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“EQUAL PARTNERS.”
A Thrilling Story of Mystery by
Howard Fielding.
We have secured the serial rights for this story
in our paper and will begin its publication in a
few days.
The following comments by one who has been
permitted to see the opening chapters will give
our readers a suggestion of the treat in store for
them:
“Equal partners” In wbat? There Is
a mystery looked up in this title. And
In seeking Us solution the flrst person
we meet is Tlreuda. She is somewhat
of an enigma herself. The author calls
her “the smooth product of nil the so
cial refinements.” But that may mean
a great many things. After reading of
the stabbing of the actress why should
Brenda wish to go to the scene of the
crime? The broker’s name mentioned
in the newspaper account may have
something to do with it.
Why should the policemen whom
Brenda meets in the doorway “seem
to fill all the space and their heads to
tower to the housetop?” And then it
is very strange that the policemen
should exchange glances when Brenda
inquires with anxiety if the actress is
dead. But New York policemen are
very suspicious.
That’s a queer police captain whose
picture we get in a few bold strokes of
the pen—“medium stature and very
heavy, having the build of an ape, with
preposterously long arms, which swung
aimlessly when he moved, * * * brutal
ly cynical and smiling without pur
pose.” True, “a man may smile and
smile and smile and yet may be a—
gentleman.” What bothers me is that
I do not see why his gaze should fas
cinate Brenda and why he should not
permit her to leave the house after the
actress has been carried away in a-n
ambulance.
Now Brenda appears better. In an
elegant room “in the presence of Dr.
Blair, whose manner was that of the
world wherein she had moved, Brenda
gains part of her self possession.” The
author evidently did not intend that
“smooth” should have a sinister mean
ing. Still there is something mysteri
ous about Brenda. She tells the doctor
that she obeyed “an unaccountable
impulse” In coming to the house. And
why should she turn white and wring
her hands?
But now we are coming to some
thing. Brenda is confessing that Al-
den, the broker mentioned in the news
paper account of the crime, was an ac
quaintance of hers. And so there is a
man in the ease this time—at the bot
tom of it, perhaps.
That was a fervid love letter of the
broker to the actress. It would do to
go with “The Love Letters of an
English 'Woman.” It was very incon
siderate In that police captain to want
Brenda to go into the room where the
actress was stabbed. Of course Bren
da would turn faint. I don’t like that
police captain. The next chapter will
doubtless explain Brenda to my entire
satisfaction.
BITING GOLD WAVE
SWEEPSCOUNTRY
Offshoot of Blizzard Raging
In Northwest.
8 DEGREES BELOW AT CHICAGO
Cold Wave Covers the Lake Region
and the Mississippi Valley—North
western States Report Temperatures
of From 10 to 20 Degrees Below Zero.
Chicago, Jan. 27.—Chicago is strug
gling under the biting blasts of a cold
wave that arrived here last night, the
offshoot of the big blizzard that has
been raging in the northwest. In the
last 24 hours the temperature has fall
en 46 degrees, having touched 8 de
grees below zero at daylight. As the
day advanced the mercury rose slight
ly in the thermometer and at 10 o’clock
was 6 degrees below. Professor Cox,
of the weather bureau, predicts that
nightfall will see the temperature back
at 10 below.
All the northwest is suffering from
the extremely cold weather, which
covers the lake region and the Missis
sippi valley region with z<“ro temper
atures extending to the extreme south
ern portion of Illinois. Missouri and
Kansas. In the farther northwest
states the range of temperatures is
from 10 to 24 degrees below zero.
Traifie has been severely impeded
where the blizzard occurred, and pas
senger trains on nearly all roads ar
rived here several hours late. Coal
dealers express no fear for a repeti
tion of the coal famine that was
brought on by the last cold wave un
less the below zero temperatures out
last a week.
This Brenda enigma is deepening. In
Elsie’s room, after giving his opinion
of how the murder was done, this po
lice captain (I find my aversion to him
growing) “turned to Brenda with a
questioning leer.” He even admits that
be thinks tbe murderer may have been
a woman.
But what Is this? Dr. Blair saw a
well dressed young woman leave the
bouse about the time the crime was
committed and go In the direction of
Broadway. It was on Broadway we
flrst met Brenda. But the doctor is
sure he would not know tbe woman If
be were to see her again.
Notwithstanding Captain Neale's in
nuendoes, Brenda bears herself admi
rably. It is true that she contradicts
herself, but all of us do that some
times. And that police captain with
the ape arms is so horrid! But I would
like to know why Bienda is so much
interested In Elsie, whom she has never
seen. Perhaps the next chapter will
tell.
Cold Weather In Iowa.
Des Moines, la., Jan. 27.—The gov
ernment weather bureau reported a
minimum temperature for Des Moines
of 16 degrees below zei’o at 6 o’clock
this morning. It reports a minimum of
20 degrees at Sioux City, and estimates
the average for the state at about 2
degrees colder. Owing to the sudden
change in temperature there is consid
erable suffering.
Cold Wave In Sunny South.
Atlanta, Jan. 27.—'Freezing tempera
ture was reported this morning as far
south as Galveston, Tex. The effects
of the cold wave are already apparent
In th° central south, a fall of nearly
60 degrees being reported at Nashville,
Tenn., and a decline of at least 45 de
grees being predicted for Atlanta to-
night.
Sleetstorm In Kentucky.
Louisville, Ky., Jan. 27.—A cold
wave has struck Kentucky and at 7
o’clock this morning the thermometer
registered 13 degrees above zero in
this city, a drop In temperature of 42
degrees In f.bout 15 hours. The cold
was accompanied last night by a se
vere sleetstorm.
SKATED TO THEIR DEATH.
The plot thickens and the mystery
deepens. Alden impresses me very fa
vorably, but Brenda gives me a shock
when she almost faints at sight of the
knife with which the stabbing was
done. But the dramatic way In which
Captain Neale exposed It was enough
to make any woman of refinement
fainL Police captains are nothing If
not spectacular.
So Brenda was not Miss Williams,
as she had announced herself to the
policemen at the door, but the daugh
ter of Duncan Maclane, a prominent
millionaire. And here Is a poser: "Dr.
Blair,” she whispered, “you will not
say it was I whom you saw leaving
this house?”
Now Captain Neale begins his inqui
sition again. At any rate, we shall
learn something about the New York
police and their methods. Brenda en
gaged to Alden? And tbe engagement
broken that day? This grows excit
ing.
Alden arrested for the crime—for
stabbing Uie girl xvhom he loved! Ab
surd. What blunderers those police
are! Ah, hen* Is the explanation—
“And by the way, Neale, you don’t
think Alden did this thing, do you?”
“Not on your life,” said the captain.
I thought A Men was very rash to
quarrel with Captain Neale, telling him
of his bad reputation. We ha .e not
found out much yet, but this Is going
to be a story worth rending, If only for
the picture It gives of New York ik>-
Hce. Tbe idea of a police captain ar
resting a isan for murder because he
calls the police captain a thief!
Thlsstory will be commenced in
next Friday’s isHue of The Ledger
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bund. It Is sold by all druggists for £>ccni*.
Girl, Boy and Hired Man Find Watery
Graves.
Spokane, Wash., Jan. 27.—A special
to The Spokane Review from Sprague,
Wash., says:
The young son and daughter of Clev^
Smith, Richard, aged 11, and Georgi-
ana, aged 14, with Joseph Calvin, a
hired naan, were drowned while skat
ing near Alkl Saturday. They went
skating and did not return in the even
ing. Mr. Smith, thinking they might
have stopped at a neighbor’s house for
the night, did not go to look for them
until Sunday morning, when he called
at the different neighbor’s houses, but
did not find them. He then went to
the lake and found their capes frozen
in the ice. He broke the ioe and with
poles managed to get the bodies out.
Joseph Calvin, the hired man, was
lately from Can , ml, 111., coming from
there last summer and working in the
harvest fields for Mr. Smith.
A NEW JOSS HOUSE.
Idol 2,000 Years Old to Be Placed In
PosiTion.
New York, Jan. 27.—The Chinese in
this city are arranging a new joss
house. The new idol, Mon Eye Mu, is
Just being placed in positon.
Mon Eye Mu is said to be one of the
greatest i..anchu Josses. For the last
2,000 years it has been hoisted on a
high pedestal In one of the high tem
ples built In honor of Confucius in
China until recently, when it was de
cided to send him to this country. It
is said that the joss is named after
a great and good man who livod in
the province of Kwang Tung In the
early age of the Chinese empire and
whose followers today numlter several
millions In Kwang Tung alone.
New Secretary of State.
Tallahassee, Jan. 27.—Hon. John L.
Crawford, secretary of state, died on
j Friday. Late Saturday night Governor
Jennings appointed his son, H. Clay
Crawford, who was assistant secretary
of state for 12 years, to succeed his
father. The new official has a tamlly,
Is 46 years old and his appointment
Is received with general satisfaction.
New Jail for Chattahoochee.
Columbus, Ga., Jan. 27.—Chattahoo-
, ohee is to have a new Jail. The con-
| tract has been let to the I’auly Jail
I Building ami Manufacturing company,
| of St. Louis, whose representative has
, arrived at Cusseta tind is arranging
for materials. The Jail will cost about
$4,000.
TRAGEDY OCCURS IN
HOUSEJtf WORSHIP
In Church Isle Joseph Cox
Kills Howard Ratcliff.
CRITIC OF THE BIBLE
SCORED BY MINISTERS
Professor Pearion’s Theory
of M r teles.
PANIC FOLLOWED THE KILLING BOME CHICAGO MINISTERS REPLY
Cox Had Been Paying Attention to
Ratcliff's Sister to Which the Lat
ter Objected, and Seeing Them at
Church Together the Trouble Ensued.
Chillicothe, O., Jan. 27.—Joseph Cox
shot and killed Howard Ratcliff at
church Sunday evening at Eagle Mills,
15 miles east of here.
Cox had been paying attention to
Ratcliff's sister and Ratcliff strongly
objected. Cox took Miss Ratcliff to
church last night, and when Ratcliff
saw them together in the church he
at once assaulted Cox, who drew a
weapon and fired, the ball passing
through Ratcliff's body. He fell in
the aisle and expired amid the shrieks
of terrified women. Both men are of
respectable families and both are
schoolteachers. Ratcliff married a sis
ter of his murderer. Cox was arrested
and taken to McArthur today.
UNITED MINE WORKERS.
Second Week of the National Conven
tion Begins.
Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 27.—The
United Mine workers began the second
week of their national convention with
chattering teeth. It was so cold in
Tomlinson hall when President Mitch
ell opened proceedings that many of
the delegates sat with their heads
ducked under their overcoat collars.
The reitort of tbe constitution com
mittee, in printed form, was handed
to the delegates this morning. It was
expected to come up for action proba
bly late in the afternoon.
An Illinois delegate has presented a
resolution raising the salary of the na
tional president to $2,500 a year. The
president now gets $1,800. Many of
the delegates, the district officers es
pecially, it is understood, favor the
resolution.
Several times during the last year it
has been reported that President
Mitchell intended to resign because
the salary was not enough.
It is said, however, that he has noth
ing to do with the movement to make
the salary higher. The report of the
constitution committee contains noth
ing that is regarded as of unusual in
terest
ORE IS AS GOOD AS THE BEST.
Expert Speaks Highly of Cranberry
Iron Mine Output.
Raleigh, Jan. 27.—In the course of
an interview with General Robert F.
Hoke, one of the principal owners of
the Cranberry iron mine in Mitchell
county, who La directing its operation,
he said:
“We are now getting out the ore
rapidly and a yet further increase of
the mining force will be made. We
have leased furnaces at Johnson City,
Tenn., and are putting them in shape,
■o they will be In operation In 90 days.
The output of iron will then be 100
tons a day.
“We have had tests made at Wash
ington and at Sheffield of this iron as
compared with the best Swedish and
It is found to fully equal the latter
for crucible steel.”
BOY CHARGED WITH MURDER.
Half-Witted Youth In Jail on This Ac-
* cuaation.
Knoxville, Jan. 27.—Sheriff Agee
brought from Bridgeport, Ala., yester
day and confined in jail at Jacksboro,
Tenn., Silas McNeely, a half-witted
18-year-old boy, who is charged with
complicity in the murder of Mynatt
and Wager Hatmaker, aged 11 and 14
years. Marion Wilson, aged 14, is also
In jail charged with the same offense.
The Hatmaker boys were fishing and
It is alleged that McNeely and Wilson,
In trying to take their fish from them,
murdered the two boys, their bodies
being found at Kilby's mill, 4 miles
from Jacksboro. Bruises on the bodies
indicated foul play.
Will Erect Plant at Beaumont.
Chicago. Jan. 27.—It is announced
that the Penman Steel and Iron works,
which has a plant at East Chicago, will
erect a mammoth plant at Beaumont,
Tex., for the manufacture of steel
tanks for the storage of oil and oil
tank cars. The company has secured
contracts for building oil storage
tanks with a capacity aggregating 1,-
000,000 barrels for the Southern Pa
cific road: also contracts for tanks
with similar capacity for different oil
companies.
Methodists Will Erect Hospital.
Richmond, Ind., Jan. 27.—The Meth
odists of Indiana, it is announced,
have undertaken tin* erection of a large
philanthropic hospital, to lie located
at the state capital. The cost Is to he
$200,000 and the endowment $500,000.
The work of raising funds will be
pushed over the entire state. Work
will begin on the building as soon as
$60,000 is available.
Pearsons Recently Declared That a
Great Many of the Miracles of the
Bible Were Myths and Should Not
Be Regarded as True.
Chicago, Jan. 27.—Professor Pear
son and his recent open attack on the
miracles of the Bible were discussed
in many of the Sunday sermons in
Chicago.
The line was not drawn between
denominations, preachers of many
creeds, in a score of churches, deem
ing the utterances ot the Northwest
ern university teacher worthy of spe
cial thought.
To the congregation in the Isaiah
temple Rabbi Stolz said:
"It is not difficult to find in the Bible
inaccuracies, exaggerations, inconsis
tencies, errors in text and sentiments
that degrade the Deity to the level oi
an oriental despot.''
Again he said: “We are under ob
ligations to Professor Pearson that he
again has called attention to this truth
in a spirit oi reverence and duty and not
from a sense ot scorn and ridicule.”
Bishop Fallos declared the miracle to
he not unnatural, but supernatural,
and especially defended the records
of the New Testament.
Rev. Cam len M. Coburn, preaching
before the members of tire St. James
Methodist Episcopal church, declared:
“It is true that not all the Bible is
literal history, and that a man or
church would indeed be foolish who
would insist upon interpreting every
part of the Bible as lit;:: al history.
Many of the remarks made recently,”
he said before concluding, "do not
sound like the utterances of a Biblical
critic, but of infidelity, pure and sim
ple.”
In another part of the city Dr. Leach
was even more outspoken. “Take
away one single prop from me, if you
dare to try it,” he began, “and in the
name of Jehovah's God, I will brand
you a Judas. Disturbed by the ut
terances of Professor Pearson? No!
There never has been a lack of such,
for the devil lives until he shall have
been cast into the pit by the con
queror!”
The speaker continued to say he
w’as concerned for the weaker men
and women who might be influenced
by the professor's ttUerances, and de
manded that the trustees of the uni
versity suspend the teacher.
Rev. Dr. Johonnot. at the Unity
churcu in Oak park, talked on the
theme of "The Evil Results of the Be
lief in an Infallible Bible.” He said
in part:
“We have not lost any true faith
when we recognize the fallibility of the
Bible, but have made a distinct gain.
The Bible is like a gallery of paint
ings, in which are gathered the good
and the bad.”
Speaking before the Independent Re
ligious society at the Grand opera
house, Mr. Mangasarian pleaded for a
wider liberty in thought and action In
regard to religious belief. “The Meth
odists have taken the position,” he
said, “that no insider has any right
to * criticise the church. If man is
more than raiment, so is he more than
creeds. It would be more economical
to trade with trade than with a man.”
AGAINST THE PLANT SYSTEM.
Brunswick and Birmingham Gains Vic
tory In Freight Matter.
Bruaswick, Ga., Jan. 27.—Attorneys
TwMtty, Atkinson ft Dunwody, for the
Brunswick and Birmingham railroad,
have received notice th^t the railroad
commission had decided the case
against the Plant system In their fa
vor.
This case was fbr the purpose of
compelling the Plant system to re
ceive freight from and deliver freight
to the Brunswick and Birmingham.
The decision in favor of the Bruns
wick and Birmingham will enable that
road to get the water front along Bay
street with such business they may
control. It is considered quite a vic
tory for the Brunswick and Birming
ham.
Novel Suit at Durham.
Durham, N. C., Jan. 27.—A novel
suit Is to l>e heard at this place this
week. James L. Shepherd sues the
town for $10,000 damages for injuries
sustained lu the market house. He
was shocked by a live wire and thrown
against a meat hook, the sharp point
of which caught him in tlea hack of
the head.
Funeral of Dr. W. L. Broun.
Auburn, Ala., Jan. 27.—The funeral
services of Dr. Broun were held yes
terday in Langdon hall. They were
conducted by Rector R. Cullen Jeter,
assisted oy Dr. Donnelly, of the Meth
odist church; Dr. Purser, of the Bap
tist church, and Dr. Davis, of the
Presbyterian church. The floral offer
ings were beautiful, being donated by
the classes of the college and the Sig
ma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, of which
Dr. Broun was a member. The re
mains were carried to the cemetery
tinder military est'ort and consigned to
the tomb.
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$50,000 Fire In Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, Jan. 27.—A fire today
burned out the book store of W. O.
Da/ie ft Co., 224 East Fourth street,
causing a loss estimated at $50,000.
The establishment is an old one of
unique pattern, being widely known
among book lovers as the repository
for old and rare volumes. The fire
started In the cellar, probably from an
overheated furnace. The loss Is cov
ered by insurance, though many rare
hooks are destroy -d, whose value ia
Lard to determine.
F. G. Stacy, President.
J. G. Wardlaw, Vice-President.
THE NATIONAL BANK OF GAFFNEY.
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