November 1, 1925
thurs da > ’ ——
0e Note in Finance
r Ends His Music Hopes
11,1, D»an's I’lan for a Great
%ociali«n ol Artists Gets
j u , on Time, hays Okla
homa PaP‘ i
-.rfRU’HS HIMSELF I
CREDIT:
u,nie Hans on Tuneful;
*i. But |)i^. ord Fol
- ""hen His Notes
Didn't Kins True.
appeared in the
,Daily. Times of
j; •• iic'i! ,
A!mn 1 m\;i n ettd
'' iicvi* an Association
t-' ,• > v . hi< li was to boa j
i i»if ions Americans,
,i t:i•■!<•*«l tin' moans
| ; • guide?! IlOtl’.S that
( { 1 ‘ t!i>‘ magic touch *.f i
them out for tho
T‘" , . iniisic-loviug public.
P"’h i" tin- golden notes
i j',-.,i tile throat of Alan
* 4 j j,„ w !n *'.ivoted many tin 00.-
T* 1 ' 'j‘‘. ,j„. .Actcise of his talents. It
~ls. that If' went away from
! ' i ''j t'i!; t at lie had been play-
; r . a minor chord, to go to
* where la outlined to a group
i< |daus to run the
ju establishing that city as
uaisit* center.
»!, ' ;! fa cored few know that
. . :,i \i v. York there to become a
impt•—**»rio by effecting a fal
e.ltose falsity at last
h seems to have
Lgicv. ten.+inatci the concert which he
.•■•”e >•, ith iii> golden notes.
were f mud to be but
Letters Tell Story.
story, fellow songbirds, but
s.a> - easily followed by reference
writ's <•! i ris which have passed
tarwß •'•'•rtiM! Yew Yorkers, whom Mr.
y. .i, in- his patrons there, and
f>- : (ikmiiiuf-atis v.lm are still under
j,. •:i i t hi' notes with the dollar
art pretixed.
. Tv- In- ■.■•inctnhcred that Mr. Divan.
g!.-r tv,i Wishing ■ himself here as a mu*
a Blaster i \tra-i.nliiiary—and his voice
R- pin "suVtpie" as Abe Martin would
'ln melodious confines of his
tts-iin v.lhti- notes Heated forth from j
ii-ri. tiii night with care-free abandon. I
«t • ’ "'.id v.-it hi< plan for a great;
Jfriat! a Mists association will call for j
m* «f a material character than:
• Lad been uttering and!
r i i. thought to lure them on that j
mi-'i- tj.lgliT lie established here on . a :
hrs* “-a:*-. '<•: .<■ «.t those who had come j
i<i i' p :;.rd him as an artist of the first
water ..a;■ -<i to h ud him their support
itat rjs :*!! —ln his plans to establish
hk iwpsrJTkui. ' i
iliei;: .was T. T. Blakely who
f*!r c :t !*wan might be able to accomp
li sinuT: iug for himself and for the
:!;, l t"!' th" sake of harmony Mr.
Knki--. asreeil to serve as vice president
"Mill mi. not however To the ex-[
t-s’ 'hit In would invest any real money
iia’.; pi -c. K. J. Dick, attorney.
I> " to .Mr. Dwan's pleadings and
: 'mi:, in a manner similar to
* <•? JU:. Blakely. But Mr. Dwatr
•'•'ied a glowing prospectus
s " :: ‘ halite 1 pictures <if his “di
■' ..oia: whom. of course, were
1 !».:;k** , y. ami Mr. Dick, neither of,
i" ' expert musicians or for;
■ : And as the returns’
Mr. and Mr. j
iliinking. The association!
ch neither of them car- J
• hetore the chamber of com-'
' ' 1 D'l'kaps they will endorse it."
' ,' 1 ‘ I'.i!.' y to Mr. I>wan. when the.
, h " :<g Hie prospectuses was re
-1 tn Ip the printers after Mir.
‘ 1 : ': : "11 ~oticssly overlooked it. as
■' ni' li was merely" an
-li'". Accordingly n Mr. Dwati
'y' ' v ’ , h tin* directors of the
r,ll!ll i'cr. who in turn, des
p^" -1 " 1 "Llllilttce composed of A. I>. j
[i..:"' _ ' l '.' I■ i k(• I y and Mrs. John A. j
oid "lit the music project, j
" details, inspecting the j
''' 1 ' angle, even to the ex- j
• Mr. Bob Baugh, sec-!
j, ; 1 lb oilers- association, who!
v. 1 , aitlmugii Mr. Dw an j
"* a pleasing tenor
t 0,,,. I '•".is were not all legal
j(. , ! "' ! wa- reported hack to j
see tilt'd that a base
'k. Ile iui'*rviewed Mr.
aro \i " <il to know lmw come
nj, -a "ivited Mr. Pwilll to!
. ! ‘ Hiahogany in lieu ?»f aj
• per or two which he!
possession. Mr. Dwan.
"t- the presence of Mr. I
i! ihat he would con- J
inik ll|( | m-ii forthwith.
' 'ff- l*wan had almost*
Y,, -■ ( of his ambitions in
ji I s said, he progress?
' ;l , , ' "" his interpretations of
ia-;, , ■ " malic of tln» Asso
"t' y; , ! * * ail Artists, lieadipmr
c. , \, ' h 1 ’bla.. to obtain railroad''
In tbe meantime, it !
Mi*. Blakely bad h»*i
f.i a.. ' "s as vice president of j
1 ! Mr. 1 tick is said to I
cf ~ ' although lie had been*
*' l h j n f •' Imsjij ta 1 and has not !
:i;, ‘ events in (lie life I
1 Jn :
Hie -ii-reeded Jn bringing i
m ci, of f„|j'r very promt* |
iioj : ’he liuisical world who}
'"Position, announced it !
"nki; - " privaiely* vetitured the
;h'l»i,. s .j, " v, r. Mr. Blakely and
: ""!Uc j, , ' ' iK Bine were both wan-!
It : 1 their interest ini
' ~M * aiight better cease.
' " r . v switches to New
lii Uts( ,",. ' r, 'Uis m,._ Dwan cst;rh
!"l'y . , ' l 'ip ,, rarily. • How easily
1 1 ; ’' s ‘’* ‘I into music js set
h Her to Mr. Blukc
' Y'l , n *' 1 atnphell. of New
' _ i'• "iti l nent cluh jivonian and
"'•"ii,, \c , Vl| “ of her experi-
m '‘'- 'Hvaii :
- 1 B. mad way.
- v ‘-w York. Y.
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* ALAN DWAN AGAIN *
sk 1
Former Okftmlgee Vocalist Has -fc
Adopted a Pseudonym in N. C.
* The following appeared in the
Okmulgee, Oklahoma Daily Times
of (h-tober 1(5. 1023 :
jAlan Dwan of the golden notes
been heard from. c
j"" This time. Concord, North Caro- rC
'rr lina, is making inquiry. rk
jdr T. T. Blakely, formerly a-director
~'r. of Dwan s short-lived “Association
of American Artists'* which he hop- -fc
cd would be the means of establish-
ing Okmulgee as America’s music M
Hr center, and in which project herK
I sought to interest Mr. Blakely and
5k numerous other well-known busi- 5k
' ness men, yesterday receivtnl the fol- 5k
5k lowing telegram addressed “The As- 5k
Isooiation of American Artists, Ok- 5k
j-k nmlgee, Oklahoma:”
jrk "‘Mail here from New York uji- 5k
5k der name of Alan I‘riudell. Lived 5k
5k in Okmulgee as Alan Dwan about 5k
5k two years ago. Is he a graduate 5k
H* and entitled to use your seal? 5k
“Concord Merchants Association, 5k
5k By BEULAH TYSON. See. 5k
*k Mr. Blakely hasn’t replied to the 5k
5k telegram as yet. He will probably 5k
5k do so today after be has had time 5k
5k to deliberate. fk
-k An Okmulgeean received a letter 5k
5k trom a friend in Alabama some time 5k
5k ago in which the Alabaman who 5k
5k hew Dwan here reported that he had 5k
■k lmd the pleasure of tuning in on 5k
5k Dwan one night when a concert was 5k
Hr bs'ing broadcast from Montgomery. 5k
5k He reported that Dwan’s voice 5k
5k sounded unusually rich. 5k
5k 5k
5k (Mrs. Tyson, secretary of the 5k
■k Merchants Association, advises us 5k
5k that she l*is not yet had a reply 5k
•k from Mr. Blakely.—Editor Trib- 5k
5k uue.) . 5k
* «
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Mr. T. T. Blakely.
Vice president.
Association of Amerionn Artists.
a’are Rotary C’lub,
Okmulgee, Ok^a.,
My dear Mr. Blakely :
I feel that you, as vice president of
the Association of American Artists. '
.should know everything that has trails-;
' pin'd since your President, Alan Dwan. j
icame to New York, April sth. On April
Utii. Mrs. Ida Geer Weller, an artist of;
j highest stamliug'in New ’York, brought
Mr. Dwan to my office in the Metropoli-
I tan Opera House and introduced me to }
; him.. After a careful reading of letters
: of recommendation brought by Mr. Dwan.
land his statement that he had raised
SIBO,OOO fer the work of Ihe Association
,of American Artists and brought letters
of recommendation from many well !
! kbowu Okmulgee and Muskogee people.
Also gave us a bank statement signed by
the cashier of the Okmulgee Central Nat
ional Bank stating that they had on de-
- (
t ion.
| I gave him one-half of my office space
at a rental of SBS a month. He gave me
a check for filial amount on the Muskogee
national bank. I introduced him to a
number of m.v line artist friends and he
collected S4SO that l know of and gave
guaranteed contracts to twelve artists
amounting in aggregate to $78,000; he
also engaged a booker at SIOO a week, or
dered printing, engaged stenographer at
! $25 a week. etc.
! <>u Monday, the 23rd, the check he
• gave me on tin* Muskogee bank was re
| turned protested. Os course I was alarm-,
,ed. T asked him fjtr an explanation. That
evening he called me over the phone and
’said he had received a telegram from Mr.
Lydig of Muskogee saying that they had
made a mistake at the bank and that
there was over $3,000 there to the credit
of the association. I insisted that he
brinjj the telegram to me for my files
j which he did the next morning badly blot
ted. When my stenographer undertook ;
to make a copy of the same she discovered
that the name of the town from which it j
j was sent as well ns date were illegible. ;
i so she called up the telegraph office here
j in New York and was informed that the
| message came from Newark, N." .T. Os ,
j course I was shocked and immediately i
: confronted Mr. Dwan \vith it. He first 1
! denied it, but afterward admitted tn me
j that he had forged this telegram and
Jscnl it from Newark t% himself here in
j New York. As you know this is a grave
; penal offense. Then tlx- statement from •
! the Okmulgee bank mine to my mind!
and I examined it. and found that while
lit wn#s on the bank stationery and the
i body of it was typewritten, the signature
!of the cashier was i:i Mr. Dwan s hand-]
! writing. Thi* he would not admit to me i
tut file evidence is conclusive. |
On Wednesday at midnight lie left
, without toiling me, but sent a wire styy
j ing he had taken the first train to Okla
homa.- which I received the next morn
ing. Not a word since have I heard. He ,
left forwarding address from the hotel
to Hotel Severs. Muskogee.
Yours sincerely.
OLA li. CAMPBELL.
Such Splendid Letters.
D seems there was no end to the splen
j did letters of endorsement which Mr.
! Dwau carried with him to New York and
I likewise he was plentifully supplied with
credit as evidenced by the following lcl -
iter to Mr. Blakely front Mrs. Ida Geer
I Wo’.loT. a*other prominent music patron
Lwith whom T)\v;u became acquainted as
! tev he had presented liis letters, many of
j which, it is fynown. were not written by
; the men whose names are given. The
:**Mr. Danghton.” caahier of the Central
National Bank. is purely a fictitious
character, although the reason for creat
ing it is not readily apparent ; here is
! Mrs. Weller's letter:
Studio 25. 1425 Broadway,
* New York. N. \.
T. T. Blakely. Vice Pres.,
Association of American Artists,
* Care Rotary Club.
Okmulgee. Okla..
Aly dear Mr. Blakely; _
-1 am writing you. vice president of the
Association of American Artists of ()k
--mulgt*e. Your president. Alan Dwan.
came bore to New York on April .oh. Me
had a conversation regard tug your asso
ciation. its ace
day I introduced him to Mrs.' David Al- f
len Campbell, a woman whom I felt had
the ability and equipment to help pro
mote such a fine plan for American Art. {
Dwan rented part of lier office. We went •
into the details of an organization here
and lie engaged Mrs. Campbell to be
manager, and I was to assist in working
out plans in every way, also to be one of
the artists and talk on every occasion I
for the cause.
Mrs. Campbell and I spent three weeks
wording day and night, hearing artists |
| and doing everything in our power, and
I must tell you that our interest in the ;
affair was all Dwan had here. _He was i
of no value in any way. We did the I
hard work, he signed contracts and took |
the money from the artists, without out
knowledge or consent. The whole scheme
on his part at least, was false represen
tation. After signing all the contracts
aml forging signatures, as you will see on
enclosed copies, he disappeared at mid-
I night, leaving a telegram to Mrs. (’amp
bell saying, “after careful consideration
and long distance phone talks have de
cided to take first train to Oklahoma.
Letter following explaining details."
At the hotel he left a forwarding ad
dress, Hotel Severs, Muskogee. We wir
ed him there, but uo answer. Also find
closed a letter from Mrs. Dwau, which
explains itself*- Now this man must be
apprehended at once, he cannot be at
large any longer. We have given all the
time we can k> hear from him and he
lias failed to appear anywhere.
You are vice president of the associa
tion and the organization must be re
sponsible for bis debts contracted here,
which amount to almost $2,000, not
counting the guarantee given artists.
He presented all kinds of letters of
introduction aud recommendation to us
which gave us further confidence. Thes/
letters are from; A. I). Kennedy, bind,
loans and investments; T. T. Blakely.
Hotary Club; Bob Davidson, president of
chamber of commerce; Orlando Ifiwain,
Commissioner of l’ublic Safety; Ben 11.
Nicholas, Martin Bros., Grover Cleve
land, Walkover Boot Shop; Rev. George
S. Fulcher, First. Presbyterian ('lmrch;
li. R. Fulford, Dry Goods Co.; H. B.
Bruner, superintendent of public schools.
He also named the following advisory
board from Muskogee: L. 11. Linebaugh,
11. T. Brice, C. C. LyHick, Lida Steele,
Daisy Maude Webb, E. E. Hoffman. C.
M. William, D. M. Fink, Eldon J. Dick-
Alt-o gave us a statement of deposits in
following banks :
American Natl. Okmulgee SIB,OOO
Central Natl., Okmulgee 08,000
First Natl., Okmulgee 31.000
Citizens Natl. Okmulgee 30,000
First Natl., Okmulgee 22.000
Total SIOO,OOO
This matter has assumed a very seri
ous aspect .-is you can well see, and we
feel sure it is your wish as one connect
ed with the Association to protect the
good name of the association aud its fine
possibilities. If you deem it wise and
will finance the trip, either Mrs. Camp
bell or myself will come to Okmulgee and
assist you in working out a plan to car
ry on. The artists who signed Dwan’s
contracts are some of the finest in Ameri
ca and aroS, thoroughly in accord with
the association ideas.
| (At this point Mrs. "Weller’s letter
was continued from'the second to the
third page of the paper, and as the third
page was not received here it is neces
sary to conclude the letter and continua
tion of the article here. —Editor .)
ANOTHER 8100,000 FOR
METHODIST ORPHANAGE
1
New Administration Building is Made
i Possible by Gift of 8. C. Vann.
ILaleigh News and Observer.
The two hundred thousand dollar
building program of the Metlndist or
phanage, approved by the board of trus
tees at the .Tune meeting .was supple
mented yesterday by the decision of the
board to devote the SIOO,OOO given to
the institution several years ago by S.
C. Vann, of Franklinton, with the $35.-
' 000 which has accrued, to the erection
of a modern school and administration
■building. Work on the whole program,
which will probably'entail the expendi
ture of $350,000, will begin in tbe
, spring.
t The action of tbe board yesterday on
1 was with the entire approval cf Mr.
■ Vann. T!’ 0 gift was in Liberty bonds
and the ijnrrease on the gift has been
material. The new building will take
, the place of the old Jenk’ns building
[ erected more than 20 years ago, and
which was doptned to go under the plans
of Mr. Sears, noted landscape architect
of Philadelphia, who has mapped out
•the grounds and provided for the expan
sion of the institution in conformity with
the best principles of landscape 'archi
tecture.
The gift of Mr. Vann, which is one
of a number he has made to the inst : -
tution, is held by Joseph G. Brown, a
member of the board of trustees, and
A. 11. Vann, his son.
Wlr'at Regions of Canada Exceed Last
Record Yield.
Winnipeg Manitoba. Oct. 30.—The.
total wheat crop of the Canadian
provinces ..of Manitoba, Saskatchew an
and Alberta is/ estimated by government
effieials at 425.503.1t>!) bushels, an in
crease of 50.000 bushels over the rec
ord 1022 yield. The three provinces now
produce apprrfciimntely 05 percent of
all wheat grown in the Dominion, offi
cials snid.
Forty-live and 50 bushel yields wore
reported in a number of areas while in
others the run was 00 bushels to the
acre. The wheat weighed between Go
and 67 pounds to the bushel and more
than 00 percent of it graded No. 1 hard-
Freight Riders Sue.
Salisbury. Get 30.—Three men have
filed suits/of SIO,OOO each against the
Southern Railway Company in Superior
Court here, seeking damages as a re
sult of being jailed on a charge of “beat
ing a ride on the tra’n without paying
fare." The men said they were from
Greenville. S. C. and were arrested Sun
day near Salisbury by one of the South
ern’s special officers. They were placed
in jail until the hearing before a local
magistrate who dismissed the case on
the ground of u delect in the bill of in
dictment.
, One of >lje queerest creatures imag li
able is the midwife toad. The female
lays her eggs in long streamers, which
the ma c collects anti wraps around his
■legs. He carries them about in tilts
way until they hatch into tadpoles.
Rev. Mr. Hunt, pastor of Bethel sta
tion. was iq tfie city Monday.
THE CONCORD TIMES
® KANNAPOLIS ©
© DEPARTMENT ©
© , ®
Kannapolis, Oct.- 31. —Virginia Nolle,
six-weeks-old infant of Mr. and Mrs.
W. P. Law, ; s improved following a
slight indisposition at the home of Mrs.
Laura Sinitth. of Oak Street, where Mrs.
Law has been spending some time.
The item in last week's Kannapolis
news which read "Dr. and Mrs. M L.
Troutman, of the Lutheran Seminary at
Columbia, S. C.: Mr. Ralph Barringer,
and Miss Rosalie Gillon attended the
pageant, "The Way," at Sr. Janus
Church, Concord, on Sunday evening."
should have read thus: "I)r. and Mrs.
M.- L. Troutman. Mr. Edward Trout
man, of the Lutheran Theological Semi
nary. Columbia, S. C.. Mr. Ralph Bar
ringer, and Miss* Rosalie Gillon attended
tbe pageant, "The Way.” at St. James
Church. Concord, on Sunday evening.”
Mrs. Baird is spending some time in
Chester. S. with home folks.
The friends of Mr. Walter Parham,
who some time ago sustained serious in
juries in a car accident will be pleased
to know he is improving satisfactorily.
Rev. A. V. Sherrill, of Stanley, was
entertained at supper Wednesday even
ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. O.
Iveever.
The Sunbeam band rendered a delight
ful program Sunday afternoon at the
Baptist Church, Miss Pauline Tesh being
in charge, together with Miss Ida Read
er, who is responsible for the splendid
training of this band of Sunbeams. The
program and the admirable manner in
which it was rendered served as an il
lustration of the importance of early
training, there being as a rule a marked
contrast as regards readiness and grow
ing efficiency between these children who
are receiving training at a young and
tender age and (he grownups who lacked
such training. At the conclusion of
the service Mrs. C. K. Turner gave a
talk full of interest, and especially of
encouragement, to the Sunbeams and
their lender.
The friends of Mr. and Mrs. .7. V.
Corn will be delighted to know they
have returned from Spartanburg to make
their home in Kannapolis for tlie pres
ent.
Miss Mary Bradley Thompson and
throe friends. Misses Elizabeth Leight,
Margaret Spears, and Pauline Hawkins,
all students at the N. C. C. W., spent
the week-end w-itli Miss Thompson's
father.
Miss Flora Mettuoon and a number *of
young people ..from the Presbyterian
Church attended the Christian Endeavor
convention the past week.
M : ss Alma McLaurin, former Sunday
school worker of the Presbyterian
Church, will be the guest of Mrs. 11. D.
McCVrkle tonight.
Mrs. W. C. Jamison attended a recep
tion in Mooresville the past week given
by Mesdames Harry Mott and Eugene
Fink.
The little son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Hobbs’—sustained painful injuries Mon
day night when a car run over his head.
Mr. Hobbs liad crossed the street near
tbe mill to speak to some one when the
child started to follow his father, run
ning into the car. *
Mis Ethel Ketchie, of the North Caro
lina College for Women, spent the week
end with home folks.
Miss Evn Goble spent Sunday in Con
cord. the guest of Miss Margie Elliott.
Little Eleanor Jamison. youngest
child of Rev. and Mrs. W. Jamison,
who has nit been well for some time, is
being treated by a specialist in Char
lotte.
Many of the Kannapolis people are
interested in the Mel Trotter meeting
which will be he’d at the Y. M. <’. A.
: n the near future. Accompanying Mr.
Trotter will be Mr. Haimnomßree, a
singer of unusual ability. Kannapolis
is forunate, indeed, U) be able to secure
these men.
Mr. A. L. Brown left Sunday night
for a busines trip to Best >n and New*
York.
Master Edwin and little Miss Louise
Lipe entertained at an interesting Hal
loween party last enevinp.
Mrs, Xelia Lippard spent Sunday at
Mill Bridge with her sister. Mrs..J. 11.
Smith.
Mrs. A. C. Lockman spent yesterday
in Charlotte.
J.ittle Miss' Beatrice Troutman un
derwent an operation Tuesday for the
removal of her tonsils, the work being
done by Dr \V. R. Brandon.
The CSncord-Kannapolis City Epworth
League Union will licet at Mi. Olivet
Thursday evening. The First Church
of Kannapolis has held the banner on
the score of efficiency for twojnouths.
Rev. R. A. Swaringen delivered iiis
farewell sermon-Sunday evening at the
Methodist Church. As a token of ap
preciation for the two sermons preached
Sunday, which was the beginning of the
new conference year and not included
in the past year, there was presented to
Mr.' Swaringen the sum of, forty dol
lars. which was contributed by the con
gregation as a freewill offering. Mr.
Swaringen and family have many friends
here who regret to see them leave. Mr.
Swaringen lias done a great work here,
both lie and Mrs. Swaringen working
w ith untiring 'effort. They have done
much iu building no* the local church
aud have boon faithful in visiting tluir
members in sickness and in health, in
all things responding to duty’s call.
Master H. A. Scott will undergo an
operation under Dr. XV. R. Brandon
Thursday for the removal of his ton
sils.
Mrs. Safii Query, Sam. Jr.. Mr. Grneb
er and family. Misses Helen Turner, and
Bessie Winwoff. and a number of others
attended (lie circus iA Gharlotte Tues
day.
Rev. .R. A. Swarincen and family
moved Tuesday to Albemarle where Mr.
Swaringen begins his new pastorate.
Rev. Mr. Moser and family move here
today inf> the parsonage to take up the
! work left by Mr. Swariugen. They
come from <’berryville. A general house
warming is planned -for Mr. and Mrs.
,M(ser for Thursday night.
Messrs. G. G. Allen. E. J. Sharp. H.
A. Scott, A. A. Allison, and H. A. Ail
red attended a banquet last evening in
Salisbury with the Rotary club of that
city as hosts to the men of this terri
tory.
! Prof. Robertson speaks tonight in the
Y. M. C. A. parlor tb a representative
group of wen and women or. the school
election to be held in the county on
November 20th.
-Tlu* Woman’s Club will ho’il its next
meeting Monday night with Professor
Robertson as speaker. He will lecture
on a subject of bin own choosing. Ou
this occasion the meeting of the club s
a week early.
The Cabarrus County Alumni Associa
tion of the N. (’. ytate College will give
a banquet at the Y. M. C. A. Thurs
day evening in honor of their wives and
sweethearts.
Mr. Ilarr Fink, son of Mr. ami Mrw.
Arthur Fiiy’k, (of Kamiap<’l’is. paid n
weekvend visit to home folks. Mr. F’uk
is engaged in dairly extension work in
Orange county. Virginia.
The remodelling on the auditorium of
the Methodist Church is about com
pleted and the floors are receiving the
finishing touches.
Lottie Richardson and Henry Middle
ton, highly respected colored people of
this city, were married Sunday at tin*
colored liaptist Church. Middleton has
for several years been in the employ v»f
the Cannon Manufacturing Company. j
Mr. Russell Winccoff and bride, who I
recently spent some time with Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Winccoff. parents of the
groom, have returned to West Virginia.
Mr. Robert Marshall spent the week
end in Charlotte.
Mr. Ralph Deal spent the. week-end
in Randlonian with home folks.
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Rost and Mr.
Ralph Barringer attended tin* Reforma
tion service Sunday evening at St. An
drews E. L. Church, Concord.
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Rost spout tlio
week-end in Concord, guests of Mr. ami
Mrs. C. M. Sappeufield.
M iss Thelma Horah spent the week
end in Salisbury with home folks.
Mr. 1,. E. Out('li is able to be at work
again after being confined to his room at
the Mary Ella Hall for several days by
illness.
Mrs. Propst and Mr. and Mrs. P. (1.
Cook spent Sunday with Mrs. T. P.
IffHE ISLE OF
RETRIBUTION
M IpLi ED ISOM MARSHALL
R.W. SATT&RTieLD ©Utri.e,BßOwN BCOMPANy,H£J
BEGIN HERE TODAY
Ned Cornet, Lenore Hardenworth
and Bess Gilbert are shipwrecked.
Ned is engaged to marry Lenore.
The three take refuge on an island
they find occupied solely by a man
named Doomsdorf and his Indian
wife.
Doomsdorf turns out to be a brute
and takes Ned and the two girls
prisoners. He tells them that they
are to be his slaves. Lenore is
spared hard labor, but Bess and/Ned
are driven by their master until
they fall unconscious.
The prisoners build a cabin for
themselves and, after it is finished.
Doomsdorf tells Bess and Ned that
he means to have them do all his
winter trapping. Lenore 13 allowed
to remain with the squaw to help
with the housework. Ned falls into
a deep crevice and expects to die.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
He did not hear it again; but the
truth went home to him in one de
spairing instant. Try as hard as he
could, his jaws had released their
hold upon the knife, and it had fal
len into the depths of the crevice be
low. •
XXV
1 T~hESS had made good time along
fg J 3 her line that day. She had not
forgotten that this was the day
H of her rendezvous with Ned, and by
H walking swiftly, eschewing even
If short rests, carrying her larger tro
ll --phies into the cabin to skin rather
{? than halting and thawing them out
§1 over a fire, she arrived at the Forks
H hut at midafternoon. She began at
H once to make preparations for Ned’s
H coming.
She built a roaring fire in the little.
§ rusted stove, knowing well the bless
§} lng It would be to the tired trapper.
{§ coining in with his load of furs. She
If started supper so that the hot meal
H would be ready upon his arival. Then
H she began to watch the hillside for
If his coming.
On the glare ice of the glacier, a
s mile straight up the ridge from the
M cabin, she saw figure of a man.
H It was Ned. of course, taking the
I path over the ice, instead of
keeping to the blazed trail of his
trap line. On the slight downward
_ slope toward her, clearly outlined
§§ against the white ice, she could see
H* every step he took.
|§ He was walking boldly over the
if glassy surface. Didn’t he know its
H terrors, the danger of slipping on
H the icy shelves and falling to his
f§ death, the deep crevice shunned by
ff the wild creatures? She watched
H every step with anxious gaze. When
fg he was almost to safety she saw him
H stop, draw back a few paces, and
p then come forward at a leaping pace,
fg What happened thereafter came
y too fast for her eyes to follow. One
ff instant she saw his form distinctly
g as he run. The next, and the Ice lay
ff white and bare in the wan light, and
|l Ned had disappeared as If by a magi-
H clan’s magic.
For one* moment she gazed *in
ff growing horror. There was no fee
H promontory behind which he was
H hidden, nor did he reappear again.
H And peering closely, she made out a
H faint, dark line, like a pencil mark
p on the ice, just where Ned had dis
p appeared.
f| She turned Into the cabin, bent, end
y added fresh fuel to the stove. Its
§§ heat scorched her face, and she put
H up her ttend to shield it. The cabin
fg should be warm, when she brought
|| Ned home. She mustn’t let the cold
gs creep in. She must not forget the
§§ —cold, always watching for every little
§ opening. Perhaps he would want
If food, too: she glanced into the iron
y pot on the stove. Then, acting more
H by instinct than by conscious
§§ thought, she began to look about for
E such tools as she would need in the
p work to follow.
There was a piece of rope, used
§§ one© on a hand sled, hanging on the
H wall; but it was only about eight feet
§§ in length. Surely it was not long
if enough to aid her, yet it was all she
Moose.
Mr. Soner W. Kluttz and Miss Capi- j
tola Caldwell spent Sunday in Newton.,
Mr. Guy Ritchie, of M. P. I ? and
Miss Pauline Walter, of Mont Amoena
Seminary, spoilt the week-end with home
folks.
Mr. Paul Short, of Graham, spent the
week-end in Kannapolis with friends.
Mr. J. L. Kurfees, Mr. Gilbert Kur
fees. and M : ss Hazel Kurfees. of Moeks
ville. spent Sunday with Mr. C. C.
Stenestreet and sons.
Miss Geneva Gvaeber. rtf Salem Col
lege. spent the week-end with home folks.>
| The Ladies' Missionary Society of
Kimball Memorial E. L. ChKroh will
give a bazaar and noodle supper in front
of (’. <». Seohle.'s shoe hospital Saturday
j evening, November 3rd. from to 1>
J o'clock. Everybody is welcome.
Mr. and Mrs. Whitson Kimball, of
Newberry. S. (’.. spent Suifday evening
with Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Gillon.
M’ss Lois Honeycutt is indisposed at
~ her honip in Midway.
| Mr. C. E. Lowe, of Rrevard. is spend
ing several days in Kannapolis.
1 Misses Gladys Wagoner. Harriet te
Glass. Mary Lee Hill, and Fannie .John
son have returned from the <’. E. meeting
jin Greensboro.
I The many friends of Mrs. John 11.
j Rutledge are* glajl to sec her at home
again. She has been in Washington tak
ing treatment under a specialist in P.al
timore. .Mrs. Rutledge’s condition is
much improved.
The Ladies' Missionary Society gave a
Hallowe’en social at St. John’s Reforni
|od Church Tuesday evening. Delicious
' refreshments were solved and all very
i much enjoyed the occasion.
! Misses Lulu Relic Smith and Thelma
Todd, spont the week-end in Charlotte
, with Hiss Smith's mother,
j Miss Selma Hugtms opened her school
■:u Patterson's Monday. October 21).
j Miss Morrison Johnson spent the week-
had. Next, she removed a blanket
from her cot and threw it over her
shoulder.* There might be need of
this, too—further protection against
the cold.
Heretofore she had moved slowly,
hardly aware of her own acts; but
now she was beginning to master
herself again. She mustn't linger
here. She must make her spirit
waken to life, her muscles spring to
action. i Carrying her rope and her
blanket, she went out the door, closed
it behind her, and started up toward
the glacier.
At last she stood at the very edge
of the yawning seam, staring down
into the unutterable blackness below.
Not even light could exist in the
murky depths of the crevice, much
less fragile human life. The day
was not yet dead, twilight was still
gray about her;’ but the crevice itself
seemed full of ink clear to Its mouth.
And Ned s axe, lying just at the_edge
of the chasrn, showed where he had
fallen.
She called his name ifito the chasm
depths, and some measure of self
control returned to her when she
heard the weird, rolling echo.
And that cry did not go unheard.
TO FALL MEANT TO DIE.
Ned had given up but a few mo
ments before Bess had come, and her
full voice carried clearly Into the
strange, misty realm of semi-con
sciousness Into which he had drifted.
And this manhood that had lately
grown upon him would not let him
shut his ears to this sobbing appeal.
His own voice, sounding weird and
hollow as the voice of the dead In
that Immeasurable abyss, came back
in answer.
“Here I am, Bess,” he said, “You’ll
have to work quick.”
XXVI
IT was bitter hard for Ned to figfit
his way through death’s twilight.
The cold Tiad hold of him, its tri
umph was near, and It would not let
him go without a savage battle that
seemed to wrack the man In twain.
He summoned every ounce of
courage and determination that he
had and tried to shake the frost
from his brain. “You’ll have to work
quick,” he warned again. Hla voice
was stronger noy, but softened with
a tenderness beyond her most reck
less dreams. “Don’t be too hopeful
—I haven’t much left in me. What
can you do?” >*
The girl who answered him was In
no way the lost and hopeless mortal
that had lain sobbing on the ice. The
fighting side of her that Ned had
seen so often swept swiftly Into domi
nance. At once she was a cold blade,
true and sure; brain and body in
perfect discipline.
“How far are you?” she asked. "I
can’t see—”
“About 10 feet—but I can’t get op
without help."
PAGE SEVEN
end with home folks near Mooresville.
Mrs. Roller Reaver will entertain the
Social Hour Club Thursday afternoon at
her home or. Ridge avenue.
The Ladies’ Misionary Society of St.
.John’s Church will give a barbecue sup
per in the .*.ocial room of the church oify
Thursday evening. Supper will be sery l
ed '•<» cents per plate. Everybody coni'*.
Miss Morrison Johnson is confined
to 1 or room at the Hall by illness.
Mr. Ed. Younger, who is serving in
the band with Sparks’ circus, spent Sun
day at the Mary Ella Hall as the”
of Lis sister. Miss Stella Younger.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wampler, of Sal
isbury. spout the week-end with Mr. and
Mis. J. H. Wampler.
Mr. and Mrs. AY. C. Graham spent
Sru ; '.i\ in Concord with Mrs. C. M. Sap
penfield. __
Mr. Short, formerly of Kannapolis,
but new of Graham, is soon to move to
Albemarle.
Mix Rena Thornburg, formerly .of the
Mary Ella Hall, who is now teaching in
Gaston County, spent a few hours at the
Hall Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Ed. Dellinger has resigned his po
siiion in the office of Mr. H. L. Lipe at
the Cannon Mill. We regret seeing Mr.
Dellinger leave Kannapolis. v
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Foil, of Mt. Ideas
art. spent several hours in Kannapolis
Monday. ,
Mrs. Lois Earnhardt spent the vetfk
|end out <>f town.
I Mr. AY. 11. AValter is improving I’lbm
I injuries received in a recent accidejut.
though he is unable to be out as yet.
Mrs. L. E. Rost is indisposed at this
time. •
Everyone at the Mary la Hall has
been linking forward to * the Hallowe'en
social to be given this evening under the
i supervision of Mr. F. J. Sharp and Mrs.
.Norfleet. Mr. Sharp is Irked by all and
he does much to make tiio place home
like, and all the Mary Ella people ap
preciate his untiring efforts.
“Can you stand up?”
“Yea.” Forcing himself to the
last ounce of his nerve and courage,
he drew himself erect. Reaching up
ward, his hands were le3S' than a
yard 1 from the top of the crevice.
Bess did not make the mistake of
trying to reach dotvn to him. She
conquered the impulse at once, real
izing that any weight at all, unsup
ported as she was, would draw her
into the ravine. Even the rope would
be of no use until had something
firm to which to attach it. t
1 “I’ve dug holes mo3t of the way
up.” he told her. “I might try po
f climb ’em, with a little help-—”
t "Are you at the bottom of the
crevice?” •/<
• “The bottom is hundreds of feet
: below me. I’m on a ledge about three
feet wide.”
“Then stand still till I can really
■ help you. I can’t pull you now with
out being pulled in myself, and If
' you*d fall back* you’d probably roll
I off the ledge. The Ice is like glass.
1 Ned, are you good for ten minutes
more—”
■ “1 don’t know-r-”
1 “It’s the only <*hance.” Again her
• tone was pleading. "Keep the blood
! moving for ten minutes more, Nod.
1 Oh, tell mo you’ll try—”
’ Deep in the gloom she thought she
1 heard him laugh—only a few, little
syllables, wan and strange In the
silence—and It was all the answer
i she needed. He would fight on for
l ten'minutes more. He would strug
gle against the c|>ld until she could
i rescue him.
“Here’s a blanjctt,” she told him
! swiftly. “Put it around, you. If ydu
can. without danger of rolling off.”
She dropped him the great cover
ing she had brought; then in a single,
deerlike motion, she leaped the nar
row crevice. On the opposite side
she procured Ned’s axe; then she
turned, and half running, half glid
ing on the Ice, sped toward the near
est timber^—a number of stunted
spruce two hundred yards distant at
the far edge of the glacier.
' Bess had need of her woodsman’s
knowledge now. Never before had
her blows been so telling on
the tough wood. Almost at once she
had done her work and was started
back with a tough pole, eigh feet
long and four Inches In diameter,
balanced on her sturdy shoulder.
Ned was still strong enough pb an
swer her call when she returned, and
the dim light still permitted him to
see her lay the pole she had cut as a
bridge across the crevice, cutting
notches in the ice to bold ft firm.
Swiftly she tied one end of her rope
to the pole and dropped the other to
him.
“Can you climb up?” sho asked
him.
“Just watch me,” was the answer.
From that Instant, she knew that
she had won. The spirit behind his
words would never falter, with vic
tory so near. He dug his moccasin*
into the boles he had hacked in the
Ice. meanwhile working upward,
hand over hand. To Jail meant te
die—but Ned didn't falL
It was a hard fight, weakened as
he was, but soon the girl’s reaching
hands caught his sleeve, then his
coat; finally they were fastened firm
ly. lifting with all the girl’s strength,
under the great arms. His hand
seised the pole, and he gave a great
upward lunge. And then he was
tying on the Ice beside her, fighting
for breath, not daring to believe that
be was safe.
But the usual cool, half-mirthful
remark that, In many little crises,
Ned bad learned to expect from Bess,
was not forthcoming tonight Nor
were the sounds in the twilight mere
ly those of heavy breathing. The
strain was over, and Bess had given
way to the urge of her heart at last
Her tears flowed unchecked, whether
of sorrow or happiness even she did
not know.
The man crawled toward her,
moved by an urge beyond him, and
for a single moment his strong arms
pressed her dose. "Don’t cry, little
pal,” he told her. He a
strangely boyish, happy smile, into
her eyes. Very softly, reverently he
kissed her wet eyelids, then stilled
her trembling Bpe with his own. He
smiled again, a greet good-humor tak
ing hold of hint "You’re too trig a
girl to cryP*
(Continued in tv Next lane)
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