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If yoa want to of Umb Piedmont section your ads in THE GRIT. CITY GRIT Largest circulation of an paper in the county. . Excellent Adver tising Medium. ISAAC S. LONDON, Proprietor 4m A NON-PARTISAN FAMILY NEWSPAPER $1.00 A YE. R f ' ' SM Ciy.N. Wedny, Febrnary 19, 1913. . V i No. 87. Deeds of n Dare Devi Rove i? NSW YORK.--SaBte Ransford D. Bucfaiam aahu Dace pa the International limelight plays on the doughty American. Now be emerges from the obscurity of his recent years in troubled Turkey and is revealed a the head Btrategisi of the Ottoman-fleet to the sea battles wuh the Greeks. . , Rover and adventurer UTf $ii i ate. boy captain of a whoiebaek on the great takes; later commander of Tea sels plying between New York, Bos ton and Baltimore, chief navigator of big steamships on the Pacffic ocean. Bucknambeme a flrta favorite of the cruel and fickle Abdul Hamid who made him admiral of the Turkish navy. Bat being a Yankee from Buck sport, and when Abdul was over thrown, wtfused to accept the ultima tum from the new Sultan. Mohammed V., that he swear allegiance to the Ottoman flag and become 'a subject of Abdul's successor; ., - . . Bucknam Pasha was ace-high with the young Turks, and also strong with the old AbdUl Hamki supporters, but he quit the Turkish service rather than become a Turkish subject Bat his restless, constructive mind vac not to be curbed, and ft has Just be come known that he is now a sort of John D. -Rockefeller and William C Whitney in Constantinople. He ob tained concessions in oil lands as well as in street railway routes, and his friends, in New York have learned that he has begun to pile up a big fortune , '. 5 " " It was- to Bucknam, now . an oil mag nate and a traffic expert, that the Turks turned when the Greeks began to threaten the Dardanelles with their squadron. When the Ottomans made a desperate and dashing sortie and in attacking and driving off the Greeks followed 'a tacjieal plan of unusual skill, the Greeks' were astonished. Only when' their spies i aside Constan tinople reported, dfa the besiegers.iun derstand what harl. happened. It was Bucknam Pasha, the down east Yankees-no drew unthe elaborate nlan! During the battle he watched and. ad-J viBea ny wireiessjfro.m the heights be hind Fort Kam Kaleh. American Brain Won 6irt Bucknam couldn't keep out of ft He? owed much to his Turkish friends, even though- under a , new ; regime. And although not in active command. It was an American brain . that fur nished the strategy , of what Turks hailed as a brilliant naval achieve ment - But Bucknam.,. doesn't need any three-sheet advertising on the bill boards cf the world. 'He is forty-nine years old, hard as steel and shrewd as a storekeeper at the four corners in his native state. He is short, broad as he is long, undershot Jaw a .regu lar human bulldog. It was lucky -fate for,, him - that Mohammed V. tried ' to .force him to gite up his American citizenship. Otherwise he might not have had the opportunity to develop as the' chief explorer of some of the most Valuable petroleum resources of the Ottomans. Bucknam has the rights in three important oil centers in European and Asiatic Turkey. His opportunity is a wonderful one, because Turkey, has in the past imported 400,000,000 gal lons of oil from Russia, Roumania and America every year. Bucknam's Anglo-American syndicate owns ' enough oil land to supply not only the wants of Turkey but to export large quanti ties to foreign countries. An impor tant source of his. supply 4s the region of Meriofito, a port near Rodosto on the European shore of the Sea of Mar mora. He has negotiated the 'exploi tation of 50,000 acres-of this oil land fcy a British company .capitalized at $1,000,000. Bucitnam" Pasha also con trols lOO.vOO ndre r oil-producing ter ritory near the- northeast shore of Lake Van in Eastern Asia Minor, and another 15.000 acres about 80 miles Bouth of Trebizond, the chief Turk ish port of the Black Sea. The oil found on the Bucknam possessions ex cels the Russian product as a fine parafflne oil, and also is three to five days nearer the European markets. This is the new phase of an amazine career that Bucknam has now entered. His life has been, replete with bold adventure that finally took him into strange service in a strange country. His exploits began young. " Early Fondness for the. Ocean. " When Bucknam's father died at sea . the lad was fourteen and his old grand father gave' him .the choice between fuming and the seafaring life. Young Bucknam had an instinctive love for fce pld otean, a love that helped him to pick up the knowledge of a ship , with little effort His first , venture was made on the- great lakes as cabin boy aboard a schooner, of which the captain as also the-Owner. The cap tain's wife took a fancy to the young . ster, and ultimately they adopted him . -when he w As- Sixteen Bucknam sail ed from' New Tork as quartermaster of a schooner bound for the Pacific. At Manila the captain and mates died of cholerra and Bucknam went before a special board to be examined for a master's certificate, as he -was the only remaining member of the crew who had studied navigation. He pass- Not Customary, "Etcbem hfs '.been given -.the illus trating of the latest Winston Wheezer story." "Gee, that's fine!" "But he isn't at all sure hell take the Job. "Ehfc Why not?" "He says If will oblige him to read the story." Cleve .. land Plain Dealer. ,. -'J J ma,S'.SS ' mar - 1 111 a BOtrtt a run Mnvnr ed the test trimphantly and was made a captain at seventeen. He brought, the ship home. Early in the "nineties" Bucknam was in command of a steamship that sailed from Tampico for New York laden with hemp and sliver. Twenty four hours out of Tampico he struck u sunken wreck and smashed his pro peller. With the aid of a tug he got the vessel Into Key West It was assumed that the ship would have to be dry docked before she would be fit for sea again. But Buck nam balked at the expense. So he shifted all his cargo into the forward compartments, thus elevating the ctern. He managed to. get the- pro peller out of water and then went ahead .with his repairs. It is sal J that Bucknam was the first man to put a propeller on a ship with out drydocklng her. . Devised New Lake SteameK ' Shortly before the world's fair at Chicago, in 1893, Bucknam went to that city and built" the whaleback Co lumbus. In 1897 he went to the island of Naos at Panama, and it was there that he met W. H. Ledbetter. former ly an officer in the United .States navy, Bucknam and Ledbetter became great chums. This friendship has tasted, for Ledbetter also- became a Turkish' admiral- through the favor of Btk- nam, and quit $he Service with Buck- ! nam and joined him in the Utters on ventures-. ... . .. j About ,1900 'tfacknam "was 'trans-' f erred from Naos to the City of Pekin. then the Pacific Steamship company's new " trans-Pacific liner. It was not long afterward that he as engaged by the Cramps-of Philadelphia 4n. order to superintend the trial runs of new bat tleships and cruisers. V. . The Cramps directed htm to deliver the Philadelphia-built;,, cruiser Medji dieh to Turkey 'in 1904. Bucknam was to stay.'jthree months ih Constantino ple in order to train the crew. It was the Fourth of July w.benr--the Medji dieh arrived in the Golden Horn, and the new.uomer, fired .with patriotic ar-.. dor, began to set,off firecrackers and fireworks on board the new warship The Turks were aghast and 'there was excitement in the -city! ' - Won Admiration 'of Suitan. Bucknam was summoned into the imperial presence of the gray old wolf In the Yildiz Kiosk -Abdul was so im pressed by the bluff and Jovit.1 sailor that he asked him to enter his serv ice as naval adviser at a huge salary. His popularity with the sultan in creased to such an extent that he was made a pasha and a vice-admiral, and the sultan conferred 'W him this' r der of Osmanileh and a distinguished service medal. , fc, ; , Bucknam distinguished himself at the time a bomb intended 'Tor ihe - sul tan was exploded near Yildiz jCiosk It was the sutlan's habit to go every Friday from his palace to the Hamidlch mosque', about a 'thousand yards from the palace. Diplomats and otWer privileged visitors view the pro cession from a terrace under the palace windows and the rest of the route is filled with troops. Just as the sultan was leaving the mosque there was a terrible explosion. Scores of men were killed or injured. Buck nam was uninjured, though a man at his light fell ' dead with his head crushed. .The sultan stepped back into the mosque when he heard the' explosion and the irregular firing in the air was begun by the panic-stricken soldiers, but In a few minutes came out again and tottered toward bis, carriage First to Monarch's Aid,' Bucknam drew his sword and rush ing to the side of the despot stood ready to repel any attack. -The Amer ican was the first to reach the fright ened monarch's side and directed the soldiers In drawing lines and pressing back the rabble. Sword in hand, Buck nam walked beside the carriage all the way back to Yildiz. "When the sultan reached the safety of his paiace," said Bucknam in de scribing, the event later;' "he became much more agitated than he had been- immediately after the explosion. I told blm of my observation, and added that in my opinion the bomb or infer nal .machine had been buried under ground. v i "Afterward the 1 palace people and i 1 ii ;jr.. nancmng raper KarternSt Every woman who cuts out from paper patterns knows of the bother in pinn!ngt fiat tcf5-the clothe- Take a hot iron and smooth the tissue paper pattern over th.;c9oth and it will re main fiat wkhojjfltes, i . J - i the commission'' which was .appointed to investigate the affair maintained that .ihe explosive must have been brought in one of the carriages, but it was naturally their policy to take this view, as . othing could have been buried beforehand m the-palace grounds without the connivance of somebody in the palace, or at least without grosB carelessness on the part of the palace guards." Today Bucknam can be seen dally In the Club de Constantinople, and save that he wears a fez, looks little altered since the days he was known around New York. Invariably can he be found at noon each day in the club, seated before a cocktail which he him self invented, and which Is known all over Turkey as the "Bucknam Cock tailsNew York World. TWO REALLY GOOD STORIES Congressman Conies to the Front With Humoro-.n Anecdotes Which He Avers; Are True. An out-of-town minister stopped at a btome in Bardstown; Ky., to remain over night with. a neighbor of Repre sentative Sen Johnson.-who now steps up to the plate and tells about it. The weather was bad the morning after the visitor got there and he de cided to stay another, night . It looked a trifle threatening the next day and the minister said.- he thought Provi dence had Intended -that he -remain there int,. their hospitable midst for one. more nignt. so tnat evening wnen they held family prayer, the host of fered this supplication: "O" Lord, we pray thee that we may have a bright and propitious day to morrow that the good brother may continue his Journey."' Ben Johnson tella still: another -one about a preacher. This one was col ored. He got into embarrasment in the little Kentucky town where he had been living, in consequence ., of some chicken thefts that leffTo awar rapt being joade out for his arrest He beat it away from there and went to a . village in ' Johnson's- district where he got a temporary pulpit. Just as hfe was about to announce his text on the day of his initial raddress there he saw a man in the rear of the church whom be thought be recog nized as an officer of the town he had recently left - He hesitated a moment hot. said to the congregation: , V - . r. "Brothers add Sisters: I had calc- lated to talk to y'all ' this " mawnin' bout thr resurrection but 'since ste.' preach trpm "thte ; Wth chapah fol think thou knowest me. saj; nothing; and verily 'lwlli sCe you Wilde is Among 'i&'&i&fyiafc "Wilde's ' giiave,'' 'writes a .Pairis cor respondent, "Is in the' newer, section of Pere la Chaise, and, though no monument marks it I found it 'with little difficulty, j There is a flat slab upon the gravelhpd this 4a surround-, ed by a chain, connecting four short posts, one at each corner." Upon the surface of the flat stone some . one probably with the shaft of an um brella had scratched the words, 'De Profundis. Oscar Wilde.' Oscar Wilde lies where he' would have chosen to lie among Intellectual and spiritual Titans. But a few steps away are the ashes of Moliere; near by, Alphonse Daudet; Rachel, the world's greatest tragic actress; Alfred De Musset, the composer ; Balzac, the novelist In the' same section those unhappy lovers of history, Abelard, and Heloise, are locked forever as they both desired, in the same -tomb. Pocket "Wireless.? The latest development in wireless telegraphy was shown recently at the Imperial College, South Kensington, England, by the Marconi company.' It took the form Of- a "pocket wireless-" In four little knapsacks alt 'necessary apparatus can oe storeo, and if a par ty were -lost 4n' awilderness help could be easily summoned At present the apparatus can only " send messages within an area of fifteen miles. but it is expected that in time this range win pe greatly increased -- Choice of Books. A commcn book will often give you much amusement, but it is only a no ble book which will give yon dear t frtenda-Ruskin . ' 'Gothic Priory' Desecrated V- . Th9 Gothic- pViofy of vt8chefbn cauld,; France, dating ffdm the year 1000, lias bfeen acquired, by a butcher, who will uae it as a pig-b-eeding ee- When the Heart Is Sore I will walk abroad; old griefs shall be forgotten today; for the afr Is cool and' still, ;andi the hills are high and Rfrptrh flVa.f m hMttdn.;ii4 tu. the dew L can WasIS the f ever frdm 'ngn roreneaa; and then I shall be un happy no longer Thomas de Quincey, .?r Neiohbors Dfen't. An uptown giri is. learning 'bow ( play the cornet," and ' hei' admirers speak of her ac "the fairest flower summer visitor, is chased through tl woods by ten laughing girls, one 6? 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 dav for ten davs. A legislative measure opposing woman suffrage, which -dropped from the mayor's pocket. Is used 10 compel mm to oDey tne mandates 01 the girls. His first day of service la with May Andrews, who takes him fishinsr. They are threatened -by the sheriff with arrest, miss vining sees what sne con siders a clandestine meeting between one of the girls and the mayor. The next day he goes driving with Mabel Arney They meet with an' accident, are arrested and locked up, but escape. The mayor returns to the hotel, finds the sheriff watting for him. and takes refuge in the room of Bess Winters.. He plans to get possession of the in-criminating bill. With Harriet Brocks the mayor goes to inves tigate an .Indian mound. They are caught In a thunder storm. CHAPTER VI I-Continued. "I -I'm afraid," almost sobbing. The mayor put his arm about her gently, soothing ber as only a tactful man may soothe a nervous woman. Unconsciously she drew toward him. "Lightning seems terrible," he said evenly, "but as a matter of fact there is always more danger on the cars. Statistics prove" , "What's that?" cried the woman. apprehensively. "I heard a voice." The mayor peered out "The sheriff!" he muttered under his breath. Three men were running toward them on the beach, thair heads down, ducking the rain. Scrambling from under the boat Mayor Bedight set off at top speed up the beach, pausing at the start long enough to whisper. "Ill be back. Wait" The sheriff and his two deputies, weathering the gale with lowered eys, had not seen the mayor's flight. In fact, so blinded were their eyes that they ran almost into the girl and the boat before they could stop. "Hello t" bawled the sheriff. "You're from Squirrel Inn, ain't ye? Where's yer beau?" bluntly. "We're lookin' fer hVm." V , . Miss "Brooks drew her feet back under her skirt and replied coldly: One of the best ways to find a man,", witheringly, "is to go where he 4s." ' - ' This sheriff" sT chest shot out im mediately. 'Nr: ; look-a-here, young lady, none of rour smartness or we'll take you along fer accessory before the hatt Understand ? blustering. i ou are. wasting juur ume try ing to bully me," replied the girl, with out a tremor in her Voice. "I am penectly harmless and 1 lave told you all I know. The man. has gone up tbe beach." . "Aw, come on, Sid." broke in a slender young fellow, turning his back to the rain. "What the use of arguin" with th' gal? She ain't th' one we bad yisterday." ' .,-Wttout, a word the sheriff veered tne noat ana, rauowing tne fading trail, set out in haste af- Bedight Fifteen minutes later or came, up from the opposite direction. -v"- H''jsjfeWsl Brooks;' he said, sorrowfuiriv, utTm afraid .you'll get offe& -We'-va ?nt tn iret awft-v from, hii-t circled around and found the boatti'ese fellows' left. I set it adrift with a - gale blowing it across the lake, but they are not far behind We must get under way as soon as possible." . "I don't mind a soaking," replied jQtg young woman, bravery- "It's the the lightning that frightens me and that's about. Quit" .. I, The man righted the dory, hurriejlly, piled in their belongings and set ihe boat from the shore th.sMdy u A half mllo helHt beach, he caught sight of the'isnen running toward them and far away on the wave-whipped lake, a tiny dot, of brown could be seen rising and fall ing as it scudded before the wind. It was the sheriff's row boat : "Sleeping out of doors," said the may or, smiling at the woman opposite, "is very beneficial to the lungs es pecially on an island." proclaimed the witchery of the night With a scarcely perceptible tilt, the jboat grounded on the shelving sandy shore. Bedight sprang out and pulled the Craft, further upon Its cushioned anchorage. The girl sat in the "boat intently watching the mayor. That gentleman took from the locker a basket well laden. Quick ly gathering some dry wood, he stacked it "dter a bunch of tinder like weeds, touched a match to the pile, set the basket at a safe distance and pulling a revolver from his pocket bred In the general direction of the moon, " " ; Having maneuvered thus peculiarly, he hastened back to the boat, shoved off and rowed from the. shore a hun drei yards. Resting on his oart, he let the boat toss idly upon the lake, five, ten minutes passed "The dry wood burne brightly, making beacon 'of Hjght, Intd the circle of which there came, a$ gf , thrje shadows, followed by unintelligible conversation. " J' "They',ye found il1' said the mayor, picking up his oars and turning the boat toward the hotel. j It was midnight when the sides ff the craft rubbed its sister boats at Mine Host's dock. The mayor and the girl crept softly up the winding pathway toward the "hotel. Sddffenly, In the moonlight ahead, the form1 of a woman appeared advancing to meeti them. The mayor and the girl saw her simultaneously. He stopped in stantly with a restraining hand 'upon the girl's arm. "Quick!" he commanded, springing in front of his companion and turning her about face. "Walk rapidly down the path to the boa thou se." She complied instantly. Over his shoulder the mayor saw the woman hesitate, then follow de terminedly through the shimmering moonlight . "Go into the boathouse," directed Bedight hurriedly. "Wait until I em gage her in conversation. Then open the rear door and run for the hoteM And be quiet!" - "I understand," whispered the giri excitedly. Slipping through the door, she closed it softly. Pulling a cigar from his pocket the mayor scratched a match on the sole of his' shoe and blew a puff of smoke at the 'same tar get which earlier in the evening he had failed to bit with his leaden mis sile. The woman rounded .the corner and came directly -toward him. . "1 beg your pardon, Mr. Bedight," said "Judge" Vining in a cold,' formal voice, "for following you, but as chap erone of the "young ladies at the hotel I feel that it was my duty to do so. I" The mayor bowed. "Duty to the one performing it," he interrupted gallantly, "is oftentimes irksome,, but begrudgingly done fre quently conveys pleasure to another. I do not desire to appear selfish la your eyes, but I find your duty please me greatly," bowing again. "Now, the mdonllght " The "judge" made, a deprecating gesture. "Do not attempt to evade," she warned. "I am deeply' in earnest Where is the the " She seemed: at a loss ' to proceed. Finally she .threw diplomacy to the winds,. "Who was the girl with you alone at this hour of the night? I have a right to know and I had thought you a gentleman. though I should have known that- no gentleman would have have "' she finished lamely. "Kissed you?" questioned the may or, tne invoiity scarcely gone from his voice. . . "Certainly!" she flashed. ,.- Bedight puffed thoughtfully at his cigar, the fragrant pungency of the question, Mr. Bedight," she continued "Who was 'thegkl that came down the path with you t" ' The man drew closer to ber. The flippancy was gone from his voice His face was earnest - "Miss Vining, yon have inferred that I am guilty of conduct unbecom ing a gentleman,. A tew mornings ago you ran after me in a spirit of mischief, and In the same spirit I caught you in my arms and kissed you. If I have hurt you I am ste eereiy sorry, 'fat I. tod. am reaping the &mt ' of folly. You' have chosen to arm yourself wth a distant de meanor toward me, you rebuff my at tempts at entering the circle of your real self, you are "judge" both on and out the bench, distant, suspicions, haughty. You. pursued me; I took toll. With your permission I promise to forget that yog ran fat I cannot forget that I kissed you. I am net a boy. I have seen some of the world. I- do not know much about love. I habf too fasy trying to do some thing, to fall in . lore, or, else I never CHAPTER VIII, ; . J the waves are. running freely it is a stiff pull from Mine Host's select little hotel hi the Wisconsin woods to Glen Island, but on a perfect. moonlight night, with jUst breeze sufficient to ripple the fair hair of a pretty girl opposite, the man at the oars seldom finds the task arduous. Nor did Mayor Bedight complain. The running ripple slapped the prow of the boat rhythmically and from the shadows along the approaching shore of the island the weird hoot of an Owl Fired In the General Direction of the Moon. ' ' . y tobacco wafting to. Jackie as she stood in the moonbeam's path, the light giving an ethereal beauty to her trim, erect figure. ' , Tt .was wrong, I admit" be said impulsively, "I am willing to admit thainrbut J refuse to believe that no gen tjeman could be other than hon ored, by - such a privilege, as one who has tried to be such, I would be will ing to do. It again If "Mr, Bedight" the voice was keen now rand, the mayor hesitated. "I did not come nere to pan ay words. , never shall cease .regretting that am in a sense guilty of a misdemei or which make's-it -impossible tor me to condemn you. as I should but I Warn yon not -to presume to Justify further presumption." , v . Miss Vining paused effectively. r 'But ypu have not answered my 83 is2S&H bPH wBBB LwSrfc' - ' al BaBnBHBnillsBBw. '. 3BBvBUB9Ba wmlt9aKKttKIKikmFMki-.Uiltt 1 "'-';-"- - , ,' , n ; SOME THINGS PRESIDENTS MUST ENDURE VmmWmmmSSlBmmSmammmKm Fiercer than the proverbial "fteroe light that beats upon -a thron"v;ta that which glares Upon the office into which Wodorow Wilson ' wHl be in ducted March 4. J ? f . , . j No crowned ruler "upon i eath:,ls so much the victim of the Inquisitive mob as is the president of the United States, who cannot issue a mandate turning down the limelight that , shines upon him, as did the German kaiser Some time ago, when he cur tailed the court bulletin. Wilson will be the greatest show feature, the biggest drawing card in the land, for the next four years. Thousands of men, women and chil dren,, in a snakelike line two squares long, will wait outside bis door to shake his hand when he gives a pub lic reception. Everywhere he goes people will stare at him as though he were the Siamese twins or the sacred white elephant Only when shut In behind guarded doors will he escape the gaping multitudes, whose staring eyes will haunt his very dreams. Long before the end of his stay in the White House he will fully realize the utter futility of bis announced plans to maintain the "open door" in the White House, and make himself accessible to all citizens who wish to consult him. ACHIEVEMENTS OF GENERAL CROZIER FINDS HEALTH IN BICYCLING "Do, yon take a Assistant Secretary of State Adee Pinsv Faith, to,Travel on the ' "Iron Horse," ajflfKgfra - -S ::W . .ti Alvey A. Adee, second assistant sec-, retary of state, whose sunburned face proclaims his devotion to outdoor ex ercise, startled a number of newspa per men by declaring that he ascribed his good health to ''plain iron."' "Mr. Secretary, you certainly look the picture of health." remarked an Alice Mason. have happened to meet the woman. Since coming here- I don't know ex actly -what sort of an enchantment I have entered but I do know that I cannot forget the ecstasy of the mo ment when our lips met Yon may scorn me and it lies within your pow er -.tox discipline me-v-or defeat me but I shall not try to obliterate the thrill of that brief moment!" . Jackie Vining did not meet his eyes. In her heart she felt a strange, new feeling of elation, a softening of re sentment but women were theorems long . before mathematicians struggled with right-angle triangles, and hypote nuses, aad all their non-understand able descendants, beautiful and sweet and charming as they are, still per sist in being man's hardest problem. "Your frankness in some things," she said without emotion. "Is as com mendable as your lack of It in others. Must I repeat my question still anoth er time? Who is the girl?" The mayor spoke firmly and with decision. As a man who is at least that much of a gentleman, I refuse to an- Tbe girl has done no wrong. She" "Mr. Bedight, on Tuesday night I saw one of my crowd of young ladles leave the arbor, after- a clandestine night meeting with you. Tonight I chance to blander upon you at mid night, again In the . company of a young woman. There are no others here, aside from out party. I feel a responsibility and .1 must insist on your answering." . , The mayor shrugged, his shoulders. "Who was she?" asked the "Judge" for the fourth time. .,. . , . "Why don't you ask her yourself t" said the mayor. "Where Is she?" "The last I saw of "her' she went through that door," he replied, dog- gedly. Miss Vining stepped ' toward the door and opened it In the farther end of the boathouse a second door stood open and through it the moon light streamed. ' " "I see I have been outwitted," an- May I walk to the hotel with you?" asked the mayor humbly. "1 -prefer to go alone, she replied in a ton of finality', starting up the path. "Miss Vining!" It was the mayor calling from the dock. She stopped; "What is it Mr. Bedight?" Impa tiently: . "Ybu remember Baying the girl with me mutt be one of 'your party because there' Were no other young ladles aboutr'v "Yes," crisply. ; The mayor's voice had something of the old ring In it as he asked: "Did you think " of the colored cook?" ' But the "judge," going up the path briskly, did not deign to replfc (TO be cxtvnxstTESD.y. Figs and Raisins, ' Consul Horton at Smyrna notes that the Reform, a Smyrna newspaper, es timates the raisin crop for this year at about 700,000 quintals, ,.( 87,164,000 pounds) and that of figs , about 7.5,000 camel loads (36,082,500 pounds But. from what he has been able jOeem it seems thai exporters and' dealers mostly are trying to keep the crop re ports at a low figure in order to be able to begin with high prices, and I that It the weather continues favor able the raisin crop win amount ap proximately to 99,616,000.' pounds, against 56,084,000 pounds last year, and the ng crop to 100,000 camel loads as agalhst 120,000 camel loads last year. , ".' Try de tour in Europe, as he has done for tiie last twelve, years, early In i the summer, and attributes bis .'excellent health in a great measure to his i rid ing. Washington Poet ; - y 1fiitosoie'MeliiBfaMfa. ') "Does it take two of you to inter view me?" asked Senator Sorghum "No," replied the patient scribe; fl VICEROY HARDINGE'S TASK IS GREAT When Edward VH. following that remarkable series of visits to Conti nental capitals which began in 1903. was acclaimed throughout "Europe as the peacemaker, . there' were certain keen-faced old gentlemen m -Downing street who' allowed themselves the emotional relaxation of' a -'quiet smite and registered tbe thought, at the same time that a considerable por tion of the credit for the. diplomatic success, of -those tours was' due a young man of serene, temper and en gaging manner who was attached to his majesty's suite. Sir Charles Hardinge was that man and' when almost colncidently with his appointment to -the highest office in the gift of the crown the viceregal throne -of India he was elevated to the peerage in 1910 and became tb, first Lord Hardinge of Penhurst. there was neither surprise nor envy among the diplomatists of Britain, for it was recognized that his rise was. only a . natural development, and it was remembered that it had beeajjemarked of him in the early days .of his career, even before the king EnoB ftuucb decided favor, that he was a young man who would go far 9 Jnts for conciliation have always marked Hardinge's methods, and Because of his success in this line that the British government does not regard .the recent unsuccessful attempt on his life as he was entering Delhi as an indication of ;a general unpopularity of the policy of the govern ment in India as .represented..,in the person of the viceroy. When it was learned that Hardinge's injuries were slight, relatively little anxity was felt over the'lncident in-London- the outrage was held to be the act of an indi vidual 'and1 not reflective of the -Indian subjects of the empire. In Hardinge's speech, after accepting the appointment to ihe viceroyatty In London on October 20, 1910, he said he would "strain every nerve to con ciliate all races, classes and creeds." .: DAKOTA UNIVERSITY HONORS STEFANSSON admiring visitor toilfc?"- "Oh, -yes." said Mr. Adee; "a -large amount of plain iron.". v ' 1 "Iron! .How can you fake that stuff in large quantities without hurting yourself?" questioned the astonished visitor. " "I take it," replied Mr. Adee, "In 3tMprm''of a blcycle5S j, ' ' Mr. Adee still .Utings to the almost ; brought .. my friend along so that you lost pleasure or-bicycle riding and could, give him first chance at the de- spends much of h,is leisure out in the j nfal id case your constituents don't country. He made an extended blcy- indo'rW what you say." - ''KmmmmWS9Kmmmm: w f . ..j&i.--mmmmmcfm&z&zmixmmmmt-. - i WmWmmm The announcement by Brig. Gen. William Crozier, chief of the bureau of ordance. United States Army, in his annual report, that this is his last report on account of being re lieved from the command of the ord nance department ,and assigned to other duty, calls attention to the great services he has rendered to the army in his position as head of that very important -bureau. To the meeting of the -great responsibilities of that position he has brought the qualities' of. energy, studlousness, re ceptivity to new ideas and steadfast devotion to high -ideals that have lift ed his department into a wider field of usefulness and efficiency. .General Crozier was appointed chief of ordnande in November, 1901, and the department .was then operat ing under the detail system as estab lished -by the act of February 2, 1901. Previous to his regime the officers of the ordnance department had ac quired their education' as specialists that is, as engineers of ordnance at best they might, teaching and training, themselves as haphazard opportuni ties were offered by their various duties. The result was that only a part of the officers of the department were able to handle the engineering work con nectetd with the design or. even the manufacture of guns, carriages, etc. General Crozier, who, like aH thorough "men, realizes the value of solid groundwork in training, established courses of instruction under capable, teachers, the most important of which is perhaps . the theoretical course in the application of mechanics, chemistry and electrics to ordnance fconstruc tion, which is pursued for a year 4t the Sandy Hook -proving grOurid m con nection with the proof and experimentation work there. Any officer who has passed through that course will testify to its completeness and to Kb ability to give an officer the solid foundation upon which to build his further train-: Ing in ordnance work; " " - &iVW '; , 3!- -mm ...... -v. 4 ''." ' - Honored - by the University of North . Dakota,, from which he was once expelled. V. Stefansson, ' the fa mous arctic explorer and discoverer of ' the bkmd Eskimo," is. delivering, a 'series of lectures at his alma ma tetC. The. now famous explorer was expeJted from the hnivereftya Peh. ruary, 1901,, when a 'majority of the. faculty 'decided that he had a bad influence on other students. The de-, cisknr wausreached aftef Stefansson had apparently been the instigator in a number of escapades and ; had remained away from 4claase Ibf definite"4 periodsf- He wW iilfcay ready itl exposes hQwevr. anil B- ariam&u paeseu. nfs ; gS&gg&h with high 'marks atte"ij i&inE&& Ws storyi lloV &Mmim'M? utfles;and secured; a mark of 95. per cent, the ti&&tfclf$:!&i 'ais. Ly i.Bi'h-'itTii ton received that" mark. " - C'iiM? "Well,, pfofesson" was the staramg'-feW, n- would" djortlly have written-perfect examuttion except for the fact that" I-Attepied .a tew daees. and they were very oipnfuBint,'vr;;.K-, tf&z ' --s A
The Siler City Grit (Siler City, N.C.)
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