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Sharp County record., 1915-07-16
AN ADDRESS UPON
NATIONS DEFENCES
Destiny OF This Nation Does
Not Depend Upon Readi-
ness For Warfare.

lISDO L vi w Gil IC u.
The following address was deliv-
cred by Cleo Grimes, Williford
student, at the closing recently OF
Sloan-Hendrix Academy at Imbod-
en-, he having graduated at the ses-
sion
The one great problem that now
confronts the American people is
the present state of America and of
it's defenceS. The Washington
government and military authori-
ties have recently been targets of
much criticism by those who claim
that our treasure-land is undefend-
ed. But owing to our country'S
wealth, it is altogether probable that
she is able to protect herself.
America is rich not only in the
contents of her treasury, but in vast
areas of her valuable lands. The
mountains contains large quantities
of mineral deposits; the gre t
prairies of the west offer grazing
grounds for innumerable herds of
stock, and the fertile valleys are
profitable agricultural lands We
produce more every year than we
consume. One-fourth of the cattle
and hogs of the world are raised in
the United States; forty per cent OF
the worlds coal, iron, and steel is
mined in America We also pro-
duce seventy-two per cent of the
lumber, eighty-fve per cent of the
corn, twenty per cent of the wheat,
sixty per cent of the oil, fifty per
cent of the copper and three-fourths
of all the cotton. Why with these
resources could we not repel almost
any invasion of the United StatesY
Other nations are deficient in these,
in which we are so rich.
Our great America ranks first in
the list of wealthy nations. We are
surrounded by the best methods of
transportation of any other nation
on the globe; our modern equip
ments have never been equaled; we
are among the first ranks in manu-
featuring; anything that can be
manufactured elsewhere can be
manufactured here, Everything
that is required by American people
can be produced at home, Though
America is young in comparison
with the age of other nations, she
has always played her part in the
art of modern development. Her
people have risen to the point where
they can look to the future.
In military tactics we are consid-
cred third in the roll of the nations,
Our armies and navies do not COM
pare with those Of England or Ger
many in number, but when the
American soldier is considered there
is great contrast, No other sol
dier is his equal, The strength of a
nation does not lie so much in the
number of men she has In her
standing army as in the spirit and
discipline Of her defenders, While
our army at present numbers less
than one hundred thousand men,
these have q worldwide reputation
for their accurate work. Our navy
should be considered on equal foot
ing with that Of other nations, Our
ships are well manned; we have as
powerful guns as any other country;
the supply of munitions is vastly
LARGER than ever before, and the
capacity Of our plants have been
practically doubled.
Our last Congress authorized a
naval reserve, which is in progress
/ al a,aanigaiinn Ws an. uhIa tn
Sharp County record., 1915-07-16

The following address was deliv-
cred by Cleo Grimes, a Williford
student, at the closing recently Of
Sloan-Hendrix Academy at Imbod-
en-, he having graduated at the ses-
sion.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-12-04
Copyright By Charles Neville Buck-l

, they ever got back, a narrative of
frustrated effort They were bitterly
angry and proportionately desperate.
So. as they clattered along the empty
road, meeting no enemy whom they
could shoot down in appeasement of
their wrath, they satisfied themselves
with raising their war cry for the ben
eft of the sleeping cabins.
A little distance beyond F1etch Nc
Nash's place lay a cross-trail by which
they might find a circuitous way back
over the ridge, but 1t was too steep
and broken to ride. They could make
better time on foot over the ''roughs,' =
SO there they abandoned their mounts
and plunged into the timber. When
the pursuers came up with the dis
carded horses they realized that fur
Their effort in the nighttime would be
bootless. Yet. since the heaving
TANKS and painting nostrils of the
horses testified that they had been
only few minutes late, they took a
last chance and plunged into the
thicket.
There a single defiant shot, sent
from long way up the hillside, was
their only challenge. and their volley
OF reply, fired at the flash, was merely
a retort OF hatred. But even in the fso-
lation of the hills certain news travels
on wings, and the morning would find
every cabin dweller wearing a face
of grim and sullen realization. The
phrase which Fletch McNash had whis-
pered to his boy would travel to the
headwaters of every fork, and the
faces of the women would once more
wear the drawn misery of anxiety for
their men.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-12-04
CHAPTER vi.

When, Just before sunset yesterday
afternoon, a verdict of acquittal for
Cal Douglas had come from the jury
room, the town of Peril had once more
held its breath and doors had closed
and the streets had cleared of such as
wished to remain noncombatants. But
with no comment or criticism Milt
McBriar mounted his horse and rode
out of town, shaping his course over
the hills toward his own house. Fol-
lowing his example with equal quiet.
his kinsmen mounted, too, and disap-
peared.
AS for Cal Douglas, he reserved any
enthusiasm his vindication may have
brought to his heart until he was back
again in the depths of the hills. He
and his kinsmen turned their horses
by shorter and sleeper trail to the
house where the dance was going for
ward with shutting and fiddling and
passing of the jug.
When Milt McBriar and his fellows
started home an informer or two from
the Havey ranks kept them in view,
themselves unseen, until they passed
through the gap and started down the
other side of the ridge into their own
domain.
That they were being so watched
was either known to the McBriars or
assumed by them But picked squad
on fresh mounts was waiting over
there in place where the road ran
deep through the forest and laurel,
and this squad was equipped with re-
peating rifles. Milt McBriar himself
did not go with them. He had made
all his arrangements in advance, and
1t was not seemly that the chief
should take a personal part in an exc
cution which he had decreed.
Let me hear the news, boys" Old
Milt had said with wave of his
hand, and then he had ridden on stol-
Idly toward his own domain.
The house where the dance was be-
ing held stood between the knees of
two hills.
Near midnight a half-dozen men
who had not been invited rode care
fully over an almost obliterated trail
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-12-04

Winters when the snow is deep for
long stretches of time deer congregate
in yards in the Adirondacks and many
of the weaker ones die of starvation.
Their skeletons may be found in varf-
GUS parts of the great wilderness
when the SHOWS are gone This year
game protectors have been cutting tons
of marsh hay. on the beaver meadows
in the remote sections of the Adiron-
dacks and stacking IT in sheltered
places to be fed to the deer next win
ter when the snow is SO deep that
other food is not obtainable- The con-
servation commission believes that 1t
will save the lives of hundreds of
deer that otherwise would perish The
stacks have been encased In pole
frames and literally sailed Deer will
not eat marsh hay unless 1t is SO
treated
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-12-04
SYNOPSIS.

Juanita Holland. a Philadelphia youne
woman Of wealth. on her journey with
her guide, Good Anse Talbot. into the
heart of the Cumberlands to become a
teacher Of the mountain children. faints
at the door of F1etch McNash's cabin
While resting there she overhears talk
between Bad Anse Havey. chief of his
clan, and of his henchmen that &C
Quaints her with the Havey-McBriar feud.
Juanita has an Improbable talk with Bad
Anse and they become antagonists Cal
Douglas OF the Havey clan is on trial in
Peril. for the murder of Noah Wyatt a
McBrfar. In the night Juanita hears
feudists ride past the McNash cabin
Juanita and Dawn McNash become
friends. Cal Douglas is acquitted. Nash
Wyatt attempts to kill him but In HIM
self killed by the Hayeys.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-12-04

hears tibet Their Haveys are a-chargin'
hit up ergin me. Thet's nat'ral enough.
1 reckon They lows thet I'd walk
plumb acrost hell on a rotten plank
ter do 'em injury. Eff they stopped ter
reason hit out a spell they'd recollect
tibet 1 went over thar ter Peril an let
a jedge tibet didn't own his own soul
an a jury they he'd done packed, clar
one of their kinfolks fer KILN a
cousin O. mine-an' tibet / never raised
a hand. l reckon they didn't hardly
hev no call ter fgger tibet l was
skeered of them. I done what l done
because I wanted peace. l was fer
lertin' Their law take hits co'se. even
when I knowed the cote war crooked
es a drunkard's elbow"
He paused, and no one spoke. SO at
last he went on again.
But little Nash Watt war young an
hot-hearted. He could hardly see hit
in Their light of wisdom. and he didn't
come ter me fer counsel So he jest
went hell-splittin' over thar with some
other boys that he overpersuaded-an'
he didn't come back. I'm sorry. / was
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-12-04

which wound blindly through the
hills at the back of the place and
hitched their horses in a rock-sur-
rounded hollow a half-mile from the
house Other horses and mules were
hitched all along the country road. but
these belonged to the legitimate
guests.
As the halfdozen men, whose arr.
val had been so cautiously accom-.
pitshed. began slipping down. each
holding his own course in the cover of
the laurel, there was nothing to fndf-
cate that any warning had gone ahead
of them.
From the houses with their yellow
windows and their open doors came
no note of pprehension-no intima-
Sion of suspicion A medley of voices.
now and then a laugh. a din of scrap-
ting feet. and the whine and boom of
nddles gave out a careless chorus to
the night
Slowly. with an adept craft that
hardly broke a twig underfoot. three
or the new arrivals hitched their way
forward to point of vantage down
near the road.
They went crouched low, holding to
me shadows with rifles thrust out
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-12-04

right fond of Little Nash. but 1 hain't
complainin' none. He started trouble
an he got hit
Again the dark giant paused; then
he came to his point. His voice was
regretful, almost sad, but tinged with
resignation.
so Little Nash is a-layin' dead down
thar, an no McBriar durstn't venture
down ter fotch his body home"
He waved a hand toward the west,
and the faces of his escort lowered.
They seemed the faces of men who
''durst" go anywhere. but their chief
went on
Il knowed, Brother Talbot, tibet We
sarves Almighty God, an thet thar
hain't no word We carries but what all
men will listen ter we, so I've done
come ter We in behalf of Little Nash's
NAV. an his wimmenfolks. l lowed
I'd ask We eff ye'd ride down thar and
fotch home Their body?'
The missionary nodded, and though
he was travel-stained and very tired
he said: I'll start right now"
Then Milt McBriar continued: AN
eff We sees fit, We kin tell Anse Havey
tibet 1 hain't sum fer peace, but thet
hain't a-blamin' him nuther. an tibet
eff he wants Their truse ter go on I'm
a-willin' ter hev hit thetaway 1 hain't
holdin' no grudge on account of last
night"
Juanita's eyes grew little misty as
she thought of that desolated cabin
where a mother and sisters were griev-
ing for the boy who had been hot
hearted" Even the sight of his older
III xrhn fc
composure while his eyes wandered off
to the purple haze of the far noun
tains. stirred in her an emotion of
sympathy
OF course she knew nothing of the
ten acres of bottom land" which were
to be Little Nash's when Cal Douglas
should have ceased to breathe, nor
how it was covetousness and cold
thrift that sent him out with his rife
in the night She only heard the Nc
Briar say, I'm much obleeged;" and
saw him turn his cavalcade east
The tired missionary started his
mule west again, and she herself fol-
lowed the Widow Everson into the
cabin which was for the time to be her
home When the widow left her she
rummaged in her saddlebags and drew
out small leather case She sat for
a long while silent in her shuck-bot-
toned rocking chair. gazing YEARLY
out at the west, where sunset fires
were beginning to kindle, and where
an old-rose haze was browsing over
the valley and glowing more brightly
in the twisting ribbon of far-away
stream But her eyes came often back
from the panorama out there to dwell
little wistfully on q photograph in
the leather frame.
1t was the picture of the man she
had sent away. Had he himself been
there just then. with her courage at
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-12-04
CHAPTER VII.

1t was into this newly charged at
mosphere that Juanita Holland and
her missionary guide rode in the morn
ing mists.
Good Anse Talbot was in many
ways an inadequate ally. He was both
narrow and illiterate, but he was ear
nest
At last the girl rode resolutely up to
her escorts saddle-skirts and asked !:
Brother Talbot, hadn't you better tell
me what it all means?"
The missionary lifted a face that
was almost haggard.
Hit MEANS" he said, with no idea
of irreverence, tibet Satan's got both
underholts-an' God help this coun-
try"
Then he sketched for her the his
tory of the feud and deduced conclu-
sions from what they had both seen
and heard.
She listened with a sickening heart
until he changed the subject and told
her that the Widow Everson, with
whom she was to stop, had a stable
house where she would be comfortable.
At last the girl saw, still a long way
off, a fertile little valley, where the
corn seemed taller and richer than on
the scattered coves. There, like a tiny
matchbox, on high level near which
the wall of mountain broke into a
broad gateway, she could make out a
house. 1t was not of logs, but of brick
and stood in an Enclosure that looked
more like the Blue Grass than the
mountains.
Does We see yon brick house nigh
Their gap? Thet's Bad Anse's place, an
over thar acrost Their ridge, three
mile away by crow-f1ight an a half
days ride by Their roads, Is whar Milt
McBriar dwells. Ye KANT see hit
from hyar"
1t was almost shutdown when they
reached the house of the Widow Ever
son. and at sight of the woman stand
ing at the fence to meet them Juanf-
ta's heart took strength This house
was not of logs. but of undressed
boards, with gayly painted window and
door frames of red, and although two
days ago she would have called 1t
mean. she had revised her views
enough to regard 1t now as almost
magnificent.
The widow dwelt here with her two
sons, and the trio. by virtue of great
diplomacy, had succeeded in maintain
ing a neutrality throughout the strife.
The comforts of the place were such
as must serve to give contentment
where teaming is arduous and the
mail carrier comes twice a week. but
cleanliness dwelt there and homelv
cheer of sort
Before they had yet entered the
house the girl saw a horseman an
preaching with an escort of several
men who carried rifles balanced across
their pommels- They came from the
east, and though Juanita did not know
who they were. she recognized the CEN
trail rider, himself unarmed. to be a
person of consequence
He was tall. and under his faded
coat his rather lean figure fell into an
attitude of well-muscled strength de-
spite his fullness of years.
Evenin'. ma'am." said the new
conner No. / hain't a-goin' ter light
1 Jest heered tibet Brother TaIbott wss
a-comin' over hyar. an / wanted sneacb
with him.
The missionary nodded.
AN right. Milt," he said. and ,ha
girl knew. as she had already susnect-
ed. that here was a second of her cbtar
enemies
reckon ye all knows what han
pened last night" she heard him go
ing slowly Hit war a pity. an.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-12-04
~ Gives Ye My Hand, Mill MeRrIar.r

steps. The girl saw both squads lift
ing the covered burden from the wag-
on and carrying it around the road
where the other wagon waited She
believed that the feud was ended, but
it is doubtful if either of the princi-
pals whose hands had Joined parted
with great trust in the integrity of
the others Intentions. 1t is certain
that one of them at least was already
making plans for the future. not at all
in accordance with that compact of
peace.
CTO BE CONTINIJED1
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-12-04

On either side of the little porch
stood q group of solemn men, mostly
bearded. mostly coatless. and all I'M
armed In front of those, at the right
stocS Anse Havey. his eyes still the
dominant feature of the picture
Over across from him was the taller
and older chieftain of the other CLAN
They stood there gravely, with
courtesy that cloaked their hatred
Out in the road was the 'jolt-wagon.
and in its deep bed the girl could see
the canvas that covered its burden
As Bad Anse took his place at the
front of his escort his gaze met that
of Juanita- He did not speak, but for
an instant she saw his face harden,
his eyes narrow, and his lips set
themselves 1t was the glance of one
who has been dashed across the face
and who cannot strike back. but who
will not soon forget
This time the girls eyes did not
drop. and certainly they held no hint
of relenting or plea for forgiveness
But at that moment the head of the
Haveys turned from her and began
speaking.
Il got your message, Milt," he said
| casually, "an' 1 reckon you got my
answer. I've brought back Little
Nash"
I'm obleeged ter ye.'' The McBriar
paused. then volunteered: EFF ther
boy had took counsel of me, this thing
| wouldn't never hev happened"
Bad Anse Havey stood looking at
the other, then he nodded.
"Milt." he carelessly announced at
the end of his scrutiny, while the
ghost of an ironical smile glinted in
/ his eyes, though it left his lips grave.
I've got several bosses an mules
down thar in my barn that we found
| hitched out in Their timber when Nash
an his friends took to the la'rel."
Again he paused and studied the
faces of the McBriar men before he
! went on. Zone of 'em is your own
| roam mare, Milt. One of 'em b1ongs
ter Sam thar, and one is Bob's thar"
He pointed out each man as he spoke.
Eye can get EN- any time ye send
down for EN-"
The girl caught her breath and, de-
spite her dislike, acknowledged the
cool insolence with which Anse had
answered Milt's plea of innocence.
Milt replied only with scowl, so Anse
contemplatively continued, as though
to himself:
to go out shootin' in the nighttime
an to take a kinsman's horse-with-
out takin' his counsel. 1t might lead
to some misunderstanding"
A baleful glare flashed deep in the
eyes of the taller man. and from the
henchmen at his back came an uneasy
shuttle of brogans.
But the voice of Good Anse Talbot
relieved the tension.
'Stiddy. thar. men," he quietly eau
toned eye didn't hardly meet ter
talk bout bosses. I'll lead them nags
back myself. Milt.'
Then Anse Havey stepped forward
and held out his hand.
Il gives we my hand, Milt McBriar,"
he said, that Their truce goes on"
AN gives We mine," rejoined the
other.
After perfunctory shake the two
turned together and went down the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-12-04

CTO BE cONTINUED)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-17
SCIENTISTS SAY MOON HAS
NO EFFECT ON GROWING CROPS

Washington. D. c., June 17-Scien-
isis are now convinced that the moon
has no more influence on crops than il
has upon the temperature OF the
amount of rain or the winds or any
other weather element, says a state
ment Issued BY the United States de-
partment Of agriculture
The growth Of plants depends upon
the amount Of food in the soil and in
the air that is available for them and
upon temperature. light and moisture.
The moon obviously does not effect
the character Of the soil in any way.
Neither does il affect the composition
Of the atmosphere. The only remain
ing way in which II could influence
plant growth, therefore, is by its light
Recent experiments, however, show
that fun daylight is about 900, 900
times brighter than full moonlight, yet
when a plant gets 1-100th part Of nor
nal daylight it thrives little better
than in absolute darkness If 1-100th
part Of normal daylight is thus too lit
tie TO stimulate q plant, il seems quite
certain that a 500, 0O0th part cannot
have any effect at all
It is a mere waste Of time to think
about the moon in connection with the
planting Of crops. The moon, say the
scientists, has nothing more to do with
this than il has to do with the build
ing Of fences. the time for killing hogs
or any other OF the innumerable things
over which II was once supposed to
exert a strong influence
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-17
CROPS NOT AFFECTED BY THE
VARLABLENESS OF SUMS HEAT

Boston, Mass June 13.-Progress IN
the work of exact determination Of the
amount of heat received by the earth
from the sun, which has been the OBJ
iect of experiments recently conducted
by Messrs c. G. Abbott, T. E. Fowle and
l. 3. Aldrich Of the Smithsonian insti-
tuition at Washington. is described by
these scientists in the June number or
the Proceedings Of the National Aca-
DENY Of Sciences
They have found that the amount OF
heat is 1.e3 calories per square cent?
meter per minute; that is TO say,
enough heat is received from the sun
on each square yard TO heat pound OF
water to boiling in IL minutes The
heat which is received at the earth's
surface is somewhat less than this,
namely by the variable amount that
is absorbed by the earth's atmosphere
The remarkable discovery has also been
made that the heat received from the
sun is not constant but variable from
month to month or year TO year by
perhaps as much as 10 percent This
variation might be expected 10 make
pronounced differences in the growth
of vegetation, or in the general climate
from year to year. but for some reason,
perhaps through the variable effects
Of the earth's atmosphere, the varia-
lions in the heat received from the sun
seem to be UnimpOrtant so far as
crops are concerned.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-17
rs BUSHELS OF CORN TO
ACRE Is FAIRLYS AIN

Portales, n. II. June 17,-Seventy-
five bushels Of corn to the acre is some
corn, but that is what J. A Fairly eX-
poets to raise on his so acre farm this
year He has already produced 40
bushels TO the acre on his farm. and
with his experience and study Of corn
growing methods and how to select
the best seed, he expects TO beat this
record by five bushels to the acre.
of the corn crop IS acres is early
corn and the tassels are already flut-
tering in this field. He has not yet
watered this field, but he is not worry
ing because Of this for the corn looks
fine. He proposes to feed his crop OF
corn to hogs as he believes this to be
the best way to get money for corn
Mr.. Fairly is also raising two acres
Of beets for cow feed. He thinks these
viii serve the same purpose as sllo
products in furnishing winter feed.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-17
CALOMEL
IS SELDOM SOLD NOW
CaOme SavaesI Makes You Sick and You Lose Days Work
DOdsOns Liver Tone Acts Better Than CaOmeI and Is Harm
less for Men, Women, ChIdren-Read Guaranteed

Every druggist in the South-your
druggist and everybody's druggist has
noticed a great falling-off in the sale of
calomel. They all give the same reason.
Dodson's Liver Tone is taking its place.
"Calomel is dangerous and people know
it while Dodson's Liver Tone is safe and
gives better results, said a prominent
local druggist Dodson's Liver Tone is
personally guaranteed by every druggist.
A large family-sized bottle costs only so
cents and if you find it doesn't take the
place of dangerous, salivating calomel you
have only to ask for your money back.
Dodson's Liver Tone is a pleasant
tasting, purely vegetable remedy, harm
less to both children and adults. Take a
spoonful at night and wake up feeling
fine, no sick headache, biiousness, ague,