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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-05-04
Stenographer.

STENOGRAPHER :. :.
Mrs. James Moreland desires to re-
mind the general public that she is
still engaged in stenographic work,
and that her expert services are at the
disposal of any one desiring expert
work in stenography. Call Cumber-
land Phone No. 278. Residence, Pleas
ant street, between Ninth and Tenth.
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81 FIRE
Insure witt,
W.O. HINTON & SON,Agts
FIRE CAUSES LOSS OF
$4,000 AT GLASGOW

Fire, which started Tuesday morn
ing in F. NJ. Breeding's livery stable
al Glasgow, destroyed $4,000 worth Of
property. Breeding's stable, Jones' res
taurant, Gordon's gallery and the Glas-
cow Republican Office were destroyed
ard half a dozen other buildings were
damaged. One horse persisted in the
fire.
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For Rent.

Nice 4-room fiat with water, gas and
electric lights, over Cahai's Barber
Shop. Most convenient location in
Paris. Apply to
Ctf) CANAL BROS.
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Information Wanted.

Information as to the present where
aDjuts OF Peter Haney, who formerl.-
lived IN Paris, KY, is desired by the
Central Trust Company, 115 East
Fourth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. 1t
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-05-04
SUCH WEATHER AS THIS

Finds lightweight overcoat useful
We have some very attractive, conser-
Native, as well as belted top-coats at
$40 to s35.
]. w. DAVIS & CO.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-05-04
Thursday, May 10, 1917

The sixth annual sale of cattle sheep hogs and mules will be
held at Ashley Farm miles west of Versailles Clifton like
May 10, 1917
On above date will sell 315 CATTLE 135 sheep 100 hogs,
mules and horses
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-09-19

working since four 10 the morning dt
the dam, they had made that difficult
run at headlong speed, yet they laborea
like men possessed. They even wasted
breath to call challengingly and pro-
vokingly and.to set forth their progress
each to the other. In almost less time
than it takes to tell it, they had COM
pleted the holes and so informed the
engineer triumphantly.
Meade, as usual, had reserved to
himself the more dangerous, If less ar
duous task. Covering himself with
big Murphy's discarded slicker, which
fell over him like shelter tent as he
knelt down, he opened the box of
detonators, selected one, and attached
the fuse in position carefully. Then
he unfolded the paper about one of the
cartridges and placed the detonator,
wrapping the paper around it there
after. He prepared two cartridges
this way with the greatest care.
The men rapidly but carefully cut
Sits in the covering Of the cartridges
and lowered four cartridges down each
hole, forcing them gently into place
with the butt ends Of the tripod stakes
and COMPRISING them so that they
filled the holes completely. The1
Meade placed his two prepared sticks
with the decorators on top of the Other
four. He cut the fuse to the proper
length in each case, and, keeping i
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-09-19

OcdIUcus IIOm tuC duSlc dL WHICH,
they saw him it was impossible to rec
ognize him, nor was he in his frantic
progress assuming the usual attitude
and bearing of a man under ordinary
conditions which sometimes betray
him to those who know him well. Nor
could Helen nlingworth with her
trembling hands focus the glass, which
she took from Rodney before the strug-
Cling adventures had passed; and yet
there was something in the figure be-
low that made her heart beat faster.
She pressed her hand to the wet gar
ments over her heart and stared. Sud-
denly Rodney raised his voice and
shouted at the very top Of it. Winters
joined in, and even Helen nlingworth
found herself screaming. The three
men below were not more than five or
six hundred feet away, but evidently
they could not possibly hear in that
tumult Of nature. No voices would
carry through any such rain and wind.
They were too intent on their paths
and on what they had to do to look
upward. They rounded the shoulder
Of the mesa and disappeared in the
pines at it's feet.
The three on the top looked at each
other.
'The dam still holds,' said Rodney,
quite unSuSpecting what was in the
woman's heart.
Even as he spoke, Helen Illingworth
turned away. She ran heavily in her
sodden garments along the broken
mesa top past the house to the upper
edge. There below her were the three
men just emerging from the fringe of
trees. Rounding the end of the mesa,
they had at last struck firmer ground.
Helen lllingWOrth could see them
through the pines on the old trail. The
going was bad enough, but it was moth
ing compared to what they had passed
over and presently they burst out of
the woods and ran along the greasy
Well-rounded hogback that divided the
valley from the ravine.
The woman had no idea what was
toward, what was their purpose. She
could only stare and stare at the rap.
idly moving far-of figure indomitably
in the lead, and the others following
after. There Winters joined her.
Rodney sent me to look after you
he feels that he must stay back anG
watch the dam for his paper
"Look,'' said Helen, pointing fa1
down. The men halted at the very
narrowest part Of the hogback. They
were clustered together. The bag lay
on the ground behind them. One mar
bent over it, evidently opening it
Another man swung the shovel vicious
ly, the third grabbed the pick. Win
tiers had been too far removed from en-
cheering even yet to figure out wha
was toward. They could only watcl
and wonder.
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HAPPIER Xxx.
The Victors,

TIC vICIOFSs
Meade knew that they were fighting
a losing battle. Every one of the
higher grade men knew it also. The
spillway was entirely inadequate, but
it suddenly flashed into his mind, with
that consciousness Of the hopelessness
of the struggle, that perhaps there was
another way to discharge the flood.
The same idea might have come to
any other Of the more intelligent of the
men from Vandeventer down if they
had taken moment for reflection. If
they had not been so frantically, so
frightfully engrossed in their present
puny but gallant efforts to save the
dam, they certainly would have remem-
bered. That the possibility came to
Meade rather than to any Of the others
was perhaps due to the fact that he
had noted the situation later and had
studied the conditions more recently.
Those solitary rambles of his, those
careful inspections Of the terrain of
the valley, had been made long after
the original surveys and the results of
his observations were still fresh in his
mind.
The water was rising so rapidly
since the cloudburst and he saw the
inevitableness of the failure so clearly
that he did not dare to waste time to
look up Vandeventer, tell him his plan,
and get his permission. Every second
was of the utmost value. When the
thought came, he acted instantly. He
was in the position of the commander
of a small force to whom is suddenly
presented the bare possibility of wrest-
ing victory from defeat by some splen-
didly daring and unforeseen undertak-
ing. And he was the man to seize such
a possibility and make the most of it.
He had endeared himself to some of
the men and the respect in which he
was held by Handkerchief was shared
by the others. When he called two
of the most capable of the workmen.
4 big, burly Irishman and a stout little
Italian, to follow him. they did it
without a moments hesitation.
'"The rest Of you keep on here" he
shouted as he left the gang. Murphy
and Funaro, come with me. Keep it
up; think know way to help" he
yelled back through the rain as he
scrambled off the dam up the rocks to
the spillway. It was not his fault that
they could not hear and could not I'M
derstand.
The water was rushing through the
spillway about knee deep, and the
three men F1unGing forward Through
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carefully covered with the raincoat, he
held it while the others filled in the
holes and the excavations and care
fully tamped down the earth. All that
remained was the lighting Of the fuse.
And then? Would the dynamite go
off? With fuses it was uncertain in it's
action at best, and although these
fuses were supposed to be so prepared
SIS to be Independent Of weather con-
d1tions, more often than not rain
spoiled blast. If this blast failed it
was good-by dam-good-by everything.
Meade drew out from the pocket of
his flannel shirt a box Of matches. He
had to light the farther cartridge fuse,
then run fifteen feet and light the
nearer one, and then make his escape.
He had made the nearer fuse little
shorter SO as to secure simultaneous
explosion if possible.
Tony Funaro now interposed gal
lantly.
"Giva me da light" he demanded, ex-
tending his hand.
~ "eA "Au yc, SuOutcu luc OlS5
Irishman eagerly; femme do it, sor."
"Stand back, both Of you,' cried
Meade, succeeding after some trouble
in striking match.
He had cut off a shorter length of
fuse for torch, the better to carry the
fire from one blast to another. As it
sputtered into flame, he touched the
first fuse, then the second, and turned
and ran for his life after Murphy and
Funaro. They had just got safe dis
lance away when with mufled roar
the two blasts went off nearly together.
When they ran back they saw that
two-thirds Of the hillock on that side
OF the ravine had gone. A wall of
earth through which water Was already
trickling rose between the great gap
they had blown out and the lake, the
upper level Of which was much higher
than the bottom Of the great crater
they had opened.
"Hurrah," yelled Meade, the others
joining in his triumphant shout. "Now,
another hole right there" he pointed to
the foot Of the bank. 'Drive it in
slanting and it will do the job,
"Will the dam be after holdin' yit,
sor?" asked Mike Murphy, Selling his
pick.
II hope so, but, for Gods sake,
hurry"
With two men working, the last hole
was completed before Meade was
ready. Funaro, indeed, came to his
assistance in preparing the cartridge.
Presently all was completed. Reject
ing the pleas Of both men, Meade
struck the match, and this time, since
there was but one blast to be fired, he
touched it directly to the fuse and
waited a second to see that it had
caught and ran as before.
At a safe distance they drew back
and waited. Nothing happened. A few
seconds dragged on. They saw no sign
Of life in the fuse, no light. Iii spite
Of the care they had taken, it had got
wet. It would not work. The precious
moments were flying. They stared
agonizingly at the fuse through the
rain.
'I'll have to take look at it." said
Meade desperately.
Funaro and Murphy caught him by
the arms. They all knew the tremen-
dous risk in a nearer approach. The
fuse might be alight STILL. At any sec
ond the fame might flash to the deto-
nato1 and then Yet Meade ha d to
60. That charge had to be exploded if
he detonated it by hand, he thought
desperately, and he had not come 80
ter and worked 50 bard to tall now.
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80 va ~AA~ 0AO0SAS AO~AJ OOkSOAAAs
When they reached the other side,
Meade shouted above the storm:
Murphy, bring your pick and shov-
ell; take that iron range-pole, too.
Here, Funaro, you take your shovel
and these.'
AS he spoke he ran into the Office
shack and wrecked transit tripod,
ruthlessly separating the legs from one
another by main force and pitching
two Of them into the little Italians
outstretched arms.
Without question, both men COM
piled with his directions. In a huge
crevice, almost small cave, in the
spur Of the mesa which overhung the
east end Of the dam the explosives
were stored. The dynamite was kept
in oilskin bags, the decorating caps in
waterproof boxes. There were six
teen sticks or cartridges in each bag.
Each stick was an inch and a half in
diameter and eight. inches long. One
bagful should be ample. Indeed, if
that did not do the work, the attempt
would fail.
The men waited while Meade select.
ed bag Of dynamite, box of detona-
tors, and package of fuses. It was a
cardinal rule that dynamite cartridges
and decorating caps should never be
carried by the same person, because
the combination so greatly increased
the risk of premature explosion.
The illuminate Of mercury in the
decorators was very volatile, highly ex-
plosive and immensely destructive, con-
sidering it's size. One such cap could
blow off mans hand, or even his
head, and in it's explosion might deto-
nate the dynamite. Hence the sepa-
ration when being carried.
| Meade decided to take that risk. He
knew how perilous was the undertake
ing, how liable he was in his hurry to
fall against the rocks, slippery and
half submerged in that pouring rain.
He knew what the consequences of
such fall would be. He would center
all risks in himself. He thrust the box
Of decorators in his pocket, the pack
age Of fuses inside his flannel shirt,
and carried the dynamite bag in his
hand. He would need his free hand to
protect himself, 50 all the tools were
carried by the other men.
The little Italian shook his head as
he noted these preparations. He hap.
pened to be one Of the explosive force
those whose duty it was to do the
blasting. In his practical way he knew
a great deal about the properties and
possibilities of usefulness of the dyna.
mite. Meade's purpose was obvious
even to Murphy, who was only a la.
borer, though where he proposed tc
work neither man had any idea at all
''Dynamita no work in zis weather.
said Funaro impressively.
"Probably not" answered Meade
hurrying his preparations, "but it's ou1
only chance"
"Give me re caps," urged the Ital
ian CALAMITY.
mo, I'll take both.'
ut ees DANGER
eyes, but come on"
Meade, wasting no more words
sprang at what was left of the trail
and the two men CALAMITY followed
him. The hogback at which he was
aiming was perhaps little more thar
two miles from the dam. On the ordi
nary trail and prepared for the run
he could have managed it in fifteer
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Wa Seating
minutes; as it was, they made it in
thirty. The extreme possibility OF the
life of the dam seemed to Meade not
much greater. He went in the lead,
and by his direction the others kept
some distance behind him.
If fall and explode this dynamite,
there's no need of all three of US be-
ing blown up" he had said, and it was
no reflection on their courage that they
complied with his direction.
Indeed { stern command was neces-
sary to keep the two men back. They
had caught something of the gallant
spirit, of the engineer, aud the big
lrishman and the little Italian were as
eager a. he. Helped By q few hasty
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1917-06-06
HICKORY TAVERN NEWS.

Hickory Tavern June l.--Thc littlc
cotton and corn are looking fine nov.
There is but little sickness in our
community at this writing
Miss Vera Baldwin, who has been
going to school at Winthrop, returned
home last Friday after successful
year.
Mr.. j. Nj. Sumcrcl and wife, accom-
panied by their son Gillie, Culver ana
Fred Abercrombie, motored over 10
Spartanburg to visit the soldier boys.
they report a nice time and the boys
all we'll and enjoying life. Mr.. sum
erel said that they no car trouble ana
that the road was good and plenty OF
dust. While returning home Gillle
Sumerel and Fred Abercrombie stop
ned over and spent the night with
Chief of Police J. w. Kellett, OF Wood
ruff, who was once one of our com
munity.
! Several of our people attended TIC
r. f. ID. meeting at Gray CoHrt laS'
Wednesday. They all report mc'
time and plenty to cat.
Mr.. Wcllie Abcrcrombic cntcrtaihe'
number of his friends Saturday nigh
bv giving an ice cream supper. lh'
. guests were all invited into the am
ing room where cream was scrVca
There were about seventeen girls ant
twenty boys and all enjoyed the occa
sion very much.
The ladies Of Henderson churcl
gave an ice cream supper at MI l'ill
Tumbling's Saturday night. The pro
eecds went to the church. MIC
crowd Was also at this entertainment.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1917-06-06

exploit he rallied $50 of the valiant |
mountain boys and on the ninth day of |
May, 1775, succeeded in getting Il few |
boats and transported S3 men across !
the lake, and sent the boats back for
the rest Of the men. But day now be-
gan to dawn and Colonel Allen real
lied that If the attempt against the
fort were to succeed he and his daring
expedition must act at once.
Nothing dauntcd by the fact that
their force was so few, and making up
fn patriotic devotion what they lacked
in numbers, Colonel Allen called for
volunteers for the pcrilOus venture.
II do not urge any to enter on this
enterprise contrary to his will, mas
much as 1t is n desperate attempt,
! which none but the bravcst OF men
dare undertake." cried Colonel AL
len. you that will undertake volun-
tarily, poise your firelock." Every
man poised his tirclock.
He Immediately formed them into
line and at their head advanced on
the gate Of the fortress. The sentry
| snapped his fuse at the colonel and
! then rctrcatcd to the parade within
! the garrison. Allen and his men
/ quickly followed and formed In the
parade. The garrison was nSlccp-all
| but the ScntricS who did not fully
! sense what was trnnSpiring. Allen
! and his men gave three huzZnS, and
! one of the scntrcs made pass at one
Of the men with II charged bayonet
and slightly wounded hin.
Allen was about to run him through
with his sword but thought better of
1t and only slightly wounded him on
the head whcreon he dropped his gun
and begged for quarter This grant
cd he showed Colonel Allen the oili-
GERS quarters whittier the intrepid
commander rushed and compelled the
commander, Captain Delaplnce, to
come forth and deliver over the en-
tire garrison on threat Of putting the
entire force to the sword.
: "By what authority?' demanded
Captain Dclnplnce.
an the name of the Great Jehovah
and the Continental Congress-" thun
dered Allen, as he raised his sworC
over Dclaplnce's head. In the mean
time the Green Mountain boys had not
been idle but had beaten down tho
, barracks doors and had about n thirt
| of the garrison prisoners. With slut
, tered cxpoStulntiOn the commands
forthwith submitted and the fort wa!
completely in the hands of Colonel AL
lon, who Ia his own account Of the eX
plot says:
'"rhC sun seemed to rise that morn
ing with II superior luStcr, and TicOn
+. dcrogn ami its dependencies smile'
| on its cOnQucrOrS."
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1917-06-06
Boosts Contestant.
Editor The Advertisers:

Editor The Advertiser:
was pleased to see Miss Marie
Compton's name in The Advertiser con-
test. truly hope she will succeed In
getting one Of the prizes She has
many friends who will assist her here.
Miss Marie wishes to express her
thanks and appreciation to her friends
in Laurcns, Clinton and Laurens coun-
ty. who are assisting her and wishes
all her fathers friends in Laurcns,
Spartanhurg, Union, Grcenvillc. New
berry. Greenwood and Abbeville coun-
tics, to send in their renewals. and
subscriptions, to The L4aurons Adver-
tiscr in her favor and asks that all
friends will solicit and clip the cou-
Dons from The Advertiser and send IN
for her. Her father, Prof William Il.
Compton twho passed away in June,
1879. taught vocal music very many
years in Laurcns, Union, Spartanburg
Greenville, Ncwbcrry, Greenwood md
Abbcvillc counties, mcarly all over
Laurens county,. He taught in town
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1917-06-06
THIS STOPS HAIR
FROM FALLING OUT

Ever count the dead hairs in your
comb and brush? They arc nature
warning of future badness and PROOF
that the dangerous dandruir Germ IS
husv on yo,:r scalp. It was 7 famous
paris physician Eho first discovered
that dandruif aha falling Ling hair hair are ,ne
caused by mictohe. Thcn came me
discovery of the value of Parisian
sage Oiuud- fofm in destroying the
dandrufr germ 5and promptly prevent
Ing the further loss Of hair, The effect t
of only thrcg days use OF Parisian ian
Sage is simply ynfarvclous, and the
American pfopfe have now awakened
10 the factt FIAT they can be quickly
rid of dandGulf and save their hair DE
using Partisan Sage.
PARTISAN SAGE is sold by Laurcns
Drug GO. and good druggists every
where It's inexpensive, daintiiy per-
tuned, free from sickness and VII
surely cause hair to grow soft. ms-
tro,is and really seem twice as ahund-
ant
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1917-06-06
DYING FOR ONES COUNTRY
"Death Never Comes Too Soon, If
Necessary in Defense Of Our
I CounGry.".-Story.

It was Nathan Hale who said, ~
regret that ] have but one life TO lose
for my country" And 1t is Horace
| that makes one of his heroes say 1T
Is sweet and glorious To die for ones
country" There have been many and
istriking Illustrations OF this in our
country's history. 1t Is said that the
untimcly fate OF Col. Owen Roberts,
who fell at Stono, was cause Of uni
vcrsal regret He was an nilcXible
patriot, an excellent discip!inarian,
and enthusiast in pursuit Of military
fame. His son, who was in the nc-
,tiOn, hearing of his misfortune,
lhastcncd to him. The expiring vet
eran percciving in his countcnancc the
ilivcicst sorrow, addressed him with
great cOmposure: "I rejoice, my boy,
once again to see and to embrace you.
Receive this sword, which has never
been tarnishcd by dishonor, and let 1t
not be inactive while the liberty of
our country Is, endangered. Take my
last adieu, accept my blessings, and re-
turn to your duty"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1917-06-06
RURAL LETTER CARRIERS
MET AT GRAY COURT
Enjoy Pleasant Meeting Among Hos.
pitalLe People Last Wednesday.

The thirteenth anual meeting of the
Laurens County Rural Letter Carriers
Association was held in the beautiful
grove near the Methodist church at
Gray Court last Wednesday, May 30th.
Most Of the stores were closed for the
. meeting and tho meeting was largely
attended by the people Of Gray Court,
Owngs and Barksdalc and from the
routes from these towns. A fine barbe-
cue was furnished by the local carriers
the people joining tehm in entertaining
by gringing well-filled baskets.
The exercises Of the day were pre-
sided over by the president, Jasner E.
Johnson, who Is also president
State association. Most eX'
speeches were made by Rev. G. :.
ley, Hon. John M. Daniel Of Gree
and Col. j. II. Wharton Of Waterloo.
Patriotic songs were beautifully rem
dered by Gray Court chorus, prcsid-
ed over by Mrs. Evic p. Owings.
The election Of officers for another
year resulted as follows: J. E. john
son, reelected president; G. Y. Hell
ans, OF Owings, vice president; Z. w
Simpson Of Ware Shoals, scarctar!
and trcasurcr Mcssrs Simpson Hell
lams and w, G. Mcneil Of Waterloo
we're elected delegates to the state
convention which meets at Rock Hi
July 4 and ..
It was decided to hold the mex
meeting at Laurens on May 80, 1918
unless special arrangements shoui'
be made elsewhere.
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and country where he made numbers
Of friends. He was Confederate vet
eran.
Misses Lila and Marie Compton left
yesterday for Washington on the Vet
eran Special, accompanied by their
brother, Mr.. G. S. Compton, II. p A.
Scaboard Air Line, Atlanta, Ga, uncle,
Mr.. j. b. Day, Greenwood; Miss Lucille
Bowlcs and others. They will spend
this week In Washington and other
points Of interest.
ga Friend"
Greenwood, S. c.,
June 4, 1917.
Hit the iron while it's hot Special
red hot June Sale. Red Iron Racket.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1917-06-06
The bloody encounter ut Lexington
in 1775 fired the blood of the patriots

and filled them
with burning de-
sire to do some
heroic deed in de-
fenSe Of the col
n | S. w ord
r ea C h e Il G o !.
Ethan Allen to
raise the Green
M 0 u n t Il | n
boys and If poSsi-
BILE surprise and
take the fortress
o f TicOnderoga.
M xn,, fr~ t..,f.t.