North Carolina Newspapers

i VOLUME XLl'I, NO. 33 I VmANWANlMLL PASSES CONGRESS BY HUGE MAJORITY fv |j Senate Receives Measure Within an Hour. Bill Carried Enough Votes ? With It to Override Presidential Veto. Quick Action Expected. Vote in Lower House Was 363 for and 39 Against. Washington, D. C.?Sti iking hard . .t administration opposition, the douse Monday passed the veterans 'nan hill by the overwhelming vote of 363 to 39. It provides for an increase front iJ2 1-2 to 50 per cent, in the loan value of the adjusted compensation certificates which were approved by The House 355 to 54 in 1924. Amid, dramatic intensity, the ?iensure was sent to the Senate within an hour after Speaker Longworth nenprf thp wnv fm- rnncirlaffltinn fl allied with it more than enough "votes* to override a presidential veto. Similar quick actum is expected inj the other branch. ? With their leadership split, less ban two-score old line Republicans allied behind Major Leader Tilson . iuI Chairman Hawley of the House Ways and Means committee. Crowded naileries, looked on as| fthe members balloted after forty min-j . u-s of debate. More than 100 of 435 members j .I'll- present, ruder the procedure, ho bill had to receive a two-thirdsI ote for passage. j ; Sneaker Longw'orth swung 212! & jtepublican votes for the measure | jfS, I ..gainst the warning of -Secretary J Mellon that the Treasury would havei 'ifficulty in financing it. Minority! Leader Garner mustered his forces olidly with 151' votes for the bill| nr.d the farm labor member?Kvale - f Minnesota?added his to make the ?/, total. ' . Representative Ilacdiavach, Re nblican New -Jersey, proponent of the measure, led the advocates with | statement that he could not uiloerstand whv the- Treasury should! not approve the bill lifter conceding it was the host of all suggested. He. . ".re die ted no bond issue \vouid: he necessary to finance the Joans. (Jjirner wound up the debate' for :he measure with the assertion that "the uply argument against this bill ij* the argument of tin- Secretary of :he Treasury." Five members spoke against the rroposal. They warned against the ^difficulties of financing it. Chairman Ilawley. Representatives Treadway of Massachuset'*, Ram veyei of Iowa, Chinim of members of the Ways and Means dommittue, and Foil of New Jersey, p|: - i n i s 11 at i o n f oi 1 o w e rs, u rge il! defeat! i Shortly after the shouting that theered the passage had dv ><!. :1m House passed without .? reco? \ vote rmd sent to the Senate the ttogyipj ill to authorize a $12,50(1,000 expansion of the veterans' hospital4-facilities. Treadway wre- the. b?vlv ifer-5 -on Slicing opposition^ It also passed and sent;to the Senat^ n bill- autiipi -zirig expansion of the home for disabled volunteer soldiers to cost $2,>00,000. Earlier the lcouse veterans com-M mittec approved the Johnson bill to! nov'ule $2G a month pensions for] -vidovvs and children of World War' veterans, entailing an estimated out law of $131,000,000 in live years.! \eginning with $10,900,000 for the , JjaBfi:rst vear. The Senate is expected to voce oof Ihe loan Ulil Thursday, Hunting Season on All Game Closed on 15th: County Game Warden H. Grady i ratthing announces that the hunt-. . ng season closed or. all game n the 15th of February and that there will be no further gunning this resyon. The sport is over until the -loth i" April, when the. fishing season bcgins. .Mr. Farthing is highly pleased j with the co-operation accorded hirnj and MO department in the enforcement of game laws during the hunting season. The report, according to the warden, has been freely circulated tha ] ; caj-p and suckers may be taken with! # the practice is likely being | engaged in. Mr. farthing points oat that no species of fish may be gigged , and says that violators in this connection will be vigorously prosecuted when apprehended. AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY TO SELL FOOD COURT WEEK The American Legion Auxiliary will serve sandwiches of various kinds, pies, cakes and coffee near the courthouse during Spring Term Superior Court, which convenes Monday, March ,23rd. "Mrs. Charles Yon nee, secretary, requests that' visitors to Boone patronize the ladies and, in the meantime, aid a worthy cause- W ??^ /ATA1 A Non-F^artisan N BOON Plenty of Trout in This County, Say Visitors to South-Gragg Aquarium There are plenty of trout in Watauga County, and any reader wlio ?s the least bit skeptical can get proof by visiting the aquarium of Messrs. South and Gtagg which is located in the gulch which parallels Nort.'i Water Street near the courthouse. In a large pool of crystal water some thousands of rainbow and eastern brook trout, many of them "whoppers," complacently scan the surface for bits of food, $nd if the visitor craves a display of aquatic gymnastics, all he has to do is cast some bread out on the waters there they come, gangs of 'em, and pretty soon nothing is left but a riffle. Just above the main pool lies a rearing vat of concrete, and five thousand junior members of the finny tribe arc here being fed preparatory to joining their big brothers hi the main pond. They are ail I . ' - iiic same size. aDOUC tour and a half inches, and scuttle around | their watery home just l?ke "grown j folks." Yet, there are lots of fis-S in Watauga! F. C. MILLER CO SUFFERS A GREAT LOSS FROM BLAZE j Popular Dry Goods Store Is Gutted by Daytime- Flame of Unknown Oril gin. No Estimate of Loss Given Out. Miller Disposes of Usable Merchandise and Will Reenter Business. Some Insurance. A blaze of unknown origin partially destroyed the building {Sr.npied by F. C. Miller and Comp?. \:: last Wednesday afternoon, and burned awav a large portion of incomplete dry goods line being; Iva'i died by the loeai firm. .But for VaW prompt action of the firo coinp^.'i;; in subduing the flame, the hujldi~.i; as well as two adjacent ones xy.oSH have hoei; a total loss: The fire was discovered after Mr. Miller had iciosed the store for the day and seemed to have originated in the rear, Where a stove was used. Much of the ceiling was burned away before "the. fire was fofced under control and ail merchandise in that section of the room was a total losi. The windows were- al! 'broken and the fire burned through the walls in many placet:. The building which was the property of Mr. J. A. Burnett, is said to have been uninsured, while the loss of the merchandise was partially covered. No estimates .ifco^erin^^th? monetary flosses have been given out. Mr. Miller found after examination of lhe stock with the insurance adjuster that a large, portion of the iueicaainiisc, although water , soaked, was saleable and on Monday opened the doorS. Fro\Vayer, before the day was doncq'vM easts.E. Hamby and Earl Cook purchased the damaged stock; which is being arranged for quick sale at five prices. The store is expected to he opened on Friday and the merchandise disposed of as rapidly as possible. Miller and Company has enjoyed a wide patronage since ttnj opening of their store here several years ago and at the time of the fire, a buyer was in Chicago shipping out spring goods. While Mr. Miller has made .iio. clefInite .plans? for titer i'uttac, it is his intention at present to f-ioneV'i liiii store . at soriie other locasioh at. as caviy a date as possible. Farmers Hardware in Get-Together Meeting The Farmers -'Hardware Company announced Tuesday that an unusual "get-together" meeting of the farmem of this region would be held at their store Tuesday, February -J. from 9:30 a. nr. to 3 p. m. This aSteetint1: is in celebration of the "centennial of the invention of the reaper. and commemorates one hundred years of agricultural progress. Representatives of the International Harvester Company will be present and will have on exhibit an exact reproduction of the world's first reaper. The showing of a motion picture, "Romance of the Reap^ Materially to the enjoyment of the occasion and will be presented without cost. Several short talks of interest to farmers generally will be made and the local concern is anxious that as many as possible come to their place of business next Tuesday. They will be instructed and highly entertained. BANKS CLOSED MONDAY Announcement has been made from-,the two local banks that neitheir will open its doors next Monday. it being the occasion of the celebration of the birth of George Washington. lewspaper, Devoted to the E, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CA Institute Ope Five Hundra The second annual Farmers Irtsti-j tute opened at the State Teachers College, with high enthusiasm, when ! more than five hondred farmers of Watauga County gathered together' to be "schooled" in the most modern methods of agricultural endeavor. The biff college auditorium was filled with farmers and their wives, and it. is agreed that the first day of the session drew even more interest than | that oi last year. Following a song by a colored quar- j let. Rev. P. A. Hicks of the first; Baptist Church :-aid the invocation and Tuesday's program commenced with an address by Mrs. Cornelia j Monis, of the State College Extension Department on the general subject of "Living at Home " Mrs. Morris' able discourse was of particular interest to the ladies of the assembly. She thoroughly discussed the making of the home garden and scientific methods of canning and pro- j serving. H. R. Niswongev, of the State : College, followed Mrs. Morris with ! M n l.'l/ll'AOO nn UAS.tJw.lii - ?'* . s?.?Wiw ?'?> .ivniiuimii-, Singling ! I the subject down to the culture of! iHVtaotes. cabbage, beans, the home j , garden and marketing. This latter ! | subject is perhaps causing the most : concern among the farmers at - the I present time and several wholesale |! produce dealers are attending the j sessions with a view to assisting in! working out a systematic means ofj marketing the produce of the county. A representative of the A. & P. I grocery chain is also here, to''advise.) i with the fanners as lo their .selling! i problem. ! After dinner. Mr. O. 'Jv; McRray, i of State College, went into the gen-i oral farming outlook and suggested ways and means of making mbpfc\ on the farm in addition to a ''living."; Waltonians to Name ! Wardens This Evening; Daniel Boone Chapter, Izaak Walton League, will hold an important session at the Daniel Boone Hot4l Thursday evening at 7 did o'clock, at which time the most important business to come up tor consideration i 1 . t|?V?2K t will be thu naming of ui warden tg j patrol the trout waters of the organ j ization during the coming fishing' season. It is understood that severed ! worthy citizens have applied for the I j position, but officials said Tuesday that no prediction as to who the I warden would he. could be advanced. ! They did say, howeved, that the ap point men! wou ld undoubtedly ,?.) to l < :l 111li mo.l < " (P 1 """" T,*. ?6V?a;V'i':. uvup.ui-. Th n o >yiivds Crcol^j Novris Folk and Meat Camp have ' been thoroughly stocked with trout'] by the League, which has absolute j' i control of the watcijs, during the sea-1 son. License have been prepared J which will be sold to anglers at the : {-?ate of one dollar p?rrday- lteycnne 5 j will thus be secured to pay the war- 1 j don to patrol the streams, and see i thai fishermen are provided with li- ,1 j cense. as well as to oI.serve the reg- ' | lilaiions as to size and creel limit. 1 All members and prospective mem- 1 j fcei s are urge'd to be present tonight 1 | as many important matte ?-s are ex- 1 peeled to be disposed of at: that 1 . time. 1 ; DR. WATSON BEGINS DUTIES > AT BROOKI.YN HOSPITAL 1 L*r. ! i m;.;;. Watson, who several weeks ago entered KingyOburity Hm i pital, . '.Brooklyn,- writes inte;-{ ostir.giy of that iristitutioii, said to:, ; lie tin* largest of : its kind in thej" I -United States. In a letter to his I j mother, Mrs. Mniniv; Watson. who j ! resides 011 Route 1; young nwctivi i ico states that the twenty buildings!' i contain more than two thousand beds \ j and that a new addition will so or. ; be completed with & capacity of j around 1,800 beds. Dr. Watson has ' {begun active duty at the hospital. * where he will remain for a year he- < J fore entering the practice of his pro- ; j Cession. He recently passed the niecjjieai examinations of both North Car- ( i olina and Virginia. , '.PROFESSOR ASKEW PREACHES j j STRONG SERMONS IN N. MEX. | Professor R. H. Askew, a former ] " sracienr at appaiachian State1: Col- j j j lege and teacher in Blowing Rock J] ! School, who is now principal of Clo- i I vis Junior High School, Clo vis, N. j M., has been preaching some won- ] i derful sermons in that far western | state, according to a news story re- i j ceived by friends here. Mr. Askew , | r ecently closed a revival at Ranch | vale, during which fifteen young men and women were converted. One of his eloquent sermons. "Feeding Christ on Mexican Beans and , Clothing Him in Rags," has attract- 1 ed the attention oT New Mexico newspapers, and many favorable comments have been made on the : forceful manner in which he appeals! to the youth of the country. DEM Best Interests of Norths ROIilNA, THURSDAY. FEIUUIA ns With Ove> i in Session: A graphic chart was used to show l! history of past business depressior and it was pointed out that securing to the past, the present depressi< has already reached its lowest and business ?s now on the slig up grade. He gave expert advice the agrarians as to how they mig best serve themsetves during the p riod of business revival. The ladi enjoyed another meeting with tl visitors at the same hour. This (Wednesday) morning, tl program hat; been altered so as provide a space for a discourse I Or. .1. II. Squires, capitalist ai world-wide traveler, who recent returned to the home of his bvothi Mr. Mark Squires, in Lenoir, folio, ing an absence which has taken hi in various capacities to the four c: Pen; of the earth. He was instruuo tal in the recent reorganization < tho v-.h 1 r> ? i. - - i ? .x . trjt Uitilh oi LCI!. ! Eh. Squires has not annomrtee ?? subject for this morning, but It understood that he is most versai: both in mind and speech, and wl address the assembly along pra . cally any line which may ' sis; Rested after his arrival. His uddrv will he at 10 o'clock. L. 1. Case, of the Research \partnrent of -State College, will tc low Dr. Squires with si lecture ? heef cattle, sheep and the prevej outlook as regards the livestock r dastry, At 1 o*clock the final discussic will he engaged in, when Mr. Pa vish of Kalcighj A. !.. Brown a? Harry Faw of (Ireeneville and Join see City, Tenn.. and other author ties will give out information as 1 the culturh^of Hurley tobacco. \Vj fauga County's newest cash erb] which was first cultivated c.onune daily last season. Miss Eva Brown Dies At Neva, Tennesse Miss Eva Brown,'Si years of ag died at her home near Neva. Tear Sunday morning, following an illnc: which had confined her to her hon ftn* several months. Miss Brov. n wj a daughter of the late James Brow and a sister of Captain Koby Brow wtaiu . uiLuiuui mure LiliU'. year ago. She v/a? horn ami rear* on the Roans Creek farm whei the grim spectre of death claim* her, and during a career which co ered many of the most 'epochal de ade.s of AmericaV. history jjgjte..'nob daughter of the Old South pack* away in her fertile mind a vast sto? if knowledge, wrought many char table deedsy and enshrined horse i.h ?ti* hearts :&?.a nmititucle-.*_?l!^? bnifihg friends. Hundreds of Wattii an people knew Miss Eva. nndne.y of her demise1 brings bitter grief She was a member of: Pine Gio\ Baptist Church, whore she had \yo diipcd (Sr. more' than fifty year i'ijd was keenly interested in matte of av^piVitiial nature. V;B*jrfal toe place Monday in the Brown farm! femetc-iy near the old home. Oiie t tier last requests was that iu> ostei tarion accompany the last rites, i, the body was placet! in a plain, ui ulorned casket and consigned to tf Mirth"-without ceremony. And tods rib flowers adorn the frbsh mourn biit sorrow and gLiei in the hear yffner friends and relatives jrive las *i? proof that a useful life ha.- bet [inir.hcd. M .,.*- 'ixirSurviving: Are two - sisters. Mi: tfannie Brown, with whom she r< >ided- and Mrs. Norman Wills < Laurel f^oom^vy. SENSATIONAL EVENT IN VA. RECALLED BY MAN'S ILl.NES Statesvillo.;--?Br. .James W. I-av was called to' fiillsvaile,"f Yr.V; Satin 'Say niKht on account of the serioi lines- of Dexter Guard. an attornc :>f that town and former clerk y Carroll County court. Br. Davis wii ailed in consultation with other phj ?icians in repaid to the case. -The illness of Mr. Goard, who w? clerk of court in 1012, at the tin >f. the noted Hiiisviiie, Va.r mass: !-?-?> VCCall OC p/.ncififtnnl y? the Allen clansmen shooting: u Lhe court, killing: the sheriff and tl commonwealth's attorney, and fata ly wounding: the presiding judge, member of _ the trial jury and young girl, witness in a case \ which Floyd Allen was a defendan Clerk of Court Goad distinguish* himself by shooting down two infer hers of the Allen clan as they wei making their daring attempt to clea Lip the courthouse. Washington, D. C. ?The value * American foreign trade last mon' reached its lowest point in almost decade. Figures made public TuesrU by the Commerce Department plnc< the value of exports for January . $250,000,000 the smallest since Fe raary, 1922. Imports were valued 3 $183,000,000, lowest since Septer ber, 1021. OCKA wrest North Carolina RV x'J, iflai y, Former Watauga Man Charged With Murder ^ In Cabarrus County A news dispatch from Kannapht olss, N. C., state-. t-'iat Htnry NorIS. rin, former Watauga man, is held ?!- I in hand of $3,000 at that place for the fata: shooting Sunday of Bill t)b Efhtridge, his 50-year-old partner ht in a grocery store. t:? No?rts, as one of seven witnesses ht heard at the preliminary hearing e- Monday, testified he killed Ethes cridge ir< self-defense, shooting he after his partner attacked him with a knife. Prior to the fighl, he dele j clared, the two had been drinking to j together and playing poker. Norbv I r'? will be called to trial at the id . same term of court at which Etherlv I idge was scheduled to face a mur y4 der charge in connection with the ,V_ } fatal shooting last fall of John in ! llemley. ,y_> Norris, who is 3S years old, was ,j. reared on Meat Camp, this county, but has been a resident of Cabarrue for several years. He is a son i_- of Joe Norris. Is GARDNER'S ROAD PLAN WOULD SAVE WATAUGA BIG SUM '' State Maintenance of County Roads, 1' Would Relieve County of $15,26S: Burden, Says Report. Figures Do; Not Include Million and a Half ,!1 Dollars to Be Used for Construc~ lion in North Caroline. fe According to a report issued lust; "'"i Thursday by Governor 0. Max Gard-i to J nor, showmii in itemized detail the "* j j tax relief trial earn county vVvV-ckl : r 'b j ceivc by the Stale's assuming the j l j complete burden of county road : mnintonnwA VV*iL'in.?$ ' i lieved of a total of $ln,2(>8 annually. The figures contained In the Thiol' rBxecutive's report arc based oil e>C | v>end'?t,im\s of pitch county for the year ending: June oO, .Ld*>0, as come,j nilccl by the survey of the financial x,t I operations of each county's road: Ssjfuml. The data for this survey Were )C| gathered from the official records :IS; of the county accountants, county n j road superintendents, and township n road comnvhtsionevsi -etc.?said th?Ma i Governor. The survey was made un-j .(j;dcr dii*ccti6ri of the United States) ro Bureau o? Jvuads and represents ac-j !(j tual trunsaetipns for one year, as v_ nearly as information on file in the t._ county offices would indicate. je The tabic shows, under the appro,.j priate heads, the Hix relief for ex e \i0nditure.s for salaries, convicts (if i.iUnyf, mainet nance, equipment, and }{ gas and oil. and in the last column? i_ the total tax burden which would hoj p t^jmoved from the - SBBHg? B the) -s entire cost of maintenance were as-. sumot! by the Stated re The fige.ves do not include the r_ $t.f?00.000 for construction, inter- ' est. and m.ista-llaheou^ bxheiidilurps, ; ) which would also be removed from: Tjthe properly tasfnayej-s in the one; Iv. hundred counties. Tl^Ose figures rep-; *i?! resent ohi\dT>fi. rWinf wUi.-ti ??._* S' i ?y would receive from the main ten i r<)! r.rice oi county roads by the State. j The amounts of taxes taken off I grange from $T~;5,489 of expencli-j .. i lures in Mecklenburg County, all the ; 'jv i way to! $6.ft?(> spent in Clay County.! ^ I The table shows that fortyt seven counties which maintain their roads through working convicts spend ; n| ihe hulk of the $0,600,000 spent an-' ,; j nually for maintenance. These forty-' 7 scvemcounties having convicts Spend; 11 almost $">,000,000, while the fifty-! 5 three smaller counties, not having j | convict camps spend a little less than j | $T;600,000. The counties with con-; ! vict camps spend more than three j sj times as much as: the larger number; i of counties without convict camps.j ,s.| The report of tlic tax commission i r-j shows that convict counties spend au : is; average of S1S2 a mile for maimer.-1 ;v |ance for each mile ,:-f road main-j ' tnined. whereas the smaller ioimtx j I average only $00 a mile. | Totals for the counties using con-j r- j vict crna'ps, as shown by the tab es, j are: Tax for overhead taken off,! IS! $204,464; tax for convicts taken off. lcj $1,289,400; .tax for maintenance tax_ . ken off, $1,692,072; tax for equipy l rhent taken'off, $1,094,067; tax for ,pj gas and oil taken off, $687,647; toie: tal tax for maintenance taken off, a! Totals for counties not using con- j a vict camps: Tax for overhead taken -rr i*/"> nA.i . 6BE 'r HI v?i,?, wia- mi uiaiiitviiaavc i taken off, $1,03-1,032; tax for equip-j l(j nient taken off, $277,584; tax for n_ gas and oil-taken off, $220,497; to-e | tal tax for maintenance taken off, in] j NEGRO HELD FOR OLD CRIME ] jfl Kinston. N. C.?.lames A. Power-.,' thj Sixth District solicitor. Tuesday ana nouneed that "Petty" Teachy. no- S iy gro> charged with killing W. S. Teb Ml ohy, white, in Duplin County t.ye:vo at years ugo. is being held in New b- for extradition to this State ; he at negro is alleged to have shot the a- white Teachy in an attempted robbery near Wallace in 1919, $1.S0 PER YEA* DROWff RIIF CHE(| 5 COMING IN E I CRY MAIL ? -. ft j More Than w aty Farmer? Have Already R v e?J Initial Instal j ments of c rnment Loans for Farm Wor MO One Hundred and Fifty Appicaiions Have Been Forwarded to Department. Seventy-two checks were in the Watauga County Bank Monday for delivery to farmer* who had applied for drought relief through the agency of the itewiy-created government loan fund, ami the Treasury drafts continue to arrive in practically every mail. The amounts of the loans being made locally are said to a*t erage a little more than 5100, while [the highest amount asked by a Wa| tauga farmer is said to be S600 I The offices of W. II. Gragg. a j member of the central committee, were crowded Saturday with tillers j of the soil, who had suffered front the blazing heat of last summer and who came there for assistance in filling in ' the manifold blanks require'* by Uncle Sam preliminary to the issuance of the relief oheexs. At last report, 150 applications bad been made. The payments are being forward eel the farmers in instalments, the checks now on hand being for th" i?urpcse of supplying fertilizer arid seed for the oats and potato crops principally, and for feed for the work stock employed, or fuel for the tractor as the case might be. The other instalment will be tendered about the middle of April, it is understood, when preparations for corn and other later crops will be the order of the clay. THc,: anminhsLrHliuri pliin f*rir rdief of the drought regions, is being received with favor here. Mr. <1.. 1*. ITagaman, cashier of the \Vataug> County Bank, and also member of the local ioau committee, is even more optimistic over the agricultural outlook than usual, lb fee's that the government funds will he of unto Id benefit to the farmers here, and points cut that the list of hr/aliennbs mm - ?. ^ for. the most pari is made up of the best citizens i*nd most experienced farmers, and with a seasonable year he predii -ts the payment of the loans next. fa!' without difficulty. The funds received from the goveminent must he used for the specific purposes as outlined on the ap*. plication, and should they he diverted to other use?, it is said, the borrower may be liable to prosecution. Again, it is stressed, however, that no mortgage is required, no security whatever, other than a lien on the particular crop upon which the money is used. ' Mrs. Ariie Hodges Dies at Lenoir Home ; Arlie Hodges, i year? old,: died at her liome, Lenoir R. F. D I. last Friday after $Jn illness with pneumonia of four days* duration. The remains: were'"broughA^*) Hoone^' Sunday and luncval s?r\ui^;\veri: cnnuuci Ot! irom the u?k Grove f.aplist Church, one mile Vest of the city, that afternoon by Rev. F,. Hedges; following which' burial was in Uie Hiiies eemeterv:. Mrs. Hodges was a native of Watauga County, llu daughter of My. and Mrs. T>. 1.. Kerry, and was reared 111 the OnV (hove community. She had made her home in Caldwell .jjggS the past two years. She was a member of Ml. Lebanon Baptist Church for more than seven years, ".as :i@( i and favorably known throughput this section where news of her piySBi a.;r brings sovnw. Surviving are the husband. three small children, father and metl:%, and five brothers. S. M. and 1. St Ayovs of Boone, and Stanford, Gran villi- and Loftin Berry. also of this, section. i r~i Bkj KJ in fc, . . . S SKETCHED A young gentleman nonchalantly combs his hair as parked car in which he and lady friend sit drifts backward down hill . . - Twentythree of those three-cornered affairs whic'i babies are prone to wear hanging on one clothes iiuc. . . Cullud lady in raccoon coat struts down the street . . . Antiquated Lizzie, sans top, sans fenders, sans windshield, clucks along the main stem hearing a cargo of youngsters . . . Young married lady in local theatre, nudges her husband during mob scene and in agitated voice exclaims, "O-o-b, here comet the sheriff fr . . . A 1 gentleman lugging a basket of eggs and a baby, his face bearing : an expression of deep-seated conI cern . ? . A strip of snow on Lot- >v'; | ill's Pinnacle, which has withstood : ] | sun and rain for the past two months