The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, January 28, 1897, Image 4
of lk« vorid (u *
U lh* pr«H of lk« bu«y Ihmo*
Mora with lu matin molody.
And nuht with IU voapor tong;
The tide# are oat and the tide# ere In,'
Like the eon with ite ebb end flow.
For there # elweye one to #tey at homo
Where there It one to go.
Abroad on the highway'# holey track
There I# rush of hurrying feet, - •
The #p%rkR fly out from the wheel# of
time ——
To brighten the bitter and sweet;
But apart from the beaten road and path,
Where th# pulse of earth run# slow,
There I# always one to stay at home
Where there is one to go.
Over and over good-bys arc said :
In tones thal die with the <lar.
When eyes are wet that cannot forget,
And smile# hare faded away;
Smiles that are wern asorer a grave
Flowers will blossom and blow;
For there's always one to stay at home
Where there is one to go.
Always one for the little tasks
Of a day that is never done;
Always one to sit down at night
Ana watch with the stars alone;
And he who fights on the world’s broad
field,
With banner ami blast and drum,
Little dreams he of a battle gained
By the one who stayed at home.
M it Ira 1ms
lh*a In colder sections
Oar truck farmer* have an tmmenae
advantage over their Northern com
petitors. Wo are no longer dependent
upon the WeoUrn farmer for core and
oats and bay and pork and beef. In
some sections tobacco culture has al
ready become a profitable Industry.
We have perhaps the advantage of
Northern and Western farmers In
Governor Ellerbe Not Bound
by Factional Lines
The Constitution and l-aws
Will Be His Guide in
All Things.
An Independent, Manly As
sertion of His Purposes
many respects, and with cotton as a
sure money crop, we can offer to Immi
grants advantages not poest bfod by ar y
other section. There Is now reason to
believe that the manufacturers of New
England are already looking towards
the South. They are beginning to re
alize that It is cheaper to bring their
mills to the cotton than to take the cst dlspet
cotton to tbe*mirt».~ With our »pleadi4{ plan whloh wa know is less conducive
water powers, many of which are un
developed forlack of capital, but which,
if harnessed (for the u#e of man, would
materially Increase our wealth, we
ought; it seems to me, to call the at
tention of the outside world not only to
also to our genial climate, the richness
and variety of our sol), our mineral
wealth, our splendid forests of pine
and oak and hickory and walnut and
gum and other varieties * of trees.
South Carolina ought to become a
great manufacturing State. We need
a variety of Industries. There should
be no antagonism between the farmer
and the manufacturer, between the cit
izen of the town and the citizen of the
country. Their Interests are mutual.
Every exclusively agricultural country
is not only dependent, but poor, and
the poverty of the South is due not
alone to desolation of war, but to the
lack of the art# and industries which
bav* made the North rich. At the
same time, we should not In our seal to
foster*manufactories, commit the fatal
bluader of aegiecilag or failing to pro-
tec* our agricultural Internets, which
lie at the basis of all our prosperity
Capital, U I* said. Is cowardly- At any
rate It seek# a •olid baela for laveet-
meat. We ought, on title aooouat, to
la the outside world the ooel•
legitimate lareetmeate
hOarail
The teskwwtag «e the
Jreee ef Wm II Pier he as Cww
wfqpulh CarsdIan, shirk weedeilrarad
Phi two OUaome Y eu he>e eaited
mw to the asgheei *Mee wtthia ymer
gift la soewMiag the 4s(See s4 Ihts
•■■t fperseif West f ranaeS sspewae
la MiiSg sewhe ai| Mgh eoge»u>M#aa
e4 (ho ewwhhewvw ysaewh so mw Yh«e
great hems* I a*wm4f »wa>-#e •aretse
OI(h X g*wae rawownssns..sae* Yt tak
en# ten* warm wwogww*. epen nateh I
esnChennj ra- / . shn In ean*ra hs
mww# end wewememw the new# dttasn^
sew he enhstne, in has in
ue tan pests* e4 hn eU
> e ehmSmnen n> tats SsMn
rad eewheM f saw eeenmga Whsd#
yen ihn rnnran ea ua
ew m > irawe Snrvng ny
harm «4 sdhm
k hheuMMwrml he em^nsenee ee orad
gew > seneiowt wnh (ho ns-tara s4 tan
ywensn M shn> (n my t-ghewt e<nht(ara
h» teetergs m
Mouth Carol I as shall hut ho
dietarfaod by aojaet tagielatioa. had. hi
lha same urn*. we ehouid protect ae4
eaeonrage lodeetrtae already eetnh-
llehed If oe rigidly onrsne thie pui-
ley dertag the west dwendn. an ehnll
I he ahto to doe hie the material wealth
uf (he Mate and thereby tw rvdaee the
(Wute e< taieltan If
the fhlr in Columbia, they
ami but few drunken m<
found In the oily, though the crowd
wm ImmenM. The State can afford
td lose profit on such . doomtoos, but
under no system of license has It avar
been poMlble to ebut the bars. Private
f ;reed la not to be controlled and here-
n lies the great merit ef the system.
Then the closing of the dispensaries
at night and the destruction of treat
ing by forbidding the sealed packages
Mng opened on tfio premises. These
three iestures 'afr' the ones whieb
make the dispensary law popular In
spite of "shortages” In alspcnscrs’
accounts and “rebates,” whether real
or imaginary. Let us try, then, to
perfect the system and punish disbon
cst dispensers rather than try the old
to sobriety and good morals.
Now, in regard to the administration
of the law and the prevention of fraud
and stealage, I feel sure that an In
vestigation will show that a great deal
has been said about rebates ” receiv
these unparalelled advantage*, bat. -ed by the officers charged- w+th the
execution of the dispensary law that
has little foundation ; but should the
contrary be shown I feel that a system
can be devised or is already in force
which will fr^l the law from criticism
on that score. My experience in the
comptroller general's office satifies me
that the business can be conducted in
such a way as to prevent stealing, or
detect and punish it if the dispensers
or other tfficers connected with the
dispensary attempt it. There is no
reason why such checks and safe
guards can not be devised as will pro
tect the State's interest as thoroughly
as la the collection and disbursement
of taxes and other public money. The
dispensary has become a part of the
ha lo
quality of our olliteaehlp, to
the mind sed hearts of the ridng gen
erallun, for upon their Intelligence,
virtue and patriotism the destiny of
our State depend*.
In a monarchy, in an aristocracy, a
few great and good men may govern
the state wisely and well, but in a gov
ernment of the people, for the people
and by the people, tillteraoy Is a shame
and a disgrace and a constant menace
to the jsafety of the State. All good
citizens should unite in the effort to
improveour public schools; to lengthen
the school term, especially in the
country ; to encourage the foundation
of public libraries; to inaugurate a
system of university extension that
shall carry aclcnce and culture to eager
of our beloved
up her iestitutloos, to
Jntar> at. In
®ff my official duties, | pledga you my
heat services. With all my strength of
head and heart I shall labor for the
common weal, and In my oCclal capac
ity I shall treat both friend and foe
with equal consideration. I rid myself
of all sectional and partisan feelings and
hall you all as Carolinians. I love my
native State. 1 love her people. T am
proud of her grand and inspiring his
tory; of- the nkmes of her illustrious
sons: of the thousands of her honored
dead who sleep upon every great battle
field of their country. I rejoice in the
hope our future inspires, in the patriot
ism of our young manhood and in the
seU-sacriticing devotion of our young
woman hoed. -
fairly feeM
the rail* M If *be had ao load at
.. M A. tr >. ,or Br » l P* r > went
watt. - We hid passed Stateevillo. The
fury of the storm seemed W> increase
1 was now nearing a piece of straight
track. 1 held my watch to the lamp-
AN ENGINEER'S STORY.
minds grasping after better things ; to
increase the nuuherand efficiency of
the farmers' institute, now conducted
by the authorities of Clemson college.
. In this great work of educating the
r e I in i?“ ‘f* 10 ” us -w-hfrrKfSsM
stltutionsof learning, the public schools Who Holds the Throttle. ...
must look for efficient, well-trained
teachers. Destroy or cripple our col
leges and you destroy and cripple all
hope of better public schools. As a
stream cannot rise higher than the
fountain head, so will teaching in the
puolic schools remain low and unsatis
factory until those who are to engage
in this work seek the better to equip
themselves in the higher seminariesof
learning. Nor is~lhis all. The pri
mary school, it is said, has a right to
live because it fits people for the duties
of citizenship. But for what duties?
To read, to write, to cipher? Does
this fit them for the duties of citizen-
| ship? For the lowest perhaps, but
2SUS|mV«J
fixed policy of thu Slate and as loof as - what of the highest ? Do not the high-
our present constitution remains latact eet duties require the amplest scholar-
it ;i# the doty of the Governor to see ship, the hignest and nobieet training
that the laws governing H are eoforc- that oan he given ?
«m1. and It in the duty of all law-abiding Can the free school fit for the hlgbeet
citizens to labor for the same ead. or dutiee of statesmanship' Aseurediy
it lo sebeilt to the provUtaae of sot- For the soiutloa of great ead oft
K | times perplexiag problem# Involving
| the peace end proeoertlyof all the pee
I pie the Mia I* stand# i* constant need of
BJt-o cl the highest scholarship, of the
profuuadeet knowledge of lae ; men
• hues mesial grasp is large enough to
seecp the whole borijoa : mre ab<e to
rise above lorai or eves titale interests
and to act for the common g.tad of the
pe«*»ie of ail the Wtat-s
ll is the chief prt4e and glory of oer
Wtate to claim lor her eooe me* eloiee
ef thie soUio keen were I.-gere
Heine sad rrweloe ead
MclheMo
her hiiie
aoteaiy
temoottr .
. woo 1 "Ti*S > .ra. 11 .LTir
- oten .atom m* - - - i* oil thoM ptaoee ra eoeweat of itores ead, »<tramo
J tk. SMO MB- *■ «w|«— “ •*— *» **'-**■
O e be# her
f sftsm
iimietea draas*
Abbeville Press and Banner.
The following is a true ttory told me
by an engineer of the Southern Rail
road :
The 13th of December, 1892, was a
dreary night I fastened on my over
alls, lit my lantern and proceeded to
make my way the beat I know how
down to the round-house where my
engine was being cleaned to start out
on her regular run. The town of Sal-
lishury. N. C., as 1 passed down ite
lonely streets, seemed desolate and de
serted. Now and then a light beaming
through the window of an old manse
were the only sign# of life that this
old historic piaco gave to the outs.de
world this dreary night. Altar tura-
lug several ••new, i soon found my
self I* front of the shops where I wm
to find the object most of all prlsad
and loved by me a# It 1# la human
power to love a material thing, my ea
gles fhe steady pour of the rain
nfiick had beea doeooading for throe
day# seemed Bow to tacraaso with
double fury Hera f mm the bottler
who wae pro pert eg to carry Beulah
for that was the p»t aame of my ea
gieet eiowed lo the etalloo for me
Tale u aa awfal atght. Jim,” said
the huetler, *• lo *e ewt ee thlrteea. '
I ealy aaewrrad with a eh adder aad
paeeed am. Tbirtmra wae the limited
vewuba*e betwea daMtsbary aad
i*aia( Hawk, wkiek wae daw (w iemee
the drat aamew etalwta at oae wefork
light, one hour behind time. I knew j od in atopping her in ton yards of the
famb. I got down from my
^ d
the good track 1 was nearing and pull
ed my throttle back aud my engine
sprang forward aa I pulled it. Still
the storm continued to leqp like bil
lows lashed into mists by the tcmpe*t.
Besides utf the wind columns Ore rush
ing up the black rocks aud falling
again like & thousand cataracts of
snow. Before us I knew was the deep
and sheltered river which must be
swollen by the rains, but it is not far
in front of you that you can see; for
some-miles out “sheachof tts begins- a
sloping roof of thick black cloud,
which stretches over the heads of the
peaks, catting the cliffs off at middle
height, hiding all the mountains and
darkening the hollows in the distance
howling, ever sweeping before it the
great tali trees, till all the land .is
shrouded dim and dun. On we'rush
with scarcely lessened speed, the black
storm following fast, curtained by one
dark sheet of pouring rain, before
which the forest was falling in a long
line; while every mpmenl before us a
iv* takra graft i
over t* 1 t>b and
h'gh I could ka'vk It. But #o.n bo«
my Heart failed ms bow, and I could
net h ar the thougnt of killing the
little creature. Oilok as a flash my
engine was reversed a second time and
by the aid of my air-brakes I suiveed-
bleatlng —
engine, picked the ~kid up gently and
placed it Off the track. I was now
standing on the curve at the end of
the straight ran and could look around
it for several yarns. .1 raised my eyes.
What did I sec!-Was* it a dream ^
One of Ibo largest poplar trees that
grows upon the .mountain-side had
bejn blown down and now lay at right
angles across the track.’Twenty yards
farther and we would all have b^«n
tnrried hrto eternitvr ■■ --■< '
George Marshall Moore.
GOLD FEVKit IN NORTH GEORGIA
Around Dahlonega
Are Opcii Again—Gold Hunters are
Creating a bensation.
A special from Dahlonega, Ga., to the
Atlanta Evening - Constitution gives
the following:
" The gold fever is on here and it i*
running higher every day. Old pros
pectors from Cripple Creek and South
keen blue spark leapt down to the i Africa are pouring in. and capitalists
earth and darted zigzag through the ; are tak.ng option us fast as they can
rain. Above us, behind us, before ui, I obtain them. There is no staking
the lightning, leapt, ran dazzling and j claims here, as the property Is ail bel l
blinding, while the deep roar of the j under title. Ono hundred mines are
thunder was changed to ehqrp, ear- being developed within a radius of (wo
piercing cracks. A flash, another miles o{, this town, where a United
heavy sound end all was still. A 1 States mint 'was located before the
white sheet had flashed down in front, war. The mint, by the way. coined
f lulling out my headlight. What was IJii ouO.UU ie gold, bu‘ the discovery
t, a ghost, a woman ? My firemataLttI_(fic CaLforuia field and the war
had fallen from his box ana wm down 1 broke up mining here except in a
on bis knees la front of the furnace. I tmaTTwAy and the mint wm abandoned,
beard the awful words from him :
"Lord have mercy. Mm' Jim, you
kuiod that lady :" aad a* he an
angry growl from the westward hea
ven# eeetord toaaawer hi# wild words,
and rolled and roLed nt-arefjtad near
Ull tight over oer bead# K Cl
agBiBal some ciood-cliff fa
wm •lioai. td-Hea a*
agbt came over as
the old day# the mining la thia
. r*.
a**-.
the th<
killed i
engine
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• pood stark* eed aad i
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troeas Te eeewost tho soms4*SoMsa,
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.ighteo fey Mi ssrrthy moawo tho fear
hs* *4 taset—ra (v doooram tho ra
Wsorvoe of tho atote fes pratos t tho ia-
4rate ۥ ml her rltiSoms tw sasv-or*^*
immigeaSsua ml tho right sort to Am
toe uer laetitetloa# of isaroiag tadh
she rot eeJ otato . to eafeaaco tho *A-
etoacy of oar petal* •ebrnd* tw seetala
oer pcaal aau charitable aad other la .
eiitetioae—oha.: my earaeet desire
aad una-terati.e perpueo
le matter# ofdetaL. however, 1 deem
it beet to maSe to the Goaeral A»s«m-
biy by special nirirngr each rocom-
mendalluns as may from time to lime
occur to me. aod tbc cxigeaclr* of the
cbm may demand To the loUdiigooce
and uatrlotiem of this body wc must
look lor the enactment of law* which
may best protect the people'# interest#
I have neither the power nor inclina
tion to force your representative# to
accept my view# At all times I stand
ready to co-operate with them, to coun
cil and to advise.
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mparrasm with mdd aad taemk dwew hrtagdil*qea(r reterae in raa«»i-rawl
Kaftaad thw dwth te a pared tad. I aad wMMdhsHPi- It doea, I Yaitara. ta I
yet II mast few cue I ess* 4 kg all' the hmg rea. pay far th* levmtmsal la |
s laded men that hmg bwlure the dollar* aad oeate There caw be. there j
*ii*g rye owe of war had #wrp( mast be an coaflict brlwraa church had
mtr lair fie Ida. power aad do-1 btaiw cmiwgM Thcw ehwu.d be gemr
taldlii Vibu a' -edy' pCHlB| r n^ikiy (eatagoe-
Iw thw North. We were ai ready ap- ism g dieMlrotis Uilbe in teres is of both
proachlag a omdilioe of latwllectual C-'Ucgr* fouaded by tbechurcbwe aad
boadagw la the South It dm beea by private bearficrace have performed.
• stimated by oialaeat authority that aad arc etlll performing, a great aad
this ■ectioa paid annually to the North, [ patriotic service, but ao State should
for many year* before
ra* 4 ' «* e semrae mra taaw #er
a*4 thal ta# tem*<mp««sm ef ***wee fees
trass iarg« i -*«« 'smeera Tfera t* mr
• *• -e raugest fey * »r»y fair mtaWed maa t
amU It-et Use -***•• wl th* pwra** Me 1
etsrafe to retereiag to th* Iraweee *)•
um la aey fo«m ■* very *videal tw aey
■was a ho ba* miagled with them ,
iiai iag stated m> op.e.oe a* to thu pm ,
Icy tLc State •r.'w’J | Ur#oe. I feel It *
my duly hi cater at some U agtb <*o
tbc workings and merits uf the law, I
and pu.ul out the severe teste lo which
H has been subjected. It la not saying
too much to assert that It hM never
had a fair chence Enacted during a lor many ve
period of inleaec political activity, lea* than lA.UUU (M) for hjoffs and edu-1 denominational seal it* »acrcd, inaileo
when prejudice and parly spirit were cation. When New England celeb- abio right and solemn duty of placing
running blgb, It wm opposed by many | ILhed her free public #chonl* and within reach of all her children the
on political ground* purely, without | strengthened her system of popular bread of knowledge. Ztal in educa-
inatruclion. #ho armed herself with the lional work I# contagious. The church
power to wrest supremacy from the ' school flourishes beet in those States
South, whioh was content with pri-1 where public #plrit rallies to the sup
parochial schools,
we me t
Ike
kertoy MuCrwu
came fee (Ate cvuairj
i Be
eig
laiH
few( eta (ra a *e imwr*.
iwaited lu AskeVlUa at
buutAer* (tta a thw
Ueavlllw railroadi for
a*. By ebauffw.
a tamrk *w*i.
ml tkta ewf*i
I risk
wfeea
»tigia*.
‘tr:,. • Ah
la ((burg
I detarmi
eas I
i app 1 :ed ta tke
Htckmaud aad
Ira aa
e bl* first
if THM A^ltev TUe' liTg^F
and 1 liked him so much that
determined t• heepbim if possible. I
succeed*d well and soon began to look
upon the boy a* a younger brother.
The lad, through the kladneM shown
the war, not I surrender to private philanthropy or I him, became greatly attached to me,
tag add we were not long becoming Ymi
friend*.
TAXATION.
Without taxation, direct or indirect,
no government can be maintained.
All patriotic citizens cheerfully bear
their part .of the burden of taxation
when the affairs of state are wisely and
economically managed.
It is only when tho revenues of the
State are squandered or unwisely and
extravagantly expended, or when some
classes of property escape taxation and
the burden of supporting tho govern
ment is, therefore, unequally distri
buted, that the people complain. It is
clear then that all taxable property
should be assessed and that great care
should be taken in the equalization of
assessments. The legislators nre the
servants of the people, entrusted with
thedelicate responsibility of appropria
ting publiclunds; and. like good busi
ness men, they should endeavor to ex
pend every dollar Wisely and economi
cally. To secure the best government,
at the least expense to the peop'e.
should V« the constart aim of every
legislat' It is the pari of a states
man t< ck to lighten the burdm nf
taxatic * hen this can be done with
out dt .menltotbe public intercut;
but to cripple or deetruv lasiituLoo*.
celeb, tsbed for the benefit of the projie,
merc y to reduce the tax ral<. is neith
er wise nor staUsmoz-Lsr To pursue
the oa* coure* Is to advance u> pur»ua
Uc oiaer is to re (rug red* it *Sail be
my policy tbea. twrauea* jt u» .t« reme.
la «*wry legtumaie way, tra» u*ataa
consideration of it* purpiee or merit,
and every possible obstruction thrown
in its way. The Federal courts by in
junctions have crippled its enforce
ment seriously. After the Darlington
trouble had been quieted the decision
of the Supreme Court declaring tho
law unconstitutional came to undo all
the work that had been done. While
it demonstrated the utter futility of
prohibition it at the same time initiat
ed thu sale uf liquor without license in
every neighborhood aod many who
then began the nefarious traffic never
ceased to follow it, and are still selling
liquor as much as they dare.
Of what use is it to argue that the
State should not sell liquor to its citi
zens or reap a urotltjj’om the " blood
money,” assume term it, when they
advocate licensing its sale and thus
sharing in thu profits made by the pri
vate dealer ? One system' is just as
unmoral as the other, if there is im
morality in either. But the monopoly
of the sale by the State enables it to
control in a measure and minimize the
evil, and the profits which are but of
teeendary consideration to the State
are shared by all the people. On the
other hand the licensing of its sale to
private parlies would create a monop-
only lust os certainly as the existing-
one a private monopoly which hM
3 ver is on and will never be conlroll-
by law. and the profits which then
become "the paramount object are
•hared by the btataaad th* barkeeper.
There le a monopoly la eilber obm aad
the Plate ta ua* laetaaow reap* all
profit* aad seek* only
• a*M el tami
•fell to a miaimam la Ike
profit gun argsi;
vate and parochial schools, and to
make good her claim to leadership far
more effectually than shesubiequently
secured in the surrender of Lie at Ap
pomattox.
This is said in no harsh ciiticism of
the generation of men now rapidly
passing from tho stage, whose courage
and fortitude wi re tested on a hundred
hard-fought fields, whose "energy
made bricks without straw and spread
splendor amid the ruins of tbeir war-
wasted homes *but for the purpose of
emphasizing a truth which cannot be
too deeply impressed upon the mind.#
of the men into whose hands is com
mitted the solemn responsibility of
moulding the destiny of tbo Btate and
of%iaking her fifture pot unworthy of
her proud, inspiring past. To see our
own short-comings and to rise with
firm will to correct past mistakes is
the part of wisdom. Vain conceit in
a State is no more to be admired than
in an individual.
Our tcbooU are not what they ought
to be. In the opportunities they offer
their youth for education, the north’-,
era and western States have left us far
-behind and th<s for reasons beyond
our control. The war left us confront
ed by the most serious educational
problem ever thrust upon a free peo
ple—lha problem, it hM been well
said, ml educating three timM the num
ber of
port of the State colleges, or to speak
more philosophically, wherever the
church is healthiest there all public
institutions for the good of men find
their warmest support.
Genuine Christianity enkindles intel
lectual life, arouses man from lethargy
and creates within him public spirit
and patriotism and an unfailing inter
est in the welfare of others. In Mexico,
in Brazil, in S’^in, wherever in short,
Christianity ! S-'en-vw stagnant,
there all pub' c colerprLcs languish.
Destroy or cr :»plo oitr denominational
colleges and y <u take from our civilizi-
tlon its strong, uolifting force; but de
stroy or cripple-our State institutions,
and }\>u take the road which has'car
ried Spain, once the leading power and
naturally the richest country of Europe,
to the rear in the triumphal march of.
civilization. There should of course be
eb waste in our educational resources.
CONCLUSION'.
Fellow citizens, the political cam
paign ofl89<> is over. You have hon
ored me as few men in South Carolina
have ever been honored and far more
richly than I deserve. You gave ate, I
say it in no spirit of vain glory or of
boasting, but In profound appreciation
of tbe honor bestowed—you gave me lu
the Democratic primary tbo largest
isjority ever given a candidate for
ivernor. Both factions of tbe Demo-
9»j
liov
cbiidraa with on* third the jrratic party, as the vote cast Indicates
The aar not only robbed us gore me warm aad ealhusiMlie sup-
of war tax- motI. sach maaramarti* oould not kavq
I oould not help thinking of Charley
now. Should 1 go to see him? I did
not have time enough, for we were due
to leave then in seventeen minutes.
But what if the boy should die before
I returned! I knew not what to do;
yet there was only one thing—get on
my engine, pull out into this dreary
night and soon find myself flying over
the mountains uf Western North Caro
lina. |
I tiMK %rrived at my engine at the
van of al^paggage, a mail and express,
two day cdacbes and two Pullman
sleeping cars, making six coaches in
all, very heavy train for my Pet to
climb these mountains with, yet she
.vus more than enough for her task.
After oiling and examining the differ
ent parts of my engine,’! had only to
await the arrival of the northbound
vestibulofrom Charlotte to Washington
and thence after the transferring of
baggage andupasaengers to pull out on
this dreary ride.
The time soon passed, one fifteen a.
m. The vestibule had been due twenty
minutes and still no signs of her yet.
The wires were all down between
Charlotte aud Sallisbury, so no report
of her had been received since depart
ing tbo former city. We waited one
dreary hour with no sounds but the
beating of the rain and the continual
up and down motion of the piston in
ttiefitr pump omj engine pknttBg tft f inbubtITn pasture.
the tired hiuod after tho chMe and is
now resting in the shade. Thu* we
AI (few* •
fesffas i* rimer e*aj. e*4 in«
swrrasadrad fey a Otl.iraa fiaarts/
fesgan ta wrap tarts, ta '^rkl *p
ta* fir*ary wrifi. Tk* *amm*r star*
•a* ***r My ay** **ra larg*)« fix 4
mm tkfi tow, otsmtafi kills, which now
stay* ta tk* ■ ■slight; my nostril#
firaak grasfiUy tk* frag real air akkk
• Ilk tbs scent of a thousand fl
ay ram wstemned as a greU fui el
I rum tbe moufitooooa roar of th*
the bum of the mountain stream*, tbe
cruakiag of the frogs, tbe pteiallve
note* uf the wbippourwtil which fill a
night with aot*y life. Slowly and
wearily broke the dawn oo such a day
a# often follows h> avy thunder-storms.
»•*«*:» *• f •*■>•# fe> «
t# hmm t jf mmnmnmnmmn
k*t* kMlilwg ta pa* (• (ba pa
a ralisw(i*ia ■ ta'ag tab*-a. fee'
Imfraraife i tty *fi a **eialfi N
ffhqrqh. wksr* tfe* cwwfirtfesr
■■■nlas a *Mas- knit asm
n ta
I - iMNi
4a skew
k M ts aa
m tfark
taa **■•
a «fi >•
• fc»* a**ac
miswitaa ta i
•vrsawa. aad a*
l (all fiwkrjfi ■
walled an hour and ten minutes, and
my conductor walked up to me aod
said that a e oould get no order* from
tbe dispatcher* aad *o with a clear
ance card we would poll out for oar
ram. He walked slowly back to the
roar aad of to* treia, aad It was not
of "Alt Ab ard,*
of lbs a.r wbielie an
of a fear f e i
I felt like exclaiming m the immortal
bard of old :—*' H •, holy Light, off
spring of heaven, L.'st-born, Ur of the
Eternal cu-etercai beam; may I express
the unbfamed
So on we went, where the immense
wall of granite cliff, which forms the
western side of the mountain, ends
sheer in a precipice of some three hun
dred feet,topped by a pile of snow white
tocks, bespangled with golden mosses.
As we approached, a screech-owl,
which eat upon the topmost stone,
flapped lazily away, shaking the rain
from its feathers, and sinking into tbe
abyss as if it scooted the approach of
my oncoming engine, it was a glorious
sight, upon a glorious day. Now and
then, in the distance, I could discern
some far-off cattle farm, while I crash
ed like lightning over the crossing of
some old mountain road which led
from Knoxville down toward the coast.
It was dead.cartra. There was not a
breath to stir a blade of grass. And
yet the air was full of sounds, a low
deep roar whieb hovered over lawn
and wood, intermingled with, the
chirplng.of birds and insects. The air
was full of perfume, the dainty scent
of tho mountain flowers. I was now
nearing a piece of straight, level track,
ten miles in length. Here the track
follows a stream down through a
T TTad been wont
to make this run from curve to curve
during good weather in pine minutes.
The track was bad to day, but I re-
tk which * a** - a'y
ttaw t* Mafi*. Tk* i
ly tab* a fiarlsg (A* rar
stiagy cksrv.-gMr.au fat
—Geer* h*rWr »arg
Lsvsat as* targe aa'* le krap tag*tk*r
tk* sfigrs ml rsls. Tk* eat. h* u *Ith
II* ■ ikfiTklr S Btffr kSff
m tuoa a< It seize, th* edge* ef the
*oued hM Ite trad Mvored fro* lb*
body, hut ratala* it* grip. I* •■•pi#
have beta seen wltb aouad# ht ding
held togsther by #rv«n or eight note'
heads. Tb* kind ««cd le asp.-cira of
big-headed campoao’.ii*.
—" Mr*. Shopper le just craxy after
bargains. She Is Uo*n town « very
bargain day. end never gets huw.r until
dark.'’ " Ye*. Indeed. Bhe'd ale hap
py if she could be laid out on a ba gain
counter and burled a* a remnant.
—"Oar new neighbor* *re ver po
lite,” said Mrs. I'erkuse to her bus-
band when ho came home at night.
"Are they?” "Ye-; I sent to bor
row theirstepladder, and they to d me
they hadn't one, but if I’d wait a vhile
they’d sdid and buy one.”
■d to day, but I re
solved to try Ik I •bortened the stroke
of tay drivers and pulled my throttle
out. My engine leaped forward lika a
tiger. Far down ow tbe (rack, a# far
m my eyM oould dm, I. oould dteoera a
•bite speck which •eeaied •bakiaff to
aefi fra. A# I #pprwarbe4 the
d piaiaer.. A fatal
H|y tk* tight tow#**
• kick aww bsgaa to ellr **#■ u. 4 mm
*1
On January the 1?th,
twenty-four salesmen to
travel ihrough the . couh-
try and sefl Pianos, Or
gans and Sewing Mi- •
chines. Also six boys
who can play Organa.
We will par liberal sala-
furnish horses and
wagons and pay all e*-