Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, February 20, 1913, Image 6
THE FORT MILL TIMES
Published Every Thursday.
PORT MILL, SOUTH CAROLINA.
Mexico's revolution seems to be a
victim of the hookworm.
Mme. Sembrich says that wlggls
dances are terrible for young folks.
Alfin fn t fnllra
A Chicago girl almost wedded the
wrong twin. These hasty marriages
should be discouraged.
A Chicago waiter died leaving $1,000,000.
To paraphrase: "He gets his
too. who stands and waits."
New York man Bent a live lobster
through the mall by parcel post. Must
have done It in a pinch, though.
Chicago chef found a $500 pearl in
an oyster, says reports. Press dope
to advertise the house, quite likely.
The English language Is employed
by 150.000,000 people. Of that number,
a few speak It. The rest mangle
It
?. ni auiuuui Ul Ul^UIllctI K?I II1C wno
manufactured in this country last year,
and some ol it was eaten by mistake
for butter.
New York moving pictures are being
exhibited showing brain diseases.
A brain storm must be equal to the
real thing,
British babies are now worth $7.50 a
head, but you would scorn to trade
your American baby for the whole
British empire.
California woman divorced her husband
because he annoyed her by frequent
praying. Too much of a good
thing, no doubt.
England's first dreadnaught which
revolutionized the navies of the world.
is only 6lx years old and yet It Is already
outclassed
Those New York waiters who struck
before the diners had dined did not
seem to care about the slip between
the cup and the tip
St. IxjuIs physicians are employing
n tuning fork to cure a disordered
throat. We know lots of singers we
wish they'd practice on.
Man Is at his best at 40. according
to a symposium of IJerlln scientists.
There Is hope for the woman. If she
only boosts that 30 mark now.
There will soon be a million automobiles
In this country This will provide
one for every 96 Inhabitants,
which still crowds the joyriders
A woman Injured In getting off a
train has lost the power of speech.
However, her lawyer will probably do
oil (Ka #n1lr(n?T V* (u ??
U>| \11U luiniu^ lUUl in iicvcnoai /.
It 1b Bald that the railroad tics of
the future will be of cement, which
will come nearer suggesting the sldowalks
of Broadway than the wooden
ones.
Some one might make a hit and a
great deal of money by training lobsters
for the New York market to
crawl to the table under their own
power.
Dr. Vaughn of the University of
Michigan declaims against the "clinging
vine" girl sb a wife, but does not
specifically suggest uny twining substitute.
A French phyBiclan hh>b that walking
on all fours will cure Indigestion
Here's another excuse for the man
who has to adopt this mode of locomotion
when he reaches home at
3 a. m.
An advertisement recently appeared
In a German paper offering a reward
for a watch lost from an aeroplane.
Just suppose It had been a monkey
wrench!
A steerage passenger with $50,000
In his pocket has been admitted In
New York If he la there yet It Isn't
necessary to ask whether or not be
still hns it.
The pigeon, snys a Harvard profes
sor. leads an Intellectual life Our ob
nervation Is that the fnther pigeon's
chief lnt?llectual diversion is grumb
ling and swearing.
After April 13 whistling nnd cane
swinging will be barred on tho streets
of Berlin, and not morn than three per
sons can walk abreast on the sidewalks
of that thoroughly governed
city.
A Kansas editor snys thnt when he
was a young man about all the boys
had to do to dress for a party was to
pull their trousers out of their boots?
but Kansas has greatly chunged since
then
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/iniuiu unys ic is no HlRn OI
ability to accumulate a forl>m?. True
the ability la displayed in keeping; It
A Virginia editor recently died
owing 9832.,831. And yet there la a
standing Joke regarding the Impecun
toslty of the profession.
An Index system of tunes that wlB
help popular song writers with defec
tire memrrles Is announced as the lat
est. Judging from popular tunes. w?
always were of the oplplon that writ
i?rs had wonderful memorizing ability
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FACING J_ CRISIS
How Bank Was Saved in Face
of Frantic Mob of Depositors.
By GEORGE ELMER COBB.
Randal Webster, the young and
handsome president of the Bank of
Greenville, opened the door of his
private office. He glanced into the
counting room, and beyond it at the
jostling crowds in the street outside.
Then with a groan he sank to a chair,
the picture of despairing misery.
"It has come," he told himself in a
harsh, racking whisper?"the worst,
the end!"
There came a tap at the door. The
| young financier sprang to his feet.
A brief, vague hope gave him moinenI
tary energy. Then his soul seemed to
die within him, as his caBhier entered
the room with a face blanched and
fear-crossed as his own.
"Any word?" projected Webster,
hoarsely.
"None. Mr. Webster, we must face
the crisis, the worst of rumors as to
the solvency of the Institution have
got abroad. A mob of depositors from
the mills is In front of the bank. They
are wrought up and dangerous. They
' threaten to smash every window and
blow up the bank with dynamite, if
their money is not paid them promptly
at ten o'clock."
"Impossible!" gasped Webster.
"No one knows that better than myself,"
responded the cashier in a hollow
tone. "There is no promise whatever
that your messenger to the city
i will arrive before night. Then it 1b
too late. The train is Just in, and
neither man nor money has appeared."
"How much is there In the bank in
ready cash?"
"Less than $10,000."
! "Pay It out to the last dollar as
: slowly as you can. If we can tide
i over for a few hours the expected help
i may come."
"And If It does not?and when the
money gives out?" questioned the
cashier, fearsomely.
"Put up a sign and close the bank."
Left to himself, the young banker
i reviewed the situation. Energetic, im.
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With a Groan He Sank to a Chair.
! petuous, ambitious, he had gone beyond
his depth in an Investment sure
to turn out profitable in the end. A
temporary complication, however, had
tiod It up. He could not realize in
ready cash under a week. A heavy
draft came upon the Burplus funds, depleting
the bank reserve to a danger,
ously low figure. Somehow a public
rumor of all this got out. The report
was current that the bank was going
to fail. Result: Tho frantic, desperate
mob of frightened depositors now
clamoring at the great locked doors.
Webster had sent a trusted employe
of the bank to a rich relative in the
city. He carried an urgent appeal for
succor. The messenger had not reported.
A graver shade of feeling covered
fhe features of the young financier as
he thought of the one dearest to him
In all the world?Ethel Morris. They
were to have been wedded in a month,
but If the bank broko?then Webster
well knew her proud, exclusive fami
lly would scarcely favor a discredited
' bankrupt. It was a forlorn fight for
business preservation and love.
Webster hurried Into the counting
room as a great outcry arose. He
hoped It was his messenger arrived;
he feared It was new riot, it lacked
Just five minutes of ten. A romarkuble
scene greeted his sight.
A whiskered, farmer-lookIng man
was talking to the excited crowd. He
was waving a great bundle of hank
notos in one hand. There was a
cheer. In his other hand the stranger
carried an old battered satchel. With
it he now pounded on the door.
"Let me In. I must get in!" the astonished
Webster heard him shout out,
and then to the people: "Don't get
scared. Randal Webster is an honeBt
man. and the Rank of Greenville is
solid as a rock!" ,
Something in the determined manner
of the visitor caused the watchman
to open the door for him. The
stranger helped him recloso It against
the eager, crushing crowd.
"Where Is Mr. Webster?" he demnn/lA/1
" A V? Mmrn ho la " onrl ho
III?UU?U< vuvio uu iO| u tin un
approached the counter and nodded
to the wondering banker. "Remember
mo, Mr. Webster?**
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"Why, I can't say that I do," was
the hesitating reply.
"Never mind. I've changed. Had
to, wanted to," rattled on the stranger.
"See here," and he began to bring
from his pockets bundle after bundle
of bank notes. "There's $20,000.
Use it"
"nut, my dear sir?" began the bewildered
cashier.
"Use it, I said, didn't I?" Interrupted
the stranger, unceremoniously.
"But we have no right; the condition
the bank is in?to receive deposits,"
stammered the cashier.
' "Call it a loan, then," said the stranger.
"I know all about your worry
here. It won't last Keep the crowd
goodnatured. Pay them off smiling.
I'll guarantee the run will soon stop."
Than ha 11 a.1 *t.a ? - ??
*uwu uv II4VCU tuo oatvuci. AD It I
opened, the startled cashier, used as
ho was to the sight of money, uttered
a great cry. Tho man piled up bundle
after bundle of crisp green bank notes.
"Shove them up against the glass
where they will show," ordered the
stranger. "Only, don't pay out any of
this heap. You won't need to. That. !
pile, the real cash paid out right along,
will soon tame that unruly mob."
"Ten o'clock," announced the dumbfounded
cashier. "Open up."
The stranger drew to one side, as if
enjoying the scene. The astounded
Webster was soon too busy to notice
him. The eager crowd filed in;
everybody was paid promptly. The
sight of tho great bundles of bills began
to have an efTect. Some, shamed,
redeposited their money. Others, I
catching the infection of restored con- )
fldence, did not ask for their money
at all. Within an hour the news went
all over town that the bank was safe. I
With a great sigh of relief Randal
Webster beckoned tho strunger into
his private room.
"Now, then," he said, "what does
this all mean?"
The stranger laughed. Then he ;
seized the banker's hand in a friendly
grip.
"You don't know me, eh?" he said.
"Well, I'm bringing you bnck some of
the bread you cast upon the waters
five years ago."
"I don't understand you," murmured
the puzzled banker.
"You was a lawyer then, and you defended
in the city a member of a gang
of counterfeiters. Now do you remember?"
"Why, yes," answered Webster, 1
slowly.
"My name was Dallas?not now; I
I've changed It. You got me free, you j
gave me a great lecture. It was my
life chance, and I improved it. I went
to my folks fifty miles from here. A
relative left me a fortune. I have
kept track of you. I heard of your
trouble."
"And you have saved the bank!"
Af.U/1 w-v-4
viiqu ium h 1 u 11*1111 n fusier.
"The gang believed a large amount
of their counterfeits destroyed. I
Baved the satchel containing them,"
went on the man. "I buried it. That
show money I took from the satchel
is counterfeit. The real money I drew
from my bank early today to loan to
you. We will burn the counterfeits,
now they have served their purpose."
An hour later tho bank messenger
came rushing up in an automobile,
with plenty of money to safely tide
the bank over.
Webster paid back his grateful
friend in need. He did not tell even
Ethel the story. Down deep in his
heart, however, he fervently cherished
the gratitude of tho reformed criminal
who had saved the bank at a
critica? juncture.
(Copyright. 1913, by W. Q. Chapman.)
WOMAN'S PLACE iN NATURE
Man With the Grouch Draws His Conrliltinni
F rAm nKc*rw?4l/vM
Pet Pair of Geese.
"I don't believe in 6uffragette8 nor
in the so-called new woman," said the
man witji the grouch. "They're against
the law of nature!
"I'll tell you why it isn't natural,"
he went on. "I've been observing lifo
in the bnrynard, nnd I've learned by
analogy the real place of woman in
the economy of life.
"My wife has started in to raise
a couple of geese, and they are the
most human things you ever Bet eyes
on. She calls 'em Darby and Joan.
"We have no goose pond, so we've
sunk a tub in the backyard for the
recreation of the two geese.
"Well, Darby simply owns that tub!
He waddles up to it very solemnly
the first thing in the morning and
takes an eyo-opener.
"Joan comes waddling behind him,
meek and wife-like, and tries to follow
" her lord's example. He scolds her and
drives her back. She obeys wiih becoming
feminine gentleness.
"Then, with the utmost care and deliberation.
Darby proceeds to take his
morning bnth nnd make himself beautiful.
lie sputters in the tub, preens
himself nnd has a beautiful time in his
lordly, masculine way.
"When he has entirely finished he
cackles with glee, comes out of the
annlfnn f nh nn/1 wnH/llod ??">""
on the new shoots of grass.
"Now that he is through with the
tub Joan may have her turn. She may
have what is left, now that her lord
and master is quite finished.
"It's a lesson in wifely subjection
to see Joan make her toilet and then
wnddle around contentedly In the
wake of her proud, domineering mate.
"It goes to show what woman's
place in the world really should be, according
to the law of nature."?New
York Telegram.
New York Verdict.
Thn Nnrth nnkntA man whn onnnt
bin last dollar for a taxi to take hitr
to the poorbouae is the champion
game sport of the western world.?
New York Press.
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TOU'RE A FAKIR,"
. CRIEDJJKEPTIC
Then Unconscious Man Wakes
and Puts Conscious One Out.
WAS AN URGENT CASI
Supposed "Tough Case" Leaps Out of
Ambulance and Chases Traducei*
Several Blocks, and With Jolt to
Jaw Sends Fugitive to PavementNew
York.?Everything would have
gone along nicely and Michael Doyle,
weighing 200 pounds, would not be
resting easily in a white enameled i
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ut-tiBiruu in me iiariem hospital had '
it not been Tor a skeptical voice that
cried out "fakir" when iDoyle was being
tenderly lifted into an anibulunce
at Third avenue and One Hundred
and Twenty-seventh Htreet. The man
behind this voice regretted it the next
minute, for Doyle, despite his condi- |
tion, took occasion to teach the man
in County Cork fashion that it is al- i
ways wise to hold your tongue
How a man in a semi-conscious con- '
dltion can suddenly be revived when ;
his Integrity is attacked Was told !r
the Harlem court by many blushing
witnesses who had a hand in the matter.
When Policeman Hbnaventura 1
(this name always gets a laugh on roll j
call the police say) was walking .
through Third avenue near One Hun- 1
dred and Twenty-seventh street at
noon he saw a crowd wearing anxious
faces and bending over an unconscious
form. The policeman edged through
the throug, gave the man one professional
look and called an ambulance. j
"Pnni> rv- ? 1
- v.v? (vnwn, pain ur. iViciMiuay. j
"This looks like a tough case. Offl- I
cer, please telephone to the hospital
that 1 have an urgent case, and will
they please get ready to receive it?"
Policeman Honaventura was off in
a jiffy. Volunteers choking with eino- !
tlon assisted Dr. McKinlav and Po- .
liceman Donnelly and Kearns to lift
the unconscious form into the atnbu- j
lance with all the care possible. Then
the cry:
"Aw, that guy's a fakir."
In his subconscious mind Doyle
heard this allegation. Like n man
rising from the dead he leaped out of
the ambulance. Dr. McKinlay. who
sat on the end seat, was sent sprawl- |
ing into the street.
"Where's that fellow that says I'm j
a fakir?" shouted Doyle, as he [
pranced through the group. The man i
with a guilty conscience bolted and
ran. Doyle pursued. Around his
shoulders was the ambulance blanket,
stretched out behind him like the
mantle on the youth in the piciure.
"The Storm."
Then followed a "moving picaresque"
race, with all hands joining
in. and the ambulance with clanging
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The Man Bolted and Ran.
gong leading the van. In the second
block Doyle overtook the fleeing man.
With a straight left to the body and
a jolt on the point of the jaw he sent
the fugitive to the pavement. Then
he sat on his victim.
"What right has this fellow to Interfere
with my bur'ness?" said Doyle, '
when placed under arrest.
T be ambulance was used as a patrol
wagon and Doyle wac locked up
llefore Magistrate Krotel later Doyle
said he was subject to fits, and did
not know what was going on until
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he heard the man call him a fakir
"I think $10 will Just about fit this
fit," said the magistrate, and Doyle !
was led away He said he. was a but- j
ler and lived at the New York hotel.
In One Hundred and Twenty-ninth '
Btreet, when he was not "wearing his
brass buttons." He would not say
where he Is employed.
Victim of Glanders.
New Haven, Conn. Albert Nagel is
3ead here from glanders after a nine
week's Illness. He contracted flip disease
from a horse, the animal having
?neexed in his face. N:.gel was boru
.n Germany. Coming to this country,
he learned to talk English fluently.
After he had been ill a short time,
however, all power of expression or
understanding in English left him ni.
though he could still speak and unlerstand
bis native tongue.
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une ot tne ursat Myster
WASHINGTON.?Can uny one tell
William Jennings Bryan, "the
great commoner," and declared by
many to be slated for the post of secretary
of state in VVoodrow Wilson's
cabinet, why a red cow which eats
green grass produces white milk?
"There are mysteries in life, love
and patriotism which we accept every
day, but cannot explain." Mr. Ttryan
recently declared. "If a man refused j
to eat everything he could not under- j
stand he would starve to death No
one ye? has been able to explain how
a red cow can eat green grass and
give white milk."
Mayhap the near future will solve
the problem for Mr. Bryan when during
the future consideration of international
problems the secretary-to-be
wanders to the windows of tlio office
Uncle Samuel Is a Boosl
IN an effort to revive Interest in the
old-time agricultural fairs the department
of agriculture the other day
issued a bulletin treating of the benefits
to be derived from such gatherings.
The repoit is of historic interest,
for it tells of the beginning of such
"fairs" when the country was young
and when they were not only an ad
vantage to agriculture, but were the
excuse for social gatherings as well.
"Whnt was primarily a market fair,"
says the report, "was held in October.
1804, "on the Mall on the south side
of the Tiber, extending from the
bridge at (he Center Market to the
Potomac in Washington, I?. S. The
city government appropriated $50 toward
the fund for premiums and residents
subscribed an 6qual sum. This i
amount was awarded to the best lamb. !
sheep, steer, milch cow. jack, oxen
and horse actually sold.' "
The report declares that the first
real agricultural fair was held by the
Columbian Agricultural Society in
Georgetown. I). C.. in 1809.
According to the newspapers of that
day. "it was attended hv n rinmnrn..=
assemblage of members of the society,
among whom we notice*) the president
and his lady, the secretary of state,
the secretary of the treasury, the secretary
of war. the comtroller, the registrar.
etc.. and many other ladies and
gentlemen of respectability."
Dog Chews Up Suffrage
CHEWING "Votes for Women" literature
with reckless abandon.
"Tige," a spotted bull terrier belonging
to Mrs Payne, daughter-in-law of
Representative Sereno Payne of New
York, the other afternoon caused consternation
and amusement at suffrage
headquarters at 1420 F street northwest,
and almost jeopardized the
plans for the suffragist pageant and
procession to he held March 2 in
Pennsylvania avenue.
"Tige" was tied to the leg of a table
near which stood large heaps of
pledges to march in the procession,
which are being sent broadcast over
the country, while near him sat Miss
Elsie Hill, daughter of Representative
Hill, of Connecticut; Mrs. Payne, the
Hon. Mrs. Patricia Street of Australia
and nearly a score of other suffragist
leaders, all busily preparing for the
Symbol of Authority Alw;
??UOTH the Democrats and RepubliD
cans have been behaving well for
many years. 'according to the appearance
of that cudgel over on the speaker's
rostrum," observed a Republican
on the bouse floor the other day. "L5ut.
by the big stick. 1 bet It won't look
that way when the Democrats get j
through with the special session away
Into next summer. Next time it is
repaired it will have to be taken to a
blacksmith instead of a Jeweler."
The "cudgel" referred to was the
historic eagle capped mace, symbol of
authority of the house of representatives.
which, when the house is in
session, reposes on a stahd at the
right of the speaker's platform.
When a member or members become ,
obstreperous ayd refuse to be in order 1
the sergeant-at-arms, accompanied on
either side by pages, approaches and
holds the mace In front of the member
or members. If quiet is not restored (
(and is usually is) there Is an arrest
or two made.
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TSnTi^mD
igs \&S J_LLX^
ies in Life Unexplained v
of the secretary of Btate %nd debates
the question pro and con; debates
with himself while gazing over the ,
greensward toward where Pauline
Wayne's successor will be chewing
her cud or filling the space between
her red sides with green grass preparatory
to giving tfhito milk for the
then President Wilson and his family.
Pauline Wayne? Everybody knows
Pauline. She Is President Taft's "ofTcial"
cow, given to hiin by Senator
Stephenson of Wisconsin. On March
5. with other greats and near-greats,
she will go out of office. She has a
family tree with many branches.
Unlike Secretary of State Knox,
however, her successor has definitely
been chosen, and the next "leading
cow of the land." equally as blueblooded
and pedigreed, will be Nona
of Avon, a registered animal valued at
$f?.000. This is the cow the owner
of which, William Galloway of Waterloo.
Iowa, promised to Senator Cummins
when he should become president.
Senator Cummins not having
had a look-in. Mr. Galloway decided
to offer the cow to Mr. Wilson when
he is inaugurated.
ter of the Old-Tirr.e Fair
r. JF?
Secretary Wilson is a firm believer
in the usefulness of local and state
fairs in disseminating agricultural
knowledge.
The bulletin is said to h *ve been inspired
by his belief that an interchange
of ideas among thii farmers of
the country would tend to the advancement
of agriculture.
With the present appropriation, it is
possible to make un allotment to
each senator, representative and delegate
of approximately 12,500 copies,
which is admittedly Insutllcient, In
view of the increasing requests received
by them. Under the law, only
one-llfth of the farmers' bulletins
printed are available for distribution
by the department, und this is not sufficient
to permit it to comply with
half the requests it receives, and
mtines ?i necessary constantly to refer
applicants to their senators, representatives
or delegates, who themselves
in many instances are unable
to supply the bulletins.
Arguments at a Meeting
procession on inauguration day.
When Mrs. Payne caught night of
Tigo, calmly sitting beneath the table
with head in the midst of a
pile of suffragist literature, chewing
votes for women arguments as though
he was a real anti-sufTraglst, she gave
a little gasp, and with other women
ran to the rescue of the arguments.
Thereafter Tige was In disgrace, and
Bhortly afterward was taken home by
Ills mistress.
Miss Flora Wilson, daughter of the
secretary of agriculture, who Is chnlrinan
of the music committee for the
procession and pageant, announced
that she had seen Mme. Nordica, the
famous grand opera singer, who had
consented to take the part of Columbia
in the tableaux on the treasury
department steps if she can arrange
for her engagements She also announced
that n number of leading
members of the Metropolitan Opera
company are arran trine to tnUn
In the pageant.
One of the moat comprehensive musical
entertainments ever seen In
Washington on any occasion Is being
planned for the pageant by Miss Wilson,
who is intent on demonstrating
the powerful influence women have on
music in, the United States.
sys Under Strong Guard
The mace is always under guard.
When It was taken from the capitol #
recenlly to a local Jewelry shop for repairs
It was, according to an unwritten
law. accompanied by two members of
the capitol police, who stood by while
the Jeweler riveted a pinion which
holds the sextant in place. This was
the first time In ten years that the
mace had been removed from the capitol.
The repairs at that time conslstcdtof
the straightening out of one
of the wings of the eugle that had bocome
nicked.
The mace was made In 1S41 by William
Adams of New York.
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