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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-11-29

blamed we'll also that on Sunday after.
noon l always play poker. 1t was
well, inconsiderate, to say the least"
Boroday smiled.
Il am exceedingly sorry that you
were put to any trouble about it." he
said. "But as you may understand,
have not yet seen my-friends, and of
course"
He shrugged his shoulders. The chief
was Skeptical of his ignorance, never
the less. He humored what he chose
to consider Boroday's whim. First he
gave him the note which he had re-
ceived by special delivery the day be-
fore. Quick as he was, the Russian
could not quite conceal his astonish-
ment.
'In the aims boxl" said the chief.
Somebody with a sense of humor had
charge of this little affair. Bryant is
senior warden, 1t seems, In this church.
1t was clever"
BOroday passed the letter back to
him.
Il shall tell my confrereS. 1t is quite
original"
The chief was smoking a large cigar.
Unlike the police chief of fiction and
the drama, he did not speak around
the cigar, but carefully removed 1t, not
out of respect to his visitor, but out of
Difference to a good cigar. Now he
leaned toward Boroday.
EITHER" he said slowly, sit was
clever, or 1t was necessary"
But the Russian had himself well in
hand. He only smiled.
ut has occurred to me-" the chief
went on, "that that little town has been
pretty busy lately. There was that
matter of the country club, you know,
and last Thursday night the parish
house burned down."
"Yes," said BorOday, politely.
"And now something else has hap
pened and" Suddenly the chief beat
his desk with his fst-'I am pretty
sick of it."
Under perfect control as he was at
critical moments, the Russians hands
had way of twitching. So now he
tlicked the ash from his cigarette and
was politely interested.
"What happened last night7' he In
quired.
II think you know. II you don't,
I'll tell you. Yesterday morning a
tremendous collection was taken up at
the church of Saint Jude'v to build a
new parish house in place of the one
that burned down. The rector has
been O"ay; the. assistant rector took
charge Of the money"
| II sea'
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England, unlike Scotland and Ire
land, Is not quite reconciled to the
general use of paper money" A
writer, appealing to the conservative
instincts of the race, reminds them
that the Chinese $500 years before the
Christian era had flying money"
These were printed in blue on rather
thick paper made from the fiber of the
mulberry tree, and one of these issued
1889 B. G. is to be found In the AsiatIc
museum in Petrograd, and in the Brit
ish museum there is one dating from
the Ming dynasty of the fourteenth
century, fifty years before the first
European bank was established at Bar.
celona.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-11-29
GASOUTPUT INCREASED
New Production Record Set by
American Fields in 1916.
Volume Used Amounted to 753, ,17o, ,2Ss,.
600 Cubic Feet, Gain Of 20 Per
Cent Over 1915.

Statistics compiled under the super
vision of J. d. Northrop of Uncle Sans
geological survey. show the volume OF
natural gas commercially utilized IL
the United States in 1916 was greater
than that so utilized in any other yeaI
in the history of the natural-gas in
dustry. The volume used, which
amounted to 753, ,17O, ,253,OOO cubic feet
| constitutes new record, exceeding by
nearly 125,OO0,OO0,OOO cubic feet, OF
20 per cent, the former record, estab-
lished in 1915.
The average price of this gas at the
point Of consumption was 1896 cents
a thousand cubic feet and it's total
market value was $120,227, ,46S, a loss
Of O.16 cent in unit price, but gain
of $1S,915,0S7, or 1876 per cent, In total
value compared with 1915.
Credit for increased production of
natural gas in 1916 belongs, in the or
der given, to West Virginia, Oklahoma,
Pennsylvania, California, Louisiana,
Kansas, Texas and Arkansas, which
together produced 132, 1000, 100000 cubic
feet more gas in 1916 than in 1915.
Significant increases, important local
ly, but unimpOrtant as affecting the
production of the entire country, are
credited to Illinois, New York, and
Montana. In only two states was
there significant decrease in the
production of natural gas in 1916. The
rapid exhaustion of the prolific Cleve-
land field, in CuyahOga county, o., re-
suited in loss of some 96 billion
cubic feet in the total volume pro-
duced in Ohio, and the steady decline
of the old fields in Indiana caused a
falling off of O.6 billion cubic feet in
the output Of this state.
The general increase in the produc-
ton of natural gas in the United
States In 1916 is attributed principally
to an enormous expansion of the cas-
ing head gasoline industry in all nat
ural-gas producing states and to a
greatly augmented demand for natural
gas as fuel by industries engaged In
the manufacture of munitions of war.
The influence of this demand Is shown
in the increase ip the volume of gas
and in the increase In the value of
gas consumed, it's effect being sufficient
to lower the average price per thou
sand cubic feet of all gas sold in 1915
per cent as compared with 1915.
The principal beneficiaries of the
increased production of natural gas
were, In the order named, Oklahoma,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kansas, West Vir-
ginia, California, and Louisiana, which
together consumed some 104,000,000,-
600 cubic feet more gas in 1916 than
In 1915.
Of the total volume of natural gas
produced and consumed in 1916, it is
estimated that 235,38O, ,764,OOO cubic
feet, or 81 per, cent, was distributed
to 1852, ,494 domestic consumers at an
average price of 2S.63 cents thousand
cubic feet, and that the remaining SO
per cent or SIT, ,7S9, $4,000 cubic feet,
was distributed to 1928 industrial
consumers at an average price of 1921
cents q thousand.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-11-29
Carrier Pigeons IN War.

In Germany there are thousands Of
carrier pigeon clubs. The army es.
pecially has many stations where pig
cons are trained. This is not exactly
a secret, but, for reasons, they are
never mentioned. In the present war
private owners have placed their birds
at the disposal of the military authori.
ties. Not Germany alone. but France
and Russia have military carrier sta.
lions and Belgium Is the principal
country far training nigeons
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-11-29

| or Elinor had sent for him. One was
as bad as the other.
Ward did not have a chance. As
he came abreast of the wall, the boy
fired and he pitched forward on his
face. With the re-echoing of the shot
among the hills, Huff's madness died
away. Murder was not his game; vio-
lent and sudden death perhaps, but
never, before, a shot from behind. Had
the wealth Of a city been in Wards
pockets, he could not have touched 1t.
He thrust his revolver into his
pocket, and breaking away through
the shrubbery commenced a swift but
noiseless ascent of the hill.
The assistant rector of Saint Jude's
lay on his face In the road, with the
morning offering of his congregation
safe in his pockets.
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UNCLE SAM is TO CATCH
SHARKS AND USE HIDES
ASLEATHER SUBSTITUTE

A contract for 1000 shark
hooks has been awarded by Un-
Gle Sam to a Connecticut black
smith.
There are to be three varieties
of hook, IL, 10 and 9 inches in
length. A chain and swivel are
to be attached to each hook.
1t is reported from Washing
ton that the government is about
to prospect In a new leather
field, that of shark skins. In
a series of tests a durable and
satisfactory leather has been
evolved from the skins of these
fish. 1t is believed there is no
reason why an industry may not
be profitably started.
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~Or course you see. What I woSii
like to know is why you fellows"
BOroday spread out his hands In his
foreign way.
II fear you give me great credit. I
do not deserve It,"
why you fellows" the chief went
a resolutely, waited to do this job
until the rector, who is old and IN
firm, had gone away and left a husky
young assistant In his place. And that
isn't all l want to know"
"In any way that can assist you"
what the devil do you mean,"
yelled the chief, "by shooting a man
down and then going away and leav-
ing the money In his pockets? It's
it's crude-it's wastefulw
The Russians fingers twItched in
spite of him. The chief saw it and
smiled under his heavy mustache.
do you mean that somebody shot
this-er-assistant you speak of That
is rather sad. Was there-mucb
money!"
"Seventy-eight thousand dollars"
said the chief, and put his cigar back
in his mouth. "There is a story be-
hind 1t, Boroday, and it's that story ]
am going to get. I'm warning you be-
cause you've played pretty square with
me. I needed that pearl In my busi'
ness"
Boroday rose.
"All right. chief" he said. 81 am
sorry about young Ward. hope he
wasn't killed"
"He wasn't killed." replied the chief.
"And haven't said his name was
Ward. If you haven't had your break
fast yet, We might breakfast together.
l oversight and haven't had time for
anything"
Ward came back to consciousness in
the great four-poster bedstead in
which old Hilary Kingston had lain In
state. He felt very little pain and no
curiosity at all as to his surroundings,
only an overwhelming lassitude and
WEAKNESS Of life. Something-some-
thing that mattered very much had
gone out of existence. He could not
remember what 1t was.
There was a uniformed nurse by the
bed. He had curious antipathy to
asking her anything. He had made
a promise of secrecy to someone
about what?
Toward evening he had managed to
evolve out of his reviving conscious
ness some faint memory Of what had
happened to him. He remembered that
he was walking down a hill and that
he had fallen forward. For quite a
half-hour, late in the afternoon, he
to remember why he had
gone down the hill.
Then he got it. He had been up at
the hall to see Elinor. 1t was Ellnor
who had gone out Of his life. ElinorI
ElinOr!
He slept very little during the night,
and as his fever rose, he called the
nurse "Ellnor," and begged her fran
tically to tell him that something was
not true.
"Of course 1t is not true" said the
nurse, who was accustomed to being
called various things.
"You did not mean It at all?" He
eyed her wistfully. The nurse was
large and plain, with a wide, fiat face.
''You, with the eyes Of a saint" said
poor Ward, ito try to tell me that you
are wicked. see that it is impos-
sible. 1 think 1 can sleep now."
The nurse put her hand, which was
arge and ill-shaped but very light and
:ender, on his head. And so he went
% sleep.
When he was quite settled, the nurse
vent out into the hall where Elinor
vas sitting on a straight chair. She
had sat there almost all of the time
since Ward was carried up the night
before.
CTo BE CoNTINUED)
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-11-29
Give HAPPINESS to Others.

Some people complain that they can
not get as much Joy out Of the holidays
as they could when they were young.
Perhaps it is because they have been
selfish. instead Of having learned that
the best way to be happy and satisfied
Is to make others happy.
Let those who want real Thanks
giving make the day one Of thanks
giving to some who are in need Of the
Ihlnss that are essential to living.
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EiauratlveIY sneaklnn.

A play of stage life was in progress,
showing flashes of the chorus girls In
the dressing room.
"The man who picked out the girls
for that part had a great head for fig.
ures," remarked Krlss.
"Yes," replied Kross; "he certainly
was good mathematician" Film
Fun.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-11-29
PurpOse Of Day Rroadened

History reeites that Thanksgiving
was not originally a feast of gas.
tronomy. It was more particularly a
religious celebration. The trend of the
times has broadened the prime nnr.
pose. Now it is a dag not onlv of
family reunions, but a. period when
prayerfulness is essentially justified.
when near and far away prodigals ~.
turn to greet again the familiar ana
aasctionate faces Of folks at home
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-11-29
Historical waqram.

Wagram, known by its own people
as Deutsch-Wagram, is a village Of
Austria, situated on the plain of
Marchfeld, eleven and half miles
northeast of Vienna, Austria. Here
on July and 8, 1909, Napoleon Bona
parte defeated the Austrlans, COM
manded by the Archduke Charles.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-11-29
pIentv a. Then-

Scan ! find any antiques in this
neighborhoOd"
1.-TWO or three families with three
or four old maids apiece right in the
nAxt hl0ck.n
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-11-29

Keep Cheerful in Spite of Holidays:
Dear Sir: While annual yearly of ThanEsve
nge TS"rsy with my memory tell you " collapsed " me last
employed Cookery domestic kitchen of Mr.
Togo Hon Mrs approaching
There will be dinner include sh Uncle Seth who equal
please of
nnd sufficient @ pukens construct s% O Oncn'
At Goue Bros Market where observe FAT TURKEY
cheapness negotiate to Hon. Butcher who wa.
there 900 AT At such rates how much would turkies cost9"
"$22So" he report for immediate nrithmatc.
"Do you promise fat turkey 35cT
s o no like G R Srn @ oD. THIS 4o from .t me- bird o
rates. can get rich by starving" I magger
No from him. He cebOz and fetch forth enlarged
fowel without any clothing
ovo 4ow you 70" aat know %ohs he resh snusses @
freshe than that" depOse Hon. Butch. buy
He sell me expensive ceebuquet price 75c cluster dis
dom quantities. added $3.50 worth punken
wards Is cal carrying @ this valuable butchery
While thusy struggling with burdened
dog Of Hon. Fdo behind of turkey
nothing looking
Date of Thanksu Thursday arrive By
arose up and All M that assorted dog Hon. Fd set outside
thanksgver scrapng
their footprints Hon Turkey smiling bakery
I importance ~
ALI take setd to
1--WE got much to be thanksgiving for report Hon. GOOD with
"1t not thusy when boy Uncle
foods flop back with snubbed ez
preston.
respectable celery bafaby
bring mulganawny soup what bought
While
burn Turkey So I out
ii plates o a thanksgvers
Canned they yelup together with voice of sad chorus
Nothing real more narrate Uncle Seth
accustomed Thankge oppng
him in knee with We knew he good because
fresh he acted But turks
their old ice before meeting civilized
thanksgiving speech Then courageous
like Samur retreat to kitchen for fetch forth Hon.
nrkeybu OH! stand
entirely Turkey had aewed away Il '''''HS
h by window and look earnestly
by wing
talk p through window IN feet to outside Quickly
after that sy dogglsh annmIe but
hooked claws CATS Too late for me! Turkey had escaped from
Editor when reporting failures So drag
hear those
hanksgvers complaining about everything walk in there empty
digestion avoid
"What all viii eaping to their feetware
snuggest been res
S ~ % he RsS Gos what sacrifice
"You mean we shall have no turkey" snagger ALL
fill his paer sobh thank
while approaching dog heard
waggsh dining room
carrying that enoaOus bird his careful
reveendy
chicken bring him
I report.
'Dinner spoiltr decry Hon. Mrs
CO. you say Dinner
rnedP When he back Dinner spor impossible to
understand about American
Thanksv dinner bewas So
shall do so abrupt Hon. GoOber arising Misfortune
to be n your
Next he rejected through window by force Swedish
Fo arrive by kick and Hon. Turkey flew aterwad striking
hair earnestly he left me quite brainless
Hoping the same, Yours truly
Copyright 1916 by international Press Bureau5 80 00
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His system.

Van Speederley-Td like you to
meet my wife, old top. think that q
bold dashing fellow like you could eet
her away from me.
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blamed we'll also that on Sunday after
noon l always play poker. 1t was
well, inconsiderate, to say the least"
Rorodov cmilod
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1917-01-05
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
In the Circuit Court for Charles Coun.
~, Nd In Equity. No. i442
Equity.
Mary &. Taylor. Plaintiff
VS..
zephsnIah Taylor, Defendant.

The object Of this suit Is to obtsin a
divorce Vlnculo Matrimonii by the
Plaintiff from The Defendant The
Bill alleges that tie parties we're mar
ried on the 10th day Of September, 1908,
and that there was born of said mar
riage four children. That they lived
together In Charles county until the
11th day Of May, 1913. That thu Plain
tn now and since her husband deserted
her has had the care and custody Of
the four minor children born Of sad
marriage. That though the conduct "
the plaintiff has always been above re-
preach, kind and effectionase, the de-
PENDANT has without any just cause or
reason abandoned and dessrted her
and has declared his intention to lice
with her no logger, and that snch
abandonment ie deliberate and final and
has continued IN interruptedis for over
three years, and that the separation Of
the parties IS beyond any reasonable
expectation Of reconciliation. That the
defendant is NONRESIDENT OF he State
Of Mary land aud resides IN the City OF
Detroit. State 81 Michigan
II IS therefore ordered by the Circuit
Court for Charles county, in Equity,
this 10th day OF November, 1916, that
the Plaintiff, BY causing cops 0 this
order TO be inserted 10 some newspaper
published ia Cha,les sounty, once a
week for four successive week before the
10 day Of December. 1916, give notice TO
the said absent defendant Of the object
and substance Of this bill. warning him
to be and appear in this Court in per-
son or by solicitor, on or before the
Alb day of January, 1917, to show cause,
II any he may have, why decree ought
not be passed as prayed.
CONRAD POSEY, Clerk.
of the ct. Ct. for Charles county, Md.
True copy, Test
CONRAD POSEY. CLERK.
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FsInAY. Jan. 5 = 1917
wsLcone 1917.


The dawn Of auotser year has broken
fcrthin the era Of time. What the year
1917 viii bring forth man can tell.
OF conrst, in The passing Of Father
Tnne, sickness ard death viii. be
sirewn along the pa'h Of many Of us
as decresd by the Almighty Arbiter
and we can orlv hope that such
casualties will be fewer than 10 the
year just pa-t.
Hope makes the will strong, so
let rs welcome the year Of 1917,
however, and hope THAI il will be one
Of great achieveme N every walk
Of life. LIT Us hope further that the
bonds Of brotherhood among men
will bee ms stronger and that the
contest for success and happiness 10
this world aill Be made along the
line-of essnest snd close friendship.
All mer should jim rs p the hope
ard prayer ita' Ire Yelroi 1917 viii
SEE az ead # H. aleoas s., flict that
is noH y iaa smosg nearly every
nation access the water fir there,
the4a e 81 saea4ss aad sofrew.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1917-01-05
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
In the Orphans Court tor Charles
County. S. S.


La Plata. Md. Nov, 81, 1916,
ORDERED By The Court, thai
Wallace Robey, Administrator o
James Ford, deceased, give tn {
notice required by law to the creditor.
of the said James Ford, deceased
to exhibit tleir claims, legally authen-
ticated, by advertisement published in
some newspaper printed and pub
iished in Charles county, Maryland
once in each of three successive weeks
True copy-Test:
CHARLES N. DEMENT,.
Register Of Wills for Charles County
THIS Is To Give Notice, That the
subscriber has obtained fron the
Orphans Court Of Charles County,
Maryland, Letters. Administration on
the Personal Estate of
JAMES FORD,
late of said County, deceased. All per
sons having claims against said de-
ceased are hereby warned to exhibit
the same with the vouchers thereof
legally authenticated, TO the subscrib-
er on or before the oath day OF May,
1917. I hey nay otherwise b J
law be excluded from all benefit OF said
deceased's estate.
Given under my hand this 21st day
Of Noy,, 1916.
WALLACE ROBEY,
Administrators of James Ford, deceased
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NOTICE 10 cREDrroRs.
In the Orphans Court for Charles
County, S. s


County, s. s.
La Plata, Nd, Nov. 0, 1915.
Ordered By The Court, that Ferdinand G
Cooksey, Executor Of Francis A. Murphy
deceased, give the notice required BY law
TO the creditors Of the said Francis A.
Murphy, decd, to exhibit their claims,
legally authenticated, by advertisement
published in some newspaper printed &
published in Charles county. Maryland,
once in each OF three successive weeks.
True copy--Test:
CHARLES N. DEMENT,,
Register Of Wills for Charles County.
THIS Is To Give Notice, That the
Subscriber has obtained from the Or
phans' Court Of Charles county. Mary
land, Letters Testamentary on the
Personal Estate Of
FRANCIS A. MURPHY,
late Of said county deceased. All per-
sons having claims against said de-
ceased are hereby warned to exhibit
b same I h h e vouchers
thereof legally authenticated, to the
subscriber on or before the liza day oil
May, 1917. They may otherwise
by law be excluded from all benefit Of
said deceased's estate.
Given under my hand, this 18th day
November, 1915.
FERDINAND c. COOKSEY,
Executor oi Francis A. Murphy,
deceased.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
In the Orphans Court for Charles
County, S 5.

County, S 5.
La Plata Nd. Dec. 5, 1916.
Ordered by the Court, that Fe -dinsnd
c. Cooksey, Administrators Of James
Z. Robinson, deceased give the notice
required by law to creditors ct the
said James f.. Robinson, deceased, to
exhibit their claims. legally authenti-
Gated, by advertisement published in
some newspaper printed and published
in Charles county, Mary and, once 10
each Of three successive weeks.
True capy-Test;
CHARLES n. DEMENT,,
Register Of Wlils for charles county
This is to give Notice, That the sub
scriber las obtained from the Orphans
Court Il Charles county, Maryland
Letters Of administration on the Per
sonai Estate II
JAMES E ROBINSON.
late OF said county, deceased. All per
sons having claims against said de
ceased are hereby warned to exhibit
the same with the vouchers Thereof
legally authenticated, 10 the subscriDei
on or before the sth day Of June, 1917
fhey may otherwise by Law be excind
ed from all benefit IF said dscased's
estate.
Given under my hand, this 9Th, day
December 1916
FIR INsND G. CoOKsEY,
Administrator OF james +. Rotin or
deceased.
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TOBACCO SCORED HIGHEST
PRICES.

A statement Of the condition Of
the tobacco market at the close Of
1916 has been compiled for The
American BY Won Kapff and Arenr,
Inc, tobacco shippers and commits
sion merchants. It follows:
The 1915 crop Of Maryland TO
bacco, mark ted in 1916, consisted
OF 27,l63 hoesheadr, including $40
hogsheads Of Bay or Western Mary
land tolasco aad 2,0s3 hogsheads Of
new grourd leaves ct 1916 glowtb.
The 1916 crop is estimated at about
$4,000 hegsheads.
The 1915 crop showed much ripe
leaf Of average ZENITH and a good
assortment Of brown AMI red, with
some very colorY grades, and less Of
the heavy bodied tobacco, which is
always sought after BY the buyers
for France. Ihe market opened IN
May with go5d demand from the
start; and as the season progressed
values continue to adyanc, until re.
cord prices were given, showing from
five 10 cine cents net increase over
previous years, Is cents per pound
being paid for tine, select grades
Our ground-leaf crop Of 2,0ss hogs
heads sold readily and at same reIa-
tive increase ia value, prices ranging
from 4 TO 10 cents per pound.
The 1916 crop, with a good supply
of plants N the beds, went to the
fields mostly in good condition aud
was favored with IN exceptionally
fine curing season, and will prove 10
be Of unusual good quality, nth some
fiae, very bright eoiory hogshesds
many OF which will show leaf, while
IN some Instances, owing to late
ieg IN very dry localities, there
me very short leaf, bnt
quality. The new
received to date
sold upon ar
PRACTICAL