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PAGE FOUR II Hie Concord Daily Tribune J B. SHERRILL ■BY Editor and Publisher Hp-\ Jr. M. SHERRILL, Associate Editor RK,; 5 MEMBER OP THE EL. : -,. ASSOCIATED PRESS , The Associated Press is exclusively - entitled to the use for republication of F”' : ' U> news credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the lo ir' sal news published herein. Jb All rights of republication of spec tal dispatches herein are also reserved. Special Representative MS. 11 '-’ FROST, LANDIS A KOHN ?2S Fifth Avenue, New York > Peoples’ Gas Building, Chicago 1004 Candler Building, Atlanta Entered as second class mail matter pei ':*t the postoffice at Concord, N. C., un jp,*. .der the Act of March 3, 1879. I* * SUBSCRIPTION RATES P? 1 ■ln the City of Concord by Carrier: W: ' ' One Year SO.OO Six Months 3.00 Three Months 1.50 • * - One Month .50 of the Staf > the Subscription ?!_ Is the Same as in the City Ou* of the city and by mail in North j Carolina the following prices will pre ! f »«il: !j One Year $5.00 Six Months 2.50 j Three Months 1.25 j Less Than Three Months, 50 Cents a Month j Subscriptions Must Be Paid in Advance if SV ——l- f RAILROAD SCHEDULE ■j ' ■ In Effect Jan. 30, 1926. Northbound No. 40 To New York 9:28 P. M. No. 136 To Washington 5 :05 A. M. No. 36 To New York 10:25 A. M. No. 34 To New York 4:43 P. M. > ago. 46 To Danville 3:15 P. M. .No. 12 To Richmond 7 :10 P. M. ; No. 32 To New York 9:03 P. M. ! No. 30 To New York 1:55 A. M Southbound No. 45 To Charlotte 3:45 P. M No. 35 To New Orleans 9:56 P. M. No. 29 To Birmingham 2 :35 A. M No. 31 To Augusta 5:51 A. M No. 33 To New Orleans 8 :15 A. M ! No. 11 To Charlotte 8 :00 A. M No. 135 To Atlanta 8:37 P. M No. 39 To Atlanta 9:50 A. M No. 37 To New Orleans 10:45 A. M : , Train No. 34 will stop in Concord to take on passengers going to Wash i ington and beyond. Train No. 37 will stop here to dis ; charge passengers commg from be yond Washington. Ail trains stop in Concord except l No. 38 northbound |J : • :: F^Cbible'thoughtl ? 1 X—FOR TODAY—I Jsj Biblo ThongrLta memorized. will prove a 1 pneelesaherit^ ; Right jteasoning :—Let us reason together, said the Lord: though your f sins be as scarlet, they shrill he as • *wbiitc as snow.—lsaiah 1 :lfi. ■fte ' i OUR POPULATION. Figures just compiled by the Nat ionat Bureau of Economic Research f? show an estimated gain of 1,629.000 in population in the United States last year. The estimated gain was almost p identical with that of 1924. !j Most of the increase is due to ex cess of births over deaths. There ; were approximately 1.350,000 more 5- births than deaths in the country last - year, immigration accounting for but I about 250,000 new citizens. \ The estimated population of eonti g nentai United States was placed at l 115.940,000 of Jan, 1, 1926, or a gain a of more than 10,000.000 since the last ” Federal census in 1920. i The estimates were reached princi ; pally by a process of figuring cover ing the registration area by consider- Sr ation of arrivals and departures from the United States and by a reeapitu e lation of the work done by the burenti in previous years. y There was a moderate decrease in Si the amount of net immigration into j. the T nited States the bureau said, i but it was offset by a larger number ■ of births and a smaller number of 1 deaths. ! “The total population gain in 1925 - was slightly larger than the average for the last seventeen years,” said the report, "but materially less than that of 1923, when the large amount of immigration oontributed to a popula ■ tion increase of 1,966.009, or of 1909, « when for the same C3use, the growth : ran up to 1.173,000. > “During the last year, immigration played a minor role in the growth of I ; the country, accounting for less than one-sixth of the total increase, the cx , cess of births over deaths adding 1.- 367.000 persons, while immigration accounted for but 262,000 new inhabi tants. “It is a noteworthy fact that, de spite the growth in population, both the uumber of births and the number of deaths were approximately the same in 1925 as in 1909. The year 1909 had an abnormally high birth rate and is therefore not u typical year, but since 1916 there appears to have been no tendency toward an in- I crease in the number of children born in the United States, while the num ber of deaths tends to run lower now than sixteen years ago.” "FARMER BOB” SEEMS SAFE. Friends of Congressman Robert L. Doughton, popularly known through out his district as “Farmer Bob." ’ shbuld rest easy about his coming con-) test for the seat in the eighth district. | There is already one candidate in the; / field, and there will be at least one other, but the signs point to another victory for the Democrat. The Republicans will offer a can- 1 didate to be sure, but that is about all. They never had much ebnnee.' even with Cabarrus iu the Republican ranks, aDd now that this county is with the Democrats, the chance I k of any Republican in the district is lessened. Dr. Thomas L. Estep, wbo hails , from Mr. Doughton’s own county, is an independent candidate. And in addition he is “wet.” The tw T o should eliminate him without trouble, i And there is another matter that i must be considered. Dr. Thomas at tacks the medical profession, protest ing against rules and regulations gov erning doctors. He is certain to be distasteful to members of that pro fession and their number is to be con sidered. We have no idea that a “wet” can didate can be elected in North Caro- ! lina to Congress. Certainly such a candidate would have hard sledding ] in the eighth district. The majority < of the people are “dry” and they want ' their Congressman to be “dry” too. 1 With the Democrats perfectly will- ( ing for him to hold the office again. ( Mr. Doughton should have no trouble ( with any other candidates that may { * offer themselves. J CAN’T GET ENOUGH OF THEM. Seemingly we can’t get enough au tomobiles iu the United States. At present, statisticians tell us. there is one car in the United States for every 6.3 persons. Yet the output is steadily on the increase. February production of motor ve hicles in the United States and Can ada is announced by the Department of Commerce as 334.527 passenger cars and 40,805 trucks, of which 318,- 632 passenger cars and 37,522 trucks were made in the United States, and 15.895 passenger cars and 3,283 trucks in Canada. This represented an increase of 51,- 264 passenger cars as compared with revised figures for January, 1926, manufacture, and a decrease of 9.933 as compared with February, 1925. Trucks showed an increase of 8.184 over January. 1926, and an increase of 7.895 over February, 1925. TODAY’S EVENTS Wednesday, March 24, 1926 Centenary of the birtfr of Matilda J. Cage, noted reformer and one of the early presidents of the National Woman Suffrage Association, Twenty-five \ears ago today died Charlotte M. Yonnge, whose novels were favorite reading in our grand mothers’ day. Ten years ago today the British channel steamer Sussex was torpe doed with Americans on board, which event influenced in no small measure America’s entry into the war. Garrett I*. Serviss. a scientist i whose writings have done much to i popularize a study of astronomy, cel ebrates hi«* seventy-fifth birthday an niversary today. Andrew W. Mellon, secretary of! the treasury in the Ooolidge cabinet, is another notable who has a birth day anniversary today—%is seventy first. Voters in Atlanta at a special elec tion today will be given opportunity to pass on a proposed bond issue of $8,000,000 for schools and public improvements. A Dispute. Statesville Daily. The chaplain of the State prison. Rev. Mr. Shaeklette. talking to a Ki wanis meeting recently, declared that State Pardon Commissioner Hoyle Sink had said to him that all preach ers are damn fools, inference being that Shaeklette led in that classifica tion. Mr. Sink answers that lie said nothing of the kind, nothing that could be so construed. Parson Shack* lette intimates that lie will prove it and State awaits the issue of the dis pute. Os course somebody is in error. Without attempting to say w'.iich got the other wrong, it is easy to see how the dispute broke out. Evidently Par son Shaeklette feels that he should exercise in part the duties of pardon commissioner. He has been making recommendations which Mr. Sink didn’t approve. Mr. Sink doesn’t fall for a simple profession of repentance. He behoves in punishment and it takes more than a profession of error and a promise of reform to convince him that the prison doors should open. The fact that he is practical rather than theoretical, conservative rather than emotional, is his best recommendation for his job. Possibly in resisting the chaplain’s efforts to decide issue for him Mr. Sink may. jin a moment of irritation, have in timated that some preachers don’t know a great deal about some things they profess to know about, or words to that effect. But evidence will be necessary to convince those who know him that the pardon commis sioner included all the cloth in the generalization. .Apparently he if? too level-headH to be so rash in state ment. Mr. Shaeklette must have misunderstood him. N Going Too Far. Dearborn Weekly. The Baptists of Minnesota, as an organization, are asking legislation forbidding any teaching of the Dar winian theory of evolution in the state university. The cause of re ligion has in such friends its worst enemies. The right to restrict edu cation in this manner, if logically ex tended, would preclude any informa tion as to the theory of religion it self. It is part of the education, of the modern man to know the element* of the theory of evolution, just as ]it is for him to know the “nebular • hypothesis,” which i« another inter- I esting but Anproved theory. | In earlier days religious denomi- J nations undertook the task of public education. The work of instruction was regarded as a sacred duty. Many i of our greatest American secular uni -1 versifies were founded by religious individuals or bodies. There has nev er been any doubt about the duty of these institutions to explain all the philosophies that have commanded the intellectual respect of mankind, j Theories must be uudertdood to be inte'.ligent’y evaluated. The evolutionary philosophy is no exception. Objection can only arise where acute partisan propagandism crams the philosophy down the stu dent's t’aroat as the final truth. Laws cannot dispose of a philosophy or scientific theory. Only fuller knowl edge can do that. When the theory of evolution is! presented to the student, the off-side of the case should be stated, too. The case against evolution is of quite as great scientific respectability as riiej case for it: and an educated man is able to state both. By this test many if not most of our teachers of I evolutioH have not been educators but propagandists. The opportunity to analyze the merits and defects of the theory of evolution is the college student’s due. The same is true of religion itself, for no principle i« more a subject ( of dispute than is religion. If, how- ! ever, evolution is being tangfit as a j covert sort of anti-religion, the Bap tists of Minnesota have the right to protest that the teaching of anti religion has no place in a state uni versity. Sayings of the Times. There is no news in being happy.— Irving Berlin. War is a failure.—Ex-Solicitor- General Berk. The richest people in Europe are the French people—Ex-Ambnseador Harvey. Christians are keeping Turkey wet. —“Pussyfoot'’ Johnson. A law is a sword. A strong arm | is needed to manipulate it.—Premier I Mussolini. ! Tlie only place where you will get absolute agreement is in a cemetery. Dr. Cornelius Wolfkin. The citizen who would deny po litical privilege to his fellow citizen because of race cr creed is exhibiting not his Americanism but his lack of it.—Ex-Secretary of State Hughes. A cigar named after me? Well, didn’t the herring make Rismark famous?—George Bernard Shaw. What tires people most is doing, nothing.—Ex-Premier Poincare. Singing teaches the singer courage: ami Combined singing, humility.—Sir ! Hugh Allen. Few women are independent. Some J t’liink they are: others pretend they; do not want to be.—Clare Sheridan. | The public doesn't know what it wants until it gets it.—lsrael Zang- ! will. Marriage is like every other job;! you have got to get used to it.—J. A. R. Cairns. Pistols are as common as load! pencils—they are the curse of Amer-i ica.—Chief Magistrate MoAdoo, of j New York. There is no human trait so im- ( possible to conceal as is one’s esti-j mate of one's self.—Dr. Hartley Alex ander. j Average Price of Tobacco at Durham. 23 Cents ; Durham. March 23.—An average price of 23 cents a pound was paid for the 17.193.688 pounds of tobacco sold ou the Durham market of the 11*25 eroty distributing among the growers in the section of North CJaro lina and parts of Virginia. South Car ol:na and Georgia $3,954,303.51. ac cording to the offical figures given out by Dewey Ray. secretary of the Dur ham Tabocco Board of Trade. This is about 7 k OOO.(H> pounds more than | was sold on the Durham market last year. Colds ssz Be Qu.ick-Be Sure/ Get the right remedy—the beef men know. So quick, so sure that millions now employ it The utmost in a laxative. Bromide-Quinine in ideal farm. Colds stop in 24 hours. La Grippe in j days. The system is cleaned and toned. 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I use it regulur! after being exposed to bnd weather.“ I For rheumatism, neuralgia, lumbago, I stiff joints, pain in back and limbs, corns, bunions, chest oohls, sore throat. “Snake Oil” is said to be without an equal. Refuse imitations. This great oil a golden red color. Mfg. only by Herb Juice Medicine Co.. U.sS. A. Get it, your druggist’e. —(Adv.) THE CONCORD DAILY TRIBUNE I qfOe 9&pper uou hnowf m%Agamm IhSsE J 0 by H.L.GATES I Published by arrangement with Flrat National Picture*, Ino. CHAPTER XXIV. (Continued) "What else would you bare?” he wanted to know. “We have no wars to fight and no work to do. 1 There Is nothing left but pastime, j People used to write poems and j '' ea d Shakespeare. Rotten time they had of ill Today we Invent pleasures to be built upon by our senses. That’s more reasonable and It Involves a learned knowl edge of who belongs to who and what's the chances of taking her sway from him? But we wore talking of this architect fellow. Tell me about him, please. Seems to enjoy working at something." "YouTl have to satisfy my own curiosity first," Joanna declared. "Perhaps you’ll send tor the ‘es teemed journal.* I’d like to know what Is being said of him. He i wax a very struggling student when I saw him last." An attendant quickly produced a copy of L’Echo which bore that morning's date. Michael pointed to a paragraph In the column of the new arrivals at the various resorts along the fashionable coast. Both Kenilworth and Yvonne watched her furtively, when, with a murmured ’’Pardon'” she fastened her eyes on the short Item. “Among the bookings on the Blue Express at Calais yesterday was the distinguished young Amer ican architect, John Wilmore, who comes from a visit to London for an indefinite stay. He has made reservations at the Las Palmier? Mr. Wilmore'3 recent achievement of fame has been extremely Inter esting. It Is understood that a year or so ago he was unknown American capitalists suddenly ap preciated the great merits of his daring conception of a war me morial in which are included some itartling conventional features which have caused International discussion among artists and schol ars generally, it is believed his work will he a valuable coutribu lion not only to America but to society and the world in general." Th» paragraph explained the tnowledge of the other’s that John was coming; that he had arrived, lor the Blue Express came in with ihe morning. But it did not ex plain why he had not notified her. Something about It all quivered at her lips, briefly. “Extraordinary." Kenilworth re marked when she put the paper tsidfe, “how a chap with nothing Sut a dream can suddenly stumble «pon recognition and success. We ill remember Mr. Wilmore in New , York. If I remember. Miss Man sers took occasion to be provoked with him." “Then It was more than an ac- ; ijuaintance," Prince Michael de :lared. “One is never provoked with an acquaintance We won’t Intrude upon that aspect. Made moiselle.” he added, to Joanna. ‘As you will probably present him. I'd like to know bow he got on so welL" “I’m afraid 1 can’t tell you much more than people generally know," she replied. "It came about after ( left America with Yvonne. 1 ran sway, you know, because no one ( knew there had any confidence In me.” Prince Michael detected a ser iousness as of some repressed plaint, and thought It needed ob- 1 servance. He sought her hand, »nd would have put his over It, ob livious to the others at the table. loanna brought her hand away. Quietly, she went on " Before then we had been quite • food friends 1 remember he had 1 tome plan for a memorial, some thing he syanted some day U) build. I was never Interested, much, because It wasn’t anything t could understand, or wanted to. ; 1 remember, though, he objected to Its being called a ‘war" menior- 1 lal. It was to be something com memorating soldiers themselves. All kind of soldiers, ! think—not 1 only onr own. but of other coun tries as well. Somehow he's made it known about. I suppose. Now when you have a mind to talk to him about it. you will know almost i as much as I do." “Morbid idea, though." the prince observed. "1 can’t Imagine anything I’d ran away from quicker than a reminder of that ; sort. Sentimental though. I sup- l pose they’ll always be doing things of the kind." I I “The striking feature of his i conception." Yvonne remarked, i "seems to be his offering of a wo man. a young woman. a9 the feat ore inspiration of all soldiers and putting her. Instead of the custom ary fighting figure on his high est pedestal Others have given tribute to the fighter himself He i proposes a monumental structure which shall draw attention to what soldiers fight for." Os Joanna she asked: “Isn’t that the idea?” “Yes" Joanna agreed. “That wasn’t hi* original plan, but h« seems to have adopted It. If’q 1 what has caught on. I’ve i sad 1 that he contends that it Is always a girl that soldiers fight for. They’ve always left a girl of some ; kind at home, one IJke me. per hape, or the one they’re married to or—at least n mother. And mother* and wives ware girls In tbrelr day. John has explained that he doesn't think glrU change ! like fashions do. To soldiers who > leave them to go to fight for them, . they havekalways been quite the same reliable and worthwhile. It’s a quaint sort of an idea, but I sup pose It must be a good one.” ' Yvonne had shot a sudden : glance at Joanna, and kept her . eyes on her. Intently, antll she finished. “If I remember correctly," she ' observed “he did not always have ; the opinion that women don’t change." Joanna nodded at her. "Yes, I’ve been wondering If he's altered his theories, or just altered his scheme to make it pay.” “At any rate,” Kenilworth re marked. “he is in a fairway to sec his project materiallxe. It’s becoming internationalized and there is talk already of duplicat ing the Idea in other countries. The generation will go any length to draw a lajaon or aa undtsturb- "En p.’ien,” she called again, and stcept her j.j.000 francs f 5,000 onto the table. ing memory out of the last up heaval” Yvonne decided they bad given enough of the tea hour to the mer its or John's bid for popHlar fame. She had observed that Kenilworth, while he gave his part to the dis cussion, was uneasy. He had stud ied Joanna’s face constantly, and watched every changing light in her eyes and line about her lips She proposed a turn about the Casiuo rooms. "We shall have time for an lionr of play in trente et quar ante hall." Prince Michael appropriated her at once, much to Joanna's satisfaction, and led the- way along the avenue of pop lars through the Casino gardens to the white terrace. Kenilworth, lagging behind with Joanna, went directly to the snb joct that concerned him deeply. “You are not going to let his turn ing up interfere with things, are you?" he asked. “So far as 1 can remember," she returned, “be has never Inter fered much, with me. Used to want to. of course, but couldn’t then. I could hardly fancy him being much of an Influence now.” "Have you, then, completely w-lped him out? As you seemed to Imply that night when you Invited me to Join you in a kiss?” She laughed. “That was so many ages ago, Roddy! I’d lost track of that one.” "That Is evading the question,” he rebuked her. "John wouldn’t have me then,” she said simply, “when I thought lie was the one thing In all the world I wanted to buy with my money I doubt If he'd want me at all now. He’s famous, you see. and well on the road to prosperity. He won't need to take chances. I’m not as good a bet for him now as I was then. Am L Roddy?” She was daring him with her smile. There was no wistfulness In it at all, just frank, open prov ocation. “Do you know." he exclaimed, i irritably, “yon are the most un fathomable creature within my ex perience?" She was silent until they came up to the terrace steps. She an swered him then as If there had been no lapse of time “No, I'm not I was thoroughly fathomed this morning A man told me he me however and whatever I am. K, ! could say Just what I’d like to say about that, I'd say that would be a damn aafe bargain for a man to make with any girl But I can’t say that, of course, for I must be a hypocrite and let on that 1 nevatr swear.” CHAPTER XXV Wh z:t Joanna Gambles Kenilworth w-ould have guided his compaßton around the big Casi no buildlag to the pigeon field which lies between It and the sea, but Joaniu; preferred to go onto the whit# terrace and into the gaxrdsting scorns. In Roddy’s manner there was every sign of tho truth of Yvonne’s obseryatlort lh the- Trlahon summer house at Amette; that Be was wor ried by the i reappearance of John in the girl’s schemes of things. Se cretly she was disturbed by him. During the months in New York, before her departure for London ad France, ha bad been * sow cllious admirer, graceful In his de votions, impressing her as a man of the world who had decided to affect enthusiasm over a new toy. Then, suddenly, his attitude and his purpose had altered. He had deliberately followed her and Yvonne to London. It was then that circle of men and women which revolved about men of bis kind, young men who are old enough to be discreet and rich enough to be Idle, began to take stock of the seriousness of Roddy Kenilworth In hts pursuit ot the young American millionairess, Jo anua Manners. There was a great deal of boudoir grief over this state of affairs, for Kenilworth was known as one who went from one affair to another at slight provoca tion, but always magnificently— generously. It was felt that If were definitely lost to his world of sub rosa romance it would be dis astrous. It was generally wished that the young American, whose fresh youth j had proved an Irresistible charm, whore charm is translated in terms | of flesh, would succumb to the In evitable —or, to Roddy’s determina tions— and in the usual course, free liim for his neat feminine engage ment. "For." said one young wo man to her danctng partner at the fashionable Embassy Club. "Roddy looks as though he were going to lie serious, this time; he hasn’t had n serious affair since the early days of Yvonne Coutant. He won't lie a free agent until he gets over (his attack, and the American ts delaying matters." Joanua liked Roddy Kenilworth. She had heard, as people do hear, (hat Yvonne had been of his mak ing. How mu< h to believe and . what to discount she didu’c know, j nor care. She gloried in her abil- ; ity. she who had come out from be- : hind the silk counter, to bring the green tints Into his eyes whenever she was of the whim to make him 1 lake note ot her. She knew Roddy was in a continual fight with , himself over her. Dorminster was always her slave. Brandon served • her whenever she asked, but he - remained aloof; she couldn’t sway . him—or. rather, she wouldn't dare. Rut Roddy made an occasional ef fort to baffle the spell of her, and to thwart him was like quaffing champagne. But, just now, with Prince Mi chael’s sudden surrender to her cre ating a new undertone, and with ( the coming o? John to Irritate him, ] she was restless beneath Kenll- ( worth's Intent appraisals. And 1 she didn’t want to he cross ex- j amined about John. She hoped sha i was concealing from Roddy the * constant searching of her eyes j along the vistas of the Terrace and < into the Casino Square which < fronts the crowded tables of tha J Case de Paris, for a familiar figure, i In the atrium, the red and gol>J ] hung foyer of the Casino. Yvonne ( and Michael were awaiting them. i “The Rooms are crowded.” Yvon- ] ne observed. “I’ve decided to hunt ( a place at the roulette tables.” ' Around each of the tables were j crowds four or five deep—the late i afternoon company of curious vis- 1 itors to the world's gayest shrine ] of sin. tourists, eocottes seeking i monsieurs for the evening, and old 1 women hangers-on holding chairs j with the hope of selling them to i after-dinner habitues. Ail of these ( last, the old women of the gambling ] rooms, knew each one of the party i that crossed the wide polished floor of the splendidly decorated rooms and glanced about for places. Crou- i piers, too, gave little signs to each i other at the entrance of the sleek ] Yvonne and the lovely young i American. Both had been the hero- i Ines of sensational plays that had become Casino legends. Yvonne dropped Into a chair Michael bought from an old hag for a fifty frnne note. Kenilworth gnlded Jo- \ anna to another and won a curtsey i from the ancient dame who sur- 1 rendered It by the size of his tip. Joanna plunged immediately Into her play, Kenilworth stunJiug closo C behind her. ; When Joanna gambled she lost herself entirely. The color catne into her cheeks a3 the rouge at nolr, the red and black, divided its favors. Others played with gold louis, or ten franc notes, counting their plaques nervously after each turn of the wheel. Joanna tossed thou sand franc notes onto her colors or numbers or colnmns with feverish excitement. When she lost, and the croupier’s wooden rake drew her stake away from her. she made pretty grimaces. When she won, and the rake pushed toward her fingers Its pile of gold and silver and notes, she clapped her hands and turned to smile up at the man who stood over her. On this ' afternoon she made her first plays ! listlessly, as If her enthusiasm had 1 been left with the hats of the men ] in the Atrium: but with one or two winnings she had forgotten every thing, seemingly, but the cry ot the croupiers and the spinning ot \ the wheel. Brandon, strolling through the Rooms as was his daily afternoon custom, came upon them. He pushed his way among the specta- ] tors who always gathered about tha i Oolden Girl when rumor spread 1 through the rooms that she was \ playing, gnd stood with Kenilworth i Joanna, conscious of his presence/ t lifted'her ungloved lingers over her ] shoulder for him to touch them, i Kenilworth observed to the new- 1 comer; "She's In a reckless mood, ! But she's winning!” (To b« continued) He’s World “Rabbit King” l P P Doze of Norwich. Kas.,' might he called the world rabbit king: •t least, he expects to sell about 20,000 rabbits this year. He sells jack rabbits to race course promoters and cottontails to game preserves, and has 15000 invested la traps and nets to catch them. 7 ’ —> I Orange Blossoms Now is the time for all who have never seen this won derful sight to go to the land of flowers FLORIDA AT ITS BEST The summer season at the all-year-round city of Hollywood-By-the-Sea will soon be open and now is a splendid time for you to inspect the wonderful $3,000/100 Hotel on the Beach; the $15,000,000 harbor, under con struction, and other marvelous developments and to bathe in the invigorating waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Owing to the illness of so many who wanted to make this tour, I applied for and received permission from the company to extend the present price of the tour to April i Ist. After that date the price will be SIIO.OO. Let’s all get ready and go, Friday, March 26th while j the price is $57.50. 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