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Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1921-06-10

then to have a perfect epidemic Of
wrecks.
The boss turned the material trOu-
BILE over to Mr.. Van Britt and devoted
himself pretty strictly to the public
side Of things. Everywhere, and on
every occasional dinners at the diff
ferent chambers of commerce, and
public banquets given to this, that, or
the other visiting big-wig-he was al
ways ready to get on his feet and tell
the people that the true prosperity of
the country carried with 1t the pros
perity of the railroads; that the two
things we're one and inseparable; and
that, when it came right down to basic
facts, the railroads were really part
of the progress machinery of the cOun-
try at large and should be regarded
not as alien tax-collectors, but as con-
tributors to the general prosperity and
welfare.
BY this time, also, Red Tower Con-
solidated was beginning to find out
what 1t meant to have active COM
petition. The c. S. & w. people were
hammering their new plants into work
ing shape, and they were getting the
patronage, both of the producers and
consumers, hand over fist. Track facl-
titles and yard service were granted
freely; and while no discrimination
was permitted as against the Red
Tower people, the friendly attitude of
the road counted for something, as it
was bound to.
During those few prediction weeks
the New York end Of us seemed to
have petered out completely. We heard
nothing more from President DuntOn,
worse than an occasional wire COM
plant about the number Of wrecks
we were having, though the stock
was still going down, point by point,
and, so far as man up tree could
see, we were making no attempt to
show net earnings-were turning all
our money into betterments as fast as
1t came in. / knew that couldn't go
on. Without a furry Of some sort, the
New Workers would never be able to
break even, to say nothing OF profit,
and l looked every day for a howl
that would tear things straight up the
back.
While all these threads were weav-
ing along, I'm sorry to say that l
hadn't yet drummed up the courage
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1921-06-10
CHAPTER K
The Man at the Window

OF course, the first thing did, the
morning after that adventure in the
coal yard, was to tell the boss all
about it, and / was just foxy enough
to do it when Mr.. Ripley was present.
Mr.. Norcross didn't say much; and,
for that matter, neither did the law
yer, though he did ask the boss a
question or two about the real facts
in the Midland right-of-way squabble.
But l noticed, after that, that our
man Tarbell was continually turning
up at all sorts of times, and in all
sorts Of odd places, so / took it that
Ripley had given him his tip, and
that he was sort of Safeguarding Mr..
Norcross on the quiet, though / am
sure the boss didn't know anything
about that part of 1.-THE was such
square fighter himself that he prob
ably wouldn't have stood for it If he
had.
Meanwhile, things grew warmer and
warmer in the tussle we were making
to pull the old Short Line out of the
mud; warmer in a number Of ways,
because, In addition to the fight for
the public confidence, we began just
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1921-06-10

your administration a failure, It won't
hesitate to get rid Of you In the easiest
way that offers"
There was silence In the majors
den for minute or so, and then the
boss said:
"As usual, you know more than you
are willing to tell me-"
perhaps not" was the prompt an
swer. Perhaps / am only the on
looker-who can usually see things
rather better than the persons actual
ly involved. Hitherto / have urged
you to be bold, and then again to be
bold. Now / am begging you to be
prudent"
ain what way1"
"Careful for yourself. For example:
you walked out here this evening;
don't do that any more. Come In
falkland don't come alone"
couldn't see his frown of disagree
ment. but l knew well enough 1t was
there.
''There spoke the woman in you,"
he said. 'If / should show the white
feather that way, they'd have some ex-
cuse for potting me-"
There was a silence again. and I
got up quietly and crossed the dining
room to the big recessed window where
l stood looking out into the darkness
of the tree-shaded lawn. 1t was pretty
evident that Mrs. Sheila knew a heap
more than she was telling the boss,
just as he had said, and l couldn't
help wondering how she came to know
it. What she said about the increased
number of wrecks looked like pointer.
Was she in touch with the enemy in
some way9
Then my mind went back in flash
to what Maisie Ann had told me. Was
the husband who ought to be dead, and
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1921-06-10

wasn't, mixed up In it In any way?
Could 1t be possible that he was one
Of those who were in the fight on the
other side, and that she was still keep
ing in touch with him?
Pretty soon heard the murmur of
their voices again, but now l was so
far away from the bamboo-screened
door that l couldn't hear what they
were saying. ! wished they would
break 1t off so the boss could go, 1t
was getting late, and there had been
enough said to make me wish we
were both safely back In the hotel.
It's that way sometimes, you know, in
spite of all you can do. You hear
talk, and you can't help reading be-
tween the lines. l knew, as well as
knew that l was alive, that Mrs.
Sheila meant more than she had said !:
perhaps more than she had dared to
say.
1t was while was standing there
In the big window that saw the man
on the lawn. At first / thought 1t was
Tarbell, who was never very far out
of reach when the boss was running
loose. But the next minute / saw
was mistaken. The man under the
trees had on a long travelling coat
that came nearly to his heels, and his
cap was the kind that has two visors,
one in front and the other behind.
Realizing that it wasn't Tarbell, l
stood perfectly STILL The house was
lighted with gas, and the dining-room
chandelier had been turned down, so
there was a chance chat the skulker
under the trees wouldn't see me stand
ing in the corner of the box window.
To make 1t surer, / edged away until
the curtain hid me- / was just in time.
The. man had crept out Of his hiding
place and was coming up to the win
dow on the outside. As he passed
through the dim beam of light thrown
by the turned-down chandelier. saw
that he had a pistol in his hand, or a
weapon of some kind anyway, !
caught the CLINT of the gas-light on
dull steel.
That stirred me up good and plenty.
l still had the gun had taken out of
Fred Mays drawer; had carried it
ever since the night when 1t had
mighty nearly got me killed off in the
Red Tower coal yard. flshed 1t out
and made ready, thinking, Of course,
that the skulker must certainly be one
OF Clanahan's gunner. / still had
that idea when l felt rather than saw,
that the man was pulling himself up
to the window so that he could take
a look into the dining room.
The look satisfied him, apparently,
for the next second / heard him drop
among the bushes; and when l stood
up and looked out again could just
make him out going around toward
the back of the Mouse. l knew the
house like book, and without making
any noise about it slipped through
the buffers pantry and got a look
out of rear window. My man was
there, and he was working his way
sort of blindly around to the den side
Of the place.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1921-06-10

to tell the boss the truth about Mrs.
Shella. He kept on going to the
majors every chance he had, and
Maisie Ann was making life miserable
for me because / hadn't told him
calling me coward and everything
under the sun. told her to tell him
herself, and she retorted that / knew
she couldn't: that 1t was my Job and
nobody else's. We fused over 1t a
lot; and because l most always con-
trived some excuse to chase out to the
Kendrick house at the boss heels
merely to help Tarbell keep cases on
him-there were plenty of chances for
the fussing.
It was on one of these chasing trips
to "Kenwood" that the roof fell In.
The major had gone out somewhere
to the theater, l guess-taking his wife
and Maisie Ann, and the boss and
Mrs. Sheila were sitting together In
the majors den, with a little coal
blaze iE the basket crate because the
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1921-06-10
CHAPTER discontinued.

B.
1t was up to me to move again.
Henckel was striking matches and
holding them SO that Clanahan could
look under the cars, and could feel,
In anticipation, the shock of bullet
from the big gun in the diyekeeper's
fat fist as | crawled cautiously out
on the far side. Creeping along be-
hind the string of coal cars | came
presently to the great gantry crane
used for unloading the fuel. 1t was a
huge travelling machine, straddling the
tracks and a good part Of the yard,
and the clam-Shell grab-bucket was
down, resting on it's two lips on the
ground.
At first thought of climbing to the
framework of the crane and trying to
hide on the big bridge beam. Then
/ saw that the two halves of the clam
shell bucket were slightly open, just
wide enough to let me squeeze in.
If they were looking for a full-sized
man-Tarbell, for instance, who was
as husky as farm-hand-they'd never
think Of that crack in the bucket; and
in another second had wriggled
through the V-shaped opening ard was
sitting bumped up In one Of the halves
of the clam-shell.
That was a mighty good guess.
When Hatch came back with his gun,
they combed that coal yard with
fine-tooth comb, using a lantern that
Hatch had gotten from somewhere and
missing no hole or corner where a
man might hide, save and excepting
only the one ! had pre-empted.
As 1t happened, the search wound
up finally under the crane, with the
three standing so near that l could
have reached out of the crack between
the bucket halves and touched them.
"Der tuyfel has gone NIT himself
Offer der fence, yes?' pulled Henckel.
And then: "Vot for ISIS he shoot off
dem pistols, ennahowG"
Clanahan confessed, I suppose be-
cause he knew he would have to, sooner
or later.
"It was a hold-up," he growled. 9Th
warrants gone out av my pocket"
Hatch's comment on this was fairly
bloOd-curdling in its profanity.
"Then it's up to you to get him some
other way, you blundering son of
theft" ne ragged. Il don't care what
you do but if you don't make this
country too hot to hold him, it's go
ing to get too hot to hold you'll" And
what more he was going to say, l
don't know, for at that moment be-
lated police patrol began pounding at
the gates on the town side and want
ing to know what all the shooting was
about.
1t was after they had all gone away,
leaving the big coal yard in silence
and darkness, that / got mine, good
and hard. Sitting all punched up in
The grab-bucket and waiting for my
chance to climb out and make a get
away, the common sense reaction came
and saw what ! had done. With the
best intentions In the world, in trying
to kill off the chance offered to the
enemy by the Oregon warrant and
the trumped-up charge of murder, l
had merely saved the boss an arrest
and a possible legal tangle and had
put him in peril of his life.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1921-06-10
THE FACE AT THE WINDOW.

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Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1921-06-10
Howard CollingwOOd, New
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CTo BE coNTINUmA
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-06-16
THURSDAY. JUNE 1e, 1921.

Referring to the recent state
ment Of Col. Harvey, American
ambassador to Great Britain, that
America entered the World war
TO, selfish purposes, Governor
Cooper says: America entered
the war for an ideal, fought it
out to victory, and then lost it.
The governor statement, we
think, would have been stronger
had he said America surrendered
after winning the war. AS time
goes on the nation is becoming
more and more keenly sensitive
Of the fact that America has
nothing to be proud of but much
to regret in the settlement of
conditions growing out of the
war. Distress covers the entire
country, due to the result of the
elections last fall. Had the peo-
pie elected Cox and a Congress
which would have Immediately
ratified the Treaty of Versailles
America would have resumed her
place as leader of the nations.
trade would have been reopened
with the world and the hardships
10 which millions of people are
being subjected would have been
avoided.
In an effort TO stem the tide of
opposition which is rising over the
country to the Harding adlnmiS-
tration because no intelligent cf-
fort is being made in Washington
TO enact legislation to relieve rh.:
business depression and thereby,
halt further unemployment, Re-
publican newspapers in the North
are telling their readers that it
is not part Of the business of the
national administration to find
profitable markets for. farm pro-
duce or to help men hold their
jobs, that the hard times" is
simply a manifestation of the re-
action that was sure to follow on
the heels of the prosperous war
days. These newspapers have
changed their tune since the cleo
tion last fall. Then they told us
that the Democratic administra-
tion was responsible for the ills
besetting the country and that if
Harding and Congress in sym
pathy with his views were elected
conditions would begin to improve
as soon as President Wilson went
out of office. Now these papers
are saying that political prejudice
promotes the condition of which
many are complaining and the
way to bring about better times
is for the individual 40 recognize
his responsibility and do less talk
ing against the office holders, the
men they .solemnly assured us some
months ago would be able to work
wonders when it came to the sim
pie matter of making prosperity
Tor everybody. This sort of back
tracking wilt not deceive the coun-
try. Everybody remembers that
the newspapers which urged the
election yof Harding and even
Harding himself promised the peo-
pie that normal conditions would
be reestablished il "the only par
ty with enough brains and patri-
otism to conduct the nation s bus
mess" were restored to power.
Fortunately another Congress will
be elected next year aud three
years hence another president.
The Republicans are not redeem
ing their prediction promises
and the people know it. g.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-06-16

Col. Il. W. Hamilton and Miss
Linnie Hamilton of Jonesville
were guests this week of Mr.. and
Mrs. Osmond Barber.
Miss Susie White, who has held
a government position in Wash
mgton for several years, is ex-
pected to return to her home in
Fort Mill township July l.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-31
BOULDER TO BE HEADSTONE
 AT GRAVE OF BURROUGHS

PoughIleepsie. N. Y, March Se.-A large boulder upon which John Bur roughs played as boy and sat in study of nature as a. man and world-rcnown- ed naturalist, will form the headst9h= of the grace where nis body s 10 be inferred next Sunday, on h.s Atn oir'E- day.
 The burial plot. seiecteI tolav by rel atives of the great nH:. rd:ist who died suddenly yesterday while returning to his home near here OF 2 passenger train, is high in the CatJkil Maintains at Roxbury. A landscape expert acc9mpan- jed a funeral director there today 10 plan a little park ar1 grave.
 A few feet from the burial ground stands the old house m which Mr. Bur roughs was born. A httle distance awi7 is "Woodchuck Hole" the summer camp of the naturalist.
 His perennial playma.es who cnJoy- ed outings there-Thomas A. Ediscu Henry Ford and Harvey s. FireSone-- are expected to attend the funeral ser vices Saturday at the na.ura 'st's home Riveryby, a few mics up ;ae Hudson from Poughkeepsie. and to accompany the body to its final resting place.
 Messages of condolence continued ( ! reach the relatives today. but they de. clined to make any of them public.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-31
AGENTS RAID FARM IN
 GEORGIA ON PEoNAGE CHARGE

Covington. Ga. March 3o.-Federal agents. raided the farm in Jasper coun- ty today of John S. Williams charged with having cau/1 the murder of elev- en negroes and arrested several negro farm hands whom they desired as ma terial witnesses in the investigation of alleged peonage on the farm which is declared to have been the cause of the wholesale killings.
 Williams. it was announced today by Judge John B. I1utcheson, presiding judge in the Newton County superior court, will be placed on trial here next Tuesday on one of the murder indict ments which followed the finding of the bodies of three negroes in a river in this county More than 100 veniremen have been summoned. Governor Dorsey has suggested to officials that Williams be tried on each of the murder charges sep- arately
 There are three murder charges in Newton county agaist Williams, who. &C., coraing to- Clyde Manning, his ne. gro farm boss, brought three negroes into this county and had them drowned The Jasr% county grand jury will meet April Il to inquire into the deaths of elght negroes whose bodies were foun Tn that county and the governor has asked the jurors not only to .a0ict | Williams and Manning but also the three | younger sons of Williams.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-31
2os RAILROADS SHOW DEFICIT
 or s1,1s7,soo FOR JANUARY

Washington, March 30.-A deficit for January of SLICES was shown for POP railroads of the country in reports sub mftted to the interstate ooramerce conH mission, the association of railway exe4- utives, announced tonight. Tabulation of the reports as furnished them, the association added. showed that 109 of railroads whose . reporty were made available failed to earn expenses and taxes during the month. Of these 1O9, it is said, 45 were in the eastern Is in the southern and AS sn the western dis tricts. This compares, it was added, with SS who failed to earn expenses and tax es in December.
 Operating revenues for January, &C., cording to the announcement, were $46S,- SS4,000. an increase of 5 1-2 per cent. over. January, 1920, while the. operating expenses were s442,474,oo an increase of 6 9-5 per cent. over the corresponding period year ago. The net operating in come, which was not given, represented a decrease of 120.6 pc rcent as com pared with January, 1920, it was said. I' Freight revenues amounted to S32S,-
 5S6,000, an increase of 1-3 per cent over the previous January and passeng- CT revenues were S105.247, 900. an in- crease over January, 1920, of If 3-5 pe1 cent
 Roads of the eastern district failed by 116 per cent. to receive the amounts es- timated. the statement said. With only the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh missing. The operating revenues of the l eastern acrriers were s212S44,O0o. AT
 increase of 11.3 per cent. over those fol January, 1920. while the total .operatin, expenses were $206,3S0. .000. an increas IOf O net operating income showed dficit O. ! $4.7s4.0e0 which was 51.7 per cent les l than for the same month last year, whel l there was also a deficit
Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-31

attorneys by sei,etmen; providing for employment of detectives by state attor- neys and giving the detectives power to make arrests, regulating the sale of light ming rods providing for certification Of professional engineers and land survey ors providing uniform laws regarding fraudulent conveyances creating tenn porary commission on state office build ing compelling disclosure of bank de- posits of any person receiving state aid :; repeating the sale of eggs law, providing an indefinite clos season tor protec- tion of quail and gray squirrels, limiting payment of average school attendance grant to towns whose grand list is not more than s5,000,ooo.
 On recommendation of the committee on education the bill concerning United States aid for vocational training was referred to the committee on appropria- tions The cities and boroughs commit tee had referred to the judiciary com rnittee the bill concerning operation Of public service motor vehicles in competi- ton with street railway companies. The committee on agriculture reported l favorably today the swim milk bill, the bill concerning tubercuiin in animals. and ! the bill concerning dog wardens. Other bills favorably reported by committees | were. tSO9uS, IlNerS dHu 1 izing the highway commissioner to super wise the building of certain roads; edu-
 cation-concerning education of the blind
 sale of lands-providing for sale of land
 in East Granby purchased in 1917 by the
 state for a prison site; interpretations amending charter of the Manchester
 Electric. Light Co.,. finance-authorizing
 town of Madison to issue school bonds | requiring town clerks to file notice oi | transfers with the assessors education providing for division of special depart ment of education.
 Bills favorably reported by the Judi ciary committee included. measures pro
 viding for the posting by hotel Keepers in the rooms of the hotel the daily ant i weekly rates for rooms and meals; pro vidng for conservation .of public watel
 supply; concerning support of certain per 1 sons in state institutions; providing pro
 ceodings for divorce on ground of insan l ity providing for refund to state .bl persons receiving support; requiring fIint of maps of land with town clerk con lcernihg increase in fees of jurors; con cernihg- the Connecticut reformatory concerning deportation of certain per
 sons concerning disposition of. fines an
 forfeitures ins automobile law violations
 concerning neglect to file anual report of. corpora tions; concerning .naturaliza
 ton of aliens providing for publicatio
 of digest of compensation reports.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-31
VIVIAN WAS RECEIVED . BY PRESIDENT HARDING

Washington. March 30.-Rene .Vivisni, former premier of France, who is here on a mission of courtesy was received by President Harding at the White House late today after he had formally present. ed his credentials as an. envoy xtraord- mary to this country to Secretary Hughes at the state department.
 At both the White House and the state repartment. NJ. Viviani was accompanied by Ambassador Jusseraad, and accord ing to statements by officials at their conclusion, the former premier's visit re- mains nothing more than lone of courte- sy.'' It was intimated by those attached to his mission. however. that as an en- voy from France he would give an at tentbve to any suggestions involving the relations of France with the United States.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-31
WAIVED EXAMINATION ON
 A CHARGE OF PEoNAGE

Montgomery, Ala, March 3o.-In the D1idst of a preliminary hearing before United States Commissioner James F.. Parish today, James T. Tyner and Ar thur Farmer, planteAs of Pike county. waived further examination on a charge of peonage and were admitted to bail in the sum of $5,0o0 each to await action by the federal grand jury
 Two witnesses for the government has testified when counsel for the planters announced that the hearing would be waived.
 Tyner and Farmer are alleged by gov ernment agents, who made an investiga- tion on their plantations, to have held Jim Stenson and Joe Stenson in state of servitude. It is charged that the negroes were forced to work against will and without ordinary wages.