THE BREVARD NEWS, BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA
FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1922
BACKERS ARE KEPT GUESSING
About On« of tho Most Uncertain
Sporting Events Imaginable Is a
Cockroach Raco.
Russian refugees in Constaatinople
turn their hands to all sorts of money->^
making devices. The latest and most
■uccessful are cockroach races. These
are held in rooms which the Russians
hire along the Grand Rue de Pt^ra.
The story as told by Kenneth L. Rob*
erts in the Saturday Evening Post, is
that in the center of each room is a
large table with a miniature race
track built on it The owner places a
box at one end of the track and waits
until his patrons have made their bets
on five contestants. Then he opens
tlie box and discloses five enormous
cockroaches attached to diminutive
sulkies. As the box is opened four of
the contestants may start briskly
around the track, while the fifth may
turn abruptly and canter In the wrong
direction amid heart-breaking groans
from those who are backing his colors.
Then the leader of the four racers who
are headed in the right direction may
stop short and twiddle his feelers pen
sively, and the other three may also
0top -and cluster around him to inves
tigate the cause of the delay. While
the conference is in progress the cock
roach that started the wrong way may
change his mind, turn and come dash
ing past the four Idlers with his eyes
flashing and his tail up. Then the four
idlers may recover from their mo
mentary ennui, start briskly up the
track again and pass the fifth'contest
ant. who has probably fallen Into a
brown study and leaned up against
the race-track wall with crossed l®gs
and weakly waving feelers. And so It
goes, until one of the cockroaches final
ly pulls himself together and scuttles
across the finish line.
SEES POSSIBLE FALL OF MAN
Scientist Points Out How the Race
May Sink to the Level ef
Lower Savages,
“Some millions of years from now
an entirely new and more highly or
ganized animal may spring from some
ancestral stock now relatively ob
scure and rise, at first slowly and
then more rapidly, to even greater
heights of achievement than anything
which lies within the capacity of the
human species.”
After tracing the geologic evolution
of the earth so far as man knows It,
Dr. Eliot Blackwelder of Harvard uni
versity, at the meeting of tlie geolog
ical societies of tho American Associa
tion for the Advancement of Science,
in Toronto, Canada, in these words
suggested the possibility of a future
usurper of man’s pre-eminent place on
earth.
“As our modern civilization becomes
more and more si)ecialized and diver
sified, our relations to our environ-
nient become more and more complex
and our adjustments more delicate,”
Doctor Blackwelder said.
» “Eventually, after all the latest pos
sibilities for advancement possessed
by the human species have been ex
hausted, the race may conceivably
sink back to the general level of the
lower savages, which are but little
above the other mammals.”—Kansas
City Star.
When Ingenuity Triumphed.
i Caught short on time with a New
York oi>enlng date booked, and fac*
Ing a huge loss for each day’s delay,
a moving-plcture producer made ar
rangements to edit, title, and cut the
play en route between Los Angeles
and the eastern metropolis recently.
With a special car equipi*ed as a lab-
' oratory and attached to a limited
•train, the work was found entirely
jpractlcal even while speeding east
ward at a mile a minute or more.
‘Twenty-eight heavy steel containers
•carried the original film, which re
mained in the “can” all the time it
was not actually in use. Editors and
cutters worked continually, stopping
only for meals and for a few hours’
sleep at night, and on these occasions
every s?rap of film was returned to
Its proper container. The work was
entirely successful; nnd liy the time
the train arrived In New York the film
was finislied and ready for delivery.
. —Popular Mechanics Magazine.
To the old maid theru Is only one
marriage problem.'
The flapper vamp is rarely as dan*
gerous as she is painted.
What the fanner needs jnost is an
auto that will eat oats.
And now China wants to scrap her
navy-^naturally as Junk.
You can pull yourself together by
pulling together with your fellows.
About the only thing that scares a
horse in town now is anotlier horse.
Divorce statistics suggest that they
still are scrapping on tlie matrimonial
sea.
The reason many have to walk is
because they cannot afford both taxis
and taxes.
The champion cow of 1921 has been
chosen and it’s all right. She won’t
go into vaudeville.
Next war might not Impose such
heavy burdens on us. We might have
the luck and lose it.
Anybody who can waive all con
scientious scruples can become a sort
of “financial wizard.”
The twenty-eight Princeton fresh
men who say they have never kissed
a girl don’t say what girt.
Even In this era of changing values
it appears that three of a kind are
still better than two pairs.
On the Jump.
“I reclcon you had a riglit lively
s time in Kansas City?" insinuated an
acqiuiintance.
“Tolable,” replied Gabe Gosnell of
Grudge, “but nothing like what I prob
ably would have had If I wasn’t con
siderably lively on my feet. You see,
' Uj> In Kay See, if you meet a respect-
•• ablf ■' -'king man after four o’clock In
ithe iiiu rnoon anywliere the least bit
•oft’ to one side, he’s a lioldup and robs
:you.
"And if :'0U meet one that don’t
look respi- i.ibie, he's a plain-clothes
policeman, ; id pounds you because he
thiakis you'. ' a holdup. So I was prac
tically on t' ^ keen jump all tlie time
I was there, ‘lodging one or the other.”
—Kansas C .y Star.
Would Have Helped Some!
w Nick Slick, the latest acquisiticwa to
V the town, luid done the “heavy" In no
.;half-hearted fashion.
Smart, and glib of .speech, he had
tfound the townspeople of Little Lit-
>1.116 very simple folk : ad easy game.
“^' He had obtained < . ~idlt right and
left aud then he h.- l flown gently
i\vay. ^^ ithout ever d; urbing the dust
or the pile of unpaid i.ills in his lodg-
*”»By Eostil” mutl ed Wilkins, the
grocer, wto was ■ i h't by tl.o dc-
Yfiul'-€r, ' if I’d kr.< vn he dida t in
Staying, I’d 1 .ve ci:ar.^ed him
double. I wooldl”- London Tit-Bits.
Blue sky is excellent, but overcredu-
lons citizens should not be allowed to
spend their good money for It.
One nice thing about the disarma
ment conference: It gives everybody
a chance to say, “I told you so.”
It would appear that among the
least lucrative professions In Europe
is that* of collecting war debts.
A doughboy with the bayonet is still
the most effective Instrument of war
if the enemy will fight that way.
There is little likelihood of a man
building his house on the sands these
days. It requires too many rocks.
If ever we get ambitious and start
out to break a record. It will be the
one the neighbor plays about 11 p. m.
In the Sudan It costs eight spear
heads to buy a wife. In this country
a single bonehead often .secures a fine
wife.
At ninety, a doctor attributes long
evity to proper food. Other doctors
add that enough o? It Is also as im
portant.
Driven to the wall though It may
be. Jazz can at least claim credit for
having brought the cowbell into the
orchestra.
There has been considerable talk
for a year or so of reforming the
dance, but have you looked on at one
lately?
A brunette has been declared the
prettiest woman. Pedestrians are
waiTied against flying bottles of
peroxide.
Tho wireless Is taking the coun
try by storm, but there are signs al
ready that It will not be a wireless
campaign.
The world Is facing a shortage in
olive oil tins sensou. There’s another
calamity to be laid at the door of the
boll weevil.
The law o.’ >?empensation is what
balances the .iverage between the
l)obbed hair (•'•op and the feminine
“switch” output.
If the movement to print restanrant
menus in plain English gains to» many
adherents it will take the giamoujr out
of commercial eating. ^
A Massachusetts professor say» the
metal coffeepot Is unsafe. Yet the
old tinnot helped settle this cowntry
west of the Alle,::henies.
A young lady to whom $60,000 wa«-
left in a will if she did not marry, has
married. That is what many would
look upon as will power,
London doctors clain» that it r» bflid
for the health lo jump out of bed as
soon as you w:rfee up. Most of us are
very careful of o«r health.
I’r< f’iiering in wive* has beg^ in
Ceii . Africa, showing how long It
taki M.. the savages to adopt tlie
lust. iijs of Christian naticcs.
The United States propaganda bu-
«-au might find a way to correct the
’ritish impression that polygamy is
•uite general In this country.
“Debauchery in dancing” among
S’oung persons is declared by an edu-
i-ator to presage the ruin of civiliza
tion. What does he mean, “civiliza
tion”?
liachelors are, up in firms against
the proposed tax on them. They de
clare that the strain on them row is
as great as it Is up<m a single sjsik'b
der butt on.
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All new outbuildings, including Barns, Sheds,
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I DO ALL KINDS OF
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PISGAH FOREST, N. C
PROFITABLE DEAL IN FOXES
Treasury of the United States Betie>
fltcd and the Value of the
Breed Increased.
In the spring of 1921 the bureau of
biological survey directed attention to
tiie fact that the blue foxes on some
of the Aleutian islands are deteriorat
ing through inbreeding, and that there
was a desire on the part of the na
tives and others to secure animals
fronj tlie Pribilof islands for restock
ing purposes.
In order to assist In btrndlng up the
blue fox industry of the Aleutians,
where climatic conditions appear to l>e
favorable, the introduction of new
blood from the Pribilofs was accord
ingly undertaken by the bureau of
fisheries, and eight live blue foxes
were placed aboard the coast guard
cutter Bear at St. George island Sep
tember 15, 1921. One pair went to
L. A. Lavigne, lessee of Unaigai is
land ; one pair to the Unalaska Native
Brotherhood, lessees of Avatanak is
land, and two pairs to N. E. Fe>l-
shanin, lessee of Kavaiga and other
islands. The purchasers suppli^
shipping cases and transportation was
at their risk.
All the foxes w-ere received at Una
laska In good order and were prtmipt-
ly placed on the Islands imder lease
to the various persons concerned. Tlie'
price charged for eaJ^li animal was:^
$88.12, this being the average realizedT
for PribHof blue fox skins at the sale-
at St. Louis February 21, 1921. The-
amount received for the eight foxes
was .?704.90; $5 was allowe<l natives;
of the PribHof islands for esicli fox
secured, and tlie net proeee<ls, amount
ing to .^6(>t.96, were turned into the^
treasury of the United States.—Flsli-
eries Service Bulletin.
NOTICE
North Carolina
Transylvania county
George L. Pegues
-Vs.
Ruth Flora Pegues
Inthe the Superior Court
^tfly term, 1922.
The defendant above named wM
take notice that an action entitled
as sibove has been commenced im
the Superior court of Transylvania^
county, by the plaintiff to obtain a^
decrc« of absolute divorce, and the
said defendant will further take no
tice tfsat she ig required to appear
at the term of the Superior court
of said itounty to be held on the 6th
Monday before the first Monday in
Septembca;, 1922, at the Court House
of said ctwinty in Brevard, North
Carolina, and answer or demur to
the complbrint in said action or the
plaintiff apply to ,the Court for
the relief diunand^ in the complaint.
This the 13th day of June, 1922.
N. A. ASILLER, Clerk Superior
Court
July 7.-D. L. E.
NOTICE.
\
Having didy qualified as Adminis
trator of the estate of L. E. OTCelley,
deceased, ncstice is hereby g"iven to
all persons haring claios against said
estate to presjnt thera, itimized and
verified, to theundersfijfiMd, on or be
fore May 25, 1923 or tfris notice will
be plead in bsa?- for thar recovery.
All persons indebted to said estate
will please nnucke imnsediate settle
ment.
This May 25th. 1922.
Mrs. Flora O’KELLEY Jidminisirator
riunc 30—pd.
i«3TICe:
Another evidence of return to nor
malcy i‘3 the f’oport that p<»ker play
ers are more afraid of hfitdup men ,
than of tlie police.
New Cape Breton Sait Bed.
The first rock salt deposit ever
fonnd in Cape Brettm has been made
near Whywxcomagh, Victoria county,
where a tliiu upper vein tvf a salt bed
has been pierced at a depth of 120
feet below the ground’s surface. A
Runtber of natural springs rich in salt
have* also bc^ dlsci>vere<l and a com
pany of Caiw* Bi*eton has been incor
porated for the purpose of developin"
tile salt protluction industiT in the dis--
A nation gets rich by going to wapj
much as a bear gets fat by sucking'
Its paw. '
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Special Clothing Sale!
For 10 Days
1
200
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Men’s Suits
to go at
$16.45
$19.95
$22.95
First come,
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BRENNER-PENNY DEPARTMENT STORE
Successors to Anthony Bros*
HENDERSONVILLE, N. C,
I
Xorth Carolina
Transylvania cc*mty
A. J. Hamilton «t al.
vs;.
Merrill Pickelsire«r et aL
In Superior Court
Before the Cledc
The defendants in the aboT© en
titled action, to wit: Merrill Pickel-
simer, and w’ife—Pickelsimer, J. C.
Fullbright and wife, Janie FuIFbright
James Norman and wife; Dovie Nor
man, John H. AlFison and wife, Bes
sie Allison, Jeff" Pickelsimer, Lemuel
Pickelsimer and' Daisy' Lee Pickelsi
mer, will hereby take nertice that a
.special proceeding entitled as above
has been comrn^enced in the S'uperior
Court of Transjrlvanfa county, N.
C., before the clerk of said court for
the purpose of selling a certain lot
of land lying in Boyd township, Tran
sylvania county,. N. near Blan-
tyre station, and dividing the pro-
cVed'! of said sale among the various
ravties entitled thereto.
The said defendants will further
take notice that they and each of
them are retiuiretJ to appear at the
office of the Cl.ci^c of the Superior
court of Transylvania county. N. C.,
on the 22nd day of July, 1922, and
then and there answer or demur to
the petition of the plaintiffs, or the
relief demanded in said petition will
be grantctf.
This J'urre 2Ist, 1922.
N. A. MILLER, Clerk Superior ^
rourt, Transylvania county, N. C.
Julv 21-4't.-W. G.
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APPLICATION FOR PARDON
North Carolina,
Transylvania county
Application for pardon
of
Sherman Ow'en
Application will be made to the
Governor of North Carolina for the
pardon of Sherman Owen convicted
at the November-December term of
the Superior Court of Transylvania
County for the crime of murder and
sentenced to State Prison for a term
of fifteen years.
All persons who oppose the grant
ing of said pardon are invited ^ for-
w’ard their protests to the Governor
without delay.
This the 19th dav of June. 1922.
MRS. SHERMAN I OWEN
June 30-W. E. B.
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