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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS. APRIL 6, 1911 rr I 'A What nssk&s you looli so giadf so SaM FHoS'-on-S^arade **l*m amokin* of a pSpm o* STUD,** Tho CoSoi^Swgeani said. As the Governor of North CaroUna said^ to the Governor of South Carolina: ^^Got any STUD Tobacco for makin’s? If you haven’t," dig for a nick^ now and play it over the counter of the nearest smoke shop. STUD is the glad-hand, come-again £moke.tS;It’s a friend - maker. You can’t help liking it. For STUD is tobacco, grown in the rich Fiedmont Country,clean and fragrant. It’s equally good pipe vsmokin’ and in rvo;arettes it won’t stain your f any more than cigars, with al-se rea^ r'Crt. %r:J^ t?O0S be bein' cf Siiido E'jcry tttm yoiz see a white horse At midnight things grew quiet. 1 sal in tlie library. r?acling. uniii then, whon ail luulenaker's assistant in a pink shirt and polka-dot cravat came to tell me that everythin" was done. “Is it cusromary for some one to s-tay up, on occasions like this? ’ I asked. ‘ Isn't there an impression tliav wandering cats maj’ get into the roLun, or sometlung of that sort?" "1 don’t think it will be necessary, sir,” he said, trying to conceal a smile. “It’s all a matter of taste. Some people like to take their troubles hard. Since they don't put money on ilieir eye& any more, nobody v.ants to rob the dead.” He left with that cheerful remark, and. I closed and locked the house after him. I found Bella in the basement kitchen with all the liglits burning full, and I slood at the foot of tiie stairs while slie scooted to bed like a scar ed rabbit. She was a strange creature, Bella-—not so stupid as S'he looked, but s ullen, morose—“smouldering” about expresses it. I closed the doors into the dining room and, leaving one light in the hall, went up to bed. A guest room in the third story had been assigned me, and I Avas tired enough to have slept on the floor. The telephone bell rang just after I got into bed, and grumbling at my luck, 1 went down to the lower floor. It was the Times-Post, and the man at the telephone was in a hurry. “This is the Times-Fost. Is Mr. Wardrop there?’ “No.” “Who is this?” “'i'his is John Knox.” “The attorney?” “Yes.” “Mr. Knox, are you willing to put yourself on record that Mr. Flerning committed suicide?” “I am nor going to put myself on record at all.” “Tonight’s Star says you call it sui cide, and that you found him with the revolver in his hand.” “The Star iiesl” I rotoried. and the man a^ the other end chuckled. “Many thanks',” he said, and rang off. I went back to bed, irritated that I had betrayed myself. Loss of sleep for tv.'o nights, however, had told on me; in a short time I was sound asleep. I wakened with difficulty. My head felt stupid and heavy, and I was burn ing v’ith thirst, l sat up and wondered vaguely it 1 were going to be ill, and I remember that 1 felt too weary to get a drink. As I roused, however, I found that part of my discomforl came from bad ventilation, and I op ened a window and looked out. The window was a side one. opening The next moment the solid earth slipped from under my feet, I threw out my hand, and it met a cold v/all. smooth as glass. Then I fell—fell an incalculable dissance, and the black ness of the night came over me and smothered me. R. D. MOORE W. E. PRICE (To Be Continued Tomorrow.) ONE CONDUCTOR HELPED BACK TO WORK. *Mr. Wilford .\dams is his name, and he writes; "1 was confined to my bed with chronic rheumatism and used tvro boill*^s of Foley's Kidney Remedy wiiii good ej'fect. Ti>e third bottle put me on niy feet and I resumed work as conductor on the Lexington Ky., Street Railway. It will do all you claim in cases of rheumatism l)y eliminating tli-' urice acid from the blood. Special ly recommended for elderly i>eople. Bowen Drug Store on North Square. Foley Kidney Pills contain in con- centraied form ingredients of estab lished therapeutic value for the !>rompt alleviation of all kidney and bladder ailments. Foley Kidney Pills are rintiseptic tonic and restorative. Do not allow' your kidney trouble to progress beyond the reach of medi cine, but start taking Foley Kidney Pills at once. Refuse substitutes. Bow> en Drug Store on North Square. R D. MOORE & CO. We write Fire hisurauco, i^ive Stock Accident. Klevaior. Steam Boiler, PI ate G!:iss Defence and all kinds of Atuoniobile Insurance. nsuiaiK'o, Liabiliiy. Fioalth and Physicians' and Dniggists' lionds written witilc you v;ait. 'PHONE 307, OFFICE ROOM NO 1. FOUR C.’S BUiLDING. @aa aaaai^aaaasa ae The Automatic Befriaerator Si "’jl fi" t -> *' L' i i R I ir^iV S V ..,1 'i '•> ir.. /LJ?TI7 . li T . , ' V V .Ai your li^t on riiii’.t a.H-g". *vhi!e .):i( k calls a cab,'' slse directed. "1 ’u isi. ,.;ei iioiue, or Frei! \\iil keep the li; ; s uii u!iil iiiiie o' o'clock. lie is 7 he High Point News Department Special to The News. High Point, Av>ril G.—The special train bearing the fifty prominent men of Charleston, several newspaper men and a brass band arrived here yesterday, and in spite of the heavy downpour of rain which gave no promise of a liill during the allotted 40 minutes of the visit a large com mittee of High Point’s prominent men from the Manufacturers’ Club, city oon- cil. merchants' association and other citizens gave the visitors a hearty greeting. The entertainment committee of the state Sunday school convention, which meets here April, 26-27-28, has divided the town into 12 districts and appoint ed connnittees from the 3 2 Sunday schools of the tovn to canvass the town and secure homes for the (!00 del egates of which the convention is com posed. Much sympathy is felt here for yoimg Clifton Suggs’ the AN’estcrn Fn- ion operator charged with misap;)ropri- ating the company’.^ funds and the n)ajori(V of the peoide believe him whdiy innocent so much so that the recorder in giving his decision iutimat- on t(' a space perhaps eight feet wide,} ed that if he had tinal .iurisdiction he which &sparaied it from its neighbor. | v.ouhl probably aquit the defendant, Across from me was only a blank red 1 but as evidence gave a probable cause wall, but the night air greet ?d me' for binding over to superior court, he blov. ing, put the defendant under the light bond Has perfect Air Circulation, small Ice Chamber and large space for pro visions thereby using less ice and keeping a lower temperature than oth er Refrigerators. Has a large en ameled water reservoir just between the walls that opens from the outside and therefore cannot be contaminated l)v anything that may be in the rel’iig- erator. ODORS WILL NOT MIX—TRY IT. Put onions right along with any oth er food and you cannot notice the odor on any of the stuffs when taken out. Guaranteed absolutely. Everything for the Home Here. refreshingly. The wind wa hard, and a shutter was banging somewhere below. 1 leaned out and lookpd down into the weli-like space benf a.h uie. It was one of those appar ently ‘iiance movements that have vi ta! convequef'ct'S. and thcit Itavc alwa.N s made me believe in thv^ old Calvinistic crer.,1 of ol'oreordination. Lelovr nie, on the v.oli across, was a rectangle yellow light, reflected from the library window of the Fleming home. There was some one in the house. As I stared, the >:ghi was slow'y .'nlotted oiU—tiot as if the li.ght had I been switcncd off, but by a gradt;al de- i creasing in size of tl'.o lighced aiea. of $200.00, which was i)romi)tly given. The amount supj)osed to be missing is S:!OS.OO. The small boy who outgrows his clothes seems to disprove the eter nal fiiness of things. R. H. JORDAN & CO. SUCCESSFUL Lubin Furniture Co. No Stooping for Oven or Broiler, where Imperial Excelsior Gas Stoves I . b;'Olu’'^^ly withotu prtncii'le.” i '■.''I'f'n .'\largt‘!'y caiv.o do-vn v>‘r-:;. ;; liMie !‘^"d ^])o; 'ournin (I ek. aiUi she ran V RINEHART there in each down the -^■ai.^ lil:e a scared ch;ld. A; the bot- >, iu :ii‘' clnnhed tiu' nowei-posL and .oo'Kcd '>!-iiind fearftilly. AViia:'s the ma'icr?" Kdith demand ed. :;!f!ncing over her shoulder. one has bp n u’> s airs," l\iar- "■.'r.-'’ ]»aut(-(i. "Soutebodv I'as been ill the hop.se v.hile we were ■ind Uii d- ''.])i ar. .'.•.v s p. IvaN- ('ifec "Xoi'sensc," I said, seeing that her irigii' was infectir.g Ediih. "What mr.kes you tliink that?’' ‘■r\ine and lock," she s-ai'l. gaining .'■outage, 1 siti)l;ose, from a masctuine presi nee. .\nd so we went tin the long stau’s, ti'iO two girls clui(hing haiids, and 1 leading the way and Inclined to scoff. ,\t the door of a small room next to w’lfi^ ’!ad been Allan Fleming's bed room. wo paused and I turned on the 1 l!!:ht. a.iumg Mr. Flem j ‘ ik'i'ore vn’b left.” Margery said more . ! would like to goidulellv ••! clci-ed this ioom myself. It a;.:l !;i.v. ; 'T 11.- ..iial." ' i iiMVt‘ ilfii'dly I ii: aii'hoi'il • (1 (io' iitfuih . ■'.Mis.-: Fleming. ij up. " .‘.'ould lia'.e no obj-i-riou. Mis' , ' ; ocre!.iv>. Wardrop. v.(v;ild be | •!i( K> sui'eriniend sucli a search, 'j \i»ti li:nl Wardrop at once?’| Some’hi’ig in his eag-Tness put me | iny L:'iiird. j “I V. il •■•.•ikf' an attempi.'’ I said.; ■ i., ' !!;(. 1,'ivi- the name of your licte!,. atui I 'V ill U'lf'idione yow If it can be .■irr.uigcd for K'uigiit." j it.'' iiad to b'_ satisfif'd with that. b'M ;ii-- cagFr!!-'-s s. enit-d 'o me to be i> i:-; dfspf'vai icfii. ()d ii> i nough. Mii'd n ;! U;(;'.re WaiHrop alter all. I •-(). the M.'M'l'r’tid hoi;se bv telephone, 'o U'ai’i- iliat hf had Ictt there a'tou' Mirc e o’clocK, and had not come back. 1 wen; to i!ie ’'hMning hotise for :'i'. i-Mith wa'i siill ihere. and we ; ii 1.1 (’ to clM'er Margf'r.v, a sad ij'Ho f;:',ur(‘ iti i.er b’ark clothes. Al- . ■ 111.- n; h1, 1 -alled l.ightfooi, ai hi-^ ard told t'ini that I could not iMid Vv'ardrop: that there were no pa- . ( I;' :it the house, and that the ofiice •■'ale \N'i!ld lia\'e to wait until \\a>- (ii'op was touiui to open it. lie was dii-- .i I ( (I and l urious-; lil'e a .good inon v.iif- a! o physical owards. hf‘ > ai l a gri-it deal over the t. Ic- il.l'('U(‘ that he would not have dared ■I.') s:!\’ to mv face, and I cut lii'n oH h;?nuing up the receiver. ]■ rom , ihui iriinute. in liie struggle t hat was ;coi»'^;ig, like 1 red. I was “lo"ninst the : v.('V('i'.iment. ‘ It w;is arra ged that Fdith should .Maigery home with htr lor the I thought it a good idea: \,ry sigh’, of Kdith tucking in habies and siltitig down beside !'l rary latni) to embroider m(‘ a pin hoi !“r rf n 'i V Mur- p.ipl'.^' i 1 ■With ,d wi. 1 : ’.1 >• .rl' lK c. d !-■ -'ti ’ ;'ia> . " .a', but an ru-. 1 1 "i " iii;c. ;i(iu^' ; hi.-; . Alter ad, ■ ^ I , • ' r. : (• r ' i;iv, • ~t*OCKES) •n ••'•1 il for ovoj ' llv r«-, • "!ui.tly harmless. ’ 'JO. Sample free Boston, Mass. I t a the her the scarf- for ("liri;->imas Avould l)ring -Xiargerv back to nornml again. Fx- in'the matter of f’hristmas gilts. ' Fdith is the sanest Woman I know; I ' K'^-og!i5v.f‘d it al the dinner table, where hdie 'iiad the litsh* girl across from her I |.!ani>ing h«‘r nioun*ing hats before tne ! 'I'n'K r was half linished. ' Win-n wf‘ rose at last. Ma..geij 'looked toward the music room, jih'^ dead man lay in »tate. But Ldith jtook her by the arm and pushed her iiov.ard the stairs ia(. j::s. been done over, and tne pale bli.e soil.-, so easily. 1 tame in the h's! th'ng, and saw covers i»ut over 'vcryihing. .Now look at it!" li was a svirt of botidoir. filled with .(•minine kiiick-knacks a)id mahoga ny lounging chairs. Wherever possi l i?, a pale brocade had been used, on the window seat. It Avas evidently ••jargery';; i)rivaie sitting room. Ti:e linen cover that had been :hri;".n over the divan was fc-kled iia«k. and a pillow from the window ;.;eat I'ore the imprint of a head. The ta- ble was still covered, knobby protub- al-ierances indicatin.g tiie pictures and 1 j books beneath. On the corner of the ;ai)ie, where the cover had been pushed aside, was a cup. empty and clean- washed. Mi’d t;s- if to I'.rove her conten- (if)ii. .Marr,cr.v picked ui» from the floor a U'-wsnaper, dated Friday mornuig. .he twent.v-spcond. used towel in the bath room near- '.jv c,omi)lote(l the inventory; Marger.v had been right; some oue had used the I'oom wliile the liouse was closed. "Mighi it not have been your—fath er v KdiUi asked, when Ave stood again at the foot of the stairs. “He could have come here to look for .something, r.nd lain down to rest." ‘i don't think so.” Margery said wanlv. “1 left the door so he could get in with his ke.v, but—he alwajs used his study couch. I don't think he ev€*r si)ent five minutes in ^rij’ sitting room in his life." We had to let it go at that finally. 1 ])ut. them in a cab, and saw them start away; then I went back into :he house. I had arranged to sleep tiiere and generally to look after things — as- 1 said before. Whatever scruples 1 had hHd about taking charge of Mar- ^erv 1'leniinK affairs, had Faded with Wardrop's defection and the new mystery of the blue boudoir. The lower floor of the house was full of people that night, local and state jioliticians, newspaper men and the usual crowd of the morbidly eunous. Tlie undertaker look everything in hand, and late that evening I could hea- them carrying in tropical plants and stands for the flowers that were already arriving. Whatever paiiopiy the death scene had lacked, Allan Fleming 'wa& lying in state now. 'i he library shade liad been drawn. -tiis-t !'nought was bur.glars; my sec:md i.ightfoot. No matter wlu) it was, there vvtis n,' one wlio h‘id busi ness there. Lm-kily, 1 had i.'vought my revolver with uie I'rom Fred's that day. and ii v.as under my pillow; to got it, I'jUi out t’ne light i;nd open tiie door ([uictly, look onl.'* a. minutP. I v,as in pajamas, barei’oo'. as on another al most similar ocs asion, but I v/as bet ter armed than before. ! got to the .s-?cond tloor without hearing or seeing anytiuug suspicioun, blit ftoin there I c:ould see that tiie litrht in the I'lall h"d been extinguisheci. The unfami’iarity of the house, the ki'uwledge of the silent lig- ure in ihe lrawing rooni al tiie looi of the stairs, and of whatever might be wailing in the library beyond, made my" iwsition uncomfortable, to say the least. i don't believe in the man who ’s never afraid: he doesn't deserve credit he gets. H's the fellow vho is scared to death, whose knees knocii together, and who totters rather than walks iuio danger, who is the real hero. Not that 1 was as bad as that, but I would have liked to know where* the electric switch was, and to have tven the iraj» before 1 put my head in.. The stairs were solidly built and did not creak. I felt my wa^' dov. n tile baluster, which roqi’.ired ray right hand, and threw my revolver to my left. I got safely to the bottom, and aro’.ind the newel post; there v.’ss still a light in the library, and^ the door Avas not entirely closed. Then, with rny usual bad luck. 1 ran into a heap of folding chairs that had been left bv the undertaker, and if the crash paralyzed me. I don’t know what it did to the intruder in tlie library. ’ihe I’.giit v.as out in an liisiant, and with concealment at an end, I broke for the door and thre^v it open, standing there with my revolver level ed. We—ihe nian in the room, and I —v.-ere both in absoltite darkness. Hg had the advantage of me. He knew my location, and 1 could not guess his. ‘Who is here?” I demanded. Oul}' silence, except that I seemed to hear rapid breathing. •’Speak up, or Fll shoot!” I said, not without an ugl.v feeling that he mighj. Ije—even probably was—taking caietul aim at my voice. The darkness was in tolerable; I reached cautiou&ly to the left and found, .iust beyond the door frame the electric switch. As I turn ed it the light flashed up. The room was empty, but a portiere in a door- wav at rav right was still shaking. r leaped for the curtain and dragged it aside, to have a door just close in my face. When I had jerked it open, I found myself in a short hall, and there Avere footsteps to my left. I blundered along in the &emi-darkness, into a black void which must have been the dining room, for my out stretched hand skirted the table, footsteps seemed only beyond reach, and at the other side of the room the sAvinging door into the pant ry was still swaying Avhen I caught I made a mis-step in the pantry, and brought up against a blank walk it seemed to me I heard the sounc Ox feet running up steps, and when 1 found a door at last, I threw ii, open and dashed in. , Induced Dr. Howard Company to Make Special Prices. After a great deal of effort and cor respondence R. H. .Jordan & Co.. the p(;i)u!ar uruggisrs, h.Hve succeeded in .getting the Dr. lloAvard Co. to make a special hiilf-price introductory offer on the regular fifty cent size of their celebrated specific for the cure of con- stiiiation and dyspepsia. This medicine is a recent discovery fcr tii(' cure of :ill diseases of the stoi!;a{“Ii and bowels. It not onl.v giA'es quic'K relief, lnit it makes permanent cures. Dr. floAvard's specific has been so reiuarkably successful in curing con- sfiiiiition. dvs])ei)sia and liver trou bles. thiit 11. .Iordan & Co. are Avill- ing lo return tiie price p'aid in eA'ery case Avhere it docs not give relief. Headaches, coate:! tongue, dizziness, .gas on stomacli, specks before the eyes, constipation, and all ivU'ms of liv er and slomach troubles are soon cur ed by this scientific medicine. So great- is the demand for this spe cific that R. II. Jordan & Co. na\'e been able to secure only a limited sup))ly. and every one who is trotibled with dvspepsia. constipation or liver trouble should call upon them at once, fi^^ior send 25 cents, and get sixty doses '' of ihe best medicine ever made, on this si>ecial half price offer with their personal guarantee to refund the mon- ev if it does not cure. N. & W. Railway Schedule in Effect May 15, 1910. 11 am. Lv. Charlotte So. Ry. 5.50 pm. 2.40 pm. Lv. Winston N&W 2.10 pm. 4.44 Lv. Mart’ville N&W Ar. 11.40^ am. 7.00 pm. Ar Roanoi»e N&W Lv. 9.15 am. Addtional trains leave Winston-Sa lem 7.10 sl, m. daily except Sunday. Connects at Roanoke for the t^ast and West. Pullman sleepers. Dining cars. If you are thinking of taking a trip YOU Avant quotations, cheapest fares, reliable and correct informa tion, as to routes, train schedules, the most comfoi’table and quickest way. Write and the information is yours for the asking, with one of our complete Map Folders. W. B. BEVIL, M. F. BRAGG. Gen. Pass Agt. Trav. Pass. Agt. Roanoke, Va. are used. $23.50 and Up Come in and let us shoAV you this excellent Stove. J. N. McCausland & Company m m □ MMNMNIJi If You Want Dry Coai, Buy Sta_ndard It is all under shed and protected from the weather. 2 Standard Ice & Fuel Co.ng M- A. BLAND, Sales Aj?ent 1 ne my Southern Railway Offers Extremely Low Round Trip Rates to Little Rock, Ark,, On Account Annual Reunion Unit«ed Confederate Veterans May 15-Sth, 1911. Tickets for this occasion Avill be sold on MaA'-13, 14, and 13, Avith final return May 2-?rd, Avith privilege of an exten sion of return limit until June 14th, bv depositing ticket with joint agent and pavment of 50 cents. The fotlow- ing rotind trip rates will apply from stations named; Charlotte, N. C ' Concord. N. C Davidson, N. C It •>! Greensboro, N. C Jb.oii Gastonia, N. C High Point, N. C ^^-"2 Statesville, N. C Salisbury, N. C ^ Low round trip rates from all o.her uoints on Southern Raihvay on same basis. Southern Railway has double daily through service for Little Rociv, Ark., via both Asheville, Chattanooga and Memphis, and v'ia. Atlanta, Bir mingham and Memphis. For further information, reserva tions. etc., apply to anA Southern Railv/ay Agent, or, write. R. L. VeTnon, D. P. A., and R. H. DeButts, T.. j.. A., ^ Charlotte, N. C. Clean-Up Day That sounds good to us. W’hile you are cleaning up your premises don’t forget to clean out all the old Pans, Kettles and other wornout articles from your kitchen and house and call on us and v.-e will supply you with a nice, clean lot of the best kitchen and household utensils to be found in the city. Make your cleaning up thorou.gh and you Avill find many articles that should be replaced bv new and better ones and then call on the Co. Weddington Hardware I^^CORPORATED 29 East Trade Street
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