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Local News of the Week.
The News for only $1 a year.
Born—To Mr. and Mrs. S. H.
Watson on Tuesday a bouncing
baby boy._
A. G. Fish and A. F. Landers
were Monroe visitors Saturday
afternoon.
Miss Nell McGuire, of Fayette
ville is here the guest of her sister
Mrs. F. O. Mahony.
Miss Mattie Washburn of Jones
boro, La., is here this week visiting
her father and brother.
Miss Molsie Jones of El Dorado
was the guest of Mrs. T. B. Wea
ver the first of the week.
Sawyer H. C. Bedford who has
been laid up'for several weeks with
rheumatism is able to be about
again.
Mrs. A. J Graham, of Malvern,
is here this week visiting her fath- i
er. D. F. Collett, and other relatives
and friends.
A E. Conn who has working at
Deering Mo., was here this week
en route to Baton Rouge to visit
with his family.
Thos. Gray of Smackover. can
didate for County and Probate
Judge, was here several days this
week in the interest of his candi
dacy. ___
Rev. J' R. Rushing is at Pine
Bluff this week attending the an
nual conference of the Methodist
church. _
C. C. Bell, secretary and mana
ger of the Bell Manufucturing i
company, of West Monroe, was!
here Saturday visiting friends.
C. P. Maroneyand wife returned
Their home at Oakland, La., last
several days visit
Mrs. H. P.
Sawyer H. O. Gatewood of the
. Wisconsin Lumber company is
building a home on the property
he recently purchased about one
mile south of town.
*
E. R. Ford who uas been clerk
ing in the grocery depa-tment of;
the Union Saw Mill company store !
has taken the position of timekeep
er formerly held by J. R. Sims.
There were 7040 bales of cotton
counting round as half bales,
ginned in Umon county from the
crop of 1913 prior to November 1,
as compared with 8070 bales gin
ned prior to November 1, 1912.
Services at Union church Sun
day will be as follows: Sunday
school at 10 o'clock a. m.; preach
ing at 11a. m. and at 7:30 p. m.
B. Y. P. U. at 4 o’clock p. m.
Everybody is urged to attend any
of these services.
Huerta, as stubborn as he is,
would not miss the Thanksgiving
Turkey dinner to be given by the
Baptist ladies next Thursday eve
ning at 5:30 o'clock in the library.
You go and get a good fill. Adults
35 and children 25 cents.
Rev. B. C. Green, of Lawson,
was the guest of his son Thomas,
the jeweler, the first of the week, |
and preached at Union church
Sunday evening for Rev. W. T.
King who was at Monticello at
tending the Baptist State associa
tion.
Arkansas has two mountains
which, according to a chart, pub
lished by the United States Geolo
gical Survey, are each 2.800 feet
in height— Blue Mountain and
Magazine. The lowest point in
the State is 55 feet above sea level.
WANTED A bad case of Rheu
matism. If you have Rheumatism
* euralgia, Headaches, we want
you to just try Hunt's Lightin g
Oil. You will he convinced of the
truth of the statement of one cus
tomer that ”as a reliever of pain it
has no equal.” All druggist sell it.
Mrs. A. E. Lucas, represented
Huttig Chapter No. 520, Order of
the Eastern Star; Dr. F. O. Ma
hony. Rowland Lodge No. 594. F.
ana A. M. and J. B Crockett, How
ard Chapter No. 122. R. A. M. at
the meeting of the grand bodies of
these lodges in Little Rock this
week.
The Embroidery club was de
lightfu'ly entertained by Mrs. T B.
Weaver last Wednesday afternoon.
MesdamesThos. Hoskins, jr., Clyde
Howard and W. H. Moore were the
guests of the club. At the close of
the afternoon a delicious ice was
served. The club will be enter
tained December 1-7 by Mrs. J. D.
Loyd.
How’s This?
We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh
Cure.
F. J. CIIENEY CO.. Toledo, O.
OVp, the undersigned, li :ve 1.liown 1'. J.
Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable i:i all business
transactions and financially able t • carry
out any obligations made by bis firm.
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE,
Toledo, O.
Hall's r'atarrh Cure is fu'ien Internally.
B^iin;? directly inini ihe flood anil mu
cous surfaces of the system. Testimonials
s<-nt free. Brio- 7j cents p r bottle. Sold
by nil lirutr-rists.
Take Hall's Family Fills for constipation.
Aflv.
In five years the value of the
public school property of Arkansas
has increased from $4,856,856 to
$10,914,128. and the annual ex
penditure for school purpose has
increased from $2,537,122 tc
$4,279,478. The average an
nual salary paid teachers has in
creased from $244 to $330. and
the average length of the school
term has increased from 93 9-1C
days, to 1 27, 1-10 days. The in
crease in the school attendance
and length of term is equivalent tc
the complete common school edu
cation of 12,146 children.
One lady says after sufferini
dreadfully for about seven years
she tried Hunt's Lightning Oil
which almost instantly relieved he
and has been entirely free fron
those dreadful headaches sinae
Ask your druggist.
AND VOWED TO TELL TRUTh
Wo played and we played till almost
daylight.
I won all Jones’ money—left him in
a plight.
We thought of our wives and ware
tilled with dismay.
So Jones and I homeward then
wended our wav.
COULDN'T BLAME HER.
A woman, visiting a butcher shop,
called for a piece of beef. The
butcher, in weighing it, had his
hand on the scales. The lady, pick
ing u]i a sharp knife and handing it
to the butcher, remarked: “1 haven’t
any use for it, but you may cut it
olT and I'll take it along, anyhow."
“Cut it off? Cut what off?" asked
the butcher.
“Your hand; you weighed it.”—
National Monthly.
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SECRET SUPERVISION.
“You believe that competition is
the life of trade, do you not ?”
“Yes,” replied Mr. Dustin Stax.
“But where there is competition
there has to be some one to award the
prizes, and that’s the person I want
my particular business to "ccupy.”
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CYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I—Lieutenant Holton Is do
*ached from his command in tlie navy a
I the outset, of the Spanish-American war
and assigned to important secret service
I duty.
CHAPTER II—While dining at a Wash*
: mgton hotel he detects a waiter in the ac
■ °* robbing a beautiful young lady, vvhr
thanks him for his service and gives her
I name as Miss La Tossa. a Cuban patriot
| Later he meets* her at a ball. A secret
| ’twice man warns Holton that the gtrl
is a spy.
CHAPTER ITT—Senor Ta Tossa chides
his daughter for her failure to secure im
oortant information from Holton. She
• aves for her home in Cuba. Holton is
ordered to follow her.
CHAPTER IV—They meet on the Tam
pa train. Miss La Tossa tells Holton ah
is a Cuban spy. and expresses doubt re
garding the sincerity of the United States
Holton is ordered to remain in Tampa to
guard the troop transports.
CHAP V—He receives orders to
land Miss La Tossa. who is considered
| a dangerous spv, on Cuban soil. At sc.i
he Is overtaken by another warship,
I which takes Miss La Tossa aboard and
Holton is ordered to return to Tampa.
CHAPTER VI—He saves the transport
rorn destruction at the hands of dyna
i miters and reports to Admiral Sampson
j for further duty.
CHAPTER VII—Holton is sent to Oen
i ral Garcia's command in the guisg of a
lewspaper correspondent to investigate
‘’uban plots against the American troops
tnd to learn the plans of the Spanish
navy. He detects a trusted Cuban leader
in the work of fomenting trouble among
the Cubans in the interests of the Span
iards.
CHAPTER VTII-Holton Is seized by
friends of (he spv and later is ordered
executed. He escape - and saves *. he
American troops from falling into a Span
ish ambush.
CHAPTER IX—He learns from General
Garcia that the spy is .lose Cesnola. one
of the most trusted leaders. Holton takes
part in the battle at San Juan.
CHAPTER X—Disguised as a Spanish
soldier he enters Santiago, goes at night
to the home of Miss La Tossa. where he
overhears a discussion of the Spanish
plans by leading army and navy com
manders. He learns that the Spanish
fleet will leave the harbor at Santiago
on July 3. While attempting to !. ave the
house he Is confronted by Miss La Tossa.
CHAPTER XT—Holton cements his
friendship with Miss La*Tossa by assur
ing her that the Americans intend to
leave the Island as soon as the Spaniards
are driven out. Holton is discovered by
Cesnola and is saved from death at the
latter’s hand:; by Miss I*a. Tossa. Holton
makes his escape.
“No, I wish to leave.”
“Hut you cannot.”
’•I came tp ii^r. • I am
”i\o, you are not.” she whisperW
> “General Tbral’s and Admiral Cei
"Well, SiWhat Are You Doing
Here ?”
; vera's escort are outside now.” She
| peered out of the window. “I can see
| them.”
Holton looked for himself, and saw
1 the front of the house lined with
! mounted men. He faced her irreso
lutely.
"But. I must get away nt once.” he
remonstrated. ”1 cannot stay here.”
"Then why did you come here? How
! did you get in?” '
“I wanted to see you," replied Hol
ton. "The door was open, and 1 walked
in.”
She looked at him a moment doubt
fully. Then she shook her head.
"That was not why you came here.
You did not come here to see me.”
“Hut, nevertheless, 1 wanted to see
you.”
She went on as though hef had not
spoken.
"It is quite clear now.” She was
about to continue, when steps were
heard in the hall and a voice called
her name: * \
"Ranee! Ranee, my daughter!”
She pushed Holton into the folds
of a heavy tapestry by the door, and
then looked out into the hail.
"Yes, fatlier. Here 1 am,"
“Oh, yes! I wish you would ask
Maria to prepare a guest room for
Senor Cesnola. He decides to remain
the night with us."
“Yes, father,” and with a warning
“S eh!” Miss La Tessa went out into
the hall and disappeared.
The two men stood near the door,
chatting.
"My daughter," complained La Tns
sa4 "is still very restive. She escupi d
)
from us the day before the battle on
horseback, and was gone ih<- entire
day.”
'•It Is just as well,” was the laugh j
ing reply. "She will do no harm now,
for. while your daughter counts on the
mine exploding after they have van |
quished us. I can assure you that, the
fuse will be lighted a great while be
fore that rather visionary event.”
•'You told me that young naval ofli
eor who was with Garcia had been ex
ecuted.” went on La Tossa. “I am
rather sorry for that. He was a lik
hie young man apparently.”
"You need spare your grief,” was
he rejoinder. “When I so informed
you I believed my ordt i s had been ear
rted out. But, as it appears, he es
caped.”
"Your orders!” ejaculated La Tessa.
‘And when have you assumed the pre
rogatives of life and death?”
"Spier must assume such prerogn
■ives occasionally,” was the quiet re
ply. "'I'his young man Holton was in
a position to undo my work. He was
in my way. As a consequence. 1
forged Muller’s name to a warrant for
•.is execution. That fact may wound
your sensibilities; but this is war, not
child's play.”
Holton’s eyes fa’rly glared through
the darkness, and yet, despite his an
gcr, he was pleased to know that the
murderous order wbr the work of a
renegade and rhat 1* had not the sane
Mon of authority.
"Well, I must say 1 am glad he was
not executed.” remarked La Tossa
“My daughter"-—his voice sank low—
"is. I helipve. very fond of him.”
“And you approve?”
“Oil, it lias not gone so far as that’
Rut I do know that in some wav hoi
little secret amour has exerted upon
her a repressing influence, has caused
her to mope and to brood In othci
words, to curb activities which fot
roe fly caused m< much worry.”
Miss La 1 ossa anne-aied at the mu
| mem, and me two men rejoined tL«..•
j comrades in the opposite room.
“Are you here?” she whispered.
"Yes.” Holton stepped before her
"Now listen, Miss La Tossa, I hav<
something ( wish to tell you. When I
met you before I vyas unable to rens
\row f am. 1 have spent, seven days
among the leaders of our army, and !
know their intentions. I wish to ar
sure you as a man of honor that a
soon as Santiago is taken, as soon a;
the city and the province are utterh
rid of the Spaniards, and as soon a
‘ order is restored here, our troops ar.
; going to withdraw.”
"Is this true?” she whispered tense
'y
“It is true, and more. I heard Ad
miral Sampson and several high arm:
officers assure General Garcia that «•..
soon as practicable the American;
would Withdraw, leaving him, Gener;
Garcia, as governor of the province
Now, there is no doubt of this at a!
I have heard it with my own ears—'
He paused and held out his hand. "Arc
we friends?" he added.
Shu met his hand Impulsively.
“Yes, a thousand times, and Go;
I bless you Americans!"
Holton drew her fingers to his lip
and kissed them. As he hint thus ;
ligure darkened the doorway and i
sneering voice broke the silence.
“A very charming picture, indeed!''
Holton swung around quickly, am
before him. bis faeo writhing with ;
| saturnine grin, stood Ceenola. Ho
j ton's hand flew to his revolver, but tb
lace and a significant flash of stec
on a line with the man's waist gav<
! him puuse.
"I know, I know.” he lauehcd, "hu
j just the same, 1 think you bad hettei
! leave the weapon in its holster. For I
! have- what do you Americans say?
j ah, the drop on you!”
The girl stamped her foot.
"Senor Cesnola, I command you t<
' leave us; you are a guest here.”
“1 shall not leave you. On the con
trary, l must ask you to slip that r,
volver from your friend's belt.” H;
stopped, as though si ruck with a
thought. "But you need not mind, i
suggest merely that you qu't the
room; there Is about to be an evecu
tiou.”
| llolton stood facing the man, Irn
movable as a statue. The girl stopped
forward.
"You are lying!” she rried. "There
. will be no execution.”
‘‘Oh, but yes, there will be!" was the
! smiling rejoinder, "and right before :
! y°ur eyps unless you retire.”
“You fiend!” With a sudden, lithe !
movement she sprang in front of Hoi
i ton. "Now lire, if you dare!"
Holton placed fils hands upon bur
supple waist and lifted her to one side. ,
The revolver darted forward to aim.
I ho girl uttered a little cry and sprang
lu ck. I'lxing the AiufiricanV coat with
bet hands stretched behind her.
"Miss La . Tossal" cried Holton.
"You you—”
Ocsnola's face was working with
i he rage of a fanatic.
“Out ol' the way, girl!” he eried,
lancing b hind him at the <loo; of (lm
gpi'psitt. i'Oo:”r whic.ii lit. hud < teseti :•»
1
he left It. "That man is a spy! He
lias got *o die! He is an enemy, a
make in the grass, not worthy of a
minute's quarter!”
Miss I.a Tossa n#ver moved; and
Holton, his mind working like light
ning, did not attempt to put her aside.
“Out of the way,” repeated the
Spaniard, with a sort of hissing of the
breath. "Out of the way, or, by God!?
I'll shoot through you.”
There was the crash of an opening
door.
“What's this—this noise and shout
ing?” came a deep voice.
Holton, watching his enemy like a
hawk, saw the revolver barrel deflect
ed from him, the man’s head turned in
the direction whence the voice had
I come. Springing backward and side- ,
i wise like a deer, Holton shot across !
I the room.
There was a loud report—a bsllet
; itige i his hair. The next instant he
had leapt'-' through the window, glass
] nd all, and was on the porch. From
here, as two bullets sped after him, he
I leaped down upon the back of a hosse ]
I .hat was being held by a soldier,
striking the animal with the butt of
his revolver, he went careering off
through the darkness like a rocket.
From the men on the drive, from
men on the porch, came a rain of bul
lets; and tiolton, who had learned n
irick or two in thp way of horseman
hip slipped down along the animal's
hotly, shielding hii-.self almost com
i ; b telv. Hut the horse was exposed,
and a whining bullet pierced the steed
to the heart. He suddenly plunged for
ward. throwing Holton to the grouud.
then rolled over and was still.
Holton landed on his knet ft; and. nl
.hough jarred, was not stunned. He
! -crumbled along desperately, regain
j ing his feet, and struck out for the
| woods, about a hundred feet away.
He toiled on for two hours, distanc
i ing all sounds of pursuit, anti then
I flung himself on the wet ground like
! a tired animal and fell at once into a
I deep sleep. When he awoke the sun
j was shining through the trees.
Put it was not this that had roused
him. It was the roaring of field ord
nance and ilie racketing of small arms.
Evidently they were at it again His
one thought was that this was the 2nd
of July, and *hat on the morrow the
i Spanish warships meant to dash out
of the harbor anti attempt an escape
His fleet must be warned. That was
what he was there for, and this, from
now on, must he the single aim of his
life, the one thought in his mind, the
supreme struggle of his body.
Ily constant concentration upon tin
object of iiis mission, he brought hi.
nenlai condition into a sort of hys
teria. The heat, too. had got into hi'
irain. As he stnmhlt d over a log h
voulti sob or cv.tse, and once, when
ip. tripped and wna thrown flat, he 1st.
or a second, weeping like a child.
So he went on until once, upon
limbing a free to ascertain his posi
ion, he looked down upon the uppe
1 waters of the harbor. He was on the
irney waifTH bring; him within sig
nal of his fleet.
He struggled feebly, and then lay
ittek with' the realization that, great
ts was t..e exigency, he was not able
o meet it. A sort ot' stupor, partly
■tunger, partly fatigue, stole over him
rid lie closed his eyes.
It was night when be opened them
"pain, starlit night. M first lie could
cot recall where he was. Then tie re
membered, and with a start remem
uered why he was there.
He sat up and with difficulty got on
his feet. Then he walked. He did not
-now he was walking; he had no eon
eiousness of moving, and no sense of
direction; hut his suhfl inseious pow
ers were leading him right. A breath
I of pure salt air blew on his face. He
I 'urned toward a line of. brush and
•rafted it. anti there, tv low him. lay
he Spanish fleet, their lights, reflect
ed m the velvet watt rs, twinkling and
winking. He heard the chug-chug of a
team launch, anti several times thg.
murmur of a voice rose to his ears.
farther down, in the moonlight, he
tuild see the masts and funnel of Hob
on s Merritnuc. Ships' bells struck
■ H he looked, and the sound floated
-weetly in the hilliops,
lie turned his face seaward and
'tallied along, partially revivified by j
his rest. At length a sense of open- i
ness came upon him. the sensation of ;
a vast void In front of him lie
paused, and then stole noiselessly on
'Hid. until at last, passing through
a growth of manignt, the wide ex
panse of the Caribbean lay before
him.
Here lie flung himself op the ground
and waited for morning. Ills limbs
'vepu aching wjlii almost unbearable
pain. Iiis t yes burned with rever, his
head throbbed. And yet all these
Hiings lie regarded lightly, for the
Caribbean was in front of him. and the
American fleet would receive his warn
! ing as soon as Cod brought the dawn,
CHAPTER XII.
Destroying a Fleet.
It was well past dawn when Holton
awoke, lie was in a panic of fear that
: he had permitted valuable time to
! elapse. He rose to his feet stithy an 1
broke through the hustles until the
blue sea lay beneath him. His eyes
were strained tt> the left, where (ho
stein of the flagship was swinging to
i ward him. Me noticed black smoke
belching from the funnels, Evidently
the New York was leaving her station
when tp,c ships of the enemy were pre
lie ring to come out of the, harbor
where they had beep bottled Up for
bo long.
('old sweat stood or.t upon Holton's
forehead, and. hastily throwing aside
ids coat and tearing off his shirt, h'
took from beru a!h It a white T^tiai
(lag, which he had carried around hi:
tiody for days against just this emer
gency.
Breaking off a branch and knotting
the corners of the Hag to it, he sprang
tensely into position.
The flagship was leaving heyond
peradvPTTttire. Her stern was still to
ward him, and it. was growing smaller.
The admiral going away, of all
times! In desperation he raced along
'he hill, trying to ca ch an angle
where his signaling would be seen.
Finally, seeing the futility of fur
ther running, Holton stopped, and be
gan swinging the flag right left, right,
left, with frantic energy. For five,
ten minutes he repeated the T. E. call,
but without eliciting thp slightest re
sponse. and so, ceasing his exertions
he watched the New York move away
with tears springing from his eyes.
The Brooklyn had swung broadside
to him, and the picturesque ram bow
She Sprang In Front of Holton.
and the tall funnels were as cleanly
cut against the sea hr a cameo Ad
miral Schley, he knew, was on board
her, and must of necessity he the com
mander-in-chief pending Sampson’? re
turn. So il was in this rakish craft
that he now turned his attention.
Walking to a point ar- marl' abreast
if Iter a« be could get. be began snap
ping the flag right and left. In the ef.
I lort to attract her attention. If lie
could oti.lv get her now. and could d<>
liver bis message, there was no doubt
i hat the New York could Ire recalled
by a signal gun So “iniple did this
; scent that lie wondered why he had
! not thought of it before.
He swung his flag with fresh ardor,
! hut It was as though he were signaling
j to Mars, so far as any answer was
•oncerned. Holton could see a taum h
caving the Indiana for the Maesach.i
etts. Rvervthing v.ar. peaceful
he city drifted the svv< -t notes of the
matin hells and through the trees he
could catch glimpses of the red roots
ind the bluet and greens and browns
of the houses of i-lantiaso.
Holton redoubled his efforts with
,. I his arms to and fro for an hour wlfh
out response. He had to rest. He lorv
,• I ered the flag and was leaning or. the
, | staff when suddenly front the bridge
: of the Brooklyn he saw a flutter of
„ bunting.
As he looked he read that vessel's
call letter. No doubt now they had
, spoil his signal and were making in
j (luirioK. Quickly raising his Hag over
I his head hr repeated his K. K. call and
•hep, as he caught the answering
| flashes of white from the Brooklyn,
i • he la gan his messages. And this is
. how it read:
‘Message to admiral from Lieut-'n
r ! ant Holton.”
. | "All right. Ready,”
, j “Corvera s fleet will leave Ihe har
bor tliia morning."
1 here was a pause. Ilollon waved
i his flag frantically.
"Hid you get it?”
There was still no answer. Finally
i It came.
•‘Repeat."
Holton scowled. ~
( etvora s fleet will leave the har
bor this morning."
I here was another pause,
“Who are you?"
“l ieutenant llolton Tutted St.Ves
navy.”
After a short wait the flag on tho
Brooklyn flashed again.
J he admiral semis his compliments
: -—and liis thanks.”
1 here followed several up 3 ml down
movements of the flag indicating that,
Admiral Sehley had received all ho
wanted to know and that IBs mind
"a.s already turning In more Important
in;• I of tlie? hour.
As Holton threw Ms flag nstdo Bru1
turned shoreward he sun in.. HiR iol
tiniits of black smoke arising front ihe
direction or the harbor. They wen*
corning!
lb* dashed for bis flag, hut even an
be did so hn saw the flash or a l Mr ,,f
guns from Morro and Socana, and
th<n suddenly, as he glanced down
toward the month of the hay. he saw
I a leaden-colored cruiser, with yellow
! Mid red flag of Spain snapping defiant
from her Jack staff, appear from he
hind the hills, and then, as a fiai.tii r
daslp s front a cave in the mouth of
which hunters have kindled a fjrp, sir*
tiin d to tiie right and dashed lnt»»
the open sea.
Astern ot her followed anoi.lv ;• *.f
the fleet, and aaotle r, arid aim<her.
t lies two grim destroyers npg>earr,.|,
I he enemy had broken from cover.
It seemed an age, but it was not
I more than a few seconds, when a ter
rific roar shook the waters, and y
burst i, flame and gases rolled from it
turret ot on. of the ^American ships,
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