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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-07-13
For County Commissioner,
ROBERT X. HAM,
I,....- ,-...I ~.
For County Commissioner,
ALBERT X. NESBIT.

For County Commissioner,
ALBERT X. NESBIT.
Ayr Township.
hereby announce myself as can
didate for the REPUBLICAN nomina-
tion for the Office of County Commits
sioner, subject to the next September
primaries, and pledge my support to
the ticket then nominated.
For County Treasurer,
l.. l.. CUNNINGHAM,
Wells Township.
| hereby announce myself as a can
didate for the DEMOCRATIC nomina-
tion for COUNTY TREASURER, subject
to the decision of the Democratic vo-
ters Of Fulton county at the uniform
primary election to be held on the
last Saturday in September and pledge
myself to the support of the ticket
nominated.
l.. l.. CUNNINGHAM
New Grenada, Pa.
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Let The Work Begin.

For many months we have
been agitating waterworks. sew
erage and cement sidewalks.
For the past few weeks there
has been promises that the work
on all of these enterprises would
begin soon.
Let the work begin.
We need all of the improve
ments embraced in the list and
there is a number of people in
the town who need the work that
these institutions will require.
Let US have more public work
for the people Of Lubbock who
are in need of same and in this
way increase the volume of bust
ness in the town and in fact put
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little later. a perfec, food Of
scandal on certain prominent
people in this State.
They have had certain con-
scienceless fellows going around
10 see if they can get something
that will involve these in a pub
lie scandal. the citizens Of this
stateought TO be put on NOTICE of
what is coming. 1t is alto
gether possible that such a
thing will be done. Sensible
people a long time ago. decided
that those who stand for the
destruction Of humanity and It's
homes. by the agency of
saloons. will not hesitate 10 do
any thing. no matter who u in
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-07-13
A Pathetic Story

A Superintendent Of the Anti
Saloon League recently received
a letter from one of Texas
noble women requesting that
literature be- sent her for free
distribution. in which she used
the following language: i am
the proverbial widow, wanting
10 cast in my mite. only the mite
will have 20 be work instead of
money. The saloon has murder
ed my brotner ithas murdered
my husband. and taxa my
home. and left me % battle with
the world alone. God grant tiat
/ may live 20 see the righteolh
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sentence OF death executed upon
it. and be allowed 10 help in
the good work.
For manifest reasons. the name
and postofiice of this outraged
woman are withheld. That
there are thousands of other
noble women. whose lives the
Texas saloons have ruined as
they have this one. is a matter
of common knowledge They
who are responsible for the
unspeakable wrong visited up
on all such women, are not the
saloon keepers alone. but the
voters upon. whose authority
the saloon keepers do business.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-07-13

place in practical politics. - The
plain meaning Of that statement
is that If women and other de-
pendent people Of Texas must
be wronged. butchered and i'm
poverished in order to have
saloons and saloon politics. then
they will have 10 endure il as
long as they can. II is practic-
ally certain that a vast ma
jority Of Texans do not sub
scribe 10 any such diabolical
heresy.
A gentleman said 20 the
League Superintendent on the
train last week: There are in
dications that the friends Of
saloons are going 20 turn loose a
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OF this. no sane man can have
any doubt. no good man vii
undertake to deny. and no brave
man who voluntarily assumes
the responsibility. will undertake
10 shirk.
On July 22nd, all over the
State Of Texas. the voters will
by his ballot. either say that this
kind Of outrage under State
authority. must cease. or else
that IL shall continue. NO matter
how terrible the results may
be. His attention being called
to this matter. a man who stands
for saloons said. That u a
sentimental matter that has no
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-07-13

wolves. nor how many. IN their
efforts % save the saloons from
II might be well
however. for the 'lewd fellows
of the baser sort" who contem.
plate the wholesale defamation
of these who are opposed 10
the saloons. 10 remember two
things: CD People will under
stand that the Statewide
saloon organization will be re-
sponsible for il. not only col
lectively. but individually. and
(2l Another thing may be ID
ded. namely. that ISLANDERS 81
WAYS come back % wreck ven
gance on their outhors.
J n. Gambrell.
Supt. Anti-saloon League.
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new life into every branch of in
dustry affecting the city at the
present time.
Lr.ln.na 70 spe

Little Margaret. ~hO Is three years
old lived ior iJng time next door
% family Fho Kept a cat bearing
the name ~ Billy Then she moved
away from the iamiD. aud did not sec
IN, cat asail.
Several days ago Margarets mother
tried to tsl.A hei row 10 spell sat
ard Jog Alter many efforts she sue
ceeded in getting her daughter 70
spell the words after her. and stopped
for the fifst Lesson
The day following the mother said
suddenly
Margaret. what does cat spell'"
Sha I.I not have 90 wait for az an
sVcT QUICK a. a aash the chill
turned toward her
Billy she replied
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officials of the army, is willing to
assist Texas in establishing a
sanitarium for the study and
treatment of tuberculosis and
leprosy, and will not put any
thing in the way of such author
ization on the part of Congress.
In his letter TO the committee,
Secretary Simpson says: The
reservation of Fort Ringgold
having become useless for mill
tary purposes was by executive
order OF Jan. 4, 1911, placed I'M
der control of the Secretary Of
the Interior for disposition under
the law, or as may be otherwise
provided by law. The War De-
partment consequently has no
control over the reservation.
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practice of this administration
has been TO send to every County
Clerk in advance of forfeitures, a
list of the lands appearing TO be
subject to forfeiture with an ur-
gent request TO communicate
with the owners directly or by
publication of the list in the
newspapers.
Il do not know at this time
Just what course will be persued,
but assure you that | shall take
whatever steps may seem best to
give owners information impen-
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MILITARY POST
Fort RiuggOd May Be Given State
in Entirely, But Part Of Fort
Clark Will Be Retained.

Washington, July l. -Secre-
tary of War Simpson has writ
ten a letter to the House Com
mittee of Military Affairs on the
subject of the Burleson resolu-
ton to authorize the War De-
partment to transfer the military
reservations at Fort Ringgold
and Fort Clark to state Of Texas
for conversion into a sanitarium
for infectious diseases. Sec
rotary Simpson. like other high
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-07-13

Work is being rushed on a
large store building near the
postoffice on the west side of the
square. which will be occupied
as soon as completed by Hamp-
ton and Son of Merkel, who will
put in a $4,000 stock of dry
goods.
These gentlemen are eX-
p,rienced in their line and see
great promise for Slaton. The
Journal extends a hearty wei
come. and hopes they may never
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-07-13

ding forfeitures. Of course no
tice will be given all County
Clerks, but just how far in adj
vance of the forfeitures the
office will be able to get them
out do not konw.
Owing to conditions prevailing
in the West it is not my purpose
to take any steps that would be
oppressive, still. / must dischar-
ge my duties to the public.
Yours truly.
J. T. Robson.
Commissioner.
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Mr.. b. B. Curry, Clerk Of
Gaines county has received the
following letter from the Com
missioner Of the General Land
Office relative to the payment OF
interest on school land which
may be of interest to some Of
the readers of this paper:
Austin. Texas, June Is, 1911
Mr.. B. B. Curry, County Clerk,
Seminole. Texas.
Dear Sir" Replying to yours
of the 18th beg to state that the
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a Wre,ched Pun.

The professor had paid long ~.
layed visit 10 ueighboslng 'onsorlai
psrlor
Later 10 the day he encountered his
implscsble enemy. the doctor
We'll. remarked the doctor. critic
ally inspecting him. you look M
tie more like civilized human DO
ing
"On the contrary frusuet the pro
lessor running his fingers through
ais cropped beard Z look ike relii
II barbarian --Chi,aEr Tribune
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MIR. II. o. Waters and family,
came 20 Lubbock 10 make it their
future home. at least tor the
present .irs. Waters is a
daughter Of Doctor and Mrs.
Westlake. They will locate in
the Avis Blake cottage near the
doctors house.
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Rev. Edwin Weary came in
Saturday to conduct his regular
appointment at the Episcops
church. lie was accompanied
by Bishop Temple who went on
10 Crosbyton the same afternoon.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-07-13

have cause to regret their de-
cision 10 locate in our city. Sla-
ton Journal.
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THE reservation at Fort Clark

THE reservation at Fort Clark
is garrisoned by a battalion of
infantry. and the buildings,
therefore, are needed for the ac-
commodation of the troops.
THE reservation contains
g. 1868 acres and an area sufficient
for the establishment of a sani-
tarium can be turned over to the
State of Texas without imparing
the value of the reservation for
purposes of the training and in
struction of the garrison now
stationed there.
RINGGOLD SALE HELD UP.
Representative Burleson has
already obtained an order to
hold up the proposed sale of Fort
Ringgold by the Interior Depart
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-07-13

J. b. Curry, Of Carlton, is
visiting his cousin, Ollie Wllkin-
son. Mr.. Curry owns some
property in Lubbock and Is here
looking after his interests.
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ment until it can be seen wheth-
er Congress is willing to turn the
reservation over to Texas. The
passage of this resolution. IN so
far as it affects Fort Clark, may
be accomplished by Mr.. Burleson
at this session, after the tariff
program is out of the way, bus
he will have to amend the resolu-
ton relating to Fort Ringgold
and may not be able to obtain
consideration of that measure
before the December session.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08
HOG ATE HIS MONEY.
Kansas Farmer Wants Treasury De-
partment to Reimburse Him.

Washington, April S.-A Kansas hog
that ION the hoof' was worth up
wards of $2,700, but dressed was worth
only the comparatively insignificant
amount represented by upwards"
brought about the visit to Washington
of jeremiah Quinn, a farmer residing
near Coffeyville. Quinn brought with
him a mass that one might mistake for
a handful of breakfast food. 1t is. he
says, as a matter of fact. the ''un-
earned increment that vas represent
ed in the value of his hog ION the
hoof"
Quinn has his eye fxe- on the
Washington pork barrel" but, ac-
cording to his story, with far more
right than can be said Of many who
view that receptacle for the public
funds. He says he can prove that his
hog bounced upon and devoured his
S2,700 bank roll when he dropped 1t
in the pen while feeding the animal
If he can do this to the satisfaction
of the treasury department, he doubt
less will be reimbursed.
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BOWSER's PLASTER.
A Doctor Puts 1t On and a Neighbor
Pulls IL on.

Mr.. Rowser had gone away to the Of
flee in the morning whistiing a merry
tune and saying how we'll he felt and
how good it was to live. He came home
at night looking rather pale, and hav-
ing an anxious expression in his eyes.
the grip?" asked Mrs. Bowser, after a
glance at him.
Not a symptom. Only women and
children have the grip"
Are you bothered in your mind
about anything?"
Not a thing. 1 let nothing worry
me-"
During the dinner hour he had little
to say, and Mrs. Bowser, who was
watching him out of the corner of her
eyes, noticed that he wriggled in his
chair every few minutes, and that now
and then he rubbed his back against
the Stats. Something seemed to be bit
ing him between the shoulders off and
on, but it was evident that he had no
explanations to offer as yet.
When they went up to the sitting
room he fingered behind for a moment
and rubbed his back against a door
casing, and five minutes after being
seated he was wriggling again. AS he
saw her looking at him he rose up and
said:
g! guess I'll go down cellar and see
to the furnace
But there's no fire there. let it
out yesterday"
Then I'll go up stairs and see if the
roof leaks"
But there is no rain
He hung around for a minute in an
undecided way and then entered the
library and closed the door She
walked over to it and applied her ear
and felt and heard him rubbing his
| back against it. She also heard him
muttering to himself
Had cockroach crawled down Mr..
boWser' back during the day?
was he breaking out with a spring
rash that might prove fatal?
Had some woman stabbed him with
long hatpin poisoned at the point?
Ten minutes later he appeared, his
race very red, and Mrs. Bowser plainly
caught the exclamation Damn it,
as he walked to his chair. For the
next quarter of an hour he made he
role efforts to sit still, but he was con-
quered at last and rose ur and said:
By thunder, but I'll have the
blamed thing off!'
DO you mean your leg? Mr.. Bow
ser" she asked.
Leg be hanged Don't be an idiot
rave said that anything was the
matter with either of my legs?"
No, but you wriggled around So
And so would you if you had a
blamed old plaster between your
shoulders and gnawing away like a
hungry dog"
| But why have you got it there
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The Tenderest Skin Is Benefited

work. They secured booths at county
and state fairs, where they could reach
thousands of people with their litera-
ture and their spoken arguments. They
handed out literature at all sorts Of
public gatherings, political, religious,
or of whatever kind. They did not
waste much time with the professional
politician. but got their votes from the
people. The club of Bellingham, a city
of 10000 sent a personal letter to
every voter in two counties just before
election. They secured a poll list of
the voters in the state each county
having a chairman of precinct work
and a list of voters, and whenever pos
sible, the voters were interviewed and
asked to vote for the amendment They
had posters, banners, pennants, and
pins, and no plan of work that had
ever helped another state to succeed
was overlooked. The result was vic
tory, and a sweeping one.
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Mr.. Bowser, I hope that plaster
will draw your shoulders clear up to
your ears! How could you be so
silly?"
woman. don't talk this way to
mel he bluffed, as he wriggled his
shoulders. You may be aching for
me to die of consumption, but 1 am
not ready to go yet
Did a plaster ever cure consump-
tion?' she asked
"Y es-thousands of cases. He had
more than 200 affidavits.''
Every one of which was false, and
you were silly enough not to know it!
Didn't Beeswax tell you that the plast-
er must be kept on?"
His name is Beesark, and you know
it. Yes, he said keep it on, It'll it drew
drew"
It'll it drew you out of the gate
backward. 1 suppose! Well, do as he
said.''
like mad rat. I'll have you take it
off in about five minutes
Mr.. BOwSer, l shall not interfere
with DR.. Beeswax's orders. He said it
was to stay on. and it must stay, even
if it draws a lung through to your
back!''
"Then I'll get Green over here to
take it off for me-
"Then you can. Your life is very
precious to me, and 1 do not intend to
peril it by any interference with an old
takers SO plasteri'
Mr.. Bowser placed his back against
the door again and heaved and wiggled
and wriggled and scratched for five
minutes, and then went over to the
telephone and called up Green. Ten
minutes later Green was there. He
was taken upstairs, and there Mr.
Bowser explained what was wanted of
him.
eyes, but who put the plaster on 90
he asked.
"a celebrated doctor whose speci-
atty is to cure tuberculosis.
WAS it old Beesark?''
YVES
'Then you've been stungi He's the
worst old fraud in the busnessl''
But don't tell Mrs Bowser any
thing about it. She's just been giving
me an awful ripping OUGHT Ugh!
Get the blamed thing off,
When the plaster was exposed to
view Mr.. Green fumbled at the corners
for a hold, and said:
"It has become part of your hide,
and it's going to hurt some to get it
off,
Cant you soak it Off"
sit would take an hour or more.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08

I've just got to get hold and give a sud-
den jerk. By the time you boiler twice
the thing will be off,
"Green, I'm a desperate man. If
you torture me I shall not be respon-
sible for results. l may go crazy for a
time
you can't go more crazy than YOU
were when you let that old swindler
put this on. I've got hold of the upper
corners now. Are you ready?"
Green, I'll shoot that doctor on
sight!'
81 have no more consumption than
you have!'
mo"
And it's just as Mrs. Rowser-,
Green got brace for his foot, drew
a long breath and yanked and the
plaster was off. There was a scream
a yell-a whoop, and the neighborly
man ratified downstairs with Mr. Bow
ser at his heels Only for Mrs Bowser
being at the front door Mr.. Green
would have been caught in the hall
and his life taken. AS it was he got
away but Mr.. Bowser stood on the
steps and shook a fist at him as he fled
homeward and called:
You villain. but I will follow you
to your DEATH
Then Mrs. Bowser took him by the
This tuberculosis laster-moving-
picture-show is over and We'll hear the
rest of 1t in the house What you
want on your back now is something
to drive the consumption out in front
and l guess we have some blue vitriol
in the Copyright, 1911, AS
ISOLATED Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08

You didn't say anything about it this
morning."
He walked over to the door and put
his back against it and scratched up
and down and across, and as he
scratched he pursed up his mouth and
rolled his eyes. He seemed to be in
such agony that Mrs. Bowser rose up
and demanded:
Nov, then, for the lands sake, but
what ais you?"
Doctor Beesark was in--in the Of
fee today" he faltered as he ceased
to scratch.
"And what if DR.. Beeewax was in
the Officer"
Il told him about my lungs"
And what ais your lungs, please p
"He sounded them and said 1 had
better put on a plaster to prevent con-
sumption. He had them with him and
let him put one on"
Just like you. Nothing whatever
ails your lungs, and DIR Beeswax is a
faker. You paid him So / suppose?"
mo, only three"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08
MIDNIGHT IN THE ozARKs

and yet sleepless Hiram Scranton, of Clay
City ILL.,, coughed and coughed. He was
in the mountains on the advice of five
but found no help in the climate, and
started home. Hearing of DR.. Kings New
Discovery, he began to use it, Il believe
it saved my life.' he writes, for it made
a new man of me. so that 1 can now do
good work again." For all lung diseases,
coughs. colds, la grippe, asthma Group,
whooping cough, hay fever, hemorrhages,
hoarseness or quinsy, its the best known
remedy Price SOC and $1.00. Trial bottle
free. Guaranteed by Campbell Drug Co.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08

apparently of gasoline or other oils,
which drove the fire throughout the
entire building.
The fire was under control an hour
after it started. with a loss which fire
officials estimated at about 100000.
Forty persons were left homeless by
the destruction of three tenement
houses, but there was no loss of life.
The blaze was a spectacular one, be-
ing plainly visible for distance Of
nearly ten miles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08
CHILDREN WHO ARE SlCKLY.

Mothers who value their own comfort
and the welfare of their children. should
never be without box of Mother Gray's
Sweet Powders for Children, for use
throughout the season. They break UP
Colds, Relieve Feverishness, Constipation,
Teething Disorders, Headache and Ston1-
ach Troubles. Used by Mothers for %
years. THESE POWDERS NEVER
FAIL Sold by all Drug Stores, sc
Don't accept any substitute. Sample mali
ed FREE. Address, Allen s. Olmstead.
LIE Roy. N Y
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The stocks of four firms which were
tenants were destroyed and three tene-
ment houses adjoining were burned.
The only Waterman employed in the
building was a bull dog who had done
faithful service in this capacity for
several years. He discovered the
blaze and gave the alarm by a series
of banks which attracted the attention
of passersby.
Before the firemen could get into
action, there was a terrific explosion,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08

/ lass; also at wiggin and print it as
Virgins.
Here's some New York news which
| is of interest to Kansans: 1.-THE con-
tinued appeal of Ben Hur' as a book
and play has excited some comment
recently. The manager of the company
reported that for a week played half
| in Wichita and half in Topeka the re-
ceipts were the largest in the history of
the play. outside of its New York run.
| The Harpers have put Ben Hur' to
press several times during the last
year, and each time for an increasingly
large printing"
Since the report went around that
Jack London was lodging in a Next
can jail because of his expressions of
sympathy with the rebels, various
newspapers have advanced the opin-
ion that the Jail was just what Mr..
London wished to achieve, and that
new stories with lots of local color
would be forthcoming as a result And
now it develops that the nearest that
Mr.. London has been to Mexico is Los
Angeles, and that instead of the ira
ditional hard bed with a bread and
water diet he has been living as usual
in his own peaceful Sonoma Valley.
Strange are the myths connected with
celebrities. This is the second time
that Mr.. London has been accused of
being in two places at one time. When
he was i'll the South Seas gathering
material for his recently published
novel Adventure. it was declared on
good authority that he was disporting
himself in the San Joaquin Valley. eff
Mr.. London could collect royalties on
every story set afloat concerning him
he would soon have a comfortable for
tune without other exertion," literary
editor of the Coast writes.
The Neale Publishing Company, the
only concern which makes a speciality
of distinctively southern books has re-
Gently published 1.-THE Cavalier Poets.''
By Prof. Carl Holiday, head of the
English department Vanderbilt uni
versity. Tt is a study and an anthology
in one. For the first time a book of
this kind is published; yet the Cavalier
poets held high court during one
period of England's literature This
book is a volume of a series of studies
in literature by eminent university
professors published by this firm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08
BULL DOG GIVES ALARM.
Barking Saves Forty Lives in $500, 900
New Haven Blaze.

New Haven, Conn, April Sire
early today swept away the Killian
block. a 100000 loft building in the
downtown factory section Of this city,