Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, February 13, 1913, Image 6
if THE FORT MILL TIMES
,
Published Every Thursday.
FORT MILL, SOUTH CAROLINA.
Qrip taken to the low-necked, low hoed
girl.
Many a bachelor will breathe easier,
tor leap year has gone.
This should be a good year, foi
(here Is luck In odd numbers.
Love Is the one game that has nc
sode of rules, and wants none.
How Is It that fudge can be sent by
parcel post, though dynamite is refused?
The get rich quick rascal always
has a get rich quick victim. They g<
together.
Mules are no joke, at least not Missouri
mules, for they now command
1212 a head.
Make Courtship a Science is the
dm tto of the Fathers and Mothers'
club of Boston.
Sir Thomas Lipton says liquor
Irlnklng is ruining the nations. And
lea is so cheap, too!
"If society women Bnioke," remarks
me of them, "that's their business."
klso. the tobacconists.
i
? A car horse in New York commttted
fulclde. Another instance of human
i- ~ i
iv.w iu aaiwuia.
Dr. Woods Hutchinson, as champion
?f pie and the hard-boiled egg. talks
tike a railroad lunch counter.
Going down to the sea in ships
teems to be ubout as perilous in this
enlightened age as ever it was.
-I. ;
Caging all available microbes In
?ne's living room is about as bright as
warming a serpent in one's bosom.
The world's aluminum industry is
( laid to be under control, but the spelling
cf It lias never been regulated.
A disagreeing pair were likened to
kittens by a magistrate. Then, again,
ihey are sometimes called panthers.
Owners of automobiles muBt envy
poets who exercise their own sweet
will about taking out poetic licenses, j
Germany's federal council refuses
tc block dueling in the army. Its
members may have feared being challenged.
The seed catalogs are coming In
and all your resolutions against garSen
making this year will be met and
France complains that the automoDiles
are destroying her good roadB?
the famous routes natiouales of the
Napoleonic era.
Surely the title of meanest man
must he passed over to that fellow
who sued tho man who took him rtdtng
In his auto because he was hurt
In an accident.
A college professor declares It Is
not always easy to tell the difference
betwee.n genius and idiocy. One great
difference Is that the idtcts generally
escape consequences.
Somebody lias Invented a cowcatcher
for automobiles, which may or may
not relieve the anxiety with which the
klne have been afflicted ever since the
advent of the petrol cart.
It Is said In a New York college that
more city boys are studying farming
than country boyB. This, however,
may be only tho natural reaction of
wanting something different.
Titled males are renting them
fives oui as anernoon tea attractions
In Ixrndon for from $7.50 to $15 a tea.
The Impoverished aristocracy is learning
methods of high finance.
A baby girl in Itoston Is being
trained up to become a perfect woman.
If her ideal destiny is fulfilled,
she is going to be so lonely that she
will wonder if perfection pays.
In Denver a bill has been Introduced
threatening dire punishment for physicians
who remove healthy appendices.
Which causes the question: "Is
a removed appendix a healthy one?" j
The society to abolish useless giftgiving
Is to bo extended to take in a
crusade against useless tipping. Hut
the trouble about the latter Is the
gigantic dlfilculty of telling in advance
when tipping is useless.
A New Jersey judge rules that $20
Is enouah for anv woman m nnv
for a suit. Hut wait until New Jersey
I# annexed by New York city, and
see how* completely he will reverrse
himself.
1
?] The flngerbowl of the restaurants Is
to ko. It Is now classed with the roller
towel and the common drinking
cup. In even high class restaurants
only a few finger bowls are kept,
and these do service for many patrons.
The message caught at Arlington.
Vt.. from the Eiffel tower, in Paris,
shows that the possibilities of the
wireless are practically limitless. The
, " girdling of the earth by the power o"
I man will soon be more than a poetu
fletkm.
WHAT LOVE MEANS,
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How Doris Lorimer Learned That
One Person Had Become
Very Dear.
BY M. DIBBELL.
Gilbert Far ran dale had reached the
age of thirty-two without ever having
had a serious affair of the heart. He
regarded with rather a patronizing and
pitying manner those of his friends
who considered a wife and home the
best that life could give them.
"I would rather be free to go and
come us I choose, than to be bound
with the matrimonial chain," he told
his friend Frank Whiting, having overtaken
that young man on the street
a few dayB before the date announced
for his marriage to pretty Kitty Slocum.
"I hope you will be haopy,
Frank, but nothing cuts like the fetters
with which one has manacled himself."
He smiled with the complacency of assured
wisdom.
"Oh, rubbish!" retorted his unappreciatlve
friend. "Wait till you find the
right one and all the chains in creation
wouldn't keep you from marrying her
?if she would have you." He turned
and left Qilbert, who watched his retreating
form with benevolent pity.
"Poor chap, he has it bad," he said '
to himself, continuing on his home- \
ward way.
Mrs. Horton, the housekeeper, had
taken the best of care of the big Ftarrandale
mansion for many years. Gil*
a ?-a- - - l
we l udu uupii; inio possession 01 mis ,
fine old place upon the passing of his
uncle, and Mrs. Horton was part of the
Inheritance.
Gilbert Farrandale was left an orphan,
and his bachelor uncle had
adopted him as his own child Un- |
doubtedly living all these years with ;
a confirmed celibate had much to do
with the nephew's profound knowledge
on the subject of love and marriage.
Gilbert had received an invitation to
young Whiting's wedding. Appointed
day and hour found him waiting
in tho Slocum home for the coming of
two foolish yooungster8, as he regarded
them.
Kitty Slocum in filmy white advanced
down the long room with
Frank Whiting at her side. She was
pretty enough to touch even a harder
heart than Gilbert's. Gilbert's eyes
fell next on the cousin who, with Kitty's
brother, Krnest, followed the
bridal pair, and the delights of bachelor
freedom began suddenly to fade
for him.
The clergyman joined the young
people in marriage, and Gilbert was
among the first to offer congratulations.
Then he turned to speak with
GrneBt Slocum. and obtained an introduction
to the cousin, the mere sight
of whom had given him a new outlook
on life.
Doris Lorlmer was the picture of
youth and happiness. Her big brown
eyes were enough in themselves to
hnVe made her beautiful. She had
come from her home in a distant part
of the state to act as her cousin's lady
in waiting, and she was to remain
with the Slocum family indefinitely.
Hers was the office of smoothing over
the parting of Mr. and Mrs. Slocum
from their only daughter.
After the Slocum household had settled
back into its regular routine Gilbert
Parrandale found his way there
frequently, but his friends were no
longer favored with anti-matrimonial
lectures.
Doris always met Gilbert with perfect
friendliness, but there was nothing
in her manner to Indicate that the
arrow which hud pierced hlB heart
had even touched her own.
Gilbert was only too well aware of
this fact, but he tried to reassure himself
with the hope that as he really
knew so little of feminine ways hers
might be the usual attitude in such a
case.
Finding D<?ls alone on the piazza
one evening, nbout six weeks after his
first meeting with her, Gilbert resolved
to know his fate, and her glance
of kind greeting gave him courage to
say:
"Doris, I love you; will you marry
me?" then he thought. "I must be
crazy to put it so stupidly." and waited
in an agony of uppreiienslon for her
answer.
Doris' smile broadened, and she replied
calmly. "Why, Mr. Farrandale, 1
could not think of being so cruel as
to lot you manacle yourself with the
fetters which cut so deeply."
Gilbert's heart seemed to sink into
the earth on hearing these fateful
words.
"I was a fool to say that," he declared.
"I thought I was so wise,
when in fact I had no ideu what love
meant. Hut now I have learned. I
love you, Doris. Do not punish me
mr ignorance?1 Know inn truth now."
He held out his hands to her in
frank appeal.
Doris' look grew kinder, but. alas,
there was not love for hiin in the
brown ryes. "Love cannot be forced,"
she said, "and sometimes 1 think it Is
not my nature to love any one person,
but to care for each of those who are
dear to me. and they are mnny."
Had Gilbert been in the right mood,
he might have smiled at this Minervalike
utterance from one who was no
plainly made for love. But he was fur
too much in earnest to see anything
humorous in her remark.
"I shall win you awgy from all the
others," he said positively, and here
their conversation ended, the family
coming out to Join them.
Later as Gilbert walked homeward
hia thought went over the scene with
Doris and he had tn *rknnii-lwi? that
hid suit had received no encouragement.
"But I uhall not give md?ahe
ppp *
I shall love me," he said to himself
with a firm setting of the Hps.
The week end brought the hrlde and
groom and a surprise Kitty's relatives
had been planning. This was the presentation
of a handsome pair of saddle
horses to the newly married couple
with a third beautiful mount for
Doris. It had long been Gilbert's
I habit to take a daily gallop, and it became
a regular custom for the four
young people to enjoy a morning ride
together.
Gilbert continued his efforts to touch
the affections of the little cousin, but
at times he almost despaired of ever
attaining the desire of bis heart.
One morning in early September the
four started on their usual ride, choosing
a beautiful path through the
woods. Doris and Gilbert rode in kdvance
of the others, and after cantering
for some distance under the dense
shade of the massive oaks they slowed
down.
Suddenly at the left side of the
road ahead of Doris there appeared a
giant hound with a broken chain dangling
from his collar. He was a fiercelooking
animal, and his swift and silent
coming had startled them. Instantly
be made a spring at the neck
of Doris' horse, and the frightened
beast reared backward. Doris was a
good rider and retained her seat, but
as her horse's fore feet touched the
ground again the hound made a sav- I
age leap, and this time fastened his
fangs in the shoulder of the animal.
Gilbert sprang to the ground and
brought down the handle of his heavy
hunting crop with nil his strength
upon the hound's head. The crushing
blow dazed the brute, and he looosened
his hold. Then he made a fero- !
clous spring for Gilbert's throat.
"Oh, Gilbert, Gilbert!"
It was the first time I)orlR had ever ,
called his name, and her love spoke I
in the cry. It seemed to give Gilbert j
superhuman strength, for as the
hound leaped he struck it again with
the loaded crop square on its massive '
head; the blow crushed through into !
its brain, and the furious monster j
dropped at his feet, lifeless
It was a very thankful but very
nerve-shaken party of four that turned 1
homeward. The wound which the
hound's teeth had given to Doris' i
horse was bleeding freely, and the ani- |
inal was trembling from shock. l>oria '
dismounted and Gilbert placed her
upon his own mount, leading her
wounded one. (
"Gilbert, you are a brave man." said
Frank \Vhltln?r ?
.... ...v.MQt ua kuvj rvai icu uuilir* j
! word. "We ull owe you a debt of grat:
itude for acting bo promptly and so
| well."
"Indeed 1 thank you for my life,"
' said Doris, eagerly,
i "I did only what you would have
j done had you been nearest, Frank.
; And I am sorry, Miss Lorhner, that I
j was not In time to save your horse
from all harm, though I think the
' wound Is only a slight one, and will
heal rapidly."
i Gilbert received a very different answer
from the flrst. when he next appealed
to Doris for her love.
' "As* that awful beast sprang at you
I learned that one person had be
come very dear to me." sho said.
(Copyright, 1913, by tlie McClure Newspaper
Syndicate.)
ANTS SHOW MUCH INGENUITY
( Remarkable Thought That Is Not At
All Appreciated by People Who
Are Made Victims.
In the telephone system o? the canal
zone steel rails are used as poles. According
to a correspondent of the Telephone
Review wooden poles cannot
; be maintained any great length of
time on account of the ants that will
i cut into a wooden pole and before long
leave nothing but the shell.
Creosoted cross arms are used as
a protection against, these pests.
"I might relate one instance." he
writes, "where even the ants discovered
the value of having a telephone
In the house. They had followed the
twisted wires into an oflice building
and Into the hell box. which was fastened
to the side of an oak veneered
llat top desk.
i ney oorea through the hell box
into the interior of the desk and had
removed practically the entire pine
wood of the interior, when the desk
suddenly fell to pieces.
"These busy ants, in their operations,
when they feel that their presence
might be discovered, construct a
kind of tunnel of tnud extending ulong
I the floor beums for the entire length
1 of the building and come and go
through this concealed passage."
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School Lunch.
One mother lias procured a small
earthen jar about the size of a teacup.
When baking beans, she fills this and
bakes them for next day's school lunch
! for her little daughter, says the Mother's
Magazine. They are not mussy,
as they are apt to be if dipped with a
spoon from the family jar. Add to
this a sandwich or two of thin slices
of bread spread with butter, a crisp cuI
cumber pickle wrapped In wax paper,
an orange or a good apple, two or
th-ee crisp cookies, all neatly packed
in a clean, well-aired lunch box, which
hr.s been lined with a paper napkin,
and you have u wholesome, attractive
lunch. The cup may also be used for
custards, a favorite pudding, scalloped
, potatoes, or any baked dish that is
relished cold.
Sew Eyelid on Horse.
VVilllain, a large draft horse belong:
ing to 11. G. Grey of lirooklyn. Acne
Arundel county, Ind., lost bis eyelid
j when It was ruught on a hook in a
stall. The parts around the eye were
treated with an antiseptic and the lost
eyelid was sewed on. In a short time
I the eve will be as good as ever.
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OLD FOE RECALLS
GUNMENJF WEST
Says Some Outlaws Left Particular
Marks on Victims.
TALKS OF BERT CASEY
Former U. S. Attorney for Oklahoma
Telia How Marshal Fossett Inspired
Three Desperadoes, His Prisoners,
With Respect by Rare Rifle Shot.
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Guthrie, Okla.?"It has been the case
frequently that It was possible to |
identify the slayer in outlaw davs in i
Oklahoma and other sections of the
southwest either by marks on the
body of the slain person or the position
in which the dead body was
found," says Judge Horace Speed of
Quthrie. who was United States at- j
torney for Oklahoma for sixteen years ;
und prosecuted many outlaws and gun- '
men.
Speed was first appointed when Oklahoma
was opened to settlement, in |
1S89, by President Harrison, and later
served under several other adminis- j
trations. During his days as chief ;
prosecutor here for the government '
he was active against members of the j
Dalton. Doolin and other outlaw gangs. 1
and studied their ways and methods
as a means of helping himself in
prosecutions of criminals.
"Nearly every outlaw who was a
killer had a different method of treat- !
lng the bodies o' his victims," says !
Judge Speed.
"As a rule, the outlaw was very superstitious,
and it was for this reason
mainly that he would show the
greatest respect for a victim's body, '
in many instances performing the last
rites in a truly ministerial manner. \
Other outlaws, and these were always
of the most wicked brand, would maltreat
and dlBfigurp the bodies of their
victims, and it was easy for an officer
who understood these things to tell
at a glance who the killer had been
"The most bloodthirsty man that
ever came under mv r?liservn?tr?n 1
liert Casey. one of the last outlaw
I leaders In the southwest. He was al|
ways 'with his boots on.' always ready
to kill, und invariably he marked tho
' victims' bodies in a manner that never ;
1 failed to reveal that Casey was the I
| killer. .
"Casey's mark was a kick in his |
victim's face. He would turn a dead ,
body over after having killed in order ;
to kick the face, leaving a heel imprint
on his victim. This, in ray opin- j
ion, was because Casey was so thor- I
; ouglily wicked.
"His victims, too, wt e many, and
j the list included not only some of the
i hr.ivest officers in the country, but al- !
so members of his own band, for ;
Casey was also treacherous. If it happened
that he did not like some mem- j
Many a Poor Fellow Died Because of
the Bandit's Bad Temper.
ber of his Rang he would kill the j
follow simply because he loved to kill, j
Many a poor fellow died because of
the bandit leader's bad temper.
| "Casey would shoot, and kill. too.
I In the same manner that many men |
' hunt and kill wild animals. For instance.
on one occasion Casey shot
a distance of 400 yards and killed un
old farmer just to see if a new Winchester
rifle would carry that distance
and kill. The old man was plowing j
In a field, unconscious of approaching
.... BV! nuu uuanoic U1 lilt; IH'clIIlfSS
of the outlaw. Casey called the attention
of a companion and then fired at j
{ the farmer. Casey laughed and rej
marked that the gun seemed to be a
dandy.
"Other outlaws showed the greatest i
respect and reverence toward the
dead bodies of their victims. 1 knew
of one prominent gunman, in particu- 1
lar. who nfterward became a good
citizen, who always laid out the bodies
of the men he killed, performing the
last rites in a religious manner. He
v.ould close the eyes, place the hands
by the body's side or fold them across
the bosom, and remove the boots. This
man was one of the best shots the
west ever knew. I do not kuow that
he ever killed unless It was deemed
necessary by him, for he was unusually
kind hearted."
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Uncle Sam Wants Goats I
WASHINGTON.?Whether for administrative
purpose* a shorthaired
goat should be classified with
a paste pot, a fumigator or a sixinch
gun is a question now demanding
the serious attention of the wise men
of the war department.
The war department wants goats. :
Goats that will eat mosquitoes, or at ;
least that will eat the foliage where i
the mosquitoes breed and congregate, !
are particularly desired. Just how
many goats the department will want !
has not vet been settled hemiine the '
acreage capacity of a goat for weeds i
and browsing has not yet been accurately
determined. However, the ofll- i
clals are looking for goatB if they can j
And the right appropriation to charge
them to, and it has not yet been decided
whether this should bo equipment.
sanitation or miscellaneous expenditures.
The root of the trouble Ib Fort
Washington, down the Potomac. Thl6
has long been known as one of the
most unhealthy posts in the urmy.
The hospital there usually has the
There Is Balm in Gileai
LET Joy expand like a choking ca- I
nary and pleasure spout forth as j
water from a broken pipe. There is still
balm in Gilead and salve in Africa
There will be a grand inaugural ball.
It will be such a scene of gaiety as
the modest electric light bulb seldom
smiled upon.
The die is cast. The gorgeous event
will come to pass despite the prohibition
of President-elect Wilson. Prepa- j
rations are going forward like a de- I
taclimeut of Turks retreatlne from the
Balkan frontier. While the event may
prove a trifle disappointing to the
ultra fashionable set, and somewhat
dazzling to the new chief magistrate,
there will be all sorts of compensa- j
tions. The tickets will cost less. I
There will be more room in which to (
swing partners.
The colored brother has beaten
everybody to it. He has put the in- j
augural committee on music up a tree .
and circumvented Governor Wilson. '
He has chartered Convention hall, the
largest auditorium In this city. lie
will have an affair that will make j
former events look like pine cones
falling from a redwood tree.
The National Negro Woodrow Wil-'
Spirit Squad Is Needed
AS AN innovation, a "spirit squad" |
has been suggested as a desirable
addition to the Metronolttnn nnllr>? :
force. This, it Is argued, would great- j
ly tend to clear up some mysterious j
robberies that have been reported to i
the central office.
The reason why a spirit squad is 1
necessary was told the other day by
MaJ. Richard Sylvester, superintend- !
ent of police. Major Sylvester de- ;
clares that many of the robberies
which have been reported to the police
occurred only in the dreams of
those who reported them.
Speaking of the queer kink in the human
brain which permits such things
to happen. Major Sylvester said:
'"In every walk of life we meet with
queer and at times surprising experl-'
Politics at a Funeral Lei
Aid, THREE of the big political
parties were involved in the row
over the corpse of ('buries Curtis, a
colored messenger at the cupitol, and
the funeral was delayed one day.
Curtis, who was a strong Democrat
and organi/er of the Personal I liberty ;
league, died Tuesday. His erstwhile !
friend and political ally. George Hob- I
inson, head of the house of repre- |
sentatlves' tonsorial parlor, called upon
the widow with his condolences '
and was horriiled to find that a
Romiblican undertaker had been en
Raged for the Inst touches. Robinson '
prclested and the widow allowed him
to go forth and hire a Democratic un- j
dertakor, who, he Buid, would not ;
present so large a bill
Robinson went on his mission. A
few hours later two undertakers appeared
at the house and the ensuing
argument drifted from business to
polities, and finally to fisticuffs, and
tho two men had to hunt up Robinson
at tho house barber shop to try
to settle the matter by arbitration.
They all made such a row there that
^Gossip
For Service in the Army
"S. R. O." sign out, an? the conrpounders
of quinine an.d kindred
remedies have come to look upon the
post as a regular meal tioket.
All that seems to ail the fort is
malaria. Now, as every one knows
by this time, the malaria mosquito
is the only insect to carry malaria.
Usually it is a rather Bin&ple matter
to get rid of the mosqnitoes by
eliminating their breeding places,
which are always collections, large
or small, of stagnant water. But In
the case of Fort Washington there
has been trouble getting at the breeding
places. There is a stretch along
the water front that is not wet enough
to drain and yet Is too vr-et for sanitary
purposes. The grass and weeds
there have been cut and recut, but
they will not Btay cut, anL an impoverished
government cannot let tho
war department have money onoueh
for a sea wall or other sort of
permanent binding on the edge of the
river.
So the war department l?as put in a
requistion for goats, twenty of them,
and they, being cheerful and pretty
constant feeders, it is thought they can
be depended on to keep the vegetation
in check so that the sanitation
experts can find the wet spots on the
ground and standard oil the mosquitoes
out of existence.
This start of twenty sounds modest,
but it is as many healthy goats a*
the government can afford to buy
Hillies and nannies both are desired
j and Salve in Africa
son league of Richmond, Va , has la
ken the initiative. Also it deposited
the necessary caHh guarantee. Giles
B. Jackson, the negro millionaire, ie
president of the league. The inaugural
ball under negro auspices is scheduled
for the night of March 5. It was de*
ferred a day in order that all might
recover from the frolics and follies of
March 4.
Go'd pieces at half price never went
off like the ticketB for thin ball.
tween five and six thousand have al
ready been sold. The price per is
$2.50.
President-elect and Mrti. Wilson
have been extended a cordla> invitation
to attend a reception which the
league will give prior to the opening
of the ball.
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as Adjunct to Police
etices, but the police hear and see
more that tends to question humanity
than employes in any other line of
work.
"It seems strange, but nevertheless
It is true, that persons have dreams
and hallucinations whioli
to the police an facts for inveslgation
Dreaming of robbers, they have awa
kened suddenly with all the excitement
and alarm that would attach tc
the genuine case, fired revolvers at thf
supi>OBed intruder, and only been reconciled
to their mistakt after close
inquiry proves it such.
"The greatest imposition is that
which occurs a great many times a
year when persons who cannot or dc
not want to pay their just debts report
that they have been robbed of
sums of money. They will prearrange
to give color to the truth of their report,
but are generally found out in
the end.
"The public should not believe
everything they read and hear about
burglaries and highway robberies, for
many of the cases so reported, after
investigation, are shown to be without
foundation.
"So, the 'spirit squad.'"
ids to Swift Arbitration
the capitol police gathered in al.hands
and took them before Captain ^
Megrew, superintendent of the capitol
police. He Is a wise roan, but he had
to acknowledge the complication*
were too swift for him.
As a last, resort, the interested
parties bethought tbem of Jerry
South, the plain and unvarnished son
of Arkansas, chief clerk of the house
and steam roller savant. He decided
the matter in a terrific hurry.. Ho
fired both colored undertakers, the
Hmdac rn t onH PonnhH/tott ??a
uuu
hired a white undertaker.
And the odd part is that the final
undertaker is a Bull Moos* enthusiast.
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