Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE FACE PASSPORT ? ?saaragaeg Br GEORGE E. COBB We be environed by dangerous eo- j emles on every hand, to have love and fortune At the hsssrd of a discovery which meant certain death, to be three hundred utiles from friends and safety amid the most perilous environment one could conceive ? this was the pre dicament of Arthur Vernon one sum mer afternoon In the wildest, wick edest part of Mexico. He wan in the service of *n en gineering firm at New York and with warfare and riot rife lu the southern republic It hsd become uecesaary for someone to go thither and secure cer tain recorde, or copies of them, to validate the ownership of a group of rich mining claims. It might be years before existing turbulency subsided* but in the meantime Mexican home Interests might destroy the records, seise the properties, and when the war was over the rightful American own* era of the same would find It difficult to re-establish tenancy. Vernon penetrated the unsafe dis trict and performed bits mission ex cellently well. All the records of the district were kept by some monks st a monastery and they proved fair and honorable brethron, Vernpn paid lib* orally for certified copies of the docu ments, stowed them safely In a so- ? cret Inner pocket and made prepara tions to return to his native country. He was delayed on account of rail road difficulties and secluded himself ? fn an obscure little hostelry, going out rnroly in the daytime and with his face well muffled at night. It wss a secret society comjwsed of robber as* ssssins and raider* that he feared. They were all powerful In the district itnd called themselves "The Peaado." Vernon iiad positively learned that members of tills dangerous combina tion had come Info collusion with the head group of semi-capitalists, who were plotting to acquire the mining properties. Half a dozen times lie es- ' caped an ambush. twice lie was fired St. He realized that lie must get across an extensive stretch of terii- [ tory before the general hue and cry | against him was aroused, lie became certain that the hotel had several with- j in it who had him under surveillance, i It was at midnight tliHt he started on ' the Ion*, arduous tramp. The rich 1 reword he would receive should hemic-! ceed In conveying the papers safely j was a great Incentive to courage and ' daring, and meant also that he need no longer defer marriage wit It tlis , gentle, loyal idol of his soul, Adele Foster. Vernon v:uh assured that from <>ns 'end of the district to the other the! ' Pesado had been apprized of Ills move- ' ments. Twice he blundered Into tav- 1 { ems where lie was suspiciously re- , Carded bjr sombre, sinister looking nt?a, ?ud In the istest instance He )u?t managed to escape by ? rear exit It wn? one afternoon when he bad beeu kept busy evading a number of suspicious looking trailers that there came a climax. Vernon wee rpatlng In a copse by the waytlde when five men ap|>eared. Their voices were high and they aeemed'to be quarreling over aoine money paid by the Pesado to one of Ita members for aoine aecret service. ? A heavy-aet man, from whom the quartette demanded a division, Vernon knew from a badge he wore waa of the Pesado. Suddenly the quartette made a uoncerted spring at the man. Four murderoua looking knlvea gleaned In the air and the vic tim went dowu weltering In hla life's blood, Hla assailants were about to flnlah up and deax>o!l him when Ver non, unable to resist an Impulae of fairness, even at risk to himself, leap ed Into view. The baffled four armed with knlvea drew back aa he manaced them with hla leveled revolver. He drove them away; they went toward the town. Vernon bent over the prostrate man. "You are badly hurt!" he inquired. "It la my end," came the definite answer. "I am faint, helpless. Drag me to my little hut bey.ond the path In the timber yonder, and let ma die in the arms of my wife. The traltoral The Pesado shall avenge me." Vernon waa thoroughly exhausted when, after carrying the wounded man on his shoulders nearly half a mile over a rocky trail, he reached' the hut Indicated. The wife of the victim greeted her husband with distracted cries. He was borne into the house and she set at work to attend to hla wounda. She came to Vernon after a spell, a singular expression upon her face. "He may live," .she told him, "and you bravely aided him. He knows you. He was looking for you, and the money paid by the Pesado to hltn to And you was what those others were after. You must not delay here. It la at your peril. My husband und 1 would save you. I.et me act .quickly. Then you can go In safety." The woman secured a brush and a pot containing some dark substances with staining qualities. Across one cheek of Vernon she traced several cs balls! i ? ? ylgfta. ? ; 1 . ? _ ? ? "No Pesado will question i luit puss |H>rt sign of the order," she said, and Vernon understood^ Thrice he was challenged during the half week that was consumed I tt reach ing the border. One glance, however, at the sign inyuunl of the powerful Pesado, and he was allowed to pro ceed on Ids way, to safety, to an opu lent eoinf cnsatlon for his services, and to anxious, waiting Adele, his be trothed. ? I ? " . . ' ? . ] SIM.I.IOUS the lu->t servant in your ?housr. Watch next week's issue. Cain dcii Furniture Co. ? adv. I iniiiCst !<? servants in South Africa reeciyc nit average of $18 per month. For Every Task That Requires Power The usefulness of your Cletrac does not end with plow ing. harrowing and cultivating. There are hundreds of tasks on the farm where the power and speed of the Cletrac will mean economy and faster work. You can hitch your Cletrac to a belt and saw wood, run a grain mill or feed grinder, fill a silo, crush cane or perform quickly any one of the hundreds of tasks requiring power. For heavy hauling, log snaking or road building the Cletrac is a giant of power. The high price of labor has created a demand for a more economical, more rapid and more efficient means of accomplishing farm work. The demand is met by the Cletrac. Let us show you just what a Cletrac can accomplish on your farm. We are always glad to demonstrate. Write to Carolina Tractor & Truck Co. 1214 Assembly St. Columbia, S. C. ALEX G. CLARKSON, Box 38, CAMDEN, S. C. Sales Manager for Lee, Sumter and Kershaw Counties. FOUGHT OVER CAPTAIN'S ?ODT guperetltloue tailor* Wanted Com. nimider Consigned to Sea ? Othera Would Carry Corps* to Pwt A weird tale of shipwreck, death at aaa, and the fierce, rough-and-tumble battle* of superstitious, hsrd-flsted aafr farlng men wni revealed when Attor ney John B. Tyrrell filed for probate to the Hupertor court the will of Cap*. Charles D. OUcn. master of the clipper ahlp Jaiuea Itolph, Jr? the San Francisco Chronicle statea. Olaep died on the return from Liv erpool with hla ahlp la ballast. At one stage of tha trip his ship was wrecked, and since It was not beard of for a long time was given ap aa lost. II* got It off the rock^ patched It op and continued the voyage. Then be became III and died !. With him on the voyage were bis wife, their eighty ear-old daughter, and the child's aurse. After his death cer tain members of the crew Insisted that he should be burled at sea. The cap tain was honored and respected by all bis men. and the Insistence of some of them on burial at sea was dae to their firm belief that It was the fitting burial for a seafaring msn. and that 111 fortune would strike the vessel If thla were not done. Others of the crew, the majority, ar gued that the body should be home to lond. as Mrs. Olsen desired. When the argumenta waxed hot the disputant* resorted to fists, knives and clubs, un til separated and qnieted by the ship's officers. . The body was then taken Into the bold of. the vessel and burled four feet deep lp the hallaat. When the ship reached Panama the coffin was disinterred and holstetl to ward the deck to be taken ashore and cremated. Superstition again caused trouble, and a sailor named l*araoB, the biggest man on the ahlp, leaped to thin aide of the coffin when It reached the deck and with a knife threatened to kill anyone who attempted to re move the Ixxly from the ship before It was safe In Its home port of San Francisco, because of hla belief that ill luck would certainly Come to the ship if It were moved. By a ruse he was quieted and led away. The body was taken ashore. Facts of Evolution. The monkey, the ape and the goril- | la were all Included with mun in the line of ^volution followed by Prof. Klllott Smith lii a late British Koyal Institution lecture. The domination of mammals over other primitive ani mals was given by the senses of vi sion, touch and hen ring, and the grad ual development of these senses and minor brain faculties ctjuffl be traced from the Miocene period to the an thropoid apes and to man. The prlm? itive structure of remote ancestors Is better preserved In man than in any other mammal. His particular group of primates bps never Been copapelled to turn aside from natural develop ment, while others, like the gorilla and (he glbLon, have acquired special characteristics of limb or agility to avoid extinction. Primitive man prob ably came Into existence somewhere in the region of Asia between India and China. He was a wanderer, and had nothing to fix him in one spot un- ! til he became civilized and a regular | tiller of the spil. Opals Growing on Trees. Opals grown on trees Is one of the , latest discoveries of science. Such j "stones" are now on exhibition In the American Museum of Natural **?-'? ~~y \ "New York. These "opals" were grown . In Humboldt county, Nevada, several ' thousand years ago, by the slow ! processes of nature. They were form- j ed from trees which were evidently uprooted and burled in a swamp during some earthquake. The trees, many feet under water, became water-logged snags, and then became petrified. The swamp water bad become heavily charged with a solution of sfUca, which acted upon and changed the na ture of the wood, while preserving Its structure. In course of time the wood became '"?pal," and can scarcely be distinguished from the genuine article. ? Leslie's Weekly. Seed Electrification. ' There appears to be much interest In the electrification of seeds and the application of electricity to growing plants, says the Scientific American. A recent account of work along these ' lines tells of a new method of aiding plant growth. The seeds, ten sr 20 , sacks, are placed In tanks provided j ; with Iron electrodes at both ends; the i electrolyte Is a solution of sodium nl , trate or seine other fertilizer. Par-. I tlcularly 'with cereals ? wheat, harley and tints ? the yields of both grain and j strnw are said to be Increased. Some fiO() farmers have taken up the treat- I ment of the seeds, which Is followed ' by h very careful drying In a kl3na month or two before sowing. Efficiency on Italian Farms. The Italian ministry of agriculture In determined to make every acre In Italy do Its bit. With this maximum production in view, an agricultural surrey will he made to reveal every plot that I* yielding less thnn It | should. The backward farmer will then he given assistance In Increasing the fertility of his land. In eases ?.here the Individual Is unable, or un willing. to co operate the government will Insist on subletting or on a forced mil#. ? popular M?'?hanlcs Magazine. Our Meat From China The Tsui-'ho district of r*Hna prom law to I* -i.nie h great meat -growing cour.t r -<?d contracts. have been made calling for the export o4' great quan tities oJ meat to the United States. rot* commandment* ? ? ' |-1 Whirl! Ilanrln Nay* Farmer* Ought to , follow. I , Four eomuianduientu will have to be kept by the farmer* before they 1 will be able to put the price on their - own cotton, which is their right to do. say* 1^ Harris i-ommlssloner of ag riculture. These an*, he *ajr?: "I. Diversify; "J, organise and co operate: build warehousing 4, have a fund. ^ "The farmer* musr divers fv their crops to the extent that their farm* mu>t U? nelf sustaining. When they do this the cotton crop I* half flnanc e<l. "They must organise and co< pirate not alone with othe? fUrtners but wltli the merchant* and bankers and busi ness racu. < Jet them to Join the Ameri can Cotton Association. Why? l*e oau>c the cotton' crop Is the, money crop, the backbone of all finance, all prosperity, all business, all progress, all improvement, all education of, the South, and always will be. MNow as to warehouses. These should he throughout the South In number sufficient to take up the slack In the crop. Then receipts i'an be Is sued that should bo regarded as ne gotiable ?erlp litv any country. No bet ter col literal can be had. I can not, % ' say much about any of the.se points without relating much that has al ready been said but it Is a lesson which bears rc|>cntlng and the is'^ple should learn ll thoroughly. "The fourth commandment which I wish to urge upon the jH-ople Is to or ganize a cotton fund to let out loans uiv>n cotton, tills fund not to be a general banking proposition, but to protect cotton. For when a bale Is put Into a warehouse it must stay there until the spinner will pay the price set for it by the American Cot. ton Association. "If the farmers will adhere strictly lo I hose four commandments they will prove to be the only means b.v hlcV the farmers can Vlneh" their prosperl ty after freeing themselves and fu ture generations from poverty and lb j literacy. If the' farmers will observe.! strictly these four general principles and put business methods behind tlH?ir agriculture they will never again !>ee short staple cot bar. middling and'1 above, sell for less than ~>0 cents per pound. 7 ' f ' ' j:' ? "Wtiwi thrup * f*?ur things ar? clonp, ' Njo South will coroi' Into ber own jMitf *i|l in Urn Ik* une of Iht* rtahent vnintriet In world. , l lue Dauleb. | ^rok,|tfM||yd w (ft I tb* murder of Mr*. Nftggte flail, ? wfclte woouo, wm Uken from the oou? Or Cw**r, Tipja*. by ? uwh ? 1,000 aou ??4 lyuohwi to 4 tree iu the ^aurt Uowwe F?r4. The mob wrecks am .??4 *ct tVU>tt *??*>? k I ggg^art? ? Wl"11" q)eana *atU?taetW>n to tin* mer or we Want to knpw whjr not, mid to make the wrong right. The Nourclt.v of tv,?. plaint*. "howovorl prove* that { Ih>H> our groceries ami prices arv sa 1 isfiiftor.v Hurt that our s?M vloea l? prompt am! courteous. Hotter groceries oud ,better *>r vice at lower prices Is our motto. !*%&? We write Fire, Life, Accident, Live Stock, Hail, Plate Glass, Automobiles, Parcel Post and Burglary Insurance; furnish fidelity and surety bonds and sell Real Estate.. We thank those who have so liberally patronized us, and will appreciate any busi ness you place with us. CAMDEN LOAN & REALTY CO. I. C. HOUGH, Manager From actual photograph (aksn in th$ Editor Shop, F\/th Av*nu?, \tw York City ' j* r* 110 ' ? ifou can moke this surprising u experiment in our store ? M. ~tT\ TTT 'TV* The Test eftheTwoWohns I Violins differ subtly in tone! Test the New Edison Realism by that fact. We have an 44 Ave Maria" Kk-Crk.atiov played by Albert Spalding with his (ruarneriu^ This famous violin ha* a brilliant, singing tone. . We have a ?econd "Ave Maria" Rk-Crkatiok played by Carl Fle?rh with his genuine Stradivarius. This violin haa a rich, mellow tone. ' -- r* *? ??'?U -t ? < Come in and compare these two Rb-CbbA tionh ? tone for tone. If the New Edison makes oloar the distinction between the stinging (ruarnerius and the mellow Stradivarius, you know it haa perfect realism for you. . 2&NEW EDISON " The Phonograph with a Soul Albert Spalding Mmxilf recently took pert in a tent of the New Rdi ?on' a Real tern, at New Yerk City. He played in direct a? p iriann with the Ri-Cauim of M? performance by the New Rdieoo. Mr. Heary Hadlcy, one of the jury of the three distin guiahed moiiduavfaoUaUMd from behind a screen, saidi "The R?-> Cbratiow matchcd Mr. SpAlding'a performance tone for tone," The Nn? Edison, u the onlj? phono graph which has given this con- * elusive proof of its perfect realism. It has triumphed in 4,000 ??efceen? pwitoo-tMU Camden Furniture Company Phone 156 Camden, S. C. 11 J i t num HAI'Tl iUm t?