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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-04
JADWYN

Miss Ethel Hepner, one of our
most popular young ladies, was
quietly married Sunday at high
noon, at the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Hepner, to
Mr.. Oscar Gochenour. one Of our
most enterprising farmers and
stock dealers. the marriage cere-
mony was performed by the
brides pastor, Rev. W. 3. Oney.
They took the evening train for
the northern cities. Their flu
ture home will be in Woodstock
Mr.. BLY,, of Woodstock, vii,
give his class at Mt. Zion Church
their first lesson in music next
Saturday afternoon, promptly al
II o'clock.
Mrs. Emma l.. Wisman, who
has been sick for several weeks,
is convalescing.
A large congregation was pres
ent at the Holy Communion al
Mt. Zion Church last Sunday.
Preaching again next Lords day
at IL O'Clock. Sunday School
promptly at 10 O'Clock. Let
every member be present and be-
gin with the first lesson of the
second quarter.
The members of New Hope
congregation were pleased te
learn, that their former pastor
! Rev. McNeer will return fol
another conference year.
Miss Kate Lindamood is hav
ing her farm enclosed with sub
stantial new wire fence.
Mr.. Joseph Gochenour, tn
Oldest citizen of this part of thu
Ico,u<y &c r;ol& v,,,,cl, ;ndicoOSad
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-04
STRASBURG

Mrs. ]. r. Switzer returned to
Harrisonburg Monday after sew
eral davs visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Armentrout.
Floyd Strosnider returned home
from Frederick county, where he
taught school this winter.
Cary Stokes and wife returned
from Florida, where they spent
the winter.
Mrs. Perry and Mrs. S. Funk
were in Washington few days
last week.
Miss Rebecca Funkhouser, OF
Lebanon Church, accompanied
as far as Washington by her
brother, Scion, left on Monday
for Summerton, S. c., where she
will spend several months with
her sister.
Delegates of the Disciples
Sunday Schoo. Convention at
Shenandoah City in session from
Friday till Sunday are the fol-
lowing Rev. J. D. Hamaker,
F. D. Maphis, Robt. MCGEE, and
Ebert Baker.
Gilbert Crabill lost his pocket
book Sunday night at church,
containing $500 and was much
exercised over the loss. Charles
Chandler found it and returned
the same to its owner.
Mrs. Blanchfield who for some
years made her home with the
family Of Henry BLY,. died Friday
morning and was buried Sunday
at two o'clock from the Church
of the Disciples, by Rev. ]. D.
Hamaker. She is survived BY
several children.
The return of Rev. ]. H. Haley
as pastor of the M. E. Church a
this charge is most gratifying tt
his membership and the people
lgenerally. He enters upon hi
fourth year.
| Rev. Jos. Balthis accompanied
Mr.. Haley from Conference ant
will spend a short time here will
relatives.
Mrs. Benton Kenner, a NATIVE
of this town, but recently living
with her daughter at Culpeper
died at that place on SATURDAY.
might of typhoid pneumonia aget
20 gears. She is survived b!
five children. She is an aunt O
Mayor L. D. Bell and was Mis-.
Sarah Supinger, prior to he
marriage. The funeral was hel,
Tuesday at 2 O'Clock, from TIL
M. E. Church by the Reys. w
w. Watts and J. H. Haley.
P. S. Fahrney has moved int
his handsome new residence OF
Queen street.
| Robt. Riddleberger is moving
in the Bdlthis building vacate'
by Mr.. Fahrney.
Chas. Smith has moved into hi
new house in the southeastern
portion of town.
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An Object Lesson.

Visitors 70 Durham cathedral are
shown a round column In the transept
with zigZag grooves cut as ornamental.
tons from top to bottom. Behind the
column short distance apart are two
long windows. and the light from
these falling on the column has the
curious effect Of throwing 1t out OF
the perpendicular Locked at from
one side. the column appears to lean
to the left, but on the visitor shifting
his position an opposite result is OBJ
tanned. 1t is only by standing directly
In front Of the column, with the light
falling equally on both sides, that one
is able to see how correctly the build
ers really worked. It is said that the
deception was contrived so that those
who saw the column might be remind.
ed that 1t Is necessary to see things
from the proper point Of view befors
expressing an opinion
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-04
POWelI's Fort

Mr.. Amos McInturiff was buri-
ed last week. He died at his
sons William McInturff near
Seven Fountains, and was buri-
ed in the upper Fort valley the
graveyard on Mr.. Stout's place.
We did not learn his age. He
was very old.
The measles are in this Sec
ton.
Eli Coverstone is still growing
weaker
Miss Mable Boyce is still very
s ok at her home.
Last Sunday was the first
time Mr.. w. Shipe spent in his
new home at Seven Fountains.
The visitors over Sunday were
Samuel Shipe and family.
Howard Ritenour and family,
William Tamkin and two daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Isaiah Kibler, E. R.
Smith and family.
The sale of George Johnston's
will take place April 8, 1913 at
10 o'clock.
Sale of A. F. Lichliter will
be held next Saturday. He will
move to w. Va, in the near
future.
Rev. Andes is holding a two
weeks meeting at Dry Run.
The Passage Creek was very
deep last week. but we did not
hear of much damage.
VIM. Tamkin, Isaiah Kibler
and George Plauger put in
phones recently.
We would be glad to see a
letter in the Herald from oul
friend L. T. Bauserman from
Independent Hill, wake up and
give us the news.
The big fire in the mountain
on the IS, of March gave much
trouble and lots of work, it wa:
very windy and the blaze flashed
through tree tops like lightning
Those who were kind enough
to lend a helping hand in the
work, the names here were thu
men at one end of the fire line
the names of the other end W.T.
did not get. We are glad t.
know We have people to help il
time of need. Here are the
names:
Jonas Burner, John " alter, Oscar
Keller, Clere Shipe, James Clanahan
WIN. Rinker, Geo. Glenn, Tresse
Sibert, Sam'l Sibert, Robert Glen
Howard Glen, Clarence Shidett, JOE
Glenn, VIM. Good, o. c. Munich, Johr
Hartman, Clyde Smith, John A. G.
Glenn, Jack Habron, Robert Walter
Samuel BURGER, Owen Keller, Ass
Habron, Perry Smooth, D. E. Riten
oar, Abe Rinker, Tobias Glen, S. j.
E Gol)aday, D. H. Walter, A. E
Eabron, Samuel Shipe, ST., Ber
Rinxer, Ben Denis, F. 81. Golladay,
Green Fogel, Milton Denis, NJ. H.
Baker, Percy Sheets, Frank Lichliter,
Geo. Lichiiter, Andrew Lichliter. W.
N. Denis, Chas. Shllenburg, Jno. C.
Habron. z. Taylor, II. c Ritenour
Geo. Barr. A. M. McClanahan, Rob
Clanahan, Henry Burner, Jno. Nj
Rinker, Jr.. Chas. Shipe, Geo. r.
Gollaoay, J. S. Barr. Albert Shipe
Isaac Kiteuour, Low Shipe, C. Il
Brown, Willie Brown, Samuel Shit
let, J. W. Duncan, Santa Glen, J. n
Cullers, Harry Cullers, John D
Clsm. Jr.. Howard Walter, Johr
Rinker, ST., Russell Denis and B. N
Habron.
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Opals and III Luck.


Many people regard the opal az an
omen Of Ill luck. and the following
will show how this superstition arose.
Two or three centuries ago the stone
was very popular In Europe, and the
jewellers of Italy were especially cum
ming In its setting. At the height Of
Its popularity came the plague which
wrought great havoc In Venice. 1t was
noticed by some observant persons In
that city that when a victim was on
the point Of death bis opal, II he wore
one, frightened. while after death 1t
became dull The reason of this was
the heightened fever made the stone
become hot. and consequently very
brilliant. while after death the chill
and damp of the body dulled it. 1t was
however declared by many that It
brought death and misfortune to their
door. and as this superstition spread
the sale Of opals decreased. and to this
day people believe that the beautiful
stone brings III luck.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-04

Welding two piscss st. metal togesh.
Or by the old processes was ct best
unreliable. When the strain on the
welded joint was heavy. you new, I
knew whether it was going 70 bold Ct
not. But with the use Of electricity in
making the weld, the 6ber of the two
pieces of metal are made TO flow into
s.sh other and 20 become PRACTICAL,
oAs piece. The success II this new
msehod Was recognized 1t once, and
you have hardly . tool or piece OF
maehinerv on your farm but what il
electrically welded where there il .
iuucturs Of metals. The present state
of per1setfon Of garden and barnyard
tools, mowers, respers, binders, cul-
tivstors, threshers. kitchen utensil.,
dairy machinery, edge tools, chaine,
sutomobile engines and steering
gears. bottoms OF oil cans, frames ii
bicycles, ETC.. 10 made possible
llureugh slsosris welding. The sane
Yeesses produces ''Pittsburg Pssfees''
eleo1sScally welded wire isneing, mace
~ 4hs Pflssburg Stssl Compsny /,
whose advertisements ere appearing
regularly Ia this paper. 'Pittsburg
Psriect'' Fencing 10 , solid, one piece
fabric with many distinctive adval-
tagss, among them being the ease with
which II 10 strung, the great tension
TO which il can be stretched because II
the absolute elimination of ''long'
and "short" line wires, the smootl.
surface making wire-cuts impossible
and The nest appearances Of the fence
The welded joints 10 s'Pittsburg Per
|ect" are twice - strung % The xise
tself, because two wires sra made r. |
o ons BY elecsrieity, which slso piles
- galvanizing around he JOINTS. Sd
ling greatly 70 III life Of ~ 1snce.
dodern methods Of manuiao1urs in
nany lines have bssn sreatly bene-
~ ~ - diseovsty aad peacties oil
olaipg ~ eleeerleity
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-04
MAURERTOWN

j. W. Whitmire left on Sat
urday to spend a few days
with his family at Pleasant
Valley.
Miss Lois Smoot, of Wood
stock who had been visiting
her uncle's family GH.Try
EIasud returned homeon Tues
d.y.
Mrs. Bruce Day, of Clifton
Forge is here visiting among
her old friends.
Mrs. Sue Hess left for
Hagerstown Tuesday to ac-
company her mother, Mrs.
Martha Spiker home, who has
been on a visit for the past
two months.
Geo. II. Shaver who has
been visiting here, was called
home by wire to Warrenton by
the death of his son-in-law,
Joseph M. Cormick.
Prof. J. M. Bowman is here
this week tuning the pianos
of town and neighborhood.
Charles Haun, who is at
tending the University al
Charlottesville spent the week
end with his parents, Mr.. ano
Mrs. G. Harry Haun.
Duke L. Shaver was in
Dayton with his brother Paul.
from Friday till Monday.
Kendall, the young son OF
Harry Fahnestock, who has
an attack of pneumonia is con-
valescent.
The entertainment of The
Civic League will be given on
Saturday night April 18th the
proceeds will be used for the
benefit of the High School.
Those who are taking part are
rehearsing and they promise
us a creditable show for
ameteurs. It is the desire of
the patrons of the school that
it will be attended by an over
flow audience.
On last Wednesday Miss
Gochenour, daughter of M.
Gochenour, and VIM. Fravel
were united in marriage by
Elder John Ryman at his resi-
dence. They will leave for
Canton, Ohio, in a short time,
where Mr.. Fravel is engaged
in business.
Alpha Hotel left on We'd
nesday morning for Davis,
W. Va, where hehas secured
employment.
Miss Sue Doll left on last
Friday for Richmond where
she is visiting relatives.
Mrs. Della Bryant and
daughter, of Manassas are
visiting the family of Benz.
McInturff. !.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-04

Your child's life is dear to you. bottle
of GOWANS PREPARATION in the
home is GUARANTEE against anything
where Inflammation is at the bottom of di
sease. Group, Colds, Pneumonia one
good rubbing with this great external
remedy gives relief. BUY IT TO-DAY.
All druggists. % and so cents.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-04

AT THE VERY LOWE EST PRICES
Lower than you can possibly buy
them elsewhere.
IN ANY QUANTITY
We can supply you from bushel
to . car load. We keep large sup
ply always on hand.
Houlton Rose Red Bliss
Irish Cobblers Early Ohios
Crown Jewels Plucky Baltimore
Trust Buster Aroostock Prize
Gray's Mortgage Litter
Heuderson's Bovee White Bliss
Sir Walter Raleigh
American Giants White Elephant
State Maine Pride of the South
Bolgiano's Prosperity
Carmen No. 3 Early Northern
Early Thoroughbreds
Early New Queen Clark's No. l
Extra Early Xxx Rose White Rose
Spaulding's No. Beauty Hebron
Ensign Bsgley Green Mountains
Early Long Six Weeks
Rural New Yorker Empire State
Early Round Six Weeks
Maggie Murphy Early Harvest
Burbank Seeding Dakota Rose
Puritan or Polaris Mccormick
SIMPLY IMMENSE
On July 18th, 1912, Mr.. Richard
Hill, of Worcester County, Md,
wrote 1.-THE Trust Buster Potatoes
that ordered from you in the Spring
are simply immense and | am very
much pleased with them.''
'SQUARE-DEAL' POULTRY FOODS
Guaranteed to make hens lay more
eggs than any other food "Square-
Deap Chick Starter-this food in
sures-healthy strong baby chicks
a trial will quickly convince you
Bolgiano's Square Deal" Brands oil
Poultry Foods are scientifically pre-.
pared, will produce the best results
and be the most economical to feed.
Ask your Local Merchants for
Square Deals' Poultry Foods. Take
10 substitutes. If he can not supply
you send us postal and We will tell
you from whom you can obtain them
Bolgiano's Trustworthy Field. Gar.
den and Flower Seeds have won con.
idence for IS years.
Illustrated 1913 catalogue mailed
4x
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-04
SEED POTATOES

Fancy Maine Grown Hand Picked
Selected Sound Seed Potatoes-The
Kind il pays to plant-The Kind that
will produce Bumper Crops.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-04

Watch for our big ad ext week.
Glenn Locke.
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Nv AAAAA4
Johnston.

where there had once been seam.
do you see that mark?"
YES" / replied. Il noticed that
long ago. 1t simply means that the
skirt has been heightened or short
ened, but what of it?"
1T means more than that" he an
swered almost severely. as If reproach-
ing me for my lack of observation
1T means that thirty-eight skirt
has been heightened an inch and
half. Look at this coat. The sleeves
have been heightened two inches. 1t
Is a thirty-eight coat. Can't you see
how simple the problem has become?"
Il confess / can't see it at all"
Let me state 1t for you: A woman
from somewhere in Connecticut buys
black suit of a rather peculiar tex
ture from a cloak and suit house that
receives a great many mail orders.
She requires a thirty-eight coat with
sleeves heightened two inches and
thirty-eight skirt let down an inch
and a half. That's enough to identify
any person"
81 must confess l still don't see
how that knowledge will help YOU"
IN these days of system every
house that sells womens garments
has elaborate card indexes. The great
est expense they have is in altera-
lions. They figure that roll OF Cloth
that costs so much will make so many
suits Of certain pattern which they
will sell for SO much in a certain
length of time. They figure on max
ing so much profit on the suits. II
the cloth is all right, the pattern pop
ular, and the price reasonable. they
| can figure to certainty on their prof
| its, except for one factor-alterations.
Alterations require the time OF skilled
work-people and also correspondence
and frequently extra express charges.
The aim of the manager is to reduce
alteration to a minimum. For that
reason he keeps record OF every al
iteration made. This particular dress
happened to come from store where
I know the manager well. 1t Is their
busy season just now, and I took 9
chance on finding him In his Office.
described the goods in the suit, gave
him the size and the sort Of altera
lions that had been made on 1t and
4 asked him to have his card indie,
looked up. told him in all prob
ability the woman wanted to know
about came from Bridgeport, Conn.
or near there 1t happened that only
three Of the eight suits they had mad,
/ from this piece of goods-at least thu
} only ones entered on the alteration
carlsbad gone to Connecticut. O
the three, two were thirty-six coats
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SYNOPSIS.

Harding Kent calls on Louise Farrisn 20
propose marriage and finds the mouse ~
kreat excitement over the attempted SUI
eide of her sister Katharine. Kent starts
an investigation and finds that husn
Crandall, sutton for Katharine. VINO nau
been forbidden the house by General + ar
rish. had talked with Katharine oyer the
telephone just before she shot hersei,.
A torn piece of yellow paper Is 1ouhu,
at sight of which General Farrish Is
stricken with paralysis. Kent discervrs
that Crandall has left town hurrlediy.
Andrew Elser. an aged banker, comnits
suicide about the same time as Katharine
attempted her life. A yellow envelope Is
found in Elser's room. Post Ofnce IN
spector Davis. Kent's friend. takes up
the case Kent Is convinced that Gran
dairs room and find an address; LOCK
Katharine's strange cutlery puzzles tne
detectives Kent and Davis search cram
dalrs room and fnd an address. Lock
Box II, Ardway. N. ]. Kent goes to Ard
way to investigate and becomes suspl-
cious Of Henry Cook" woman
commits suicide at the Ardway Hotel.
yellow letter also figures In this case.
Kent calls Louise on the long distance
Telephone and finds that she had Just been
called by Crandall from the same BOOTH
"Cook" disappears. The Ardway post
master is missing Inspector paws ar
rives at Ardway and takes UP the inVes-
tgat1On. n ~.
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so they could be eliminated at once.
The third one had had the sleeves
heightened and also the skirt The
sizes correspondent, SO there was very
little doubt that it had been this wom-
an who had bought It. Miss Sarah
Sackett. the woman who committed
suicide here"
But even So" protested. still mar
Yelling at his revelations. how did
you get the rest of your information
about her so quickly"
The address she had given was In
care Of the express agent at Bridge
port. Such an address in large city
would mean nothing. but in place
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Revealed Family ssers<.

The ether day a teacher In Bcstee
school, who had just had preesos q
q very handsome hand-painted fAA
took 1t down to the class room Tor IL
ediflcation of the scholars. Very ~
of them had seen anything other thAD
the palm leaf. or cheap Japanese faA
and did not associate this gorgeous -
fair even with the i've cent paper
things of somewhat similar shape.
Selecting perhaps the dullest Of ths
pupils. the teacher held up the fan
and asked what the lovely thing
was.
The child did not know.
what does your mother use 70 ken
her cool in the hot weatherr' asks
the teacher.
Beer" was the reply.
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10 turn IN when was startled By .
sharp rap on my door.
Come in" l called. thinking. or
course, 1t was Davis with some new
theory to suggest.
Instead 1t was the clerk from the
Office below.
You're wanted on the telephone"
he said.
] had already taken OF my coat and
waistcoat and did not wait to put
them on. Just as was sped through
the hall to the telephone booth. Who
could it be that was calling me at
this hour? 1t must be long after ten.
could think of only two persons
who know of my being In this hotel.
Louise and Hugh Crandall. ! felt that
it must be Louise. Why should Gran
dali call me up? True, he could have
learned my name from the hotel reg
lister, and from my question about the
yellow letter he must know that !
was on his trail. but having escaped
from the village. why should he com
municate with me? No, 1t could not
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he size of bridgeport the inference

the SlZe VI DEiuSCPoit e1S
was plain that the agent was probably
an acquaintance. If she lived in
Bridgeport, she would have given
street and number. l concluded at
once that she lived in the suburbs
near Bridgeport. l called up tho ex-
press agent, and he gave me the rest
of my facts"
did he tell you why she committed
suicide? ?"
He doesn't dream that she has"
the inspector replied. II put my ques-
tons in a guarded way and he nap
pened to be a garrulous fellow, VINO
readily followed my leads. All l
asked him was where letter would
reach Miss Sarah Hackett, saying
had forgotten which rural free deliv-
cry route it was that she lived on He
told me that she and her brother were
still living on the old Sackett place,
Route No. 1. explained that want
ed to make sure of an important let
ter reaching her at once. He told me
she was away, explaining that he had
seen her come down to the station
with her brother, and suggested that
it might be a good idea to send the
letter in her brothers care, and told
me the address of the bank where
her brother could be reached. So you
see it is all quite simple when you
know how"
IL don't see, though" objected,
how anything that you have learned
in any way connects this woman with
the Parrish mystery"
81 told you there would be other
suicides. didn't II"
1T looks to me like a mere coinci
dence"
.How about the yellow letter she
was reading?"
l started. For a moment had for
Sotten the strange. tinted link that
seemed to bind the Parrish tragedy
the Elser case and the Sarah Sacketi
suicide together in the terrible chain
Of mystery.
We've got to find Hugh Crandall!'
/ exclaimed 81 will not be content
until we do. There is no doubt In
my mind that he is the author of those
letters. weSe got to find him, Davis
and make him explain. promised
the girl love / would not rest until
/ had cleared away the mystery, until
| had lifted the cloud that Is hang
ing over her father and her sister
Nothing, nothing shall stand in the
way! Think what 1t means to me! The
. lone love, the one who Is dearer to- me
than anything else in the world. II
living in constant dread Of an un
|. known terror. / feel that Crandall II
responsible am positive that he II
. guilty. Help me find him. Davis! W.
must find him."
As spoke Davis sat regarding M
, with unmoved countenance. He puffet
} leisurely at his cigarette two or thre'
r times, and then. with cutting asper
4 II .y, without the slightest indication
/ of sympathy for my anxiety. SAT-
. slowly:
: Harding, told you that one Of tn
i reasons for my success was that
< never undertake anything that | ca
= not accomplish. I came out here :
' find the man who has been using tn
mails illegally to terroriEe people t
v such an extent that they are drive
= to suicide. / am confident that "
Q will quickly locate him and his a.
a complete in crime. Rest assured tha
4 you can safely leave the plan Of a.
J. ton to me-"