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PAGE SIX Leeson’s Last Drive [ "bVCharles' eT bax'ter L, - - . ....... ....... . ...... L (©, 19*3, W««t.m Hiwmtpn U*le».) DOBTS was still standing with the revolver in his hand, paralyzed with terror, when the neighbors found )im. Leeson was lying huddled up >n the seat of his rig, dead, a bullet Jrom I’obb’s weapon in. his heart. Sitting, crouching, rather than ly- Eg. He was huddled over the front if the ehicle, and his hands clutched the reins tightly, as if they had con tracted spasmodically at the moment rs his death. And there stood Dobb. It was a sparsely settled agricul tural community. The nearest neigh bor W£ i a quarter of a mile away— lid Evan Pirn. It was Plm and his ions, Charles and Ewarr, who found Dobb standing so stupidly there. It ras a! : they could do to induce him to reti rn inside his house. There' pobb remained in a sort of trance. Tm g ad,” was all that he would iay. “i m glad.” Early in the morning the police ar rived and took him away to the coun ty jail. And there sat Dobb, brood ing, his head in his hands. “I'm glad,” be said. “I’m glad.” Nobody was sorry for Leeson. Lee lon was a notorious money-lender. He had half the township in pawn, tor times were bad and tbe land was itubboi u. He had had Dobb at his mer-, ry, and was going to foreclose. Dobb had written him a note daring him to come and see him. A foolish note, and Leeson, who was no coward, had taken up the thallonge. Leeson was a nervous, ex citab.e man with a chronic heart complaint and a poor digestion. Half, bis cruelties were the result of thin Indigestion. He would fly up in t'*e sir at the least thing. He had ian- Biediately harnessed his horses and Srivea over to the Dobb place. Mrs. Dobb had come out and begged Leeson to return. Leeson had not laid a word, but sat in the rig, wait ing for Dobb. Dobb burst from tbe bouse, abused Leeson, and opened fire on him. He had fired six times, and only the single bullet had Sound its nark. Leeson had died without a word, and It looked very bad, Indeed, for Dobb'. It was a banging state, and the farmer-jurymen, much as they had detested Leeson, were not likely to exculpate Dobb. Then there was Dobb's challenge. That was tha worst thing of all. That showed pre meditation! Dobb was brought under guard to the inquest. The courtroom was packed. The minute the judge had taken ills place Dobb arose. “I filled him—” he began. “You d —n fool!” whispered his lawyer, tugging at hie coat, but in vain. Then, inasmuch as his defense was to be emporary insanity, he sat down Ulms ihoping all would be for the best, mil that Dobb would make a clear npression of insanity upon the court. “I killed him,” shouted Dobb. “He was going to sell me up and turn me and mine out into the road to Starve —” “Sir down!” called the judge. “Yon will lie heard at the proper time.” “No time like this,” yelled Dobb. “I xwant to go to the gallows. I don’t want no palaver. There ain’t no caH for k. The man was a skunk, and his time was come. That’s all there vuus to it.” “If you don’t sit down and be si lent you'll be removed,” said the Judge. y «, .... , Dobb was pulled back and the evi dence kegan.' It was shown how Dobb was found at the door of his house with the weapon in iris hand. Tha bnllet that had been extracted from Leeson’* body fitted it It looked bad for Dobb. Murchison, tha medical examiner, Was called. “Yon performed an Mtof sy on the body of the deceasedT" fcskeri the judge. “Yes. your honor.” ’ “What in your opinion was tha qanse of death?’ 1 “Heart disease,” replied Murchison. ‘“You mean—induced by the ballet?* “No, heart disease. The strain of the approaching Interview was prob ably too much for Lesson. Ha was dead long before tbs prisoner's bul let struck him. The horses must have •topped at the door of their own ac cord. Dobb fired at a corpse.” Dobb stood up in the midst of tha Sensation. “Yon’reta Bar,’* he howled. “I killed him—darn you want to rob me of getting even with a skunk like that? I killed htaml“ “Yon will return ■ verdict in ac cordance with the evidence,” aald the magistrate to the Jury. x “I killed him.” aWpiwl Dobb, aa his wife led him away- U setose Animal. “What has become of the sea ser pent?” Inquired the summer visitor. “They’re no good,” answered Uncle Bill Bottletop. “Science has dedded a thirsty man could hang around tha three-mile limit all day and never meet one that could deliver a snake bite worth noticin’." Vociferous Opportunity. “I notice your family was particu larly enthusiastic la cheering my speech,” remarked Senator Sorghum. “Yep,” replied Farmer OorntoaeeL “All tiie young folks are takln’ voice culture. I made *tm attend yWr meetin’ asfs they ceuld holler their bio’ nobody ** ENGLAND FACES CURRENCY CRISIS MUCH LIKE THAT OF RUSSIA AND GERMANY i BY MILTON BRONNER NEA Service Staff Correspondent London. Nov. 10. —On the rate oPspeed at which currency print ing presses in England 'will be run may depend the future of the British Isles. One of the greatest political, economic, financial and indus trial battles cvf tryodern times is be ing waged on t’ge gear ratio of the money mills. Shall the rjrinting press, which ruined the currencies of Bolshe vik Russia and republican Ger ,many, he vised to print more pa mper money for Great Britain? Britain is struggling to decide whether to pursue the present policy of deflation or reverse its position and start inflation— or merely stand on the tight wire, balancing as long as possible be tween the hazards of inflation or definition. deflation means retiring much paper money now. in circulation and which is largely legal tender, because the government so de .■crees. Inflation is the printing and subsequent circulation of mere money. There are two mighty causes at work which have made hitherto conservative British business You’re Wrong! * J ■ : j! i Bet a dollar you wilj say. she Is j pretty, wherein you will be all wrong. Yes, the good looks arel there. But “she” happens to be a I “he,” Lionel Ames, feminine imper- 1 sonator at tho University of Mich igan. JOE McCASKILL LEAVES CONCORD Gold and Black. Joe Mct’askill left several weeks ago to enter Columbia University in New York City. Joe will be greatly missed by the high school students because he was always ready to help ipyone who needed it. He came to us about two and a half years ago from Davidson College, where lie had graduated. During the short time he was here with us, we all learned to love him. Joe has coached our football and bas ketball teams for the last two years; they were always a success. He taught the boys the principles of fair play and sportsmanship. The lessons learned on the gridiron and court from this true sou of Davidson will live long i n the hearts of the players. Joe always had the spirit of the school at heart, lie con stantly worked for its welfare and for the betterment of everyone connected with Concord High. Everyone in the school wishes Joe one of the sqnarest, cleanest and best of men—worlds of luck and happiness. Black Sea Pirates Drive Ships to Port. (By the Associated Press.) Varna. Bulgaria, Oct 27.—The Black Sea is fast winning an unenviable repu tation for piracy and lawlessness upon its waters. Seafaring men are terrified by two acts of violence in'the jmst for- Bight, and in some cases have declined to take their ships out of the harbors. The tale of the destruction of the Bul garian sailing ship Biala was hardly out pf men’s mouths* when there came the recital of how the crew of the Amon were done to death by Turkish ma rauders from the’ coast of Asia Minor. The Amon sailed from this port for Constantinople, laden with turpentine. A few miles out she was approached by two large motor boats. The Captain, not) liking the appearance of these strange craft, crowded on all sail in an effort to get back to port, but the motor boats were too quick for him. One approached him from starboard and the other from port, and ranging along side with grappling irons soon had a strong hold. Then armed men went aboard the sailing vessel and made her their own. They overpowered the crew and lashed them to bulwarks and boat davits. Tor ture made them disclose the where abouts of the ship’s treasure, 20,000 golden Turkish pounds. This was quickly gathered in, and the pirates made a, quick getaway, but be fore they caat off they set the Amon on fire. She was soon doomed, and so were the crew, still lashed to the deck stanch <u» men. bankers and editors squint at printing-press methods: FIRST—The fact that coun tries whose currency is depreciat ed in value like France and Italy are at work and are undercutting Britain’s trade. SECOND—That the great in dustrial districts of Britain are cither idle or working on half time, with one million men un employed, with the prospect of more being idle this winter and witli the immense bttrder of sup porting these jobless people bv the payment of government doles. Dollar Enters. And the dollar comes into the thing, too. The champions of in flation say that the eye of the British government has been fixed too much upon New York. The London masters of finance have been too much concerned in how the English pound sterling stood in relation to the American dol lar. They say it is far more vital to know how it stands in relation to the French franc, the Italian lira and the Serbian dinar. The argument runs—have a lit tle inflation, cheapen the pound as compared with the dollar, and bring it nearer to the level of old customer countries trade will once more flow to England, factories will once more he busy, and the ON “YOUR DAILY PAPER” I.ewiston. Me.. Journal. You buy a newspaper for a few cents. You carelessly put your hand in your pocket and pay for it. You say "Noth ing in it." Or you say "Hello. I see there’s an earthquake in Japan.” And you think that you are SOME critic: that you are a judge of affairs. Listen. You read in the Lewiston Journal, for instance, for the first time, that Japan had been stricken —its metropolis wiped out. Do you know what that piece of news cost in life, in effort, in service, to lay before yon for your three cents —that you would throw to a beggar? At 0:30 a. in.. Saturday. September 1, tiie Radio Corporation of America tele phoned file Associated Press that Japan had been stricken by a great eSrfkquake. It happened at noon, Tokio time. In 2(1 minutes bulletins were on tiie wires to all newsi»ipers. This was the first infor mation given to readers in America. The Japanese earthquake presented some of the most extraordinary and per plexing problems in the bringing of news around the world from Japan to America. At a single stroke, the usual lines of communication across the Pacific from Japan to San Francisco, both cable and wireless, were put out of commission. This compelled an immediate readjust ment so that the communication from Japan, hitherto across the Pacific, would now come in tiie other direction around the world, across Asia, via Singapore. Suez. Gibraltar and London, to New Y'ork, known as the Eastern route. Al so another outlet across Asia was avail able. from Japan northward to Siberia, to Moseow-Ixmdon-Xetv York, known as the Northern route. The London and New Y’ork offices thus became active centers, supplement ing the work of San Francisco, in mov ing the mass of cable matter from Japan and nearby points, giving the first avail able details of the catastrophe. In this tiie facilities of Reuters at many vital points in the Far East were combined with those of tiie Associated Press in bringing forward a large number of ca ble 'dispatches' direct from Osaka, Kobe, Nagasaki, and other Japanese cities in Rules Out Seopolamin. Raleigh News and Observer. Some of the fads promise to prove short lived. Seopolamin for instance. A few months ago quite a furore was created by the announced discovery that a drug, seopolamin. had been found which ad ministered to a person would make him tell the truth. If such a thing could be done, imagine the value its use would be in a trial where the evidence of witnesses is entirely contradictory. The drug would at once determine who was telling the truth and who was perjuring himself. But the fad probably has run its course. Like the gland fad, it will not stand the test of practice. A judge in Kansas the other day re fused to accept the efficacy of seopolamin in developing the truth in a trial. Link Sykes, a negro, was suspected of murder and being tried. His counsel offered to put him to the test of the “truth serum”. They insisted that once a person was un- What Do We Vote For When We Vote “For Special Tax” on November 20? 1 An eight months’ term for every child in the county. 2 An efficient High School in reach of every child in he county. ' 3 Trucks to transport to these High Schools those chil dren who live too far away to walk to them. 4 Not over 35c on the one hundred dollars’ worth of property, or as much less as the program can be put on for—less than one-half cent on the dollar—nothing on the poll This does not mean that the schools which we now have will be done away with;' We will continue to have the Elementary Schools. "A ’- TME QONCOR.D DAiyf TRIBUNE HI DONT KNOW WHETHER. to blow it N ! \r^ UP BiqqEft OR. STIC* a '*»N V REGINALD McKF.XXA (LEFT ) AND SIR ERIC OEDDES close touch with tho devastated area. On the first day of the disaster, Sep tember 1, nine of these direct dispatches from Japan—eight during the day and one at night—had thus circled the globe westward to London and Next York. On the following day, Sunday, the 2nd, no less than 28 of these direct dispatches from Osaka and other Japanese and nearby cities came westward via lam don. On Montlay, the 3rd, there were 21 such dispatches via Loudon. Thus, in the first three days of the groat distance, 58 direct dispatches came around the world westward via London, giving extended details direct from the cities in touch with the area of devasta tion. The I’aeitic, route, even in its crippled condition, at the same time bringing a large number of direct dis patches from Japan and China points, these rising rapidly to 23 direct dis patches on the 3rd. Thus from both di rections. from tiie YVest and from the East, these message* from the stricken area flowed around the world and into America, giving a steadily increasing pic ture of the great (disaster through its I first crucial days. I The route across Asia was in the main | the Eastern, via Suez, at the outset. But it soon developed that/ tjhe Northern route, via Sibereia and European- Rus sia. was exceptionally fast. This route was freely used, making about six hours in linking Japan and China with London and New York. In the first week of the disaster more than 100—exactly 101—direct dispatches from the Orient had come by these Asi atic routes lo London and New Y’ork. ov er and above the large and constantly in creasing number of dispatches coming across the Pacific t<j Ban Francisco. , This is what you get for a few cents. A correspondent went 141 miles through bell to get a part of this and al together it was the combined effort of an entire world of correspondents—all for you. To serve you with the story that perhaps you turn aside for the mere exclamation, "Hello: there's ’another earthquake in Japan.” A. G. S. der its control lie could tell nothing but the truth. The Judge held that the ac cused would be most likely to tell the thing impressed deepest on his mind, and that the evidence that this impression was always the truth had not been es tablished. Sykes voluntarily allowed sroploiamin to be administered to him following his convicition. While under the influence of the drug, he denied committing the murder. The judge was not moved. He said he believed the thing weighing heav iest on the negro's mind naturally would bo his determination to deny the mur der. That is the common sense of the use of sco]M>lamin in getting at the truth. A factory is being built in San Diego for the production of gelatine products from seaweed on a much larger wale than heretofore has been attempted. Borrowed umbrellas cast the shnvrod of suspicion. A World of Lovely New Modes Bought Specially For This Occasion Priced Particu larly $3.95, $5.95, $6.95, $9.95, $11,95 Adorable draped turbans, depending entirely ifc/ upon their charm of line affd, perhaps, jusWa dashing bow for their allurement. V, jk Snug-fitting clothes—ribbon and chenille em r,'/*« broidered and fur-adorned. Visored pokes, * and. Oh, hundreds of adorable new modes, in ' jJff all the Season’s favored fabrics and all the most popular Autumn shades and tones. Ajr" 3 ’* It Pays to Trade at p!fIISHER’S f J[ Jf Jk Concord’s Fort most Specialists ? “You can do it Better was GAS” Just in time for the feast —Get Your New CHAMBERS COOKS WITH THE GAS TURNED xOFF! and We Will Furnish a 10 lb. Turkey Free With every gas range purchased from us between November Ist and 24th we will give FREE a 10-pound Turkey— Ranges will be delivered and installed promptly and delivery of your turkey will be made beginning November 20. SPECIAL EXTENDED PAYMENTS Concord & Kannapolis Gas Co. USE THE TIKES MD TRIBUNE PEKIf CDLIM-IT ILIHS PAIS mumbei of unemployed will disap pear. Since 19’?() Great Britain has pudsued a policy of deflation. She has been taking much paper mon ey out of circulation. Now no less a man than Sir Eric Geddes, pres ident of the powerful Federation of British Industries, in a speech at Glasgow, said that if the gov ernment abandoned its policy of currency deflation trade would be at once stimulated. “A policy of continuous defla tion, said "he, “means a rapid and continuous fall in prices, disloca tion of business, an increase in the burden of the internal debt and continuous effort to adjust wages and costs to the constantly falling level of prices.” Urge Investigation. Both he and the organization of which he is the head therefore urged that the government should appoint a commission composed of bankers, manufacturers, trad ers and laboring men to investi gate whether a further policy of deflation was to be pursued, lie urged a monetary policy that would keep the price level stable. Reginald McKenna, formerly chancellor of the exchequer and at present head of one of the five big billion dollar banks of London said in Belfast: Thursday, November 15,1923 ‘When unemployment is great ly in excess of the normal, we should abandon unhesitatingly the deflationary policy which is a cause of unemployment. But I do not say we should pursue a policy of monetary inflation.” Hqwever, in another place he wrote as follows: “A policy either of inflation or of deflation should never be adopted except as a corrective, and the degree of unemployment at any given time will always fur nish a test of the right medicine to be applied.” The advocates of the printing press say that if this means any thing, it means that there is a great deal of unemployjrtent, more paper money should he is sued. In the meantime the battle lines are being formed. The Fed eration of British Industries lines up for moderate inflation. The Association of British Chambers of Commerce is bitterly against it. Papers like the London Ex press and the weekly Spectator oppose further deflation. Papers like the Daily Mail and the week ly ©utlook bitterly assail any oth er policy. And the debaters in Parliament are still to be heard from.
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