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The Elbert County tribune., 1916-11-17

hurried little. Halfway down the
lane he turned his head to peer
through the cottonwoods. This time
he saw Euchre coming with the horses.
There was no indication that the old
outlaw might lose his nerve at the end.
Duane had feared this.
Duane now changed his walk to a
leisurely sauntcr. He reached the
porch and then distinguished what was
eaid inside the cabin.
"If you do. Bland. by Heaven I'll
nx you and herl" That was painted
out in Kate Bland's full voice.
Let me loose! I'm going In there,
I tell you !" replied Bland. hoarsely.
mol mol I won't let you. You'll
choke the-truth out Of her-you'n
kill her"
'The truth ~ hissed Bland.
Eyes. I lied. But she LIED to save
me. You needn't-murder ner-for
that"
Bland cursed horribly. Then follow
ID a wrestling sound Of bodies in vio-
lent straining contact-the scrape OF
sssk-ths jans,A of spurs-a crash Of
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-11-17
Bu ZANE GREY

good-by to the rancher and his wife
Andrews would not listen to Duanet
thanks.
81 tell you I'm beholden to you yet
he declared.
swell. what can do for youY
asked Duane. 81 may come along her,
again some day."
Get down an come in, then, OIL
you're no friend of mine. An goot
luck to you both |"
Duane and Jennie trotted away into
the gathering twilight. The sky wal
overcast with heavy clouds; there wal
no air moving; the heat and oppres
sion threatened storm. BY and BY
Duane could not see rod in front OF
him, though his horse had no difficulty
in keeping to the road. To his an
noyance, however, a fine, misty rair
set in. Jennie was not well dressed
for wet weather; and, for that matter
neither was he. His coat. which il
that dry warm climate he seldom
needed, was tied behind his saddle
and he put 1t on Jennie. The nigh
passed quickly despite the discomfort
and soon a gray, dismal, rainy dawr
greeted the travellers.
Jennie insisted that he find sA.ut
shelter where a fire could be built sc
dry his clothes. He was not in a fl
condition to risk catching cold. In
fact, Duane's teeth were chattering
To find shelter In that barren waste
seemed a futile task. Quite une0
pectedly, however. they happened upor
deserted adobe cabin situated n little
off the road. Not only did it prove
to have dry interior, but also there
was firewood. Water was available In
pools everywhere; however, there wai
no grass for the horses.
A good fire and hot food and drinh
changed the aspect of their condition
as far as comfort went.
Jennie slept while Duane watched
The saving of this girl meant more
to him than any task he had ever as.
sumed.
AS he looked down upon her. 4
slight, slender girl with bedragg,ed
dress and disheveled hair, her face,
pale and quiet, little stern in sleep,
and her long, dark lashes lying on her
cheek, he seemed to see her fragility,
her prettiness, her femininity as never
before. But for him she might at
that very moment have been a broken,
ruined girl lying back in that cabin Of
the Blands. The fact gave him feel
ing of his Importance in this shifting
of her destiny. She was unharmed,
still young; she would forget and be
baDnv. sba would liva fo ho a 1ood
wife and mother. Somehow the
thought swelled his heart. His act,
death-dealing as it had been, was a
noble one, and helped him to hold on
to his drifting hopes. Hardly once
since Jennie had entered into his
thought had those ghosts returned to
torment him.
To-mOrroM she would be gone among
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-11-17
SYNOPSIS.

Tho time of the story: about 1875. The
place; The Texas COW country. The chief
who has Inherited lust to kill. which he
suppresses. In self-defense he shoots dead
r. drunken bully and is forced to fee to
the Wild country where he joins Bland's
outlaw band. Euchre an amiable rascal,
tells him about Jennie, a young girl who
had been abducted and sold to Bland for a
bad fate. They determine to rescue the
girl and restore her to civilization. Eu-
chre has Just reconnoitered, and II re-
porting the outlook to Buck.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-11-17
Jennie Slept While Duane Watched.

good. kind people with a possibility Of
finding her relatives. He thanked
God for that: nevertheless. he felt a
pang.
About the middle of the afternoon
Jennie awoke. They cooked a meal
and afterward sat beside the little
fire. Sometimes when her eyes were
on him she did not seem to be think
Ing of her freedom, of her future.
"This time tomorrow you'll be In
Shelbyville," he said.
where will you be7 she asked,
quickly.
'Me7 oh, I'll be making tracks for
some lonesome place." he replied.
The girl shuddered.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-11-17
Observation-Disclosures

Buck Duane appears now In
the role Of reecuina angel. II 10
a queer role for murderer. For
his generous service to one help
less he Is rewarded with a fine
devotion. One Of the most thrill
Ing Incidents In this thrilling
story Is described In this INSTALL
ment. The manner of telling 10
one that will hold you SPELL
bound.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-11-17

What 10 your guess about
Duane's future relations with
Jennie-that he will decide sud-
denly he wants her for his own,
will rush her Into q town and in
to the presence Of a marrying
psrson, and then will make ho-
his partner for better or worse7
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-01-06
MUST MARK PACKAGES PROPERLY

A. A. Fisher, acting assistant Post
master General, has recently called
attention to an order which requires
shippers to mark perishable articles
to be sent through the parcel post,
~''perishable," and those easily broken,
fragile" which notice has been re-
ceived by Postmaster Bryson. The
order follows:
1.-The attention of the department
has been directed to the large number
of parcel post packages containing
perisnable articles, which are not en-
dorsed 'p~erishable' as the regulations
require.
ut is very important that parcels
containing fragile and perishable
goods should be properly marked as
prescribed in Sections 474 and AIS.
postal laws and regulations, as amend
ed March 13, 1914, and employees who
receive parcel post packages from the
public are expected to ascertain in
tents and cause them to be properly
marked.
"Only such parcels as contain arti-
cles liable to quick decay and likely to
spoil if delayed in transit should be
marked 'perishable,' and only sucn
parcels as contain articles which are
fragile or would be easily broken
should be marked fragile All such
parcels must be securely packed as
prescribed in Sections Ala and 475,
postel laws and regulations, and the
bags in whic hthey are included must
have 'perishable' or fragile tags at
tached thereto.
Fragile or Fperishable' tags must
not be placed on bags which contain
no mail of that character"
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-01-06
,,1SCELLANEOUS FACTORIES
WITHIN NORTH CAROLINA.

State Commissioner of Labor and
Printing NJ, L. Shipman in the annual
ronort of the department has the fol.
Living chapter on miscellaneous fac
tories:
The divisions of establishments
t,cated under this head includes man
nfacturing enterprises that are NOT
listed under cotton, wooden, silk and
Knitting mills, or furniture factories
The collection of information rela-
five to these factories has been done IN
collaboration with the United States De-
Dartment of Census, to the officers of
which we are indebted for many cour.
tcsies and asslstances. In each case
where the Census Department has fur
nished data, it has been with the ex-
press consent of the party reporting
though not all of the establishments
reporting to the government authori-
ties gave their consent to the use of
the information by this department.
Fer this reason the reports of the two
departments may not be the same.
In the calculation of persons en-
p,0yed, the figures used are intended
to show the number of persons en-
pioyed for the entire year, instead of
tie number of persons employed at
any one time. For instance, ten per-
sons employed for a whole year would
show in the Number of employees"
column as 10, while 120 persons en-
ployed for six months, or half a veal
would show in the same column as 60
persons, and So on, figured by the
same rule. The use of the govern
ment forms has also made necessary
other miner changes in the form OF
this report.
The total number of miscellaneous
factories reporting is 3706. The ag-
gregate amount of capital reported is
S137, 584,1O7 and the use of an esti-
mated value of raw material of $751;
29,188. The estimated output re-
ported is $136,O66, 1853, with a pay roll
for wage-earners of $23,47O,581, AMI
salaried employees $~5,117,47S. The
average number of hours worked per
The power used is as follows: Steam,
32O2; electric 500; internal combustion
engines (gas, gasoline, OLD 1T; water
1928; steam and electric 11S; steam
and gas 48; steam and water "a;
steam, gas and electric 8: steam and
oil s; water and electric 6; gas and
water 6; gas and electric 5; hand
power 4; water and gas 3; steam and
gas 3; stem, water and electric 2;
steami oil and gas 2: gasoline and
electric 1; a total of 252 .576 horse
power Three hundred and ifty-nine
OF the plants do not report power used.
Many of these are of a character not
requiring power, such as harness
manufacturers, marble yards, etc.
The number of persons employed is
as follows: Wage-earners, males, 3d.
568; females, 6,6g; salaried employees
1924.
In the tables following will be
found the detailed Information from
which the foregoing summary is
drawn"
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-01-06
ALL CONYICTS RETURNED
AFTER RECEIVING HOLIDAYS.
The TRUSTEES Ordered by Gov. Craig to
Report Back Within Three Days did So

Every "trusty" member of the u
ty chain gang, who was allowed the
holiday parole issued by Governor
III aIg. returned to his work promptly
on time, according to information
from Sheriff BRAKES office. The
sheriff received the first notice from
Coy. Craig and informed s~uperinten-
dent Ben s%outhers, VINO later got IN
communication Will supervisor +. r.
Patton, when it was agreed TO allow
only three OF the TRUSTEES" the prlVl
leg OF tue three holidays. There more
TRUSTEES on the gang but 1T was de-
c.deu that the rest would not be allow
Ell more Simply two holidays from
work.
Governor Craig's holiday parole has
created quite a lot OF favorable COM
menI IN newspaper OF both North n
south. In a recent interview the
Governor stated that he was well
pleased with h results and that from
all reports 1t looked as If more con-
Vlcts returned after the holidays tina
went away.
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-01-06
WHEN HE PROPOSED

What he thought he would say:
That he had never seen her look
lovelier.
That in some indefinable manner
she always inspired him to do his
best.
That every moment he was away
from her he was in a torment of
black despair.
That every moment he was with
her he was in the seventh heaven of
bliss.
That they might have to begin in
8 small way, but he knew this could
not last long.
That his family were all crazy about
her.
That her family might not under
stand him now, but that was only be-
cause they didn't know him. =
That he loved her with a love that
swept over him like a Johnstown
food.
That he simply couldn't live without
her.
That he knew he could make her
happy.
That he new thought of any other
girl from the moment he laid yes on
her.
What did he say:
He can't remember.-Life.
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-01-06

+aL.ra#a
introductory to the chapter toucn-
ing the cotton mill industry of the
State M. L. Shipman, Commissioner of
Labor and Printing. says:
The cotton mill Industry shows for
the past year a growth that is consist
ent with its development since its in
ception in North Carolina. 1t is
noticeable that while the value of pro-
duct has increased, pointing to the
conclusion that higher grade goods
are being made. While the number Of
employees is less than that reported for
last year, it is believed that the differ
ence is more than Offset by the differ
ent method of calculation, the figures
Tor this year accounting for a full
time years work, instead OF being he
number of persons reported as being
employed at the time the report was
made. There are 636 less children
employed than last year. By children
is meant persons under sixteen wears
OF age. The length of time worked
per day shows seventeen minutes more
tnan last year. This is explained by
thc practice of practically all of the
mills shutting down earlier on Satur-
day, N making up time on the othef
five days of the week.
In use of power the trend seems to
be towards electricity. With the
numerous transmission lines electric
ity is coming to be available for mills
that have hitherto been isolated. 1t is
to be hoped that the large amount Of
Cndeveloped waterpoWers in the State
may be made available, thereby less
eIiing cost of transmission and fur
nishing current to mills at a reduced
price.
There has probably been less time
lost by the mills during the last year
than for several years past, notwith-
standing the effect had On the indus
try by the lessening of some of the
outlets for manufactured goods.
The number of cotton mills shown
by the tables is 31S, with a total capt.
tai of $57, 761. 232. These mills use
spindles to the number of 2.S80,417,
looms 67,2S8 and 9,432 cards, requir-
IuS 1Ot1O1H AO1 SCpO"OA' Inc oPPAOA
innate amount if raw material used
was 351, O5O,27O pounds. The estima-
ted value of the yearly output
being $S4, 349,67S. The total num-
are 1892 persons under sixteen years
of age. The number of salaried Off
GERS an demployes not included above,
is 1,137. Wages amount to $16,542.-
121; salaries, ,$1,427,539.
The average length of days work is
ten hours and seventeen, minutes.
Weeks work, sixty hours.
Eighty mills use steam as motive
uower; 73 use electricity; 80 steam and
water; Is water: 65 steam and cleo
tricity; Is steam, water and electric
ity; 8 water and electricity; 1 inter
nal combustion engine; 1 steam and
internal combustion engine.
This chapter was also worked out
in collaboration with the United States
Census Department.
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-01-06
MILLS RIVER RIPPLES.
(Too Late for Last Week.

(1OO Late Tor Last week.
A Christmas celebration was OBJ
served ct the Methodist church Mon
day afternoon. A Community Christ
mas tree was heavily loaded with di-
vers gifts. A program directed by
Mr.. H. C. Jones was a special feature
of the exercises. The choir sang sew
eral of the Christmas carols and
declarations and r%ecitations of the
Christmas type were given by the
children.
Prof. J. B. Belk assistant principal
o. the Mills River school has offered
his resignation which has been accept
ed by the local committeeman and
County superintendent w. S. Shitle.
Mr.. Belk his intentions of
entering school at the University OF
/ South Carolina to do work leading up
to the Theological Seminary at Co,
lumbia where he expects to study for
the ministry. The school and CON-
munity at large feel hat his leaving
is a loss and wish him success in his
school work.
Prof. J. w. Briggs has been elected
to fill the vacancy caused by the resig-
| nation of MI. J. B. Belk. Prof. Brigg%
| comes as a man of much good recon-
mendation and experience and gives
! assurance of progressive work for the
. rest of the school term.
/ Mr.. Ruben Whit is a visitor of this
, community from Madison county: He
/ is visiting his brother, nj. NJ. F. Whit
and his children.
Mr.. Floyd Osborne and wife are III
Florida spending the Christmas season
with Mrs. Osborne's ~reiaf+E19
Miss Amy Blythe is at h1
Normal and Collegiate Institu- OF
Asheville.
Mr.. Clarence Geode has just return
ed from Spartanburg. S. c., where he
spent the Christmas vacation with mis-
relatives.
Miss Sue Allen who has been teach
ing in Arson county is visiting her
father this week.
Mr.. Tommy Allen is in from the AT
! Ianta Dental college.
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-01-06
SDELIGHTs

The aan in the honeymoon is not q
myth.
The undertaken may be slow but he
is sure.
Sunshine eventually punctures the
thickest cloud.
Talk isn't cheap when you hire o
lawyer to do it for you.
A blind nan and a deaf servant
make an ideal combination.
The rooms in a house do not interest
the burglar as much as a good haul.
A small tumbler is responsible for
many Of the slips attributed to the
cup.
The more reason a man has for In
dignation the less comfort he gets out
Of it.
There is more true philosophy in an
inch of laughter than there is i n a yard
Of sarcasm.
Nothing makes an angry wife so
frantic as the refusal of her husband
to hand her a line of back talk.
An eccentric man is one who always
praises his neighbors, but he is never
considered so by the aforesaid neigh
bors.
Satan cares nothing whatever about
a mans attending church on the Sab
bath If he gets his services the other
six days in the week.
If a man would put only his own
property in his wife's name it wouldn't
be so bad, but Is a rule the most Of it
belongs to other people.
By the time the average nan reaches
the age of fifty he knows a lot Of
things he would like to get rid of at
SO per cent less than cost.
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-01-06

CheerfuIness.

Gentleness and cheerfulness, these
come before all morality-they are the
perfect duties. If your morals make
you dreary, depend upon 1t they are
wrong. l do not say give them up"
for they may be all you have; but con-
ceaI them like q vice, lest they should
spoil the hives OF better men4-RobeTt
Louis Stevenson
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-01-06
Size of the Earth,

- "a =-4@2~~-n
s ~po be exact, the diameter Of the
earth from pole to pole is 1899 miles;
the equatorial diameter being 1926
miles. The slight difference of diane
ter is, Of course, owing to the fatten-
ing out of the poles.
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-01-06
STAR BEAMS

Riches have wings, so people say
and werget o r when they soar away.
When an editor cannot take a joke,
the humorist grins-and continues
broke.
Said Eve unto Adam: cit gives me a
pain to see you walking the floor with
a CAIN" -
A clerk who hadn't saved a red one
day to his employer said: eff paid ac-
cording to my worth 1 very soon could
buy the earth."-Indianapolis Star.
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-01-06
MoToRGRAMS

.-H : + = = e." Z =.
A speeding car gathers no dust.
Two can motor as rapidly as. one.
lisa long lane that echoes no blow
,outssn , @<.
rAssfool and his car are soon
parted, zzss
aNaJ
More haste, more waste of money
for fines.
a quart Of gasoline is worth a span
Of horses.
It's a wise owner that does his own
repairing.
A peach beside you y worth two h
the tonnean
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-01-06
Daily Thought

Kind looks, kind words, kind acts
and warm Observation-Disclosures ere 4
secondary ean OF grace t's:i1
ars IL 3ro2a.s a1s 44tsias Iar ant
seen kzss--Dr. johu Hall
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-01-06
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

It's better to be ignored than
bored.
Even a new clock is apt to
show the marks of time.
The woman who is thoughtful
is never a successful gossip.
High living doesn't help much
toward the uplift of humanity.
Praise the man who asks you
for advice and he will be salts
fed.
Every man who is welded to
his ideal is more or less hen
pecked.
Cupid usually hits the mark,
but he selects some mighty poor
targets.
It's easier for a man to shut
up a 100-ton safe than a 100
pound wife.
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-01-06
LOOK THESE OVER

The more money a man has the less.
he worries about what people think Of
him. -.
Our idea of a smart young man is
one who succeeds in tanning his wild
oats.
Successful men are those who make
more money than their wives can
Spend.
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-01-06
WISDOM OF A WIDOW

Butter and axle grease look
alike to the man in love.
Truth is stranger than fiction
to the average married wom-
an.
Never judge what a woman
does by what her husband tells
her to do.
It is the easiest thing in the
world for a woman to drive her
husband. to drink.
A widower should at least pay
his first wife's funeral expenses
before he begins to sit up and
take notice again. =
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-01-06

The RAN in the honeymoon is not {
myth.
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-01-06

Sunshine eventually p~unctures the
thickest cloud.
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-01-06

The undertaken may be slow but b
is sure.
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-01-06

Talk isn't cheap when you hire
lawyer to do it for you.
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-01-06

A blind man and a deaf servan
make an ideal combination.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1916-04-27
JNo. KELLEY, OF FULTON,
HIGHWAY ENGINEER.

John p. Kelley, Of Fulton, has
been named as county highway
engineer 0f Fulton county for the
remainder of the year. This ac-
ton was taken by the Fiscal
Count in session at Hickman.
Monday, for which purpose the
magistrNtes met However, some
uther routine was disposed of at
the same sitting.
Mr.. Kelley is recommended very
highly as an engineer. At pres
ent he is associated in business
with his brother, w. C. Kelley.
who has charge of the Obion
County Drainage District work.
lie is a son of "Dick" Kelley
and Fulton county boy.
The salary for this office is
800 per month, but his services,
under the state aid road work
ing arrangement, will come at a
considerable less cost net TO the
county. In order 10 get state
and, the services Of a competent
engineer is necessary on the roads
receiving such aid. II has been
ascertained that an engineers
services for this work alone would
cost almost as much as the whole
salary of regularly employed
engineer. The court has shown
good business Judgment and fore
sight in their action of Monday.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1916-04-27
HICKMAN KENTUCKY THURSDAY APRIL e. 1919
spRADLIN & SON GET
BANK BUILDING CONTRACT.

W. j. Spadln q Son. local con
Tractors, Were the successful bid.
des on the work OF tearing
down ihe old Hickman Bank S
Trust Go. building and erection
a. a new one Ths work was
slb-let by the Southern seat a
Otbinei Co, of jackson. Tenn.
who have the contract for both
building and furnishings.
Mr.. Spradln informs a Courier
man that he expects to begin work
between the LIST and 18th of next
month. After the old building Is
Torn down, considerable excaya.
ilon n necessary 10 take care of
ihe heating plant, to be located
IN the basement before work
proper can start on the new
structure.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1916-04-27
WARMING TO CITY
TAX DELINQUENTs.

] take this means of notifying
the delinquent taxpayers of the
CITY of Hickman, that unless the
taxes I0r the year 1915 are inn
mediately paid, | will proceed TO
garnishee Tor poll taxes, and adj.
vertlse and sell all real estate on
which taxes remain unpaid. This
notice Is for the purpose Of slv-
ing you additional costs. or hav-
ing your wages garnisheed, and
unless you are certain that YOU
have paid your taxes for this
year, would advise an immediate
investigation. - Sid Handy, City
Tax Collector %