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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-05-08

rather than from encouragement; but is
IS there.
The prevalent notion is that the under
standing and its consequent excuse will
suffice. Even she who means well be-
heyeS this Il know that you were not
hurt by my remarks yesterday" says
the friend In question: you under
stand that say many things that are
perhaps harsh, but I do not mean
harm" Think OF it, She does not In
tend to hurt: she is OF normal mental
attachments: she knows enough to offer
a semi-excuse. but she lacks the one
logical link in the chain OF actions.
There is missing the conclusion that is
formed by the recurrence OF similar
causes and results.
The submerged intentionl How are
we to bring to the light Of existence this
buried treasure? Some protesting ones
have suggested that frank talk. with
calm, friendly criticism. might be sue
cessful.
Mean well? Then why did you not
act well? What are good intentions and
a kind heart If they are kept on ics?"
might be productive OF an honest dis
cussion between friends-or enemies.
Then there Is the treatment OF like
curing like. in which the reformers sim
ulate the methods OF the errlng one.
and rouse him to a state of righteous
indignation. But one thing should
be terminated. The unreasonable excus-
ing and explaining Of the well-meaning
woman or man must cease. Never were
there any beneficial changes wrought by
the excusing OF existing prejudicial con-
ditions.
The ones who mean well and who ace
otherwise should be allowed to explain
for themselves and should be met with
a just criticism that adults are accus-
toned to accord one another. Let as
hope that the evil has it's remedy in the
well-meaning personality Of the offend
er. and by being brought face to face
with her shortcomings she will grad
ually work out her own salvation.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-05-08
A Street-Car Solomon

TyO PERSONS who ride in public
conveyances there Is always the
Il occasional pitched battle between
lovers of fresh air. crying for the win
dows to be open, and the sensitive ones,
who are afraid of draughts.
In a street car recently this usual
argument took place between two wom-
en-. One said that IL the window were
opened she would die. and her antago-
mist averred that If the window were
kept closed she would die OF apoplexy.
The conductor was not equal to the
occasion. He stood there undecided and
weakly incompetent to settle the dis
pute. Finally an old gentleman, who
had been sitting quietly in the corner,
said:
open the window, brother: that will
kill one of them. Then shut 1t and we
shall be rid Of the other. Let US have
peace at any COST
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-05-08

My spirit and my eye
Seek it inquiringly.
Before the thought comes that-he is
not therei
When, at the cool. gray break
OF day. from sleep I wake.
with my first breathing Of the morning
air
My soul goes up. with Joy.
To Him who gave my boy.
Then comes the sad thought that-he is
not there!
When at the, days calm close,
Before we seek repose,
I'm with his mother. offering up our
whate'er 1 may be saying,
I am, in spirit, praying
For our boys spirit, though-he is not
thereI
Not there! Where. then. is he?
The form I used to see
Was but the raiment that he used to
The grave. that now doth press
Upon that cast-off dress,
Is but his wardrobe lock d-he is not
there!
He livesi In all the past
He lives; nor, to the last,
OF seeing him again will despair;
In dreams l see him now;
And, on his angel brow,
there.''
Yes, we all live to God!
Father. thy Christening rod
SO help US, thine afflicted ones, to bear,
That, in the spirit land.
Meeting at thy right hand,
Twill be our heaven to find that-he Is
John Pierpont.
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$help?" supplemented Mrs. Benson.
Surely-yes! Put US down for IS, and
I'll mail the check tonight when DR..
Benson comes home. And 1 think we
shall have lot of strawberries to spare
by next week. too; we have such big
garden this year. and they are ripening
go fast Oh, but you're not going YETI"
for the ladies had risen, murmuring
polite thanks. Were just ready to have
a chat, now that the business meeting
is over. Do sit down again-you really
mustard tell me about the plans for
why, Baby Benson, what Is the mat
ter?'
When Mrs. Lynde had arisen, Margie
had edged nearer to the callers chair,
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corners, be it masculine or fem
inine. Is matter OF Indifference
to me- My personal feelings on
this subject remain unchanged. although
heretofore have been withheld from
proclaiming them in public
believe, however, that the stuffy
idea IN interior decoration Is suffering
at the hands OF the anti-germ fends,
and that the time IS ripe for an up
heaval in the corner. The coolest
among them no longer enjoy undisputed
possession OF even the far side OF the
modern room, in the face OF a prevalent
tendency toward more scant house fur
nishing.
With reputed masculine cowardice. I
have waited for their downfall before
condemning utterly. I now come to as
sist at their final obsequies, protesting
that my opinion was formed when the
c. c. was in the full splendor OF con-
quest.
In their pristine freshness the fringes
and folds and tassels dangled above my
ears, even as they do now, but with a
smaller accumulation of disease-proyok-
Ing dust Dust? Did you ever sink into
thirteen consoling cushions upheld by
an angle of unseen wooden boxes in the
hall sitting room to wait for your pre-
cious wife to descend. respondent in her
evening gown. and then find that you
weren't fit to go out with her for very
feathers and dust and down? I did:
and you can't tell me anything about
the c. G. that haven't discovered. We
had three Of them in our house placed
there at the discretion OF my wife; and
I tried long and earnestly to make
friends with them. but I couldn't.
/ never sat on one-I mean in one-or
rather under one-that wasn't dis
turbed. II 1 tried to get comfortably
settled on the springless. tufted seat Of
home manufacture (and I don't mean to
speak disparagingly OF my wife, who
made it), somebody hove in sight in
search of a buster or some like irrele-
want rag, and dislodged me to raise the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-05-08

lid and unpack the box. Life IS too
short to make repeated attempts In the
direction OF the one position that offers
a modicum Of comfort In coy corner,
so my attempts at intimacy were futile.
The cozy corner is equaled only by
the latest thing IN trolley cars. TO which
it bears a strong resemblance at more
points than one. Contemplate them from
the viewpoint OF hospitality. and they
are as hard as hen roost and as IN
yielding as a Puritan. Sit down and
you are shaken up. Glance upward at
the objects Of art and find them so
tilted as to render eross-eyed the sud-
denly curious.
Posters OF porous plasters. however,
and the last fancies in face cream have
the grace to stay within their frames,
while the bamboo rod that holds the
lantern from Damascus and the flags
Of all nations Is constantly letting down
Its precious burden on the bold who VEN
ture within the sacred precincts Of the
usual cozy corner. Breathe and the can
opy falls on you. to the possible lasting
injury OF your brain. or, more still. to
your embarrassment before guests.
Repair IT? Never. But eliminate it7
Yes. I had almost forgotten the object
of the chat. Just speak disparagfngIy
OF the sorry scheme" to your wife
three times a day. Do this preferably
before meals: being a mere man and
one with temper reused TO action in a
Just cause. you naturally would choose
that propitious time for a display OF
wrath. Your wife. being by nature and
by education a peacemaker. will observe
your agitation. and sooner or later,
when she sees what must be must. Will
remove the offending corner Although
/ see no obvious use for the triple out
fit, mean to have our three eliminated.
My wife makes fool OF me at every
turn, and think she's going to pamper
me in this.
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yond them. The people OF the original
village were somewhat critical toward
this new suburb OF wealthy commuters,
which had sprung up across the
creek"
Yes" admitted Mrs. Lynde. grudg-
ingly It's pretty enough" She gath
cred up hel skirts. making ready to
sink into big wicker chair. Hand me
cushion, won't you. Marcia, off that
couch beside you. This rocker is so
deep shall need one. What's that
you're dropping?"
Miss Perkins, in removing the cush-
ion, had dislodged a small object, which
fell to the floor. She picked It up
why, it's that queer green and yellow
pocketbook of Mrs. Benson's. Don't
you remember her showing it to us at
the Christmas fair, and saying she had
just received it from a friend in
Japan?"
Yes, do. You'd better lay 1t In
safe place till she comes down, for she
seemed to be fond of 1t. 1t would give
me the creeps to have those sprawly
dragons and things around. Look at
this one-there. I've dropped something
out!
Both stopped, with an air Of uncon-
Germ, to pick up the little photograph.
but both pairs of sharp eyes were fas-
tened on the face Of a handsome young
man. which smiled up at them from the
hand of the more active Marcia. Both
ladies drew a long. significant breath,
then they looked at each other with the
virtuous. panied expression of the gos-
sip who had found a good thing.
Robert Brooks! breathed Mrs.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-05-08
The Human Clock

n UR brains are seventy-year clocks.
The Angel OF Life winds them up
~ once for all, then closes the case,
and gives the key into the hand Of the
Angel Of the Resurrection.
Tic-tac! tic-tac. go the wheels of
thought; our will cannot stop them,
they cannot stop themselves, sleep can
not still them, madness only makes
them go faster, death alone can break
into the case, and seizing the ever
swinging pendulum. which we call the
heart. silence at last the clicking of
the terrible escapement we have car
ried so long beneath our wrinkled fore
heads Holmes
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-05-08
The Easy-to-Reads

who withstand the fascination of paper
solely the feminine
and to stimulate the feminine imagination? We think not
To womany she time. Housekeeping women
the world seek the smaller sketches the prefer
subjects Their Sunday
catchy chatty topics discussed
Why verify the thing they them in the facet
like best
this little Sunday habit of the tayathomes who hungry
the thoughts the oldest subjects here is offered running
things and people in sketch and story form
Our viii with limited reading
succession from the poverba uncomfortable Coy Corner e the
before
bara personal that but the
who d will something out of her dis
cussions every time.
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Lynde' 8 dlrecllOh
"Who Is sitting
on what7" asked
the puzzled moth
err.
1.-THE fat lady
She's a sittin' on
m y 'feetheart.' :"
walled Margie.
at begin to under
stand" laughed
the hostess. Mar
gle has a very best
young man, and
the sacred memen-
tos he gives her
are always getting
lost, or hidden too
securely to be
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7 CANNOT make him dead:
His fair sunshiny head
Is ever bounding round my study chair;
Yet, when my eyes. now dim
with tears, 1 turn to him,
The vision vanishes-he is not there!
I walk my parlor floor.
And through the open door
I hear a football on the chamber stair;
m stepping toward the hall
To give the boy a call;
And then bethink me that-he is not
therei
I thread the crowded street;
A satchePd lad I meet,
With the same beaming eyes and color d
hair:
And, as he's running by,
Follow him with my eye.
Scarcely believing that-he is not there.
know his face is hid
Under the cOffin-lid;
Closed are his eyes; cold is his forehead
fair;
Ny hand that marble felt:
Ger il in prayer I knelt;
Yet my heart whispers that-he is not
there!
cannot make him dead
When passing by the bed.
So long watch'd over with parental care,
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looking sharply at the cushions; when
the caller re-seated herself heavily.
helpless before the cordial urging Of
her hostess. she darted back and hid
her face In her mothers lap with a
wrathful howl What is it?'' demanded
Mrs. Benson again, lifting the flushed
and fearful child to her lap; tell
mother, quick"
"She's sitting on himP' announced
Margie. with baleful glare IN Mrs.
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dressing Margie is
such a slow proc
ess! Are you sure
you're C o m forta-
BILE? 7 o u 10 o X
warm.
I'VE just stopped
for a moment, "
said Mrs. Lynde.
n 9 r vously, while
Miss Perkins drew
out her notebook.
ito say that the
strawberry festival
at the church is
next week and to
ask whether"
Z ttIIra ", a
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with its ample avn
ings and Luxurious
( u r n l shings. The
trim maid who an
swered the bell ush-
cred them to a
shady c orn er to
await Mrs. Benson's
coming. explaining
that it w a s so
much cooler than
the house these hot
afternoons"
TITS real slightly
up here" said Miss
Perkins, looking out
over the expanse Of
rolling country be-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-05-08
Not His Fault

I(T REFUSE to accept these photo
graphs said an irate woman to
u photographer my husband
looks like a babooni'
81 can't help it. madam" replied the
photographer; you chose him, 1ida's~
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-05-08

n EVERY persons
list of friends
there is general
ly a name that
stands for tact
] e s 5 n e s S. hurt
feelings, a cruel
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//VT YELL. we're sure OF good
M contribution, IL 1t is such
Wv an everlasting Job to get
here; that's one comfort"
painted stout Mrs. Lynde, as she entered
the imposing stone gateway Of Maple
hurst" Miss Perkins, lighter OF build,
who had taken the terraced ascent
more easily. smiled In reply; and the
two. secretary and treasurer OF the
Ladies' Aid. walked slowly up the
shaded path TO the broad, cool piazza
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-05-08
By a Mere Man

THE prevailing opinion on cozy
corners, be it masculine or fem
fnine. Is a matter OF indifference
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-12-22
NOTICE OF ANNUAL STOCK.
HoLDERs MEETING. -

Notice IS hereby given that the
annual meeting Of the stockholders
Of this bank for the election Of d.
rectors and for the transaction OF
such other business as may legally
come before It, will be held in IT'S
Office in First National Bank build
Ing. Durham, n. C., on Thursday.
January 18th. 1911. at IL o'clock,
noon.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
By W. J. Holloway. Cashier.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-12-22
NOTICE OF LAND SALE

Under and BY virtue Of the powers
conferred upon me by Il certain deed
~ triiyt from J. 81 Beck and wife.
fsuld ". Beck, dated October ~. 1905,
and registerea W book ~ mortgages
~. page 572 90 seriIre a certain MOLE
therein mentioned, default having been
made IN the payment or said note. ard
request having been made upon me BY
the holder ~ said note 10 execute the
power Of sale therein. ! viii on
SATURDAY, JANUARY -, 1911 - ~
o'clock NJ, NJ IRE court house door In
Durham. y. G.. offer for sale AZ sttb.
lie ouirry 20 the highest bidder for
cash the following described real 90
tate. situate IN Durham County. =. q,
Adjoining the lands Of X. Bowling, u.
a, lsatta, v s. Bryant anu others, b..
ginning - an iron stake on the east
side or t0xbOfg street, ~. Al fafta's
corner. thence =. "a 30 degrees y. fge
feet inches ~ "a stake. thence 81 gk
i.f degrees W. "a feet 10 81 liow1gufy'A
corner. thence n. s. 49, degrees ~ 100
feet I inches to t0xboro street: thence
With ItvxD0fo street 81 feet 10 begin.
ming. containing ia 81 an aero. more
see deed book ~ page a.
2f-7od. .. =. MANNING Trustee.
al
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-02-17
Headmaster Elected.

Mr.. J. C. Guilds, formerly first as
sistant at the Carlisle Fitting School
in this city, has been elcted Head
Master by the board of trustees of
Wofford College. The school will
open this fall with a strong faculty.
Mr.. Guilds is now at Vanderbilt Uni
versity, Nashville, Tenn, where he
Is taking a postgraduate course, but
he will come here during the summer
and take UP the work Of organizing
for the fall opening. A strong facul-
ty will assist him, the buildings will
be repaired and overhauled, and 1t
is expected that the school will go
forward along all lines. Mr.. Guilds
is an earnest, conscientious worker
and a man of ability, and he assumes
charge with the full determination
to make a high-grade school of the
institution. He will have the hearty
support and cooperation of the peo-
Die of Bamberg, we feel sure.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-02-17
SCHOOL ELECTION NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that upon
the written petition of more than
one third of the resident electors,
and a like proportion of the resident
freeholders of Hutto School District
No. 6, of Bamberg county, S. c., of
the age of FL years, an election will
be held at G. E. Hutto's mill on
Wednesday, February %, 1910, for
the purpose of levying special
school tax of 2 mills on all real and
personal property in Hutto School
District No. s. Only such electors
as return real or personal property
for taxation, are residents of Hutto
School District No. 6, and exhibit
their tax receipts and registration
certificates, as required in general
elections, shall be allowed to vote.
: Electors favoring the levy of 2
mills special tax will cast a ballot
containing the word Eyes" printed or
written thereon, and electors opposed
to the levying of the 2 mills special
tax will cast a ballot containing the
word mo" printed or written thereon
The polls will be opened at Z a. m.
and close at p. m.
J. B. Padgett, A. Bessinger, and
J. H. Hutto are appointed managers
to conduct said election.
R. W. D. ROWELL,
S. G. MAYFIELD,
j. H.. A. CARTER,
County Board of Education.
Bamberg, S. c., Feb. 10th, 1910.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-02-17
Cotton Goods Pick Up.

New York, Feb. 13.-Cotton goods
trading broadened during the last
days of. the week, converters and
printers showing more interest and
prosecuting more active inquiries.
There has been a readjustment OF
values on gray cottons, varying from
\ to q cent a yard from the re-
cent top, and on the new level bust
ness has started in some degree.
Sellers are not disposed to accept
contracts with freedom as the new
prices are not in keeping with the
high cost of cotton, but they are re-
leasing spot goods and accepting some
nearby deliveries as part Of the sales.
Some minor contracts for narrow
printing cloths have been accepted
for delivery as late as May.
Heavy cloths are still low in price
and slow in demand. Numbered duck
is easier on small sales, but single
and twist fatware duck holds steady
on small transactions. A cut in one
grade denim by. an Eastern producer
was met in the market and a moder-
ate business was done at occasions.
Fall cottons, such as fannellettes
are firmer and higher in several in
STAGES. an advance of per cent. in
cotton blankets being typical.
Many retailers have been in the
market and they are buying in a con-
servative way but with fair liberality.
Throughout the trade in woolens,
worsteds, knit goods and other lines,
selling agents are naming very close
figures on future business.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-02-17
Not in Aiken Jail.

The Aiken Journal and Review
says:
ION enquiring at the county Jail
here it was found that DR.. Weeks,
the bigamist, was not there, as above
reported, but has been carried to
Spartanburg. 1t was in that city
that the crime was committed, the
marriage ceremony having been per-
formed there, so he will have to face
the charges in that court instead OF
in Aiken. However the people of
this county will follow the proceed
ings in the case with great interest,
for the wronged wife and children
are still in this county, and the peo-
pie here are greatly stirred up over
the natter
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-02-17
Death Of Mrs. Harmon.

Just as we are going to press this
"wednesday morning, the sad news
reaches us of the death of Mrs. Geo.
P. Harmon, which occurred at their
home in this city only short while
before. Mrs. Harmon had been sick
for only a few days, but her condi-
ton has been serious and the worst
had been feared.
Mrs. Harmon was the wife OF
Judge of Probate Geo. P. Harmon,
and had lived in Bamberg for nearly
fifteen years. She leaves one child,
little Marion, about eight years old.
Mrs. Harmon was about thirty-dve
years old, and was a member OF the
Baptist church in this city. She was
prominent in social and church
work, and will be sadly missed not
only by her immediate family but by
E. very large circle of warm friends.
She was originally from Wards,
Edgefield county, where her mother
and other relatives now reside. She
was a Miss Grice before her mar
riage.
The burial will take place to-mor-
row (Thursday) morning at the new
cemetery.
The funeral services will be con-
Quoted by her pastor, Rev. O. j.
F'rier.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-02-17

The birds are singing, and it seems
that spring is near at hand.
c. R. Brabham's Sons are selling
their American Lady shoes at cost.
Rice, 35 pounds to the dollar, at
S. w. Copeland's, .Ehrhardt, S. C..
Tobacco, Red Meat $3.50; Kite
$3.50; Crack-a-Jack $500, at S. w.
Copeland's. Ehrhardt, S. C.
Senator Black and our representa-
tives in the legislature have had the
Bamberg graded school law amended
so that there is no limit to the tax
for school purposes which our peo-
pie can vote. This amendment was
made necessary by the loss of the
revenue from the dispensary.