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MADK VK1IY HICK BY t)YH I ' I Bkin Turn# Black AfUr Ha?i*g Khoea Blacked at Hhop t' , Ijiwrervce WaUon, nineteeii, son of the well-known farmer by that name i# tWi country, came near to lotting hi* life and in a way that wan out of the ordinary on Saturday, June 15th. The young man came in from hia home on Saturday morning. Going to one of the xhoe shop* in the town he waited there while the shoe re- j pairer changed the color of the ahoti , Lhat WaUon wore, putting on th* Uitual black dye that is used for the purpose. The shoes with their changed rolor were not left to dry, hut Watson continued to wear thorn while the dye wai apparently dry, but must not have been judging by subsequent effects to him. After remaining about town for a while he returned to h?? place ixi the country. In about two hours, or perhup* less time, Watson realised that he was very sick. His skin lagan to turn purple. He had strange feelings such as he had never experienced before. He was alarmed and so were those who saw the condition into which he suddenly changed He was brought to doctors in Conway a* quickly n* this was done. He was apparently growing rapidly worse. Parts of his skin were not only purple, hut in places had turned almost black. When examined by the doctor the effects of poisoning were evident and the first thing done was the emptying of the stomach by rneuns of a stomach pump. In washing opt the stomach some of the water fell on or in one of his shoes. The action of the water in connection with dye which had been used in changing the color of his shoes, for he was still wearing those shoes, showed where all of the trouble had come from. His system had absorbed the poison from the aniline dye un?*i in changing the color* of his shoes. It had been absorbed from the drying leather, through his socks arid on through the skin of his feet, and enough of the poison had gone into his system to change the color of his entire system, more or less, an<^ this brought the effects from .whicW he was suffering. About the time that the water used in washing out his stomach had dropped on the shoes and thereby the attention of the physician was culled to the dye on his shoes, young Watson grew considerably worse, l.'nti! that time he had been conscious hut just after that he lost all of hi? senses. He was stripped of his shoes and socks, and with all possible haste he was taken to the hospital where he remained m an unconstit.u state, being in deep coma for a part <>f that time, before he regained an\ part of his senses. .Conway lb rait A Prize Winner. Following is the 2<)0-word article with which Fred W. Vaughn, editor of the People"* Advocate, of Fayetteville, N. won the first u/ize, $100, in a contest staged by the National Farm News for the best article giving a plan by which the farm problem might be solved. "Farming, like every other productive enterprise, cannot be successful without sound business management. The lack of this is the chief handicap of the great majority of farmers. Inasmuch as the farmer has to sell his products in an unprotected market and buy his supplies in a protected market, he must overcome this difference as far as possible by living at home. Thyit is, he must produce on his farm to the extent of his ability what he consumes. He will thus have less to buy. "The farmer must learn that the price for which a product is sold does not determine profit or loss except When considered in connection with the cost of production. He must Rive due attention to the details that come under the head of management, such as acreage of various crops choice of soil, selection of seed, methods of cultivation, harvesting, and last but not lenst, marketing. "Intelligent diversification has saved many farmers from bankruptcy. The farmer must realise that his crop surpluses may be converted into milk and meat products through his livestock. He must be brought to n realization of the fact that organization affords protection in giving him a voice in fixing the prices At which h s products shall he sold."?News and Observer. A survcy^-of~.4*a?. and coffee ir??-potts shows that more than 73,000,000 persons in the l.nited States sre tea and coffee drinkers. Per capita crnfcumptton of coffee for 1026 was two cups a day or Ft pounds a year, whil# that of tea averaged one-half cup evsry 24 houis, or, three-fourth of a pound for 12 months.. North wood Guide Uias Virginia Owens of Crawkr ing'Roek Lake, Wis., is again is the northwoods as guide for ftehing and hunting parties?using her earnings to pay her way through the state university where sm studies law This is her third sea* sm*?and she hat never bona ksei big families numerous < hampion Mother Said to Have Had 69 Children \4 A' 1 Medical literature contains account* of women having nearly fifty children hut such cases are not generally accepted ax authentic. About the most notable*authenticated case was that of Dr. Mary Austin, Civil war nurse, who claimed forty-four children?thirteen sets of twins and six triplets. Despite this large family she is supposed to have found time to study medicine and get a doctor's degree. Just recently Anthony .Shields, seventy nine-year-old negro preacher of New Bern, N. C., hid for the father championship by claiming forty-sqven children by two wives. This was after President Coolidge and congress had acclaimed U-ander Gentle, father of twenty-nine, as the champion dad. Hut records of large families are numerous. Mrs. Feod<fd Wassilley, wife of a Russian peasant is said to have had sixty-nine children. Dionore Salviatl of Florence, Italy, had fifty-two and David Wilson of Madison, Ind., was the father of fortvscven. Dpctor Has Mistaken think Dr. Smithers knows ?* job I wo years ago he told me ' only had six months to live." "Still, he's a rvice chap. It's a pity not more reliable."_Lorulon ' assing Show. during the six days of Jast week "ginia potato growers shipped a t'tdl of .{,.{21, carloads or titiS.OOO barrvh Northampton and Acomac fount u... are harvesting the largest !?P of potatoes in their history, the average yiehl being (If, barrels per af?*. which at two bushels and three '/l. ^ lhl' means close to 1 < > bushels per acre. Fireworks Oust Martins artms, birds somewhat smaller than robins or starlings, sometimes gather flocks by thousands just before migrating and establish roosts within small areas, where they beCnW0 fXceexlirrgly obnoxious.' Th* no.se and filth they make and the breaking of branches of trees where they roost are very objectionable in! residental districts. Although the aw forbids shooting martins, it generally possible to break up their' roosts. t Last year the townspeople of New-! Port. Ark found themselves suddenly th SCt Ky/en ?r fifteen thou-"d: of these birds, and at first turned to them ? Th |hC,P *ettir,ff r'd of The police, however, were advised by the Biological Survey of the United States Department of AgrimirtinVharl " ^ t0 ^ot martins, and suggestions were made for other methods of control. The ilg the'T fr,ly S?attered b>' frnf,re hos* o" them, by shoot"IK Roman candle, through the tree, a ter dark, and by firing black, pow-' del- shotgun shells. The Roman can. proved effective. Other place, ( Arkanaa, ,r?ubled by objectionable o,t, were similarly treated. Kill, Self WlthTljnTmi.c Spartanburg. July IS.-_Lying up. " h,'av>' charge of dynamite and touching ,, off, 1)oc|< B,.a(||ey M "he h T'r, ""ar ki""d h,m?clf.' > icing blown to piece, today "red " *rm" '< *? were ,cat. tred over an atea of 30yard, Member, of hi, family ,aid the act I which occurs late yesterday due to despondency oyer ill htalth I A widow and five children survive.' a^r'r ^bus^, r?kor College, suffered such Tuesday '" T*" "??d ta ii ""? ncn- McBee on the HarUvdle and M.Bee highway hat physician, were foreed to ampu^ late .he member ju.t ,ho,e the wrist 4 IHADLEVS TRAVELOGUES I ~W . V 4 1 1 " " " ? [ After journeying through many miles of beautiful Imperii) field* of alfalfa, cotton, strawberries and lettuce, we reached El Ontro. During the trip cactus thorns penetrated a tire, and we had to change it in the hot sun, and according to th* thermometer attached inside our car it was 116 in the shade, and while changing it we killed a ver> ambitious Rattlesnake which objected to! our being too close to his desert haunts. We also saw some very large Horned Toads. It's queer how such creatures exist under the burying rays of the sui), miles from sny water, leaving El Centro we piloted Old Faithful northwesterly toward Nilahd," and branched off toward Mullet Island; upon arrival were greeted by Capt! C. E. !>avi? who ho me steaded It; but no longer is it an island since in past years silt has washed into Salton Sea, which has had its lines narrowed by evaporation, until automobiles can drive up to the very door of Hell's Kitchen as the Captain calls his oddly chosen 'residence. Our Aneroid, i attached inside our machine, indicated that '' Hell's Kitchen is 250 feet bel ' sea | level, and Captain Davis said it was correct. Our thermometer reg iatered 120 degrees in the shade. Scientifically, several societies an<f institutions are interested in the mud volcanoes. They include the L'. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Carnegie Institute, aikd the U. S. Bureau of Mines. Scientific work is being carried on by a Developing Company, which has leased the place of Captain Davis to ascertain the potency of Nature's furnaces for the development of electric power. Captain Davis piloted us through the Volcanic District, and we got a good impression of nature's workings. Spreading over several acres are mounds of mud, from which steam arises and spurts columns of mud and water high in the air, accompanied by loud gurglings. It's an awe inspiring sight. Workmen are busy preparing to drill test holes and tap Nature's Great Steam Boiler hun- ' dreds of feet below, and utilize the steam to drive turbo-generators similar to a like project in Italy. 1 Captain Davis has been a Cod fisherman off the coast of New England i and has collected over 3,000 specimens of marine life for scientific purposes, visited Gaudalupe Island in the Pacific and captured sea elephants and guided naturalists on expeditions to the far corners of the earth. Bidding genial Captain Davis good bye, we gave Old Faithful the gas J and sped over the highways toward 1 hoenix, Arizona, making necessary stops at several little cities. While passing through Gila Bend country, we saw several Gila Monsters sun- j uing themselves along the highway. Finally our interesting tour landed us in the beautiful city of Phoenix, and upon looking at our Aneroid, noted that Phoenix is located at an average elevation of 1.075 feet, and our thermometer registered 98 in the shade. We were pleasantly received by Governor Geo. W. P. Hunt; we had been previously invited by the governor to call upon him, and while comfortably seated in his office he cheerfully conveyed1 to the writer data bearing on many inteiesting resources of Arizona.) We toured among the prosperous Salt : River ranches; visted Roosevelt Dam which impounds a great body of ' water which gives sustaining life to a great variety of crops raised on thousands of fertile acres of land. This writer hopes, in a future time, to take the readers of this enterprising newspaper, on other interesting tours to such renowned scenic places as Grand Canyon, The Painted Desert, The Petrified Forest; Cliff Dwellers' Ruins, Yosemite Vklley, Yellowstone Park, Mount Lassen, the only active volcano in the United States, visit various tribes of Indians in their quaint villages, Carlsbad Cave, with its sparkling .stalacitites in an infinite veriety of shapes and aizes. This cavern is the most1 magnificent known to mankind, and although passages have been1, explored, much is unknown. Other expectant tours nve to Alasku, Hawaii, Cuba, Old Mexico, and some inter- i esting foreign countries. < Wife a Poor Cook ' Wife; "Well, dear, I. shall have to do the cooking now. Cook loft with- I out warning this afternoon." Husband: "Not exactly without; warning. She told me this mofrning I had better bring home some dyspepsia tablets, but I didn't quite un- 1 derstand what she meant." West Bromwich Free Press. , The foot of the modern girl has within the last decade outgrown the 4B size which for generat'ons was the average size of the foot of the American woman. Athletic* and daBc?ng are s? d to be the cause. Jack Smith, a coHie dog o( Lincoln, Nebraska, is a most consistent churchgoer. Each Sunday morning, rain or shine, he departs for church, six blocks away, getting there in time to welcome members at the door, although he refuses to go inside.] When services are over, he returns to his home. ? Richard Grace, ..movie stunt flier, who crashed an airplane in the Hawaiian Island on July 4, as he was attempting to ge? away for a trial at reaching San Francisco, is determined to enter the contest for a flight from San Francisco to the Hawaiian Islands after August 12, when prizes aggregating $35,000 will be at stake. A bed of live claras wai unJ by a steam shovel excavating I side of a bluff twenty mile? of Eureka, California, and abfl same distance inland from thtfl Ocean. The bluff was 120 fea sea level and 80 feet above! River. Placed in water til exhibited unmistakcable sigil COSTL'ME% WORN BY MARION DAVIES IN "TILLIE THE TOILER" WHICH COMES TO MAM THEATRE FOR TWO DAYS, BEGINNING MONDAY, JULY 25th FOR THE TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR J Has again fulfilled '1||l this promise: "|||| I "WHEN t ;M BETTER I AUTOMOBILES F , ARE BUILT I BU1CK I c ? ?- ? ' I WILL BUILD '; ' iS' *p I * THEM "' mfc Wi I r " : I fMv? I * \ I See the 1928 Buick - F || I . On display July 23 at ; F | I LITTLE MOTOR COMPANY' j I T. Lee Little, Manager V L-' B . !*" "* ** ' '"--it lie. if ? I Z-e?