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simple, sturdy integrity liad seemed
to shine in so brilliant a contrast
to this life of livprocrIsles and af
fectations, Joe had caused misery
and harm, and must take a tar
nished record Into his new life as a
husband. -
Brooding on these tilings dav and
night, yet Ellen forced herself to
a certain desperate courage. She
dressed In her usual scrupulous,
quaint and way. she made herself walk
rend, and.enter into Tommy’s
life. She met Gibbs’ stern and
moody quil , unresponsiveness with tran
gravity, with his father alone
she was more like her old sun
shiny self. Lillian and Ellen bare
ly spoke to each other, except for
the unavoidable civilities whose
omission would have caused talk
among the servants.
Josselyn, Senior, had somewhat
withdrawn , , Into himself since the
trip to the studio, and had asked
his wife to cancel all engagements
for a week o* two. Lillian amiably
obeyed, and after that the silence
and chill of hidden anger and sup
pressed fear fell upon the "Viilino
dell’ Orto.” Once George Lathrop
came to (Tinner, and for a few hours
the shadow lifted, and now and
then .Toe came in, perceiving that
something was wrong, but assum
ing as they were all assuming
that everything was normal and
pleasant between the Josselyna
Otherwise they were alone.
Lillian was bewildered and made
a little uneasy by the suddenness
with which tiffs change in atmos
phere' had come about, because, as
she' told herself a dozen times a
day, nothing had happened, after
all. When Tom and Ellen had so
abruptly entered the studio, on that
eventful Wednesday morning, she
had been ready with her laughing
explanation of her presence t'jere,
and she had seen that they ac
cepted it Lillian was not the wom
an to be caught unprepared in such
a situation.
The smiling greeting''with which
she had.risen to meet them: “Ah,
now—you’ve spoiled it all! was
daunting in its bright sincerity. She
had had a kiss for her husband,
she had had an arm about Ellen
as she elucidated: Tom, darling,
we’ve been scheming and scheming
and scheming for a chance to get
my picture painted for your birth
day—what bad luck brought you in
today?”
And Gfbbs had promptly aDd
concernedly followed her lead.
“And how’d you get in. Dad? The
car broke down with Lillian vester
da.v on the Great Neck hill—Tor
rens got in as far as the service
station—did he telephone you?”
“And I had to telephone the Wal
laces,” Lillian added, wide-eyed.
“and Tom, I simply invited myself
to stay with old Mrs. Pepper at
Great Neck all night I didn’t tele
phone you because I had this date
for an early sitting with Gibhs.”
"Take a look at it!” Gibbs said,
at the ease!. “Awfully rough now,
of course! It’s just laid in. The
old man, studying the canvas,
nodded.
“Still, you’ve caught it!” he said,
t “Car-broke down, eh?”
“No, it was skidding,” Lillian, nt
her husband’s side,'also looking at
the portrait, explained. “The road
was simply lined with cars, Tom.
It was snowing hard, yqu know,
and I got terribly nervous. Finally
Torrens gave it up, too. He’s keen
talking about the brake, you know,
and he was ns nervous as I."
She vfras smiling, eager, garrulous
for Lillian.
"So I thought this was mychance
to pay a little attention to Mrs.
Pepper. We were going to have her
over to the house, Tom, you knms^
and we never did! And Lindsay
was there, I thought he had /gone
to Washington, but he was /there,
and he had to make an early^start
for town this morning, so iK ail
“tted in!’’ \
Thus Lillian, readily and inno
cently. Gibbs, apparently indiffer
ent to the conversation, was squint
l ftg- - at"hlg - c an vas, rubbing the -wet
paint with a tentative finger. , The
old man stood staring at the pic
ture, too, with unseeing eyes, He
was heartsick at finding himself,
his years and his dignity, forced
into this hideous role. He knew now
that he was being deceived, if not
in actual fact, in the underlying
motive so much more important
than the fact. He knew what sim
plicity and ingenuousness from
Lillian meant. And standing there
in the pleasant winder brightness
of the studio* with the fire snapping
gayly behind him, and his wife’s
soft hand on his arm, his heart
burned with anger nnd shame.
Ellen had not spoken nt nil. She
stood like a woman of wood beside
the fire. Marie, the shriveled little
Janitors wife, hobbled in, piped a
query ns to whether
Geebs would have some coffee, too.
Ellen gave her a dumb shako of
the head for negative. She was
afraid she was going to faint. She
felt broken, dazed, struck to the
heart. It was all a bad dream Lil
lian so plensantly talkative, Gibhs
scowling at his work, her father-in
law gallantly struggling to regain
his composure after the sudden re
vulsion of feeling, nnd herself si
lent, sick, helpless, Fool that
she had been to think thnt shecouid
convict them! Wliot was she b>
gain, even supposing the worst to
6? true, and ‘Werse’f snceessfuT f n
forcing them to confess it! Had
the painter, with his clever, bronzed
face and his mop of silver hair,
ever been anything to her except
a cruel and alien figure? Had she
ever rested her black head against
that loosely hanging linen smock,
and felt the delicious strength of
that big arm about her?
He was angry now, sne said to
herself, but it did not seem im
portant. It was too late for anger
of his to concern her.
Like a scene in a play, Torrens
arrived. He came upstairs to say
that he had just brought the car
from Great Neck. He was ftrtl of
the accident, concerned to know
how Gibbs had managed the small
car. !
“Roads is filled with cars, Mr.
Josselyn. You didn’t attempt to
get out to .Wheatley Hills last
•p bad ■«*.
“Mr Petmer manured to iret
through this morning,” Lillian said,
Her husband turned to the chauf
feur with directness. Gibbs some
what awkwardly sauntered over to
stand beside ids wife. In ail her
own distress she felt n pang of pity
that Gibbs should be ashamed and
embarrassed must'
It have been a heavy
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snow, down there.” he offered.
She raised heavy eyes. Her
voice was lifeless.
“It was a stormy night. And—
and I had a toothache.”
Lillian, joining them, was all
sympathy. It was a rrang ed tint
Ellen should go at once to her
dentist, and Josselyn, Senior, might
finish his paper by the studio fire
while the second sitting went on.
“A n d you mu st be tremendously
surprised when you get the pic
ture, on vour birthday 1” Lillian
said playfully.
TiiuS;; began the farce they .vere
still playing, They had all come
home together in the car, after a
lunch at Sherry’s where more than
one envious outsider noticed the
four handsome Josselyns laughing
and chatting together. Gibbs had
been full of concern for his wife,
and had seen that she was com
fortably tucked into bed when she
got home, He had gotten her
books, magazines, he had brought
Tommy in for goodnlgfits, and
talked cheerfully to his wife, while
he undressed the child, by the fire.
And Ellen, watching him, had been
afraid that she would suddenly
scream out. and go mad.
She loved him so—she loved him
so—her hig, clever, masterful Gibbs !
She had loved him since the hour
they met, and she could not unlove
him now. She longed, with un
ceasing hunger gnawing at her
heart, to have him her own again,
to have his laughter, his confi
dences, his moods all for her. Ellen
was not proud. She had told him
a thousand times, in their happy
years, that her life and ber being
were hound up in him; she could
not change because lie had changed.
Tommy’s prayers were said—
Tommy’s goodnight kiss given—and
all the while she knew—she knew
Hint Gibbs wag longing, longing to
cet downstairs to meet Lillian for
one minute, for just the necessary
second, that should reassure them
both, that should equip them for
fresh play-acting,
And she knew he was not happy,
In that lie never could he happy again
the old way—nor in the new
way, either! As surely as the
day would come, when Lillian would
give herself to him; .and Ellen said
feverishly to herself thnt it might
already have been—so sorely would
The day come when he would read
that cold and-cruel heart of hers
Wight, and would shudder away
from It in utter sickness of soul,
Josselyn. Senior, had aged ten
years In tills week. His pride was
pierced in a vital spot. He had
liked his position as eider in this
household of brilliant young per
sons; he had admired Gibbs Lil
lian, and Ellen, in their separate
spheres, e nd h a d lik e d nothing s o
much as to make- them happy, to
be the power that could indulge and
please them untiringly. .
Now accepting their ready expla
nations in the same spirit that
Ellen did, he was awakened from
the fool’s dream. He saw himself
an old man, gulled and blinded, put
off with empty caresses. He saw
himself bringing untold suffering
upon Ellen hy his sentimental dream
of having the younger family be
neath his rooftree. He. saw her
life ruined, his boy’s life ruined,
his own old age dishonored. Of
Lillian he thought little; for many
years he had realized that whoever
might pay for his second wife’s de
linquencies it would not be his sec
ond wife. There was no punishing
Lillian; her heart was like a mir
ror that could give back only a re
flection of her own charms.
And yet. of them all, during this
strange week, it was Lillian who
was really enduring the severest
mental discomfort. For Lillian, dis
comfort,of any sort was new, and
she tried a hundred times to writhe
away from her apprehensive
thoughts nlihough
For it. had been perfect-
1 f true that Lillian on the night of
the storm had gone to seek nnex
peeted hospitality from old Mrs.
Pepper at Great Neck, the fact
She had successfully coacealed from
nor hushanff was thaTAfriT Pep.
per nt this time hn<l been oinking
a long visit to her^Iaughter In Mont
redl. Lindsay epper, keeping
. bachelor , _ , \vith
boy, quarters h(s Jap
anese had welcomed her and
Lillian, < resting and warming her
self by his fire after her adven
tures, had assured him gnyly that
he must find her a chaperon before
dinner-time, or somehow, anyhow,
she would get back to Tom, and
the “Viillno dell’ Orto.”
While Ellen, restless and suffer
ing, had been wandering about
the house at Wheatley Hills, and
while Gibbs, thinking perhaps of
Lillian’s coming in the morning, had
been dressing for his dull dinner
at the club, Lillian had been ex
periencing her own uneasiness, too
Lindsay’s devotion to her she had
the never elements questioned; it was one of
In her life with which
her fancy liked to play, lint she
realized now that she had never
truly estimated its depth and its
power.
The storm was gathering In fnry
and the friends to whom Lindsay
M as duly telephoning, one after an
other, regarded his gay suggestion
of “getting together for a party” as
something less than mad. Finally,
lie had to face her ruefully with
the simple summary : Nothing
doing!”
There whs left them the alterna
tive of struggling out into the
storm, fighting their way for more
than a bitter mile to the station,
getting into the city . by eight
o’clock, when Liiiisn, wet and
blown, might still join the party at
the Plaza, leaving Lindsay to dine
and amuse himself otherwise as his
fancy dictated. And had Lillian
foreseen the events of the follow
ing morning she would eertnlnly
nave adopted this course at any sac
rifice.
But his house was delightfully
vvann , and Kioto's dinner jv al
reiul v dispensing a delicious dor.
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' f ided ! '‘ eas " re ; \ be situation was
. t ^ atr ' ' l . al e , lea<lln a ” ty K ’ and woman. she
^ mandarin s , w , " uved coat , a which richly . Pepper embroidered some-
1 f Z ore a bout t h e ho ! ,se ’ nnd
. came downstairs t f a vision , .,i mart I
ous beauty. It was not only pleas
antly exciting; it was the easiest
’ thing to do. And Lillian, above nil
things, loved ease.
And then hkd come the early
trip into town, for Lindsay was
leaving for Montreal, to bring his
mother .home, and Lillian had to
keep her engagement with Gibbs.
Lindsay was all devotion; this at
titude, in fact, was the one element
in the matter of which Lillian had
taken no account. He alarmed her
! with the vehemence of his affection,
and made her nervous and uneer
; tain. She had supposed that he
would leave her at the art studio,
but instead he came upstairs, and
the two men talked together a few
minutes.
i During this time Lillian experi
j enced exquisite uneasltiass. Gibbs
showed a disconcerting famiUarity
1 with old Mrs. Pepper’s movements.
When had she gotten back? How
.
; dkl she find Montreal?
“I didn’t know you knew old Mrs.
I Pepper so well?” Lillian said, when
Lindsay was gone,
“Oh % I see her sometimt*. watch
ing the tennis,” he answered care
lessly. “Now take your wraps off.
and I’ll have Marie bring you In
some coffee!” Her big fmr coat
in his arms, he caught up Iter bare
hand. No ring?” he smiled.
For he was painting her la a dull
green robe, and the big jade ring
she frequently wore was an excel
lent bit of color in (he picture.
If she had had the qnickness to
say that she had left it nt home!
But Lillian was not quick nt best.,
and just now she was tired and
confused. She had left it on the
vaghstnnd in the bathroom next to
Mrs. Pepper’s room: she remem
bered its exact posit ten, and she
said that she would write Mrs. Pep
r at once, and ask her to, return
\
“Well, run along, and get Into
your rig!” Giblis said unsus
piciously. But when she had dis
appeared into the little model’s
room, and when Marie had brought
in the coffee, and when he had
loitered about waiting idly, and
still she did not come, he picked
up the telephone hook. As well to
settle the itiatter quickly: the delay
of a few hours might mean that
the ring was swept carelessly away
and lost.
And so it was Gibbs’ turn to have
Ids castle of dreams fall about him
In ashes. When Lillian came in
nocently back from the model-room,
eager for the exquisite hour they
had been anticipating he saw for
the first time the woman she really
was.
“Your ring's all right.’’ he said
presently. “I telephoned.- The J’ap
Her eyes gjo'hl’s face......Jtfc
saw what he knew, and her color
faded a little.
“Gibbs,” she said quickly and
breathlessly. “You know how it
happened—I wanted to tell you al!
about it. anyway. But Lindsay
asked me not to. You see, it was
Storming horribly—”
Beautiful, eager, in her green
robe, she poured out the »tory ns
she had arranged and adapted It in
the night. And slowly mixing the
colors on bis palette, not meeting
her eyes. Gibhs listened. These was
a certain shade of yellow-brown
that would always speak to him of
this hideous mojnent. with its blare
of brassy truth, and its taste of
ashes. When she ended, with a
wide-eyed. Innocent appeal, he
smiled, and still with averted eves,
lie nodded. “Blame you? No-o-o, I
don’t blame you. Lillian 1” he said
gently, after a silence.
“But smile nt me, Gibbs,” she
said, with an uneasy laugh and a
rather uncertain resumption of her
old confident manner. “Or I’ll have
to . ,™™, „ „ e over there .. nnd , make y°«
Before ,, he could sneak again
ul.?™ D n WM by her hua ’
'
She knew that In the moment
he had realized her deception about
Lindsay Penoar she had mds close
CTO BE CONTINUED.)
GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS
JOHN E.
AND HIS VOLUME
Griffin people will be interested
to know that John B. Drewry, for
mer Griffinite, and his new book
have been the recipient of favor
able comment from newspapers,
magazine "editors and prominent
educators throughout the United
States.
Mr. Drewry is adjunct professor
of journalism and director of pub
licity at the University of Geor
gia, and besides a review in the
Outlook magazine .and an edito
rial in the Atlanta Journal, the
following are some of the things
that have been said:
Edward Bok.
a i Some Magazines and Maga
zine Makers,’ by John E. Drewry,
is the only book I know of which
adequately treats of magazine and
magazine writers and should be
extremely helpful to the hundreds
of writers who want to see their
work in the various periodicals.
You (Mr. Drewry) are doing a
splendid piece of work for the
writer and the magazine. It ap
peals to me to have you bring out
such a needful book.”—Edward W.
Bok, former editor of The Ladies’
Home Journal and creator of the
Peace Prize.
Fascinating Book.
“There isn’t a man or woman
magazine reader in America who
will not feel a deeper affection
for his or her favorite magazine
when the reading of this key to
magazines shall have been com
pleted. Mr. Drewry has writ
ten a most fascinating book on
magazines and magazine writers.”
—The Atlanta Constitution.
“This is a subject which has
long needed adequate treatment.”
—Dr. Talcott Williams, director
Emeritus of the Columbia School
of Journalism.
Distinct Service.
_____
“Prof. John E. Drewry has per
formed a distinct service for read
ers and writers alike in his volume
‘Some Magazines and Magazine
Makers.’ What Oswald Villard
Garrison did for the newspapers
by means of his ‘Some Newspa
pers and Newspaper Men,’ Prof.
Drewry has# done for that great
American institution, the maga
zine.”—The Atlanta oJurnai.
• t Your book, it seems, ought to
be in great demand as a text.”—
Dr. L. N. Flifrf, University of
Kansas.
Need for Such a Book.
“Surely there is a need for such
a book.”—Professor R. R. Barlow,
University of Minnesota; secre
tary American Association of
Journalism Teachers.
“It presents with a gratifying
completeness of detail and fullness
of color the problems, difficulties,
efforts, ambitions and attitudes
of the magazines and the folk who
make them. The philosophers and
wise men of the magazine world
are quoted at length in the pre
sentation of their outlook and
explanation of purpose. One of
the most serviceable books ever
written by a Georgian, and a book
which might well be read by all
Georgians.”—The Macon Tele
graph.
Interesting.
ti < Some Magazines and Maga
zine Makers’ is informing, illumi
nating and interesting. It is the
only book with which I am ac
qaiuted which deals with subject
I feel that you have not unduly
emphasized the place of the maga
zine in our American life.”—Pres
ident Rufus W. Weaver, Mercer
University.
“I have been reading with inter
est your informative book, ‘Some
Magazines and Magazine Makers.'
I beg you will accept my heartiest
congratulation* on the volume,”—
Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor, editor of ,
The ~ Ng tTTTi ra t Oe i irgT H p h l c Magrr
zine.
“A new current about editing
rfnd making magazines, highly en
dorsed.”—Dr. James Melvin Lee,
in Editor and Publisher.
SQUIRREL TRAVELS
MILE ON WIRE FOR
ITS DAILY FEED
Wilmington, Dec. 8,—Although
his cigar store at Twelfth and
King streets is more than a mile
from Brandywine Woods, William
Krause has a daily visitor from
the park.
A laijge gray squirrel travels
regularly every morning from its
home in the top of a tall tree to
the store where it receives an al
lotment of -nuts. The rodent, wise
in its ways, makes the trip by
telephone cable.
Iceland has 107 large craters
besides thousands of small ones.
Experiment Station Shows Results
Of Many Varieties of Cotton
The season of 1924 was ab
normal in several respects. The
season w^s late in getting started
and the test was not planted un
til May 15.
A good stand was obtained in
all cases except with Lightning
Express, where the stand was
somewhat thin due to not having
sufficient seed to plant at the
regular rate.
About the time cotton began* to
square there were heavy rains for
about three weeks, which appears
to have kept the cotton from
squaring properly and forced it
into vegetative growth. Dry
weather folowing this rain caused
some shedding.
Very few boll weevil emerged
in the spring and at no time dur
ing the season were they numer
ous enough to cause any damage
to the crop.
Practically no bottom crop was
formed, but favorable weather
later in the season produced an
unusually heavy middle and top
crop.
The season as a whole was more
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favorable to the late and medium
early varieties than to the early
varieties. Early varieties like
Cook’s 588, College No. 1, Trice,
EAST GRIFFIN '
MISS ESTELLE GRUBBS
Correspondent
The barbecue given by the Rev.
C. B. Jones, pastor of the East
Griffin Baptist church, to the Sun
day school Saturday at 12:30 at
the parsonage, 214 Spalding street,
was a brilliant affair. Barbecue,
Brunswick stew and all accessories
were served to the entire school.
The ladies of the church assisted
Rev. and Mrs. Jones in serving.
Special mention should be made
of the Brunswick stew, which was
prepared by Sam Corley, who is
an artist in making this favorite
dish. All were loud in their
praise, declaring it to be the best
ever.
John Center Campbell, who is
taking vocational training in At
lanta, spent Sunday with his
mother, Mrs. Hattie Campbell.
Miss Hattie Ola Wilson, of At
lanta, spent Sunday with her
grandmother, Mrs. Hattie Camp
bell.
Mrs. R. L. Grubbs and baby,
Clifford III, have returned to their
home, 323 North Ninth street,
after spending the week with Mr.
and Mrs. Clifford Grubbs.
Mrs. Crane, of Experiment, vis
ited in East Griffin Saturday#
Miss Estelle Grubbs and Miss
Elsie Mae Moore spent Sunday in
West Griffin with Mr. and Mrs.
R. L. Grubbs.
The many friends of Mrs. Jessie
Bird Bailey are glad to juiow that
she continues to improve.
Mrs. Ben Pugh is much better
after a long illness.
Mrs. T. W. Collier, of Anniston,
Ala., is expected to spend this
week with her parents, .Mr. and
Mrs. Lish Daniel.
Miss Abie Taylor spent the
week end in Newnan with friends
and relatives,.
Boyd Kelley and Grady Haw
kins, of Jackson, visited 'Mr. and
Mrs. C. S. Woods-Sunday.----------——
SHERIFF AT MOBILE
HANDS RESIGNATION
Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 8.—
Sheriff Paul Cazalas, of Mobil*
county, indicted before the su
preme court of Alabama for cor
ruption in office and incompeten
cy, tendered his resignation to
Governor W. W. Brandon here
yesterday , Impeachment pro
ceedings against the Mobile sheriff
were scheduled to begin in the su
preme court here Monday.
HANGED FOR MURDER
OF GIRL SWEETHEART
Lindsay, Ontario, Dec. 6.— Fred
erick William McGaugfeey was
hanged at 4 o’clock yesterday
morning for the murder of his
sweetheart, Miss Beatrice Fay,
while the couple were discussing
their marriage during a motor
ride.
etc., appeared to be damaged more
by the rains early in the season
than the late and medium early
varieties.
The folowing results were ob
tained:
Seed Obtained in Pounds
Per Acre.
Deltatype ................,...... 1,404
Express 433 ............ 1,346
Salisbury ......,'.................. 1,340
Coker’s Cleveland 11-16 1,303
Delfos 6102 ...................... 1,280
Piedmont Cleveland ..... 1,275
Coker’s Cleveland No. 4 ...... 1,263
Coker’s Cleveland l’i 1,246
Wannamakcr’s Cleveland 1,230
Acala ............................. 1,214
Collin’s Piedmont Cleveland 1,195
Stcinheimer’s Cleveland 1,186
Lone Star 1,176
•Coker’s Lightning Express 1,153
Cook 588 ......................- 1,117
Bouknight Cleveland 1,115
Durango 1,106
Trice ................................ 1.075
Addison’s Extra Early 1.075
Delfos 631 ............. 1,068
College No. 1 ...... 1,055
Poulnot 1,052
Wilkinson Toole 1,016
Coker’s Webbers 49-101-3-3 977
Coker’s Pedigreed Hartsville
No. 19 943
•Poor stand.
This is the first year Deltatype
and Express 433 have lead in the
variety test. Both have an
ceptionally good lint. The varie
ties have not been graded this
year, but last year Deltatype pull
ed 1% inches and Express 433
palled 1 3-16 inches.
Salisbury ranked second last
year and pulled from 1 inch to
1 1-16 inches. Coker’s Cleveland
1 1-16 was in the test for the
first time this year. It has a
longer lint than other Clevelands
and appears very promising.
Delfos is another long staple
variety. (1.3-16 inches) which did
well this year.
Piedmont Cleveland (16-16 inch)
has several times been near the
top of the test.
It should be remembered in
reading these results that yields
of varieties vary with the sea
sons. Therefore it is necessary
to run a variety test for a num
ber of years before accurate re
sults may be obtained.
A summary of this test is pub
lished from time to time in the
Georgia Experiment Station bulle
tins.—R. P. Bledsoe, Agronomist.
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The class of • 1925 of Z« r
High school is sponsoring a move
ment to raise a fund fo?'the
tion of a gymnasium on the Zebu
Ion High school campus. :?
Friday evening the class served
barbecue to the citizens at the
school building and launched a
drive for the raising of $2,000,
with which to begin the construc
tion of this building. . ;
A number of enthusiastic talks
were made by members of the
class nr.d citizens of the commun
ity.
Among those speaking were:
Charles Farrar, president of the
class; Miss Louise Marsh, a mem
her of the class ;^E. M. Owen, C.
R. Gwyn, Rev. J. L. Thrailkill, W.
J. Franklin and J. H. Baker.
Nearly half the amount sought
was raised at this meeting.
It is expected that the actual
construction of the gymnasium
will begin an early date.
Tractor Purchased.
Pike county has recently pur
chased a ten ton Holt caterpillar
tractor and five new-type excava
tors and dirt wagons combined.
The tractor pulls all five of the
wagons at one time and the com
plete t^ain requires only three men
to operate, and can turn complete
ly around in a twenty foot road.
This machinery is now in opera-;
tion just north of town, on the
Griffin-Zebulon road and the mak
ers claim it can do the woVk of
15 men and 20 mule*.
SOUTHERN ENGINEER
RETIRES AFTER 54
YEAlte* SERVICE
Bristol, Va., Dec. 8.—“Buster”
Dunn, veteran Southern railway
engineer, today received score* of
friends at a hotel here following
his retirement after being an en
gineer on the Southern for 54
years.
Dunn made hi* last ran last
night. He ha* been for years on
the Memphis to New York Flyer.
DAVIS TO VISIT AFRICA
Paris, Dec. 8.—John W. Dav)*,
who with Mrs. Davis, arrived here
last week, left yesterday for the
south. They plan to visit Alge
ria and French Morocco, returning
to Paris in the middle of Jana
ary,
Columbus brought Spanish
sheep to America in 1493.