North Carolina Newspapers

'VOLUME XLI. XO 51 j Today and MI Tomorrow 1! -? v ! By FRANK P. PTOCKBR1DGE ! Sixt Zeppelins * F'< oplo of the eastern part of the D i sited States have just had another d ) glimpse of that gigantic monster or S j :iiv. ihc Graf Zeppelin. In the th of terrific storms the great .> German airship crossed the South At- Nat ? iantic from Europe to Brazil, then whi f'vw northward to New York and duri ast across the Atlantic to its home Tov rt On Lake Constance. aud This trip, added to its flight Tea iiiound the world last year, has re- brie K. moved- the last doubt as to the prac- mer ticability of aerial navigation, and al ] American capital is rushing in to in- drlv Hp vest in the manufacture of Zeppe- Bio jST ns :n this country and to establish mat cgular passenger and express routes spot betu ten the great centers of popu- and S lation. was For high speed and comparatively of j 3* Bght loads the airplane will remain Ian ?-challenged, in al! probability. But sun the. dirigible balloon has definitely T arrived as a means of everyday trans- Ojaj pprfratiou. Pat eers Newspapers According: to The American Press, fres there are 100 newspapers in the Unit-jclul <] States which have been published dite i imtinuousiy for 100 years or more. of Of these, Co are dailies, 05 weeklies-; beh; One of the weeklies, the Annapolis exti (Maryland) Gazette, is more than in years old, having been estab-J paii !ished in A71?7. Five papers still injthe xistence were published before the ciar lie.o!ution. The oldest of all dailies) thrc is the Hartford (Conn.) Oourant.j he founded in 170-1. s "tin We are accustomed to think of 100 the wars as a period of time before lier which nothing of importance existed in t in America. The evidence of th*se olin old newspapers helps us to realize N that 100 years is not such a very sylv long time. There were settlements add west of the Mississippi 100 years pie ago. on such firm foundations that and ! communities and the newspaper.; the established then have flourished ever this since. Two newspapers in Iowa, one of 1 in Arkansas, one in Missouri, are in was the list of these centenarians of The proi American Press. rett X These and the rest have survived torn because ihe> filled a need of their I communities, the need of interchange rp pfv ef ideas and of news. Neither radio i:or the out-df^qWiV dailies can" ever ~ put such community paper's out of business.^ ^ W Churches g" T>oiip stops toward the union n~ in-- niiicrent grosoytorian churches inc|i oi the United States, together '.vith unf the Reformed Church in America, in- i ;.| a single denowiination with more f a, than th000,000 members, were taken Ver; the other day by the Presbyterian ,lo ' General Assembly. Such a union re- ?]ea cer.tly took place in Seothmd, home CO], of Presbyterianism. en The next step, still some distance \ye ahead Imt being considered with pro; gtea'. seriousness by church leaders, Tilt is the reunion of the Methodist Epis- that copal Church with the other offshoot ju(j. of the Church of England, the Prot-1 cau' estant Episcopal Church in Amor-; the ica- And some religions leaders are pjefc looking farther than that,, toward | ;ca. the ultimate merger of those and the] p , Presbyterians into one great Prot- j estant body. land . j P'-eJ Air i to Air and water do not seem to moat ] cjtj. of us like'raw materials ofir.dustrv i. Yet one of the largest industries in . m America uses nothing- eise but the ail- from above and around its factory and the water from the river ti which flows past it. ,1 , This is the plar.t of the du Pont ar'n. interests in West Virginia which extracts nitrogen from the air by first jjj:-1 compressing the air until it is a liquid, then mixing with it hydrogen j gas obtained from the water hy elec- r?c. trolytic decomposition. The results a'r(. is ammonia, which is the handiest-. tjn form of fixed nitrogen, whether you are going to use it for fertilizer or tior for the manufacture of explosives. an(j A similar process is to produce ni- secl p trate fretilizer in huge quafitities as w well as explosives for the Govern- we ment at Muscle Shoals?maybe. * ^ are COUNTERFEIT FIVE-DOLLAR joyi I BILLS PASSED ON "LEGGERS" ur"ei . den Raleigh. ? Counterfeit $ 5 bills I passed on bootleggers by immoral bee: buyers have been found in the city, fatt police say, and notwithstanding the my? presence of Federal officers here to ney run down the bad money, nothing has to happened- wo r The trick seems to have been work- eh ed easily. The plan of the bogus bill ben handler was to wrap his worthless gDO money in good bills and pass the mo whole thing under wraps. One of the and victims was a man not interested in mal booze, but even he could not help p)e. the police to spot the man who was j working these bills on the liquor : trade. ure blu ARTHUR CUNDY ADDRESSES hnv STUDENT BODY AT COLLEGE Nis Arthur Cundy, of Birmingham, the Ala., secretary of Civitan Interna- tlJe tional, addressed the student body of 3'?' Appalachian State Teachers College ?f and several membere of the local Civ- Fle! itan Club, at chapel exercises Thurs- ,n dav morning. Mr- Cundy used "Cit- ?ot izenship" as the theme of his twenty- "ai minute talk, and tlie inspiring mes- 'ar sage was enthusiastically received by th.e the audience. !t L Mr. Cundy spent Wednesday night lon in Blowing Rock, where he aided in ? the of a Civitan Club. A Non-Partisan Ne BOONE em?ersof"pa1T [inference visit /ataijga county y-Five Delegates Spend Friday .ftemoon in Boone, Blowing Rock j nd Other Points in the County. >r. O. 'J- Chandler Delivers Actress of Welcome at Appalachian tale Teachers College. iboul sixty-five members of the Sc-iYiil Conference on State Parks, cl. v. as in session al Linville City int: last week; were quests of the i cf Boone Friday afternoon, the jitoriu'n? at Appalachian State chers College being used for a f welcoming program. Many i and women of State and nationprominence enjoyed the scenic e over the Yonahlossee Trail to w'ny Hock, where a pause wale for the inspection of beauty ts. on to Boone. Yallc Crueis. I^'anncr Elk, where afternoon tea served by President Edgar Tufts Lees-Mcltae College^ and back to villa, via Ncwland and Monlem. "he motorcade was headed by itain Fisher, of the Stale Highway 10i. and three motorcycle oiT: 1S'nnunr>vFnHoji . a *>"?"' ' - TJTv . vuiKTru lOI "rt ilUMIUt'l ! the delegates was furnished by pu* business men, and light re- j ihments were served by the ladies' i >s of the town at the college an-! irium. Dr.. O. J. Chandler, pastor! the Boone Methodist Church, on I aif of President B- B. Dougherty, j ;nried welcome to the visitors, characteristic Chandler style, he ited a brilliant word picture of Bocne-Blowing Rock section, dcintr that during his wanderings tughoul all sections of the Union had never found a place where! i moon is bigger, the air fresher, water sweeter, the climate fiiendanrl the mountains grander than he Western section of North Cara." lajor William A. Welch, of Pennania. replied to Dr. Chandler's ress, extending thanks to the peo- " of Boone for their hospitality, complimenting, in glowing terms, beauties enjoyed by delegates in section. Hon. .Josephus Daniels, Raleigh, a member of the party, called on for a talk but declined, nising the people that, he would irn in July, as has been his cusfor several years. Dr. Chandler's Address he ful! text of Dr. Chandler's ad- , follows: J.... ... j| Chairman, Our Visitors, Ladies i and Gentlemen: want to. say .to yothe.only rea- j x ?*** n - - ? se L)r. Dougherty, our distin'hed president of this college, is sposed, and therefore physically it to appear. would like to say, however, that : ai called upon to perform many ' 1 pleasanL tasks, but 1 know of task that could give me more isure than to offeV words of welic to the group of men and womwho are oar guests at this time. ' feci indeed honored hy your 1 ;ence. We are glad you have come, n we are quite happy to know you ate possessed with that fine ' ;raent and good sense t.hat would ' se you to desire to come to this most alluring spot in this most uresque section of North Amert has been my fortune tc- wander ely ovfir this our great country, I ciin say to you that I am not ' iudiced in favor of any section 1 the detriment or disparagement ' another. T do not claim to he a '.en of this locality only-_ My cit iship >s in the United States of erica. (Applause). And I find :h to admire and many things n to be proud of, in every pori of our land, and I am happy : Mother Progress, carrying in her >s conveniences, comforts and optunities for our people is finding way into the remotest bounds of great world. am peculiarly interested in the t that these great highways that being projected in every direclike vital arteries are making it sible for the people of one sec- j i of our country to mingle easily freely with the people of other j .ions, for f am assured that as I come to know each other better, appreciate each other more. i hen, too, these great highways j bringig the people into the ennent of the great natural treas- 1 s that have been for so long hid- 1 away in isolation. j am not a flatterer, I have never i n to Ireland, though my grand- j ler camp from the old sod, but I, , ielf, have never kissed the Blar- i Stone; however, I am prepared say that it is due to men and i nen like yourself, men and wornof vision and open minds and eficent purposes, coupled with d judgment, seeing more and re possibilities of our country, I set yourselves to the task of <ing these accessible to our peoJut what I. started to say, is that my travels it has bedn my pleasto sail upon the bosom of the e waters of the Great Lakes. I s stood in awe by the miehtv igara. as her waters plunged over marvelous falls. I have plucked ears of corn from the sturdy cks that (?rew in the bottom lands Indiana. 1 have crossed the praiand seen the wheat fields wave Kansas winds. I have watched the ton ripen under Southern suns. I re sipped the juice of the sugar le fresh from the fields, along bayous of Louisiana. I have gone h the ranchers and watched the g-horn steers as they grazed upon (Continued on Page 8) wspaper. Devoted to the B WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAR CONGRESSMAN PR1TC TO SPEAK AT COU * GEORGE M. PI Congressman from Tenth North Carolina keynote address at coming Republican received the Republican nomination for primary, and will oppose the Democrati in the November election. Wilkes Citizen for Fish Hatch Three Wilkes County citizens. Zill|Rc Greer, Culm Church and Rosa Church j th ue hcl.l in the Watauga County jail in default of bond, atlor having'ad ab milted to being parties to the rob bery of a pool of large rainbow trout jloi lit thif'fTsh hatchery, just off "the | or Boone Trait "Highway . near uuilTci"?pa.* wood. The depredation occurred oil,at FTTqay nignt .m<l was discovered Sat- ju-.inlay morning when ('. H. Smatheis. Fa iuperinlendent of the .State Hatch- Ifo iry started on his cnHy morning sui - las rey of the premises. When he came lo the targe pool at the lower end of ha the property where more than 170 dr rainbow trout of unusual size wefc a kept for breeding purposes, he found livi considerably more than half of the *ri troat missing, and heads of some of tei the fish and bloodstains on the sides I af the concrete vat gave the only -Or r-lue to the wholesale butchery. S!' la jjMr. Siiuiihers immediately got in lv'! touch with the Sheriff's office and ab also with County Game Warden H- 1'? G. Farthing and a posse was formed, a" which included Deputies Gross and 3S Hagaman and Messrs. Earl and Herb Cook, who reside near the hatchery, S'< tnd it was not long before suffi- f. ifirrm, iniuMiiam.r. was secured loj*" warrant a raid in the Yellow Hill sec- I 1'" tioii of Wilkes County, where a nambcr of the stolen trout were found and ali admission forthcoming from &r the three who were jailed. TTie trio oo was giver: a hearing Tuesday morn- "? ing in E. N. Halm's court, when Zill " Greer volnnteered a recital of the events leading up to as well as those ar including the taking of the fish from w: the State property- nl According to Greer, two others, Councill Church and Ernest Greene, E were members of the party of midnight prowlers, and the journey had its beginning when the truck was se- ki cured to take a neighbor lady to the di Wilkes Hospital. However, according fo to the testimony, when the main high- to way was reached another motor was Mi employed to take the sick woman, and su Councill Church suggested that the pe party take a ride "up the road." The di defendant then related the story of how the trip was made to the fish ?( hatchery, the plans for the raid made, fo ind he, together with Councill ki Church and Ernest Greene, took m abut thirty of the big fish from the th: pool with their hands and departed. P< Calm and Rosa Church, he said, refused to become parties to the actual di commission of the crime. w< Within a couple of miles of the | hatchery, however, after the truch H had reached the highway, it ran from w the road, and it was necessary for the night riders to secure lodging at ch the nearby home of Allen Miller. This incident gave the officers the first R clue- to the identity of the prowlers. Saturday morning the truck was raised back onfo the road and the party proceeded to .their homes in fo Wilkes, not before, however, they had jar CTven noeraily ol the illegal catch ?' of ffsh to neighboring tamiiies. The posse of officers went straight- b? way to the homes of different people sii in the Yellow Hill section and apprehended without difficulty the three er offenders, however Councill Church, <ll who drove the truck and who is alleged to have been the ring leader of the gang, and Ernest Greene have R so far eluded the officer5. ?jxn?( Following the presentation of the I-1 voluntary testimony, 'Squire llahn ol bound the three offenders to court, C demanding from Church and Greene a bond in the sum of $1,000, while a' est Interests of Northwes 1 ~:=.-=?z=? = " ? n It t S T v < n 111 I 0 . | j ! i _. i '' UTCHARD h Dislritl, who it expected to deliver c county convention. Mr. Pritchard f Ignited States Senator in the June i] c nominee. Josiah William Bailey, ? 1 is are Jailed] tery Robbery } isa Church may Kail' freedom wifh s e posting: of a ?!0(1 bond. f According to the testimony, only i oat thirty fish were misjiaj; of s :es ranging Horn 1U to 124 inches '? lg, however Sjupeiinlen.UenL Smach c s finds by artual county tlVat a! ^t ^ Irvridrvd^f^ hr?:- nr:?.e 1 i? gone. The.-^ iUh, according 10 f stimony introduced by Warden 1 rthinff. should have been worth, I r the purposes .they were being j o ed. at least a thousand dollars. \ c. Mr. SiYiathersbsays the trout, would I o vr weighed no less ihatythrce hub- | e<i pounds, and ti nt all ive.e o? the j s inhow species, except three, which i > re ur.urv.ally large European livov.n j nit, taken iast year from t he wa-jf is of E'V River in Avery County- a Thev we,e kepi especially for r eediiiir ourposes, and also provided i p show spot about the hatchery for I c iters. it had taken Mr'. Smothers f out four years to build up the t o( of fish to meet his requirements, d last year they produced as high -1 70,000 eggs, which were hatched replenish the streams ol' this re- c Hi. I The conimission of this crime, the b st on record in these parts, has oused considerable resentment on a e part of sportsmen and others in- \ rested in the propagation of fish id jta>r.e. Mr. Smothers has had Rood ' -operation so far this season, has u itched more than a million fish, i nic'n were readily placed with par?S /"fllpillfltfirl l"rt tol-ft i>nun nf tksm i id is greatly handicapped by the j mton destruction of his carefully irtured stock fish. IGHTY PERSONS KILLED ON < STATE HICHWAYS IN MAY i Raleigh.?gighty persons were ' lied on North Carolina highways < iring last month, bringing the total 1 i the first five months of the year I 281, it was shown last \yeek in the ! ry automobile accident report, is- < cd by W. C. Spruill, assistant survisor of the State motor vehicle 1 vision. i The May total was approximately ' ) per cent, greater than the figure s r April when 48 persons were s lied. The toll of the first five i onths of the year was 35 greater I an the total for the corresponding < >riod last year. A total of 252 accidents occurred rring last month, and 74 of these 1 .... w U1IC VI II1V1C pciauns. ' Thirty-one pedestrians were killed ' > were killed in collisions, and 22 < ere killed in non-collision accidents- : Six fatal accidents were caused by 1 ildren playing in the streets. 1 ETIRED METHODIST PASTOR 1 DIES AT HOME IN LENOIR 1 Lenoir.?The Rev. J. C. Postelle, : >r 15 years a Methodist preacher ! id known throughout North Caro- 1 la, died at his home here Monday telr.eor. at 4 "-10 o'clock with mem- 1 ;rs of the conference at the beale. He retired at the Gastonia Confericc four years ago and has lived a 1 liet life here since that time. i The funeral was held here Tues ly afternoon at 3 o'clock with the ' ev. W. L. Sherrill of Charlotte and j ev. J. M. Downimi of Boone and enoir officiating- He was the son the Rev. James H. Postelle ano ornelia Wilson Postelle. Surviving are -his widow,' three sons id four daughters. inswap? )CRA t North Carolina c Jivitan Club Formed at 13 Blowing Rock Wednes. Citizens of Blowing Rock on Wed- ' lesday night of last Week organized . C'vitan Club, Arthur Cundy, sec.rearv of the International organiza-i ion, being present to aid in the ini- j ial work. Fifteen members, the nec-|C< issary number to gain a charter,; igned application blanks, and George j I. Sudd re th was named temporary j resident and C. S Prevette tempo-1 aiy secretary. The charter will be presented on j uly lGth, when the organization wtlij bserve ladies' night, and eiection of jws fficers for the ensuing year will fol- of )\v. lie The meeting place will be at the st {lowing Rock Hotel. A number of pi Soone Civitans were present at the fr rganization meeting to offer their of ssistance. A complete roll of the th membership of the Blowing Rock Cj tub will appear in next week's De.ra-J co crat. lo: ! (1G "ormer Tehn. Senator "v Pays Visit to Boone \V. A. S. Furlow, of Bristol, Tcnn., " resident of and auctioneer for the ajJ | urlow Auction Company, spent a ew hours in Boone Tuesday, and vis- W( tod for :i wluLe with * V". 4 * v. ? ILU HIV UCIIIUtlilL] [|(1 orce. Mr. Furlow will conduct anj<^ motion at Mountain City on July 2;ha 10 having two tracts of valuable real i wl state and several items of personally property to dispose of on that date. tio For two terms, 1924 and 1926, \ h dr. Furlow represented the Second v.i district of Tennessee in the State jT. [Senate. This district comprises the on ounties of Sullivan and Hawkins, is m normally Democratic, but during the c*o 928 Republican landslide dropped fj, nto the (i. O. P. column by a rather co arge majority. The former Senator r.h ias been petitioned by a large ju lumber of Sullivan County Demo- r< rats to make the race again this | tr; all, his ability as an organizer mak- j ab ng him a most available candidate. pc As chairman of the Road Commit- pp ee at the session of 1925, Senator dii ' urlow made a most brilliant record, \V ie being the author o?-.-the .unione. ?cii peed law of the sister State, which ni Hows the motorist, it seems, to go crust about as fast as good judgment ed lermits, but prescribes rather severe tei telialties for recklessness. This law pb ias proved quite successful. is VALLE CRUCIS NEWS ee Summer visitors arc hoc:homo* fr.n irrive for short periods of time.lth hiefly for week-ends. It is gratify-j a ng to know that many continue to | gi ,peml their vacations here. The vil-lmj age .and school .welcome ihenvvHereiTa >r Heir return. Ilia Anion rScffht visitors here have I \?i teen -Mr .and Mrs- T. C. Clifton andjmi amby, of Newton; Mr. and Mr? ioonce and Miss Lena Leonard, of S" exingtou; Miss Florence Jenkinjpjn, j f Miami. Fin.; Mr ami Mrs. Adams nd family, of Charlotte, and manyj t'ner;.. I N William Mast has returned for the; m ummer after completing his third i jj, ear at N". C. State College. The Good Will Cluii. was delight-1 ally entertained at the i;K of Rev.; ind .Mis. L F. Kent 011 Thursday j,,, light, itev. Hugh A. DdVoiii, acc-nii i ;'n anied by Mrs. Dobbin and rheSr i laughter, Miss Kniina Dobbin, was! iresont and talki-d. iV.irealily ahoitt > he ideal community life. j... Mrs. B. G. Leake and young son, | anies William, are spending the sum ner at -wr. j. ai. rsnuii a- They, re-} b, ently returned from the Philippine | ,n slar.ds. Mrs. Leake expects her hus-js; land in the late fall. sc Mrs. Daisy Mast Greer is spending' p( few days with her sister, Mrs. Tom jp, V. Taylor. Mrs. Lionell Harmon, of Rich- ]0 nond, lnd., has returned to visit her c;, nother, .Mrs- i^eona Mast, at the lome of D. F. Mast. P CONFERENCE ON ELEMENTARY EDUCATION BE HELD IN JULY ?? ut Raleigh.?Many educators from all to lections of the State have already pi ixpressed their intention of attend- tr ng the Sixth Annual North Caro- 1c ina Conference on Elementary Edu- w nation, which will meet in Chapel d< Hill on July 17 and 18, according ;o Dr. M. C. S- Noble Jr., who is st lerving as secretary of the confer- S; ;nce. cl The Conference on Elementary e< Education is devoted to a scientific a md practical study of educational hi :onditions in the public elementary m schools of North Carolina. Every perion who is interested, even remote!.,, fci n the public elementary schools of bi Ltns State is invited to be present f< luring all of the sessions of the con- ti Eerence. The program for this year's con- E Eerence will consist of concrete illus trations, -which reveal how the elementary schools in North Carolina rre seeking to achieve the sir card;- is sal objectives of elementary educa- b don. The materials to be presented C rill be taken from actual studies b vhich have been conducted during :he current school year in the nnl.- a ic schools of this State. s] B. B. Dougherty, president of the tl Appalachian State Teachers College, s a member of the committee in b iharge of the program. $ h BAILEY WILL ADDRESS o THE PRESS ASSOC'A Tirnv ~ k Josiah William Bailey, Democratic nominee for t'-.j United States sen- w rte will he in Blowing Rock on July 2-lth to deliver an address before the s nnnual meeting of the North Carolina Press Association, which will be in session at that time, according to information just released. v Mr. Bailey's address will be deliv- s ered at 8 o clock on the evening of h July 24th in the banquet hall of the 1 Green Park Hotel. h ^ I ? ===== ?- a .GONE TP ILWILL 8E COM! IETED IN THE NE/s; FUTURE ? ? mtract for ? ^ ing of Highway from Deep to New RivetBridge Is Let toNello Toer. Structuves Go to Hobbs-Peabody Const r u c (i o 11 Company. Machinery Being Moved to Deep Gap. On last Tuesday the State Highly Commission met for the purpose receiving bids on more than a milin dollars worth of highway conruction. which included the cometion of the Boone Trail Highway om Deep Gap to Boone, a distance 9.35 miles- Nello Teei. one of e largest road builders in North irolina, and who has just recently m pie ted a contract on the YonahBsee Road, was the successful bidr. on the local project, having been warded the contract or. the basis of bid of $80,169.80, not including e structures, or bridges, which were t to the Hobbs-Peabody Gonstruc>n Company'for $27,113.70. It is understood that Mr. Teer is ready delivering his machinery at jep Gap, preparatory to rushing the >rk on the link of road to the earst completion possible. One steam ovel and other equipment is being ken there from the Yonahlossee, >ile it is said that a second shovel ill be moyed from a finished job i\vn .State. According to engineers e grade from Boone to Deep Gap 11 not include but little of the origal roadway and this link will he le of the sttaightest stretches of ountain road t<> be found in the untry. The work of graveling the *st ten miles of road is practically mpleted and grading has reached ep Gap. The big bridge being built st within the boundaries of Wilkes >unty is expected to be ready for ivcl by the first of September, the utments and a section of the substructure having already been ured. The new road shortens the stance between Boone and the ilkeshoros by about ten miles, and are it. has hern given n~ FednYal uid.Ajr and placed on the map of oss-cc.untrv highways, it is expectto become one of the main arrigs of tourist travel. If present ins are successfully carried out it now thought that the road may completed within twelve to eightn months. When the road is opened for travel e State will have spent more than quarter of a million dollars on ading, structures and surfacing, iking it one of the finest thoroughres -in the - South. -Alb blind curves HtHiU.ggLUW-Jii'Wiii vc ueen eliminated and the highley may be traversed witll the ut.?st degree of safety and comfort. rATE MAY GET TWO ADDITIONAL CONGRESSMEN Charlotte.?The possibility that orth Carolina in the re-appurtionenl of ihembers of the National /V.-t of i'.epresentatives will be von r.vo' more Congressmen and rtaiuly jrit.e additional .insmher was Ivanced today by Charles M. Setr. supervisor of the 1030 census tl'.e Seventh North Carolina Dis Ct, in a talk to the Charlotte Iinlleer's Club. Mr. Setier pointed out to the canters ihnt the principal growth in e State in the past ten years, as vealed by the census figures, has sen m the Tiedmont section. As a atter of fact, the First Congresonal District, in the far Eastern ction of North Carolina, lost 3 8-10 }) cent, in that period, while the fth District gained 40 per cent, anil ie ninth, in which Mecklenburg is cated, gained 3.3 per cent., said Mr. etzer i 10 ^?.1 AINU r A 1 It-IN i WALKS OUT IN 45 MINUTES Cleveland, Ohio.?Forty-five min;es after Dr. Lorenze Bochler, direcr of the Vienna Accidents Hostal, Austria, started to set a fracire dislocation of the ankle under cai anaesthetic, the patient could alk across the room and up and >\vn three flights of stairs. The demonstration of this unusual irgical operation was made at Mt. inai Hospital here at a fracture inic. If the patient had been treat1 by the usual methods of employing general anaestheitc he would not ive been able to walk within three lonths, it was said. Dr. Boheler injected novocaine beveen the fractured ends, set the mes, took an X-ray view, placed the lot in a plaster cast and the paent walked away. DENTON CAPTAIN SHOWS DIOGENES SOME HONESTY Edenton, N. C.?So far as money : concerned, there's little difference etween a $100 and a $10 bill to aptain P. H. Pell at the Chowan, ridge toll gate and an Ohio tourist. The tourist gave the gate keeper century note, thinking it was a ten.... f XT ?:, I ?T -1 X iicimci paiu mucn aiteniion 10 ie denomination. Then the stranger went to Elizaeth City where he discovered he had 90 less than he should have had so e called Captain Bell who looked ver his change and found $90 longWhat kind of hill was it? the gate eeper asked. "A small bill on a bank in Haaii," was the answer. "Come get your money," was the tatemeut. The tourist did. Miss Ruby Trivctte returned last reek from a two-weeks visit in Jolinon City, Tenn. She was accompanied ome by Misses Alma and Helen 'rivetle, who will sjiend a few days icre visiting relatives r.nd friends.