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By GEORGE
Old Bill Gray, who was running
against Peter Grant for Mayor of iu
raldene, had challenged Uncle Peter
to a joint debate, and I was making
eady. Early Monday morning I had
satisfactory interview with the Bub
blower, who had come on from
N' York to take charge of our new
auth or this particular occasion.
All-4y long the preparations for
the joint"debate went forward with
enthusiasm, and' everything moveable
in the community tireatened to be in
the public square when the gong
sounded.
It was a cinch that the Candidate
who got stage fright, or failed to show
up at the Joint debate, would get all
his when the votes were counted.
The meeting was scheduled for 8
u clock' and by 7:20 the Square was
packed with partisans of both sides.
Promptly at 7:15 I sent our auto
with the imported chauffeur panting
up to Uncle William's villa, having
first assured myself that Bunch was
busy at the Square. I was Uncle
Peter's manager, and Bunch Jefferson
was second for Bill Gray.
"Mr. Jefferson sent me after you,"
my agent told Uncle William.
"But where's our own conveyance?"
the old gentleman inquired, suspi
ciously.
- "Mr. Jefferson has gone to get the
referee and didt't want you to be
late," the opposition candidate was
told as per arrangement.
"Oh; all right," said Uncle William,
climbing into the auto, and with this
the driver headed for the river road
and was off like a scared rabbit.
"Stop! stopt where are you going?"
yelled Uncle William as they shot out
of town.
"Mr. Jefferson said to give you some
fresh air so's you could handle your
mitts livelier when the fight started,"
the Bubble tender yelled back, so he
let out a few more links and burned
over the bridges.
"Mr. Jefferson is a Jackass!" shout.
ed Uncle William. "I've been doing
nothing all day but getting fresh air.
Take me to the public square at once,
sir! I never rode at this speed in al)
my life-stop it! stop it!"
"Can't do it!" said the brave
stranger. "There's something wrong
with the brake valve-hold fast!
here's a, hill!"
You have not4
The Folloi
Foir
th
Armstronlg P1harminacy.
Barr Driy !oods Comnpany.
R. L. R Bentz.
Bruce & D)oster Driug Coi
panly.
Brunis Mc1eee Company.
Secure from any of th<
made your last purchase.
.Changexr of Commerce.
Remember)(~ the ex
The rest room over
*for your comfort while in 4
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Henr
t Mayor
V. HOBART
Down they went and up the othe:
side and on and on for miles, Uncl<
William yelling for the cops and th
Bubble blower bent double over the
steering gear.
Then all of a sudden the machin<
stopped and nearly pitched Unclh
William overboard.
"Now," squeaked the Oppositioi
Candidate; "I hope you're satisfie<
that I have fresh air enough. Get m(
back to town at once, sir!"
"Can't do it," moaned the splendid
chauffeur.
"Why not?" inquired the excited
Uncle William, looking at his watch.
"The lHubble's bust!" groaned tha
most interesting stranger.
Uncle William let a yell out of hin
that set the trees back from the road
way.
"I'm due at the public square a'
eight o'clock!" he fumed, dancing
around the machine.
"And that's about eight miles fron
here as the crow files," replied my
noble emissary, whereupon Uncle Wil
liam sat down by the darkened road
side and began to bite the night air
In the meantime the platform in the
public square groaningly received the
committees, the bottle holders and th<
referee.
I sat next to the chair reserved foi
Uncle Peter and began to wonder wha
he didn't put in an appearance.
On the other side of the platforn
Bunch was beginning to rubber ner
vously, and I was using my sleeve t(
hold a fine bundle of laughs.
I knew, within a few miles, wher<
Uncle William was about this time
but why did Uncle Peter delay bi
entrance?
Eight o'clock came and the vast as
senlblage was called to order b
.iinire Tlonipson, whoe diuty it wa
to introduce the opposing candidate
and start the battle.
The Squire made his little speec
and sat down amid great applause.
Then silence fell and everybod
looked at everybody else uneasily.
Where were the two Principals?
I knew that Uncle William wa
about two miles further away than h
was the last time I thought of him
but where was Uncle Peter?
Presently when the tenison becam
almost unbearable Bunch Jefferso:
Free RAIl
ml~y the best mar
mvng is the
cash purchases i
'chases of $25.00
fares both ways a
Firm
Campholl TPilo anid Mant
Company.
Carolina H-ardl ware Compar
Carpenter Brother's.
i Childers-Cely Shoe Comipar
"H. Endel.
Flourney & Vaughn
GIireath-Durham Compan
above jirms a Chamber of Cc
They will refund your railway
['le :nerchant himself will rede
cellent rail-oad servi
the Fourth National Bank, wit
;reenville.
dig
At 9:30 Only a Pew Night-Hawks F
arose and-ffiad~le bluff'a'f his ife.
"Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentl
I men," he began, as he took an o6
letter from his coat pocket, "I hai
just received a note from Mr. Willial
Gray in which he states that an e
tremely important call over the lon
distance telephone will detain him
home for a few minutes. In tl
meantime permit me to suggest thi
the Ion. Peter Grant open the d
bate."
Bunch sat down amid great a
plause and loud cries of "Grant! C
at him, Grant!" filled the air.
Then I saw my chance.
The Opposition had dropped i
guard and now to land a jolt.
"Mr. Chairman and ladies and ge
tlemen," I began when silence was r
stored, "We accept without hesitatic
the excuse put forth by the Ho
William Gray's spokesman. I am ci
i powered to state that in deference
i the opposing Candidate's matur
years and grayer hairs tho Ion. Pet
Grant will not put in an appearan
on this platform until the I-Ion. Wi
lam Gray is first seen and honored 1
his townspeople."
A thunderous burst of applaui
>went up and Bunch nearly fainted.
I sent four of our committee out
head off Uncle Peter and explain mi
ters, and when I turned around Bun
and some of his friends had dis;
peared.
Presently the crowd began to f
impatient and cat-calls filled the a
3 There wasn't anybody on the pli
s form with nerve enough to get up a
tear off a speech, so we had to
I there and look foolish.
Bunch was back in ten minutep Iot
r ing very pale and excited, while t
crowd took up the chorus: "Gra
Gray! why do you stay away?"
9 Some of my scouts returned wi
3 the news that no trace of Uncle Pet
, could be found, and I began to wond
what would happen if the crowd ca
3 ed upon me to produce him.
.Half-past eight and no Candida
LWAY FAEl
ket in upper Sout
having y
Plan:
Lmounting to $2 5.
or more one fare
vill be refunded u:
s that will
The Above Agreement Has
el
Globo Optical Company.
0 . M. Goodlett.
Greenville FuritureC Compu)1
y Henderson - Ashmore Willi
Company.
Hobbs - H-enderson omipana
yW. H. Houston & Brother.
How to Get
mmerce Rebate Book. Have
fare. This is an improvemnent
em it now.
GreenvuiIle 's
ce Greenville hmas: 56
h Matron in constant attendlan(
Foi
-Greenville
em ained of the Once Great Audience.
Quartet or nihe and ri CaiidIdahes
- The crowd had its kidding clothes or
d by this time, and Bunch was handed
some pretty lively language, but he
was game to the finish, that boy was!
,-s- At nine o'clock the cr6wd had
- Ithinned out to such an extent that th
it referee got up and went home. Gab(
le Malone arose to address what wai
it left of the audience; but before h(
e- served a half-portion of bad grammai
somebody in the front line pointed E
p- toy pistol at him, and he did a back
o flip off the platform and hiked foi
home.
A fter that there was nothing doing
ts At 9:30 only a few night-hawks re
inained of the once great audience
a. The representatives and committeeE
0- on the platform dwindled away until
in finally nobody was left save Bunch
a. and I.
I looked over at Bunch from time tc
Lo time and he looked over at me, but we
)r never cracked a smile.
)r At 10 o'clock we still sat there, bul
,o we had our backs to each other,
0l- At 10:10 the audience consisted of
>y one 'sea-going back, with both horsl
and driver asleep.
se The hack didn't seem to care what
happened.
to At 10:15 we arose, handed eaci
Lt- Dther the laugh and went home.
ch The joint debate was a fizzle, but
LP- had a shade the best of it.
I found Aunt Martha and Clara J. 1i
etj lears when 1 reached the villa.
Ir. "Poor Uncle Peter!" sobbed Clart
it- "oh, where Is he? whcre is he?
id 's boon amsn.ramitd, I know It,'
sit
Aunt Martha sobbed back. "Oh, tha
k. i he had never gone into politics!"
he I succeeded in calming them afte
yj a time, and by dint of much question
Ing learned that two strangers ha<
th called to see Uncle Peter on ver
er urgent business at about 7:15, an(
or that the trio had started off hurriedl:
In the direction of the river road.
Hank, Barney Doolin and I at one
took a lantern and followed .tha trail
XE TO GREE
1h Carolina in whi
our Railway Fare
00 the Railway Fn
will be re-munded I
p to 60 miles.
Refund Yot
Been Entered Into by the Followii
J. 0. Jones Company.
Koys-Mahon Com pany.
y King-IBrownim> Company.
s C, F. Lagerholmi Company.
Lewvis Prin ting Compan y.
r.Markley H~ard( ware & Manu
factur'ing Company.
Your Railway Fa
purchases entered in the book an
on the former plan by which it
Splendidt Raihaw
pasenger trains (dail'
e is main'ained1 I pa
Further Information N
Chamber of
Auout a mne rron tro vina on tn
bank of the river is a big ice-hous<
and as we approached it we heard th
most unearthly yelling, swearing an
kicking of boards.
"Sure, it sounds like the ould ma
whin he's excited!" cried Barney a
we unbolted the door.
It was Uncle Peter who stood b(
fore us, a sad spectacle in the lar
tern's light.
"The villains!" he shouted; "ol
John, my boy, I'm so glad to see you
The villains! they lured me down her,
with a lying story that I could so
Bunch Jefferson teaching a lot o
Italian floaters how to vote!"
I leaned against the ice-house an
nearly choked.
"When they got me here they boll
ed the door on me," Uncle Pete
stormed, "and they told me, the vil
lains, not to describe anything I migh
see here in my speeches against th
"Sure, It Sounds Like the Ould al
Whin He's Excited," Cried Barney.
Opposition. low could I see an
thing in this damn old ice-house?"
When I told hin about the joint d<
bate and of the non-appearance c
the Hon. William Gray he calme
down at once.
L "What do you suppose kept old Bf
Gray away?" Uncle Peter asked, a
I we walked up the road.
"You can search me, Uncle Peter
"I said as we reached the fence by t
road Just as an automobile can
Schuck-chuckIng painfully along.
We waited in the darkness to k
It go by!I
As It Passed we saw an agitated oit
t gentleman in the reapeart, fumin
and fretting and urging the chauffeu
r to hurry on, but to all the old man
- pleadings the chauffeur replied stoli
I ly, "I'm doin' he e the fnce But
ble's bust."
chh! noble stranger! What woul
r have been our finish without you?
"Great Scott! " exclaimed Uncl
Peter as the m he toiled slowly b3
"It's old psew Grav- or hs a ito"
NVILLE A]
ch to ry obu tourl theolran
pleadigoth cwa yseu rep itll
roym doin tebso Icn th0mil
be's &bust.."
Mcnoler-Beanger! Whmay w'u1
P-ace Penrintinis withoutyou
"Giedmot Scot"eCam edany.
Pee Hardwre anod sloly b
Refuneuded
ire bohFacyt ils
sg Wel buyoin Greenville r
Itec rnig ofply
Commerce
! *Tlinn I exploded and for 11ve mic
utos I rolled aroundt on the grass ti
0 the amazement of the puzzled Unclo
Peter.
"Though I don't pretend to under
stand the ins and outs of politics,'
8 Uncle Peter said when we finalli
reached home, "still I've got a prett3
charp eye, and I'm not going to as)
for any particulars as to why old Bi:
Gray was in our new automobile, bul
I would like to shake your hand
John!I"
3 Then we held a family reunion and
3 Uncle Peter showed us how he would
have lit into Uncle William at the pub
lic square-if he hadn't been locke(
up in the ice-house.
The next day it happened. I don'
know whether is was Uncle Peter'i
r popularity or his check book or i:
t speech at the joint debate-but, any
way, he was elected by a tidy ma
jority, and he was the happiest ol
soul in sixty-four States.
In the midst of our rejoicings tha
Tuesday evening a messenger brough
me a note. I read it to our assen
bled friends to the accompaniment o
much applause:
Ruraldene, Tuesday.
My dear John: Now that the crue
war is over let rae be among the firs,
to congratulate Urcle Peter and you
It may interest you to know that ir
spite of defeat Mr. Gray has expresso(
himself as being well pleased with n:
work during the campaign. Ills al
proval will take the form of a weddini
in January, and on that occasion Alic
and I will be the Candidates. I for
give you everything including "M:
Advice to Society," but do tell m
where you found that chauffeur wh<
insisted upon giving Uncle William, s
much fresh air! I feel sure tha
Uncle Peter's trip to the ice-house wil
be forgotten in his triumphal proces
sion to the layor's ofleo.
Sincerely yours,
Bunch Jefferson.
1 "Umph!" said Uncle Peter, "I al
ways did like that boy, Bunch!"
"lie's the real goods," I agreed.
"I wonder what I'll wear at tho
wedding!" mused Peaches.
(Copyright by G. W. Dilglighan Co.)
Once Only,
I "Did you ever," said one preacher i
a another, "stand at the door after you
sermon and listen to what people sat
, about. it as they pnscwd out?"
llcplied li0--I did o(c-pause nii
e a sigh-but I'll never (10 It againl.
CAST OR IA
For Infants and Children.
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1i Kind Yat 0 V A wayn Borgi
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ID R4J iETUR
ing, but the addet
be refunded up
3; for purchases of'
Fare:
?~rlde, Patt~on & Ti'iihnn.
smitfh &S Bristow,
;tewart & Merr'ii't j
AT. U. Stubbs Shoe (Companyv
J. 1.. Strladley & Company. j
I.I. Stringer.
ed amount, surrender the book
to surrender the book direct
18 on the Interurban,
--The trading center o1
SLUMP IN BEER PRODUCTION
Decrease in Output of Beverage of
1,106,429 Barrels Compared With
the Previous Year.
Looks as if beer drinking is on the
decline in the United States.
Uncle Sam produces the figures to
prove it.
According to the annual report of
the internal revenue commissioner for
the fiscal year ending June 30, there
was a decrease in the output of beer
of 1,106,429 barrels compared with the
Previous year.
That's a big decrease.
Counting 30 gallons to the barrel,
and there is more, it means a slump
of 33,192,870 gallons.
Counting only ten glasses to the gal
lon, it means a decrease of 331,928,700
drinks.
Counting each drink five cents, I
shows that $16,596,455 less was spent
for beer in 1912 than in 1911.
There was an increase in the pro
duction of whisky, but the bonded
warehouses are filled with the stuff,
and distillers are all "fussed up" be
cause the supply is far exceeding the
demand.
Americans are not all on the water
wagon by any means, but more of
them are climbing aboard right along.
-American Issue.
MEN WE WANT IN CONGRESS
Representatives Who Oppose Every
Measure Retarding Liquor Traf
fic Should Be Favored.
"There are many congressmen who'
are opposed to our interests and vot&
against every measure that looks tot
ward the development and betterment
of our business, and vote for every
measure introduced by the opposition.
I intend that the 250,444 saloonkeep
ers throughout the United States shall
know the records of these congress
men."-M. P. Parley, President Na
tional Liquor Dealers' Association.
We must see to it that the anti
l'quor men and women in the 48
states also know the record of these
representatives. They are the men
r we want to send back to congress.
d :
Temperance Cause Marches On.
1 Rev. Francis E. Clarke, founder of
-- I the Christian Endeavor society. re
cently made an extensive trip abroad
with 650 fellow Americans. Among
them were representatives of near
ly every atate, nearly every trade,
business and profession, and they
were the people who surprised the
steward. Two hundred and eihhty of
the passengers drank only cold water.
It was a rare thing to aee a bottle of
wine or beer on the table, and whisky
did not mal its appearance, says Mr.
Clark.
nent in The Sentinel
-41
I advamiage ot
to 40) miles; for
$50.0(01or more
ie Bap ist Cou rir Cont panty
II' JOhns .oli Comnpanty.
M. Waddill & Soil.
me T.' Willi am HwI arud w are
Comipany.~
hn II. W\iims.
to the firm from which you
to the Seci etary of the
38 on steami r'oads
r the Piedmont