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Story of How the Home
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t "Mother, I don't know what we are |
ft going to do. Here's a letter from j
jl Lawyer Hardy, and he says the in-;'
terest on that mortgage is so longj
past due that if we can't pay it he;
will have to foreclose and take the
farm." Farmer Easiman looked up
P* at his wife half heart-broken, after
||; reading the letter. It was a bright
April morning and all nature was
celebrating the beginning of a new
^ season of life. Even Biddy, the old
hen, the mother of many a flourishing'
flock of chickens, was adding her
cackle, & announcing the fact that
I there was a new egg in one of the
nests in the barn. But Farmer Easiman
was not in a mood to enjoy
the music of nature.
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lie OU * Oj JUUV tJUVl } WUM.V v**v *est
for six months was due the first
of January, and is now three months
! past due. He wants the money at
ft once. He won't wait until July,
when we could sell our wheat; and
E* he says the crop might be a failure,
|. and there will be another interest
I payment due in August anyway. We
can't borrow the money anywhere
and I don't see what we can do."
It was sad news indeed for Farm??
er Easiman's wife and daughter.
They had become attached to the
place, where they had been living for
ten years. At the thought of giving
| up a home which meant so much to
I* them, Mrs. Easiman burst into tears.
"Oh, John," she exclaimed, "can't
we persuade him to wait until fall?
r We'll surely have the money to pay
the interest,, and we may be able to
make a payment on the principal.
Let me go and see him. . We have
had bad luck for so many years that
ifMno-c must. phaneA for the /better
^ soon."
; 3 "There, there, mother, don't cry
about it. We'll see what we can do,
but I don't see much hope for us.
? The mortgage has been hanging over
} us now for 10 years, ever since we
bought the place. At first, we tried
cotton, but the price was so low we
I could barely meet the interest every
year. Then we tried hogs, but every
year that they would sell for a high
?price ours got the cholera. Now,
cattle are up, but we only have one
I cow."
Farmer Easiman was a typical
easy-going farmer, with a small
aVtrtuf rift norAS. H? had
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never given a moment's thought to
V poultry and other branches of agriculture
which are adapted to the
small farm, except to begrudge his
daughter Mandy's chickens the corn
they ate. The future seemed to offer
but little hope.
"How much does Lawyer Hardy
want, papa?" asked Mandy, the quiet
v but comely daughter of the house,
w who had been listening without dar\
ing to offer any suggestions. She
. was just seventeen, and seldom took
part in the family councils.
"It's only thirty-five dollars," said
her father, "but it might as well be
[' thirty-five hundred, when we do not |
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y ' "Why, papa, if that is all, I have
* the money, which you can use to
pay it."
"You have the money, Mandy!
Why, where did you get thirty-five
dollars?" exclaimed Farmer Easiman,
in surprise.
"Don't you remember that on my
|f fifteenth birthday, mamma gave me a
young hen, just beginning to lay.
I raised a lot of chickens from her
last year, and mamma told me to
keep all the money myself from the
chickens and eggs sold from my
flock, and then if I ever got married
i y I would have some money of my
-V own to buy things when I -started
housekeeping/'
"You are a good girl, Mandy, and I
j am surprised to think you could save
6 so much money in two years."
f "I'll -ell you what we can do,
fpapa; if you will let me keep a large
flock of chickens, 200 or 300 hens,
I will agree to pay the interest on
the mortgage every time it comes
due. I will pay you for the feed that
the chickens eat, and you and mamma
just let me manage them and
keep everything myself."
"Well, well, Mandy; you seem to
have quite a head for business," her
father replied. "I never had much
faith in chickens; they eat up soj
much corn ana Keep geiung into [
everything. But you have the farm,
and I'll agree to what you say."
It was Easter morning, four years!
later. Mrs. Easiman and her daugh-j
ter had some great secret between!
4: them wrhich they had difficulty in j
keeping to themselves. Her father
had noticed the bright look on Mandy's
face, causing him to remark
that she was the image of her mothe,
and that she reminded him of the
days when he went courting. Mandy's
only reply was a still deeper
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OFF THE FARM
s Was Saved for the Old
ag Lady.?Good
sing Poultry.
blush as she hastened away to look
after her chickens which had now
grown to a flock of several hundred.
When Farmer Easiman broke his
egg for breakfast, a daintily decorated
Easter offering, something
seemed to go wrong; his knife would
not go through the center as it
should with well regulated eggs. After
adjusting his glasses and looking
closely, it seemed to him as though
there was a roll of paper in the
shell, instead of the usual contents
of all good eggs. But the surprise
was not complete until the paper had
been unrolled and smoothed out,
when it proved to be nothing less
than the original mortgage on the
farm, with a receipt in full for $1,000
and all interest to date of final
payment.
Several minutes passed in silence.
Finally, Farmer Easiman mustered
the courage to control his feelings,
and looked up to his wife and daugh
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ICT, SctYHlg. iviauuy, is tins >?uuiv ui
your doing?"
"Yes, papa, I have saved a thousand
dollars from my chickens in
four years, besides paying interest,
and I have a little left. I can easily
save another thousand dollars in twc
or three years, with my chickens,
All this I have made from one hen,
which mamma gave me six years
ago."?Uncle Jo in Pogressive Farmer.
Uniform Divorce Law Advocated.
Washington, Aug. 14.?The storm
of protest which has been raisec
over the approaching marriage ol
Col. John Jacob Astor and MisE
Madeline Force has brought about an
agitation among members of the senate
and house of representatives
looking to a federal law regulating
marriage and divorce.
Foremost among the advocates ol
*such a measure is Senator Curtis, ol
Kansas.
"The matter of establishing uniform
divorce laws is one in which 1
am greatly interested," said the Kansas
senator. "It is a matter thai
vitally affects the social interests oj
the nation, and one which must be
remedied. First among the lawt
should be one absolutely preventinf
in any State tne marriage or ? uiau
whose wife divorced him on charge
of specific crime. Along with this
should be laws making both marriage
and divorce more difficult. A commission
might be appointed to ascertain
the best way of establishing uniform
laws throughout the country.'
Representative Shepherd, of Texas,
suggested that if congress car
not act in this matter an organizatior
might influence the various States
to join in a plan for uniform divorce
laws.
NEAR-LYNCHING AT ABBEVILLE
Crowd Storms Jail, Takes Alleged
Insulter of Young Woman.
Abbeville, Aug. 18.?Bob Davis
colored, had a narrow escape fron
lynching, at the hands of a mob here
to-night, as the result of an alleged
inctiit imoroDer Droposal made
to a young lady from the cotton mil'
village.
Instead of lynching the negro, after
taking him from the jail, he was
subjected to other punishment. He
is said to have confessed his guilt.
The fats in the case as understood
here, are as follows:
About 2 o'clock to-day a young
lady, from the cotton mill village
was on her way up-town, when she
was accosted by a negro man and
grossly insulted. An improper proposal
was made and the negro made
an indecent exposure of his persoi
in her presence. She ran and reported
the matter to her father and
the hunt began.
Davis was finally arrested, charged
with being the guilty party, and
lodged in jail. While he was not
fully identified, little doubt was felt
that he was the guilty party. It developed
during the investigation thai
he had been annoying two other
ladies recently. The crowd whicl
gathered was already excited, and
this increased the excitement.
About 9 o'clock to-night a large
crowd, armed with guns, congregat
ed on the public square, but it was
not thought that any attempt would
be made to storm the jail. However
at about 10:30 o'clock the crowc
stormed the jail, broke in the outei
door, two inner doors, broke in ths
cell where the prisoner was and took
him from the jail. He was taken oul
of town, and in about one-half houi
a volley of shots was fired, indicating
that the negro had been lynched
This proved not to be the case, however.
Sheriff Lyon is absent in Columbia.
The city police and othe]
officers did what they could to protect
the prisoner, but to no avail.
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VERY QUEER ACCIDENT.
Huge Turkey Buzzard Causes Two
Cars to Leave Track.
At Los Angeles, Cal., the lives of.
I a score of passengers on two inbound
beach cars were placed in jeopardy
late Friday night by a huge turkey
buzzard. Just as a Venice flyer and
a Del Rey car were approaching a
switch the buzzard charged the brilliant
head lights of the flyer. He
missed his aim and crashed through
' the glass door, knocking the motorman
back into the aisle just as he
i was applying the air brakes to bring
his car to a stop. Ths Del Rey car
' was already on the switch and the
Ccrs crashed, both being derailed.
None of the passenges were in-j
jured. I
'Three Men Arrested.
! Coatesville, Pa., Aug. 16.?Three
, men, one of whom the authorities
assert was a leader of the mob, were
arrested here to-day and charged
( with murder in connection with the
, burning of Zachariah Walker, who
. was dragged on his bed from the
[ Coatesville hospital on Sunday night
and cremated. Those arrested today
were Joseph Schofield, master
I mechanic of the Conestoga Traction
company; Norman Price, a mill hand,
. and George Stoll, who was employed
j with Price in the iron mills. The
accused were taken into custody af.
ter they had been closely questioned
L at the Coatesville police station and
were then rushed by automobile to
r the West Chester jail.
( Schofield is 35 years old, while
Price and Stoll are each 20. Stoll is
accused of being one of those most
5 active in the lynching. The police
. declare that they have evidence to
show that he helped tie the negro
to his cot and that on entering the
hospital he" shouted, "Come on, fel
i lows, it's easy; there is only one
I cop."
F Schofield is said to have admitted
\ that he helped to tie . Walker when
t the mob first entered the hospital
and later to have untied him that he
j might be bound for the burning.
; Price is said to have admitted that
he was in the hospital, but declares
F that he was not present at the burning.
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Kennedy Boyd, the lineman, who
was the first man to be arrested in
f connection with the lynching, was re
leased this afternoon after being det
tained in the Coatesville jail for
F nearly 20 hours. The authorities adi
mit that his arrest was a mistake
> and that they are unable to establish
! that he was a member of the mob.
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5 . Women Writing Good Books.
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> Jeannette L. Gilder, the famous
. literary critic, says in the September
. Woman's Home Companion:
"Tn looking over the list of the so
? called 'best sellers' of the past few
. months, it is interesting to note that
t the most of them have been books
t written by women. Not only are
j these books popular, but they are
i clean and wholesome. Not long ago,
most of the popular books written by
women were neither clean nor whole
some, and it got to be a byword that
novels written by women were not
' fit to read. There was unfortunately
too much truth in th^ statement at
, that time, but it is not true to-day;
l then women seemed to be possessed
? by a writing demon who urged them
I to write unclean stories, arguing
' "*? ( Viooiron OQPO
i Iliat SUCIl liicxaiuic uuiv
I the mark!) showed strength. Women
must not write namby-pamby
. stories any more than men. Some
5 women listened to the tempter, and
i the result was a number of unspeakable
novels that had their little day,
I but now are forgotten. I do not think
that there has been one novel writ
ten by a woman in the past year that
( belongs to the class of which I speak.
> If there has been one such, I do not
t recall it?and it must have been a
. mere flash in the pan."
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i FATAL WRECK ON SEABOARD.
[ Alabama Woman Loses Life and
Fourteen Others Injured.
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I , Wilmington, N. C., Aug. 17.?Miss
; Bessie Jones, of Montgomery, Ala.,
: was killed and 14 other persons were
seriously, though none necessarily fa;
tally, injured when Seaboard Air
Line passenger train No. 40, from
l Charlotte and Atlanta for Wilming
I j ton, wag wrecked this afternoon, five
mile# east of Lumberton, N. C. The
> chair car and sleeper, in which were
travelling a number of passengers,
i bound to Wrightsville Beach,-N. C.,
I for the week-end, were derailed and
, turned over. The injured were taken
I to Delanboro, N. C., for treatment.
The wreck is said to have been caus;
ed by a "rail kink," following a day
: of intense heat.
: After receiving temporary medical
* attention at the scene of the wreck,
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, ine injured were uruugui uere tu.
night and are being cared for by
- physicians. With the exception of
- Pullman Conductor J. B. Hill, of
this city, who is thought to have re
ceived internal injuries, none are seriously
hurt.
VALIDATION PLAN UNJUST.
New Orleans Cotton Exchange Denounces
Scheme.
New Orleans, Aug. 16.?Branding
the proposed plan of the Liverpool
cotton bills of lading committee to
institute in New York a clearing
house for the validation of cotton
bills of lading as a "direct reflection
and insult upon those engaged in the
exporting of cotton," and placing itself
upon record as opposing the plan
in its entirety, the New Orleans cotton
exchange this afternoon, through
its board of directors, passed resolutions
to this effect and approved the
renort of its sDecial committee ap
pointed to investigate. the proposisition.
The directors also adopted resolutions
authorizing the president of the
exchange to issue invitations in the
name of the exchange to all Southern
exchanges, boards of trade, bankers
and exporters and others interested
in the handling of cotton to
meet here in joint conference, probably
during the annual convention
of the American Bankers' association,
about November 20, for the
purpose of adopting measures for
the protection of their respective and
mutual interests.
Willing to Co-operate.
The local exchange expressed itself
as being willing, in the future as in
the past, to co-operate if any feasible
and just plan for the protection of
the legitimate cotton trade and the
elimination of practices contrary to
commercial morality; any feasible
plan that will not take further tribute
from the Southern planters. All
cotton exchanges in the United States
were urged to oppose the proposed
plan.
T? tVio ronnrt nf tho QTIDnifll PDTTI
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mittee, made public to-day, it was
stated that Charles S. Haight, representing
the Liverpool interests at a
conference last Saturday, explained
the entire plan to the local committee,
but as no change from the original
plan was noted he was informed
that an adverse report would be
made and the proposition opposed.
Plan Already Adopted.
"To the surprise of your committee;"
says the report, "Mr. Haight
thereupon informed the committee
that this matter had been practically
concluded by the Liverpool committee
and the New York sub-bills of
lading committee, disregarding the
agreement to leave matters in abeyance
until further conference with
the Southern interests, and that a
letter was being printed in 17 different
languages to be issued to cotJ
3??nn J VtnnVirtnr
LULL LLLiyUI"LCI B ttilU. luicigu i/atmiug
interests all over the world, requesting
said cotton buyers to ask their
American sellers of cotton to comply
with the plan and to- request American
exchange buyers to have all their
documents approved as to their genuineness
through the central office in
New York."
Plan Too Cumbersome.
The committee, in giving reasons
for opposing the plan, reported that
the losses through Knight, Yancey &
Co. and Steele-Miller & Co. were
nothing, and "consequently there was
nothing to justify the complex and
cumbersome methods of handling
cotton," as proposed; "that the proposed
plan is an insult to those interested
in the handling of cotton;"
and that it gives to New York a decided
advantage in the purchase of
documentary bills, while other cities
will be under the necessity of paying
for their bills before verification can
be obtained.
"In other words," says the report,
"the plan is drawn entirely in the interest
of the foreign cotton buyer and
banker and the New York exchange
buyer, without regard to the interests
of the large section of the country
in which cotton is produced and
which bears the primary burden of
financing the crop."
Discrimination.
Attention is directed particularly
to the fact that cotton alone is se
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lectea out or tne enunmma quauutjr
of commodities exported for the validation
of bills of lading, "nor is any
such plan in vogue in any other commercial
country. Therefore, it can
only be construed as a reflection
upon the cotton business as carried
on in the Southern States," concludes
the report.
The committee recommended immediate
action upon the part of the
directors in calling a conference of
all cotton shipping organizations for
the protection of their respective interests.
T\WU4\TH mcmnv HI? SftT,T?TRR.
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Private in U. S. Army Charged with
Cattle Stealing
Savannah, Aug. 16.?Liberty county,
Georgia, authorities have made
a demand upon the United States
army for Private James Flowers, of
the 25th infantry, stationed at Fort
Slocum, New York, in order to try
him on eleven charges of stealing
cattle.
He is under indictment, but the
army officers have not yet decided
what answer they will make to the
civil officers.
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