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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-02-19

SyiUtG lands ipdS er presence near.
'rritjng Mt desk he turned around
IN the COZ ger in his chair. SEl-
via Lands vas writing at a desk il
the corner, ind she looked up. noddina
the title greeting that she always re
served for nm even after five minutes
separation
I'm writing checks" she said +
suppose you're writing to your moth
d ar"
Why do you think soT" he asked
epuousIv.
You write to her every day. don't
YOU"
Yes" he said But how do Won
llowa"
She locke at him with unblushi
iei1eratiou You wrote every day
81 IL was 10 a woman,FI wanted TO
zlow And I told Grace Ferran that
Dc worried me. And then Grace told
NE Is there any other confession Of
10 own pettiness that | can make to
y1l"'
Did you really care To whom | was
T~.ting?" he asked slowly.
'Caref lit worried me. Was it
mt a pitlfulIy common impulse! Sis
ters ander our skin, you know and
the maid who dresses me. She would
have snooped; l didn't; that's the only
generic difference. | wanted to know
3ust the same. But that was before
Before whatT
Before please don't ask me to
say It. | did once when you asked
ne"
Before you cared for me-is that
what you meanP'
Yes. You are so cruelty literal when
you wish to punish me. You are inter
-upting me 100. l owe that wretched /
Kemp Ferrall a lot Of money, and I'm /
trying to ill out how much seven and (
aine are to close accounts with Ma !,
riOn Page"
Siward turned and continued his
writing And when the little shear Of
checks was ready be counted them,
laid them aside and, drawing a hat
packet Of fresh bank notes from his
portfolio, counted out the dps expect
ed Of him below stairs. These arrang
ed for. he Strengthened up and glanced
over his shoulder at Sylvia, but she
vas apparently absorbed In counting
something on the ends OF her fingers
so be turned smillngly to his desk ant
wrote a long letter to his mother-thc
same tender affectionately boyish let
"a De had WAYS WRIT, her, full o
coua5enrrs r7ll Of humor gayly anti
i.H-ug lbs aIn return 70 her on til ,
aae7 OF tle atter
Ia his. f5 'arter to her from Shot
over Ha te1 >poben casually OF Mis- I
Land pmed the name was e. a
ll-..as 70 his Il Der. who a G
aa about rr and he had replied I
aaH.ae le + or two, tribe e
7satic la u's praise Of her. becau /
from his mothers letters 1t was quiz" a
evident that She knew a good deal cor a
'erntng the very unconventional al c
AIRS OF Sy as family. o
or his swift and somewhat eOuivo c
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-02-19

ering a pad with
figures until he
knew where be
stood. Then he
drew a consider
able check To
Major BeEweth
ers order, anOth
er to AIderdene.
Others followed
to other people
( or vario i :
amounts. and he
was very busily
at work when.
aware Of anorh
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-02-19
LINCOLN CENTENARY
RITTIAGLY OBSERVED
At HIS BIRTHPLACE
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT LAID coz.
NERSToNE or MEMORIAL BUILD
ING AND DELIVERED sPEEcH.
GOVERNOa FOLK ALSO SPOKE
Famous Old Log Cabin To Sc Pro.
teete6 From the Elements BY Hand
some Structure.-Nancy Ranks
Lived Three Once.

HODGENviLLE. Ky. Feb. I2.-Th,
centenary Of Abraham LincoIa5 birtt
VIII be observed generally through
out the United states. But nowhere
VIII the commemoratiou exercises
command more interest than those
held in this little town today. Two
miles from here on the Lincoln farm,
which has been purchased by nation.
al association, formed for the purpose,
President Roosevelt laid the corner.
stone Of a memorial building now be-
ing erected BY popular subscription to
mark Lincoln birthplace and to pro.
tect for all time the little log cabin
in which the wartime President was
born.
The centenary address was delivered
by President Roosevelt. Gen. Luke
E. Wright, the Secretary OF War,
spoke on behalf of the Confederate
soldiers. Gen. Grant Wilson repre-
sented the veterans of the Union army
and Lincolns native State was repre-
sented by Gov August E. Wilson. Of
Kentucky Other addresses we're
made BY Bishop Galloway, Of Missis-
sippi, and ex-Gov Joseph ". Folk, OF
Missouri
Lincoln's Birthplace,
Hodgenyiile is near the geographic
cal center Of the State of Kentucky
and nor far from the center of popula-
ton OF the United States. Although
Abraham Lincoln had other homes
there is a sentiment about his birth.
place that does not attach to any Of
them. He lived here for eight years
and before he left knew very much OF
what Mark Twain calls the model {
little farm that raised a man. He
went swimming in the nearby creek +
and by the light from the huge fire.
place in the little one-room cabin he
learned his first lessons.
1t was in 1906 that Thomas Lincoln
brought his bride Nancy Hanks and
the rude little home that
-hree years later was TO welcome into 4
he world the future President. Theirs
vas the rough life Of pioneers. the /.
arm was then as il is now a sterile
,iece of land and to make both ends
meet the elder Lincoln did odd jobs Of
in the vicinity. besides work
ng the farm. The actual necessities
# life were seldom lacking, but it was
life Of severe poverty. For some
ears Thomas Lincoln served as .
ounty supervisor OF public roads an
important position in that time. Land
wners paid their poll-tax with pick =
nd shovel then, and on road mending
avs he used TO cake little Abe along
9th for company and for help There
re old-timers here now who claim
hat there is not a section of the old
Ike within several miles OF mis- hons
long which Abraham Lincoln has not :,
layed or on which he has NOT driven
is OK team
AT this time Kentucky offered few ;,
Ilurements to a poor man and in 1914
lie Lincolns sold the little farm and
oved to Indiana. Subsequently Abra-
am Lincoln moved into Illinois and !,
le rest is history.
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.-g-I again caraiessIy am
hand ON the Tiled pave
l- lightly to her feet
f. #-. nimge9- she asked as be
.r side
BY .rs asst plunge together. Deep
Il rsIdy p
led her white arms above her
81 -r lips Joined. poised an ~
49, le brink. svaying forward
4ls brief word. they dashed
ov.va-t -ggrther' cutting the crys.
~ar- SPA ygfer. SD 4nrLng ike grea
81 4~ar rlr glass tiled bed shoulder
\ shoulder Under the water. and. open
IL heir yves. they turned toward one
mother vf-l a swift outstretch o.
lands. M uncomfortable touch Of lips
b. very shadow Of contact then
leaving upward. rising TO the surface
lie thlessIv i0aring. arms ex-
snded and the sun tiltering down
through the ground glass roof above.
I'VE ara perfectly crazy" she
breathed. I'm quite mad; I see that.
On land its bad enough TOT US 10 mis-
Behave. But submarine sentiment.
Wen be growing scales and tails pres
Antiy. Shall We dress7 Even with a
hald and the electric air blast it will
lake tine to dry ny hair and dress it. :
When ne anne out of his dressin
BON she vas apparently still in the
Ia nds Of the maid. SO he sauntered
through the house as far as the IL
brary ana. drawing a check book from
bne pocket dshed out a memorandum
book from another and began to cast
up totals with a view to learning some
thing about the various debts contract
ID at Shotover
He seemed to owe every body. For
tune had snitren him hip and thigh.
Ind. a trife concerned, he began COW
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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03
Letter to Philip Miller
Welsh, Lu.

Welsh, La.
Dear Sir: Here's the sum total OF a
century aud d half's experiences:
Every lob painted Devoe takes less
gallons than of any other paint.
And the paint that takes the least
gallons wears longest: Always. We
can't help it,
Yours truly
81 F W DEVOE & co
Taught Lumber Co sells our paint,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03
Pratt's Stock Food at
Jones Bros.

boy OF tive. Finder please leave
same at Planters Grocery.
Rev. c. c. Mccoy arrived here
Friday and remained until Satuf-
day evening, visiting friends.
Call and see us for anything you
may want in the Stove line. All
kinds at Morse Hard ware Co.
Next monday being Labor Day,
"a legal holiday the doors of the
First National Bank will be closed.
Messrs. S. W. Day and L. E.
Robinson spent several days at
Alexandria on business this week.
Get a list of the September CYL
lnder and disc graphophone rec
ords at the Morse Hardware Co.
Rev. Taylor of the coIored Meth
odist church, is rejoicing over the
arrival of a man child at his home
this week.
T. Mrs. H. K, Robinson and little
daughter Rachel, of Lafayette, are
guests at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Fannie Lawson.
L. Bertrand, who has been en-
joying much needed vacation, at
Marlin Springs, Texas, arrived
home Wednesday.
MISREPRESENTATION, by engin-
eer; over twenty years experience;
references. Address H. A. By
water, Rice, La.
Alec Lognion is suffering from COM
ing in too close contact with corn
grinder, as a result of which he
lost part Of one finger.
The First National Bank is hav-
ing the property occupied by
Arthur Davis, treated to a new
coat of paint this week.
Now is the time to protect your
Stock from Mosquitoes. Flyo-curo
will do it. For sale by
Morse Hardware Co.
| Clyde LaRue went to Crowley
Sunday to attend a banquet given
in honor of the Tylerb usiness COL
lege students of the state.
Mr., and Mrs. Gordon Boiling
went to Crowley Wednesday even
ing for short visit at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Bridges.
Judge J. R. Robicheaux and
family went to Lake Charles Mon
day for a few days visit with his
daughter, Mrs. Jno Ewing.
G. NJ. Hammil and family re-
turned Wednesday from Illinois,
where they have been visiting
friends for the past three weeks.
Miss Lucy Carr returned Satur-
day from Natchitoches, where she
has been spending the summer at
tending the State Normal school.
Miss Lizzie Limbocker of Lake
Arthur, arrived here Tuesday, be-
ing called here by the serious ILL
ness of her sister, Mrs. Ansel Boner.
Mrs. W. C. Sabin and Mrs. W.
A. Wicket of Laurel, Nebraska,
arrived here Sunday evening to
visit their mother, Mrs. NJ. L. Full
Ter.
Mrs. M. L. Fuller, who has been
sick for the past two months, is
not improving as fast as her friends
had hoped, being still confined to
her bed.
Jacob Longenbach of Findley.
Illinois, who is visiting his sons,
Harley and Ray, at Iowa station,
was business visitor in Welsh
Monday.
S. W. Day, who has been spend
ing few weeks enjoying the fresh
air and scenery of the Ozarks in
,.;,,oj bop,o Tburc5o1,
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Wednesday and will make her
home with Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Bar
bee while attending school here
this winter.
Mrs. Mcintyre desires to an
nounce that she has the sole agency
for the Atlantic and Pacific Tea
Company's goods, formerly hand
led by Mrs. NJ. NJ. Prentice. "A
Mrs. A. Il. Bourgeois accompan-
led her daughter, Miss Josephine,
to Rayne Wednesdayand arranged
for her to enter the convent
school for the coming years work
J. S. Irwin, who has been re-
lieving W. O. Hobbie at Iowa
Station, for a few weeks past, has
resumed his duties as night operat-
or here. Glad to see you back
NoTICE:-A few head of extra
fine we'll broke oxen for sale at the
Southern Mercantile Co., Ltd.
Just the team for your heavy
work this fall. Off
NJ. H. Morrill, Of Texas, is the
guest of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
C. B. Morrill, of this City. Mr..
Morrill, is engaged in the insurance
business and is we'll known to
many in this city.
GUILTY Bros, the we'll known
veterinarians of Lake Charles, will
be in Welsh every Saturday. Any
one having stock needing attention
may consult them at DautePs Barn
Examination free.
A HOME For SALE:-Good FIVE
room cottage, on two lots, splendid
we'll, fine shade, lots of fruit trees;
two blocks northeast of Methodist
church. Inquire Of J. H. Bowen,
Welsh, La. 14-25
One of E. NJ. Powers fine driv-
ing mares has what DR.. GUILTY de-
fines as a genuine case of Charlton.
While she is in critical condition
at the present time, there is some
slight hope for her recovery.
ANY young man or woman con-
templating enterning al business
college within the next few months
can save a considerable sum
on their tuition by inquiring at
this Office.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. J. Irwin of Iowa
Station. came over to Welsh Mon
day afternoon and started from
here Monday night for a two
months visit at their old home,
Quincy, Ohio, and other northern
points.
Mrs. Ansel Boner of near the
keystone plantation, who came up
to visit her sister, Mrs. Chas.
Skaggs, for few days, was taken
with a severe attack of Appendix
citis Saturday night, and is in a
very serious condition,
Little Joe Scoggins, who was ac-
cidentally shot in the arm a few
weeks ago, while hunting near
was compelled to have the
wounded member amputated. The
operation was performed Monday
and Joe is getting along nicely.
Prof. Ward Anderson, who has
been spending the summer in
school in Missouri, arrived in
Welsh Saturday evening and will
spend a couple Of weeks here be-
fore taking up his work in the
Lake Charles high school, where he
is a member of the new faculty.
Misses Cora Carr and Flossie
Donham, who have been attending
the State Normal school at Nat
chitoches, arrived in Welsh Friday
for their fall vacation. Miss Carr,
La .nLod hon ant1rcn thoro
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03

For fine toilet paper 60 to the
Journal Book Store.
Homer Hewett and family, of
Iowa were Welsh visitors Monday
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Barbee went
to Grand Lake Sunday for a days
outing.
BoRN:-To Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
skaggs' Tuesday morning, a fine
little girl.
Mrs. Philip Miller of Jennings,
was the guest Of Mrs. VIM. Loving
Saturday.
Mrs. A A. IngIe of Lake Charles
was the guest of friends here a few
days this week.
Feed your stock Pratt's and In
ternatlonal Stock Food and ward
off all charbon as well as other
diseases. Big fresh stock at the
Southern Mercantile Co., Ltd. Off
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03

c,o,st is on the sick list
snsb. r,4
p,tt's Stock Food at
,pss Bros
pottorf was in Lake
Oh business Tuesday,
H., ofcsIc'sisn Parish sI for sale
a 10y 1ournal Book Store.
=, Cora Carr was the guest of
's IN Jennings Wednesday.
II,,s Supply of fresh . Garden
ISt Morse Hardware Co.
ia covy was a business visit
r.ke Charles Wednesday.
IT,, package of Lees Stock
~ l.,tor Morse Hardware Co.
t., villa Flory of Lake Arthur,
a ,,.d here Tuesday Morning and
...,t At the home of her sister
h. Chas. Skagg''
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03

{ MUCH CLOTHING THAI is SOLD FITS LITTLE
YOtIFER THAN A BARREL. WE ARE NcI
AoHAMED FOR A MAN WHOM WE FIT OF 10
LOOK AT HIS BACK. EVEN NEGL1GEE GAR
MtNl5 MIGHT JUST AS WELL BE PROPERLY
| WI. IT COSTS No MORE, BUT SO MANY MAN.
WACTURERS ARE CARELESS. THEY DO MOI
WloH To MAKE GOOD THINGS, BUT THINGS
1VST AS 3D." A THING JUST AS GOOD
! IAN BE- No BETTER THAN A GOOD THING. VIZ
soNoT CLA M THAT WHAT WE SELL YoU ID
sooT AS GOOD, i" BUT THAT IT is :'6ooD. {
WOULD YoU OF RATHER HAVE SOMETHING
aooD? CONF Q A GOOD PLACE WHERE WE
DELL GOOD Kings.
RESPECTFULLY,
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-23

THE extraordinary offer to which
you have responded was made in com
pliance with the will of our late client,
Mr.. Benjamin F. Morton. He was a
trfife eccentric, and, one of his hobbies
was writing poetry He took great
fancy to a nephew of his and spared
no money to have the boy well edu-
Gated. The old gentleman himself had
a very limited education, and he was.
determined that his nephew should
not be handicapped as he had been.
We'll, just. about the time the boy got
through college the old gentleman
struck a snag in this, poem of his
about Fedora Lillian IIildegarde ct al,
and he called upon his nephew to help
him out with, a rhyme for Rachel.
The young man informed him that
there was no such rhyme butt his
uncle refused to believe it. He insist
ed that as the lad had had a college
education he could find rhyme if he
chose, Well the upshot of it was that
the old gentleman took it into his
head that his nephew was obstinate
and ungrateful, and he cast him off. A
short time before he died, however, he
finally concluded that perhaps there
really was no rhyme for Rachel and
he decided to reinstate his nephew in
his will; but with this proviso: That
a rhyme should first be advertised for
and that should any person produce
such rhyme within year, then the
money should go tn Such DerSOn in
stead of the nephew.
"As the executors, we. of course, fol-
lowed the provisions of the will, but
we We're definitely satisfied there was
no such rhyme. And yet you say you
have found one. l am free to say it
seems incredible, incredible. Still, at
| the same time the offer is a bona fide
one and will be carried out to the let
ter if your rhyme proves to be legiti-
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-23
The Old Year
and the New

"Seven-eight-nin Do you hear
that?" asked the old clock in the cor
ner. Here it is a full hour after your
bedtime, and yet you sit there staring
into the fire."
In front of the fire sat an old wom-
an-gray haired, wrinkled, feeble. The
voice of the clock did not disturb her,
but as she watched the fitful flames,
one could have read her thoughts.
But it's excusable on this night"
continued the clock in soft tones.
"Heighol but it's the last night of the
old year! Three hours more and we
are done with 1909. You and | are
going to watch the old year out to-
gether. Let's see? How many years
have l seen come and go? Forty-ex-
actly forty with this one. That's a long
time, long time" ,.t
The woman rocked gently to and
fro, and by and by the clock suddenly
called out: -
What, tears in your eyes! Come.
now, but that's no way to end the
year We are thinking of the same
thing. Yes, he was good and loving
husband and I'll say this for both of
you, that l never heard an unpleasant
word between you. 1t is IL years
since he died. I could only look into
his face as he lay on his dying bed,
and If ever heaven sent its >, light to
lead a soul across the dark valley it
was given to him. II, remember your
tears and means and sobs, and you
prayed that death might come to you
as we'll"
The woman wiped her tearsy and
there was a feeling of sufsocation as
she let memory bring up the events.
"Eight-nine- rten!" called the clock
after while. How time hoes fly!
distinctly remember striking the last
hour of 1908. Let seef Some one
then wept with you at. that bedside.
There was a son and a daughter. All!
now l recall their faces-their gentle
ways-their loving words. Two years
latter there was another death-bed,
more walls and sobs, and | saw the
pall-bearers as they carried the daugh-
ters body out of the house. 1t seems
as if the last blow must crush you,
and well refnembef saying to myself
that it wouldn't be long before you
were called to CO." -,
The woman choked back her sobs,
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-23
SQnne HiStoriC
Happenings
Of january

The first month in the year has al
ways been a fateful one in English
history, but it began most specially to
be recognized as such during the reign
of Charles |. 1t was on January 4.
1912, that the attempt was made to
arrest the five members. On the tenth
of the month, three years later, Arch
bishop Laud, was beheaded, and Jan
uary 30, 1649. saw the kings own head
laid upon the block
There is probably no act of parlia-
ment which has ever been the cause
of such amazing dissensions and dis
cord as that which brought about the
union between Great Britain and Ire
land. This came into force upon Jan
uary 1, 1901. 1t was in the same
month that Richard Trevithick, the
Cornish inventor, perfected the first
steam locomotive which ever moved
upon an English road.
The great William Pitt, the most
able prime minister who ever con-
trolled the destinies of the kingdom,
came into office at Christmas, 1888.
and died in January, 1906. His great
rival, Charles James Fox, born in Jan
uary, 1749, only survived Pitt six
months.
One of the greatest boons that a ma
ton ever received from its govern
ment was conferred upon Great Britain
on January 1, 1S40-namely, penny
postage. Adhesive stamps had been
invented by Mr.. James Chalmers of
Dundee. six years previously, and
these superseded Mulready.s envelope
later in the same year. .a.
January has for long. time past
been a very notable month in the his
tory OF the British royal family. On
January %, 1858, the Princess Royal
was married. to Prince Frederick Will
liam of Prussia. The German kaiser
was born in January, 1859,
Prince Henry of Battehherg's death
occurred on January 20, 1896, and the
duke of .Teck's life came to an e8d on
the twenty-first of the month, 1900.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-23


Seated In street car, MISS Marjorie
Hollis was absorbed in the latest issue
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week most uhusual ahhouhCehlehl'
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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-23

and her lips moved as if she were
speaking the names of her dead ones.
For many minutes her reverie was
unbroken, and she heard not the tick
tack! tick-tack! of the steady old
clock.
mine - ten - eleven!" suddenly
called the clock. THE son? All! how
absentminded I have become! Well
do remember the day woman with
a pale face and frightened eyes opened
the door and handed you a letter,
which bore the insignia Of death. You
opened it with trembling fingers, and
next moment you were like one dead.
There were days and days when you
hovered between life and DEATH and l,
for my part gave up all hopes. Died
in a foreign land; buried among
strangers over the sea. 1t was blow
aimed at a heart twice broken"
The woman covered her face and
moaned in anguish, and the clock con-
tinued:
Don't grieve so, the dead are at
rest foreveTmore. Life's mistakes may
need to be washed away with tears,
but the dead reaped their reward You
are old and poor and broken, but who
can tell what new friends the new
year may raise up for you? l cannot
tell you to forget the past, for moth
er's heart ever goes out for her dead,
but the new year may have more
sunshine. Come, now l am about to
strike the old year out and the new
year in. Let us greet the new with
smile of welcome as l count-ten-
eleven-twelve-a happy New Year."
The woman did not move.
"Heigho!" called the clock: 1--WE
have left the old behind!"
Her hands had dropped beside her,
and her head had fallen.
Dead" clicked the clock, as the
last faint echoes of his bell died away