Cheraw chronicle. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, January 19, 1911, Image 6
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
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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.
FIVE KILLED ?Y EXPLOSION.
las Explodes In Five and Ten Cenl
('lore, With Fearful Results.
Five dead and .twelve more or less
eriously injured (is the result of an
xplosion of natural gas in Connellsille,
Pa. It wrecked a well-filled five
nd ten cent store, setting fire to and
est^oying the building, and befo- e the
lames were checked damaged nine
ther structures.
The explosion blew out from the
vail of the building, tearing down telgraph,
telephone and electric light
vires, which hamoe:ed all attempts
t rescue work. Clerks and custonirs
were buried in the collapse of the
uilding, and those able to get out
iad thrilling experiences.
One young woman, whose body was
ater found burned to a crisp, went
aud in the store immediately after the
rash, and bit t^e hand of a man who
ried to rescue her. A young man who
erished was identified only by his
hoes. Two other bodies, those of a
ran and a woman, were taken from
he ruins so burned that they have not
een Identified.
Foley's Kidney Fills
Are tonic in action, quick in results,
. special medicine for all kidney and
ladder disorders. Mary C. Abbott,
/olfeboro, N. C., says: "I was offlictd
with a bad case of rheumatism, due
> uric acid that ^vjtidneys failed tc
lyflp mitma Mr/yl *- 1 r
my feet, .joints, and back that it
ras agony for me to step. I tised
oley's Kidney Pills for three days,
hen I wa sable Jo get up and move
bout, and the pains were all gone,
his great change in cOudltiou I owe
) Foley's Kidney Pills and recomlend
them to anyone suffering as I
ave." Sold by all druggists.
IT GROWS HAIR.
(ere Are Facts We Want Ton To
Prove at Our Risk.
Marvelous as it may seem, Rexall
93" Hair Tonic has grown hair on
eads that were once bald. Of course,
i none of these cases were the hair
jots dead, nor had the scalp taken on
glazed, shiny appearance.
Rexall "93" Hair Tonic acts scieniically,
destroying the germs which
re usually responsible for baldness.
1 penetrates to the roots of the hair,
timulating and nourishing them. It
\ a most pleasant toilet necessity, is
elicately perfumed, and will not gum
r permanently stain the hair.
We want you to get a bottle of
lexall "53" Hair Tonic and use it as
irected. If it does not lelieve scalp
nutation, remove dandruff, prevent
le hair from falling out and promote
11 increased growth of hair, and in
very way give entire satisfaction,
i:u'!y come back and tell us, and
rithout question or formality we will
and back to you every penny you
aid us for it. Two sizes, 50c. and
1.00. Sold only at our store?The
Lexall Store. Ladd's Drug Store.
The Cad Part.
"I dreamed last night that I was
narried." said the maid as she sat
town to breakfast the other morning
'Is that a bad dream?"
....I.. nhnnl 1t "
me uiiij niiiifr .v,
jrowled her father, "is that it isn't
rue."
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.
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Cheraw Drayage ,
See them lor
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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
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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
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and Transfer Co.
all kinds of
LING
Lt Moderate Prices.
MAN, Mgr.,
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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.