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lie leraiD unD Jems, j Sstered at the PoatofSc# at New' Wfj, S. C., as 2nd class matter. E. H. AULL, EDITORTnod/Io\' lomnvv 1 A U^CUUJ ) V Uii J v J A V ? TAX REFORM There is great demand now from all sources for seme son of tax reform and tax reduction. When the spending was good we went at the job too extravagantly. We jumped our ap- . propriation bill from around two mil- : lion dollars to more than six million ; in a very short time. Now comes demand for reduction. Well, there can be reduction in ma - ' i ^ * U ny places and it we do noc so to imr extreme and cripple the progress that means muoh for the state and its people it will be well. We should r?menvber our cnotraets and our obligations when we come to slashing: the appropriations and go at the business with some degree of saneness and reason. p There are certain things in the government of the state that are fixed <;nd we cannot run che government i without them. I : Take your common schools for instance. The legislature has se<t < the standard and has fixed ] the salaries, and contracts.nave been made this year on the faith that the j legislature would provide for the car- < lying cut of the acts thai have boon ] passed, and in order to do this the:e ; will have to be an aoprcpr ttion cf < money sufficient to do it. ' The asylum will have to be taken care of ar.d ; the interest on the state dc.bt will < Jiavp to bo said. Then there are yc~r j state institutions of higher learnin.r. j They will have to be maintains!. There may be opportunity to supper 1 the building program at these ins*..- < tutions as suggested by the commit- , tee on tax reform and no dou ~t ] should be and could be without detri- t ment to the efficiency of the institutions. The common schools will nave . to close down without the aid that , the state has promised in the various . acts and upon the fai.h that the state would provide for these schools, cor.- , tracts have been made wi>Vi the teaci:- . ers in ac:ord?r.ce with the law. \) If the legislature in its wisic n , should desire to cut dc .vn the scale cf . salaries notice to that effect r-houi 1 be given so that contracts could 1 j j made in accordance with the new, schedule of salaries. We notice that the citizens of Saluda county have passed resolutior 31' to cut the state appropriations to ^ $3,500,000. Saluda county receives ( more of state aid for its schools than the total amount paid by the county.' in its special tax and the three mills, constitutional tax combined and then 1 we understood last year tb.it some cf ' the teachers had to wait for their pav.;' ' If state ai<I is taken off how wiM i Saluda run its schools at all? An 1 ; f i if the appropriation is cut as re- 1 quested or suggested by the pecpb of this county it means that the state 1 aid for the schools will suffer very ; materially. It is a proclem, or rather we should say, it is a condition which confronts the people, ar.d it is a tim? : in which no man should lose his heed < and do anything that will retard th^ development and progress of the i strte. it is a time when It takc> courage and manhood to meet the r- , sues. No good can ecme iron: warn in?2T and no true ncn will give u;>. It h a time when :/ie metal that is in us i~ being put to the te~t. Anybody can go along when he gcr : "* gscd ar.d the tide is runnir t i.r the same direction that he is going. It takes ' the right sort of ?.ou:age to row against the current. This is tee great a country and the people a:e descended from tco sturdy stock to cry calf roe in times cf trial ar.u LiaiJshlp. What we need is for every one to go to work ^r:vi then work some more. Wcrk is the bert panacea for ill* the like of which we are now Imagining that we are suffering, that we know. And hen scrr.e mere work. And don't have you; righ.s too h.'gh as to the kind of wcrk or the price you are to get. Then there must be economy. We mart shake off sc.ne cf those extravagant h:?> ii-3 we contacted while the con t rat i: 7 was gocd a: 1 c;:*y. Herd up a?: 1 to the front and ta.l ov?r the board i; the kind of s'cik we ni't prcve we are made of and rrany of the ill? we are talkir r about w::l vanish. Tax reform, yes, let it come, but lon'c swir? the pendulum to^; far. And don't expect a little tax regulation or tax refoim to prcve a panacea for all the ills flesh is heir to. I <$* . i t ? ? gs ? <?> v AMONG THE SCHOOLS <?> <?> v?> ^ < > < > s*> > > 'j> > > < > <5^ < > ^ ?s <- > All of the rural grade ! school r.p ^ plications for stare :ud wviv filed in w > f December as required by the state j .superintendent. All of them have j been approved except Kinards andj Hijr Creek for the proper amounts ana j these did not have an enrolment of forty as required under the act. A two teacher sc-hool must have an enrolment of forty children in order to ?et the aid. Three others are beimr held until the piincinals answer cer-j tain questions asked hy Mr. Lewis. | The matters :o whi.-h he has called j the attention of the principals meet: with my hearty approval, and I have, written him somewhat at length ex-j Dressing my approval, and as it is a j natter of concern for trustees and patrons I am printing my reply so that they may i:no\v just what the supervisor thinks of the schedules, and 1 the su?gestior.s he makes. These vuggestions are given in my reply, j 1 am also taking the liberty of printing the ietter of Mr. Lewis to.' >ne for another reason than to give1, tne infoimation as *o the suggestions iie makes to the principals, that is to say, that he is correct that the peo-i. pie are leaving the country districts', in order to have social advantages, and the remedy for this is to supply this social advantage by build in.2: ru- , - I community '.enters, and making , the school net onh a place where the children are -tauirht, ar. 1 the house rt'ith class rooms, but aiso the ccmmur..ty-rcom where the people might , :ome together for the social enjjy ir.cr.t they are ?:ekin;:, and ur.'.o .he , school supplies it the people ar^ ^oingr to seek it elsewhere. For thi-3 ( t*ery leason 1 have been ad vis/in:* and making an effort to build sc.no real . community houses alon^ with the . school house. It is the solvation of , "his ccur.trv, and it would be sd e.-.sv \ if the people could only be made "o , >ee it, and then would cooperate to ( its accc:v .:Ir3hhn:er.t. ;1 Here is the letter cf Mr. Lev/is to j me and nvy reply, bcrh of which .over ( the questions raised in h*s letter? to ] :he principals of the rural giacled < jhools of the county. They cover matters of very great importance to \ the schools of the county, and '.he ; ?iown people and the fathers '..id ( mothers need education along the < Lines of what is best for the children. ^s well a: the children. It is. that is | the proper development of the cchool , system, a development which must be talked and preached until the people , :-an be made to see its great impor- . tar.ee, and then they will act and ] wonder why they did r.ot see 1: lon~ ] :crc. ; i Colombia, S. C., Dcj. 23, 1021. , Dear Mr. Aull: I am enclosing copies of lc'.t.rs | to trustees and principals regard\:.j: , certain points in rural graded s.hccl ] applications. 1 All applications have been apprcv- : ed except these in which I st:.te, .n J letters to trustees and principals, th:.c ' approval is withheld. i I wish to thank you for the very ' accurate manner in which your appii- i cations are made out. As a result. I think the state department of t .'.J- ' cation can be of some aid in brii fi-.-r about improvement in schools c >ndi- 1 tions. I note that several of your ais:r!*!;s are less than nine square miles, in such cases, if you can get thc.n to ' consolidate and establish Iiu/lt wheels, it will be a fine thing for tao couirtry children. Of course, your beard has the power to make these ( L-niall districts larger, but it might cause friction. Small districts mean ; =mall schools, and more prejudice against neighboring districts. School ' 11 icts should be as large as possible provided no child is prevented from attending the school in the district. 7 4.^ V,fliu*- ' 'io onnvi 1 ;i ir T a ::uic ^ i.n. . _, is happening in your county that is happening in so many other counties, viz., that countiy school districts are loiing their people, and it is becoming harder to maintain the schools at past standards, lei alone building up the schools. This is unfortunate. I do r.ot regard it as a healthy sign. The same i: t:ue* of Darlington, Dillon, Marlborough, and many ethers of the be?: ccur.tiee. What are we schccl people going :o do to remedy this state of affairs? I formerly thought iha: the ;;oor country schools had a: great deai to do with it, but I believe the cause gees deeper than that; it is a desire, en the part of the country pecple, for the see in! advantages of the towns and cities. The better ou the country people of a county are, the greater this exodus from the countrv. ! : * * y ? Please take up w.tli si.icois wnose ampliations have net beer, approved the points mentioned in my letters. Yours very truly, D. L. Lewis. ! 1\ S.? Do all teachers named in apwli.-at"v*:.: have state cei'iifk ates recorded in your office? Many of tiu-m state that they have ce:ti$i;*ates by J examination. I ecuid iheck theiu with the i-tate board of examia"rs. but tatenient from wii' save 1 me all this trouble. December 2!?th. !!?21. Mr. D. L. Lewis, State Supervisor, Rural Schools, Columbia, South Carolina. My Dear Mr. Lewis: I have your letter of December no..] r.ft?ioB (\ f IpilpV* whif'll .-')I U tlliu Cli r.\j v. vs?y I wo Vi. . v v,w . ^ you have written to the principals of the several rural graded schools making replications for state aid. I thank you for your letter to me, also, for the letter? to the principals. I am going to undertake to write you at some length and answer in a general way the questions raised in your letters to the principals. I made an effort to have all of thapplications in proper form, accurate and neat, and also to have the daily sche dules of the several teachers macie out neatly. J thank ycu for calling; attention to (he constitutional requirement of a minimum of nine (0) square miles to the school district. I have spoken of this a nun:iber of times an ' I am row asking our delegation in 1?* !.\uislaiiire to authorize a survey of the "our.ty so that we .r.i; 'it o.Urnrir.e the lines and alro the arc i. The only wav I have found to trive you the area of the several districts is to take it from the auditor's books. Thai should be accurate, because in this county [he tax districts are the sc.vne as the rchool districts. According to the auditor's books, there are twenty-six (26) districts in this county not counting, of course, tne city of Newberry, with less than r;ne (0) square miles. In fact, the districts in this ?our.ty vary in size frc n 1 ,GT?> acres to 18,993 acres, and excluding the :ity of Newberry, the district in vvhich the town of Whitr.iire is locr.tsd and also the town of Prosperity, f-he t?x?.ble property varies frcm $36,030 to $548,030. With these conditions, it is almost imporOIj :is [ see it, intelligently to lay the foundation for the building of a system of rural schools :n this county that, would so worth while. The grand jury r.t .he recent session of the court recDmmendtd the survey as I suresti! :1, find I hope that the legislative doleration will authorize same. In the matter of the number of irades that are toeing; undertaken in Ihe rnr.il schools, under present conditions, it i? almost impossible t>) :.j ;+ \\t0 Viuvn nnw onllv five iVf.U it. ?? v, . *. v inrh =: ho els in this county, viz., Novberry, Whitmire, Prosperity, Litiie Mcuni iin ar.J Pi/maria, ami all of the :hildr n who hr,ve pone beyond the seventh grade cannot be accommodated in these schools, and many cf them could not arrange to attend them if they could >(?. Therefore, it means either to teach in rural graded schools tiigh ?f:hocl pupil3 cr to dcr.y them .his advantage, and while it ;r.ay n some cr.:e3 work rem'.' hardsh"? to Iho !cw?r grades, I feel that it wjuld ivork a greater hard: ! p upon a larger porticn of the children in the runl t?is!'!cts. I hp.ve beer, urging the pee-.'r. i- - vif of tho rural conmu:?itic> v\ here 1 hey rive child?" n srufT:criv'^t 1 > pstaHi. h r. re:-: cour/vy h.'~h sibo'd, bet r is a little *>fT; -ult son.et'mes to ?'et the pernio t.o see vhat i~ bert fov !h- \i. m'l too of'en they are sa'iried ivith what they have. This leads me Id . hor.k ycu a;:d to pre:;;r?e wh:: t yr,u .y in feve? :i! of here letters al oul .he j. r.^lh of the r' i'iy i-e^-'c \ I 1 hir.k niv.-clf, and I lave so ctated : > tri:* es and teachers, that in ma iv of these rural schools the daiiy s:*? '.a:: is ,oo short, 2nd I am now pr? ^ris-r, and decided to <!o before reeeivnii your letter, -> K'?* ?-> 1- o?/l ,1 i n rvirh tpjifihpr .1 JU.1JA ^ vw v - . :i the cour.ty rcjuestin?: that a copy of his or h;.'. daily schedule be sent lo me so that I might see just what is be in 7 undertaken in these schols. The trouble I fear is thet the teachers in rural schools where they have .< : veral giades are tryinir to do in the s-ar.:e time what the teachers in the city schools are dcing with only one prrade to the teacher and where they have a nine months term a~ainzt a seven months term. T'i!s, of course, cannot be done without nju?ti?e to the children, and the teachers in !ii? rural schools with short terms an i several jrrades to the teacher must arrange their daily schedules to meet the conditions. 1 a-ree also with you that penmanship should be stressed more than it is in the country schools, an ! I am inclined to think there is reaily more written work being1 dene than really appears from the da'.ly schedules, which were sent with the applications. In the matter of the size cf the Int. nnd the class rooms in these districts whore they are not a? large as the standard now adopted, th3 lot? were purchased and buildings erected before this standard was adopted, and that cannot be changed now. V/e are net- building any school houses now on lots less than four acres, 01 with class rooms below the minimum Jn the matter of enrollment. BethelGarmany did not reach the seventy' required. five ;:n< 1 you are correct in approving fthe claim for $200.00. At Kinards,1 I will apply for term extension as they tin "ot have the necessary foity chiiclren. While on this subject I want to call your attention >]. cially to the application of I>i;c Crei-k. Willi the exctption of Kinanis and Bethel-Garmany all of the other schools making appl.-: cations have complied with the necessary enrollment and average attendance. Xc.v, as to Bur Cieek. as a matter of faet, they 'nave only thirtyone or thirty-two children in actual attendance and the average attendance is thirty or more. 1 intended to discuss this matter with you in person. but when I left the applications, i was told there was no one to take them up with nie that day. Mi. J. I\ Harmon, chairman of the board of trustee? at Big Creek, insists that the i childr< .1 reiiding in his school district, i unless transferred by the beard of trustees, have no legal right to attend any other school and, therefore, should be counted on the enrollment in the district in which they reside. I could net convince him that that sev tier, cf the statute had been re-' pealed. Unless his position is correct he claims that all district lines have I been broken down, and that trustees cannot know how to act in the matter' of employing teachers. For instance,1 he takes a census cf children in his district and he Jin'5' forty-eight or fifty, a sufficient number to qualify for a rural graded school aid for two teachers, and he contracts with the teachers on this ba..?. When school opens l.> or HU ot tne cnnaren tend ar:(' her ,-hoc 1 wi .'".iout bc:r. .c transferred by tlie board and, thcreur.lcrs they can be counted in his district, his dirtrlct incomes short cf funds and cannot maintain the school and is unable to pay the teacher according to contract. I told him he could put in his application as he the a. !.t it f houM be. r::d 1 would c:!l it io the attention of the state department when the application was made. If vju do not allow it, of course, I will put in application fcr term exte:\.-:icn, but it seems to me that this law in regard to enrollment ::hould , bo so wiitten thit there would be no question os to its application. I think I have ccvcrcd practically all the question you raised and I th?.t you will approve all of the irr licit ions which have not been approved. I desire to fchank you for the letters which you haye written to the principals and I am r.are they^will be ,helpful to n:l of lis. Very :;ncerc!y. yours, ' E. H. Au 11. ! ? WORRY ABOUT "JINXES" j SHORTENS LIFE ' So days Cel. Hofcbs, Leadsr of "Thirteen Chib" in New York? Lacy Luci: Hovers Near. I ,Ncv; York Evcr.inc: Telegram, Dcecni i bcr 18. j Are yen superstitious? i Do y.;u crc.~s your fingers every j tl:> ?t' a lh?k cat strolls across your ' /nth ? Lhm'.Jer with horror when an um' br-11;i is opened in the house, a mirror ;~>iol:en cr t*e salt spilled? i Kr'day your "unlucky" day, and ! dees thirteen seem the svmbol of all f 1 ; ?istcr to you? Then listen to this. * * - vr -\r l. tnirry-nme years in i\ew iur& 'city there has prospered an organization known as the "Thirteen Club."' Lady Luck has followed its members since it began. It started out with thirteen courses at dinner, drank thirteenth day of each month, at the thirteenth minute after the hour, ate thirteen course at dinner, drank thirteen drinks, sat under thirteen umbrellas and sported -skeletons and crossbones in defiance of fate, putjtins? the jinx on superstition forever.' This week the club celebrated the ;thirty-ninty anniversary. It has now | some 213 members and Colonel John F. 1iobbs, its chief ruler, declares:? "We are the despair of life insurance companies. Our longevity :s i marvelous." ( Live Longer Than Olhers Jf Colonel Ilcbbs were superstitions he would declare: "Thirteen is our lucky number." But he is serious in his outcry against such superstition r.nd asserts: ! j "Life insurance companies assure us that, taken man for man, with respective ajres. we live longer than persons in any other walk of life. They. say ihat if ?:]! people were like us life insurance companies would ;.ro bank. rupt. The reason is that fear is one . cf :lie greatest enemies of longevity. "Superstitious fear, because it box l\; with shadows, is the worst kind. We i have* hurled it to the winds and are ; living in complete peace cf mind. That's the answer." Never *s there a dinner of the Thir> teen club but what the ghost walks, ; literally. With horrible clanking of banes and clacking of jaws, the "oLli est" member of the club appears on - the scene. True, his mvrtal flesh has Inft K, f ',r>vw.~ iivu efrin + VlOT*P and ho sits at the table or on a staire built cspecinllv for him. makes I me m of As we stand on the i sibilities, we must thii behind us; 12 months < the knowledge that in ered the financial win* establishments than th part which this institut upbuilding of the city During the coming j high banking standar; ization. We want yon Icms with us, rememb< eager to assist you in e vancement of each of Slay the year 19221 hpi the O JNO. M. KINARD, P: J. Y. McFA FL HUNT ? speeches (though wordless) to his fel- i\'\ low members, and enjoys himself vv generally. 'la Man for man, the members of the th Thirteen dub are more prosperousanu content with Ific than their fcl- y,-; low men who are ouis:de the charmed : he circle. Yet, on the invitation of for- tr mer President Wilson, they rode to ai Washington on l< nciav, tne tnirteer.cn, jn just three years ago, with a skull an I ec crossbones surmounting the beacon to light of the engine which drew their ni trail:. w ''Wc never had a more delightful i m trip," said Colonel Hobbs. "Every- II. ib r.g was: fine and the train was right] on time." in: f Captain William Fowler (he has 1? thirteen letters in his name) was the ^ C< real founder of the Thirteen club. jn< The Knickerbocker cottage was the c* - I scene of its inception. Captain Fow-' Icr had invited a group or irienas to , w a dinner there. The guescs, seated ol and enjoying a good time, suddenly,l:i discovered there were thirteen at the pi table, that it was the thirteenth of w the month and that the dock regis- j th tered just 11:13 p. m. jar They were having a great time.; ^ Captain Fowler's brain conceived fhe G idea of perpetuating the laugh at the , empty superstition. Result, the club cr - *?o IUIIII .TU. : "Morituri tc salutamus"?translat- j ^ 1 ^ ed literally reading:, "We are about -to die salute thee"?is the motto of |.te the unique organization. Its initia- j tion fee was fixed at thirteen times ; I thirteen cents?$1.69?and it was tn voted to have thirteen officers. The li1 annual dues come to thirteen cents a re month. i tc Amonpr its honorary members have hi been such jrreat men as the late Theodore Roosevelt and Grovcr Cleveland, st For :he believers in the uncanny a dinner of the Thirteen club is indeed w a morbid affair. One walks into a c( room lighted only by candles fastene 1 n< in small replicas of hu:;ian skulls, set j lc around the tables. Each ta'ble has T thirteen places. Besides the raising; of the umbrellas and the introduction 1 tfr of Mr. Bones there are lots of ir.nova- ei tions which tie the can to the tail of ?/ ..,1 v> + i f 1 /-? n i *u CUWCX^l.i/lVil. I" King of Cannibal Island If Colonel Hobbs, the chief ruler, as had been at all superstitious he never tl could have survived his birthright. o< He was born on a Friday, on the i>< thirteenthday of June. But he pros- ir pered. His life as a correspondent hs for magazines and newspapers led pi him into strange pnths, and he prob- s( 1 j Nev/berry, S. ( bhvocnnl rl At'f hp NJpw Vp Will VUliVyi V.I V 1- \.'4 A V J. 1 V/ ? ? JL. ik back over the twelv< of trials and hardships, our good community e\ ds that have up-rooted ose of Newberry and w ion has played in the g< and county. ear this bank will conti :1 which has been maint; i to feel free to discuss Bring that the officers a very way possible. Th us is dependent on the p >e one of great success ai Dmmercial Newberry, S. C. resident JLL, Vice Pres. and Casl OYD BRADLEY, Asst. , HUNT & HUNTER,; t.'y is the only known white man' [10 is a real king of a cannibal is-1 nd. However, he does not relish honor ovjrly much. It was in the New Hebrides Island here he had been : hi r wrecked that j ' became king. The ^likms are the i fibe. Following his rescue by them ! on/l rti.rVit-c r\ n -i cUl L v. 'j uaj c aiiu v?. <?v^v g spar at sea, Colonel Hobbs show- J I his gratitude by leading them battle against an enemy which ou.imbered them oy four to one, 2nd inning the day. Kor this he was ade a hereditary war chief of the likans. Upon the death of the king, he was ade Oumalea, or King of the Illi Von >-i't- ruirrn tho inn SO t Il?. 1 U U *-C4i 1 c. x v. 01^ u wttv J ^ " 7 ? ? olond Hob J3 is still king. But he , iver expects to return to the island i : his reign. Colonel Hob'os is known as a man : ho has eaten roast dog with the king } ' Hawaii, drunk kava kava with the ' ng of the Fiji Islands," eaten roast! g with Mataafa of Samoa, roast fish 1 ith King Tonga, cookccliguar.a with; :e King George of the Pituri tri'jes! id declined to chew a picce of roast j hinese with the natives or .v w j uinen. He has known personally Ljveralj owned heads of Europe, including! ueen Victoria and King Edward of ngland 2nd the Kai>er of Germany. I nd ho was born on Friday, the thir-' enth. Expects to Meet More Past middle age, !ie expects to live 1 1 meet many more notables, and to ' /e to a ripe old age in comfort. His ' ason for this is that he has declined 1 let superstition age him against s will. 1 "The man who refuses to ict super-; ition cause him endless worry has a reat advantage over his neighbor ho sits down and worries about iuntless things that never happen," 3 declares. "This is shown in the mgevity of the members of the hirteen club. "We aren't any stronger physically inn other men. But we are strong- i mentally, because we laugh at; loundless ideas of the influence of mlucky' numbers and tokens. "Why is it that inmates of insane , sylum or a poor house live longer' lan their friends who are on the jtside?" he demanded to know. "It's sea use the insane person has noth-j ig worrying his brain, because he isn't any brain. The man in the( >or house, so long as he has three j uiare meals and a warm place to! I ar, full of latent poss months which are but we are happy in 'ery firm has weathso many less secure e are proud of the 3neral welfare and I nue to live up to the lined since its organyour business probre your friends and e success and adtrogress of the other. t rl o ope? -p/"vv? iU. HdJk'piXit/OO ?\Ji. J V/ui. Bank hiier. , Cashier. ^ttys. " 1 1 11 " a i live, can think only of things in the past. He, therefore, has nothing to worry ab^ut." d CHILDREN HONOR THEIR FATHER AND MOTHER The children of Mr. a/r.d Mrs. Jno. C. W.kon concluded to have a hom-etoming day, to the surprise of their parents. On Sunday morning they all came, each one bringing well prepared baskets to picnic with father and mother. This old veteran has lived to see 77 r Vic'rr.iees. He was married to Miss Ca.herins Cromer on the 2nd day of April, 1868. They have battled together through thick and thin, sweet and sour, cold and hot, for almost 54 years. Eleven children have been born to them. Fiva died in infancy. The fourth living daughter, Miss Lena, married Mr. Rufus Livingstone, and died, -leaving one child. The following are the living children according to their ages: C. L. ' T7M1- T> . Wilson married ivuss r,ua iwuvh, 9 children were born to them, 3 died in infancy. Miss Delia married Mr. J. B. Wicker; 3 children were born to them, one died. I.. A. Wilson married Miss Clara Livingstone. They have only one child. George C. Wilson married Miss Claudia Long; they have 5 children. H tyne Wilcon married Miss Janie Vaughn; they have three living children and cne dead. Thi:- makes a total of 35 descendants of the old couple, 11 children, 19 grandchildren, and 5 great-grandchildren. One of tho~e good old time dinners was enjoyed by the entire family, and the hearts of the old parents were made glad to have their children to testify to their love for them. Some of the children brought gifts to father and mother, which was another token of love. Come aga'n, children, this opporj. ...;u ? rrW'on t/"> Vrtll VP TV lumuv win iiv/i. w<- o1"-" vw j ? ? much longer. T. J. W. MRS. J. W. KESLER ENTERTAINS LADIES MISSIONARY SOCIETY Mrs. J. W. Kesler er.tert lined the Ladies Missionary society at her home Friday afternoon. The time was pleasantly spent and enjoyed by all present. During the afternoon music, conversation and other amusements were enjoyed. Delightful punch and cake were served.