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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-09-09
SYNOPSIS

Kenneth Grlswold. m unsuccessful
writer. because Of socialistic tendencies.
holds up Andrew Gdlbraith. president OF
the Bayou State Securities, lu the presl-
dents private office and escapes with Sle,-
900 In cash. BY original methods he es-
capes the hue and cry and goes aboard
the Belle Julie as a deCkhand. Charlotte
Farnham OF Wahaska, MINI. who had
seen him cash Galbralth's check IN the
bank recognizes him. and sends a letter
~ betrayal 90 Galbralth anonymously.
Grlswold Is arrested on the arrival OF the
boat az ST. Louis, but escapes from his
cIptOrs. He decides on Wahaska. MINI,
as a hiding place. and after Quitting
himself properly, takes the train. Gris-
void falls ill on the sleeper and Is cared
for and taken 20 her home Ia Wahaska
hy Margery GriersOn. daughter Of Jasper
Griersou, tho financial magnate OF Wa
laska Mafgery finds the stolen money
IN Griswolds suitcase Brotlin. detective
takes the trail Margory asks her father
Goo lat Edward Raymer into financial hot
wutor and then help him out OF Il. Girls
weld RECEIVERS 20 md the stolen money
gone lie meets Murgerys social circle
and forms a friendship with Raymer.
the ilOn manufacturer Brofin comes to
Wahaska IN search OF the woman who
wrote the anonymous letter TO Galbraith.
Margery takes Griswold To the safety de-
posit vault and turns tile stolen money
over 20 him
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old orierson that | should need year

told Grierson that should need year
or more. and he didn't object"
This was all In conversation? said
Griswold; mo writing?"
Raymer made a wry face.
Don't rub 1t in. I'm admitting that
was all the different kinds of fool
There was no definite time limit men.
toned. was to give my personal
notes and put up the family stock as
collateral. A day or two later. when
went around to close the deal, the
trap was standing wide open for me
and baby might have seen it. Grier'
son said he had proposed the loan to
his directors. and that they had kicked
on taking the stock as collateral. He
offered to take my paper without an
indorser il ! would cover his personal
risk with my stock collateral. assign.
ing it, not to the bank. but to him. !
fell for 1t like a woolly sheep The
stock transfers we're made, and
signed a note for one hundred thou
sand dollars, due in sixty days; Grier-
son explaining that two months was
the banks usual limit on accommoda-
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gave brief audience in the Mereside
library to small. barefooted boy
whose occupation was sufficiently in
dicated by the bundle of evening pa
pers under one arm.
We'll, Johnnie, what did you find
out?" she asked.
Amt had time" said the boy. But
he amt no millyunaire lumber-shooter,
III bet a nickel. sold him a pape'
Just now. down by Dutchie's lumber
yard, and asst him what kind o. lum.
ber that was in the pile by the gate.
He didn't know. no more'n goat"
Miss Margery filliped coin in the
air and the newsboy caught 1t dex.
terously.
THAT will do nicely for a begin.
ming, Johnnie" she said sweetly.
Come and see me every once in a
while, and perhaps there1l be more
little white cartwheels for you. Only
don't tell and don't let him catch you.
That's ALL"
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tion paper-which is true enough-but
giving me to understand that a re-
newal and an extension of time would
be merely matter Of routine"
Griswold was shaking his head sym
pathetically Il can guess the rest"
he said. "Grierson is preparing to
swallow you whole"
He has as good as done IT," was the
detected reply. "The note falls due
tomorrow; and, as | happened to be
uptown this afternoon, | thought |
would drop in and pay the discount
and renew the paper. Grierson shot
me through the heart. He gave me a
cock-and-bull story about some bank
examiners protest. and told me
must be prepared to take up the paper
tomorrow"
"Of course you reminded him OF
his agreement"
Sure; and he sawed me off short;
said that any business man borrow
ing money on accommodation paper
knew that II was likely to be called in
on the expiration date; that an exten.
sion is really new transaction, which
the bank is at liberty to refuse to
enter oh, he gave 1t to me cold and
clammy sitting back in his big chair
and staring up at me through the
smoke of fat. black cigar while he
did it,"
And them" prompted Griswold.
Then ! remembered the mother and
sister, Kenneth, and did what would
have died rather than do for myself
begged like dog. But | might as
well have gone outside and butted
my head against the brick wall of the
bank"
Griswold forgot his own real.
though possibly indirect, obligation
to Jasper Grierson.
THAT is where you made a mis-.
take; you should have told him to go
to HI with his money!" was his
acrid comment. And then: How
near can you come to lifting this note
tomorrow, Raymer?"
Near isn't the word. Possibly
might sweep the corners and gather
up twelve or fifteen thousand dol
lars"
THAT will do" said the querist,
shortly. Make II ten thousand, and
I'll contribute the remaining ninety"
Raymer sprang out of his chair as
if its padded arms had been suddenly
turned into high-voltage electrodes.
you will?-you1l do that for me,
Griswold?" he said, with a queer stri.
dency in his voice that made the
word-craftsman, always on the watch
for apt SMILES, think of a choked
chicken. But Raymer was swallow
ing hard and trying to go on. by
Jove-its the most generous thing
ever heard of!-but | can't let you
do 1t. haven't a thing in the world
to offer you but the stock. and that
may not be worth the paper it is
printed on If J. 5per Grierson has
made up his mind to break me-"
"Sit down again and let us thresh
it out" said Griswold. How much
of a socialist are you, Raymer?"
The young ironmaster sat down,
gasping a little at the sudden wrench.
ing aside OF the subject.
why. don't know; enough to
want every man to have square deal,
| guess"
Including the men in-your shops?"
Putting them first" was the prompt
correction. ut was my fathers pol.
icy, and 1t has been mine. We have
never had any labor troubles"
You pay fair wages?"
I'VE do better than that A year
ago | introduced a modified plan Of
! profit sharing"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-09-09
Natures Crushing Plant.

A well-known manufacturer Of crush.
ing machinery gives 1t as his opinion
that there is but one manufacturer
who has ever produced perfect pul.
verizing machine. and that is the Di.
vine Inventor He continues Il exam.
ined one Of His machines In 1882. was
impressed with the magnificent output
OF million tons day. crushed from
coarse to shines or silt. according to
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-09-09

bluffed me. don't you?-what? Let
me tell you: some fine day this duck
whose name isn't Gavitt will turn up
hereto see you; then I'll nab him.
II yuu find out where he is, and write
to him not to come, it'll be all the
same; he'll come anyway. and when
he does come. I'll get him!"
When Miss Farnham had gone In
and there was nothing left for him to
do but to compass his own disappear.
ance, Brofiin went away, telling him
self with many Establishments that for
once in his professional career he had
made an ass Of himself The Doctors
daughter knew the man: she had
known him before the robbery; she
was willing to be his accomplice to
the extent Of her ability. There was
only one explanation Of this attitude
In BrofIin's wording Of It, Miss Farm.
ham was gone on him" If not openly
at least to such an extent as to make
her anxious to shield him.
That being the case. Brofln set II
down as fact as good as accom-
plished that the man would sooner or
later come to Wahaska. The detec.
tive's knowledge Of masculine human
nature was as profoundly acute as the
requirements of his calling demanded
With a woman like Miss Farnham for
the lure, he could be morally certain
that his man would some time fling
caution. or even a written prohibition,
10 the winds. and walk into the trap.
This misfre of Brofiln's happened
upon a Wednesday, which, in its cal.
endar placing, chanced to be three
weeks to a day after Griswold had left
Mereside to settle himself studiously
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-09-09
ITALY UNDER MANY RULERS
Fertile Land. During the Centuries.
Has Been Prize Worth the Ex.
pendture Of Blood.

Charlemagne tackled Italy to his un-
wieldy empire and left 1t to his weak
Hing son, Lothaire, by the treaty OF
verdun in s43 The peninsula en-
joyed a measure OF peace for some
years. then petty counts and dukes
began a series OF internecine wars
which continued until Otho the Great
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-09-09

figures given in report of the United
States geological survey am refer.
ring to the great Colorado river It
generates its own power, with no loss
OF time for repairs, no slipping OF tap.
pets, no broken cams and no dropping
Of stamp heads-a perfect work from
start to finish. and perfect object
lesson for the inventor Large irreg.
ular rocks are worn into powders. and
from that into cobblestones. and from
cobblestones into sand, and from sand
into slime. and then delivered to
points where the product will do the
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-09-09

marched into Rome in 962 and forced
the pope to place the imperial crown
Of gold on his head. That was the
beginning Of the Germanic holy Ro-
man empire. It established a prece-
dent for the German emperors. and
they continued bringing their armies
across the Alps to feast on Italy's
plenty until Conradln, the last Of the
Hohenstaufens, was defeated In 1868
The Hapsburgs then took up the pur.
suit OF Italy.
The feudal system never gained a
firm hold in Italy which lightened
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-09-09

the labor Of Germanic commerce. In
1856 the pope and the free CONNER
cial cities made a common defense
against the emperor They had more
or less success until Frederick Bar
barossa swept down on the land and
buried all opposition. The Lombardy
league collapsed in 1857. and Italy
became as much a German province
as Alsace is today No German en-
peror in those days rested content un-
til the pope had placed the imperial
crown on his head-frst the silver
crown at AK la Chapelle. then the
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-09-09

choice verses Of
Scripture. Some
people commit en-.
tire books OF the
Bible, but | re.
gard that as an
unreasonable tar
upon the memory.
OF cou rs g one
could easily learn
the first psalm,
and the twenty.
third, and the one
hundredth and
the one hundred
and twenty-hrst.
Also tn e com.
mandments and
[ he heafitndea
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-09-09

most good for the human race. The
immense Imperial valley and various
other valleys have the finished prod.
uct from that magnificent pulverizins
machine. - Engineering and Mining
Journal.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-09-09
Lucky In One Way.

Bobbs Bjones is the most unlucky
fellow at cards | ever met
Clobbs-Then | suppose he is lucky
in love?
Bobbs-l suppose so AT any rate,
he has never been married.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-09-09
and and liIa Workers.

God takes away his workers, ou' y
still carries on his work. The cnu,ss ,,.
owes st. Paul to the death OF 81, ~ !.
phen, or, as St Augustine puts ~
the prayer of ST. Stephen, LORD y,
not this sin to their charge. ge."-seier'''
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-09-09
Value Of
Menoriiziing
Scripture
BY REV. HOWARD W. POPE
Supsds,sudeni d Mss. Moody Bible lnstiiu,.
Of Chicago

TEXT-Thls book OF the law shall nol
depart out OF thy mouth; but thou shan
mediate therein day and night. Josh. IL
One Of the best habits one can ac.
qulre is that of committing to memory
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-09-09

In several towns In Germany work
ingmen are visited at their homes on
pay days by savings bank officials to
collect their savings for banking
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-09-09

iron crown of Lombardy. and then
the one at Rome.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-07
Let All Alabama Celebrate

XXITTHIN few days the opening of the Warrior
 " river to navigation to point opposite Birming- ham will be formally announced and should be fit tingIy celebrated. The United States Government has given twenty five years of service to corps of gineers to accomplish this mOmentOus achievements IF locks have been installed The channel of the river has been cleared at the cost of $15OOOOOO and Birmingham, Tuscaloosa and other Alabama cOmmun- ities we'll the State at large may have the of this waterway to transport heavy manufactured pro- ducts coa iron, timber etc. This should be cause for rejoicing LOUIS SAKS CLOTHING co.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-07
SHEFFIELD

Sheffield, May 6.-(Special. )-Messrs. Henry and Hal Rand, well known cot ton buyers of Leighton, were here this week and made a purchase of 72 bales of cotton from number of farmers who had their cotton stored at the Farmers Union warehouse. The price paid per pound for the cotton was s ls cents.
 This city will be largely decorated in bunting and flags and streamers Sun day and Monday for the Muscle Shoals occasion, when Secretary of War Gar rison and the congressional party and army engineers will be here. Several hundred people will doubtless be here and it will be gala day for the tri- cities of Sheffield. Florence and Tus- cumbia. At the Sheffield hotel Monday night the visitors will be rendered a dance and reception
 Tonight at the Lauderdale county courthouse a large crowd heard Vfgtl 0. Strfckler, c. S. B., member of the Mother church, Christian Scientists. in a splendid lecture delivered on Christian Science. Being a fluent speaker he inn pressed his audience very much. The lecture was given under the auspices of the Christian Science society of Flor ence, and no admission was charged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-07
TUSCALOOSA PLANS
 ID GIVE VISITORS
 ROYAL WELCOME
Citizens Perfecting Plans to Entertain Crowds Ex- pected to Attend Lock
 IF Opening

Tuscaloosa, May 6.-(Special. )-Elao oorate preparations for entertaining expected visitors to this city from Birmingham m connection with the opening Of Lock II next Thursday are being made by the rus caloosa Board of Trade.
 The entire citizenship of Tuscaloosa IS aroused over the coming event ana those who visit the City of Oaks" that night will be royalty welcomed and gwen an example of southern hospitality
 Tuscaloosa has perhaps never pelore been called upon to entertain such a us tinguished crowd as will be here May 10 following the exercises at Lock H. at- tending the formal opening of the lniahu waterway from the gulf to the heart ol the coal fields of Alabama. From score of towns and cities comes the repolts that large crowds are planning to atteh0 this history making event.
 Three hundred Birmingham men, many heads of industry and commerce of the district are expected to accompany Secre- tary of War Garrison and his party here, Moundville, Akron. Eutaw, LlVlnsstoh anu other towns on the Alabama Great South- ern will send delegations some coinins here by rail and taking boats to the iock, others taking boats at points on the riVef near their homes.
 Gordo Reform, Carrollton, Alicevlle and Columbus to the west ana Seiila Montgomery and Centreville to the east will send delegations over the Mobile ana Ohio. which will take the boat here
 Come From Mobile
 Reports from Mobile are to the effect that the John Quill will be loaded and other steamers will probably be required to handle the crowds that wish to attend from that city.
 The railroads, it is believed, Will make offers of special rates for the occasion. All Tuscaloosa will be brilliantly H. luminated upon the night of May l3 in honor of the distinguished Visltors. The general arrangement committee has called upon the citizens to leave all the lights in their homes, offices ana stores burning that night.
 special meeting of all the com mittees in charge of the ceremonies of the day has been called for tonight by General Chairman F. G. Blair, at which time final arrangements for the enter tainment of the visitors will be made
 To Serve Barbecue
 An immense barbecue will be served on the banks of the river immediately upon the arrival of the official party Thursday night, to which all visitors are invited. Congressman w. B. Oliver will be in charge of ceremonies her' and welcome the party in behalf o Tuscaloosa.
 In statement made today MT. Blal said:
 We want it understood that Whii' some of the Birmingham party Will no make the trip to Tuscaloosa, larg nunnber will and those who do will re ceive the best Tuscaloosa has to oHef We are very anxious to secure as larg a crowd as possible for the ceremonie in Tuscaloosa. and every effort Will D made to make their visit a pleasan one as well as impress upon them LII importance of the opening of the war rior river to the gulf.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-07
DECATUR

pecatur May 6.-(Special) )-The Travellers Protective association or A,ahama meets here in annual session .o,orrov for a two days session. It is exneeted that about 200 delegates will be present. A number or oelesa'es arrived tonight on the various traihs and many others are expected III 'he morning rova1
 The visitors vii be shown Toyai welcome in Decatur while here Ihes .'.,,, he eiven a steamboat ride on the 1,ennessee river, a banquet at, one or +ha loading hotels and they Will attepo s baseball game played by the city league between the clubs or the iouns Mems Christian association anu .ie Colonial club The visitors VII pc ene guests of Post H of the Decaturs whiie in the Decaturs.
 Citizens of the Decaturs are protest ink strongly against the proposed Tn : .rease in rates on coal from Birmine- ham to Decatur. It is understood tnat inc railroads are figuring on increasing the rate 25 cents ton. h. D. bearo' Cane Curry and Baynard l.. Malone nave rone to Montgomery to appear peiore the state railroad commission to pro test against this increase Tn rates
 The Morgan County Medical assocla- ton met at Hartselle this afternoon There was a large attendance ana most interesting meeting A large hu" Der of the physicians of the Decaturs were in attendance.
 The annual meeting of the Alabama ,ndertakers will be held in Decatur the latter part of this month. About loo delegates are expected to be present. It is expected that the following wei known men will be present and Will address the convention: Joseph Ra1ne of Atlanta, Prentice B. Reed of Bir- mingham and John Purifoy, secretary of state of Alabama
 The Rev. H. B. Woodward has ten edered his resignation as pastor of the Central Baptist church. Thus far It IS not known why he offered his resigna- ton or what his future plans are He had been here sometime and was most popular He is fine pulpit orator
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-07-29
Memories of Harpers Ferry.

the following was clipped by Pitts
burg subscriber and sent the Free
Press. 1t just goes to prove thateve
thing grows in God 8 country.
"Pittsburg visitors at Harpers Ferry
this summer have been deligh ed to find
an old WON IN who lives in the same
cabin at the edge of the river that was
her domociie on the day of John Brown
raid. She takes delight in relating the
scenes of those stirring times and tells
her story in such straightforward
manner that her auditors usually leave
with the impression that she told the
simple truth. They even accept liter
ally her remarks that when old John .
men ran cut into the river yonder the
Virginians come up and shot 'em dead
and the water was red with blood
as red as my hood.
But a Pittsburg woman tourist who
visited the histo,ic place has reasons to
doubt the aged woman's story. After
listening TO the tale of the fight in the
river the tourist remarked that the
famous table rock on the ST le of the
mountain looked like the work of man =
"Oh.. yes answered the native
woman, them rocks wuz thar at the.
time O. John Brown, but they have
growed bigger and bigger. They WIZ
Jest little bits O. stones when wuz
-galn
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-07-29
What Bill Did

Bill Turner was a farmer, he Lahore d
all his life. He didn't have no schoolin'
and neither had his wife. But Billwas
built for business and made the wheels
go round, and left healthy fortune
when they put him under ground. He
was always taxing chances, paid a
hundred for bull. His neighbors call,
ed him crazy, but he left astable full of
cows that broke the record making but.
ter by the ton. an Bill had his picture
printed in the Squeedunk Weekly sun
he had new tangled notions of making
farming pay. He even bought fool
machine to help him load his hay. The
neighbors fairly snorted when thew saw
the bloomin' thing, said Bill wonld
never make it work. 1t wasn't worth
ding! Bill didn't say single word
an didn't care darn Bout what thew
said for slick as grease his hay went
IN the barn an hour be ore thunder
storm came sailin' out that way and
caught his neighbors in a pinch and
spoiled their new mown hay. Bilrs
neighbors put their milk in cans and
set it in tank. Bill SKINNED his milk
with machine and turned it with
crank. Smith chops his firewood with
an ak. Bill used some gasoline and saws
hundred cords day with another
blamed. machine. To day Bills wife
rides in a car and dresses up in silk. |
Smiths wife rides in a wagon and
keeps on skimming milk.-Tyler Coun-
ty. KY, Enquirer.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-07-29
Secretary Daniels.

Critics of the Administration
who have been batting" the
Secretary of the Navy without
stint, are slow to give him credit
for his recent mobilization OF the
brains of the country, by calling
its great inventors, headed by
Edison, to the service of the ma.
ton in equipping the Navy with
every modern scientific appliance,
Much pof the antagonism to
Secretary Daniels comes from
those who resented his order in
putting the Navy on dry"
basis and who couldn't see that
one manoeuyre in which many
Navy men were most proficient
was that boose histing" which
dosen't gee we'll with efficient
service at sea in times like these.
Before his tenure of the Navy
portfolio closes, Daniels will be
indicated and meanwhile he can
well afford to ignore the malicious
attacks of his detractorS.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-07-29
Boys And Fairgrounds.

Justice Hughes, Il S. Supreme
Court
| do not know of better way to
teach boy to be honorable and straight
than to give him chance to play with
his comrads. In the play grounds he
learns without any suggestion and pre-
cept and preaching. He learns it be-
cause he does not want any body else to
cheat him. and is down" on the how
that does not play fair. And in the
long run, because he is down on the
boy that does not play fair, he will
establish standards of conduct which
we must maintain In the community
and particularly in our great cities.
If there is ore thing that we need more
than another it is the constant emphasis
among our citizens of that spirit of fair
play, that willingness to give and take,
that generosity in defeat and that lack
of assertiveness in victory which we
Identify with true sport, and which is
learned best of all in childhood upon the
play ground.