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' ' ' . i " n - 'A. , thh gastoxu oaxjcttk. -vy;n v -:'.vA' f;: S ; ' : yVHimAY, maiioii is, spio. TAGS TWa TERSE TOPICS OF THE TIMES. Shelby Is pulling for new Sea- feoard depot. A new bank baa been recently or ganized at Weavervllle with $15,- 00 caplUl. Seventy-five per cent or the far snen of the United States plant their crops according to the moon's phases A cable message brings the intelli Cnce that Vesuvius Is inactive e- raption. North Carolina expended last year tor enlargement of her Insane asyl- ms at Raleigh. .Morganton ana Ooldsboro, $447,528.95. Mrs. Donald Witherspoon. of New ton died Wednesday and was taken to Morganton for burial. Before marriage she was Miss Mary Phlfer Joe James, Bert MoArtbur, C. H. Maness and Irving Maynon are be hind the bars In Fayetteville on a charge of writing "black hand let tera. Commander Peary has declined to submit proofs of his discovery saying that In so doing he would break the contract with his publish er. News form Greenville, N. C, is to the effect that Dr. J. H. Hudson shot and seriously wounded Jed Elks, a merchant, on the 7th Instant Both aire prominent men. A recent fire In Henderson de- Toom of the Corbltt Buggy Factory, room of the Corlit Buggy Factory, nulling a loss of $65,000 fully cov ered by Insurance. Senator Overman and Representa tive Webb believe that the city of Charlotte can secure $500,000 and perhaps $1,000,000 by waiting two years for an up-to-date government building. It has been suggested by our es teemed contemporary, The Greens boro Record, that the women of Charlotte carry pistols In defence of the attacks which they bave fre quently had to encounter. News has been received in the etate of the death of Rev. T. E. Bmiley, a member of the Western North Carolina Conference, who su icided at bis home In Indiana Tues day. A special says that E. A. Ingram, a -white man who was serving a 4 year sentence for bigamy, has es caped from the State prison. This makes the second time he has es caped. A dispatch says that the Piedmont High School, located at Lawndale, was almost totally destroyed by Are early yesterday morning. The esti mated loss Is between $7,000 and 9,000, with $4,000 Insurance. Dr. Louis Klopsch, editor and pro prietor of The Christian Herald, died early Monday morning, March 7th. Dr. Klopsch was born in Germany in 1852. Since he acquired The Chris tian Herald In 1892 he has taised $3,300,000 for charities. Peggy, the famous $10,000 Crys tal White Orpington hen belonging to Ernest Kellersrass, of St. Louis, was recently exhibited In a poultry show at Madison Square Garden, New York city. So highly prized Is she, that detectives were stationed around to see that no harm befell her. Under legislation enacted In 1905 the Danish Government pays three fourtbs of the expenses of all poor persons who desire to be treated in tuberculosis sanatoria. When the bospitals under construction are completed, Denmark will have one bed in tuberculosis hospitals for sanatoria for every 1200 inhabitants a fact which will mean that the length of treatment can 'be consider ably extended. In the United States there Is one bed for every 4,500 in habitants. Subscribe for Th Gazette. HIMtllHHI I I !' 1 1 TRUXT0N RING l Story of ..GrattflarK. I By GEORGE BARR t MT.I ITP.HFAN III VCII VI IL VII OpyrisM I'M. fcy Grf Ban X McCatckeon X 3 Cmj 4HIIIII IMIM SYNOPSIS. CHAPTER I Troxton King ar Vlrei in Edelweiss, capital of Grau tock, and meets the beautiful nelce of Spantx, gunmaker.' II King does a favor for Prlnes Robin, to youn ruler of th country, whoss guardian Is John Tullls. an Ameri can. Ill Baron Dangloss, minister of police, Interviews King and warns him against Olga, the gunmaker niece. IV Kdng Invades the royal park, meets the prince and Is present ed to the lad's fascinating Aunt Lor- aine. V The committee of ten conspirators against the prince meets In an underground chamber where the girl Olga Is disclosed one who Is to Mil Prince Robin with a bomb. VI John Tullls calls on the beautiful Countess Ingomede who warns him that her hated an notorious old husband, Count Ma ir- lanx. Is conspiring against the prince CHAPTER VIII. LooEino roa a kys. frrHE witch was haranguing ber II huddled audience, cursing the II soldiers, laughing gleefully In the faces of her stately, scorn ful guests, greatly to the Irritation of Baron Dangloss, toward whom she showed an especlsl attention. Tullls was holding the prince In bis arms. Colonel Quinnox stood before them, keeping the babbling, leering beldame from thrusting her face close to that of the terrified boy. The Count ess Marlanx, pale and rigid, her won drous eyes glowing with excitement. stood behind John Tullls. With Incredible swiftness the storm passed. Almost at its height there came a cessation of the roaring tem pest, the downpour was checked, the thunder died away and the lightning trickled off Into faint flashes. The sky cleared as If by magic. The exhibi tion, if you please, was over! 'It is the most amazing thing I've ever seen." Dangloss said over and over again. The Countess Marlanx was trem bling violently. Tullls, observing this, tried to lau?b away ber nervousness. 'Mere coincidence: that's all." he said. "You can't believe she brought about this storm?" "It Isn't that," she said in a low voice. "I feel as if a grave personal danger bad Just passed me by. Not danger for the rest of you. but for me alone. That is the sensation I have the feeling of one who has stepped back from the brink of an abyss just In time to avoid being pushed over. 1 can't make you understand. See! I am trembling." 'Nerves, my dear countess shad ows! You'll be over it as soon as we are outside." Ten minutes later the cavalcade started down the rain swept road to ward the city, dry blankets having been placed across the saddles occu pied by the ladies and the prince. The witch stood in her doorway, laughing gleefully. Inviting them to come often. "Come again, your highness!" she croaked sarcastically. 'The next time I come It will be with a torch to burn you alive!" shouted back Dangloss. To Tullls he added: "Gad. sir. tbey did well to burn witches in your town of Salem. You cleared the country of them the pests!" Down through the lowering shades rode the prince's party swiftly, even gayly by virtue of relaxation from the strain of a weird half hour. No one revealed the slightest sign of appre hension arising from the mysterious demonstration in which nature had taken a hand. Truxton King, for reasons best known to himself, soon relapsed into a thoughtful, contemplative silence. Between us. he was sorely vexed and disappointed. When the gallant start was made from the glen of "dead men's bones" he found that be was to be cast utterly aside, quite completely Ignored by the fair Loralne. She rode off with "I FEKIj AS IF A ORAVS PERSONAL DAN- ORB HAS JC8T VABZXD US BY." yonng Count Vos Engo without so much as a friendly wave of the hand to him. Vos Engo, being an officer In the roy al guard, rode ahead by order of Colo nel Quinnox. Truxton, therefore, had her back in view at rather a vexing distance, too-for mile after mile of the ride to the city. He galloped along beside the baron, a prey to gloomy considerations. What was the use? He had no chance to win her. That was for story books and plays. She belonged to another world far above bis. The baron's dry, insinuating voice broke In upon the young mat's thoughts. "I think it's pretty well un derstood that she's going to marry him." The little Old minister bad been reading King's thoughts; be bad the satisfaction of seeing bis victim start X gulltdy. King managed to control him self, asking with bland interest "Indeed! Is It a good match, baron T The baron smiled. "I think so. fie has been a trifle wild, but 1 belters be bas settled down.' Spleudld family. lie Is desperately In toTe." "I badn't thought much about It Is she In love with him?" . "8he sees A great deal of him," was the diplomatic answer. "Would you mind telling me just who she is, baron f Dangloss was truly startled. "Do jou intan, sir, that you don't know berr he asked, almost harshly. "I don't know ber name." "And you bad the effrontery to My excellent friend, you amaze mei know that Americans are bold: but by gad. sir, I've always looked upon them as gentlemen. You "Hold on. Baron Danglossr Inter rupted Truxton, very red In the face. "You'd better hear my side of the story first. She went to school with my sister. She knows me. but refuses to tell me who she la. "Well, my boy, if she elects to keep you in the dark concerning her name it Is not for me to betray ber. Ladies In ber position, 1 dare say, enjoy these little mys teries." It was dusk when tbey entered the northern gates. Above the castle King said goodby to Tullls and the countess, gravely Baluted the sleepy prince and follow ed Mr. Hobbs off to the heart of the city. He was hot with resentment Either she had for gotten to sav good- "rr 18 wot fob mi by to him or had TO BETRAY HER." wUlfully decided tO ignore him altogether. At any rate. she entered the gates to the castle grounds without so much as an in different glance in bis direction. Truxton knew in adrance that he was to have a sleepless, unhappy night In his room at the hotel be found the second anonymous letter, unques tionably from the same source, but this time printed in crude, stilted let ters. It bad been stuck under the door. "Leave the city at once. You are In great danger. Save yourself." This time be did not laugh. That It was from Olga Platanova be bad no doubt But why she should Interest herself so persistently In bis welfare was quite beyond him. And what after alL could she mean by "great danger save yourself!" He indulged In 3 long spell of thoughtfulness. "No, by George. I'll not turn tall at the first sign of dan ger. I'll stay here and assist Dangloss in unraveling this matter. And I'll go up to that witch's hole before I'm a day older to nave it out with her. I'll find out where the smoke came from, and I'll know where that eye went to." He sighed without knowing It "By Jovs, I'd like to do something to show her I'm not the blooming duffer she thinks I am." He could not find Baron Dangloss that night nor early the next day. Hobbs, after being stigmatized as the only British coward In the world, changed his mind and made ready to accompany King to tbe hovel in Gan- look gap. By noon tbe streets In tbe vicinity of the plaza were filled with strange, rough looking men, undeniably laborers. "Who are they?" demanded King. "There's a strike on among the men building tbe railroad," said Hobbs. "They'd better look out for these fel lows," said King, very soberly. "I don't like the appearance of 'em. They look like cutthroats." "Take my word for It, sir, they are. They're the riffraff of all Europe." I hope Baron Dangloss knows how to handle them?" In some anxiety. In due time tbey rode into the som ber solitudes of Ganlook gap and up to tbe witch's glen. Here Mr. Hobbs balked. He refused to adventure far ther than tbe mouth of the stony ra vine. Truxton approached the hovel alone, without the slightest trepida tion. The goose herd grandson was driving a flock of geese across the green bowl below the cabin. The American called out to him, and a mo ment later the youth, considerably ex cited, drove his geese up to the door. While they were vainly haranguing each other the old woman appeared. Uttering shrill exclamations, she hur ried down to confront King with blaz ing eyes. Her horrid grin of derision brought a flush to his cheek. I'll lay you a hundred gavros that the kettle and smoke experiment Is a fake of the worst sort." he announced. "nave It your own way have ,lt your own way!" she cackled. "Tell you what I'll do If I can't ex pose that trick in ten minutes 111 make you a present of a hundred gav vos." She took blm up like a flash, a fact which startled and disconcerted him not a little. Her very eagerness au gured 111 for his. proposition. With a low, mocking bow tbe shriv eled bag stood aside and motioned for blm to precede ber into tbe bovel. "A hundred gavros Is a fortune not easily to be won." said tbe old dame. How can I be sure that you will pay me if you lose?" "It is In my pocket, madam. If I don't pay. you may Instruct your ex cellent grandson to crack me over tbe bead. He looks as though he'd do it for a good deal less money, I'll say that for him." lie Is honest as honest as bis grandmother." cried tbe old woman, phe bestowed a toothless grin upon blm. "Now, what is it you want to dot" 1 "I want to go through that kitchen. Just to Mtlafy myself of one or two things.M , King .was looking bard at tbe crack In the kitchen door. Bad denly bt started te if shot . Tbe staring, burning eye was again looking straight at blm from the Jag: red crack in the door! s v Til get you this timer be shouted, crossing tbe room in two eager leaps. Tbe door in bis violent clutch swung pen wttb a bang. - Tbe owner of that mocking, pban- torn eye was gone! Like a frantic dog. Truxton dashed about the little kitchen, looking In every corner, every crsck. for signs of the thing be chased. Tbe old woman was standing in the middle of the outer room, grinning at blm with gen uine malevolence. "Ha. bar she croaked. "You fool! Yon fool! Search! Smell blm out! All the good It will do you! Ha. ba!" "By gad, I will get at the bottom of this!" shouted Truxton, stubborn rage possessing him. "There's some one here, and I know It. I'm not such a fool as to believe- Say! What's that! Tbe celling!. By tbe eternal, that scrap ing noise explains It! There's where the secret trspdoor Is In tbe celling! Within arm's reach, at that! Watch me, old woman !" Tbe hag was standing in the kitchen door now. still grinning evilly. She wstched the eager young man pound upon the low celling with a three leg ged stool that he bad seized from the floor. He was' pounding vigorously on the roughly boarded celling when the sharp voice of the old woman, raised In command, caused blm to lower the stool and turn upon ber with gleaming, triumphant eyes. Tbe look be saw in ber face was sufficient to check bis en terprise for the moment. He dropped tbe stool snd started toward her. his arms extended to catch her swaying form. The look of the dying was in her eyes. She seemed to be crumpling before him. He reached her in time, his strong arms grasping the frail, bent figure as it sank to the floor. As he lifted her bodily from her feet Intent upon car rying ber to tbe open air, her bony fingers sank Into bis arm with the grip of death, and could be believe his ears! a low. mocking laugh came from her Hps. Down where the pebbly bouse yard merged Into tbe mossy banks Mr. Hobbs sat tight, still staring with gloomy eyes at the dark little but up the glen. A quarter of an hour had passed since King disappeared through the doorway. Mr. Hobbs was getting nervous. Tbe shiftless, lanky goose herd came fortb in time and lazily drove bis scat tered flock off Into the lower glen. Presently Hobbs caught sight of a thin stream of smoke, rather black than blue, arising from the little chim ney at tbe rear of the cabin. His eyes A LOW, MOCKXNa LAUGH CA1UE FBOM HEB flew very wide open; his heart experi enced a sudden throbless moment; bis mind leaped backward to tbe unex plained smoke mystery of the day be fore. It was on the end of bis tongue to cry out to bis unseen patron, to urge him to leave tbe witch to her deviltry and come along borne, when the old woman herself appeared in the door wayalone. She sat down upon the doorstep, puffing away at a long pipe, her hood ed face almost invisible from the dis tance which he resolutely held. She was no more than a black, inanimate heap of rags piled against tbe door Jamb. Hobbs let out a shout The old wo man arose and hobbled toward him. leaning upon a great cane "Whe-where's Mr. King?" called out Hobbs. Her arm was raised, a bony finger pointing to the treetops above ber hovel. He's gone. Didn't you see blm? He went off among the treetops. You won't see him again." She waited a moment and then went on in most ingratiating tones: "Would you care to come Into my house? I can show you the road he took. You" But Mr. Hobbs, bis hair on end, bad dropped tbe rein of King's horse and was putting boot to bis own beast, whirling frantically Into tbe pith that led away from the bated, damned spot Down the road he crashed, pursued by witches whose persistence put to shame the efforts of) those famed ladles of Tam o Bhanter In tbe long ago. If be bad looked over bis shoulder be might have discovered that be was followed by a riderless bone, nothing more. , But a riderless bone Is a grewsome thing sometimes. I!! (To be continued.) ..FORESTS FACTS. Still Another Hearing on the Appal' ''I '.' y. CtllM PTOjeCt. , (By John .H. Finney. Secretary Ap- : palahlan National Forest Associ ation). , ' . A further bearing on Tuesday and Wednesday last was given on tbe Weeka Bill fey tbe House Committee on Agriculture,; Tuesday being ' de voted to an elaborate and labored de fense, by the Chief of the Weather Bureau, of bis recent pamphlet' on "Forest and, Stream Flow," which resulted In his severe grilling at the hands of Congressman Lever; the second day being given to a brief statement by Glfford Plnchot, on tbe wisdom and profit of forest conser vation In general, In Which he made It clear that tbla forest area, If pur chased, would become self-sustain lng, and to a presentation of the opinions of Army engineers on the question of forest Influences on nag- Igatlon. Major Cavanaugh, Colonel Blxby, and Captain Johnston, of the Engineer Corps, outlined the meth ods used by this branch of the serv Ice in the Improvement of riven and barbon, and abed what light tbey could from the data the Department had gathered In recent yean on so Involved a question. These bearings followed the severe criticism of Prof. Moore's views by witnesses who ap peared before the. Committee on February 25, and we again comment on these views, because of the bear ing they have on the fate of leglsla tion In which Che South-has a deep and abiding concern. The Commit tee, having this Weeks Bill to either report or smother, Is about evenly divided. Last year It reported out by a vote of 11 to 7 a similar meas ure; this year owing to a change In personnel its probable action Is un certain, especially as the opposition to forestry legislation in certain high quarters is still greatly In evl dence. Certain members of tbe Com mlttee, not all whom are from Mis souri, still require to be "clearly" shown, In order to satisfy their deep. rooted "constitutional" and other ob jections. These hearings have proved Mr. Moore's present conclusions untena ble, and have brought out not only much fresh pointed testimony for the substantial basis for belief In the beneficial effects of the forests on nav igation, both In this country and abroad, but have sharply contrasted European practice with our lack of forest protection of stream beadwa tera. They do some things abroad bet ter than we do here, and tbe Euro pean protective forests are not only of large area, but are found of great service in the regulation of stream flow and In preventing erosion. There they are not so bound by con stitutional and academic questions as to overlook the common sense In volved In forest conservation along the broadest lines; there they have recognized for decades the proflable ness of tree growing; there they know what an economic mistake Is involved in wasted hillsides, gullied fieMs, Bilt-fllled rivers. We have not so completely learned the lesson In spite of unlmpeaohed and incontro vertible evidence Of grave conditions in the Southern Appalachian and to the White Mountains, which only forest conservation can remedy but we are learning; the project Is mak ing distinct headway, ajnd action cannot be indefinitely postponed, even by ia committee dominated by an unfriendly chairman, for some times what the people want, and so universally voice, as 'they are doing in this matter, they GET. This much ihas been shown in a fair summary of the testimony pre sented: That mountain slopes unsuitable for agriculture should remain in trees. That forests appreciably Influence stream flow by regulating the dis cbarge. That forests prevent disastrous soil erosion and floods and stream sflting. That the practice of all European nations is to establish such protect ive forests in tbe mountain regions, and that they are found effective and profitable. - That suob protective forests would be equally effective and profitable here. " v This summary is true, in eplte of the Intricacy of the problems involv ed In any learned discussion of this matter, and If. true, it ought to con vince the committee, which bas all the facts, for It must be clear to them that long-winded, academic dis cussions never yet established a for est reserve, either In thla'cduntry or abroad, and never will It" takes VOTES to get laws enacted! It is up to the Agricultural Committee to act! - - . - . ' Miss Eliza Lindsay is bow with the Thomson Mercantile Company as cashier. Her school at Lowell closed its session ' about two weeks ago. :. ' -...-i '. CIIICKKX ORDINANCE,, ' Attention, is feereby called to the following ordinance, making It ; a misdemeanor : to allow poultry ; to run, at large: "That It ahall be Unlawful for any person ' to allow poultry to run at large In the Town of Qaatonla; and any person, who' 'shall knowingly and' wilfully allow any chicken, ducks, geese, turkeys, guineas, or other poultry to. run at large In the street or In a lot Insufficiently en- 1 A V1 . - lit . , . ciowitti iuu vm suiiij - ui a misde meanor and . upon conviction there-! of shall be fined five dollars." - ' JOHV T niNYIM Have Moved Uptown I have moved my stock of Grocer ies and General Merchandise from East Gastonla to No. 115 South Street, opposite the City Hall, where I will be pleased to see all my old customers. A cordial welcome awaits everybody here. If you have not been trading with me you will find it to your advantage to give me a trial. We also solicit the farmers' trade and extend credit on tbe lien sys tem. BEST MARKET PRICE PAID FOR COUNTRY PRODUCE. R. W. EDWARDS PHONE 320. Marble and Granite Monuments CAUL AND SEE THEM. PRICES FROM $5.00 UP, AND GIVES YOU OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT YOU BUY. Queen Gty Granite & Marble W'ks. Boulevard St Palmer Su. Charlotte, : : : : N. U TAKE THE DLLWORTH STREET CARS. Chas Ford, Agent, Gastonla, N. C. Big Reduction on Druggets We find that we have on hand too large a stock of fine Rugs and Drug gets and in order to reduce this stock we are offering them at greatly y reduced prices for a short time. Fine Smith Axminster Druggets, Ox 12, sells all the time and every where for $25, special price $17.48 Other grades' at prices reduced proportionately. t ' ' Large stock of Smith Axminster . Rugs,' size 30x72, the $4.50 kind , for $3.50 and the $3.50 kind for $2.65. :.; . . ' :'.V, i: Excellent line of Mattings going at . 17 1-2 cents and np. i - .-r; " : " Kitchen Cabinets, $11 and Hp. , They are bargains. , ' - ' Come to see us and get our prices. We can save you money. S We want.' your trade and will treat you right BEST 4 GRADY 234 W. Main avenue Phone No. 178 -i ;iV Next door to the Gazette Gastonla, N. CL '.
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