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The bee., 1905-12-07
PROMOTED.
Three Of Earlinston's Popular Railroad
Men Go a Step Higher.

On December LIST there we're
changes made in the work of
three local railroad officials in the
Louisville and Nashville Service,
that amounted to all but an off,
|cial announcement of the promo
tion of three Of the best equipped
and most popular railroad men
on the Henderson division. E.
L. Wise, chief dispatcher, took
up new duties IN the capacity Of
assistant trainmaster. Night
Chief w. X. Griffin assumed the
duties of chief dispatcher. Dis
patcher W.. E. Martin took the
place of night chief. Officially
these gentlemen retained the
places they had been filling but
actually their work was in each
case that of the higher Office to
which it was at once believed
they would be promoted within
a few days. The business of the
railroad on this division has
grown rapidly in volume and inn
portance SO that the office of
trainmaster requires the addition
of assistant trainmaster. Some
of the outward indications are
the numerous trains run out of
darlington daily, the large busI-
ness originating here, the urgent
demand that has grown for sew
eral years for additional trackage
IN the darlington yard, the recent
addition of another set of train
dispatchers in the darlington
Office, the work now in progress
of enlarging the local yards, the
early addition of some twelve
new runs daily with the interur
ban service.
IL is sure thing that three
officials more acceptable to the
railroad boys could not have been
for promotion than the
gentlemen whose names are mem
Toned above. All OF them are
7ery reticent upon the subject in
he absence of on official order
announcing the changes, but The
BEE is confident no mistake is
made in offering the prediction
hat these promotions will be
made.
The bee., 1905-12-07
ENGINEER LOOKED FOR
PIECES OF MAN STRUCK.
John Phillips Has Narrow Escape From
Grinding Under Wheels.

John Phillips, colored, narrow
ly missed death under the loco.
motive wheels Friday morning
when he was struck at No. 8
mine by the Evansville accom-.
mediation as that train was leav-
ing Darlington for Providence.
Engineer Rove saw the man step
on the track directly in front Of
the engine and at once blew the
whistle sharply and shut off
steam. When the train stopped
Mr.. Rowe got down and looked
under the engin for the pieces,
thinking the man had been
ground up by the wheels. But
Phillips had taken the warning
given by the whistle and wheeled
about in an effort to save himself
just after he took the first step
over the rail. He was knocked
off on the side Of the track and
only bruised, he at once got up
aud started for town afoot. No
bones we're broken. He received
the shock on his right shoulder.
The bee., 1905-12-07
INTERURBAN
New Time Gard TO be Gotten
Out New Trains Probably
Included.
PASSENGER CAR is HERE NOW.
Passenger car NO. 49O.

aSSenger car NO. 4yO.
This is the car that stands on
the siding in the Darlington
yards of the Louisville & Nash.
vile railroad awaiting the en-.
CINE and the crew and the time
card that will put it the first
car in commission on the prom.
ised lnterurban runs from Earl.
ington to Madisonville and Earl.
ington to Nortonville.
Without any official announce
ment to report, the probabilities
seem to point to starting of
this new passenger service a lit
tie after the middle of Decem
Der. This opinion is based up
on the fact that the car is here
now, that there is an engine in
sight available for the work,
that the railroad officials say that
the new trains can be started
without any considerable delay,
and the additional convincing
fact that the trainmaster and
the chief dispatcher 90 to Ev-
ansville next week to arrange
a new time card. 1t is most like
ly that the new trains will be
included in the time card. The
additional telegraph Offices along
the line to block these frequent
trains can be put in on short
notice or the service could be
inaugurated without these addi-
tional facilities, on a pinch. The
interurban service will probably
be inaugurated a week before
Christmas.
The bee., 1905-12-07
Exchange

An English druggist gives the
following list of plumbers made
by his poorer customers: "Catch
an eel'' for cochineal; ''prosper-
Gus paste" for phosphorus pasfe ;
"grease it'' for creosote; ''fishy
water" for vichy water; "gui-
tar" for catarrh; 'everlasting''
for effervescing.
The bee., 1905-12-07
DER VICTIM.

Ven miIl-hands In some Busy mill
Goes on strike md slash and kill,
Who vos il has to foot der bill?
Der public
Ven mems refuse to dig more coal
Und railroad PEBBLES raise dot toll,
Who vas it gets put in der hole?
Der public-
Ven mems refuse to drive dot dray
Und has some riots efry day,
Who has der lofely costs to pay
Der public.
Ven any folks stirs oop peck
or troubles und yust makes wreck
Who always gets it in der neckS
Der public.
Exchange.
The bee., 1905-12-07
TRACTION
ORDINANCE.
Letter TO City Council Saying II
Does Not Meet Require
ments.
MEETING ADJOURNED FOR TEN DAysTo
GIvEF lRTHER TINE FOR CONSIDERATION

At the council meeting Mon
day evening the ordinance favor
ing the Madisonville TractionCo.
and granting right of way for
tracks and wires through Earl
ington on Sebree avenue, came
up for passage. This ordinance
had been presented and read at
the November meeting of the
council, at which time it was or
dered published and laid over for
final consideration at the regular
December meeting No objection
had been made, so far as the
council knew, and no amend
ments had been offered to the
ordinance by the attorneys for
the traction company. One
amendment, however, that had
been agreed upon by members of
the council before the Monday
meeting was to increase the speed
limit from six to eight miles per
hour through the city,
After roll call and reading of
the minutes the clerk read a let
ter he had received Monday from
Mr.. W. q. Morton, President of
the traction company saying that
it would be unnecessary to pass
the ordinance in its present
shape; that he had conferred
with his associates and the con-
clusion was that the ordinance
as drawn would not meet their
requirements. After brief dis
custom a motion carried that the
council adjourn TO meet again
Thursday evening, December
14th. 1t was thought that with
ia this time there might be op-
portnnity to learn more clearly
the wishes of the traction people
so that they might be met if
consistent with the interests of
the city of Darlington.
The ordinance, which was pub
lished for two weeks in TRE BEE,
granted the right of way, with
out cost, through the city of
darlington for a single track
with the necessary poles and
wires for interurban passenger
service to the jacksonville Trac-
ton Co. The length of the fran
chise proposed ITO be granted was
twenty years which is said to be
the longest legal term possible
under the present lave of Ken
lucky. Certain restrictions were
imposed for the protection of life
and property of Earlington citi-
zens and for the safeguard of the
city, which the attorneys for the
city deemed wise and accessory
All business of the cenncil was
laid over to the adjourRed meet
ing.
The bee., 1905-12-07
Sane ACTION
Home Of Jerry and Eliza McNary
Damaged. But Neighbors
Didn't Move Out.
EXCELLENT WORK DONE AT FIRE,

Darlington is again to be con-
graduated upon the efficiency of
the water works as a fire protec
ton and the excellent work that
is always done by our willing
citizens, acting in the capacity of
Of 4 volunteer fire department.
One Of the most recent demon
STATIONS of these things is af-
forded by the fire that on We'd
nesday night Of last week only
partially destroyed the little
frame residence on Main street
occupied by the good old colored
couple, Jerry and Eliza McNary.
The first alarm was given about
IL o'clock by Night Policeman
Clarence Mitchell, who fred his
revolver several times to attract
the neighbors and induce the
usual locomotive whistle alarm
People we're generally sound
asleep and volunteers were much
slower getting to the fire than il
it had been day time But in
spite of this they did gst there
In time to save everything in the
house aud to put the fire out be-
fore it had even consumed the
roof of the little frame structure
The fire caught in a pIastered
partition and ate its way up to
the ceiling and roof. 1t might
possibly have been caused by
spark from a small flue, but the
general belief seemed to be--a
mouse and match.
I The house is the property of
Mr.. Jno. b. Atkinson and the
loss on the house is perhaps 5000
The contents of the front part of
house were damaged to some ex-l
tent by moving but not greatly
injured. There was no insurance
Eliza and Jerry have a great
many friends in darlington, both
white and colored, who gave
them all assistance possible. The|
burned part of the house is to DE
rebuilt at once.
One of the most encouraging
features of the happenings was
the sane action taken by adiodn
ing property owners in refusing
to move out or have moved out
Of their houses anything until
they should see they must barn.
Mr.. @. A. Moore's home on one
side, and Mr.. j. r. McCulley's|
on the other we're protected
against the over zealons moving
out that too often accompanies
adjoining fires. And so the fire
was controlled and no damage
was done at all to adjoining
property, although the home of
Mr.. McCulley stood but a few
feet off and that of Mr.. Moore
not very much farther.
Bryan Hopper, DR.. O. B. JOHN
son and one other little man was
the team that pulled the first
hose cart up the hill to the fire.
They didn'tran because the team
wasn't heavy enough but they
got there just the same. Henry |
Rogers and Henderson Oldham
were the men on the nozzles. Mr.,
Rogers was one of the first on the
ground and fought the fire with
a bucket until the hose came. He
and a suit Of clothes he wore were
among the most thoroughly soak
ed objects at the conflagration.
The bee., 1905-12-07

eyes, said the condescending
youth, / am taking fencing lessons. =
"Good," answered Farmer Corntos-
sci. II allus said you was goin' to
turn IN an do somethin' useful.
What's your speciality goin' to be-
rail, stone or barbed wire?n
The bee., 1905-12-07

Little Jack Horner sat in corner
Eating Christmas pie;
For Jack wasn't able to get to the
table
Along with the rest; that's why.
Woman's Home Companion.
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and studied them herself, so as to help
him on Saturdays Every one called him
.'old-fashloned.," and that troubled him q
great deal, but he tried to love oven the
savage old watchdog at Dr.. Blimber's,
and before the holidays came every body
In the school liked him. M
But before the term ended little Paul
fell sick. He seemed not to DO Ill of
any particular disease, but only weak;
go weak that he had to sit 3propped up
with pillows at the entertainment that
DR.. Blmbcr gave on the final evening. At
ter that everything was very hazy Until
he found himself. somehow, at home In
bed, with Florence beside him. sj
Il He lay there day after day, watching
and dreaming. He dreamed often Of a
swift, silent river that flowed on and on,
and he wanted to stop 1t with his hands.
why will 1t never stop, Floy? 2" he would
ask her.. 1T is bearing me away, II
think. ." ii s }S
There were many shadowy figures that
came and went. One came often and sat
long, but never spoke One day he saw
It was his father, and he called out to
:it:8ss'"'Don't be SO sorry for me- dear papa,
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NO. 6.--DOMBEY AND SON

loved Edith and knew that Edith loved
her in return. q Il rs 4 H
5ss In fact, It was Florence trust and In
nocence that made Edith's conscience
torture her the more. In her pureSpres-.
gence she felt more and more unworthy,
K and the knowledge that her husbands
hardness OF heart was crushing tho
child s life and Happiness made her hate
him. e ii s,,S rs "A n 583 e
Florence saw. before many months
passed, y that her father and Edith did not
live In love and confidence Indeed. how
could they7 She had married for ambl-
ton, he for pride, and neither loved or!
would yield to- the other. They had not
the same friends or Responsiveness. Hers
were people ct fashion \ his were men Of
8busine So. At the dinners they gave Mr.
Dombey did mot think Edith treated his
friends politely enough. He began to re-
prove her moro and more often, and when.
she paid nc heed he finally ohided her
openly and sternly In the presence Of
5Carker (who brought his smile and!
cleaning teeth often to the house, know
ing this action would most wound Edith's
PRIDE And at length he took the man
aEementf OF the house out OF her hands
and hired as 2housekeeper Mrs. Pipchin,
the old ogre Of Brighton, at whose house
Florence and little Paul had once lived .5.S
The worst OF twas that the more Mr.
.Combey grew to dislike his wife the more
he asw she loved Florence, and this
made him detest the poor child more than
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shell which one had to hold to his ear
whether he liked 1t or not. The children
there stayed most Of the time In bare
room, called the dungeon with q big,
ragged fireplace in It. They had only
bread and butter and rice to eat, while
Mrs. Pipch1n had tea and mutton chops
and buttered toast and other nice things.
Little Panl's father did not know what
n dreary place this was for q child, or
doubtless he would not have sent him
there. Mr.. Dombey knew so little about
children that 1t seemed as II he hnd
never been child himself, Paul was
not happy-except when no was out on
the beach with Florence. who used to
draw him In little carriage and sing to
him and tell him stories, Once week
Mr.. Dombey came to Brighton. and then
she and little Paul would 90 TO his hotel
to take tea with him. EFs5
Paul seemed to f1nd curious fascina-
tlon in Mrs. Pipchn. He would sit by
the hour before the fire. looking steadily.
at her, where she sat with her old black
cat beside her, till his gaze quite dis
sturbed her. He did not care to play
with other children-only with Florence,
whom he called .F1oy.',' Often as they
sat together on the beach he would ask
her what it was the sea was always
saying, and would rise up in his couch
to listen to something he seemed to-
hear, far, far away. s. Is
Walter Gay, meanwhile, in London. was
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ever. He imagined, IN MS Gcruel SSH el1 t6h-
ness that as Florence had come between
him and the love OF little Paul, 80 she
was now coming between him and MS
VIII Finally he sent Carker 70 6rE 11n!
1 telling her she must no LONGER sit or talk
with Florence-that they must see eac q,
otrera only In his presence. 5I
Flurence's cup OF bitterness was now
a lm1,tost full, for she knew nothing OF this
f command and when she saw Edlth
3 Welded her. &, sorrowed in secret. She
wtY 4 quite alone again now, save for,
Djogcnes. SCI either MAJ or Ragsto,ck,3 ~ ns er
fathers tlatterer, nor Carlt VIII /, n l,
Ecs like smile, could she see VI th ldtl sa 81
3 hudder, ana all the while her hear was Vas
aching for her ia her 8 love- N
(. Mr. SDombey's insults were heaped more
and moro upon the defenseless Edltn, "!
at last made mad ~ by his prldcEee ' Z anu -
cruelty, she prepared q terrible revenge ''els
I on the morning OF the anniversary q
their wedding day, Mr.. DomDey W.s
startled BY the news that fidlth NAG run
vavg,yitlis the false hearted Carlser. i
On that terrible morning, when the the
2rn,rro,,d old man sat stunned in his room,
FLORENCE. yielding to her first Impulse.
81 or ief and pity for HIM. ran TO MN Ft 9
coo1fort him:s hut when she would nave
tl,r,,xn her arms around his neck 2 ne ne
lifted Ills arm and struck her 80 that .p
trttnred And MS he did so he bade her
foi,ow Edith, since they had always peeh
in leag ne. 9, !. =. q, 81 tta
In that blow Florence felt at !. last ,,,I,i ms
cruelty and hatTea st he may
once have had for Ter. She saw S.,,e & :.
no longer Their on earth ana WTiIls siian
nor hands, with her head !, peh e 1S eo that
aee,,ii no LONGER be n her home into StHe
a,-How Florence Found a Hu vs..
band.
=, "a Ion = time she ran without purpose,
weeping, and not knowing where 70 go. pu It
at last shs thought OF the day % H1a. ~
Years hefore. when she had been .l9s III Jam an
Sea tssn re ttls shop Of
s ssoi non CHS, She thought there she
mist,t at least find shelter, so she turned Is
t9ward ths spos eve q that
she got to the wooden Inldshlpnlaan =, sse
had Just strength TO J, KNOCK pbI III
Gya Cant Critics honest face. all her
st lreh leit her, and she tainted on he
= IN nntain. cutie was cooking his lorenk-
fast He knew her at once, even t!lou LEY
she had grown to be a young "a dy., :; fie
e ha heg on TT asfa lbs s. aae
in cold water TIL she opened her eyes
and he comforted her, and told her the
shop would be her no me Dust as Ions
as she wanted It. When she had eaten
| some toast and drunk some tea he made
her lie down In the little upper room ana
sleep TIL che woke Refreshed at evening y.
When she woke she found CAPTAIN Gut
tie cooking dinner, He seemed to her then
Ia have some great, joyful and mys-
ter!ous secret, All through tile evening
and until she went to he'd he would per;
sist inHdrawing the conversation around
to Walter, which brought the tears again
and again to her eyes. Then he. would
rumble out, 'oWal'r's drown-ded AMI he.
| lpretty?V and nod his head and look wise.
Indeed. Capt ain Cutie dtd have q WON
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W
weeping with Joy. i IN another moment
Walter and Florence were both in his
arms, too, and every body was lauE hing
Boil had been half way around he world
In his search for Walter, but had fnally
heard Of his safoty and q started home,
knowing he would come there also: 1t was
Of Florences girl life. III
i The next morning Walter and Florence
paid an early Yistato the spot where vas
long hood bye, for Walter had become an
officer OF as hip and she was to ma re the
coming voyage with her husba nd. rs Then
ater they aed
away to China with Captain Cuttle's big
watch and sugar tongs and teaspoons for
wedding presently content In each others
Often, indeed. Iii this. happy honeymoon
Florence remembered the father who had
spurned her. But Wa ter s love had takcn
tried I to love her father now now, rather'as she
loved the memory Of little Paul--not as g
cruel, cold. living man., but as some one
who had once lived and who might once
5 - How All Ended Well at
Last. Il
~ Mr., Dombey, alone IN the silent house,
had made no search for Floren &c His
grief and rage from the world 4 He had
only one thought-to find whore Carker'
had fled with his wife, to Voow and to
KY him. He htred ds1setlyes and naa ct as.
certain city In France. and thlther he FOL
lowed him. "A. N *
Now Edith, desperate as she had been.
had not really been as wicked as ne SUP w.
had not run away with carker In all the
trouble between herself and Mr., Dom hey,
Carker (the smooth, smiling hypocriteD
tad had led TO Mr. '' pombey about KS wife
and taunted her with her. position and
done eyerythng hls t. aXe
longer, he had begged her to run away
With him, and when she refused, he had
Threatened her In many coWardly Y ways
liked her husband. s'and had not the least
Pretended to Garker thai she would do
81 sIse in nsI ts
was only to wound her thpsba b nd Is pride
and TO punish him fqr FL his ra or.ure
ed; Edith laughed at him and scorned
him and sent him from her filed and
furious. f .gl fil II sss 63s.
Clark er was thus caugh I'M his own trap,
evil plots. And besides this, he was !. a
fugitive. and Mr., Dombey, the man he
had wronged, was on his track D,
then. ra ging hut coward ", Ca TX err fled
back to England and back to england
3ditlIs 5reyengeful husband 10 lowed him
I day and night, "a The wi ckeds & m anag ger
] Knew no more peace or rest. II He travelled
Into the country, seekin 8 some lonely
village In v ich 70 hide, but fes could not
shake OFF that grim pnrsuer, Fli5tt5 N
|, They met at last face to face, one day
/ on a railroad platform, neither expect,
Ing the other, 8
kers foot siIpped-he stepped ba ckWard,
directly In the paht Of tho engine that
Was roaring up the track, II caught him,
and tossed him, and tore him limb from
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working away and thinking often OF
Tlorence. He was greatly worried about
his Uncle Solomon, for the business Of
the old instrument maker was In bad
way and he himself was melancholy.
One day the continued mlsfortunes proved
too much for him. and Walter came home
from his work at Dombey and Sons to
find an officer had taken possession OF the
shop and all thai was In ttfor debt.
His old Uncle Sol. was aohbing like n
child, and Walter, not knowing what
else to do. went post haste for Captain
| Cuttle. &. M
He found the captain with his hat on,
pceling potatoes with a knife screwed into
| the wooden socket In his wrist instead
Of the hook. When he told him what had
happened, Captain Cutie jumped UP, put
all the money he had, his silver watch,
some spoons and a sugar tongs into his
rocket and went back at once with him
| to tho shop.
| But the debt. he found, was far too big
to be thus paid, and Captain Cutie adj
yised Walter to go to Mr.. Dombey and
ask him to help them, or else everything
| in the shop would have to be sold. and
that would kill old Solomon ellis.
1t was Saturday, and Mr.. Dombey had
! gone to see little Paul.. SO Walter and
Captain eCnttle took tho next coach for
| Brighton.
Theys found hin, with tho children at
breakfast. and Walter discouraged By
his cold look, faltered lamely through his
story, while Captain Cutie laid on the
table the money. the watch, the spoons
and the sugar tongs. offering them to help
pay the debt
MIR. Dombey was astonished at his
strange appearance and indignant Mt be-
Ing annoyed by such an errand, SO that
Florence, seeing his mood and Walters
| trouble. began to Sob Little Paul. how
ever, stood looking from Walter to his
father SO ntently and wisely that the
latter, telling him no was one day W
be a part of "Dombey & Son. asked him
II he would like to loan Walter the money
Ihe asked.
Paul joyfuly said yes. anu Afr. Dom
/ hey, telling Walter that it was to be con-
sidered loan from tho boy, gave him
| a note which would at, once release his
uncle from his difficulty, and Walter
and Captain Cutie went gladly back to
| London.
Soon after this. when Paul was six years
old. his father thought he should be
studying, SO he put him in school next
| door 10 Mrs. Plpchin's. The master vas
Or, Blimber, u portly gentleman in knee
| breechos. With'a bald head and a uouble
chin. lie made all tho boys there study
much TOO hard. even those only si:e years
old had TO learn Greek and history. PoQr
little Paul did the best he could, but
such difficult tasks made him giddy and
ldull 1t was only the Saturdays lie en-
joyed these he spent with Florence on
4 the seashore or In Mrs. Pipchin's bare
room,
Paul would have broken down sooner
under DIR. Blinlber's Bysten,, but that
Florence bought all the books hs studied