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The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-12-12
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WILL BE SHOWN SOME OF THE
DEVASTATED DISTRICTS ON
THE WESTERN FRONT.
HAsY DATE or FINAL PEACE
No Real Fear Of Outbreak BY the
Bolshevik in Germany But the
Present Regime Is Unstable.

President Wilson is expected to ar
rive in Paris on the morning of De.
cember 12
1t is likely, before any meeting OF
the allied delegates, he will be shown
some Of the devastated districts on
the western front. 1t will certainly
not be before the middle or the end of
December that he will meet his fellow
delegates. December Is is mentioned
as the probable time for the first meet.
ing. but December 20 is the more
likely date to be agreed upon.
The peace conference proper prob.
ably will meet in March or April. 1t
is possible now to give general out
line Of the probable course OF the
peace negotiations, although naturally
at this early stage, no definite pro-
gram has been established The prob
lens are too vast for any immediate Q
peace to be fixed without the greatest
danger to future peace and, even with
the cost OF maintaining some armies
in the field. it is well not to hope for
a final settlement for many months.
There are many factors in this de-
lay. While 1t appears there ia no
reason for fearing an outbreak Of
bolshevism In Germany. there is abun-
dant reason to suspect the present
regime is unstable and at the mercy
of any absolute coup detat.
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Notice of Meeting

a special meeting of tho stockhold-
crs of the Pickens Railroad Company
will be held at the office of this con
pany in Pickens, S. c., on Monday.
December lG, 1918, at IL O'Clock, stan.
dard time, for the following purposes,
viz:
10 authorize, approve and ratify u)
the execution and delivery of a con
! tract or contracts between this com.
pany and the United States or its re;,
| rescntatives relating to the possession
use, and control of the railroad and its
appurtenances, of this company, and tc
the operation of such properties, and to
any other matter connected with or
growing out of the relationship between
said company and the director general
of railroads. or arising out of the Fed
eral Control Act; and (2) any action of
the board of directors of this company
in respect thereto; to authorize the
said board (a) to alter, amend or add 10
such contract. (b) and to take all such
other and further action as the said
board shall deem necessary in the prem
lses; and generally to consider and act
upon any and all questions and matters
incidental to the, purposes aforesaid
or growing out of Federal control Of
properties of this company
For the purposes of the meeting, the
books for the transfer of stock will be
closed at II o clock m, on Friday, De-
cember, l3. 1918, and will be reopene d
at IL o'clock M, Tuesday, December
II. 1913.
BY order of the board of directors
D. MCD. BRUCE, Secretary
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CHARLOTTE PERHAPS ONLY
AERIAL STATION m N. C.,

Observation-Disclosures 1t is under.
stood, is the only stop thus far chosen
in the state FOR earail mails to be de.
livered. It's selection has virtually
been assured In the preliminary plans
for a route from Washington via Rich
mond to Atlanta. A relay station may
he established north of Charlotte,
somewhere between Salisbury and
Greensboro. or at one OF these points.
preliminary plans have been discuss.
cd. and submitted for approval.
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lraluine iis2 munger
Know No ArnistCe
America To- Pledged, va, or r.sace, 10
Furnish Food to I, Aii!ioas Of Allied
Pceplos Now In Iaisery,, and tho
I! Only Way to Send It 10 to Save S1t.
America is Still to Feod Hungry
World.

A hundred and eighty million people
In hungry lands are looking to Amer.
lea for food which no other people ex-
cept the American people can give
them.
In their misery and fannie, Bel
gium, Northern France, Central Rus.
sta, Serbia Montenegro, Poland, Ru
mania and Armenia are already crying
aloud to America.
From America food must go. What
is sent must be saved
Perhaps that is Americas mission.
Peace or no peace, war or no war,
the American people must keep on
saving food
This is the message Of the United
States Food Administration, whose
leaders realize that the outcome Of
the present situation will only in.
crease the responsibilities Of the Uni.
ted States, no matter how eveats in
Europe turn.
Millions OF people in territory that
has been occupied by the enemy are
in misery Famine stalks abroad.
They must be fed.
Under any circumstances. the
American nation Is bound by the
food pledge Of August, 1918. The
Allies were told: Make your plans
for Victory"
To this victory, Americas contri-
button, among other things, will be
seventeen and one.haK million tons of
food. America Is bound The pledge
rs not broken by the signing OF the
ermistice.
The change that has come IN the
situation has rather increased the
burden on American resources be-
cause the burden of feeding millions
Of hungry peoples who could not be
reached before now becomes the
common burden Of the Allics; and
that obligation can he lessened only
by living up to it
There is but one way In which sev-
teen and one!haf million tons Of
food can be got to send to Europe to
cave tho lives Of hundreds Of thous-
aads who will die from hunger IN a
famine land unless they get it. That
way is to save It,
1t means intensive saving OF all
food, just as wheat was saved in the
wheat esners ency, just as sugar was
saved In the sugar emergency. There
can be no creator folly indulged by
the American people than the idea
that because the fighting has ceased in
Europe there is no longer any need
OF saving food
America is pledged.
The nations pledge must be re-
doomed, war or no war; peace or no
pooao.
Suffering humanity and national
honor deAaaAd It,
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Levy for interest OF rtCkcUS r. X. bouds:
hurricane township .......... = mills
Easiatoe township ..... 2X mills
PfCkcnS township y mills
Poll tax one dollar lSi co. Eycry male c,tI.
x0n from 81 to 90 years OF age is Table exccpt
those excused bylaw
Communication road tax, one dollar and Gfty
cents (Sl.50) All male porsons from II to SO
are liable except those excused by law
Capitntion Dog Tax. persons owning
dogs are required to pay cNpit0tiOn tax OF
fifty cents crcapitn.
Those writing for htatcmcnts Of their tax will
please include postage,
OLAR n. HINTON,
County Treasurer.
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CANNOT ESCAPE BECAUSE
THEIR HEADS ARE CROWNED

london David Lloyd George, the
British prime minister, in the election
campaign. gave restatement of his
policy. In 1t he declares that tho
men responsible for the war cannot
escape because their heads were
crowned, but that they must be tried
by an international court. Mr.. Lloyd
George also declared himself in favor
OF the expulsion OF all enemy aliens.
His remarks everywhere were re-
ceived with marked approval.
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HULLS ARE CHEAPER;
MEAL PRICE iNCREASRD

Columfda.-On account Of the arm.
fstdce and the consequent ces&Ation OF
demand for hull fibre by munitions
manufacturers, the price OF huals has
been reduced by the Food Admins.
tration to SIC I. o. b. mills or $18 de.
1ivered, and in order to equaNze this
reduction In price of hulls the price of
meal is increased 10 $55. The price
OF seed will remain unchanged.
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CHAPTER Iv-continued.

She refused to hear a word more
In those circumstances "Im coming
straight down." she said. land we'll go
somewhere for lunch. Don't you real
lie that we can't talk about II like
thisf OF course you wouldn't, but it's
So"
Over the lunch-table she got as de-
tailed an account OF the affair as Rod
ney, in his somnambullstic condition,
was able to give her. and she passed
It on to Martin that evening as they
drove across to the North side for
dinner.
swell, that all sounds exactly like
Rodney" he commented. ~ hope
you'll like the grill"
THAT isn't what I hope" said Fred
erica. AT least 1t isn't what I'm most
concerned about. l hope l cur make
her like me. Roddy's the only brother
I've got In the world. and I'm not GO
ing to lose him II I can help it. That's
what will happen II she doesn't like
me-"
As It happened, though. she forgot
all about her resolution almost with
her first look at Rose. Rodney's at
tempts at description Of her had been
well-meaning; but what he had pre-
pared his sister for. unconsciously
Of course. In his emphasis on one or
two phases Of their first acquaintance,
had been a sort Of slatternly Amazon.
But the effect Of this was, really, very
happy; because when a perfectly pre-
sentably clad, well-bred. admirably
poised young girl came into the room
and greeted her neither shyly nor
eagerly, nor with any affectation Of
ease, d girl who didn't try to pretend
II wasn't a critical moment for her,
but was game enough to meet 1t with
out any evidences Of panic-when
Frederick realized that this was the
Rose whom Rodney had been telling
her about, she fell in love with her on
the spot.
Amazingly, as she watched the girl
and heard her talk. she found she was
considering. not Roses availability as
a wife for Rodney. but Rodney's as a
husband for her. 1t was this, perhaps,
that led her to say. at the end of her
ieave-tnking: "Roddy has been such
a wonderful brother, always. to me.
that I suspect you'll find him. some
times, being a brother to you. Don't
let II hurt you II that happens"
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"Oh, that's too bad" he said with
concern. Cant you manage some
ti1ng y
TOO bad" said Rose in lively dis
sent. TITS too heavenly I've got a
whole day just to enjoy being myself (;
being she reached for his hand,
and, getting 1t, stroked her cheek with
1t being my new self. Portia used
to think | faxed pretty well. But I
never was-don't you know Wright,
So, you see, it's n real adventure Just
to say-well, that | want the Cur mt
Il quarter to eleven and to tell Otto
exactly where | want him to drive me
to. | always feel as If | ought to say
that IL he'll just stop the car at the
corner of Diverscy street, | can walk"
lie laughed out at that and asked
her how long she thought this blissfu,
state OF things would last.
Forever" she said.
But presently she looked Mt him
rather thoughtfully. "Of course it's
none of 1t new to you" she said,
not the silly little things, nor the
things we do together-oh, the dinners,
and the dances, and the operas. DO
you sort of-wish I'd get tired OF II?
Is 1t n dreadful bore to you;"
so long as 1t doesn't bore you" he
said $50 long rs you 20 on-shining
the way you do over 1t, and l am
where can see you shine"-he took
hold Of both her hands, 80 long ms
It's like that, you wonder" he said,
well, the dinners and the operas and
all that may be pifie, but I shall be
blind TO the fact"
She kissed both his hands and told
him c~ontentedly that he was a darling.
But, after a moments silence, n little
frown puckered her eyebrows and she
asked him what he was so solemn
about.
Well. he had told her the truth.
But precisely as he said IL, he felt that
he was not the same man he had been
six months ago. Not the man who had
tramped impatlently back and forth
across Frederica's ~drawing-room, ex-
pounding his ideals Of space and lei
sure. Not the man who desplsed the
clutter of expensive junk. That man
would have derided the possibility
that he could eve say this thing that
he, still Rodney Aldrich, had just said
to Rose-and meant. And the terrify-
ing thing was that he hadn't resisted
the change-hadn't wanted to resist
didn't want to now, as he sat there
looking at the slumbrous glory Of her
eyes.
So, when she asked him what he
was looking so solemn about, he said
with more truth than he pretended
to himself, that 1t was enough to make
anybody solemn to look ut her.
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CHAPTER VI,

The First Question and its Answer.
Roses instructive attitude toward
the group Of young to m~iddle.aged
married people into which her own
marriage had introduced her was
founded on the assumption that, allow.
ing for occasional exceptions. the hus.
bands and wives felt toward each
other us she and Rodney did-were
held together by the same irresistible,
unanalyzable attraction.
Oh, there were bumps and bruises,
Of course! She had seen Rodney drop
OFF now and again into n scowling alb
straction, during which t was so evil.
dent he didn't want to talk to her, or
even be reminded that she was about,
that she had gone away flushed and
wondering, and needing an effort TO
hold back the tears.
These weren't frequent occurrences,
though. and did not weaken her idea
that. barring tragic and disastrous
types-unialthful husbands, cold, mer.
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p v.
The Princess Cinderella,

When the society editor of Anne
rica's foremost newspaper" as In its
trademark II proclaims itself TO be,
had taken the Allison McCraes' house,
furnished. for a year, beginning In
october. she spoke of Il as an ideal
arrangement. As everybody knew, Il
was an ideal house for u young
snarried couple, and Il was equally
evident that the Rodney Aldricbes
' we're an ideal couple for IL.
In the sense that II left nothing to
xyYJper realization, Il was an ideal
house an old house In the Chicago
sense, built over into something very
much older still Tudor. perhaps
Jacobean. anyway. In the supplement
tary matters OF furniture, hangings,
rugs and pictures, the establishment
presented the last politely spoken word
In things as they ought to be. II you
happened to like hat sort OF thing,
II was precisely the sort OF thing you'd
like.
The same sort Of neat, fully &C
quired perfection characterized the
McCrae's domestic arrangements.
Every other year they went of around
the world in one direction or another,
and rented their house, furnished, for
exactly enough to pay all their ex-
penses. On the alternate years they
came back and spent two years In
come living In their house.
Florence McCfae was an old friend
Of Rodney's and It was her notion that
Il would be Just the thing he'd want
Rodney knew for himself what the
house was-complete down to the
corkscrews. And six thousand dollars
Q year was simply dirt cheap.
To clinch the thing. Florence went
around and saw Frederick about II
And Frederick. after listening. non
committally. dashed on to the last
ting Of the Thursday club Gall thia
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zone question more s"'o -
rrachwomar. "ard not an iu.e Wv y,u
YOU will believe that' A'''s ~
love YOU husband. No need 10 n,n,
that. nut what do you mean . .o,r.
Something vital and strong anu ,,t,n
uol-'hc meeting " ih"o-U' m ,n
thought. need with need desire WIN
DESIRE rt.Ie
"Yrs." said Rose after a "'
silence, chat What mean 49,,
There was another silence WINE '"r
rrrnchwoman gazci con'cmp'a,i''.y
out of the open window Of the ""''''
sine. %.
Then Rose said; "But you are ~
ing to toll me what you meant "''''
American women
Madame Grcyille took her u'"e
about answering. They are an '''.
ma to me-" she said. 81 confess IL
I haven't cycr seen such women any
where ms these uppcr.clasS Ah''tcnns.
They arc beautiful, clever; they hho"
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how to dress. For the first hour, or
dry. or week, OF an acquaintance, they
have n charm quite Incompatible.
And, up to a certain point, they ex.
ercise II. Your jeunes files are amaz-
ing. All over the world, men go mad
about them. But when they marry
d. . :" She finished the sentence with
n ghost OF Il shrug, and turned to Rose.
"Can you account for themi Were
you wondering ut them, too. with
those great eyes OF yours? Alors!
Are We puzzled by the same thing?
What Is II, 10 you, they lacki"
Rose stirred II little ~uneasily. ~
don't know" she said, except that
some OF them seem a little dissatisfied
and restless, rs if-wcll, as II they
wanted something they haven't got"
But do they truly want III" Ma.
dame Grcvillc demanded. ~ am
willing TO be convinced: but myself,
find, Of your women Of the a@rlStocrat
class, the type most characteristic Isl
she paused and said the thing first
to herself In French. then translated
rs n passive eplcure In sensations
sensations mostly mental. Irritating or
soothtng-a pleasant variety. She
waits to be made TO feel; she per.
petually-tas'rs. They give Il stranger
like me the impression Of being Der.
fectly frigid, perfectly pass.onle,s,
And so, as you say, OF missing he
great thing altogether. A few OF your
womcn are great, bur not as women.
and of second.rate men In pet,lcpn's
you have n vast number. But a WON.
an, great by the qualities o. her sny.
IN artist in womanhool, | have no,
seen"
"Oh, I wish" cried Rose. that I
knew what you meant by that
why, regard now" said the actress
I'm every capital Of Europe (und I
know them ALL, wherever Won Ind
great afalrs-matterS OF stare dlplo.
macy. politlcs-you find the Influence
OF women In them - women Of Tho
great world sometimes, sometimes ~
the half.world They may nor IA.
beautlful-I have seen a faded woug,
of fifty, Of no family or wealth. whose
salon attracted ministers Of s,o,e,
they haven't the education nor the In.
critics that your women enjoy. and in
the mass, they are not regarded-how
do you sayi-chivalrously. Yet there
they are!
And why1 Because they are cana.
BILE Of great passions, great desires
They are willing to take the art ~
womanhood seriously, make lppumor.
able sacrifices for II, as one mus, FOR
any art In order to triumph In IT,"
Rose thought this over rather DIN.
biously. II was a new notion n h.r-
or almost new. But suppose" eho
objected, zone doesn't want IN ri.
umph ut 1t? Suppose one wants IA ho
u-p"rSon, rather than Just n woman, =,
There are other careers indeed +"
Madame Greville admitted, "apd ono
can follow them in the same spIri,-
make the sacrifices - pay the prIce
they demand. Mon Dleu, How I
have preached. Now you shall ,sll
to me. II was for that I took vnn
captive and ran away with you"
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GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER

mas been used for all ailments that
are caused by n d~lsordered stomach
and inactive liver, such as sick head.
"V"e' constipation, sour stomach,
nervous Indigestion, fermentation Of
iool' pa'p'tation OF the heart caused by
e"''s Ia the stomach. August Flower
gentle laxative, regulates digestion
pom IN stomach and intestines, cleans
aNu S"e"'ens the stomach and alimen-
lu'y canal stimulates the liver to 50
tFele the bile and impurities from the
ooH' sod In all civilized countries
~ and " cent bottles.-Adv.
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cenary wives-which had to be ad.
mltted as existing-marriage was a
state whose happy satisfactoriness
could, more or less, be taken for
granted.
1t vas something that Simone Gre
Vile said which gave rise to her first
misgiving that marriage was not, per-
haps-even between people who loved
each other - quite as simple as II
seemed. No one has studied our lei
sured and cultivated classes with more
candor and penetration than this great
Franco-Austrian actress. She had
ample opportunities for observation,
because, while she played to houses
that couldn't be dressed to look more
than q third full. she was enormously
In demand for luncheons. teas. dinners.
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Al the moylea

John on being asked whether or
hot lie had enjoyed the moving pic
'lFe he had just seen said sagely: II
d.'"t but /, makes no difference now,
It's all over"
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taIATIyH BgOMOQUisfSg ~. vw-o,,s.r.u.,s
sccoaht OF h. ana GriP, y nov 800 per boz. .Qp
fsrsnt Ne, q Sa,snce 10 the price Of the siI off
/ va nses,ss ~ LA&AIlvB BROM0 QUIsiSA
- la .l.od tbs tsst for 4 Opxtar Of 4 OIL
~ gsod ~ ever C%iIiilIed EatioA
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IMMEDIATE Ar1EhrInn

hrv,nau De given to sprains, swellinrA
Ksan rheumatism and neuralgia.
49, Mnnsheld's Magic Arnica Linz
"os nahdy on the shelf. Three sisss
-%'c' ooc and sl.O0.-Ady.
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Estrayauant

EA'ravhghnt, isn't shef"
'ery' She even served roast bed
Tor her Thanksgiving dinner"
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ness a. usual
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-01-10

saany men are like a~lligatorS, most
dangerous when they smile.
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After her talk with the act.
ress, Rose begins to understand
more why II 10 that married
folIs don't always get alono
very we'll together. An Inter.
estino problem 10 unfolded In
the next lnstalIment
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-01
BURGLAR IS PATRIOTIC

A report Of a patriotic burglar has
lust reached the food administration.
An Oklahoma grocer found one morn.
ing that his store had been broken
into and five sacks OF wheat aour
taken. Much to the grocer's chagrin
the following morning he found his
store had been broken into again anc
FIVE sacks OF corn meal removed The
grocer's explanation is that the gurg-
lar upon finding that he had disre
garded the ffty-ifty ruling was 40
conscious stricken that he could not
Pest until he had conformed with the
food administration ruling OF one
pound OF substitute to every pound OF
wheat -four.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-01

There IS rlore Catarrh IN this section
OF the country than all other diseases
put together. and for years 1t was sup
posed TO be incurable. Doctors prescribe
local remedies. and by onstantly falling
to cure with local treatment, pronounced
it incurable. Catarrh is a local disease
greatly influenced by constitutional con-
ditions and therefore requires consiitu-
tional treatment. Halls CatarrlI Medi-
cine. manufactured by /. J. Cheney &
Co.. Toledo, Ohio, is o constitutional
remedy, is taken internally and acts
thru the Blood on tie Mucous Surfaces
OF the System. One Hundred Dollars re-
ward is offered for any case that Halls
catarrh Medicine fails to cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials,
ss f. J.. CHENEY K co, Toledo. Ohio
Sold by Druggists. Use.
Halls Family iiHs for constipation.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-01

Mrs. w. C. Ford and daughter who
have been visiting Mrs. w. o. SHARP
of 1923 South Fifth street, have re
turned to their home in Kansas City.