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VOLUME LVI1I, NUMBER 83. NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1922. TWICE A WEEK, $2.00 A YEAR JUDGE W. F. GEORGE APPARENT VICTOR IN GEORGIA RACE ; { Leads AM Opponents in Race for, Thomas Watson's Seat in U- S. Senate r ? Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 18.?Judg' Walter F fjpnrcp nf Vienna. Ga.. receiv ed 318 county unit votes out of! Georgia's total of 400 in yesterday's special senatorial primary held to; nominate a successor to the late United States' Senator Thomas E. j Watson, according to complete un-. official returns compiled by The At- j lanta Constitution. Governor Thomas W. Hardwick,: Mr. George's nearest opponent, re-! ceived 74 unit votes and Seaborn, Wright 22, while John R. Cooper of | Macon failed to carry a county,""according to the returns. The Constitution's returns indicat-1 ed that Major C. E. McGregor of Warrenton had won the nomination over his four opponents in the race for state pension commissioner to succeed the late Judge John W Lindsey. ' Judge George will succeed Mrs. W. H. Felton who was given an adinterim appointment to the United States senate following the death of Senator Watson. Judge George is 44 years old and has long been prominent in the affairs of Georgia. He was bom January 29. 1878 in Webster county,, the sen of Robert H. and Sarah Stapleton-George. He is a graduate of ' :?j Mercer university, wnere ne reiTivcu his degree in law in 1901. In 1906 he was electsd solicitor general of the Cordele judicial circuit and served six years. He was jsup^or^^aan: judge of the circuit, which position he held ' until January, 1917, resigning, follwng election to the state court of appeals. * After serving ten months on the appeals bench Judge George was appointed as judge of the supreme court and resigned.on January 1 of this year, to resume private law practice at his home in Vienna. <*> <S> <* NEWBERRY COLLEGE NEWS > ?> <?>' November 4th will be a red letter day at Newberry college, athletically speaking, for this is the day of the Citadel-Newberry football game arnl it has been chosen as home-coming day for the alumni, ex-studcnts and friends of the college. It wiH mark also the formal opening of the splendid new athletics field, which is just being completed. Last year Newberry a net me ^i:a-1 ? fought to a standstill in Charleston, the score be'ng 7 to 7. On two other occasions also "nave those two teams had fierce struggles. In 191'4 the Bulldogs managed to win 14 to 13 in a thrilling battle, while in 1916 Jimmy Driver's little eleven held the heavier cadets to the close score of 21 to 14. While their record thus far has not been an imposing one. "Dutch" MacLean's Indians are no mean aggregation, and will be heard from in the remaining games on their schedule. Carl Prause, the Citadel coach, is like Mac-Lean, a heady leader, and * - * j. J his eleven may oe courueu UII cu & v a skillful exhibition of football. Accommodations are being arranged for a large number of visitors. Rice in fhe Up-Country The State, 17th. On its farm page today The State prints an account of upland rice planting above Columbia by Dr. J. William Folk of Jalapa and some of his neighbors. The stcry is interesting because not many South Carolin ians are aware tnat rice-growing persists above the fall line, but The State hopes that publication of the experiences of these farmers may also have practical result, by inducing others who have suitable ground to supplement likewise their home * food production. Land best adapted to the upland or unflowed rice is such as is unsuited to staple Piedmont crops, as Dr. Folk explains; the expense is nominal, harvesting and milling are simple, and the yield is satisfactory. Every worth while farmer prides himself on producing at home trie largest practicable proportion of the foodstuffs I ??t?nwii I'W?M?pr?m?a??p?n?nn i m HOSTESSES AND GUESTS AT W. C. T. U. CONVENTION The South Carolina Woman's Christian Temperance Union will begin its annual convention Friday of this week, anil the following is a list of the delegates and the homes at which they will' be entertained. Mrs. Cannon Bicase: Mrs. S. C. Blease. Mrs. A. J. Bowers, Jr.: Miss Al ;ie iiabo, .Miss Leo watKins. Mrs. M. W. Clary: Mrs. H. B. White, Mrs. L. M. Grigsby. Mrs C. H. Cannon: Mrs. J. S. Dusenbury, Mrs. J. J. Saunders. Mrs. J. W. Carson: Mrs. W. E. Able, Mrs. J. E. Gelston. Mr. Crowder: Miss Cleo Attaway: Mrs. Houseal (National hotel): Mrs. L. S. Holly. Mrs. W. A. Hill: Mrs. Frank 0.1 Blf.ck. | Mr. I. H. Hunt: Rev. fi. M. I/ght-! fi ot, Hon Thos. G. McLeod, governor elect. Mrs. ?*Iark R. Holmes: Mrs. R. T. Yon, Mrs. J. S. Crosson. Mrs. Ben Havira: Miss Ethel Harrison. Mrs. W. V?\ Hornsby (Nat'onal hotel) Mrs. T. R. Denny. Mrs. Geo. Johnstone and Mrs. John ' Swittenberg: Miss Ray Swearin^en. | Mrs. J. M. Kinard (National ho^*l) i Mrs. C. P. Robinson. ! Mrs. R. Y. Leavell, Sr.: Mrs. Anna ! Eidson, Mrs. H. A. Clark. ? if-/-' . \T:<?=. ' Miss rann:e jKtaugi.im. Zena Payne, Mrs. Mamie X. Tillman.' Mrs. H. L. Parr: Mrs. Oswell. Mrs. j W. W. Waters, Mrs. P. J. McLeon. j Mrs. W. R. Reid: Mrs. L P Ged-! dings, Mrs. C. M. Crawford, Mrs. P. j F. Feagle, Mrs. "MrCTIEr^pcl:r Mrs T. W. Smith: Mrs. P. S. Mor-J ris. Mrr. Agnes Scchuir.pert: Mrs. W. j S. Crouch, Mrs. C. J. Ramage. Mrs. R. D. Smith (Xational hotel):! Miss Leilah Attaway. Mrs. J. D. Wheeler: Mrs. L. M. j Lide, Mrs. A. C. White. . I Mrs. R. D. Wicker: Mrs. T.v? A.! Aull, Mrs. ,C. J. Aull. Mrs Mary Wright (Xational Ho-1 tel): Mrs. Joseph Sprott, Mrs. J. L.: Mims. Mrs. J. H. Wicker: Miss JMeta; Summerall, Mrs. C. S. Phillips, Mrs. j J. E. Zeigler, Mrs. B. R. Walker. Mrs. J. M. Workman: Mrs. J. J. j Myers, Mrs. Howell Morrell. Mrs. J. W. White: Mrs. R. C. Williams, Mrs. W. B. Patillo. National Hotel: Mrs. Richard' Williams, Mrs. T. R. Der.nv, Mrs. B.! F. Munsell, Miss Elizabeth Rohrback, Mrs. Maud B. Perkins. Party for Bride j The State. 18th. Mrs. J. E. R. Goodman ?C-tve a lovely party at her home on Rembert street Monday afternoon, complimenting her sister. Miss Lola Taylor, who is to be married today to Francis Gardere. Various games were played, the prizes being won by M:sses H:zel Meetze and Eleanor Radcliffe. Each guest wrote a bit of sage advice for the bride, who was also showered with dainty gifts brought in by her little niecc, Margorene Goodman. An ice course, carrying out the white and green color scheme of the pirty. was served and the emblems in the wedding cake, a ring and a coin, were cut by Miss Hazel Meetze and Mrs. William Shoop. respectively. The guests present were.: Misses Lola Taylor. Etha Taylor. Eleanor Radcliffe. Francis Davis. Hazel Meetze. Kate Mosely, Sadye Bean. Ernestine Meetze, Sadie Due Phillips, r... .. IT,,'*,-, Flmivj Pcipp I1 ilirc'V liuuv;, liiauiu X Jean?!te Crowder. Mildred Jones, Mesdames Floyd Sease, Lucv- M. Taylor. Ernia I.ee. William Shoop. Grorpre B. K.idciirfe, Theron Peters. D. T. Dell. PeaW Crout, W. C. Wilder. that his family, his laborers and his stock require: and, undoubtedly, rice from his own paddock will have for every such planter a savor none can hr.vp that is "store-bought." Wherever in South Carolina ricegro-vjnc: is indicated by soil ar.d climr.t co)>'ji:!on?. a rice-field sufficient to yield such rice as the farm itself may consume would appear to be rjj^ested as an item in a symmetrically balanced crop scheme; or so it seems to the inexpert observer. !*- <?>'?><$<$<&<$><$> $> <$, & ;$> <j> <$ ' 3> <s> j<? AMONG THE SCHOOLS f> ( < / < > > < > 'v# 'T X. <$> (V. '. > < > <V ' The examination for U-aehors who i . , wish to secure state cfcrtuv *ues or ' who want to better ihe certificate ;they now hokl will be held at the of! fice of the county superintendent of j education on Friday and Saturday. iNovember > and i. ; . ~ i Tin- county teacner; association ha:-: boo21 called lo meet at the high j school building i:i Newberry on Sat' urday. October 28, being the last 1 Saturdav in the month. Major J. F. i " ;J. jCaldwel! has kindly consented t?> i make a talk to the teachers, taking ;2F Ir's subject some orominent citizen I of the pas: who made history for this j State. 1 hope that every teacher in i the county will make an effort to be ; present, and that ail trunecs will jcome also. And in fact any citizen I will be welcome to the meeting. We | want during this school year to make I these meetings once a month worth while meetings, r.ot only to teachers, I but to trustees and citizens generally. We can do this only by taking ;an interest in them ourselves. I nromise you they shall not last long. I I I attended the meeting of superintendents in Columbia called by Mr. Swearingen for Thursday, October ]2. There were quite a number of the county superintendents present. .Mr. Sweafingen went over the various school laws and the appropriations by the legislature and explained their various provisions, and also distributed a pamphlet which his department has had printed giving the total appropriations for the various state aicleu;schools and the amount rV,0* a.-us chnrt. that is the deficiency. The legislature failed to make sufficient appropriation to meet the requirements ur.der four acts of the I legislature itself providing state aid. and f coudse there is obliged to be [a deficit in all districts depending upon aid from this source. In the tuition money for high school provided (under act of the legislature the deficiency was $lo,IOC.00; the building fund showed a deficit of $$1,034.00; the act providing for overcrowding in lower grades of high schools shows a dencit 01 ?un.n around fifty per cent of tlu- amount necessary; the act providing for the[guarantee of a seven months term shpws a dericit of $105,962.00, which lis about one fourth of the amount needed. This money will have to be made good some way, or some on$ who is entitled to be paid will have [to go unpaid. I feel that the state [of South Carolina is under solemn [obligation to provide this money and j to make the deficiency good. Otherwise it will not be keeping the faith jwith those who a training the children, or with the children themselvse. , Surely when the matter is fully un derst00ft oy our rupresciuaiit CO will make good the promise. I am jasking the state .superintendent to .send me several hundred copies of j this pamphlet, and I will be glad to jhand them to any one who is intcr'ested. and I am going to mail cne to 'each trustee and I hope he will study jit carefully so that he may see for himself just how the situation is when it comes to finances for the running of his school and the other schools of the state. So far as Newberry is concerned we could take care of our 'own with about the same tax that it i takes for us to pay our p.:rt "of the appropriation, cut it would not be right for the rich counties to be unwilling to help the children of the poorer ones, that is poorer in taxable property, and yet even Newberry get? bad. a little more than we pay. But I if we would levy the same tax or just 'a little mere Khan it costs us to pay our nart of the srafe aid for the schools we could run all of them for l not !ec> than seven months, and with just a little additional tax we could run all of them ei^hi months. If we would make the c?untv the unit we I could run ail of them eight months with a less amount of tax than we are now paying:. Bat the point just now :s t<> get the money to make up the deficits and to run the coming year, and we must get the facts before the i: g'./ature in such shape that there can re no misapprehension or misu):der s landing. The superintendents have been called to meet in Colum bl?^ :he lirst Tuesday in December to f jfrmuhte a plan an?? gatheor the facts in. sach shajft- that they may be intelligently lai'l before the legislature, not to beg the legislature nor to lobby. bu: simply 1 oRireseni the state's business in so faafas the schools are concerned in sue It* ma^VS^t-hut the facts may be so *plam ?5*t he who runs may wa.il, if the Vjsln.jss is be successfully -i'Vun it must be ! s properly financed. Thai's all. On-Tuesday I hcokeil up and took Mr. .V. W. Higginr out to Dominick i', survey a logout on the highway f;>r the erection of a new school house for the -district. When we reached the}'honvj of 'Mr. F. J. Harmon, one of the 'trustees, we found that he had gone<: off and that there was a meeting1 ofj'the South Carolina Presbytery at Jhe church near by, an ! Mr. Livingstan and Mr. Abrams, the other trustclp, were in attendance upon the P jesbytery, so all we could do was to' Rrait until the session closed, and . s there was a large table in the wot Is near the church and a pot of ster ning barbecue hash ! under the directlo J of Mr. Sam Shealy, it did not ta1* ? a great deal of persuasion to con *inc-e Mr. Higgins and myself that the proper thing to : do was to remain until after the dinjner hour at the 'hureh, and this is what we did. I heard a doctrinal sermon by Dr. W ?od of Clinton, and then we had a g eat dinner of bar becue hash and chicken and country ham and all the various kinds of pies and cakes and custards known to the culinary art, and these good women out this way know how to cook, and i there was plenty to feed the multitude, and many more. I enjoyed the jfew hours I spent with these good paogpfj-e" awl -ha4 *k> r^r.ets for the : delay. I had the distinction of being ; seated at the table along side of Rev. "mv t'otr +>>? flovpv and Donular nas , tor of the church, and you know ha (is not oniy a good prcacher and pastor and a good all round fellow, but ; he is also a jrood feeder, and he is especially fond of barbecue hash, but ;then it would show very bad taste not ; to have been fond of that hash. J The trustees have secured a beautiful site for the new school house on nte highway, they tell me less than I half mile from the present location, and very near the center of the dis triet, ai d th?n w-*ien tfeltas: gets | ready to come in the district and , back into Newberry in its entirety, 'we will be convenient to them also, i We laid off four acres in a square which gives good road frontage and good level land for a playground and a place n a knoll for the building so ; that the drainage will be away from 'the building in al! directions. We will j build a two class room house with an auditorium so that thqy may have a place for public exercises as well as ;for other community meetings. Mr. | John X. Livingston has his \iw mill 1 ready to begin work sawing the lum! ber for the framing just as soon as we can get the deed signed. Ann we should be able to put up the , building very soon. The boys and ' girls of the school are very much interested in the new building. The 1 school had taken a day off on Tuesday to iet the children attend the 1 meeting and help cat the dinner. 1 Miss Ruby Fellers is the teacher this session. ! t The hiirhwav from here out is fine most of the way, and especially where they used the right sort of top soil, but iii a few place5 it is in very ; bad condition ?nd should have attention at once. The scrape wast out thiside n Tuesday but there is need of rorne ton soil on smc of these places. Where the road is good it is especially good and just as smooth as if there had been no rain at all. It can all be made just like this with the application of the right sort of top soil. , E. H. A. Bar wheezes about prohibition, short skirts and flivvers and most paragr.iphers would have to go to work. Is the city more wicked than the country because more people are thero, or are more people there because it is more wicked? The fellow who savs men do not 1 care what women wear has had no experience paying for what a woman wears. News From St. Philips The weather is very wet at this writing", the changing1 of the leaves shows us that autumn is drawing nigh. The pcpole are getting anxious to see the sun again as they are planning to sow their grain. Our school has been in session for a month and getting along nicely. I>ut we are still in hopes of a high s'-hnoL Mr. H. II. Ruff wili be ready to reive the people in his new store as he will be ready to move in another week. Ar.d Mr. Thomas Stone is gong to run a barber chop in hte rear. Hurrah for ouh town! She is still growing. Mrs. M. R. Ruff, Mrs. C. L. Rutf and little Claude, Jr., had the pleasure of spending Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lominick. Mrs. T. B. S'nealy spent Monday with Mrs. Mollie Ruff and family. Last Saturday I had the pleasure of attending the Livingston family reunion. It was also Mr. Livingston's birthday. He was fifty-nine years old. which is a remarkable old age, although not saying that he is real old. Mr. Herbert and I have been great friends for several years and I alwavs enjoy being with him, and I sincerely hope that we will have the pleasure another happy reunion. Notes From the Reunion On October the fcurrteenth the Livingstons held their regular family reunion at the old home place. It was woll attended and had it not been f ; for the rain many more would have been present.. It was a pleasant day for all. Every one seemed to be - ? ?'"""ow on/1 tv'ofl tn malcp Ill JJUUU I1U11IU1 Mini. bllvu vv? the others enjoy themselves. We regret very much that Rev. Harmon coulija.o.t. be present, as. tke misfortune of hurting his eye. Owing to the rain we all had to dine in the dining room where the large table was spread and laden with many good things to eat. In the center of the table was Mr. Livingston's birthday cake which was a beautiful one. It contained fiftynine candles, representing 59 years. | Mrs Malcah Mouledons of Columbia was present and the following J children: Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Wicker and four children; Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Lominick and four children; ~ -3 TT ortr? fwft ;ur. cxiui i vy. v/. uiiiuivi uiivt v ^ children; Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Stoudemayer and child; Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Wicker and three children. Wingard, Edwin, P. J. and Howard Livingston. These are his children and grandchildren. There were about fifty peon-e present. > May God's richcest blessings rest upon each and every one that they may have a happy meeting again. ; With best wishes. . G. H. Ruff. <;n vfr<;trfft Xo one is now complaining of the i ''ion": dry spell." Frank Lake of near Augusta, Ga., is visiting here with home folks, j Rev. Morris preached Sunday night at the Methodist chapel and Rev. G. F. Clarkson Monday night. Although the weather was unfavorable there was a large congregation. Mrs. Fannie Mae Davenport is : visiting at the home of her brother, ' Duke Sheppard. Miss Ilortense Woodson of The i Herald and News was a welcome ! i guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. ,V. V. Pearsall Sunday. I D. M. Wa rd of Newberry was here ! Monday and Tuesday. j Selum Perry is moving back to Sa; hula. ; Mrs. Will Hendrix. who has been :for some time seriously ill, is said to | be improving, and Mrs. E. B. Martin, f the nurse, has returned to her home. j B. M. Havird has a large number jof porkers of different sizes, and has ! raised plenty of wheat, oats, corn, 'etc. He is not saying much about j hard times. J Mr. S. Shealv spent Sunday night i here. Rev. Morris, the Methodist evanc-*!i>t from Greer who has been holding a meeting at Trinity, spent Sun!day night and Monday at the home of ?>Ir. and Mrs. R. Martin. Walter Slvaly of Greenville visited his mother, Mrs. Kate Martin, Thursday night. Mrs. Mary Suber has returned from a visit to relatives in Clinton and Greenville. Mr. D. Deliart and Mr. and Mrs. DIOCESE H0LD3 ACTIVE SESSIONS | Much Work of Reorganization Done ?Reports Are Matie The State. j i Charleston, Oct. IT.?Steps neces- j |.-a:v toward the reorganization of the ! " ' 'Eulscopai Dioee.se of South Carolina I i ' , , i 1 were taken today at the conven^on j !of trie diocese, which was* called to! i order at 11 o'cljcl: this morning-at I i Grace church, with the Rt. Rev. William A. Guerry, I). D.. bishop, presid| ing, and the convention recessed at 1 r-'iO t). m. for luncheon with most of the important business on the day's !program having been acted or., j Today's session was a resumption of the 182nd annual council of the ! diocese, which convened last May in St. Philip's church and adjourned until October, during which time the di-7 'vision of tht? .diocese became effective, having been confirmed at the general convention of the Protestant Episcopal church, held recently in Portland. The address by the bishop, elections to fill vacancies in various bodies and committees, 'and consideration of the report of the committee on constitution and cannons were the chief features of the early session. ! The day's program opened at 10 o'clock, when the holy communion ; was celebrated. Most of the parishes in the diocese were represented by ! lay and clerical delegates. The pro- j gram called for the election of a sec-1 I retary, but as the Rev. A. S. Thomas j had deculed to withdraw his resigna-' tion for the present, the proposed j I election was stricken off the program. | Mr. Thomas announced that having str-ved a% secretary for 20 yeras -ite now felt that the other pressing duties which involved his time made it desirable that he resign and that a 1 ? ! new. secretary be chosen; but he had j .come to the conclusion that owing to I : the many other changes in the dio- i cese, it would be better not to change j . the secretaryship now, but he an-} ! nounced that he would not offer for j I the office at the next annual convn- j tion. Bishon Guerrv stated that no 1 1 j diocese had a better secretary than i . the South Carolina and that this d:o1 I cese will lose Mr. Thomas' services with great reluctance. I ' A message was read from the con-1 vention of the upper diocese, which J extended greetings to the Diocese of j : South Carolina, praying God's bless- , ings upon its deliberation and express ing the hope that a most cordial and I hearty relationship will always exist; between the respective dioceses. The, secretary was instructed to acknovl ! ! edge this message and to express.' the . ! convention's appreciation.. j The Rev. T. ?. Noe, superintendent | jof the Church Home orphanage - .oft :York, delivered an address, in the j course of which he submitted a prop-! osition involving the expansion of the j 1 institut:cn. He stated that Maj. W. . B. Moore had offered to erect for the : Church Home orphanage a sottage to j cost from $7,000 to $10,000, provid- i ed the two dioceses secure funds for ' purchasing an adjoining site of 128 j acres, containing a dwelling and a barn. Two notions have been secur-! I ed, one for purchasing this property i for ? 18.000 and the second on 50 j. acres immediately adjoining the institution's property for $1-1.000. The j upper diocese had passed resolutions, j it was stated, indorsing* the proposition and assuming responsibility for its half share of the total of $20,000 j that would be needed altogether, and J a resolution was placed before the ' convention here to effect that it in-j dorse tHe project and assume respon- j silibity for $10,000, payable in three ! equal annual installments. j In the eiect:on to fill vacancies on i cf >irli?i<r pnnrim irtpp *hp W. ! S. Povnor of Florence and the Rev. ! J. S. Lishtbourn. from the clergy,! and Walter Hazard of Georgetown snd E. Willoughbv Middleton of | Charleston. from the laity, were cho-1 sen. I j1 Pirliip- and children visited at the home of .Mr. and Mrs. 1). DeHardt, i Jr.. Sunday. Mrs. Mack Comer has been to Evans, Ca.. to vis:: her father, J. A.I :Ta;lant. 3 j Mrs. Saliie Gosling who has beerr' ill is improving. i Mr. .1. Alewlne made a business1 trip to Newberry Wednesday. j< MA HON ELECTED BY OLD HICKORY Greenville Man Heads Thirtieth Division Veterans?Darr Also Honored The State. New Orleans, La.. Oct. 17.?The Old Hickory associat'on meeting here today in connection with the American Legion convention, elected Maj. G. Hey ward Mahon. Jr., of Greenville, president for the ensuing year. Zaeh Darr of Sumter was named vice president for the state of South Carolina. About 300 Thirtieth division men attended the meeting, which was held instead of the annual reunion. The election of Major Mahon to tms high honor pleased the South Carolinians who are here and they were likewise glad to see Mr. Darr elected. Major Mahon also is being mentioned for national vice commander of the legion. The big event for tomorrow is 'the annual parade. South Carolina will march in the Fourth division to rau=ie made by the Spartanburg drurfl and fife corps. Severai delegates and alternates from South Carolina are serving on important convention committees. Commander Erice is on the resolutions committee. Others are: J. Monroe Johnson, constitution and by laws; Fred Graham, rehabilitation; J, J. McSwain, legislation; G. H. Mahon, Jr., finance; Zach Darr, Americanization ; T. B. Sprat:, internal organizat:on; J. E. Burch, naval affairs; Hiram Hutchinson, military affairs; James Schwing, next meeting pl:c:; C. M. Lindsey, credentials and rules. Tr addition' to these, Joe Sparks is chairman of the committee ciiT cat.'or.. The state adjutant, Miller Foster of Spartanburg, wa? unable to attend the convention, ;o C. M. Lindsay is acting in his stead during the meeting. S L_ L.. Jr. "BUCK PRIVATE" HOLD" CONVENTION OF HIS OWN New Orleans, Oct. 17.?A solemn sun- bronzed youth in live drab, and overseas cap, set at a carefree angle over one ear, stood in the middle of Royal street last night, while crowds of American Legion visitors, homeward bound from the French fete in Jackson square, walked, strolled or marched' by as their fancy dictated. But the French fete meant nothing to the comrade in the middle of Royal-street. He was holding a convention all his own and announcing ' * j ^ to tne passersoy wno careu to usi.cu. He had evidently had the matter on his mind for a long: time, perhaps from the first week in training camp, when he learned to regard his commissioned superiors with natural suspicion and sergeants and corporals as their active agents. "This is a buck private's convention," said the solemn one. "I ougta know; I was the ranking buck private in the .-v. E. F. I'll tell the world this convention I'm holding here is the buck privates' convention. No officers admitted. Throw 'em out." He paused to glare around balefully for anyone who looked like a major general?or a second neuienaru. Xone appeared and he resumed his address of welcome to himself, and bowed in acknowledgment of the well chosen words. Xo knotty problems of soldier bonus or rehabilitation vexed this comrade. It was a large moment? one he had been promising himself for a Ion-* time?one he had dreamed about in chilly France cowsheds while the good-looking nurse he liked was dancing with colonels and captains. TV.,-, /-./irMn lip rnnld 1 ilV L.illtT' IUIU WViilV *--w w??w safely tell all corporals, top sergeants military police officials, regimental and corps commanders where to head in. And he did. None said him nay. "We will conclude," said the buck private, "with the singing of a little ditty. You may ail join me. friends. It runs like this: " There'll be no generals there; " There'll be no generals there; " 'In heaven above, where all is love, ' ''rm " 'There'll be no generals there.' "Second verse: ? " 'There'll be no colonels there.' " With military exactitude he went >n down the line to corporals.