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, No, 1 Corner Second and Walnut, fronts 99 feet on Walnut, 66 feet on Second street: large dwelling, only
a block from busy Front street and only a few feet from the Wilmington :Hotd;:'ThisldIlg could very easily
be converted anto a small hotel or apartment house, and as business propertyit certainly has a future. If you
believe in our city, this1 v. "? v . .
4 No. 2: Elegant Market street home, 102 feet frontage, .with a depth of 170 feet, on the North. side of the '
street, about 69x170, .wQlbe spld with the residence, and the balance separately, qwill be; of fered as a. whole if;
desired. Nine room residues, Nvith furnace, bath room and all modern conveniences; basement taider entires
house, built of heart lumber throughout. h Artesiaiuwater on premises, pronounced by state chemist to be best in;
the city. If you are looking for a hohie on Market street, close to down town,- one block from car liner and iii an: .
excellent neighborhood thisis your opportunity. Had you stopped to think that more money is now being spent
on Market street buildings and improvements than in all the rest of the city combined? ; , "
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103 Chestnut Street
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The Glad Surrender"
(By Hazel Deyo Batchelor)
8YPNOPSIS.
am. won? mi nn xor m8mav,
ad that la lov. O ran villa Burton mar.
aona, and dlxcovored Ma lore for
&r after tnelr aon wu born, 'vrnen
' jLaurtl'a 'afttftd to-M-AiA i..
ly changed. No longer did he want
iMttetX to mother hla ,two little girl.
He vrantedher because ahe was the
one woman, :. 'j, " '
.November -found 'them settled again
itt the Madison avenue house, and they
had not bee. in a week before Laurel
had a typewriter installed Jn her bou
;. dolr. It stood on a white table near a
Window and Laurel began to work reg-
ularly two hours ' or more every day.
wa.0, icouivu. tuiyutae urging
her on to do something beside manage
. fliclent!y the house o Burton. Her
own attituda toward Granville had
settled down Into , a polite cordiality
,. and Laurel was finding her moments
snatched ' with1 Ted and Winona and
Tom Benton !Amoitrc;th6'-')iftppleitcrthat;
. ahe ever spent. . tf .v.? ,,
They would meet either; T.t Winona's
apartment or at' a amall restaurant and
tkllr . Kah. r4 j,
who , did JnterestJng ; things,- new Jobs
lor women. avetvtMhJc' about which
they could talk or argue. At 1 these
times Laurel was as .she was In. the
old newspaper days, eager and enthus
iastic and yet there were times when
she talked that- a certain little hard
ness crept into her speech; a certain
logical reason had displaced the simple
childish faith that had been one of her
chief charms. And yet this, charm had
not entirely disappeared; ' It would
shine .out in her eyes sometimes when
she was excited about anything. It
made Winona feel that Laurel was still
Laurel under the surface hardness that
she had acquired through experience
with life.; -.-vv y.-; ,,v . : : .
It. seemed 'incongruous to Granville
to go by Laurel's door . and to hear
the faint; far-off tapping of the type
writer. . it was something to fee jeai-
wu i, na iz was t sometning ? into
which his life did not enter at all. He
had read her. first story, when It came
out; read It ..at -his.offlce;-l.It' seemed
very- wonderful t to- him to.' turn - the
leaves? ot -.the ' magazine and to come
suddenly . onvth heading 'VgmallToWn
Prlde'iby .Laurel Burton; : Mies Rhodes
had read It and , she , remarked lnher
crisp ef&clent manner httjaheLthought
It very good. . ' ijs --vm . - w
. "I - am taking a short story course
at 'Oolumbls,:' she? explained to Gra.n
vllle in cool little) voice. "Mrs. Bur-
ton does characters wonderfully well."
Granville ; wondered' ? about i Miss
Rhodes as she left the ; office. Day af
ter day fof nearly three years she had
come into "his Toom to r take dictation.
Her" blue serge frocks and sheer cuffs
and collar had always been a part o
her. her sleek little head with its rath
er proud carriage had given her an air
of distinction. Be had always accepted
Miss Rhodes at Aan unusually i good
stenographer, who did her work well
But he had never thought anything
about her private life until' lately, be
cause he had never thought of her as a
woman. "He paid her 140 a week-and
she was taking a short-stbry course at
Columbia In her free time. Ho w. won
derful, -were these ; women-: of today,
how . worth while, an ; hl v sthoughts
leaped to Laurel In her : sitting-room
taping Son the typewriter " They want
ed to do things for the joy of doing
them, women like Miss Rhodes and
Laurel and '.Winona. And once he had
thought that his money and his power
would be enough to" make Laurel hap
py. . He had thought to chain a woman
with wings ; to 'a , round of pleasures
that only women, like Marion - Worth
an nfhon likA hr thoueht sumclent.
Ho-remembered- the ifeellnar of ..prtde
ne had felt when he bought the ruby
that be had given her. He had felt
the necessity -of, ai wonderful; ring, and
he -had. wanteds to glvOyI" wife the
finest r. thing that . couldT be bought.
Tberer wasmothlng of sentiment atoout
; He 5 had examined several , rings,
picking thepAjUP from helrhite vel
vet1 eds to; acrutinisri the" stones and
the settings. -The rubyhad appealedto
him as some different. Its blase, its
jplendoruwere- so-domlnant,. aoenant,
so worthy .of aprincess. Now he .often
watched it -flash and sparkle from her
finger with a dull ache in his heart.
It was a flaming badge of his owner
ship r it told the world that she had a
wealthy husband, but what else did it
mean 7 Did it stand for anything in
timate" between them, his right to 'kiss
the starry eyes, to hold her - in' his
arms? No, he had no right to .- any
thing personal about her." He was too
proud to force his attentions When he
knew that she did not want them. -
1 Their life "together hadv settled into
a commonplace routine whera neither
expected anything of the other and yet
underneath each was hoping for some
thing to hapen.. ?- Granville aever saw
Laurel unless it was under the . most
formal Instances. He grew to wonder
what she did with her, intimate self.
He remembered the time when he had
called on her in her little flat and she
had been willing; to share iier personal
self with him. It seemed like a dim
and wonderful memory to' him now
- And then Into the well-oiled ma
chinery or their livs togethel- a -coa;
slipped, v The baby fell 111, J f -
(Tomorrow Tlie baby's tilnesa ahowa
Granville ' the breach between) himself
and Laurel.) - ' ' ' '
StomacK
ills
teTmanently oUaappear after drinkmg the.
celebrated Shivar Mineral Water. - Poeitivelj
ijaranteed by money-back offer. Tastet:
Rp; costs a trifle. Delivered anywKere bv
eoir-:.7nmingtoji Ascsls, Crcwcst ICcaq
CLARENDON NARROWLY
ESCAPES SERIOUS FIRE
Cotton Gin Building Is; Destroys
v . 7 ed By Flames. V -:
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Clarendon; June.' 5.-rThe,' old 3rain
ger. ana Frlnk c cotton gin building
here, now the property of W. K Todd,
burned to the groutrd. last Wednesday
afternoon. Tfce building was a target
three-story .-. structure, with r shed, vcon
structed of pine lightwood, and' was
licked up-by the hungry flames in a
very shojt time. - This tbulldlng stood
some . distance north - of the business
section of town, and luckily the wind
was blowing from the south. Had the
wind been from the -north, the entire
business part, as; well as many resi
dences, would have been destroyed. So
rapidly did the flames gain -headway,
that it was useless to try to. save the
building and - the attention of v the
bucket . brigade .was given , nearby
buildings, two of which caught on top
from flying embers," but were, prompt
ly extinguished, with only slight dam
fcsesto the j btiilflingaV ( ,U .iv
The gin building, had beenconverted
Into a - wareroom and. , stables. B. F.
Moody had a mule ; In the ' building
when discovered- on Are. TJia alarm
was ; given "and ? several men made a
dash for the building to find the door
locked and, prying off some of .the
weather' boards, the mule, .. already
frightened by - the - Are, became , more
frightened by this noise," and. ran back
In the building," and by 'this time the
?veat became so intense that the men
had to leave the mule to be roasted
alive. Other losers by the fire Were L.
P.- Grainger," who had about two car
loads of fertiliser stored under the
hed and W. I. Peal, who had aeveral
bales of hay in the building. There
was no Insurance - on the building or
any of its contents. The lumber id the
struoture waw worth: a,round - $1,000.
How. -the- Are originated, is unknown.
Some of v. the theories advanced are,
that the fire might have started from a
spark .i from,, the, :af ternoon . passenger
train, which had passed only, a short?
time .before. , , . .. - " . . -
'tj A.."A BIcKee..Bead..:.;; v; -' '
v ;A.X. McKee, an aged and highly re
spected farmer, living in the Lebanon
section i of :! this5 county; out? on rural
route No. ; 1, died at his home last lion
day . afternoon, after a few -days', ill
ness. Mr. McKee had , a severe attack
of Influenaa and pneumonia more than
a year, ago, ahd while he had so re
gained his health as to be able to stir
around,- he had never fully recovered
from the ; effects of this malady. He
was; aa consistent -member of the
Methodist, church A LeDatvon, and his
remains .were tenderly laid o' rest in
the beautiful -cemetery at : that placa
Tuesday afternoon, the funeral serv
ices being conducted by his pastor, the
Rev. C. N. ..Phillips. He - was preceded
to the grave several years by his wife,
but is survived by several children and
grandchildren and other relations, be
sidas a host of friends.- ,,;
Miss Lela' Harper arrived- Thursday
from Greensbor6, "where she graduated
in the last tession; ot the Greensboro
College' for Women, which closed th
first of this week. a.
Mrs. J. B. Pitman attended thJJ
mencement exercises of the ore.
boro College for women -"
this week, returning home Thur
morning. ' jkiji
Several of the growers are flif ,
Irish potatoes this week, and tne i
- Mrs. O. D. Cumbee,. who JM "
visiting , with. ; her , si.tei MU b
Long, for tne pasi ie tg'
to her home In Atlanta. Ga.. Wi
day . afternoon. 1W d
Excursion rates over w
will go Into . effect . aga.r
summer resort. ;
AGE LIMIT OF -i"- - gEf
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The delicate q-.-- " ee,
IB B .jvuu " .--refit '
. "a,i.wer. whether correct
not, by the trustees of
for young women" opened tw
. '-r- w n a . in New Torn
Accdrdlng to their ruling ,
turning point from youth ta fl
but the next step . In 1 gift of
the new hotel, which 1 1 J wl
D. Rockefeller In .memory o B
limit guests to W
ing salaries 'JL."" tv for th
.imi v -. ever, agreeinff en tbfu
the encouraging- n l ounj J
that, "a woman is ' f
she look-MJr feel-