VOL. XXVII. YADKINVILLE, YADKIN CO., N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1921 NO. TAX] I /£!g An - Adventure ■ Romance ! . — ■■ -- I By George Agnew ClIBmberlain il ■:..—-V Copyright, The Bobbs-MorriU Company SYNOPSIS. PART I.—Robert Hervey Randolph, young New York man-about-town, leaves the home of his sweetheart, Madge Van Tellier, chagrined because of her refuse, of his proposal of marriage. His income, ?10,ut?” ; “G .k. > >• a! Frida' !v is.” No* another word. :»*n. as it hup jgened. it was enough to start Mr. Rau* dotpl 'hub' -ng npto’A1 >• moment he hud a >yf .<1 his lace i • • at tli T next i mectli g. am had to tell ipj) ' o Lev'- - ' . he hud been ) ♦ h’ege will htanciehs son, aim if there was eg abov. all oibers rhiit said of! ring was go At, il was blowing hi> father’s *hori Lewis rlor was this rad Lewisfader was t hat, but princip: I especial ly he is ti e central t foe money maelstrom known to ii - •* 4: market as “Am.il. i. S. & ’ kgd on! lately da - d to sweb - mrienty belly in the company < most di veloped and vicious saurians of the financial world. All the way uptown, Mr. Randolph’s face was con. centra led in the nearest approach to a frown of which it was capable. He was not, however, weigh ing the substance of what he had heard this way and that, for the simple ren- 1 son that the moment the one word, “Lewisfader,” had reached his ears, he had seen the great light and grasped his hunch beyond any thought of look ing back. Thai part of it was settled; what worried him now was the amount of ways and m ans in his pocket. By thinking very hard, he added up his capital without-bringing it forth to the light of day. The exact sum was six ty-eight dollars and fifty cents. No sooner l:: d he passed the test In mental arithmetic than he drew up a little’ beyond the front door of the Rock et club. He started to leave his cab, paused, considered, and then deliber ately lowered the flag. As he entered the lobby of the club, four scandalized fronts leaped to bar has way. uiey asked him a variety of biting ques tions: Did he think it was a night lunehwagon? Which chambermaid was he calling on? Was he looking for Mills hotel? “Herbert!” roared Sir. Randolph. The functionary named, head door man for the Rockf^ club since first it starter! on its appropriately meteoric career, leaped from his dignified seat on the somnolent side lines and stared wide eyed nf the servile apparition th.at had dared si;out the open sesame to that inviolate portal. “Mr. Randolph!” he gasped at last, and'the stunned fronts started to slink away. “Hold on, there!” said Mr. Randolph, and divested hineelf pf cap to one, ovorcr at to another, gloves to the third, and asked the fourth for a light. “Her bert,” 1 e continued, in modulated tones, “the cab outside is waiting for Mr. U. H. Randolph. It may he there for some time. Have an eye kept on it.” “Yes. Mr, Randolph. I’ll see to it. Mr. Randolph. George, Mr. Randolph’s letters.” “Never mind the letters,” counter mand!' i the oft-named one, and pro ceeded to thread his way to a certain small room strategically placed well ■ within the depths of the edifice and ! far from the maddening tumult of the i streets. The sa’id apartment at the ■ moment of his arrival contained five occupants seated round a circular table r r>r Y ommnioii* VirUcrlat nud .clothed in pale £reen, kindest of all shades to the ! eye of man. There were no mirrors i on thef walls. ; Mr. Randolph’s entry was greeted fDst with consternation and then with shouts. “Bobby, you old scout!” “Herv, by great balls of sweat.” “Randy, from where the devil?” The speakers arose and. pump handled Mr. Randolph’s arm. “Ye gods, man, where- you been? Strayed in from a fancy dress’” t “Never mind the glad rags, fellows,” I said Mr. Randolph, “I was just feel ing lonely for the sound of chips. Room | for another?” I “The surest thing! You don’t know these two chaps, do you? Mr. Seegar, passed on to us from ’Frisco, and Mr. Rowling-True, our latest new member. ; Gentlemen, this is Mr. Randy Ran dolph of New Haven and New York, in disguise but still the best ever,” “^•'ble "takes?” murmnr’ M T>" - ii, as !je took his place, ly at random, but at the left of the . rw > comparative strangers. “Of course! Same old .ante. Same old game. You talk as though you’d keen away for a month.” For a moment, but for a moment ■ :ilv. Mr. Randolph was dazed. Was possible that the last three weeks adn’t been a year? He drew out his xty-ofght'dollars and fifty cents non i alantly, as though they were merely ' e loose change he had on his per . ". bought fifty in chips, and laid the .-' all heap of what was left of his >:i on the hoard. The strain on his rves during the next half-hour put rt of the five days’ wait for a hunch the Street to the blush. Then “• re a moment when all his chip? were gone, and he was forced to see with a full house for his small pile of change only. “Serves you right. Handy,” said Mr. M in. “For forgetting to pile up the I ready in a table-stalce game; there ar i two and a half million walking the [ . , „ streets— ■ >U. mow it!” u -r-.rir -1 M r. Ran i dolph, as he counted out his share. * amounting to ninety-two dollars and | fifty cents, anti pushed across the rest | of the fat pot to the next best hand. ] He looked up and smiled. “Boys,” he | remarked frankly, “I’m riding a hunch w: h four leg«. Watch me.” Five ‘pecti'.tors did. but got little . ■•itwiiont of their pains. Mr. Ran •it.ipti was playing that most difficult d uninteresting of poker corollaries a fight game. Mr. Seegar turned im tieut as the conviction grew upon fi'm that he had run up against the •riginnl laird-shell who never drew to If ms than r. pair, of tens, never bluffed. ■—d van5.i surrender three kings with • gt a sigh to p low straight unse***:. :ie begin to.make facetious remarks In connection with the safety-first cam paign which was then at its height. Mr. Randolph nursed hi:< pile through five long hours up to eighteen hundred dollars. Then it was that he suddenly met a mice of two hun dred on the part of Mr. Seegar, tacked ;n three hundred more, waited for that individual to throw in his very good hand, face up, \\ h the resigned simile of a wise one, and then careless ly displayed in the same manner, his own three-flu.-h, so bobs ailed that the attention of the S. P. C. A. should have been called to the case. The roar of laughter that went up from all but Mr. Seegar was more full and free than even such occasions usually produce. Mr. Mein pounded Mr. Randolph on the back. “Bobby, old boy,” he said, “that was the eternalest, patientest, and deepest laid trap I’ve ever witnessed in a life long pursuit of the onl,v national pas time !” The light merely flickered in Mr. Randolph’s blue eyes, and he returned to his old job of sawing w/iod. Not for nothing had he made that grand stand flourish, and his object bad been gained. A new seriousness, masked in cold-edged, classic poker smiles, set tled upon the table as a whole. The idea that they were gathered together merely to while away an idle evening faded into tin* background, and, one by one. like stars coming out at evening time, supper trays betm to make their appearance. All but Randolph, they had been toying with poker; now they began to play it. That gentleman contained for the nonce the even tenor of Tiis1 stride ex cept for a.. Lenten cot -ession to his in-ides. lie < rdered pi ed on a stand at his elbow a large. j’ of ice wale; e :d a plnrvr contain x four dox-t sandwiches. No add. touch coni have done more toward ersuading hi Timidly antagonists tha lie, Randolph was out for thick hlo>- . . If any or of the five had joyed n the kno-\ afire that two slices, thT, of button bread embracing a sliver of meat ha been named eternally after the en> of Sandwich on ius’t such an epochs occasion. as this, he would probabl. have seen the high sign and heat ii for home and bed. Night was fast joining the discard when the weary Herbert dared to in terrupt. “Please, Mr. Randolph, the office: on the beat says the grass is liftin I-1r-----: ^ S' -The Officer on the Beat Says the Grars Is Lifting Your Cab, Sir." yonr cab, sir, and tic thought he ought to report anythin; like that.-’ “Tell him to undo the check and let it feed itself down again,” growled Mr. Randolph. The day passed; night fell. Now ■'ue and then another o." the six de votees of a science which even in the youth of this nation had forestalled all the wonders of the submarine, the flight of man, and wireless telegraphy withdrew just long enough to connect with the Daily. Night hank round the corner or some other convenient base c.f supplies and returned to set new 1 money to catch old. Hut Mr. Ran dolph had no occasion vo do this. Ilis heap of chips and cash of the realm rested on too solid a base of its own. There may be recorded an amusing diversion from the serious business in hand. It was ushered in by the crest fallen Herbert, who confessed that ac tual physical exhaustion, had driven him to forty winks, during which time °. professional purloiner of motor-car accessories had stopped, spellbound by the g' antic sum registered on Mr. Randi ph’s taximeter, had promptly ste'm- the preposterous clock, and was now on the club steps offering to set lie with whoever was the interested gent on a fifty-fifty basis. Great was the consternation of the ct: erprising speculator in theft when he w« car fronted by two persons in one; ■ iueiy, Mr. R. H. Randolph, lessee vi Car No. 1898, and Mr. R. H. Ran Ten Prisoners Sent to Serve Sentences The largest bunch of prison ers ever sent up to serve time for crimes was sent from Yad kin court last week. Six were taken Saturda}- to the State pris on at Raleigh and four v, ere taken to the Rockingln ~n coun | ty roads Monday, The six taken to the State jprison were Spencer McNeill, joe Ham anu Bryant Whitaker, all to serve three to six years each for storebreaking; Colonel ! Haynes and Dewey McNeill were sent up for 12 month seaeh for storebreaking, and Will My ers was given 18 months for housebreaking. Will was rath er anxious to go, he said, as he j had served on most of the coun- i ty read forces in this section, he; wanted to try the state prison. ! The four taken to the Rock ingham county roads by Sheriff j Moxley were John Freeman,! who escaped some time ago; Charlie Dan Dinkins, six months tor blockading; lohn Gray, col-1 ored, six raodths for house- j breaking, and Ross Lindsey, col- j ( ored, sixty days -for stealing a (sack of bran. !-i Captured Still Yesterday S11<- riil Moxley and Deputy ; Norman captured a still yester day afternoon in the Baltimore! section. The still, woim and live gallons of whiskey was brought in by the officers. Two men were working at the plant when the officers approaced but they succeeded in making their escape: The Lawyer. He’s a man of sorrow, And acquainted with grtef; Among all the sinners He’s considered the chief. His friends all admire him When he conquers for them; Wnen he chances to lose They are quick to condemn. They say, “Ah! he’: bought,” It he loses a ease. They say, “Aid he’s crooked,” If he wins in the race. If he charges big fees, They say, “He’s a grafter.” If he charges small fees, “He’s not worth going after.” It he joins the church, . for an effr If he don’t join the church, “He’s as wicked as heck.” But here is one fact We all will admit. When we get into trouble, Our Lawyer is “It.” —Jennie Lee Blanton. Keeping Company. The 10-cent store is showing nice things for a quarter. You can see a 5-cent movie anywhere ior 30 cents and tax. There is a delicious 15-cent beef stew being made for 40 cent3. We note that $15 suits have been marked down from $65 to $38.63. dolph. alias Slirn ftervey. tlie irate driver \of said cab. His gkb tongue, loaded to the gills with arguments as to how much the fare would save through the sudden exit of the clock from the ken of man. tripped hopeless ly on this vision of wrath in the shape of a driver in Whose Interests the tick er had been faithfully slaving. It took Mr. Randolph just thirty-two precious minufes to force the crest fallen one to replace and readjust the busy of meter readings. When he returned to the fray upstairs, he no ticed a strange phenomenon of poker— * To be continued. Some Rpmar • hi Jud* n T. J/Shaw. During the c w, hours of court here la. w«ek Judgej Thomas J. Slia -a easiou to make a few . s about the course oi . .a-, in this: country- in gen \ and .his sec-j tioo in particul; •. e Uiy the; present crime w - and its; causes. J udge Shaw has, i ;en on tl e bench for a Ion :; ae an d has learned many things about crime. He has de-rnod, like Blackstoue, that ciimii.al laws must be construed strictly and! administered impwiiaily or the 1 object cf the lav loses its use- i fulness; to be lenient with crirai-1 nals only breeds o ime c«e dis-1 cussed the pardoning record in this state and expressed his won der at the course pursued by juries in some a >es. Talks to Jury “For instance" said Judge! Shaw in addressing the jur\J “in the beginning id tims term; two men were tried lor mar,u facturing whisk. md i w ver diet was not g y met r.6w you have cw'L.'t- a man forj housebreaking a ;:w uvidenc 1 j against the two ...a; espec ially one of then. - isfi\ e times stronger than a last (his old darkey.” Miscarriage of Justice “If the lives and property oi the people are U ;>e protected the laws must ho . afor ;ed,”con tinued his Honor, ‘’but the court is po verms > unless the jury co-operatcs w ill ii and then let the sentence bo carried out. Here you have a case in this county where tin Sheriti was killed while in tin act of put ting down ciinn, and 10 my mind it was a clear case ot mur der m the first degree, and the outcome cf the ca • was a pure miscarriage of ju me, that’s all People have the oit oi as soon as a man i$ con1. • *u^ or signing petitions to get miiency and prevent the exr uiion of the sentence. Let Ik:-law take its course, because the jury and court that hears th emde^ce is more com pete m m judge the degree of punisremut man bth-1 ers.” Admits §ls*»t&ke In ditc-is ; * of iiiCiiii . ,.4.x , ^ Shaw said: “I hr no *.,sn.. lo doubt tiic ovidf •, »i ,s an Caudle (meaning I-.ev T. \. Ca"bit) but I had t U 1' with this man in tn\ • • i C o\ i r dd)* and Catldk* mu eu at he had made a. nr p, e ou must stan> beh - ‘ , i and if you do \ ere . a good moral atm- up . re that iawbreakej • “I think” eon . • e e “that we have ; a i e Governor’s chin <>v\ not lay at night . mg ? cr, of someone he can pr mm be fore breakfast next mu J The judge saiti this r .1 ..g into houses was a sent- is -ut ter and wouiu have \ut with severely. He also - m .• u .ec that the present gov; no. d v< used to pardon criminals as' had his predecessor in dhc-a. Two Deer With One Bullet. Swanzey, N. H.—1 he killing of tw, deer with a single bullet is repo.'*- ' by Marshall Hill of this town. lid tired at a large buck, whic-h lmniedi«*c ly bolted. When he reached the s; ot where the buck had stood he found that ho had kitted* a doc. Follow’re the trail n short distance, .the came upon the body of the buck. Tin oullet had passed through the neck of the buck Into the head of the doe. I Tiie Inauguration of ' : T~ ' President Hard ng Washington. March 5,192 Editor Ripple: i guess the news of the s i plicity of the Inauguration k . pt a lot of people Iron Yad a •iway, bat I think it was on*, of the most momentous inaugu vi rions that has been in this co t try for many years. There were about 100,900 pi. ) pie on the Capitol grounds o seethe oath administered and to bear the inaugural address, in former years only the, fortun ate few thousands who we e near the stand could hear the address, but on yesterday’s ’oc casion every one of the one hun dred thousand people heard v ery word. Telephone exp is had arranged a system oi ampli fiers or a series of transmit: rs gird horns which were not \ i ble to the crowd, but “enlarged?* the voice of the president to s: h an extent that every one co d hear distinct y. Thisdevice con sisted in a row of transmitter n front o> the president, but below the stand, and wires leading from them into a room in e lower part cf the speaker’s Hand. Here a very complex and intricate mechanism ‘En larged the worcls and.sent tl.« n through horns in the top of tbe superstructure far' above me president’s hsad. It was the tpst time in history that every one in the vast throng could hear. His address created a pro impression on the hearers. Each time he referred to a pro Ameri can foreign policy great cheers arose from the crowd. W hen he said that we wanted no en tangling alliances with the old world the applause was a roll of thunder. Without a doubt the words of the president in his in augural address were the most outspoken of any since he be came a candidate fop the piesi* deucy. The papers of this morn ing say that the French Cham ber of Deputies was deserted by its members while a General was speaking, in order ,o pet out in the lobby to read the in augural address. It was a source of keen displeasure to the French people, and well enough it might be. It meant the ue, h knell to the hop of Europ n people that Am Tea would nn .ally . '.r> |satisfied that H imp will give us a safe admix nation, iov er the taxes, cut b w.u e&pei s, and pursue a f .ign polk) brat will be bene hi to Anrt a and let the rest the world oe a secondary c< deration. Fai tally youi PAL , B. EAiO.V Xw o Ceiit Picee May X"c^;e Ag'-in Washington. The house com mittee on coin-.; \ weights; :d measures, of wi ch Representa tive Brinson is i member, has under consideration the propo sition to revive the old RViore velt two cent pu ce, which was formerly in general circulation, but which subsequently was re tired because it was thought to be of no advantage. Now,how' ever, it seem?, a demand has arisen on account of changed conditions brought about by the inauguration of odd prices in street car traffic and other things. It seems that a a njori ty of the committee have been impressed with the contention | that the tvvo-cent coin would jserve as a convenience in m | ing change and it is believed tlie committee wiii recommend 1 the issue.