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The News-Herald from Franklin, Pennsylvania • Page 13

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The News-Heraldi
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Franklin, Pennsylvania
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THE NEWS-HERALD, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 193L PAGE THIKTEZryfij "1 TO 1 RATE SECOND Dual Kingdom Embraces Wide Area-Holy Cities of Moslem World Located In Hejaz. 'V NEJD MOSTLY UNEXPLORED Oct. "In recognizing the dual kingdom of Eejaz and the Xejd, the United welcomes A Gigantic Sears Purchase Makes the Saving Possible Here are the Models Most in Demand! Bay on Easy Payments by Adding a Small Carrying Charge Heats Three to Four Rooms to the family of nations two extensive I areas of the vast Arabian PenlnsnU whose national names are far less fn-1 miliar than geographic features they embrace," according to a bulletin frun I the Washington. D. C.

headquarters of the National Geographic Society. "Heja has two holy cities of the Moslem world, Mecca and Medina the piij Cash A Usual $45.00 Value This amazing heater costs less than you would ordinarily pay for "any bid stove" of cheap materials. It is the famous Tropic, with a solid cast iron heating unit built to last a lifetime gracefully de-signed walnut finish, porcelain enameled cabinet. It gives adequate heat for a three or four room home. Also a Table Top Gas Range for less Ch 50 tote SmsM Hew Cash Nejd sprawls over the second largest desert area in the world.

In fact tno Nejd rates 'second' on two contrasting geographic areas second to the Saiui-ra, as stated, in respect to its arid expanse, and second to the remote Antarctic Continent in respect to the size of its, r.wjlnrd domain. First Traversed This Year. "Southeastern Xejd, the district known as Roba-el-Khali, is as barron of names as the iSargossa Sea. It was that region which Bertram Thomas, English, explorer, penetrated for the first time early this year. "Other parts of the new nation embrace territory Whose story goes back to the early chapters of human history.

In the sandy desert wastes of the Arabian Peninsula are the neglected ruins of.MittJe known cities and civilizations, wjjile along its northern borders are the Holy Lands of Christendom, caravan trails and the relics of classical empires of Syria, and the traditional site of the Garden of Eden itself in the present-day kingdom of Iraq. The Size-of Sixty Floridas. "Dwarfed" by the huge bulk of the continent to: which is is attached, the Arabian Peninsula is likely to be classed with the peninsulas nearer home, such as Florida. But sixty Floridas would be lost in this large Asian pr.i-jection it in fact, a third as large as the entire United 'States. "The new dual of Hejaz and the Nejd, which dates only from 1926, embraces.

-or rather claims, a'l but the narrow eastern and southern fringes of this vast domain. The Nijd, roughly speaking, may be said to' include the sandy of Arabia, much, of it unexplored and uninhabited, even by the nomadic tribesmen who constitute most of King Ibn Saud's 3,000,000 subjects." "Hejaz, the smaller part ot the dual kingdom. Is-better known. From Brit' ish TranJordari is -a narrow strip, along the Red Sea coast for 900 miles to the province of Asir, a protectorate bt the-'jffijd. Within its boundaries are the famous cities of Mecca and Medina, the.

most sacred shrines for one-seventh of the world's 1 "Neither of these cities, however, is A Usual $85.00 Value Fully insulated, porcelain enameled inside and out, automatic heat control, and other features you'd expect to find only in the finest ranees. You set them all in this ranee and die table you know, is very ivory and Mack porcelain finish. EDIEIE A Cabinet Range i aasxscxxxxxa 1 AtaSp Usual () 77tcrf sparkle with chic! OA $45.00 Value Cash With all the features you have always thought of as expensive full porcelain enamel finish stippled green on all sides top and splashers marbied in dark green zinc lined oven. Get a modern ranee now while vou can buv it at Sean at this snprial cavinir! e. the residence of King" Ibn Saud, the Arab chieftain who was the George Washington of the new-nation.

Two capitals are One is Mecca, Beautiful Period Style but Ibn Saud spends most, of his time in the other capital, Riad, and rules Hospitable Stone-Front Circulating Heater Cabinet Hejaz through an agent-general residing in Mecca. Riad is' a lonely oasis. limn hidden almost 500 miles back in the desert. "Why is Hejnz and. the" a d-ial kingdom? Austria-Hungary before the War offers a convenient parallel e.nw.

The He3az and the Xejd are two large Cash Cash. expanses of country brought together by a powerful ruler, but the people of each have deep-seated differences which prevent a more' union The Nejd, home of warlike Waha- bis, or Arab must he administered in the; simplest manner, Golden Dawn model, cast iron heating unit, air-tight and gas-tight. Humidifier top. Porcelain-enameled walnut finish cabinet with front, top and bottom of cast iron. Heats 3 to 4 rooms.

The Good Cheer heater mica windows in frotit show flicker of fire. Heavy cast iron firepot, humidifier, walnut-finished porcelain-enameled cabinet Heats 4 to 5 rooms comfortably without ministers of, state, constitution With dresses like these our ready-to-wear section will be a busy place tomorrow such lovely styled frocks of the season's finest silks offered at $7.85. It's proof that you don't have to indulge in an orgy of extravagance to be in the swim of Even the Second Empire shows reflection in these dresses with puff sleeves, beading, frills, and lace touches are included at this unusually low price. is airockior every occasion and a becoming model for everyone in this great event. i Dress Section Second Floor or other formalities.

"The Hejaz, however a 'Con stitution and six departments, three A Phone 1926 335 Seneca Street Oil City, Pa. jl I We OI)AHTU SATIlfACTIOM OK TOUH MONtT CK -i- 111 FARMER WHO SHOT BOY TAKING APPLES, IS HELD When angered, a Queensland lizar! opens a large cape-like frill from and distends its jaws. T.e fril is a foot wide and, with the gapiii: jaws, presents a terrifying picture -t an enemy. took from the Turks the Hasa Province on the Persian Gulf. In 1921 Jetol Shammar.

the district between -Rial and thep Syrian Desert, was added. In 1924 he' conquered the Kingdom of Hejaz and entered Mecca victorions. Ibn Saud rose from poverty to richns, from a princeling to King of Arabia, of which are responsible In the first place-, to-the AgsntrGeneraLat Mecca. Many. Popple of the Hejaz.

less nomadic, live in along the pilgrim railroad which extends from Trans-Jordan to Medina, burial place of Wahabis Dislike Frills. "The Wahabis.c-f the -Xejd are a comparatively new sect of Moslems. Abdul Wahib. from whom the tribesmen derive their name, founded the Wahabis in the latter part of the eighteenth century. Aroused by Moslem religion and the lavish expenditure of time and wealth in building he pleaded for pure Mohammedanism under the Koran and the return to the old, wild, vigorous faith of the "Wahabi simplicity is carried to the extreme in Riad, the, inland capital.

The city is surrounded by a 25-foot wall of sun-baked, mud bricks. Its only decoration is a row of pinnacles around the top of the wall, of a shark's tooth design. Massive guard towe-s overhang each of the nine city gates. Inside the wall there are no graceful white minarets towering above huee gilded mosque domes, nor are there nnv elaborate shrines or rich prayer in 23 years. 'Arabia for tne Arabs' has been his slogan.

Wireless and Street Caw. "Ibn Saud recently signed a contract for fifteen wireless stations in his domain. Even the holy city of Meera will have its wifeless telephone telegraph, although only Mohamme A FOR PRINTED PRODUCTS OF MERIT CALL THE NEWS-HERALD JOB DEPARTMENT. SPECIAL! for Friday Saturday dan faithful may construct and oper WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.

UP Alleged to have shot a 13-year-old boy as the youth was attempting to take apples from his orchard, J. M. K. Donaldson, Hickory, farmer, will be given a hearing Monday on charges of felonious assault and battery. The boy, iMike Soitis, Westland, was taken to a Pittsburgh hospital for treatment.

An apple tree on the Donaldson farm hangs over the fence at the Hickory High School property. Donaldson is said to have been involved in difficulties with high school pupils for some time over the fruit AX Ant RAID. PITTSBURGH Mr. and Mrs. Mike Damon were enjoying an evening sicsra on the housetop of their home.

Their peaceful rest was rudely by the sight of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Meklas, neighbors, charging upon them from an adjoining roof. Meklas was brandishing a chisel and hammer and his wife a plank. The Damons were, beaten and injured and have sued for $20,000.

ate the system within the sacred precincts. Installation of electric street cars, motor trucks and radios are Would You Pay $1.00 To Stop Rheumatic Agony? New Medicine Guaranteed to Break Rheumatism's Grip in Less Than a Week or Money-Back. 0 among King Ibn Sand's plans for the modernization or Mecca ana Medina. DRESSES i Throush Jidda, the venerable Bed Sea port, the modern 'industrial rerolt Virtually n3 necessary to watch his ex-Everyone penditures today, and hence we make it a point to Vinvo available excellent ser- carpets such as are found in Moslem tm-m $794 pM vices at moderate prices. EASES PAIN FIRST DAY in the desert' is pouring, in the form of boxed dynamos, radio tubes, typewriters, motor cars, wire, and other accessories which Arabia must draw from the 'infidel' (non-Moslem) world.

In -1026 motor cars were almost unknown In Arabia. By January 1, 1D30, 1.5(K had been imported; 250 of which were for a royal motor transport." cities outside or tne wanam country. "The great mosque of Riad is a drab, sqnatty building of the same construction as the wall. No costly shrines adorn its interior. In fact the building is little more than a shady place of prayer where the faithful are protected from the piercing rays of the desert sun.

The palace and the fort are the only other large buildinr.s within the wall. They, too. are archi All sizes. In our display room the prices marked show the complete cost of a funeral, thus making it a simple matter to keep costs Quality, Style and A the lowest Price are combined in this spe-4 cial offer. V-i within one means.

tecturally unpretentious, while the rows WINK COSTS $5. LANCASTER Five dollars a wink. That's the rate which is charged in Judge Groffs court. While testifying at a trial, Helen Seville suddenly winked at the defense counsel. The judge interrupted the testimony and asked the girl why she had winked.

of flat-topped houses bordering tne "Distinctive Service" Think of the Joy of waking tip In the morning without rheumatic aches or pains without stiff swollen joints or sore, lame muscles. And joy should be yours a $1 bottle of Ru-Ma is absolutely guaranteed to stop all rheumatic misery in your bones, muscles and joints in less than, a week or your money back. No long, discouraging wait while the pain goes on Ru-Ma eases pain the first day. Magically your muscles and joints limber up, swelling goes down, aches and twinges disappear, away go limping and hobbling, crutches and oanec. That is why Dague-Bartholomew and John M.

Rlesenman Pharmacy and other local druggists invite every victim of rheumatism to try Ru-Ma under an ironclad guarantee of money fcack if it does not bring quick relief to your rheumatic suffering. dusty Riad streets are severe in At Terms to Suit You plainness. She admitted the wink with the state Ibn Saud, the Leader. "Ibn Saud, the ruler who has raised two obscure Arab kingdoms to a posi OPEN A CHARGE mrT a -r i BOYD N.PARK.nc ment that she had done it for no purpose and had winked at no one In par LUNliKVL HOME AIR RACE THIS MONTH NEW YOBK One of the feature air races of this year of air races is the Curtis 'Marine Trophy race to re held late this month over a course near Anacosta Naval Air Station. Heretofore the races have been held In spring, but this year the practice has been changed.

The race has been iiid every year since 1922 for naval service planes! but it is expected that commercial craft will be allowed to enter this year. ITS A SECRET. ABERDEEN. (Md. If the U.

S. is ever engaged in another war, Army aviation heads hope to have a Utile invention which will fool enemy pilots. The secret device now being tested is said to determine the altitude of Htm: S3 ISTAILISHCD Km mil W6T PARK AND OTTER tTt. tion gaining recognition by world powers, has been called the 'Cromwell of the In 1901, Ibn Saud was an obscure exile in Kowelt, on the Persian Gulf. He owned not an acre of land and had few friends.

But that year, at the age of 20, the youthful exiie gathered a small party, of hot-blooded companions about him, led them into the desert, and surprised and captured Riad, captail ffijXejd, and historic home of his ancestors. "By 1913, having TO SAVE DOGS WITH DOLE. MUSKEGON, Mich. Love for his dog has been exemplified by Guy Davis ticular. The judge fined her REAL STICKLER.

BERLIN Considerably puzzlement prevailed when it came time for a bnby boy to be registered near the villages of Koningswinter." and Dollendorf. in the it seems; that 'he boundryline between the two passed through and across the bed of the room in which the child was born. After some discussion Konigswlnter woa the honor of, being the birthplace. tT PHONE ZQZ 2261H mm 79, negro. Davis, hailed into court for not obtaining licenses for two canioes, said that he would' pay the $8 taxes oa cay.

i invading planes as well as automatic- consolidated his power and position in for the animals out of the $12 monthly allowance he receives frort the county welfare. central Arabia, Ibn Saud attacked And ally range anti-aircraft guns on them. i I. "i i mfcii i.

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