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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-02-17
Their Trade.

81 wonder more spectators don't
make aviation trips"
"Why spectators?
because they're used TO taking
flyers"
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Couldn't.

OOuIunt,
she-But papa says you're living be-
yond your means.
He-Absolutely untrue-I have no
means.
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A Lolt.

What do you think old Crusty told
Miss Oldgir, when she asked him for
an appropriate plant for her gard1f"
What did he adviser"
"Wall flowers"
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The Element of
Time in Prayer
By REV. HOWARD W. POPE
Of the Moody Bible Institute
OF Chicago

TEXT-Men ought always to pray and
not to faint.-Luke 1S:1.
Some requests are answered very
quickly. A lady was once giving an
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-02-17

Piles Cured In 6 to IA DAYS
Druggists refund money II PAZO OlN fNENT fails
~ cure Itching, Blind Bleeding or PfUtruding
PileB First application gives relief bOc-
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-02-17

II love makes the world go round
it's no wonder lovers act dizzy.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-02-17
| owe
MY HEALTH
To Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg.
etable Compound.

Washington Park, III. -"I am the
mother of four chilCrcn and have suf-
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-02-17

Many a man who seeks fame finds
nothing but infamy
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-02-17

A woman is very apt to overesti'
mate the good time her husband has
when he is away from hcme
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-02-17
Miaht Be.

What is the Pan-American con.
gress, pa?"
Il don't know exactly. but 1t sounds
as If It might be convention Of our
hyphenated' fellow citizens"
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Her eyes aiO homes Of silent pray
er.-Tennyson.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-02-17

Getting Satisfaction

OcttIhY odIIsIdCIIUHs
De Quiz-Why did you walk home
from the races?
De Whiz with bltterness) Because
wanted to beat the nag bet on.
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SpiTHtdW WAShGQtQ3Gpl!Hb&&y =

NCE again, as the anniver-
sary of his birthday rolls
around. we contemplate
the life and accomplish
ments of our nations IA
ther. The United States
Of America Is now In the
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-12-14
CHAPTER w.

On the morning after Sidney hnd In.
| vlted X. LIE Moyne to take her to walk
Max Wilson came down to breakfast
rather late. Doctor Ed had breakfast.
ed an hour before, and had already
attended. with much profanity on the
part or the patient, to boil on the
back OF MIR. Rosenfeld's neck.
Better change your laundry" cheer
iully advised Doctor Ed, cutting Il strip
of adhesive plaster. "Your ncck's irri-
tatcd from your white collars"
Rosenfcld eyed him sus?ciously,
but. possessing sense of humor also,
he grinned.
1T ain't my everyday things that
bother me-" he replied. "Its 1uy
blankety-blank dress suit But If IL
man wants tC be tony"
Mr.. Rosclfeld buttoned up the blue
flannel shirt which, With pair of Doe
tor Eds cnst-ofr trousers, was his only
wcnr, and fished in his pocket.
"1,ow much, Doc"
1.-TWO dollars" said Doctor Ed brisk
IS.
Holy cats! For one jab of knife
My old woman works q day and q
half for two dollars"
II guess It's worth two dollars to
you to be able to sleep on your back"
| lie was imperturba0ly strnightcninl,
his small glass table. He knew Roscn-
field. "lf you don't like my price, I'll
lend you the knife next time, and you
can let your wife attend to YOU"
Roscnfcld drew out a silver dollar,
and followed 1t reluctantly with limp
and detected dollar bill.
"There's times" he said, "when, If
you'd put me and the missus and a
knife In the same room, you wouldn't
have much left but the knife"
Doctor Ed waited until he had made
his stiff-necked exit. Then he took the
two dollars, aud, putting the money
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not find the things he called for, ever
broke into restrained profanity now
and then. She went little pale over
Her mistakes, but preserved her dig
nifty and her wits. Now and then he
found her dark eyes fixed on him, with
something inscrutable but pleasing in
| their depths. The situation was rather
| piQuant.
Once, during the cleaning up be-
tween cases, he dropped to Il person
ality. He was drying his hands, while
she placed freshly -sterilized instru-
mcnts on glass table.
You are almost foreign type, Miss
Harrison. Last year, in Il London bal
let, l saw blonde Spanish girl who
looked like YOU"
My mother was Spaniard." She
did not look up.
Where Miss Simpson was in the
habit Of clumping through the morning
IN Hat, heavy shoes, Miss Harrison's
small heels beat a busy tattoo on the
tilcG floor. With the rustling Of her
Starched dress, the sound was essen
tlally feminine, almost insiStent. When
lie mad time to notice it, it amused him
that he did rot find 1t annoying.
once. rs she passed him bistoury.
ne deliberately placed bis fine hand
over her fingers and smiled into her
eyes. 1t was play for him; it lightcned
the days work.
Sidney was In the waiting room,
There had been no tedlum in the morn
ing's waiting. Like all imaginative peo.
pie, she had the gift OF dramatizing her.
SER. She was seeing herself in white
from head to foot, like this efficient
young woman who came now and then
TO the waiting-room door.
Doctor Wilson will see you now"
She followed Miss Harrison into tho
consulting room. Doctor MuX-not the
gloVcd and hated Doctor Max of the
Street, but q new person, one she had
never known-stOod in his white Office.
tail, dark-eyed, Gnrk-haired competent.
holding out his long, immaculate sur
seon's hand and smiling down at her.
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makes. Shed like to have the pnrlor
and sitting room behind. They wouldn't
interfere with you ut all," she added
hastily. "Christine's futher would
build little balcony on the side for
them, a sort of porch, and they'd sit
there In the evenings"
Behind Sldneys carefully practical
tone the man read appeal. Never be-
fore had he realized how narrow the
girls world had been. The Street,
with but one dimension bounded it
IN her perplexity She was appealing to
nm who was practically stranger.
And he knew then that he must do
the thing she asked. He, who had fled
so long, could roam no more. Here
on the Street, with it's menace lust
across, he must live, that she might
work. In his world men had worked
that women might live in certain
places, certain ways. This girl was
gong out to earn her living, and he
would stay to make it possible. But
no mint OF ell this was in his voice.
Il Shall stay, of course" he said
gravely. "1-this is the nearest thing
10 nome that I've known for n long
tllle. l want you to know that"
You are very good to me-" suid Sid
ncy
When she rose, X. LIE Moyne spranp
to his feet.
Anna had noticed that he ALWAYS
rose when she entered his room-with
fresh towels on Katic's day out, for in
stance-and she liked him for It, Years
ago the men she had known had shown
TINS courtesy to their women; but the
Street regarded such things as affecta.
ton.
II wonder If you would do me an.
o1her favor? I'm afraid you'll take tc
avoiding me, IL I keep on"
Il don't think you need fear that
This stupid story about Joe Drum
mond-1'm not saying I'll never marry
him, but I'm certainly not engaged
Now and then, when you are taking
your evening walks, If you would ask
me to walk with you"
*. looked rather dazed.
II can't imagine anything pleasant
er; but l wish you'd explain Just
how"
Sidney SMILED ut him. AS he stood
on the lowest step their eyes were
almost level.
IF walk with you they'll know I'm
not engaged to joe" she said, with en-
ghglng dircctness.
The house was quiet. He waited in
the lower hall until she had reached
the TOP of the staircase. For some Curl
Gus reason, in the time to come, that
was the way Sidney always remcm.
hcrcd Il. lie MISUNDERSTANDING in the
little hall, one hand upstretchcd to
S!'lt OH the gas overhead, and his eyes
or hers above.
Good night" said X. lie Moyne.
ana all the things he had put out Of
his life were III his voice.
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CHAPTER IiI.-C ontinued.

only week-nnd love was one Of
She things he had to give up, with
Others. Not, of course, that he was In
dove with Sidney then. But he had
Deen desperately lonely, and, for all
Mer practical clearheadedness, she was
softly and appealingly feminine. BY
way OF keeping his head, he talked sud-
denly and earnestly of Mrs. Mckee,
and food, and Tillie, and of Mr.. Wag-
ner and the pencil pad.
ITS like game" he said. "We
disagree on everything, especially Mex
leo. If you ever tried to spell those
Mexican names"
"Why did you think l was en-
gaged?" she insisted.
Now, in KS walk of life-that walk
of life where there are no toothpicks-
young girls did not receive the atten-
tion of one young man to the exclusion
OF others unless they were engaged.
But he could hardly say that.
"Oh, don't know. Those things get
IN the air"
ITS Johnny Rosenfcld," said Sid
ney, with decision. "It's horrible, the
way things get about Because Joe
sent me box of roses AS a matter
of fact, I'm not engaged, or going to
be, Mr.. lie Moyne Pm going into a
hospital to be nurse"
LIE Moyne said nothing For lust n
momcnt he closed his eyes. A man is
IN rather n bad way when, every time
he closes his eyes, he sees the same
thing, especially IL 1t Is rather terrible.
When it gets to point where he lies
awake mt night and reads, for fear of
closing them
You're too young, aren't your"
Doctor Ed-one Of the Wilson's
across the Streets going to help me
about that. His brother Max Is big
surgeon there. 1 expect you've heard
of him. We're very proud Of him In
the Street"
Lucky for X. lie Moyne that the
moon no longer shone on the low, gray
doorstep, that SidneJ's mind had trav-
eled fur away to shining floors and
rows Of white beds. "Life-in the
raw" Doctor Ed had said that other
afternoon. Closer to her than the hos
Dital was life In the raw that night.
So, even here, on this quiet street in
this distant CITY, there was to be no
peace. Max Wilson just across the
way! lit was ironic. Was there no
place where man could lose himself ?
He would have to move on again, of
course.
But that, 1t seemed, was just what
he could not do. For:
II want to ask you something, and
hope you'll be quite frank" said Sid
ney.
Anything that can do"
ITS this. If you are comfortable,
and-and like the room and all that, I
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Light Dragons Patrol Border

me Charleston Light Dragons, OF
"hohl more than dozen are Colum
.hans' spent Thanksgiving day patrol
ing the international boundary in the
vicinity OF Anapra, N. NJ. and tbough
the troops was under order to roturn
10 I'll Paso December / none or tho
Hou'h Carolina cavalrymen know as
YET whether they will spend Christ-
mas at home or at the frontier Re.
Gently the patrol duty has been light.
ehcd, but this relief was COMPENSATED
by an increase in guard duty about
camp. Several times the scntrics have
'ired upon providers. probably snug.
sierS. When we first came here" a
lllember or the troop writes eve were
content to waste our ammunition on
jack rabbits. cotton tails and Califor.
MA quail. As the days rolled by sev.
eral .22 rifles and shotgun or an
were acquired and our hopes strentch.
Gu out uhtll some OF us brought in
ducks and doves; finally, one day.
Deas Boykin and MCGOWAN Holmes
killed a coyote and now we are hunt
ing for mountain lions and Wildcats
Today is the rawest day we have
had, the thermometer now registerinp
below freezing point. 1t turned cold
altcr drizzling rain last night when
| was on guard; the mountains around
is-thc Franklin range to the cast
the Sierra Madre to the south and the
organ mountains to the north are
covered with snow; the Rio Grande
between us and the Franklins IS
iringcd with ice. We also had cold
snap about a week ago, but It was
nothing to what we are going through
now. Luckily we have small stoves
IN our tents and by boarding a slow
trclght that passes each morning
shortly after reveillc, we manage to
pitch Off some coal; our wood is sent
TO us from Eel Paso, as there Is moth
'hg mere easily available except a dis,
carded crosstie from time to time.
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son, he faced young /. ID abrasive
girl, family familiar.
I'VE tried to get you by telephone"
she explained. II am from the hos.
pital. Miss Simpsons father died this
morning, and she knew you would
have to have someone. l was Just
starting for my vacation, so they sent
me-"
Rather poor substitute for a va.
cation he commented
She was very pretty girl. He had
seen her before In the hospital, but he
had never really noticed how attrac-
tive she was. Rather stunning she
was, he thought. The combination of
yellow hair and dark eyes was unusual.
lie remembered, just in time, to ex-
press regret ut Miss Simpsons be-
rcavement.
II am Miss Harrison," explained the
substitute, and held out his long white
cont. The ceremony, purely perfume
tory with Miss Simpson on duty, proved
interesting, Miss Harrison, in spite of
her high heels, being small and the
young surgeon tall. When he was final
~ In tie coat, she was rather flushed
and pnlpitating.
"But l knew your name, Of course"
lied Doctor Max. "And-Im sorry
about the vacation"
After that came work. Miss Har.
rison was nimble and alert, but the sur.
gcon worked quickly and with few
words, was impatient when she could
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When the mobilization order OF juno
l9 was published Mr.. Jeter resigned
his Aiken paStorate. sent his wife to
the old home in Alabama and reported
for service. He worked hard during
the period OF preparation at Camp
Moore and afterward at the frontier,
but recently his health broke down
from complication Of troubles and
for some weeks preceding his death
he was in the hospital His is the only
death in the commissioned personnel
since the regiment was mobilized.
One Of Capt. Jeter's four children 10
In the Unitod States Navy.
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CHAPLAIN EXPIRES
IN BASE HOSPITAL

Capt. Jeter Of First South Carolina
Infantry Dies at San Antonio.
Capt. II. C. Jeter. chaplain of the
First South Carolina infantry, died
Nov 80 in the base hospital at San
Antonio, according to advices received
by Col. E. M. Blythe at Camp Moore,
near Columbia. Capt. Jeter had been
Ill for some weeks and the regiment
most rcgretfully left him behind when
1t returned from the border. The in.
terment will be at Florence, Ala.
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What reason do you think X.
lie Moyne has for medina to
keep away from Doctor Max
does lie Moyne seem to you 10
be some kind Of a crook?
$$t3sSS3tisf$l2i3$$SS S$s3S$t5SSS$i
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Out of the Question.

Daddy-"Je "Jeannctte, if l allow young
Simpson to become my son-in-law, do
you suppose he will be willing to work
and support you?' Jeannette-"Oh,
dad, how can he when he has prom.
lsed to do nothing but think Of me all
the time?-Puck.
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In order to piece out financial needs Sidney Page her mother
ana her Aunt Harriet take X strange young man. a
Sidney aged eighteen and twenty.one
sweehearts
out the grps promise
arer Aunt Harriet downtown
TO become trained
wilson, the
10 get her hospital
the plot to unroll; the mystery to deepen. ~
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Able to Aafford IL.

Hub-"The doctor says that If
keep on working ut this pace after
money I shall be q wreck at forty.
five." Wife-"Ncver mind, dear; by
that time we shall be able to AFFORD
lt."--Boston Transcrint
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yourselves as South Carolina feels in

yourselves as South Carolina feels IN
you."
Gov. Manning described his efforts
to secure an order for early removal
to the border. The troops were called
to the colors. he said, In June and
there seemed to be some delay about
an order for the movement to the
border. Gov. Manning said that he
sent personal representative to
Washington to secure the movement
Of the troops. The representative
came back to Columbia and the order
was issued in very few days.
Other Units Come Soon.
The governor intimated that the
Second regiment, the Charleston Light
Dragons, the field hospital and the
company Of engineers would be or
dere dback to the state before very
long
Col. Blythe told his men goodbye
and praised them for their devotion to
their country and their state. II am
proud OF YOU" he said. ut was 10y.
atty, not given because OF money, but
because OF your patriotism" Col.
Blythe, reviewing his associations
with the men and officers as their
commanding officer. said that he had
always tried to give every man
square deal" The men gave three
cheers for Col. Blythe at the conclu.
sion Of his address.
Two Quit First Regiment.
Major Richard f. Watson, COM
manding the First battalion. First in.
| fantry. and Capt w. D. Workman,
commanding Company a Of the same
regiment, have resigned their com.
missions. pleading pressure OF private
concerns. Both served with signal
credit to themselves IN the recent tour
iof duty at Camp Moore and on the
border.
The designations were indorsed by
the adjutant general through the gov.
ernor to the war department. Several
other officers, It Is said. may quit the
service In order to make up lost time
In their personal businesses Many
suffered considerable hardships by
reason OF being SO long away from
their private interests, which in sev-
eral cases were Of such a nature as
not to be susceptible OF efficient
handling by substitutes.
Major Watson had been 16 wears in
the service, Capt. Workman II years.
Both are members OF the Greenville
bar and both are married men
Capt. w l.. Hart, U S. A., medical
department, who has been assisting
In the mastering out OF the First
South Carolina infantry, has been or
dered to Blanco, Texas. He entered
Mexico with the punitive expedition
commanded by Gen Pershing and
was until recently stationed at Nami.
quipa. about 160 miles below the
Rio Grande, with Field Hospital No.
u Capt. Hart Is son Of G. w. S.
Hart of York. o. Frank Hart OF Co.
lnmba is his brother Another
brother Is Lieut.. Joseph Hart Of the
First regiment supply company. Capt
Hart has had several tours of sery
ice abroad including long period
in the Philippines.
The supply company. commanded
by Capt. Wyatt e. Sebyt OF Greenyflle
nnisbed picking up loose ends at Camn
moore who was mustered out OF the
federal service and departed for its
nome station. Greenville. No units of
the First regiment remain at the camn
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Are Welcomed at Homes.


Celebrations for the returning troops
were held in several towns Of the
state.
The movement Of the troops was
handled by R. B. Pegram Of Charles.
ton. general agent Of the Southern
railway. who was designated for duty
at Camp Moore by the war depart
ment when the National Guard was
called out last June.
No information has been received
at the governors office as to when
the Second regiment will he returned
from FL Paso.
The farewell addresses were de-.
livercd by :hc officials from the stand
! rear III" First regiment camp.
Col Blythe introduced Mayor Crit
fifth Of Columbia. Mavor Griffith
praised the men for their excellent
record on the horhcr and said that It
was pleasure for the citizens OF Co.
'nmha 10 entertain them
Gov. Manning was Introduced bv
Col. Blythe as "thc man responsible
for bringing you bnck to South Caro-
lima" Gov. Manning said that the
splendid record made by the regiment
on the Mexican border would live long
In the memory OF South Carolinians.
Conserving Their Jobs.
"Your state" said Gov. Manning,
recognizes your worth and welcomes
you back within her borders with
wide open arms. hope that every
man IN the regiment will find his old
position open to him when he returns
home. If you find that you have lost
your positions. any OF you. I want you
to communicate with me as soon as
possible and will use every power OF
my office to help you.
"As look into your faces. bronzc,l
and hardened by the sun. ard as
gaze on yonr physical pnrfcctness. 7
am constrained to think that your ex.
perience, although there was much
hardship TO be borne. has been tho
means OF broadening you and that YOU
VIII be better equipped by the exper.
icnce When you go to your homes
you will be better men. you will have
broader vision OF the meaning of
American citizenship. you will he bet.
ter equipped to follow the daily lines
or your avOcations and you will be OF
more value to your employers And
you should feel as much pride IN
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She Insisted.
wish you'd stay" She hurried on: "Tf
could feel that mother had a de-
pendable person like you in the house
1t would oil be easier"
Dependable That stung.
"But-forglve my asking; I'm really
fnterested-can your mother manage? !?
You'll get practically no money during
your training"
1--WE thought Of that. A friend of
mine, Christine Lorenz, Is going to be
married. Her people are wealthy, but
she'll have nothing but what Palmer
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Noar-Spanish Acquired.

Bearded like the pard." the men
were not. for the face foliage many
"f tho" ""ected during the training
period had In most cases been shaved
away; hut numbers of them did re.
turn from the border full OF strange
oaths,' mostly Of near-SDaniHh and in
nocuous though mouth. h.flling and
"onorous. They were happy at receiv.
Ing their "dinero" and many com.
mented on the fact that it came most
" IN bills, whereas at the frontier
they were paid in gold and silver.
After training period at Camr
Moore and three months border duty
the First regiment was mustered on
of the federal service. The companie
left by special trains for their hom,
stations.
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COMPANIES DEPART FROM CAMP
MOORE FOR THEIR HOME
STATIONS.
ARE WELCOMED AT HOMES
Celebrations Were Held In Many
Towns When Boys Reached Home.
Maj. Watson and Capt. Workman
Resign First Regiment.

More than $4,000 was dsbursed
In the process OF paying off the First
South Carolina infantry, preliminary
to It's muster out Of the federal ser.
vice and the departure OF the several
companies for their home stations
burt not one cent did any OF the cap.
tains draw, because the company com
manders are liable on their bonds for
every Item Of government property
issued to their men and as yet no ac-
counting has been had IN respect Of
this liability. Every officer and man
with the exception Of the captains was
paid for SO days Of service, the individ-
ual payments ranging upward from
the SIS allowed q private. Some of
the men had deductions for fines.
1t was o'clock in the morning when
the pay squad left Columbia for Camp
Moore. bearing the currency. and by
II o'clock the regiment had been paid
off. The strength was lO6S officers
and men. The paying off was done
by party composed Of Maj. Glen. the
camp nuartermaster Capt. Seybt
commanding the supply company
Lieut.. Watson, u. S. A.. Of Fort Ogle
thorpe and Hal Kohn Of Columbia, first
sergeant, quartermaster corps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-02
INVESTMENT PROPERTIES.

FOR SALE.
IN ALEXANDRIA CITY A FINE 3-sToRY
brick building King ST.. Washington:
suitable for stores. apartments or office rooms:
inspection invited. JOHN D. NORMOYLa
Alexis ndria. Va.