davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-16
THE N STORY
FRIVOLOUS MRS. FA1RLEE.

want to let them bring their young
men; let us provide amusement. The
lectures will take care of themselves
when we have Won their confidence"
Quite audible objections cut in on
her. but she added. with a short laugh
that had pathos in it. before the presi-
dent spoke. I'm sorry you think my
way SO dreadful. but 1 can't look at
1t in any other light. Young lives are
not long young, at the best, and the
girls down there seem like little old
women. I don't blame them for going
where they can get little CLEANS Of
pleasure. I'd go myself if l were in
their shoes, and-and-so would all
Of you."
ment as Mrs. Fairlee, looking more
girlish than ever in her flushed emo
ton. hurled her challenge at them,
then the older members of the society,
sad disapproval in their glances, de-
cided to let the matter stand until the
next meeting.
Before night closed in on Thorold
every one in the parish knew Of Mrs.
Fairlee's worldly" views. and, with
stamp of disapproval on the childish
wife of their rector. The few excep-
tons, the younger, more progressive
men of the church, informed their
irate wives that Mrs. Fairlee showed
good common sense,' and that it
was about time the rest of them woke
up and tried to live UP to the times.
However. the turmoil aroused in the
bosom of various families over Mrs.
Fairlee's radical views was pushed in
to the background when Thorold
district there was a veritable hotbed
OF scarlet fever. The controversy as
to the spiritual welfare Of the young
people down there turned at once to
the material. And in this the Rev.
Warren Fairlee was the most ~tireless
worker.
All Saints was proud of him; but
many a bitter glance went his wife's
way as she made her afternoon trips
to the postotfice CARRIED in the most
fetching of spring costumes, smiling
her husband was not in the midst of
danger, sickness and death. And
every morning when she babe him
goodby on their veranda, the neigh
bors, watching, reported that Mrs.
Fairlee seemed as unconcerned as il
he We're going to a morning service.
Even when it was known that the
lever seemed spreading beyond the
stopping point. and at the ladies' aid
there was not another subject touched
on. Mrs. Fairlee made little comment
And when a member tartly asked her
if she had nothing to say. about it, If
she was not scared to death" to have
her husband in the midst of it, the
gray eyes were raised very calmly.
do you think it would help my
husband any to become scared to
death?'" she asked simply. Does it
help any n to keep the subject con-
stantly in our minds. to talk Of moth
ing else?"
She left the aid rooms before a re-
ply Was forthcoming. and with one
accord the members breathed the
word, "Callous!!"
The next day Thorold learned that
the towns one visiting nurse. who had
gone to the scene Of the epidemic, had
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-16

the brisk figure in the long black
cloak that turned into the factory dis
trict.
A few hours later Thorold heard
with unbelieving ears that frivolous
Mrs. Fairlee, had taken the place of
the WORKOUT nurse-a place she never
gave up until the factory district was
we'll on the way to be handed a clean
bill of health.
Then, when she wal round among
them again, the girlish color slightly
faded. the gray eyes rather tired, the
congregation in twos and threes came
to her, almost tiimidly. I'M told her
frankly what they had at first thought
of her in her girlishness and fondness
for frills and furbelows. but Of how in
the last few weeks. they had come to
adore her. She only laughed softly at
first, much a s she. had when the fac
tory girls were under discussion, COM
pletely ignoring %flattertng tributes as
she said. quietly:
But I'm afraid Til be shocking Won.
all the time, because. I'm going to
Keep as young as I can. all. my life!,
It's right that I should; it's my duty.
And l know I shall always like pretty
things, I think, though" her face be-
came suddenly grave. "even SO, it will
De given me to try to do good al
ways"
- ~ Ao AACoIAOIl " IldL Ill
the minds Of the t~ownspeople as the
summer evenings found the factory
girls, different groups Of them each
evening, sitting on the Fairlees' YER
anda talking with Mrs. Fairlee, who
had done such a wonderful. thing.
for them. watching her with worship
ping eyes or walking about her garden
with her while she examined her fow-
ers. They We're seeing life that sum-
mer as girlish Mrs. Fairlee talked to.
them. in a new beautiful light. and it
came to be that an hour with her
there in her garden was more to them
than many hours spent in the glitter
across the river. - =
And when fall came with its nights
closing in swiftly and there was no
more sitting or the veranda or stroll.
ing in the garden it was the president
Of the ladies' aid who announced that
Mrs. Fairlee's splendid plan" Of max.
ing the church parlors a social centre
during the winter for the young peo-
pie of the factory district had been
unanimously adopted.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-16

and added to it sadly worldly after the
flrst meeting of the ladies' aid, when
a matter of importance was being dis
cussed.
For many months the young people
who worked in the factories and lived
! the factory district had been a
problem to the church societies of
Thorvold. Thorvold prided itself on
being a particularly moral town. No
vicious summer gardens or dance halls
had ever crept within it's gates. But
separated from it by a narrow river
was the wide open" town Of OAR
leigh. an absolute nightmare to the
inhabitants of Thorold. Here the
young people from the factories spent
their Sundays. The ladies' aid Of All
Saints had taken up the matter and
were discussing ways and means to
offset the evil upon the occasion of
Mrs. Fairlee's initial visit.
She sat. a quiet little figure. sewing
industriously on work given her, to all
OF them apparently an Indifferent list
the eyes bent upon the flying needle
were bright and eager. and when at
last the president, having talked for
some minutes upon a plan to set aside
two evenings in the week to have the
girls from the factories at the church
parlors to listen to Bible readings and
lectures. as in duty bound asked the
opinion of her rector's wife. Mrs. Fair
lees head was lifted swiftly, and there
was a glow on her cheeks as she an
swered quickly:
II think your plan to invite them to
the church parlors is just fine. Nine.
President. but I don't believe -FOUR
program would be very alluring.'' In
the pause which followed shocked
eyes were turned upon her. and she
continued hurriedly: Perhaps you
don't realize the d%rudgery in the lives
of the factory girls, the awful m
ness. Perhaps you've never seer it,
but ] have. I've been there with Mr..
Fairlee. I know the girls want and
must have amusement in the even
ings. They don't want lectures. Most
Of them would go to sleep. If we
want to Win them away from the en-
vironment across the river let them
dance in our church parlors, If they
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-16
(Copyrisht. 1913. by w. werner.)

Copyright. 1913, by w. Werner.)
After the farewell reception tender
ed the Ridgeleys in the church parlors
and their departure from Thorold the
attention of"the members Of the O n
gregation of All Saints naturally turn
ed to the arrival of the new rector and
his wife. They had met the Rev. War
rem Fatrlee when he delivered his
trial sermon several weeks before, and
that he had at once received a call to
Thorold spoke eloquently Of the i'm
preston then created.
Fairlee was eligible for the pedestal
upon which they had always kept Mrs.
Ridgeley. who had been an inde-
fatigable worker and diplomatic to a
high degree. and, therefore, extremely
popular. Never could it be said that
Mrs. Ridgeley was altogether too
dressy for a minister's Wife," or SO
shabby genteel as to lead one to be-
lieve All Saints behind in it's rector's
salary"
1t was with this model in view that
the eyes Of the congregation turned
to the rector's pew on the Sunday aft
er Mrs. Fairlee's arrival. MIR. Fairlee
was a man in the forties. The Mrs.
Fairlee they saw was a mere girl. with
a happy. childish face. and looked as
If h had just stepped out of the lat
eSl laSHlOn DOCK. vi course, II was
decided at once that she must be
frivolous.
No one noticed the rapt attention
on the small face as she listened to
her husbands first sermon, even when
he asked his people" to bear with the
many mistakes he was bound to make
while their rector.
Frivolous the members of the con-
gregation styled her that first Sunday,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-16

finances. the burden upon the taxpay-
any of the other great powers except
Japan. In this country in 1910 it was
$3.50: in Austria, 1884: in Great
Britain. $1S.45: in France. $21.3S; in
Italy, s13.55: in Russia, 1912. The
German imperial government cost its
subjects s10.72 per capita. in 1910;
that of Japan $6.49. China. most pop
ulous nation IN earth, spent only IS
cents per capita for its government
in 1910. Turkey spent $6.41, a few
cents less than Japan. Chile and Ar
gentine spent $21.12 and $19.64 re-
sp%ectively, but Brazil was only a little
above the United States. her e%xpendit-
ure being $9.11. Even economical
Switzerland spent more for govern
ment, per capita, than the United
States, the figures being $500. Spain
and Sweden were about even. with
$11.16 and S11.O6 respectively. Nor
way and the Netherlands went higher,
with $13.0S and $14.67 respectively.
y "aS " SHINING u dSL Det" cen
the commonwealth Of Austria at ss.19
and New Zealand at s54.1O. New Zea-
land tops the list. with ar expenditure
per capita nearly seven and a half
times as great as ours.
Reform of governmental finances
in the United States is possible but
not easy. IT will be a tremendous
task to install a modern scientific sys-
ten co-ordinating all the government
departments, but nothing like so diff
ficult of accomplishment as will be
the legislation necessary to provide
for it.
ut 5 possible that the cumulative
effect of studies loking to reform,
which have been made by past admin
istrations and are being continued by
the present one, will ultimately be felt
through a demand for laws authorize
ing more economical administration.
Indeed. some improvements in the
service, resulting in economies, may
he installed without congressional ac-
ton. but no great contra ction of pub.
lie expense can be expected until con
greSs. by an outburst of public opin-
ion. is made aware Of a real public
demand for the adoption of business
methods in governmental affairs"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-16
TRANSMITTING FOREIGN
METHODS.

If we are to transplant foreign
methods Of financing farm credits we
must be prepared to transplant some
OF the conditions under which those
methods originated and under which
they thrive. This is the thought of
Farm. Stock and Home in a little edi-
torial comment on the subject which
reads as follows:
Until we are willing to give UP
largely Of our personal independence
we cannot expect to secure. through
cooperative societies. those advantag-
es which the European co-operator
enjoys. How many readers of F., S. &
III. would be willing to turn their
property over to a company, and have
that company mortgage it, along with
the rest Of the neighborhood, for the
purpose Of floating an improvement,
loan? Yet that is in substance what
the European farmer does under the
credit foncier system. Or what farm
er among us is now ready and willins
to come before a council of his neigh.
bors he wants to go into
debt for a bunch Of cattle. or a new
gasoline engine? Yet that Is just VIVA,
the farmers OF Germany do when the,
borrow money through the Raifeisser
banks. If we are to borrow systems o,
getting into debt from Europe, let II.
not forget that we must pay the same
price for the accommodation that thu
European farmer has paid-the Writ,
ual surrender Of our individual free.
dom of action. Are We ready to dc
that? If so, we are prepared to adop'
the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ''cheap money
system-which is not at all chear
money the use OF which has beer
purchased with ample security"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-16

Climates Too Cold to Suit Bill.
(Omaha Bee.)
1t is a safe bet at 16 to / that Mr..
Bryan has not picked out California
as the place to spend his vacation.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-16

$4,000 per annum can afford to advo-
cate an income tax.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-16

broken down. Sympathy not only for
her was expressed. but for Mr.. Fair
lee IN losing his right hand man." as
ne styled her. and many a question
was put to Mrs. Fairlee as she did her
marketing that morning. Her answers
were Very brief. 1t was all very sad:
yes. No; she had not seer Mr.. Fair
lee since the collapse Of the nurse.
Really. she did not know just what
would be done. She moved serenely
away under black looks, seemingly
little concerned; vet, that evening at
sundo"n. there was no Indifference in
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-16
What They Say
Is Some Task.

Is Some, Task.
(Kansas City Journal.)
Secretary Bryan is not. envied his
job OF explaining to the satisfaction
Of Japan how Hiram johnson hap
pens to be a bigger man than the
president Of the United States.
Needn't Have Been So Roueh.
Detroit Free .Press.)
A. We understand It. 1t wasn't what
California was going to do that Prssi-
dent Wilson objected to. but tho nasty
way It was going to do It.
L. This q Knock oe Boost3
(St. Louis Times.) .,
Prof. Taft IL attracting attention.
by voicing his honest .sentiments-
which 10 q reason why he n now
our most popular ex-President.
william Should Worry.
(Boston TTangcript.) <
Prof. Taft having. recently sufSAred
. reduction IN salary from 3lS.0ooss 70
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-16

Kansas would be a great state if
there were a fish for every fish worm.
II am sorry" said the business
man. but what's the remedyo When
1 leave in the morning they are not
ing they are in bed"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-16
BUY IT BY THE o
1t costs lese-of any dealer-and stays fresh until used.
Look for the spear
Avoid limitations

the brisk figure in the long black
cloak that turned into the factory dis
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-16

That's true" said the wife. "but,,.
she added, after a moments refec-
ton. you might at least send them
a souvenir postcard now and them
Harper's Bazaar.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-16

Since We have lived in Jersey,'
complained the wife, you have gone
back and forth to the city every day.
lcu have seen. absolutely nothing of
the children"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-16

Kaiser has contributed his salary to-
ward that big war fund upon which
he insists.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-03-13
county.

With this issue we begin Vol
ume XXVII of The County Rec
ord. This means that the paper
has weathered the storms of
twenty-six years and is now 60
ing on" twenty-seven years old.
The present editor has been at
the helm for fifteen years, the
greater part of the life .of the
paper. We most earnestly and
thank our patrons for
their liberal support, sympathy
and tolerance with our short
and promise them in
the future to do as we. have
done in the past-our best. No
man cam do more.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-03-13
Items from Hebron.

Hebron, March 1l:-Owing to the
heavy rainfall the tilling of the soil
has been at standstill for the past
week in this community. Very few
people of this section have planted
beans yet. Efforts are being made
to get this crop planted as early as
possible.
All who are planting tobacco have
about finished cutting wood to cure
it. We hope that we shall all make a
good crop of the weed and get
good prices for it.
Mrs Sarah A DuBose, of our COM
munity, who has been very i'll for
some time, is again able to be up.
We hope that she will continue to
improve. Her sister, Mrs Robertson,
of Horny county, is still with her.
We are very proud or our new
school building. Our board of trus-
tees, with the aid of MIR Barlow
Smith and the hearty cooperation
of some of the patrons, have given
us an elegant new school house, for
which we are very grateful. All the
patrons were invited by the trustees
to meet at the new school house
on February "a. A number accepted
and when all were gathered in the
school room with their teachers,
Misses Ola McElveen and Olive
Smith, the former lady in a few
words expressed her qualification for
the privilege of meeting together on
this occasion. She asked Rev James
Gibbons to lead in prayer. After
prayer was offered she inquired II
anyone wished to say anything, and
Rev Mr. Gibbons then spoke of his
being grateful for the occasion and
then to the children he directed hi:
remarks. which were apt and in
structive. We hope that the smiles
of our Heavenly Father will be upor
teachers and children and that ii
may be the best term of school tha
has even been taught at Hebron.
We had pleasant quarterly con
ference at Hebron last Saturday ant
Sunday, March So. The presiding
elder preached fine sermon botf
days. The pastor, Rev } l. Mullinix
was not present at the service OF
Saturday, being called to Darlington
to one of his daughters, who wa
sick, but we were glad to see him il
time for the conference .and are a.st
glad that his daughter is better. 4
number of the good Bethel foil
were in our congregation Sunday
and all were pleased to see them.
Mr. Hartman Gamble and DR. -
Gamble of Turbeville attended serv
ice here Sundsy.
MrJB Wallace's family are al
better from an attack of smallpox
we are gratified to note.
OLD JOE,
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-03-13

KINGSTREE-THE GATEWAY
TO OPPORTUNITY.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-03-13
Court of Common Pleas.

The spring term of the court Of
common pleas convened here Mon
day morning with Judge Ernest Ga
ry presiding and Court Stenogra-
pher l. E Wood at his usual post.
There were l34 cases on the cal
endar for consideration and disposal.
A large majority Of these, however,
were minor cases aid have been con-
tinued for several years and will,
like a number of others, be finally
stricken from the court calendars
without trial.
On the jury calendar there were
81 cases. only two Of which were
brought 70 trial, viz: The John F Ri
ley Foundry & Machine Works VS.
Mr. 7 b Thorn. suit on account. and
Mr. \ \ Newell VS. Mr. \ NJ Vent
erS. Suit ior damages. The plaintiff
in the first named case was awarded
a verdict while the latter was mis-
trial, the jury, after being out sew
eral hours, failing to agree. Eigh-
teen other jury cases were disposed
Of without trial. either through COM
promise or non-suit, while eleven
were marked continued" on the
calendar.
Court adjourned Monday night
about 9:30 for the term.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-03-13

We believe in giving honor
where honor is due. Through the
Kindness of several friends we
have been to drive over several
of the roads leading out from and
into town and improvement is.vis-
ible on every road Mr. Eaddy
is the right man in the right
place and we think he will give
us good roads as far as possible
within hisI limitations. But the
county should furnish Mr. Eaddy
a frst-class automobile and pay
to keep it up, in order that he
mayl constitute himself sort OF
flying squadron,' being every
where at once without having to
expend his entire salary in trans
portation expenses. If the ways
and means be forthcoming, we
believe John VI Eaddy will he
as nearly ubiquitous as any man
in Williamsburg or even Florence
county.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-03-13
THURSDAY, MAR. 13, 1913
Compulsory Education.

The question of compulsory ed
ucation, albeit it has been put
to sleep for 4 year by Governor
Blease's veto, is, a. its advocates
are fond of boasting, hy no means
a dead issue. The House of Rep
resentatives passed the so-called
local option bill overwhelmingly
and even pressed the measure
over the veto of the Governor.
Williamsburg county's delegation
in the House voted for the bill,
while Senator EppS made gal
liant fight opposing it.
We congratulate Senator Epps
upon the splendid speech he made
against this mischief breeding piece
of legislation. He had but little
grounds to base his opposition
upon, for the strongest argument
we have heard in favor of the
bill is that it was so framed that
it could do no HARM" A verl-
table sop to Cerberus, it seems.
From certain quarters came a
howl for compulsory education"
and the Legislators, suspectlng
that the woolly creature that they
were asked to turn loose upon
their innocent and unsuspecting
constituents might have sharp
claws concealed meath the velvet
exterior, explain that they voted
for this monstrosity to be let
loose upon society, but that they
took care to extract its fangs.
A logical argument, forsooth.
Let us get down to stubborn
facts. Already a large portion of
the public school funds is being
applied to the education of ne
groes. The most of the revenue
on which our public school Sys-
tenn is dependent comes out of
the pockets of the white tax
payers. While we are opposed to
the education of the negro, we
have no objection, as a matter OF
simple justice, to his getting his
share OF the taxes pald 1Or scnOol
purposes. What we object to is
the white mans money going to
educate negro children and under
a compulsory law we cannot see
.how.a greater subsidy than ever
for the education of the brother
in black" can be avoided.
They tell us that all the ne
groes who .can possibly attend
school are already going. We are
skeptical as to the truth of this
statement, ,,ut, assuming that it
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-03-13

be true, why pass a law to fur
niSh them with text books and,
possibly, clothes and food.
Oh, but they say it will force
80 many white children into the
schools, who are now doing all
kinds of work. Will it? We
think not. When it comes t"
interfering with parental govern
mcnt 50 far a. to pre the ia
ther and mother on the chain
gang unless they send their chill
drcn, who are needed At home.
to school, who will dare to en-
force such a law
The most ardent advocates Of
the law tell You Significantly: oh,
YOU know, these things will be
so managed that no hardship will
he worked on Il whHc family. "
In other words, the white child
rem are not to be forced to do
what they object to doing, and
vet the law is to compel par
ents to send their children to
school. Now, then, if the negroes
are all voluntarily sending their
children to school, and the law
does not compel the whites to
send their children, what, in the
heavens name. Is the Use to bur-
den the statute books with such
4 farcical measure? Already we
have-if we are not mistaken
a law To fly the State flag over
every public building and every
school-houSe in South Carolina.
How many such buildings do we
see flying the State flag? The
statute books are already crowded
with theoretical and impractical
laws, why burden them further?
If a compulsory law were pass
ed it would necessarily include
free text books, and even cloth
ing and actual subsistence for the
pupil, if it could be proven that
the parents whose child was taken
from them were unable to pro-
vide books, or even the necessaries
of life, and the law would apply
to black and white alike, or ii
would be wholly imperative.
Should such law be enacted,
better it be a failure; but, better
still, let it never be enacted.