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The Jones County news., 1921-09-15
A Feeling Of Security

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know that the medicine you are about to
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1t is not recommended for everything.
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A sworn statement of purity is with
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II you need medicine. you should
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in bottles Of two sizes medium and large.
However, if you wish FIRST to try this
great preparation send ten cents to Dr.
Kilmer & Co., Binrhamton, n Y, for a
sample bottle When writing be sure and
mention this paper. advertisement
The Jones County news., 1921-09-15

wiuklng at Ben Littleford II had II
planned out 20 hang 'em an on a big
green hcmlock as Christmas tree TO-
Bill Some deYlllsh rough Christmas
eve yc're a-hayiu. Bill. old boy ain't
III"
Rather. smiled Dale. he closed
his eyes. His head ached. and be was
somehow very tired
Within the honr he went 70 sleep
and when be avoke g was daylight on
Christmas morning Ben Lltueford.
taif dressed was stirring tho Goals
% NE 90 fhe wide melthed stone fire.
place nas feis better than he had
expected o. ies ha greeted Little
fard uls1 sao epmrI.meuts of the sea-
sea arnse ana lressed hlmself.
lAl3sfsri as8 Just gone with q
hauttal e siadaos wood toward
taa kgcaan. ahsa there was low.
Nst ,arcE at the outside door %
isH tats rasa Dale arose from
DIS saeeassta .tnad rocker before the
M - are went to the door and
aases tef7v hlm stood slim,
tani ee n lhe poorest 81 rags
a tA taiig slender arms there was
spmethas eranpea rntber loosely %
trpwtlei brown paper Dale did not
wuemoer having seen the lad before.
tut b. knew 81 WAS no Liitlef0rl
-Ceme n son be invited cordial
ly---come q and warm Yourself Ny
goodness alive, IT'S too cold 10 90
barefoofed Ike chat Haven't you any
shoes s0ul9
"Shoesf7 mutiered the boy, queeriy.
"Shoes3g
He was shIvering from the cold, His
thin face looked plnched and blue, his
eyes big and hollow Dale stopped,
picked him up bodily. carried him to
the old rocker he had just vacated
and put him into II with hands MS gen.
tie as any womnn's.
HI" began the boy. staring
what
"Now stick your feet out and warm
them, son-that's II" and Dale chafed
the poor little. dirty. half-frozen feet
and legs.
Son. he went on after a moment,
his heart throbbing out OF sheer pity
you SO 10 the commssary clerk and
tell him 60 dress you up Ike the
crown prince Of England, Il he's got
II, aud chnrge the snme y the account
The Jones County news., 1921-09-15
Auto Industry Gigantic
Hyaierlic Dish w ashinq.

The hygienic Importance of electric
dish-washing has been shown IN re-
port by Surgeon j. q. Cummings of
the United States army. Investigating
the effects of the influenza epidemic
In institutions having a quarter of a
million people, it was found that
where dishes were washed by hand
there were 324 cases of the disease
per 1000 persons but in hotels and
other places having electric dish
washers the rate was only one-third
as great, or los per 1000. The wash
ing by machines is not only more
thorough than hand washing, but
hotter water is used, and this insures
more effective sterilization.
The Jones County news., 1921-09-15

epo you Know fhis boz Penn
'If's Lyss Balls boy" ansvered
Litlieford puckering hls brows.
"Whats be a-doin' here 2"
+He brought Christmas present
for me. said Dale, sbUt he has de-
clded thar ] shant have lt."
"The only Christmas present yon
could gii from d Bail would be . bull
let." frowned Ben Litileford.
He stepped 10 ihe rocker and took
fhe bundle from the boys zap. be
took away the crimpied brown pa
per-and there % hts hands was a
loaded and cooked revolver
"By George 70 exclaimed Bill Dale.
"Whnfd ] tell YER smiled Ben Lit
tieford
An hour later Dale aud score Of
Littlefords and MOrelauds entered the
big downstairs room of the office and
supplies building The defeated Balls
and Turner's iouueed here and there.
sullen and silent, on the rough-board
floor of their temporary prison.
Dale walked into their midst and
addressed them quietly.
"you'li admit. won't you. that I've
got what you fellows call the dead
wood ou you3 And that Il lies 10 my
power to send every single one Of You
10 the state penlientlary ~
Il reckon So. admitted Adam Balls
father. lie was pretty well coved, and
so were the others.
"Buf I've decided not to DO IT," went
on Bill Dale Z can't forget that this
4 Christmas dny You may have your
liberty as present from the man
you've tried - hard and 50 unlustl<
70 klll. After the doctor gets through
with Little Tom and saul Litileford.
be- wit come here % dress all your
wounds then our guards will give SOU
back your rifles. and you may go
home. Fan not asking sou 70 promise
nee anything yau understand. I'm
simply trusting the human bear;. and
dou't believe Iil be disappointed. "
Dale turned % John Moreland.
Moreland's rueged face wore puz
zied. dispieased smile.
elf your brother David wns here
BID Dale demanded with bare shade
of uneer % DIS voice, "what do you
think he'd do about III It's Christ
mas day isn't itf"
The old Moreland chiefs counte-
nance softeued; his grey eyes bright
ened Yes be said. tits Christmas
day Bil.' He looked toward the Balls
and Turner's.
Merry Christmas, gen'lemen' he
said.
Adam Balls father Immediately
asked him for chew Of tobacco.
The Jones County news., 1921-09-15
conesrnlna WOOD Dreams

To dream you are in the woods sig
miles wealth. To dream of wood
cutter denotes good luck To dream
OF woodman signifies embarrass-
ments. 70 dream OF wooden shoes sig
niles a hasty journey. To dream Of a
wood snake denotes slander. To dream
of wooden spoons shows an avarlcious
and hard-hearted neighbor. To dream
Of woodpile shows man in love
with some ill-natured woman. To
dream you are in woodward denote.
a happy change Of fortune.
The Jones County news., 1921-09-15

One autumn little George entered
the same kindergarten that his brother
Henry had attended during the pre-
uous year Very frequently the teach
er called him Henry BY mistake. until
she became provoked at herself and
said to him:
Il ain sorry. George, but | don't
know why 7 always call you Henry.
Il guess | know said George,
seriously i've got en- Henry's sh'rt
anl his pants ana his shoes"
The Jones County news., 1921-09-15


SOUL"
Of BIN Dale. 1t win be my Christmas
gift to you, little boy. What's your
nameg'
The lad turned his surprised black
eyes upon the face OF the big and sun
Drowned man.
"Are you Bin Dole9T
"Yes.n
That which the boy said next strpe'i
the big and sunbrowned man with all
the force Of bullet
$50 you're BIZ Dale. Wen, D. my
soul~
"Don't buddy, dontw
The boy went on; My name. IT,.
Henery. come here with Christ
mas gir fo' you lie pointed a dirt,
forehnger toward the bundle in hi,
lap. "But you aln't a-goin' TO git 8
now"
"whygr Dale asked smllingly.
"Whyl shoes ats why Hill
aid / ever have any shoes aforel Bare
footed as q rabbit That's me- Bare
footed as d-n rahhitw
"son." protested Bill Dale "you'r
entirely toe small 10 swear. Yol
mustn't 40 it yknow.N
"Yes,' quickly, Pm small. I'm small
10 my age. I'm done twelve year old
I've been measured 10 the go-haclSs.
Measured for the go-hacks.
laughed Dale whats thatw
The Jones County news., 1921-09-15
Would sIanaI Correct lime.

A dimming of electric lights each
night ut eight o'clock as national
time signal is being urged as meas
ure that viii distribute the correct
time regularly to all who are within
sight OF an electric light. In the same
way that the time ball is dropped
down the STAFF at noon and clocks
are regulated by telegraphic or radio
signals from the naval observatory in
Washington, it is suggested that pow
er plants regularly flash the correct
time daily over their electrical sys-
TENS.
The Jones County news., 1921-09-15

Reports from the National Tuber-
culosis association show that consump-
tlon may soon become rare disease
in the United States. Public ednca-
ton In preventive measures and years
of hard work by medical officers have
checked its spread, and the death rate
goes down steadily every year. This
is in marked contrast to the tremen.
dous increase Of tuberculosis in Europe
due to the ravages of the war.--Popu-
lar Science Monthly.
The Jones County news., 1921-09-15
A Great oladness Fitted Elizabeth's
Heart.

I've thought much over 1t, and just
now I've decided When I decide, it's
for all time YOU know that, don't
you7"
A great gladness filed Elizabeth's
heart 1t did not occur to her to ask
how, in what manner. he was going to
take care of her people; It was enough
TO know that he was going to take care
lof thcn. lie pupa sl.isynI arm lightly
around her Shoulders She tried to
speak. cholsed, ana couldn't utter a
word. But It didn't natter John X.
Dale understood perfectly.
Then he took his arm away. faced to
the right, and drew his hat rim low
over his eyes. For two minutes he
stood there and looked for the little old
cabin down near the foot Of the north
end of the mountain, and he failed to
find II. His mind had gone back once
more to that woeful night that had cut
his life In twain He remembered
plainly waking in the early morning
with an aching head and with the
ranking taste Of much dead whisky
In his mouth. Remembered seeing Da-
vid Moreland. with bullet hole
through aud through him. lying on the
floor beside him. Remembered his
horror ~ smotherea c,ias ~ ang,,sh
and his hurried flight. :.
He had wondered, he remembered,
why the law made no attempt to track
him down. He had not known that the
mountaineer's code Of honor demands
that the mountaineer himself collect
that which is due him.
Tell me-" he said in tones so low
that Elizabeth barely heard. "where is
David Morelnnd buredq7
He had turned, and stood facing her.
She pointed to the southwark.
They buried him out the crest o
the mountain little ways, on the
highest place, by the side of his
wife, That was always a touchin
thing to me, that he buried his wife on
the very highest point of his Owl
mountain. You know why, don't you
David Moreland believed In God and d
hereafter, and he believed that heaveI
was up. He wanted to get even hi
wife's ashes as close TO heaven as he
could
I'D Ike to go out there" Johr
Dale said, his voice almost a whisper
"rd like TO see the place
Il wouldn't" replied Ben Little
ford's daughter. For she knew-oh
she knew.
eYes. YES nv dear-r must see tn,
place.r declared John X. Dale. hoarse
IL Whispering" "let's go out there"
rbare WAS never anv d,sohavine hin
whom he ,vas aeterminea ana ha ,va
astarminaa now If Is stranes tha
dreoa bnn,an tbing thot araw him
ru,vaho,h ,nrnaa ana s,artaa or
.so s,,,,,.,, ..ast ~ tha ,,,o,nta,,, ,,.a,d
, M. h.. ,,..,,. l,or.,. ana No., -,
The Jones County news., 1921-09-15
How Bill Was Cancelled.

Kaye-Old Tupper had bad luck,
didn't hei
Gray-Oh, what was that? | don't
think | heard about it.
''Why, he got so far behind with the
rent for his room at his boarding
house that he had to marry the land
lady."-London Answers.
The Jones County news., 1921-09-15

Indy Visitor (to boys mother)--
Can't little James reclte some OF the
verse he learns at school7
Boston Jamle--No. Poetry ac-
cording to my way OF thinking. is
without logical Conference and there
fore devoid OF interest, but ] shall. II
you desire. state come OF the for
mulas Of higher mathematics.
The Jones County news., 1921-09-15

Having cleared your skin keep II clear
by making Cutlcura your everyday
toilet preparations. The soap to cleanse
and purify, the Ointment to soothe aud
heal, the Taleum to powder and per-
fume. No toilet table is complete
without them. 25c everywhere.-Ad-
vertisement
The Jones County news., 1921-09-15

He serves best who serves most. and
he should serve most who is best
equipped for service. Unless he do
serve. crooked paths will not be made
straight. or errors corrected. Today
service alone exalts the man.-Ex-
change.
The Jones County news., 1921-09-15

marked the asl resssi- pace "a i,.,,t
MoreIands young Uife. il 1lf pevn
letfered by David sloreiaal himself
and il was crude bur sincere tribute
10 wOmankind
On the face Of the other great slab
Of brown sandstone were chlseled other
iil-shaped letters and misspelled
words. The hands Of John Moreiand
had done this old John Dale stepped
unsieadily closer and read.
HEAR LAYS DAVID moRELANo
The eEsr MAN GOD
EvvER MAID
KILLED
BY JOHN K cARLlLE
MAY GOD
DAM HIS
SOLE
II was living curse, breathing
curSe--a terrible anathema. II dead
David Moreland himself had arisen
from the tomb und uttered it, Il would
not have struck John X Dale with
greater force He grew weak, as
though with a fatal sickness. He sank
20 his knees IN the snow. and his Iron
gray head fell forward 10 his breast.
Elizabeth Littleford knelt in the snow
beside him. She tried 10 find comfort
ing words. for she loved him and was
sorry for him. but no words would
come.
There was a slight sound, the muf-
fled breaking Of a dry twig in the
snow just beyond the pallngs in front
OF them. Elizabeth Llttleford looked
up to see the giant figure Of John
Moreland, whose face was white and
whose eyes we're filled with the fire of
hate and anger. who held rifle in his
cold, bare hands. The rifles hammer
came back and the fine trigger caught
II with a faint click.
Moreland took another step forward
and leveled the weapon across the
palings.
EFF It was any use 70 ye to pray
Carlyle" he said, and his voice was
shaking and hoarse and choked, I'D
give ye time But II ain't no use at all.
Look up. Face it. Try to be man fo
one second in yore low-down life.p
Old Dale raised his head saw David
Moreland's brother, and realized all
there was to realize. His eyes widened
little; then look of relief fitted
scross his heavy countenance.
"Shoot and even up the score he
said brayely, and his head was high.
According to your code, it is just. And
IN be able to forget at last, at last. so
shoor and settle the account"
(TO BE CONTINUED)
The Jones County news., 1921-09-15

81 see where the hooring Of a big
warehouse where a lot Of wholesale
foodstufIs was stored gave way"
"That's about the only way they'll
ever get high-priced food to come
down"
The Jones County news., 1921-09-15
FOR SUMMER COLDS

Use vaeher-Balm; 1t relieves at
once. If we have no agent where you
live, write to e. w. yacher, Inc, New
Orleans. La.-Advertisement.
The Jones County news., 1921-09-15

Hes a philosopher" "What Is a
philosophers" zone who refuses to
worry about your troubles"
The Jones County news., 1921-09-15

"What is this--a decanter?'
1T was decanter. Now it's a
carafe. Louisville Courier-Journal.
The New York herald., 1921-11-29
Continued from First Page.


care of a physician. One of Col. Whit
tleseys brothers left early in the eve
ming for Pittsfeld. Mass. to break the
news to their father.
Lieut.. r. X. Haas, who was with the
headquarters company of Col. Whittie-
sey's command in the Argonne, said he
saw his old chief last week and had a
chat with him. He thought the Colonel
was normal and happy"
Col. Whittlesey had recently been
active outside his law practice as chair
man of the Red Cross roll call for the
New York County Chapter. He super
vised the enrolment, organized commit
tees and obtained divisional chairmen
for the campaign to get 100000 members
at III each.
Escaped From German Trap.
The adventure of Col Whittlesey and
the Lost Battalion was one of the
truly thrilling chapters of the war.
Whittlesey and his men advanced into
the Argonne Forest on October 2. 1918.
The Germans cut them off and sur
rounded them. Runners who tried to
carry back word to the main body of
troops were killed. Airplanes dropped
food into the forest in the hope that it
would reach the lost Americans, but
1t didn't. Short rationed from the first,
then without food altogether. the lit
tie band lay in wet leaves and muck,
starving and subjected to almost in
cessant fire by the Germans. Half of
them We're killed or wounded. The
others hung on. without panic. without
thought of surrender, obeying orders
and following the example of bravery
set by their commander, then Major.
On October 7 relief came. When the
Lost Battalion marched out of the for
est 1t had only 1914 unwounded men.
Whittlesey's modesty when he returned
to this country captivated the public
anew. He always denied that when
the Germans sent a messenger with a
demand for the battalion's surrender
he sent back the message GO to hell"
He insisted that as matter of fact he
sent back no message at all. But
throughout the world he became cele-
brated as the American who had told
The New York herald., 1921-11-29

up our emergency rations the first time
we were surrounded and had had no
chance to replenish the supply. At the
end OF the first day we had nothing to
eat at all. We got water from a swamp
behind US at night. They were trying
to relieve US all the time. Airplanes
tried to bring us food and messages. but
we got none. l guess we'd all been dead
but for the thick leaves the swamp
water and the good weather.
No Thought of Surrender.
One package of supplies fell not far
away. but a doughboy who crawled out
to get 1t was killed by snipers. Several
American planes were brought down
while trying to succor the Lost Bat
talon and one pilot was killed. The bat
TALON did not once try to fight its way
back. 1t had been ordered to take the
position and hold on, and that 1t did
On the fourth day came the Ger
man demand for surrender. The best IN
formation as to the reply was that Major
Whittlesey in telling other officers how
such message should be received, used
the words go to hell" or it's equivalent.
But the fact is he sent back no written
answer whatsoever What he did, as
soon as he read the German message. was
to order the immediate removal of a
white cloth that had been spread out on
the hill to indicate the battalion's posi-
tion to American planes that were trying
to bring assistance. He was afraid the
Germans might mistake this cloth for the
white flag.
When the rest of the Seventy-seventh
Division had fought its way up to the Lost
Battalion Whittiesey's men were full of
stories of his hourly messages. Keep
cool, men; of his unfailing serenity. of
his crawling about until he saw every
one of his men each day. though any mo-
ton was perilous; of his giving away
what rations he had the first day; of
how calming it was indeed just to see
him shaving each morning as calmly as
if he were back in Paris"
Whlttlesey was promated to Lieu
tenant Colonel soon after he came out
of the Argonne. He returned to New
York November IA, 1918. He discour-
aged all efforts to make a lion out OF
him, but gave no end of credit to Capt.
George C. McMurtry, to other officers
and to privates who distinguished them
selves. The only place where he would
do any talking at all was the Williams
Club. and there 1t WAS hard to drag
anything out of him about the Lost
Battalion.
He reported at Camp Dix after his re-
The New York herald., 1921-11-29

turn and was expecting to return to
active service. But when the armistice
was signed he resigned from the army.
On December 6, 1918, the first three
men to receive the highest American
military decoration. the Congressional
Medal of Honor, were named by Presi-
dent Wilson. Whittleseys name was
first and Capt. McMurtry's second. The
decoration was pinned on Whittlesey by
Major-Gen. Clarence r. Edwards on Bos-
ton Common.
After the war Whittlesey continued
to interest himself In the welfare of men
who had fought under him. In Septem-
ber last year he went to Ellis Island to
plead for the admission as an immigrant
of Polish youth who was cousin of
one of the Lost Battalion veterans. But
before his appeal could be acted upon in
Washington the youth, who had crossed
the Atlantic as a stowaway. escaped
from Ellis Island and disappeared.
The New York herald., 1921-11-29
WHITTLESEY DISAPPEARS
FROM STEAMSHIP AT SEA

the Germans to "go to hell" The peo-
pie liked the story and wanted it that
way, and probably Whittlesey's con-
tradiction never will catch UP with
the truth.
Charles w. Whittlesey was born in
Pittsfield. Mass. thirty-nine years ago.
His parents are Mr.. and Mrs. Frank S.
Whittlesey of Pittsfield. He was gradu-
ated from Williams College in 1906 and
then from the Harvard Law School. At
Williams they called him Chick Whit
tlesey. He started practising law in
New York and eventually became a
partner of j. b. Pruyn at Rector
street. He was one of the first Ameri-
cans to go to Plattsburg training camp,
and soon after the war started he was a
Captain-not in the Judge Advocate Cen
erals department. to which he was
easily eligible, but in the infantry. He
was quickly promoted to be Major.
In the fall of 1918 his command was
cut off twice-once In the week of Sep
tember 26 and again in the week of Oc-
tober 2. II was the first of these haz-
ards. lasting twenty-four hours, that
was ended soon after the runner Jack
Munson, with p G. Herskowitz and
Lieut.. Arthur McKeough. got back to
the American lines. The second was the
five day episode.
Whittlesey's command was 463 Of
ficers and men of the s0Sth Infantry
and Company X OF the S07th Infantry.
They attacked L'Homme Mort on Octo-
Der /, and on the following day were
ordered to advance to a definite objec-
tive on the side of ravine, this being
part OF the first American attack west
of Verdun. They lost contact with the
troops to the right and left of them,
and the Germans infiltrated behind them
without being seen and cut them off.
Telling the story himself, Whittlesey
said: ''The Germans save us fits. but
according to an invariable routine They
machine gunned us at certain times
used trench mortars twice daily and
along in the afternoon Of every day
they used their potato mashers (hand
grenades). Our fine machine gunners
held their fire until the Boches were
near, then let them have it until their
yelling ceased and the attack was over.
Twice the Germans attacked from the
fianks. and then We had the simple task
of moving them down. We had used