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tuttrSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1935 THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER Page 7 ' "I THE STORY -Hen Elliott from ,1 tm s; r.alies his entry Into fvii of Tincup by ie .;.!' J'uval, "kinK of tlie ; iu'ii tiully, in a log-birl-i.-',i,.tt h:is hrniiu-ht nlnnir ' , . iin Stuart, who had been 4 ";' i-...-,eh ' Tincuii, but Nicholai .. . t.nvn's Ipiiriinu ritizen. .Hla t's presence. to leave town and Kb !1W the act, knocka bin i n. is arrested. ,vTi;ii II. Elliott finds a friend .r ij Armitase. to whom he 'IS ii ' th-it he has come to town fS i. . i heard It was a touli J ,,; t.r' j... The Judge hires him to " .. lumber ramn. the Hoot TV. ti.- 1. II:- don has not been able 2 :. ,is belonBS to Pawn Mr ,! .iKhter of Brandon's old vV has disappeared with a '.-e hansinK over his head. wamli- im'iiiK j i j . Bratiaon seuua Allv Pinal to beat up Ben, and Ben 'j ;;, i !n a list fiKht and throws jd,,,' ' J camp. Old Don Stuart 'i; !, ,lVir.ff a letter for Elliott, "to ST :.ta the going becomes too ttufh " Hon refuses to open the let .tr ii ;. t i i:i . bollevine he can win te ' 1v his own efforts. ; ;u:i' 'peni'(l nis mourn: worus , i il. I TTT J niuull tint oi'iiie. well, 1 ni uoiiHic-u ' invailifl tinully. "Uere met) by ye've git tli' club tliut'll drolve him out uv 3' country 'ud ye ain't even curious our t.t :" Ji.-m.iTf cn-iU'd "Mn vhf it's n.lv i 4ck man's dream, Bird-Kye. And afain tuny ( Its' an . an ace iu te 'hoi.,- I've never yet looked (it my tpie carl until I'm beaten on the tbanl. I'm "t beaten yet. by a Ions WB.Ii." illinl Kc scratched his head S"N", not jet. 'Nd may th' saints kt " ye evir as far from a llckin' as j a-"' i.oiv, I'.en Elliott! Rut . . . I'd tike to bet my noble tourin' car thut ofctil 1'otiijy wrote sometliln' to do njtli th'. Uillin' av Sam Faxson. I ).:!'" "'cll, ymi can't get iiny takers here. Sin! T.'vo. Not tonight. Into the hay, rir. ,'mhI let ine sleep." , . And nl'.out the time .Hen Elliott bur fBwe.i into his pillow and shed respon fMjity ,iin perplexing probloins, Kich-l.-is j:;-;!iij,.n turned In the pacing of Ifls 0M (ni l iii hffwise desi'i-ied Olllce 4l 1 cu !;,,, his head--' iilertjy. II was nt uint-nnl !,,r him to he late In his lire. i:m those drawn shades and fkis 'itiiik. restless, harried march to V'l fr". around and about, nnd that jersi)';r:tri.i!i which beaded his fore tead. and the sudden stoppings and Ssteifeis at tlie slightest sound . . . Jiose were iiirt usual for a man so , roiuhly established in Ins com 'wily tliat he dictated every phase of s life Mi,i activity. J He si. ipotl after a time and open Pi; -a 'lia;.ver of his big desk took from a lif.ule of whisky, shook himself )1 ;ii:it;rred softly, - For a time he . . A Clear Head Now! It in his hands, dtbating. Then, J-1 nnality, muttered: "No. . . . A fear head now !" He shut the liquor Us place and resumed his pacing. Nicholas Brandon may have ruled 'n!p and the surrounding country J'tfr on iron absolutism. He may have a deserved reputation for being a 'f;iiffl, a resourceful man. But ?"i?;,ti alone In his office, remember f ? the words and looks and gestures I: r' I;ye Blaine, a lowly employee r ati insolvent venture, seeing again 9 Hash of that letter waved before 5s "es, he was no commanding figure. aS a frightened man, a haunted' n, battling to retain a hold on him- CHAPTER IV Efetl Elliott hnH hosn ni, ti.. l-i. i wv-u vu lutj 'OOt Owl llicf trrn !,- . . , - . j. v iiuie Armi- e was with him for the night Ben fM tireless, It seemed. Since the be V nnmff, he had labored daytimes, tph mefl u""l te at night, and now ?- spent another hour with Able try--3. as he said, to make every 'dime rj- like a dollar. IsZli?1" .HiS fa'Ce t00k on I smile-as they finally folded their "No. papers. "I haven t had much time to think about anything but pateliing up this outfit and getting It to function, but through it all one tiling's kept hob bing up so often it's got my curiosity on its bind legs. "Who was Mc.Maniis? What about Sam Fasson? 'hre does the little girl you're guardian tor come in?" "Little girl!" Able said, startled and then smiled. "Why, Oawn Is " "I keep hearing about those men Mc Manus and Faxson and how liramlon is trying to beat you down so he can cheat the orphan child. How about it all?" Abie's smile died out. He shoved up his spectacles and rubbed his sleepy eyes. "We haven't had much time for hi tory, have we? I'd Intended to giv.. you the story of this property hut we've been so concerned with bank balances and paper duo and break downs and such tilings that I just haven't had time. "I'll have to make a long story short ; Just hit the high spots. First, Nich olas Brandon and Denny McManus came Into this country when they weren't much more than boys. They were the first hardwood operators in this country. The pine had been skinned out, but not ninny hardwood camps had at that time gotten this far from the centers of things. They'd had some experience nnd a little 'money but they hit at the rigiit time, picked up a raft of timber for a song and started turning It Into a fortune. "McManus was married and had the daughter, Dawn. Brandon never mar ried. Just when they were swinging nicely, everything running smooth as butter, McManus' wife died. He was as deeply in love as any man I've ever seen and It sent him completely to pot. lie i took to heavy drinking and got himself in a bad way. "Of the two, Denny was tlie more popular. He was friendly-.' charitable, had a heart as big as a camp stove and as soft as a sponge. He'd go the route for anybody. Why probably you've never even heard this When old Don Stuart rimmed tlie company it was McManus who stood in the. way of prosecution. Don had cruised and bought a lot of stuff for them. lie al ways had been, a drinker himself and on one spree got into some sort of mess and crooked the company out of three or four hundred dollars. Enonirb. anyhow, to let himself In for a long term in iho penitentiary if they'd pushed it. Brandon wanted to prose: cute, all right, but Mt'Manus stood up for Don. That was typical of the man: friendly, forgiving, a ...real human be lug, if you understand. "But Mac went to pieces hini.si'i1'. Ho would be olT on a bender lor weeks at a time and scarcely get over the s ,."kes before he'd start on another. Finally he got so bad that Brandon sent him out to a hunting camp on the liver with a line old 'trapper named Sam Faxson. Great old character, am. Brmdon figured and it seemed reason ablethat Sam could keep Mac away from booze, you see. He was thoio a week or so, tapering off gradually,, see ing nobody but Sum. Brandon was working away like, a nailer, buying up a lot of stuff for himself, probably figuring that if .vIi'Manns didn't straighten up he'd operate on his own hook. McManus had .'this Hoot Owl tuff cinched in his own panic before he went bad. "Well, one night we were In the middle of a . throe-day . buzzard, am' Sam Faxson stumbled into Don Stuart's shanty on !he edge of town, shot through the arm and .'rozen so badly that he died the next afternoon. Dons story" voice slowing and a linger rais ing for emphasis "was tluit taxson told him McManus had gotten out of booze and turned ugly and that when he Sam tried to prevent him fr.m) starting for town after more whisky he went wild at Sam and shot him. He was hit In the arm, had to have belt) nnd in trying to get it suffered more exposure than any man could stand. "Well, that caused a great stir! A party hit straight out for the camp and couldn't find hide nor hair nor sign of Mac. A couple of old trailers agreed that somebody had gone don to the river below the camp the -nuht that Fasson was shot. The Mad Wom an is swift at that bend and never freezes. The trail seemed to go n,ht to the edge of the stream and the ac- ....- ' .,.. irAlnm,c real- ' cepiea tneory was mm mtjiouuo, ---lzlng what I he'd done, had drowned himself. The fact that nothing has ever been seen or heard of him since lends strength to that supposition. , "An inquest was held, on Don's story a warrant was issued for McManus and so It stands, after all these years." , He rubbed his face again, "Now. that's that. The thing that s Stuck in the minds of some of us Is this: that McManus. under no circum stances, ever showed a quarrelsome Streak, let alone giving evidence of be ing a killer. However," with a shrug "he'd been on a long, long tie paused and shook his head. 1 Iheu went on : j 'Brandon carried on the narniuKhin and loss h s own interests, buying tils own in the name .if the fi-. ...... i ului nuu sail- m-, t.iem in the mill. He bought ri-ht I and leu. left and right. As soon' as , auouier n..ui would plan to operate ; nere i; . out. I indon would try to buy him he couldn't buy at his own n.us commenced to happen to , figure :h: that a,. in Duval has figured in a g.M... many failures:" nodding pro tound:.v. -The ,,ian seemed to be oh ny tlie Idea that he must owu ail ;.ie timber in he locality. "liraily i: eauie down to this piece., owned by M, -Maims, which one was i'ie iii-t winch Brandon that he didn't have. He i wanted and oiimieiu-ed to joekey so he could ''t title to it. Ho. huUe of probate onier w ith a peti i declared legal- mer ( umi'beil wa j then. Ni,-u went t,i n, tion in have M.-M.inu ly dead mi jiie ovat bated and h;s Mac had been ie such an arrangement ' could be pro r disused of. even years and ould lie brought about aceordini; to law yon Pv-e. 'However. Homer got tlie notion that Brandon was a mite too anxious..-satisfied himself Hint while Brandon was getting rich personally the partner ship was In a bud way. ami decided that he wouldn't - be a party to any scnetne to rob an estate. i nat ended llomei politically. Nick put up another candidate and trimmed us properly and we knew that w lien the new Judge came in he'd take orders from Brandon. So Homer surprised lrandon by reopening the McManus matter, declaring h!ni legally dead and appointed me administrator for the estate and guardian for Dawn." His stomach shook with his chuck ling at that. "Xick was pretty mad, all right! I commenced to pry Into tilings, found that the partnership books certainly did look bad and decided to take a licking there and sold out the Mc Manus Interest. We were stung, all right, but there was no use sipieaiing. I took the money, pnij up the niorl gage on the Hoot Owl, sent Dawn off to school In tlie East where- she wouldn't be known as the daughter of a murderer a cloud which was mis shaping her whole life--nnd tried to make some money for her. "That's how It stands to date. I've fulled. We're on the ragged edge ; tlie estate right now. considering the 'loca tion of tills timber In Brandon's terri tory .'as a liability. Is Insolvent, Dawn's bad to come back here to live where she's unhnppy and what's -ahead of us depends on you." Ben gave awry smile! "This killing thing, 'now. . . . Did anybody ever suspect Brandon?" Aide shook his head. "Faxson and McManus were alone And McManus disappeared. I know what's in your mind. I'.en. But there was nothing to support the suspicion." He sat silent a moment ami then asked drily : "Haven't read old Don's letter yet?" "Not yet." "A stitch In lime, you know. And Brandon was afraid of lion on account of something-In the past." Ben grinned. "I'm superstitious. I don't like to use all I've got until I have to: don t even like to look at niv hole card." "Well. Its your message, that let ter; your property," Able said. "And the nut's going to get tougher fast. I hate to think what'd happen if we had to stop sawing for two or three days right now. A shutdown cer.'ainly would put temper into the sliolj of the nut, I 'en. ami" . lie slopped short. Into tl.c stillness of the n started t hew i idon mi ranie a milil ied snout. l;eii 'his feet and . Mile turned H I I'm in Hie. direct ion of 1 he sound. "Fire!" a wailing voice cried, mill's on lire!" Butler could be heard bounding from i his bed In the next room. Able lurched to the door to see Ben Elliott ..flying i toward the mill-yard, Silhouette.! i against Ihe dull glow, of angry llaiire which -showed through cracks in .the mill.. - ';-.' The wide doorways to tlie . .ground floor, were rectangle-- of. dull oratiL-e. The. fire was In there, beneath t1": deck, under the carriage. Pitting info th' verv vitals of the null. A water barrel stood beneath the slide,. Its bticket dangling from a stick laid across the top. but the barrel was emptv. Ben seized the bucket, smashed the. thin Ice that had formed over the I hot pond, filled his. pail nnd ruhed through the open daorwavs into the smnke. He had a clear sense of Ijl ler's voice crying the alarm and of an swering shouts as the men began turn ing out of their blankets. Ben soused his bucket of water into the heart of the burning area tin 1 It scattered the blaze with w sound. The flame did not go only scattered. A belch -of screened It for ad Instant, pn blot on the savage brilliance, the next breath the flame In again, licking hungrily thron Water, bordering the orange red and blue streamers. His eves and bis reason . men. wnat bis nostrils had. - : iing t : it earn ag a if In hold the with d him, iied to register in his first exoitrt: f rit. "Gasoline!" he panted as he ran out, colliding with Buller ill the door way. ""Somebody .touched l.er off !' . . . Soaked with gasoline 'n there. . . Look, it's spreading fas: ;". The fire was spread --, and no mis taking the fact Thr .--h the smoke they could see the -flames .lenping from that gas-drenched Ii"or clear to the ceiling and then: spreading, right and left and ahead, thwarted, momentarily by heavy planks In their dance hut. by that very stoppage, given fresh food for growth. (To be Continued next week) ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE NORTH CAROIJV.A, HAYWOOD COUNTY. Having qualified as Administra trix ef tlie estate .if T. F Edwards. Deceased, this is to rotit'y all jWsons that h;ive claims ajrtnt said estate to tlie faint within one year or this not.ee will ;ie ple.ni. j in "bar of their lecovery. All persons that are due the est.,!-- anything are hereby noti fied to set'.e at once. This Jan. olst. i SCOTT HOWARDS, Adininis'.ia'.rix of T. V Kiiwavds. . L'S.14 l eu. ;-14-21-.Mar. 7-14 NOTICE OK TRUSTEE SALE li'o,'., at On Monday, March -lib. l: twelve o'clock, noon, at the court House door in file town ef Wax m -sville ilaywis,! County, North l aioiina. w.:, .-el! at public ouUiv to '.he high c.-i indue:- tor cash, the tol -u'.i- and ptemisos. lying and .n ( ec.i i'ounhi'. Haywood t and more particularly iicv r.i; ,! i.iw : iw ing being ointy . loi III War poii-s tllcr.ee 1 N N i N li mi a ro, I : c.d her, and runs S j o a lock in lnniaii N. 17 E. L poh.s to .1 I' 1' h at road ; to a staki hence N. M W. t hence N. ill '' . !4 poll -pole- to a stake m the mail; thence N ST W. o pi,h..v Uv s,.lkl, ,n V reu's line; thence with-his line, S. 1 f W, 4o pules t,, ., stake, said YV al ien . coiner; thence S StV V. oS noles i, pole: a muh'wooi thence No: CINMNC, i I . W a mil conn i ; IS poles to the BE intaiiuiig siN.teeii ami one-half ( Hibi) a. res, nio.'e oy les.-. Heine: flu a:ne lauds cotiviyeii b and wife 1. N, Maun. . by deed dated Ma I ch '. orded ni Book No. .".:'!. H. K Mauiii v to .1. D. Five, IIM'.'. and re. paeo 'J!C' Record Wood ( nunty, N ( Sale made ipiir sale c -n ferred up t ru.s-'ee by virtue exeuited hy W." li Mac I'liine. dated ot Deeds of 11 uv .uant to power of on the undersigned of ii deed of ", ' list , Pinner and wit- Jtinc 1st, lil.'Il. I'll, 'Jo. page Ji'.l, He Trust uf llavuood recorde cord if in Hook IV County. 'I'll is the 1st day of February. I'd",", M. (i. STAMEY. Trustee 14-21-2S.-' No. -i;iT E.di 7 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Default having boon made in pay ment of tiie indebtedness se, tired by that certain deed uf trust executed to me as trustee for Dixie Fire In surance' Company hy H. H. Atk.a.s and Wife, Nora S- Atkins, on August l'.18, and record. si in tlie uHice of file Register of Deeds of Haywood County, Norllv Carolina, in Book 1, page 2.1:1, 1 will, under and by viftiie of the power of .sale conUiincd in said deed of trust,: ami 'at the request o, the cestui que trust, and for tlie pur pose of discharging the debt secured by said deed of trust, proceed 'to sell to tlie highest bidder for cash, at the court hou.se door in Va vnesville, liay wiiod .'omnty. North, Catolina, at twelve o'clock, noon. ()n MONDAY, MARCH 4 , lit:!.',, the follow ing described land, to-wil : Situate in the town of Wnvriesvijlo I! EfllN'NIN't; at a stake (iir'lhe side walk line on Hie East side of Main Street.' being--the Southwe.f corner nf Bishop James Alkin.s' lot. and oil feel from the corner of tlie old I.. T Holmes bakery lot., and runs in a Southerly -direction fS feet with Main Street to a stake ; thence in an East erlv direction iiarallol with the 1.. T. Holmes and Bishop James Atkins' line I2."i feet to a stake; t lien in a North oily direction parallel with -Main Street ToS feet to Bishop James At- kin.s' line; I lien in a Westerly di re, -lion with Bishop James At kins' lino. V2t, fiad to the BEiilNMNd, this lot lining oS f'.-i t fiotil .by 12a feet deep, and if the alley is laid out by (he town id' Wtivne-ville on tlu biick ' .id- of aid lotshoiild be 'at. a I gi eater- ' ili-t than I'J.". I'e.i f i on) Main SI reel en ) his lot, is i ide,l.. that i i run allev Main re tiian 1.10 feet f n I This, the 1st da ,f ! cbriiarv. 1 'J'i BROOKS. A I Trustee.'. I 1-21 2K. No- 2!u'i Feb. NOTICE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. ( (UN TY OF HAYWOOD. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT Ihe I'edera Land Bat k of ( .oluuibia. vs. Mden Howell. Sr.. II. B. Atkins. Nora Swift Alkin.s, W. A. ( Bill) Smatii- -ers. Will Spivev, Will Spier, M. C. Stamcy, Trustee, 'itizens Hank and I i ust . ( jimpan v., (ioo. II. Ward. Irus'.ee. W. M. Blackwell. Annie Dee ( hanselor. Walter ( hnnse ,n drs I ( HirtK.k Mis Ii II iilackwell, Hay.wood County,; Isa bel! Ferguson, W. P. Unlerwood. The defendants, Alden Howell, Sr., Nora Swift Atkins, AnniP Dee Chan istdor. and Walter ii. ( hanselor, will take notice that an action -entitled as above, has been commenced in the Su-' perior ( ourt of Hiivwood (.outitv. North Carolint: to foreclose a mort gage executed by Alden Howell, Sr.. and wife. Hinnie I. Howell, and II. B. Atkins and wife, Nora Swift At kins, to the plaintiff in the principal sum of Sfi.Wid.OO. dated April 9. 1'.'20, and duly -recorded in Book -pairo .i2o, Recora of Deeds of Trus'. of -Haywood' County, said mortgage having been g-iven to secure a note of even eate and of even amount, . and said mortgage . conveyed to the plaintiff herein 80 acres of land about five or six miles Southwest of the town of Waynesville, N'orth Carolina, and for the recovery of the 1031 county taxes advanced by the plaintiff on said prop erty, pursuant to the terms of paid mortpape; and said defendants will further take nojtice that they are re quired to appear at the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Hay wood County at the court house in the town of Waynesville, on the 4th day of March, 1935, and answer or demur to the complaint filed in said action, or the plaintiff will apnlv to the .Court for the relief demanded in the com plaint filed in this action. This the 31st dav of January, 1935. W. (',. BYERS. Clerk Superior Court. No. 295 Feb. 7-14-21-28. Seed Loan Bill Is Now Up In Congress Both branches uf Congress have passed in different forms a bill provid ing lor a Hi.1,1 seed lean and the bill ,11 now go to con; ivnce iron out e differences. In the debate in be branches the , have been of C.t !ina and ads the I'eun i.f rctiaynleiit measure wa.s declar-d great benefit to Nor" the fact that the state try in the perceir. ag on 1 !.. Joans was proudly at testis. For the country as a whole repayment in UKi:! was 7S per cent while North Carolina was !H per cent. For with coliivtions still being made re payment in the country as a whole has been only I2 per cent so far with North t arolina expo, ted to approx imate 100 per cent. The Senate bill calls for $H0,00. 000 :1iu the house bill $-10,000,000 the latter measure being- passed under Attack a Cold from All Sides 'Outside, Inside, Nose and Throat When you feel a cold coming on, quick aclion is necessary, important thing is fo slop a cold before if slops you. riii It would be a comfort if we had a magic medicine to prevent i r cure colds, on,, which timid be taken in a single pill or doe. The facts are Ih.if a cold isn't so simple or easy lo arrest. .Scientist and doctors have spent thousands of hours in research and study. They all admit there is no (lie royal iroad to prevent or cure a cold. A cold makes ilsclf at home in the head. nose, throat and be sides l is always accompanied by an arid condition of Hie system. Il rcouircs a no od antacid (o restore the normal alkaline balu'in'e of the system and a sale laxative to on'il Ihe bowels. Authorities agree that tli-r are ." things to do to fig hi colds: Although there is no !cst method of cold treatment, it is equally true that (here are several 'different (i(K)l methods.. Each plan involves the us,, of about three or four inexpensive -'products; For vour convenience we have then) listed Indow in live groups: The first LAXATIVES Special (old Tablets The second-ANTACIDS $1.50 Carbonates Compound . . 98c The Third-NOSE HYGIENE Rexall nasal spray with dropper 25c The lourth-TIIKOAT HYGIENE 75c Orlis Antiseptic .19c The fifth C()U(;il REMEDIES t;()c DeWitts ( ounh Syrup :59c $1.00 Cod Liver Oil ... (TO HI ll.ll HKSISTANC Prescription Druists WITH A CAM MASTER BUHDrR. (vir) Says 1-razicr f urmsn I'ctcrs: ''I smoke Camels ill the lime. Camels Rive me new energy when cited. And they never net on my nerves. " n SOCIETY MATRON, t;,' Right) Says Mrs. All- Wis m r pi Riiviip va-iiim ' ti. ston isoycr, you Off New York social leader: Camels arc so mild and nth! And it s marvelous how smok ing a Camel will revive my energy." in JUL ' VLM I 4 f 4Mnmiiirmiiff--imn nmn IT X hi. CLOTHING For Men and Boys C. E. Ray's Sons A COMPLETE CLOTHING SERVICE suspension of the rules which requir ed a two-thirds majority and permit ted no debate. in the Senate senator Jo.siah W. Bailey declared that the federal gov ernment is under moral obligation to, enact the bill because crop production control had made it absolutely neces sary to provide this type of loans for a peculiar class of the agricultural population. He said over half of the people on relief rolls in North Caro lina heretofore made their living on the farm. rheefcs COLDS and FEVER 666 first dav HEADACHES in .10 minutes -Tablets SaUe Nose Props M o,u id- or. w a .69c ELI FAMOUS FLYER. (A bote) Col. Roscoc Turner, famous a.e of the skyways, says: A speed flyer uses up encrKY J us das his motor uses rms smoking a. Camel Rive5 one a refill on energy. After smoking a Camel. I get a new ficlinn of well-being. Camels never tire my taste. I smoke all 1 want.
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