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NEWS OF WORLD D
BRIEFLY TOLD!
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Outstanding Happenings of Week
Gathered from Everywhere Condeo?ed
for the Busy Reader <
ro.Vi:mbus, Ohio. Jar. ?Foriv.er!
United .States Senator At'ee Pome-j
reno and former Congressman Geo.]
White or Marietta, wiU be the
and secoSid choice of Ohio Democrats
for the president mi nomsuauoc.
A letter threatening **dis&sfcr to*
you and your family" unless he left]
$5,.?00 in old $100 hills at .? -pot.
under a railroad t reft it? Friday night
was5 received Friday by Clarence
Saunders of Memphis. Tenn., chair.j
grocery store magnate. The note was. j
signed "The Three Ghostnu-u."
West Frankfort. 111.. Jap. :h?
Twenty-one miners were killed out-;
right in a gar. explosion which wreck-;
T-d a one-mile chamber in the Industrial
Coal Company'^ mine Xr. IS;
here today. The bodies, burned, and;
mutilated by the force ut the blast J
were foiiiid ?ate t- da\ and identif!
ied by the Tiumbeif of then- safety j
amps attache d to their clothing', j
- Angeles, Cab Jan. .?The]
..- unity grand jury today indicted]
Dr. Charles M. Mc.MiTan. 57-year-j
old physician, :?n the murder of Mrs.,
. i
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segin:
That make your doila
out the store make av
timities to save on Sea
DRESS VEL\
Formerly selling nn
now for a complete t
going at ridiculously
Per yard?
.f-t 1A
ELKIN BLAN
At far below their re;
in neat biock plaids,
68x80, to go at?
$2.50 Blankets at
$5.50 Blankets at
$4.50 Blankets at
SATIN BACK
In extra heavy qualit
beautiful shades. Fo
for $2.95 yard. Redu
$1.98
72-INCH SHE
The first time in the
business we have be
fer such a value in Sf
of k! Full TWO Y/
at. per vard?
19c
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Iroelia Appleby, wealthy widow of ajt?
'hicago inventor, whose body was 3 n
ur ' sewn in a sack at a roadside li
>etween Los Angles and Saw Fran- t'
is.t? December 26. Dr. McMiHau. e
vho was the '.vorauuV business agent
aas repeatedly denied that he killed 1
M: . Appleby, put the authorities ;j
hnve weaved a net of circumstantial 1
evidence to enshroud the physician. 1
"Chicago. Jan. d,- ^ Chicago Demo- *
eirats will bid for the next national . *
convention of their parly at the r.a-j 1
.:i committee meeting in Wash-j j
. week. George E. B.ren-J
.) . from'
I , ..... a su; d by W. R. Dawes. ,
pres?i|em of ttye Chicago Association 1 .
f i . muu . f hat th? .-it> wanted .
the v"; vvminn. and a guarantee of! ,
will t>?; available for ctm
xyer.ses. Competition .is ,
expected from Detroit. Cleveland
and Sun Francisco.
William G. Mc.Adoe has acceptedj
ar> invitation to -peak at the .Jackson
Pay Democratic Hnnei in Washing ton.
.January 12. but unlike most of J '
the other speakers he will not appear,
i: the role of a presidential c.andi-'
date. Instead, he is expected to
draw upon the experiences of thej
;; Democratic convention in
Madison Square Garden to give
points a warning that the party
inusi not indulge in another such
ton test over the nomination if it,
hopes to Win in 102-S.
New York, dan. 7.?The 192S aiGj
^01 1
rs work overtime! This pa
ailable in this great Janua
sonable Merchandise fron
'ETS g*f%
jch higher,
:iearance, is
low price.
KETS
al worth. All
wool mixed, i
.$1.98 ea. \ f?
$3.98 pr. I '1
. $2.98 pr. t fll
CREPE M
:y, and many
rmerly sold
ced, per yard
ETING
history of our ?
en able to ofSdSSWID^
Regardl*
98C
>UNTY'S
-^1
HE WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EV
is. a fast, brightly colored j
Jaeltine with narrow radiator, sleek;
ims, and mtersoi fittings of greater)
fxuvy than ever before More povvrfuf
and more comfortable than any j
f its predecessors, it brought the 1
?t^t word in automotive engineering
lik! des'gis to the 23 th annual na-!
iona? aulvimdhjit show w hich opened j
oday at Grand Central Palace.
*orl y-three difteient makes of pas^njrer
cars were or display, each different
in its own way from ail the
>thers, vet each embodying the same
refinements
Los Angeles, -i-v.. (5. ?Nine jurors.
Live of their, women, who drank all
the evidence submitted to them in
t liquor ease ar.d turned the defendant
loo.-e, were cha-ed out of municipal
court by an angry judge, in
dismissing three-fourths of the jury
which heard the case Judge T. L.
Ambrose bitterly flayed what he
termed "*a flagrant violation of your
sacred duty as American citizens.3'
The court 5-ara he had heard all about
it on the streets of Los Angeles last
night. Three wom^h. who composed
the remainder of the jury stated
they positive ly had not drunk any of
the evidence., art! were retained on
the panel.
Washington,. Jan. 'J -Marine re
infor.eements numbering more than
1,1)^0 embarked today for Nicaragua
to assist their comrades there in
running August im- Saudi no and hi>
followers to earth. With Ma jot
r ?
O I R A
lashing
ge of items gives but a h
iry Clearance. Every se<
i our reyular stocks. Dc
?? *m i in u <mrr.iw? jhw n n
MBBMI ilfffnrii
ATS am
^ Gre
1 Kese lovely dn
1 difM'V'jsSl inner! and tailoi
r taken from our
prices slightly a
low cost! You
LADIES' C<
$7 95 COATS,
N ow
$17.50 COATS.
New
$39.50 COATS,
Now . . .
$75.00 COATS,
Now
idies' Ilats
;ss of Cost, all Hats are
going at
$1.98, $2.98
lain
B
ERY THURSDAY?BOONE, N. C.
- -* ' ?~
Gertml John A. Le.ieuiie. e<jmmacK|
of liie marine corps. and Brig,
(ien. Logan Poland at their head*
300 men *ct sail from Char lest on. S.
C., on board the cruise 2-s Trenton,
Keleigh and Milwaukee; at San Diego,
F.'2 officer? and men embarked
on the naval ammunition train.
Nitre, and the mine sweeper Oglala,
at Norfolk, V;i.. took on -150 men
; bound for the Central American
| front.
! Johnson City. Tenn.. Jan. >:.?
Tom X. Church. 17, assistant chief
! of raUce, Raymond Strqup. 38,
are dead as the result of a duel j
1 fought when the officer sought to j
! arrest the latter here early today. I
Church, accompanied by Patrolman
Linviiie, answered a call to a house j
| on the edge of the city, where drunk-!
; r imu '? v:i ivw.'iiru. atiu ??ny<j?i ?
I hailed them from at: iipktaifs porch, j
Church writ to Stroup i:> answer to j
' hi- hail and as he approached was1
greeted with a hail of curses. Stroupj
i struck the officer with his fist and!
. then shot him through the abdomen. |
| Church, although mortally wounded,
i drew his pistol and killed Stroup.
Church died a few hours after the
| shoot inp.
|
First convict: "How often have
you been in jail'"*
>ecciid convict: 4Must this nriec."'
Second convict: You're iucky."
: j Second convict : "1 don't know?;
j I'm in for rife."
? ?
N N UAL
Reductio
>rit of the hundreds of extra
ction contributes its quota.
m't miss this chance!
" ?w*ivwnJT ',"r?" mrnnTimiMHiii iniiin- n biiii hi
rl DRFS(
ally Reduce
seises and coats, which hav<
ed with consummate skill,
regular stock and marke
ibove, and in many cases,
we it to yourself to take a
3ATS DRE
(5>Q Ar* $5.95 DRESSES,
Now
i?Q AF $13.95 DRESSES,
?P?/.J3 Now
1 Q OK $17.50 DRESSES.
Now
$49.50 S DRESSE?
I 'in i..i. ci.
* 9 *P 11 11 1 I kJll
Worth 10c. Nc
81-2C
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JANUARY 12. 1928
^Hfc^^rT^^A" ?OMi'l.'tl? s AKE BUfT.l~ ?'. BU1CK WltL BUILD THEM
1 ^ . "9 *
that isBUICK for only
You may have thought that ___
you couldn't buy a Buick for fg? ???
as little as $ 1 19 5?thatyou S S* S ssLjp
would have to pay consider- -Jr mm#'
ably more for Buick quality. *-h- 'actor*
Actually you can have any one of three popular Buick
models at this figure?a Sedan, Coupe or Sport Roadster
?all of them, cars of true Buick quality.
Today's Buick surpasses all previous creations. Sec it?
drive it?and own the car you hare long wanted.
SEDANS ?U9i to ? 1995 ' COUPES*! 195 toil850
SPORT MODELS *l!9Sto*152S
Ail jwicet /.o. b. F?inr. Mich., Ktwcmir-mi *u.r io l?r eitlded.
Tht C. M. A. C\ finance plan, the nioit deiirubU, it flttula'jlfc
Oil BUWI T llATAn OA?\?Tt t Mil
LALlWEiLL IttUiVA l/UIIlr Ail I
LENOIR, NORTH CAROLINA
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|jjjj Begins
ns
.ordinary values the radical reductions throughEvery
section provides many wonderful oppor
% mm ^ J ALL SWEATERS
Sir lane At big saving to you, and a big loss
to us. Many broken lots, but de|
sirable goods-ONE-FOURTH
OFF
; been fash- J
have been LADIES' SHOES
d down to Odd lots in good styles. Values to
$3.50. Now. pair?
actually bedvantage
of ^
jPjP |||||i|
FAST COLOR FLANNEL ,
bSES i
In newest patterns, worth 50c | j
(j-O AO yard. Now, yard?
19*
$7.49
DRESS WOOLENS -j
$1655 Odd lots. Values $1.95. Now, |
yard? |
??? $1.00
eeting ?
WARM UNDERWEAR
>w, yard
In odd lots at
GREAT REDUCTIONS
rn WATAUGA COUNTY'S
W? LEADING VALUE
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