tMOON AND STARS AND THE SUI\ CUTTING D1D0S ALL THIS JUNL By ISRAEL KLEIN (Science Editor, NEA Service) Jurns will be an auspicious month for science mid sueprstition. The hUn was darkened, the moon obliterated and a great ball of fire, with an enormous tail appeared to threaten us in the sky. Years ago special prayers went up, people shut themselves in and others even committed suicide under the awesome spell of any of these eyents. Now, we prepare differently for these as great spectacles of scientific significance The darkening of the sun and ob literation of the moon are eclipses of the great bodies in space, and the great ball of fire we know now as a comet. The first event of the three to oc cur this month was the eclipse of the sun and moon, completely shut ting off direct sunlight from our sat ?-llit?. This occurred in the night of June 14-15, and was seen all over the western hemisphere. First the moon cut through the varlh and slowly crossed into the umbra or dark shadow, which it reached at 1 :43 a. m. eastern time, June 15. For the next hour and a half the moon's eclipse increased until it was totally eclipsed at 3:14. This totality lasted 21 minutes, after which the moon moved slow ly out of the earth's shadow, only to be obstructed from our view by the coming of dawn. Contt Come* Next A week later the day becomes the longest of the year, with the begin ning of summer, at 5 :22 on the morning of June 22. Almost at the same time, if we happen to be up and point a weak lensed telescope toward the rising sun, we may be able to detect a stranger in the sky, coming toward us. It js the Pons-Winnecke comet, discovered in 1819 by a doorkeeper at the observatory at Marseilles- and since then noticed every six years. "~C<5HTGts are a strange lot of heav KODAK'S -- FILMS Kodaks?Finishing FOXMAN JEWELRY CO. THE DEPENDABLE STORE only bodies, each u collection of fiery !'i?ti*or.s ami dust particles grouped ; together by .^ome sort of electric at iiicrfon and whirling around the I sun at an enormous speed and over j a huge eclipse, or flat circle. Some | f ill jm have tails of thin gas, so | thin that we on earth don't feel j their presence, even when we might V passing right through them. The ..Pons-Winnecke comet is ap proaching us at the rate of 24 miles a second, faster than the earth is) traveling, and on June 2(5 it will , come nearest to us? a distance of I 3, 600, 000 miles. If we stay up until 3 in the morn ?tig of Tune 26 .eastern time, we may | ? 'Jer. Frinsfajjcp rf . ortvcer; Urea . W&y \^ihoy ' ?*\t ^ l0?, V?uffe? f~\ / it This tatmmen* U bn??i on /aMk VT? picked at "tiIbi l&OO mo*arit*M mho wire Wiriiy ftUchelin tire* "rr-f(rt 0*k'er mak?M. 84% taitl MUJmUnm priwinl rtwiwlw MMar. ' . * No matter what other makes of tire you are using we promise you more mileage if you will buy Micheliu Tires Brevard Tire Service ning, hard fought scrap i> to '? Christ School lust to Brevard at , Brevard 3 to 2, but avenged 1 1 ? i I defeat on tlio home field by swamp | ing the Brevardites 12 to 8. After licking Hendersonville 14 to 2 on 'the home diamond, the Warriors journeyed over to Hendersonville and lost the last (fame of the season in n hard fought struggle 4 to 0. T!u;s? three teams were the only one-1 that the selfish Arden boys di vided the candy with, the rest of the opposing teams were defeated in due order. Following are som-j of the teams that wer? defeated : Farm School, Asheville School, Lee School, Ashe ville High School, Brevard High school, Weaver College, Henderson ville High School, Fairview and iJilt moro High. HIGHLANDS NOW IN MIDST OF ACTIVITY I "Bobby" Jonei' Father and A??oci Buy Big Boundary for Select Coif Center (A s)icviUe Titni% June it) First steps i|i ths development i>f a polf club project which is expect- i ed eventually to represent mi in vestment of more than $600,000 will start at Highlands, Macon county, within two weeeks, according to an nouncement in Asheville Thursday by Henry 0. Robertson of Franklin, one of the attorneys for the under taking. Mr. Robertson returned Wednesday from Atlanta, where he had conferred with some of the larger investors. Further plans for the project are to be formulated at a conference to be held at Highlands next Saturday, he said. One of the principal investors in the project, as had been announced, will be Kobert T. Jones, Sr., of At lanta, father of the famous Bobby. The young golf star is taking no fi nancial interest in the project lest it jeopardize his standing as an am ateur, Mr. Robertson explained. Hudson Promotes Project The chief promoter of the pro posed club is Scott Hudson, capital ist and sportsman of Atlanta, ac cording to Mr. Robertson. Mr. Hud son has arranged for capital to be supplied by Atlanta, Chicago, and Texas iuterests, the attorney con- j tir.ued. Among the other principal I investors will be Samuel N. Evans of Atlanta, a law partner of the elder Jones, and A. Franklin Pugh of New Orleans and Dallas. I Launching of the project involves a total expenditure of $200,000 this year, Mr. Robertson said. Most of this sum will be spent in the pur chase of lands and in other prelim inaries. Transfers of lands valued at more thlin $60,000 already have . been completed, he said. Lands of equal value are to be transferred to ! the corporation as soon as the papers | can b"i drawn, he added. j AfU-r the expenditure of -$200,000 | this year, the club expects to spend $150,000 a year for three years in completing the project, according to I Mr. Robertson. Complete plans for the clubhouse have not been drawn. To Incorporate The project is to be incorporated i next week with an initial capitaliza-. 1 tion of $200,000, Mr. Robertson said. 1 This full amount "will be paid in as < soon as the incorporation has been ( completed and as the project devel ops the capitalization will be in- . creased, he said. The original incor- j rorators will be Mr. Robertson, J. G. j Pearson and Miss Albertina Staub, : the latter two of Highlands. The j name of the club will not be made public until the time of incorpora tion, Mr. Robertson said, lest an- , other organization take it. Donald Ross of Pinehurst and At lanta .noted expert in the construc- | ?ion of golf courses, already has been -n-'aged to direct the Highlands pro ject, Mr. Robertson announced. On Highway No. 28 The course will be one of the most Ix-autiful in the United States, it was said, and portions of it will have in altitude of 4,000 feet. As soon as the paving of state highway No. 28 lias been completed the club situated one mile west of Highlands, will be easily accessible to Atlanta, Ashe vili?, and Walhalla, S. C. This state highway has been surfaced already from Brevard to Toxaway and most of the remainder of the route to , Highlands has been graded. On the other side of Highlands approx.mate lv twelve of the twenty miles of the , highway toward Franklin has been ^ ^TTuf'club will be open to non- 1 membors, Mr. Robertson said. Forty commercial poultry grow pro in Transylvania county find six . different reasons for the high mor tality of baby chicks in the county this spring. In order of importance th? causes are stuffy houses and ov erheat, feeding too early, lack o sunshine, minerals and ??? *. in sanitary conditions "J'^first feed sires. ? ??rh of thc "rst lee<1. T. G. MOODY Engineering and Land Surveying Office: P. 0. BIdg. Phone 258 LEONA ALLEN YOUNG Optometrist To my friends and former patients: After working 18 years with W. II. Hawkins & Son and since 1913 had entire charge of Optical department, have opened up in business for myself at following address: 145 Fourth Ave. W. Opposite PostofAce Hendertonville, N. C. Phone 189 5 KM I -ST AK VAT I ON FASHIONABLE SUICIDE ?tyod Health Bulletin) Fashion .has declared that woman ust bo ifl-ixlor so an epidemic of fasting or semi-starvation is rapidly spreading anions society women. The mortality table* will soon begin to show the remit. Women are nautrally plumper than men, their bodies are rounder, and they have a larger proportion of adipose tissue. After forty, wo men naturally increase somewhat in weight. It is alwuys dangerous . to attempt to thwart the purposes of Nature. For a woman naturally in- 1 clined to plumpness the semi-starva tion necessary to keep herself slen- 1 def lowers her vital resistance and opens the way for tuberculosis and other infectious diseases. Besides , such as unphysiologio course lessens endurance, fitness and efficiency. Food is fuel, and a reduction of the intake of food below the actual re quirements of the body so that the body itself must be consumed in or der to meet current demands is a damaging procedure which can only result in injury. The warnings which of late years have been issued against over-fat ness refer only to the excessive fat ness which comes from overeating or excessive indulgence in candies and other sweets. The semi-fasting to which many women are subjecting themselves is simply slow suicide. They are simply opening the way for chronic disease and early break down and are certainly shortening their lives. A German physician has recently called attention to the fact that by this abnormal reduction of weight the abdominal organs lose their normal support and the kidneys and other organs may become loos ened from their anchorage. The weakened abdominal muscles allow an excessive accumulation of blootl in the abdomen. This withdraws blood from the brain and other parts requiring a full blood supply. Such persons soon discover that they quickly become weary when on their feet. They feel well enough when lying down, but when on their feet they quickly become exhausted be cause of the excessive accumulation of blood in the abdominal cavity. , GAS ECONOMIES INCREASE CONSUMPTION The gas industry has shown a gain in sales of 130 per cent during the past decade, with the year 1926 the best in .its history. The big increase in consumption has been in the in- 1 dustrial field, although household use has shown a steady growth. j Increased heating efficiency plus the elimination of smoke, ashes and labor are fundamental reasons for the astonishing increase in gas use in home and factory. ; A fai'mer serving as a witness in court recently could not answer the ; question, "What is a farmer?" This! man says he would like for someone' to give him the correct answer. ' CHRIST SCHOOL TEAM'S RECORD The Christ School nine, under the ' leadership of Catch Kayssoux, romp- , ed through a successful season, . failing only twice ou? of many at-' tempts, to "Uring Jiome the bacon," Only one game was lost on thv home ground. I.udy Luck ret'usod to sr.iiU" op The Warriors that day, so Weaver College, the invading team, [??a fried off the honors to the tune of 12 to 55. 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