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f ?ACii TuC (Src-oaa Scucn? THE Y7AYNESYTLLE MGUNTAKiTE?. This Is Net SnovEut Flant Food -J" Man Uses His Ye&th To Catch Bullet By DERR'J KORAN United Press Staff Correspondent DUBLIN tUP) Apparently it was just a rfiagician's trick, but they made it look real. , The scene on the windswept beach was reminiscent of a parti san execution. A young man stood alone on the Fand dunes. Thirty paces away stood a marksman with a rifle. A group of soltrnn-faced men hud dled behind him, faces eded down into their collars against the wind sweeping off the sea. The marksman took careful aim at the smiling mouth some CO to 70 feet away. v A shot rang out and the young Dun dropped on the sand. The spectators surged forward but not before the "victim" began staggering to his feet, With a bul let clenched between his teeth. Not for Houslini lie was Hubert Lambert, ama teur Irish magician and father of four, who had defied police dis pleasure and the pleas of friends and fellow magicians to flirt with death in attempting a trick which already is reported to have taken the lives of 12 exponents. Houdini, "king" of magicians, never attempted it. The spec-talk's were British, Irish and Scottish amateur magi cians attending he annual con vention of the Irish King of the International Brotherhood of Ma eii'ln Aim wprn tuvi'ral oollre ! officers who went to the scene in an attempt to stop Lambert's '"pro jected suicide". On the beach fronting the con vention headquarters at JWtys town, Lambert took up his position, with to doctors in attendance. A spectator picked a bullet at ran dom from a full box and marked its head before handing it to an Irish Army marksman who had volunteered to "shoot" Lambert. Shows Marksmanship The marksman had been brought under escort from camp that morn ing and had never met or spoken with Lambert. However, he had to demonstrate- his marksmanship to police by plugging a six-inch plate dead center at 40 paces. The marksman, whose name was withheld on Army orders, put the marktd round up the breach, squinted along his sights a misfired. A solit second later Lamowi fell bscfc on the sand. Clenched be tween his teeth was bullet which Mapuire and the marksman Iden tified as the marked round fired from the rifle. Lambert's jas were bruised but the mark was still there. Lambert offered to prove by police ballistic examination that the bullet be tween hi" teeth was the one fired from the marksman's rifle but no one took him up. Speaking with difficulty later, Lambert said he wasn't sure if he would try again, mostly, he said, because of his young wife. Three Others Did it "The last thing she said to me when I left home was that she hoped the insurance was paid up to date," he said. Magicians attending the conven tion could instance only three men who had perfected the trick. One, William Robinson, an, American who Went under the stage name of Chung Lingsoo, was killed during a performance in London's Wood green Empire shortly after World War I. Another American exponent, Theodore Anneman, died shortly after a performance in New York. The third, a French magician of the Mrly 1800s named Robert Hou din, developed the trick to such a point that the French government man Ralph Lumpkin with an overtiT'n&i' before still on it headquarters reveal 4 hadWnr University of ri Men t.i. VH the Wildcat ftf sent him . v, muro. ju f Marabout revolt IT1 ' Houdin perfornSd fore ; the native aJS convinced them that "invulnerable," were "mvuWaWe". 1 The Marabout. clared peace. Houdini a,.-.., artist s nama ...i.u .. w I an"i,''butiaiihi 6ie and eanu,., ' 1 the bullet stunt. i I ! in This is a bin being filled with plant food which will hold about 400 tons, when filled. The Plant Food will be kept in this bin for several weeks, then bagged for shipping. (Photo by Ingram's Studio.) 1 LIONS NOT WELCOME BOSTON (UP) Five-year-old Nina Von Drewitz understands the problems of Mary, the little girl in the nursery rhyme who owned a; lamb. Nina's teacher won't let ner Dring ner pet Hon cub to- school. REBUKE PROVES POPULAR ST. JOHNSBURY. Vt. (UP) It was extra work for police when they began handing out automobile tabs Inscribed "Let's take it easy" with all traffic violation tickets. Officers said they were kept busy because "everyone seems to want the tabs." Bookmobile Schedule A CONGRATULATIONS Smoky Mountains Fertilizer Company ' We Join Out Neighbors In Welcoming You To The Community We are justly proud that we were chosen to install the electrical appliances and lighting fixtures in your modern plant. HAYWOOD ELECTRIC SERVICE PHONE 45-J IIAZELWOOD Monday, March 13th BEAVERDAM Medford Farm Serv. Sta. 9:15- 9:30 Broyles Store 10:00-10:15 Neal Hipps' Grocery ..: 10:30-10:50 Beaverdam School ..... . 11:00-12:15 Steve's Grocery 12:30-12:45 Paul Clark's Grocery .... 1:00- 1:15 Williamson's Grocery 1 :30- 1:45 Clyde Town Hall .. ... .... 2:00 Tuesday, March 14th MORNING STAR Patton School 9:20- Kl Davis 10:15- Hyde's Store ...... 10:45- Morning Star School ... 11:05 Mrs. Walter Ammons .., 12:10 Mrs. B; M. Stamey 12:35- Smnthers Dairy ...... 1:00- Clyde School 1:30- 10:00 10:30 11:00 12:00 12:25 12:50 1:10 2:30 Debate, Spelling Bee Set For Crabtree School By Barbara Best Mountaineer Correspondent The Upper Crabtree and White QAKJCajEmuUes will roej jfor'X debute and spelling bee Saturday night.,.-. J The proceedings will open at i 7:30 o'clock at the Crabtree-Iron Duff School. These inter-community debates and battles of words, forming part of the county-wide recreation pro gram, have attracted large audienc es In every section they have been held. Another large crowd is expected for the Saturday night contests. The Pioneer baseball league in I Idaho, Utah and Montana led Class C circuits In attendance in 7 1949 with 861,324. Another 700 SaiimemMstomer Smoky Mountains Fertilizer Company has been added to the long list of Satisfied customers PHONE of the Printing Department of the Mountaineer. 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