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VOL. XXVIII, NO. 16
PARIS-NEW YORK FLIERS
LIKELY LOST IN ATLANTIC
Hope for the rescue of Capt. Nunguesser
and Francois Coli appears toj
hang on the slender thread that theyj
may have been picked lip hv some J
Nov; Found!ajid fishermen or some'
coasting vessel off Ireland. The'
fliers overdue a full tiny in New,
Yo?h on their -?>? ?!isr?3t from Paris,
have become aro'.bc r :r\ lery of the.'
sea Wireless suVJobs from Newj
?** York to Labrador have sent
}:i all direction- asking teamship- in
courses : hunt foi the avia
i rs. But tio'j v i ted -seeing the
'White Bird.** which hepped of: so*
; aveiy from L Bctivect -field with:
the -kid' and cross hones till;
'death's head" m.trkeo or, the white!
fuselage a? to o-. fy it:e c)nr:v^ j
l;.e government :it Wa-Miigton, it.-1
sending to a request of the Frenchj
government, has set about lo make
organize*! effort to locate th- lo t
bird men.
The Mass Education
Movement in China
By MISS MOU.IE B. TOWNSKXU
< ru-sl Missionary to China)
China has hern referred to for
many years as the Sleeping Dragon,
nut that ea* no It'ingcr be said of her.
The world is begij/riinT to realize that
the dragon which has l.tr?i 1
for -oroo vim is av.ak? and that
nia i- experiencing a thorough
Ylo-nnai-r.-inci'. It is a very trying'
tiffte; one of searching, revaluing and
r< :d justing oi every institution ??f
di*rn eiviii-.-ation While the
av. lkeuir.g t> nll-comprehens ve per
- the ''Student Movement*' is the
most goifitu aiit evidence of the new
day.
Tin re is no country in the world
vvhv re the scholar has held the -u
|!:vm? position that he has in China
f:s- d though hi number was small he
has dominated her in *he past. The
Student Movement" of today savs
th-l education1 shall no longer be con-:
I. ed to the few but must become the.
common property and guide of all.
Within tiv- las? twenty years fhe.-e
fpr.upg up twentyrfiye mode.ro
leges ;?-;d an ivor-it tea acxidmmp.
. : -a: from t-? to fifteen thousand
>;erttepis An inci easing number of
; < r.irh year fo'p fuiV-j
:h r -I'uiy aid bettor equipment.
i r i~ Ji.n :i fit !.! i;i which these
yfes>: .:<i.or?:t.- an- hat veil versed. Nothing j
is. r,oc. tmodiouoivd nor sucred, far:
;?( !? f-o r ives and vhorovigb
ij?; cxsmu;:? -feThv fields o'.f- _ " science,
y jmi'osophy, ahd jruv^rnnv. at
atefypvi\ h?.?vk> to |%i m>\v in a yy;?^.
thai was undreamed of '? > the^'holar
oC the ahcietU classes.
The im>cameot for wa.\s .education i
was a natural outcome of the ir.? rea ?
id interest in education along W'es.ti"
v.nc ?1 'n?c iw?f?u FI*.V-? rj?i 11 rnoi!
student \y ho bits "the;
movement nfiii shaped its poiky,
v, - l ,-i out ;;: methods and selected
v> hat shuik'.t be taught and how t<
teacn it. Then came the -problems'
of '.rfcmmunity organization, publicity, \
it . riiur for bot h teachers and pupils
knd the securing of suitable j
hvdUHnir.-. all of which have been 'amy!
/ handled.
T'udoubt'cdly there has never been:
in the history of the world, a moye
jrjent of this kind or* so vast ak=oale !
p.>- this one arid ! venture to say that
there has never been one so preg-!
. u;.i!t-with significance. It aims at;
siicli ah adequate education as will
train foi tho ivest citizenship, unify
the nation, create h new literature'
t / and strive far tin* realization of
^iA, wtnid peace.
this is a big program and is conducted
in <; big way. W'e can not
predict how near it may _eome to!
achieving it- goal. Mr. V. C Yen)
says that il is a movement of the \
people, by ' he people and for the peo-1
pic and as such is surely must sticy
ceed. |
Ready-Cut Head
Bill: What business are you nowj
in. Jack? 'JJack:
I'm in the lumber business.
Biii: Well, you have get a good
head for lumber:
So Personal
Teacher: Why. every time 1
breathe a Chinaman dies!"
Voice from the rear; "Why don't
you try cloves?"
The C orinth Canal was started by
Nero about two thousand years ago.
The piojest was abandoned and rev
. <umed. centuries later, the canal bcing
completed in 1893. It if. four
miles long and seventy fetid xtnde;
/"ATA
A Non-Partisan Is*
BOO!
New Town Board
Holds Initial Meeting
City Officials Sworn in May 9tH;
No Police Officer Yet Been
Named to Succeed Mr. Gross
The first meeting of the nr\v hoard
of town aldermen since vt'u- sworn,
2!i on May I'll., was held Monday
evening. Iittl or no business was
actually trans:-clod, although items
of moment eanu- up for consideration.
It will likely K- some time before the
new officials get a thorough checkup
on municipa' off airs and get dev.n
to business proper.
A rather warm contest is oi? between
various candidates seeking appvuncrneni
as chief of police to succeed
A. Lee Gross, re igned. Ten
-applications ware presented to the
board Monday night, which were
thinned out to three, then one was
selected. However, it was found on
Tuesday morning that public sentiment
was too strong against him to
warrant his retention (th? board not
knowing; of charges against the ap
plicarit) and Mayor Gragg 'called i
meeting of the board for the purpose
of rejecting him. Up to time of going
to pros;; the matter \va.- stii! open
and likely will he for sever.il days,
Deputy Sheriff Poiy Wyke acting as
temporary police chief.
Three applications were received
for the position of city water commissioner
hut no action has been
takt n
Mayor Gragg says a meeting will
he held early next week to decide on
these and other matters. He says the
books of the city will he thoroughly
gone over to find out what is available
foi street work, how much the
tax rate must he. etc. The hoard will
also investigate Unfinished work and
prepare a program for .'the year's
v. cuk.
STATE NEWS BRIEFS
jiliss Mary Payne, daughter of Mr.
an'd Mrs. Pickney l'avne died at her
home in TaylorsvPle on the 7th. She
had heen ill for several years and hud.
been confined to her bed Tor more
than two mont'hs.
V. I). G?iire oh Tuesday of last
week wr.s. c. elected mayor of l.e
noir for the sixth consecutive time.
W iih Mayor Guire the following com:.
SIOTit i f I ? ? CL'ted . 0. L, Ro bins.
S Jentnogs, E F. Allen. .1.
T. IVdehcth G Ba low. II. E. MerriCi'
and \V. II. Sourtn \
North Caro ina led in the cigarette
tax collections cf tin- our-mt fiscal
vear, the ins erfial-icevenue bvircau repor.cii
Fi ida>. The tola! in North
i $X t?>:l7U,0o?V compared
with $i0(.LG50.1 >-7 fo. the proceding*
year. An increase of $16,7Vi,GGS
was shown in collections,
the total of which was $203,526,701.
Damage estimated at sixty-live to
tevent y-lTve thousand dollars was
done in Kinslor. early Sunday when
tire swept through a Main street
building. The origin of the flames is
believed tv? have started in a pressing
club \vhich was destroyed, along
with a shoe store and another business
house
Henry Tioutman, rh?ef of police
cf Albemarle, was accidentally shot
and killed by another officer, Dan
Speight, Mor-day afternoon- The officers
X'/Gi-e tempting to.arrest' three
negroes when Speight struck one o:
the negroes .over'.'the head with a revolver,
it discharging and Die bullet
st riking the chief of nonce on Uy
neck, seyetincr the jugular vein.
While There** Life There's Hope
Old Maid: "I wish Clod had made
me a man."
Grandma: ''Don't worry, dear, you
may find one yet "
Attention, Members of
Legion and Auxiliary
There will ho,a call meeting
of the Legion and Auxiliary in
the Legion hall Monday -night,
j May 16, for the purpose of ar|
ranging and completing plans for
the Fourth of July celebration:
i If .you are not interested in giv1
ing the American Legion your
! support in behalf of the July
j celebration, we must now cancel
this undertaking:. Please eonsidI
ev this as our plans for or
j against as final.
We "wish to urge every man
and vomau in the county who
are eligible to belong to the
L.ty*ion or Auxiliary to bo present
at this meeting Olid become
a meo.bf.r and help us out in all
our ur.ilcrtiiking-s.
L. S. ISAACS. Post Commander
C. S. STEVENSON. Adjutant.
UGA
Jewrspaper. Devoted to the
JE. WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH C
NORMAL TO BUILD j
NEW dormitory;
| I
' <>*_*. )i; y tl ?An ox*".- ivo
; sion of the boa^d of trustees of the
j Appalachian State Normal school atj
t Botero was held here several days j
\v*lh T. H. Coffey of Sio\vihftj
ftock, chairman; H. t>. Dougherty j
>f Boone and -J. M. Bernhardt of tlasj
! place present. At this meeting j
plans were discussed for the new;
dormitory for girls ar the school, and'
BciUoa and Benton, architects of'
' Statesviile. were employed to draw j
- up plans fo; the building. Also al
i powerhouse: with a heating system t.'ol
' nggironi the jmwrrUouse to the new!
j building- The re wis: be a meeting j
( t?f the board of trustee within al
j few days and in a J pro!'ability some
j definite action wbl be taken about!
j NEXT CONGRESS MAY
MAKE DRASTIC TAX CUT
Washington, May ! .?The greatest
tax cut since lJ).2l can and probably
will be made at' the next session of
Congress.
Receipts under the present law J
have nil! away with the estimates
and buried the fiscal prophets under
an avalanche of unexpected revenues.
The surplus in 1 a27 will be the
largest, save for a single year, of
any 12 months since the nation's re-]
turn to norma ->.
In conic -tax receipts, far from shrivj
: cling under the lower rat have gone ;
1 higher than at any time since 1U21- !
Debt reductions will exceed $000,-1
| OOti.OOO and hCay pass $1,000,000,-!
j (100.
VALLE CRUC1S HAPPENINGS |
!
Valle Crucis, May 11. ?Mrs. I. 11
Taylor. M >- Alice Taylor, Mrs. T.
\V. Taylor; Mr. 2. M. Shell and Glint
Huird attended the funeral of Robert
Duui in i.enoir last Sum lay. Mrs. D.
F. Mast ami Mis. W. L. Baird also
return*d home on that day, having
spent the previous week with the
Dula in Lenoir.
Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Graves of
Yancey vide, arc visiting the Rev. and j
Mrs. I.tun - R Burke:
j DanielTownser.d is ill at his homo j
j villi Congestion of the lungs
j Mrs. Luelnda Mast, retiiincd .Sun-j
j ?my from S visit to Mrs. Grooue in
gync, aoM>mpuniu<l by Misso- Milta!
j Ma?t J'loy
Mrs. IS. fcj' S?<Mgras?' is i'ovv with.;
: her sister, Mrs. W. H. Wagner, WO'j
is piahriintr to move into bcv hew-j
home wh'ioh nearinjr epinjilefcioji,- J
Mrs. C. T- !SuiI'd is still very sick;
Mrs. Auburfi Farthing e.nlcrthin I
Mand Mi s. Leo Stout at dinner j
Sunday. ;
: Mrs. J. M. Shu I! was hostess to thej
j Woman's Missionary Society on S it!
tir'day afternoon.
I ft is a delight to parents and
friends to have the boy's from the
! v ? !
i Atirniai scnooi at nome again i ney ;
arc William Mast, Henry jiiid Gilbert!
Taylor.
SCHOOL BUDGET
The board of education will he in
session oil Tuesday; May IT. for the
j purpose -if making the school budget
for the year 1927-28! School eomj
mit tec men aye urgently requested
! preseui the needs of their several dis}
irielsat this time, as the law directs.
Appropriations for the expenses
not included in this budget cannot
made during year.
W. F. Sherwood, Ohm. IM. Ed.
Smith Kagarnan, Secretary.
FEDERAL COURT JURORS j
J The following, jurors from Wat-j
j auga county have been .summoned to j.
i appear for federal court in \Vilkeshj
novo on May Judge Johnson 1. j
Hayes presiding:
Rohy Ward, Sugar Grove; J. .S.
Flannery, YTlas; Clyde Mast, Sugar
Grove; A. Civ* tie. ZIonville; 1'. H.
Flodgcs, Boone; It. D. Hodges, Boone;
Thomas Hampton. Blowing Rock; W.
M. Thomas, Mabel; W. B. Cheek,
Zibhvillt ; II. B. Cock. Zionville.
K: s--.
TAX COLLECTIONS
j Up to last Saturday. Sheriff t.. M.
i Farthir.g had collected approximately i
| $200,000 in county taxes for the J
J years 1925-26. The sheriff expects 1
j that some $50,000 or $00,000 more j
wih be collected' by the end of thef
thirty days grace allowed the taxpayers.
About $115,000 remains toj
he collected.
1
Morgue Mirth
"Everj body helps,'' quoth the un-j
dertokcr when. asked about* business I
conditions.
x
DEM
Best Interests of Northv
AROLINA, THURSDAY. MAY 12
Happenings In and
About J p wing Roc
- { ?
fnte-re?tiug Nrjv^ of Past We
From ^ ous Resort
,f own
. iJsS* :
Blowing. <. May 11. ?Smf
KagRKtan/ nty superintend* nf <
education making out an app'ic
tion for. vouiuyV share of U
S32,OOG.; itling fund for Blc^ir
Rock consonilat ) dittric^ on the a
sumption thai* uli of the three di
tricte concerned in the consolidate
will eventually accept the curtail*
fund.
A small Jrofflf of Blowing Rot
citizens who at ended wu'ctiog
the school house last' Wi ok voted
accept the .$32,000 fund, but. K. t
Uoderdown, r- presenting: Sandy Fid
said he was opposed to it and Colin
Gi carte. representine: Silver Lab
sa d hi.- district could not accept it
The smaller fund, as compart
with trhr origir.a proposal <?f
000, will mean that the school \v
have to be built without the gy?
nasium. for the site must be bong
oii of the $32,000.
Mr. Ilagaiisati believes, ho\vev<
that with th piopet economy, t1
w-<n c7in ou;ra a creoiiabk' scno
W! : $.12,000. Bids should be h;
from a large number of linns befo
the contract ;s awarded; the stiperi
tendcni says- ?o that the town tan
sim- of getting the lowest. Or,
could appoint a good local fflremri
bo* local labor, contract directly f
it- (ami materials and mak-- arrane
nuoit with the railroads for the si1
rial rates granted for transpuvtatii
of school materials.
Is this nay. he Ik i vis aluo
every'hing an the original plan; coi:
h carried out.
Funeral services were induct
Friday at the Me formed church f
Civile Ilardey. who dh ri Monday
last week at a hospital in .SVatesvil
Surviving him are the widow and l.\
sisters, Mrs. Estie Blankenship.
Johnson City and m|? Fannie Teag
of Blowing Rock.
(I. C. Martin :s everting a bran
store in Green Park opposite t;
Ingh II on sc. Tie- branch will ha
die the same kinds of r.ovede
.gifts, and general stock as those
the main -ion-. Min Martin sedet
K. S. Draper, landscfipv archite
?.-f Charlotte, >yas hero iast w..
making arnnigemeriTs for a eoltaj
in which he will spend hi.- sunnvi
Vcicai'Ion. Mr, Draper is now emra
ou ill laying oui the* 'golf conrse
I. i n?' 11 *.
Mr. and Mi's. W. Z Simpson ?
Rock Hill, S. C.V wore here prepa
inir io open their collage for tl
summer. ^ / !
Mr?.. K- Myers also avrivt
and opened her new roUnye in Ma
view Park, which was built t'di !
during the whiter by .i l.ee II.iy.
Other visilors in Vbwu '.vere M
airid Mrs. i. Huff of Kvansvill
hid.; II. rownor. f, R. Eowr.c
C. B. Audson ami P. M iicarek, ali <
PJnehurst; Mr. and M*s. E. Prest
Harrill of Wilmington: Miss Ale
Beckett of Rock Hi!'. M. P. Kirkroji
?>i *: n* < sis f >01*0; JLilh&n U. if arsons- <
r.. a. X. .Tbe L. Harrison ?
Richmond, Va.; Dr S. S. Syuinde
and ivi. M. Saunders: oi Sigh im
Miss F.ula Quiiin and Mrs \V. L. Ga
-away of Greenville, S C.; Mrs I
11. Blackweh of Waynesvillei as
Mr. and Mrs. R H. Webb oJ Cdi
cord.
Mr?. Elliott Reed ?>'" Savannah, G:?
who is building a $20,00.0 ? urn rue
homo in May view Park, is expects
h? re this week for the Hammer. H?
new house will ?>e. read> in hi
i'irnc, it is vaid by the contractor, ,
Lee Hayes.
Miss Helen Coffey is recoverin
from a serious il-noss. She spes
several day sal the Davis Hospit;
in States vile, but last week sho xti
brought homo ami under the care <
Dr. It. B. Scales she is recover! n
rapidly.
Mr. and Mrs. H.' R. Gray ton (
Charlotte were hosres at their cottaj
iii Mayview Park Saturday evcr.ir
to a parly of Blowing Rock ar
Charlotte guests, honoring Mr. Wv
Dudley of Charlotte. Those prcsei
were Misses Dorothy Hayes, Lis
and Annie Ward, and Mrs. J. A. P
nel.a. . Bill Ingle, Bud Whitm-r ai
2Hr. J.IK/., an oi i. ftanotie aivn fcr.
Sherp.il of Troutman.
The Widow's Right
"This i> a grave question," said t*
widow as t.hc-y decided where to hu
the body of her deceased husband.
OCRA
vest North Carolina.
, 1027
FIFTH SUNDAY MEETING
AT UNION CHURCH. MAY ?.8
k
The program for the fifth Sur.ek
day meeting of the Three Fonfe Baptist
Association ivili be held with
(inion church a: Mabel, beginning
Sa'.wrday. May 2?lh and comicsuirg
th -h:ough S\if,'ia;. .
Saturday A f tcr rvoori
a- 2. p. m. ? Song .sosyice led by
JC>' Ur:it?n choirl
fg 2:15 p. m -St-mmr.- by Key Do:^
p. m.?('a'.nuzat.'.n.
,n p. ?j.~ -Loyalty to the Baptist
[d '' II-, K ('. Il.viir . W 3. Farthing.
' .!?(i m. -Qiiesgon box.
> :"> t-v. m. ?Eyehifixj service.
Sunday Morning
t Sjurn'ay school
. cJo?-.Sinir:r>i- led by l ':. t
A. lh"rIPi.tO?What
should be t5u:
its
e ; ch.nchV attitude toward :invjv-i.nuTiis??.A.
J. Croono. I. G. Greer.
I \\ . F. Shei wood.
1 I : I r. Sir-":'.<T in rli.i *" I "W> - * : ?
:jj Hern-one." led hx Midi Fork
' rh.-s.
11:20? Sermon by I. A. luif
j 12 m.?pin nt?v
i Afternoon Session
jr ! ...
' i i p. n\.?Son** stnaaye ei "t bn?K,
llannonv." lead l?v VV. T Va;:61
. .
Ill'
1 :20 ?The new problem of the
!C ooiihtry einuvh. by Smith Ilag^tman.
n fb! :wi1 by the t . of the
'V t'hVirehcs.
2 :3.0; p. hi. - -.-n> h - and :! ?in*
lii.Mrv . t. <\V Hs.X!I>r
2 :1 o?C losing ex*, rrtses.
; 219 Total Toll of
Mid-Western Tornado
'st
l(j h'ansds h'jfcy. May 1 i?Scpurued
by tornadoc.-, torrential storms ami
blizzards oyer three day period. the
midlife west eourslud its, e.eau at 234
;ni ^ Tuesday. wiih imdmbly a thnu
amid persons injured, hundreds home-;
ies: and property- uamaev
into the miliums.
y?f\ in oiftht states l'roai the Roeky
,} Mountain region to the ast and
Uli I southeast the fury of the weather
bhOUicbt death and sufferjnjj. Arfcan
jis, (ilin<vls. tdxva, Kansas. Louisiana,
allrsu.ir: ;.juj \y\n>mulg otlnorcti
ilf K.ulti^s:. '
s- col.dnei. rober1 bingham
dies a i asmevm-le homf.
"" fe; -'Ml '' -X
' ilor.el Rohorl 8||?ujvi, for mart
ivy yoars r.-aiiniasH-r of riu* UinA=k
h?.m M-!ito.r\* ?i. \ :i\ his
:v <it A vi's e tin the St is, fo\ o\v$:;m
:i roii-iv e'y. oi*v??rred on F: i- ;
It- day. \vnt? of ;i5fo. Funoin]
for ?hc {itcinoor o'cVueiil^r,'.
Wi -1\- coi.Hutvo'J yosto. ua\ tV.ofn the
s' i rs'i Ei*c:>iVyieriai\ Chirrhli "S -\.-!&? r
viUc. '
w ?\?U>ooi RinghmP vvas the third
nyri'vn of Rmtrhahis : f*peva'Ce
?d fiomvus BihirKam MiHlxiyy sehooi.
y- v \dch was established by his irr.nni
i- o fcey :;r iVIebane iii IT'*;?.
NEWS OF ROMiNGER
p.. "-A 1: - p'.'.
v, Mt-'i i-, May 1 F?-Mr. Dowoy
?i , ilmwi rigor's family b down \vith Sffee .
?n fhi.
;e Mr. Coy Eominge r suffered :i
it' broken log while working hear
)i Spruce IMne. lie is in the Grace hos'5*
pitai at Banner Elk
cs Elder i>. A. Greene, pa-tor o? ikon
t; iiill Baptist church. spent ^ Saturday.)
? night at the home of Mr. M. l\
c. Trivett.
id J. IV. Harmon is putting his saw-;
b mill down near the home of F. M
Harmon where he will saw the bowri-v
u, dary of timber Mich he recently pur-)
lr; i hiiMd.
<1 The farmers of this section arc;
n- now engaged in planting: corn. j
l
i. The One Exception
"But. surely/' Jones urged, 'seeing
g1 i > believing?"
u "Not in'.''.^ssar*ily " replied .lohitaoo.
a) "tv-r iivsatnce, 1 see you every day."
IS i
u Special School l ax
Carried in Cove Creek
The election hold m Cove !
Creek i own ship Tuesday cn a
!'""j special tax rdRdsntion for chot ;
erection of a new budding: ac the
; ? high school was w^n hy the tax
advocates fey a majority of 110.
Only 30 votes were cast against
the proposition, there being 2S2
^ voters roistered.
~'v; The'terms' under which the eic-ci'on
was held provided Chat a '
tax riot to exceed 12 cents on i
\ the SI00 propeity vahiafcic? and 1
S*?_ 36 cents on the poll, shall be
ry levied and collected for tire spej
cific purpose.
i gjfif?|| p
" c- R l'' vtw?n^?i ^ -5!?*- -3jS3|>ffr/Jj
T
~-?.vr *'???? ----? "?-j--^?? 5 ?-? ., . " 'price:
fivk cents
Commencement at
the State Normal
Finals Bf^an Willi Play on Thursday
and Closed Friday Afternoon;
Interesting Figure-i Given
The commencement exerciser- of
tfce -Yppalach'an Ft a.te Xorm.al began
on Thursday eight after the exami:":t''ins
om Wednesday and Thursday.
The Thursday night's exercises
was a p'ay l?y 'h senior Normal
class fur the benefit of the -oaf?
fund. The targe uumeet present
grc*. Fy enjoyed the fine chariieti rizatinn
displayed by thpse taking pert,
and more than $lo0 was realized
from the proceeds-. On Friday morn 'in?
the class day exenciset were
hem. folbwed by ' he literary address
i\\y Dr. X \V. Walkar. dean of criuca
lion of the University of North
Cam ina. whos: >ubj ct xifbg "The
wiirl; apd training that we are to accomplish
after we hav- graduated
from college."
Dr. .1. I>. Rankin delivered dipiovnas
to the foiiowing graduates:
Annie Dula Beverly. Ruth Blair,
Billy Bollinger. Rear: Clopinger, Marv
Culbreth. B tty Ruth Duncan, Jane
e Hoiyeij.. Nancv K Hunter. Mrs.
Uthel Brown Johnson, Naomi Lnwery,
\\ rink- Rose Moore, Verd'a Ht-nicft
.Morgan, I.rola Margaret Pivl.er,
Flora Mao MeFahven. Kva Miller,
Uu h NcsVev, May Bittman. OUie
Ra\. Cynthia Pearl Reeves. Annie
Beilo 1 leg;:-!. Miir\ Uoui.se Regan. Lutiicr
Ro.bijison Marx Eugenia Short,
Mildred Virg'u .. Spencer, Alta MeS'varn,
Gladys Rose Swift, Carry hla
Ward n. John W. Warden, Kathryn
\Vyhe, Ethel Marie Zimme email*
ICIi/.rh' ih Bat is Wiggins, Alma lloff.
, Mrs, i.t v Tea gar. Ruth Hunter,
C.cnava Wimwctfi*, Fay Mcintosh,
Item \V. Ubvis, Mary Raper, llosic
McN'cin, < ha Crump, Esther
Be; 'i . Mary K Hoiton, Evelyn MbsTeilei,
Jam* O. OsbpriTo , FRzabeth
isi'i!;, \Villir Mm- Robinson.
Tho. <, who received eel tifo.-ates
weryt Pa-.i! Donnelly, Wendell P:ir.
1 ';u": ? Coft'ey. ??ay Carter
< hpi'ics Fniihing. H aid Goodnight,
F'ai.-! GoCirley. Frahu la>.gan, AD in
Outlaw.' T'r<?> Uciwii. Roy Robinson
C:. ily T..-i and |1<A>srd Ashley:
1' of. .1. M. ppwrmin; tlye. registrar.
jray* '?wi,h> vury ;mvrehtin>r siausi.)cs
of t'w NiSrm d yo iet.v ?or the pusi
t'.v.i M'ar.v. u of wh'ch were:
Xorr.uil studeias for lOti-l-iM, ini
o-linj'. .- dnmii-:- school.-. 771, with
to prnduates; 102l-2r>. \y;*h 'summer
schop!.-. 1.028. $^??5 -*l tfv^duato*;
.1025-tf, alrn with summer terms,
5 ,$$7 vith 50 p;ra<hiate.s: from June
l.j 1 S25, to May ?; i027, 1 J*27 with
,77 graduates. Total registered for
the past throe years. 4,105: total
numjur of gradnareh 101. increase
isi \> i cent fur these three \VfiV-s in
vunoher registered 158 per c*. at. and
iii ^radviMt ion, 100 per ceiit. From
the rate at increase for I he so three
years, IVtvf. Downurn was avk<*il to
-give his est)matrons i? the. nu;nhcr
he expected for thecoming year, as
he has done for several years* with
fair a ecu racy. He said t ha'. he expoy.tc.il
7 ' : : for the next year with
100 graduates.
The exercises, considered ;o h.?ve
lveei: hhoui rhe hest ever hc -d at the
school. viesed wii'h the chjsS sortg
,?. . v- " >- ' :U'-TtSs* -.-v.. , '., ' ; J.
.nut T.?neuicimii. v.^TV;--:&&? Yev7X
Friday afternoon came a declamation
contest for $3.00 in i-eid in
which Alien Ashley won, following
which the class day exercises of the
scjujbl depanmetit, w'ore-"held.
The siirninei school wil- open on
May rn. which is expected to be a
record Verm. ;> very large number
of applicants, numbering near i>00
ha? e a.1 ready ayjplied.
UNITF.D STATES CALLS
IN LIBERTY BONDS
Washington, May S. Using one
of the greatest publicity machines
ever adopted by a government agency
the treasury tomorrow \viU call the
$3,700,000.000 outstanding of the sec
and liberty loan.
These bonds, w til be paid on Noy
ember 15 the- tenth anniversary of
their issuance and wHl not bear interest
after that date.
These bonds would weigh 222 tons
and if .spread out would cover almost
exactly one square mile of the earth's
surface.
It'* a Fish
Guest (to hostess): "My dear,
i.t re did your wonderful string of
pear is cant- from? You don't mind
m> ashing vie you7"
Hosi'ess.-. "Certainly hot. They
came from oysters!"
K. A. Poe <>f heir.)ir was a business