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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-09-22
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tbe Door fellows voice stuck in his
throat
Then how did you know he was
proposing?"
"Wen, you see. was afraid that
might happen. so | had taken lessons
in lip reading. Boston Transcript.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-09-22
Richey Alleges Fraud.

"I take it that no Democrat would
want to take his nomination II a
great majority Of the electorate
should honestly believe that he was
taking tainted nomination. 1 have
here aAidavits and letters from differ-
ent parts of the State, from men of ur-
questioned integrity, which set forth
that money, whiskey, coercion and
intimidation were used in the primary
election held on the 18th day of this
month. and in several instances that
names were placed on the club rolls
on the day of the primary, and that
boxes were opened before the time
provided by law SO that number Oh
men might vote, and that ballots were
fraudulently ch0ged, in order to
bring about Mr.. Manning's nomination
for governor. These affidavits and
letters are t!SlS Ali IiAS VI s7Aii'"4 NN--~
will be read to the committee if it so
desires; and every mail brings addi-
tional evidence of the same charac-
ter.
81 have carefully gone over this evi-
dence, and it has produced the i'm
preston on my mind (and I am con-
vinced will produce a like impression
uron the unbiased mind OF anv man OF
ordinary reasonO That no confdence
can be placed in the rnS"1t, "F the
election: and therefore for this rea-
son, and for the reason "'rin'' 7 havn
.>hovn stated-to nrotoo+ ito i"+o""it"
of the Democratic nrimnrv ond tn
nraserve the nnitv of ITO WHIT" "n"-
r1e of the State and in t'n i"+o~ns+ of
instice and fair n1av. 7 am ""n'"n''nd
~ vote AGAINST tho 7r""-''''"+'"'' >e
Mr.. Manning and h'-thnr t'"''''- t''"t
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-09-22
HUSBAND OBJECTS
TO OPERATION
Wife Cured by Lydia E.
Pinkharn's Vegetable
Compound

Des Moines, Iowa." Four years ago
was very sick and my life was nearly
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-09-22

Plies Cured In g to II Days
Your druggist will refund money if PAZo
OINTMENT fails to cure any case OF itching,
Blind. Bleeding or Protrudi1g Files IN 6to 10 asys
The hrst applicatic We Ease and Kest. &c
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-09-22

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The Huttig news., 1916-07-08

I'll cut that pie so therem be enough to go around the table. Just leave Massingale out of it and make up your mind that you're going to sit In with us. We've bought the mine and paid for it. I've got the stock put away where it's safe. Massingale cant touch share of it, or vote it, either"
 Brouillard shook his head.
 You are stubbornly hard to con- vince, MT. Cartwright, but I'll try one more time You will come here to- morrow evening, with your confeder- ates in the deal. prepared to take the money you have actually spent in bet terments and prepared to release the stock. If you fail to do so you will get nothing. Is that explicit enough?
 You're crazy!" shouted the promo ter. You talk as if there wasn't any law in this country!"
 There isn't-for such men as you; you and your kind put yourselves above the law. But that Is neither here nor there. You don't want to go into court with this conspiracy which you have cooked up to beat David Mas singale out of his property It's the last thing on earth you want to do. So you'd better do the other thing while you can"
The Huttig news., 1916-07-08

letter which will stamp you and your associates as criminals before the law; but that is the only concession I shall make"
 You've got to make at least one more!" stormed the outgoing magnate. You don't have to set any dates or anything of that kind for your damned drowning act!"
 Tn justice to good many people who are measurably innocent, I shall have to do that very thing" returned the engineer firmly. "The notice will appear in tomorrow's Spotlight"
 It was the final straw in the stocky promoters crushing wrath burden. His fat face turned purple. and for sec ond or two he clawed the air. gasping for breath. Brouillard sat back in his chair, waiting for the volcanic up- heaval. But it did not come When he had regained measure of self-control, MT. Cartwright turned slowly and went out without word. stumbling over the threshold and slamming the door heavily as he disappeared
 For time after the promoters wordless departure Brouillard sat at his desk writing steadily. When the last of the memorandum sheets was filled he found his hat and street coat and left the office. Ten minutes later he had penetrated to the dusty den On the second floor of the Spotlight office where Harlan was grinding copy for his paper. Brouillard took a chair at the desk end and laid the sheets of penciled government paper under the editors eyes.
 Harlan's lean, fine-lined face was & study In changing emotions as he read But at the end there was an aggrieved look in his eyes, mirroring the poignant regret of newsman who has found a priceless story which he dares not use.
 Its ripping, he sighed, the big gest piece of fireworks poor devil of a newspaper man ever had a chance to touch off. But, of course, I can't print It."
 Why of course'?"
 For the same reason that a sane man doesn't peek down the muzzle of a loaded gun when he is monkeying with the trigger. want to live little while longer"
 Brouillard looked relieved.
 T thought, perhaps, 1t was on ac- count of your Investments he said
 Not at the present writing" amend ed Harlan with grin. q got case of cold feaf whap uo had That litfio lot ur while back, and when the market
The Huttig news., 1916-07-08

Brouillard looked up under the shaded electric globe and his hand. some face wrinkled in a sour smile.
 You are ready to let go, are you?' he said. You are too late Mir. Ford returned from Europe a week ago, and l have wire saying that tonight S through freight from Brewster is chief ly made up of empty ore cars for the Little Susan.'"
 The sandy-gray eyes blinked at this, but MT. Cartwright was of those who die hard.
 What I said still holds good. Mas singale or his son, or both of them. will gamble the money. And if they don't, we've got 'em tied up in hard knot on the stock proposition.
 T was coming to that" said Brouil- lard quietly. For a long time you have been telling me what I should do and 1 have done it. Now I'll take my turn. You must notify your associ- ates that the Little Susan deal is off. There will be called meeting of the directors here in this room tomorrow evening at eight o'clock, and"
 "Who calls it?" interrupted the tyrant.
 "The president"
 President nothing," was the snort ed comment. An old, drunken gam bier who hasn't got sense enough to go in when it rains Say Brouillard,
The Huttig news., 1916-07-08

Brouillard's absence held a small dis appointment for the Frenchman Ru- nor, the rumor which was never quiet and which could never be traced con- clusively to it's source, was again busy with exciting hints of new era of prosperity about to dawn, and Bongras had hoped to drop his own little plum met of inquiry into the reclamation service chief.
 The chance did not materialize. The lights in certain upper office in the Niquoia building were still turned on long after NJ. Poudrecaulx had given up the hope of the deep-sea sounding for that night Some time after the lobby crowd had melted, and before the lower avenue had begun to order small-hour suppers of Bongras, the two high windows in the Niquoia building went dark and few minutes later the man who had spent half the night tramping the floor or sitting with his head in his hands at the desk in the upper room came out of the street archway and walked briskly to the telegraph office across the plaza
 How is the line tonight Sanford pretty clear?" he asked of the night manager killing time while the sleepy night receiving clerk was making his third attempt to count the words in the closely-written, two-page govern ment cipher.
 Nothing doing; little A. P. stun drizzling in now and then,P said the manager; adding: But that's like the poor-always with us
 All right; there is no particular rush about this matter of mine, just so it is sure to be in the secretary s hands at the opening of business in the morning. But be careful that it goes straight-you'd better have it checked back before it is put on the through wire from Denver"
 Sure, MT Brouillard. What you say in this little old shack goes as it lays. We'll look out and not bull your mes sage Good night o
The Huttig news., 1916-07-08
THE CITY QF
 NUMBERED DAYS 6/fRANCIS CYNDE ILLUSTRATIONS byC.D.RH0OE5 = :
t0pYaiGrT BY CHARLES stRIsneRi0 5rns
 SXNnDCIC

happened to meet her, but I suppose there is Mrs. Grundy, even in Gomor- rah'
 She acquiesced in silence and they made the descent of the steep trail and walked across in the growing dusk from the foot of Chigringo to the stuccoed villa in the suburb, misers of speech, since there were no deeper depths to which the spoken word could plunge. But at the villa steps Brouil- lard took the girl in his arms and kissed her
 Put me out of your mind and heart If you can" he said tende.ly, repeating the words which he had once sent across the distances to her in another moment of despair, and before she | could answer he was gone.
 Monsieur Poudrecaulx Bongras, TO- tund smiling and reached and waxed to broad burlesque of second-empire ferceness. looked in vain among his dinner guests that evening for the chief of the reclamation service, and
The Huttig news., 1916-07-08

Notwithstanding the preliminary ru. mors which Bongras and many others had sought so anxiously to verify, the Mirapolitan awakening to a realization that once more the tide had turned to bring new pillows of prosperity tum- bling into the valley of the Niquoia came with sudden and triumphant shock.
 The first of the quickening waves fell upon the government reservation. Between sunrise and nightfall, on a day when the cloud of depression had grown black with panic threatenings. the apathy which had lately character ized the work on the great dam disap- peared as if by magic. The city found it's billboards posted with loud calls for labor. the idle mixers were put in
The Huttig news., 1916-07-08

Gets Into Cold Type, It's Good-byp opened cleaned up and sent the surc- enough little round dollars home to- Ohio."
 And still you won't print this?"
 I'd like to; you don't know how much I'd like to. But they'd hang me and sack the shop. I shouldn't blame 'em. If what you have said here ever gets into cold type, it's good-by Mirap- olis Why, Brouillard, the whole Uni ted States would rise up and tell us to get off the map. You've made us look like thirty cents trying to block the wheels of million dollars-and that is about the real size of 1t, I guess"
 Then 1t is your opinion that if this were printed 1t would do the busi- ness?"
 There isn't the slightest doubt about It."
 Thank you, Harlan. that is what wanted to find out-if had made 1t strong enough. It'll be printed. I'll put it on the wires to the Associated Press. I was merely giving you the first hack at it."
 "Gee-gosh! hold on a minute!" ex- claimed the newsman. jumping up and snapping his fingers "If weren't, such dod-gasted coward! Let me run in few It is alleged's', and I'll chance it."
 No; it goes as it lies There are no allegations. It Is merely string of cold facts, as you very we'll know. Print it if you like. and I'll. see to it that they don't hang you or loot the office. I have two hundred of the safest men on my force under arms to- night, and we'll take care of you I'm in this thing for blood, Harlan, and when I get through. this little obstruc- tion in the way of progress that Cort- wright and his crowd planned, and that you and l and lot of other fools and knaves helped to build, will be cooling Itself under two hundred feet of water"
 Good Lord!" said the editor. still unable to compass the barbaric sud denness of 1t. Then he ran his eye over the scratch sheets again. Does this formal notice that the waste gates will be closed three weeks from tomor-- row go as 1t stands?" he inquired.
The Huttig news., 1916-07-08

before you're ready to dress It anG cut it up. It's all right for you to run men in here by the trainload and scatter 'em out over your scaffolding- more the merrier, and it's good for the town-but you needn't sweat the last shovelful of hurry out of them the way you're doing. It won't do to get your job finished too soon."
 Before congress eonvenes, you mean?" suggested Brouillard.
 That's just what l mean. String it out. Make it last"
 Brouillard sat back in his pivot chair and began to play with the paper knife.
 And if I don't choose to string it out'-if even confess that am strain ing every nerve to do this thing that you don't want me to do-what then, MT Cortwright?"
 The quiet retort jolted the stocky man in the armchair as if it had been a blow. But he recovered quickly.
 I've been looking for that" he said with a nervous twinkling of the little gray eyes. You've no business being out of business, Brouillard. If you'd quit pudding sand and cement and lit tie rocks together and strike your gait right in ten years you'd be the richest man this side of the mountains. I'll be open-handed with you: This time you've got LIS where we can't wiggle.
  much is it going to cost us?"
 Brouillard shook his head slowly
 Odd as it may seem to you, I'm out of your market this time, Mir Cort- wright-quite out of 1t.
 "Oh. no, you're not. You've got property to sell-a good bit of 1t. We can turn it for you at figure that will"
 No; you are mistaken" was the quick reply. q have no property in Mirapolis I am merely squatter on government land,e like everyone else in the Niquoia valley"
 For heavens sake!" the promoter burst out. Whats got into you?
 
 that corpse on it's feet; it's dead one, I tell youi The Coronida titles are all right"
 There are no Coronida titles. You have known it all along, and I know 1t now. I have it straight from the bu. reau of land statistics, in letter from a man who knows. The nearest boundary of the old Spanish grant is Latigo peak, ten miles south of Chi gringo. The department knows this and is prepared to prove it. And in the very beginning you and your asso- ciates were warned that you could nor acquire homestead or other rights in the Niquoia.'
 Let it goi" snapped the gray-eyed king of the pack. We've got to get out alive and we're going to get out alive. Whats your price?"
 'I have answered that question once but I'll make it little palmer if you wish. It is beyond your reach if yor should turn your money-coining sou into cash you couldn't pay it this time MT. Cartwright"
 That's guff-boy-talk-play ing! You want something's it that damned Massingale business again? I don't own the railroad but if you think l do, I'll sign anything you want to write to the traffic people Let Mas singale sell his ore and get the money for it. He'll go gamble it as he did yours"
The Huttig news., 1916-07-08

tUontinued Next Week.J
The Huttig news., 1916-07-08

CHAPTER I-Brouillard. chief engineer on the Niquoia irrigation dam. goes ont from camp to investigate a strange Hght the canyon portal
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-01-29
JOK>ES ! g!
WHAT HE NEEDED.

You appear to be crippled Uncle
Hiram" said the grocer, as the old
man limped into the store the other
morning. What's the trouble?"
Il wuz deown few tn city t'other
day" replied the limping granger, an
tn fust thing know'd l kerlided with
one Nv them gosh ding'd 'lectric keers,
by grass"
That's too bad said the sympa-
thetic grocer, as he bit into dried
peach. Did you bring suit against
the company for damages?"
Damages be hang'd!" exclaimed
Uncle Hiram, as he proceeded to load
his trusty corncob pipe. Peers tew
me ez | got erbout all tn damages |
need, by hen! l reckon mebby it air
repairs orter git. HUH"
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-01-29
SAVE CAKE SIXTEEN YEARS
Fond Parents Still Wait for Their Boy,
Who Went to the Boer War
In 1899.

Though the suspicion grows that a
soft-nosed bullet and an African veldt
may hold the secret of their boys fail
ure to return from the Boer war, Mr..
and Mrs. William Rice, 1856 Rondo
street, St. Paul, have not unwrapped
or thrown away the little English plum
pudding that they made for his Christ
mas dinner 16 years ago. The pud-
ding, his favorte dish, reposes in a bu-
reau waiting his return.
The sons name is John Rice, and
although his parents call him their
boy" he was an adult when he went
to war in behalf Of his fathers coun-
try. His name never appeared among
those of the dead and wounded.
The story of the watchful waiting
parents became known Christmas
when William Rice took his presents
to Mrs. Rice, who was at st. Paul City
hospital because Of a broken leg. The
last word from John was received in
1899, and came on postal card.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-01-29

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Usage orange, locust, red cedar, null
berry and bur oak are the only kinds
Of timber that when used for fence
posts last on an average more than
fifteen years. 1t is becoming increas-
ingly difficult in the north central
states to secure any of these at the
prices which prevailed in the past, and
the steady decrease in the supply and
increase in the cost of timber of this
kind is turning the attention of farm
ers to the possibilities of substituting
posts of cheaper woods that have been
treated with preservatives. Expert
ments conducted by the United States
department of agriculture, and vari-
Gus state experiments have shown that
creosote is the cheapest and most eff
ficient preservative, and that short
lived timbers treated with it will with
stand decay as long as the more dur
able woods. In many localities there
is an abundant supply of cheap timber
which in it's natural state is of little
value for fence posts. By treating
this timber with creosote the farmer
can obtain his posts at a much small
er expense than would be involved in
the purchase Of wood naturally suited
for the purpose.
The process of treating wood with
Creosote is a simple one and can be
done easily on the farm. The expense
Of the necessary equipment depends,
to some extent, on the number of posts
to be treated. 1t has been estimated
that double-tank equipment should
not cost more than $50 and a single
tank, capable of treating two lots of
posts each day, should cost much less
The posts that are to be treated
with creosote should be thoroughly
seasoned and stripped of their bark,
both outer or inner. in order that the
preservative may penetrate the wood
After having been cut and peeled they
should be stored in piles through
which the air may circulate readily.
The first step in the treatment is to
place the posts in tank of creosote
which has been heated to a tempera-
ture of about 220 degrees F. Here
they remain until the creosote has
penetrated through the sapwood, the
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-01-29
Given Shakespearean Names.

British paper announces that the
problem of finding names for the sta
tions on the new section of the Ket-
tie Valley railway portion Of the Cana
dian Pacific which runs through the
Hope mountains has been solved in
a distinctly original manner The
construction of the railway is now
almost completed, and it has been
decided to name the stations after
well-known Shakespearean characters.
One station just north of the Co.
quahalla River canyon is called Othel-
10, another Lear, a third Jessica, a
fourth Portia, and a fifth Iago. Ro-
meo, another station, is eternally sep
arated from Juliet by Coquahalla sum-
nit, which is $500 feet above sea
level, and not likely to be moved by
anything short of an earthquake.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-01-29
Earned Rapid Promotion.

Rapid promotion rewards those who
serve well the army of France. About
the most remarkable cases of advance
ment is that of General Petain, who
was only colonel commanding the
Thirty-third infantry regiment at
Arras at the beginning of the war
Successfully he became general of
brigade, general of division, and COM
mander OF an army corps, and now for
nearly six months he has been at the
head of one of the principal armies,
which recently covered itself with
glory. General Petain is one OF the
most esteemed chiefs. and his high
qualities of strategy, energy and cool
ness have not for single moment
failed him during the different opera
tons in which he has taken part.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-01-29
May Be LONGEST European War.

1t is pointed out that if tho war
lasts until the autumn of 1916 it will
have been longer than any great war
in Europe since the fall of Napoleon.
Each of the two Balkan wars of
1928 was a matter of weeks. So
were the Serbo-Bulgarian war of
1885 and the Turco-Greek war of 1897.
The Crimean war lasted little more
than year, while the Franco-Prussian
war was practically decided in a
month, although Paris was holding out
seven months afterward. The Russo
Japanese war lasted about twelve
months, as did the Turco-Italian war
in 1911-12. The Boer war ran for
two and half years, but that can
not be called European war. The
American Civil war lasted for four
years.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-01-29
"PIP- SQUEAKS" AND "CASPER"
Trench Journals Published by Soldiers
Have Names That Are Hard
to Understand.

The editors of many of the curious
little trench journals. which are being
brought out in ever-ncreasing num-
bers by soldiers at the front, have
perfect genius for inventing queer and
bizarre titles for their publications.
Some OF these, though certainly
strange are at least under
standable. The "Pow-Wow.' for in
stance. which is the trench journal OF
the Twentieth Battalion Royal Fusi-
liers. conveys some sort of an intel
ligible idea to most people.
But the same cannot be said of the
Lead Swinger," which, its subtitle in
forms us, is The Bivouac Journal of
the Third West Riding Field Ambu
lance Is 'lead-swinger Army slang
for an ambulance man? Or what?
"Pip-Squeaks" is another puzzling
title, until one learns incidentally, on
glazing through its inside pages, that
''pip-squeak" is special kind of small
German shell, so-called by Tommy
from the noise it makes when fired.
The Comb and Paper" reports and
criticizes concerts and other similar
entertainments at the front The
Hangar Herald" presents no ifiicul-
ties to anyone who knows that han
gar is the name airmen give to the
sheds where their aeroplanes are
stored. The paper deals, as its name
implies, with the doings of aviators
at the front
The "Gaspar' is a paper published
SO it's editor informs us, for soldiers
at the base" and he goes on to tell
us, incidentally, that the base is
place where troops are kept until they
are so fed up that they do not mind
getting killed"
Yet another Of these curiously
named ventures in active service jour
nalism is entitled "Dickey Scrapings,'
and it's substitute, which is at least
self-eXplanatory, even if somewhat diff
fuse, is as follows: The Only Au-
thorized Version Of the Doings Of the
Honorable and Ancient Order of the
Cooks of the Artists Rifles
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-01-29
Out of II,

Son. remarked the studious ia
Their. you should begin early and lay
the foundation of a good library"
I've already started, dad"
What books have you bought"
oh, practically all the best sell
ers.'"
"Umph! | started my library with
a Bible and copy of Shakespeare"
Il know it, dad. And when there's
a bunch of live wires around you're
always a dead one"
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-01-29
How He Escaped,

The lawyer was examining him cor,
corning his qualifications as juror.
Have you ever served on jury?"
he asked
No, sir" answered the man. 1--WE
been drawn good many times, but
was always too smart to get caught
on a jury"
whats that, sir?' interrupted the
judge, sternly. DO you boast OF your
smartness in escaping jury duty?'
mo, your honor" said the man. Not
at all. When l said was too smart |
meant that | was always excused be-
cause The lawyers thought l wasn't Ia,
norani enough"