Cheraw chronicle. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, March 28, 1912, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4
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New Mexico already charges four pf
Its legislators with soliciting bribes,
She is making a noble effort to keep
up with her big sisters.
Dean Hodges of Harvard says base
.pall is on trial for its life. That's
pretty rough, after all base &al1 doeB
to keep the colleges going.
~ -T--?; i?;?-?- --/*
Mr. Carnegie has picked out the
prittiest girl, but what we want to
know is whether her ability to make ,
mumns equaiu uci guuu iwm. ^
A ?ah S'ranfeiBdd Wdhiiil edmnlittfid <
suicide because she had been cduftht i
smuggling. Too bad', Just as she had ]
qualified to enter Si&afrt Society. i
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When we observe the bath robos
that the girls have been bearing about
the streets this winter, it is with relie i
that we welcome 'the coming of sum- <
mer. ]
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The Nicaragua "Liberals" have 1
been placing bombs along Mr. Knox's t
route. That is probably their payful 1
way of remarking that he is a very j
smart man. 2
We are glad to see the textile work- ?
#rs get more pay, hut are aot quite ?
sure what out1 wives will shy when 1
they learn the result at the dry goods c
store next season, t
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The New York Women's
that each Spring fly breeds 5,9,<*8,256,- 2
00^ descendant^. We havr often .' seen a
JBMBWIWfll^ber in some restaitraatg 0
ever in Coltyp'ola. "
)t looks as if the bituminous miners ^
were going to strike, and as soft coal
Is used so freely to decorate house 0
paint and window curtains with, many ^
householders will 'suffer. *
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From the personal .? . *
, , tWp ift whicU '
Theodore re' ^ vt *
York. ** & Will at NeW <
?. likely either that f
to play in Will's yard, or to
tilde &tfvn his cellar door.
Now that Dr. Wiley has retired, it
would seem the psychological moment
for the manufacturers to carry out'
the plan of grinding up corn cobs to'
make a new breakfast food.
Good time of the year comingcampaign
time when everybody feels'
better. It is the season when candi-:
dates aro in such friendly humor that'
the spirit extends to other people. |
The women get the suffrage in
China from the speed with which
changes are being made, we imagine
the children could get the right to
vote if they speak up real quick.
Government scientists have found
potash enough in O&lifornia to last
30 years, and the question now is how
thc trusts can protect their rights
against the common people octopus.
Mr. Taft has laid the corner stone
of a Y. M. C. A. building at Nashua,
N. II., but probably the building
would have lasted just as long if the
job had been done by Pietro Macaroni
of thc mason's gang.
You just can't keep a good thing
down. This does't of course refer to oyThis
doesn't, of course refer to oysters
and ice cream?Just to business,
that's all. Some people thought that
the moment the courts ordered a dissolution
of the Standard Oil trust the
otno 1.- ourl tho onct nf its
products would decrease?but the
very day the dissolution was announced
the stock went up as did also
the price of its products. Recently the
stock of the company reached a value.
of $S90.ftrt a share?a phenomena! fig|?.
ure. Another "dissolution" would Probst
ably send the stock soaring,
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THE PASSI>'G OF THE CARPE'
TACK.
A gifted poet once wrote some lm
mortal verses on "The song of tb
shirt." At this time of the year w<
long wished that some versifle
would tune his lyre and sing the son)
of the carpet ack.
It would truly be a lugubrious ditty
telling of aching backs, dusty .air, am
the elusive and sardonic joy of tb<
tack when be yields up his head to order
to keep his feet in the floor..
Having felt through persona) e*
perlence very keenly the sorrows ol
the taking up and putting down carpel
season, it Is with heart felt emotion
tnal we welcome tne gradual disappearance
of the carpet tack, due to
the growing custom of using loose
rugs and carpet squares. It seems quite
Possible that the carpet tack will pass
into such oblivion, that any lines the
,^fit might offer would scarcely be
und rstood by ajl0t!l?r generation.
Certainly cleanliness and Convenience
are both promoted by the new
styles of floor coverings. And don't
get too fussy about the portions of the
floor that are left Uncovered by your
[oo?e rugs and carpeting. Even if they
lo bftCO&e heel-marked and worn reDhember
that no material is fit for the
home that can't be used, and that the
marks are made by the hurrying, toiling
feet of those we love!
"Two dirty, greasy looking foreign
tramps, wearing cheap clerical garb,
3truck this town last Tuesday and
proceeded to do the begging act?not
begging for themselves, ^nark you,
tor if they had done that, able-bodied
;rainpg that they are they would have
)een sent to the chain gang for vagrancy.
But these strong bodied,
strong fcm^ljlng, unwashed hoboes
jame in the name of religion and up>n
their lazy lips took with unneceslary
frequency the name of God,
IcaVed &lid ftll' things holy. They
ilaimed to be begging for an orphan
iome somewhere away over in Asia,
ind they goi. more here than many an
lonest iaborer gets for a day's toil,
,uu pgoseu on to other fields equally
s rich (Or them. A^^^veryth^rty
r six'.V cays two^M W^'pr
clerical" tramps hft~ this town, and
t is the same old gag?money for the
oor orphans The rascals know that
be plea for money for orphans reach
ur people as no other plea will and
boy reap a rich harvest, these worthess
tramps do by their cunnin0'
he credulity 0f the pe;^, These
ramps have recom^endRttaftS long
is a fence r?^{ bigh&fw ind high
:ockalo;jnim8 AftiWr, Asia, Spasia
'^id as the tjitJ^darkey said in his
prayer, ''from ifff them unknown
lands where the foot of man
has never trod and God himself knows
not of." These papers with the un
known and unpronouncable names
and with seals likely from sorafe Turkish
cigarette factory on t.h^. $re presented
as "credentials" by the beggars.
And then a tfhole bunch ol
preachers over in this country wil
give the tramps papers bearing theii
endorsement of the high-handed fakt
and let hem go out and gull the peoIple
all the more. We are tired ol
these clerical tramps, these hoboes
coming In the name of religion. Thej
need instead of your money and youi
food three Bwift kicks properly ap>
plied."
The above editorial clipped from ht
Monroe, N. C., has the unqualified endorsement
of The Chronicle. Thest
people have been shown up so ofter
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as frauds that it is beyond comprehension
how they continue to fleect
the people so easily. But we believe ii
was Barnum, the great showman, whc
said that "the American people lovec
to be fooled" and it seems that the
more they are fooled the better thej
like it. We havo had a bunch of these
foreign tramps in our city plying tlieii
trade and from all accounts they mef
with considerable success.
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It Is claimed that tagging cold stor
age products would create a prejudic(
against them in the public mind. II
oflens happens now that a prejudice
is already found in the public nose.
The only persons who have not
struck for higher wages are teachers
and clergymen, but as they can earn
nearly half as much as a carpenter 01
a plumber, they are perfectly satis
j tied.
r LIBERAL PEOPLE.
Did you ever do business with one
- of those real liberal merchants, who
e is willing to knock off a little from a
e miscellaneous bill just to make it
r even money? One of the kind that will
5 reduce a bill from $2.26 to an even $2.25
for easy change? Guess you have.
, We have, and that sort of person al1
ways reminds us of the stingy Yankee
; our friend I. S. Huntley used to tell of.
It happened, he said, in a town not
a thousand miles from Cheraw, in the
days when they sould liquor over the
f counter by the drink?days that we
1 hope will never return,
i One morning a regular customer
(we will call him Jim Jones, for
1 short) entered the store.
"Good morning", Jim, said the
proprietor.
"Morning," tersely answered Jim.
"Something you want?"
"Yes; I want ter dicker."
"All right," replied the merchant.
|"wnat j'Cl1 t0 dioW
"Wanter dicker -a eKK fer a darn I
in' needle"
The "dicker" was made. Soon after
this Jim, desirous of getting
something more, 'said: ' Don't ye
treat when a feller dickers!" To
humor him the Btorekeeper filled a
gourd from the cask beneath his
counter and set it before the "dick-i
erer," who exclaimed "Gosh' That
looks good--but I 'low I'll take a
egg in it!"
Taking the same egg the man "had
brought in he handed it to Jim
Very deliberately Jim broke It and
dropped it in the glass. Then he
suddenly started, peered once more
at the open hen fruit and ejaculated:
"Gosh' Mister! That's a doubleyelker!
Don't you guess yer owe
nie 'nother r.eedle?"
Editorial in Jefferson Gazette.
The course pursued by Sjiicl- j
k?r Spears, at the last session of the \
gourt Qf General Sessions most cm- t
phatically does not meet with our ap- 1
A Tim .Viinb- .hat rua vntop the 1
piuvai auu nc uiiun ??w ?w.??,
sentiment of the majority of the tax 1
jtyizrers of Chester^eld county. S<^ V6f y *
anxlotf? to return to J?J&' practice. m
the court of Cor^mon Pie*, jn Darling^
6&tlhty he ov^rioo^ tfce fact
ihat as solicit^. jje jjae takeh bath to
uphold th',, majesty of the law. To cite
a fe-V apedflc Instances?the pbdple of
Chefaw In their desire to enforce the
law against the sale of liqudr had
warrants sworn out fbr most notorious
of the tiger* The morning
train from Che raw w&B perhaps thirty
minutes late which caused the witnesses
% hfc d tew minutes late ln get.
ting tb the court room. T^e solicitor
no! prossed all of the^e cases The
,i limit has been reached when a jury
lis not allowed to pass on the guilt or
'innocence of a man charged with taking
the life of another. We have nothing
to do with as to whether the slayf
ers of Maree are guilty or not but
..should have been left to twelve good
.'and true men of Chesterfield county.
>.ln the name of justice, what right has
the State's Solicitor to accept a plea
- of assnult and hafterv nf a hleh and
jaggravated nature from a man who!
\ has been charged with murder. A hu.
man life had been taken, no matter |
whether the deceased's station in life j
was of a high and exhalted position or |
of the lowliest and most humble or-;
'iigin. The slayers are either guilty or
"jnot guilty; if guilty they should have
J been severely punished; and if innoi
cent should have gone free, their guilt
.or innocence should hae been deterx
mined by a jury of their peers.
WHAT THIS COUNTY NEEDS
L, IS ANOTHER J. MONROE
> i JOHNSON.
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!j Gov. Blease demands bank examin'
or Rhamc's resignation or a satisfac
. tory reason for his failure fo report
* the condition of the Roof private bank^
ing institution at Lexington. The govjernor
is perfectly right in this instance.
It is past understanding how
jsiieli a condition of uffairs could have
- existed in any banking institution
t without the examiner knowing it if he
t but half way attended to his duties.
; On the face of the returns it looks
las if the examiner had adopted Col. (?>:
[Green's method of inspecting the fac-j
h tories?that is, staying at home and
j accepting the statements as published
( by the banks in the papers.
.j Pont forget "Cleaning-Up Week.",
commencing April 8th.
WOMEN CAPITAL PEST
BOTHER THE LIFE OUT OF OUR
NATION'S REPRESENTATIVES.
Feminine TIme-Wattere of All Classes
and Sorts Capa^ Persistently
on the Trails of Lawmakers
In Washington.
There are a great many people who
think that Bombers of Congress have
nation's laws.
They imagine that, unless for a stray
lobbyist now and then, they are never
disturbed from their arduous duties
pf lawmaking, guch is far from the
Case and fh? nrlnHnal 1
rrc w'
out national representative
grpat per cent - _r are' J? a
UUuu ,,omen- These fem..^ue
wasters are women of all
classes and sorts and represent every
variety of life from the poor woman
who wants a government position for
her sickly husband to the home stater
^'ho merely wishes to call on the
member from her part of the country.
In the capitol there are two rooms
for these women callers, one for those
wishing to see the congressmen and
another for those who aro looking for
the senators.
In each of these rooms there Is a
young woman who takes charge of
the callers. The young woman in
charge of the Congress waiting room
has the most trouble, for the callers
are more numerous and more bothersome.
As they come in they go to
her desk and tell her whom they
wish to see and she takes their card
and, writing instructions on it, sends
It into the representative desired.
The pages who carry these carde I
back and forth are generally kept ]
very busy and often come in for ugly ]
call downs from disappointed callers.
When the legislature at WashingIon
is In full session the membeire
generally very busy and abs'
in the nation's business. If *'
Ichtlnir fnr o monoitra Tirh'
;lonal Import they h- ^ ?' na*
:lme to be explai*-' little
irranglng lltt1" uifflCttUles and
easonab' mlhbf 8?itlir? for un-,
jj wohlfeh who imagine tb^t
+f Vttl?, tUdublb la the o*>tr o^q in
the world^and Should therefore be adJusted
at btice. Just at pre-^nt both
hbUieS are busily engaged ^ith measures
which are vastly important to
the whole country; '^ey have little
time to spare and jf one -v^ere to
Stroll through t^,a capltol today he
would find 'jm little waiting room
crowded Vith women who are filled
wlth t^t unconscious presumption
t^at. encourages them to protrude
+xeir little affairs to the front at the
expense of the nation's most important
business. When the cause of
"Women's Rights" come to its own it
will be a toss-up between the nation's
business and the tangled affairs of a
pink tea ^>r bridge party.
One of the old gags that the members
work on callers whom they desire
to dodge is, when the page comes
to them with a call, they move to a
racant seat and send out word that
they are not in their seat. The page
who has to deliver this message,
which is not a lie, generally comes in
for trouble, as oftentimes the caller
goes to the gallery and, seeing that
the member is on the floor, goes back
to the unlucky page and vents her Ire
on him. The congressmen, who are
not without human instinct, generally ,
reward the page for his trouble. This
"Female-caller" nuisance Is not a new
one and while women continue to be
unreasonable the waiting rooms of the
capitol will always be filled.
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Wireless Operators In Demapd. ,
"Wireless operators?steady demand,"
is the market quotation hung
up In the navigation bureau of the department
of commerce and labor. The
federal officials believe that eventually
all ocean craft will be equipped with
wireless telegraph apparatus and that
the posts aboard ships should be
tempting to operators.
About (100 vessels on the Atlantic
and Pacific oceans and tho Gulf of
Mexico are already so equipped, an increase
from about 350 a year ago. All
have to get a certificate from the com- I
missioner of navigation. Heretofore
all have been examined at the various
navy yards, but for the convenience
of telegraph operators living in interior
towns arrangements have been made i
thav nmv ho nvflmlnPtl hv I
the military authorities at Fort Omaha.
Neb., the examinations there tc be
conducted from time to time.
A Convenient Myth.
"Why do you still keep up that absurd
Santa Claus myth?" asked tho
tynic. "I should have thought you
would have laughed at It."
"Hecau.se," answered the man with
i large family, "it is convenient to
lave some one to blaiuo for presents
fail to please."
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\ and
Medicines
FRESH GARDEN SEED?The old reliable
kind and just such varitiea
as suit Cheraw and surrounding
country. Every variety we carry
, has been successfully, raised here.
Union Sets, Cabbage fonts, Sorghum ' *
Cane Seed, Irish Potatoes.
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We have just receive;
BEAUTIFUL p|eSeNt8>
Stirling Silver ^ _ Cut QlMg
Fine ^Ch ^ __ gaIad Setg _ ch0C0_
late _ Cake Plates ? Nut Sets
" - Br^hd and Butter Plates ? Lamps
had lots of other things selected fremr
the largest New York houses.
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4T WJtfUAKAIEffS"Riant
Books. Ledgers, Journajiu " m
Cash i Books, Tims Boots, T***
Balances, Bills Fkyable, Memora~
dum and Order Books always sm>
hand. Inks, Inkstands. Tyysewriter
Papers, Lead Paneils, Wrtt*lug
Tablets.
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Box Papers, 10c to 60o aaolu
Pound Paper, 15c, 25c, SSa.
Envelopes to matoh,
Wanamaker's Ferer Mixture ? The
most reliable remedy for Chills
and Fever?stops the chills and
stops them at once?only twentyfive
cents per bottle. Large betties
for family use for fifty cents
and one dollar.
WAXXAMAKER'S LIVER TOXIC
Have you forgotten how much good
it did you? Only 25 cents.
WANXAMAKER'S COLD TABLETS
The best thing we know of for a fresh
cold. 10 cents a box.
WAXXAMAKER'S TOMC MIXTURE
tor weakness and poor appetite. It
will do you good ? A FINE TONIC
35 cents a bottle.
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Window Glass, for Windows or
PV*>tres.
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Paints in large or small quan
titles
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Kodaks and and Films.
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