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THE FORT MILL TIMES
PubNikiil Every Thursday.
FORT MILL, SOUTH CAROLINA.
Loafing as a steady job seems to be
Inculcated by this brand of weather.
It Is time to teach Towser that all
really fashionable dogs wear muzzles.
You will have to do your own swab
ting. The regular fly cops have othot
duties. t
Here's hoping the home team can
let all the goose eggs remain In cold
Btorage.
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While swatting the fly 'tis well to
remember to cover the pugar and but- ;
ter bowls.
In the National league they are !
passing the pennant hopes around for |
general Inspection.
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Monte Carlo Is reported to have
cleared nearly StO.OOOjQOO last year.
So. what's the use? '
Ono complicated way' of being unnappy
Is envying the mpi) who has to
worry about the Income tax.
New Jersey has barred the sharptipped
hatpin. Thus It will be no Joke,
even If the cops see the point.
To the mind of the rough neck,
there's no doubt that there is more
than one simp In simplified spelling.
Yes. he's In again. The pest appeared
In our office yesterday with
that eternal question,* ,"|s It hot?"
That Chicago man- whose goat
chewed up his }1,000 wad. should feel
at least, that there Is money in goats.
That young woman who plays the
piano with her feet must be able
to put her whole sole Into her selections.
The man who tries to hide behind a
woman's skirts in this year of grace
must bo thinner than his own yellow
streak.
A large number of our American
giris nave married rich men. only to j
find that they have poor husbands on 1
their hands.
Automobiles have been with use for
fifteen years. What means of Joy
riding will bo provided for use fifteen
years hence?
There Is no sense In littering the
streets In the fond expectation that
the school children will clean them
op some time.
It has frequently been said that the
wife Is the better half, but assuredly,
hubby clasps tho honor when the baseball
season opens.
Newest skirts for women have pockets
In them Just like a man's. Well, j
anyway, they will never contain plugs
of chewing tobacco.
"Shot at sunrise" continues a popular
pastime In Mexico, but there's lots
of regular fellows who are half shot j
long before midnight.
Are the high steps on street cars j
an argument against hobble skirts or
are hnhhle sltlrfa nn nririimont
against the high steps on street cars?
Virginia young man drove two miles
before discovering that his best girl
had fallen out of the buggy. Maybe
he was driving with a rein in each
hand.
Anyway those womon whose babies
do not win a prize at a baby
show, have the satisfaction of enter
tatnlng a distinct opinion about the
judges.
And now Chicago is censoring the |
modern song?and properly so. per- j
haps. Anyhow, they can't censor a ,
whistle.
Some one has told us that a girl
with painted cheeks is like a stale !
glass of beer?nice to look upon but
very disagreeable to the taste.
If the neighbors keep feather minstrels
In their poultry yards you will
find no difficulty in waking up early
every morning about daybreak.
In France lately the top fell off of
a mountain, destroying gnrdens and
orchards. This seems very careless.
They should have better land laws.
'Tls no wonder that Faris is regard
ed afl n city of high flyers. It is reported
there are nearly a thousand
registered aviators living within its
confines.
Dr. Josiah Oldfleld of Ix>ndon Is of
the opinion that those incapnblo of
falling In love should be drowned. Hut
then there are those who fall in and
swim out.
This country consumes $.17,000,000
worth of breakfhst food annually, and
yet some people kick at the Idea of
putting wood pulp on the free list.
The largest courthouse In the
world la being built down in New
York, and it would be difficult to think
f a place where it Is needed more.
"Come, live In my heart, and pay
no rent," warbled the inspired poet.
More easily arranged, we dare say.
than meeting the monthly installments
of the bungalow.
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HIS WORSEJiATURE
It Is Each Man's Double and Becomes
Harmless When
Conquered.
By ALTON EDWARDS.
Nobody except the Governor knew
that he had a double?not even the
Governor's wife, who knew him, perhaps,
better than anybody else. The
two men resembled each other so completely
that it would have been impossible
for their most intimate acquaintances
to distinguish them. If there
was any distinction, It was that the
expression of character and sincerity
upon the face of the state's chief executive
was replaced, upon the face'of
the other man, by a certain furtive
cunning.
From his earliest years Governor
Haines had been engaged in a constant
fight against this man. He had
intruded into his life, had placed him
In invidious positions, had. in general,
committed actions which had needed
all the governor's ability .to nullify.
And he had followed him even to the
executive chamber, blackmailing him,
offering compromises, threatening.
The executive mansion was totally
unguarded. In that sleepy lltle capital
town formalities had not come into
favor. The double strolled quiet^
across the lawn, entered the mansion
and made his way to the Governor'*? office.
His secretary, nodding at his desk,
bowed to him. unconscious that this
could be anybody but the Governor
HaineB he knew.
"Mr. Searles has telephoned that he
will be here* in half an hour, sir," said
"I've Finished With You."
me secretary. The double nodded,
passed Into the executive chamber and
sat down at his desk.
That he had an Intimate knowledge
of all the Governor's business was evident,
for he began scrutinizing papers
and emptying pigeon holes and reading
memoranda. Hut he was awaiting
the arrival of Searles, the state
boss, with ill-concealed impatience.
He knew that the man was interested
in the proposed street railroad franchise,
that he had been pestering Governor
Haines for weeks to sign the bill
now awaiting his decision. And he
had not omitted to threaten. It mennt
the Governor's political future, the decision
which was impending.
The secretary looked in. "Mr.
Searles is waiting to see you, sir," ho
said.
Tho state boss entered. He was evidently
ill at ease, for he held his hat
tightly and sat down nervously in the
chair which the double offered him.
The double swung round in his own
chair and faced his visitor.
"You have called with regard to that
rallrond franchise bill?" he asked.
Searles cleared his throat and nodHprl
T linn nlnplnir h(o Kn* " ? '
the Governor's desk, ho began:
"Now, Governor Haines, we have
threshed this matter out, among others,
for a long time. I have tried to
ally you with the better Interests of
the state, but I have failed. I have
pointed out to you that?I may speak
plainly?'
"Surely," answered the double, smlli
lng, and something In the double's ex5
pression sent new hope into Searles'
heart. Hitherto he had always been
up agninst an impermeable barrier of
character and rectitude. Now?this
man seemed almost to cringe before
him. Searles had not ruled men for
; thirty years for nothing. He knew
that this was the moment to terrorize
?to bully. These means would succeed
where others had failed.
"You got my letter. Governor?" he
nsked, his lips parting in a wolfish
smile. "Well, it amounts to this. If
you don't sign that bill you won't havo
the renomlnatlon next year. That, of
course, goes without saying. Hut I'm
going to do more than that. I'm going
tb drive you out of public life altogether.
Twenty-five years ago, when
you were a young man, you were involved
in a scandal. You know what
I mean. The people of this state won't
stand for nnything of that kind in
their chief magistrate. Will you sign
the bill or will you bo exposed?"
"The man who was involved in that
scandal was not I. It was n double of
mine," thought the double; but of
course it was not to his interest to "betray
himself. He merely looked at
Searles with a faint smile. And
Searles understood that smile.
"Let us come to the point, Governor,"
he said, "tt's no use shillyshallying
or beating about the bush."
He drew a paper from his pocket bearing
the Governor's signature. "This is
your obligation for five thousand dol%
} H'-V
lars," be said. "May I tear thla Into
pieces and throw them into your
waste-basket?"
It was strange, the extraordinary revulsion
that came over the double. He
had his enemy at his mercy, this
Governor Haines who had hated him
since their boyhood, and on whom he
could now take effective revenge. Suddenly
he felt that his whole mental attitude
was changing. He thought of
the man, bravely and silently fighting
down the scandal of his past life, of
his uncompromising battle for purer
politics. He stretched out his hand
impulsively and took his pen, and in
large letters wrote at the bottom of
the bill 'vetoed.' He held it out toward
Searles.
Searles seemed completely nonplussed.
For a whole minute he
stared at the vetoed bill. Then he got
? Y ?uu ouvwvucu wu t HID ilUIlU.
"Governor Haines," he Bald, "I think
the world of you. You have won the
fight and I'm man enough to recognize
it.. You'll have the people on your :
side now?and I don't kick againBt the
prickB. You've bested me and you'll |
have the entire SearleB organization
with you when we offer you the nomi- 1
nation."
He shook Haines by the hand and
walked slowly out of the otfice, shak- ;
ing his head. The double at the desk,
however, was even more disconcerted
than Searles. Why had he done this
thing, he whose whole life had been
dominated by hatred of his enemy?
He must have dozed, for 'some min- i
uteB later, when he looked up. he saw
his enemy before him. Governor
Haines was looking steadily at him, |
but he evinced no surprise.
"Let's fight'. this thing out right
now," he said. "I've finished with you. i
I shall never temporize with you
again. I have compromised and
reared you; henceforward it i3 war between
us for ever."
"If you had told me that twenty-five
years ago I should never have troubled
you at all," answered the double, humbly,
rising.
Governor Haines did not answer
him, but watched him leave the room.
The sleepy secretary outside did not '
notice him pass. Nor would he have
seen him even had he looked for him. |
Each man has his double, his worse
nature. Hut when he has conquered
him the double becomes a harmless
wraith, transparent as a breath of
marsh air that is dispersed in the sun- i
light.
(Copyright, 1&13. by W. G. Chapman.)
LOVER OF GRACE DARLING
Jimmy Giles of Ipswich, Eng., Once
Courted Famous Life-Saver?But
3he "Wouldn't Leave Daddy."
Jimmy Giles of Ipswich, Eng., who I
for nearly 60 years was dock gateman
and assistant engineer, is a link
with the past, inasmuch as he was the j
sweetheart of Grace Darling.
Listen to the following conversation
with the old seaman and live over
again the memories of that brave exploit
near Longstone Lighthouse that
made immortal history:
"When a young man I took a cargo :
of salt from Ipswich to Sunderland. !
While there I left my brig and was '
made coxswain of a cotyle that supplied
Longstone Lighthouse with provisions.
"This was in 1839, and as Grace's
great deed took place the previous >
year I was anxious to meet the famous
girl. On my first trip in the coble I
saw her standing at the lighthouse
door, but, although I tried to drew her
attention, she got behind the door.
"The next time 1 visited the lighthouse
I took a silk handkerchief full
of grapes and gave the lot to Grace
v.hen I saw her. She thanked me,
and we got on well.
"Grace was not handsome, but she
was passable, with dark eyes and hair, j
and a face bronzed by the sea air, and
conveying a sense of purity and innocence
that I have never beheld in any
other.
"She wore very short skirts and a
j dark blue Scotch cap. which suited
her well. She was as good as any
suilor, and could set a sail or pull an
oar with the best of them.
"Her father, an old man, nigh 70.
was a very old-fashioned man, and always
wore drab knee-breeches and
buckled shoes, with a sparrow-tail
coat, big waistcoat, and a round skull- !
enp trimmed with fur. He didn't think i
much of my carryings-on with her.
"She Bhowed me her presents, including
a gold slipped in a scarlet morocco
case, which the Czar of Russia
sent her. *She was often asked to go
to London, but she wouldn't leave
'Daddy.' And. although 1 became her
sweetheart, that was the reason she
gave me for not marrying, and so we j
drifted apart."?Stray Stories.
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No Damages for Uncaught Fish.
A suit for damages for the loss of fish
one might have cnught was before the
courts of Maine in an injunction action
against a canning company for
unlawfully dumping into Passema- j
quoddy bay a lot of decayed sardines
in cans. They had been swept by the
tides into the plaintiff's weir and prevented
fish from getting Into it until
the refuse matter was removed. The
supreme court awarded him damages
for injury t-? his nets and for the expense
of hiring men to remove the
dehd sardines to permit live flBli to enter
the weir, but gave him nothing
for the fish he might have caught in
the meantime.
Bilklns' Flop.
"Here is Rilkins. a Republican all
his life, as his father and grandfather
were before him, turns Democrat in
the hope that he's going to get a postoffice
apolntment."
"Yes; he has sold his birthright for
a mess of postage."?Buffalo Express
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WEDDING RIVALS A
' MOVIEffSCENARID
Indian With Tomahawk Placed
Far in the Rear.
CARRIED SIX-SHOOTER
Youth Declares Bride's Big Brother
Held a Revolver Instead of Indian
Father's Tomahawk, but With the
Same Results as in Film.
Chicago.?The thrilling adventures
of the hero of the motion picture
scenario, who becomes entangled in a
chain of circumstantial evidence and
is forced at the point of papa Indian s
tomahawk to marry an Indian squaw,
have nothing in the line of thrills ot.
the matrimonial experience of Francis
Plynn. The difference is purely
one of local color, and, anyway, an
Indian with a tomahawk is not half
so dangerous as a brother who owns
a saloon and carries a six-shooter. To
all of which Hero FYancls testified
the other day in the bill he brought
In the circuit court to obtain the annulment
of his marriage to the erstwhile
Miss Frances O'Shaughnessy,
the desperate villainess in the case.
The plot had its beginning upon a
pommonplace street of the south side
Nov. 10, 1010. All unaware of the ambush
that had been laid for him. Francis
that day left his home at 6:107
Yale avenue, he relates, and sauntered
happily down the street. lie
rounded a corner, and suddenly his
assailants were about him. Rig brother
O'Shaughnessy, keeper of the saloon
and six-shooter, leaped upon hint,
while Sister Frances hissed out tho
mysterious words: "That's him!"
Whereupon the burly saloon owner
displayed his trusty weapon and. after
issuing a hoarse command for silence,
bade the beset hero: "Youso
come wit' me!'v
The trail followed by the two banditti
and their captive led to Crown
Point. Ind. A/id the end was not yet.
"A pretended justice cj the peace."
the disgruntled husband recites, "was
asked by the brother to marry me
and his sister. There I stood and
there stood she, and there stood the'
brother with his hand on the butt of
the revolver he was concealing in his
bosom.
"I was asked to take the woman ?o
be my wedded wife, and ? admitted
that I would, for?for I knew that 'f
! said anything else I would be shot
"Youse Come Wit* Me!"
down like a dog?like a dog," and the
dramatic plot was made complete.
Flynn states that his age at the
time of the marriage was less than
the legal one for marriage without
the consent of his parents, lie declares
that he was forced "at the
point of the deadly weapon" to perjure
himself as to his age. He also
declares that sinc*e his marriage he
and Mrs. Flynn have not lived together.
The young woman nnd her
alleged bloodthirsty brother seemed
content with the mere mock ceremony.
.lust what motives underlaid the
plot on the part of the brother and
sister have not been given out. It is
believed, however, that should the
public demand a sequel, a motivp as
highly breathless with interest as the
climax itself will be gladly furnished.
CAT AND RATTLER BATTLE
First Snake Story of Season Comei
From California Vouched for
by Woman.
San llernardino, C'ul. ? The first
snake story of the season comes from
Victorviile. where It is related that
at thf? hnrnp nf \1pc a ????? 11?
big torn cat had h battle with a giant
rattler and came off victorious by not
only killing the snake, but also aU
the viper's head, poigon sacks and all
?nd is still alive and healthy.
The cat discovered the reptile lr
the bedroom of the HayeB home anc
gave it battle, the attack lasting foi
several minutes before his snakeshii
was finally conquered, when Sii
Thomas dragged it proudly from thf
room and laid the remains at the feel
of his mistress, who promptly proceed
ed to faint.
Department "Where They
ni ASHINGTON.-r"That Is the place t
I Tf where they send out seeds." v
This 1b the familiar formula which b
many Washington guides use in de- n
scribing to tourists the wonders of n
the department of agriculture. This ii
Information was given through a meg- t
| aphone by the conductor of the rubber- t
neck wagon to his patrons as they
pass in front of the old- red brick ad- t
ministration building. Officials and c
clerks within hearing of this brief de- t
I scription throw down their pens (or. 1
for the sake of pleasantry, should it $
be their newspapers?) and take on a 1
look of disgust and injured pride. For t3
bo many thousand of strangers to be p
given the information or to get the \ t
Impression that the feature of work t
for which the great department of Ag- j t
rtculture has made Itself famous or i
notorious is the sending out of seeds c
! Is monstrous. One of the humiliating
features of the whole business is that \
the tourists appear to like it. They c
look with the proper awe-stricken ; j
siare and seein to be greatly im- j e
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Rep. Johnson "Nearly" Hai
Representative albert johnson. (
the handsome nnd vociferous member
from Oregon, nearly had a fine
speech printed in a faraway const
paper for which Harry Brown is the
Washington correspondent.
Johnson used to be a newspaper |
man in this city. He was night editor
! nnM r?r*ttv oillfnr onH rorinrtor onH oil
' the regular things which an supposed
to give newspaper men that broad and t
sympathetic view of large affairs.
Johnson made a speech during the ,
general debate on the tariff bill a few ,
days ago. It 'was his first speech
in the House. It was a good Bpeech. j
taking it by and large, but the air was f
| jammed full of speeches about that (
time and the only newspaper that was (
( publishing them was the Congres- (
sional Record. j
However, Mr. Johnson did uot want j
Portland to go unfed with crumbs .
from his table, so the evening fol- i
lowing the great event of his speech <
he started out to find Harry Brown '
and tell him all about it. He couldn't (
I find Mr. Brown until the next day. <
"Say, Harry," he remarked, "I tried 1
to find you last night, but I couldn't. (
I made a speech yesterday." I
That did not impress Mr. Brown to .
any great extent, so Mr. Johnson con- i
More Americans Go to T
EIGHTY-FIVE American men and
women teachers have just set out
for the Philippines. This number was
selected from a large eligible list certified
by the United States civil service
commission as having the necessary
education and experience and
having passed the required examtna
tion for the Philippine teaching service.
They came from nearly every
state in the union, representing some
of the best universities, colleges and
normal schools in this country. Most
of them are college graduates, some
; have done graduate work in the uni;
versities and others have pursued
Animal Statues As Lawn
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ANIMAL stntues as outside decorations
for houses seem to multiply
i 1 when you look for them, and they always
seem to be coming into view in
; places where you had hitherto overI
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( luunru i iititi.
In front of the big four-story yellow
! brick house at the northwest corner
of 16th and 1' streets, next door south
| of Foundry Church, are two white
lions. Apparently they have Just leic
' the covered porch and are strolling
down the walk which leads from the
front door to the sidewalk?that Is,
they appear to be walking because
, j each lion has his right foreleg lifted.
, ! They are also keeping step. The pallor,
or the whiteness of the beasts indicate
that they are young lions and
' have not long heen exposed to the
wear and tear and dust incidental to
J guarding a doorway on a much traveled
street.
They appear to be twins. Kach is
the same size and the attitude of each
is the eame; each has his head turned
to the southeast as though looking
1 down the avenue of the presidents.
They may have heard some one old
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ON CITY
Send Out the Seeds"
ressed with the department "where
hey Bend out seeds."
"I wish you would write a piece for
he paper," 6ald a high functionary of
he department, "and correct the altoether
too prevalent notion that the
sain objects and the main usefulness
f this department are concerned with
ending out seed.
"I have talked to some of these rubberneck
conductors. I have urged
hem to enlighten the pilgrims for
.hose Instruction they are responsive.
upon the vast work of this departnent
In relation to meteorology, anloal
Industry, animal husba'ndry. plant
ndustry, forestry, chemistry, soils, enomology,
biology, publications, statists,
public roadB and the like.
"1 have recommended these guides
o acquaint their patrons with some
if the valuable work being done by
he bio-chemlc, pathological and zoooglcal
divisions, by the plant patholorlsts
and physiologists and the pomoogists.
by the soil bacteriologists, the
lendrologlsts, the microchemical ex>erts,
the sharps in enologlcal chemlsry,
by the agrostologists, the work;rs
in solar radiation, agricultural ^
echnology, silvics. synthetic prodicts.
pharmacological work. insecti:ldes,
fungicides and all "that.
"However, when the rubberneck
vagon goes by on Its next trip the
:onductor bellows through the mega>hone:
'This Is where they send out
teeds.' "
j His Speech Printed
lued to further explain:
"And as 1 thought your paper would
vant It, I filed about 800 words of It
vlth the telegraph company."
Brown winced. His paper had been
idvising him to cut down the tariff
itufT to the bone, ae most of it was
he sort of soft pap that goes well in 1
lie country districts, but hasn't much * ^
:irculatlon in a well regulated newspaper.
Furthermore, Brown investigated
and found that Representative
Johnson had really filed 1,500 words?
11111 nit* icieKrupii ions 10 uregon are
enormous! He had visions of being
'fired" by wireless, but he discovered
:o his great relief that his paper had
chopped the speech in two before it
was entirely relayed to Portland from
Chicago, thus saving a lot of time and
: rouble and costing Representative
lohuBOn a whole lot of money for halt
i speech to Chicago.
each in the Philippines
technical courses preparing them tc
take charge of agricultural work
manual training and trade school
work and domestic science.
A fact not generally known is that
the average term of service of American
teachers in the Philippines is
nearly six years, almost a year longer
than the average service of teachers
in this country. Those leaving at this
time go to the Philippines under a
two-year contract. This provision is
made to enable the government tc
ascertain whether or not the teacher
will succeed In the new lleld and also
to give the teacher a chance to find
out whether or not there la a sufficient
future to the service to warrant
him In remaining. That there are
only eighty-five vacancies .this year
out of nearly seven hundred positions
for American teachers in the service,
indicates, so the insular bureau officials
say, that those already on the
ground have the greatest faith in the
future of the educational work in the
islands.
Decorations In Favor
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proachlng front that direction. They
are walking with a stealthy tread and
if they were not cold marble lions one
might thing that thoughts of evil were
in their mliwU
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The path they follow leads across a
green lawn at the street edge of whlcli
is a row of tulip trees, sometimes
called yellow poplars. A row of hard
maples is in the parking between the
sidewalk and the curb. It is green I
and shady there, but, as every one
knows, a much frequented part of the (
city and these lions if so Inclined
could count thousands of automobiles I
passing in the course of a day and
about as many in the course of an
evening. I
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