The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 07, 1914, Image 6
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CHAPTER I.
Th.v Crash,
"Failed v ejaculated Joba Valiaal
blankly, and the hat be hold dropped
to the claret eaggred ru* like a BUgS
white splotch of sudden fright. "Tin
Corporation?f<ih J
The young man was ttrn g3aJfl of
fashion, ft * ? the silken i on the
spotless Panama *o his poavi cray galt>
era, and well favored?a lit ^art
figure, with Wld r hgttl eyes and
strong brown hair wavlrTg back iron,
a candid forehead.
Never bad hin IttnC HM1 and ft
ter-tiy cslstcuic a surprise
more ?t. r'I'nr. He had Swung into
the room with all the nonchalant hah
Its. the Ingrained crtipuh- o' a
born with aohhrrsntsal ready-made In
his hands. And I ill |1 I gsjli It! ?
went?like tin* ratblsnfl hhtdes of a
pair of shears - nad snipped across
the one splendid -c,*rlet Ihret d Ifl
woof tha constitu; I lif?? as ho kr
It. He had knott- l ?? i at
that morning a vice-president of the
Valiant Corporation - 01 -> <i ? gTt ?'?
oat snd moat successful of av rn
day organistlotal; bo Ml now in the
fading sftarnOOfl tr\'UK to r? gllM :; I
the huge fabric. witho^nv
toppled to Its fall.
How solid and changeless it h. 1
slways seemed?that great bind:-?
fabric woven by the father be could
so dimly remember! His ow n in . ? d
fortune had b? ? a d'rived trout \\
great corporation tin* elder Valiant
had fouhded and controlled until his
desth. With aimo-t ?nprocedented
earnings, it had stood as a very Gib
rsltur of finance, a t\ pe ami ah o
brilliant organlzatiotw Now, on the
basis of a trust's dissolution which
would be a nine-days' w??nd- r, H ? ? \;
structure lmd grumbled gp like ;?. e irdr
board. The r.> ..^ had d< o .il. .1 and
the floods had ooanc, ;.nd M bnd fallen!
The man at thi de ,k bad wheeled
In his revolving Chatf u.d \ as lord;
at the trim athletic hack blotting the
daylight, with a smile that WSJ little
short of a cove r. 11 > ?
of the local managers of th Irj ira
lion whose ru i wi Ii bo that i
sensatiou, a colorh H4MI I ac?
quired middle .ik > \ i h
troupers and had been dedicated to tie
commercial treadmill betoro he bad
hong"ui a safety-razor, lie- despised ail
loiterers along the primrose paths, and
John Valiant was but a dOOOTatiTi lig
urehead.
Valiant started a.-- :he other ipoki at
his elbow. He had como to tie v.
dow und was looking down at the
pavetucut. "How quickly some iu ?..
spreads!''
Tor tho flr.st ? the young
notud that the street below v. i. Dlling
with a desultory crowd. He distill"
gaished a knot of Italian labortn talk*
ing with excited ssgtlCMbJtloni? a
smudged plasdenr. tools in hand, -
clerks, some hatloss and with thin
alpaca coats?all pseftag at the voJao>
less front of the great buihi.nsc. and
all. ho ImiKincd, with a thnwnc, 1'ar
In their facs. Ah ho ffftfc I I. a nonv
au. coarsely dressed. r??n acioss tho
street, her handkt r<hicf prosn |tob I
eyes.
"The notice has gono up on tl ?
door," said the manager. "1 sent word
to the police, Crowds uro ugly .
times."
Vaiiaut 1row a , , ?
Tho corporation d/.v.n in tie mil .
with crowds at Its doors ready to
clamor fur money entrusted to it. r
aggregate savings of widow and or
pUaa* th" pit. otts b arded sui
by labor over which pinched ilcklj
faces had >un '
The old r man h id lurmd t. i . ? .
the denk fcg ?Ir i w a . ?? ? r \
ten slip of paper from a pi reonhole.
"Here." be Mit} is a list of the bonds
of the subsidiary eompaniet recorded
course, enquired in iht larger failure.
You have, bowoter, your]
tuno. if :. i t i - ..j. ,,? u- ta
way," he add* I you'll
make ?uro of keeping that
"What do >v,u mean?" John Va?
liant f.u i, n ,, |y
Th?> oth< r l.ni, i1 I - i -fly. ? \
to tho i hi ?. ! ed "It's
good liviiis' aiu.-i.d, 1 a bt if.
leaviug to?nori(?w. '
A dull t' d epret.' tnia Mio j
fsce. "You rn'-:iTi
"I' >k at tha' SrOWd down lh<
you can h? ar thv. m n??\ Thei
a bgi'.i.itivo knrestlgatlon, ol coui
And the derll'll got tie >
Ho strut k the desk top n IMj hi hand
'Tlsvo yi>u ? \er 1000 th< bid r ?r |hl
fumitur'- ? rjg yon i>- a*bal thai
rug muh r 11 , r i ? I J" ?
thousand lt*8 I old !'? '? ? InB 1
do you suppose thi ! i r . "ill ?
tiist? Ho y?n t
??rem nmartins to ih I n bhle tU
Ibnror Mis band repi tc if I 11 -
<. hjsiOW. It's hi , ?ii f >r toe
many yenro, t I I no-a
. oin?? one II i i > r light
tiing won r I'm no! tui
el.OIIKb Yon ie
"ho you . i i Hies<
that i
on s* el
.'. IP.eral
' i'ouif" 1U .muni* i'
- ? n i\kl laugh that scraped
th.? othtT'i quivering nerves like bot
i. r. * < >h 1 ?rd no! How .should
jroul You've been too busy playing
polo and winning bridge prises. Llcwj
Btn] board meetings have you at
ti Ddod thM year? Your voto Is prox
V d M regular as clockwork. Ihn ?
you're supposed to know, Tbc people
down there In the street won't MM
qneeiloni about patent-leather pumps
and poniea; they'll want to bear about
ru'h things as roll n irrigation loam
In the ?Stony-River Valley?to market
an alkali deeOTt that is tho personal
property of the president ot this cor?
poration**
\ I fault turnt-d a blank waite face.
"Scajgw lok?"
Tot, Yon know his principle! It's
all right to be honest, if you're not
too damn honest.' He owns the Stony
: Ivtr Valley hag and hafglgt, It was
a big (amble and be lost.'*
YV.aw.t was staring it the other
w ith a strongs look, Bmotloni to a bl< ii
in all his SOlfdndUlgent lite he had(
b h n a stranger ware running through
ins mind, and outre painloni had Llm
by the throat, l-ool and doubly blind!
a poor pawn, ? oatspaw raltlni the
ohestnnti for nnsempuloui men whoa i
ignominy ho was? now called on, per?
.< \ 111 sbaro] In his pitiful egotism
be had consented to be a figurehead,
and be had boon made a tool. A rod
ragi surged over him. No one ha<'
i \-1 seen on John Valiant's face such
a look as'grew on it now.
He turned and without a won?]
opened the door. The older man tot?'.;
a itep toward him--he bad a sense oi
aa^utarotii eleetric forces In the air -
but tho door closed sharply In his face,
i' smiled grimly. "Not crook* d," he
said to hiuiseli; "merely callow. A
weu-menaingi manicured young fop!
wholly surrounded by men who knew
what they wanted!" He shrugged his
shoulders and went back to his chair.
Valiant, plunged down in the olOVS/
tor to ino street, He pushed past the
guarded door, and threading the
crowd, made toward the curb, where
bll bulldog. With a bark of delight,
leaped UPQO tho seat of a burnished
c.ir. rambling and vibrating with pent
u|> power, There wen those in tho
I ilk n anxious crowd who know whoso
was that throbbing metal miracle, the
<! SUlfenr spick and span from shining
cap-visor to polished brown puttees,
und feeognlsed the white face that
i nt past, pelted it with muttered
ere, r.ut 10 scarcely saw or hoard
tru im, as he Stepped Into the scat, took
tli" Whet] from thi chauffeur's hand
and throw on tho | ?ar.
Ho drovo mechanically past a hun?
dred lamlllar things and places, but he
saw nothing, till the massive marble
frouts of tho Upper park side c ased
th ir mad danco as the car halted be?
fore a tall Iron-grilled doorway v.ith
Wido glistening steps, between uiu
i !. shutten u and dark,
He prang out and touched the boll,
The heavy oab parted slowly; the con*
hdentlal secretsry or the man ho had
* mo to taoe stood in tho gloomly
doom ay.
"i want I i see bfr, Sedgwlck.*1
"Yo.i Can't ISO hi;n, Mr. Valiant."
"Init 1 will!" Sharp passion leaped
Into tho young voice, "lie must speak
to me."
The n an in the doorway shook his
d, "ii ? won t sneak to anybody
any more" be said, "Mr. Sodgwlok
. hot hlmielt two boon ago."
chap! |R II.
Vanity Valiant.
"The witness la excused."
In tho ripple thai stirred across the
irt room at the sxamlner's abrupt
t ?? dual.lohn Valiant, w ho had
withatood that pltlleaa hall of sues
Uons, ii1-'-. bowed to blra and slowly
? v -M ,1 the cleared apace to bis conn
!. Tho chairman looked severely
i sp hi ? y. tglai at i, w Ith bia gavel
lifted; and a statuesque girl, In the
? it* of the room, laid her delicately
.1 band on a companion a and
j.-i! |< d alowly without withdrawing her
gai<, and with tho faintest tint of col
i r bor face,
lue i ai |0 m Ither amlled nor
re a f, Her amlla was an In
dea of h< r wh?le personality, languid,
nmel rlcal, ? tquisltely !<? rfect, The
little group with whom she aat look* d
fhal out oj place In thai mixed
mblage Smartly groomed and
U I n Valiant watt a familiar, they had
: I only frlendlj nods and smiles for
? you us n : a! whoui no m inj t here
, '. Ul t?4.U | . ?I
bor to INI on to the Ugly tale Ol BQU&tt*
d red millli as, look ed to him with a
r> ? utraent that was sharpened by bla
appa rent nonchalant,(.
j oni in ft re the eh Bing session it
bad been cl< ar that, a.-, far as lndlet>
meats were concerned, the Invegtiga
tlon would be burren or result, of
Individual criminality, flight ami sui?
cide had been confession, but more
?weeping charges could not be brought
home. Tim gilded fool bad not brought
blmsell into the embarrassing purview
of tho law.
s a e e e e a ?
The jostling crowd flocked ou! into
tho square, among them a fresh raced
gal on the .''na of a gray-bearded man
in black frock coat ami plcto esque
broad-brimmed felt hat. ^ne turn< >i
h eyea to hi.?.
00 that," she said, "is .?'\n Valiant!
I'd almost rather have missed Niagara
Palls, i muat write'Bblrlny Dandrldge
about it. I'm so sorry 1 lost that
picture of him that I cut out of the
paper."
'1 reckon he's rot such a bad lot."
f; :d her uncle. Ha hailed a cab.
"Grand Central station," he directed,
With a glance at his watch, "and be
quick about it. We've just time to
make our <w tin."
? * M * ? ^* * *
Some hours later, in an inner office
of a downtown sky-scraper, the newly
appolnted receiver of the Valiant Cor?
poration, a henry, thick-set man with
narrow eyes, sat beside a table on
Which lav a small black satchel With
a padlock on its handle, whoso con*
tents?several bundles of crisp papers
?he had hern turning over m nil
heavy hands with a look of incredu?
lous amazement. A stv containing
a ma I of figures and memoranda lay
among th-nn.
The shock was still on Iiis face when
p knock came at tho door, and a man
entered. The newcomer was gray
haired, slightly stooped and han
Jowled, With a humorous expression on
Iiis Ups, He glanced in surprise at
the littered table.
"Pargo," said the man at the desk,
"do you notice anything queer about
ni??"
rill friend grinned. 'Wo, BUCK," ho
?aid judicially, "unless it's that neck?
tie. It would stop a Dutch clock."
*'ihing the haberdashery! Head this
- from young Valiant." He passed
over a letter,
Fargo read, He looked up. "Securi?
ties agf;n ;a:lng three millions!" he
*aid in u hushed VOiOO, "Why, unless
J"vt b ien misinformed, that represents
practically all his private fortune."
The other nodded. "Turned over to
the corporation With his resignation as
a vice-president, and without a blessed
string tied to 'em! What do you think
of that?"
"Think! It's the most absurdly
idiotic thing 1 over met. Two weeks
a;^o. before tho investigation * * *
hut now, when it's perfectly certain
they can bring nothing homo to him?"
He paused, "Of course I suppose it'll
save tho corporation, oh? But It may
be ten yoars before its securities pay
dividends, And this is real money.
VVht re the devil does he como in
m anwnllo?"
i he receiver pursed bis lips. "I
knew bis father," be said. "Ho had
tho same orasy quixotic streak."
M<> gathered the scattered docu
m< ntfl and locked them carefully with
h ? satchel In a safe. ".Spectacular
young ass!" hi said explosively.
"1 should say so!" agreed Fargo.
"Do you know I used to be afraid my
Katharina had a leaning toward him.
But thank (Jod, she's a sensible girl!"
? e e e * e a ?
Dusk had fallen that evening when
John Valiants Panhard turned into a
"It's Very Good Living Abroad.
There's a Doat Leaving Tomorrow."
Btree and circled into thi yawn*
ing mouth of bla garage.
\ little later, the bulldog at his
h< ols, be a cended the steps of his
club, win re hi lodged?ho had dis?
posed of bis bachelor apartments a
fortnight ago. The cavernous seats of
I he lounge were all occupied, but he
did not paui o a ; he si rode through
the hall, lie took the little pile of
letb rs I he b >y handed him al the
<! nit and \ cut Blowly up the stairway.
I le v andered Into the deserted libra
re and Bat down, tossing the letters
on the muga/.im -littered table. He had
sudd< nlj rei m inhered that It was his
hi tin r< m i a from the long strain
In felt j Id all) Bj i ut. He thought
of wha1 be bad done ihat afternoon
with a ? em " of sath \o t Ion. A re
veri il of public jud?m< nt, In his own
11
ki. h i woi its comfortable facui
fatht j s
genius had roared, and to right tho
wrong that would cart its gloomy
shadow on his name- that had beer
I only thought What ho had done
would have been done no matter whet
the outcome of the Investigation. But
now, he told himself, no one could say
the act hcoi been wrung from him.
I at, he fancied, would have been ids
fathc r's way.
He smiled -a slow smile of rominis
cence for there had come to him at
that moment the dearest of all thoso
'memories*?a play of his childhood.
i: saw htmseft seated on a low
l?tool, watching a funny old clock with
<? !? ' on face, whoso smiling lips curved
up like military mustaehios, and wish
Ing the lazy long hands would hurry.
11? saw himself stealing down a long
corridor to the door of n big room
strewn with books and papers, that
through some baleful and mysterious
mm 11 cpuld not ho made to open at
all hours. When the hands pointed
right, however, there was the "Open
Besame"- his own secret knock, two
fierce twin raps, with one little lone?
some one aft or v. arc! ? and this was un?
failing. Safe Inside, he iaw himself
standing on a big. polar-hoar skin, the
door tight-locked against all comers,
an expectant baby fisruro with his lit
tie hand clasped in his father's. The
white rug was the magic entran? to
the Never-Never Country, known only i
to those two.
He could hear his own shrill treble:
"Wishing-House, Wishing-House,
where are you?"
TbSO the deeper voice (quite unrec?
ognizable as ids father's) answering:
"Hero 1 am, Master; here I am!"
And Instantly the room vanished
and they wore In tho Never-Never
Land, and before them reared the big
gest house In the world, with a row of
white pillars across its front a. mile
high.
John Valiant U it an odd beating of
tho heart and a tightening of the
throat, for he sav. a scene that never
faded from his memory. It was the
one bushed and horrible night, when
dread things bad been happening that
lie could not understand, when a big
mar. with gold eye-glasses, who
Bmelled of some curious siekish-swec?
perfume, came and took him by the
hand snd led him into a room where
his father lay in bed, very gray and
quiet.
The? whito hand on tho coverlet
ha.1, beckoned to him and he had gone
Close up to the bed, standing very
btraight, his heart beating fast and
hard.
"John!" the word had been almo3t
a whisper, very t? use and anxious,
very distinct. "John, you're a little
boy. and father is poing away."
"To?to Wishing-House?"
The gray lips i ad smiled then, ever
eo little, and sadly. "No, John."
"Take me with you, father] Take
me with you!"
His voice bad trembled then, and he
had had to guli) hard.
"Li H a. .lohn, lor what I am sav?
ing is very important. You don't
know what I mean now. but some?
time you Will/1 Tho whisker had
grown strained and frayed, hut it was
still distinct. "I can't no to the Never
Never Land. But you may sometime.
If you * * * if you do. and if you
find Wi hit g-House, remember that
the men who lived in it * * * be
fore you and me * * * were gen?
tlemen. Whatever elso they were,
they were always that. He * * *
like them, .lohn. * * * will you?"
"Yes, father."
The old M? ntleman with the eye?
glasses luid come forward then, hasti?
ly.
"Good-night, father?"
He had wanted to kiss him, but a
Btrange cool hush had settled on the
room and his father seemed all at
once to have fallen asleep. And he
had gono out, so carefully, on tiptoe,
wondering, and suddenly afraid.
I To be Continue!.)
WATCHMAN MLI.s ROBBERS.
Mac ii Man Make* Sh u Shift of Two
Men Who Vttm ked HlgM.
Macon, Match 6.?When two
strange men uttu 'ki d night watchman
f the M< * eu Lumber Co., early this
morning he opened tire, killing one
and fatally wounding the other. The
dead mun is unknown. The wounded
man Is .!. L. WaltCB, uged 21, of Grlf
Iii?. Ga. Tli?' watchman is held pend?
ing . 11 investigation.
Tree That Produces Milk.
Tn South America there Is a most
convenient milk producing tree which
the natives take advantage of for tho
feeding of their children. By boring
9 hole in Its trunk a clear sweet
Btrearo of milk emerge", winch is
both healthful und delicious.
Preventing China From Chipping.
1 fbus< hold china is apt to got
ehipp< d ai he taps In the kitchen.
Cut two small pieces from some gar?
den hose or rubber tubing, and slip
one over each of the faucets at the
sink. This will prevent such acci?
dents.
Had Heart of True Lover.
A water-pipe Romeo was arrested
at Calcutta.vlndia, recently, The per
BOn, a yot 'a named Abdul La;in*, was
locked up for having climbed up a
water-pipe 120 feet long In order to
bold conversation with his i veetheart
Life Raving Extraordinary.
\n Irishman, meeting a friend, aslc
ed what had become of their old
< hum, Sandy "Ah. poor old Sandy.
Didn't you hear? Why. he was con*
demned to !>?? hang* d, but he saved
bit lite b> committing suicide in jail."
mil m i;\ i:\sovs sviciA ii.
ItemHi-kn In House Which Aroused
t.o\ernor', Ire,
Columbia, March I. During the
course of u half hour speech on the
'!<?<?!? <>r the house this morning Ji?? ij?
rcsentative \\. I *. Stevenson, of Che
ruw, took occasion i?? score the
governor of South Carolina for the
stand 111;11 he had taken in the execu?
tive meeting of the board of regents
of the State Hospital for the Insane
? ii December 12, 1913, when Dr.
Klcunoru 11. Sounders, woman phy?
sician at iii" asylum, was made to
appear and answer certain ojjiarges
und insinuations made by fellow phy-i
siciuiiH an<! others without 'he prlv-l
ih ge of being represented by an attor?
ney, of having a stenographer to take
down the testimony or of Inning her
father present al the meeting, "Star,
chamber proceedings, such as this
State has never witnessed or will ever
witness again," was the way in whioh<
Mr. Stevenson characterised the
executive meeting.
Mr. Stevenson's sp< ech waa called
forth by a resolution Introduced by
Mr. Kir by, of Spartanburg*, providing
for another asylum investigating com?
mittee t?? examine speciflcally into the
matters touched upon in the gover?
nor's message, which caused the in?
vestigation, or for the same committee
to i nder s supplemental report giv
I ing the desired information. Mr.
Stevenson was a member of the com?
mittee and apoke In justification ol
the report already Hied.
"The two main tasks with which
,?.! ?? committee felt thai it was con?
fronted," said Mr. Stevenson, "was to
Rive Dr. Saunders an opportunity to
refute charges which had been made
and w hich would damn her name
i ii ji?it answen <t are! t<> do whatever
i we could to Improve the condition of
1,800 of the State's unfortunates in
tho asylum, and from that purpose
t we would net |el the political differ?
ences of two men swerve us."
The resolution by Mr. Klrby men?
tioned, among other things* on which
j the committee should have reported,
i thi charge by Senator Tlllman that
Qov. Blease's "underlings and satel?
lites" had tried to manipulate the
Bale of the present asylum site. Mr.
Stevenson read from the report of
tho board of regents recommending
'the sah of the property. "Senator
Tlllman did rot say that those* "un?
derlings and satellites" were memhers
' of the general assembly," he said.
and this report shows that somebody
I wanted to sell the site, which might be
ja basis for the charge made by the
senator."
Mr. Si enson said that the report
of the committee had been framed
with the view of leaving out as much
j as possible anything that would cause
political strife. as memhers of the
committee did not feel that any good
' could come from such a course. "The
motion to exclude anything of such
la nature was made b> Mr. Hardln.
of Cherokee, who is certainly not in?
imical to the governor," said Mr.
Stevenson, who stated, however, that
Mr. Hardln did his own thinking and
showed his statesmanship by moving
in lease out of (he report such oh
! ject lonable features.
As to the charge made by Senator
Tlllman that the administration fol?
lowers would try "to oust Dr. Bab
cock," Mr. Stevenson said that the
superintendent of the asylum had
I stated that he would resign his po?
sition ii Dr. Saunders was made the
object of attack, and following this
the board of regents passed a resolu?
tion to the effect that while Dr. Saun?
ders' resignation was not called for. it
would be very acceptable. There
might be in this fact, said Mr. Steven?
son, some basis for the charge that
an effort would be made to oust Dr.
j i lahcock.
? As to the charge made in Senator
Tlllman's letter that "an effort would
be made to smirch I ?r. Saunders."
Mr. Stevenson read from the testl
I mon> a resolution originating with
Clov. Blease in the meeting of the
j hoard of regents, saying that it was
for the best interest of the lady that
the matter be hushed up, reference
being to insinuations made against her
character. Much of the transcribed
notes of the meeting was read by Mr.
Stevenson to show that throughout
Qov. Blcase had made insinuations
[uKaiusI the character of the lad>
whl< h wore calculated to smirch hei
! name,
"Simple justice to a South Caro?
lina woman demanded that she be
given an opportunity to present her
-ni" in replj to her detractors," said
Stevenson.
i in conclusion, Mr. Stevenson stated
* iii.it he did not think the commit
too should have returned a report
which smacked of politics, for tlx
reason that the Injection of this fee
tore on the lloor oi the houss would
have caused dissension and might
have resulted In harm to the asylum
Mr. Moore, ol Abbeville, and Mr. C
1'. Wyehe, of Spartanburg, took tie
position thai the committee had no
j made ,i full Investigation into tie
matters which they were appointed t<
examine and that a supplemental re
'port should he tiled, Heuling direct!)
tho questions raised in the letter of
Se tator TiUnum.
Mr. Hunter, secretary of the com*
ioitt<'.'. made a short statement in
justification of the action of the com
mitte? ;tini said that ho was ertlll >g
to leave the matter to the house to
decide. Mr. Bamwell thought tho
committee had served admirably and
n<? furher report or Investigation was
needed.
The Ntchi Ison substitute, com
mending the asylum investigating
committee, was finally passed.
HR. Ol IPAXT APOLOGIZES.
Reporter Expressen Regrets to
lIons?' lor Encounter in Hall.
Columbia, March 4.?Following a
personal encounter between A. L>.
Oliphant, a reporter lor The State,
and \V. S. Rogers, Jr., house member
from Spartanburg? on the door of the
house Tuesday night before the con?
vening of the body, the house tonight^
adopted the report of the committee
on privileges and elections to whom
the matter was referred for Invent!*
gation, and called upon Mr. Oli
phanf for an apology.
Mr. Oliphant read ? paragraph from
the sii l< ei? nt which he this afternoon
made before the committee* and said:
"lit re and now. at the request of tho
committee on privileges and elections,
I apologise to the house for the inci?
dent and express my regrets that it
should have taken place.'*
The statement was received with
applause, the s oology formally ac
cept< l and It is p "eeumcd that the In?
cident is closed.
I Two reports were returned by the
committee tonight A majority re?
port recommended that Mr. oliphant
appear before ili? - bar of the house
and apologize Th s was signed by six
numbers, as follows: \Y. T. Jones, A.
M. Hlott, ii. A. II 'ans. J. If. Malpass.
T. L. Johnson and C. J. Basque. The
minority report, signed by W. A.
James end J. R. ICIrby, recommended
that Mr. Oliphant be severely repri?
manded by the speaker. After a
lengthy debate, the house tabled Mr.
Wyche'a motion to adopt the minority
report by a vote to tS to and the
recommendation of the majority of
the committee was then carried out.
Some of the older members of the
in eise -aid that they could remember
1
I no precedent for such pr ?cee?ing. Its
unusual inn-rest, drew ar d held quite
an audience In the ^all tries.
MILLIONAIRE'S BABY DEAD.
Played With Match sad Was Fatally
Bnrsjed.
Augusta, Oa., March 4.?Joseph
McKnight Speer. Jr., one and a half
years of age, a son of a milUonairc
citizen of Augusta, Ga., and Mead
Ville, Pa., died here at 11 o'clock Troni
; burns received while playing with a
match.
?
Potent Notes.
C nada has 23 million acres in
timber reserves, as compared with
187 million acres in the national for?
ests of the Cnited states.
Many ol the forest fires attributed
to railroads are rsused not by sparks
from locomotives, but by cigar and
cigarette butts thrown from smok?
ing car window a
Port Oxford cedar of the Pacific
coast, recently tried as substitute for
Ei B Ish willow In the manufacture of
artificial limbs, lias been found un
satisfactory. While it is light enough,
it is too coarse and brittle.
As an experiment, the supervisor of
the Beaverhead national forest is
stripping the bark from the bases of
a number of lodgepole pine trees at
various periods before they are to
bo cut for telephone poles. This
girdling causes the trees to exude
I resin, and it is desired to find w hat
effect this mas havs as a preservative
treatment for ihe poles.
HUMAN RECIPE
To a complexion sandy, vn it always
handy,
Trappings and trimmings ? lot,
Add a checkered kilt, ? tuneless HU?
And behold tins piotureefuo Scot