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/ HIGHLAND RECORDER ^NTEREY HIGHLAIp COUNTY VA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1910 NO. 51 /OL. XKXll lOolMillion Dollars Worth oi Shoes These are stupendous figures, yet this is the yearly amount that the South spends for shoes. As a curiosity these figures may attract you for a minute, but the most curious thing about them is that three quarters of this money is regularly sent away from the South and the South is that much poorer for it. You trade at a Southern shoe store. You give the dealer your money. You probably buy a western or northern made shoe. When the dealer pays his bill, this money, less a small per cent to the dealer, goes north or west and the South is that much poorer. Keep your money at home. Let it work for better times, better wages, more factories, more work for Southern people. Ask your dealer for The Craddock Shoe. Made in the South, by white labor, for Southern gentlemen. The best shoe value offered by any maker in the land for $3.50 and $4.00. Money spent for Craddock Shoes stays in the South, and pays Southern labor, Southe^ grocers, bakers and butchers. lt builds Southern factories, homes and scho^. We can support more and better industrie* Let's each do his part. CRADDOCK-TERRY CO. Lyachburg, Va. THE 5TH SESSION OF THE MONTEREY HIGH SHCOOL will open Sept. 19, 1910. Trained and expert faculty. / EDUCATE AT HOME 4 Fee for students outside of district $2.50 per month.-5,bl Robert Sterrett, A. B., Principal The Store That Mhkes the bargain pric1 Good Umbrella for $1, worth $1.25 Corsets for $1, the kind you pay 1.25 for. Ladies' underwear at 5 to 15c, pants } should come and see them. Men's and Boys' Shirts, Collars, Ties qfl Pi unheard of prices. / You should see our hats?don't forM to price 7 Arbuckle's Coffee 17c, / Sugar 6 1-2, nails 3 1-2 / If vou are getting these prices anywhere else the cause of it. J All fcinds of Country Produce ( Bought and; You get more for $1, dozen eg*s or 1 lb butt than any where else. L. B. BYRD 8c CC Prize Offers from Leading Manufacture Book on patents. "Hints to inventors." "Inventionsnt "Why some inventors fail." Send rough sketch or m search of Patent Office records. Our Mr. Greeley v/as lc Acting Commissioner of Patents, and as such had full ch the U. S. Patent Qffice. GREELEY &M91NT1RE Patent Attorneys Washington, D. C. Have You Tried It? There is a bottle of Cardui waiting for y<ju drug store. Have you tried it? If not, we urge you to do so, before your have obtained such a hold on you, that nothing w them out. Even now, it may be nearly too late. But tn how. If anything can help you, Cardui will, lt ha in thousands of cases, where other medicines t tried in vain. Why should it not do the same for The Woman's To 'My daughter, Octava, would have beertta today, had it not been for that fine medifine writes Mrs. Laura Lawrence, of Drennon ppang! "Nothing 1 tried helped my daughter, unti taken Cardui. I had sent for the doctoii wfier of your medicine and got a $1 bottle. I Whe taken four doses she became all right 1 ioiten Cardui to my friends." Your druggist sells Cardui with full inptructi on \Hm2 bottle. Write to: Ladies' Advisory Dtp... Chattanooga Medicla*) ? Special instructions, and 64-pagt book, "Home Treatment eKo. \?r* .Ch Wow ' FAMOUS STAR GROUP, The Constellation Orion In Legend Literature. . .????I The constellation Orion ls ,nenV t In tbe literature of all ages, iyjjj. it represented Horus, the fwa}LMn Inf; sun. in a boat surmounted f JJJjJ Closely followed by Sirius, vj ^ shown as a COW. lt has rUg Qf found sculptur, d on the "^ Thebes r,.COO years ago / ^^ men of that early tune it wUh ^ from the same position f ng todftv same brightness as it do*^ - a striking example of ( I ableness of tho heaven* r]y mn dus From the days of U^ ^ fof to the present the corf fl gtormy some reason Lorne /,,s direfu, .n character All??l?n?where among flncnce are found ? Mmon wrote. the classic* writer.^ ^ ^^ When with n-*Tc#SPa coa8ti Hath vexed tha * , . tJ"ian squadron in j The loss o tbfng as(.rlbpd to t the first Punir Vjlwt afte,. the r,g fleets having sVul) hasa)so been . Ins of Orion. / d;u. ^ ,ts mom employed as/nR the beglnnlng of lng rising rfgh| ri8l the seRgon Rummer. Its/R am, ,? ear,y even. of grapo grfrriva, of wiater) wlth ins rulogforma jn ref.ent ti,ne3 its attend! aIvvilvs represented a the SroWor wanior. Its present great h|0 <-*reei{ astronomy from :1!lk*J"?s and originally signified | the F.irheaven | the li riABY TURTLES. ?iow Just What to Do and Do J T1?' lt Without Guidance. I ho soon as a baby turtle emerges j ?he egg off he scuttles down to ! fa. He has no one to teach him, [/lie to guide him. In his curious brain there is implanted a Streak (Ntution based upon the fact that Hi a certain period in his life his 'mor ls soft and no defense against ingry fish, and he at once seeks the elter in the tropical profusion of the df weed, which holds within Ita anching f*a>uds an astonishing abun mce of marine life. Here the young nie feeds unmolested while his ar or undergoes the hardening process. Whatever the yoong sea turtle eats id wherever he eats it?facts not gen ally ascertained?oue thing is cer in. lt agrees with him Immensely, e leads a pleasant sort of life, bask* g In the tropical sun and cruising isurely Id the cool depths. Once be has attained the weight of ?futy-five pounds, which usually oe* rs within the first year, the turtle ls ee from all danger. After that no lb or mammal, however ravenous, ?wever well armed with teeth, inter res with the turtle. When once he has withdrawn his ?ad from it.s position of outlook into B folds of his neck between the two iel ls intending devourers may strug p in vain to make an impression >on bim.?Harper's Weekly. The Roar of China's Duok$. rourists in China are always sur* lsed by the number of ducks they e. There are moro ducks in China an in all the rest of the world, lelr voices are a familiar sound in ery town aud country spot of the acoast and tbe interior of the vast lpire. Even in the large cities ducks ?ouud. They dodge between the cool? s' legs. They flit squawking out of e wuy of the horses. Their indlg nt quack will not uuseldom drown e roar of urban commerce. Children rd ducks on every road, ou every j nd, on every farm, on every lake, on ery river. There is no back yard ithout its duck house. There ls no at, little or great, without its duck larters. All over the land there are eat duck hatching establishments, any of them of a capacity huge ough to produce ."50,000 young ducks ery year. Duck among tlie Chinese a staple delicacy It ls salted and lokod like ham or beef.?New York orld. THE VEILED PROPHET. Was the Most Noted Impostor of the Middle Ages, 'he celebrated "Veiled Prophet" of j tory was a Moslem fanatic whose 1 name waa Hakeu Ibn Batten. ; was boru about the middle cf the i nth century and became the most j 'ed Impostor of the middle ages. ' i pretended that he was an embodl ! Int of the spirit-of the "living (iod" fi. being very proficient In jugglery j blch the ignorant mistook for the j per 'o work miracles*, soon drew | j immense number of followers und him. He always wore a gold ,sk. claiming that he did so to pro- j Il the mortals of this earth. v>bo, he j 1 could uot look upon his face and ! t last after thousands had quitted , i city and even left the employ of j \ Caliph al Mohdi to join the fanat- | i movement, an army was sent [inst the "Veiled Prophet," forcing I to flee for safety to the castle at \ north of the Oxus. Finally. rn ultimate defeat was certain, (he j fohet killed and burned his whole I lily and then threw himself Into | flames, being entirely consumed. | ent his hair, which was kept tn a , En*, at Bagdad until the time of crusades. Ile promised his falth : followers that he would reappear Iten in the future dressed in white , riding a white horse. b The Art of Carpentry, low many common figurative er? osions iu our language are bor i-ed from the art of carpentry may Cen from the following sentence: L lawyer who Bled the bill, shaved I note 'cut an acquaintance, spilt a I made an entry, got up a case. Led nu Indictment, impaneled a flT mlt them into a box. nailed a LJL hammered a judge and bored Ihole court, all moue day. bas since I down law and turned carpenter." I ^ s*** I Married In Haste And Glad of It In Leisure By F. A. MITCHEL Copyright, 1910. by American Press Association. "(Jet up; John's terribly 111. You must go for a doctor." I beard the words as spoken from a distance or while in a dream, for I, had been working night and day with but a few hours' sleep each night and was exhausted. Then I felt a violent shaking which caused me to open my eyes. After much repetition I was made to understand that I was to go at once for a doctor. I managed to get into my clothes, and. being told that the residence of the physician' was 28 Hawthorne street, one of a row of stone front dwellings, I sal-1 lied forth. On the way I was obliged to pinch myself to keep sufficiently J ?Wake lo avoid falling against objects! 1 passed. On reaching the block 11 found the numbers were ali in the vestibules where no light shone upon them. I finally found a number that | appeared to be 28. but I could not be i sure. I failed to find the doctor's sign. I but the darkness of the street would account for that. I rang the bell. A colored girl came to the door. I asked if the doctor was at home. She enid lie was not; he had gone out to see a person who was at the point of death. I asked when he might be expected home, to which she replied that he might come any minute. I concluded to walt awhile and, going Inside, sat down on a sofa In a far corner of the room. There was a light in the hall which was turned low, the only light on tbe main floor. In a few minutes I was sound asleep. Again I heard a voice, this time a woman's, trying to awaken me. "Wake up! We haven't a moment to lose. Father will be here in a few minutes, aud it will be too late." 1 roused myself and stood up. A soft hand took mine, and, only partly awake. I heard a man's voice mum? bling something. There was no light in the hall or in the room I was In. though figures could be discerned from what light came from the street. The mumbling ended with the words "man and wife." Then the soft voice said: "Come quick." I was led out of the house, the hand still holding mine, and found a car? riage waiting at the door. The figuro that led me got into lt and shut tbe door. "Hemember," she said, "tomorrow at 4." By tliis time I was sufficiently awake to realize that something of consider? able Importance was at hand, I thrust my hand Into my pocket where I car? ried a box of matches, drew lt forth, struck a light and revealed the as? tonished face of a girl apparently about twenty years of age. "Oh. heavens!" she exclaimed. A clatter of wheels wns heard coming rapidly. "Hrlve on." The coachman whipped up his horses and In another inomejit my uninten- i tional bride was whirled away. lier carriage had scarcely turned a coiner where Its rattle was not so distinctly heard when another came tearing down the street and stopped) before the doctor's door. I concluded j that, having got another man's sweet-1 heart. I was liable to the wrath her father might be disposed to vent upon him. I moved away a few paces where I would not be seen and awaited fur? ther developments. A man jumped out of the carriage, ran up the steps of the doctor's residence and pulled the bell furl nisly. Some one came to the door, and I beard questions and answers, bat not with sufficient distinctness to make out their purport. Then the mau ran down the steps, got Into the carriage aud was driven sway. Notwithstanding the seriousness of the situation, thee was something lu? dicrous about it. While John was suf? fering for the want of a doctor and mig'it li-.vc died for all I knew, in ?tetl.l of petting him one I had got married. Omi.I anything be more ridiculous? The iotiosity that had led nie to Dash a ma tell in my wife's face; to see wbrtl she was like prompted j me to Investigate further. Ah soon Ml I was sure the last carriage was at a! safe dist:iu e I mounted the steps of j the doctor's house and rang the bell, j A man in clerical dress answered the summons. II?* seemed very much dis. turned and iii an irritated voice said: "Well, sir?" ??Dees Dr. Brainard live here?" "No. sir. Hr. Brainard lives next door. No. 28. This is 2.1." I went home. My mother was the only one in the house still up. She was wailing for me. "Where have you been all the time?" she asked Impatiently. "Mother. 1 tn married!" "Married:" "Yes, married." "Why. I thought you went for the doctor." ?So I did." "And go: married instead! Oh, my eoodness gracious!" "I MHildn't help it." "Couldn't help retting married! Have you loel your tseuaasV "1 went IO sleep." "Oh. my dear hay." anxiously, "whet kn the matter with you?" "I got Into th* house ot a dominie by mistake A runaway couple, chased by the girl's father, came to the house in a burry, and they were married lu the dark." "What's their marriage got to do* with you f "Nothing, except they thought 1 was the groom who. I suppose, was to have met tht? bride there, and before I got fairly awake they married me." "Oh, dear; oh. dear! What a terri ble thing to happen!" "If you saw my wife you wouldn't think so." "I thought you said it was dark and you couldn't see her." "I struck a match just as she was about to leave me." "Well, my son. lt's nearly day. (Jo to bed and get what sleep you can be fore you have to get up again. I'm sorry for the poor girl who made the mistake. I hope she won't have much trouble in getting her marriage with you annulled and being remarried to her rightful lover." "I do. I hope she'll have a lot of trouble doing it." "Why?" "I'm satisfied." "Oh, go to bed!" The next day I went to see the clergyman who had married me, and he appointed a meeting between me and my wife to take place in the room where we were married the next day. Wheu we came together I found her very angry. "This ls simply ridiculous," she said. "My dear, 1 couldn't help lt." "My dear!" she repeated, sniffing the air scornfully. "What was the matter with?with your other husband?" "My other husband! Do you take me for a bigamist?" "Well, the man you were to have married instead of me." "Don't call him' a man; he hadn't the courage for such an affair. Ho was afraid of father and showed the white feather at the critical moment. But you will help me. of course, to annul this marriage.-' "No, 1 won't." "What do you mean?" "I'm satisfied." ".Satisfied? Well. I like that! You don't mean that you have any idea of letting the matter stand as it is?" "Why not?" "For the land's sake! Why. this is the first time we have ever met." "Except on the night of our wed? ding." "Wedding! Do you call that a real wedding? Why. it wouldn't stand In law. That is, so my lawyer says, though one of us might make the oth? er a lot of trouble." "Did he say that?" "Y-e-s, I believe he said something like it." "Well. I'm going to make the trouble. I won't give you up." "Nonsense!" I saw that she was pleased. Her lover had lost her by a want of pluck; I determined to win her by bragga? docio. "Perhaps you think your intended husband will tight for you. I'm ready to die rather than give you up to him." "Oh, no, he wouldn't fight on any account. But father! You'll find bim terrible. He'll grind you to powder." "I will have every drop of blood in his body." "If Billy had only talked, or. rather, acted that way!" she said sadly. "But he didn't." "What put it into your head that you wanted this?this so called marriage to stand?" "On seeing you I swore that you should remain my wife." "Why, it was only by the light of a match." "It was enough." "And you're going," she said after a pause, "to fight my application for an annulment?" "Yes, and I'll fight every one who presumes to help you." ? "But you certainly don't want a wife whom you haven't seen but once"? "Twice." "Between whom and you there has beeu no courtship, no love passages. one whom you don't know anything about. I may be a Jezebel." "And I may be an ogre." She laughed. "One thing I Insist upon." "You Insist upon? What right have you"? "A husband's right." "Well. I declare!" "I don't wish you to see again th? man yon were to have married." "You don't, eh? Well, you may com? mand me in that, fer I don't wish tc see him." "That's lucky. We shall not have to quarrel about lt: but. seriously, there ls a saying. 'Vet In ba -te and repent at leisure.' New. suppose we both drop the matter for the present. I think lt likely that some legal action should be taken if n separation ls to be effected, and lt will require time to determine what that action should be. Meanwhile I ask the same privi? leges as the man you were to have married and no more. I would like to call upon you." I could see that this view of tbs case wns a relief to her. She granted me the permission I desired, and when we separated by a t<'\v grotesque re? marks on the situation 1 got her tc laughing. It turned out that so far as her In tended marriage was coucemed the episode with me that prevented it was a godsend. The man was worthless and her father knew it. When he dis? covered my accidental part and how it had saved his daughter from a mis? alliance be became Tery friendly witb me. He had a keen sense of humor, which 1 fed. The result was that he took a fancy to me. took me into his business, and I eventually became hh ?ori-lu-law boil, in fact as well a-i in law. Detected. It was at a Fourth of July meeting In a little city. The mayor. William Smith, rose and at dignified length read the Declaration of Independence. There was a pause; then from one of the mayor's old schoolmates came the loud whisper: "Bill never writ that. He ain't smart euough."-New York Times. I \ J PAT. KENNY, A WEST VIRGINIA TRAMP POET. About sixty years ago there came to Virginia a young Irishman of the name of Patrick Kenny. He had been educated for the priesthood, but broke with Catholicism and at length became a Protestant. On the voyage to America the young lady of his choice died, and the bereavement so wrought upon his sensitive temperament thatdur the remainder of a long career he never had a home of his own and never would remain long in a place. He gravitated to the valley of the Guyandotte and seems to have had a positive affection for it. As a printer and newspaper writer "Pat Kenny" became known oyer the greater part of West Virginia, and, though he met with some good of? fers, he could never be induced to give up his propensity to wander. Very often he would come back to the (luyandotte. where he was known to many people, and did not lack for a friendly shelter. When the war came on he enlist? ed as a Confederate soldier, but in what regiment I do not know. Kenny's worst enemy, and per? haps his only real one, was himself. He would fall into an occasional de? bauch, and this weakness for liquor interfered with his holding the po? sitions which opened to him. To this failing he; in fact, owed his death. He was found one chilly vvinter day, some eight years ago, near the new lumbering town of Richwood. He was in a dying con? dition and near him lay a tell-tale whiskey bottle nearly empty. He was then seventy-four years of age. His extensive reading, his wide observation, aphilisophic mind, and j a gift for conyersation, made him an instructive and welcome guest in many a home. He was urged to write a book, but for a long time refused. He said his life had been a failure and it was better for his name to die with him. Yet final? ly he consented. While writing it he was the guest of a man in Web? ster county, and granted him the copyright in consideration of his board, some clothing, and other perquisite . He wrote the manu? script sitting in the shade of a tree. He did not live to see the published book, which came off the press al? most at the very time he was found unconscious by the roadside. The volume contains about 250 pages, and consists of a series of es? says embodying his opinions on quite a number of topics. A few lines in verse are appended, but in this line he generally appeared to less advantage than when writing prose. Better than those publish? ed ones is another which he wrote' at the request of an acquaintance. The manuscript belongs to a lady at Franklin. Two verses are quot? ed below, and in them he appears to speak from his heart. The po? em was written at Flat woods, Nov. 27, 1896: "Jesus, let me fly to thee And take refuge on thy breast; Homeless, weary, here 1 sigh, Near thy sacred heart to rest. Long I'v*e wandered from the light In the way of death and sin, Now I knock at mercy's door,? Jesus, Father, let me in. "Evening shadows fall arouud; Earth is hushed in soft repose: In the stillness comes thy voice, Sweetly soothing all my woes. 'Come, poor wand'rer, come to me, Lay this load of sorrow down: Thou hast borne long thy Cross, Come, and now receive thv Crown.' " M. The greatest danger from influen? za is of its resulting in pneumonia. This can be obviated by using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, as it not only cures influenza, but al? so counteracts any tendency of the disease toward pneumonia. Sold by Dr. K. H. Trimble. For Sale Cheap As I am going to move away 1 ' will sell my outfit as follows: one, ! 12 H. P. Peerless traction engine i in good running order and one 01.1 Frick Saw mill with 75 feet track, 30 feet carriage, 3 head blocks with power reccedcr, callie feed, 50 inch inserted tooth saw, hooks, etc. .Mill has only been used a short while and is in first-class condition, , also one 4 ton capacity engine wag i on and one aood wood saw with 1 truck. Price f r quick sale $900.00 cash. ChII ?") i*r address George H. McLaughlin, Lone Fountain, Va. I ? a Borrowed?From me, some time ago. a black overcoat. Kind? ly return same. X. A. Whitelaw ) THE COUNTY NEWSPAPER AS AN INSTRUCTOR. The county newspaper is one of the strongest teachers known to modern times and its scope is al? most unbounded. The American citizen is a reader of his home pa? per, not only a reader but an ad? mirer as well. The children are taught to reverence its visitation and to pursue its columns and note its citations. The editor of a country newspa? per holds a responsible position. In fact, it is about the most responsi? ble of all the professions. He ad? dresses at least five thousand peo* pie each week, and some of them at least fifty thousand. They are silent auditors, yet tho* influence the paper has over its supporters and admirers is truly of interest. The editor may never know, and, in fact, will neyer know, the ex? tent of his influence for good or bad. The careful editor gives thc people that which is beneficial to their up? lift; the careless editor plunges into anything that appears to make his paper fi rey. peppery and caustic. The sensible editor and publisher weighs eyery line that enters the columns of his papee and places be? hind it all a personality that wins in the end. A competent teacher is always fitted for his task. He has some? thing more in mind than simply no? toriety, for he well knows that character is above price, and that a paper without character is as weak as an individual who does not posess that which maketh a man Give a newspaper character and there is no power that can stop its progress and its aid to a country's uplift.?Aaron D. States, in the Lamar (Mis.) Republican Sentinel. -? ? ?- . Notice To Stockholders The Regular Annual Meeting of The First .National Bank of High? land, at Monterey, will be held on the second Tuesday of Januarv, (Jan. 10, 1911) at the banking house of The First National Bank r>f Highland, at Monterey, for the purpose of electing officers and di? rectors for the ensuing year. 12-9-5t. Clifton Matheny, Cashier. Christmas toys, fire works of every description, and many use full things suitable for presents at R. M. Trimble's store. The Rev Irl R, Hicks 1911 Almanac. The Rev. Irl R. Hicks Almanac for 1911, that guardian Angel in a hundred thousand homes, is now ready. Not many are now willing to be without it and the Rev. Irl R. Hicks Magazine, Word and Works. The two are only One Dollar a year. The Almanac is 35c prepaid. No home or office should fail to send for them, to Word and Works Publishing Company, St. Louis, Mo. When and Where The return of the Yuletide brings with it the joy of giving and the duty of making each other happy. To find a suitable holiday gift ap? propriate, useful and within our means, will be a desire uppermost in the minds of many during the coming Christmas season. You know the time, you must find the place and the present. I will be glad to have you exam? ine my stock. Egerything has been carefully selected, and there is nothing trashy. Among the many things appropriate, for gifts I mention Watches. Chains, Fountain Pens, brooches, Scarf Pins. Lockets and Chains, Silver Ware of all descriptions Carving Sets, Signet and Plain Gold Rings, late Books in plain and Holiday Edition and many other novelties. Remember that my goods are all new and of the latest styles. H. M. Slaven, Jeweler. Non-Resident Notice VIRGINIA: In the Clerk's ollice of tlie circuit court of Highland coonty, at Huies, the 15th daj of Noy., 1910 Susie Botkin and Arlie Rot kin vs. J. Riley Crummett, Wollert Cnmmett, Silas Crummett, Cameron I'rnaiantt. and louis Crummett and R. Crummett, widow of Eli crninmetl, deceased, in chancery The object of this suit is to perfect the asi-i-.inieni of dower to the widow of Ell ( nunmett deceased, in lands cwned bv hun in liijrhir.d county, virginia, and t'i partition the residue among the chil? dren; mid lt a partition cannot he mr.de conveniently, to have the residue of said land sold nu ler orders of the court. Aiul it appearing hy aflidavit tiled ac? cording In law. that the said defendants, Robt ciuinnii-tt anc! r*|l is crummett are non residents of this state, it is theie* fore ordered that they nppear within 15 11 tys after due publication of tbll order, nie cWk't, office of our sail circuit c> u--\.' iln v hat is necessary to prO teCa lil-"!. .iai<- 1V0IS T ste: W ll Matheny, Clerk Jones & Son p. (| Ur. Mills' Anti-fain Pills relieve Dam. ?. -