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KEG WEE COURIER (EstabUshed I81U.) Published Every Wednesday Morning Subscription $1 IVr Annum. Advertising li?tes Reasonable. -By STICK, SHUIiOH & SCHRODER. Communications of a personal character charged for aa advertise ments. Obituary notices and tributes of respect, <,: nol over 100 words, will bo printed free of . barge. All over that number must bc paid for at the rate of ono cent a word. Cash to accompany manuscript. WALHALLA, S. C.: WI ONF.SDA V, M <i. Il, 1015. SOI i HERN CATTLEMEN TO MEET lu Birmingham, Ala., Throo Days Xiigu^t 18, ll? and lil). Following I* the program for the meeting of the Southern Cat t Union's Assoc lat ion at Birmingham, Ala., Au gust IS, IO and 20 : Wednesday, IO O'clock A. M. Address of Welcome on behalf of j i h. City of Blrmingnam A. O Dane, : City Commissioner. On behalf of tho Business Men's' Loagtu Jacob Burger, president. On hehalf of tho Chamber of Com nu ... ('lawford Johnson, president. Ri iionse by Hon. Chas. Hender son . < lovernor of Alaba ma, Ad In ss bj President F. I. Derby. Ward, Ala Address hy Dr. A. D. Melvin. Chi*:' . of Bureau of Animal Industry, Wash- 1 lugtoti IV C. Wednesday Afternoon. '(Ira-s for the South" A. L. French. Cascade. Va. "Methods of Wintering Reef Cat-j He" Prot. Dan T. Cray, Raleigh. I N. C. j "The Funcions of Beef Cattle on the Parin" Archibald Smith, man ager of Mary Mac Plantation, Robin sonville. Miss. Wednesday Night. ..Ranking for tho Cttttle Industry of the South" -Wirt Wright, presi dent National Stock Yards Rank. (St. , Louis Market ) . "The SailtiatiOII Of the Live Stock Cartu" Dr. W. ll. Dalrymple. Vete rinarian State University of Louisi ana. Raton Rouge. Thursday, H.'.M O'clock A. M. "Feeding and Management of i Dairy fiat Ho in the South"-Prof. C. ' L. Willoughby. Gainesville, Fla. "What is Necessary to Develop the Dairy Industry in the South?"-J. II. Met iain, ll, S. Dairy Division.! Washington, I). C. "Obstados and Opportunities in ' Southern Dairying" ll. R. Curler, .Macon, Miss. Thursday A fte rn OOH. "Establishing a Herd of Beef Cat tie in a Tick-Intested Area"- C. F. Shingler. Ashburn. i "Dual-Purpose Cattle for Farm ers" lt F. Aulen, Little Rock, Ark. "Concrete Construction on the' Live stock Farm"- Louis A. Young, i 'hat ta nooga. Tenn. Reduced Passenger Hates. The Southeastern Passenger Asso ciation, which include; the territory ? of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Ken tucky, Missis ippi North Carolina. South Carolina. Tennessee, Virginia,' Helena. Ark.; Washington. D. C.; Cairo. Cast St. Louis. Joiiesboro, Murphyshoro. Sparta and Percy, ll!.; Paton Rouge, Ethel, Hammond, New Orleans ?ind Slaughter, La.; SI. Louis. Mo., and Cincinnati. Ohio, has grant ed at rate of ono fare, plus ._'.". couts, for the round Irin. Tickets on sale A ll/Ml st Ifi and 17, and for trains scheduled to roach Birmingham be fore noon of August 18, and good for return trip to bo completed by mid night Of August 2.r?lh. The Tutwilcr Hotel will be head quarters for the Southern Cattle men's Association. Those attending! the meeting will lind il to their ad vantage to register in the lobby of the Tutwiler Hotel on arrival, where 1 Information regarding hotels, etc., | moy be obtained All sessions will bo held In Ibo auditorium of the Tnt wller. Pure Bred I^M-f C?tale. On \ ; ust "ju. beginning promptly nt I o'clock, there will be sold at .am iton. it the Malunna State Fair j Grounds, CO bead of registered i breeding cattle of thc three beef j breeds Herefoi tl, Shorthorn and [ Aberdeen-Angus 'l here will be ' about 20 head of each breed and In ! all about IO bulls and HO females. I These cattle will he. inspec ted hy the secretary of tho association be fore they are shipped to Birmingham. As a further guarantee that the cat tle will be of a quality suited to tho nerds of the South, only such ani mals will be offered for sale as are approved by a committee appointed by the association the il rat day of the meeting. Tait Butler, Sec'y. Rriiz.il yearly consumes 0,000,000 feel of Swedish idnc lumber. ?J? ?J? mfr mfr ?T? *|? ?J? ?J? mfr mfr mfr THF. COTTON OUTLOOK, ?fr mfr mfr mfr mfr mfr mfr mfr mfr mfr mfr mfr mfr (Columbia State.) To hold colton for s'^oeulative pur poses The State never advises. To hold cottou with tho object of pre venting the demoralization of the inurkcl is another ?ind different thing. For I h<' planters to r?gul?t?* the dis tribution of their product, which is non-perishable, throughout the year is no more 'han common sense dic tate:;. Cotton prices for the year 1 '.? I .">-1 6 will depend on holding, which in turn will depend on the hankers, mer chants and warehousemen. Failure to obtain 12 (cuts, or even IO cents, a pound in the autumn months will he disappointing, bul patience and resolution to wail until prices im prove should, and, we think, will prove com pens?t i ag. For t he farmers lo avoid is dump ing great ipianlities of cotton on tho market, unless prevailing prices he helter than are now looked for, in September, October. November and December. Ponder these facts and ligures: A .surplus brought over, Septem ber I. of I. iHiu.no. i hales (ail esti mate too large perhaps, but made liberal to be on the safe side). Add to this the ero!? of I!) Iii, 12, 000.000 bales. :<iM wo have a total of ! 0,000.000 bales about the produc tion of a good normal your. The sur plus of August, I fl l S>, (using liberal ligures) is from I,Tun,uno to _:.::*???. 000 bales greater than in August. I'M I. A shortage ol' 1,000.000 bales ill tile new crop. if consumption should approach Hie normal, would, therefore, nearly wipe out the sur plus, leaving it smaller in August. 1 9 1 '">. t han it w as in 1911. For the current year it seems thal the Cern?anle nations have received a little more than 2.000.000 bales. If in the coining year they should get no cotton ( which is a thing inconceiv able), the crop shortage of 4,000, nun hales would still reduce the sur plus to something like a normal fig ure b> August. 1016. If the British blockade beso effective that tho Ger mans gel no cotton, the war will end. Ill a word, the reduction in acre age and in the use of fertilizers has placed the cotton producers at this time In a strong position. They havi but to sit steady in the boat. Relatively speaking, the outlook for financing the crop is excellent Coll?n is a most desirable securitj for loans by reason of its quick con veriiblllty Into cash. The banks of ?he Culled States ii the money centers (the reference ii not to local banks) are distendet with money. The trade balance witt the 1'niled States is upwards of : billion dollars ill ebnen months am is growing rapidly. The banks, how ever, are not disposed, in a period o world-wide uncertainty and agitation to lend for invest nient and develop ment. On bonds as a security, mone; is easy, but one would with difficult: borrow to build cotton mills am ereel ?"skyscrapers." Money wil be abundantly available for cotto: loans, on a bale or a thousand bales lal least smh is the prospect. Th ?Standard Warehouse, of this city, as sures The State that it is ready I lend, at a low rate of interest, to th I farmers who have cotton to store, an no doubt other warehouse com pa ll ie occupy similar position. The pro: ! perit.v of the Northwest has been s ' great thal i! is likely that 'he bank i of thal section alone would be ab] to linance tho Southern crop. When the war began a year au j the United state.- faced the possibi itv of having hundreds of millions ( dollars worth of American seen ri th held in Europe presented for pa; i nient. Where to get the money wi a quo?tinn. for 'ho moment, stagge lng lo American business men. N; lurally there was extremo anxiety ar every hanker trimmed his sails. Tl cotton exchanges of New York. Ci erpool and New Orleans closed. Fi a time, thc cotton market vanishe Tho new banking system, which lr been Hie salvation of the countr had not gone into operation. Conditions are changed to a degr almost incredible. lt is Europe th is the nervous debtor to the [Tnif< States. There is a plethora of mon In tho greal American banks-he lhere solely because of caution th forbids lending except on convertie property. If the war should end. the cod crop of 1 fl 1 "> would sell al a fan price. The war may end at any m mont, or it may continue indefinite If it do continue, it seems certa thal the reduced production of c< ton, coupled with the unprecoden' generous supplies of money in t Northern and Western banks seek! security of the nature that oott furnishes, makes the outlook for f? prices for the staple good, if the fi mers keep their heads and refuso sell precipitately. COTTON I'KOSIMXTS ARK GOOD. Head Federal Reserve Hoard Reviews tho Situation in Bulletin. Washington, Aug. 4,-Conditions that confront the South in handling th,, i ;i i ( (?non crop and th?? condi tions a year a,ro are contrasted hy W*. i'. C. Harding, ol ino Federal Reserve Board, in tho current issue of the Federal Reserve Bulletin. The posi tion ot cotton to-daj is much stronger and financial and oilier conditions aro lunch liefer than a year ago, in Mr. Harding's opinion, and if the people Of the Soul h will not weaken their po sition "by unwise action," the} have little to fear. "Tho colton tragedy of 19 1 I," says Mr. Harding, "will be succeeded In I h 1 :> by nothing more serious than a drama." Mr. Harding warns the South, in its desire to see a broad market established for cotton, to do nothing to embarrass President Wil son in his conduct of international af fairs. ?"lt should be remembered," jays Mr. Harding, "that the President awes a higher duty to the South, to the whole country and to mankind at this juncture thuin the establishment at cotton values. Serious complica tions between this country and any ?real foreign power certainly ivould not enhance cotton values." Comparison ot' Conditions. Alter comparing conditions a fist ing tl o market lilis year and last. Mr. Harding - ays: "Cider the most adverse condi tions conceivable, with demoraliza tion in every money market, with high interest rates, with emergency currency being issued daily in large volutuo, with enormous gold ship ments abroad, with crippled shipping facilities, without adequate insurance protection and with ocean freights three to live times normal, we hogan in August. 101 I. lo market a crop of nearly 17,OOO,Ott? bales of cotton. Financial institutions, already hard pressed, were unable and unwilling tu nial<e advances on cotton. In ad dition to this, the Southern farmers, who have this scar planted record breaking food crops, were faced with a deficiency in home-raised food stuffs, and were iii many cases forced to sell cotton to pay off pressing In debtedness and to secure adequate food supplies." Attention is called to the fact that tho high [trices for cotton nc* pre vailing in Germany and Russia about :'.0 cents a pound-will attract cotton to I hose countries In spite of apparent ly insurmountable obstacles, inst as high prices paid for cotton abroad during tho Civil War made blockade-running a steady business, i nilli- Are Ample. There seems to bo no question that ample muds can be obtained to finance ill a normal way a much lar ger volume of cotton than was taken I care of last year, and that even if I [?ermp.ny and Austria-Hungary should ! bo torced to suspend cotton manufac turing entirely, statistic; show that i he inill*i of the United States, Great Britain. Spain. Russia, Italy, Japan, China and India have spindles suffi I cien I to absorb every bale of cotton I that is likely to be cultivated. "Il should be noted." says Mr. Harding, "that the reduction inj American conon acreage thia year amounts t ? more than ?,OOO,OOO j .ores, and thal Egypt and India havel also made radical reductions in cot-j ton acreage. It is probable that the world's cotton crop, ba-ol on an av-i crage yield per ai re, will lie about | :>.OOO.OOO hales less than last year. "Cotton, unlike grain, is a com modity the market value of which de preciates in time of war. and the South, as a producer of that commod ity, has suffered. "The actual position ol cotton, however, is so much stronger than was the case a year ago. the financial and oilier conditions are so very much more favorable, thai there can he no doubt thal if tho South will keep cool and will refrain noni mere ly weakening its own position by un wise action, the present nervousness regarding the market for t|)e grow ing crop will soon disappear." DISAGREEABLE CA LOM KL IS VI ELIM.VG TO PLEAS ANT LIV-VKR-IiAX. Physicians generally agree that the nauseating, unpleasant effects of cal ?n ul are due to the undesirably vio len! action it has on tho system. For a long while various Substitutes have been tried, bul it was only recently thal the really wonderful remedy. MV-VER-LAX was prepared success fully by L. K. Grigsby. LIV-VER-LAX lias all the good, and none ol' the bad effects of calo mel. It is a necessity in every home, always being ready to cleanse the sluggish liver and bile clogged sys tem, with no unpleasant after-effects. LIV-VHK-LAX is guaranteed to give satisfaction, or your money will he Immediately refunded, insist on tho original bealing the likeness of L. K. Grigsby. For sale ir 5?c. and .1 bottles at Norman's Drug Store, Walhalla, S. C.-Adv. CLOUDBURST AT IOU IK, PENNA. bitty Lives liOHt, With ?real) Prop erty I tomago by Water. Erie, Pa., Au?. ?. I> flight .ere broke over a llood-stricktn with its business Btreets running i. era of water. Probably 50 lives lost, prop erty damage estimated at three mil lion dollars, stores of homes and dozens of factories swept away, and homeless hundreds were the offset ot' an unprecedented storm which struck Brie and the Immediate vicin ity last night. City olhcials were inclined to ac cept the coroner's estimate of 50 dead. Rescue tories were augment ed hy civilian volunteers and prepa rations were made to work by artifi cial light during the night. Th<? immense piles of wreckage form harriers from ."><) to 75 feet high in the mile course of the Hood through the city's business section. Some buildings were totally demol ished, while others were tossed vir tually intact upon the hills between which he torrent rushed. Some bodies were found a mile from the spot where they were caught by the rush of water. Culminated in Cloudburst. After almost an all-day rain a heavy thunder shower culminated in a cloudburst. Kor an hour residents along the course Oi Mill creek, through the east center of the city, watched the slow rise of the stream, duo to ;i rainfall of nearly throe in ches in six hours. At 8.45 the Clenwood dam. three miles above the city, burst, and a huge wall of water swept down through the city, carrying with it the homes of those who had waited until j the hist minnie to leave, and in seve- I ral cases the families still refused to seek safety. Pour blocks on either side of the stream. Including State street, the main business artery of the city, were covered with a depth of from ti inches to .""> feet. The Loe m h u is wagon works and the Nelson machine shop, each occu pying neatly half a block, were the largest strm tures to be swept away. Tho J a reek i and Lovell wood work ing phmts. two of the largest manu* factories in the city, were covered with l "> feel of water. Burly this morning gas mains all ? over the city were cut off, and tele- ? phoiu street car and electric light- I lng service were paralyzed. Rosine Work Perilous. The charitable societies, the ar- | mory, hotels and hastily-organized 1 shelter clubs gave refuge to hundreds who saved only their lives and a few meager belongings. The darkness, the danger of bro ken electric wires, and the 25-mile current of the flood made the work of rescue extremely perilous. The narrow escape of Ciro Chief McMahon, with four firemen In a l successful attempt to rescue three women, led to the report of their death, but they lumped to safety! from second-Story windows .as the house was washed ti way from under t hem. Only three serious accidents had ? been reported at tho hospitals up to an early hour this morning. Two would-be rescuers were struck by floating debris .and sustained broken legs, while .a third was nearly drown ed when the Fourteenth street bridge was swept away. The washing out of tho main line Of titi- New York Central and tho Pennsylvania railroads stalled a do zen or more passenger trains here, with no prospect of their departure for ;i couple of days. One crowded train bound for New York was brought to a standstill on the viaduct forty feet over the path of Mill creek, and those on board for bonis wat? bed houses and house hold goods swept down the torrent. Stretches of Mill creek had been covered over in several places and homes and factories had been built over the ordinarily (piiet stream. Wreckage lodged in those culverts and caused the water '<> back up until it spread far over each bank. Burly this morning ns details of the disaster began to collect the story of Firemen Sherry and Pates stood out among the stores of heroic acts. Taking a girl from her home oil the creek bank, they started down the t?l?phone pole. Which had enabled thom to reach her, when the house foll against the pole .and all three were swept into the swift current. A block further down the trio were pulled from the stream by the almost superhuman efforts of other firemen. X. V. Streets Turned Into Rivers, New York, Aug. I. Streets in New York city and its suburbs were turn ed into yellow rivers, surface and elevated traffic was badly crippled, wires were blown in o a tangled network, trees uprooted and hun dreds of cellars flooded In a torren tial downpour that broke over tho metropolitan section this forenoon, accompanied hy a 60-mile gale. Nearly three Inches of rain fell in four hours at Sandy Hook, where a southeaster lashed the ocean into fury. Vessels were held up at the harbor eut ranee and during the height of the gale a small schooner, the M. V. B. Chase, from C ho ver le, N. S., to Norfolk with plaster, went lo Hie bottom. Her captain and a sailor were drowned in a small boat. Coast guards rescued t lit? other four members vi.' I he crew. Along i he northern coast of New Jersey Hie gale wreaked damage dif ficult to estimate. Seabright, swept three times within IS months, was battered again. in a dozen parts of New York city and Brooklyn Hie streets lay under water from two lo three feet. From Coney Island and Sea Gate came reports of a general tie-up in transit facilities. No fatali ties were reported iron any section ol' i he city. Chesapeake liny Swept, Baltimore, Aug. 1. One of the worst storms that ever visited this sect ion swept over Chesapeake Hay last night, causing heavy damage. The corn and fruit crops suffered se verely. Along the hay and rivet shores hundreds of small craft were torn from their moorings and casi ashore. No loss of life has been re ported. The Hamburg-American linei Bulgaria, tied up here sime the wm began, broke her moorings and wai carried into a railroad pier, demolish lng a concrete retaining way. Tin vessel was undamaged. '27 Dead Recovered. Erie, l'a., Aug. 1. Eric had listet 27 dead to-night in the wreckage strewn path of last night's Mood. Hu little impression was made on lin vast amount of wreckage, piled ii places a hundred feet Ililli and be I ie ved by thc coroner and others ti conceal as many more victims. Re COVery work will lie slow. It ma take a week to turn over tho debris Karly estimates ol' property los* l>ul at. $3,000,000, were not change to-day by Fire Chief McMahon, afte he had received reports from bi manufacturing plants in the tioo zone. He said thal 300 houses an ."ill .store buildings were detnoHshe liv the waters of Mill creek, sent or of its banks by a cloudburst and th bursting of I lie (?len.wood dam. Three morgues were besieged li thousands throughout the day. Mei women and children watched tl searchers, and when they saw a hod uncovered would rush to the morgi to which it was taken to learn if was that of a missing one. The eil went Into mourning. All the depar ment stores and business houses c State -street were closed and the pe pie oponed hearts and purses to sn ferers. Relief funds were starte charitable societies sent food and tl eily authorities opened houses fi those who had lost their homes. Twenty arrests were made in tl Hood area to-night, two for lootit and the others for disorderly condtu To guard against tires tho gas sn ply hat- neon turned off. and heal officials are taking precautions to pr vent an outbreak of disease. A Good Household Salve. Ordinary ailments and in juries a not of themselves serious, but inf? timi or low vitality may make tin dangerous. Don't neglect a Cl sore, bruise or hurt because i small. Blood poison has result from a pin-prick or scratch. For such ailments Bucklen's Arnica Sal is excellent. It protects and he; the hurt; is antiseptic, kills Infi Hon and prevents dangerous com; cations. Good for ail skin blemish pimples, salt rheum, eczema. < an original 2-ounce 2.r?c. box :':'< your druggist.-Adv. li. IK-Year-Old Attempts Robbery. Savannah, (ia., Aug. 4. - An tempt of an 18-year-old hoy, \\ gave his name as -las. T. Fannin, hold up H. I. Williams, teller of .Merchants' National Bank, lu shortly after noon to-day resulted failure and Fanniu's capture. Fannin appeared at the tell? window and demanded a hag money be saw, and when Willi;1 refused lie hied a pistol at him. V Hams was not hit. Alter firing F Din ran oui ot' Hie hank and look ugo in a printing establishment, was caught by police and civil! who had joined in the chase. Fannin says he came here fi Jacksonville. State of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lucas Conney. Frank .1. Cheney makes oath I he i s senior partner of the linn o .1. Cheney & Co., doing buslnesi Hui City of Toledo, County and S alo1' ..': ' and thal said linn will the sum of One Hundred Dollars each and every case of catarrh cannot Ix? cured by the use of II Catarrh Cure. Frank J. Chene Sworn to before me and subscr in my presence, this tith day of cember, A. I). 1X86. (Seal.) A. W. fileason, Notary PubU Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken (entally and acts directly upon blood and mucous surfaces of the tom. Send for testimonials, fre F. .1. Cheney & Co., Toledo, ( Sold by all druggists, 75c.. Tako Hall's Family Pills for stipation.-Adv. IOWA HOIlllHR GESTS 921,000. Surprises Teller, (?rubs Cash, Slums Vault Door on Victim. Cedar Rapids. Iowa, Aug. 4.-The Cedar Rapids National Hank was robbed of $21,300 early to-day by a hmo robber, who. at the point of a revolver, compelled Leo Perrin, tho paying tidier, to open tho vaults. The robber afterward locked Perrin up. Perrin was discovered a prisoner In the vault about fifteen minutes hiter, in a sttite of temporary insanity. His condition was said to be serious. The robber is believed to have been in the building allnight. Ile escaped. Perrin was in the ban'/ at 6.30 a. m. for currency shipments for tho banks of neighboring towns, and had just opened the outer door of tho vault when the man stepped before him, held a revolver to bis bead and ordered bim to open the inside doors, which ho did. When he currency safe was reached the bandit calmly helped himself and then backed out, slamming the outer door. A Cough Remedy that Relieves. lt's prepared from the healing pine balsam, tar .and honey-all mixed in a pleasant, toothing cough syrup called Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar Honey. Thousands have benefited by its usc?-no need Of your endur ing that annoying cough or risking a dangerous cold. Go to your dealer, ask for ;i 2??c. original bottle of Hr. Hell's Pine-Tar-Honey, start using at once and get rid of your cough and cold. Adv. '2. Whetstone Locals. Whetstone, Aug. 5.- -Special: We ar<' basing plenty rain and crops aro looking fine Hov. Miller preached au interesting sermon al Whetstone school houso Sunday afternoon. Prank Duncan has been ill, but is slightly improved. Miss Rosa Heck, of Warwoman, Ga., has been pending a few day?: with Miss Charlotte Uamby. Ralph Cannon spent the week-end at Clayton. Mrs. Mollie Marched and son Louis, of Charleston, are visiting at the home of Ute former's brother, [. W. Henry. Pate and .lohn Uamby intended the association at New Hope the first of the week. Rev. D. P. Carter, of Rattle Creek, spent Saturday night at the home of J. I). Hamby. The Whetstone Sunday school is progressing nicely under the man agement of M. L. Uamby. Quite a large crowd was present last Sunday. Cutes Old Sorts, Other Remedies Won't Cure. The worst cases, no matter of how lons1 standing, : -c cured by iii?? wonderful, old reliable Dr. : rf?r's Antiseptic Healing Oil. It reilcvi-i a? rind Heals at thc sume time. 25c, 50c. $1. > In Switzerland, on the demand of 50,000 voters, or of eight cantons, any law passed hy the Federal Par liament must bc submitted to tho general body of the people for ac ceptance or rejection. The brewery at Salem. Oregon, is to be turned into a loganberry juice factory. Mr. Bryan has given logan berry juice a strong endorsement. IN SUCH PAIN WOMAN CRIED Suffered Everything Until Re stored to Health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta ble Compound. Florence, So. Dakota. - "I used to bo very sick every month with bearing dow n pai ns anti backache, and had headache a good deal of tho time and very little appetite. Tho pains were so bad that I used to sit right down on tho floor and cry, be cause it hurt, me so and I could not do any work at those times. An oh! wo man advised ino to try Lydia E. IMnk liain's Vegetable Compound and I gota bottle. I felt better the next month so i took three moro bottles of it and got well so I could work all the time. f hope every woman who suffers like I did will try Lydia E. I'inkham's Vegetablo Compound. "-Mrs. P.W. LANSENO, BOX 8, Allyn, Wash. Why will women continuo to sufferday in and day out or drag out a sickly, half hearted existence, missing three-fourths of the joy of living, when they can find health in Lydia E. Pinkham'a Vegetablo Compound? For thirty years it has been tho stand ard remedy for female ills, and has re stored the health of thousands of women vho have been troubled with such ail ments as displacements, inflammation, ulceration, tumors, irregularities, etc. If you want special adrice write to Lydia E. Flnkham Medicine Co* (confi dential) Lynn, Mass. Your letter will be opened, read and answered by a woman and hold In strict confidence*