SIO Bjr WBLfITHT
"^^KAOM®BWLfIttISTRO«G
rorYKlflH?"j9)o JT H/sBPEP a BROTHt- BS
9YWOPBtS.
Ooift>oys of the Flying Henri ranch are
heartbroken over the los« of their jtiuolj
prized phonograph by the defeat of their
rham'plon In a foot-race with the cook'of
the Centipede ranch. A house parly Is
on at the 'FtyinK Heart. J. Wafllngforil
Speed, cheer leader at Vale, and Culver
Covington. Inter-colleglate champion run
ner. are expected.
CHAPTER I.—Continued.
"Nbnsensp! ; Robert Reap is oqly
twenty-three. Why, she hardly knew
her husband, even! It was one of
thosa sudden, impulsive affairs that
wouiu overwhelm any girl who hadn't
Been a man for four 1 years. And
then h«» enlisted In the Spanish War,
and k&a killed."
"Cbnsljerate chap!"* I '
"Robetta, you know, is my best
'friend, after Helen.' Do be nice to
her. Jack." Miss Chapln sighed. "It
Is too bad the others couldn't come."
"Yes, a small house-party has Its
disadvaninges. By-the-way, what's
that gold thing on your frock?"
"It's a medal. Culver sent it to
me."
"Another?" , 1 * « ~
lie .won the
championship Again." Miss Chapln"
proudly / © ctemded the emlilein on lUt
ribbon.
"I wish to goodness Covington had
been here to take Humpy Joe's place,"
said the young cattle-man as he
turned It over. "Ths boys are' Just,
broken-heirted over losing that
nograph."
"I'll get him to run and win it back,''
Jean oft'e/ed, easily. ; >- ■ m 3 f
Her brother laughed. ,-"T4ke Ay aid-,
vice, Sis, and doi*'t lfet Culfer mix
in tUis game! The stakro are too
high. I think that Centipede cook is
a professional runner, myßelf, and if
our boys were beaten again—well, you
and mother and I would hare to move
out of New Mexico, that'*, all/ No,
we'd "better let tho memory of that
defeat die out as quickly as possible.
You warn Freßnojfnot to joke aboift it
any more, and I'll take Mrs. Keap off
your handß. She may be a widow, she,
may even be the chaperon, bAtJI'IIJ
do it; I will do it," promised Jack—
"for my sister's sake."
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■ CHAPTER 11. J\
3—\ ' 0
QELEN BLAKE was undeni
ably bored. The sultry aft
ernoon was very long—long-,
-er even than Berkeley Fres
no's autobiography, and
%/[■ qufte as dry. It wag too hot
and dusty to ride, so she
Iff took refuge in the latest 1
"best seller," and sought
out a hammock 011 the vine
shaded gallery, where Jean Chapin
was writing letters, while tho discon
solate Fresno, banished, wandered at
large, vaguely injured at her lack o»
appreciation.
Absent-mindedly, the girls dipped
into the box of bonbons between them.
Jean finished her correspondence and
essayed conversation, but her compan
ion's blond head was bowed over the
book in her lap, and the effort met
with no response. Lulled by the som
niferous droning of insects and lazy
echoes fitom afar, Mtfs Chagrin was
on the vsrge/o( slumber, when she
saw her fcuftt ifepidlj turn tfie last
•pages of li*f novll, then, with a choco
late betWeen het 8 teeth, read wide
eyed to the finish. Miss Blake closed
the book reluctantly, uncurled slowly,
then stared out through the dancing
heat-waves, her blue eyes shadowed
with romance.
"Did she marry him?" tjpieried Jean y
"No, no!" Helen Blake Blghed, bliss
fully. "It was infinitely finer. She
killed herself."
"I like to see them get married."
"Naturally. You are at that stage.
But I thing Btflclpe ls mofe glorious,
in many cases'." j
Miss Chapih yawned openly. ''Speak-* 1
ing of suicides, isn't this ranch the
deadest place?"
"Oh, I don't think so at all.",
"Oh yes, you do, and you needn't be
polite Just because you're a guest."
"Well, then, to be ?s truthful as a
boardor. it Is a littlj dull., hfot for
our chaperon, though. The time
doesnt' seem to drag on her hands.
Jack certainly is making it pleasant
for her."
"If you call taking her out to watch
• lot of bellowing calves Jet branded,
entertainment," Mifcs Chapln sighed:
Miss Blake leaned forward and read
the Inscription on hers Companion's'
medal. "Oh, isn't It,heavy!" foiling
It reverently.
. "Pure gold, like himself! You
should have seen him when be won It.
Why, at the finish of that race all the
men but Culver were making the
most horrible faces. They were sim
ply dead." s f \
Hiss BtaJTb'sf hands .-we* *|aspe| In
her lap. frhejr iif Jake T f«eee£*aid
she. "Have you' told Roberta about
your engagement?"
"No, she doesnt dream of It, and I
don't want her to know. I'm so afraid
she'll think, now that mother has
gone, thfct I asked her here just as
a chaperon. Perhaps I'll tell her when
.Culver comes."
"t have heafd Culver speak
but never as an athlete. Have "you
and Mr.' Speed settled* things between
yofii, H«len? Pmean, Ims he—>'said ahy
thlng?"
Miss Blake flushed.
"Not exactly." \ Ske adjusted a
cushion cj oover her confusion, thfn
leaned back complacently. "Bui he
has stutterpd dangerously several
A musical tinkle of silver spurs
sounded in the distance, and around
the corner of the cook-house opposite
came Carars, the Mexican, his wide,
spadgled sombrero tipped rakishly
over one ear, a corn-husk cigarette
drooping from his Hps.
"It's that romantic Spaniard!" whis
pered Helen. "What does he want!"
• "It's hU afternoon call on Marie
detta, the maid,'' said Jean. "They
meet there twice a day, morning and
afternoon."
"A lovers' tryst!" breathed Miss
Blake, eag?r'ly. "Isn't he graceful ind.
plcturssqufe! Can we watch theii?"
T Sh-li'.i There she co»esj" |
Frpm /the opposite direction ap
peagfed A slim, swarthy Mexican girl,
an Indian water-jug balanced upon her
shoulders. She was clad In the
straight-hanging native garment, belt
ed) in with a sash; her feet jrto re in
sandals, and she moved as silently as
a shadow. ,
During the Jour days since Miss
Hlalw's ar/ivaf at tfie Flying Heart
Pjanijh slif nd see* Watioaettn flit
tlnn noisfeleslly here rind there,' 'but I
had never heard her speak. The pret
ty, expressionless face beneath the
straight black hair had, ever
its wooden stolidity, the velvety jeyes
had not 1 , laughed (nor, frowned > nor|
Sparkled. Shr seimed' to be mf relyi
m part of thife far! soulhwestern' pic*'
ture; a bit of inanimate yet breath
ing local color. Now, however, the
girl dropped her jug, and with a low
cry gfjdtfd to her lovjpr, who
aside hir clgatettfe krid irf hi# 1
arms. From this distance their words
were indistinguishable.
"Howl perfectly roiiantic," the
Eastern'glrf, tAehthllssly. "I had
idea Mariedetta could love anjroody."
"She is a volcano," Jean answered.
"Why, it's like a play!"
"And it goes on all the time."
"How gentle and sweet he is! I
think he is charming. He Is not at all
like th« other cowboys, is he?"
While the two witnesses of the
scene were eagerly discussing it, Joy,
the Chinese cook, emerged from the
kitchen bearing a Bucket of water, his
presence hidden fro in the lovers by
the corner /of th# buHding icaiara>
languidly released tiis inamorata ffoni
his embrace and lounged out of sight
around (he building, pausing at the
farther corner to waft a graceful kiss
from the ends of his fingers, as with
a farewell flash of tils white teeth he
disappeared. Mariedetta recovered
her water-jug and glided onward into
the court in front of the cook-house,
her face masklike, her movements de
liberate as usual. % f "V
Joy, spying the ai|, grinned ar her.
She tossed her hefad and
ber step ]slackeped, whereupon the
eook, with a sly glance around, tapped
her gently on the arm, and said:
"Nice ll'l gaily."
"The idea!" indignantly exclaimed
Miss Blaise from her hammock. '
But Mariedetta was nt>t offended.
Instead shb Smiled over her shoulder
I tt
Hhnwwmffi I
"It's a Medal. Culver Sent It to Me."
as she bad smiled/ her lover an in*
stant- before.
"Me like you fine. You like pie?"
Joy nodded toward the door of the
cuMaary department, fu If to Mtalfe
ttmyt hi* hospitality. JyttuT butait
thatJCararCwho kao «i»fclAhe.lull|-
ing, capae into view from the opposite
side, a fresh cigarette between his
lips. His languor vanished at the
flrst glimpse of the scene, and he
strode toward the white-clad celestial,
is
who dove through the open door like
ft prairie dog Into hla hole. Carftra
followed at hts heel*.
"It serves him right!" cried Miss
Blake* rising. "I hcipe Mr. Ca/ara —"
A din ot falling pota and pans is
sued 1 from the cook-house, mingled
with shrill dries and soft Spanish im
precations; theu, with one long-drawn
wall, the pandetnoniiim ceased as sud
denly up it pafl ajiiimonced, apd Ca
tura ia«u«d lortb, black with [anger.
4 Jaiy Aali' hit scowlirtg at (Marle
detta, who had retreated, her hand
upon hbr He exhaled a lung
ful of cigarette smoke through his
nostrils fiercely. "You play wit' me.
eh?"
1 "Nb, no!" Maritdetta ran tQ him,
and, seizing his arm. cooed amcM-ouzly
In Spanish. 1 '
;*Bah! VamosJ" Cftraraj flufg her
from him, and stalked away.
"Well,of all the outrageous things!"
eiid Miss Blake.' "Why, she waf actu
ally flirting with that Chinaman."
flirts with every man
ahe can Anil," said Jean, calmly, "but
she doesn't mean any harm. She'll
marrr Carara some time —if he doesn't
kiH'qer." f ,
"Kill her!" Miss Blake's eyes were
round. "He wouldn't do that!"
"Indeed, yes. He is a Mexican, and
he has a tefrible, temper."
Miss lllike sftnk thSp ham
mock. "How perfectly dreadful! And
yet—it must be heavenly to' love a
man who would kill you."
Miss Chapht lost herself In medita
tion for an instant. "Culver is almost
like that when he Is angry. Hello,
here icomes our foreman!" • i.
Stover, a tall, gangling cattle-man
with drooping grizzled itiustache,
came shambling up to the steps. He
dusted his boots with his sombrero
and cleared hit throat.
" 'Evening, Miss Jean. Is Mr. Clia
pin around?"
"I think you'll find him down by the
spring-house. Can I do anythinlg for
you?" v \
*Nopb!" Stover sigtepd heapily,\nd
his frame intd motion
aflfrln. /
'You're not looking well,i Stover.
/ if
ii L J 7 i L ' .
his Cribsllngef l Th|nUs-' Can
Run." V
Arc you ill?" inquired Miss Chapin.
"Not physical, *' safH nie foreman,
checking the movement which had not
ye', comunifcated itsblf the eiftlre
length of his franie. "'l reckon 'my
sperret's broke, that's all."
"Haven't you recovered from that
foot-race?"
"I have not, arid I never will, so long
\as ttyit. ornery Centipede outfit lias
jot if on us." ' i ' { 1
"Nonsense, Stover!"
"What have they done?" Inquired
Miss Blake, curiously. "I haven't
heard about any foot-race."
"You tell her," said the man, With
another sigh, and a hopeless gesture
that told the depth of JUs feelings.
"Why, Stover hireSTa fellow a couple
of months ago as a horse-wrangler.
The man said he was hungry, and
made a goodE inipres|lon, »> we put
blm oa^
Her*# Stover dlowlytraised one boot
ed foot and kicked his other'calf.
"The boys nicknamed him (lumpy
Joe —"
"Why poor thing! Was he hump
backed?" inquired Hefen.
"No," answered' Still Bill. "Hump
back Is lucky. We called him Humpy
Joe because when it came to running
he could sure Uump hlfaself." v
. "Soon after Joseph went to work,"
continued, "the Centipede outfit
hired a new cook. You know the
Pentijjede Ranch —the one you Bee
Oyer jondjr bt the foof-hlga'." )
i "ft J wasjit i«oon after,* it was si-
Vntfitaneoul," said Stover, darkly.
"We're beginnln' to see plain at last."
He went on as if to air the Injury
tbatj was gnaw ing "One day we
hear that thift grirt) sflnger over yon
der thinks he can run, whlclusame is
as *w«lcome to us as the smell of flow
erw on a spring breefee. for Humpy
J6«T had amused us in his idle hours
by .running jack-raj)bits to earth —"
/ 'jNon *Callj?t 9 a 'd fliss Blake.
"Well, no, but from what we see
we judge he'd ought to limp a hun
dred yard# In abou{ nothing and
three-fifths' sefconds, so we frame a
race between him and the Centipede
Coolt, With tuyiulchcws joy we bet
our wag£s -And all HUB loose gear we
have, and In a burst of childish "en
thusiasm we put .up—ahe talklng-ma
jchlne." • . V i
"A phonograph?"
"Yea. An Echo Phonograph," said
Miss Chapin.
"Of New Yortt and stfiti Sto
-404 A froii thL very
Centipede outfit at a bronco-busting
tournament In Cheyenne."
"Wyoming." Stover made the loca
tion definite.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
UST REPORT FROM !
THE STORM CENTER
OCRACOKE AND PO^TSMOUjTH
PEOPLE ..BELIEVED .DEAD
ARE SAF^.
if v " „
THEkE WcRE NO LIVES LOST
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Thft Jide Swept Across "Bank*" ln
stead of Alongside, Fatalities Might
HaVo Resulted.—Most Damage Was
t
Done to the Crops.
Klaston.—Over the long-distance
from .'Beaufort came assurance of the
safetjr of the 1,000 people at
andd Portsmouth, isolated places on)
the Ipng trip bordering the seacoast.
Graviq fears were held that these vil
lages, located on the lowest place on
the cpast ami many milw from main
land, had been swept by*
and tide ot W ednesday's gale.
There was every reasonable doufbt
that the "settlements' coiiid" stand the
gale, (because It is a fact that in 189!)
a from a lesser storm
damage, With 10 feet of water In
the streets of towns farin as Wash
ington and Newbern, It was consider
ed probable that only the bare beach
remained on sites of the little "Banks"
towns.
The damage ln*'Kinston is now es
timated at about $ 10,000, the greatest
loe sbelng sustained by the telephone
companies and the city electric sys
tem. However, the damage to cotton
In the county wjll b)e between $10(1,
OQD and $200,000j frem 10 ty 20 per,
cetat. Corn and other crops suff#rer
In lesser degree.
Ke^rbetii. —jlccJnliig thi» Infer}
mition bqouglji Nnirqjfead |'ity* h\
a boatman from Atlantic the reports
regarding the destruction of life and
prbperty at Ocraeoke and Portsmouth
greatly exaggerated. The storm
anid flood did nmcli damage to Oera
coke and also at Portsmouth, * laxii
places being submerged and much
prbperty was destroyed; but it is al
most certain that'no lite w\is lest (it
either place. ; ',j
preenville and country alike
allkb show the ravages of the
wdrst storm remembered in this sec
tion, crops being ifa Ringed by wind on')
water, streets covered with debris and
miny houses ttye« Worsy 'for yean? '
totton Just ft|)»'iiing is badly hurt,
wljlle the stalk is often broken anil
'otn to Cqrnjis
and, unless harvested very soon, will
rof. Not many roofs could wlthetam 4
j the rain w!\lch beat upon tlietn like
haJI.
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Reotland XecTt. The greafest rianf
j age wrought,by the storm in thlj
Cotmty seems to ♦r),rr,.n:4
j this being variously estimated at from
; 1(1 to 50 per. cent. Some'say the (ianl
I agti to Hall-fax Hhi ouah rfloife
| will reach $500,000. The Roanoke
; River farftii, the laraf'St t|ie
I ty, are f.lie hardest hit. (Cotton, corn
! and peanuts are all flat on the ground,
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Washington. Authentic news
readied here from Ocracoke Island,
| when the gas boat .Josephine, direct
j fn)m the Island, came Unto port. Thei
Josephine ,reported tjiat the tramp
j echoomy: Glenadlne went aahoret near
the Inlet. The crew
! A three-master, name unknown, Is
j ashore at Southwest Skoals. The pas
j sengers and crew of ten--flve men and
I five women—'were rescued by the
j Portsmouth life-saving . The
Josephine reports damage to property
on the Island as great. The Methodist
church there is a total loss. >
ITo Aa|c Pardon pevla )\ , j
Counset for Rev. R. L. Davis, super
intendent of the North Carolina Anti-
I Saloon League, are publishing notice
| of purpose to apply to Governor Craig
j for a pardon in the case In which Mr.
; Davis was sentenced In the Raleigh
! police court to ,pay, a fine of $lO for
striking Wiley over the
j head with a whiskey bottle.
Mecklenburg Will Be ihort.^
Chairman W. M. Long of the qoifnty
commissioners, stated 'that he be-,
lleved the crops of Mecklenburg
would be some per cent short of
last year. Infvlew of the fact that the
corn crop In; Kansas is a failure/
Mr. Long stated that, a heayy corn
(rop here wcu!d be a valuable crop,
more valuable than cotton. "Cotton
Is opening too soon. The fact that
cotton has been put on the market
showp this# Hf) is of the oplnleh that
the entire tempi of Mecklenburg coun
v will be short at leat 15 per cent.
Alt Of Buncombe School* Open.
With the opening reoently of I tl)e
schools at Blltpore, J^ r est' Ashqvllle,
Woodfln and all of the Bup
combe county schools are now In ses
sion fo rthe Fall and Winter of 1913-
1914. The attendance at all of the
county»schools this year Is quite*
large and Indlcatiqns point to a ,suc
cessful year. New public;sdhooli Have
been erected during the past Summer
at many flf the townehlpir of the coun
ty, while extensive Improvements hare
been made at'the school buildings of
•lhar tactions
HAVEINFORMAL CONFERENCE
In Regard to Freight-Rate Situation
in
»"m ( ' Neaj Future. ( 4 {
Raleigh.—There was an informal
conference between Gov. Craig and
Cii airman ; Trails of the Corporation
Commission regarding the intestate
frfclght rate situation and tlite possibly
further negotiations for settlements
of differences between the carriers
and the North Carolina shippers be
fore the legislature meets in special
session September to deal . with
this matter alia tne 'proposed Amend
ments to the Constitution. .
Chairman Travis said hfter ttte
conference that nothing definite has
developed yet as to further confer
ences but that there will, in all prob
ability, be more so9n. The effort of
the state authorities nqtovHis jo get
together on just what further definite
concessions shall be demanded from
the railroads, in settlement ff the
differences, i - ✓ ' j|
President Pinley of the Southern,
who has been out of the country, for
several weeks, has aeiayed the nego
tiations by the railroads. He is sched
uled to land in New YprM within the
B(ext day or two, ajnd, sooli thereafter
it' s^ehis pfbbable, ie -ft
conference here between the presi
d'en#s of; the! interstate carriers, the
(iovernor. Corporation and Legislative
Commissions and the special commit
tee from the State Just Freight RAte
Association.
Hookworm Campaign Progressing.
Orange, Randolph and Durham coun
ties have recently made special ap
propriations for second treatments for
eradication of hookworm disease.
There Is only one county In the state,
Ashe, that has made no arrange
ment thus far for hookwofyi tfreat
jifienf. Dr. Jno. AJ Heitell, now.Arec
'tor fI tl*e hjokworm erakllofttloi w>rk
for the I'nlted Etatea'and farmftrly
director of this work for North Caro
lina, was at Raleigh traveling to
Charlotte ffim He Will
.also visjt i?iu t'\ r \Ji triM to
Hook into smne lifrtikworm matters
Since tuklng up this national work
I jJuly Dr, FarreU ftaf jfsited every
one'of the" SOutheAi states v once and
I paid second trjpa to a number of
i Jheirt. ) ,»• ' { J
Tar Heel News From Washington..
' l)eloh Carltfln, formerly Miiaydr lof
Maflon, McDowell' county, was
i pointed special attorney for the post-
I 6fllce Idepaitmentl Congressman
1 Thomas Vann
' Pool, of Salisbury aa eatlol to take the
1 ukumltiivtlon• for 'to
Point, Miles A. Coyles, of Statesvllle.
, wa.i named as alternafe, tho apiainina
fclon will be field 111 AtLrtitli next
March. The postofllcee department
issued orders'for 4&am:iMitlf tte to be
Held to "secure postmasters at Palmer
\Lllle, Stanly county, and llerrel, Mitcli
-1 county, take Hijl piafe>of for
i mer postmaster who resigned. John
j MeCallun\ was appointed jid.# master
nt. Raynsfln, Robeson' county, hnd ira
W. Sorters, at Stony Point, Alexan
der (joifaty. j {
L .
Disastroua Fire-at Statc»ville.p
Pirn whloii jbrohahfy originated In
! tho boiler room destroyed the plant
! Of/the Nelsett Lumber re
j cently entailing a loss *>f several tliou
| sand dollars. ,Tho plant had shut
down for jthe day ana all the epiployes
had gone when persons llVing nearby
noticed Uanjes rapidly tnakiiy; their
way from (lie boiler room Into the
main building of the plant. The city
fire department promptly to
the alarm, the new motor truck mak
ing a record Tun across town; but the
wind swept, thu flatties tho
building so quickly that It could not
b« laved. An adjoining building and
many thousand feet of lumber about
thiy plan| were sayed hard work
Children Must Be Vaccinated.
PvM-y child who ( entera the public
scoliosis of KlnatoM and Lenoir dkmn
ty fall wlil be
vaccinated, according to a statement
by Dr. A. D. Parrott, the county su-,
perlntendent 'of health. Last year the
regulation of the sanitary committee
requiring vaccination against small
pox was enforced in the city schools,
and the contract witty the rura.l
schools, where there was no enforce
ment, was marked. '
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Experts to Address Partner! .
Three experts from tho
States Department of Agriculture are
to visit Greenville soon to make ad
dresses to the farmers of thli county
on subjects of a getn.-ral naturf.
Among the speakers will be the well
known, Dr. C. (W. Stiles, the discover
er of hookworm. An effort is being
made to get as many as possible .out
for the meetings, and it is believed
that there will be a large number, in
attendance. Thesf experts cpme fijfre
as onal eteps of a tour tfiat expends
over this entire section.
Just Freight Rate Association.
A number of the business Aien of
Clinton, met and formed an organiza
tion for the.uurpose of flgbting for
more equitable freight ratesf This
organization will be tknown Jn the
Sampson branch of the Just Freight
Rate association. Mr. Huberl Ram
sauer state, organizer of ttic Just
FrfelgJU Rate AsfeoclatiejiJ was pres
ent and assisted the business men in
perfecting this organization'. In'to
sponse to a request he made a vory !
Interesting talk on th> freight rataJ
sluation In North Carolina.
W-- O
THE LEGISLATIVE POAHD HAVE f
i
CONFERENCE IN RALEIOH TO \
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TO'INTRODUCE f\ BILL j
. 1 ——-
At the Extra pf the North Car
lina General Assembly Which Con
j
i vene» September 24.-r-Would Corr- \
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pel Raiiroajd to Provide Flagmen. j
_j -_i_i j
I Raleigh.—Whjle the exjtra session ol
the general aasemlbly la botng held
in Raleigh this month efforts will be j,
| niatd« to have} *a liav- •
ing as 'its 'purpose provisions for the j
! better protection of rai'road employ- j
j ees and the traveling public in North i
Carolina. If introduced a great effort J
j will be made to have It passed at :
! session.
For the purpose of taking prepara- i
I tory steps towards drafting a suitable ;
blfl state legislative Inura of the >
i Brotherhood lit 11 road Trainmen
j has'bfeen In ccmforemce in tills city for !
! several days. Those constituting this
board are; JK. JL Ramsey, .Spencer ;~4
Q. C. Winn, Wilmington; J. K. Shel- '
[.ton, M. O. Roberts, E. A. Belcher and j
j'H. R. Stoker, tliJ lattet of Raleigh.
I Tl>e ultimate j aim of the proposed j
law is to make it compulsory for ,
| every railroad doing business and [
operating trains, passenger or freight,
in this state to provide flagmen for
every train and for such flagmen to
Stand a rigid examination before be
ing allowed to hold positions.
"In numbers of cases,'' said one of ,
the members of the board, "80 per
cent of the tfalna do not have flagmen
and in many cases they have neither
baggage masters or flagmen. In these
oases the work of the flagmen are
dono by porters and others and very
often by negroes, who generally can
not read or write, niufh less read the ,
rules governing t flagman's work. In
these i cases railroad employees and
traveling* public do not have the pro
tection
oases the protection ot tlie public re
lies upon negroes who do not even
carry standard' watches, and when
wrecks are thoroughly investigated it '
Is often the case that a negro who
is sent back to flag an approaching
train forgetb his instructions or takes
a nap while wating fcr the 'train to ■
approach. In each Instance there Is
nothing to prevent a wreck, death and ;
great destruction of property."
Considering Upkeep of Roads.
Statesvlile. The last, series of
$125,000, of the ,$400,000 bond issuf
j for good roads having been sold, and
fiiany miles of fine sanitelay and top
soil roads having been built through
out the courlty, i th* Iredell :C'ommi»-
sioneiH are now giving a little more
thought to th?i upkeep of the roads
| and~tr~ls their purpose to purchase
! good for this work before
all the road money is expended. The
| board left recently for Biacksburg,
•! Va., to Inspect road machinery now
| In use there. * The manufacturers of
I the road machinery proposed to the
I commissioners to pay their expenses
to and from Blacksburg. if they would
.make the trip, and the proposition
II was accepted.
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Mystery Surrounds Shooting.
Klizibeth City.—News was received
, nere from Currituck county, which
stated that an aged White man, nam
ed Leon White, was found lying In
his bed at his home in Peyner's Hill
Currituck county, with a bullet hole
In his head. He was In an unconscious
condition and had not regained con
sciousness so that he can tell anything
about the tragedy. Physicians say
that he cannot recover., No other
person except his wife was with him.
No pistol could b« foupcj^
Guilty" of First Degree Murder.
Lumberton.-—"Guilty ofl murder In
the first degree" was verdict ren
i dered -!)>' the jury in deliberation on
j the, ca«f> of \V. T. McKfnzie of Scot-
I land county, who killed his wife's
I brother, Peter Jones, last October.
I fudge Lyon sentenced (the prisoner
(o be elctrocutf'd' Wednesday, October
t9th.
To Advertise Good Roads Bonds.
i' f Greenville.—An order was made by
j the county commissioners authorizing
tbe_J?.roper authorities to proceed to
! advertise f&r the sale of the $50,000
worth of good roads bonds voted by
j the people of Greenville township for
I the improvement and construction of
| good roads. Advertisements will be
' placed iq several of the New Yqrk
and Baltimore papers, and bids for the
bonds will then be received. Some
sentfment has been aroused In favor
of issuing the bondi fn small amount?
it tlie, money w needed.
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Wake Has Good Tax Collections.
Raleigh—The county tax books are
prepared for the turning' over
ii October, apd the best ahowlng ever
»ade 1$ pfomiseA, The book-makers
ave'- riot gathered the figures on
nquents but they bop®'to have th«»e
'lthto three week's, by October Ist,
t least, i Reports sent la show, im
prov/ment In the pumber of listers.
The auditor believes there are more
frames on the tai: books thaa ever by
many, and that «h#re lire fewer off
that shoiild be on 11pm he hafc know ft*
In many tax yeahk '*
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