^ ~ i FyiisinmN, SOUTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1921. NUMBER 12.
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HiRAL ASSEMBLY
PENS 1921 SESSION
annual session of the South
legislature convened in Co|HBp^fl^::yeBterday
at jioon. The body
^Bira_li?ve many important measures
^Hp&mnider this year, notably among
^H|?XLbeIng to devise some plan by
^^WpttretittEStton can be held down.
jfjwBftg ahd education will also come
BfW their part in the discussion.
Hn^' 'vji" V JHR?$niu3
T. Lyles, lieutenant gover1^,'
addressed the senate on the conbody,
calling attention .
.inehibers to the great respon- ,
HpgXty renting upon them, and say- !
the oeoole of the state are I
more of the legislature this I
MBfffJiian Johnstone of Newberry was
RBflMKlzpously elected president pro
^Hnji^bf the senate, and M. M. Mann
^Hgpcted clerk. Senator Crosson of
was appointed on the folcommittees:
Banking and inlocal
legislation, medical af^ ?P
police regulation.
^^WMjtom&s P. Cothran was elected
Hmer of the house of represents^Hwik
In addressing that body yesI
Bby he said the people of the state
HlMptheir eyes on the house, and all
ilpjBfc ..actions would be scrutinized
The people are looking to
for relief, he said, and he
H^HK that the question of taxes be
HBn the most careful consideration.
riiKKnc fnr q nnmhor nf
^MWB VTAWV0} 4V4 V* V*
deck of the house, was again
^^W^-representative of The Dispatchj^Hnrs
Is in Columbia during the sesSmHH-Of
the legislature, and the paper
Kfinl gire to its subscribers each week
l^ffljfefhe happenings of importance at
fell NEWS OF BATESBLRG.
J. Rv. T.Major presiding elder
district conference with resi- j
^MbCe in Columbia, preached an intersermon
to the congregation at
Methodist church Sunday. Prior
the state conference Mr.
taught school in this town and
^^^^.^erscpal friends here were deto
see him. While in town he
feBferthe guest of Rev. A. Lu Gunter.
Jgglpfors. Sarah R. Shuler left recently
^jgi&Jftorida where she will spend the
|o|9paainder of the winter.
^'Ipteyor Barrett Jones made a busitrip
to Pelion Monday afternoon.
||p1|?oD..- William M; Oxner, editor of
County News and mayor of
^MSteville^ was here on business Frijgp^Hon.
George Bell Timmerinan of
JpEjexihgton was a prominent visitor to
jp^r'-.town Saturday,
jpf Miss Mary E. Whitten has returned
ij||tfrctm a visit to her sister, Mrs. Dell
g|ptl|i Columbia.
r; R. H. Tim merman spent Friday
'^ iat-, Lexington.
|&?'Hon. George W. Wightman, senator
Saluda county, left Monday for
^?olumbia where he goes to attend the
annual meeting of the general asl^'sembly.
1^,:'Attorney E. L. Asbill of heesville
|k; was in town Saturday afternoon, lookK$lng
after the interests of his clients.
||||X Mrs. Emmie E. Buster has return&>;
edi to Columbia after a visit to her
'ff' daughter, Mrs. C. M. Cain.
J* H/Powles, aistrict grand master
?or ?Nath Carolina will deliver a pub3
H&jfc-tuic Monday night at i.:e Bap
f - tiisfr church on the subject "The Fath%'
erBbod of God."
. , J. F. Ouzts of Greenwood was in
'* town Saturday attending to business
v; matters. .. !
- " The Middleburgr Cotton mill has
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been closed down for several days
' while portions pf the machinery are
v undergoing repairs. The mill has
only averaged four days out of each
week -for several months past.
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Marvin left
last week for Honolulu island after
y is,.
an extended visit to Mrs. Marvin's
parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Cooner-.
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W. A. LORIC K is iuu
IX COLUMBIA HOSPITAL
Mr. W. A. Lorick was taken to the
' Columbia hospital alst night by Dr.
- I <3. Jf\ Roberts for an operation for
t acute appendicitis, and was operated
oft during the night. He was # taken
ili Sunday night, but an operation was
not deemed necessary until last night.
Hi9 jnany friends in Lexington wish
for him a speedy recovery.
HOME BANK HAD
I PROSPEROUS YEAR
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The annual meeting of the stock- ;
holders of the Home National Bank j.
jwas held yesterday and the reports of j:the
officers, covering the past year !
.were made. It was shown by the re- '
ports of the officers that the institution
is in fine shape, having had remarkable
prosperity despite the de- 1
pression in business conditions gen- '
ierally for the last several months. A
[total of 16 per cent, was earned on J
'the capital stock of $50,000.00 during '
[the year, of which 10 per cent, was
[paid to stockholders in dividends in '
two installments of 5 per cent, each 1
in June and December; 3 per cent,
was carried to the surplus fund of the *
bank and 3 per cent, to the undivided '
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profits account. This is a fine snow- |
ting for a bank located in a strictly i
agricultural community, when the low j
price of cotton and the present gen- |
eral depression in business are considered.
J The stockholders reelected the old j
iboard of directors, as follows: Samuel f
B. George, Dr. J. P. Drafts, Dr. J. J.
Wingard. Karl F. Oswald, Thos. P.
Meetze, E. G. Dreher. J. P. ^Vlat- j
thews, S. J. Leaphart.
Immediately after the adjournment j
of the stockholders, the newly elect- j
ed directors met and elected the fol- J
j lowing v officers for the coming year: j
Samuel B. George, president; Dr. Jas. ;
J. Wingard, vice president; Karl F.
.Oswald, cashier; J. E. Kaminer, assistant
cashier; T. E. Keisler, assistfant
cashier.
j The officers of the bank enter 1921
j with confidence, and with the deter- j
mination to aic! the people of this
community in making this year one |
j of prospeihy.
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REMAINS OF HENRY LEVER
| RETURNED FROM OVERSEAS, j
The body of Henry Erby Lever, j
who died in France on September 23, '
. 1918,.. arrived .J** Lexington Wednes day,
December 29, and the funeral j
was held from Mt. Pilgrim Lutheran !
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church on December 31 at 11 o'clock,!
, his body being interred in the ceme- j
tery at the church. Young Mr. Lever j
,'was born April 14, 1895, and died
j September 23, 1918, making his stay j
on earth 23 years, five months and j
'nine days. He leaves to mourn his j
/death his father, mother, four sisters I
and four brothers. He was a mem- j
ber of Zion Lutheran church,, and a j
'high-toned Christian gentleman^ al- j
Jways faithful to the church and Sun
<day school.
A remarkable coincidence in connection
with the burial Mr. Lever was
the fact that Mr. Walter Kaminer, :
who was in France and acted as pall- j
'bearer at the funeral there also acted j
as pallbearer when the body was laid j
to rest here, over two years later,
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ST. STEPHEN'S EVANGELICAL
LUTHERAN CHURCH.'
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Divine services at 13:00 a. m. and'
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: 7:00 p. m. Sunday school at 10:00 a.;
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I The morning theme for January
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the 16th, will be: "Christ's Power and
Glory are Manifested." The evening
theme will be: "The Doing of The ,
.Will of God." This is the third sermon
on The Lord's Prayer. There will
,be four more.
j The Lord's supper will be admin- j
istered at the morning service, Jan- ;
juary the 23d. In order to be saved one !
must have a church home. To those !
who do not have one we extend a corjdial
invitation to come and worship !
with us, to become members.
ARTHUR B. OBENSCHAIX,
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Pastor, j
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St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran
Church.
There will be divine services Sun- ;
day, January' the 16th at 2:30 p. rn. ;
Preaching by Rev. Arthur B. Oben- ,
, schain. Theme: Preparing lor the
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Heavenly Mansions. The Lord's Sup- |
ner will be administered on the fifth
Sunday of the month, January the
30th.
BOX PARTY AT BOILING SPRINGS
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; The ladies of the Boiling Springs I
school improvement league will have j
a box party at Boiling Springs school
"house, Saturday night, January 15, j
jheginning at 7 o'clock. Everybody in- ^
.vited. Come and enjoy it for a good i
j cause.
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TOWN OF PELION
SWEPT BY FLAMES
Practically the entire town of Pelion
was destroyed by fire early Saturday
morning. The fire was discovered under
the shed of Mr. J. H. Laird's store,
about 1:30 o'clock, and before the
flames could be checked the major
portion of the business section of the
town was in ashes. The Bank of
Pelion, two grocery stores, the postoffice,
barber shop, drug store and
o e>^Av?/% Vkiiil/lin rr 110a/] oc o /lifnllir* or
a uuiiuAUg uo\? u ao a filing
were burned. The loss is variously
estimated, and will probably reach
$20,000, the bank being the only institution
carrying ihsurance.
Dr. A. T. Hutto sustained a con- i
siderable loss in his drug store and
office, which were consumed. The
grocery stores of J. H. .Laird and J.
W. Roof each lost a stock of goods
valued between 2,500 and $3,000.
The loss to the bank is possibly
between $4,000 and $5,000.
The town has no fire protection except
bucket brigade, and the flames
quickly carried from one building to
another, and it was only by hard work
that the remainder of the town was
saved. /
MR. F. M. MATHIAS DIED
SUDDENLY FRIDAY XKJHT.
Mr. F. M. Mathias was found dead
in bed at his home near New Brookland
last Saturday morning. He had
been in feeble health for some time,
but the end was not thought to be so I
near. H- had reached the ripe age
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Mr. Mathias was a high-toned j
Christian gentleman, highly respected,
by all who knew him. During the War
Between the States he served in Co.
F, Captain Caughman's cavalry, Fifth
ttegimer*, making a brave soldier and
d ing his entire part in the light for j
the Lost Cause.
Mr. Mathias leaves one brother, 1
John Mathias, and a host of relatives'
ana friends. His remains were laid I
to i est in the Mathias burying ground ]
near his home cn Sunday afternoon,
the Rev. J. A. Cromer, officiating. Mr.
A. J. Mathias cr Lexington is a neph<
\v o'' the deceased.
A MICK'S FERRY NEWS.
It has been sometime since I have
wrote but will try and come again
once more.
Heavy rains have fallen in this section
in the recent past, causing the
roads to be almost impassible.
Mrs. Baskom Brownlea and children
of Enoree, S. C., are spending
some time with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. D. Hollis, and family.
Mr. Thomas Smith and Miss Ella
Sawyer of Lexington spent a short
while Sunday with Mr. K. A. Amick
and sister. , /
Mrs. Bertha Long returned home
Sunday from a few days' visit to relatives
at Prosperity .
This community was very much
shocked to learn of the death of Lillie
Belle, daughter of R. Tally and
Emma Senn. who was born December
3, 1901 and departed this life January
2. 1921, aged 19 years and 30 days.
Early in life she became a member of
Union Lutheran church by adult babtism
and remained a faithful member
of the same until she fell asleep. Lillie
Belle was a bright and lovable girl.
All that earnest and loving hands
could do for her was done, but the
Lord took her to her eternal home in
the Great Beyond. She leaves to
mourn her departure a kind and loving
father and mother, two sisters
and one brother, besides many other
relatives and friends. Her funeral
services were conducted from Union
church by her pastor, Rev. J. D.
Shealv assisted bv Rev. Hiers. pastor
of the Leesville Baptist church, and
her remains laid to rest in the church
grave yard. The esteem in which
she was held was evidenced by the
large number of people present at the
funeral. May the Lord with his word
and spirit comfort the sorrow stricken
loved ones.
Bla<-k Byes.
PLAY AT CENTER VILLE.
The "Winning Widow," a delightful
play, will be rendered at Centerville
school house on next Saturday night,
January lf>th. Besides the play the
ladies will serve refreshments, and the
proceeds will go for school improvement.
The public is cordially invited.
BAPTISTS TO MEET
i HERE THIS MONTH
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j The Baptist Union meeting of the
|Upper Division of the Lexington Association
will meet with the Lexingjton
Baptist church at Lexington on
Friday, January 28, and continue
through Sunday, January 30. The
following program has been arranged j
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ifor this meeting: [
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Friday Night. i
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j 7:30?Preaching provided by the [
j Le xington church and pastor.
Saturday, A. M.
10:00?Devotional Service. Rev. S.
jR. Taylor.
j 10:30?Report from Churches.
j 11:00?Organization,
j 11:15?Opening Sermon. Rev. Has-j
! ord B. Jones. 1
! 12:00?Church Discipline. Rev. J.
. Hiers, Rev. A. Hartley.
12:30?Soul "Winning the Woork of
j he Church. Rev. A. A. Haggard, Rev.
js. R. Taylor.
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; 1:00?Dinner.
j 2:00?Devotional Services by Rev.
Jf. H. Funderburk.
2:15?What is an Ideal Pastor? By
ithe Laymen of the Union,
j 2:45?The Ideal Deacon. By Pastors
jpresent.
3:15?The Ideal Church Treasure
and Church Organist. S. P. Alewine
| nd E. O. Hall.
I 3:30?How Can We Get Our
Churches to Form Fields? W. J. McCartha,
Frank Langford, Rev. A. H.
Hartley.
4.00?The Attitude of Baptist
Churches Towards Interdenominational
Meetings. Rev. J. T. Hiese, Rev.
F. H. Funderburk.
7:30?Sermon by Rev- A. A. Haggard.
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suiiuti) n. :u.
10:00?Sunday School.
11:00?Sermon by Rev. C. E. Burts,
D. D., of Columbia, S. C.
Will each pastor emphasize the importance
of the meeting. Let's make
it a great gathering. Lexington
church extends a welcome to all.
Hasford B. Jones, Mod.
G. P. Kirkland, Clerk.
COUNTY CHAIRMAN WRITES
ABOUT WOMAN'S BLDG.
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Editor The Dispatch-News:
Once more, as Chairman of Lexington
county, I wish to call to your attention
the need?the great and crying
need?for a suitable and adequate
building for our women students on
the camp,us of the University of South
Carolina. Now, as never before, the
young women of our State, are asking
and indeed begging for higher educational
advantages, which as we know,
can only be obtained in our State
within the walls 01 our State University
and there while our State, invites
and urges them to come, they are denied
not only many of the advantages,
freely bestowed on the rest of the student
body, but they are not even provided
with Ajcciate living quarters
'and this in a .vuitt that has always
'been noted for ate appreciation of
womanhood and its consideration of
her comfov. Think what this will
mean evm n .'!y. many of our brightj
est. strongest, .v : most ambitious
minds will go elsewhere seeking advantages
denied them here; we can
not afford to permit this loss, we need
the new life, the new strength, the
new vision that the daughters of our
State can bring us and it behooves us
to do all in our power to keep within
our bounds, this wealth of young life.
Our young women count in public
and economic, and educational life as
never before and we must show them
we need them and appreciate them,
so that they may feel and realize. aS
they possibly never have before that
they too owe a duty and allegiance to
our beloved State.
So. dear friends, let us see that
these daughters of ours have the opportunity
to develop their powers by
providing them comfortable and necessary
quarters. Let us do all in our
power to help carry out the plans for
a woman's building?a woman s numc
on the Campus of our University and
in this work, I beg of you, that Lexington
County stand in the fore front
and by her zeal and earnestness, prove
that she is on the side of development
and progress in all lines.
KATE CULLUM,
Chairman Woman's Building Committee
of Lexington County.
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MASONS HOLD \
ANNUAL FESTIVAL!
Lexington Lodge No. 152. A. F. >1..
held ther annual banquet Saturday
night at the Drafts Hotel in Lexington.
A number of visiting Masons
were present from Columbia and other
places and a total of 40 plates were
laid. It has been customary with
Lexington Lodge for a number of
years to hold their annual banquet
on the 27th. of December, but it was
postponed this vear on account of the
fact that the entered apprentice degree
was conferred Saturday night
and this was made the occasion for
the annual banquet. Several Grand
Lodge Officers were present, among
them Jas. H. Fowles District Deputy J
Grand Master and O. Frank Hart.
Grand Secretary. Lexington Lodge
is now in a flourishing condition and
ranks as one of the strongest masonic
bodies in the state.
The following officers were elected
and installed at the regular meeting
in December: Dr. G. F. Roberts, W.
M.; S. J. Leaphart, S. W.; J. D. Carroll,
J. W.; J. W. Nipper, S. D.: B. H.
Seay, E. L. Corley, Tiler; J. T. Sox
and Norman Geiger, Stewards.
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PHONE DIRICTORY
NOW BEING DISTRIBUTED.
The 1921 directory of the Citizens
Telephone Company has just been issued
from the presses of The Dispatch-News,
and are being mailed to
subscribers by President Samuel B.
George. The new directory is very
neat in appearance, and contains besides
the phone listings much advertising
matter from merchants in the
territory served by the company. The
task of mailing the books will be comnlAffl/1
o f on- rl o trc? \fr rioA>,cr?i
[jivluu ill a ign uaj o* jl i
asks that subscribers use the direc- !
tory when making calls on the phone
to avoid errors and at the same time
facilitate the workings of the exchange.
MR. LEAPHART MADE
LEXINGTON CHAIRMAN.
Mr. S. J. Leaphart, advisory counilman
for Lexington county is acting
as chairman for the membership drive
in the Alumni association of the University
of S. C.. be ng made during
the last three days of this week.
The purpose of i,his campaign is to
biing all graduates and former students
of the University of South Carolina
into active * onnection with, the
association. A similar campaign is
1-oirg made in every county of the
s'ate at this time. All Carolina men
and women in Lexington county are
urged to communicate with Mr. S. J.
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Litdpilttl l UUilil* iiiuisua\, i- i iuaj ui
Saturday.
MARRIAGES.
| Married at St. Peter's (Piney
Woods) parsonage on Sunday, January
2, Mr. E. B. Slice and Miss Meola
Summers, both of Chapin, the Rev. B.
L. Stroup officiating.
Married at the home of the bride's
father, J. A. Long, near St. Peter's
(Piney Woods), on January 5, Arthur
E. Amick.and Anna Long, the Rev.
B. L. Stroup officiating.
TPLKASANT TRIP TO FLORIDA.
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. M. Justice re'turned
home on last Wednesday from
a two week's visit to his brother at
Frost Proof, Fla., where they enjoyed
a happy Christmas with his brother
and family and neighbors and frends,
and while there they visited several
cities in South Florida, including the
city of Tampa, passing through thousands
of acres of orange groves, loaded
down with oranges and grape fruit,
land some banana groves, ' I1 bearing
fruit, also plenty of strawberries,
cabbage and all kinds ot garden
t-i'ck. No dull times there, for everybody
and every kind of 1 umvss i.c, >::i
a bcom in Florida.
Our best wishes are to our old nati'
t. state, Florida, "the Land of dowers."
Mr. and Mrs. Jus. M .Jmu: e.
MRS. GOODWIN ILL IN
A COLUMBIA HOSPITAL.
Mrs. C. S. Goodwin of Gaston was
carried to a hospital in Columbia last
week for a serious operation. Her
many friends throughout the county
wish for her a speedy recovery.
YEGGMAN ENTER
EDMUND STORE
Yeggmen entered the store of Julian
Sharpe at Edmund Saturday night
and blew the safe, escaping with
about $200.00 in money, pay warrants
issued by the county and several valuable
papers. The postoffice is also
located in the building, but none of
Uncle Sam's belongings were bothered.
The indications are that the
job was done by expert safe crackers,
using modern methods to open the
safe. They took the precaution when
entering the office where the safe was
located to place a weight against the
door to hold it open to permit of easy
escape after the haul had been made.
Entrance was effected by prying open
the front door of the building.
Two strange young men were seen
in town Saturday afternoon but
caused no suspicion until the explosion
was heard about 4:30 Sunday
morning. Investigation disclosed
what had taken place, and Sheriff
Roof was immediately notified, and
Went to the scene. Sheriff Roof
traced the automobile tracks of the
car in which the yeggmen are thought
to have escaped as far as New Brookland,
by way of Swansea. At New
Brookland the trail was lost, and it
is thought they went to Columbia, or
rm 'tVirrme'Vi ClnTnmhifi. Xothine fur
ther has been heard of the bandits,
nor has there been any clue found to
identify the parties.
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H. D. GEORGE SELLS A
FIXE DUROC-JERSEY HOG.
Mr. H. D. George, operator . of
George's Flour Mill, on Tuesday sold
a hog weighing 730 pounds. The hog
had been fed on food made in Mr.
George's mill, that fact probably
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being partly responsible for the great
weight the porker attained. The hog
was of the Duroc-Jersey breed.
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MORE IMPROVEMENTS TO
BE MADE AT FLOTJR MILL.
The Messrs. George; proprietors of
Georee's Flour Mill, will in the near
future begin extensive improvements
on their mill property. An entirely
new dam of concrete will be erected
to replace the wooden structure that
has served for the past several years.
Only last spring mill fixtures of the
very latest type were installed, and
the proprietors now contemplate further
improvements on the inside of
the mill * .The MesSrs. George operate
one of the largest and the oldest
flour mills in this section of the
country.
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EXPLOSION VICTIMS ARE
RECOVERING RAPIDLY.
j Frank Fields and Furman Harmon
i are recovering as fast as could be ex|
pected at the Columbia hospital from
wounds received in the dynamite explosion
on New Years' eve. Sim Fields
has returned from the hospital, having
recovered sufficiently to be
brought home. Shelby Harmon, who
did not go to the hospital, is doing
fine at the home of his father here.
It is expected that Furman Harmon
will leave the hospital this week.
NORTH EDISTO NO. 87.
We have been moving on vers
pleasantly at Edisto since we lost
wrote you.
On Thursday before Christmas the
patrons, teachers and children continued
despite the hard times to havca
very pretty Christmas tree with appropriate
exert-'-, s l-y th*? ? hlldr?-e
and a very en -o ravin.' tall: by Rev.
'Whaley, pastor >f King Grove chinch.
After a pleav:;..t holiday of a week .
w began wor.c arr i on I'ur.M v F.. ^
with a large attendance.
Our honor roll eo isists of those
I who have made rr. average of between
90 and 100, deport men includ|ed.
Following are those win* lia\v
attained this average:
j Miriam Flake. Johnson King Jr.,
Mel vera Jefcoat, John Pool, Carrie
Belle Jefcoat, Martie Pool. John ITydrick,
Johnnie Lee Pool, Wiley Jefcoat.
Carlisle Reed, Isaac Kirkland,
Annie Sharpe, Esca Jones, Leila Mae
King, Iva Craft, Linda Craftf. Mary
Jefcoat, Clara Mae Frick, H. H.
Schoenberg, Carl Jefcoat, Jack Flake.
A Patron.
Printers' ink is the link that con- #
nects the busines gink with the people
who think. Get us??Tionesta
tPa.) Republican.