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BatOe-Qy wen wondering If, after all, _ aol ?lejodoje?, Racer Malcolm Wanted to think the had, becease heart wee hungry for lore She errieten to him. eternly forbidding anf If he obeyed that man warne* prove hlmreU _. in loltlatlve. So she _ with a nwttorlng heart, the dar that be came i he aafteata* He had gashed a rata of speed which mounUUn . would aot hare ooantenaneed IN arrived-in two hoars leea than aar eksWld logically hare re? IWaeevtag sides of ale tired to* fjhasjt aa mach of the ear t? ftace he hitched bis ?p to 1? aeessn* Twa feadalaa flg sewing?* the ball as he silent ?i il link it daor aad let la. One of them wee a figure area with 1U back turned?a I tattle a no one elea Too other girt of undeniable kjO. to aim. of ao laberest, s Dawn who saw him first aad. that brought a reeeatfal her eyas, eho roue silently end cjst throagk a aide door. Then, ?to bar feet with a said oat both bands, aa to hammer wild aa knew thai the angers an hare taken her at once la held hint of aid I ram oat to ec mo," oat htm hi a roice thai leaked t aagraatly disobeyed you,-he "Am I mean henceforth to L Odos I loot yoa because a weak game. Too want a r, aae\ I hare array* been a it Jesar I have she age i my A^Jh' fatal br? ^or Jost lawta?TeaeTrelt a leap it Wneart. after all, ha had grown to it was haw she mast If over wob? aad aha wanted any him draw out of hie pocket to* which ehe bad once given M* sad take from il a ring she hat agafcj aha shook yet, dear,- she said vary softly, haven't proved yourself a con yet, yoa know. You've Just tor, gaxlsg Into lor eyes rlth a hurt the loan necked his disappoint sncftt behttjd a gsaOe of deference end resiled: "Very well, I cai^ewalU but last's how It must be In the end." S the eadl Jaaalta knee that, after .he had not changed. was etUl the man of brave h> aad words??Uli the man who hesitant at the moment for a i while Malcolm wee Jaanlta'i that Aaee Havey broke his re end for the first time came aaqpsgh the gets of the school. She eaif him one with e pleated little of having broken dowa hie re k feeling of feminine de eat, later the mountaineer was on the stsps and shaking with Roger Malcolm, whom be briefly and with mountain re eerre. "1 waa down at Peril with a couple of sen mi." he said, turning to Juanita, "an? I found a lot of boxes at the eta ) tioa for ye I lowed ye didn't hardly have any teams handy, so I fetched 'eat, back to my house. I'll send them ore$ la the morning', but I thought I'd ride over tonight an' tell ye." Owe sad osen wonoenng how, at a time of mired roads, she was to have ' those books, which she would soon need, brought across the ridge Now he jied solved the problem for her. 'Anns Havey stood leaning against e porch post his broad shoulders end cleercut profile etched against the moonlight ss he etudled the Phlladel j nhhrn. Suddenly he asked abruptly: ''Jiave ye found anything that inter seta ye In the coal an' Umber Hue?" ftoger Malcolm glanced up end knocked the ssh from his pipe against the rail of the porch. He had not sus? pected that his rambles about the hills with e est of maps and a geologist's . hammer bad been noted. But be showed no surprise as he an goared with perfect frankness: "Yes and no. 1 came primarily to see how Mies Holland was progressing with act work. It's true 1 have thought something of Investing in mountain reaourcee, but that lice In the future.' Havey nodded end said quietly: "1 hohe y? decides to Invest elsewhere." ?So far as a casual Inspection shows thfg country looks pretty good to me.' rejoiced Malcolm easily. "I may buy her?-provided, of course, the price it right:." "Ibis country's mighty pore," said the head of the Haveys slowly. "About all it can raise Is a little ton* an' a heap of hell? but down underseath. tbe rock? there's wealth*1' "Thea the man who can unlock the hills and get It out ought to be wel? come) as a benefactor, ought he not?" inquired the Easterner with i. smile. "He won't be," was the abort r*> sp?nne, "Why?" "The men from outside always aim to get the benefit of that wealth an' then to move us off our mountains, an' there ain't now he res else on earth a mountain man can live. DevelopJn' seemn pretty much like plunderln' to us. We gen'raJUy ask benefactors like that to go away." "A*d do they Usually go?" "No; not usually. They always I flOSjgv" I MDc you expect me to believe that, Mr. Havey?" queried Malcolm, still I smiling. I "1 don't neither ask ye to believe it nor to disbelieve It," was the cool re Joinder. "I'm Just tellin'it to j e. that's all" Malcolm refilled his pipe and ottered the tobacco pouch to Havey? Anno shook hie head with a curt "Much ohleeged," and the visitor said casual? ly: "Well, we needn't have any argu? ment on that score yet, Mr. Havey. My activities, if they eventuate, belong to the future, and when that time comes, perhaj a we shall he able to agree, after all." "I reckon we won't hardly airree on no proposition for despoilin' my peo? ple. Mr. Malcolm." "Then we can disagree, when the time comes," remarked the other man with a trace of tartness in hin voice. "Then ye don't aim to develop us |tu now?'* skaloolm shook his head, the glow of his pips bowl for a moment lighting I up a lace upon which lingered an amused smile. "Not this time. Another time, per? haps." "All right, then.** Havey's voice car? ried a very masked and courteous but very unmistakable warning. "When* ever yet get good an* ready?we'll ar? gue that." He bowed to the girl and turned into the path which led down to the gate, CHAPTER XVII. It wan one of those nights under whose Brooding wings vague things and influences are astir and In the making. Dawn had gone back for a few days to her brother's lonely cabin en Tribulation to set his house in or? der and to do hie simple mending. Per? haps in her own heart there was an? other reason?an uneonfesaed unwil? lingness to stay at the bungalow while she must feel so far away from Jna* I nita and iiee Roger Malcolm seemingly so near. In her heart vague things were stir? ring, too, and in another heart The :act that the had not been allowed to see young Milt McBriar had given him an augmented importance which had kept the l?oy in her mind despite h jr denunciations. Once she had met him on the road and ha had stopped her to say: "Dawn, do ya know why I don't coma over thar no more?" The giii had only nodded and the boy went on: "Well, some day when ye're at Jeb'a cabin I'm a-comin' thar. I hain't, a "Dont, Jehl" She Streamed In a Trans? port of Alarm. goln' ter come slippin', but I'm comln' opin an' upstandln', an' Jeb an' me are go, n' ter talk about this business." "No! No!" she had exclaimed, genu? inely frightened and In a voice full of quick dissent. "Ye mustn't do it, Milt; ye muntn't Bf ye does, I won t see ya" "Well settle that when I gits thar. I Jest lowed I'd tell ye," persisted tho boy stubbornly. "I reckon I mustn't talk ter ye now?I'm pledged," and without another word he shook up the reins on his horse's neck and rode away. So tonight, while the moon was weaving Its spell over several hearts, the son of the McBriar leader was rid? ing with a set fsce over into the heart of the Havey country, openly to visit the daughter of Fletch McNaeh. Jeb was sitting before tbe fire with s pipe between his teeth and Dawn piunked on a banjo?not the old folk? lore tune that had once been her roper teire, hut a newer and sweeter thing land. km Then, as a confident voice sang out from the darkness, "I'm Milt JfciBi iar an' I'm a-comin' In/', the banjo fell from the girl's hands and net fingere clutched in panic at her breast Ohe saw her brother rise mom his chair and heard hie voice demand.truc? ulently : "What ther hall dose you want hyar?" ? ? Though Anse Havey strode up the steep trail to the crest that night with long, elastic strides, seeking to burn up the restlessness which obsessed him, he found himself at the top with no wish to sleep and no patience With the Idea of confining his thoughts be? tween walls. Anse Havey felt that something was I missing from hie Ufa, something of the barbarian order, bad become sud? denly hateful to him. Into the g?y eyes crept a suffering, and the broaa came together in helpless perplaxitr. Juanlta was a woman of an eaoUo race who chose to think that life com?? to perfection only under glass. He was a leader of a brier-tangled and shaggy clan?men who were akin to the eagles. No menace or. threat of death had ever made him deviatefrom hie loyalty to that people. But now * foreign woman bad come and he wa i comparing himself with the well ores cod, soft-volcsd man who was he:' visitor and feeling himself a creaturo of uncouthness. He found himself wishing that he, too* w|ie smoother. Then, he fluni: the thought from him with bitter self contempt, and a low. oath broke from hie lips. Was be growing ashamed oi big life? Wee he wishing that hit eagle's talons might be manicured end. hie pinions combed? "If ye've done come down to that, Anse Havey/' he said aloud, "Itfs about time ye kilt yourself." No, he protested to his soul, he had disliked Roger Malcolm because Roger Malcolm had spoken of a prelect of plunder and stood tor his enemies of the future; but hie soul answered that he thought little of that end that It was because of the obvious understand? ing between this man and. Juanlta Hol? land that a new hatred bad been born male heart e e e e ' e ' e e (TO BS CONTINUED.) REPORT ON RURAL CREDITS. Columbia, Jan. 21.?A majority fa? vorable report was received from the finance committee in the senate last night on the rural credits bill, intro? duced by Senator Sherard of Ander? son. Senator Christensen reported for the majority, wjth the minority unfavorable report signed by Senator Stuckey of Lee county. By the pro? visions of the bill, the State would float bonds to the amount of $10,000, 000 to be extended ae aid in purchase* of farms. The issue is to be sub? mitted to the people. Clarence Poe, elltor of The Progressive Farmer, who addressed the house of represen? tatives last night, commended the measure offered by the Anderson sen? ator. SEABOARD BRIDGE PROGRESSES. Charleston. ? Jan. 201?From . both ends and the middle with the de? clared and very evident Intention of aervlng the truckers of the Young's Island and Meggetts sections in the coming spring, construction forces of the Seaboard Air Line Railway are going steadily forward with one of the biggest construction problems in the line between Charleston and Sa? vannah?the Ashley river bridge. From both sldVs of the stream dirt embankments lead through the mar? shes to the river's edge, completed* And two pile-drivers crawl toward each other dally over the creosoted pile bents, four piles to the bent, that they are employed in driving. On the St. Andrew's side of the channel a huge framework rises from the river surface, marking the spot where one of the steel caissons is being sunk preparatory to a concrete foundation that will support the steel draw? Charleston Evening Post. Horace Knott, a young man living about four miles from Blshopville in the Cedar Creek section, got badly crushed by a tree that fell on him. Young Knott and another white boy were cutting down a tree for wood. As the treo commenced to fall, Mr. Knott ran away from the stump and ran ex? actly the way the tree was falling, which crushed him to the ground. His shoulder wns broken and both legs frartuied. He was brought to the hospital and is still in a serious con? dition.?Leader and Vindicator. I L. L. Baker of Blshopville, State agent for the boys* club work, was in Columbia yesterday on business, lie was returning from Kock Hill, whore ho spoke at the meeting of the home de monstration agento.?The State. A license to marry was Issued Sun? day to B. C. Campbell and Miss M. A. Wanna maker, Slimier, Licenses to colored couples were Lewis Mitchell and LoCrant, Mayesvllle. A charter has been Issued by the Secretary of State to tho Alcolu Man? ufacturing Co., of Alcolu, for the pur? pose of conducting a general mer? chandise business, wholesale and re tali. The corporators aro L. 1). Nettles aud H. C< Forrestor, of Sumter. STATE FAIR QUEEN MARRIED, ./? - .? Miss Bessie MoKeithuii, of George? town, Weda Mr. C D. Cooper, of Camden. News and Courier. Miss. Bessie McKeithan, of George? town, known to the entire State as the Queen of the Harvest Jubilee at the State fair, and Mr. Charles O. Cooper, of| Camden, were married by the Rev. S. 'B. Harper, pastor of Bethel church, here, yesterday afternoon. The cere? mony was a quiet one and was per? formed at the pastor's residence, 207 Calhoun street, shortly after 2 o'clock. Mr. and Mra. Cooper will leave this morning for Tampa and other points in Florida, where they will spend their honeymoon. Yesterday afternoon the couple enjoyed an automobile ride about the city and were delighted with the many interesting places visited. Miss McKeithan arrived from Georgetown yesterday morning, ac? companied by her friend, Mrs. W. K. DSVore. They were met by Mr. Coop? er and went immediately to the St. John Hotel, where luncheon was had after a visit had been paid to the judge of probate and a marriage li? cense secured. The bride was attired in a dark traveling suit, black hat and veil. When seen at the Charleston Hotel, just previous to the automobile ride, she was smiling, and appeared, to be as happy as the proverbial "lark." She did not want a large wedding and the attendant fuss and function, so, when Mrs. De Vore, % warm per? sonal friend, announced that she was going to Charleston on a shopping ex? pedition she decided that it would be an appropriate time to have the cere? mony performed. Arrangements were made accordingly. Yes,. Mrs. Cooper said she liked Charleston very much, >and was,, of "course, as happy as could be." This was said with a shy look towards Mr. Cooper. Mrs. Cooper ex? pressed surprise that tbe. news of the wedding traveled so fast. It was not a runaway match, but waa kept quiet so aa to avoid the gathering of her scores, of friends at Georgetown. Mr,.Copper is a young business man of Camden, being secretary of the Da? vidson? Lumber Company. He was formerly. employed at Georgetown, where, he. met Mlas McKeithan about a year ago. HANGED ALJ, BUT HER HUSBAND. Woman Uses Clothes Line on Herself and Children. Lyons, N. C? Jan. 20.?Mrs. Edwin Payne,, years old, hanged her four-year-old daughter, her two-year old son. and herself with three sepa? rate pieces of clothes line attached to a hook, in the ceiling of the family home in Alloway, near here today. Her husband found, the bodies when he returned home from work tonight. He totd the coroner his wife had been acting strangely for the past few days. r?.J*e WANTED AS WITNESS. Greenville, Jan. 20.?United States Marshal Lyon baa been requested by white slave agents, to take Q- W. Tidwell is custody aa a witness, in the case developed in Florida against his. wife and W. G. Wo ode of Fountain inn. It le believed that Tidwell is in this I State. Ofticeca are on the lookout for him. Mra. Tidwell and Woods were arrested some days ago In Mobile, at the request of Florida officers. It was this couple which played such ? sordid and conspicuous role in the, famous- Tidwell trlaj.grow? ing out of the killing of R. E, Walker in 1914. TfcUvell . taaentenced to saC'o a seven-yean asntaaca for .the killing. STATS FARMERS' UNION. Columbia, Jen* . 20.?The, State Farmers' Union, at their conference here today, heard addresses from Gov. Manning, Commissioner Watson, Commissioner McLaurin, President Walter M. Rlggs, of Clemson College, and W. W. Long, head of the demon? stration work In this State? The. con? ference considered matters of Inter? est to the. farmers, especially, that of legislation which they wished passed. New Mv jr Fire Truck. Darlington NewB. The new high-power motor fire truck purchased by the council sev* eral weeks ago will arrive about Feb ruarj' 1, according to a letter recently received from the builders of the ap? paratus. This truck Is of the latest denign, and will put the local fire department In the front rank In the matter of equipment. A commission has been granted to the Marlon Chero-Cola Company up? on the petition of Messrs. P. Moses. Jr., E. H. Moses, and J. A. Parrish, of Sumter, the capital stock of the pro? posed enterprise being $12,000. Mr. Parrish will probably have charge of the plant. Sheriff Bradford and hlr deputies yesterday made h visit to .overal dts* orderly houses on the outskirts of the city and ordered the inmates to leave the county at once under pain of ar? rest with imprisonment or tine. AWARDS PAVING CONTRACTS. Two and Half Miles of Sidewalks and 4,000 Yard* Vitrified Brick for Flor ence. .?. ,,, *. Florence Times. . In session of council this morning the contract for sidewalks was award? ed to J. R. Steele of Benuettsville, the first award being for 2 1-2 miles at 83c per yard. Work on this contract will later be located by council?4,000 square- yards of street paving was awarded to the Georgia Engineering Co., of Augusta, Ga., it is to be of vit? rified brick with cement grout fill? ing on a sand cushion at $1.42 per yard. This work carries a guarantee for five years. The street paving is to be laid on North Irby and North Dargan streets and Mr. E. O. Henry, engineer ef the contracting company states that ths work will commence at once. During the. past week three mem? bers of council have spent several days investigating the work of the Georgia, Contracting and other com* panics and the council .this morning was of the opinion that the brick on sand witit the cement grouting was the best that, could be adopted for use in Florence. SEABOARD PLANS DEPOT. Officiate of S. A. Ii. System Assure Florence Mayor That Building of New Depot Will be Started Soon. Florence Times. A distinguished party of Seaboard Air Line officials are in the city this morning in connection, with affairs of their company's business interests here* particularly In reference to the building of the new 8. A. L. passen? ger depot on North Irby street. The party consists of Mr. W. R. Bonsai, vice presideut, Messra Le land, Scofleld and Sweeney, connect? ed, with the engineering department of the system. These gentlsmn had a conference thla morning with May? or Barringen and Mr. RonsaL renew? ed the assurance that the new depot would be . built In the near future in accordance with the promise made by him as. president of thn S. C. & W. railroad several years ago aa soon as the city laid a good street and. ade? quately lighted It as an approach to the depot.. The letting of the contract for the vitrified brick street, and' concrete sidewalk paving brings this agree? ment right down to the present and Mr. Bonsai assured the mayor that the work would be done promptly and that a depot comporting with the size and dignity of the city would be built SUE PAPER CONTEST MANAGER. In Federal Court Claim is Made That Ca?then and McDowell Did not Mnk? Prizes According to Condi* done AnnoinR^ed?<JliinnnuMi Con? victed of SeiUng Opioan. * Columbia, Jan. 20.?/The criminal branch of the United States District Court was engaged Thursday In the trial ot the last case on the docket, that of the government against W. W. Cantaan. an&Y A. McDowell, whom Miss Jutta Smoak charged with hav? ing violated the postal laws in con? nection with a popularity' contest, .in which an. automobile was offered aa the capital prize. It la alleged, that the managers, of the contest convert? ed the automobile to their own use and that it was awarded according to the printed terms of the advertising, The contest was conducted by the de? fendant* for the Biaokville Herald. Blackvllle is in Barnwell county. M. H. Bailey is publisher of the newspa? per. It is charged specifically that Section 316 of the United States code was violated. . The case was before the court when recess was ordered at 1.30 o'clock, C. H. Thompson, a Chinaman, who sold opium at his laundry In Charles? ton, was given sixty days in the Charleston Jail and a fine of $100. NEW COAST ARTILLERY CO* " i ses a SiKWtanburg Command Awaits Recog? nition by State. Spartanburg, Jan. 20.?The Spar tanburg coast artillery company, fully manned, and officered, awaits official recognition from the office of the adju? tant general of South Carolina. The following permanent officers have been selected: J. M Wallace, captain; J. Hertz Brown, first lieutenant; J. N. Wright, second lieutenant; Allen Rogers, secretary and treasurer. Six? ty members have been enrolled and, pending official notice of the com? pany's acceptance by the State au? thorities, committees have been desig? nated- to report upon the establish? ment of an armory. It is not often that the preserver* of the law are molested by the law breakers, but Policeman J. D. Chan? dler was one of the. exception* a few nights ago when a thief took his bi? cycle away from his front steps. Nei? ther the thief nor,the wheel has been located. WOULD OPEN HESSION IN JULY. Clarendon Senator Would Change Time of Meeting; of the General As? sembly. Columbia, Jan. 21.?Senator Du Kant of Clarendon introduced a bill yeeterday, providing for an amend? ment to the constitution to change the time of meeting of the general assem? bly. The date proposed Is the fourth Tuesday in July Instead of the second Tuesday in January. Should the measure be approves by a two-thirds vote of both houses of tbe general as? sembly, it is to be submitted to the qualified electors of the State at the next general election. Beginning with and since 1897 the general assembly has convened eacn year the second Tuesday In January. Prior to tha* date, as far back as 1868, the time-for meeting was fourth Tuesday In No? vember. Shooting Saturday Night. Last Saturday night about 8 o'clock Jim Boatrlght, colored, was shot four times- by Eugene Gay lard, white, in Max Traub's grocery store. Jim walked from there to the McLeod Drug Co's store where Drs. McCutcheu and Harvey McLure examined the wounds and found that he was shot just above the heart by one bullet and Just below by another which pene? trated the lungs. Two shots took ef? fect in the head, one thought to be a fatal wound, the other was a glancing shot and did not. penetrate the back part of the head. It was. thought that It was only a question of a short while before he would be dead. His strong constitu? tion stood him so well and after a closer examination of the wounds, the doctors said he had a fighting chance for life and immediately had him re? moved to the hospital, and up to this writing is still alive and may recover. The cause of the shooting la unknown as All parties are retlce;.t. Mr. Gay lard has been arrested and is In jail. ?Leader and Vindicator. DOING. 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