North Carolina Newspapers

r ri i?snAY. MARCH 6. 1930. j.***** * * # * * $ * ,* '*’ * I town and * V * COUNTY BRIEFS * it************ $* w ' Hj r? Reid Thompson has been ick this week. , Mj-s* Dr. Robinson-of' New Hope township is Still far from well. 3l r * J. M. Gregory is up after b ling‘ sick several weeks. ••Mr. T. K. Duncan is now a high ly‘inspector for Louisiana, located i ‘Campti. Mrs. Duncan will prob ably jon him soon. A' « jjws Jennie Connell was home from Raleigh for. the .week-end. . •; * «Little Gallic Vick Farrell, daugh-, Dr. and Mrs. R.‘ *M. Farrell, m h/ en < l u ' te P^ eumon ia. Tiiere seems to have been a con querable number of caaes of that |)V;ul disease in this section. Three real winter days were pre sented us by March. If they had come three or four days earlier the otvspeets for a fruit crop would better. Those unusually warm d*rs of last week advanced vegeta t!®i very rapidly, and pear trees blooming. ’The Parent-Teacher Association jnoets at the Pittsboro school build ing Friday evening. .Some time each two yea'rs The Record may look for a $3.00 check for Mr. H. R. Paschal, one of the Chatham boys down at Roxobel; and it came last week. Well, that granddaughter is up liere with its mother for a -week, an( j if Mrs. Peterson doesn’t show it to everybody in town blame it on the weather or her health. Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Bass came u p Saturday to visit home folk, but hurried back Sunday afternoon. They are out on the farm in Wilson county. Mr. H. R. Dickens is authorized to receive new subscriptions and collect for old ones. He lives at Corinth in the southeastern part of the county. Not being in close touch with the people of that sec tion our list is not what it should be over there, and we hope that many new names will be added. A note from Elon College says: Nval Womble, freshman here, bids fair to be a good sprinter this year. He has run the hundred yards dash in 10.9 seconds, which is better than the Little Six record. He has endurance as well as speed, and should give a good account of him self in the State Little Six track championship meet at Greensboro btadium April 26. This note comes from the coach at Elon. Mrs. Eric Womble died Friday at the :go of 27. Pneumonia was the cause of death, The Record under stands. She leaves, besides her hus band, two little children. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. 'S. Woody. The burial was at Hickory Mountain Baptist church, of which church she had been a member for several years. Much sympathy is teit for Mr. Womble in his sore bereavement. A. J. Johnson of Baldwin town ship returned from McPherson’s hospital, Durham, Tuesday after five weeks treatment for head trouble. He in Pittsboro bright and early Wednesday morning. .Messrs. L. B. and J. W. Riddle 1 Garysburg visited their brohter, ■\- ex Riddle here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Riddle had as guests the same (i j>y. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Lawrence of Raleigh. It is gratifying to re- J Port that Mr. Biddle, who recently underwent so severe an operation, H fast recovering his health. ,Vv e do not expect to urge a subscriber these hard times 10 pay us money that he needs j’-orse than we do. On the other band, vve want our subscribers to a* equally generous with us and ■consider whether they can spare us the cash. Whoever pays out $2600 a year for the publication of the |j! a j^ r and pays several hundred Jflonars a year on' the' fire 'debts T ‘[ ve * on the \ balance received >' The Record these hard years way be understood as needing ev * V dollar that the - subscribers fPare. It is a WOpder ho%.jy« but we' have .done -■ that very. s,n e, and have not'suffered. /.But J "aven’t .had such an income as w>!* °* our Public paid folk itnout a hit of worry as to where eir . money is from>vrfWld - e - > T ou that Inhere is*, not .aone bJndrqji of them that can do u. we done, while we bet , do wha t any .of 75 out of a, aie 4 of them ate doing. * developments in coal field are predicted 4. ; following ’paragraph from is -^ Rlnrd Etfpresa of last week of important develop ,'c ' ln F)eep River* Coal fi'eld b-» i a ii ln ? machines and a num .'''f ex P t -i't mining engineers are in * the Deep. River Co, ie ' d around Cumnock and f,.*' '*‘ c ‘ n making tests and surveys w a • They will probably * soon , w °rl ( l know what th'ey have in in w ay of coal deposits °»dy coal region in North wiv '-L na * People in this section V aVe always, had .faith in ulti >ne‘V: ‘. see iog a" big* 'coal develop co n Fee, Moore and Chatham 1 fe %, aWa h the result with in le Express expects to have 3fabo i'': J: 0 g * ve readers soon P l coa * near Sanford. - - he consummated it means COURT ADJOURNS •-§> No More Court This Week Because of Death of Attorney Ray Only two cases were tried in the court which convened Monday for the trial of civil cases. Monday was largely taken up with a case against Mr. J. M. Gregory and . a former partner for the price of a pump bought while Mr. Gregory was building a road in Warreln county. The understanding was tnit the pump should be tried out if not satisfactory should be up turned. The defendants claimed that it was not satisfactory, Imt it was shown that they were tajjdy in expressing dissatisfaction, aqd moreover, they did not promptly re turn-'the pump. The jury took the view that under those circumstance’s the pump should bie paid for and judgment was entered in favor df the plalntiffff, a Richmond, fifm. 1 After that case was finished the i court took up the suit of Mr. «fc ~M. Hammock ?of Pittsboro again&f Register of Deeds C. C. Poe selling license for the marriage j>f his under-aged daughter a year oi. so ago. The register of deeds wofij as he had the backing of the oalq of the purchaser -of the license. Mr. A. C. Ray, along with P. Horton, was representing the register of deeds. The case w;ls not finished Monday afternoon, ai a when court convened Tuesday ing, Mr. Ray was dead, having bee# killed the night before as told elsp-; where in this paper. However, the; case was completed. The county bar then and passed .resolutions of respect i to the memory of their deceased member, which resolutions are found in this paper. As Mr. Ray was counsel in a number of the cases on the docket and as the court was greatly griev ed at the death of Attorney Ray, the session adjourned, with the ex pectation that the work could be done in the next week of court, w'hich is set for Monday w’eek. Judge Barnhill was here this w r eek, he having exchanged courts j with Judge Small, w r ho was regu larly assigned to this district for < the first half of 1930. Miss Speight i was on hand as stenographer. 1 EPISCOPAL CHURCH NEWS <§> | Ash Wednesday, March sth, , marks the beginning of the peni tential season season know r n as Lent; which is observed by Episco palians, Lutherans and Roman Cath olics. It is also observed more and more by other protestant churches, by special days of prayer and meditation. The forty days of prayer and fasting, observed by , our Lord, was observed by the Israelites from earliest days. j i In Pittsboro weekly services will ( be made in the Episcopal church - every Tuesday-and every Friday at * 4 o’clock. Until Easter, which j conies on April 20. Members of , other churches are invited. The , Life of Christ will be the subject ' at all these services.. On the‘third Sunday, March 16 th, ( Bishop Cheshire will preach in Pittsboro St. Bartholomews at 11 o’clock; and at St. James at J o’clock. The community is invited. Bishop Penick will preach in San- ' ford on the 4th Sunday, March 23rd, at 8 p. m. By special in vitation this probably be : in the Sanford Baptist church. The Sanford and Pittsboro church officers have inaugurated a plan of meeting together once a month. This nronth the meeting is scheduled for Sanford on March 4th. It is both a business and a social meeting. —— <£ THE ELECTION IN CHATHAM A HUNDRED YEARS AGO <§> - •< The following interesting data and comment were sent the Record! by Hon. Walter D. Siler, who has a knack at finding such things. The names are truly Chatham « names. It should be born in mind that Chatham at that time had two members of the House of Repre sentatives. Hence the double num ber of votes for that office. Here is what Mr. Siler says: Though our ancestors of, one hundred years ago knew] nothing of thelegakzed primary, the Aus tralian ballot, Woman suffrage, the 18th amendment and let us hope were not. agitated, ,©vsi<„*£ax .red.uc-- some‘Thai 'c < omlß9&. * _ , mi At the melton ♦ofMfrsSO 1 , • *fre-wofei - .-in ‘ fol^ 1 i . • mo tii- • i -V ? 5 ••Members 1 of House of Commons; N. G. Smith, 908; J. J. Brooks, 855, A. K. Ramsey, .693; J. S.Quthri^ v ' Sheriff: Horace Win. Petty, 426; Henry Bttif, Ttb. The reader probably finds tne name of an old kinsman\in the list of candidates. • * *-r-~ ANOTHER CANDIDATE ' Since the article on-‘ county- ■poli tics was written, Mr. Wade. Siler of Siler Citv has . announced ‘ him self a candidate • for register of dee'di. ThiS -is really interesting. It means a real fight if the present register decides to run again. . Mr: Siler is one of the best known men in ..the county, and would doubtless \ have a particularly strong lollow l ing in the western part of the l county. His name had not v been - heard previously, in connection with • the position of register of deeds, i but he had been spoken of as a - possible candidate for- sheriff, ihe ; prospect Wednesday morning is for l the retirement of Mr. Poe and Posj . sibly Sheriff Blair and a new deal. 5 Then you may look for a string of THE CHATHAM RECORD, PITTSBORO. N. C. RESOLUTIONS OF CHATHAM COUNTY BAR North Carolina, Chatham Coun ty, in the Superior Court, first March term, 1930. At a meeting of the Bar Associ ation of Chatham County held in open court with his honor, M. V. Barnhill* Ji*dge presiding, with the following members of the bar pres ent, W&de : Barber, M. P. Horton, V. .R. Jdhnson, R. H. Dixon and David L. Bell, the following reso lution was 'introduced by David L. Bell, setonded by W. P. Horton: Whereas, Honorable A. C. Ray, |who has been a practicing attorney lat the Bat of Chatham* cohinty for approximately 20' years,* who has served afc* b representative of Chat ham county* in the General Assem bly ' of’ North Carolina for two terms and who has served as mayor of the Town of Pittsboro, had the misfortune to be killed in a very tragic manner on the night of March third, nineteen' hundred and thirty ; * ' ' And Whereas, the death pf Mr. Ray is deeply regretted by all the members of the Chatham Bar:: ; ’ Now, therefore, be it resolved by th#- BP 1 lAfsociatVon of - ClihtHalVf CWmty: , ~' Rirst: That the members of the Bbr of Chatham County do extend their most sincere sympathy to the members of the family of Mr. A. C*i Ray at this time: That a copy of this resolution be Sent to the members of the family of Mr. A. C. Ray; that a copy be sprjead upon the minutes of the Superior Court .of Chatham Coun ty; and that a copy be published in the Chatham Record and in the Chatham News. DAVID L. BELL WADE BARBER V. R. JOHNSON ... . R. H. DIXON, Jr. W. P. HORTON L. P. DIXON R. F. PASCHAL F. L. PASCHAL J. L. MOODY J. B. WHITLEY R. H. DIXON, Sr. The above resolution was unani mously adopted: The following officers of the court gave expressions of regret in the loss of one of its members: G. W. Blair, C. C. Poe and E. B. Hatch. As a further expression of re gret and in respect to the memory of A. C. Ray, the court stands adjourned for the term. M. V. v BARNHILL, Judge Presiding. $ MRS. WIGGINS SHOT FROM TRUCK, CLAIMS DEFENSE The trial of Horace Wheelus, Troy Jones, Lowery Davis, Fred Morrow and O. H. Lunsford, the five Gaston county men under in dictment for the murder of Ella May Wiggins last September in an auto smash-up and shooting affray at Bessemer City September' 14, went into its third week at Char lotte Monday. The court had re cessed last Thursday until Monday morning on account of one of the defendants having mumps. The State rested its case Monday afternoon and the defense began offering evidence. The State had contended that Horace W heelus fired the fatal shot from the road into the truck on which Mrs. Wig gins and a number of other textile workers were returning to Bessemer City from Gastonia. The defense offers evidence to show that the fatal shot came from within the truck, and was fired by one of Mrs. Wiggins associates who was apparently shooting at the passen gers in a car following them. When the State rested its case Plummer Stewart of counsel for defense moved a non-suit as to all defendants except Wheelus, but Judge Clements denied the motion. It is expected that the. case will require all of this week and it may run over into next week. —<s> STONE QUARRYING IN LEE COUNTY —❖ — . ' The Sanford Express says: The machinery for a complete sawing outfit is now being hauled fyom the railroad cars at this place to the Kennedy stone quarry near Sanford and will be installed, atid put in operation Within the next few weeks. It is planned to quarry, dress and ship stone on a large scale. • The j . planrtc +wilb ’he * -operated hyeiectrie • pqyyegu The *U**<*hnaf , Rower . and TJftWj installing,a,lip*; with the quarry. . , ■ *• —j HOOVER AT KINGS MTN. 4* irf’-UL V i-.- tv r > ri> teft&HVebr r»cceptde >the ■ •i'riY’ttatien " ; *th®*He -Yn: charge to deliver the princpal ad dress atv the *!?]£- iTratibh' .in, Oc.fpb.gr."" Arrangements are ibeing''made■■ ;Wlith the Southern railroad to run a special train to carry the .presidential party from Washington to Kings Mountain. , SAY IT WITH SONGS - * • / ~ -—^ —- . Al Jolson, characterized as the greatest entertainer in the world, will be at the Pilot Theatre, Pitts- next Monday and Tuesday nights, in the famous play, “Say It With Songs!” This 'is considered by the management of the Pilot as one of the greatest pictures they have presented since the opening of the theatre. Usual price for tickets, 40 cents for adults, and 15 cents for children. I 'i JHARD TO UNDERSTAND She came into the police station with a picture in her hand. “My husband has disappeared,” she sobbed. “Here is his picture. I want you to find him.” Thg inspector looked up from the photograph. “Why?” he asked.— MERRY OAK NEWS Mbs. C. C. Wheeler has returned home after an extended visit to her sister, Mrs. Frank Hammer, at Altavista, Va. Rev. T. Y. Seymour filled his regular appointment at the Baptist church here* Sqnday afternoon. Mr. Edward Kendrick of the University spent the week-end here with his parents. Miss Thelma and Trena Auman, teachers in 'Asheley Height school, spent last Saturday in town visit ing friends.' Miss Thelma taught school here two years ago. “ Mr. and Mrs. S. Jordan of Dur ham visited Mr. E. Jordan Sunday.' We wish to remind the* members of Christian Chapel church that we will meet next Sunday morning at 10 -o’clock to re-organize the Sun day school.: We are sorry the bad roads prevented our having Sunday school during January- and Febru ary. The farmers have been busy the last two weeks. It seemed that winter was gone. I guess they think differently since March has arrived. ATTEMPTS SUICIDE, BUT KILLS NEIGHBOR GIRLi F4ifh Brown of Newark. N.- J., died Sunday as result of a rifle snot mfucteu that morning wane she slept in bed. Carl Weinani cousin of the dead girl and nextl door neighbor, tried to shoot him-? self. He was too drunk and shot w<ent wild, killing the girl in s bed. Weinan did not know about her death for several hours when, someone woke him out of a drunk en sleep to tell him what he had done. EARTHQUAKE IN CALIF. Earthquake shocks in the Im perial Valley section of California Saturday and- Sunday caused con siderable excitement but compara tively light damage. Estimates of damage in Brawley, center of the disturbance, run as high as $75,- 000. Automobiles bounced about like rubber balls, and masonry cracked, according to press dis patches. — GOVERNOR GARDNER IN VIRGINIA FARM PAPER The Southern Planter, published at Richmond, Va., and claiming title as the oldest farm paper in Amer ica, makes an article by Governor Gardner the feature of its current issue. In the leading editorial the paper directs attention to the arti cle which is an exposition of the governor’s “Live-at-Home” program. ■ ■ Walter F. Christenson jumped into Lake Michigan to end his life, but the water was •so cold that he called for help and was rescued. 5 SUE ECS A \ § By M IM I • What About Flirting? GLADYS demands to know rather indignantly, I think, why flirting is wicked. She and Bob have been engaged fer some little time. So have Flo and Jack. The two young couples see a lot of each other, and just re cently Gladys has begun a mild flirta tion with her girl friend’s fiance. Just a harmless little thing you know—no offense intended, and Bob is simply raising the roof about it. And Flo hardly speaks to Gladys un less she has to. Gladys thinks the whole tiling is so narrow-minded and small town. She \ herself has never been in the least like that. For instance it wouldn’t bother her a bit to find Boh and Flo holding hands under rlie table, or gaz ing, into each other's eyes of a sum mer evening. She’d know perfectly welt that' they were just flirting to - pass time; and she'd laugh it off. iiut they won’t let her go on hold ing hands witli Jack. They think it’s indecent, and dangerous. Those are the very Rob used about tiie ridiculous' business. . Well, bo. I wouldn’t gb «o far ns to say' It was indecent. Half the young married couples and youug engaged , .paii* of the., pts£eojb genera tloo ' this. (ftxcimqge-flir/at.iop business. ! y’ I-.lHti, iwith, your you clan flirt\yfit q mine ; f**r that \SSrt oY Tt seems to put more ■%e’p iMtb flie fiarty if one is permitted fb hold hands -with .some one else’s If’if.frtS business’Were just a -shilling-tapes* ahtt laughing lips, and promises half-uttered, and r ’fianJfs^ntouchiiig« lightly —well, that would he that, and who could say a word against it? . But oh, dear. It’s apt to get so aw fully complicated, Gladys’ smiling lips and laughing eyes upraised to Jack’s under a summer moon may un balance hint a bit—start him thinking that perhaps after all Flo isn’t the only 'girl in the world. When a girl is firmly tied to a man. and has been so for some time, it’s too easy for her to flirt with some one else—and it’s too easy for her to be come convinced that the some one <<lse is more attractive. Flirtation un der circumstances is very apt to lead to a new engagement. That’s wjiy modern girls are always get ting engaged. That’s why we so very offen'.end up hv taking .what’s.left —f» very poor substitute for the nice boy we started with. 1 Flirt all you want to while you’re still unattached, but remember that you may do.yourself a lot of harm by flirting with' another while you’re all I. C. C. ORDERS RATES i RAISED ON N. C. ROADS . — v —- * The interstate - commerce commis sion handed down a decision Mon day which in effects means that railroads doing business-. entirely within the "State of North Carolina must raise their freight * rates' to correspond with interstate rates'for merly approved ; ,by .the. commission.j The decision came as the finaLword ; in the action parted jfiyp yegg*s.ago by the corporation Virginia ‘lafe&lnsfc''*the Aberdeen Roekfishr £ncF etft'lr ft m&ans; thab -North ' ♦Carolina?*' #fll } have- to -paty -upwards ll of 4 a "milfrfoh f dollars more in freight.' * j to .Ihe * phraseology of- the 'deersiort j this ,cas2 will wise’’affect*- the | bigger.,, ease -involving rates which..if . now pending before the commission. .. NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE^ -V ' **•_ -C' " -Under and* by virttie of* the power of sale- , contained* in ' that " certain | deed of * trust,* dated' November 1,1 1925, and executed "to the’' Under signed . by., Y. -Riggsbee. which j appears of record -4n the-- Registry , of. * Cfothaip^..County in- Rook GN, , page 39,^defap f lt, having been ..made in the payment, of the -indebtedness therein" secured and demand ing be’eh' made upon the under- ' IsigWed * trustee will blfer for sale, to r the -highesf 'bidder,, for 'cash, s on SATURDAY, THE. 29th DAY OF. . V MARCH, 1930* at twelve' ‘ o’clock noon, in front of the courthouse door in Pitts boro, North Carolina all the prop erty conveyed in the said deed of trust and which .is described as follows: Lying and being in Williams Township and, FIRST TRACT: BEGINNING at a stake on the Raleigh Road, G. W. Riggsbee corner, south 6 degrees east 45 chains and 50 links in A. J. Riggsbee line, east 15 chains and 50 links to a white oak, Sid Herndon’s corner, north 5 chains to a dogwood; thence east 6 chains and 40 links to pointers north 6 degrees west 15 chains and 50 links to Edwards Spring branch; thence up said branch to another branch; thence up the left hand prong to another branch; thence up the right hand prong; thence up the left hand prong to the old line on said branch; thence west 17 chains and 50 links to a white oak, J. S. Riggs bee corner; thence north 9 chains and 75 links to the first station containing 84 acres, more or less, and being known as the home place of J. S. Riggsbee, and being land conveyed by G. O. Riggsbee to J. S. Riggsbee by deed on record in Book FB, page 42, in the office of the Register of Deeds for Chatham County, North Carolina. SECOND TRACT: Lying and be ing on the waters of Bush Creek, in Chatham County, bounded on the west nad south by the lands of G. O. Riggsbee on the east by the lands of Alvis J. Roberson and on the north by the lands of and containing 44 acres, more or less, and being the lands conveyed to J. S. Riggsbee by G. O. Riggsbee and wife, January 25, 1875, re corded in Book BO of -deeds page 346 in the of the Register of Deeds, Chatham County, for fur ther description see deed from W. J. Brogden, Com. This the 25th dav of February, 1930. WADE BARBER ( Trustee, mchfi' 13 20 /27 Pilot Theatre PITTSBORO, N. C. Wednesday and Thursday, March 5*6 . r "PLEASURE CRAZED” [ A THRILLING ALL TALKING PICTURE WITiT Marguerite Churchill," Kenneth McKenna, and Dorthy Burgess ' Alto a Fox Talking Comedy and Sound News' : FRIDAY and SATURDAY*: >f«rch 74 “THE FIGHTING. XID”“. 7 t. r (SILENT)*. . ... V * Another Chapter of the “VANISHING MILLIONS.*’ Pathe Talking Comedy, “WHAT A DAY” 4 F> - ----- • MONDAY and TUESDAY, March 10-11 : The greatest entertainer in the "world ~ w< :r * AL JOLSON ,I SAY IT WITH SONGS” 7 A Warner Bros, all talking and singing picture. / DON’T MISS THIS ' Wednesday and Thursday, March 12-13 ' Presents r Edmund Lowe and Constance Bennett . v:....v •; " - • * ‘‘THIS THING CALLED LOVE” AJI- Music,. Ail Sound, All Dialogue. >. r s A Fox Talking Comedy Shows Daily: 7:00 and 8:30; Saturdays 3:30 to 10:00 Admission,. Whites 15c and 40c; Colored 10c and 30c - ALWAYS A GOOD SHOW • | DID YOU EVER STOP TO THINK? —>— By EDSON R. WAITE ’ ShaWaee, Oklahoma \ ;1 * 1 * -The**ywito*r--ito Dallas,' Texar r is impressed first-of jtll» v ancl pntapp most strongly, * the : twuwfi cleanliness of the city. ~ I| amid its rich and verdant s&rrraxiak ihgsf* ISsr *as k" weH ’ feepte .dountHh * That MTl&iHws® ifar [; factories ni&'hlgg&fed* With' aft MfMt ant supply - of*’natural gas mw 1 chimrteysrtare mostly smofihlesg.Htefc» ron.'va- recent ► visit*.tornthis : ■ southwestern* I received .*am ' ,othut;i> salient *„ impression,.• JE > aataa ■wl|4t a. jgreaL.npwspapei; can do for }* ■■ - " • v-- Dallas not. much pi a-vmetear pplis ' forty-fi%e* ago; A .pretty good , towji for % ip <be sure, bus southwestern . then were* pi*etty r yburig,' and Dallas ' was fpretty'-ifrtlrim like' tHe' re^t 1 of*them: •' In 1 ’ early’ l ’BtFs’ If* m'ovgfiiefit I began, 'looking to’-'The * , News, established • in *lß42ttapiicat ing itself. iu' Dalkts 1 , a distance- I>£ 315 miles. The project was wo summated , on,. October U.- JSSA. 'lt I was . the time anything ,of the kind had been ip dom, a unique venture iii joupral ism. As ’it wps" heralded all over the country. Th'e fact in pnd the further fact that' veston News had chosen Dallas ad its place of duplication, gave th&t city a wonderful lot of fine tising. Likewise,, it' -threw life- -and: ambition into the Dallas of that city, with its population of, per haps, 25,000. The advent of The News on Oc tober 1 was followed on December 1 by the absorption of the eld newspaper of the town, The Dallas Herald, started in 1849. The old paper sold out, lock, stock and bar rel, to The News, and quit busi ness. The following year the State Fair of Texas started. The advent of The News brought numbers of other institutions and prominent and influential individuals to Dallas and north Texas. 'The News, coming to Dallas, therefore, and printing for the past forty-five years one of the best and most progressive newspapers ofT the country, has had a very marked effect on the development of the chief commercial city of* Texas. One of its leading citizens, dating back to 1874, J. T. Trezvant, head of one of the largest general fire in surance agencies in the worlds sometime ago made this remark; “Dallas has always been the fi nancial center of Texas, and the three principal organizations which might be given individual credit for working to upbuild the city are, in the order named, The Dallas News, the state fair and the federal re serve bank.” THE JURY GRUNTED A young lawyer, pleading his first case, had been retained by at farmer to prosecute a claim against a railroad for killing twenty-four hogs. He wanted to impress the jury with the magnitude of the damage. “Twenty-four hogs, gentlemen, twenty-four—-twice the number of you there in the jury box.”—Loy ola Ho-Hum. — First prize in a fiddling contest has been won by “Uncle Billy” Smith reputed to be 112 years old, in Camden, N. J. PAGE THREE