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Evening journal., 1921-04-26

business firms dealing In metals
and precious stones will de well 10
advertise through the want Ads for
employees during the coming week.
Evening journal., 1921-04-26

George Wahl who noticed The room
full Of smoke when he reached there
on his round shortly after 6cleck.
He ran across the yard 10 The beu
and struck the alarm. In the excite
ment some one struck a second
alarm so that the additional com
panles arrived but found their serv-
lees were not needed.
The shop Is m the south yard 81
the plant between East Seventh
street and the Ohristlana4 The dam-
age comprised the burning Of the
roof Of the structure and The dam
age ts the machinery IN The shop.
Evening journal., 1921-04-26
LIQUOR FLOWS
into EASTON
Inhabitants Say That Never
Has So Much Whisky
Been Seen
JUDGE CONFERS
WITH SHERIFF

EAsToN, Nd April ao,-Easton
has become the dumping ground for
all kinds OF hard drinks from the
real article sold here by boutleErers
from Philadelphia down 20 the home
brew Of the coiored people.
Drunkenness f. 40 prevalent that
CHIEF Judge William II. Adkins has
held conference with Sheriff
soulsby in which tho Judge stated
that tho traffic IN liquor must cease.
He urged tho sheriff TO do his ut
most 20 effect this and leave MOTH
Ing undono to catch those who visit
Easton weekly with a large supply OF
whisky.
Last night the town was said 10
be fun OF "drunks." travelling IN
parties OF i've and six.
Never in the memory OF some OF
the older inhabitants, they say, has
been seen so much whisky as II
evidenced now. u is very frequent-
ly heard on tho streets:
There goes bootiegger. J
bought a quart from him last week
and he IS here again"
At the next session OF the grand
jury, which sits during the first par
OF next month. Il IS believed thai
Judge Adkins will ask them u in.
vestigate the liquor traffic.
Evening journal., 1921-04-26

Ralph Baily who will act as chair
man.
Among those who were present
last night were;
Mayor Taylor, c. +. Ernst, G.
A. Wedler. Ernest S. Taite, Frank
j. Byrne. Of the DUPONT Country
Club; Robert W. Kramer, OF the
Central Labor Union; Oscar Ginns.
James n. Ginns, DR.. ]. A. Bertram,
Col George A Elliott, Of the Y. NJ.
G A; J. Ralph Baily. Charles Top
kis, Edith Russell, Of the Peoples
Settlement; A +. Lindley, of the Y.
NJ c. A.; +. II. Mason. Harry f..
Mellon, +. o. Whitlock. John W.
Morris, Mrs. c. T. Brigham. Miss
Frances L. Range. OF the Whining
ton Community Service; T. w Har-
ris. Jr., chairman OF the grounds
committee Of the DUPONT Country
Club; 2. f. Hambsch and l. c.
Allen.
Evening journal., 1921-04-26
HIT PLAN TO
FORM NEW BUHOUCH

COATESNIIbls, Pa. April 10
Some time ago the court was petl-
toned to have South Coatesvilie,
which takes In a portion OF East Fal-
lowfold townshiD( Incorporated into
borough. Yesterday 30 prominent
citizens OF tho township filed -exoep-
tions to tho granting OF the borough
charter. declaring tho incorporation
was being asked solely FOR the MID
vale Steel and Ordnance Company.
Evening journal., 1921-04-26

BABIES CREEPERS
S5c each
Blue and pink Chambray,
with white stitching and
trimming: sizes l to 3 years.
DAINTY CREEPERS y
Sf.OO each
OF blue and pink-checked
Ginghams with fat collars
edged with white braid; sizes
/ to 3 years: very special
PLAY ROMPERS
Sf.25 each
Made Of blue Chambray
with yoke effect and pockets;
sizes 8. 4. and years.
BLOOMIIR DRESSES
$3.50 and S2.25 each
Ideal for the little girls;
made from checked Cling
hams and Chambrays in plain
colors; sizes . to 6 years.
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PENN's GROVE FIIIEMEN
TO MEET MONDAY NEXT

PENN'S GROVE. y. j.. April 10
The reorganized Ponn's Grove Fire
Department. now under control OF
the Borough Council. will meet next
Monday evening to map out a pro-
gram OF better FIRE protection for the
town. This will include the pur-
chase Of new fire apparatus. David
Johnson Is the new FIRE chief. with
Grover Petit. assistant Howard
Borden Is president OF the fre com
pany.
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RIDGELY. Nd. April 2e.-Benja-
min Franklin Garrett. OF Penn's
Grove. n. j., was arrested near here
Saturday afternoon by Sheriff Dulin
and Deputy Sheriff Porter, Of
Denton, on information said to have
been furnished by Justice Wilkin-
ton. For over a year Garrett, q
Negro about 22. Il is alleged. has
been conveying liquor in Talbot
county and Queen Anne's. selling Il
by the drink. When arrested. Il is
alleged. he had in his possession five
quarts.
Evening journal., 1921-04-26
CITY KNIGHTS WITH
CARDINAL DOUGHERTY

About 20 members OF the fourth
degree, Santa Maria Council, Knights
Of Columbus, went to Philadelphia
last night to- attend the dinner and
reception to Cardinal Dougherty.
who recently returned from Rome.
The Wilmington delegation was
headed by j. A Spragg. faith
ful navigator OF the fourth de-
gree. The speakers Of the evening
we're Cardinal Dougherty, Bishop T.
J. Shahan. Lieutenant-Governor
Bedelman. Mayor Moore. Rabbi Jo-
seph Krauskopf, James A. Flaherty
and Isaac II. Clothier, Jr.
Evening journal., 1921-04-26

Rims For All Cars. Automobile
Equipment Co., 3rd and French
Adv.
Evening journal., 1921-04-26
sAIIsRuRY LAMYER pHAp.


SALISBURY. Md. April se.--
George W. Bell. member OF the law
arm OF Toadvine and Bell. Of this
city. died at his home here on sun
day Mr.. Bell was born IN Salisbury
November 26. 1Sf5. and was a
brother OF the late DR.. l.. Sidney Bell.
In 1867 he was appointed assist
ant TO william Birekhead. then Reg
lister OF Wills. and upon the death
Of Mr.. Birckhead was appointed TO
fin the vacancy until r. l.. WALES
was elected In 1879. In 1855 he was
appointed chief ,ngrossing clerk.
Maryland Senate. by the late Gov
ernor p. B. Jackson. then Senator
from Wic0mlee. In 1871 Mr.. Bell
was elected States Attorney. serving
one term and declining TO be a can
didate for denomination.
Evening journal., 1921-04-26
Sl500 FIRE LOSS
AT CAR PLANT

Fifteen hundred dollars damage
was caused at The Jackson and
Sharp plant OF the American Car
and Foundry Company. at the foot
Of Eighth street, last night. by a fire
which originated In the carpenter
shop. District companies responded
20 an alarm from box 41a and quick
ly extinguished the blaze. The fre
Was discovered by Night Waiehman
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-04-01

States court--or q new deal all around
IN the management"
"Vich of lhe two Will II be that VIII
come out OF that comm!ddee room up
sla.raW
"A rev management. Dunton can
stand for eeceigership, and Chad
wick knows It. Tile securities would
be Knocked out and the majority hold
ers-Duntou ana his buncli--couldn't
unload. Chadwick viii name the man
who Is 10 take shafers place as gem
eral manager OF Tie railroad outfit.
We might have stood II of for a
while just as / said yesterday, II we
could have kept Chadwick from at
tending This meeting
"BHt row we don't could stand It
oN--What then|
wen have 10 wait and see, and
size up the new man when he blows
In. Hen be only human, Iienckel. And
If we get right down TO 1t we can
pun him over to our slde--or make
him wish he'd never been born"
The big man got up ponderously
ana brushed The cigar ashes off Of his
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-04-01
CHARTER III
The Directors, Meeting


was Up bright ana early the next
morning, and after breakfast | took
q little sashay down Nevada avenue
10 have a look at our railroad OF
course l knew, after what the boss
had said to Mr.. Chadwick the night
before just before we went to bed,
that we weren't ever going to see
Canada, or even Illinois.
I'll hive to admit that the look got
| didn't make me feel as ifwe'd found
| Culinan diamond. Down in the yards
| everything seemed to be at the looSest
kind of loose ends. \ switching crew
was making up a freight. and Che way
they slammed the boxes together re-
CARELESS Of broken drawbacks and the
like, was a sin and shame.
After a While. after I'd loafed
through the shops and AROUND the
yard and got few more whiffs Of
the decay / suolled on back to the
hotel.
was wondering a little what had
become Of the bosS-who was general
~ the earliest riser on the job
when two men came bullying through
the screen doors of the cafe, picking
their teeth and feeling in their pockets
for cigars Right on the dot and IN
the face of knowing that it couldn't
reasonably be so, | had feeling that
I'd seen those men before. one Of
them was short and rather stocl;F,
! and his face had a sort OF hard, hun
CRY look and the other was big and
barrel-bodied The short one was clean
shaver, but the other had reddish
I gray beard clipped close on his fat
jaws and trimmed to a point at the
chin,
After they had lighted up they came
along and sat down three or four
chairs away from me. They paid no
attention to me- but for fear they
might, / tried to lock as sleepy as an
nlI-night bell-hop in a busy hotel.
THE Dumton bunch got together in
one of the committee rooms upstairs
a little after eight o'clock" said the
short man, in a low, raspmg voice that
went through you like a buzz-saw.
1 "Thanks to those internal blunderers
Clauahan sent us last night Chadwick
was with them"
4 think that was schoost So said
the big man speaking slowly and with
something more than a hint OF Ger
man accent. Becker was choost what
You cali lima tam blundcrer.'
Like a flash it came over me thai
I was "hstenng in to a talk between
the same two men who had sat in ii,
auto at Sand Creek siding and s!noEea
while they were waiting for the actua
kldnapers to return. You can bet hish
that ! made myself mighty small aRa
unobtrusive.
After a while the big man spoke
again,
What has Uncle Chon Chadwick up
his sleeve GOT. do you tiiink?"
II don't Think knOwr' was the
snappy reply. Its one Of two things
a receivecship-whic will knock u
into cooked hat because we cant
feel with an officer of the United
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-04-01

a killing Of some sort with Mr.. Dun
ton. and Instead OF heading back for
his ear be took the boss over TO
corner Of the lobby and at down TO
smoke With hlu.
They didn't seem to be talking any,
thing private, SO I sat down just be-
yond lhcm, So sleepy that could
hardly see straight. SIR Chadwick was
telling nhout bis early experiences In
Portal city, how he blew In first on
top Of the Strathcona gold boom, and
how DO had known mighty near every
body IN Tie region IN those days.
While he was talking tnxi drove
~ and one Of The old resldenters came
In from the street and crossed to the
elevators; mighty Handsome, stately
Old gentleman, with fierce white mus
laches and q. goatee, ana southern
Colonel" written all over him.
There's one Of them now; Major
basil MISUNDERSTANDING born and
raised, as You might guess" Mr.. Chad
wick was saying,
grabbed at the name, "Basil," right
nWay: II isn't such very common
name. and Mrs. sheila had said some
thing-under the water tank, you rec
oneet-ab0ut a cousin Basil" who
was to have met her at the train. ]
WAS putting two on three little private
puesses Of my own together, when one
Of lhc elevators came down and here
cane oar two the young lady and
the chunky little girl, with the major
chueldng and smiling and giving an
arm TO each They had apparently
stopped at the Bullard only to wait
until he could come after them and
take them home.
saw tie boss sit up in his chair
and stare at thonL THEN he said;
"Ibats Mrs Macrae with him now.
Is sic q member Of his famiyY
az second cousin. or something Of
that sort," said Mr. Chadwick Il met
her once 1t, the majors house out in
The northern suburb last summer"
Mr.. Norc9oas let die three Of them
&c, out and away ana we heard their
taxi speed up and trundie off before
he said SHE is married, I'm told.
Where is her husband"
lir Chadwick looked up as If he'd
already forgotten tie three who had
just crossed the lobby.
"Who-- Shela MaIae? Yes, she
has been married. But there isn't any
lushand-ste's q widow"
For quite a willie the boss sat star
ing at Jds cigar in 3 way he has wien
he IS thinking riEht hard, and Mr.
Chadwick let him alone Then, all of
a sudden the boss sot UP and showed
his hands into his coat pockets.
1--WE changed nay mind, Uncle John,
he said, looking sort Of absent-like out
OF the window to where the majors
taxi had been standing. IF you can
pull me into tha, deal tomorrow NOR
nng-with an absolutely free hand to
do as | think best, mind YOU'LL take
the job.'
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-04-01

ncphews stayed IN town ana Jumped
ia 10 stir up trouble for the new man
aeement The Herald which was tho
other. morning pa1er took up for the
doNn.ana-outs, and there wasn't any
thing too mean for Il 70 say about
The boss and his rev appoiniees. Then
ale employees got busy and the grIev-
ance committees began to pour In.
Mr. Norcross never denied himself toI
anybody. The oGlce-door stood wide
open aud the klckers were welcomed,
as YOU might say, with open arms.
you men are going - get the
fquarost deal You have ever had' anu
sHll sQuarer one a litte farther
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-04-01

time notes with the Chicago banks
and the board authorized IT.
The boss pushed tliat part OF y
aside abruptly, as be olTars Goes
WHOM BE has got hold Of the est q q
thing
"Nuw, about my siaif, be sa.i' ITS
open gossip al over the West taat me
=. S. L. Is differed by q lot OF dunn
mics and place-hunters and rtatlyeS'
IN have TO clean house"
"Go 10 IL; dat is a part Of your
free hand Have you the material
TO draw fromY"
- know q few good men, II ! can
yet them" said the boss thou@au1dy'
"ihe one man can't place al sight IS
good corporation counsel. I'm OBJ
iged to lave a good lawyer, .ncle
John"
81 have the man for you, if yo1Il
take him on my say SO; a young fell
low named Ripley who has done some
corkins good work for me in Chica"o.
I'll wire him, If you like. Now word
or two about this local graft we
touched upon IGsi night. don't know
the ms and outs of it, but people here
will tell you that Il sort Of holding
corporation, called Red Tower Con-
solidated, has a strangle grip on this
entire region. Its subsidiary COM
panies control the grain elevators, the
fruit pacleries, the coal mines and
distributing yards, the timber supply
and the lumber yards, and even have
a finger on the so-called independent
smelters."
The boss nodded. 1--WE heard Of
Red Tower. Also, have heard that
tie railroad stands in With it to pinch
the producers and consumers"
A road engine was backing down
The spur to take tie AleXa in tow fog
the eastward run, and what was said
had to lie said in a hurry.
Dig it out" barked the wheat king.
"If you find that we are in on it. it's
your privilege to cut loose. The two
men who will give you The NEST trou-
bic are right here in Portal City:
Hatch, the president OF Red Tower,
and Henckel, its yice-president. They
say either Of them would commit muir
der for a ten-dollar bill, and they stand
in with Pete Clanahan, the city boss,
and his gang of political thugs. That's
all, Graham all but one thing. Write
me after you've climbed into the sad
Gle and have found out just what
you're in for. If you say you can
make it so, I'll back you, if it takes
half of next years wheat crop"
Wien the special had become a black
smudge Of coal smoke in the distance
Mr.. Norcross turned on me with the
grim little smile that goes with his
fighting mood.
"You are private secretary to the
new general manager of the Pioneer
Short Line, Jimmie, and your salary
begins to-day" he said, briskly. "NoN
let's go up to the hotel and get oul
fighting clothes on
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-04-01

Innate square in the facs and was
cutting HIM along 10 the nearest elevd.
tor.
He came back ID few minutes,
locking as cool rs a cucumber,
What did you do wltb %mT asked
the &c K, kmi of avco and half
scared.
Got a couple OF lie oorcidor sweep
ers to pm him in bath and turn the
cold water on hlm. ELatll take the
whisky cut o. him. Now, il you have
minute to, spare, I'd like TO get my
assignment
We haon't more than got our rooms
marked CT for us when saw MIR,
Chadwick coming across from The
further of the three elevators. He was
smiling sort of grim. as il he'd made
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-04-01
CHAPTER ~
nlIanda OF. centlomanI,,

ttSlIS Gll, Ggtl-tStH~ils
Gosh all Friday-say but the next
few days did see a tcar-up to beat the
band on the old Short Line! With
the printing OF his appointment cir
cular, Mr. Norcross took the Offices
in the headquarters building lately
vacated by Mr.. Shaffer, and it Yves
something awful to see the way the
heads went into the basket. One by
one lie called the Duntonites in; the
traffic manager, the general sUperin-
tendent. the roadmaater, the MASTER
mechanic-clear on down to the round
house foreman and the division heads.
Some few Of them were allowed to
take the oath Of allegiance and stay,
but the place-fllers and payroll para
sites, the cousins and the nephews
ana the brothers-in-law, every last
man of them had to walk under the AK.
Three days later, when the whole
town was talking about the new "Jack
the Ripper" as they called him, Kirgan,
who had been our head machinery
man on the Midland construction,
tumbled in in answer to wire. Mr..
Norcross slammed him into place ten
minutes after he hit the town.
"Your office is across the tracks,
Kirgan," he told him. GIVE begun the
house cleaning over there by firing
your predecessor and three or four of
his pet foremen. Get in The hole and
DIG to the bottom. I'll give you six
months in which to make good as a
model superintendent of motive power.
Get busy"
"That's me-" said KiTgan, who knew
the boss up one side and down the
other. you give me the engines, and
I'll keep 'em out of the shop" And
with that he went across the yard and
took hold, before he had even hunted
up a place to sleep in.
Mr.. Van Britt, our general super
mtcndent was the next man to show
I'D. He was fne a square-built
stocky little gentleman who looked as
if he'd always had the world by the
ear and never meant to let 60.
We'll, I'm here" he said, dropping
into chair and sitting with his legs
wide apart. And then, ignoring me as
if l hadn't been there, Graham, what
the devil have YOU got against me.
that you should drag me out here on
the edge of nowhere and make me go
to work for a liping?"
The boss just grinned at him and
said: TITS for the good Of your soul
UPTON. You've too much money. Your
Office is up at the end Of the corridor
and your chair is empty and waiting
for you. Your appointment circular
has already been mailed out"
Mr.. Hornack was the last Of the
new Office staff to fan in, though he
didn't have nearly as far to come as
some of the others. He was red
headed and wore glasses. They used
to say of him on the Overland Central
that he could make business grow
where none ever grew before. and
that's what traffic man lives for.
Naturally, the big turnover brought
all sorts of disturbances at the send
off. Some of the relieved cousins and
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-04-01
.oyou Men Are Going 20 Get the
eecaroat Deal You Ever Had"

40 y
along if you will only stay on as
job and keep your ciotAes on WV
the way the boss won't at me l['ili-s
mems committee. we are oQt W
make the Z. ). L. the pest llhe lyh
service and the best company 70 -Worf
for, this side OF the Missouri rlFeiA
l want your loya'ty; me loyalty oll
every man IN me service III ~
further and say that lIle ne" nlahase-
ment VIII stand II you ana tlle~olhet'
pay-roii, men stand by 1t III good 1aith'
or II VIII laH II you 0oh l.
"AoplI meet the grievance commit
tees ar" tax thaes over win them
when t.".eS kick c"4iis : SAID ola
Tom NE, iie passenger cons
ductof VINO was aclins as SPOKESMAN
Sure Will--eyery time. More than
than, I'll take q leaf out Of Colonel
Cocktails book and keep open house
here in this Office every Sunday morn
ing. Any man in the service VINO
thinks he has a grievance may come
here and state IL ana il he has case,
he'll set Justice.
Naturally, few little talks like
This, face to face With the men them
selves, soon began to put now life into
the rank and file. Mr., Eorcross' old
pet name Of "HelI-anarepeat' had
followed him down from Oregon, as
it was bound to, but now it began to
be used in the sense that most rail-
road men use the phrase, "The Old
Man," in speaking of a big boss that
they like.
There was so much crowded into
these first few weeks that I've for
gotten half OF it. The work we did,
pulling and hauling things into shape,
was a FRIGHT. and INV end of the lob
got SO big that the boss had to give
me help. Following out his own policy,
he let me pick nv man. and after I'd
had a little talk with Mr.. Van Britt.
/ picked Fred May. Young fellow
who had been under Van Burgh. He
was all right; q little too tonguey.
perhaps, but a worker from away
back, and that was what we were
looking for
Out Of tllis frantic hustle to Get
things started and moving right. any,
body could have pulled connie of
conclusions that stuck uD HIGHER than
any OF The rest. The boss and MI.
Van Britt we're steadily winning fine
rank and file oval to something like
loyalty on the one hand ana on the
other, wherever we went, we found
the people who we're paying the FREIGHT
d solid unit AGAINST Ms. HATING ne like
blazes and entirely unwilling TO be-
licye that any good ching could come
out Of the Nazareth of the Pioneer
Short Line.
AS soon as we returned from our
first inspection trip, the boss pulled off
his coat-fguIativelg speaking-and
rolled up his sleeves. 1t wasn't his
way to talE much about what he was
going to do: he'd jump in and do it
first, and then talk about it after
ward-if anybody insisted on knowing
the reason why.
There we're long private conferences
with lIf Ripley. the bright Young law
yer Nj Chadwick had sent rs from
Chicago, and with young fellow
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-04-01
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I-Craham Norcroes, raj
road iasnager. and bic n5cretaryi jimmie
podds, are marooHed al sand creek hlu-
ana nor small cousin. Unseen, they NiL-
ness peculiar train holdup, IN Which
"a special car is carried or.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-04-01

CHAPTER NlN.~Hatch and other own
ers Of the Rod Tower corporation call on
Norcross and inform him they have proof
that IN the recent election The road has
made use OF bribery Hatch gives Nor
cross proof that the actual hribipg was
done by Howard ColinBWood, Hatch
demands Eorcross' Immediate resignation
u the price OF sileGCe NoreroSs learns
from SEella that CollngWood is her hus-
band, and feels the ground has been cut
from under his feet.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-04-01

CHAPTER XlII.-IaNtdonce accumulates
THAI Norcross' enemies are plotting his
death but against all advice he decides
on a trip ON a special train over the line
a pilot engine, travelling ahead, discovers
displaced rail which would have thrown
The special down mountain side Nor
cross hears for the flrst time that Sheila
Maorae Is married. lie refuses to believe
It
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-04-01

CHAPTER uI-Dodds oyerhears con
vereat!on between Rufus Hatch aad Gus
tave Ienckel, Portal City tnAnciera, in
which they admit complclty ia C.la1 VIZ, ~leh
iian9pius. the,r object being TO keep
Chadwlrk from attending a meeting OF
directors TO reorgani2e the Pioneer snort
Line, which would jeopardize their inler-
ests.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-04-01

CHAPTER XVII.~Pioneer Short Line
employees call sympathetic strike. Col
Haywood, drinking heavily and reported
close to insanity, remains In hiding,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-04-01

CHAPTER lV.--To curb the monopoly
controlled by Hatch and HencAel, the hed
Tower corporation, Norcros5 FORMS the
CitlZsus' Storage and warehouse COM
pany. lie begins TO manifest q deep IN
tercst In Sheila Ai8crae, Dodds learns
thai Shclla Is married, but living apart
from her husband. Norcross does not
know this