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rnaay, reurudry o. ?v??. ??MM ! ? Illl ???I I Mi Mil ? ? IIW ? ! I m I I ?52S25H5Z525E5ZSH53?S3H5HSHSZ5c? [ 1 The Tramp's S i? Orchard S Lfl n3 ^ i jj| By MALCOLM BROWN. Qj t 0?51?5Z5E5Z5H=ESa5E5Z5cSc5E525H5Eb3 | Copyright, 19-1. Wests:n Newspaper Union i "The phenomena of conversion," sai(l the evangelist to the psychologist, "may be, as you say, the culmination of it series of oi>>cure mental impressions, but the condition itself is ill*- result of :i moment. Something | which was not in the shiner's he in i enters there and drives out sometl ing | that was there. "I knew a man?never mind wh > or ; what lie was. He was uneducated, the i sort of average American count rym-ni ; who is the stapie human product of this nation. At the age of thirty ae uus a tramp, plodding along a country road in Carolina. "It was early spring and the orchards were aglow with peach bios S0IDS. AS tie passed ouisiue a u>ug ujiv- ; of blossom-bearing trees ii* saw a girl ! standing on tbe other side of the i fence, her arms lull of spraying boughs, j She was about sixteen. i "He learned something of her cir- ! cumstanees. Her parents had been 1 ir>np!ip?} tn ni<ursra?re their farm: they w?re heavily in debt; they feared the loss of their home. And she?her i dearest wish to obtain an education j could not be fulfilled. If her father . were rich, she said, it might be. "The ragged man could see that this was the. type of girl whom education j would bring the highest success, lie learned her name and that of the post office, thanked her for a drink of water * ? 1 1- - L U.XH that sue gave rum. ana. as iie m-aiu nn mother's harsh call from the house, : went on his way. "lie jumped a freight train and made his way by stages westward. lie ob- i tained a menial position and every ; penny that he could hoard he put | away in a bank. V.'hen he had a hun- ! dred dollars he sent it anonymously i to the girl. 'For your education,' lie 1 wrote on the envelope. Then he be- ! gan saving again. "Gradually the memory of this girl i took possession of his life. As the j months changed into years he pictured her, first completing her course *? L:?L' rrAtrtir tA /'AllatTO 1 la Ill^U 51UWI, Itiril ?.<.'111,3 iv j Seven years later he was a man of moderate means, and he had spent $2,000 on the peach-blossom gir'. "What was she to become? No stenographer or clerical assistant in any business, of that he was resolved, i Whv. she should <_ro to Paris, of course, and achieve triumphs there. He set aside his whole accumulation of money ?$7.000?and- sent it to her. "And at last the day came when he turned his dreams into actual plans. He would return and humbly ask her ; to be his wife. "I was not until he actually de- ; scended from the train at the obscure ' little Georgia village that the futility of his dreams suddenly dawned upon him. He had heard nothing from her J :T * irrht Kck thot hie ! UUnug icti vtrai;?. 11 uii$in u\, money had never reached her. "When he heard the harsh voice of the mother at the door, he told me of j afterward," continued the evangelist, "he was conscious of an absurd desire to run away, just as when he had passed by the house, a tramp, ten i years before. But the woman, seeing j that he was dressed like a raan of means, invited him in to rest, and she i * i:i? ,A rv* J gossipeu reuuiiv anvui net uuuiu- , stances and was loud in complaint of j her husband. He had acquired a good j deal of money, she told mv friend, and J had squandered it all in speculation. t Ten years before he had been on the ; verge of bankruptcy, and though things i had brightened he was still in the j same position. She wished that they ; could sell out and move into a city? } hut it was hard to find purchasers for ! peach orchard land in that section of the state. " 'There's one trouble I've got.' she I grumbled, 'aud that's Bessie. She de- I clares she won't go to a city. She ! hates city life and says if I go she's j going to hire out somewhere. .Tim re- j fuses to give her an education. She , wanted to go to high school and Jim . . .. _ , ilSflll I lut* IIJUUV.v . "At that moment the fanner stamped | into the room easting a suspicious look at the visitor. The woman introduced him. 'This gentleman talks j of buying thf^ farm.' she announced. ! "The farmer's visage cleared. May be you'd like to come and talk it over ! outside.' he said, and my friend foi- j ltwed him. "And then, coming through the 1 trees my friend the peach-bios- i s>?m cirl. and the old sense of peace j came back to him. Except for a oer- | t&ln mrturity of face and fijrure she j was the same as when she was six-, ; teen." 'Well/' said th?? psychologist. "I can j puess the rest. Tiiey were marneu ; and settled down on the farm and i spent a life of idyllic happiness.*' 'That'? obvious," answered theevan- ! gelist. "Hut now that you have the | story, you must endure the iuornl. | Suppose that the money had reached he:'?would it have benefited either of them so much ;fs that whi< n actually occurred? He had come back, an ignorant man. not daring: t<> :tsi; what hp had so long dreamed. and l>e found 1 an ignorant country g!r! of his own ! station in life in place of a fine, vain lady. And the years of toil and discipline had not gone for ncthing. So you see. conversion is a matter of the i.-.i i soul. un?i wnaiever resuns u nun^s about, one may be sure that if ran have only good to follow i:." He hesitated a moment, "if ever you gentlemen rra passing ilown my way." he said, "you must come and v'si* my j>cacti orchard.*' SHED LIGHT ON OLD TIMES j Interesting Cff::isi Documents Rccent- I Iy Four.d in the St.Ue House at Philadelphia. fiynistod with du;-f. yellow a^e, m>j:u? nibMn! by rn!w, a ival j trcnsuiv 1i\jv?? vf <! ?eutiuiiJ* i:rs b?"-en ! discovered by workirsrii lvsiorinc: tlu* old state hou.se, th<> las! of the jjroiip j of Independence hall buildings to re- j reive tlit- city's attention. says a pros-dispatch froni Philadelphia. The build- I in^r was 'he scat of the < iJy govern- ; <nent iiriti? 1 i <>no of the official papers relates J that Robert Wharton. once mayor of ! Philaui-iphia. addross'n:; ii:*> <oSeet ! council on IVeo?i?ber 10. ISM. do* j plored the increase of "tippling j houses," especially i' o that sold "firdcnt spirits" to iniiX^^u one and j (wit <-??nt quantities. Anther record i showed that as lute as May 1), 1610, j a resident <>f that iity paid as 1 a tax iV>r beiny allowed ;o carry a ; watch. "i' < i /Id rAPC? /\f i ill t n<* "Upi'illic; HU1IH.M \rx j Mayor Wharton lie called the old-lime j salt)- ' ^ "vile sinks." : C: . i.ir houses also came in for his ; attack. He declared that many such ; houses were being operated in the j city openly for the destruction of the j unwary, and lamented that there : were no laws against them. A refer- ! ern e to a tine of 10 shilling f<>r the j i unlawful discharge of firearms was i J. mentioned l>v Mayor Wharton. Ho criticized the filthy condition of ; *Ver:ain footways" and recommended j fixing the pavements on many city j streets. ?' A police flyer was also found nenri! v.here the oi<I rogues' gallery used to ; he, and in those days this was an ( actual gallery around the police court, j The flyer was dated ahout the middle j of the last century, and with it were! photographs of a prominent New York II moft.iiont and who liad I 8 run away with another man's wife, j The names might surprise their de- ' scendants. now numbered among New ; York's "four hundred." The documents date from ITTo to is."3, flie majority l>elonging to the years of the last decade of the Eighteenth century and the first two decades of ihe Nineteenth. John Horre Tookc. A renegade priest, who openly J scoffed at his calling and who ion a life, to say the least, which could not be called respectable, would not be well esteemed as a private citizen, notwithstanding his learning a-ml the ingenuity of his own generally admired : work. ''The Diversions of Parley."' John Home Tookewas born on June 2-". 1 736, and it was not so many years ; " aft^r that lie was looked upon as one of the political posts of the era. It is : rather startling that all the public questions on which his opinions were Vkjvo sincp hcon i UtT llit'U JllK">\.iiir ? v?vio iti? v Vi?. settled in Ills favor. Tooke was fined and imprisoned for j his opposition to England's war with j her colonies. Twenty-three years after i his death reforms in the house <>f com- J tnons which he strongly advocated j were brought about. He was the lirsr prominent Englishman to proclaim the advantages of free trade, and his Hi/vrrnrjhr mnv WPl] bo kent ill vit'W aS i iuvhiut'*v "-"v- -- - , a monument to the futility of intoler- ! an ce.?Ch i on so Jou rn al. Rock Has Great History. A report on the Dome of the Rock j of Jerusalem is shortly to be published and will be of great interest to the Mohammedan world. It may not be generally known that this place is the third in sanctity <>f ail the sane- j tuaries of Islam, and indeed for a short period it actually formed the j xriKi? 'iivar,? whir-h all Moslems i JTVllua ivuaiu a.* prostrated themselves in prayer. Among the more important religious associations of this rock we may men- ! tion that it was here that David and j Solomon were called to repentance, j ' and on account of a vision David ; chose this site for his temple. From ; this same spot Mohammed ascended ! to the Seventh Heaven after his night j journey from Mecca, and lastly It is | to he the scene of the ftrcat Judg- i - ? ? 11 iiienf. The historical associations are ; not loss striking, and such famous : names as Omar, Ald^'malek. Saiadin j and Suleiman are all connectcd -with j the rock.?Zanzibar Gazette. Wireless Triumphs Over Mountains* ; The Point Grov and Victoria wire- j less stations were in communication ! with the High River (Alberta) air sta- ' (ion on a recent ni^ht. This is the | first time flint Canadian wireless j plants have made connection across ] the mountains. Several government j reports were kicked across the peaks i during the night and when improved receiving sets are provided the coast ; stations and more power given High i Iliver rhe service will he regular, it Is said.?Vancouver I'ioneer. ! May Make Use of Volcano. Three expeditions have h<?en sent i from Tliis country to Kilauea. ii<e flam- ; ini tirepit of the island of Hawaii, to ] investigate the practicability of tap- j p!ti?jr th?> earth's interior for hent to j furnish power to all th^ Hawaiian is lands. It is proposed to bore at the i volcano on "safe ground" some distance away, transforming subter- j ranean beat >ntr> eiectn<,ai energy.? ? Popular Mechanics Magazine. Use Up Valueless Trees. The fuel value of woo?] ousht to injure any one to cut down detr!- I ment.U trees. Thov vary a jrreat deal : In ^ho value f<>r heating purposed, i The HiJiter woods?cotton-wood, box i sir,I soft rnripie -have less val- ! no than i!ip \vor>i!s such as oak, j I iish4 uiul hickory. ; * QTflP PA u i wl 1 ins ?E 1 F^ Brnia a nuosfc lot while prices Ik? 1 newuci rj pi *, " Member Ncwbci No. SECURITY?SE1 Resources 0 The National I Newberry, B. C. MATTHEWS, T. K. JOHNSTC President. Vice-F Member Nev/ber: Nov/ ir jjPl The Mo New Models New York A The New SPf The New I The Light Six AH Prices F. V. !T Ul 1VI O Six Cylin IYAV11CU1 Upper Main St. THIS IS A' ST vi Mr nwh ? ? 11^ IxHiI ; " ri^SL'sS?22&rtSBS3 * _ __ ?1_ _ E _ now on mat1 are down. ' I jumher f \irc- ftu wo lone 56 rry Chamber of Commerce , X S4-4 RViCE-PROGF ver $2,000,000.00 iank of Nev j South Carolina W W rRHMFR F SI Jw-J ?? . TV. ViW>U m , resident Cashier, cy Chamber of Commerce f i Newberry ami B*S?^SVr st Talked of Exhibited at th uiomobile Sho^ lCIAL SIX $1475 BIG SIX $1785 L-l ? MBWWBBMHW?i???PMBB??pw Reduced to $1045 . Oo B. Factories Largest Builder o{ tder Cars. ^ Phc i :nro a vtd vr a1 UyLUAiVt-i\ liini * I IT | ! Sp ; Nur |: ' I I I 5 Li t 'o. ^ I '' I j J j J i ?ESS i! i! I vberry j K| . G. DAVIS ; lipy^ Asst. Cashier. 11 I ^PHONE j Mei ii < ! j j Doi I I in t mes T ! set > dep the ; i Brii .i tion wh? ! up < dru I I and rea: i I ! ' New 1 t I i l ! j IJ QAfl aic uuv f i * ! i eciai Agencies: inaliy's Fine Candies iggeit's Fine Candies faterman's Fountain I Uih Eastman Kodaks Pal Pencils ; <iison Phonographs \ * . 'iA Nr mber Newberry C hamber of Commerce .1 ,j ui iiMWBrBBWWMWOHWMMBWWgMWWtf ? s V . 1 . ? % n't Spare the Spoon c i r\ _ c. , ime or sicKness. looses or iicine must be taken to we)! again, but a lot will - % end upon the quality of medicine the spoon holds, ig your doctor's prescripi here and you will get just it his order calls for, made of the purest and freshest gs, with consummate care i / .krsv.Tcif] rrty mrvof I olifiilj ) Ci uiaigtw ivi nivo*. sonably. Prompt service. v ss _ ?, w*. tfe Mayes Drug More berry, South Carolina J -3 Member Newberry Chamber of Commerce.