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Mm pi ? H Bid m m 1 mm mk i ? Christmas for Alice i ?m {'' ' lrfc' A " vV -v ''' ?? - ? By MARIAN WING (?. I ?24, Weitern N^wipap.r Union.) a \ % v ?, 'i-7 3?vy jb ?' lyjfe UTB? . ALICE 1*7 abed late Chrlst maa morning. What other girl of eight een would have stayed lazily In bed ^*rlth the mar velous Christmas presents waiting b?r attention that were Waiting Ruth Alice's? She was the only daughter of an ; enormously rl<;h father. She was also, on, that Christmas morning, the one shining hope' of hulf a dozen rich beaux..' So yod can Imagine what gifts .were hers. At ten o'clock Ruth Alice's personal maid, Flora, came rather timidly, but determinedly, Into the luxurious bed room where Ruth Alice lay dreaming among her pillows, her beautiful eyes half closed. "Well, Flora, why are you disturb ing me? I'm ndt going to get' up yet a while." t "But, Miss Buth Alice ! Tour father Is Just walking back nnd forth In the library, and asking every hnlf minute when you are coming down." "Oh, dad ! 'He wonts to see my Joy OTer the stocking, I suppose." "Well, there are lovely things down there, goodness knows! 4nd such flowers I" "Oh, ? bother the flowers ! , I don't want them. But, tell me, has the post man come yet?*' , "No. He'll be dreadfully lnte todny, of course." "Yes. so I supposed. Well, what's "All Right, Flora, Briny Me My 8llpp?r*.n the good of getting up,. then?" Roth Alice atretched her pretty pen. I'll get on some clothes and go down to Dad. I needn't spoil his Christmas." And It was with this determination not to mar her dear da<l's Christmas that Ruth Alice ran down the stairs and tripped into the library with a smile. But such a forced smile t The maids noticed it, and the butler, too. And they all' puzzled about It and whispered among themselves. They were all very fond of pretty Kuth Alice, and it grieved i them to see her sq out of sorts, on Christmas of all tlm^e-i"" . " ' "And she's been like this for more than a week," Flora sighed to the butler. "Just Isn't Interested In any thing. Ob, yes, there's one thing still can excite her. That Is the postman. Shfe seids me out forty times a day to see if he's dropped letters in the box and forgot to rlrig. Yesterday she "Made Me Go Out and Look Down the Street". j even made me go oat and look down the street to see If ha was anywhere In sight." "Oh, well, that explains It, then. She hasn't beard from her sweet heart." "Sweetheart! She's heard from dozens of 'em every mal|. And you ought Just to take n look at her pres ents In there. Flowers, books, candy, music I And her father has surprised her with a new limousine nil her own. Guess even you didn't know that! Mike kept the secret pretty well. He only let it drop to me by accident" Mike was the chauffeur, of course. ?'No! A limousine-! And then those pearls ! The old man showed them to me himself last night. Just couldn't keep It to Mraself any longer. They're lienutles, you can take my word, and ct>st a good round fortune." "How any girl with all that can be glowering around on Christmas da ? " "Tlng-a-llng, tlng-a-llng," the front door bell Interrupted. Flora Jumped lllfe a Jnck-In-the-box j when the cover is sprung. "That'll be I the postman," she said. "I'll get there this time before Miss Ruth Alice sends me." But Ruth Alice was at the door first, for she, too. knew the postman's ring. Kngerly she went through the pile of j innll. Then, her eyes flooded with i tears that she could not hide. "Noth- | Ing ! And It's Christmas day I" she whispered. i k- "But what's this," Flora asked, bending to pick up a picture ipostal thot liu.l dropped to the floor. - Mis* Until Alice snatched It from herf hand, '?ut not before Flora ha<t,W*n. It HplF3|^^^ctu^Jjg^.a feung A Christmas _ 1 Bq James L/dlO I Russell Loraell H\K7 HAT means this glory round VV our (Mt" The magi roused. "more bright than morn?" And voices chanted clear and sweet, "Today the Prince of Peace la born!" ? "What means that star," the shepherd* eald. . "That ' brightens through the rocky Blent" And angels, answering overhead. Sang, "Peace on earth, good will to men I" All rpund about our feet shall shine A light like that the Wise Men saw, If we our loving will Incline To that Bvett Life which Is the law. ? So shall we learn to understand The simple faith of shepherds then, And. clasping Kindly hand In hand. Sing, "Peace on earth, good will te , men!? ? ? And they wha~do their souls no wrong But keep %t eve the faith of morn. Shall dally hear the angel song. "Today the Prince of Peace Is bornt" on a door, and under It, scrawled is a bold masculine tihnd, "Merry Christ mas and Happy New Year, Miss Nor man." That was all except the sig nature, "Jack Dalton." But suddenly Miss Ruth ' Alice" laughed merrily and seized Flora by both- hands. She whirled her around In a happy dance. "Merry Christmas, Florn," she cried when It was done, and rushed toward the library. She passed the butler oz. tbe. way. "Merry Christmas, Walker," she cried to him. Then they heard her Merry_ Christmas Ing her dadl "Well, I'm glad to hear her saying It," Flora ejaculated. "I thought she never would. But think of a cheap postal dolnt-Hiat to her after all those wonderful things In there and the au tomobile!'^., "What are pearls and a car to love?" ^whispered Walker, drawing very near to Flora. Luughiug, she pushed him away. "Merry Christmas,'/ she laughed back at him over her shoulder as she ran up the stairs. wk* ssri OUR HEART-RADIOS ON CHRISTMAS EVE i # OD owns the biggest broad casting station In the uni verse, and what He sends forth TTall corners of the world Is love. Every human being has a radio ? a heart-radio. If we take the trouble to "tune in," we are in a fair way of becom ing good receiving stations. And a good receiver may hear har monies that will vibrate through his being like chords on a harp. At Christmas time -.we should have heart-radios in perfect con dition that we may know the beauty of God's love, which mnnlfests Itself In kindliness. 'friendliness, happiness and good cheer. "Tune In," friends, and who knows but we mny hear the nngels caroling on Christmas Kve 1 ? Martha Banning Thomas. ' t?., 1!?2?, Wutfrn Ntwsptptr Union ) ** ram* IMPORTANT NEWS THE WORLD OVER ? IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OP THIS AND OTHER NATIONS POR SEVEN DAYS GIVEN THE NEWS jF THE SOUTH What U Taking Pt?o? In Th? Soutfc. land Will B* Pound In ?riaf Paragraphs Foreign ? ^ Dispatches from Managua to San Salvador Hay the greater part of the Nlcaraguan cotton crop has been ruin ed by caterpillars. A revolution has broken out in Al bania, accord in, -5 to refugees reaching Jugo-Slavla. The Albanian premier is reported to have fled and panic reigns of Tirana. Premier \kel of Esthonia has ten dered his resignation owing to ill health. M. Jaakson, former minister of Justice, has been invited to form a new cabinet. Winston Churchill, chancellor of the English exchequer,' and one of the most spectacular and combative pqr sonallties In British public life, has firmly announced bis country's inten tlpn. to participate in any payments France may be able* to make. The German cabinet, headed by Chancellor Marx, has decided to re sign, owing to the refusal of' Foreign Minister Strdsemann's Folks' party to enter a four-party1 coalition govern ment whicli would Include the SoclaV Ists. Marx has arranged an Interview with President Ebert to determine the date of the cabinet resignation. . < Germany has not entirely complied with the disarmament provisions of the treaty of Versailles, but she could not prepare for war within less than four years, accord ia? to an officer close to Marshal Foch. ?The threat of^pie French .Commun ists to hold a great demonstration to protest against the expulsion of for eign communities brought about three thousand policemen, troops- and re publican guards. to the vicinity of the Saint Lazarre. station, where the dem onstration was to have been held, but only about two thousand Communists were brave enough to put in appear ance. . The Swiss federal assembly elected Dr. Jean^Marle Musy presidents the Swiss confederation for the year 1925. Musy Is a lawyer. The outgoing pres ident Is Dr. Ernst Chuard. The countess of Suffolk and Berk shire, formerly Daisy , (Marguerite Hyde) Leiter of Chicago, suffered two broken ribs When she fell from her horse whila hunting near Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England. David Lloyd-George, leader of the Jost legion of Liberalism in the house of commons, has bbgun a, bitter of fensive agalpst Premier Stanley Bald win's Conservative government in an effort to force the British government either to block the proposed Franco American debt settlement or to obtain a slice of the golden pie for Englaad. Ramsay MacDonald and Lloyd-George sallied forth to the attack on the Con servative statement of policy like a couple of Quixotes in a forest of Amer ican steel windmills. < / " Washington ? The Underwood Muscle Shoals bill was a target for attack in the senate and its author, Senator Underwood; Democrat, Alabama, was compelled to defend his measure vigorously when it came up the other day. President Coolidge discussed the senate legislative situation at a din ner conference the other night with Senator Curtis of Kansas, Republican leader of the senate. Secretary Mellon has advised the house Judiciary committee that Robert J. Owens, federal prohibition agent, who raided the residence of Hugo Gil bert de Frisch in New York City last Auguot. had been dismissed from the service for "deliberately making a false affidavit to procure a search warrant on a private residence." Tyler Dennett has been appointed to be chief of the division of publica tions. state department. Mr. Dennett holds a doctor's degree of philosophy at, Johns Hopkins, was associate edi tor of The Outlook and Is an author of note. He has been lecturing on American history at Johns Hopkins since 1923. _ The success of making ChriBtmas a full holiday on all rural mall delivery I routes of the country last year, "with I no complaints received because or the suspension of the service, has caused H. H. Blllany. fourth' assistant post master general, to order a full holi day again this year. j /The agricultural appropriation bill. ' carrying S 124.000.000. of which $S0. 000.000 would be available for road 1 construction, has been passed by the I house. The bill, as sent to the scn j ate, woulj appropriate about flfty nlno million dollars more than last year's j measure, but carries several million J dollars less than the budget esi'.mate It Is announced from th^ white house ; that President Owolidire will throw tbe I weight of Ms influence against any 1 "pork barrel" rivers and harbors lep I Islatlon that may be proposed in con I cress. Reallocation of wavelengths to ra dio broadcasting Htatlons, an' recom mended by the recent national radio conference to the secretary of com merce, has been abandoned by the commerce deportment. The position of President Ooolidge that auspenslon of the preferential rail-rate section of tho. merchant ma rine uct' should be continued pending further study of the question by con gress la stip&orted In' recomipenda^ tlons of the president's special' pom' mlttee on coordination of railroad and steamship transportation. Two bills, one carrying a number of varied navy department recommenda tions and the other authorizing reor ganization of the n.aval and marine corps reserve, have been passed by the ! house and sent to the senate. Domestic ? Five officers and enlisted, ir-tn at tached to the squadron number 2 of the battle fleet air squadrons, were killed and three others probably fatal ly Injured when the huge twin-motor ed H-16.tj;pe seaplane. In which they were engaging in aerial target prac tice. nose-dived 1,200 feet into the sea at San Diego, Calif.; the other morn ing. The accident was the worst In tho history of aviation, . it Isadore Lu&tyBsl, former vice pres ident of the United- States bank, Oes Moines, Iowa, has been returned., to that city from Memphis, Tenti., to face charges of embezzlement, but has de cided not to plead guilty, and will go on trial soon. "FYanklln experts"? ^fflcefs of the International BenJamlAfranklin soci ety?hastened to tbsutfefenee of the kite and key story <Jf the colonial American's ' electrical experiment, which a Boston professor had declar ed to be a myth. . MaJ. August Belmont, 71, financier and turfman, filed at his apartment. In New York <2ity, the other day, af ter an Illness of little more than 24 hours'. He w^nt down *to his office and In a few minutes complained of feeling 111. -^Suhort while after he was operated upo;5; vand his end came as a surprise. Jack Wakefield, one of jthe niost bril liant preparatory school football play ers In the South and former member of the St. Louis National league base ball team, shot and killed himself at' Memphis, Tenn., recently.. Announcement Is made at DIUon, S. C., that the Carolina Textile cor poration, capitalized at $1,200,000, bias purchased and taken over the Dillon and the Hamer, fj. C., cotton mills, aggregating 46,000 spindles. Wage Increases of two per cent are reported to have been granted to all Baltimore, Md., shopmen, motormen and conductors of the Baltimore Btreet railways. , . Eight persons shared the (6,000 re ward offers for the solution of the murder of Robert Pranks for which Richard L*>eb and Nathan Leopold, Jr., are now serving' life sentences at the Joliet, 111., penitentiary. Stockholders of the Prairie Oil and Gas company have voted to reduce the par ? value of shares of capital stock from $100 to $25 and to Increase the capital stock from $60,000,000 to $70,000,000, it is announced In Kan city City. The third shipment of gold by ? J. P. Morgan & do. to the German relchs- ' bank . amounting to three million dol lars, brings the total withdraws of proceeds from the sale of the German loan up to ten million dollars. A jury In circuit court at St. Louis. Mo., return a verdict of not guilty in the trial of Mrs. Kathryn Kearney, a widow and former artist's model, who pleaded . self-defense in slaying C. W. Morris, her -married admirer, who was shot by her in her apartment May SI, The little way which Charles R. Forbes had with women Is responsible for the fact that the government la now prosecuting him on charges of conspiracy to defraud the government In connection with the letting of hos pital contracts, It Ib stated by the Chi cago newspapers. ? The estate of the late Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, whose will was probated ,.at Salom. Mass., recently will run ap ' ^proximately to a million dollars. It Is announced. Gov. Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland, 8 peaking before the Southern Society of New York the Other night, said the time has come for the Republican gnd Democratic parties to ?et back to their old issues ? the tariff and states' rights. S. Glenn Young was indicted by the East . St. Louis, 111., grand jury on five county for Impersonating a gov ernment officer In 'Williamson county liquor raids. He has been arrested and has given a ten thousand dollar bond. Lem Motlow, a Tennessee distiller, is on trial In st. Louis, Mo., for the | killing of Conductor Claronco T. I'ul j lis on the Louisville & Nashvlllo train. 1 Motlow claims that he ulew the con ' ductor when the negro porter attack ; ed him. The Southern Railway company was fined $900 In federal 6ourt at Oreens j boro N. C.. by Judge E. Yates Webb ! on charges of violating the federal safety appliance act. New York City is to havo an 8& story office building, outranking In hrlght the Woolworth building, which has 51 stories, according to Informa tion emanating from real estate circlcs 1 of thai city A test to d<fcermlno when the Wool worth tower sways ta .grinds of high velocity is said to hant . bean I planned in contemplation ofttM na<H skysrrr, r'? ronpLrucUon. ii DOINGS IN THE TAR HEEL STATE ! NEWS OF NORTH CAROLINA ! I TOLD IN 8HORT PARA- ! ! GRAPHS FOR BUSY PCOPLK ! | Ilocky Mount. ? E. R. Wolfe^ Atlantic? Coast Line switchman, was inp^ptly killed at the 8outh Rocky; Mount >*rdH when he wag struck by an engine switching cars. Just how the acci dent happened could not ho ascertain ed. His body was badly mangled. Chapel Hill, ? The contract for th'e erection of the new Chapel Hill Meth odist church was awarded here to Jewell and Rtddl?, of Sanford, who submitted the low bid of $156,000. The cqntract does not include furnish ing or heating plant. The contractor agrees to complete the work by De. cember 1, 1925. A Charlotte:? Tom P. Jamison, for mer minister of the Methodist church, and well known' in State political circles, will become the managing edi tor of , Th^ Charlotte Herald, weekly labor paper here, It was announced. James F. Barpett will continues va edi tor of the paper. . ' Asheville.? At a hearing before Mag istrate M, A. Cressman. J. H. Milan, one of four persons arrested a week ago in connection with the death of William M. Davis, was bound over to Superior Court without bond on a charge of murder. Three other per sons, two women and. a man, were re leased. Gre'ensborp. ? Lemuel Wroten, a ne gro, tried to set the house of his land lady on Are it was charged at a head ing and. be was bound over to Superior Court without bond on a fire degi'ee arson* charge. He had lately been ar rested on charge of assault upon the woman, Alice Ginyard, and witnesses testified seeing him under the bouse with a, torch. Wilmington. ? While bunting ducks on the upper reaches of Cape Fear river! a row boat, occupied by Dr. Colin Shaw and Julian Keith, of Still Bluff, and a negit) paddler, overturned and the negro, was drowned, while Dr. Shaw and Mr. Ke}tb barely escaped with ? their lives. Salisbury. ? B. M? Cftle, sent up by county cour( here for lour months for abandonment,? Is In more trouble, a wife other than the one he was charg> ed with having abandoned having put in an appearance. When brought Into court a second time both women con- - fronted Oole and he waived examina tion. HljP case goes up to the Feb ruary term of superior court when he will be tried Mlr^ bigamy. t 'Winston-Salem. ? The shoe found' with a human skeleton In' a well near this city was Identified by a shoe , dealer here as the ones he sold Bruce Snipes over four years ago, Just a short while before the young man disappear ed from his home, and the records in the office bt a local dentist are expect ed to prove without a doubt that the bones found Were the remains of Bruce Snipes. Statesvllle, ? -Mr. John Davidson, of Alexander county, aged ninety, and Miss Vlda Wallace; of Wilkes county, aged seventy-five, were married in Taylorsville by Rev. L. L. Moore. This makes' the groom's fourth man , rlage. The bridal couple made th<jj] trip to Taylorsville in a buggy drawn ' by b Jenny, with the groo mdrlvlt*. Edenton. ? A negro youth David Jones, was convicted of first murder In Superior Court, for the mum der of Sam Small, a farmer living neaj^j this town. Jones has confessed thM*j be was a member of a band organizSjfcj to terrorize the vicinity by highifiH , robberies. He has implicated four otv the band and the grand jury has be^n'a instructed to investigate his charges. Maxton ? Liberty school house, ^itwd ated six miles south of Maxton. waj^S burned. It was a new brick buildinjjfl modernly equipped, orlnginally costings) around $28,000. It was. entirely dsj$j stroyed, as there was j?o fire protection* and when discovered the fire had gain- , ed such headway that it was" beyond control. ' ,* , Asheville. ? J. Alvln Ensley, 29, of Sylva, Jackson county, was in&t&ntly killed, and L. H. Gedney, of Ajhovllle, I seriously injured when a, touring car | In which they were riding went off a mountain road about nine miles from here. Gedney was rushed to a local hospital, where it was said ha^J^ll recover. ~ Winstori-Salem.- ? The dlrfectors of the R. J. Reynold# Tobacco Company, at a meeting held berei declared quar terly dividends as follows. On its pre ferred 'stocky $1.7$ per share ?id on Its common stock, 76 centsjjor share, all payable in cash January1!, 1025, to stockholders of record at the close of business^ December 18, 1P24. Durhara.-^Mrs. Emma McDonald, widow of the late W. B. McDonald, of Enrln avenue. West ' Durham, was painfully, although not fatally, burned, whbn she place and One side bursa*. Sfeenton the Edent< mMirWrl ^e. fainted be! rfc a open flre fell partii ly in ths fire, of her ;tac pwas so.-iously ?Editor >n News bated:"' Slitabe 'lower Ion di ?tlm <3. Shacked of ittatthe state tor P. H. Wli. that a bridge wouM rost tacprr?-! sad the brldg#
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