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On All Injustice
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with powers of united action suffi
cient then and now to solve the pro
blems utterly beyond individual or
local solution. A century and a half
ago they established the Federal gov
ernment in order to promote the gen
eral welfare and secure the blessings
of liberty to the American people.
"Today we invoke those same pow
ers of government 'to achieve the
same objectives."
Four l Powqr Pact
Plans Abandoned
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tance had killed the idea of four-pow
er actftrd, which they hoped would
combat communism.
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden's
British' House of Commons speech
was interpreted as refusing respon
sibility for a. Fascist-Communist
showdown. Berlin called the speech
"untimely and unfair.’’
Portugal turned down a scheme to
have international bservers cn
Spanish border to curb war shipments
to the fighters.
$6004)00 Voted in General
Assembly for School Buses
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hearing for tomorrow afternoon on
the question of sales levies on auto
mobiles.
The intangibles committee called
for a public hearing Monday after
noon.
"This is the most important legis
lation to come before the General
Assembly,” Senator Flannagan, of
Pitt, chairman of the Senate group,
said. “It changes the entire com
plexion of the State tax structure.”
Revenue Commissioner A. J. Max
well told the committee listed value
of intangibles of the State in 1935 was
$75,597,502, an<J counties got $606.-
507.40 in taxes on them.
The House got a bill to provide for
an old age assistance program in the
State, one to abolish death penalties
and substitute life imprisonment with
out parole, for capital punishment,
one to give sick leave to teachers and
one to allow Sunday baseball in Cam
f!<>n county.
Wife Preservers
Decorate your milk puddings
with slices of banana cut “on
the bias.”
The New Boss
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An excellent new picture of Frank
J. Wilson, who has succeeded Wil
liam H. Moran as head of the
United States Secret Service. He
was photographed at a dinner hon
oring the retiring chief in Wash- 1
ington.
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President Roosevelt, taking the oath of office for his second term on Wednesday, dam
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The Hon. Tanis Guiness Montagu
(above), who surprised her friends
by jilting the Earl of Carnarvon,
chore a Broadwayite for her hus
band and married Howard Dietz,
song-writer, at Juarez, Mexico. The
elopers plan to honeymoon in New
York.
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Little Benefit On
Cigarette Tax Cut
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press the opinion that lower taxes
would bring lower prices for the
farmer.
Senator W. G. Clark, of Tarboro,
was the only law-maker interviewed
who seemed inclined to think the tax
slash would result in better returns
to the growers. /
“It seems to me it would have to in
crease prices at least some,” he
said.
Expression of views by legislators
were sought with reference to the re
cent proposal of Representative Vin
son, of Kentucky, in Congress, that
taxes be reduced by 40 per cent with
a view to getting better prices for
the farmer.
Among those who expressed them
selves on the question were Senator
Clark, Senator Archie G. Gay, of
Jackson; Senator J. C. Eagles, Wil
son; Representative W. E. Fenner,
Nash, and Representative J. C.
Hobbs, New Hanover. 1 ,
The con enr.uo v/ns that there is
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too wide a space, in the matter of
prices, between the manufacturer and
the farmer, and that any benefit from
reduced taxes would be taken by the
“middlemen’ between field and factory
and by the ultimate consumer. It was
generally agreed that the lower taxes
would mean a slight reduction to the
smoker, and it was thought that they
might bring a slightly higher con
sumption and thereby a slightly great
er volume of sales to the farmers.
School Bus Bill
Merely Is Gesture
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would be a decided step forward to
wards getting the State’s school trans
portation system on an adequate fcasis
from the standpoint of both safety
and adequacy, it is agreed. But the
facts are as follows:
Facts Are Stated.
1. This $600,000 appropriation for
school buses, if enacted, will have to
be repaid later out of the regular
school appropriation.
2. It will make it possible for the
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This, is the cover which graces the official program for the inaugural
of President Roosevelt. Jan.; 20..
20, will follow the policies picturized above during his second lour years, observers believe*.
State School Commission to buy 625
new buses within the next 30 days
and to make delivery on them in from
90 to 120 days, or about the time the
school terms are over, instead of next
summer.
3. The $600,000 appropriation is
$150,000 less than the amount asked
by the State School Commission of
the budget commission and is $400,-
000 less than the hmount really need
ed to replace- qbsolcte buses.
4. The appropriation will not be of
any material assistance in relieving
those counties wh'icli need new buses
for the remainder of this year.
5. None "of this money can f:e used
for providing additional buses to re
lieve congestion due to an increase in
the school population or to increased
consolidation, since the law requires
that the counties must buy additional
buses due to expansion of the school
system.
“We will, of course, be glad to get
this appropriation now instead of in
July, since it will enable us to get
these 625 new school buses and de
liver them probably some time in
April, instead of during the summer,”
Executive Secretary Lloyd Griffin, of
the State School Commission, said to
day. “But in the figures we presented
to the advisory budget commission,
we asked for a minimum appropria
tion of $750,000 for bus replacements,
while we really need between $900,000
and $1,000,000 for new buses. There
are between 900 and 1,000 old buses
which were put into service prior to
1931, all of which should now be re
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CHAPTER 63
JAMES’ face assumed a sallow
color as Selden told of James com
ing home on the ill-fated P. & O.
boat from India with his master,
Henry Severinge, and the latter’s
friend, Colonel Graham. His
hands trembled, but Selden went
on in a cold impassive voice.
“The Lucknow went down in a
gale off the Casquet rocks, with
terrible loss of life. The boats that
were launched were smashed to
pieces, and only the arrival of a
‘tanker’ which was able to throw a
life-line by means of a rocket over
the vessel saved a few survivors,
among whom were the three I have
mentioned.
“Colonel Graham shortly after
wards threw up his commission
and came to settle down at Payn
ton Manor, and you know the
story of Sir Henry and James.
“So far had we got, and there
was little doubt that the sudden
wealth must have had some con
nection with this wreck. I asked
my man to find out all he could
about the other passengers, and
received his information only yes
terday. It is conclusive.
“On the same boat there was a
rich tea planter who was coming
home with his young wife —then
shortly to become a mother. He
had brought all his money with
him—a very big fortune—in bonds,
and had boasted about it on the
vessel. He was drowned, but his
wife was saved, half mad with
grief. She seems to have told the
authorities that her husband had
all this money, and that she was
penniless, but in her distracted
condition little notice was taken
of this statement, though it was
recorded at the time. With her
on the boat were the maid and
valet, who had copied their mas
ter’s example and been married
before leaving Assam. Their
names were given as Sarah French
(maid) and John Brown (valet) in
the list, but inquiries at Assam,
show that they were r&E&i and
wife.
“By a lucky chance, my man
was able to get hold of an old
newspaper photograph of some of
the survivors, with the names.”
Selden took from his papers a
faded newspaper, and spread it
out.
“There are the two servants,
with the names given, and in spite
of Hucks’ broken nose and his
wife’s pince-nez, that she always
wore, and the passage of time, it
is not difficult to recognize these
two as Mr. and Mrs. Hucks.”
He passed the paper round to
the astonished listeners, who
viewed it in complete silence, wait
ing for the rest.
“There are gaps, of course, but
I have no shadow of doubt in my
mind that these two servants sus
pected that Severinge and Graham
had stolen their master’s money
and had followed them up with
implacable hatred, and have final
ly taken their revenge on both Sir
Henry and Colonel Graham”—he
looked straight at James—“for the
theft, and probably the murder of
their master, Henry Escott.”
A strangled cry came from
James, who had half risen to his
feet, and Hutchins forced him back
into his chair.
“Colonel Graham dead!” His
immobility had gone, and he shook
like a man with palsy.
“He was burnt to death in his
own strong room,” Selden said
solemnly. “Now, perhaps, James,
you will tell us the truth.”
The butler sank to his seat with
a sob, and covered his face with
his hands. They waited for him
to recover, feeling that at last a
revelation would be made that
would clear up the mystery. He
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placed.”
Fart of the agitation for new or ad
ditional uses is coming from coun
ties which not only want replacements
ibut which want the State to buy new
buses to relieve congestion due to an
increase in the school population, it
was pointed out. For while the law
requires the State to replace old buses
it also requires the county boards of
I lifted nis nead with a muttered
! apology, but he looked old and
j worn.
“I can speak now, sir,” he ad
dressed Selden. “Now that Colonel
: Graham is dead, the promise which
i I swore to him no longer holds
good.
“Mr. Selden has got so near to
, the truth that there is little that
. I can add. It’s quite right what
he says about the wreck. Whether
my poor master and Colonel Gra
ham had any idea of stealing the
money before the wreck took place
I can’t say.
“We joined the vessel at Kara
chi, and Mr. Escott and his wife
were already on board. Mr.
Escott soon became friendly with
Mr. Severinge and the Colonel,
and I heard them discussing their
affairs many times together. He
said that he never trusted banks,
and had converted all his fortune
into bearer bonds, and had placed
them in charge of the purser.
When we struck the rocks and
everyone was wondering what was
going to happen, Mr. Escott and
the Colonel got hold of the purser,
and obtained the leather case
which contained the money. I saw
it slung round Mr. Escott’s shoul
ders when we were .clinging to the
deck.
“There was a rush for trfe boats,
but some could not be launched,
and others were smashed. Those
that were able to be launched were
capsized in the storm. When the
life-line was fastened to the mast,
there were few of us left, and Mr.
Escott put his wife into the ‘cra
dle’ with the maid. When the cra
dle came back there was an ugly
rush for it The valet of Mr.
Escott, named Brown, tried to
force his way in, and Colonel Gra
ham drew his revolver and shot
him down. I thought at the time
that it was merely to save the
lives of the women, but afterwards
I came to a different conclusion.
“They got the women off, and
then put this man into the cradle
unconscious, and we four were left
till last. I thought it was rather
fine of them at the time. They
pushed me in, and I got safe
across, and at last Mr. Severinge
and the Colonel came. They re
ported that Mr. Escott had slipped
off the rope and had been drowned,
but Mr. Severinge was carrying
the case over his back by a strap.”
“But surely you would have
known the servant again?” Selden
asked searchingly.
* never saw them on the boat.
TJey looked after Mrs. Escott in
their cabin, but on account of her
condition we never went there, and
Mr. Escott used to come to the
Coloneis cabin and talk there or
in the smoking room. I only
knew them by name, and took no
them™ n ° tiCe ° f either of
nf ? n J"* 1 ® tanker there was a lot
of confusion; the maid had gone
an!?tr, t 0 look after her "Stress,
sick t bav ma wh ad bGen taken to the
amntn« y ‘mr W s en We got to Soul *-
XSiSS J* r ‘ ? everin £ e and Colonel
K U u ne ? off to and
Iff* ~ belund to find out what
had happened to Mrs. Escott. She
had been taken to hospital, where
tn?nsT e sirth5 irth to a s °n. and I re
arnCdan.d re P° rte d it to my mas
ter. We lost all trace of her after
wards, but I know Sir Henry, as
out”d becorae » endeavored to find
C f n tell you a tittle,” Selden
said sternly. “The shock of her
husband’s death and the loss of
all her money temporarily de
ranged her. We traced the poor
woman’s movements from the hos
pital records. She had been trans
feijed to a home at Wimbledon,
and one day she disappeared with
education and the county commis
sioners to buy buses demanded by any
increase in the school population. But
in several counties, the superinten
dents, school boards and county com
missioners have ignored this part of
the law and have tried to compel the
State to provide new buses when it
was their duty under the law to pro
vide them from county funds.
: her four-month-old child, which
[ she abandoned on the Common and
then threw herself into the
Thames. No relations came for
[ ward and the baby was placed in
! an orphanage.”
! Reid’s face had suddenly gone
very white, and his knuckles
( clenched. “My name -is John
Escott,” he said quietly, “and I
' was brought up in an orphanage—
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To the surprise of everyone
present, James said quietly, “Yes,
3ir, the moment I first saw you i
thought there was a very strong
family likeness, although it was
so long ago. I saw it at once, and
was ' disturbed ' for my master’s
safety.”
The tension was relieved by Sel
den, who laughed. “I see now,
James, you thought that Mr. Reid,
as we called him, had come to take
revenge, and you watched him
carefully.”
Reid broke in with:
“I believe both Hucks and Col
onel Graham recognized me from
the likeness, that is, if I am really
the person in question, for they
both asked questions about Escott,
and seemed anxious to know about
me.”
“We will go into that later,”
Selden remarked. “Let’s hear the
end of James’ story.”
“It was only when we came
here, sir, and I found that my
master had suddenly got rich, that
I suspected something. Then one
night, when I asked him to release
me from his service because I was
uneasy in my mind about it, he
told me in his study that he and
Graham had stolen the money
from Escott, Graham had thrown
him into the water, and that it
weighed on his conscience. He
swore that he would only use the
income and keep the money intact
in case they could trace the child
of Mrs. Escott, and made me swear
that I would never breathe a word
of what had happened. I had been
with him for years, and I was
deeply attached to him, and I
swore to him that I would keep
the matter secret if he would hand
over to me the entire control of
the money, which he did. I saved
enough to pay back what Colonel
Graham had taken as his share.
That is why Sir Henry left it all
to me. I held it in trust, sir,
_°P that one day we should
find the nearest relation to Mr.
Escott or the child.” «•
. were conniving at a mur
de«’ ® e^en said sternly.
*1 know, sir. I make no ex
cuses, but apart from my sworn
word of honor, if I had gone to the
police with this story, there was
no evidence, and both these re
spectable gentlemen would have
f*f id * . was or trying to
blackmail them. Mr. Escott was
dead, and I couldn’t bring him to
hfe by saying anything. I know
Ive done wrong, but I could not
betray my master, and if I said
anything about Colonel Graham it
would bring him into it. We have
tned f° nfia^te what reparation we
could.”
“It is quite evident,” Selden
commented, “that the two servants
must have had strong suspicions,
but they lost touch with Graham
and Severinge, and had to earn a
uving. Hucks I found went to the
States as a boxer of quite good
second-class. When they returned
they must have set about finding
~j e men they hated, and discovered
that they were living in luxury.
After all these years their flimsy
evidence would have carried little
weight, and they devised this cun
ning plan, one getting into the
Abbey as a servant, and Hucks
taking the public house. For years
they waited.”
(To Be Continued)