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SECTION TWO Pages9to17 VOL XLVI NO. 29 NTEWBERRY, S. U.. FRIDAY. APRIL 9. 1909. TWICE A WEEK. $1.50 A YEAR Thel1 f< ti Your Idle T J. D. DAVE EDW. R. H * * **** *** * ,* **~ * * -* The Old Settler Forms the Ac- * * quaintance of the New.- * ** * * ** ** *** ** * ** ** The banker had moved over to the East Side. He was quietly walking down Mayer Avenue and Hopkins street, when the old settler cautiously approached and bid th.e newcomer, the time of day, adding: ''Say, you a re .the new resident aren't you?' Time of day, and question answered with a .nod. ''Well, this is 'a good part of the town, but our folks are powerfully re ligious or say pious. Come to stay, for life or good behavior?'' quoth the older man, with a smile at his sickly joke, looking over in Jordan Green's cow lot. Another nod from the newcomer. ''Well that's me, so t.hat one of us will have the pleasure if not the hon or of burying .the other. Say, as we are to be neighbors, it is well to show our headlights and see 'who is who.' How do you stand on church, no zeal -ot I hope." "Oh, no,'' said the banker, break ing his silence for the first time, "'I o to church when I ca.n, so does my ife, and when we can 't we stay at home. read the Bible, attend to our own busiiness, and let others 'alone," this with some heat, as if he would wrd off 'the old meddler. But the old settler fired back ''See here.'' patting his breast, "there will be no trouble there, just have your chickens roost high, and keep on-t of oter folks hen houses aind there vou are. By the way, how is your wife on minssionary and aid societies, stands pretty close in with them don 't she?'' questioned the old set ter. "Oh, I can't say she is hoggish eabut such matter, does what she es. in faect, too busy with her home afar to do very much.'' "Oh. well.'' said the old timer. t h : t' easy, my wife is fierce on such nmatters, likes them, she can attend fr both. Whait church vou attend?-' The banker nodded ahead, they had -o turne into Calhoun street "on fwo This The first, is the Desire. >r it takes money to pos The second requireme le first money is deposi Mney9 WILLt EARN HE E CR4-' N PORT, President, IPP, Vice-P. esident. the corner.'' "You ? Well, my wife belongs to the Lutheran, bat they ae so much doctrinal, didactics and dogmatics and one thing and another, then I cain't hear good-well yes, the big organ, but I, in general attend the other church.'' "Say,'' this in a low tone, "how would your wife stand for a little chicken figh.t, in the back yard of lae Sund1y evenings, quietly you know?''" The .new corner whistled a long low whistle, shaking~ his head the while, then he stopped short, (they had near ed Main street now) looked up at the gargoyles on the roof of the new A. R. P. church, eyed* the old settler from head to foot th:en handed him a. igar, "Look here, what kind of a deal are you giving me anyhow. Do you expect me 'to cut the cords at the brak, or .are you dealing from the bottom?'' The old man glared at him. "Straight English.'' "Have you anything up your sleeve in the way of a chicken, that you think could st<and a round with my Bermuda game,'' quoth the banker. "Uh-ha -I see, you mean that long-legged, scissors tail measly crane of yours. That it ? Why my Bird song e.an piek him clean in five goes'' said the old man with vehemenee. "How much you got to say he can'' e~gerly enquired the new corner. "A brace of fives.'' ''Done.'' "Know any pl.ace, we can have a chance to drop that 'brace of fives' in your Uncle Ned 's -trousers pockets, no back yard mind you?'' "'Why in the woods behind John Surry's is a perfect paradise, grounds already cleaned off,'' the old man was rall fire now. "But whait will the folks say?'' asked the banker. 'Oh, John Scurry will come across, and the others, well as I said, they arc pis peo3ple and play checkers with tib' children on Suny afternoons.'' Then they fell to whispering, look inz taskance at the passers by. The final outcome will never be known, but it is aid. hy some, however, that Son anay, soon after, that .iust as Necessu or Inclination. Every o sess the comforts and r nt is One Dollar or more ted you have a bank act 40 IN~ XCHA IEWBEF GEO. B. CROM the great metal throated bells of the city had pealed oat their last golden moan and sibikmnt throbbing, the I echoes yet whispering through the trees, as gentle zephyrs fanned them to .and fro, two men were seen leaving their back yards, with parcels under their arms, making their way to Jones'- woods, casting sly glances at the helated pedestrains, and chunking at a skulking dog that was following them. What followed, will remain a mystery, writh that of the hitting of the famous Billy Patt-erson. But the settlers do say from the licks and flopping and voices of excited revelry, they 'thought old Julius and Gilbal had returned to the haunts of old, and were rolling long-bullets, or that old Hendric Hudson, with his merry crew were playing a farewell game of ten pins. x. A Song at Easter. With bloom and flower and wondei The shining hosts of Spring Come back to kiss the world anew, And bid it thrill and sing, And once 'again with fragrant hands Their perfect beauty bring. The world 's green resurrection, Her triumph over pain, The flashing blades of grass tha.t cl,eav'e The eart:h where snows have lain These are the signs that tell our hearts That love has risen .a'gain. o glad, unsullied hosts of Spring, 0 mornings brave and white.. o days of April. I rejoice. In your reviving light ; When ye are with me, how remote Is vanquished Winter's night ! --Charles Hason Towne, in the April New Idea Woman's Magazine. His Love Like the Ocean. Gerald-My love for you is like the boundes ocean. Geraldine-Exactly the way I take Gerald-WVhat do vou mean? Geraldine-WYithl a 2good many a., of' salt.-Phiiladelnhia Tnalurer to Possess ne has a wish for mon ~ecess ities of life. .* The first deposit nee ~ount. The Size of Your B FE REST 4RY, S. ER, Attorney. THREE TAFT CHILDREN. They Represent the Best Intellectual1 and Physicd1 Ty:;s <I Young America. The new children in the white house are as interesting a group as any who have preceded them, and as the family of the president their nam es will soon be known and spoken in every fireside circle in the land. Each of the three newcomers has a distinct ly positive personality, personalities t,hat are going to 'tell,'' says Helen Corinne Hambidge in the New Idea Woman's Magazine. To t:he people at large Helen Taft, the eighteen-year-old daughter of the house, is, perhaps, the most interest ing of t'he three children of the new president, for the American girl holds the center of the stage always by a right divine. Miss Helen is an ex ellent type of the young woman of today, for besides her youth and mag nificent healt.h she has nerve and men tal force, and that baffling, spiritual something which looks out of the clear eyes. She is unusually tall, be ing in height five feet eight inc-hes, an' inch taller than -her mother, for whom she is named. Her luxuriant browvn hair, which she wea-rs in a simple eo.il on top of her head most tmes, has a remarkable gold'en luster to it; her eyes ar a deep corn-flow er blue, wit:h long, sweeping lashes, and like her father, she has a pro nounced dimple in her chin. Her smile is ratre, but is p)leasant when it does come, and illuminates her face wonderfully. Helen Taft .is an ardent student, ''simply g-obbles up facts,'' her bro ther Charlie says of her, but she is also an out-of-doors girl. IHelen's older brother. Robert A. ~Taft- ''Rob'' Taft, as he is known to his friends-is keeping up the tra (itionls of his family and winning prizes almost as fist a-s ther- are of fered at his alma mater. Yale. His grandfather graduated third in his lass, his father took t-he second place, and Robert is now leading his elass,- '10. He was double prize-win ne- la ve~ idividing one of the a Bani Ac sy-it is human nature :i not be large, and aftei ink Account Rests With Yo F DEPOSITED I '1 BANI C . M. L,SRE-ARMAN, C~ W. B. WALLACE, As Barge prizes for mathematies and taking a first-grade Ber.kely pre mium of a book fund for excellence in Latin composition. But Robert Taft is not a ''grind,'' the college term of a bookworm for h~e manages to combine a lot of work wit:h a lot of fun and get a pretty good time out of both. He is a tall, muscular young fellow of nineteen, with straight brown hair, a rather large mouth and wide apart gray eves, and gives promise of be ing a well-set-up man in the future. He takes an interested part in all the college sports, but has never spe eialized~ on any particula'r form of athletics. He is a tennis enthusiast, and rides well. The third child of the Tafts, Chas. Taft, aged .ten, is the most democratic member of the family. Quentin Roosevelt :has a worthy successor mn Charlie Taft, and he can rely on him to preserve all:ithe traditions for fun and mischief for which the former is famous. The two boys were school mates at the Force public school ini Washington, and members of the same baseball nine whgile there. Helen Taft Has Traveled Far. For one of her age Helen Taft is a very traveled young woman. She has made four trips aetross the Pacific and eirc!ed the globe once, accom panying her parents on their famous trip around the world. She speaks French and Spanish, as well as the native lingro of the Philippines. The president ' daughter is as old-f ash ioned a girl in some ways as'she is up-to-date in others. She has been taught not only to ''sit on a cushion and sew a fine seam,'' bu-t to cut and make her own dresses; she can even trim a hat at a pineb, and also knows how to eook and manage a house. Mrs Taft has always been insistent onz her daughter having a domestic as well as a social and mental equip ment for life. The Tafts are not rich neople by any means, and the new~ president' wife believes that the do mestic arts are as much a part of a voung girl's edueation as a know ledge of Greek roots or drawing-room etiquette.-The April New Idea Wo mn's Magazine. count 'his Bank ishier. st. Cashier. MTTJJINERY IS NOW AN ART. The Women Who Design Costly Hats Are Graduates of Special Schools. The best millinsers nowadays those who can mark their hats at twenty-five dollars or more-are the graduates of ,the millinsry schools as well as being practical milliners of long experience. Not that theoreti cal training is to be over-emphasized; and inborn talent and years of prae tise are essential to the topmost round of the ladder; but the training of the best schools gives one a certain know ledge of form and color that can no more be mastered by following undi rected instinct than can an artist ever become 'a great painter withiout ex pert knowledge of the laws of mixinlg colors. A born milliner accomplish es muc0h intuitively, but the final mastery of the art must be gained by genuine study. The actual- sewing and trimming of hats is ontly a part of the course giv en et the Domestic Arts schools where millinery is taught. A certain amount of artistic ability is expected of 'ev ery student; she will receive instruc tion in .the sketching of 'hat designs, for this knowledge will be of use to ner when she enters the business. Milliners often wish to go to publie exhibitions and sketch the. novel mod els presented there, that they may carry away new ideas to .their own work, and while it is not necessary that A pupil be able to actually draw pictures, she should nevertheless be somewhat deft with her pencil. The meaning of such terms as ''tint,'' ''shade'' and ''tone'' are to be learned. Much inst.ruetion is giv en in the subject of color, for it is one of the two vital factors in the making of a successful hat, form be ing the other.--The April Dc..igner. Hobo-No, madam, I am neither a socialist nor an anarchist. I am a passive altruist. Housekeeper-And what in the nmofcommon sense is that? HooIbelieve in being helped all I e--Ro'4n Tr m:;.m