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ARLIE H. WILLIAMS Pobmshk.R
Ebtercd at the, Post ffice in Columbus N. C.
as tecond class matter.
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THURSDAY, FEB. 4
1909.
Smash Carpler Bound to Court.
Smash Carpenter was tried
here today befort Justice of the
Peace L. L. Tallant on the
charge of assfcultmo; Vance Pon
der. It will be remembered that
Carpenter shot Ponder several
months ago at the horns' of Mr.
J. T. Waldrop and escaped to
Oklahoma but was recently
brought back here by requisi
tion papers.
He was bound to the superior
court in the sum of five hundred
bsllars.
Bill Nye had ths truth well
told when he said: "A man may
una wart on the back of his
neck for a collar button ; ride on
tha back coach of a railroad train
to save interest on his money till
thtt conductor gets around stops
his watch at night to save wear
and tare; leave his V or V with
out avtot rt cross to save ink;
pasture is m thers grave to save
corn, but a man of this sort is a
jrentleman and and scholar
compared to the fellow that will
take a newpaper two or three
years and when asked to pay
for it puts in to office and has it
maked "refused."
Tbe Loca, News Paper io tLe Horns
The local newspaper should be
in everyhome. No child wi)l
grow up ignorant who can be
taught to appreciate the home
paper. It ;s thesteppinp stone
of intelligence in all those matt
ers not to be learned in books.
Give your children foreign
papers which contains not one
word about any person, place
er thing which they ever saw or
perhaps ever heard of, and can
you expect them to be inter
wwu; Duuei triin na ve
the home paper and read of per
sons wneme they meet and
p.atsB wiui wmen tney are
f amilar, and soon an interest is
awakened which increases with
every arrivrl of the local paper.
Thns a habit of reading is form
ed, and these children will read
tae papers ail of their lives and
become intelligent men and
women a credit to their an
cestors, srtong in their know
huge of world as it is today and
there is nothing so cheap as th j
local paper.
It is an every day "occurrence
to get notice at this office to
addresses of our paper change
from one posUffice U another,
which is easily done when the
patrons give their old addrosses,
which we hope they will do here
afr when as king to change.
Church Directory.
COLUMBUS, N. C
Baptist Rt-v. T H.Posey pastor.
Preaching 2nd. and 4'h. Sundays at n a m
and 011 Saturday befc re 2rd. at 3 p. SO
habbuth School every Sunday 10 a. ru
N. T. MiHs, Supt.
Presbyterian T. C. Croker, pastor.
Wenching- 3rd Sundays at 3 p.m.
S unday School Every Sunday 10 a. m.
C C. Hainpton, Supt.
SECRET ORDER.
Knights of Pythias J E. Shipman, C. C.
J. P. Arledge, K. of R. and S.
Meets every Tues. night in hall over P. O.
BUSINESS.
Livery Stable J. W Newman, Prop.
Columbus, N. C
Lawyers J. E. Shipman and E. B.
Cloud.
I'olk County Telephone Co. - J . G
Hughes Manager and Mis Katie Camp
bell Ex. Operator Columbus, N.
Hotel J. P. Arledge Prop. Columbus,
N. C
Railroad Station Tryon, N. C.
Private Boarding Mrs. C. C Hampton
T. E. Walker.
Lumber Mouufar.turers Cloud & Weal
Columbus N. C.
. KILL SPRING HEWS.
Mrs. J, M. Lewis, is visiting
her mother in" t. Petersburg,
Fla.
Mrs. Cowart is very ill at this
writing she is here with her
daughter, Mrs. W. R. Turner.
Miss Mabel Gibbs, visited hei
brother L. C. Gibbs, Saturday
and Sunday.
J. T. Green our popular mail
carrier has purchased a new mail
wagon.
Grayson Whitesides, of Cooper
Gap, was a business visitor here
this week-
Milo Foster, of Landrum, was
in town this week.
Miss Lillie Hall visited her
grand parents here Saturday and
Sunday.
A School Girl.
News Trom
N. C. Bn -o-ess, W. S. Corn and
others i ade a business trip south
last week.
Some of the Mt. View people
attended church at Big 'Leve
Sunday and report a nice time, y
J. R. Foster County Supt. visit
ed the school at Sand Hill one
"Aunt" Tempie Jackson and
Hattie Burgess, visited Mrs.Ss1.
lie Hamilton 01 Bright, Sunday.
Sew Sops Hgws
Victor Tate made a busines?
trip to Rutherfordton this vOcl
The Independent Order of the
Odd Fellows, which was organ
ized here in September con tin
ue.3 to add new menrbirj to the
order.
Mrs. Robert Clement, who ha
baen indespesed for the past
vock is much improved at tbh
writing.
John Cantrell, has added much
to the appearance of his residence
by building a large ell to hi&
Louse.
Work was stopped for a nhorl
time at the Gilbert saw mill on
the? acec unt bl someo? the values
freezing and bursting during th'.
rcent cold weather.
Wm. T.-nner, attended the
Stewart meeting at Bc-tholhem
church. Sunoa.. -
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fliilf a century afc what is now th
.id die west was tin- far wost. Parts
' Illinois. Indiana und Kejsthrky w;
i habited Jy a vei rough people. t
&ut oui there to sell good when .
wis a very yojurtig man. being abou
ho first salesman to visit the region
' St vv.uv? 1 ' travelog armed and ke;:
money in a money bell strapyiri
round my waist. 1 was nil her a Lve
f b - and not averse at times to u
jmall tame while traveling. Indeed
. carried a pack of cards and di. e
One even in;; 1 w:vs on a stagecoach
rfiat pulled up at a tavern III a smn(.
wti in Kf'ntiiirky on the Ohio rivei
had gone there to take the firs,
unbent that would pses up to Clu
'nnaff. whete 1 couid take a'railroaci
i!n for jt.'H east. No one roufd let?
M when a boat would step there, ano
iu.d the prospect of a dreary tim
.end of uie. In tbuse dtys tn that re
,.iii;bh:g was .open on the boat
id lu fhe taverns. Um h:g tin even
egf aiy arrival I wnte!iH4 a p irtyoi
u tfhakiu die in the bar. whKl.
.s i:; t!e sa;ae room v. i,h the o'iir e
e ie.it day I spent uiy time watth
for a srKanilx at A number of
. its p issed. Amt uoi.y of the:n had
.'.-ight or fj!ssen; cr:-Tor that lanttlitg.
i .- they did not src In the evening
1 went in and wntebed the dice throw
ers. Now, 1 defy any young mau of or
dinary spirit spending his time in snch
a place watching a game without long
ing to be in It. I resisted for some
time, for the men were a bad looking
lot. then pulled out some coius and call
ed for the dice box in my turn
played far into the night and when 1
got up from the table had parted with
every cent of money 1 had for ray ex
penses, some $300. 1 was not quite so
much of a fool as this confession indi
cates, for I had noticed that my op
ponents knew exactly how to roll the
dice so that the figures they wished
should come up. Besides. 1 was not
especially timid. Whsn cleaned out I
reached for the dice and put them in
my pocket. The meu who had won
my money looked threatening, but
Mid nothing. To object would have
been to confess that they were load
ed. I had no idea of recovering my
money by an exposure. 1 wished to
satisfy myself as to whether I had
been swindled.
Taking my candle. I went upstairs
snd to bed. iThdressimr. I threw my
trousers on the back of a chair, not
thinking, since 1 had lost all my mon
ey, to take any prwnhtions for their
safety, but J didu't care to lose the dice
till after I bad a chance to break them,'
so 1 took them from the pocket and re
placed them with my own set: then I
wont to bed and to sleep.
I was awakened during tbe night by
eme one tampering with my door. I
Jay still and presently .heard the door
hd and a stealthy step In ray room.
V figure passed the window, and 1
oMld hear It searching among' inj
elothes; then it went out 1 got up,
fell in my trousers' pocket for my dice,
a u 1 they were gone.
The next morning I was not especial
ly su rprised to see some Of the men
wlio had ray money still about the
j:..ce. Had they not, as they supposed,
-cured the dice they would have got
ur of the way. After breakfast I told
4 e laudlord that I suspected that 1
' ad been swindled with loaded dice.
''( professed to be very indignant and
wore that If such were the case he
mid make tbe men who had won my
Mney disgorge. I told bitn to call
m in ana i wouia prove my cumgf
ecme. and I could see by their
;ey
ssumed Indigimtion that they werel:
3"fiaont that they had their dice and j
I could prove nothing. f
After thev had expended sufficient
verbal ammunition tfrey called upon j
me to give a reason for assuming that
the dice they had played with were
loaded. I asked the landlord for a
hammer, and when he had produced it
1 put my hand in my pocket and pulled
out the dice I had kept under my pil
low. .,
"Hold on." said one of them. "Those
are not the dice."
V,hy so?" I asked.
"Became" lie stopped short. He
wouldn't own that I had heen -robbed
of a set of dke
' Crack Vin." 1 said to the landlord
Reluctantly he put otwp f tliem dewn
vn the heMfthPt' ne and eniched tt
There v;slh? lead pi:' in enot!'i.
The men and the d::nd'.r 1 s-';vnl ai
one another, surprised Meanwhile
had hacked to a safe position and h h1
my hand on my pistol Ileari : the
stroke of a steamboat hell a v'dia! to
hank firesf knew that a boat was
ibout to land.
"You men produce my mo':ey." I
said, "or 111 see what I can do when
hat boat hinds."
The. landlord was in no mood for the
reputation such a chnrge vrHld jr're
his place, and after a few word with
the others he returned me my lofelns.
I don't think I should have had tbe
conrajre to demand my money hrd l
not heard that strobe of a steamboat
bell. It ea;ne in the nick of time. I
stuffed the funds into rrjr pochet. ran
opstairs for my belontnjs. and down
again, keeping a sharp1 lookout and mv
nana on mv Distoi. l nen lipinrc tfrtiii
to the landing I salu: "You've done
the rieht thing. Never fear that
fie."
on
yon." The men
v.bo
had
lo- 'red very ugly, hhf as I
coeld ' e ee:i ' v 'hie on -he Knflf
ing fro : Ta ern to th 'auding I
felt saf- t; v;:l. "h? wl'h . iny bac?i
io inose wno ! sne-- r.i
t umstance wn' shoot in
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i The Priceless Sift.
Original.
This Is a true historical story, but as
I give It in story xforin I think It best
jty change the names The main inci
dents are given exactly as they oc
eutred in the latter half of the eight
eenth century.
Alvin Marston, a cabinetmaker, hatt
ton. John, whom the rather was
trlnging up in his business. But the
I Voting man was of a very different tex
tyre from that , of a builder of furiii
sturp. He was of an Ideal, dreamy na
ture and instead of attending to his
duties spent his time in mating little
sketches. Was there a clean, smooth
hoard or an unpolished desk in therl
shop there was sure to be a pencil
drawing on it which could at once be
"recognized as a likeness of some of the
Jworkmen. Alvin Marston saw some of
them and was pleased with tliem lie
;was more pleased when he learuetf
jtoat his' son had made them and. re
linquishing his design of teaching the
boy a trade, put him in a way to take
drawing lessons. The srndent improv
ed rapidly, showing sufficient talent to
Iwayrant be-oinuig a professional artist.
Then he fell iU.
There being no one in the family to
nurse him, a country girl was called
hx for the purpose. That was fbug
before trained nurses were thought of
Mary Keycs was not made attrac tive
by the uniform that now decorates the
tiurce. She had no beauty, to win the
young artist, nor had she mental en
dowments above her station. She wa:
n plain country girl, nothing more
But John Marston was Imaginative
lie saw her moving about tbe room
ministering to his comfort, and of the
commonplace figure he made a Venus.
i"amo a paragon of sweetness
The Invalid recovered and inarrier!
liry Keyes. Fie lived with her sev
eral years and had children by her
Had It not been for his talents doubt
(ess there would be no espe; iul story In
ihis fife, it was only too evident that
he was born for a higher life tb in the
pre he was leading. Ills pt ttrres ex
cited the admiration of erirics. and the
young man row ambitious. One day
he said goedby to his wi.'e and chil
dren to go to London to study art
lie did not return to them for more
than thirty years.
The eabiuetmnhor's son became a
groat artist. In portrait painting he
hva;j the only rival to the celebrated
pit .Tiv;hT:a r.ey.ioK's. His name, his
t 'ame. his raise, were on every lip. He
vas ii.' ited ir.t-. the hquses of the no-
i I i : rr.ul was paid enormous sums for
: minting their portraits.
Wh.v did be nevec return to his fanj-
fi'.yV Who knows? r.o: -ibly before he .
'eft home the beauties he had himself
reated had fallen away end he saw
he ordinary woman, uokher endowed
I -vfth beanry of per-on rof of mind
fVrhars t3'f stales were removed from
his eyes by Tlsi:)as of the women of
the eapital. 0:ie erf these after he be
itr.ie anions wove about him a spe'.l
ihe bad a beautiful body and a cor
rupt sod T!:erc was the same iaiag
::a live process in a different form as
h id uove.J him in the ease of Mary
: Keyes. Mary had a pure spirit, but
n ordinary face and figure, on which
he bad built a thing of beauty On the
von-an tr? n:rt in London, beautiful
without a:i:l rotten witluu. he built n
u:er true' uve that enthralled him.
iShe was tile mistress of the gresifest
sail;;." rf a nation of- sailors. She was
ploa.-ed to bewftr'a the famous painter
but sh;1 laughed at his bewitchment
lie Rtre.tr-bed forth his hand to grasp
a i-ore ami pinched a thorft: '
And now comes something more per
fect tlna any of the beautiful creations
- j of the artists.
au oia man. ne returns to rue wire
nd MuMly he h:ts ne-leeted for the
renter part of a lifetime His wife.
too. has f,'rown old. Khe knows of his
triumphs and of his desertion of her In
heart as well as in person We may
e:;poet that she will reeefve him as a
Btruujrer. that she wfll reproaoh him
with his neTleet and thai sot1 who had
tb first ri.u'ht to sliare ifi '"-his triumphs
has been denied them, thai, if P2SK,ble.
they would have leen siveu to others
others signally unwurthy of them. -
When the aged invalid rode np to
her door she went out with open arm
to receive hint. He tottered into the
boure supported by her She spoke
u' wVifd of reproach The love h had
slighted -for more th".n three de-ade
was still there for him. As she had
nutrel him lis his youth she nursed
him i'i h!s o!,! an:e
Again he saw her mlriisterhig to hi-.n
not as a youth, la yor.tb !;e:-oif witli
life before then bur as a deoreph old
c:an. The drea;ns tiff? fhen d-eanied
l.:d been far more than rea'ied. but
t.ot for her. and they iw!d not now
f ? itH.-nl!(4d that tflifrht enjo them.
1 o reme::d:erecl his triumphs and how
unworthily they had -been bostowod
And yet she was earing for him a
tender'y as If he had shared them
with her
A poet has created a fancy of n
P -ri askins: for admittance to heaven
and denied un!--,r Mt will bring a gift
mo'"t rcceta' ie S".' goes Inick to
e-nh and br'n.tT various gifts, all of
hich are rejected At last tlie takes
a tear frrn ttie eye of a repentant sin
ner This is the jft. the one gift by
which "he raaV,attain a dwelling with
the blessed.
Miy not the neglected wife have
en that tear In the eye of the man
who had so shamefully deserted ber?
Then was a heaven opened to both
with which the plrudits of the heath
en throngs of London eould not be
compared. Though the past could not
r - .ve recalled, what remained of the fa
re wr f heaven's own kind
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