Cheraw chronicle. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, November 04, 1915, Image 6
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LUCK BRINGS
LUCK
By M. QUAD
Copyright, 1915. by the McClure
Ncwsoaner 5-vrnlicate.
Til ore is a case which is always ou
call on the calendar, u warfare going
on every week and day and hour in
the year, it is the case of detective
versus criminal. It is the warfare between
liiJe and seek.
During the year that I was hi the
profession I had some queer cases. I
had the reputation of being lucky, and
1 am f'ijdy to admit that luck lias a
grout deal to do with successful detec
tive work. 1 have known officers who
were honest, conscientious and painstukiug.
hut who always just missed it.
If they laid been on a case for six
months and had finally run a man
down until he was within arm's length
some one else was sure to step in and
bag the game at the last monieut. It
is an old saying that "luck brings
luck" It was certainly true in my
case. My first capture was that of
Dick Morton, the famous Tennessee
outlaw of thirty years ago. 1 was in
Nashville when he shot and robbed two
men on a highway forty miles distant.
I was then on the Cincinnati force
and was interested in getting a close
description of the man. Any description
you may give of a particular man
will apply t?? dozens in a general way.
Dick was six foot high, with brown
hair, blue eyes, sandy whiskers, etc.
The only real point was in his manner
of speech. It was said that he always
rolled Ins eyes upward when beginning
a sentence. lie did this on the advice
of au old woman to break him of the
habit of stuttering, and it was a success.
Just a week after 1 left Nashville 1
was in Evansvillc. Ind. As I-sat in
the office of a hotel a man came in
and registered, and when lie answered
the inquiry of the landlord up went
his eyes. When I had seen him do this
three or four 'iines 1 began to compare
him point for point with uiy description
of Dick Morton, and in five
minutes 1 was satisfied that I had my
j man. lie had been shaved, had his
hair cut and wore a suit of black, but
there were some things lie could not
hide. The little finger of his left hand
was off to the Joint, he held his head
cocked to one side when listening to
you, and his right foot toed in as he
walked. I made no move until after
dinner. Tlicu as he came out of the
dining room I held hiin up with the
? muzzle of a revolver right against his
r'.' breast and tlie landlord put the hand/cuffs
on him. Then I called the local
two pistols and a knife on him, and
(r his wallet panned out over $2,000.
In the fall of the next year a paymaster
suddenly stepped out of sight
with $175,000 in new. crisp greenbacks.
He was a government man and was in
Cairo when lie received the money. He
put it in a satchel and lo?t himself be
<! nVlni'lr in t!w? OVCIltlllf nild
sunrise next morning. lie had l?ecn
gone three days when I reached Cairo
He was described to nie as a tall. slim,
light complexionel man with side
whiskers, blue eyes and auburn hair.
There was nothing peculiar about him
except tlie habit of rubbing the back
of his left hand with the palm of his
right when speaking. This was a very
slight clew to work on. but it was all
1 had. I searched for four days around
and outside of Cairo, hut couldn't strike
his trail.
I could hear nothing of the paymaster
and was about to return to Cairo
to take up a new line of pursuit when
a stranger approached me with a proposition.
llo was a farmer, and j?erhaps
some one had pointed me out as
, a capitalist or gpecuiatwr. Ha ha-1 a
lot of black walnut timber which be
wanted to get to mnrteat, but needed
money as n starter, n# offered, in
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case I would advance $S00, to give me
a certain share in tl?" venture, and as
I thought well of it 1 drove out to his
/ place, a distance of twelve miles. We
reached there at night and nexj morning
walked through the timber. At
about 10 o'clock we came to the farm,
?*-? t- t 1 1 I. to nn<1 no n*n
W111CI1 OUCIVfU n^lill.n 111-, IIIIU ua ?v
were l??tli thirsty we walke<l to the
well f<>r a drink. While there n woman.
with whom my friend was well
acquainted, came out, and we all sat
down 011 the side of the porch for a 1
chat. After two or three minutes a J
. man came out, and she introduced him 1
as her nephew from Ohio. He was |
roughly dressed, but any one could see j
that he was in disguise. lie had!
shaved dean, the sun had burned his
face and?eck. and his hands were not;
very clean, and he explained that he
had served a year in the army, but was
discharged for disability and had gone
West to rough it for a few weeks. We,
somehow got to talking nbout some of
the battles on the lower Mississippi,
and as my farmer friend and the
stranger did not exactly agree the discussion
soon waxed hot. Then, to my
great amazement, the stranger began
to rub the back of his left hand with
his right. I then compared him with
the description, and. allowing for the
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Straightening Streams
With Dynamite
The anefcnt Egyptians were noted
for their crops, because, as history
states, they "sowed their seeds In the
Nile." This does not moan that they
actually cast the seed in the river. At
certain seasous of the year the Nile
overflows its banks, depositing on cither
shore a rich silt or earth that is highly
conducive to bumper crops, and the
wise ancient Egyptians, realizing this,
profited thereby.
Water is a necessity. The tiniest
brooks tip to the largest rivers play an
important part in the scheme of tilings
Inasmuch as they are nuture's way of
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Diagram of Stream Troubles That May
Be Corrected by Blasting.
both irrigation anil drainage. But being
formed according to nature's dictates
their courses do not always Jibe
with man's desires or needs.
Bock ledges impede their progress.
Overhanging stumps and trees retard
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T-Jf*8f gr u mboWo^pouting^
? whenever you are oomy, fretful
? or morose, you -are consuming I!
J your energy, wasting your vitaii4?
ty and opening the sluiceways in
.j. your mental reservoir instead of ..
:c sending the power over the *)
*}* wheel to drive the mental ma- "
-j. chinery.
The Seven Wonders.
I wonder if my wife will stand far
that "night work at the office" gag
again.
I wonder who I can touch for a loau
I wonder if he'll come again tonight.
T TfAn/lnn IwtV n
pood hand or bluffing.
I wonder how she keeps from show
in* her age.
1 wonder if that's her last year's hat
made over.
I wonder how they keep up appearances
on Ills salary.?Pittsburgh Tress.
Thunder at Sea.
The Astronomical Society of France
has again taken up the discussion
which has boon before it on several
previous occasions, and that is the
statement that thunder is never heard
at sea. The statement was originally
attributed to Huron von Humboldt, and
It has been frequently questioned, but
those who insist that they have heard
thunder at sea have also stated that
the peals were not so loud as on land
A large number of seamen have been
found to agree with the scientist, although
It is suggested that the other
noises prevailing on shipboard during
a storm may be the reason why the
thunder often passes unnoticed.
A Profitable Patient.
M. Latour, referring to the death of
M. Cherest while still young, mentions
a singular patient who eontribut
eel to Ills income n.uuo iranes per annum.
This patient, u well known person
in the inercantile world, had a terrible
fear of dying and besought Cherest
to pay hiui a visit while in bed
every morning at 9 o'clock, his fee
being -10 francs per visit. Cherest consented.
and for several years paid his
daily visits, always receiving his 40
franc piece. During the last years of
his life this patient, a very old man,
became really ill and exacted two
visits a day, then three, and then four,
always paying his 40 francs for each.?
Medical Times and Gazette.
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TIT ISE farmers ire brsfnninjj t<>i
W realize that a farm gee*
farther than length ami
breadth. Depth is a vital
factor, and incidentally this thbd dimension
lias a clearly identified iutluence
upon the producing value of the
earth's surface.
Thus vertical farmii g," a newer
method of agriculture, is rapid . developing.
Merely to scr- pe tin bristles
from a ling's hide i not ec-nigh.
Deeper cm ting is esscuti I in order t<>
reach the bacon. And cxperiem e has
shown tiiat to simply plow or turn the
top soil i< very ofieti only the scratching
of tiie surface when It comes to
bumper crops.
Often the productivity of a farm is
liniit< ! by the tight day or hard pan
underlying the lop soil. Costly implements
for tilling this upper aoti and
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SUBMARINE SINKS HESPERIAN.
Washington Convinced Vessel Was
Torpedoed Despite Berlin's Denial.
While the report of the navy board
which found that the fragment of
metal forwarded from London as evidence
in tin* case of the steamer Hesperian
was part of a torpedo will he
forwarded to the Berlin foreign ollice
as a matter of information, it will
not be accompanied by any represeu-l
tations by the United States.
The fragnn nt was turned over to
Ambassador I'age by t lie* British admiralty
with the statement that it
was found on tlie Hesperian's deck
after the explosion. No sworn statement
by the finder, however, was fur- j
nislied, and until that gap is filled it
was indicated that no representations
would he made to Germany. which has j
consistently maintained that the ,
steamer was not torpedoed by u Ger- j
ljuan submarine. ,
MOR HAMlt; WHITF MAN.
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Taek Hughes, 30 years old, mem- j
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taking care of Increased horizontal or
surface acreage are all right In iheir
way. but to go deeper into the farm.
to increase us rerumy ami prouuctive
uess by increasing its depth, is n matter
that the practice of vertical farming
accomplishes quickly and economically,
and very often a single cartridge
of explosive will convert several
yards of otherwise useless subsoil into
half an acre of new root feeding surface.
Thus, instead of spreading out
iiid embracing more territory, vertical
farming enables the farmer to really
concentrate and by intensive methods
conserves in both labor and expense.
At the same time the resulting increase
in crops emphasizes the profitable
features of the process.
And there is a practical reason for
this. By breaking up the subsoil oxygen
is adndtted into the ground, and
the pent up natural fertilizing elements
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taken front the county jail at Columbia.
Miss.. I v a party of masked men
and hanged to a tree a short distance
outside the city limits. Hughes was
tinder direst in connection with the
murder of Larue Ilollowny, a wellknown
'young man of Columbia, who
was killed on the night of October 21.
Killed 3 Persons and Then Himself.
Perry Morris, a farmer, shot uitd
killed J. K. Sheets, his son-in-law: ('.
J. Maddox. his neighbor, and M iddox's
wife, and tired a bulM into hit
own brain near V.'ltmsboro, Tex.
MORE SUPPLIES FOR U. S. NAVY.
Plan Contemplates Quickly Putting
Fleet On War Basis.
Increases in the navy's store of supplies
to make possible the placing of
the licet upon a war basis at a few
hours' notice are urged by Rear Admiral
Samuel Mcdowan. paymaster
general, in bis annual report submitted
to Secretary Daniels. For the
last four years, the admiral says, navy
ship tonnage fit for active service has
Increased 30 per cent, while there has
Kaon npunttcntlv no increase In the
flye of storw on h?nd.
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of the lower soils are released and
utilized. A reservoir for the storage of
water is created, and a good home for
the roots is produced. Good roots
are essential to good plants. Men
who look below the surface realize
these facts. They know also that a
plant produces only In proportion to
the extent of air. water and nourishnieut
given its roots. Thus is the newer
method of vertical farming both
logical and protitable.
This method of farming vertically is
in itself easy, simple and labor saving.
A half cartridge charge of farm powder
placed well down into the tight
subsoil at intervals of about a rod, ,
tamped properly and fired carefully
will do the work quickly and economically.
Subsoil Masting, however, can
be done successfully only when the
subsoil Is dry.
Few tools are required for the work.
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THE MENACE OF TOO MUCH
When we have our (111, we have
enough; more is dangrom.
Other things appear to be run on f
the same principle. M
Our'banks are jammed with money; . II
our large financial institutions with S
gold and its equivalent. Yet this is -
called a menace to'the country. We fl
are told that we cannot possibly ab- H
sorbe all this capital, though the na- fl
tions is specked with undeveloped sec- V
tions and hundreds of thousands would w
like to borrow nioaey at fair Interest.
Our farm products are more than
satisfactory on t.ie whole, yet when
there is an overproduction of peaches,
such as occured in some parts of the
country this year, the overproduction ,
is based on the fact that the people In
the immediate vicinity caqpot
them, as elsewhere they wejTe in
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