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MARION, N. C. TIIVKSDAV. !rUKMHKk
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lKM)KESSIONAL
W. T. MORGAN
A TTORNEY-AT-LAW
. ., :. First National Bank Bldg.
MAR ON, N. C.
DR. E. J. EVANS,
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,,n 1. "2 and 3, Poteet Building
Fort second and fourth
Monday's
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AT T( )RNEY-AT-LAW
..., uvt-r Merchant's & Farmers'
Bank.
V R! N' - N. C.
1R J GILLESPIE REID,
-Dentist
Will answer calls at any
vmr of the night.
Rooms 3, 4 and 5
r : t National Bank Building,
Marion, N. C.
SINCLAIR & McBRAYER
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
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II CMU BiLL
Dot Was Very Much Worried as
to How It Was to Be Pail
By MARY A. BOWERS.
Copyngiit. lsu. uy Arneium. Itp ..
(Mat Hsu. ,
"Two dollars h visit.- rit l,,i In
dismay, forHim- t-uun'h ui
had come fir lowk for u simo i.f ., in
Ju mamma's drawer, and iiirmir tier
brown eyes wider and wider :is she
read the heading ot au out lull (1t nr.
Cogswell's.
"Two dollars a visit:-1 she repeated
"Ob. why doesn't Donnie -et we.T:
And where is all the iiune to . ;ue
from?" she axketi herself ssylly. -Ve
will get very ir." coutiinied hot.
shaking her little brown heud slowly
over the bill. After ihiukiug awhile
she slipped the paper in her p-i;et
and went dowustairs.
Mamma aud Sister Margie were sew
ing. Dot went quietly to Mrs. I.ad
yard and whispered:
"We'll feel very poor afterward,
wou't me. mamma';"
Mamma smiled a sad smile. I i
thought- as she replied: "Vim; re Itetier
at guessing than we supposed. .u,
why don't you take your trimming, lit
tle daughter, and go into the library";
There's a nice tire on the heart ii. aud
you can work away like a bee. We'll
need it soon, you know." added mam
ma, for Dot was rather inclined to
dream when she was alone.
"We'll need it soou." repeated Dot as
she climbed up in the big library
chair. -We'll need it soou. uh. why
didn't they tell me? Why did they
leave me to and it out for myself"; 1
might have worked yards and yxrds
byTnis time and sold them for ever so
much, but 1 supposed it whs just to
give me something to do. and I've
sometimes not done more than one
scallop iu a whole afternoon.'" con
fessed Dot as she made her little ivo
ry needle fly iu and out of her work,
as if any one could ever make up for
time wasted.
Tom went into the barn to clean, his
gnu. Dot saw him.
"I'll ask him." she decided as she
put her work hurriedly in a little silk
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Surveyor and Draughtsman
Make or Copy Maps
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L. C. GONEKE, M. D.
Physician 8 Surgeon
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chronic diseases.
t M'- 'ALL
C. R. McCALL
"Don't cry. You havens to-3 me t t
what the matter U. Now. we'll ,i
right up here wblla you tell Tom u
bout It"
After awhile LHt managed tu m j
'Does Dr. OopwtU chnf i.fi
wno are 111 evary tloj be
tee them?"
"Something like that. I bell-.
we red Tom wondering
"It's exactly that," aakd Doc feetm
for the bill. "Oh, Tocu. we must
him hundreds of dollars!"
There waa n,ar Look la Tum i
eyes.
"1 rappofte we do," be aald.
"Bat have we got tbe cuooey to p j
him?" questioned Dt the brown er
wlmmlng again.
"No; I doot believs we have."
"Then what are we going to d y"
said Dot. with another sob.
"There, Dot" said Tom soothingly
"Doa't be so fooliah as to cry. It ' mi
coming out right. 1 can't tell yoa Ju-t
now. but take my word for it "
"Tom," called Ura. Ledam. -tiwre
all waiting for "ou."'
"The boya bare come. Dot." id
Tom, giving her a baaty klaa. No,
remember not to worry. It's condug
out all right."
Dot sat a ioog tltue on tb bay
"Tom always thinks ererythioc' c
ing to come out all ncht." sbe kl. de
termined to be miserable. "lie don't
know anything about uxaey. Marif
says so. ana l know myseu be Jim t. i
'cause I ouce owi blm 5 tent fur j
weeks, and then when I wot to pay I
him he'd forgotten all about It srKi j
said 1 must have dreamed It.
"He's gone off now to ilelfb rtdr 1
and doesn't care how hrd we'r all ,
working." and the little needle ftew j
faster than ever. "I Just know t
thinks Dr. Cogswell tatj't gvfog lo i
charge, but he la, for bere'a ooe bill, j
and he's probably got rxxbrr all rvdy.
'"He eould Just as well oot cUrp "
she went on. "for Edttb Olco t told
me he was ever and ever au rVh rxl
that he's got a booae la the city even
prettier than this. Bat bow .akl
one be?" s be wondered. "How rMakd
any room be lovelier than the De
Mrs. Crane took Edith snd me into ibe
other day. the little ooe with tbr win
dow looking on the lake, tod tbe liii.e
bed with curtain sod everytbuiE )
blue, carpet and all? Dr. OpwciI
calls It his little liter's room. ih1 ,
she's coming In the spring"
The Mttle Ongen never did Iwiier
work than that day. for munij
wouldn't have told m they ned-J It
if they didn't." Dot kpt imuDuk
self. "Tom Just wanted to comfort
me. He doesn't know bow hard
are working and crying."
That night Dot added to b-er . r
the words. "O God. please doo'T et it ,
be more than we can payT
"Let what?" asked mamma k' 1
tucked her in bed.
"The doctor's bill." whispered l ,
her arms very tight a boot Mrs, 1 :
yard'a neck. j
Mm. Ledyard smiled. Sbe t tvMiirh :
Dot was half asleep, so she tlpti1 i
quietly downstair to the llbnry aod j
there found Tom telling Marxi but !
Dot's trouble.
The younj doctor must birr b--o
there, too. or heard of It in aoove r. !
for he happened In the next tuorulnf
right after breakfast and the nrt
thing be said was:
"I'm going to have my bill -tlTl
today, little Alias Dot" as with quite
a grave face he took oot a memoranda.
"Let me see,' he mused. "I becu
coming In May. Two visits day
till why It's nearly Christmas. hu t
ELEVEN DEAD
INSOU. WRECK
Southern Railway Tram Plun
ges Down Emban.mnt.
STICK TO
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HAPPENED THURSDAY
Train No. 11 Jumped Inci 0.-f
n r v-s ev
lo cro.en . Lrt r -j'fi
From Redy For Trftt!
LiJt of Dead zt lajureci
Geo. Gould or I'jt.
fly X .:-! v.; rri
KeidaviUe. N C.. IV- b IW
forr most of the paArrCTr in two
sleptng cam ha.1 n awaker.i.
and while the oc:upnU two
Fwtsxrigr r coaches were jut -
ning U st t r aftr a n.ht's rir, M r
four rear cars f Uaio N i 11 .
the JHjtlern railway, wer lar.-i
ilown a 0 fi-xt rnirnknx'nL, ff-ui
Kcjy Fork Ireslle. ten milr fp. n
here and I J mile nortl of (tw-i
horn, killing ten rr.rn aci itijiifir.
.'li othvr iia-wv r j,'e r-. ear! v tl -i
The cars that kfl tl track !r:
el in a crerg which flowd (Teat:
the tre.tlr T);f ;! ifil ar
lnic prrvailnj. . t.-.e tWp.-.
iiajf nr r albrmpti to
from the car i Ue m-rvs '
death.
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of the I'ullmai car
H (' S h.'.r. trve:rg i
of the Southern ra.i7
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Tlie wrrx"krvi tram w a o;rra'.-l
locally letwfen UK-hnxT cJ At
Unta, and carrier! ilien frv.rr.
KichttK)txl bn ("harllU '-m
Norfolk to Oiarlotu
At the Key Fork rnrk tr-i
McCaJl Bro.
UNDERTAKERS
Coffins and Burial Supplies
Any business intrusted
to our care will receive
prompt and careful at-
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0ver McCall & Conley's Furniture
Store.
Stop
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Look!
Listen!
danger ahead if you will
" ncinber that I am headquar
T for stove pipe and elbows,
) and tin work of all kinds.
First-class plumbing and
plumbing goods of all kinds,
l at prices that defy compe
; ; All you have to do is
; ' ' "P at my shop, look at my
-'"is and Listen to my prices
J he convinced that I can
ViV - y tu money on anything
:n 'ny line.
Yours to Please,
I W. Huffman
"I'M GOING TO HAVE MY BLLL. SETTLKD
TOD AT."
handkerchief and started with it for
the barn. "He won't tease me when
he knows how badly I feel."
It was a very sad little face that
peered in at the barn door.
"Hello!" was Tom's greeting. "Been
crying?"
"Yes." admitted Dot in a voice that
could leave no doubt of it.
"What's up?" asked Tom as he rub
bed away at his gun. "Want any help?"
"Oh. yes. Tom. That's just what
I've couae for. Won't you talk real
sober with me?"
"Nary a smile from me," said Tom.
Then, glancing sidelong at the little
face in the doorway, be added:
"Come in and state your case. Here's
a seat on the hay." as be lifted her
gently upon a pfle he bad Just
bro.ught down for the horses. "There!
Are you cold?"
"Not a bit," said Dot.
"All right, then. Go ahead." said
Tom cheerfully.
"Well, you know. Tom." began Dot
in "her sweet, timid voice, "there's a
secret in there." pointing toward the
house, "and I never found it out till
this morning."
"So you found it out. did you? Well.
I told 'em you would."
"I wouldn't but for the bill."
"You wouldn't what?" asked Tom.
who was rubbing away again.
"I'll tell you about that aiterward.
"When I went Into the sitting room
naaranra and Margie were sewing."
"That certainly didn't surprise your
laughed Tom.
"Oh. Tom! How can you make fun
of it all? Mamma looked just ready
to cry, and oh. oh. oh! What can we
ever do about it?" as she threw her
self face downward on the bay and
sobbed as though her little heart
would break, while Tom stood by In
speechless astonishment -
"Does she know, after all?" be ask
ed himself. "I mustn't forget uty
promise to mother, but I must give
the child some comfort." he thought
as he went over to the Mttle blue
cloak on the hay.
"Come. Dot MLU be teaderlj.
hundred.' said Dot tear-
it? Now. how much shoald jou thiot ;aftr the enm" arj t! mail
it would come to?"
"Hundreds!" said poor little l
faintly.
"We want to be businesslike." "aid
Dr. Cogswell. "Sappoae yoa gt juur
slate and flgure it."
Dot ran. "Be Isn't going to let irs
off a penny," she moaned.
"Now. lefs do a Uttl sum In arith
metic." said the doctor. -What di-
M. stand for?"
"One thousand." said stsgfered ilitie I
Dot pushing the crochet wort war
down in her pocket.
"Very good." said the doctor. "Now. ;
what does C. stand for?"
"One hundred." said Dot. trying to
be brave. ,
"And altogether?" waa the next j
question.
"Eleven
fully.
"H'm!" coughed Dr. CogswHl. -Now.
can you think of anything la thwy
might stand for?"
"No. sir." said Dot.
"Why. yes. you can. Dot!" cried
Donald, who had Just been wheeled
into the room. "M. C.r clapping bis
hands. "Why. Merry Christinas!
Don't you seT"
Dot smiled.
Then there isn't any bill?" be
asked Tom.
"Nary a bill." aald Tom. -but can't
you think of anything elae the letters
might stand for?"
"No." said happy, stupid Tittle Ih.
"I can!" cried Don. catching sight of
some glances being exchanged il
Margie's pretty cheeks aglow. "Mar
gie Cogswell!"
Then they all laughed, and the doc
tor caught Dot up and set her no his
shoulder and pranced with her I"'" j villc. Vs.
the cozy sitting room. Prett.v . xy C Harruo
Don whs wheeled Into the auuuv Uiy I
wiDdow. and there they all sat thv ret N. (
of tue morning. William Kimrnori
Dot had to submit to a gtot dVnl ot
teasing, but she was very ht' int
vitb8taodlng and wrote In her dtorr
that night In soch big Jettera Uutt
went rtjrbt over two or thrre of tb
following day:
Tbe doctor wsu"t coming to ew
Donnie. after all. and tbera waaa i any
bill. 1 am going to be briaeennM and
wear white. There Isn't any Mttle "la
ter but me, and I'm going to bavs tae
little blue room whenever 1 sraal to 47s)
there to TiaiL"
thrre hmpajfr cars hai iLwi nrr
the trestle tn safety, two o uh-
ami two leeirs wen" ierai)ei from
some defect not vet arr r Va : n I
The injumi swnjjrn arl lran
men were taken U St !'
pital. ( i reeniw. N. (V. Krr
they were carwi for KiskTj;a,
lby, of Uichnior.rj, wa irvfai iy
fatally injured, while (4iciu-t..r ( t
H. Coble, of Richmond, m lijfht
ly injumi ani hail 1 nrn e,-
from drowning'
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The following is a lit of t'- ;.
jured, carne.i tx the h.-pt'.al at
Ctreeosboro:
W. T. Urter. of lanv,lke
Ricbarrl A. Iobtr. of Nor'.!V.
father of Richard lVVie. wr
Uxlay married to Miv lii'i-.:.. . f
Concord, N. C.
C. S. Camller. general agr-t
Suthern .
(t. H. VVaffTver, of IanriHe
Thotnxs H. Cbalen. liirhm- :
H. L. Wood. Norfolk
Mrs. R. Kdraond. Ne Orleanr
Jobn Priillii, 1'eteratHir. Va
Samuel Walters, of rUkr
nlle, Va.
Arthur Watteraon. of IUkeri
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