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THE FORT MILL TIME!
P?W?>wd Every Thursday.
FORT MILL, SOUTH CAROLINA
i
Ouce more "Is it hot enough ft
you?" is a chestnut
Changing seuts in the boat begii
Its usual summer harvest.
Philadelphia may be a sleepy tow
but its ball teams play between nap
Somebody is hoarding buffalo nlc
els, for one is rarely seen in circul
tlon.
Physicians never prescribe the re
cure for merchants who do not adve
tlse.
The mikado of Japan has recovere
although he had eight doctors In a
tendance.
The open season for fish stories
on, and It Is reported thero 1b a
enormous supply.
If nlrboats become as popular t
automobiles It may be necessary I
roof the streets.
Was there ever a verdict of whlc
so many persons said: "Just exactl
what I expected?"
Now that warm weather Is here w
can listen to our neighbors' piano:
We can't help It.
One charm of a long fishing trip 1
that the fisherman gets a chance t
let his whiskers grow.
No doubt the generous bnseba
fans are willing to give their shar
of the rains to the farmers.
A German doctor was fined for cal
Ing a telephone girl a camel. Carat
must sound terrible In German.
It's a fact for which we can't b
too thankful that not every year doe
the frost antedate the pumpkin.
In spite of all the free notices w
don't know even yet what brand c
uup oepiemuer Morn ' advertises.
Our notion of a truly superior pel
son Is the boy scout, who actuall
looks down upon a college graduate
If you want to change seats In th
boat, and you don't know much abou
handling a boat, beach the boat firs
Judging by the feats of the Phlli
dclphla baseball players, some othe
teams could use a supply of somnan
bullets.
The number of times the will ca
be broken by dissatisfied relatives
In direct proportion to the umount (
the estate.
For the majority of symptoms t
physical disorders now in evldenci
we suggest the blanket diagnosis "vi
catlonltls."
The designer of the Lincoln penn
has Just been married, but a wors
fate should bo devised for the deslgi
er of the buffalo nickel.
Not only did a young French avlj
tor fly 9:t3 miles from Paris to Wa
saw in thirteen hours, but be live
to tell the tale
Scientists way the world la not n
volvlng as fast aa It used to do. but th
man who haa a note coming duo in th
bank doesn't believe It.
A Pennsylvania woman one hur
dred years old haa never worn
hat. Yet on that account her hus
band owna neither an automobi!
nor a bank.
This being a wide world, there ar
plenty of places for the newlyweds t
see.
China Is to establish an avlatlo
school. The new republic la dete
mined to have all the latoat trln
mlnga of up-to-date civilization.
The bishop who advlHed a clas
of young ministers not to be In an
hurry to get married doubtless knei
the sewing circle would attend t
that
Ixwk out for another booBt In th
price of kerosene. It has been foun
that this useful fluid Is highly ufllci
clous in exterminating graashopperi
Possibly, their unswerving faith 1
a futuro reward accounts for the fa<
that, according to statistics, the a
ernge salary of ministers of the gosp<
la $600 a year.
That society woman who advise
the girls to wear trousers as a rell?
from tight skirts hns no susplcio
that some of them would wear tlgt
trousers.
If some people would think befor
they speak they would have might
little to say.
Noblemen In Paris when sent t
prison for forgery declared that the
considered swindling to be sport. Al
surd! Hgrw much more civilized t
mob an umpire!
That Chicago woman who asks pe
mission to wear trousers might hav
less trouble getting It if she woul
promise not to be photographed 1
them first thing.
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c FOUND HER IDEAL
or
Loss of Fortune and Socia
29 Standing Brought Love and
Happiness.
b' By GEORGE ELMER COBB.
Daniel Forsythe considered hlmseli
k. one of the most fortunate men in the
B. World when he became a nartner with
| Roger Bell. He was getting old, blf
i new business cares would be llgbt
Bl and Hell was a money maker. Hesidet
,iv that, young Denzll Hell and Lucia
Forsythe were engage<l.
It was true that young Bell was by
j no means the man the old business
tt- veteran would generally have selected
for a son-in-law. The scion of the
Hells was idle, without ambition,
la fickle and a spendthrift. As to Lucia
kn she had failed to find one ideal among
the fashionable young men with whom
she was brought in contact in the bolB
cial swim. She had arrived at a marto
rlngeable age, however, and the principal
anxiety of her father was to see
her "settlo down," as he expreBBed it.
h She sighed a trifle, and then in her
y ' great love for her father she decided
to make a sacrifice of herself.
Then, rudely, unexpectedly, came
e the darkest day in the life of old Dans.
lei Forsythe. With a crash the great
i house of Bell, Forsythe & Co. went
\ down in ruin. All of the Forsythe forts
tune was involved. The Hells, howo
| ever, were notorious for having ever
j "an anchor to windward." When the
creditors were settled with the Hells
11 flew as high as ever. Mrs. Bell had a
e fortune of her own, and on that the
i family could drift along very pleasantly.
The first thing shallow, meanj.
spirited Denzil Hell did was to break
,] the engagement with Lucia. She had
expected it, and was devoutly glad
' that it had come about.
P ] "We are paupers!" mourned her
B father. "And now the engagement is
broken. It crushes me to think of
you, Lucia. 1 had so counted on your
e trip abroad to finish up your art and
music. Now?"
"Now. dear papa," cried Lucia, almost
Joyously, "I am free to have my
r. own way, to really live, to be of some
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"It Crushes Me to Think of You,
Lucia!"
^ actual use In the world. Yes, art and
e music are very dear to me, but thanks
? to your great goodness. I know a good
deal worth knowing of both. 1 am going
to try to share those treasures, to
Impart my knowledge to the world at
a ! largo."
j;
Even if the crash had not come,"
declared her father, "it would not
have meant much to me, for 1 nm
gradually breaking dowu in health. '
''Nonsense!" cheered his hopefiU
daughter. "A month up among tho
pines with Aunt Carrie will soon drive
away all such megrims. Papa, you
r have taken care of me all my life?
4 now 1 am going to pay you back."
Lucia wns as good as her word. She
1 did not realize that the removal of
B social restrictions, the absence of
y matrimonial fetterB. were elements in
the vast courage and ambition that
0 began to come into her life in a prac
tlcal way.
Years previous Mr. Forsythe had
e given his widowed sister a small home
j at Wareham and had secured a perk.
| manent pension to her. This was now
# their refuge. Lucia found it to bo a
; very humble home, indeed, but comn
! fortable, cleanly kept, and, what made
up for all other deficiencies, they were
v. welcomed with true, lieartsome love.
Q1 Lucia had arranged in the city to do
some Illustrating for two publications.
A music house, too, had agreed to
id pay her something for arranging
if songs, so she began her new life with
n quite an encouraging Income. Her
it work did not take up all her time, and
she became immensely interested in
the children of the poor factory work,e
era of the town.
y "I declare, papa." she said, one day
about six months after their arrival in
Wareham, "I believe 1 never knew
o what real happiness was until now.
y Think of It, this grand air and ex0
ercise have made you twenty years
o younger, the bank is willing to pay
you well for a few hours of your time
as adviser, I am earning a nice little
r> sum, and oh! these dear little child?
ren. Mr. Page has selected those
d who seem to have the musical and art
a Instinct, and Saturdays I have four
different free classes. You should see
" some of their drawing*. 1 am really
| proud of them, and there la not one
of my mualc scholars who would not
give up a whole holiday to practice
on the piano."
a The Mr. Page she had alluded to
had come Into Lucia's life quite prominently
of late. He had charge of a
school supported by the manufacturing
plants at the edge of the town.
The work was purely philanthropic.
It was profound admiration for the
way In which he had won the Interest
and love of his poor pupils, that had
caused Lucia herself to long to be of
F assistance In co-operating to raise the
> social and educational status of the
i forlorn little ones.
? Lucia would never forget to her
. dying day one golden afternoon when
Bhe was strolling by the riverside
i with Harold Page, discussing new
plans for the benefit of their mutual
r work. Suddenly Harold had sprung
from her side. Then she saw that a
- little girl playing in a boat tied to
> the Bhore near the mill dam had falli
en into the water. Just in time Mr.
. Pnge made a plunge that rescued the
imperiled child from sure death,
i The little one was more frightened
than hurt. When Page carried her
to a grassy plot, Lucia Bat down to
care for the weeping child, and her
rescuer hovered near by to soothe her
with gentle words. "Oh, dear Mr.
Page! You was so good, so grand to
Jump In and get all wet and mussed
up, Just for a bad, naughty little girl!"
sue was so gr. teful, so happy, that
she seized his hand. She drew it
close to that of Lucia, and kissed them
both, and held them there so close
together that Lucin blushed and Page
looked embarrassed. It awoke Lucia
to a quick comprehension of the fact
that she had found her ideal at last.
It nerved Mr. Page to speak out what
had been in his heart for some time.
"Miss Forsythe," he said, as they
walked slowly homeward, "anybody
would be pardoned for the common
belief that you are a princess in diBguiso,
and really I was led to believe
that you were the great heiress they
said. But I have learned that your
work here is real soul labor. I have
something more in worldly wealth
than my humble but glad position here
would seem to indicate. Let me sbart
it with you."
And on such a dreamy, mellow evening,
and with such earnest words
from such a man, Lucia Forsythe
could not say him nay.
(Copyright, 1913, by W. G. Chapman.)
NOBLE INDIANS STILL LIVE
Homeless Tribe in the Florldas Re
fuses to Accept Favors From the
Government.
It is difllcult to realize that thlfe
homeless fragment of a people still
retains, after nearly two centuries of
disaster, the traditional pride which
distinguished the caciques of the
early Floridns. savs ih?> Christian iter.
aid. They ask nothing from the
United StateB government, would accept
nothing, indeed unless tactfully
offered as their righteous due, and
through the men who have won their
confidence, or through others aligning
with these. The gauntest straggler
who drops in at the mission store in
times of bad hunting and deluged
crops will hardly admit that the Indians
are needy. "Injun no hungry
now." he will nnswer to your hospitable
question throwing hack his proud,
melancholy head as if gazing into that
remote paBt with which?who knows?
?he may be mentally contrasting the
present moment.
They ask for nothing except by way
of purchase and it would be unprecedented
for a Seminole to "jump his
account." It is not difficult to see why
the mission needed the store. Besides
the advantage of location and the closer
contact with the Indians in general,
the mission can also, through this
agency, help the Indians in general,
without seeming to dispense charity.
Dr. Golden hns steadily kept the prices
of skins nnd furs up and of provisions
down. The store is thus run at some
loss in dollars and cents, but of great
gain in the efficiency and Bcope of the
mission's relief work.
The doctor and his assistants of the
landing, moreover, kept open house
for the Seminoles at all times, dispensing
a simple, cordial hospitality
frankly accepted by the glade people.
I whoso appreciation,' as well as sense
I of reciprocity, is shown bv their eus
torn of bringing "gift offerings" of
their best to these good neighbors who
with kindness and truth, are gradually
wiping the stains from the white
man's name.
Maimed History.
"Quebec is taking its place as a
summer resort for American tourists,"
Charles M. Schwab said the other
day.
"Some of our tourists show in Quebec
a remarkable ignorance of history;
but, then, the natives in a tourist's
presence show a remarkable ignorance
of history, too.
"I overheard one morning a dialogue
between a native and a tourist before
the Wolfe monument.
" 'What's this here?' the tourist
said.
" 'That,' said the natlvo, 'is where
a great hero fell.'
" 'Fell, eh?' Bald the tourist. "Did it
hurt him?'
"'Hurt him?' said the native, with
a disgusted look. 'Why, it killed
him!'"
Road to Happiness.
Happy the man who in early life
seizes a worthy thought to which, in
the routine of dally toll, he may add
examples In point, qualifications In
due measure, and at last discern law
as It lights up a welter of detail.
TO ENCOURAGE HOG RAISING
Southern Railway Issues Booklet MHog
Production and Conditions For
Success in The South."
Atlanta, Ga.?In the effort to encourage
Southern farmers to raise
nmre hogs, the Southern Railway,
through Its Live Stock Department,
has issued a booklet entitled, "Hog
Pfoductton and Conditions for Success
in the South." a copy of which will
be furnished on request by F. L. Word,
Live Stock Agent, Atlanta. Ga.
The booklet contains much practical
and valuable information as to the
care and feeding of hogs, selection of
breeds, treatment of diseases, and
I Pllttinc n n H rnrlncr moo* f^onUre
each subject have been supplied by
experts.
That the South consumes more
i pork and raises less than any other
! part of the United States despite the
1 fact that pork can be produced more '
, cheaply in the South than in the North
or West, is a well known fact and a
condtilon that greatly impedes the
I progress of the section^ The long
open season and the great variety of
! food crops at his command give the
| Southern farmer the opportunity to
j make, more money raising hogs than Is
l possible in any other territory.
The Live Stock Department of the
Southern Railway devotes its effortr
entirely to stimulating interest in live
stock raising in the territory along the
Southern Railway and the services of
, its experts are a\ailabie without
charge of any kind to any farmer or
; other person interested in live stock.
Land Show For Big Exposition.
Knoxville, Tenn.?'Realizing that
I land is primarily the basis of all
wealth and that from the land must
I come fod and clothing for the pres
ent and future generations, the management
of the National Conservation
i Exposition has prepared for the greatest
land show ever held in the South
and for one of the greatest land shows
ever held anywhere. Scientists say
that the land of the United States
! must be conserved, must be nurtured
i and cared for, must he nursed and
doctored and in no wise maltreated
if the nation is to maintain its present
; proud position at the head of all the
j nations of the earth. It Is to teach
the lesson of the necessity of conj
serving our lands as well as of teaching
the lessons of conservation of
' other resources, that the Nationa'
Conservation Exposition comes into
being. In the big new land building on
the exposition grounds the land show
will be held. The land building, comJ
pleted to the last nail, is one of six
big exposition buildings erected for
i the conservation exposition. Attache*"
) to it is an annex with an auditorium
, thnt will seat 3.000 persons. Tlu
| United States government display in
I the land building as well as state dis j
1 plays will be particularly line am'
j comprehensive. The exposition will ,
I open on September 1 and will con !
: tinue until November 1.
Servia Through With Bulgaria.
Belgrade.?The Servian government
has addressed a note to Bulgaria for
( mally breaking off diplomatic rela
, ilons and announcing the recall of
i her minister. Servian troops have i
entered Kotchana. A semi-official j
i statement claims that Servia has pre ;
vented Bulgaria from executing her
! plan of gaining possession of the Mac- 1
I edonia territories which she wished
to occupy pending arbitration. The !
I statement says thaat Servians sue i
i ceeded in repelling the Bulgarians ad
vance. The Servian army graduall: j
| assumed the offensive and the Servi
ans forced the Bulgarians right win?
; hack ever the river Bregallnitz. An
other semi-fTioclal communication say- j
battles cost the Servians lf>.000 killer,
annd wounded; the Bulgarians 20,000.
Town Destroyed By Fire.
Nashville, Tenn.?A special says
Sturgis, Ky? a town of about 2,000 i
' people on the Illinois Central Rail- '
road, 40 miles south of Evansvllle, '
J Ind , was practically destroyed by fire
several days ago. The fire started in
1 S. E. Graves' drug store. All the busi
; ness houses were in ashes and about
20 dwelling houses had been destroy- |
i II 11 ft tllQ flrn n-na oHII Tt. -
. . .. ...V ..... .. ovwi Iiihins- I Ul|
town had no waterworks and thr 1
| people fought the flames with a buck
i et brigade.
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Charlton Must Go to Italy.
Jersey City.?Porter Charlton will
start for Italy soon to answer for the ,
killing of his wife, Mrs. Mary Scott
Castle Charlton. Pierre P. Garven
who has represented the Italian Gov |
eminent in the case, had received !
from Washington the decision and
mandate of the United States Supreme ;
Court that Charlton must he surrend
ered to Italy. Mr. Garven has sent I
the papers to the Federal District j
Court In Trentop and will commnni- 1
rate at once with the Italian consul in :
New York.
"Conscience Fund" Decreased.
Washington.?Fewer penitents, tortured
by the "still small voice" confessed
and surrendered "conscience
money" to the Federal Government
during the fiscal year 1013 than for
many years. The "conscience fund"
received, totalled only $2,814.44, the
lowest amount since 1901 and com
parable with a hundred-year average
of $4,200. That fund Is the only ofll
clal Index to scruples but no Treas
ury official attempts to explain the
decrease in money received from the
Government by fraud or error.
Ohio Congressman Ch:
\SHINGTON.?The groat am
ww LuuBt? wuo recora meir greatness
assembled the other night at the Nev
Willard hotel, and casting oft th?
cares of tariff, lobbies and land law:
returned to childhood days to enrol
themselves lu "Professor" Houston'*
Class A at the old-fashioned spelling
bee held by the National Press clul
as the feature event of that organiza
tion's annual "ladies' day."
President Wilson and his daughter
Miss Eleanor Wilson, and Secretarj
and Mrs. Bryan sat in the audience
which laughed and applauded as con
gressmen and newspaper representa
lives vied with each other in twistlnf
their tongues around some of the "jaw
breaking"* words which Secretary o
Agriculture Houston, the pronouncer
propounded.
Though the guests of their rivals it
the "bee," the statesmen were no'
without their supporters in the audi
ence. Scattered through the larg<
room were many members of botl
house and senate who were not t<
enter the competition. There wen
also present wives and daughters wh<
sat nervously watching to see hov
Why Visitors to Capita!
IT is interesting to hear visitors tc
the White House relate the pur
poses for which they desire to see th<
president. With many it is a mat
ter of idle curiosity. Some want tc
see If he is taller than they though
he was, whethef his eyes are blue
whether he has a dimple when he
smiles, and a myriad of small detail:
that would be thought ordinarily o;
little consequence, and yet it is thes<
very details that go to make up th<
popular impression of a public serv
ant.
At a recent reception one solemn
visaged man, evidently a professor
was standing In line shuffling his feet
He was an exceedingly well-read gen
tleman, and called attention to the
fact that 25 of the 27 presidents o
the United States had parental ances
tors in the British Isles?-England hav
ing 16, Scotland two, Ireland three
and Wales one. Martin Van Ilurei
nna i neociore Koosevelt represented :
Hutch ancestry, he said, and the curl
ous fact is noted that although Franci
has been so closely associated with tin
birth and history of the country, there
has not been a president of French 01
Latin blood. "Hut with the influx o
immigration from the south of Eu
rope," said the professor, as he shift
ted to the other foot, "this conditioi
is sure to change."
The physiognomy of the men toda3
as compared with the portraits of met
who had lived in former times pre
sents a most interesting study. Tin
He Can Tell Them by tl
OF the several hundred polici
chiefs who came here for the con
vention one of the most interacting
characters is Chief Henry Curran ol
Nashville, Tenn.
In addition to having one of the besl
regulated departments in the countryChief
Curran attained fame June 4
1908, at Detroit, Mich., when the police
convention met there, by throwing a
colored man out of a restauarnt when
he attempted to ent at the same table
a warrant lor t urran s arrest wa*
sworn out, but before it could br
served the chief grabbed a train ant]
Men Skated and Women
THK crowd that frequents the soda
fountain nt the drug store at the
corner of F and Fifteenth streets, just
across from the Treasury building
where women in their new gowns
leave the street cars to commence the
parade up fashionable F street, had a
grand time for two hours the othet
lay.
A barrel of syrup dropped from thr
tail end of a transfer wagon, the head
of the barrel came out, and f?0 gallon*
of juice covered about 200 square feet
of sidewalk.
Five women wearing ttght-tlttlnp
skirts went down almost in a hear
when they struck the syrup. The tight
skirts kept them front skating through
as the men did.
Soon an army of drug clerks were
out 'shooing" the people nround th?
slick spot and escorting those who fell
ampion Speller of Capital
these representatives of the "common
peepul" were going to acquit themselves.
Fourteen statesmen and an equal
number of newspaper men faced "Professor
Houston when he rnllnit Mo
roll, but when after neaily an hour
had elapsed, during which time tho
teacher had selected some vT the most
difficult specimens from the well-worn
f "blue-backed" speller, iTe'presentatlve
Frank B. Willis of Ohio was the lone
f occupant of tho stage.
Not only had tho doughty represen,
tative shamed tho press, but he had
j trailed the colors of the senate In tho
j dust as well. His last rlvel was Sena^
tor Miles Poindexter of Washington,
, | who had tripped on "hydrocephalus"
. by adding an o to the last syllable.
"Hydrocephalus," which for the edification
of the general public Mr. Web'r
ster and other authorities define as
"an accumulation of serout lluid with'
In the cranial cavity," or "fcater in the
head," appeared to be a ft vorite word
, with "Professor" Houston and a stum.
bling block for his pupils. It had
f proved a Waterloo for Ite-presentativo
Thetus \V. Sims of Tennessee before
Senator Poindexter stumHed over it.
i The statesmen only won by "two
t up" however, for Ira E. Bennett had
- upheld the spelling reputation of the
? press manfully, until the pronouncer
i sprang bdellum upon him. He paused
> to rack his brain and theo made his
? best effort with "delium," which sent
) him from tho stage, to leave the vjo
v | tory between the house a:?*l senate.
Call on the President
J [ president necessarily reflects the type
- of his times. The stately dignity of
official position in years past, with tall
- 1 collars, stuffy cravats, laces and ruf,
lies, has passed away, and now in.
| stead of gaining personal distinction
- | through rich attire or an appearance
? of official position, it is studiously
f avoided, in response to the popular
- j ideas of democracy. The only op
| portunity accorded the American of
. i adorning himself in gold and lace is
l j in the precinctB of the lodge room or
i on the governor's staff, for even tho
- | military itself is becoming most se;
j date and unobtrusive in military trapi
, pings.
J I As we waited our turn for an audir
ence with the president, there was
f plenty of time for discussion on all
- j these points, for there were some 15
- prospective postmasters in the adl
j vance guard, and progress was slow.
i Am wo ndvnnfAH tn flm K*x*wi
r line iny pedagogue friend put on his
i extra pair of glasses to get a good pro
tile view for his ethnological study ol
j presidents.?National Magazine.
lie Color of Their Hair
be!kt it for Tennessee. In the meantime
hundreds of southern men and
woni'en contributed to a fund amounting
to $10,000 to defend Curran in the
courts should he bo brought back for
trial.
Anothpr thing has made Chief Curran
famous among his brother chiefs;
his ability to tell where a negro is
from by the color, kinkiness and length
of the hair, and shape of the head. Tho
? other day at the Raleigh hotel the
. news of the chief's power leaked out
; among the colored waiters. One for
r curiosity asked the veteran: "Mister,
can you tell where I'se from?" "Take
> off your hat, nigger," commanded Chief
, Curran. The waiter did so. "Why 1
, 1 would say that you were from Pensa>
j cola, Fla.," said the chief And the
i chief was right. "Great Gawd, mister,
i how does you do that?" the waiter inquired.
The chief llgured out this
i j way: "Negroes from Pensacola and
i ! that particular section of Florida have
I ' a peculiar reddish hair,"
Flopped in Spilled Syrup
1 into the store to have their clothes
t cleaned.
Three men who dashed to the rescue
! of >yomen lost their feet and went
> down with them.
Twenty-6ix skirts and fourteen men's
, suits suffered. Several women whose
skirts were a little high and who
s wore up-to-date summer under-outhts
: declined the offer of drug-store help
I | and hurried houia