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The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-10
G--NEATH THB FIGURE EIGHT

Fleri, the clown. turned a triple
hlp-uop, made whirling wagon-wheel
ot himself, bowed mockingly at the
hu~%"ing crowd on the benches, and,
oeA.ing his tiny pink parasol aloft,
escOTteu the mayors embarrassed
alHshter TO the reserved seat section.
where the blushing young lady under
went much chatting and banter. Then
flcrl allowed the exaggerated smile
10 iade trom his red-sTiped face, while
he turned TO look at the giddy iron
tower In the middle OF the big canvas
tent. Beneath his paint-smears and
Zepra-Strlped toggery, Fieri. the buf-
room mad soul; and without doubt
the new Figure Eight" act of Mile
. 40 eite pupree was q dangerous,
:hair-raising thing. And Fieri and
.tlorette. in such condolences as life
:with The Twenty Biggest Shows ON
.Larth allowed. admitted that thew
loved.
&: Prof. Stradella's World Renowned
Band struck up rattling, inspiring
.sdilcp, the canyas-tlaps of the dressing
room entrance were showed back. and
'!HlIe. Florette made dazzling, triumph
anl entry. On a snow-white, prancing
norse she came, standing airily on one
loot, IN the glory of pink tights and
Huty White ballet-skirting. The audi
ence cheered at the very sight, and
Hademoiselle acknowledged the ap-
plause with graceful mods of her pref
~ head. Fieri, the clown, floundered
over hurdle. stole the ringmaster'
"hlp, running halfway around the
tent with it: then turned and watched
ma"emoiselle climb the dizzy iron
| lstGiTWay
"Ch, De careful. little Florette," he
muInured, under his breath: and
whlrled about TO toss peanuts at the
ropewalkjng raccoons.
! Mile. Florette reached the top OF the
very high tower. The Stradella mu-
siclans ceased their rollicking clamor
and began to play soft, low, tremolo
stun. The audience craned necks, ard
Fleri, the clown. almost ceased being
funny, looking solemnly at the pink
lady as he see-sawed with Jocko. the
trained baboon. The Figure Eight"
"as new act. having been put on
but four times. Once there had almost
been an accident. when one of the
himsy Invisible wires had broken. but
they claimed that was all right now
Fleri knew that there we're wires and
wires other than the himsy one which
the lady held in her teeth and which
the audience believed to be her only
support; but Fieri did not feel safe
at that. So he nearly tumbled Jocko
from the other end OF the plank and
ambled neryously toward the perch
OF mademoiselle.
Here, YOU get back over there and
90 your tGD.s...s!' the rins:uaAt.r or.
"eicI; ".d Fieri grinnel 1nd a,r.ffel
back Pr, sentlY, though he sr.sn..s
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'ne "'cN oohkey ana gai-
- W, u.u INC ois tent with him
ms ''i"u p'ohse WIN his prize
~, ''''r' ana III ihls way
! 1''' go g" go: tne iron tower.
,,i 'N''t'''se'i' "'S Ahrhessed In her
o''''-sd wire mechanism
u ".' ''e''" musicians quickened
haa. 'pC 'e people on the
-. i""c'ha horror
""s "'!e' PluhsinS from the
~ vac S"ae oI the track with
INC i'''i''0HSe tLsuTe Eight suspend
''' '''n"I1 poI'io''' F1eri de-
NV NIB uohNeS ana shipped
e' Oe"e"'n 'he narrowing figure. A
'"aS '"e LANNON'S J@cquenelli
IN4.ls le'peu' so'hefSaulted and whirl-
eu ,lo'i' sTtIhspoard upon a thick
'"@.'' 20,
o'iaueila save frenzied glare and
nour'Sh' sohethihg began to click and
L'I|' ana H"1y pink figure spun
downward over siddy wire. The
nuuience s'--"ed' the bad played
''i''ofo STUN again ana f1eri, hardly
DonsI'ou" oi "hat ne did, flung Clio
'"hhi 1acquenelll from his fat mat
..r, .'o9o "Nu ."3sea the thinS toward the
his NJ
n Iau s"o' rocket-like down the
! ioHS hhe-drawn wire. hit the compli-
~ 'sufe Eisht. hiENei, revolv-
LIVES SotiiersauIted th:o n airy
npa(e IKE d PINK catapult-throWn pro-
nn something snapped and
p"h Ga p1'i vi hsure Shot rapidly
""' disappearing Srace.
n, n ple,''"s ShrleN from the lady,
,,a o" .noes from the benches,
". eio"AS o' men, ana funny little
-, eu prayer from Fferi. A
"'s AZ S"l't drop noisy impact,
series Oh gradually diminishing
,'uhCeS-a ana 'he lady In pink lay
'''a'',!eSS' Ont unharmed. on the JAG
queheiilS "eii-padded mattress. Fieri
sun LluihDieu his little prayer.
ihahk &o>dness'' murmured ma
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top or the piano.
They was all too fabbergasted to
] speak. except Elsie, 90 didn't want
/ to.
, Tive been to your miserable par
ty,' goes on Jimmy, as bit: sr as any
thing, and I've never 'ad such rot
| ten time In my life!'
"'Wot d'you, mean by entering my
| 'ouse? roars old Martin.
"I'll tell ~ wot didn't mean
retorts Jimmy. and that was to spend
ten hours be'ind your tinpotty piano!
Ibid you drink my beer!' asks
Bob, begtnninf< 80 see light.
No. says Jimmy sulkily: I didn't
split II, and I've been sitting in K
for the last three hours
Leave my 'ouse!' says the old
man. Bob, you 'elp me To-
You won't want any 'elp to get
me out OF your 'ouse!' interrupts
Jimmy. Tt'd take the lot OF you to
keep me in! I've 'ad quite enough OF
it,
with that @ climbs over the piano
and makes for the door.
Dooupy, MISS mdTtln, ne says,
very sarcastic Take my advise, and
find different iding place for your
next sweetheart
"E won't be such a coward as to
want iding place.! she says. with
sneer.
Coward says Jimmy, faring mp.
I did it all for you! 90 I'd met
Don't let's ave any recrimina.
tions,' sayb Bob. 90 was 'olding Ell
sizes and. It's all for the best
81 'ope you'll always think SOL
says Jimmy. friendly. hut not wot
you might call 'opeful And then e
went
About month later e got mar.
ried to girl in the next village. and
they're much 'appier than you would
ave e1pected-seeing she's got mon.
icy.
Bob and Elsie are also APPLY
married. Bob always Aeeps the piano
eat against the walI."-Harris Deans
having lost their msinmast and much
OF tho rigging. They saw a boat put
out, but u was soon enguJfed. for the
wavee were enormous. Then there
came = great gust OF wind with blind
ing rain and spray, and when they
could see anything again the Stella
mary had disappeared. Spar and frag-
ments OF wreckage have been seen by
passing vessels, but nothing Will, am
afraid, ever be heard OF the Stella
Mary"
MY poor Harry" sobbed Mrs. VIII
Dur. burying her face IN her hand
kerchief.
There remains nothing for US but
TO resign ourselves TO the will OF an
inscrutable Providence II is not for
US to dispute its DEGREES. however
hardly they may press upon us"
ON. sir" cried Mrs. Wilbur sud
denly, how can forgive myself?
Here am, in the selfshness Of my
great sorrow, forgetting entirely your
terrible loss"
Our loss? Oh. you mean the ship
me money? 1t is not worth mention
Ing, Mrs. Wilbur. What is the loss
OF Few paltry thousands compared
with that OF such an excellent man as
your husband?"
hrs Wilbur was staring at him
strangely.
IL wasn't the monsy | was think
Ing OF, sir. but your soa-your only
SON Gracious heavens! 10 il possib.y
that you don't know"
Mrs. Wilbur rose from her seat
trembling all over.
But sir. sir! He was on board the
StAlta- -Msrv--'i
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10 mention, when e reany zoe,
come in. humping your head asains
the wall in ducking down. and no
being able to rub the bump, mucl
less say a word.
All that evening Jimmy sat ther
In a agony. Err couldn't make up II
mind which was worse-to sto,
where e was. or not to.
Since that night, too, 'e's ate,
the piano. When you're at the 9th
er end OF the room talking. you dom
notice 1t much, and therefore II dom
annoy you. When it's got you jam
med In the corner, 'owever, it's NOR,
worrying than you probably imagine
Also e was 'ungry and thirsty. ant
that made IN pretty bad-not tha
e wanted any food.
"'Er did 'ope ed ave a chance
10 escape while they was at supper
but, partly because the kitchen wasn'
large enough for nine people. an,
partly for other reasons-which near
ly drove Jim crazy when e guessed
'em-Els!e and 'er Cousin Bob 'ac
their supper IN the front room.
When they started making love
Jimmy shut is eyes and tried Il
persuade 'imself e was dreaming:
but e couldn't-it was too real.
"Will you ave little more am
Elsie?' says Bob presently. very ten
der-like.
Well, Pm not really 'ungry,' says
Elsie, very friendly-like. but think
WILL
"As soon as Bob left the room uI
jumped Jimmy.
"'Mr. Higgins says Elsie, you'll
be seen
"Mr. Higgins!' repeats Jimmy
surlily. 1t was Jimmy this after
noon! Gimme that beeri'
Elsie gave I'm the beer, and ;.
drunk 1t at a gulp.
That's better!' e says. "And
over the other onei'
But It's not mine!' says Elsie
It's Bob's!'
wasn't asking 'oo's it was!
says Jimmy. You pass 1t over. before
l come after it,
Elsie just give II to inn a second
afore Bob came back
'Allo! says Bob. Drunk all
your beer?'
Yes says Elsie. Il was Q
bit thirsty
"oh!' says Bob. Then 'e noticed
Is was gone, too-glass and all. Oh!
9 says again. I reckon you was
thirsty! What's come Of the glass?
don't know says Elsie. y
must ave lost it
Bob looked at 'er suspiciously
COS you can't very well lose glass
In that way; but e didn't say moth
ing, because e knew she 4 only 'a6
one glass OF beer up to then.
Then, while Bob was making love
TO Jimmy's girl Jimmy sat beTnd the
piano drinking Bob's beer. Which
so | thinks, anyow-levcled things
up bit
About two in the morning the
party broke up. When Jimmy card
old Martin arranging for i'm and
Bob TO sleep in the front room e be
gan TO feel desperate and wonder II
e ever would be able to escapo
alive. II thought wot a shock 1t would
be for the pore servant girl to come
across a skeleton when she went to
dust beind the piano.
well says old Martin. I'm glad
you all came. We've 'ad a 'appy
time. One thing can say-nobody's
ever been TO party at my 'ouse
without enjoying themselves
This absolutely settled Jimmy.
you're a liar?' e says, standing
ND and glaring at 'em all over the
@1~UAnur~~
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Nothing Of the sort, Mrs. Wilbur
Heaven be thanked. there is no fea,
OF that. can't think what put this
IDEA into your head He lad no In.
tenaon OF coming TO Engl ID l,,c"t
the spring. l heard from n l.: d.
mail-no. not last mail, but tat was
because he was going for little
cruise round the coast"
Il am heartbroken to have to tell
you. sir, but here 1t Is in my husbands 8
handwriting-the last letter he ever
wrote-sent of by the pilot after he
had left Brisbane"
She fumbled In a handbag and
finally took out a letter.
Tho utter incredulity In Richard Ok
ter's face had given place to a hor-
ribis doubt. Give it to me-" he said
hoarsSly.
He rose. and. stretching across the
table. snatched the letter from her.
He held 1t first In one light, and then
In another. then handed it to Deben-
ham. The lines dance about so
strangely read 1t to me
William" AS Debenham started tn
read the letter he leaned forward over
the table in an agony OF doubt.
My dearest wife, Debenham read,
I am keeping back the pilot for five
minutes while l write these few lines
TO tell you an astounding piece of
news that may have some influence
on our future. Young Mr.. Orter has
come on board. wanting a passage to
southampton on this boat. OF course.
shall be glad enough &c have him
fine. pleasant-spoken young chap AS
ne Is, and If l can win his friendship
lie might speak to his father about
giving me better berth. He told me
LIE wanted TO take his father by sur
prise and lest any of O1ter or Deben-
hams people in brisbane should send
home the news he has given out that
he was going on a little Yachting
cruise"
Richard OIter groaned.
i don't think l had better go on"
said Debenham, glancing down the
few next lines.
Go on. Debenham," said Oxter. 81
insist"
His face has gone strange sort of
ashen gray and he leaned heavily on
the table in front OF him.
DebeAham obeyed. but even his voice
faltered little.
- thought It my duty to rep
resent to him that this was a bad old
boat and that 1 had told his father
my doubts as TO her being seaworthy.
But then he must needs ask: What
did my father say?" So / said Mt.
Oxter had assured me he had had her
thoroughly overhauled and that all
was now perfectly right. And then he
says. with his frank smile. III my
father says It's all right, right # will
be, and"
Oxter tried TO pull himself erect but
he tottered and clung with his hands
TO the table.
Debenham and Mrs. Wilbur ran up
10 him
''oh. sir! Oh. sir" cried Mrs. Will
bur, and put out hand timidly to
help him
Oxter warded her of. Don't touch
mel he cried wildly. II murdered
your Observation-Disclosures help me
my Dick"
He tottered a minute and swayed
from side to side. gaspii for air
Then something seemed to give way
that held him together and he fell and
lay in huddled heap ON the floor
Gilbert Stanhope.
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bralnicss.

Would you marry for money!
asked ono girl OF another. Net l: i
want bratns!" was the reply. Yes. j
should think So" said the first speaker,
III you dent want to marry for
money!"-Fhiladelph Inquirer.
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HELD FOR
STORING LIQUOR

Aiken, Dec. 7.-Sunday Con-
stables Holley and Samuels went
down to Johnston, a suburb of
Langley, and arrested Lonnie Arthur
and placed him in Jail on a charge
of violating the dispensary law.
The constables had received infor
nation that whiskey was being sod
there, and Sunday they went to
Arthur's house. AS they ed
Arthur ran out Of the back
carrying several bottles L i.e ,a.s.
The constables followed anl caught
him a Short distance from tte house
lie was informed that .
nat he had Illicit vs
I'd he might IS .
III it.. J.,
At ne hti ~
lStao.c.
ere was
,e will pleau s.-..,.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-19

not yet seen- In some one OF his
speeches he said that sl0,o0Q.o0o was
about the amount that should be spent
upon 1t TO put II in a condition TO be
operated at percentage OF its gross
earnings much less than that at which
1t is being operated at present.
IL the Illinois Central spends that
IL would do so, II is reasonable to sup
pose, with the view Of making II
part OF a great through line from the
West. In that event Savannah's im-
portance as port would be greatly
Increased. The traffic coming to and
larger than II is now. The very fact
that she was the seaport of such
railroad system from the West would
SO advertise her that she would become
the home of all sorts of new indus
tries and businesses. Manufacturers
and importers would be drawn to her
and they In turn would attract people
and capital
Unless all signs fail. the purchase of
the Central of Georgia by the Illinois
Central means a great deal for Sa-
vannah. II 1t means what we think
IT does there are going to be evidences
OF greater business activity in the
city In the very near future. There
will be additions to the city's b1si-
ness houses and more homes. II i'm
porting for the West and South IL
done here, and there is no reason why
IT shouldn't be, every foot of wharf
room will be needed and warehouses
viii be In demand. very few weeks
Will show what the intentions of the IL
nnois Central are and make plain
what improvements it proposes to
MAKE in the Central of Georgia prop
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-19

The election Of Editor c. O. Fem
nell. of The Guntersviiie Democrat. as
president OF the Alabama Press Assoc
citation was a part Of his reward for
publishing an excellent weekly news
paper. The Press Association has
adopted the wise policy of selecting its
president from the editors OF the
brightest weeklies Of the state. Mr..
Fenneli ts justly given a prominent
place IN the class OF able and eficient
editors.
1t is safe to say that The Gunters-
Vile Democrat v a welcome visitor to
pers are received on the exchange
table with a varying degree of warmth
and welcome. Some few are consider
ed only encumbrances, on which 1t is
useless to spend time. Others have
favored place and the exchange ed
itor's eye lights up when he sees them.
The Guntersville Democrat is of this
latter classification.
Mr.. Fennell Is an able editor ana an
excellent citizen. a man whose char
acter carries it's own weight in his
community.
The successful meeting of the As
ISOLATION in Dothan can not fail to be
gratifying to the entire press Of the
State. The press is naturally proud
that under adverse conditions, the As
ISOLATION has more than held it's own.
At one time it was said that the law
forbidding newspapers to exchange
space for railroad transportation would
kill the Alabama Press Association. In
this assertion there was a reflection
on the editors. which they naturally
resented. The full answer to it. is the
strength and vitality of the Associa-
ton today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-19
SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1909.

Our friend of The Roanoke Leader
Is determined not to run the risk OF
losing his life and condemning his
good wife TO widowhood by riding on
= -chug-wagon.' Hear him:
The Advertiser is likely to miss its
guess on the afinity of the editor OF
The Leader and the automobile; our
contemporary 10 also In error In the
aesunnDfion that there are roads ana
Streets suited for their use among
Roanoke's hills, over which SO Vau-
able an article as a newspaper man
life may be risked In reason
Well, we are not familiar with the
Roanoke of the present day. but were
Of the opinion that there were roads
and streets in and around the town
on which an auto could skim along
at pleasure. and its occupants have
good time. However, IL our friend pre-
fers riding behind a horse or mule. or
even an OK, to the delights of auto
ing It is not for US to censure him.
Glang!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-19

The bloody feud at Meadville, Miss
in which five lives have already been
lost is an unfortunate result Of the
ideal Of personal honor" which has
prevailed in Mississippi to that States
harm and detriment. Under this ideal
each man felt himself competent to
adjust his relations to all other men
--even to kill the man who had i'm
pugned his honor. He was his own
Judge, his own jury and his own law
yer. And too often, he became his
own executioner. AS result of this
unfortunate standard Meadville has
been bathed in blood. There have
been other dark and bloody tragedies.
traceable to the same sentiment. In
this respect Mississippi is tagging be-
hind all States with the possible ex-
ception of Kentucky.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-19

Practical Worker In Cement Writes of
Edison's Plans.
Editor The Advertiser:
I was very much Interested in your
article of June 15 upon cheap houses.
It was the first time I knew that Ed
ison had abandoned his idea or casting
house in one monolithic, mould
such a plan had not met with gen.
eral approval by practical cement
workers, as it is well known by. them
that casting of that kind could not
be successfully done without q con,
siderable admixture of colloids, and
such a mixture to a degree necessary
to make the concrete flow would be
detrimental to good work.
A small mixture of colloids are per-
mitted by our best engineers. but then
more especially to secure impermeabil-
ity. Edison's last idea of installing
plant consisting of enough cast iron
moulds to make blocks enough for
an entire house in one day, or less, -
scarcely more feasible than the first.
Even then che house could not be built
within his estimate.
A monolithic cement house. outer and
innep walls cast together, with circu-
iating air space in outer wall II de-
sired, can be put up about as cheap
as good lumber, providing outer walls
receive no sother work than removing
surplus cement and form marks from
raised two or three feet per day As
nearly all the work can be done by
common labor, 1t will be seen that such
r building can be built reasonably
cheap. Then II the builder will dis
card the wooden shingle-which
should be outiawed-and use a fire
proof roofing, he win have practical
ly fireproof house. Mock.
d
Mr.. AIlan's Sermon.
Editor The Advertiser:
VIM you please publish the follow
ing: ~ '~
Rev. w. T. Allan. who preached the
Council sermon oEtheq Diocese pfv Ala
wishes to state to all that may have
seen the sermon published in the
Church Record that 1t is full of mis-
takes AS there are many requests for
the sermon. he with correct the errors,
revise, copy right and publish. He ex-
culpates the publishers. Hurried man.
uscript and unread proof are RESPONSE
BILE.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-19
ORIGIN OF THE MOON.
Convulsion Wrenched Its Mass From Basin
Of the Pacific.

coasuhshou WFcucneu Its MASS FROM BASIN
Of the Pacific.
New York Times.
The Appalachian chain of mountains ap-
parently does not end at Newfoundland. but
extends into Europe from South Ireland
south Wales. in Cornwall, and in Brittany
as the Hercynian Mountains The American
Berkshires and the British Berkshires have
more than superficial resemblance. The
CLINT" or horizontal Paleozoic strata de-
veloped south of Lake Erie is the same
CLINT" that forming escarpments south
OF the Gulf of Finland. The glaciation of
eastern North America moulded the surface
OF canada in contours of lakes and rocks
identical with those of Scandinavia and Fin
land Dr. Albrecht Il. X. Penck, the Kaiser
Wilhelm exchange" professor at Columbia
last year. remarked upon the similarities
between Europe and peninsular North Amer
lea. which in a very remarkable way
repeat on both sides of the Atlantic the
same structural features The geologist
Marcel Bertrand thought the Appalachian
range must once have extended across what
is now the Atlantic. But that, as Prof.
Penck observed, would make the missing
link OF mountains longer than their known
extent.
DR.. Andrew H. Patterson writes in the
latest number of Science that these resem-
blances help confirm the theory Of the
moons terrestrial origin. The CONFUSION
that wrenehed its mass from the present
basin of the Pacific. according to the theory
would have been sufficient to have split In
two the remaining parts of the earth's crust
which floated apart upon the molten inte-
rior, the gap being later filled with the
Appalachian range did not originally extend
across the bed of the Atlantic but was
simply broken off from the European chain
of mountains.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-19
THE PRESIDENTS PLAN.

President Taft's special message to
Congress is SUFFICIENT evidence of his
deep concern over the Treasury deficit
inherited from the Roosevelt admins
tration. He tells Congress plainly
that the old methods of taxation will
not raise enough money to make both
ends meet; new methods of taxation
must be found.
The President, Of all the various
means suggested for raising money,
selects and approves the proposition
Of tax of two per cent on the I'M
divided profits of corporations. The
Senate may not see At to embody into
law the Presidents views on this
particular issue. Certainly the prop
osition has the SAVIOR Of a compromise.
1t is calculated to stave or the en-
actment of an income tax law, which
the President frankly opposes, on the
score of being unwilling to deliberate
ly revive a law which the Supreme
Court has declared unconstitutional 1t
is extremely doubtful IL the Demo-
cratic and the 1nsurgent Republican
Senators can secure the enactment OF
the income tax law. The majority of
the Senate. which has so far steadily
supported every recommendation of
the Finance Committee, headed by
Senator Aldrich. can be depended upon
to beat the income tax amendment to
the tarifr bin when the final vote
comes. e.- f-se -.a
The value of the Presidents sugEes-
tion of two per cent. tax on undivid-
ed profits of corporations In that the
majority of the Senate may agree to
its enactment, as a near substitute
for the income tax. There is nothing
in the proceedings of Congress In re-
cent days to justify the belief that
the Democratic and Insurgent Sena-
tors will be able to win any victories
in tarin legislation. 1t would be bet
ter for the country If they could write
some of the legislation. but Senator
Aldrich and his followers are as firm
ly entrenched as they have ever been.
They may be willing to enact the two
per cent. recommendation; or they
may decide to turn it down. After
all. the recommendation is at their
mercy.
The President can of course veto
the tariff bill. but when his tempera-
ment and his environment are consid-
cred such action is not expected.