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CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUWA, FRIDAY, MAY a?, l?i5
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VOLUME XXXVII
HIS UNCLE DEAD
Mimnaugh fritor* Closed Here Tuesday
oi\ Account of Death
The J. l< Mimnaugh store here was
dosed on Tuesday and Wednesday
on account of the death of Mr. J amnios
A. Mimnaugh, a merchant of New
berry, S. 0., which occurred Monday
night at Newberry. Mr- Mimnaugh
had long been-a merchant of that city,
and was a brother of Xho late J. JL
Mimnaugh, of Columbia, lie was an
uncta of John L. Mimnaugh oi^ Co
lumbia, and also an uncle of Jack
Burnt*, who has the management '<f |
the Camden branch of the MitrintUgh
store. Mr. Mimnaugh was a mem-|
ber of the Catholic church and funeral
services wei*e held Wednesday after
noon at St. Peters church at Colum
bia. Interment was in St. Peters
cemetery. He had never married.
The following press dispatches re^
lating to his death was sent out from1
Newberry Tuesday:
"James A, Mimnaugh, prominent |
merchant -of this city, died tonight at
9:16 o'clock at his homo
'1Mr. Mimnaugh, tt native of
Tyrone, Ireland, had* bben a resident
of. Newberry for 30 years, and with
the exception of two years conduoted
a department store here. Ho had
been in poor health since last Janu
ary, after suffering injuries in an
automobile accident near Columbia.'
He was 53 years of age.
"Mr. Mimnaugh was known all
over the state. He came to this
country as a poor bOy and worked his
way to t he top. His department 'store
was one of the largest in the city.1
Several years ago Mf. Mimnaugh
gave up his business and moved ?o>
Columbia, wheje he resided wlt)a his
nephew, John L. Mimnaugh, Jr.
the call of hi^?work was too great
and he returned to Newberry and
opened another establishment.
"Mr. Mimnaugh was a man of many
fine qualitifS?JHe had a big heart and
was a friend to the poor-. He had a
kind word 'for everybody and was best
known for his pleasing personality.
He leaves behind him jl large circle!
of business friends and neighbors who ?
will learn' with; regret of his death, j
"Besides hrfr' nephew, John L. Mim
naugh, Jr., of Columbia, Mr. Mim- j
naugh leaves two sisters, Mrs. S. P. !
Quinn of New York, and Mrs. F. J.
Burns of Ireland and one niece,, Mrs. i
Thomas Wynno of New York.
Drowned In Wateree River
Henry Jefferson, ' negro saw mill
laborer, met death by drowning in
the Wateree river Monday night of
last week,- and his t>ody was found
Friday when an inquest was. held,,
the coroner's jury finding that he
nu t death while attempting to leave
a raft.
Jefferson, along with a companion,
was engaged in rafting logs down
the river to a saw mill, and it being
ale in the evening the raft went
past the landing place, and both men
not wanting to float the river made
an effort to reach the bank. Jef-i
ferson's companion climbed the bank
to safety and stated that while ho
was making his way up the steep
hank he heard Jefferson make an out
ry, and that was th> last heard from
Kim. He reported the fact and Jef
ferson's body wa? found on Friday.
The dead man left a wife and a larga
number of children. The drowning
occurred on the river adjacent to
lands belonging lo'TTrA.Martin.
First Week Civil Jurors
The first week of civil court for
Kershaw county will open on the
third week in June, being June 15th, '
with Judge W. H. Townsend presid
ng. The jurors drawn Tuesday to
serve the first week are as follows:
D. L. Melton, Logoff;. A. (*. ifrad
ley, Camden; L. T. Stewart, Camden;
W. T. Hasty, Camden; JL V. Miles,
l-ugoff; E. F. Horton, Heath Springs;
A. M. McCaskill, Camden; E. W.
Rabon,7 Lugoff; W. M. Robinson,
Camden; J. H. Young, Kershaw; C.
M. Horton, BeUiune; Minor Holley,
Kerstyaw^ Leonard Ray, Lugoff; W.
J. Powers, Kershaw; C. BiL Brown,
< -amden; L. C. Parke, Cassatt; L. C.
Marshall, Camden; W. P. BarfleM,
Kershaw; J. L. King, Bethune; L. J.
Peach, Westville; W. C. Seagle, Cyn
den; J. R. Young, Caasatt; J. R.
Hornsby, Camden; W. J. Denton,
< 'amden; -B. I* Shirley, Camden; D.
K. Hough, Kershaw; ?? L. Moseley,
Camden; B. J. Truesdell, Weafcvllie;
Bryant Brannon, Camden; D. M.Jones
Camden; L. Ik Truesdell, Westville;
M. J. Truesdell, Weatviiie; W. D.
McDowell, Camden; W., Lr Goff, Cam-,
<kn; H. &. Moore. Camden; 9. M.
CAMDEN AS AN K.XAMl'I K
DilM, Read * Co. ?it** ThU City
Showing StandurdH of Uviag
In its April issue of tho "Invest
ment Review," Dillon, Read & Co.,
noted financiers of New York, who
recently puljed off the sale of Dodge
Bros. Motor Corporation, said to have
been the largest single transaction
the. world, uses Camden as an ex
ample in an article captioned "Stand
ards of Living in The South." The
article follows:
Railroad traffic and standards of
?living go hand in hand. This is ade
tfliate* explanation of the striking
change which has taken place in the
earning power of the railroads which
serve the southeastern, states. It Is
difficult to visualize to what extent
railroad traffic is affected unless
specific cases are studied in detail.
To say that the South has become
an industrial region instead of purely
an agricultural region only vaguely
suggests a few of the changes which
affect railroad traffic. * .
Tayke the budget of a whfte family
living outside .of Camden, S. C., fif
teen years ago and contrast it with
the budget of a family living there j
today. The total inoney income of.j
the famtly was probably received J
from the sale of cotton and amounted j
to say $400 a year. Probably the
greater part of this. Was already owed
to the storektEtepers '<y># Camden and!
represented the j^ircWase of fertilizer,'
a few clothes, some cartridges and]
shells, rice, hominy and flour. The]
purchase of a single new article of
?furniture was an extravagance to be j
indulged in only when a good cotton j
|>crop had ibeen raised in a year off
hiF*. cottoh -prices. Little freight
t/affic was either produced or con-;
sumed by this family.
Today probably at least two of the
family work in the i mills in Camden
fcnd' one may be a bricklayer or plas
The. mill hands make in the
neighborhood of ^14000 a year each,
the plasterer gets eighty cents an
hour and makes on arf average pf
possibly $1,200 a year, making the
family income $600 from cotton and
* $3,200, . or ta total of $3,800. The
.quantity^ of foog and clothes pur
chased daring the year, is far greater
than it could have been under former j
conditions. Now .there are purchases
of furniture, an automobile, luxuries j
that were probably never dreamed of i
before and probably one member of j
tho family is headed toward a high !
school or college education.
i The change that has taken place
in the mode of living of a single
family is reflected and multiplied in
the change that has taken place in
the town. Take the town of Camden,
! South ..Carolina, in 1910 there were
j approximately 1,700 white people and
1,900 colored people. In 1920 ? the
population 'had increased only to 2,000
white people and the colored popu?
lation had decreased* by a few hunJ
dred. In 19T0 the town was a typical
southern rural collection Of houses
with its main street,.'. its country
stores, its sand streets and its tack
of sewerage, electricity and' street
lighting. Today it has fifteen miles
'of sewerage mains which are being
extended; it has electric power pur
chased from thfe Yadkin River Power
Company it Jbas its' Water works and
filter station and approximately nine
miles of its streets are paved. In
: 1022-1923, $480,000 were -spent on
j paving. It has ^ pojice department
i and a fire department; there are four
! banks, one with resources of $1,250,
000. There are five school buildings,
'four of then! for white chitidren, bui'.t
of modern brick. A report made in
May, 1924, speaking of housing con
ditions says, "very few houses of
any kind for rent; situation favorable
?for building; steady demand . for
better dasit residence property fori
permanent tourists* winter homes."
There' is a Chamber of Commerce,
a Retail Merchants' Association, an
automobile club, country and golf
''clubs, and a Woman's Civic League
club; and there are also the moving
picture houses. All of these improve
ments mean increased traffic far the
railroad serving the town. -
Camden, S. C., was selected at ran
dom as an example. There are a
great number of towns and cities in
North Carolina, South Carolina and
to a lesser extent in Georgia ^ arid
Mississippi where the fame funda
mentals change in " standards of TfiT
ing has taken place. Possibly Char
lotte, N. C,, ia th* most striking ex
ample that ccuJi be cited. In 1910
Chsrlett^ had a population of a littlo
over 34,000 of which something aver
22,000 wer* white people, to 1$29
MOULDS IRON INTO SHAPB '
IntrrrMtinic and Important Industry Im,
Camden Iron ami Btmi Works
At one end of the foundry room
of the Camden Iron and Brass Works
is a scrapnelled mass of flywheels,
stove ^rons and antiquated Fords and
just opposite is a glistening display
of grate bars, round and square'
meter boxes, pistons and gear blank*.
Such a transformation is daily be
ing directed by C. C. Shaw as presi-l
dent of this company and the various,
processes through which a vperfect
casting must pass as explained by
Mr. Shaw are as Interesting as they
are unusual. ,
Into u brick-lined smelter is placed
alternately refined coke and scrap
iron which runs white hot and as thin
as water when fired by an electric
rotary blower. Handled by unsung'
dusky heroes the molten metal is
taken jn ladles to moulds of special <
ly prepared sand, and while yet so
hot that its stilled surface reflects
any object as would the clearest mir
ror- this i^on is poured to. form many
orders that go out from this plant.
Although specializing in cotton mill
work this concern handles many spe
cial orders and has sent forward
castings of eleven hundred pounds
in weight from this unique industrial
plant in the heart of the pines.
Mr. Shaw is thoroughly experienced
?in foundry and machine shop work
and up until a short while before
locating with his family in Camden
he was connected with the Glbbes
Machinery Companyvof Columbia.
the popul^on was over .46,000 ami
by far the greater part of ine increase
?came in the number of white people,
The entire city is served by gas mains
and i? wired for electricity. The ct|y
has 76 miles of paved streets and 16
1-2 track ( miles ofcStreet railways.
In 1920 the value of the building per
mits was $2,304,000. In 1923 it
^6?417jOOO. Bank clearings in 1921
[ were $297,753,000. In 1923 they were
4488,400,000. ^There " are eighteen
'school buildii^ls. A report riiade in
. May, 192^, says, "no houses are re
; ported for rent in either ' the better
i class or the cheaper ?las*. Building
lots are available for all classes of
residential buildings." Charlotte was
selected as the assembling plant by
Ford. It is the southern headquar
ters df textile machinery. Charlotte
is the headquarters for the Southern
i Power Company and for wholesale
establishments handling automobile
i accessories, lumber, dry goqds, plum
bers supplies, groceries, drugs, paper,
cigars, millinery and fruits It has
two daily newspapers, one of them
the "Charlotte ObserveY" ranking
with the best newspapers in* the
country.
It is interesting to note the char
acter of. building that has been going
on in the ? South as reflecting the
change fn standards of living and of
course itself contributing to the* in
crease in railroad - traffic. During
1924 there was reported in the
"Manufacturers Record'' among other
'buildings, - the starting of work on
a Shrine Temple at Louisville, Ky.,
at a cost Of $1,500,000; the $2,000,000
seventeen story building of the Jef
ferson Standard Life Insurance Com
pany at Greensboro, N. C., was com
pleted; the Columbia Mutual Life As
surance Society determined on a plan
for a $1,250,000 building at Memphis,
Town.;* th6 First Baptist Church 'atj
Winston -Salem, N. C., placed a con-i
tract for a $450,000 building; the
First Presbyterian churcTT at Dur
ham, N. C., is to cost $300,000; the
Greenville, S. C., Community k Hotel
is building a $1,000,000 hotel. Atlan
ta, Ga., has a public school building j
program calling for $7,000,000; the
Textile OjSffce Building Company's
new building at Charlotte, N. C., will
cost $1,000,000.
A study of the changie in standards J
of living which has taken place in
the* South answers the question that
is often asked, is the present pros
perity of the Southern Railway, Sea
board Air Line Railway and other;
lines serving the South, a tempor
ary condition or is it a permanent;
change? It is a permanent change
founded on the change from a purely
agricultural country largely depend- J
?ent on one crop, to a county which j
although it has one crop valued at
$1,434,480,000 in 1922, is an indus
trial and manufacturing region where
power is abundant, raw materials at
hand and laboi?Vfficient and cojrrpara- j
threly cheap.
Mr*. Alfred if. McLeod has **
turned from a visit to Charleston.
-Kmrn-mM" ?
BETH UN K NEWS NOTES
Items of Intermit tut Gathered by Our
Regular Correspondent.
Bethune, S. C., May 28.--A joint
meeting of circles number one and
held ?a t Pfesb>rterian Auxiliary was
Mr J, lovely new home of Mrs.
Ak?r !il ? Wednesday afternoon.
Aner the study hour a contest in
ano^ra ms was enjoyed. In this Mrs
bunXof1 M*rIon was ?^?rded a
bunch of sweet peas as scoring high
1 m L. O. Johnson and
D. M. Mays gave readings. A salnd
~ w,lth tea was served.
Threid ir i! ?* ft..play entltled "The
new hivh "TV wa,? *iven in the
new high school auditorium. Tho
fm wL?h Athletic Association
ro* whuh th4> play, was given, was
enriched by $106.0^
nJFu coniau>ncement exercises of the
Bethune school began Sunday morn
IW?n TnT h Dr- Wa**on B.
Duncan of the First Methodist
church in Cher aw. Dr. Duncan de
L1?1? , an n^? discourse on "Service".
?Special music was given.
P" Monday evening the grammar
school exercises were held. Fourteen
were awarded certificates for entor
by Mi'K c S<A??R Talks were raade
0 It n il * Byfd: Principal, Mr.
u. K. Bell, superintendent, and the
Superintendent of Education-elect Mr.
iwyS' . Ez,es Tre awarded Burnet
Best and Edna Stokes of the sixth
grade by their teacher Mr. C. A.
nj'n ' ' aT,y K,len McLaurin and
mT?h ph McKinnon by therr teacher,
Mtb W ??i ,sc??<><1 grade.
Mrs. W. R, Rozier has1 as ber
?guests Misses Myrtle Manley of
wei'vann Sad,?. Biven? of Monroe.
W. K. Davis, Jr., and little sister,
# Ji^ohrated their tenth and
J fourth birthdays respectively Monday
afternoon by inviting a bevy of little
girls and boys to make merry with
i2em- Ice croam and cake were serv
er. 1 he out of town guests were
Louise Clyburn of Kershaw, Grace
^id George Davis of Bishopville. ,
J rs*.)y- E- Dav? atl(I child
'Monday were visitors here
{ Miss Wilma Morgan of Monroe is
j the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Eva Mor
gan.
j The last meeting before closing of
school of the School Improvement As
isociation was held Wednesday after
I Wfy" fete *cl*??l aU(litorium.
f Re\. J M. Poijbis addressed the meet
ing A movement was, made for the
erect K^n of a superintendent's home.
1 ? Mr. Haskell Tiller of Miami spent
? the week end with his mother, Mrs.
. Sal he Tiller.
. Misses Mary Louise McLaurin and
. Lizzie Kate Davis of Chicora College
iaiu! summer vacation*.
I Wilson and little daugh
j *f.r' Ruth Louise of Columbia are vis
Louf8f. Keily.WilS?n'" m?thCr' Mr?
, Messrs. N, A. Bethune, A. B. Mc
, Laurin, G. B. and M. G. King return
ed Saturday afternoon after attend
; nig the Confederate reunion in Dallas,
! lexas. '
j Tuesday evening the High School
, play entitled "Mammy's Lil' Wild
Rose was given before a packed
house filled to capacity. The play
was most creditably carried out and
reflects much praise on the directress
Miss Ruth \yatts.
The following is the list of teach
S Vnol g?1 and ?rar"*?ar schools
for 1925-26: J. :C. Foster, superin
tendent; Miss Ruth Watts, Bethune,
English and French; Mrs. R. K.
Tompkins, Kershaw, science and his
J?nyJ ^a^ewatics and Latin to be
filled later; Miss Alberta Stuckey,
Hemingway, home economics and re
lated science; Miss M&rjorie Demp
r^'yVi!^ o a, public school music; L.
E. Flowers, Darlington, principal of
grammar school; sixth grade to be
filled; Miss Carrie Yarbrough, Be
thune, fifth grade; Miss Eva Mae
Caston, Heath Springs, fourth grade;
Miss Mildred Billings, Lancaster,
third grade; Miss Elise Hook, Irmo.
second grade; Miss Mae Long, Pros
perity, first grade; Mrs. Margaret
Marion, Bethune, first grade.
Shamrock grammar school. Miss
Grace Perry, of Florence; Miss Ber
tha Arnold of Bethune.
Timrod, Miss Pearl Gunter, Bam
berg. Two more teachers to be em
ployed later. *
Wateree Loses
l Watered lost a hard fought game
to Colombia Mills in Columbia last
Saturday by the score of 5 to 3. Baker
pitched for Wateree and pitched a
beautiful game striking out ten~of'
the Columbia boys. In one inning,
| after the lead-off man had tripled to
center field he retired the next thfee
men on strikes.
Columbia Mills scored two runs in
the first inning #and one in the sec
ond. They did not score again until
the ninth when they put across' two
runs.
Wateree scored a run in the sec
ond, fourth and eighth inninfcs and
had an excellent chance in the ninth
but failed.
Je ffcoft, the Batcsburg-Leesvillc
High School boy pitched for Colum
bia MttU and "Was in. excellent form.
These sal me two teams play at
Wateree Field Saturday at 3:80 p. m.
and a good game is assured. The
Wateree Mills band will furnish music
throughout the game. TV public in
cordially invited.
BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG
WMte Man Again Doing for
Forgery After F?w Wwk# Frewlom
Deputy Henry McLeod and G. F.
CoOley, superintendent of the Ker
shaw eounty chain gang, went to
Salisbury, N. C., one day last weoll
and brought W. W. Brigman back to
this county to finish out a sentence
on the chain gang. Brigman escaped
from the gang about three weeks
ago while camping near Adams Pond
and made his escape into North
Carolina, Going from here to Ham
let ho committed another forgery
where ho secured $04 in cash and
clothing. Ho made other points
where he committed forgery and was
finally arrested in Salisbury where,
he had bought jewelry and tendered
a worthless' check in payment. He
was tried in Salisbury with counsel
from another town representing him.
He was convicted and given a sus
pended sentence of six months and
turned over to- the Kershaw county
authorities, A warrant has been is*
sued for his step-son, Clyde Outlaw,
charged with aiding Brigman to
escapc. Outlaw resides at C oncoi d,
N. C,.
The following from Salisbury to
the Charlotte Observer appeared in
that paper on Friday last: W. W.
Brigman, being hold here for check
ftasfilng, was claimed -by officers fro^l
Kershaw county, South Carolina,
where he is wanted as an escaiped
prisoner. When brought into county i
court to answer for giving several
worthless checks to Salisbury mer
chants, an agreement was reached
whereby Brigman was turned oy?*
to the South Carolina officers and
after he has finished his term there
he is to be returned here for trial.
It is also said he is wanted in Ham
let for check flashings He was ar
I rested in Winston-Salem when he
I attempted to purchase an automobile
after he had left Salisbury* The goods
purchased from the Salisbury mer
chants have been returned and they
are out only the cash change they
gave the stranger.
Winthrop Graduates
Commencement exercises will begin,
at Winthrop College on Sunday, May
31, when two hundred and thirty-nino
young ladies will graduate. Numbered
among those from South Carolina and
other nearby states are the following
Kershaw county girls: Misses Eliza
beth Haile and Elizabeth Brisbane
Workman, Of Camden, have taken the
education course with bachelor of
arts degree; Miss Kathleen Hamrick,
of Kershaw, in home economics, with
bachelor of science degree. .
Revival To Begin At Wateree
"Evangelistic meetings are to begin
at Wateree Baptist church Friday,
?May 20th at 8 p. m. Rev. John, P.
ItGraham of . the Camden Baptist
church will be associated with the
| -pastor of Wateree and will do the
?preaching throughout the meeting.
/Preparation for the meeting in the
way of daily prayer services are being
held each evening, and there is abun
dant indication that we are to be
blessed with a gracious season <4
revfval. Everybody in the community
is cordially invited to attend these
j services which will continue each
evening for at least ten day^..
Hermitage Takes Game In Columbia
? Hermitage Mills regained its spell
over the- Pacific team of Columbia
Saturday afternoon and won a 12 to
9 victory. Despito the fact that the
Pacifics had an off day with an even
dozen errors charged they made it .?
close gam.e. There was a see-saw con
test in the first part of the game
bu i the Camden players scored five
run* in the eighth inning.
Coming To Camden
Mr. J. R. West, of Greenwood, S.
C., -who visited Camden some time
ago, looking /for a suitable location
.for the erection of a small industrial
plant, was so favorably impressed j
with conditions here that he, with
his wifo and daughter returned Mon>
day find remained two days, being
shown around by the secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. West returned to Greenwood
Tuesday night, and on Wednesday
morning notified Mr. Sander* that
he had decided definitely to move to
Camden. He will begin shortly the
erection , of a smalt plant, manufa^j
turing roll covering and cot, malting,
employing local help. He has been
successfully enptyed m YiZ& vT
business far a number of yearn te
Greenwood, 8. C.
OUK FIKK-FIGHTKKH
Gives Camden Volunteer Company
Kiiuul to Any In This State
. During their firat practice run fov
the summer months hold Monday
afternoon the Camden Fire Depart
jment truveled two blocks and with
?new and Inexperienced members had
?water flowing: in thirty-fivo seconds.
Such enthusiastic ami efficient ef
fort is typical and dates from the
organisation of the company a num
.ber of years ago. Their first spec
tacular success -wan in handling the
Commercial hotel fire and since
that timo Camden has \ not ex
perienced a blaze of serious propor
tions.
This company checked and brought
under control what appeared would
be a disastrous fire at the Kirk wood
hotel some time past when they wort*
foro-d to 'stretch more than two thou
sand feet of hose. This accomplish
ment together with thi?ir record fo.1
pumping continuous stream for eight
houy& following the veneer plant
burndown gives Camden a volunteer
company equal to any city fir? corps
and its citizens an insurance rate
second only to the most favorable in
the state.
The equipment of the department
consists of a Seagrave combination
?truck and a light hook and latter
'unit. Headquarters for the young men
?of this company are maintained On
?Rutledge street near the city hall
/which afford sleeping quarters and
recreation rooms that are convenient
and comfortable in every detail.
Following their Monday afternoon
practice a meeting was held at which
Y$lnie members were initiated and
promoted. The body at this time
named Joe Reed as delegate with
Dewey Ooed, alternate, to the State
Greenwood next month. Chief W? F.
Nettles and' Mayor Carrjson also are
probable visitors to this meeting.
(Jets Trip to New York
Mr. Lewis Lee Clyburn; manager
of the Camden Loan & Realty Com
pany leaves next week for a trip to
New York. He will be in attendance
upon a convention of the Greensboro
Fire Insurance Club. The trip with
all expenses paid was won by the
Camden company oil condition that
during the yerir premiums had td be
increased, fifty per cent-^nd the loss
rates was not to exceed 30 per cent.
Their loss ratio was .006 per cent.
Only seventy-seven agents in the
United States qualified. This is the
second trip won by the Camden Loan
and Realty Company. Quite an elab
orate program has been arranged for
their, entertafnment-r-chief among
them being ti trip up the scenic
Hudson river on a specially chartered
steamer.
i ? > Auto Refund Here
County Treasurer D. M.McCaskill
has received the money on the auto
license refund and has been busy
paying it out for the past few days.
Mr. McCaskill tells us that those who
have not received their money can
have same by calling at the treas
urer's office, but no need to rush.
, On Trip To Los Angeles
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Schlosburg left
Tuesday for Charlotte, N. C., where
they boarded n special Shrine train
to attend a meeting of the National
.Shriners in Los Angeles, California.
?They expect to be away until about
4he twentieth of June. The return
?trip will be made over a different
route and will carry them over the
Canadian Pacific touching in -many,
of the Canadian provinces. Wednes
day's Charlotte Observer had thie^ fol
lowing to say of the departure of the
train and party: ** j
"Hundreds of people gathered at
the station ' yesterday evening to see
the 'Shrine Special* pott out on its
long trip across the continent, 'touch
ing Mexico and Canada, going and
coming, to the meeting of the Im
perial Council at Los Angeles.
"The engine and Pullmans had been
'slicked up' and decorated for the
occasion, Oasis temple emblems and
banners being very much in evidence.
"About 175 Shriqers and members
of their families, largely from Char
lotte, -but numbers from many of the '
tether towns and citfos embraced iny
Oasis temple territory, are tn the
party. A daily newspaper will be
published en route^ arrangements hav
ing been made with the Associated
Press so that daily happenings of ?
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given the members of tbe party in
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