The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, December 27, 1900, Image 1
VOL XXIV.
BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27,1900.
NO. 1
HOW OLD
SANTA CLAUS
REFORMED.
By Peter McArthur.
“0«t oat ot hw«r Mid 8*nU CUufc
“Plek v your grip* and walk I
1 don’t Intend to buy from you
And harun’t tim* to talk."
H* cboard the drummer* from hla
And then with bang and din
H* turned tba key* and *bot th* bolt*
Aa h* went grumbling Jh.
Th* telepbona raertr-
er next
Down from it*
book h* dropped.
Then Mid to Mr*.
Santa Claua:
“If* Urn* tbl*
thing wa* atop
P*d-
•They're fairly
a fool of wm
For twenty y<
*%rr oct or nasi
My Ntadaer Mad U good
«m what I'M
But when they ram*
with aeruplaaaa
"With
p. And Wry eta* I'M
through.
Tea )uM mad* up my mlad toe harp*
• V* Mae* th* tautary right :
•* tab* all that newfa^lad atafl
Aad hOA* It froM My ught
T HE unmlstakAblo man made klgna of Christmas were left behind when
I plunged into the dreary waste of snow beyond the border* of the
town for the annual pilgrimage to uncle’a farm. Only the anow, hid
ing bush and fence, the white mantled trees and the cold gave a sug
gestion that somewhere beneath the chilling rural surface of thiaga there were
joyous groups preparing holiday revels. Winter was too keen, too freexlng, not
to hava a brighter aide .than that which lay out of doors. N
Aa I passed the big barn the sounds of young voices behind the huge doers
told me that Couslna Prank and Jim were inside, perhaps mending harness or
tools or earing for the live stock. The little door, framed in the huge ones,
opened to my hand, and Jim and frank, one holding open a grain bag and the
other emptying a bushel intb Its mealy, gaping mouth, snslled a welcome.
Without looking up. Uncle David ‘‘struck off" another heaped up measure of
grain and marked it down on the score. “I thought it was about time,” said
be. and I then knew that my social status at the fanii had not changed since
the last visit.
1 The horses In their stalls stopped nosing the bay and pricked up their ears
fee ■ mtume. the cattle held their ctlSflaxlly and stared: then the atmosphere
resumed Its throbbing still
until the load of bags had
tied and art in rows. Only this
and nothing more by way of
■ eectndhy in mrwtvtng a I'hiiet-
m ee guest I* ter re me inqui
ries after “the folks'
newest dglngs Is tows.
White uncle cast s
glance .it the burning haymows,
the sleek homes end rente and
the rows of begs Jim aad Prank
cballeaged me to guesses at the
remain tag contents of the bins
“Tea will all have another
gueea. ' chimed la my aarle.
“aad sew let's go sad see where
go lag aa la the kitchea.” I as-
tired fur the fleet time thet hla
Ham was very fresh for a
er at work aad that the
sack had aa s bread aew suit from wool raised oa the farm. Theaa trifles
were the eat/ rrtdsaco of e heUdey. far set e word ef Chi
■LIS M SOOO I'uCu
T a 0*a a* »sm r*** 1 *-
I’M M ta* am* gww **■*
to toa ssae aid ass TSS* BS SITCBED
..y mis aauiDua tsam.
J wfll m.** |
Took ap Wa Mishty pack.
out th* rata*
And gsra Wa whip *
Th sh hi* Uttl* frtoed* h* ora
Btp Hash'* art* *sd *ech
hsMsd of pratty. dlsky wye
That “Baby niata't I
nig BIOS WILL MIST TOtJB STB.
And ther* ncrar wm * ChrUtM** day
Bloc* frandmamma* w«ra young
When childna with tuch happy haarta
1 Their ChxUtmaa carols aung.
Aad if you *ldt Santa Clan*
Thl* aign will m**t your *7*t
“Ha drum men with Mwfaaglad Ptaf
i Mtad any Bora apply.”
f :
• The Toy Traat.
One gigantic monopoly. tb«rt Ip free
from Bttsck, and tbat la the toy trust
kept a-going by one Mr. Santa Claus,
aided by about 400.000.000 Iqaty shout-
ers. Pa and ma and unde may buy
Christmas gtmcracka from Smith,
Jeaea or Brown, but they- won't go
la the stocking nor up tbe chim
ney flue until 8. C. puts hla trademark
fla them. Call It patent right or copy
right or ysated right tbe grand old fel
low bolds It in perpetuity. True, he
doesn't charge a cash fee for tbe use of
hie name, but be la a stickler for all
*e glory tbera trio It aad be gets It
fh full measure. Everybody plays Toro
the heads ef this trust The eoeeum
hoes the real thlag, aad tbe
■ to
THE HEAD
ANIMAL MAN’S
H* prayrth brat who loreth brat
All thing*, both great and wnail; 1
For th* dear God, who loreth ua.
He made and loreth all.
When the show reached winter quar
ters in Cincinnati, tbe proprietors were
In baste to get a way— M r. King to New
York and Mr. Lake to bis Michigan
farm. The former, who was "boss,”
said to me: "Rlll.Crtpps, you’ve been
our headVRinial man only one season,
but that’s enough for me to know and
trust you, so I’m going away with my
mind easy, leaving you in entire charge
of tbe menagerie. Keep tbe bills down,
draw bn me when you want money,
and—that’s all.’’
I said I’d do my best and meant It
The circus outfit 1 bad nothing to do
with. Tbe menagerie was well housed
uut kernels. . For the cat animals I
engaged plenty of tender, Juicy, fresh'
beef Instead of tough old horae, their
ordinary diet There wasn’t much to
be done for Jhe hay eaters beyond un
accustomed oats, apples and bran
mashes, bnt for tbe elepbant I got a
basket of flue oranges and had baked a
lot of patty cakes, such as he uaed to
enjoy at home in India. Tbe camel
didn’t really deserve any Christmas,
but 1 bought a hatful of dates for him
anyway.
I was getting the stuff In on Satur
day afternoon when Jack came around
again with a bunch of good cigars for
my Christmas, and it brought my heart
up in my throat that the kind fellow
bad thought of me so, for no one else
had slbce Lizzie died. lie asked what
tbe things were for, and I told him.
Maybe I said more than I meant to, for
my heart was full at the time, and I
had no Idea of his putting anything In
the pajier about tbe menagerie’s Christ
mas. BUt be did. and really when 1
read on Christmas morning the story
be got up I was surprised.
Cat anlmala are never fed on Sun
days and as we let all go shy of break
fast Monday the menagerie's appetite
for a Christmas dintier at noon was
sure to be good. Before that time
came we bad a lot of visitors, nice peo
ple who had seen Jack’s story, sod
among them were a tine white beaded
old gentleman who Introduced himself
as Dr. Hiram Bldwell. and hla adopted
daughter—a splendid looking girt.
Luckily we were In good shape to re
ceive them. Ham wore a new suit I
had given him. Tbe rage rleaner* were
so washed and draped up they hardly
recognised each other and 1 waa got
up with a# much style as a ringmaster
myself.
„ Precisely at noon we sprung our
gtad surprtee oa the animats. If yaa
Imagine tboor birds and beasts didn't
notice soy change la their hill of fare,
you are wroag Yon never saw such
joyous esrltrineot among feathers and
fur. They jahhered. rhattervd. shriek-
spokea. We sassrad tba strung eat. raaMtag One of hnUfllaga
the farmboooe. thru gk a nootf shod, into the washroom, tbea past a i
ha*lag a fatal aaggaatksa of haAfltag enppltea that war* toolbaama. Mast i
• eua>a*or kttrhea with a paaMve odor of aawly pooled applaa doughaota aad
aptesd mtars u*aaL Lac la led tba way oat apoa tba porch ta avald tba crowd
ed mala kttrbea. tbroagh tbo apoa daar ad which cam# hot aad haavttj ladaa
ttr from aa>pta eteaa aad steaming kettles aad paaa.
Caaata Martha, tbo aaptarflad flower ad a group ,.f eevea gtria, raabed for-
ward la giro tbo Aral offaatro greeting, aad Coaala Hattie, with Co eat a Mar
vin e wfe Jeaate followed amt r
ta am he beitore glrilekneaa L-
Aaat Harriet, look log gene tuna
enough to wish that all rreatlaa
might alt down ta tbe feaat.
whuor Ms gee of preparatloa
were ahwwa by Maine aad flour
pa tehee e&tendtag from her eyea
to the hem »f her aproa. eaid la
kladly reproval. ‘Youre here,
bat alnaa. aa ueuaL"
Krom the parch we went In
to the family elttlng room, end
aarle teemed to cat looao from
hla following aa he aat down bo
lide t'oaaln Tlkly. whose fresh
widow s werala lent 1 somber
key to the (MT % «n>n Jim and
Frank gave a Wni.1 In choking
alienee to their iiH>unilag atater,
liid I wgnt.-d Tu.'TVnr had to aaewee fortbedty <
leas little ones ruabed In with alt other seta of happy grandchildren, And som-
berness fled from tbe fsrmhouaa, for tbe rest of that day at least
Cousin Msrton started in to check her brood, but her childless alstar Kath
erine mi id: “l<et tbe young ones go it Time enough to be sober when they get
old.” Then unde got down on the floor and turned himself !n|p a horse play
ing granddadily until tbe racket made tbe old house shake.
My cou«lns stole out and hurried nervously to the carriage house, on tho
aide of farm, opposite the big barn. There was life and hustle there, for
sleiglthell* gate fltfu^ melodies as they were taken off and bung op; horaes
stamped aud were told, with sounding slaps, to "Get over!” Cousin Marvin
wan acting the host to the brotben-ln-law from the hill farms. He lived oq a
section of land set off from tiie homestead and was uncle's right hand man.
There was a word or two of m-
gr.-t from the older ones for the
lamented Annuel, who had been
there laswChristmas; then tho
group inarched single tile bo-
hind the stalwart Marvin over
the narrow snow path to th«
house. :
Floating up from the front
yard came a babel of voices,
and Ralph, tbe oldest grandson,
a fat, .hearty lad, shouted to us
boys, "Come and see our Christ
mas:" As we rounded the cor
ner of tho-fcouse the same tones
cried out, “Ready, aim, Are!"
and n dozen balls whisked past
our heads from a snow fort
manned by a troop of boys aud
girls in mufflers and mittens.
After this reception the garrison
scattered jnd began plft^Jng great rolls upon the parapet to build it higher.
A snow mtfn as big as a*3flirnt and a rabbit the size of a Saint Bernard were
patchM up with a nostTabd an ear. and we were asked to review the sights
of the frosty Christmas museum. - «vn ■
The call to dlniier-Jed.to, a real charge through every door of the mansion,
add when we got a glimpse of the dining room, as the women seated the little
ones, it presented a Jumble of happy, red faces and heaps of cooked things in
brown, white, pink and yellow.
All Christmas dinners are alike in one thing—under any and all dream-
stances the guests are ravenously hungry and boisterously happy,and neither
old nor youug can observe tbe rule of uot talking with the mouth fall; other-
wise 1 Mte fuast would be silent, and with.36 mouths' «ujoying Aunt Harriet's
bounteous spread that dlun.er was not at all quiet. Moreover. 1 didn’t regret
Ifkving turned ray bark upon town celebrations for a Christmas at the farm.
G. KK5XETH Gilkxb.
Co fl| tf. .%
M* i
ruom was parti
Iftnttr't off f
ne frnot rorort
Tbe < •£*»* 1
aer# ran gee
1 a too* tbe side
v wttb
it run 1 ■
rfelnd tbren. sod
IQ ta»t total
II# ftstoto \
Ibr farther rod
tOffw 1 tie flw
tyffto. III# elf*
I>1>aat. tbe ram
et aod Ik# •
4}tTefll Cuto „
A iuooo(ev red
*fo%r •
ftiflun! Iq i fro
- middle of tbe
erolrsl hi mi*
to Itk a li
irge baarb light
•f«-c It -•A
UotorCfcrf It
• as as warm
brtgtif, riri
iii Qfhfll cbe
efy a pi ar* as
jroti tl w an!
to a##, ••
everybody said
to m» •• to tt.
toiMf toa bi
id a good at any
ft»l|«*fto
Cagvd ani
tiiQla berutoi
te reettoea If lafV
atone, sod 1
1 netef to rQ
it eat more tbea
aa hi—* or
ttoo Qt A tl
me. bet even at
that 1 took
i m g'WtoJ By
eey loeg •albs
for eierrtar
atoii to aa#
tbe city, ton* leg
Mark Hem
-my betpe
r-aad tbe two
Cftff# r|#toOr
’re for tbe
animals te i—*-%
at. But aa lime ran
i along to eeer
Christmas
1 seemed ti
d laae been for
gulag oet
merb. Bo
met blag la tbe
air made ■
ae feel my
self, more tbea
ever befor
e. a boprl
eeely looeaenm.
to»0»ele— ta
tal straagri
Tbe starr
a were twtj
thie-v and gayer
than 1 Ua<
1 ever eott
red their being
before; tbe
streets full
1 ef happy faced
peopto rarr
yin* ttuodt
re ef t'hriatma*
pretortita, tl
»e v* lodowi of bomee adora
ed with cv«
’Vgrrea fret
uons aad Christ
THE FIRST
WEST INDIAN
XMAS.
.. • h Y
ooBy F. A. Ober.oo
It may or may not begenerally known,
but the first Christmas celebration In
America took place in the West Indies
and In the very year that America waa
discover^ There was not much fes
tivity, about It, to be sure, for tbe first
anniversary of the Nativity, in the new
world found the participants In a
state of mind not conducive to merry
making or cheerful entertainment
The great navigator. Chiatopher Co-
lumhulT. uho showed the civilised
world the way across the Atlantic, was
master of ceremonies, and he bad lit
tle reason for rejoicing, for on Christ
mas eve, 14112. ha had lost his flag
ship. the Santa Marla, which bad run
on a reef on the north coast of Haiti.
Fortunately for him and bis crew, tbe
native Indians of tbe island were
friendly, and they not only came to bis
rescue, but saved all the wreckage of
bis vessel, which they plied up on the
beach at-Guarico, near the preseat city
of Cape Haitian. Tbe Indian cacique
did all be could to allay the grief of tbe
Hpanlards and on Christmas day
spread a banquet to which they were
Invited and at which many-of his peo
ple acted In tbe rapacity of servants.
This was the first Christmas dinner
In America, and at this aboriginal
“spread*’ so many new and strange nr
th*lea of food were offered tbe Hjpao
lards that 4'olnmbtis made s <i .
them, so we ars enabled to state esarl
ly w hat they were, to tbe first place
there was in alt*, or Indian corn, which
the Europeans may bare seen la the
Bahama*, but which they had not eat
en before. In fort, the gulden kernel*
carried bach to Hpsin by fotnaibtia
from this first voyage to America were
the first that ever reached the old
world, and It was many years after
•t Irafore brows bread aad “Injun
Hiding’' became at nil cum mow on the
■Mwan royalty,
nsrtowa tubers offered the
it day by the Indian chief
naa tbe maniur. or ras
hlcb the aborigines made
FLOODDIO MATO WI1
The State Dispensary |g
Largest Business la Its History.
The Columbia corespondent of tba
1 ft °d Courier says:
D is remarkable bow well the beet*
n «” 0 ' Bute dispensary keepsTm
towards prohibition/theStatedtaoen.
•ary Is now doing the largest "
within it* history. Thl* Is large!*
counted for by the gradual starifrE
out of the illicit buslieee •*•*▼«*
Commissioner Crum states that tha
'°, r jlquorand inflating thatlSSf
ought to have more stock. It le to be
“Commissioner Crum says that tha
heaviest demenda are for tha
grads, of liquor. ThT tZZSFZ
Mr h Cru^i ^ P^rtlcularlj heavy.
th?/'**.' h * 1 U U •«»•*»»»
peculiar thet the upper const!ea la-
slat upon having ‘whlST Sr. aS ton
uHw" 116- 0/ lhe *** Wlm% ‘ , * i *
“ The State dlspeneary seems to ba
doing a very heavy bueineee le oeaa
goods, aad it would appear ee a strictly
easiness matter that now that the die*
Den ** r T *••• * complete monopoly It
‘tofbt to be able to botUelte c
i quor end get out Ita own s«
brands if they have to ba gotten _
It may ba very well to handle a lav
well known brands, bnt It done seem
rid ten lone for the dlsp, n*arj to be la*
truduciag aew grades of oeee geode at
eJmeet 0*017 . MMUf ^ |£
It is to bo romember- d that ease
oome higher thae barrel goods
eua»er d *^**** r,r ** ^ M 10 164
The News aad Coe Her sage that ah-
oordlag fo the fiatomeet bn a
-ooal dLpeoetr tha ‘-iiriemi la tha
ilqnor line jest wow is ua a gmafim*
iwum than U Lae Smb lor —-riki Tho
•bops ere being heavily skx k -a for tho
Christmas trade aad tha aaleo
boon ruaalag ahovo the high I
made for the same period last
J** hro eatyaf deeply'lato
lhe supply of the cheap.
Mqeor, aad peopto with
ar* buying out the oa e gt
“Ueetaese le eertalaly ra blof,” said
• dUpwweer, ’ aad my boohs will
he red. a good deal mor*
1 Near dark. Jaot when
| sf going ewl to n res
dlaaer. Dr. Bldwell c
| aethiag wowM do bet I moat
■ him to get a glass of eggnog
We were sot gooe snore than half aa
. hour, hut by the lime we returwed n
transformation had been worked la
j my room, in lhe center n Mg table
| waa net with dlaaer for foor— the beat
dinner I ever aaw, with a whole tor
hey. bottles of wine and all aortn ef
I ’ alee things aad when I raised my
eye# from It they took la n “Merry
Chriettnaa.~ In evergreen letters, oa the
walk and ta a holly frame, facing me.
sal*# for N
waohs la D-osmbar
Mme In 18M. This
aatloiaatad. Tho
la OulnmMO
bo sold out daring tha baay i
this week wo will havw oar
aad by haterdoy tight oar
Tha sbeapor (trade of
weird, hut staff whtoh
wild, vtclone ideas la tha
grwoe, la ealilag rapidly
litoan oaat hattlan arts
days just as lost ns tha
r res tbe. tba shopmen's wagons
busy delivering good tmngs for Christ
mss dinners and Christmas trees
Tbe Lord knows I didn't begrudge
aaybudy's happiness, but It all made
uautuiahip sad^. I» «Jjr,
world I knew of no one wheat eyes
would brighten or lips smile a welcome
for my coming. As for sharing In tbe
general joy of the Christmas season. 1
might as well have been that ornary
camel—the meanest dlsposltloned beast
alive, to my thinking—as a man with
a heart to feel bis loneliness, Every
other man had friends, even poor old
black Sam.
And what made It harder to bear
was .that home and love belonged In
my past and I could not forget them
When I came back to New York after
a winter engagement with “Bentley’s
Aggregation'’ in tbe West Indies and
South America. I found my dear wife
Lizzie had been run down by a Broad
way stage and killed. And what hod
become of my sweet little baby girl
Jennie, only 4 years old. nobody could
tell me. That was a dozen years back,
but never sluce have I felt any leas
heartsick aud lonely than when my
grief was fresh, and in the winter,
along about Christmas, 1 always feel It
most
Tbe animals, as I sat brooding by the
stove, seemed to know 1 was in trou
ble and feel sorry for me. They would
stand still a long time looking It me,
and the elephant. I’m sure, tried to ask,
by his little squeals, what was the mat
ter. Only that mean camel acrew.ed
up his nose scornfuUlkq, aa if he didn’t
care a cuss who felt bad, which he cer
tainly didn’t
Friday morning, the third day before
Christmas,. Jack Henderson, a young
reporter, dropped In. as be often did,
and happened to remark: 'Tt seems
hard to be Imprisoned for life without
an occasional happy day to vary the
monotony. Caged anlmala ought to
hare helMayai^ - w ■—p——i
That set me thinking after he waa
gone, and I made up my mind the men
agerie under my charge should, for
once anyway, have a Christmas. I con
the lot liked best and mostly never
got and all those things 1 meant they
should have on Christmas day. That
afternoon I went out baying and laugb-
' ed to myeelf when I thought 1 waa ah-
tually purchasing Christmas presents
for a lot of folks who would ba aura to
appradats them.
1 got for tbe birds all ports of choice
fruits, alee needs, sots' eggs, maul
to their
m-r.
arms
“WHAT!” I CBIKD, TAKING HER III MT ASMS
a life size painted portrait of my dear,
lost Llzsle. I’d never had the consola
tion of a likeness of her. aud seeing her
face, wearing the gentle, kindly smile
1 knew and loved so well, gave me
inch a turn that a faintness overcame
me, and I dropped on a chair, trem
bling and with my eyes full of tears.
Then that splendid girl, who bad
been standing behind me, put her arms
around my neck and said, "You shall
never be |tone in tbe world any more,
dear father!”
What.” I cried, taking her in my
you—you, my little Jennie! Oh,
Is God really and truly so good to me
after all?” . .
It seemed Impossible, but was true.
When 1 had grown calmer, they told
me bow Dr. Bldwell. then practicing In
New York, was with my dear wife
when she died and. at her request took
charge of her little daughter. He and
bis good wife adopted her. but always
hoped to find toe some Jlme, for her
child heart never forgot or ceased to
love me, and they were too good to
wish us kept apart and at last Jack's
story told them where 1 was.
• .* • • • » . e.
StltNi go my way aacbjentlng sea
son. pld as I am, for show life gets into
the blood and Irresistibly draws op*'
who has lived it so many years a* -If
but wherever 1 may be, nevoi’ more
etf or QOtappjrrfw''winter al
ways brings me back te my dear Jen
nie. And note thls-that none of this
great happiness would have com# to
me bad 1 pot given the animals a
Christ!
A S*r1 of BaAloos Chaim.
“Christmas cornea hot once a yea.
“Glad yon think aa What with
tora aad couslna aad anats It baa come
to me foor hundred aad forty-otoveu
times alraadjr vtth wyifntj
TBS FIOST CBBISTMAI DISKEB IX AMBBK^A.
earthen vessel, where It was preserved
for any length of thne by tbe antiseptic
properties of tbe manioc.
'Christopher was so taken with tbe
pepper pot. nccordlng to n local tradi
tion. that he Itegged tbe recipe from tbe
native chef and took It home to Queen
Isabella, but whether she appreciated
the article or not has not been record
ed. Another tuber, tbe yam, was also
served up after roasting in the aahes,
but It Is doubtful if tbe potato waa on
the festal board, though It may as well
have been found in tbe highlands of
Haiti as in South America, where It la
eaid to have been discovered long aft
er. Anyway, there were several new
fruits, all tropical, such as the guava,
custard apple, sapota and pineapple,
and Id meats there-was a great varie
ty, for the Indians shot and trapped
the wild parrot, pigeon, doves, agouti,
iguana and tbe utia, tbe three last
named being animals indigenous to the
Island. t
There was one function at that ban
quet which Columbus may have in
dulged In, though he has left no record
of having been suddenly indisposed,
and that Is tobacco smoking. He had
seen Indians on the coast of Cuba roll
up dry leaves of a plant unknown to,
him and after lighting one end of the
roll Inhale and puff out the smoke
thereof with evident enjoyment Bnt
at this banquet he was Astonished to
see the chief aud his big men cram
portions of the weed Into a curious
pipe, with a branched stem shaped like
the letter Y and after inserting a stem
into each nostril proceed to fuddle
themselves with the narcotic, to the
great disgust of the Spaniards, who
had a few vices of their own, even
then, but did not smoke. It was only
because they did not know, how, but Oo-
lugnbus lost an opportunity for adding
another laqrel to hla Immortal wreath,
and left to Sir Walter Raleigh the in
troduction of smoking Into Europe a
century later.
Tbe main object of this article Is to
point out that down in the West la
dles. where dwell our nearest foreign
neighbors, and where we hava a tidy
little Island of our owa la Porto Blco,
the first Chnstmaa
America waa celebrated
ofao-
aoeor wait aattl
tfriafe *fl
sad It la aa aeaa art
«U1 sot gat tome eiUoat i
trouble. Tba
Is a b»c
bolt ot tba bad sag rone tbera to a* tott
ing just whet they will da
Bubbly am fliiBiii— ~I base
dropoad ta sir," tba maa la tba salt of
faded black, wbo bad edged bto eay
a to tbe private « Hoe «f tbe ■srnbaat.
tiurrladly remarked, “simply aa b
of buslssto orgeat oaslaaaa
b bu« 1 sees mss myself, bad I
aaow the worth of a tossy maa’s tima.
I’iubcIK Borrigaa, aad I Bead to ba 4b
real estate baslaeea la
dtata of Poaanleaala. Haro to
profeaatooal oord, i
•till loglbim Weald that
Jtoptiy oaat Toesday, eaeb
down oa tbo ton-?"
U woald Bot,” replied tbe mar oh aat
-ouellag at him.
M That brlags ma to tha aazt qoeo-
tlon,” parasd tha visitor, briskly.
’’ Woald It ba too maob, air, to ask yoa
for a loaa of a dollar—mars ly a dollar
—till tomorrow mor slag at 10 o'clock T”
“ It would.”
“ Bloco wo caooot negotiate oa aa
ordinary business basis, klr, might I
ask you to lot bm bavo a qaartor.
•oiely oa yoar faith la humanity, and
without nay definite promise of ropoy-
raem ?”
“ No, you can’t” roared tho mirnhaat
•' Get out of hero I ’
* *’ Certainly, sir,” res pood ed tha eth
er, moving with alacrity toward the
door. ” At I said whan I ontoe In, thl*'
i* purely n butlnea* ooll. It to not'd
matter of sentiment. Either yon hnsw
a few cents to spare for tbo piurposeft
keeping tho ourronoy of the country
moving or you have not. It appears
you have not. You need feel do re
grets about the matter at all, air. Good
afternoon.” X
ttooary hero
Ham bright
in OoL
bright,
roes of
—Dr. J. B O L* 0 drutn has delivered
aa address at Grovbr, N. C., before tha
descendant* of Frederick Hamt
>oe of ., tha Revolatloaar
King’s Mountain.
lieutenanV-ooloael la OoL Wm.
Graham’! command of North Carolina
’ roope. He waa twice married aad had
18 children, and them are now 800 da-
-cendaota la the vlelaity of Elaffh
Mountain. ^ „
—The Sbuthern Hallway is building
a magnificent depot at Gastonia bad M
is said that within tbe next few weak*
many imprbvetneato will be madd at
the station in Spartanburg.
OCB-QttKATHffT
For 20 years Dr. J. Mewtoo
has so suocsaafuily treated ohsonie <
ea that be is acknowledged
at the head of ‘
Hie oaciaatvo
Varicocele and
of knlfa or cautery <
all eases, lathe
Vital Forces. Ner
and Urinary Complaints,