The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-01-07

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Hickory Press and Carolinianl
There is an old Methodist hymn
which runs somewhat like this in the
beginning:
'"rhis is the way ] long have sought,
And mourned because / found it not"
We found out something Thursday
of last week which will do for aChrist-
mas ldyl.
When the versatile. MIR. Josephus
Daniels. the live editor of the Raleigh
News and Observer. was in Atlanta in
October last attending and viewing
the sights in the Exposition, he was
attracted to a pay lunch booth by the
yocifcrous and sonorous appeal Of an
elegant old-school gentlemen who
cried out the welcome sound, Aunt
Jeminy cal<es!" Viewing the elegant
old-school gentleman, who had met
with reverses in fortune in all
phases, and clothed as he was in faded
habilaments, Mr. Daniels with his
chiyalric young spirit concluded to pa
troniHe the caterer for whom the old
gentleman was the out court crier.
During the time Mr.. Daniels made a
rough sketch of the gentleman's pie
ture lie took it home to Raleigh and
had his boys make a nice cut of it.
which he published in his paper, to-
gether with a long article about the
Aunt Jemimy PAN Cake Restaurant"
1t seems to have brought the estab-
lishment largely increased business
There is a gentleman in Hickory who
is the president of the Fisrt National
bank, president Of the Granite Falls
cotton factory, one of the Catawba
county commissioners and also chair
man of the Democratic executive com
mittee OF Catawba county. lie took
his wife and two or three daughters
down to the Exposition, but it never
developed in Hickory what a good
time he had until last Thursday.
In the afternoon of that day we were
standing on the street talking with
him when he saw Mr.. Josephus Dan
iels coming up the street. He accosted
the financier, Mr.. Abel a. ShufoTd,
who at once proceeded to relate his
experience ut the Exposition. 1t was
as follows:
Before leaving Hickory for the Ex-
position Mr.. Shuford placed copy of
that issue of the Raleigh News and
Observer in his inside pocket. When
he got out ON the Exposition grounds
at Atlanta he hunted up this place.
From the picture and the description
given by Editor Daniels, Mr.. Shuford
recognized the old gentleman and the
place as soon as he came to it at the
Woman's building. 1t was about dim
ner time or lunch time. Mr.. Shuford
drew forth the newspaper and hand
ing it to the attendant, said something
about. "there now, I've got YOU"
The attendant looked at il a moment
and said, wait! | call de boss The
boss came and reading over the ar
ticle and critically examining the
picture of the old gentleman. he said:
"You and your people have dinner
with me. Come right in. That has
brought me lots OF business. ] hear
the people talking about it, but ]
never saw it until now You just have
whatever you want and all you want.
The caterer evidently mistoo< the
banker for the editor and the author
Of the cut and the article. When Mr..
Shuford and his family went to depart
he said, you come back here to-mor-
row and have dinner with me again"
Accepting the invitation, sure enough
he went back again the next day. The
clerk put some tickets down on the
table, giving the amount of the pur-
chase for dinner. The ''boss' came
along and seeing them, grabbed them
up from the table, saying, mo, you
don't. He pay nothing here. You
come and see me every day as long as
yol stay here"
Mr.. Shuford said he got ashamed
and never went back the next day or
any more.
Now don't you think: Mr. Josephus
Daniels laughed and said to Mr.. Shu-
ford: you owe me a dollar and a
half, and / want you to pay it right
now" Then he told n love story
about somebody over in his part of
North Carolina who collected $500
from a Sheriff under threat to expose
him in another mans newspaper, and
the Editor made the man pay him the
$500 because his newspaper had earn
ed the money. Mayor Joe ID. Elliott
came mp during the discussion and Mr.
Shuford was required to explain the
whole case all over to him. Then we
left Mr. Daniels wrangling for his
claim Of dollar and half on account
OF his half Of what Mr.. Shuford would
have had to pay for his two dinners
which he got on account of Editor
Daniels cut and article in the News
and Observer.
We Hickory people can sometimes
have more fun than mule can pull
down hill with the wagon pushing
The Rockingham Rocket has en-
tered on its fourteenth volume. 1T Is