■zee ' ?ra ties i j ij i ST*"\V \RT r-1 !VV.K!St Rous.;* ft' Co •I'mj. ;<n c ; r! \. ties of •o toik" palmists •• • :v- .• TI.1 :s— \ t l> M ■ !>i y •nuvh ch;m» ' n> t OW!l. ■ ,i! i:• pi Lt! ho\V •:0'vV ^\V i t V> v done I ' ' t>usi •*< t\n )'<t: i'-'iV bank > • .o ;il! the y ' ;.'.vrs ti> i i:: • v. .;s years l>-!{ • ,:"y detinue .v !l to t'Oglt Nvv mother ■ v-wi. under . '.Itit:\ c indiara. to : "v. or it ;• v IlmuUfii n vest tentorial 1; c::ii was I it ri* are the principal aclois iv. ?h»' real diamn o: Ji;'e death thr>t w;s enacted in the streets of Hollywood. L'>ewhi>i\oi Vv ! Jerome ••Blackjack" \V:u"d (left) movie cowboy, ss held on suspicion of murder 1 lie shooting < John Tyke (right) also a film cowboy, who war shot to death on Su .. et L< ulevurd while a cioitcis crowd kiolied ; !i. believing a film \v.:r being acted. Ward v.eapti red after a chase by radio police. v.-.is a "wizard", a sleight-of-hand performer. But he laid no claim to supernatural power. He simply said Me was a trickster. The others lie denounced a* mere fakers. lie told his story to that effect and left Washington. Then the res;'ilar necromancers cut loose. Hinidini was needed bacl. again. ti» rebut their testimony. The com.nit >e wired to him. He came. Seating himself in the witness cha'r. he nipped from his pocket, onto the table in front of him. a little wad ded-up ball °r yellow paper, with the remark. "I'll give $1,000 to any medium in this room who'll tell me w hat's on that paper." "Why." answered Representative Fr;>nk R. Reid of the investigato l in 1 group, "that's the telegram we >ent to you. asking you to reap pear before us." Houdini started violently. "I saiii." he exclaimed, Chesterfield presents a Combination you can count on for MILDNESS AND BETTER TASTE e perfect blend of the world's best cigarette to baccos in Chesterfield gives you the two things you want and look for in a cigarette . . . Real Mildness and Better Taste. Then, if you add that Chesterfields are far cooler, you know you have a ciga rette that really satisfies. Clark cable AND • Vivien leich ; A vjliesterfiel^ \V •he Cooler, Better-Tasting, DEFINITELY MILDER Cigarette 'lEH™ liiat : U pay 11 10 auj :>l. ••Well." instantly cried Reid, •I'm a liiediian. 1 always knevv I had chat 1 (•cciilt power. Where'.- my $1,000?" Reid never sot his $1,UU0, but the incident spoiled that investigation. Astrology There was a celebrated astrolo Sist in Washington — '•Madame Marcia." She was in close touch j with Mrs. William McKinley and i professed to have foreseen the Me- I Kinley assassination. Superstitious ! folk believe it. I knew her. She lived up on U street. She said she didn't much believe in .spiritual ism—the "spirits," she admitted, had a tendency to fool yon. Cut the stars, she alleged, are infallible. Professor Marcus Lamar, anoth er professional, verged on oeing a genuine psychologist. Ile'd put on a spiritualistic performance if a • customer insisted on it, but ho much preferred to study an appli cant's mentality and personality and then give his patrons the advice that he honestly believed best adapted to the latter's especial requirement. I once saw and heard him conduct ing one of these investigations. Upon its conclusion his visitor said, "Yes, but what'll I do?" This fretted the professor. "How the heck," he exclaimed angrily, "do 1 know what you'll do? All 1 can tell you is what yuu OUGHT to do.' There isn't much taking aDout that kind o: business. It's often stated that a good many congressmen are patrons ux tne cap ital s necromancers, i a^keci rro fessor Lamar ii this was hue. "une tnousanct times no,' ne rejoinea. "ineyre too sophisticated to utiieve in gnosts and too conceited to con sult a reauy competent auviscr. Investigator Representative William i. Scnutj of lnaiana is in enurge oi uu.* im pending inquiry. bhuite will do a good job of a. He was a "magician' himself be fore he got into politics—a legiti mate sieight-oi-hand performer, like Houctini; a snowman; no; a uo gus sootnsayer. ne s sini a paid up memoer oi the international Al liance oi meatncal Employes. "We're going tu get rid of this! otink, legerdemain and alleged mind reading in Washington,' ne prom ises. "it's been rampant too long already.' 'lne last bunch of investigators' weakness was mat they weren t well enough acquainted wan me1 game the^ were trying to investi gate. Tney cotiidn t see through Uie tricKs mat were played on them. The tricksters, however, can't put anything over on Bill Schulte. U. N. C. Student Nominations Made Chapel Hill, Feb. 2G.—Campus poli j tics are now in lull swing at the j University of North Carolina, and, accepting the cnallenge of the Stu dent Parly, the University Party has announced iis first candidates j.or ; the spring elections. Bill Dees, rising senior from Golds- j boro, was nominated l'oi tne presi-| dency of the student body, and Jim- I I my Howard, varsity basketball and | baseball star from Norfolk, Va., for president of the senior class. j The rising sophomore adherents i j to the University Party got busy too , and announced a complete set of class 1 officers headed by Johnny Hearn, son of Baseball Coach Bunn Hearn, i for president, and Hobart McKeever j of Greensboro, for student council representative. Also named were Charlie Han- ; cock, Oxford, for vice-president; i Lem Gibbons, Hamlet, lor secretary; and Dan Thomason, Wilmington, lor treasurer. Bill Stauber, of Rural Hall, and Bob McLemore, of Smithfield, have announced the formation of two new political parties to be known, respec tively, as the Rameses and the Caro lina parties. Two prominent athletes. Dave Mor rison, of Plainfield. N. J.. and Gates Kimball, of Winston-Salem, were nominated lor president and vice president of the student body, re spectively. by the other major cam pus organization, the Student Party, several weeks ago. RUTHERFORD FARMER GETS GOOD AVERAGE YIELD FROM COTTON Rutherfordton, Feb. 26. — Good farming practices produced an aver aye of 838 pounds of lint cotton to the acre for Rayburn Edwards, prom inent Rutherford county farmer of the Gilkey township, reports F. E. i Patton, l'arm agent of the State Co'l leye Extension Service. Edwards' five acres of cotton fol lowed a good growth of lespedeza. He used the Rucker No. 1 variety which was planted in three-foot rows and the plants chopped to 12 inches apart. Again Patton says this farmer be lieves in carrying out rotation and seldom plants one row crop after another on the same land, but fol lows a rotation of row crops, small grains, and legumes. Hull Says Trace Pacts Necessary (Continued Fro-n Fvtgc One) quirement) under existing conditions would be to make the program en tirely unworkable. That would in evitably hurt our foreign trade anc through trade our nation's economic well being." Club to Meet. The Woman's Tuesday club will pieet wi|h Mrs. J. M. Peace Tues day afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. CARD OF THANKS. We want to thank each and everj one for the kindness and sympathy shown us in the recent illness anc death of our beloved wife anc mother. Wo especially thank Dr. R T. Upchurch, Mr. John White ol Whites Drug Co., Mr. Briggs and Mr. Davis of Pittman-Lancaster Funeral Home. J. H. HARRIS AND FAMILY. Admiral Nikolai Kuznetzoff Navai Commissar of Russia, Ad miral Nikolai Kuznetzoff flew to Murmansk to take charge of Rus sia's Arctic fleet as a British-French warship squadron began to blockade the north Russian coast. The Allied patrol aims to. halt Soviet shipment of submarine; and supplies to Ger many and prevent Nazi ships from taking refuge in Russia. (Central Press) & IS Will Be Charged To Your 1939 If Not Paid On Or Before r*-i © Yt We Invite You To Pay Promptly And Save Additional Penalty. S. B. BURWELL City Clerk oLeaaett d 2)ept S){o(v Annual Sale 2,000 e 2-Year-Old Tyler, Texas, Field Grown %;&y Freshly Dug From One Of The South's Largest Nurseries On Sale Tuesday and Wednesday ONLY On Sale Tuesday and Wednesday ONLY n < Sold Only In Bundles Of Ten Ali Popular Ever-Blooming Varieties FOR NORTH CAROLINA PLANTING Red Radiance rink Radiance Talisman Columbia Hoover , Editor McFarland E. G. Hill ' : Etoile de Hollande Hurry! Sale Lasts 2 Days Only At this sensational price we expect to sell out! Buy as many as you need now! After these are sold there won't be any more! f ^an*s are Packed to last several days ilVy 1 Ht it" you are not ready to plant now! (BALCONY) DEPT

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