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CHAPTER 41
WE ft ERE ALL QITIET u v .
roucJed th« southern .rod of old t#
r*-k We fell agam the sinister force
at thai grim island. The bUoket of
f«*r. »hich lor • time had
ocr loitreet fastened on th* t
temple, the titanic work of hand*
too* since turned to dust, eeeraecl to
have again enveloped u*.
We were thinking of thoee alrantre
buck footprints on the white a*ads
of the beech, twc curious eeu Q f
print* »i black as though pointed
there with a brush dipped to India
Each of us «u mulling over
stmt their appearance fjrboded
Someone. Pauo hao seJd. waa doomed
u» die.
There were two sets 0 f those prints
-the tupspeu of tu« **. —did that
asmfy that two were doomed! (
wondered. I waan t versed in those
Choatly manifestations of the South
*'w*.iOc. for 1 Lada t been ions
tnoukb to tbe islands While 1 anew
we ah were chinktn* at them, yet
like tbe others 1 beeuated to a*s
Pauo. tbe only one of us who knew
ac> guest ions There are subjects
which diecusaton only jervea to in
flame.
let we were ah subconsciously
wwcderin* If it were to be one or
perhaps two of the sextette there in
that boat, whose name waa up for
the final count 1 aru sure that bad
there been offered to any of us at
that moment the opportunity to look
through that opaque curtain which
veils the future, we would have
(rasped It avidly and fined our eye
to the peephole
But now i know that had (ate
(•ven any of us the fift of prophecy
»e would have ahaped events dif
ferently—possibly not eo wed In the
tnd a (Limps# of the next 71 hours.
*• can see now. would have beeu a
Cancerous thing. It might have
spelled “murder" and murder hi ugly.
Better that the Master Painter alone
should have the picture In mind, and
that we. tbe brushes move In sub
jection to Hla wilt Self-propelled Tor
a moment, the brush would doubtless
ruin the unity of the painting.
Still we were humanly curious and
with that curiosity there was mixed
fear. Our par:s simply called for us
to “carry on" with our china up. In
Civ mention's great cities one can
r *a«:h lor the nearest telephone or
shout for the cop on tbe corner. And
so millions Lve their Uvea never
having experienced the thnll of test
ing their own metal. Down below the
equator here we were back In man’s
earliest beginnings—whfre at some
time, each must himself sample tbe
stuff of which he was made.
But the battling of tbe supernat
ural Is not tbe easiest fight. It la
not the fight fur the coward, the
craven of those of faint heart it is
a buttle terrain with which humans
are not familiar.
As we cut the smooth water
around T&rea we were thinking of
that blind old god. so old that his
youth waa lose In the drifting mists
of tlina who waited to reek vengence
on tbe Whitney line for tbe sins of
Captain Ezra, now dead these three
generations. A Whitney was riding
with ua To her that chain of doom
was more than simple coincidence.
She had seen It happen five times
now. Pauo realized she was the last
of that Una
As we stood clear of the end of
the Island tbe motor suddenly burst
again into that deep, full-throated
roar, and the stern settled; while
those smooth twin sheets of water,
so Ilka the shavings from a wood
plana rose once more from the bow.
White water creamed as tbe wake
streamed away behind that thunder
ing silver of polished mahogany that
streaked across the glittering water,
pointed dead on Moatonga’s pasa
Tiuo was waiting to catch the bow
line as Tom eased up to the dock.
In the excitement of studying Tarea
for the fist time at close range, we
had forgotten that the day was hot.
Kow the rush of wind died and we
felt It.
"Properly approached I might be
Induced to take a long, tail glass of
that cbUled Juice—ls there were lots
of frost on the outside of the glass.”
I told tbe other - The suggestion met
with Instantaneous success ind so
we marched under those great flow,
•ring tr-eea ux. the wlndtna white
Dunkencss is comparatively eare
w-.r.e producing Countries.
££3f«
Here's the great- BV B K m
ed value in hotel fl K
history I Chooie JK
any 3 days you UhNOBRMO|
wish and com* 1 COMry|TE 1
to the striking
new Ho»ol Plymouth for a fool
vocation I 3 days of fun, intofest,
en t oyment— all for $lO comp fete
INCLUDES EVERYTHING
• kp> room gaps D<OfiOil
• Mrv#d m Mom loo^i
• S*9hiM«tng trig arovftd Now Yoffc.
• 3<Jniii«pn to to-ou. Umy Thrntmrn.
• *Mw ol iify hoot bMwfrful CNrjroW Tow
> A FINE
■Jtm : HOTEL!
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PLYMOUTH
49 th St.JufNfcMdW :
"t* umi nafr W im]Oe| i
L L °ve in The Souttfs^^lwJ
Livi»|»lon is back in these waters.'*
path to the palace, and coaling t«v -
e rage a.
"I have noticed that a lot of smart
people don't do much liquor drinking
here m the tropica." lone said to
Pauo.
“Did you ever hear of using Ore
to put out brer*
“No."
“Well, there Is the answer.” Pauo
announced. “And beside the natural
fruit add in orange and lime Juice
la a wonderful ionic In the warm
climates—and more than that, there
is all you can drink of It, so drink
hearty." she told the rest of us with
s Laugh.
It was at lunch that Tom brought
up the subject ve all bad In mind.
“Did you ever bear of the Black
Chamber at Washington?"
"Where they did all of the decod
ing during the wax?" Holmes asked
“Yes."
"WeU. my friends, that looks very
much like our next move.”
"You girls have those copied sheets
carefully tucked away?” 1 asked
lona "The copies of the code?"
"Make no mistake about It’’*
“Wouldn’t L.lv|ngston burn up If
he knew we had that.” Holmes
laughed.
"There was once tl. . an ounce of
prevention waa worth about a ton
of cure,? 1 announced. “fWll havK
ic develop those lasi rolls of film.
Larry. If we are lucky enough to
find the key word. "You were a
smart girl PUly," and 1 bowed to
her. "That photographing of tbe last
pages was your suggestion as 1 re
call L"
Lighting clgarets we moved
away from tbe table and strolled out
on the porch where wa could got
tbe benefit of tbe cool wind. It is
hot close to the equator, but tbe
mysterious breeze that blows stead
ily. mown as tbe “trade wind."
brings In the cooler aea air bathing
the Islands of Oceania with Its wel
come breath. But even with Its mit
igating influence, mid-day Is hot
One by one we finished our cig
arets and flipped them away
“What with food and drink, not to
mention a clgaret. ( think I can
now do with my siesta.” lilly an
nounced stretching- “It is a delight
ful custom. If 1 ever go back to
the States 1 shall promptly advocate
Its universal adoption." And so we
all turned In. But that siesta was
destined to be Interrupted
It was probably half in hour later
when the messengvi arrived for
Larry It was one of the boys from
tbe village up by old-- •’tore
Th» messenger, who Imu k.
Keynoter Ready for Pow-Wow
* * * 4
,** %r[-s ■**'■*
> • /,**» y*
■' . . ,__« hw .i-uarlure for Chicago where he will souiid the
PictuieU on *he r National Convention. Senator Alben W. Bark
keynote of the Democratic . . daughter. Laura, at
their Ww ‘M n j £,° n r a t ;; ( bark ley .* looked upon a* a likely compromise
fcoi? ugorobab ts £yl sre*idepuai n^mm^uoD.
HENDERSON, (N. C„) DAILY DISPATCH, THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1932
by the bland old celestial, requested
that Mr. Larry wait upon his hum
ble friend without delay. There was
news which he thought should be
imparted to us.
Now what tile devil do you sup
pose that old Chinaman knows that
is too hot to keep." Holmes grumbled.
“Better go *yivl out." Tom advised.
“You ucver can tell'"
Still grumbling because of hla In
terrupted nap. Larry grabbed fc I s
helmet and started off up the beach.
"Want us to go with you?” I
called.
“N’o." he yelled. “I can bring it
all back . . . whatever It auiounta
to."
It waa nearly an hour later when
he returned. We were all In the liv
ing room. He flung his helmet on tbe
table and dropped into a chair.
"We will have to keep a sharp eye
out on this place." be declared with
heat. "Our delightful playmate, Liv
ingston Is back In these waters.“
"This Is a grand time to keep the
guards awake and the powder dry,"
Tom said cfuletly.
“Wljere ts he?" lona asked. "Not
here on MoatongaT“
“No. he Is not en this Island, but
he Is too close for comfort,” Holmes
replied. "It seerps that one of the
natives from Laka I-aka came tn this
(horning and reported that Llvlng
slofTS boot Is lying over In the lea
of that Island, and that’s teas than
rtfrenty mile* west of here. That Isn’t
enough sea room—heck, I can smell
that skunk from here."
"Larry doesn’t like Livingston." I
told Tom lightly.
His only reply was a glare at me.
Toro laughed.
“We haven’t any il-loct ordinance
that can shoot him from hem." I
told bltn. “But for the sake of his
health. I would suggest he keep that
twenty miles between himself end
Moatonga or some of F’auo s guards
might make It uncomfortable for
him."
“You are the recognized head of
the government here, l-'auo.” l_arry
said, “and I suggest you give the
mate orders to shoot any of that
gang on sight."
“1 doubt if he will come In hare."
i’aiio said. "But If he does we’ll wait
until they start the fireworks, than
111 give orders to make It as hot
for them as we c n if there has to
be shooting I would rather they start
It. but we’lJ put more men on guard
and warn them to keep on their
toes.
I think even Holmes realized the
justice of this. You can shoot
stmtghter *vhen It Is "self defense."
/TO RE •MVT.y Ok’r»
Dramatic Moments of Democratic
Conventions I Have Attended
yWHALF A CENTURY By UREY WOODSON, Noted Political Figure
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R "~ T T *r * J - “-3SE* - c? .... . -..0a t» r try u m
v Democratic convention ot IS#4 in
1 hhP iHnr JK 7 f
Urey Woodson In 18X0 t’rev WonJsnn Irwlav William H. Warder. Marion, 111.,
I HKV WOODSON
Urey Woodson, retired editor
and publisher of Ownesboro. Ky.,
is one of a few men in America
who have had the rare experience
of attending every Democratic na
tional convention since 1880. The
only other person now known to
Mr. Woodson who claims a simi
lar experience is WUUq£i H. War
der, an attorney, of Marion. 111.
Still another, who tike Mr. Wood
son and Mr. Warder, attended the
Houston convention in 1928, as
well as all others since 1880, was
Col. Nicholas M. Bell, of St. Louis,
formerly reading clerk of the
Moose of representatives at Wash
ington. Col. Bell died about five
months ago. There of course may
be others*, • j • -
. Mr. Woodson is one of the dele
gat ea-at-targ* frqin Kentucky to
the present Democratic convention
that meets in Chicago, June 27.
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I To the Unsigned Depositors of I
I The First National Bank I
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I Os Henderson, N. C. I
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We have worked very hard and our many friends have done like
wise to get our depositors to sign the depositors agreement so
I that we could go ahead with the plans to re-open the bank, and
we have succeeded in getting those who control 90 per cent of the
deposits, but there are one dozen depositors who control 5 per
cent of the total amount of the deposits who have not as yet sign
ed. We wish to make a special appeal to those twelve persons to
come forward at once and sign, as the matter now stands you have
blocked the plans to re-open the bank.
Is it fair that twelve persons should jeopardize the welfare of the
other 5,000 depositors, also the welfare of all of the people of
Henderson, Vance and the surrounding counties?
Hoping that you will come in at once and sign, we are,
Yours very truly, *' * *}l
I S. T. PEACE, I
I HENRY PERRY, I
I A. A. BUNN, I
I REORGANIZATION COMMITTEE I
June 22, 1932 4* \ ;
A
The 1880 convention was held in
Cincinnati at the great Music hall of
that city, and resulted in the nomina
tion of Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock,
of New York, for president, and Wil
liam E. English, of Indianapolis, for
vice president.
I admit that I was not of voting age
when I attended the convention in
June- 1880, but I was a voter tbe fol
lowing November, and cast my first
vote for Hancock and English. A1
though this was 52 years ago, I have
a vivid recollection of the convention
or 1880 and I particularly recall the
spectacular appearance on the Music
hall platform of John Kelly, then
leader of Tammany Hall, and Col.
John R. Fellows, or New York, who
had been bitter opponents. This was
imdemiately after the nomination of
Hancock, and when Kelley and Fel
lows" advanced to the front of the
platform and shook hands, tnere was
a great demonstration by the dele
gates and audience, this being indi
cative of burying of the hatchet be
«nnth«r nlit. timer at conventions,
tween thees rival New York leaders.
At that time Henry D. McHenry
of Hartford, was the Democratic na
tional committeeman for Kentucky,
and I acted as Mr. McHenry's secre
tary during the convention.
Years afterward, in 1896, I. myself,
was elected Democratic national com
mitteeman for Kentucky, and was
re-elpctfd for several terms, serving;
in that capacity for 22 years. In 190-f
I was impressed into service as se&
retary of the national committee,
holding that place for eight years, a
place which always was distasteful
to me- t
Old Committeemen.
There is not a member of tke com
mittee today who was a member when
I was elected in 1896, and few of
them are still living. Among my col
leagues of that period, however, were
Clark Howell, of Georgia; Josephus
Daniels, of North Carolina; Charles
S. Thomas, of Colorado; W. H. Tbomp
son, of Nebraska; J. G. Sh&nklin, of
Indian*; C. A. Walxb, of lowa.
PAGE THREE
j Others ot that period were Henry*
I D. Clayton, of Alabama; W. J. Stone,
| of Missouri: Thomas Gahan. of 11 1»-
I nou>. John T McGraw. of West Yu
ginia: J D. Campau. us Michignu. J.
G. Johnson of Kansas, T. D. O'Brien,
of Minnesota; N. C. Blanchard of
Louisiana: George Kied Williams, of
hlhssachusetts: Frank Campbell of
New York; Ben I*. Tillman, of South
Carolina: James M. Head of Tennes
see; James L. Non is. of District of
Columbia. Peter J. Otey. of Virginia,
all of whom have passed away.
Among those elected to the commit
tee four years later I were Nor
man Mack, of New Yoik. who still is
the New York member and has served
longer than any other man in that
capacity; Thomas Taggart, of In
diana; Homer Cummings, of Connec
ticut; J M. Gussy. of Pennsylvania;
John E. Osborne, of Wyoming; James
C. Daiilman. of Nebraska; K N.
Johnston, of Texas.
Ends Lung Service.
Ip 1938 I declined another re-elec
tion to the Democratic national com
mittee. although there was no opposi
tion. I finished my service on the na
tional committee at the conclusion
of the convention at Houston in that
year.
The next Democratic national con
vention after the one held in Cincin
nati. was in Chicago, in 1564 at which
Grover Cleveland, of New York, and
Thomas A. Hendricks, of Indiana
were named for president and vice
president, respectively. I was in Chi
cago in tbe early stages of this con
vention on my return fro ma trip
west, but as I had overstayed my
time. I could not remain until the
climax resulting In the nomination
Cleveland Agin In IMW and lH*r>.
Again I attended the convention
held in St. Louis in 1S&8. in which
Grover Cleveland was renominated
without opposition for the presi
dency. his running mate being Sena
tor AJlen G. Thurman, of Ohio. Thit
ticket wp dfeated in November. 18k*.
But for tbe third time, in 1892. Mr.
Cleveland was nominated for presi
dent in Chicago, and Adlai E. Steven
son. of Illinois, a former Kentuckian
was, named so rthe vice presidency.
At this convention, ft’. C. Owens, of
Kentucky, was teinpotarv chairman
and W. I-. Wilson of West Virginia,
permanent chairman.
I witnessed the s,*ectacular nomi
nation of Cleveland on the first bal
lot at 5 o'clock in the morning when
the sun was rising. Mr. Cleveland's
chief opponent was David IJ. Hill, of
i4ew York, and the solid voic of New
York was cast *or Hill. Mr. Cleve
land winning on the first ballot,
nevertheless.
The most notice speech at this con
vention was that c.f Hurke Cochran
in nominating Senator Hill. I was pai
ticutarly active In this convention for
my old friend. Adlai E. Stevenron
being a native of Christan county,
Kentucky, although he had been liv
ing in Illinois many years.
Not every man who dives into the
sea of matrimony brings up a pearl.
THE DAILY DISPATCH IS NOW ON
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