The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, November 08, 1906, Image 4
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"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
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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.
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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
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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
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