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The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-02-24
A Few Days Before He Would Have Counted This Walk to st. James
One Of the Events Of His Life.

fast the master Of the Typhoon
climbed down the ladder into the
room below. The remains Of the coun-
cilor's breakfast were on a table lea
the door, and the door al open.
Through it came a glory of sunshine
and the fresh breath of the forest
laden with the perfume of wild flow
ers and balsam. A thousand birds
seemed ~caroling and twittering in the
sunlit solitude about the cabin. Be-
You'd this there was no other sound
or sign Of life. For many minutes
Nathaniel stood in the open, his eyes
on the path along which he knew that
Strang's wife would come-if she
came at all. Suddenly he began to
examine the ground where the girl
had stood the previous night. The
dainty imprints of her feet were plain
ly discernible in the soft earth. Then
he went to the path-and with a laugh
so loud that it startled the birds into
silence he set Off with long strides in
the direction of St. James. From the
footprints in that path it was quite
evident that Strang's wife was a fire.
quent visitor at Obadiah's.
At the edge of the forest. from
where he could see the log house stu
ated across the opening, Nathaniel
paused. He had made up his mind
that the girl whom he had seen
through the kings window was in
scne way associated with it. Obadiah
had limited as much and she had come
from there on her way to Strang's.
But as the prophets wives lived in his
castle at St. James this surely could
not be her home. More than ever he
| was puzzled. As he looked he saw q
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-02-24
How a Story Grew.

A chimney at the Horticultural
hall, Westminster, was damaged by
lightning recently. Not long after the
storm the Church Army headquarters
were surprised to get a telephone mes
sage that q thunderbolt had fallen in
IN Of their city gardens, close to the
Horticultural hall and destroyed a
quantity Of produce. This report
proved to be wholly unfounded. 1t
was followed by an offer IT E5 from
an enterprising daily paper for the
thundertolt which killed Prebendary
Garlic, the honorable chief secretary
Of the society. while standing in a
garden at Westminster. Within a
short time came a better offer, one of
$50 from a learned society for the
meteorite which had wrecked the
Church Army headquarters, burying
Prcbendary Garlic in the ruins. See
ing that the headquarters are intact
and the P%rebendary In his usual state
of health, the society was unable to
take advantage of the offer.-London
Globe.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-02-24
ENCOURAGE
CAPTAIN PLUM
o. JAMES OLIVER CURWOO cd
ILLUSTRATIONS 10y MlNW GNIINER


with their scent in his nostrils. When
he awoke they were gone. He started
up in establishment when he saw what
had taken their place. Obadiah had
visited him while he slept. The table
was spread with a white cloth and
upon 1t was his breakfast, a pot Of
coffee still steaming, and the whole
of a cold baked fowl. Noar by, upon
a chair, was a basin Of water, soap
and a towel. Nathaniel rolled from
his bed with a healthy laugh of pleas
ure. The councillor vas at least a
courteous host, and his liking for the
curious old man promptly increased.
There was a sheet Of paper on his
plate upon which Obadiah had scrib-
bled the following words:
MY Dear Nat: Make yourself at
home. l will be away today but will
see you again tonight. Don't be sur
prised If somebody makes you a visit"
The "somebody" was heavily under
scored and N%athaniel's pulse quick
encd and a sudden flush of excitement
surged into his face as he read the
meaning of it. The "somebody" was
Strang's wife. There could be other
Interpretation. He went to the trap
and called down for Obadiah but there
was no answer. The councillor had al
ready gone. Quickly eating his break
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-02-24

was already disappearing into the for
est on the opposite side OF the clear
ing. But now he must see Strang.
There might be delay, necessary de-
lay. and if it SO happened that his
own laundering curiosity kept him on
the island until sundown-well, he
smiled as he thought of what Casey
would do.
Retilling his pipe and leaving a trail
Of smoke behind him he set out boldly
for st. James. When he came to the
three graves he stopped, remember
ing hat Obadiah had said they were
his graves. A sort Of grim horror be-
gan to stir at his soul a. he gaZed OF
the grass-grOWn mounds-prOofs that
the old councillor would inherit a place
in the Mormon heaven, having obeyed
the injunctions of his prophet on
earth. Nathaniel now understood the
meaning of his words of the night be-
fore. This was the family burying
ground of the old councillor.
He walked on. trying in vain to con-
centrate his mind solely upon the
business that was ahead OF him. A
few days before he would have count
ed this walk to st. James n Of the
events of his life. Now it had lost its
fascination. Despite his efforts to de-
stroy the vision OF the beautiful face
that had looked at him through the
kings window its memory still haunt
ed him. The eyes. soft with appeal:
the red mouth, %Quiverins. and with
lips parted as if about to speak to
him: the bowed head with its tum-
bled glory of hair-all had burned
themselves upon his soul in a picture
] too deep to be eradic2ted. II st.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-02-24
SYNOPSIS.
cop>R1cHT 1900

Captain Nathaniel Plum of the s'oop
Typhoon. lands secretly on Beaver is
land. Lake Michigan. stronghold Of the
Mormons. Obadiah Price, an eccentric
who has been spying on him. suddenly
confronts him and tells him he 10 expect
ed. Plum insists he has got the wrong
man. Price ignores his protestations and
bargains for the a%mmunition on board
the sloop: He binds Nat BY a solemn oath
president Of the United States. He agrees
to show Plum the Mormon town. st.
James. Plum sees the frightened face
of a young woman in the darkness near
odor OF Mlacs. 1t develops that Plum.s
visit to Beaver island is to demand set
Element from the king. Strang. for the
!ootins Of his ship some time Previously
by men whom he suspected Of being Nor
mons. Burke. his mate, has been left In
charge of the sloop with orders to bonn
bard st. James II the captain does not re-
turn within a certain time. Price takes
Nat secretly in the darkness to the kings
house, and through a window he sees
strang and his seven wives, among whom
is the lady Of the lilacs, who Price says
is the seventh wife. Prices actions lead
Plum to believe that he is jealous OF
Strang.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-02-24
CHEATED FOR YEARS.
viii Cheat Us Often II We
Let II.

You will be astonished to find how
largely you are influenced in every
way by ~unreasoning prejudice. In
many cases you will also find that the
prejudice has swindled you, or rather.
made you swindle yourself. A case
in illustrations:
II have been a constant user Of
Grape-Nuts for nearly three years"
says a correspondent, land l am hap
py to say that l am we'll pleased with
the result of the experiment., for such
1t has been.
Seeing your advertisement in al
most all of the periodicals, for a long
time I looked upon it as a hoax. But
after years of suffering with gaseous
and bitter quotations from my stom-
nch, together with more or less loss
Of appetite and flesh, l concluded to
try Grape-Nuts food for a little time
and note the result.
Il found it delicious, and it was not
long till I began to experience Tho
beneficial effects. My stomach 70
sumed it's normal state, the eructar
tons and bitterness ceased and l have
gained all my lost weight back.
II am so we'll satisfied with the
result that 80 long as I may live and
retain my reason Grape-rtuts shall
constitute quite a portion of my daily
food"
Read "The Road to Wellvllle." in
pkgs, There's a Reason"
Ever read the above letter1 A new
enc appears from time to time. They
are genuine, tEuAs and full OF HUMAN
interest.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-02-24
Advertisinu

why do you persist on making
speeches on tho unpopular side OF a
s%ubject?"
Well" replied Senator Sorghum,
''th. people see so many arguments
on the right side Of q question that
the only way to get a reputation for
sensational originality IL to contradict
them"
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-02-24
Fame and Fate.

Fame came to the man.
Il will have a %five-cent cigar named
for you," she said, sweetly.
Fate followed on her heels.
iii make you smoke the ciga-!"
Kissed Fate.
Hastily the maj turned down tho
byway to obscurity.-Life.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-02-24
Then It

What made you think he would
propose to me"
why, when I refused him ie said
he didn't care what became of htE;
but perhaps ha wasn't serioalA"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-07-25

only a trifle over 900 cases bat,~
sent To marke from this town.
Hoffman. just over the line in Rf-h-
mond county. has one dewberry patrh
that will sometime take its ptt..
among the big ones. II ia owned AM
managed by league x Pierce. Th.-.
are 81 Il acres in all and the vim.
are 50 st that his acreage l. mad. ,
equal thirty acres as dewberrlrS ar,
usually set. The patch IS now in ..
third year. The LAND IS a. good t-N-
berry ground as a be found any
where. Shipment is Very easy. -.
vines being close to the railroad. H-e
thousand pounds OF fertilizer L. tn.
acre was useG this year and every car,
take nof the vines. The drought -
in its deadly work and eight car losE-.
or 1900 cases oI berries was Tia,
pest that could be done.
1t is unfortunate and discourse n-
that two bad years should meet IN,
Hoffman w at the beginning If
their enterprise. and they have been
Obliged TO put in a considerabl.
amount Of money without adequate r..
turns. 50 far: but they are men % grit
and gumption and in the end Nill WIN
out and make Hoffman a dewberrv
shiI ping point of note. They haNe
worked hard, invested their money in
a generous way and will deserve sue
cess when it comes as II surely Will.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-07-25
Death Of Capt. Samuel Waters.

Especial to News and Observer
lizabe City, July 22.-captaln
Samuel waters, a citizen widely known
throughout this section. passed away
Thursday afternoon at ; O'Clock at his
home near the Albemarle Park. toll
lowing an attack of several weeks
illness.
The funeral services were conduct
ed this afternoon from the home by
Rev. Claudius r. Smith. rector Or
Christ Episcopal church. The inter
ment followed in Hollywood GENES
terry.
Captain Waters was IS years Of age
He was known by almost everybody
in this section and had been for many
years engaged IN the bottling bust
ness. Captain Waters came to his
city about forty years ago from Penn
~sylvania.
Surviving the deceased are two sons.
Messrs. George Waters. OF this city:
Jerry Waters, of New York. and ono
daughter, Mrs. f. Homer. of this city.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-07-25
Former Pugilist Jailed on "Get-Rici,-
Quick Charge.
fBv the Associated Press.)

Los Angeles. Cal. July 22.-Wyatt
carp, Arizona marshal and gun fight
er of early days, who in 1895. as L
prize fighter, disqualified Bob FitZ-
for a doubtful foul and
awarded a decision to Tom Sharkey.
was remanded 10 prison today for
failure to produce a $500 bond for
his arraignment on a "get-rich-quick'
charge. carp and two companion
Walter Scott and T.. Dunne-Who also
are in Jail. will plead next Tuesday.
j. Y. Peterson, a realty broke r. told
detectives that carp had unfolded L
scheme to him to break a faro bank
which carp was operating as an EN-
plOyee. According to Peterson, he
was to appear in the gambling room
with $4,000 and by means of marked
cards was to be permitted to win
1000. to be shared with carp. Scott
and Dunno.
Peterson pretended to acquiesce IN
the arrangement. but when the bug
winning was TO have taken place de
tectives whom he had previously in
formed raided the place. n faro
outfit was cOnfisCated.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-07-25
Comparative Cotton Statement.
fRv the Associated Press

fBy the Associated Press
New York. July 21--For the. week end
ing July ii:
Net receipts at all L. s. ports during
week 4S9: net receipts at all [. = ports
Sa me week last year 56.44l: total receipts
since September LIST S.46S. 1872: total receipts
to same date last year 1.262to4S: exports
for the week 12,033; exports for same week
last year 21, 1856: total exports since Sep
tember LIST 1887 o1o: total exports same
date last year 800 .054: stock at ali United
States ports 164.272: stock at all United
States ports same time last year 241,1tO;
at all interior towns same time last year
79.216: stock at Liverpool 5SS.OO0: stock
at Liverpool same time last year $4,000 :
stock of American afloat for Great Brit
ain -: stock of American afiOat for
Great Britain same time last year 10000.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-07-25
STATE FARMERS MEETING
ANNUAL ASSEMRIAGE OF NORTH
CAROLINA FARMERS UNION Al
SALISBURY JULY 25 AND 9TH.

Salisbury, July 22.-Everything is
in readiness for the annual meeting
Of the North Carolina Farmers Co
operative and Educational Union
which ~convenes in Salisbury next
week. July 26th and 27th. More than
500 m from various parts Of the
State, will be present and the dele
gates will be royalty entertained by
Salisbury. Spencer and the farmers of
Rowan, many of whom own automo-
2ile. and will take the visitors to their
homes in the country. The .Mer-
chants Association, the Rowan County
Union, and other organizations Will
extend the m a welcome. Among
the distinguished visitors who Will
participate on the program will be
National President C. S. Barrett. of
Union City. Ga. and State President
H. Q. Alexander, M. D.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-07-25
SIX MORE BODIES TAKEN
FROM WRECK OF THE MAINE.

oHavana. July 27.-The remains Of
bodies supposed to represent six or
seven members Of the crew Of the
Maine, were recovered this afternoon
bringing the total so far found I'D to
eleven. The bones were piled in a con-
fused mass.
There Is not the least hope Of the
Identification of any of the remains.
There lis no trace of clothing and the
skulls are all much shattered. in sew
eral cases being represented by only
sInall fragments.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-07-25
Cotton Receipts.
(RY the Associated Press

(By the Associated Press
New York. July 21.-The following are
the total net receipts of cotton mt all
ports since September list:
Galveston .. 73S. 745: New Orleans 1918
916: Mobile 249, $50; savannah 1,425, $40
Charleston De. OS7: Wilmington 400. S25 !:
Norfolk IlS, TO: Baltimore 105.J71 New
York 14.711 Boston $500; Newport News
2157; Philadelphia 1863; San Francisco
-. 400; Brunswick 215. 963: Port Townsend
8 $3.50; Pensacola 123. 1875: Portland. Ore,
800: Port Arthur and Sabine Pass FOG. 719:
Jacksonville 1856: Eagle Pass. Texas, 80;
FL Paso. Texas. 80: Laredo. Texas. 400
Georgetown 1897; Gplfport 34.239: Texas
City :OS $50: minor ports 6.242. Total. s.
46S, - SbaIeS.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-07-25
FAMILY REUNION.
Mrs. Seth WOOdail Sits at Table With
Three Children and Thirteen Grand
children

Wilson, July 22.-On last TUESDAY
Mrs. Seth Woodall, mother of Mrs. f..
J. Barnes. was the recipient Of many
happy congratulations from her chill
dren, grandchildren and friends, al
the family reunion held at the home
of Mrs. Barnes on Soup GOldSboro
street, extended.
A long table was spread under the
branches of a majestic oak. and three
children, thirteen grandchildren ana
severaI friends sat down to the sump~
tuOus feast, Mrs. Woodall being the
guest of honor.
There were present in addition to
the home folks, Mrs. John A. Morgan
and children. Of Benson; Mr.. and Mrs.
w. T. Adams and children, OF smith
field. and the children of Mrs. ID. l."
Goodwin. of Kenly, save one. n this
one and Mrs. Goodwin were detained 1T
home on account of sickness.
It's easy to be popular. An you have
to do is to make other people believe they
know a lot more than you do
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-07-25
DEWBERRIES and DROUGHT
The Crop Was Injured last Year by
TOO Mucfs Water and This Year by

(Southern Pines Tourist)
The drought played havoc with this
years deWberry crop. Last year the
crop was injured by an excess Of wet
weather during the growing season.
This year the unprecedented drought
and hot weather reduced the crop one
half to ~tWo-thirds. the quality suffering
somewhat, 90.
Carthage growers shipped so car
iods. CT a little over $500 crates. Cam
eron sent forward 81 car loads or
something over 1000 crates. Southern
Pines does not raise many dewberries.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-07-25

fRv the Associated Pressl

(By the Associated Press
Liverpool. July 2l.-Tha following are
he weekly cotton statistics:
Imports, all kinds. 21.eD bales.
Imports, American. 1900
Stock, all kinds. aS.O9
Stock. American a.. 9st.
American, forwarded. $500.
Total sales, all kinds. 45.6O.
Total sales. American. 5000.
English spinners takings, 53.oo-
Total exports. 1900.
Quantity afloat. all kinds, 10000.
Quantity afloat. American. 1900.
Total sales on speculation. 1.40.
Total sales to exporters. 300
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-07-25
CENTER OF COTTON
PRODUCTION NOW.
Still in Mississippi. Where 1t Has Been
ALI the Years, Records Have Beer

Made.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, July 21.-The center
Of production of the cotton growing
area Of the United States in 1910 was
located three miles south of Walden,
Carroll county. Mississippi. according
to the Census Bureaus statistics, just
issued. This cotton producing area is
about 1900 miles long and 500 miles
wide. The total area of the counties
in which cotton was ginned in 1910 is
approximately $4,000 square miles,
or about 100000, 900 acres. Of this,
only about one acre in every thirteen
was devoted to cotton.
The center of production has been
in Mississippi all years for which rec
ords have been made. In 1859 it was
approximately thirteen miles southeast
of Macon, Miss; in 1879, eleven miles
south Of Columbus; III 1899. thirteen
miles southeast of lexington; in
1906, five miles northeast of Mayors
Vile; and in 1908, four miles west Of
Lexington.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-07-25

State Geologist, Joseph Hyde Pratt,
who was in Raleigh yesterday, saIo
that five corps of engineers are sur
veying the central route
from Beaufort to the North carolina
Tennessee line.
In Carterest, Craven and Lenoir, he
SURVEYS are complete. work Is under
way in Johnson, avidson, Orange,
and Mcdowell counties, and surveys
will be made in Wayne county next
week.
Mr.. M~oorefeld, who is in the United
States Government service, IS laying
out the roa down the Blue Ridge
mountains. AS this is the most diff
cult part of the route. Severl lines
will be run experimentally before a
route is decided upon.
In Iredell county which has voted
a large road bond issue, the county
engineer is at work. In CataWba
county a survey viii be begun merit
week.
DIR. Pratt hopes to name the entire
route surveyed by August 18th, and he
hopes also that in Good Roads Week
beginning August 7th-a consider
able part of the highway Will be
built.
Road-building is going on ever
Craven. Carteret, Lenoir and John
now i nsOme counties.
soon are Tdp1uly DulIufnS SduO clay
roads which are being we'll graded.
Everything necessary is being done.
all the way from resurfacing to re-
locating
DR.. Pratt says that the surveyors
on the crest of the Blue Ridge high
Way-to run from Asheville to Blow
ing Rock across the craggy mountains
and Mt. Mitchell-are going onward
rapidly with their work The survey-
ors' camps are now at Steps Gap.
near Mt. MITCHELL.
A date will be announced soon for
the meeting of the Southern AppLa-
chan Good Roads Association, which
is now three years old. The cities
which are being considered are Roa-
noke, Winston--Salem, ~Spartanburg,
Columbia and Asheville.
BY an arrangement which DR..
Pratt has just made, the United States
Coast Geodetic Survey Will aid the
Nirth Carolina Fish Commission in
the work of surveying the restricted
districts in the Eastern Carolina
sounds.
DR.. Pratt is arranging to hold a
fish convention late this fall in one of
the Eastern Carolina cities. This will
perhaps be New Bern, burt the place
is yet to be definitely selected.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-07-25
Hester's Worlds Visible Supply Statement
(By the Associated Press.l

TBv the ASsOC1ateu PTtSS.1
New Orleans, La, July 21.-Secretary
Testers statement of the worlds visible
supply of cotton, issued today, shows the
OS7 ,29A last week, and 1856 TO last year.
OF this, the total of American cotton is
1,OO4, 7sS, against 1.113.294 last week. 1885,
720 last year, aud of ali other kinds, In
Egypt, Bkizil, India. etc, 954 600,
against 974. 600 last week. 929 900 last year.
OF the worlds visible supply Of cotton as
above there is now afloat and held in
Great Britain and Continental Europe l.
126,OOO. against 1000, 600 last year; in
Egypt 10000. against 60, 900 last year; in
India $4,000, against $50. 900 last year. and
in the United States 244, 900, against 315,-
600 last year.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-07-25
ONE OF GOV. GOEBEL'S
ASSASSINS FOUND DEAD,

Lexington, KY. July 22.-Harlan
Whitaker, one of the first mountain
men" arrested in 1900, in connection
with the assassination of Senate VIM.
GoebeL Democratic aspirant for the
Go~vernorship. was found dead today
in "a. corn field in Butler County.
Hear disease was the cause Of death.
Whitaker was released after s. long
imprisonment.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-07-25
BUILDING RAILROAD AT
MIDNIGHT AND Why
Wilmington, Brunswick and Southern
Railway Had to Meet Bond Issue
Conditions.
; Associated Press.

@(By the Associated Press.)
Wilmington, N. c.. July 22-Plouea1-
ing with a steam shovel night and day
through a hitherto undeveloped fast
ness Of seacoast country in order r.
meet conditions of a bond issue of the
town toward the completion of the
Rne. contractors this midnight COM
pleted the laying Of rails for the Will
Hnnston. brunswick and Southern
railroad to deep water, at Southport,
N. e., a distance of thirty-two miles
1rom Wilmington, the last spike being
driven by President z. w. Whitehead,
of Ibis city, in the presence Of a large
assemblage of the toWnspeople. The
road develops a fine section of country
and provides railroad accommodations
In connection with the Seaboard Air
Line and Atlantic Coast Line to a
l~and-lOcked harbor of fnterminable
depth. aimos immediately upon the
Atlantic.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-07-25
THIEVES STEAL S 900
WORTH. OF DTAMONnS
CIV the Associated press

CBy the Associated PressD
New York, July 22.-Three armed
thieves invaded the heart of the ten
derloin tonight. smashed a 6the avenue
jewelers. show window. sho his clerk
dead, seized $1,000 worth of diamond
rings and got away in a taxicab. pur-
sued by scores of persons who had
witnessed the murder and robbery.