ICICTIfnS KATHLEEN
vlvj Jl NORRIS
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OupyrttM by liHilw Monte
CHAPTER XVII.
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When Cherry came out to break
fast, a few hours later, she found Allx
already at the porch table. Allx looked
pale, but fresh and trim; she had evi
dently Just tubbed, and she wore one
©f the plain, wlde : strlped ginghams
that were extremely becoming to her
rather boyish type.
She looked up, and nodded at
Cherry composedly. Cherry always
kissed her sister in the morning, but
she did not today. She felt troubled
and ashamed, and Instinctively avoid
ed the little caress.
"No men?" she asked, sharing her
grapefruit with her mall.
"Peter had to go to San Rafael
•with Mr. Thomas In his car, to do some
thing about the case," Allx explained.
*'l drove them down, and at the. last
minute Martin decided to go. So I
marketed, and got the mall, and came
back, and the understanding 'is that
we are to meet them at the St. Fran
cis for dinner, at six, and go to_ the
Orpheum."
"Is it almost ten?" Cherry said
sleepily, gazing In surprise at the
clock that was visible through the
•open door. "I'm terribly ashamed!
And when did you get up, and silently
make your bed, and hang up your
things?"
"Oh, early!" Allx answered, non
committally. "I had a bath, and this
Is my second breakfast!"
Cherry, who wfts reading a letter,
made some inarticulate sound that
made Allx look at her In quick con
cern. / -
"Cherry, what Is It?" she exclaimed.
* For answer Cherry tossed her the
letter, written on a thick sheet of lav
ender paper, which diffused a strong
odor of scenf.
"Read that!" she said, briefly.
Fearfully, Allx picked UP the per
fumed sheet, and read, In a coarse and
sprawling, yet unmistakably feminine
handwriting, the following words:
"Dear Mrs. Lloyd: Perhaps you
would not feel so pleased with your
self If you knew the real reason why
jour husband left Red Creek? It was
because of a quarrel he had with Hat
ty Woods.
"If you don't believe It you had bet
ter ask him about some of the parties
he had with Joe King's crowd, and
where they were on the night of Aug.
28, and If he knows anybody named
Hatty Woods, and see what he says.
Ask him If he ever heard of Bopps'
hotel and when he was in Sacramento
last'. If he denies It, you can show
him this letter."
There wqs no signature.
Alix, who had read It first with a
bewildered and suspicious look, read
It again, and flushed deeply at the
sordid shajne of It. She laid It down
and looked In stunned conviction at
her sister.
Cherry, who was breathing hard,
raised her head, rested her chin on
her hands, elbows on the table, and
stared at Alix defiantly.
"There!" she said, almost with tri
umph. "There! Now, is that so easy?
Now, am I to Just smile and agree to
say 'Certainly, Martin,' 'Of course,
Martin, dear!' Now you see—now you
see! Now, am I to bear that," she
rushed on, her words suddenly violent.
"And go on with him —as his wife —
when a common woman like that —"
"Cherry, dear!' Alix said, distress 1 -
edly.
"Ah, well, you can't realize It; no
body but the woman to whom it hap
pens can!" Cherry Interrupted her,
covering her face with her hands.
"But let him say what he pleases
now," she added, passionately, "let
nim do what he pleases —I'll follow my
own course from today on!"
Alix, watching her fearfully, was
amazed at the change In her. Cher
ry's eyes were blazing, her cheeks
pale. Her voice was dry and feverish,
and there was a sort of frenzy In her
manner that Allx had never seen be
fore. To bring sunny little Cherry to
this—to change the radiant. Innocent
child that had been Cherry Into this
bitter and disillusioned woman—Allx
felt as If the whole world were going
mad, and as If life would never be
sane and serene again for any one of
them.
"Cherry, do you believe It?" she
asked. *
Cherry, roused from a moment of
brooding silence, shrugged her shoul
ders Impatiently.
"Of course I believe It I" she an
swered.
"But, darling, we don't even know
who wrote It. We have only this wom
an's word for It —"
"Oh, look at It —look at It Allx!"
' Cherry burst forth. "Do decent men
have letters like that sent to their
wives? Ia It probable that a good man
would do anything to rouse some
busybody woman to write such a let
ter about him?"
"Wall, but who la she, and what do
you suppose she wrote It for?" Allx
wondered.
"Oh. I don't knor She got mad at
him, perhaps. Or perhaps she la a
champion of this Woods woman. They
had some quarrel— bow do I know?
Bat you can aee that she Is mad, and
UUa la the way aha gets aveu!"
"Cberrj. at least do Martla the
Justice to ask him about It!" Alix
pleaded.
Her sister seemed not to hear her.
The misery In her beautiful eyes made
Allx's heart sink.
"And that," Cherry said In a whis
per, "Is my husbapd!"
She paused, staring down at the
table, one hand supporting her fore
head, the other wandering Idly among
the breakfast, things. Her look was
somber and far away. Allx, standing,
watched her dlstressedly, through a
long minute of silence.
"Well!" Cherry said lifelessly, look
ing up at her sister with dulled a?es.
"What now? It!s still 'for better or
worse,' I suppose?"
Allx sat down, and for a moment
covered her face with a tight-pressed
hand. When she took It away there
was new serenity and resolution In her
tired face. .
''No," she said, with a great sigh, "I
think perhaps you're rlghfc! He hasn't
—he should have no claim on Vou
now!"
"Allx," Cherry demanded, "would
you forgive him?"
"Perhaps I wouldn't," Allx said,
after thought.
"Perhaps you wouldn't!" Cherry
echoed, Incredulously.
"Well, I'm not very good," Alix said,,
hesitatingly. "But a vow is a vow, you
know. If it was limited, then my—
my fulfillment of It would be limited,
I suppose. Of cotirse," she added,
honestly, "I'm talking for myself
only!"
"And you would quietly forgive and
forget!" demanded the little sister, In
bitter scorn.
"I say I hope I wculd!" Allx cor
rected her. "Even If this Is true" —she
added, with a glance at the lavender
letter —"still, I suppose the rule of for
giving seventy times seven times—"
Cherry Interrupted her with a burst
of bitter and rebellious weeping/
"Oh, my God, what shall I do!' she
sobbed, with her bright head dropped
on her arm.
"Don't cry, Cherry, Cherry I" Allx
said, her own tears brimming over.
She came to kneel beside her sister,
and they locked their arms about each
other, and their wet cheeks touched.
"Don't cry, dear!' she said, tenderly.
"It'll all come straight, somehow, and
fre'll wonder why we took It so hard!
Now listen to me, Sis," as soon as
Cherry had somewhat regained her
composure. "We'll ascertain about
this letter; that's only fair. If Martin
denies It—"
"Of course he'll deny It!" Cherry
Interrupted, from the bitter knowledge
she had of him.
Allx again felt daunted for a second
by the sheer ugliness and sordldness
of tbe matter, but she returned to the
charge bravely.
"Suppose we get Peter to ask him,"
she suggested suddenly. "Peter has a
wonderful way or getting the truth
out of people!" Poor Cherry, the very
mention of his name makes her
wince, Allx thought, watching her
sister sorrowfully. "If Martin can
convince Peter that It is not true,
then that makes all the difference in
the world," she added, aloud. "Then
you tell Martin frankly that you have
the old house ready to live In, and you
want to live there. He—"
"He'll nevet* agree to that!" Cherry
said, shaking her head. "But If this
is true?" she asked,'again indicating
the letter.
"Then tell him that unless he agrees
absolutely to a separation," Allx said;
"that you will get a divorce!"
"And live here, alone, under that
sort of a cloud?" Cherry said, with
watering eyes. "Oh, well t" she said,
rising, and going toward the door.
"It's horrible horrible horrible
whatever I do! What Is your Idea —
that we should dine, and go to the
Orpbeum tonight as If nothing had
happened, and let ail this wait until
you" can ask Peter to cross-examine
Martin?" '
*"I wonder if Martin would tell me?
Why couldn't I pretend thdt I" opened
that letter by mistake and frighten
him into admitting It, If It's true?"
Allx said.
"You could," Cherry admitted, life
lessly. "But you may be sure It Is
true enough!" she added.
"Then leave It to me!" Allx said.
"And don't feel too sad. Cherry.
You're young, and life may take a
turn that changes everything for you.
You always have Peter —Peter and
me, back of you!"
"Allx, you're the best sister a (tlrl
ever had!" Cherry said, passionately,
putting her hand on Allx's shoulder.
"I wish I were as big as you are!
And he's made me so wretched," whis
pered Cherry, with trembling lips,
"that sometimes I've been sick of life!
But I will Investigate this letter, snd
If It's not true, m try again, Allx!
I'll go awky with him. If he wants me
to, or 111 live here —and study French
—and go to lectures with you—"
"Yon darling!" Allx said, with an
aching heart
• • • • • •
That night it was simply managed
that Martin should be next to Allx, In
the Joge at the theater, and she be
gan to question him seriously at once.
All through tbe strange, unnatural
day that followed her night ef tt|ll
THE ALAMANCE GRAHAM,y*- C. f
THE ALAMANCE GLEANER, GRAHAM, N. C.
she had been planning what she should
say to him, but she and Cherry had
not spoken of the subject again.
Cherry had dressed herself with her
usual dainty care, and. now, with the
violets All* had given her spraying In
a great purple bunch at her breast,
and her blue eyes ringed and tnought
ful under her soft little feathered fiat,
she was so arrestlngly lovely that Allx
was well aware of the admiring
glances from all sides to which she
was so superbly Indifferent.
"Martin," she be£an, "I read a let
ter intended for Cherry this morn
ing. I—l open all the mall!"
She had to repeat It twice before he
realized that there was something be
hind her earnest and significant tone.
Then she saw him stop twisting his
program, and veer about toward her.
She murmured a question.
"Do I what?" he asked, In an under
tone Instantly lowered.
"Do you know a girl named Hatty
Woods?" Allx repeated, cautiously.
All hope died she saw his
face. "What about her?" he asked,
almost lnaudibly.
"Somebody wrote this letter about
her," Allx started, quickly.
"Who wrote you about her? What'd
she say?" he demanded quickly.
"Just —I'll let you see It," she said.
"I don't know who wrote It —It wasn't
signed. Do you—do'you know her?
Do you know Hatty Woods? She said
The letter said—"
"Oh, sure, I know what she'd say 1"
Martin conceded, furious at Allx's In
terference, trembling with anger and
resentment, and only anxious to close
the conversation. "I krtow all about
her and her kind. I think I know who
wrote that letter, too. You give It to
me tomorrow and I'll manage It. There
won't be any more!"
"Martin," Allx whispered, gravely,
"If you have given Cherry any cause
—" Her voice fell, and there was a
silence.
"There are a great many things In
life that you don't understand, my
dear sister-in-law," Martin said re
luctantly, nettled, "a map's life Is not
"Do You Know a Qlrl Named Hatty
Woods ?1
a woman^—lsn't Intended to be! If
this woman says she has anything on
me— Well, now, I'll tell you some
thing and you can tell your sister—lf
this Is a frame-up, that I'll fight flatty
Woods and fifty Hatty Woods! I—"
"Martin—for heaven's sake!" Allx
warned blm, as she pressed her vio
lets against her face.
"Well," he said, surlily, "now you
know how I feel about It!"
"Martin," Allx pleaded, feeling that
her last hope was sinking away from
her, "can you deny ber story?"
"You get Cherry to deny that she's
never lost a chance to beat It away
from home ever since she was mar
ried," he said. "You jet her to deny
that shs has said over and over again
that she never wanted children, that
her marriage waa a mistake! You
ask her to show you the letters I've
written her, asking ber to come back,
and then I'll show you the answers I
got I"
"Mart," Allx said, sharply, "there's
no use In your taking that tone with
me! That will do fao good! If this
poor girl, this Hatty—"
"I tell you to leave Hatty out of It!"'
Martin said. "The best thing you can
do Is to let the whole thing slone!"
But she saw that be was both nery
ous and apprebenslvs, and she knew
that the Inference shs and Cherry had
drawn from the letter was a true one.
"Does Cherry know anything of
this?" Martin presently muttered.
"Do you want ber to?" Allx asked,
pointedly.
He shrugged his shoulders with a
gnat assumption of Indifference.
"If she wants to have It all dragged
to light why, she can go ahead I' be
remarked, carelessly. "I'm not stop
ping her!"
"At least I think you ought to let
Cherry lead ber owft life after this!"
Alls countered with spirit
"Live in your old house, eh?" he
asked, resentfully, as he flipped the
pages of his program with a big thumb
and stared at it with unseeing eyes.
"What does she want to live there
fort" »
"The fact remains that she does,"
Altx persisted.
"Yes, and have Just as good a time
as If she never had been married at
all!" he said.
"You know—"
Alix was beginning the denial that
she had given him so confidently last
night, but she Interrupted herself, and
stopped short. The conviction rushed
upon her In an overwhelming wave
that she had no right to repeat that
denial now that the last dreadful twen
ty-four hours had changed the whole
situation, and that she herself had
better reason to suspect Cherry than
either Martin or his gossiping aunt.
She sat sick and silent.
Meanwhile, Cherry and Peter had
their first opportunity to speak to
each other alone. To both the thirst
for speech was a burning necessity,
and It was with an almost dizzy sense
of relief that Cherry turned to him
with her first words.
"Peter, I don't dare say much! Can
yau hear me?"
"Perfectly 1" he answered, looking
at his folded program.
"Peter, I've been thinking—about
our plan, I mean! Martin plans to go
on Monday. But something has hap
pened since I saw you this morning,
something that makes a difference! I
had a letter, a letter from some wom
an connecting his name with another
woman, a Hatty Woods —she's notorW
ous In Red Creek —and this Joe King
crowd that he went with —I don't know
who wrote the letter, or why she
wrote," she said, hastily, as Peter In
terpolated a question. "And I don't
care! As far as Martin goes, I am
free now; what is justice to Martin,
and kindness to Martin, will never
count with me any more!"
Peter wasted no words.
"He goes Monday," he said. "We
can go Sunday. This Is Thursday
night. Your suitcase I checked again
yesterday? Was It only yesterday?"
"That's all!"
"We would have been on the train
tonight. Cherry, flying toward New
Orleans!"
Her small hand gripped his in the
darkness.
"If we only were P he heard her
breathe.
He turned to her, so exquisite In her
distress. Her breast was rising and
falling quickly.
"Patience, sweetheart!" he said.
"Patience for only a few days more!
Tomorrow I'll make the arrangements.
Sunday Is only two days off."
Their eyes met In a wild rush of
triumph and hope.
"This time we shall do It!" Peter
said.
"Oh, Peter—you'll never be sorry?"
she whispered.
"Borry! My dearest child, when you
give your beauty and your youth to
a man almost twice your age, who has
loved you all your life—do you think
there is much chance of It?"
"Why shouldn't it be one of the hap
py—marriages?" said Cherry after a
silence.
'.•lt will," he answered, confidently.
"As the weeks become months, and the
months become years, and the beauty
and miracle of it go on and on, we
will think that what we feel for each
other now Is only the shadow —the
dream I"
"Shalt J Just let Martin think I am
quietly going away with him on Mon
day?" she asked, after a silence In
which she was deeply thinking.
"Does he know you had that let
ter?" Peter said.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
BAN PLACED ON EXPLETIVE
Some Spanish Priests Forbid Use of
Word "Caramba"—Qood Story '
In That Connection.
There Is a church In Le Uoalra, Ven
ezuela, which Is said to hare been
erected with the proceeds of fines Im
posed upon the people of the parish
who profaned their conversation with
the word "caramba" —the common oath
among all classes of people—or with
stronger expressions. The church Is
therefore called "La Iglesla de la
Sanctlsslma Caramba."
The word caramba la meaningless,
but It la constantly In the mouths of
all people, without regard to sex or
condition, and Is not usually considered
reprehensible. But now and then s
pious priest will be found who prohib
its Its nse among the sheep sad lambs
of bis flock.
A story la told of three pious friar*
who were traveling a hot and dusty
road one dag, driving a donkey which
bore their luggage. The beast became
obstinate, and finally lay down In the
dirt, much to the damage of their prop
erty. One of them, more Impulsive
than the rest, forgot himself so far as
to otter the first syllable of the for
bidden expletive, und said "Car!"
The second exclaimed "Bam!" and the
third "Bal" which completed the un
holy word, and thus expressed theti
sentiments Jointly without lmperillni
their souls.—Philadelphia Lodger.
THE FINANCE ACT
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
P J LED INVALID BY SUPREME
' COURT AND MUST BE RE
PASSED BY ASSEMBLY.
CONSTERNATION IN HOUSE
Opinion of Supreme Court Read at
Contained In Communication From
Chief JuAjce Clark
Raleigh.
The municipal finance act as It has
passed the house is unconstitutional
and Invalid, and It must go through
both bodies again. , Complying with a
request from the senate, the supreme
court rendered an opinion read at
night session, holding that the act
would be unconstitutional as passed.
The senate, upon receiving the opin
ion, immediately, started the bill
through again, and eighty-nine house
members, a number suffiicent to con
stitute- a quorum, voted to remain in
session at least through Monday night
to Insure proper passage again
through that body of th measure.
The possibility of the act being un
constitutional was suggesed in the
senate after the bill had passed that
body on second reading. An amend
ment exempting Madison county from
the act, thereby, In the opinion of sen
ators, making It a local and not a
statewide measure, was assigned as
the reason for Its unconstitutionality.
The supreme court considered that
the amendment alone would be hard
ly suffiicent to render It invalid, fcut
the failure of the house to read the
amended bill over three times with
a yea and nay vote on the second and
third readings entered on the journal
would Invalidate It.
Senator Lunston Long read the
opinion of the supreme court as con
tained in a communication from Chief
Justice Clark. The senate took up
Immediately plans for starting the bill
back through, and sent a communica
tion to the house announcing the
court's decision.
Consternation feigned in the lower
body for a few minutes after the re
ceipt of the announcement, and a de
bate. featured by bfting and jocular
remarks, occurred between a half
doxen members.
No Chance for North Carolina.
Washington, of
a North Carolinian being appointed on
the Interstate commerce commission
disappeared. President Harding told
Senator McKellar, of Tenneasee, his
intention is to reappoint the old men
as their terms expire. If not. he will
not appoint a southerner, demands
from other sections having preference.
Representative Weaver urged the
first assistant postmaster general to
appohit Miss Bonnie Kate Reagon as
postmaster at Weavervllle. She is the
first eligible. Mr. Weaver said if the
department followed out Its system M
announced it could not fall to give her
the Job.
He made public the following Ilat
of etlglbles for the office at Clyde:
V. H. Byers, Work P. Haynes and Joel
W. Shook.
Mr. Weaver Introduced a hill graft
ing a »30 pension to Levi J. Tipton, of
Ashevllle.
Representative Doughtt® made pub-
Ik- the ellgibles for the Lenoir offices
as follows: John D. Matheson, John
C. Smith and A. M. B. Goothnan.
Arguments in Automobile Caw.
Arguments In the caae of C. J. Kelly,
of Sanford; Major A. W. Hoffman, of
New York: George Scott, former mem
ber of the automobile squad In New
York; Frank Moran, of New York, and
Harry Craig, of Oermantown. Pa.,
charged with conspiracy in the aale of
stolen automobiles, which haa been on
trial In federal court here for the past
week, were begun, the taking of tes
timony having been concluded.
Poet of tic* Discontinued.
The Postofflce Department gives no
tice that the postofflce at Navassa,
Brunswick county, has been discon
tinued and that mall will go to L«land.
Delegates Csn't Make Trip.
Washington. (Special). Senator
Overman, at the request of Leonard
Tufts, extended an invitation through
Secretary of State Hughes, to the
members of the arms conference, to
visit Plnehurst. but Mr. Hughes ad
vised Senator Overman that owing to
the pressing duties of the conference
the delegstes have found It Impossible
to accept Invitations outside of Waah-
Ington. and requests Senator Overmen
to express to Mr. Tufts the very deep
appreciation of the delegates for bis
kind invitation.
To Hold Examinations.
Washington civil
service commission has been request
ed by the postofflce department to
bold an examination for appointment
of postmasters at Ashevllle and High
Point.
On Janusry 14 examinations will be
held M follows:
Badla. salary. |1,100; Jackson, »1.-
400; L«ke Jwnalaska. $1,100; Mayo
dan, 91SOO; Moncure, »1,#00; Mon
treal. 11.100; New Und, fl.100; Park
ton, 11,100; Stanton*burg. |I,SO«.
Contract* Let For Roao Work.
Contracts were awarded for around
$1,310,000 of road work, principally
In the sixth, eighth and ninth con
struction districts, by the state high
way commission. The total length of
highways to be constructed under the
contracts Is 100 miles, the types of
road being asphalt macadam and
gravel.
-\ffiong the contracts awarded wens
the following:
Burke County—Morg.inton to Olen
Alpine, 5.24 miles of Topeka asphalt,
Southern Dray company of AsrtevlHe,
contractors, $168,302.70; bridges also
to this company, $3,890.40.
Cleveland County—Shelby to Cleve
land Springs, I\9o miles of Topeka as
phalt, -Southern Paving company of
Chattanooga, Tenn., $54,811; bridges
to Z. B. Weathers, Shelby, $10,035.10.
Mitchell County Spruco Pne to
Ledger, 7.04 miles of penetration ma
cadam, Porter & Boyd of Charlotte,
$199,132;- bridges to L. J. Chandler,
Virginia, Va., $18,146.
Henderson County Horseshoe to
Transylvania line, 5.20 milei of gravel
road, Southern Davis Cons'mctl'm
company, of Greensboro, {26,312 50;
bridges to Asheville Coneuuctloa com
pany, J8.60J.90.
Rutherford County • Bxidga over
Mountain creek, Austin Brother Con
struction company, $5,215 80.
Clay County—Haysvllle to Georgia
state line, 5 miles of gravel road, E. A.
Wilson company of Knoxvtlle, $33,-
583.60: bridges to W. T. Moore, Con
crete Products company, $16,048.50.
Macon and Swain Counties, between
Topton and Almond, 17.84 mfles of
waterbound macadam, E. A. Wilson
company, of Knoxvflle, $284,070.30;
bridges to Southern Dray company of
Asheville, $28,803.60.
Wilkes County—Wllktesboro to Mil
ler's creek, 6 miles of hard surfaced
highway, Porter & Boyd, Charlotte,
$110,349.80.
Union County Monroe towards
Charlotte, on W. C. A. highway, 4.5
miles of Topeka asphalt. Redmon
Construction company, $112,604.80.
State Has Highest Birth Rate.
Washington (Special).—North Car
olina has the laudable distinction of
having "the highest birth rate (31.7)
for the white population of any other
state for 1920," according to a cen
sus report issued. California had the
lowest, with 18:3 per thousand popu
lation.
North Carolina stands third In ths
birth rate of colored people; she la
exceeded by the District of Columbia,
where the negro flourishes, and Cali
fornia, where Orientals are increas
ing.
The average J>lrth rate from 2S
states covered was 23.3 per thousand.
North Carolina, therefore, is far
ahead.
The record for North Carolina was.
White births. 57,054, and colored 24,-
353, for 1920, and 51,832 and 22,022
for 1919.
The birth rate for whites last year
was 31.7 per thousand, .and colored,
31.3.
South Carolina's white birth rate
last year was 28.8, and colored, 27 7.
Would Fix Limit at 39 Cents.
Thirty-nine cents is set as the limit
of which counties may go in levying
taxes for the schools In a measure In
troduced in the house of representas
tlve by Matthew of Bertie, to answer
assaults that have been made upon
the administration of the ioVmjlb and
to clarify the general educational sit
uation. The bill stipulates that no
mandamus will lie against the county
commissioners to force fnat body to
levy a tax in excess of the 39-cent
limit.
Adopts New Plan.
The State Board of Health, In ses
sion here, adopted as a permanent
policy* the piecework system which
has been in operation by agreement
between county and state health au
thorities for five months.
This, according to Dr. W. 8. Rankin,
state health officer, makes a radical
change In the relation between the
State Board of Health and the county
health departments. The new policy,
outlined by Dr. Rankin in a statement
recenty Issued, Is designed to mora
adequately insure the wise expendi
ture of funds by both the state and
counties In public health work which
is of mutual Interest to both stats
and county and which Is carried on
largely through county officers. This
change, he says. Is also designed to
develop a larger degree of local In
terest, responsibility and control In
public health matters.
, -a
Forestry Expert* to Meet.
The eleventh annual convention of
the North Carolina Forestry associa
tion will be held In Wilmington on
Friday, January 27, 1922. The pro
gram Is being arranged so that sev
eral of the most Important forestry
problems now before the people of the
state, such as tyghway planting, coun
ty co-operation In fctVest firs preven
tion, state or federal forest control,
etc., will be brought up for discussion
by some of the leading authorities on
these subjects.
Takes Charge Nssr East Relief.
Morris A. Beale, asssltant State di
rector la North Carolina for the Near
Bast Rsilef, has taken charge of the
Raleigh headquarters of the organisa
tion. Claude W. Hooper, former Stats
director here, has been mad* regional
director with Ave states undsr his
supeiivsion. Mr. Hopper was In Ra
leigh on a visit to the local office. Hs
was returning from Charlsston. where
he attended the meeting of governors
this week to Richmond, Va, which la
his headquarters now.
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