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TWO SHORT ITEMS OF GENERAL NEWS Some of the Outstanding Happeuing of FtS t Week, vjainrrea rroii Everywhere, Condensed For Tht Busy Reader. Torn Johnson and Ed McKsnnon suijerioSweourt Sanir.lae. to ?w trocuieu t v ini* n:v?K-r OI *. v Boriey. Twin City business man an r strawberry merchant. were brougj tc the state prison at Raleigh Sni da. to await their execution <>;i 0? Thr peaches from the Sandhill so* tien of North Cardina are bring in high prices on the r-ortherr. marke This is be!'even iurgv*"?Mflm| tr fact that the Georgia crop is a shoi one, Belles are now being nmtkete and within a short wrr.le Gibertn will he ready for Shipment. AKhoug the peach crop will be shoiier tha usual, it is thought the sandhi growers will reaii/.e piMf htone Moscow. July IS?i he Russia government late tonight .aHavesse the Mai chi rian "overnnn pi and th Chinese national government an v.l tin-.atun giving the Chinese thrgf days to. assort to u eonfijcreh;-e Kreguiat.ng' the eon/lit-: ove?vv:_;th Chinesi Eastern railway, re < t; seized by Mam hu'-ian authoritig Failfng agt-enre?;' ? f the Chinese t fcold'.a cortferen.-e v he Russian gov ernme t said it would b? compelleto rescvt "to other means of defersof the |egal right- of the Sir. ie union." Aft.* v *j<? days and a ouarter tw? fliers completed a new a* ihtioi epic r Cuivr '"a:.. Frida; when they brought thro- biplan'*Angek?" to - earth d- armg a nev record for sustai * d flight. Loroh \Y lMendeahail oi Los Angeles. -ami R land I Ue>n hart of da! oip$)n-\. en !au :':.yg Cam ..t J :im Friday. had been aloft 2'Ik h_mlrsf. -* minute ami - S seconds. The " A:: gelo.** ?!w-.-rvi^h!>y a .- -. vv ham i? %v ypftl vJpu >1 L"sr> 11@-. rL-iex f.. fffej gftilmci Tuesd^- of :h- prc^u w i'ek at, " - :rf,?L Hi.' .^lucb=fckat tinv i trie pro ieu? eeordi had., been estaiI!?h< i rii 0 iur.cflfl vhvwfv-'4xm$fv.;^:>v*?,*CL.?:v. vy mymvv iiutchn- ?-n, Kansas, .hu!> II CohseVvut iyob. Creating theii !os from flmxi water- of C,,w Creek a a niiilip.-. ; liars cfipfei- and m.er BHBsnt:r ? iivuKhmson today g?beg:.i ri ! carina- t: bog^Btt|>iness ani rSwdential sivtio^s,, hampered b f r<?r the is. -Rumors o! drowning, in the fmv?> ha? been disapproved an no fatalities have been roportec The Hutch;nson News. 'fts office flooded, <-=iiod hand billr editions o job ^presses yesterday ;;h:! Uxlav wj issued from .the office of '.he W chitu Reacon. Mottxy ear- \vei rarely able to navigate main *t ??? where two feet of water was floe injr late this, afternoon, and resident went about in bathing suits. Robert R. Reynokis of Asheyil j was in Washington Friday or-, bus nessHyMr. Reynolds has -travel* | from ortc?end -:M the staters -t* other of late vcceks'add recently \ itcd Raleigh. He is convinced th; c3. W. Bailey will uliimaetly ai nounce his intention to ntev ?i senatorial primary against Set;at< ^Simmons and that the Raleigh m: has a very good chance to win. Tbo: most pronounced in their opposite to the senator, said Mr, Roy nobis, a found in the ranks of the ping workers. the men who are expect* to get out the vote on election dt and - pport for Mr. Bajley-, M Washington. Juiy 1 Evident that moonshiners still are* active . the rural regions of southern slat was offered today in figures of ti prohibiten Bureau. Stills , seized the country as a whole during tl past vrar were reported as >l-T,0 ? erf which riearly half weve obtain* in the rural and mountain regions. < the cotton belt states. Georgia i< all other states of the union With -total of i;4$4 stills. sHz^d bv fe eral officers, and Xorth Carol b v as a close second with still seizuy 1,038 report ed. Rur regions in Kentucky also contribute a goodly number of rum stills to c! federal officers with a total of 7( stills reported seized. Figures f< other southern states were: Alaham 308; Maryland. 32.1; South Carolin 163; Tennessee. 639. and Yirgini 225. The total of stills seized these eight southern states w; given as 4,982. In other parts the nation. Illinois ranked high \vi a total of 935 stills seized for tl year, Xew York. 521; New Terse 370; California, 365; Ohio, 268, ar Wisconsin, 285. For the entire te ritory covered by federal prohibits forces the total suits seized in ?>2 was 18,980. but this included sei ure of 7,038 in Porto Rico. Horta. Azores, July 14.?The a tempted transatlantic flight of tl Folish airplane Marshad Pilsuds ended abruptly tn a crash on tl Island of Graciosa. Major Ludwi< Idzikowski, who had spent two yea in preparation for the flight, w; Mai or Oasimiv Kubal his companion escaped death by fal ing on jumping from the plane bi was seriously injured. An eye wi ness to the tragic ending of tl j ALEXANDER LEGG1 HEAD, STAR' ) t Farm Board Chairman Br Alexander Legcta President ot :ht international Fiarvester ComM panv. who has become Chairman of President Hoover "; Federal i Farm Board iii9i$Sgajd that the airplane suiiiiertiji" rol'ed ^ the pilot attempted tc Slip, prjjthi la?'.: est fieid oh the ii-kind where ? he i'' ftr.d a haven .after a h-i'ij** i stiuipjlo with adverse wind- under tfc> handicap 01 a tav.ity motor. The; -;t oh - 1 er >Siv Major Kubala Jihrtle l"v!a>m the .an a- i: jhieared the etyuno. The crashed and a* i instantly there was a strong explosion m which Major Idxiojjifski met . rr.s death? ?cie major was buriedAn . tin. .:v o the island that marked the -vrai f h hopes and plans. ! Tukirc : *' tkc-rn Le Bourgct airport :wai > at ^:ay:-i < ak on Saturday. . the Polish v.: ape h;u: begun what ;vnr a red a lave with friendJy v . rivals. P.oth expeditions or. ' c??nrittTod adverse winds that approached hurri-ahe lorn, and the ; en commander. Captain Coste, alt -' uirh the Aorw: lay much nea/.rer il hack l<; i Vjino where he i&Yided safclyV h v - : 1 5, A d ' . A. Mei t rn North <*aroiina lie tir s its bcauti fill scenery and its t in. . . ire.! ". ..The . Ch^SBSflBSl the treasury of the Urn.ed Alates. with trcrh'h^ri; of his party. widen ir.-h:drreTI the rii^hect^?ys~W^^T^t'e" T:\TT-TrcF Aiatr.i'.Uin. ? <'n;pan> o: Aipirb'a. r v hoJSjave boon bit a to. r of irspee' ? '!"'? ' l'H'i --ee ::>id NYrrh < 'a-sq Una. sjpjd rpun their arrival aboard^ ''i.il c:i r at tin- Spot hero railway MStif. en ta'i lenient 'that it h iibp >*.-il.de *o v i.-it v\. sL< i u North Carolina | and not be elated with its >t rikLn.tr clUS'V and elimnl:? TlirtivoU tl... aEirv refusod to haw anything c ! ?: quotatitand member. I ?>C his party were adverse to discussing tilt? nrpt'v'iion trip ' thy various projects in which Mr. Mcilon ml his associates arc intewsted. they >-xpressed the very keenest appreeiap i 11 on ?> f the e vcelicnt h i rchv. a y i - f pj-Not th^'aroi inn. Included in the J party, in addition to Mr. Mellon, were the president of the Tall as.se e l\>wer < nnpany. T. I. Hunt; A. \. Pa vis, Mr. Meiion's son. his brother. li. P. Mellon, and the lattcr's son: 51 ' James W. Rickey, vice president, hydraulic engineer of the Aluminum : Company at:d othet associates oi Mr. Mtrrloli'S piixver projects. North Platte, Xeb. July 1-1.?Xe trraes who fled the city last night. ir tear of mob vioienco will be givet; \ protection should they return, cit\ ami county authorities announced ^ today. Not a negro was left it ^ Xorth Piatlc after mobs, brandishira ropes, had sW&oped down on the ne i gro section threatening: exile or deati ^ : to them, he cause a nee ro had killed : v j policeman. Tin- negro later commit ; , ted suicide. Chief of Polit e -fame: > Don am. however, said he did no !t"? Vne:rregyoe; ? would not return soon. "If they d< i return, however. we will do our best prevent violence." he said. It. w*a; n \ revealed that county author;tie*. ? themselves had released ohti ipSps e . sew rAg ?. jail .sentence and ordcrec !; J him to !ea\e town. Although the en eitire police force and a large ndmbo: - wjW^^v the oc a ^ision, patrolled the streets of the he sction and the city until mid I ; night Saturday, the negroes wei> 5* i hot prevented from leaving town u j and while the officers we e oh duty] ' three auto loads of kut,. ?-. an dish a ' ing rones, invaded the negro secuor ^ j TheVr.egroes had been ordered ear II j lier in the day to "pack up or a ban don their belongings*' by a lho'o o e several hundred persons. E<i\var< - Green, the slain [oliceman. was sho r and killed by Louis Seeiman. negro L who was resisting arrest after re * fusing to leave town Cor mistreating his wife. Later in the. day as other n ; mobs formed, gaining in vehemcnc ? and strength, the negroes startec 1 fleeing the city, with or without be ^ longings, and in a few cases ahr.n doned their own homes. They foh by auto, train, bus, horse and wag on and afoot. n FLY TOX is protecting millions o 6 domes lor mosquito invasion, the en -- tire home can be freed from mos quitoes in a few minutes. Take ai improved FLY-TOX Hand Spraye e and spray FLY-TOX toward an' :: against the ceiling until the finel; e atomized spray reaches every part o: k the room. Also spray the hangings s closets and screens. It is absolute s ly stainless, safe, and has a perfume 1.1 like fraerance. FI.Y-TOX is tb' I- scientific product developed at thi t Mellon Institute of Industrial Re search by Rex Research Fellowship e Every bottle guaranteed.?adv. FARM BOARD rED LIFE ON A FARM Gives Up $100,000 Job To Serve on PrwMcnJ Hnnvrr* New Organization at $12,000 r'rr Year The country. Has been humming i with stories about \lexunder Legge.' the man who is giving un his $10.- \ j OOP position as president of the In- I ternational Harvester Company <> ' ; , Chicago in order to serve as chad ! man o: the federal farm board ?[ President Hoover at a salary of $1*2;- j I jvOOO a year. 1Y b > Mr. I egge? How did he conic ' ? the president of Inter-1 rational Harvester Company? llcw did he me t- he chosen as the head of the yitally important new a^riv-ulturiii body ? The -* y *,"" > hack to ISi'l?to the time v.hon Alexander I-cgge starlet: hi- easiness career in th? ! Hlufls. la., branch of the : Mi < 'srviifk Harroster Conipany. He was l orn on a farm in Dane ' county. Wis., in 1SSG. moved t * Nebraska in l^Sl. an i w or keg oh a ' farm until the time ho < nterr-ci the1 j employ e.f the harvester company. During v,;i. he was Hernard Faruch's vice chair man of the war J industries hpard and was manager ofC me a ucvi purchasing commission. WHeii Harold 1-. MrCormick bora?K manager of 'he Blui'fsl branch in IS9'2. he asked Or. Donahi ' MacRae. '-'euju-il Bluffs physician: "ih? you knew any young rhan j around here w ort h pushing t o ihc j top of eur companyV" "The man you nee 1 is Alex , j Legge/* was the answer. Mr. MueRca tirst befriended Rcgge when the youth had tivst conn '] j to Council Bluffs. I.cgg'o rapidly became manager cf the Council Bluff> branch. then manager for the Nebraska and Coiur* ' '.] Binffs territory . . In <Nh Cor-mick Harvester ! fom^sjny was nn'.yd with the Inter uati'jnai Harvester (' .muany. i.bgge u a^ anaeir.icii gCTi<iai manage f. later bee?nVimir ynv president t Harold Mi-Cei mick resigned the 7"lurifcy" fn~T -rniir ftrttH 1 ii_* itwaj ii-iri h, "The man van need is Aiex . 1 "gg(:.*r r Since tiu-u l-eggcj has been presiTder-t "f the International Harvests t ('o!)i|){i',y., and. when President Hoover asf, a ??ut for i mmcnd'i- ] t'lbm:* for thpo; fa:an hoard, he heard 1 fro'r. all sides The ott repeated . phrase: Swl ?? -S .MSB "T-hk* man vc?U ncod ig? Alt v | BOON Effect -I ? After years c 5 sion that it is muc! on a Strictly Cash and we lind this is This will enable u ier, and we desire j The above pc rangement is mad who ewe accounts greatly appreciate age and co-operati patronage in the 1 new huildincr to h< _ ---- 5 head expense whi< i n making oui conec ,.i Again thank; J BOONE ST! PHONE 56 RY THURSDAY R0O\fF N (!. Record Breaker i m ' wm w > SffMuraEi Virginia Wilson of Chicago, play- ] ing at Pittsburgh, broke the world's low score record in goif with a 71. "Former record of 72 was estab- , lished several years ago by Joyce Wethered. TIRE DEAI ERS I NTER ZEPPELIN" RACE Thousands ox Zeppelins theoreti ally left Akron. Ohio, Monday, July I 1st. with the Goom'ear t re factory ;:t Los Atn:.''.s, i al.. as the r weekl-jh! port. Flights. during subsei.;.:ont v eeks. will ea'rrS this groat Li fleet porS local at other: doOv'.yeai i-'a-r ; n the Tjfsiied Mat s' d abroad, then hack to Now FLy ami ami u;t inio * :watia. . uinv, anally, on Amrusi i. at the startiaj: I point i:i Akro:;. Each Zeppelin win he piloted by :, Goo(! \ Liir thv dealm . and manned y lbs employos as In erey Of course the Zeppelins are in;, hical one?, and the:." pilots will .indie the eoirtrpls 1: ; ' homo. Tin whole affair is a nil vol sales contest ? daged amonsr Unodyear dea'er.hroujrhout the United States. "\Ye have a Zeppelin in the race.'' dates Mr. \V. It. Winkle: v?t" the r'nt iaI Tire Ohmpanv. tlooyear ir Boone. "Tin the pilot and >ur crew is set on seeing; us take a arise. "Our position, from da\ to day. lepemis on how many tires and :i:hcs \ye sell, so we are ?r ;:i.r t< :-? every effort to make il :.tl i . i* ' p.eoide to hp y hen . "\Ye ha\ e been. assigned to om hi- Zeppelin soundrons composed ofij: )thcy Goo dyea r deal? fis ; n thin t s dry am! taey will" "have to .: :: an to lit op us in sight,"' NOTICE AI! persons a'e here y notified hat my wife. Elsie Mnretz has do-! eri*-d me and- 1 hereby notify all! iron- that ! am responsive ! >c>ist{j>port; oh any debts that shermay ' Smtvact or any oh ligations that she; nay :np!;y. This dulv f?. 1P21UHKXKV MORETZ KwmBaiiiii IIII Ill mini n?? ? E STEA A N N O 1 ICW ive Mom )f experience and careful i better for all parties con Basis. We find it is mucb ; the policy adoptejj by in s to improve our service a to ask the co-operation o jlicy will be strictly adher e with Mr. Wilcox, mana ; will drop in and settle th d. We haven't words to ion of our many customer uture. We have spent th 2tter enable us to serve th ;h we have, we find it is h Irons promptly. ing you for your past pat :am laundry I Q dliti bC It is time to think of cutting hay. Look over your Mowers, Rakes and Tedders for repairs. Also begin thinking of how much time you can save as well as additional hay by buying a new Mower or Rake. We have the old standby "Deering" to offer you. ) i A 1- f.-ii 1:? LI j T i_ ri.iou a t uit iiuu Ul jl lclliu 1 UU15 f jr. Scythes, Snaths, Pitchforks, etc. See us before you buy. SPECIAL One New Champion Mower at a very special price. 1 == WE SELL FOR CASH ONLY, THEREFORE, FOR LESS Boone Hardware Company "The Friendly Store" 11^BMBII M LAUNDRY ' J N C E S Policy lay, July 22nd consideration, we have reached the conciucerned that we place our Laundry business easier to pay a small bill than a large one. ost large laundries throughout the country, nd to serve our hundreds of customers betI" oil r~\l 1 V t- -v -J J. Hi,. UU1 ^UOtUllIClS LU Li 11 Id CllU, ed to beginning the 22nd unless special ar- ^ i^er of the Laundry. We hope that all those em before the above date, which will be very express our true appreciation for the patrons in the past and hope for your continued ousands of dollars in new equipment and a e public, but with the large payroll and overard for us to render our best service without ronage, we are, Yours very truly, & DRY CLEANING PLANT BOONE, N. C. | A
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