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-SAINT PETER AT THE GATE" 9t. Peter stood guard at the golden gate, With a solemn mien and an air sedate; When up to the top of the golden stair, Maggie and Jiggs, ascending there, Applied for admission; they came and stood Before St. Peter, so great and good; Ii? hope the city of peacc to win, * And asked St. Peter to let them in. 1 Maggie was tall and dark and thin, j, With a scraggly beardlet on her chin | ( Jiggs was short and thick and stout, And his stomach was built so it 1 rounded out His face was pleasant and all the while He wore a kindly and genial ?mile. -The choir in ?he distance the echoes ( woke, Aud Jiggs kept still while Maggie . spoke. ' j "O thou, who guardest the gate," &aid 1 she, ' "We two come hither beseeching thee To let us enter the heavenly land, And play our harps with the angel band. Of me, St. Peter, there is no doubt, There's nothing from heaven to bar 1 me out, T* t ? A ? ? fkvAa f ima? <Q ^ J vs ueeu tu mtxiiiiig vuiee UU>VO ? week, ' And almost always I'd rise and speak 1 "I've told the sinners about the day, J * When they'd repeat of their evil ] way; I've told my neighbors?I've told 'em * all 'Bout Adam and Eve and the Primal * Fall; 1 I've shown them what they'd have to * do 1 If they'd pass in with the chos^i few, 1 I've marked their path of duty clear * Laid out the j>lan of their whole career. * 'I've talked and talked to 'em loud and long, , * For my lungs are good and my voice is strong. t So, good St. Peter, you'll clearly see 2 t The gate of heaven is open for me. j But Jiggs here, I regret to say, s Hasn't walked in exactly the narrow c . way; -".it He smokes and swears and grave i faults he's got, c So I don't know whether he'll pass or not. ( t "He never would pray with an earnest vim, Or go to revival, or join in a hymn, While I the sins of my neighbors ( bore, He gadded about with that Dinty * Moore. He made a practice of staying out 1 late, Which is a sin all women hate; T7..4- ft * lnof rtrknn U n /1M AAma llAma * ijuw aw laoi n nt*i uiu wuiv ?vuivj The rolling-pin went straight for his dome. "I know him, St. Peter, know him 1 welj, * To escape from me, he'd go to hell; But, St Peter, I need him here, And hope you can see your way clear On earth I bore a heavy cross; Give me in heaven still Jiggs to boss, I've brought my rolling-pin, plates and jars, , . To keep him dodging among the stars " 1 "But say?St. Peter?it seems to me ^ Th:s i?ate isn't kept as it ought to be, You ought to stand right by the opening there, And never sit down in that easy chair And say?St. Peter?my sight is cimmed, But I don't like the way your whisk; ers are trimmed. They're cut too wide with an outward toss; N They'd look better narrow and * straight across." Bt Peter sat quiet and Stroked his staff, But in spite of his office he had to laugh; Then said, with a fiery gleam in his eye; "Who's tending this gate, Maggie, % you or I?" Then he arose in his stature tall, w And pressed a button upon the wall, And said to the imp who answered the bell: "E?cort this female around to hell." * V Slowly Jiggs turned, by habit bent, To follow wherever Maggie went. St. Peter standing on duty there Saw that the top of his head was bare. He called the Old Boy back and said: * 100 REQUEST FOR WAGE CUT FiLED Rail Labor Board Will Begin Hearings on These June 6?All Classes Affected Chicago, May 26.?More than 100 new wage disputes submitted by raliroads all over the country have been filed with the railroad labor board within the last five weeks, it was learned today. Every submission asks a reduction in wages in various classes of employes from the train service and shop crafts divisions to common laborers. Hie disputes will be heard by the board beginning June 6th. Announcement by the ' board recency that a wage decision ordering reduced wages would be made on June 1, effective July one, has opened the door for wage cuts to every road in the country. As a result, many roads, which previously asked reductions for but a few classes and in some cases are now asking reductions for all employes on iheir line. The new hearing on June 5 will include all roads which have iled -submissions since ^pril 15, ivhen -the first wage hearing was >egun. Revision of the docket for ;he previous hearing was brought ihe total number of roads affected n 104. This number, however, inrludes several small roads which nade joint submission with large roads of which they are subsidiaries. According to the board's announceaaent last week, reductions granted n the June 6 hearing would also be jffeetive July 1st. It was further ndicated today that the decision on j 1J he would. "Thirty years with that tongue so sharp? Ho! Angel Gabriel! give him a harp, A jeweled harp with a golden string, Good sir, pass in where the angels sing, And, Gabriel, give him a seat alone, One with a cushion, up near the throne, v Call up some angels to play their besl For Jiggs has surely earned a rest. "See that on finest ambrosia he feeds He's had about all the hell he needs It isn't just hardly the thing to do: To roast him on earth and' in the future too." They gave him a harp with golden strings, ? . A glittering robe and a pair of wings And Jiggs, looked down from his high level, Thought of Maggie and felt sorrj for?the devil. ?George Bradshaw in Pere Marquette Magazine. Win ffiratriii?3 wv/uiu vjtz ,he second hearing being held merey in compliance with the transporation act which provides that both >arties to a dspute shall have oppor.unity to present their cases. TORTH CAROLINA WHITE POPULATION SHOWS INCREASE Washington, May 26.?Out of a otal population of 2,559,123 in tforth Carolina the census bureau mnounced today, 1,783,779 are vlxites, 763,407 negroes, 11,824 In!ians and 113 other races. During he past decade the white population ncreased 18.9 percent and the negro 1.4.percent. _ CHINESE STUDENTS TO AID THEIR COUNTRYMEN Chicago,, May 26.?Chinese stulents at the University of Chicago md Northwestern University agreed ;oday to limit the cost of their food o 65 cents a day for the next three nonths, the money thus saved to be ?ent for the relief of famine victims n China. In addition the men will ilwtain from tobacco and the women from candy and motion picture 3hows. "Jiggs, how long hast thou been wed?" "Thirty years" (with a weary sigh) A.nd then he thoughtfully added, "Why?"" St. Peter was silent with head bent down; He raised his hand and scratched his ?crown; Then, seeming a different thought to . take. Slowly, half to himself, he spake, "Thirty years with that woman there, No wonder the man hasn't any hair. Swearing is wicked, smoking'3 not good; Ho omnli-fcH and twnrp T aVinulH think j TO MAKE EFFORT IN AGRICULTURE I ' Washington, May 26.?A series ; of measures pending N before con! gress were unanimously indorse'! toj day by 22 members of the senate from Southern and Western states who have organized an agricultural bloc. ' Among the bills to which support was pledged were those for freeing | associations of agricultural producers from restrictions of anti' trust laws in marketing their prodj ucts, for regulating grain and cotj ton exchanges for requiring alleged wool fabrics sold in interstate commerce to bear marks indicating the percentage of woo^ and shoddy content for similar branding of paints, and for regulation of cold storage. Regulation of cotton futures sales, as propoeed by Senator Dial, Demo -J- CI iL A T! crac, oouui varouna, was aiso included in the list. Chairman Kenyon, of Iowa, announced at the close of the session that the "bloc" would meet again June 2 and consider any action its members might desire to take up regarding the financial welfare of the farming sections. Bills taken up today, he said, were of a general nature, but extension of agricultural credits and possible improvement and enlargement of the land bank system would be given attention at the next ses sion, CARRYING OF B*IG SUM MONEY ON HER PERSON CAUSED WOMAN'S DEATH Los Angeles, Ca., May 26.?The body of an elderly woman, found at Santa Monica, near here Sunday was identified today as that of Mrs. Catherine Fields, a wealthy retired business woman of Chicago. The police expressed the belief she had been murdered and an autopsy showed death apparently had been caused by blows on the bead. Mrs. Fields was said to Have carried a large sum of money sewed in her clothes. She disappeared last Friday from a hotel. GET FISH FROM GROUND New Smyrna, Fla., May 26.? Izaak Walton scarcely would believe his own eyes if he were to WaHc through the country near here and encounter negroes digging live fish from the ground as if they were potatoes, and even persons accustomed to the miracles of this age would look twice and then set out in search of an oculist. A certain variety of mud fish found in nearly ( all parts of the State is responsible for this. This queer member of the finny triibe inhabits streams or ponds which, have mud banks or bottoms, is black and weighs up to five or 6 pounds. When the waiter in a pond evaporates, as it does during certain seasons of the year, leaving only a mass of mud which on the surface is practically dryj'it doesn't worry the fish. They merely burrow into the mud to wait for rain and apparently continue to live as long as j the earth is wet. The negroes locate | thenn by exploring the mud with I their bare feet. I The fish is edible, but is not a favorite because of Its stringy and coarse flesh. ? HARDING'S SISTER SUED FOR $25,0<K> i #Washinbgon, May 26.?Mrs. aroI lyn Votaw, sister of President Hardj ing was defendant in a $25,000 suit j for alleged libel filed today in the District of Columbia Supreme Court by Dr. R. Lee Cole. The plaintiff claims he was damaged in his good | name and reputation as a result of a letter written by Mrs. Votaw to Justice Stafford last April 29, 'during J the trial of the domestic difficulties I of Dr. Cols and his wife, Minnie B. . I Cole. .1 In the letter Mrs. Votaw, who j formerly was connected with the i Women's Bureau of the police de;: parfcment, disked the court to care; (fully consider the evidence and charged that Mrs. Cole "had been ' terribly wronged by Dr. Cole." t Crandal Mickey, counsel for Dr. j Cole, called the letter to the at; tention of President Harding's secre> tary. Mr. Harding wrote the lawyer, but the let;er was not made public. j An average acre 01 guraen nas been estimated to contain about 53,j 000 worms. t 'bogus pearls fool london deale j Jewelers Dismayed by Exposure Huge Fraud in Importations London, May 28.?>Lonaon Jru ers have been dismayed by the posure of a huge pearl found. It -v accidentally discovered thousands | pounds sterling had been flung av in the purchase of worthless fal Japanese importation. How long < ! imitations have been coming to Ei ' land and how many are in ex ' ence is unknown and this is caus J something approaching a panic Hatton Garden among the big jew ers. * The faked jewels are so perf that they withstand all ordini tests. like Oriental pearls, th< imitations have been sent to t country-already pierced. The disc ery was made-when a workman one of the ibig jewelry shops v making a necklace out of pea bought for 10,000-pounds. He fou that one of the pierced holes was i large enough for the strong, and he tried to enlarge it. In so doing chipped a piece of pearl bead ins a coating filrn^ London jewelers state that ' fake is a product of eight or ' yeaxa of Japanese pearl culture t industry and has been brought perfection. The system is to ca oysters and by a Burgical operat insert a mother of pearl bead in 1 ? mwnmnnw? mmmmmmmmmrnm vmmmmm* mi We' ?At the rate we RUPT STOCK i jj| the end of thirty w mr w A We're ?hundreds of p and Children's 5 CANNOT BE JE WE'V III |i ?of many sizes, !j broken?onto th II GREET YOU C I T ii II 11 Ban li III ...OF 1 ...$32,00 S LADIES if i || ' -You can still gel a big bargain ir Dress Pumps or the (I $2.95 .. TABLE . .. I'l -Many values as I; high as $18.00 | ?AND THEN It AGAIN 2 5 -you can get a pr. of Hose for 40c; Hi ' values to .... $1.5C ) THE 5 I a L. t flesh of the oyster, which is then RS returned to its bed. After two months the oysters are recaught by| Of j which time the mother ^f pearl bead ; ! is found to be covered by a thin j rel- pearl film deposited by the oyster.; ex- The imitations are the same in1 vas j weight size and color as Oriental j of: pearls, and when tested with the i 'ay teeth they grit and grate like the ced genuine ones. the Secret meetings have been held n?*( among London Jewelers who are st" faced with the difficulty of discovSn?y' ? i t? _t_ i_v _ *"? , erwg a narmiess test oy wrucn me fakes can be discovered. It has also I re*" i been proposed to the board of trade j ! that the importaton of pearls be susect pended "until an effective test has : iry been discovered. 686 It is probable that a number of i legal contests in the courts may reor" suit from this discoveryy, as the in difference in value between a genufas ine and a fake pearl' is in about the Lr^s same relation as a dollar to a cent. In<* The discovery of the fraud was made last week, but was kept secret 90 until today and is now causing a flutter among society people who lde have been recent .purchasers. * Seventy-one widows of soldiers of Hon 1.L - ? 1 01 o nnn "v" ine war 01 ion ore icvcivmg {/cu. in<* sions. * to tch According to a census just comion pleted, Germany's population is 60,the 282,000. llSell Sre going now, the ..entire OF PRATT & TAYLOR, r days. . C-ll ; jcuiin *i airs of odd and broken size >hoes, Oxfords and Pumps QUALLED AT DOUBLE E SOLD , in many styles and as fast ? T 1 1 _ _ i.1 e tsar gain i aDies iney go, i >AILY AT HE BOOT SHO) krupt THE PRATT & TAYLO 0 STOCK OF "FINE ; HERE'S A BRAND NEW LOT THAT ; WILL APPEAL , TO MOTHERS OF BOYS Boys' Low Cuts in Black and Tan, Eng * TVl 1 lish and r tfiucner Lasts, Pointed and 5 Broad Toes, sizes 10 to 1 for small boys, and sizes 3 to 6 for big boys and young men. THE VALUES RUN UP TO $8.50 CHOICE } $2.95 BOOT R. BEN TAY LOR, Manager. Successors to PRA TT & TAYLOR, GREENWO OD, S. C. Chas. A. Drenn an, Sales Manager. R. I. MANNING SAILS FOR LONDON ON JUNE 1 J A 3 Columbia, May 24.?Former Governor R. I. Manning, president of the American Products Export and Import Corporation sails oii^June 1 for London, to attend the World's Cotton Conference and-to look into 1 the situation surrounding the expor? M tation of American cotton. Gover- j nor Manning will be accompanied by Mrs. Manning and they will be away froan Columbia about two months. The Former Governor leaves Col- ? 'J| urnbia this week for New York, V;j where he wild attend next week the j national cotton conference in the j metropolis. The dates for this con- j ference are the 2t8h and 2$th. ' READ THE ADVERTISEMENTS MAN DISCOVERING VAUGHN REWARDED Columbia, May 28.?Sam ^ Coleman, a former Columbian, who discovered Thurston U. Vaughn in Tampa, several weeks ago and noti- ' ',! fied authorities of Vaughn's where- ? -ja abouts causing his arrest, collected $100 of the $200 reward offered by the governor when he visited the executive offices today. The other $100 will likely be paid to Tampa ? . -'1 officials actually making the arrest, "s it was said today. . VijlS Out j $32,000 BANK- J Inc.?long before - rv.i. 7 J 9 \J Mil -1 y ^1 is in Ladies', Men's ?at prices THAT THE PRICE. j OUT 1 as the lots become jo NEW VALUES . -J P'S , I Sale I 1 I _ _ i K, Inc ji a SHOES".... MEN I ji % -We have replen- Jj * | ished that table of jj $15.00 Shoes and j % . Oxfords for i $3.95 * i ! -They're selling like "Hot Cakes" j so you'd better j hurry if you want j the biggest value [I you ever got in jj your life. SHOP 1 Inc. rl ii Is i|IH|IUmiNIIH?raWIII?NllltUlt<nilNII*Hlll#NI'MII-l''MM>)li<H:UI<liMI HfcUNUU" IllfcJ* 3 '" "It. I'M'!'*.