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SYNOPSIS.
Gaorn Perdval Almrnon Jones, vice-
president of the If tropolltmn Oriental Rug
oompany of New Tork, thirsting (or ro
mance, is In Cairo on a business trip.
Horace Ryanna arrlvM at the hotel In
cam with a carefully auardea Dunaie.
Ryanne aella Jonea the (amou holy Thl
ordea rue which he admlta having atolen
a pasha at Baa-dad.
CHAPTER IV. (Continued.)
Son light atepa. a rustle, and ha
wheeled In time to aea a woman open
a door, etand for a minute In the full
light, and dlaappear. It waa aha.
George opened the door of hla own
vroom, threw the) rug Inside, and tip
toed alone the corridor, stopping for
tbe briefest tlma to ascertain the
number of that room.: He felt vaatly
mora guilty In performing this harm
less act than In smothering hla men
tor. . - 'V .
I There waa no one In. tbe bead-por-tera
bureau; thus, unobserved and un
embarrassed, ha waa free to Inspect
the guest-list Fortune Chedsoye. Re
bad never aeea a name quite like that
Ita Quaiatness did not auggeat to him,
aa It 'bad dona to Ryanne, the pas
;t toral, th. bucqjlc Rather It remind
ed him of the. old French courts, of
rapiers and buckles, of powdered wigs
,and furbelows, - masks, aatrologera,
',; love-Intrigues, of all ; those : colorful,
mutable scenes so .' charmingly - de
.'. scribed by the genial narrator of the
.; exploits of D'Artagnan. And abruptly
( out of. thla age of Lebrun, Watteau
11 Mollere, reached an Ice-cold hand. If
' that elderly codger wasn't her father,
v who waa be and what?
Thai Malar for CUsnrrm hail innh-aA
j, him up alsc-r-waa In excellent trim for
his age, something of a military dandy
besides; but aa the-husband, of ao
young and exquisite a creature! Out
upon' (be) thought! - Ha might be her
guardian; or, at most, her uncle, bat
I, never her hneband. Tet (O poisonous
' doubt U, at "the, table aha had ignored
the Uifat, both hla Jests and hia at
tentions. " He bad aeea many wives,
joyfully from a safe distance, act to
ward their husbands in this fashion.
, Oh, rot! ff hi name waa Callahan
and hers - Chedsoye, they could not
noaslblv be tied in anv lesral bonds Ha
dismissed the Ice-cold hand and turned
again, t the ;coroforting warmth of hla
ardor t-":. '".-' . ' ""
Ji had never spoken to young wom
an,: without presentation, and on these
; rare occasions he had broached ' the
weather, suggested the possibilities of
the weather, and concluded with an
apostrophe on the weather at large. It
waa usually a valedictory. For be waa
: alwaya positive that he bd, scted like
a fool, and waa afraid to speak' to the
girl again. Never It failed, ten minutes
r( after the girl waa out of sight the
brightest and cleverest things crowd
ed upon his tongue, to be but waated
on tbe dert a!r. Ha waa not partlcu
1 '? ;d'of wooe'i older t! an
1 ;,r"'it'si"- And yet, had
' : ua'f t I V-fin aa tow's
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Asked a Hundred for It"
teeth strongly. It's an old aaylng that
he goea farthest who shuta hla teeth
longest Ha waa going to test tbe pre
cept by Immediate practice.
He had stood before tbe list fully
three mlnutea. Now he turned about
face, a singular elation tingling hla
blood. Once be aet hla mind upon a
thing, be went forward. He had loat
many pleasurable things in life be
cause be had doubted and faltered,
not because be bad reached out to
ward them and had then drawn back
He waa going to meet Fortune Ched
soye; when or how were but detalla.
And aa be discovered the) Major him
self Idling before the booth of the Eaat
Indian merchant he saw in fancy the
portcullis rise and the drawbridge fall
to .the caatle of enchantment He
strolled over leisurely and pretended
to be Interested In the caaa containing
mediocre jewels.
"Thla la a genuine Bokhara em
broidery r tbe Major waa inquiring.
"Oh. yea. air." .
"How old?" -
The merchant picked up the tag
and aqulnted at It "It la between two
and three hundred yeara old, air."
To George's opinion the goda them
selves could not have arranged a more
propltloua moment
"You've made a mistake," be Inter
posed quietly. "That la Bokhara, but
tbe atltcb la purely modern."
The dark eyea of the Indian flashed.
"The gentleman ia an authority T" sar
castically. "Upon that atyle of embroidery, ab
solutely," George amtled. And then.
without more ado, ha went on to ex
plain the difference between the an
tique and the modern. "Ton have one
good pieoa of. old Bokhara, but It ian't
rare. Twenty pounds would be a good
price for it" v;
Tbe Major laughed heartily. "And
jast this moment he aaked a hundred
for It I'm not much of a hand in
judging these things. I admire them,
but have no intimate knowledge re
garding their worth. Nothing tonight,"
he added to the bitter-eyed merchant.
The Oriental is Ilka the amateur fish
erman; truth is not In him. Ton seem 1
to be a keen Judge," aa they moved
away from the booth.
"I suppose it's because I'm Inor
dinately fond of the thlnga. I've really
a good collection of Bokhara em
broideries at homo In New Tork." 1
"Ton live in New Torkr with mild
interest The Major eat down and
graciously motioned for George to do
the same. "I need to live there; twen-ty-oddyearS
ago. But European travel
spoils America; the rush there, the
hurry, tbe clamor. Over here they
din, there they .eat . There's aa much
difference) between those two perform
ances aa there la between The Mikado
and Florodora. From Portland In
Maine to Portland In Oregon, the eatne
dress, aanve shops, aame ungodly high
buildings. Hera It la different; at the
end of every hundred miles.'
George agreed, conditionally. (The
Major .wasn't vary original in hia
views.) He would have abed hla last
drop of blood for hla native land, but
1 e was honest in acknowledging bar
' n I .ed In various c n
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1 v-L'.n 1.3 Hid 'ntally n.fii'loned
a r' ce, George wanted to shake hla
1.
T.a'.TJ'rr. Jones Join him with a
r t) f' "i on? !!r. Jones certainly
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AutW of HEARTS AND iASKS
Oio AAK ON THE BOX et&.
f Illvjslraliorvs hy AI.G.Kjtttajer-. . e a
COPVRIOHT
Fortune Chedsoye, and may Beelaebub
ahrlve blm if he could not manage to
control hla recalcitrant tongue.
Aa ha passed out of sight Major
Callahan smiled. It waa that old fa
miliar smile which, charged with gen
tle mockery, wa send after departing
foola. It was plain .that he) needed"
another peg to keep company witn we
first, for ba roae and gracefully wend
ed hia way Jown-etalre to tbe bar. Two
men were already leaning agalnat the
friendly, Inviting mahogany. There
waa a magnum of champagne stand
ing between their glasses. The Major
ordered a temperate wblaky and soda,
drank It, frowned at the magnum, paid
the reckoning, and went back up-atalrs
again. '
"Don't remember old friends, eh?"
said the shorter of tbe two men,
caressing bis Incarnadined proboscis.
"A smile wouldn't have hurt him any,
do you think?"
"Shut up!" admonished Ryanne.
"You know the orders; no recognition
on the public floors."
"Why, I meant no barm," the other
protested. He took a awallow of wins.
"But, dash it I here I am, more'n four
thousand mllea from old Broadway,
and still walking blind. When ia the
show to start?"
"Not ao loud, old boy. You've got to
have patience. You've bad soma good
pickings for tbe past three montha,
In the smoke-rooms. That ought to
soothe jrou."
"Wall, it doesn't Hera I come from
New York, three months ago, with a
wad of money for you and a great
game in sight It takes a week to And
you, and when I do , , . Well, yon
know. No sooner are you awake, than
what? Off you go to Bagdad, on tbe
wildest gooee-chaae a man ever heard
of. And that leavea me with nothing
to do and nobody to talk to. I could
have cried yeaterday when I got your
letter aaying you'd be in today."
"Well, I got It"
"The rug?"
"Yea. It waa wild; But after what
I'd been through I needed something
wild to steady my nerves; some big
danger, where I'd almply have to get
together."
'And you got it?" There waa frank
wonder and admiration in tbe pursy
gentleman'a eyea. "All alone, and you
got it? Honeatr
"Honest Tbey nearly bad my bide.
though."
"Where la Itf ..
"Sold." "isTi-' r
"Who?" . -r - -
"Perclval.
"Horace, you're a wonder, If there
ever waa one. Bold It to Perclval!
You couldn't beat that In a thouaand
years. You're a great man."
"Praise from Sir Hubert"
"Who's be?"
"An. authority on several matte re."
"How much did he give you for it?"
"Tut tut! It waa all my own little
jaunt Wallace. I ahould hate to lie
to you about it"
"What about tha stake I gave your'
Ryanne made a aign of dealing
cards. :
"Threw it away on a lot of duba,
after all I've taught you!"
"Carda aren't my forte."
"There's a yellow atreak In your
hide, somewhere, Horace."
"There ia; but it la the tigers strip,
my friend. What I did with my money
ia my own bualneaa."
"Will aha allow for that?" V
"Would It matter on way or tha
other?" ...'v.:-', --J:"v"
"No, I don't suppose It would. Some
times I think you're with us aa a huge
joke. You dont take tha gam aerl
oua enough." Wallace emptied his
glass and tipped tha bottle carefully.
You're out of your claaa, somehow."
,"So? v ,
"Yea. You have always struck tarn
as a man who waa hunting trouble for
on end." . 'f
'And that?" Ryanne seemed inter
ested. '
Wallace drew hla Anger across his
throat Ryanne looked him squarely
in the eye and nodded affirmatively.
"I don't understand at alL"
"Yon never will. Wallace, old chap.
I am the prodigal son whoa brother
ate the fatted calf before I returned
bom. I had a letter today. She
will be hero tomorrow eometlma. You
may have to go to Port Said, if my
plan doeant mature."
The Ludwlg?"
"Yea."
"Say, what a Fran aha would have
made tb right man!"
Ryanne did not answer, but glow
ered at hla glaaa.
"Tbe United Romano and Adven
ture Company." Wallace twirled hla
glaaa. "If you're a wonder, ahe'a a
marvel. A Napoleon in petticoats! It
doea make fellow grin, when you
look it all over. But thla ia going to
be her Austerllta or her Waterloo.
And you really got the rug; and on top
of that, you have aold it to George P.
A. Jones! Here's .
"T'ai.y barrr returns," lron!cp.!?y.
T'.f-y f ' '1 t"ie bottle v.' ' t
r r t 1- wps no c ' 1-
I y 1 l 'H'.t fond cf ,' 1 v ,
t.t t a ! f - r drarS. t a t r
r V. t 1 . . I "O who 1 9 I 1
in f e h..Vt of g .ardlcg (" us
s- t bico e t.i":;urn In t: 'r c - J
From time to time, tit", 'y, f e
appeared sgainst one of li.e lr, " ,
Just above the halfurt 'i. a 1 n,
dark face, which, in prof.:, r- 1
tv9 kite tbe tooled beak, t!e ws
f I, !: 'ul r, a. TS?T V t i
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1911 ty DODOO - jnEKRILI. CXJIrlPArlT
er waa bandaged. In fact, the face ex
blblted general Indlcationa of rough
warfare, the akin broken on the bridge
of tha nose, a freshly healed cut un
der tha seeing eye, a long strip of
plaster extending from tbe ear to tha
mouth. There waa nothing of tbe bag'
gar In his mien. His lean throat waa
erect, hla cbln protrusive, the set of
bla shoulders proud and defiant Oral'
nartly, tbe few lingering guides would
rudely have told him to be off about
hla bualneaa; but they were familiar
with all turbana. and In the peculiar
twlat of thla on, aolled and ragged
though it waa, they recognised some
prince from the eastern deserts. Pres
ently he strode away, but witb a still
ness which tbey knew cam from long
Journeys upon racing-camels.
George dreamed that night of magic
carpets, of sad-eyed matdena, of fierce
Bedoulna, of battlea in the desert of
genii swelling terrifically out of squat
bottles. And once he rose and turned
on the llghta. to assure himself that
the' old Yhiordea waa not a part of
these vivid dreams.
He was up ehortly after dawn, in
white riding-toga, for a final canter to
Mena House and return. In two days
more be would be leaving Egypt be
hind. Rather glad In one senae, rath
er sorry In another. Where to put the
rug was a problem. He might carry
it In his steamer-roll; it would be
handier there than in tha bottom of
hla trunk, atored away la the ahlp's
hold. Besides, bla experience had
taught him that ateamor-rolla were
only Indifferently Inspected. You will
observe that the luater of hla high
Ideals waa already dimming. He rea
soned that inasmuch aa be waa bound
to smuggle and lie. It might be well to
plan something artistically. He wished
now that he waa going to apend Christ
mas in Cairo; but It waa too late to
change his booking without aerloua
loss of Urn and money.
He had a light breakfast on the
veranda of th Mena House, climbed
up to the deeert, bantered the donkey
boys, amuaed himself by watching the
descent of some German tourists who
had climbed tbe big Pyramid before
dawn to witness tbe sua rise, and
threw pennies to tb horde of blind
beggars who Instantly swarmed about
him and demanded. In the name of Al
lah, a competence for the rest of their .
days. He finally escaped them by
footing It down th incline to th ho
tel gardena, where hla horse stood
waiting.
It was long after nine when be alld
from th aaddl at the aid entrance
of th Semlramle. He waa on hla way
to the bureau for hia key, when an
exquisitely gloved hand lightly touched
hla arm.
"Don't you ' remember me, Mr.
Jones T' said a voice of vocal honey. -.
George did. In hia confusion he
dropped his pith-helmet and In stoop
ing 'to pick It up, bumped Into tbe por
ter who had rushed to his aid. Re
member her! - Would he ever forget
her? . He never thought of her with
out dubbing hlmaelf an outrageous ass.
He straightened, hla cheeka afire;
bluahtng waa another of those uncon
trollable aeinlnltiea of hla. It waa
really ahe, coma out of a paat he had
hoped to be eternally lnresuscltant;
tbe droll, the witty woman, to whom
in one mad moment of liberality and
Oalahadlam he had loaned without se
curity one hundred and fifty pounds at
the roulette tables In Monte Carlo;
ahe, for whom he had alwaya bluabed
when he recalled how easily ah had
mulcted him! And here ahe waa, ae-
rene, lovely as aver, unchanged.
"My dear,"aaid the stranger (George
couldn't recall by what name he had
known hr); "my dear,", to Fortune
Chedsoye, who stood a little behind
her, "thla la th gentleman I've often
told you about You were at school
at the time. I borrowed a hundred and
fifty pounda of him at Monte Carlo.
And what do you think? When I went
to pay him back the next day, he waa
gone, without leaving the slightest
clue to hla whereabouts. Ian't that
droll? -And to think that I ahould
meet him here!"
That her name had slipped hla
memory, if Indeed he had ever known
it waa true; but on thing lingered
Incandeecently in hla mind, and that
Hithorto Slranacr to Fear
u't Now Hia Had Run Afls'nrt Some
thing That Cauaea me nerve
Forsake Him.
t, - .ia in answer to VOUT ad
vertisement You aald you wanted
to employ a man who was , a . total
stranger to fear.
"Are you a brave man?"
. "I am, air. I have given proof of
my courage in many parts of the
world."
"Year ' - '
"I have facel bulleta in Mexico and
machetes in C ta." .
rood I
"I tipped to e "-ad the missionaries
l t the 1 -srs, ana 1 t -
t t at the a!' of Fort Arthur."
"i.e."
'I bsv fo- " t the lr.furlritei w'ma
of r "Q boy 1 1 t' msii-lane-l tuU
e', i cl ( 1 A? IA r-i I
a t t.rois; i ! 1 r n tuaacr
t ou. : r ."
"You ap:n ; ' t i. ..a I J.t
1 jou ! - f n r t n
a ' I 1 1 r ' ?
'
Thla la tha Gentleman I've
waa, be had written ber, following
minutely her own apeclflo directions
and inclosing hla bankere address in
Paris, Naples and Cairo; and for many
paaalnga of moons he had opened his
foreign mall eagerly and hopefully.
But hop must have something to
feed upon, and after a struggle lasting
two yeara, ah rendered up th ghost
. . It wasn't the loas of money that
hurt; it waa tbe finding of dross metal
where be supposed there was naught
but gold. Perhaps his later shyneaa
was due aa much to this disillusion
ing incident as to hla middle names.
"Isnt it droll, my dear?" th n-
chantreaa repeated; and George grew
redder and redder under the beautiful,
grateful eyea. "I muat give him a draft
thla very morning."
"But . , . Why, my dear Ma
dame," stammered George. "You muat
not , . I . . .. "
Fortune laughed. Somehow tb qual
ity of that laughter pierced George's
confused brain aa sometime a abaft
of aunllght rips Into a fog. auddenly,
atiletto-llke. It waa full of malic. -
;- CHAPTER V.
The Girl Who Waant Wanted.
If any one wronged George, defraud-
. . . . Jj. w 1
ea mm 01 money or ciwuii, am was al
ways ready to forgive, agreeing that
perhapa half the fault had been hla.
This waa not a sign of weakness, but
of a aense of Justice too well leavened
with mercy. Humanity errs In tbe one
aa much aa in the other, doubtless
with some benign purpose In perspec
tive. Now, it might be (bat thla charm
ing woman had really-never received
bla letter; such things have been
known to go astray. In any case be
could not aay that he had written.
That would have cast ,a doubt upon
her word, an unpardonable rudeness.
So, for-ber very beauty alone, he gave
ber the full benefit 01 the doubt
"You muatnt let the matter trouble
you in tb least" be said, hla helmet
now nicely adjusted under hla arm.
"It waa ao long ago I had really for
gotten all about It" Which waa very
well aald fos. George.
"But I haven't I have often won
dered what you muat have thought of
me. Monte Carlo la such a place! But
I muat present my daughter. I am
Mra. Chedsoye."
'I am glad to meet you, Mr. Jonea;"
and in th aad eyea there waa a glim
mer of real f rlendllneea. More, an
extended her hand.
It waa well worth while, that hun
dred and fifty pounda It waa well
worth tbe pinch here and the pinch
there which had succeeded that loan.
"So that's the job, la Itr replied th
man of courage, and broke Into a
cold perspiration and a run for the
door aimultaaeoualy.
Quite Unique.
Ray T, Baker, warden of tbe Nevada
penitentiary, la abolishing, with suc
cess, all the brutalizing rules of th
old-time prison system. Mr. taker'
prisoners lead healthy. Industrious
lives. They study and they work.
And on leaving prinon thy en- In
boneet labor. "Our Institution," Mr.
Baker sail to a rtjvorter, "Isn't much
1" a a r ' -r i.rtory I once vluited ia
ny j. '1. "'A v-ry atracga tVr
I 1 li t'.'s r formatory bat k la
"i ), a vf! ; :i f'l to me.' "Tea?
A ,1 v ' t i U .tr I asked, "t aa
of our .:.: ..i.a.'a,' be replied, "reform-'
"
Evolution Idea,
troll put forth b',s theory of "epl-
f ' W ia 17:3. Lsnarck, In 1S,
t -1 i f a theory t' -'t all enl-
r s l;:i 1 -- '1 c-v';' 1 ttira "r:o
, - - t -, 3 T ' cf !..-.' ..-j
. ' i i I- i t i
Often Told You About"
For ha had determined to return to
America with a pound or two on hla
letter of credit and tbe success of
this determination waa baaed upon
many a sacrifice In comfort, sacrifices
he had never confided to bla parents.
It waa not in the nature of thlnga to
confess that the first woman he had
met In his wanderings ahould have
been the Uat Aa he took tb girl's
hand, with th ulterior Intent of hold
lng it till death do ua part, be won
dared why aba had laughed like that
The echo of It still rang ia his ears.
And while be could not have described
It, be knew instinctively that it had
been born of bitter thought
Tbey chatted for a quarter of an
hour or mora, and managed famously,
It seemed to him that Fortune Cbed-
aoye was tbe first young woman he
had ever met who could pull away
sudden barriers and open up pathway
for aneech. who. when h was about
to Sounder into some cul-de-sac, guided
him adroitly Into an alley round It
Not once waa It neoeaaary to drag
in the weather, that perennial If
threadbare topic He waa truly aatoa-
lahed at tha eaaa with which be sua
talned hla part In the conversation.
and began to think pretty well of
hlmaelf. It did not occur to him mat
when two clever and attractive women
aet forth to make a man talk (al
ways excepting he la dumb), they nev
er fall to succeed. To do thla tbey
contrive to bring the converaatioa
within the amall circle of hia work,
hia travela, hie preferences, hla ambl.
Hons. To be sure, all thla Is not fully
extracted In fifteen mlnutea, hut a
woman obtalna in that time a good
idea of tha ground plan.
Two distinct purposes controlled th
women In this instance, una aeairea
to interest him, while tb other sought
tK learn whether he was stupid or oniy
shv. ' , 'v
At last whan ho left them to change
hla clotbea and hurry down to Cook's,
to complete the bargain forha Yhior
dea, he had advanced ao amaungiy
well that they had accepted his invi
tation to the polo-match that after
noon. He felt that Invialble Mercuri
al wings had sprouted from hla heela,
for in running up tha stairs, he was
aware of no gravitatlve resistance.
That this anomaly ' (an acquaintance
with two women about whom he knew
nothing) might be looked upon
askance by those who conformed to
tha lawa and by-lawa of aoclal usages,
worried him not In the least On tb
contrary, he waa thinking that he
would be the envy of every other man
out at the club that afternoon. " ,
(TO BB CONTINUED.) ; .
These were what may be called th
beginnings of th theory of evolution.
In 18C9 Mr. Darwin came along with
bis "Origin of Species," which ha sup
plemented (in 1171) with bis "Descent
of Man." In 1873 Haeckel published his
"History of Creation," aince which
time the theory has worked ita way
throughout the reading world. It is
generally conceded that evolution la
not necessarily atheistic
Dog Policeman Trave's Eeat
An Irish-terrier named Jerry, which
haa developed a wonderful capacity
for polio work, ia row stationed at
Surbiton, England. 1i terrier, own.
ed by a aerar.t cf th Metropolitan
police, knows a:l tLe "beats" In the
district, ar,l always accorrrat.ic-s his
master -wtf a making patrol by eye!.
Jerry's "erec'aUty" ia la tb certur
lrg of a'ray er. -Tbfe be lures ia
a tr:. k-Z'T manner to ta polio '
tion, and then mouuU guard at tha
gate until th derelict receivea oH:cii4
attention.
Champagne Bottles.
Great skill is required In' manufac
turing champngn bottles, which must
be almost ir.ufhe s ' n'.'.y even in tha
tMckneas of tie g'- . Tha g'a must
be rrf .t!y t ' r 1 t'- t ' ft
P"t ! 1 (-' f I ? t ) I j J
Raeford. At a mass meeting of tha
cltlzena of the town a unanimous vote
waa taken for the purpose of amend
ing. the town charter
Elisabeth City. Declaring' that J.
Fenton Towe, a prominent young bus
iness man of Cbapanoke, bad ruined
hia alster, Murden Stokely shot blm
through tbe brain and cooly awaited
the officer on tbe acene of tbe kill
ing. Scotland Neck. An election has
been called for a vote on achool bonds
here on Tuesday, April 1, for an is
sue of not more than $16,000 to pay
the Indebtedneaa Incurred aome time
ago In erecting tha present school
building.
Greensboro. The' city commission
ers of Greensboro have ordered . a
twilln miiiiii fif tha town tn dnten.
f"w -
mine just bow many people reside In
the corporate limits and like w lee to
obtain other information of Import
ance. Charlotte. According to an agree
ment reached by thos Interested In
the "Made In Charlotte" exposition
held laat year land tha Greater Char
lotte Club, there will not be a con
centrated exposition given here this
May 20.
Charlotte. That the $50,000 school
bond issue will successfully run tha
gauntlet of the legislature and like
wise the requeat, for an election on
the proposal, to increaae the city
achool tax from 20 to 30 centa ia tha
news that cornea from Raleigh.
Fayettevllle. A unique and prob
ably the only monument of Ita kind
in the South haa just. been erected
In old Croea Creek cemetery, thla city,
nnlv a faw faAt fmm tha anldlftrn'.
hafta which waa reared by the pa-,
triotio women of Fayettevllle It per
petuates tbe memory of nine brothers
who enlisted in the Confederate army
in 1861. . , ,
Spencer. A young man having In
hla pocket an envelope addressed to
J. H. Johnston, Bessemer City ,but
otherwise unidentified, was found be
side the railroad track, near tha
city limit of Lexington, after the
paaslng of No. 35, tha back of hia head
crushed and It la thought that bo fell
off No. S5, waa knocked off or ran
down.
Ashevllle. The resignation of Adju
tant General Lawrence W. Young aa
their regular weekly meeting. Adju-
city clerk of thla city waa accepted
by the Ashevllle board of aldermen at
their regular weekly meeting. Adju
tant General Young tendered the res
ignation several weeks ago although
It waa not accepted because of tbe de
sire of the city council .that be sign
certain bonda which were Issued dur
ing the time that he waa the clerk.
Klnston. A rural directory of I-
nolr county, the first yet publiahed for
public uae, is juat from the press. The
directory ia a .comprehensive work,
covering fully the various rural de
livery routes radiating from Klnston
and LaOrange, Explanatory notes
ahow whether the peraona listed are
tenanta or ' landlorda. Twenty-five
hundred at th book have been print
ed, and distributed in the farm homes
throughout the county. ' An Increaae
In the number may be necessary.
Aahnvllle After belnc out for 80
consecutive houra'the jury In the case
of the State agalnat John Huff a negro
charged' with the murder of Patrol- .
man McConnell on July 4, 1911, came
Into the court with the announcement
that It waa unable to reach a verdict -and
Judge Steven C. Bragaw. there
upon ordered a mistrial. Huff waa re
turned to the county jail, where there
Is incarcerated another "John Huff",
aliaa Wess Brewer, also a negro, wbo
six months ago waa tried for the kill-.'
lng of McConnell. A '
Charlotte. Much interest centera
in the bill that haa been Introduced
in tbe legislature authorising the
commissioners of Mecklenburg county
to Issue bonds aggregating $216,000
with which to fund ita floating indebt
aitnaaa. hulM a new eountv jail and
construct certain highway bridges.
Tbe basis of this action as recapitu
lated in the preliminary sections of
the proposed bill and will prove of
Interest to residents of the city and
county as indicating juat what ia the
financial atatua of the county.
Ashevllle. Following the announce
ment of - the superintendent of city
wuw-v , .u . - - . r
grapha will be inatallod in all of the
mihllc Institutions of learning, comeg
Ahmica . , n in. airwT mar u n i 11 1
the call of the Central Labor Union
for a maas meeting for the discussion
of the situation here. 4
' Spencer. . Preparations are being
made for the opening of a new post-,
office at Eaat Spencer. The office has
juat been author-feed and W. J. Jlatley
appointed poatmaster. The cltlxena
of Eaat Spencer have' been without
a mall service aince the free delivery
waa atopped laat falL '
Wilson. The police seem to have
landed the bad negro who haa caus
ed ao much trouble In the eaat end
of Wilson. Bud Taylor, 'a stranger '
here, but evidently with a record, is
In jail charged with three attempts
at hold-upr In one day.
Washington. The Standard Mirror
Company and the Snow Lumber Com
pany of High Point have complained
to the Interstate commerce commis
sion of high, unreasonable discrimina
tory and unlawful ratea on glass from
t ittsburg and Toledo against the
Pennsylvania, Lake Ehore and Michi
gan Southern. .
Sou!! f rn Tines. A wing of t';e
Gladmon Sanitarium, Boar Southern
Pines, was destroyed by fire. Prompt
action by the fire company save,! te
main portion of the bulging. T' j
patients were carried out from t'
beds and rescued.
Raleigh. The senate passed the J
tlce anti-trust bill with several minor
amendments. One amendment that
came from the senate comml'tee
strikes out the wotJs "aa imira as n
percentiim In c"-".'f f:.'.:i f '
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