The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-12-11
THE CHERRY TREE man.

the CHERRY TREE man.
Light Thrown son the Patronym Of
this Brilliant Financier.
A new method Of making money
has developed in western Carolina and
upper South Carolina which has
made those who started the enterprise
grich, while those who became agents
are realizing bountifully. This par
.ttiicular enterprise is called the Amos
Gwen Cherry Tree company, = OF
sRutherford county. What it is, OF
what its particular methods are, we
have not learned. 1T has developed to
the degree that some Of our esteemed
contemporaries, notably the Charlotte
Observer, have felt called upon to sug-
gest IN unmistakable but mild terms
that is isza1s fake.
But the name is strikings A COM
bination of 6 Amos Oven and the
Cherry Tvree' would NATURALLY IN
.spire comic fdence in western North
Carolina. Every school boy knows
the virtue which has attached to the
cherry tree since the days of George
Washington, who afterwards achieved
some distinction in grubbing up an
other tree which had taken root on
this side of the Atlantic. The Amos
Owen, prefix however, is not so we'll
appreciated by the world at large.
-four memory serves Us vel, a
gentlemanS BY that name who hafled
from the. Rutherford neigh ghborh hood or
settlement was an inveterate frequent
;ersof the federal court at Asheyllle
during the late Judge Dicks admins
;.tratiion, and as PERSISTENT intruded
himself upon the defendant-side of the
docket devoted to those whose per-
suasion, led them to cultivate the
worm which though it dieth in one
spot lives to run IN another. Uncle
Amos9Was. one of those intensely loyal
old patriots when believed This was a
free country, and anything to the con
strary was due solely to the pernicious
activity. of of the federal courts-a new
Of the radical party oSfarsas
shfissknowledge Went--and; its mlnlons.
Before the war; be. had indulged In
the exhi lerating If not always profit
able pasti1ne of converting the corn Of
sthesValleys into the dew Of the noun
stains and there was none to make
him afraid. It required frequent semi
annual visits to, Asheyille, and serl-
sous but sympathe etic.interVieWon&e each
occasion with Judge Dick, ending IN
variJab1y Nj ths the kindly admonItlon
ssSdOo Oosand costs, !, to convince the old
gentleman that Uncle Sam insisted on
as az divide d1iiyii IN all such undertakings:
After having gone through this per
Torrance time after time, and the
name Of Amos Owen was again
called in court the 5amia eand kindly
hearted iudgesYentured osexpress Sur
prise NOT unmingle with disappoint-
ment and 81 little disgust that such
things could be Yearins and year out.
and addressing the venerable defendant
SAID = s Amos. 4 am surprised to. see
you here again, .aff ter the leniency Of
the court IN the. past and your solemn
promise that you would not violate
the law again. see 4 mast be more
severe. With you You have given this
court a at,reat deal Of trouble -
And here was Amos oppegtn-
nifty and she seized it with both hands.
He interrupting, with that sharp,
:shriN voice Of his, and with q dead
.earnestnsss in his blue eyes, said
Yes, jedge, and this court has gin
me q great deal Of trouble too:
mos went home with tie usual
sssS1O04 ard costs. And we: suspect
the s100' with all its predecessors
stands Oh the docket to his credit
to this day; but never adding any
thing to Uncbs Sans treasury.
H a - Cherry; Treeo enterprise has
been turned loose upon our western
friends WITH the patronymical
endorsement Of the 8 Amos Owen Of
old, we are not surprised that it has
been a bowling success from the start.
Acoombinatfon of Amos Owen and
the Cherry Tree must possess virtues
Of. some sort Of good for the human
family If taken with prudence and
strictly according to directions.