A Tale.
of the..
Anglo-Indian
SecretService
YOUNG 1
MISTLEYj
By..
Henry.....
Seton.
Merriman.
11
CHAPTER XVII.
vt~fv\£tiiiueil.
With a gesture which was almost
a command, he bid her resume her
seat, and then in a masterful tone he
spoke. “Mademoiselle,” he said. “I
must ask you to leave England at
once. You will return home, and im
mediately send in your resignation to
the Society of Patriots on account of
your approaching marriage with
Monsieur Meyer, which will disquali
fy you as a member. Have I your
promise that you will leave here—
if not to-morrow, as soon os possi
ble? I ask this of you, though it is
in my power to command. And now
1 beg of you. for the sake of Ivan
Meyer, for the sake of all you love
on earth, to give up forever your
connection with any political society.
Politics is not for women; it is a
man's work—leave it to men. Every
woman who has meddled with it has
brought misery to herself and sor
row to those who loved her.”
The girl slowly raised her eyes to
his, and watched his earnest face ac
he spoke. There must have been
something strange in her gaze, for
the voun.g fellow winced beneaHi it.
It had never been his lot to look on
gen win boneless misery before; hr.
he instinctively n cognized what he
saw in those sad blue eyes.
“I will go,” said Marie, softly.
Then Winyard mechanically moved
toward the door. With a silent in
tdina ion of the head he left them.
Meyer alone returned the salutation,
but did not stir from his position
near to Marie Bakovitch.
“Yofi see,” lie whispered, “she is
going mad:"
In all and through all Winya.
Mistley was eminently practical.
“Are you quite alone?” he asked.
“Have you no friends in England.’
Idas she no maid, even, with her?”
“Yes, she has a maid who is now
sleeping in her room. She is young,
but intelligent.”
“You must rouse her. Let her
persuade mademoiselle to go to bed.
and she must remain by her side (■: -
night. In the morning, if mademoi
selle is better, you must get her
away from Imre at once. If—if sh
is worse, send to me, and my moth<
will come to her—a woman will
know' best what is to be done. 1
•can not understand-—anything; bri
I am convinced that mademoiselle is
not going mad; it is only temporary.
I think it must he what is called hys
teria. Have you no friends in Eng
land?"
“We have hut one— a Monsieur
Jacobi, of London.”
“Monsieur Jacobi, of London.
M ho is he?” asked Winyard.
“I know him very slightly; but he
has been kind to Marie. He is a
musician, and—and is connected
with some society to which Marie be
longs.”
Winyard shook his head. “He is
no good, then,” he said. “You must
go to your Consul, that is all. If 1
<do not hear from you by eleven to
morrow morning, I will know’ that
you have left Walso; but if you re
quire assistance of any description,
write to me or telegraph at once.
Put my name in full—Winyard—
W-i-n-y-a-r-d—in the address, so that
no mistake can arise. Do not thank
me, for I have done nothing yet.
Good-night.”
And so they parted.
Ivan Meyer re-entered the cottage
and closed the door. Marie was
waiting for him in the little parlor.
She was sitting by the table, and her
attitude was characterized by .. pe
culiar stillness wjjicli had no feeling
of repose about, lie stood watching
her for some moments with weary,
yearning eyes and haggard face.
“Marie,” he said at length, in a
voice that wTas no longer pleading :
of old, “let us understand ea '
other.”
“Yes. Ivan,” she replied, softly.
“What do you not understand?”
lie came nearer, and, leaning one
hand upon the hack of her chair, lie
bent over her.
“Will you not do what the Eng
lishman asks?”
“Yes,” she replied, in a dull voice.
“All?” he asked, with trembling
lips.
“Yes, Ivan, all. We will go t<_>
America, as you desire. Oh, I arn so
tired! My head is throbbing! !
will go to bed nowg Good-night.
Ivan!”
She rose and extended her hand
to him. In a wondering manner he
raised the delicate fingers to his lips
■—very tenderly, very lovingly—and
held the door open while she passed
out..
Then he dropped Into a chair, and
sat staring stupidly at the paraffine
lamp til] the distant chime of two
o'clock aroused him, and sent him
mechanically to his room
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Love Scene.
Monday evening had been fixed
for the first rehearsal o£ the great
i dramatic entertainment; and, as the
' time came near, Lena discovered
f thartlfd wSis'"growing* iriftt* a little
' nervous.
vaicll I'-S iviRsiiuv, cia
had naturally spoken much of the
i lay, giving, in his good-natured,
lazy manner, tentative opinions, and
asking advice of Lena and his brotli
! or upon sundry situations to be de
picted. Of all had lie fully treated,
; < xcepting this one most trying scene
1 between herself and Winyard, and
this he appeared content to leave to
| their discretion.
i Instinctively slm knew, however,
; (ha' the part was within the scope '
1 of her little-tried histrionic powers. !
t'he felt that she could endow it
with life and semblance; and, above
: 11, she understood the character of
the girl she intended to represent.
Such stage intercouse as she had
with Charlie gave her no trouble.
, lie was, indeed, supposed to be her
j lover; but of an old standing in love,
and therefore lees embarrassing;
while the difih ill i ios that lay in Win
yard’s path, of a cross and under
current stream of passion, flowing
into and discoloring with its villainy
Lie purer and colder river of mild
affection, required a tact and dra
! mafic delicacy which Lena knew him
to possess.
The first rehearsal bid fair to real
ise the misgivings of the elder ladies,
so intensely ridiculous was it after j
the preliminary nervousness had
quite worn off. This was the result
of a deliberate plan on the part of j
ihe stage-manager, whose experience j
taught him that rehearsals beginning j
with laughter usually finish up with ;
successful acting. Winyard and i
'•Mia were not in the first scene, and ;
Charles idisrley's part was too unim
portant to have effect on it; and
i Mrs. Wright, who was prompting,
cad but lb tie work to do. The sec
ond scene began in the same manner.
"Win. this will never do,” whis
pered Charlie. "It is more like a ;
| board-school examination than any- j
| thing else. We must wake them up !
| somehow.”
Winyard obeyed ITs brother’s in- '
| structions, and on receiving bis cue, I
; introduced two new elements into
the performance—merriment and !
earnest acting, which can be com
bined with meat facility.
i In the midst ol all the laughter,
he id a sudd* < e to Wi . d
| that it would he a worthy triumph
to quell the merriment, suppP :uent
iug it with the opposite erne, ion,
which is so near at hand.
In a whisper he said to Lena;
Now we will show them what we
can do! ’ leaving her to understand
H as she could.
But soon she did understand, and
aided him beyond his expectations.
The difficult scene appeared to pass
away as if it were a portion of their
real and earnest lives—for life is as
I real and earnest to the merriest of us
I as it is to those who pull long faces
j and suffer from dyspepsia. By the
sheer force of his dramatic power he
carried her away, and brought for
ward the talent of expressing pathos
which lie had detected when she had
sung unwittingly to him. For the
moment she was no longer happy
| Lena W right—for assuredly nothing
I could whisper of sorrow in her young
• life—hut the heart-broken girl, part
| nbg from her lover forever; and he,
j Winyard Mist ley, acted the part as
|ii he know too well the pain and
j anguish he depicted so cleverly.
First the laughter died away, then
vanished the last smile, as these two
searched deeper and deeper into
every human heart for the emotions
which cannot fail to be hidden some
where there. It was almost an in
spiration, and quite a passing stroke
of genius. No word of forethought
oad passed between them, and vet. no
"istake could be detected—the art,
M there were, was so well hidden,
> craftily covered, that none could
determine where it lay.
The spectators were hushed into
silent wonder. With the majority of
| them, however, it v.as merely a piece
j °f clever acting — an exhibition of
I dramatic talent, such as lies in the
j power of most of us, though the de
• mand for it may never come. But
! to two of them it was something
more. The prompter drew in a long
’ deep brra'b, and glanced nervously
[ ’ >v,s d the stag -manager. Of course
;i was acting—mere acting—but Mrs.
Wright did not like it. Such acting.
; sucli rehearsals were dangerous, and
! why had that gray, drawn look come
! over Charles Mistley's calm face?
V hen it was over there was a mo
! rnr-.tary silence, as if each person
| pr -sent were waiting, for some one
! else to speak. \\ inyard dusted some
imaginary specks of carpet from his
; knees, as if family prayers had just
been offered up, and proceeded to
move the furniture and rearrange
the improvised stage. This he did
quietly and mechanically, which
served very well to ease the breaking
of that silence, and to allow Lena
: time to come back to workaday
! speech and thought.
“Well done?” said the colonel
softly; and Charlie suddenly clapped
his strong hands together, and spoke
a little rapidly.
“Splendid!” he said. “Splendid!
Everybody is all that a manager
could desire. We will bring down
the house with applause, I am cer
tain. I am very much obliged to
every one for the intelligence and
diligence with which they have
studied their respective parts!”
When at length the two brothers
were left alone to smoke a last pipe
before going to bed, they sat for
some time without speaking. They
had never been so much together,
these two, and perhaps it was owing
to this that they were somewhat dif
ferent from other brothers in their
mutual love. Mutual respect had an
important place in the love they toA:
toward each other, and ,as,a rfm.
hrotlTerlv affection is without it.
Charlie knew that his younger
brother was cleverer, quicker and in
every way more brilliant than him
self, and he was content that it
should be so. Indeed, he was
proud of it—proud to be the brother
of Winyard Mistley. And Winyard,
the observant, was fully aware that
this big, grave brother of his was a
better man than himself.
On this particular evening Win
yard felt a strange increase of affec
tion toward his brother. Never be
fore had they possessed so many in
terests in common; never had the
thought come so prominently before
his mind that too little had been
said between them, too much left to
the imagination.
Charlie sat. by the open window of
the little study in a low basket-work
chair, and smoked with that good
natured placidity and sense of strong
repose which suited so well liis fair
face and splendid stature. Winyard,
seated near the screened fire-place,
smoked more rapidly, as if to keep
pace with his quicker thoughts, con
suming more tobacco, enjoying it per
haps less. The calm peacefulness of
his brother’s demeanor quelled the
words that were within liis heart,
bid him to he as self-contained and
self-suppressing, drove back the rest
less eagerness of his soul, and spoke
of a quiet, attendance on the course
of events which was beyond bis com
prehension, and had no place in his
character.
If Winyard could only have seen
beneath that calm and indifferent ex
terior. lie might have put into words
the unusual thrill of brotherly love
that warmed his heart. But English
men are not made so, and the mo
ment passed, never to return; the op
portunity came no more, and Silence
numbered another victim to her ruth
less bow and spear. It is only on the
luge that men have time and oppor- j
tunity to make that, little farewell j
speech which is to put a graceful fin
ish to our comedy, clearing up the j
doubtful passages, explaining away i
misunderstandings, and mingling a |
prayer for charitable remembrance j
with the rumble of the curtain roller.
It almost seemed as if Winyard Mist- {
ley knew that this was a last chance
of breaking clown that invisible bar
rier which stood between his broth
er's heart and Ins own, a barrier
which was naught else but shyness
and a habit of reserve on either side.
It almost seemed as if his imagin
ation could span 'he 4 00 miles of si
lent, night-ridden land that lay be
tween him and two gray-haired,
grave - faced men, who were at that
moment speaking of him within a]
little curtained room beneath West
minster's great tower. It seemed as
if he could read the message ad- j
dressed to him, and containing the
mandate of an almost certain doom
that lay beneath the anxious states
man's hand.
CHAPTER XIX.
On Duty.
The following morning at the
breakfast table, a telegram was hand
ed to Winyard, with the intimation
that the messenger was awaiting the
reply. The young man broke open
the envelope and read 1 lie flimsy pink
paper. It took him scarcely a couple
of seconds to glance over it, and he
proceeded immediately to fill in the
address in the reply form inclosed.
All at the table noticed that there was
no hesitation, no' indecision in his
movements, and they remembered
that incident later. Then he added
the single word “Yes,” and handed
the reply over his shoulder to the
servant.
“May I trouble you for the jam?”
he said, with an impudent smile to
ward Mrs. Wright; .and it was only
after he had helped himself largely
to that condiment, that lie tossed the
i 'legram to his brother at the head
of the table. Life had, it seemed, for
him no earnest side at all.
The bite of toast which Mrs. Mist
ley had just placed between her
strong, short teeth tasted as no toast
had ever tasted to her before. It was
a peculiar mixture of absolutely no
flavor and a nauseating bitterness.
She knew that this telegram was im
portant, and meant the end of these
happy days; all her five senses were
lost in one great throb of sad fore
boding.
(To be continued.)
Avalanche’s Secret.
An Alpine avalanche has just
yielded up one of its secrets. Last
January an enormous mass of snow
fell from the mountains above Halle
and a theological student named
Becken perished in it. He was
caught while making an ascept on
ski. All efforts to recover the body
f-'led at the time, but with the melt
ing of the snow in tne valley it has at
last been laid bare. It has been per
fectly preserved ' refrigeration, but
snows marks of terrible pressure.— 1
London Globe
Wt APPOINTpIS MADE
Appointment* For thb • Current Con
fer enoe Y&»r Announced—Where
the Preacher* Go.
The annual session Of the Weeteru
Sorth Carolina con^Onee of the
Methodist Episcopal f$|ureh, South,
for the current year, Mich was held
at Salisbury, closed Monday night
vvith the announcement of the ap
pointments. The next? session will be
aeld in Asheville. Tlih appointments
follow:
Char
Brevard Street—Harold Turner
(W. W. Bays, supernumerary).
Calvary—J. F. Totten.
Epworth and North Charlotte—
A. It. Surratt.
Dilworth and Big Spr.ngs—A. L.
Coburn.
Belmont Park—W. S. Hales.
Chadwick and Seversville—W. 0.
Rudisill.
Ansonville—M. T. Steer'.
Derita—J. H. Bradley.
Lilcsville—E. J. Poe.
Matthews—0. I. Hinson.
Monroe Station—II. F. Chreitz
bere;.
North Monroe and Tcemorlee—
Supplied by A. W. Rooten.
Mount Zion—T). Atkins.
Fnionville—A. J. Barms.
Prospect—J. P. Hipps.
Morven—J. A. Cook.
Pineville—J. II. Bennett.
Polkton—L. J. Cordell.
Wadeshoro—J. H. West.
Waxhaw—M. T). Hix.
Weddington—\Y. F. Abernelhy.
Missionary to Japan—S. A. Stew
art.
Principal Piedmont Industrial
School—J. A. Baldwin; assistant; N.
S. Ogburn.
Asheville District*
Presiding Elder—L W. Crawford,
Asheville.
Central—G. T. Rowe.
Haywood Street—J. P. Rodgers.
North Asheville—G. F. Eaves.
Bethel—J. 1). Arnold. '
Biltmore and Beaverdam—G. IT.
Cbrislonherry.
Swannanoa—A. TI. Harrison.
Weaverville Statio.p-G. W- Crutch
field.
- Weaverville C»‘f>-u>ty—G R Provett.
■Marshall—R. ,T. Pr 3t.
Hot Springs—To V supplied.
Hendersonville Station—J. W .
Moore.
Hendersonville Circuit—Supplied
by ,T. B. Hvder.
Bald Creek—SnpplW by L. H.
Sri fill b.
Burnsville—Suppl ed by H. C. Bal
lard.
Cane Crock—Supplied by E. G.
Pusey.
Riverside — Supplied by J. J.
Brooks.
Tvev—Supplied by J. T. Hickman.
Trvon and Saluda—Supplied by Yd.
L. Edwards.
President of Weaverville College—
L. B. Abernathy.
Franklin District.
Presiding Elder—R. M. Taylor,
Frank1 in.
Franklin Station—F. I,. Townsend.
Fra’ klin Circuit- -W. H. Perry.
Prvsoh Tty—J. J. Fades.
Hillsboro and Sylva—C. IT. Neale.
Glenville—A. N. Lewis.
Hiawasseo—R. L Doggett.
Macon—R. F. Atkinson.
Murphy Station—G. G. Harlev.
IMurpbv Circuit—-T. R. Fry.
Robbinsville—Supplied by J. II.
Hopkins.
Websier—C. H. CB.de.
Whittier-—W. P. McGhee.
Andrews—C. S. Kirkpatrick.
Hayesville—-A. G. T oflin.
Greensboro District.
Presiding Elder--S. B. Turrontine,
Greensboro.
West Market Street—G. TT. Het
wiler.
Centenary—A. T. Bell.
Spring Garden—N. R. Richardson.
Walnut Street—Lt \n Falls. ^
Carraway Memorial To *’ 'Jstip
plied.
Fast Greensboro—A. S. Raper.
West Greensboro—J. A. Bowles.
Reidsvifte—L. T. Mann.
“Wentworth—Seymour Taylor.
Ruffin—B. F. Fincher.
Pleasant Garden—Supplied by E
G. Kilgore.
Liberty and Bethany—W. L. Gris
som.
Coleridge—V. E. Edwards.
Ramseur and Franklinvd'le—J. E
Woos ley.
Ashboro Station—C. A. “Wood.
TTwbarrie Circuit—J. W. Ingle
Randleman and Naomi—C. M
Campbell.
Charlotte
. Presiding Elder,
lotto. ;
\—;. .
Trinity—E. E.'BainT
Randolph—R. L. f)wentp\
Washington Street. High Point -
J. E. Thompson (G. H. Crowell, sup
ply.)
South Main Street, High Point -
0. P. Ader.
Asbboro Cireuit-r-R. L. Melton.
Editor North Carolina Christian
Advocate-—IT. M- Blair.
Assistant Editor—W. L. Sherrill
Secretary and Treasurer
boro Female College- V\ . M < .art
Professor in Trinitv (’oilego—(
i Wooten.
Mor-anton District.
Presiding Elder—C. F. Shorr.L
1 Morgant.on.
Morganton statin*—W. F. Worn
We.
Morganton Circuit P. L. Terrell
Connelly Springe- D. F. Carvei
(K. S. Abernethy, supply).
Marion—If. H. Jordan.
Table Rock—W. F. Elliott.
Rutkerfordton—T. J. Rogers.
Henrietta and Caroleen—L. P. Bo
gle.
Forest City—-J. C. -Mock.
Broad River—W. S. Cherry.
Thermal City- V. L. Marsh.
Bakensville—Supplied- by J. F
Shelton.
j
Spruce Pine—E. S. Richardson.
Elk Park—J. II. Robertson.
McDowell—A. P. Foster.
North Catawba—R. L. Fruit.
Cliffsido— S. E. Richa*’son.
Ole Fort—. W. <}. Mallpnee.
Chaplain in United Slates Navy—■
W. E. Edmondson.
Green River—J. D. Gibson.
President. of Rutherford College—
W. AY. Peelo.
Professors in Rutherford College
—W. E. Povey and 0. J. -Tones.
Student in Vanderbilt University—
W. 0. Goode.
Mount Airy District.
Presiding Elder—\Y. M. Bagby,
Blount Airy.
Mount Airy Station—D. Vance
Price.
Mount Airy Circuit—Z. E. Barn
liardt.
Rockford-—J. 1 louck.
East Bend—P. D. Fridge
Y/idkinviilc AY. T. Albright.
Elkin—D. M. T .itaker*.
Joncsvillc - Supplied by T. II.
St impson.
Wilkesboro Station- .7. B. Craven.
North AYilkesboro Station—Z.
Paris.
Pilot Mountain—W. Strider.
Boone—J. IT. Bvendell.
Crest on To be supplied.
Tlclton- Supplied by .!. A. Houck.
Jefferson— \Y. T. Corner.
Laurel Springs- J AY. Cordell.
Sparta—S. B. Brown.
Watauga—,J. B. Doughton.
Rural Hal! J. II. Moore.
Danbury—Supplied by I). A. Brink
lev.
Wilkes Circuit—W. L. Dawson.
Salisbury, District.
Presiding Elder—A. W. Plyler, Sal
isbury.
First Church. Salisbury—E. Tv. Mc
Larty.
South MCn Street. Salisbury—J.
A. J. Farrington.
Holmes Manorial—A. IT. Whisner
(C. M. Short, supernumerary).
Spencci R. D. " errilh
East Spencer and North Main
Street—.T. P. Banning.
Lexington Station—A. L-. Stanford,
We-t 1 xb'vJ m and Denton—Sup
plied by J. T. Folger.
T inwood— J. W. Clegg.
S ’’ .burv Cl’cuit P. W. Tucker.
Windleaf -C. E. TTvpes.
Gob! Hill- G. A. Stamper.
New London- \. T,. Ayeock.
Albemarle Station- TT. (Sprinkle.
AV,.| Albemarle .T. P. Davis.
Albemarle Circuit J. T. Stover (C.
N. Gentry, supenuirnerury).
Norwood—R. AI. < mirtney.
Salem—J. A. Peeler.
C ttnimiilc- T. T. Salver.
Ri Lick E. AT. A vent I.
Mount Pleasant —R. F. Hargett.
C ntral C’ urch. Concord—J. C
Rowe
Forest Hill AT. AF. Long.
Epwcrth—J. AV. Lou; .
AY- st Concord AY. Jones.
C.incn-'d Circuit B. \. York
Bethel- S. S. IILeaps.
China Grove AY ! Nicholson.
Knnnapoli- W k. Hutchinson.
Principal of Ncv London High
School J D. Rankin
Student in Yanderhilt University —
R A
Shelby District.
P regi d i n g LI de i R. M i 1 <»y 1 e,
Shelbv.
Shelby Station G. D. Herman.
Shelby Circuit- B. AViison.
Elbetbel- T. S. Ellington.
King’s Mountain- C. F. Kirby.
ATain Street. Gastonia—AY. R.
Ware.
AYest Tend and Franklin Avenue,
Gastonia—J. C. ITarman.
Bessemer Citv J. L. Armstrong.
Towel)—AY. A”. Honeycutt.
McAdensville and Ozark—C. V.
Caviness. *
Stanley Greek C. AT. Pickens.
Mount* Holly—.T. B. Tabor.
Lowesville— D P. Waters.
Ltncolnton Station—J. A. Jay.
Lincoln!on Circuit—C. R. Ross.
Crouse Circuit—AT. B. Clegg.
Cherrvville—A. C. Swofford.
Smith Fork—F N. Crmvder.
BelW(rod—L. E. Stacey.
Polkville- -If. G. Gamin and AY. M
Statesville District.
Presiding Elder—.1. X. Tlusr_nus,
Statesville
First CTmreb. Statesville- .T. IT..
Weaver.
Rat e Street—H. H. Bobbin*.
Statesville Circuit—*.T. Jd. W a"-.
Alexander Circuit—E. Myers.
Catawba— M. Price.
Caldwell—A. F. Wiley.
Cl nrksburp— Supplied by J. 11.
Brantley.
Crauite Falls—A. B. Wolfe.
Hickory Station—*T. 1? Sero<?crc.
H'rkor’' Fi" ’dr—t j Edwards.
Iredell—T C T 'or-■•op
Lenoir Station--Ira Erviu.
T eno'v rn-r.ni(.— l A! Oowntun.
TVTnrden—T. S r-M.v
Mooresville Station—S T. Barber.
Mooresville Circuit—.T. W. Jones.
'N’eirton—Pi. W. P"ox.
Troutman—T. PC Johnson.
Stony Point—J. E. Weaver.
Rock Springs—N. M. Medlin.
President of Davenport College -
D. C. Weaver.
Financial Agent of Davenport Col
lege—H. PI. Jordan.
Davidson—Tf. S. Howire.
T^enoir Circuit—M. H. Tuttle.
Missionary Evangelist—T). IT. Co
Waynesville District.
Presiding Elder—W. A. Willis,
W avnesville.
Waynesville Station—M. A. Smith.
Brevard Station—R. G. Tuttle.
Brevard Circuit—,T. F. Starnes.
Rethel—P. C. Battle.
Canton—D. P. Tate.
- Clyde—J, IT. Green.
Haywood—J. W. Kenedy.
North Haywood—Supplied by
Parham.
Jonathan—C. E. Steadman.
Leicester—J. W. Campbell.
Hill River—J. W. Williams.
Spring Creek—J. I,. McNair.
Sulphur Springs—C. 11. Cur!:
Lest Asheville Station—M.
Moore.
J. B.
F.
Winston District.
Presiding Eldei T. F. Marr, Win
ston.
Centenary—d. K. Ahernethy.
Bulkhead—E. E. Williamson.
Grace and Salem- W. M. Robbins.
Kenersville and Southsidc—W. M.
Biles.
Forsyth Circuit—V. .1. Hyatt.
Lewisville—J. T. Ratledge.
Farmington- .1. G. W. Holloway.
Davit*—C. P. Goode.
Cooleemee-—II. (’. Bvrum.
Mocksville—J. F. Kirk.
Advance—W. G. Scales.
Davidson—M. H. Vestal.
Thomasville —Parker 1 Iolmes.
North Thomasville—L. L. Smith.
Summerdeld- T. C. Jordan.
Leaksville J H. Barnhar.lt.
Spray a ml Draper—Albert Sher
rill.
Stoneville and Mavodan—A. W.
Jacobs.
Madison—B. Margison.
Walnut Cove and Stokesdale —. R.
Bell.
Walkertown—W. A. Lambeth.
Transferred.
E. O. (Lie to Montana Conference.
P. T. Durham to North Carolina.
T. W. Walts to Kentucky (‘onfai
ence.
R. H. Hobbs .to Kentuek Confer
ence.
Iv. II. Hobbs to Kentucky Cutirer
ence.
D. L Reid io Wist CliginL. '■ ’on
ference.
C. IL Canipe to North Carolina
Conference.
J. A. Cook to South Georgia Con
ference.
Five Killed in Explosion
Norfolk, Ya., Special.—Five mer
were killed, one fatally injured and :
number seriously injured, as the re
sult of the explosion of a boiler ir
planing mill No. 2 at the John 1.
Roper Lumber ?dilis at Gilmerton
Norfolk county, at 4 o'clock Thurs
day afternoon. The dead;
F. E. Ferrell, carpei ier.
R. A. Sorrell, plainer.
A negro fireman.
A negro earpentet,
To Celebrate Statehood.
Guthrie, Okla., Special.-- Prepara
tions oil ail elaborate scale are being
made for the celebration of Statehood
when President Roosevelt will issue
his proclamation admitting Okla
homa to the 1 nLon and the Governoi
and other State ollicers recently elect
ed will be sworn in Lc-iie Nihlack.
editor of (Ik* Denmeartie ne.wspapei
in tin city, will administer the oar':
of ofld c j.i (invert or Haskell, and the
ecu-molt’, will he followed by a great
inaugural ball. A barbecue and oili
er amusement features will be pro
vided during the day.
A. C. L. Directors Postpone Dividend
Richmond, Ya., Special.—The an
nual meeting of the Atlantic Coast
Line stockholders was held here Tues
day. The old officers and directors
were re-elected. The directors an
nounced that owing to the unsettled
financial situation they had decided
not to act on the dividend until a
/ailed meeting to be held some time in
December.
Head-On Collision in Washington
Tunnel.
Washington, Special.—In a head
on collision between two passeugei
‘trains in the Pennsylvania railroad
tunnel at Delaware avenue and South
Capitol street late Tuesday after
noon the engineer and fireman of one
train were seriously injured and sev
eral passengers were slightly injured.
The injured were removed to ho»
pitals.
Senator Bankhead Improves.
Birmingham, Ala.. Special.—A long
distance telephone message from
Henry Bankhead, of Jasper, Ala., son
of Senator ,T. P Bankhead, savs that
the ripnafoi' i~ ijjnrh improved The
senato was thrpai<-n«=«i with t ph'ud
I pneumonia at his; home in Fayette
and his n !m - > sei hen
that his eliULutMi were aununoucit.
CENSUS BUREAU REPORT
Figures Show 7,311,202 Bales Ginned
to November 14th—The Report by
States.
Washington, Special.—The census
bureau issued its report on cotton
ginned for the growth of 1007 to No
vember 14th showing a total of 7,311,
202 bales, counting round as half
bales, compared with 8,502,242 bales
for 1900 and 1,501,180 for 1905. The
number of round bales included is
142,609 for 1907, and 200,866 for
1906, and 200,006 for 1905. Sea Is
land included 42,708 for 1907, 30,671
for 1906 and 64,103 for 1905. The
number of active ginneries were 26,
571 for 1907.
Following is the report by States,
giving running bales counting rounds
half bales and excluding linters, and
[number of active ginneries:
Alabama 761.13S bales and 3,370
ginneries; Arkansas 368,770 bales
[and 2,042 ginneries; Florida 35,565
bales, and 237 ginneries; Georgia 1,
375,111 bales, and 4,439 ginneries;
Kentucky 766 bales, and 2 ginneries;
Louisiana 349,840 bales and 1,729
ginneries; Mississippi 792,127 bales
and 3,398 ginneries: Missouri 15,102
bales and 70 ginneries; New Mexico
24 bales and 1 ginnery; North Caro
lina 401,852 hales and 2,603 ginneries;
Oklahoma 491,274 bales and 924 gin
neries; South Carolina 847,455 bales,
and 3,119 ginneries; Tennessee 140,
921 bales and 629 ginneries; Texas
1,709,583 bales and 3,925 ginneries;
and Virginia 3,674 bales, and S3 gin
neries.
The distribution of the Sea Island
cotton for 1907 by State is:
.Florida 14.492: Georgia 22,681;
South ( aroiina 5,535.
There was ginned 6,128,562 bales
to November 1st. 1907. The statis
tics of fhis report for November 14tl.
are subject to slight corrections when
checked against the individual re
turns of the ginners being transmit
ted by mail.
Attempted Bribery.
Norfolk, Ya., Special.—A great
sensation was created in the Ameri
can Federation of Labor Wednesday
afternoon by President Gompers in
bis speech replying to the attacks up
on him and other officers of the fed
eration by the Manufacturers’ Asso
ciation, when he t Id of an alleged at
tempt to fribe him at the Victoria
Hotel 'a >vv York, in October by ,«
young newspaper man. giving his
name as Charles Brandenberg, the
latter President Gompers said, hav
ing declared that lie represented (he
National Manufacturers’ Association
and was prepared to offer him immu
nity from all exposure and make him
financially secure the remained of
bis life, if he would sign a certain
paper and otherwise aid in the ‘•ex
posure’’ of the other leaders in the
American Federation of Labor, with
the idea virtually of destroying the
influence of organized labor of Lite
country.
The paper. President Gompers said,
purported to have been signed when
be (Gompers) was ill in 1895. Thi
; paper. M:. Gompms said, he bad pro
I served and, bib death-like stillness,
i prevailed in the convention, Presi
dent Gompers drew forth the orig
inal document and read it.
Mr. Gompers. during his recital ol
the alleged attempt ar bribery, call
ed upon different delegates present
who were with him at the time of
interviews with Bredenburg, to verify
bis statements. This the delegations
did, rising in their seats. At the close
of President Gompers' speech ther*
was a great demonstration, even Vic
tor L. Berger, of Milwaukee, the So
cialist opponent of ,\i r. Gompers. ris
ing and with uplifted arms declar
ing that although he had at conven
tion after convention, bitterly oppos
ed the re-elect ion of President Gomp
ers, he would be the one this year
to move to make his election unani
mous, with a vote of confidence not
only to President < tampers but to all
the efTk-er- of the American Federa
tion of Labor. “There,” declared
M'-. Berger, “is the answer of the
Socialistic to the Mannfactuerers’
Association.”
Shoots Wanton and Suicides.
Tampa, Fla.-, Special. Karl Chris
tian, 24 years of. age, shot and in
stantly killed Mrs/Florence Williams
then turned the revolver on himself,
inflicting a fatal wound. R. W. Wil
liams, the husband, arrived on the
scene of the tragedy in a few min
utes and had to be forcibly prevented
from killing himself. Mrs. Villiatm
was formerly Mi - Flovcm e Simmons
I of Summerville. 8 < , v- i Christian
has a mother living in Belatka, this
State.
Foraker Endorsed by Ohio Republi
cans.
Columbus. 0.. Special.—Senatoi
Foraker was formally endorsed foi
re-election to the Senate and for the
Republican nomination for Presidenl
at a meeting of the eveentive and
pr] visors rnjri[rrjit ter of the Ohio T j
gue of Republican Clubs. The meet
ins was held at the Neil House anti
about members from all over tlit
State were present.