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MAY BE HABITABLE
PLANETS GALORE
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I Scientist Points Out Possibility
of Unseen Worlds.
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! New York.—There may be
Sands of habitable worlds in the uni
verse, said Prof. Henry Norris Hus
sell, professor of astronomy at Prince*
ton' university, in a 'lecture in the
American Museuni of Natural History y
The only planet of which we know
which may contain life is Mars, ha,
said, because it is the only one on,
which the necessary conditions obtain.
Within observation of those on . the t
earth Jn inter-stellar space therS mky,
be planets unseen to those on earth
which also hold some form of life.
Water, air and heat are necessary
to maintain life, said Professor Rus
sell. at least life as we know it.
“If this earth were taken away from
the sun for a year the oceans would
not only be frozen but the atmosphere
would be condensed to liquid air wash
ing on the rocks of a frozen sea,” he
said.
If all the worlds were considered
to determine if there was life on them
at least one billion would have to be
examined, he said.
“The heavens are literally crammed
with stars,” he added, throwing on
the screen a photograph of a portion
of the sky to show the myriad worlds
caught by the camera.
“Os those visible,” he said, “not one
single one is inhabitable. Why? Be
cause they are visible.
“That means that they are large and
hot, that their heat is such as to be
fatal to life.
“In such a region there is no hope
of looking for life as we know it, but
there might exist organized beings
purely gaseous, but that sounds more
like a ghost than anything we know.”
Human Tooth Found
t 100,000,000 Years Old 1
Billings, Mont. —Discovery of a hu- '
man tooth deep in the coal beds of j
the, Bear Creek field south of here has
led a group of fo§§ll hunters to believe
that a primitive race roaoed this ter
ritory before the time cf the Neander
thal and the pithecanthropus or Java
man of the Pleistocene period.
1 The tooth was found by Dr. J. C.
Siegfreidt, head of a party that has
been collecting fossils for the Univer- I
sity of lowa and other institutions. It
identified by dentists here as the
Second lower molar. The enamel had
burned to carbon and the lime of the
roots to iron.
‘ Fossils previously taken from the
•field indicated, Doctor Siegfriedt said,
that the coal beds had been formed
in the Eocene period, perhaps 1,000,000
years ago. A perfect matrix, or mold
in which the tooth was imbedded, was
secured by Dr. Siegfriedt, who an
nounced that he would conduct a mi
nute examination of the field in the
liope of discovering further proof that
man inhabited this continent Q
timfe yhep it j£ supposed
only animal Tire existed
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Oil-Boom Towns “Bite
Off” Too Much in Bonds
U Oklahoma City.—Cities that “might
have been” and on which high tax
rates were levied after heavy bond is
sues had been voted are frequent in
Oklahoma history.’
» Devall and Pershing, both small oil
towns in Oklahoma, Were given ns ex
amples by Randell Cobb, assistant at
torney general in charge of the state
bond department.
h Six years ag* oil was brought to
the surface in the vicinity of the little
JlUage of Pershing. Visualizing a
ilarge city In the future, the ambitious
" citizens voted a $140,000 bond issue
for a water w<)rks system.
Oil production dwindled and the
city’s population decreased. Pershing
is now indebted for nearly half Its
Valuation.
At Devall, when oil was found, a
“boom* occurred and citizens voted
large amounts for municipal improve
ments. Then the population decreased
and taxes bounded to excessive rates.
A number of citizens moved outside
the city limits to avoid paying the levy.
Parsons Live Long
London. —In England clergymen live
longer than any other class of men,
the government statisticians of Som
erset House show. Gamekeepers on
the great estates, printers, gardeners
and makers of candles and glue, close
ly follow the ministers in the longevity
records.
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II Find Traces of Race II
Antedating Indians II
• • Manville, Wyo.—An ancient .1
X civilization which antedated and j*
*• was further advanced than that •-
X of the American Indian, is claim- X
** ing the scrutiny of archaeol- ••
1I ogists in the “Spanish diggings,” \ *
•* eight miles south of here.
.. Excavations have revealed X
• * traces of inhabitants, who, scien- • •
• • tists believe, were blotted out
“ of existence by some cataclysm
• • of nature. X
Specimens of weapons and *•
-}• tools, made of jasper and agate, II
X have been discovered strewn in **
4* profusion about tepee circles in ••
Ljl which the “lost race” housed ) ’
4* itself. Unlike the usual Indian ••
X relic finds, the agricultural tools ! |
! T and cooking utensils-predom- ••
J inate over the weapons of bai;- 11
T tie and chase. , **
LOVE 5 ■
AND THE
LIONS k
j By* H. M. EGBERT
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DARRETT was surprised to find
at ' a dozen other men
Waiting rfot the. position. Os
1 course a man out of a position
• is not over-particular what work he
tackles, but it was certainly surpris
s ing that so many others were willing
io tackle that especial jpb.
Darrett would have hated to have
had Lorna know what he was plan
ning to do. They had been engaged
for a year, and were to be married a
year later. The young man had a
good position, but he found himself
tin the eve of his vacation with exact
ly twenty-five dollars too little. He
wanted to spend two glorious weeks
at Lorna’s home town. With his pres
ent capital he could spend but one.
lie felt willing to do almost any
thing for twenty-five dollars. Conse
quently, when he saw in an advertise
ment that a strong young man, not
afraid of lions, was wanted at the
menagerie immediately, he hurried
away as fast as lie could go. He had
an idea that he could raise that twen
ty-five dollars within the first week
of his three, leaving him two with
Lorna.
As he waited outside the tent the
manager, a heavy man with an un
shaven jowl and black mustache,
came out and stood surveying the as
semblage with a sneering glare. Then
his eyes fell upon Darrett, and lie
smiled.
“I’ll take you, young feller,” he said.
“Beat it, the rest of youse.”
Slowly and without spirit the hag
gard-eyed ones dispersed. The man
ager called Darrett inside the tent,
j where a dilapidated looking individ
■ ual stood with downcast eyes.
I “You ain’t afraid to tackle the lions,
hey?” he asked.
“No,” said Darrett.
“Then tiiis here is the game,” said
the manager. “I wanted a strong,
healthy young man that wasn’t afraid,
to marry a lady in the lions’ cage.
You fill the bill. Hey, what’s the mat
ter?” •
| “I guess I’ve got cold feet,” said Dar
rett. “I didn’t know —”
“See here, young feller. You’ve got
me wrong. You don’t really marry
her. It’s just a fake ceremony, and
this gent here, Professor Dawborn, will
pretend to marry you. Understand?
The public will think it’s a real thing,
and it’ll draw trade. It’s a new ideal
of mine. Remember, you’re Doctor
Salerno, and you’ve come from the
Japauee islands, where you captured
and tamed the famous man-eating
monsters, to marry Mademoiselle Viv
iane. Don’t be afraid; the beasts ain't
got a tooth in their heads. You hare
I to prod ’em to make ’em move. Wise?"
* r l*m wise,** said DaiTeft.
I '‘Very well. If you make good your
job stays forever, We’re starring on
the circuit tomorrow, and
you’ll marry Mademoiselle Viviane
every afternoon between here and
Milwaukee. Professor Dawborn here
does the trick, and, as I said, he ain’t
got no license. He ain’t a clergyman
ftos nothing, but the people thinks he
is.” "■ . . H
Jii? ‘ king individual raised
his head, and the first words he ut
tered convinced Darrett that the pro
fessor, too, had just been taken on.
“I don’t know as I’ll go through ,
with it,” he murmured. “Lions ain’t
no treat to me, boss. Maybe I’d bet
ter think it over.”
“Come and see ’em,” roared the
manager, •
f With one arm Jinked through the
professor’s, to keep up his courage and
keep him from running away, and fol
lowed by Darrett, he led the way to
the lions’ precinct. They entered a
ramshackle shed near the circus tent,
and inside Darrett saw Mademoiselle
Viviane among her pets, within a
spick-and-span decorated cage.
He had pictured a dainty, petite
Pttle woman. He had reflected that
the guilty job he had undertaken must
always be a burden upon his con
science. He could hardly bring him
self to go through even a mock cere
mony, even for another week of Lor
na’s company. But now these
thoughts were utterly dispelled.
Mademoiselle Viviane was stout,
double-chinned, and fifty. She had an
adiposity of tissue which made her
bow of recognition a flop. Her hands,
which rested on the lions’ heads, were
rolls of flesh in wnich a few obscure
diamonds and rubies were twinkling,
like plums in a pudding.
“Are you on?” asked the manager,
i “How much?” gu;ped Darrett.
' “Five a night and no notice.”
“I’m on,” said Darrett feebly.
The manager smiled and nodded to
the lion-tameress, who opened the
door with a click that was terribly
sudden.
“Come in and meet the lions, boys,”
said the manager, dragging the half
swooning professor after him.
Three hours later Darrett sat be
side Mademoiselle Viviane, waiting
’ for the opening of the show. The
[ three lions, looking very much bored,
! crouched at her feet. Mademoiselle
; Viviane, who had taken a liking to
, Darrett, chatted vivaciously.
; “Os course it’s only a game,” she
. said. “One does a lot of things when
| one needs the money, even if one
. doesn’t like doing tnem. But I often
* wj.sh it was real.” Here she sighed
• j and looked sidewise at Darrett.
* “I beg your pardon?” stammered the
h young man.
“Getting married,” said Made
moiselle Viviane. “Since my fourth
- husband died I have been so lonely.
If l could find a real nice looking
yountf man-I’d like to make him happy
for titeTest of his days.?
Darrett Was searching,his brains for
a noncommittal answer when the
bugles sounded, and four prancing
steeds,* which had been attached to
the front of the cage, dashed forward
and carried them into the center of
the arena.
The amphitheater was lined with
faces. Darrett, experiencing the mean
ing of stage fright for the first time,
saw then, row above row, like cab
bages, or turnip heads in which Hal
loween gashes had been cut for mouths.
The mouths were set in vapid grins,
and as the cage drew up in the center
of the arena a single shout rang out.
The manager stepped forward. He
was clad in tights and spangles, and
he held the professor rather firmly by
the arm. The professor was clad in
clerical clothes and looked sad.
“Ladies and gents,” the manager
roared, “I now introduce to you Doctor
Salerno, the guy in the cage, what has
come from the Japanee islands to
marry the beautiful Mademoiselle Viv
iane. Doctor Salerno, who caught and
tamed these famous man-eating mon
sters at a terrible expense, has wooed
Mademoiselle Viviane, this here capri
cious beauty, for years in vain. At
last she agreed to become his happy
wife, but only on condition that the
ceremony should alee place in the
lions 4 den. Professor, will you kindly
begin the ceremony which shall make
them man and wife?”
Mademoiselle Viviane rose with a
smile and opened the cage. There was
something sinister about her glance,
Darrett thought. The professor stepped
in gingerly and took his station as far
as possible from the lions.
“Do you accept this woman for your
wedded wife?” he asked.
“Yes,” said Darrett, gulping.
“Do you accept this man for your
wedded husband?” inquired the pro
fessor of the fair lameress.
“I do,” said Mademoiselle Viviane.
“Then put this ring upon her fin
ger,” said the professor, handing a
two-cn“!t gold wedding ring to Dar
rett v
While the young man held it unde
cidedly in ids hand something hap
pened which always gave him a ten
der feeling toward lions thereafter.
Nero, the toothless old monster who
had been dozing in the corner strolled
forward, laid his head upon Made
moiselle Viviane’s arm and grinned up
into the professor’s face.
The professor, with a wild shriek
leaped back against the bars.
“Help ! Help !” lie shrieked.
Mademoiselle Viviane turned to Dar
rett with a gesture of surprising de
cision.'
“Put on the ring!” she hissed. “Yon
boob, hurry, or the professor will lose
what little head lie’s got left.”
The professor had already lost it.
He was clinging to the bars and emit
ting a series of howls which profound-
Jy interested the lions, for the three
them, surrounding him, gazed up
into his face with friendly smiles.
“Help ! Help!” shrieked the profes
sor. “Tm an'alderman. I appeal to
the law! Save me!”
The look on Mademoiselle Viviane’s
face was terrible. In a flash Darrett
understood. lie knew the meaning of
the glances that had passed between
the professor and mademoiselle.
An alderman! An alderman was
licensed to perform a wedding cere
mony. A certain similarity of appear
ance between the two showed him
the point of the trick. In another mo*
i meTit Mademoiselle Viviane’s dreams
of a huh husband would have come
true. '
He Sprang for the cage, found the #
latch and opened it. Just as Meda
moiselle Viviane’s two hundred and
fifty pounds moved ponderously
toward the entrance Darrett sprang
out. In another moment lie was run
ning at full speed out of the tent and
down the road. Behind him he heard
the roar of the lions mingled with the
despairing cry of Mademoiselle Viv
iane. He heard the manager’s shouts
behind him. But in the distance, very
dim and hazy but like a radiant star,
was Lorna’s face.
NOTICE OF LAND SALE
Under virtue and by the power of
sale contained in that certain judg
ment rendered in an action pending in
the Superior Court of Chatham
County, North Carolina, entitled ‘J.
A. Woody vs G. F. Perry et als” ;he
undersigned Commissioner will, on
Saturday, the 4th day of Dee
1926, at 12:30 o’clock noon in front of
the Court House Door in Pittsboro,
North Carolina, erffer for sale to the
highest bidder for cash, all that cer
tain tract or parcel of land lying and
being in Hadley Township, Chatham
County, North Carolina, and being
described as follows, viz:
Beginning at a stake in Elling
ton’s line and east bank of branch or
ditch, northwest cornor of lot number
2; thence north 79 degrees east 80
poles to a hickory in pointers, cornor
of lot number 2, thence south 2 de
grees west 24 poles to a hickory and
hickory pointers, cornor of lot number
2; thence north 89 degrees east 36
poles to Luttherloh’s line; thence with
said line about north 23 degrees west
36 poles to a branch and post oak;
thence down said branch or drain to
Dry Creek about 80 poles; thence up
said Creek its various courses about
112 poles to the mouth of branch,
Ellington’s line; thence up said branch
Ellington’s line to the beginning, con
taining 38 acres, more or
ing the tract alloted to t. r. Perry
Iby agreement of Alton Perry and
| Maggie Farrell.
This November the 13th, 1926
WADE BAR3BR, Commissioner
*MLER & BARBER, Attorneys
fHAM RECORD
Though he started with ppultry on
ly three years ago, A. ML? Smith of
Wake county sold over $2,500 wort *
>f eggs and chickens this year, has
i built and paid for three hew poultry
louses, three new brooder houses, a
small hospital house and has 1,000
’lefts and pullets now on hand. '
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TAX COLLECTING APPOWTMENTS.
For your convenience, 1 will be at the following named places, on
dates as stated for the purpose of collecting taxes. Please make your
arrangements to meet me and settle for all taxes you may be due.
Kimbolton, Thursday Morning, Dec. 2.
Taylor Teague’s Store, Thursday Afternoon, Dec. 2.
Siler City, Mayor’s Office, All Day Friday, Dec. 3.
Bonlee, Bank, All Day Saturday, Dez. 4.
C. G. Sharpe’s Store, Tuesday Morning, Dec. 7.
Gulf, Mclver’s Store, Tuesday Afternoon, Dec. 7.
Bear Creek, Emerson Bros. Store, Wednesday Morning, Dec, 8.
W. A. Phillips Store, from 12:30 to 2:30 O’clock P. M., Wed., Dec. 8.
Dan Ellisses Store, from 3 to 5 O’clock P. M., Wednesday, Dec. 8.
T. B. Bray’s Store, Thursday Morning, Dec. 9.
Rock Hill Supply Cos. Store, Thursday Afternoon, Dec. 9.
Bennett, Bank, All Day Friday, Dec. 10.
Goldston, Bank, All Day Saturday, Dec. 11. .
Ore Hill, Edward’s Store, Tuesday Morning, Dec. 14.
Carbonton, Tally’s Store, 2 to 4 O’clock P. M., Tuesday, Dec 14.
Jim Knight’s Store, Wednesday Morning, Dec. 15.
Jack Johnson’s Store, from 12:30 to 2 O’clock P. M. Wed., Dec. 15.
Farmville Mine Store, from 3 to 5 O’clock P. M., Wednesday, Dec. 15.
Brick Haven, Lawrence’s Store, Thursday Morning, Dec. 16.
5 Corinth, Mim’s Store, Thursday Afternoon, Dec. 16.
Bynum, Moore’s Store, Friday Morning, Dec. 17.
T. W. Hobby’s Store from 12:30 to 2:30 P. M. Fri., Dec. 17. '• .
T. E. William’s Store from 3 to 5 O’clock P. M. Fri., Dec., 17.
Moncure, Bank, Saturday Afternoon, Dec. 18.
Siler City, Mayor’s Office, All Day Tuesday, Dec. 22.
Thanking you in advance for a prompt settlement, I am,
Yours very truly,
l „ G. W. BLAIR, Sheriff.
i 15 CENTS: FOR COTTON. I
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We will allow our customers 15 cts 1
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£ Jit- E
| a pound for cotton and SI.OO a bu. f
| for corn on their accounts. Also
We Have Prices Worth Considering |
Owing to the low price of cotton we are going to endeavor to give the farmeis t
of Chatham the very lowest prices possible on every thing that we carry in our store;
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'«| Our entire stock erf shoes At Cost: l
; Our entire stock of sweaters At Cost. I
■» We offer good heavy overalls At $1.50.* I
i H Medium weight Hanes underwear At $1.50. [
S| And when it comes to Feeds and Seeds, We have them ,And at the right prices. *
Feeds and Seeds. {
We buy in car load lots, get it for less. Therefore we can sell it for less.
We offer Old Virginia Turf Seed Oats at $1.25 per bu.
Harvest King seed Wheat at $2.00 per bu.
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.5: ' v Abbruzzi Rye at $2.00 ner bn. j
, Old Fashioned Rye at $1.50 per bu.
| ! Good Feed Oats, Five Bushel Bags, at $3.00 per bag.
Good Ship Stuff, at $1.90 per bag. I
* \:\ . Cotton Seed meal at $1.90 per bag. j
[ \\\ > Heavy Fat Back Meat at 17 1-2 c per lb. j
V Good lard - - 17 1-2 c per lb. j
’ ::: - ' Sugar going at - -7 1-2 c per lb.
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Come and share some of these bargains,
! : _ Yours to serve, j
1 T.fM. BLAND & CO.,
: | PITTSBORO, N. C.
] BIRD’S ROOFING
I Building Material j
!■' _ We are prepared to furnish j
/‘material, including kiln-dried flooring, ceil- (
f Ihgs and sidings I
Everything in Roofing from the cheap
roll roofing to the very highest grade asphalt
I v shingles, at prices that compare most favor-
I ably with thore at other places. j
I We are in the market for dry pine lum«
us f or p r i C e S
Asheboro Wheelbarrow Co
PITTSBORO N. C.
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I Perry’s Garage, j
1 Phone 400 SANOFRD N. C I
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I Dodge Brothers Motor Car |
1 Parts and Service. f
Thursday, December 2. l9J<