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1 he Camden chronic f 1 bvolume xxxviii. - m a ^ jl v/ JLmd jl4 ? _t-amdkn, south carolina, fr.day, february ii, ,?27 " 1 j - " ' number 46. D18TINGI 1SHBD VISITORS HERE I Writer of International Law Aguin Guest at The Court Iiiu I Camiiiii in entertaining many din tiiiguishrd visitors thin season and I nt??ng them are Judge John Hassett I Moore of New York who, accompanB fed hy Mrs. Moore, has (!omo for u ; 1 visit at the Court Inn where he spent [ several weeks last winter. Judge .1 a world famous lawyer. Also at, the Court Inn is Dr. William Howard Wilmer, the famous ! specialist of Johns Hopkins Hospital, I Baltimore. Dr. and Mrs. Wilmer are among Camden's guests who annually B come for rest and recreation. Dr. Wilmer and Judge Moore are out almost daily for golf on the Sarsfield links. Dr. J. N. Worcester of New York, another well-known physician, and his family, are among the many guests at Hobkirk Inn, and Dr. J. It. B ,ii . also of New YorkJ accom| panied by Mrs. Nilsen and Miss CaroB lyn Covell are again at Hobkirk. B Mr. and Mrs. George W. Robeson B of Rochester spent several duys this [ week with their - son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Karl I'. AbB bott, ;ii the Kirkwood, leaving the B middle of the week for Boca Grande, B Fla. Mr. Robeson is president of the Robeson-Rochester corporation. Also at the Kirkwood are Mrs. Courtlandt P. Dixon and Miss Dixon, of New York. Mrs. Dixon's daughter, Mjk. Arthur M. DuBois, of New York, is occupying the von Tresckow cottage near the Kirkwood this season. Mrs. S. Dacre Bush, of Marlborough, Mass., who has the Cherokee cottage adjoining Hobkirk Inn, gave a dinner Monday evening at the Torii Shop for Mr. and Mrs. S, Prescott Fay and Mr. and Mrs. S, D. Bush, Second. Mr. Griswold Perkins of Old Lyme, Conn., has returned from a motor trip through Florida and is again with M rs. Edward C. DuBosc. Mrs. Albert E.-, Summerville and family of fishing-are also guests of Mrs. DuBose. Mrs. Michael Burke of MarlborI ough, Mass., won the ladies' putting contest this week at the Kirkwood, and th? qualifying round in the annual women's golf tournament now being played on the Kirkwood course was won by Mrs. Ward Clay of Englewood.. * Mrs. Burwell Boykin and Miss Minnette Boykin have decided to open their interesting old home the "Mt. Pleasant House" for teas on Wednesday and Friday afternoon's from 3 to 6 during the season. This is one of the oldest and most interesting of Camden's remaining ante-bellum homes, and will prove a popular obB jeetive for an afternoon's drive and B a delicious cup of tea. Mt. Pleasant H house, situated on the plantation B owned by Mr. Burwell Boykin was built in 1X12, thus being older than I famed Mulberry.. It is located near V The Terraces, and is-only about six B. miles below Camden over excellent Tag Day, Saturday, February 12th, will be observed as usual for the Camden Hospital, and it is hoped a large B amount will be contributed towards i B the hospital's new heating plant. On Monday evening, at the old Court House, a colonial.ball will prove I an attraction to winter visitors. It is to be given by the Hobkirk Hill chap ter, D. A. R,, of which Mrs. Reuben Pitts is Regent. Mrs. Carl Foster is chairman of entertainment. Music will be furnished by the excellent Game Cock orchestra, composed of the students of the University of South Carolina. B This week at the Friday Morning lecture at the King Haiglar Inn the [ 'subject will be "Mussolini and the Fascist Movement" Mrs. Winkler and Mr. Russell * Walton will apeak, and * next Friday, February 18th, Dr. Stanhope Saras, the well known dra matic critic of Columbia, will be the ?speaker.?It will be. p rart opportu nity to hea* Dr. Oama, and many will doubtless avail themselves of the pleasure. The meetings are Well attended, and are held promptly at 11 o'clock. I wFor Mrs' MarVin and her guest, B ?rs- Atkinson,'of Washington, Mrs; A. S. IJunter, of the Court Inn will Rive an informal luncheon Friday at the Holly Tree Tea Room. H One of the charming events of the week was the Tea Party given with Mrs. Adam Ross, of Philadelphia, as ' J1?8*?88 bn Friday afternoon In Hob| kirk s lovely gardens, following the ladies putting match In which win nerg were Misses Marie Blanchard ? and K^therinr Baghy. There were B S;l?# guests present and a deB Ilffj! Wmrrdaintily. served by tnejadies of thf Torii Shop. On Tuesday Mrs. Myron Wick, for n\er)y Miss Frances Todd, entertainI vi ?,n .e attractive Todd home oh Kirkwood Heights for a large number of guests. I g&aVSSS I I 'K.--h-unt' " th? attraction for I Dwjpht ParlrW^"!^ nj^,. "f hounds. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Whitney, of Garden City, gave a picnic a few day* ago at the. Lausanne Gun Club for Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Ticknor, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wright, t)r. J. Dodge Peters, Mr. and Mrs.*William B. Niabet, Mr. and Mrs. Eben B. Knowlton and Mr. and Mrs. Denuison Dana. . On Tuesday afternoon at the SarsfieJd Qub Mrs, Dennison Dana entertained with a card party apd tea for Mrs. Walter Koehm, Mrs. Arthur Whitney, Mrs. Ward Clay, Mrs. Chas. W. Parks, Jr.. Mrs. Sutliffe, Mrs. W. B. Nisbet, Miss Doris Rough, Miss Marion TidCnor, Mrs. William Scarborough, Mrs. Reginald Halliday, Miss Kinsey, Mrs, Wilfred Wright, Mrs. Howe, Mrs.. William Reinmund and Mrs. Edward Gaillftrd. Mr. and Mrs. 8. Presoctt give a dinner . for several friends Saturday evening at the Khrkwood, and many went to the Kirkwood grill the same evening for dancing. MjjjfenVrTTlriitf "hA ' ~ NEW CIVIC HOD V IT NOTION! NO Young Men's Business league Has Urge and Enthusiastic Mtel I The first, or organization, meeting of the Young Men's Business League of Lamden was held in the Presb>terian Sunday School banquet hall on I hursday evening, February \i. The business session was tailed to order by Mr. John M. Villepigue, who reple sen ted the chamber of commerce, and followed a delightful supper tendered by the senior commercial body. Mr. Villepigue briefly outlined the proceedings of a meeting of representatives from both bodies held during the previous week and, in behalf of his organization, renewed an offer of office space, membership upon the senior board of directors and the complete co-operation upon every effort in which the young men might engage for the benefit of the town and county. Mr. Villepigue as the presiding officer then moved that the junior bodygo into the ejection of officers and immediately get upon a working basis. Following announcement by members of the chamber of com*,' mcce, who acted as election officials, Mr. Villepigue yielded the gavel and presented Henry Savage, Jr., as the first president of the Young Men's Business League of Camden. Other officers elected were Withers Trotter, vice-president, and Ferris McDowell as secretary and treasurer. The first official act of the newly formed body was to discuss and finally unanimously accept the offer of the chamber of commerce as outlined by Mr. Villepigue. Other business transacted was the election of Dr. C. A. Dunn and VV. Arthur Clarke as directors to the senior board. James DeLoache, Jr., and R. H. Hilton were elected as temporary advisers to work with the league officers in naming various committees, the chairmen of which, together with the officers, are to form the governing board. ? Announcement that the- next meeting-would be held Thursday evening-, February 10, preceded adjournment and a rising vote of thanks to the ladies of the Sunday School for their contribution toward a delightful evening, and.- expressions of .everlasting appreciation to the chamber of commerce for their very courteous attention and enthusiastic help in bringing together a body of young men whose opportunity and privilege now lies before them to la-.;d a great Camden and try to build one even greater.' Making Addition To Bakery The Electrik Maid Bake Shop, on DeKalb street, is having a building erected to the rear of their present building where the baking department will be housed exclusively and the [ present building- " will be used as a"j sales room and store room .exclusively. . The building now under construction will measure thirty, by" ^eighty feet and will give this .enterprise more room to expand, .and at the eame time do away with the extreme ,he>at* caused by the ovens in the present sales room. Services at Catholic Church Services at St. Mary's Catholic church, corner of Lyttleton and Pine streets, on' Septuagesima Sunday,; February 13, will be ,as follows: Celebration of the Holy Eucharist, 6:15 a.m. and 11 a.m.; Sunday school for children at noon; night prayer, instrdction and benediction a? 8:40 .p.m. On Saturday, February 12, Sacrament of Penance at 4 p.m. and 8:80 p.m. Non-Cftfhslics always welcome. v. ? Circles to Have Joint Meeting On Tuesday -afternoon, V February 15, there will be a general meeting bf all the .cycles of the Methodist Mission society at the church at four o'clock. 1.1VK STOCK ON KAK.M8 Khlimatfh .Made By Drparlmrni >>( Agriculture at Columbia 1 he Januui y 192* livcstuvk report show# fewer hoiM-#, mules ami swine ( on fui ids 111 South ( arolina than a year ago, about the same number of , cattle anil heifers, with a slight increase in nrtlk cows and sheep. The) combined vulue of all classes of livestock i# given us $34,720,000 or $5,400,000 less than January I, 1926, and $0,002,000 below the total value', of such livestock on January 1, 1925. i Morses decieased aln.ut H per cent1, (luimg the year and have been stead-', ily declining sirne the advent of the! automobile and tractor, dropping from about 80,000 head in 1910 toi 45,000 on January .1, 1927. The aver-' age price per head of $70 is ubout $13' less than a yeur ago and $20 below j the average ori January 1, 1925. The! total value also declined from $5,309,000 in 1925 to $4,382,000 in 1920' and to $3,400,000 on January 1, 1927.' 1 he number of joules is less than any year since 191.8. Thu present estimate of 185,000 head is 4 per cent less than last year and 7 per cent'; below 1926. The number on farmB' has averaged about 200,000 for the' past 8 years. The average price per head is reported ,at $95, compared1 with $120 last year and $122 in Jan-' uary of 1925. The total value de ! clinedTfrom $24,242,000 In 1925 to' $23,124,000. in . 1926 and to $17,548,-1 000 in January of this year. 1 The number of cows and heifers two years old and over kept for milk is placed at 158,000, which is nn in- j creaso of 3,000 over last January. The average value per head ulso advanced from $26 last year to $40 this year, so that the total value of milk ' cows is $6,320,000, compared with $5,580,000 in 1926. All cattle are estimated at 300,000 head, the same as last year, but the average price per head is reported as 1 $28.52 or about $3 above the- price of $25.47 last year. The fttotnl vahr-! advanced from $7,610,000 in January' 1926 to $8,556,000 on January 1 of I this year. The number of heifers one to two; years old being kept for milk cows' is estimated at 30,000 head, the same as last year. Swine are at the lowest ebb in! numbers in more than twenty years, and further declined from 452,000 to 429,000 during 1926 hut the average price per head is about $1.00 above last January, until the total value of $5,148,000 is slightly above the $6, 017,000 total value last January. Sheep on farms aie relatively few and steadily declined in numbers from 1920 to 1926. However, renewed interest in sheep is apparent and the estimate for January 1, 1927, shows 14,000 head, compared to 13,000 last January. The average price per head is given as $4.86, compared with $4.08 in 1926 and $4.35 in 1925. The total value, Js $68,000, compared with $53,000 last year and $6P,000 in 1925. Jubilee Song Service The Community Glee club, consisting of good voices among the colored singers, will present its first song service at Mt. Moriah Baptist church on Sunday, February 13, at 4 o'clock. Spirituals, melodies and jubilees will be rendered and an especial invitation is extended to white friends of the -church. The proceeds from the song service wil^ go for the benefit of the building fund of Trinity Methodist church now in course of construction. 0 ???? ' To Assist Income Taxpayers An agent of the South Carolina Tttir r,ftfwrw{nginti) ir.nr.rrm jnv Alui.mn will be located at Camden in the Court House on February 18 and 19 for the purpose of assisting taxpayers in executing state income tax returns for 1926. All persons should avail themselves of this opportunity of securing aid which will be cheerfully given without charge, according to announcement from the commission's headquarters in Columbia. To Have Hot Supper' A hot chicken supper will be given at the home of Mrs. JJ. M. Pearce, seven miles south of Camden, oh Friday night, February 11, at 8 p.m. Proceeds from this supper will go for tht benefit of Beulah Epworth league. Hog Weighed 1,225 ItaomU Dunn, N. C? Feb. 5.?Perhaps the largest hog ever butchered. in the Dunn district was killed one day recently on the farm Of G. Gafney, who lives in Cumberland county. The hog dressed 1,225 povnds qf pork and was RAILWAY ENGINEER DEAD Ed* in Chaplin Crows of Rock Hill Stricken Suddenly v I' i ii*ik|jj wtri' shocked to learn Fiilay morning that Edwin Chaplin Gross hud died ?hortly before six Alock a.m., at his home on Reid stiiot* following a sudden heart at. tuck, which lasted only about 'JO minutes. Mr. (Iross, v. h > was a well-known engineer of tho Charleston division of the .Southern Railway company, hail relumed from his regular run the day before in his usual health, hut complained of feeling slightly indisposed when he retired. file was awake at an early hour in the morning and upon realizing lie was ill, Mrj. Gross summoned a physician, who arrived a few minutes later as Mr. (liostt breathed his last. The deceased was <5f> years of age and was bom in Lancaster county on July 2, 1862. lie had been in the service of the Southern Railway for .'15 years and was faithful and loyal in tiic discharge of his duties. Though of quiet and unassuming manner, ho was a Christian gentleman' in every sense of the word. Mr. Grot* was known to have said that he never pulled the throttle of his engine upon stuttipg his run before first bowing his head in prayer for strength and guidance and safety of the passengers in his charge. i"n 1 <>00 he was married to Miss Kate Kirkland, of Camden, moving to Rock Hill in 1005, after living in Blacksburg for a few years. Surviving are his widow and two daughters,- Miss Betsey Gross, a stuiL i nt at Winthrop, .and Annie Walton Gross, a student in the Rock Hill High school. The following sisters and brother also survive: Mrs. Joe Cox, {Spencer, N. C.; Mrs. Kate McKlreth, Greenville; Mrs. Ernest Robinson, Greenville; Mrs. D.eal, of Charlotte, and one brother, who resides In Portland, Ore. The funeral services were conducted from thp late residence Saturday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock by I)r. R. S. Truesdale, of St. John's Methodist church, pastor of the deceased, assisted by Rev. W. R. Alexander, of the First Baptist church, and Dr. A. S. Rogers, of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church. Interment followed in Laurelwood cemetery.? Rock Hill Record. Local Post to Stage Pep Party ' According to an announcement issued by Hughey Tindal, commander, and F. W. Chapman, adjutant, the James Leroy Belk Post, No. 17, of the American Legion will give a Dutch-supper and pep rally in the dining room of the Hotel Camden on next Thursday evening, February 17, at k o'clock. The state Legion commander will be present and make an address and there Will probably be other interesting features, f '-All ex-service men are cordially invited to attend. Members of the Legion Auxiliary and also ladies eligible for membership in the Auxiliary will be admitted free and an especial invitation is extended for them to come out and have a good time. Cantey "Club to Meet The next meeting of the Cantey Home Demonstration club will be held at the home of Mrs. E. E. Holland on Monday, February 14, at 3:30 o'clock. Miss Minnie Floyd, food and nutrition specialist from Winthrop college, met the leaders from Lugoff, Captey, Charlotte Thompsop ' and Midway clubs last Sa t u id a y at .the eouttlyagent's office where Miss Floyd discussed the relation of food and weight to health. .a. v'v 1 ' At the Meeting Monday the two leaders with the help of~ Miss Burgess will review the former work in nutrition and take up the new subject presented by Miss Floyd at her last meeting.. The club members invite the women of the community to meet with them at Mrs. Holland's where they will be given a warm welcome.?Contributed. Youth Dislocates Elbow~ . Lugoff, S. Feb,10.?While B. J. Truesdale and Mendel Truesdale were riding a mule Sunday they both took a fall, Mendel landing on top of B. J. causing the latter to suffer a badly dislocated elbow. Mendel was more fortunate . and T. waa not much hurt. Mischief is said to have caused the neat tragedy.. They are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Truesdale and Dr. J. W. A. Sanders gave the injured lad surgical attention and B. J.cwill soon be able to go back to bcKJW'-HMI r" ' ' ?1 1 j_ j i. a<;kd man hi k.nki) Mr. Henry Clarke Trapped in | ir? and Mel Horrible Death Mr. llt-rjiy Clarke, <tgvd 7<h a highly respected resident of the Marshall's church section, near the Lee county line, met a tragic death Sunday al t?-i noon when he whs cuught in >t woods ft re. Mr. Clarke ami his son-in-law, Mr. II. J. Katcliffe, had noticed a fire in the wood* near a branch ami the two accompanied by a small son of Mr. Katcliffe and a young Mr. I'ate went to look after some hog* supposeri to he in the path of the fire. The undergrowth and brush was very thiek where they went in and they soon found that the high wind was rushing the flames toward thorn. Mr. ltuicliffe an<) little son made their escape. Mr. I'ate attempted to heat a path for Mr. Clntku, hut soon found be hud to flee to save bis own life. The old gentleman could not get awayfast enough and when the fire h^d subsided he was found burned beyond recognition. The undergrowth' and brush was exceedingly dry and' furnished ready fuel for the flames j fanned by the high winds, hence the lupidity with which the fire traveled. Mr. Clarke is survived by his widow and one son, \\. II. Clurkc, oI Luekr now, and one daughter, Mrs. W. H.I Katcliffe. Ha is also survived by a number of grandchildren, young Hebron Katcliffe, a student of the Camden High school, being a grandson. The funeral and burial occurred at S^lem church Monday afternoon at 1 <> clock, services being conducted by Rev. Stokes. SONS OF VETERANS Camp Organized Here To Be Known as Camp Joseph B. Kershaw Captain J. W. L. Arthur, of Asheville, state organizer for North and South Carolina for Sons of Confederate Vo^erana waft here a portion of last week, and organized n Camden camp to be known as Camp Joseph B Kershaw, with about twenty-nine members enrolled. I he members met and organized Monday evening and elected the following officers: L. A. Wktkowsky, commander; Ralph N'. Shannon, first lieutenant comn/ander; C. W. Evans, second lieutenant commander; B. B. Clarke, Jr., adjutant; Laurens T. Mills, judge advocate; Dr. Carl A. West, surgeon; Walter L. Rush, quartermaster; W. B. deLoaehr chaplain; W. F. Russell, Jr., treasurer; John K, deLoaeh, color sergeant; I homuR J.*? Kirkland, historian. Attempt at Poisoning Lee Murphy, aged about 40, negro, who resides in West Wateree near the Fairfield line, was placed in jail last Thursday on a charge of trying to poison his stepmother, Ellen Murphy. From evidence gathered by Sheriff McLeod, the woman got Murphy to have her some corn grouncHlHo meal and asked another man in her absence to cook up some of the meal for the puppies and chickens. The bread was fed to the puppies and they took sick and died immediately. Suspecting something wrong the woman brought the remainder of bread to the sheriff who sent it to a chemist and the analysis showed that it contained calcium arsenate. A barrel containing calcium arsenate was found nearby and it is thought that claim on property rights may have caused Murphy to wapt to get rid of his step, mother. , , ? IL | - . f_ .__jL7_L r*- """ ^Car Load of Poultry Sold ?Promoted by tho county farm and home demonstration agents of this County a car load of poultry was shipped from Camden, Kershaw and "Lancaster oh Tuesday jind Wednesday of last week. It went to Rli?s#r A Rabinowitz, of Philadelphia, and the shipment represented a sum of around $4,000 to the poultry raisers of this section, -The chickens were weighed and graded ae they were brought in and r'cashier'a check given for all purchases at th# -car door. At Camden 4.200 pounds were loaded^ at Kershaw 7,700 pounds, and at Lancaster They took on 7,200 pounds." " ? rCollectors to Aaatst Deputy collectors from the interna) revenue department in Columbia will be at the following towns and on tin dates named to assist taxpayers ]r preparing income tax returns foi 1926: fcishopville, February S?8; Cam den, February 28 and 24; Chester TOW. February 18; Kerahaw, Febru *ry 22; Lancaster, February 21; Sum 1 to 15; Winnsboro, Marcl -"n p, ;i.ii lji.i.'j..i'||iiij nwr.i in..i i I.KK <'OI'KLANI) l)KAi). One Time IGsidtnt of This County I'mnhi'm Aw#) Ht (im>nvill?. L. L. Cupvlnnd, Mi, prom incut citizen of this city, <iic<l suddenly yo.stei<lay morning ut U:30 o'clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. 1J. Dunlap, of Overbrook. Mr. CopttUnd had been suffering with heart trouble for 4 sometime and this was believed to have been the direct cause of his death. Mr. Copeland leaves a host of friends who will he shocked to learn of his sudden dentil. *'i Hesides his widow, he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. James Di$mukc, of Phoenix, Aritona, and Mrs. Dunlap, of this city. Also two brothera, John Copclund and Ripley Copeland, of Hethunc, 8. C. The above is from the Greenville r News of last Saturday. Mr. Copeland . - ? was well known to the older citizen* of this cou?)ty, having served as school commissioner of this county about twenty-five years ago, and later was a magistrate at Bethune. Still later he was postmaster at Bethune. (.caving Bethune he went to Florida where he was representative of an old line insurance company and met with marked success. Me had headquur- --^11 tets at Tampa for many years and %< } worked in Georgia, Florida and Ala- - ^ bama. He was a genial, clever fel- ' low,Qtnd made friends readily. Tint body was sent to his former home at Bethune and the funeral was ' .?3 held from Pleasant Hill Baptiat church on Sunday morning at 11 ^ o'clock and the interment was in the churchyard cemetery. He leaves a host of friends who will deeply regret his passing and sympathize with the berenvod family. MONDAY WAS 8ALESDAY. | Large Numlx-r of Tracts of Land and Property Sold by the Master. Monday being the iirst Monday In the month was sulesday ut nil cpunty : S .soatji^^ Quite large number of land tracts and property was sold by the ^ j Master. The largest individual lot. of property being that belonging to Dr. > 1 S. F. Brasington, of Camden. It be- ^.'-4 ing sold as follows: ^ r?tM Thirty-one and a half acres, known :Jp j as the Robert* place, a few miles east of Camden, went to L. A. Witt- .'?f kowsk^ attorney, reprkaenting other intrrt^sfs for the sum of $2,500. ~ vacant lot in city of Camden, facing Hamj)ton Park, also went to L. A. Wittkowsky, as attorney, for the sum ~:-.M of $385. ^ Residence of Dr. S. F. BraaingtonJ^:^ facing Hampton Park, was bid in by L. A. Kirkland, attorney, for the sum of $4,750.' The Dunlap place, on Swift Creek, j;onLRininig 316 acres, went ifi b| Kirkland, attorney, for the etun of I $ 1 |W0.____ The BeUmont place, located on tho Wateree River about five miles south of Camden, containing 801 acres, went to L. A. Wittkowsky, attorney,^ for $11,000. ... The Sheorn place located a few miles east of Camden in the Malvern Hill section, coat^iining 803 acres, went to L. A. Wittkowsky, attorney, for $8,000. Hither property sold as follows: House and lot in. Bethune, estate of W. D. Seegars, went' to E. D, Blakeney, attorney, fat $1,800. Two hundred and twenty-one acres belonging to estate Of -T. N. Napper, neat DeKalb, went to W. B. Thfreatt at $1,000.> Two hundred end sixty-five acres in .Wept Wateree .bought by L. A. Wittkowsky, attorney, for $200. Khuub Hf Mm. 'Gertrude EsliiUge?4n the Flat Rock section, containing 711 acres went ip Ora B. Morgan at $1,500. ' located ^ near Cassatt, containing 250 was purchased by W. L. DeFass, Jr., for tho sum of $3,600. Vv Improvement* on Highway The state highway is having some :J| very much needed safeguards placed on the Camden-Sumter highway just 1 nouth of town where the ' roadway makes sevdtfl sharp, turns on the loit| fill across the swamp. Heavy pofta have been erected at the more~d?ngerous spots on each side of the drivo and to thisv has been strung stout galvanised wire, making it a great - deal safer for drivers and will no .. 1 doubt cut down the number of wrecks J; r along this driveway as many cars . have gone over thia embankment in *' recent yekta^ * Arbor day is observed IrTTJklifamia iSi ? on March 7, the birthday of Luther