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The Horry Herald, CONWAY, S. C. Than'ay, July 20 '906 The "OIk Stick." The Administration is protecting the ds facto government of Santo Domingo from revolutionists by sending a warship to every port in tlie black republic where there isacustom house and an American collector installed. The activity of the. revolutionists is urged on by the fact that there is $1,300,000 on deposit ii New York, being the share of tlie customs collections to apply to the payment of the debts of Santo Domingo. The refusal of the Senate to ratify the treaty which President Roosevelt made wit h Santo Domingo, to carry out the "big stick" policy, would allow the withdrawal of the money by the Island government. l?y the failure of the treaty to be ratitied, it is equally not binding on either country and if the Santo Domingo geve \r4ient wished to change the policy Otwfobt paying the United States cannot prevent it. With that large sum virtually hung lip as a purse for the winners, it is no wonder that every revolutionary general is rallying his forces to seize the government and divide tie plunder. The Administration lias a modus vivendi with the de facto government to carry out t.hc principal object of the treaty, which is to use part of t lie money collected from customs duties for ti e payment of the debts of tbe island republic, but if the present government is overthrown, the successful revolutionists. ?cdiId ignore the arrangement and dcnVjhd the prize. So tlie people of the United States are paying for warships to be used as policeman to protect Santo Domingo against her own people and ?o hcip foreign governments collect their debts from those unruly debtors. Tbe ' *big stick" policy has its embarrass-ments, its moments of victory and defeats, and tliis Santo Domingo experiment is but 1 he Opera Boulie of it, which may lie followed by much more serious results when Venezuela and some of the other republics are tack 1 r? r 1 hv flipir fnrnitrn cfoflitfirc mirl President Roosevelt undertakes to settle the matter. So far 11 is interference lias had but little good effect and the statesmen of his party do not seem to endorse t his new idea of the object of the Monroe Doctrine. Try a little KODOL FOR DYSPEPSIA after your meals. See the etrect it will produce on your general feeling by digesting your food and helping your stomach to get itself into shape. Many stomachs are overworked to the point where they refuse to go further. Kodol digests your food and gives your stomach the rest it needs, while its reconstructive properties get the stomach back into working order. Kodol relieves flatulence, sour stomach, palpitation of the heart, belching, etc. Sold by Conway Drug Co. Named JuiUh 'Ncoiiot. An exchange has the following good story. "A speaker at one of the sessions of the Philadelphia Methodist conference tells this story, which he sayfr was related to him by Bishop Ilart sell: "The bishop while on a southern tcur tret n <]?rk.ey who was t) e father of sixteen children, the youngest (f wbtm won scarcely out of arms, and on asking h ra wn?t t i e y< ur goat's re dh v-as r< c ivrd t his reply 'Juous 'Seariot, sab.' 'Ycu don't mean io tell me tbatth^t ?s rcahy bi? baptismal nam# do you?' asked the bishop. 'Indeed j do, K?h; ain't oat a scripture! r arm ?' 'Yes, but do yen km w who Judas Incarlot v.ai?' 'Course I does, sab; >ut doan de scripture say It would Mave been better for Judas 'Sc&r'ot f hr had never been homed?" 'Yes, hut v/Lat has that to do with tbs p' or little chap?' 'Dai's j ^st it, jildat.'s j st- It; it would have her natter for this poor little chap if he bad never been homed, and dat's why we calls him Judas 'Scarlet.' " Su??k??d Through. At last, by grace of the; tifty-ninth congress, which made such "a great record," the national City Bank of New Kork, a Standard Oil institution receives$1.10,000 for rental of theolcl Customs House property. This appropriation was carefully concealed in Lite general deficiency bill and its presence there was a secret guarded with the tit most elTort by the committee on appropriations. Ihe-'bnfnk is withholding from the govern mei/il^O* ooo of the purchase price of the prop erty in order that the deed and title may remain with the government and the bank thereby evade payment of taxes to the state and city of New York. The pendency of this steal has been a national scandal for many years. It remained for the congicss witli "a great record," which soarous eel the admiration of Roosevelt, to do that, which its not over-virtuous predecessors avoided as a disgrace too great. It is always well to have a^joxof salve in the house. Sunburn, cuts, bruises, piles and boils yield to DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. Should keep a box cn hand at all times to provide for emcrger cies. For years the standard, but followed by many imitators. Be sure you get the genuine DeWltt's Witch Ilazel Salve. Conway Drug Co. ?... ? i In the Interest j { ofTruxanv ? Co. j ? I By JANE ELLIS JOY Hi ? i J) Copyright, 10h">, by Juno Ellis Joy ? r<rfr\UAXK you." *iiM .1 ustinn (lil> , bert, accepting the loan of the morniuk newspaper from her landlady. She ran with It up to her small room on tho third lloor and sat down to look over the "Help Wanted" advertisements. Her eye ran down one of the columns until It rested on the following: Wanted.?Immediately, expert stenographer for the Monolith sugar rellnory; only plain looking women need apply. The girl gasped out a little jubilant mugn. ao wonder. Sue Iiail broken her last dollar. It was la to in Sepiom> her, and her room ront would be duo on Dot. 1. For a mouth slio had walked the streets of the big, strange ' city Keeking a situation. She fancied that her face?which no one in ail her twenty-two years had over called pretty and which she herself considered hopelessly ugly told against her I in the everyday struggle for employ! ment. Now her time had come. For once ugliness was at a premium, j Justina wore a confident air as, in the course of an hour, she entered the outer ottiee of the big Monolith building. over the portal of which appeared in immense letters, "Truxam ?Sc Co." She was directed to take the elevator. The building was tilled with the | industrial music of machinery. Permeating the air was the heavy odor of sugar. The otllce of the h^ad of the firm was on the third floor overlooking the sugar pit. The deep open pit was safeguarded by a wooden railing, over which one could look down on a hundred tons or more of sugar. Justina was wondering what beneficent Impulse Impelled Messrs. Truxam & Co. to favor girls without beauty when, stopping at the open door of the otlice, she saw a businesslike, middle aged woman seated at the desk. A few questions followed the brief greeting. Justina was given a bit of dictation to do, and before she realized what had happened or had recovered lwv? ..........1..^ 4 1... 4 4l. A 1I U1J1 in."I Mll|M l^J 11 L llimillK lllilt 111V great Monolith concern was conducted by u woman she was duly Installed over a typewriter. Little except business phrases passed between Mrs. Truxam and Justlua for a month or two. The latter was well paid, and she liked the situation. Now and then she indulged the fancy for a neck ribbon; otherwise she dressed very plainly. Occasionally Mr. Clarence Truxam, a tall, fine looking fellow, apparently about twenty-five, came Into the ofiico to consult his mother. The first time Justina saw him a rational solution of tlie preference of the head of the firm for an ugly stenographer rushed upon her mind. "Ah, there's no danger to him from me!" she thought to herself serenely. As time passed Justina grew to feel that there were compensations In life for the unattractive. She could go about the place without drawing attention to herself?at least she fancied so, enjoying the thought that she was Immune to stares. When otY duty she loved to roam over the building, stopping when and where she pleased to watch the movements of the machinery. Her fondness for mechanics was almost a prfssion. Ity degrees Mrs. Truxam relaxed from her businesslike rigidness and be 'DOESN'T HE DIKE IIEll?" QUERIED JCSTINA. famo surprisingly confidential. Wintcr had linrdly arrived before sla; had communicated to Justina her asplratlons for making a match between her son and the onlv daughter of si rivni sugar house. Evideutly the matron wanted a confidant very badly. "You see, my dear Miss Gilbert, with tin? bouses of Truxani and Montooth united we could control the sugar market!" sho said one day at her desk. "Yes," said Justtnu, with earnest assent, somehow feeling that In the 4 we" she herself was included. And then sho ventured to ask, "I suppose Mr. Clarence and Miss Montooth meet at parties?" "Oh, yes! Clarence Is Invited everywhere. and he goes out a great deal. I know Lilian Montooth would ho his for the asking, but"? "Doesn't he Uko her?" queried Justlna when It became evident the lady prus not going to finish her sentence. "Ho says be does, but the trouble with Clarence Is ho 'likes* so many. He Is attracted by every pretty face he sees." J list inn coulil readily believe this. Only the day before she had seen the young man making himself agreeable to pretty Miss Cooperton, the assistant bookkeeper. Entering the otllce the first Monday morning after the holidays, the stenographer and contldnnt of Mrs. Truxam found Mr. Clarence Truxam at his mother's desk. "Don't lie alarmed. Miss (lilbert," the young man said pleasantly. "Mother has gone to Washington for a visit. I'll be in her place till she comes back." There was a lull in the volume of business these days, and as a consequence there were fewer letters to write. Directly it developed that Clarence Truxam had a faculty for conversation of a sort, it began in desultory talk about things In j general, Justina admitting to herself In a half conscious way that another privilege due her by right of her plain faeo | was that of comradeship with a young man separated from her by Impassable barriers. "Miss Gilbert," Clarence said one aft- J ernoon when botli of them were unoecupied, "do you know, 1 like you?" "No; 1 didn't. I'm much Indebted," said Justina in her dry way. Site did not look at the questioner and presently made a move as if to leave the room. "Don't g<? a bit yet," lie protested. ' "Give the mu< hitiory a rest for a little while. Are you studying the hong of tho engines and things so you can take the ' foreman's pluee in ease <>f a strike?" "No; I had no such design." "Simply love it for its own sake, eh? Well, there's a human sort of machine 1 not far away that might be hit' resting, and wants to he, If you would only turn yum intellectual faculties upon it." "That's the business of a psychologist," ! said Justina. "I'm a stenograph' r. I i wish business would look up so that 1 | would have more to do." "Miss Gilbert, I li:ivo a charge to bring against you," lie said. "loot's liuar it," she answered with unemotional concern. "it's very serious, I assure you. You I obtained your situation in the house of Thuxam & Co. by false pretenses!" "Mr. Truxam!" She turned from the illo and faced him, her eyes flashing dej Dial. It seemed to her that he was carrying pleasantry too far. Loyalty to Miss Montooth and the interests of the Monolith rollnery did not demand that she should brook an accusation like this. "lMea.se don't crush me!" he pleaded In a conciliatory tone. "1 really beg your pardon. Hut you know you came hero in answer to an advertisement." "Yes," she answered icily. "Am I not competent as a stenographer?" "Undoubtedly, or my mother wojihl have found it out the llrst week ami discharged you. it's not that part of the bill that you don't fill. If you remember, it was an ugly girl that was wanted. You came in tho guise of that kind of a girl, and I have discovered the fraud!" She laughed, blushing a little and showing her even white teeth. There was no denying that Justlna's teeth were pretty. "You deserve to take rank among tho great discoverers of all ages for this!" she said, trying not to bo conscious of a little thrill of pleasure. To keep him from talking more nonsense she took a letter off the tile and sat down at the typewriter to copy It. She worked furiously, blundering, forgetting the punctuation and spacing. "What a fool I am!" she kept saying to herself. "What a fool!" The next morning the "little thing" seemed to Justlna even less. She had Just been "a bit of a goose," she told herself in the sober light of the new day. She would steel herself against weaknesses of that kind In the future. She was at tho office and receiving the mail when Mr. Truxam camo in. Ho looked serious and almost severe. .Justlna fancied he was ashamed of the nonsense he had talked the day before. The mail was heavy, and it took him a good while to look over it. Tho girl was thankful for that. There had been a sudden awakening of trade, nnd the rush of letter writing lasted all day. "Was the work hard enough to suit you, Miss Gilbert," ho said when the big clock had struck 5. Downstairs tho workmen were Retting ready to go home. And then ho added, resuming somethinR of his spriRhtly manner, "How do you think 1 Rot nlonR today?" "Splendidly!" "Thank you. Commend me to mamma when she comes hack. Another favor I am RoiiiR to ask of you"? lie was trying to catch her eye, hut sho avoided the Rlance. He crossed tho narrow corridor and perched on the ralllnR of the sugar pit. The position brought the two face to face. "I would be eternally obliged." he went on, "if you would stop seconding mother's schemes for promoting my business interests through a matrimonial alliance." Justina betrayed her discomfiture by a wild stare. "How did you find this out?" sho asked presently, recovering herself. "I should not have thought you capable of listening to our talk!" "Don't bo severe on me, please. I hemmed and coughed to let you know I was at the open door of the ofhee, but so deeply were you and mother Interested in your plot that neither of yon would pnv any attention." "I think you ought to have gone away," said Justina, Retting back her usual eoinposure. "I'm sorry If you're not pleased about It, but, really, I said nothing to your mother that I wish to unsay. I think she Is right to desire an advantageous marriage for you." "You do!" "Yes. Your mother Is a good business woman?a wise woman. She wants to see you make the most of your opportunities. I was perfectly sincere in all I said to her. I know bow she feels, and I sympathize with her." "You do!" ? O ft V - ^ lunt- i u ur y<ju may mil oiick: i.?n, don't sit on the rail! Yon are taking ft great risk. Please, Mr. Truxam" ? "Don't get nervous." he said, balancing himself. "So you think mother has tho best of It and that I ought to full In with |ier wishes?" "Certainly, when you like tho lady. But do get off that dreadful seat!" "Hut suppose I like another lady better?" "I wasn't told about any other lady." "You will be directly. Miss Gilbert, tho lady that I liko better?the lady that I love?Is you," I She looked at him In a bewildered way. "Since tho moment I know I loved you, Justlna, it has seemed to mo I have loved you all my life," he went on earnestly. "Impossible, Mr. Truxam! Don't sny anything more. Your mother?what would she say?". "I don't know. I would rather hear what you have to say. I>o you think you could learn to earn for me?" "I have duties to Truxnm & Co. You ha<l hotter he advised hy your mother. And please don't refer to this subject again." Thero was a sharp crack, almost like a pistol shot, another followed, and tho section of rolling on which Clarence Truxnm wan sitting was detached. Tho young man mode a quick sprlnn to savo himself, but he had regained his balance a second too late. Shrieking for help, Justin* reached the broken railing just in time to see Clar enqe's head anil shoulders disappear Ir. the loose mass below She Hew to the speaking tube that connected with the main Workroom on the ground tloor and, getting the answering "Hello" from one of the men, told what had happened. "He'll be dead In ten minutes. I'm afraid, untess we can empty the pit! Some of you men turn on the power." Tho reply chilled her to the heart "The foreman and the engineer have both gone. miss. There ain't unybe lv here now but me and lten Nlorison. I>o you want as 1 shall k<> for the engineer?" "No; there isn't time. Stay there till 1 come down." A coll of hose Intended for putting out fires in an emergency was one of the familiar objects that appealed to Justlna now. Having noticed the exact spot where Clarence had disappeared, she had an Idea. Hurriedly she swung out the hose, lowering It Into the bin. It was of a lirm texture, as she surmised, at I admitted of being driven Into the mass of sugar. When It luid penetrated ? ight or ten feet the girl called through her end of the pipe; "Mr. Truxam, we're trying to save you. Feel about for the end of the rubber hose, (lot it yet? lvccp feeling. Tbei ' That's good!" as the hose stretched out taut. "1 have It all right now," came tip the pipe In a weak tone. "God bless you, Justlna!" "Breathe through the hose till we empty the bin." she enjoined. She fastened the hose so that it would not sl.p or twist and then hurt I I downstairs. Sho believed she knew how the power was turned on, and she also knew something about how the chute worlo d. J j "WILD YOtJ 1JE MY INSl'l ItATK >N ?" In a few minutes more, with the help of the two men, the machinery was in motion. Directly there was an encournglng cry from Den Morison, who was taking a poop through a crack in the "'oodon wall. "Hello, Mr. Clarence! (Jlud to see you livin* 1" It was now that Jusiina became aware that in starting the machinery she had hurt her elbow. Something had struck her, she did not know what. She had not heeded the pain at first; now it seized her with an overwhelming grip. "Mercy, Miss Gilbert, what ails ye?" said Den Morison. Justina was not able to answer, nor did she know anything more about the i affair until she recovered consciousness In the hospital. Her arm had been put out of joint. The days of pain were followed by days when Justina enjoyed the restful life in her little hospital room. One afternoon she was sitting with her arm in a sling wondering what Mrs. Truxnm would say when that lady, all out of breath, came fluttering into the room. "Oil, Miss Gilbert, they kept it from me till now!" sho exclaimed, after a warm embrace. "Clarence didn't want to spoil my visit, and somehow I missed reading of it in the newspaper. Well, my dear. 1 owe it to you that I have a son!" "Of course the men?Den Morison and the other one ? helped. 1 wish people wouldn't give mo all tho credit," said Justina. "Clarence told me all, my dear?all!" said Mrs. Truxam. Tho color rushed into tho girl's pale face. "It is kind of you to come to see me, notwithstanding," she said bravely. " 'Notwithstanding!' Don't say 'notwithstanding.' I am wiser now than I was. Dut Clarence thinks you don't care for him. It seems you returned him a letter without opening it. Do you not care for him? Ah. I see von do .liKiinn' i I am more than a mere business woman I can read hearts. You were thinking o' me when you sent him his letter back the other day." "Yes; I was thinking of you?of Truxara & Co." "Think of yourself now?and of Clarence," said Mrs. Truxam, rising to leave. "Let us forget the old plans. Here"? putting the doubly mailed letter in Justina's hand?"I havo brought the letter back. Read it and give Clarence his answer." Justina smiled and took the letter. Tho reading of it caused her woman's hoart to overflow with happiness. It was tho llrst love letter that she had ever received. She was reading li for the tenth time when the nurse admittrd Clarence. "I couldn't wait for your answer by mall," said the young man. "First, how is your precious arm?" "Better, thank you. I will soon bo able to leave tho hospital." "The doctor says I may have Just five minutes, Justina. Now, you can say 'Yes' to tho question in tho letter in one second." "Oh, no; I cannot. I want you to waitto think about it." "I have waited, and I have thought." "I mean I don't want you to think that you are under obligations to me. This is real life, you know." "Yes." he smiled, "vrrv " "I wish for your sake I wan pretty," gho said, with a Utile shade of regret. "In my eyes you are the most beautiful woman In tho world," ho returned. "And to please you lil try to think that I'm not under the least obligation to you. In return for this mental docility I'll ask you to think something. Will you do It?" "if it's not too difficult"? with a smile and a heightening of color that was girlish and becoming. "It ought not to t?o difficult for one of your prowess. It's to believe that our marriage would bo In the Interests of Truxam & Co. If you n Joct me I shall wish you had let mo smother to death In tho sugar hln." ho pleaded. "Anybody would have rescued you., Please don't think of that Incident so much. Of course I would have done the same ir it had born any one clso that had fallen In." "I might have thought of that, but, you know, inon will bo egotistical. I-et mo bo Just a little egotistical now, Justlna. When I spoke of thp Interest of Truxam & Co. I meant that as my wlfo you would bo an Inspiration to mo. Will you be my Inspiration?" "I'll try to be." said Justlna, looking up with the light of love In her eyes. And then the nurse came In to say that the five minutes had expired. BANK OF CONW/ CAPITAL STOCK, $20,000.00 TOTAL ASSF/I OFFK H. (J. COLLINS, PRRKIDHNT. C. P. OUATTLKHAIJM, V-Pmw. Our Hank, l>ein^ a local inntitut building of Horry County ami for tin suing Huh policy \ro take pleasure ia accommodation when consistent with \\ ith gratitude for the liberal cordially solic.it your future bneinwes Itenjiectfu D.A.SPIVE Uobt. 11. Scarborough, II. Pronblent. Vice-1 HANK <)l Con \va Capital Stock 1)1 II Kl lio bt. 11. S rarbornttgh, Hal L. lluck, (Jeorge .). Ilollidav, W e will pay you 5 per cvnfc. into isb savinjgK banks to I bono wishing Try our plan for saving your niekloa these little banks and iho interest we help yon. THE "HU MJ ni fa Wl A rH A p I SHOE fOf This brand on a shoe means 'Jhestefor //nor money call J. I 3> Ttior< midline hp. It pays to do everything that you do Just as good as you can do It. Whatever you mr.ke, make it as goo3 or a little bettor than any one else can make. After lb Is made, prepare it for market In the most neat and attractive style, giving attention to every detail, putting nothing in that 8 not tirst. class. 1 have known parties to Injure a whole community by plcolng on the market damaged fruit, or vegetables not tit to eat. When a person buys fruit or veUbles of such quality, or so damaged as to be un-1 wholetome, tliey are apt to cease buying that variety of truck for a while, | but as long as a person gets nothing) but what Is 11 rat-class they are apt to buy. So strive to Hupply the market with the best of everything, anil got It before the consumer In lirstclass condition, using that which is inferior on the farm for stock food. A sweet breath adds to the joys of a kiss. You wouldn't want to kiss your wife, motherorsweetheart with a bad breath. You can't have a sweet breath without a healthy stomach. You can't have a Healthy stomach without perreel digestion. There is only one remedy thai digests what you eat and makt s the breat h as sweet as a rose?and that remedy is lvODOL KOIt DYSPASIA. It is a relief for sour stomach, palpitation of l he heart, and otner ailments arising from disorder of i lie stomach and digest ion. Take a lit tle Kodol after your meals and see what it will do for you. Sold by Conway I >rug Co. Children like Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar. The ploasatilest and best cough syrup to take, because it contains no opiat es. Sold by Conway I hug Co. -with conati nation, biliousness, r; hoadaohcs ana fevers. Colds si! tsick fcr the lungs and contagious diseases g Ls take hold of the system. It is safe B p to say that if the liver wore' always BE kept in proper working order, &? Lj illness would be almost unknown, b. ^ Thodford's Black-Draught is so n K successful iri curing such sickness Lflj because it is without a ri\ 1 as a fc. gj] liver regulator. This pre- .milv E medicine is not ah / and rcj fjj drastic drug, but a mild and 'J 4 healthful laxative that cures coni stipation arid may 1 o. taken by a L y mere child without possible t harm. 5 \ The healthful action on the liver fj . curon biliousness. It had an in- W j vigoruting effect on tho kidneys, r m Br-cuuso tno liver and kidneys do JW not work regularly, tho j>oisonou9 k. Ir acids along with the waste from tjj the bowels get back into the blood I 1 and virulent contagion results. : J Timely treatment with Thedy ford's Black-Draught removes tho t dangers which lurk in constipation, W 1 liver and kidney troubles, and will mm 1 positively forestall tho inroads of In J Bright's disease, for which dis- y fll ease in advanced stages there is li H no euro. Ask your dealer for a B fl 25c. package of Thedfcrd's Black- B i CONWAY' KY, S. C. SUUUI'LUS FUND, $20,000. ^ \s, $i80,ooo.(x;. i) ;ERS: i D. A KIMVF.Y, Cashier. m. W. COLLINS, Asst. Cashier ion, hat* a)way* striven for the upo betUrrmeutof hor citizens. In peruxtomJinu to our customers every SOUTH! banking jpatronage received in tho past, we illy yours V Cashier ; L. Duck, Will A. Freeman 'resident. Cashier. -j'\ , 1IORKY, y. S, ( . $25,000 :tors-. w. II Lewis, | W. A. .lohnson, "1 W ill A. Kreoman \ rest on yearly deposits. \V ill furril* to open small accounts with us? i and dimes, and you will find that > will pay you on your savings will B'SHOE ~! S4 [MEN ~ | something! If you want for "The Hub. For sale by C icholn. Docs evil st ill, your whole life till? I >ocs woe i?et ide? Your thoughts abide on suicide? You need a pill! Now for prose and facts?DeWitt's Little Early Risers are t he most pleasant iv d reliable pills known today. They cover gripe. Sold by Conway Drug Co. fl It Is easier to laugh trouble away t r> firv H <| 'w ? v i Professional Cards. McCord & McCord, v ? SURGEON DENTISTS, | I i Conway, S. C. I ittjr-Over Bank of Horry. ~ D. T. I'ANSON, j ATTORNEY AT LAW, CON WAV, S. C. Prtotlolnglwlth Ii B. Scarborough. M&glafcrate's and Circuit Court Canes a specialty. Br inapt attention i glv?n collection o' claims. iU^T^CARBROHGHL CONWAY, S. C., I AT FOR NKY AT LAW. Conway Market Freak Meats and Sausage always on hand. Orders are taken and promptly delivered every day. Geo. L. Marsh, Propretor. Livery and Dray age. 'Phone 30. Horry Tobacco Warehouse, J. E. Coles. H- M Burroughs Physician and Surgeon, Conweiy, S* C? H H WOODWARD, Attorney and Counselor at. Law, CONWAY. S. C. B. Wofford Wait, ATTORNEY.AT LAW Conway, S. C. Office in Herald Building.