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TH* PEOPLE. BARNWELL. 8 C CHAPTER XXX—Continued. —19— I heard her cry out, and barely caught the lantern as it fell from her hand. At first I doubted the evidence of my own eyes, snatching the bit of flaring candle from its tin socket and holding it where the full glare of light fell Lcross the grewsome object. Ay, it was a woman, with lower limbs doubled bark from lack of space, but otherwise lying ns though she slept, so perfect In preservation' her cheeks ap peared flushed with health, her Ups half smiling. It was • face of real beamy—an English face, although her eyes and hair were dark and her man- tills and long earrings were unques tionably K|wnlsh. A string of pearta ir* vd her throat, and there were »• rings u|«tn her Angers. The st*a*t added Immeasurably to becalmed In the fog and liable to be come on easy prey, If they can only slip on us unseen. How are you, bul lies? Ready to battle your old mutes?” “Those were no mates o’ ours, sir,” said Watkins indignantly. “They are half-breed mongrels, and no sailors; Estevan Is a hell-hound, an’ so far as my voice goes. I’d rather die on this deck than ever agin be a bloody pirate. It that thq right words, lads?” The others grumbled assent, but their muttered wonla had them a ring of sincerity, and their facet ex hibited no cowardice. Oue only asked a question. *Tm fer Aghtto*. air.” be said grim ly. “hut w bat’ll we u*e? Them lads ain't coinin’ aboard bare-handed, but damn If !’«• seed a weapon uA this hoidter,** *’I»ar’s three kttl iew an ■ meat w • \ • "Wl same • e p*f • 1 Heaver le dev galley. mb. * rhlox rd la if TAR 1 fierriy sh# la alive ** I Mam WWi re aoehe* 4 tele my ear L “Well «te well ew*>a igb, mnmmm mH f yew ftbf M life. I have yewr slh*w*b ka* % mm vet ■ im 1 the •bet le 1 mpsaaible *— | rwt eee ese beteyistg pin* sad rwpstse •at s 1 my beed. ^Ths berw The padet m le eat let thswi get f Mi mrn, m 1 xadd. **ihes bald 1 ef—aM end, if (have le asMy awe bawl. 1 Bel m u >4 < Be ladtve ^ • e ill be pretty eeew a^e4*M 1 t B Is !■• • ae hate *” 1 qwftettf tmm, h*w^xwa l swd beep fmmi f mt-mSTv* * iwse weadd ( BMB SRMRMk m ^ a tbaap 1 ft m be** the I ta pm*w4 e tampm wmi thee 1 ee *wr*, ih mfBar bmi Imb Ml Bmpw T 4FS18 « bmBMmb ftdp m Rtthseeed ts MB IflM 9 # «ii# Ift the ewd mi e : ewssp astf k-egw f v* ■feed eed b ■di e man waa a repulsive brute, hit fact stained with blood, dripping from • cut acroaa hla low forehead. He looked up sullenly at our approach, but made no effort to rise. > “Look yere, you black villain.** roared Watkins, driving the lesson home with his foot* “don't be a playin’ possum yer. Stand up an’ answer Mis ter Carlyle, or yer’ll git a worse clip than I give yer afore. Whur is the bloody bark?” “Pounding her heart out on the rocks yonder,”.he said civilly, “unless she’s slid off an* gone down. To the west, maybe a mile er so.” “What about the crew?” “They got away in the boats, an' likely mostly are ashore. We were In the last boat launched, and headed out so far ter get ’round a ledge o' rocks we got lost in the fog. Then the mist sorter opened an’ give us a glimpse o’ yer topsails. We didn’t ex pect no light, once we got aboard.” “Expected to find something easy, of course? Perhaps it would have been if—what is it you see out there, Simms?” The seaman, who was standing with hollowed hands shading his eyes, star ing forth Into the swirling drapery of fog. turned at my call and pointed ex citedly. “There’s a bark aground yonder, sir; and it looks like the Namur!” Even as I cnisscd the deck to his side the mreaths of obscuring mist seemed to divide, as though swept apart by some mighty hand, and there In the full glow of the sun. a picture In a frame, lay the wrecked vnutel. Others aaw It us I did, and gava vent to recMgnltbm. *T*amoed if It ain't the old honker r “ **Khe gnf a hat waa coming to her all right mates ” "And She • lows? with twwawrv !“* “i'wme hefw. Aam? Thais the last of tha Namur ™ X X X II su or sin wn BE SOLD M COST IS TO BE DISTRIBUTED FROM COLUMBIA TO THE SEVERAL POINTS IN STATE. ‘ — WILL GOST 9 CENTS Governor Cooper Suggests That it Be Used Principally if Not Entirely For Canning Purposes. Five U*too Waraftauae* Columbia may bava another warehouse with an immadtate capa city of }0.0*0 balaa and aa ultimata capacity of 40.000 bales, as a part of tha huga Union Warahonsa Corpora tion should the plans, adopted by a subcommittee of the National Aasocta- tiun ,of Cotton Manufacturers at New York he finally approved. The com mittee, proposes to construct and op erate a chain of standardised cotton warehouses * at strategic points throughout the country, five of which are to be located in South Carolina— one at Charleston, initial capacity 50.000 bales, ultimate caaclty 100,000 ! bales; at Columbia, initial capacity 20.000 bales, ultimate 40,000 bales; at Spartanburg, initial capacity 10.000 bales; ultimate 20,000 bales; at Green ville. initial capacity 10,000 bales, ulti mate 20.000 bales; at Rock Hill, initial capacity 10,000 bales, ultimate 20,000 bales. UR POMP! 10 Purine EIRE COLLEGE PRESIDENT HAANT A DOUBT IN THE WORLD THAT HE WAS GUILTY. Columbia. A carload of sugar will be distribut- Petition for Hospital. ed from Columbia to the people of ; The LeI , n *ton Poet of the American Ihe atate at cost in the near future, i Legjon of Honor ha9 med a petltion Governor Cooper has received a tele-; wlth lhe meitlorial commission, pro gram from the Louisiana sugar com- testinK a g a |„st the erection of a me- miasion. New Orlear.a, atatlng that 16 morla , hall to commemorate South cars of fine granlated sugar would | Carolina's part In the great war. The be distributed among IS states In the Le gmgton branch of the legion also scuth. After taking the matter up | suggests that the sentiment of the en- MS ATTENDING USSWION Anderson Mayor Notified Delinquent of Hie Predicament and Check to v - Cover Ftne of $25 la Sent with R J. Blalock, mayor of Colum bia. the governor ordered the sugar, .♦hlrh w II be distributed by the Co lumbia city government. The price will be fA 25 Per 100 pounds from New Orleans, which will put It Into t olumbta for slightly under nine cnete s pound The gotemnr suggests that the euxar be ■tbised for canning pur- popes Anderson.—John E. White, D. pastor of the First Baptist Church and president eff Anderson College, was re ported for speeding by two of An derson’s vigilant cops. As Dr. White was attending the Saluda Association the cops could not arrest him, and upon hs return he went to the moun tains of North Carolina for a part of his vacation. So the mayor notified him of the charge against him. and Dr. tire organization be ascertained as to | White replied at once, a check for $2S the choice b*t w ** n * memorial chapel j^kccompanying the reply, or a general hospital. Atate Cett< Aa vwtfM Aeeembly Created Chapel. Governor Cooper, chairman at the State Memorial Commlaaion. ndfireea- ed s latter to Dr. William Weatoo of (< olumbta. giving lb# commiaaiou'a , reason for declining to accept tbe ! prupooltlou of ee tab I lab lag n general ************ boapttal in at sod of a chapel memorial >*ttc meeting of farmer* io roiniomie South t'amtina'e port men was held in Coiem »a the grant war The governor os pttn and arupo af the ptninod that tha art ton of tha geneml ns Coituu Aaanriotiao aaaouihfy hound tha comuxtsnien to * * • • armp tonrv mi mod T ~m ssepn el ougauun bf hMt the *ni ammfin enm * •» oeee ' * | ooa m4e mibasi •u*oe*o ne bed hsewasw see t ii aanr% | eaws mi taesae 1 |a ve i MbBf ft 1 mmM l twee Mbs saghfl Ss 9 ksepre The mtaAMB wee m l ^ mss Ifita sap Bmv vampesw tawwshf I Maim Rtahse Bvsww e m-Was » BMP we Mke ssse paned dWXHI IP 1 seeaad tmaae B*asMms •»• mevusoUMU a* foe gmoasety ekpM ‘ m• owe aoeur amen TW mma on* euuhi seM Is 4i«nd * ag» oae ^smtama** "Who edae enufig M bet Yh*o s • avUMenee amf baeo bo oxwao < bade uu»% a eoreet Thee* te ne eaeeu no egg laneUk amd tho borew dkiN^I Wm* I evoea^u eneeuumeg as ewegl manta Ibeeaa emae angwue abamnd K «w a • EEMi i i no geep # »4 %n ex Tbeg |h| ag clke tauen eg USo •o ami nameneg t~r tun aa ebs tboaegnd ooa as bee taeune gang grugeeneehs aa mi a bnM embodk fib f fmmp fMnmd hrwjqw mi re» a fwaa tee•' • and gWed ae w-o ooa to peevutee Ae dkarg one to nag oeeS togusnees hn evnebed tlnw oaf th* ngg The •» o Xnd <ro«U^ eveoaMOg* f SeoMSOMd to Xm ••eon eoe%a the xeaeo eaeah Otog nee •nMo pees aeaoo to > >>»»«• a r*ne% e |Xo oa*oo g a*og Mtog eggenaw - eg hnerd and an ixo A*g eaentg gMfSod 0009 eg epon engai danroen an saga Rugkenoabaeu ** agg mgi. an eoumneo eg tho eemn Ur>ex«ng-oa ehmg An naga gnogp ag nuaoe A nosaenexnmx mi nn»«* »* ho so Whet ooe n t»-«* eo t I* % %«*•ar aeaoo** 4 •• b # i # • I I % vf t Ota a»a v tot < •«n to ••ton Aao rnttnn o•• noon Abe pad taa i tone mi tbe fktnxn weo xa ortendnnm The ebteg nbireneen nose n x Ae vv t*a *ed gsosete AoooXd R f* Aun ><% A R, RRaaagn ag Mbxbgun Af neb mgnoo eorteg the nhanl geomnesr eegomum tieg ag Ibe Rue Uaethwee Ooooenoe ranges and J gboftoaxe WannMabnr. penaagons ag Abg ananrspaaen «| t • %og f % e n 4 tsweewea *w *a* x*M*e*s v ts b# gad ta efisse tab MU mvr "As s tame, flta HgW • CMRk* ami 1 b •Be spawOee Se IBs XaHfiev* BAtftasta * Am' I ' I I e % k ii iid tbe ag*4 . dews wAMW i gdsMtatas ad epspesse bed AaMsd w-*» the tad ad the { iheat * A heM dMpaw had St mvhed Mbs da*h. sad eat PHBxwt < •Meet se ee lawpsaM fSvmi tpe sad •Me aflbmM Vs>*w ibaa f wee gfisd Ws hwew Ve 1 1 sWseeaaaxaM adma As) |y xmdsew 0 %mm K SMB W ssvwpe rhe sspsw ed 1 ! wcih a rash we mas Vaan Ii •ws e % •hasw sv* 1 Mp* ta WWS aw bmpnr a spa sweaw? k *»* e dswwsn ed 4p4MV8H8 I | ] ! fewi dose tad thspR eg eposewi SB#* ■ ■ $hM t 1 1 4b dsatte ftw •Wg Sw get away V pH Im r ] > lew ••by sws ,• m • ■ |»* • isetwe I drr • hee wtrh see a A the ape p dsap—dtas p * a < ■1 ppadl. pwswiy rngm 2 ■mb bw f setswts d m 4 Bfwee mi emir* e erne 1 efpweswd aw the reht m b*m •O’ 4 and i a bbe x aan •» Ton t toned g «.*a Abe bmp f ♦«* kononmi m ♦ •* v*’ %e<t » %o u .-a line el fhew e are , I CHARTER XXXI. The Beat Attach. He waited for ue Just w11hoot tbe ‘otfipanlon. but my eyea caught noth- Inc unusual ae I emerged Into* the daylight. I could barely *4^ amidships, and on either side hung the impene trable bank of cloud, leaving sen and aky Invisible. “What is It, Watklus? Where are the tnen?" a “Forrnrd. sir. a-hangin’ over the star board rail. Thar’s somethin' cursedly strange a-happenln’ in that fog. Ole was the first ter hear the clatter ov en oar slippln’ In a rowlock. Then, air, while we wus a-llstenln’ we both caught sound ov a Spanish oath, spoke ns plain as If the buck was aboard.” “A lost boat, likely—shipwrecked sailors adrift in the fog; perhaps our other quarterbdat. No one hailed them?” X* “No, sir; I told the men ter keep still till I called you/Nj ’ . 1—Tho crew were all gathered at the rail, staring out Into the mist, wnis- pering to each other. . I pressed my way in among them. 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Whirling to assiet the others 1 fi»und fin need Ex4-ept for biNlles here and there the deck was clear; men were struggling in the chains; two below in the boat were endeavoring to cast off, snd Schmitt, with Estevan helpless In his anus, staggered to the side and flung the shrieking Spanish cur overboard out luto dark water. I heard the splash as he fell, the single cry his lips gave, but he never again appeared abtive the sur face. Above the bedlam Watkins roared out an order. “That’s it, bullies! that’s it! Now let her drop! We’ll send them to hell where they belong. Good shot; she landed!” It was the hank of a spare anchor, balanced for an Instant on the rail, then sent crashing down through the frail bottom of the boat beneath. The MU MbVgU iNMfi * bepea I bmeu '**»*4x SSmUbU ftp 1 I ps< mms .m rbipul M Aii TV Til wttmmr trnmrnmmmm ibe e#uwe eg lb# eteesui eegeetuiisg mi ibe V etvwvuuy mi b»u*4 * erwbgg be fume e femg ef AJe pee wu4 v%si a be emp**y ee ePerngi egesgtyeg eeoreweepf be ibrue peeve et recusaee eee mgeeaep gum e egueAbsegep be es*g ef egseege Tbe geeb eg eevgfibi tbm bseA e»%4eb gAR be pgpgbCe m ikbeeg pggggi meeefigMgae ef lie pee eertk bee beee wet m Be Columhle.—Directors of the Ricb- Und county Tuberculosis Aaeocietiog have decided to cootinue the $1 bership drive for a few days, the paign having fallen short by about lioo oa tbe date scheduled for ctom lag. August t. 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I mem I tbe flag lerber. ee ! ■nv-ct ta •e* •• Weeamgum — Re >■ mettege kg tbe eteM egrwtee eemmlmlRb fireomter le le determine eugiblee Bar (tree fiewta Caruftne preeidentml • * esploring tbe wreck and pledging my self net to be reckless In attempting te board. I reed fear la ber eyre, yet she said nothing to dissuade me. I slipped down n n>pe and dropped Into tbe tniat. taking my place with a steering oer at the stern, and tfe shot away through the green water. The Namur proved to be a more complete wreck than our distant view had re vealed, and lying In a more precarious position. It was no pleasant j4»h get ting aboard, but ordering Haines to ac company me, and the others to lie by, I made use of a dangling backstay, and thus hauled myself up to a reasonably secure footing. The fellow Joined me breathless, and together we perched on the roll to gain view of the deck. It was a distressing, hopeless sight the vessel rising before us like the roof of a house, the deck planks stove in, a horrible Junble of running rig ging, booms and spars, blocicing the way forward. There were three bodies the wreckage within our crushed out of all human re- f ere. Tbe J MT Ceefier f tumble war fbenrcrwi Dave arc rater? 4f ••• tst »torfc of Aiee.eee and retail live etAck mpeev f * * AT Hark* Vitb e cep# A wkelreele red realty burl Oe*eu*t2lr — A| Mewtbem rabwuy ei tbe fumed fmartere ef ^ abepe burr ere vfrtmnlly rtnnerr r- -4* n belpeen. mu :10mm will be conducted W T. Oreg ory It prerldenf; J W, Conder. vice pverldeot end Measurer; and L. W Moore, secretary The Bank of Kastover. Richland county, wax commissioned with a pro posed capital stock of $25,000. * 1 xeUrv |l W pla<-t rtsm.rx tiem. Orweewood. Nertb. salary |1 AAA. place mi rsammatiam. Celnmbla. Wal tsrbere, salary It.BAA, place mi exam insttoa. Charleston It le expected that the esamiaora will have a busy eeeeiom. — P»4ns to Cembet Dies sea Dr. C. V. Akin assistant state health officer Is at the present time outlln Ing a plan by which physicians over j South Carolina will become members Dlplomss Sent Out. of a medical reserve corps, which will • Over 200 diplomas from the Baptist he of the utmost value in anticipating summer assembly held at Greenville and combatting epidemics, last month, from the two normal sum-1 Recently 15 states hare been select mer schools held recently at And«r- ed by the United States public health son College and-Coker ^College and service in which close co-operation be from the Sunday school institutes held tween state health authorities and th« during the summer, have been mailed out to students who completed th# courses. aey el He regular ateettag lay Aowa at ewce If addftloeel of per tag aad le park Buford which meets that this street peved oe etch side sal grass pleated te the center width of this street will permit thle being done, aad It will be oee of the prettiest thoroughfares la the towm, or la any other tows. way rorwar tangled in sigiit, crusl Ports to Be Organised. Satisfactory progress is being made public health service will be estab Mlshed, and South Carolina Is one ol the 15. - .v Sumter.—A mate meeting for th« purpose of organising the Sumter County Cotton Association was hold at tha court house. The meeting had been called by and waa presldad over by Mayor L. D. Jennings who told of the Importance of organising. He said they xhould organise to put the speculator out of business; they must organise for self preservation, ealf defense and salf protaction. Funds to Pay Rentals. Washington, (Special)—Rentals du< in the work of organising a post of June 30 on land* near Columbia wreck drifted away Into the fog, the two miserable occupants clinging des perately to the gunwales. I lifted breathlessly listening. Then a voice ^ or °thy un( J s * le c Jy n 8 t° spoke directly in front of me out from the dense fog. “Try the port oar, Pedro; we must have missed the d n ship.” I straightened up as though struck, my eyes seek f g those of Watkins, who stared back st me. hia mouth wide open In astonishment. “You heard thatT I whispered. "Do yon know who spoke?* *Ha I? I>ead or allva. Mr. It was Maaeel Estevan." -ay; ee other, and alive ^ ‘ «• MM— <hry MM IMM Ihi Md me unsteadily, her face yet white. “AVxtkins, have you figured up re sults?” v ‘Two of our men are cut rather badly, and oneTwsr^t come to yet from a smxrt rxp on the bead." "None got xwxjt**^ “Not less they sw um, thxr’s six dead ones aboard. Four took ter the water, mostly bemuse tbey bed to.. The only livin' ooa a’ the bunch It thet nigger loefmlde the wheel, to' nothin’ but x thick skull saved him" semblance, and the face of a negro, caught beneath the ruins of the galley* seemed to grin back at me in death.. Every timber groaned as the Waves struck and rocked the sodden mass, and I had no doubt but that the vessel had already broken in two. (TO BE CONTINUED.) X the American Legion of ftouth Caro lina in each county^Mhe^tate. which mere taken over temporarily hyuth^ federal government as parts ol The first national convention of the American Legion will be held In Min neapolis on November 10, 11 and 12. It Is expected that the American Le gion of South Carolina will be rep resented by a large delegation. the artillery range at Camp Jackson have not yet been paid, and 3*nAt 01 Dial has strongly represented to th« war department the importance ol making immediate settlement. Mon. than 200 individuals are involved. H Bigger and Heavier Hen Fruit It ts thought by naturalists that the eggs of domestic hens of tha present day are larger and heavier by nearly a third than those of the hens of tbe ancients. Eggs differ n good deal In freight, the average weight being a bom at tew parte MxeU. -MR parte white and ID pens ywlh. The white mi ne I pev met water TV tool t par raw* eeiMl The American Legion of which the j jg understood that requisite fond? American I>g1on of South Carolina Is have been set aside, but the disbars x state unit. Is an organisation of the j ing officer at Camp Jackson has nol American veterans of the World War. bean autboriaoi to pay them out Moors Treope For Jsckeen. La^ge Increase in Fees. The Forty sixth Infantry Regiment The office nf the secretary at etafi . . . r . * to CMa9 reflect, the revival of bnslnses tr has been o d-. t* prrre** ir x ? Carotins The total fees re Jsrksow from Fart OgXlnrp# epd rmtmmi by W Banks Dove, secretary Camp Bragg. Favettsville according ta gg •lsi* fer the saves moefhe eedtas a mseaage received by Mai Omm July si Iflifl are AAt til AA ThM > Bend rswRdse-ed Cpmp, mam— than was rsewieed Bar the « trmm (V esc Aspsrvwvet tw* yea# w 1A1B sr 1A1V whee Cl Cholera In Rlehland' Columbia.—Richland county farm ers have lost thousands of dollars worth of hogs since last spring from cholera according to" J. Rhett Clark, farm demonstrator, who haa been kepi busy much of his time inoculating swine in all sections of the conntj. Pure breds have suffered, as well aa scrub, but tbe latter to a larger ex tent In the lift three weeks Mr. Clark has Inoculated over 1.000 hoda which means a saving of several thousand dollars to the farmers. Red fipidtr Active. Blackville.—The red spider le tafc- a toll from the cot toe crop lack ▼Mis Up Be the sacaet heavy rains there was a Asa till aad • e h m in*.