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THE ALAMANCE GLEANER.
Heart to Heart
Talks.
Bjr EDWIN A.NYK
.WALKING.
1 have ]ust read two human docu
ments of value.
One Is by Frederic Harrison, the au
thor. age«L eighty-one, and the other by
Lord Btrathmore, ninety-two yean of
age. .
These young old men, both active aad
hearty, give some golden rules con
cerning health, and both lay especial
emfrtwaia on the benefits of walking aa
an exerclae.
Harrison saya every one should walk
at the least two hours each day.
Why walk?
Well, In the Brat place, walking ralaes
the temperature of the body. It la like
putting ruel In the furnace and open
ing the draft. There's something doing
Inside. Waste Is being carried off.
You breathe deeply.
And that Is Important Moat persona
use only half their lunga. ordlrarlly,
for breathing purposes. Deep breathing
puta large quantities of oxygen Into the
blood. Muscle and nerve get their vi
tality from tbe blood ' Besides, In deep
breathing waste Is carried off by ex
halation.
And there's the skin.
Millions of pores are opened np by
tbe perspiration, and- waste material
la eliminated. I
And digestion:
Walking belpa that Important func
tion. The exerclae puts an edge on ap
petite. And good digestion wafflfw
appetite.
Moreover—
Here Is an Important Item seldom
considered, bnt of great Importance:
The doctors will tell yon about the dia
phragm. The diaphragm la a sort of
movable stnge floor between the chest
and the abdomen. It la raised or low
ered by the contraction and aweltlng of
the lungs.
Now:
When the Innga are deeply tilled by
walking the diaphragm goes down and
presses upon the liver and etomach and
spleen. It la like a maasage of these
organ* and keeps them In good order.
The best way to atlr np your Uver la
to atlr your legs.
And. moreover—
Nothing Is here said of tbe mental
benefits of walking, tbe exhilaration of
tbe open air, tbe Joy of well lubricated
movement '
Habituate your legs.
FORGET IT.
Do not nurse your grievance.
If some one bas slighted yon or
wounded you let it go at that Do not
let your complaint of the Injury grow
chronic.. And. above all else, do not
put yo»r grouch on exhibition.
Hide your sore to*.
Because half the slights yon com
plain of are Imaginary; half the Injus
tices for which you suffer self martyr
dom were not Intended.
Ton fed those troubles until they
got rips.
Some people put themselves Into an
attitude of continued suspicion of neg
lect or Injury. They And what they
ars looking for, whereat tbey make ev
erybody miserable by continual chew
ing of the cud of resentment
How treat your grievance?
Forget lilt
The more you dwell upon a thing of
that sort the bigger It gets. The long
er you drag It through your mind the
deeper you cot the channel until by
and by it becomes a well wont rat
Get out of the rut
Force yourself to think of something
else. Make new channels for your
thoughts. Change the subject
Get busy trying to make others hap
py and thua make yoeraelf happy. Ton
will then have no time to bother with
your grouch.
That Is one wsy.
Another way which has Ugh sssc
tlon is to heap coals of Bns upon the
heed of the one who baa Injured yoa.
Speak some pleasant word or do some
gracious thing to him wl*> has tried to
hurt you. and If be la guilty and baa a
heart In him be will be sorry.
Too ees- >
By this treatment of the other foi
fbw yon will do tW»: Instead of the
other, fellow getting yoa Into bis pow
er by making yoo miserable yoa will
have evaded bis shaft add turned his
malice back npon himself,
la any event forget
Do not permit your mind to rub a
slight wound Into a teetering sore. Life
Is too short for sacb abnormal cul
tures. Treat the skinned surface with
an antiseptic and let It go.
Forget It!
LET OS BE 10WEST.
"To toll the truth." said my friand.
"I greatly prefer a book hy H. O.
Wells or Harold Ban Wright to. Shake
speare."
"Good!" aald I.
My friend Is s collars graduate, a
professional man and a student And.
above alt else, be Is given to fraak
We agreed, he and L that la oar
eptnloa a lot of Bbakaqware'a ataff
waa bombaatk-. aoax of It allly. aad
that while many of hla atterancao
were aabUaw and ho waa a matebleaa
oaer of words, some of hla play* ware
padded, aod ba wrote nraeb rapid
traah.
Why be hypoeittkalt
Why pat Rbakeapaaia'a poereet oa a
Ptaoe with the blgheet la IHaia— H
•ad make bettere that It la beat?
Myaelf. 1 am a great admbav of Ha
lo aad Tobtoy, bat I admitted to W
frteod that Bago often nodded aad
Tolatoy wadtogj,; 1 '
Tba troth te-
Becaaae certain, author* bare boat
pat op aa exemplar* la wrttlag meoy
peraoaa who cannot brtnr thamaairae
to an appreciation of theee aothort are
■aoeb gtrad to lytag aboat Utttr prater-
And there'* mute.
There are tbeoe who will attoad too
recital of a aererely rlaaelcal program
aad without understanding too moate
will feign the otmoat admiration aad
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1913.
or art
Ton have seen lome who will go Into
•cstasles of encomium over • picture
or a statue, concerning which they
have little real appreciation, merely
because somebody has pronounced
the work to be a masterpiece. ,
Or oratory.
It la easy to get the applause of the
multitude tor some sapient spouter of
platitudes who somehow has gained
the hallmark of popular favor.
Let as be honest
Do not mlannderatand me. There
must be standards, and we should al
ways strive for the best, but—
Why should one simulate an enthu
siasm he doea not feel?
Are not honesty and sincerity of
more worth than a sham reputation
for excellence In matters of taste?
he t us tell the truth.
' K
MADE BIS OWN SCIOOL.
Not every hoy Is like this one.
Frank Andrea of Springfield. N J.,
aged fifteen, made a school for him
self.
Many boys of fifteen .regard school
as a sort of necessary evil to be borne
because they cannot dispense wltb It
Not so young Andrea.
Hla father lost his Job, bla moth
er became 111. There w«re several oth
er children, all of whom were too
young to work.
Frank was compelled to quit scboel
aad help support the family. He found
a Job In a factory at Newark, walking
two miles to work every morning and
back again at night
But—
The Idea of leaving school troubled
him.
He went to tbe board of education of
hla town and asked the clerk what
chance there might be to attend a
Bight school
There waa no night school.
"Unless there are a sufficient number
of applications to sbow a sentiment In
favor of It," aald the clerk, "no night
school will be started."
"How many applications are neces
sary T' asked the boy.
He waa informed that twelve or fif
teen would be enough, whereat Frank
began to try to get that many. ID
order to do so be had to convince
some of the working boye of tbelr need
of farther schooling.
- And
Strangely enough, be fonnd hla prop
aganda an nphlll task. He would say
to the boya, "Do yon want to be a fav
tory hand all your life?" And. aome
of them aald they bad no further am
bition. '
Frank Anally got fifteen of his friends
to Join him.
"It Is likely," says the report, "that
a night school trill be established In
SprtagflekL"
Surely.
But whether or no, It Is qnlte certain
Frank Andrea will not be a factory
hand all bis life.
The repabllc : spells opportunity.
As Garfield beautifully Mid, "Oar so
ciety la not Hke the society of Europe,
where, Hke the strata of the earth,
one layer holds the other (Irmly down;
bat, rather, It Is Uke the wared of
the great sea. where the lowest drop
may rise and glisten on the topmost
wave."
Frank Andrea of Springfield, N. J..
to on* of those drops.
TIE BANK OF PROGRESS.
"Nothing draws like compound Inter
est," says a banker.
The tables tell us that 11,000 depos
lted In the bank at 6 per cent com
pound Interest Will double Itself In
about twelve years.
But—
There Is a hank that paya at least 10
per cent compound Interest snd In
some cases more.
It Is the bank of progress
No bank in the world la safer or bet
ter managed. No deposit was sver lust
or failed of credit Interest and prin
cipal are paid promptly.
Deposits may be made at any time
either in a lump sum or In small In
stallments.
TbedepoositsT
They are such valuable things as
thoughts, reeolutions. Ideas, effort, self
denial, ambition. These constitute
snpltst They are taken over the coun
tor at the bank of program at par.
For Instance:
Ton have an idea that la worth
while. Ton deposit that lnraatmeut
la bask. It begins to grow. The In
terest is added to the prlncipel. and
both continue to grow. Tou may draw
oat the interest from time to time and
still have on deposit a big Idea
Or—
Looking a boat, yoa discover thst
many persona fail from lack of con
centration. Too Invest In the bank
efficient singleness of purpose.
Tour efficiency Increases by com
poand interest By painstaking effort
yoa multiply yourself. Toar scope snd
eapsdty grow an til in a few years you
have s fortune la yourself
Or—
Ton deposit la this bank s resolution
lay it concerns the ass of tobacco. If
yoa kssp your rssolatloa on deposit
yoa will draw added strength of nerve
aad cleaallnsas of habit la a few
years yoa will have fortified yoar rasa
lottoe by compound Interest
It pays big!
Tbers an mors value bis tblegs than
mooey; there ars better banks than
the First National; there Is a hlgbsff
rate of iatersst thsn that paid iaa*-
annually.
The beak Is spaa.
Start an sceoant today.
A OmVZIUML PASSMML {
Wbaa IMon Rmwili atood op
wttfcs MM la Ma breaat and mad#
Ml apooeb too world waa thrilled by too
apectaclo of high coarage.
I It was aH| in* pan atory.
Bot—
If am that day you tamed to tba 1»-
! ride pagae of yoor oewapaper yoa raad
a atary folly aa etlrrlng, though on a j
leaaeretage.
Old Jamee Hennery. atxty-eight, waa
■ croaalag fiagtun la gjrrmruaa, K. T.
Oa that day bo waa atrock by a rao
away taxicab. Holding to tub marttoa.
ha waa dragged along by It, bi ulaifl aa
to haada aad back and ansa, aod at-'
watfetUad.
▲ crowd gathered, aod thay atarted to
talf tba old vaa to tba boepKal. I
JOM' iiieu riannery tienm ioe wiuum
of au approaching train. It waa Ilka
the clarion call of u bugle to the sol
dier. He broke through the crowd and,
though aluiuNt fainting, wigwagged his
train across.
» And again:
William Rugh of Gary gave up his
leg and life to the surgeons In order
that the life of a girl whom he had
■ever seen might be saved and died
with a smile, saying, "I am glad I
did If
He well deserved the teara of an ad
miring people.
But on the day be died a docen par
sons In Maaon City, la., voluntarily
gave great patchea of their skin for a
similar operation.
In short—
Scarcely may you name a heroic
deed don* with altruistic passion bat
that It may be matched by others foil
as glorious.
> During tbe past few weeks, on the
faraway plains of Thrace, In the bloody
conflict between tbe Balkan allies and
tbe Turks, have been enacted n thou
sand deeds of lofty unselfishness.
Bulgaria's queen served In a hoapltal
aa a nurse, clad In a nurse's garb and
doing a nurse's work. Other women
of princely blrtb served In Ilka capac
ity.
Tbe facta are-
The whole world, aa never before, la
being stirred by tbe divine passion for
service. That imsxlon knowa no
boundary of race. It Is as universal la
Its scope—and as cheering)—as the
wsrmth of the glorious sun.
"THE WOMAN TEMrTED ME."
"Sixty-nine per cent of the inuiatea
of a western prison," says a recent
writer, "aay tbat they were led to com
mit crime by tbo extravagance of tholr
wlvea."
Balderdash!
Within the limits of a reasonable
probability It may be stated that 60
Per cent of that (II) are unconscionable
liars.
There's Adam, for Instance.
Scarcely can there be a doubt tbat
our valiant forbear lusted after tbat
forbidden fruit until bis mouth water
ed over tbe thought of Its sacculeuce.
And, after he bad hypnotized Eve to
the point of plucking away the apple;
be laid tbe entire blame on her frail
young shoulders.
"Tbe woman tbou guvest me, she
tempted me."
And the males of lineal descent from
Adam to now have followed the like
tlcuse.
Now—
It must be admitted there are some
silly. Improvident and extravagant
wives. And It may lie tlint some bus
bands of weak brain stuff have Indl
rectly been driven to the commission
of a crime by the sort of wife who
Insists upon s|iendlng more money than
ber husband earns, but—
The eicuse Is a frayed one.
The reasons why n man pet* drunk
are varied. He gets drunk because he
wants to drink, or liecuuse somebody
Invites bim. or because he has made a
bad Investment, or because he Is nmd
•t somebody, or Just lierause.
Coder tbe Influence of the liquor he
commits a crime. ~*-
Whereupon, having lieen brought to
>y. he wblnea abjectedly com-ernlnp
hla "wretched domestic affair*" and
avow* that be wa* driven to the crime
by the extravagance or the nngglng or
the unfalthfuluea* of hi* wife.
Moatly anch ,charge* are libel.
Bxceptlona aside, more men tbnn
women are extravagant. -And the av
erage wife will undergo more peraonal
aacrlOce for the auke of tbe family
than tbe husband. And. exceptions
aalde, wlvea are more faithful than
hoaband*.
Tbe woman, however, la made tbe
scapegoat for the husband's alna.
That buaband wbo aeeka to bide hla
frailties behind a woman'a petticoat la
moatly not merely a liar, but a cojf
•rd aa well.
WIAT IS TIE MATTER 1
This la tbe story:
Henry Welnbauin of New fork waa
a clothes presaer earning sl2 a week.
On thla aum be supported blmself, his
wife and foor small children.
The wife died.
Welnhaum was confronted with a
situation most heartbreaking. He moat
care for tbe four motberleaa children
and at tbe same time be away from
bla home and employed at bis work,
else tbe children would have nothing
to eat.
* Somehow for several mouths be nan
aged to get along. -
• iThen be did shout tbe only tblng be
could do under tbe clrrumstaoces. He
married again.
Unfortunately be made • poor choice
of a second wife. Hbe complained that
tbe children made too much work and
demanded that tbey be put In a pub
lic Institution.
To aare hla little family from aneh
a fate waa Welnbanm's purpose In.get
ting ht» children their new mother.
Be wanted to keep hi* little brood to
gether. Therefore lie refnaed ber re
qoeat
She atied lilm for divorce.
On Ju«t what ground* the dlrorc*
waa granted la not clear, but tba Judge
gave ber a decree. Aa part of tb* judg
ment Welubaum waa ordered to pay
the woman H per week alimony.
Of course the man could not pay
that «niii and xuifiort hi* family, Tba
other da> he waa srrmted. hla atraara,
with i-o*ta. a incoming to VMM.
In default of payment be waa sent
to l.udlow at reel jail.
Kow- , v-,
Wife Xo. i la free from tb* care of
tb* tronbleaoin* children. Welnbanm
la In jail with no pro*p*ct of release
and tb* children are ward* of charity.
Even the jailer remarked wben
Welnbanm waa romnritled—Jailer* are
not particularly free with sympathy—
that "there muat he aometblng tba mat
ter with the law aomehow."
bad lhere la aometblng tba matter
with the law. But what?
The law Is out of gear.
And yet It la dlflcult to And tba cog
|Od flditJtt It.
WHnbaom la guilty of nothing bat
tba beat Intentions and yet b* la la
Jail.
What la tb* sistter with tb* law!
Or ts It merely that Welnbanm to poof T
OuWttf t-iuic amtif RIMTS,
tIM fMPMf XHiP
Sam Pinney's*
Ghost
Trial For Heresy That Came
to a Sudden Close
By CLARISSA* MACKIB
Elder Jones thumped the gatepost
with bla heavy cane. "I don't care
what you aay. Ram Plnney," he cried
angrily. "I know that any man that
believes In sperrlts can't be a Chris
tian. So the ret"
The ruddy faced little maa on the
other aide of the gate smiled with
boundless good nature In bla twinkling
eyas. "And I aay," be said emphati
cally. "that If I aee a ghost I'll believe
It Is one. Did you ever see a sperrlt,
Jim Jonos?"
"Never!" aald the elder ploualy. "I
don't believe the good Lord means any
of us mortals should look on sngels
and auch until the great day comes
when all eyes shall be opened."
"If you never saw a gboat then you
can't be eximcted to believe In 'em,"
remarked Ram Plnney eagerly. "Now,
"WOCLD TOO uum I* 4 OBOOT IF TOW
' SAW OHM, IIiDIlT"
If It ao be that you think I'm not •
Christian beoauae I claim to hare aeen
the (boat down to tbe old mill, I gueaa
I better atay away from church till I
get over whatever'* the matter with
my eyealght!" . . -
"Maybe you better," anapped the
elder aa be turned aalde.
"Wonld you believe in a ghoat If yon
aaw one, elder?" aaked Sam Plnney
over bla fat shoulder.
"No." Tbe elder pauaed and bla long
noae sniffed tbe air hungrily. "Seem'a
If I emailed blled dinner."
"Ones* you do," grinned Sam. "Ann
Ellxa'a been at It all tbe morning.
Suet pudding too,"
"Gorry!" ejaculated tbe elder. "1
waa wondering If we couldn't dlacuaa
thla here ghoat matter a little more
thoroughly. Now, It ain't necessary
ft* me to be bome to dlbner," be Mut
ed'shamele**ly.
"That'* tho best of Jeet having a
housekeeper." remarked Sam regret
fully. "If you feel like you can get a
better dinner al*ewbere you can say
you won't be home. Yon can't work
that game on a wife."
"I uaeter play It on Ellen wben site
waa living." liegan the elder, opening
the gate and eliding hla thin form lo
alde. "I export Mr*. Plnney llkea to
have comtiany once in awhile to praise
op her victuals. They aay buabande
don't appreciate what their wlvee do
for 'em."
"Waa that I lie way with yon and
Ellen V asked Ham Plnney Innocently
aa be ted the way around to tbe aide
door.
"Ellen's dead and gone, and I don't
think H seemly to Jeet al»>ut her."
aald Ellen's "relict" stiffly.
"Twaan't a Joke; I wa* In deed
earnest" affirmed Ham. "Well, Ann
Eliza, here'a Elder Jonea. Couldn't
pa*a by that Idled dinner you're cook
Ing. so be'* come to help us get rid
>f It"
"Riled dinner!" qnotb Mrs. Plnney
scornfully. -There's no lilted dinner
la this house today. I guess what you
amellcd waa Mr*. Bartnn'a dinner
cooking across the atreet. I'm having
• aort of plcknp dinner—aome cold
baked liean* and fried brown bread
and cold apple pie. Come! Kit up,
abler. The colfee'a hot anyway."
Elder Jonea got through the meal aa
bast be could for the wrath that tilled
hla aoul. lie felt ln»tloctlvely that
Ham Plnney bad played a joke on him.
■nd he longed to reqnlte hla Injured
dignity
■am Plnney talked of gboata all dur
Ing tb* meal. Mra. Plnney Joined la
with cheerful corroboration of her line
band'* opinions.
"If what I aaw down to tba mill ain't
■ gboet then 111 go jump off tb* dork,"
aaarrted Ram boastfully
"Then yon'd be a ghost youraelf,"
laogbed Mm. Plnney comfortably.
"What did yon see. Hamr aabed CI
4ev Jonea for the tenth time that day.
"Looked like ml*t. a aort of rapory
atnff rising op and floating till It took
shape, and I aa* It waa tb* *id miii*r
blmaelf."
"What waa you doing down there at
tb* mill ao late at nightr repeated the
elder, alao for tba tenth time
"Looking for that eoafoaad*d to*
terrier pap of mln*. He's got a habM
of running off nights, and aa he's worth
a lot of .meo*y 1 can't afford to loa*
him. I found blm watching s rat bole
down to tb* mill, and I declare to gra
cious If tb* JUtl* feller wasn't scart
half to das* when that gboet rls ap
■■«*nnt liappeued after that?" de
manded the elder, although the recital
waa uu old story to lilin.
f "Nothing mnrh. The miller, be point
ed to bis IHIMOU) where the bullet hit
him as much an twenty years ago. It
happened when I waa a lad. The ter
rier J eat ant and trembled, and waa
Jest going tu aak the miller where he'd
come from wbeu he faded away."
"That would have lieen kind of Im
polite. Ram." censured his wife mildly.
"Yon don't know whether that miller
come from heaven or aomewhere else."
The elder turned an indignant face
toward Mrs. I'lnney. "Then you be
lieve In sperrits. too?" be asked.
"I believe In. whatever my husband
doea," said Mrs. Plnney loyally.
The elder arose anil buttoned his coat
tightly over his thin chest "Mrs. Pln
ney and Mr. Pluney." he said, with dig
nity. "I am sorry to aee two such In
telligent human livings given over to
the counnela of the evil one, for ghosts
and such bilk are nothing else, in my
opinion. 1 reel It my fluty—my bound
en duty—to hrlug tlio matter before
the elders. Why. It's almost like here
sy!"' .
"Like fiddlesticks!" cried Mrs. Pln
ney, wltb such energy that the elder
bustled toward the dimr.
"Thank yon very much for your boa
pltsllty," said Rider Jones constrain
edly.
"Don't mention It," said Mr. Plnney.
When the elder's coattalls had flap
ped through the gate Mr. Plnney look
ed at tils wife's good natured face and
burat Into silent laughter.
Ell7.it." he chuckled, "that there
elder has got to see a ghost before he's
convinced that I was speaking the
truth? I exiiect we'll be hauled over
the coals by the cominlttea if Jim
Jonea has hi* say."
"Let °ein haul," said Ann Kllta de
fiantly. "I'll slick by you, Sammy,
even If It lx my prlvste belief tbat the
ghost you saw was nothing but a cloud
of flour dust settllug down from tbe
rafter overhead."
"Flour dint!" echoed Sam ecornfully.
"I brushed your clothes tbe next
morning." remarked Ann Kllsa signifi
cantly as she proceeded to cleur tbe
table.
Mr. Honey's prediction proved to bo
correct Mr. and Mrs. Plnney were
summoned before a small committee of
the elders of the cburcb to whlcb they
belonged to answer some questions
concerning their outspoken belief In
disembodied spirits. It waa to be a
private bearing presided over by tbe
minister himself, a tall, narrow cheat
ed, narrow minded ahepberd given to
driving his flock liefore him over cer
tain straight path* and never permit
ting the slightest divergence from the
closely defined way. The especial ab
horrence of tbe Rev. Mr. Weeks waa
the theory of ghosts, and he bad final
ly managed to eradicate from the
minds of bis congregation tbe belief
tbat the old mill down on. the river
waa baunted by tbe spirit of its mur
dered proprietor. For twenty-five years
this story had been a favorite one
among Reelon folks, and very reluc
tantly they relinquished lta hair raising
horror.
Now here were Ram Plnney and bl*
aenalble wife loudly acclaiming that
Samuel himself bad had an encounter
with the ghoat of the miller. Aa Mr.
Plnney had conveyed the newa to
Elder Jonea at the flint opportunity the
good elder carried It directly to the
ROT. Mr. Weoka, and In due aeaaon a
committee wa* appointed and the I'tn
neya amnmoned to appear lie fur e it aud
explain their actions.
In the meantime the Plnneya went
tbelr waya soberly. Industriously and
ever cheerful. Am (lie Friday evening
drew near their equanimity did not
abate a Jot. ami Elder Jonea made an
eepeclal trip |>a«t llie Plnney home Jo
aee If Kam bad not lost aome of hla
roay color or Mr* I'lnney did out ahow
evidence* of ineutal disturbance.
A atorm came, a bowling gale of
wind and aleet that rattled agalnat the
church window* and aent little on
pleaaant thrill* down the aplues Of the
few people gathered to bear the ex
planation of Samuel Plnney and hla
wife.
The church was dark sod gloomy
tare where a few llgbta abode along
tbe north aisle. Tlie pnlplt was a
shadowy blot against tba dlmneee of
tbe chancel. Tbe elder* were gathered
in tbe laat six pew*, snd two chairs
bad been set In tbe alale for tbe of
fenders.
Tbey were all there waiting fer tbe
Plnneya. The wind scresmed mourn
fatly, and tbe elder* shifted uneasily
In their seats. Tbe church seemed s
dark snd dismal pit beyond that little
drrle of light Tbe outer door creaked'
aolemaly, and Mrs. Plnney, roay and
freeb from tbe aleet awapt world,
■tamped noisily la and stood bar drip
ping umbrella la a corner.
"Sammy wIH be along right away,"
aba whispered blsalngfjr aa aha ac
cepted ooa of tba aaata that tba mln
later Indicated "fleems dreedful dark
and gloomy In bar*, alder, don't ttr
aba wblaparad to Mr. Junta.
Tbat gentleman ooddad a stern ns
aaot, and Mrs. Plnney aat atlli for
severs! moments. Tban aba to road bar
bead and corloasly survsysd tba dark
ened Interior.
"It waa on a nlgbt Ilk* tbla that old
Dr. Uttle bad a stroke la tba pulpit"
aba ventured again. "Seem's If I could
aee bim Urta mln ate rtandlng there ao
atout and bandaam—be waa good to
look at—end tban all to one* be flopped
right over and became a atlff corpaa,
aa dead aa I ever want total I »
member the wind bowled aometblng
awful tbat night, and It rained and
rained till It aeemed aa If all the angela
were weeping liecanae au«h a good man
waa dead! Well, well never ao* Urn
again," ab* sighed regretfully.
The membera of the committee look
ed very much aa If tb*y could
full/ undergo tbla deprivation. Mr.
Waeka frown«d portentously and aak
ad Mrs. Plnney if bar bun band would
keep them waiting vary much longer.
"I'm expecting trim every minute,"
ab* wblapercd In reply.
It waa Elder Jonea blmaelf who sud
denly aroaa to hla f**t and thrust a
quivering forednger toward tba pulpit
"What I* that}" be asked la a boars*
▼ote» .
With on* accord they lifted their
•yea aod stared at tb* apparition
which confror'ed tMm.
Btrading bafore tb* pnlplt, one fat
onfl buttons of his long ministerial
coat, stood what looked like the wraith
of old Dr. Little, who ten years before
had been the pastor of the church.
His round face, with Its little wisps of
cinnamon whiskers, shone palely out
of the darkness, and In his eyes there
see tried air unearthly glare—lt might
hare been the reflection of the flick
ering lamps. His black clothed figure
seemed to melt Into the surronndlng
blackness below that fat white band.
•All at once the band was lifted as If
In denunciation, and then the appari
tion grew smaller until all at once It
disappeared from sight.
Tliyre was a sharp Indrawn breath.
"Oh. what was that?" cried Mrs.
Plnney alTrlghtedly.
"It was a ghost," said Elder Jones,
with conviction In his rasping tooes.
"1 saw It tnyself. I knew Dr. Little
like a brother. Why, I know It was
him!" i
The other members of the commit
tee silent and disconcerted. Mr.
Weeks rubbed a white silk handker
chief over his high dome shaped brow
while be struggled for expression.
Mrs. rinney was darting bright eyes
from one face to another. Her own
lighted up with commonplace satlafac
tlon when the door creaked" solemnly
once more and Hamuel tiptoed in, rosy
and dripping with the winter storm
as she had been.
"Itere'a Bnm," snld Sim. rinney.
•'Now, I aup|ioae we can have the meet
ing."
There was a ahuflling of feet among
the ciders. The atorm ahrieked more
wildly, and the vicinity of the pulpit
tpoked forbidding enough.
"It waa Juat aucb a night aa tbla that
Dr. IJttle waa took bad," began Bam
Ptnney aa ho approached the little
group of men.
Elder Jonea waa on' hla feet, hla
banda Angering bla hat "I move tbla
meeting bo adjourned for more evi
dence In the caae."
In throe bewildering mlnutoa the
church waa emptied of everybody aave
the two Plnncya, who confronted each
other with loyal, affectionate eyes.
"It waa a dreadful thing to do, Sam
my Plnney," cblded hia wife, "and you
ought to be aahamcd of it If one of
them men bad remembered that Dr.
Little waa your own uncle and that
you are featured juat like Tiim you
(orb .*«*>»•
MtvtH ionm soddsslt Anoaa to in
run Amu pointku to tbs pulpit.
might bare been found out What did
you do with the doctor** broaddotb
cost?"
"It'a on the other aide of the stone
wall wrap|ied In my rubber ifiackln
toab," aald Bam cheerfully. "Wbat
I've been trying to impreaa on )beae
fellows is tbla, Ann Kllzn-tbey "can't
convince me I ain't aeen a ghoat till
tbey allow they're gluwt proof them
selves."
"You ought to cut the church lawn
Sll nest aammer tu make op for tbia,"
said Mrs. IMnuey aa they wended their
way home.
"I'm willing, and yon better get up
the nlcsat old fashioned biled dinner
you know bow to get awl invite Jim
Jonea and all the other elders to It and
the Orst one that mentlona gboats don't
get auet pudding," aald Bam. ,
And. as was their way, the Plnneys
cheerfully suffered the penances tbey
had ordered themselves.
Two IriaUuieu were working on the
roof of a building on day when one
msde s misstep sod fefl to the ground.
The otbor leaned over and called, "Are
ye i dead or alive. Mlker
"Ol'm alive." aald Mike feebly.
"Bore you're aucb a liar Ol don't
know whether to InHsvs yes or not"
"Weil, then. Ol must be desd," said
Mike, "fbr yes would never dire to
esll m s liar If «H wor slolvs."— I'hll-
Sdelpbls Itecord
•Imply a Bad Actor.
Tbe Lady- How did yon com* to be
Uirowd oat of employment? The Tbee
pUtn-TU ■ mil but anon told tale,
madam Ao ape-like audience threw
ancient ecca at mob: a mangy and
mercenary manger tbrew muh down a
flight of atalra; a dull wlttrd doorman
tbrew muh eat Into the atrevt and a
twice coraed tnxtrab threw muh twen
ty feet Tbua It waa. lady.-Judge
Evolution.
"Of courae you bellere In eroln
floar
"Tea." replied Mr. Cumrox. "kly
awn recollection* or early daya In tb«
weat remind me tbat many a alitj
korsepower llmonalne ran trace It*
•sandal anceatry back to a 'prairie
Kboooer."'—Waabltigton Star.
The Main Differenee.
"What la tbe real difference between
ainabrooma and toadatoolar
"One la a feaat and tbe other la *
funeral."- lialtlmore American.
Merely Fiction.
Minerva - lau't It atniuge. mother,
tbat all the heroine* in norela marry
poor men? Mater-Yea. my dear, but
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