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't c >; an' *me>" began Lar- \
v. ||||N T I ry proudly, "are goin' to j
?, v," MkmNj givin' dinner you ever
v heard about. You just
v ought to see the basket
|p?: <' . that come to our house
this mornin'. 'My Lady,' she sent it.
gtShe lives in a great big stone house
?: downtown, an' I take papers there, an'
? Jess-does sewin'."
Kg"-'* "A* Thanksgiving dinner? Glory!
What a^e you goin' to have?" asked
one of ttfe little group of eager listenr'y
" ers gathered on the broad stone curbing
in the crisp November sunlight.
3 "Oh, turkey an' cranberry sauce an'
oel'ry an' plum puddin' an'?an?.
p-'v everything." was the proud reply.
Pv. 'Whoopee!" cried Billy- Dornan,
who went hopping ahput on one foot,
while Maggie Todd, the flower girl,
who had hobbled over on her crutch,
begged with eyes that were shining,
"Oh, Larry, do say that again. It
3 does sound so beautiful!"
|V "Turkey and cranberry sauce an'
oel'ry an' plum pudding." repeated
m *slowiy. Then, for Jess had often told
him that he must never talk too mucn
of himself, he hastened to ask, "What
P. ' vou goin' to have for Tbanksgivin',
Maggie Todd?"
The girl's eyes filled with tears as
. ?he looked away. "I guess we won't
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have much this year," she said, "just
bread an' tea. an' maybe some meat
or?or something."
Larry remembered suddenly that j
Maggie's father had died a few months
r ) before. Of course, she wouldn't have
a nice dinner. Why had he asked the j
thoughtless question and brought
tears into those blue eyes? He looked
about at the little circle. Not one
of them would have a Thanksgiving
treat, of that he was sure, foor nine
Sam. the bootblack, would spend his
pennies for a bowl of soup at one of
the kitchens. Spot, the raggedest of
all, a forlorn little foundling, whd belonged
to no one at all ana slept in
& great brick covered alleyway along
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with tramps and thieves, would be
glad of even a crust, while Billy Dornan.
whose mother took in washing
to fill the hungry mouths of the six
Httle brothers and sisters, would be
lucky if he got anything fcrr himself.
Larry's heart gave a thump as he
looked a^ the faces about him; then
thought of the great basket, its sides
fairly bulging with good thinks. Why,
perhaps not one of them had even
tasted turkey, and he had had it many
times before his mother had died.
A sudden thought flashed into his
mind as he sat there. Well, why
should he not? Jess, tie was sure,
would be very glad, for she had often
told him that they must remember
those poorer than themselves.
Then, too, it would be such fun. "My
Lady" had said she wanted the pretty
white dress for Thanksgiving Day,
because she was going to have a dinner
party. Why shouldn't we have
a dinner party, ,too?"
"I tell you what," he cried, his
bright eyes shining; "Jess an' me,
we're goin' to have all those good
things to eat, an'?an' we want you
to come an' help us eat 'em."
It was not the polite form of invitation,
but neither Sam nor Billy
nor Maggie nor Spot cared for that.
They all stood staring for a breathless
moment, then they cried in odc
voice. "Oh. Larry, you don't mean
it, do you? Honest? Hope to die?"
"Honest?hope to die if I don't," be
said solemnly, and that settled the
matter beyond a doubt.
When Larry had sold the last of
his papers, lie iairiy racea iu uc
tenement attic, where he and Jess
kept house, so eager was he to tell
the news of his dinner party. "My
Lady, she's goin' to have one," he explained,
"so I thought we would, too."
"Why, of course," agreed Jess.
"There'll be enough for all, and
Thanksgiving Day, like Christmas,
comes but once a year, so we'll have
just as good a time as we can." And
then, like two children they were,
1 they caught each other's hands ancT
| went dancing round and round the
little room.
The next morning Jess was up
bright and early, preparing for the
event. Larry, after waiting to see
the great turkey, its sides puffing with
I oyster dressing, reposing in the oven.
I caught up his cap and tramped down
! the stairs whistling as he went. He
{ came back again just as the great 1
! clock in the church nearby was striki
irg 1. This time he headed a little
I band and proudly he ushered-in his
! friends. Each had made some small
attempt at dressing up. Sam wore
, a new coat. Billy a flaming tie. M?.g:
eie Tod had bound back her brown
i curls with a b'.t of blue ribbon, while
I Sr,ct. who owned nothing more on
| sarth than the suit he always wore,
i haj scrubbed his face till it fairly
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shone and even borrowed a broken
comb to run through his frowsy locks.
"We!!, how glad I am to see you
all!" Jess cried, smiling a welcome
from the dcorway and looking "just
too beautiful." Larry told her, in a
pretty blue dress with a little frilled
apron and a pink bow in her hair.
"Come right in, jtou dear children,"
she went on; dinner's on the table,
and I'm sure you'll open your eyes
when you see it."
And in truth they did. They stood
about the table and stared with wide
eyes at what they saw. A luscious
brown turkey lay there before the little
hostess. Tt looked so good that
they gasped when she took up the
carving knife and ruthlessly jabbed it
beneath the crisp skin. And Maggie
Tod wondered if It weren't wicked to
eat anything so beautiful. On one side
of the table was a pyramid of creamy
potatoes, while on the other rose a
trembling mound of jelly, in whose
red depths the sunlight seemed to
glow. A feathery bunch of celery
adorned the centre of the table. Then,
besides, there were mysterious covered
dishes which might be containing
other delicious things. It was quite
as though a fairy godmother had come
out of the story book and spread them
a feast, they declared. There was not
much talking at first. Every one was
too busy with knife and fork, and
Jess just kept insisting on second
helpings all around. At last Spot, the
first keen edge of his appetite somewhat
dulled, leaned back in his chair
and regarded the little-company with
a broad smile.
"Say," he began joyfully, "I bet you
they just have turkeys in heaven."
And they all agreed that heaven without
turkeys would be a very poor
place.
Then the plum pudding, a wonderful
brown ball, topped with a sprig of
evergreen and all ablaze with a
strange blue fire, came in^ After they
had tasted again, they decided to
amend their idea of future happiness,
and added plum pudding to their sum
of perfect bliss.
It was a very happy little group
that wenr away down the narrow
stairs, and a very happy boy and girl
that sat, side by side, before the little
fire, each living over again the
beautiful dinner party which would
soon be only a memory. At last Larry
looked up into the sweet face
above him and said:
"I wish all the poor boys and girls
could have a lovely 'Ladv' like mine,
so's they could give dinner parties
too. But then." with a sigh that
seemed to come from the toes of his
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boot?, "I 'sposs they ain't enougn iu
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\ STATE NEWS ITEMS. |
Railroad Ageni I ransTcrrea.
The Seaboard Air Line has trans
ferred J. F Womble. who has bee
their agent at Chester, for the la;
year or more, to Waxhaw, N. C., an
W. F. Bray has succeeded him. M
Eray has had considerable experienc
as a railroad man. having acted a
agent for the Southern railway o
Yorkville, for a number of years, an
after that as agent for the S. A. J.
at Camden.
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Mills Declare Dividend.
At the recent stockholders' meetin
of the I.ockhart cotton mills, a sem
annual dividend of 3 per cent on con
mon and" 3 l-*2 per cent on preferre
stock was declared, payable Januar
1. President Carey's report was satb
factory, showing tlurt Mill 'No-. 2, wit
50,000 spindles capacity, is almor
completed, and the whole plant i
fine shape. All the old officers wcr
re-elected.
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m unique uonviciien.
Ben Morrov;-. a young white mar
has been convicted in sessions couri
at Spartanburg, on a somewhat uniqu
charge?that of abducting a voud,
girl from her home and then makin
her his wife. A verdict of guilty wa
rendered. The young -girl for whos
love Morrow must suffer is lees thai
fourteen years of age, and it was o;
that point that the prosecution base<
its case and for the same reason
also, the jury found the verdict a
stated.
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Atlanta Man Gets Contract.
The contract fcr the big union sta
tion to be erected at Charleston, ha
been awarded to an Atlanta man
Grant Wilkins, the well known con
tractor, will have charge of its cor
struction. The cost of the statioi
will be $152,000. When completed
the station will be one of the hand
somest in South Carolina. Work wil
start on the building in a short time
and it is to be finished in twelv
months. The estimate dees not in
elude fixtures or furniture, and th
anticipated final cost of the station i
$250,000.
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Wofford Student is Missing.
Hugh Creighton, a student of Woi
ford college, disappeared from Spai
tan burg Saturday, nigbt. The youn;
man's father, Rev. C. W. Creighton, o
Greenwood, editor of the ?. Christiai
Appeal, is making inquiries, but ha:
found nothing to indicate where th<
young man is likely to have gone
The boy is 17 v^ars old, has ligh
hair, delicate features, tall, slightl;
stooped and was last seen wearing i
gray suit. Police are requested11<
look out for him and if found to noti
i ~ ^ rru,
iy uis laiuer at, ui eeuwwu. i u<
young man understands typesetting.
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Norwegian Immigrants Wanted.
Captain Alexander Thompson o
London, England, was in Spartanburj
a few days ago on an interesting an<
probably important mission. He is in
terested in bringing to the south sev
eral. colonies of Scotch and Norwe
gian immigrants and some of tfces<
will be located in Spartanburg count:
if the proper encouragement is given
Captain Thompson is interested ii
manufacturing, he having some tim<
ago established a plant for lace mak
ing in a North Carolina town. A
present he is engaged in organizing
a company to develop power on th<
Yadkin river, also in North Carolina
He thinks there is no better sec
tiop-of the country than the Piedmon
section of this state, and he' will us<
his efforts in locating farming colo
nies.
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Cadet Leysath Granted Discharge.
The only recent development re
ported in the matter of the hazing
of Cadet Leysath at the South. Car
olina Military Academy was th(
granting of an honorable discharge tc
the victim. His application for suet
discharge is alleged to have brought
upon him the paddling for whict
seven of his classmates are still tin
der airest. Leysath was up in hi?
studies, and his request, being indors
ed by his parents in Orangeburg, ii
could not well be denied. The autho'ities
would make no statement as t(
the further disposition of the case.
Cadets Osbourne. Riley, McAlister
oDinhorfknn ami Stewart o
IOCrtiUCIO, AtlV/llUl UUV11 ??w?? ^ .
South Carolina, and Cohen of Ne*
York, of the fourth class of the Soutl
Carolina Military Academy, wer<
placed under arrest, subject to court
martial for "chastising" Cadet Ley
sath.
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Was an Escaped Convict.
When a white man who had beer
arrested on the charge of vagrancy
appeared before Mayor Floyd in th<
police court at Spartanburg a fei
days ago, his honor's heart was
touched by the pathetic plea whicl
# the defendant made about having a j
J wife and child whom he had left at j
L Gastonia and he was released in or J
- > der that he might find work.
C The next morning when court met
1 the mayor was handed a letter in
9 which it was stated that the man
" for whom pity was exercised was an
escaped convict from the chaingang
fn Mecklenburg county and was wantn
. ed by the authorities.
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Constables After Blind Tigers.
A Charleston dispatch says: The r
15 dispensary constables are giving the
x blind tigers and the importers of their
^ stocks of Christmas liquors a good
" deal of trouble. The railroad depots,
wharves and express company office
are being guarded by the state officers
who are bent upon allowing no liquor
J to be delivered unless they are assur^
ed that it is intended for personal
or private use: I'
Under the decision of the federal
^ court, the state cannot interfere with
y the delivery of liquors in transit for
*' personal use, but the annoyance and
11 trouble is given- to all consignees tc
prove this fact in the delivery of the
rI , liquors, and as a result in many cases
e J the liquors are piling up in the store
i rooms, waiting favorable opportuni.
ties for carting. In order to prevent
the increased handling of contraband
liquor, the local force of constables
b has been enlarged and the constables.
c- { have plenty to do, notwithstanding the !
e , increased force. f
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s SULTAN MAKES THREATS J
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n Demands of Powers May Be Resented c
a Through Wholesale M-asacre of t
U Christians. s
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s Advices from Constantinople state t
that the porte's reply to the demands o
of the powers is not only a categori- e
cal rejection of the demands, but con- ?
tains thinly veiled threats that the ~
i- pressure of Europe will possibly ex- ?
s cite the Turkish population to repris- c
. a Is on the Christians.
i- It declares that the Ottoman gov- s
i- eminent introduced the reforms ask- e
q ed by the Muerzteg program, and says t
I, that* if these did not entirely sue- g
I- ceed, the fault was in the hatred a
1 dividing the nationalities in Macedo- a
j, nia, and instigation from abroad. c
e The communication states that the *
i- Turkish government finds it absolute- t
& ly impossible to accept financial con- '
s trol of Macedonia, as it would violate *
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the sultan's sovereignty. Aftar agreeing
to the prolongation of the mandates
of the foreign civil agents, the j
note concludes: j,
"If the powers increase the pressure
.. in order to compel the acceptance of j
? the control scheme, the imperial.gov- i
I ernment declines all responsibility t
a for the consequences which may arise r
s from the discontent among tne pub I
3 'iC'" *
, The latter pail cf the note, implying v
j. the possibility of massacre, has ere- ..
ated a bad impression in diplomatic
a circles, where it is regarded as bevig .
j a deliberate attempt to create ar.V '
ficial public excitement against linana
I rial reform, with the object of intimidating
Europe. At the same time (
it is recognized that there is danger t
of trouble in -Macedonia, and that the f
powers ought to have forces in reao- T
^ iness to act promptly at the first s/gn c
9 of an outbreak. J;
j The foreign representatives are considering
the question of increasing ^
' the number of their guards in Constantinople
in order to protect citi- 0
a zens of their nationalities. / j.
Baron Marshal Von Bieberstein, the j
German ambassador, has again urg- t
ontly represented to the authorities 1
| the advisability of accepting the
powers' demands and thus prevent
' disagreeable consequences. 11
Uncle Sam Not Invited. . E
Inquiry at the state department de- *
velnns thp fart that nn tr? fho nroean^ ?
no overtures have been made to this s
t government to join in the present at- 1
' tempt to coerce Turkey through a J
naval demonstration into yielding to r
the demands of the powers relating j
to the administration of Macedonian ?
finance.".. *
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JEALOUSY LEADS TO TRAGEDY, p
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\ Young Man Resented Another's Atten- r
> tion to His Girl and is Killed. a
R. E. Dickerson, a lineman for the
{ Bell Telephone company, was shot
t and killed by Dr. 0. T. Kenyon, of ^
j Dalton, Ga., at 135 Spring street, a y
boarding house, in Atlanta, Saturday t.
night, and Kenyon was dangerously ^
wounded by Dickerson. t;
" The tragedy resulted from Dr. Ken- q
yon having taken to the theater Miss s
Florence Weston, the 15-year old n
} daughter of Mrs. Weston, a widow, s
who runs the boarding house. Dick- h
j! erson was desperately in love with t!
the srirl in the case. e
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1 FAIRBANKS RENTS DOMICILE. c
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[ -Will Occupy House in Washington
Owned by Representative Morrell.
Vice President Fairbanks is to oc- ?
<upy during the present season the a
residence of Representative MorreiJ e
of Philadelphia at the northwest -cor- e
1 )iCr of Seventeenth and K streets, op- t<
' posite Farragut square at Washing- >
5 ton. The house is one of the largest C
7 private residences In the city, and
5 v.*as formerly the home of the late
1 Senator Stanford of California. j
How to Get Leglelatlon.
HERE is a stronger, health- ^
^ ier sentiment for National *.
5 r|^ o aid to highway improveI
-*? JR ment all over'the country
SlOlf than at any time since Con-.
jressman Brownlow first introduced
lis bill providing for it. As more and *
nore the subject is discussed in the
iress more and more is it seen that the
iroposition simply covers the discharge
>f a National obligation tcKthe people '
vlio furnish life and sustenance to v
he Government.; There is no family or
ndividual in the United States' unaffected
by highway conditions. Imiroved
highways in the United Stated
vould save to the people the enormous
mm of $G00,000,000 every year. The r/;
Department of Agriculture is authority
'or the figures. Statistics gathered by
Government agents from l-OOcountief;
;how that it costs an average of twerf^
y-five cents a mile to haul a tori! of 1 |
iroduce. On the level on good ma<v .
Ldam road a horse can draw 670dirtiinflc
/-in tha Hocf rno/lu ha Mil ivSS2
[raw 3300, or not quite half as much^ fpM
?n muddy roads he can' only draw
000 pouuds, about one-seventh what .
le can draw on the level macadam
oad. Thus we see that It costs the _ f'
armer seven times as much to carryi
lis products to the railroads or the v,|
ounty; town over a muddy road as it >'/&?
vould over a goodV ma&adam: road.
[hanks again to the Department of . V'
Agriculture, we know how much it
osts the farmers of the United States
o get crops to market, and the figures- *
how that a system of good wagon
oads would pay a larger dividend to ' V.-.sjfg
he country than our expensive system
f railroads. Briefly, it costs the farmrs
annually (the figures are official) '
946,414,G65.54 to move their products. y ^
As at least five-sixths of it'is moved.
n dirt roads and bad ones at that, :.J
here would be a saving to the farmers if
at least sixty per cent. oMhis cost
f we had macadam roads/ Or, is-'
tated above, bad roads cost the farm- s
rs annually $000,000,000. This is more
ban all the railroads of the United %
States receive for freight. It is this
ppalling condition the Government Is
sked to appropriate $24,000,000 to help
ure. The States cannot do it unaided,
>ut with $24,000,000 distributed
hrough three years to States and counies
that will accept the conditions of
he Brown!ow-Latimer bill,. snch a ^j|f
timulus will be given tq road improyenent
as will in a very few years lift H
igriculture oat of the ruts and save
o the country the enormous sun}
ost as the cost Of bad roads.
The way to relief is to demand it of
our own Senator and Representative,
?v letter, by community petition vand
>y. resolutions of neighborhood good
oads meetings. Write to Hon. W. P,
Srownlow for a copy of his bill, and
o your XL S. Senator for Senate Doc-. V;
iment Xo. 204, Fifty-eighth .Congress,
d Session. The way to get good roads
egislation is to make the call for it-to
etermined and emphatic that the Con?
xess will not fail to act.
McAdatn. R?ftd IoTCDtor.
Maurice 0. Eldridge, in an article In
luting, on road-making, remarks on
he comparatively slight knowledge the .
rorkl to-day has of McAdam, the in-,
entor of the modern method of road
onstruction. Mr. Eldridge can do but
Ittle to enlighten us, his space being
Imited and opportunities for learning.
bout the inventor being slight He BjjsB
ays, however:
It seems straDge that in the roster*
f fame and the record of achievement ^ A
n the nineteenth century, the name of v.
ohn Loudon McAdam and his service
o the human race should receive so vCv.^
ittle attention.
Among the millions or dooks id um
Congressional Library at Washington, 7^
tot one biography of this great Scotchcan
can be found, and yet after two
housand years of following false the- '
ry, practicable only for a world power jj
uch as that of the Romans, it re- i|||
naiued for this bumble Scotch sur- /.;?
eyor. who was not even an engineer,
o tell the world how to build good
oads and how to build them cheaply.
t was about 1S36 that McAdam aserted
and demonstrated by actual test
he superiority of his method over the v
Id. He laid down this principle as ~
rimary: That the natural soil really
upports the traffic, and that while it is
reserved in a dry state will sustain
weight without sinking. '
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Shade Trees on Koad*.
When all Meehlenburg's roads shall .
e bordered by shade and frnit trees, ,
ines and hedges, as a few now are, 7; ^
tien shall we feel that as in patriotic $
eclaration and in good roads, so in at;- ractive
drives shall Mecklenburg
'ounty take precedence. When variety - j'M
hall be found in different ti*eatments 4 ' <%
either Japan, with her cherry blosoms,
nor Italy with her ilex, shall be i ].
:ore beautiful. When each mill set- ^ ^
lement shall rival some other in its v
ffort to make iis streets and commons
(tractive, and its many Louses be- '.~4
ome embowered in flowers and
brubs, then will tenants find beauty
nd satisfaction in tneir homes. When .L.' ;.a
very city shall create a park and tree $
ommissions to care for its public \
rounds; when every town shall form
village improvement society, and
very county an auxiliary to its road
ommittee. then shall our State begin
> realize her possibilities of beauty.? ^ <
irs. J. Van Landingham, of North
arolina.
Lace-making is said to be dying out^ v
ot only in England nr.* Italy and
'ranee