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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-07-22

good deep breath of free air and shake
my fist at your blamed old cow-track
Of railroad and tell it to go to the
devil You shouldn't deny me little
pleasure like that"
1t was getting under the boss skin
at last: 81 can't believe that you
really want to resign" he broke out,
sort of hopelessly. Its simply pre-
posterous !"
"Pull it down out of the future and
put it in the present, and you've got
it," said Mr.. Van Britt. II have re-
signed. l wrote it out on piece of
paper and dropped it into your mail
box as l came through the outer office.
It's signed, sealed, and delivered. You'll
give me testimonial, or something of
that sort, ITO Whom 1t May Concern
won't you? I've been obedient and
faithful and honest and efficient, and
all that, haven't II"
"Td like to know where you got your
liquor, Upton. That is the most char
liable construction l can put upon all
InlS. why, mdu dAlNC' yOu AC quitting
me in the thick of the toughest fight
the grafters have put up!"
"Yes, l know; but mans got only
one life to live, and I've always had
a sneaking sympathy for the high pri-
vate in the front rank who didn't want
to stand up and get himself shot full
of holes. I'm running, and if you
should ask me why, I'd tell you what
the retreating soldier told Stonewall
Jackson; he said he was running only
because he couldn't fly" Once more
the boss grew silently thoughtful. Out
of the digging mental inquiry he
brought this:
HAS this sudden notion of yours
anything to do with Sheila Macrae,
UptonY"
"Pledge you my word again. met
Sheila on the street today and prom
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-07-22
Handing in a Thick Bunch Of Tele
Grams for Transmission.

Used her that I wouldn't so much
as tip my hat to her while Collingwood
Is on this side of the Missouri river"
"But if you quit, you'll go east your
self. won't you?"
Maybe, after a while. For the time
being, I'd like to loaf on you for a
week or so and watch the wheels go
around without my having to prod
them. It's running in my mind that
this newest phase of the G. S. & w.
business is going to stir up mighty
pretty shindy, and l had a foolish no.
ton that I'd like to stick around and
look on-as an innocent bystander."
1.-THE innocent bystander usually
gets shot in the leg" the boss ripped
out, with the brittlest kind of humor.
And then: II suppose shall have to
let you do what you want to-and let
you pick your own time for giving me
the real reason. But you're gripping
me most savagely, Upton-and at a
time when l am least able to stand it."
Mr.. Van Britt got up and edged his
way toward the door.
ITS a good reason, Graham; and
some time-say when we are walking
through the pearly gates Of the New
Jerusalem together-maybe I'll tell
you about it. If l were really good
scrapper, I'd stay and help you fight
it out with Hatch; but you know the
old saying-capital is always coward
ly and my present credit at the Portal
City National is pretty we'll up to a
quarter of a million, thanks to the
dividends 1 deposited today. Good
night. I'll see you in the morning-if
by that time you haven't decided to
cut me cold"
kept right busy over the indexes
after Mr.. Van Britt went away, just
to give the boss little chance to catch
up with himself. He sure was catch
ing it hot and heavy on all sides.
All we needed now was for President
Dunton to come smashing in with one
more good jolt and it would be all
over but the obsequies, the monument
and the epitaph. At least, that is the
way it looked to me.
1t was along about ten o'clock when
the boss closed his desk with bang
and said we'd better saw 1t of for the
night. / walked uptown with him
and as we were passing the Billiard
he turned in to ask the night clerk
if Collingwood was in his room. The
answer was nix; that the young New
Yorker hadn't been seen since dinner.
On the way out we saw Mr.. Van
Britt at the telegraph alcove. He was
handing in a thick bunch of kilograms
for transmission. and he rather point
edly turned the sheaf face down upon
the marble slab when we came along,
as much as to say sits none of your
business what I'm doing
1t struck me as sort of curious that
M should have so much wire CORE
spondence when he claimed to be TAX
ing a rest. and why he was so careful
not to let US get a glimpse of what
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-07-22
CHAPTER XVI
The Deserter

Mr.. Norcross chased out and tried
to overtake COllingwood, going as far
as the foot of the stairs. went, too,
but got only far enough to meet the
boss coming up again. There was
nothing doing. The station policeman
had seen the crazy rounder jump into
taxi and go spinning off uptown.
There was another jolt waiting for
us when we got back to the office.
While we were both out, Mr.. Van Britt
had blown in from his room at the
foot of the hall and we found him
lounging comfortably in the chair that
Collingwoed had just vacated
81 thought maybe you'd turn up
again pretty soon, since you'd left the
doors all open," was the way he started
out. Then: "Sit down, Graham;
want to talk few lines"
Mr.. Norcross took his own chair and
twirled it to face the general super
intendent. "Say it," he commanded
briefly.
MIR. Van Britt hooked his thumbs
in his armholes.
1--WE just been figuring bit on the
general outlook: you have a decently
efficient operating outfit here, what
with Perkins and Brant and Conway
handling the three divisions as self
contained units. You don't need a
general superintendent any more than
monkey needs two tails"
"What are you driving at?" was
the curt demand.
swell, suppose we say retrenchment,
for one thing. AS I size it up, you
might just as we'll be saving my salary.
1t would buy a good many new cross
ties in the course of a year."
"That's all bunk, and you know it,"
snapped the boss. 'The organization
dead wood in it. You know very well
that railroad the size of the Short
Line can't run without an individual
head of the operating department"
Mr. Van Britt laughed little at
that.
eff you should get some one of these
new efficiency experts out here he
would probably tell you that you could
cut your staff right in two in the
middle"
l could see that the boss was get
ting mighty nearly impatient
"You are merely turning handsprings
around the edges Of the thing you have
come to say, Upton" he barked out.
"Come to the point, can't you? What
have you got up your sleeve?"
Nothing that l could make you
understand in a month of Sundays.
I'm sore on my job and 1 want to
quit"
Nonsense! You don't mean thatT
Eyes, I do. I'm tired of wearing
| the brass collar of a soulless corpora
tion. What's the use, anyway? found
a bunch of dividend checks from my
bank at home in the mail to-day, and
what good does the money do me?
/ can't spend it out here; can't even
| tip the servants at the hotel without
everlastingly demoralizing them. I'm
| like the little boy who wanted to go
out in the garden and eat worms"
| Inc DoSS was IroWhihS lnouShllully'
you're not giving me show, Up
ton" he protested. Cant you blow
| the froth off and let me see what's
| in the bottom of the stein?"
"Pledge you my word, it's all froth,
Graham. l want to climb up on the
mesa behind the shops and take a
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-07-22

situation, and what it was likely to
develop. The Mountaineer editor was
given all the facts, except the one
big one about Hatch's death-grip on
us, and in turn Mr.. Cantrell promised
the help of his paper to the last ditch
though, of course he had no idea Of
how deep that last ditch was going to
be. had lot of filing and indexing
to do, and l kept at work while they
were talking, wondering all the time
if the boss would venture to tell the
editor about the depth Of that "last
ditch" He didn't. / guess he thought
he wouldn't until he had to.
1t was pretty nearly nine o'clock
when the editor went away, and Mr..
Norcross was just saying to me that
he guessed we'd better knock off for
the night, when we both heard step
in Mays room. A second later the
door was pushed open and man
came in, making for the nearest chair
and flinging himself into it as if he'd
reached the limit. 1t was Colling-
wood. He was chewing on a dead
cigar and his face was like the face
of a corpse. But he was sober.
Naturally. I supposed he had come
to make trouble with the boss on Mrs.
Sheila's account, and I quietly edged
open the drawer of my desk where
1 kept Fred Mays automatic, so as
to be ready. He didn't waste much
time.
81 saw you as / was coming away
from Hendricks last night" he be-
gan, with pickering rasp in his voice.
did you go up against the gun 1 had
loaded for your"
Mr.. NOrcross cut straight through to
the bottom of that little complica-
ton at single stroke
"What Mrs. Collingwood said to me,
or what / said to her, can have no
possible bearing upon anything that
you may have to say to me, or that
I can consent to listen to, Mr.. COlling-
wood"
The derelict sat up in his chair.
But you've got to keep hands off,
just the same; at Hendricks, and in
this. other business, too. If you don't,
there is going to be blood on the
moon! Get me?"
The boss never batted an eye. "Im
taking it for granted that you are
sober, Mr.. Collingwood," he said. IF
you are, you must surely know that
threats are about the poorest possible
weapons you can use just now"
'Its a plant, from start to finish !"
gritted the man in the chair. Il haven't
done id thing more than to cash
few checks for-for expenses, and
turn the money over to Bullock. Now
Hatch tells me that / was working
with a spotter-his spotter-and that
he can send me up for bribery. It's
with the money, and l don't want to
know"
"But you had orders to give it to
him when he required it, didn't your
| Mr.. Norcross cut in.
THAT'S none of your business. /
want you to choke this man Hatch off
| of mel"
The boss had picked up his paper
knife. 81 don't know why you should
| come to me for help" he said. You
have been hand-in-glove with these
conspirators ever since you came out
here. Two days ago you knew that
they had set trap for my special
train on the Strathcona branch-a trap
that was meant to kill me-"
1t was a random shot, and l knew
that Mr. Norcross was just guessing
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-07-22

at where it might land when he fired
it. But it went home; oh, you bet it
went home
on your gurgled the bounder,
half starting to his feet. "Why shouldn't
1 want to see you killed? Haven't you
done enough to me?"
"Nol" the word was slammed at
him like a bullet. And then: "As l
told you in the beginning, we won't
go into any phase of it that involves
Mrs. Col!ingwood. Get back into your
own boat. Are you trying to tell me
now that Hatch is threatening you?"
Hes played me for comc'on. He
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-07-22

1t was all about But the whole thing
was now SO horribly muddled that q
little mystery more or less on any
bUdys part couldn't make much diff
ference; and that was the thought
took to bed with me little later after
we reached our rooms in the railroad
club.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-07-22
Got a Scare.

what ails the poetess?" "She went
looking for the first robin of spring
time and saw the first snake"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-03-04
a NATION ShVD
BY AMERICA 81
CLEVELAND 4, n
New York Business =,
scribes Vast Armenian i
OF Near East Rem

Cleveland II. Dodge, New u.
er and business man, dIrec,..
National City Bank, and tn.
The Russell Sage Founds,,~
the Near East Relief, des..'
"a nation has been saved b.
philanthropy. and the gener2,.
American people through 4
Eas. Relief. In tt work "a, /
menians.
"The lowest Official est,n..
Gates that one million person, s.
ing today who would not b. i.
1t not been for this relief N, 1
continued. Il have an autoe,n
from DR.. a. Ohandjanian. pn.z
the Armenian Republic, d II.
writes: America literally -.
from starvation
wholly aside from adults ~,
been saved from starvation !. !
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-03-04
CHILD SAVING WORK
IN ARMENIA TOLD
BY An AMERICAN
Charles v. Vickrey Gives Facts
Of Near East Relief Pro-
Qram for Orphans.

Charles y. vickrey. general secre-
larry Of the Near East Relief. has re-
turned from trip Of inspection
throughout Central Europe and the
Near East, and made report to the
trustees of the Near East Relief In
which he covers in detail the actual
work Of child saving now being con-
Quoted by the great American relief
organization In the Near East Mr..
vickrey believes that "a few millions
Of dollars wisely expended at this time
In the education Of the children OF
the Near East, In character building
and In moulding these young lives,
viz be worth vastly more to the world
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-03-04


To guard enchanted. land
1t was here our good friend, Mr.. E
NJ. Howard, by the exercise of good
Judgment early planted an orange
grove which has rewarded his efforts
with snug little fortune
One thing We observed with great
deal Of pleasure that in all these rapid.
| " growing towns the water and cleo
trio light plants are made most at
tractive with flowing fountains. palms
and Towering shrubs. They are made
places Of real ornamentation-
In them all single purpose runs
not to commercialism so much as ia
build "a city beautiful
The route from Auburndale to
GroveIand is nneventful and some
what mon0tonous.
After passing Groveland We are
again in Leesburg and soon once more
in Marion. which. after all is said. has
more diversified industries and will
long retain the "blue ribbon for be
| ing the best agricultural and hortf
cultural county in Florida
It needs only to be discovered BIZ
some modern Creosns such as an
ngersoll, Waterman or a Yarnell tc
start II on the road to 4 magnificent
L r7.xr<,1<>,-.~..r,.< ....7 - = - -
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-03-04

have In orphanages and elsexln
der our care 10000 homeless
less or motherIess children II
absolutely dependent upon n d
exclusive Of So hospitals VII
beds. 12S clinics. rescue han
girls and unnumbered thoun
refugees who are being helped
our industrial relief and n otha'
The Near East Relief kas
the .,ast four or i've years conn
ed and sent to the Near Elz
than 1000 American relief worn
whom 500 are still In the Geld
them working at great anaEd,
fice-the standard Of saIar5 s.
per month and mainfen&Aa
many OF them facing great II
danger and hardship In the u
ance Of their life-saving se''
score Of them have died fron
or other diseases more or les
to their faithfulness In the n
ance Of relief service.
"Nor Is that all. We kaF
and disbursed during war Ia.
in q war-torn area, II larEe b
under enemy control, more l11
100000 In cash, and. includ|1;
Red Cross and other supplies
istered by our agents, & tottl Z
and supplies in excess Of <5N
The Official reports show that g
80, 1920. we had Ia orphanasN
children. and that we are y
supporting outside Of the oll|
50,039 children, making a totll
600 boys and girls now under Q
OF the Near East Relief
Mr.. Dodge considers the Wsll
Near East Relief one II lis
stupendous undertakings Of
ested philanthropy the word y
seen.
IL countries whose popu|''
tails more than 80, 000, 900 souls
can idealism exemplfed BY y
Of the Near East Relief con
today q torch Of enlightened
influence for peace throughN
whole Near East he mainta'n
American ideal Of liberty, indnH
helpfulness has brought Is e Z
happiness. prosperity and flll
Out Of the fullnees Of this
We are furnishing : faithful
daunted Christian people the q
aid which win enable then 2
the Same fulfillment that 3
given rs.
II i m achievement Of Nll'
American may wen be proud
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-03-04
value Of COTTON
SEED As FERTILIZER
Seed for Fertilizers Not Eco
nomic, Says Authority

Atlanta. Ca. - February. - 1t would
he = mistake to use cotton seed as
fertflfzer. as some farmers are talking
Of doing, according to j. N. Harper,
several years In experiment station
work in the South, and now director OF
the Soil Improvement Committee Con
tinuing he says:
1T would be a mistake for two rea-
sons: First, the South would be de-
prived Of . great wealth producing
substance-cotton oil; and sec
ond. cotton seed are not the best form
of fertilizer to apply.
"On the first point, while 1t is IN
fortunate that the vegetable oil market
Is off and the oil miller cannot offer
what the seed are really worth, It is
better to accept what the miller can
afford to give than to allow the oil to
be destroyed when it is needed so
much especially in starving Europe.
ITO use cotton seed as a fertilizer
is to throw away the oil of the seed.
for oil is not plant food; in fact, it is
believed that 1t win retard plant
growth.
Cotton seed contain plant food, but
when the seed are applied, It is not
possible to scatter it SO as to feed
the crop properly. 1t puts the plant
food on the land in Jumps as repre-
sented by the seed.
1T takes the seed long time to
decay and become plant food. In fact,
no great amount of the plant food In
cotton seed is ever actually used by
the crop. AS evidence Of this, we cite
Farmers Bulletin ESQ Of the United
States Department Of Agriculture. page
s. from which we quote: The seeds
are incased In hulls which must de-
cay before the crop can utilize the
plant food in them, and the kernels
contain oil which is supposed to retard
their decomposition, so that consider
able moisture IL required to decompcse
the seed and make available the plant
food. In case Of very dry season,
it does not become available fast
enough to supply the crop. and no
doubt q portion Of tt fails to become
available until after the crop natures.
"A table on page Of this bulletin
shows that g difference Of 303 lbs.
or seed cotton per acre In favor OF
cotton seed meal az compared with
cotton seed, was obtained in q test
where twice as much cotton seed was
used az meal
South Carolina Experiment Station
tests and tests Of four other southern
states show that . pound Of q well
balanced mixed fertilizer will produce
pound and more OF seed cotton. A
test in Alabama shows that it tool
3 pounds Of cotton seed to produce
pound OF seed cotton.
I'm other words, at present prices
Of cotton seed and complete fertiliz-
ers, there is no doubt that it win
pay to sell the seed and buy the fer
tilixers.
In exchanging cotton seed for cot
ton seed meal. it will be well to re
member that If the plant food is to
be taken into consideration, that ton
Of meal contains three times more
phosphoric acid than ton Of seed;
two and onehalf times more nitro
gen and one and one-half times more
potash than the seed contain"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-03-04

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the waters and along the shore little
children feeding them.
Along the driveway IL grass blot
Where benches have been erected and
here tourists lounge and bask il the
sunshine.
Keeping pace with the residential
sections, buildings OF five, six and
seven stories are in contemplation
The elegantly paved streets OF
ample width are alive with automo.
biles and in the winter season it il
said that the population numbers
more than 10000.
We tip our hat to the beauty and
splendor Of Orlando and to the citi.
zens who had the sagacity and
pluck to seize the opportunity as II
knocked at its door because it is said
that it knocks but once.
Il was Shakespeare who said:
There Is tide ii the Affairs Of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to
fortune,
Omitted, all the voyage of their life,
Is bound in shadows and in miseries. "
AS it is with men so it Is with com
munities.
Impressions Of the "south's Wild
West Modified
We had never visited Kissimmee
and had always associated It with cat
tie ranges and cowboys (such as are
seen In the movies) and had vague
suppression that it was occasionally
subject to their invasions and depre-
dations. so we were agreeably SUR
prised to find such a clean and hand
some little city; everything fresh and
flourishing; wide paved streets. with
= plot in the center planted to grass,
palms and palmettos; substantial
brick buildings: imposing court house,
schools and churches, and most at
fractive homes.
We registered at the Graystone
hotel and were pleased with the ser
vice. 1t has = plaza in front ornament
ed with palms and a rather expansive
garden in the rear planted to all sorts
OF trees. vines and. flowers. Looking
ont from the wide verandas in front
and rear it presents picture most
pleasing to the eye and is just the
kind Of hotel one expects to find in
tropical climate.
The dining room is in charge of Mr.
and Mrs. Paddock who formerly lived
in Ocala, Mrs. Paddock being stenog-
Tapher for the Munroe and Chambiiss
National bank
Congressman Joe Sears home is in
Kissimmee and we had the pleasure
OF meeting him. We also had most
maternal greeting from Mr. W. B. Har-
ris and Mr.. Thorndyke Of the Kissim-
NEE Valley Gazette.
The latter gentleman was for a
number Of years with the Palm Beach
Post and under the title Of Thorn
made himself most agreeably known
TO the reading public Of Florida.
Both gentlemen grew eloquent when
the future OF Florida was preached.
sWe left Kfssimmee bearing the most
6nightful impressions.
a Spin Over Florida Mountains
Our next stopping place was Haines
City reaching it over excellent asphalt
roads and climbing hills almost re
sembling young mountains.
At Haines City the Florida Citrus
Exchange has built the finest and
most complete packing house it is
said in the state It is equipped with
the latest accessories and when in
operation gives employment to large
number Of operators. It is now idle
On account OF the prohibitive freight
rates while the groves which cluster
around it are hanging with the most
tempting fruit.
We asked the lady in charge II ons
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-13
ACTION SOUGHT ON
CATTLE INDUSTRY
Flat Tariff Duty of 20 Per
Cent ad Valorem on Live
stock is Asked.

WASHINGTON, Dec. ia flat
tariff duty of twenty per cent ad
yalorem on livestock, cattle hides and
fresh and prepared meat was asked
Of the senate finance committee to-
day, by Col. I. II. Pryor, of San An.
tonic, Texas, speaking for the national
cattle raisers association.
The rates In the Fordney bill are
one cent a pound on cattle, under two
years and one and one half cents a
pound on those over two years with
a rate Of two cents q pound on
dressed beef. Hides are retained on
the free list.
Mr.. Pryor said the American cat
tie industry had to be protected from
similar industries in Mexico, South
America and Australia, If It was 10
expand TO meet the needs of the
country. He declared that taxes or
cattle land in the United States equal.
led the rents on land in Mexico while
the wage of cowboys in America was
$50 a month compared to $3.50 in
Mexico and about the same wage in
South America.
From cattle. the committee turned
to long staple cotton. Dwight B.
Heard publisher of the Arizona Re
publican at Phoenix. Ariz,, opened the
present action on behalf OF the Pima
Cotton Growers Association. He urged
a duty of twenty cents on pound Of
seven cents in the emergency tariff