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I m A TRAMP W PARTNERSHIP : J By M. QUAD | F Copyright, 1910. by Asaoriateil Litj erary Proas. Oih' summer's day ?s a loue widow , was driving an emigrant wagon alouy i the Uusty highways of Colfax count.v i DOllUU "lor IV a lis as u r uusi jsiiu ?aa met by Deaeou Pegram, farmer, lie , ascertained that she had a few hundred dollars in cash and knew little about agriculture or soils, nnd after in viting her to his home for a stay of a e week he sold her the very poorest farm in all that country, noted for its fertile soil. One sanuy day in March as she stood at her gate a tramp came slowly up n v the road and paused before her. {Things looked poverty poor to him. and 11 he had no thought of asking for any- ' thing to eat. lie looked at the widow, and she looked at him. and he presently said: "Jit you were a man you* could turn tramp and do better than farming. 1 passed here last summer, and I saw you were having a hard time of it." "Did you stop on purpose to tell me s that?" was queried in reply. e "Oh, no. I just felt like chlnulug a v little. You didn't know muc^ about a land when you bought this, I guess." ^ "And what do you know about the fl land yourself?" > 10 "Well, n little bit Mebbe I wasn't j ^always a tramp. This farm was beiug ! v worked a hundred years ago. The soil e is exhausted and dead. It wants bring- v lng back. Here's a ten acre lot that a would raise near a thousand bushels e i of taters If treated right." b "An' the turnel bugs would eat. up h every vine as soon as it showed above J the ground." replied the grouchy wid- \. ow. !|] "Um! Urn! Woman, let's talk. Let's'c talk business. Lot's talk of a thou- It: Band bushels of taters." p ^ ? They talked for un hour. The widow g had been cozened once and was very n chary, but the tramp talked straight, t! and she finally became interested, b From that she came to believe. There must be some money raised for working capital. She mortgaged the team old horses and agreed to board the A TH^np for his work and divide any b prohibith him in the fail. It was to V j be tennte&of potatoes and nothing e else but a lltm^arden truck. j t< k- As watch he haip pici?e<l Vomewhere. v, m It went toward getting the field ready., F f The last of the widow's money went w for seed. There were a great deal of al laughter and ridicule over that part- T nership. That soil would grow mul- tc - lelns and thistles, but as for potatoes, ir ^ ' nix, so all the passing farmers said. h } The potato bugs came along in due time. It was the seventh year. Some farmers had forgotten the date, while others had laid In a proper store of H parls green. The tramp had said that none would be needed on the ten acres. Not a pound was bought. Dire disaster <(( was predicted. The bugs were numberless. They swept over half the state, . 'and they hit Colfax county worst of u all. Farmers drew the green powder r< for teu miles, and their women and a children sowed it on to the vines by daylight and by moonlight, but the (l bugs seemed to revel in it. No vine got a sir Inches above the ground. When the word went forth that the f1 tramp farmer was not using a single 15 ounce of preventive and that not a dor a bugs could be found in his big 0 field the-o were callers in plenty. lie was offered as high as $.">0 for his " secret, hut he smiled and kept on with his work. When he made any reply " at all it was that luck happened to be with him. With a hoe in her hand, the a widow worked beside him, finishing ? her row at the same time he did. s Sometimes they talked as they worked; v again they had nothing to say for half . a day at a time. They had said it was P to be a business partnership, and they $ stuck to it. E In time that ten acre field attracted l. more public attention than the new 1 county courthouse. Potatoes were I only 30 cents a bushel before the bugs * I came. Then they went to 50. When ( I the first were fit for market they sold ft for 75 cents. When it was known that the state crop was a failure the ? Hk - price jumped to $1. Then one day a * speculator came a lent; and offered a price for the tubers in the ground. It was accepted. It was a greater sum ^^ft than any farmer in the state iiad made ? ^^k from all his crops put together. The ^ ^widow couldt lift the chattel mortgage ^^^Bon the horses, renew and repair and no ^^^^feonger scrape 'the bottom of the flour '' ^^Barrcl. ^^^^kThere was an even divide of the ^^^^koney at the kitchen table. The; v tonlr I ho ?."<? and nut it away I laid the balance on the widow's jfty will last me for a hundred uo come," he said. ^you must take your half," was Bd. hid be my banker till I come { i this way again. I just wan red to see If I had become entirely worthless tr the world end myself, and as a stu dent of agricultural chemistry I want ed to experiment with old Mot Set Earth on- e more. I've pot the wan derlust strong on me apain and It's goodby." The widow wanted to say manj kind words to him. for ho had beer considerate, strong and industrious and in every way reliable, but when she had prepared his supper and look ed for him he was not to be found, not did he come opaln with the passing years. A Reliable Cough Medicine Is a valuable family friend. Foley's loney and Tar fuldlis this condition \aetly. Mis. Charles Kline, X. 18tli t., Easton, Pa., states: "Several memeis of tny family hn*e been cured ol ia4 coughs and colds by the use ol Foley's Honey and Tar, and I am icver without a bottle in the house t soothes and relieves tyre irritation 11 the throat and loosens up the cold have always found it a reliable ough cure." .' 'old by j.ll dr iggists. 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A Wretched Mistake o endure the itching, painful distress f Piles. There's no need to. Listen f suffered much from Piles," writes Yill A. Marsh, of Siler iCty, N. C., "til! got n box of Iluckleu's Arnica Salve iiul was soon cured." Hums, Boils "leers. Fever Sores. Eczema, Cuts 'happed Hands, Chilblains, vanish beore it. 2">c at T. E. Wannaraaker 5 ions' and Ladd's Drug Store. 1 Services every Sunday at 11 a. m tnd 7:tlo p. in. Sunday school at 3:3( >. m. Westminster League at 6:45 p n. Prayer meeting Wednesday eveling at 7:30. The Chronicle costs only $1 a year : SiChlFitt ON kM OF LOVE I iiY.AL LIFE 1(03IANCE | AS STJtANGE AS FICTION i iale el' a Jap aud H.is English Wife. Gave I'p His Wife to Her Former Sweetheart?Heunited lair Soothe His Dying .Moments. His great oct of self-sacrifice uci complished by giving up n,e English i, wife he loved to the man she' loved, i; says a Vicksburg, Miss.. disjiiitc%.., i.., inisan Inomata, the son of a weaituy Japanese of 'io:.yo, died in the charf! it/ hospital heie of a broken heait t and a wasting disease, while his for.1.1'.er wife and the man she married, by i! tender attentions tried to maue his . 11:1 ..ours easie:. With L.e sto.cism > i of the Oriental, he suffered and said ! nothing; but behind his suite ing and death lies a strange lomance. i ..tmost a decade ago, Helen A. Hunt, : whose lather was mayor of a small 11 town near London, England, and well I to do, ioved a young Englishman, j James Gibson. A quarrel with her 11 sweetheart caused the girl to come to 1 America. Eight years 'ago she found herself in Boston, penniless. While ' working in the store of M. Yamataro, ' she met Inomata. The Japanese loved ! | her, and his gentle ways won Miss ! Hunt. They were married and went ito New Orleans. !| The gj.l fell ill, and Inomata work" ort night and day to make enough money to pay doctors' bills and hos1 pital fees. His own nealth became un' dermined and be became despondent. ' ^'jme months ago,'while Inomata .urn his wife were in Jackson, Miss., on business, she met Gibson, Joe, too, ' having come to America. On sight of ' him the girl realized that she still 1 loved him, and Gibson swore that he 1 had loved her always. ' After days of silent anguish, Mrs. 1 Inomata confessed to her husband that she loved Gibson. The Japanese lis1 tened with stoical silence to the story, and abruptly 1 ft his wife, to thin i it over On 1 -8 return to :h-d bunding house, in New Orleans, Imm-jf.i said to Lis wife: ? "I am filling in health. Yon go to Jackson, bring suit for divorce, and I 1 will not appose It. I will say nothing. Then gft aiYd^marry ithia Englisman you lovojjnJB^^^ Mil I Tfn December 5, accompanied by the man who had been j her husband and the man who had been her by-gone sweetheart, the woman came to Vicksburg, Here she and Gibson were married. That night Inomata, the Ruskin of Japan, went to the hospital to die. When buying a cough me^cine for children bear in mind that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is most effectual for colds, croup and whooping cough and that it contains no harmful drug. For sale by all dealers. Auditor's Notice. The Auditor's Office will be opened for the assessment of personal property from January 2, 1911, to February 20, 1911. I will be in the Auditor's office January 2, 7, 21. 28. 29, 31; February 4, 6. 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 20. And at the following places on the dates named: Patrick, Tuesday, January 3, 1911. Cedar Creek Church, Wednesday, January 4. John C. Wallace's, Thursday, January 5. Cash's Depot, Friday, January 6. Dudley, Monday, January 9. Plains, Tuesday, January 10. Pagelaml, Wednesday and Thursi day, January 11 and 12. If.oiusboio, Fiiday, January 13. Mt. C;oghnn, Saturday, January 14. | Catanh, Monday. January 16. JoiTeisou, Tuesday and Wednesday, January 17 and 18. i C:oso Roads Ch.?reh, Thursday, Ruby, Fi iday, January 20. January 19. Mcllee, Monday and Tuesday, January 23 and 24. Middendorf, Wednesday, January 2.1. W. J. Odom's Mill, Thursday, Janu ii y -u. Grant's Mill, Friday, January 27. James A. Watson's, Monday, January 30. Cheraw, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, February 1, 2 and 3. Westfleld Creek Church, Wednesday, February 8. All male citizens between tae ages i of 21 and CO years are deemed taxable polls, except Confederate veterans . and those who are maimed or for otk. er causes are incapable of earning a support. ' There will be 50 per cent, penalty added to taxes on property subject to > taxes and not returned for assess - ment on or before February 20, 3 911. : Everybody except ladies will be reL quired to make their own returns and must appear before the Auditor and make same before the 20th of Febj ruary, 1911, as there will be no return blanks left with any one or hand ed out for the year 1911. I am forced ' to adopt this plan for the protection of the Sheriff and myself. J. R. JOWERS, Auditor Chesterfield County. Te the Young Busi .ally, We Asl< Our Bank. We ask your account: O i the accommodation consistent ?vitk to collections; piompt action o ' rates on discounts. We use every endeavor to that the small account should r large one, as by development come large. THE FIRS! M OH (01 ' Cheraw Drayage , See them lor HAUl i First Class Livery e A. D. CHAP Cheraw NOTICE TO TAX-P4TEBS j. For tlie Fiscal Tear 1910?Please Bead i And Bemember the Following i Instructions. |i The tax books will be opened on the 15th of October and closed on the 31st of December without peualt> After the 31st of December there will j be added 1 per cent, penaty for the month of January, 1 per cent, more . for February and 1 per cent more for ( March, and 5 per cent, ino e lio.w , the 1st to the 15th of March. After j tLa 15ih of March executions will be is- ( gti d. Will commence to couecr com- ( munication road tax on the 15th of , October, and close on the 1st day of ' January next. Age for paying commutation road j tax 18 to 50 years. Age tor paying , poll tax 21 to 60. | j When paying your taxes pl&se ob- , seive the following rules in oide* to save unnecessary executions, wuicn ( is annoying to the taxpayers, the , treasurer and the sheriiff. 1st. Be sure that you get the t,eas- , urer to look on his book for your j name before you go to the Auditor 'for an additional, as some one might ' have made }oui return. J ! 2nd. Be sure that you call for your i taxes by the same name as that in which you made your returns. , 3id. Be suie that you call for the township in which you made yonr retu n and not call for the one into (which you have moved since making your return. 1 4lll Wlleil .VOU V'lliU' iMm' or when you come to pay taxes, be i sure to mention tbe township in which I you own property, as the treasurer is j not supposed to know where all your j property is located Please remember i i h<> Uiiunl'il nelfitnl i!i<l i -t :>n.l ...... . | ...v. v. ; ship when you come o.senu io i<-> your taxes and csili In r< >eP s < !. school district and township in which | | you have property. Wue;. you .ia.? vour taxes please look at your receipt and see if it covers all of your personjal property^ number of acres of land and there get it corrected, and do not I wait until an execution is served a- I gainst you and say that it was the I treasurer's fault and not youis, ;is you asked him for your tuxes. The treasurer does not know when you have paid taxes on all of your property, that is ijp to you ! Ninety-nine out of every hundred executions sent in against parties who I noid receipts aie' caused by pr.i.es |themselves, or the township hoards and sometimes the auditor not making the proper return, and not the fault of the treasurer as some think, jlf your names are properly entered on the treasurer's collection book in a burin ss like way, a .d then ca'.ed for ; in a business like way when you come to or send to pay y.ur taxes, I will guarantee you that not over half a dozen executions will be issued against parties holding tax receipts. So long as you send by some one to make your return, and they return you as John Smith, and a few days later, for fear the party whom ' ' $ < iness Man Especi: Consideration of giounds of granting the utmost safe banking; careful attention n requests for olf.us; lowest I merit your confidence, feeling eceive the same attention as the only can the small account bet iTIONAL BANK ?RAW A . and Transfer Co. all kinds of LING Lt Moderate Prices. MAN, Mgr., . s. c. : ' ' fii' * ? ? - ? ; yoa -asked di'dnot "make your return, conclude that you would make It, and give your name as J. S. issessors come along and retu n you Smith, and then the townslp board as Bud Smith, and eo on, just so long will you have executioiib .hfe eu 1 gainst you, even though you have paid your taxes and it will not be the lault of the t'easu er either. So long as you have made your tax 13tu n in one township and when you "ome to pay tnem, call ror your name in another township into which you have moved after making your return, just so long will you have executions issued against you, although you may hold a receipt from the treasurer, it will not be his fault either. Please observe the foregoing instructions and avoid unnecessary executions. I try to do ray part well and If you will do your part, I will assure yoti that there will be fewer executions issued. So let us all work together for improvements along this line of fewer executions. Tho tax levy is as follows: State Levy 594 mills Ordinary County 5 " R R 2 " Public Roads 1 Constitutional School 3 Total Levy 16% mills Special for Roads Cheraw Township 2 mills W. A. DOrOLASS Treasurer Cliestorlield County C. S. Lynch REAL- ESTATE Cheraw. h. G. Office of County Superintendent of Education The County Superintendent of Education gives notice that his office will be open every Saturday and the first Monday of each month. STEVENSON A MATIIESON Attorneys at Law Practice in all Courts of Cheste field and Surrounding counties and in the United States Court. One of the firm will be at Cheste field every Monday. FUNDEKBUItK & PAGAN Dentists and Surgeons. Bridge work, Pyorrhoea and Artificial Enamel Fillings a Specialty. Phones: Office 138; Residence 174 PHILLIP A. MURRAY, JR. . Attorney-at-Law CHRRAW, . :: S. C.