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fused by the trend of question
ing.
"You mean yore own pappy,
old man Blake, was up there and
got shot att"
"Yesw He was shot at, and
never saw who did it! They might
have killed him"
"Hmmmm, | hadn't got that, "
the sheriff unused aloud. "Wcll,
listen-did you know old man
Golfer, PaupS brother, had been
shot at, too"
"Now
Fact. He sworc to it, and one
bullet creased his hip. | saw the
wound. And now you say yore
pap done likewise, leastwiSe got
shot at. Golfer said he dadn't done
no talking about it, but was lay
ing low and waiting. I'll question
yorc old man before ! leave, but
| reckon it'll he the same tale.
This puts Il new slant on it all,
though"
81 don't get it," said Stuart
fatty.
| don't neither, now" the of
ficer admitted. 81 thought ! had
something doped out, but maybe
| amt, with yore own pap mixed
in it,"
I'll tell you, son, what | had
figured. Old man Golfer and that
Silas-they had it doped out that
you slipped up and put Paul Col
ter out of the way because he
shot at you in the store. They
figure you killed him"
ME" Stuart almost shouted
1t, so aStoundcd was he. He had
forgotten that Carolec had told
him the same thing.
"Yep, you, | sort of put two
and two together on it myself,
and it looked possible. Now it
don't"
That evoked n lot more talking,
but it didn't net anything. Pref
tv soon Stuart remembered that
Paul Golfer had been found dead.
He knew Carolec would be under
great stress by il.
give got to go at once" he
told the sheriff. "That girl-Car-
olee COlter-l'm fond Of her.
Fast is, Mr.. Watson, | think a
great deal of her. I'll go up there
and do what | can"
The sheriff grabbed his arm.
"Nopc, you WON'T" nc COM
handed. "You STAY away from
them Golfers. don't know moth
ing about the women. but | been
talking to the men. One KILN is
enough in this case"
Stuart did lot of thinking dur
ing the next hour or so.
IF somebody shot old man Col
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looked the best | could around
where we found him. and 1 could
mt see no more gold.
"But-but-where did you pick
these up, Mr.. Watson"
Right Outen his hand Pm tell
ing you his fingers was clutched
stiff around this gold! He knowed
what he had, son. He must've
been headin' out to tell it. But
don't let it out, yet. Say nothing.
Don't want no gold rush up here.
It's Golfers anyway, if any
body's.'
The sheriff was more excited
than a sheriff is supposed to be,
but then he hadn't had such u
case before.
He swigged two cups of coffee.
warmed himself by the stove, and
finally regained his judicial calm.
He was obviously doing some
deep thinking, because he didn't
speak any more cxccDt with yes
or "no" for several minutes.
Stuart went outside to see the
cowboys and tie guide who had
ridden with the officer, and
brought them in for coffee.
When they had gone back to
their horses. Sheriff Watson ling
cred with Stuart again.
"Lemme ask you something,
Young man." he began. when
! did you first meet this here Paul
Golfer"
"Why, when | first got to town.
To Phoenix, | mean. | ran into
him i'm clothing store. POttcr's
Store. Sells saddles and such, and
-"
"Um-huhm. | know. You and
him had a little sct-to there.
Right"
Eyes. sir. In a way. Nothing
serious. but"
"But he took a shot at you with
his gun, Wasn't no accidcnt-nOw
was it," He eyed Stuart hard.
"Well, no; since you ask. Mat
ter of fact it wasn't. But it was
mt important. misunderstanding.
/ got sock on the jaw out of it,
and | deserved it. The boys sis
ter"
"Never mind. | know about you
and the sister, too. Now you was
up in the mountain the other day
by yoreself, and happened to get
into some trouble. That right
"Now Not that kind of trouble,
| mean. My horse got killed, but
he fell over a cliff. You see, my
dad had been shot at, and"
"Y0UR dad?"
ayes. Why"
The sheriff eyed Stuart kecnly
again. Stuart was obviously con,
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ter" he told himself, "then we
both have third party to con-
tend with. But who?"
Then a thought struck him, a
possible answer. "The sheriff
Watson! He knew everything. He
tried to minimize the accidents
and the shootings. He wanted the
gold discovery kept secret! Then
he could go up there undisturbed,
ostensiblv hunting clews to PauPs
murderer! Jump any claim ne
found! S-a-a-ay :. +"
Ito Be Continued)
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SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION
RACE TRACK RIOT

PARIS, July S.-(UP)-Near-
w a dozen persons were sent to
hospitals late today following a
riot at Saint Cloud race course
and THE burning of pari-mutucl
booths. The rioting broke out
when officials changed the win
ner of the sixth race.
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Who Won
PIEDMONT LEAGUE

Winston-salem 2, Norfolk l.
Portsmouth 3, Richmond b.
Ricky Mount 9, Durham 8.
COniy games scheduled.)
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Bye iIEIGS,

CAST OF CHARACTERS
CAROLEE Golfer, heroine,
prospector's daughter.
STUART BLAK E, Eastern
dude" tourist; Csrolee's lover.
HENRY Golfer. ProsPeetor:
PAUL. and SILAS COLTER,
proprietor sons.
NINA BLAKE, Stusrt's sister
Yesterday: Carolee befriends
an old Indian woman who has
broken her leg. And Stuart mani
tests very definite romantic inter-
est in Carolee.
CHAPTER Y III
The two reporters slept tate
next morning and so missed some
pertinent conversation incident 10
the search for Paul Golfer.
Sheriff Watson arrived at the
Lodge just at daybreak. He had
mt slept, and he wanted coffee
badly enough to arose the Lodge
cook for il. Stuart Blake deeply
concerned over the matter any
way. was awakened by the Sher-
ifs arrival and came out prompt
ly.
"'What luck" Stuart asked
anxiously. there in the kitchen.
"Plenty; maybe too much was
the lacOnic reply.
"What-what is il? Did you
find Paul Colter?"
"Set down." the sheriff COM
manded. "I'll sip and tell you. We
found him. right enough. We
wasn't expecting il just that min
ute, but the dog run off TO one
side and hOwlcd. We went over
there and By George there was
PaurS body. That was about sun
down. Old man Golfer and that
Silas. they sure took it on the
chin"
Stuart was staring as if en-
tranced. The sheriff resumed.
"Paul's body wasn't much both
cred. We got his gun. Ii hadn't
been shot. And he had some wa
ter and grub left, too. Damned IL
can say yet what killed him,
till we git a doc to see the body,
But there's one thing more
this"
The sheriff had reached into
his coat pocket and removed a
handful of rocks, four or five of
them the size of walnuts.
Stuart took the pieces and fin
gered them. The sheriff had not
exaggerated at all. The pieces
seemed TO be two-thirds virgin
metal-the prettiest possible de-
pOsits of free gold. Stuart knew
nothing of ore specimens, but
even he could sense the extreme
wealth of them.
"Then he found his treasure"
Stuart brcathed. Even though he
diedw
81 reckon he muSt've. This
shows it, right enough. | sent the
body back by some of the boys,
with the Golfer men, and | looked
around. | couldn't find no claim
monument, in the starlight. III
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
mo games played.)
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RED FIRE TRUCKS SLIPPING

BELLAlRE, o. - lUPD-Cr.
officials advocate painting 49,
city's proposed new fire ,r,ry
white instead of the convcn,i,n,I
red. Other red vehicles are n"
coming so numerous officials com.
tend, that red no longer srgr5,
out as distinguishing color
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OCRACOkE THRIVES

OCRACOKE, July S.-(UP)-
Picturesque Ocracoke is la n d,
whose principal industries are
fishing and summer rcsortlng, to-
day reported one of its best sea-
sons is being enjoyed, with tour
lists from as far west as Ashevllle
present,
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Where They Play
pIEDMONT LEAGUE

PIEDMONT LEAGUE
Charlotte at Asheville double
neader).
Durham at Rocky Mount.
Norfolk at Winston-Salem.
Richmond at Portsmouth.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
(No games scheduledO
NATIONAL LEAGUE
(No games scheduled)
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION
Atlanta at Little Rock.
Chattanooga at Memphis.
Knoxville at Birmingham.
Nashville at New Orleans.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
mo games played.)
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CONFIRM LAND PRICE

ASHEVILLE, July s. (UP)-
4 federal court order has CON
firmcd a price of $17S,866 for
1856 acres of land in Clay
and Cherokee counties condemned
by the federal government for in
clusion in the nationa! forests.
Tea was introduced into Eu-
rope by Spanish traders in 1923.
The daily independent., 1937-04-16
A Canadian Viewpoint

Labor has certain rights which
are recognized by the, laws Of
Canada and also by the laws OF
common sense: The right to Or
ganize into unions; the right to
choose one or other of the several
types of unions; the right to
strike: certain rights of picketing;
the right to peaceful persuasion:
the right to bring international
organizers into one country from
the other.
On the other hand, there are
certain things which are by law
forbidden. Labor must not employ
violence; must not attempt to
forcibly prevent others from TAX
ing strikers positions; must not
trespass upon forbidden property
or attempt to destroy it; must not
interfere with shipments Of goods
or threaten violence to those in
charge of them.
No government is warranted in
forcibly interfering with labor so
long as labor is doing those things
which the law sanctions. A govern
ment'S prejudice against one or
other of the organizations into
which workers band themselves
does not justify a provocative at
titude towards that organization.
The fact that a strike ties up a
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THE ONCE OVER
By PHILLIPS
Copyright, 1897, BY The Associated Newspapers
THE TROUT SEASON
By H. 1. PHILLIPS

The trout season opens about this time OF year
in most states but this correspondent will not par
ticipate The traffic in those brooks has become
too congested Angling has become too compHcaVeo
by such problems as whether north ana SouCh-
bound fisherman has the right-of-Way over all
east and west-b bound fisherman.
Those brooks are so crowded on opening day
that YOU are sure to get into heated argument
with dozens of anglers over whether heavy, SLOW
going fisherman should move over and allow the
lighter. fast-gong anglers to pass.
This department has found the early trout an
glers pathetically ignorant on the fine points OF
trout fishing Half of them don't know enough 10
hold out their hands when they are going 10 make
a left turn. Thousands of anglers back up While
playing fish, without signaling to the fishermen
behind them.
And the traffic situation at lnterSectlng streams
is terrific When a mob of early spring anglers
anglers splashing down another nothing but chaos
can enSue.
We were fishing north -and-south stream last
season on opening day with five thousand other
idiots when we ran smack into line of six or
seven thousand fishing a cross stream
We lost our creel. had our brand new rod side
swiped suffered a dent in our left boot and broke
our right elbow in the collisions.
A friend of ours had a headon collision with
fisherman who turned in swiftly from cross
stream and was completely telescoped.
There isn't any peace and quiet in the trout
stream country any more. You find hot dog stands
slot machines, barbecueS, carrouSels pumping sta
tions. cabanas and dance halls right beside the
brooks.
The only things missing in those rustic streams
are markers reading Trout Brook No. /" You
Are Now Passing Pool No 345. Come Again" and
This Is Blodgetts Brook Thank You"
With perhaps some signs like Fish Slow. School
Children Angling so Feet Ahead"
Trout in those brooks? Don't be silly! There isn't
room for EN- to swim.
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With the HumOrists
SUCCESS

Despite all the efforts of his teachers it seemed
that young Robert had just about as much chance
of passing hi scholarship examination as a COW
has of becoming mutton!
During the afternoon the mathematics paper
appeared and the very first question on the paper
foored him completely.
IF one horse" it asked, can run one mile in
a minute and half and another horse can do
the same distance in two minutes, how far would
the first horse be ahead if they ran a race of two
miles at their respective speeds?"
Robert thought for a moment, and then he saw
a way out.
Il regret to say" he wrote, that it is against
my principles to have anything to do with horse
racing in any form"
He paSsed-Montreal Star
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;+MA4v.,

Interment was in the MetaTit
church yard.
Mr.. Norman was So years d
age and was born in Tyrre- N.r.
ty, the son of Cicero J. and is..s
Wood Norman. In his youth Vt |
his family, he moved to Pyrzt |
living here until the tins. Is
death.
lin his early manhG h rs
married to Miss Cott% G-L. 4
Martin county. This LII vg
blessed with two sons, I'll, Th
his wife, survive him.
He was a member Of .K nz!
of stewards OF the M;t.9ls
church, had 1erved on tie GT,
board of school trustees art 9
I-tlas-time OF his death was u
superintendent Of the luns!
plaiit of the Plymouth Box II
Panel company.
Mr.. Norman was an esteen4
member of a prominent ia1J
and the community notes :
passing with regret.
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Funeral of Mrs. Jennette al
Swan Quarter "Wednesday

w. H. Jennette of this city has
received word of the death OF
his aunt. Mrs. Vienna Taylor, who
died at Taylor's hospital, Wash
ington, N. c., fonowing a stroke
of paralysis.
Funeral services were conduct
ed wednesday afternoon at Swan
Quarter and burial followed in the
Soule cemetery.
She was the mother of Ed Jen-
nette of Washington and Charlie
,Jennette of Aulander.
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WHAT OTHER
EDITORS SAY
Unhampered Laborers

THE happiest land and the
highest civilization is that in
which every capitalist is an un-
hampered laborer, and every la
borer a potential capitalist. Uto-
pia is approached by degrees, not
decrees-by the slow, toilsome i'm
provement of the race. There
never will be a Utopia Of and for
weakness and shiftlessness. Every
man king is a good trick if you
can do it. God couldn't or didn't.
1t might be better to inculcate in
mankind the inspiration to be
royal, and leave the world in the
hands of those who can make the
grade" -Mergeathaler Shining
Lines.
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General Grants Dress

General Grant went in citizens
clothes to the Capitol when he was
sworn in as President. He was Of
q practical mind in his dress, ex-
cent that he often appeared in public
driving his own team, when he
might have been mistaken for aa
ordinary horse jockey. There was
that in his demeanor peculiar to the
greatness OF the man-dignifed SIM
nIicity. A dress suit was to him a
thing to be abhorred. Grant was at
his best at the table with his wife
and children.
The daily independent., 1937-04-16
APRIL SNOW

Why did you come-Oh you April SHOW
Spelling the CLINT of the sprngtlme eio"'
Why did you nip all the crocuS Slloo'''
And huddle the Lily O Valley rooVS
Close together in earth below
Fearing your Cold-Oh you April SnoW
You who're so welcome when winters mere
Now out of tune when the spring suns near
If you had fallen in rain drops rouliu'
Softcning the lumpy and harden sLooio'
Adding your moisture to rootletS Late, @
Sending up buds to the trees SO par paie
Feeding the flowers with food thcy nseo'
Later you'd germinate each little Seeu' .rf srou
Then we'd have welcomed youLOI ~ 'Ia'
6"' Ill us spring 'tii'--0'' ElFH COEDol
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useful industry is no argument

useful industry is no argument
for forcible government action un-
less the law is being broken. 1t
does, however, call for a maximum
effort on the part of a government
to bring about a settlement by
conciliation. Such a settlement is
most readily achieved by discard
ing prejudices and acting as a
third party ,lnswayed by anything
but a desire to find common
ground on which the two parties
to a dispute may meet-Toronto
Daily Star.
The daily independent., 1937-04-16
BITING SARCASM

traveller said to the conductor of a slow Amer
lean train: Does this railroad allow passengers to
give advce?"
The conductor replied, gruffly that he guessed So
1t occurred to me- said the traveller that it
would be as we'll to detach the cowcatcher from
the front of the engine and bolt it on to the rear
for what is to prevent a COW strolling into this
car and biting one of the passengers" Bits
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READERS of this newSpa'

READERS OF lIllS HeNSPd-
SEE BY THE per were quick 10 notce
HEADLINES and cvincc taVoraDle re-
action to a new wrinkle III
headlines adopted by us this week. II by any
chance YOU haven't noticed it, turn again 10
the front page and see how we dlfferentiate
purely local and regional news stories from
the telegraph news by giving the local news
head distinguishing slant
We have found surprisingly large num-
her of readers who don't seem to be at all
interested in the wealth of national ana
foreign news that we lay before them each
mornino This class of readers will find their
local news at a glance without having 10
read all the headlines to find the news they
are chiefly interested in And at glance one
can see that The Daily Independent is COW
ering both local and telegraph news in a big
and interesting way.
Speaking of newspaper headlines, William
Allen White had this to say. dozen years
ago: MY feeling is that the headline in the
American journal will grow smaller, but
that it will become more and more import
ant. So much news in the world is concern
ING us all that we can only take it in tabloid
form. would not be surprised some time to
see a newspaper with the entire front page
devoted to headlines "a sort OF index to
the elaborate articles on other pages.
The daily independent., 1937-04-16
WE observed a man with a
DEADLIER
THAN
A PISTOL

a
THAN the other day having his
A PISTOL tires changed We looked
at the speedometer on the
shiny new car; it had turned up only 26
miles The man was trading in the four-ply
tires that came on his car for siX-ply tires
that would give him longer wear and greater
security, cheerfully paying the substantial
difference in price.
One of the most expensive luXurlcS that
man can indulge in is cheap automobile
tire. Cheap or worn tires are dangerous on
any vehicle moving at a speed greater than
20 miles an hour.
And vet the average automobile manutac-
turcr, after building every possible safety
device into his automobile. equps that car
with cheap tires to meet competition. The
manufacturer ought to get away from that
practice.
In this age of speed and specd-maniacs
rigid standards for automobile tires should
be established by law.
We should say that the cheap automobile
tire is far deadler than pistol We have
laws against gun-totng; laws against ven
turing on public highwyS with vehicles
equipped with dangerous tires are equally
desirable
Blow-Outs from ply-fabricated tires
exact frightful toll of human life day i'll
and day out and make countless millions
mourn for loved ones dead.
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MACON w. NORMAN

Plymouth, April Is Funeral
services were held for Macon w.
Norman Tuesday morning, April
13, at the home, with the Rev. C..
T. Thrift officiating.
His brothers, Staunton, James
W., Joseph, Vance, and Cicero
Norman, and brother -in-law Lu-
ther Gurkin, acted as pallbearerS.
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By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. ALLEN
REGISTERED

temper, once stormed that, the
constitution was gone"
Justice Sutherland. Usually the
mildest hammered of men, this
time pounded on the dais, let the
sparks fly. He read the dissent on
the Associated Press case, uphold
ing freedom of the press.
In 1881 Sutherland joined in the
dissent on the Minnesota Gag
Law, in which he upheld that
States right to curb newspapers
which criticized public officials.
incidentally, that was another 5-4
decision. At that time the same
Justices who this week voted for
freedom of the press then voted
against it. They were Sutherland,
Van Devanter, Butler and Mercy
nelds. The five who recently voted
against the Associated Press
Hughes, Brandeis, Stone, Cardozo
and Roberts-at that time voted
for freedom of the press.
Ouch!
Those who WINGED most at the
Wagner Act decisions were the
Liberty League lawyers. They got
out a report long in advance de-
Claring the act a complete de-
parture from our constitutional
theory of government" They had
mo heSitancy" in recommending
that it be ignored.
When other lawyers pointed out
that it was unethical to issue this
advice before a law had. been test
ed in the courts, committee of
the American Bar Association up
held the Liberty League.
Those who signed the report in
cluded: John w. Davis, Frank Ho-
gan. Nathan Miller, Joseph Ely,
cambridge Colby, David A. Reed,
the late George Wickersham, the
late James M. Beck, and Fred
Stinchfield now president of the
American Bar Association.
Back Pay
One important phase Of the
Wagner Act decisions is that en-
polyeeS are ordered reinStated
with back pay. In some cases this
goes back a long way.
Moreover employees don't have
to sue for it. This will be big
item for some companies. among
them Remington-Rand, where a
bout 1000 employees are ordered
returned to work with back pay
dating from sometime last sum-
mer.
Merry Go Round
War Department experts who
study the Spanish war estimate
that so per cent of the Loyalist
losses III the air were caused by
German anti-aircraft guns. The
Peruvian Ambassador to the
| United States, Manuel ue rIeSIe'
speaks English better than he
speaks Spanish. When Senator
Ashurst of Arizona meets Senator
Pittman of Nevada he says,
"Hows my native State?" Ashurst
was born near Winnemucca, Ne
vada. Among the State Depart
ment's corps of solemn Negro
functionaries. the Oldest in service
is Charles A. Reeder, whose hrst
Washington job was as footman
to President Mckinley in 1897.
John L. Lewis, Jr.. is headed Tor
graduation with honorS this June
from Woodberry Forest School in
Virginia. Treasury Department
keeps its easel art on the road.
There are 80 exhibits, from
Painting and Sculpture Section,
travelling over nationwide cir
cults. General PerShing plans
to sail for Europe in June.
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HM-M,

Postal Clerk! This letters overweight, madam.
You'll have to put another three-cent stamp on it.
Woman: Well, of all things! Here I've mailed
dozens of letters that were underweight. And now
you want to charge me three cents because I'm
sending one that's Just teeny bit over the limit.
That's terrible And right at our own post oEdcs,
!eo-EIack.s Sr!!as
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DESTINATION

The down path makes a lovely slide.
But who wants in the depth to bide?
I would much rather puff and climb
And hope to reach the heights sometime!
Dorothy Quick.
The daily independent., 1937-04-16

Norman Thomas and voting the Democratic
or Rcpublican ticket is obvious, No need to
rrSb into socialism; we are being pushed
info i as fast as we can take it.
The daily independent., 1937-04-16
THE
DRIFT

THE The ideal form of government
DRIFT A socialist state, owning the
machinery of production and
distribution, can regulate both industry and
labor with the greatest of ease. 1t can con-
troll production of both farm crops and
manufactured commodities. 1t can climi
nate waste. 1t can provide employment for
everybody and adjust wages to the national
wealth. 1t can surely reward the individual
according to his ability and provide for
every individual according to his subsistence
needs. But -
The trick in it all is that the human race
has not yet advanced to that degree of in
tclllgcncc and integrity tha: will enable it
to venture into pure socialism without in
viting the risk of Saddling itself with die
tatOrShip.
The world drift is definitely toward So
clallsm; here in America most of the dreams
OF that pioneer Socialist Eugene Dcbs. have
become realities. But tie wisdom of the
people Ill &pplaHding The philosophy If a