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Evening star., 1934-10-30
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
TODAY,

1OOA1.
Dinner, Securities and Exchange
Commission, University Club, Z pm.
Halloween dance, New England So
ciety, Kennedy Warren Hotel, $50
pm.
Card party, the Faithful Helpers,
Northeast Masonic Temple, Eighth
and F streets northeast, $50 pm.
Card party. Washington Hood COL
lege Club, American Association of
University Womens Clubs, 8 pm.
Meeting. Montana State Society,
Hamilton Hotel, pm.
Meeting, master BARRIERS, Hamilton
Hotel, 8 pm.
Meeting. City Firefghters' Associa-
ton, Hamilton Hotel, 8:15 pm.
Dinner, Theta Delta Chi Fraternity
Mayfower Hotel, pm.
Committee meeting, National Fed
Grafton Of Federal Employees, May
flower Hotel, pm.
Meeting, District division, Young
Democratic Clubs of America, VIII
lard Hotel, $50 pm.
Meeting. Argo Lodge, B'nai Birth,
Jewish Community Center, pm.
Meeting and lecture, Washington
Chapter of American Society for
Metals. 725 Twenty-first street. 7:30
pm.
Card and bingo party, Masonic Tenn
pie, Eighth and F streets northeast
8 pm.
TOMORROW.
Luncheon, Lions Club. Mayfower
Hotel, 1890 pm.
Meetings, $3.50 am. and 2 pm and
dance. 10 pm, National Paint, var
nlsh and Lacquer Association. NAV.
flower Hotel.
Dance. Amity Club, Mayfiover
Hotel, 9 pm.
Meeting, Executive Board. America ~
Women's Legion, Willard Hotel, 1Ia
Luncheon. Rotary Club. Willard
Hotel. 1890 pm.
Luncheon, District of Columbia
Bankers Association, Willard Hotel
l2:45 pm.
Luncheon, Soroptimist Club, Willard
Hotel, pm.
Luncneon, Optimist Club, Hamilton
Hotel. 1890 pm.
Meeting. Unity Group, Hamilton
Hotel, 8 pm.
Luncheon, University Of Missouri
Alumni. University Club, 1890 pm.
Luncheon, Democratic Club, Uni
versity Club, 230 pm.
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Garn nf Chunks.

DAVIS. WILLIAM. We wish to extend our
sincere thanks for the beautiful fioral
offerings and expressions of sympathy
from our relatives and friends in our
sad bereavement.
HIS SISTER AND NIECE, MRS. NAN
BELLOWS.
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FOUND.

sunday morning. October oS SWner cen
nave same by identifying it. See man
ager. Hotel Washington.
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Card party, the Faithful Helpers,
Northeast Masonic Temple. Eighth
and F streets northeast, $50 pm.
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Card party. Washington Hood Col
lege Club, American Association of
University Women's Clubs, pm.
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Dinner, Securities and Exchange
Commission, University Club, pm.
Evening star., 1934-10-30

Halloween dance, New England So
ciety. Kennedy-Warren Hotel, $3.50
D.m
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Meeting, Montana State Society,
Hamilton Hotel, pm.
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Meeting, master BARRIERS, Hamilton
Hotel, 8 pm.
Evening star., 1934-10-30

Meeting, City Ffrefighters' Associa-
ton, Hamilton Hotel, 8:15 pm.
Evening star., 1934-10-30

Dinner, Theta Delta Chi Fraternity.
Mayfower Hotel, pm.
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| AUSTRIAN OFFICIALS
PRISONERS OF NAILS
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bombings continued to terrorlze
the uneasy peasantry.
The Socialists and Communists
normally bitter enemies Of tas-
cists and Nazis, alike, have thrown
in their lot with the Nazis fer
the moment against their common
foe, the Fascists-and a show
down is expected shortly. The
government, ruling by decree, has
made death obligatory for persons
found guilty of illegal possession
of explosives, whether engaged iii
bombings or not.
The decree has been ignored,
and open conflict is feared.
Police cleared the streets
around the courtyard shortly be-
fore Gerl was hanged. A company
of soldiers and half-company OF
the police riot squad arrived 10
minutes before the hangings, to
guard the criminal courts build
ing, where the execution took
place.
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guests some young people from
nearby churches. Two excellent
and inspiring speeches were made
bv the Rev. Gardner l.. Tucker,
D. d., of the University of the
South, at Sewanee, and Miss An
ME Stout, a member of the staff
of Religious Education in the
Province of Sewanee.
Miss Stout spoke on the \. :.
S. L. work and told of how young
people need 20 be better Informed
today but also said that their OPP
portunities for cleaning this
knowledge are much greater. DR..
fuckers talk was principally on
Sewanee; he told of the young
peoples work there during the
past ten years and of the summer
school which has been conducted
for rs years.
Later a social hour was enjoy
ed by about 80 persons. The
league acted as host and served
an ice course.
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State of North Carolina,
~,+y of Henderson
Draft Bond Order-Propos

Draft Bond Order-Proposed)
Be it resolved, by the Board or
Commissioner for the County OF
Henderson, State of North Caro-
lima: ;,
Section |. That negotiable
coupon bonds of said county reg
isterable as to principal, shall be
issued under authority Of Inc
County Finance Act as amend
ed in 1888 ant other statutes APP
plicable, for the special purpose
of refunding, or renewing valid
Indebtedness incurred before
July /. 1888, and now outstand-
ing for the necessary expenses OF
said county in its operations. and
or valid Indebtedness incurred
for the constitutional school term,
and necessary expenses, which IN
, debtedness is payable at the date
of the passage of this order or
within one wear thereafter, or al
though payable more than one
year thereafter is to be Cancelled
prior to its maturity, and stimuli
taneously with the issuance of
the bonds.
Section 2. That brief de-
scription Of the Indebtedness to
be refunded is herewith given, to-
wit: Direct obligations Of Hen
derson county as follows:
|. Courthouse bond dated ~
o., 100000 &c maturity 5-2-35 !;
2. Funding bonds dated l2-l-
II, 100000 &c maturity I'll
So:
9. Funding bonds dated 9-l5-
%, 100000 ca maturity 9-l5-
"a;
4. Road and bridge bonds dat
ed 1-1-2l. S2.500.00 &C; matur-
ity Lbs;
5. Road and bridge bonds dat
ed 4-1-2l, $4,000 &c maturity
Abs;
s. Road and bridge bonds dat
ed l-1-23, 100000 $50 ma
turity Lbs;
7. Funding bonds dated 81
80, 100000 $50 maturity >
1-35;
8. Refunding bonds dated 81
80. S15,OO0.OO 5.5Tc maturity D
1-35;
8. Refunding bonds dated 81
25, S5,OO0D0 $3.50 maturity 2
l-35:
10. Road and bridge bonds
dated 1l-1-27, $15,O00.00 4.75fc
maturity 1l-l-34;
II. School building bonds dated
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THEATRE PARTY is
BIRTHDAY EVENT

Little Richard Minton of Vero
Beach, Fla, who is spending the
summer here, was host Friday
afternoon to a number of little
friends at a theater party, the
occasion being Richards ninth
birthday.
Later, the little guests assem-
bled on the lawn of the Minton
home where ice cream and birth
day cake were served to Horace
Bennett, Jr., Margaret and Rob-
ert Pattillo, Jimmie Beindorf, HUI
bert Graves, Jr., Edwin and Rich
ard Minton. also to Mrs. Horace
Bennett, Mrs. Hubert Graves,
Mrs. Pattillo, Miss Dorothy Burr
mann, Miss Flossie Winckle and
the hostess, Mrs. Ora c. Minton.
Richard received many nice
gifts.
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By Mrs. G. r. McMAnaway
Society Editor
Phone 90 Before IL Nooa
PRESBYTERIAN RECEPTION
IsIOVELY AFFAIR

The reception which the women
of the Presbyterian church gave
last evening in honor of the visit
ing Presbyterians was really de-
li1htful affair. The Marlborough
was the scene of the affair, being
used through the gracious eour-
tesy of Miss Julia Grassland, who,
with her sister, Mrs. c. VI. Brown,
extended cordial greetings to the
callers and made the occasion a
more pleasant one for all.
The guests were greeted at the
door bv Mrs. II. Walter Fuller
and Mr.. o. Y. Brownlee, and as
thew entered the reception room
they were extended a welcome by
the visiting secrtary, Mrs. Gorge
Y. Moland, the auxiliary presl-
dent. Mrs. J. Adger Smyth, and
DIR. and Mrs. L. T,Nilds. Minghng
with the visitors in other parts OF
the spacious room were the circle
chairman and other auxiliary Of
ficers, Mesdames Emil Latt, W. J:
Reese, W. B. Reid, H. e. Love and
their husbands and Mesdames
Lila Ripley Barnwell and Norma
Sandifer.
Mr.. and Mrs. George NJ. Elan
agan were at the dining room
door. Assisting the chairman OF
social activities, Mrs. BrOwnlee,
in looking after the pleasure Of
the guests in the dining room
were Dr.. and Mrs. J. S. Brown,
Mrs. S. W. Futrell and Miss En-
ma Sample. The decorations, con-
sisting of artistically arranged
and colorful flowers, were IN
charge of a group from circle No.
6 Mrs. George F. Wing, Jr., chair
man. Mrs. Thomas Smyth'S circle,
No. 7, served refreshing ices and
cookies; these young women IN
cluded Misses Elizabeth and Mar
garet Randolph, Marie Benton,
Sara Oates, Anne Sample and
Matte Richard.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. Grey were
in!the reception hall and receiving
in the music room were Mr.. and
Mrs. II. A. Yeomans and Mr.. and
Mrs. A. G.. Randolph.
One of the most delightful fea-
lures of the evening was the beau
tiful musical program rendered by
Mrs. Harry A. Robinson, of De-
catur, Ga, who had as her accom-
PIANIST, Mrs. r. S. Gibbs. Jr., VINO
also rendered solos, and Miss Kate
DOtSOn.
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Balfour Schools
Opening Deferred
Until September

/. A. Gossett, principal of the
Balfour school, announced this
forenoon that. under a last min
ute decision, Balfour schools will
not reopen along with the other
county schools resuming this week
but will start when the city
schools do.
High school pupils in Balfour
will attend the city schools, and
it was said that the school trans
portation cost there would be
saved by not opening until the
later date.
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BELOVED VISITOR
HONORED

Mrs. Ida Davis, of Charlotte,
whose visits to her niece, Mrs. O..
A. Meyer, are always source Of
pleasure to the friends here by
whom she is much beloved, was
honored yesterday by Mrs. Bruce
Drysdale, who had a few close
friends of the honoree's in for a
charming informal afternoon tea.
Betty Ann Drysdale, the young
daughter of the hostess, and little
Miss Mary Patricia Waldrop, of
Greenville, assisted in serving
dainty refreshments.
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RELIEF FARLEY FOR 3
COUNTIES STAGED
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produced was approximately $l2,-
100000. The expense for seed,
fertilizer, cans for preserving,
and supervision was S498,086, an
average of $2.10 per acre and
l40,205 families received susten-
ance from these gardens.
He declared that this year an
important part of the program
was teaching the preservation of
food grown for later utilization,
and also stressing fall garden
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where pastures have been secured
for them. But none will be per-
mitted to leave the principal con-
centration stock yards that have
been provided until they have
been found to be entirely free Of
any disease. Any found to be
diseased will be slaughtered and
burned.
1t is believed that shipments to
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PRU1aL
pQRaCRaPAr

Mrs. Werner of Seneca, s. c.,
and her two daughters, Miss Sarah
Werner and Mrs. Frank Wallace
spent the weekend with Mrs. Jer-
ry Dodson and her mother, Mrs.
George wilkins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard McGahey
arrived yesterday for a visit with
Mrs. McGahey's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. T. B. McGahey, at TivCli
Terrace. They flew here in Mr..
McGahey's plane and were accom-
panied by Mr.. Alex Mills. Mrs.
McGahey's pet dog also made the
trip with them by air.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Tyler and
daughter, Miss Pearl Tyler, who
are. spending the summer at Bee
Hive Inn, Edneyville road, spent
the past week visiting relatives in
Eastern North Carolina.
Mrs. Frederick f. Chaplin has
returned to her home in Washing
ton, D. c., after a visit to her
daughter, Mrs. w. C. Meekins.
Mrs. w. l.. Moore and family
have returned to their home at
Mocksville after a visit to Mrs.
NJ. r. Allen.
Miss Elizabeth Crye has re-
turned to Washington. D. c., af-
ter a visit of ten days to her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. R. Crye.
Miss Anna Patton, of New York
City. is spending about ten DAYS
as the guest of Mrs. Kitty Lane.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Little, from
near Charlotte, are guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Yates w. Little.
Mrs. c. E. Haley and children
have returned to Miami, Fla, af-
ter occupying a house on Oakland
street for awhile.
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,,,.vNESvIIJE VISITORS

Miss Mary Mehaffey mad as
her guest over the wee -end me-
cousin. Cecil YounI, and friends
Miss Rhedis Case and NeSserS
Shocks and Randolph Leather
wood. Elmer Leming, and James
Wright. all of Waynesville.
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,po,,cHT FOR E. IDAHO

IDAHO FALLS. Idaho July 20
UP)-Eastern Idaho is UNIQUE
7. hos no drought problem, &C
a ~ TO Water Master Lynn
randall who recently completed
. survey of the territory.
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MRS LYDIA I'LL
a Sul'V'

Friends of Mrs. Dewey Lyaa
will regret to learn that she Is
~ ar her home on North Main
street.
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the quarantine and concentration
yards in Raleigh and Goldsboro
will be started within a few days
Present plans call for the distri,
button of about $4,000 cattle in
the western part of the state
about 10000 in the Piedmont
and another 10000 in the east
ern counties, making total OF
5000 in all.
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Y.P.S.L. MEETING
AND RECEPTION

The Young Peoples Service
League of st. James church met
last evening at the home of Miss
May Goodrich and had as their
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The foregoing order IA, y
introduced and the swom y
ment has been filed under \
County Finance Act" EI]
the assessed valuation Z
county TO be S20,GGl.0s' !
the net debt for Schoo! y.-l
to be $5S9.23S.7j. and =. I
debt for other than Schol I
poses to be S2,jlO.2lI93. "A
including the proposed re!6
or exchange bonds. 4 mt
be levied for the payment
the same shall be issued.
citizen or Taxpayer may
against the issuance Of
bonds at a meeting Of the Z
Of commissioners 10 be hell
the courthouse in the said co..
at its office in Henderson,.
n. c.. on the 2Stb day Of J.
Nd, 1884. at 10 a. H., Or
adjournment thereof.
Aforementioned draft bond
der introduced on the 18th
Of July, AID. 1884. at a meet
of said board.
This the 18th day Of July. A.
1884.
J. c. COSTON,
Clerk Board of County Comm
sioners Of Henderson Cogr:
\. C. 1-lS.WeG,.
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work. He outlined material which
has been prepared for vocational
teachers and distributed a chart
for planting for three sections OF
the state.
Among those attending We're
Mr.. Shaw and Mr.. Randall, A. l..
Teachey, district supervisor of vo-
cational work, Of Pleasant Gar
den, G. D. White and f. T. Fris-
bic. Henderson county Vocational
teachers, Julian Glazener, Bre-
ward, vocational teacher, W. A.
Wilson, relief director for Tran
sylvania county, Noah Hollowell,
Henderson county relief director,
and a number of case workers and
other relief officers from the Hen
derson county office.
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Advertise it or you may
have to keep IL.
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Relief Cattle
Reaching State
In Big Number:
The Times-News Bureau
Cir Walter Hotel

RALEIGH, July rs. - Ship
ments of relief cattle are coming
into the state more rapidly every
day, George R. Ross, director OF
rural rehabilitation for the fed
eral emergency relief administra-
ton in North Carolina, said to-
day. Already "a carloads or be-
tween 1900 and 1000 cattle have
been received at Asheville and
some so additional carloads are
enroute there. so that within a
few days more than 5000 cattle
are expected to have been recely-
ed in the Asheville area. No
word has ben received vet as to
when any shipments to Piedmont
and eastern points may be ex-
pected, Ross said. :,
All of these cattle will be held
in the quarantine yards at Ashe-
Vile until after they have been
inspected and found to be free
from disease. Then they will be
distributed to various other points
in the western part of the state
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Address your envelope to Julia Boyd, lmeNe"S oure"u
Park Avenue New York City, n. T.
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DozA&RzRE|EkMR * 4 B! Bug. !: s: -:

| Swiftly she took in the details OF
his appearance and even caught
whiff of the scented lotion he
had used. -...
Out on the street. he inquired
of small girl who was on her
way home from the butcher shop
what direction he should take tc
reach the Baptist cemetery.
Receiving the information, he
set out with jaunty, care-tree
stride. He had noticed the first
dancing snow flakes from the no
tel window. They were coming
down faster now-the great
feathery flakes filling the air
Con, who was in no mood to
think of their beauty, pulled his
up-turned coat collar more close
ily about his throat and bent his
head against the wind.
The child had told him to walk
six blocks and then turn to the
left. The cemetery was good
10 minutes walk from the hotel.
By the time Con arrived there it
was showing in earnest. A gilt
tering mantle of white lay like a
blanket over the mounds of
earth, fir trees, sleeping rose
bushes. monuments and tomb
stones in the old graveyard. A
premature dusk had settled be-
tween the trees through which
the wind howled as though a
wandering soul, loosed from its
tomb, were moaning its plea for
resting place.
"This is hell Of a spot to.
meet anyone" Con muttered
aloud. ~ hope she gets here
pretty soon"
He shivered with the cold and
wet. He looked about for some
sort Of shelter and. to bolster up
his spirits that had dropped with
the eeriness of the place, lighted
la cigaret. But the wet snow ex-
tlnguished the flame, so he stood
whistling dolefully, his body
braced against a mausoleum, his
hat pulled far down on his fore
head.
There was not another person
in sight and the Stiffness and
loneliness began to get on Cons
nerves. Weird stories he had
read in the past, tales of murder
and vampires, of disembodied
spirits, flashed through his men,
Dry and did nothing to add to his
cheeriness and comfort. What
could be keeping Donna? Why
didn't she come?
Then he saw her-a slim, hest
tant figure wearing a close. dark
hat over her bright hair and a
rough tweed coat pulled about
her. She moved cautiously, peer
ing through the driving snow,
stumbling a bit as her heels sunk
into mounds of it.
Con did not move. He waited
until she was within arms reach.
Then he stepped from the shad-
ows and touched her arm. Donna
screamed in a kind of terror and
he laughed.
dts me, Donna" he said.
"Who did you think it was-a
ghost?"
(To be continued)
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left a family"
Con had studied the pictures
and had advised Renfroe to hire
the sisters. Soon after that the
girls arrived at headquarters, aft
er cancelling some small-time
vaudeville dates.
Though Donna had admitted
| the relationship to Val Gabriel,
! neither girl offered any other in
formation about themselves. But
their act had made good. The
"big top" was small enough. the
circus intimate enough so that
audiences could take note of the
girls youth and beauty. Made
line and Donna would have sue
ceeded on that score. even if
they had been less clever.
From the first day of their
meeting in the huge enclosed
grounds of the headquarters Con
had been definitely conscious of
Donna. Though everyone was
busy-and he most Of all, with
a couple Of new cats to break in
he found moments in which he
had endeavored to win her re-
gard.
The fact that she had obvious
ly sought to avoid him had
piqued his interest, and by the
time the circus opened two
weeks later he had known that
he was in love with her.
He supposed he was still in
love with her and would always
be. His marriage to Madeline,
her death and his nervous reac-
tion were only episodes. inter-
ludes between the really impor-
tant events of his life.
He found himself as impatient
to see Donna now as he had been
impatient for the winter months
to pass during the years he had
known her, when he had counted
the weeks and days until they
would meet again.
Ambition leaped into flame
once more. If Donna did care for
him-even if her affection were
but luke warm-he. could con-
vince her that she was wasting
her beauty and talents in a place
like Lebanon. A dead town and
a dismal farm. How had she
been able to stand it as long as
she had? Divorce was so easy
these days. With Donna as his
wife, they would be able to do
anything! There was no limit to
the success they might achieve!
Grandfather Siddars money
was forgotten for the time. Into
Cons imagination floated all the
rosy, dreams he had once pic
tured for Madeline-an engage
ment with a European circus,
visits to all the famous cities in
the world, his namc-and Don
na's-featured above all the 9TH
ers. He would build new act,
more daring and more sensation
al than any the world had ever
seen. And, above all, Donna
would be with him. They would
have their triumph together.
Perhaps the Encouragement
and hardships Con had known in
past months had done something
to his usual hard-headed common
sense. He had faced disappoint-
ments for so long that now. for a
time at least, he was seeing
things as he wished them to be,
forgetting everything that might
balk his plans.
He was unaware of the gilt
tering eyes of Mrs. Planter, hid
den in the hallway but watching
him eagerly, as he made his way
to the office. None of the time
Con had spent before the mirror
was wasted on Mrs. Planter.