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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-09-07
By John Fox, Jr.

On the summit they went into camp,
and 'xt morning Dave swept long
arm t. ward the wild expanse to the
west.
-Four more days." he cried, land
wen be h,erel"
The two boys looked with awe on
the llmitless stretch of wooded wilds.
II was still Virginia, to be sure, but
they felt that once they started down
they would be leaving their own be-
loved state for a strange land of un-
known beasts and red men who people
that dark and bloody ground"
Before sunrise next morning they
were dropping down the steep end
rocky trail. That night they slept
amid the rocky foothills Of the range,
and next morning looked upon a vast
wilderness stretch Of woods that un-
dulated to the gentle slopes Of the
hills, and that night they were on the
edge of the bluegrass land.
Toward sunset Dave, through a
sixth sense, had the uneasy feeling
that he was not only being followed
but watched from the cliffs alongside,
and he observed that Erskine too had
more than once turned in his saddle
or lifted his eyes searchingly to the
shaggy TANKS of the hills. Neither
spoke to the other, but that night
when the boot of an owl raised Dave
from his blanket, Erskine too was up
right with his rife in Ills hand. For
half an hour they waited, and lay
down again, only to be awakened
again by the snort Of horse, when
both sprang to their feet and crawled
out toward the sound. But the heavy
silence lay unbrOken and they brought
the horses closer to the fire.
"Now l know 1t was Indians" said
Dave; "that boss o. mine can smell
one further'n rattlesnake." The boy
nodded and they took turns on watch
while the two boys slept on till day
light. The trail was broad enough
next morning for them to ride two
abreast-Dave and Erskine In advance.
They had scarcely gone a hundred
yards when an Indian stepped into the
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-09-07
DALE
THE YOUNG CHIEF

gYNOPSIS-To the Kentucky
wilderness outpost commanded by
Jerome Sanders, In the time imme-
diately preceding the Revolution.
comes q white boy fleeing from q
tribe OF Shawnees by whom be had
been captured and adopted as q son
Of the chief KRhtoo. He Is given
shelter and attracts the favorable
attention Of Dave Yandell, leader
among the settlers. The boy warns
his new friends Of the coming Of q
Shawnee war party. The fort IL
attacked. and only saved by the
timely appearance Of q party OF
Virginians. The leader OF these IL
fatally wounded, but in his dying
moments recognizes the fugitive
youth as his son. At Red Oaks,
plantation on the James river, Viz
ginIa, Colonel Dale'B home, the boy
appears with a message for the
colonel, who after reading 1t intro
duces the bearer to his daughter
Barbara as her cousin, Erskine
Dale Erskine meets two other
cousins, Harry Dale and Hugh Will
loughby. Dueling rapiers on q wall
at Red oaks attract Erskine's at
tentlon. He takes his frat fencing
lesson from Hugh. Yandell visits
Red Oaks. At the county fair at
Williamsburg Erskine meets .
youth, Dane Grey, and there at
once arises q bitter antagonism be-
tween them. Grey, In liquor, in
suits Erskine, and the latter, for
the moment all Indian, draws bis
knife. Yandell disarms him.
Ashamed of his conduct in the af-
fair with Grey, Erskine leaves Red
Oaks that night, to return to the
wilderness.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-09-07
CHAPTER vI-contlnusd.

Harry" said Colonel Dale, "carry
your cousin my apologies and give him
FREELY on condition that he ride him
back some day. Tell him this home is
his"-the speaker halted, but went on
gravely and firmly whenever he
pleases."
sand give him my love-" said Bar
bara, holding back her tears.
At the river-gate they turned to
wave a last goodby and disappeared
in the woods. At that hour the boy
far over In the wilderness ahead Of
them had cooked squirrel that he
had shot for his breakfast and was
gnawing 1t to the bones. Soon he rose
and at trot sped on toward his home
beyond the Cumberland. And with
him, etched with acid on the steel of
his brain, sped two images-Barbara s
face as he last saw it and the face of
young Dane Grey.
The boys tracks were easily to be
seen in the sandy road, and from them
Dave judged that he must have left
long before daylight. And he was trav-
cling rapidly. At sunset Dave knew
that they were not far behind him, but
when darkness hid the lads tracks
Dave stopped for the night. Again
Erskine had got the start by going on
before day, and 1t was the middle of
the forenoon before Dave, missing the
tracks for hundred yards, halted and
turned back to where little stream
crossed the road, and dismounted, lead
ing his horse and scrutinizing the
Aound
He's seen US tracking him and he's
ibled on us and is tracking us. I
.pect he's looking at us from some
there around here" And he hallooed
at the top of his voice, which rang
down the forest aisles. A war-whOOp
answered almost in their ears that
made the blood leap in both the boys
Even Dave wheeled with cooked rife,
and the lad stepped from behind a
bush scarcely ten feet behind them.
"Well, by gum" shouted Dave,
fooled us, after ALL"
A faint grin of triumph was on the
lads lips, but in his eyes was a wait
ing inquiry directed at Harry and
Hugh. They sprang forward, both Of
them with their hands outstretched:
"Were sorryW
A few minutes later Hugh was trans
ferring his saddle from FREELY to his
own horse, which had gone a trife
lame. On Fireiy, Harry buckled the
boys saddle and motioned for him to
climb up. The bewildered lad turned
to Dave, who laughed.
ats all right"
"He's your horse, COUSIN" said
Harry. "My father sent him to you
and says his home is yours whenever
you please. And Barbara sent her
love-"
At almost the same hour in the
great house on the James the old ne
gress was carrying from the boys
room to Colonel Dale in the library
kingly deed that the lad had left be-
hind him. 1t was a rude scrawl on
sheet of paper, signed by the boys
Indian name and his totem mark-a
buffalo pierced by an arrow.
ut make me laugh. / have no use.
/ give hole dam plantashun Barbara"
Thus read the scrawlI
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-09-07

They Had Scarcely Gone a Hundred
Yards When an Indian Stepped Into
the Path Twenty Yards Ahead.
path twenty yards ahead. Instructive
ly Dave threw his rifle up, but Erskine
caught his arm. The Indian had lifted
his hand-palm upward. Shawnee p
said the lad, as two more appeared
from the bushes. The eyes of the two
tidewater boys grew large, and both
clinched their guns convulsively. The
Indian spokesman paid no heed except
to Erskine-and only from the lads
face, in which surprise was succeeded
by sorrow and then deep thoughtful
ness, could they guess what the gut
tural speech meant, until Erskine
turned to them.
They were not on the war path
against the whites, he explained His
Observation-Disclosures, the big chief,
the king-was very i'll, and his mes
sage, brought by them, was that Frs
kline should come back to the tribe and
become chief, as the chiefs only
daughter was dead and his only son
had been killed by the palefaces. They
knew that in the fight at the fort
Erskine had killed Shawnee, his tor
mentor, for they knew the arrow,
which Erskine had not had time to
Withdraw. Tho dead Shawnee's
brother-Crooked Lightning-was with
them. He it was who had recognized
the boy the day before, and they had
kept him from killing Erskine from
the bushes. At that moment a gigan-
tic savage stepped from the brush.
The boys frame Quivered, straight
ened, grew rigid, but he met the ma
levolent glare turned on him with
emotionless face and himself quietly
began to speak while Harry and Hugh
and even Dave watched him en-
thralled; for the lad was Indian now
and the old chiefs mantle was about
his shoulders. He sat his horse like
king and spoke as a king. He thanked
them for holding back Crooked Light
ning's evil hand, but-contemptuously
he spat toward the huge savage-he
was not to die by that hand. He was
a paleface and the Indians had slain
his white mother. He had forgiven
that, for he loved the old chief and
his foster mother and brother and sis
ter. and the tribe had always been
KIND to him, Then they had killed his
white father and he had gone to visit
his kindred By the big waterf. and now
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-09-07
Mammoth Ice she.t,-

Ice fields within the torrld zone
amaze us. There is yet one more reve-
Iation. The ice that melted In China
and the Punjab appears to have come
from Antarctica. The great southern
continent once was the recipient Of a
heavy current on its Pacific side. Ola
ciers formed over 1t, and pushed out
over South Africa, Australia, the East
Indies, and most Of the Indian ocean,
and finally melted on the mainland Of
Asia itself. Besides these the northern
ice sheets were puny indeed.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-09-07
FIuurativeIy Speaking.

"Who is that man who wants to see
met" asked Mr.. Wadleigh.
"He says you and he used to 20 IN
swimming together when you were
boys"
"Ahi I fear q touch. He has prob
ably come to tell me that I'm still in
the swim and he's about to 90 under
for the third and last time. "-Birming.
ham Age-Herald.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-09-07
ENectIve Economv.

Rub-So you are practicing econ
omy.
Bub--Yes, indeed; for three months
now I haven't paid cent on my
debts.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-09-07
Indigestion and
Dyspepsia
Overcome

Victims Of stomach trouble. indlges-'
don, dyspepsia and their allied COM
plants ind Tanlac an ever-ready
source Of relief and comfort Thou
sands Of people have rebound the Joys
Of health by its use after everything
else they tried had failed.
''Tanlac helped me wonderfully"
sold Mrs. W. II. Hooker, "a Rose Ave-.
Clifton Forge, Va. "FOr over a year
I suffered tortures from indigestion,
and had to live on the simplest foods.
I became almost q nervous wreck.
Tanlac restored me 20 the best Of
health"
Tanlac helps the stomach digest
the food properly and eliminate waste.
Soon the whole system is built up, the
blood is purified and the entire body
takes on new tone, vitality and en-
ergy. Get bottle today and start on
the road to health. For sale by all
good druggists. Advertisement.
ParadoxIeaI Outlook.
II am working just now on sea
story"
"Do you think you can land it1'
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-09-07

The war has made table linen very
valuable. The use Of Red Cross Ball
Blue viii add to its wearing qualities
Use 1t and see. All grocers. -Adver.
tisement,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-09-07
A Poor catch.

"Maud says he's not a very good
catch, after ALL" "She says that, does
she7 Then he must have dropped
her."
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-09-07
"sIaek woIf. con Of Crooked
Llghtnlnul"
CTo BE coNTINUED.l

Portugal contains only two cities
Lisbon and Oporto. with populations
In excess Of $1,000.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-21

In BUILDING REALM
Continuance Of Low Costs
Urged by Associated
Contractors.

Keeping construction costs as
low as possible. and that all ele-
ments OF the building industry CO.
operate to this end in order that
tEs building boom now in sway
in this country may be brought to
a successful conclusion, was urged
by the Associated General Con-
tractors of America in convention
at Hotel Washington Thursday.
d. A. CARRIER. former president
OF the organization. indorsed this
stand and pointed out that the
American construction council was
the agency within the organization
in which the efforts of the existing
organizations could be correlated
and directed toward this end. He
likened the efforts of the Amer
lean construction council to unite
all of the elements of the build
ing industry, including architects,
engineers. general contractors. rep
resentatives. of construction labor,
manufacturers, material dealers,
representative of government bu-
reaus and public utilities depart
ments. to the motion picture in
dustry. in which he said the largest
strides had been made toward CO.
ordinating all of the principal fac
tors in the industry. in producing
under able leadership the best of
which that industry is capable.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-21
EASING OF MONEY
RATES FEATURES
WEEKS MARKET
Bonds Turn Distinctly
Firmer After Very Ir-
regular Opening.

NEW YORK. May 2o.-Probabiy
no feature OF the financial markets
this week attracted wider attention
than the continued easing OF the
rates for time and call money. For
those interested In the future OF
bond prices. that is. OF course. a de-
velopment of prime importance.
Bond prices during the first part Of
the week when news OF definitely
cheaper money were spread bonds
turned distinctly hrmer and sharp
rallies occurred over tho entire list
outside OF the foreign department
Cali Money st Per Cent.
Call money on Friday got to a
new recent low OF per cent, but
that Is not. OF course. as reliable an
index Of conditions as the rate for
time paper. The 80 10 eO-lay paper
fell. to a new low since 1917 on the
same day Of 3& per cent. the so 20
s0-day paper fell TO 4 and the longer
term paper to ~. Money apparent
ly was in good supply at these fig
ures. moreover. and there are many
good men in Wall Street who rather
expect a period Of easier money for
time.
II such an expectation 80 realised.
doubtless there will be a stisfenIng
in bond prices, providing always, of
course. that the cheapenIng IN
rates does not Immediately incIte
such a volume OF new loans as TO
flood the investment and speculs-
tive markets. Liberty bonds are
advancing gradually and that is
looked upon as another good sign
for the immediate future.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-21
REV. MISS BROWN
GIVEN HIGH HONOR
Listed as One of 26u Great
Citizens of Wisconsin in
WOmen'S Primer.

RACINE. Wis. May 2o.SRev.
Olympia Brown. Of this city, has
been listed as one of the twenty
six great citizens Of Wisconsin in
"a Progressive Primer" issued re-
Gently by the Wisconsin Women's
Progressive Association.
The primer is to instruct the
women Of the State in their duties
as citizens.
Miss Brown retained her maiden
name after her marriage to J. H
willis because. as she explained
the custom of surrendering ones
name upon marriage originated
when woman was mere chattel.
She has held high offices in the
women's Party. having served as
president of the Wisconsin wom-
ems Suffrage Association and later
as president Of the Federal Worn
ans Equality Association Of the
United States. She presided at the
hearing held in the Senate. cham
Der at Washington in 1918. which
resulted in the suffrage amendment
to the National Constitution.
Rev. Miss Brown organized the
uTsl woman 8 hlEn1S ASSOCIATION n
the world. The New. England
Woman's Suffrage Associa ton" in
Boston. and this organization still
holds annual meetings. Her first
nastorate was at Weymouth. Mass.
Her last pastorate was at the Uni
versal church here, from which she
resigned in 1886 to devote her en-
tire time to the cause of woman's
suffrage
The Washington herald., 1922-05-21
HEDGES, MIDDLETON
HAVE ACTIVE WEEK
Hartford and 9 Residential
Properties Here Bring
S5,400.

The Hartford Courts and nine
residential properties. agEregatins
in value s2S5.4Oo. were reported
transferred during the past week
by the firm of Hedges & Middleton.
Inc. Transactions are as follows:
The Hartford Courts, a four-storr
hreproof building. at 1434 Harvard
street. was purchased by Charles D.
Weidenhamer from a local investor,
II contains thirty-four apartments
OF three and four rooms and baths
each.
Sarah q. Gwynne and Jane Gibson
purchased 2712 Cathedral avenue
from Mrs. Mary G. VI. French. This
Is three-story house with ten
rooms and three baths. and Is mod
ern In every particular. 1t will be
occupied by the purchasers.
A semi-detached brick at 1918
Gallitan street northwest, having
eight rooms, two baths and a garage
for two cars, was sold for Eva Mary
Bushey to Walter H. Cole. The
office of F. A. Linger represented
the purchaser.
Premises 1922 S street northwest
was purchased by a local investor
/ iIOHi Jane OlDSOn. 1nlS Is a three
story brick house with eleven rooms
| and bath
! two-story corner house at 1922
North Capitol street northwest was
purchased by Jacob Lipkin from
Jacob Sneider.
/ Francis Norton purchased from
Ellen Fish a six-room house. 3S s
street northwest. Mr.. Norton will
hold the same as an investment
j. A. Connor sold to David A. Baer
modern tapestry brick house, 2724
Ontario road northwest. 1t contains
nine rooms. two baths, and has
| built-in garage.
No. 10 East Lenox street, Chevy
Chase, Md. was purchased by ]. A!
/ Connor from local investor. This
! is a detached colonfal-style home,
center-hall plan, with nine rooms,
| two baths and servants quarters
It has a large lot, s0x125, with
| attractive shrubbery and several
large trees. Mr.. Conner is now
occupying the house.
A six-room house at 401 Eleventh
street northeast was purchased by
: Reginald 3. and Bessie NJ. Upd,ke
I from John W. and Lillian S, Swjnk.
y modern siX-room bungalow at
, No. II Baltimore pike. Cottage
| rty. Md, WAS sold for william
! ThronburH. jr..i to John w. and
Lillian S. Swink. II has a large
lot with a garage. Mr. and Mrs
swink are now occupying the same.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-21
Lumber Market Conditions; I;
A Record Year Predicted

Discussing condition. On the
lumber industry last week be-
fore n special meeting Of the
Southern Pine Association.
Charles :. Keith. chairman Of
the committee on economics.
said; ITO sum the lumber situ-
ation up, with shortage Of
supply equtynlent Go approNi-
mnteIy 2S.OOO 600 900 feet of pro-
duction and stocks; with n de-
mand for lumber which has this
year been sufficiently great Co
absorb all production and half
the stOcksi with the fact that
money Is working easier. bring
Ing mortgages and bond iSSues
into ready demand. and coRse-
quentiy rendering funds aNaiI-
able for huiIdinEI with the fact
that depletion is proceeding at
n rate Nhi~h new production
cannot Immediately equal. the
situation clearly argues and ia
dicates that the year 1922 will
he n year which Iumbermen may
look forward 10 with no unc~r-
tainty. hut with confidence.
"it should he prosperou.
year and the beginning of sey-
eral more 10 follow"
The Washington herald., 1922-05-21
IS FAIRLY
STRONG AS MART
RULES UNSETTLED
May, Under Considerable
Long-Selling Pressure,
Averages Lower.

CHICAGO. May 2o.-wheat mar
ket, while somewhat unsettled,
showed fair strength in the early
trading. with commission houses and
shorts on the buying side Of the de-
ferred deliveries making slightly
lower average despite the break OF
Y to Id in Liverpool. May, how
ever. was under pressure from scat
tered longs and averaged lower. with
the best support coming from a local
elevator interest which was also the
best buyer of the previous day. The
action of the May continues to be
the dominating influence In the mar
ket. and for the time being other
factors are ignored. P. S. Good
man has returned from Kansas and
was out with rather pessimistic
report on that State and on Texas
and Oklahoma, the two latter States
showing a deterioration in condition
as harvest approaches. Foreign CROP
reports were rather unfavorable, with
the April / condition in France ofi-
ciaHy given as IS against ~ has,
year and import needs next season
are estimated at $1,000, 900 bushels
or about 100000 bushels more
than the present year. Milling de.
mand continues light, and sales oi
100 bushels were made to go tc
store.
Corn and Oats.
Corn and oats. whie acting rather
firm early. reacted from the high
poin. In sympathy with wheat early
but there was no material pressure
on the markets. and the selling was
mainly of a local character. Fore
cast indicated further unsettled
weather over a good part of the belt
although rains are needed in sec
tions Of Iowa and Nebraska Corn
planting is practically finished ir
the dry area. but is delayed In
other sections.
Provisions.
Provisions averaged lower, with a
rather light trade. Hogs sold ul
to sll. with the market steady to
strong at yesterdays average. Re-
ceipts 5000. with $4,000 for Monday
and l45.eOO all next week. Latter
will compare with 17S,0O0 last year
Western run for the week was 5l4,-
600. compared with $4,000 the pre-
vious week and $4,000 last year
Packing of hogs at Chicago for the
season to date aggregated 1885. 900
against 1.326.000 last year. Money
steady; call, An; time, 5a5h. Ex'
change par.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-21
ARTFUL POINCARE
CALMS FARM BLOC
French Premier Averts Crisis
In Chamber by Writing
Speech for His Supporter.

PARIS. May 20.-Premier Ray
mond Poincare. of France, says he
has only taken Office to clean up
the situation as regards foreign
affairs. Once that is done. he
declares he will resign, and let
the battle to clean up Frances in
ternal situation go on without him.
And that battle. in view of the
legislative elections due a little
over two years from now. promises
to be a lively one.
Nevertheless, NJ. Poincare does
manage now and again to stick a
pudsy finger into the internal pie.
The other day VI. Henry Cheron,
his bearded minister of agriculture,
was due to be interpelltaed by
some irate rural deputies. A stroke
of luck might have made an ad-
verse vote, or at least a diminished
majority, pretty dangerous for the
government. M Cheron. placid
Norman from the applejack country
though he is, was worried.
But on the morning the inter-
pellation was due to come up. no
received a bulky envelope from NJ
Poincare. In brief note til"
premier told his colleague that he
had taken the liberty Of jotting
down few" ideas that might Be
of help to him In the afternoons
test. And on opening up the rest
of the envelopes contents, NJ.
Cheron was surprised to find that
there was his speech, all prepared
In NJ. Poincare's own diminutive
handwriting
So NJ. Cheron mounted the tribune
~ n l.
MS own. And since NJ. Poincare was
Lorraine farmboy long before H.
became captain IN the Blue Devils"
m mister. premier, president and
premier again, the speech was so
good and so practical that the irate
rural deputies voted a solid con-
Tide encR In fhn nrnn,rrnr,,antr
The Washington herald., 1922-05-21

mate recently made By Frederick
J. Haskin. the we'll known writer
and economic authority. Other
students differ somewhat In the
arrangement of these estimates but
no one doubts that. next to agri-
culture. the lumber and wood
using groups most vitality influence
our national life. And sharing
with agriculture the fact that their
products are heavy, bulky and of
prime necessity wherever men live,
lumber and the wood-using indus
tries are absolutely dependent
upon the element of transportadon
as affecting the cost OF their prod
ucts TO consumers
Within the past few months there
has been . spontaneous and ma
tion-wids demand for q reduction
IN freight rates upon the products
Of the soil and for the other fun
damental requirements of the pub
lie, including lumber and wood
products Lumbermen declare that
the chief element In the cost of
building materials 10 freight. The
nation IL waiting to start upon q
program of homo building but in
many places builders declare that
freight rates have enhanced mate
rial costs to prohibitive levels.
At a recent conference Of shippers
here a general committee was ap-
pointed to present the matter to the
Interstate c m m ere 70 Commission.
Uniting with lumber are representa-
tives of such organizations as the
American Farm Bureau. Ohio State
Industrial League. American Associa-
tion OF Nurserymen. National Gamers
Association. Illinois Dairymen's As
sociation. etc II Is expected that the
work Of the committee will be made
public within the next few weeks.