moun
tains without food or shelter for four
days and nights.
She declared she had seen twenty-one
strikers in a party of thirty killed
while asleep in their cabin by a posse
of officers.
Representative Wilson, who said he
spoke from personal knowledge, vouch
ed for “Mother” Jones’ statements.
Resolutions were adopted demanding
that congress investigate conditions in
the strike region.
FRENCH EDITOR MAY BE
HELD AT ELLIS ISLAND
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, Jan. 11.—E. H. James,
editor of the Paris Liberator, which
printed the libelous story of a marriage
of King George of England, to a daugh
ter of Admiral Culme-Seymour, before
he became king, probably will be de
tained when he arrives in New York late
today, or early tomorrow on the La
Provence, of the French line.
It was said today that orders had been
received for his detention, and that if
James acknowledged the authenticity of
the statements attributed to him before
he sailed from France, that efforts will
be made to deport him.
James is on his way to this country
with the announced intention of defend
ing Edward Mylius, who was Imprisoned
in England for uttering the libel as au
thor of the story and who is being de
tained at Ellis Island as author of the
story, and therefore an undesirable
alien. A lengthy brief in Mylius’ case
is now in the hands of Secretary of
Commerce and Labor Nagel, counsel for
the writer, claiming that the crime of
which he was judged guilty in England
did not involve moral turpitude.
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New York Physicians Have
Many Cures to Their Credit
NEW YORK, Jan. 6.—Advices from
every direction fully confirm previous
reports that the remarkable treatment
for epilepsy being administered by the
consulting physicians of the Waterman
Laboratories is achieving wonderful re
sults. Old and stubborn cases have been
greatly benefited and many patients
claim to have been entirely cured.
Persons suffering from epilepsy
should write at once to Waterman Lab
oratories, 122 East 25th St., Branch 544,
New York, for a supply of the remedy
which is being distributed gratuitously.
(Advt.)
LEGATEE WAS STARVING
WHEN TOLD OF FORTUNE
(By Associated Press.)
NEW ALBANY, Ind., Jan. 11.—A
search for Miss Julia Deats, fifty-three
years old, who is named as legatee to
the amount of $3,000 under the will of
her uncle, Henry Wills, of Mount Clem
ens, Mich., revealed that she was on the
point of starvation in a hovel near the
railroad yards here, where she lived
alone. She was ipoved to a hospital,
where she will be‘cared for until the
money arrives. On account of her men
tal condition a guardian has been ap
pointed.
THREE ARE SENTENCED
FOR ASSAULTING WOMAN
DALTON, Ga., Jan. 11.—Ben Staten,
Pink Miller and Joe Mathis today were
found guilty of criminal assault upon a
white woman and sentenced to five years
imprisonment. The superior court jury
acquitted Bill Guff, on trial with the
other defendants, and recommended
mercy in the case of the other prisoners.
Charges against the men resulted from
an invasion of Manlytown, Ga,. by four
persons in disguise at which time a
white woman was assaulted.
ingly in the close confines of the place,
and Cressi plunged to his death; then
Bolla followed, his bloody hands grip
ing the bars, his face upturned in a
hideous grimace, and his eyes, which
stared through at his slayers, glazing
slowly.
Down the ringing stairs marched the
grim-featured men who had set them
selves this task, and among them Ber
nie Dreux strode, issuing orders. The
weapon in his hand was hot, hie shoul
der was bruised, for he had long been
accustomed to the use of firearms.
(Continued in next issu.)
IS DISMISSED BY COURT
Deposed Venezuelan President
Must Now Await Decision
of Immigration Officials
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, Jan. 11.—The writ of
habeas corpus in the case of Cipriano
Castro, former president of Venezuela,
was dismissed by Judge Holt in the
United States district court today.
Immigration officials when they heard
Judge Holt’s decision, said probably they
would proceed to determine Castro’s eli
gibility to entry to the United States un
der the immigration law. The decision
of the New York immigration inspectors
will be revised personally by Secretary
Nagel.
In dismissing the writ Judge Holt
held that Castro should not be allow
ed to enter the country until pending
a decision of the board. H e will there
fore remain on Ellis Island.
This sustains the contention of the
government that the federal courts
should not interfere in the case until
the board of inquiry at Ellis Island
shall have passed on Castro’s right to
enter. The board has not yet announc
ed its findings. When its decision is
made known it is thought that Castro
may again seek the court’s aid.
SCHOOL FOR DISCONTENTS
PROVES TO BE VALUABLE
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—The “School
for Discontented Children” is the title
of a special report issued today by the
United States bureau of education, set
ting forth experiments that have been
conducted in Kansas City, Mo. These
experiments have been in connection
with children of fourteen years and up
ward who lose interest in their school
work ^and whose further advancement
along ordinary educational lines appears
impossible.
Many, the educators have found, can
not absorb more than a certain amount
of knowledge. To make useful citizens
of thi£ latter class, the “school for the
discontented” was established.
The intricacies of grammar were
dropped, and reading, writing and geog
raphy were taught only to the extent
where they would prove useful in the
pursuit of trade or business. Most of
the school time is given to Instruction
in useful trades, the girls being pre
pared for self-support as well as the
boys.
Dr. P. P. Claxton, commissioner of
education, declares this type of school
will solve a vexed educational problem.
“Because,” he says, “schools of this kind
are designed to fill needs of a large class
of boys and girls to whom sufficient at
tention has not hitherto been paid.”
RAILROAD TO LINK
MOULTRIE AND MEIGS
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
MOULTRIE, Ga., Jan. 11.—Moultrie
is at last to hav e a railroad that will
connect this city with Meigs, the sur
vey having almost been completed, and
just as soon as it Is, work will be
started on the laying of the tracks.
The tram road, which is about com
pleted for the Swift Lumber company,
of which W. E. Ayoock, of this city,
and I. W. Myers, of Tifton, ar e the
chief owners, will form the nucleus
of the new road. New York capitalists
are behind the project and are expect
ed in Moultrie this week to lay plans
f*>r the letting of th e contract.
NEGRO ASSAILANT MAKES
PLEA OF INSANITY
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
jl*~ -jNTGOMERY, Ala., Jan. 10.—
Guarded by two military companies, Al
bert Warren, negro charged witn crim
inally assaulting a white woman at
Brundidge, December 23, appeared in
the circuit court at Troy Thursday
morning and admitted the crime by
pleading not guilty by reason of insan
ity.
No attempt to take Warren from the
officials has been made and the Mont
gomery True Blues who carried the
negro to Troy Wednesday afternoon re
turned to Montgomery Thursday. The
Troy Rifles will guard Warren day and
night until the case is disposed or.
WASHINGTON PLANS
REVISION OF CHARTER
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
WASHINGTON, Ga.. Jan. 11.—Wash
ington will soon be in the throes of a
municipal discussion over the changing
of the charter of the city. Friends of
the commission form of government are
advocating its adoption, and they are
using every effort to bear to have this
form of government adopted.
An election for mayor and council for
the ensuing two years will occur Mon
day, and it has not been definitely set
tled whether this form of government
will be submitted to a vote, or wait
until the advocates can present the mat
ter in a better shape to the voters.
MORGAN MAY RE CALLED
RY SHIP TRUST PROBE
May Be Asked About $140,
000,000 American Corpora
tion Owning Foreign Lines
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—Chairman j
Alexander, of the shipping trust inves
tigating committee, announced today
that a subpena probably would be is
sued for J. Pierpont Morgan to have
him tell the committee details of the
organization of the International Mer
cantile Marine, the $140,000,000 Amer
ican corporation, owning and controll-
irg a number of foreign steamship
lines.
Mr. Morgan is In Europe, but Chair
man Alexander said that his testimony
would not be needed until the time set
for his return.
How agreements as to rates and serv
ice are maintained between steamship
lines between New York and the far
east and India was described to the
committee by Paul Gottheil, whose firm
represents a number of the largest
north Atlantic companies.
Mr. Gottheil was questioned at
length concerning alleged agreement
among all of the big North Atlantic
lines including the Hamburg-American,
North German-Lloyd, Holland-American
and Red Star to divide the ports of
Europe. The ‘Witness insisted that
while it was entirely possible there was
an understanding by which one line
would not send its vessels to th e port
of another, yet there was strong com
petition between the companies because
cargoes were destined for points be*-
yond the ports at which they were dis
charged.
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way I have
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by which I
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send help
and comfort,
health and
strength out
into this
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much sick-
n e 8 s and
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is for you to accept or refuse as you like.
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trouble, with all its pain, danger, fear and
uncertainty, shall continue—or whether it
shall be taken away. But in the choosing,
remember this—health was God’s most pre
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protect your life.
“What is my offer?” you ask. Listen.
In my thirty years’ experience in medicine
I have learned many strange things. For
one thing I’ve learned that Heart Disease
kills more lieople every day than anything
else on earth. I’ve also learned that Heart
Disease hardly ever exists alone—by itself,
that other organs—Stomach, Bowels, Kid
neys, Liver, Lungs, etc., are almost nlwavs
affected, too. Why? Think for a minute
and you'll answer the question yourself—
it’s because the Heart Is the VITAL organ
of the body—because it governs all the
other organs, supplies EVERY organ—every
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nerve, muscle and tissue with blood and
LIFE and power to do their work.
Stop the Heart’s beat and /death strikes
instantly. You know that. And let the
Heart get weak or wrong In any way and
the whole system—the whole body from Brain
to tiniest blood vessel suffers, too.
But you say “I haven’t any Heart trou
ble. MY Heart is all right.” Ah! But
lots of people ~hink and say the self-same
thing. Why, only a short time ago 1 bad a
pitiful tear-stained letter from a little 11-
year-old girl down in Georgia telling me how
her mother fell dead before her with the little
baby iu her arms. Now the woman thought
HER Heart was all right. She would not
believe me—even refused to take the treat
ment or heed the warning and the good ad
vice that I had sent her free.
Six persons in every ten have Heart Trou
ble, though many of them do not know
it. 30,000 victims die of it in America every
year. And so I say unless you are sure,
unless you KNOW, for Heaven’s sake don’t
take any more chances—Just stop a bit right
here and find out for a certainty where you
stand. ^
HEART DISEASE SYMPTOMS,
are very plain when once they are known
aud understood. The great trouble is that
most people don’t know what the symp
toms are—don’t know what they mean when
they have them. Another thing—a great
many people are misled and deceived into
thinking their trouble is something else.
Thousands—perhaps you among them—are to
day doctoring the Stomach, Kidneys, Liver.
Nerves or Sexual Organs for some SUP
POSED trouble, when all the time it's the
Heart causing it all. In other words, you
may be treating the symptoms and not the
disease itself.
Following are the most common signs—
the really sure symptoms of Heart Disease.
Go over these CAREFULLY, one by o’je, and
see if any are your symptoms. T'.iat will
tell the story:
Do you tire easily?
Do you have headaches ?
Does your Heart flutter?
Does it ever skip heats ?
Do you start in your sleep?
Are you short of breath?
Does your Heart palpitate?
Do you feel “weak” and run down?
Do you have numb or dizzy spells?
Do you have weak, sinking spells? •
Are you nervous and irritable?
Do your feet, legs or ankles swell?
Does your Stomach have an “all gone”
feeling?
Do you have pain in Hfcart, side or under
^ioulder blade ?
Of course, no case has nlW— some of the
very worst only a few. Therefore, if you
find that even one or two of them are
YOUR symptoms, you should act at once,
for you may be in grave danger. You know
Heart Disease don’t wait. It comes like a
thief, develops quickly, and strikes without
warning.
AND HERE IS MY OFFER.
If you have one of these symptoms; if
you have reason to think that you have even
tbe slightest Heart trouble or weakness, write
me now. I am confident I can help you.
Or, again, if you have known for some
time that you have Heart trouble—even
though your case is chronic, deep seated and
has resisted other treatment; even though you
may have been told that you cannot l*e
cured—I urge you all the more strongly to
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and seemingly hopeless cases that our scien
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most remarkable results.
The very day I hear from you I will ar
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in plain words and with clear pictures tells
all about your trouble, explains about your
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relation to all the rest of your body. The
book is valuable: do not lose sight of this
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several physicians, say it’s the best book of
its kind ever written.
Remember it is all FREE—The Book—The
Letter of Advice—The Full Course of Treat
ment. There are no “strings” to this offer.
Neither is it a C. D. I>. scheme or anything
of the kind. I ask for no money—I send
you no medicine, expecting you to pay later.
You bind yourself in no way. It is nothing
but a genuine, generous, honest, free offer
to the sick. I am making this same offer
in some of the best papers in America be
sides The Atlanta Semi-Weekly Journal, be
cause It seems to me to bo the best way to
quickly get advice and help—-this certain ef
fective treatment into the hands of every
sufferer—everywhere.
To tbe skeptical—the doubters—the unbe
lievers—to those who think Heart trouble
can’t be cured—to those who forget that
science is advancing, T say for your own
good—yes, in simple fairness to yourself:
Don’t give up—don’t fail to get our advice
and test our methods and treatment. It has
reached—I don’t mean just temporarily, but
lastingly—a legion of cases many of which
we* , «» believed boneless.
I am particularly anxious to hear from
those who aren’t quite sure just what their
trouble is—from those who are doctoring tbe
Stomach, Liver, Kidney, Nerves, etc., but
get little or no better. In nine out of ten such
cases the real trouble is with tbe Heart.
Anyway, you will get the truth here—you will
then know what to do.
Tbe free course of treatment that we send
will strengthen and regulate the Heart.
It will tone up the Stomach, Kidneys aud
Liver. It will give strength and vitality to
the Nerves ami Nerve Centers and build up*
the whole system. Remember, I have given
years to the study of affections of the heart
and the various troubles which so often exist
with them.
It Is iny life work. And all the ox
periencc I have gained—together with that of
the medical talent associated witli me. Is.
yours gladly and freely just for the asking.
And so I say again, if you do need this |
help you’d better send right now. for, of!
course, I cannot continue to make this offer
indefinitely.
SEND THIS COUPON TODAY.
Specialist Clearwater, i
937 Masonic Bldg., Hallowell, Me.
I have* read your offer in The Atlanta •
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