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THE POOR COBBLER,= gg\. ' w in :> FoHows the Plumber's Advice *< ' m I Hp and Now Regrets It. ai MM * , m ALMOST LOST HIS BUSINESS. fr m Hans Wti Told to Extend Liberal . Credit to Customers, but it Did Not . Turn^Out as Well as He Expected. ge pi. j it Saved From Poorhouse.' w, , - tOopyright. 1907, by E. C. ParcellsJ ho ItyfcasVoiie time vhen I ha ? only one ?a patch to put on for feefteen cent, und I vhas feeling bli|e und wondering if dey haf fried oysters in der poorhouse, vhen dot plumber comes in^r f11 ? und says: / let " "Hans, I think so ipuch about your ^ case dot I don't sleep Eights. You vbas |*e .? Dootchmans from Shermany. My "a WOJUlnb ash bio ash a hatstack." i 1 ^reat-grandmother vhas alsd a Dootch- <*a mans, trad dot makes me feel for you. m( jxou vhas a 'poor 'und hardworking dc .mans, but yon don't get along, und dot ye **has what makes tears in my eyes." ^c "Und it vhill be hard times some 1 more unless yon mak^a change in lec your way of doiqg peesness. Yon see, gft ^fott thas cash down. if i haf a lifty tal jHit on my heel you holdout your hand foi dpor der money. If a mans vhants some ' ikalf soles you make him pay right re< "Bv ; I must haf money to buy stock * *md to live on," I gays. stc "Dot vhas dersaddest part ofall If * you could raise $25 und start pessness mc In a new vhay you vhas a rich mans in ho: .two years, Hid you eter hear of Chris- rtjj 'Tea. He discovers America." raJ Puts People on Their Honor. ? ^But does he vhant cash down? Does he hold out Ms, hand for der sugar? Of course not After George Washing- 1 ten Vhas a greatmans dis country J11 * asked Mm to be its fadder. He says de3 vhill be, but he don't hold out Ma ^ hand. No, sir. He takes der job on . - m m-A? ' ' , .1 1 ? w?i ana jea m fee uut m uu cvuu^deuce in our honor. Then Abraham lineobi vhas elected president, does 11X1 he say? dot he vhtll back out if he ,do: doesn't get his wages every Saturday ' t(> Bight? Not at all. Yhy, even vhen an ^ alderman sells his vote he don't expect . " der cash for at least a week. If yon yo would succeed you must do different. 8ai STon must put peoples on deir honor to pay>, tw "Wnat T tmBf?" T natr him W "You must Peoples vhas curious folks. If you ask 'em for cash down "ej dey take It as an insinuation against 1 deir honesty. In my peesness I fix a * ^ water pipe for a house und don't send * ! any hilt I depend upon der man's av' honor. Maype It goes on for a year, ?? and some day he vhalks in und pays- ??1 und tells me to put in new washtubs, a new boiler und to overhaul der fur> nace. For Instance, I want .half soles Oh my shoes. It vhas 33 cents. I teli ^ you to go ahead. Vhen you vhas done ^ you hold out your hand for der money. I don't haf it Dot makes me s^d und 68 humiliated. If you don't say anything h<* I co&e in in about a we^k und pay up und bring you in four pairs of shoes to mend See how it goes?' I can't see how she goqs, but I take ' his word for It Dot night I paint a mJ big sign to put in -my window. She P1* reads: ?oi "Uome in. uer uerman cooDier extends credit to all. Everybody put on wi Ids honor." . Fat Policaman Calls. : It dont hardly be daylight next jootning rhen der fat policeman on dot heat tome knocking on der door, nnd bent lets him in.benays: * || "Vbell, Dntchy, Ihaf seen yonr sign. | Ton are getting on to der American "in great shape. No danger of I K you're going to der poorboose. Here is $ g pair of shoes yon can mend nnd put U \ ?e on my honor to pay." ^ 1 After breakfasts woman#ash big asb | a havstack comes in mit three pairs of shoes in a basket Dot smile on her. ?y face vhas like a washboard. uj "Now, cobbler, yon Thas getting H down to peesness," she says. <rDer rea- | son I haven't patronised your shop be- I : . fore is because it dotft always come handy to ebpaqs a hundred dollar bill * to pay oat a few shillings. I may pay 4 I. ; tomorrow or Jf^xt week, - bnt I don't mi want to fee* dot I am looked upon ash 1 a deadbeat "Put a large, fat womans ^ on her honor, tmd yon Thill nerer lose a cent Mend her shoes and tell her It Thas cash down, und she Thill never ? - - - ' * - 9 come back again, l nar long wonaereu by yon don't change your vbay or doing peesntfs." Shakes Cobbler's Hand. Der next mans baf three pairs of Shoes to mend. He smites on me. Ht ' i . v, ' ^ ' V. yii . * ' &<c-> ? < . J v.->. - . ?. ^ " y " *V v.' . ' akes bands. He puts der shoes on >r counter und says: "Now you vhas doing peesness der erry same ash der Rothschilds, und two years you vhas owning a bank. 5U gif me credit. Dot means you put e on my honor*. Dot further means I q bound to pay you if I haf to sell y shirt. I may not rush in here toorrow, but I shall come sooner or lat. If undertakers would try your way ore peoples would die und be buried." [t vhas a boy who came in next He id more ash six pairs of shoes. He ys his mother reads der sign und nds him along. Sbe vhas a widow omans, und whoever trusts in her nor shall reap large rewards. She n't come herself, because she is lame, it her son can tell about her honor, e vhas followed by der butcher und. ker und coal man, und in one day ore ash twenty peoples come in und ive shoes to be mended on deir hon, Not one cent comes in. It vhas so r next day und der next. Even der go shoemakers come in to be mendup. After three days I vhas scared d took der sign down. I need money r stock; und I go by der plumber und k for my 35 cents. ^ 'Yhy, it vhas only three days ago,* says. / : ' *But i must buy some leather." ' 'How vhas dis? You put me on my nor und den come und shump on me h if .1 vhas going to run avhay. In ssness you always give thirty days' ?dlt Dot vhas considered der same h cash., If you put a man on his' nor, dot means he pays vhen it vhas ndy. It don't be handy for me dis xminc nnd if vou don't look out a tie you lose all your customers." [ go to dot fat woman's house mit 7 leetle bill. She opens her door und tiles op. me, but vhen she sees der 1 she asks: Ha! Vhat vhas dis?" You haf some shoes mended." 'Yhell ?" 1 must haf money to buy shoe pegs d cement" 'Yhell, vhat haf I got to do mit dot? rhas no cement womans. I vhas no isy of a shoe peg. You extended i credit You put me on my honor. >t means df you get dis bill in one j ar you vhas a glad hearted mans, od morning, Mr. Cobbler." 1 9 - I Butcher Sits on Him. : goes by" der butcher und talks a ;tle while about der earthquakes und res him a chance to pay. He don't re no soocb chances, und I ask him j der money straight out Yhell, I be hanged!" he says, mit a 1 face. "Cobbler, vhat sort of a ck vhas you anyway?" 'But I must haf some money to buy >ck," I says. 'Money? Stock? Didn't you extend \ credit? Don't you put me oh my nor? Do you belief dot my honor is out in a week? If yon need >ney yon must go to taer bank und ise it, same as dec rest ;of us do. imph! Vbell, if die Tbas your vhay doing peesness you shall make no re honorable repairs for me/' le gets mad und dings things around, d I haf to beg his pardon. I go to r coal manir und ask him if it rims lwenient to pay me 90 cento.* 'Vhat for?" he asks. 'For fixing oop your shoes." That! You put jae on my honor d den come und insult; me! If you I't be an old mans I do some damage yon. By golly, but I yhas never so ulted in my life!" Bnt if somebody buys coal of you n vhaht your money, don't you?" I rs.% . But dere vhas some difference beeen coal and cobbling. Dere vhas no sdit in coal. Dere vhas no honor in Votri fukf+or cm bnm A rind Sflfllr VOnr ad." t vhas der same mit all der others, lon't get one cent. It vhas all abuse, atop all dot credit und honor right bay quick, und though I don't quite by der poorhouse it makes me hard 3 fornix months. M. QUAD. A Tobgh Menu. 'According to my belief," said the dalistic boarder, "no man should eat less he works." 'A man simply can't get out of work .long as he eats at this boarding use,'" growled the fussy old bachelor, louston Post' t \ \ Just the Same. Jladys ? You thought Clarence was iking eyes at you when we were lying blind man's buff! Why, he ildn't He was hoodwinked. Ssmeralda?Thaf s all right He hoodnked at me.?Des Moines Register. Length and Braadth. ?~ I "r^\ 'What would you charge to paint j f portrait full length V" j 'Do you want it full width too?"-- j irper's Weekly. I Remember. X remember, I remember The house where I was shorn; The hallowed place where little lambs Come peeping in at morn; The playful bears and friendly bulls Who wisely counseled me. And where I bought at K? And sold at 13. ?New York Life. 'M if A SONS OF CONTENTMENT. In the guff that once was current in the magazines of rot . We were-told that any-dub' could hit the target every shot. 1 We were told that if we toiled from morn to midnight we could reach Heights from which the world's successes liked to pose and smirk and preach. We were taught that careful saving of our pennies was the thing; We should cut out all the frivols?youth should never have its fling. ??/! ?rwiK ovt/3 ormiK on/1 trrin/lino'? VJ1111U ailU 51 UV b1 U W U>UU 04A?tVU?l0 these were sure to win the race. But today we learn that riches are a terrible disgrace. Once the man who made some money was considered to have done Something worthy emulation by the other fellow's son; Once we learned that little Willie, who refused to go and play, - _ But would rather stick to. business, was the hero of the day. In the mottled books they loaned us from the libraries of yore All the manly virtues centered in the boy who swept the store. Now he'd better be a horse thief or a bandit, don't you know. Than a tight wad sitting watching for his bank account to grow. 'Tls a pleasant change, I take it, for beneath the old regime. Though I groped for glory's glamour, I could never grab a gleam. Something told me I should not, although I beat Methuselah's time. Make # fortune?I*m delighted they've discovered it's a crime. Now, when I am broke and shiftless, when I owe my every friend Who, when I was prone to borrow, was so careless as to lend, I shall swell with conscious righteousness, specific cause of which Is the thought, "I know I'm honest, 'cause I kept from getting rich." ' ?Strlckland/W. Gillilan In Judge. Mutual Recognition. An orator and lawyer who lives at Galesburg, 111., wrote a book which his publishers, in order to give the author an eract idea of how it would look, made up into a dummy with the regular cover, but with blank pages. The proud author went to Chicago and called on one of his friends. "George," said the author, putting the book open on the table, "so far as my acquaintance with literature goes this book is" best suited of any for your mentality." The other turned over the blank pages gravely. .Finally he said: "Carr, after a somewhat careful examination of this work I am forced to , the conclusion, without looking at the title page, that you are the author."? Philadelphia Ledger. 8tout and (litter. The Corpulent Longshoreman ? So you both wants to be a boatman like me? Well, take my advice and don't. It's a starving perfessiou.?Pick-Me-Up. Didn't Like His Behaviors A Scotchman and his four children entered a fine fashionable restaurant in London Sandy ordered a bottle of lemonade and five tumblers. The waiter brought them and stood some, distance away to watch th!e proceedings. Sandy poured a little lemonade into each glass and then produced as large bag of pastries and gave each of the children one. The waiter did not like a? ? ? ? VAkA?flA?i n V*'svVt nloco had. IV BW UU9 vcuavivi iu a uigu iwtaurant and-called the manager, who addressed Sandy thns: j "Do you know who I am?" "Na," replied Sandy, j Tm the manager.'* x "Oh, are you?" said Sandy. "Then why the dickens Is the ban' no playing?* . f ? Easy. An Incompetent servant had been discharged by her employer. "Very well, mum," she said.* "I'll go. But I'll be askln' for a riference." "A reference!" echoed the lady. "What reference can I honestly give such a worthless girl as you?" Bridget bridled. "If s a civil thing I'm askln'," she returned. "You kin say I lived wid you four months. That'll he reference enough, mum."?New Orleans TimesDemocrat Home Grown Legit. "It seems queer," remarked the thoughtful thinker, "that hammocks are used only in the summer." "What's queer about It?' queried the dense person. ? *1116 experience of the average man would lead him to believe they were built for the fall," explained the thoughtful thinker.?St Louis FootDispatch. ' s . . . " Always on Her Mind. Dick?You didn't take tb^. pretty hairdresser out rowing this afternoon? Jack?No. She talks too much shop. Dick?Shop! How is that? Jack?Why, when I told her how glorious the waves looked the other - ? *M II ? I..L.J l(1r. evening sue cam ujcjt iwuvu ;un uac marcel wares.?Chicago News. Just the Other Way. "Well, thank goodness, you've never seen me run after people who had moneyr said one man to another. "No, but I've seen people run after you because you hadn't money P was the reply. \ / v? I Give Us Lexiii HELLO! HELLO! Yes we're calling up the people for tl Great Factory < which is You have already read about it in the pap< Bear it in mind, please, for there's somethi interest you. What's jhat? Oh, yes, we are going to cut prices all to p Everything in footwear goes. Needn't bring much money?you won't ne We reserve nothing, every shoe at Factory Note the Callahan-Dobson Shoe Co's. presd to cure or your money refunded. REGULAR PRICE. YOU CAJ $7.00 Styles ;v $1 $6.00 Styles .....' '... $1 $5.50 Styles $1 $5.00 Styles $1 $4.00 Styles $] ' $3.50 Styles I $1 $3.00 Styles 6 $2.50 Styles 6i $2.00 Styles 4; $1.75 Styles 3i $1.50 Styles 3 $1.25 Styles 2' $1.00 Styles 2 SPOT CASH. : TUC Pill i AUAU.IMD( I I ML Uf1LLnnnil~UU&Jl I \ THE STOBE OF SI I 3-Stores Columbia, S. C.; August I C. B. FBIPP, Mana| ftvwwwmwwm II Special 10 | x |;|s TO the readers of T3 i |;j We want you t< I Dowling & Co., haw S || larger quarters as i \\\ grown our present ( J | have decided to re 5 ill Merchandise to ma S i|| Goods coming in da: I |ij in the next 10 days. 5 ilj-ji Therefore we.w i i|i|i: stock of ] | Shoes, Hats, \ | and Gents1 Fnr > || At Special KocK . i Cash. 5 |iji Special sale to c t December 21st, 190' I days. All are cordi 5 i|- sale. Come early a t This is no fake. : t j| Yours for busin 5 r # ii. n i luions-uow > | Swansea Jvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv* Engine and Boiler Fixtures. IP you I have jwt opened op a new and full line of engine and lx>iler fixtures, ?Anaiatirjff of valves. rouges, coup . _ lings, etc. Piping cut "and threaded to order. Engine and boiler repairing also done. Satisfaction guaran- _f teed. Give me a trial. rTlEm ^ Tl?/ J.J, RIKARD, I nfl 111 45tf Lexington, S. C. J " V i/lk % - VV; - : r - " % "V ' v* igton County! ie purpose of announcing our /Ost Shoe Sale NOW ON. jrs. ng doing in the way of Shoe selling that will feces, much deeper than ever before. ied much to buy Shoes during the sale. Cost. ription for overwork pocketbooks, guaranteed Y DEDUCT. COST TO YOU. .90 $5.10 .75 $4.25 .11 $4.39 .25 $3.75 .15 $2.85 .01 \ $2.49 7c $2.33 5c $1.80 5c : $1.55 , 6C $1.39 lc ^ $1.19 rc 98 N"0 APPROBATION. SON SHOE COMPANY, IOE SUPREMACY. a, 6a.; Greensboro, N. C. 3-Sfores I jer, 1509 Main Street I 'VWWWW v^wwww? lie Dispatch: - jjjj t 1 know that Knotts- <$ t ' e had to move into i| v we have now out- i? * ; /n?im v vrr/\ {') \ ^UiU bCXD, UCilliC, WC j? ? duce our \Stock of i| \ ke room for New if * ily and are to arrive || t ill offer our entire || \ Caps, Clothing 1f nishing Goods | i Bottom Prices for |j J ommence Saturday, | r 7, and will last 10 i| J s ally invited to this || y * nd get first choice. | e ess, | \ ling & Co.,; i, s. c. is WANT ANY JOB PRINTINC DONE give us an order. spatch Job Printing Office. !