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A Carving Knife Affair By WILLIAM CHANDLER Edward Mae Knight, u young tJeor glau. after having l>een educated abroad, thought In; would like to go 1uto sheep raising in the southwest. That was a time when the country between the Mississippi valley and the mountains was being settled t?y a now jtcople ami the population was composed of hardy plouivm, ineu broken down financially who had gone there to recoup, nud desperadoes. Mao Knight concluded to go out and look over the ground. The mode of travel in the region referred to was on horseback. and, as for stopping places, any settler would take in a stranger. One evening MaeKnight rode up to a -mall farm and asked admission of ti woman who bore evidence of refinement. lie was admitted and treated whh kindness ami attention by tlio family, among whom was a very' pretty daughter Just grown to womanhood. The family name was Osborne. The father had lost a fortune and gone west partly because be had not the means to enable Ills wife and children to move in the same "irele to which they had been accustomed and partly in tJio hope of accumulating new capital. MacKnlght became Interested in these people and remained with them several days. One evening a man?a bloated, lialry fellow with an ugly look on Ids facerode up to the house and called for Osborne. Mrs. Osborne turned pale as she told the man, whose name was Mnldrough, that her husband was not at home. Mnldrough rode away saying that ho would call again. As soon as he had gone the lady collapsed. There had been trouble between Mnldrough and On bo rue. the former having branded some of l^eborne's stock that bail strayed on to bis ranch. MacKnlght listened to the story told tearfully by Itosa Osborne, and his sympathies were aroused. The day after Muldrough's visit MacKnlght left the Osbomes. Instead of pursuing his tour he rode to the store a few miles distant from which the neighborhood was supplied and OiiTlt n .N 1.* (T^UV U UlCCtOtJl^n M/ IIIUIVU^U HiilL uc would llko to see him on ? mutter of importance. Muldrough came to the store. In which at the time were several cattlemen making purchases. "I understand, Mr. Muldrough." said MacKnlglit, "that there Is trouble between you and a man of the name of Oslsirne, at whose house 1 put up for a few days. I have called for you to see if I can't bring about a settlement." "Young man." said Muldrough, "1 want you to understand that If you don't want to go the road I propose to send Osborne you'd better keep out of this business." MacKnlght tried to reason with the man, but, finding It impossible to produce any effect on him, took another tack. "Since you are determined to light Mr. Osborne," he said, "I think you should give him st chance for his life. In other words, he should have the choice of weapons." Ity this time the cattlemen had gathered round and evlneod an interest In the discussion. It was plain that they were advocates of fair play. "You kin tell Osborne," replied Muldrough, "that I'll be at bis house tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. Find out what weapon lie prefers, and I'll have It with me." "I In .. III fi.rl.t ? n.. ?x 1.. j ?j "ill IJ^III J Ull ?JIII 1L* knives," rejoined Mac Knight. "Muldrough laughed. "All right," he ried. "I'll be there with a liowie knife." "fienllemen," said MaeKnight, turning to the eattlenien, "there is n quarrel between this man and Mr. Osborne, at whose house | have recently been entertained sis a guest. Mr. Osborne has a family and can't afford to die at present. I am a bachelor and am at. liberty to take any risk. I'll light Mr. Muhlroiigh with knives twelve inches long on condition that the fight be translerretl to me and Mr. Osborne have nothing further to do with it." "That's fair." was the unanimous exclamation, and Muklrough unwillingly onsented to the change. couple of carving knives were produced. each a foot long; u ring was formed, two of the cattlemen were made seconds and a third umpire. Muhlroiigh. who was a large man, towered over his antagonist, who was of medium height. MaeKnight advanced. retreated, advanced again, fjaie rd about his opponent, his knife jumping about as glibly as himself. It Hashed in the sun and left a cut in Miildrougli's cheek, from which blood gushed Tin knife Hushed again, and tin* tip of th< big mini's nose cnmc olf. .Mt.idrough Hint fur Ills opponent as n bull after it toreador. but MneKnight was not there. Nevertheless lie left ji gash in Muldrough's other cheek. WInU* Muldrough was wondering how 1t enme his knife flew up in the air, dcserilwd a semicircle Mini fell nt his feet. Fie was about to pick It up when ids adversary put his foot on It and held the point of his own knife at the disarmed man's left breast. The fray was ended Muldroueh let Osborne alone after that, for Ma< Knight bought a ranch in the neighborhood, married Rosa Osborne and was a perpetual defense for his father in-law. Ills skill with the sta rt sword had been acquired at a Oerman university when he was champion of his corps. The matter of censorship of movie films on a broad scale, as discussed before the motion picture exhibitors' convention, is one to ponder over. Harmful exhibitions under the guise i'f amusement render the offenders liable to police interference. This method localizes} the guardianship of morals and avoids clashing wit It the natural antipathy to a public censor. Censorship of literature ami stage representations are not acceptable to a free people, l'art of the hostility is due to a suspicion that commercial rivalry and politics often warp the views of the censor. Really, the best censor is u clean public mind re-enforced by tlie shrewd sense of 1 lie amusement purveyor. There are plenty of clean, humorous. instructive, picturesque and harmlessly thrilling fields to exploit on the curtain, and. llko tlie l>est books and plays, they are self advertising. If the Exhibitors' league exerts the influence it should possess, the public will effectually bar out bod movies because it prefers good ones and cau get ibcni all of the time, not merely some of the time. Is Europe In danger of bankruptcy? Since the Avar began Great Britain has raised ?4,750.000,000, Germany raised ?3,500.000,000, Austria ?1.200,000.0<X>. France, ?1,500,000,000 and Russia something over $760,000,000. Leaving out the loans which Italy and Turkey have resorted to, the total is something like ?11,750,000,000 raised within the last year According to LoroyBcaulieu, the noted authority on economics, "the civilized world provides ?2,400.000,000 in available capital annually for investment in securities." Accepting these figures as correct, how can the belligerent nations raise all this money without disturbing world finances to an unprecedented extent? In point of fact the European financial situation is in suclx a chaotic state that no estimate of the extent of the disturbaiK-e can be made. Horrors of war are not confined to the zones where the bullet and torpedo works. In the wake of armies follow scanty and half spoiled food, polluted water, overcrowded sheds and hovels and mansions degraded to hovels, obliteration of the decencies of life and swarms of vermin, all preparing the field for ancient forms of pestilence (o shame and slay mankind. - A That twenty foot bear which the Alaska hunter met up with may fairly be set down as an optical illusion. The ordinary boar would look like twenty and even forty feet to a very scared fugitive and no tree handy. Grand opera stars are to act for movie films. As actiug never cut much figure in grand opera and movies are voiceless the result will be mere picture galleries instead of moving shows. AH tills palaver about "If I had known 1 wouldn't have gone into the war" is frothy. War mad people don't know and can't know merely because they won't know. The Portuguese custom of^Mlvering post letters to the folks at church may have a germ in It for those good people who want to popularize chureligoing here. As to the cry, "Humanity first:" Sometimes painful cauterizing and bloodletting may be more humane than the prolonged agony of fever and ulceral ion. China imports nonrly .<2,000,000 I worth of Yankee soap during: the last year. Maybe going to start an international laundry to wash Europe's dirty linen. In these days of uncertainty and hacking water it is well to keep at the forefront the motto of I?avy Crockett, "lie sure you're right, then go ahead." niploinaey. after all, seems to cling to the old fashioned haliit of saying a great deal, but never punctuating it with facia .and deliniteness, 1 Even fans have their heydays of popularity, as when the thermometer is climbing toward 100 and when they root for our fa.orite team. Some one should Invent a perpetual motion war lirme to accommodate nations which simply can't keep from scrapping. Coast guards will carry rifles, and it is to be hoped that they'll manage to "sharp shoot" the idiots who rock the boat. This season It has been almost Impossible not to keep labs on tlie "hot. hotter hottest" wc.'itlii.r There's a erop this year of American boasts alsmt proving a "good s.dlor." Some Mexican generals have also learned how to retreat "for strategle reasons." It was a month of October, d??g days and just July. Much more in Involved In the German purpose to nxister all Poland than the mere destruction of Russian forces or the beating back of enemies from the central passes to Berlin. A great military advantage for the Germans is gained by controlling the southern border of East Prussia and the northern border of the great Austrian province <\f Guliela, with its puss to Silesia via Cracow. To insure such control the kaiser should be llriuly established In central Poland, the farther east the better, as was proved last year, when the Germans were twice driven from central Poland back to the Sileslan border. Poland Is a great producing country of copper, zinc, tin and sulphur. Warsaw is the third largest city of the Russian empire and is, moreover, a great railroad center, with lines reaching In westerly directions, as well as north and south. For successful operations against the Teutonic allies Warsaw is well nigh indispensable to the Russians as an advance base. It may change hands many times, as did Faodericksburg, on the Happahnuuock, midway between Washington and Richmond, during the civil war. The United States bus made clear its position to Germany. In words that cannot he misunderstood this nation has said thut it intends to enforce its neutral rights. If the situation of Germany is unfavorable under current international law this country is in no way to blame. To raise the standards of international law, to change practices under that law to meet any specific injustice, would be unneutral. If changes could be made now for good they could also be made for evil. The protection of all nations, belligerents as well as neutrals, lies In following tho existing international law. It would also be unneutral to enforce neutral rights as against Germany while leaving them unenforced as against Great Britain. Such a course would leave the United States open to the accusation by unfriendly powers of using neutrality ns a clonk for actual partisanship, something unthinkable, of course. If there is any reason whatever for the national inspection service it is based upon the theory that it will enforce such precautions as will prevent marine tragedies from plainly foreseen arid easily preventable causes. There are enough unavoidable horrors without adding to them the appalling toll of life involved in the turning turtle of au overloaded, top heavy boat before it leaves the passenger dock. The people have a right to expect the United States Inspection of steamships to mean something more than a pro forma and perfunctory O. K. on a veritable death trap. The notion Is growing in certain quarters that army rifles are obsolete. I for future wars will be decided by ar- | tlllery. But let some commander pin his faith to artillery alone and an old fashioned foe will shoot his line of! battle full of holes before his artillery J gets tUe range. A suffragist complains that the feminine vote don't hung together. It Is to be Imped that it never will, at least not Just because it is feminine. In politics voters must "agree to disagree." If the Mexican people would start a revolution against revolution and put it through in the usual Mexican fashion they might effectually stamp out i their country's greatest curse. We are threatened with a deluge of poetry after the war. Well, we'll be so busy and happy enjoying peace that even a record calamity of that sort j won't worry us. With fully one-half of our land de- i fense force represented in the national guard it is about time that the word "militia" ceased to be a term of covert ridicule. A boom in business free from war J taint is just now a blessing. This is j what the Iron Trade Iteview has re-1 ported for lending iron and steel prod- | nets. Au umbrella which can be opened j only by its owner is the latest. Since "the last thief Is tlie best owner" ! what is the gain to the original fellow? I The national health board urges two hours' daily exercise out of doors for i city men. Then how would the city I car lines earn their big dividends? The"wntchful waiting" process would bo heliied Just now by deleting the first "1" and inserting "ch" before the sec ond, in the last word. >ew ^ <irk city Is *_\>o years old. That accounts for Its constant effort to dig Itself out and pet In touch with modernity. More and more chances of doing things are coming to women, just to show what they can do. The farther the war zone moves eastward the stronger the call of the simplified speller appeals. t ?~ M Backachexji 11(1 Miss Myrtle Cothrum, 111 j IUI ofRussellvitie,Ala.,says: III] 1JU "For nearly a year, I suf- IXI 1 I fered with terrible baclfI ache, pains in my limbs, I and ray head ached nearly I all the time. Our family I doctor treated me, but I only gave me temporary I relief. 1 was certainly in | bad health. My school | teacher advised me to | TAKE Cardui I The Woman's Tonic I 1 took two bottles, in all, I and was cured. 1 shall 1 always praise Cardui to I sick and suffering wo8 men." If you suffer from I pains peculiar to weak Wjr women, such as head[jfl ache, backache, or other fj/1 (ill symptoms of womanly ||l| || II trouble, or if you merely || 11 VI needatonicforthat tired? IU| nervous, worn-out feelfill ing, try Cardui. e-?3 |lf| HENRY C. BEATTIE'S CAR IS IN GREENVILLE Used for a Drav in Central City. The Buiek automobile, in which Henry ClayBeattie murdered his vife, is in possesion of the Central Garage of this city. This auto has had quite a novel career since it left the Buick factory several years ago. What was once a beautiful touring car that carried a Virginia millionaire on many a midniirht frolic is now a lowly truck that must bear the burden of daily tabor. This car, the only witness to the Heattie tragedy, must spend its bid age carrying heavy loads and hauling broken down cars to the auto (hospital. This notorious automobile was purchased from a Richmond firm by a crarafre in Columbia who nit it hnwn and made it into a truck. It was then sold to the Columbia fire department. One of the firemen, who had puchased the truck for the department. sold it to the Rogers Ice Cream Co. When the Roger's people opened a plant in Greenville they sent the truck there. It was soon after sold to the Central Garage.?Greenville Daily Piedmont. Modest. Anniston Star. A modest man is Mr. James So modest that, by he^k, ! He will not it n in any games In which t ey strip the deck. ?Columbia State. Likewise mod -st Johnny Blands, Who declin? s his winter bids Because he has upon his hands Two new undressed kids. Phone 189 For Fresh Meats Steak, per lb ... . 17c Steak Roast, per lb . 15c Roast, per lb . . , 12'Ac Stew Meat, per lb . . 10c Saturday shipment of Western Steak, lb . 20c Western Mutton, lb . 17c Orders Promptly Filled B.iE. TEAGUE The Cash Market One l)oor West of Express Office SEP V I C E r=i It is our aim and desire tc give all of our patrons the best service possible at all times and we consider it a favor, and not a kick, when they call our attention to any fault they may find with the service. If you see a street light, out; if the water is not perfectly clear, or ; if your lights are too bright or 1 not bright enough, call our at! tention to the fact, and we shall I see that the trouble is remedied i if any of your lights are out ol j <>r<ler, let us know, and we shall i have them put in order without | any cost for you. Municipal Electric Lighl And Water Works ! It. A. EASTERLING, Supt. I Phone 144 17 W. Main St i POPULAR EXCURSION TO Asheville and Hendersonville, N. C. TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1915 SOUTHERN RAILWAY SPECIAL TRAIN ROUND-TRIP FARE FROM STATION BELOW TO Hendersonville Asheville Lv. Union __6:15 a.m. $1.00 $1.25 Lv. Lockhart Jet 6:30 a.m. $1.00 $1.25 Lv. Jonesville __ __ 6:36 a.m. $1.00 $1.25 Ar. Hendersonville 10:30 a.m. Ar. Asheville __ __ __ __11:30 a.m. Returning, Special Train will leave Asheville 6:30 p.m., Hendersonville, 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, August 17, 1915. SEPARATE COACHES FOR COLORED PEOPLE Tickets will be sold for the above Special Train only on Tuesday, August 17, 1915. Returning, tickets will be honored only on the above Special Train, which will leave Asheville 6:30 p.m., Hendersonville 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, August 17, 1915. All tickets will be limited to continuous passage in each direction. Purchase Tickets from Station Agents. No tickets will be sold on train. Spend one day in the Land of the Sky and the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina. No baggage will be checked on these tickets. For detail information, call on Southern Railway Agent or address, W. H. McEACHERN, T.A. W. E. McGEE. A.G.P.A. Union, S. C. Columbia, S. C. W. P. IRWIN, Jr., C.P.&T.A. R. C. COTNER, T.P.A. Spartanburg, S. C. Spartanburg, S. C. |Be Warned! Beware!| . <? A Contaminated Milk and Impure Butter are pro- A ?|> fic sources of disease. Cleanliness is the one ?|> V chief necessity of a modern Dairv. We invite vou V y to call and inspect our Dairy. It is our pride to y t keep everything "Spic and Span." We spare no V pains in the care of our cattle, the hadling of the V Milk and Butter and in caring for the vessels that V are used in our Modern and Sanitary Dairy. Pure ? Milk, Butter and Butter Milk delivered twice ? daily to our regular customers in the city. If you ? i are not a customer, give us a trial. ^ | Hilcrest Dairy 1 % Phone 227-L. J. F. McLUP.E, Prop. *? At T^y ^4. A^4. A| y^y y^v v+ y^yy^yy^yy^yy^yyyjj^yy ^y^rTy^^y 4p | Skilled Mechanics | ?|? ARE NECESSARY TO GOOD WORK IN | X A MODERN SHOP Y t Y We pride ourselves upon having expert work- > men to take care of the jobs given us. X AUTOMOBILE REPAIRING IS OUR X f* SPECIALTY * ? .. .. - V > You would not allow an Inexperienced work?? man to repair your watch, your watch cost $50. <> > ?? Why allow your automobile to be tinkered with <? by inexperienced workmen? It cost many hun- <? dreds of dollars. Bring your automobiles to us % j* when in need of repairs. Prompt work, reasona- V ble prices. V | E. 0. Kendrick & Co. | V Phone 66 17 S. Gadberry St. V 3 rfc _ *i *i * & w ? n 8 nauey rurnuure a Lumper to. BUILDING MATERIAL OF ALL KIND AND HOUSE FURNISHINGS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION Special attention to summer necessities; Porch Goods, Door and Window Screens, Fireless I Cookers, Oil Stoves, Refrigerators, Ice Cream Freezers Everything for comfort and convenience in the good old summer time. ! T. E. BAILEY, Pres. R. L. McNALLY, Treas. and Mgr. Fur. Dept. and Mgr. Lumber Dept. I I rcupics unucriciiiiiiy vo> ! Funeral Directors and Embalmers Calls Answered Promptly Day or Night H. W. EDGAR, Manager. | Phone 240 Old Postolficc Building Sometimes a man will do a mean No true woman ever takes off her thine because he has confidence in hat without putting up her hand to his ability to square himself by of- ascertain whether her back hair is ferine an apolopry. still on the job.