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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-03-31

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here" he said, springing up the steps
and sweeping saddle harness and
some old magazines Off great raw
hide settle on the veranda.
They laid the sick man on the settle
and Lieber started to strip him with
gentle, deft hands Kemp strobe for
ward and helped sbut Gerry stood by,
powerless to move He Had recognized
Alan, the man he had sworn to break
If ever he met him. Somebody else
had broken Alan, terribly. pitilessly.
Gerry's eyes shrank from the sight. A
lump came into his throat Alan was
dead. Alan with whom he had wan
dered barefoot through those quiet
lanes OF home, with whom he had
fished and swum. and once had
fought. What a little fury Alan had
been in that boys battle! 1t had not
been fought to a finish. On one Inn
pulse they had stopped and looked at
each other and turned away, ashamed
to shake hands.
Lieber, once heavy, dorid and clum-
ST., was transformed. He worked
quickly. with sure hands. The body
lay stripped on the settle. Under it
still lay the hammock and dusty blan-
kets. The pillows and a board had
been tossed on the floor. Lieber ex-
amined his patient infinitely. without
haste. The spleen was frightfully dis
tended and pushed out across the abb
domen. He could feel its hard, I'M
yielding margins. The feet were swol-
len. The face was yellow with the
sickly gray-yellow of nodded straw.
Coma had set in.
Lieber dragged a great medicine
chest out from his room. With alcohol
he rapidly washed out the dust-flied
nostrils of the stricken man and
bathed his face and then the limbs and
body. Then he took out a hypodermic
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-03-31
SITUATION IS
AGAIN ACUTE
Talk Revived Of Breaking off
Relations With Germany.
AWAITING DEFINITE FACTS
Situation rs outlIncd--Presieent May
Present All Facts TO Congress
a~d Say Time FOR Action
Has Come.

ingtOn.-Germany will be held
responsible If it shah be proved that
the Channel liner Sussex and the
steamer Englishman were torpedoed
and did not strike floating mines.
This was made very plain at the
State Department, where it was ex-
planned by Secretary of State Lansing
that only German submarines have
been operating in the waters Of the
Channel and about the British Isles.
The question under investigation is
whether it actually was a submarine
that attacked the Sussex and the Eng
iishman. If 1t shall be conclusively
demonstrated that it was, then the
United States promptly win hold Ger
many to account.
Even If it develops that all Amefi-
cans were saved, it will not alter the
gravity of the situation. inasmuch as
the United States holds that no nation
has the right in international or hui,
name law to kill or endanger Ameri-
cans through unwarned submarine at
tack
Up to the present this Government
has no conclusive proof whether tor
pedo or floating mine was re-
spons!bie. The bulk of the evidence
points to torpedo in each instance.
But so far it is inconclusive
Torpedo Fragment Found
AS an instance, it was pointed ont
that while French naval officer at
Boulogne told the American consular
representative that portion Of a
demolished torpedo had been re-
covered from the damaged SUSSEX, so
far this remains to be legally proved.
so far as this Government is CON
cerned. This portion of torpedo Is
said to be similar to that reported re-
covered from the sunken Dutch liner
Tubantia-
President Wilson is very seriously
concerned over the present situation.
If it is proved that submarines again
are attacking merchant vessels with
out warning -and the preponderance
of evidence Obtainable through diplo-
matte and unofficial sources seems
completely to demonstrate thfs-it Is
unlikely that there will be any fur
theF diplomatic negotiations on the
subject Instead the President win
present all Of the facts in the case to
Congress and announce that in his
opinion the time has come for definite
action.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-03-31

dertake to deliver the sick man at
Lieber's in two days. McDOugal pom
dered. 1t was a chance. III he sent
Alan to the rail-head there wouldn't
be even chance. There was no one
who could help at the railhead, nor
along the thin line. nor even ut the
coast.
I'm two days." said he despairingly,
1.-THE master will be dead"
They gathered at the door OF Alan's
tent and looked in at him as he lay
half comatose. mo" said the Oldest
Of them, s'he will be dead In seven
days. time"
AS McDougal picked him up and
laid him gently In hammock. Alan
came to. The hammock was padded
with pillows and blankets and strung
on stout bamboo pole with two men
at each end supporting it.
"What are you doing with mey' he
asked angrily and sank back into the
pillows. From there his eyes glared
up ut McDougal.
I'm sending We home." said Nc
Dougai gently but firmly.
Alan smiled twisted smile "Send-
ing me home," he repeated. and added
resignedly, sOh, all right" Then he
started up. Bring matches" he said.
McDougal took matches from his pOck-
ct. Alan drew two letters from inside
his coat Burn them He held them
out and watched jealousy as McDon-
gal opened out the sheets with averted
eyes and set fire to the thin paper. The
filmy cinders blew hitler and thither
under the light breeze. The men under
the pole moved nervously. anxious to
be Off. Their eight companions
wheeled their fiea-bitten ponies and
headed for the trail mo. you don't, !"
shouted McDougal and explained with
many gestures that they were to ride
behind on account of the dust
1--WE know, master" answered one
quietly. I'VE would but start"
McDoIgal held out an awkward
hand in farewell. You're ready. Mr..
Wayne?''
YES" said Alan between chattering
teeth, and then cried. "No. want the
board my epitaph thing, you know. .
McDougal dived into the tent and
brought out the board with the roughly
cut words that he could not read but
somehow began to understand. He
slipped it into the hammock behind the
cushions and then just touched Alan's
hand and gave the word to the men.
They started or in a stumbling, rapid
trOt- The horseman fell in behind. A
cloud of dust cut them or from Nc
Douglas gaze. He turned and fell
upon his laboring squad with rolling
food of curses. To them the words
were Greek. but nevertheless their
blood curdled and they worked as only
Wayne had taught them.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-03-31

syringe and a graduated glass. In the
glass he dissolved a powder and with
steady hands added measured drops
of a liquid of faint amber hue.
Gerry found his tongue. what is
it?' he asked.
"Quinine and arsenic" said Iieber
shortly.
'Arsenics Isn't that dangerOuss'
said Gerry.
Lieber glanced at him. at win prob
ably kill him."
Then why-why" protested Ger
ry. A great desire to protect what
was left Of Alan had come over him.
'sWhy?" said Lieber dryly, I'm tell
you, Mr.. Lansing. Because it is less
cowardly to kill man than to let
him die"
He mixed the solution in the syringe
and then, grasping Alan's arm, he
pressed 1t until the veins came out in
swelling network "Hold his arm like
that" he commanded Kemp. Kemp
clutched the arm. The bones seemed
to bend to the grip. Lieber chose a
swollen vein and pierced 1t with the
needle. He forced the dose into the
blood. .'There." he said with smile
to Gerry, that's what's known as an
intravenous administration of quinine
and arsenic. If another paroxysm
hits him he's done for, but we'll know
all about that in forty-eight hours
time"
He went into the house and brought
out clean sheets. soft wooden blankets,
pillows and pillow-sllps. Kemp had
never seen such linen; Gerry had al
most forgotten the feel of it. Gerry
came to life. With one hand under
Alan's shoulder and another under his
hips, he lifted him as though he were
an empty shell, while Kemp and Lie
Der drew out the dust-caked blankets
and hammock and spread first cane
mat over the settle and then blanket
and. on top OF that, sheet. The touch
Of AIan's dry, cracking skin seemed
to Gerry to be burning his hands. TT
is as though there were fire in him."
he said to Lieber.
Lieber looked at his patient with an
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-03-31

aH-seeing eye, ne paused before coy
erfng him up That's tt" he said
There's fire Ia him the worst kind
ana he's been playing with ii, just
tickling il with stale quinine'' His
eye ran rapidly over the thin body. Il
said the dose gave him would prob
ably kill him, but we changed my
mind. I'm betting the other way. now
| really look at him. There's no flesh
on him, but he doesn't look like a skel-
eton- Why2 Because Of the sinews
and bones OF him they're perfect.
Look at. the way the sinews hold his
neck and the way the neck carries the
sinews. Look at the fiat bulge of bis
ribs and the breadth of his shoulders
over the hips That means heart and
lungs and vitals. That mans been q
fighter. and unless I'm bigger fool
than | was yesterday he's fighter
get"
"Cover him up, for Gods sake" said
Gerry.
Lieber dropped the sheet ard went
off to the kitchen. Gerry and Kemp
covered the stripped body and tucked
many blankets over it. Lieber came
back and took on half the blankets.
Mustn't tire him with weight" he ex-
planned. "If he's going to sweat, he'll!
sweat all right Malaria malignant
feyer-is the tiredest disease in the
world. When they get too tired to
breathe. that's the, end He took hold
of Aian's wrist '1To feel his pulse,
you'd say he was dead now"
",Bout time we was startin'." re-
marked Kemp with bis eyes toward
the declining sun
Gerry'S first impulse was to say he
would stay, but he suddenly remem-
bered Margarita. How far away from
life she seemed! Alan and Margarlta
could not crowd into one day or even
into one world-lt was against the or
der of things. But facts do not stand
on the order of their coming, they sim
ply come, and against the protest Of
mans will they present his fate:
against the cry of the troubled and
displaced soul they voice the eternal
j'y suis, ~ reste OF inanimate things.
One cannot go around fact. One
must either break ones head against
it or swallow it and let it take its
course through the mental gorge.
Gerry longed to stay by Alan's side,
and through his returning conscious
ness, as through a magnifying glass,
gaze upon the world he had foreswOrn
1.-The heritage he had abandoned. But
the fact Of Margarita and her boy
suddenly declared itself demanded
digestion-and Gerry turned his back
on Alan. He mounted, and with the
silent Kemp reversed the drive they
had made together months before.
Lieber did not go with them. When
he had seen them of, he busted him
self giving orders for the tidying up
of the yeranda. the feeding Of Aian's
convoy, beast and man, and the prepa-
ration Of a room for the self-inyited
guest From the pile of dusty pillows
a servant was picking up, fell board.
Lieber glanced down at 1t. Words
were cut roughly but clearly into its
surface. They spoke to him. They
held his eyes. He stopped laboriously
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-03-31
WANTS wAasHlPs. NOT SEEDS.
Farmer Shows Feeling OF People On
Preparedness.

Washington.-Ano indication Of
how the country feels on the subject
of preparedness is seen in the reply OF
an Ohio farmer to his Representative
in Congress asking whether or not he
wanted any of the Governments free
vegetable and flower seeds.
The farmer addressed a postal card
on which was written in large, bold
letters: we
"Cut out this graft-we want battle
ships, not seeds"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-03-31
~Tom" PENCE DEAD.
He Was Secretary OF the Democratic
National Committee.

Washington. Thomas J. Pence sec
rotary of the Democratic National
Committee. died at his home, here, fol-
lowing lingering illness, due to com
plications. Pence was stricken with
pneumonia carly in January and for
two months was confined in the hos
pital A week ago specialists de-
SPARED Of his recovery,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-03-31
WHY he NEEDS RAISE
Teams4er Asks FOR It When Quad
ruplets Are Born.

Media. Pa William Pasco. q
teamster. applied for raise in pay
from his employer. He gave as his
reason the birth of bankruptcies at his
home, Three girls and boy were
born during the night and all are doing
well. Twin boys were born to Mrs.
Pasco IS months ago.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-03-31
There's ! lot Of maudIln sentl-

ment about "dear old mother"
put into cheap songs and sung
BY scasawags, but just the san1o,
.'Gcd" and Mother" are the
two biggest words in the Eng
Iish language. Consider here
the effect Of mothers memory
on Alan Wayne.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-03-31

II you had the opportunity to
put out of the way forever the
man who you thought had
wrecked your home and life,
would you do 1t, specially If
your purpose could be accom-
plished simply by little neglect
in giving a fever patient his
medicine on time?
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1916-03-09
The Laney.0dom Bill.

In an interview with all insurance
agent published Monday in the News
and Courier, it is stated: Had they
realized at the time of drawing this
bill its far-reaching effects they would
have sent 1t, not to the committee on
agriculture, but to the committee on
banking and insurance"
AS matter Of fact, when the Laney-
Odom bill came to the House from the
Senate, it was, in the ordinary course
Of business, referred by the Speaker
to the committee. on banking and in'
surance, where all such bills would
90. A day or two later, Mr.. Odom, in
charge Of the bill in the House, and
chairman Of the committee on agricul-
ture, moved that the bill be recalled
from the committee. on bank ing and
insurance, which was done by vote of
the House. Mr.. .Odom. then moved
that the bill. be referred to the COM
mittee on agriculture, which was like
wise done by vote. Of the: House.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1916-03-09
MODEL ROAD BUILDER

AS q road-builder, Iowa Is held uI
by the department Of agriculture as a
model, largely because of its excellent
state control of highway construction
Centralized supervision does the bust.
ness. Though some other states-Iowa
seems to be getting the most for its
money, according to the department.
The system that gives states control
over the construction Of highways, il
full or in an advisory capacity, does
away with a lot Of lost motion and
waste.
The legislature Of South Carolina
had a state highway commission bill
before 1t, but refused to enact 1t into
law, more's the pity.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1916-03-09
COLDS QUICKLY RELIEVED

Many people cough and cough-from
the beginning Of Fall right through
to Spring. Others get cold after cold.
Take DR.. Kings New Discovery and
you will get almost immediate relief.
1t checks your cold, stops the rack
ing, rasping, tissue-tearing cough,
heals the inflammation, soothes the
raw tubes. Easy to take, Antiseptic
and Healing. Get SOC. bottle Of DR.,
Kings New Discovery and keep it
in the house. "It is certainly great
and l keep bottle Of it con.
tinually on hand" writes w. @. Jesse
man, Franconia, N. H. Money back
If not satisfied but it nearly always
helps. mol
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1916-03-09
The Road DRAG.

."The. work of dragging the improved
roads is doing much to preserve them
and also make them more service
able"
This from the Wadesboro Ansonian
should be Of interest to Chesterfield
County road oyerseers, some. Of whom
The Chronicle Is informed are oppos-
ed, to the road drags. Arson county
a few years ago was known far and
wide as the county with the poorest
roads known. Now, even poor piece
of road in the county Is unknown,
and we are Informed that the improve
ment is almost entirely due to the use
Of the road drag.-Editor Chronicle.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1916-03-09
1T LOOKED LIKE BUSINESS

The other day we were surprised to
receive letter from q farmer, in re-,
gard to some advertising. The that
it came from a farmer was not the
surprising point, because we receive
many letters from farmers. :, .
The surprise came ON glansiny ovei
the neatly PRINTED letterhead. Il
looked for all the world as impressive
and business-impelling as the rereipl
of q similar letter from big bank Or
corporation.
The difference between this farmers
letterhead and others received daily
was that his was printed and the letter
was typewriter, while the average
run Of letters from other farm mana
gers are neither printed nor typewrit
ten.
We are not in favor Of printed let
terheads merely because it would ere
ate more jobs for printers, but for the
same reason we favor printed letter
heads for other business people. II
adds dignity to the business and com
mands more respect
When a city farm products dealer,
or a grain buyer anywhere, or q cattle
buyer, or cotton buyer, or any other
business man coming into contact with
farmers, receives a letter from a farm
er typewriter on neatly printer let
terhead, he'll be impressed with some
thing he frequently overlooks today
that the soil-tillers of America are en-
titled to the same respect, confidence
and esteem that banks, corporations
and other business men are entitled
to and receive.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1916-03-09
THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION

Every parent In Chesterfield county
should keep his children at school as
long as possible. If self-denial is nee
essary, 1t Is better to- suffer in silence"
ones self than to handicap ones
children.
Equality Of educational opportunity
Is essential in a democracy; to influ
ence a child away from an adequate
education is a crime against the child,
5de ais5 aga.as. ta5S state. -
Education In South Carolina Is Oh
the upgrade, as reported by the govern
ment's bureau Of education. In par
ticular, the improvement Of rural edu'
cation is noticeable, so that boys and
,irls in the country may have equal
opportunities with those in the cities.
There also is greater interest In the
health and care Of young children
The teeth Of children are being looked
after more frequently; their eyes are
being watched and sight is not allowed
to be impaired through bad light; ade
,oids are being "cut out" and dozens
# other health measures taken that
formerly were ignored.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1916-03-09
Ranard Hotel
under new management
MRS. ANNE F. HOUSER, Manager
American Plan, $500 per day.
DANGERS OF DRAFT

Drafts feel best when we are not
and perspiring, just when they are
most dangerous and the result Is
Neuralgia, Stiff Neck, Sore Muscles
IT sometimes an attack Of Rhematism'
In such cases apply Sloan's Liniment
t stimulates circulation to the sore
md painful part. The blood flows
freely and in short time the still
less and pain leaves. Those suffering
rom Neuralgia or Neuralgia Head
,che will find one or two appliances
Il sloan's Liniment will give CRATE
ful relief. The agonizing pain gives
way to a tingling sensation OF COM
tort and warmth and quiet rest and
sleep is possible. Good for Neuritis
100. Price 25c. at your Druggist mol
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1916-03-09
CALONiEL SALIVATES AND
..- MAKES YOU SICK
Acts like dynamite on a sluggish
liver and you lose days work.

Acts like dynamite on sluggish
liver and you lose days work.
There's no reason why a person
should take sickening, salivating cal
omel when 50 cents buys large bot
tie of, Dodson's Liver TonS-a perfect
su6sfifSfe for saiomei: -
/. 1t is a pleasant, vegetable liquid
which will start your liver just as
surely as calomel, but it doesn't make
you sick and can not salivate.
Children and grown folks can take
DOdsons liver Tone, because it is
perfectly harmless.
Calomel is dangerous drug. 1t Is
mercury and attacks your bones. Take
a dose of nasty calomel today and you
will feel weak, sick and nauseated
tomorrow. Don't lose a days work.
Take a spoonful Of Dodson's Liver
Tone instead aud you will wake up
feeling great. No more biliousness,
constipation, sluggishness, headache,
coated tongue or sour stomach. Your
druggist says If you don't find Dod-
sons Liver Tone acts better than
horrible calomel your money is wait
ing for you.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1916-03-09


far recovered that he was able to be
at his work as bookkeeper for Odom
Bros. & Co. After being out for only
day or two he relapsed and gradually
grew worse until the end came.
MIR. Barentine was born in 1850 and
was married in 1872 to Miss Mamie
McCreight, sister of our Townsman,
Mr.. Jas. A. McCreight. OF this union
five children were born, all Of whom
are living: Mrs. D. H. Laney, Mrs.
B. F.Robeson o. L. Barentine and Miss
Annie Barentine of Chesterfield, and
Walter E. Barentine of Moultrie, Ca,
and one brother, John Barentine OF
Clio, S. c., and one sister, Mrs. Tur-
lington of Baltimore, Md. survive him.
Mr.. Barentine always took lively in
terest in the affairs of his county and
State. For several years he was
auditor of Chesterfield county, then he
served several terms as probate judge.
At the time of his death he was clerk
of the board of county commissioners.
For several years Mr.. Barentine was
owner and editor of the. Chesterfield
Advertiser. Mr. Barentine was a
member of the Methodist church. For
almost 40 'ars he was a steward In
st. Paul church and for years was
chairman of the boad of stewards. He
was also the chairman of. the board OF
trustees. His church honored him by
sending him to the district conference
from year to year, and often.h he was a
delegate to the annual conference.
He always stood loyalty to his duty
to his church. ....
The funeral services were conduct
ed Saturday afternoon by his pastor,
the Rev. ]. l.. Tyler, and the body laid
to rest in the Chesterfield cemetary.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1916-03-09
rRtRAREDNEss
BiIlx mday No Pacific

zsg31ll1 S I'D cEsUI- W6r as wen as ,G1
peace. We must fight as well as pray.
If 1t hadn'tsibeen for war We would be
singing 'God Save the Kingp instead
of My Country, 'Tis of Thee If it
hadn't been Nor war the bloodhOunds
would be chasing the black mep
through the swamps and canebrakes
today; If it hadn't been for war Spain
would stfn de tearing at the heart ct
Cuba il it hadn't been for the flag Of
Mexico would be waving over Texas.
New Mexico Nevada and California
Yes, believe in preparedness; I be-
lieve in battleships and submarines
and If any bf the nations across the
sea should cdre to find out whether thu
American pepple believe In the Monroe
Doctrine, let them start something.
II they do, I would like to be colonel
of a regiment. BILLY" Sunday the
Evangelist.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1916-03-09
Many Troubles Due to
an Inactive Liver

Many Of the troubles Of life such a.
headache, indigestion, constipation and
lack Of energy are due to inactive
livers.
GRIGSBY'S LIV.VER-LAX is q
natural vegetable remedy that will get
the liver right and make these trt ub-
les disappear. 1t has none Of the
dangers or disagreeable after effects
Of calomel.
Get SOC or 81 bottle Of this splendid
remedy from your druggist today. En
cry bottle bears the likeness Of L. Il.
Grigsby, who guarantees it through
Rruggist. no. z
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1916-03-09
AN IDEAL SPRING LAXATIVE

A good and time tried remedy Is
DE- -Kipg.s NeY Lite pulls: The first
dose win move the ssSggish bowels,
stimulate the liver and clear the sys-
tenn Of waste, and blood impurities.
You owe it to yourself to clear the
system of body poisons, accumulated
during the winter. DR.. Kinks New
Life Pills will do II. 25c. at your
Druggist. mol
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1916-03-09

The gallon month law of 1915 says
you must get your gallon yourself from
the express office, and that If you keep
it at any place besides your residence
that you are guilty Of storing, and that
you cannot take a drink or open it in
your office or in the home Of any one,
if you do you are guilty Of storing. We
do not see why the law makers struck
cut that section which required you e.
label your grip, because If you have
any in there you are violating the Law
by storing it some place other than
your home, or you are transporting.