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Nathan Leopold. Jr., ?en of a
?. _ Locb, son of the millionaire vice-pr
1 have confessed to the kidnapping a
' Krank as on "experience." The Chi
to learn if the youths are rcsponsiblt
recent months. Both are 19 years c
America's Ace
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Helen Wills. 18-yoar-olo Califortia
Wonder-girl; modes*., swee! and
typifying all that is test in American
womanhood, is picked by all to i1
sin the Olympic .championship.?t !c
Paris and also the English title in 1,
Miional Dlav.
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S. B. .Pierce of Halifax County has ,
found that Abruzzi rye has given three ]
times as much grazing as the common ,
southern rye and now has a fair crop
of grain despite hogs being on it all
wintci*. reports cfl Jnty agent W. O.
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BP PURDY'S SOAi WHO IS
BACK HOME FROM COLLEGE
IS HOLPIM' GLEE CLUB
SOM6 REHEARSALS^* HIS
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inn .that the tiiaaletliig piece wbtch
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In good condition. If It Is recked
yr benltHU you KlU. ?ut X ahnrt cir:ult
end your set Is lwelet
aot yivfl e hydrometer reading of
more than .1200 should be taken
to a storage battery iervict station
-end a hear eolation utit atoll
1 Hnrar solder the wtree on ?
moulded socket tmleet ytra are positive
it ia made of bakellte. Composition
win melt ae eaon el the heel
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EXPLOSION TAKES A 1
FRIGHTFUL TOLL':
TEN TO TWENTY JJEN INJURED'
AS RESULT OF TERRIBLE |
BLAST
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Three Officers and Forty Three Men
of the l*. S. S. Mississippi Reported
to Hare Been KilledSan
Pedro, June 12.?(By The Associated
Press)?Three officera and
forty-three enlisted men?are dead, and
between 10 to 20 injured and burned
in the Mississippi explosion, according
to Official, information given the
Associated Press by the naval patrol,
station ir. this port.
The mirte sweeper Brent.and King-Bsher
were ordered to stand by for
transfer of the dead to the hospital
ship Relief.
Four powder bags containing 540
pounds of explosive each were inside
the rifle turret, according to one of
the surviving sailors in the handling
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Chicago millionaire, and Richard I
esidenl of Scare, Roebuck i Co.,
nd murder of 13-year-old Robert I
cago police are now investigating
for otuer unsolved crimes during
Id.
POWEI.L-STROUD
The home of Mr. and Mrs. D. G.I
irummitt was the scene of a lpve'yl
narriage on Wednesday at highl
loon when their niece, Miss Gladys
rtroud, daughter of Mrs. Melissa B.
!troud became the bride of Mr. James
t. Powell of Wilmington.
The attractive colonial home was
irtistically decorated with filies,
weet peas and Dorothy Perkin's
oses, baskets of each being effectivey
arranged. An improvised altar was
irranged hefore which the ceremony
vas performed by Rev, J. D. Harte,
>astor of the first Baptist Church,
liss Estelle Fleming of Hester rendred
the music. Mr. Nelson J. Miles
>f Mebane, sang "At Dawhing" beore
the ceremoqy. during the cerenony
Miss Fleming played "To A
Viid Rose" by McDowell. The maid
>t honor was Miss Josephine Powell
>f Clinton, sister of the grooip. She
vas gowned in gray georgette and
arried an arm boquet of pinfc rose
ud? arid sweet peas.
The brides-maids were Misses Ruby
'earce and Vera Rogers of Roxboro,
o-bed in. peach and orchid georgette
nth cream laca trimmings, and cari
ied arm boquets of vari-colored
weet pew. The grsHnii wtt.s allundeil
y George L. Winchester of Raleigh
is best man.
The bride attraotively attired in a
>luc suit with gray accessories and
arrying a shower boquet of brides
oses and valley lilies entered with
Mr. Brummitt, her uncle, by whom
she was given in marriage. She has
rare charm and dignity of manner,
i gradlate of Oxford College and a
:alontod musician. For the past two
years she has taught music in Person
County, Allensville^ High School.
The groom \e, with the Agricultural
Training Vetyfran Bureau at Wilmington,
baring seem two years of active
service in France during the
.World War. Ho is a graduate of A
& E. College and a young man oi
fine qualities. Immediately following
the ceremony, Mt. and Mrs. Brummitt
served a buffet luncheon to the bridal
party, after which Mr. and Mrs.
Powell left by auto for the western
part of the state to spend their honeymoon.
They will be at home in Wil
minpton.
Those present from out of town
were: Mrs. Roderick Siderery, Scotts
Hill, Misses Evelyn Ray, Pittabofo;
Ruby Pearce and Vera Ropers, Roxjoro;
Estelle Fleminp, Hester; Jose)hine
Powell and Messrs Paul Powell,
Clinton: Nelson J. Miles, Mebane and
j. L. Winchester, Raleigh.
Ruby Pearce.
O'HXisr
a< soldering iron U brought near
Bo'TOtb to wire your meter* properly.?A.
TOltsnatar should be pieced
In shorn or acrora the battery leads,
while en ammeter should be placed
in esrlaa or im one side, at the bap
tary only. . .... : ;
wa mo qwrmn utne w
l ... ftie placed op the terminals of yooT
storage bottom will prerent corrosion?
ny it.
nmu- ?rv u? ?rt? iMiiiUiiiK unv,
portable ona-cobe acta.to take with
t n? In the count nr. Tea cati make a
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I iuuui , \? ncic actcidi were HlbU
killed.
Of ?he injured, several sallorB inthe
passage spaces and handling room
above the turret were terribly burned,
by gas and from the explosion.
Turret Explodes.
The men were killed when turret
Number Two on the .battleship Mississippi
blew up while the dreadnaught
was in firing practice on the San I
Clemente drill grounds off here.
The explosion occurred early in the
1 afternoon. The dreadnaught immed-j
iately after the explosion wirelessed
the navy hospital ship Relief, in the
harbor here, and it' proceeded full
speed, making a record run for the|
45 miles between the harbor and drill
grounds.
The hospital ship immediately proceeded
from- its berth to meet the :
dreadnaught -and the meeting was effected
just inside the breakwater. As
the transfer of stretcher cases started.
a second violent explosion occur- 1
I red when a 14-inch shell discharged,
,the projectile .narrowly missing the 1
coastwise passenger liner Yale at the
harbor entrance.
Within-'"a few minutes after the.
dreadnaught came to anchor twenty 1
stretcher cases were transferred by i
small boats to the hospital ship.
Details were lacking as the strick- 1
en war craft speeded shoreward and ,
watchers at the Point Pirmin signal 1
station here reported that masses <
clustered about the turret showed i
tha? "it,had been blown away. 1
The explosion, according to one of <
the Mississippi's officers, was due to i
hang-gre in one of three guns in the <
j turret. r.
The . exnloskjn of the 14-inch shell '
in the harbor here was due to strik- 1
ing of the projectile on the turret.
The projectile hurled after the steamer
Vale wmcn-was on its way to San "<
Francisco, and fell in the sea beyond.
No one was injured by this second
explosion. . '. V 1
The officers killed were: Ensign
McCray, of the U. S. S. New Mexico, i
an observer.
Ensign Erwin and Lieutenant
Neeller, of the Mississippi.
A "flare-back" fromimeof the 14
inch rifles in the turret igflted the
powder supply which practically wiped
out of existence the entire crew of the
turret room and also killed several
men in the upper handling room.
The Mississippi was off shore
day participating in firing practice
with other vessels of the Pacific fleet
and at 3:30 p. m.. was coming inside
'| trie Dreakwater ot tne narDor at nijrnj
speed, rushing to meet the hospital
j ship Relief, which was steamiiig to'
ward the Mississippi at full speed.
With details-of the tragedy lackj
ing until the Mississippi arrived in
; San Pedro, a demolished forward
; turret on the battleship, plainly visi1
ble with glasses as the battleship
i speeded toward the harbor, told the
story of what is believed to have been
a serious disaster.
The prow of the battleship was
'black with sailors. The men Were
I gathered around Turret Number 2.
1 Ibe complement for each of the forward
turrets is 35 men. -i
dandy act with a foot by faar-lncl
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A a KUU tnhfc fee on .soman
spider weh eoU to save specs ore!
?m?n condenaer.
When tightening the otmneetlur
poets on. a tra nsfonner, attar Um
wires have lean fastened to It
nover force them tight ee by dotni i
connections oh the IMUBt which can i
so ^oo are liable to loosen the sorer !
not easily" be remedied.
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OOVMENT OF TEACHENS. J
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We read and hear a great deal as
to how the schools should be administered.
In evert' other realm of human
endeavor, the one who follows
the business is supposed know remedies
and requirements'. If a man desires
to build a residence worthy of
the name he consults architects and
carpenters. If he loses his health he
obtains counsel -from a doctor. If he
needs legal advice he sees a lawyer.
But all the wisdom of the ages as to
education is invested in. "the laymen",
who range in calling from the "butcher
and baker and the candle-stick
maker" to "the merchant princes,
bankers, and railroad presidents.
With all the many years of my experience,
as a teacher, I would not
presume to tell a carpenter how to
build a house, _fOr I am not a carqienter.
Neither would I dictate how
an engineer should handle a train.?
for I am not an engineer. It would be
effrontery on my part t6 enter a hosvital
and try to direct an operation,?
because I can prove an alibi as to
being a surgeon. By the same token,
it Would be rank impertinence for me
to ndvise a lawyer h8w to conduct an
important legal case. But strange to
say anybody can advike a teacher. Ail
these other business folks afc past
masters in discipline, in the methods
of instruction, in the adoption of. textbooks,
in athletics,, and in ail the
various departments of education,?
and the teacher is accused of having
a bad case of "big head" if he dares;
disagree with <any statement made by
any one. It is a plain case of brazen j
effrontery if he offers a suggestion
as to school legislation, and he must
dare have "the termite to desire a living
salary. * |
He must dress well, but must not
have a salary commensurate to replenishing
his wardrobe; he must pay
Delmonico rates for board with no
available sinews of war; and yet he
n\yst hear discoursed from the bandwagon
that he is favored above the
30ns of men. A doctor can look you
over, tell you to work more and eat
less, charge.i you $25, and lpok like
he didn't charge you half enough. A
lawyer can. scribble something that
would require a Daniel. to decipher,
apd charge you $50 for "knowing
how.^' A president of a big business
concern that controls millions is
jealous of the measley $1000.00 a year
of the "overpaid" teacher All these
oepple can criticise the teacher, dietate*his
policy, and deplore the waste
51 public money. Don't think that I
am fighting the worthy doctors, lawyers
and business men. They are noble
:allin?9ftand indisroensahle to nrocrnss
and civilization, hut the teacher, is
rriticized by people who know nothing
about the calling and is some;imes
classed with. the lame and the
azy~ J
A late season and unfavorable
.veathpr conditions make it necessary
Instill
Every father
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THRIFT. If he
tion of the vali
pays.
Many succss
formed by drt
banks. And ma
quired it thems
When the he
We pay 4 per c
Mr. Busine
paid at par.
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to. jive c!itton frequent, shallow cul-'
tivation to overcome the handicap under
which it has started, states Dr.
R. Y. Winters, plant breeding agronomist
for the State College.
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There's no
substitute
for its goodness
ana pur
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and gs
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One-sixth of the time shi]
Canal pays their tolls. 1
boat operation; the savin
to markets is an addition
The Panama Canal is a i
of countless similar sni
viaducts, highways, tunn
routes and making thex
Cement.
Atlas is also making hoix
nent. If you plan buildlni
where you can be benefit
by which all richer makes
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THRIFT A VIRTUE
it Young! Instill i
is qualified to teach and s
whether he be personally
success?he has knowi
has failed, he has acquired
ue of money. He, knows
ful careers have started
>pping pennies into sm;
ny fathers have talked thi
keroe*, , I
me hank is full?deposit
^nt interest on tirfie certif
as Man, see your checks
THE FRIENDLY BAN*
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Picnic days are here. Don't forget
the State Farmers' Convention at J
State College on Juiy 23, 24 and 25.
Slake your plans now to attend.
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M save in using the Panama:
rhis ia simply a saving im
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I gain.
spcviammr utsuiononunon
aft* to commerce through
els and bridges shortening *
a safer through Portland
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ask your dealer how and
ed in using "th& Standard
are measured.**
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on this Bank are
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