DEGLARETRAiNM
The Am
aLIU BEFORE
REPRESENTATIVES RAILROAD
EMPLOYES PROTEST AGAINST sf
RAT.ES Of JUSTICE ACT.
VHOUSANO
06REGON.
ANT VICTORY
BEFORE RATE COMMISSION
WED
Byj
THE
i property
Item.
.A
vure T
St H
r.t Over Suecsss
Visions of Oc-
pltal City.
,'eneral (arranza
1 of the fall of
he Constitution'
ws was received
ion at Constitu-
where It was
lary to the occu-
Itself.
Iiregon, Constltu
In hia dispatch
reported that
been completely
as In control of
ding the Federal
d Federals had
according to
the retreat to-
those who
off by troops of
General Blanco,
to destroy the
communication,
ruit and supplies
reported scaKter-
and great pun.
them In retreat
sses on either
It la stated, ex
miles with Gen
of Obregon'i
eneral Obregon
Ma attack. .
he Constitution-
Guadalajara gar
ut from lta de-
scatter the be-
astroua conflict
lost ten troop
six .hundred
Id, leaving an
he second larg-
PR WOMEN.
of Educator!
Righte.
omen's rights
p fullest extent
cation Associa-
kdflrlons' endora-
and equal pay
hs of sex, and
vice nresiden
active suffrag
broad smiles
rytbing we aak-
vote Dr. David
d Stanford was
the association.
pers, who were
D B. John-
ent Dr. Jordan'
withdrew two
Wagea Will Be Cut, If They 8ay, and
. Hundredi of Worker! Thrown Out
of Employment
h'W
r pari j
rta-aa-rikl
of re
ed In
chosen aa the
endorse pen
reased salaries.
Lichers te travel,
nternstlonal
of children
U 1 teach-
Ife.
ry-Smith of
if President
on , for np
lospital here
a, the Presl
jiyslcian. Mlsa
I at the Whits
ier condition 1
ICottoni";-'!.5;',?-'
ie Drat bale of
In the United
pounds, sold on
era for 1500, or
It classed . aa
totted.. It came
Desired. :
irecloaure of - a
00 on' the ' St.
tco Railroad was
States district
puaranty , Trust
rk. The Frisco
U receivers. Th
he Tnortgage be
against the
vers, which in-
f the Frisco sys-
ras Kivan tn m.
finding four per
1801., , ; .
Ay.jlnat Sulxar. ' J .'."!
N. Y.Colonel Hooee-
torced to , accept; the Pro
'inatlon fjor governor, It
revent VTlllam Suiter,
or, froih capturing it.
' Progressive leaders
ilngjto men proml
iat ihe former gov
.f Strength which
Mr. fiulzer,, al ;
the Progres
0 the1 assent
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Ashevllle. North Carolina railroads
which are fighting the rates named in
the Justice Intrastate freight rate bill'
rested their case with the Introduc
tion of the last witness before the
session of the North Carolina Hale
Commission, now meeting in this city.
Two wltneases were Introduced bv
the railroads and their testimony was
to the effect that the proposed rates
are unfair and ruinous. James H
Pou, well-known railroad attorney.
was on the stand during the morning
and his testimony was of a technical
nature, as was that of T. W. Matthews
of the freight department of the Sea
board Air Lin.
The feature of the day's delibera
tions developed when M. C. Toms.
chief counsel for the Southern, stated
that representatives of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers, the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
and tbe Order of Railway Conductors
desired to make statements to the
commissioners. Mr. Toms explained
that when the bill was enrolled the
Southern lnrttsd Its employes to study
Its provisions and asked the three
organisations to send representatives
to the meeting of the commission. He
stated that these men had attended
the sessions and had expressed a de
sire to make voluntary statements to
the commissioners before the case
was closed for the railroads. It was
ordered that they be heard.
M. C. Thompson, M. M. Albright,
W. B. Smlt hers and J. A. Bollck ap
peared as, the representatives of the
organizations named and sDent con
siderable time In making tlieir state
ments before the men who will decide
whether or not the rate earned In the
Justice bill shall go into effect.
The statements of the railway men
were to the effect that If the rates
are declared effective, hundreds of the
employes of the railroads in. this
state will be thrown out of work, six
hours will be named ae the length of
working day of the- shops at Spen
cer, necessitating cutting of the sala
ries of the men employed there 40 or
B0 per cent, other employes will have
their salaries reduced and . railroad
men employed in all of ( the depart
ments qf the Southern will be laid off
by reason of the necessity that that
road decrease Vt' force of men. -
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PAID FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Wlnaon-Salem Will Pay Fire Laddies
-' In Near Future, y-Winston-Salem.
Mayor O. B. Eat
on and Chairman Fred Fogle of tbe
Ore committee of tbe aldermen have
returned from . Washington, ' where
they went to inspect the Washington
Are department with a view of putting
the Winston-Salem Are department on
paid basla this fall. Harry E Nl
sen, one of the leading volunteer fire
fighters of the city, accompanied the
officials to Washington, and is under
stood to be slated for position of chief
which will carry a salary sufficient
to guarantee his entire time to the
duties of the postllon and inspection
of buildings. Mr. Nlsaen will remain
v Washington studying the most
modern methods of Are fighting and
handling of apparatus.- . ';
Although the second city In size in
the state, WJnston-Salem will be next
to the last or the major cities to in
augurate a paid system. Greensboro
probably following close after. If pos
sible the change wlU.be made 'Sep
tember 1st. ' V'i: .;;,..;,;..,. !).' '-.v ;.
v $10,000 Bondr for Roads.
Southport Smlthvllle township
voted $10,000 In bonds to add to 120,
000 formerly Voted for good roads.
On road thai will be improved will
be Wllmington-Southport road.
J. Rain Sav Crop. , '
Mount Olive. Judging- from appear
ance and from reports furnished by
the farmers themselves,; this year's
corn crop now bids fair to he one of
the best In years; that is, in this sec
tion. Before the . rains of , Ih past
few days had fallen, corn was1 begin
ning to fail fast, and the farmers were
downcast and fearful that the crop -would
be a complete failure, v How.
tver, it seems that th rains came in
the nick of time, as a result of which
no crop in years has at this season
of the year looked more promising.
'.- Juvenile Court In Ashevllle.
Ashevllle. Rev. Crawford Jackson,
managing secretary of the Juvenile
Protective Association, is spending
several daya here working in the in,- '
terest of a Juvenile court for Ashe
vllle, and theHndtcatlons 'are that
such a tribunal will be established at
this city. It is planned to conduct f"
court In a room furnrt from thm nnrx Ji I
court and to eliminate all of the po- '"
lice court surroundings in the trial of
ooys and girls charged with, violations
of the law. - Mr.-Jackson was speaker
at a meeting held- . . -..,..
This story epitomizes, In the life
of one big men, hi big foes and
big friends, the strife, the hopes,
and the aspirations of modern
America. Involysd with his ambi
tion Ir th ambition of the laborer,
of th capitalist, of th progres
sive,. of the humanitarian,, of the
socialist, of th society woman,
and cf th woman who gives all
for lovs.
CHAPTER I.
Drums.
He drifted into the delectable land
that lies between sleep and waking,
tasting the fleeting savor of his dreams
the epic visions of full-blooded youth.
They had passed Just beyond memory,
leaving a confused yet glowing sense
of sharp combats waged, of victories
won. A golden haze enveloped blm.
Through it filtered a dwindling reso
nance, as of some noble processional
sung by a departing far-distant choir.
A wave of delight rippled over him.
Then the thought that, not sharing his
lumber, had painted his colorful
dream, worked to the surface.
"My last day here I"
, He awoke slowly. Bofore blm, seen
through the unshuttered window, lay a
world somber enough to one tugging
against its restraints, lovely when It
was to be left behind. He saw the
September sun peep over the bills at
the- head of the valley, rise majestic
ally and swing clear, a golden disk
bung In the sky, symbol of the reward
it men's struggles; its radiance,
streaming into the little room, dis
pelled shabblness with a mellow glow
aa could almost feel. The matin
sounds arose, according finely with the
lingering echoes of his dream music.
He reveled in a new perception.
He was twenty years old.
He was not one to loll. He sprang
Irom bed and stood naked; supple
beautiful youth, too slender for great
trength but with the unconscious
zrace of the wild animal.
He dressed and stood by the window
In the attitude of a listener, intently
tie anuffht to 'define the faint other
world resonance that still seemed tdn
vibrate about him. But the them
eluded him.
His illusion was effectually shat
tered. Into the subdued melody of the
Sabbath morning thrust a profane ln
Juder, the Jerky wheezing notes of a
cabinet organ in the day s hymns,
played by some one who aspired be
yond endowment
H frowned, then threw back his
head and laughed silently a trick he
had sometimes at the absurd anticlimax.
"I'm atlll In Bethel. It's a long way
from here to there." He drew a long
deep breath.
A Question baited him. "There
where?"
H shook hi head vigorously, as
though to throw off the query, and
went down to the kitchen.
The odor of frying ham saluted his
aoatrls; he sniffed it hungrily. A man,
ipparently old, was placing heavy,
chipped Ironware dishes on this table.
He nodded briefly in response to the
youth's blithe greeting.
"I'll be ready," he eald In a dull flat
voice, "time ye're back . from the,
itable," end continued his slow prentie
letting of tha table..
In a few minutes th other returned,
Ihe horses fed and, hi own hands and
taea scrubbed in cold water from tbe
' slstern.' They sat down without speak
ng. The youth ate eagerly, gulpingly.
When the first keenness of appetite
was gone, burning to talk of the great
hour at hand, he broke the alienee.
"Well, fathM. this is my last day in
BetheL , '
Th old nun merely nodded, keeping
his eye on lib) plate.
' 1 .Boyishly the son began to set forth
hi plan and hopes and expectation;
., thay were not lmalL But the old man
1 maintained his silence. The youth con
eelvad him to he an unsympathetic au
dience. ' ' ' ,
"Guess youTe not interested," he
In ths stable J
lingering over to I
latest and fines ft
irauingumn n I
This labor of loJ I
pipe and sat In II
He sat there uh i
town came a flat
the cracked chu
faithful that Is td
one to worship, 'ji
Soon he emerged Ir
shaved to the blooifl
comfort of Sunday)
Always on wsrei
Simon Truitt was I
on the stoop, anal
north; the dlsmdi 1 1
south. He was I
cracked bell toll
supposed to be al I
Ooln' to cbur
expressionless I
I guess so.
less," with sil
"you'd like me I
Simon hesitate
head. "No, ye'd If
ways. Courtney'dl
"I owe him a lotl
Simon nodded, j
else here. T-hLij
aon t ye?" l
"Yes. SomeVj
though." '
Simon nodded M
asked unexpected
he preaches?"
"Why, yea!" f
a pose so," be an
The dull gland
ened. "Not very t
ter believe It haj
most time fur
Mark swung I
The father's eye)
fully.
Mark Joined tP
Ion that moved)
ward the house of)'
lng the short Jourj
overtook and paai
rear seat turned
of red surged inu
the wagon drovel
bis 'glance clung I
hair under the pit
ly his step quick! J
He found an I
doorL ani' enter!
c0alng his eyes. "
gregatlon as it roer
and prayer and less
mechanically, wlthoii
ship. . His glance sou I
ner where a shaft I
shine bad set a mass!
aehlmmering. 'The slj
dreams gave blm a new
solve. The hour sped a
He went quietly from
the yard he took a st
the farmer folk must p
hides and there, as hj
boldly, in the eyes of si
her. i, f
She appeared, a slerf
he moved slowly an
wove a spell over th
r
j h
"I'-Yes, I'm interested, Mark," the fa-
.( ' n answered, "but mere ain't any
J? " 11 fg to say." He raked his glanc to
' l tt-Ad window. -"Ones I couldn't say
: anything that'd help much."
fXbe sweep ot the youth' anticipa
tion faltered bator. quality la th
aid man's words: Old, "old Simon;"
' so hia neighbor called him. Yet h
,. . was not really old, but in th noonday
ot Ufa wore th gray mantl'of age.
- ror he, too, had areaned his big gold
' r en dreams. Bslow th village stood a
dismantled rotting forge, monument
- to their futility. After his fall! he
had returned to hi (hop and trade,
shoeing his neighbors' horses, mend
. ing their wagon and plows, a dull
' eyed, taciturn, spiritless plodder. " .
- Simon Tmltt rasa and began to
dear th table. Th son moved toward
- th door, ' There he paused, vaguely
y sensible 'of sorrow to which some
soothing word was to be aald. But
the word would not pome to Hps nn-
1 -iled in nrh tender office. He went
"To the City?
tlon of Bethel, even whs had n
the subtle aid of dreams was nj
Small, but, neatly mauean effe
of daintiness not characc of
maids of that valley. V f
posed to be "delicate," . I
spared thos arduous ta I
so littl Urn to study ot
and faahlona. : It there w
suggest that "Squire liar
let Unity make fool of 'e I
no mala) were among these
- Salt-oonaclou Jto ths flnf
not betraying It, she plckei
way among th nsslping j
lng gay littl si ills to t)
Intoxicated yout i, bllssfur
occasional femlajuie Utter'
,, She came tola halt
looking up withksmllr'
forget curious cjUeiV
"Good morntig, V
"Dnityl" Vli voi
as though he init'
happening. 'fm
row.".-,; - - " I
; The vivac'
lng it very
"To t' -