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The Spirit of Dawn By Hartha McCulloch-WUIUunj ? * t CCopyrtft.t. 1911. by Associated Litern?? Pre**.) Blood lines are far-flung. The pull of them had brought Sara from the waatern range. Elizabeth from re? mote Texas, back to a httle New England village, the home town of their joint greatgrandfather. The charm of it laid Instant hold on them ?they loved the staunch white houaee. green-shuttsred and let about with immemorial elms, the broad I ?troota. the orderly elegance, the quiet of everything. Bloat of all they lowed Oreat-Aunt Martha, mistress of the old home? stead. 8he made them welcome with a certain prim tenderness that went straight to their bubbling hearts. Not withstanding, upon the third morning ' after arrival. Elisabeth, who was Ir? repressible, woke Sara with an Imps* * tftent shake, saying: Think! Hard! What ahatl we, what can we do? W? simply must do 1 something." 'What thing needs doing?" Sara grumbled sleepily. Elizabeth shook her age in "Bring? ing this place to life." she said. MIt died at leaat a hundred years ago? don't you thick It haa waited long enough for resurrection?" I'll tell you?after I've dreamed about it." Sara mumbled, sinking back on her pillow. Elisabeth shook her flat at her, but did not further disturb her. Instead, she hurried on her frock, tiptoed downstairs, undid the back door cau tlously and slid out Into the garden, the loveliest garden. In full late June bloom, overrun with spice pinks. 1 honeysuckle, sweet Betsys and bun- 1 dred leaf roses. Elizabeth's frock matched exactly the pink of the roses?her hair, black and allky. was braided tightly behind each ear. It waa hjr only head cover? ing, so as she atocd slim and virginal among tho flowers at sunrise she looked the very incarnation of youth. H was a sight to make any man's b/?nrt beat, let alone that of a young tel'Ow, and an artlat. Intoxicated with tho joy of the morning. Since the earliest dawn Phil Cralg had been , sauntering through ths leaat ire , assented waya, peering into gardens, noting the creeping light, the melting shadows, now and again sketching roughly some bit that appealed espe? cially He bad come to the villas . from yearr of study abroad, to rest, he bad told himself, not to work?yet here waa work laying hold on him tn tbs very outset. He stood smbuabed In the shade of a thick hawthorn Elizabeth did not seo htm until as she turned half about, be called hushedly: "He still! Please! Jusi a minute more!" his S?gers flying as he spoke Aa he naught her startled .ook. he explain- ' od. "You sro the Soul of Dawn' 1 want to make you immortul." That was the beginning Elizabeth Sid not tell It. even to Sar.i Instead, ?be was gracefully, and graciously 4bjtant. when the next afternoon Phil managed to have himself fetched to the bouse and be properly presented. His eye? twinkled?otherwise he waa as proper as she. Rut when they walked out In company with Para and y<> >,g Masou. his social apor.sor, to view the garde) beauties, he half whispered: "You are the Soul of Dawn ?aa1 something n ore." After ibat. Old Town village came to life with a vengeance. Phil di< th* moat of it. fetching in autos, other young men. Indeed all manner of worldly things. He refused to set op a audio, but now and again tell furiously to work under shade of a white umbrella He made studies ot all the old gardens round about, ot orchard cooks, of Jlrhened stone walla, with a dapple of shine and shadow playing upon them Nsver by any chance did Elizabeth Sgct* In the studies Yet she knew ha made pictures of her. After a little the knowledge fretted her Her father would not like it?of that gl [ fens sure Neither would hilly Van* ?> it was all settled that m?m> wa* |fl mrrrv hilly, after the* were both gTOWO Up Hsf father tho SSlM M hardly more than a baby at StSi ?and Hilly s pnr<*it bad the I laut opinion r . ganllmc .!.??? twenty Sara an *w all about and t&test bis name Orta Mlnter has moved to Rumter uer lips comically over Cralg s e>i dum enthrallment?and once bad, ihuttlng one eje: "If there was a wireless station handy I'd sent a flash to that young man down in Texas But she was a good fellow?niucn too good to spoil sport. Elizabeth meant it all for no more than spur; until, all at once, with no word o: warning. Hilly came to Old Town "Cou'dn't help it?with home so hot. and all the things you told of going on up heie." he explain* d "Hay rides and boat rides, and auto rides and everything. Gee? I felt I must get into the game " "You'll have no trouble whatever, honey." Sara said, coming up behind Hilly and Elizabeth. "I'm nobody but Sara," she went on. "Let me recom? mend myself, though, as the latest improved variety of gooseberry. 1 can look 'bless you, my children,' in three languages, and seven ways at once. And you'll need to bless me ?but for my vigilance Elizabeth j would have been mn away with long ago." "I'd say it?even without that." Billy answered gallantly, holding both Sara's hands and looking down into her eyes. They were blue eyea, but j snappy for all that. They returned his gaze steadily until Sara felt moved to say: | "You don't look Texas?not the least j bit?but. then, neither does Eliza? beth." "Do not forgive us! Nobody can quite look Texas?it's the finest state anywhere." Billy answered, loyally. "But we do the best we can." A week showed that Billy could, and did, fit in beautifully. Cralg, even, could not resist him after the first two hours. Billy had a way with him, aa insinuating as his gentle, slurring drawl; moreover, he was gallant, also j a beautiful spender, and plentifully supplied with wherewithal to spend. His spending was without ostentation, yet he managed somehow to pay al? ways a little more than his share. Craig swore at him inwardly over the fact. Aloud it was quite impossible. : Elizabeth exulted in Billy?as a comrade, though, not a possession. She had been too happy to think be? yond the moment?she was happy still, but with underneath a sense of disquiet. Something surprised now and then, in Craig's eyes, some in? flection of his voice when he was off guard, formed the roots of the dis? quiet. Dimly she understood what she had come to mean to him?as dimly she felt that he ought to know the truth?yet she would rather die than tell him. I Thus, uneasy and perplexed, ehe turned instinctively to the thought of Sara. Perhaps, if Sara tried, she could make Craig forget?Elizabeth had a faith simply boundless in her cousin. A level head had Sara?with her, to will was to de. Elisabeth hoped she might will to captivate Cralg?If it were put upon the ground of cousin? ly succor. When woman disposes man some? times proposes. At the end of a fort? night Billy's mind was made up. He chuckled a bit over the final making UP. saying to his cigar: "We'll go home to get married?all of us?only thing to do?it'll pacify the Judge and Marse Wlllyum." Marse Wlllyum was bis father, the Judge. Elizabeth's. After his disre? spectful commeat upon them, Billy strolled over to the Howland place, smiling his most Innocent smile He found things taking place there ?things unusual. In the wide dim parlor rarely opened. Cralg had set up f. picture nearly complete, the Spirit of Daw n? -Elizabeth to the life, but j Elisabeth transfigured by love and the morning. Billy looked at the pic ture, his eyes dimming the least bit. Then he laid a hand* on Craig's arm. saying: "1 must have that." Craig shook his head?he dared not speak Billy went on: "I'll ppy you n price for it. You can't deny I have the right to it." "1 won't sell iL" Craig said curtly "Even if it were finished, nobody could buy It." "Then give it to me." Billy per? sisted Craig glared at him?^Billy smiled infantlnely. "As a wedding present, you know." he went on. You oughtn't to grvdge it to me and?Sara," strid? ing t-. that young woman, and slip ping his arm about her waist. "I meant to say I'd Rive you the orig Inal," he added. "But I really reckon she isn't mine to give." "Shut up! And come out on the porch," Sara interrupted, shaking her head at Billy. "Don't you see those two can't speak until they catch breath?" "Just as you say. boss," Billy an? swered meekly, but chuckling hard Over his shtulder *ie saw Craig and Elizabeth locked tight in each oth? er* arms. Films of New York. With fifteen manufacturers of mo? tion pictures actively engaged in business in New York, It remained for a Philadelphia concern to send a troupe to the city to photograph bit.-> of New York scenes in resiwuiBe to tho demand from the out of town exhibi? tors. New York sights are so familiar to New Yorkers that they fn.ll to real Ize that the man in (irand Island, \? b , never has seen the famous sky line or th?- Baal Kivor bridges, ho the troupe from Philadelphia is Just now add tag comedy to the sights, to the bttgl delight of the small boys, who are thick to recognize their friends from the "movies" In flesh and blood Naturally. "Is there any uplift gbOOl ?hb. n ? i#?r hot there Is! lie aTit< I ? ? >oi ies." county.? Pee Dee Advocate. Taking a Stand "l hope you won t misjudge n:o. Diei;. but I have had to take a stand m the matter," Mrs Deighton said, regret? fully, as, having measured a cupful of ('.our and dropped it into the sifter, she looked across the kitchen at her brother. "Do you really mean, Kate, that you are not going to invite the family to celebrate mother's birthday In your home as we have done for the last six years; in fact, ever since she came back from the east to Uye with you?" her brother asked "Exactly." Mrs. Deighton measured another spoonful of flour, set it on the table, seated herself on a chair near and faced her visitor. "I quite expect? ed that you'd be coming, Dick, to learn my plans for mother's birthday, and you're entitled to know them, for you, at least, have always been apprecla- | tive. You see, entertaining 22 chil- , dren and grandchildren of mother's has meant a lot of work and expense for me, but I have felt that it was Worth while if only mother and the j family were pleased. But human na? ture, especially woman nature, craves appreciation, and since I've heard of 1 certain disparaging remarks about my method of entertaining, made by dif , ferent members of the family, I have : decided not to have the birthday meet? ing this year." "But we've always had a splendid I time," Dick urged. "You mustn't take I the family's personal view, but the j general view, and I happen to know I that most of us thought last year's en- . tertainment the best of the lot." "I heard that Fred's wife said she never had a duller time," Mrs. Deigh ton replied. "Maybe she wasn't feeling well; that I makes big differences," pick sug I gested. "And Jack's wife said that I might 1 have used my best tablecloth and nap kins, as she would have done if it had been her mother's birthday." "Bessie's only a bride, and maybe she would have put on more fr?h and less roast beef," Dick said sooth? ingly. "Margaret criticized me for having the children; she said they made her nervous. That's because she hasn't any of her own. However, I must say that if I were to have the family this year, I wouldn't Invite the children, at least with the grownups; they got into so much mischief last year when I couldn't be around to watch them." "Well, I'm sorry you've decided not to have us this year," Dick said as he rose to go. "If e\?rv one were as appreciative as you are we'd have it as usual," Mrs Deighton replied, proceeding to meas ure another cupful of flour. Dick reached for his hat. "Is that one of your famous sponge cakes you're making?" he asked. ? "No; it's the white pound cake j birthday recipe." "Birthday cake? I thought?" Dick | stopped. "Well, give my love to moth er. I'm sorry not to see her today, but I'm glad she's having a good sleep this morning Lucy and I will come In to see her on her birthday if you'll be at home, Kate." "Be at home? Why. of course HI be at home. Where else should I lie on mother's birthday?" Mrs. Deighton aske? wonderingiy. "Tomorrow I shall make the sponge cake and 00* coanut layer cake?that's Jack's favor? ite. Thursday morning I shall boll the ham and roast the beef. Of cour>:e, the boys and their wives will feel tbat the least they can do is to eomo to see mother on her birthday." Is there any special time you'd like us to come. Kate?" asked Dick. "Between six and half past." Mrs Deighton answered promptly. "Mark gets home a little after six." "We'll be here," Dick said. "I'll let Jack and Fred and Bob know. Is there anything you'd like us to bring. Kate?" "Nothing except the children. I've made a batch of lemon ar.d ->f gin? ger cookies especially for them. APd, Dick. I hope that neither you nor anv of the others will feel hurt at the stand I've taken this year about the meeting here on mother's birthday. I feel that 1 couldn't have it after all the criticism. You understand, don't you?" "But 1 thought?" Dick began. Mrs. Deighton counting out a dozen i ijgs from a basket, placed the twelfth OSS on the table, and then said, a note | of satisfaction In her voice: "You know, it's one thing to invite a nuin her of people to your house and quite another thing to have that same mini j ber come as In duty bound. I've made | t veil more preparations than I did last year, because there'll be 24 of us in ?toad Of IS, linos Margaret's nlooei arc hcr->. and net - soul will dare lo criticise tiling. because of being self invited. Do jrou *??<??" "Maybe; but 1 think it will take a woman to understand your argument," Dick answered, laughing Tired of Tempermnnental. Backer I am going to have a reel I proclty understanding with the stai you nave leleeted before the shoa .i out Manager What is it? Back? i I' ihs take* the engage ent, I must first take her tempt r;. I nenl lend us your Job work. RAILROADS l><) OOOl) BUSINESS. Southern Freight Office Reporte Busi? ness Sann? as lor 1910 ami <<>a>*( Line Reports an increase. it Beema upon investigation that business done during the past year was practically the same as that done for the year previously, despite the OpOrted hard times and the low price Of COttOn. At the Southern fr< Ight depot this morning it was itatefl that the amount of traffic for 1 1 1 wai practically the same as that for 1010, which is admitted to hav i ill-en a good business year. The At? tentive Coas: Line freight office also ?'?ported that a good business had been done through their otlice during tin- past year with a considerable in? crease of business over the previous year. At the Southern freight office it was stated that the business during the first months of the year was somewhat more than during the same time for 1910, while at other times it was practically the same. There was a slight falling off of freight during the month of Deceml>er, hut not enough to make any appreciable dif? ference. The office receipts and ship? ments of freight were approximately tvhat they were for the year previous. The freight shipments at the At? lantic Coast Line freight depot were larger for 1911 than for 1910, with the exception of the summer months, when they were approximately the same as for the year previous. Dur? ing the past few months, fall and winter, the incoming and outgoing shipments, both show a good gain over what they were for 1910. The records also showed that there was a gain of twice as much in the incom? ing shipments over the outgoing ship? ments. Plans are now being made at both depots to handle the fertilizer which is expected in here this season. It is probi ole that the fertilizer shipments will begin about the last of thi3 month or the first of next month, when the freight traffic will pick up considerably over what it is at the present time. It was stated that from the information received at the rail Toad offices that there would not be as much fertilizer to handle this year as last, but at the same time plan? will be made In time to handle quickly all that is shipped in. Death of Mrs. Anna Smith. Elloree, Jan. 8.?On last Thurs? day afternoon about 4 o'clock Mrs. Anna Smith passed away at her home four miles from Elloree. The deceased is survived by her husband, A. C. Smith, and seven liv? ing i hildren and a host of relatives to mourn her death. Mrs. Smith was a devoted wife and a loving mother. She wa3 much loved by all who knew her. Her death was very unexpected to her many friends, as she had been sick only a short time. The deep? est Sympathy goes out to the be? reaved ones from the whole com? munity in their sad loss. The funeral services were con? ducted by the Rev. Simpkins, pastor of the Cameron Methodist church. The interment was made in the Smith cemetery. J. N. J. In The Police Court. The following cases were filed on the docket Monday by the recorder: James Council, cursing, $10 or 20 days. J. if. Hate hell, drunkenness, dis? charged. Osborns Porter, Sam Jackson, John Davis, Albertus Elliott, Richard James, and Julia Rhame, gambling. All plead guilty except Sam Jack? son and Albertus Elliott and all were found guilty and sentenced to pay fines of $25.00 or to serve 30 days, except Sam Jackson, who was fined $15 or 30 days. English Merrr.it's Strange Life. Tiere died the other day, at the age of eighty-two, a hermit named Lewis, who Tor the last 20 years has existed on sheHflsh find lived in his covered trawler, beached at Lower Flshguard He never varied his diet? ary, except . hen shellflfh was scarce, and then be substituted l read and cheese. To within two days of his death he wai In robust health.?Ixn don Answers Pathetic Cries of Quadrupeds. Coming to quadrupeds, the cries of none approach more closely that of the human voice than those of seals when lamenting the loss of their young. The cry of a wounded hare resembles that of a child in distress Healthy Old Lady. In ordei to < . prate her eighty first blrthda) ? Vorhoes, an inmate of the ( Id ;? 1 OS' Home in New York, skip] i with a rope twen? ty-one tin.cs. : : . s not i'i flic least fatigued ?h n i i finis! ed Must Have Dined Well. The electric ventilating fan on the wail of the restaurant uns whltxlng round, a gentleman who had dined extremely woil -at looking at it tor some time. 'Walter," he complained at last. "th;?t r i \ : P' Punch Chamber of Commerce Notes. This is a good time for the City Council t" consider some plan for im proving the condition of Sumter's lid walks. When the A. C. L. Good Roads train WSJ in Sumter the U. B. Government -xp.-rt showed a picture of the country school children wading through the mud to the country schools. The condition of these r?>M<i> and the Condition of the Sumter walks means doctor's btUsj it will be some time before Sumt?r has Ptreet ears. Something should he done, therefore, to make it possible for cie Children to get to school and for our people to go about without bavin? to walk through lakes, rivers and mud. Fnquestionabiy so long as Sumter follow - the present method of building sidewalks by the city paying one-half of the cost therefor, few sidewalks will be built. There are but few cities in the country that fol? low this method. The sidewalks should be built and paid for by the abutting property owners just as oth? er cities are doing. The same is true of the streets with some modifica? tions. The money now being used by the city for this purpose could then be devoted to other needful objects. Charleston has requested the passage of an act by to? present legislature for this purpose. se t The Chamber of Commerce has re received a large number of Sumter buttons which will be distributed free to any who may wish them. They may be had at the Chamber of Com? merce or at King's Cigar Store, or at the D. J. Chandler Clothing Com? pany. * ? ? The Secretary has received a book on "City Government by Commis? sion," by C. R. Rogers. The Secre? tary will be glad to loan the same to anyone who may be interested in the subject. , ? ? ? The organization of the proposed shoe factory has been postponed un- I til a later date. One of the gentlemen who will have the management of this factory was in the city Saturday but the other party was unable to come at this time. News Items From Wlsacky. Wisacky, Jan. 8.?Christmas passed off very quietly and pleasantly, with gloomy weather and much rain. The New' Year has begun in much the same way, but we are now having a little sunshine with, very cold weath? er. There is a great deal of moving among white and colored. Mr. Myron Smith has moved to the Weldon home, now owned by Mr. Willie McCutchen. Mr. Thomas has moved to Mr. Ashley Mooneyham's place and he has bought Mr. Webber Player's plan? tation near Wisacky. Mr. John Smith has bought Mr. Degare Smith's place, adjoining his. Rev. Kenworth McCaskill arrived here on the 26th from bis home in Staunton, Va., to see after his busi? ness matters near Wisacky. He made a short stay with relatives. The students who came from the different colleges, lo spend the holi? days with relatives have all returned to their posts of duty, except Miss Katherine Shirer, who will leave Monday for the G. F. C. college in Greenville to resume her studies. Mrs. X. Y. Alford entertained at a iveeption given in honor of her neph? ew. Row Cbarhs Crane, and his bride. They will leave this month for Africa to take up missionary work. A Bluffer or a Dramatist. The Indications are that our friend Tom Felder of Atlanta is something of a dramatist, lb- has put off what he would have to say about the gov? ernor until just before the meeting of the general assembly, when it will have the greatest effect, and when we see men like those on the old board <>f investigation sitting still and being satisfied with the situation we are sure that thert is ammnn'Mon somewhere and that When the bat? teries are unmasked there is going to be a might> racket raised. We are satisfied that the most interesting of all tin- very interesting things that are to come before the legislature is to be that of Thomas B. Felder end that there is going to be come action taken in regard to it. There is almost certain to be an investiga? tion, ami whether innocent or gull*y the governor ought to invite tho in? vestigation just as did that old botrtfl against which be made so many ti? mid they wer?? innocent, and there has never been a single thing tb ?t Governor Blease'i board has been able to produce that has even threat? ened to call tiie old board before tic bar of justice for abuse of the pos? ition that they held.?-Florence Times. Peculiar Appeal. There is a peculiar loveliness in the Cheerfulness of lick people It is un? expected like tl e bit of green in the desert, <t vain h\ contrast It is tho flower :>f tl n ? ? ?'?:< < ??? In ? evri TO HIKM I ATI. IMMIGRATION IN SO ITH. ^j < onforer.ee of Governors Hold at Baltimore at Request of Governor ( Outliers of Maryland to Consider Matter. Paltimore, .! in. 0.?A movement ? w hi. h is ovpeeied to lie of far-reach :nR importance lo the South, was in augurated in this city when at the (f Invt ation of Governor ?'rothers. of .< Maryland, a conference of Southern Governors and Pretr'dents of the rail? ways of the S< nth was held for the consideration f immig*; tion into the South The matter was discussed in all its l ea ri ngs. Practical addreses were made by Governors Mann, of V'-ginia; Mease, of South Carolina; Noel. of Mississippi, and Hadley, of Missouri; and by Presidents Finley, of tho Southern Railway; Johnson, of the . Norfolk and Western; White, of the1 1 Richmond, Fredericksburg and Po tomac Railroad, and others. Pro- ?' visions were made for the crcatb n of a committee to be composed of a representative of the States of Ala? bama, Arkansas, Florida. Georgia/ Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, ^ Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina,, Oklahoma; South Carolina, Tennesee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia, to be appointed by the Governors of the respective States; a representative of each transportation company yj>tr-? ating in the same territory, to be ap pointed by the presidents of such companies?the Governors of the States and the Presidents of the transportation companies to be, ex officio, members of this committee, and the Chairman of the Conference to name as additional members of ' the committee not to exceed one man from each of the States. This committee is charged with the duty of formulating and arranging for the execution of a plan by which all of the agencies working for in? creased immigration into the South may be able to co-operate and so to \ co-relate their respective efforts as to secure the best results. PI JE A SAX T CHRISTMAS AT D CORNER, "Old Hard Times" Says Farcwel Other Matters from Manchester. I Dark Corner. Jan. 5.?Well, Mt Editor, I will try and write a line for the Watchman and Southron this cold morning, but there Is but little that is interesting to write about. # Christmas passed off rather quietly f here. There was a family reunion dinner at "Old Man Pink" Weeks' on Chrisamas day, at which there was a large crowd, all of whom seemed to enjoy the dinner. They passed the ' time shooting for chickens, etc. "Mr. Booze" was present as usual but managed to keep himself within bounds "Old Hard Times" attended a New Year dinner at Mr. Blanding Ardis* on January 1st. Those present be? sides the family were Mr. J. L. Ardi3, (Mr. Blanding's father,) W. J. Ardis, Mrs. H. Annie Brewer and Miss Leasle Brewer. A pleasant tfme was enjoyed with no booze. There has been rather more Tnov ing arourd here this season than usual, all hoping to do better next year than they did the past year. I hear there is lots of cotton in the fields yet. which. I think, must sure? ly be rotten. Yet, I have heard one farmer say that he expected to plant more co ton this year than he did last But I think "Old H. T." vil! reduce his cotton patch fuily Urn - thirds for 1 cannot see the place for the price to advance before 1913, aa there is s?i much cotton in the ware? houses that a half crop *his* year will be greater than the demand. Yet, 1 hope I am no pessimist. I hear of very lPtle sickness and no marriages. The weather keeps so disagreeable that I have not been out to find any news. Well, Mr. Bditor, I have tried to write in my poor simple w&y for the Watchman and Southron off and on for the last 25 or 30 years, and, as Pilate said. "What 1 have written I have written." I make no apologies nor ask any. 1 have now reached tfier point that 1 ought to stop at, ste^> down and out. I have tried to serve my county, my State, and my coun? try, but with few exceptions, if my wa l vices ever have been appreciated, have never known it. I have al? ready been cursed out of the Man chetter Democratic club. So bere'l wishing good luck, and a heap of it. for the Watchman and Southron, the Editor and all the staff, and all your readers, so good bye fri m "Old Hard Times." W. J. Ardis. A veary Interestign article concern? ing the use of cotton seed meal as a fertilizer by Mr. John B. Fi3hburne of Arkansas appears in the January issue of The Cotton Seed, a magazine published in behalf of the cotton seed meal and oil industry. Mr. Flahl urnc was formerly of this city and has many friends here. He is i son-ln | law of Mr. Mr. B. G. Gibpon of this eity.