North Carolina Newspapers

.... November 8, 1923 fill's 13 ' dement From the Board of Education of Cabarrus County j , ■ I'abarnis County: I*, the ' ■ >ii: ii a question of far- I i»n N"; ~i:w ill c ome before the . ; • *'ounty for settle l .'W l ' . ;i ni:ure of school leg- last Legislature. |4jfi' ,n !■ 'ration of Cabarrus |; r Boan ( • ] , j 1( . County Com- l‘ ;l ' an election far a I - school lax. not to I(#3Bty• vo«>ne hundred dol- Lj-oi .-*•* , , rty. in -order to Ur- va ' :;J ~(• High Schools and .nnentary schools of , nan ion has been grant - [ iSf ~|| ! !I, ( Y _ , ~f ' - ■; >s called f<h* Nt>- w hr!' llOfic • " . . v v !i the law. the Hoard !i-• , v ', ~,c; ti'd the county and bs- tei r ' ! t | lt . District Conimit is x I. ; il have boon kept !»• i‘ _• mi locate High ;i , will have the requi- S : . :iU |iils to insure efficieu 111in maintenance: and •M-hools in such ratlit < j;i■ ■:.. as- accessible as lie necessary o vst a linwn to tlie minimum. -f*™' 1 ;.- ij — if the election carries. rr;.. Ip* :i!'» • • , j in-!. Schools sufficient in t,? 7',';“."-.,; - .rli standard grade that the county will be rX ‘ Cj , ( ji Srii h'l edneati in in the iIT " ' . w it(tilt *!'c a'onahle distance !• is furthermore planned V' .ii,. elementary schools. In i:,,. rd hdieves it will be I (BPE l»l AN K\ KXTUAL | P IKNT NOT COST I fmH |, \ni!iass:id»r Spent 20 Minutes ■ Vitfc President Coolidge This Moming. ■ u’'[<!iin« : "!i. \m <>. —With a ~com- B , . ( if tie conflicting views 1 Kui'.O 1 ati allies hefoi-e it. the i today weighed ■ -i-ik tin- «iue<tilm whether the I tor ha' i <1 to American aid in B . , ruM .f !•;::> -ations inquiry. In no ■ .... ~ , i !! > authentic indiea- B |inu ■' at dc'-isioii would he reaeh- I , r what <iir'eelion the opinions of I r itS< - was tending. It was appar- B. iimvi'Vt r, that hope of an eventual ■ ha, no been lost. Shortly be- I- i*j-i ' licet Cooi'idge and his cabinet issmbUi fi.j tin- regular Tuesday morn-. Ir ec tig. Ambassador .lussevand of I p K »iT !■;,ii.eil at the White House. an<l I vo iiev v. iiimthe Chief Elect!-- Inv lh* >aa] he had come primarily to I» v jgs re>!»cri>. but left the inquirers I >i irm tlu'ir own inference as to what I ~-it> l:.ni been discussed. I THE STATE PARENT I TEACHERS’ association -Abcnt gixt Pelrgates Are in Attendance At First .Meeting Today. IfitC-ion-Salem. Nov. <*. —Meetings of, ■ Jjkinl of Managers at 2 o'clock tftis, li-HtSu'-ii was an intdhfUiVtfnu t» thA ’Lric csesi.i(»ij ijip it* of the fcfl|te i : ’Whom 2RO tlsSit'. an* in attendance, and the cou en’tj® evmrses to be one of the largest s"<dp •! ifiip »rtant held vet by the or- S*iis»t'"U. The liist session will open it s o'chuk tonight when feature ad ’s "ill lie iuade by A. T. Ajletii. 'stato s. rt-iutcntlciiT of Public lnsLruclit>h.., ‘•lr-nrics will be extended bv Mavor 'b Haynes, and Mrs. K. «. Lu-t f.i-i^idi-ni of the Woman's Club. I'yv will lie responded to- by Mrs. Kay ’•Ei Itinfonl. if trii’lford t'ollege. WANKMIIVINt; PKOCLAAIATIOX HA PRESIDENT COOLIDGE iitf Aear lla> Hinught to the American Two Tragic Experiences, C ;< Nov. o. —President Ihanksgiving Day jiroclama •'"ito ti'dav from the White House ! Hid that the year has brought, Ainerjeaii people two tragic ex 'li. death of President Hard • .la[>unese earthquake—hut 'Aperienit's serve to test and t ml nations. During the l»roelamatinn. says, the na r, 1, ; i:,v bb-sed with much of ma “ a: li|iK|„.].jt y. T ' vf -HVE R II, LED IN MINE EXPLOSION Uwihst,\\. Pi„ Nov. fi. —Twelve ■' uu been taken from a shaft mine “ th r. Kaleigh-Wynming (dal Co., at in « "-vnining I’nunty. in which ! .' '"Stirred t his morning, and ■ i ;ii is entertained for Thirty men . the workings, the State De fl",,lnu Mims reported today. fd lie Arrested «;n the SjKit. A" v '‘ complaints j'tißfj : ; 1 a '' i,a .ngc in th<’ methods of • igaiiiM speeders in Wake - to an aniiounceinetrt i-,,...,, I \ Sheriff Joe Lowe, k " Coniplaint lias ' tli" mailing of notices with speeding, in a t,,., ' the < marges being dis ii . ' lii gt il offender pleaded • h t !te future pssed a’ n sted on the spot and I nearest' magistrate. nicie will he abandoned. i' 1 1 v|- ,» - . . 1 hit* Inn to Be Elected To i;... x . ,la >> I-. _. oters of the second ... .^o ' "'ill go to Hie polls %:• -1 ndge John. H. Kerr. "I'-ccMsor | i the late Itep ■ Kiieh'.n. Judge Kerr, ' on. was recently de ni" nominee following 1 1 1 t». Allsbrpok. who ''cent primary. The l“v fJ r ( .- ' "id merely forjiie pur 'vith the i.-iAV. Efcief i.'. . ” ' ' mur ' "f Railroad La|»or Or s«uii2ation> (o Aleet. "’-(i p,., 11 •* (By the Asso l“ ' "'‘‘'‘ting of the chief •' f n, '•’* 11 standard railroad "tor the purpose of railroad legislation ?h,. . ( . M xv 'tli matters to come t, "art..,. s "’‘gi'-ss" ims been eajled ~ r' , t l:t!-i, ,„| ' / t ,ros ident of the ui \\- 1 '"'"tnot• ve Engineers,' - n M'odnesday morn -1 • 'lr. Stone announced 3... ' ,Ul ' " ~1 U( ' “ i, ‘‘ i, ‘ the V..-.' amo,l « -^ le <*«u<li* ~ J r ' house of the Mary coming election. f< und feasible lo retain the present ele mentary nr bools so that the smaller chil dren may attend school close at home. _ The Board calculates that with pres ent valuation of property the above pro gram can be out with 2.1 cents on the hundred dollars valuation of prop erty. and it i v < flip intention of the Board to make the rate 2o cents. The county-wide system has decided advantages. It makes equal provision for all. It discriminates against none. Moreover, it will put Cabarrus county on a parity with the most progressive counties in the State educationally, and at a smaller cost. Cabarrus county holds 4 high rank in Ihe State agriculturally and industrially. The proposed county-wide system of Schools would bring our county up with the best educationally. It is not more than our boys and girls deserve. It is in the interest of the whole people and the issue rests with the imople. No county or pimple have ever been hurt or impoverished by making provi sion for good schools. Will not Ca barrus voters see to it that our school system is taken care of? The registra tion books close Saturday, November 10th. Let all friends of public educa tion register and east their votes, for this measure. \X . U. ODELL, di airmail* AY. F. SMITH. <: f. McAllister. The Board of Education of Cabarrus County. SAY HARTNELL TO GET THE AXE NEXT Rc|Krt From Charlotte is Denied by President Brooks of State College. KaleigTi News & Observer. Questioned as to the statement sent out from Charlotte to the effect that Harry Hartsell. would soon be discon tinued as football coach at X. C. State. Dr, E. C. Brooks, president of the insti tution. said las; .mglit: “There lias been no move whafsover ns to the removal of i Hartsell as coach at State College so far as I know and I believe that if there had been any such moveHby alumni, stu dents of faculty. 1 would know of it. I know that the’matter is the subject of much talk but so far as I know there has been no definite move made in the affair. If anything is done it will be sometime A egvly next year when a head coach is elected.” The rumor that Hartsell would be re moved as coach at State College lias per sisted ever since the poor showing made by the Wolfpaek in the Carolina game. On Monday the News and Observer said that the matter was much discussed by studeiits. faculty and alumni of State College but nothing definite had taken place str far as cnnlfl be learned. Such still seems- to be the ease. ‘flaying Phonograph Stay Cure AH Evils. Kington. every body’s, doing wl#it‘ was’ utaTted at Caswell i TrainitME HAvool last' year.- Leastwise, hundreds are. throughout the countiy. At the .school, following out a sugges tion- from Suporiiitvttdoat 4’. Hanks Me- Xairy. the dairy staff played a big phon ograph at milking time to determine if , dOtys. .sqotjied by soft lirusic, • woinld give 'fijon*> lhilk. They di(T. '' TtecfioTs Av'CiT carf'fiiHT keyrt. T>r. , had told; a conference of health workers here tliat a ,cow sjiould never he cuffeiE or fussed at ; instead, a cow's nervous system was complex' and should not he irritated. It .had been proved that rough treatment would excite "Bos sy. ” and it stood to reason that kindness and music wopld have the opposite effect. Now flic Caswell school experiment is being followed in many parts of the United States, according to advices had here, with good results. At Washington. D. C„ hospital. Dr. McXairy has b<*en informed, anesthetics are being administered to patients about to be operated on to the strains of phon ograph music- . The patients "drop off" more contentedly. This departure has passed the stage of, innovation and has become a regular thing, it is understood. Fcrget-Mc-Xot Day Will Be Nation- Wide. Throughout the length and breadth of the Unified Stattes school children are making millions of tiny forget-me-nots, of hits of doth and paper, t > be sold on Saturday. November 10th. for the benefit of the 100.000 manned ami broken Amer ican veterans of the AA’oTld W ar. Forget-Me-Not Day has become a Na tional affair, and what is being done here to underwrite the successful sale of the tmy flower# this year *s being done in thousands of cities.and towns in all parts of the country. f None so busy, none so poor but can pause a nflpinent on Forget-Me-Not Day to buy onejof the little emblems—or dus ter —for tile bentit of the boys who crossed the seas hac k in UH7-lUIB to mix in the big fight in the cause of human ity. •The money raised will be devoted to assisting all wounded or disabled Amer ican veterans of the AA'orld War no mat ter what their affiliations with veterans’ organizations. New Officers of American Legion. Officer? - were elected for the year 11124 on Tuesday night of the Fred Y. McCon nell Post of American nLegion, resulting as follows: ! Jins. T. Cjine. Post Commander. M. S. AYard. First A'ice Commander. | Clyde' Propst. Second A’ice Commander. Y. Walter, Adjutant. B.' U. Blaekwelder. Finance Officer, i Dr. J. A. Shnuers, historian. J. Lee Crowell. Jr.. Service Officer. J. B. Corl, ‘Sergeant-at-Arms. Executive- Committee- —Buy Hoover, Jeter McDonald. I*'ml Illume, Chas. A. 1 Cook. AA’ade Kluttz. f The* annual duos are to remain at $4.00 for the year .1024. The meeting was well attended. Impertinence. * * He'(to lady ip ultra gown)—'‘Do you like wearing evening dress?” She—'”l feel that nothing is more be eomiug to jne.” He—“l have no doubt of it. but wouldn't that he going to extremes?” The National Society of Colonial Dames of America has undertaken to raise a $106.1000 endomineut fund for the preservation of Sulgrave Manor, the ancestral home of George AA ashiugtou in England. ... . Berlin Faces New Disaster As Gamblers Loot Gold Loan Berlin, Nov. 7.—-Th"ough its own stu pidity—-not to put it Any stronger—the German givernment is faced with a finan cial catastrophe worse than any that has preceded" it. It ha.,? been looted of the new typ.s of so-called Ersatz dollars and of gold loan issues by groups of speculators reaching into the highest German financial cir cles. The speciMatoix have German) finance completely in their power. For 1 several days The AA’orld correspondent, in his despatches has been putting this 1 as strong as he is able to offer proof. j Today the Socialist organ A’orwaerts. which has been telling some plain truths since the Socialists left the government, comes out with the story, and even the Berliner Tageblatt teiU part of it. Un-' der the title “Gold Lean Scandal—Specu lation at Government Cost,” A'orwaerts says that Germany, through Reiehsbank ! policies, lias "lost millions of gold marks." , The long Yorwaerts story explain*- how the government accepted paper! marks for gold coins on the Bourse, fix- j DINNER TIME STORIES. Years ago when Henry U. Johnson was representative in Congress from Indiana, he often had occasion to display his skill in debate. One ‘day while engaged in a hot argument with an Illinois congress man he called him an ass. This was un parliamentary. of course, and lrad to he withdrawn. Pursuant to the order of the speaker, Mr. Johnson said: "1 withdraw the language I used. Mr. Speaker, but I insist that the gentleman from Illinois is out of order,” “How am I out of order?" demanded the Illinois man wi'.’i considerable heat. “Probably a veterinary surgeon c»l tell you.” retorted Johnson. This was parliamentary, and went into the Record. Home James. The flivver taxi came to a sudden halt in the middle of the street and the male passenger poked his head out. “What’s the matter?” he demanded shsarply. "I thought I heard the young lady within call ‘Stop!’ said the driver. "Well, what of it? She didn’t liaye to bo talking to you. did she?" City of Surprises. AA'ashiiigton Star. “Are scientists right in saying the mountains of California are moving?" "I don't know,” answered Miss Cay enne.. “Maybe they only seem that way I to people who have lingered around Hol lywood." “The doqtor says lie'll remove tuy ap pendix for fifteen hundred dollars.” “Oh, George I'd much rather have a touring car.” Mrs. A’aii Twtller (who mistakes Dr. Jovial for a physician) And when* do you practice, doctor? The Rev,* Dr. Jovialy-Ah. madam, I <io not practice; I only preach. Majr: “AVhat would your do for chap-J pod lips?” Ray : “Eat lots of onions.” May: "Onions!” *- • Ray r “Yes that might to keep tlm cliuips off your lips." After effecting an entrance into the hank, the hnrglnr found his way to the strong room. AYhen the light from his lantern fell on the door ho say tin* sign : “Save your dynamite. The safe is not locked. Turn the knob and open/’ For a momenf lie ruminated. "Any how. there's no harm in trying it, if it, really is open.” He grasped the knob and turned it. Distantly the office was flooded with light, an alarm bell rang loudly, an elec tirc shock rendered him helpless, while a panel in the wall opened and out rushed a bulldog which seized him. An hour later, when the cell door closed oti him, he sighed : "I know what’s wrong with me. I'm too trusting. I have too much faith in human nature.” Mistress (to cook)—Mary, I w the milkman kiss yen this morning. From now oil I will get the milk myself. Mary—lt won't do you no good. nimn. He’s promised to me and he sfiys that Ire won A kiss no one else. Air. V ussy—Here waiter, bring me a spoon for my coffee. Waiter—Sorry, sir. but we don’t serve them—the music here is so stirrityj. Don't regret too • much your ups and down: after all, the only man who has none is in the cemetery. Comparative Expenditures in Edu cation I From a report sent out by Supt. Allen for the different counties of tire State and showing- the per capita cost per county for educating the children of the State we glean the following facts : During the scholastic year 1921-22 for each* pupil in average attendance Cabarrus County spent $2(>.02 Rowan County spent 25.0!) Stanly County spent 34.89 Union County spent jo.nl Alecklenburg County spent 51.02 Iredell County spent 1T.05 'Of all the one hundred counties hi "the State only nineteen spent less than Cabarrus county, and eighty spent from twenty cents to eighty-eight dollars and cents per pupil more than Cabarrus. The average spent per pupil for the whole State was $39.03 or $13.61 more than Cabarrus spent. These figures prove two things First, that the schools of Cabarrus have been and are economi cially administered; second, that in order to have better schools we must have more money. If we want our children to have school advantages equal to the cither progressive counties of the State, we must register and vote ‘For Special Tax" on November 20th. Old Cabarrus has never yet taken a back seat in the Ilall of Progress. Shall we do so now? The Registration Books close Saturday! evening, No vember 10th. H ? 5 i> THE CONCORD TIMES ing the price in advance and accent : ng vastly depreciated paper marks days lit er when the actual gold Fan bonds had been delivered. A’orwaerts estimattes the Reiehsbank got paid only SIOO for every SI,OOO gold loan bind delivered. To make matters worse, honest manu facturers. who actually needed foreign moneys’ were refused. The Berliner Tageblatt tells the story thus: 1 “On one side the Reiehsbank sold gold | loans, which it did not yet have, at a fixed mark price to Bourse speculators and delivered them later at tiiis fixed price when paper marks had enormously depreciafced, and thereby the Reich took | enormous losses through devaluation Ou the other side the Reiehsbank re , fused to accept the legit'mate demand.'! | of the manufacturers for gold loan bonds. . which they needed for immediate use and for which they wen 1 willing to pay . immediately the full paper mark price | of the day.” THE ELECTIONS-TUESDAY Dale Wins in Vermont. —Kentucky Dem ocratic.—Republican Mayor in Phila delphia. 1 Complete returns show that former Representative Dale. Republican, was elected yesterday a Senator fr< m A’er mont. to succeed late Senat r Dil linghtlin, also a Republican. This was the only senatorial contest in the country in yesterday’s "off year" election and gives the Republicans a majority cf six in the Senate. Incomplete returns indicate the elec tion of William J. Fields. Democrat, as Governor cf Kentucky, and gave Gover nor Ritchie. Democrat, of Maryland, a lead for re-election. In the only other gubernatorial vacancy 11. L. AA’ljitfield. Denied at, was named governor of Mis sissippi without opposition. Seven of nine vacancies in the House of Representatives were filled the only possible upset being the apparent elec tion in tin* 24th New York district of fomierc Representative Fairchild. Re publican. who wits defeated a year tig > by J. Vincent Ganly, Democrat, now dead. The Democrats retained congressi uial seas in the lltli and Kith New York, second North Uarolina. and fou/th Illi nois districts, while the Republicans held their own in the ."2nd New York and second Vermont districts. On the faces 1 of these results the lineup in the next ! house will be Repub! s eans, 2'_ , .‘i: Demo crats, 20.»: Socialist, 1 ; Independent. 1 : and Farmer-Laborite '1 — a Republican majority of 17. with two vacancies still to he filled. The Republicans retained their major ity in the New York assembly, incom plete return,>indicating that the Demo crats had lost at least six seats upstate. In a number of states mayoralty con tests shared in the public intercut with j various state-wide -referendum proposals, jin Philadelphia, the Republicans elect* ed AA’. Freeland Kendrick mayor by an j overwhelming majority, while in Detrod Mayor Doremus. formerly a Democrati: member of Congress, was re-elected. Pennsylvania voters looked wirli favor on a proposal to issue' S3>().O<MMM)O in bonds on highway improvements, while A’jrginia a similar measure was reject ed. Next Step in Aviation. Berlin. Nov. <!.—AV4ld game will have a hard time when airplane manufactur ers get their latest ideas in limiting ma chines worked out. Birds and animals without adequate shelters will have no chance at„ all. "Noiseless" machines, able to turn 20 different ways from a height 200 meters and continue their flight calmly at oO meters above the earth were the marvels of the Gothenherg aircraft exhibition, according to the German engineers just returned from Sweden. Aon Loessal, the German engineer, whose new pwncjples, of construction at tracted much attention at the Gotlien berg exposition, is of the opinion tlml Ihe most important development in air traffic will come about thrmigh the con struction of a very small plane* of about 20 horsepower, capable _of carrying two persons—in other words rtn air taxi which the* business man can hire* when ever he wants to make a hurried trip. The magnitude of the Esettrial. the great Spanish palace, may he inferred I from the fact that : t would take four days to go through all the* rooms and apartments. Purity is not innocence, but conquest. Tae-t is the talent of talents. |Pfg ! H| rwso** . l,SRjQwN BEGUN HERB TOD AX . Bess Gilbert, Ned Cornet and the latter's fiancee, Lenore Harden worth, are shipwrecked. They take refuge on an island occupied by a brute named Doomedorf and his In dian wife. The master of the island takes Ned and the two girls pris oners and Informs them that he means to make them slave for him. Bess and Ned. with but very little help from Lenore, bund a cabin and Doomsdorf gives them an old stove. When the cabin is finished Bess and Ned are sent on different routes to do the winter trapping for their master. Lenore Is allowed to remain and help the squaw with the housework. Ned falls into a deep crevice and Bess rescues him. The two make plans to escape from the Island. NOW GO ON WITH THE STOEY XXVII WHEN food and warmth had „ brought complete recovery, Ned took up with Bess the problem of deliverance from the Island. He found that for weeks she had been thinking along the same line, and like him, she had as yet failed to hit upon any plan that of fered the least chance for success. The subject held them late into the night. They took different trails In the dawn, following the long circle of their trap lines. All the way they pondered on this same problem, con ceiving a plan only to reject It be cause of some unsurmountable ob stacle to its success: dwelling upon the project every hour and dream ing about it at night. But Ned was far as ever from a conclusion when, three days later, he followed the beach on the way to the home cabin. He bad watched with deadened in terest the drama of the wild things about him these last, days; but when ho was less than a mile from home h© had cause to remember it again. To his great amazement he found at the edge of the ice the fresh track of one of the large island bears. The sight of the great Imprint was a welcome one to Ned, not alone be cause the wakening forecasted, per haps, an early spring, but because he was in immediate need of bear fur. His own coat was worn; besides, he was planning a suit of clod-proof garments for Lenore, to be used per haps in their final flight across the ice. And he saw at once that con ditions were favorable for trapping the great creature. Scarcely a quarter of a mile ahead, in a little pass that led through the shore crags down to the beach, Doomsdorf had left one of his most powerful bear traps. Ned had seen it many times as he had clambered through on a short cut to the cabin. Because it lay in a natural runway for game—one of the few spots where the shore crags could be easi ly surmounted—it was at least pos sible that the huge bear might full into it, on his return to his lair in the hills. Ned hurried on, and in a few mo ments had dug out the great trap ! from its covering of snow. For a mo j ment he actually doubted his pow»rj to set it. It was of obsolete type ; mighty-springed, and its jaws wc-*"j of a width forbidden by all laws <>t trapping in civilized lands, yet N*-d did not doubt its. efficiency. Jt? mighty irons had rusted; but no; even a bear’s incalculable might ! could shatter them. This was not to be a bait set. ,-<r his success depended upon the *kii with which he concealed the trap First he carefully refilled the t-v cavation he had made in digging our the trap; then he dug a shallow hole in the snow in the narowest part or the pass. Here he set the trap, util- j izing all the power of his mighty j muscles, and spread a light covering j of snow above. It was a delicate piece work, j Ned had no wish for the cruel jaws j to snap shut as he was working above them. But his heart was in the ven- I ture, for all his hatred of the cruelty « BiDnnmii!iuiuimtinuii!iniii!iiininnniiunu]iii!m{ni!!!!!]i!i]i!r!ii!n!i!i!i!ii PRESBYTERIANS TO DIBCTSH EXPANSION OF CHURCH WORK National Conference to He Held at Cleve land December 3. Cleveland. Nov. 7.—Expansion of the work of the Presbyterian churches of America will be undertaken at the nat ional conference of tin* denomination here Beginning December 7 and continuing through the week. Speakers internation ally known as educators and church ex ecutives will discuss missionary educa tion. benevolences, stewardships and oth er denominational matters. Dr. Charles F. Wishart, moderator, is scheduled for tin* principal address at the opening session. ' Morning worship on December 4 will be conducted by Dr. Silas Evans, presi dent of Kipon college. Foreign missions v ill be the topic at an evening meeting December .7. with Dr. Robert E. making the princi pal address. Missionary education, ministerial re lief and sustentation will occupy the pro gTom December ti, the closing day. (ien eral Secretary Henry B. piastre will preside at an evening session which will be devoted to consideration of the' work of the board of ministerial relief, and sns tentation. About UK). (HIO Negroes Hate Gone North From the South. New York. Nov. 7.—Surveying the present migratory movement of negroes to the north which lias stirred students! of sociology, the national industrial con- 1 ferenec board, an organization affiliated with many large manufacturing con cerns, tonight, issued a report asserting that this year about 100.000 negroes bad lefts their homes in the south- The present movement, the_j:eport set forth ‘“is almo wholly industrial and has been to a considerable extent induced by the shortage of common labor in the north.” The board found that the normal an- of the device; and he covered up hie tracks with veteran’s akffl. Then he quietly withdrew, retracing hto steps and following the shore line torpid the home cabin. Surely the mighty strength that had set the powerful spring and the skill that covered up all traces of his work could succeed at last in freeing him from slavery. Bess had reached the shelter first, and she was particularly relieved to see Ned’s tall form swinging toward her along the shdre. Doomsdorf was In a particularly ominous mood to night. The curious glitter in. his magnetic eyes was more pronounced than she had ever seen It —catlike In the shadows, steely In the lantern light; and his cruel savagery was just at the surface, ready to bo wak ened. Worst of all, the gaze he bent toward her was especially eager to night, horrible to her as the cold touch of a reptile. Every time she glanced up she found him regarding her, and he fol lowed her with his eyes when she moved. Yet she dared not seek shel ter in the new cabin, for the simple IT WAS A STRANGE PICTURE. reason that she was afraid Dooms dorf would follow her there. Until Ned came, her defense was solely the presence of Lenore and the squaw. There was no particular warmth in her meeting with Ned. Doomsdorf s eyes were still uion her, and she was'careful to keep any hint of the new understanding on' of her face and eyes. Ned's, weather-ben ;en countenance a? ~ a.-*.oitK-.sa as Sindy’s own The four of f n< -li the little, rou-.b \< squaw serve,! t . cv\‘3. It " ;i- , in the !• > JHo 1 e t-• ■■ - in She.; I cf ‘ • i Sf: -4*.’ I I ? ! f •;; .. ’ , \ i ■ p' _ j "Wfn,. I to tie. It. • ;. “Where «<• .. ( lie Ullei *-.1 ~ lil!111!Hllllllll!!l!«}ll!lli!::»!l'!i:ill!:::ii!i:ri!i ' • hlii-iiiliib.n so rich a variety IN A YEAR, 52 issues, The Youth’s Companion gives 12 Great Serials or Group Stories, besides 250 Shcrt Stories, Adventure and Travel Stories, Family Page, Boys’ Page, Girls* Page, Children’s Page, and the best Editorial Page of the day for mature mindc. Start a Year’s Subsorlatlon ■'or YCU7 Frmfly N3W. Ccste LESS THAN 5 ccr.t3 a W ■—— 7mm J.rjr- • -w- - - OFFER No. 1 1. The Youth's Companion —52 issues for 1512 i -2. All remaining Weekly 1923 issues; also S. The 1924 Companion Home Calendar All for $2,50 1 * l Tssj>rriw.T- wr~ rx- -r-a v »« V TTJ.I I r JW Check your choke aad oe-ta thi» ccupcn with your remittance »o the PUBLISHEP'" I | Os THIS _ A PUR, ox to THE YOUTH’S COMPANION, Poston, Mawachue'*t- nual movement was about 10,000. Dur- j ing 15)10 and 1017. however, it was ! estimated that, in a wave of hysteria, the south, as “whole comimiuities, en tire streets of people and even chdrch conrrregations. headed by their pastors moved north and located a& units in the PAGE SEVEN table, aa If In ths beginning of laugh ter. “That’s not what I mean, and you know it. You’d sooner walk ten miles through the snow than give an inch, wouldn’t you?” His hand readied, closing gently upon her arm, end a shiver of repulsion passed over her. VThat’s a fine little muscle —but you don’t want to work It off. Why don’t you show a little friend ship?” The girl looked with difficulty into his great, drawn face. Ned stiff ened, wondering If the moment of crisis were at hand at last. Lenore watched appalled, but the native went on about her tasks as If she hadn’t heard. “You can't expect—much friend ship—from a prisoner,” Bess told him brokenly. Her face, so white In the yellow lantern light, her trembling Ups, most of all the appeal for mercy In her child’s eyes—raised to this beast compared with whom even the North was merciful—wakened surg ing, desperate anger In Ned. The room turned red before his eyes, his muscles quivered, and he was rapid ly reaching that point wherein his self-control, on which life Itself de pended, was jeopardized. Yet he mast hold himself with an Iron hand. He must wait to the last instant of need. Everything depended on that, in avoiding the crisis until he had made some measure of preparation. “Your little friend seems to be get ting nervous,” he remarked easily to Bess. ‘‘So not to disturb him fur ther, let’s you and I go to the new cabin. I’ve taken some fine pelts lately—l want you to see them. You need a new coat.” He seemed to be aware of the gathering suspense, and it thrilled his diseased nerves with exultation. But there was. from his listeners, but one significant response at first to the evil suggestion that he made with such iniquitous fires in his wild eyes and such a strange, suppressed tone In his voice. Bess’ expression did not change. It had already re vealed the uttermost depths of Ned still held himself, cold, now. as a serpent, waiting fpr hie chance. But the squaw paused a single'instant in her work. For one breath they failed to hear the clatter of her pans. But seemingly indiffer ent, she immediately went back to her toiL Bess shook her head in desperate appeal. “Wait till morning,” she pleaded. "I’m tired now—” Ned saw by the gathering fury oif their master’s face that her refusal would only bring qn the crisis, so he leaped swiftly into the breach. “Sure. Bess, let s go to look at them,” he sgid. "I'm anxious to see ’em, too—' 1 Doomsdorf whirled to hiip, and hts gaze was as a trial of fire to Ned. Yet the latter did not flinch. Fore long second they regarded each other In implacable hatred, and then Doomsdorfs sudden start told that h e had been visited by Inspiration. Mi? leering look of contempt was al most a smile. “Sure, come along,” be said. "I’ve got something to say you. too. To spare Lenore’s feel :r''v—we ll go to the other cabin.” .Wri was not in the least deceived • n !.< reference to Lenore. Doom* . iiad further cause, other than ••■■d 'or Lenore’* sensibilities, for ur v their conversation in the • n. What it was Ned did and he dared not think. ■ o-i .< vague impression that <o,i had waged —of eyes, Bess had myo -noved from her position. " her Just at Doomsdorf* be saw her again she '• feet distant, within * •of- cupboards where-the ot.onv of the food suv < v was busy with her •«’u skin. »*\ out into the clear, • wui one of those still, oter evenings, not ao « ren, when tbs frosen, • id gave no image of 'i v senses. The snow velvet depths of the •i Hashing with a thou •»"girjg hues from the of the Northern Uovt-d and held by this <i! never grows old to the ;<• r. m-m. Doomsdorf halted ia.-t without the cabin door. '» •iiiiiiniHl in Our Next Issue) | OFFER A & 1. The Youth’s Companion for 1924 . . . . $2.50 2. All remaining 1923 issues & 3. The 1924 Companion t Home Calendar 4. McCall's Magazine SI.OO I All for $3 MO j imper taut industrial eeutertt.” f The earth is gradually losing speed owing to the friction of the titles. The days are now half a second longer than they were in 1.>27. lie\. G. a. Martin vat* u visitor in Charlotte Tuesday.