PACE EIGHT
TRUSTEE’S SALE.
. By virtue of authority vested in mo
\v a Deed in Tiust or Mortgage. ex
ecuted by Thos. 11. Vanderfc.-d. on
the 16th day of June, 1925, wh'oh
Mortgage or Deed of Trust D duly
recorded in the office of the Register
">f Deeds for Oabarriis County. N. C..
In Book Number 4-S, pageo 228, ets.,
I will sell at public auction ni the
Court House• door iio < ’uncord. X.
oh Saturday March. ;"»th. 1027. at 12
o’clock M.. to the highest bidder for
cash, the following described real es
tate,; '
Lying and being in the County of
Uabarrus. State of North .Carolina,
and bounded as follows:
All that certain tract of land eon
taining 218 acres, more or lees. and
known as the “Troutman Gold M : ne
Tract," and being the same property
that was conveyed 4o Walter George
Newman by E. Mauney and ethers
by deed dated the sth day of May,
IS9£), and registered in Book of I>eeds
Voi 54 at page 80." in the offices of
the Register of Deeds for Cabarrus
County, N. (\, and bounded as fol
lows :
Beginning at a white oak D. M.
McMakin’s old corner; thence south
ypth his old line 47 chains to a post
oak in Barringer's old line; thence
with Barringer's said l ; ne South 77
l£ast 82 chains to a black jack : thence
Kprth 20 East with Barringer’s other
line 15.02 chains to a stake, former
ly r. black oak. Barringer’s other cor
ner: thence with his line North 82
East 8.25 chains to a stake, formerly
a black oak. J. William’s corner;
thence North 8 west 41 chains to a
AJak,e in the bank of a branch on the
Kdwan-Cabarrus County line; thence
South 80 1-2 West with (lie Rewan
County line to the beginning, contain
ing 215 acres, more or less, and
known as the Jacob Troutman Gold
Mining Tract, and adjoining the
l*mds formerly belonging to Union
Copper Mining Company of Stockton
Gold, Mine Tract and others,
*Same also being the land deeded by
J? v L. Crowell Trustee, dated May
|6th, 1925, to Thoe. H. Vanderford
ty deed dated June.ll, 1925.
' Title to said property is supposed
to; be good, but the purchaser takes
only such title as T am authorized to
poavey under said mortgage.
..This Ist day of February. 1927.
~r J. L. CROWELL, Trustee.
wfey.J. fj. Crowell, Jr., Attorney.
NOTICE OP SALE OF VALUABLE
‘ FARM LAND IN NO. 10
TOWNSHIP.
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Notrth Carolina—Cabarrus County.
Under and by virtue of a judgment
and order of the Superior Court of
Cabarrus County, N. C., wherein the
Sikes Co., Ine. and others are plain
tiffs. and W. H. Austin and wife.
Lexie Austin, Federal Land Bank of
Columbia, S. C., Inc., Brown Con
structing Co.,- Inc., and others are de
fendants, the undersigned commission
ers will on Monday, March 7th, 1927,
at the Courthouse door of Cabarrus
County. North Carolina, at 12 o’clock
M. f sell to the highest bidder for
cash, she following described real es
tate, to-wit:
Lying and being in No. 10 Town
ship, County of Cabarrus, State of
Nor® Carolina, adjoining the lands
Os Yorke & Wadsworth Co., M. M.
Furr, and others: Beginning at a box
elder on the South Bank of Rocky
River and runs S. 19 1-2 W. 295
poles to a Post Oak, John E. and Hi
ram Bost’s corner: thence with John
E. Bost’s line S. 72 1-2 E. 64 poles,
crossing the Great Road to a Post
Oak. corner of lot No. 1 and in John
Rost's line; thence with the line
us lot No. 1 N. 14 W. 278 poles to a
bonk of the River; thence up the Riv
»r, Ist: N. 29 W. 8 poles; 2nd: N.
40 W. 86 poles to the beginning, con
taining 90 acres, more or less.
Sold to sat'efy the provisions of
jaid judgment.
This the 3rd day of February, 1927.
FRANK ARMFIELD and
f H. S. WILLIAMS.
J Commissioners.
NOTICE OF RE-SALE.
North Carolina —Cabarrus County.
Sophronie Boat and husband, Jarner
Bost; Jeanet,te Wagoner: Cosby
l Wagoner and wife Viola Wagoner;
. Beulah MeCallough and husband,
* Thomas McCullough; Montrose
Biggers and husband. Price Big
ger 9: Willie Wagoner and wife,
Daisy Wagoner; and Samuel Wag
oner. Plaintiffs.
vs.
fasper Wagoner and wife. Annie
Wagoner; Luther Wagoner and
wife. May Wagoner; Otis Wagoner
and wife. 1 Annie Wagoner; Mary
Butler and husband. John But
ler ; Fred Wagoner and wife, Etta
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Wagoner; Hoover Wagoner and
wife. Al’ce Wagoner—Defendants.
■ Under and by vhtiVe of an order of
.lie Superior Court of Cabarrus Coun
ty made ih the special proceeding en
titled ns above, the same being No.
—upon the special proceedings dock
et of the said Court, the undersigned
commissioner will, on the 19th dayof
February, 1927, at 12:00 o’clock M.,
> at the courthouse door in Con.cord, N.
C.. offer for sale to the highest bidder
t for cash that certain tract of land ly
• ing and be : ng in the county of Cabar
• rusand more particularly described
asTollows:
: First Lot: Lying on Crowell St
, and being lot No. 6 in Block A of the
map of Linvllle, made by Quint E.
- Smith, and vied in the office of tin*
i Register of Deers r Cabarrus Coun
-1 ty, bounded s follows: Beginning at a
• stake in the edge of Crowell St.. Tay
“ i lor Wagoner’s corner and runs thence
• IN. 5S 1-2 E. 155 ft. to a stake:
. thence S. 31 1-2 E. 50 feet to a stake:
• thence with line of lot 8, S. 5S 1-2
: W. 361 ft. to a stake in the edge of
i Crowell St., No. 25 W. 50 ft. to the
beginning. Same being the lot con
veyed to Sallie Williams by Missouri
■ Brown, by deed duly recorded in of
-1 fioe of Register of deeds for Cabarrus
County iu Book p. —s —, refer
‘ cnee to which is hereby made. y
Second Lot: Being in Ward No. 4
‘ of Concord, X. C.. and in the south
east intersection of Crowell and
' Young srreers. Beginning at an Iron
stake in the south edge of Young St
■ and East edge of South Crowell St
and runs thence with Young Stree;
N. 58 1-2 E. 49 feet to a.stake; thence
1 S. 81 1-2 E. 120 ft. to a stake; thence
| S. 58 1-2 W. 65 feet to a stake in th»
oast edge of South Crowell St.; thenc<
1 with said Crowell street No. 25 W
‘ 125 feet to the beginning, being pari
J of the land conveyed by R. M. Whit<
] aud others to R. A. Brown and re
corded in Book 55, page 120 of the
1 records of Deeds of Cabarrus County
1 Third lot: AH that lot in the Citj
of Concord, N. C., on Young street ii
Linv.lle addition, known and deserib
;ed as Lot No. 2, in Block A of a
certain map or plat of Linville, madi
I by Q. E. Smith, and filed in the of
, fice of Register of Deeds for Cabar
( j rus County, on March 23, 1917, ref
' erenee to which S s hereby made fort,
I better description to said lot, whicl
| has a frontage of 60 feet on Young
j Street and 4 depth of 120 feet and
| tends to line of lot No. 6 in said Block
, A.
' 1 ' Bidding begins at $680.00.
C. W. SWINK.
Commissioner.
J This the 31st day of January, 1927.
Arratield, Shcrrin & Bernhardt, At
• torn ey«.
ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE.
Having qualified as the Administra
tor of tiie estate of J. W. Collett, de
. ceased, all persons owing said estate
. are hereby notified that they must
make prompt payment or suit will be.
brought. And all persons having
claims against said estate must pre
sent fiiem to the undersigned, duly au
. thenticated oil or before the 21st day
of January, 1928, or this notice will
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Hurt sell and Hartnell. Attorneys!
January 21. 1927.
ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE. \
Having qualified as the Adminis-.
trator of the estate of C. C. Patter-!
£Oll, deceased, all persons owing said
estate are hereby notified that they
must make prompt payment or suit
will be brought. And all persons hav
ing claims against said estate, must
present them to the undersigned, du
ly authenticated, on or before the 4th
day of February, 1928. or this notice
w'll be pleaded ih bar of their recov
ery.
C. R. PATTERSON.
W. D. PATTERSON.
Administrators.
By J. L. Crowell. Attorney,_oon
j*ord. N. C.
February 2nd,'1927.
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ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE.
Having qualified as the Adminis
trator of the estate of D. W. Shiin
[>ook. deceased, all persons owing said
■ '‘state are hereby notified that they
must make prompt payment or suit
will be brought. And all persons
having . claims against said estate
must present them to the undersigned,
duly authenticated, on or before the
Ist day of January, 1928. or this no
tice will be pleaded in bar of their re
covery.
OLE SHIMPOQK,
Administrator.
January Ist. 1927.
ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE.
Having qualified as the Administra
tor of the estate of Grover C. Cook,
deceased, all persons owing said es
tate are hereby notified that they must
make prompt payment or suit will be
brought. And all persons having
claims against said estate must present
them to the undersigned, duly authen
ticated on ,or before the 20th dny of
January. 1928. pr this notice will be
pleaded in bar of their recovery.
WILEY COOK.
Administrator.
Caldwell & Caldwell. Attorneys.
MORTGAGEE’S SALE.
By virtue of authority vested in me
by a deed of trust or mortgage, execut
ed by Adam Litaker on the 22nd day
of February, 1915. which mortgage is
duly recorded in the Register’s office
for Cabarrus County, N. C., in Book
No. 32. page 33. the conditions pot be
ing compiled with, I will sell .at pub- 1
lie auction at the Court ‘HouJ'e Door
in Cpneord, N. C., on Monday, the
I4tli day of February, 1927, at 12
o’clock M.. to the highest bidder for
cash the following real estate:
In Ns. 9 Township, adjoining and
bounded by the lands of Adam Heglar,
Luther Biles and others: Beginning
at a B. 0., at what was formerly
Cassell’s corner, and runs thence
23 W. 18 poles to a Spanish Oak, cor
ner in what was the Gibb’s line;
thence N. 49 E. 2(5 poles to a stone ih
what was formerly the Cassell line;
thence S, 19 E. 17 poles to a .btone in
what was formerly the Gibbs’ line;
thence S. 46 W. 27 poles'to the be
ginning, containing about 2 acres and
103 square poles more or less.
Title to said property is supposed
to be good, but the purchaser takes
only such title as I am authorized to
convey under said mortgage.
This the 15th day of January, 1927.
G. HAWLEY HEGLAR,
Trustee.
By Hartsell & Hartsell, Attorneys.
SALES OF VA LUA BLE LANDS IN
NUMBER 10 TOWNSHIP.
By virtue of an order of sale in the
Superior Court of Cabarrus County
in the January term, 1927, in the case
wherein M. L. Love administrator of
the estate of Guy Black, Mamie Black,
widow, C. W. Boat, Mary D. White,
P. E. White and M. B. Sherrin are
plaintiffs and Albert Caldwell Black,
Susie Black, Vina Black-and Baby
Ray Black are defendants,
We will at 12 O’clock M. f on Sat
urday February 26th at the Court
j house door in Concord, N,. C. expose
1 to sale at Public Auction for cash,
| to the highest bidder the following des
; cribed lands lying and being in Num
ber 10 Township, Cabarrus County,
l N. C.
Tract number 1:
Adjoining the lands of Frank White,
the Howell lands, Jake Newell, and
others. Beginning at a pile of stone
where B. J. stood. Frank White’s
corner and runs North 15, West 24
poles to a stone on Ham Howells's
(deceased) line; thence North 79 East
40 poles to a stone; thence South 15
Easb-24 poles to a stone by a B. J.
stump; thence South 79 West 40 poles
to the beginning, containing 6 acres,
more or less. The same being the
second tract of land described in deed
by W. W. Wilhelm and wife to C. W.
Bost, dated December 21, 1908 and
recorded in record of Deed Number
71 page 486 of the Register of Deed
for Cabarrus County. Same being
the land this day deeded to Guy. Black,
which deed is delivered and filed for
registeration simultaneously with this
mortgage. The timber on the'half of
this land belons to C. W. Bost, which
he reserves in said deed.
Tract number 2:
Beginning at a stone, corner of the
20 acre tract and said stope being 2
poles from Burleys on hickory corner
, and rus thence North 26 West 60.25
poles to a stone on H. C. Howell’s
and A. H. Howell’s line; thence with
1 H. C. Howell’s line South 76 West
1 102 4-5 poles to a stone pile by a
! B. J. stump, H. C. Howell’s corner;
I thence with corner on White’s line;
1 thence with Burleyon’s line North
| 72 1-4, Eeast 112 3-4 poles to a small
I hickory, Burleyson’s corner; thence
l the same line prolonged North 72 1-2,
I East 2 poles to the beginnig, contain-
I ing 43 acres, deeded to F. E. White
[ by Isaac Burleyson on Jan. 4, 1899
[ and recored in record of deeds Number
1 95, page 107. Same also being the
[ land deeded by Mary D. White and
| husband, Frank E. White to Guy
I Black on December 5, 1922, which
J deed is filed for registration simultan
[ eously with this mortgage.
I Tract number 3 :
Adjoining the lands of W. E. C.
I White, J. F. Newell, Guy Black and
I others.
| Beginning at a pile of stones said
White Neweß, and Black's corner
THE CONCORD TIMES
and runs thence with Guy Blacks
line North SO. East 068 feet to a
large stone on the west side of the
road, Guy Black’s corner and runs
with his and the road South 14, East
564 S feet to an iron stake in said
; road, a new corner of W. E. C.
Whit* and Guy Blnek : thence a new
line due West 793- feet to an iron
stake in the edge of a field, a new
corner; thence a new line due North
442 feet to the beginning, containing
8.38 acres, more or less. Same being
the land this day deeded to Guy
Black bv W. E. C. White and wife.
Said deed is filed Tor registration sim
ultaneously with this mortgage.
Tract number 4:
Adjoining the lands of Guy Black, ,
J. F. Newell, W. E. White and others. 1
Beginning at a pile of stones, J. F.
Newell's and Guy Black’s corner and
runs thence with the Newell line South
SO, West 350 feet to an iron stake
by a hickory, a new corner on said
j Newell’s line; thence a new line South
r 3-4. Enst 227 feet to au iron stake
by a nmplc, a new corner; thence a
new line crossing ditch South 68 1.-2
East 345 feet to an iron stake, W. F*.
White and Guy Black’s corner; thence
with Guy Black’s line due North 442
feet to the beginning, containing 2.">9
acres, more or less.
Tract number 5: • • . j
Beginning at an iron stake W. E.
White and Guy Black’s- corner and
runs due East 793 feet to an iron
stake in the public road; thence with
said public road South 14, East 633
feet to au iron stake, F. E. White
and Mark Austin’s corner; thence
with F. E. White’s line North 72,
West 858 feet to a pile of stones on
the edge of an old road; thence North
79, West 117 feet to an iron stake,
a new corner on the F. E. White line;
thence a new line due North 243 feet
to the beginning, containing 7.21
acres, more or less.
Tracts numbers 4 & 5 are a part
of the land conveyed by W. E. White
by F. E. White and wife, M. I). White
by deed dated March Ist., 1921, and
registered in office of register of deed
tor Cabarrus County N. C. in book
Number 100, page 70.
And that the estimated value of
said lands is $2680.00
The above described lands are being
sold to satisfy the mortgages thereon
and to pay indebtedness of the estate
of GUy Black, deceased!'. -
This the 24th day of January, 1927.
r M. .B. SHERRIN and
: j. L, CROWELL. Jr.,
r • Commissioners.
Aripfie’.d, Sherrin aqd Barnhardt,
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ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE.
%
Having qualified' ns the Administra
tor of t’iie estate of J. W. Stowe, de
ceased, all persons owing said estate
are hereby notified that they rahist
make prompt payment or suit will be
brought! And. all persons having
claims against said estate must pre
sent them to f the undersigned, duly
authenticated difr or before the 22nd
day of
will be pleaded’ in brir of their recov
ery.
R. W. STOWE. Administrator,';’
January .24, 1926. ~ , •
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ADMINSTRATOR’S NOtICE.""
Having qualified as the Administra
tor of the estate of Sam Alexander,
deceased, all persons owing said es
tate are hereby notified that they must
make promiit payment or suit will be
brought. • Ahfl all persons .having
claims against said estate must pre
sent them to the undersigned, duly
authenticated on or before the 24th
day of January, 1924, or this notice
will be pleaded in bar of their recov
ery. ] 1
M. B. SHERRIN, Administrator.
Armfield, Sherrin and Barnhardt,
attorneys. * •
January 24, 1927.
NOTICE.
1
North Carolina—Cabarrus County.
This is no notify all persons con
cerned that the co-partnership hither
to existing between Earl Calloway and
J. A. Jones under the firm named
Calloway & Jones with place of busi
ness at 165 Harris St., Concord, N.
C., has by mutual consent! this day
been dissolved. The debts and obliga
tions of said firm, if any, have been
assumed by Earl Calloway and by
the terms of dissolution he is now the
owner of all open accounts, notes and
indebtedness of every description due
said firm and he will contiuue busi
ness at the same stand.
Witness our hands and seals this
25th day of January, 1927.
W. E. CALLOWAY, (Seri)
J. A. JONES, (Seal).
27-4wks.
NOTICE OF SUMMONS]
North Carolina—Cabarrus County.
Lina Boyd Averett vs. Lee Averett.
The defendant above named -will
take notice that an action entitled as
above has been commenced in the Su
perior Court of Cabarrus County, N.
C., for, a divorce from the bonds of
matrimony; that the said defendant
•will further take notice that he.ls-re-,
quired to appear before the Clerk of
the Superior Court on the 7th day of
March, ? 1927, at his office in’ the Court
House of said County ahd State, and
answer or demur to* the -complaint in
said action/or the plaintiff will ftpply
to the court for the relief demanded
in said complaint.
This the 26th day of January 1927
J. b. McAllister,
Clerk ofvthe Superior Court.
27-4 wks.
ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE.
Having qualified as the Adminis
trator of the estate of John D. Bar
ringer, deceased, all persons owing
said estate are hereby notified that
they must make prompt payment or
suit will be brought. And all per
sons having claims against said es
tate mußt make prompt payment or
suit will be brought. And all persons
having claims againet said estate must
present them to the undersigned, duly
authenticated on or before the sth
dav of February, 1928, or this notice
will be pleaded in bar of their recov
ery.
• P. M. BARRINGER,
~ . ‘ Administrator.
Caldwell & Caldwell, Attorneys.
January 31, 1927.
IT PAYS TO USB PENNY ADA
\
TIME OF CLOSINfi MAILS
The time of the closing of mails at
the Cot)cord Tostoffice is as follows:
Northbound.
13(1—11:00 P. IVI.
36—10:00 A. M.
34 — 4:10 P. M.
! 38— 8:30 P. M.
30—11:00 P. M. ;
Southbound. '
39—0:25 A. M.
45—3:25 P. M. - * ;
135 8:00 P. M.
20—11:00 P. M.
railroad schedule.
lii Effect September 2(1, 1920
Northbound
No. 40 to New York 9:28 P. M.
No. 13(1 To Washington 5:05 A. M. •
No. 36 to New York 10:25 A. M.
1 No. 34 To New York 4 :43 P. M.
No. 46 To Danville 3 :15 P. M
-1 No. 12 To Richmond 7:10 P. M.
No. 32 To New York 9:03 P> M.
No. 30 To New York 2:15 A. M.
Southbound.
No. 45 To Charlotte 3:40 P. M.
■ No. 35 To New Orleans 9 s»> P. M
No. 29 To Birmingham 2:15.A. M.
i. No. 31 Tc Augusta 5:51 A. M.
No. 33 Tc New Orleans 8:15 A. M.
No. 11 T( Charlotte 8:00 A. M.
No. 135 Tc Atlanta 8:37 P. M.
| No. 39 To Atlanta 9.45 A. M.
j ington and beyond.
! No. 37 To New Orleans 10:45 A. M.
Train No. 34 will stop in Concord
to take on passengers going to Wash-
Train No. 37 will stop here to dis
charge passengers coming from Wash
ington and beyond.
i All trains stop in Concord except
i No. 88 northbound.
i
Bible Thought for the Day
The Eyes of The Wicked The
eyes of the wicked shall fail, anti
i they shall not escape, and their hope
' shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
; —Job 11.20.
Prayer:—Then, Our Cod, guide us
with Thine eye upon us that we may
live and rejpice daily in Thee.
LOCAL AND OTHERWISE.
Mitts Irene Black, of Charlotte, ia
the guCßtof Miss Helen Black.,
Gilbert H. Hendrix is . administra
tor of tfre estate of J. W. Collett.
One new case of whooping cough
was reported Saturday to the coun
j ty health department.
The price of cotton on the local mar
ket Friday was quoted at 13 1-2 cents
per pound.
No new cases of any kind were
reported Friday morning to the county
health department. ' •
More warm weather was Coneorci’s
good fortune Friday. High tempera
tures prevailed again throughout the
day and night and although there were
clouds in the skies at times there was
no rain.
Halbert Webb, graduate of Sta v c
Ool’ege, ha* accepted a position with
the Hartsell Mills Co- He is ebfi*
nected with the dye department of
the mill and began his duties Feb
ruary first.
Margart't Swink. daughter of Mr.
1 and Mrs. Harry Swink, is ill at her
home on South Church street with
pneumonia. Her condition today is
reported by relatives as practically un
■ changed.
Evangelistic meetings will be held
at the First Methodist Protestant
Church from February 6th to-20th,
every evening at 7:30 o’clock. N. J.
Miles will be the musical director.
The golf course at the Cabarrus
Country Club has been popular dur
ing the week. With perfect weather
for outdoor eports prevailing, the num
ber of players on the course has in
creased greatly during the past week.
Friends here of William fu. Hahn,
of Mt. Pleasant, will be interested to
know that his condition is somewhat
improved, following a two weeks’ ill
ness of p.eurisy and complications of
heart diseases. He is the father of
H. C. Hahn, of Concord.
Roller skates are coming into their
own again here. During the past
several night when it has been unusu
ally warm, scores of youngsters could
be seen skating about on the paved
streets of the city, and in some part
ies there have been at least a dozen
skaters.
One defendant was sentenced to
serve 29 months on the chain gang
in recorder’6 court Friday on three
i counts. Another paid $lO for being
intoxicated, another $lO for gambling
and two others, charged with stealing
on automobile, were bound over to
Superior Court.
Harvey B. Rogers has sold to H.
E. C. W inecoff for SIOO, property in
No. 14 township, according to a deed
filed here Friday. Two other deeds*
record the sale of property in No. 11
‘ t° wl iship by I. I. Davis, Jr., to John
R. .Query and R. A. Plummer for $l5O
and SSO, respectively.’
Duke defeated V. P. I. at basketball
Friday night while Carolina was win
ning from Virginia and Furman from
M ake Forest. The clash between the
two Baptist teams in Greenville end
ed in a fight, Ober and Emmerson be
ing charged with an attack on the {
referee. They later apologized.
M®j° r Graham K. Hobbs has been
detai.ed to act ns Inspector General of
the troops of North Carolina during
the inspection trip this month. He
will be here February 19th with Lieu
tenant Compton, of the regular army.
No Inspector General has yet been ap
pointed to succeed Major Kenneth E.
Caldwell, who recently resigned.
Sanatorium Sun: “That Cabarrus
County is leading the State of North
Carolina, and that North Carolina is
leading the South in an effort to
stamp out and prevent tuberculosis
by having held four clinics within the
past year, at which 868 persons were
examined and given the tuberculin
test, is the statement made by the Ca
barrus County Health Department in
its report for the year 1926.”
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B7VOPBIB
John Ballard, left poor bp the
tame Fate that deprives him of his
parents, works his way through col
lege, then devotes his career to
I ghting negligent railroads, cherish
ing a vendetta against them for
killing his parents. Phil Hardin, a
' college chum, now a railroad offi
cial, offers John a staggering salary.
John wavers; it would be hi *
Chance to wed Viola Ruskin. But
through a misunderstanding Viola
seeds Phil. John turns down the
fob, and aims at a political career.
Jordan, the money king behind the
tailroad, warns him not to become
•n enemy.
CHAPTER Vl—Continued
Now, without ostentation, with
out real public knowledge of what
eras going on, the N. Y. and C. V.
was being used as a pawn In a
great game. A few years ago It
had paid good dividends on its
itock, both common and preferred;
Its bonds had been gilt edged ae
eurlties. No hint that interest
might not be paid on these bonds
kad ever been heard. Its surplus
kad been enormous; the road -had
keen rich enough to finance, from
Its own resources, without, expen
sive borrowing, such necessary im
provements as were required to
keep it up.
Gradually, under Jordan, all this
kad changed. The surplus had
keen wiped out entirely. New
kond Issues bad been made. Tb?
load’s debt was far greater than It
lad been; no dividends had been
paid for some years. And though,
is yet, interest on all the bonds
kad been promptly paid, there were
< "The time may come," he said,
'when you will be pbliged to go into
Ihese things officially."
sonstant ugly rumors that even on
these payments there might, some
lay soon, be defaults. No longer
was there the ready market for N.
f, and C. V. bonds that there had
keen; wise investment houses
frowned when their clients talked
ts buying such bonds and urged
the selection Instead of other se
nirlties, ' which were, they said,
infer—even though the lowered
price of the N. Y. and C. V. bonds
Bade the yield look high.
George Warren talked more than
•nee to John Bollard of these mat
ters.
“The time may come,” he said,
•when you will be obliged to go
Into these things officially. You
will do well to make yourself fa
Sailiar with the affairs of the 'road
kpw.”,
'“l've been puzzled by things I’ve
aeard,'*" John admitted. “What
kave they done with the money?”
“Many thinge," said Warren.
They have paid enormous salaries
for one tiling. James Hardin for
(ears was content with a salary of
tty thousand dollars a year. He
injoyed, of course, a good income
from hit stock holdings as well.
Bis son’s salary is five times what
s father's was—from the N. Y.
knd C. V. alone. In addition he
drawn several other salaries as the
fread of some of the subsidiary
tompanles.
“Then, if yon will look back, yon
trill find that the road has bought
•-for very large sums—control of a
frumber of other properties. It paid
§ve million dollars for the coast
wise shipping lines it took over
four years ago. Who owned those
lines7 Jordan. And the actual
property—ships, docks, warehouses
-—wasn't worth three million dol
lars at the moat liberal eetimate.
ft has bought up moribund trolley
lines, practically put out of busi
ness before they were bought by
•mbpeting motor bus routes. It
paid a fancy price for a franchise
granted to a competing road—and
•ot a shovelful of earth had ever*
Been turned to build that line!”
Ta all that legal?” aeked John.
“Probably—yea. They couldn't
Bey you, but the N. Y. and C. V.
d»d Jordan between them com
■ Band the services of some of the
Ksst lawyers in the world. I say
t Jordan owned the ships the
Pall way bought. I know that ia
B«a But I doubt vau*y it
Visitors Honored.
Mrs. Fred Odell and Mrs. PhilJip
Carlton, the guests of Mrs. J. M.
Odell, were the attractive honorees on
Friday afternoon when Mrs. A. G.
Odell entertained at a delightful in
formal teat
Bowls of early spring flowers were
arranged throughout the home.
Music added to the pleasure of the
afternoon. Mrs. C. B. Wagoner, ac
companied by Mrs. V. A. Means, sang
several sovely compositions while in
strumental music by Mrs. I. I. Davis
was beautifully rendered.
Delicious tea and sandwiches were
anything of the sort eon.-
proved ia court. These people art
clever enough to cover up the-ts
tracks. If you came tomake&s
investigation you’d find, I'm prettj
sure, that dummy owners had dons
• the actual selling and you d nnd-t
impossible to prove any connect**
. between them and Jordan.”
“I see.” said John. “It s graft
and, though you know it, yo*
couldn’t prove it?”
“Exactly. Some these wo’ll gel
proof. People engaged in enter
prises of this* sort always make a
i false step sooner or later. The?
- grow overconfident with success,
and careless. That is one re»
son my piper hasn’t denounced thit
sort of thing more. I want to let
them think they are pulling
wool over my eyes. I want to lul*
them Into a feeling of false securf
ty. It’s the best way I know to
lead them to give themselves away
That, you see. Is our best chance—
-1 to have them so cock sure, so satis
fled with themselves, that they!)
make a blunder that will lay their
: open to attack. . To strike befori
we %ave the proof would simp. *
put them on their guaid and mek*
it almost hopeless C7ot to get th#
goods on them.”
John was very thoughtful aftsf
that talk with Warren. It opened
his eyes; It set his mind to worl
in new channels. And it was net
long before he began to gather evl
dence fully corroborative of what
Warren had told him. Evidence-*
and yet not evidence. Tt was ev?
dence that satisfied him, hut b#
was lawyer enough to know that fl
would be useless in a court of law
Yet, very quietly, very steadily
he built up his arsenal of Informs
tion. It would all be useful som*
day; of that he was certain.
For Jordan, as time went on. frf
came to have a growing dislike and
distrust. The man was, it seemed
’to him, a menacing and siniste)
figure. He his own selfist
ends, draggins""a great and one*
valuable property to ruin and bank
ruptcy. And that was a disaste)
that must, John knew, be averted
If any possible way to avert It coull
be found.
The sufferers. If the N. Y. and t
V. went down, would not be Jordai
and Phil Hardin and the other big
rich men concerned. No. It wai
the small stockholders who would
suffer. The widows, the orpbanfc
the little people of small means
who had Invested all they had It
N. Y. and C. V. stdeks and bond*
These would be the ones whi
would be ruined if, as came to Johi
to seem Inevitable, the road finally
went into the hands of receivers.
For Phil Hardin, his old friend
he had more pity than blame. Phil
it seemed to him,-was the same old
weakling; he was putty in Jordan’*
hands. For all his title of pres‘
dent he was no more than Jordan’*
hired man, forced to do as he wa»
told. He was riding straight for »
fall—and, if John knew anythinl
about him, he didn’t even know it
So far as John could tell Phil’s
marriage had been a happy on*
He and Viola had no children, bui
they were seen much together, and
Viola, from all that John could
gather, was happy and contented
She was still a youthful and beau
tiful woman; he saw her some
times at \ distance, even met hei
once or twice face to face. And
terrified John to think of what th>
future might hold for her. ’ *
CHAPTER VII
Ten vear-3 had passed Into hist*
ry. John Ballard sat in his office
frowning as he read the mornini
paper—the Ventnor Sun. His of
fice was no longer a room in th«
dingy little red brick building that
had seen the beginnings of his lav
practice, however. It was a state
ly, high-ceiled chamber In thi
County Court Building.
For John Ballard was now, and
for two years had been, district at
torney of Ventnor County—elected
after a bitter fight, a campaign thal
had attracted attention far beyond
the confines of the state even Ths
prediction George Warren bad
made ten years ‘before had been
fulfilled. Despite the efforts of th*
ring, backed by all the corporate
enemies John Ballard had. made at
a lawyer, the reform element had
succeeded, for the first time, the
first time at leaet in this genera
tion, in breaking down the erv
trenched power of Balderston’s po
litical group and putting an honest
and fearless man into the office if
was most dangerous to the crooks
to lose.
John’s two years in office, the
first half of his term, had been busy
and active years. Already he had
accomplished a great deal. He ha 4
put the fear of the law into the
hearts and minds of men who had
thought themselves above «nl fa
yond all law. He had Wrrified the
police into making a real effort to
cleon up vice conditions In the city.
He had made It plain that the old
graft in city and county contracte
was dead—at least while he held
office.
And now, staring aft him from
the columns of the first page of the
Sun. was news that beckoned
the greatest fight of all
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