Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

? j FOUND HERJIMSELF s By MARTHA M'CULLOCH-WIL-* LI A M 8. # (Copyright, 1914, by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) "Granny, the names are so hard, can't I just say, 'Thny went on and begat one another to the end of the ?? nun 1? J ? at? viiayiei ; run rdkuu ?ttru?snjr, ma brow puckered deeply, his fingers moist. He loved granny dearly?there were . parts of the Bible he loved likewise to read to her. But the begats! There his halting tongue always got him in trouble. Commonly Phil was as docile as today he was restive. What boy of twelve wouldn't have been restive with all the school streaming past to the big lot, where the home nine of big boys was to play off a match 1 with a nine from town? So when granny shook her head, saying almost sternly, "Read on!" he tried to be obedient, but broke down in spite of his twelve years. Tears blinded him, his choking throat refused utterance. He dropped the Testament and dug fists into his blinking eyes. Granny stared at him unseeing, but her ears told her his distress. She was about to SDeak when Lisa and Nancy burst in, crying breathlessly, "Oh, goody! Phil hasn't gone. Mother says If he'll take ua are can go to the game." The Acton twins were Just his age, and lived near enough to be playfellows. "Phil's crytn'? What for?" Lisa exclaimed. Granny cleared her throat. "I auppose it Is because he hates reading to a poor old blind woman," she said rebuklngly. "I'll pray the good Lord not to remember and visit It on him." "I?I?you know?T?" Phil stammered with an appealing look at Lisa. She laughed outright?he fled pre clpltately?not toward the lot, but his haven of refuge, the hay mow. Nancy found him there, and coaxed him to come forth. She had made It right with granny?would stay herself and read to her. Phil and Lisa might be in time If they only hurried. He could not look at her; his heart was too full?nor see her, his eyes ware 100 aim. Mut in nis mind she shaped herself anew as the most comforting and beautiful creature ever made. Time's whirligig took Phil far from the home of his boyhood. At seven and twenty he was as handsome and promising a young lawyer as the town of Exmouth could boast. His uncle, the Judge, had taken him there after granny died, adopted him, sent him through college, and taken him Into partnership In reward for winning first honors at the law school. "JuBt one thing more, son," he had said when Phil first sat down oppoln *ke private office. "Get married. Quick. I want to play with your children a good whll? before I die." From the judge this was astounding. He had been held almost a childhater. Those so holding did not know the truth?that he had burled his heart ln the grave of another man's wife. She had left behind a daughter almost her image. What so natural as that the Judge should scheme hopefully to make her the mate of his adopted son? Craftily, of course. He was too wise for open speech in the matter. Phil would, he knew, feel bound to follow his wishes. His boy must be happy ln his own way. Besides, Evelyn was so charming. Notwithstanding Phil went lees; played best man whe?' Kvelyu married, and even forbore to kiss the bride. That night he said to the judge, whose disappointment he had somehow sensed: "Please, sir, forgive me. But, you see, Evelyn was a dead ringer for my first sweetheart. Let me tell you the story, then you'll understand how I am immune to the Evelyn type." The judge laughed uproariously over the telling. It ran through all the tauntlngs,- teasings and small humiliations Phil had had to endure at that ' Lisa's hands. "Why don't you take me out to the r'd place? I'd love to see where you played as a little boy," said the judge. Thus it fell out that a month later Judge Gregory and his nephew knocked at the Acton door. Mrs. Acton opened it, and looked at them questionlngly, but before they could speak a tall, slender young woman with blue eyes and an Infantine smile precipitated herself upon them crying, "Phil! I'd know you in the middle of Africa. Come right in. I want to show you my baby." "I call that rubbing It In," Phil said smiling. "How do you know I ( have not come back to marry you?" Lisa shook her fist at him, saying, with a grimace: "Oh, I outgrew you ten years back at least?but 1 know j Jest the young person for you." Phil did not answer. He was star- ] ing hard at a vision. Just within the living room door was a woman, neither tall nor short, with dear, pale skin and lucent green-gray eyes, overhung i by smooth masses of Bhlnlng chestnut * hair. Her face had a fresh look?as i of one whom time had passed by. 1 He went toward her with outheld i nands, breathing rather than saying, ? "Nancy!" 8hn put her hands in hie clasp. They were vitally thrilling. Holding them tight, he turned to Lisa, saying: 1 "Thank you, but I've found the young ' person for myself" I 9" .;>,v ^4^''La R0AP51 UNRAVEL ROAD LEGISLATION Joint Qommlttee Working to Bring About Simplicity, Efficiency and Uniformity of Law*. To bring about revision of stateroad laws along lines that will insure simplicity, efficient management, and, where desirable, uniformity, Is the task undertaken by a special Joint committee appointed at the third American road congress and representing the American Bar association and the American Highway association. The magnitude, intricacy and political and technical difficulties of the undertaking are discussed in an article prepared for the Engineering Kecord by J. E. Pennybacker, chief of the division of road economics of the United States office of public roads. Between three and four million words comprise existing road legislation In the several states, according to the estimate of officials in the office of public roads. This great wilderness of words would make up an edition of 80 fair-sized volumes. In view of the comparative simplicity of the subject, this vast accumulation of statutes, according to Mr. Pennybacker. Is a scathing commentary on the constructive statesmanship of our legislators for many generations. There is scarcely a doubt that at least 85 per cent of the legislation Is superfluous, and that, entirely aside Irom the matter of reform, exactly the same purposes contemplated In the existing legislation could be accomplished with greater effectiveness with one-eighth of the existing statute laws. The compilers have found legislation still In effect almost Identical as to form and substance with the old colonial road laws, which were In turn based upon English precedent, extending back to the time of Queen Eliza Detn; they have found statutes so hopelessly In conflict as to make efficient and responsible administration utterly Impossible. As an example of the bewildering confusion of existing legislation, the compilers came across In the statutes of one of our most progressive states a recent enactment amending a road law which was repealed two years before the amendment was passed, and yet apparently none of the legislators have thus far become acquainted with the situation. MAKING ROADS JN Tii't FALL Every Township 8hould Own Qravel Pits From Which Material Can Be Cheaply Obtained. There Is a growing demand for more and better roadmaklng during the autumn months. In many localities the roads become filled with deep ruts and the wheel tracks so depressed during the summer that they oollect rains which soon wash them Into gutters and ruin the roads for heavy loads and comfortable travel. There Is no reason why a portion of tho road tax should not be used for putting the highways In a better con#1 it Inn fnr traval TKq anlU-1/vw ? ?w >? *M? UI?K | and other roadmaking Implements should be put to work before the ground freexes. The outside of the roads should be brought Into the center of the track, which will establish a crust that will shed water, rather than retain rains, which are sure to occur during the Ittte fall and early spring months. Roads having a full hit,h center are Quite sure to remain in a good condition during the rainy season of fall and spring. Steep hills, where water is apt to collect In wheel tracks, should be provided with open gutters on each aide Into which rains may be diverted, with an occasional crest which water cannot puss. Approaches to bridge and culverts should be so filled with earth that vehicles of all kinds may pass over them without serious Jolts and Jars. Roads are much Improved when covered with gravel. This Is a season of the year when such work can be accomplished at a minimum expense. Every township should own gravel pits, from which roadmaklng material oan be cheaply obtained. Concrete roads will soon become popular. The same material should be used In making bridges and culverts. A good Quality nt o.n A on* I ,v, ? uctoiBarj to m?!r* serviceable concrete. Every farmer shot 1 li.iv> an espeoial intersat in aii roHi's joining Lie yiace and leading to market. Qive Meat to Pullete. Olve considerable meat food to the trowing pullets now and they will lay Mtrller on account of It. Commercial prepared heef scraps, or cut fresh Pone, will he satisfactory for this purpose. and skim milk will be of great asilrtance. my xo improv# Tomato. It would not be easy to And a fruit :hat can be more rapidly Improved by saref'i! selection or tuo out more rapdly by caraleas handling than the toBCSS-tO . I a? Buy Red Ctom Seals Columbia* S. C. Nov. 16?*.^The Red Cross Seal campaign in South Carolina has taken on new impetus* owing to the fact that, as announced last week, a special Anti tuberculosis Conference tor the South is to be held in Atlanta, beginning November 30th. Vital statistics lor the whole of South Carolina are not available, but from such figures as are at hand is shown a great need for Anti-tuberculosis work throughout the State. The National Association in New York has just made public, through the State Commission* its figures for South Cardliiia. From a partial church census it was found that the mortality rate i -- I * - BMLT? irom tuoercuiosis is inirieen ana one half per cent. This is about three per cent higher than the 1 average for the United States. From this fact, both the apprd | aching conference in Atlanta and the 1914 campaign for &11* ing Red Cross Seals become doubly important. The Commission announces that up* to the present seventy agents have been secured for 1914. Missouri Navigation J r , "My State," savs a Missouri man, according to the New Yojrk Evening Post, "pososses the Osage River, one of the most crooked streams anywhere, They tell of a farmer living on the banks of the Osage who had a small flatboat, which one day he loaded wilh produce and floated down to market, six miles away. He exchanged the produce for goods at one of the stores and loaded his goodswp .the flatboat. " 'How are you going to get your stuff home?" asked a by- , stander. 'Got a steamboat to' tow you back?' ' " 'I'm going to float it back^ was the reply. I " 'How, I'd like to know?" j " 'I reckon you don't knotw much about this river. It douft les on itself just below here an<9j runs back within less tha^^L L'vv got a landing o^>oth banlM I anH o tanm i\f liAMno ? ' uuu u tvuui ut nui *c3 111ai caih drag: the boat from one landing to the other.* '* j Dudley Items C Miss Mavis Funderburk who is in Coker College, Hartsville S. C., spent the week end at her home, and returned to Hartsville Monday. ^ Mr. J Frank Funderburk left Monday morning Nov. 16th, to take up his school at Wolf PondJ v ' Mr. Leon B. Funderburk went' Monday morning to White Plains where he will open his school for the session. F. Don't Care who you are! See | D. E. Clark & Co., Pageland sLeading T ailors Before you have that new Suit made. Exclusive Local Dealers for The Royal Tailoring Co. Claims Paid Below is a partial list of claims paid by health and accident \ companies through the S. J. Sellers agency at Ruby: R. E. Richardson 59.25 J. V. Thompson 50.00 M. J. Deese 90.65 B. T. Long 68.00 J. A. Sellers 12.00 X. M.Tucker 7.30 J. C. Mangum come and get you ope. S. J. Sellers, Ruby, S. C. Additional Price List ol Carolina Supply Co. t Below are additional prices we are offering at our great sale: Ladies Chemise, 50c value, 9c Snowking Baking Powder, 3c Boys Overalls, 25c to 35c value, 19c Tube Rose Snuff, 3c Mill Feed, best grade, $1.65 Society Snuff. 3c a can. Collar Buttons, 3c a card. Potted Ham, Winner brand 3c. Pearl Buttons, 10c cards, 4c. ?? ?? ? Razor strops, 50c quality, 10c. Ladies silk gloves, 50c quality, for 19c. Granulated sugar, 15 lbs for a dollar. Green coffee, 20c quality, 7 pounds to the dollar. Roasted coffee, 25c grade, 19c. Tobacco, 10 lb caddy, $2.80 Brooms, 25 cents kind, 19c. 35 " " 29c. Van Camps soups, 8c per can. Rain coats, see quality and prices and be convinced. Meat, Lard, Sugar, dry goods and notions bought anu on the road. Carolina Supply Co. Premium Winners (Continued from page one) Wheat 1st. Best half bushel F. W. Rivers. Oats 1st. best half bushel F. W. Rivers 2nd best Ex. Seed Farm. > Rye / 1 1st best half bushel R. K. Pittman. 2nd best Ex. Seed Farm. Vetch 1st best half bushel Ex. Seed Farm Field Peas 0 Table Peas 1st best half bushel any variety F. W. Rivers 2nd best C. L. Crowlev. Hay 1st best bale any variety Ex. Seed Farm 2nd best W. D. Craig. Turnips 1st best half bushel T. L. Watson. 2nd best W. D. Therrill. Cabbage I 1st best three heads W. D. Therrill 2nd best Mrs. R. E. Rivers. Dried Fruit > 1st best peck W. T. Gaskins ; 2nd Mrs. C. A. Burr. Pumpkins 1st best G. L. Moore. (I Don't The old fiddler* Ithe Pag eland s um Nov. 27th. at 7 o'clock and 1 at 7:30 o'clock The following cash ] 1st. Best music rend< 2nd. " Best Banjo music Best Guitar " Best Duet on I Any one wishing I write J. V. Thomp SOI I Pageland, S. C. 1 Admission 10 2nd best J. A. Rivers Red Pepper 1st best bunch Miss Sarah Lisenby 2nd best bunch E. W. Sowell Sweet Potatoes 1st best half bushel any variety Jerome Douglass 2nd best J. Watt Sellers Irish Potatoes 1st best half busnel any variety O. H. Douglass Znd best G. L. Moore Molasses 1st best quart in glass T. L. Watson "2nd best L. T. Lisenby Poultry White Crested Polish John Burr 1st. Black, John Burr 1st. Games Jas. M. Gardner best pair Barred P. Rocks Mrs. J. E. Meehan best pair. Anconas Vance Tyler, best pair S. C.. R. I. Reds J. W. Benna, best pair. Black Langshans Carl Douglass, best pair. Mrs. W. H. Por ter 2nd best pair Partridge Wyandotts, Edwin Gulledge, best pair Silver Lace Wyandottes Peter Parker, best pair. Whith Wyandottes, John H. Rivers, best pair. H. A. Watson second best pair Buff Wyandotts, Mrs. C. L. Melton, best pair. Brown Leghons, Smith Johnson, best pair White Leghorns, C. S. Meehan best pair. Buff Leghorns H. A. Wat son, best pair, T. E. Mulloy 2nd best White Orphingtons, J. M. Campbell best pair. T. H. Douglass 2nd best pair Bantams, Rose Parker best pair. Bayard Watson, secon d best paii^^^^^^ lr Turkeys C. S. Meehan, best pair Levi Rnyfield, 2nd best Ducks W. H. Melton, best pair. Sweepstakes, best male bird in show Carl Douglass Best female in show John H. Rivers Best pair birds in show J. W. Hanna Poultry judged by T. P Dillon of Monroe. $1.00 cash paid on all first premiums. Fancy work Department. Best fancy work apron Mrs. Robert Rivers Jr. 2nd. Best Miss Elizabeth Bvrd. Best embroidered centerpiec Mrs. Flora G. Miller. 2nd. Best Mrs J.W. Hanna. Best crochet centerpiece Mrs. C. C. Curtis. 2nd.Best Mrs. E, H. Duvall, Cheraw. Best crochet hand bag Mrs. C. Forget 1 i Convention at school AuditoriDoors will open music will begin prizes will be given tred bv Violin $5.00 $2.00 rendered $2.00 $2.00 any instrument $2 00 to enter Contest, may , _ U D D_ Jf i ui n. ij. iveuieani, g i and 15 cents I S. Meehan. I Best stenciled scarf Mrs. J. W. I Hanna. 1 Best stenciled pillow Mrs. C. 1 S. Meenan. 1 Best stenciled centerpiece ] Mrs. J. \V. Hanna. 1 Best tatting, Mrs. W. D. Craig j 2nd.Best tatting Miss Nora Stubbs, Cheravv. j Arena Events Mr. Hall Columbia, S. C. Judgre Saddle horse boy under fifteen Billy Gulledge 1st prize Saddle horse girl under fifteen Miss Doris Laney 1st prize Saddle horse mens class 1st event Dr. L. H.Trotti 1st prize 2nd event Claud Sherrill 1st nrize Single harness, men drivers 1st prize Cull Eddins Single harness Lady driver 1st prize Mrs Josie Douglass Double harness, Men driver, 1st prize W. H. Porter Double harness, Lad> driver, 1st prize Mrs. Josie Douglass Tax Notice The books will be open for the collection of taxes from the 15lh day of October 1914 to December, 31st 1914. Tax levy for State 6 mills Constitutional School 3 44 Ordinary County 5 1-2" Interests on R.R Bonds 1 1-244 Road and Bridges 2 44 Total levy 18 mills School Bonds Cheraw School 3 mills 4 mills Marlburg 3 " Orange Hill 8 " Pats Branch 4 " Pee Dee 3 " Stafford 4 " 21-2" Bethel 4 " Center Point 4 " Chesterfield 4 " 3 " Special School 21-2 " Parker 4 " Pine Grove 3 " Shiloh 3 " 5 44 Snow Hill 4 " Ouslev ^ 7_^ " _ ? - Vaughn ' 3 44 2 44 Wamble Hill 3 44 White Oak \ 44 Center 4 44 Cross Roads 6 44 Mt. Croghan 3 44 4 44 Special School 5 44 New Hope 7 44 Ruby 5 44 1 1-2 44 Wexford 4 44 5 44 Buffalo 2 44 Dudley 3 44 Five Forks 2 44 Mangum 3 44 Pageland 6 44 5 44 Plains 2 44 Center Grove 5 44 Friendship 3 44 Jefferson 5 44 4 Long Branch 4 44 (Jreen 1 nil 4 Middendorf 3 44 McBee 8 44 I 1-2 44 Sandy Run 4 44 Union 4 44 Bay Springs 4 44 Bear Creek 2 44 Bethesda 2 44 Juniper 3 44 Patrick 3 44 1 Cat Pond 2 44 Lewis 3 44 Palmetto 3 44 Wallace 3 44 Special road Cheraw Township 2 mills Special road Alligotor Township 5 mills Will Collect at Following Places. Cheraw Tuesday Nov 3 Cash's Wednesday Nov 4 Dudley Thursday Nov 5 Pageland Friday Nov (> McBee Monday Nov 9 Plains Monday Nov 10 Jefferson Tuesday Nov 17 Angelus Wednesday Nov 18 Cioss Roads Thursday Nov 19 Mt. Croghan Friday Nov 20 Middendorf Monday Nov -3 Cedar Creek Tuesday Nov 24 Sandy Davis' Wednesday 44 25 Patrick Thursday Nov 26 John Wallace Nov t?7 W. A. Douglass County Treasurer Sept. 15, 1914. (Advertisement)