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COION LABOR SHORT
OVER SOOTH GEORGIA
Industrial Concerns as V. x. H as
Farms Now Feeling Acute
Shortage ot Laborers
VALDSOTA, May 17—Alnjost ev.
every section is now making des
perate efforts to get full crews of
workers, especially in what is known
as common day labor. The short
age is becoming more acute every
week, according to those who are
employing labor. Monday morning
several Valdosta concern - requiring
many laborers had only one and two
to show up on the job. The con
dition is about as bad on the farms.
Among the sufferers is the city
street department, its entire crew
of free laborers having undergone a
complete change in personnel the
last two weeks. All of the old stand
by having undertaken other work
leaving the city in a deserted con
dition so far as experienced street
workers is concerned.
COMMISSIONERS REJECT
GRAVEL HAULING BIDS
VALDOSTA, May 17.—A1l bids
for unloading and moving the gravel
for the county road projects were
rejected by the county commission
ers. There were several bids, bu;
after looking into all of them the
commissioners decided that even the
lowest was too high, so none of the
offers were accepted. It. was be
lieved that the county could contract
for the delivery of the gravel from
the cars to the work on the road
at a less amount that it is costing
the county to move it.
GA. MELON AND ‘CUKE’
GROWERS WINNING FIGHT
VALDOSTA, May 17.—There is
ample evidence of the activity of I
melon, cantaloupe and cucumber
growers in fighting the diseases
which have attacked the plants.
Large supplies of dusting and spray
ing mixtures are being received here
to meet the growing demands. Both
of these methods are reported to be
making good records in staying the
progress of the diseases of the
i ields.
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BEGIN HERE TODAY
Buck Bodine, new-owner of the
old Webster ranch in Paradise
Valley, makes the bomb with which
the Basuqes blow up a dam, built
by Dick Acklin, big boss of the
Double A ranch. Acklin, hearing
of this leads a lynching party to
Bodine s place. He finds a dead
man on the floor and Mercedes
Arrascada, beautiful Basque, in
' tears. Kildare, one of Acklin’s men
i secretly sends for the sheriff, who
arrives shortly after Acklin.
NOW GO ON WITH STORY
Mercedes placed her hands on the
. shoulders ot the two men. She
.eemed to gain strength from the
very nearness of Kent and her un
cle.
‘ You better go with Peter, too,”
: Tuscarora advised. “We’ll get you
home in a few—” He stopped as he
caught sight of the grisly object in
the corner. “Land!” he cried, ‘look
here!’
The sheriff called in several of his
deputies before he moved out of the
kitchen.
‘You know what the law is,” he
warned them. “You’rq hepe to be
fend it.”
His shrewd eyes scanned Acklin’s
face.. The Big Boss scowled darkly.
As Land was about to step past him,
the cattle-man spoke.
"There's a dead man in the next
room. That little pouter-pigeon who
came in with you has found him.
You’d better let the coroner take
care of this.”
The sheriff’s mustache began to
bristle.
“According to last rtport, the
county is payin’ me my wages ;not
you. Don’t you be so hostile.”
Bodine grinned at this speech, ills
respect for the law increased a hun.
dredfold.
Land hastily examined the dead
man.
“Everybody step in here,” he or
dered. He got to his feet and wiped
his hands on his trousers. ‘‘Who
knows about this?” he continued.
“He ain’t been dead long.”
Bodine answered him. Had not
this good sheriff saved his neck?
“I reckon 1 can tell you about it,’
he said. ‘Acklin knows, too. Me
and Kildare and the girl were here
when it happened. She killed him!’
"No,” Land groaned, unable to be
lieve his ears. ‘Not that little girl
there.”
"That’s who I mean. She pulled
I my gun out of my holster and fired
j from the doorway.”
The sheriff shook his head uneasi
ly. His deputies—all Paradise men
—caught their breath. Acklin glared
at Bodine.
Kent placed his arm about Mer
cedes’ shoulders.
"You didn’t do this, honey , did
you?” he murmured.
“- •• . I .. . I don’t. .. .
Jon t know," she sobbed. "I camw
;o get Basilio. Bodine had him. He
would not let. me go. He said I must
go away with him. . . I would not
Io that. He made the other man
iurt the baby. He was. . . ” A
> ob choked her.
Land's Basque deputies muttered
angrily and the Double A men
scowled at Bodine. Before Mercedes
ould go on, Acklin got the sheriff’s
i attention.
“She don’t know what she’s say
ing” he cried. ‘‘She’s in no eondi-
> ion to know what she did. You can’t
take the word' of a hysterical girl.
j 1 know what happened. Kildare was
■ here; he knows also. Bodine’s try
ing to save his own skin. “1 ain’t
; going to see this girl thrown into
- jail. I tell you, Bodine did it!”
The Big Boss turned until his eyes
i met Kildare's. They stared at each
. other for a full second before Acklin
, continued. The crowd caught the
deadly intentness of that glance. It
; held its Ibreath again. The Big Boss
turned back to the sheriff.
“You ask Kildare if what I say
i isn’t so.” The words elicked off his
tongue.
i Land arched his eyebrows.
‘ VVell?” he demanded.
It grew quiet. The crowd waited
for Kildare’s answer. He began to
shake his head. He was*speaking.
The crowd strained its ears.
“That’s not what happened,” they
heard him say.
He was about to .go when the
Kitchen door flew open and Big He
mer, Acklin’s Kelly Creek foreman,
came in. herding before him Bodine’s
men. Morrow was back of him.
‘‘Found these birds hidin’ out in
the bills beyond Liotard’s shack,”
Cash announced. ‘Had to be a little
bit rough with ’em before we could
induce ’em to ,come along with us.”
jNez Perce looked as if he had been
roiled down a mountain-side. Some
of the others were not much better
off.
The room was in an uproar. Blaze
walked over to the sheriff’s side. Bo
line was just behind him.
"■That’s my gun you’ve got there,”
he said. ''l’ll trouble you for it.”
“Guess thats so," Blaze answered.
He broke it and threw out the shell
he had snapped into position. It
was dayl'ght iby now. Quite with
out premeditation, Kildare glanced
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at his watch. Bodine saw the charm
that dangled front its chain. He
reached out his hand to examine it.
“VI hat you doin’ with my charm?”
he asked.
"Your charm?” Blaze quired in a
tone to match his own. “Melody
gave me that weeks ago. Found it
outside the Bulls Head. Whtu
makes you think its yours?”
"I'd recognize that luck-piece with
one eye shut. 1 fell off a horse once
and bent that lower end there. That
little trick has brought me plenty of
luck.” He pushed it back into Kil
i dare’s hand. "You keep it. We’ll
need some luck before this thing's
over.”
Buck had scented a psosible ally in
Blaze he saw that Kildare and
Acklin were against each other.
Blaze wanted to shout: Bodine had
; killed Josef
I Land called for order. His depu
| ties had their guns ready.
‘ Watch Bodine,” Blaze whispered
■ to Kent as Land began speaking.
"I want it quiet now,” the sheriff
was saying. “We can’t go on with
ail this commotion. I want to hear
, the rest of your story, Kildare. I
I aim to find out who killed this man.”
“There isn’t much to tell,” Blaze
. drawled. "I came up to the house
i and heard the little chief screaming,
j This thing on the floor was trying
i to twist off the child’s arm. He
I saw me and drew. 1 happened to be
I a little quicker.” Blaze paused to
I glance at Mercedes. “Yes,” he went
1 on, “L killed him.”
Acklin and Morrow began to whis
per excitedly. The Double A men
began to gather about them.
“Guess you’d better get your
prisoner and get out of here, Lan,”
Acklin said ominously. “We got a
little personal matter to settle with
“Your pretty cocky, ain’t you,
Acklin?” the sheriff flung at him.
“It’s your move! You get along or
I”ll arrest the lot of you for disturb,
in’ the peace.”
“Say!’ roared the Big Boss. “I’ve
got a hundred men strung out along
the creek. They’ve been circling on
; this place forth ret* hours. All I’ve
got to do is raise my hand to
bring them tumbling into this room.
I don't want any trouble \vith you,
But sheriff- or no sheriff, we're going
to take care of that skunk! Ke blew
up the dam! God knows how many
people have been drowned and how
much damage the flood has done. If
you folks are homeless, you can
thank him for it. I warned you, Land
keep your hands off! Bodine is go
ing to swing. Get your rope, Jones.”
Brother started for the door.
“Whoa, there! Easy in the boat,”
Land warned. “Men,” he called to
his deputies, “you’ve been sworn to
uphold the law. If any of these boys
refuse td stop, use your guns. The
state will back you up.” His eyes
turned on Acklin. -‘That was a nice
little party you had arranged. But
it won’t come off. Why? Well, just
because it won’t. I’ve got you out
numbered three to one. Kent here
got busy on the telephone before we
left Paradise. All the Basques gente •
between this ranch and the Washoe '
are headin’ in this direction. And '
they’re cornin’" armed! Take a look
through the window and see what '
you make of that dust-cloud there to I
HARD TASK GETTING
CITY TAX EQUALIZERS
VALDOSTA, May 17. The
' finance committee of the city coun
cil has a difficult task on hand just
i now—securing two men to act as
■ equalizers for the city. These equal
; izers must be named at the recessed
| meeting of the council next week
I and apparently no person, who is
acquainted with tax values and con
: ditions, wants to serve in this ca-
I pacify.
WILL OPERATE WAREHOUSE
I HAHIRA, May 17.—Fenner &
! Smith, who formerly operated the
1 tobacco warehouse at Tifton, will
conduct the Hahira warehouse the
: coming season.
the south. They’ll be here in five
minutes. ’
Acklin was dumbfounded. Morrow
j was equally crestfallen.
‘You went out along with your
* dam,” Kent chirped. 'You'll learn
i that when the votes are counted to-
■ night. You won’t forget this election
day in some time.”
The Big ‘Boss could have throttled
the little man.
“If you want me to take Bodine
into custody on your say-so for
blowm’ up the dam,” said Land,
“I’ll do it. With the boys here ac
counted for, they ain’t no lives lost
!as far as I know. The Doc says
Esteban won’t die.”
Acklin made no effort to answer
' the sheriff.
The dust-cloud the sheriff had no
. ticed had developed rapidly. The
■ men who had made it were riding
1 into the yard. Their coming did not
lessen the cattle-man’s discomfiture.
He Started for the door, beckoning
his men to follow him.
“Don”t expect any help from me,
Kildare,” he said to Blaze. “You’ve
crossed me once too often.”
“11l get along all right, I guess,”
Blaze answered evenly. “L shot in
self-defense when I killed Bandy.”
Bandy? Acklin stopped. He didn't
' quite follow Kildare. Bandy meant
J nothing to him, but Bodine and his
; men stiffened. Nez Perce felt for
j the guns that had been taken away
from him. Buck fingered his rifle.
Kent was watching him.
“He almost got r,ie the first time I
caret -to this place. Didn't he, Buck?”
Bodine refused to answer.- "I didn’t
know who he was, or why he tried
it at that time.”
“Little Bandy Griggs,” Blaze went
on, taking the photograph he had
carried so long from his pocket.
“I ve been trailing him for two
years.’
Bodines face had gone white.
Blaze handed the picture to Land.
“Sheriff, my names not Kfldaje.
Kent here has known me for years.
I’m Bod Blaisdell of Wind River
Wyoming. Blaze has always been
short for Blaisdell. Years ago I was.
a ranger in the park.”
“Not old Tiberline, the head
ranger?” Buck cried.
Blaze smiled. “That’s where I met
Bandy.”
“You ain’t from Laramie, are
you? ’ Land asked. “The sheriff?”
(Continued Tomorrow.)
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