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GOT TO PUT V' « K ( A T?ffiw£mrr "'■ ' ( A | o. ' .no HEN])EKSON (N. c.) DAILY DISPATCH. TUE££.iV, DECEMBER 24, 1935. THE OLD HOME TOWN Re(nst«r«cs TT. S. P.itont Offie* by ST ANLE Y |j j j (\J^/^/// iwm4* v^,/ 1 '-Ok.o oitize.,-_ called on \ / | iTk k DOCPILLSBBRY>'HO has been |\\v) / 7l ! vk<N^ laid UP NMITH A COLD, a J //// N HOUND Dog AWAY VJITH " 1 x 7d DAiLY CROSS WORD PUZZLE r— ■ *■|" * i - I • 'i 5> G 1 >*• ”ju ~ ’ mm EF~ .~i lii I ar* *iA ~~ 297? “ ns _ 38. _ -.... _ | »:?! ACROSS I—Thriftless1 —Thriftless 3 —Compass point : 0 -Co-ordinate ins i-onjuiK - t ion 11 — A knob 12 — The rumen 12 —Swedish coin 1 f. —A dwelling It; —More rational 17 A beverage I 3 —Affirmative vote 20—M nek 23 At the pre*. out (irne 2d—Outside 28 —A portion 31 —Trundle 33 —The whole 31 —In what way :tr,—A letter of the alphabet SC—Epistle (at.i a.) 27 —Mother HR —Carries through DOWN <1 —Duramen (Dot) 7— Han), luaw black wood S-—Coronets i 2~ -sever i-l -Ron; II Are lie. i up aer part «»t :mi( l —Measure of length 2--Myself 8 -Spurs oa *? \ trying course of e v perietn-c . Di .‘.’.colors • i! P .(, !• Contract Bridge WHLSTERS A 7 bKIDGE WHIST PLAYERS have almost vanished The desire for speed and (hrilj have replaced rowboats and phaetons with speed boats and racing a is—archery with sheet shooting win t with conirnci bridge. I’.ldding •nay bother trained wbisters "hut they render excellent account ot fliem '•elves when playing thoii bands, as lie Mrs. t'J-eorvi ana Richards W'ilson, alavint; Hie South band, at ri Dia monds, tmililfd ny We,*. 4 Q 4 ¥ lv 1) & ,3 2 ♦ J 10 K 7 2 A .) »h,’.7« nvn 4 fr- 5 1 , W ¥ A Q J ♦ ** —jjL-...J 4 Norm * J 10 7 A K 0 4 2 4 A 10 9 ¥ Norm ♦Ak a 4 a 4AO K 6 3 I'li'- openlii lean was t!i<‘ .1 of pa.!■•■•. coveted wit h diunmv’s Q. La. i’>. K and te. la ut a, A. ■>,■ The K •>l nnnnd: I* |»*»1 to te i tnintp d. Iril.ii on V esp. , ted Last liou t-.t (tut, di . ar.lit.tr th<- ir.u. ■ i i'l.le. 'I lia V.e i.l I lulls U.,- led lat In fit V I tiff. .! I lie t Ot el id i . I ■larer regained 'he i an t.\ taking 'ait tun.iir, ’ ta t -It-i i. j , wiikimo v itii 'he 'a I >111111)0, i 11It. 1 > it.- t, if . 10t,.- W' I s I felt \ - t ln-1 .- \\ '1 ' Hill', I 111- Is ~ r .-lilt,: •ni lala It lo- ii,.' iii '.I I. a omit, t s *\. i v If': a III: i,\ ,I I a 1.. n n 'll- ■ le, I,itr i ' A i i . I< tVI Ilf, tile I i.l! ' i.l ,|| l| i oil | " 'll West's barn! Tin- v > m - bibs u c .•id ()t i finr-c \\ i■; i .mint i nft in,' cad .1 hart hill U li.il fill'.: hi I lie o 0 IMI onto s I .a > 1 1.11111»11 •t - tie i ■ eiiiM lilii.iin Wet'l,., I Physician Tells a Slaty j ‘ Os Christmas 40 Years sYgo fly LOGAN CLENDENING, M. D. 4 T.HIJS hLI'AHTMMNT takes occa ■Vi on of i lift season to wish all its i readers a very Merry .Christ mils. and ; invokes their good will. / Thera isn't murk ifood Will in thie ■ • World this j>ar 1,1 ""** l - 1 " *' li "' Jfe, * 3r Dr. Clenclening tiouJar. Christ man. and we are. , very glad, to have had oiir -share, of It. We •have had some .■fevidonees of ill • wilt. )oo; at cer ■ tain of out- ex* pre se i on*i >f opinion, and some courteous but firm sub missions of dis agreement. Not that we are complain ing; we sup- posse that it .is inevitable for anyone who sticks liia neck ontj.SlO days In the year. Wn (act. we rather feel .hat if everyone agreed with every* thins we wrote, it would he pretty dumb writing - . No. the world isn't exactly burst ing with good will this Christmas, what with some people hating the Germans, and some hating the Jew’s, and some hating the Italians, some hat'ng the Republicans, and some the Democrats. / So I am going to tell a iltjle r,lnry ibout a Christmas time forty years igo, 1 Perhaps it won’t'be so dikta.-re fill even If It is a German story. In the city of Wurzburg, late in the year 1895, the wife of a profea* scr iti the university became buffed because her husband didn’t answer her questions. He didn’t eat the ineals she set before him, but sat ab stractedly grazing into space. She wondered whether, at his age. he had PAGE FIVE , 21 —Native 22 Sister of Cadmus 24 —Exclamation expressing astonislmu nt 2.4—lrrigate 2 —To pull l.'i Pile-like moi m 80 I'sides LiJ 32 Lowest s.eiie of .Inmusic system of strata 37 I'ersnnal pronoun AniWer to previous puzzle ft i «=* h1 'ETe wT^t JLiZHiiL 0 I |Wje>[ N ' r ° "[° a e [ft E gi r " r e mmA To«#ir 1 jt. jl'3 #L vj |ni ' F -1 c ;- p t l [ N [ p a {4|c [ii&ixri.. rr*r**? r fisL t/ *^l. *t *£^3 1 j At tha ninth trick declarer had ts> I lead dummy’s lowest heart, tdaa* played tno .1. Declarer raffed who 'the 3. The four cards left in each band were n* showr, heir,.?. rf.v.iS was la ihe .end, ¥K9 a a ¥ l<) 8 T M A 8 f.. ♦a :u 4 to ♦ 0 *i 4 9 South had played bn , ird-. • o ; that tlo' only Mirk possible on ih.* doubler to win was ill* top , i utti* , whether declarot led the top -p.i.o. the top club, or one of her tv, e : i maining t rum pa. A Wise Part il *Hf 4 A Q 1 ¥ 10 9 0 'S ♦ Q -is s 4 ft *> t 4 .J 10 9 h 4 k 7 «; r, 1 ¥AK Q : 3 2 V- 4 A K If 4 None V Lj tj 4 ♦ None d>. 4 9 7 < 4KQ J ‘ 4 None ¥ J ft f» 4 £ ♦ r» 7 & 2 4 a l 9 ft 2 Will'll \\'e i made en o|-enlr,« i.'d "I l S;i.'oir . tu- pai rnej pnsepu tia had leai t'. il tiooiioh sml e.\pei p'lu si Hen oniv when yon bold the A< e rd 'a' Ii side Too ts 0 a d.kio He , ',v i, ivise partner Do 'iir, Jo i mad.-* ids Cena!rj'.y i ' > i. .n ' ~'*i• • i re,: irrat'llfUfc j j gotten himself Into some kind of l trouble. Hlmmel. was he going. t« run off wilh another woman, or pas I he in debt, or what ? i ; . Gather* Ketiource* . > She’ gathered ,a£l of 1 act resources together afld prepared l..>m the very gran.Lest. Christmas dlnmVr she could coble up. tint still h.- ihdn-’t rlojice. He dldriT ea-t. He didn’J'.cyen irjiow it wajs Chrlstrpa?;. .lust, -.al'with jha. brooding look* in his'eyes. ? Then she got •aogt.v and gave him a piece of her ifjind. At. that he came tb a little and jvhen he uiirlrt stood, he smiieu—a ' queer, pajileiii. mystical smile. And that ruperifi smile made tw?r even angrier So : li* said, now he would give, tier a,.-piece of hfs mind, arid tie put? lyis'Wma around her and tbok her dnwttktairs to his; laboratory. - < Ho darkened (he room and begftn to fuss with some of the icier trie ap paratus he always-was.working- witi:. And then a. queer ilg^it l went on in side a gloue. And fto gave tier & black box. which die made her put up to her eyes, and put-her h.-itn| jn front of tiie globe with the <qne : ei light. 4 >' She gave an exclamation of horror because what *Mie saw was the hand of a skeleton. When she moved fingers, she saw only the hones move. Site turned ro her husband for dn explanation, necau-e. vmi must hrt* derstand, .until rl.cn Frau jtnntg»n did not knAw thfSr i.e had jbet ,!;e. Covered the V-ia>e. Nor bfd ; invoke else. It was the one tie loved mrv-j. who first, beside hlm.elf. caw them wonders. ' And the two stood looking a 1 «ech other with frightened eyes, »t the miracle which had been vouchsafed them. That miracle has gone ail over the world since then, doing good tc. alt sorts and conditions of men ‘