The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 19, 1910, Image 6
CAMEO
By Booth
Tarkington and
Harry Leon
Wilson
A COf YRIGBT I9t9. BY Tit
CHAPTER XII.
4' f 1UT. af aree (Jen?, honey." im
plored the old negro, "yo'
ebo'ly la f wine to make"?
"Some attempt to ee
)\T ensiled Klrby. "Not an/. Croup,
thing 1 don't with to. and for
another 1 think it would bo waited ef?
fort. The moon le very unaccommo?
dating.'* be added cheerfully, peering
out Into the darkneae. "but still it
?Mean to me that there are shadowa
oat there not formed by trees. At
least they appear somewhat agitated.
1 shouldn't wonder." he finished In the
atme pleasant conversational tone. 'If
Mr. f :-*e baa realised by thta time
that ha would ha re been considerably
comfortable had he remained
The night air doesn't appear
ilttful."
"To* mean, at arse Gene, dat de house
ass surrounded wif men." quavered
Group, eeeklng to peer over the other's
Shoulder.
"Bo 1 ehoula imagine," agreed Klrby.
"It's time our interesting friends on
hjsfssbark should be here. Aren't they
drawing rein out there?**
"Oh. Lawd! Oh Lawd!" gasped
Croup, abandoning himself to despslr.
"Dsy's gwkoe to bsvs yo' life. Marse
"fi-h-h!" warned Klrby. "Here come
to dies. No mors agony, if you
i sasurs you your sympathies
are entirely wasted. The good die
young, you know." And he turned,
with a plesasnt smile, sa Mme. Da*
yaaac and Miss Pleydell entered.
Both appeared thoroughly frighten
ad. sltbough endeavoring to cloak It
ander a mask of well bred composure,
and Klrby. purposely Ignoring their
condition, launched himself upon a
soothing current of email talk which
was remarkable for its lack of rele?
vance. N
"Just discoursing with Croup on the
beauties of the night." he prevsrlcsted
cheerfully. 'You see. 1 have been
unite deserted. My secretary, feeling
the heat, stepped Into the garden for
n breath of air. while Miss Randall
evidently had duties elsewhere. Shall
am continue our game? Or perhaps
Adele will sing for us again."
'I?I am a little frightened. Colonel
in." interrupted Mme. Davezac.
aar emotion mastering all repressive
aasasuree. while she glsnced apprehen?
sively at the window. "There are
strange abadows moving in the garden.
We saw them from tbe parlor."
**Ah, undoubtedly my secretsry." re
Klrby, **s moat setive being for
of bis excessive displacement. 1
rare yon he te entirely capable of
i ting more than one legitimate
shadow" %%)
"It was more than oue man." Inter?
rupted Ann Pleydell in a frightened
sotce of coovietlon. "Please do not
|eet with us. minnel Moreau. We are
easjrtaced that ho me meu are watch
lag this house both front and rear."
"In that case." said Klrby. instantly
serious. "1 beg of you. ladles, to retire
te your rooms and permit me to in
nuntiant a this matter. There is no
cause for alarm"
A shrill, frightened scream cut him
short, und the neit moment Poulette
OS BBS flying Into the room, moaning
and * rlnKing her hand?
"Oh-h-h!" she <Tied, ?dinnktug away
fToui tbe window. ' Meu all rouud de
house Dm have gun muskets l>ey
fatde In de bush. Oh h h '
Instlm? 1\ely Klrby plueed a band
la bis breast pocket und rtrode toward
the balcony As he named the window
a hand suddenly pulled him back, and
he turned to ronfront Adele.
"You think they have tracked you,"
ehe whispered, biting the quiver from
her lips They shan't take you! They
shan't!" passionately, vehemently.
"?tend back from the window," he
Commanded quietly, throwing an arm
before her. "Ladles." be added, turn
taw to the others, who, with Poulette,
defensively bulwarked themselves
und tbe card table, "there Is no
for alarm. It la possibly only a
of our neighbors bunting a run
away nigger "
"<julte so, sir," agreed a drawllug
s-esca. And. turning, Klrby discerned
Judge Pleydell standing in tbe door?
way, complacently and resolutely
Mocking tbe one avenue of eecape.
Klrby felt quite assured that at last
oue of bis late friends had dis
the true Identity of "Colonel
M or en u "
"I have found out who these tres
are." continued the Judge, slg
intly vying tbe inasquerader, "and.
ladles it hi my earnest request that
you retire to your rooms."
"Retire?'' furiously stormed Adele,
her eyea snapplug. "I tell you I'll
fasse them whipped of/ the place"'
**Tou can't do it; he's right, " cut In
Klrby, nodding toward the Judge
A heavy step In full retreat SOW
eetmded ? I the balcouy. Slid as Mine
Davezac gave birth to a frightened
little ecreuui l.srkln Kniee. looking
ilderably o\erh?uted and embar
pushed t f i r <. > 1h the window
beamed rather foolishly upon the
aaaembled company.
"Ton ehanged your mind about tak?
ing thst stroll, did you, Larkln?"
KIR BY
Adapted From
the Play of the Same
Name by W. B. N.
Ferguson
AlNSLtE MAGAZINE COMPANY
greeted Klrby pleasantly.
"Well. I dldi't ?troll fur." acknowl?
edged the other, fastening an Innocent
?ya upon the celling. "There was
some men out there, strangers to me?
so fur. Yet they kind o' seemed to
show some interest In me when 1 ran
Into 'em. Told me It wasn't heslthy to
tike too long a walk In the night air.
And when I went round the house the
other way there was some more o'
them says the same thing similar. So
I reckoned I might as well come back
to the house."
"If you will permit me." said Kirby.
facing the company and raising his
?olce. "I will receive Judge Pleydell's
friends on the porch yonder. No.
Bunce." he added sharply as the other
approached, "I don't want you. It's a
lone band, partner."
??You shan't do It," Implored Adele,
eatch'ng his srm. "Ob. don't you see
it would be as if I hsd betrayed you 7
Anatole." she broke off sharply, a note
of agonized relief In her voice as the
young creole sppeared in the doorway
and gently shouldered his way past
the Judge?"Anatole, you've told me a
hundred times you'd die to do me a
service. Now I give you the chance.
I want those men driven off my prop?
erty."
M. Veaudry's fsce whitened and set
as be became the cynosure of all eyes,
Klrby's excepted.
"It is a service that I do you, made?
moiselle," he said at length, with quiet
dignity. "Those are my men out there.
I told them to surround the house, and
this gentleman knows what for," bow?
ing gravely to Kirby.
"No, be doesn't, but I do!" cried
Adele, laughing hysterically. "So this
is bow you win a woman. Anatole?
You will answer to my brother for an
attack on a guest of this bouse," she
finished, her anger once more master?
ing all other emotions.
"Mademoiselle. It Is by your broth?
er's orders that I act?and I think it
Is that he Is himself here now," replied
M. Veaudry.
Even while Adele laughed scornfully
n confused babel of cries was beard
from the ^ardeu, supplemented by
hoarse oMhs and the sound of running
feet. Another moment and Tom Han?
del! had burst into the room. Covered
with dust and sVeat, white, haggard,
half Insane with excitement, a prey
to the most consuming passion, be was
the epitome of violence, balked re?
venge and undying hatred as, throw?
ing off Adele's restraining arm, he
launched himself straight at Klrby.
Aaron Itandall, grave and collected,
next entered and methodically placed
upon an adjacent chair the green port?
manteau belonging to the late lament?
ed Colonel Moreau.
Klrby quietly awaited young Ban
dull s onslaught and, as the maddened
boy threw himself upon him, pinioned
bis arms and, despite all opposition,
forced him backward into a chair.
"Let me go! Get out of the way, you
people:" screamed Tom. like an in
furinted child, as Adele and Aaron
laid restraining hands upon hint.
"We've run you to earth, Mr. Wolf."
be added, glariug at Kirby, while be
strove to release himself, almost sob
blng with Impotent fury.
"Wolf, am IV" echoed Kirby, step
ping back. "Then I'll show you some
faugs."
"Tom! Tom:" implored Adele
"What's the matter? Why do you net
this way? You don't know what you're
doing."
"Don't IV" he snarled, writhing from
her grasp and again confronting Kirby.
"It's you who are the fool. There's
the man we want for the murder of
Colonel Moreau!"
sie started back aghast, staring
from her brother to Klrby and back j
again in helpless, doubtiug astonish
"wa vs at'N von to i a 1.11.' uii. wor.r."
ment. while Judge IMcydell coughed
dryly and his daughter sheltered her?
self behind the ample bulwarks of
Mme Do renne, who. now that the
source of her fears had been Identified,
had fOgal nod her serene composure
snd was staring curiously at Kirby.
"it was Colonel Moreno be killed''"
whliperoil Idole in a strenge!) iiulei
and sniotlonlost voice,
"Shot down like a dofl Moreau WAS
unarmed.' growled young Randall,
ulth brutal brevity.
^indeed!" murmured Kirby, evincing
Hidden interest. "How do you know?"
"Heesuse no weapon was found with
the body."
"Who told you that?"
"Nobody."
"Then how do you know?"
"1 found Moreau's body, und I am
the chief witness against you." snap?
ped the hoy, spitting out the words
with distilled venom.
Aaron Randall's expression changed,
and with Hidden agitation he grasped
M. Veaudry's arm. To both men some
Idea of the hoy's despicable action had
occurred.
Kirby waited coolly, surveying his
accuser, while he carefully chose his
next words. "So you are the man 1
had to lind." he said measuredly, with
a sardonic, contemptuous smile. "Did
you throw that pistol away, or did you
keep it?"
"That's your defense, is It?" cried
Tom. laughing wildly. "I'll show you
how much water that'll hold. You
want to accuse me of taking it?ac?
cuse me of taking that poor dead man's
pistol? You'll find that accusation Is
going to fasten the rope just a little
tighter around your neck. Moreau left
his pistol in that portmanteau this
morning while at my aunt's house, and
If I speak the truth It's there yet."
He pointed dramatically to the green
leather article his cousin still guarded,
and, Aaron making no move to open
It, but remaining preoccupied and si?
lent, Judge Pleydell stepped briskly
forward and performed the service,
holding significantly aloft the Derrin?
ger which had almost ended Klrby's
life.
"Ha! That looks as If I took it,
doesn't It?" cried Tom, turning in sav?
age triumph upon his fancied enemy.
"The only pistol I carried in my life
was my father's. There it is," produc?
ing from his pocket the silver mount?
ed slugle shot weapon. "You ought
to know that pistol," he finished men?
acingly. "If you don't, these people
here know It."
"You seem to have made your case."
admitted Klrby, with cool brevity and
indifference. "I believe I'd prefer to
go out."
He glanced at Adele, but she had
turned away with bowed head, look?
ing utterly crushed. After a motneut's
hesitation he turned to go, when M.
Veaudry sprang forward and barred
his way.
"Keep out of this, Anatole?* warned
young Randall. "Y'ou've done your
share."
"Yes, I have done my share, but I
have not forgotten my honor," replied
the young creole, pale with but ill re?
pressed excitement. "I would kill him,
but not by lies. It was a fair meet?
ing. Colonel Moreau was armed this
morning. He carried that very pistol
you show us here," pointing to the
weapon that Judge Pleydell still held.
"The proof is there," he finished sim?
ply. "Your cousin, he told me."
"You fool!" cried young Randall,
completely outraged at this unexpected
action, which he considered base
treachery. "What do you mean?
Aaron," he added violently, turning to
his cousin, "tell him that's a lie."
But Tom Randall's second witness
proved as disappointing, and his hasty,
despicable and well executed method
of vengeance fell to pieces before his
enraged eyes. He, who had not thought
twice of fastening a murder upon his j
enemy, had never for a momeut doubt
Od that, the necessity arising, this im- j
port a nt witness, this blood relation
who shared his hatred, would readily
swear away the life of their mutual
enemy. He had acted without princi- j
pie. He had reckoned without his cous?
in's inherent love for common decen- ,
cy and Justice. Aaron Randall posi?
tively refused to corroborate the false?
hood. "No. sir," he said sternly. "We
have a better way."
Tom, abandoning himself to rage and
Chagrin, turned upon M. Veaudry and
Aaron. "You cowardly sneaks!" he
cried. "You go back on DM now when
I had this man where I could pay him
what I owed him, There are twenty
men around this house who would
stamp his life out like a rattlesnake.
Give me that pistol."
"(Jive him the pistol. Give him for?
ty!" added Kirby hotly as Judge Pley
dell hesitated. ? I'll teach you to skulk
behind trees and rob a dead man. to
swear a murder on me," he added
passionately, turning Upon his accuser.
"1 am clear of your lies. I am within
the law now, and you are outside It.
Take your pistol, call in your friends
to help you. and I'll make"?
"No! No!" cried Adele piteously.
He turned, mastering by an effort
his bitter passion. "And." he finished
courteously, with a formal bow, "1 will
make them welcome. It shall never I
be said of me that 1 was inhospitable
In my own house."
Oblivious to the others, his declara?
tion had been aimed at Adele, and. de- ;
spite the suave courtesy with which it
was delivered, she was acutely con- (
sclous of a certain bitter undercurrent
of irony in the words, re-enforced by
the sardonic challenge of his eyes.
"Your own house," she echoed slow?
ly. "Did you say that"?
"It Is mine tonight."
She stared at him. wide eyed and
tremulous with sudden fear and hor- !
ror, as if the phantasmagoria of some
hidOOUS dream, a being whom she had
swiftly learned to cherish, had in a J
breath turned into a venomous reptile, (
its wicked head drawn back to strike.
"There is only one man lit the world
Who could make that claim," she whls- i
pered. choking over each word while i
she still stared with bonified fascina?
tion?"only one man in the world who
could make that claim!"
"Don't you see who the scoundrel
Is?" cried Tom. with brutal contempt.
Kirby bowed gravely to Adele Ran?
dall.
"Cameo Kirby at your service, mad
sm. I told you the bad prince always
stayed loo long," he added sadly, bit?
terly
CHAPTER XIII.
IJTwlMMBDlATELY following Kir?
jg 1 i?y's dramatic declaration
5 ?S ^ele na^ ?iv*'n ;? iittle fry
BBS? and promptly fainted, while
her brother attempted another Ineffec?
tual assault upon ins enemy. With
difficulty be was bundled out of the
room by Aaroo an*' M. Venudry before
blood was shed, Kir by being in no
humor to stand further insults from
his accuser. Then Adele was escorted
from the room by old Mammy Lena,
Croup's wife, while Judge Pleydell re?
paired to the balcony and dismissed
the patietitly waiting posse.
Unwillingly the posse dispersed, some
even returning to New Orleans, while
the indefatigable old judge retired in?
doors and sought his three friends,
leaving Kirby and Bunco In undisput?
ed possession of the ground floor.
"Well, gentlemen," began Pleydell
in a businesslike voice, "there Is only
one thing to be done, and that Is to
adhere to our original plan. It Is no
time now to deplore our mutual blind?
ness. The fact remains that that
d-d low gambler has claimed the
plantation, as we expected, though 1
admit he took an unlooked for and
devilish roundabout method of doing
so."
"If I had had any help he wouldn't
be here now," interrupted Tom Bau?
dall sullenly, glowering at Aaron and
M. Veaudry. "I'll fix him yet!"
"Not you alone, but the four of us."
corrected Pleydell, "and we'll give him
a fairer chance than he deserves. In
the meantime, Tom, you must control
yourself and keep out of his way until
the ladles have left the house, for no
violence must be indulged in in their
presence. Your poor sister has stood
about all she can bear. I reckon, though
I'm glad she discovered in time the
true character of that designing vil
Jain"
"You mean to Insinuate that he dared
to pay his address"* to Adele?" cried
Tom, springing to his feet in a fresh
access of fury.
If. Veaudry laid a restraining hand
upon his arm. "It is that I do not
think Mr. Kirby has acted as other
than a gentleman to a lady," he said
pacifically, glancing significantly at
Pleydell.
"Gentleman i" sneered young Ran?
dall. "As if be knew the meaning of
the word! But if he had dared to ad?
dress Adele 1 would go down now
and"
"You must learn .o control yourself,
sir," interposed the judge, somewhat
testily, irritated at the boy's mad out?
bursts. "I think you can safely leave
the honor of the family in the mature
and capable hands of your cousin. You
have misinterpreted my words," he
added, ignoring the other's shrug at
the mention of Aaron's supposed abil?
ities, "for Anatole is quite right. Mr.
Kirby evidently has one virtue?he
knows his limits?and your sister is
not one to be impressed by such a
character even if masquerading under
such an honorable name as Colonel
Moreau. To return to the real theme,
Is It agreed, theu, that we adhere to
our original plan?"
As Tom sulkily refused to speak,
Aaron hiked gravely: T?u mean~Thai
the ladies go to your plantation, Judge
Pleydell, while we remain for the os?
tensible purpose of formally handing
over the estate to?to that man? The
ladles are to be kept In ignorance of
our real purpose?"
"I'd shoot him and be done with it,"
sniffed young Randall. "He'll slip
through your fingers again?see if he
doesn't."
"Yes, the ladies are to be kept in
entire ignorance." agreed Pleydell, Ig?
noring the boy's observation, "like?
wise Mr. Kirby and that fat scoundrel
who accompanies him?no warning,
mind, for they are desperate charac?
ters who hesitate at nothing. Miss
Adele will uaturully abhor the idea of
remaining under this roof one minute
longer than is absolutely necessary.
To complete our ostensible purpose in?
form the servants we ure leaving, nev?
er to return, and let Miss Adele pack
up and take with her such things as
belonged to her mother and upon
which this scoundrel can have no legal
claim. By the way, we must assume
charge of Colonel Moreau'i portman?
teau, with such effects as It may con?
tain. It Is our duty to inquire if he
left any next of kin and to return bis
belongings to them. Poor gentleman ?
so honorable, chivalrous and coura?
geous. 1 regret that 1 had not the ex?
treme honor of meeting him while he
was yet living."
As, in quest of the portmanteau.
Anron entered the deserted drawing
room Kirby. pacing the balcony, hail?
ed him from the window.
"Mr. Randall, if you think that ex?
citable young cousin of yours is ready
to listen to me there's something I've
got to tell him," he said quietly, mas?
tering his irritation.
"It is our Intention that you shall see
him, sir, as soon as the ladles have
gone." replied Aaron, with a signifi?
cance lost on the other.
"When the ladies have gone?" echoed
Kirby. entirely without comprehension,
for he had never contemplated such a
move.
Mr. Randall nodded.
"Mr. Kirby," he said coldly, "In their
sense of honor to the dead man who
lost this place to you his children do
not oppose your possession. But you
can scarcely imagine they would be
willing to pass the night under this
to^i once you had claimed it."
Without comment Kirby returned to
the balcony. He looked old and care?
worn, for the words had stung him to
the quick. Twice within the past hour
he had sent a request for an Interview
to Adele, and as yet she had made no
answer. This, then, was the explana?
tion. Evidently be was deemed too
unclean a thing even to look upon. lie
did not greatly wonder, for be could
never efface the memory of her boni?
fied look and cry when the mask had
fallen and the bad prince stood reveal?
ed. After all, the pens It v for his re
mtinlBg hud Been Immeasurably great?
er than he hud anticipated.
Meanwhile Aaron had bent over the
portmanteau, which still lay open upon
a chair as Judge Pley del I had left It.
In searching for Colonel Moreau's Der?
ringer the contents of the suit case
had been somewhat disarranged, and
the methodical Aaron now withdrew
a badly crumpled coat, intending to
fold it neatly before replacing it. As
he did so a red morocco box fell from
one of the pockets. Aaron, about to
return it, suddenly started and held it
under the 1 i^clit of an adjacent lamp,
for the inscription on the lid which
had arrested his attention was: "Mar?
garet Randall to her husband, John
Randall.*'
"Margaret Randall?that was Adele's
mother." he exclaimed in wonder.
"What is that?" asked M. Veaudry,
entering the room and noting the oth?
er's interest.
"Something that fell from Colonel
Moreau's portmanteau," replied Aaron,
opening the box and examining its con?
tents. "You see, it is the miniature of
Adele's mother that that gambler won
the night he won the plantation," nod- |
ding to the balcony where Kirby could
be heard pacing back and forth. "You
know he got even my poor cousin's
Jewels. This is set with diamonds.
Look?half of them are gone. *
"To the pawnshop, eh?" ventured
M. Veaudry. "Yet you found it In
Colonel Moreau's portmanteau? It is
very strange. How has It come there?"
"No one knows but Colonel Moreau,
and be can't answer anything now,"
said Aaron solemnly. "You better give
this box to Tom."
Like his older brother, the General
has proved an unwilling participant In
Judge Ploy doll's maneuver. The child
strongly disapproved of the Idea, for
he was now summarily hauled out of
bed and forced to exchange the known
comforts of that article for the doubt?
ful accommodations of the drawing
room sofa.
"What for do they make me get up
In the middle of the night?" he sleepi?
ly demanded as Croup made up the
impromptu bed in the now deserted
room. "What for do they dress me
again?"
"Yo's gwine to Jedge Pleydell's plan?
tation, honey," patiently explained the
old servant for the tenth time. "Dey
go'n' pack up all yo' HT clothes an'
all dem toys yo' had when yo* was a
baby. Dey ain't gwlne to 'sturb yo'
so much hyah."
"But I don't want to go to Judge
Pleydell's plantation," peevishly pro?
tested the child. "Aren't we ever
coming back "here to live again1?"
"No'm, I don't hardly spect so, UT
marse. Yo' kain't stay no mo' hyah,
honey, nn* ole Croup kain't go nowali
wif yo' all's no mo'. Ole niggah got
a new marse now. \ro' must sleep,
honey. I wake yo' when dey ready,
11T marse. Hesh, honey, liesh!" And
Croup lightly tiptoed from the room as
the General nodded drowsily and then
closed his weary eyes.
And thus Kirby found hira. As if
conscious of the other's gaze, the boy
instantly awoke with a start and sat
bolt upright, throwing off his impromp?
tu covers.
"I've got to have a talk with you,"
he said gravely. "Xo; I won't go to
"TUI.T ALL BATS YOU, DON'T THEY?"
sleep, and if you leave I'll get up. I
want some more light. I'm going to
have some things the way I want
them."
Recognizing that Might was useless
and that the child was In deadly ear?
nest, Kirby obediently turned up the
lamp.
"It strikes me," he said mildly,
j "you'll come very near getting a good
! many things the way you want them."
"Y'ou come and sit here," peretnp
I torily ordered the General, pointing to
a stool beside the sofa. And again
the man obeyed. For a moment the
child was silent, gravely contemplat?
ing bis pseudo hero. "What is a
'd-d low gambler?'" he suddenly
Inquired.
"It's what some people call me," re?
plied Kirby after a pause. "I'm sorry
they do it before you."
"They don't like you any more, do
they?specially Dele? They all hate
you, don't they? I know why. It's
because you turned out to be the bad
prince." said the boy. nodding solemn?
ly.
Again the other was silent. "Gen?
eral," be said at length, "there's some?
thing your sister never got quite
I straight in the stories she's read you.
I Sometimes the good prince is half bad,
i and sometimes the bad prince?Is half
good."
"No; there was never anything like
that In the books," reflected the Gen?
eral, greatly surprised.
"And sometimes," added Kirby,
"thej are both just one man- half good
and half bad."
i "Roth Just in one person?"
I
I (To Re Continued.)
SOUTH OPPOSES COTTON HILL*
LA DI NO PROPOSITION.
Exchanges in Southern < itic? Wire
l>isap|>roval of suggested Solution
of Problem '<? New York Confer?
ence?Such Arrangement "Insult to
Reputable Cotton Firma of South,**
Sayn Memphis Exchange.
New Yoik, Oct. 14.?Due largely
to the uncompromising attitude of
Rome Southern cotton exchanges, the
plan to create a ' guaranty company"
to overcome the difficulties now at
tendfhg the European acceptance of
American cotton bills of lading, re?
ceived a decided setting-ba?k today.
It was expected that the committee
??t American bankers and Sir Edward
W. Holden, representing the Eu?
ropean banking interests, would
ratify yesterday's action and work
out details of the plan; instead of
which the meetir.g bioke up ab?
ruptly with a general misunderstand?
ing.
"We are far from agreed," said
Jos T. Talbert. vice president of
the National City Bank, which has
been taking an active part in the
proceedings.
It was learned after the confer?
ence that the protesting Southern I
exchanges openly condemn the
"guaranty company" plan as unrea?
sonable and visionary. This oppo?
sition was so pronounced that it
caused the American committee to
pause. The outcome was hardly a
general disappointment, however, for '
! some of the conferees are inclined
to adopt a policy of inaction, in the
belief that the foreigners will soon
extend the acceptance of American
cotton bills from October 31 to De?
cember 31. In this event the Ameri?
can committee will have ample time
to arrive at a definite understanding.
Opposition General in South.
New Orleans, Oct. 14.?General
opposition throughout the Scuth
manifested itself today when an?
nouncement was made in New Y'ork
of the plan to organize a foreign
company to guarantee cotton bills
of lading.
Although the proposed charge of
guaranteeing is only six or seven
cents a bale, Southern cotton men
I contend that in the aggregate such a
scheme would place a heavy burden
on the planter, broker and mer?
chant, and that the reputable firms
of the South should not be made,
to suffer for the alleged frauds of
< oncerns which have been pretend?
ing for several years to sell vast
quantities of a staple commodity at
bargain counter prices.
Such a plan "is an insult to the
reputable cotton firms of the South"
is the gist of a resolution passed to?
day by the Memphis Cotton Ex?
change, while prominent Atlanta
business men are quoted as declar?
ing that, whatever is done, "it will
come out of the farmer's pocket."
Resolutions passed by the Hous?
ton Cotton Exchange declare it "an
unjust tax," and similar resolutions
have been passed by the Cotton Ex?
change at Dallas, while the resolu?
tions of the New Orleans Exchanges
assert that "the proposed guarantee
proposition would single cotton out
from all other productions and make
it the peculiar object of discrimination
and burdensome conditions."
The resolution of the Southern ex?
changes were telegraphed to Wm. A.
Nash, who is presiding at the con?
ference of representatives Of Ameri?
can banks and foreign buyers in
New Y'ork.
HHOKKK AND TENANT FIGHT.
A> a Result Broker Has to Answer
to the Charge Of Assault and Bat?
tery.
Spartan burg. Oct. 14.?Following
a personal encounter between W. F.
Glenn, a prominent broker of this
city, and Joseuh Myers, a tenant on
a farm owned by Glenn, the latter
swore out a warrant before Magis?
trate Wetmore today charging Glenn
with assault and battery. ExGov.
John Gary Evans has been retained
by Mr. Glenn as counsel.
Arrived Monday at the Boyle Live
Stock Company one car load horses
and one car mules. Several high class
driving horses in the lot. Extra nice
Kee<??ni/e?! by England.
London. < ?et. IS.?A Lisbon dis ?
patch to a news agency here says
that Great Britain has recognized th*
republic of Portugal.
We received Monday October loth
one ear horses and one ear mules
This lot was selected on the St. Louis
mark? t by Mr. J. P. Booth, and
those wie? are looking for Ural ? ass
stock can be suited. Boyle Lire
Stock t'o. lO-i:?-it.W
Two Car Loads.
lot of farm mules.
1013-2tW
line Live Stock.