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TWO news of woiin briefly told! Outstanding Happenings of Week, Gathered from Everywhere, Can* densed for the JBusy Reader, General Albert T. Goodwin of I Elmore, Ala? Has been elected as! commaiifixiv-iTi-chi^f of tlip United J Confederate Veteran.-". who recently! closed their reunion :n Little Rock. Ark. Ten men. members of a fishing! party <>i euiyen, were oeuevetl to have 'drowned Sunday afternoon; when their motoi boat filled and! sank in 00 feet of water in Moose-! head lake, near Rockwood. Main-". Prominent business and professional men of Brocton wei- ariioni; the party. Tsinar (via Tsing&io). May l;i.? The latest estimates of the casual-1 ties suffered by the Japanese and j Chinese since the fi&hting broke oat on May i. places the total at irore than 2.250. The Japano-e author;-; ties have announced tha; 11 Japanese I soldiers were killed act! 1SS* wounded. The Chinese estimate that 2,000 j of their countrymen had been, killed, j Kansas City. May 14.-?Members; of the Methodist Episcopal church j were urged to support newspapers i which deal fairly with prohibition in] a resolution reported to the general! conference by the committee on pub- [ le.i morals. Resolutions were adopt-; ed condemning gambling, prite? fighting, nuditity. blasphemy and profanity and the "decadence in popular literature." "1 am going to shut this town so! tight you can heir i: squeak," is the latest bnhct'in from the Chicago J chief of police, Hughes, just back! from vacation. Thereupon, drastic! orders went forth, closing all caba l rets, soft drink imporiums ut 1 a m. I "J.f the town wants reform, we'll, give them rffljertii." r murmured the police chief. Captains hi the various districts were ordered to have their] men make a house to house canvas?! of Apart me nt buildings and dwellings In a hunt for beer fiat?. Any discovered are to be promptly closed. Kansas City, May ) !?Jack .John-; :on. former heavyweight boxing j champion, appeared ?r. a new rolej here today when he took the platform at a world-wide prohibition meeting of the Methodist Episcopal church and swung several verbal punches at "John Barleycorn." The veteran negro fighter was applauded warmly by more than 1,000, including bishops and ministers. Fie was introduced by Drv Ciaierce T. Wilson; Washington. l>. G., Methodist dry leader. Tributes to the memory "i Wood7 row Wilson in the form of wreaths tire placed quite regularly on the wall of the League pf Nations building, Geneva, Switzerland, by unknown persons or possibly some society. They are attached to the simple marble slab set in the wall facing hake Neman, which bears this inscription: "To the memory of Wcodrow Wilson, president of the United Si aigs. founder of the League of Nations." The wreaths attract the a Mention of visitors and presumably are intended to remind them that the league sprang from the inspiration of ari American president. Dayton, Term., May 11 ? G onstvm tioT! of the first unit of Bryan Memorial University, a fundamentalist institution in memory of William Jennings Bryan, was begun here today with simple ceremony, attended by many residents of this little mountain community where "the commoner" fought his last fij?ht in j the ielebi-ated Scopes ease, ana died. Throwing: the lever that raised this first batch of concrete for the MO-; iooi stone oimuing. lorraer CJoncrrossrnan William *J. Upshaw of Georgia. characterized Bryan the "Gladstone of America, whose name will have a premier place anion# the immortals of our Christian civilization." Pontiao, Mich. May 14.?Attacked 2,000 feet in the air by a maniac with a hammer. Harry Anderson, a commercial pilot, after losing consciousness and nose diving to vitn-t in 100 feet of the ground, recovered in time to save the lives of himself ami his attacker, although the plane Miirw BHWMWaaMBnBBHMBaaMEtt 1 j "SUPREME AUTHORITY" | g WEBSTER'S 1 NEW INTERNATIONAL | DICTIONARY -THE MERR1AM WEBSTER | Because Hundreds of Supreme Court a Judges concur in highest praise |j of the woik as their AuthoriVi. |j The Presidents of nil loading Uni- |j verities, Colleges, and Notmal |J Schools give their heart / indorsemerit m Ail States that have adopted a ?ij P large tScnohary as standard have ?3 j selected Webster's New Interna- jlj The Scnoolbooks of the Country ja j adhere to the Mciriam-Websrer $ system of diacritical marks. The Government Printing Office gj at Washington use/, it as auilunivy. g WRITS for a fr.mrlc. page of the New H Win*, ^dmei^^ ^ttla^nd India ua.< completely destroyed ?ri the forced lauding; Harry Frechette, believed to have been deranged had' employed Anderson to fly him to] ! Pontine from Kosevitic. The aria-' tor was ?;i!y slightly injured tfroroj the fail, however the effects of the, v,i ;caused him Vo bo removed to a hospital. His companion, after I medical attention, will he removed to jail, pending ? sanity hearing. The Methodist Episcopal church in! its quadrennial general conference:| n Kas . < itv, Friday, ratified idea of church unification and an-] pounced itself ready to receive and! extend overtures for closer co oper-' a lion and union with like-minded den o mi nati o p s? A single commission .>f >-? ? \ * - \jy. 'ii uiciiiucLs rttis upproven to repj resent the church in nil unification i discissions. The personnel of seven bishops. 15 ministers arid 15 laymen ! is to be announced by the board of bishops May 2i. The action was taken by a vote of $52 to tf. Only I technical points were argued in do! hate and the confe'v ncv refused t?> i send the resolution back to commitI tee for reconsiderstior. in minor points. It had received the unanimous approval of st.? members of the committee on state of the church. Dr. Daniel L. Martin, chairman, and president. of Has! on university, reported. Dr. Mairfh hailed the move as "one of the most signift-aut i thing- done by any rel gioi.s body in : i lime." YOUR rLOWER GARDEN Xovv is the time to plan for the; winter bouquets of straw flowers.! They are so easy to grow and you! will enjoy them all winter ii?. the! house. They may be planted simply" EXPERT PLU] AT A REASOl We guarantee that our I complete satisfaction and most reasonable in town. When you phono here ?< chat the work will be doi price. PROMPT, F.FFIC Open 7 a. m. to 6 p. m. C. S. STE Telephone! 87 WTIIIMWHaMlgyMPaMBMM??MMW?wmw VAVAVAV.WAVWAV.N\W 5 | Yours tc S In any kind c ^ Building Mate | Ceiling, Sidi S Casing, Stepp jjt Lime, Plaster, ^ Sheet Rock, 5 dows, Doors, 1 1 We Sell Good A | Good I | Watauga L < "Everything to ! | Cellar to Miiyreri Cry pleasant, harmless Sub- I stitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Teething Drops and pared for Infants in arms and ( To avoid imitations, aJways look for thP-ovcn directions on each package. 1 THE' WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?KVI !>} sowing of> i?ev? r>Rhl where you] i ; \>unt '.bem to <:i:. and in a unvj I wwks you v.i! < y have a good) < display" of color in the garden, but 1 you will be pickiug the l)!oom and! < putting it av;*y for the winter. ; There are -overa! varieties of I straw flowers. Preoabiy the best j Known is R^tienvvfeUm. Inhere are 1 j se\era! others listed in some of the 1 ; English eato login?. In rutting ' i bloofs for winter u in the morning white; they are still covered with I ' dew. y?id them heads down ?.n aj 1 I cook shady airv uJacd till thoroughly] j dry. ; Also to be grown for winter deeo-s < I ration are ornamental grasses, j t They are also very decorative in the!. garden. These, like the straw flow! eis. should be cur. in the early mornj injr while still wet with dew. but they i should not he Hung: head down, but : supported in thc;r natural position. Then, when they are dried, they will ! make up into bouquets and look nati a roil. ! The pcrenniai Gye.sophiiia is good J S \\ hen dried, as i>- also Station lati-! ; folia (sea lavender). These two! I plants are slow in establishing* them-' : selves. *'iit are very permanent. There is a large market for these v. ntcr bouquets, as many people do not go to the trouble of growing mm. ..mi they will be glad to purchase if they had the opportunity, i know of many that have built, up a nice little s Je line with them. Viewers as a means of making money have made very prominent place for thcmse?\es. as there is not nr.!y money in :hem but health as well. Many folk who cannot do work inside can putter around a garden and turn the:: lime into cash. The nfi s^ ViBING WORK NABLE PRICE Numbing Work will give that our price:- are the >r a plumber you know rte right and .tt the right JENT SERVICE every except Sunday : VENS ON -Shop 13 Main Street AP^mwAw.mww ? Serve \ > | >f Lumber or ^ rrial. Flooring. ? ng, Framing, | >ing. Roofing, ^ Wall Board, j; Paint, Win- ;I ^ hardware, etc. I; I; Material and Give |||j; Service ;C' 5 '\ i: .umber Co. | ;i Build a House? 1; j; Chimney" ! jj W.VWAW.'jwavwvw/M !; -Hk i| ' jp 11 <3- $ !' Soothing Syrups, especially pre- ! ] Children all ages. i j e signature of Physiciaju everywhere fccocuneail it. \ t 3RY THURSDAY?BOONE, N. C. roadside (lower stands have made to Dm A real place for themselves in the veterans wet country. Thousands of dollars \v. Stephens, .vorth of flowers are sold by them meht. of Tez svery week-end. Tulsa, Okla. partment; H mond. Va., c Charlotte was selected the i.ext \ Virginia. V meeting place for the United Con- Richmond, N federate Veterans at the final ses- tant in chiei ?ion of the 192S reunion isi Little tion for the Rock, Ark., last Thursday, winning ;?ver Atlanta. Ga.. which made a C strong bid for the reunion. General Mrs. Playr A. T. Goodman of Elmore, Ala., was he married I Bected commander-in-chief of the Her Deare Veterans, defeating Col. R. A. Sliced < should invest if Oklahoma City, by u vote of 707 j mist. M son Dea a car t< wher< Wherever the Bigger and Chevrolet is driven,it is si oot for attention and com Its low-swung bodies art by Fisher, with all the ir< in design and craftsniansh which the Fisher nar famous. Beautifully beade paneled . . . scream-linec wheelhase of 107 inche: and finished in gorgeous i The Roadster or Touring . . . The Coach j The Coupe Utility Truck VI?) 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