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ESTABLISHED1855. YORKVILLE, 8. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1903. 3STO. 5.
THE RE1
By Rev. Char!
Author of "In His Steps," "Ro
Copyright, 1901, by Charles M. Sheldon.
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.
John Gordon, heir to riches, refuses
a position in his father's bank and
leaves home, father and sister to work
for the people of the slums. Sordid
money getting and a life of frivolity
are revolting to him. Gordon's society
sweetheart, Luella Marsh, refuses to J
share his life at Hope House, "an
oasis of refuge and strength" among
tenements, saloons and vaudiville halls. I
They part. Gordon goes to Hope
House and meets us neaa, miss uiaw
Andrews. He decides to join the slum
settlement. His friend, David Barton,
a successful "yellow" journalist with a
bad cough, asks him to conduct a reform
page in the Daily News, edited
by one Harris. Gordon considers the
offer. The offer tempts Gordon, but
he scores "yellow" journalism. Editor
Harris overhears the conversation,
but gives no sign when he joins Gordon
and Barton. Harris offers Gordon
5500 a month to edit a slum reform
page. Barton's cough grows worse.
Gordon refuses Harris' offer because
he thinks Harris wants the page for
sensational, not reform, purposes. Gordon
finds that his father and Luella's
own the worst tenements in the slums.
Gordon asks his father to destroy his
illegal, insanitary tenements, but is
repulsed. Luella's father, who owns
the worst dumb-bell tenement, visits it
in company with Gordon. They also
visit a disreputable vaudiville house
near by. The indecency shocks Mr.
Marsh. He promises to do something
about the dumbbell tenement. Barton's
cough is worse. Mrs. Captain
George Effingham calls and Gordon
learns that Barton has been sending
consumptives to Colorado at his own
expense. Miss Andrews tells Gordon
that Tommy Randall, a political boss,
blocks all tenement house reform. Gordon
meets Randall at the bedside of
Louie Caylor, a victim of the barbarous
tenement system. Gordon and
Randall oppose each other concerning
the funeral arrangements, and Gordon
defeats the boss. Gordon arranges a
decent funeral. The dumbell tenement,
owned by Luella's father, catches fire.
There is a terrible holocaust. Among
the victims is Mrs. Caylor, Louie's
mother. Hope House is saved by desperate
efforts. Barton, Gordon and
Miss Andrews do heroic work at the
fire and Barton collapses.
CHAPTER VII?Continued.
Both morning and evening papers
contained full accounts of the "Tenement
Fire Horror on Bowen Street"
The News printed a list of names of
property owners, and Philo H. Marsh's
name was prominent among them as
owner of the "double decker fire trap,"
as it was labeled. Every paper in the
city had an editorial on the subject,
but only one of them, the Index, called
attention to the fact that for years the
nature of the construction had been
fully known and nothing done because
city politics did not wish to interfere
with property owners who paid a certain
amount of blackmail for the privilege
of ignoring city ordinances. A
special meeting of the city council,
called to consider the condition of the
people in the ruined district, took action
to provide temporary quarters for
the homeless. Meanwhile public indignation
cooled almost as fast as the
ruins in Bowen street, when it was rumored
that several prominent men and
women had subscribed several thousand
dollars to the survivors and that
as one result of the fire a set of model
tenement buildings would be built in
the burned district. John Gordon, reading
all this In moments when he rested
from the great strain that continued
for many days, could not repress a
strong feeling (that nothing but Chrisi
;
"Good cpcniwj," tic mild.
tlan grace kept from being bitter hatred
of class) that the real cause of
all the horror had not been touched by
all the editors and all the public excitement.
The landlords were not arrested
for anarchy in breaking ordinances
which If obeyed would have
made the massacre of children impossible.
The professional politicians and
spoilsmen continued to hold their
places and plan for future plunder of
the people. Tommy Randall, boss of
Ward 18. was winning golden opinions
from the sufferers by his lavish distribution
of food and clothing and shelter.
The disaster was a godsend to
Tommy. How should the poor, ignorant,
stolid people of Bowen street
know that the bread and coffee and
beer and clothing and coffins that Tommy
Randall distributed with such
cheerfulness and good will were bought
pin
les M. Sheldon.
bert Hardy's Seven Days," Etc.
with money which men like Mr. Marsh
and Mr. Rufus Gordon had paid as
part price for being let alone in their
business methods?
How should the people know that
Tommy Randall "touched" the pocket
of every saloon keeper and every keeper
of a disreputable house and every
prominent criminal in Waterside district
tn pet the sinews of Dolitical war?
And what difference if he did, as Miss
Andrews had so often told them?
Wherever the money came from, It
bought the things the people needed,
and Tommy was the best friend they
had. Flowers at christenings, turkeys
during the holidays, jobs on the street
force, a stand-in with the city hallwhy,
even Miss Andrews and Hope
House had no such gifts for the people.
To be sure Hope House was a good
thing, and Miss Andrews was all
right, but Tommy Itandall was the
people's friend, and "we'll never go
back on Tommy" was the settled conviction
of every man in the ward who
owed his job to Tommy. Surely, O
boss of Ward 18, you understand your
business as well as if you were an angel
of light. "Hats off to the ward
boss." says the devil, as his best agents
in corrupting the modern city file by in
the great human review of the American
city. The republic may have a
president, but the municipality supports
a king.
When Gordon went up to see Barton
at the end of the most harrowing day
he had ever known, he found his friend
raving with fever. He did not know
Gordon. The nurse was In charge with
Williams, and all Gordon could do was
to drop a tear on Barton's face as he
kissed the burning forehead and exact
a solemn promise from Williams to
send for him at once whenever the end
was uear. Then back again to three
days' experiences that aged him, but
brought out all his reserve force?and
he had a vast quantity of it.
Two events in those three days stand
out sharp and distinct in the life of
John Gordon.
The first event was his deepening acquaintance
with Grace Andrews,
Working together side by side during
those three days, they rapidly grew to
respect and have confidence in each
other. Grace Andrews amazed Gordon
by her courage, her infinite patience,
her profound pity for suffering, her endurance
under circumstances so terrible
that more than one of the men residents
in the house fainted away at the
sight of some of the bodies taken from
the ruins. In several Instances Gordon
felt confident that Miss Ajidrews loved
the dying back into life. She moved
among them like an angel of God. At
the most painful examinations, at the
most critical operations, she was present.
a benediction and a peace. More
than once during those clays Gordon
found himself thinking of Grace Andrews
in a way he had never yet
thought. He had never given her credit
for a sweet hearted tenderness, fascinating
in its disclosure of an absolutely
pure and gentle nature, feeling
for all the woes of life. He had always
admired her steadiness of purpose.
her unterrified patience, her deep
seriousness of motive. But he had never
before witnessed her womanly sentiment.
brought into prominence by this
sudden stroke of suffering. It all added
to the definition he was making of
her. It all enriched his faith in her
purpose and her sacrifices. In all this
there was not a hint of anything senti
mental on his own part. The awfulness
of all those surroundings during
that memorable week would have
made any such thought Impossible
even If he had been other than he was.
the furthest possible removed from susceptibility.
The one impression that
he received from a nearer view of her
character was a conviction that she
was a woman who had rare capability
for loving and being loved, and he
even went so far in his thinking as a
result of this impression that he tried
to imagine the character of the man
who might possibly win such a great
and affectionate nature.
The other event was an unexpected
Interview with Luella Marsh. The
Rev. Paul Falmouth had come down
to see Gordon and offer help of various
kinds to Miss Andrews from his church
young people's society. As he was
getting ready to leave he said to Gordon:
"It seems to me now is the time
for Miss Andrews and you to bring
pressure to bear on Mr. Marsh. While
the horror is still keen and public
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persuade him to do something. He
will probably rebuild. Do you know?"
"I don't know anything about It.
Why has be not been down here?"
"Gordon"?Falmouth spoke with quiet
earnestness?"do you know Mr. Marsh
intimately? I understand your relation
to the family. I believe I know his
characteristics better than you do. At
least I know this?he is morbidly sensitive
in the matter of viewing human
suffering. Do you suppose"?
Gordon's face darkened. Was it possible
that any man would run away
from duty like this? All his respect for
Marsh and his feeling for him as the
father of Luella were at once swept
away by the thought of the man's contemptible
cowardice. A tremendous tide
of Indignation took possession of him
as he recalled Marsh's pitiable actio*
at the time he visited the tenement
Would he deliberately shirk his responsibility
in the matter of the fire and the
opportunity now offered him to rebuild?
Til go and see him If you say so,"
Falmouth volunteered as he went
away.
"I wish you would," Gordon replied.
And he added In a tone that spoke of a
personal passion that was nearer anger
than any feeling he ever experienced:
"If he doesn't come down here before
night, I mean to go and see him myself.
I want to know from his own Hps the
cause of his absence."
The day went by, and Mr. Marsh did
not appear. That evening Gordon told
Miss Andrews his intention. She made
no comment of any kind. Gordon waited
a moment and then asked a question:
"How far is Mr. Marsh responsible
for all this suffering, for these deaths?"
"God will judge him, not I," she answered,
her blue eyes filled with a light
that more than once durinc the week
Gordon had noticed as peculiar to her.
"I want to say the right thing to him.
But I am afraid I shall lose my judgment
in the matter," he said as he hesitated.
Miss Andrews did not offer any
suggestion, and Gordon at once went
out and took the first car that made
connections with uptown lines.
It was not until he stood on the familiar
steps that he realized in some
degree what he was about to do. The
chance of meeting Luella was so small
that he had not given it any thought.
He had not seen her since his interview
with her, and while he was heart
hungry for the kind of love that was
being denied him, the experiences
through which he had been since going
to Hope House, the appalling character
of the disaster for which Luella's
father was at least in large part responsible,
for the time being obscured
his personal affairs. It can truly be
said that as he gave his name to the
servant and asked to see Mr. Marsh
he was nerving himself for the interview.
with Luella in second place at
least
He went Into the hall reception room
and had only just sat down when Luella
entered. He rose and faced her
and saw at once that some mistake had
been made by the servant. Luella was
deeply agitated. She was hardly able
to say:
"I was told a visitor wished to see
me"?
"I called to see Mr. Marsh," said
Gordon quietly, but his pulses were
beating high.
For a moment they stood looking at
each other and each noted something
even under the stress of the situation.
John saw that the proud attitude was
marked by a sadness that had left its
mark on a beautiful face so clearly
that he said to himself, "She loves me
still!" Luella noted in her former lover
an added dignity and nobility and said
to herself, "He is a man; not a store
model like Penrose!" And there were
two hearts beating high in the short
silence.
"Father Is not at home. He is out of
the city," she managed to say, but her
lips trembled in spite of all her efforts.
Gordon took a step toward the halL
"May I ask when he went away?'
"I believe he left three days ago."
"The morning after the fire around
Hope House?"
"Yes."
There was another silence. Gordon's
mind went into a tumult.
"Mav I ask when he expects to re
turn?""
"I think tomorrow or the next day."
She was recovering her equanimity,
fcut she resented his questions.
"Will you kindly ask him to come
down to Hope House and see me on a
matter of business when he returns?"
"Will you state the business?" She
put the question as coldly as he had
put his.
"Certainly." Passion had the reins
now and was lashing bim bard. "Please
tell your father I want to ask him how
far he considers himself responsible for
the murder of over sixty children and
the maiming of a score more on account
of the Illegal tenement he constructed
on Bowen street." It was
the severest thing he had ever said
to Luella, but his excuse was found
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that minute.
"Murder, did you say?" Luella's eyes
blazed. She stepped toward John Gordou
and eoufrouted him defiantly. "Do
you realize what you are saying?"
"Do I? Oh, Luellu, if you had seen
what I have seen during the last three
days"? Gordon broke dowu so suddenly
that Luellu was overwhelmingly embarrassed.
It wus no secret with her
heart that the man bad her love; at
least she was wretched without him,
even if she was not yet willing to live
with him where he chose to live. To
see him sitting there uow, with his
face covered, smote her proud nature
so hard that in a moment she would
have beeu kneeling beside him and
promising to go with him anywhere,
to leave every social pleasure she
prized, for the love of his heart.
But how should John Gordon know
anything of all that? When he looked
up he saw her standing very still and
very white, staving at him in a questioning
way. And in an almost matter
of fact tone he began to relate the
facts about Mr. Marsh's relation to the
Aisastcr. lie told the facts in quite a
dispassionate manner. In reality he
was exercising a great repression. And
he noticed as he drew near the end
that Luella was listening like oue who
was being told certain things for the
first time.
"I never knew that father owned
any property on Bowen street." she
said in a low voice when Gordon
stopped.
John Gordon rose. His heart was sore
over everything connected with Mr.
Marsh's conduct. He had not a single
excuse to offer for him.
"Do you believe me?" Luella cried
with her old spirit flaming up.
"I have no reason to disbelieve you.
You are not to blame for your father's
guilt."
"It is a great grief to me," she said
simply. "Over sixty children! 1 could
not read the details of the?the?disas
ter. Father took the paper out of my
hands that morning. It made me sick,
and?and?you know how sensitive father
has always been at the sight of
suffering. He could not bear to hear of
it or look at it I am made in the same
way. It is all too horrible."
"If It is horrible to look at what do
you think it is to feel it?" John Gordon
asked grimly. And as he asked the
question Grace Andrews' face, with its
tender, deep blue eyes, flashed up before
him, and for the first time in his
life be compared her with Luella, simply
in the matter of capability to bear
the sins and sorrows of humanity.
Luella looked at him gravely and
shook her bead: And then John Gordon
rose.
"Vnn opo nnf imlnc?" nho cuild before
she realized. And then the color flooded
her face, and she stood, proud woman
as she was, with bowed head, as conscious
as a girl who has made some
little social mistake.
Again if John Gordon had said, "Luella,
1 will never go from you if you
will ask me to remain!" she would have
given her whole life into his keeping
and followed him to the earth's end for
the love of hlni But how was he to
know all that? All he saw was a woman
who quickly recovered from a
momentary confusion, and he said:
"You must excuse me; I came to see
your father. I am very anxious to see
him and shall be under obligations to
you if he can come down to Hope
House as soon as he returns."
He turned arid walked out into the
hall, where he turned again toward her
and gravely bowed.
"Good evening," he said coldly. He
said it coldly because his heart was
beating so fiercely that he was afraid 1
to betray his emotions. She did not 1
say a word, only looked at him as he 1
slowly walked to the door. As he !
opened it sne saia in a wnisper, juuui
He never beard. Is love then both 1
blind and deaf? Yea; It is sometimes,
when the lovers are both high spirited,
strongly individual and sensitive. And,
alas for John (Gordon, be neither saw
nor beard, and walked out into the
night wretched at heart and cast down
in his emotions. When he was gone,
Luella laid her head again on her arms,
and when Mr. Penrose a little later
sent in his card she excused herself
from seeing him owing to illness. It
was the world old illness, which love
creates when it is baffled, buffeted, dishonored
or misunderstood.
John Gordon had not been back to
Hope House ten minutes when Williams
called him up and said that Barton
was conscious and bad called for
his friend. Gordon at once went out
and was soon by Barton's side.
The nurse and doctor and Harris
were there and Gordon knew that Barton's
hour had'come. The first word
that Barton spoke was a request that
be be permitted to talk to Gordon alone.
The others went into the next room,
CnvHnn bnoolori nnH TUlt hlfl hflnd
on that of bis friend.
"John." Barton whispered In his old
whimsical manner, "the old cough la
like a daily paper, it has the last word.
No use to reply or explain. The editor
can get back at you in the next number.
'I'm done for,' as the pancake said
when it was turned over."
He stopped and with great effort
raised up a little. Gordon supported
him.
"There, I feel a little easier. I never
wanted to die lying down. What I
wanted to say, John, there are two letters,
love letters, John, from the old
lady, Eflingham. you remember. They
are in my desk. Read them when 1
am gone. The second one only came
this morning. I don't know what is in
it But you?open?and read it"
Gordon was crying. He could not
keep back the teArs of affection. His
love for Barton was almost like that
of the love between man and woman.
"Don't cry. John. What's the differ- 1
ence? There's one thing?I hope?you 1
and Luella?the cough's going to get '
me. Don't let people look at me. I'm 1
not a handsome man ns I used to be. <
There's one thing"? !
The voice sank, and yet even In that l
last struggle the change from his ap- *
parent flippancy to the profoundest 1
seriousness was like the change from ?
sun to shade. "One thing, John. Once
you said I never loved any one. I've J
left some books and things to Hope <
House. There's money enough to bury 1
me?directions in desk?don't have a 1
procession over a mile long." The
voice came back to its seriousness <
again. "You said I never loved any <
one?Grace Andrews?John?you under- <
stand"? The eye spoke the rest. And i
in the tumultuous grief that flooded ]
John Gordon's soul he filled In the i
broken gaps of that sorrowful but i
fragrant romance. The voice was a ]
whisper when it spoke ajjain. "No use, don't
tell her?only add ttrher burden? ]
God bless her?best woman in this city ]
-she"? j
The voice went out altogether, and ]
John Gordon realized that the spirit |
of that brave heart would soon cease (
from all the earth's struggles. He f
summoned the doctor again and the ,
nurse and Harris came in. There was
nothing to do. Gordon held bis hand (
as the night deepened. Near midnight ,
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with a smile: "I love you. John. Goodby."
At 2 o'clock his spirit quietly went
out like a child falling asleep, and
Gordon rose and passed Into the other
room, trying to realize what all this
meant, a richer man for this experience
of human friendship, but a poorer
man fov the loss out of his earth struggle
of one of the bravest, tenderest,
truest souls his manhood would ever
know
"D<ar David!" he said and let the
tears flow unrestrained. "Your hopeless
love story. Hopeless? Did ever
man love a woman like Grace Andrews
without ennobling himself?" And when
a little later he went in and saw the
cold, pale face he thought he could see
there the triumph of love's great work
in the glory which it always leaves
with humanity, for as long as the
world shall stand and men shall suffer.
go long shall the true love of man
for woman redeem the earth from Its
cnrse and give to both a place of honor
with the divine.
TO BE CONTINUED.
pisttltottfirojs fUadfog.
McSWEENEY'S LAST MESSAGE.
Retiring Governor Makes Some Wise
Suggestions.
Governor McSweeney, In his last
message to the legislature, congratulates
the people on the good feeling ,
which prevails and upon the absence
of factional bitterness. He refers to
the great material progress that has
been made, the further promotion of
which should be one of the chief aims
of the legislature.
He refers to the financial deficit and
declares that the appropriations should
be kept within the amount the levy
will produce. He discusses the question
of taxation, and on the matter of
assessment he says:
"To adopt a percentage of actual
value would be a plain violation of the
provisions of the constitution. It
makes little difference to the taxpayer
what the basis of valuation is so
that all property is assessed in the
same ratio of value, for a certain
amount of money has to be raised to
meet the expenses of government, and
If the valuation is high the rate is low,
and vice versa. The inequality which
now exists, however, makes the burd^
bear unevenly, and the best plan is to
require that the mandate of the constitution
be followed. If one county is
assessed at 80 per cent and another at
50 per cent, of actual value, one is paying
too much and the other is paying
too little of its proportion of the state
tax. The tax for county purposes
makes little difference. This Is a question
that has puzzled the legislators
3ince government has been organized
and taxes laid, and the man who can
levise a plan which will make the
burden of taxation bear evenly on all
property will receive the well done of
the people of the state."
He repeats the plan recommended in
tiis last message as to the manner of
making assessments, which, in brief,
follows:
"Much more could be accomplished
If the law were amended so as to require
that the county auditor shall, after
notice in the public prints, take returns
in each township, and that he
shall not take these returns except
svhile present in the township. In case
iny taxpayer refuses or fails to make
return whilejjte .auditor is present to
the townshlp^'the auditor and tSgS
township board shall be required to ajj&
sess such property, and notify the
swner of the valuation placed upon his
property. That there shall be appointed
a township board of assessors, consisting
of three discreet freeholders,
residents of the township, who shall
meet with the auditor to receive the
returns and assess property. That this
board shall be appointed by the county
auditor and receive compensation
for their services. That all returns
3hall be made in public in the presence
jf the auditor and the township board,
ind that the owner of the property
3hall be required to answer the questions
as now provided by law, and
make affidavit as to the correctness
if his answer. If the township board
thinks the return is too high or too
low it shall be its duty, in the presence
3f the owner of the property and the
ludltor, to raise or lower me rciuru
in order to reach the true market value (
of the property. The chairmen of
these township boards shall constitute
the county board of equalization, and
this board shall meet at the court
house and go over the returns for the
county with the county auditor and
hear complaints and appeals, their decision
to be subject to appeal to the
3tate board. The auditor shall not be
permitted to go into a primary, but
3hall be appointed by the governor, as
provided by law, so as to be as free
md Independent as it is possible."
The message goes Into the subject of
;ood roads at some length, and a property
tax Is suggested for the purpose,
though no details are given as to the
evy of such a tax.
A compulsory education law is recommended,
it being held that no one
will question the right of the state to
enforce such a law; and further, that
the history of the operations of such
laws shows their benefit and that they
work no hardship. He recommends
:hat the legislature contribute to the
public schools a sum equal to the
imount appropriated to the state col
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leges. He also nearuiy enaoiaco mi.
McMahan's ideas about establishing 1
schools designed especially to train 1
ooys and girls for the actual duties of *
life. The work of the various state *
:olleges is referred to separately and '
in detail, all going to show that good 1
work has been done. 1
On the child labor question the gov- J
srnor says that a compulsory educa- f
Lional law would help very much in c
the solution of the question, and "in '
fact," he says, "the adoption of a <
tthild-labor law would necessitate com- 1
pulsory education. The question must c
be met and solved and the sooner it is
lone the better." He argues that the J
state has a right to interfere and goes
>n to say: t
"It is a perplexing question, but it is *
i question of such vital importance to 1
the state that it should be settled, not ^
jpon fine spun theories, but the para- 1
mount issue should be the best inter- t
?sts of the commonwealth and its citizenship.
This being true, child labor t
should be prohibited by a wise and t
lonservative law, which will protect *
the interests of the child and not work
hardship upon the parent nor do injus- t
tice or injury to our manufacturing interests."
He declares that a wise and just bill c
ought to be passed, but makes no recommendations
as to the provisions of
such a bill.
He says a board of pardons would
not relieve the executive, for at last
he would have to be responsible. As
to the pardoning power generally, he
says:
"The executive, who looks at the matter
from the right viewpoint must
realize that he has in his power and on
his conscience the life or the liberty of
the petitioner, however humble or poor
he may be, and at the sametlme the
duty which he owes to the peace and
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gooa oraer 01 ine suiie iiui iu ium
loose upon a community the hardened
criminal who deserves the punishment
which has been imposed. The executive
must feel that his action is right
with the facts before him. and if he
joes he will have no upbraiding of conscience
even if his course is criticised ;
by those who have not investigated
the case and who have not upon their
shoulders the responsibility for the ac- ;
tion which they criticise. I would rather
err on the side of mercy, even by
so doing one who deserves punishment
Is given his liberty. The courts and
jurors sometimes make mistakes, and
punishment is not always simply for
the sake of punishment. Hence the
power given to the discretion of the executive,
that he may correct such errors
and extend clemency and mercy
to those who, by receiving it, become
better citizens and better men and women
when they are released from confinement."
He suggests a new mansion and
shows how land now belonging to the
South Carolina college might be utilized,
how the present mansion property
:ould be sold and the new one built
without a cent of cost to the state. It
is suggested that a committee be appointed
to look Into the matter.
The governor favors an increase in
the number of judicial circuits; suggests
amendments to the insurance
laws, and after referring to the fact
that there is a large number of names
)n the pension rolls which ought not to
pe there, the message says:
"The state should see to it that no
Confederate soldier is permitted to suffer
on account of the lack of the ne- 1
:es8itles of life, but It Is not the lnten:ion
of the law to give bounty to those
vho do not need assistance, however
Jeservlng they may be."
Various other departments are re- '
'erred to, Including penitentiary, hos- i
)ltal for Insane, etc., and the governor
ecommends that the historical records
ihould be kept systematically and lnlexes
of them printed, and he earn- 1
istly recommends the establishment of
in immigration bureau.
[sr '
'* Paper From Cotton Seed Hulls.?
rhe success of the Pettlbone Cataract
:ompany at Niagara Falls In making
japer from cotton seed hulls means a
freat deal for the south. The experlnent
of this company with hulls proluced
a soft and tough paper, and the
jplnlon was expressed that a good
juality of writing paper could be manlfactured
from the southern product,
[t has always been held that cotton
leed hulls were well adapted for the
nanufacture of paper, but, as in the
:ase of bagasse, nothing has hereto!ore
been done to put this belief Into
)ractlcal effect. The recent search for
japer stock has, as the Times-Democrat
has shown, brought about a thor
>ugh examination of all the materials
hat seem adapted to this industry. ,
Three of these materials produced <
vholly in the south have specially re- ;
lommended themselves?bagasse or :
:rushed sugar cane, rice straw, and <
:otton seed hulls. Two paper mills are
tlready converting bagasse into paper, ;
ind the industry is in so promising a
:ondltion that we can foresee the day
vhen all the crushed cane of the sugar J
listrlcts will And its way to the mills.
3ne paper mill for the utilization of
ice straw in the manufacture of paper :
ias been provided for. Less progress :
las been made in utilizing cotton seed
lulls for paper making, but the experiment
at Niagara holds out great
promise for the future. If the hulls
prove all that is hopedd for, it is, of
:ourse, the greatest of all the discov
?ries in the industry or paper mailing,
is cotton seed hulls are not, like
jagasse and rice straw, limited to a
:omparatively small section, but are .
iroduced throughout the south. With "
hese three materials for the manufac- ]
;ure of paper fully utilized, we have .
wery reason to believe that the south
vlll become the center of the American '
rnper industry.?New Orleans TimesDemocrat.
Military Punctillo.?The following j
rue story comes from Vienna under ]
he title of "The brave lieutenant and j
he old ass," and is a pretty commen- j
ary on the manner in which the ]
rreenest of officers may, and do, avenge ]
nsults (often unintentional, but that ^
nakes no difference), offered to their ]
iniform by possibly wiser civilians. ]
Two men stood on a railway platform?
>ne a vision splendid in uniform, the ]
>ther quite an ordinary old gentleman. ]
The latter stumbled, and in so doing '
lommitted the crime of treading on j
he vision's toes. "I beg your par- j
Ion," he said. ]
"You might look what you're doing, j
rou old ass," responded the other.
Upon this what happened? The old ]
rentleman actually dealt the lieutentnt
one "straight from the shoulder."
heedless to say, the sword was drawn
vithout more ado and but for the In- 1
erference of their fellow passengers
he man might have shed blood.
The next scene was at the police sta- '
Ion. Here the old gentleman wished [
o have first say. He was, however, ?verruled
in deference to the "service." 1
3ut at length his turn came. 1
"Who may you be?" was the ques- 1
ion put.
"Field marshal, retired list," came 1
he answer. 1
A general collapse followed.?Manchester
Guardian.
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RURAL DELIVERY UIHKUIUHI.
People Who Live oil the Six Routes
Out of Yorlcvllle.
Some weeks ago the postofflce department
ordered the postmaster at Yorkville
to post in the office the names of
all the patrons of the various rural
free delivery routes leading out of the
town. The list was only completed
last week. It constitutes a record that
is of interest and value to all business
and professional people and to almost
every individual whose name is included.
For these reasons we have
considered its publication desirable,
and it gives us pleasure to present it
in full as follows:
R. F. D. NO. 1.
Adams, R. S. McKnight, Bill
Adams, Fannie McKnight, Lorenna
Adams, R. N. Miller, John
Adams, R. E. Miller, Lovely
Adams, W. H. McMakln, R. Q.
Adams, H. S. McMakln, Mrs, M.S.
Adams, D. T. McMakln, Mattie
Alexander, Dick McMakln, Sallie
Alexahder, Millie McMakln, John
Alexander, Lonzo McMakln, J. E.
Alexander, Rube McMakln, Lula A.
Alexander, Mag McMakln, Lora
Allison, John McMakln, Jno. H.
Allison, Venie McMakln, J. T.
Burns, W. A. McMakln, J. A.
Burns, Mrs. M. J. McCarter, O. R.
Burns, J. L. McCarter, M. A.
Burns, -R. E. McCarter, J. B.
Burns, Miss Etta McCarter, E. F. J.
Burns, Miss M. M. McCarter, E. B.
Blggers, Jas. M. McCarter. O. C.
Blggers, Mary C. McCarter, S. L.
Biggers, Mrs. F. E. McCarter, Sarah A.
Blggers, D. J. McCarter, W. J.
Brown, Wm. McCarter, Sarah M.
Brown, W. D. McAfee, P. B.
Brown, Mrs. G. A. McAfee, Mrs. N. V.
Brown, Miss Emma McAfee, W. A.
urown, miss Hiua JicAiee, minu jLintri
Brown, Miss Nan. McAfee, Miss H.
Brown, Miss Irene Nichols, Jerry
Brown, W. W. Nell, W. J.
Brown, T. A. Plaxlco, R. N.
Brown, Mrs. W. M.Plavico, S. B.
Brown, A. N. Plaxlco, M. E.
Brown, R. R. Plaxlco, E. I.
Brown, Miss M. J. Plaxlco, B. S.
Black, W. B. Plaxlco, Mary E.
Black, Mrs. M. R. Plaxlco, R. P.
Black, S. A. Plaxlco, S. E.
Black, S. F. Pursley, J. Warren
Bailes, J. P. Pursley, Mrs. E. C.
Barry, Mrs. S. J. Pursley, E. W
Barry, Mary Pursley, W. H.
Barry, J. A. Pursley, S. C.
Barry, W. S. Pursley, Miss Edna "
Bryson, Robert Pursley, J. Meek
Castles, L. H. Pursley, Mrs. Em.
Castles, Cora Pursley, W. L.
Clenmer, J. L. Pursley, Mrs. B.
Clenmer, M. S. Pursley, Mrs. M. J.
Clenmer, L. J. Qulnn, R. E.
Clenmer. C. M. Qulnn, W. C.
Cain, Mrs. Sue E. Qulnn, A. V.
Chambers, Carrie Qulnn, J. W.
Chambes, Springs Qulnn, D. T.
Crawford, A. G. Qulnn, Irene
Crawford, S. W. Qulnn, Felix
Crawford, T. L. Qulnn, P. E.
Crawford, Jane Qulnn, Louis
Conner, Mrs. M. E.Quinn, Fanny
Conner, H. J. 'Qulnn, John
Conner. Miss KatleRoss, Ed
Culp, D. A. Russe'l, Dock
Davidson, J. R. Smith. Laure E.
Davldaont W. Smith, Lowry L.
Davidson, M. L. A. Smith, Leslie L.
Davidson, Ida L. Smith, Annie
Davidson, Mary S. Smith, Lela
Davidson, Emma B.Smith, Wylie
Deas, J. A. Smith, J. D.
Douglass, Jas. H. Smith, M. L.
Douglas, Mrs. Har. Smith, Lula W.
Douglass, Miss Bell Smith, John P.
j-?ougias, in 188 u. omun, mid. ax. m.
Douglas, Miss M. Smith, W. Meek
Douglass, C. P. Smith, Iva J.
Douglass, Henry Smith, J. Beattia
Douglass, Mrs. M. Smith, Mrs, Mymy
Davidson, W. T. Smith, Will
Davidson, N. E. Smith, Jas. P. A.
Davidson, M. A. Smith, Mrs. Laura
Falls, T. J. Sherer, W. H.
Falls, Janie Sadler, T. J.
Falls, B. B. Sinclair, F. E.
Falls, John. Self, James
Fairis, W. P. Self, Mrs. MIra V.
Fairis, W. C. Stewart, W. F.
Faris, S. A. Stowe, W. Mason
Good, J. H. Stowe, Mrs. MaryE.
Good, Mary Stowe, Lila E.
Good, Fanny Stowe, J. Zed
Good, Wm. Stowe, Ollie
Ferguson, M. L. Stowe, Mag
Ferguson, J. N. C. Stowe, Tom
Ferguson, N. C. Stowe, Jasper
Gordon, T. S. Stowe, J. W.
Hemphill, Will Stowe, Brice
Horton, F. C. Stowe, Miss M. E.
Hudson, Wesley Thomas, J. E.
Hudson, Henry Thomas, Mrs. S. A.
Holmes, W. E. Thomas, Miss Effle
Holmes, Mrs. S. J. Templeton, John M.
Holmes, J. B. Templeton, CarrieE.
Howe, Meek, Templeton, J. L.
Henry, J. H. Templeton, M. I.
Henry, John W. Templeton, Ella R.
Henry, J. C. Templeton, Wm. E.
Wnwoii N A Tomnlaton. Mare't.
Howell, Mrs. M. E. Turner, J. S.
Howell, F. M. Turner, Mrs. M. R.
Howell, W. H. Turner, Ernest A.
Howell, R. M. Turner, W. B.
Howell, J. T. Turner, Ross M.
Howell, Miss E. B. Turner, Miss J. M.
Howell, Miss M. E.Turner, Leney H.
Howell, Miss L. E.Turner, S. C.
Howell, Miss L. M.Thomasson, JohnM.
Inman, C. M. Thomas son, Mrs. E.
Inman, Mrs. Cora Thomasson, Miss G.
Jackson, W. T. Thomasson, Miss B.
Jackson, Leila L. Thomasson, H.
Jackson, Mary E. Wallace, J. Frank
Jackson, Jno. A. Wallace, Elvira A.
Jackson, A. M. Wallace, Sallie
Jackson, LUa J. Watklns, A. E.
Jackson, Rev. P. Watkins, Miss A. L.
Jackson, E. J. Watkins, MissM. O.
Jackson, Jane B. Watkins, MissM.J.
Johnson, Emma Watts, Henry
Janier, Will Wells, L. O.
Klser, Noah, White, Thos.
Kiser, W. L. White, D. A.
Kiser, D. P. White, Maggie
Kiscer, C. M. White, W. F.
Kiser, B. E. White, E. E.
Kiser, Bessie White, Katey J.
Klser. Katherine White, J. A.
Laughridge, Jrto. White, B. W.
Laughridge, C. Whitesides, T. P.
Laughridge, Dave Whitesides, M| E.
Land. J. D. Whitesides, B. B.
Land, F. V. Whitesides, R. N.
Land, Jim Whitesides, M. M.
Land, Mary Whitesides, Miss A.
Land, H. R. Whitesides, G. P.
Land, J. S. Whitesides, Miss E.
Lewis Emanuel Whitesides. Miss R.
Lewis, M. A. E. Whitesldes, Miss S.
Lewis, John L. Whitesides, N. D.
Lawrence, Wash Whitesides, W. B.
Lowry, Mrs. M. E. Whitesides, Roy
Leech, Wm. Whitesides, Mrs.J.C
Leech, Jacob, Whitesides, Mrs. J.
McGill, J. L. Whitesides, Vance
McGill Mrs. M. I. Whitesides, Mary
McGill, W. B. Whitesides, Mattie
McGill, J. Leslie Whitesides, Belle
McGill, A. M. Whitesides, Sail's
McGill, E, Ruth Youngblood, Wm.
McGill, Mack Youngblood, Lizzie
IJ^F. D. NO. 2.
Adams, Lon -' Love, Ernest
Adams, Annie Love, Forest
Adams, Bessie Love, Freeman
Alexander, W. W. Love, Bradley
Barron, Paul E. Love, Hugh
Barron, Mary Love, Otis
Barron, Nelson Miller, Frank
Barnet, Sarah Miller, Laura
Barnett, Henry Miller, J. M.
Barnet, Rachel Miller, M. H.
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