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Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-25

'Oh, Mr.. Brown, Henry Foster has been
left!"
Henry looked up in amazement at this
charge.
81 haven't touched their dinners he said.
L haven't been away from this corner!'
g What is all this.' asked Mr.. Brown, stern
ly. Who came to the table first%
Why, we all came up together said Mary
Webster, one of the older girls; but was the
first that noticed it. As soon as | came in
the door | happened to look toward the table,
and | saw that the. pals were all uncovered,
and L said, why, just see the dinner-palls!N
Then we all came up and found most of them
empty, and we thought Henry must have done
it, for there was nobody else here
He couldn't eat all that, though he must
have hidden it somewhere, said George Adams.
Henry was called up and questioned, but
he protested his innocence, and said that he
had not been away from his chair, and had
been studying hard all the noon.
appearances were certainly against him;
but he was not boy from whom such con-
duct would have been expected, and this fact,
together with the apparently truthful air with
which he denied any knowledge Of the matter,
made Mr. Brown look about for some other
explanation
squirrel, cat or a dog might have entered
but the windows were all closed to keep out
the cold, clustering wind, and when Henry
was asked if he had opened one during the
noon. he replied:
"'NO, sir 1 didn't. wasn't out of this
corner once
"There was no longer any question in Mr..
Browns mind No animal, even if one could
in some way have got in, would have placed
those pail-lids in a row, right side up, along
the edge of the table. 1t must have been done
by human hands.
"Henry had evidently, he thought, med
died with the contents of the pals, and was
now trying to escape the consequences of his
act by persistent denial of it.
"He was surprised, for, though the boy oc-
casionally ndulged in fit Of laziness, as he
had done that morning, he was not greatly
given to mischief, and more than once he
had told the truth when a lie might have
screened him from punishment.
$50, very gravely, Mr.. Brown talked to
| Henry of the meanness and wickedness of
falsehood, and told him that he would gain
nothing by it, for it was perfectly clear that
he had played a mean and silly trick
"Poor Henry, conscious of his innocence
could only keep sobbing out that he had told
nothing but the truth, until his teacher lost
all patience with what seemed to him the
boys perverseness.
"'Stop' said he; don't say another word
until you are ready to tell me the truth
Go to that chair in the corner again and think
over what you have done and what l have
said until l call you:'
"Henry went to his seat, feeling very wretch
ed indeed. The teacher and all the scholar,
thought him thief and liar, and he had
before him the disagreeable prospect of a Whip-
ping, which he felt sure he should receive
Then, too, his father and mother would hear
of it, and perhaps they would not believe him.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-25

either, for he acknowledged to himself that
it must seem to every one as though he were
really guilty.
-, Mr.. Brown next instituted search for
the missing lunch, and, when it could not be
found anywhere in the room, he brought his
own basket, from his desk, where it had re-
mained undisturbed, and, placing it on the
table, asked if those whose dinner was left
would like to share it with those who had
none.
this, Mr. Brown put all the food together,
and, keeping none for himself, divided it into
as many parts as there were children standing
about the table. Then, holding up one pail
or basket after another, and, asking whose
it was, he put into it one or more of the
portions, according as it belonged to only one
or to two or three from the same family.
after the last one had taken his share. and
gone away from the table, Mr. Brown, seeing
that nothing was left on it but his own bas-
ket, asked:
"'Do any of you know whether Harry
brought pail or basket to school to-day?
"'Yes, sir said one of the boys. He had
basket L remember it, because we walk.
ed part of the way to school together this
morning, and he opened it to show Annie and
me two big pears he had'
"Mr Brown said no more, and after the
dinners were finished went on with the usual
exercises of the school. When these were
over, he gave the order to lay aside the books,
ana Inen, cdlllnS henry 10 MIN, ne SAID:
Now | want to find out just what you
did while l was away this noon. Where is
your dinner basket"
"I don't know said Henry. Il didn't go
near the table. L was busy with my lesson all
the time
"The teachers face grew sterner and he
said:
"'You will tell different story before [
get through with you. | am going to punish
You first for your conduct at noon, and then
much more severely for telling lies, which
is much worse.
"'Oh, Mr.. Brown began the trembling
boy, please don't whip me. 1 really didn't
take the dinner, and l haven't told a lie.
didn't
"Mr. Brown stopped him, saying that he
would not hear anything more of that kind.
Then turning, he took down a long, slender
rattan, and told Henry to take off his jacket.
"Seeing that any further words would only
make matters worse for him, Henry obeyed
determining to bear the pain as bravely as he
could
"At that moment, the silence was broken by
shrill voice, which seemed to come from the
ceiling, calling out:
took them vittles.'
Instantly every eye was turned in the di-
rection of the sound. Just over the table was
small opening in the ceiling, not more than
a foot square, which had been made for the
purpose of ventilation. Through this now
appeared a pair of bare, brown feet, follow
ed the next moment by the body of their
owner, who dropped lightly to the table, and
jumped to the floor.
"He was a boy apparently eleven or twelve
years old, very. ragged and dirty, with un.
| combed hair and smbrowned face.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-25

I'm one hand was Henry's missing basket,
and holding it up, he walked quickly toward
the teachers desk, exclaiming:
Don't lick that feller. He hain't done
nothin'. This here's his basket wot you want
ed, and wot's left o the vittles is into it,
:" Who are you and how did you. get here?
demanded Mr. Brown, as soon, as his astonlsh-
ment would allow him to speak.
"I h'isted one O. the winders t'other night
and got in, and | clumb up through that ere
hole into the loft. I've been hidin' up there
two days, cause twas warmer n twas out in
the woods: hain't had nothin' but chestnuts
to eat, and mighty few, O them, and when you
all went off and left the vittles right there, l
wanted some so bad that | peeked down to
see wot that feler was doin', and when l seen
him a-settin' there, with his back to 'em, and
never even a-turnin' his head, L thought meb-
be 1 could come down softly and git some.
But what are you hiding for in this wayg
"My names jack said the boy, and /
don't live nowheres. I'm hidin' away from
dad and the rest of 'em. See wot he done to,
me- he added, pushing up one tattered sleeve
and showing an arm covered with bruises It's
always been just so, and wouldn't stand it
no longer. So hid, and didn't mean to let
nobody. see me till they'd guy up lookin' for
me and gone way off. thought, then, I'd
try and see how it seemed to work and live
decent and honest Std o trampin' round and
stealin' all the time and never bein' nobody.
And since I've been up over here, OH how
Pye wished L had half the chance all these
fellers have got'
"'Dad II kill me if he ketches me ag'in.'
"Mr. Brown quieted Jacks fears, telling
him that he wanted to help him, but that
he could not do much unless he knew about
his parents, and saying that he would talk
more with him soon, he dismissed the school
after few words in regard to circumstan-
tial evidence, by which he said Henry had
been convicted of wrong-doing, but which, as
they saw, could not always be trusted
"After the scholars had gone, Mr.. Brown
learned from Jack that the man he called
dad was one party Of pretended basketmak.
ers, and that he had been known Sometimes
as Bill Thorn and sometimes as Bill Smith.
But I don't care nothin' about his name,'
said the boy. I'D ruther not have any than
his. l heerd Molly and another woman a-talk-
in once and she said l want Bills boy, and
don't b'lieve be-
"Before the evening was over, jack thor
oughly washed and dressed neatly in suit Of
Henry Fosters clothes, given by Henry's par
ents after hearing the story, had been taken
to the home of an uncle of Mr.. Brown, who
lived several miles away.
"Jack is a man now, with children of his
own. and while he has done everything in his
power to make their life happy one, he has
Of rescuing poor, neglected boys and girls
from wretchedness and vice, and it is he who
has just been telling them the story of his boy
hood"
At this unexpected close to the narrative,
Mr.. Hudson was greeted by chorus of excla-
nations and questions from the children who
found Il hard to realize that their father had
once been the Jack described in his story.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-25
Copyright by James Elverson.

~ tent. "It is too bad to have such
kSS3I long rain while we are camping
SSsSS out. / DO wish it would clear off"
. Yes; but what is the use of wish
ing lt?' said Sam. WED better think of
something to do"
just then there was a movement of one of
the curtains and the childrens father Joined
them.
well, what are your plans for this third
rainy day in camp" he asked, seating him
self as he spoke.
I'VE haven't any. We want you to tell us
what to do" they answered.
think l know Of a way to interest and
amuse ourselves for a part of the day." he
said; but we shall need mammals help, and
she will be busy for half an hour vet. answer
ing her letters. How would you like to hear a
story while we are waiting for herr"
1t is true story" he continued, "and one
that L have always wished to have you know
some time"
''Just at noon one November day, nearly
thlrty-hye years ago, as the boys and girls
In little country school-house were ready for
dismissal, their teacher told them that he
had something to say which he thought would
give them pleasure.
ga gentleman who had been travelling in
South America, and had brought home MANY
curious and interesting things, was stopping
for a day with the people at whose house he
boarded This gentleman, with the consent of
his hosts, had invited him to bring his nunils
to see these curosities during the noon inter
mission.
''But there was one boy who was to have
no share in the unexpected treat. All through
the morning Henry Foster had sat lazily. his
books open before him, but giving very little
thought to his lessons, though twice reproyed
for ideness; and when called to recite in
arithmetic he had made such an utter failure
that his teacher had led him to a corner of the
room, and placing him in a chair, with his
face toward the wall, ordered him to study.
''At the close of school the lesson was still
unprepared. The boy had chosen to be idle
while the Others were at work, and SO the
teacher told him it was only fair that he
should stay and work now, while the rest
were enjoying themselves, and he threatened
him with severe punishment if on their re
turn the lesson should not yet be learned.
"Then, remembering his teachers warming
words to him before leaving the school l-house
he went to work with a will
''Soon he felt sure that he could recite the
rule perfectly, and taking his slate tried the
examples. After half an hours steady work
at these he lifted his flushed face, and turned
to look at the clock. f.l
"'0ny one more,' he said to himself q
guess l can get that before they come back.
"He was Just finishing when the door opened
and the scholars came trooping in.
SIN a moment the teacher had come to his
side and taken his slate from his hand but
before he could examine it a chorus of voices
came from the opposite side OF the room.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-03-28
Board Bought Much Whiskey.

Columbia, March "a Clerk Martin
tonight announced the first quarterly
purchases made by the new board of dis
pensary directors. AS there is already a
stock on hand of $1,000 in excess of
the limit provided by law, and in view of
the favored firms blacklisted by the in
vestigating committee, much interest is
manifested to know what firms will be
favored by the new board and how deep
they will wade in making the first pur-
chases.
The purchases are lighter than usual
and are confined principally to goods of
cheap class. They total $4,000 barrels of
whiskey and brandy IL cars beer, 4,425
cases of case goods. 1t would take two
trains of 20 cars each to handle the bulk
of entire purchase. No glass was bought,
although there were several bids before
the board.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-03-28
Locals from Ramsay's Creek.

Ramsay's Creek, March 26.--The health
of this community is very good.
S. r. Cobb, his wife and daughter,
Miss Lena, of Tugaloo, Ca, visited kins-
folk in this section last week.
VIM. II. Lee is having his house en-
larged, and when completed will add
greatly to it's appearance.
The new bridge, near Mr.. Lees, is one
to be proud of. This is the best bridge
ever built across this creek. Mr.. Hob
son is we'll acquainted with his business
and we all agree he is the man for the
place.
Rev. l.. d. Chambers is the pastor of
Cross Roads church this year.
G. w. Lyle has his new house almost
completed.
The time for farming has come, and
the glorious spring has dawned once
more. Our good farmers have gone to
work as if to try to retrieve the loss oc-
casioned by the tremendous freshets of
last year.
The peach crop throughout this Sec
ton was damaged by the cold snap a
week ago. W.. d.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-03-28

New York is to have sky-scraper 80
stories in height, the top of which will
be 593 feet from the ground. 1t will be
erected at Broadway and Liberty streets,
by the Singer Manufacturing company.
The Churchman bill, fixing railway
passenger rates at two cents per mile for
300 and l,000-mile tickets, passed the
House in the Virginia Legislature March
7th. II had previously passed the Senate.
Lawyer Patrick, of New York, is still
good way from the electric chair. He
murdered old man Rice, the millionaire,
six years ago, and has been under SEN
tcnce of death for about two years. 1t is
hard to hang any man when he has a
good lawyer. When the defendant is
himself a lawyer and has shrcwd coun-
Gil to help him the problem becomes a
difficult one indeed.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-03-28
Frank PurcelI Acquitted.

Atlanta, March A.-Amid hysterical
scene in Justice of tho Peace Ormond'
Court, r. Frank Purcell, the Piedmont
Hotel barber, was acquitted of the charge
of numbering his father, Henry j. Pur-
cell, a we'll known contractor Of this city,
on last Wednesday.
Young Purcell shot his father dead
while the elder man, in a drunken fury,
was advancing on the mother of Frank,
and also his young wife. The father had
the open knife in his hand, and fearing
serious, if not fatal, injury to his loved
ones, young Purcell fired three shots at
his father, death resulting almost in
stantly.
Purcell Immediately surrendered to
the police and the hearing was had be-
fore Justice Ormond this morning. The
wife and mother of the young barber
were in the court room and when Purcell
was dismissed both became wildly hys-
terical. The mother, the wife of the
dead man, rushed to her son and threw
her arms around his neck saying in
broken accents: "Thank God! Thank
God! My son is saved! He did rightv'
Frank Purcell, when the two hysterical
women were quieted, left the court room
and went to his homo on Courtland
street. He will return to his work in a
a few days. Sympathy was altogether
with the young man.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-03-28
State Weather Map.

Columbia, March 27.-As a companion
to his isothermic map of the State Com
missioner Watson has prepared, under
the direction of Chief Moore, of the
weather service, q precipitation map,
which shows the precipitation in zones,
compiled from averages mado up from
all the records since they have been kept
in the State-for over a quarter of a
century.
A curious coincidence of the map is
that the heaviest precipitation, from 81
to 90 inches, occurs in exactly opposite
corners of the State--the northern halves
of Greenville, Pickens and Oconee
counties. and at the other end of the
State circle embracing third of the
central portion of Charleston, southern
half of Berkeley, small strip of tho
southeastern part of Dorchester and two
square miles of tho eastern edge of Col
Teton.
The dry portion of the State, which is
10 to IL inches less, takes in the Savan-
nah river sides Of Barn we'll and Hampton,
Sumter and kershaw almost entire, east
ern half of Fairfield, southeastern half of
Lancaster, southern edge of Chesterfield,
all of Lee southwestern portions Of Oar
lingtOn and Florence, northwest third of
Williamsburg and northern half of Clar-
endon.
The tobacco belt shows an average of
As to 80 inches; the watermelon belt the
same, and the fruit belt 81 to 55. Co
lumbia ia normal.
The seasonal preoipitations are:
Spring, 1896; summer, 10 "a; autumn,
$50; winter, 1l.0l: annual average, 4S. 10.
These maps will 90 distributed in large
quantities in the north and west and will
also be available to those who apply for
them to Mr.. Watson's office.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-03-28
Death Of Attorney General eun,er.

Columbia, March 28.--Attorney Gene.
raj Uriel Y. Gunter, Jr., died at hit
homo in Batesburg yesterday morning as
- O'Clock. He was great sufferer and
the end, though sad, was a relief to him.
Mr.. Gunter was young man of real
ability and sterling qualities. He was
but thirty-six years of age, but in that
time had risen to the exalted position of
Attorney General Of his State, and he
has filled that Office with ability and
honor. He was a wOrker-some say a
plodder, but in this would it is most
often that the plodder and the toiler
win the laurels. For more than ten
years 1 have been in almost daily asso-
citation with u. X. Gunter., Jr., first rs
private secretary 10 Governor Evans,
then as assistant to Attorney General
Bellinger, and then as Attorney General,
and in all that time he has been the per-
feet gentleman, the loyal friend, the un-
ostentatious plodder. the advocate of the
poor and unfortunate, and the faithful
official. Mr.. Gunter was the sort of
friend worth having. He never pushed
knowledge of duty well done; of victory
was all he sought.
Mr.. Gunter was born in Batesburg,
.exington county, on December 5, 1870.
He acquired his common school educa-
tion there and graduated from the South
Carolina College in 1892, after which
he went to Aiken to practice law,
in partnership first with b. G.. Jordan,
and later with John Gary Evans. Mr..
Evans, on being elected Governor, ap-
pointed him private secretary. He after
wards became clerk Of the claim COM
mittee of the House of Representatives,
removing at the close of this work to
Spartanburg to practice law. He was
made assistant Attorney General under
w. A. Barber in 1893 and was reappointed
by Gen. G. Duncan Bellinger, who sue
ceeded Mr.. Barber.
In 1902 Mr.. Gunter was nominated
over w. III. Stevenson, in the Democratic
primary, as the candidate for Attorney
General, and was elected at the general
election in that year. He was reelected
without opposition in 1904 for the term
to expire during the next session of the
General Assembly.
The State House was closed to-day in
honor of. the memory of Attorney Gene
raj Gunter.
The funeral will be held this afternoon
at three O'Clock. The State House Off
cials and many employees and number
of citizens went to Batesburg to attend
the funeral.
Business will be wholly suspended in
the town during the funeral.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-03-28

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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-03-28
Capt. Charles lnglesby Dead.

Columbia, March 26-Capt. Charles
Inglesby died peacefully this afternoon
at the home of his son-in-law, DR.. +. NJ.
Whaley. Columbia has been his home
for over year and his closing days have
been frightened by the tender and loving
ministrations of his son, Legare Inglesby,
and his daughters, Mrs Geo. L. Dial and
Mrs. Whaley, who live here.
The Craft throughout the State will
grieve to hear of the death of former
Secretary Of the Grand Lodge A. f NJ,
and his brethren of the bar, especially in
Charleston, who cherish the memory of
the able and conscientious lawyer, will
be most stirred by Capt. Inglesby's death.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-03-28
Always Keeps Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
In His House.

eve would not be without Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy. 1t is kept on hand
continually in our home, says w. w.
Kearney, editor of The Independent,
Lowry City, Mo. That is just what
every family should do. When kept at
hand ready for instant use, cold may
be checked at the outset and cured in
much less time than after it has become
settled in the system. This remedy is
also without peer for Group in children,
and will prevent the attack when given
as soon as the child becomes hoarse, or
eyNn after the croupy cough appears,
which can only be done when the remedy
is kept at hand. For sale by j. w. Bell,
Walhalla; w. j. Lunney, Seneca.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-03-28
Card OF Thanks.

Editors Keowee Courier: Will you
please allow me card of thanks to your
kind paper and to the good people of
Walhalla in rendering assistance to me
in getting to A Atlanta; also. to DR.. j. D.
Thode for his kind treatment. l shall
always feel under many obligations to
you all, and especially to A. Fischesser
for tho very active part he took in my
behalf. l sincerely hope thai God will
bless you all in day to come is my
prayer. William Williams.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-03-28
Bloody Russia's Fearful Figures.

Berlin, March 27.-The Vorwartz, on
Saturday morning, printed statistics re-
garding the casualties in Rnssia during
the International disorders in the empire.
The figures show that during the year
1905, as result of the repressve mea-
sures adopted by the government, Ia, ,l30
persons were shot or ordered to be
hanged and 1924 were wounded. In
addition to this ,307 political prisoners
have been executed since the first of this
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-03-28
A EaYOrite Remedy for Babies.

ITS pleasant taste and prompt cures
have made Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
a favoritc with the mothers of small
children. 1t quickly cures their coughs
and colds and prevents any danger of
pneumonia or other serious conse-
qucnces. 1t not only cures Group, but
when given as soon as the croupy cough
appears will prevent the attack. For
sale by j. w. Bell, Walhalla; W. j. Lun-
ney, Seneca.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-03-28
A. T. Co.'s Immense Earnings.

Net earnings of $25, 1912, ,2s5 for 1905, an
increase of S2,907,5S are shown in the
annual report of the American Tobacco
Company. The net balance for the year
was Sl4, ,2W ,55l, and increase of i,969,-
42O. The total surplus after deducting
SS,O4S, ,43O for dividends on American
Tobacco stocks was $25, ,6S5 96l, a de-
crease of 3d. ,e32 ,GiG. The retiring board
of directors was rejected.