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far as cash la. concerned. She hinted that she may sue the banker to force hlra
to support the four-year-old boy, Jay.
A third woman, Mrs. Joseph T. Talbert. widow of a Chicago-New Yof
banker, Is mentioned in the gossip. ' ' ''
Stlllman's friends make the retort courteous by saying that he "gave 'Flo'
a million," In one form or another, and that she and Joy are in no danger of
the poorhouse. 1
Gossip also had It that Mrs. Stlllman and Mrs. Leeds might get together
to do something or other to make Stlllman uncomfortable.
Gould Millions Cause Complications
A new portrait of Mrs. George J.
Gould, widow of the American finan
cier who died recently in France, is
given herewith. The first wife, Edith
Klngdon Gould, died suddenly on the
golf links in November, 1021. , The
following May he married Guinevere
Jeanne Sinclair at Lakewood, N. J.
Immediately afterward the couple
went to Europe to make their perma
nent home. j
Mr. Gould's seven children by his
Brst wife, Edith Klngdon Gould, were :
Klngdon Gould, Jay Gould n, Mar
Jorle Gould (Mrs. Anthony J. Drexel),
Vivtan Gould (Lady Decies), George
Gould, Edith Gould (Mrs. a L. Wain
wrlght) and Gloria Gould.
American gossip has It that high
society and high finance both probably
will be stirred by a bitter fight over
the estate left by George J. Gould.
Three children bora to Mr. Gould's
second wife, are expected to be the
focal point of the contest. A supplementary action meantime will be defended
by .the eexcutors of the deceased In the suit Involving George Jay Gould's ac
counting for the $80,000,000 estate of his father, the late Jay Gould.
European gossip fcas It George J. Gould may have been another "victim
of the curse of the Pharaohs." Gould end his second wife visited Tut-Ankh-Amen's
tomb when Lord Carnarvon was, engaged In opening It. Symptoms
similar to the strange malady which caused the death of Lord Carnarvon de
veloped in Gould. His lungs became affected and his Illness was diagnosed
as pneumonia.
Chief Collins of
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k ? ' Chief Collins has established an
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ling as a public hearing board unu ine reformers are haying an inning. They
propose the addition of a number of chaplains to the force ; a Juvenile depart
ment to watch over youngsters; the employment of radio to capture auto
thieves and other criminals; a card Index of criminals, and so on.
Husband of Krupp
a "h" ".' '.
'' The heavy prison sentences im
posed by the recent court-martial upon
Dr. Krupp von Bohlen (portrait here
with) and the other Krupp directors
tried for Instigating opposition td the
French at the Krupp plant at the time
of the shooting have been confirmed
by the court of revision. The con
victed men will be transferred to pris
ons ln France while their counsel ap-'
peals to the court of cassation.
I Dr. von BoMen, who married the
Krtipp heiress, was tried by a French
court-martial for conspiracy against
the public order and the security of
(be French forces of occupation. He
was sentenced to fifteen years' impris
onment at hard labor,
j Directors Bruhn, Hartwlg and
Oesterlen were given fifteen years
each. Four Other Krupp officials
Bchaeffer, Cuntc, Bauer and Schraep
ler who were accused of taking their
action from unoccupied territory, re
ceived additional sentences of five years each uevau&e 01 their absence, ln ad
dition to imprisonment, the court Imposed a fine of 100,000,000 marks roughly
$3,000 on the accused. V j
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uic ouiiiiioii vase
"Flo" Leeds, corespondent In the
James A. Stlllman divorce case, Is back
from a trip abroad. She was detained
at the "pier three hours by customs
Inspectors, because she could not
prove the $50,000 worth of Jewels In
her ' possession were bought In the
United States.
"I have come back rejuvenated
mentally, physically and spiritually.
I feel much better. I never did any
thing really very wrong. , The world
r 111 understand some day," she told
reporters. Mrs. Leeds traveled on
shipboard under the assumed name,
"Mrs. K. Lincoln," and few aboard
knew her Identity.
Coincident with her return there
is gossip In great variety Voneernln?
the celebrated divorce case. Mrs.
Leeds says Stlllman has deserted her
for a new lady friend; that he has
discontinued payments for the sup
Dort of her son; that she Is broke as
the Chicago Police
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Herewith is a good portrait of
Chicago's new chief of police, Mor
gan Collins. He has been In the force
for a generation and has a nation-wide
acquaintance with police authorities.
Just now Chief Collins Is a busy man
In. his effort to clamp down the lid and
clean up the city. The Chicago crime
commission's latest report says his ef
forts are being successful. There are
fewer burglaries, robberies and mur
ders and the percentage of penalties
inflicted In the criminal court has
risen. '
"The attitude of the public to
ward crime continues to become less
tolerant," said Henry Barrett Chamber
lln of the commission. "The activity
of the new police administration, Im
proving conditions as regards employ
ing agencies are the most Important
factors." : . ,
Heiress in Prison
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STRONG SERMON AT DAVIDSON
Prominent Louisville Minister Urges
Importance of Having
Faith.
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Charlot'eV-The baccalaureate ser
mon by Rev, J. M. Vandermulln, D.
D., president 1 of the Presbyterian
Semlnlary, of Louisville, Ky., and the
annual address before the Y. M. C.
A. by Dr. D. N. McLaughlin, pastor
of the First Presbytei.'an church, of
Norfolk, Va., were the1 outstanding
events of the first day's program o(
tbe 87th Davidson College commence
ment. '
! Dr. Vandermulln, speaking in the
mcrnlng particularly to the 81 grad
uates in the class of 1923, took as his
subject, "Whither," and spoke from
Hebrews, 11:8: "By Faith Abraham
Obeyed, Notl Knowing Whither He
Went"
' Dr. Vandermulln said man is placed
here to use his career for humanity's
sako. Woodrow Wilson debating in
the fcaMs of Davidson College that
t'lern were other callings in life of
equal importance with the ministry,
did not realize when he chose law and
v.rdaifnirv and finally nolltlcs as his
life's work that he was to formulate festivity were drawing to a close, sr
the oniy piau which could save tbe rnnSel by the king In order to Impress
civilized world, a plan which even In "P the people of his mighty empire
first tiefadl is showing its true worth. ; the of his greatness. The last
"We must tune our life to the di-' dy of tllls feat were murke1 wlth
vine plant." said the speaker. "Thedrunltn debauchery. In a drunken
same wind that drives one ship out :.' the king commanded Vnshtl to
to ea will keep another from leav fme before the people to display her
... .. on.- i. t ,.t. bemity. Vashtl showed her inde-
lng of tbe sail.
Strawberries Rotting In Fields.
Whlteville. Despite the fact that
many berry growers made small for-
tnucs out of their crop this year it1
seems a crying shame to see thous-
ands and thousands of crates of the
finest berries rotting on the plant
liom overrlpeness the glutted market
having made It unprofitable to pick
tbem while in concition. After the
regular markets c ORed down many
growers continued to pick and ship
by express. The returns after co il
of picking crating and expressing had
been met were too small to Justify
the time taken from other crops and
car load after Car load of fine ber-
ries have simply ripened and rotted
on the plants.
The Columbus county town which
establishes a canning factory will be
performing a distinct service to tK-
growers in its territory. It wjjl en-
able those growers to harvest and
market at a profitable thousands ol
dollars worth of berries which und.
present conditions go to waste each
year when the northern markets b.,
comi glutted.
sackcloth and ashes and cried to God.
Secretary of War to Improve Bragg. 2 Mordecal's Charge to Esther (4:4
Fayetteville A special dispatch to 141 He cnt to Esther a cony of the
the Fayetteville Observer from Wash-
ington says Secretary of War Weeks
plans to go before Congress in the
fall with a request for an appropria-
tion of several million dollars for the
improvement of camps throughout
the country.
One of the principal alms of the
requested appropriation the , plspatch
says is to provide funds for the erec-
tions of permanent buildings at Fort
Bragg located Just outside this city,
It Is said two million dollars will be
asked -for this purpose.
At Fort Bragg headquarters it was
said that no information had been re-
ceived regarding the project outlined
in the dispatch to the Observer.
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Fort Bragg 8oldler Found Dead.
Fayetteville. Natural causes was
the cause of the death of First Class
Private Horace K. Neal of Battery
C, 17th Field Artillery, who was found
dead on his cot ln the regimental bar-
racks at Fort Bragg, according to the
re'.ort of a military board of lnvestl-
gating made public. The report fol-
lowed an autopsy on the body of the
dead man. There was no evidences
of violence or of unnatural causes of
any kind, the investigators stated.
Neal's home is at Henrietta, N. C,
where his father, Edgar Neal, resides,
The body was sent to Ellenbor), this
state for burial.
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Merchants to Hold Meeting.
Statesville. Additional speakers
for the 21st annual convention of the
North Carolina Merchants' Associa
tion, to be held in Statesville June
13-zi, announcea in a Duueuu issueu that hpr people be gaved In nlg wratn
by State Secretary Paul Leonard, in- thfi k,ng ordered Haman hanged on
elude Mr. Bertram RelnU, of Nnw,tl)e uo.g whch had been prepared
York, editor of the merlcan Cloak and m Jorecai
Suit Review, "the garment trade au- The Counter Decree Issued (8 :5
thority" and known throughout the U) orlgmai decree could not be
mercantile world as a business v.rit- reversedt s0 counter decree was Is
er and speaker, and J. P. .D. Withro gued wn',ch enabled the . Jews to de
of Hollls, president of the Appi'acV ten6 themselves. This was dispatched
lan Merchants' association of Knox- t0 tne furthest parts of the kingdom,
ville. Tenn., who has been so sucues:- At the appointed tlma there was great
ful in i e . peration of rural or Bia,lghter and the Jews were saved,
country store that his fame jj grunted relief and the Feast of
spread beyond his home community.. purim was instituted as a memorial
' 1 of their deliverance.
Four Stills n a Single Round Up. ; '
Near midnight on the. Suggs farm,
ln Gardners Township ,as Sheriff O .
A. Grover and posse were rounding
up a bunch of negro moonshiners they
were fired on by one of the distillers
seven times from an automatis pisto:
The fire was returned by the officers
and Fred Smith and Lee Far tier were
arrested while several escap.fl.
Four stills were captured, three
were in operation and oni was ready
to start, and about five hundred gnl
lor.8 of beer and a quantity of sugar
wa tix en.
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Lesson T
(Br REV, p. B. FITZWATER. D. D.,
Teacher of English Bible In the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago.)
Cepyrlcbl, mil, Wastera Newspaper Unloa.
LESSON FOR JUNE 17
ESTHER, THE PATRIOT QUEEN
LESSON TEXT Esther 4:1I-5:J.
GOLDEN TEXT "Who knoweth
whether thou art come to the kingdom
for (urn a time aa this?" Either 4:14.
, PRIMARY TOPIC Either, the Brave
Queen.
JUNIOR TOPIC What Esther Did for
Her People,
INTERMEDIATE AND 8ENIOR TOP
IC Esther's Heroism.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
A study of Patriotism.
I. Esther Made Queen (Chapters 1,
2)-
" This drntna took place In the Per
sian court, where Ahasuerus (Xerxes)
t upon Ms throne, surrounded by his
prince and servants. Six months of
pendence by refusing to obey. She
was Instuntly deposed. In providing a
queen to take her place, the most benu-
tlful maidens In the empire were
brought together from whom the king
might make a selection. The choice
fell upon F.Rther, a maid of the Jewish
captivity. The king did not know that
she was a Jewess', but God knew, and
ne put her there for a purpose,
. Haitian's Plot Against the Jews
(Chapter 3).
. xiie Occasion of (w. 1-6). For
some reason Hamnn was given chief
place over the princes. Though all
bowed before him. Mordecal, Esther's
cousin, stoutly refused to do so.
2. Its Nature (vv. 7-15). Haman
desired to lay hands upon Mordecal for
his Insubordination, but hesitated. In-
stead of such drnstlc action he laid a
plot to destroy all the Jews, and there-
by take veugeance on Mordecal. who
he learned was a Jew. He made the
'"8 Relieve that the Jews re an un-
Profitable people and Induced him to
oer their annihilation, promising to
bring Into the royal treasury an enor-
mous "m of money-
ill. naman s not r-ouea ii:i-o:hi,
1. Fasting Among the Jews (4:1-8).
When Mordecal and his people per
ceived all tjjat was done they put on
decree an(j charged her to go before
tne kingand make supplication for her
people. Esther pointed out the difflcul-
tlea ln tne way. possible death await-
eo ner Bnouid her uninvited presence
not meet the approval of the king,
8. Esther's Daring Adventure (4:16-
8:2). Mordecal pointed out to her that
her own life was endangered. She
might meet death by venturing Into
the king's presence. She would surely
meet death were Hainan's plot not
foiled. When thns brought face to
face with ; duty, the heroism which so
frequently has characterised her race
moved her to undertake the hazardous
to and W'.."":
After three dflys of fasting and prayer
she put on her royal apparel nnd stood
In the king's court, winning his np-
provnl.
4 Esther Pleading for Her People
(5:3.7:6). Esther knew that nn easy
way to the heart of the king was
through his stomach, so she Invited
nrn and Haman to a banquet. She
proposed a second banquet, at wIiIcIl
8he planned to moke her request
known. During the interval some
strange things took place. A gallows
was built upon which to hnng Morde-
cai, at the heartless suggestion of Hu-
man's wife. And the king, during a
sleepless night, was moved to search
the court records, where he found tlint
Mordecal had not been rewarded for
saving his life. So, in order to ex-
press his appreciation for this act of
heroism on the part of Mordecal, ne
gave orders obliging Haman to do hon
or to th one he was preparing to
bang. At the second banquet Esther
pointed out Hainan's wicked plot to
m the Jewg and asfeed of the kIng
God's Plow.
The frost is God's plow, which He
drives through every Inch of ground
m the world, opening each clod, and
pulverizing the whola. Fuller. ,
Brink of a Precipice.
Every lie, great or small, is the
brink of a preciplc. the depth of
Which nothing but Omniscience can
fathom. a Reade.
. ' Curtei Like Chickens. .
Curses are like young chickens, and
still come home to rcost. Bulwer.
ccold mm eat mira until ke iked
KE10HI0RS FOUND IT A WONDERFUL MEDICIM
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SOLD SO YEARS A FINE GENERAL TONIC
If m mU br nm amsslrt. WtolmnltbCtaeikil Co., LlriU4, If,
Much Soil Unsurveyed.
Slightly more than one-third of the
United States litis, been surveyed by
the bureau of soils of the United
States Department of Agriculture. A
little more tlinn half of this urea has
been coveret' by dctnlli'd surveys
Showing the extent nnd distribution
of the various sollx by types; tile rent
has been covered by reconnulfcAince
mnps showing the soils ln larger
groups. There are In some of the
western states large areas of moun
tainous lands and deserts, where there
Is no immediate prospect of Irrigation,
or of grazing, and for which there will
likely be no need of soil surveys.
Says Teethina
Saved Her Baby
From the Grave
"I actually believe Teethina saved
my baby from the grave, for she was
the sickest little thing you ever saw
for six weeks," writes Mrs. B. W.
Wauible, Route 4, Elba, Ala. "She
had the best treatment we could give
her, but seemed to get worse instead
of better. When we stopped every
thing else and gave her Teethina she
got better right away, and now she
Is a laughing, playful little darling
and eats anything."
If Mrs. Wamble had given her little
one Teethina nt the first sign of
trouble she would have been saved
many anxious hours.
Teethina Is sold by leading drug
gists or send 30c to the Moffett Lab
oratories, Columbus, Ga., and receive
a full size package and a free copy
of Moffett's Illustrated Baby Book.
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The Real Reason.
Her husband Is suing for a divorce.
"What is the trouble?" asked a
neigbhor.
"Oh," replied the unhappy woman,
"after you've lived for thirty years
with a man, raised four children,
looked after them in sickness and ln
health, taken care of the house and
cooked three meals a day for him, It's
pretty hard to compete with the charms
of a young flapper who has never even
dipped her hands in dish water." .
Many a man who Joins In the anvil
chorus would be ashamed to play sec
ond fiddle. -
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not only by the actors, but by every
body else. Life. ,
CORNS
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Tour druggist sells a tiny bottle of
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to remove every hard corn, soft corn,
or corn tetweenthe toes, and the cal
luses, without soreness or irritation.
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