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The Gray Wolf.
As It chanced, Jasper Grierson was
in the act of concluding a long and apparently
satisfactory telephone coversation
with his agent in Duluth at the
moment when the door of his private
room opened and his daughter entered.
He hung the receiver on its hook
and was pushing the bracketed telephone
set aside when Margery crossed
the room swiftly and placed an envelope,
the counterpart of the one left
with Raymer, on the desk.
' 4 "There is your notice to quit," she
f said calmly. "You threw me down
and gave me the double-cross the other
day, and now I've come back at you."
Another man might have hastened
to meet the crista But the gray wolf
was of a different mettle. He let the
envelope lie untouched until after he
had pulled out a drawer in the desk,
found his box of cigars, and had leisurely
selected and lighted one of the
fat black monstrosities. When he tore
the envelope across, the photographic
print fell out, and he studied it carefully
for many seconds before he read
the accompanying documents. For a
little time after he had tossed the
papers aside there was a silence that
bit. Then he said, slowly:
"So that's your raise, is it? Where
does the game stand right now?"
"You stand to lose."
Again the biting silence; and then:
"You don't think I'm fool enough to j
give you back your ammunition so
that you can use it on me, do you?"
"Those papers and that picture are
copies; the originals are in a sealed
envelope in Mr. Raymer's safe. If you '
- haven't taken your hands off of Mr.
Raymer's throat,by three o'clock this
afternoon, the envelope will be
opened."
Jasper Grierson's teeth met in the
^ marrow of the fat cigar. Equally with- '
out heat and without restraint, he
stripped her of all that was womanly, 1
pouring upon her a flood of foul
epithets and vile names garnished 1
with bitter, brutal oaths. She shrank '
from the crude and savage upbraid- j
ings as if the words had been hot irons
to touch the bare flesh, but at the end 1
of it she was still facing him hardily. 1
"Calling me bad names doesn't 1
change anything." she pointed out, and '
her tone reflected something or his
own elemental contempt for the euphemisms.
"You have five hours in 1
which to make Mr. Raymer under- ^
stand that you have stopped trying to
smash him. Wouldn't it be better to 1
begin on that? You can curse me out
any time, you know."
Jasper Grierson's rage fit, or the
mud-volcana manifestation of it,
passed as suddenly as it had broken j
?^ i
1
* "You Can Wade Ashort NOW, Can't
Your
out. Swinging heavily in his chair he
took up the papers again, reread them
thoughtfully, and then swung slowly
to face *he situation.
"Let's see what you want?show up
your hand."
"I have shovn It. Take the prop of
your backing from behind this labor
trouble, and let Mr Raymer settle i
with his men on a basis of good-will i
and fair dealing." s
"Is that all?" t
"No. You must cancel this pine
-land deal. You have broken bread
with Mr. Galbraith as a friend, and }
I'm not going to let you be worse than
an Arab." t
Grierson's shaggy brows met in a 1
rellective frown, and when he spoke J
^ the bestial temper was rising again. 1
"When this is all over, and you've
gone to live with Raymer, I'll kill
him," he said, with an outburst of the 1
hard jaw; adding: "You know me, 1
Madge." <
"I thought I did," was the swift re
tort. "Rut it was a mistake. And as
for taking it out on Air. itavmer, you u <
better wait until I go to live with <
him. as you put in. Besides, this isn't
' Yellow Dog gulch. They hang people
here."
"You little she-devil! If you push
me into this thing, you'd better get
Raymer, or somebody, to take you in.
You'll be out in the street!"
"I had thought of that, too," she
said, coolly; "about quitting you. I'm
sick of it all?the getting and then
? spending and the crookedness. I'd
put the money?yours and mine?in a
pile and set fire to it, if some decent
man would give me a calico dress and
a chance to cook for two."
0 "Raymer, for instance?" the father
cut in, in heavy mockery.
"Mr. Raymer has asked me to marry
him, if you care to know," she
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be/nee;
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struck back. 1
"Oho! So that's the milk in the 1
cocoanut, is it? You sold me out to 1
buy in with him!" 1
"You may put it that way, if you
like; I don't care." She was drawing
on her driving gloves methodically '
and working the fingers into place, I
and there were sullen fires in the 1
brooding eyes. ^
"I've been thinking it was the other t
one?the book writer," said the father. 1
Then, without warning: "He's a '
damned crook." 1
The daughter went on smoothing t
the wrinkles out of the fingers of her <
gloves. "What makes you think so?" c
she inquired, with indifference, real or t
skillfully assumed.
"He's got too much money to be J
straight. I've been keeping cases on
him." c
"Never mind Mr. Griswold," She t
interposed. "He is my friend, and I 1
suppose that is enough to make you 1
hate him. About this other matter? 1
ten minutes before three o'clock this
afternoon I shall go back to Mr. Ray- i
mer. If he tells me that his troubles
are straightening themselves out, I'll t
get the papers.'' f
"You'll bring 'em here to me?" f
"Some day; after I'm sure that you s
have broken off the deal with Mr. Gal- t
K??q Uk "
Jasper Grierson let his daughter get c
as far as the door before he stopped t
her with a blunt-pointed arrow of con- r
tempt. c
"I suppose you've fixed it up to c
marry that college-sharp dub so that a
his mother and sister can rub it into 1
you right?" he sneered. h
"You can suppose again," she re- \
turned, shortly. "If I should marry c
him, it would be out of pure spite to
those women. Because, when he c
asked me, I told him No. You weren't t
counting on that, were you?" And r
having fired this final shot of contradiction
she departed. r
After Miss Grierson had driven a
home from the bank between ten t
and eleven in the morning, an admir- f
Ing public saw her no more until just a
before bank-closing hours in the d
afternoon. As she passed in the basket a
phaetan between half-past two and g
:hree through the overcrossing suburb v
:here were signs of an armistice ap- n
parent, even before the battlefield was s
reached. Pottery Flat was populated s
igain, and the groups of men bunched ii
on the street corners arguing peace- ii
fully. Miss Grierson pulled up at one
of the corners and beckoned to a n
young iron-molder. n
"Anything new, Malcolm?" she n
isked. a
"You bet your sweet life!" said the I
young molder, meeting her as most j
nen did, on a plane perfect equality o
ind frankness. "We was hoodooed to c
beat the band, and Mr. Raymer's got
us comin* and goin'. There wasn't no p
orders from the big federation, at all; ii
ind that crooked guy, Clancy, was a a
'ake!" v
"He has gone?" she asked. I
"He'd better be. If he shows himself
around here gain, there's goin' to ii
be a mix-up." p
Miss Griereson drove on, and at the a
iron works there were more of the o
peaceful indications. The gates were o
open, and a switching engine from the v
railroad yards was pushing in a car
load of furnace coal. By all the signs
the trouble flood was abating.
Raymer saw her when she drove under
his window and calmly made a
hitching post of the clerk who went ^
out to see what she wanted. A moment
later she came down the corridor
to stand in the open doorway of f
the manager's room. ?
'You are still alone?" she asked.
"Yes; Griswold hasn't shown up s
since morning. I don't know what has s
become of him."
"And the labor trouble, is that croinir *
to be settled?"
He looked away and ran his fingers
through his hair as one still puzzled J
and bewildered. "Some sort of a mirn
acle has been wrought," he said. "A
little while ago a committee came to
a
talk over terms of surrender. It
aeems that the whole thing was the ^
result of a?of a mistake."
"Yes," she returned quietly, "it was _
I'
just that?a mistake." And then: ^
'You are going to take them back?" 0
"Certainly. The plant will start up n
again in the morning." Then his cu- v
riosity broke bounds. "I can't under- g
stand it. How did you work the miricle?"
"Perhaps I didn't work it." f
"I know well enough you did, in r
some way." a
She dismissed the matter with a r
:oss of the pretty head. "What dif- j
'erence does it make so long as you e
ire out of the deep water and in a
alaee where you can wade ashore? r
i'ou can wade ashore now, can't you?" t
He nodded. "This morning I should r
lave said that we couldn't but now?" 1
fie reached over to his desk and hand- f
?d her a letter to which was pinned 1
i telegram less than an hour old. I
She read the letter first. It was a i
urt announcement of the withdrawal 1
if the Pineboro railroad's repair work.
TVin tolntri'-iiYi it'oc cHII hrinfor 4' Fl i u _ 1
regard my letter of yesterday;" this, <
and the signature, "Atherton." The >
smaller plotter returned the corre- <
spondence with a little sigh of relief. 1
It had been worse than she had '
thought, and it was now better than
she had dared hope. 1
"I must be going." she said, rising.
"If you will give me my envelope?"
Ho crossed to the safe and got it for 1
her. His curiosity was still keenedged,
but he beat it hack manfully. 1
"I wish you wouldn't hurry," he said 1
hospitably. He was searching the i
changeful eyes for the warrant to say
more, but he could not find it.
He was obliged to let it go at that; 1
but when they reached the phateon l
and the horse-holding clerk had been |
relieved, he spoke of another matter. I
"I'm a little worried about Kenneth,"
he told her. "He came down |
this morning looking positively
wretched, but he wouldn't admit that
he was sick. Have you seen much of
him lately?" <
"Not very much"?guardedly?"Did '
you say he had gone home?"
"I don't know where he has gone.
He left here about half an hour before
you came, and I haven't seen him
since."
"And you are worried because he
doesn't look well?"
"Not' altogether on that account,
['m afraid he is in deep water of some
kind. I never saw a person change as
tie has in the past week or so. You
tnow him pretty well, and what a big
leart he has?'
She nodded, half mechanically.
"Well, there have been times lately '
vhen I've been afraid he'd kill somebody?in
this squabble of ours, you
tnow. He has been going armed?
vhich was excusable enough, under
he circumstances?and night before
ast, when we were walking uptown
ogether, I had all I could do to keep
lim from taking a pot-shot at a fellow
vho, he thought was following us. I
lon't know but I'm taking all sorts
>f unfair advantage of him, telling you
his behind his back, but?" .
"No; I'm glad you have told me.
Haybe I can help."
He put her into the low basket seat,
rnd tucked the dust-robe around her ,
:arefully. While he was doing it he .
ooked up into her face and said: "I'd
ove you awfully hard for what you
lave done today?if you'd let me."
It was like her to smile straight
nto his eyes when she answered him. ,
"When you can say that?in Just
hat way?to the right woman, you'll ,
ind a great happiness lying in wait
or you, Edward, dear." And then she
* - ?? ? ?a au_
ipoKe 10 me jyiurgan mare aim usance
came between.
As once before, In the earlier hours
>f the same day, Miss Grierson took
he roundabout way between the Rayner
plant and Mereside, making the
:ircuit which took ber through the
:ollege grounds and brought her out
it the head of upper Shawnee street.
The Widow Holcomb was sitting on
ler front porch, placidly crocheting,
vhen the phaeton drew up at the
urb.
"Mr. Griswold," said the phaeton's
iccupant. ".May I trouble you to tell
lim that I'd like to speak to him a
noment?"
Mrs. Holcomb, friend of the Rayners,
the Farnhams, and the Oswards,
.nd own cousin to the Barrs, was of
he preverse minority; and, apart
rom this, she had her own opinion of
. young woman who would wait at the
loor of a young man's boarding house
Jid take him off for a night drive to
:oodness only knew where, and from
rhich he did not return until good
less oniy Knew wnen. oo mere was no ^
titch missing in the crocheting when t
he said, stiffly: "Mr. Griswold isn't y
n. He hasn't been home since morn
ng." \
Miss Grierson drove on, and the r
lost casual observer might have re- g
larked the strained tightening of the j.
ips and the two red spots which came ,
nd went in the damask-peach cheeks. r
lut it was not until she had reached j
lereside, and had gained the shelter 8
f the deserted library, that speech
ame. j
"O pitiful Christ!" she sobbed, drop- c
dng into a chair and hiding her face c
i the crook of her arm; "he's done it c
t last!?he's trying to hide, and that's c
rhat they've been waiting for! And a
don't know where to look!" t
Eut Matthew Broffln, tilting lazily
i his chair on the downtown hotel c
orch, knew very well where to look, a
nd he was watching the one outlet c
f the hiding place as an alert, thougn t
iutwardly disregardful, house cat ^
matches a mouse's hole. j
(To be continued.) c
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FORD'S SUBMARINE ^
a
Vhat the Automobile Man Hai to Say *
About the Little Terror.
Henry Ford, the automobile manu- ^
acturer, who is going to New York j
Sunday night preliminary to a conerence
with Secretary Daniels, will
ubmit to the latter a plan for a new
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UDmarine one-iourin tne size or ine
iverage submarine, far more destrucive
and, in Mr. Ford's opinion, likely
o hasten world peace. j
The new submarine would be equip>ed
with a gasolene motor only one- e
ourth the size of those now in use
.nd far less expensive.
This is w"hat Mr. Ford has to say 1
.bout the new submarine:
"It would be no trick at all to pro- c
luce a submarine equipped with a 1
rasolene engine for its entire motive e
lower which could sail anywhere un- 1
ler the sea carrying a pill at the end c
f a pole powerful enough to blow the c
nightiest battleship ever built into a I
vreck of junk. I am going to tell
Secretary Daniels so when I see him in 1
Vashington next week. 1
"The new submarine would be one- r
ourth the size of the present subma- r
ine and would be able to propel Itself r
ind guide itself up and down to the '
ight and to left, by its own power.
Slectric storage batteries are unnec- f
'ssary. I
"And the best of all, these subma- s
ines can be built at such a slight cost s
hat all the incentive for greedy ar- I
nament makers will be taken away r
'rom them. They will cost only a f
'raction of what the present subma- i
Ines cost and only a fraction of one (
jer cent of the $15,000,000 dreadloughts
which they will be able to 1
>low to pieces. i
"If the public is interested enough, i
ive may arrange to give a demonstra- ;
lion of this new machine some time |
n the near future. I believe that edu- <
ration will be the greatest factor in i
bringing about universal peace, but i
Ihis new submarine is likely, by the
very terror it inspires, to hasten world i
iO'l PA "
The Tribuna of Rome, publishes information
to the effect that the famous
Zoochi monument to the memory of
Dante at FT rt. has been demolished
by the Austrians, that the bronze In
it miffht be us?d in cannon making.
J. D. Bartley defeated John Wripht 1
for mayor of Johnston Tuesday, by a
majority of two votes. 1
GEORGIA FARMERS AROUSED
Want the State to Establish a Warebouse
System.
SIGNIFICANT MEETING IN ATLANTA.
Hon. John L. McLaurin and Prominent
Georgians Discuss Situation?
Governor Harris Willing to Recommend
Any Desired Legislation?
Washington Administration Commended
and Attitude of Banks Criticised.
^rr*apoua>nc? Th? YorkvllU Kaquirvr
Atlanta, Ga,, September 21.?As a
result of a stirring speech delivered
by Hon. John L. McLaurin, state
warehouse commissioner of South
Carolina to 250 members of the Georgia
State Farmers' Union, representing
every county in the state, in the
apitol today, Governor Nat E. Harris
has agreed to include consideration
of the state warehouse bill in his call
for an extra session of the legislature
and to recommend to that body the
passage of any state warehouse bill
;hat the Farmers' Union of Georgia
night propose.
Charles P. Barrett of Union Clly.
3a., president of the National Union,
presided over the meeting and while
3on. John L. McLaurin was the prin:ipal
speaker, there were also remarks
)y J. J. Brown, president of the Georgia
State Union; Congressman Wiliam
Schley Howard of the Fifth
3eorgia district, Congressman W. C.
Adamson of the Fourth district and
jx-Senator M. J. Johnson of Jackson
:ounty.
Senator McLaurin spoke for an
lour and a half and then answered
juestlons for thirty minutes or more.
31s speech has produced a considerible
sensation in banking and comnercial
circles in the city, and has no
loubt interested legislators over the
itate.
For one thing the speaker took up
he official record of usurious Interest
.harges by the National banks as giv
sn out by Hon. W. Q. P. Harding,
ihairman of the Regional Reserve
>oard, at Raleigh last night, and told
low eleven Georgia banks last year
:harged the cotton producers as high
is 30 per cent fcr loans, and how the
iverage interest charged by all the
>anks of Georgia exceeded 12 per
:ent. "If you farmers do not have the
nanhood to fight for your'rights," he
leclared, "you will soon find yourelves
in the condition of mere tenants
vorklng for a few big Atlanta banks!"
The speaker told his audience how
he warehouse bill would have become
i law at the recent session of the gensral
assembly except for banking inerests
that insisted upon the estabishment
of a big central warehouse
n this city under conditions that
vould require the concentration here
>f all Georgia cotton on which loans
vere sought from the banks. "This,"
he speaker said, "would be the
leight of folly. All the money obtain(d
on such cotton would be deposited
lere with the result that the comnunities
in which the cotton was
Town would be deprived from all
>eneflts from it, and when the cotton
vas sold, the money would still renaln
here building up the banks of
Atlanta at the expense of the entire
tate. j
I
In this connection Mr. McLaurin
aunched into a terrific arraignment
if the "traitors in our midst." He delared
that he had information that
ertain bankers were doing all they
ould to influence the New York banks
igainst lending money on cotton after
he price reached ten cents a pound.
'Cotton," declared Mr. McLaurin, "Is
entitled to the benefit of the law of
upply and demand, and the banker
>r anybody else who tries to defeat
hat law is a traitor to the cotton prolucer.
When cotton was selling last;
rear for 6 cents a pound only because
if a tie up of the money supply, and
ve tried to valorize it, they told us
ve were wrong. Now that the banks
ire bulging with more money than
hey know what to do with, is it not
qually wrong in them to try to valorze
our cotton at 10 cents when they
mow that it is certainly worth not
ess than 12 cents? This refusal of
iredit beyond 10 cents is nothing more
lor less than an effort to hold the price
lown to that figure."
There had been some disposition in
he meeting to depricatc the Federal
idministration; but Mr. McLaurin sienced
all such sentiment with a
flowing encomium of the "big man"
n the White House. "You had better
hank God for Wilson and back him
ip with all the strength and sincerity
if your hope for the welfare- of our
ountry, rather than put in your time
licking flaws in his policy. No great
r man man mr. wuson, euner menally
or morally, has ever administer>d
the affairs of this nation." This
leclaration elicited cheers of apiroval.
Mr. McLaurin emphasized the fact
hat the Federal government had the
lower to force banks in the Federal
eserve to lend money to farmers at a
easonable rate, and said that the adnlnistration
through Secretary McVdoo,
had already told these banks:
'Here is this money?lend it to the
'armers at not more than 6 per cent."
f the banks did not comply with this.
:aid Mr. McLaurin, the Federal re:erve
board could enforce obedience
>y taking away their charters as board
nembers. Also, he declared that the
armers would do well to consider the
dea of establishing a bank of their
)wn.
Congressman Adamson agreed with
Mr. McLaurin that money was never
nore plentiful than now, and he advised
that if the banks, which could
?et all the money they wanted at 3
per cent to lend on cotton at 6 per
?ent, would not help, the farmers
should find some other way to get the
money.
Congressman Howard said that only
the ports of Germany and Austria
were closed to cotton and that the in?rease
in the American demand was
more than sufficient to make up for
I he loss of demand from these two
rountries. He said also that he had
reason to believe the story that German
agents are now buying 3,000,000
bales of cotton to be held in American
warehouses until 4he close of the
war.
A striking incident of the meeting
was an unusual speech by ex-Senator
Johnson, a venerable white haired
man who, upon being accorded the
floor, made a fierce attack on the
Georgia senate for refusing to pass
the McLaurln warehouse bill at Its recent
session. He charged predominant
influence of the money power,
disregard of the rights of the producing
classes and moral cowardice.
Then he went on to say: "I Journeyed
here from my home for the sole purpose
of seeing and hearing Hon. John
L. McLaurln, and now I rejoice that I
shall be able to hand down to my
children that my eyes have seen the
man and that my ears have heard the
great speech he has delivered to us today.
I want to testify to you friends
and brothers, that the Hon. John L.
McLaurin here amongst us, is doing
more for the south than any other
man in it." Lifting his eyes upward,
his quavering voice and tremb g
hands evidencing his deep emotion, he
continued: "O God, I thank Thee for
men like this?men with the wisdom,
courage, ability and willingness to
lead us along sound, practical lines."
Then he paused and looking around
over the gathering, concluded with the
appeal: "Fellow farmers, let us follow
him!" Senator Johnson's speech
produced a profound impression upon
all present.
A committee was appointed to confer
with Governor Harris with reference
to calling an extra session of the
legislature and recommending the
passage of a warehouse law similar
to that of South Carolina. The governor
agreed to recommend anything
the Farmers' Union saw proper to propose,
and afterward Senator McLaurin
and the governor talked over the
details. The understanding is tnat
they came to a complete agreement
as to the kind of bill that should be
passed.
Resolutions were adopted commending
Senator McLaurln and Thos.
E. Watson for the fight they are making
for popular rights.
CONSCRIPTION COMING
Unless Men are Compelled to Serve,
England is Lost, 8ays Lloyd-George.
David Lloyd-George, minister of
munitions, in a letter to one of his
constituents, issued by the official
prfss bureau a few days ago, makes
an; appeal to the public to give the
government a fair chance to decide the
question of compulsory service and
reiterates his view that the situation
is a serious one, which demands that
the country, if victory is to fall to the
Allies, must exert its whole strength.
Mr. Lloyd-George says:
"You say, and say rightly, that the
government ought to give the nation
a lead on the question whether the
moral obligation of every able-bodied
man to defend his country should be
converted during this war into a legal
obligation.
"fhe government, I can assure you,
are fully alive to the necessity for
giving a definite lead. They are engaged
in examining the subject with
a view to coming to the right decision.
"If the figures demonstrate that we
can win through and with the voluntary
system, it would be folly to provoke
a controversy in the middle of a
world war by attempts to substitute
a totally different method. On the
other hand, if these figures demonstrate
to every unprejudiced person
that the voluntary system has exhausted
its utility, and nothing but
legal pressure can give us the armies
necessary to defend the honor of Great
Britain and save Europe from the
triumph of military despotism, I have
not yet heard of the man who would
resist compulsion.
"It is all a question of ascertainable
facts. Why then all this premature
anger? The determining facts have
not yet been published. When they
have been sifted and made known,
the advocates of one view or the other
will surely find that the whole cycles
of fervor and ferocity have been
wasted in attacking position which 1
they will then discover they ought to 1
defend. Let the government have a
fair chance to decide.
"The opinions I have formed as to
the essential action ore prompted by
the sincere persuasion that nothing
but the exertion of our whole strength
will enable us to obtain victory, upon
which so much depends.
"The issue is the gravest any country
has ever been called upon to decide.
Let it be settled in a spirit
worthy of its gravity. I withdraw
nothing I have said as to the serious- 1
ness of the position. I. for months,
have called attention to the dangers
in the present war. Events along will
prove whether I have been unduly
alarmed. So far, I regret, they have
Justified my apprehensions.
"I should indeed be a traitor if I
did not hope fervently that the course
of the war would prove that I have
over estimated the worst evils, but I
have not written without warrant in
facts known to the enemy as well as 1
to us?facts which I should have
thought would have already sobered
the most fatuous optimist."
GENERAL NEWS NOTES
Items of Interest Gathered from All
Around the World.
Hon. W. J. Bryan delivered a peace
address in Boston Sunday and his
part of the door receipts was $1,600.
An international exposition to last
1 HO rlniro tirill Ko nrv/innrl of PhnomQ Hn
January l, to commemorate the discovery
of the Pacific ocean by Balboa.
Nine thousand New York policemen
are reported to have endorsed the
woman suffrage movement in that
city.
Charles and Frank Lyle, brothers,
were arrested in New York Sunday,
charged with bigamy.
The first complete report of the
commission for relief in Belgium, covering
the first eight months of its activities,
shows that the commission
collected and distributed $50,000,000,
and of this $15,000,000 was contributed
in money cr food by the United States.
Col. John T. McGraw, Democratic
national committeeman from West
Virginia, has been indicted by a Taylor
county grand jury, charged with
felony and misdemeanor in connection
with the failure of the Grofto bank,
a state institution, a year ago. McGraw
was president of the bank and
borrowed close to $400,000 from the
institution. The cashier and several
directors were al3o indicted.
TOLD BY LOCAL EXCHANGES
News Happenings In Neighboring
Communities.
CONDENSED FOR QUICK READING
Dealing Mainly With Local Affairs of
Cherokee, Cleveland, Gaston, Lancaster
and Chester.
Lancaster News, Sept. 21: While
the majority of the motion pictures
shown on the screens in Lancaster are
not objectionable, many of them having
a decided educational value, others
have been of such a character as
should be prohibited. By what authority
the "National Board of Censorship"
has Its existence, or who constitute
that board, we have never been
able to ascertain, but we do know
that many pictures which claim to
bear the stamp of their approval, are
not the sort of pictures which tend to
elevate those who see them. We do
not belong to that class which would
condemn all "morality" or "problem"
plays, for we know their value and
have seen the thoughtful, earnest attention
that hundreds of people have
given them. We consider the photoplay,
"The Hypocrites." against which
such a storm of protest was raised in
Columbia last week, a strong appeal
for clean, right living and a plea for
truth and sincerity in all the relations
of life. Nor would we condemn those
simpler plays which though often
trite and Inconsequential, are nevertheless
harmless and clean. And
while we personally do not care for
many of those in humorous vein, we
would not condemn any who find
amusement in the pictures In which
the appeal to mirth is legitimate and
free from vulgarity. In other words,
we are not asking for "high brow"
presentations nor criticising the public
taste but are rather urging a local
censorship which will protect our
people from the gross, the immoral or
even the indelicate. Thoughtful citizens
elsewhere hnve fnnnS a Inrat
board of censors a great safeguard In
securing clean pictures. Lancasterians
may not be frequently offended by improper
pictures and probably we have
had no more such presented here than
have other towns, but our contention
is that certain objectionable features
have occasionally been seen here in
the past. And what protection have
little children and what warrant have
parents that there will not be a recurrence
of pictures which are suggestive
of things which children, as well as
adults, can well afford not to see? We
are not censuring the management of
either of the local theatres but are
merely suggesting the advisability of
a local board of censorship for their
own protection as well as for the jfood
of their patrons On Friday night,
Mrs. Ola P. Gatllng was heard at her
best in an organ recital, given at the
First Baptist church. Mrs. Galling
made happy and beautiful selections
and she was ably assisted by Proi'. R
M. McDermld, and her accomplished
daughter, Miss Mary Alice Gav.lng.
Mr. Joseph Maree, son of Mr.
and Mrs Joseph Maree of Pageland,
and Miss Nora Blackmon, daughter
of the late J. T. A. Blackmon, of the
Flat Creek section, this county, were
married Sunday, September 19. No-1
tary Public W. F. Estridge perform
ing the ceremony.
Gaffney Ledger, Sept. 21: Mrs. Will
Shehan died at her home in this city
Saturday, after a lojig illness. She is
survived by her husband and one
child, a boy. She was the daughter cf
Mr. and Mrs. Garrison Hill. The
funeral and interment took place
Saturday at Corinth church
Josie Leonl May Champion, the tenyear-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Champion, died on Tuesday of
last week after several weeks' illness.
The body was burled at Double
Springs. N. C., Wednesday Miss
Mary Emory of GafTney R. F. D. 1,
and Mr. Rufus J. Dill of Gaffney, were
married Thursday, the ceremony being
performed by Probate Judge W. D.
Kirby Rev. W. E. Crocker, accompanied
by his wife and family, left
Gaffney yesterds.y morning for Atlanta,
the first lap of their journey to
Chinkiang, China, where Mr. Crocker
represents the Broad River Baptist as
Hucmuun tie tt imsaiuiir i mi n.ilanta
they will go to San Francisco,
stopping for two or three days at Kansas
City, Kansas. Mr. Crocker and
family will sail from the Gate City
on October 2 on the steamer "Chiyo
Maru," for Hong Kong. They will
reach Chinkiang some two or three
weeks after leaving San Francisco.
Mr. Crocker and family, after spending
ten years In China, retjrned to
Gaffney just a few days more than a
year ago, for their first vacation since
taking up the work. During the past
year Mr. Crocker preached many
missionary sermons in Cherokee and
surrounding counties, continuing his
active missionary work while at horns.
* * *
Gastonia Gazette, Sept. 21: Mr. and
Mrs. I. A. Campbell returned Sunday
from King's Creek, S. C., where they
visited Mrs. Wm. Caldwell. Mrs.
Campbell's sister, Mrs. Jessie Higgins,
of Baltimore, who is now visiting
at King's Creek, will arrive some
time this week to visit them here.
Mr. Hlggins will join her next Saturday
Citizens of the Pisgah
section, west of Gastonia. are now engaged
in doing about $600 worth of
free work on the road which runs from
the Grag mill to a point on. the Bessemer
City road at Mrs. J. B. Carson's.
The distance is about four
miles. These citizens agreed to do
this amount or work provided tne
county would do the remainder, Including
top-soiling. When completed
this road w'H be a splendid one and
will serve quite a good many people.
Will Wilkie, a colored employe
of the city cemetery department, suffered
an unusual injury recently,
when one of his eyeballs burst. The
eye had become baldy inflamed from
poison ivy, and was swollen to an enormous
size. In spite of his suffering,
he continued at his work and the eyeball
burst while he was at work late
one afternoon. As soon as he recovered
from the shock he went back to
his job until quitting time and then
went in search of a doctor to have his
injury attended to Prof. M. G.
Latham, principal of the Stanley
High school at Stanley, was In the
city Saturday on business and was a
pleasant caller at the Gazette office.
He states that the Stanley school,
opened last week with 130 pupils enrolled,
which is 15 more than were
enrolled last year at the opening.
Quite an increase in this number is
expected in the course of the next
week. Assisting Prof. Latham are
Misses Minnie Cassidy, Bessie Morris
and Miss Allie Mason Sheriff W.
N. Davis, Policeman Adam Hord and
Mr. A. C. Little of Gastonia, and
Deputy Sheriff J. W. Cole of Mount
Holly, participated in a lively race In
Catawba county last Thursday as the
result of which the crowd of which
thev formed a nart eantured one Bud
Lippard, a former notorious blockader'
and blind tiger of that section. Credit
for the capture is really due Gastonla's
three bloodhounds, which took the trail
five hours old and hunted their quarry
to his lair.
Chester Reporter, 8?pt. 20: Miss
Jennie E. White, sister of Messrs. J.
G. Li and R M. White, in a letter received
by the latter a day or two ago.
stated that she would sail for this
country Saturday, September 18th, after
being in England since February
with a patient. In former letters Mies
White has written interestingly of the
war, and is expected to have much to
tell of interest when she visits her
brothers in the near future Solicitor
J. K. Henry and Mr. A. L.
Gaston left this morning for Wlnnsboro
to be present at the opening of
the court. The solicitor stated Saturday
that he expects to hand out bills
this morning in the case of Ernest
Isenhower, Jesse Morrison and Rawls,
charged with being principals in the
alTray at Wlnnsboro on June 14. which
resulted in the death of Sheriff Hood,
Clyde Isenhower, Raleigh Boulware
and the negro, Jule Smith. It is probable
that a charge of venue will be
asked for, but if such is the case, the
motion will hardly be argued before
the middle of the week. Mr. Gaston's
in in, utujiuii <k namiuon, reprweni
Jease Morrison Marriage licenses
were issued Saturday by Judge of
Probate A. W. Wise to the following ,
couples: Carl Ross and Miss Louise
Robinson of Lando; David K. Wilson J
and Miss Mamie Conner of Chester, ]
and Jas. L. Phillips and Miss Mamie
L. McKeown of Chester.
Rock Hill Hsrald, Sept. 21: As an
evidence that cotton is moving rapidly
this fall, In comparison with last year,
the Southern railway has begun the
operation of another freight between
Rlacksburg and Camden, in order to
facilitate the handling of the staple.
There is now daily IVelght service between
the two points instead of every
other day as during the summer.
This train is put on every fall, but
ha3 to be started earlier this year than
last on account of the rapid movement
of cotton. Besides giving steady employment
to an additional crew it
wi'.l be of great benefit to the shippers
of the territory affected Capt.
Lindsay McFadden, accompanied by
the crack' shots of Company H. left
yesterday for Columbia to attend the
str.te shoot. Capt. McFadden is one
of the officials of the shoot. The Rock
mil men connaenuy expect to capture
two or three of the places on the state
team. This will send them to Jacksonville
a little later to compete In a national
shooting contest A letter
received from W. O. Kimball by a
friend heVe, stated that the cotton
crop In lower Oklahoma and upper
Texas is very poor, In fact, It will take
about five acres to make a bale. Mr.
Kimball wrote from Durant, Okla., being
on a tour buying mules.
8ARES HIS HEART IN PULPIT ;
Preacher Admits Love of Money Made |
Him Depart From His Ideals.
The Rev. Dr. Newell Dwight Hillls, J
pastor of Henry Ward Beecher's historic
Plymoth Church, Brookyln,
stood before his congregation yesterday
morning, and confessed that he
had fallen short of his ideals of what
a preacher of the Gospel should be.
In giving his time and attention to
business and material prosperity, he
said, he had strayed from the path a ;
minister of the Gospel should follow, i
Doctor HI Ills' voice choked with 1
emotion as he read his statement to 1
the congregation, and when he had 1
finished, he wiped tears from his eyes. (
No such scene has been enacted in J
Brooklyn's famous church since 1874,
when Henry Ward Beecher occupied
the pulpit and preached sermons im
passioned in their vigor and eloquence
during all the time that the Theodore
Tilton scandal was occuping the attention
of the courts and the public. '
In making a brief and general explanation
of his business ventures,
Doctor Hillis said that at. the present
time he was in a position to wipe out
all of his obligations and "start life
anew," and he promised his people
devoted service as their pastor. It
was learned after the service that he
was ready to sell his handsome home
at 23 Monroe Place, Brooklyn, as a
contribution to the payment of his
debts, which, it is said, amount to
about $80,000 or $90,000.
Doctor Hillis' statement and his
sermon, which followed it, were made
at the pastor's first opportunity of
meeting his people since the gossip
and dissatisfaction aroused in the
congregation because of his business
adventures began to menace the unity
of the parish. Doctor Hillis was out
of the city on a lecture tour all last
summer, and yesterday was his first
appearance after the long leave of
absence granted him by his congregation.
TVn? ohnroh tvnn fllll hut not Crowd
ed. About 85 per cent of those present
seemed to receive their pastor's
statement as complete satisfaction for
them, for after the service they went
to the base of the pulpit and greeted
Doctor Hillis warmly. The remainder
of the congregation departed alter the
service in the usual fashion.
But that there are still discontented
ones among Doctor Hillis' flock was
made evident. There are those to
whom the minister's statement was
not satisfactory, but what they Intend 1
to do or how great their influence is
could not be learned. Certain it is
that Doctor Hillis does not intend to
resign his leadership of the church, i
and his friends do not anticipate any
serious defections from the congre- i
gation.?New York Times. i
I
Over 500 bales of cotton were sold
at Clio in Marlboro county, last Sat- i
urday at a price ranging from 10J to
10.38 cents per pound.
QUE8TI0N OF INTERE8T RATE8
Information Doclarod by Mr. Harding
of Groat Importance.
In his address before the bankers of
North Carolina, Mr. Harding, a member
of the Federal reserve board and
the southern representative thereon,
himself a banker of skill and experience,
condemned in earnest expressions
the actions of southern banks
in charging the high rates of interest
prevailing.
Mr. Harding's figures are correct.
being obtained rrom the office or tne
comptroller of the currency to which
all national banka make their reports
under oath. These reports show rates
of interest in southern banks having
a maximum range of 6J per cent to
over 100 per cent, with average rates
prevailing in several states ranging
from 6 per cent in North Carolina to
10 per cent In Texas. No doubt the
maximum rates are very exceptional,
the real condition Is reflected In the
average.
The South Carolina banks seem not
quite so high as Texas nor so low as
North Carolina. In North Carolina
the prevailing rate of Interest may be
stated as being 6 per cent. In South
Carolina 8 per cent Why this difference?
As Mr. Harding asked: "Is
it because the men of North Carolina
are more shrewd than in other southem
states, or is It because of the
drastic usury law in North Carolina
limiting rates to 6 per cent?"
Which is it? Are the bankers of
North Carolina more generous and
public spirited than those in South
Carolina and therefore more willing
to accord reasonable rates of Interest,
or are the men of North Carolina, the
borrowers, whether they be business
men or farmers, more shrewd and exacting
than the borrowers of South
Carolina? If it be answered that the
character of the people of the two
states is much alike, that the bankers
of North Carolina are as exacting as
in South Carolina and that the borrowers
of South Carolina are no less
shrewd than those of North Carolina,
the conclusion is inevitable that the
reason why low rates prevail in the
adjoining state is because that state
has a usury law limiting the rate of
interest to 6 per cent, whereas in this
state the law limits the rate to 8 per
cent.
We have been told many times, and
it is frequently argued in the legislature,
that money is a commodity which
should command whatever rate of in
terest that can be obtained therefor.
South Carolina has rejected this view
to the extent that she has limited the
rate of Interest to 8 per cent North
Carolina has gone to a point farther
and limited the rate to 6 per cent The
people of that state obtain money on
their agricultural products and for
business purposes at a rate of interest
which at least gives the producer and
business man a chance to live. Can
we look forward 4a this state to voluntary
action on the part of our banks
limiting rates of interest to the rates
permitted in North Carolina, or is it
advisable that there be legislation in
this state as in that state?
The action of some of our banks
which have already advertised their
willingness to advance to producers of
cotton properly stored at a rate of 6
per cent is both interesting and commendable.
This action indicates broadness
of view, which is encouraging.
It is a bad condition when the banks
ard prosperous as the result of high
rates of interest and the community
Buffering for the same cause.
It would be well if a remedy can
be found without legislation, it can be
if all banks are as wise as some few
that have proclaimed their purpose of
lending to the farmers at 6 per cent
to enable them to market their proJuct
gradually.?Greenville Piedmont.
LETTER FROM HAITI
Anderson Man Writes Interestingly
of Turbulent Country.
Capt. Jeter Horton, who embarked
at Philadelphia more than a month
ago for Haiti, in command of 800 marines,
haa arrived at his destination,
and writes interestingly of conditions
on the island. The marines under
Capt. Horton were detailed to Haiti
to straighten out conditions which
have been in a turmoil for many
months.
Capt. Horton writes in part as follows:
"Everyone here is now very comfortably
settled, and the indications
are that we will remain here for at
least 12 months, until we have put the
Haitian government on a good foundation
and have everything running
Bmoothly.
"Col. Cole, our commanding officer,
has been made civil governor of the
city, and he has appointed me disbursing
officer of the city funds. In
other words, I pay all bills contracted
by the city officials. I have also been
placed in charge of the Cape Haitian
postofflce. This morning I had an interview
with the postmaster and told
him how he would have to run his
job. Under the postmaster are five
men. three of whom are clerks, one
mail carrier and a Janitor. I propose
to make the local facilities much
more efficient than they have ever
been before.
"The postmaster gets a salary of
150 gourds, which is about $30 in our
money. So far I have paid out of the
city government about $200 each
week. I received my salary for the
month of August in one check and
sold it to a merchant here for a profit
of $2.50. He wanted it to remit to
New York.
"My health is splendid. I get up at
6 o'clock, take a shower bath and open
up my office at 7 and close at 5 p. m.
Everyone takes a nap from 12 to 2.
It ia too hot to work. The natives are
all negroes: the most of them of the
most ignorant type. We pay them 16
cents a day. There are about a dozen
white families here.
"The town itself is very dirty and
filthy, with about 30,000 inhabitants.
There is no sewerage system and very
poor waterworks, and one little Ice
plant, which makes about 1,000
pounds of ice a day. We take It all
and pay them JZO In gold ror it.
"The town is located at the foot of
a range of mountains. The rainy season
begins soon when it is said we will
have hard rains every day."
Capt. Horton was a visitor in An- .
derson Just before going to Philadelphia
to embark for Haiti.?Anderson
Daily Jlail.