i • Thursday, January 25, '1923'. . mil l WEEVIL DESTROYER vi;'' 111 ‘ — — „ itioni/e Cotton Growing ■’*•)> ' ..jit ion* in the South. ' ,i;tii. 23. —A boll wee ' \vhirh promises to rovo n growing conditions in tvon jierfected .by Prof. 1 president of (’Ox Col- W: ' operates a large cot-. ! - , V .jon in Bullock county, Ala- j : ( x N vlio is a graduate of Au-j »’ * or nell Universities, and a| . \ ,-ln'mist. lias been con-j .‘'.v.criiaeuts for several years | 1 : ~ t<» perfect a practical and | in ' H ‘ :~u f„ r combatting thej :n, ‘ i ‘ j !<- iivoccss is a success is prov-l V ! “V' h} | jn* fact that he has j el- own 1.800 acre plant*-- ;i '..".‘i,, 1 . *] ;l si two years, and lias; t ‘"j, '.'rf-ow cotton under the I ooinlitioiis that existed v '' 1 "<,vtion of the country be ' ‘ o i with the weevil. 1 V. o jo this demonstration, 1,1 . , . j s given added weight ! ' ' ,TT letters from other by- ..' M '‘ h ,‘ .have tried it success : '' • Vi... give the method their tie endorsement. t '‘ , , ; , 801 l Weevil Destroyer i; ' prison, applied in liquid ' ~ ! : a spray. The spray the plant with poison gas t-wft ond one-half :!i ‘ ‘/ x than air. This gas !• \ oho' the cotton tield and V v , li- the. weevil breathing it. a, M l;l :,oti. at:ite agricultural depart-; !i;t ,, lt r i,is now method for fighting thej i„.it nil lias beenendofsed by* a; i.,.. tnaaiier of cotton .' growers at the state, who are conti- j .. a that is will he only a short time I* the Cox method will he in uni- To Ban the Tuxedo. >t i.; ds. Mo.. Jan. 22 —At ; t ii .-p ima! convention of the Mer i, Tailor Pesigners’ Association, v, - r.s 11, gin its sessions, in this i-;-y • . jiirrow. various resolutions con . ( i fin pn>iHtsi<]otis wearing of M .’.in —r suits at formal as- T s in ii -n of iitll dress suit will he v Ao.ifdiiig in r.e sponsors of the i ’.••■'••iiitioiis tin- tuxedo lias come into, f;:vur throng}; the college student, and 1»■ anse th< young man has worn the. s;r and got-away with it the older i: n follow, d the lead in the belief J. ' r was proper. The suit is stated !"• i>v> jo 1 f for the college student iv had form for the elder man. In ' Mr to !«• In form, say the designers, tiie side tiling to do i> ro remember shit whenever .the.- ladies are in even iiijri. v.ilies, then the men should appear ' > stated tint t vtu iotis resolutions " he introduced against radical hi-iik styles. in conjunctiton with ! o.t!veniion there will he a style S' w t'l which living models will dem " '’nti- pr. |. t- dross for men in Till > , . . . . . . n> . — r na n.B. 11l iir -T I - ■u»'W l W*' l — 5 £ ' ; :.=. »i< »«»imw S ATTENTION! 1 PROGRESSIVE BOTTLERS!! v - * Hi !!))' means . I)< iLLAItS to YOl'! H <•. v..ii getting Yoril SHARE of the SOFT DRINK BUSI- H| v - i: n ii. You need a GOOD COLA LEADER; That s what || Public Want and Demand. J PARFAY > f h . / , ill " " i' l < o!a. is second to none. Will Repeat and give you a |-;g ' o• xs ll %- ini-reasin.ir volume of business. Exclusive Bottling Ter- jv? I- > :ii]alilo to Live-Progressive Bottlers. r. Daniel Eugene Eagle. 2C> years old. died! yesterday at the institution. Heads of all department!* were called in and physicians not attached to the hospital were taken into consultation but the nature of I>r. Eeagle's illness remained a mystery* until an autopsy I disclosed that death was due to an j abscess of the liver. "The body has been sent to States ville.' X. (’.., the family home. Dr. Eagle was graduated from the Univer sity of North Carolina in the. class of V.ilT, and from Jolm # Hopkins in the medical class of 1022*. Report Has It Efi r d Company Will Opeg An Augusta Store." ! 'Charlotu 4 . Jan. 22.—Efird depart; mem store is reported to have bought j extensive property /in Augusta, Ga.. swhere it proposes to open aucther | larg: enterprise, making 33 estab ; lishments which this concern is op -1 crating in the Caro ina and Virginia. : The Augusta store will mark the first ! advance into Georgia. Report of pur | chase was made in Trade .Journa}. ' Shown to J. B. Efird today, he said lie was not in a position to affirm or ! deny reports. Journal states that, the !s»re buildings have been bought on Broad street, Augusta, and that Efml proposes to- occupy stores by *he early fall. Efird six-sto y building being built hero- to cost between three and four hundred thousand, lot $285,- 000. New Charters Issued. Raleigh. N. C.. Jan. 23.—flie sec retary of state has issued the follow ing charters : The Allsbrook Grocery company, I He., Mebaue. to eondtict general gro cery business: capital stock $25,000: paid in $3,000-: M. B. Allsbrook and Mrs. Lillian Allsbrook.' and D. <’. High. Louisburg. incorporators. Clark Wiggins Hardware Company. Charlotte: to conduct a general hard ware business: capital stock. $25,0(10: paid in $100: E. B. Clark, J. !>. ig j gins and T. J. Wiggins, all of < har lottc. principal incorporators. Lawrence-Narrow company.. Inc., Kenly: to conduct a general farm and dairy and mercantile business: capi tal stock $25,000: paid in $4,000; C. L. Lawrence, Addie Lawrence, M. E. Narroit, all of Ivenly, principal iucor | porators. (Jliina has 225 people square mile of territory, Japan has 370, and [Australia than two. lOWlf STATE ' ! LEGISLATURE TOOH / V T"’— 1 ■ ■ ' ■■■' Mudi Debate Followed the Introduction in the House , Today of the McKinnon- Cobb Measure. SEVERAL SPEAKERS VOICED SENTIMENT Supporters of Bill Charge “B6ss Rule,” and Charge . Is Vigorously Denied by Several Speakers. S Raleigh, Jan. 23. (By the Associat ed Press) —The (McKinnon-Cobb mea sure to ‘provide a superintendent of public instruction for Robenson county by popular vote of the (people, brought support and opposition in the House of Representatives here today. Representative Townsend, o£ Har nett, said he was not present at the committee meeting when the bill was reported favorable and moved that it lie re-submitted. Heated debate re sulted when Representative McKinnon said the people of the county there wanted the measure. / j ■"Representative Burgwyn, Northamp ton. in.a speech of more than a half hour duration said the time had come in North Carolina when “political bos ses" must bow to the will and judg ment of the people. Mr. Burgwyn asserted that inasmuch as the measure was reported out of the committee favorably it should be allowed to go to the vote of the House. He said that a movement against the measure, was growing because it was an effort to take county educational matters- out of Volities. “The time lias eom.e’’ he stated, “when we must ring down the curtains on boss rule in tlie school of North Car-' olina.” Representative Connor, of Wilson, chairman of the educational commit tee then denied there was any boss rule or ring in educational mutteis. Representative Ross, of Moore, took the stand that the matter should lie laid upon tin* table, awl so moved, but at the request of Representative Doughton. of Allegheny, the motion to table was withdrawn and the vote was held on the motion to re-ivf'er. A di vision was'called and on roll call vote the Lill went back to the committee by vote of 5N to 45. The Martin-Dillard jury tax bill, when more than a dozen counties be egan submitting amendments to except these counties, was tabled by vote of Representative Graham, of Orange county* With the addition of two dozen:coun- and with an amendment which reduced the fine from SSOO to SIOO the Buncotnb county bill to punish inWxi cated automobile drivers passed its third reading and was sent to the Senate. New House legislation included a bill to appropriate SI,OOO to rescue and preserve the records of Confederate sailors of North Carolina, and a bill to erset a monument to North ( aro iina troops’at Vicksburg. The “mothers aid” bill, a measure which has the support of the commis sion of public welfare, was introduced today by Senator Charles U. Harris. It was referred to the n’w committee up public welfare. The general education hill vs s in* troduced today by 'Senator Woodson, of Rowan, chairman of* the committee on education and annoui cement was made that a hearing on it would be held Thursday night by the committee of both the House and Senr.te. The bill to incorporate Biltmoru Forest. Buneinoix*. county, passed its third reading in I in* Seante. Church Mhsl Not Fail to Secure Con verts. % Chicago, Jail. 22. — Money is but a means to an end. and the church Which fails to secure converts to Christ lights a losing byttle. the Board i of Bishops of the-Mtiihodist Episcopal Church say* in a statement made pub lic here today. For the lirst time in the history of Methodist the Board of Bishops sug gests that at. least “two months out of every year should be kept compara tively free for aggressive evangelistic efforts.” The thirty-six bishops comprising the board in the statement say :i i-Without, budgets our workers cannot bo appointed and maintained. It should, however, never be overlooked that money is but a means to an end. The primary emphasis is and must al ways be upon the culture of the Chris tian life, the spread of Christian prin ciples, and on the development of a vital, intelligent, spiritual life. “The church which fails to secure converts to Christ lights a losing kittle More than ever there is need of men who have the-passion of the Master for the lives of men and who put the muiu emphasis upon the vital, spirit ual values, and upon tlie forces develop them. -We express, the judgment that at least two months out of every year should he kept comparatively free for aggressive evangelistic effort. These efforts should challenge people, not on ly to church membership and social activity, but to that conversion to God which will result in t lie soundest eth ical life and in a fully-rounded New Testament type of conduct.” Tri-Slate Medical Society. High Point, X. C.. Jan. 23.—Physi cians from the Carolina S'aud Virginia are expected to visit High Point Feb ruary 20-21 to attend .the meeting of the Tri-State Medical Society. Frank J. Sizemore, secretary of the 'Hntmber of commerce, stated tonight he was mailing an invitation to each member of the organization to attend ] tlie conference. Women Tn Sftaiti have li«pl the right ji to attend tp» universities since early ! in the 13th century, tut few availed j : themselves of the privilege until i lately. THE CONCORD TIMES FATE MITCHEM HAD THINGS FIXED FINE Everything Was Going Good With C atawba Man Till Officer Lookel in Fireplace. Hickory, Jan. 21.—With a fruit jar half full of money on a kitchen shelf, with an overshot water wheel on a nearby stream kicking/Water into his homo, which was equipped with plumbing, and with M smile that ap parently was cordial, Fate Mitehem. who lives abqut four miles southwest of Hickory, greeted .-Deputy Sheriff I’. P. Jones wheli the latter called on him the. other day. ‘Wutche dping with all this money, Fare?” the office inquired. Fate allowed as he had sold a few liawgs and things. Mr. Jones thought lie smelled a rat in the atmosphere and begun a search for it. The. smiling Mitehem aided heartily in the search as the officer poked his head here and there, tap ped on the flooring or removed a rug. The home was equipped with water and plumbing, as was stated. f The officer saw the jar of money on a shelf and bent low over the fuT place. Ije lifted a pot—and Fate was gone when he looked up. “Where are. you going. Fate?” asked tlie officer. “Be back d’rectly.” replied Fate, in creasing tiie 50 yards to 75 as he spoke. Persuaded to return, Mitehem saw the officer proceed with Ids investi gation. Lifting tlie rock in., tlie kitchen hearth. Deputy Jones observed a secret entrance* to the basement, which was walled in and cemented, and discovered tlie source of Mitch era’s revenue. 'lf was a 50-gallon copper still, fully equipped, and had been in operation off and on, the officer said, for nearly two years. A pipe line brought fresh water and another pipe lino carried off tlie still slop and dumped it into a stream far from the owner's house. Mitehem lias been placed under a SI,OOO bond pending a hearing before Recorder Russell Tuesday. He has a wife and several children, all of whom lived above, his distillery. ANOTHER INVESTIGATION Federal Trade Commission Will Inves tigate Caljehm Arsenate *1 udhstry. Washington, .bin. 23.—Investigation of the calcium arsenate industry by the Federal Trade Commission was order ed today by the Senate in adopting a resolution by Senator Fletcher, demo crat. Folrida. The commission was directed to report whether there was tmy violation of the anti-trust laws in the manufacture <>r distribution of calcium arsenate used in lighting the cotton boll-weevil. Martin Luther Efird, One of China Grove’s Oldest Citizens, D^ad. Martin Luther Efird was horn in Stanly county, near St. Martin’s Luth eran Church, eight miles south of M bemarle. March 10. 1833. and died on .January 20. 15)23, being SO years, ten months and 10 days old. He died in China Grove at the home of his son. John F. Efird. with whom, he had been making his home for a number of years. . . Wlide a young nqui lie united with St. Martin’s Lutheran Church. He was the son of Daniel Efird whose grand-father came to America from Holland. lie nail four sisters and two brothers, all of whom with the excep tion of one-brother, who died about five years* ago, preceded him to the spirit world years ago. He Has lived to be the oldest of all who have borne the family name. He was married three times. Hi s' last wife died about nine years ago/ To the first union were born two sons. Daniel, of Salisbury, X'. (*., and John F., of (’lima Grove. To the second un ion wei(,* born one son and four daugh ters, Paul, of Statesville, Mesdames I>. White Bostian, of China Grove. Mar tin Henderson, of Salisbury, and Mag gie and Sarah who died in infancy. To the third union were bomi one son and two daughters, Luther of China Grove, Misses 14i urn. of Raleigh, and Fanny, of Salisbury. He was the father of ten children, eight of whom remain to mourn tlieir loss. He has 2t> grand children and 50 great grand-children. During the of the secession he volunteered drrring the spring of 18(52. lie was guard for six months at tin* military prison in Salisbury, and was also sergeant and many times took the place of a captain. Ho never re ceived a wound during the wat\ hut was a prisoner when Lee surrendered. He was a member of Co. C, 42nd North-Carolina Regiment, C. L. A. In civil life he, was a friend of pub lic schools and often served as a mem ber of the school board and for one term he was chairman of the board. Before the war he was an officer of the law in Stanly .county. For many years in later life he was an elder of Lutheran Chapel church where he had transferred Ins membership find where he remained a faithful and consistent member until death. ‘ * In his death the family has lost a devoted father, tlie community an up right ar ' just citizen, the church a faithful worker in God’s vineyard, the pastor a “true and devoted friend. (Jo the sewond day following his death the funeral services were held in Lutheran Chapel Church conducted by his pastor. Rev. C. A. Brown, as sisted by several other ministers, in the present of a very large concourse of friends and relatives. Interment was made in Groonlawu cemetery. X. Dr. Odum to Edit January Publication Chattel Ilill. N. (\, Jan. 23.—A mem- Iwn- of tiie University' of North Caro lina faculty, Dr. Howard \V. Odum, Kenan professor of sociology, has been selected as editor in charge of the January number of Annals of the American Academy of Political ; and Sot-iay Science. The volume is cut it led “Public Wel fare in the United States." and im it ai’e found articles by Mrs. Kate Burr Johnson, on “The North Carolina Plan of Public Welfare," two by Dr. Odum, on “Newer Ideals of Public Welfare," and “Attainable Standards for State: Departments of Public Welfare," and one by Jesse F. Steiner, professor of social technology at. the University, on “Professional Training for Public Welfare." Denmark has established homes for Danis women students France and in England. I ©i3QQ-ii*tte / '3io\Jn.£.C3ac®ar^ | (Continued From Our Last Issue) | " She sat dry-eyed, incoherent | prayers at her trembling lips. Most | ly she did not touch the man, only I sat at his bedside in the crude chair | Ben had fashioned for her. The hours dragged by, the night 1 sloped down to the fo/est; and the | dawn followed the nighti* Ben’s life | still flickered, like a flame in the = wind, in the twilight land between | life and death. Yet little could .she do for him | these first few days, except, in her | simple faith, to pray. But in the morning of the fourth = day he opened his eyes vividly, mut [j tered, and fell immediately to sleep. In the days that followed he .was | ...conscious to the degree that he | could drink broth, yet never realiz | ing Beatrice nor seeming to know | * where he was. It would be long weeks before Ben I could hope for sufficient strength to | start the journey down to the settle | ments, even if th'e way were open. I As it was, their only chance lay in | the- fall rains that would flood the | Yuga and enable them to journey | down 'to the native villages in their 1 canoe. _ ■* | Yet she still waged the fight. | struggling with high courage and | tireless resolution against the fright* ! fill odds that opposed her. | But now the real hour of crisis | v/as at hand —not from his illness, | but from the depletion of their food I supplies. She walked to the mouth of the 1 cave; and Famine itself stood close, = waiting in the shadows. She gazed | out into the gathering gloom. The forest was silent tonight. Not I a twig cracked or a branch rustled. | It was 'hushed, breathless, darkly | sinister. All at once her eyes peered | and strained into the dusk. Far across the valley, beyond the s beaver marsh and on the further if shore of the lake she saw a little | glimmer of light through the rift in | the trees. A gleam of hope in "the | darkness of despair. She hastened into the cave, drew 1 the blankets higher about Ben’s | shoulders, then crept, out into the I dusk. Half running, she hastened = toward the distant camp fire. CHAPTER XVI The Shot That Warned IMPELLED by the excitement under* which she advanced, her old agility of motion had for the 1 moment returned to her; and she j crept softly as a fawn between the I young trees. One misstep, one I rustling branch or crackling twig [ might give her away; bht she took each step with consummate care, gently thrusting the tree branches from her path. One of the three men looked up, and she saw his face plainly through the low spruce "houghs. It was with a distinct foreboding of disaster that she saw that the man was Raj- Brent. At one side, quite to the edge of the firelight, she saw a kyack—one of those square boxes that are hung on a pack saddle—which seemed to be heaped with jerked caribou or moose flesh. For the time of a breath she could not take her eyes from it. / - Chan and Neilson were seemingly asleep, and now Ray was knocking the ashes from his pipe. He got up, and removing his outer coat, rolled in his - blankets. The night hours began their mystic march across the face of the wilder ness. The fire was a heap of gray ashes except for its* red-hot center: the Jiyack was in gloom; Very softly Beatrice crept through the thickets, meanwhile encircling th® dying fire, and came up behind it. Now it was almost In reach: now her hands were at its loops. She x - r KILLING IN REGARD TO TAX EXEMPTION Attorney Generai at R~y.ies£ Makes the Matter Clear. Raleigh, X. ; fvoni taxation, but the bonds of such I ourpbr.ftfons are in no sense its prop- 1 ‘ erty. On the contrary, from their na i ture are liabilities.. Whether or not ■ the legislature has constitutional au thority to permit a town to exempt its bonds from all taxation is not so clear, i j though in Commissioners V;. Webb, >l6O, N. C., p. 304, -the Chief Justice, writing the opinion, says: ; started to lift it in her arms. But disaster still dogged her trail. ' Ray Brent b;id been too wary of at , tack, tonight, to sink easily into . deep slumber. He heard the soft movement and with a startled oath . sprang to his feet, j Still trying to hold the kyack of ' food that meant life to Ben, she ' turned and darted into the shadows. Like a wolf Ray sped after her. The moonlight showing her fleeing ! figure in the trees, and shouting . aloud he sprang through the coverts to intercept her flight. Emburdened by the heavy liox she could not watch hei step. She was hurled with stunning force to the ground, i Desperate and intent, but in . realization of impendnig triumph, Ray’s strong arms went about her. Neilson and Chan were on their feet now, and they regarded her in the utter silence of amazement, i Breathing fa/t, Ray came behind her. “Build up the fire, Chan,” he said : ifpi|lip| | ■I% fv l|t : y 1 i Ipilto 1 : -M BEATRICE’S LAST DE FENSE HAD , FALLEN SERIGU&Ltf WOUNDED. in a strange, grim voice. "We want to see what we’ve caughLi’ Obediently Chan kicked the coals from under the ashes, and began to heap on broken pieces of wood. Slowly the fire's glow Crepatout to her, revealing her wide, frightened ej-.es ami the dark, speculative faces of the men. Then Ray spoke sharp ly: “Well, why don’t you question her?” he demanded of Neilson. “I suppose you know what she was doing. She Was trying to steal food. It looks to me like she’s gone over to the opposite camp.” Her father sighed. “Is that so, daughter?” he asked simply. “I was trj-ing to take some of your food —to Ben,” Beatrice, replied softly. “He’s in need of it.” “You see, they’re on intimate terms,” Ray suggested, viciously.'- “Ben was in need of food—so she came here to steal it.” But Neilson acted as if he had not heard. “Why didn’t -you speak to us —and tell us you were safe?” he asked. “We’ve come all the way here to find you.” “Perhaps you dm. If you had been here alone, I would have told you. But Ray and Chan came all the way here to find Ben. They in tend to kill him when they find him. I—l didn’t want him killed.” Slowiy her father shook his head. “But I can’t save him now. He brought this on himself.” “Remember, he was In the right,” the girl pleaded brokenly. “You won’t —you couldn’t be a partner to murder.” Neilson straightened, his eyes steely and bright under his grizzled brows. Only too well he knew that “‘We do not know of any county or municipal bonds being exempted, but if it can he done, the exemption would only extend to taxes of the county or municipality issuing such bonds; else to the extent of the exemption such, county or municipality would ho tax-1 ing the people of the rest of the ’ state.’ “This seems p direct decision that the legislature has not constitutional' power to exempt the bonds of a city or ; town from general taxation. It may, however, permit the city or town to! exempt its own bonds from the taxa-j tion of the city or town issuing such bonds, but no further.'’ Colonel Boyden Head of New Charity Association. Salisbury, Jan. 23. —The Rowan Comity Charity Association has been formed and has absorbed the present charity organization which was ap pointed by the governor. The now or ganization has as members the officers that have been acting and in addition has representatives from pracricall.v ait fin churches in the city. At the first meeting of the :•« w or ganization Col. A 11. Boyden *was elected jc-esident; I wwis Miile • vi«e president , I r. 11. H. Newman, fary. apd Mrs. M. O. I.’Mon, treat nt'-t The u'\v organiza'ion propose t-;. investignt < all calls fur help and a’«o to look out needy cases that would otherwise go unattended =, Money :«• (Tlinu* ;2e organize lien's n:• ds? will b> iti.se; Py the differ -1 t churches ••?'! c:h'*r < •,?.nijjatio'i< and by■ .Individuals', and.utility and c 1 ’* J goveruM- Mis. A Dakota woman put two dozen eggs in her bed so that they would not freeze while she attendexl the "movies,'’ and on returning late in the evening forgot their presence in the lied and threw herself in the midst of them, making terrible detestation. ; \ ... ' - V -:i'" r, . s PAGE FIVE this w.is the test. Affairs were at lg their crisis at last. "If one of you dares to lay a hand || , on Beatrice, I’ll kill him where he §§ stands.” . §§ Even as he spoke his thought || went to his rifle, leaning against a M dead iog ten feet away. The jealousy §| and rivalry and hatred between him- H self and Ray had reachdh the crisis. f| Ray leered, his muscles bunching. || “And I say to you, you’re * dirty H traitor too,” he answered. Neilson leaped forward with all his 1 power and if his blow had gon® 3 home, Ray would have been shat- §| ■ Jered beneath it like a tree in the 3 1 lightning blast. But Ray’s arms 1 were incredibly swift, and his rifle § leaped in his hands. t a , The barrel gleamed. The roar re- 3 echoed in the silence. Neilson’s II ! head bowed strangely; and for a mo- || ment he stood swaying, then pitched s forward in the dew-wet grass. Beatrice’s last defense had fallen, | seriously wounded; and Ray’s arm 1 1 seized her os, screaming, she tried to I flee. | The shot that wounded Jeffery I Neilson carried far through tUe 1 forest aisles. It came clear as a g voice to the cavern where Ben lay. 1 The man started violently in his I cot. His entire nervous system | seemed to react. The truth was that the sound = acted much as a powerful stimulant I to his retarded nervous foxVes.' His i mind gave a great leap and remem- = berc-d its familiar world. Th©'only possible explanation for 1 the shot was that a rifle had been 1 firedvby some invader in their valley i —in all probabilitj* Neilson or one of his men. He looked out of the door of the §| cavern, trying to get some idea of f§ the lateness of the hour. The very f§ quality of the darkness indicated 3 that the night was far advanced. Instantly his keen eyes saw the s far-off gleam of the camp fire on the §! distant margin 4 of the lake. His g straining ear caught the faintest, al- / 6 ; most .imperceptible vibration in the 3 air—but Ben recognized it in a s flash. In * the sullen light of that s distant camp fire, Beatrice had H screamed for aid. f|- Swiftly he started down the glade H toward her. Yet in a moment he knew that u=n* §§ less he conserved his strength he =[ ; could not hope to make-a. : fourth of = the distance. At the first steps he f§ swayed,.- half "staggering. Likely he would come too late to f| change the girl’s fate. Y”4t even H now he knew he must not turn back. §j If the penalty were death, there “ must be no hesitancy in him; he -§j must not withhold one step. lie fell again and again as he §1 tried to make headway in the marsh. g Only too plain he saw that the time §j was even now upon him when he 3 coftld no longer keep his feet at all. g But at that instant he remembered v g the canoe. He plunged down Into f§ the tall tules. Yes, the boat was still || in place. It took all the strength of hi® g weakened body to push it out from §| the reeds. jS , The canfoe was strongly but light- §§ ly made, so that it could be portaged s with greatest possible ease: and his g sti-okes, though feeble, propelled it 3 slowly through the water. CHAPTER XVII The Wolf Pack F)R a strange, still moment Ray’s g face seemed devoid of all expres- §§ sion. It was flat and lifeless as H dark clay. Then Beatrice felt the || insult of his quickening gaze. “Put a rope around her wrists, jl Chan,” he said. “We don’t want to |§ take chances on her getting away.” M She wore Ben’s knife at her belt, a and her hand sped toward it. But a the motion, fast as it was, came too |j late. Chan saw it; and leaping swift ly, his arms went about her and 3 pinned her own arms to her sides. Ray was aiding his confederate If - now and in an instant more she was g helpless. “You haven’t lost ell'your looks,” ja he told her breathlessly. “That M mouth is still pretty enough.to kiss. M And I guess you won’t slap—this §§ time—” Her voice rose shrilly to a scream. H “Ben—help me!” ■ (Continued in Our Next Issue) ii!ii!iiiiuiiimiiiimuii!!j{i!iiuuiiiiiiniiiHjiuuuiHi!KniNjiiuna[i,’im(nnmiflNiiis. r.j - : ~JT Iff HTT 9,652,601 BALES OF COTTON ARE GINNED • This Number of Bales Ginned ! Prior to January 16, Last Report Says. Washington, Jaiil 23.—Cotton ginned prior to January 1 lfith amounted to jP. 632,601 running pales counting 167 r j 3i)P halc.s as half hales, and including ! lOtKiT bales of Sea Island, the Census { Bureeau announced today. Giunings prior to .January 16th last yCar totalled 7,012.432 running bales, counting 12.367 round bales as half bales, and including 32,363 bab*s of Aineriean-Egyptian, and 3.126 bales of S< a Isliuid. Ginnings by states in clude: North Carolina Hfll.flßft South Carolina 311,113 ; 23,063. Wants Records of Confederate Sailors. Raleigh, N. (*.. Jan. I'2. —Admiral A. o. Wright, of the confederate navy, is ia Raleigh attending the general as sembly and conferring with state offi cials relative to a campaign in North Carolina to restore records of confed erate sailors. Most of the records were destroyed when' Richmond fell. jiml the confederate naval veterans at ' their minion in Atlanta, Ga., author ized Admiral Wright to undertake a. campaign throughout the South to re establish them. The war veteran announced that ho would visit‘Other southern states as, tlie legislatures convened in each. ' Shots Fired at American Officer. Brussels, Jan. 23 (By the Associat ed Press). —Several shots were fired today at an American llason officer attached to the Belgian headquarters at Aix-la-Clmpelle, according to a dis patch to Litre Belgique. The officer not hit. ) ■'