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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-06-18
Man Dies and Comes Back
The Remarkable Experience Of Kansas City Man. Whom
Doctors Pronounced Dead.
From the SnEC City Star

My heart stopped beating for u full
minute, and the doctor pronounced
me dead. And was dead. 10 all
tntents and purposes. had sent n
bullet into my body. meaning to kill
myself. ! had counted down my ribs
to find the place where my heart was
pulsating before fired. Then /
placed the revolver on the spot and
pulled the trigger.
During the time I was dead had
what firmly believe was glimpse
OF the life beyond. II was no hJas.
terra, dream or delirium. was dead
In telling this story am simply hop
ing that some poor down-nnd-outcr
who Is on the verge Of suicide will be
helped. My experience may prevent
some one from taking the step that
did.
Everything Gloomy.
Ny nerves had been going to the
bad for years. owned my own
home, had and still have. the best
wife on earth and four children. Neu.
rasthenla Is horrible. Your nerves
play out and melRncholia results. I
believed everyone was working "a
cretly against me. Nothing was
bright and encouraging. Everything
was gloomy and depressing. planned
to invest my money In new business
but this worried me. and the money
became still another care and added
TO my burden.
At my work found my mind slip
ping. / couldn't concentrate. and af-
ter had done thing couldn't tell
the next minute what | had done. It
was gloomy and depressing. Then
we Inherited bit OF money. and the
shock OF II made me worse. planned
was impossible for me to continue, 80
quit and for seven months stayed
home. brooding When walked out
I always looked down at the ground.
wasn't deceived about my condi-
ton. knew my mind was going and
that I was no good to myself or any
body else. So decided to end It.
The frst attempt was with strychnine.
but I took too much and II didn't
harm me. Then tried morphine and
II failed. too. for the same reason.
suppose. Then. one gloomy morning
Mt the end of seven months of brood
ing, got out OF bed and took my
revolver from the dresser.
Locates Heart.
AS stood looking In the mirror
/ located my heart beat with my nm
gers and pressed the point of the re-
volver against the flesh.
DO want to do this or not?"
asked myself.
yes" said something in my brain.
Ego ahead"
waited minute for something
to hold me back. but nothing came.
My thumb was on the trigger and
started pulling. This thing is 60
ing to go on pretty SOON" said to
myself and pulled harder.
heard the explosion. and felt
the bullet az II shot through my body
with a queer. tinglinG sensation.
which IL similar to the feeling when
you strike your crazy bone" on
something felt the bullet hit some
thing in my back and stop. There
was no pain. but lifted up on my
toes and then fell to the floor. How
ever missed my heart don't know.
but had. and realized that had
failed. tried to reach the revolver.
but they took It away. The bullet
had passed through both lungs and
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-06-18

Forest Service Aid ylsltors.

Fishermen, hunters, campers, 10
cal residents and travellers from a dis
lance all md in the natural parks n
place to enpoy the great outdoor In
their own way. Roads and trails,
built and maintained by the forest
service, gives easy entrance to count
less attractive places formerly mac
cessible. while forest service tele-
phone lines make communication
with the outside world fairly conven-
lent.
The Pike national forest is one Of
the greatest and most freQuented OF
these public recreation grounds.
Within its boundaries. or closely ad-
Jacent to II. are TO be found the seen
Ic attractions which have made Colo
RADIO the switzerland OF America. -
OF course the main object OF inter
est here is Pixies peak. There are
also the world-famed Yellowstone
park in Wyoming. the Sawtooth ma
tIonal forest in Idaho, the California
national forest. with its 1861, 900
acres, and many more. each holding
forth its particular attractions in the
way OF scenery, fish and big game.
The United States. with $4,000
900 acres OF land in its national for
ests. stands third on the list OF the
worlds largest climber land owners.
only Russia and Canada possessing
larger holdings. Volumes might be
written on the advantages OF these
great tracts as places to spend a va
cation.
The thing to be done by the pros
pective vacationlst, who has heard
the call" is TO send for the folders
maps and descriptive matter OF the
government Fairgrounds. The forest
service. department of agriculture, at
Washington. has charge OF the tracts
and will be glad to furnish any intor-
nation about them that may be de-
sired.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-06-18
And at the Same Time a Good
Saving for the Taxpayers
of the State.

WASHINGTON. June 17.-"Whar
shall we do with our conNcts?" This
is the question that has caused grave
concern to slum-workers. economists.
reformers and statesmen OF various
knowledge and fitness all over the
country. In 1910 there were 2.s23
penal institutions IN the United
States with a general population Of
479,256, or b21 per on hundred
thousand of the general population.
The offenses for which these people
were sent to prison covered every
class OF misdemeanor and crime from
VRgrancy to murder in the Arst de-
gree. In the same year the number
Of prisoners discharged, dying or be-
ing transferred was 476. 46S. so that
Il would seem that the prison popu-
lat1on runs about the same from year
70 year.
what shall we do with our con
YictS?" That is the question. II
would never do to kin all OF them.
In the decade l9Oi-lSl0 there were
1860 homicides In the United
States, the United States ranking in
third place among ali the countries
OF the world in the homicide rate. be-
ing distanced in this order only By
Hungary and Uruguay. In some OF
the states. capital punishment has
been abolished. but in all the states
homicide is a punishable ofiense. and
in some OF the states. or. rather. in
ZONE OF the communities in some of
the states murderers are regarded
with very tender concern by emotion
al reformers. In all the states and
generally throughout the world there
has been a steadily growing demand
for more humane dealing with crimi-
mails than under the old dispeusation
when the rule was life for life, eye
for eye. tooth for tooth. hand for
hand, foot for foot. 1t IS better Sc
AT least for the criminals.
Need Exercise.
What shall we do with our con,
viets!" They must be fed and
clothed and housed and securely
guarded. The safety OF the state
forbids that they be turned Ioos.
upon society which they have men,
need by their lawless conduct. The
cost Of maintaining them in idlenes!
would be 4 most serious tax upon The
resources Of the the people who are
not in prison. Some heRlthful occu
patton must be found for them. L
would be cruelty Of the most bruta
kind to keep them in conhnemen
without exercise. II 10 objected tina
they DO employed as labOrers In tn
prison In the manufacture Of good
that would DO put on the market Il
competition with similar goods man
uaaeeared BY honest labor on the out
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-06-18

serving sentences varying from six
months to year: their average SEN
tcnce being from six to eight months.
Several OF the convIctB sent to this
camp have been returned to their for
mer places for Hghting among them
selves or for other breaches Of good
conduct; but from the day the camp
was established to the present there
has not been n single attempt to es-
cape from their service and their
work has been Of the most excellent
order. They have removed about 49,
900 tons OF earth and about 10000
tons OF stone. built very substan-
tiRl bridge Of concrete mad completed
an earth road OF superior quality two
miles In length. With the few cX-
Ceptions noted. they hay" been or
DERBY and industrious. and. without
bonds or restrictions. they have done
the work required Of them without
complaining. The most, II not all. Of
tho convIcts at this camp hail from
Atlanta. where they were subjected
in their free life to the supposedly
currupting influence OF the city and
these have been invariably response
bic to discipline which has not been
administered with lash or gun. There
nave been no guns or chains or locks
or bars or stripes at the camp and
the puaser-by would not be able TO
distinguish the workers here from
any body Of free road hands en-
ploycd in doing good work.
Economic Lessons.
a number of important economic
lessons have been learned from this
experiment. The quarters Of the CON
victs were designed with fine regard
to the health of the inmates and the
very rcmarkabl" result II that among
til" conylcts there has been less than
one-iourth of on" per cent of sick
ness since III" camp was established
The cost Of feeding tn" cOnvicts has
been seventeen cents the day for
three meals The food has been the
best. selected for It's nutritious uuali-
ty upon the ration recommended by
the United states Office Of public
health. The cost Of maintaining the
camp. counting ten per cent for an
nual depreciation in tn" value OF tho
plant. the salaries Of supervisor and
clerk, cost OF transportation OF sup
plies and all other incidental eXpons-
rs and the cost OF flooding and car
ing for the convicts-is only a small
fraction over forty-four cents the day.
This cost Is lower than at any other
convict camp Of the older sort in Vir.
ginia, and probably in the United
States.
The people who have been charged
with this experiment have been very
much heartcncd by the results that
have been obtained. They do not
think that all convICts could be treat
cd with the same consideration as the
conyicts at this camp: but they do
think that ther" Is room for selection
among those who have been con
dcmned to prison life. and that for
such as these there Ia n great field for
services In the building of good roads
whore they would not come into com
petition with free labor and whore
they could work out their punish
mcnt in useful occupation under hu-
man conditions.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-06-18
AUTOMOBILES
Are Being Used for Recruiting
Purposes by the Federal
Marine Corps.

WASHINGTON, June Ito
reach virgin recruiting fields of rail-
road lines. the United States marine
corps has put in operation three COM
binatIon freight and passenger auto
mobiles fitted up as virtual rolling re-
offices to strike into interior
sections where the soldiers OF the
sea- re but little known and the
opportunities their service offers to
enlisted men. less understood.
These recruiting Offices on wheels
will frst operate from San Francisco.
Atlanta and BOSTON, but u the exper-
iments made are successful. the idea
may be extended to other sections OF
the country.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-06-18
ORKNEY ISLANDS
Where Earl Kitchener Has Tragic Significance Ia
Engslmcn

WASHINGTON. June 1.-THE
Orkney Islands. the naval base of
Great Britain's grand fleet, operating
in the North sea. and on whose shores
Earl Kitchener and his stan are re-
ported TO have met death, are de
sCribcd In the following war geogra-
ply bulletin OF the National Geo
graphic society. issued from its Wash
inGtOn headquarters:
NO other territory in the British
empire has more tragic significance
to EnElishment today than the Ork-
ncy Islands. of whose shores the most
distinguished victim Of the world
war. Earl Kitchener lost his life
when the cruiser Hampshire was sunk
by Il torpedo or mine.
Ninety in Number.
These Islands, ninety in number.
Of which only thirty are Inhabited
are separated from the mainland OF
Scotland by the Pcntland Firth. from
six and half to eight miles wide.
They were selected As England S
North sea naval base not only on
account OF their proximity to the
field Of operations. but on account
OF their semi-isoIation and the ad.
yontapes Of tho sun.rb b1rbor of
Stromness in the largest island of
IN. .roun pomona which mas nm
area oI Two hundred enuoro miles
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Iumhia and tho popul,tiop is in tho
r.ichhnrbood or al ana more thTn
hoIf rho neonIe living on Pomona
KirLwoIl the conitaI has ponuIa.
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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-06-18

the gulf stream. There is little snow
In winter and the summers are most
pleasant. beginning the middle Of
June. Barley. oats. potatoes and tur-
nips are the principal crops. The
raising Of cattle and sheep and hors-
es Of a larger breed than the famous
Shetland ponies. is profitable occu-
patton. Herring fisheries afford
livelihood for many of the inhabi-
tants. while small percentage of
III" people devote their energies to
hunting wild birds and gathering
their eggs. The picturcsqucncss OF
the rocky coasts and the beauty OF the
long twilight, evenings attract a con
siderable number Of tourists to the
Islands during the summer. on the
longest day Of the year the sun rises
at 3 O'Clock a. m. and sets after . in
the evening, while on the shortest day
it is visible for scarcely SIX hours"
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-06-18
Was Formerly a Gulf ir
the Mediterranean Sea but
is Now a Lake.

on THE BANKS OF THE ETANG
DE BERRE. Provence France. Juns
1.-THE "Etang de- Bcrre." meaning
Bcrre Pond. formerly a gulf or the
Mediterranean. but now a lake. is a
name which Americans are likely to
encounter frequently in the future
French activity is preparing there a
new industrial center and CONNER
Cial port. which competent persons
say must, by force OF circumstances
become Franco-Amcrican
Fifteen years from today "" shall
see an important Franco-AmcriCan
commercial and Industrial city on the
banks OF the Etang de Berrc." is tho
prediction made to the correspondent
OF the Associated Press by Monsieur
Victor Bcrard. recognized expert In
economic problems.
The EtanE de Berrc. transformed
into seaport Of unriyalled advan-
tages by the canal from Marscilles to
the Rhine being inauguratcd today"
he added. will be the natural ware
house for American products that no
longer md storage room IN Mar
seillcs."
First Sheet ii Water.
The Etang de Bcrre is the first
sheet Of water with the Mcditerran-
can blue tint that catches the travel
er's eye from the car window after
leaving Aries for Marseillcs: II is
generally mistaken for the Mediter-
raneAn: 1t was formerly part OF il
and is now connected with II by canal.
opening up for merchant marine
one OF the worlds finest harbors. FIJI
~ thousand acres OF ample shelter
from thGt fierce kind. the mistral. are
afforded, with natural projections
from the attacks OF an enemy. The
lake Is about twenty-seven feet deep
in most parts The entire shore
length. with little diriculty. may be
utilized for docking facilities and for
the construction Of factories and
warehouses,
The Etang dc Berre has been con-
nNeted with the sea at the p0Fl Of
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-06-18

1916. four and half miles OF hole
the Rove tunnel it is Called-was
pierced through the rock and widen
ed sufficiently to let Il train of cars
through. At the Mediterranean end
the tunnel Is completed with an sper-
ture twenty-five yards wide. larger
than any other subway In existence.
II will permit sea barEes with a
draught OF twelve feet TO pass each
other in opposite directions.
The canal was projected for an eF-
timated yearly traffic Of the port Of
Marseilles. II will exceed the esti-
mate II even small part Of the eX-
pectations as to the development of
the Etang de Berre Is realized. The
nine basins OF the port VI Mnrse,les
have total water surface o; ass
acres. or thirty-thrce times less than
that OF the Etang lie IIerrc.
The parliamentary project for the
Marseilles to Rhone canal provided
for an expenditure o: eighty million
francs, Of which the Ma-srillcs cham
Der of commerce assumed RESPONSE
blIity for l3.333.3S3 francs. and the
department OF the Bouches du Rhonc
and the city of MarseillcS each g.
666.666 francs. The modification.
providing for the terminus at Aries
instead OF Bras de Mott, it was csti-
mated. would bring the cost Of the
canal up to ninety-fuur million francs
at the current rate OF exchange
approximately Sl5.750.0OO.
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-02-24

Representative. Doughton has intro>
Boone Highway association of North
Carolina through its managing direc-
ter, J.. Hampton Rich, of Winston
in Washington to Daniel Boone. The
monument is to be in charge of the
North Carolina Society of Washington
and the D. A. r.
Clarence and Paul Denton of Hiek-
DRY, guilty of passing forged checks,
and Eugene Burns guilty of store
breaking, in Jail at Newton. attempted
tn flood the jail from the spigot in their
sell and thus causing a furry, expected
when the Jail attendants opened the
door. But Mrs. Gilbert, the j~ailor's
wife, cut the water on and ended the
alleged attempt at escape.
The Quill Club, an organization for
the promotion of newspaper york in
Trinity college was reoTgGnized there
recently after a silenc and inactivity
OF over a year. The officers of the
cub are J. w. Wallace, Statesyale,
| president Banks ArendeIl, Raleigh,
vice president; H. w, Kendall. Shelby,
secretary.
The Lincolnton Graded school au-
ttorities have decided to add q new
feature to the school, that Of a dental
examination OF the pupils. The exam
ination is to be entirely free. A re-
port OF the condition of each pupil
teeth will be made TO the parents, and
If the teeth or gums need N~ttentiOn
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-02-24

Vital statistics just made public
show that for the last six months of
1915 births in Rowan county numbered
more than three t ines the Deaths
Outside of the atOwns of Salisbury, Spen-
Ger and East Spencer, which are not
included there we're 344 bfrts and 1913
deaths.
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-02-24
UNEMPLOYED DIMINISH.

The number Of men and women III
the city of Paris thrown out of en-
plcyment by the war has diminished
from 25Ts435 during the battle Of the
Marine in September, 1914 to 79,447 in
December, 1915, according to of1cia,
figures, gathered from the number OF
unemployed cards issued to workmen
n Workingwomen to entitled them
TO receive the allowance to the unem-
ployed made by the city.
The decreasing number of idle work
men is evidence of the revival of near
" every Partisan industry. The mos;
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-02-24
CALOMEL IS MERCURY! IT SICKENS!
ACTS ON LIVER LIKE DYNAMITE

Here's my guarantee-Go. to any drug
store and get a so cent bottle of bod
sons Liver Tone. Take a spoonful to-
night and if it doesn't straighten you
right up and make you feel fine and
vigorous by morning 1 want you to go
back to the store and get your money.
Dodson's Liver Tone is destroying the
sale of calomel because it is real liver
medicine; entirely vegetable, therefore it
can not s~alivate or make you sick.
/ guarantee that one spoonful of Dod-
sons Liver Tone will put your sluggish
liver to work and clean your bowels of
that sour bile and constipated waste
which 10 clogging your system and max
ing you feel miserable. 1 guarantee that
a bottle of Dodson's Liver. Tone will
keep your -entire family feeling. fine for
months. Give it to your children. It is
harmless; doesn't grfpe and they like its
pleasant taste.
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-02-24

Work began last week on the High
missioners of Guilford county having
decided to extend the highway con-
Meeting the two cities. The contract
has been let an dthe cost will be $12,-
600 a mile.
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-02-24
'DOdsOn's Liver Tone" Starts Your Liver
Better Than GalOmeI and Doesn't
SaIiVate or Make You Sick.

Listen to me-! Take no more sick
ening, s~alivating calomel when bilious or
constipated. Don't lose a days work.
Calomel is mercury or quicksilver
which causes necrosis of the bones.
Calomel, when it comes into contact
with sour bile crashes into it, breaking
it up. This is when you feel that awful
nausea and cramping. If you are slug
gish and "all knocked out" if your
liver is torpid and bowels constipated
or you have headache, dizziness, coated
tongue, if breatheis badnr stomach o
gust take q spoonful of harmless bod.
CONS Liver Tone o. my guarantee.
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-02-24
Ancient Egyptians,

HEF~ISUN G8yPGIdU& -
The ancient Egyptians were lot me-
groes. That much is certain; but
when it is asked: who were they ?"
q problem is raised that is hard to
solve. Both on the anthrcpoIogicaI
and pathological sides the subject il a
knofty one.
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-02-24

important Of all, the textile and cloth
ing trade in which there were 44,3l3S
unemployed March LIST, has now only
2 1868 persons out OF work, of whom
|2S.569 are women.
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-02-24
"TEe best book OF lie kind Tor
The home ever published"

An elaborate description of the
good things to be found within its
cover is not possible in this space,
but here is a brief digest which
VIII give an idea of the wide range
Of subjects treated:
Important Events of 1915, including
an account OF the great world war,
with chronology, correspondence
with Germany and other matters
of interest.
Almanac Matter, showing calendars,
astronomical calculations. legal
holidays, ready reference calendar
for 20U years etc.
Articles and Statistics ON Such Time
Iy SUBJECTS as the Commission on
Industrial Relations, the League
for National Defense, The Hague
Tribunal, the United States Army
and Navy, the Chamber of Com
merce OF the United States, Boy
Scouts of America, Camp Fire
Girls, Reclamation Service, etc.
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-02-24
A History Of the Worlds
Happenings During 1915

You need this new National Year
Book, Almanac and Encyclo-
pedia for 1916-your family needs IL
everybody ought to have it
order your copy today. It's chock-
full of interesting facts and useful
Information.
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-02-24

For the best essay on roads the
banks of Oxford will give the prize
winner in every rural school in Gran
vile county one dollar in the opening
OF a bank account. The children have
the right to choose any subject they
see fit.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-09-15
"sooNERs" AT TALKEETNA
 ARE GIVEN A WARNING

SEWARD, Sept. S.-Wori was re- ceived from Anchorage today that on a recent visit to Talkneetna, Lieut. Nears called the merchants and pion- eers there together and told them to so slow as there possibly would not be sufficient business at that point on the railroad during the win-