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p ,-v \ iv. January 18, 1923. I 1 “ ’ • r ' 13# THEt if ty Sdisonjtarolulbj ©IQQQ-littl^BioAitCtopaqyi (dinned From Our Last Issue) fought like the wolf that was blood' brother —lunging, striking recoiling out of harm's way, springing forward to strike 1 i,o old exhilaration and rapture Tittle flashed through him as he v ng his axe, sending home blow .if ter blow. ; ire dance dabout the shaggy, ling form of the bear, escaping smashing blows of the bear with, : tculous agility. But at last the zttly lunged too far. Ben sprang - ie, just in time. He aimed a ter-' . blow just at the base of the " :.o, slience descended quickly i tier. The blow had gone : giu home, and the last flicker . willing life fled. Ben stood wait ; to see if another blow was need i hen the axe fell from his hands. • a moment he stood as if dazed. ]: soon he remembered Fenris and w.; .1 unsteadily to his side. wolf, however, was already y. ov ring from the blow. He had m- rely stunned. Onoe more turned to the mouth of the t-'o' bing and white as the moon itself, Beatrice mat him at the PART THRE&. i The Taming CHAPTER XIH phj } Fenris Is Restless TV-X rose at daybreak, I jQ : -ny refreshed by'the night’s I 'is first work was to remove the cf last night’3 invader —the grizzly that lay dead just 0ut ...... the cavern opening. T. hour was already past ten; b . K atr-ice— worn out by the stress •he right before — did not waken i she ‘ heard the crack of her fr - ..h She lay a while, resting, if ihg through the cavern open ! h-u s efforts* to prepare break h.h.'g one of the two tin plates • # ie into the cavern. V .hing into his mood the girl pre- H t ; Ito be asleep. •\ , ,:e up, Beatrice,** he com- Je n a XJ, witll pretended gruffness. ] - after ten, and youVq got to if c k ky breakfast.” I e stirred, pretending 1 in ojening her eyes. * - F ?coned her eyes t,o find lilih so i her with boyish glee. ’JfcaWf surprise—he proffered that : fiil ■ 1 plate. • c lvs passed quickly for Be* Kttrice. They found plenty of and even- of play to pasq the • his axe and hunting knife . prepared a complete set of fnr-< their little abode. And tar .an a Beatrice was ft»r --: to enter a certain, covert lest >uld prematurely discover am -• -,att r wonder that Bea was ring for a surprise, one morning she missed th« squads of his flre-bullding. ; ntly she heard him mutter g and grunting as he moved some - >vy object to the door of the covet ■- 1 '.e hurried into her outer gar ■ s and in a moment appeared., "as a hammock, suspended on a stout frame, to take the/ place of her | * l! hough bed on the cave floor. He' § * -us .d the grizzly skin, hanging It §§ " h unbreakable sinew, and. fash g it in such a manner that folds t'ae hide could be turned over her r: oo old nights. dling the gratitude in her eyes, 1 o o lipsbrpke into a radiant smile. I guess you've forgotten what o&y it :s,” he said. 'o: course. I hardly know the U -moruh.” . ; i ve notched each day, you know. Ard maybe jxrn’ve forgotten—on the ; ; ;RY CAPITALIST ! <>£TS WATER RIGHTS r 1 Elliott to Erect : >‘o-Eiectric Plants on! I t’atawba. -I;;:;. 17. ---AnjuiSition- of '■ ghM in till 1 Catawba | i a point juM below the j > ii' '.ls down to and iuHutl , '* > '•' tit n shoaD. was an-1 ' p • by Joseph *l*. Elliott. | a . \|v. Lilinfl said work j i ) •' !<; dm electric plants: vithiii ;j few weeks. wink !i Mr. Elliott ac-1 1 ’ siiPiust £IOO.OOO. it was! • were reports which ; r 1 i Mis.-iiss that A. M. KisP-! J j Mu-on, would lx*. associated -J'i->L in the development, j viglits are understood ■o v two miles along the ' ; -j ED I>V . . ♦VRECIi IN ViKtilMA j ' ? i ? ikii< Cars !*i!ed ip! ■ < l «i e• o? Southern Railway! i '• a .Inn. ‘l7. —Six - pas-j 1 ‘Mini jn both din< tious ! ! '-Sin- and Atlanta were j oHa,vcd lo a w reck of 25 t ■ A'«-3 1 !>lor ked both fracks: d-' vi! Uai'\\ s siy near S,vcu* j ' ‘"My. r i he trains finally | ‘ over the Norfolk -Ac 1 . The w reck occur-1 ■ midnight, and it was ' ‘ '[ • tracks cleared late; * 1 ’’’ iso aooident was said j ' a in o' on oar wheel. ! ' , ; i| s produces nearly dp per J ’ l! " baeu manufactured in ' ■•* Mates. ' ride out from Snowy Gulch—-we talked of birthdays. Today la yours.” - He walked toward her, and her eyes could not leave his. He bent soberly, and brushed her lips With his own. Lately Fenris had taken to wan dering into the forest at night, and once his throat and joWls had been stained with dark blood. ‘‘lt’s getting too tame for you here, old boy, isn’t it?* Ben said to him one hushed, breathless night. “But wait just a little while more. It won’t be tame then.” It was true: the hunting party, if they had started at once, must be nearing their death valley by now. Matters reached a crisis between Fenris and himself one still, warm night in late July. “Go ahead if you like,” Ben' told him. “God knows it’s j r our destiny.** The wolf seemed to understand. With a glad bark he sped away and almost instantly vanished into the gloom. But Fenris Iwul: broken all ties “BEN BEN DON’T DRINK IT!” SI-IE CRIED. “GOD HAVE MERCY ON MV SOUL.” with the cave. The chain was too strong for that. Fenris had joined his fellows, to be sure; but he still kept watch over the cave. , .. , CHAPTER XIV, The Poison Plot ‘TThEATRICE had kept only ah ap- P> proximate track of the days; yet she knew that an attempt td rescue her must he almost at kaod, i The wolf had gone now to join hie fellows. She was not aware of his almost nightly return. Perhaps the fact of his absence gave her an op portunity to savo her father from Ben’s ambush. The thought was with her, and she tras desperate one long* worm oftrenoon as she searched far roots and berries fa the forest. And all at once her hand reached toward s lib tie vine of Mack berries*-each pith « green tnft at the end. As Xf fay fafdirmt, hardly esaane of the motion* die withdrew ber band She knew tfafa sane. 2t vane the deadly and * handful of tbe berries spelt death, j9w started to look elsewhere. But presently she paused* arrested by an idea so engrosing and yet so terrible that her heart seemed to pause in her breast. Her father’s life was in imminent danger. Another day might find him stretched lifeles before her. Ben had not hesitated to use every wea flon'in his power; sho should not hesitate now. Eagerly her fingers plucked the black berries. In one of the tin cups Beatrice pressed the juice from the night shade, obtaining perhaps a table- Davidson Freshmen Elect Oftieers for the Year. Davidson College. Jan. lb. —'At a mtading of the freshmen class here l tonight the following oflieers were, elected for the year : X. E. Sappentield. Concord, president : -I. A. McMillan, i Chariot to. vice president: and C. K. ! Houston, Monroe., election as presi i dent came after a strongly contested i nice with liegnn. the other nominees | Maker. McMillan and Laird being i eliminated. j Form this time on in the collegiate | session The freshman class is otliciaJly Jrecognized on the.-campus, their prosl i dent acting as the. class’ representative ion the student council, and the meui jlv rs of tl/ class having the right to • vote in all Pkcystucjent. body elections. : State Librae. Commission Has import ant Hooks For Reference. Raleigh. X. 0.. Jan. !«.—The state library commission today announced if had a number of books on "orsonal and national economy available to readers of North ''Carolina. 1 liese books are on thrift, investments, bud gets and household accounting and eco nomics and art* selected from flit* Ani- JeneanMAbrarv Association reading j list. ' Franchise of Columbia Club Has Been Given t p. j Columbia, S. C.. Jan. H*. —The. fyan | chise of the Columbia club in the South | Atlantic League has been surrendered ito the league, it became know n here I with the statement tonight by Prosi j dent W. Tl. Walsh that lit* was in Co ' Jum.bia To attempt to make urntnge [ infills for flu* continuance of the fran chise here. President Walsh con ! tinned a report that W. Dixon Foster i luul re.sigHt'd as president of the ( o [ lumbia club. I Voting oysters enjoy only forty ! eighf hours’ life as moving creatures; 1 then the: . settle dov.n for file. spoonful of black liquor. To ttiii she added considerable sugar. Then she concealed-the cup in cluster of vines, ready for the mo ment of need. Then she hastened up the ridge to meet Ben on his way the cave. She waited a few minutes, then spying his stalwart form at the edge* of the beaver meadow, she tripped, down to meet him. She walked to the door of the cave, procuring a handful of dried red-pbot leaves that she used for tea, Through the cavern opening be saw her drop them into the bucket that served os their teapot. Then she come back for the oiled, cloth hog that contained the last of their jnpr. He began to eat his steak. Alf that he had told her concern ing his war with her father recurred to her fa one vivid flash. Could it have been that he had told the truth —that her father and his followers hod ha—.the attackers in the begin ning? But nveiy di these thoughts came to bee, abe had walked boldly to the Are nod emptied the contents of the cup fatofbe-boiiisg water Oj;- the tea pot. Then ah* took the patJTif'the fire end poured the hot cQgdtffits into the cup that had Just beSSK-the potion. She brought tt steafaMg to Ben’s side. “It’s prettg Strang, .I’m afraid,” she told hi— *Ths faives weren’t very good* wad I WCed them too long. “Tta-sfmfcL smtU find It bit ter.” ‘Yfl-drintelVdCK* faWer as gall,” ho-assured ber. His hand reached fad seized the handle of the cup. Then she seemed to VCfithecas in a convulsion. Her value rose in a piercing scream. “B— —Ben —don’t drink itT* she cried. have mercy-on tny soul!” She reached and knoefosi the cup from his hand; and its b‘r„ck con tents, like dark blood, stained the sandy floor of the cavern. “Never mind, Beatrice,” the man was saying, his deep, rough voico gentle as a woman’s. “Don’t cry— • just forget all about it. Let’s v go over to your hammock and rest awhile. *’- “But you don’t understand — you don’t know— what I tried to do — ” His rugged face lighted as he smiled, kindly and tolerantly. But her solemn voice arrested him. “Wait, Ben. I want you to know —so you won’t trust me again. The cup—was poisoned.” The man looked her, in infinite compassion, then came and sat be side her in the hammock. Rather quietly he took one of her hands. Then he pressed it to his lip 3. “You’d kiss i»y hand—after what I did?” “After what you do,*’ he corrected. They would need fdel in plenty to keep the fire bright tonight. Evi dently rain was impending — one or those cold, steady downpours that are disliked so cordially. He went a full two hundred yards before be found a tree to his lilting. It was a tough spruce of medium height and just at the edge of fh* stream. He laid his rifle down, lean ing it against a fallen log; then be gan his work. , His blows struck true from habit. Now the tree was half-severed: it was thne to cut on the opposite side. Suddenly his axe crashed into yield ing, rotten wood. Waif of the tree had been rotten, changing the direction of its fall and .crashing it down before ,its time. Ben leaped for his life, instinctive ly aiming for the shelter of the log agianst which he had Inclined his rifle; but the blow came too soon. Ben’s rifle, catching the full might of the blow, was broken like e match. Ben himself was crushed to earth as beneath a meteor. The rain clouds deepened ind spread above his motionless form. Beatrice’s drcam3 were troubled after Ben's departure forest. She opened her eyes; the cavarn, wa# deep with shadow. She wondered why Ben did not come into the cave. Was he embit tered against her, after all? Her uneasines swus swiftly de veloping into panic. (Continued in Our Next Issue) liiiiiiniiuiiiiuiiHiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiUiiiiiiiiUiuuuiaiUtiihiiiiiiUiuuuiiiiiuiiUim DYNAMITE CHARGE DAMAGES HOUSE Twelve Persons Also Injured As Result of Explosion in Louisiana Town. | Crow ley. La., Jan. Hi.—Twelve per-j 1 sons were reported injured and a mini | her of buildings wrecked at Scott, La., j2O miles from here last night as it result of an explowition of dynamite. De.tp.ils were lacking, but according to I he reports received here.,7oo pounds of dynamite blasted in a garage where it was stored with gasoline. Some one entnax’d the. garage with a lantern las L-night, igniting the gasoline, wjiich caused an explosion setting off the dynamite. [ The blast was felt here.' and also at Gueydan. 20 miles south of here. The. 'Lafayette and Ua.vne lire departments i responded to the call for help. Spartanburg Men' Purchase South At j Eidie Franchise. Spart inhiug, N. <’.. Jan. 15.—The ; franchise, of the South Atlantic Assentation today tively sold to a syndicate of live local men, it was announced here today. The names of thexsyhdleaty* members have not yet l*eou made "public. A I’cav minor details remain to be ar ranged. ik wiis said. Following the announcement of the sale, one of the new owners stated that Manager Mike Kelly would re main at the helm. 1 Mrs. Joseph T. Bowen, known as' one of the foremost club women and civic w orkers in Chicago, is mentioned as a possible candidate for mayor of that city. One variety of oyster found m ’Australian waters is as large as a dinuei plate, and ©he makes a meal. t THE CONCORD TIMES ! AN ORDER FOR TWENTY-FIVE l \ RHOADS -OF FURNITURE ! Men From All Over tile Country at High Feint i’laeing Orders for Furn iture. High Point, Jan. IC.—One order for •-’C earloads of furniture was placed today by a buyer attending the. South ern Furniture Exposition, which op?n --(d here yesterday. The name of the purchaser and the exhibitor making the i sale wc.re not revealed by Charles F. Long, manager of the exposition build ing. who nnuoutieed the saie. other sales of small euautitles of furniture were made today, bringing the total expenditures for- the home, | neccssitiefi into thousands of dollars. No roeord of the njjiount of money in volved in the sales made* during the exposition is kept by the-management of the exposition building, this being left entirely with tlie manufacturers represented to the show. However, a ’visit to the building indicates the prospects are unusually bright receipt of many largo orders before the i exposition closes on January 27. Asked i/ he knew wlmt day is ex 's ported Vo be the big day of the expo j sition. Manager Long said he did not “L will -ay, however, ’’ said Mr. | Long*, “that this show has started off j better than any held here in the past.' ;1 am confident that it is going to be j the best'’shown in tin* history of the southern furniture market.” i Scores of buyers arrived here today from ail parts of the United States j Mid they continue to arrive on every I train. The hotels are filled with : guests, hid the attendance during the last of litis week* and the early .part of the second week of the exposition is expert id to In* larger than during the early part of the show. -Buyers who have hPen attending the exposi tions at Grand Rapids and Chicago are coming from these attractions to High Point, and they are ypeakipg in highest terms of the southern show, declaring that it is the hesrever liejjjl. TRAINS KILL SIXTY-FIVE IN SOI Til CAROLINA LAST YEAR Firty-Fojn’ Were Killed at Crossings and in Other Ways by Moving Trains. Columbia, S. C.. Jan. 11.—Sixty-five people were killed by trains on South ■ Carolina last year, according to cas ualty statistics gathered by the state railroad commission. Os t)i('>'* one was passenger, killed on a Seaboard Air IJneorain. Ten were employe** of railroads. The others, -74, were r killed at cross : tigs and in other ways, •being struck by moving trains. During lfi22. (ill persons were injured l,v railroad trains. Persons injured I pro;-sings or in other ways being ■ struck by moving trains numbered lil. \ large number of employes \Ter»* injured, these, not being tabulated by the state commission, because of I the long list of injuries recognized by ! the interstate commission. I 1 STEALS DEALER’S BILLS, THEN REALIZES ON THEM Yonkers Man Accused of New and Novel Form of ( rime. ! Yonkers. X. Y., Jan. lU.—Perhaps Anthony Manuel has Lit upon an un trodden way of potty crime. __ At auy rate, the following his custom, it: was charged by Max Klein, a produce i vendor, upon who.se complaint Manuel was 1 arraigned in c ; ty court today. ' Klein, calling at an early hour, slip ped bills for goods beneath the doors of customers. ManueL dogging his steps, retrieved them. Liter. Klein raid Mamie.' pre-cub d the bills and got the money. Manuel was remanded to ja r l pend ing further investigation. GRAY DIRECTED TO C’ONTIXIK TESTIMONY Attorneys Did Not Want Him to Tes lify in the Hearing at Bastrop, Igi. Bastrop. La.. Jan. 17 —Judge Fred M. Odom todty overruled objection of counsel for E. X. Gray, witness in the J open hearing investigation into the kid napping and slaying of Watt Daniels and Thomas Richards, lunifled band vic j thus, and directed that Gray should j continue his testimony begun ye,ster ! day. Judge ( Mein repeated bis rul ing id* yesterday, however, that Gray would not be required to answer ques tions that, might involve statements of a .possible, incriminating nature. The Thomas Case. Salisbury Post. Nothing ought to lie lost by the re moval of tin* Thomas case from Ca barrus to Rowan for trial. Thomas .-will got a fair lien Hag here. If there was reason, for the removal Judge Webb must luive scented it. and giv ing tin* man the beuefiTof the doubt gave consent to the trial being held in Salisbury. AVe do not know how the Cabarrus seutime.nt is or was. but we do know that there was a large num ber' of mighty good Cabarrus people to endorse the movement of the case.* There is absolutely nothing to prevent the. man from getting a fair trial, an impartial hearing here, for, so far us we can learn Rowan is free from preju dicial sentiment one way or the other jin this case. A Rowan jury will look jtlie case squarely in the face, measure j the facts and the law and render a I verdict accordingly. And there will j be no side sentiment to interfere with I such an outcome. Justice Stoops to Pay Butcher’s Bill. j New York, Jan. I“*.—-Wheels of jus jtico twirled as Wheels of fortune to j duf" for yam Wilner, tailor, when he unfolded \l tale of poverty and starving wife and chihljreir for whom lie had passed a_ worthless s2fi check on the hitcher shop. \ Magistrate Goodman, of Essex Mar ket Court, ordered an immediate in vestigation of the tailor's story, and found it true. lie asked the butcher if he would drop the charge if he got. I his money. The butcher said he would. The magistrate extracted a .S2O Ijill from his pocket. Others in the court added to th\s amount and the butcher j was paid the vcmaiuder, while sls was I given to Wilner. ■ Mrs. Daisy McLamin fcievon>: daugh ter of the late Senator McLaurtn, has made known her intention to become a candidate for the Mississippi legisla ture. Jones—“ And how did you get your inusica 1 (enqHj igiment, ?” Williams —“I was born in a tlai.” - j--' ■ -■■■■■ WORK OF LEfi ISLATLBE Raleigh, X. C., ,Tau. 10 (By the As soeiated Press). —One amendment was tacked on to the Neal resolution in the House here today by Representa tive (’award, of Jackson County, and the amendment was accepted bv Rep resentative Neal, of McDowell, author of the measure which provides for an investigation of state printing. The resolution passed its third reading without further opposition and was sent to the Senate for that body's con currenee. The Senate could do no better than introduce one local bill v in a session which consumed but a few minutes. ' Mr. Coward's amendment struck out two sections of the preamble of Mr. Neal's resolution. These sections referred to the fact that the useful ness of the state Department of Labor & Printing had been impaired by the publicity which resulted fropi charges of unfairness and discrimination brought by state printers, and that the department he placed on a sound bus iness basis “and that it lie conducted fairly, impartially, and free from fav oritism and discrimination.” After the reading clerk ligd read the bill« Mr. Coward offered his amend t mont. After this was read Mr. Neal took the floor and announced that he would- accept Mr. Coward's alter at iom The hill went through the third read ing unopposed. It provides l'or a com mission of nine members pf the House; to be appointed by the -speaker, and i five members of the Senate to be aje pointed by the Senate President to conduct the investigation, call for wit nesses. send for papers, books and doc uments, and administer oaths. Representative ,Eyerett, of Durham Cqanty, introduced a hill so authorize North Carolina to co-operate with oth er cotton producing states in connec tion with the cotton commission. Most 1 of tin* other Mouse measures \yere of i a local nature. Speaker Dawson announced sour 1 House committees. 7 These and their chairmen are: Revision of laws:~V. S. -Bryant, of Durham; privileges and election, D. T. McKinon, of Robeson; iisil and fisher ies, M. L. Davis, Carteret; public service corporations, L. J. Poisson, of 'New Hanover. A resolution adopted by the “big four” brotherhoods of the state which endorsed the program and nccomplish- I motifs of the~~last General Assembly, and which also endorsed, the propo sitions contained in the Governor’s bi ennial message to the present. Assem bly was spread upon the minutes tip on motion of Representative Walter .Murphy, of Rowan. Representative Van B. Martin, of Washington county, introduced a measure which would provide that fif teen days’ notice of intention to mar ry be presented t/> the Register of Deeds by the contracting parties be fore license could be issued, and would attach a penalty to any infraction of this law by the Register. Raleigh". Jan. 17 (By the Associated Press).---Bills which would authorize surgical operations on.inmates of state penal and charitable institutions, ’’deemed social menaces, to enable couu , ties to establish and maintain orphan ! ages, and that would permit the admis j sion of persons more than 30 years j old to Caswell Training School for the I feeble minded, introduced in the i Senate today among the largest batch ! of measures yet offered in a single scs- I sion. * I In the House, today was devotee! to -introduction of hills of local im portance only, and the committee reports already scheduled. ]>. R. CTissinger, the President's np pointee terhe Governor of the Federal Reserve Board,' will ho invited to ad dress the General Assembly in joint session here at aiij time that may suit his convenience, according to a resolution introduced in the Senate by ;O. E. Mendenhall, of (iuilford, and I j iissud under suspy.ydoo of Iht* rules. I Two lulls introduced today by Sena tor W. L. Long, of Halifax county, for I statewide amend the ! present law relating to the trial of an issue of fact by legalizing the trial of a civil issue immediately following the joining of the issue instead of waiting MO days thereafter, and would limit the resale of real estate under foreclosure or judicial order to a sin gle time under a raised bid. Senator W. A. Graham, of Lincoln, introduced in the Senate the bil al ready before the House, to authorize North Carolina to co-operate in the movement of the cotton commission organized at Now Orleans, for opera tion throughout* the cotton belt in marketing and in the fight on the boll weevil when six stales shall liu\e en tered the movement. The bill which proposes surgical operations in certain cases on inmates of state institutions introduced by Senator J. It. Baggett, would lea\e * decision in such.cases to the Superin tendent. the trustees and the physi cians of the institution concerned. •Authority for punishment of .-yivaneb sheets of the supreme courts as hich now await book publication proposed by Senator L. R. \ £U(er, and amendment of the law governing the sale of property under mortgage or deed of trust -proposed by Senator A. F. Sams, are incorporated in the bills offered in the senate today. Some informal discussions among members prior to the opening of the meeting was held on the Millikan secret order bil'. and some memoerS wanted to hold the measure un until the after action on the Baggett, anti masking bill. The outstanding feature,of the ses sion was the announceuieht that ihe heus© committee on water commerce ■would .meet in a joint session with the water commerce feunmrittee -of Sfhe Senate on Thursday afternoon to con sider the aministration ship line bill. It has bet 2 n announced in the ad ministration circles that the delega tions from many eastern points in terested in the shipping hill wi! leave for Raleigh late today and tonight to be heard at the meeting. Believed to be the yougest grand mother in New England, Mrs. Robert J. Pittsfield. Mass., is a grandmother at the age of 38. The indigo industry is one of the oldest of the early chemical industries in the Southern States. It is men tioned in Louisiana as eariy as 17M0. ADJUTANT GENERAL TO f RETIIRNTO WILMINGTON JMetts to Resign to Become an Officer in Reorganized Commercial National Rank. Ralcjjdi, .Tan. 10.—J. Van B. Metts, of North Carolina, will resign to return to his home in Wilmington as an officer of the Com mercial National Bank of that city, which is now undergoing a reorganiza tion after having been closed by Fed eral Bank examiners, it was learned from authoritative sources tonight] - General Metts, when questioned, would not deny , the report, but said he could make no definite.,Statement at this tijiie. During World War General Metts commanded the 119th Infantry of the 'Thirtieth division, having been ap pointed adjutant general l’olliwing h ? s discharge from the. service after the war. A Conference of Rar Reaching Import ance. Rev. J. Frank Armstrong. Secretary of the Epwortli League Board of the Western North Carolina CcJhl'ereiioe, and president of the Concord Union of Epworth Leaguers, returned Saturday night from the Annual Board Meet ing held last week in McKomlree Church, Nashville, Twin. Representatives were in attendance from more than thirty states of the American Union, including faraway j states like California, Colorado, Ariz zona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Missou ri, Illinois and Texas. Texas has five great Annual Conferences and the Ep worth League in the Lone Star State is growing by leaps and bounds. This fact entitled them to the largest num ber of delegates from any single state. The work of the Epworth League La the next twelve months was carefully outlined. Bishop 11. M. Dubose, of San Fran cisco, Cal., the president of'the Gener al Epworth League Board, presided over two sesMbns. Bishop E. D. Mon zgjt, of Oklahoma, was also present i and made a wonderful address oh the “Spirit of Methodism.” Great interest was shown in the se lection of the place for the next board meeting, Washington' I>. <’., St. Lop is, Mo., Memphis, Term., Little Rock, .Ark., Atlanta, Ga/ and Meridian. Miss., all extended earnest, eloquent invitations. Meridian, Miss., was at last chosen as the meeting has never lreen held in that section of the Church. Mr. Armstrong went byway of At lanta and Chattanooga and at the lat ; ter city luifl an opportunity to visit the ■ historic battlefields luear there. < The entire body was driven to “The j Hermitage,” the home of President •Andrew Jackson, twelve miles from j the city of Nashville. The little log in which Jackson was living and j to which he returned after ilie battle of New Orleans, the jdol of America, is still standing and looks as though it: would remain for another century. Franklin Jr., accompanied his father and reports a great time. Gives I p Plan For Free Principality. San Francisco, Jan. 13.—rj. K Cousins, globe trotter, who has just arrived here from the orient, has been almost dissiinded from lias announced, plan to establish an independent king dom somewhere in the South Pacific ocean. Half in jest. Cousins sailed more than a year ago from the coast of China on a cruise of the'Soutty sea with the avowed purpose of finding a new island, on which to found a prin cipality free from the restraints of liiore complex civilizations. He found on his arrival huge piles of letters from Americans who .want to serve the new kingdom as diplomatic agents here. Most of them are wil ling to serve for a dollar a year, or even a sung, in view of certain un- Vobteadian pe.vquisities attaching to the service. There is just one drawback ; Cousins hasn't found the island. Mile. Menrielte Hoogh is first sec retary t)f the Norwegian legation in the City of Mexico. I! ATTFNTIONI / I PROGRESSIVE BOTTLERS!! I jr! • * . \ H fpf This means DOLLARS to \Ol ! - ;„ • Are you getting SHARK of the SOFTiDRINK 151 SI- i i Isl NESS? If not. You need a GOOD TOLA LEADER; That’s what ’H the Consuming Public Want arid Demand. s | PARFAY * I fii * , ' The Perfect Cola, is second to none, Will Repeat and give you a j | constantly iuerea«ing_volmue of business. Exclusive Bottling Ter- i. !,] ritory available to Live-Progressive Bottlers. , |4 ~ Full particulars and sample furnished upon request. ACT It^’lCKLY .’ Someone is going to secure this valuable Franchise, j.s WILL IT BE YOU? • DON'T DELAY. Write today. „ » 4 H | PARFAY COMPANY, Incorporated H 112 Piedmont Bldg. # • Charlotte, X. ('. g.,M« ■ t | | ,1 0 I • ■ I • t I t ■ I I ■ • « » • • •• • u* • • • • • « I I I • • » • • • • • • • * » * Ii - /. ! jj Horses-Mares-Mules | \Yy will have to arrive in our Stables in Salisbury, <j\’. C., J j Thursday, January 25, 1923 j ! and remain in. days only J'2o head ot* Horses, Mares and j .’J Mules. This is one of the best selected lots of Horses and Mules we have bad in a very long while. These Horses s and Mules were bought during the holidays and were jj bought cheaper than they can be bought this win- j I 1 ter or spring, and we will give purchasers the benelit of j I • the reduction. * ~ , - I TERMS: CASH OR TIME _ I Henkel-Craig Live Stock Company U " : SALISBURY, IS. C. 5 ’M ' . N pj } M I' '““ ' “if PAGE FIVE ■ GASTONIA MEN HELD FORJ>EATH OF-FORD Robert Grice and John Carswell In dicted for Murder by (Rand Jury. Gaston a, Jan. IC—Robert -L. Grice and John Carswell were jointly charged with the murder of John Ford in a bill of indictment returned late, this afternoon b£ the. Gaston county grand jury. Another true I*lll charged them with secret as&iult on Essie Beattie. These two men were araosteri Monday. Quinary S, on the strength of an affi davit sworn to by Essie. Beattie, one #f the principals in the tragedy! of No vember 7, wlion John Ford, a yotrqp Lincoln man was shot and Tailed add ~Essie»Jleattie seriously wounded on the Gastouia-Bcssemer City highway. Solicitor Carpenter announced that he w iidd try so expedite the court so i that the case would come up for trial Friday. - Mrs. O. 0. Overcash. Kit tie Smith Johnston was born April 17. 1807. She was married to Osborne Orlando Overcasli March 8, ISBSv There were- ten children by this marriage. Two have gone before their mother: one infant daughter and Mrs. Will H. Fa (Carrie) who passed away December 2-V4922. The others' are Mrs. B. 8. High (Nell), Ca barrus; Mrs. Jason .Smith (Mary), Mooresville: Cornelius \V., Iredell: Robert Samuel. Mooresville; George Shaw, Cabarrus; >Edward Jennings, Concord; Julia Etta and Bruce Os borne. There are fifteen grandchildren, one brother. Frank M. Johnston, and one sister, Mrs. Ann Irvin, also survive. Mrs. Overcash had been an invalid for two years and a great sufferer for several months. She passed about <; ni., January 112, 1923, with her husband, children and brother at her bedside. She became a member of Poplar Tent Church When about twelve years old, transferred to Bethptigo when married and, later to Gil wood where (he funeral and burial services were conducted at 11 a. m.. January 13, 1923. Her whole life was spent this section and she nvas well known and loved. The family has the sym pathy of the church and community. A FRIEND. Week’s Report of Dr. 11. C. Foster. Dr. 11. B. Foster, who is conducting a dental clinic in this county, sub mits the following report for the week ending January 13tli: Times worked—-Concord and Kf.u uapolis. No. children examined —137. No. children treated —120 c No. Amalgam fillings—l4s. No. Cement fillings—3. No. silver nitrate treatments —19. No. teeth extracted —80. No. children's teeth cleaned —20. No. miscellaneous treatments —1. No. children needing nothing done— -17. No. children referred to local den ■ tists for treatment—'9. No. lectures on oral hygiene—l. Total attendance at lecture —about 100. Total costvTconservative estimate) if done in private office'"■s33o.oo. j '' Officers of Cold Water Lodge of o(fd 5 Fellows Installed. jj. The following officers for Cold Wat -(«• Lodge. No. G 2 I. o. o. F., were in stalled last Thitrstlay night. S. Ray Parnell—Noble Grand. 11. A. ifuijender—Vice Grand. K. L. Lewis—Recording Secretary. A. O. Cline —Financial Secretary. P. A. G. Barringer—Treasurer. Mr. s. Ray Parnell, the yewiy elect - et Nphle Grand, appointed the fol lowing officers, who were installed at. '.this time: % i‘ J. R. Cagle—Warden. ! - J. jL- Kirk—Right Supporter N. G. Dewey Kerry— Left Supporter N. G. C. N. Alston—Chaplain. J. W.,Collett —lnside Guardian. J. A. Walters —Outside Guardian. •C. J. William^—Rigid Supporter of V. G. * r J. 11. Linker-—Left Supporter V. (j*