TWO liwsorwoiF^ BRIEFLY TOLD Outstanding Happenings of We el Gathered from Everywhere Condensed for the Busy Reader Washington, Feb. 11.?J. Q Merrick was reappointed yesterdaj as prohibition administrator fur the district including Virginia. North Carolina and South Carolina. >- L. Osten at the same time was named deputy admi nistrator for the middle North Carolina district James Eugene Rankin, prominew banker, several tluies mayor of Ashe viUe and chairman of the board oi county commissioners of Buncombe died at his home in Ashevtue Sun day morning. Mr. Rankin \va.- $2 years old and for more than half j ronton had been one of the out -tanding figures in Asheville anr western North Carolina"Rkleigh. Feb? 1 eigh t-yeai :ento7iees on the New Hanover county roads hanging over Thomas E. 'ooper. former Wi-mington bankei who was convicted of violation of .In- state habiting laws, tonight '.yen aim muted to 14 month:- by Goveinoi McLean The governor announcer that the commutation wouid result ir. Cooper leaving- the ? haiugang on February 20. which vvjil be Mondav week. The governor said the oommutation of Cooper means that the former hanker will net have to leave the state. Raleigh, Feb. 12. Apptfmtmenl of James A. Hartness. now clerk oi the superior court ox lrc-deil county; late tonight was announced as thi new secretary oi* state by Govern*}) Mcl.?.an gollowihg: several eoni'er :nee> h-s had with dv.egations wlu hiri> * o appoint i umt rous men At .tlsv an.;- rime Governor Mel-enr announced that State Senator Pat :l. \Yillianis of If.lizabeth Oil* ha< been appi>iiite(l assistant director oJ rhb state budget commission, an of fice newly created by the legisla *.ure which has noi been filled. London, Feb. I "J.--The total ip deaths caused by the gules whi'-r have swept western Europe and th< north Aliantic dining the' past few days vml{;proh?iMy be ;yst fa? shov >jf 50 when the Tall destruction is knowr. i; was bfeliewd hoie tonight Already 25 deaths were reported ii Scandinavia and nine in Great Brit iin, with .'vci ideiiVs to shipping jusi becoming known. Great propertj iois accompanied lift gales on laud Not only were houses blowr. dowr and roofs, carried away, hut ilte tor rertta) rainfall wihrh arctiRipaiiie? the high winds in iht. Bgilish Isle; ist used fresh floods. High Point, Feb. 12.?A gun battie winch re-ulted in the wounding of the chief of police, ore patrolman and a private citiv.cn, took place directly in front of the municipal building hue this afternoon. While none of ifce trio was seriously wounded, the c-xehangc of bullets lasted for several seconds and the men shot at clu.s* range. The wounded are U. L. Gibson, chief of police; L. U. Robbim\ patrolman, and Thorinah Devinncy, harbor. The battle started \vhen Devinney, who had been arrested for an alleged violation of the prohibition law, was told by J. J. Garland, who had gone his bond for $500, that after some consideration, he had decided to get off his bond, and turn him over to the police. Whereupon De.vinney drew his gun and began shooting. The first two bullets v ere directed at Garland. The next two at Chief Gibson and the next at Robbins. Fort Myers, Fla., Feb. 11-?Thos. A. Edison celebrated his eighty-first birthday at his winter home here today by eating straw berries for luncheon, a delicacy not often allowed him by his wife, participating for the first Lime in a public observance of the day and granting his annual interview to newspapermen. The crest of the birthday observance was reached in the afternoon at the Municipal Recreation park, where. 4,000 school children staged a community festival in his honor. There Mr. Edison cut a hugs birthday cake. lighted by 81 electric candles, and distributed pieces among the children and scores of adult friends who came to pay him homage. In the interview, which was held on the lawn of his home on the Calosahatchee river, the inventor talked 01 many things while cameramen ground away to record the pictures of newspapers and news reels, but he was reticent on his experiments with rubber producing vines here. W?shiri0"tr.Tv UVh i I?(~\Ue>ort%A bv an unqualified endorsement fr'wn John D. Rockefeller. Jr., the sev. : Teapot Dome committee decided today to back track to Will H. Hays, former chairman of the Republican national committee, in an effort to pick up a trail it may have missed. Its search still is confined for the moment to movements of $3,080,000 in Liberty bonds which represent'the profits of the Continental Trading Company of Canada from an oil transaction in this country that is the center of the Fall-Sinclair conspiracy case. Rockefeller, as a witness today, was unable to throw any light upon the aspect of the case, hut at the conclusion of his testimony the committee was informed by its own agents that certain of the SSSlSlnffismSn */' 1 missxng: Continental bonds hail been 1 used to pay off debts of the Republican national committee after the i Harding campaign of 11*20. The decision to invite Havs to appear was < pursuant- to the obtaining: of that in- 3 formation. In a telegram to .Sena- ' tor Nye. however. Mr. Days denied s knowledge of the existence of the i Continental 'Leading Company. London, Feb. a?New -worlds were? ' opened up early this morning when \ faces were flashed across the sea by television in a way which was never foresee?,- even by -Jules Verne in all ( his fanciful imagination. For the I very first time the image of a woman was sent across despite the fact that- she left her position in ' t front of the transmitter n few sec_ ond> to glance in a wail mirror to ' I make certain her hair had not hecome mwsstfd in the excitement. . Dummy and men's faces had been ( j flashed across in previous tests but ] . never a woman. John. L. Raird. in. ventor of the televisor, explained he i had difficulty in finding a woman ' { willing1 to attempt to sit still for 20 | minuter, or Salt an ho in*. Hair* I him; self wa? the first to sit before the i transmitter.; Afterward \V. C. Fox ' , of the London Associated Press As- 1 ' sociation sat for halt an hour. Reports came back from the United Ftates that Fox was 'showing* up \Vell. Then the woman took her seat * in front of the seventeen glaring incandescent lamps of 200 candle 1 power each "I am terribly thrilled." she said. "The lamp's heat? , glare?nothing will bother me?1 ? am going through with it." A ' group of people in a darkened cellar in Harisdale, X. V\. outside New York, watched the man and woman in London turn the ir heads and turn their heads from side to side. . The images were crude, imperfect. broken, but they were images never. theless. Man's vision had spanned the ocean; trans-Atlantic television was ; demonstrated reality and one ; , more great dream of science was on r the way to eventual complete rea\ i/.atien. r| .Washington, Feb. hi.?The senat went on record today, 5G to 2<> -. in favor of the reitireiheht of. presi- , dents after their second terms." liy ; ( this vote the resolution of senator ^ La IVdletjce. Republican of Wisconsin. declaring this precedent estab- ; iblu'ii be Wosdvin** I ' . r< - i I :1: s had become "a part of ; Jour repubbvan system of i?ovoin. v;i? approved after days of ^ debute revolving about its rmpliea- , lion to President Coolidge. The sec, ond paragraph of the resolution commf:ttding '"the observance <>: this p^cedent,- by the president" was , , v. ii.Udmwn by Senator La Fulletie ! J after Senator Fess. Republican, of j Ohio, had moved to strike it out However. an attempt by Sonatoi Fess. to word the resolution to apply only to second *kcleetiyo,? term? , was overv/iVelmirigiy rejected, 7ii to $ '). This move which would obvious- ; ]y except President Coolidge from the scope of the resolution was sup- 1 ported only by Senators Bingham ' and McLean, [Connecticut;; Water ? man, Colorado, and Fejs and Willis, ! Ohio, Republicans. Administration 1 Republicans had contended that the ( ! paragraph reflected upon Mr. Coolidge. who, they contended might < still 'accept in good faith" the Re- t publican nomination. Some Democrats had assailed the paragraph as ? not excepting "in good faith" the s announcement of rhejpresident that r he did not choose to run. Senator c La FoUeUe, who said he proposed his i?uiuuu.i I'C cause. v.naries I). llil-l lis of grew York "er.d other powerful 0 factors ir< the party" were* seeking-1 c to draft the president, withdrew the I paragraph but, he said, "it was ap-j parent from statements by the ^ friends here that trie president has not foreclosed his r^n^mihatibn/' Irate Customer: "You can't fool me! Do you think I've bought groceries here for fifteen years for nothing?1' Grocer: "I shouldn't be at all surprised." A canoe is like a small boy?both j behove better when j?addled from j the rear. ! i MESHBERlSSaSB?? j | A SAFE PLACE | for your star-spangled dollars is right here in the strong vaults of our RELIABLE BANK where your savings ace earning interest. arid ;?1\a/?vcr of w??i- ? mand when you need them. Our surplus would have to go, our directors' fortunes follow, and our shares become worthless before a depositor's saved dollar could find the chili of disaster. Any safer, spot for your cash than our Bankj j doesn't exist. ' i Bank of Blowing Rock BLOWING ROCK, N. C. I fHEf WATA V i; A DEMOCRAT- K\ HINTS ON HATCHING AND BROODINC CHICKS ila'.eigui Feb. la.?-I'oulu-y gyb\v_-rs o.C No'tlt C:: roll -.::i sure now prcparing for hatfhinjr aw! brooding hi. soring chicks. To give tiniciv suggestions about; how this had last be done. C. T I'arrish. poultry extension specialist ;.i State Coliege r.as prepared a ten vc-udensed svur*es tool.- which will i.-e of interest to ill growers. In hatching he suggests: I. Select large well-formed egg.tba* are uniform in shape, sire and :olor. Select hatching- eggs often in toi the manufacturer's directions, Keen an eye on the temperaLuve. Ho not P't it vary. 11. A greater percent of the hatch depends on the operator rath i*r than on the machine, other things being equal. 12. Turn the eggs at least three times each day. beginning on the third day and ending on the morning :>i ibe 18 th day. 1 Candle the eggs on the 7 th and 3.4th days, using the infertile eggs for feed but- hoil for 24 ihjn utes before feeding to prevent the spread of bacilary white diar eh. a. In brooding. Mr. Punish suggests 1. Harden the chicks by baieh racking the door of the incubatoi before moving t<> the brooder. 2. Leave chicks in the incubatoi one day after hatch i.- over if p?>s siblel Have brooder : -tartcd one da\ previous to arrival of chicks. Clot it so regulated that the temperature under! the'canopy will be 100 degree; at six inches from the outside. 1 Dr? f.iiw! ..kw.bo ~.??K ?mot hc.fvio nO or 72 hours. I'm abdomen must iv flabby or soft. Ins tore feeding ot bud results will follow. Uo not crowd the chicks; 8S0 i enough for any brooder except thi hoi. water equipment. Sharp, coarse sand as gtit should he under the canopy but no: fine sand. Supply plenty of -our mill; in a . entainer where the chicks cannot ret wet. Do ant use a tin rcccptcle. S. Feed sparingly the first, week nit feed often?five times a day. 0 Leave mash before the chicks lf.tev the first week. 1(1. Reduce the temperature of he brooder as fast as the comfort :f the chicks will permit. 11. If the weather permits, get hieks out in the sunshine at the snd of the first week. ' 12. Green feed is just as intpcrrmi as any feed; so give it. from the tart. This must be finely chopped, fender clover, chick grass, rye, pals, rajs: or barley may he used. Id. Be clean; burn all dead hieks, ptn off the sick ones; leave ff a majority of the patent modi; lilies anil you v ill do well. N'giS: 'He plays a fair solf game, locsn't lie?" Tc-<1: "? es. if you watch him." One at Night ? Next day bright If ' TM_ I UllAtttt U Thousands of Satisfed users feel that Way about SbssS ORDFRI ;1F? I They work naturally and form no habit. Pleasant to take, easy in action, . safe- and sure. Good for children as well as adults. Boone Drug Co. The IfexaJtZ Store L BOONE, N. C. J* tanee/ Co upstairs fall yon see the sign K'.cd out/ Follow the corridor till you .w the sign 'Silence/ then yell tot him." )>est Man: "Wasn't it annoying the way that baby cried all during* thi ceremony?'* oi H- nor: "It was dreadful. When i aui married J shall have engraved on the invitations, "No babies expected/' ?R V THURSDAY?BOONR, K. C. : COL. LINDBURGH WILL CARRY OLD MAIL ROUTEj ; Col- Charles A. Lindbergh willi carry once more his old route for; J the L7. S. a.:- mail service, between J j St. Louis and Chicago, oil .February; j 20-21. :?:id the mail v.iil be specially 'stamped for th.? trip. j "'Where is the manager's offi'. v. " i ''Follow the passage until you !, come to the sign reading 'No admits I ~ ? - 7*?s*w3SSHI I ,j j iSr ] cXew 1 1 Reduced j t Prices! 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