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For that reason, it is important that <^oose well the kind of lumber in tended for any work in or around your home. It will be a permanent reflection of YOU when it is onoe in place. Long Lived Interiors , We can show you woods of varied and b^utiful grains, different weighty and textures. But it is all the best quality of its dass. The right kind for your home, ready for paint or enamid is waiting your selection here. Come to us for of Q,uaHty St Zconomy "Prices ORR-SITTON LUMBER COMPANY Our specialty is Hous: Patterns and Rcug;h Lumber Depot Street Ffaone 42 Brevard. N. C. Bread 8c Loaf Wc have cut fhc cost of living and are selling our BREAD at Sets a loaf. All other bakery goods in proportion. Our bread is guaranteed to weigh as much as the Imported stuff> has more shortening, yeast, etc. Support your local in dustries. Philip’s Bakery yVAH&i AND elEWELRV REPAIi TOE-PRINTS -ifjii Oop^rlcht br Th« WhMl«r Bmdloat*,. rm not taking any chances, Jen! I know that house like I know' tbe inside of tbis room. What do you suppose 1 got that Job as furnace man for? You don’t think I like the work, do^youT Just ten min- utes—that's all I’U need. The safe’s over in one comer of the bedroom, and the combination’s one I could work in my sleep—one of those old-fashioned affairs where yon can hear the t&m- biers drop clear across the room. “Besides,” continued the man known to his accomplices as'“Lefty Joe,” and to the police as one' of the cleverest secQSid'S|ory men in the business, “this’ll' be the last Job HI, tackle. I promise you that We’ll sink the stuff down, at Uncle Abie’s and make a get away before the bulls know the place has been cleaned out.” “It sounds all right,” admitted the girl to whom the burglar was speak ing, “but I’ve got a hunch that there’s a slip-up somewhere. You’ll be cave ful to wear thi CITY PRESSING CLUB J.E. WATERS, Prop. Gleaming Pressing Dyeing All work turned out pro.iiptly. Matn Street Brevard ! LEO. L. WINCHESTER JEWELER P. O. Box 44^ Rosman, N. C. strokes of a camel’s hale brush, to eliminate the surplus powder, and he photographed the smudge with a pocket camera which he invariably car ried with him. “This is an expert’s job,” he an nounced as he arose. “Round up every secoad-story man in town, and give or ders that no one’s to leave the city without my permission—anyone with a record, I mean.” One by one, as they w^ere brought into headquarters, the suspected men were put through a strange ordeal. After remoying their shoes and socks, prints of their toes were taken, pre cisely as their finger prints had pre viously been recorded. It took the in spector less than five seconds to order the release of each man, until he ex amined the prints of the sixteenth pris oner. “Bring him in!” he ordered. Then, as Lefty Joe faced him defiantly, Fau- rot inquired mildly, “Where’s the stuff you got from the Phipps’ place last night, Joe? Oh, it’s no use to /•egister innocence. We’ve got tlie goods on you this time. You wore rubber gloves, but you forgot that the human toe leaves a mark just as individual and distinct as the fingers. Your right sock had a hole in it last -night, so we found your visiting card on the floor of the hw:se shortly after you left.’’ “Dai^-iiation!” growled the prisoner, “W^liy didn’t I let Jennie finish her darning?" ; THE DEVONSHIRE DIAMONDS H Copyricht' by Th* WIiMlar VrndleaU^ liio. ’ AD Lady Alberta Devon not yield* ed to temptation at the last mo* ment and stepped out of her boudoir to secure her sister's opinion upon the effect of her latest Parisian creation it is quite possible that In spector John Sweeney of Scotland Yard would not have had the oppor tunity of proving his detective genius in a peculiarly striking manner. Lady Alberta was absent from her room ftr less than ten*minutes; but during that time occurred an event which, for several hours, threatened to disrupt several of the highest social clrcNH^ in England. It was the night of the Devon ball, held in the big old-fashioned h6use in the center of the Devon estate. As was only to be expected, the list of guests read like a section from Burke’s Peerage—a fact which made Inspector Sweeney’s work distinctly more diffi cult when the loss of the famous neck lace of Devonshire was reported to Scotland Yard. Early in the evening Lady Alberta had dismissed her maid w^ith the state ment that she would complete her toi lette herself, but, just as she was about to put on her necklace—an heirloom which liad greatly increased in value because of its historic connections— she. thought it w-ould be well to secure an unbiased opinion as to the effect of her gown, which had just arrived from Paris. When she returned from her sister’s room a few minutes later she reached for the necklace, only to discover that it had vanished! Positive that she had had it in her hands less than ten minutes before, she searched the room and then summoned her husband, wiuuu she told of the mysterious loss. • “There Is only one thing to do,” de- <^ared his lordship, after verifying his wife’s statement that the jew’els wer** missing, “and that Is to notify the po lice. Inspector Sweeney reached the Devon house shortly after midnight, while the ball was still in progress, and secured the meager details of the case directly fi*om her ladyship. “Did you notice any. one in the hall as you passed through on the way to your sister’s room?” Sweeney asked. “No one at all.” “How long has your maid been with you?” “Less than two months—^but she came well recommended.” Finally, in spite of protests, the op erative from Scot’and Yard gave or ders that no one was to leave the grounds of the Devon estate without his permission, and, as the ball formed part of a week’s festivities, it was pos sible to arrange this without mention ing the reason for the request to the guests. Armed with a list of those present, with their servants, Sweeney then repaired to Lady Devon’s boudoir to commence active investigations. His knowledge of London society was sufficient to inform him that at least three of the guests, despite their titles, might easily have been guilty of lifting the necklace if the opportunity had presented itself. “The question is,” mused Sweeney, “who could have known that Lady Devon would have been out of the room for just those few moments? She wasn’t summoned by any message and It would therefore appear that some one was hiding in tlie hope that an op portunity w’ould present Itself. That would seem to eliminate the guests— but not the servants.” Working along this line, Sweeney made a careful examination of the toilet articles on the dressing table w’here the diamonds had been placed. After a thorough scrutiny of the per fume bottles, pieces of silver and other articles which w’ere highly polished, the detective made his way downstairs and sent word to Lady Devon that he would like to speak to her for a mo ment. “Your ladyship,” he said, “will you kindly press the tips of your fingers lightly on this,” and he held out ^ne of the hand mirrors from the boudoir. “No,” he added, “I’m not suspecting you of making away with your own diamonds—I merely wish to discover w’hich finger-prints are yours.” “Then, a moment later, “Thank you. I thought as much.” “Now*,” he continued, “I want you to instruct your butler—w’hom I under stand has been with you for a number of years—to secure the prints of all the servants under your roof. Tell him to make any excuse for it that he wants to, but I must secure a complete collectifoh. Kindly have them sent to mj* room the first thing in the morning. Meanwhile, don’t worry. If my in structions are rigidly carried out, your necklace should be discovered befor^ nine o'clock.” But Sweeney underestimated by some two hours. It was eleven o’clock on the follow’ing morning before he re ceived the complete set of finger prints, and ten minutes later a pair of handcuffs was dangling from the wrists of William Sinclair, valet of one of the titled guests, and, as it afterwards de veloped, a man with a lengthy prison record. The necklace w’as discovered stowed away in the false bottom of Sinclair’s trunk. As Sweeney started back toward 'London with his prisoner he ca-atiouer him io oe more careful in the future not to attempt a theft ualess he wore* Klovea That moniiiiir laaten^ln**^ those diarp piini when banding or lifting, maka wock a bordan and rast impoi- •ibla. Don’t be handieaKMd by a bad baek—loojc to your Udneyi. Yea | wiU make no mistake by following' this Qrevird resident's eiumple. I Mrsr J. A. Galloway, Whitdiire St.,' says a **Kidney trouble came over me' a few yean ago. The first symptom I I noticed was a dull ache my back' that made me feel miserable. When | I was stooping or lifting it was al most impossible to straighten because of the pain in my back. Mornings I was tired and lame and sore. My head ached a good deal, I got dizzy and black specks often came before my eyes. My kidneys didn’t act properly either. Hearing of Doan’s Kidney Pills I began taking them and soon I felt like a different per son. I gladly give this endorse ment.” 60c at all dealers. Foster-Milbum Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y. THE liEIRS OF W. A. PAXTON WILL TAKE NOTICE I purchased two hundred acres of land at a public sale for taxes listed in the name of W. A. Paxton heirs on the first Monday in May 1921j said land was sold for taxes assessed for the year 1920, said land lying in Dunns Rock township, Transylvania county, adjoining tV.e lands of Felix Rabb et al. and r.corded in book— at page — of the deed records of Transylvania county. The said heirs of W. A. Paxton will further take notice that the time of redemption will expire on the first Monday in May 1922 and that after said period of redemption expires the undersigned will apply to the Ex- Shereff of Transylvania county for deed for the same. Thi& the 5th. day of Jan., 1922. S. C. Batson Jan. 14,28-Feb. 4 Received on the 5th. day of Jan., 1922. Due search made and none of the heirs of W. A. Paxton is to be found in my county. This the 11th. day of Jan. 1922. W. E. Shipman, Sherifi of Transyl- vana county. SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM MARDI GRAS NewC Orleans and Mobile "Excursion Fares Account of the above occa sions, the Southern Railway System will [sell round trip tickets to New Orleans and Mobile, respectively: DATES OF SALE: BEebruary 25th to 28th, inclt - sive, with final return limit to reach a starting point before midnight March 7th« By de posit of ticket with Agents and upon payment of $K00 on or before ]\^rch 7th, final limit will be extended to March 22d« V Fare ^ for the round trip will be on basis of one and one- half the regular one-way fare: Fare Brevard to New Orleans and return $40.41. Fare Asheville to Mobile and return' $32.85. For Pullman accommoda tions and additional informa tion as to schedules apply to your local agent, or write the undersigned: J. WOOD Division Passenger Agent 42 Haywood Street Asheville^ N, C. ■ jgr-TOHii'- ttid aBttieiilr ftfim tN appointed aa aatii br flie Clerk j»f Supewior Court TnuMorlvaiiia eonnty/N. Cl, in » ^pe^^ dal proceeding pen^ng in- said ctnaH before said Clerk entitied: Ethel G. MeMinn 'et al. Admr^ of J. W> Mclfinn estate vs. Ethel G. McMinn^ widow, and EUiel G. Mc- Minn, gaordian, I sell to the hii^kept bidder on Monday March 6, 1922, at 12 o’clock M. on the terms hereinafter stated, the following de scribed lands siatuate in the town of Brevard, N. C., and bounded and de scribed as follows: ' FIRST LOT: Lying on the east side of South Caldwell street and known as the residence lot of J. W. McMinn, deceased: Beginning on a stake on the east margin of said street, and on the north margin of Morgan street where said margins of said street intersect^ and runs from thence with the North margfin of ' said Morgan street, south 64 degrees east 170 feet to a stake; then north 26 degrees east 132 feet to a stake in the Cooke line; then with the Cooke line and the G. C. Kilpatrick line north 64 degrees west 170 feet to a stake on the east margin of Caldwell street; then with the said margin of said street, south 26 degrees west, 132 feet to the be ginning. SECOND LOT: Lying on the west side of South Caldwell street, adjoining the. Mrs. M. P. Bra- die lot, formerly the Cooke lot, Mull and others: Beginning on a stake on the west side of South Caldwell street, a comer of the . lot on which the Cooke-Brodie cottage is located, and runs with the line of said lot, north 61 1-4 degrees west 200 feet to a stake; then south 28 3-4 degrees’ west 62 feet to a stake; then with the Whitmire-Mull line, south 56 degrees east, 201 feet to a stake on west margin of South Caldwell street; then with said margin of said street, north 28 3-4 degrees east 80 feet to the beginning. THIRD LOT: Lying between Poor street alley and Apple-Tree street, and on the east side of a 10 foot ley that runs from one of said strce' to the Other: Beginning on a stone on the north margin of Poor street where the east margin of said 10 foot alley intersects the same, and runs with the east margin of said alley north 37 degrees 40 minutes east 112 feet to a stake; then south 74 degrees east 201 feet to a stake in the S. A. England line; then with the England line, a southwest coursc 67 feet, more or less, to a stake in the north margin of Poor street; then with the north margin of Poor street, north 62 degrees west 214 feet to the beginning, being lot 13 of the N. McMinn sub-division. FOURTH LOT: Adjoining ‘THIRD LOT' above edescribed: Beginning on a stake in the east margin of the 10 foot alley, above mentioned, a cor ner lot No. 3 above described, and runs with the east margin of said alley north 37/ degrees 40 minutes east 70 feet to a stake, a comer of Lot No. 15 of the N. McMinn sub division; then with the line of Lot No. 15, south 74 degrees east 194 feet to a stake in the S. A. England line of the J. P. Aiken lot; then with said England line, south 37 degrees 40 minutes west 70 feet to a stake, a corner of the “THIRD LOT” above described; then with the line of said lot, north 74 degrees west 210 feet to the beginning. Only a half undivided interest in this last lot is offered for sale. FIFTH LOT: Lying in the tov,*:i of Brevard, N. C., on the North side r-' Whitmire st., and on east side of 7 ' . Surprise road: Beginning on a s'.’ • in the ast side of the road leadhij from Whitmire street to Mt. Surprise being a comer of Lot No. 5 of the J. M. Grant sub-division, and runs with the line of Lot No. 5, south 73 degrees east 101 feet to a stake in the Cooper line; then with the Coop er line, north 2 degrees east 96 feet to a stake; then north 73 degrees west 101 feet to a stake in the east margin of the road leading to Mount Surprise; then with the east mai^n of said road, south 2 degrees west 96 feet to the beginning. Only a one fourth undivided in terest in this last named lot is offer ed for sale. Note: “FIRST LOT” above describ ed, knovim as the J. W. McMinn re sidence lot, will be sold subject to the right of power of Ethel G. Mc Minn, widow, in said property, and also subject to the home-stead rights of Ethel G. McMinn, widow, and of the minor children of J. W. McMinn, deceased. Terms of sale will be one half cash on day of sale, remainder in three and six months, defened paymenfr^ to draw interest, purchaser has o;v ti