1
A.
1m' km*bj flvofc that th#
uAr'U* nam* of Coott A
?? 'nlftanraMi oompoMd oi "W
. teftf'?rni B vr. B?!?.. u.
'?**' bwa mutually dlMslTed
. ttlslSth 4kr of J???, ??is.
a W. ^SSoMON.
-wxrvi^
t>
?'WtH'itW th* "tro*
A* oHWkance.
7H. O.. Jone t. 1915
WMtHl te* AMtfmra do enact:
1. Ttoat H Wtell he unlawful Cor
?nr'p^rKm, flam or corporation, to
I||| W to? or hofi within the
> Mmltt of t ho Cltr of Weih
tion Ttoiattnjr this ordinance shall ho
*fVfltjrwr fc mledomoanbr, and upon
116.00;
? day Mdd hog? ehell remain
In the- city, ahftlf oonetltvte t eeper
"ViM-'Mo Wwt "bo poJd on or he
?MW?<y IN. After tfcit dete I
Hr?irmiU, for o o pel d
L At City Hail it
?toy frMi t to 9 p. XB-, from
I HM trd of Jntf. ItH, for
jtfe wf ebore tax?*
'? cYevp- reopeotfuiir,
J. F. fLTKN,
, fu Collector.
MMec.
NOMdU tOUTHKRK R. H. OO.
r^^BfcijUL-TnAIH
T# MlinXaa OKjr end Betom
?MMUr, Jm 19th, lain.
8p*rt*l Train lAV. Kinetotf
??p?l?i Train?
M. Klneton ?.0? PM Ret? 91.lt
Un Dmr 1 11 Af Bata ?1.11
In CM ? SO PM Hate |l.if
Lre. TMtim l!?l W Rata ll.il
?VMb No 1??
Vn. Wa?tln?ton 4.11 PM Rat* >ljt
M IHMhn m PM ?rt? 1111
I t*. Now Bara 7.1? PM H?t? ?1.00
ArV MorakaM ?.10 "M
BatirMot Htiu Mara**d Cttr
11.41 PM ip>n:?| at New Bern
?M Ml HV ll ft r Wuhtepttoe.
Tf?k?t? too? crly M apeetel
Train, Trda U an? II Ma Bhiik
MTM? WlM'H applf I?
- f; t. a.
?. D. K TLX, H C. LBAKD,
om. ?m>. Am.
Norfolk, V?. '
?-Hit.
&ST I' "
WE ARE AGENTS'
Ivar Johnson, Rending
Standard. Emblem, Hudson
Dayton and Great Western
Meycles sold for cash or on
Wa also have fM
la th* dty All work guaran
D. R. CUTLER
Ill
lil II (Ml
illuU, Oft., June IT?TW wo
rn? are drink In* more llqaor. vbil?
men. m ? rule, ar? drinking len
than they did a few mrr a*o. la
one of the ?tartlh? point* brought
a?! la the Georgia ftf ht for prohlM
UonT in the current Issue or the
Georgia Commonwealth, edited by
Rer O. W. Blchelberf er.
Attention Is called to the fhet Chat
the preee of tt*e oountry everywhere
haa xaach to eay on this Increase of
dunking amoof women, whteb nat
urally brefda an Inherited teste for
drink In 1
Million Dollar Mystery
By HAROLD MAC GRATH
Awn 5ccmi brrh*. Photo Drama of thm
by thm Thanhcrujer Film Compaq?
&d*aJwaye lovedTln Jreams, yet never
?en.
Number T8 Grore street tu not an
'ftttraettre pUoe, but when she ar
rived AA tu too hlfhly keyed to
take note of Ita eortMdne*s. sh? was
rather oat of breath when she reached
the door of the third flat. She knocked
"timidly. The door waa Instantly
opened by a man who wpro a black
mask. She would hare turned then
and there and flown bet for the awift
picture she had of a well-dreeaed man
at a table. He ley with hla head upon
his arms.
"Father!" ahe whispered.
The man raised hla careworn face,
?o very well don? tkat only the cloaeat
?cmtiny would hare betray*! the'
paate of the theater. He aroae and!
ataggared towar^ ber with out
atretched arrpa. Hot the moment thoy
eloaed about her Florence experienced
a peculiar ahlrer.
"My child!" murmured the broken ;
man. "They caught me when I waa
about to come to you. 1 have given
up the flght" ? eob choked him.
What waa It? wondered the child,
her heart burning with the mlaery of
the thought that ahe waa aad lnatead!
of glad.1 Over hla ehoulder she sent
a glance about the room. There waa
a sofa, a table, some chairs and an
enormous clock, the face of which was
dented and the hands hopelessly tan
gled. Why, at such a moment, she
should note such details dlaturbed
her. Then ahe chanced (o look into
the cracked mirror. In it ehe aaw
several facea, all Waked. These men
were peering at her through the half
cloaed dopr behind her.
'You Mkt return home and bring
me the money." went on'the wretch
Who dared to perpetrate auch a mock
?ry. "It Is all that stands between
me and death."
Then she knew! The lnalatent dally
warnlnga came home to her. 8he un
derstood now. She had deliberately
walked Into the aplder'a net. But In
stead of terror an extraordinary calm
fell upon her.
"Very well, father. I will go and
get It" Oently ahe releaaed herself
from thoae horrible arma.
"Wall, my child, till I aee If they
will let you go. They may wlah to
hold you as hoatage."
When he was gone ahe tried the
doors. They were locked. Then ahe
crossed over to the window and look id
out. ? leap from there would kill h^r.
She turned her gase toward the lamp,
wondering.
The faiae father returned, deject
edly.
"U Is as I said. They Inslat ttpou
?ending eome one. Writ# down the
directions I gay? to you, 1 am vsry
week!"
"Write down the directions yourself/
father; you know them better than
t" Slnos she sew no escape, she was
determined to keep up the tragic fares
no longer.
"J am net your felSer."
M*o I see." she replied, still with
the ft ma stag calm.
Braina. la the other room, shook his
head ?ngaly. rather end daughter;
(*? same steel 1? the nerves. Could
they bead her? Would they break
bs?! Hs did net wish to Injure hor
bodily, bet g million was always a
million, and there waa revsaia which
worth mora' to 4ilm than the
??ney Itself. Ma listened, motioning
to the others to be silent
"Write the dlrectlocs," commanded
tha flMundrel, who discarded the
brokexpman style.
"I know H no hidden money."
"Theft 9*kr father dies this night
Orange ?at a whistle to hla lips.
"?Ua, fHur
MI rafaaar
"Once more. Tflft moment I blow
?*? whittle the J?4n Ip the other
raa Win understand that your fathe?
b to die. Be wtee. Money Is not h
lag?life is everythlag>
"1 refuse I" Sveu as she had known
this vile creature 0 be a Impeetor
ee ?he knew tha^M Med. that her
tether waa stIU fraa. J
Orange blew the wfctoOe. Instantly
the room fceoeaw Mad with tasaJcad
men. But flmsac wds ready She
aalaed the laiap aad hurled It to the
> tadifferent
!??????????' It ax<
I or went out Hspftty lor fcafr.
' At tha aaa? i
CIST OF LIVING
HH
EVERY YEAR
Washington. O.C. Jun? IT.?
The cost oC tiring la higher than
ever be!or? gowooMt statlstlos
?kov and to increasing 4Tify year.
In 1914 the coat of Ailing the
market baaket of tka average -work
ing man's tamily waa $8.68 higher
than In 1911 and 16-43 higher than
In l?9f,f calculating on relative
price figures announced today by the
Federal bureau 4f labor statistics aa
a reault of Its most recent Investi
gation of retail prices.
The chair went true. A crash fol
lowed.
"She ha? throwrr herself out of the
window!" yelled a voice.
Some one groped for the lamp, lit
K, and turned In time to see Florence
pass out of the room Into that from
which they had come. The door
slammed. * The surprised men heard
the key click.
She was free. Bat she was no
longer a child.
CHAPTER V.
The Problem of the Sealed Box.
"Gone I"
Joqea kept saying to hlmeelf that ho
must strive to* be calm, to think, think.
Despite all his warnings, tho warnings
of Norton, she bad tricked them and
run away. Tt was maddening. He
wanted to rave, tear his hair, brenl:
things. He trajnped the ball It would
be wasting time to send for the pollcc
They would only putter about fruit
lessly. The Black Hundred iMieW how
to arrange tbeae abductions.
How had they succeeded In doing It?
No one had entered the bouae that day
without his being present. There bad
been no telephone call be bad not
heard the gist'of, nor any letters bo
bad not first glanced over. How had
they doae It? Suddenly* Into his mind
flashed the remembrance of the candle
light under Florence's door the nigh'
before. In a dozen bounds he was in
her room, searching drawers, paper
boxes. basket*^ He found nothing. lie
returned In despair to Susan, who.
during all this turmoil, bed sat as If
frozen in her chair. ?
"Speak!" he cried. "For God'e sake,
say something, think something! Those
devils are likely *1? torture her. hurt
her!" He leaned against the wall. blB
head on his arm.
When he turned again he was calta
He walked with bent bead Joward the
door, opened It and stood upon Mie
thjfcsbold for a^ space. Across the
street a shadow stirred, but Jones did
not see it Hie gaze was attracted by
something which shone dimly while on
m ms
HSEM
Washington. P. C.. Jan? 17.?
Formsr StcrtUr; Bryan in t h? flr*t
section o? bi? statement# on "The
C?uMie?? War.*' today prophesied
that the greatest peace-making op
portonlty In all hlatory waa certain
to coma to IS? United Satee, ard
'declared t). .0 would be a demand
for aa,interi:.ulonal conference with
the retarc ?f ^caco to change the
rales of In?TnaLiouel law which
'seem to )<u^e b?en trade for the
nationa at wa * rather than for the
rations ct p*'i' e."
XM WUt JIM t ovjron? nr? llflpc. 7TV
rmn to It ? crumpled letter, unad
drtmd He oarrted It back to tho
houss. smoothed tt oat end. read its
contents. Plorecce In her kaste had
dropped the letftar.
He clutched at hi* hat. put It on and
ran to Susan.
"Here!" he crlad. holding out an ap
tomatlc. "If anyone oomea tn that you
don't know, shoot! Don't aak quee
Oone, sheot!"
"I'm afraid!" She breathed with dlf
Acuity.
"Afraid?" he roared at her. He pui
tp* weapon In her hand. Tt slipped
apd thudded to the floor. He stooped
for it and slamnsad It Into ker lap
"You lore your life and honor. You*11
know how to shoot when the time
ooiqee. Now, attend to me. It J'm
not back here by ten o'clock, turn this
note over to the police. If you can't
do that, then Qod help us all!" And
with that he ran from the house.
Susan eyed the revolver with grow
Ing terror. Por w)iat bad she left the
peace and quiet of Mlsa Parlow's; as
sssaiqation. robbery, thieves and kid
napere? She waited to shriek, but
her throat was aa dry as paper. Otn
gerly ebe touched the pistol. The cold
steel sent a thrill of fear over her. He
badn't told her how to sboot tt!
Two blocks down tke street, up an
alley, was the garage wherein Her
greav? had been wont to keep hla ear.
Toward thla Jones ran with the speed
of a trackAthlete. There might be
half a doten taxlcabs about, but he
would not run the xiak of engagin*
any one of them The Black Hundred
waa capable of anticipating hla every
movement.
Tbe ehadow across the street stood
undecided.' At length he concluded to
give Jones ten minutes In which to re
turn. If he did not return within that
time, the watcher would go up to the
drug store and telephone for inatruo
tions.
Out Jonos did not come hack.
'Where's Howard?" be demanded
"Hello, Jonee; wbat'a up?"
"Howard, get that car out at dhoe."
"Out she corny. Walt till I give her
radiator a bucket of water Gee!" j
whispered Howard, whom HargTeave
often used as hla chauffeur, "get on to
his nibs! Pirat time I ever eaw him
awake. I wonder what's doing? You j
1!"4T .bv.v tub at'? bui' nt lbn?%
mil DEBT
IF HIPE US
Budapest. Jane IT.?The national
debts of the belligerent powers kave
been Increased 911.110,000.000
elnce the beginning of the war, ac
cording to flgaree compiled by Dr.
I&lemer Hantoe, a Hungarian finan
dal authority
51
Atlanta, Ga., Jane IT.?The hear
ing before Governor Slaton on Leo
M. Frank's pie* for commutation of
hia death qentonce war resumed bere
early todar.
William M Howard continued kla
argument In behalf of Frank, taking
up the dlscueslon cf the testimony
preeentel at the trial, at the point
whero he left off when adjournment
wu taken M >od*y
mummy-faced beadw'altera. ... Al
right, Jone?!"
The chauffeur Jumped Into the car
and Jonas took the seat beside htm.
"Where tot"
"Number 71 . . .T and the rest of
it trailed away, smothered In the. vio
lent thunder of the big six's engines '
During the car's flight several police
men ballad it without success. Down
this street, up that, round thle corner,
60 miles an hour; and all the while
Jones shouted: "Paster, faster!"
Within CwelTomlnut.es from tbe time
It left the garage, the car stopped op
posite No. 76 Grove street, and Jones
got out.
"Walt here, Howard. If several men
come rushing out, or I don't appear
within ten minutes,'?tire your tun a
couple of times for the police. 1 don't
want then If we can manage without
They'd only bungle." X
"All right. Mr. Jones," said the chauf^
feur. He had, in tbe past quarter of
an hour, aoqulred s deep and laatlng
respect for the butler chap. He was a
regular fellow, tor all hia brass but
tons.
As Jones reached the curb, Florence
came forth as If on Invisible wings.
JonVa caught her by the arts. She
flung blm aside with a strength be had
not dreamed existed In her slim body.
'Florence, I am Jones!"
Sbe stopped, recognised blm, and
without a word ran aero a? the atreet
to the automobile and climbed Into the
tonneau. Jonea followed Immediately.
"Home!"
The car shot up the dimly lighted
atreet, ahone palely tor a second upder
the corner lamp, and Taalahed.
"Ah, child, child I" groaned tbe man
It her side, all jhe teoseneat gone
The Million TMlar My?tery ia
shown at the Bolijo theater ev
ery Thursday Matinee an i Night.
(To be Continued. )
The Kina Tn Hm
Always Bought
ATLANTIC HOTEL
MOKF.HF.AD CITY, N. C.
Opens June 15, 1915, Opening
Ball June 19th.
R. P. FOSTER. : : Proprietor.
.A. J. COOK, Assistant Manager.
The Coffee
Dru
s
Do you
know
what
it is ?
It's caffeine ? a pol ton o tu and
powerful nerre Irritant - ?bout 2 12
gralni lo (he cup of coffce.
Llfttea to what ?hytlolans ?sy:
The sure, easy way out of coffee
troubles is to shift to
Instant Postum
?U * % y V r.f " ^ J {,;"?? io"?? . .f ?; J
"There's a Reason"
Coca-Cola Bottling Works
F. E. MAYO, Prop.
WASHINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA.
ADVERTISEMENTS IN THE
DAILY NEWS GIVE RESULTS
NOIIOB OP LAND HAUL
North Carolina B??ufort County.
Under and by vlrtuo of an order
of the Superior Court of Beaufort!
County In a Apodal Proceeding en
titled. Ruuo Doyd A Others re. Ma
jor Snowden Water*, tho undorilgn
ed Commlaotoner will, on Monday,
tba 12th day of July, 1916, at twolYa,
o'ptook noon, at the oourthouea door
In Vlaifart County. Mil for eaeh to
tho klfhNt bidder the following do
arrfbad tract of land:
Mtaate, lying and %alng la Bean
fort Oouaty, North Carolina, an* In
k mmt Umi aa the Watt* i
of George J. Waters, to tie
division lin? bvtwNn Alfred Wetere
?nd file children, thanoe with Mid
line rnnntn? northwardly to a ptae,
thence eairt to the beginning, con
taining SO acrea, more or leu.
Terma of sale. caab. Tan per oent
deposit required.
Thla June 7th, 1916.
jwnus d. rmrwrcs.
Onsmfaaioner.
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