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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-12-23

AS soon as I4could md Mrs AnKonl,
I said goodnight.
Dan was waiting for me. ~
"Well?" he questioned eagerly, az
I went in. 4
"You were right 1 said duly; she
loves him."
He looked at me pityingly and sale
nothing. W.
After a while he came over ano
stood by the mantel, staring down at
the hearth.
" II suppose I might as we'll get back
to Jack Ankony," he sai6: "he needs
me, If I'm going to stay with them:
and there doesn't seem to besanv.h;ns
else for it just now"
l nodded absently. Ss
There's nothing I can do. sT-kuess,"
he muttered hopelessly.
mo, there'ssnothing." ss
Its a COMPOUNDED shame, Tom" hit
declared, and I read the sympathy in
his eye.. IGSj
"We won't talk about it." said I.
Il know . . Talking's no good"
1 lit a cigar, and he found one to
suit him in the box on the table.
"Sit down." I said. EteH
50 He threw himself down opposite me,
and we finished two cigars in silence,
he on his side of the hearth, 1 on mine.
I'll be off in the morning." he said.
at the end of his second.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-12-23
Corn Products Entrained

The president of a western railroad
system was spending the weekend at
the country house of a friend in New
York, when one evening some refer.
ence was made by a layman touching
the commercial greatness of the coun
try as evidenced by railroad opera
tons.
What you say is quite true" OBJ
served the head of the big system
do you know that if the corn prod
ucts in this country for the year jus.
ended were loaded into one train, the
engine thereof would be entering thu
state of New Jersey just as the ca
boose was leaving Los Angeles"
At this remark a woman a,
could not suppress her astonishmen:
and i%ncredulity. How you men dt
exaggerated" she exclaimed. "Yo,
know very we'll that even two engines
could not pull such a train!"-Tht
Sunday Magazine.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-12-23
HuckIeberry finn.

u. A. Mcdaniel of Chicago, arrived
In the city recently. He asked Ri.
first thing about his old playmate. DR.
r. A. Gardner. and was n%onpluset
when he learned that the doctor diet
Just a year ago.
1.-The DOCTOR" said Mr.. McDanie,
together with my brother James
Harry Hunstock, Clarence and Franz
Crout, were the five boys lost in til,
Hannibal cave along in the early sey
enties, on which Mark Twain base,
one of his famous stories. My bro,l
er James was the inspiration of tins
famous authors character Of Huck!o
berry Finu."--Quincy lULl Wk1x
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-12-23
Rather

The Rev. Mr.. Dozen had not gained
the golden opinions of his congrega-
ton, who were unanimous in assert
ing that he was foolish and %conceited.
He considered himself greatly SIAN
dered, and, meeting an old German
friend of his in the street one day,
began to retail his woes, ending up by
saying: .
"And the church warden actually
called me a perfect ass. MY cloth pre-
vented me from resenting insults, but
1 think I shall refer to it in the pulpit
next Sunday. What would you ad-
vise?"
Mine friendt," replied the German
soothingly, Il know not, but I tink dat
all you a do will be youst to bray
for them as usual!"-Detroit News
Tribune.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-12-23
VII.

1t was a wretched night two weeks
later. gloomy and winterish, although
spring was old enough to have done
much better. I was dining alone and
rather forlornly> when I heard Kim.
mem open the outer door of my apart.
ment and admit some one. There was
the click of brisk heels along the hall,
and Miss Winstanley reckoning me
through the glass doors of the dining
room to go on with my dinner.
Don't get, up" she cried, as Kim.
mems threw open the doors and I hur.
ried to meet her; "do let me be i'm.
ceremonious, won't you? Go on with
your dinner; I'll sit by you till you've
finished. I've dined." -
Il have just finished" l insisted.
Then come into your sitting room.
I've a great deal to say" .
Welcome home" said I, warmly, as
I closed the sitting room door be.
hind US. -
Its quite time, I got here, I'm sure.
Such things as have been doing while
I was away! What do you suppose
1 found in a memoranda book on my
dressing table?-my brother had been
using my rooms, you know. A pressed
rose!" .4
The scorn in her voice made me
laugh heartily. -.
I'm glad o find it amusing.
didn't" she declared. .
"But the right sort of a memoranda
book always has a rose in it," 1 con.
tended.
Nonsense! Has yours"
II think it probable" 1 admitted,
without humility.
What foolishness! i can tell you
that mine has not"
"Your heart holds your roses, dear
lady" ~
She unfastened her fluffy black boa
and smiled at me with a twinkle III
her eyes-the twinkle that I like So
much. l
your pretty speeches won't throw
me off the scent. MI. Twining. am
going to find out whose rose that is in
Charles book. Think of it! At his
age"
"At any age a man is sure to have
something wrong with him. if he never
purloins a rose" I insisted. "He ia
lacking in something as certainly as
the fellow who never sees a rose on q
BUSH"
"There are plenty of them who don't
know they grow on bushes she said
quickly. "They think they grow only
on pretty girls corsages."
l placed her a chair and she sank
into it, but slipped quickly out to it's
edge and sat perched there, loollng at
me with her keen. eager old eyes.
II came to talk to you about Bar.
bara Hemingway" she said at once
"This engagement of her to Ankony is
monstrous. There can be but one
reason for it, and that is that Dan
has been getting himself into some sort
of trouble that she has to get him oa,
Of. and could 6pd no other way. isn't
that it? You know. of course"
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-12-23
Copyright. by J.. B. Lippincott Coz
SYNOPSIS.

- ri. -H. HI .r. "A 90
Ene story opens with a scene at a box
Party. Miss Henrietta Winstanley, Sis
ter of Bishop Winstanley overheard
Banker Ankony propose to Barbara Hem
ingray, whose brother Dan was in his
employ. Dan was one of the towns pop
ular young men. He showed some nerv-
H Hh1'e Bar Iarn A nefused A Aom nw'nl Hgk 51l4
the following day. summoning Twining,
ing refused to prosecute. Barbara per-
suaded Ankony, to postpone starting
sagement Of Ankony and Barbara. He
congratulated both. He visited Miss
tears: He told her he had loved her, but
feared p~rematurely announcing his af-
lection. BY actions alone she told him
she reciprocated. Mrs; Arson Dimes,
wealthy widow, proposed a marriage by
proxy with Bishop Winstanley.. The lat
ter consulted with Twining. The bishop
had been paying attentions to Miss
Streeter. Dan consulted Twining, say
Ing his sister was determined to marry
!Ankony, declaring she actually loved the
banker, though he could not help believ-
ing she was making a sacrifice to save
him from Jail,
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-12-23

don't answer hastily nor with evasion.
l am not to be evaded. You must un.
derstand how serious I am to have put
such a question to you"
1T is certainly the most extraordin.
airy behavior" she remarked coldly
She was looking at me with widely
questioning eyes, and she had grown
suddenly white. Did I know what
Dan had done? That was what she
was asking herself, I am sure. II am
entirely at a loss to explain why you
should have dared to ask me this"
Il owe it to myself to make sure,
Barbara" I told her. will you an
swer me?"
"This is not the real reason for your
most unheard-of behavior" she said in
a tense voice. There must be some.
thing else. What is it,"
Shall I tell you?"
"You must" +,
"Ankony is not the man you could
have been expected to love-" I blum.
dered, not knowing how to find my
way beneath her eyes. do you love
him? If you tell me that you do, ]
will not distress you further"
Are you intimating, with other
kind friends, that I am marrying him
for reasons other than those of at
lection, that-oh, it is unthinkable!
And from you'll"
Barbara, listen to me-" I cried.
mo, not a word. You have said toe
much now. Can't you see that i,
makes me rise in a kind of vicious
protest to have my happiness in.
spected on every side as if it were
some wretched vagrant seeking shell
ter where nobody had any faith in it?'
Have o faith in it yourself?" ]
asked.
She lifted her head and faced me.
"All the faith in the world" she de
clared.
And then she saw Ankony, who had
come at the moment searching fol
her, and held out her hand to him. As
he approached and took it, she leaned
for an instant against his arm with ar
indescribable movement that had moth
ing of defiance in it, it seemed to me
but only affection.
Il have been telling MI. Twinine
how happy I am" she said to him, II
a soft voice that must have moved
a wooden man to alteration. II hope
you don't mind my being so foolish
do you?"
Still holding her hand, Ankony ben,
and touched her hair with his lips.
II should mind ii you were unhap
by and told him that" he said with g
laugh. "They want you in there. viii
you come? 1 promised to bring you.'
She stood up and laid her fingers or
his arm.
will you come along, Mr.. Twin
ing?" she asked.
"Theak you, not now," I replied.
I watched them as they moved
away. At the window he stood aside
for her to enter, and I saw her smile
into his face in the way women have
! With the men they love-
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-12-23
is PRAYER Geoaranhical2

Not long ago, in an important coun.
ty in Ohio, the women and others
prayed that it would go dry" and it
did. A few days later, the people in
Nassau and Suffolk counties, Long Is
land, prayed that these counties would
become desiccated and a count of
the votes showed that there was moth
ing doing. In both cases only those
people prayed who were accustomed
to that form of weapon. According
ly there is a strong suggestion that
prayer, like the tariff, is a local
issue.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-12-23
Ancients Wore Sheath Gowns,

AnCienIS wore oneatn GoWnS.
1t need not be supposed that even
feminine fashions can evolve some
thing new under the sun. A learned
Psychologist discloses that the sheath
gown was popular among the ladies Of
the Nile Is centuries before the Chris
tian Era. One gown was made of fine
linen, adorned with elaborate designs.
The professor thinks that the slit in
the side was intended to display the
wearer's precious anklets. These an
cient ladies also dressed their hair
deliberately with puffs and padding.
They painted their faces and lips, as
shown by rouge and pomade jars. All
of this is reassuring to man who may
have thought that some of the modern
developments of the dressmaker were
without precedent in their eccen-
tricity. Once more is demonstrated
the fit coupling on the words "eter-
nal" and feminine"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-12-23

rs - - Y. 7 49,
grown successfully up to the sixtfeth
parallel and in the years to come your
vacant land will be taken at a rate
of which you have at present no con-
ception. We have enough people in.
the United States alone, who want
homes, to take up this land.
What you must do in Western Can
ada is to raise o live stock. When
you are doing what you ought to do.
in this regard, the land which is now
selling for $40 per acre will be worth
from $50 to 500 pre- acre. It is as
good land as that which is selling for
more than 500 per acre in the corn
belt.
Il would rather raise cattle in West
the United States. You can get your
food cheaper and the climate is bet
ter for the purpose. We have a bet,
ter market, but your market will i'm
prove faster than your farmers will
produce the supplies. Winter wheat
car be grown in one-half of the coun-
try through which I have passed. and
alfalfa and one of the varieties of
clover in three-fourths Of it,. The
farmers do not believe this, but it is
true"
Keeping pace with wheat produc:
ton, the growth of railways has been
quite az wonderful, and the whole
country from Winnipeg to the Rocky
Mountains will soon be a network of
trunk and branch lines. Three great
transcontinental lines are pushing
construction in every direction. and
at each siding the grain elevator is.
to be found. Manitoba being the
first settled province, has now an ele-
vator capacity of upwards of $4,000, 900
bushels, Saskatchewan 100000, and
Alberta about 10000 while the ca
pacity of elevators at Fort William
and Port Arthur, on the Great Lakes,
is upwards of 10000, 900 more.
Within the provinces. of Manitoba,
Saskatchewan and Alberta there are
flour and oatmeal mills with a com
bined capacity of $4,000 barrels per
day, and situated along some famous
water powers in New Ontario, there.
r larger mills than will be found
anywhere in the Prairie Provinces.
Last year the wheat crop totaled
owe 100000, 900 bushels. This year
the crop will yield 100000, 900 more. A
recent summary shows that on the list.
of January, 1909, the surveyed lands
of the three western provinces, totaled
13~4,O00,O0 acres, of which about 3d.
100000 have been given as subsidies to.
railways, $1,000, 900 disposed Of in 9TH
er ways and 100000 given by the
Canadian Government as free home.
steads, being $4,000 homesteads of
100 acres each. Of this enormous ter
ritory, there is probably under crop
at the present time less than II, OOO,-
900 acres; what the results will be
when wide awake settlers have taken
advantage Of Canada's offer and are
%cultivating the fertile prairie lands,
n can scarcely imagine.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-06
FOREST ItESERVE BILL KILLED.
Senate Lets Appalachian and White
Mountain Measure Go.

Washington, March 3.-The Appa-
lachian AMI White Mountain forest
reservation bill was practically finally
disposed of soon after the senate re-
convened ct $3.50 o'clock tonight.
When the bill was placed before the
senate tonight Senator Teller declar-
ed that it would take him two or
three hours to point out its defects;
Senator Flint said that at least two
hours would be required by him and
Senator Dixon added that he would
require two or three hours. 1t was
pointed out that the house had sub
situated an entirely new bill for the
senate measure. 1t was thus made
evident that the measure was doomed,
and no further effort was made to
proceed with it's passage.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-06
BOOKER WASHINGTON's VISIT
committee of Arrangements Will Ac.
cept Contributions Toward Paving
Expenses.

The arrangements for the visit of
Dr. Booker Washington, president of
Tuskegee Institute, have been com.
pleted and he will deliver an address
in the opera house to an audience of
white and colored people. The local
committee, composed Of colored citi-
zens. Is anxious for as many white
people as possible to hear Mr.. Wash
ington's address and to that end will
set apart for the use of white people
as many seats sas may be needed.
The expense of DR.. Washington 8
visit to this city will be not less than
800, although he makes no charge
tor services and will accept no more
than his actual e expenses. His travel
ing expenses, rent Of opera house end
other incidental expenses have to be
provided for. The local committee
have raised SIS already and will raise
the balance among the colored people
If necessary. But as no admission
VIII be charged and as many white
people are expected to attend. the
committee will gladly accept any
financial assistance that the white
people of Sumter will voluntarily give
them. They are not soliciting aid
but at the suggestion of several busi-
ness men have decided to let the facts
be known and that contributions will
be acceptable, if left foH the commit
tee at Sibert's drug store or at the
Daily Item office.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-06

The board of County Commissioners
has received a proposition from an
Outdoor Advertising Co., to- erect at
cross roads and other points on the
public roads sign boards showing the
distance to the court house, in return
for the exclusive use Of the roads for
this purpose for a period Of five
years.
The sewerage system has been fin
ished again. the repairs on the Broad
street line. made necessary by infe-
rior work when the pipes were laid,
having been completed. When it was
attempted to flush the main it was
found that all the water leaked out
at the joints instead of flowing
through the pipes, and it was neces-
sary to open the trenches and re-
cement the pipe joints. 1t is thought
now that all defects have been dis
covered and the sewerage system is
ready for service in all sections of the
city.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-06
COUNTY BOARD MEETING.
At the Regular Monthly Session Only
Routine Matters Were Considered.

The Board Of County Commission
ers met IN regular monthly session
Tuesday morning with Supervisor
Pitts and Commissioners F. F..
Thomas. John I. Brogdon and w. j.
Young present. There being no un-
finished business from the last meet
ing regular routine business was TAX
en- up. A number Of claims were au-
dited and ordered paid.
The bond OF ]. d. Wilder, auditor,
in the sum Of $4,000 with A. ]. China
and w. M. Graham. as sureties, was
approved.
A petition from citizens of the Pis-
gah section that the chaingang repair
the roads Of that section of the coun-
ty was presented. A motion was made
and carried that the supervisor will
attend to the needs Of that section of
the county as soon as possible.
The petition of j. ]. Jefferies for aid
as an ex-COnfederate was refused.
Petitions of T. ]. Welch, Geo. w.
Jones. James Dorm, for aid as ex-
Confederates were granted and they
will receive SO, beginning with
March. This makes 80 ex-Confeder-
ates who are receiving SO a month
from the county. The petition of w.
L. Watts was held over for further
information.
The petition of Mrs. Dolly Evans
for assistance-Yas refused as the
board has no authority to grant such
aid.
The deed to the alleyway in rear
of old court house square was exc
cuted in favor Of the City of Sum-
ter.
Mr.. Hugh c. Haynsworth appeared
before the board in reference to the
drainage of Turkey Creek, asking
that the county bear half the expense
of keeping the said Turkey Creek ca
nal open. Action was deferred to the
next meeting.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-06
An Editors Lament.

Lives Of poor men oft remind us
honest toll don't stand a chance: the
more we work we leave behind us
bigger patches on our pants. On our
pants once new and glossy now are
patches of different hue; all because
subscribers linger and won't pay up
what is due. Then let all be up and
doing; send in your mite, be it e'er so
small, or when the blasts of winter
all.-Dallas New Era.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-06
THE PRESIDENTS SALARY.
House and Senate COnferees Agree on
$4,000.

Washington, March 3.-The salary
OF the president of the United States
has been definitely fixed at $4,000
per annum without any additional al
lowances for travelling expenses. This
conclusion was arrived at during the
day and night by two conference
committees of the two houses of con-
gress. one on the legislative, executive
and judicial appropriation and the
other on the sundry civil appropria-
ton bill. Originally the
senate inserted an amendment in the
legislative bill giving the president
salary Of 100000 year. The house
reduced the amount to $4,000, and
the conference on that measure re-
suited in the retention of the house
figures. Anticipating the possibility of
this conclusion with reference to the
salary, the senate inserted in the sun
dry civil bill a provision appropriat-
ing $4,000 for the payment of the
presidents travelling expenses. Late
tonight the senate also receded from
this amendment. thus leaving a fiat
salary of $4,000 for the president,
out of which he must pay his own
way when travelling. The senate lost
all of it's other amendments for in
crease of salaries for officials, such as
the vice president, the speaker OF the
house. the supreme court judges. etc.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-06

Mrs. Arminius Wright and little
Mis- Sophia Wright Dawes OF At
lama are the guests OF Mrs. Joseph
-. Chandler.
Mrs. ". L. Asburg. OF ClarkesviIle.
0a- who has been visiting her moth
Or. Mr.. r.. q. Bowmaf,. returned to
her home Tuesday.
M. Il. o. Ingram. who has been
buying cotton la waynesboro. Ca,
this season. 10 In town for a few days.
Nr. ID. c, shaw. OF Alcolu. was In
town Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. &. c. Heck left SUM-
DAY evening for Washington. Baiti-
more. Philadelphia and New York.
They win visit friends and relatives
and take In the inaugural ceremonies.
Mr.. Billy wynne. second baseman
on the pennant winning Sumter base
ball team for two seasons. Is In the
city. II Sumter does not need him
this year he will so with Spartan burg.
Mr.. George Isler returned to the
City Wednesday from savannah and
win resume his former position with
the w. q. stubbs Haberdashery.
Mr.. and Mrs. While Ingram have
returned to the city from wsynes-
boro. Ca. where they have been To-
Gated for several months past.
Miss Claudia Mackey IL spending
few days at oranseburs.
Mis- Fiorie Heiner. OF orangcburg
= visiting Mrs. +. Il. White.
lars. b. }. Grier has returned to the
oit' after spending q week in Man
ning. t,t'
lfiss Nelle Beacham of Greenwood
= Waiting Mrs. Manning Brown. on
Church street
lfiss sara Norwood. OF Abbeville, d
vis ting Miss Gussie Hood.
W. 8. Jones Jr.. 10 at home from
Clemson College for few days.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-06

At meeting Of the Sumter Coun-
ly legislative delegation. Wednesday
the County Dispensary Board, viz: c.
w. Stansill. B. B. Breeden and ]. j
Britton, Jr.. was recommended for re-
appointment to serve for the ensuing
year. There were several other names
before the delegation. but no good
reason was advanced for dismissing
the old board and putting in new men
and the delegation decided that II
was to the best interest Of the county
to retain the present board.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-06

Fresh young mules, we'll broken.
Your Kind too. See them at the
Boyle Live Stock Co.'S Stables. Prices
Right.
v-2-4t. w. & s.