The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 06, 1912, Image 7
il U? Kaighta er PythJ'i mlnatreis
?td I know where we can gat tome |
hi make aa alack; 70a go gat Mlu
Malar-at Ink bottle, too. that 11 help
Pirna, und gat tome matchee, and I '11
Tgo ?et tbe cork aad we eaa go to
Barak Jane's bouse and make ueeelfe
g^?k.*'
*T aJat never promise not to black
Iff aa4 go down to tbe depot," said
SOly vaverlngly. "I promise not to
aster lie to mo' Injun?I?"
"Well, ran then." Jimmy Interrupt?
ed imiatiently. "Wo 11 Just slip
4aern t> tbe railroad and take a look
? tbe niggers. You dont bafto get
4M the train Just 'cause you down to
Um dajot. " I
to Klee Minerva's nephew, after;
tiptoeing into the bouse for her ink
'?bwHe ird ?"?-r v .ta with 1
mmirabiind a;a ! .<-i la chum
4t tbe cabin There* under the erttl
cai earvey of Henule nick tress ill
ornery place on the floor, they '
dar?.< Lui lL*u tmAum, u^a?, hands,
leal and lege; then, pulling their cape
eyfar their eyes, theee energetic little,
boys stole out of tbe back gate und j
fairly flew down an alley to the sta?
tten. No one noticed tbem in that
kit, pare piling crowd. A lively band
was playtng end tbe mob of good-bu
awed, happy negroes, dreeeed in their
Beetay beat, machine and joking.
nssbJag and elbowing, made their
way to the sxourtlon train standing |
dB tie track.
The two excited children got ai
feotiy habited a broad, pompons negro
fm and sttppeg om the car hast after aim.
I IWtaootoiy thaw found a seat in the
reaw of taw oooeh and there the/ sat
ngujadarrii. stfil and quiet, except for
?B ssoaatoaal deUgbted giggle, till
tb? loll aisagci and tbe train started 1
off.
"Well tee Bam Lamb toreckiy "
wat/tefed Jimmy, "twd he'll take
r care of as *
The train was made up of sew en
jssjibia, wbieb bad been taking on/
nasjriiM ad eery station up the road
eo far aa rHuftocaa, and it ^happened
IJrsst tbe two little boys did not know
a aosjl la thei r oar. |
I But wbea they warn neartng Wood- i
stock, a ttttis station not far from
Mass pals, flati Lamb, making a tour
Of Iba cars, cune Into their coach and
was promptly bailed by tbe children.
When be recognised them, be burst
mto sack a loar of laughter that It
oaassd elf the other peso angers to turn
around and look la their direction.
"Waat f all gwtno to do t\ox* I Jos'
wonder.'* bo sxclaimed. "To' ekals
ain't made dls side o' 'ternlty. Lordee,
Lordee.' lie gased at them admiringly,
"you abo' is gsnoowlne corn-fed. tter
tin' sllrsr. aU-woolran'-a-yard-wide.
oars loaf, Orotn-Rlrer Lollapalooaaa.
* Doos yC folks know 'bout yer? Lordee!
What I at in' secb a fool question for?
'Course day don't. Come on, I gwlne
to take y* all off *ri doso cars right
bore at die Wood it - k. an' wc kin
ketch do 'cosomodation back home.**
"Baa Bam," protested Billy. "Wo
loot want to go back home. We wants
i to go n Memphis."
' "Hit don't matter what y* all wants,"
was tbe aegro's reply. My* all xotta git
right off. Dis-bsre 'scurslou train don't
teare Memphis tweil twelve o'clock
cosigbt go* yub sec how sk>w she am
marin', and sr'y no 'count nigger on
nor 11 bo full o' rod eye. An' yo' folks
Is plumb 'stracted bout yer dls rain
1 ute, I low. Come on. She am gittln'
ready to stop."
He grabbed the blackened hand of
each, pushing Jimmy and pulling Ptlly,
and towed the rei octant little k>*yi
through ihm coach.
r
"Tub abo is sp iled ny fun.'' bs
growled aa be bust ed them across the
platform to tbe eaiting-room. Die
here 's de fus' ? union 1 been on
wldout Bukey ataggln' long In fire
year an' I aimed fo to roll 'em high;
an' no**', 'case o' ketcbln' up wld y'
ail. I gotta go right back home. Now
y' all set lee' as straight as yer kin
sot oa die here bench," be admonished,
''whilst I send s tslegraph to Marse
Jeema Oerner An don rub try to
lope out on do flat form nelder. Ret
wbar I kin keep my eye ski med on
yub, yub little allpp'ry-ellum eels. Den
I gwlne to com?, back an' wash yer.
so y* ail look like 'spectable white
folka
Mise Minerrs eamC out of her front
door looa'og for Billy st tbe same time
that Mrs. Garner appeared on her
porch la search of Jimmy.
"William? Too William!" called one
woman.
"Jimmee-ee! O Jtmtaee-ee-ee!" called
tbe other.
"Hare you seen my nephew?" ask4d
the one.
"Wo. Hare you seen snythlng
Jlsjeny T" wee the reply of the other.
were talking together at tl
t an hour ago.** said Billy
ilbly they arc down at U
I phone and find out."
"And I '11 ring up Mrs. Black and
i Mrs. Hamilton. They may hiwe gone
to eee Una and Frances/'
In a short time both women ap?
peared on their porches again:
They have not been to the stable
this morning," said Miss Minerva un?
easily, "and Sam went to Memphli on
the excursion train."
"And they are not with Lina or
Frances,"?Mrs. Garner's face wore
an anxious look, "I declare I never
saw two euch children. Still, I don't
' think we need worry ae it it nearly
dinner tltr ..nd they never miss their
meale, you know."
But the noon hour came and with it
no hungry little boys. Then, Indeed,
did the relative* of the children grow
I uneasy. The two telephone* were kept
I busy, and Mr. Garner, with several
other men on horseback, scoured the
! village. Not a soul had seen either
child.
At three o'clock Miss Minerva, worn
with anxiety and on the verge of a
I collapse, dropped Into a chair on her
i veranda, her faithful Major by her
elde. He bad come to offer help and
sympathy a* soon a* he heard of her
distress, and, finding her In such a
softened, dependent and receptive
mood, too Major had remained to try
to cheer her np.
Mr. and Mrs. Qarner were aleo on
the porch* discussing what farther
?tepe thej could take.
"It ia all the fault of that William
of yoore," mapped one little boy's
mother to the other little bor e aunt
"Jimmy la the best child in tht world
when ha Is by himself, bnt he it easily
led into mischief."
Miss Minerva's face biased uith in?
dignation.
"William's fault Indeed!" sie an?
swered bach. "There never wae a
sweeter child than William;" for the
lonely woman knew the truth nt last
At the thought that her Utile nephew
might be hart, a long forg >tt*-> tender
aeaa stirred ner noeoui and ane real?
ised for the first time how the child
had grown Into her life.
The telegram came.
"They are all right," snooted Mr.
Garner joyously, as he quickly opened
and rmA the yellow missive, "they
went on the excursion and 8am Lamb
le bringing them home on the accom?
modation."
As the major, short, plump, rubi
cand, Jolly, and Miss Minerva tall,
sallow, iingular, solemn, were walking
to the station to meet the tralr that
waa brie ging home the runaways, the
elderly lover knew himself to be at
last master of the situation.
"The trouble with Billy?" he began,
adjusting his steps to Miss Minerva's
mincing walk.
"Wllllim," she corrected, faintly.
"The (rouble with ailly," repeated
her suiter firmly, "le this: Yon have
tried to make a girl out of a het.lthy,
hlgh-epliited boy; yon have nt itlven
him the toye and playthings a boy
should have; you have not even given
the child common love and affection."
He waa letting himself go, for he knew
that sh j needed the lecture, and, won
dsrfnl to tell, she wae listening meek?
ly. "Yon have eteeled your heart," he
went on, "against Billy and against
me. You here about ae much Idea how
to manage a boy as a?as a?" he
hesitated for a suitable comparison;
he wanted to -ay "goat," but gallantry
forbade; "as any other old maid," he
blurted out. reallilng as he did so that
a woman hsd rather be called a goat
'hei an eld rrsld any time.
B coated to Miss Miner
"1 dont have to be an old maid," she
snapped apunklly.
"No; and you are not going to be
one any longer." he anawered with de
clalon. "I tell you what, Miss Minerva,
we are going to make a fine, manly
boy out of that nephew of yours."
"We?" she echoed faintly.
"Yes, we! I said we, didn't I?"
replied the major oatentatiously. "The
child shall have a pony to ride and
everything else that a boy ought to
have. He la full of natural animal
apliita and has to find some outlet for
them; that Is the reason he is always
In mischief. Now, I think I under?
stand children." He drew himself up
proudly. "We ahall be married tomor?
row," he announced, "that 1 may as?
sume at once my part of the reaponsi
blllty of Billys rearing."
atlas Minerva looked at him in flut?
te lng consternation.
Oh, no, not tomoirow," she pro
teated: "possibly next yeer some
time."
I "Tomorrow," reiterated the major,
hla white mustache bristling with de
"Next month." ehe suggested timidly.
"Tomorrow, 1 tell you!"
"Next week." she answered.
"Tomorrow! Tomorrow! Tomor?
row!" cried the major, happy as a
schoolboy.
"Next Sunday night after church,"
pleaded Miss Minerva.
"No, not next Sunday or Monday or
Tuesday. We will be married tomor?
row," declared the dictatorial Confed?
erate veteran.
Billy's aunt succumbed.
"Oh, Joseph," she said with almost
a simper, "you are so masterful."
"How wouH you like me for an
uncle?" Miss Minerva's affianced asked
Billy a few minutes later.
"Fine an' dandy," was the answer,
as the child wriggled himself out of
his aunt's embrace. The enthusiastic
reception accorded him, when he got
off the train, was almost too much for
the little boy. He gazed at the pair In
embarrassment. He was for the mo?
ment disconcerted and overcome; in
place of the expected scoldings and
punishment, he was received with
caresses and flattering consideration.
He could not understand it at all.
The major put a hand on the little
boy's shoulder and smiled a kindly
smile into his big, gray, astonished
eyes as the happy lover delightedly
whispered, "Your aunt Minerva is go?
ing to marry me tomorrow, Billy."
"Pants an' all?" asked William
Green Hill.
THE END.
Big Business and Newspapers.
James A. Hoyt's separation from
the Columbia Record is apparently
the outcome of his fight on race
track gambling in Columbia. A short
time ago when the legal proceedings
instituted principally by Mr. Hoyt
were postponed with his consent un?
til after the race meet would be over
it seemed to place Mr. Hoyt in a
bad light, although those who knew
him did not in the least question or
doubt his purpose or motives.
It was probably the case that some
strong local influences were brought
to bear on Mr. Hoyt through his
business associates, possibly through
or from E. W. Robertson, who Is the
wealthiest man In Columbia, the big
beat banker in that city and the
financial bellwether there. As a re?
sult of thla "squeeze" of the editor
Mr. Hoyt has now sold his Interest In
the Record (to Mr. Robertson, it Is
reported) and quit as editor and
manager.
Mr. Robertson is said to be finan?
cially interested with Mr. Oonzalea in
the ownership of the Columbia State,
the Spartanburg Herald and the
Charlotte Observer. So if he really
be the new owner of the Columbia
Record, Mr. Robertson is acquiring
quite a string of newspaper connec?
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KILLS WOMAN, DROWNS HIM?
SELF.
Edgefleld, January 1.?Constable
Moultrie returned today from Moul
trie's Mill, in the western section of
the county, where he went to cap?
ture a negro charged with the mur?
der of a negro woman. Jennings, it
seems, in a fit of anger, shot the wo?
man five times, and as she lay dead
crushed her head with rocks.
After committing the deed it was
thought that he had fled the coun?
try, but later developments disclosed
the fact that he committed suicide,
having jumped into a pond, and was
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TARIFF OH PAPER.
ADMINISTRATION CALLS FOR JU?
DICIAL SETTLEMENT.
Treasury Department Hopes for
Spt ody Determination From Court
of Customs Appeals.
Washington, Jan. 2.?The interna?
tional tav'ff 'ror.troversy over the
question of admitting wood pulp and
paper into the United States free of
duty from all countries having
treaties with the nation guarantee?
ing "most favored nation" treatment
was passed on to the courts today by
the administration for settlement.
The prooedure will be expedited, and
it is expected that the matter shortly
will reach the United States court of
customs appeals.
The dispute revolves uoout section
2 of the late Canadian reciprocity
agreement?the only operative part
of that proposed pact?which grants
free entry to Canadian wood pulp,
print paper and paper board made
from wood cut on "restricted" lands,
or lands where no limitations are im?
posed upon the exportation the wood
or its production. Importers of these
commodities from Russia, Germany.
Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Austria
Hungary, Newfoundland and Finland
have claimed free entry under the
"most favored nation" treatment.
Most of these countries also have
taken up the question diplom-UioO'v
with this government.
Fending a settlement of the dis?
pute the treasury department assessed
the duty on the Importations and
held the protest of the Importers in
abeyance. In order to get the ques?
tion before the courts the treaaury
today decided formally to deny the
right of free entry to any Importa?
tions except those coming from Can?
ada. The importers can appeal to
the board of general appraisers at
New York, and from there the ques?
tion can be carried on to the customs
court.
The treasury department, it la un?
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but the president was unwilling to
place the paper Industry on the free
list when there was doubt in this re?
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JANUARY 1912
FORWARD!
The Farmers' Bank and
Tru^l Co.
1912 1912
THE NEW YEAR
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V_I
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