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'tubc ,VEHG I j B ^ JEST f'*; E KAtT7<y?^^^B[BB^H|K?f^ ..-'< jk.< .-K W? aaaaaa: mmmmmm ? "Turco" Shop m-w^EW PEOPLE associate the Idea _ lj *of Arabs, Moors or Turks with the picturesque cities of Hie Spanish main, yet there is a flourishing colony of these orientals in Venezuela, hailing from northern Africa and Asia Minor. They maintain among their foreign surroundings all the customs of their brethren in the Old World except that of plural marriage, on which institution the Venezuelan government has put its foot. "It is a strunge thing to walk along one of the main business streets, say, of Caracas, essentially Spanish in every respect," says a writer in the New York Times, as quoted in the Lit. eraty Digest, fand suddenly see alongside Spanish names of merchants strange Oriental inscriptions, such us Abu Ainnd, Ben Sid, Chulala, Benatar. One might easily imagine one's self ip the bazaars'of Tangier or Damascus.!' They ure an interesting lot, thesp "Turcos," &s the Venezuelans call ^toem, Irrespective of whether the^ came from Turkish territory or not. They willwork under * "boss?** and so all of them ore in business for themselves, mostly as peddlers or small shopkeepers; an* all of them make money hand over fist. Not only do they take in the coin, but they also save it, and it is no uncommon thing for an humble peddler to come into a bank, plank down $20,000 in gold and ask Yor a receipt and a check book. They don't like banks anu therefore keep their money at home until the amount becomes so \tfge that they fear for its safety. Ana they will, under no circumstances, "mix" with the native population. Live Their Lives Apart. These Arabs and Moors and Turks live a life entirely apart from the Venezuelan community. Whereas, if a, Venezuelan has half a million dollars, v !???....? nil AifAN.tho / /innh'V on/1 lit; 15 &uunu an uici-inv vvui.i.j ?um pointed out as one of the leading men in the community, a "Turco" in Caracas, the Venezuelan capital, may have that amount, or nearly as much, and live so entirely to himself that scarcely anybody In the city can even tell you where he dwells. There are "Turcos" with big accounts in the leading banks of Caracas who are still living in the wretched hovels they occupied when they first reached Venezuela, with ten or fifteen of their race packed into the same house, several in a room. And when they return to northern Africa or Asia Minor they often go back as they came, in the steerage, crowded in with hundreds of other passengers, though the purser of the steamer may hAve locked up for safekeeping thousands of their dollars which they have earned by years of hard work in Venezuela. The "Turcos" never accept a Job. They want to be their own bosses first, last and all the time. They began by going to some old-established firm in Venezuela, asking a credit of $o to $10, and taking out a basket of trinkets and dry goods to sell from house to house In the capital or some of the lesser cities and towns. They start out shortly after dawn and work until dark. Their cry of "Compre, merchante" ("Buy, customer"), in a strange, Oriental singsong, Is well known all over Venezuela. Prosper and Grow Rich. Gradually, a? they prosper?and they almost invariably do?they get more credit from tbt big firms and eventually o^en a little shop, a mere "holein-the-wall," wkere there is scarcely room for a p%son to turn around. They put !n a stuck of dry goods, trinkets, noveltits jintl (lie like, or perhnps the lighte kind of hardware. Then they get riii. Their money multiplies in ways hat strike tlie Venezuelans, who are inclined to take life easy, as miraculus. The quitting whistle means nothing to a "Turco." He till start a little rathole of a shop neq- the market place in Caracas, for Inshnce, and open up at dew- in order tt catch the sellers of vegetables and Irults, who come Into the market from the villages iv1 zukeI wummsmmmm m ibmbiime k - : I r* ; , I i 5^ I? I ~i 'i \ ..v^r^' : .v.... . ._,l'i,i in Caracas. round about, and the sellers of fish who cross the mountains from the seaeoast in the small hours and reach Caracas ut sunrise. He will remain open lonp after the shops of the Vonu'/iioiiinc nro eln?erl unci their nro prietors thinking of theaters and dinner parties. As a general rule, when a "Turco" has accumulated a sufficient amount of money, he will close up shop, pack up his belongings and return to his native land, wlit>re the means acquired in the western world enable him to live in "grand style." according tq the standards prevailing in the home town. Once in aswhile, however, one of the little shopkeepers will decide to remain in South America and "branch out." As a result some of the most Important shops In Venezuela are owned by "Turcos." Further: The "Turcos" who run these big shops naturally need employees to help them, htit the employees are never "Turcos," for, as I said, these people insist on being their own ho.<?ses. So the strange anomaly Is presented of these keen competitors of the Venezuelan merchants being served by Venezuelan employees. Customers entering several of the principal dry goods snops or Caracas win nna nenina nie counter a young Venezuelan clerk, who will obligingly hand down goods from the shelves, while, tucked away In a dark cubby-hole, barely visible from the front of the shop, Is a swarthy "Turco" proprietor bent over his ledger, trying td figure out how soon he can return to Mount Lebanon and cut a swath among home-folk. Observe Mohammedan Forms. "Turcos" are born traders and shun other forms of business. Their idea of a line of endeavor worth-while Is one where they have to take no chances; hence they never speculate, not even so much as to extend credit to their customers, practically all their transactions being conducted on a cash basis. And they refuse to change their oriental ways, It seems. When they close their shops they hurry to the quarters where they live ?In Caracas they are packed* together In one of the worst sections of the city?and take up a mode of living which Is not a bit different from that of their kin along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean. At sunset the Mohammedans among them prostrate themselves toward Mecca and recite the prayers enjoined upon them by tne propner. uia moors, oriental to the finger tips, In spite of their occidental garb, sit at the doors of Spanish-American hovels and chatter In Arabic, quite as if they were In Fez or Algiers. Now and then a feud, started at home before they emigrated, bursts out In the Arabic purlieus of some Venezuelan city, and then newspaper readers running over the police news see a wonderful collection of names, Abu this and Mohammed that, all run In for disturbing the pence. Once one of these feuds took on the proportions of a regular Tong war of New York's Chinatown, and resulted In half a dozen murders before the passions aroused In northern Africa could be calmed down In Venezuela. There have been some amusing incidents connected with the rise of the "Turcos" In Venezuela. For one thing, they throw dignity to the winds and, there, too, they get under the skins of the Venezuelans, who, like everybody j of the Spanish race, are nothing if not dignified. AVhile the native inercnanr, however humble, will stay inside his shop and wait upon ids customers with grave courtesy, the "Turco," as like as not, will stand at the door and urge passers-by with an engaging smile to I enter and look over his wares. Heart Must Ever Be Right. As the virtue of a strong spirituous liquor evaporates by degrees in a vial which Is Dot closely stopped, In like manner the life and power of the spirit insensibly vanish away, if the heart be not kept with all diligence.?Bo* gatzkys. ^ . SEES PICKWICK AS JOHNSON Canadian Writer Believes Dickens' Famous Character Was Sketch of the Great Lexicographer. A discussion hns arisen between E. R. Thompson In the Nineteenth Century and a writer in the Toronto Mail and Empire as to whether Dickens' famous character of "Mr. Pickwick" is an adaptation of the personality of Dr. Samuel Johnson. The magazine writer holds that this is the case; that the novelist was inspired by James liosweii's "Life of Johnson" and tlint the alleged plagiarism is proved by a certain characterization of Pickwick which coincides almost to a worn wan one of Roswelf's descriptions of Johnson. The Toronto writer believes if Dickens did copy ids character front the noted lexicographer lie did ii unconsciously and without tiny attempt to steal the fruits of Itoswell's writing. It is admitted that there are many points of resemblance between IMckwick and Johnson. Both were rather portly, burly men. They had a common weakness for the use of resounding and dignified speech; both had little difficulty in summoning Immense reserves of dignity to suppress the impudent or the flippant, and both had great hearts. "But," says the Mail and Empire writer, "we have not the imagination to picture Doctor Johnson disporting himself on skates after ihe fashion of Mr. Pickwick, and there Is a sort of kindly credulity about the latter that we find distinctly lacking In Johnson. Moreover, we never suspect Mr. Pickwick of being a bully, nlthough it Is to be admitted that when he orders the skates of Mr. Winkle to be removed he shows a Johnsonian stern"with nrotoncp M IIYTSB tlUU iiujmuru*.c ttiiii pi vivuw. LITTLE KNOWN OF ST. MARK Facts as to History of Evangelist Have Been Lost in the Passage of Years. St. Mark, the evangelist, Is believed to have been born of Jewish parents, deriving their origin front the tribe of Levi. He is also thought to have been "sister's son-' to the apostle St. Peter, though some have confounded hitn with John, surnatned Mark, "sister's son" to St. Barnabas. He was probably converted by St. Peter, and was his constant attendant in his travels. He is traditionally said to have founded the church in Aquilela, and there to have written the gospel which bears his name. St. Mark suffered on April 25, thougy the certain year of his martyrdom is not precisely determined by the ancients. St. Mark's symbol is the lion, because he has set forth the royal dignity of Christ; or, according to other writers, on account of his beginning with the mission of St. John the Baptist, which is figured by the lion; or to a legend that was popularly believed in the middle ages, that the young of the lion was born dead, and after three days was awakened by the voice of its sire, symbolical of the resurrection. No Novelty. "How <lid you find the feller that runs the Busy Ree store?" Inquired an acquaintance. "I just rummaged around till I unearthed him," replied a citizen of Sandy Mush, Ark., who had been shopping in Tumllnville. "Yes. hut I heerd that he was iu mighty bad health?" "Mebhy so. lie may have been puny, but I didn't notice it. I found him asleep in the hack room setting on a beg, and when I asked him if lie had any axle grease he 'lowed lie had, but wanted to know if I couldn't just as well come around later, when he'd prob'ly be standing up. Nope, I didn't see anything peculiar about him.? Kansas City Star. Muscular Music. "Thank goodness, now the Hun has shown himself in his true colors, our ears are no longer shattered with the noisy music of Richard Strauss." The speaker was Handel Booth, secretary of the Denver Philharmonic society. "I know a chap," he went on, "who said to his music teacher: " 'Professor, I'd like to take up the study of Strauss with you. What will it cost?' "'Dot, raein frlenht,' said the old professor, 'vlll depend on how many times der piano will have to be re built.'" Business Women Federating. The first national convention of business women of America will be held in St. I.ouis. Mo., July 14. One of the important subjects to he discussed Is housing for business woijen. This convention is a step toward the federation of business women. Behind the movement is a national committee of keen business atul professional women, representing every section of the country, with headquarters aPtMK) Lexington avenue, New York city. Lena Mudesin Phillips is the executive secretury of the federation. No Escape. "Good morning. .Mrs. Jagsby. We are peace delegates." "Peace delegates?" "Yessum. We were sent by Mr. Jagsby, who was unable to get home last night. He wants as to arrange the armistice terms and settle on the size of the indemnity he owes you." "Umph! Y'ou tell Mr. Jagsby if he dosnt sbj\v up here in the next hour I'll come and get him. He's not in Holland."?Birmingham Age-Herald. LUCK AND CHANCE Of LIFE voundant Reasons Why Fighting Men Develop a High Degree of Fatalistic Reasoning. 1 As I tour the military hospitals. n.vs \ writer in a London paper, I j ar strange stories from tin* ward 1 iers. from tiiatron herself, and from j at n of all grade* in the serried rows if lieds. I'oor .M lira veil all the < terrors of war ? wounded at Mons, t id d at La Lessee?only to be 1 ii- miniou-ly killed hy an omnibus in ' 'he oily sine: at home! Whole fata.lies of sons iie Inn led in France. 1 tut i know a case in which four sons and a son-in-law joined up in August, 11)1 I, J and went clean through the whole stupcmloh.s diiinia. without one nf the the . getting so much as a scratch! 1 know a heroic major, who had the maddest | escapes from shot and slieli, and was * killed at last hy a falling branch of I a tree whilst at home on leave. < I know a chaplain V. (J. who all hut I broke his neck on a flight of stone ' ont.riit.iii Tnworti where he ' ill .w. __ was Countess Grosvenor's guest. I 1 know a war correspondent, of many J fierce campaigns, who met his death after all in a London air raid. And I J talked with the sole survivor of a j ship, who turned out to he the only | member of the crew who couldn't < swim! How shall we explain these < vagaries? They made fatalists of our | men; and one day in the hospital, I < came upon a lad who was reading the ' Moslem Koran. He held up the page ' to me, and pointed to the verse: "No * hap chanceth, hut the same was written In the Book of Decrees!" , TOOK LIBERTY WITH FACTS j Author of "The Luck of Eden Hall" j Admitted That He Drew on , His Imagination. i The author of the poem, "The Luck i of Eden Hall," was Johann Ludwlg i Uhland, a German poet of the first < half of the nineteenth century, who 1 first put thai romantic legend Into ' verse and later It was dressed in English rhyme by Longfellow. As the ' story goes, the young lord of the 1 manor during a night of drunken rev- ' elry, demanded the drinking glass ' called "the luck of Eden Hall." The butler "heard the words with pain." hut Drought rue gooiei wmm mc i.ira,> , noblenmn smashed. Instantly flames , cracked tire celling and the persons J surrounding the festal board became dust. The straightforward American ; poet explains at the heading of his ] translation that in spite of the tragic 1 ending of the poem the glass Is still In existence, and so It Is today. It is six i Inches high, of pale green glass, ex- i quisitely enameled in blue and white. < Practical folk soy that it probably came originally from Spain, where It was used as a chalice In communion sendee, but the original story goes that It was left at St. Cuthbert's well by a company of fairies. 'Twas Ever Thus. Mr. Smith, hearing music and singing at his neighbor's house, decided he would drop In and see how they were. Mr. Jones welcomed him and ushered him Into the parlor where his daughter was playing the piano and his son singing. Mr. Smith begged them to continue. They consented. The first song (hey selected was "Mother." They sang this very feelingly and then father Joined in on the chorus. This was followed by "Mother Machree" and olhers of like sentiment on songs about mother?how true they were, how dear and how they loved to sing them. Then, an Mrs. Junes hadn't appeared yet, Mr. Smith inquired about her state of health. "Oh," said Mr. Jones, "she's well enough. She's In the kitchen doing the dishes, but after she has finished nDd has taken In the wood she'll join us." ?Judge. Theory and Practice. "I trust, Brother Johnson," said the presiding elder, "that you are endeavoring as far as possible to bring up your children by the rule of kindness; requesting rather than commanding, and explaining to them carefully why they should obey your Injunctions?" "That's powerful gaudy In the'ry, parson," returned Gap Johnson of Rftmpus Ridge, "but In actual practice knocking 'em down with a neckyoke now and then is about the only way to fetch results. I could Just about as quick get 'em to mind me by argylng with 'em as I could make a turtle giggle by tickling his lid with a feather." ?Kansas City Star. i - - rAn:MM ner OCAS rmiuiy, Delmer usually walked to school with Matte, his little neighbor next door, but nearly always had to wait for her. 1 One morning he was obliged to wait an unusually long time for Matle to get her hair curled, and Inter he confided to his mother that he was not going to walk to school with her any more. Ills mother asked him why tie had de- j elded to go without waiting for Matle. ! "Well," lie replied "when I call for her I always find her so unready." Saw a Resemblance. Little Andrew* was playing in the yard, in wldch there is a (nop for his pigeons. All pigeons were inside with the exception of one which was walking up and d?/wn in front of the door. Andrew ran up to his mother in great excitement and said: ( "Mamma, is that one a collector?" Wherefit his mother asked him why. Then Andrew said: I "Well, he can't get in." 'Shorts'' Attempt to Prevene Exportn- 1 tion ot' t'otton to European Mills. '( : ( "The quite recnt attacks made ] >n the cotton market represents the I lying efforts of tlie 'shorts' to pre- '< rent the exportation of cotton by the \ i Vmerican Cotton Association to the I die European mills." said J. Skottowcn Aannamtrker, president of the Amer- 1 can Cotton Association, last night. i Mr. Wannamaker says that the Am- J1 nican and English mills know that | he starting of the English mills will' nean the restoration of a parity be ween cotton and cotton goods. Mr. Wannamaker's statement fol < ows in full: < "The recnt attack on the cotiot. * uarket represents the dying efforts oi lie "Shorts'* to pi event the exporting it cotton by the Anierican Cotton As-;1 iociution t0 the idle European mills.j. j ne Aiiit'i icau auu i^iigusu mm. tnow the available supply of cot I on i: 'i short and are determined to prevent j' he now idle mills of Europe get tin. > cotton. They know every bale shipped 0 those mills diminishes their possi-.1 jle supply and further what is mor ;o the point, they know that the start- : ing of European mills will be the b' 1 Sinning of the restortation 011 a pari- ; :y between cotton and cotton goods. \11 this talk about the exchange rates or value of the pound sterling s pure unadulterated nonsense, so far as England's shipping cotton is concerned. England buys our cotto:. 3r else she ships her manufactured joods to the silver countries where ' Dur dollar is below par and there buys jur money or credit for 98c. and less on the dollar. The only place the exchange situation hurts now is in those, countries who have not yet begun to 1 export manufactured goods. The svorld needs manufactured goods fully as bad as Europe needs raw cotton, and no force however arbitrary ind powerful can long delay the supplying of raw cotton to idle mills. The margin of profit is now and will continue to be too great to force mills Wherever they are located to remain idle English mills fear the competition of European mills and gladly lid in the suppression of the value o their money so long as they are able to pay in manufactured goods here! or wherever our money is below par. I "We believe we are on the verge of! the greatest "Bull Market" ever ex-1 perienced. Spot cotton is firmly held. 1 Spot cotton is not following the de-. iline In future. Neither the faill in the value of the' pound sterling nor the action of the federal reserve banks to refuse to loan money on Liberty bonds will stampede the holders of cotton ? we prefer to hold what we hav for a fair price based on manufactured goods rather than raise another crop under present disturbed conditons and with the present labor situation. "The cotton producer is determin-. ed for once not to be smoked out like) a rat. If allowed a man's chance we, can hold the balance of our crop un-j @<SX?XS)<ZXS)@X?)SXs)? XS) XiXi)(S)SXSksXsXiD??(S>?(i "MACHINERY FORi We have had ore 2 1 aL J i S several minima unu < I ning to make shipm I lowing machinery coi I stock for quick delive | 2 No. 1 American Saw Equipped with Extenc ance Wheel for light p< line Engines, Tractors, I 2 No. 2 American Saw Wire Cable Drive, Eq Mandrel, and 500 lb B; | 3 No. 2 American Saw M Cable Drive. Regular 1 | 1 No. 2 American Sa w'. (Beam Carnage, Wire 2 No. 3 American Sa^ Wire Cable Drive, Rej 1 No. 3 American Saw 1\ Beam Carriage, Wire 1 No. 4A Farquhar Saw I Onkln Flvn 17Q ' Vjauic JU11VV/I I 3 American 2- Saw Pon Pressure Rolls. I 3 22" New Williams Cor | 1 20 H. P. Farquhar Co Crank Engine mounter I 1 20 H. P. Frick Boiler I Wheels. I 1 25 H. P. Frick Boiler | Wheels. I 1 10 x 12 Frick Center C i 1 20 H. P. Muncie Cruck | Gasoline and Kerosene Ei \ ^Ve also have listed witi @ Second-Hand Machinery. L< g ments. HYMAN SUPPLY CO. x II -S- j til we can realize what we think it is north. If we are denied a man's ?hance to hold it and raise another ;rop we will let the 1920 crop go hang and hold what we have in hand. "This will be one of the chief sub?cts of discussion at the coming meeting in Montgomery. "There has not been a plow stuck in the ground as yet to prepare for the cotton crop. The development of the next 30 days will determine largely future actions of the cotton growers. o Vorkville Enquirer. Tii.- fluctuations of the cotton ex change market no longer aueci prices of the staple as formerly. In relation <o (lie cotton exchange the co''on producers used to be somewhat like a kitten jumping after a ball dangled an a string. When the ball wonld \ jump the kitten would jump; hut of course to no purpose. Usually the game continued until either the kitten was exhausted or thp party who held the string, was surfeited. The cotfon exchange game has been played that way many a time, continuing until the farmer had nothing more to fish for. But now the cotton exchange continues to go merrily on and the farmer is not taking much interest. Hp is sitting down on his cotton and leaving the ball to dangle all it wants to. o TO BRIDGE BIG PEE DEE. Several Pee Dee Counties Including Dillon Working on Project. The legislative delegations from Marion, Florence, Dillon, Horry and Charleston have introduced a bill authorizing the officials in the several counties to construct a bridge over Big Pee Dee river at or near the Mars Bluff Ferry. This project has been un. der discussion for many years and although meetings have been held from time to time between representativoa frnm the several counties noth ing definite has been accomplished. The bill, it is understood, will provide ways for raising the necessary funds for the construction of the bridge and with this obstacle out of the way there is no reason why the project should not be carried out. The counties affected are pretty generally agreed that the bridge should be built at or near the Mars Bluff Ferry. The bill provides for the construction of a $400,000 bridge, one half to be paid from federal aid and one half by the counties named. Marion, Florence and Charleston are t0 pay $50,000 each and Dillon and Horry $25,000 each. o 4 Yorkville Enquirer. It is more common to see a warm blanket over the radiator of a standing automobilfe in cold weather than it is to see such a blanket over the back of a hitched horse. Why? ^9 XsXi QUICK DELIVERY" I lers with factory for | lhey are now begin- | lent. We have tot- | ning to Wilmington I ry, viz: | lills, Wire Cable Drive, | led Mandrel, 400 lb. Bal- I ower, for use with Gaso- I etc. I Mills, Heacock Feed, | uipped with Extended | alance Wheel. : ills, Hancock Feed, Wire | Equipment. 1 Mill, Heacock Feed, Log | Cable Drive. : v Mills, Heacock Feed, I ?ular Equipment. I Sill, Heacock Feed, Log | Cable Drive. dill, Heacock Feed, Wire | y Gang Edgers, Double | n Mills. I rnish Boiler and Center g d on wneeis. g and Engine mounted on I; and Engine mounted on i\ rank Engine. : i Oil Engine. 1 igines 1% to 12 H. P. : k us all sizes and types of 8 et us figure on your require- g WILMINGTON, N. C. | NFWBERN, N. C. !/-~7 I