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V ? WON BY "WIRELESS" | By William Wallace Cook < Copyright, 1WV?, by William WallncoCook 1UELESS telegraphy, gentleS men, Is all very well?It Is < tho coming system, I sup/ pose ? but there are other Swiroless ways of shooting our thoughts across nn abyss of space that will never be entirely sidetracked by this Indention." The young fellow over in one corner of the sinokiug compartment roused himself with the genial laugh of a man {who might become n raconteur if pressed. Several tedious hours lay before us, and such a pay streak could not he allowed to go undeveloped. "I)o you remember the strike of the telegraph operators on that Jerk water Arizona road last spring?" the young man proceeded after a little urging. "Among those who wulked out were three young easterners who had jollied each other over the wire until they had become pretty well acquainted. "That strike became a lockout, and ,tbe road brought in a lot of young {women ox>erators to take the places of HE OAVH HICK PERSONAL IN8TKUOTIO*. 'the men. Now, what do you supposo pan outfit of liusky strikers could do ,nfter that? "Tliolr native chivalry prevented anything like intimidation, so they Sowed to the Inevitable, and those who id not emigrate to other parts turned their hands to the first thing that offered. The three young easterners I have already mentioned found omployanient at the North Star mine, six miles J across the Hassayampa valley from <[the town of Panout. I1 "One of them, a handy fellow by the 'Inanio of Gene Leavltt, had a working ([knowledge of the steam engine and secured a job as engineer in the stamp [[mill. ij "Tom Morriscy, the second of the ['trio, went to work in the superintendATIf 'e AA no 4li?/?lr/\nnAW ?? ?/! 1 o vuivu <\o iiiiiuiv\:uj[;t'l IIUU ^L'UUi i( I < utility man, anil Mynie Bomiett, the Jtldrd of the lot, was allowed to try Ida shand as underforeman. ? "It was a wearisome change from acScustomed duties at the telegraph key, but before the three friends had been long at the mine the situation was found to have Its amenities. "The young lady who had usurped Bennett's place at Panout was a bit of femininity who might be referred to as a 'dream' without Jarring the sensibilities of the purist who takes issue j>wlth so trite an expression. She was prom the east, too, and possessed a pair J?of blue eyes that eventually played <|havoc with all Panout, say nothing of J the surrounding country and the camp <|at the North Star. J i "The three locked out strikers all displayed an unmistakable Interest In the J Panout operator, but fortune seemed to t favor Bennett. There were certain frontalis connected with her duties at the ^station which Miss Bradley?Nlta < [Bradley was the new operator's name found It difficult to.comprehend, and '[Bennett used to ride over evenings and |?give her personal instruction. "At that tlmo the North Star camn was abort of live stock, so much so tbat there was only one horse to be had for love or money. When Bennett didn't have the horse It was a safe ?guess that the animal was In the hands 5of Lenvitt or Morrlsey or Nate Beals. < "Beals was the superintendent and Shad also struck his colors to the PanJ out operator. As he became further Sand further involved ho displayed a jmercenary spirit and refused firmly to Sgrant either of his three rivals a layoff {during working hours. S "The weeks wore on and the wooing sof Miss Bradley developed Into a game Sof checkmate. Eternal vigilance was sto be the prtee of success, it seemed, Sand each of the quartet made It his < business to watch the others and backScap any design that might lead to an {advantage. J "Morrisey's Ingenuity evolvod a machine that filled the others with despair. It was a crude heliograph, which he |>erclied cn, the side of the mountain find utilized for flashing dots and da she* of budding affection across the valley. "Beals took occasion to perfect himself In the Morse alphabet and would | station himself In a convenient spot from which the liellograms might T>e read; then when Morrlsey et rolled hack, with his tripod under ono arm and his mirror under the other, the super used to moot him at the olllce door and mince over his tender messages. "After this sort of thing hud been going on for a week or ten days Ia?uvItt begun tooting his own version of the old, old story on the mill whistle. On still days the sound easily carried across the valley, and as there were fully as many still days as cloudless oues the siren had the heliograph tied In the race for Miss Bradley's favor. "Often the flashing and the tooting were going at the same time, so that the young lady In the railroad station must have been at sixes and sevens keeping track of the two and Incidentally attending to her ofllce calls. Ultimately Beals shut down on the use of the whistle for anything hut olliclal business, and Beavltt used to lean out of the engine room window and gnash his teeth over the lovelorn liellograms that twinkled from the mountain side. "What moans Bennett was taking meanwhile to keep abreast of his rivals did not appear, but nearly every night rockots of various colors transcribed purabolas lu tbo nir from the direction of Pnnout. "While far from certain that Miss Bradley had anything to do with the rockets, nevertheless Iieals and Morrisoy and Leavltt wore not a little worried to account for them. Hero was a code entirely distinct from the Morse alphabet, and tbe gontlomon in Question wore completely in the dark. "Affairs were in this unsatisfactory condition for some time, and then a bit of news fell into tlie cump like a dynamite bomb, spreading demoralization among the four whose aspirations clustered about the Panoot station. Miss Bradley was to be transferred to Antelope Springs and was to leave that day by an evening train. "Leavltt, Morrlsey and Bennett stampeded to the house of the man who owned the horse, only to learn that the Qiiluial had already been secured by Bcals. Then followed another stampede in the direction of the otlice, \vl?err? (lin sjinw?r who Inol innniilinir fni' a lido to town. Three requests for a layoff were summarily refused, and Bonis spurred triumphantly away. "The super's rifle lay across his horse lu front of him. lie was going to Panout, he explained, to have the resident gunsmith overhaul the Winchester. "Bonis was no more than well out of the camp before the Insubordinate mill whistle set up Its clamor. Drawing rein, the super spelled out the long and short sounds that answered for dots and dashes: " 'W-i-1-1 y-o-u b-c m-y*? "Slipping to the ground, he laid his rifle across the saddle and took careful aim at the whistle, lie was a eraclc shot, and after he had pulled trigger the resonant note from the mill had dropped Into a wheezy undertone that hardly crossed the camp limits. "Barely had the super accomplished this stroke when the glare of the hellograph struck across his eyes. Wita, before you go will you promise to be my'? "Benls swerved the muzzle of his Winchester in tho direction of the blazing point on the slope and tired. The blazing point vanished, and ho knew ho had smashed the mirror and put the heliograph out of the running. "Chuckling to himself, Benls remounted and rode complacently on to TB3I BT7PHB USKD TO MKET HIM AT THB OFFICE DOOB. the Panout station. Miss Bradley was on the station platform, sitting on a box of outgoing freight She was looking toward the North Star mine through a pair of powerful binoculars. Miss Bradler.' said Bonis. Ms if true you have been transferred to Antelope Springs?* " It Is,' she answered, still using the binoculars. " 'And you are going this evening?' " 'Possibly.' " 'I have ridden over hero to ask you a question, Miss Bradloy. You surely are not blind to the feeling I cherish toward you'? " 'Not blind,' she broke In, remaining wrapped up In something she saw at the North Star, 'but scarcely what you would call responsive.* " 'Won't you let mo finish?' he pleaded, finding it hard to have his hopes dashed before he had fairly stated his case. " 'Did you allow Mr. Leavltt to finish? Or Mr. Morrlsey?' "Beals gasped. 'What do you know about thatr he Inquired. i 414Mr. Bennett informed me.* 44 'Bennett? Why, he'? 44Take the binoculars,' said she, looking ut him with a radiant smile. "He took the glasses, and across the valley, on a white scarp of the mountain opposite, ho saw Mynle Bennett wigwagging a message with a white Hag. Then a great light dawned upon Deals. " 'Will you tell me how long this hus been going on?' hi? asked, as he returned the binoculars. 44'Well,' Miss Bradley acknowledged, 4it antedates the heliograph and the mill whistle. If there Is a blue rocket In the sky about '< :30 tonight you and / / KT5 TOOK TIIK GLASS KB. Mr. I.eavitt and Mr. Morrlsey will please accept my sincere regrets, togetlicr with assurances of my sisterly regard.' "No doubt she would have said more, but at that moment a call from the dispatcher came clicking out to her through the open window of the telegraph olllce, and she llitted away from the astounded Heals. "Well," and here our raconteur sighed and lighted a fresh cigar, "the rocket was blue, and I'm on my way to Denver to buy something real nice in the silver line as a wedding present for Bennett and Miss Bradley. The three who were shut gut are in on the deal. My name is i.eavitt," he added. Ill* Story Wnw True. "Here's a cup I got in Morocco," said the enthusiastic tourist, showing his collection of souvenirs. "You see it lias :m Arabic inscription." llis friend was turning the cup curiously around. At length he remarked dryly: "Yes, the inscription is Arabic ull riguc." "Sure!" replied the returned tourist, n little miffed at the intimation of a possible doubt. "You can read it better If you turn the cup upside down," suggested the friend, and. suiting the action to the word, lie showed the tourist that the mysterious characters wero nothing more than " 19011" engraved In rough, irregular llgures on the metal. "The rascal!" exclaimed the outraged collector. "He told me that it was an Arable inscription .when he sold it to me!" "He told you nothing more than the truth," was the reply. "You forget that our numerals are Arabic." But somehow from that moment tho collector lost Interest in the souvenir from Morocco.?New Orleans TimesDemocrat. It Cured Him. ' An elderly man once consulted Sir William Gull, the eminent physician, about stomach complaints, but there was a formidable obstacle to diagnosis in the patient being deaf. "What do you have for dinner?" roared Sir William Into his right ear. "Oh, no," was the reply; "plenty of that?two miles regularly after breakfast and two more before dinner." "How long do you He abed of a morning?" "Well, doctor, I shall be sixty-nine this day three weeks." Without further parley the doctor gave him some simple prescription. At the door the man turned round and In the loud, rattlluc tones of one rery deaf called out: "Doctor, can you euro deafness?" Sir William shook his head and made his lips express "No." "I thought to. You're been rery kind to me, therefore I make you welcome to this prescription," which he pulled from his pocket, adding, '*t cured me."?Ixmdon Graphic. Th? Steam Schoaaer. The steam schooner, a ressel whose build and habits are peculiar to the' Pacific, often goes to sea "with her load lino over her hatch," which means that after her hold has been crammed with cargo n.deckload of lumber is piled halfway up the masts, so that her skipper puts out with the water washing green over his main deck and an occasional comber frisking across his battenod hatches/ Along the harbor front of Seattlo runs the story of a passenger who loped down to the wharf In a hurry to get aboard a departing steam schooner. He balanced himself on tlio Btringpiece for an Instant, looked down at wlmt little he oould see of the laden craft and hove his gripsack down the only opening in sight. He was al>out to dive after it when a lounger on the wharf shouted: "Hi, there! Where do you thihk you're Jumpln* to? That's the smokestack you tossed your baggage down.** "Bats!" gasped the passeuger. "I thought it was the hatch." ? Outing Magazine. RELIGIOUS THOUGHT. Ocm Gleaned From the Teach lass of All Denominations. Things are of no value whatsoever except: us they are used to develop character and enrich human life.?Kev. J. W. Lee, Methodist, Atlanta, Ga. Hon to I?ray. If you have the right feeling about prayer it will not be "how much must I p**ny," but "how long will God give me."? ltcv. Dr. II. A. Torrey, Evangelist, Chicago. Central Heart. Christ is not so much our central fact and truth as he is our central heart, llooding the world with feeling. ?Kev. Dr. Frank Crane, Congregationalism Worcester, Mass. Deapondcncr'a Cnre. This is God's cure for despondency: Sleep, sweet sleep; food, God's gift of strougth and exercise that loads us out Into the service for our follow men.? Iter. Dr. Jar/Tea M. Farrar, Iteformed, Brooklyn. I.lfe'A Dntlcn. Life must be uuillod by having but one principle and then seeking to attain to the one goal by using two Instrumentalities?religious duties and secular Interests.?Kev. O. D. Case, Baptist, Montclalr, N. J. I,the Hlnraese TwIiin, Wben men attempt to divorce business life from religious life it Is a criminal attempt. They cannot l>e divorced; they are really, as far as tho world Is concerned, Siamese twins.? Rev. It. S. Purdlngtou, Methodist, Bethel, Conn. Idle* nnd I.ove. Like In a deeper word than love. Dove has something of the will behind It. Idke lies beneath volition and dlseloaes the real nutnre of oneaelf. Some men love their wives, but they don't like them.?Rev. I)r. Frank Crane, GonKregationallst, Worcester, Mass. Presence of Goil. We are not content with the recital of the facts and events of a noble life, bnt rather do we seek for the hidden springs of conduct and vlrtuo. Tho great epochs In the moral and spiritual advancement of humanity have been made by men who were conscious of the divine presence.?Rev. Dr. W. J. Williamson, Baptist, St. Louis. The Need of Aniiinenientn. The young and vigorous want recreation, the old and heavy laden want relaxation. God gave this relief to both, and his people should rejoice to allow it to them. Nor will they unnecessarily abuse the Indulgence. The foolish, who also abuse food and raiment, will ofttlnies persist In the wrong use of pleasures and In pursuing pastimes that waHte mind and body, but the reasonable can be guided and trusted In all the healthful outdoor and indoor diversions.?Rev. C. Q. Wright, Episcopalian, United States Navy. An Aim of I,lf<v New beauties of character should blossom out in each new day. When Raphael was asked how he painted such marvelous pictures he replied, "I dream dreams and I see visions, and then I paint my dreams and my visions." Dream dreams and see visions of wondrous beauty, loveliness of what you may yourself become, and then let the whole aim atul aspirations and struggle of your life be to paint those <1 reams and visions upon your own soul, to reproduce those lovely features In your own life.?Kev. I)r. Madison C. Peters, Baptist, New York. The Tonolilnjc of FoIIrko, The teaching of flower and plant, liko that which proceeds from the whole of material creation when properly Interpreted, afllrms the "Invisible things of God," and no result of modern learning is more sure than the overthrow of that materialism which was heralded by some as the tendency of science. The material has been proved to be the Insubstantial and has melted away Into invisible forces, and these forces are seen to be gathered Into one force, which can only be the will and wisdom and love of the living God. Realizing the wonders that God doetli for the children of men in gardens of perennial supply, let us beware of thanklessness amid the plenty and the glory of his gifts ?and most of all uplift our praise and worship that he has passed even through the wilderness In our behalf and changed the tree of the bitter cross Into the tree of life, with healing for the nations In Its leaves.?Bishop David Sessums, Episcopalian, New Orleans. Drawlag on Hmvrr. Prayer Is going to the bank of heaven. When you go In your name you go on the ground of some claims that you fancy that you have on Ood. There Is no one here that has any claim on God. Bverv last one of Is a poor, miserable, bell deserving sinner, and vrhen we go Imagining we bare some claim on God the check is not honored. The check Is passed back. Nobody bnt Jesus has given us the right to pnt his name on our checks, and Jesus Christ has unlimited claims on the bank of heaven. The name of Jesus Christ Is good for any amount with God. The name of Jesus Christ is precious with the Father, and the check Is honored not on the ground of our claim, but on Christ's claim; not In our name, but in Christ's name. Now, friends, I believe we have right here the secret of a great deal of uivanswered prayer. We go to God In our own name. Of course we do not say, MI ask In my name." We do not say It, but we go to God Imagining because we have been Christians so long that we have some claim on God, and not one of us has any. And we do not get anything.. But when we go and recognize that we have no claim, whatever on God, but believe what Jesus says, that he has unlimited claim on God, then wo have the right to ask In his name, then we get whatever we ask. It Is so simple and yet It Is so wonderful.?Rev. Dr. R. A. Torrey, Evangelist, Chicago.' The Horry lerald COMfAY. S. C. Thursday, Novsootwr 8, IMS. Professional Cards. McCord & McCord, * i' SURGEON DENTISTS, J Conway, S. C. KjrOver Bank of Horry. rTbTscarbrough^ CONWAY, S. C., AT] CLNLY AT LAW. Conway Market Fresh bleats and Sausage always on hand. Orders are taken and promptly delivered every day. Geo. L. Marsh, Prop re tor. H- H- Burroughs Physician and Surgeon, Conway, S* O fl H. WOODWA, Attorney and Counselor at Law, CONWAY. S. C. B. Wofford Wait, ATTORNEY AT LAW Conway, S. C. Office in Spivey Building. Russia will it is said, build a naval' station at Alexandrovsk, on the Aurra. The l>est treatment for indigestion aT,d troubles of the stomach is to rest the stomach. It can be rested by * tarvat ion or by the use of a good digestion which will digest the food eaten, thus taking the work olT the stomach. At the proper temperature, a single teaspoonful of Kodol will wnolly digest it 000 grains of food. It relieves the present annoyance, puts the stomach in shape to satisfactorily perform its functions. Good for indigestion, sour stomach, flatulence, palpitation of the heart and dyspepsia. Kodol is made ( in strict conformity with the National Pure Food and Drug Law. Sold by Conway Drug Co. THE "HU t shoe" FO This brand on [a shoe means Thogtefor j/uor money call for TT vl Robt. B. Scarborough, H. ] President. Vice-I BANK OF Conwa; Capital Stock DIREC Robt. B. Scarborough, Hal L. Buck, George J. Holliday, Wa will pay you 5 per cent, inte ish tarings banks to those wishing Try out plan for taring your nickles that* little banks and tha interest w< help yon. RANKnF warn m m w m I CONW/ * CAPITAL STOCK, $20,000.00 TOTAL ASSET 0FF1C B. G. COLLINS, President. C. P. QUATTLEBATJM, V-Pri?. Omr Bank, being a local institut building of Horry County and for thi suing this policy we take pleasure in accommodation when consistent with With gratitude for the liberal cordially solicit your future business Reap?*' fu D.A.SPIVEV Silver!*, the Onbnn banker, hm disappeared with $6,090 000 < t other H people's mouev. ao* the polloe of all " nations are promised rewards for his arrost. But the American trusts and corporations are plundering the peo* pie ^ M,orp tbvn that amount every day"4* the RipubHean leaders are standing pat. and advising the voten to l?t well enough a^ono. while the trusts are dally running off with the swag. "For years I starved, then 1 bought a 50 cent bottle of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, and what that bottle benefited me all the gold in Georgia could not buy. I kept on taking it and in two months J went back to my work; as machinist. In three months I was as well and hearty as I ever was. 1 still use a little occasionally as I find it a tine blood purl tier and a good tonic. May you live long and prosper "?(J. N Oornell, Koding, Ga.. Aug. 27,1!)0(?. Kodol is sold here by Conway Drug Co. Tuk cases of the Rawlingses, the iau and his two sonsf who mura neighbors children and are under sennence of death for it, is again in the United State*supreme oourt on a technicality. It was argued on Tuesday. Here is our condensed opinion of the Original Laxative Cough Syrup: "Nearly all other cough syrups are const pating especially those containing opiates. Kennedy's Laxative, (containing) Iloney and Tar moves the bowels Contains no opiates. Conforms to the National Pure Food and Drug Law. Sold by Conway Drug Co. IIazel Cooper, a chorus girl in "The IT",, ?1 .. ,wl r?i..l " ? ? ' ' riuw IIIKI uiu VASiupaiijr UUIIlIDlLlGfl suicide in New York on Monday night in'Jj^Ht of despondency. She was the wife of Edward Walsh, a Jockey, and was 20 years old. Give children a remedy with a pleasant taste. Don't force unpleasant medicine down their throats. Kennedy's Laxative containing Honey and Tar is most pleasant to take. Children like it, and as a relief for colds, coughs, etc., there is nothing bet'er. No opiates. Conforms to National Pure Food and Drug Law. Sold by Conway Drug Co. \\ nicN a man bets on an eleccion he he is sure the country is going to the dons unless his side wins. Need a good cathartic? A pill is best. Say a pill like DeWitt's Little Early Risers. About ihe most reliable on the market. Sold by Conway Drug Co. Sometimes a woman does a thing the way she sets out to unless you expect her to. Good for everything a salve is used for and especially recommended for piles. That is what we say of DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. On the market for years and a standby in thousands of families. Get DeWitt's. Sold by Conway Drug Co. Two money packages variously estimated to contain from $1 000 to $7,000 were found missing from the ex press com pan) at Nashville Tennessee, on Wednesday. At Findlay, Ohio, on Tuesday the circuit judge imposed a iine of $5,000 on the Standard company for conspiracy with other companies to keep up prices. Tiie number of people drowned by the trolley accident at Atlantic City, New Jersey was 73. B" SHOE. rKWM rm ywA ?. j dx GO R MEN- o ~, something! If you want "THe Hn cliol j. Buck, Will A. Freeman Resident. Cashier. ' HORRY, y. S, C. f25,000 TORS: W. R Lewis, - W. A. Johnson, ^ Will A. Freeman rest Ox* yearly deposits. Will furn? to open small accounts witli us, and dimes, and you will find that > will pay you on your savings will t i CONWAY. , VY. S O SUURPLUS FUND; $20,000. S, $180,000.00. )?RS: m D.gjSPIVEY, Cashier. M./r. COLLINS, Asst. Cashieb ion, has always striven for the np? betterment of her citizens. In per* extending to our customers every sound banking. patronage received in the past, we Uv yours ' 3H