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The farmer and mechanic., 1915-09-28
80 BURNED IN CAR
BY YAQU| INDIANS
Southern Pacific Passengers
Are Victims of Band
In Northern Mexico
lBy the Associated Press). y.

San Diego, Cal. Sept. 26.-Eighty
passengers of a Southern Pacific Mex
lean train were thrown into a car con-
tanning hay and the car set on fire
by a band of Yaqui Indians Friday
near Torres, Sonora, according TO
radio advices received here today
from HermoSillo viz Guaymas.
Only twenty passengers have been
accounted for thus far. the others
having been burned 20 death.
The Indians, according to the re-
port, numbered about sixty and were
deserters from one Of the Mexican
factional armies. They first derailed
the train, which was running from
Campo Verde to Torres, after which
they placed the passengers. most OF
whom were women and children, in
the hay car and applied the torch. So
far as is known no Americans were
on the train.
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-09-28
TWO NEWTON MEN HURT
IN AUTOMOBILE CRASH
Especial to The News and Observer,

Newton, Sept. 26.-Last evening A.
@. Blanton and Will Blanton were
badly hurt in a head-on collision with
the motor car of G. M. McCorkle on
the Hickory road, when the machines
suddenly faced each other on a curve.
Mr.. McCorkle threw his machine into
the ditch on the right side of the road
to avoid collision, but the motorists,
A. q. BlantOn driving, seem to have
lost their heads, and turning first one
way and then the other. they smashed
into the automobile with terrific i'm
pact. A. @. Blanton sustained a
broken leg and other hurts and his
brother being injured, probably in
ternally. Both were Immediately
carried on to Hickory hospital by
Tom Setter. clerk Of the court, who
was passing at the time, and this
morning it is stated that both are
in bad plight.
The machines were wrecked, the
lights, guards and even the axle Of
tie big car being damaged and
the front spring broken The
| cycle was doubled. up. The Blantons
were hitting up a rapid pace when
the accident occurred and it is a won
der both were not killed outright
A. @. Blanton is manager Of the local
telephone exchange here. Mr. Nc
| Corkle is a we'll known member OF
the Newtonbar.
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-09-28
CONCERN FOR MISSING
CRANBERRY WOMAN
Especial to The News and Observer)

Wilmington, Sept. 26.--Grave con-
cern is felt by Mr.. and Mrs. c. r.
Clemmons, Of this city, over the dis
appearance Of their granddaughter,
Miss Agnes Callahan, the 15-year-old
daughter Of Mr.. John Callahan, Of
Cranberry, N. c. The young lady left
her home in Mitchell county, this
State, last Monday morning to come
to Wilmington to visit her grand
parents and has not been heard from
since. She was well grown for her
age and no fears were entertained for
her until it was learned by her father
that she had never arrived in this city.
All efforts to locate her so far have
failed.
Rev. E. def. Heald, Of Hickory. N
c., has accepted a call to the rector
ship Of st. Paul's Episcopal church in
this city and will assume charge Of
the parish at once. Mr.. Heald has
been in charge Of the church for sew
eral months. He is an eloquent
preacher and formerly lived in Wash
| ington, D. G.
E. III. Thompson Dies.
News was received here yesterday
! of the sudden death Of Edward II.
Thompson which occurred in Clinton.
Mr.. Thompson was a travelling sales
man and was just preparing to come
to Wilmington when he dropped dead
in the hotel at Clinton. He was a son
Of Mrs. Z. 8. Thompson of Green's
boro.
! Announcement has been made OF
| the approaching marriage Of Miss
Annie Herring Smith, daughter of Mr.
W. G. Smith, a we'll known lawyer OF
this city, to Mr.. Edward King, the
wedding to take place on October 9Th
J. c. McAllister, assistant superin.
tendent Of streets for the city Of Will
mington, who recently resigned his
position, leaves this week to take uE
his duties as superintendent Of streets
for Fayetteville. He was the recipient
OF a handsome present from the work.
men in the department yesterday. Hs
was formerly superintendent Of street:
here.
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-09-28
WASHINGTON CONSIDERS
INCIDENT AS CLOSED
Dual Monarchy, According To
Official Telegram Received
at amsterdam, Affirms Posi-
ton Taken In Note of June
20 In Reply to United States
Answer
(By the Associated Press.

Amsterdam, Sept. 26, via London,
Sept. 26.-The Austro-H Hungarian gov
ernment, according to an official tele
gram received here today from Wen
ma has, in reply to the American note
of August IL, relative to the manufac-
ture Of ammunition in the United
States, reiterated the position taken
In its protest of June 20.
The reply afEirms that Austria-Hun-
gary never intended to imply that it
expected Washington would forbid
American citizens to do a normal traf-
fic in war material with the enemies
Of the dual monarchy, but but solely
protested against the economic life
servient to the production of war ma
terial on the greatest possible scale,
whereby the United States became
"militariZed."
Text Of Note.
The note proceeds:
According to paragraphs and
5 Of the preamble of The Hague
convention No. 13 of 1907 and
supplemented by the general
principles Of neutrality the Aus
tro-Hungarian government con-
siders the concentration of so
much American energy on one
aim: namely. the delivery Of war
material whereby, although not
intentional but in fact, effective
support is rendered one of the
belligerent parties. is a depar-
ture which confutes the reference
of the United States to supposed
precedentS-
1.-THE dual government is fur
ther Of the opinion that the ex-
cessive export of war material is
not admissible even If it is export
ed to countries Of both belligerent
parties. The above mentioned
fait nouveau should be sufficient
reason for altering the existing
practice Of the United States in
regard to its observance Of neu-
trality.
'The suggestion of the Austro-
Hungarian government on the
question OF the supply Of war ma
terials was intended to prove that
it is in the power Of the United
States to open the way for COM
merce with the Central Powers,
because this possibility has been
prevented by the\ entente powers
by measures which even the gov
ernment Of the United States re-
CARDS as illegal.
THE reference by the United
States to the Boer war Is less ap-
posite since at that time England
did not prohibit commerce, and,
therefore, there was no question
Of the commercial isolation of
South Africa"
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-09-28
CARRANZA DECLARES
MEXICO CITY QUIET
(By the Associated P,essl

Washington, Sept. 26.-Conditions
In Mexico City are improving, accord
Ing to official dispatches to the State
Department. Gen. Venustiano Car
rama himself telegraphed similar
word to his agency here.
There were no developments in the
border situation, officials awaiting fur
ther word from Major General F'uns-
ton and government agents as to the
cause Of the outbreaks in the yicinity
OF Brownsville and the real identity
OF the uniformed soldiers who fired IN
American troops from the Mexican
side.
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-09-28
To Form Board Of Trade.

Asheville, Sept 26.-Believins m |.
such an organization will be or erea.
benefit to the town, the residents
West Asheville have decided 70
ganize a board Of trade there and ~" ~
named a committee Of twelve to -
the necessary preliminary steps. III
members Of the committee are inFe
tigating the workings Of the Ashe' =
Board OF Trade as we'll as the ueth'
DDS in vogue at civic and comm
cia1 organization of emaller cities @A'
towns Of this and other States
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-09-28

Washingto Sept. 26.-The reply
OF Austro-Hungary to the American
note on shipments Of war munitions
has not reached here. Officials mani
tested little interest in the continua-
tion by Austria Of the controversy, the
view being held that SC far as the
United States is concerned, the Incl
dent has closed
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-09-28
40 HAITIENS KILLED,
10 u. S. TROOPERS HURT
IN BATTLE ON ISL AND
(By the Associated Pressl

Cape Haitien, Sept. 26.-In an at
tack by Haitien rebels on an Ameri-
can force, about two miles from Cape
Haitien, 40 Haitiens were killed. Ten
Americans were wounded.
The rebels have refueed 20 6.a,sm
and the Americans are Yarca.ino on
Haut Du Cap. in the plain Of the
north.
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-09-28

In more than Ave years Mrs. Bar
bara Guentert has missed only two
nights In a st. Louis movie" house
She always has sat In the same seat
and has seen 5000 motion pictures
ana nearly 100000 feet Of film.
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-09-28
JAMES K. HARDIE, BRITISH
LABOR LEADER, is DEAD

London. Sept. 26.-James Keir Har-
die died of pneumonia in a nursing
home at Glasgow today. He was a
labor member In parliament and the
leader of the peace element in the
British socialist party,
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-09-28

Muggins-"Do you find him an in
teresting conversationalist? Ruggins
-"Oh, very. He positively refuses to
discuss religion, politics or the war"
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-09-28
Grilhng the Recruit.

London Sketch.
Recruiter-What's your age?
Bluffer determined to do the natri :
ouc thing and get to the front)-22.
Recruiter-1 said your age, not
your chest measurement
The state herald., 1915-06-04
CHAPTER ~.

George Jescott had known hospital.
ity OF many brands and degrees. He
had been the lionized celebrity In
places OF fashion. lie had been tho
guest o; equally famous brother artists
In the citiea OF two hcmisphcrce. and.
since sincere painting had been his
pole star. he had gone where his arts
wanderlunt baekoned. He had fol.
lowed the lure Of transitory beauty
TO remote sections OF the world. The
present trip was only one OF many
like Il. which had brought him into
touch with varying peoples and dis.
tlnotlvo typer OF life, Bo told himself
that never had ho found men nj once
no crude and 90 courteous m these
hosts who. facing personal porila, had
still time aud Willingness TO regard his
comfort
III. coming Of the kinamen. who
would stay until tho present danger
pashcd. had filled the house. Tho four
beds In the cabin proper were fun.
and nomo slept on floor mattresses.
Loaooit, because guest aud wounded,
was given small room aside. Sam.
son, however. shared his quarters In
order 10 perform amy service that an
injured man might require II had
been full and unusual day for the
painter, and It's Incidents crowded In
gu hl'n Ia retrospect and dfcse on the
The state herald., 1915-06-04

wounds that would have taken a less
charmed life. And In grisly reminder
of the terror which clouded the peace
OF his days stood the eight.foot log
rtockndc at the iear OF the place,
which the proprietor had built to
shield his daily journeys between
house and store. But Jesse Purvy was
not deiuded by his escapes. Hc knew
that he was marked down"
The years OF strain were telling on
him. The robust. fullblooded face
was showing deep lines: his ncsh was
Esowing nacoid; his glance tingcd
with quick apprehension. lie told HIS
intimntes that he realized they'd ge,
him." yet he sought 10 prolong his
term OF escape.
Yesterday morning Jesse Purvy had
risen early ms usual. and. after sat.
infying breakfast. had gone 10 his
store TO arrange for tho days buri.
ness. one or two OF his hcnchmcn.
seeming loafcru. but In reality a body.
guard. were iounfing within cali. A
married daughter was chatting with
her father while her young baby
played among tho barrels and cracker
boxes.
The daughter went 10 rear win.
dow and Enzcd up ut the mountain
Tho cioudlcaa nkloa were atill In hid.
Ing behind curtain Of mist The
woman was idly watching tho vanish.
Ing fog wrnithH, and her father rAmo
over TO her side. Then the baby cried
and sbo stepped back Purvy himself
remained nj tho window II VIVA q
thing he did not often do II lcf, hlw
exposed, but the most oautioualy
guarded iuo has liza moments OF re.
The state herald., 1915-06-04
lndu.,rIal posrd Aaa pual ra.t.

Denver colorado'a new Industrial
eommlnrhvn is said 10 be charged with
more Important duties thnn have ever
fallen TO the 10, Of any other appoint.
I've body In the history of the state
Three men nro 20 net nm nm arbitration
board and 60 carry out the prnylnlonf
Of the workmon'a componsnilon law
passed by the last legislature IN
most states whore industrial and com.
pennaiion laws are IN effect there uro
separate commissions. but IN Colorado
this ono board must do double duiy.
The state herald., 1915-06-04
New Deputy Mine Inspector.

Denver-A. L. Thompson, formerly
mine inspector for the Victor-Ameri-
can Fuel Company at Hastings, has
been appointed deputy state inspector
OF coal mines by James Dalrymple.
head OF the state department Thomp-
son is the first man TO be appointed
to this position. Examination for It
was held In July. 1918, and he stood
at the head OF the list.
The law requires that the state be
divided into five inspection districts
by the state coal mine inspector, but
time to appoint five inspectors.
Dalrymple, therefore. has divided the
state into four districts. which will be
covered by Thompson and three In
spectors. The districts are as follows:
District No. Part OF Las Animas
county. inspected by Henry King OF
Trinidad.
District No. Fremont, Huerfano
and the north end OF Las Animas: in
spected by Frank oberding OF Wal
senburg.
District No. 3.-Boulder. Weld. Routt.
Jackson. jefferson and FL Paso: in
spected by James W. Graham Of La
fayette.
District No. t.-GarfieId. Pitkin.
Mesa. Delta. Gunnison. Montezuma
and Rio Blanco; inspected by A. z
Thompson OF Grand Junction.
The state herald., 1915-06-04
How Suckers Bite.

One Sunday morning. on his way
TO church. n deacon observed n boy
industriously fishing, After the lad
had landed several. he approached and
said: My sou. don't you know I, Ii
very wrong TO catch iish on the Sab.
bath day. Arf. besides. Il Ia very
cruel TO imple that poor. helpless
beetle upon hat sharp hook" Said
tho boy: oh. say. mister. this In
only an imitatlonl II ain't real
bug" BLESS mel" replied the doa.
son. We'll. thought II was u real
bugl" Tho boy. lifting iino string OF
fish out OF the water. said: 80 did
those auckornl"
The state herald., 1915-06-04
CHAPTER ~.

In days when the Indian held tho
DARK and Bloody Grounds a pioneer
Telling oak and poplar logs for the
home he meant 10 establish on ,bo
banks of purllng wateroourse. le, bla
NJ slip. and the cutting edge Kasb.a
his ankle. Since 10 the discovered bo.
longs the christening. that satefcour.e
became crippleshin. and 20 Il IL today
tct down on atlas pages A few miles
away. az the Grow nies. but many
weary leagues as man must travel
brother settler. raeked With rhnuma.
i'tm. gave 10 his creek the name OF
Misery. The two pioneers had come
together from virginia. aa their anees.
tors had come before thon from Scot
land. Together thcy had found one
OF the two gaps through the mountain
wall, which for moro than a hundred
milen has no other paahablo rift. To
Eothcr, and as comrades, they had
made their homes and founded their
race. What original grievance had
sprung up between their descendants
mono Of the present generation know
perhaps u waa farm line or disputed
title TO pig. Tho primary Incident
was lost In the limbo OF tho past; but
Tor fftJ years. with occasional inter
The state herald., 1915-06-04

tie OF marriage. under the protection
of the clan head. She lived alone with
her fourteen-year-old son and her six
teen-year-old daughter. The daughter
was Sally.
The sun rose on the morning after
Lescott arrived. the mists lifted. and
the cabin OF the Widow Miller stood
revealed. A tousle-headed boy made
his way to the barn to feed the cattle,
and red patch Of color. as bright
and tuneful as a Kentucky cardinal.
appeared at the door between the
morning-glory vines. The red patch
Of color was Sally.
She made her way. carrying a
bucket. to the spring. where she kneit
down and gazed at her own image In
the water.
Before going home she set down her
bucket by the stream, and. with .
quick glance toward the house to make
sure that she was not observed.
climbed through the brush and was
lost to view. She followed n path that
her own feet had made. and after .
steep course upward came upon bald
face OF rock. which stood out storm
battered where n rift went through
the backbone OF the ridge. This point
Of vantage commanded the other val
ley. Down below. across the treetops.
were roof and q chimney from which
a thread Of smoke rose In an attenu.
ated shaft. That was spicer south's
house and Samson's home. Ths girl
leaned against the gnarled bowl OF tho
white oak and waved toward the roof
and chimney. She cupped her handa
and raised them to her lips like one
who means to shout across great dis
tance, then she whispered so low that
only she herself could hear:
Hello, Samson South!"
She stood for n space looking down.
and forgot TO laugh. while her eyes
grew religiously and softly deep. then.
turning. she ran down the slope. She
had performed her morning devotions.
That day ut tho house OF Spicer
South was nm on day. The kinsmen
who had stopped for the night stayed
on through the morning. Nothing was
said OF the possibility OF trouble. The
men talked crops and tossed horse
shoes In the yard; but no one went to
work In the nelds, and all remained
within easy call Only young Tama-
rack spicer. n raw.boned nephew. wore
n sullen face and made n great show
OF cleaning his rife and pistol.
Shortly after dinner he disappeared.
and when the afternoon was well nd.
vanced Samson. too. with his rine on
his arm. strolled toward tho s,ile.
tTo DE coSTtSUEDD
The state herald., 1915-06-04

possibility Of sleep Samson, too.
seemed wakeful. and In the isolation
of the dark room the two men fell into
conversation. which almost lasted out
the night Samson went into the con-
fessional This was the first human
being he had ever met to whom he
could unburden his soul.
The thirst to taste what knowledge
lay beyond the hills; the unnamed
wanderlust that had at times brought
him restiveness so poignant as to
be agonizing; the underlined attuning
Of his heart to the beauty Of sky and
hill; these matters he had hitherto
kept locked in guilty silence.
In cove or lowland pocket. stretch
ing into the mountain side. lay the
small and meager farm of the Widow
Miller. The Widow Miller was
South" that is to say, she fell, by
The state herald., 1915-06-04

good policy TO meet rather than com.
bat his requirements. It was essen
tial to his purposes that the oflcers
Of the law in his country should be in
sympathy with him. Sympathy soon
became abject subservience. When a
South had opposed Jesse PurTy in the
primary as candidate for high sheriff
he was found one day lying on his
face with bullet-riddled body. 1t
may have been a coincidence which
pointed to Jim Asberry. the Judges
nephew, as the assassin. At all events,
the judges nephew was a poor boy,
and a charitable grand Jury declined
to indict him.
In the course OF FIVE years several
South adherents, who had crossed
Holman's path, became victims OF the
laurel ambuscade. The theory Of CO.
incidence was strained. Slowly the
rumor grew and persistently spread,
though no man would admit having
fathered It. that before each Of these
executions star.chamber conferences
had been held in the rooms above
Micah Hollman's Mammoth Depart.
ment Store" II was said that these
exclusive sessions were attended by
Judge HOLMAN, Sheriff Purvy and GER
tain other gentlemen selected by rea.
son of their Workmanship. When
one of these victims fell John South
had Just returned from a law school
down below" wearing "fotched-on"
clothing and thinking "fotched-on"
thoughts. He had amazed the com
munity by demanding the right to as
sist in probing and prosecuting the
affair. He had then shocked the com
munity into complete paralysis by re-
questing the grand Jury to indict not
alone the alleged assassin, but also
his employers, whom he named as
Judge Holman and Sheriff Purvy.
Then he. too. fell under a bolt from
the laurel.
That was the first public accusation
against the bland capitalist, and 1t car
ried It's own prompt warning against
repetition. The Judges high sheriff
and chief ally retired from office and
went abroad only with a bodyguard.
Jesse Purvy had built his store at
crossroads rs miles from the rail-
road. Like Holman. he had won a
reputation for open-handed charity,
was liked-and hated. His friends
were legion. His enemies we're SO nu-
merous that he apprehended violence
not only from the Souths but also
from others who nursed grudges in
no way related to the line Of feud
cleavage. The Hollman-Purvy comb.
nation had retained enough Of Its old
power to escape the laws retribution
and to hold its dictatorship. but the
efforts OF John South had not been
altogether bootless. He had ripped
away two masks. and their erstwhile
wearers could no longer hold their old
semblance of law-abiding philanthro-
pists. Jesse Purvy's home was the
show place Of the countryside. Com
modious verandas looked out over
pleasant orchards. and In the same
inclosure stood the two frame build.
ings Of his store-for b.. too. com
bined merchandise with baronial
powers. But back Of the place rose
the mountain side. on which Purvy
never looked without dread. Twice
Its impenetrable thickets had spat at
him. Twice he had recovered from
The state herald., 1915-06-04
ErIcnd Of tho Farmer.

DR.. Marion Dorset, bi'chemist OF tho
federal bureau OF animal industry. IL
tho scientist who ilfat isolated the
germ responsible for that farm acourgo
cholorn in the hog That accomplished.
he perfected serum TO combat II.
protected his processes by patents and
then turned them over 10 the public
Ia ba rsed without obarss