EI.hi**• l« f f[rs.oftierIl'H.boherof Congress, expects N» bo Him! at an open how so for former friends on bis birthday. He is the onlysurviving delegate to Tennessee’sconstitutional convention of 1870.SIKH. XIMF.XA BALLKXTINKMrs. Ximena Ballentine. 55. of I Middlesex. N l\. died suddenlyat her home Saturday morning at,1:3u o'clock.She is survived by her husband \V. K. Ba lien tine; four children, Billy, of Rocky Mount; Jesej h, Bruce and Lucille Ballentine, of Middlesex, and six brothers, Clyde. Robert, Bernard and Willis Edwards, of Spring Hope, Sanford Ballentine of Castalia and Ernest Edwards, of Atlanta. C»a Funeral services were heldfrom the home Sunday afternoonIat 2:.10 o'clock, conducted hyRev. Ford Hut n». of FuqnaySprings. N. C. Interment wasmade In the Mlddle*ei cemetery.THK TR.-IIXKD IWIP TASTKRSTrained food tasters tan detectstrength differences of less than lo per cent in flavors, reports the American Chemical Society. Many professional tasters have nokcpeahintotitncr»i15Traders