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Middletown transcript., 1917-02-17

pride. He had been in love with Car
Iotta and had tired of her. lie was
bringing her his warmed-over emotions.
She remembered the bitterness OF her
months exile, and its probable cause.
Max had stood by her then. Well he
might, if he suspected the truth.
For Just a moment she had an illumi-
mating flash of Wilson as he really was,
selfish and self-indulgent, just trl1le
too carefully dressed, daring as to eye
and speech, with a carcfully-calculated
daring, frankly pleasure-loving. She
put her hands over her eyes.
The voices in the next room had
risen above their whisper.
Genius has privileges, OF course,
said the older voice. "He is a very
great surgeon. Tomorrow he is to DO
the Edwardes operation again. am
glad am to see him do it."
Sidney still held her hands over her
eyes, He was great surgeon: in his
hands he held the keys OF life ana
death. And perhaps he had never
cared for Carlotta: she might have
thrown herself at him. He was man,
at the mercy of any scheming woman.
She tried to summon his image to
her aid. But curious thing happened.
She could not visualize him. Instead,
there came, clear and distinct, a pic
ture of X. LIE Moyne in the hall OF the
little house, reaching one of his long
arms to the chandelier over his head
and looking up at her as she stood on
! the stairs.
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IlO GUN
GRAVESTONES PUT TO USE
Many Instances Known Where Frugal
New EngIanders Have Utilized
Them in Various Ways.

The Waterbury American moraliZes
on the fact that In England some roads
are paved with old gravestones, taken
from graves of forgotten generations,
and crushed for use on the highways.
1t seems brutal thing to do and yet
one need not go overseas to learn of
like utilitarian uses of these memo
rials. Almost 100 years ago Guilford
turned its old graveyard into village
green and many tombstones became
derelicts at once. Frugal representa-
tives Of old families took home the
stones and used them In constructing
a pavement from the front door to
the horse block. Many stones were
used in paving the cellars Of local
churches and the caves of one church
still drip upon q row Of gravestones
laid for that purpose.
Later instances might be cited from
more than one community in the state
beyond a doubt and q Courant man
has knowledge Of at least one frugal
soul who, having bought farm which
included q private graveyard, tore up
| the gravestOnes and used them as
flooring in a new creamery. Possibly
this sort Of thing would not happen
outside New England, for the man
who would utilize secondhand grave
stone must have had a long training
in economy or else a thorough one in
the modern science of efficiency and
the prevention Of waste.-Hartford
| COurant,
Middletown transcript., 1917-02-17
Somewhere East of SueZ.

Hotel life is bad enough anywhere,
but it is worst in the Orient. You hear
the mother Of a twelve-year-old girl
tell her to run away while mother
smokes" or tell her husband that she
twill have a whisky and soda and the
little girl can have q small one, as the
weather is hot" Such things happen
in America, but they are not the nor
NAL thing, as they are in these poly
glot trade ports. The commercial class
accuse the missionaries of being too
exclusive and the missionaries assert
they are not going to run fancy bar
to attract their cOmpatriots there
you are!
Middletown transcript., 1917-02-17
CHAPTER XVIII.

Sidney went into the operating room
late in the spring as the result OF a
conversation between the younger Will
son and the Head.
"When are you going to put my
protegee into the operating room?'
asked Wilson, meeting Miss Gregg in
a corridor one bright spring afternoon.
"That usually comes in the second
year, Doctor Wilson,
He smiled down at her. ''That isn't
rule, is it?'
Not exactly. Miss Page is very
young, and of course there are other
girls who have not yet had the expe,
rience. But if you make the request
II am going to have some good cases
soon. I'll not make request, OF
course; but, if you see fit, it would be
good training for Miss Page"
Miss Gregg went on, knowing per
fectly that at his next operation Doc
tor Wilson would expect Sidney Page
in the operating room. The other doc
tors were not so exigent. She would
have liked to have all the staff old ant
settled, like Doctor O'Hara or the old
er Wilson. These young men came il
and tore things up.
Sidney went into the operating room
that afternoon. For her blue uni
form, kerchief, and cap she exchanges
the hideous operating-room garb: long
straight white gown with short sleeve
and mob cap, graywhite from man
sterilizations. But the ugly costum
seemed to emphasize her beauty, as tn
habit of nun often brings out tn
placid saintliness Of her face.
The relationship between Sidney an
Max had reached that point that OF
ours in all relationships between me
and women: when things must eithe
60 forward or go back, but cannot r.
main as they are. The condition ha
existed for the last three months.
exasperated the man.
As matter of fact, Wilson could ne
60 ahead. The situation with CarlOtt
had become tense, irritating. He fe
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CHAPTER XIX.

''But, Sidney, I'm asking you to mar
ry mel"
TEI know that. I am asking you
something else, Max"
81 have never been in love with her"
His voice was sulky. He had drawn
the car close to bank, and they were
sitting in the shade, on the grass. 1t
IVES the Sunday afternoon after Sid
ney's experience in the operating room.
"You took her out, Max, didn't you"
"a few times, yes. She seemed to
have no friends. was sorry for her"
'That was all?"
absolutely. Good heavens, you've
put me through catechism in the last
ten minutes"
"If nv father were living, or even
mother, lone Of them would have
done this for me, Max. I'm sorry l
had to. I've been very wretched for
several days."
1t was the first encouragement she
had given him. There was no coquetry
about her aloofness. 1t was only that
her faith in him had had shock and
was slow of reviving.
"You are very, very lovely, Sidney
wonder if you have any idea what
you mean to me?"
"You meant a great deal to me. too
she said frankly, until few days ago.
l thought you were the greatest man
I had ever known, and the best. And
then-I think I'd better tell you what
I overheard. I didn't try to hear. II
lust happened that way"
He listened doggedly to her account
of the hospital gossip, doggedly anC
with a sinking sense of fear, not Of the
talk. but of Carlotta herself. Usually
one might count on the wOman'S 81
lence, her instinct for self-protecuQn
But Carlotta was different. Hang the
girl, anyhow! She had known from
the start that the affair was TEN
porary one; he had never pretended
anything else.
There was silence for moment at
ter Sidney finished. Then:
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that she stood ready to block any move
he made. He would not go back, and
he dared not go forward.
If Sidney was puzzled, she kept it
bravely to herself. In her little room
at night, with the door carefully
locked, she tried to think things out.
There were q few treasures that she
looked over regularly: dried flower
from the Christmas roses; label that
he had pasted playfully on the back
of her hand one day after the rush of
surgical dressings was over and which
said: "R, Take once and forever"
There was another piece of paper
over which Sidney spent much time.
1t was page torn out of an order
book, and it read: "Sigsbee may
have light diet: Rosenfeld massage
Underneath was written, very small:
You are the most beautiful person in
the world.
Two reasons had prompted Wilson
Middletown transcript., 1917-02-17
A Sad Experience,

Bill-Don't you believe there is a
time for everything?
Jill-Surely; but I've discovered
that the time to ask a father for his
only daughters hand in marriage is
not lust after he has been in the kitch-
en- kicking the everlasting daylight out
of the cat.
Middletown transcript., 1917-02-17

The lamp was not lighted in his
room, but the street light glowed
through the windows. Once again the
waving fronds of the ailanthuS tree
flung ghOstly shadows on the walls.
There was faint sweet odOr of bios
SONS, so soon to become rank and
heavy.
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DEFENSE PLAN
FOR MARYLAND
Governor Names Commission
to Study Subject.
WAR RESOURCES OF STATE

They Are Also To Be Investigated.
Men Who Know the Needs OF the
State In War Times Are Selected.
Commission Will Cooperate With
the Federal Government and Army
Officers Seventeen Representative
Citizens.
Middletown transcript., 1917-02-17

By means of a funnel, net and a
suction pipe attached to a power-boat
deep sea fishing is made easier. This
is simply an adaptation of the
vacuum cleaner principle.
Middletown transcript., 1917-02-17

Two colored children were burned to
death in their home three miles east
of Princess Anne.
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Members of the Needlework Guild,
at Colora, are holding meetings every
afternoon, spending their time sewing
for the Red Cross.
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Former Governor Edwin Warfield
was reelected president of the Mary
land Historical Society at the annual
meeting.
Middletown transcript., 1917-02-17

A $4,000 bungalow at Chesapeake
Haven has been purchased by J. W..
Penn, of Philadelphia, who will make
it his summer home.
Middletown transcript., 1917-02-17

The Thames carries to the sea an
average of 1,S65,903 cubic feet of sed1
ment a year.
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The emergency rations of our sol
diers consist of three bread and meat
cakes and three pressed chocolate
tablets.
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Chinese tree-pith breadstuff strips,
tamale and ripened eggs only Is years
old made a delicious combination for
Oriental.
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SIDNEY LEARNS SOME VERY PAINFUL TRUTHS AND FEAR
ENTERS DOCTOR MAXS SOUL

mysterious stranger, LeMoyne takes at the Page
her mother Anna and her Aunt a
riet Through the influence OF Dr. Max
smien with her CHARM Sidney
becomes loves her from distance SO does
eac schoomae At the hospital Sidney
Harrison been over
who is jealous of the innocent new
conner Sidney's mares Palmer Howe
take with the Pages Howe
turns traitor His broken oyng accident
chauffeur fatally hurt Sdneys mother
dies that LeNoyne famous Doctor Ed
warles living the secret Caroa Harrison
nelson's hospital, and the blame on Sid
X him Sidney against
to the girl if he
married nsalment X, is trying to
explain to can't interfere in Max and Sid
affairs.
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A new plane is provided with a
shield for the hand to prevent it be-
ing bruised.
Middletown transcript., 1917-02-17

A sparrow for a short distance can
squirt by wing up to 80 miles an hour.
Middletown transcript., 1917-02-17

A gold coin loses per cent. of its
value during 16 years of constant use.
Middletown transcript., 1917-02-17

Chile raises it's best tobacco from
seed obtained in Cuba.
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William G. Favinger has bought OF
Alexis G. Pascault and A. L. Nichols
their farm in Miles River Neck, known
as -Four Hundred" containing 292
acres of land, for $4,000.
Middletown transcript., 1917-02-17

In spite of the length of the giraffe's
neck there are only seven joints in it.
Middletown transcript., 1917-02-17

Do you think that x. ought
to swallow his personal feelings
and tell Sidney exactly the truth
about Wilson? Would she think
him caddish and hate him If he
tried to do so?
Middletown transcript., 1917-02-17

Five automobiles were burned when
fire destroyed the brick garage of the
Broadway Motor-car Company, Hag-
erstown, while H. F. Mellinger, the
manager of the garage, was at supper.
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(TO BE CONTINUED
Middletown transcript., 1917-02-17

Samuel Lord shot and instantly
killed himself at the home of his
brother, Thomas Lord, near FOwling
Creek. He had been crippled with
rheumatism for years and was de-
spondent. He was As years Of age.
Thomas H. Lord, of Denton, is the
father Of the deceased.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-03-03

If YOU--Are in need of fertilizers it
Will be, to your interest to see
James Reaves, Alcolu, S. C. .,
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RACE. AT BIsHoPvILLE.
vote Is Close In the Municipal Elec.
ton.

bishopville, Feb. 27.-The NUM-
cipai primary held here today to nom-
mate mayor and six aldermen was
very close, the vote for mayor being:
-. n. Jennings, 88; N. j. Laney, 80;
=. Edward Stuckey, 90; Jennings and
Stuckey will run over.
The vote for alderman was as fol-
lows: L. Austin, 2O5; j. w. Davis 1876 !:
"A. M. Lee, 1876; P. P. Moore, 90. w.
n. Mcleod, 1S0; T. E. McCutchen.
IIs; w. M. Reid, 144; G. o. Rogers,
dSI; j. T. Shaw, 1O6; j. L. Shuford,
IA; w. w. Wooten, 46. The six
aloermen elected are: S. L. Austin, A.
M. Lee, w. N. Mcleod, T. f. Nc
Cutchen, w. M. Reid and ]. l.. Shu-
ford. G. B. Ruff1n was elected water
commissioner All are good business
men and the affairs of the town will
be In good hands.
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DELEGATES TO HEAD CAMP.
Holly Wood Camp Selects Represcn-
tatfvcS to Go to Greenwood.

Holly Wood Camp No. 19. w. o.
w., at it's last meeting elected dele
gates to attend the Head Camp meet
ing in Greenwood, March 20 and 21
Besides the delegates Mr.. r. S. Hood,
Head Clerk Of the Head Camp, will
also be in attendance ex-officio.
The delegates are: G. c. Beck, Dr..
r.. Z. DuRant, II. l.. Scarborough, w.
Frank Carr, E. II. Sing, w. II. Yates,
Jr., John ID. Lennon, E. w. Lewis, j.
j. Epperson and e. f. Mccoy. AL
ternates were elected to take the
place Of any of these delegates who
are unable to attend.
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voluntary Letters Of Highest Prais;
Coming In From All Parts of The
South.


There Is big automobile manu-.
facturer In the United States-the
one that makes the dandy little car
that runs and jumps by the $4,000
machine-he says: Make your pro-
duct SO good that when a fellow buys
1t. he will come back for more.
The producers Of sulferro-sol, that
marvellous natural remedy, follow
that wise business policy. We arnt
joking when We state that Sulferro-
Sol Is honest. 1t is. for it contains no
poisonous drugs or alcohol, and if
you ever used it, you will use it again,
and tell your best friend to use il.
We get thousands of testimonials we
don't ask for. People have confidence
in sulferro-Sol. and they just whoop
1t up anyhow. We don't believe in
exaggeration. Undue boastfulnes3
such as the "best ever" and great
est on earth" should be discouraged.
Exagserating a product will never
make 1t repeater. but when we tell
you that Sulferro-Sol has cured, and
is now curing thousands who suffer
from kidney. bladder, rheuma ism.
stomach disorders, and indigestion,
we are not "far fetching"
Sulferro-Sol Is sold and recommend
ed by every Druggist In Sumter and
Vicinity. Murray Drug Co., State Dis.
tributors.-Advt.
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Death of Geo. III. Lawrence.

Geo. Fl. Lawrence, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. j. Lawrence, who live on ,ne
manning road about five miles south
or Sumter. died today at about noon
al the home of his parents, after a
lingering illness, aged q years.
The funeral services will be held at
IL O'CLOCK tomorrow morning at the
Davis burying ground, Concord town.
snip, and will be conducted by the
Rev. w. D. SPHINX.
The deceased is survived by his par
ents, four brothers. Messrs. w. J..
Jr' c. b., Herbert Ray, and Millard,
and two sisters, Mrs. G.. A. BrogdDn
Florence, and Mrs. c. E. Brogdon
Charleston.
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mrs. aEaanERr ArrorrrED.
WIN be Special Ascat for state Tu.
berculosis Hospital.

berculosis Hospital.
Columbia, Feb. 2s.-Mrs. Annie I
Rsmhsrt. OF Columbia, was toda,
chosen by the state Board of Healti
- special agent for the state Hos
pital for the Tubercular. Mrs. Rem.
osrt's Nsrk IN the newly created OF.
nee wA ~ . . continuation of activ.
'ty which she voluntarily beganN sew.
srai months ago in the interest OF bet.
ter care and treatment by the State
or IT. Tuberculosis patients. The posi-.
tion rendered her today by the board
OF health carries with IL a salary OF
1900 and travelling expenses.
Mrs. Rembert for almost a year has
travelled throughout South Carolina
urging on public oficials the need OF
q more liberal policy toward these af-
nicted with tuberculosis. AS q re-
suit OF her efforts sixteen counties and
cities have provided funds for main
tanning a. many free beds at the
camp. That work was done without
compensation. The board today gave
Mrs. Rembert rising vote of thanks
for her service.
The board at It's meeting today ten.
tatively accepted plans by Wilson &
sompayrac. architects. for an infirm-
ary' two wards. a dining room with a
Of 100 persons. a sewerage
system and . pumping plant. 1t was
stated by the secretary of the board
that the erection of the new buildings
would be more than double the pres.
INT uipment of the camp. making It
possible to serve seventy-six patients
The board OF health in q body viii,
'isit Broxton township. In colleton
county. on March 8 to make an in.
'psction Of malarial conditions exist.
ne there. It 10 said that in this
ownship malaria Is extremely preva-
emit After " inspection. the board
VIII decide on the proper means o
conditions and appoint a
'omm'ssion to have charge Of the sit
sstion.
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euIrfNG wAREHousE' SYSTEM.
, ; AFFIXED.


6veuln8 Nova
u nfs warshouseman w. q. smith
No sDsnt few hours In tho city
1aa1ay in disoussing the afsairs OF
~ once 70 which he was recently
t,eptsd. sAiA that after he had sy.-
eenaeissd ths work Of the once suf-
Neaently. his presence In Columbia
wesld probably not bs required moro
tnAn three days Of each week. Com
nisHonsr Smith said that the rc-
ualnAsr of the time. would be spent
- ~ work of inspection and other
Guties % the once which would re-
Sui1s ~ time and attention outside
- NE cApital city. On account OF this
1aet COL smith announced that ne
vssid not move his rssidenco from
osanssburS.
Col. Smith said that thus far Tho
a&alrs 'of the once had been p,oytns
uueothly. and that he has FOUND no
ai0cu1ty In carrying the system tor
ward. - TILE particulars work he has
ben familiar with for many wears.
AZ the sugsestion Of Copsressman n
Lever. conm,ssloner Smith win 20 TO
Washington next week to confer In
fsesrsacs TO the federal warehouse
est
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Plant. pruns and spray homo or.
chards.
: rorm cooperative clubs for pur-
chasing and selling all farm sup
plies and products.
Clear your pasture of all rubbish.
stc.. repair the fences and make
preparations for sodding them to
osrmcda or other grasse, next
spring.
Purchase commercial fertilizers
co-oporatively. and pay for them In
cash n possible.
Remove all stumps. terrace your
land and clean out all ditches.
Winter piow your land when In
condition.
/, Make compost and top dress
grain with stable manure.
Take npecial care of all live stock
during the cold winter months.
Repair and paint implements and
machinsry.
Clean and spray poultry and hos
houses.
Mate poultry and set eggs 70,
production Of puilets for fall laying
Use the spiit-log drag on your
roads. Get your neishbor to do the
same.
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NOSI-Month ago, male hound dog.
tan legs, dark back, white tin TO
tail. and white spot in breast. An
swers name Of Jim. Reward for
information. w. o. Cain, Jr., sum-
ter, S. C.
Is BEAUTIFUL-Post cards .,,or 1oc
in coin, postpaid. w. d. Sham
baugh,, Grove, Va.
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DOUBLE PROHIBITION VICTORY,

washington, Feb. 28.-Prohibitior
won double victory in congress to-
night when the house passed. 273 tc
ls7. the senate bill to make the ma.
tional capital dry and senate and
house conferees on the postal appro.
priation bill unanimously adopted an
agreement under which the Reed
bone dry amendment is virtually as
sured Of enactment.
Hope Of agreeing on the postal sup
ply measure had been abandoned by
the conferees. who last night submit
ted resolution to continue existing
postal appropriations for another
year. Tonight. however, they got to-
gether on report which includes the
Feed amendment. prohibiting ship
ment Of liquor into prohibition States
and which they expect to present in
both houses tomorrow or Friday The
leaders thought tonight there was no
doubt of It's acceptance in senate and
mousse. They are taking 1t for grant
ed, too. that President Wilson will ap-
prove both that and the District of
Columbia prohibition bill.
The District bill, which would be-
come effective November 1. was
brought to vote after a stubborn op-
position had delayed for several hours
the final roll call which the leaders
knew would mean passage. All day
and until late in the evening they
watched for an opportunity to put the
measure into a position that would
mean its failure with the expiration
OF the session Sunday.
Failing to displace the bill or to
force an adjournment. the fllibusters
centered their attention on an cf-
Tort to add amendments that would
throw 1t into conference and prevent
snactment at this session. They made
their last stand on an amendment
that would have given the people of
The District q referendum on the pro-
posal and would have put into the
measure a provision prohibiting i'm.
portation Of liquor for personal use.
This was voted down III to 232. Va
rious other amendments were rejected
by similar majorities.
5 Debate on the measure had been
limited by the drastic rule under which
1t had been brought up, so that the
usual dramat features of filibustcr.
ing were liaced by long roll calls
forced by the opposition on repeated
motions to adjourn, points of no
amendments and motions to
give some other bill the right of>way.
After several hours the prot stion
despaired Of passing at all
the house bill reported ON the Dis
trict Of Columbia committee with nu-
merous amendments and adopted a
special rule substituting the senate
bill.
Chairman Henry of the rules COM
mittee led the fight for the vets. He
in keeping the bill from
coming up on the floor until after
noon by flibustering on q minor judg-
ship measure.
After the prohibition leaders,, rule
to substitute the senate measure was
adopted 242 to 172, a roll call on the
bill itself soon was reached.
While voting was in progress in the
house William ]. Bryan walked into
the house press gallery, watched the
proceedings for a while and then went
down to the speakers lobby and talk
ed with q number of friends amonf
the members.
II was in on tho killing" he said
after the final vote. Just say for me
that I said delighted
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Washington, March 1.-The senate
appropriation committee has slimi-
mated the provision for S4o0. 900 for
food price investigation from the
sundry civil bill.
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Mrs j. j. Dargan and daughters
Mrs. T. II. Rogers and Miss Da:gan
OF Stateburg were In the city today.
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Anyone wishing to subscribe to the
Credit Experience Guide may Sc
cure q copy from Secretary e. I.
Rcardon at the Chamber Of Com
msscs.