The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 26, 1916, Image 3
BatOe-Qy
wen wondering If, after all,
_ aol ?lejodoje?, Racer Malcolm
Wanted to think the had, becease
heart wee hungry for lore She
errieten to him. eternly forbidding
anf If he obeyed that man
warne* prove hlmreU
_. in loltlatlve. So she
_ with a nwttorlng heart,
the dar that be came i he
aafteata* He had gashed
a rata of speed which mounUUn
. would aot hare ooantenaneed
IN arrived-in two hoars leea than
aar eksWld logically hare re?
IWaeevtag sides of ale tired
to* fjhasjt aa mach of the ear
t? ftace he hitched bis
?p to
1? aeessn* Twa feadalaa flg
sewing?* the ball as he silent
?i il link it daor aad let
la. One of them wee a figure
area with 1U back turned?a
I
tattle
a no one elea Too other
girt of undeniable
kjO. to aim. of ao laberest,
s Dawn who saw him first aad.
that brought a reeeatfal
her eyas, eho roue silently end
cjst throagk a aide door. Then,
?to bar feet with a
said oat both bands,
aa to hammer wild
aa knew thai the angers an
hare taken her at once la
held hint of aid
I ram oat to ec mo," oat
htm hi a roice thai leaked
t aagraatly disobeyed you,-he
"Am I mean henceforth to
L Odos I loot yoa because
a weak game. Too want a
r, aae\ I hare array* been a
it Jesar I have she age i my
A^Jh' fatal br? ^or Jost
lawta?TeaeTrelt a leap it Wneart.
after all, ha had grown to
it was haw she mast
If over wob? aad aha wanted
any him draw out of hie pocket
to* which ehe bad once given
M* sad take from il a ring she
hat agafcj aha shook
yet, dear,- she said vary softly,
haven't proved yourself a con
yet, yoa know. You've Just
tor,
gaxlsg Into lor eyes rlth a hurt
the loan necked his disappoint
sncftt behttjd a gsaOe of deference end
resiled: "Very well, I cai^ewalU but
last's how It must be In the end."
S the eadl Jaaalta knee that, after
.he had not changed.
was etUl the man of brave h>
aad words??Uli the man who
hesitant at the moment for a
i
while Malcolm wee Jaanlta'i
that Aaee Havey broke his re
end for the first time came
aaqpsgh the gets of the school. She
eaif him one with e pleated little
of having broken dowa hie re
k feeling of feminine de
eat, later the mountaineer was
on the stsps and shaking
with Roger Malcolm, whom be
briefly and with mountain re
eerre.
"1 waa down at Peril with a couple
of sen mi." he said, turning to Juanita,
"an? I found a lot of boxes at the eta
) tioa for ye I lowed ye didn't hardly
have any teams handy, so I fetched
'eat, back to my house. I'll send them
ore$ la the morning', but I thought
I'd ride over tonight an' tell ye."
Owe sad osen wonoenng how, at a
time of mired roads, she was to have
' those books, which she would soon
need, brought across the ridge Now
he jied solved the problem for her.
'Anns Havey stood leaning against e
porch post his broad shoulders end
cleercut profile etched against the
moonlight ss he etudled the Phlladel
j nhhrn. Suddenly he asked abruptly:
''Jiave ye found anything that inter
seta ye In the coal an' Umber Hue?"
ftoger Malcolm glanced up end
knocked the ssh from his pipe against
the rail of the porch. He had not sus?
pected that his rambles about the hills
with e est of maps and a geologist's
. hammer bad been noted.
But be showed no surprise as he an
goared with perfect frankness: "Yes
and no. 1 came primarily to see how
Mies Holland was progressing with
act work. It's true 1 have thought
something of Investing in mountain
reaourcee, but that lice In the future.'
Havey nodded end said quietly: "1
hohe y? decides to Invest elsewhere."
?So far as a casual Inspection shows
thfg country looks pretty good to me.'
rejoiced Malcolm easily. "I may buy
her?-provided, of course, the price it
right:."
"Ibis country's mighty pore," said
the head of the Haveys slowly. "About
all it can raise Is a little ton* an' a
heap of hell? but down underseath. tbe
rock? there's wealth*1'
"Thea the man who can unlock the
hills and get It out ought to be wel?
come) as a benefactor, ought he not?"
inquired the Easterner with i. smile.
"He won't be," was the abort r*>
sp?nne,
"Why?"
"The men from outside always aim
to get the benefit of that wealth an'
then to move us off our mountains, an'
there ain't now he res else on earth a
mountain man can live. DevelopJn'
seemn pretty much like plunderln' to
us. We gen'raJUy ask benefactors like
that to go away."
"A*d do they Usually go?"
"No; not usually. They always
I flOSjgv"
I MDc you expect me to believe that,
Mr. Havey?" queried Malcolm, still
I smiling.
I "1 don't neither ask ye to believe it
nor to disbelieve It," was the cool re
Joinder. "I'm Just tellin'it to j e. that's
all"
Malcolm refilled his pipe and ottered
the tobacco pouch to Havey? Anno
shook hie head with a curt "Much
ohleeged," and the visitor said casual?
ly: "Well, we needn't have any argu?
ment on that score yet, Mr. Havey. My
activities, if they eventuate, belong to
the future, and when that time comes,
perhaj a we shall he able to agree,
after all."
"I reckon we won't hardly airree on
no proposition for despoilin' my peo?
ple. Mr. Malcolm."
"Then we can disagree, when the
time comes," remarked the other man
with a trace of tartness in hin voice.
"Then ye don't aim to develop us
|tu now?'*
skaloolm shook his head, the glow of
his pips bowl for a moment lighting
I up a lace upon which lingered an
amused smile.
"Not this time. Another time, per?
haps."
"All right, then.** Havey's voice car?
ried a very masked and courteous but
very unmistakable warning. "When*
ever yet get good an* ready?we'll ar?
gue that."
He bowed to the girl and turned into
the path which led down to the gate,
CHAPTER XVII.
It wan one of those nights under
whose Brooding wings vague things
and influences are astir and In the
making. Dawn had gone back for a
few days to her brother's lonely cabin
en Tribulation to set his house in or?
der and to do hie simple mending. Per?
haps in her own heart there was an?
other reason?an uneonfesaed unwil?
lingness to stay at the bungalow while
she must feel so far away from Jna*
I nita and iiee Roger Malcolm seemingly
so near.
In her heart vague things were stir?
ring, too, and in another heart The
:act that the had not been allowed to
see young Milt McBriar had given him
an augmented importance which had
kept the l?oy in her mind despite h jr
denunciations. Once she had met him
on the road and ha had stopped her to
say: "Dawn, do ya know why I don't
coma over thar no more?"
The giii had only nodded and the
boy went on:
"Well, some day when ye're at Jeb'a
cabin I'm a-comin' thar. I hain't, a
"Dont, Jehl" She Streamed In a Trans?
port of Alarm.
goln' ter come slippin', but I'm comln'
opin an' upstandln', an' Jeb an' me are
go, n' ter talk about this business."
"No! No!" she had exclaimed, genu?
inely frightened and In a voice full
of quick dissent. "Ye mustn't do it,
Milt; ye muntn't Bf ye does, I won t
see ya"
"Well settle that when I gits thar.
I Jest lowed I'd tell ye," persisted tho
boy stubbornly. "I reckon I mustn't
talk ter ye now?I'm pledged," and
without another word he shook up the
reins on his horse's neck and rode
away.
So tonight, while the moon was
weaving Its spell over several hearts,
the son of the McBriar leader was rid?
ing with a set fsce over into the heart
of the Havey country, openly to visit
the daughter of Fletch McNaeh.
Jeb was sitting before tbe fire with
s pipe between his teeth and Dawn
piunked on a banjo?not the old folk?
lore tune that had once been her roper
teire, hut a newer and sweeter thing
land. km
Then, as a confident voice sang out
from the darkness, "I'm Milt JfciBi iar
an' I'm a-comin' In/', the banjo fell
from the girl's hands and net fingere
clutched in panic at her breast
Ohe saw her brother rise mom his
chair and heard hie voice demand.truc?
ulently : "What ther hall dose you
want hyar?" ? ?
Though Anse Havey strode up the
steep trail to the crest that night with
long, elastic strides, seeking to burn
up the restlessness which obsessed
him, he found himself at the top with
no wish to sleep and no patience With
the Idea of confining his thoughts be?
tween walls.
Anse Havey felt that something was I
missing from hie Ufa, something of
the barbarian order, bad become sud?
denly hateful to him. Into the g?y
eyes crept a suffering, and the broaa
came together in helpless perplaxitr.
Juanlta was a woman of an eaoUo
race who chose to think that life com??
to perfection only under glass. He
was a leader of a brier-tangled and
shaggy clan?men who were akin to
the eagles. No menace or. threat of
death had ever made him deviatefrom
hie loyalty to that people. But now *
foreign woman bad come and he wa i
comparing himself with the well
ores cod, soft-volcsd man who was he:'
visitor and feeling himself a creaturo
of uncouthness.
He found himself wishing that he,
too* w|ie smoother. Then, he fluni:
the thought from him with bitter self
contempt, and a low. oath broke from
hie lips. Was be growing ashamed oi
big life? Wee he wishing that hit
eagle's talons might be manicured end.
hie pinions combed?
"If ye've done come down to that,
Anse Havey/' he said aloud, "Itfs about
time ye kilt yourself."
No, he protested to his soul, he had
disliked Roger Malcolm because Roger
Malcolm had spoken of a prelect of
plunder and stood tor his enemies of
the future; but hie soul answered that
he thought little of that end that It
was because of the obvious understand?
ing between this man and. Juanlta Hol?
land that a new hatred bad been born
male heart
e e e e ' e ' e e
(TO BS CONTINUED.)
REPORT ON RURAL CREDITS.
Columbia, Jan. 21.?A majority fa?
vorable report was received from the
finance committee in the senate last
night on the rural credits bill, intro?
duced by Senator Sherard of Ander?
son. Senator Christensen reported
for the majority, wjth the minority
unfavorable report signed by Senator
Stuckey of Lee county. By the pro?
visions of the bill, the State would
float bonds to the amount of $10,000,
000 to be extended ae aid in purchase*
of farms. The issue is to be sub?
mitted to the people. Clarence Poe,
elltor of The Progressive Farmer,
who addressed the house of represen?
tatives last night, commended the
measure offered by the Anderson sen?
ator.
SEABOARD BRIDGE PROGRESSES.
Charleston. ? Jan. 201?From . both
ends and the middle with the de?
clared and very evident Intention of
aervlng the truckers of the Young's
Island and Meggetts sections in the
coming spring, construction forces of
the Seaboard Air Line Railway are
going steadily forward with one of
the biggest construction problems in
the line between Charleston and Sa?
vannah?the Ashley river bridge.
From both sldVs of the stream dirt
embankments lead through the mar?
shes to the river's edge, completed*
And two pile-drivers crawl toward
each other dally over the creosoted
pile bents, four piles to the bent, that
they are employed in driving. On the
St. Andrew's side of the channel a
huge framework rises from the river
surface, marking the spot where one
of the steel caissons is being sunk
preparatory to a concrete foundation
that will support the steel draw?
Charleston Evening Post.
Horace Knott, a young man living
about four miles from Blshopville in
the Cedar Creek section, got badly
crushed by a tree that fell on him.
Young Knott and another white boy
were cutting down a tree for wood. As
the treo commenced to fall, Mr. Knott
ran away from the stump and ran ex?
actly the way the tree was falling,
which crushed him to the ground. His
shoulder wns broken and both legs
frartuied. He was brought to the
hospital and is still in a serious con?
dition.?Leader and Vindicator.
I L. L. Baker of Blshopville, State
agent for the boys* club work, was in
Columbia yesterday on business, lie
was returning from Kock Hill, whore
ho spoke at the meeting of the home
de monstration agento.?The State.
A license to marry was Issued Sun?
day to B. C. Campbell and Miss M. A.
Wanna maker, Slimier, Licenses to
colored couples were Lewis Mitchell
and LoCrant, Mayesvllle.
A charter has been Issued by the
Secretary of State to tho Alcolu Man?
ufacturing Co., of Alcolu, for the pur?
pose of conducting a general mer?
chandise business, wholesale and re
tali. The corporators aro L. 1). Nettles
aud H. C< Forrestor, of Sumter.
STATE FAIR QUEEN MARRIED,
./? - .?
Miss Bessie MoKeithuii, of George?
town, Weda Mr. C D. Cooper, of
Camden.
News and Courier.
Miss. Bessie McKeithan, of George?
town, known to the entire State as the
Queen of the Harvest Jubilee at the
State fair, and Mr. Charles O. Cooper,
of| Camden, were married by the Rev.
S. 'B. Harper, pastor of Bethel church,
here, yesterday afternoon. The cere?
mony was a quiet one and was per?
formed at the pastor's residence, 207
Calhoun street, shortly after 2 o'clock.
Mr. and Mra. Cooper will leave this
morning for Tampa and other points
in Florida, where they will spend their
honeymoon. Yesterday afternoon the
couple enjoyed an automobile ride
about the city and were delighted with
the many interesting places visited.
Miss McKeithan arrived from
Georgetown yesterday morning, ac?
companied by her friend, Mrs. W. K.
DSVore. They were met by Mr. Coop?
er and went immediately to the St.
John Hotel, where luncheon was had
after a visit had been paid to the
judge of probate and a marriage li?
cense secured.
The bride was attired in a dark
traveling suit, black hat and veil.
When seen at the Charleston Hotel,
just previous to the automobile ride,
she was smiling, and appeared, to be
as happy as the proverbial "lark."
She did not want a large wedding
and the attendant fuss and function,
so, when Mrs. De Vore, % warm per?
sonal friend, announced that she was
going to Charleston on a shopping ex?
pedition she decided that it would be
an appropriate time to have the cere?
mony performed. Arrangements were
made accordingly. Yes,. Mrs. Cooper
said she liked Charleston very much,
>and was,, of "course, as happy as could
be." This was said with a shy look
towards Mr. Cooper. Mrs. Cooper ex?
pressed surprise that tbe. news of the
wedding traveled so fast. It was not
a runaway match, but waa kept quiet
so aa to avoid the gathering of her
scores, of friends at Georgetown.
Mr,.Copper is a young business man
of Camden, being secretary of the Da?
vidson? Lumber Company. He was
formerly. employed at Georgetown,
where, he. met Mlas McKeithan about
a year ago.
HANGED ALJ, BUT HER HUSBAND.
Woman Uses Clothes Line on Herself
and Children.
Lyons, N. C? Jan. 20.?Mrs. Edwin
Payne,, years old, hanged her
four-year-old daughter, her two-year
old son. and herself with three sepa?
rate pieces of clothes line attached to
a hook, in the ceiling of the family
home in Alloway, near here today.
Her husband found, the bodies when
he returned home from work tonight.
He totd the coroner his wife had
been acting strangely for the past few
days. r?.J*e
WANTED AS WITNESS.
Greenville, Jan. 20.?United States
Marshal Lyon baa been requested by
white slave agents, to take Q- W.
Tidwell is custody aa a witness, in the
case developed in Florida against his.
wife and W. G. Wo ode of Fountain
inn. It le believed that Tidwell is
in this I State. Ofticeca are on the
lookout for him. Mra. Tidwell and
Woods were arrested some days ago
In Mobile, at the request of Florida
officers. It was this couple which
played such ? sordid and conspicuous
role in the, famous- Tidwell trlaj.grow?
ing out of the killing of R. E, Walker
in 1914. TfcUvell . taaentenced to saC'o
a seven-yean asntaaca for .the killing.
STATS FARMERS' UNION.
Columbia, Jen* . 20.?The, State
Farmers' Union, at their conference
here today, heard addresses from
Gov. Manning, Commissioner Watson,
Commissioner McLaurin, President
Walter M. Rlggs, of Clemson College,
and W. W. Long, head of the demon?
stration work In this State? The. con?
ference considered matters of Inter?
est to the. farmers, especially, that of
legislation which they wished passed.
New Mv jr Fire Truck.
Darlington NewB.
The new high-power motor fire
truck purchased by the council sev*
eral weeks ago will arrive about Feb
ruarj' 1, according to a letter recently
received from the builders of the ap?
paratus. This truck Is of the latest
denign, and will put the local fire
department In the front rank In the
matter of equipment.
A commission has been granted to
the Marlon Chero-Cola Company up?
on the petition of Messrs. P. Moses.
Jr., E. H. Moses, and J. A. Parrish, of
Sumter, the capital stock of the pro?
posed enterprise being $12,000. Mr.
Parrish will probably have charge of
the plant.
Sheriff Bradford and hlr deputies
yesterday made h visit to .overal dts*
orderly houses on the outskirts of the
city and ordered the inmates to leave
the county at once under pain of ar?
rest with imprisonment or tine.
AWARDS PAVING CONTRACTS.
Two and Half Miles of Sidewalks and
4,000 Yard* Vitrified Brick for Flor
ence. .?. ,,, *.
Florence Times. .
In session of council this morning
the contract for sidewalks was award?
ed to J. R. Steele of Benuettsville, the
first award being for 2 1-2 miles at
83c per yard. Work on this contract
will later be located by council?4,000
square- yards of street paving was
awarded to the Georgia Engineering
Co., of Augusta, Ga., it is to be of vit?
rified brick with cement grout fill?
ing on a sand cushion at $1.42 per
yard. This work carries a guarantee
for five years.
The street paving is to be laid on
North Irby and North Dargan streets
and Mr. E. O. Henry, engineer ef the
contracting company states that ths
work will commence at once.
During the. past week three mem?
bers of council have spent several
days investigating the work of the
Georgia, Contracting and other com*
panics and the council .this morning
was of the opinion that the brick on
sand witit the cement grouting was
the best that, could be adopted for
use in Florence.
SEABOARD PLANS DEPOT.
Officiate of S. A. Ii. System Assure
Florence Mayor That Building of
New Depot Will be Started Soon.
Florence Times.
A distinguished party of Seaboard
Air Line officials are in the city this
morning in connection, with affairs
of their company's business interests
here* particularly In reference to the
building of the new 8. A. L. passen?
ger depot on North Irby street.
The party consists of Mr. W. R.
Bonsai, vice presideut, Messra Le
land, Scofleld and Sweeney, connect?
ed, with the engineering department
of the system. These gentlsmn had
a conference thla morning with May?
or Barringen and Mr. RonsaL renew?
ed the assurance that the new depot
would be . built In the near future in
accordance with the promise made
by him as. president of thn S. C. & W.
railroad several years ago aa soon as
the city laid a good street and. ade?
quately lighted It as an approach to
the depot..
The letting of the contract for the
vitrified brick street, and' concrete
sidewalk paving brings this agree?
ment right down to the present and
Mr. Bonsai assured the mayor that
the work would be done promptly
and that a depot comporting with
the size and dignity of the city would
be built
SUE PAPER CONTEST MANAGER.
In Federal Court Claim is Made That
Ca?then and McDowell Did not
Mnk? Prizes According to Condi*
done AnnoinR^ed?<JliinnnuMi Con?
victed of SeiUng Opioan. *
Columbia, Jan. 20.?/The criminal
branch of the United States District
Court was engaged Thursday In the
trial ot the last case on the docket,
that of the government against W. W.
Cantaan. an&Y A. McDowell, whom
Miss Jutta Smoak charged with hav?
ing violated the postal laws in con?
nection with a popularity' contest, .in
which an. automobile was offered aa
the capital prize. It la alleged, that
the managers, of the contest convert?
ed the automobile to their own use
and that it was awarded according to
the printed terms of the advertising,
The contest was conducted by the de?
fendant* for the Biaokville Herald.
Blackvllle is in Barnwell county. M.
H. Bailey is publisher of the newspa?
per. It is charged specifically that
Section 316 of the United States code
was violated. .
The case was before the court when
recess was ordered at 1.30 o'clock,
C. H. Thompson, a Chinaman, who
sold opium at his laundry In Charles?
ton, was given sixty days in the
Charleston Jail and a fine of $100.
NEW COAST ARTILLERY CO*
" i ses a
SiKWtanburg Command Awaits Recog?
nition by State.
Spartanburg, Jan. 20.?The Spar
tanburg coast artillery company, fully
manned, and officered, awaits official
recognition from the office of the adju?
tant general of South Carolina. The
following permanent officers have been
selected: J. M Wallace, captain; J.
Hertz Brown, first lieutenant; J. N.
Wright, second lieutenant; Allen
Rogers, secretary and treasurer. Six?
ty members have been enrolled and,
pending official notice of the com?
pany's acceptance by the State au?
thorities, committees have been desig?
nated- to report upon the establish?
ment of an armory.
It is not often that the preserver*
of the law are molested by the law
breakers, but Policeman J. D. Chan?
dler was one of the. exception* a few
nights ago when a thief took his bi?
cycle away from his front steps. Nei?
ther the thief nor,the wheel has been
located.
WOULD OPEN HESSION IN JULY.
Clarendon Senator Would Change
Time of Meeting; of the General As?
sembly.
Columbia, Jan. 21.?Senator Du
Kant of Clarendon introduced a bill
yeeterday, providing for an amend?
ment to the constitution to change the
time of meeting of the general assem?
bly. The date proposed Is the fourth
Tuesday in July Instead of the second
Tuesday in January. Should the
measure be approves by a two-thirds
vote of both houses of tbe general as?
sembly, it is to be submitted to the
qualified electors of the State at the
next general election. Beginning with
and since 1897 the general assembly
has convened eacn year the second
Tuesday In January. Prior to tha*
date, as far back as 1868, the time-for
meeting was fourth Tuesday In No?
vember.
Shooting Saturday Night.
Last Saturday night about 8 o'clock
Jim Boatrlght, colored, was shot four
times- by Eugene Gay lard, white, in
Max Traub's grocery store. Jim
walked from there to the McLeod
Drug Co's store where Drs. McCutcheu
and Harvey McLure examined the
wounds and found that he was shot
just above the heart by one bullet
and Just below by another which pene?
trated the lungs. Two shots took ef?
fect in the head, one thought to be a
fatal wound, the other was a glancing
shot and did not. penetrate the back
part of the head.
It was. thought that It was only a
question of a short while before he
would be dead. His strong constitu?
tion stood him so well and after a
closer examination of the wounds, the
doctors said he had a fighting chance
for life and immediately had him re?
moved to the hospital, and up to this
writing is still alive and may recover.
The cause of the shooting la unknown
as All parties are retlce;.t. Mr. Gay
lard has been arrested and is In jail.
?Leader and Vindicator.
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To filter the blood la the kidneys'
duty.
When they fail to do this the kid?
neys are weak. "
Backache and other kidney ills ma;?
I fellow; i .!.
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Use Dean's Kidney Pills?the..test?
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Sumter people endorse their worth.
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our family complained of headaches
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[ the ailments."
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