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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-07-13

more? Here's a nice, shiny one"
The words were indistinguishable, but
Sheridan inclined his head to Quincy
ear and shouted fercely: "Talkin' to
himself! By George"'
Quincy laughed reassuringly, and
shook his head
Bibbs returned to song.
Chang! Chang, bash, chang! It's I!
Who looks a mustang in the eye?
Fearless and bO-
His father grasped him by the arm
"Herer' he shouted. LET me show
you how to run a strip through there
The foreman says you're some better'n
you used to be, but that's no way to
handle Get out the way and let me
show you once"
Better be careful" Bibbs warned
him, stepping to one side.
Careful? Boh'r Sheridan seized
strip of zine from the box. ''What
you talkin' to yourself about? Tryin
to make yourself think you're sc
abused you're goin wrong in the
head?"
"'Abused?' No." shouted Bibbs. 81
was singing-because l like itv l told
you I'd come back and like it,"
Sheridan may not have understood
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He did not once look up, and reached
silence, at the end of what he had to
say, with eyes still awkwardly regard
ing his feet She did not speak, but
a soft rustling of her garments let him
know that she had gone back to her
chair again. The house was still; the
shabby old room was SO quiet that the
sound of a creaking in the wall
seemed sharp and loud.
And yet, when Mary spoke at last,
her voice was barely audible. eff you
think it has been-happy-to be
friends with me-you'd want TOTO
make it last"
Yes" he gulped.
"But you make that kind of speech
to me because you think it's over"
He tried to evade her. ooh, day
laborer can't come in his overalls-'
No" she interrupted, with a sud
den sharpness. You said what you
did because you think the shops going
to kill YOU"
mo, no.
Yes, YOU do think thatr' She rose
to her feet again and came and stood
before him. Don't deny it, Bibbs.
Well, if you meant what you said
and you did mean it, | know It'll
you're not going to go back to the san
itarium The shop shan't hurt you.
1t shant"'
And now Bibbs looked up. She stood
Il; ;nI,@ 4oJ Il Il
in generous strength, her eyes shining
and wet.
IF | mean that much to YOU" she
cried, they can't harm you! Go back
to the shop-but come to me when
your days work is done. Let the ma
chimes crash their sixty-eight times a
minute. but remember each crash that
deafens you is that much nearer the
evening and mev
He stumbled to his feet. You say
he gasped.
Every evening, dear Bibbs!'
He could only stare, bewildered.
Every evening. | want you. They
sha'n't hurt you again!' And she held
out her hand to him: it was strong
and warm in his tremufous clasp. If
| could, I'd so and feed the strips Of
zine to the machine with YOU" she
said. but all day long I'll send my
thoughts TO you. You must keep re-
Numbering that your friend stands be-
side you. And when the work is done
won't the night make up for the day."
Light seemed TO glow FROM, bar. no
was blinded by that radiance of kind
ness. But all he could say was, husk-
lily, ITO think you're herewith me
standing beside the old zinc-eater-''
And they laughed and looked at each
other, and at last Bibbs found what it
meant not to be alone in the world.
He had friend
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-07-13

to listen, but I'm goin' to find out
what's the matter with you, and I'm
goin' to straighten you out!'
Roscoe shook his head helplessly.
You can't straighten me out"
''See herev said Sheridan "Can you
go back to your Office and stay sober
today, while I get my work done, or
will | have to hire a couple O. huskies
to follow you around and knock the
whisky out O. your hand If they see
you tryin' to take it?'
'You needn't worry about that, >
said Roscoe, looking up with faint
resentment. I'm not drinking be-
cause I've got thirst"
We'll, what have you got?'
Nothing. Nothing you can do any
thing about Nothing, l tell you"
"We'll see about thatw said Sheri-
dan, harshly. "Now l can't fool with
you today, and you get up out O that
chair and get out O. my office. You
bring your wife to dinner tomorrow.
You didn't come last Sunday-but you
come tomorrow. I'll talk this out with
you when the women-folks are workin'
the photograph, after dinner. Can you
keep sober till then? You better be
sure, because I'm goin' to send Aber-
crombie down to your Office every little
while, and he'll let me know"
Roscoe paused at the door. "You
told Abercrombie about it?'' he asked.
told him" And Sheridan laughed
hideously. "Do you suppose there's an
elevator boy in the whole dam build
ing that amt on to you?"
Roscoe settled his hat down over his
eyes and went out
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-07-13
CHAPTER XXI.

The Sheridans dined on Sundays at
five Sibyl had taken pains not to ar
rive either before or after the hand
was precisely on the hour, and the
members of the family We're all seated
at the table within two minutes after
she and Roscoe had entered the house.
1t was a glum gathering, overhung
with portents. The air seemed charged,
awaiting any tiny ignition to explode;
and Mrs. Sheridan's expression, as
she sat with her eyes fixed almost con-
tinually upon her husband, was that
of a person engaged in prayer. Edith
was pale and intent Roscoe looked
i'll; Sibyl looked i'll, and Sheridan
looked both i'll and explosive. Bibbs
had more color than any Of these, and
there was a strange brightness, like
light, upon his face. 1t was curious
to see anything so happy'in the tense
gloom Of that household.
Edith ate little. She never once
looked at Sibyl, though Sibyl now and
then gave her quick glance, heavily
charged, and then looked away. Ros-
coe ate nothing. He did not once look
at his father, though his father gazed
heavily at him most Of the time. And.
between Edith and Sibyl, and between
Roscoe and his father, some bitter
wireless communication seemed con-.
tinually to be taking place throughout
the long silences prevailing during this.
enlivening ceremony Of Sabbath refec-
ton.
CNHHM LXHN QHQNILNOO
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-07-13

Fearless and bold,
Chang. Bash! Behold!
With a leap from the ground
To the saddle in a bound,
And away-and away!
Hi-YaY!
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-07-13

them, and they grinned to see him
standing with Doctor Quincy behind
the unconscious Bibbs. Sheridan nod
ded to those nearest him-he had per-
sonal acquaintance with nearly all Of
them-but he kept. his attention upon
his son. .Bibbs worked steadily, never
turning from his machine. Now and
then he varied his musical program
with remarks addressed to the zinc
eater.
go on, you old sh-basher! Chew
1t up! It's good for you, if you don't
try to bolt your vittles. Fletcherize,
you pig! That's right-you'll never
get lump in your gizzard. Want some
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-07-13
Mr. CORN Injured by Fall.

Dodgeville Sun Republic: Matthew
CORN, aged and respected resident of
DodgeYille, suffered painful injuries
this morning while going home from
down town. He accidentally stepped
from the sidewalk into a cement
culvert and fell, sustaining several
bruises and cutting a cash over one
eye. DIR. w. J. Pearce was called and
dressed the wounds and Mr. CORN is
now resting as comfortably as could be
expected after such a severe shock.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-07-13
CHAPTER Xxx.
Who looks mustang in the eye?
Changety, chang, chang! Bash! Crash
Bang!

Who looks mustang in the eye?
Changety, chang, chang! Bash! Crash!
Bang!
So sang Bibbs, his musical gayeties
inaudible to his fellow workmen be-
cause of the noise of the machinery.
He had discovered long ago that the
uproar was rhythmical, and it had
been intolerable; but now, on the aft
ernoon of the fourth day Of his return.
he was accompanying the swing and
clash of the metals with jubilant va
quero fragments, mingling improvisa-
tons of his own among them, and
hooking the zinc eaters crash with
vocal limitations:
Fearless and bold,
Chang. Bash! Behold!
With a leap from the ground
To the saddle in bound,
And aWay-and away!
Hi-yay!
The long room was ceaselessly thun-
dering with metallic sound; the air
was thick with the smell of oil; the
floor trembled perpetually; everything
was implacably in motion-nowhere
was there a rest for the dizzied eye.
The first time he had entered the place
Bibbs had become dizzy instantly, and
six months of it had only added in
creasing nausea to faintness. But he
felt neither now. "All day long I'll
send my thoughts to you. You must
keep remembering that your friend
stands beside you" He saw her there
beside him, and the greasy, roaring
place became suffused with radiance.
The poet was happy in his machine
shop; he was still poet there. And
he fed his old zinc eater, and sang:
Away-and away!
Hi-yay!
Crash, bash, crash, bash, chang!
Wild are his eyes,
Fiercely he dies!
Hiyay!
Crash, bash, bang Bash, chang!
Ready to fling
Our gloves in the ring
II like the machine" said Bibbs.
''I've made a friend of it. I serenade
it and talk to it, and then it talks back
to me-"
Indeed, indeed? What does it say?"
"What I want to hear"
He was unaware Of q sensation that
passed along the lines Of workmen.
Their great master had come among
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Pa R+e u ~ .

At all events, he made no reply, but
began to run the strip Of zinc through
the machine He did it awkwardly-
and with bad results.
"Herev' he shouted. ''This is the
way Watch how | do it. There's
nothin' to it, if you put your mind on
it." By his own showing then his mind
Cali you got to look out for is to keep
it pressed over to"
Don't run your hand up with it,"
Bibbs vociferated, leaning toward him.
run nothin'! You got to"
"Look outr' shouted Bibbs and Cur
ney together, and they both sprang for
ward. But Sheridan's right hand had
followed the strip too far, and the zinc
eater had bitten off the tips Of the first
and second fingers. He swore vehe-
mentiy, and wrung his hand, sending a
shower of red drops over himself and
Bibbs, but Quincy grasped his wrist,
and said, sharply:
"Come out of here Come over to
my bag It's in my machine, outside"
And when Bibbs brought the bag to
the washroom he found the doctor still
grasping Sheridan's wrist, holding the
injured hand over a basin. Sheridan
had lost color, and temper, too. He
glared over his shoulder at his son as
the latter handed the bag to Quincy.
'You go on back to your work." he
said. 'I've had worse ships than that
from a pencil sharpener."
ooh, no, you haven't" said Quincy.
Il have toor' Sheridan retorted, an
grily. Gibbs, you go on back to your
work There's no reason to stand
around here watchin' ole Doc Quincy
tryin' to keep himself awake workin'
on a scratch that only needs little
courtplaster. l slipped or it wouldn't
happened. You get back on your job"
"All right" said Bibbs.
"Herer Sheridan beloved, as his
son was passing out Of the door. ''You
watch out when you're runnin' that
machine! You hear what l say? l
slipped, or 1 wouldn't got scratched,
but you-you're liable to get your
whole hand cut off, You keep your
eyes openn'
eyes, sir" And Bibbs returned to
the zinc eater thoughtfully.
Half an hour later Quincy touched
him on the shoulder and beckoned him
outside where conversation was pos
sible II sent him home, Bibbs. He'll
have to be careful of that hand. Go
get your overalls off. Ell take you
for drive and leave you at home.
Cant" said Bibbs. "Got to stick
to my job till the whistle blows"
"No, you DON'T" the doctor returned,
smothering a yawn. Gle wants me to
take you down to my office and give
you an overhauling to see how much
harm these four days on the machine
have done you. l guess you folks have
got that old man pretty thoroughly
upset, between you, up at your house!
But I don't intend to go over you.
can see with my eyes half shut"
Eyes, Bibbs interrupted, chats
what they are"
II say can see you're starting out,
at least, in good shape. What's made
the differencew
81 like the machine" said Bibbs.
"Well, wellr' The doctor stretched
himself and stamped his foot repeat
eddy. Better come along and take a
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-07-13
Pathetic Request.

Mabel was unfortunate at her dane
ing class. She ii. really popular girl,
but it SO happe1ed the whole after
noon that when little boys and girls
danced together she was leftsouts 1t
last she could stand it no longer
please, Miss Katherine" she said,
'if there is any little boy left over
next time may have him?"
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Bibbs went in and stood before him.
I'm cured, father" he said. when
do I go back to the shop? I'm ready"
The desolate and grim old man did
not relax 81 was sittin' up to give
you a last chance to say something
like that. l reckon it's about time!
/ just wanted to see if you'd have
manhood enough not to make me take
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-07-13
CHAPTER XIX.

When he came into the new house,
few minutes later, he found his ia
ther sitting alone by the library fire
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-01-20
price for tobacco next year As We

price for tobacco next year s We
aave for cotton.
The reason advanced by some
for not planting tobacco becau use
they are unable to obtain a com.
piete tobacco fertilizer should
appeal equally to them for not
planting cotton and other crops
on account of the lack of a COM
plete fertilizer for them also.
Owing to the high price for
the common tobacco for the past
five or six years, and the pre-
vailing tendency of prices, for
tie medium and com mon grades,
tobacco should be planted in
pretty good land with the en-
deavor to make as large a yield
as possible, even though it be
done by slightly sacrificing the
q ,ality.
In regard to fertilizer / would
advise five or six two horse wag.
on loads of horse stable manure
per acre, and eight to twelve
hundred pounds of the best to
bacco fertilizer that can be OBJ
tanned from some reliable firm.
Good serf and we'll rotted leaf
mould would be valuab BILE.
Plant beds should be sowed as
soon as possible and should be
covered over at once with tobac.
co cloth. Early crops as a rule
have proved best. 1t is very ad-
vantageous to have early plants
and to get them out before the
weather gets too warm, because
labor is more plentiful and they
i've much easier ard produce
better tobacco.
The best varities are the Wann
aud Yellow Oronoko, White Stem
oronoko. A taole spoon of seeds
barely struck level to one hun
dred yards is the proper amount
TO plant now. Half this quanti-
ty should be sowed the first
week in March on top of the
cloth without removing it.
These seed will come up later
and will not interfere with the
hrst planting and will furnish
nice plants for replanting.
L hope this will be Of some ser.
vice to you.
Yours truly,
Bright Williamson
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-01-20
WARS TRAGEDIES.

The great conflict now raging
in Europe has it's lights and
shadows, but more of the latter
than the former. When we
read of the deaths in our own
com m unity we know that there
are sad and bleeding hearts in
the bereaved home, but think of
thousands upon thousands of
homes in Europe which the angel
of death is visiting every day.
The awful tragedies of war are
horrible to contemp plate and yet
the nations go on fighting as if it
were duty instead of a disaster.
The correspondent Of an Eng
lish newspaper spent some time
in a cemetery looking for the
graves of friends. He prints
the following letter scrawled in
a childish hand and nailed to a
board that marked soldiers
grave:
Dear Daddy: 1t is my birth
day today, and your little daugh.
ter is six years old. She is hav-
ing little party of her friends
to tea, and mummy and 1 want
you to come. Please aske your
officer if he will let you. From
your. Your Little Daughter.
The letter arrived at the army
postoffice the morning the SOL
der was killed. He did not
see it, but, when his body was
brought back to be entered, the
officer at the postoffice ordered
it attached to the markings at
the grave.
The incident is indescriba bly,
sad, but it should arouse resent
ment only against those who
brought on this war. The dead
English soldier gave his life for
his country in war which his
country did not seek. The re.
spOnsiblity for this and tens of
thousands of other tragedies
lie heavy at the door of Prus-
sian militarism.
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MADE FOR YOU
MADE FOR YOUR WIFE

The Progressive Farmer has the strong
est most practical household department
OF any agricultural paper in the South. IT.
mary features make special appeal t,
our women readers and helr them as Il
does the men.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-01-20

When in town make The City
Market your headquarters.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-01-20
FARMING BETTER THAN FIGHTING

American farmers are feeding
the world. Europe is fighting in
stead of farming. nhe able bodi-
ed men are in the armies. What
farming is done is mostly done
by women and children in the
countries at war. In eleven
months of least year we export.
ed breadsutff amounting to $529,.
S38, ,753, that was three and a
half times as much as for this
period the year before. Corn
shipments increased from $5,-
100000 to $34,OOO,OOO in the
same eleven months.
War is an awful calamity for
any country but under the wise
management of President Will.
son we have not only been spar.
ed it's horrors but are reaping a
rich harvest from the conflict
Europe's loss is our gain. As
we had nothing to do with bring.
ing on the war Europe cannot
shake her CORY locks at US. But
as long as the old countries pre-,
fer fighting to farming we will
let them fight, while we raise
corn. wheat and cotton to feed
and cloth them.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-01-20
A Smile or Two

Why don't you work for your
living?"
Well" answered Meander-
ing Mike, when l eats dis wav
gifts cold turkey an mince pie
If | depends on me earning ca
pacity I'm liable to git sinkers
an weak Coffee"
Phone your orders at night
for beefsteak, prompt delivery
in the morning. Phone 70.
God gives the birds their food.
but he does not throw it into
their nests. s.-Greek Pro0erb.
What fine world this would
be if it were just As easy to
make good thing better as to
make a bad matter worse.
Some men are so strong in
their belief that they should |
profit by their mistakes that
they are always sboft-changing |
other people Luke McLuke.
When in town make The City
Market your headquarters.
Luke McLuke says it often
happens the g. man has no peace
If miud beoe1se his wife is al
ways giving bim = piece of hers
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-01-20

God gives the birds their food.
but he does not throw it into
their nests. ProVerb.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-01-20

In watch and jewelry repair
ing you want the best. You will
make no mistake if you carry
Them 70 MCCALL for repair.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-01-20
Williamson Writes
On Tobacco Culture

The following letter on tobacco
culture was recently forwarded
to The Advertiser by Mr.. f.. w.
Duvall, of Cheraw. Believing
it may prove at least interesting
and possibly profita BILE to Ones
terfield County farmers it is
herewith printed:
Darlington 5. @. Jan. 9th 1915.
Mr.. K. w. Duvall, Cheraw, s. @ |
Dear Sir-Replying to yours
OF the 9th inst. ] regard the di-
versification and rotation of
crops essential to successful
farming, and next to cotton, to-
bacco is the best and most valu-
able money crop which has been
introduced in certain sections
1t not only affords diver
slhcatfon and another good mon
ey crop but the cultivation and
handling of tobacco ena BILE farm
ers more completely to util ze
all available labor on their farms
and pro luce crops of greater to-
tai value than by planting cot
ton alone. While tobacco con
1lcts slightly with cotton. corn
and other crops during the peri
od OF Its cultivation. there is a
great deal of work that can be
done early in the season, at the
end of the tobacco season. and in
producing plants that do not
conflict with other farm work
and furnish employment for
labor which would not otherwise
be profitably employed. have
observed that farmers who have
planted reasona BILE amounts of
tobacco and cotton have produced
more value and have done bet
Ter than those who plant cotton
alone. The culture and care of
tobacco requires more time and
attention than other crops and
does not allow the same amount.
or time for picnicing and fishing.
out Ike other diversified crops
IL affords more profit and pros
perSlty to the farmer. If any
one does not fully resolve to give
the necessary time and atten-
tion 70 the varying demands of
tobacco, and his farm IN general
the less he undertakes to do. the
less he will be likely to lose.
Tobacco requires more potash
5han most other crops, and at
1hls time we are confronted with
a lack OF it i'll our fertilizers. 81
that 1t will be necessary for
those wko plant tobacco to select
laHds for the present that hav,
not recently been planted in 70
oacco. Tobacco does best on
lands never planted in toDac,
before or rested for one wear
and will do we'll after cotton
but 1T should never be planted
a1ter peas, even though the crop
Oh peas was small, nor should il
be planted In ground that has
been too recently cleared. II
know that 1T Is good practice
TO plant tobacco after peas anu
In new ground in the Old Belt O
North Carolina, and | have heard
or few Instances of success
mere, but 1T usually results in
very poor crop, if not all a bso-
lutte failure.
The Burley tobacco crop IN
Kentucky has recently been
found to ba about one hunore6
million pounds short of expecta-
tions, and there will probe bly |
be less tobacco planted in the |
lower part of this state ana in
the eastern part of North Oaro.
Ina than last year. The price.
OF tobacco is fairly good at pres
ent and we have quite as much
assurance of obtaining a goo;
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Masters Sale.

Masters Sale.
State of South Carolina
Chesterfield County.
In Common Pleas.
Bank of Chesterfield,
Plaintiff.
Pleas Streater and PEOPLES Bank
Defendent
BY virtue of an order of Hs
Honor, J. w Bowman, Pres,d.
ing Judge in the above stated
case ! will Ctfer for sale to tho
highest bidder for cash befor.
the Court House at Chesterfield.
>. o., within the legal hours, ON
first Monday in February, 1915,
that tract of land in Chesterfield
County, South Carolina, contain.
ing 22h acres more or less
bounded north by lands of Will
liam Streater, east by lands Of
Hezekiah Streater, south by
lands of Hough SLreater, and
West bv lands of Rivers brothers.
z. A. MURRAY, Jr.
Master.