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TWO NEWS OF WORLD BRIEFLY TOLD Outstanding Happenings of Pas Week Gathered From Every where, Condensed for the Bus; Reader The first definite due to the fat* of Roald Amundsen and five mej who accdtnpnnied him on his . xpe dition to rescue members of th Nobile Arctic party, was brought t Tromsoe, Norway, Saturday. It wa a float fron! the seaplane in whici the adventurers started front Spitz hereon on June IS. The relic wa found by a Norwegian fishing ves sel. It was picked up near th Fugloe Islands, a rocky group of Tromsoe port. Officers of the steam er Michael Sars and the French ves ?.?! m.w. wi . . .-)CI i/uiaiitv, :u.?UtltlCU LUt i i'.Uit ?: belonging to the French naval sea plane Latham in which Amundsei rode with Rene Guilbauc as pilot Beside Amundsen and Guilbaud th< plane carried Lieutenant, Lief Dietiichsen and three French navy men. Xe\v York. Sept. ?The Xew York Times in a copyrighted story tomorrow will say that it has recived word from Prof. William H. Hobbs, who is at the University oi Michigan observatory at Mount Evans. Southern Greenland* that Bert Hassell and Parker Cramer, creyv of the America to Sweden plane Greater Rockford, are at the observatory, unharmed. The two aviators, who have been treking to civilization for the pest two weeks after making a forced landing at Point Sukkertonpen. southern Greenland, were uninjured. Their immediate rescue was accomplished by members of Prof. Hobby's party, who sighted some smoke signals sent up by the aviators and went in a boat across a Jjord to get them. Tonight Hassell and Cramer were at Camp Lloyd. They reported their plane undamaged. They said they had lived on reduced rations of Pvinmu-an for tw weeks. Los Angeles, Oal., Aug. -31.?Mrs. Aintee bemple Mcrntr- ill, evangelistic exponent of the "four square gospel." will face the deliberations of another grand jury?this time for investigation of her alleged real estate operations as Lake Tahoe, a California resort, the district attoiney s office announced today, As in the Sensational grand jujrv investigation two years ago When the woman oxhortrr was alleged to have been kidnapped, she will stand accused of fraud by members of her own flock. Decision to bring the Angelus Temple leader before the inquisitorial I body followed closely the visit of a group of alleged victims of 'ner realty activities in the prosecutor's office. Two suits, asking damages from the evangelist totaling more than ft'<1.000, have been filed. A fiat denial of the alleged victim's accusations were made by Ralph Jordan, manager of the Angelus Temple publications and co-defendant in the suit. Chicago, Sept. 1.?Speaking of ghosts. A. Botchavt, deep sea diver, sent chills down the spines of Optimist . lull members here with a recital of some of his experiences down in the ocean. "The most gruesome encounter I ever had." ?5erchnrt said, "happened one. day when I was working ir." a sunken German submarine during the war. I had tr yeled down one of the passageways to hind the ship's log and upon turning around to retrace my steps, I found the bodies of three German officers standing upright behind me. You know bodies in a sv.bmeiged shin remain in a perfectly natural state and follow a diver about in the vacuum he creates. On looking into the face of ore of the officers 1 rec.ognrfed hiir. as a German I ha dmet in a restaurant in Hamburg. 1 pushed hint out of the way arid pro r eeded to the conning tower where 1 made mv exit with the upright bod> of the officer following me ail tht way." T'ltiladeiphia, Sept, 1.? Judge E O. Lewis, in addressing the gram jury invrfVigM tintf activities o Philadelphia gangsters, hijackers an boot loggers, declared yesterday Cha high police officials were on th bootleggers payroll. He said that i the director of public safety and th civil service commission failed to gf to the bottom of the situation h would appoint a special cornmissio under the authority of the city chai 1 **? +r\ ti-ry irjt,-i it At 'A nrplittiiiiflr report the grand Sbry told Judg Lewis that its inquiry had showthat a group of men, with the coi rupt connivance oi police official had for years violated the law on wholesale scale and that as an o ganiicd part of their scheme, the had put on the street notorious crin inals. thugs and gunmen who in th "conduct of their illegal purpos have not hesitated to Indulge i bloodshed and wanton brutality. The investigation developed the ia< that more than SlO.OOO.OOb had bee deposited by the bootleg ring i Philadelphia banhs during the pa; twelve months. Florida may be persuaded to stic with the Solid South by blaming th Republican weather bureau.?Dallii News. The liats worn by Mrs. Hoover an Mrs. Smith will probably influent the woman vote more than th speeches of the two candidates.? Louisville Times. THIS WEEK I By ARTHUR BRISBANE tl Thanks for Blessings -j Big Brains Better f | Carnegie's First $400 A $500,000,000 Bahy r5j Clonal Rokatinda, on the Island i: of Paloweh. Dutch East Indies. blew .. up in a volcanic eruption. Half the ej island, six villages were destroyed, a d j thousand killed. s; Recently news cmae that three a more villages were wiped out by a - tidal wave caused by a submarine sj earthquake. We pay little attention to these e deaths far away, a thousand or live f thousand, little difference. But we ought to observe with . gratitude how many things might si happen to us that do not happen. itaaucn, Croatian statesman, mur' dered leader of peasants. :s found to i have a brain of abnormal weight. . 1.450 grammes. Ihe average for eleven thousand human brains was 1,3b 1 grammes. Ali things being equal, a heavier brain is better than a lighter brain. But one of the heaviest brains ever weighed, that of Cuvicr, the great naturalist, was lighter than that of a man who died in a British pooihouse. Possibly the man in the poorhouse was also a genius, but never had a . chance. "Andrew Carnegie made his first $400 without spending a cent." Thai's how big fortunes often start. Carnegie bought Si00 of insurance stock, gave his note in payment. paid for the sto*.k with its dividends, owned it for nothing. Joseph P. Day, learned land scientist, says the three greatest letters in the alphabet are *'0. P. M.." meaning "Other People's Money.'' A quicker way to make money without capital is to have, a good idea and push it. A way to plate me tallie surfaces with aluminum, something hitherto found impossible, is discovered and involves actually billions of dollars to be saved. The invention will be applied to endless uses, from kitehenware to locomotives, and is expected to give automobiles a finish defying tiniej and weather Theio arc as good ideas in the! human brain as ever came out of it. Try and find one. -Sears, Roebuck stockholders vote to increase the capital stock by 800,000 shares. At market prices that: company is worth more than ?500,000,000. Julius Rosenwald hardly expected that when he took hold of the company a few years ago. Compared with other companies, General Motors, Standard Oil, U. S. Steel, etc.. Sears, Roebuck is only a ; baby. Wc- have the four billion dol; lar stock company. When will the I 1 100 billion company arrive.' The death of Chang Tso-Lin, dynamited in his railway carriage, is attributed by a British writer, Lenoxj 1 Simpson, to the Japanese "Black! I.'iagor. Society," which interests it-1 self in patriotic Japanese affairs,] and is said to have had a hand in the! fdeath of the queen of Korea in! [ 1S95. In spite of the rpn.antiej name and thf T?ri)vfieVn I I ar.ese will probably dig out the, ' facts. , They don't like any organization ; exercising power outside of govern-; I mem, or controlling government, j such as are tolerated, sometimes, ir. i other countries. ;i - ? V.'.V.VAW.W/.V.V.W.VAV I LONG ft FARM i AT 6 PER CE % B- Semi-annual partial repayn e ? " Vat your farm on a business V v i LOAN running J ? / Clean up?Paint up?M . 5 a healthier i a S Loans made promptly on impr y; \ Paying off Existing Ind ,.;S Payment of Balance of eiv Improving Soil, Pureha x'i Purchase of Fertilizer n i % Remodeling Farm Buili "!e New Bams, Dwellings, -If DIVERSIFY FOR 15 Below is listed the attorneys w | ? see them if {J BROWN & BING I Atlantic Joint Stock "15 RALE] THE WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?K\ STRATON IS OLD OFFENDER AT MAKING FALSE ASSAULTS Rev. John Roach Straton, pastoi of Calcary church in New York, whc j recently assailed Governor Alfred E ' Smith from his pulpit, and alter be in.g challenged by .Mr. Smith, sneak | ed behind the skirts of his deacons has some previous reputation as ai assailant of character. Also. th< clergyman has been obliged to re tract his verbal assaults and t< make public apology for same. Dr. Straton was formerly pastoi of the First Baptist church in Xor folk. He made scurrilous attack* upon public officials, and wrote ? book which he called "The Scarlet Sins of Norfolk." It was denounces by the press and declared to be ob scene and unfit for youth to read. In February, 1019. Dr. Strator became acquainted with one A. G. Backus, a bootlegger, who was serving a six-months term in jail. Straton sought to obtain his pardon, ami published a circular addressed to Governor Davis of Virginia, accusing Charles G. Kizer. chief of police. ( and Commonwealth Attorney Shackieford of being involved with proprietors of disreputable houses in Norfolk. Shackleford brought suit for libel, and Straton. unable to prove any of his charges, was forced to retract the hi. When summoned before the grand jury, he was compelled to admit that his information was baseless. The following is a copy of a letter cr. file in the office of the clerk of the city circuit court of Norfolk, in which Straton retracted his statement and made apology: "Dear. .Mr. Shackleford: I desire to withdraw all insinuations a n d charges made bv me against you 01 your character in a statement addressed by me to Governor Westmoreland Davis, entitled 'Statement of Grounds for Asking a Pardon for A. G. Backus;' and to say to you that I regret that I made such insinuations and charges. "These insinuations and charges were made by me upon information which I deemed reliable, but subsequent investigation has satisfied me that this information wns inenn-o.-t Hence, wliat I have said or insinuated concerning yourself or your character a< a prosecuting officer in, the paper referred to was incorrect and does you a great injustice and 1 am anxious to right the wrong done you. "You are at liberty to use this letter in any way you see fit. "John Roach Straton." . i Over 8 million a day Every day School days or vacation days, a drink of Coca-Cola provides one little minute that's always long enough for a big rest. Every bottle sterilized. BM-S7 IT HAD TO BE GOOD TO GET WHERE 3T IS Coca-Cola Bottlling Co. I BOONE, N. C. 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