A Tar-Heel Baron, by Mabell Shippie Clarke Pelton. With illustrations by Edward Stratton Holloway. Philadelphia, London: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1903. LCCN: 03006139
LoC gives author as: Smith, Mabell Shippie Clarke, 1864-1942.
This is the entry at Wright American Fiction (microfilm, not online):
Smith, Mabell Shippie (Clarke).
A tar-heel baron.
Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott Co. 1903
Wright bibliography number 2094; By Mabell
Shippie Clarke Pelton [i.e. M.S.C. Smith]; with
illustrations by Edward Stratton Holloway.
Reel: 215
I wonder when Pelton became Smith? A biography of Mrs. Smith is very hard to find on the web — most entries are for her “Ethel Morton” series.
Thanks to Anonymous for post-processing this project.