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The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1922-07-18

rests on the inability of the people
to tear away the mask of mock he
roics and disclose a half-baked un-
derstanding of our national vita
mines. 10 seems as if we must turn
back the clock and take more care
full measure of integrity and ability
in those we must trust to do for us
the things we are unable ourselves
to understand. II not this, then we
need some new system of education
in the land
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1922-07-18

Cucumber growers in Florida,
South Carolina and North Carolina
are evincing much interest in the
permissive standards for cucumbers
recommended by the United States
Department of Agriculture. A num-
Der of marketing associations have
adopted the grades and are labelling
packages with the grade name. Fed
eral inspection at destination is al
so being made.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1922-07-18

Todays Scripture-If thou shalt
confess with thy mouth the Lord
Jesus, and shalt believe In thine
heart that God hath raised Him from
the dead, thou shalt be saved-Ro-
mans 1873.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1922-07-18

Two teaspoonfuls of Tanlac in a
little water, taken three times a day
just before meals will make you eat
better, feel better, sleep better and
work beforehand & Priest.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1922-07-18

ing days, and not go over any mile
twice, it would require nearly two
and one-half years to complete the
job.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1922-07-18

If mans family has a porterhouse
steak appetite when he has a soup
bone salary, he might as well sing
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1922-07-18

The average husbands idea of an
ideal clinging gown is one that will
cling to his wife for about three good
years.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1922-12-13
Have Your LAMPS
Trimmed and Burning

A letter marked personal conveys
information of interest if true. 1t
says Friday, Dec. %, will be the last
day of our worlds time. By system
of sign reading, C. NJ Wisner of Vir-
ginia, sets the date for the end.
Those who are willing to risk his
judgment will at least be spared the
annoyance of Christmas shopping. If
the world does not come to an end on
Dec. % they will still have two days
in which to shop for Christmas, and
that is about as much time as the
average person consumes.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1922-12-13
UNCLE SANS
SAVING SYSTEM
A GOOD ONE

During the war the government IL
fered war savings stamps, paylno
about per cent as method of saw
ing for people of small means. Sinc~
the war, and to take the place of war
savings stamps, the Government Of.
fered Treasury savings certificates
in denominations of SIS, S100 and
$1,000, now sold to investors at S20.5C
$S2 and $500, respectively. They pay
per cent if held until maturity.
five years from the date of issue.
About 1925, 100000 of War Savings
Stamps, series of 1918, become due
January 1st, 1923, and the Govern
ment now offers to issue Treasury
savings certificates in exchange fc,
them, affording the owners an oppol-
tunity to continue a safe investn,pn.
with good interest Saving has frF-
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1922-12-13
JAPAN NUST Be
TOLD 70 PAUSE

With the vision Of those graves in
Flanders still, before US, it is well for
the earnest people of the country, as
well as Of California, TO consider the
operations of the Japanese which,
slowly but certainly are leading
Uncle Sam into a situation oil danger
The japanese people are II, n re
desirous Of war than are the people
OF the United States. But Sometimes
a powerful, militarist group gets oIt
OF hand and openly fiouts the pubic
will
Had the voice Of Ameri been
heard in protest early in the Franco.
German crisis-the voice of rea;
America whose population is so over
whelmingly found in towns of snail
population such as this, and on tfe
farms -unspeakable misery woAld
have been saved in many an Ameri-
can home t remains 10 be seer if
the experience has taught US any
thing.
Japan has for her aim-the air. C
her controlling powers continae'
VOCATION of the territorial integrity
Of Asiatic Russia, the control of Man
churia and dominion over China and
the Pacific Ocean.
Perhaps we might safely adopt the
policy Of watchful waiting in this
connec ton but for the fact that by
her deft diplomacy japan has jock
eyed Uncle Sam into the position Of
responsibility for Japanese Aggces-
sion so soothingly described IS "teln-
porary territorial extension Of infu-
ence." Unless Uncle Sam makes clear
the fac: that he is not yet duped,
and refuses to become the football Of
foreign cmbroglios, storm clouds are
bound TO gather.
Tv7l II .
being turned into a football. 1t must
be brought back into our own keep
ing if we are to remain peaceful and
secure, and it only requires public ia
terest and understanding to bring 1t
back.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1922-12-13
What II Ministers
OMIT Boosting Heaven

Wouldn't the congregation ae
surprised if the minister got up in
the pulpit some Sunday morning and
made this announcements: Beginning
today, In. going to quit the job OF
selling Christianity and boosting
Heaven. Everybody believes in God
or ought to by this time. I'm not
going to waste my time and yoJrs
preaching any more. So I'll say good
bye, folks. NoN don't forget to Neep
right on believing in God"
Supposing some other business
house resolved as follows: Our
business is good. People know Us.
We have been in this Cne
location for years. Why should we
use part of oul income to keep ou'
goods before people who will Just
naturally come and get them?"
Supposing the grocer announced:
"Shucks, what's the use of advertis-
ing Folks have just got to have roo /
anyhow. They'll come and get it
even if don't tell 'em ABOUT it,"
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1922-12-13

nished the fife blood for many ma
tions and insures prosperity to tre
people. The Government is dong
everything possible to encourage saw
ing in the United States by offeri .:g
sound and attractive securities for
the investment of small sums. If
you want to save, and insure YOU
future, it would pay you to invcSti-
gate Uncle Sans Savings System.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1922-12-13
A DAY IN A CITY

AS an illustration of the magni-
tude of New York City, the following
is interesting:
One child is born every minutes
A big ship arrives or leaves every
So minutes.
One couple is married every 3 3-s
minutes
One new business is started every
% minutes.
l3,5Oo elevators carry 100000 peo-
pie each day.
238,440 eggs are eaten every hour,
$1,750000 worth of food.is consurn-
ed each day.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1922-12-13

A library for teachers, valued at
5000, will be given to the county
which secures Libraries for the la g
est number of schools during the
present school year The State will
supplement any amount SO raised by
the school from $40 to $40 Informa-
tion regarding this matter will be
furnished by the State Department
of Educa alton.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1922-12-13

Managers and operators in last
Tennessee Of electric light, power,
street railway and las compamas
plan an important conference in
Knoxville, December IA, when an all
day session wi4 be conducted in
Eastbrook Hall, Engineering College,
University of Tennessee.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1922-12-13

When sending your subscription to
The NEWS, ask for the Southern
Agriculturist. It's q good paper and
yours for the asking.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1922-12-13
NEWS FROM IHE
STATE CAPITAL
NUMBER .

Nashville, Dec ll.-More thaE
Sl,25o,OeO was the FIRE loss in Ten
nessee during October, according 10
figures complied by the office OF
Fire Prevention Commissioner Roges
in Nashville. The record shows ode
of the largest monthly losses in the
history Of the department both in
aggregate damage and number OF
fires reported was 800 of which 20
were unprotected by insurance The
total damage to buildings by Oclo-
Der fires is placed at $S6S,037 and to
contents, $Ss5,313.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1922-12-13

Read The NEWS each week. Bor-
row your neighbor's paper, if you
will, but read it.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1922-12-13


The Division Of Vocational EGuca-
tion of the State Department of Pub
lic Instruction has completed SIN
vey of the State to determine the
number of boys between the ages of
sixteen and twenty not ATTENDING
school and also the number of farm
ers interested in evening courses in
agricultural instruction. 1t is pro-
posed to conduct in these courses foe
both boys and men studies in poS.1ry
culture, dairying, swine production
fruit growing, corn growing, etc.
The aid of county superinrendeAss.
principals, teachers and others i'm
terested in this work is solicited by.
the Public Instruction Department.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1922-12-13

Hog cholera has been reported to-
the agricultural department as pres
ent in six or eight counties in the
state, but in no section has the dis
ease become epidemic, it is said. Ev-
cry condition has been favorable to
the spread of the disease, according
to DR.. George White, state veterina-
r-ian but luckily, or perhaps due II
the foresight of the farmers gener-
ally in taking steps to prevent the
spread, comparatively few hogs have
been lost TINS fall.
The St. Charles herald., 1922-07-08

Sheriff. hesitated, then assented; ana
they went round the block together to
the Corvet house. Sheriff., after a few
instants' hesitation, took the key from
his pocket and unlocked the door and
went in. The rooms, they saw, were
all in perfect order; summer covers
had been put upon the furniture; pro-
tecting cloths had been spread over
the beds upstairs. After their .inspec-
ton, they came out again at the front
door, and her father closed 1t with a
swapping Of the spring lock.
Constance, as they walked away.
turned and looked back at the old
house, gloomy and dark among it's
newer, fresher-looking neighbors, and
suddenly she choked, and her eyes
grew wet. That feeling was not for
Uncle Benny; the drain Of days past
had exhausted such surge of feeling
for him. That which she could not
wink away was for the boy who had
come to that house a few weeks ago
and for the man who just now had
gone.
The St. Charles herald., 1922-07-08

at. The names and addresses On these
oldest, yellowed pages had been first
written, 1t was plain, all at the same
time and with the same pen and Ink,
and each sheet in the beginning had
contained seven or eight names. Some
Of these original names and even the
addresses had been left unchanged,
but most Of them had been scratched
out and altered many times-other
and quite different names had been
substituted: the pages had become
finally almost illegible, crowded
scrawls. rewritten again and again In
Corvet's cramped hand. Alan strained
forward, holding the first sheet to the
light.
Alan seized the clippings he had
looked at before and compared them
swiftly with the page he had just read;
two of the names-Westhouse and
French-were the same as those upon
this list. Suddenly he grasped the
other pages of the list and looked
them through for his own name; but
it was not there He dropped the
sheets upon the table and got up and
began to stride about the room.
He felt that in this list and In these
clippings there must be. somehow.
some one general meaning-they must
relate in some way to one thing; they
must have deeply, intensely concerned
Benjamin Corvet's disappearance and
his present fate, whatever that might
be, and they must concern Alan's fate
as well. But in their disconnection.
their incoherence. he could discern no
common thread. What conceivable
bond could there have been uniting
Benjamin Corvet at once with an old
man dying upon poorfarm in Emmett
county, wherever that might be, and
with baby girl, now some two years
old, In Sturgeon Bay. Wisconsin?
He called Wassaquam into the IL
brary and brought the lists and clip
pings out again.
'Do you know at all what these are,
Judah?" he asked.
mo, Alan. / have seen Ben have
The St. Charles herald., 1922-07-08

Alan's passion broke out suddenly.
"We're anything but that, Judah. l
found him, the first night l got here
and while you were away. going
through my fathers things. fought
with him. and he ran away. He was
the one that broke into my fathers
desks; maybe you'll believe that, even
II no one else WILL"
"Yesw the Indian questioned.
"Yes" It was plain that he not only
believed but that believing gave him
immense satisfaction. He took Alans
arm and led him into the smaller IL
brary. He knelt before one Of the draw
ers under the bOOkshelves-the drawer,
Alan recalled, which he himself mad
been examining when he had found
Wassaquam watching him. He drew
out the drawer and dumped its con-
tents out upon the floor; he turned
the drawer about then, and pulled the
bottom out of it. Beneath the bottom
which he had removed appeared now
another bottom and few sheets OF
paper scrawled In an uneven hand and
with different colored inks.
At sight Of them, Spearman, who
had followed them into the room. ut
tered IN oath and sprang forward. The
Indians small dark hand grasped
Spearman's wrist, and his face
twitched itself into fierce grin
which showed how little civilization
had modified In him the aboriginal
passions. But Spearman did not try
to force his way; instead. he drew
back suddenly.
Alan stopped and picked up the pa
pers and put them in his pocket. If
the Indian had not been there. it
would not have been so easy for him
to do that, he thought
The St. Charles herald., 1922-07-08
CHAPTER XII
The Things From corvet's Pockets.
Miss Constance Sheriff..

US TTONI SOTtCNS TVSNSSOs
Miss Constance Sheriff..
Harbor Springs, Michigan"
The address, in large scrawling let
ters, was written across the brown
paper of the package which had been
brought from the post Office in the lit
tie resort village only few moments
before. The paper covered shoe box,
crushed and old, bearing the name Of
rs. Klug, Dealer in Fine Shoes, Mani
towoc, Wisconsin" The box, like the
outside wrapping, was carefully tied
with a string.
Constance, knowing no one in Mani
towoc and surprised at the nature of
the package, glanced at the postmark
on the brown paper which she had re-
moved; it too was stamped Manito-
voc. She cut the strings about the
box and took off tie cover. A black
and brown dotted silk cloth filled the
box; and, seeing it, Constance caught
her breath. 1t was-at least 1t was
very like-the muffler which Uncle
Benny used to wear in winter.
She started with trembling fingers
to take it from the box; then, realiZ-
ing from the weight Of the package
that the cloth was only wrapping or,
at least, that other things were in the
box, she picked up box and wrapping
and ran up to her room. She locked
the door ard put the box upon the
bed; now she lifted out the cloth. 1t
was q wrapping. for the heavier things
came with it; and now, also. it re-
vealed itself plainly as the scarf-Un-
Gle Benny's scarf! A paper fiuttered
out as she began to unroll it-a little
cross-lined leaf evidently torn from a
pocket memorandum book. 1t had
been folded and rolled up. She spread
it out; writing was upon it, the small
irregular letters Of Uncle Benny's
hand.
"Send to Alan Conrad" she read !;
there followed a Chicago address-the
number of Uncle Benny's house on
Astor street. Fellow this was another
line:
Better care of Constance Sheriff.
(Miss)." There followed the aher-
rills' address upon the Drive. And to
this was another correction:
"Not after June Il; then to Harbor
Springs, Mich. Ask some one of that !;
be sure the date; after June r."
Constance, trembling. unrolled the
scarf: now coins showed from a fold,
next a pocketknife, ruined and rusty,
next a watch-a mans large gold
watch with the case Queerly pitted
and worn completely through in places.
and last a plain little band of gold Of
the size for a woman's fnger-a we'd
ding ring. Constance, gasping and
with fingers shaking so from excite
ment that she could scarcely hold
these objects. picked them up and ex-
amined them-the ring first.
1t very evidently was, as she had
Immediately thought. wedding ring
once fitted for a finger only a trifie
less slender than her own. One side
of the gold band was very much worn.
not with the sort Of wear which a
ring gets on q hand. but by some diff
ferent sort of abrasion. The other
side Of the band was roughened and
pitted but not so much worn; the In.
side stiu bore the traces OF an In
scription. "As long as We bo 4.
all alive" Constance could read, and
the date. "June 2, 1891"
The St. Charles herald., 1922-07-08
"LAND OF THE DRUM"

YNOPSIS.-Wcalthy and highly
placed In the Chicago business
world, Benjamin Corvet Is some-
thing of a recluse and O mystery
to his associates. After stormy
interview with his partner, Henry
Spearman, Corvst seeks Constance =
Sheriff.. daughter Of his other
business partner, Lawrence Sher-
rill, and secures from her q prom
ise not to marry Spearman until he
returns. He then disappears. Sher-
rill learns Corvet has written to .
certain Alan Conrad. In Blue Rap
ids, Kansas, and exhibited strange
agitation over the matter. Alan
arrives in Chicago. From a state
ment Of Sheriff. It seems prob
able Conrad Is Corvet's illegitimate
son. Corvet has decided his house
and its contents to Alan. who takes
possession. That night Alan dis
covers q man ransacking Corvet's
apartments. The intruder thinks
Alan a ghost and raves Of the Mi
waka." After n struggle the man es-
capes. Next day Alan learns from
Sheriff. that Corvet has decided his
entire property to him. Introduced
to Spearman. Alan Is astonished at
the discovery that he Is the man
whom he had fought In his house
the night before. Spearman laughs
at and defies him. Spearman pol
sons Constance's mind against
Alan. Somebody tries to kill Alan
In the night. Corvets Indian serv-
ant. wassaquam. tells Alan he be-
lieves his employer Is dead. He
also tells him the legend OF the In
dian drum, which according to old
superstition beats once for every
life lost on the Great Lakes. Twen-
ty years before, the great freighter
Mlwaka had gone down with
twenty-five on board. but the Drum
had sounded for only twenty-four.
leaving the inference that one per-
son had been saved. Luke. who
has long been blackmailing Corvet.
appears, talks mysteriously and
dies.
The St. Charles herald., 1922-07-08

them. and take them out and put them
back. That is all know"
"Do you know any of these peo-
ple:"
He gave the lists to Wassaquam.
who studied them through attentively.
holding them to the lamp.
"No. Alan"
'Have you ever heard of any of
their names before?"
THAT may be. I do not know. They
are common names"
do you know the places?"
~Yes-the places. They are lake
ports or little villages on the lakes. /
have been in most of them. Alan. EN-
met county. Alan. came from there.
Henry comes from there, too"
'Then that Is where they hear the
Drum!"
"Yes, Alan"
MY father took newspapers from,
those places, did he mott"
wassaquam looked over the ad-
dresses again. 'Yes: from all. He
took them for the shipping news. he
said. And sometimes he cut pieces
out Of them-these pieces, see now :
and afterward 1 burned the papers ;
he would not let me only throw them
away"
That's all you know about them.
Judahy"
Yes. Alan: that is all"
Alan dismissed the Indian. who.
stolidly methodical in the midst of
these events went downstairs and
commenced to prepare dinner which
| Alan knew he could not eat. Alan got
up and moved about the rooms; he
went hack and looked over the lists
and clippings once more; then he
moved about again. How strange q
picture OF his father did these things
cal; up to him. When he had thought
cf BENJAMIN CoFyef before. It had been
rs Sheriff. had described him. pur-
l-sued By some thought he could not
conquer. seeking relief in study. In cor
respendence with scientific societies.
| In anything which could engrosS him
md shut cut memory But now be
must think Of him. not merely as one
trying to forget; what had thwarsed
The St. Charles herald., 1922-07-08

try it, 90 did. All my pains ana weak.
ness "a are q gone, my stomach Is all right
and do my work at home and also work
for Swift;s Packing Company. l recon-
mend your Vegetable COMPOUND 70 my
a. a Testimonial. Mrs. LULU LUCAS,
TsA Vandeventer St.. st. Louis, Mo-.
AGAIN and again one woman tells an
other Of the merit Of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.
You who work must keep yourself
strong and well. You can't work if you
are suffering from such troubles. Mrs.
Lucas couldn't She tried our Vegeta-
BE Compound and her letter tells you
what it did for her. Give Lydia p: Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound a fair trial
now.
The St. Charles herald., 1922-07-08
You mean you want me 10
marry you-at once, Hssvy7"
cTo BE coNTINuEp,)
Human Life Too Short.

By all the rules which nature sts
serves among h'imbler mammals, id1
years onght to be very ordinary age
for a human being. Where IL the
mammal which, unless its life is eilt
short by accident or disease, falls 10
live to an age FIVE times as great ~
the time 1t took to reach MATURITY A
fairly careful survey NJ the Heid AM
swers Nowhere" Indeed, the Fatig
Of total life to maturity IL fi8Fe lkely
to be six, seven eF eight, thaH Avs,
But man, wh1se maturity eaAHHf bs
placed IT less than 70 sF aal thlRks he
is doing well when he passes fbFss
score and ten, and aals 8Ns 9Ht III
many thousands FeseAss ths sSs ii
one hHEdted,