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No. 90. A.F.IA. M. /N^J/\
DIRRCTORV Poa 1906.
H. W. Stubbs, M. W.; W. C. Manning,
S. W.; S. S. Brown. J. W.; A. F. Taylor,
S. D.; W S. l'eel, J D.; S. R. Biggs,
Secretary; C. 1). Carstarphen, Treasurer;
H. C. Taylor and J. I). Ho wen, Stewards;
T. W. Thomas, Tyler.
STANDING COMMITTBKS: N
CHARITY—H. W. Stubbs, W. C. Man
niag and S. S. Brown.
FINANCK—R. J. Peel, McG. Taylor
and Kli Ourganus.
RRFKRKNCK—W. H. Edwards, 11. D.
Taylor and W. M. Green.
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CMctaa Farm
A Tlbsnikagivfag Story
By F. A. MTTCHEL.
[Copyright. IM. by T A. MlteM]
k." saM Pmur
Blck ford's wife,
"Mandy'a (Oln| to
marry John Wil
liams."
"I'm (lad to hear
It John la a very
good young man."
"But they will
need help. Ton
mutt do aomethlng
for them."
"What can I
do? Tha farm
produces Juat
enough for ua to live on."
"You might mortgage It for a email
amount Juat enough to buy a amall
place. The Allison farm of six acree Is
for sale at a very low price. John
wants to go Into chicken raising, and
the property would Juat do. There Is a
cottage on It and a few old outliouees."
"But ir I mortgage our farm who'a to
pay Interest and provide a sinking fund
for the principal?"
"John will do that."
"Howr
"By the proflta on chicken ralalng."
"Suppose there are no profits?"
"Oh, pa. don't be atlngy. We have
but one daughter. You wouldn't grudge
her a few thousand dollars out of all
the money thla farm'a worth, would
your
"My dear, we began on nothing and
have had a hard atruggle to get Into
our prewnt comfortable tlx. Ix»t these
young people begin an we did."
"And hare aa hard a tlnieT"
"Bettor have a hard time when they
nre young than when they are old. No,
I will not mortgage my farm even for
Mandy, whom I love as well aa yon
love her. That's settled."
Mrs. Bli-kford knew by a long expe
rience tliat when her httsbsnd said
"That's settled" It wjs settled. PI is
went away with a slgti snd told the
youngsters that she had failed. Both
mother and daughter voted Mr. Hlck
ford a hard heartfed man. John Wil
liams said nothing. He had good pluck,
l.ut little or no experience. lis went Cft
a bank and arranged for • mortgage
for StfftOO on the Allison farm, the#
bought it for £1,400. He bad saved
s2(io and trusted to luck to raise the
other S2OO with which to complete the
payment. Mrs. Blckford bad saved
SIOO out of pin uioney and prevailed on
her husband to give SIOO In lieu of a
wedding present, though she did not
tell him what use was to lie msde of
It. John and Mandy were married and
took possession of their farm. Mr.
Hick ford was left to And out their
ownership of the place by their going
Into It. They did not deign to mention
the matter to lilin. This was the work
of the mother and daughter. John hud
nothing to do with It.
John worked for the neighboring
farmers, Intending to save money out
of his wages to stock his farm with
chickens, but the crops happened to be
poor that season, and he got nothing
over a bare living. The next season
was better, but the baby came, and the
coming of a baby always Involves extra
expense. At the end of two years John
had not stocked his chicken farm and
had got behind with his interest.
Mrs. Bickford would hav« appealed
to her husband, but from the time
Mandy was married thqffprmer be
came more economical than ever, and
she dared not mention the matter.
Besides, she and Mandy hod shown
their resentment that be bad not mort
gaged hi*, farm to give the young cou
ple a start, and this was another rea
aon why be was not applied to. iiow-
"ALL OVR DAU(IHT*» CAN AFFORD M YRA
AMD TOAMT."
ever. Mrs. Bickford st this Juncture
condesceuded to Inform blm of the
fact that tbe young couple were In
tronblA
The chicken form, on which aa yet
there were no chickens, was advertised
for sale under foreclosure of mortgage.
Then Mrs. Bickford and ber daughter,
knowing that tbe older husband and
father was cognisant of tbe fact yet
offered no help, barely spoke to 1)1 m.
Tbe farmer bad a bard time of It.
HJo wife, too proud to grumble because
ffije (Mtrptsi
WILLI AMSTON, N. C„ FRJPAY, NOVEMBER 23. 1906
p '"'''• * J " ...
i ■ "amg rintffrtt l» f~~
M would uot come forward with as
sistance, chose every other subject she
could think of lo show her splson.
Mandy seldom came to (lie house wlieu
her father was there, and If she met
him failed to dlspluy any affection for
him. John alone treated him with
tftnslderation. John learned rapidly by
experience and told Ifls wife, as he ex
pressed It In bis Übmely way, that be
"TTB miMM THA*«HOIYIN(I t>AY TO KND
A KAHJIY F5114."
bad "bit off a bigger end than.he could
chew." lie kept bin nerve, however,
which. considering his youth, wu* no
mora than be should have done.
Tbeu came a season lu which the
crops ou the Bickford farm were
larger than they bad ever, beea l»e
--fore. It happened that there was a
foreign war, and tbe price of grain
waa adrauced enonuoiwly. When the
year's profit waa rteautd up the farwei
found himself In iiossesslou of twi
average year's Income Instead of oue.
Tbe aale of John's chicken farm wai
coming on. and Mrs. Bickford hoiieo
that, conshlerlag lier husband'* good for
tune. be would pay off tbe mortgage.
He did not, and tbe property was told.
"Wife," said Farmer Bickford one
day In November, "what you going to
do about Thanksgiving?"
"Nothing. Nobody but you baa any
thing to be thankful for."
"Well," aald tbe farmer, unruffled,
"John and Maody have bad a bnrd
time of It tbls year. I'm not so mean
as to grudge 'am a dinner and a good
one. I atpwt they neid It. Invite 'em
here for Dtanksgltlni and get up tba
beat dinner monry wlil buy."
"Suppose they won't comef
"They'll luiaa tbe dinner."
lira. BickMN and her daughter felt
that they couM'not willingly alt down
to a ThankagUteg dinner wltb so
stingy a busbenrf~ and father. John
urged them to accept, fend when be
found tbelr resolution fixed not to do
eo declared that be would dine with
bla father-lr.-law without them. Mrs.
Bickford prepared tbe dinner and tben
went over t» ber daughter, who was
still on tbe chicken farm, tbe two In
tending to have a dinner by themselves.
"Tell him." aald Mrs. Bickford to
John, "that as all our daughter can af
ford Is tea and toost I shall share It
wtth ber." I
John set off to his fatber ln Uw's.
lAs.- •/ u. ■ * •>- -'''j, ;'v «
lis had Dot I«H>II TIER" IOIIK liefor* BE
returned to liltt lnnin- iiiml protestm!
earnestly that IIIH iiotlierlnlnw aml
IIIH wife were actluf .inwlaely ami un
naturally.
John WHM bead of ill. H family, nml hla
wlfo RU'cuml>el anil eonnentccl to no
with him. As Mr«,Jlirkf.iril did not
cure to remain n*«j alone bofti went
to the Hlckford farm and all Hat ilown
to tnhle.
"I've choaeu Thankiglvlng day." said
the farmer, "to em' H rninlly feud.
John's exploit IIIIH elded Just where I
believed It would find has Iteen a fail
ure. Nevertheless ftam the time he
was married I resolved to nave what
money he would Hint, for I knew he
would need It In tli» end. I got to
gether half the amount needed to pay
cash for the farm UcJore thin last crop
wan marketed, and now I have the
whole. I intended to buy the farm for
you, Maudy; but, Keeng your husband
learn* finder than yuu, I've bought It
for him."
He threw on the tuble a deed to the
chicken farm made »ut to John Wil
liams. '
"Why, I thought I,n vyer (Jroat bought
the chicken farm," exclaimed Mrs.
Blckford. #
"Ko he did—for me.'
Muudy sprang Into her father's arms.
"It wasn't John's fMult that he fail
ed," the farmer went on. "It was tbe
fault of his Inexperience. I admired
bis pluck, but determined to let hlin
benefit by the exiierience. The har
vesting of this last crop has Iteen too
much for nn old man like me, and I'm
going to turn over tbe details of Ita
management to blm. But, as I believe
no house Is big enough for two fam
ilies, you children are to remain at the
chicken farm, using it for a homo aud
nothing more. Doe* that suit you,
John ?"
John grafted the farmer's hand,
while Mandy clung to Ills neck. Mrs.
Blckford scarcely found room to give
her husband a kiss. Then, after a nor
mal condition was attained, they be
gan to discuss the best dinner tbat
money could buy.
Visitor* lu that region are puzzled at
the name "Chicken Farm." given to one
of the prettiest places there, since It
nothing like a farm, aud there are flo
chicken* on It. Occasioually'"an In j
quirer gets the story of how It gained
Ita singular name.
TO© SMOIRT TMt EDAY
THKRI" B Just one thine dlsturtoln' me
This Kind Thunkaglvln' day.
When 1 my ble*aln'e come to count
An' all my mercies-say.
It seems to me the day's too short
By bout six weeks or so
Fer me to pay the debt o' thanks
Thet I most surely owe!
O'VE plodded through the passtn' months
With blesaln's loaded down,
A-hldln' blltertiess at heart
An" wearfn' of a frown,
A-makin' of myself believe
Thet J was sore oppressed,
When really I, more than most men.
Have by the Lord been blessed.
0 LUMPED my assets In a bunrh
An' thought them mighty small,
But when 1 take them one by on* •
I scarce ran count them all.
An' when 1 look about an' see
The thine* thet others lack
Thet I po**«s»-waul, t declare,
1 strike til* other track I
THE thine* W*'d miss If we wars called
To part with them—ah, they
Are thlnca for which we should gty*
thanks
With awellln' hearts this day!
An' few there be thet, takln' stock
Accordln' to this plan.
Will find ths day half long enough
Their blesaln's sll to scan.
ARTHUR 1. BURDICK.
( Tib«fogDWflg
Mwisir
©is sua AsirsMip)
By AUGUSTUS W. FEjWIN.
(Copyright, IMC, by Augustus W. Fferrln.]
"TTT) AK 1,1 t,le fall of 10B0 '" Hakl " >e
I skipper of the airship Alba-
JUJ truss an he Hilt putting hie pipe
on the roof of tbe Aerial Nav
igation company'* fifty atory building
on Broadway* "w« win engaged In tlie
arctlc-autarctle carrying trade. There
being temporarily nolhlug doing In our
line, we hail put Into Colon to aee el-
Presldent Itoosevelt, ateru and strenu
oua In aplle of Ilia eighty odd years,
open the I'll nn ma cnnit-l. I was stand
ing on the Colon pier wntchlng the MO,
WK) ton bnttleHblp I'licle Sam enter the
canal, 'marking tbe consummation of
the moat gigantic engineering enter
prise in oil hlHtory,' as the ex president
said In hi* a|wech, when a boy lu tbe
uniform of the World's Wireless Tele
graph company handed me a green en
velope labeled 'Hush.' It was a mes
sage from our agent at Peary, where
the wireless company had an Instru
ment a top the north pole capable of
transmuting without rcluy any mes
sage to a receiving Instrument on top
of the south pole. The message read:
" 'The Ice has all melted. It Is hotter
here than the binges of hades and the
mosquitoes are biting something fierce.
This ought to IK) good market for Im
mediate consignment of summer sup
plies, but haste Is Imperative.'
"Well, when there Is money to be
made you don't Hod your Uncle Henry
"•TOPPIJia FOB AM HOUB OVKK A HOOF
UABDMM " -
loafing around any 'gigantic engineer
ing enterprise,' so without waiting for
tha unveiling of the coloaaai statue of
Secretary Taft we loaded to the para
chute with pananin hats and mosquito
netting and apread sail for the pole.
"We made New York In twenty-four
hours, having good weather and fa
vorable winds all the way and passed
•var the city aome time before mid
night, ■ topping for an hour over a roof
gardwi, where they had the beet abow
1 ever aee. There wn one girl lu pluk
ti—well, I waa saying, we bad good
weather and favorable winds, and
about daylight we lighted the citadel
af Quebec. There our trouble begun.
Our carburetor waa acting cranky, and
teu of our tblrty-aU cylinder! weut out
of commission all at ouce, and we bad
to atop the engine for repair*. We
drifted to the nortliweiit aud hung
thare la the air ail day, moukeying with
the machinery and cuaalng our luck.
Tha Brat mate pipe* up:
" 'Skipper, do you realiie what day
thla lar
- 'No,' say a I. 'What i( Itr
" 'lt's Thanksgiving day,' say* he.
" 'Puncture my ga* bag, matey, If
you ain't right,' qays I, taking a hasty
look at my pocket calendar. 'What are
w* going to do about Itr
""I don't know,' tay* he. 'We ain't
got nothing but hard tack and canned
atuff altoard. Of course the cauued
stuff'* all right, now that the whole
regular army I* on duty at the packing
bouaes, but canned turkey don't *eem
Thanksgiving-Ilk*. Besides, we ain't
got any canned turkey, come to tbluk
of It-only canued peas and punkln.'
"Well, 1 tell you, sir, I was stumped.
1 never In all uiy life went over a
Thanksgiving without turkey, not even
that trip wheu we wss captured by
the Chines* air junk. Of course the
turkey them air pirates give u* waa
really goldeu pheasant, but w* called
It turkey, and It tasted all right. And
1 kuew if tbe crew aver got on to th*
fact that It wa* Thanksgiving and we
didn't have anything but hard tack
and cauned peaa and punklu to give
'eiu there would be the worst mutiny
sluce the one on the l'aniyat Aiovu,
when the csar tried to make hi* aallor*
eat icoua. I kept all hands hard at
work, so they wouldn't get time to
think about the almanac, and we was
moseying along slow, me figuring on
whether some other skipper wonld
have the |>ole market for panamaa
»versold before we got there, when
suddenly the male pipes up again,
Skipper, I've got au Idee.'
" 'Mplt It out,' says I, but he never
answers, hut grabs his spyglass and
begins rubbering at something way
off our port bow. Then he ruus below
and comes up with *ouo of theui duru
automobile 'honk-honks' In his hiiud.
We got that 'bonk honk' In • funny
"I OHAB THK PKLI.SIt THAT'S LEADING
THR 'V' AND HOLLER."
way. We mi flying low on# day,
wutchliiK two big machines racing
along a country road, when all at once
one of 'em blows up and the horn
lands right In our car. Well, the mate
leans over the port rail and begins
'honk lioukiug' like he was dippy. All
at once 1 hear another 'honk-bouk'
way off, then uearer, then more 'bonks'
tliau all (he automobiles In four states
could make. Aud what do you think
It was? Wild geese. Dern my dyna
mo, If there wasn't a million wild geese
flying toward us In a long 'V,' 'drag
ging their barrer over the pule moon,'
as tbe poet aaya, only there waau't any
moon, It being broad daylight. 1 call
all hands to the main deck, and we
man tbe rail. Closer and closer come
the geese until 1 begin to get scared
that they're going to hit our balloou
and puncture ns. „ Juat as they get up
to us I grab the feller that's leading tbe
'V aud holler. Everybody grabs a
goose ainl hollers. That scares the
reat ana off they fly, leaving a bird In
every inan'a hand, which was worth
two In the oxone, aa the saying Is.
"We waa drifting northwest all thla
time, and by the time we had skun and
dressed tbe geese we was right over
some hot aprlngs up In British Colum
bia. Every man got out a line and tied
It around a goose's neck and dropped
him Into the water. When the geese
waa cooked we drew 'em up again, and,
by tbe everlasting gantos-Dumont, tbat
boiled gooM was the tenderest, most
aucculent meat I ever tasted. What
with the canned punkln pie, the peas
and aome wild celery we fished up with
our anchor, that Thanksgiving dluner
waa bang up { , Everybody turned In
that night full of boiled gooae and hap
pier than a Bhode Island clam at high
tide. Next morning we got tbe engine
txed, and two daya later we was at
the pole. We didn't have any trouble
dlapoelng of tbe panama hata and moa
qulto netting at fancy prices, for It waa
hotter than ever In I'eary, and inside
of two weeks we waa bafk In New
Tork with a cargo of relics of arctic ex
peditions, which we aold to tbe Metro
politan museum for enough to give ev
ery one of as six months' land leave.".
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