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VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS
Brie! Local Paragraphs of More or
Less Interest.
PICKED UP BY ENQUIRER REPORTERS
.
Stories Concerning Folks and Things
Some of Which You Know and
Some You Don't Know?Condensed
For Quick Reading.
R- Galbraith, of Spartanburg,
was in Yorkville Wednesday, having
come over on business:
"l am so pleased at what" you people j
are doing aooui nuncting an enclosure
around that old Methodist cemetery,"
he said, "that I do not know how to tell
you. l have for a long- time had in
mind the intention to do something
about the matter; but I did not feel
exactly justified in attempting the
whole undertaking myself, and then I
was reluctant to put an iron enclosure
around the graves in which 1 am especially^
interested, and leave the balance
of the cemetery as it was. I think
this is a most creditable thing for the
entire community, and I personally am
very grateful to all of you."
The Girl of 1921.
Tnke your little powder pufT
And dab your little nose;
Dip into the rotate pot,
Where the color grows.
Take your little lip stick. ^
Make a rosebud ?kl.
Don't forget your eyebrows;
Pencil them in lead. .
When your benu asks, "Will you?"
Look so vei^r shy. ' .
, Do your best at blushing,
Roll each limpid eye.
T>? .. ? ...
rownvr uusv; ,
A little closer steer.
Purse those rose-bud lips and
Murmur soft, "Yes, dear."
Then, before he knows it.
En framed to him you'll be.
"When alt he meant to ask was,
"Will you tea out to tea?"
?Rhea Sheldon.
Darius Brown. ,
Parius Brown was the derndest cuss.
Never was known to make any fuss:
Always took thintrs just as they come- ?
"Whatever hapj>cns." says he. "I'm to hum !" |
Ef it raintd all summer D'ri w..u!d yeM:
'"We'd prtiy fur this ef we was in?" well,
Nothin' could feeze him, no sirrec,
"It's the Lord's own doin' and jist suits me."
Had a droucrht one summer and craps all
? died.
"Snved us lots o' work,". Parius .cried":
"Ef it hadn't hpru fur the heal ah* slab I
W. 'd had siili craps we'd all born rich:
An' money's the rout of evil. sure.
1 uuess it's host we're all still i>oor:
No use frettin' at all." says he.
"It's the Lord's own doin' an' jlst .-u't:: me." I
His k'oed old wife fell sick one day.
For forty years site had had her way:
Had bossed Parius from morn till niuht.
But the old man said she was a'ways ri;rht.
"A man needs a woman to keep him (
straight."
Was all ho said when she went her Rait:
But she died one Sunday and left him free. j
"It's the Lord's own doin'an'jist suits me." j
. .....
For a do7.cn years he n?op?a nimic, ,
But with cheer and kindliest! his o!d face |
shone:
lie helped his neighbors and fed the poor, j
No hungry tramp ever passed his door. '
His house burned down one winter's day.
Nothin left but his chickens and hay,
"It warmed them hens up. sure." said he. i
"It's the Lord's own diin'. and jist suits inc."
His horse ran cfT one summer's day.
And Darius came to his er.d that way.
A'l bruised .and bleeding they picked him up.
And gave him a draught from the ceding
cup;
But lie never whimpered. nor said a word.
So far as any o' lite neighbors heard.
Kxocpt just before his soul passed free: j
"It's the Lord's own doin' an' jist suits me." I
-Lou J. Bcauchatup. !
Honest Timidity.
Idle; views w: s;
\\ mie ? n-v?.-.
waiting at the teller's win daw at tin ;
1 'copies Hank Trust company a few'
days ago. a nostra nnn who lives about
six miles from town, was making a deposit.
"Say. old man, litis is the first do- i
posit you have made since away last
Xoremher, what's the matter with
you?" asked the cashier.
"Yes, sir! that's so," said Hie negro;
"but I am going to leave this here to '
put with what i'huve already left with;
you."
"Hut you have not been drawing u'i>
money out. and you.do not ni.-an to t?-1 i
me that this is all the cash you how-'
had in all that time."
"Nil, sir, I have liarl this all along. i
but I'll toil you the truth. When cot ion
commenced going down so low, ! inst !
got scared that the banks could not
stand it, that they would have to bus:,
so i been keeping' my little money ?> :
home."
"That is all right to be cautious, obi
man: but your fears along that line are
entirely unnecessary, if you emiid only
understand. In the liist place the!
banks are not going to 'bust.' They ;
vt iii-iir like :
haw no iti'-a ui n'im? ...... ,
that. The fact is they can't afford it;
hut seriously, don't you know thai even
if the hanks should 'bust.' you would
not lose anything? The depositor is in
no danger whatever. Jic has got 1o he,
paid, even if i: cleans up all tiie capital
stock and then some, to do it. Your
money is absolutely safe."
"That s .. Mr. .Metice?"
"Why, certainly. Unit's so. 1 though;
i you understood that."
"Well, sir." the negro replied. "Vou,
do make me feel mighty ^??l. Its a
mighty worry to look after my liti!* '
hit that I might lose or got hurt*'., or let
somebody get it away from no . and !
ain't going to hold it. any more."
"Then* is lots of loose money in ?h" '
country," remarked Mr. McfJcc to!
V iews and Interviews, after the n?*gro '
had left, "more than you liayo any ifh-ti j
of. -Mr. Noil told mo today that lie hn
taken in a larger percentage of currency
and fewer checks in the payment ol
taxes this year than lie had ever known
before. For some reason, though, just
why. t cannot understand, people have
been keeping their money hidden awa.v
to tin; great inconvenience of themselves
and to the serious loss of business."
Las?a.
"Here." said a teacher yesterday, is
a copy of a famous poem?Lasca. All
over York county and over the state
this week and next high school pupils
participating in declamation contests
are using it. There are lots of high
school students who would give a lot
to have a copy of it. If you will publish
it 1 feel sure that you will he doing
many of thein a great favor."
LASCA
(By Frank Desprcz.)
I want froe life and I want fresh nir:
And I sigh for the cantor after tho cattle.
The crack of whips like shols in battle,
The mcllay of horns, and hoofs and heads
That wars nnd v.-ran fries and scatters and
spreads ;
The frrecn beneath and thoNiluc above.
And dash and danger nnd life nnd love.
And Lasca!
Lasca used to ride
On a mouse-ftray mustang. close to my side.
With blue scrape and brifrht-bcllcd. spur :
I laughed with joy as I looked at her!
Little knew she of books and creeds;
And nn Ave Marin sufficed her needs:
Little eared she, save tb'be by my side.
To ride with me and ever to ride,
From San Saba's shore to Lavaca's tide.
She was as bold as the billows that boat.
She was as wild as the breezes that blow ;
From her little head to her little feet
She \V;ts swayed in her Suppleness to nad fro
By each trust of passion?a sapling pine
That trrows on the edge of a Kansas bluff.
And wars with the wind when the weather is
rough.
Is like this Lasca. this love of mine.
She would hunger that I might eat
Would take the bitter and leave me the sweet.
Hut once when I made her jealous for fun.
At something I'd* whispered or locked cr -lone.
One Sunday in San Antonio.
- -I ,U- A !??,si
i'O ft fClOI'iOUS Kin on 11iv -I...... ..
She drew from kor girdle :i dear little d'urxcr.
And--siin}j of a wasp?it made me sUiyjrer!
An inch to the left or an inch to the rijrht.
And I shouldn't In- maundering here toniuhl:
I tut she sobbed and sobbing, so swiftly bound
Her torn rubor.a above the wound
That I iiuite forgave her?oh, well, scratches
d >n't count in Texas down by the Rio
Grande I
Her eyes were brawn?a deep, deep brown :
Her hair was darker than her eye:
And sonic* hips in her sinile and frown.
Curled crimson lip and instep high,
Showed that there ran in ench blue vein.
Mixed with the milder Aztec strain,
The vigorous vintage of old Spain.
The air was heavy, the night was hot,
I sat !:y hvr side a : I foryofforgo, !
Kor::;?t 'In herd tliat u.ir. taking their rent;
K.irirot that the air was close opprest.
rl.a: the Texas norther comes rudd.-n an.! sT>r.,
In the dead ?>f night or the blaze of noon:
That once let she herd at its breath taku flight.
Nothing on earth can stop their lliyhi:
And woe to Ihe rider and w.*? to the steed,
vVho falls in front of their mad stampede!
Was that thunder? No?by the Lord!
I sprint; to my saddle without a word.
One foot on mine, and she clung behind.
And away! on a hot chase down the wind!
But never was fox-chase half so hard.
And never was s;e< <J so nine spuivu.
For we rode for our lives. You shall hear
how we fared .
In Texas, down by ihe Rio Gramie.
The mustang; flew and we ur^cd him on:
There was hul one chance left and you have
but one?
I'alt. jumji to the frround. and r.hoot your
horse t
Crouch under his carcass and ta!:c your
chance:
And if the steers in their frantic course,
Don't I latter you both to pieces at once.
Y:>ti may thank your star: if not, koisI bye
L'o the tiuiekcuiii}? kiss atal the long-drawn
sigh,
And the o|?e*> a!r and the <1-0:1 sky.
tn Texas, down hy the Rio Grande, v
The cn'tle :in:.,i<.d 0:1 us and just as I felt.
For my old six shooter, behind in my belt.
Down came the nuininng. and down came we.
' ' t... ni.e? V
G!iii?i?;t toye!her. ;iit?l want im.- >?..
A Is.dy that spread itself mi my hrcn:;' :
Two arris 1h;u shielded my dizsty h? ad,
Two lijis that mi my lips; were juvst ;
l'h'-n rainc thunder in my tars
A; ov< r us Minted the s< a of steers.
Flows that Ileal l.l:s (l into suy eyes
And when I could rissc- Las
i n w;is d'.sid!
I imu.'t.il oal a yrave si few feel deep.
Aatl there in earth's arms I laid her In sleep:
And there she is lyiiur. and no one knew?.
And ilie summer shines and the winter snows;
For many a day the flowers have spread
A pa!! of petals over her head:
And the little > ray hawk that lianas aloft in
the air:
And the sly envole sneaks here and there.
And the l.la-k snake jclidts and ylilit rs and
slides
Intei a rift in a roltoit-wmid tree;
And 'he l.tr///.:i:d sails on.
And conics. and is yone.
Stately and stiil like a ship at sen;
And I wonder why I do not rare
For the thinys that are like the thin;.'; thai
v. ere.
lines half my lea:: lie landed there
in Tc.\:i:i, d ?wa l?y the Uin (Ir.ond:
BERMUDA MAY PERMIT CARS
But So Fer Diminutive Island Hps
Sarretl Ail IWotois.
Ijoiii'weil ej't'i rls to enact a la\v per
i ? . ..
miMiniC 15it- nse of motor cars in i?mMsaia
have l-fi-n made this spring hy
mointiors <>r t!? Iturinuda assembly,
says a Hamilton. I!? rmi:<ia dispatch.
VI?so islands have hold on {his far
agains! what is considered a "datiruns
innovat inn" but thero is u
strong party ia favor of rapid transit.
Tie* chief up; onmt of automobiles
arc Ante: ican winter residents and
ijuiii-:' , Astor of Xo\v
Veil;. who las I u-? n oviiiiyiiig a. residua
llainillon harbor for the
( as! two suasoiis. son! a l"l!cr to the
lor-al newspaper objecting to their inlro.liii
!ion 4i.i :'iu island.
As i.? colony has oiry a titHe nioiv
llian nin< I ! n sijiiarc niiics of :rf*a,
visitors il<! not regent motion jranspoi
t as a nee-. . Sin"" tin* island
on Xantiti'Uul admitted aiitoniohilt S,
this is aliont tin1 only civilised place
i'roia which I lev arc barred.
! THE NEWS ABOUT CLOVED
: Pev. Hemrick Accepts Call to CIo
ver antl Union Baptist Churches.
j HIGH SCHOOL TEAM HAS GOOD RECORC
r?
Bai'ber Applicant for Local Post!
mastership?Merchants a'rta Others
I Think Business is Looming Up?
: Other News and Notes of the Me*
: tropoljs of Northern Y-ork County.
: (Iiy a Staff Correspondent.)
Clover; May 5?lie v. X. A. Hemrick
of Jonosville, has been called to the
pastorate of Clover and Union Baptist
churches to succeed J lev. Dr. O.
I., .lories who resigned several weeks
ago to accept the pastorate of Camp
ackson Baptist -cnurcn. itev. j-ieiuilek
has accepted IhS call to the two
Baptist churches and is expected to
move here within the next few days.
The new Clover pastor is one of the
best known Baptist ministers in the
upper section of the state and the
congregations at Clover and Union reel
that they are very fortunate in securing
his services. ' *
' Applicant for Postmaster.
An applicant for appointment as
postmaster at Clover under the new
administration entered the lists here
this week. He is Mr. It. L>. Barber,
farmer living on the Clover-Bethany
road a. few miles from here. Mr. Barber.
it is understood, was on tin
streets this week with a petition soliciting
the signatures of citizens endorsing
his application for the place
now held by Mr. James A. Barrett.
Mr. Barber has been a resident of this
section for several months, having
moved to York county from North
Carolina. He. is a son-in-law of Mr.
C?. 1*\ I In ml wight.
. High School Has Good Record.
Claiming the best high school pitcher
up-state and they have plenty of
reason to make such a claim, " 1hc
Clover High school baseball team has
a good record for this season?in fact
the best in several years. Out of seven
games .played, the Clover Highs
have won six. Incidentally, it is of
i ~ Hin loim line ttin
iiiLfrcrni. IU ai/ic uuik WHO IV.U.U ??*-.? - w
biggest first baseman among: high
schools up state. Ho is Dec Ford. 17.
who weighs around 255 pounds and
'who until ho began baseball training
was around 275. The big fellow covers
his territory like aibfaejicaguer and
his beam-mates wfagp he
i pus' - bat agein.sl the old bar.ej
ball, backed by that 25." pounds of
j tivnirdttpnis. there's something iloine.
' If is a .great little team, according to
tho-e who have seen thetn piny.
Twins. *
Twins. ;i boy and a girl, were born
to .Mr. and Mrs. Alex Cook here Wednesday.
The boy weighed P pounds
at birth and .the girlG pounds. The
mother and children tire doing nicely.
Not'the Clover Boy Scouts.
Commenting Wednesday on a slatej
mcnt published in the Views and Inj
lervit'ws column of The. Yorkvillo Knj
luircr of last Tuesday regarding acts
| of vandalism at King's Mountain bat!
tic-ground, Scoutmaster Jas. A. Borj'rett
of the Clover Troop of Boy Scouts
j on Wednesday made the following
stt' lemcRt:
"Th<- slnt? mont*of Mr. S. T. Coforth
j eoneerninjr vandalism at Xlie May s
j -Mountain battle around, in which ho
j implied thai ?'? pre fictions had been
j<nnimitted on the monument by Key
I Seouis cam piny there lust summer.
J ihn'.vs elenrly that Mr. Wo forth know::
I very little nboitl "boys and nut h in?
j about Hoy Seoul::.
"So fur :is I know, only two troops
Jul" liny Smuts ramped. :il. the hjitlh
| around Inst sununer. these being: the
j Sort .Mill troop and llio Clover troop.
. Mr. ' toforth's implications cast a 10'
lleeiion on both troops, their scoutj
masters and the national organization
| which nmuhcrs more than 300.000
j hoys. 1 have the lienor to ho scontI
master of the Clover troop, hence my
j interest in there charges.
"f ran only speak for ir.v own troop
. ami for it 1 can unhesitatingly stale
I :h;ii tin. imnlli-itinn is tint rue and en
jusl. And. knowing as I do I lie training
:i 1 Soy Seoul receives, I believe I
would In; perfect'y sale in including
lIn* l-'m-l Mill Scouts in the same
statement, although I do no! know any
of thi'in personti'ly. I v.oold like lo
Soy further the! if I here were a troop
of scouts living :ix nenr I lie battle
ground ns Mr. (loforlh lives it would
! lie cured for much belter limn nt present
;ind would lie more highly appreciated
by hie whole county."
Business Getting Better.
('lover business people beiievu enn|
ditions ore getting belter. Severn 1
merchants unci others interviewed re!
gnrding business conditions W'odnes!
doy ofternoon expressed the belief
ilint, they could see some improvement
-in the veiinne of soles and also
| their belief that things were going to
; pick up along for a while now. Farmers
of the community holding cotton
ore continuing their selling movement
to some extent and the general opinion
is that things are a little easier.
Atcsnt'cd Baptist S. S. Convention.
, Among the people of Clover and
vh inisy who niiemled tin* wool in;; of
. )!,.> York llaptist Sunday School runin
Kocl; Mill Tuosduy and
Wednesday worn Mr. ami Mrs. W. fl.
Ui-ynolds. Mrs. t L Join s, Mis. ,V. A.
I *r< iwii. Mis-! Aili: I Sarin*!*. J. t*.
Paries. Paul 1 Imljipalh. P. Prank
. |JaoUfon.
Lowryville School Closes
I Mr. i'. <\ Siroiiji, lor I In* pari voar
I principal of the school at JLowryville,
1 li:is returned to the home of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. \V. B. Stroup here.
The l.owryvillc school closed its session
Inst Friday afternoon, and according
to the principal the year just
closed has been a most successful one.
| About People.
Mr. W. I'. Smith has been quite
sick at his home here for several days
past. Mr. Smith recently visited his
son, Justin Smith, 'a student at Asheville,
N. C. and upon his return became
ill.
R. E. Currence of Ashcville, N. C.
recently visited relatives and friends
in Clover.
Messrs. W. B. and B. N. Moore of
Yorkville, were visitors in Clover,
Wednesday.
T. 13. Alford of Columbia, was a
recent visitor in Clover.
Miss Bessie Jackson of Rock Hill,
recently visited relatives here.
ROW OVER COUNTY AGENT.
Some Gaston Farmers Charges Demonstration
Agent With Loafing.
One of the most important.meetings
of the board of county commissioners
held recently was that of Monday, May
2. when $100,000 worth of road bonds
for Gaston county were sold to the
Hirst National, and the Citizens National
banks of Gastonia at par and accrued
interest, says the Gastonia Gazette
of Tuesday. The two local banks
look the entire issue of bonds.
Other matters, pertaining to the summer
road programme in the county
were discussed. A committee from the
board will meet with the state highway
commission at an early date to-perfect
plans and details for beginning work
on the Bessemer City hard surfaced
road and-the Dallas .road.
Probably the most Interesting session
of the commissioners was that he'.d
along toward the close of the day when
a delegation headed by Mr. Thos. Sparrow
appeared before the board in protest
against C. Lee Gowan, county
agent. Mr. Sparrow had a goodly delegation
of farmers with him, principally
from the Union, Pisgah and Gastonia
sections. When this crowd made as if
to exclude all else from the hearing before
the commissioners, Gowan's backers
from the Cherryville section! who
were in the city on another mission, let
it be understood that they were to be
heard from, too. Van Sellers, one of
the war hordes of Cherry villi township
was oik- of the leaders of the pro-Clowim
sentiment. ITe declared that as a
"free white and twenty-one" taxpayer
of Claston county, he was not going to
be excluded from any public hearing in
the county's courthouse. The meeting
then already several times too hu ge for
the commissioners' small room, .adjourned
to the court room upstairs.
There the two forces lined up around
the bar on opposite sides of the room.
Th6 opposition to Mr. Cowan, it appeals,
comes principally from the
southern and southwestern parts of the
county, and comes mainly from the
dairy farmers of the county, although
there were others who declared that he
? - v,o
nan never oecn un nun mm. ...
came into the county, ft appeared that
the trouble began over some form of
milk testing inaugurated by the Jersey
Breeders association of the county, in
which a fee of $:i per cow per year was
charged by the association.
It was charged that Mr. Cowan's
work consisted principally in staying in
I his ofiicoj and. sending out propaganda
gotten up by stenographers instead of
getting out on Caslon county farms and
' helping the farmers, it was aisc
j charged that owing to the lack of uo
operation between Mr. Cowan and Miss
i I'irkt ns. the work <>s the latter among
I the farm women and girls had been
'discontinued in favor of community
/
i work among the cotton mills of tiie
| county.
! In sharp answer to these accusations
| by the anti-Cowanitcs was the reply
I from the pro-Cowan side of the room,
j Messrs. I toy tea leer, Wnlden Weaver,
Sample Eaker, anil Van Sellers were
! among the defenders of the county
j agents' work in Huston county. Tliey
pointed to his work wilh the Cherryville
corn show us being a very commendable
work of Mr. Cowan, saying
that the work of this show had attracted
nation-wide attention. Mr. L.
A. Harbor said that the people of his
xeetion had profited immensely from
the work of Mr. Cowan in terracing
seed selection, etc. it was the opinion
of the Cherryville nn<J Sunnysifle people
that Mr. Cowan had given satisfactory
work wherever he had been
called upon, and that the grievances ot
the lower .side folks were purely personal.
Messrs. Ferguson, Rhyne and
Falls spoke briefly in opposition to
Mr. -?!owan.
. Toward the end of the session Chairman
Davenport called on Mr. Gowan
lor ;i siaicmi'iii. 1 no cuuui; <15001. icI
viewed the history of the milk-testing
I episode, and then gave a summary of
! his activities for the past three months
j as a sample of what he had !>cen doing
j since coming to the county. His figures
! were to the effect that he had traveled
j more than the average mileage of couni
Iy agents in tfle stale. lie also stated
| thai he hud gone wherever he had been
asked lo go to assist in demonstration!
! It was not his business, he said, to gn
j around where he was not wanted, any
j more than it was'tin- duty of the regisj
tor of deeds to go around looking for
J deeds to record, or the sheriff sea roiling
for warrants to serve.
The meeting closed without any action
by I be cnmuiiasioiicrs.
BELLES HAVE VANISHED
, ?
Few Beautiful Creoles in the Isle
-of Martique.
HOME OF THE EMPRESS JOSEPHINE
Island Famous In History Slowly Going
to Rack and Ruin?Dead are
Buried Under Miniature Stone ^iles.
Karl K. Kitchen
(Tn the New York World) ,
In the most superficial acquaintance
with the people of Martinique
gives you the impression that they are
living on the glories of their past instead
of in the future or even the present
day. Despite the bright costumes
I r*f itu inhnhifnntM and its brilliant
sunshine, there is an unmistakable air
ot sadness not only in Fort-de-France
but everywhere on the island.
J'crhaps the climate has something
to do with it. Certainly it has the
enervating- effects of a prolonged visit
to an overheated greenhouse. But
the real reason is deeper. The old
Creole life is fast disappearing. There .
ai e few signs of the former wealth and
indolent luxury of the island.. The
whites are being crowded out by the
blacks, with the result that a viEiLor
encounters few of the Creole beauties'
who made Martinique famous in former
days.
The ..very word "cTeole" suggests
TTY-invr diiUrrhlful thinsrs. Of course it
means a pure-blooded descendant or
the early Spanish or French settlers.
But there has been so much intermarriage
with the blacks who were
brought from Africa Cor slave labor
that the /genuine article, at least the
beautiful creole demoiselle, is very
difficult to find. I spent an entire
morning searching for one without
success. Even the efforts of a gallant
French colonial officer went for little
or nothing. I met several attractive
young women to be sure; but the trace
of the tar brush was too apparent.
Lt "must ngt be gathered^from this
that life in Fort-de-France is without
compensations. The grass in the savannah,
where stands the beautiful
statue of the Empress Josephine, may
be uncut,, and the cemetery may have
a desolate air; but an absinthe drip
at the Grand hotel helps a lot. Sugar
syrup "and rum is the most popular
drink on the island, but the abcirtthn
is the most effective. And there is no
doubt that it provides fresh courage
wnen one is sena-iiiiis ,iui it uwiuiful
creolc demoiselle.
When 1hc .\ngel Gabriel blows his
1 trumpet he is going to ruin the cemetery
of Fort-de-Fnince. For the dead
are burie^J here under miniature stone
piles. The two or three century-old
desi/rns have been followed, even for
youths who lost the'?- lives fighting
for France in the great war. Certainly
some of the graves are triumphs
for stonemasons, if nothing else.
The one-price system has not made
much headway on this island^ But
unlike the British West Indies, iLs
merchants accept their currency for
what it is really worth. In Jamaica
,nnd Trinidad many Britishers cling to
the delusion that four shillings still
make a dollar. In Martinique you get
the current rate of exchange on the
Paris Bourse. It was 3 3 francs 70. cen
rc the day I parted with my fedoral
reserve certificates, and I got it.
Beauty of the Tropics.
Jurft as the real beauties of Jamaica
cannot he appreciated until one
leaves Kingston. />ne has to motor out
f Fort-de-France to appreciate the
enchanting tropical nature of this Island
of Martinique,
r I Vidians the most interesting ride is
nver to the village of Trois Islets,
whore Josephine de la Fagerie was
horn. The trip is niacin in an "Impossible
Henry," many of which now infest
the island.
The plantation owned b.v Tachcr de
i
la 1'ngerie, the father of the beautiful
creole who became empress of the
French, has long since gone to .rack
and ruin. The ruins of^the old sugar
mill, where the tlrst wife of Napoleon
played as a girl, is still standing, but
| the former glories of the estate, what
ever they were, have long since disap|
pea red.
I A visit- to this neglected spot proj
duces a strange feeling of sadness. If
; i Josephine had married a planter inj
stead of the son of ttic French govern
or, Martinique's place in history v,*onId
have been very different. It. would
have had only a first class volcanic
eruption to put' it on the map.
i The 'island is credited with having
' produced another great creoie beauty
in the person of one Mile, .-\imee
Dubuo de liiver.v, who is said to have
i become the favorite wife of Selim III,
who was sultan of Turkey at the beginning
of the nineteenth century.
But while there is a beautiful statue
of Josephine in Fort-de-France, there
is nothing to mark the birthplace of
: the sultana in t'ne tiny village of Roil
hert. where her father was one of the
I rich planters of its nourishing day.
11 The story of this Creole beauty is
i even more romantic, if possible, than
! the story of Josephine, whose more
i than queenly future was predicted
I from the stars by a negro seeress,
j Mile, do Rivery, who was sent to
i Franco lo he educated, was captured
i by Algerian pirates and taken to the
bay of Algiers, lie was so impressed
with her beauty that he sent her as a
present?or in payment of a debt, perhaps?to
the Solum Selim III of Turkey.
Selim fell in love with her at first
ri"III ami made her Ins I'avorile wife?
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the sultan valide of Turkey. She is
credited with - being- the mother of
Mahmeud Ik, the next sultan, and
other feministic achievements. |
But, as the little French priest at
Trois Islets explained to me, all this
Is mere hearsay', haying happened before
his time. "When I asked him to |
introduce me to a^beautiful Creole like
Mile, de Rivery, he led me to' the parish
graveyard. The really beautiful
ones, he admitted, were all dead.
The Search Succeeds.
However, I was not discoi -aged. I
was determined to find a beautiful
creolo demoiselle before I left Martini
que. so i returned to j? ort-ae-i? ranee i
and took a boat to St. Pierre. ]
And in the dead city at the foot of '<
old Mont Pelee, I ended my search. i
St. Pierre today may not rival Pom- ]
peii?although its ruined streets do re- i
mind one of Paine's fireworks?but it
boasts of some things Pompeii has not j
yet dreamed of. Strange as it may ;
seem, several rum shops find brasser- .
ies bloom in this deserted city where ;
thirty thousand people once lived. In j
the Rue Victor Hugo, where I went to
buy some souvenirs in liquid form, I
discovered the object of my search? ;
a really beautiful Creole demoiselle.
She was really a great beauty. Her
features were genuinely classical, her
eyes dark "and luminous, and her skin
of that ivorine tint celebrated by <
poets and painters. Her figure, too,
was# ravishing. Tall, but ngither stat- i
uesque nor voluptuous iihe was just
the thing for the end of a perfect day. >
"I would like to buy a couple of bottles
of absinthe," I said, in atrociously
bud French. ^
"Certainly," she answered in perfect i
English, without the slightest trace of
an accent. "That will be 50 francs." j
"Where did you learn English?" I ;
asked in amazement, as she took the i
bottles from the shelf and prOTeeded
to wrap them up.
"In'New York," she replied' with a
note oi surprise. i
"So you're r.ot a Creole?not a pure- i
flooded descendant of?" <
"Quit your kidding, mister, I'm pure- 1
blooded New Yorker. My mother 1
used to be with Black Patti's Trouba- i
dours. Father go't the 'con' an'd moved
back to the island for his health. I'm i
just down on a visit. Gee, I certain-, i
ly will be glad to get back to little old ;
New York."
RING FINGER "NERVE" A MYTH.
Third-Digit Chosen for Band to Reduce
the Wear.
Why is the third finger of the left
hand called the ring finger? inquires
the New York Sun. A belief has been
handed down from mediaeval times
that the ring as a token of Ipve came i
to be worn on this finger because a
nerve ran from it to the heart. For <
their belief there is, of course no foun- .
dation. If such nerve did exist it could 1
not serve any purpose.
A satisfactory explanation was sug- ,
gested by Macrobius and. elaborated by
Salmuth in the 16th century. At first, <
he savs. rinirs of iron were warn bv
the Greeks and Romans on any finger
on either hand. Later when gold became
plentiful enough rings were worn
on the left hand for economy's sake,
since this hand was less used than the
right. "When engraved gems and other
precious jewels were added to finger
rings it became the fashion to wear
them on the third finger for the reason
that in this situation they will be well
protected from wear, since the third ,
finger cannot be extended alone.
In ancient Rome gold was scarce and
only ambassadors to foreign lands were
allowed to wear rings of the precious
metal. Later the privilege was extended
to senators and then to all citizens
of the equestrian order. When slaves
acquired their freedom in imperial
Romo they cast aside their iron rings
and wore gold as a mark of their ad-,
vance in station. Tacitus speaks of
pesenting a gold ring as synonymous
with making a man a gentleman.
TO MEET IN CHARLOTTE.
Veterans of 81st Division Will Hold
Annual Reunion.
The second reunion of the Wildcat
Veterans' association, composed of former
members of the Eighty-first divis
ion, will be held in Charlotte during
this summer, the exact dates to be decided
upon at a meeting of the executive
committee with the Queen City
representatives.
Steps are to be taken at this meeting
for the extending of a special invitation
to former President Woodrow
Wilson to be the veterans' guest of
honor during the reunion. Governors
of the two Carolinas and Tennessee,
will also be invited, ?s the division is
composed mostly of the residents of
these three states. The former members
of the division, scattered throughout
the Southern states, with a sprinkling
of men in perhaps every state of
the union, will be interested in the outcome
of the conference. The occasion
is the meeting of the arrangements
committee of the association with representatives
of the civic bodies of Charlotte
to plan for the reunion.
Out of the Question.?He: "A short
session of married life has convinced
both of lis we can't get along together.
Your actions have, been too sensational.
So I suggest that we get a divorce
as quietly and quickly as possible."
She: "Your suggestion of quietness
and quickness is preposterous. I intend
to go on the aiage. '!
NEWBERRY BETS BY ,
jourt Sels Aside tiie Conviction of
Michigan Senator.
liUKKUri FKALTItt All! MJLIrltU
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Court Was Unanimous In the Determination
That the Enterprising Politician
Should Not Be Punished; But
Was Divided on the Best Way to Got
Around the Problem.
Washington, May 2.?Setting aside
the conviction of Senator Truman H.
Newberry of Michigan and sixteen
others for violation of the Federal corrupt
practices act, the-supreme court
held today that the act was unconstitutional.
The court was unanimous in revers- v ,t
ing the convictions, but divided 5 to-4 /
is to the validity of the law. Chief Justice
White and Associate Justices
Pitney, Clark and Brandeis dissented
from the court's finding.that congress - ;>
was without power to regulate state 2
primaries, but concurred in the reversal
which, they thought; should have . .
been based on the error of the trial
judge's instructions to the jury.
Justice McKenna, while concurring in
the majority opinion "as applied Jo the
statute under consideration" reserved
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the question of the ,power of congress
under the 17th amendment?which provides
for direct election.of senators?to , f
supervise primaries. *
Opinion was. divided, m tne senate as
to the effect of the decision upon fu- ,
ture activities of the elections com- . t
mittee with regard to.. the Michigan
election of?lD18 in. which-.Henry Ford,
as the Democratic candidate, opposed
Mr. Newberry for the senatorshlp. Sen- /
itor Dillingham, chairman ,;bf the committee,
said tha/t since the corrupt f<j
practices law had been-held unconstl-'
tutional it appeared that the committee
would have,11,0 further jurisdiction.
On the other hand, Senator Spencer,
:hairman of the sub-committee, which ?
has. been considering the:Ford-Newberry
case, announced that- despite the
lecision, the inquiry would be continued
to determine, he said, who!was
elected, as well as Mr. Ford's charge '
Df fraud. The sub-committee has com- v
pleted its recount of votes,! which gave , .
Senator Newberry a majority. t Action,
however, has not yet.be?n\taken oh the
recount. Senator Newberry, has taken
no part in senate affairs^ and., nqt .
been in--his.seat.in fho-^na^slnoe-jie
was convicted and sentenced to serve ' -
' 41? T Po/lorO 1 ' ,'
two years in in& umiwunv/i ui (?vuw*,?*
prison and pay a $10,000 fine. "He. was
in Detroit today. :
Has No Authority."
The court's decision was' that the direct
election amendment had not affected
Section 4, Article 1 of the constitution,
which, the majority opinion
said, while it gave congress the power
to regulate the manner of holding elections,
did not confer on it authority to
control party primaries or conventions
for selection of candidates for Federal
offices.
Domestic affairs of the states would
be interfered with ard liberties resented
for the people would be infringed
upon if congress under existing law,
was held to have control over primaries
the opinion stated. It was pointed
out also that in as much as states
'may suppress whatever evils may be
incident to primary or convention" and
each house of congress has the power
to judge the elections, qualifications
and returns of its own members, and
in as much as congress clearly has au- *
:liority to regulate by law the times,
places and manner of holding elections,
"the national government is' not with
out power to protect itself against corruption,
fraud and. other malign influences."
Chief Justice Dissents.
Chief Justice White, in his dissenting
opinion, said he favored"reversal of
Judgment, obtained in the lower court
against Senator Newberry and 16 others
without prejudice to another trial,
"because of the grave misapprehension
and grievous misapplication of the
statute upon which the conviction and
sentence below was based."
The chief justice made the prediction
that legislation would be enacted to
give congress power over primaries.
Otherwise, he said, "goyernment cannot
live." The proposition that the
power of states solely to control primaries
is not affected by the right of
congress to regulate elections was referred
to as "suicidal" by the chief justice,
who declared that in stales in
which Jhe primary has.become thecontrollipg
feature of elections, "the election
is still-born and.thetyote without
power or weight" ... \
The dissenting opinion of Justice
Pitney, concurred in by Justices Brandeis
and Clarke, said "it would be trag- ^
ic if that provision of the constitution
which has proved" the sure defense of
every outpost of national power should
fail the very foundation of the citadel."
Commenting on the importance of ,
exercising vigilance over the conduct
of primaries, Justice Pitney said "sinister
influences exerted upon the primaries
inevitably have their effect upon
the ultimate election?are employed
for no other reason."
"To safeguard the final . elections,"
the opinion stated, "is to postpone regulations
until it is comparatively futile."
? China wants Amen .a to take a
much more prominent part In far east- /
ern affairs.?Alfred- S. Sze, Chinese
minister lo United Stales.
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