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VOL. XL . The MiKon Dollar Mystery By HAROLD MAC GRATH Illustrated from Semes in the Photo Drama of the Same Name & the Thanhouser Film Company tCopyright, 1814. b CHAPTER X. Th* Past a Blank. It was perfectly true that Florence had cast herself Ir.to the sea. It had not been an act of despair, however. On the contrary, hope and courage had prompted her to leap. The night was clear, with only a moderate sea run ning. At the time the great ship was passing the banks, and almost within hall she saw a fishing schooner riding gracefully at anchor. She quite read ily believed that if she remained on board the George Washington she was lost She naturally forgot the marvel of wireless telegraphy. No longer may a man hide at sea. So, with that quick thought which waa a part of her Inheritance, she seized the life buoy, climbed the rail and leaped far out. As the great, dark, tossing sea swooped up to meet her she noted a block of wood bobbing up and down. She tried to avoid it, but could not, and struck It head on. De spite the blow and the shoc« of the chill watar she instinctively clung to the buoy. The wash from the mighty propellers tossed her about, hltber and yon, from one swirl to another, like a chip of wood. Then everything grew blank. Fortunately for her the master of the fishing schooner waa at the time standing on his quarterdeck by the wheel, squinting through his glass at the liner and envying the ease and comfort of those on board her. The mate, sitting' on the steps and smok ing his turnlng-in pipe, saw the mas ter lean forward suddenly, lower the glass, then raise it again. "Lord a'mighty!" "What's the matter, cap'n?" "Jake, In Ood's name, come 'ere an' take a peek through this glass. I'm | dreamln'l" The mate Jumped and took the glass. "Where away, sir?" "A p'lnt off th' sta'board bow. See aomethin' white bobbin' up?" "Tessir! Looks like some one propped a bolster 'r a piller over board. , . . Cod's whiskers!" he broke off. "Then I ain't really eceln' things," cried the master. "Hi, y' lubbers!" he yelled to the crew; "lower th' dory. They's a woman in th' water out there. I seen her leap th' rail. Look alive! Sharp's th' word! Mate, you go ' long." The crew dropped their tasks and sprang for the davits, and the star board dory was lowered In shipshape ■tyle. It takes a good bit of seamanship to haul a body out of the sea. Into a. dancing bobtalled dory, when ona i moment It is climbing frantically heav-1 enward and the next heading for the bottomless pit. They were very ten der with her. They laid her out in the bottom of the boat, with the life buoy as a pillow, and pulled energetically for the schooner. She was alive, be cause she breathed; but she did not stir so much as an eyelid. It waa a stiff bit of work, too, to land her aboard without adding te her Injuries. The master ordered the men to put her In his own bunk, where he nearly stran gled her by forcing raw brand? down her throat "Well, she'a alive, anyhow." When Florence finally opened her •yes the gray of dawn lay on the sea, dotted here and there by the ach'ooners of the fleet, which seemed to be hang ing In midair, as at the moment there was visible to the eye no horizon. "Don't aeem t' recognise nothin'." "Mebbe she's got a fever," suggested the mate, rubbing his bristly chin. "Fever nothin'! Not after beln' in th' water half an hour. Mebbe she hit one o' them wooden floats we left Them dinged liners keep on crowdln' us." growled Barnes, with a flshar- I'ROFKSSIONAL CARDS l JOHN J. HENDERSON Attorney-at-Law GRAHAM, N. C. Billet over Nalloul Baakol Ala—a—a S. CCOK, Attorney-*!- Law, •V \ 11AM, N C Office Patterson Building St olid Pleor ii. WILL 8. liOMJJK. . , . oEHTirr . , . raham . - North Caroline . VK'Kn ' VMON* BUILDlWi ■>h « •AM /. ELMEB IOMB LONG ft LONG, •«»rneyesuul Uoomaelore •* L, w OHA HAM H. JOH N H. VERNON Atteraey sad Caoaseler-at-law PoKBS-uace IU BasMeaee U1 BURLINGTON, N C. Dr. J. J. Bareioot —. omci over HADUcr'a stoke Leave Meeeage* at Alamance Phar macy "Pbone 97 Residence 'Phont SB2 Office Honrw 2-4 p. m. and bj Appointment. •. ' • " . >, • THE ALAMANCE GLEANER. ' Harold MacGrath) man's naie lor tiie floating hotels. "Went by without a toot. See 'er, Jes' like th' banker's wife goln' t' church on Sunday? A mile a minute; fog or no fog, it's all the tame t' them. They run us down an' never stop. What th' tarnation we goin' to do? She'll haff t' stay aboard till th' run is oyer. I can't afford t' yank up my this time o' day." "Guess she can stand three 'r four days in our company, smeflin' oil cloths, fish, kerosene, an' punk t*bac co." "If y' don't like th' kind o' t'bacco I buy buy your own. I ain't objectin' none." The mate stepped over to the bunk and gingerly ran his band over the girl's head. "Cod's whiekers, cap'n, they'a a bump as big's a cork on th' "The Poor Young Thing," Murmured Mrs. Barnes. back o' her head! She's struck one o' them floats«all right. Where's th' arnica?" Barnes turned to his locker and rum maged about, finally producing an an cient bottle and some passably clean cloth used frequently for bandages. Sometimes a man grew careless with his knife or got in the way of a pulley block. With blundering kindness the two men bound up tbe girl's head, and then went about their duties. For three days Florence evinced not the slightest inclination to leave the bunk. She lay on her back either asleep or with her eyes staring at the beams above her head. She ate Just enough to keep her alive; and the strong black coffee did nothing more than to make her wakeful. No one knew what the matter was. There was the bump, now diminished; but that It should leave tier in this comatose state vastly puzzled the men. The truth is she had suffered a slight con cussion of the brain, and this, atop of all the worry she had had for the last few weets, was sufficient to cause this blaukness of the mind. The final cod was cleaned Aid packed away in salt, the mudhook raised, and tbe schooner Betty set her sails for the southweat Barnes real lzed that to save the girl she must have a doctor who knew his business Mrs. Barnes would know bow to care for the girl, once ahe knew what the trouble waa. There would be some iiews in tbe papers. A young and beautiful woman did set Jump from a big Atlantic liner wlthoat the newspa pers getting bold of tbe facta. 1 A fair wind carried tbe Betty Into ber haven, and shortly after Florence was sleeping peacefully |n a feather bed. ancient. It Is true, bft none the less soft and Inviting. In all thla tlme she had not spoken a single word. "The poor young thing!" murmured the motherly Mrs. Barnes. "What beautiful hair! O, John, I wish you would give np the sea. I hate It It la terrible. I am alwaya watching you In my mind's eye. In calm weath er, In storms. Pieces of wrecks come ashore, Ad I always wonder over the death and terror back of them." "Don't t worry none about me Betty. I never take no chances. Now I-ft goln' Int' th' village an' bring bock th' sawbones. Hell tM oa what t' do:" The village doctor shook bis grizzled head gravely. "She'a been hart and shocked at the same time. It will be many days be fore she comes around to herself. Just let her do a»she pleases. Only keep an eye on ber so that she doesn't wan der off and get lost rn watch the newspapers and If I come across any thing which bears Opoo the eaae 111 notify yon." Bnt he searched the newapapere In vain, for the simple faet that he did not think to glance over tbe old ones. The village took a' good deal of In terest in the affair. They gossiped about It and strolled oet to the Bartes' cottaga to aatlsfy their curiosity. Oae tblng waa certain to t*e»r simple minds: some day Barnes would get a great sum of money for hia kiadnees. They had read about such things In the family story paper. She waa a rich man'e daughter; the ring on the un known's linger woald have fitted out a fleet Florence was soon able to walk about. Ordinary eonveraadOß She seemed to onderataad; (fat whenever the past was broached' aha woald shake ber head with frowning eyes Her main diversion eoastated Of sitting on tbe sand dunes and gazing oat at aea k •»- ... ' ' V *" - GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11 1915 One day a stranger came to town. He aald he represented a life Insur ance company and was up here from Boston to take a little vacation. He sat on the hotel porch that evening, surrounded by an admiring audience. The stranger had been all over the ' world, so it seemed. He apoke famll | iarly of St. Petersburg, Vladivostok, I Shanghai, as the villagers—some of them—might have spoken of Boston, j There were one or two old timers among the audience. They had been to all these parts. The stranger knew I what he was telling about. After tell- J ing of his many voyages he asked If there was a good bathing beach near by. He was told that he would And the most suitable spot near Captain Barnes' cottage Just outside the vil lage. "An' say. Mister, seen anythln' In th' papers about a mlssln' young wom an?" asked some one. "Missing young woman? What's that?" The man told the story of Florence's leap into the sea and her subsequent I arrival at the cape. "That's funny;" said the stranger. "I don't recollect reading about any ' young woman being lost at sea. But | those big liners are always keeping I such-things under cover. Hoodoos the ship, they say, and turns prospective passengers to other lines. It hurts business. What's the young girl look like?" Florence was described minutely. The stranger teetered in his chair and •moked. Finally he spoke. "She probably was insane. That's the way generally with Insane people. .They can't see water or look oft a tall building without wanting to Jump. , My business is Insurance, and we've I got the thing figured pretty close to the ground. They used to get the best of us on the suicide game. A man would take out a large policy today and tomorrow he'd blow his head off, and we'd have to pay his wife. But nowadays a policy Is not worth the paper it's written'on if a man commits suicide under two years." "You ain't tryin' to insure anybody In town, are you?" "Oh, no. No work for me when I'm on my vacation. Well, I'm going to bed; and tomorrow morning I'll go Out to Captain Barnes' beach and have a good ewim. I'm no sailor, but I like prater." He honestly enjoyed swimming. Early the next morning he was In the Water, frolicking about as playfully as a boy. He had all the time In the world. Over his shoulder he saw two women wandering down toward the beach. Deeper he went, farther out He was a bold swimmer, but that did not prevent a sudden and violent attack of cramps. w And it was a rare piece of irony that the poor girl should save the life of that, scoundrel who was without pity or mercy. As shfe saw hie face a startled frown marred her brow. But she could not figure out the puzzle. Had she ever seen the man before? She did not know, she could not tell. Why could not she remem ber? Why must her poor head ache so when she tried to pierce the wall of darkness which surrounded her men tally? The man thanked her feebly, but not in his heart When ho had suffl clently recovered he returned to tbe village and sought the railway station, where the Western Union had its of fice. "I want to send a code message to my firm. Do you think you can fol low It?" "I can try," eald the operator. The code was really Slav; and when the long message was signed it was signed by the'name Vroon. Tbe day after the news came that Florence had Jumped overboard off the banks, Vroon with a dozen other men had started out to comb all the fishing villages along the New Eng land coast. Somewhere along the way be felt confident that he would learn whether the girl was dead or alive. If she was dead then tbe game was a draw, but If she was alive there wae still a fighting chance for the Black Hundred. He had had some idea of re maining in tbe village and accomplish ing the work hlmaelf; but after delib eration he concluded tbat It was im portant enough for Bralne himself to ■1 u ■i%JI HbUI W(' 1 Bralne Took Florence Aboard the Chartered Yacht take a hand in. So tbe following night he departed tor Boston, from there to New York. He proceeded at once to the apartment- of tbe princess, where Bralne declared tbat be hlmaelf woald go to tbe obecare village and claim Flcreaee as We own child. Bat to insure absolute sjcoeee they would charter Morse'a yacht and steam right ap into the primitive harbor. Whan Vroon left tbe apartment Nor ton aaw him. He waa a man of lm pulsee, and he had found by experi ence, that first lm Daises are central'.' . the beat. He did not know who'Vroon was. Any man who called on the Prlqpeaa Pertgoff while Bralne was with her would be worth following. On the other hand, Yroon recognized tV.e reporter lnatantly and with that ever-ready and alert mind of bis set about to lure the younfc man Into a trap out of which he might not easily come. Norton decided to follow hia man! He might be going on a wild-goose ehase, he reasoned; etlll his first im pulses had hitherto served him well. He looked careworn. He was cqn vlnced that Florence was dead, despite the assertions of Jones to the con trary. He had gone over all the mis haps which had taken place and he was now absolutely convinced that his whilom friend Bralne and the Princess Perigolf Were directly concerned. Florence had either been going to or coming from the apartment. And that memorable day of the abduction i the princess bad been in the dry goods shop. Yroon took a downtown surface car, and Norton took the same. He sat huddled In a corner, never suspecting that Yroon was watching him from a corner of hia eye. Norton was not keen today. The thought of Florence kept running through bis head. The car stopped and Vroon got off. He led Norton a winding course which at length ended at the door of a tene ment building. Vroon entered. Nor ton paused, wondering what next to do, now that his man had reached his destination. Well, since he had fol lowed him all this distance he must make an effort to find out v/ho he was and what he was going to do. Cau tiously he entered the hallway. As he was about to lay bis hand on the newel post of the dilapidated stairs the floor dropped from under his feet and he was precipitated Into the cellar. This tenement belonged to the Black Hundred; It concealed a thou sand doors and a hundred traps. Its history was as dark as Its hallways. When Vroon and his companion, who had been waiting for him, de scended Into the cellar theyjound the reporter Insensible. They bound, blind folded, and gagged him quickly. I "Saunders," said Vroon, "you tell Corrlgan that I've a sailor for him to-. night, and that 1 want this sailor booked for somewhere south of the ! equator. Tell him to say to the maa ter that this fellow Is ugly and diso- j bedient A tramp freighter, whose j captain is a bully. Do you understand I me?" go to Corrlgan this trip. Bannock la ] in pojt and sails tonight for Norway. That's far enough." "Bannock? The very man. Well, Mr. Norton, reporter and amateur de. tective, I guess we've got you fast ' enough thin time. You may or may not come back alive. Go and bring around a taxi; some one you can trust. I'll dope the reporter while you're gone. Long hours afterward Norton opened his aching eyes. He could hard ly move and his head buzzed abomi nably. What had happened? What was the meaning of this slow rise and fall of his bed? Shanghaied? "Come out o' that now, ye skulk er!" roared a voice down the com panlonway. "Shanghaied!" the reporter mur mured. -He sat up and ran through j his pockets. Not a sou markep, not a match even; and a second glance told i him that the clothes he wore were not his own. "They've landed me this time. Shanghaied! What the devil am I going to do?" "Dye hear me?" bawled the stri dent voice again. Norton looked about desperately for some weapon of defense. He saw an engineer's spanner on the floor by the bunk across the way, and with no small physical effort he succeeded in obtaining it. He stood up, his hand be hind his back. "All right, me bucko! I'll come down an' git ye!" A pair of enormous boots began to appear down the companionway, and there gradually rose up from them a man as wMe as a church door and as deep as • Well. - —"Walt a moment," aald Norton, grip ping the spanner.' "Let us have a per fect understanding right off the bat." "We're going t' have It, matey. Don't ye worry none." Norton raised the spanner, and, dizzy as be was, faced this seafaring Hercules courageously. "I've been shanghaied, t and you know It Where are we bound?" "Copenhagen. - " "Well, for a month or :nore you'll beat me up whenever the opportunity offers. But I merely wish to warn you that if you do you'll find a heap of trou ble waiting for you the next time you drop your mudhook In North Amer ica." "Is that so?" caid the giant, eying the spanner and the shaking band that held it aloft. "It Is. I'll take your ordefs and do the best I can, because you've got thr upper hand. But, Ood la witness, you'll pay for every needless blqar you strike. Now what do you want me to dor "Lay down that spanner an' come on deck, I'll tell ye what t' do. I was goin't' whale th' dayllgbta out o' ye; I t ye're aomethin' av a man. Drop Um spanner first." Norton hesitated. As lithe aa a ti ger the bulk of a man sprang at him and crushed him to the floor, wrench ing away the spanner. Then the giant took Norton by the acruff of hia neck and banged him up the etepe to the deck. "I ain't goln' f hart ye. I had f show ye that no spanner ever bothered Mike Bannock. Now, d' know what a cook's galley IsT" "I do," aald Norton, breathing hard. "Well, hike there an' atari In with peelin' spuds, an' don't waate 'em neither. That'll be all far th' preaent- Ye were due tor a wallopin' but 1 kin da like yer spunk." So Jim stumbled down to the cook's gallery and grimly set to work at the potatoes. It might ha'vj been far worse. But here be waa, likely to 'to on the high seaa for months, and no way of notifying Jonea what bad hap- pened. The oufloofc was anj Mg jut cheerful. But a vague hope awoke in hia heart If they were still after him might It not signify that Florence lived. Meantime Bralne bad not been Idle. According to Vroon the girl's memory waa in bad shape; so he had not the leaat doubt of bringing her back to New York without miahap. Once he had her there the game would begin In earnest. He played his cards ex ceedingly well. Steaming up Into the little fishing harbor with a handsome yacht In itself would allay any dis trust. And he wore a capital disguise, too. Everything went well till he laid his band on Florence's shoulder. She gave a startled cry and ran over to Barnes, clinging to him wildly. I "No, no!" she cried. "Now what, my child?" asked the sailor. She shook her head. Her aversion i was inexplicable. i "Come, my dear; can't you see that I It la your father?" Bralne turned to the captain. "She has been like this for a year. Heaven knows if she'll ever be In her right mind again," sadly, "I was giving her an ocean voyage, with the kindest nursee pos ■ slble, and yet she Jumped overboard. Come, Florence." The girl wrapped her arms all the tighter around Barnes' neck. An idea came Into the old sailor's head. "Of course, sir, y've got proof thet she's your daughter?" ( "Proof?" Bralne was taken ab.ick. "Yes; somethln't' prove that you're ' her father. I got Skinned' out of a sloop once because I took a man's word at its face value. Black an' white, an' on paper, eaye I, hereafter." "But I never thought of such a thing," protested Braine, beginning to lose his patience. "I can't risk sending to New York for documents. She Is my daughter, and you will find It will not pay to take this peculiar stand." ' • "In black an' white, 'r y' can't have her." Bralni (hereupon rushed forward to seize Florence. Barnes/swung Flor ence behind him. / "I guens she'll stay' he/o a leetle longer, sir." • Time was vital, and this obstinacy ' made Bralne furious. He reached | again for Florence. | "Clear out o' hero, 'r show your au i thorlty," growled Barnes. I "She goes with me, or you'll re ' gret it." >, | "All right. But I guess th' law • won't hurt me nqne. I'm in my rights. There's the door, mister." "I refuse to go without her!" Barnes sighed. He was on land a i man of peace, but there was a limit to his patience. He seized Bralne by the shoulders and hustled him out of the house. "Bring your proofs, mister, an' nothin' more'll be said; but till y' bring 'em, keep away from this cot tage." And, simple-minded sailor that he was, be thought this settled the mat ter. That night he kept bis ears open for unusual sounds, but he merely wasted his night's rest. Quite naturally, he reckoned that the stranger would make his attempt at night. Indeed, he made It In broad daylight, with | Barnes not a hundred yards away, I calking a dory whose scams had i sprung aleak. Bralne had Florence upon the chartered yacht before the old man realized what had happened. He never taw Florence again; but one day, months later, be read all about her In a newspaper. Florence fought; but she was weak, and so the conquest was easy. Bralne was kind enough, now that he had her safe. He talked to her, but she merely stared at the receding coast "All right; don't talk If you don't want to. Here," to one of the men, "take her to the cabin and keep her there. But don't you touch ber. I'll break you if you do. Put her in the cabin and guard the door; at leaat keep an eye on It. She may take It Into her head to Jump overboard." Even the temporarily demented are not without a species of cunning Florence had never seen Bralne til) be appeared at tbe Barnes cottaga. Vet she revolted at the touch of bis band. On the' second day out toward New York she found a box of matcbes and blithely set fire to her cabin, walked out into tbe corridor and tbence to the dock. When the fire was discov ered it bad gained too much headway to be stopped. The yacht waa doomed. They put off in tbe boats and foe half a day drifted helplessly. Fate has everything mapped out like a game of cbesa. You move a pawn, and bang goes your bishop, or your knlgbt, or your king; or she leta you almost win a game, and then check matee you. But there la one tblng to be said in ber favor—rail at ber how we will, she la alwaya giving odda to tbe Innocent. • • • • • • • Mike Bannock was In the pilothouse, looking over bis charts, when tbe look out In tbe crow's nest aang out: "Two boata adrift off the port bow. sir!" And Bannock, who waa a flrst-claaa sailor, although a rough one. shouted down the tube to the engine room. Tbe freighter came to a halt In about ten minutes. Tbe caatawaya aaw that they had been noted, and pulled gallantly at tbe oare. There are some thlnga which sci ence. well advanced aa It la, cannot explain. Among them la tbe shock which cuts off tbe paat and tbe .coun tersbock which reawakens memory. They 1 msy write treatise after treatise and exfxmnd. but they never succeed la truly getting beyond that dark wail of mystery. At the sound of Jim Norton's voice and at the sight of hia face —for sub consciously she must have been think ing of him all the while—a great blind ing beat-wave seemed to burn acroea her eyee. and when the effect passed away ahe was herself again. A wild glance at ber surroundings convinced her that both aba and her lover were In danger. "Keep b4u:k." whispered Jim. "Don't recognize me." x "They believe that I've lost my Jlnd. and 111 keep that Idea in their , " ~ heads. Sometime :or.: o :.: 11l Cad a chance to talk to you." It took a good deal of cautions ma neuvering to bring about the meeting. "They shanghled me. And I thought you desd! It was 'all wrong, if waa a trick of that Pertgoff woman, and it succeeded. Girl, girl, I love you better than life!" "I know it now," she said, and she kissed him. "Has my fatbsr appeared yet?" "No." "Do you know anything at all about him?" sadly. "Girl, I Love You Better Than Life." "I thought 1 did. It's all n Jumble to me. But beware of the man who brought you here. He Is the head of all our troubles; and If he knew I was on board he'd kHI me out of hand. Ho'd have to." Bralne ottered Bannock SI,OOO to turn back as far as Bostdu; and as Bannock had all the time In the world, carrying no perishable goods, he con sented. But he never could quite un derstand what followed. He had put Florence and Bralne la the boat and landed them;' but when he went down to nee If Bralne had left anything be hind, he found that Individual bound and gaggid In his bunk. (To be Continued.) MARKET REPORTS. Cotton, Cotton Seed and Meal Prices In the Markets of North Carolina For the Past -We*k. As roported to the Division of Mar kets, North Carolina Agricultural Ex periment Station and Department of Agriculture, Raleigh. h II 1 ¥ ° 8 B l| | £ | I I! li hilt! £.?. n a Farmvllle ...» -»l4c 40-4& C 2*oo New Bern .. 3S-4&C 2000 Washington. .7%-# c 40c 27.00 Willlamaton. .7%-7V lf>-37c 27,00 3000 Windsor . ...7&-?%c 30-35 c Kayettevllle. ,7%-» o 40-41 c 23.00 2000 Ooldaboro ....714-7% 40-4& C 30 00 Jacksonville. .7(4-8 c 35c 2K.00 1900 ■-arrange 7V4-* c 42V4-4S 25.00 2000 Maxtori 714-7% c 36-40e 27.00 1960 Clayton Sfcc 3714-40 28.00 2000 Ix>ul»burg 35-3714 I'lnetona 7K>-8 a 30-3f>c 25.00 1700 Raleigh »• 40c 28.00 2000 Tarboro 7\- 8c 3714-42 26.00 ,■ Wllaon 8 -B%c 40'4f»c 27.01>" 2000 Woodland ... 714 - 7%c 40-4lc 30.00 2000 Charlotte ... 814 c 3>-39c - 29.00 2000 Concord 8 -814 3tli-3814, 28,00 2000 Castonls .... 3MOc 27.00 2000 Gibson 33.43 c 2H.00 2000 Monroe 8 -B%c 37-43 c 27.00 2000 Mooreavllle ... 814 c 30c 27.00 1800 Newton 8c 35c 25.00 2000 Norwood kW? 3.'.-36 c 27.00 1600 Hallabury ...8 -fitfc 30-BSc 2« 00 1800 Hhelby ic 34-40 c 27.00 2000 Htstesvllle ...7%-B%c 33c 27.G0 1800 Wadea|>oro . .714-8 c 3414 c Norfolk. Va.. Kc RETAIL PRICES OF CORN FOR THE PAST WEEK. No. 2 No 2 Town While Yellow or Ml led Charlotte 79-9214 c 90c Oastonla »9%c 89 lie Greensboro iZa rod Iterance 90c 80c IjOulaburg 97c Monroe .96c--1, io Moyock 73c New llern 1,00 » Hap lon 9Qc Raleigh i.w nt Hallabury 90c 9Sc Scotland Neck .. 90-9 V BS-90c Hhelby too Tarboro tOu Whltakera 9&o Wllaon 90c-1.00 »6c TAR HEEL BREVITIES. Many prominent men will %ttend the big Industrial dinner at Newhern February 11. Herbert Cherry was badly crushed by a wrecked log train near Elizabeth City. The state chemist says Wilmington's deep-well water Is good. Durham county commissioners have appropriated 1200.00 for tomato club* Seventy-five carloads of cotton has Jost been shipped from Fayettevllle to Norfolk to be exported. C. W. iiarty, formerly of Spartan burg. has accepted management of the Tryon water plant. Oeo. W. Hhlp Is now county physi cian of Catawba county. The British steamer Kdernlan sailed from Wilmington with a cargo of 12,- 800 bales of cotton valued at 1640. 000. for Liverpool. Joseph Hughes, aged 80, of Camden county, died recently. Itev. L. B. Brouxhton, formerly of Raleigh, has resigned as paator of a London church. The Rocky Monnt base ball clafc baa received a charter. Belief lo Mis Hears Distressing Kidney aDd Bladdei Disease relieved in six hours b. Ihe "NEW OKEAT SOUTH AMER ICAN KJDNEY CURB." It is a great surprise on account of Its exceeding promptness in relief pain In bladder, kidneys and back. In male or female. Relieves reten tion of water almost immediately. If you want quick relief and care this-la . the remedy. Sold by Gra ham Drug Co. adT. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE OLEANER •1.00. A YEAR —IN ADVANCB.- EDWIN YATES WEBB iBS m m Edwin YatM Webb, Representative from the Ninth North Carolina dls trlct, and chairman of the house Judiciary committer, is founder of the Webb liquor law which ia caus ing so much discussion and new legislation in the state general as semblies at prssent. TURKS FAIL AI SUEZ CANAL NEW ZEALAND CONTINGENT AND PROBABLY AUSTRALIANS TOOK PART. British Warships Again Bombarding Osrman Positions on Belgian Coast—South African Rebellion. London.— I Ths Turks at last bare made a definite attack on the Buex Canal, but after a sharp fight they were driven off with heavy losses. After a fruitless attempt to bridge the canal near Touasoum, they re turned the attack with a force esti mated at 12,000 and six batteries of artillery and essayed to cross on rafts. The British force threw the Invaders back, taking about 300 prls oners. A considerable number of the Turka were killed and wounded. The Brit ish lost IE killed aid 68 wounded. The attack was renewed by the Turks at El Kantara, but this met with no greater success than the oth er attempt, the Turkish losses In kill ed, wounded and prisoners number ing upwards of 100. The New Zealand contlgent and presumably the Australians took part In the batt'es. Compared with the battles In Poland and the Carpathians this was a mere flash but as British territorials, Australians and New Zea landers are receiving their baptism of (Ire In Egypt and there Is much In terest In the attempts of the Turks to move a big army across the desert, the operations In that part of the world are attracting a good deal of attention In England. PHYSICIAN SHOT BY POSSE. Dr. Culberaon, Evana, Qa., Lynched For Assaulting Young Womsn. Augusta, Qa.—Dr. A. N, Culberson, a practicing physician of Evans, Qa., was shot to death by a posse of citi zens that had been searching for him according to reports received here. Culberson was charged with assault ing a young married woman, daughter of a prominent citizen of Martinez. The killing of Dr. Culberson occurr ed at a farm house near Evans, In Co lumbia county, 12 miles from Augus ta. The aasault wltii whlcb be was charged was committed aarty the day before. About midnight Sheriff Plunkett. of Richmond county, In which this city Is looted, and three deputies, start ed for Martinez to arrest the physi cian who was reported to be hiding near that town. A posse of citizens, however, con tinued their search and shortly be fore 4 o'clock In the morning locat ed Culbertson In a farm house. The physician was ordered to come out. Reports of the affair state that Cul berson drew a revolver and tried to escape, and that the posse fired upon him and he fell with bis body riddled with bullets. Culberson went to Evaas about two years ago to practice medicine, lie came to Georgia from Culberson. N. C. Me was married, but It Is said be and his wife bar* not been living together for some time. Avoid Coasts of Prance. Washington.—Oermany notified the state department that American ves »ela should avoid the north and west coast of France. Pear Yacht Crew Lost. Washington.--Two blnkets marked) "Idler" washed ashore at the Cape Hatteras coast guard station were regarded ss silent proof that the vee Ml wrecked on Diamond Shoals last week wr j the yacht ot that name and Hat her capatln aad crew of 12 un loubtedly perished. English Spavin Llniinnet re moves Hani, Soft arid Calloused Lumps and Blemishes from bones; also Blood Spavins, Curbs, Splints, Sweeney, Ring Bone, Stiflt-s, Sprains, Swollen Throats, Coughs, etc. Save SSO by uue of one bot tle. A wonderful Blemish Curs. Sold by Graham Drag Company. . adv NO. 52 IWO MUSTS ' EXPLAIN MOTIVES ROCKEFELLER AND CARNEGII APPEARB JkFORE FEDERAL COMMISSION BOARD. FOR GOOD INTENTIONS ONLY Mr. Rockefeller Never Attenda Board Meeting of Foundation—Has No More Rights Than Others. 4>V New York.—John D. Rockefeller, 8r« and Andrew Ckrnegle apeared be fore the Federal Commission on In dustrial Relation and defended tbe foundations which they have endow ed with their wealth. Neither would say be believed tbe Institutions constituted a menace to the religious, political or educational liberty of tbe people of the United Btates. A desire to promote the wel fare of mankind and that alone, they said, prompted them to establish the foundations whlcb bear their names. Widely different was the manner In which these two men faced the com mission and tbe audience, composed largely of representatives of labor. Socialists, Individuals and members of the Industrial Workers of the World. Mr. Carnegie went to the witness stand from a seat In the audience. He was In a Jovial mood and hia ans wers to questions caused the audi ence and the commissioners to roar with laughter more than once. Mr. Carnegie enjoyed that When be left the stand he said he had not spent such a pleasant afternoon In many /ears. Mr. Carnegie revealed that up to the close of last year his donations totalled 1224.157,2»». His present business, be said, was to do all the good be could do In thla world. He sketched tbe growth of bla steel busi ness and aald he "never had such a good time In bis life" as when be was talking to his employes. * The men liked him, too. "When they call you Andy Instead of Andrew or Mr. Carnegie you know the boys are your friends." said be. GERMAN YNAMEB NEW WAR EREA Declares Water* Around England and Ireland In War Zone. Washington Germany's i declara tion of a naval war zone around Eng land and Ireland, including the English channel and the northen passage by tbe Shetland Islands, Is regarded here as one of the most serious develop ments of the war. . It was regarded aa blgbly possible, for one thing, that It would hasten the movemeat begun by the Latin-Ameri can countries for a speedy conference of neutral states to devise means to reduce losses to a minimum. At first there were some Intimations In administration circles that It might be the subject of a protest by the Unit ed States but the official view devel oped that there was little or no ground for that. Arkansas To Join Dry States. Little Rock. .Ark.,—The bill which would declare Arkansas a dry state after January 1, 1916, was passed by senate 23 to 2. It was passed by the bouse to take affect June 1, and as amended by the senate, would be sent back to tbe house Immediately. Tbe governor has ezpressed himself lb favor of It Immigration Bill Fa'lla In Houae. Washington—The attempt to pas* tbe Immigration bill, with Ha litera cy test provision, over the veto of the President failed In the House. The was 261 In favor of overriding the veto and 13( against It. Two members voted "resent, and with thla attend ance. 266 ayes would have been ne cessary to give tbe necessary two thirds. Two Drssdriaugfit* Provided For. Washington.—Over a strenuous pro test from Majority Leader Under wood the house voted to retain In the naval appropriation bill the provision for constructtlon of' two new dread naughts and then passed the bill with out roll call. Three Killed With Himmtr. Buffalo.N. Y.—The bodlea of Mrs. Lizzie Drake, 66: Mrs. Irene Spencer, It. and her daughter Gertrude Spen cer, 12, were found In their beds at their home at Salamanca. Their beads had been crushed ia with a sledge hammer. Boys passing tbe Drake homestead, observing the rear door open, found tbe bodies In separate • rooms. There was no evidence of a struggle. Apparently the victims had been slain as they slept Physicians said the murder bad been committed three or four days. Rosin Not Contraband. Washington—Shipments of roaln to Italy, Tbe Neltherlands and Denmark are not now being halted unless there Is evidence of fraud on tbe part of the consignees or tbe consignor. That Information was communicated to tbe •Isle department from the British em bassy. Tbe British privy council sev eral months ago bad declared rosin contraband There are IndlcaUOns that Greet Britian's action on rosiu may be followed by turiher modification of contraband orders where they Inju riously affect American commerce. * Hew to Prevent Bilious Attacks. "Coming events cast their shad ows before." This is especially true of bilious attacks. Your appetite will fall. You will feel dull anu languid. If you are subject to bil ious attacks tske three of Cham berlain's Tablets as soon as these symptoms appear and the sttsck is warrded off. For sale by all deal ers. » adv. Itch relieved ia SO minutes by Woodford's Sanitary Lotion. Never fails. Sold by Graham Drug Co.