1
TAGE TWO.
TUB GASTON'U GAZETTE.
TUESDAY, MAIK3I 1, lt10.
To Tie
Owners of Land
On Gastonit Watenhed.
Then seems to be tome mlsunder
tandlng about the rules sent out by
the North Carolina Board of Health
la regard to water sheds. The
Health Officers of the town and
county are making every effort to
obey the law and to protect the wa
ter supply. But It Is not the Inten
tion of such officers to place any
hardship upon the land owners who
lle on the water sheds. And there
Is not any need for placing such
hardships on the land owners. The
fact of the business is. that it Is to
the advantage of every land owner
on upper Long Creek to obey as
nearly as possible the health regula
tions sent out by the State Board of
Health. There are some rules In the
circulars that do not apply to the
Gastonla water shed. For Instance,
there are certain rules In regard to
Impounding reservoirs, as rules No.
1, 2 and 3 in circular "B." An im
pounding reservoir Is a reservoir
where the water Is collected in a
pond and carried into a town by
what is known as gravity system.
That Is. where water is supplied to a
town by its own head. Of course. It
can be readily seen that this does
not apply to Gastonia water shed.
There are no regulations in regard
to pasturing or cultivating the
ground that need be a hardship on
anybody. A thinking man can see
that a pen or stable should not be
made on the banks of a stream; and
they can also understand that to be
required to build a pen or stable 40
feet from the stream is not an un
reasonable requirement. The rules
Bet out by the State Board of Health
do not mean that the land cannot
be pastured or that the meadows
cannot be mowed or cultivated. The
thinking man knows that a dead
horse in a stream Is a bad thing, not
only for the people who drink the
water below, but for the whole
neighborhood. They likewise know
that It Is 'to the advantage of the
whole community to observe every
reasonable health and sanitary reg
ulation. That is all that is required.
The Health Officers will always
be glad to explain the rules to any
one who inquires. There is no rea
son why any one should find any dif.
Cculty in following them or should
In any way lose the use of his prop
erty. Very respectfully,
' T THOS. L. CRAIG,
Mayor
Greenville, N. C, suffered from a
rery disastrous Are last Thursday
morning. The loss totalled about
1125,000 with $42,000 Insurance.
A dispatch from Atlanta Satur-I
day says that S. R. Van Sant, commander-in-chief
of the Grand Army
of the Republic, gave out a state
ment there In which he made it
plain that he does not approve the
recent speech made in the United
States Senate by Senator Heyburn in
which the Idaho Senator criticised
Confederate veterans and vehement
ly opposed the placing of the statue
of Gen. Robert E. Lee in statuary
hall in Washington.
MHUMI f
2 t
TRUXTON
KING
l Story of
..Graaftarfi
By GEORGE BARR
MCUTCHEON
Copyright. 1909. by Gcor Bur
McCulcheon
' Copyright. 1909. by Dodd. Mud Q f
Compny
fMHin ii tin mini
SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I Truxton King ar
rives in Edelweiss, capital of Grau
Btock, and meets the beautiful neice
of Spantz, a gunmaker. II King
does a favor for Prince Robin, the
young ruler of the country, whose
guardian is John Tullis, an Ameri
can.
CHAPTER III
mi rERsoNs in BEvrrw.
TRUXTON KING witnessed the
review of the garrison. That
in itself was rather a tame ex-
hibltion for a man who had
teen the finest troops In all the world.
A thousand earnest looking soldiers,
proud of the opportunity to march be
fore the little prince, and that was all.
o far as the review was concerned.
Mr. King saw the court In all its
glory scattered along the shady Castle
venue In carriages. In trap. In mo
tors and In the saddle, tills brain
whirled and his heart leaped under the
pressure of new found Interest In
life.
If Truxton Kin bad given up In dis
gust and fled to Vienna this tale would
never bare come to light Instead of
being the lively narrative of a young
gentleman's adventures In faraway
Graustark, It might have become a
tale of the smart set In New York,
for. as you know, we are bound by
tradition to follow the trail laid down
by our hero, no matter which way be
elects to fare. lie confided to his
friend from Cook's that he could nev
er have forgiven himself If he bad ad
hered to his resolution to leave on the
following day.
"I didn't know you'd changed your
mind, sir." remarked Mr. liobbs In
surprise.
"Of course you didn't know It" said
Truxton. "How could your I've Just
changed It this Instant 1 didn't know
it myself two minutes ago. No, sir.
Hobbs or Is It DobbsT Thanks. No,
sir, I'm going to stop here for a well,
a week or two. Where the dickens do
these people keep themselves? I
haveu't seen 'em before."
"Oh. they are the nobility the
swells. They don't hang around the
streets like tourists and rubbernecks,
sir." In plain disgust.
"I say, who Is that Just passlng
the lady In the victoria?" King asked
abruptly.
"That Is the Countess Marlanx."
"Whew! I thought she was tne
queen."
Hobbs went Into details concerning
the beautiful countess.
"I was Just going to ask If you know
anything about a young woman who
occasionally tends shop for William
Spantz, the armorer." King finally
asked.
Hooba looked interested. r "She's
quite a beauty, sir. I give you my
word."
"I know that, Hobbs. But who Is
she?"
"1 really cant 6ay. sir. She's his
niece. I've heard. Been here a little
over a month. I think she's from War
saw." "Well. I'll say goodby here. If you've
nothing on for tomorrow we'll visit
the castle grounds and ahem! take a
look about the place. Come to the ho
tel early. I'm going over to the gun
shop." He was whistling gayly as he en
tered the little shop, ready to give a
cheery greeting to old Spantz and to
make him a temporizing offer for the
broadsword. But It was not Spantz
who stood behind the little counter.
Truxton flushed hotly and Jerked off
his hat. The girl smiled.
"I beg pardon." he exclaimed. "I
I'm looking for Mr. Spantz. I"
ne Is out Will you wait" She
turned to the window, resuming the
wistful, preoccupied gaze down the
avenue.
"Beg pardon." be said politely. "I
wanted to have another look at the
broadsword there."
Very quickly he noticed that she
went about It clumsily despite her
supple gracefulness she withdrew the
heavy weapon from the window and
laid it upon the counter.
"I am not not what you would call
an expert," she said frankly.
"What's the price?" he asked, his
courage faltering nnder the cool. Im
personal gnze.
"I do Dot know. My uncle has told
you. I am quite new at the trade.
I hope you will excuse my ignorance.
My uncle will be here In a moment"
She was turning away with an air
that convinced King of one thing she
was a person who in no sense had
ever been called upon to serve others.
"So I've heard." he observed. The
bait took effect She looked up quick
ly, lie was confident that a startled
expression flitted across her face.
"You have heard? What have you
heard of pie?" she demanded.
Mr. King was inspired to fabricate In
the Interest of psy
chical research.
"I have beard
that you are not
the niece of old
man Spantz." He
watched Intently
to catch the effect
of the declara
tion. "You have heard
nothing of the
kind." she said
coldly.
"Well. I'll con
fess I haven't,"
he admitted
cheerfully. "It
pleases uie to de
duce that you are
not related to the armorer.
look the part."
Now she siailed divinely. "And why
not, pray? His sister was my mother."
"In order to establish a line on which
to base my calculations, would you
niiud telling me who your father Is?"
lie asked the question with bis most
appealing smile, a smile so frankly im
pudent that she could not resent It.
"My father Is dead," she said seri
ously, "and my mother is dead. Now
can you understand why I am living
here with my uncle? Even an amateur
may rise to that Now, sir, do you
expect to purchase the sword? If not
I shall replace It In the window."
"That's what I came here for," said
he, resenting her tone and the Icy look
she gave him.
"I gathered that you came in the ca
pacity of Sherlock Holmes or some
thing else." She added the last three
words with unmistakable meaning.
She was leaning toward him. her
bands on the counter, a peculiar gleam
in her dark eyes, which now for the
first time struck him as rather more
keen and penetrating than he had sus
pected before.
"I simply want to tell you. Mr. King,
"what have yod
fieard of mk?"
You don't
that unleaa you really aspect to toy
this sword It Is not wis In you to
make It an excuse for coming bera." '
, 'My dear young lady. I"- ' Z -
"My uncle baa a queer conception of
the proprieties. Da may think that
yon come iw see m. Young men may
chat with shopgirls all the world over,
bat In Edelweiss, no, unless they come
to pay most honorable court to them.
My uncle would not understand."
"I take It bowever. that you would
derstand," he said boldly.
"I have lived In Vienna, in Tarts
and In London, bat now I am tiring
In Edelweiss. 1 have not been a shop
girl always."
"I can believe that My deductions
are Justified.'
"My uncle is returning." ahe remark
ed suddenly. "1 must not talk to you
any longer." She glanced uneasily
oat upon the square ad then hurried
ly added, a certain wlstfulness In ber
voice and eyes: "1 couldn't help It to
day. I forgot my place. But you are
the first gentleman I've spoken to
since I came here."
When Spants entered the door the
girl was going listlessly from the
window and Truxton King was lean
ing against tuo counter with his back
toward ber. bis arms folded and a
most impatient frown on bis face.
Spantz's black eyes shot from one to
the other. "What do you want?" he
demanded sharply.
"The broadsword. And, say, Mr.
Spantz. you might assume a different
tone in addressing me. I'm a cus
tomer, not a beggar."
The girl left the window and walked
slowly to the rear of the shop, passing
through the narrow door, without so
much as a glance at King or the old
man. Spants was silent until she was
gone.
"You want the broadsword, eh?" he
asked, moderating his tone considera
bly. "It's a rare old"
"I'll give you a hundred dollars not
another cent" interrupted King, not
yet over bis resentment There fol
lowed a long and Irritating argument
at the conclusion of which Mr. King
became the possessor of the weapon at
bis own price.
"I'll come in again." he said indiffer
ently.
"But you are leaving tomorrow, sir."
"I've changed my mind."
"Then you have discovered some
thing in Edelweiss to attract you?"
grinned the old armorer.
"1 dare say you're right Clean that
sword up a bit for me, and I'll drop
in tomorrow and get it Here's 60
gavvos to bind the bargain the rest
on delivery. Good day, Mr. Spantz,"
"Good day. Mr. King."
"How do you happen to know my
name?"
Spantz put bis hand over his heart
and delivered himself of a most-impressive
bow. "When so distinguished
a visitor comes to our little city," be
said, "we lose no time in discovering
his name. It is a part of our trade,
air, believe me."
"I'm not so sure that I do believe
you." said Truxton King to himself as
he sauntered up the street toward the
hotel.
Mr. Hobbs, from Cook's, was at his
elbow, his eyes glistening with eager
ness. "I say. old Dangloss Is waiting for
you at the Regengetz. sir. Wot's up?
Wot you been up to, sir?"
"Up to-up to, Hobbs?"
"My word, sir, you must have been
or he wouldn't be there to see you."
"Who is Dangloss 7'
"Minister of police. Haven't I told
you? He's a keen one, too, take my
word for it I heard him ask for you."
He lost no time In getting to the ho
tel. A well remembered, fierce look
ing little man in a white linen suit was
waiting for hlra on the great piazza.
Baron Jasto Dangloss was a polite
man, but not to the point of procras
tination. He advanced to meet the
puzzled American, smiling amiably and
swirling his Imposing mustache with
neatly gloved fingers.
"I have called, Mr. King, to have a
little chat with you." be said abrupt
ly. He enjoyed the look of surprise
on the young man's face. "Won't you
Join me at this table? A julep will
not be bad, eh?" King sat down op
posite to him at one of the piazza ta
bles in the shade of the great trailing
vines. A waiter took the order and
departed.
"Now. to come to the point" began
the baron. "You expected to leave to
morrow. Why are you staying over?"
"Baron. I leave that to your own dis
tinguished powers of deduction." said
Truxton gently. He took a long pull
at the Btraw. watching the other's face
as be did so. The baron smiled.
"You have found the young lady in
the gunshop to be very attractive," ob
served the baron. "Where have you
known her before?"
"I beg pardon?"
"It is not unusual for a young man
in search of adventure to follow the
lady of his choice from place to place.
She came but recently. 1 recall."
"You think 1 knew her before and
followed her to Edelweiss?"
"1 am not quite sure whether you
have been in Warsaw lately. There
is a gap In your movements that 1
can't account for."
King became serious at once. He
saw that it was bosf to be frank with
this keen old man.
"Barou Dangloss. I don't know Just
what you are driving at but I'll set
you straight, so far as I'm concerned.
I never saw that girl until the day be
fore yesterday. 1 never spoke o her
until today."
"She smiled on you quite familiar
ly from her window casement yester
day." said Dangloss coolly.
"She laughed at me. to be perfectly
candid. But what's all this about?"
Dangloss leaned forward and smiled
sourly. .
. VTake my advice do not play with
lire," he said enigmatically.
Too you mean she's a dangerous
person? I can't believe that baron."
"She baa dangerous friends out In
the world. She Is Oltfa , Platanova.
liar mother waa married la this city
twenty-Art years ago to Professor 11a
tanova of Warsaw. The profeaeor waa
executed last year for conspiracy. ' He
waa one of the leaders of a great rev
olutlonary movement In Poland. They
were virtually anarcblsta, aa you have
coma to place them In America. This
girl Olga was his secretary. His death
almost killed ber. But that la not all.
She had a sweetheart op to fifteen
months ago. He waa a prince of the
royal Mood, Ue would hate married
her In spite of the difference, In their
stations bad It not been for the Inter
vention of the crown that ahe and ber
kind bate so well. Tbe young man'a
powerful relatives took a hand In tbe
affair, ne was compelled to marry a
scrawny little duchess, and Olga was
warned that If she attempted to entice
him away from his wife she would be
punished. She did not attempt It be
cause she is a virtuous girl. Her on
cle, Spantz. offered her a home."
"Baron, are you sure that ahe la a
red?" asked King.
"Quite. She attended their councils."
"She doesn't look It. 'pon my word.
I thought they were tbe scum of tbe
earth."
"Tbe kind you have In America are.
But over here oh. well, we neTer can
tell."
"I'm much obliged. And I'll keep
my eyes well opened. I suppose there's
no barm In my going to the shop to
look at a lot of rings and knickknacks
be has for Bale?"
"Not In tbe least Confine yourself
to knickknacks. that's all."
"Isn't Spantz above suspicion?"
"No one is In my little world. By
tbe way. 1 am very fond of your fa
ther. He is a most excellent gentle
man and a splendid shot"
Truxton stared harder than ever.
"What's thatr
"I know him quite well. Hunted
wild boars wltb him five years ago in
Germany. And your sister! She was a
beautiful young girl. They were at
Carlsbad at tbe time. Was she quite
well when you last heard?"
"She was." was all that tbe wonder
ing brother could say.
Tbe baron left the American stand
ing at the head of tbe steps, gazing
r - 4
ml
THE AGILE ESKI
Hakit Enables Him te Seals lea Clad
Heights With Case.
."In all my experience I had never
encountered a rougher, mors difficult
country - in which to hunt than In
Elleamers Land," writes Hsrry Whit
ney In Outing. "Ordinarily 1 should
have believed these mountain aides,
with walla of smooth rock sheathed
wltb a crust of hard Ice and anow,
quite unscalable. '
"In places they were almost' perpen
dicular. Its rely did they offer a crev
ice to serve aa foot or hand hold, and
Jutting points and firm aet bowlders
were too widely scattered to be of
much help,
"In this his native land the Eskimo
has a decided advantage over tbe
white hunter. His lifetime of experi
ence has taught him to seal these
Ice clad heights with a nl nobleness and
ease that are astounding. Ue la quite
fearless, and even the mountain sheep
Is not his superior aa a climber. '
"Aa if by magic and with little ap
parent effort the two Eskimos flew up
the slippery walls, far outstripping
me. How they did It I shall never
know. Now and again I was forced
to cut steps in the Ice or I should In
evitably have lost my footing and
been burled downward several hun
dred feet to the rocks beneath.
"I waa astonished even at my own
progress, and when I paused to glance
behind me I felt a momentary panic.
But there was no turning back, and
one look robbed me of any desire to
try it
'The Eskimo has no conception of
distance. He is endowed with certain
artistic instincts which enable him to
draw a fairly good map of a coast
line with which be is thoroughly fa
miliar, but be cannot tell you bow far
it is from one point to another. Often
when Eskimos told me a place we were
bound for was very close at hand it
developed that we were far from It.
This they are never sure of and can
not indicate.
'The Eskimos have a white man
'stung to death' from every point of
view. They not only can go to sleep
promptly, but sleep soundly and well
as they travel when circumstances
permit They get sustenance, too, by
eating hard frozen walrus and seal
meat or blubber. This I could never
do, for It is so strong in flavor that it
invariably nauseated me, though I did
succeed very well with raw hare or
deer's meat when I had it"
TUB CADE TYPE-SETTER,
"TAKS ITT ADVICE DO NOT PLAT WITH
FIBS, ES SAID.
after his retreating figure with a look
of admiration in his eyes.
Truxton fared forth into the streets
that night with a greater zest in life
than he had ever known before. A
man with a limp cigarette between bis
Hps was never far from the side of
the American a man who had stopped
to pass tbe time of day with William
Spantz and who from that hour was
not to let the young man out of his
sight until another relieved him of tbe
task.
(To be continued.)
BLUNDERING REPORTERS.
Mistakes That Mangled the 8pakers'
Words and Feelings.
"Drunkenness is folly!" earnestly ex
claimed Bishop Magee In the house of
lords on a celebrated occasion. How
horrified was the prelate to read in
the papers next morning that he bad
given utterance to tbe very baccha
nalian sentiment "Drunkenness is
Jolly!"
Lord Salisbury was a master phrase
maker, but one of his best points was
spoiled when a careless reporter turn
ed his reference to "manacles and
Manitoba" into the meaningless "man
acles and men at the bar."
Sir William Harcourt was badly mis
quoted once "Great is Diana of the
Epheslans!" he exclaimed upon the
platform, but a country paper had it:
"Great Dinah! What a farce is this!"
Lack of knowledge of familiar quo
tations is a prolific source of mlsre-
porting. For instance, a speaker once
made use of the well known lines
from Milton's "L'Allegro:"
But come, thou goddess, fair and free.
In heaven yclept Eupbrosyne.
The country reporter deputed to
"take him down" was in despair. He
could not make head or tail of this
mysterious utterance. But, following
the sound as far as possible, he seized
his pen and produced the following
gem:
But come, thou goddess, fair and free,
In heaven she crept and rose her knee.
The speaker was taken down in
more senses than one. London An
swers.
Capt.
itogardus Aagain Hits the
i Hull's Eye.
This wbrld famous rifle shot who
holds the championship record of
100 pigeons in 100 consecutive shots
is living in Lincoln, 111. Recently
interviewed, he says: "I have suf
fered a long time with kidney and
bladder trouble and have used sev
eral well known kidney medicines
all of which gave me no relief until
I started taking Foley's Kidney Pills.
Before I irsed Foley's Kidney Pills I
was subjected to severe backache
and pains in my kidneys with sup
pression and oftentimes a cloudy
voiding, while upon arising in the
morning I would get dull headaches.
Now I have taken three bottles of
Foley's Kidney Pills and feel 100
per cent better. I am never bother
ed with my kidneys or bladder and
once more feel like my own self. All
this I owe solely to Foley's Kidney
Pills and always recommend them to
my fellow sufferers." J. H. Kenne
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Knew Where He Was.
"Wtien I was studying in Boston,"
said a musician, "they used to tell a
tale about a man named Harper, an
odd old character, who played a trom
bone In one of the small theaters
there. One time they were rehearsing
a new overture. Throughout the piece
Harper was a little behind the rest of
the men. Before they started It a sec
ond time the leader reproved Harper
for not coming In more regularly with
the other players. When they attempt
ed it again Harper came in, as usual,
two or three beats behind time. The
leader stopped and, after letting loose
a lot of profanity, demanded to know
If the trombonist knew he was playing
about half a dozen notes behind the
others.
"Harper nodded. 'That's all right'
said he. 'I can catch up with the oth
ers any time I want to.' "Philadel
phia Telegraph.
Remarkable Invention of Hev. Bay
las Cade Now Being Manufactured
( by Philadelphia Engineer. ' j
Lexington Dispatch.
For. several hours Wednesday
few of his friends entertained a moat
Interesting visitor In the person of
Rev. Baylus Cade, of Boiling Springs,'
Cleveland county, who was , on his
way to Philadelphia to supervise ths
construction of a machine which ha-
has Invented to, set type, or, mora
strictly speaking, to compose and
cast solid lines of type somewhat
after the manner of the Mergen
thaler linotype machine.
For some time past the press has
carried comment on the subject of
this invention which, if It pans out,
and there Is no reason for believing
that It will not, will work a revolu
tion in the newspaper world as great
and perhaps greater than that which
the linotype wrought, for tbe Cade
machine will be within reach of the
smallest weekly paper in the land.
The machine will stand 6 feet 1
Inch in height, will be 16 Inches
wide and 22 deep. It will weigh
acarcely 500 pounds and can be car
ried easily 0y two men. It will do
one-fifth more work than the lino
type, will not Injure matrices in the
least, and it will be Impossible for
matrices to become transposed as Is
the case with the linotype when the
operator is faster than the machine.
Lines up to 10 Inches In length can
be cast and the operator without
leaving his chair commands any face
of type, from 6 to 36 point. More
over the operator can very much
more easily read his proof In the
lines of "mats," being colored In
such a way as to be as plain as type
lines appear on the paper. There
is no finger spacing and the Justify
ing machinery is absolutely perfect
in operation.
One of the most attractive feat
ures of the machine is that any prin
ter can operate it. The keyboard
may be arranged to correspond with
the standard keyboard of a typewri
ter, even if same should be a dainty
miss with "rate," chewing gum and
glad raiment, may operate the ma
chine, learning in a few moments.
No machinist is required and any
body with sense enough to use a
screw driver can attend to the ma
chinery, which is visible throughout
and Infinitely less complicated than
the many-Jointed linotype. There
are no cams or eccentric. One-half
horse-power Is sufficient to operate
and the machine is controlled by
compressed air. The pressure of a
key Justifies a line, of another, casts
a line and a third key returns the
mats to their places. The Cade In
vention will sell for from $500 to
$750, or thereabouts. The linotype
price is over $3,00d.
The announcement some months
ago by the Inventor that he had
done this thing stirred the printing
world. The inventor has been de
luged with communications, all ask
ing, "When will It toe out?" Dr.
Cade is absolutely unable to answer
all the letters he gets. Moreover he
doesn't know when the machine will
be finished. Being something of
which a model could net be made
without simply making a complete
machine, life size, the Inventor
placed the invention with a Phila
delphia engineer who is working on
it, and from now on till it is com
pleted the inventor will stay with it.
The linotype today Is perhaps the
most satisfactory type-setting ma
chine, but it costs a small fortune, la
complicated, heavy and intricate.
The "linocade" is simple, light, in
expensive, faster, of greater capacity,
and can be operated by anybody. If
It makes good there Is not a newspa
per in the United States that cannot
afford to own it and set its stuff by
machinery instead of the tedious,
cutworn, irrational hand-setting
ifiethod.
Foley's Kidney Remedy will cure
any case of Kidney or Bladder trou
ble that 1s not beyond the reach of
medicine. No medicine can do more.
J. H. Kennedy & Co.
It Saved His Leg.
"All thought I'd lose my leg,"
writes J. A. Swenson, of Watertowji,
Wis. ' Ten yeas of eczema, that 15
doctors could not cure, ha1 at last
laid me up. Then Bucklen's Arnica i
Salve cured It, sound and well." In
fallible for Skin Eruptions" Eczema,
Salt Rheum, Boils, Fever Sores,
Burns, Scalds, Cuts and Piles. 25c.
at all druggists.
Hi Great Loss.
'Well, Garge," exclaimed the farm
er as he greeted one of his laborers
one New Year's day, "and 'ow did 'ee
get on last yeear?"
'Aye. maister," was the reply, "It
wur a bad yeear for I. I did lose my
missus, I did lose my canary, and I
did lose my dog. And It wur a good
dog too." London News.
The "beef trust" of the United
States, embracing six great packing
companies and twenty-one packers,
some of them multimillionaires, so
cially and industrially prominent,
were Indicted by a grand Jury in
Hudson county, New Jersey, Friday,
charged with conspiracy In limiting
the supply of meat and poultry.
Pneumonia follows a cold but nev
er follows the use of Foley's Honey
and Tar which stops the cough, heals
the lungs and expels the cold from
the system. J. H. Kennedy & Co. ,
Self Protection.
"Ton didn't really need a wig."
"I was driven to it Now the bar
ber won't try to sell me any tonics
or hair restorer.'VLoulsYille Courier-
Journal. '
Never add the burden of yesterday's
trouble to that of tomorrow. The one
is past; the other may never come.
Jesse Bailey, son of Rev. A.- J.
Bailey and a brother of the late J.
W. Bailey, who-was killed by a ne--
1 gro about three years ago while dis
charging his duty as a policeman at
Asheville, committed suicide at his
home near Marshall, Madison coun
ty, last Thursday. .