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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-16

back ar-0ss the river He could see
hts start Of surprise as his eyes fell
gpoa tile pursuing canoe and called the
attention of his followers 10 tJ.
Nov The canoe was within easy
spea King distance OF the shore.
#aar do you waut7" yelled NAL
aihn raising his weapon threateningly.
Iua. hang you" shouted Baynes,
whlHpaE out his revolver and firing al
Hest suultaDeously with the Swede
IS the two reports rang out Malbihn
dropped his rifle, clutched franticaly
OF Bis breast. staggered, fell, first q
MS i,Hea- and then lunged upon his
face Bagnes sd1ened, His head few
back spasmodlcauy. For an instant
ne stood thus and then crumpled very
gently into the bottom Of the boat.
Baynas turned weakly IN the diree-
ton eff the sh0re. "a see Bfalbihn drawn
up upon his elbows Ieveling his rifle
az him. The Englishman slid to the
bottom Of the canoe ~ a bullet WHIT
Zed above him. Ma}hlhn, sore hit, took
longer in aiming. nor was his ain as
saFe as formerly
B-.h difficulty Bsynes turned hiln-
se4g over on his stomach and, grasping
atS revolver In bis right, hand, drew
himself gp Until he could look over
the edge Of the canoe.
Aal6lhn saw him instantly and fired,
aqt Baynes did not finch or duck.
Viii paiusgaking care ne aimed at the
2FgeC upon the shore. away from
Faiea he aow was drifting with the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-16
CHAPTER XVI.
4 &fw4ss4n MpSf!4rv


Sometimes Iollng upon Tantor's
baS., sometimes roaming the jungle in
solitude, Korak made his way slowly
toward the west and south. He made
but few miles a day, for he had q
whole lifetime before him and no place
in particular TO 90. Possibly he would
have moved more rapidly but for the
thought which continually haunted him
that each mile he travelled carried him
farther and farther away from Mer-
iem-no longer his Meriem. as Of yore,
it is tine. but sti1 as dear to him as
eyer.
Thus he came upon the trail OF the
shelk's band as 1t Travelled down river
from the point where the sheiEl had
captured 1Ieriem to its own stoekade3
village. Suddenly he came to the camp
Of the renegade Swede Malbiha whose
black attendants fed In terror at sight
Of Tantor and Korak.
Maibihn lay 10 q hammock beneath
q canopy before his tent His wounds
we're painful. and he had lost much
blood. lie was very weak. He looked
up in surprise SIS he heard the screams
of his men and saw them running TO
ward the gate.
And then from around the corner Of
his tent doomed q huge bulk and Tan
TOR, the great tusker. lowered above
him.
MalbIhns hoy, feeling neither affec
ton nor loyalty for his master, broke
and ran at the first glimpse of Tx
beast, ard Mslbihu was left alone ana
helpless. The elephant stopped &
couple Of PAGES from the wounded
mans hammock Malbihn covered
moaning. He was too weak to escape
He could only lie there with staring
ewes, GAZING in horror into the blood
trimmed, angry little orbs fixed upor
him, and await his death.
Then, 10 his establishment, q mar
SLID to the ground from the elephants
back. Almost at once Malbihn recog
nlsed the strange figure as Thar Of tbs
/ creature Who coasorted with apes ant
/ baboona-the white warrior Of the jun
gle, Malbihn covered still lower
| 1t was from Malblhn's dying lip.
/ that Korak learned Of the Swedes en-
/ counter with Baynes and how Meriem
was again In the camp Of the sheik
| Korak lost no time In seeking her,
/! When speed was required Korak de
I pended upon no other muscles than hi
own, and so Il was that the momen
Tantor had landed him safely upor
/ the same side Of the river as lay til,
village OF tha aheik the ape man de
/ serted his bulky eomrade and took Il
the trees in a rapid race toward Ia
south and the SPOT where the Swed,
/ had told him Meriem might be.
II was dark when he came 10 III,
pallsade. strengthened consldarabI.
since the day that he had rescued
Nertem from her pltiful life within IL
cruel confines, No longer did the gian
tree spread iEs branches above Gb,
wooden rampant, but ordinary MAI
made defeases were scarce cousidere'
obstacles by korak,
I.oosenlng the rope at his waist, b
tossed the moose over one Of the sharp
/ ened posts that composed the palisadt
A moment later his eyes were ahoY
the level of the obstacles. taking IN 81
within their range beyond, There va
no one In sight close By, and kora
drew himself CO the top and droppe
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-16

in she palisade. The shelk. rife In
hand. rushed directly in the path If
the raddened brute He raised his
weapon and fired once The bullet
missed rs mars, and Ian!or was upon
him. crushing him beneath bis gigantic
feet SIS he raced over him. And then.
bearing his burden carefully Tantor,
the elephant, entered the blilekness OF
the Jungle
In a moment il was at over, and the
elephant had disappeared with his
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-16


Morrison Squares Accounts.
A mile away toward the east, fight
,r way through ne Jungle along
The Ha.l taken hy Ialblhn when he
had brought MerIem to his camp, .
man ia torn Khaki. filthy. haEgard, un-
RemBf came to o sudden st0p as the
rap3r " rife resoundsd family
through taa tangled forest The black
nan .g ahead gf him stopped TOO.
owe are almost there, Bwana.' he
SAID There was awe end respecr ii
hIs aae and manner
Tha white man nodded and motioned
BIZ ssaa guide forward once more It
uas aa Bon Morrison BGynes, the tss-
adaa laa exquisite His facs and
hand we're scratched and sneared
v.,t dried blood from tAe wounds he
had come b7 FL thorn and th.eket, His
c.r.a wne eag-ars Bur through the
blood l .he c.rt and ,le rags q rev
Haga sa5ae corth--a handsoIner
Baya than the dandy aad fop Of
gore
Aside two forged ahead toward thelr
goal .av ver5 startled by q volley Of
Shots ahead Of them Then came a
far scattering reports, some savage
veIl- end silence.
nauas was frantic in his endaavors
10 1armee more rapidly. but here the
fta7 seemed -hulsands4id more
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-16
Continued next Wednesday,
AUSTRIA GIFTS nrrR nr-rpr-T,

aNy ME NN , AfLLN UN II Z 4.
Berne. Jan. 20.-(By mail. THE
output Of beer in Austria has been re-
duced TO eight per cent Of the peace
time production. according to an Of
fetal order effective from Jan. /,
The Robesonian., 1918-01-10
STATE NEWS

STATE NEWS
Mr.. Jas. Francis Post, treasurer of
the Atlantic Coast Line Ry. Co., died
at his home in Wilmington Saturday.
He was 67 years old.
The Robesonian., 1918-01-10
BELLAMY BRIEFS
Antioch School Opened Monday
Personal Mention.

Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Bellamy, Jan. 8-Mrs. Nellie Small
and son, Mr.. Albert, spent the week
end at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. W.
w. Pitman.
Wr. and Mrs. Fred Dellinger and
.Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Branch were Lum-
berton visitors Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs Walter Pitman spent
Saturday night and Sunday visiting
:at Cedar Grove.
Mr.. J. H. Mclean spent Sunday
with home folks.
Mr., 6. ". Barfield spent last Fri
day at Bladenboro on business.
Mr. Pope Pitman of St. Paul spent
Saturday with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lewis Pitman.
Mr.. j. B. Mclean and daughter,
Miss Lille, were Lumberton visitors
Monday.
Mr.. Raymond Capps of Fayetteville
spent the past week with his brother
in-law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Pitman
Mrs. R. T. Barfield and little daugh-
ter, Gertrude of Bladenboro, visited
at the home of Mr.. G. w. Barfield Sat-
nrday night and Sunday.
School opened at Antioch Monday
with Mr.. Frank Israel principal and
Miss Townsend assistant.
The Robesonian., 1918-01-10
NEWS NOTES AND COMMENT
A Spell of Weather-ChurchNo otes
Let Tillers Of the Soil be
Energetic and Wise.

Correspondence Of The Robesonian.
Lumberton, r. s, Jan ALI thanks
to the past good Old Year and every
welcome to the New. We wish for
our county commissioners and board
of education in this, the first trans
action Of their official business for
the New Year, much success, case and
happiness all the way through, and
to all The Robesonian's readers peace
and plenty.
The weather has been severe. The
record shows that it was general.
From Mortified, Vermont, where the
mercury went to 26 below zero, to
New Orleans, 10 above. On Febru-
airy 13, 1899, both in Charleston and
New Orleans the temperature was Z
above. The weather bureau in Charles
ton was established AT years ago, and
the both day Of last month was the
coolest December day in it's history
the minimum of IL degrees being
recorded; and in Florence all records
were smashed with minium Of l de-
gree above. Progress in all lines of
work is hindered during such hard
weather, but we are glad it does not
happen that way often.
Services with the churches at Ce-
dar Grove and Singletary's Cross
Roads, respectively, were reasonably
well attended yesterday, and our col
lectiors for the aged ministers were
fine. The collection at Cedar Grove
was CAT per cent above what
it was last year. The ev-
ery-member canvass for missions has
been put into operation at Cedar
Grove, Misses Eureka Pitman, Addie
Annette and Mrs. c. M. West being
the committee. Already one member
has subscribed and actually paid as
much to foreign missions as the whole
church paid last year. Our people
are beginning to understand the plan,
and it will be blessed success.
We had three nice tomato plants
boxed away in the flower house al
most ready to bloom, but the cold put
them out of business along with many
of the madam's choice flowers. There
was lighted lantern in the house to
help sustain them, but it availed moth
ing. We hope Mr.. Whitfield may be
successful with his bush It looks
like all the greens" are killed, and
what shall we boil for dinner? Dry
peas, of course.
With 100000 miles of railroads un-
der his direction, Mr.. McAdoo has
quite job in connection with his 9TH
er duties; but he is proving himself
capable and wise. Mr.. Hoover is al
so, managing the food proposition
splendidly. We are proud of our gov
ernment. Now let all tillers of the
soil be energetic and wise, and with
the smiles of a gracious Providence
our people will have plenty and to
spare.
J. M. FLEMING
The Robesonian., 1918-01-10
DRAINAGE TAX LAND
SALE.

By authority vested in me as Sher-
III OF Robeson county, I will on Mon
day, the 4th day of February, 1918.
at IL o'clock, noon, at the court house
in Lumberton, N. c., sell for cash to
the highest bidder the following lands
in the Back Swamp and Jacob Swamp
Drainage District of Robeson county
to satisfy the Drainage Tax for 1917.
The Coconino sun., 1918-06-07
HUNT CALLS AT JAIL
 TO VISIT SEDITIONIST

When Governor Hunt arrived in this city Saturday, ore of the first things he did was to go to the county jail and ask for permission to talk with A. E. Nichol, an Oatman man who is being held here awaiting trans fer to the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan.
 Nichol was sentenced to the federal prison at the March term of the U. s. court after he had confessed that he made siditious utterances and slight ing remarks about the United States army. The jail officials allowed Nichol to come out into the corridor where he remained in conference with Gov. Hunt for several minutes, the nature of the conservation not being learned. The prisoner is under sentence of thir- teen months in the federal prison.--- Prescott Journal-Miner.
The Coconino sun., 1918-06-07
CHURCH DIRECTORY
Federated Church

Services every Sunday, as follows: Sunday School 9:45 am. Preaching service n m. Junior Endeavor p. m. Senior En deavor p. m. Evening Worship, 8:i5 o'clock You are cordially invited to worship with us Strangers always welcome
 OLIVER s. BAUM, Minister.
The Coconino sun., 1918-06-07

A shipment of 10000 pounds of leather from the Mexican tannery at Agua Prieta has been crossed over the line and is held in Douglas ware house pending its sale. It is valued at $18,000.
The Coconino sun., 1918-06-07
CLASSIFIED ADS A direct and economical medium for buyer or seller Use this column, it pays
WANTED.

Look! Read! Think! Write! Good refined lady wishes position as cook on ranch or logging camp. My ad- dress is Mrs. Cora Cannon, Mesa, Arizona. J7-21
The Coconino sun., 1918-06-07

Four hundred recruits for the 30Sth cavalry have arrived at Douglas from Camp Fremont, California.
The Coconino sun., 1918-06-07
School of the Nativity

Adventist Church
 Sabbath School Service at 2p. m. Preach. tng at 8 D. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday evenings at 7:30. Preaching service every Sun. day evening at 7:30.. Everybody welcome.
The Coconino sun., 1918-06-07

Lost--Bunch of postage stamps. Finder will be paid reward by return ing same to A. l.. & T. office.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-23
THE "WAR CHEST" PLAN.

Several American cities have adopted
the "war chest" plan of financing war
activities. Chief among them is Column
bus. Ohio, where one big "pot" is made Of
all war finances, and more or less con-
tinuous campaign is in progress.
The plan has some features to commend
It. but it is doubtful if its good features
Offset its disadvantages.
To begin with, the division OF the funds
cannot fail to cause friction. What Just
basis can be found for apportioning one
lump sum among the Red Cross, the Y. nj.
G. A., the Y. W. G. A, the Knights Of Co
lumbus the Salvation Army and the rest
of the war fundsi Dissatisfaction is
bound to arise, and it leaves an opening
for the insidious opponent of the war to
get in his work.
Again the question of what funds shall
be recognized by the war chest, arises. Who
shall say what funds shall share, and what
is to prevent an unrecognized fund proceed
ing with an independent eanvassF
But the chief objection is that the force
Of direct appeal is lost. The appeal of the
Red Cross is universal 1t hes an establish
ed record. Soliciting for it, is like selling
q nationally advertised product with an es-
tablished trade name. The same applies
to the Y. M. G. A., the Y. W. @. A, the
Knights Of Columbus and the Salvation
army. These organizations have long rec
ords of usefulness In theory the war chest
would combine the force of all these rec
ords, but in practice it wouldn't do any
such thing. It would be compelled to es-
tablish record Of its own; popularity OF
its own; q reputation for efficiency OF ITS
own.
Last spring The Forum urged that all
methods of raising money for the Red Cross
be combined and that direct appeal for
monthly contributions be made. This plan
has been adopted and it is working well
But to extend the plan to include all &C
tivities in one war chest, would be step OF
very doubtful value.
The war chest has a rather striking ap-
peal at first glance, but enthusiasm for it
doesn't grow as it is studied more closely.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-23
RUssIA's HARVEST.

Russia already is reaping the harvest
she sowed when she ruined her foreign
credit as a nation and repudiated her
debts.
The Russia finance minister has just
brought in his budget showing expendi-
lures of about twelve times the income.
In the disorganized state of the country,
the first tax collectors on the ground get
the money, and the national collectors
are not the first. The local taxes are
gathered, and the national treasury gets
what is left.
All sources of loans have been dried
up by Russia action in repudiating her
debts, and the Bolshevik government is
facing a problem in finance that appears
impossible of solution.
The hardest lesson for amateur legis-
lators to learn seems to be that the bust
ness of nations like the business of indi-
vidusls, is done largely on credit, and that
credit is something TO be guarded as jeal-
ously as a woman guards her fair name.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-23
HEROES OF THE AIR.

Germany's greatest aviator, Baron Won
Richthofen, has met his fate at last, and
has gone the way of Boelke, Guypemer,
and many of the other famous heroes Of
the air.
Won Richthofen is credited with sew
enty-eight victories" in the air, having
just won his seventy-eighth when shot
down. Compared to the modest scores Of
some of the French and British airmen
this would make his appear superhuman
among the air heroes. But it is very
doubtful if the German hero, great as he
was, has more actual victories to his credit
than Guynemer had or than several of the
French and British aviators now have. AM
entirely different system of counting vic
tories" is used in the two armies. If
German sends a machine down either be-
hind his own lines or in the enemy lines,
he is credited with victory" An Eng
lish or French aviator must have wit
nesses to establish the fact that machine
was actually destroyed before he is per-
mitted to claim it as part of his record
Under the German plan of counting ''vic-
tories" Guynemer, the great Frenchman,
might easily have doubled or tripled his
wonderful record.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-23
The Fifth Time She Got Him

The following account in the April Womans
Home Companion gives an idea Of the methods
that enabled the little town Of Glen Ridge N. j.,
to turn in a record subscription to the second
Liberty Loan:
iIt was agreed that for every district Of fifty
houses approximate there should be one man
captain and one woman captain and under each
OF them there should be respectively Ave men
and I'VE women Meutenants And very interest
ing were the Instructions. They consisted OF two
words: Work together
"And how they did work together There did
not seem to Be any cut~and -dTied system. The
men canvassed in the evening, and the women
III the daytime. AS have indicated the woni-
en- would frequently get subscriptions after the
men had failed. The actual fact seemed to be
that the women were more persistent than the
made her report:
sI have called on one man four times The
arst time he wouldn't look at me. The second
time he told me he would not subscribe under
anv circumstances. The third time. he said he
couldn't afford it The last time, he told me
lie would think II over And tomorrow Ill ret
him. And she did.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-23
FAVORS SERVING CITY
WITHOUT COMPENSATION
Mayor Dunn, Of Park River, Suggests
Return to Old System IN Mes
saas-Appointeea Are Made.

Park River. M. D.. April 2s.-John
A. Dunn, Park Rivers new mayor,
declared at the organizayIon meeting
or the city council, that he would like
to have the council consider the adj
visibility Of returning to the old sya-
tenn OF serving without compensation.
when the city was Incorporated
twenty years ago, said Mayor Dunn,
"a provision was made that the mayor
and the aldermen were TO serve wikh-
out pay, Later on this was changed
and compensation fixed for their SER
vices.
Il would ask the city council OF
Park River to consider the advisable
ity OF returning to the old system.
not only to save money but because I
firmly believe ii would have ten
dency to bring forward men Of un-
selfish motives and patriotic pur-
poses"
Following are the names Of the
new city officials as appointed: City
auditor, Melvin Moore: city attorney,
~ Smith Peterson: health officer,
DR.. nj. Hansen; city engineer. X. J.
Farup; assistant superintendent of
the light plant, A. Wakeford; mana
ser OF the opera house. Fl. G. Otto:
pound master, ole Akerland; and
CHER Of police and street commits
siOner, Chris Schlenk.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-23

Cleveland, o. Prince Sarath
Ghosh. q member Of an ancient fam
lily OF India, who recently lectured
here on "The Destiny OF America
and whose lecture tour will take him
to many OF the larger American
cities. plans 20 make America his
home.
The prince was educated in Eng
land. taking several honors at Cam
bridge and oxford, and has been a
world wide traveller. He Is the
author OF several works on political
sociological and other subjects and
has written novels, including 1901
Indian Nights" THE Verdict Of the
Gods" and THE Prince OF Destiny
His wondrous tales OF India inter-
est children and frequently In Lon
don he entertained them at parties
given by the lord mayor. These tales
have been told in America by the
prince, under the auspices of the
New York. Kindergarten association.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-23
ONE PACIFTsT CONVERTED.

Secretary Baker is generally credited
with having given the deciding vote for
the appointment of an Allied commander
in-chisf. the announcement of the appoint
ment Of General Foch following close up
on the arrival in France of the American
war secretary.
Another equally vital result of the
American war secretary's visit, is expect
ed to be forthcoming in a request OF con-
gress 10 provide for an additional l,OOO,-
600 men. In February, it was estimated
that the government would provide
for 100000 men during the next fiscal
year. That figure has now been increased
to 100000, and it may be necessary to
double 1t before the war is won. Repre-
sentative Kahn Of California even insists
that an army Of 100000 men should be
raised, equipped and sent to France within
the next two years
Certainly, if allowing the American
war secretary to view the war for himself
instead Of from $4,000 miles away"
brought such immediate results, the jour
ney was well worth while.
IF it comes to a choice between putting
100000 men into the field for six months,
or 100000 men in for five years, there
should be no hesitancy in deciding.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-23
AReal Peace

(By william Almon Wolf OF The Vigilantes)
Everyone wants peace. But IL must be a real
peace. The last hope Of q beaten Germany Is
to get peace that win not be real one. Clear.
straight thinking In America this spring VIII
help 10 make that impossible. That. after all,
Ii the vital need 20 this hour II isn't straight
thinking that led some people TO see. I'm Won
Hertlng'a reply to President Wilson's last speech
an agreement in the matter OF Belgium The
German chancellor said. I'm effect that Germany
had never meant TO keep Belgium. and that the
whole matter OF Belgium was one to be brought
up in the peace conference.
Never! The only question that can even con-
ceivaby come up concerning Belgium In the
peace conference is that Of the exact method by
which Germany is to make what little repaFatiou
money can make for the crime OF rape There
can't be a peace conference, even. until Germany
has agreed. convincingly. TO evaouate Belgium
and repair the wrong she has done there. And
that applies much to northern France and to
Servia as to Belgium.