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CHAPTER I.
OUR cowboys inclined their
■jl bodies over the barbed-wire
■1 fence which marked the di-
V-B viding line between the Cen
tipede Ranch and their own.
■\T«rK staring mournfully Into a
summer night such as only
the far southwestern coun
~ try knows. And as the four
Inclined their bodies, they
inclined also their ears, after the
strained manner of listeners who
feel anguish at what they hear. A
voice,. shrill and human, pierced the
night Tike a needle, then, with a
wail of a tortured soul, died away
amid discordant raspings: the voice
of a phonograph. It was their own,
or had been until one over-confldent
day, when the Flying Heart Ranch
had staked it as a wager in a foot
race with the neighboring Centi
pede, and their own man had been too
slow. As it had been their pride. It
remained their disgrace. Dearly had
they loved, and dearly lost it It
meant somethftig that looked like
honor, and though there were tan
thousand thousand phonographs, in all
the world there was not one that could
take its place.
The sound ceased, there was an ap
proving distant murmur of men's
voices, and-*then the song began:
"Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
Lift up your voice and sing—"
Higher and higher the voice mount
ed until it reached again Its first thin,
ear-splitting pitch.
"Still Bill" Stover atlrred uneasily
in the darkness.
"Why'n'ell don't they keep her
wound up?" he complained. "Galla
gher's got the soul of a wart-hog. It's
criminal the way he massacres that
hymn."
Prom a rod farther down the wire
fence Willie answered him, In a boy's
falsetto:
"I wonder If he does It to spite me?"
"He don't know you're tyere," said
Stover.
The other came out of the glopm.
a little Btoop-shouldered man with
spectacles.
"I ain't noways sure," he piped,
peering up at his lanky foreman
"Why do you reckon he alius lets
Mrs. Melby peter out on my favorite
record? He done the same thing last
night. It looks like an insult."
"It's nothing but his Ignorance,"
Stover replied. "He don't want no
trouble with you. None of 'em dq."
"I'd like to know for certain." The
small man seemed torn by doubt. "If
I only knew he done It a-purpose, I'd
git him. I bet I could do It from
here."
Stover's voice was gruff as he com
manded:
"Forget it! Ain't It bad enough for
us fellers to hang around like this
every night without advertising our
Idiocy by a gun-play?"
"They ain't got no right to that
phonograph," Willie averred darkly.
"Oh yes, they have; they won it
fair and square."
"Fair and square! Do you mean to
say Hump Joe run that foot-race on
the square?"
"I never said nothin' like that what
ever. I mean we bet it, and we lost
It Listen! There goes Carara'■
piece!"
Out past the corral floated the an-
"If I Knew He Done It A-purpo— I'd
Oft Him."
nouncement In a man's metallic syl
lablee * . __
'"The Baggage Coach Ahead.' aa
anus by Helena Moja tor the Bcho
Phonograph, of New York and Pana
ris!"
from the dusk to the right of the
two listeners BOW Issued soft Spanish
phrases.
"Madre de Dlos! The Baggage Car
la Wont!' Tadora Mora! God bless
•err
During the rendition of this affeet
lng ballad the two cow-men remained
draped uncomfortably over the barbed
wire barrier, lost in rapturous enjoy
ment. When the iaat note had died
away. Stover roused himself reluc
tantly. ,
"It'a time we waa turnln' In." He
called softly, "Hey, Mex!"
"Si, 8enor!"
"Come on, you and Cloudy. Vamos!
It's ten o'clock." '
He turned his back on the Centi
pede Ranch that housed the treasure,
and in company with Willie, made his
way to the ponies. Two other figures
joined them, one humming in a musi
cal baritone the strains of the song
just ended. ~ ,
"Cut that out, Mex! They'll hear
us," Stover cautioned.
"Caramba! This t'lng is brek my
'eart," said the Mexican, sadly. "It
seem like the Senorita Mora is sing
that song to me. Mebbu she knows
I'm set out 'ere on cactus an' listen
to her. Ah. I love that Senorita ver'
much."
The little man with the glasses be
gan to swear in his high falsetto. His
ear had caught the phonograph
tor in another murlcal mistake.
"That horn-toad let Mrs. Melby die
again to-night," said he. "It's sure
comln' to a hunnacaboo between him
and me. if somebody don't kill him
pretty soon, he'll wear out that ma
chine before we git it back."
"Humph! It don't look like we'd
ever get It back." said Stover.
One of the four sighed audibly, then
vaulting into his saddle, went loping
away without waiting for his compan
ions.
* "Cloudy's sore because they didn't
play 'Navajo,'" said Willie. "Well, I
don't blame 'em none for omiUiij' that
war-dance. It ain't got the class of
them other pieces. While it's devised
to suit the intellect of an Injun, per
haps It ain't In the runnin' with 'The
Holy City,' which tune Is the sweetest
and sacredest ever sung."
Carara paused with a hand upon the
neck of his cayuse.
"Eet is not so fine as 'The Daggage
Car In Front,"" he declared.
"It's got It beat a mile!" Willie
flashed "back, harshly.
"Here, you!" exclaimed Stover, "no
arguments. We all have our favorites,
and it ain't up to no Individual to
force his likes and dislikes down no
other feller's throat." The other two
men he addressed mounted their bron
cos stiffly.
"I repeat," said Willie: "'The Holy
City,' as sung by Mrs Melby, is the
swellest tune that ever hit these
parts."
Carara muttered something in Span
ish which the others could not under
stand.
"They're all fine pieces," Stover ob
served, placatlngly, when fairly out of
hearing of the ranch-houses. "You
boys have each got your preference.
Cloudy, bein' an Injun, has got his,
and I rise to state that I like that
monologue, 'Silas on Fifth Avenoo,'
better than all of 'em, which ain't
notlhin' ag'lnst my judgment nor
yours. When Silas says, 'The girl
opened her valise, took out her purse,
closed her valise, opened her purse,
took out a dime, closed her purse,
opened her valise, put In her purse,
closed her valise, give the dime to the
conductor, got a nickel In change, then
opened took out her purse,
closed her valise—" Stover began to
rock In his saddle, then burst into a
loud guffaw, followed by his compan
ions. "Gosh! That's awful funny!"
"SI! si!" acknowledged Carara, his
white teeth showing through the
gloom.
"'An' It's Just like a fool woman."
tittered Willie. "That's sure one
ridiclous line of talk."
"Still Bill" wiped his eyes with the
back of a bony hand. "I know that
hull monologue by heart, but I can't
never get past that spot to save my
soul. Right there I bog down, com
plete." Again he burst into wild laugh
ter, followed by his companions. "I
don't see how folks can be so dam'
funny!" he gasped.
"It's natural to 'em, like warts," said
Willie; "they're born with It, the
same as I was born to shoot straight
with either hand, and the same as
Mex was born to throw a rope. He
don't know how he does It, and neither
do I. Some folks can say funny things,
some can sing, Mke Missus Melby;
some can run foot-races, like that Cen
tipede cook—"
Carara breathed an eloquent Mex
ican oath.'
"Do you reckon he fixed that race
With Humpy JoeT" Inquired Stover. :
"Name's Skinner." Willie observed.
"It sounds bsd."
"I'm sorry Humpy left us so sod
den." said Stm Bill. "We'd ought to
have questioned him. If we only had
proof that the race was crooked—"
"You can so gamble It Was crooked,"
the little man averred. "Them Centi
pede fellers never done nothin' on the
square. They got Hump Joe, and fixed
It for him to lose so they oould got
that talkin'-machine. That's *hy hs
palled out"
"I'd hate to think It." said tns fore
man, gloomily; then after a moment,
during which the only sound was that
of the muffled hoof-beats: "Weil, what
we goin' to do about it?" ♦
"Humph! I've laid awake nights
flgurin' that out I reckon we'll just
have to git another foot-racer and beat
Skinner. He aint the fastest in the
world."
"That takes coin. We're broke." (
"Mebbe Mf. Chapln would lend a
helpln' hand-1
"No said Stover, grimly
"He's sore on foot-racin*. Says it dis
turbs us and upsets our equalubrlum"
Carara fetched a deep sigh.
"It's ver' bad t'ing, Senor. I don'
feel no worse w'en my gran'mother
die."
The three men loped onward through
the darkness, weighted heavily with
disappointment.
Affairs at the Flying Heart Ranch
were not all to Jack Chapin's liking.
Ever since that memorable foot-race,
more than a month before* a gloom
had brooded over the place
even the presence of two Bmlth Col
lege girls, not to mention that of Mr.
Fresno. was unable to dissipate. The
cowboys moped about like melancholy
shades, and neglected their work to
dlscußs the disgrace that had fallen
upon them. It was a task to get any
of them out In the morning, several
had quit, the rest were quarreling
among themselves,' and the bunk
house had already been the scene of
more than one encounter, altogether
too sanguinary to have originated
from such a trivial cause as a foot
race.
The master of the ranch sought his
sister Jean, to tell her frankly what
was on his mind.
"See here. Sis," he began, "I don't
want to cast a cloud over your little
house-party, but I think you'd better
keep" your friends away from my
men."
"Why, what Is the matter?" she de
manded.
"Thing# are at a pretty high ten
sion Just'now, and the boys have had
two or three rows among themselves.
Yesterday Fresno tried to 'kid' Wil
lie about 'The Holy City;' said it was
written as a coon song, and wasn't
sung tn good society. If he hadn't
been a guest, I guess Willie would
have murdered him."
"Oh, Jack! You won't let Willie
"You Can So Gamble It Was Crooked."
murder anybody, not even Berkeley,
while the people are here, will you?"
coaxed Mlbs ('hapin, anxiously.
"What made you Invite Berkeley
FTesno, anyhow?" was the rejoinder.
"This Is no gilded novelty to him. He
is a Western man."
Miss Chapln numbered her reasons
sagely. "In the first place—Helen.
Then there had to be enqugh men to
go around. Last and best, he la the
most adorable man I ever saw at a
house-party. He's an angel at break
fast, sings perfectly beautifully—you
know he was on the Stanford Olee
Club—"
"Humph!" Jack was unimpressed.
"it you roped him tor Helen Blake to
brand, why have you sent for Wally
Speed?"
"Well, you see, Berkeley and Helen
didn't quite bit it off, and Mr. Speed
la—a friend of Culver's." Miss Cha
pln blushed prettily.
"Oh, I see! I thought myself that
this affair had something to do with
you and Culver Covington, but I
didn't know it had lapsed Into a sort
of matrimonial round-up. Suppose
Miss Blake shouldn'4 care for Speed
after he gets here?"
"Oh, but she will! ghat's where
Berkeley Fresno comes in. When two
men begin to tight for her, she'll have
to begin to form a preference, and I'm
sure It will be for Wally Speed. Don't
you see?"
The brother looked at bis sister
shrewdly. "It seems to me you
learned a lot at Smith."
Jean tossed her head. "How ab
surd! That sort of knowledge Is per
fectly natural for a girl to have."
Then she teaaed: "But you admit that
my selection of a chaperon waa ex
cellent, don't yon, Jack?"
"Mrs. Keap and I are the best of
frlenda," Jack averred, with supreme
dignity., "I'm not In the market, and
a man doesn't marry a widow, any
how. It's too old and experienced a
beginning."
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Endeavoring to Be Polite.
"Look out, down there!" yelled Pat.
after a heavy beam had fallen from
the sixteenth story.
"What's the use looking out now?"
called a man who had narrowly
escaped being crushed.
"There mayn't be any use, but I
thought you might be provoked if 1
didn't notice It." —Judge's Library
STATE FARMERS
CLOSE MEETING
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RESOLVE ON NEW BUILDING FOR
DEPARTMENT. OFFICERS
ARE ELECTED.
E. H. HOBBS IS PRESIDENT
Want Initiative and Rsferendum.—Ask
th« Legislature to Allow Agricul
tural Division to Build New Struc
ture For Its Work.
Raleigh.—Memorializing the gener-'
al assembly for a new agricultural
bulldlug and choosing F. H. Hobbs,
of Samson, presideut of the state
farmers' convention, the organization
adjourned with all records for attend
ance broken.
The championship of the new
building by the organized farmers was
the biggest boost that it has had.
Major \V. A, Graham, commissioner
of--*gricttiturTna"s been asking TOT IT
a long time. The resolutions sot
out that it has been condemned and
that it is inadequate to the needs of
the department.
The convention mad« but one con
dition to its request. It does ask that
there be no crippling of the work
now being done by the department. It
does not ask for a bond issue or an
other appropriation, but appeals for
a building constructed out of the
funds of the department.
The election of Mr. Hobbs presi
ent wan a tribute to the great show
ing made by Sampson county. That
county sent nearly one hundred men,
women, boys and girls who were In
terested, in the convention of the
firmer*, of the housewives and in
title corn growing and tomato canning
features of the meetings. Sampson
lead the whole state, furnishing more
full-time visitors than Wake.
That the North Carolina Farmers'
Union will get sufficiently into the
governing business to bring to pass
the Initiative and referendum amend
ment to the constituttlon recently
proposed. Is inferred from the reso
lutions offered by the union at Its
ilosing session.
The union endorsed the measures
heartily. It not only placed itself on
record as favoring the principle, but
ft Is favorable to the nteasure offered
by the constitutional commission,
which finished its work here in July
North Carolina New Enterprises.
j Harper Motor Sales Company, of
Charlotte; authorized capital $25,000,
with $1,200 paid in by W. J. Crowell,
J. A. Rose and C. H. Gorman. Win
stead Produce* Company, of Wilm'.n
ton, authorized capital SIO,OOO, with
$5,000 paid In by A. S. Winstead, W.
H. Alderman and R. B. Moore. Brown-
Carter-Hendrick Company, of Winston-
Salem; tr> act as agents or brokers
in the business of writing ibsur
ance, etc.; authorize capital $50,000,
with $2,000 subscribed by W. Carey
Brown, W. E. Franklin, J. T. Carter
and V. D. Hendrick.
Examination For Poatofficea.
Examination of applicants for the
fourth-class postofllces which pay
less than SIBO a year will shortly be
undertaken by the postofflce depart
ment. Postofflce inspectors will visit
North Carolina and make a personal
investigation of the records and qual
ifications of the applicants for these
positions. The gigantic task of mak
ing up a list of eliglbles for these po
sitions, which President Taft cover
ed under the civil service rules, will
then be undertake^,
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Moere Countty Experimental Farm.
One of the big experimental farms
of Moore county is the 'Samarcand
plantation which is also one of the
first established. This is the place
that Ralph Page and R. W. Pumpelly
bought three or four years ago when
the fertility of the sandhill lands
commenced to receive attention. They
came down from New York and ae
cured several thousand acres.
Delegatee to Good Roads Meeting.
At a recent meeting of the chamber
of commerce and the Harnett County
Good Roads Association, two dele
gates from each township were ap
pointed to meet in Litllngton to pro
pose and select plans for a good
roads campaign in the county with
the idea of building roads under the
new township law. Some townships
are hardly ready for a bond issue, but
all the eastern part of the county is
demanding roads and several town
ships will begin an active campaign
to build roads.
Prisoner to Oct Bhort B«ntence.
The jury in the State against Rob
ert G. Thompson, charged with the
killing of Robert Beaver about the
first of August, while raiding a block
ading distillery In the famous Brushy
Mountain section, returned a verdict
of guilty of manslaughter after be
ing out for three hours. On the con
vening of court, Judge James L.
Webb, sentenced the prisoner to a
term of six months in the county Jail
but intimated that the sentence may
he reduced before the adjournment
of court.
FOOD SERVED IS UNCLEAN
Visiting Woman Inspected the Culin
ary Department of Hospital For
Insane and Makes Report.
Raleigh.—lf a prominent woman vis
itor is to be belisved the food prepared
for the inmates of the Central Hos
pital for the Insane hero is at least
unfit to eat from the standpoint of
cleanliness, if not actually product
ive of disease. .
Miss Julia Heath, of New York,
of the National Housewives' League,
featured the close of the State Con
vention of Farmers' Wives wit*. her
address, in which she gave an account
of a visit which she had made to the
asylum. She was wonderfully pleased
she said, with the lovely and well
kept grounds and splendid buildings,
but was Interested especially in the
culinary department and went on an
Inspection tour of it.
Here, she declared, the bread baked
for dinner and supper was stored
where roaches and flies were crawling
over it, the storage place for fresh
meats was so foul that she would not
have- gone into it for anything and
the vegetables were In much the
same condition. Althougn sue asked
her guide how food from such places
of Btorage could be fed to human
being* the aoawer is-not giveu
Meat being prepared for dinner,
said the Northern lady, was being
traveled over by verpiin. In tbe
kitchen, she says, she found the cook
making corn cakes with a greased rag
in her hand. Struck with the ap
pearance of the piece of cloth and
inquiring about the time It had been
used for its present purpose, the cook
answered, "about four months," and
according to Mrs. Heath was proud
of its longevity.
While attacking the conditions
found here, the speaker assured her
hearers that she finds conditions Just
as bad in similar institutions of oth
er states.
Governor Grants Four Pardons.
Governor Craig granted four par
dons. A. E. Weathlngton, Pitt coun
ty, is pardoned from six months' im
prisonment and SIOO fine on condition
that he give a SSOO bond for future
good behavior. Another pardoji is
for' J. G. Strickland, Johnston coun
ty, serving 12 months on the roads,
the condition being that he pay the
costs in the case and be sober and
industrious. Will Sanders, Montgom
ery county," is pardoned from an 18-
months' sentence on the roads for
blockading. He is to pay the costs In
his case and be of good behavior In
the future. The fourth-pardon is for
Chester Melton, Stanly countty, serv
ing eight months on the roads for
assault with deadly weapons.
Organize Good Roads Association
The citizens of Denton and the
surrounding towns and country met
and organized a good roads associa
tion, which will be known as the
Davidson and Randolph Highway As
sociation. The officers elected are:
Arthur Ross, president, Asheboro; J.
T. Sexton, vice president, Denton;
G. Dan Morgan, secretary-treasurer,
Denton. The proposed "road will Join
the capital and national highways,
branching off of the capital highway
ut Asheboro and joining the national
at Salisbury, Lexington or Thomas
vllie. Several thouand dollars have
already been subscribed.
Unusually Good Corn Crop.
Indications point to an unusually
good corn crop in and around Kln
ston. The climatic conditions have
been favorable and, although there is
possibly no increase in acreage, the
harveßt will net more in bulk than
did last year's or lhat of 1911. In
Wayne, Greene and Pamlico counties
the crop is reported to be far beyond
the average, while in Lenoir, Cra
ven, Duplin, Onslow and Jonea b
very good yield 1s expected.
Attorneys Have Spirited Race
Quite a spirited race was run at
Louisburg by Messrs. W. H. Ruffln
and W. M. Person, both prominent
attorneys of Louisburg, In the county
convention, rwcently railed by the
commissioners to nominate a succes
sor to Hon. James A. Turner, resign
ed, to represent, the county In the
approaching extra session of the leg
islature.
Teacher*' Association Program
The program committee of the
North Carolina Teachers' Association
adopted a tentative program for the
annual session to be held here Wed
nesday, Thursday and Friday of
Thanksgiving wee#, but the details
of the program will not be announced
until all of those who are invited to
take part have replied to the Invita
tion. It is declared that the events
arranged are the most attractive the
assembly has ever attempted and
that there is every indication that
there will be very few changes.
Montreat Conference Closes.
What is held to be the most sac
cessful annual conference in the his
tory of Montreat as a meeting place
for the Southern Presbyterian church
closed after having been in session
since July 6. The season Just over
has surpassed other seasons in sev
eral ways. One of the strongest pro
grams ever prepared has been car
ried out, many prominent speakers
having been heard on vital subjects.
A main feature of the conference has
been the course in the English Bible,
with one-hour studv each dav.
RATE CASE SETTLED
HIGH POINT FURNITURE MANU
FACTURERS WITHDRAW
THEIR COMPLAINT.
IS REDUCED 25 PER CENT
Lower Tariffs Are Put Into Effect
While Minimum Carload Weight is
Advanced 2,000 Poamh. —Case Dates
Back to November, 1912.
Raleigh.—A Bpeclal from Washing
ton states that the case of the South
ern Furniture Manufacturers Asso
ciation of High Point against the
Southern Railway and connecting
lines alleging unjust rates on furni
ture from North Carolina to Boston,
Baltimore, New York, Philadelphia
and other Eastern cities, was dis
missed by the interstate commerce
commission, following the withdrawal
of the complaint by the High Point
association.
The case dates back to November 1,
1912, when the High Point associa
tion complained to the commission
against rates from North Carolina to
Eastern cities which the Southern
Railway and its connections had
named effective December 1, 1912.
Following receipt of the complaint,
the commission suspended the oper
ation of the rate for three montht
at a time pending an investigation,
and by its last suspension it would
have become effective September 1.
Meanwhile the Southern Railway
has named other and lower rates be
tween these points, to take the place
of the suspended rate, In addition.
Its Eastern connections have ad
vanced the minimum carload weight
applying on chairs from Virginia
cities from 8,000 to 10,000 pounds, ne
cessitating the raising of the minimum
from North Carolina points. This au
tomatically reduced the rate 25 per
cent.
The complaint was based on th»
fact that the proposed rates were
greater than the sum of the local
rates from North Carolina points to
Norfolk and from Norfolk to Eastern
points, and therefore a violation of
the commerce laws. . -
N. C.'s Part in Battle of Gettysburg
Raleigh.—An elaborate and com
plete documentary history of North
Carolina's part in the battle of Get
tysburg is to be prepared and Issued
by the Gettysburg Battleground Com
mission, recently appointed by the
governor under tke authority of a
resolution passed by the last gen
eral assembly. This decision of the
commission was arrived at at a re
cent meeting held in this city. The
members of the commission are: Hon.
W. A. Montgomery, chairman; Hon.
C. n. Watson, Capt. I). C. Waddell,
Col. J. A. Long, Capt. W. F. Utley,
Col. J. Bryan Grimes, Hon. T. M.
Pittman, Mr. W. J. Peele, Mr. M.
C. S. Noble and I)r. D. H. Hill. Mr.
R. D. W. Connor is secretary of the
commission.
J. J. Holland Given Bond
Raleigh.—J. J. Holland, the Mill
brook man who shot and Instantly
killed Van Stewart, was given bond
In the sum of $2,000 following the
coroner's Inquest. Mr. Holland shot
Stewart with a shot gun and seeing
that he had killed the black man,
walked toward Raleigh. On the way
he suffered momentary Illness and
delayed his getting to Raleigh, but he
offered himself to the authorities
and told how it was. Such was the
feeling for him that Solicitor Norris,
who conducted the state's side of the
inveslgation, agreed to bond which
is large, but not one-fifth the amount
that he could have raised.
Young Farmer Struck By Train
Lexington. William Becker, a
young farmer of Tyro township, was
struck by a freight train at the Cot
ton Groce crossing and is In a pre
carious condition. He was driving a
mule and just as lie reached the mid
dle of the track the train struck him.
The mule was killed and the buggy
demolished. Becker seems to be In
jured internally.
Viaduct Over Long Creek
Charlotte. —Work has been begun
on the big viaduct oVer Long Creek
in Stanly county by the forces of
the Norfolk Southern Railway. This
undertaking has been the factor that
has been interfering with the con
struction of the line between Char
lotte and Mount Gilead but there is
nothing now to prevent its comple
tion being rapidly pushed. The,engi
neers estimate that it will requre
60 days to complete the job and also
finish the laying of the rails between
the terminal points, and Oharlotte.
To Recelvs Bid For Widows' Horns.
Raleigh. The state commission
for the erection of the North Carolina T :
Home for Wives and Widows of Con
federates at Fayettevllle has selected
plans proposed by Frank Simpson and
will receive sealed bids for the erec
tion of the building until September
15 when the contract is to be award
ed. The building Is to be two-stories
high with 20 ropms, each of the' bed
rooms having hot and cold water with
one bath room on each floor. The
structure will be of brtak with a slate
roof.