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Childless Parents Swamp Orphanages To Adopt Babies At Christmas Time Kansas City—Door bells rang with the constancy of sleigh bells in orphan homes. Baby adoptions set a fast pace in middle America as toy windows beckoned to childless husbands and wives. All records were broken at Chi cago during the past two months. Deputy Clerk William E. Golden said the number of adoptions there during November and December have tripled figures for the same period last year.November adop tions averaged three a day. The average rose to four a day during this month and Golden expected it to be five-a-day this coming week. In Kansas City, adoptions ex ceeded 480 for the year and gave every evidence of passing the S00 mark. "By the end of the year the num ber probably will be around ISO,” smilingly reported Juvenile Court Judge Ray G. Cowan. "The demand this Christmas sea son is larger thro it’s been in a long time.” "From IS to 20 states have come about 2S0 requests for children,” said Mrs. Mary Wilson Jones, supervisor of the child adoption department of the court, as she an swered a steady stream of tele phone calls. "We just have so many babies available at any given time and those who don’t get any of these will just have to wait.” In hundreds of homes, however, "Dad” is getting his first experi ence in shopping for doll and tricycle.And "Mother” is reciting S MOTHERS! He’ll Like These Gifts i fS _(-- * BOYS’ SUITS All 2 pants $4.95 to $13.50 THEY’RE the kind of things boys like to wear. They’re from the store where Dad buys his things. That means Father will admire your economy, and Son, your taste! SHIRTS White and colored 48c and 75c LEATHER COATS Black and dark brown—the good kind, boys like. $4.95 to $7.45 ZIP SWEATERS All new shades TWEED-U-ROY KNICKERS Browns, greys, blues. The best in town. $1.95 to $2.95 WOOL KNICKERS 95c $1.45 $1.95 $2.95 Belts-25c to 50c Sox-25 to 35c Ties_u_25c nuiiuicus ui utncr arucies ior your Doy. TREXLER BROS. & YOST Leading Clothiers. A TIP FROM SANTA! “You’ll want smart appearance for the Christmas senson!” 1^ *\\ >— 1 -w M H In the rush of Christmas shopping, do not forget that your jg ^ friends still, in a great measure, judge you by the APPEARANCE OF YOUR CLOTHES 1 There is no need to "shop around” for correctness of yourjjgj holiday apparel . . . just send your Suits, Coats, Dresses and«|j Wraps to BENTON’S and you are assured that they will beM smart enough for any holiday event. J»j Phone 1423 | ONE DAY SERVICE | BENTON I DRY CLEANING WORKS J Eight Convicts Still At Large North Carolina.—Of 10 prison ers who escaped from the State con vict camp here Saturday night, only two had been captured Tues day. Two of the the prisoners escaped through a hole in the wall of a camp building while the guards and camp force were eating super. Two of the prisoner^ John Gambill, negro, sentenced to two years for larcency in Cleveland county, and Bernard Ball, of Forsyth county, were captured to day. Others who escaped were: Roy ty, serving two years for larceny; ceny in Guilford county; Howard Bracket, sentenced in Gaston to serve three to five years for big amy;Jac k Presnell, Haywood coun ty, serving twoy ears for larceny; Price Miller, serving six months for assault in Guilford county; Ray Hoffman, servng 15 months for forgery in Guilford county; Will Brown, sentenced to two years for larceny in Mecklenburg county, and Knox Brown, serving two years for larceny in Iredeell county. Nnrse Held In ‘Mercy’ Death Woonsocket, R. I.—A young practical nurse who, police said, confessed she killed a woman pa tient to end her suffering, was with murder, pending determina wth murder, pending determination tion of her mental condition. Deaths of other patients the nurse had attended were under in vestigation. The nurse, dark-eyed Marie Sev ignay, 26, was so distraught when called for arraignment she was un able to appear and her attorney en tered a plea of not guilty to a charge she ended the life of Mrs. L. Valmore Normandin, 47, wife of a former city auditor, with a po tion of household ammonia. Police Inspector Leo Vanasse said Miss Sevigny, once a member of a religious order, first told him she administered the caustic agent to quiet Mrs. Normandan, but finally conceded she killed the woman to end here suffering, Mrs. Normandin was under treatment for a nervous break down. Only 400 Civil War Vets Left In North Cerolina Raleigh.—The ever-present scy the of old Father Time cut another wide swath in the thinning ranks of surviving Confederate veterans from June to December this year in North Carolina, and there were 54 fewer names on the soldiers’ pension rolls today. Last June when State Auditor Baxter Durham made out the pen sion checks there were 454 veterans of the War Between the Stfates who drew that semi-annual pay ment. Today, Auditor Durham was pre paring to mail the vouchers and only 400 names remained. Those 400 veterans are drawing $73,000 in State money at the rate of $1 per day each for the last six months. RE-OPENS FIGHT FOR BABY St. Louis.—Mrs. Nellie Tipton Mnengh today reopened her legal battle to reclaim the "gift of God” baby. Claimed as her own, which the St. Louis court of appeals re cently awarded to Unwed Anna Ware. GERMAN BISHOP OUSTED Berlin—The militant confessional (opposition Protestant) Bishop Zaenker was rerrjpved from office Monday by Hans Kerri, Nazi di rector of church affairs, for violat ing government ecclesiastical de crees, it was learned tonight. U. S. SIGNS TRADE TREATY Washington.—A riciprocal trade agreement providing for mutual tariff concessions was signed today by the United States and Honduras at Tegucigalpa, the eighth pact to be consummated under the admin istration’s foreign commerce pro gram. American exports to Hon duras for 1934 were estimated at $6,000,000. ',The Night Before Christmas.” It’s "for keeps’ with them. Sandwicfa IPS i mM\ PHILADELPHIA . . 7 Thelma ' Kaighn, 18, (above), was rushing 1 around to get dressed for a party. . She swallowed a straight'pin. Now' the doctors at a hospital here have Thelma eating sandwiches filled with fluffy cotton, as a part of the strategy of protection. Roaring River Bandits Loot Post Office Safe North Wilkesboro—Burglarsloot ed the Roaring River post office plundering packers and stealing several dollars. They were unable to open the post office safe. HOSPITAL IS BENEFICIARY Baltimore—An unrestricted me morial fund of $900,000 was left the John Hopkins hospital here by the late Albert Marburg, retired tobacco manufacturer. The will was filed today for probate. Mar burg died December 9. • Renew your Subscription today. Credit Associations Save Farmers’ Money — Production credit association loans, bearing a low rate of inter est, have enabled) many Ndfth Carolina farmers , so save money during the past .year. The interest on these loans is five per cent a year, said Dean I. O. Schaub, of State College, who pointed out that buying on long credit often adds 10 to 40 per cent to the cost of the goods. The production credit associa tions were established to provide loans at low cost to farmers who run short of cash and would other wise have to finance their farming operations at high interest rates. The associations are farmer-owned and controlled. I Another advantage of borrowing through the associations is that a farmer may secure his loan in in stallments as he needs them, pay ing interest on each installment on ly for the time he actually uses the money. For example, a farmer may bor row $1,000. In the spring he may receive an advance of $300 on which he will pay interest for nine months. Three months later he may receive another $300 on which interest is to be paid for six months. The remaining $400, re ceived at harvest time, would bear interest for only one month. j In this way the total interest would amount to $20.41, as com pared with $38.30 he would pay if the entire loan had been issued in one installment to bear interest for, nine months. E. F. Warner, secretary-treasurer of the Raleigh Production credit association, pointed out that his association loaned $270,000 to ap- i proximately 1,000 farmers in 1931. Practically all the loans have been paid back, he reported. Route One Items Dr. G. M. Flemming of Cleve land, spent a portion of the llch hunting with J. A. Fink. Wright nad Barringer have mov ed their saw mill on George Fink’s place and have sawed some lumber Sidney Hutchins has been hav ing chills. Mrs. M. L. Bost is sick. J. A. Bost has been sick. Mr. and Mrs. D L Bost motored to Kannapalis and were the quests of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hendrin, the 16th. W. T. Barber spent Tuesday with G. F. Powlas. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Myers spent the lJth with Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Myers. BALD SANTAS GET BUSY Racine, Wis.—Three hundred Racine men set out today to prove they don’t need hair, much less whiskers, to be Santa Claus. They are members of the Racine Bald headed Men’s club, organized re cently to ward off quips about shiny pates. Proceeds of a ban quet tonight will go to a Christ mas charity fund. 1 • Patronize Watchman Adver tisers. Have You Men On Your Gift ; List Who Are Critical About Their Neckties? Give them a half dozen of dur especially selected hand made ties and you’ll never hear the end of his praise. Two Special Groups 49c - 79c Other Neckties at $1.00 to $2.00 KENERLY COLBETH CO. "THE FRIENDLY CHRISTMAS STORE” "Herm” Kenerly "Clem” Colbett Hot Plate It costs one and nine-tenths cents per hour to have Reddy heat this hot plate. 95c Cash — $1 Month Oven Cooker Keddy Kilowatt will cook your food in this cooker for one and three-flfths cents per hour. 95c Cash — $1 Month Electric Kettle $750 95c CASH $1 MONTH Reddy will heat three quarts of water I for one-half cent. f Six Cup Electric Percolator It costs only one and one fifth cents per hour to have Reddy percolate your cof fee. 85c Cash — $1 Month Electric Iron Reddy Kilowatt will heat this iron for only one and four-fifths cents per hour. 45c Cash — 50c Month 2-Slice Toaster Reddy Kilowatt will do this toasting job for one ted nine-tenths cents per h»ur. 45c Cash — 5Cc Month '-—-— I If the home runs smoothly without apparent effort or stir-up, half the battle for Happiness is won. Give gifts that make home-keeping a subtle, magical routine. Then, no matter whether the family con sists of two, or more, the gears don’t jam, the wheels go smoothly round, and—everybody’s Happy. The gift for the home is truiy the gift of something electrical. DUKE POWER CO. 430 South Church Phone 4112 &
