YOi XXXII YadkinviMe, Yadkin County, Methodist Children's Home Buys Farm Near Courtney A tract of land, comprising 275 acres, a part of the estate of the late Dr. Cain, situated on the Yadkinville-Mocksville highway, near Courtney, this county, has been purchased by the Methodist Children's Home of Winston-Salem. It is the purpose of the home officials to use the new purchase for farming and rec reation purposes. There are several streams on the farm that will provide water for a pond which will be formed aud this will be used as one of the recreational features for the children living at the home. 27 300 Tons New Rati Purchased by Southern Contracts have just been let by the Southern Railway System tor the purchase of 27,300 tons of new rail for delivery during' the last half of 1925. This is in addition to 55,000 tons ordered for delivery during the first half of the year and makes a total of 82,300 tons ef new rail for the yenr, enough to lay more titan five hundred miles of track. Of the present order, 23,200 tons will be rolled by the Ten nessee Coal. Iron and Railroad Company at its Ensley, Alabama plant and the remainder by th$ Bethlehem Steel Company and the Illinois Steel Company. As the new rail is laid, an equ al milage of lighter section rail cow in service in the main lines! will be released tor use on sec ondary lines which are now' equipped with lighter rail. 129 Stills Destroyed In N. C. During May During the month of May Federal prohibition agents de stroyed 129 stiils in North Caro lina, captured 25 automobiles and poured out 136,185 gallons beer and liquors Eighty-five arrests were made and 260 prosecutions fled. No More Editorials Several of the leading western papers have discontinued their editorial pages, the space form erly used for editorials is to be given to news matter which the editors think wit! be more ac aceptable to their readers. Cotton Gtn Ftreg Static electricity is the principal cause of tires in cotton gins during the ginning process, according to the United States bureau of chemistry. Mr. Harry E. Roethe. deveiopment en gineer in that bureau, has taunted out the fact that in the seasons when the greatest number of cotton gin Rres occurred eiectrostatic [barges have been abundant. At such times low humidities have prevaiied and the cotton being ginned was particu iariy dry and dirty. During the periods when few iires occurred, electrostatic charges have been conspicuously ab sent.—From Tycos (Rochester. X. Y.). C/nnese Afams tn EngVonJ Hams frotn China are sohi in ting land as coming from ireiand. said a witness giving evidence at the Man chester city poiice court in a prose cution. at the instance of the markets committee of the Manchester corpora tion. for exposing for saie aileged unsound meat. The inspector stated that he had known Chinese hams imported into Engiand. sent across to Ireiand to be stamped and afterward sent hack to Engtand to bt stdd tn *Msh* MarshaH Mat.kie is Bitten by Rabid Cat Marsha!! Mat kie, the 7 year o'd soo of Mr. aaJ Mrs. Wm L Mackies, was bitten by a cat affected with hydrophobia a few days ago. The boy was ah en meJica! treatment immediately and is be ing given the Pasteur treatment and no it! effects is expected to develop from the bite. 7o*ir? /Sitfen Herne Htch tn Hrsferrc fnferesf New Engitmd is stid ri