A Great Deal
Depends on the breaks in
the game of life as this lit
tle incident proves: “Win
ter has lost it’s snap,” said
a friend the other day. “Yes
and 1 lost my shirt the
other night” said a fellow
in the next seat. We wonder
how.
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Wandering Youth Lands In
Singapore; China Coin Count
Ted I.rague Tells Of Mis Visit To
Singapore And To Mysterious
Shanghai.
(Editor's Note: This is the third
installment by Ted League, Pied
mont cafe employer here, relating
incidents of interest in years of
wandering about many foreign
countries.
(By TED I.EAGtE.l
When we arrived in Singapore
and anchored outside the break
water there were several native
boats came alongside Requests
were made to the officer of the
day for permission to come aboard
and alter due deliberation some of
them were permitted their request.
East Indian fakirs, snake doctors,
magicians, mediums, everything
LADY’S SUFFERING
She Write* That "A Friend
Told Me To Take Car*
dui and 1 Know
It Helped Me.”
Greenville. Miss.—In describing
how she suffered several years ago,
Mrs. Mattie Dalton, of 213 Walnut
Street, this city, recently wrote:
"I would cramp, and my hands
and feet would draw, so I came near
having convulsions. I would have to
stay In bed a week, and when I
would get up, I Just dragged around,
and did not feel like doing my work.
I suffered a great deal with my
back.
“A friend came to see me and
saw how I suffered. She told me to
try taking Cardui, which I did. I
seemed to have more strength, after
my first bottle. After I had taken
about four bottles of Cardui, I saw
a great Improvement.
“I quit having such bad spells,
and was stronger and better than
In a long time. I gained In weight.
I took a few more bottles of Cardui,
and felt so well that I quit taking,}t.
“I certainly can recommend Car
dui, for I know what It Is to suffer,
and I know that Cardui helped me.'’
Thousands of women have writ
ten to tell of the benefit Cardui has
been to them, In helping them to
build up their health.
Purely vegetable. Get a bottle
today. All druggists.
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imaginable in that line were there,
All of them with their stock in
trade. The magicians came first j
with their bags of tricks and they
were very good. The old Hindu trick
of putting a boy in a bag, throw
ing the bag up into the air and
letting the pieces of the boy fall
one at a time; and arm, a leg, his
head, the torso, etc. Then all of
the pieces were placed into the bag
again, thrown into the air and it
immediately fell again, caught by
the magician and the bov tumped
out, sound as a dollar. iHoudini
explained this trick in one of his
many books'.
The Indian corn doctors also
came, and would take out a corn
or a bunion with the twinkling oi
an eye and "gam-tee" they would
never pain you or would never come
back (but I still have men, all lour
of them).
Almost everyone of the fellows
who came on board had something .
to sell, everything for Ivory tooth
picks and cigarette holders to pre
cious jewels. Tlie majority of us.
bought something from them, not ;
thinking to wait until we were |>er- j
mitted to go on shore and bet bar- I
gains and were sorry for the trade
but nevertheless learned our les
son, The “precious jewels” were j
nothing more or less than colored
glass as we learned to our sorrow.
Landing in Singapore we were as
tounded at the number of Chinese.
Japanese, Koreans, Filipinos and
other foreigners on the beach. In
dians galore, all of them with a‘
long, black beard. hair combed
straight back, and their carriage
was that of a prince Ninety per
cent of the East Indians are six
footers or over and make an im
pressive sight in column, iQuite a
large number of these Indians are
exported to Shanghai and other
Chinese ports to act as policemen.
The love of the Indian for the sail
or makes it hard for the Chinese
coolies, but more of this in another
chapter).
Fine silks, quaint kimono's, “Gen
uine leather" suitcases and so call- I
ed Gladstone bags” were on every
doorstep. All of them with prices
marked way down to almost noth
ing on account of the “sailor sale." :
(And they could be bought for half
the price or less). Mine has lasted
me until this day and I would take
nothing for it.
We stayed in Singapore for scv- j
eral days and it was the same tiling i
4ay after day—buying this and that
—trying to find something to send i
home to the folks. Picture taking,
tours through the country. ithat ■
never amounted to a single thing) i
then wc were ordered to Batavia,
Java.
Batavia was a repetition of Sing
apore, unless I might add that the
natives were the dirtiest I have
ever seen, unless it was in Amoy, j
China. From Batavia, we sailed di
rectly to Manila, to begin spring
maneuvers, battle practice, gun j
drills, submarine training, every
thing that comes in naval life. I
will skip that part of it and take '
you to Shanghai. China, the best
liberty port in the world. By that j
I mean that you can have a better
time, spend less, drink more, dance !
more, cat more, than any other port
of it's size in the world. Russian
dancers, Chinese "maidens." each
or any of them could be bought for '
a dollar, Chinese money.
Before I go into that, I will at
tempt to explains the method of
counting your money in China, es
pecially in Shanghai. The value of
the American dollar fluctuates each
day, just like a popular stock on the
New York Stock Exchange. For in
stance, your dollar today would be
worth $2.12 (Mex) meaning $2.12
Chinese money. Tomorrow it would
not be worth that much. Perhaps
more. But we will take the average
price of $2.12. and find out how
much you will have when you leave
the bank
1 go into the bank with $10.00
American money. The banker tells
me the rate, gives me two ten's
(size eight by twelve inches■ a
silver dollar, six twenty cent pieces,
one dime and fourteen clackers
(pennies the size of our half dol
lar.) It takes twenty four of these
pennies to make a dime, one dime
and twenty-four clackers to make
a twenty cent piece and (get this)
six twenty cent pieces, one dime and
i eight clackers to make one dollar.
; Mex! That looks funny I know, but,
I the clackers, dimes, twenty cent
pieces and half dollars (used in
some sections, arc known as “small
money" and not worth as much as
large money, or the silver dollar.
Some stores will not accept money
made during certain dates or dur
ing a certain reign, because of their
superstition, and ignorance.
Counterfeit money, especially the
silver dollars and as prominent as
pennies are here. It is no crime to
have counterfeit money in your pos
session. and if you are a greenhorn
you'll soon have lots of it and will
have to await the coming of some
other "boot" to get rid of it. If
you went into a stoic to buy some
thing nnd offered payment in silver
dollars, the, attendant would ring
each of them on the fingernail of
his thumb. If it sounded "O. K"
you got your purchase, if they
didn't, you walked out without it
and tried some other store. Even
tually you will find someone who
is willing to take a chance on get
ting rid of them to somebody else
Paper money is not so prominent
in China as the silver. It is not
unusual to see a man with a bag
of silver dollars in his hand. Sail
ors vmh pockets bulging with them
ts tyeommon sight.
Shanghai, that, mysterious, un
k/iwn city of the Orient, the one
place in China where a man can
do •'almost as he pleases. The
rushing rickshas, pulled by a coolie
- the low hanging signs, Written in
Chinese, the chants ol the street,
peddlers, the whine of the Chinese
violin with the drone, high pitch
ed voice of the singer —weird,
quaint. All of It so unreal, so fan
tastic. It just makes me shtvver to
think of it. But, to see and hear
these things tor the first, time, it
is for1 one to wonder that such a
race of people could live and be
called humans. Those people with
their weird superstitions and relig
ious' beliefs.
When 1 made my first liberty in
Shanghai, and set foot on Chinese
soil tor the first time, the first
thing that struck me so forcibly
was a ricksha, A ricksha is a two
wheeled cart, so balanced that when
a person gets in the shafts will
barely tilt and then the coolie or
Chink as he is more commonly call
ed will step between the shafts and
away you go with a honking of
horns, tooting of whistles or with
the loud, shrill cry of "Cherla"
(translated into English meaning
"get out of the wav.") 'Hie reason
for this "striking acquaintance" is
that when a sailor comes ashore,
there are from fifty to five hun
dred coolies there, each with a rick
sha, and each wanting the fare, The
one who got me into that thing was
a short, shriveled up fellow with a
wonderful smile, who said nothing
but. waited on the outskirts of the
rushing mob to attract attention—
and he did. I pushed and shoved
my way through those fellows un
til my white suit was as dirty as
though I had been shoveling coal
in it. all day—and that, is the truth
The Chinese are very dirty, especial
ly the coolie.
Alter shoving through the mob I
got into this fellows ricksha and
oirected him in sign language to
the Y. M. C. A . the sailor's hang
out, until dark especially. Another
reason for directing him to go there
was because the Y. M. C.—A. is lo
cated centrally in Shanghai and it
is easy to find your way from there
to places of amusement, (and oth
er dives),
Alighting before the Y. M. C. A.
I asked "how much?" and he re
plied "Much Money,” and since he
had brought me about ten city
blocks I gave him $.20 Chinese
money. He made an awful howl and
asked for more, I foolishly gave
him another dime and started away.
He started howling again, and as
I abhor notoriety I started to giye
him more when an Indian Sikh
(policeman) intervened and asked
me in perfect English how much I
had given him, where he had
brought me from. etc. I told him
from the dock and lie told the cool
ie to give me back my money and
then he asked me if I had any
coppers. I produced several, about
ten I imagine, and the Sikli gave
them to the coolie. struck him
across the back with his baton,
grabbed for his ricksha seat, missed
it, and the coolie was gone. He ex
plained to me that it he had got
ten the seat of the ricksha the
coolie would have had to appear in
court, redeem the seat and lose, his
license for a week, and that meant
starvation, but that it was the only
way to protect the "new sailors"
from extravagance. I thanked him,
preferred a half dollar which he
accepted, and walked away.
I entered the Y. M. C. A . made
myself known to Mr Brown, the
secretary, was assigned to a room,
cleaned up a bit, and went out
looking for a place to oat, (And the
fun began*.
Chinese 1 ave and always will be
a mystery to me and most of us
"ignorant Americans," so of course,
being new to Shanghai, not know
ing where to go. knowing no one
that would direct me to a decent
place, I accosted a friendly sailor
on the street and asked where to
:eat lie directed nir to Smoky
j Joe’;. and calk'd ft ricksha , spoke
to him m Chinese iuut away we
i went.
j More nohkmg of those screeching
horn. . more "Checla" and finally
; arrived at a place where I would be
: afraid to lie caught alter dark. HI
[smelling. disreputable Characters
jhangim: around ricksha coolie's
apparently awaiting tor someone,
and over a dirty door was marked
| in badly written English, "Smoky
l Joe's,” I gave the coolie ten cop
pers turned away. Nothing was
jsaid tin time, luckily, because
I there w asn't a Sikh in sight.
Entering Into that ill smelling
place -l was surprised to find a de
cently laid out. American restau
rant. the bill of tare plainly mark
eel on the wall, clean Chinks mov
ing about which I took to be wait
ers, and behind it all. there was one
of the most evil faces I have ever
seen or Men dreamed of. Smoky
Joe, ■ himself in person. An over
fat, large mail. with, eyes that
pierced through your very soul,
seeming .to ask a question of every
new comer.
I was seated at a table near the
entrance and placed my order with
a soft footed Chinaman who seent
*ed to know his business He asked
me in broken English what 1 would
like to drink and since I was not
In the habit' ol taking strong chink
and Dot knowing what to order I
asked him to send Smokv over, and
the reply was "Masker." (Which I
learned later to. mean, "alright."
Smoky came over. I introduced my
self and asked him what kind ot
good wine lie carried The reply
astounded me, for these were his
very words "My friend, we serve
here only the very best of wines,
liquors and champagnes. Our guests
are of the best for it is here that
we have ihosc famed parties of
the admirals and the mlers ot
Chinn.” Frankly I was amazed at
this statement for the appearance
ol the place was enough to dis
credit his statement, but X wisely
held my tongue and ordered cham
pagne.
Now champagne, as you old tim
ers know, is a mild but most ■ exhil
arating drink, and I pe’haps took
of it too freely, and since was my
first experience with the good tast
ing drink 1 kept on My dinner was
served, and I started io eat and
found some of the most delicious
tasting food since I had left home.
After the first course. I could not
distinguish one plate from another,
and Smoky Joe came over again.
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No. I Township
News Of Interest
Manv Attend funeral Of Clyde
- Reason Who Was Killed. Mrs.
Ilcila Crawley Read.
(Special U> The Star.)
A number of our people attended
i he funeral of Mrs Della McCraw
Crawley at Cllffslde
i Mr. and Mrs. Summie Allison
amt son Ilaymon and Mr. and Mrs
I John Martin visited Masl#V Jimmie
: Allison at the school for deaf and
dumb at Mmganton Sunday.
A number of our people attend
ed the funeral of Mr Clyde Reason
lat Mt Pleasant. He got killed at
Ctiffside Sunday. Mr. Reason was
well known here, Mrs. Reason be
I ing principal of Holly Springs
; school.
Mr. and Mrs Clyde Budges spent
| Saturday night at Mr. Rate Blan
ton.
Mr. and Mrs. Rob Jolley spent
Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs.
Rome Davis.
Miss EIoi.se Mini/, spent the week
end at Mr. Paul McC'raws,
Mr, and Mrs. Rome Davis and
That is ttie last thing l remember
but next morning at the Y. M. C. A .
I was rudely awakened from dreams
of. wcll-er-a just dreaming as most,
of us do occasionally. Was told by
a shipmate that I was found seated
on the curb, giving a coolie a twen
ty cent piece every time ho taught
me to say a Chinese word and what
it meanl.
(Other installments of League’s
story will follow).
McKNIGHT & CO.,
INC.
Wholesale Distributors,
SHELBY, N. C.
I Misses Bunah and Ferlcne Davis
| -pent, last Monday night, at Mr
Julius Price of Oiiffncy.
Mr mid Mrs. Deck Holland, Mr
|and Mrs. Oil Lytle of Converse, S
C. spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs
Willie Byars.
Mr. and Mra Jack Bailey spent
Sunday with Mr. Prank Baileys,
Mr. nnd Mrs. Dee Byars and Mr
Emmett Byars w ere visitors at Home
[Davis Thursday night
Misses Myrle and Veola Bridges
spent Sunday with Miss Beion
Hawkins.
Miss Lois Price of Cliffside spent
the week-end with Miss Eloise Ham
rick.
Mr, and Mrs. Hal 'Mintz Of Grassy
Pond spent Sunday with Mr, and
Mrs. Willie Mintz.
Miss Ruby Humphries visited her
grandfather Mr. Tom Philips Fri
day night,
Mr. Horace Hamrick spent Sat
urday night at Mr. George Huskeys.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Sum Bridges, Miss
Mill Bridges and Mr. Tavo Bridges
visited Mr. and Mrs. Coleman
Humphries of Greenville, S. 0.
Mr. and Mrs. Garland Hamrick
and children visited Mr. and Mrs.
Carvus Hamrick of Cliffslde Sun
day.
Mr. Rayinon Hamrick spent Sun
day ;it Mr. Grover Hamricks of New
Pleasant.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Bailey were
visitors at Mr. Glenn Humphries
Sunday.
Mr. Poland Hamrick spent Sun
day at Mr. L. Surratts of New
Pleasant.
Kp worth League To Give Pageant.
A pageant, "The Fruits of His La
bor,’’ will be given by the Epworth
League at St. Peters church, Sun
day evening, April 7 at 7:30 o'clock.
The public is cordially invited to
attend. No admission will be charg
ed.
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