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TACK TWO. GASTOXLA IS A BUSY TOWX. THE CASTOXLl G.IZIITTC n.IDAV, fi.:::;:::i 13, 1011. Back toGastosia. a rt or residinr for "seven year rt Saata Carolina. Virginia ana wii- aulnrton. N. C Mr. Bruce Rhya ku returned to G&stonta to take up Us residence permanently. n his family he arrived last week from Martinsville. Va.. where he hat held a. position for the past year or more with a cotton mill. Mr. Rhyne will la the future be associated with hit ala father. Mr. A. B. Rhyne, and brothers in the conduct of the Rhyne Roller Mill in East Gastonia Preparations are being made to a once renovate and enlarge this mill So popular is its output of flour meal, etc., that the demand cannot be suoplied. More machinery will be added and the capacity consider ably Increased. Mr. Rhyne is Gaston Ian and his many frlenc here will learn with pleasure that he has come back to stay. He say be has never yet found the place be liked as well as he does Gasto nia and his return is taken as an indication that he has decided to give up the search for a better place Gastonia is always glad to welcome back her wandering sons. There is room here for them all. The Taming of Red Butte Western By FRANCIS LYNDE Copyright. 1P10. by Charles Scrlb oer'i Sons. CHAPTER XVII. THE SHADOWGRAPH. TORTY-TWO miles southwest of I . Angels, at n point where all r fun her progress seemed defi nitely burred by the huge bar rler of the great mountain range the Bed Butte Western, having picked Its devious way to an npparent cul-de-sac among the foothill and hgl ks. plunges abruptly Into the echoing cnn ""yon of the eastern Tinianyonl. For forty added miles the river Chasm, throughout its length a nar row, tortuous crevice, afford a pre carious font 1113 for the raihvny em bankment. At Its western extremity the canyon forms the gateway to a shut in valley of upheaved hills and laterior mountains isolated by wide stretches of rolling prass land. To the" eastward and westward of the great alley rise the sentinel peaks of the two Inclosing mountain ranges. Ked Butte, the center of the evanes cent mining excitement which was originally responsible fr the building Of tbe railroad, lies high pitched among the shouldering spurs of the western boundary range. On the aouth bank of the river, at n point a abort distance ltoyond the stream fronting cliffs, lies the landmark hill known as Little Butte, and at the sta tion of the same mime is the bridge across the Tlnmiiyonl. On the engineering maim of the Rod Suite Western the outline of Little Butte apears as a roughly described triangle with five mile sides, tbe three angles of the figure marked respec tively by Silver Switch, Little Butte station and bridge and the Wire Sil ver mine. Between Silver Switch and the bridge station the main line of the railroad follows the base of the trian gle, with the precipitous bluffs of the big hill on the left and the torrentlng flood of the Tlnianyoni on the right. Along the eastern side of the triangle and leaving the main track at Sliver Switch ran tbe hpur which had for merly served the Wire Silver when the working opening of the mine bad been on the eastern slope of the rldge- like hill. For some years pre Ions to the summer of overturnings this spur bad been disused, though Its track, ending among a group of the old mine buildings five miles away, was still in commission. Along the western side of the trian gle, with Little Butte station for its point of divergence from the main line, ran the new spur, built to accom modate Flemister after he had dug through the hill and ousted the rlght fal owner of the true Mire Silver vein aud had transferred his la1or hamlet and Ws plant, or the major part of both, to the western slope of the butte, at this point no more than a narrow ridge separiftinc the eastern and western gulcheS. Train 200, with ex-Hnglneer Judson apparently sound asleep in one of the rearward seats of the day coach, was on time when It reached Little Butte. moment later Judson had let him self silently into the rear vestibule of tbe day coach and was as silently opening the folding doors of the Vesti bule itself. r Hanging off by the handrails, be " nw the engine's headlight pick up the switch stand of the old spur. The train was unmistakably slowing now, nod he made ready to jump if the need should nrise. picking his place at the track side as the train lights show ed him tbe ground. As tbe speed was checked Jhdsea saw what he was ex pecting; to see. Precisely at the in stant of the switch passing a man dropped from the forward step of the smoker and walked swiftly away up the disused track of tbe old spnr. Jttd aon's turn came a moment 1st"- and when his end of the day coach flicked vmst tbe s wit oh stand he, too. dropped to the ground and, waiting only until be vould follow' without being detect- ed, set out after, the tall figure, which was by that time scarcely mora than ao indistinct and retreating blur la the moonlight. ) - ' v; The chase led directly op tbs old spur, but It did not continue Quits to tbe five.mll distant end of it. A few hundred yard short of the storkads Inclosing tbe old buildings tbe shad owy figure took to the forest and be gan to climb tbe ridge, going straight op, as nearly as Judson could deter mine. Tbe ex-engineer followed, still keeping his distance. From the Drat bench above tbe valley level he looked back and down into the stockade In cisure. All of tbe old buildings were dark, but one of tbe two new and un palnted ones was brilliantly lighted, and there were sounds familiar euungb to Judson to mark It as tbe Wire Silver power house, Notwith standing his Interest in tbe chase. Judson was curious enough to stand a moment listening to tbe sharply de fined exhausts of the blgb speed steam engine driving tbe generators. "Say." be ejaculated under bis breath, "if that engine ain't a dead matr-h for tbe old 210 pullln a grade 1 don't want a cent! Double cylinder set on the quarter and choo-ebooin' like it ought to have a pair o' steel rails under it. If 1 had time I'd go down yonder and break a winder in that power shack, blamed if 1 wouldn't!" But unhappily there was no time to spare. As It was. be bad lingered too long, and when he came out upon the crest of the narrow ridge and attained a point of view from which be could look down upon the buildings cluster ing at the foot of the western slope be had lost the scent. Tbe tall man bad disappeared as completely and suddenly as if the earth bad opened and swallowed him. This, in Judson's prefiguring, was a small matter. The tall man. whom the ex engineer had unmistakably ree epnl7,ed at the moment of trnln for saking as Rankin nallock. was doubt less on bis way to Flemlsters head quarters at the foot of tbe western slope. For some reason of his own nallock did not wish to be seen going openly to the Wire Silver headquar ters; hence the drop from the train at Silver Switch aud the long tramp up tbe gulch and over the ridge. Forecasting it thus. Judson lost no time on the summit of mysterious dis appearances. Choosing the . shortest path he could find which promised to lead him down to tbe mining hamlet at tbe foot of the westward fronting alotie. he set his feet In It and went stumbling down tbe steep declivity. bringing up finally on a little bench Just above the mine workings. Here he stopped to get his breath and his bearings. From his halting place the mine headquarters building lay Just below him. at the right of the tunnel entrance to tbe mine. It was a long log building of one story. Making a detour to dodge tbe elec tric' lighted tunnel mouth, Judson care fully reconnoltered the office end of tbe headquarters building. There was door, with steps giving upon the downhill side, and there were two windows, both of which were blank to the eye by reason of the drawn down shades. Two persons at least were in tbe lighted room. Judson could bear their voices, but the thick log walls muffled the sounds to an indistinct murmur. The figure of a man sitting in a cbair was sharply silhouetted on tbe drawn window shade. Judson stared, rubbed bis eyes and stared again. It had never occurred to him before that the face of a man, viewed In blank profile, could differ so strikingly from the same face as seen eye to eye. That the man whose shad ow was projected upon tbe window rCWKJS BACKED A WAT AND 8TABXD AO AIM. shade was Rankin Hallock he could not doubt. The bearded chin, the puffy Hps ami the promluent nose were all faithfully outlined In the exaggerated shadowgraph. But the hat was worn at an unfamiliar angle, and there was sometblug io tbe erect, bulking figure tbavwas still more unfamiliar. Judson backed away and stared again, mutter ing to himself, if be had not traced Hal- lock almost to ibe door of Flemlster's quarters there might hare -been room for tbe thin edge of tbe doubt wedge. The unfamiliar pose and the rakish tilt of tbe soft hat were not among the chief clerk's remembered characteris tics: but. making due allowance for the distortion of tbe magnified facial out line, tb profile was HallocVa. , Having definitely settled for him self the question of identity, Judsoa renewed his search for -some eaves dropping point of ran tags. Risking Via. .AsitMjffji Si the moonlight, be twice made tbe clr- coit of the occupied end of tbe build lag. There was a line of light sbo lag under the 111 fitting door. and. with the top step ot the OwwahlU flight tor a perching place, one might lay a a ear to tbe crack sod overbear. But door and steps were sharply struck mil In the moonlight, and tbey fseed tbe tnln lng hamlet, where tbe men of tbe Oh? shift were still stirring.- - Judsoo knew the temper of tbe Tt manyonl miners. To be seen eroded lng on tbe boss' doorstep would be to take tbe chance of making a target of himself for tbe first loiterer uf the day shift who happened to look his way Dismissing the risk expedient, be made a third circuit from mono glare to shadow, this time upon bands and knees. To the lowly come the rewards of humility. Framed level upon stont log pillars on tbe downhill side, tbe headquarters warehouse and office sheltered a space beneath Ha flour which was roughly boarded up with slabs from tbe log sawlug Slab by slab tbe ex -engineer sought for his rat bole, trying each one softly In its turn. When there remained but three more to le tugged at tbe kiwned one was found. Judson swung It cau tlously aside -and wriggled through the narrow aperture left by Its remov al. A crawling minute later he was crouching beneath tbe loosely Jointed floor of tbe lighted room, and the ave nue of tbe ear bad broadeued Into fair highway. Almost at once be was able to verify nu guess tnat there sere only two men In tbe room above. At all events mere were only two speakers. Tbev were talking in low tones, and Judson bad no difficulty in Identifying the rather high pitched voice of tbe owner of tbe Wire Silver mine Tbe man whose profile be had seen on tbe win dow shade bad tbe voice which belong ed to tbe outlined features, but the listener under the Door bad a vague impreselou that he was trying to dls guise It. Judson knew nothing about tbe letter In which Flemister bad promised to arrange for a meeting be tween Lidgerwood and tbe ranchman Grofield. Wbut be did know was that be bad followed Hallock almost to tbe door of Flemister' s office and that be bad seen u shadowed face on tbe of (ice window shade which could be no other tbuu the face of tbe chief clerk It was. In spite of all this that tbe Im pression that the second speaker wu trying to disguise bis voice persisted But tbe ex engineer of fast passenger trains was able to banish tbe Impres sion after the first few minutes of eavesdropping. ' Judson bad scarcely found bis breath lng space between tbe floor timbers and had not yet overheard enough to give him tbe drift of the low toned talk when the bell of, tbe private line tele phone rang In the room above, it was Flemister who answered the bell ringer 'Hello! Yes, this Is Flemister Wbat's that? A message about Mr Lidgerwood? AH right; fire away. Who Is It?" came the inquiry in the grating voice which fitted and yet did not fit tbe other man Tbe listener beard tbe click of the telephone earpiece replacement. "It's Goodloe, talking from bis sta tion oillce at Little Butte." replied the mine owner "The dispatcher has Just called him up to say that Lidgerwood left Angels in his service car. running special, at 8:40. which would figure It here at about 11 or a little later" "Who is running It?" Inquired the other man. rather anxiously. Judson decided. "Williams and Bradford. A fool for luck every time. We might have hud to wipe out a couple of our friends." The listener under the floor had a sensation like that which might be produced by a cold wind blowing up the nape of bis neck. "There is no such thing as luck." rasped the other voice. "My time was short after I found out that Lidger wood wasn't coming on tbe passenger. But I managed to send word to Mat thews and Lester, telling tbem to make sure of Williams and Bradford We could spare both of tbem. If we have to." "Good!" said Flemister. "Then yon hod some such alternative in mind as that I have Just leen proposing?" "No." was the crusty rejoinder. "I was merely providing for tbe hun dredth chance. 1 don't like your alter native." "Why don't you?" "Well, for one thing. It's needlessly hlooly. We don't have to go at this thing like a bull at a gate. I've had my finger on the pulse of things ever since Lidgerwood took bold. The dope Is working all right In a purely natu ral way. In tbe ordinary run of things It will be oniy a few days or week before Lidgerwood will throw up bis bands nnd quit, and when be goes out I go In. That's straight goods this time." "You thought it was before." sneer ed Flemister.. "and you got beautiful ly left" Then. "You're talking long on 'naturals' and the 'ordinary run of things.' but I notice you schemed with Bart Rufford to put him out of the fight with a pistol bullet" Judson felt a sudden easing of trains. He had told McOloskey that ho would bo willing to swear to th voice of tbe man .whom he had over heard plotting with Rufford to - Cat Biggs' back room. Afterward, after ne naa sumcientiy rememserea tnat a whisky certainty might' easily lead tip to a sober perjwy, he had admitted the possible doubt But now Flem lster's taunt, made assurance doubly snre. Moreover, tbs arch plotter was! -not denying too fact of tbe conspiracy with "the killer.'' "En Cord is a bloodthirsty devll- 11k yourself the ether man was say ing calmly. "As I hart told you be fore, . Pvs discovered Lldgsrwood'f weakness. He cant call sudden bluff. Rufford's play -the play I told him to make was to get tbs drop on him. scars him up good and chase him out of town out of tbe country.' He overran bis orders and: went to Jail for If : . -Well?" aald the mine owner. ,' "Your scheme aa you outlined it to roe In your cipher wire this afternoon was built on this same weakness of Lidgerwood'. and 1 agreed to It Aa 1 understood It. you were to toll him up here with some lie about meeting Grofield. and then on of us was to put a pistol In bis face and bluff him Into throwing up bis Job. Aa I say. I agreed to tt. He'll bar to go wbea the fight with tb men gets hot enough, hnt he might bold on too long for our comfort" "well?" tut fd Flemister again, this time more impatiently, Judson thought. -tie queerea your . layout Dy care fully omitting to com on tbe passeu ger. and now you propose to fall back upuii Rufford's method. -1 don't ap prove. Again the mine owner said. "Why don't your And tbe other vole took up tbe quesriou argomeatstlvely t irsr. Decause it is unnecessary, as I have explained. Lidgerwood Is offl daily dead right now. When tbe grievance committees tell him what has been decided upon be will put on his bat and go back to wherever tt was that he came from. "And secondly?" suggested Flemis ter. still with tbe nagging sneer In bls tone. The secondly is a weakness of mine, you'll say. Flemister. I want bis Job. partly becanse It belongs to me. but chiefly because If don't get it a bunch of us will wind up break lng stone for the state But 1 haven't anything against the man himself. tie trusts me: ne has defended me when others have tried to put him wise; be bas been white to me. Flem ister" "Is that all?" queried the mine own er In tbe tone of the prosecuting at trorney wbo gives the criminal bis fnll length of the rope witb which to bang himself. No. Lidgerwood Is Ford's man If be threws up bis Job of Ids own ac cord I may be able to swing Ford info line to name me as bis successor. On the other band. If Lidgerwood is snuffed out and tbere Is the faintest suspicion of foul play Flemister, I'm telling you fight here and now Ihnt tunt man i-orn win wittier est nor sleep until be bas set tbe dogs on us." "You say it is unnecessary, that Lidgerwood will be pnsbed our by the labor fight." said Flemlstsr. "My an swer to that Is that you don't know him quite as well as you tbink you do. If he's allowed to live" he'll stay. unless somebody fakes him unawares and scares btm off. as 1 meant to do tonight wheu I wired you. If he csn- tinr.es to live and stay you know what will bappen sooner or later. He'll find you out for tbe double faced cur that yon are. and after that tb fireworks." At this tbe other voice took its turn at tbe savage sneering. "You can't put it all over me that way. Flemister; yoa can t, and you shan't. You're In tbe hole just as deep as 1 am. foot for foot." Oh. no. my friend." said tbe cooler voice. "I haven't been stealing in carload lots from the company that hires me. I have merely been buying a little disused scrap from you. You may say that I have planned a few of tbe adverse happenings which bav been running the loss and damage ac count of the road up into the pictures during the past few weeks. Possibly I have, but you are the man wbo bas been carrying out the plans, and you are tbe man the courts will recognize But we're wasting time siff'ng here Jawing at each other like a pair of old women. It's up to us ,to obliterate Lidgerwood. after which It will be up to you to get bis Job and cover up your tracks as yoa can. If be lives he'll dig. and if he digs bell turn up things that neither of us cab stand for. See bow be bangs on to that building and loan gbost He'll tree somebody on that before he's through. yon mark my words, and It runs In my mind that the somebody will bo yon." But this tran scheme of vours. protested tn other man. "It's a fsost I tell yon. TOO aay the nlgbt pas senger from Red Butte is late. I know It's lata now. But Cranfords running It and It Is aH downhill from Red Butte-to tb bridge. Cran-' ford will mak up his thirty minutes, and that will put his train right here in tbe thick of things. Call it off for tonight. Flemister. Meet Lidgerwood whence cornea and tell him aa easy lie about your not being able to bold Grofield for tbe right of way talk." Judson beard tbe creak and snap or a awing ctmir suaaeniy ngnrea. sua tb floor AW jarred through tbe cracks upon him when the mine own er sprang to his feet' "CaH It off and let yon drop out of it? Not by a thousand miles, my cau tious friend. I'm about ready to, frees yoa anyway for tne secona time- mark that will yoa? for tbe second time. No: keep your hinds where 1 can e 'em or 111 knlf . yoa right where yoa ait Yon can bully and browbeat a lot of railroad buckles when you'r pfaying the boss act. but I know yen. You com with mor m give th whole snap away to Vice President Ford. I'll tell btm how you built a street of house In Red Butte out of company material and with company labor. Hi prove to bim that you'r scrapped first on thing and then another condemned tbem so you might sell them for your' own pocket. nr- r;.?rv-..'-r :v;. "Shat npP shouted the other man: bbarsety. "Get yourr tools and com on. We'll see who's gst tb yellows before we're through with this." , ' (Ta b continued.) GOLF IN .THE SOUTH. Tb Cssno Was Plsyd In CharUstn '. .., as Esrty 1788. ; Golf was played in Charleston a ta; back aa 1788. tn tb City Uaxett .or' Dally AdrerttMvr of pt 27. I7VL appears the following notice: "Anniversary ot the Houtb Carolina Golf club wiu be held at Williams' coffee bouse on TburxOay, "JWb tnst, when members are reqhex led to it tend at X o'clock precisely, that tbe business of the club may b transact ed before dlnuer." vr.--;;.. .... . For sever years following may be found calls for the anniversary meet ings to be held at "ib clubbous on Harlestou's green.' a tract of land south of Boundary mow Calbount street between the present, Coming and Rut ledge streeta. . , The fact I bat It was the anniversary meeting In 1701 would show that tb club bad been organised before that date, but unfortunately tb 111 of newspapers tu tbe Charleston library la not complete for some years Just prior, and on finds no earlier notices of meetings or mention pt tb club' But In the sam Journal of 8ept: 18, 17MS. I her Is in advertisement of an auction sal ot a farm on Charleston Neck, between three and tour miles, from tbe city, adjoining . Cochran's shipyard, bounding tu part on Ship yard creek, which, after describing tb different Items of property included tn tb sat, states tbat "tbere ts lately erected that pleasing and genteel amusement, tbe golf ha a a." This rer talnly indicate that golf wss one of tbe local Hrousemeuts of that day. Tbe word "basil" I English-Dutcb dictions ry i means path. walk. way. etc.. nnd golf. tM'cordlng to tbe Ency clopaedia BrltHunica. Is derived from tbe Dutch "kolf." a Club, and . tb game Is doubtless of Dutch origin and Introduced Into Scotland about 14501 Cbarlotttou Mws and Courier. RIGHT ON THE JOB. H Didnt Bslisv In Lstting ths Pises . Sstk ths Man. A little story of success starting witb tbe ue of waul ads. is contained in Business and tbe Bookkeeper. A Min neapolis manufacturer explains his lik ing for nieu wbo. even If tbey lack cer tain imiHirtaut qualities, bav "Initia tive and originality." Tbe manufacturer, wbo at tbe rime of blch be sHke was Just out of college. in Chicago and out of work, answered an advertisement offering a position, addressing, as instructed. "T24." He inclosed bis reply la a large red en velope that could be seen aud recog nized at a distance tie was In the newspaper office early tbe following morning In one of tbe boxes in wblcb replies to advertisements were kept be saw bis red envelope. He waited tbree biiurs. until tbe letter In that box was given to a mun calling for tbem. He followed tbe man to a west side fac tory. As the messenger laid tbe bunch of letters on tbe manager's desk tbe job hunter was standing by it 'I'm ready to go to work." be said. Tbe manager's reply was not "elegant" but In addition to being exclamatory It was interrogatory. How did be manage to present himself on tbe scene? The young man in need of tb job pointed to his red enveloe. Tb manager looked at It and looked at him. Then be turned to tb messen ger. "Find out wbo this young fellow hi and put blm to work." be said. Discretion Mis Better Part Mr. Callahan bad received a long tongue lashing from Mr. Hennessey. 'and bis friends were urging on blm tb wisdom ot vindicating bis honor with his fists. "Bat bo's more than me equal." said Mr. t'sllnban dubiously, "aud look at tb sire ot m." "Sure an you don't want folks to bo sayn. Terry Callahan la a cow ard? " demanded a reproachful friend. "Well. I duano." and Mr. Callahan gated mournfully about him. "I'd rather that to ave 'em aayta' day after termorrow. 'How natural Terry looks." "Metropolitan Magazine. How a Hindu Uses Clocks. Tb Hindu places a clock in bis showrooms not because.be ever desires to know what tb hour is. but because a clock la a foreign curiosity. Instead, therefore, of contenting himself . with on good clock b will perhaps have a doaeu in one room. Tbey are signs of his wealth, but tbey do not add to bis Comfort, for be is so Indifferent to time that be measures tt by tb number of bamboo lengths the sun has traveled above tbe horizon. Too Many Numbers. 'Yon . have forgotten yonr name?" aald the kind policeman. "Yes," said tb victim of aphasia. Ton see. I overtaxed my memory tny- fng to remember my name' and my Douse numbei and my telephone num ber and my automobile uumber and the number of my dog license all at one." Washington 8tar. - , .X h Lost Out.' " "Yea, sir. be wus afraid the banks bustin' on ' blm, an', ao n buried bis money r fHas u got It yetr TNo; h forgot to blaze the tree whar tt wax. an' tb man wbo owned tbe land put ap a sign. "No Trespassing on The Grounds.' "Pittsburg Dls pa ten. t Among th Fliers. "1 took a filer in Wall arrtet" "And tbe result r "Sam old aviation news a (In start and ail of sodden a tearful bump." Exchange. ' ' . ' . . ' Wast not frV tear ovr old griefs.- Euripides. - ; TO HOLD FOR 13 CEXIS. - - . , i Farmer Have Fonda to Finance the South' CrofHOae Syndicate Guarantees $79,000,000 fjotv ernntent. Crop. Report Condemn ed by Montgomery Convention. -The following extracts from : the Aasociated Pre' . account of tbe cotton growers convention at Mont gomery, Ala,, from yesterday morn ing's paper will be of especial In terest to a large number of The. Ga zette's readers: , . , . Five - hunderd farmers and aa many bankers. Congressmen, Unit ed States Senators and business men representing .every ... cotton-growing State In America, declared in con vention today that , the farmer' cotton is worth 15 cents a pound, and resolved that the farmer should hold his cotton for that price. The resolution followed a committee re port that the crop In America would be 12,500,000, bales. For. financing the crop of this year, a resolution was adopted to the effect' that the farmer should deposit his cotton in a warehouse and uie his receipt aa collateral until be could sell his productlcn at - not less : than 15 cents. There was also a resolution -that the several State Legislature.' provide for bonded warehouses. Declaring that - organisation a mong the farmers and co-operation among;, them with the bankers and farmers was the solution of the problem, the convention resolved It self into a - permanent organization to be known as the. Southern Cot ton N Congress, and adjourned to meet in Atlanta at the call of the president, ' E. J. Watson, Commis sioner of Agriculture of South Car olina. The meeting In Montgomery is to be followed by a similar conven tion In every Southern State, to be ' called by the Commissioner of Agri culture of each State. By these conventions the action of the con gress is to be ratified and reinforc ed by further steps toward securing" a better price for cotton. Among the speakers at the con vention today were Senator E. D. Smith of South Carolina, wno re ceived the thanks of the congress for his attitude In Congress toward the government cotton report; Con gressman J. Thomas Hefiin of Ala- abama, Congressman Henry D, Clay ton of Aalabama, and Dudley M. Hughes, Congressman from the 3rd Georgia district. As the result of a conference tn Montgomery yesterday afternoon. President C. S. Barrett of the Far mers' Union announced today that French-English syndicate has guaranteed any amount of money up to $75,000,000 to finance the South's cotton crop. 'The deal was made through a personal represent ative of tbe syndicate. The money is to be loaned at 6 per cent and the cotton is to be put up as -collateral. Details of the plan are to be per-1 fected by a committee to be com posed of one Southern banker and two members of the Farmers' Un ion. The estimate of this year's cot ton crop, recommended by the com mittee on statistics, and adopted by the convention at the morning ses sion, is approximately 12,500,000 bales. This estimate was based on fig ures represented to the committee by the call of States, each State be ing represented by its agricultural commissioner or his authorized as sistant, and by figures furnished by tbe Natlcnal Farmers' Union from its recent convention at Shawnee, Okla., and by revised figures sub mitted by President Charles S. Bar rett of the Farmers' Union. k FIGHTING DISEASE IX SCHOOLS. Charlotte News, 9th. A meeting was held in the city hall in Gastonia on Thursday night' in the-interest of better health. Plans for medical inspection and ex amination of all children in the public schools were made, and In addition to this course f lectures ' op the ircr echelon iMsases have been nrovided for. Several local physicians have volunteered their services. The Idea is to give each child a thorough knowledge of dis eases which occur- freauently and teach how tn prevent and cure the same. Teachers, also, are to ae urged to "study up" on this sub ect. that tbev mav tbe more Intel ligently guard their pupils against the ravages of disease. In our opinion this Is a pronounc ed step forward. The fact bas oeen proven over and over again that the majority of physical afflictions whjch beset mankind may be avlod ed by adopting precautionary meas ures. And even with the more Ber lins diseases; such as tnbewulosis. it is Vnown thst the death rate mav be reduced at least flftv per cent. If the public could ever be brought to the point where . It would ponder carefully these facts there-would b a popular clamor for better sanitary and health laws. Much sickness generates In the school room. A fhild with ' an Infectious disease drinks from the same glass used ry others and the sickness spreads like i wildfire. With proper precaution this menace to health may be check ed. Another point: often times a child' eyesight is impaired for life because, through ianorance or tnat- tent Ion, It wss atlowed to strain Its eves fn schoot. Children will be ex amined carefnlly and every effort will i be made 1 to nreserve them ( aasfnst those . ills which may be , avoMM through, cantjon. - Children In Charlotte schools' ar examined and tbe same sten should be taken by school boards through- ' out'the state- v; ; ; ? . ,'. - Qai's Dairy Business. v -v ' Mr. W. D, Anthony, of route on, win discontinue his dairy business . Sentember J Oth and advertises his cows, -wason, etc., for. .sale.. Mr. : Anthony has conducted- this , busl- -ness for the past fourteen years aad: as built nn a large trade. In fact he is not able to supply the demand . for milk and butter.; He prefers to.'-.' ell to some parly who will take over his ' customers. Anyne Inter- ested In this proposition would do' well to see 'or communicate with Mr. Anthony.-, ...- 7 -
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