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2 THE 8EMJ-WEEKLY K OB ETONIAN PROFESSIONAL CARDS. J. U. Hfl'rli I iclui, icleai a Mccormick, ATTORN KVS AT LAW. LUMBERTON N C. Officea on 3od floor of flank of Lam twrtoo Building, Huoiua 1, I. 3. & 4a PtotB pt attrultou gien to 11 buaineaa. i1 Tiff SKY PILOT halm coMian Autae "Tha Hut fr-Ma CImmmti" t im, i fit mm emi tomn r. n. c(Tum itv a. t auk.. Dra. Allen & Castlebury, Dentists, LUMQCRTON, N. C. Oilier utrr lr. McMtllau'a Drug Store Phone Office, 45 ; Residence, 94. fir C. H. LENNON, D.D.S., DKXTIST, Rowland, - N. C DR. J. D. REGAN. DENTIST, Ll'MHKHTON, - - N. C. Office in Shaw building, drug etorr. over Pupe'a Dr. F. H. PITMAN, DENTIST, ASH POLE, N. C. J. J. FREESLAND, Jeweler and Optician Rowland, N. C. . C. LaWBIXCI SraraiN McIhttbi. Mclntyre & Lawrence, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Lnmberton. N. O R. E. LEE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Rooms, Nos. 1 and a, McLeod Building, LUM BERTON. N. C. D. P. SHAW, ATTORNEY AT LAW, LUMBERTON. N. C. Office over Pope's Drug Store. Practice in all the Courts. Norman McLean, T Josoritl Artist, 'ASHPOLE, . - - N. C. Shop fronting postotfice. ABERDEEN AND ROCKFISH RAILROAD CO. TIME TABLE IX KFFICT AUG. 15. 1SHM. Dally eieept Sunday Mall and Kiprcs. No. 8. Leave AbenWn. S !" a. ni.;lave I.fivltts. 0. 45 a. m.; ieae J notion. S.fto a. m.; Ifavf Moptrop.P.i!Oh.ni.; Iave Tlniberland. 0 1 a. 111.; leae Raefonl w.afi a. m ; leavt- Dundar ro8h,.fOa. m. leave A rabta, l".mi A . 1.1. ; Irwv RockfUh. :0.15 a. m ; leav Trn-fall. 11). iJ a. m ; arrive Hope Mills. II. IS a. tn. t Daily exempt 8und j Ma'.! and Express. No. C Leave Hon M t'ls. I 1 11 n. ni ; leive TieefuM. 1.80 o. in.; leave KockSxi. 1.4.' n. ni.; leave Arabia. I."'- p. m.; ese Duiiiisrroch. 2 .15 n. m.; leave K.eford. S no n. m , leave Tlnilxr land. a.Al n. m., leave Montpwe. H ' n. ni.; leave Junction H tf n. m . . leave Leaving. 4.10 p. m.; arrive Aberdeen. 4 p. in. All tral;is mm n over Be'.b.euda Hill must be und.T perfeot control. U N. kLL'E. Geiiral .aurwr1ntitidtiC. Approved; JOHN" BLUK. Pienldent. FOR SALE HOUSE AND LOT SITT ated in Het portion of town. lions contains seven rooms, water works an d electric huhts. ieil 100m in alt c for two m ir tnent, Ji 'argt rooms. T. A. 01 au 30 ! f First-class Harness work done to stay done by a man th u knows the businesj at Webster's Tin Shop l We are Pushing Paint The painting season is at haru) and we are ready to suppiy your needs with : The Sherwin-Williams Paints Let us figure on the paint for your house. S. W. P. will prove the best and most economical paint vou can buy. Full color cards for the j asking. , SLD 1Y. CHAlTFIt u TUB ro.l'ANY or 7HI HO HI-a (IVKJI. 4 we wrrv dlmoil!illi! (tie rrlr. Jlello. Ja k!" " II11W do. iiaii-r ii.-ii.i. i'id Hiuok. r to tl'f tntirtliMt of toiua uiadii me (tint my iinnlii vn a fuMirlttt wild tlif iu-ti niiiHil ulxjut t lie diMir Jmk mi:.l tnldixl lit rviuni. mid ilti-ii ir---siit-rl uin In due form. "My tenderfoot oumlrj fnm tin i-ffetP," lie said, with a flourish. I i miriiiiM nt tin- ifnu e of the txu mud me hy 1 llntw niiilily dni4cd. wild loklng f !- Ion 1 mlK'lit lia y iKtu l!i 11 Imdoti 1 ilni.nB- n I 11 put at iujt ena? ut oinH- by tin- klndlliKD of thi-lr bti- In if . for. iihiii J.i.W H liitrixltictlou, I Mn iidMilltcd nt utK-i- Into tli-lr rlrvle, wllhli to 11 t.'Ililrrf.xit Will Unllally floml W lint n Iwtnly looWltii; lot tlu-y wen1! Hn 11. ap.-iro. alncwy and liitrd n 1111IN. tliry rtppoiirfd like Holdlfru but k from a lmnl -u inpii ijjn. Tlu"' i:mvihJ nnd hpoke xitli 1111 vnsy. ari'lrm nlr of almost luzy Indlffen'tuv. but tUHr ; eyes bad a trick of lixikliik' atralKbt ut you. icmiI r.nd fearlt.H, and Jon folt tbey wore f'.t and ready ! Ttmt lilRbt I wa Initiated Into the Company of the Noble Soveu but of ' the eeremory I regret to Hiiy I retain I but an Indistinct tner.iory; for they ' drunk oa they rode, hard and lotij;, I and It was only Jack's care that got ' rue safely home Hint night. The Company of the Noble Seven wus the dominant social force In tbo Swan Creek country. Indoi-d, it the only social force Swuu Creek knew. Originally consisting of evon younn fell iws of the best blixxl of Britain. " baj-.d-Hl tot,--:lier for purposes of ruutuul li.'.ri'-ovenirnt and social en joyment." It 1. ad i-hantfed Its character durlnj; the years, but not It name. First. Its membership was extended to Include "approved colonials." kucIi as Jack Pale and "others of kindred spir it," under w hich head. I suppose, the two cowboys from the Ashley ranch, III Kendal nnd r.roneo Bill no one knew and no one asked his other name wore admitted. Then Its pur poses gradually limited themselves to those of a soclul nature, chiefly In the lino of poker playing and whisky drinking. Well born and delicately bred In tl;at atmosphere .of culture mingled with a sturdy common en9e and n certain high chivalry which sur rounds the stately homes of Britain, these young lads, freed from the re straints of custom and surrounding, soon shed all that was superficial In their make up nnd stood forth In tho naked simplicity of their native man hood. The west discovered and re vealed the man in them, sometimes to their honor, often to their shame. Th? chief of tho Company was the lion. Fred Ashley of tie Ashley ranch, some time of Ashley Court. Kugland-a big good natured man with a luan'tl cent physique, a g :od Imouv from home and a beauti'i;! wife, the I.-idy Charlotte, daughter of ;i noble Ci:ll.s') family. At tic Ashley ranch Cie tradi tions of Ashley Court were prrs rved as far as possible. Th" Hon. Fred ap peared at the wolf hints in riding breeches and to: boots, with h'.:ntl:ig crop nnd Kmilish saddl while in all the appointments of the house the cus toms of the Finnish home were ob served. It was characteristic, however, of western life that his two cmvb-vys, III Kendal anil r.roneo IMI1, f -It th 'm selves quite his social equals, though l:i the presence of his beautiful, state'y wife they confessed that they "rather fenker.ed." Ashley was a thoruuhly B. G. Rozier, Lumbarton I 1 taJf tuW IDIK-tt It Wa. (ta tl r fvvi ftktttr of a tuaa. Aa4 la all tni I nil yi u was vaaaij l. - iiv i v . . -i ro( atotrr, txiuca rattla, play pukt-r or drink whiaky ta the adiulratloti of hlB frtouda a lid tUa cuuf UaiuU of Ut (ut-a, of W bUl b had a few, while 1a , to "t rotK-o buatlfitf. tho rlrtuv par i Cvltroea or Wfalt-ru cuttle Uleo. eveu Urotteo lull wn ttranl to arknoM IIk that "Im waau't lit tl with tbo Ik.k, fur It aa till (tliik)U that ha 0011I rUlo an) thlutf ttial had ira'a Ut uudr It rrn If It aa a blanked ctoiiimhI Abd thU, rouilU fnmi ona who tuadtf a profraaluu of "bnu boatlui;," mi uii.jUfatlouahly hl.h .rala. The l'Uka lived nloue, eirvpt when tie delgiml to pay a Ult to tuUMi lout-ly rauchir who. for lha uiarveloua charm of hi talk, wit delighted to hava hliu a k'Urat, evru at tho elp-ue of thu loa of a frw gauies at )ker. .11 made a friend of ho one, though aoiuo men could tell of tluiea a heu ha b(ah1 U-lwwu tbeui and their la at dollar, ex acting only tha proiulao that uo men t lull ahould b made of hla deed. He had uu cany, lair luuuuer aud a alow cynical ainlle that inrely left hla face and the only ij,1i of difpi inn J paaaiou lu hliu mt g little broudciilug of hla mile. Old Latour, who kejit tbv Stop plug riuce, told me how oiica the Iuke had brukeu Into u gentle laugh. A French half breed frvlghter on hl wuy north hud entered Into a game of iHker with the Huke, with the result that his all month' pay atuod In a little heap at hla enemy's left hand. The curuged freighter ucvuaed hla smiling opponent of belug a cheat, and an priMvedlug to demollah him with one mighty blow. ISut the Duke, still siulllug and without moving from hU chair, caught the descending flat, slowly crushed the finger open aud steadily drew the Frenctimun to his knees, gripping hliu so cruelly In the meantime thut he was forced to cry aloud In agony for mercy. Then It wus that the Duke broke Into a light laugh and, touching the kneeling Freuchmun on his cheek with his finger tips, said: "Look here, my man, you shouldn't piny the game till you know how to do It und with whom you play." Then, handing him back the money he added: "I want money, but not yours." Then, us he sat looking nt the unfortunate wretch dividing his attention between his money and his bleeding lingers, h nice more broke Into a geutle laugh that was not good to hear. The Duke was by all odds the most striking figure In the Company of the Noble Seven, and his word went further than that of any other. Ills shadow was Bruce, an Edinburgh uni versity man, metaphysical, argumenta tive, persistent, devoted to the Duke. Indeed, his chief ambition was to at tain to the Duke's high and lordly manner, but. inasmuch as ne was rather squat In figure and bad an open. good natured face and a Scotch- Twice of the hard and rasping kind, bl at tempts at Imitation were not conspicu ously successfuL Every mall tlut reached Swan Creek brought him a let ter from home. At first, after I hail got to know Lhm, he would give me Upw and then a letter to read, but as the tone became more and move anxious he ceased to let me read them, and I was glad enough of this. How he could read those letters and go the pnee of the Noble Seven I could not see. Poor Brace! He had good Im pulses, a generous heart, but the per mit nights and the hunts and the round ups and th poker and all the wild excesses of the Company were more than he could stand. Then there were the two Hill broth ers, the younger, Bertie, a fair haired. ottt, or con ra, cared to do. it was a cotafurtuoa hlrb Ml tttua could ra patr to la 1 baweororr, and It was every newrouicr' aim to a u tu wtta all puaatbla speed tbe Style aid rua toina of the aristocratic old timers aud to forget as aoou aa poaalbla the date of hla owu arrival. Ho It was aa the 8ay 1MM familiarly the Illot-that the mUaloaary went for luao a day to the tlwan Creek cwuutry. I had bertaue scheulmaslrr of Kwan Creek, for Id tbe spring a kind i'rutt- deuce aent In the Mulra aud the Hre- Diana with houaefuls of children, to the ' ranctteni' disgust, for they foresaw plowed fields and bartxxl wire feucee rrauiptlig their unlimited rnugea. A school btH'sme net-eaanry. A little log building vii crr'td. and I was ap pointed schoolmaster. It was a school master that 1 first came to touch the Pilot, for the letter which the Hudson Bay freighters brought me early one summer evening bore the Inscription: ISP : 1 1 ' xis xxxxi yxx'xsri THE 3CIItX)LMA8TKIt. I-ublt.- Si-hool. Han ("re-. Altrra. There was oltogr-ther a fine air ntxiut the letter. The writing was In fine. small hand, the toue was flue, ami there was something flue In the signature Arthur Wellington Moore. " He was glad to know that there was a school and a teacher In Rwnn Creek, for a school meant children. In whom his soul delighted, and In the teacher he would find a friend, and without a friend he could not live. He took me In'o bis confidence, telling me that though be bad volunteered for this far away mission field he was not much of a preacher and be was not at all sura that he would succed. But be meant to try, and, he was charmed at the pros pect of having ono sympathizer at least Would I bn kind enough to put In some conspicuous place tho Inclosed notice, filling In the blanks as I thought best? DO YOU WISH TO SAVE MONEY IF 80 COME TO TBE Old Reliable Hardware Store FOR HARDWARE OF EVERY KIND. Screen IVxns and Windows, Sh, Doors and Blind. ' Building Materials, Mil; Supplies. Belting, etc. IM PROVED NO .SINK WJ1KKLKK & WILSON SKW INO MACHINES. cat makes of Couk Stoves jVcom plete stock of the Beat Paints always on baud, including the famous Rl'CHTKK S PAINTS. See Our Non-Rust- Tinware If It rusts we will give another piece. Come in and e amine our beautiful SILVER-LINED NICKEL TABLE WARE, Sole Agents, for ANCHOR BRAND LIMK. We buy in Car Lots, Pay Ca.h and Sell Cheap. Get our prices before buving. We are in pnaition to sae jou money. Thanking you for past patronage, wc are Veurs lor business, McCORMlC & ROWLAND, NORTH ROGERS, CAROLINA ;!!! Divine service will bo held at Swan Creek In at o'clock. All are cordlnily Invited. Artuur Welxjxotox Moorb. The Duke, still smiling, cawjht the de scending fist. good fellow, well up to his work as a cattle man and too much of a gentle man to feel, much less assert, auy su periority of station. He had the lar gest ranch In the country and was one of the few men making money. Ashley's chief friend, or at least moU frequent companion, was a man whom they called 'the Duke. No one knew his name, but every one said be was "the sou of a lord.' and certainly from bis style and bearing he might be the son of almost anything that was high, enough in rank. He drew "a remit tance," but as that was paid through Aahley no one kaew whence Jt came bright faced youngster, none too abb? to look after himself, but mucin In clined to follies of all degrees and sorts. But he was warm hearted and devoted to his big brother, Humphrey, called Hump, who had taken to ranch ing mainly with the- idea of looking after his younger brother. And no easy matter that was, for every one liked the lad and in consequence helped him down. In addition to these there were two others of the original seven, but by force of circumstances they were pre vented from any more than a nominal ounection with tlu? Company. Blake. 11 typical wild Irishman, had Joined (he police nt the Fort, and Gtfford had pot married and, as Bill said, "was roped tighter 'n a steer." The Noble Company, with the cow hoys that helped on the range and two or three farmers that lived near the Fort, composed the settlers of the Swan Creek country a strange med ley of people of all ranks and nations But while among them there were the evil hearted and evil living, still for the Noble Company I will say that never have I fallen in with men braver, truer or of warmer heart Vices they had, all too apparent and deadly, but they were due rather to the circum stances of their lives Jhan to the na tive tendencies of their hearts. Throughout that summer and the winter following I lived among them, camping on the range with them and sleeping in their shacks, bunching cattle in summer and hunting wolves In winter, nor did I, for I was no wiser than they, refuse my part on permit nights. But through all not a man of them ever failed to be true to his standard of honor In the duties of com radeship and brotherhood. On the whole I Ifkcd his letter. I liked Its modest self depreciation, and I liked its cool assumption of my sym pathy and co-operatloh. But I was perp'exed. I remembered that Sunday was tho day fixed for tho great base ball match, when those from "Home," as they fondly called tbe land across the sea from which they bad come, were to wipe the earth with; all comers. Besides, "divine sarvice" was an inno ratlon in Swan Creek, and I felt sure that, like all Innovations that suggested tbe approach of the east. It would be by no means welcome. However. Immediately undr tbe no tice of the "Grand baseball match for tbe pain killer, a week from Sunday, at 2:30; Home versus the World." I plrmed on the door of the- Stopping Place the announcement: Dfvine service will be held' at Swan Oeek. in the Stopping Place Plxrtor, a week from Sunday. Immediately upon the conclusion of the baaeba.ll match. Authu.t Wellington Moobjb. E CHAPTER III. THE COMlJiQ OF TUB PILOT. to E was the first missionary ever seen in the country, and it was the Old Timer who named him. The Old Timer's advent There was a strange Incongrtrtty In the two. und an unconscious-challenge as wefl. All next day, which waw Saturday, anil, indeed, during the following week. 1 stood guard over my nwtrce, en joying the excitement It produced and the comments It called forth. It was the advance wave of the great m-ean of civilization which manar f them hail been glad to leave behind some could have wished forever. To Ilobert Muir. one of the farmers newly arrived, the notice was a har binger of good. It stood for progress, markets and a higher price for land, albeit he wondered "ho be wad be keeplt up." But his hard wrought, quick spoken little wife at his elbow booted" his scruples and, thinking of her growing lads, welcomed with un mixed satisfaction the coming of "the meenlster." Her satisfaction was shared by all the mothers and most of the fathers In the settlement, but by tho others, and especially by that rol licking, roistering crew, the Company of the Noble Seven, tbe missionary's coming was viewed with varying de grees of animosity. It meant a limita tion of freedom In their wildly reck less living. The permit nights would now, to say the least, be subject to criticism; tbe Sunday wolf hunts and horse races, with their attendant de lights, would now be pursued under the eye of Uie church, and this would not add to the enjoyment of them. One great charm of tbe country, wbicb Bruce, himself the son of an Edinburgh minister and now secretary of the No ble Seven, described as "letting a fel low do as he blanked pleased," would be gone. None resented more bitterly than he tbe missionary's Intrusion, which bo declared to be an attempt "to reimpose upon their freedom the trammels of an antiquated and bigoted conventionality." But the rest of the Company, while not taking so decided a stand, were agreed that the estab lishment of a church institution was an objectionable and impertinent a well as unnecessary proceeding. Of course Hi Kendal and his friend Bronco Bill had no opinion one way or tbe other. The church could hardly affect them even remotely. A dozen years' stay in Montana bafl proved with sufficient clearness to them that I OHer To The Trade High Grade Fertilizers, Stand ard Brands, Full Line Gen eral Merchandise and Agricultural Supplies. AGENCl?" FOR THE Celebrated tome Harrow, Lovell Diamond Bicycles, McCall's Patterns and Publica tions, Ralstons Health Shoes, Shields Hats. We thank our friends and customers for their liberal patronage during past years, and beg to assure them that no pains will be spared in our efforts to please them in tbe future Yours Anxious to Please. JTSTO W WARD Rowland, U N KJ. W . W North Carolina Do You Contemplate Building? If so it will 1: e to your interest to see me before buying your d aterial. I am now prepared to fur nish weather boarding. GermanSiding Sash, Doors. In fact, anything needed for a plain building except brick and metal roofing. I guarantee the price of all material' to be satisfactory and will be pleased to quote you on application. Very Truly, Oct. 4 tt J. T. BRYANT. the foothill country was nre-. historic, and his Influence was in a urch was a luxury of civilization consequence Immense. No one ven- tD west might well do without ... agree with the Old Timer was to write fro a cotrrnrvsAl I yoqrseU down, a tenderfoot, which no - K 1.1 t ii l3 ' I The KBBLEY INSTITUTE, GREENSBORO, N. O FREE-! j OUR ILLUSTRATED HAND BOOK CUTITHIS OUT TODAY MAIL IT TO BOX 166, GREENSBORO, N. C. Please send me your Illtutrated Hand Book No. 16. Name ... AddreEe
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