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S;enernl ,ye.ther Cordit,o,.

barometer Readings
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a. m.... s5l1 p. m.... 71s p. m. 9
New-York tribune., 1921-06-11

$3.50 to So Knitted Ties 81.
Every thread silk. No imi-
tations. And so many colors
that you can choose a dozen,
all different. If you go back
a year you'll find that many
of these heavy silk knitted
ties were then S..
New-York tribune., 1921-06-11

The Book Store today
will be found completely in
stalled on the Main Floor
of the Old Building, corner
10th st. and 4th Avenue.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-07-21

doorway; he was lazily cutting new midday sun mark in the place Of tine worn old one. Behind him sat his mother, who was busily knitting a gray yarn stocking.
 The moonshiner looked up and start cd quickly to his feet.
 Hi, thar, Bin, old boy!" he greeted cordially. My gosh, but ye'ge come at the right time shore. We're a-goin to have young squirrels fo' dinner and q billed hamshank with string beans. and cawnbread made with the yeller O hen aigs. Live whilst ye do live, says l. Come right in, Bill, old boy"
 La, la, la!" cried Granny Heck looking over the brass rims Of her spectacles. "How glad l am to see ye, Mir. Bill Come right in and tell us the news"
 Bill Dale crossed the threshold and accepted a creaking chair. His eyes took in at sweeping glance the home
Cleveland County herald., 1921-07-21

sarned. Addle, honey; Luke, you and Gale"
 Mrs. Moreland and her sons arose and left the room, closing the door be- hind them. Bill Dale paced the floor, arms folded, broWs drawn. Finally he rated before the Moreland chief.
 There's nothing I'm ashamed of. guess" he said. q don't like to tell it simply because I don't like to tell it. But-Ill do it."
 lie sat down in his sheepskin-lined rocker, lay back and closed his eyes as though to visualize the story, to live it over.
 Maybe it's not very much in my favor, John Moreland," he began. q never could get along with my parents, or with the set I was born into. Some how, was different. Father and mother wanted me to be a dandy; they even wanted me to let a servant dress me. The climax came when they tried to marry me to young woman who didn't want me any more than l want ed her"
 He opened his eyes, looked straight at Moreland, and went on:
 You see, they wanted to marry us ln order to unite old Clayering's for
Cleveland County herald., 1921-07-21
CHAPTER W
The Mystery of the Rifles.


 An hour after John Moreland had sent his ten rifle bullets whining over the head of Ben Littleford, every Moreland and every Littleford in the valley knew of the declaration of war. And each man of them oiled his weap- ons and put them in better working order.
 When Dale went to bed, there was too much on his mind to render sleep ing easy for him. Tomorrow he would have to help in the fight against the Lit tlefords, kinsmen of the young woman who had saved him, without doubt from death by the murderous rifle of the mountaineer Goliath-or break his word tlatly It was a poor return for such a favor The longer he thought over the dilemma, the more perplexed he became.
 He thought, too, of the everlasting wonder, the tail of John Morelands bedtime prayer. How a man could go down on his knees and ask the bless ings of the Almighty upon men whom he meant to fight the next day was q thing that Bill Dale could not under stand.
 It was after midnight before he slept. He woke at the break of day arose and dressed himself, and went out. Going toward the fower-filled front yard, he found himself facing a very angry John Moreland. 1t4O.C,I I,a oul.aJ
 Matter enough" clipped the noun taineer. Bill Dale, I'm a-goin' to ax you question, and I want the truth. Will I git lt?"
 You'll get the truth if you get any thing. Shoot the question:"
 All right. What do you know about my gun?n
 About as much as you know of the left hind wheel of Ben Hurs chariot. Whats wrong with it?D
 Morelands eyes were steady and
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it trial. 1 have been very glad that I did, for now l feel much stronger and do all of my work. tell my friends when they ask me what helped me, and they think it must be grand medicine. And it is. You can use this letter for tes- timonial if you wish. - Mrs. HARRY A. WILSON, R. F. D. 5, Clearfeld, Pa.
 The experience and testimony of such women as Mrs. Wilson prove beyond a doubt that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege- table Compound will correct such trou- bles by removing the cause and restor- ing the system to healthy normal con- dition. When such symptoms develop as backaches, bearing down pains, dis placements, nervousness and @the blues a woman cannot act too promptly in trying Lydia E. Pinkham' Vegetable Compound if she values her future com- fort and happiness.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-07-21

cold. He thrust his hands into the pockets of his corduroy trousers. Then his face softened a trifle.
 T reckon I ought to ax yore par don," he said in a low voice. "Ye see, my guns plumb gone!"
 You had it only last night" Dale said. Did it disappear"
 "Whilst I slept" cut in the hillman. Both O my guns is gone. And Luke's repeater is gone, and so is Gales, and we hain't got nothin at all to fight them d-d Littlefords with P
 "Gone :" Dale exclaimed wondering ly and-it seemed to him-asininely.
 Tt must ha' been the Littlefords, I guess," drowned Moreland. "Fo' be- cause who else would ha' done it? But to save the life O me l cain't see how they got in and took my rifle without wakin' me up, Bill Dale. 1 slept twicet as light as a sick mousse"
 Within ten more minutes, every man of the Morelands was gathered there at the house of their chief-and every man of them had lost their weapons during the night
 John Moreland called Dale aside and said to him:
 You're high on the good side O them thar tritiin' Hecks, and, so fer as they know, you aint int'rested in the feud. I wisht you'd go down thar and see By and his mother. and see ef ye can find out whar our rifles went.'
 When Dale had gone off down the dusty oxwagon road, Caleb Moreland climbed a tall ash that grew behind his fathers cabin and kept q watch toward the Littleford side of the river. He saw a group of men standing in Ben Littleford's cabin yard, and noth- ing else.
 A little more than a quarter of an hour after Dale left John Moreland he entered by the gateless gateway at the cabin of the Hecks. It was a di- lapdated place, and it stood not far from the river. By sat in the front
Cleveland County herald., 1921-07-21

tune and my dads; Patricia, like me, and dried for us, for years. They put it up to me like this: they said owed it to them, that it was my duty; that I had always been a severe trial to them i; that my savagery had put gray into my mothers hair, and a lot of things of that kind. fell for it at last; it was sort of a matter of Self-defenSe. With Patricia, it was case of-Well, ease of simple obedience. Pat is a good girl.
 A minute of silence then:
 I'll hurry along with it, John More land 1 had one fine friend back there It was Robert McLaurin, reporter on the citys leading newspaper. My parents didn't take to him because he was a worker, and not a fop Mother wanted Pats cousin, poor dear Har- ry' Claverng, for my best man. Poor dear Harry and l had q fight, once upon a time, and II had whipped him; and I didn't like him. I chose Bolsby McLaurin for my best man, and I wouldn't give him up.
 Tt was only when we met before the chancel in a big crowded church that I fully realized the tragedy of it for Pat. I saw that her face was a clean white, and that her eyes held the shadow of something that was very terrible. I turned my head and saw the same shadow in the eyes of my greatest friend, Bobby McLaurin. l knew then. Bobby and Patricia loved each other, John Moreland, Bobby didn't have any money to speak of, and that had held them apart.
 Tt had been the finest thing in the world. McLaurin's acting as best man for me. There was friendship for you 1 couldn't take from them their one chance of happiness.
 T couldn't see anything else to do. so I ran. l went home, pulled off my wedding rig and put on the clothes Pm wearing now, threw some things into q bag and hurried down to the union station. I found that l could have my choice between a lier for Atlanta and the = the train that brought me here. l bought passage to Atlanta, but I never meant to use if :. meant to take the other train and pay cash fare. In doing that. I hoped to lose myself from them. I wanted to go unhindered to some country where I wouldn't be consid- cred a-a savage, y'know.
 sI went out to the train-shed, and I hadn't been there a minute when Bobby McLaurin came. I asked him how he knew where to find me- !, said:
 "I thought you wouldn't care to
Cleveland County herald., 1921-07-21
"PLL STICK"

Synopsis.-Eo Eoung Carlyle Wilbur ton Dale, or Bill Dale," as he elects to be known, son of a wealthy coal operator, John K. Dale, ar rlves at the Halfway Switch, in eastern Tennessee, abandoning a life of idle ease-and incidentally bride, Patricia Clavering, at the al Predetermined to make his own way in life. He meets Babe" Lit tlefold, typical mountaineer girl. 'By'' Heck. a character of the hills, takes him to John More lands home. Moreland is chief of his "clan," which has an old feud with the Littlefords. He tells Dale of the killing of his brother, David Moreland, years ago, owner of rich coal deposits. by a man named Carlyle. Morelands description of Carlyle" causes Dale to believe the man was his father Dale ar ranges to make his home with the Moreland family, for whom he en- tertains deep respect Talking with Babe" Littleford next day, Dale is ordered by Black Adam" Ball, bully of the district, to leave ''his girl alone. Dale replies spir- itedly, and they fight Dale whips the bully, though badly used up.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-07-21

made dining table With it's cover of red strings of dried peppers hanging on the log walls, the broken stiiIwarm lying in the corner.
 "The Littiefords." said Dale, have declared war"
 "Sakesw laughed the old woman. We knowed that last night when VIZ heered them ten shots"
 And all the MorelanG rifles are missing Dale watched the effect os his words
 "WhatH the Hecks cried in one, voice.
 Their surprise seemed genuine. Dale pressed the subject further and learned only that if they knew any thing Concerning the disappearance of the rifles they were not going to tell Then he started homeward by way of the pool above the bloWn-down syc- amore.
 There was chance that Ben Little fords daughter would be there fishing, Dale told himself, and it was barely possible that she could throw some light on the mystery of the rifles.
 He crossed the river by means of the prostrate tree. Babe was there she sat on the stone on which she had been sitting the morning before; her back was to him, and her bare feet were in the water to her ankles. Dale went up close, stopped and gathered a handful of violets and dropped them over her shoulder and into her lap.
 Babe looked around and smiled.
 What luck. Miss Litteford?"
 "Nothin'. l don't much want to ketch anything" she said slowly, T spirit of sadness in her musical voice. II jest come off down here to be whar it's quiet. You ought to hear the noise at pap and the rest of 'cm IS a-makin!"
 Dale narrowed his eyes. Are they CT, making a noise? And what about:"
 My goodness gracious alive! You'd think so eff ye could hear 'emi Fought to hear pap cuss John Moreland :" tDllC olll uSSCd liCL Clly S, lifted the small end of her rod to its proper place, and went on, "I never did see pap half as mad as he was when he got home last night from a-folerin' me-"
 Mad at you?" asked Dale.
 No; but he would ha' beer of he hadn't ha' had all his madness turned ag'in them Morelands. You knowed about pap's trouble on van side O the river last night?"
 "Yes, 1 knew about that" Dale an- swered slowly. But John Moreland thought your father was my antago- hist of yesteray."
 "An-antagonist?" Babe Iluttered inquiringly. What's that?'
 II mean Adam Ball, y'know" "Oh. That's what I told pap. But pap he wouldn't believe it, and he want to believe it. I told him at John Moreland wasn't a-shootin' to hit, and he wouldn't believe that, neither. Paps as hard-headed as q brindle COW, when he gifts fool notion on him. What what did them Morelands say about their guns a-bein' gone?"
 Dale straightened.
 How did you find that out?'
 Don't matter howl" She smilel almost saucly. Il knowed about 1t afore you did, MT. Bill Dale. Don't you think whoever done it done kind thing?"
Cleveland County herald., 1921-07-21
And LittIeford meant a-' began

And Littleford meant a" began Dale.
 That the1l be big fight tomor- row." said Moreland. "Bin Dale, in a-makin' this land yore land and these people yore people, I'm a-feard we're a-goln' to git more'n ye expected, meb- be more'n ye can handle. Do ye want to back out of it and let the coal go or are ye one O these fellers who chaws what they bites off eff it's T hoss's headg
 ''Pll stick" Dale's voice came firm ly in the darkness. ''Tll stick"
Cleveland County herald., 1921-07-21

to do all Of my own work. l had severe pains in my left side every month and had fever and sick dizzy spells and such pains during my periods,
 which lasted two weeks. 1 heard of Lydia E. Pinkham's s We ge t a ble Com pound doing others so, much good and
 th0uCht I wo1lld Oiye
Cleveland County herald., 1921-07-21

For true blue, use Red Cross Ball Blue. Snowywhite clothes will be sure to result. Try it and you will al- ways use it. All good grocers have it.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-07-21
In Small Doses.
Important to Mothers
Smarty!

Post-"Onions speak louder than words" Parker-"Yes, and thyme will tell."-Judge.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-07-21

Most men appreciate the nonsense of pretty woman far more than they do the sense of homely one
Cleveland County herald., 1921-07-21

Ghosts probably walk at night in order to keep in the shade.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-07-21
SYMPTOMS
 WOMEN DREAD
Mrs. Wilson's Letter Should
 Be Read by All Women

Clearfeld, Pa" After my last child was born last September 1 was unable
Cleveland County herald., 1921-07-21

IF YOUR coRNS PAIN YOU Apply Vacher-Balm, it relieves at once. Keep it handy for any other pain. Buy it locally. D. W. Vacher, Inc, New Orleans.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-07-21

(TO BE CONTINUED.)
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-09-23
PRICE, OF BAR SILVER
ADVANCES 6 IL CENTS

New York, Sept. 22.-An advance
in4the price of bar silver in London
today, due mainly to a continuance Of
the demand from China and India,
was met by an advance here to So
3-4 cents an ounce.
Tbs IS an increase of about 2 z
cents from yesterdays lowest ,quosa-
ton, 8 IA cents from that of Sep
tember Is, and 6 1-2 cents ovcr the
price quoted three weeks ago.
incidentally, far eastern remittanc-
es made further sharp gains. The
Chinese or Shanghai rate of exchange
which IS governed almost entirely by
movements OF bar silver in London,
registered an overnight advance of
two cents to 79 cents per tael. A
month ago this quotation was as low
as II 1-2 cents. Local dealers say
that apart from heavy purchases Of
silver for the orient the diminishing
supply O. the metal now is an import.
ant factor.
Silver mining operations in the
United States, Canada, Mexico and
South America have been virtually
suspended for almost a year and the
present demand is being met largely
by surplus supplies piled up in the
two preceding years.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-09-23

offense, the accused being severely
condemned. We concur with Judge
Gary that while this feeling TASTED, it
was no time to put these men on trial.
There must be no question as to the
quality of justice which our courts
dispense, and there would have been
a question if these men, within two
or three days of the time the al
legged offense was committed, and
when the newspapers were trying
their cases, had been railroaded to
the penitentiary.
Besides this there is grave doubt
whether the courts called at the in
stance of the solicitors alone are con-
stitutional courts. The Supreme
Court practically holds that such
courts are not constitutionally call
ed. We believe that the Attorney
General has grave doubts about it,
as have lawyers all over the country.
We imagine that Judge Gary has
similar doubts about the. constitution
ality of these courts because his Or
der is based largely on the view that
the courts are de facto, so to speak,
and not de jure courts.
. Without going into the learning on
the subject, it is easy for any man
to comprehend that another man ac-
cused Of crime must have fair trial.
The constitution so declares, holy
writ SO; DEGREES, and the conscience
of the human race so demands. When
there is a serious question about the
matter, the just judge must give the
prisoner the benefit of the doubt.
If the legislature shall at the next
session declare that the resident cir
cult Judge, the Chief Justice, or the
Governor may call special courts, iE
their discretion, to try cases which
were carried over from previous
terms of court, and if cases wh.c::.
arise between terms are tried as
they are reached (keep;ng in mind
the provisions for change of venue
and other safeguards to insure fair
trials) there will be no further oc-
casion for criticism of the courts
along the line of the Gossett case.
But justice will not bow to the
mob, nor the constitution surrender
to public clamor.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-09-23
SOFT COAL PRICES IN
ST. LOUIS ARE BOOSTED

St. Louis, Sept. 22.-Prices of soft
coal which has been virtually un-
changed since April 1, have been ad-
vanced rs cents a ton here by some
companies according to an announce
ment today which declared that other
concerns would make an equal ad.
rance on October I. The increase is
classed as a surcharge made neces-
sary in handling small amounts, ac-
cording to the announcement. The
price now ranges from $5.25 to 1925
ton for various grades used for
heating and cooking purposes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-09-23

conference, called to meet here on
Armistice Day, do no more than as
semble and then adjourn out of de-
ference to the days significance.
Members of the foreign delegations
may be asked to speak briey at the
darlington ceremonies, where the
President will make the principal ad-
dress and Gen. Pershing will lay a
wreath on the grave Of the unknown
soldier to be buried there. Ceremo-
nies of a similar nature will be held
throughout the country while the
wheels of government and of indus
try are quieted.
By such an observance officials are
said to believe they can preclude the
possibility that the tribute to the SOL
dier dead will be overshadowed in
the public mind by the meeting of
the conference and at the same time
give the nation an opportunity to
speak in unmistakable terms the SEN
timents for armament reductions.
The plan is said to have been devised
by the President himself, because he
felt that the tributes to those who
gave their lives in the World War
might we'll be mingled with prayer
for closer international understand
ing.
In his Arlington address Mr.. Hard
ing is expected to touch on this con-
viction, although any definite declar-
alton of the purposes and hopes OF
the armament negotiations will be re-
served, for the following day, when
he will officially welcome the dele
gates to the United States and set in
motion the machinery of the confer.
ence.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-09-23
ORGANIZATION NEEDED
Must Work for Good Roads If They
Are To Be Had.

Must Work for Good Roads If They
Are To Be Had.
Columbia, Sept. 23.-That the re-
cent election in Greenville county
when bonds for the construction Of
improved highways were defeated
shows the necessity Of the organiza
tin of the good roads sentiment ir
the state, in the position assumed by
the South Carolina Good Roads As.
sociation in a statement issued yes.
terday. Greenville county, it is
pointed out in the statement, has all
along been regarded as one of the
strongest good roads counties in the
state. and what is called "its back.
ward step" in the recent election is
declared to be convincing proof that
organization is necessary.
"The election in Greenville coun-
ty," says the statement, clears out
our contention that while other
states are increasing their road.
building programs South Carolina is
going backward. If steps are not
taken to awaken our people to the
absolute necessity of our state keep.
ing pace with its sister states we are
soon going to find ourselves eco.
nomically handicapped -.
"The South Carolina Good Roads
Association is planning to put on a
campaign for good roads. We are
right now striving to build up a good
substantial membership. Many citi.
zens have already sent in their mem
bership applications. We want every
citizen in the state who believe good
roads necessary to our advance
ment to join with US in the fight we
are making"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-09-23
Z NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
DUE WEST NEWS.
y A. R. Presbyterian

- = = y \ = y = y y y
DR.. Stevenson preached at Beth
lehem last Sunday.
. Miss Eva Watt is teaching this
year in Aiken public school.
The Rev. R. C. Grier preached in
Anderson last Sunday.
DR.. Moffatt preached for the A. R.
Presbyterians in Abbevile last Sun
day.
T. A. Putnam has bought DR.. Moi
fatt's residence on North Main
street.
All the teachers of the Woman's
College are on hand. DR.. Robinson
expects about 200 pupils.
The pupils for the colleges began
arriving last week and have been
coming in steadily since.
Miss Clara Agnew, who is teach
ing in the high school at Anderson,
spent the weekend in Due West. -
Miss Jean McDill visited her sis
ter, Mrs. W. E. Clinkscales, in Aiken.
Mrs. May Clinkscales is teaching
FRENCH and Latin in the high school
of Aiken. ....'
On account Of the non arrival of
furniture for the dorrnitory the op-
ening of Erskine was put off until
the 2Sth.
DIR. E., B. Kennedy filled the pull.
pit of the First A. R. P. church at
'Gastonia for DR.. Galloway last Sun.
day week. ...., t,.'
Mrs. J. B. McCutcheon, Jr., and
two Of her children returned to Ay-
nor last Thursday. Her little son,
John, remained in Due West. -
Mrs. DR.. Henry of Oak Hill Ala,
is visiting friends and relatives in
Due West. She is returning from a
visit to her son, DR.. Henry Of New
Jersey. 49,
It will be pleasure to Prof.
Grier's friends to know that he is
doing so nicely, following an opera
ton for appendicitis at the hospital
in Anderson. .<.
Rev. C. B. Belts, of Salem, Tenn,
was a visitor in Due West last week.
Mr.. Belts is taking his vacation
He was returning from Chester to
Atoka, Tenn. He is looking "well and
wearing broad smile.'
Miss Jennie Chalmers, who for the
past two years has spent her time
with her sister, Mrs. Young at Mr..
W. W. McDill's, left on the 18th for
Florida to visit relatives and friends
at St. Petersburg and Inverness.
Erskine plays her first foot ball
game on next Saturday. They meet
the Baptists in Greenville. Coach
Parish has been putting the boys
through some hard work and the
squad is looking good. They will be
able to give good account Of them.
, selves on Saturday.