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•*
1 The MMon Dollar Mystery
, By HAROLD MAC GRATH
Illustrated from Scenes In the Photo pr&ma of the
Same Name by the Thanhouser Film Company
(Cop/right, 1014, by Harold UacGralli)
| CHAPTER I.
A Call In the Night.
There are few things darker than >
country road at night, particularly 11
one does not know the lay of th
land. It is not difficult to traverse a
known path; no matter how dark II .
it, one is able to find the way by tht
aid of a mental photograph taken is
the daytime. But supposing you have
never been over the road In the day
time, that you know nothing whatevei
of .its topography, where it dips ot
rises, where it narrows or forks. Too
find yourself in the same unhappy
state of mind as a blind man suddenly
thrust Into a strange house.
One black night, along a certain
country road In the heart of New Jen
sey. In the days when the only good
roads were city thoroughfares and
country highways were routes to lim
bo, a carriage went forward cautious
ly. From time to time It careened
like a blunt-nose barge in a beam sea.
The wheels and springs voiced their
anguish continually; for It was a good
carriage, unaccustomed to such ruts
and hummocks.
"Faster, faster!" came a muffled
voice from the interior.
"Sir, I dare not drfve any faster,"
replied the coachman. "I can't see the
horses' beads, sir, let alone the road.
I've blown out the lamps, but I can't
see the road any better for that."
"Let the horses have their heads;
they'll find the way. It can't be much
farther. You'll see lights."
The coachman swore in hla teeth.
All right. This man who waa In such
a hurry would probably send them all
Into the d£ch. Save for the few stars
above, he might have been driving
Beelzebub's coach in the bottomless
pit. Black velvet, everywhere black
velvet. A wind was blowing, and yet
the blackness was so thick that it
gave to the coachman the sensation of
mild saffocation.
, By and by, through the trees, he
saw a flicker of light. It might or
might not be the destination. He
cracked his whip recklessly and- the
BaBBF' yJpp /, : : - |H|
-Why, You Cherubl" Cried the Old
Maid.
' carriage lurched on two wheels. The
man In the carriage balanced himself
;' carefully, so that the bundle in his
, arms should not be unduly disturbed.
, His arms ached. He stuck bis head
I out of the window.
"That's the place," he said. "And
when you drive up make as Uttle noise
I ii you ean."
II "Tea, sir," called down the driver.
J When the carriage drew np at its
Journey's end the man Inside jumpedj
out and hastened toward the gatea. 1
He scrutinized the sign en one of the I
posts. This was the place:
MISSFARLOW'S PRIVATE SCHOOL. 1
I The bundle in his arms stirred and
he hurried up the path to the door
of the bouse. He seized the ancient
knocker and struck several times. He
| then placed the bundle on the steps
I and ran back to the waiting carriage,
into which he stepped.
"Off with jroul"
"That's a good word, sir. Mayte
we can make your train." I
"Do yen think you could find thla
place again f
"You couldn't get me on this pike
again, sir, for a thousand; not me!"
The door slsmmed and the unknown
sank back against the cushion*. He
took out bis handkerchief and wiped
the damp perspiration from hla fore
head. The big burden waa off his
mind. Whatever happened In the fu
ture, they would never be able to get
him through his heart. Bo much for
the folly of hla youth.
It was a quarter after ten. Miss
Susan Farlow bad just returned to the
reception room from her nightly tow
of the apper halls to see If all l>e.
[charges were in bed, where the rules
,of the school confined them after »:»0.
lit was at this moment that she heard
■the thunderous knocking at the door.
- (The old maid felt her heart atop
- beating for a moment Who could it
be, at thla time of night? Then the
' thought came swiftly that perhaps the
\ parent ot some one of her charges waa
; ill and this wss the summons. Still
■ ing her fears, she went reeolutely to
I the door and opened It.
1 j "Who is ltr she rail ad
Np one answered. She cupped her
hand to her ear. She could bear the
clatter of horses dimly.
"Well!" she exclaimed; rather an
grily, too.
She was in the act of closing the
door when the light from the hall dis
covered to her .the bundle on the
steps. She stooped and touched It
"Good heavens, it's a child!"
She picked the bundle up. A whim
per came from it, a tired little whim
per of protest. She ran back to the
reception room. A foundling! And
on her doorstep! It waa Incredible.
What In the world should she do? It
would create a scandal and hurt the
prestige of the school. Some one had
mistaken her select private school
for a farmhouse. It was frightful.
Then she unwrapped the child. It
was about a year old, dimpled and
.golden haired. A thumb was In Its
rosebud mouth and its blue eyes
looked up trustfully Into her own.
"Why, you cherub!" cried the old
maid, a strange turmoil In her heart.
She caught the child to her breast, and
then for the first time noticed the
thick envelope pinned to the chlld'B
cloak. She put the baby Into a chair
and broke open the envelope.
"Name this child Florence Gray. I
will send annually a liberal sum for
'her support and reclaim her on her
eighteenth birthday. The other half
of the Inclosed bracelet will Identify
me. Treat the girl well, for I shall
watch over her In secret."
Into the fixed routine of her bum
drum life had come a mystery, a tan
talizing, fascinating mystery. She had
read of foundlings left on doorsteps
—from paper covered novels confis
cated from her pupils—but that one
should be placed upon her own re
spectable doorstep! Suddenly she
smiled down at the child and the
child smiled back. And there was
nothing more to be done except to
bow before the decrees of fate. Like
all prim old maids, her heart was full
of unrequited romance, and here was
something she might spend Its floods
upon without let or hindrance. Al
ready she was hoping that the man or
Woman who bad left It might never
come back.
The child grew. Regularly each
year, upon a certain date, Miss Farlow
received a registered letter with
money. These letters came from all
parts of the world; always the same
sum, always the same line —"I am
watching."
Thus seventeen years passed; and
to Susan Farlow each year seemed
shorter than the one before. For she
loved the child with all her heart. Shu
had not trained young girls all these
years without becoming adept in the
art of reading the true signs of breed
ing. There was no ordinary blood In
Florence; the fact was emphasized
by her exquisite face, her email hands
and feet, her spirit and gentleness.
And now, at any day, some one with a
broken bracelet might come for her.
As the days went on the heart of Su
san Farlow grew heavy.
"Never mind, aunty," said Florence;
"I shall always come back to see you."
She meant It, poor child; but bbw
was she to know the terrors which lay
beyond the horizon?
• • « • e e
The bouse of Stanley Hargreave,
In Rlverdale, was the house of no or
dinary rich man. Outside it waa sim
ple enough, but within you learned |
what kind of a man Hargreave was. j
There were rare Ispahans and Baruks
on the floors and tapestries on the
walls, and here and there a fine paint- 1
Ing. The library itself represented a I
fortune. Money bad been laid out !
lavishly but never wastefully. It was
the home of a scholar, a dreamer, a
wide traveler.
In the library stood the fiaster of the
house, idly fingering some papers
which lay on the study table. He
shrugged at some unpleasant thought,
settled his overcoat about his shoul
-1 ders, took up his bat, and walked from
I the room, frowning slightly. The but-
I ier, who also acted in the capacity of
valet, always within call when his
I master was about, stepped swiftly to
the *■«" door and opened It.
"I may be out late, Jones," said
Hargreave.
"Yes, sir."
Hargreave stared into his face keen
ly, as if trying to pierce the grave
face to learn what was going on be
-1 hind it
"How long have you been with me?"
I "Fourteen years, sir."
"Some day I shall need you."
"My life has always been at your
disposal, sir, since that night you tee
cued me."
"Well, I haven't the least doubt that
when I aak you will give."
"Without question, sir. It was al
ways so understood."
Hargreave's glance sought the mir
ror, then the smtleless face of his
man. He laughed, but the sound con
veyed no sense of mirth; then be
turned and went down the steps slow,
ly, like a men burdened with some
thought which was not altogether to
bis liking. He had sent an order for
ear, hot had Immediately counter
finanded It He would walk till he
grew tired, hall a taxi cab, and take a
Iran np and down Broadway. The
(wonderful Illumination might prove di
verting. For IS years nearly; and
|now It was ae natural for him to
throw a glance over his shoulder
(whenever he left the house as It was
>for him to breathe. The average man
fwould have grown careless during sll
these years; but Hargreave was not
an average man; he was, rather, an
extraordinary individual. It was bis
life In exchange rot eternal vigilance,
and he knew and accepted the fact
Half an hour later he got into a
taxlcab and directed the man to drive
IdoWntown as far as Twenty-third
(Street and back to Columbus circle.
The bewildering display of lights, how
ever, In nowise served to lift the sense
of oppression that had weighed upon
him all day. South of Forty-second
street he dismissed the taxlcab and
stared at the brilliant
'sign of a famous restaurant. He waa
neither hungry nor thirsty; but there
would be strange faces to study and
music.
It was an odd whim. He had not en
tered a Broadway restaurant In all
'these years. He was unknown. He
MBL > [MA A '
A. fk ,
The Introductions Were Mads.
belonged to no dubs. Two months
was the Jongest time he had ever re
mained In New York since the dis
posal of his old home In Madison
avenue and his resignation from his
clubs. This once, then, he would break
the law he had written down for
himself. Boldly he entered the res
taurant.
Some t'roe before Hargreave sur
render to the restless spirit of re
bellion, bitterly to repent for It later,
there came Into this restaurant a man
and a woman. They were both evi
dently well known, for the head waiter
was obsequious and hurried them over
to the best table he had left and took
the order himself.
The man possessed a keen, Intelli
gent face. You might have marked
him for a successful lawyer, for there
was an earnestness about his expres- >
slon which precluded a life of Idle
ness. His age might have been any-1
where between 40 and 60. The shout- I
ders were broad and the hands which
lay clasped upon the table were slim ;
but muscular. Indeed, everything
about him suggested hidden strength 1
and vitality. His companion was |
small, handsome, and animated. Her ;
frequent gestures and mutable eye
brows betrayed her foreign birth. Her
age was a matter of Importance to no
one but herself.
They were at coffee when she said:
"There's a young man coming toward
us. He Is looking at you."
The man turned. Instantly bis face
lighted up with a friendly smile of
recognition.
"Who Is It?" she asked.
"A chap worth knowing; a reporter
just a lltle out of the ordinary. I'm
going to Introduce him. You never
can tell. We might need him some
day. Ah, Norton, how are you?"
"Good evening, Mr. Bralne." TheJ
reporter, catching sight of a pair of®
dazzling eyes, hesitated.
"The Princess Perlgolf, Norton.
You're In no hurry, are you?"
"Not now," smiled the reporter.
"Ah!" said the princess, interested.
It was the old compliment, said in an
unusual way. It pleased her.
The reporter sank Into a chair.
When inactive he was rather a
dreamy-eyed sort of chap. He pos
sessed that rare accomplishment of
talking upon one subject and think
ing upon anotheitfet the same time.
So while he talked gayly with the
young woman on varied themes, his
thoughts were busy speculating upon
her companion. He was quite cer-
I tain that the name Braine was as
' sumed, but be was also equally cer
tain that the man carried an ex
| Inordinary brain under bis thatch Of
salt and pepper balr. The man had
I written three or four brilliant mono
| graphs on poisons and the uses ot
\ radium, and It was through and by
these that the reporter had managed
I to pick up bis acquaintance. He lived
well, but Inconspicuously,
j Suddenly the pupils of Bralne's
eyes narrowed; the eye became cold.
Over the smoke of his cigarette be
was looking Into the wall mirror. A
man bad passed behind.him and sat
down at the next table. Still gazing
Into the mirror, Bralne saw Norton
wave his hand; saw also the open
wonder on the .reporter's pleasant
face.
"Who Is your friend, Norton?"
■Bralne asked' Indifferently, bis head
still unturned.
"Stanley Hargreave. Met him In
Hongkong wben I waa sent over to
handle a part of the revolution. War
'correspondence stuff. First time I
ever ran across him on Brosdway at
! night We've since bad some pow
wows over some rars boo}s. Queer
old eock; brave as s lion, but as quist
ss a mouse."
: "Bookish, eh?. My kind. Bring him
.over." Underneath the table Bralne
maneuvered to touch the foot of the
princess.
"I don't know," said the reporter
J dubiously. "He might say no, and
that would embarrass the whole lot of
■vs. He's a bit of a hermit I'm sur
prised to see blm here."
"Try," urged the princess. "I like
to meet men who ere hermits."
i "I haven't the least doubt about
that," the reporter laughed. "11l try;
but don't blame me If I'm rebuffed."
He left the table with evident re
luctance and approached Hargreave.
The two shook hands cordially, for the
elder man was rather fond of this
medley of Information known as Jim
Norton.
"Bit down, boy; sit down. You're
Just the kind of a man I've been want
ing to talk to tonight."
"Wouldn't you rather talk to a pret
ty woman?"
"I'm an old man."
"Bab! . That's a hypocritical bluff.
•end you know iu My inenas at me
next table have asked me to bring
'you over."
! "I do not usually care to meet
strangers"
"Make an exception this once," said
jtbe reporter, who had seen Bralne's
,eyee change and was curious to know
why the appearance of Hargreave In
the mirror had brought about that
metally gleam. Here were two
unique men; he desired to see them
face to face.
' "This once. My fault; I osght net
to be here; I feel out of place. Whnt
a life, though, you reporters lead! To
meet kings and presidents and great
'financiers, socialists and anarih
j tats, the whole scale of life, and to
jalap these people on the back as if
;they were everyday friends!"
"Now you're making fun of mo. For
: one king there are always twenty
thick brogans rq&dy to kick me down
the steps; don't forget that."
Hargreave laughed. "Come, then;
• let us get It over with."
The Introductions were made. Nor
ton felt rather chagrined. So far as
he could see, the two men were total
strangers. Well, it was all in the
jgame. Nine out of ten opportunities
ifor the big story were fake alarms;
but he was always willing to risk the
labor these nine entailed for the sake
'of the tenth.
, lAt length Bralne glanced at his
watch, and the princess nodded.
Adieux were said. Inside the taxlcab
Bralne leaned back with a deep, aud
ible sigh.
| "What It is?" she asked.
"The luck of the devil's own," he
said. "Child of the Steppes, for years
I've flown about seas and continents,
through valleye and over mountains —
for what? For the sight of the face
of that man we have Just left. At
first glance I wasn't sure; but the
.sound of his voice was enough. Olga,
the next time you see that reporter,
throw your arms around his neck and
kiss blm. What did I tell you? With
out Norton's help I would not have
been sure. I'm going to leave you at
your apartment." '
"The man of the Black Hundred?"
she whispered. »
"The man who deserted and defied
the Black Hundred, who broke his
vows, and neyer paid a kopeck for
the privilege; the man who had been
appointed for the supreme work and
j'who ran away. In those days we need
jed men of his stamp, and to accom-
I pllsh this'end. . . ."
"There was a woman." she Inter
rupted, with a touch of bitterness,
i "Always the woman. And she was
II as clever and handsome as you are."
"Thanks. Sometimes . . ."
"Ah, yes!" Ironically. "Sometimes
! you wish you could settle down, marry
and have a family! Your domesticity
I would last about a month."
She made no retort because she rec
ognized the truth of this statement.
"There's an emerald I know of," he
'said rumlnatively. "It's quite pos
sible that you may be wearing It wlth
. In a few days."
I I "I am mad over them. There Is
'something in the green stone that fas-
I cinates me. I can't reelst It."
| "That's because, Bomewhere In the
far past, your ancestors wore orien
tals. Hero we are. I'll see you to
morrow. I must hurry. Goodnight."
She stood on the curb for a moment
J and watched the taxlcab as It whirled
around a corner. The man held ber
| with a fasslnatlon more terrible than
, I any Jewel. She knew him to be a
I great and daring rogue, cunning, pa
tient, fearless. Packed away in that
1 mind of bis there were a thousand ac-
I complished deeds which had roused
I futllely the police of two continents.
' Bralne! She could have laughed. The
-'very name he had chosen waa an in
r! solence directed at society.
The subject of her thoughts soon
arrived at bis destination. A flight of
stairs carried blm into a dimly lighted
hall, smelling evilly of escaping gas.
He donned a black mask and struck
I the door with a series of light blows;
two, then one, then three, and again
' one. The door opened and he slipped
1 Inside. Round a table sat several men,
also masked. They were all tried and
trusted rogues; but not ono of them
knew what Bralne looked like. He
alone remained unknown savo to the
man designated as the chief, who was
only Bralne's lieutenant. The mask
I was the Insignia of the Black Hun-
I dred, an organization with all the ram
ifications of the Camorra without their
> abiding stupidity. From the aseasslna
• tlon of a king, down to the robbery
i of a country post office, nothing waa
L too great or too small for their nets,
t Their god dwells In the hearta of all
C men and Is called greed.
» The ordinary business over, the
t chief dismissed the men, snd be and
j ,Braine alone remained.
! "Vroon, I have found blm," said
• | Braine.
I [ "There are but few: which one?"
| i "Klghteen years ago, In St. Peters
! burg."
, "I remember. The millionaire's son.
. Did he recognize you?"
I "I don't know. Probsbly be did. Bot
t .he always had good nerves. He Is
being followed at this moment. We
r shsll strike quick; for If be recognized
[ :®e be will set quick. He Is cool snd
• brave. You remember how he braved
! ins tbst nlgbt In Russls. Jumped boldly
.through tbe window st the risk of
, bresklng bis neck. He landed ssfely;
that Is the only resson be eluded us.
r Millions—snd tbey slipped through our
I fingers. If I could only find some route
. Ito his heart! Tbe lure we held out
ito him Is deed."
| "Or In the -fortress, which Is the
'.same thing. What are your plans?"
"I have In mind something like this."
,|; And Hsrgrsavs wss working out bis
plsns, too; snd hs wss just as much
of a general as Bralne. He sat at hla
library table, the maxillary muscles
in bis jaws working. Bo they bad found
iblm? Well, he had broken the law
lof his own making and ha must suffer
•the consequences. Bralne, who was
■ Menshlkoff In Russls. Schwartz in
Germany, Mendoza In Bpaln, Cartuccl
In Italy, and Du Bols In France; so
the rogue bad found blm out? Poor
fool that be bad been! High spirited,
. full of those youthful dreams of doing
good In the world, be bad joined what
I be bad believed a great secret so
' j ciailstlc movement, to leajrn. that be j
had been trapped by a band of bril
liant thieves. Kidnapers and assassi
nators for hire; tbe Blck Hundred;
fiends from Topbet! For nearly
eighteen years he had eluded them,
for he knew that directly or indirect
ly they would never cease to hunt for
him; and an idle whim had toppled
him Into, their clutches.
He wrote several feverishly.
The last was addressed to Miss Susan
Farlow and read: "Dear Madam: Send
Florence Gjay to New York, to arrive
here Friday morning. My half of tbe
bracelet will bo identification. In
closed find cash to square accounts."
He would get together all his available
funds, recover his child, and fly to the
ends of the. world. He would tire
them out. They would find that the
peaceful dog waa a bad animal to
rouse. He rang for the faithful Jones,
"Jones, they have found me," h«
said simply.
"You will need me, then?"
*" "Quite possible. Please mall thes
and then we'll talk it over. No doubt
Borne one Is watching outßlde. Hi)
careful."
"Very good, sir."
Hargreave bowed his head in hit
x
Xgk -
Joined What He Believed to Be s
Great Boclallatlc Movement.
hands. Many times he had Journeyed
to the school and hung about thi
gates, straining his eyes toward th«
merry groups of young girls. Whlct
among them was his, heart of hli
heart, blood of his blood? That sh«
might never be drawn Into tbli
abomlnablo tangle, be had resolutely
torn her out of ills life completely
Tho happiness of watching the child
grow into girlhood he had denied him
self. She at least would be safe. Only
wben she was safo In a far country
would he dare tell her. He tried in
vain to conjure up a picture of her;
he always saw the mother whom he
had loved and bated with all the ardor
of his youth.
Many things happened next day.
There was a visit to the hangar of
one William Orts, tho aviator, famous
for bis daredevil exploits. There were
two visitors, in fact, and the second
visitor was knocked down for bis
pains. He had tried to bribe Orts.
There were several excited bankers,
who protested against such large wlth
- drawals without the usual formal an
' nouneement. Hut a check waa a
check, and they had to pay.
, Hargreave covered a good deal of
. ground, but during all this time bis
right hand never left the automatic In
! his Overcoat pocket, except at those
r moments when he was obliged to sign
I his checks. He would shoot and make
Inquiries afterward.
Far away a young girl and ber
companion got on the train which waa
to carry ber to New York, tbe great
I dream city she was always longing to
see.
And tho spider wove his web.
Hargreave reached borne at night
He put tbe money In the safe and waa
1 telephoning when Jones entered and
1 banded bis master an unstamped note.
\ "Where did you get this?"
"At tho door, sir I judge that tbe
house Is surrounded."
ilargreavo read the note. It slated
briefly that all bis movements during
' the day had been noted. It waa known
that he had collected a million In pa
-1 per money. If he surrendered this ho
: ; would be allowed twenty four hours
before the real chase began. Other
wise he should die before midnight.
| Hargreave crushed the note in hla
i
i
J
J JH Itßi ' ,a_
I Visited the Hsngsr of an Avlstor.
hsnd. They might kill him; then
> wss s chance of their accompllsbtni
i that; but never should tbey touch hli
I daughter's fortune.
1 "Jones, you go to tbe rear door and
111 take a look out of tbe front W«
' have an hour. I know the breed.
! They'll wait till midnight and then
1 : force their way In." "T
--. Hargreave «•» • dozen shadows la
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NO. 43 I
the Tront yard.
"Men all about the back yard,"
. whispered Jones down the hall.
t The master e>sd the man.
"Very well, air," replied the Utter,
, with understanding. "I am ready."
r The master went to the safe, emptied
1 It of Its contents, crossed the hall to
the bedroon), and closed the door softly
behind him, Jones having entered the
1 same room through another door to be
-1 fool" any possible watcher. After •
9 long while, perhaps an hour, the two
9 men emerged from the room from the
' same doors they had entered. So whla>
* pered the watcher to his friends b»
a low.
' "Hargreave is going upstairs."
5 "Let him go. Let him take a look
5 at us from the upper windows. Ha
1 will understand that nothing but wings
' will sare him."
1 Silence. By and by a watcher re
ported that he heard the scuttle of the
roof rattle,
j "Look!" another cried. Startled.
A bluish glare came from the roof.
"He's shooting off a Roman candle!"
They never saw the man-made bird
I till it alighted upon the roof. They
never thought of shooting at it till It
had taken wing! Then they rushed
the doors of the house. They made
short work of Jones, whom they tied
up like a Christmas fowl and plumped
roughly into a chair. They broke open
the safe, to find it empty. And whll*
the rogues were rummaging about the
room, venting their spite upon many a
treasure they could qeltber appreciate
nor understand, a man from the out
side burst in.
"The old man la dead and the money
la at the bottom of the ocean! We
punctured ber. She's gone!"
A thin. Inscrutable smile stirred the
lips of the man bound In the chair.
(To be Continued.)
I STATE ITEMS I
OF INTEREST TO ALL NORTH
CAROLINA PEOPLE.
COMING EVENTS.
Annual I.lve Stock Meeting, fUateavllle—
January jj| t ,
Trl-Ktate Medical Aaaoclatlon. Charlee
ton, B. C.-Feb. 17-11, im.
Baptists Have Good Year.
K. L. Middleton, statistical secre
tary of the North Carolina Baptist
1 state convention, makes public an In
teresting summary of the work of the
I denomination for the pest year. It
1 shows 8{ associations, comprising
, 2.095 churches and 256,599 members,
i, gain of 39 In the number of churches
! and of 11.060 in Individual members.
( Those gains are unprecedented In all
I *he history of the state convention.
f There were 14,716 baptisms during
the year, a gain of 1,452 over the pre
j vioua year. Numbers of the churches
v did not report as to baptisms and It
P is estimated that there were really as
y many as 20,000 baptisms In the state.
H In the matter of finances, the denotn
. Inatlon ruined 149,494 for state mis-
alons; $32,893 for home missions;
r 151,365 for foreign missions; $47,837
for the orphanage; $3,188 for Sunday
school missions; $5,834 for mlnls
j terlal education, and $5,036 for mln
g Isterlal relief. These give a total of
B $195,637 for all purposes, a gain of
j $5,892 over the previous year.
What Tar Heels Psld.
! Now that the election is over and
the returns are in, some facta cora
piled from the records of the clerk
of the house about the North Caro
lina congressional contests may be
Interesting. How much does It cost
{ to hold a seat In the house of repre
s sentatlves or to get one there la
n known almost to a nicety. The total
e cost for compalgns to successful can-
II dldates Is $9,550.(7. It cost those
e who rsn but were defeated about
113.546.45.
r ______
" NORTH CAROLINA QRItPS.
o
Mr. Samuel Watklns, one of Hen
derson's leading merchants, died sud
t. denly at place of business.
* Bids for the construction of the new
d $70,000 government-owned portoffloe
>■ at Kinston will be opened in the of
flee of .the architect at
0 Washington on January 1.
Hnglneer Paul Daughter? was In
stantly killed and three others ii%
* Jured when a logging train wrecked
n at I'ensacola.
l * Durham has raised over a thousand
0 dollars for the Belgian relief fund.
* Fire destroyed the Ceiro Gordo
lumber mills near Whltevllle recent
'• ly. Loss estimated at $70,000.
" W. 11. Eaton and Floyd R. Farn
bam of the dairying dlvlaioo of tha
North Carolina experiment station
' are conducting some experiments In
| cheese making. The experimenta are
! being made with especial reference to
the western part of the state.
Superintendent J. V. Joyner haa
purchased a farm of 240 acres near
Kinston.
"Bud" Fisher, famous Mut and Jeff
cartoonist, Is bunting In Lenoir coun*
ty.
Secretary Houston of tbe depart
ment of Agriculture told Representa
tive Psge that he will speak at Aber
deen on the 16th. A meeting of farm
ers and business men will welcome
him there. From Aberdeen Mr. Hous
ton goes to Bouth Carolina and Geor
gia.
IThe Baptist state debt on missions
la $5,000. The daflclt will be reported
at the meeting of tbe state convention
which meets In Raleigh 1 sit Tuesday
Sunless the deficit Is raiaad* In tha
meantime. '
Former President WUllam H. Taft
will deliver three lectures to tha stu
dents of the University of North Car
olina March 17, and IV of nsst
year, according to an announcement
by the unlveralty authorities.
'• Henderson county produced 100,000
'* bushels of corn this year.
'• Secretary of state J. Bryan O rimes
Is spending several days at his home
", at Grimealand, Pitt county, looking
* after his extensive farming intareata
there.
n Oastonia has organised a Juvenile
protective society.
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COMPANY.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Notice oi Mortgagee's
Sale oi Real Estate.
Under snd by virtue of tbe (.over of sale
contained In s certain joortcaie executed on
»t dsr of June 1914, byli M. Pear.cn
and bis wife, to tbe Alamaoee Inauranee A
lies I Km tate Co., for (be purpose of asettrln*
tbe pay meat of a certain bond sud tbe inter
-1»I4. In tbe Book of Mortgagee and Deeds >f
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.itetf later ol Ix-eds for Alsmsuce county.ru—
fault hSTin* lieen msdr In tbe payment *-t
lbs Interest »n Mid bond, the understated
ioort#a*-. will, on
MONDAY, DEC. 21«t, 1914,
■t tbs court bouae door of AlaßAßOaoonnty,
atUrabam. N. c.,atl .'clock p. m, oCsr for
•ale at public auction to tbe highest bidder
lor eeab, a certain tract, or parcel of land, la
the county of Alamance and Htateof North
Carolina, In llurllngtoo township, adjoining
tbe lenl« of Wm. Xing. J. U. Holt, Cicero
Durban, one Hell, Lakeside atieet end
others. Mid lot froutine on Lakeatde street
about ll* feet, upon winch property Is sit
listed en eight-room dwelling bouae sad a
•moke house, the fat being the praetrtr
described In a certain doeo executed oa tha
"th Jar Of August, law, by Sarah a Bess to
rerafe s. V ausno, aaid deed being date pro
bated and recorded In tbe office Of tlwfcests
ter of Deeds. In llook No. U. at page SS*. save
and except .18 of sn sere oi aald land hereto
lore deeded by the said C. W. Vsu*ha aad hta
wife, Sarah V. Vaoghn. to tlStr aosTW. A.
Vsughe; It being Intended by this deed to
convey all of the reel eeiats owned by the
aald parties to this proceeding oa Lakeside
street In ssld city of Hurlrngtoa. whether
aald property la specially sod aceoiately
described herein or not.
Tblt the ISIII day of November, 1914.
A LAV AM E I *B. k ItKAL KHTATC CO M
Mortgagee.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Having qualified as admlnlalialor upon tha
astate o/ Siupson «. Hari«r, dees, tbe
underalgned hereby noUtlesall persoosaold-
Ing claim, against aald estate to LIS SS at the
■w duly authenticated, on or before the a>tb
day ot Nor., ltlt, or this notice will be
pleaded la bar of tbelr recovery. All persona
I Indebted to said estate are requested to
make Immediate settlement.
This Nov. It. Mlt.
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t ess. J. E. and A. J. Jolly, fa
ther and son with their wives and
i and the letter's two little girls,
took an outing from Clifiside,
Rutherford county, to Chimeny
1 Rutherford county, to Chimney
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