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A Carving Knife Affair Br WILLIAM CHANDLER Edward MucKnlght, a young eleor glan, after having been edit en ted abroad, thought lie would like to go Into sheep raising in tiie Houthwest. That was a time when tin* enuiitry he twein the Mississippi valley stud the mountains was ts-ing settled by a new jieople and tlie population was eoin posed of hardy ploueerB, intn broken down finnneially who had gone there to recoup, and desperadoes. MiieKnight eonelndod to go out and P*bfc over the ground. The mule of travel In lh? reeion rr>/iT-r*?il io ?? <?? on horseback, and, as for stopping places, any settler would take in a stranger. One evening MacKiiight rtale up to a email farm and asked admission of a ivximnn who bore evidence of retinemnl. lie was admitted and treated with kindness and attention l>y the family, among whom was a very pretty daughter Just grown to womanhood. Tile family name was Osborne. The father had lost a fortune and gone xvest partly beeauso lie had not the means to enable his wife and children to move in the same eirele to which they hail been accustomed and partly in the hope of accumulating new capital. MneKnlght became interested in these people and remained with them several days. One evening a man-?a bloated, hairy frfloxv with an ugly look on his face? r<xle up to the house and called for tJiihorne. Mrs. Oslxirno turned pale as she told the man. whose name was Muldrough, that her husband was not at home. Mnldrough rode away saying that he would call again. Ah soon as he had gone the lady collapsed. There had been trouble between Mill urougn nuu usborne, tlio former having branded some of (Jaborne's stock that hail strayed on to his ranch. MneKnight listened to the story told tearfully by Itosa Osborne, and his sympathies were aroused. The day after Mu Id rough's visit Mac-Knight left the Osbomes. Instead of pursuing hto tour he rode to the store a few miles distant from the neighbnrhood was supplied and oent u messenger to Muldrough that ho would like to see him on a matter of Importance. Muldrough came to the store, in which at the timo were several cattlemen making purchases. "I understand. Mr. Muldrough," said MncKnight, "that there is trouble between you and a man of the name of Oslxirne, at whose house I put up for a few days. 1 have called for you to see if I can't bring about a settlement." f "Young man," said Muldrough, "I want you to understand that if you don't want to go the road I propose to oend Osborne you'd better, keep out of , 1 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 fight Mr. Osborne," he said, "I think you should give him a chance for his life. In other words, he should have the choice of weapons." Ily this time the cattlemen had gathered round and evinced an interest In the discussion. It was plain that they were advocates of fair play. "You kin tell Osborne," replied Mul.1-,I'll ?. -a. t > i ijwu^u, LUI1I i ii ui: ill ins House IOmorrow morning nt 10 o'clock. Find out what wenpon lie prefers, and I'll have it with me." "lie will light jon with bowle knives," rejoined MaeKnight. "Muhlrongh laughed. "All right," he cried. "I'll be there with n bowle knife." "(Jent lemon," said MaeKnight, turning to the eattlemeii, "there is a quari-e! lietweeti this man and Mr. Osborne, at whose house I have recently been < n'enaii.i d us a guest. Mr. Osborne has a family and can't, afford to die ?t present. 1 am a bachelor and am at liberty to take any risk. I'll tight Mr. Muhlrongh with knives twelve inches long on condition that the tight tie transferred to me and Mr. Osborne have nothing further to do with it." "That s fair." was the unanimous oxclaiuation, and Muhlrongh unwillingly consented to the change. A couple of carving knives were produced, each a foot long; a ring was formed, two of the cattlemen were "made seconds and a third umpire. Muhlrongh, who was a large man, towered over his antagonist, who was of medium height- MaeKiiigbt advnnced, retreated, advanced again, tin need about his opponent, his knife jumping about as glibly ns himself. It flashed in the sun and left, a cut in Muldrough's cheek, from which blood pushed. The kidfe flashed again. and the tip of the big man's nose came off. Aiuldrough went for his opponent as a bull after a toreador, but MacKnight was not there. Nevertheless he left a jrasl) In Muhlrough's other cheek. V 111 Jo MuldroiiKh was wondering how Jt came his knife flew up in the n1r, described a semicircle and fell at his feet. He was about to pick it up when bis adversary put bis foot on it and held the point of his own knife af the disarmed man's left breast. The fray was ended. MuldrotiKh let Osborne alone after that, for MneKnlfrbf. bought-n ranch In the neighborhood, married Rosa Osborne and was a perpetual defense for bis father in law. His skill with the abort sword had been acquired at n Herman university when he was chain plon of his corps. I The matter of censorship of movie films on n broad scale, as discussed m before the motion picturo exhibitors' ft convention, is one lo ponder over. ?i Harmful exhibitions under the guise ft ?>f niiiusotnent render the offenders lia- ra Ida to police interference. This meth- P1 id localizes the guardianship of morals and avoids clashing with tlie nat- t" ural antipathv to a public censor. Cen ^ p sorsliip of literature and stage rep resentutions are not acceptable to a free 'vl jteople. Part of tlie hostility is due to M n suspicion that commercial rivalry and politics often warp the views of the censor. Really, the host censor Is ' u clean public iniml re-enforced by the shrewd sense of the amusement pur- '' veyor. There are plenty of clean, hitol I morons, instructive, picturesque and I harmlessly thrilling fields to exploit on i ? w the curtain, niul, liko 1l?e best books and a: plays, thev are self advertising. If the 01 Exhibitors' league exerts tlie Influence ^ It should possess, the public will effectuallv bar out bad movies because it prefers good ones and can got them all j,, of the time, not merely some of the r time. Is Europe in danger of bankruptcy? Since the war began Great Britain lias JV raised $4,750,000,000, Uerinnny raised $5,500,000,000, Austria $ 1 ,200,000,000. France, $1,500,000,000 and Russia n something over $7GO,<)00,000. I-eaving R out the loans which Italy and Turkey have resorted to, the total Is some- w thing like $11.750,000,000 raised within o; the last year. According to I.eroyBoauiieu, the noted authority on eco- cj nomlcs, "the civilized world provides c| $2,400.<H>0,000 in available capital annually for investment in securities." p Accepting these figures as correct, how a can the belligerent nations raise all jj this money without disturbing world finances to an unprecedented extent? n I In point of fact, the European financial u situation Is in such a chaotic state that 110 estimate of the extent of the (lis- ^ turbuuoe can be made. tj u Horrors of war are not confined to ^ the zones where the bullet and torpe- Q do works. In the wake of armies follow scanty and half spotted food, polluted water, overcrowded sheds and tj hovels and mansions degraded to hov- ^ els, obliteration of the decencies of life and swunns of vermin, all preparing the field for ancient forms of pestl- fl, lence to shame nnd slay mankind. That twenty foot bear which the ? Alaska hunter met up with may fairly be set down as an optical illusion. The ^ ordinary bear would look like twenty and even forty feet to a very scared fugitive and no tree handy, (( Grand opera stars are to act for ^ m6vie films. As acting never cut much figure in grand opera nnd movies are voiceless the result will be mere picture galleries Instead of moving shows. ^ fc All tills palaver about "If I had ^ known 1 wouldn't have gone into the war" Is frothy. War mad people don't f! know nnd can't know merely because they won't know. pl The Portuguese custom of^dlvering post letters to the folks at church may 'r have a germ in It for those good poo- ,r . _ ? . . ni i>i<: wiiii tviini id popmarr/.e ?/n 11 r< n^c??ing here. As to the cry, "Humanity first:" Sometimes painful cauterizing and M bloodletting may he more humane than the prolonged agony of fever and illeeration. i China imported nearly $2,000,000 p' ; worth of Yankee soap during the last ,(1 I year. Maybe going to start an interj national laundry to wash Kurope'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, i "He sure you're right, then go ahead." rj i 1 Mplonmey, after all, seems to cling | Pi the old fashioned ha hit of saying a great, deal, but never punctuating it with facts and definiteness. J?< liven fans have their heydays of popularity, as when the thermometer is climbing toward 100 and when they root for our favorite team. 01 Some one should invent a perpetual v motion war scheme to accommodate nations which simply can't keep from scrapping. 01 Coast guards will carry rides, and it n is to be hoped tinit tlioy'll manage to "sharp shoot-' tiie idiots who rook the l>ont. "1 This season it has boon almost impossible not to keep tabs on the "hot, hotter, hottest" weather, a< There's a light. crop tills year of " American landlubber boasts about 01 proving a "good sailor." Some Mexican generals have also " ' learned how to retreat "for strategic i reasons." I It was a month of October, dog days ^ and just July. P' Much more is involved in the Gerinn purpose to master all Tolund than ?e mere destruction of Russian forces r the beating back of enemies from le central passes to Berlin. A great illltnry advantage for the Germans is lined by controlling the southern borar of East Prussia and the northern mlcr of the great Austrian province | f Galleia, with its pass to Silesia via rneow. To insure such control the nisei* should he firmly established in Mitral Poland, the farther east the otter, as was proved last year, when ?e Germans were twice driven from Mitral Poland back to the Silesian order. Poland Is a great producing nintry of copper, zinc, tin and sulluir. Warsaw is the third largest eity f the Russian empire and Is, inorei'er, a great railroad center, with lines niching in westerly directions, as well s north and south. For successful [derations against tlie Teutonic allies 'arsaw is well nlgli Indispensable to ic Russians as an advance base. It tay change hands many times, as did Htdericksburg, on the Rappahannock, ildway between Washington and lchinond, during the civil war. The United States has made clear its D.sitiou to Germany, in words that inuot be misunderstood this nation as said that it intends to enforce its eutral rights. If the situation of Ger lany is uufavorablc under current iuwnntloual law this country is in no ny to blame. To raise the standards f International law. to change pracees under that law to meet any speIflc injustice, would be unneutral. If linages could be made now for good I icy could also be made for evil. The rotectlon of all nations, belligerents I s well as neutrals, lies in following 10 existing international law. j j It would also be unneutral to enforce I eutral rights as against (Jermany 'hlle leaving tliem unenforced as j gainst (Jrent Britain. Such a course i 'ould leave the United States open to < je acousntion by unfriendly i>owers of i] sing neutrality as n cloak for actual nrtlsansliip, something unthinkable, , f course. , If there Ls any reason whatever for < le national inspection service it is 1 ased upon the theory that it will en- j >rce such precautions as will prevent y tarine tragedies from plainly foreseen nd oasilj- preventable causes. There c re enough unavoidable horrors with- ) ut adding to them the appalling toll :l f life involved in the turning turtle of 1 n overloaded, top heavy boat before ^ leaves the passenger dock. The people have a right to expect the ( hited States inspection of steamships a > mean something more than a pro 1 )tma and perfunctory O. K. on a ver- ! able death trap. ^ The notion is growing In certain * uarters that army rifles are ol>solete. 1 >r future wars will be decided by ar- j llery. But let some commander pin is faith to artillery alone and an old isliloncd foe will shoot his line of S nttle full of holes before his artillery i?ts the range. ^ A sulTrnglst complains tlmt the fem line vote don't hang together. It is ? Ik? hoped that it never will, at least I r>t Just because It is feminine. In pol- | ics voters must "agree to disagree." If the Mexican people would start a j < wolution against revolution and put | through in the usual Mexican fash hi they might effectually stamp out < icir country's greatest curse. I We tire threatened with a deluge of 1 oetry after the war. Well, we'll be so : itsy and happy enjoying peace that von a record calamity <>f that sort on't worry us. With fully one-half of our land demise force represented In the national tiard it is about time that the word militia" censed to be a term of covert tllcnle. A boom in business free from war I * lint is just now a blessing. This is , 'lint the Iron Trade Itevlew lias rented for lending Iron and steel prod ts. 1 An umbrella wliieh eun he opened f uly by its owner is the latest. Since ^ the last thief is the best owner" lint is the gain to the original fellow? ' The national health board urges two | | ours' daily exercise out of doors for | , Ity men. Tben how would the city ir lines earn their big dividends? Tho"wntehful waiting" process would i ( !> helped Just now by deleting the first ^ I" nnd Inserting "eh" before the see id. In the Inst word. Xew York city Is 2r><) years old. That < ( counts for Its constant effort to dig j j self out and get in touch with modrnlty. i ' More and more chances of doing J dugs are coining to women, Just t?> | low what they can do. The farther the war zone moves costard the stronger the call of the simllfled speller nppenls. j Xj! Backache m Sill ^'ss MVrtle Cothrum, 1111 | III of Russell ville, Ala., says: 111 I # C fered with terrible back- I I I ache, pains in my limbs, and my head ached nearly all the time. Our family doctor treated me, but only gave me temporary relief. 1 was certainly in bad health. My school teacher advised me to TAKE Cardui The Woman's Tonic 1 took two bottles, in all, and was cured. 1 shall always praise Cardui to sick and suffering women." H you suffer from pains peculiar to weak Iflr women, such as head- w [Y1 ache, backache, or other 5 3 11 trouble, or if you merely 1111 I y I need a tonic for that tired, IUI lAI nervous, worn-out feelIENRY C. BEATTIE'S CAR IS IN GREENVILLE sfd for a Dray in Central City. The Buick automobile, in which lenry ClayBeattie murdered his wife, s in possesion of the Central Garage >f this city. This auto has had quite i novel career since it left the Buick actory several years ago. What was >nce a beautiful touring car that car ied a Virginia millionaire on many a nidnight frolic is now a lowly truck hat must bear the burden of daily abor. This car, the daily witness to he Beattie tragedy, must spend its >ui age carrying heavy loads and muling broken down cars to the auto icspital. This notorious automobile was purhased from a Richmond firm by a rarage in Columbia who cut it bown ind made it into a truck. It was lien sold to the Columbia fire departnent. One of the firemen, who had tuchased the truck for the departnent, sold it to the Rogers Ice Cream "o. When the Roger's people opened i plant in Greenville they sent the ruck there. It was soon afccr sold o the Central Garage.?Greenville Jpdly Piedmont. Modest. Vnniston Star. \ modest man is Mr. James So modest that, by heck, Je will not join in any games In which they strip the deck. ?Columbia State, likewise modest Johnny Glands, Who declines his winter bids Because he has upon his hands Two new undressed kids. Phone 189 For Fresh Meats teak, per lb . . . . 17c Steak Roast, per lb . 15c i^oast, per lb . . , 12lAc >tew Meat, per lb . . 10c Saturday shipment of Western Steak, lb . 20c Western Mutton, lb . 17c Orders Promptly Filled B/E. TEAGUE The Cash Market One Door West of Express Office SERVICE C=] It is our aim and desire to ove all of our patrons the best service possible at all times and Ae consider it a favor, and not i kick, when they call our at/,r?f ion 1 A unir V t\ 111 4- ve?rvt? A;iitiv/n ttviij iciuit mc^ 111 ci%v ind with tlie service. If you <ee a street light out; if the Aater is not perfectly clear, or if your lights are too bright or not bright enough, call our attention to the fact, and we shall <ee that the trouble is remedied If any of your lights are out of >rder, let us know, and we shall nave them put in order without iny cost for you. Municipal Electric Light And Water Works R. A. EASTERLING, Supt. Phone 141 17 W. Main St. 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 Jct.__ (5:30 a.m. $1.00 $1.25 Lv. Jonesville __ __ __ 6:30 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. iBe Warned! Beware! 1 v 4* Contaminated Milk and Impure Butter are pro lific sources of disease. Cleanliness is the one Y chief necessity of a modern Dairy. We invite you Y Y to call and inspect our Dairy. It is our pride to Y Y keep everything "Spic and Span." We spare no Y Y pains in the care of our cattle, the hadling of the j Y Milk and Butter and in caring for the vessels that Y Y are used in our Modern and Sanitary Dairy. Pure Y Milk, Butter and Butter Milk delivered twice ? ? daily to our regular customers in the city. If you are not a customer, give us a trial. | Hilcrest Dairy f Y Phone 227-L. J. F. McLURE, Prop. Y A^A # If ^1 V | Slotted Mechanics | ARE NECESSARY TO GOOD WORK IN Y A MODERN SHOP Y v Y Y We pride ourselves upon having expert work- > Y men to take care of the jobs given us. Y X AUTOMOBILE REPAIRING IS OUR X SPECIALTY Y y You would not allow an inexperienced work- <? Y man to repair your watch, your watch cost $50. <? Y Why allow your automobile to be tinkered with ?? Y by inexperienced workmen? It cost many hun- y Y dreds of dollars. Bring your automobiles to us Y Y when in need of repairs. Prompt work, reasons- Y Y hie prices. Y IL 0. Kendrick & Co. f *? Phone 66 17 S. Gadberry St. Y 1 y | Bailey Furniture & Lumber Co. BUILDING MATERIAL OF ALL KIND AND HOUSE FURNISHINGS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION Special attention to summer necessities; Porch Goods, Door and Window Screens, Fireless r*;i c?*~. ti -r..'- i--'? T - - v^uui\cri o, oiuves, rveirigerciiurs, 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. Peoples Undertaking Co. Funeral Directors and Embalmers Calls Answered Promptly Day or Night H. W. EDGAR, Manager. ; Phone 240 Old PoMtofflcc 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 ferinjf on apcdogy. stilJ on the job.