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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
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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
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!j broken?onto th
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...$32,00
S LADIES
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-You can still gel
a big bargain ir
Dress Pumps or
the
(I $2.95
.. TABLE . ..
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-Many values as
I; high as $18.00
| ?AND THEN
It AGAIN
2
5
-you can get a pr.
of Hose for 40c;
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values to .... $1.5C
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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
} $2.95
BOOT
R. BEN TAY LOR, Manager.
Successors to PRA TT & TAYLOR,
GREENWO OD, S. C.
Chas. A. Drenn an, Sales Manager.
R. I. MANNING SAILS
FOR LONDON ON JUNE 1
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Columbia, May 24.?Former Governor
R. I. Manning, president of
the American Products Export and
Import Corporation sails oii^June 1
for London, to attend the World's
Cotton Conference and-to look into 1
the situation surrounding the expor? M
tation of American cotton. Gover- j
nor Manning will be accompanied by
Mrs. Manning and they will be away
froan Columbia about two months.
The Former Governor leaves Col- ? 'J|
urnbia this week for New York, V;j
where he wild attend next week the j
national cotton conference in the j
metropolis. The dates for this con- j
ference are the 2t8h and 2$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
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9 \J Mil -1
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is in Ladies', Men's
?at prices THAT
THE PRICE. j
OUT 1
as the lots become
jo NEW VALUES . -J
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SHOES"....
MEN I
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-We have replen- Jj * |
ished that table of jj
$15.00 Shoes and j %
. Oxfords for i
$3.95 *
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-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.
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