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bounding beside him. 1t was
BatiBte excited, rad-iaeed, his
arms waving like windmills, his
voice booming even from q dis
lance:
"MsIeu Houston! Msieu Hous.
ton! Ba'teese have taill Ba'teese
no good! He watch for you-he ia
glad you come! Ba'teese ashame"!
Ashamed"
They had reached the top Of the
rise. Below them lay something
which caused Barry Houston "a
leap to his feet unmindfuI OF the
jolting wagon, to stand weaving
with uninterrupted hands to stare
with suddenly deadened eyes
Upon a blackened, smolderins
mass OF charred timbers and twist,
ed machinery. The remainder ol
all that once had been his mill!
CHAPTER VII
''Eet was my fault! The Frencn
Canadian still stared at the ruins
"Eet is all Bateese' fault"
Il thought you were my friend,
Batiste.
"Sacre! ! am"
Then show It! I've got about
fifteen thousand in the bank.
There's enough lumber around here
to build a new saw.shcd, and money
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deparftnent says one part O.
Rudol's letter, shoals have nov
been started Witch teach about
the proper yentilation Of q mine.
the difference gases onalTneets In
L and the various dangers attend
ing mining. Many other subjects
are taught which all miners
should know
Some miners think when they
can do mostly any kind OF work,
that they could run a mine. That
was the way II was before. The
old miner was the mine foreman
then. but did not know about mine
ventilation. When rooms and the
entry were full OF gas explosions
often occurred, for the foreman
had not been taught how TO venti-
late a mine properly
Il am trying TO turn the at
tention OF the miners that think
that a mine foreman has nothing
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ST SIDE
-:rlEyS:-;
surnrIhe PartN.

Surprise Party.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Harden ol
705 Glenn avenue were given a de-
ltghtful surprise "Wednesday eve
ming when the members Of the Har
den family all went to their home
and spent the evening in celebTa
ton OF their twenty-third wedding
anniversary. Mr.. Harden's mother
and brothers and sisters were all
present With one exception, Mrs
Cora Morrow being out OF town. A
large majority Of the nephews and
nieceS were present also. The sur
prise was most agreeable one ID
the honor guests, and all present
enjoyed the event very mich. Re
freShments were served.
improving,
Mrs. Mary NJ, Boggss Of GutfeS
street, who has been very i'll, is I'm
proving slowly. Her grandson
Dale Borgess.. and Mrs. Glenn Bog
CESS Of Pittsburgh, are here, hav
ing been called by her illness.
~
Mrs. William Roth OF Canton
Ohio, who has been visiting her
uncle, S. L. Jacobs Of Guffey street
spent the weekend with relatives al
Fairchance, Pa. Mrs. Roth leaves
Saturday morning for her future
home at Jacksonville. Fla.
Personals.
Mrs. Thomas Carpenter Of Pitts
burgh avenue has been Ill the past
week.
Brooks Mortified Of Wilson
street is confined to his home by
an infected leg caused by being
bruised several days ago.
Miss Della Satterfield, who has
been quite III at the home OF Mr.
and Mrs. j. ". Snowden in Pitts
burgh avenue, is much better.
Beryl Minor OF Vermont avenue
is confined to his home by a bad
ly injured foot caused by falling
from a ladder while at work With
electricians.
Charles White OF Elkins stree,
continues very Ill Mrs. VIII White
is with them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Forest Debolt oil
East Park avenue had as their
guests Sunday the formers greq.
aunt, Mrs. Jane Metz Of Parsons
and aunt, Mrs. Mack Booth, and
daughter Made, Of Burton.
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Recalls Dancing Virginia
Reel for General Grant

NEWCASTLE, Pa, April 81.
Mrs. Frank NJ. Jones is taking
lively interest in the Grant cen,
tennary. She recalls with modest
pride the occasion on which, as a
girl. she executed Virginia
Reel" for the General when he and
hts son, Fred, visited the haber-
dashery shor Of which her father
was proprietor in New York. The
general, she recalls, was accustom.
ed to purchase his shirts from her
father. who manufactured. them.
and It was while General Grant
was on a shopping visit that the
meeting took place. The general
put his son through series Of
military exercises for the enter
tainment of Mrs. Jones and her
father. after which the latter re-
quested her to dance for the dis
tinguished visitors.
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BEGIN HERE TODAY

fathers lack Of confidence In
bis sons ability caused
BARRY HOUSTON to inherit d
lumber mill on conditions tina,
he maintain a high output. a
series Of mysterious accidents
are preventing this and when
Young Houston arrives in the
Colorado timber lands he finds
that his superintendent,
FRED THAYER, has been system
atically wrecking his plant. Ii
making the discoveries, Housto!
has been assisted by
EATISTE RENAUD, an eccentri
French Canadian. who quit til
practice Of medicine and retire
% cabin to forget the doubl
tragedy Of his sons death Ii
France and the murder OF h!
wife. He nurses Houston back e
health when the latter's auto,
mobile plungeFipver a cliff. Hous
ton To decei.S Thayer. fcigni
complete loss OF memory. In Ba
tiste's cabin, Houston meets
MEDAINE ROBlNETTE, a CIR
who owns the adjoining timber
lands, Suddenly, Thayer tive.
from the railroad station t",h
AGNES JTERD0N. a girl who has
mysterious hold on Houston.
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60 ON WITH The sroR,
CHAPTER vi

a.
Tho woman in the buggy was
holding forth her hands 10 him ana
ne assisted her to the ground"
We'll. she asked, in sudden
awning manner, "arent you going
to- kiss met"
or course" He took her in his
arms. I'll. was so surprised
Agnes. j never thought Of you
Naturally you didn't" 1t was
Thages again. THAT'S why sent
Tor her. Thought you'd get your
memory back when"
I've had my memory for long
enough" Houston had turned up
on him coldly-'to know that from
now on Ill run this place.. YouIu
throughis
Three hours later. the last Of the
men paid OIL. Barry Houston ar
preached the door OF Ba'tiste'l
cabin. Barry raised his hand u
isnock.-and halted. His name had
been mentioned angrily; then
again-
= don't know what It is, Ba'tlstp,
Fred wouldn't tell me, except thst
Il was something too horrible fer
me to know. can't be pleasant ia
him when I feel this way"
She ceased. Houston had knock
ed Ton the door. A second later, ha
entered the cabin, to return Med
atne Robinette's cool but polite
greeting.
.sf'm afraid I've stayed longer
thanl1 intended" she apologized.
eIt's late. Good night"
Then she was gone. Houston
looked at Batlste, but the old
French Canadian merely waved u
big hand.
woman he said airily. "pcuff
Eet Is nothing. Eet will pass. Now
what mus Ba'teese do"
At the mill? wish you'd guard
II for me. I'm going to Denver on
the morning train TO hire a new
,sAh, oui. It shall be-"
The next evening brought Barry
b Denver, aud three days which
followed carried with them the
sWeaty smell of the employment:
offices and the gathering Of a new
crew Then, tired, anxious with an
eagerness that he never before had
known he turned back to the hills.
With his rough-iaced men about
him Houston reached Tabernacle.
and started the journey To the
mill.
into the canon and to the last
rise Then a figure showed betors
him gigantic form, running and
tt,mbsug through the underbrusll
o. one side Of the road. a dog
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icking kbout 20 yon know anx
one named Jenkin who Il i
notary pnbiicl'
Eyes.
Then look e mover. II that int
q lease TO the lake and nume and
fnme site. and II the second isn't
q contract for stdmpage At a dol
lar and a half a thousand feet =
well, then, l can't read"
"But I'm telling you that didn't
give It to them" Houston had
reached for the papers with a
trembling hand. II don't reuember
Didn't / tell your Thayer had
turned to the sheriff. There he
goes pulling that loss Of memory
stunt again. That's one OF his bes,
little bets. he added sncering, Ito
lose his memory"
i've never lost II yet"
"No-then you can forget things
awfully easy. Such as coming out
here and pretending not TO know
who you were. You can't even re,
member the night you murdered
your own cousin, can you%
1"That's "a"
,4'see. sheriff? His memory's
bad" All the malice and hate Of
pent.up enmity was in Fred Thay.
er's voice now. One gnarled hand
went forward in accusation. "He
can't even remember how he killed
his own cousin. But II he can't |
can. Ask him about the time when
he slipped that mallet in his poke,
at prize fight and then went on
out with his cousin. Ask him what
became Of Tom Langdon after they
left that prize fight. He won't be
able TO tell you, OF course. Ho
loses his memory; all he will ho
able to remember is that his father
spent a lot Of money and hired
some good lawyers and got him out
OF 1t. He won't be able to tell YOU
"a thing about how his own cousin
was found with his skull crushed
in, and the bloody wooden maIlet
lying beside htm-thc mallet that
this fellow bad stolen the night be-
torc at n prize fight! He WON'T
Continued in Next Issue)
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q do but give ordsrs Besides an,
his work there there afc sor
things . miner does not See
understand. ! have not unde
stood ell Of q miners duties and &
I have worked At all kind 81 work
In a mine till now s1
II have been attending me
night class In mining extensIof. 81
Fairmont. / can now say that m
am miner because have Learnt
ed many things about mining M
the class that I had no knowledge
of.n
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twhat yon ~ Climb ap ms. UNI
stati7 Climb IN me
Houston broke into q nun, raeint
along the nume with constantly 81
creastps speed as he heard OUT
burst attsr uutburst from the giant
trappery interjected by the leeseI
sounds Of argumentatiYe voices ID
reply. Family he heard a womau'a
voice, then Ba'tiste's IN sudden
command:
Go on-you no belong here.
4a'teese, he handle. this. Go 'long!'
Houston, at last made the turn Of
the road as 1t followed the nume
and say the broad back OF the
Canadian. squared as he was, hall
across the road. Facing him were
five men with shovels and ham,
mers. workmen Of the Blackburn
camp. Houston looked more close.
u, then gaSped. 1t was another
flume: they were making a connec,
ton with his own.
What's this mean!" he demand
ed Angrily.
The foreman looked Up caustic.
ally.
"1've told you about ten tines
he answered. addressing himself Il
Ba'tiste. Were building a con.
nection on our 1ume."
Our flume?" Houston gasped
the words" l own thin flume ant
this lake and this f1ume site"
'It your names Houston, / guess
you do, came the answer. but Il
you can read and write. yon ough
to know that while you may ow1
IL, you don't use It. That's oul
privilege from now on, In colo
black and white. AS, far as the Law
Is concerned, this is our flume, ant
our water. and our lake, and oul
woods back there. And we're goint
to use all OF 'em. as much as We
pIease--and it's your business tc
stay out OF our way!"
CHAPTER VII
The statement took Houston of
his feet for a moment: but re.
coyery came Just as at,icl;ly. a re
coil with the red splotches OF anger
blazing before his eyes. the surge
OF hot blood sweeping through his
veins, the heat Of conflict in his
brain. His good hand clenched. A
leap and he had struck the fore
man on the point OF the chin
sending him Keeling backward
while the other men rushed to his
assistance.
That's my answer to you!" shoni
ed Houston.
run tell Thayer!" shouted the
foreman and then with recovering
strength, he turned for cant
hook. But Batiste seized It first.
Here comes somebody"
Ba'tIste's grip frightened about thu
can't hook and he rose, squaring
himself. Houston seized the clut
and stood waiting few feet in the
rear In readiness for anyone who
might eyafe the bulwark Of blows
which Ba'tiste evidently intended
10 set up.
A moment more, and Ba'tistt
with a sudden exclamation, allow.
ed his cant hook to drop TO the
ground.
"Eet is Thayer and Wade. the
sheriff from Montview, and his
deputy. Peuff! Have he fool heen
too?"
The sheriff pulled two legal
documents from his pocket, and
unfolding them, had shown Hous'
ton tho bottom OF each. Barry's
eyes opened wide.
"That's-that's my signature"
came at last.
This ones the same, isn't it?'
The second paper was showed for
! ward.
Then I don't see what you're
!
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EXTRACT GASOLINE

SAN FRANCISCO. April 27.-c.
P. Bowie, attached to the United
States Bureau OF Mines here; an.
nounced today secret experiments
conducted for three years have
revealed a process for extracting
gasoline from asphaltum oil, oil
waste, tar and tar with below
grade oil !"
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OF 7 SLAIN
IN TURK MASSACRE

Louis Arplar. the Armenian rug
merchant at j. NJ. Hartley & Sons
store on Adams street, lost as
much in the aftermath Of the
World War perhaps, as any other
one person.
Seven OF Mr.. Arpiar's relatives
his father, mother, sister, brother,
sister.in.law and two nieces-were
slain at once at Cilecia in the city
OF Adana. Armenia, in a Turkish
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o%AShoOkbGN ShMEs
to buy a few saws. And I need
help-I won't be able to move with
out you. But"
"oul?"
But and Barry smiled at him
'"if you ever mention any RESPONSE.
bllity for this thing agaln-you're
fired. Do We understand eacu
other!"
The next morning Barry went 10
Denver, and in a week returned to
Tabernacle, thence across county
to camp.
He found no Batiste but there
was something else which held
Houston's interest for a momeu,
and which stopped him, staring
wondering!y into the distance. A
new skidway had mada It's appear.
ance on tho side Of the juttins
mountain nearest the dam. Logs
were tumbling downward In slow,
but steady succession, to disappear
then TO show themselves, bobbing
ierkily outward toward the center
Of the lake. A thunderous volce
was booming belligerently from
the distance.
"You lle-un'stan'? Bateese say
you lie-if you no like eet Jus :
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STATE MINING CLASS
PRAISED BY RUSSIAN

Warm praise OF the mining ex-
tension course given by West Vir-
ginia University is found in a let.
ter written by Carl Rudol, a Bax-
ter miner, to his aged father in
Russia. Mr.. Rudol is one Of the
young men who is taking advan-
tage OF the elementary mining in
struction course and he Is highly
delighted with what he has
learned.
Thanks to the state mining
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BREAK aRouNp FOR puILniMk

BREAK GROUND FOR BUILpINh
MoRGANToWN, April 27.~
Formal ceremonies under the
auspices OF the West virginia Uni
versity college OF law today marx
cd the breakwing Of ground for The
new 1886. 900 law building. Tho new
structure Is expected to be com.
plted by June I, 1898.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-05-02
Negro 1872 Years Old

Buenos Aires, April 29.-Antonio
Rosas, a negro who is reputed to have
been born 132 years ago in the Afri-
can Congo, is still earning living in
Buenos Aires as a medicine man and
ticket seller. He was not too old to
put up fight when three men held
him up and robbed him a few days
ago but told reporter he would have
made "a better showing if he had not
@taken a ,asep. too much" Antonio
does not yet believe in prohibition.
Antonio claims to have been cap
tured in the Congo when a child by
French slave traders. The French ship
on which he and other negroes were
placed was pursued and captured by
an English vessel and taken to Ma
deira. He was brought to Argentina
at the age of eight.
He saw the birth of the Argentine
nation in 1910 and slavery abolished
in 1913. In later years he adopted
the surname of Rosas after the ia d.
nous Argentine tyrant, Rosas, of
whom he was an admirer. He is one
Of the few negroes living in Buenos
Aires.
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Honor Roll

The following is the honor roll for
Hughes Johnson school for the month
ending April % 1922:
Eighth grade-Zora Farr.
Seventh gradc-John T. Johnson
Guy Hill, Lunette Tracy, Mittic Ruth
Nanderford.
Sixth gradc-Luclle Farr, Ruby
Fowler, Marion Nanderford.
Fifth grade MoGrehead Hughes
Annie Mae Palmer.
Fourth grade-Gordon Hughes
Ruth Vaughan, Walter Vanderford
Aileen Hin, Joe Hughes, Ellis Farr
Harry Farr.
Third grade-Vera Palmer.
Second grade - Woodrow Tracy
Clyde Palmer, Vaughan Palmer, Lille
Mae Fowler, Frances Vanderford
Floride Palmer.
Advanced First-Carl Jenkins, San,
Whitlock, Margaret Vanderford
First grade-Eloise Farr, Frank
Palmer
Highest average for year-Marion
Vandcrford, 92, sixth grade.
Second highest-Zora Farr, 81
eighth grade.
Primary department Gordon
Hughes, %, fourth grade Ruth
Vaughan, 81, fourth grade.
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Iowa to Entertain C. A. r.

Des Moines, April 30.-Iowa is be-
ginning preparations for entertain
ing what may be one of the few re-
naming gatherings of the Grand
Army of the Republic, the national
encampment of the Civil War vetcr-
ans to be held here, Sept. "a to %.
State officials here announced that
the resources of all Iowa would be
mustered at Des Moines to care for
the thousands of grand army men, ex-
pected to come from all parts of Am
erica for the reunion.
Because of the central location of
the encampment this year nearly ev-
cry G. A. r. post in America is ex
pected to have representation at Dcs
Moines next fall.
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Wireless Vision Soon be
Common as Telephone

New York, April % 1T will soon
be possible TO see as well as to hea,
by means Of electricity"
This IS the startling statement of
Nikola Tesla, noted electrical engineer
end discovercr, writing on the futur,
of wireless in the May issue of Pop
ular Science Monthly.
"Telcvision," Tesla declares, "will
be employed as generally as tcleYhon
ing. As one listens to voice at the
other end Of the line. he will also see
every expression Of the speakers face.
at will be possible t, Sc" IS wei a:
to hear either by the wireless tcle-
phone or over the regular wire cir
cults. There VIII b. 70 limit 10 Tx
distance Of such transmit sion, so IT, a,
we shall be able to talk to person
in any part Of the world and watch
his face at the same time.
an general way the instrument
used for television will closely resem-
BILE the mechanism Of the human eye
"The radio transmission Of sound
will also be developed in the future
far beyond the present system. 1t will
be possible not only for any person
with station to listen in, but also to
transmit at the same time to every
other station. ! have already accom-
Tlished this in my experiments"
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-05-02

Eugene Meyer, Jr., managing di-
rector of the war financing corpora
ton, has, in report to President
Harding, proposed six remedies for
the agricultural ills of the country.
Enactment of Legislation specifical-
iy authorizing the organization of in
StltutlOnS to rediScOunt the paper of
live stock lean companies, and the es-
tablshment Of system for the more
adequate supervision and inspection
Of live stock which furnishes security
for the paper
Frank recognition of the need for
the orderly marketing of agricultural
products in more gradual way and
over longer period, and the adjust
ment of existing banking laws and
regulations with this end in view.
Establishment of a rediscount facil-
ity to make it possible at all times
for cooperative marketing organiZa-
tlonS to obtain adequate funds for
IhtII operations.
Extension Of the powers of the
federal reserve banks to include the
purchase in the open market of elipi-
bic paper secured by non -perishable
agricultural commodities properly
warchoused
Encouragement Of state non-mem-
ber banks to enter the federal reserve
system and reduction Of the minimum
capital required for admission to the
system, admission in such cases to be
conditional upon an undertaking to in
crease the capital to the present mini
mum Of $4,000 within definite
time.
amendment of the national bank
ing act to permit limited amount of
hranch banking within limited
radius of the parent institution"
We are not sufficiently educated in
the science Of finance to speak with
authority, but it appeared to us that
these six suggested remedies would,
If applied, go far to solve the prob
lens Of the producers of the country
When we come to recognize that the
real progress in prosperity must come
from the farms, we will begin to see
the light of deliverance.
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Lancaster Counay Has
Second Bull Association


Clemson College, April 29.-Lan-
caster county, under the direction of
County Agent w. f. Howell, assisted
by Extension Dairy Specialist C. c..
Cushman and Special Agent w. f..
Wintermeyer, of the u. S. Department
of Agriculture, has taken another pro-
gressive step in dairy work by the
organization of Lancaster County Jer-
sey Bull Association No. 2. The organ
ization of this association last eek
gives Lancaster two Jersey bull asso-
Citations, of which she may well be
proud, and puts the county in position
to take front rank as Jersey center
with meritorious animals that will de-
yelop profitable dairy industry in
the near future. 1t is also proof of
the sincerity of the farmers of the
county in their effort to diversity.
The association will consist of five
blocks and five well-bred bulls with
a preponderance of Chrome Sensation
blood, all direct descendants of Blue
Fox's Eminent's Chremo, the first
1000-pounti- butter cow in Dixie Three
of the bulls are sons of Chrome Sen
sation, who now heads the Clemson
College Jersey herd. The fourth bull
is son of Blue Fox's Eminent, who
sired Blue. Fox's Eminent's Chrome.
The fifth bull is a great grandson of
Blue Fox Eminent. Thus all the bulls
in the association are direct descend
ants from Eminent breeding.
The bull keepers of the five blocks
are: Block l, E. F. Hammond, Ker-
shaw; Block 2, E. R. Rollings, Ker-
shaw; Block 8, R. S. Kirk, Heath
Springs; Block 4, j. Boyd Craig, Ian
caster; Block 5, J. R. Wilson, Van
Wyck.
Lancaster county is now one of the
few counties in the state with two
bull associations for the improvement
of dairy cattle. Considerable work
was done by the specialist during the
period of organizing the new associa-
ton in strengthening the old associa~
tion which has been in use for three
years, and Increasing interest in dairy
work was found among the farmers
who are members of the old associa-
ton, and many farmers other than
members are now joining the ranks
of cream shippers-all of which goes
to show that the organization of a
bull association benefits not merely
the members but farmers of the en-
tire section who are within reach of
the association work.