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Pie* and doughnuts can be rein stated on the menus of public eat ing places on wheatless days, the food administration announces, but only if they are made every da.v of the week, from dough which con tains at least one-third of wheat Hour substitutes. THE ALAMANCE GLEANER. YUKON TPAIL inAz,E wr ZMB /wznTitr MacLEOp RAINB Copyright, HOT. by William ItfuLaod lUln*. SYNOPSIB. CHAPTER I— AS a representative of the government Gordon Elliot Is on bis way to Alaska to investigate coal claims. On the boat he meets and becomes In terested In a fellow passenger whom he learns Is Sheba O'Neill, also "going In." tColby Macdonald, active head or the land fpsabbing syndicate under Investigation, comes anoard. Macdonrfld is attacked by mine laborers whom he had discharged, and the active Intervention of Elliot prob ably saves bis life. CHAPTER ll—Elliot and Macdonald become In a measure friendly, though the latter does not know that Elliot la on a mission which threatens to spoil plans of Macdonald to acquire millions or dollars through the unlawful exploitation of im mensely valuable coal fields. Elliot also "gets a line" on the position occupied by Waly Selfrldge, Macdonald'a right-hand man, who Is returning from a visit to "the States," where he had gone in an effort to convince the authorities that there was nothing Wrong In Macdonald'*' methods. CHAPTER lll—Elliot secures an Intro duction to Miss O'Neill and while the boat Is taking on freight the pair set out to climb a locally famous mountain. They venture too high and reach a position from which It Is Impossible for Miss O'Neill to go forward or turn back. CHAPTER rv— Elliot leaves Bheba and at Imminent peril of his life goes for as sistance. He meets Macdonald, who had become alarmed for their safety, and they return and rescue Sheba. CHAPTER V-Landlng at Kuslak El liot finds that old friends of his, Mr. and Mr*. Paget, are the people whom Sheba has come to visit. Mrs. Paget Is Sheba's cousin. At dinner Elliot reveals to Mac donald the object of his coming to Alas ka. The two men, naturally antagonistic, now also become rivals for the hand or Bheba. CHAPTER VI. Wally Gets Orders. Macdonald, from his desk, looked up at the man In the doorway. Selfrldge had come In Jauntily, a cigar In his mouth, but at sight of the grim face of his chief the grin fled. "Come In and shut the door," ordered the Scotsman. "I seDt for you to con gratulate you, Wally. Tou did fine work outside. Tou told me, didn't you, that It was all settled at last —that our claims are clear-listed for patent?" I The tubby little man felt the edge of Irony In the quiet voice. "Sure. That's what Wlnton told me," he as sented nervously. "Then you'll be interested to know that a special agent of the land do payment sat opposite me last night and without "batting an eye /came across with the glad news that he was here to Investigate our claims." Selfridge bounced up like a rubber ball from the chair Into which he had Just settled. "What 1" "Pleasant surprise, Isn't It? I've been wondering what you were doing outside. Of course I know yon had to take In the shows and cabarets of New York. But couldn't you edge In an hour or two once a week to attend to business?" Wally's collar began to choke him. The cool, hard words pelted like hall. "Must be bluff, Mac. The muckrake magazines have raised such a row about the Guttenchlld crowd putting over a big steal on the public that the party leaders are scared still." "I understand that, Wally. What I don't get is how you came to let them slip this over on you without even a guess that it was going to happen." That phase of the subject Selfridge did not want to discuss. "Bet you a hat I've guessed it right— Just a grand-stand play of the admin istration to fool the dear people. This fellow has got his orders to give u* a clean bill of health. Sure. That must be It. I suppose it's this man Elliot that came up on the boat with us." "Yea." "Well, that'* easy. If he hasn't been seen we can see him." Macdonaid looked his man Friday over with a scarcely veiled contempt. "You've nbout as much vision as a breed trader. Unless I mis* my guess, Elliot Isn't that kind. Hell go through to a finish. If he sees straight we're all right, bnt If he Is a narrow conser vation fanatic he might go ahead and queer the whole game." "You wouldn't stand for that." Ths quick glance of Selfridge asked a ques tion. The lips of the Scotsman were like steel traps and his eye* points of steel. "We'll cross that bridge If we come to it Our first move Is to try to win htm to see this thing our way. m have a casual talk with him before be leaves for Kamatlah and feel him out.** "(What's he doing here at all? H he's investigating the Kamatlah clslms, why does he go hundreds of miles out of his way to come in to KuslakT" asked Selfridge. Macdonaid smiled sardonically. "He's doing this job right. Elliot as good ss told me that he's on the Job to look up my record thoroughly. So he comes to Kusiak first In a few days bell leave for Kamatlah. That's where you come In. Wally." "How do you mean?" "You're going to start for Kamatlah tomorrow. You'll arrange the stage before he gets there—see all the men and the foremen. Line them up so they'll come through with the proper talk. If you have any doubts about whether you. can trust someone, don't take any chances. Fire blm out of the eamp. Offer Elliot the company hos pitality. Load him dowU with favors. Tske him everywhere. Show blm ev erything. Bnt don't let him get any proofs that the claims are being worked under the same management" "But hell suspect It" "You can't help his suspicions. Don't let him get proof. Cover all the tracks that show company control." . 1 can fix that" he said. "Bnt what # ' I'VJ" l-'MI .1 .1 II I ■ ■■■' ■ » 11 . GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14,1918 * about Holtf YoiTkriow how bitter h la—and crazy. He ooght to be locked away with the flltter-mlce." "You mustn't let Billot meet Holt" "How the deuce can I help It? Ni chance to keep them apart in tha. little hole. It can't be done." "Can't ltT" Something In the quiet voice rang a bell of alarm In the timid heart of Selfrldge. "Ton mean—" "A man who works for me as my lieutenant must have nerve, Wally. Have yon got that? Will yon take orders and go through with them?" Wally nodded. His Hps were dry. "Go to it. What am I to do 7" 'Get Holt ont of the way while Bi llot Is at Kamatlah. It Isn't doing Holt any good to sit tight clamped to that claim of his. He needs a change. Besides, I want him away so that we "Get Holt Out of the Way While 11. Hot Is at KjUnatlah." can contest his claim. Run him up into the lilHs. Or send him across to Siberia on a whaler. Or, better still, have him arrested for Insanity and send him to Nome. I'll get Judge Lan dor to hold blm awhile." "Leave it to me. The old man la going on a vacation, though he doean't know tt yet." "Good enough, Wally. I'll trust you. But remember, this fight has reached an acute stage. No more mistake*. The devil, of it Is we never seem to land the knockout punch. We've beaten this bunch of reform Idiots be fore Wlnton, before the secretury of the Interior, before the president and before congress. Now they're begin ning all over again. Where Is it to end?" "This Is their last kick. Probably Gnttenchlld agreed to It so as to let the party go before the people at the next election wlthont any apologies. Entirely formal investigation, 1 should ■ay." This might be true, or It might not. Macdonaid knew that jost now the American people, always Impulsive In its thinking, was supporting strongly the movement for conservation. A searchlight had been turned upon the Kamatlah coal fields. The trouble had originated In a de partment row, bnt it bad spread until the Macdonaid claims had become a party Issue. The Officials of the land office, as well aa the national admin istration, were friendly to the claim ant*. They had no desire to offend one of the two largest money groups In the country. Bnt neither did they want to come to wreck on account of the Gut tenchllda. They found it Impossible to ignore the charge that the entries were fraudulent and If consummated would result in a wholesale robbery of the public domain. Superficial Investiga tions had been made and the claimant* whitewashed. But the clamor had per sisted. Hie facts were simple enough. Mac donaid was the original promoter of the Kamatlah coal field. He had en gaged dnmmy entrymen to take up 160 acres each under the homestead act Later he Intended to consolidate the claims snd turn them over to the Guttenrbllds under sn agreement by which he wss to receive one-eighth of the stock of the company formed to work the mines. The entries hsd been msde, the fee accepted by the land of fice and receipts Issued. In course of time Macdonaid bad appllM for pat ents. Before these were Issued the maga zines began to pour in their broadsides, snd since then the papers had been held up. Hie conscience o{ Mscdonald wss quite cVesr. The fencers In Alaska were building out of the Arctic waste a new empire for the United Btales, and be held that a fslr government could do no less than offer them liberal treatment To locle up from present use vast resources needed by Alsskans would be s mistaken policy, a narrow and perverted application of the doc trine of conservation. The territory should be thrown open to the world. If capital were Invited In to do Its share, ot the building. Immigration would flow rapidly "northward. "Wlffiln the lives of the present generation the new empire would take .shape and wealth vould pour inevitably Into the United States from Its frozen treasure house. The view held by Macdonald was one common to the whole Pacific coast. Seattle, Portland. San Francisco, were n unit In the belief that the govern ment had no right to close the door of Alaska and then put a padlock upon It Feminine voices drifted from the outer office. Macdonald opened the door to let in Mrs. Selfrldge and Mfs. Mallory. The latter lady, Paris-shod and gloved, shook hands smilingly with the Scotch-Canadian. "Of course we're intruders In business hours, though you'll tell us we're not," she suggested. "I've Just been reading the Transcon tinental Magazine. A writer there says that you are a highway robber and a gambler. I know you're a robber be cause all the magazines say so. Bnt are you only a big gambler?" He met her raillery without the least embarrassment "Sure X gamble. Bvery time I take .a chance I'm gambling. So doe* every body else. We've got to take chance* to live." "How true, and I never thought of It," beamed Mr*. Selfrldge. "What a philosopher you are, Mr. Macdonald." The Scotsman went on without pay ing any attention to her effervescence. "I've gambled ever since I wa* a kid. I bet I could cross Death valley and get out alive. That time I won. I 'bet It would rain down in Arizona before my cattle died. I lost. An other time I took a contract to run a tunnel. In my bid I bet I wouldn't run Into rock. My bank went broke that trip. When I Joined the Klondike rush I was backing my luck to stand up. Same thing when I located the Kamatlah field. The coal might be a poor quality. Muyhe I couldn't Inter est big capital In the proposition. Per haps the government would turn me down when I came to prove up. I was betting my last dollar against big odds. When I quit gambling It will be because I've quit living." "And I suppose I'm a gambler, too?" Mrs. Mallory demanded with a little tilt of her handsome head. "Of all the women I know you are the best gambler. It's born In you." Mra. Hallory did not often Indulge In the luxury of a blush, but she changed color now. Thla big, blunt ihan some time* had an uncanny divination. "Did he," she asked herself, "know what stake she was gambling for at Ku slakr "You are too wise," she laughed with a touch of embarrassment very becom ing. "But I snppoaa you are right. 1 Uke excitement." "We all do. The only man who doesn't gamble Is the convict In stripes, and the only reason he doesn't Is that his chips are all gone. It's true that men on the frontier play for bigger stakes. They back their bets with all they have got and put their Uves on top for good measure. But kids in the 4?adle all over the United States are going to live easier because of the gamblers at the dropplng-olf place." She moved with slow grace toward the door, then over her shoulder flashed a sudden Invitation at him. "Mrs. Selfrldge and I are doing a little betting today, Big Chief Qambler. We're backing our luck that you two men will eat lunch with us at the Blue Bird Inn. Do we win?" Macdonald reached for hla bat promptly. "Tou win." CHAPTER VII. The End of the Paeeage. Wally Selfrldge was a reliable busi ness subordinate, even though he had slipped up In the matter of the ap pointment of Elliot. But when It came to facing the physical hardships of the North he was a malingerer. The Ka matlah trip bad to be taken because his chief had ordered K, but the little man shirked the journey In his heart just as he knew his soft muscles would shrink fit>m the aches of the trail. The part of the journey to be made by water was not so bad. I/eft to his own judgment, he would have gone to St. Michael's Jiy boat and chartered a small steamer for the long trip along the coast through Bering sea. But .this would take time, and Macdonald did not mean to let him waste s day. He was to leave the river boat at the big bend and pack across country to Ka matlah. It would be a rough, heavy trail. The mosquitoes would be a con tinual torment The cooking would be poor. And at the end of the long trek there awaited him monotonoua months In a wretched coal camp far from all the comforts of civilization. No wonder be grumbled: But though he grumbled at home and nt the club and on the street about his coming exile, Selfrldge msde no com plslnts to Mscdonsld. That man of steel lytd no sympathy with the yearn ings for the fiesbpots. He was used to driving himself through discom fort to bis end. snd he expected' as much of his deputies. Wbereforef Wally took the boat at the time sched uled snd waved a dismal farewell to wife and friends aaaembled upon the wharf. Elliot said good-by to the Psgets and Miss O'Neill ten days later. Diane was very frank wltb him. "I hear you've been sleuthing around, Oordon, for facts about Colby Macdon ald. I don't know what you have heard about blm, but I hope you've got the sense to see how big a man he la and how much this country here owea him." Oordon nodded agreement. "Yea, he's a big man." "And he's good." added flbeba eager ly. "He •ever talks of It, but one finds out splendid things be has done." The young man smiled, but not at all superciliously. Be liked the stanch faith of the girl In her friend, even though his Investigations bad not led him to accept goodness as the out standing quality of the Scotsman. "I don't know what we would do without him," Diane went on. "Olve hlrt) ten years and a free band and Alaska will be fit for white people to live ID. Tbeee attacks on Mm by news- OS Pert and'uuictuQuits SFe Tft'OUCrttKe." "It's plain that you are a partisan," charged Gordon gayly. "I'm agalqst locking up Alaska and throwing away the key, If that Is what you mean by a partisan. We need this country opened up—the farms settled, the mines worked, the coal fields de veloped, railroads ballt." "The Kusiak chamber of commerce ought to send you out as a lecturer to change public opinion, Diane. You are one enthusiastic little booster for free dom of opportunity," laughed the young man. "Oh, well I" Diane joined in his laughter. It was one of her good points that she could laugh at herself. "I dare say I do sound like a real es tate pamphlet, but It's all true any how." Gordon left Kuslok as reluctantly as Wally Selfrldge had done, though his "Feefty-mIU Swamp Ee» a MonaUr That Swallow* Men Allva." reasons for not wanting to go were quite different. They centered about a dusky-eyed young woman whom he bad aeen for the first time a fortnight before. He would have denied even to himself that he was In love, but when ever he was alone his thoughts re verted to Sheba O'Neill. At the big bend Oordon left the river boat for his cross-country trek. Near the rondhouse was an Indian village where he bad expected to get a guide for tho journey to Kamatlah. But the Ashing season had begun, and the men had all gone down river to take part In it The old Frenchman who kept the trading-post and roadhouse advised Gordon not to attempt the tramp alone. 'The trnll It ees what you call dan gerous. Feefty-Mlle Swamp ees a mon ster that swallows men alive, mon sieur. Tou wait one week—two week —t'ree week, and some one wMI turn up to take yon through," he urged. "But I can't wait And I have an of ficial map of the trail. Why can't I follow It without a guide?" Elliott wanted to know Impatiently. The post-trader shrugged. "Maybeso, monsieur—maybe not. Feefty-Mlle—lt ees one devil of a trail. No checha koes are safe In there without a guide. I, Baptlste, know." "Belfridge and his party went through a week ago. I can follow the tracks they left" "But If It rains, monsieur, the tracks will vaneesh, n'est ce pas? I»se the way, and the little singing folk will swarm In clouds about monsieur while be stumbles through the swamp." Elliot hesitated for the better part of a day, then came to an Impulsive decision. He had a reliable map, and anyhow he had only to follow tho tracks left by the Selfrldge party, lie turned his back upon the big river and plunged Into the wilderness. There came a night when he looked up Into the etars of the deep, still sky and knew that be was hundreds of miles from any other human being. Never In all his life had he been so much alone. He was not afraid, but there was something awesome In a world so empty of his kind. The tracks of the Selfrldge party grew fainter after a night of rain. More rain fell, and tbey were obliterated al together, Oordon fished. He killed fresh game for bla needs. Often he came on the tracks of moose snd caribou. Some times, startled, they leaped Into view quite close enough for a shot, but he osed his rtfla only to meet his wants. The Way led through valley and morass, across hills and mountains. It wandered In a sort of haphaiard fash ion through a sun-bathed universe washed clean of sordldness and mean ness. It was the seventh night out that Elliot suspected he was off the trail. Rain sluiced down In torrents snd next day continued to pour from a dun sky. His own tracks were blotted ot|t and searched for the trail In vain. Be fore he knew It he was entangled In Fifty-Mile. Hla map showed him the morass stretched for fifty miles to the south, but he knew that It had been charted hurriedly by a surveying party which had made no extensive explora tlons. A good deal of thla country was terra Incognita. It ran vaguely Into a No Man's Land unknown to the pros pector. The going was heavy. Oordon had to plek his way through the mossy swamp, leading the pack-horse by the bridle. Sometimes he was snkle-deep In water of a greenish slime. Again he had to drag the animal from the bog to a hummock of grass which gave a spongy footing. This would end In another quagmire of peat through which they must plow with the mud sucking at their feet. It was hard* wearing toll. There was nothing to do but keep moving. Tbe young man staggered forward till dusk. Utterly exhausted, he camped for the night on a hillock of moss that rose like an Island In tbe swamp. Elliot traveled next day by the com pass. He had food for three days more, but he knew that no llvlnf man bad the strength.to {ravel tor so long fn sqcE" a Morals. It wss~ neaf mfd dsy when he lost his horse. The ani mal had bogged down several times and Gordon had wasted much time and spent a good deal of needed energy In dragging It to firmer footing. This time the pony refused to answer the whip. Its master unloaded pack and saddle. He tried coaxing; he tried the whip. "Come, Old-Timer. One plunge, and you'll make it yet," he urged. The pack-horse turned upon him dumb eyes of reproach, struggled fo free Its limbs from the mud. and sank down helplessly. It had traveled Its last yard op the long Alaska tntl^s. After the sound of the shot had died away, Gordon struggled with the puck to the nearest hummock. He cut holes in a gunny-sack to fit his shoulders and packed Into It his blunkets, a saucepan, the beans, the coffee, and the diminished handful of flour. Into It went, too. the three slices of bacon that were left .He hoisted the pack to hla back and alipped hla nrraa through the alita he hod made. Painfully he labored for ward over the quivering peat. Some tlmea he atumhled and went down Into the oozing mud. minded to atay there and be dono with the atruggle. But the urge of life drove him to hla feet again. It carried him for weary mllea after he deapalred of ever covering another hundred yarda. With old, half-forgotten algnala from the football Held he apurred hla will. Perhapa hla mind waa already begin ning to wander, though through It all he held ateadily to the direction that alone could aave him. When at last he went down to stay It was In an exhaustion so complete that not even his Indomitable will could laah him to his feet again. For an hour he lay In a stupor, never stirring even to fight the swarm of mosquitoes that bussed about him. Toward evening he aat up and undid the pack from his back. The matches. In a tin bos wrapped carefully with oilskin, were still perfectly dry. Soon he had a fire going and coffee boiling In the frying-pan. From the tin cup he carried string on his belt he drank the coffee, fit went through him like strong liquor. He wormed some beans and fried himself a slice of bacon, sopping up the grease with a cold bit cult left ovtr from the day before. ' _ . "Come, Old Timer. One Plunge and You'll Make It Yet." Again he slept for a few hours. He had wound his watch mechanically and It showed him four o'clock when he took up the trail once more. In Seattle and San Francisco people were still asleep and darkness was heavy over the land. Here It had been day for a long time, ever since the summer sun, hidden for a while behind the low, dis tant hills, hnd come blaxlng forth again In a saddle between two peaks. Oordon had rednced his pack by dis carding a blanket, the frying-pan. and all the clothing he was not wearing. Ills rifle lay behind him In the swamp. He had cut to a minimum of safety what he was carrying, sccordlng to bis judgment. But before long his last blanket was flung aside. He could not afford to carry an extra pound, for he knew he was running a race, the stakes of which were life and death. Afternoon found him still staggering forward. The swamps were now be hind htm. He had won through at last by the narrowest margin posvlble. The ground was rising sharply toward th« mountains. Across the range some where lay Kamatlah. But he was all In. With bis food almost gf>ne, a wa ter supply uncertain, reserve strength exhausted, the chances of getting over the divide to safety were practically none. He had come, so fsr ss be could see, to the end of the passage. To l»e continued. PROPOSES TO STANDARDIZE RAILWAY EQUIPMENT Washington.—Extensive standardis ing of railway equipment Is moUrnr plated by Director Oeneral MrAdoo under government operation. Ho ex plained th«i he expeeu the division of finance and purchase of the railroad administration, headed by John Skel ton Williams, to wrok out a number of reforms along this line In co-operation with railroad executives and manu facturers of locomotives, cars aad other equipment. > I. W. W.'S PLANNED TO PLAY HAVOC Washington.—lndustrial Workers of the World on tho Pacific coast hare planned wholesale destruction of In dustries and shipping, and other Inter ference with prosecution of the war. It was said at the department of justice. The indictments of 63 at Sacramento by a federal grand Jury la the result of recent Investigation of government agents who dlacevered that leaders vara plotting systematic sabotage . GERMANS AMBUSH TEN AMERICANS PIVC BELIEVED TO HAVE BUN KILLED WHILE FOUR OTH' ERB ARE MIMING. BARRAGE FIRE RETIMED Patrolling Soldiers Were Fired Upon From Coneealed Positions by Large Numbers of Enemy—Put Up Good Fight Five American soldiers are believed to have been killed, four are miss ing and one was woundod, when an American patrol was ambushed in No- Mans Uind by a superior force of Germans. The spot where the encounter oc curred ti an Isolated one mnd report* concerning tSe .casualties Inflicted by both ildei are meager. Only one American la known to hare escaped the trap of the Ger main, which waa laid In front of o«r wires. The one survivor, who crawled back to the American lines with a bul let In his cheat, la unable to talk. Our artillery laid a barrage around tha ambushing Ger mans and some are believed to have been accounted for. The infantry ac counted for other*, as It is certain the iittacked patrol fought to a finish, according to Information trickling In from tha front line. Our patrolling soldiers wsre walk ing in front of our wire entanglements when a big enemy patrol that had been divided Into parties which took up concealed positions opened lira at close range. The night wrs clear and the forms of the Americans made the best possible targets for the hid den Qermans. There Is no doubt that the Americans battled gallantly until completely overpowered. The artillery duel la our sector continued. Scores of airplaass were out observing aad making photo graphs. The men In the line were thrilled by a number of air duals high In the sky over their heads. Artilleryman Killed. One American artilleryman waa killed .and Ave artillerymen wsre wounded by shell Are. The Americans apHnkled the enemy trenches with shrapnel all during the day. There was considerable patrol activity, but no farther clashes were reported. RID CROSS GAINS MANY NtW MBMSIRS Red Cross Adda Approximately 17,500,- 000 In ths Recent Big Drive. Washington, D. C.—figures now available on the Red Cross Christmas membership drive show a total enroll, meat of 21,476,000, or 21 per cent of the population of the United States. Of this total the Red Cross had about ,000,000 members before (he Christmas drive started, eo that the gain from'the drive waa approximately 17,(00,000 new members. The central division of which Chlcage la the head quarters. leads the other twelve divi sions of the country In the number of new members enrolled Christmas wesk. By dlvlalona, UM gaina war* aa fol U»w»; Atlantic. M .00.000; Central, J,- 000.000; Gulf, >14.000', Lake, 1400,000; Mountain. 171,000; New England. (7*. 000; Northern, 086,000; North weetern, •tl.OOO; Paclflc, 327,000; Pennaylvaala, 1,(00.000; Potomac, 260,000; Southern, 87,000; Bouthweatnrn, 3,1t,000. From rtif fourteenth dlvlnlon rotn prlatng all of tba territorial laaular and foreign poiaanatona of the UniUd Mate* tba new membera added nam berod 41.000. Unprecedented unfavorable weather prevailed during the drive ao that the ahowlag I* oonaldered eiceptionally good. Final flguree are not expected to change the foregoing eittmatea to any «oneld*rable extent One of the chief banaAta anticipated from KM eolargad meanberehlp la the addition of tlwinwinda of active work era to Red Crane chap tern where anp pllea are being prepared for oar army and nary and the military fercea and civilian population of the allloa. OERMANY'B OFFENSIVE MAY BE APPROACH INO Waahlngton—Development of Qwr many'i long deferred offenalve In U>* we«t from tbe reconnoltaring tbruets launched daring the paat week aroand Cambral and at other polau la awg geeted ae a poealblllty In the weeklv military review lasued by the war department. So far, however. In aplte of heavy lighting the departmaat •aya no actlona of more than local character have been recorded. •ERVICES IN MEMORY or JOHN L. SULLIVAN HELD New York. —Service* In memory of the lite John L. Sullivan, former heavyweight champion of America, were held here. The church wa« crowded with perional frlendu of th 4 dead gladiator and men and women whoee name* are prominent In the world of »port and the atage. The life of SulllTti) wee praised by the npeak ere, among them wu "Jack" McA.a liffe. the former puglllat. Vou Can Cure That Backache. Pain along the back, dizziness, headache and gennerai languor. »«*t a package of Mother Gray's Auatmlla Leaf, the pleaaant root and herb cure for Kidney, Bladder and (Jiioarr trouble*. Whan you feel all rundown, tired, weak and without energy use this remarkable combination, f nature, herbs and roots. As a regulator It has n* qua I. Mother Gra/'a Australian-Leaf Is old by Druggists or sent by mail for 50 eta ample aent free. Address, The Mother ray Co., La HOT. N. Y. / j SOTWCBIBB TOR TBS OLBANBB. -rrrw 11 1 ;-rs* NO. I GRAHAM CHURCH DIRBCTOffH Graham Baptist Church—Rev. U. Weston, Pastor. Preaching every lint and thinifl Sundays at 11.00 a. m. and 7,00 pdD Sunday School every Sunday at 9 9.46 a. m. A. P. William* Prayer meeting every Tuesday at '1 7.30 p. m. ' M Graham Christian Church—N. Haia 'f Street—Bev. P. C. Lester. Preaching services overy Sec- - -4 bad and fourth Sundays, at 11.00 Sunday School every Sunday at M.OO a. JM.—W. B. Harden, Super- | intendent. Mew Providence Christian Church I —North Main Street, near Depot— 3 Bev. P. C. Lester, Pastor. Preach- m uig every Second and fourth Sun- i day nights at 8.00 o'clock. Sunday School every Sunday at " •.6 a. m.—J. A. Bayliff, Superin- ® tendent. Christian Endeavor Prayer Meet- ' tag every Thursday night at 7.46. o'clock. Friends—North of Graham pub lic School, Bev. John M. Permar, ■ Pastor. M Preaching Ist, Snd and 3rd Sun days at 11.00 a. m. and 7.00 p. m. Sunday School every Sunday at ; 9.45 a. m.—Belle Zachary, Superin tendent " Prayer meeting every Thursday evening at 7.30 o'clock. Methodist Bpiscopai. south—cor. Main and Maple Streets, Bev. D. B. Krnhart, Pastor. Preaching every Sunday at 11.00 ; s. m, aod at 7JO p. m. Sunday School every Sunday at L 9.44 a. m.—W. B. Green, Sapt. M. P. Church—N. Main Street, Rev. K. S. Troxler, Pastor. Preaching first and third Hun- ' days at 11 a m. and • p. m. Sunday School every Sunday at 9.46 a. m.—J. L. Amiclc, Supt. , ' Presbyterian-Wst Blm Street— Bev. T. M. McConnell, pastaT^ Sunday School every Sunday at •■'•a. m.—Lynn B. Williamson, Si» perin tendent. a -">- Preaching everr Second and fourth Sundays at TJO p. m. Sunday School every Sunday at M 0 p. Harvey White, Su perintendent. PROFESSIONAL OABDS' E. C. DERBY Clvfl Engineer. GRAHAM, N.C. Nailoaal Basket nn ri f| BURLINGTON, N. C, *— ■■ "siii—t —T- —TI r»a_ ■ «7S JOHN J. HENDERSON 3 Attorney-at-Law GRAHAM, N. C. •mee ever Hallsaal ■—h mt Al—m J"- S- oo o ae'Jl Attemey-et-Law, QBAHAM, N. A ÜBce Patterson BalUUoc Second Flsor. UK. WILL K LONG, JB. . : PCNTKT .. , Graham, . - . . NsrtS Cerell— OFFICE m BJMMONB BUILDIKO | IACOB A. LOM. J. BUUR LOKt LONG * LONG, attomqri and Coan—lore at law W GRAHAM, ■. C. ■ j i n iijrrW JOHN H. VERNON Attsrasy n4 Csanselor-at-Law PORKS—OHce (U ResMeaee Ut BURLINGTON, N. C. DR. G. EUGENE HOLT Osteopathic rkyslclaa M. tl M 4 Jl.iltM NUtoulllskk tM| BURLINGTON, N C. Stomach and Nervous diseases a Specialty. 'Phones, Office 306,—res idence, 362 J. _ LIVES OF CHRISTIAN MINISTERS This book, entitled as above, contains over !MX) memotra of Min isters in the Christian Church with historical references. An interesting volume—nicely print- Mi and bound. Price per copy: sloth, 12.00; gi!i top, »2.fio. By , uail 20c extra. Orders may be •. -tout to P. J. BKRNODLB, 10154 B. Marshall St., Bichmond, V*. Orders may be left at this offiee. ———————— sloo—Dr. K. Detchon's Anti-Diu retic may be worth more to you —more to you than $l9O if you have a child who soils the bed ding from incontinence ol water during sleep. Cures old and youna alike. It arrests the trouble at once, tl-00. Sold by Graham Drug Company. aov, TheSoutb Carolina Senate killed by a majority of thred voea a hid vhk-h had passed the Houie of Representatives prohibiting the shipment of whiskey or any other alcoholic drinks into South Caro lina for any purpose. The present law allows a galllon a month. WB HAVB THB EARLIEST, BlO gest, high class Btrawberry grown. Also the Best one or the ever bearing kinds; bears the best fla vored berries from Spring until the snow files. Free Booklet. Wake field Plant Fang, Charlotte, North Carolina. lTfsbOt
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