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BR I BYRON WILLIAMS QopJ-iltfht 1912, Western .Newspaper Unioo SVNOPSfi. - In a spirit of' fun Mayor Bedieht, summer visitor. Is chased through the woods by ten laughing girls, one of whom he catches and kisses. The girls form themselves into a court and sentence him to do the bidding of one of their number each day for ten days. A legislative measure opposing woman suffrage, which. aroppea rrom the mayor s pocKet, is usea to compel him to obey the mandates of trie girls. His first day of service is wtin Mav Andrews, who takes him fishing. They are threatened by the sheriff with arrest. CHAPTER V. Eleven o'clock on a moonlight night in July is a bewitching time to sit alone on a balcony and, dream, and if the dream be staged at Squirrel Inn where the scent of perennial stock and the rich, salubrious tang of the hemlocks waft up to meet the nostrils if it be' in the midst of towering trees with a lake lullaby chanting and crooning on the beach and if the spirit of wanderlust is abroad to charm and inspire, ah, then the time and place and the girl .are in harmony sublime! Judge Jackie Vining, clothed in loose clinging' house gown, sat alone and gave her fancy free rein, enjoying the serenity of the night and the al luring promises of her air castles And ever and anon as she mused there crept into her thoughts with suffusion of blood to her cheeks, the scene of the dogwood swamp, the face of the man who had held her close against her will and sipped the nectar of her lips. "A perfect gentleman!" Somehow she felt a thrill of grati fication at the verdict as rendered by Mae Andrews, for Mae was one of the most charming of the ten girls who idled at Squirrel Inn and her ap proval of the prisoner promised well for the remaining nine. And, too, relieved her mind, somewhat, for the responsibility rested heavily on her fair head. As the accepted leader of the vacationists she felt her account ableness and besides, if one is kissed by a man one likes to know that after all he is a gentleman, though bold Confession is good for the soul, and Jackie rejoiced that if she must be her own father confessor, she at least need not blush for the character of the man' who made the confession necessary. Her rejoicing was broken in upon by the redolent odor of tobacco blend ing pungently with the perfume of the stock. She drew back into the shadows. As she did so, a white clothed form sped lightly across, the lawn toward the house. - Miss Vining's heart thumped strangely. The scudding figure was that of a woman and in: the moon light her hair waa fair. The appari tion in white flitted up the hotel stairs and disappeared. , The "judge" waited furtively, watch ing the summer house from which there soon emerged the figure of a man and In the night" the red coal of his cigar glowed in . the darkness ! Jackie's indignation sprang into monstrous being. Who of , the ten young ladies was holding a" clandes tine meeting with His Honor, The Mayor? ' ''"" ' Could it be Mae Andrews? ' Hastily slipping down the hotel corridor, .Judge Vining gently tried the door of Miss Andrews' room. It was locked. With a heavy heart Jackie returned to her apartment; but as she lay tossing in dainty neg ligee upon, her bed, a new worry was harassing her. Miss Arney was petite, with hair of that violet black color, big, laugh ing eyes and the daintiest red-lipped moutn imaginaDie. Vivacity and Miss Mabel were pads and mischief lurked in her horizon like the rosy petals in the sunset's glow: - ' "I love horses."' she babbled." pat ting the sleek neck of her mettlesome . ulack mount "I have, an Arabian at home and hea simp& perfect." "I go in for bulldogs myself," crose- l&ed the mayor, taciturnly. "Nothing beats a bulldog on the front seat of an automobile." "With the man under it on his back," rippled the , girl, curbing her horse as a pig woof-woof ed from the highway into the weedy roadside. The mayor laughed, "And with a woman In the back seat pouting at Chawles and telling him every five minutes- in a shrill voice that that isn't what's the matter with the machine at all!" he scoffed. The girl shrugged her shoulders. "Your wife?' 'No. my bulldog.?- Striking her horse with the whip,' the girl dashed off ahead, ril race youjUjfcJUakevIlIe!" she cried over herSptiiar. Bedight's face' clouded as he fol lowed. The -horse Miss Arney rode was a nerves; long-limbed beast with a wicked ejj'e. She had chosen him of the pair agaihktT' the mayor's sug gestion that she ride the mare he be strode. ' Around a turn in the road she flew on the black, his ears back, the bit in his teeth. Bedight spurred, after her,1 but the mare was no match for ner mate. The twisting roaa Kept the girl from view, but ahead he could hear the rapid hoof-beats of the fly ing animal. , Then, above the noise of the race, there came piercingly a sharp whistle followed by a woman's scream! The mayor urged the mare forward At the turn he saw ahead a traction engine on the turnpike. In the wood beside the road two grimy workmen stood over a woman lying upon the leaf mold. The mayor rode up and dismounted. As he approached the girl , sat up, bewildered. An ugly scratch on her bridle hand was bleed ing freely. "He he shied at the engine," she explained, gamely, "and scraped me off under this tree." Bedight's relief was plainly depicted in his face. "You are not seriously hurt?" he Inquired, soberly. "No," she laughed. "In the words of Richard III.. "Give me another horse and bind up my wounds." " He tore a linen handkerchief into strips, knelt before her and carefully bound up her hand. "Thank you," she said, gayly, "and now if you will catch my horse we will proceed." One of the workmen came forward leading the runaway. "You were lucky," congratulated the mayor as they set out en the road "But be careful of that animal. He's a fretter." "A nervous horse and" a' nervous woman always fret themselves into trouble," she said, laughing, "but real lr he wouldn't have thrown me if I had had a clear field." "I'm not so sure." admonished the man. "I'll prove it;" cried the girl, spir itedly, giving the black full rein and dashing off agnin, like a madcap. The mayor, raging, set out as the tail to the kite. They were near the village now. Down the hill the black wnt Ilka a race horse in a swirl of dust Across the bridge and through the main street they tore like two leaders on the county-fair course, And then a baby-cab, propelled by a small boy, rolled directly in the path of the mare. Bedight tried to guide free, but the mare was heavy on her feet. There was a crash, a cry from the boy, a wail from the babe i and the devil to pay. The girl came back trying to hold her fidgeting horse. Some one grasped the rein of the animal. "Get off, lady!" ordered the stolid individual, who looked like the village blacksmith. "You're arrested!" The mayor- in the clutches of the village marshal, a burly native, red faced, thick-necked, stern, looked at the girl blankly. Here was a pretty mess! And thus they went up the main wont irilnd ' associatih'' wlifn th gent until t kin arrange. tn:iHherlff s wife to" take1 keer of her',"' wftfa a grin on his florid' faee. "Not at all!" sniffed the girl, her chin elevated to a degree of high dig nity. .'; v , ; When the key had turned in the lock, Bedight thrust his hands deep into his coat pockets and said: "Damn!" .' "If you don't, mind commented the girl, her face serious in spite of her self, "you may repeat that again for me!" The mayor . refrained but he liked the girl lor her genuineness. Was .the baby hurt? she asked anxiously. 'Crowed like a young rooster when they picked him up," replied Bedight, 'but the peace and the dignity of Lake view is shattered to splmtereens. We're in for ft, I'm afraid." The girl looked up bravely. "Are .yM atUl my .prisoner undei parole?"',.' ; : -VJf, "Hader lock and key." he replied. lddi8ng at his watch. 1 " f," "Then try that window;" ' pointing to a grated aperturefftrougb which He went over and peered through the, 'grimy glass. , 'This bandbox is on the ' river bank," he said, "and yes, there's a boat down there. If we could get these bars loose " "Try the leg of this chair," suggest-, ed the girl. "These, village lockups are easy to get into and not very hard working "to get out of," as the rot ting casing let go its hold upon tne bar. "Hurry," urged Miss Arney. "They'll be back before we can get out." Any married woman win bear me out when I say that if there is any thing a man dislikes it is to go shop ping. When Mabel Arney, the TueB day girl, apprised Bedight that she desired his protection on an expedi tion to Lakeville, he was ungracious enough to deplore the fate that bound him to do as directed and, besides, there was double reason why . he should not go to Lakeville. The game warden and his company of quick ar resters undoubtedly loafed at the vil lage livery stable and would bag him instanter. He suggested Hornby as a trading post, dwelling enticingly upon the advantages offered by the. enter prising merchants of that four-cor-riered community.' But Miss Arney sniffed coldly and commanded him to bring forth the two saddle horses owned by Mine Host. The mayor, went away with misgiv ings but as the pair cantered off down the wood road, his spirits rose with the sun. Who could be distrait and gloomy with such a bewitching little lady as Miss Mabel Arney smil ing upon him from the saddle opposite? SET UP BOTTLES AS GODS NEW YORK'S BOM 6 '- , "1 Old i Timers lament Passmji op - - Famous icfroughfarei-' : No Longer Do Easy Marks With riemy ot Money Frequent its eut erng Resorts "part Ga'i-' -,, s Passes. Into Oblivion! .'' JOAQUIN MILLER CONFINED TO BED 'Hurry," Urged Miss Arney. New York. "The Bowery's oj bum. Say, you can go out any night with a cannon and fire a grapeshot up and. down the street and not hft a sucker; there's nothing doing. Strang ers don't come .here any mpre" s the first thing an old timer said when the repert went up and down the other .day tha); John , H. McGurk, wMqm proprietor,; of 4'Suiicide Hall" and (0oerjgKOjJtriL wsjdy- iug ia laniornia.' . ... ,.f . .. Of course the Bowery is not entire ly dead. - There ;,are still plenty of saloons with back rooms on it and on .the adjacent streets and alleys where the underworld gathers and hatches gun .plots and plans gang feuds, but the times when the street was thronsred with rd ilnrfl anfl innntrvmon i apparently . eager to be "trimmed" have gone and none know., it better than the . trimmers themselves. The .dime museum used 'to flourish on the Bowery and the places were a source of great profit to their own ers. You paid only a dime to get in, bat unless you were extremely lucky you paid a great deal more to get out. The Mood testing aonaratns. the phrenologist and the "envelope game," with Its promises of valuable prizes, as gold watches, if you guessed right, separated you from the rest of your property. They flour ished for years and did a big trade, but the police got after them and they gradually were forced out of business. Lately three or four of them, have started' up again, but to judge from appearances -and from the admissions of the "cappers" of the places them selves they 9.T0 not makine anv money. They all display outside the same garish lithographs of scantily dressed women-and underneath is the same old sign of "Men Only" which served to -attract thousands for so many, years and which never fulfilled ;the promise it seemed to-make. Also outside some mechanics musical con trivance jangles noisily and tuneless ly. A reporter went into three or four of these places the other day and the prospect was dreary.. At one of the places, on the east side of the streett when thB. reporter was- paying his admission, the ticket man Impressed on him the fact .that "this isn't a moving picture show." It certainly iwas not. The -."show" consisted of the old time hideous anatomical ex- Mut ot diseases and freaks, ending with the "two-headed Chinese dragon .brought to -this country fifty-five years " - ' -X- Wt'.'k'-.. -., '"issmssSssW - ' ' "'-"" ' ' 1-j H fl ls H H I Wkf H Vv -; .' - , i &P11 Smokes Ciar While His Toe Is Being The latest photograph of the venerable "Poet of the Sierras," takei at his home, "The Heights, " Frultvals, California. The famous Writer o verse typifying the west is now weighed down by hit years and confined to his bed. HmASHINGTON. Senator Shively of f Indiana -.looms up as a real hero- he refused to take, an anesthetic and smoked placidly a long black cigar jyhile surgeons cut off one of his' toes. And ' the ' senator, despite the enco miums that are coming his way, is modest about it He would have pre ferred that his heroism should have gone unsung, but the facts about the scene in the operating room finally leaked out and the senator finds him self in receipt of letters from various parts of the country commending his "nerve" and expressing the view that he has about the right sort of stuff in his makeup. . When Senator Shively made up his mind that a surgical operation was necessary he confided- his view to his physician. : Dr. Z. T. Sowers, who agreed with him. "When will yon be ready to have the toe taken off?" asked -the doctor. . "This evening," answered the senator. ago and-worshipped by the people of that heathen land. And now, gentle men" the reporter was the only visitor "I have shown and explained to you all these interesting specimens, and that is all," concluded the ex hibitor in his sing song voice. "Isn't there anything-else?" "You can stay and look around again If you want to," replied the showman, as if surprised that, any one should want to stay any longer. The paraphernalia for the "dart" game was in evidence, but there was no game. "The man who runs it." explained the showman, "is at the bicycle show this week. He's a bike fan." In this pastime you throw a little winged dart, and try to pin one of a J Mabel Arney. Burmese Natives, Relieved by "Pain Killer," Accepted What They . Thought Was Deity. There are many people in this country who are given to a worship of patent medicines; but it remained for the East to furnish an instance of actual idolatry of empty medicine bot tles. An American missionary came upon a village in Burma; where an epidem- street to the jail the mayor and the town policeman in the lead, the stolid individual and Miss Arney second, while behind Mailed the baker, the groceryman, the photographer, the town loafer, the village drunkard and thirty-seven small boys! "it in here," commanded ther mar shal, "until I kin communicate with Jedge Harrison. I reckon th' lady ic was raging. Having with him a quantity of New England "pain kill er" and thinking he might at least allay the suffering somewhat, he went from house to house adminis tering the remedy, and left a number of bottles to be used after he had gone. When he returned to the vil lage some months later he was met by the head man of the community, who cheered and . delighted him by this intelligence; "Teacher, we have come over to your side; the medicine did us so much good that we have "No fear," replied the mayon "They don't go very fast in towns 'like Lake ville and besides, the justice of the peace, knowing he is to try a pretty young lady," bowing, "will have to change, shave and put on his army button. We'll make it." Ten minutes later the body of tha mayor slipped tjirough the hiatus in the village jail, "How can I get out?" queried an anxious voice from within. "I I can't come feet .-first: I " "Let me lift you through. There, like that," placing the woman's hands upon his shoulders. As she came out, he took her In his arms, her breath upon his cheek, and set her gently down upon the ground. "Now, we'll run for it," he cau tioned. "There are no oars, but we can drift!" - They scampered across the inter vening sward. He broke the lock that held the chain of the boat They climbed in. The current carried them gently down stream in the midday sunlight. As the girl sat facing him the man could not resist breathing: "If you will permit the liberty, may I say that you are a very pretty jai bird?" "Prisoners should never be face tious with their keepers," she. re plied, making a face at him in the sunlight. . , "Here, gol darn ye, where ye goin'T I'm lookin' fer you!" It was the voice of the game war den, bawling excitedly from the bank For answer, Bedight shaped his bands like a horn and,. in mock earnestness, called back: "I'm on my honeymoon! 'Every body's doin' it now.' " It was dark when a farmer's wagon stopped a block from Squirrel Inn The mayor and Miss Arney strolled leisurely to the veranda of the hotel. "He's perfectly lovely!" confided Mabel to Jackie, blushing rosily. "Hm!" responded Judge vining, with a queer little feeling under Kef corsage. "I'm glad to hear it. The sheriff is waiting for him in the oft flee!" (TO BE CONTINUED.) ART SCANDAL TOLD Dealer Successfully Deceives Italian Commissioners. Bells Them Imitation and Brags About the Affair Until He Gets Into Trouble, but Comes Out a Winner Financially. Stagnant English Towns. It is only seven miles up the Avon from Stratford, through a hoary druidi cal wood. At last you climb the rocky eminence on which ' this clustering, clamberfng town is snugly nestled and find 'yourself upon soil that was broken for . building in the very year that our Saviour was born! We Americans are likely to fancy, that if you give a vil lage time, enough to grow it is sure o become a city by en by. But look at Wantage, crowning the hills near old Oxford; a village when Alfred was born there and a village to this very hour. The Independent accepted your god." Overjoyed at this news, the missionary was -conducted to the house of the head man, who opened the door "ft ' "A room and showed him the paift killer bottle solemnly arranged in a 'tow upon the shelf; and before them'1 the whole company immediately - - prostrated themselves in worship, - j.,, -; jc . Rome, Italy. A law was voted by the Italian parliament in June, 1909, for the preservation and defense of the artistic, historical and archaeolog ical patrimony of the country. The object of this law was to prevent the smuggling abroad of art objects and old paintings, a practice which is re sorted to by art dealers who find it more profitable to sell abroad instead of in Italy any article of artistic or historical value. The exportation of art objects IS now prohibited by law and it is only exceptionally allowed after the object to-' be exported has been examined by a ; special commis sion and a permit of exportation grant ed, fn ' which case the Wbuld-be ex porter must pay a tax amounting to 20- per cent of the value declared. The government commission Is in ev ery case entitled to exercise the so called right of pre-emption and ac quire the object to be exported at the price declared by the owner. Recently the members of the gov ernment commission 'were instructed to exercise more care-in the examina tion of art objects, especially old paintings, and to apply ttie right of pWemption more frequently. Last year an art dealer submitted to the commission an old painting for expor tation, which he' declared was worth only 12,000, despite the fact that he dtMbtfbd It to the celebrated Dutch painter, Jakob van Ruysdaeh The members of the commission immedi ately jumped to the conclusion tKat the - painting was a genuine master piece of great value and' suspected that the dealer had only set a low price on it In order to pass it off as a worthless, unidentified old canvas. They immediately exercised the right of pre-emption and acquired the paint ing for $2,000, announcing that it was a genuine, van Ruysdael worth at least $20,000. -' The dealer pretended to be greatly disappointed, but as a matter of fact he sold shortly afterward another iden tical painting to an Italian collector for 15,000. He was so elated at his successful deal that he could not help bragging with his friends .that he had "done" the members of 'the govern ment commission, as the two Jptctures were the work of a "Russian' broken- down artist who had specialized in faking old Dutch masterpieces. When this story leaked out a great outcry was. raised and the press severely de plored the ignorance of the members of the commission who wasted the public money in acquiring worthless imitations of -old masters. The case was brought before parliament and the minister of public Instruction ap pointed a special commission to exam ine the painting. Surely enough, within a week Professor Cavenaghi submitted the painting to a chemical test and ascertained that it was mod ern and" consequently faked. The dealer, was threatened with criminal proceedings, but he easily proved that he was in good faith, refused to di vulge the name of the painter who sold him the .painting on the plea that this was a professional secret and-of fered to take : back the picture and' refund to the government the $2,000 paid" for it. x The scandal has been, consequently hushed up, but, strange to relate, the hundred or more tickets hanging on the wall. If you succeed you get as a prize some article corresponding to the number on your ticket. On the wall also were.- hanging, "gold" watches,- opera glasses, bracelets and other things, and. in old days these articles used frequently to" be won by the "cappers" for the game, until you had exhausted your funds in try ing for them. The sport is first cousin to the "envelope" game, which was a swindle pure and simple. It's vic tims, lured on by seeing the "capper" win watches or receive in place of the watches real money, were per suaded frequently to put up $5 or $10 ,on their sure chahces. Of course they never won; and often If they protested they were rimghly handled. INNOCENT MAN CONVICTED Benjamin Lucky About to Be Sen tenced for Slaying, Another Confesses. The physician was not prepared tor such a 'ready response and suggested that next day. would be a fbettef .Urns. When Shively, arrived theYnifrpiUl hev?at: enjoying gtfW efgarin fact, he Tiad negotiated only about half aft. inch of it. and as there was about &y,efcehes.;qf rCTna'n' ing, he-was Josih to, part, with it He iMtirgSllBiW this kad no to tentiehof puming.offianr hetoics, and the only reason he -elung to 'the ci gar was that, it happened to be a mighty good one. He" was hustled into the operating room, and ne never flinched,. while the toe was being re moved, 'following a light local applica tion of cocaine. As for his refusal to take an anes thetic, Senator Shively claims no credit on that account ."There are two ways of- rendering a man insensible to pain," said the senator. "One way is to take a base ball bat or a big stick and hit him a resounding blqw on the head. The other way is to give him an anesthet ic. In the first case he is apt to have a mighty sore head for a . time after returning to consciousness. In the latter case there will be a sicken ing aftermath of nausea that is al most unbearable. In either case it is a complete . knockout My personal preference is to endure the pain while the operation" is in progress." Senator and Cabinet Minister in a Word Duel deal. Boston. Benjamin Lucky of Birm ingham, Ala., a circus attache, justi fied his name when, as he was about to be sentenced to prison for man slaughter, it was found that another man had confessed to -the crime. Lucky was immediately released. When a circus was in this, city last June there was a clash between the paraders and sr eral boys, 'and one of the latter was killed. Lucky was con victed of manslaughter. When he came up for sentence his counsel produced ' a confession from James Gaughan, ah inmate of the state reformatory. - The district attorney accepted the confession- and canceled the; case against Lucky. A STORMY verbal : encounter be tween a cabinet minister and a senator of-the United States furnished a morsel of gossip here the other day First reports from the field of carnage were that the cabinet minister bodily threw the senator out of his office. This was later modified to a duel of hot words. Senator Ashurst of Arizona thinks the . mining laws are something atro cious, even when properly enforced. -When decisions are rendered under this act he can find ho expressions to cope with the situation. One of these obnoxious opinions was handed down and-Mr. Ashursfe cleared his decks for action and sailed down to the in terior department. This was not his firsV. set-to with Secretary Fisher and he "did not quote poetry or tender a holiday greeting- It is admitted on both' sides that h Senator"' AsftiUrst Was polite though angry. The secretary was suffering frem"-an -tagro.wing grouch. Neither used his Sunday voice. - The senator told the secretary that in his humble. Judgment the decision rendered against, his constituent was the most unjust', 'unsalted. ' unripe and swaybacke'd distortion Of law and com mon sense into which he had ever bumped. s -: " The secretary 'informed the senator that -the opinion -was twenty ' karat fine, platinum tipped, . warranted to keep at the equator and in accord ance with law and practiced Child Hurt, Asks Doll Be Fixed. Pittsburgh. "Me all right Take care of baby doll," exclaimed Kather lhe" Barrett," aged eight who was in juid while 'on her way tor a doll hos- dealer has not tost any mbney od theR pitaf to havener doll's broken , arm repaired TEXTILE WORKERS SCARCE Mill Girls at Lancashire and York shire Dislike -to' Wear Clogs and Shawls of Factory. London. There is a great dearth of operatives for the cotton and woolen ' mils of Lancashire and York shire. The cause of this is the grow ing dislike of girls to appear in the immemorial dress of the factory, girl clogs and shawls. The, "Lancashire lassies" point to their sisters, who work at the shops or in the office, although at a much lower w'a'ge, who are '.able to wear cbsWfioiB; brightly.' trimmed hats and gloves apd shoes. :. The work Of the mill girls discour ages any attempt at smart or even neat appearance. The wearing of clogs instead of shoes and shawls in stead of hats causes the mill girls to be humbled in tne eyes of other girls ..whose , occupation, permits them to dress "more attractively, although they earn only a few shillings week-s ly as against the $5 or'njore earned by the despised and rejected factory, op'eiitive, . ." ir:, - -:'7y " - ' 'The mill managers have met to dis cuss how -'mill uWork for ..girls could he made more attractive; for it is undoubted- thatr ' If ' the girls renounce the factories nothing remains but to import foreign labor. One manager said , that the girls in - his mill had dropped shawls and ciogs and were going to .work In ' flower laden hats and dogskin gloves. "Did you ever try a mining case V shouted Mr. As hurst, after the sands in the dictionary began to run low. '-Do you mean to, insult me V shrieked Secretary Fisher, who waa admitted to the bar twenty-five years ago. . . - It was explained by the angry sen ator that he did not Intend to insult the secretary, but that he really thought the head of a great executive department should have a little horse sense; It would riot impair' htt useful ness, and might prove wonderfully helpful in mining decisions. In turn the secretary Intimated to the superheated senator that he was weary of scolding and denunciation. He conveyed the, impression that the senator might find a nunfber of suit able 'climates, but all of them were outside his office. Thlsbroke up the party, the sen ator backed through the door. The secretary "looked out of the window until he saw the visitor stalking down the street being determined to guard against flank movements and rushes". ' - ';'-4iaiB ;'IH 1 i IbTbTsI Hi - Ml I fl I 'lH I ''-fltRI MB IN ':V'4HbbH wei Tragic and Comic Elements of Officeseeking SHIP MET A HERD OF DEER HELPS TO CAPTURE BURGLAR Always Soma. Remedy. Dr. WoodSHutchinsQn says that ppv erty is a disease. ' Well, there is gold cure! Judge. ., ,. !'. Youngster and Companion Follow a - Robber Half a Mile and March .. ... .... Him to Jail. Kansas City. Perhaps tjje fact that his father,, is a deputy sheriff had something to do with George rey fogle, fourteen years old, overcoming his boyish fears long enough to take a leading part In the capture of a bur glarrfound in the Breyfogle home at rOvertarid-Park, Kan., a suburb of Kan sas City; Other members ofHhe fam ily were, away from the house when George and a companion, Harvey Hes ner, also fourteen yearn old, enteed Tby heard some one moving upstairs. . "SifeekS, it 'cant he nothing," Brey fogle said, "theolk, ain't home yeL" Z "A window was raised and the boys saw a man drop from an upstairs win dow and run... The boys seized shot guns and -followed. After ,a -fialf-mile run. they halted the. man and marched him to a coBstabf?, who took..hijin, t jail. ..he house had beoai ransacked. Animals Were Swimming Delaware Bay to Escape Hunters, Accord ing to Steamer's Crew. Wtlmington, Del.-Wheh the North German Lloyd sleame-'-Neckar, from Breman bound - fols Philadelphia, was going up Delaware bay it was forced to deviate from" its course because of a herd of -deer hrtie bay. Had it kept in the channel -it--would have killed several qf vthe animals. The sight was the most unusual that the pilot and the officers of the liner ever witnessed. The deer were swim ming rapidly for the New Jersey shore. They had 'evidently plunged into the bay from the Delaware side to escape from' hunters: They made the swim i'irsafety. Twelve Officers Arrest Man. New York. It required the com bined efforts of twelve policemen to get H. Lorrie, a one-legged man, : in to a patrol 'Wagon. He was arrested on the charge of begging, i but the arrival of the boys prevented the burglar .from taking: the ioot he had gathered- together .i ' : .. ... ,".. ; Broken f Heart Cause of Death. ' Sansv Francisco. Walter S. Cocks, a retired-business man, died of a broken heart-following the accidental- killing of his friend, James J. Hyland. The victim had mistaken Cocks' house for his own, and Cocks, awakened by some one at a window, fired and kill ed' Hyland, Cocks never revived from the shociCof the accidenL. l t til NTO the sordid and often tragic. A business of seeking public omces there sometimes intrudes in element of the romantic and quite frequently of the comic," said' a United States senator from a southern state. "Not long ago I got a letter from a hungry Democrat; a loyal supporter of mine, who advised me that he would like to get the appointment of commis sioner of the United States patent of fice, but ho wanted me to understand that this desire on his part was not to be construed as any evidence that he would decline the. offer of postmas ter of the village In which he lived. Another one of my fellow citizens who had, as I supposed, written and asked my influence to get him small feder al job, wrote me a .second letter in an swer to my acknowledgment ot his first favor, saying, that I had complete ly misconstruted his meaning. He had not intended to apply for a minor place, but wanted, my help to get named as a member of the interstaU commerce commission. "Every senator has these experiences as a part of his routine work, and my applications are not at all exceptional The most remarkable -and extraordi nary incident in this line that ever I knew of was a reversal of the regular order. In this case a young fellow living in one of the territories applied for a job as postal clerk in the railway mail service. It happened a good many years ago, and nobody will be hurt by the narration at this late day. By some Curious mix-up the applica tion went to the wrong department and to the ntter amazement of the man and all his friends a commission was sent him appointing him associate justice of the supreme court of the ter ritory. He took the office, and kept it for the full term and was, so far ai I ' know, considered a very fair judge sjBJ B jflfl I 'liM I 11 I ''liH This Dog Has Reasoning Power, Say Scientists JASPER, an educated dog, entertain ed a party of scientists at the .Smithsonian institution the other day. He waa examined by pr. Frank Baker, zoologist and Charles V. Walcott sec retary of the institution, and described as "wonderful." It was demonstrated that Jasper is familiar with 300' words and. that he understands any reasonable command given by his-master, Dixie Taylor. . The following night Jasper was the guest of honor at a party of scientists given by Prof Alexander Graham Bell- Fojr the edification of the Smithson ian staff, the dog wrote on a type writer, distinguished between "man" and "woman," picked up bits ot. paper and put them' -either in a cuspidor or a waste basket as directed to do. "Go. into the room across the hall, find a typewriter, and write," said Wt. Taylpf . tq the dog. The dog obeyed, undirected.' 'Look out, the . window-" and then push this' hodk over," eald Mr. Taylor, plaetag'abook-oh its end on the floor. The -dog looked' 'out of the window. The Kind. f " ' "It Is' hard to handle children with gloves." " . - ,"It ought to be easy with i.Tcld- 'sfeveaV1-- ' 1 v 'f -'""'?-'"- -.': v, ; - "-'.-: .' ' ''-- -. . ii' - ' 4 . ,-JV '.' :- '- - . i H I mm ' 'mW' mm .H mm mm mi ' 'i!.mm m .-.BBsBBfl - - M aaanai jmsunct or mt i - au , mi a - . . sfi'BBi mi that Jasper is "just rZZmWm mongrel, half Kl talian grey- KM 'mw ; I u t m 'H turned and pushed the book over with his nose. ,t ' . Jasper' obeyed commands that b had never heard before, this, a number of the scientists said; proved that Jas per, has reasoning power -that is ab normally developed. the range of pure acquired' training; ' Mr. Taylor Bays d6g Diatd .eyeryd'ay English bull- and half "J nouddtw-o' an'd" one-half' years old. i-At- Professer ;Beli's parti jasper, act ing .undei orders 'Hf.tedi'. .eyeglasses from the noses of guest&jfind did other stunts that he had not been trained to dev ;" Very Much So. 'Tve bedn-?havlhg a- -bowling time." . ''What' nave ydd.lwen daing-r ;. 'I'-e been , taking candy from baby-4 5 1" : " A ; -
The Siler City Grit (Siler City, N.C.)
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