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KullE XXXX. ' CAMDEN, SOUTH CAKOUN^, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1928. NUMBER 38.
Atabia Hunters
Mill Banded, Goose
w|th a band on \ta right
Eh contained a biblical quotaKingsville,
Ontario, postofflce
K,n<l ^her ftgurps and letters,
ELd Saturday on the Wateree
Kpr Logoff by A. Watson,
^KTrsilway train dispatcher,
Bought to The Record late last
kDded goose was one of eigtyt
k Mr. Wataon, George Taylor
Kerr. Five G$ the kill were
E from the water, .and the
BE,tmas dish at the Watson,
|wd Kerr homes will be
ftn gOOS&. .
Ended specimen weighed nine
and was killed with a load of
Kfcot.
Kband contained the following
Buadeth Me. Pa. 2372. Write
K Kingsville, Ontario. 26-F."
HTjoose is thought to be one
jural groups which have been
Ktd along various water courses
Bjitate in the past few days. J.
Kyedith, Southern railway conKon
the Columbia and GreenHdivision,
reported two large
of the geese on the Broad River
Eion early last week. Mr. WatEstimated
that there were 500
feeding in the waters of
te ltiver Saturday in the
By of the Southern Power comE&m
near Lugoff.
eral months ago an interesting
ftt appeared in The American
sine which told of the stndy of
jette being made by a KingsEontario,
man. Feeding grounds
provided daring the summer.
Etta, and according to the article,
Evikl geese became domesticated
Inch a degree that they can be
Hkt ind banded. From the bands
irned from various sections of the
ptiSUte* add Mexico where the
f' ^ Coring the
m length of life and other data
le hand from the goose killed by
atson will be retained to the
& address, where the Individ cord
will he established from
Enterals and letters, "26-F,"
Supposedly indicate the date
Ed was applied,?Sunday's CoH
Record.
Epw On Ursrhsrt' BniWiag
Enbia, Dec. 17??The South
E* Teachers' Association has
property on Senate street,
fifcar to the state office building.,
ritory to making-it the associa
permanent headquarters. It
Euted that the building will be
for occupaiiey JmitMtyy""
^association purchased the
jty last spring at a cost of
|W) and is how spending $3,000
ding it. The association will
f most of the first floor and the
p4 floor, und the remainder of
Pint floor will be rented as ofPjakership
in the association now
5,680 and 509 schools
EWwot the state have 100 per
Pncmbership.. Orangeburg, Mc jd.
Williamsburg, Bamberg,
r Chester, Laurens atm!~ealWf
counties have 100 per cent.
p^PE~,
^?th of Mr. West
E-Hankin M. West, son of tb.e
E A* West, aged 4$' years, died
I l"onte of his brother in the
j* ham section of the county on
D^'vember 15thv~'Ht?~tieattr
E "her a long period of declining
I 1, ?The funeral and burial took
?eavcr Ham church on Sunt\l?UT.
0,c^oc^c* Mr. West is snrF
y ^is widow, who before mar
Miss Wilmer Blackmon,
E^s with her daughter, Mis*
F* J- West in Asheville, N. C.,
*?n? ^dolpb-- West, who is
E** United States army stationp
BrW, Fayetteville, N. C.
P* ^rhood To Have Cake Sale
Ren?41*8 of tfee Temple Sisterly*
hold a cake sale on Friday,
E?* at the Fashion Shop.
EW have your choice of delicious
E^V*he, marble cake, white
^F^y^Vwish to engage your
1,ana vr urn schools
Radio Proems Feature For Camden
School Students
Since October 26th Walter Dam- i
roach and his symphony orchestra
have been broad-casting through the 1
division of education, Kadis Corpora- ,
tioii of America^ programs suitable 1
different groups. Group A
grades 4, 6, 6; group B, grades 7,
Of 9; Group c, grades 10, 11, 12;
&&P D'. conges and adult dubs.
Up until December 7, when the new
station at WBT, Charlotte, N. C., was
opened the programs were not received.
Since that time each Friday
from 11 to 12 students from the
Grammar and High School , have
gathered in the school auditorium for
the enjoyment and instruction of
these programs.
?n December 14th the little
folks heard the following programAt
Daybrealfj by Crie*; The Rain,
by David; The Evening Song, by
Schumann; Polka, Thunder and Lightmug,
by Strauss.
The Junior high school students
enjoyed a wonderful program on the
following .instruments: The Oboe,
the English Horn, and Bassoon;
Aragonaise from Carmen suite No 1
by Bizet; Largo from The New World
Symphony by Dvorak; in the Hall of
the Mountain JKing by Grieg.
The programs will be continued
each Friday through May 10, 1920,
It is offered by the Radio Corporation
to the elementary schools, high
schools, and colleges of the United
States and Canada, a unique course
of education in music. Mr. Dhmrosh,
perhaps the -worlds most famous
symphony orchestra leader, explains
on each acasian the instruments and
tlje music. He emphasizes the fact
are intended to
supplement 2he instruction in music
received in iftbe .schools, to stimulate a
love for anusLp, ;and to encourage a
^ /School choruses and
?^t^ooi no Aio with
which to take advantage of this
wonderful opportunity, but the
superintendent, J. G^ Richards Jrv
takes his -A^water-Kent each Friday
to the auditorium. He wishes to in**3?e
anyone wishing to hea? these
programs to Jbe present any Friday
froan 11 to 12 o'clock. He will J*;
pleased- to give .any information id'
radio owners about the future pro-!
grama.
On Frid^r, December 21, at 12
o'clock a Christmas pageant is to
8>e pat .on by Mrs. Mills 1st grade
pupils. "We .feel that the patrons
should not miss this program. It
miM hi * .very fearitiful one.
Faoibytertat (Church Notes '
v Christmas ?unday ^morning at
fey1* PftStor will deYiy^ a Christmas
sermon nh the aubMt. "God's
Instrument.'* ^Christina
hymns Und specif Christmas musfe
wiB he in this service and a cordial
Invitation is extended to all.
An 'Opportunity jsttll be given to
any one to unite with this church
either by letter or profession. Sunday
morning, December 22. .The session
meets at 11 sTrfocflc in the Sunday
School mom.
"The Birth of Jesus" will be
studied Sunday morning'."at the
Sunday School. Let's make 4 this
Sunday the best attended Sunday of
the year.
A Christmas tree is being provided
for about sixty-Ave children Sunday
hfternoon at 3:30 in the church.. . A
brief phrisfenas program will be
given and Old Santa will arrive and
distribute stockings to the chJldreh.
You are invited to attend. No offering
taken. .
?Theoffering at Sunday School and
church Sunday morning, December
23, will be given to the Aged Ministers,
their widows and orphaned
children of such families. Over 458
very needy people are entirely dependent
on the church for their support.
^ '> C?*i
Ybu are invited to all services in
this church.
Degth of Mr. Stokes ~
Mr. Hebron Stokes, aged about 27
years, died at his home in the Sandy
Grove section on Sunday, December
16, and the funeral was held'at the
konie of- his father on Monday afternoon,
services being conducted by
Rev. B. R. Frith, assisted by Rev. S.
M. Tucker, Rev. W. L. Johnson. Mr.
Stokes was the eon of Mr and Mrs.
Simeon Stokes and is survived by his
parents and a wtfs and ihrc children.'
His death cams after a ShorTTttriew.
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License Courier i
Services For Owners
? License Courier Service is a
new '/, South Carolina corporation !
formed for the delivery of automo- '
011$, licenses to motor users through
out South Carolina. The company,
starts operation this week covering 1
practically the whole State over a '
nystem of well defined routes. >!
Delivery of plates is guaranteed !
within twenty-four hours after ap- ,
plications are made. Both applies- j
tions and deliveries are to be made
at locfl automobile concerns who have !
been appointed agents by the coupler i
service.- In this section the designated
application and delivjgy J
points are: Sumter, H. C. Bland
Motor Company; Lake City, McClamPnce
Chevrolet Company; Florence
Southern Motor Company; Darling
ton, Sisk Motor Company; Hartsvill.e, :
Hartsville Motor Company; Camden, \
Welsh Motor Company. ? t
It is pointed out by Charles Dial of j
Columbia, one of the incorporators of !h!iAT?
5PmPany and also its attotiipy^
that the service will relieve
congestion ifv^the Highway offices at
this season When there is such a rush
for license'.plates; wil prove of great
value to cip owners. This servic
saves the time spent at license windows
in Columbia; saves^he. necessity
of coming to Columbia for plates;
saves the trouble of mailing applicationp
from outside points; oaves the
necessity of securing money orders or
certified checks; saves the fee incidental
to the securing of such instrument*
and lastly, bat not least, saves
the possibility of delayed license
plates.
-The License Courier Service will
WW automobiles over each of the
designated routes, collecting applications
?m one day and delivering
them tbe next. The entire cost of
the Services rendered Iby the corpo?a?i
Won is fifty ?Wats per license plate.
1. <T8l"ibe ComtakBiim
has already approved of services to
oe rendered by the License Courier
Service and hag pledged its full ceopsrrataom
to its agents. Approximately
fifty people will be employed
by this new company to quickly and
efficiently conduct the distribution of
licenses^ to those mflio wish to make
jure tw licenses will be in thei
bunds hi time to be displayed on
January 1st.
V James Owens "With Marines
While looking forward to adventures
on land or w with the U.
James W- ?0wens, of West
Camden, S. C., willmpend
Ms first Christmas with the soldiers
at Parris island, IS. CL, *ceurding
to a. recent report of enbstmente
at that training #tation.
is 21 .years"old, was
WestvHle, Xershaw County,
dara formerly made b? home with his
mother Mrs. Matilda Owens, rural
two, Westvllle. He joined the
M*$rie Corps at Florence, SL C., and
vrfia sent to Parris Island for trainWfir
hs a Marine. In recent weeks he
has been undergoing Instruction in
the drills, duties and customs of the
soldiers of the saa on the little island
wfciph lies near the coast of South
Carolina, a few miles north of BaVannah,
Georgia. '
Christmas will be observed at Paty
ris-Island with a special holiday din^
ner and appropriate festivities. FoK
lowing the holiday it is probable that
Owens will leave for some' foreign
.station, go aboard a naval vessel, or
be assigned to one of the many interesting
duties^ that fall,to the lot
of the Marines. ^
: a?. ' ^briatnias
Tree
About 65 children are to be made
happy at the Christmas tree Sunday
afternoon December 28, at 8:8#
LjgS^1 kt'.fhe Presbyterian church.
The young people of the Episcopal
and PtoSbyfi^Jan churches asssited
by liberal donations from citizens of
Camden are going to provide a well
filled stocking for each one of these
T' jigf
Those who have agreed to give
filled stockings are asked to bring
them as soon at possible this week to
Miss Willie Haile so she and~hcr
committee may know many to
prepare. Ef any one has in mind. any
children to be added to this Uatarindly
let Mrs. Mayfield, Mist High or
Miss Willie Hafle be Informed of
| them. A cordial .invitation is esteriHjed
aB-to-the tree gnoday afternoon
,
tioodfellows Fu
Continues to Grow i
Headed by Mrs. Helen D. Ayei .
with a check for $50.00. The Chronicle's
Goodfclluwa fund jumped up ^
i-onsiderably from its report lasi
week. Last week the fund had t
touched only $16.00?- this veek, <,
through the assistance of Mr. ^ 'ley -r
Sheorn, the amount reaches a total
jf $127.85. The money will be turned
Dver to Mrs. W. J. Mayfteld on Sat- ,1
iirday evening for the purchase of t
baskets of good cheer to those who j
ire in unliortunate circumstances.
If you have not donated to this fund
you yet have time to make your do- I
nation and' The Chronicle will \
acknowledge receipt in next week's t
issue. Contributions received this
week include: 4
Previously ,reported $16.00 i
Mrs. Helen D. Ayer $60.00
H. P. Stearns ... LOO
Mrs. J. S. Lindsay 1.00
Mrs. H. G, Marvin .....i^l.OO <
John Whilaker, Jr 1.00 i
H. N. Shannon .....1.00 j
W. D. Barrett 1.00 (
Mrs. E. C. DuBose ,.1.00 '
J. E. Ross 1.00 ri
NmR. Goodale, Jr 1.00
F. M. Maynard 1.00
Wiley Sheorn .'.... 1,00
W. S. Beckham 1.00
M. L. Smith, S* 1.00
W.' T. Redfearn 1.00,1;
W. R. DeLoache . 1.00
G. T. Little, Jr 1.00
Jas. F. Watts 1.00
Gus Michitos .. . ,;nv: 1.00 P
R. B. UeLoache 1.00
James DoLoache, Jr V^." 1.00
Lewis L. Clyburh 1.001
Vk. K. Zemp 1.00
Tilt Little 1.00
M. B. Williams ,. . ,^ .1.??
C. r. DuBpse, Jr, 1,00
Jos. JL Baruch ..... ....... 1.00
J. J. Howard .1.00
H. B&ruch > i>- 1.00
Miss Sue Young . L001
J. SL Waters .v?,Vv -' 1.00
EL JB. Buddin
W, L. Rush 1.00
Mrs. Jno. T. Nettles . ,1.001
M. Daruch .,,, V Vl.00
Henry Eichel LW
M. H. Heyman 1.00
W. M. Lollls LttH
Hall Brothers *4^
Arthur Smith . 1.001
J3. P. DoLoache ......L00
G. W. Evans ,...1.00
Ek R. Hunter 1.001
Weka Barber Shop 1.00
Willis Sheorn .i. 1.00 J
L. Lomansky 1.00]
W. P. Thomas 1.00 ]
N. C. ' Arnett 1.001
C. C. Whitaker, Jr 7 1.00]
S. L. Perry . 1.00}
E. B. Tindal, Jr. 1.00
H; G. Garrison, Jr. .1.00
Mrs. H. G. Cnrrison, Jr 1.00
Mrs. H. G. Garrison, Sr. .4...... 1.00
Mrs, Frederick Robinson l^M)
Mrs. George Cook ............ 1.00
John Goek ' . i.00
Mrs. L.. A. Wittkowsby 1.00
Mrs. G. H. Yates 1.00
Company M., S. G. N? G. ....3.85
Total . - * S $127.85
St Mary's Church Services
Services at St. Mary's Catholic
chiirch, Corner Lyttleton and Fine
streets for Sunday, December 23rd,
will be at 10:00 a. in. sharp. No
fifdnday evening service this Sunday.
After Christmas there will be two
Sunday morning services, the first at
Uft6 a. m. and the second at 11:00|
service8
after Christmas ami be at 4:00 p. m.
The- children's instruction classes 1
meet after the Sunday morning
worship. .
As formerly at midnight ushering
in Christmas day, there will be the
midnight mass, promptly at the
stroke of twelve o'clock. Non-Cath-|
olics are of course, always welcome
at-, services in Catholic churches; 1
many like to* come each -year to the ]
midnight mass and ;ore, course,
welcome, again this year, NoiiCatholics
may, if they choose remain
seated ^throughout the serv^catn
Ladies and girls are reminded 'that]
in Catholic churches all females are}
obliged to wear a b&ad covering or
they will not be permitted to-enrol
the church without hfcad Covering of
some kind, veil or hat. The midnight
mass will be the only Christmas ]
service scheduled for St. Mary's]
church on Christmas day as the rec-d
tor if road conditions be fit or train
schedules be maintained will be out]
of the city at the mission church at
Che raw. ; ,, :/rr r; t( I
'The sacrament of Penance will be
ailmiiilateied uiijjgunday at 4;00 j).l
nitrtQ 5:00 p.^n. ahd again at 8:30 to]
9:30 p. m. and the congregation is]
asked to please avail themselves of]
these intervals.
- ]
Seventy-thre state andjnutionULj
organizations have declared ^jhem- J
selves in favor of the Kellogg antiwar
treaty, and will wprk'&r its
ratification by the United I
senate before Christmas.
f i * J. ]
New Year Hunt Races
The Camden Hum Chib has announced
that tftiere will be races at!
Springdale Kennels on New Year's I
day, 2:46 o'clock. Folowing is the
'Tr:* one-h.lf J
chase, Hunter time trial, Half mile I
race. Quarter mile race, Mule race.!
The first two races will be for gently!
men riders, the last two races are
open r*eee. J
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BE ATTIK-FELTON j
Kormer Camden (iirl'ii Marriage
Solemnized in Columbia
Mies Aubrey Beattie, daughter of J
Hate Compt. General A. J. Beattie, ^
ind Mrs. Bet tie, became the bride r
>f Herbert Newton Felton, Saturday 1
norning, at half after ten o'clock at J
he home of Mr. and Mrs. Beattie on j
*|ckens street and the simplicity of h
he ceremony made it beautiful and
mpressive. The bride's pastor, the *
lev. A. L. Gunter of the Washington j
street Methodist church officiated and 1
he wedding gfiests were members of
he two immediate families and a y
pro up of intimate friends of the bride \
?nd bridegroom. *
The guests assembled in the lounge *
ind living room ^nd later the doors {
>f the drawing room were opened
revealing the bride and groom stand- (
ng before a beautifully appointed *
Utar of ferns and palms, interspersed (
with tapers. During the ceremony, i
Mrs. J. W. Smith, aunt of the bride, j
softly played "To A Wild Rose."
Immediately after the ceremony, ,
the bride and groom left in their car
for an extended trip to Florida.
The bride was ^eautiful in a becoming
dress of Independence blue
velvet with accessories to match and '
her flowers were bride's roses, ,
orchids, and lilies of the valley., Her j
going away costume was an im- '
ported ensemble of brown with slip- !
pers and hat in corresponding shades. <
. J The bride, an unusually pretty
girl, has a Wide circle of friends in !
Columbia who will regret that her *
marriage takes her to another city
and state. Since her graduation from
Draughon's Business college, she has
been private secre|ary to its presi- |
dent, Frank Lykes.
The bridegroom is d son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. Felton of Columbia.
He is a graduate of the University
of South Carolina in both academic
and law schools. At present he holds
a responsible position with Charles
Scribners Sons, being the representative
of the Educational department'
for North and South Carolina.
Mr. and Mrs. Felton will be at
home after January 1st in Raleigh,!
North Carolina.?Saturday's Columbia
Record.
1 1 k 1 11 1 v " '
Mrs.^Maude Wilson emulated Carrie
Nation at Kansas City on Tuesday,
twhen she wrecked * $ saloon
where her 16-year-old daughter had
been drinking gin. '
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Daughters To Elect Officer#
King Haiglar Council Number 37,
Daughters of America, will meet
Thursday, December 27th, in tho
Junior Order Hall at 8 o'clock, at
which time election of officers for
the ensuing year will take place. The
officers of the Council request a large
attendance as this is a very important
tee&ing. "
Kershaw County Road
[Bonds Go at Premium
Kershaw county's second bi*~!S?uS'
of road bonds were sold in Columbia
Tuesday, when $800,000 of a proposed
issue of better than a million and a
half dollars were awarded to buyers
from different parts of the country at
bid of par plus a premium of
. All bids received were on a basis
of five percent ?ihT these making successful
bids .were: J. H. Hilsman
A Co., Toledo; - McNear & Goij?Chicago;
A. B. Leach A Co.. New York.
Kershaw-county officials in attendance
upon- the sale which was held
at the Jefferson Hotel included H. G. ,
Carrison, Jr., chairman of the county
board of directors; Laurens T. Mills,
county attorney, and the following
membera of the board: J^HrifftaweN,
Earl H. Bowt-n and D. M. Kirkley.
?Representatives of many of the 25
concerns submitting bids were present
when the bids wefe opened at
noon at the" state treasurer's office.
The second high bid was submitted
by Caldwell & company, Nashville,
Guardian Detroit company, Detroit.
A. T. Bell A company, Toledo, ,/and
Phelps, Fenn & company of New
York, jointly, with a bid of jpar plus
a premium <rf $8,277.
Other concerns submitting bids
were: Wellr Roth A Irving company,
Cincinnati; Provident Savings Bank
A Trust company, Cincinnati; Braun,
Bosworthy A company, Toledo; Detroit
Securities Trust company, Detroit;
Wells, Dickey A company, Minneapolis;
Robinson, Humphrey company,
Atlanta; Walte^ Woody, A^HeiSuthsrhmd
company, Toledo; ' David
? ,i.i.:. ,jl|?uluubj-llu -1?l-j???i
Big Haul of Bupze
Three Cars Captured
"The Law" reached out Wednesday
light und captured a large supply of
tquor evidently bound for points
eyoiul Camden. One hundred und
nnety-six gallons and three automo iles
fell into the hands of Sheriff J.
H. Mcleod and his deputies C. P.
iilton, S. P. Watkius and G. fi. DeIruhl
assisted by city officers Cole
ind Barnes.
A Chrysler roadster loaded with 40
rallons was the first seized and a
vhite man giving his name as Dan
Dennis and claiming St. Mathews as f I
lis home was placed in the county
ail. Iiis cur bore a Georgia license
lag. A Ford touring car contained
14 gallons was the next seized. Two
vhite men jumped from the car and
nade their getaway, A Studebaker
edan, with 72 gallons aboard, was
he last capture. Two white m?n
ilso made their escape from this car.
Carfc and liquor were brought to
Camden and Thursday morning
nuite a number of spectators watched I
he liquor go the sewer route at the .
;ourt house?the official pouring being
made under the' direction of
Sheriff McLeod and deputy Sheriff
3ooley.
Well-Fitted Booze Car I
Taken After Wr I
When deputies from the office of
Sheriff J. H. McLeod answered a call
at an early hour Thursday morning
to investigate the wreck of a highpowered
car on the Columbia highway
near this city they found it to be
especially fitted for rum traffic and
to contain a quantity of-liquor -bear- ?
ing bonded labels.'
The ifeutomobile, a late model
Studebaker coupe, had boen aban
cloned and up until a late hour Thurs- *
day afternoon no clue had besn I
found upon which to trace its occu
punts. Ijt carried a California license
tag, while in the car Also were found .
oxtra tags from the states of CallHfirnia,
Pennsylvania and Florida.
'The car is supposed to have been
traveling in the affection of Camden
when it collided with another machine I
and was ditched by its driver near a
filling station within sight of the I
I western boundaries of this city.
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ISJtrine Club Banquet -I
| Was Enjoyable Affair
The season of yuletide. festivities I
I Friday evening when* members^ of *thp
Camden Shrine club assembled at the
I Palmetto Tea Room on East DeKalb ;"
I street for their annual elections and
I Christmas celebration. Tables in the
large banquet^hall were arranged to
seat fifty guests^ including a number
of~visitfng nobles, amid decorations
artistic and highly expressive of the
season. 'V o " ;
During the business .session foHowlingdinner
all officers of the club
were re-elected uhaiUmodlly and without
opposition and later the evening
was featured by the personal appear
apfce of Santa Claus whose trip, it
was announced, was made especially
fOrthe? occasion from his home in the
I far-northern country.
Gifts from a heavily-laden tree'
Were presented every member ana
visitor present ,By John R. Goodale,
is Santa's costiflned chief assistant,
Whd demonstrated dia"
both in picking sing^^goprla^SS
gift* and in seleotn^h- words, ac--fB
ebmpanying each presentation, from
a never ending source of wit and
The club's president, A. S. Llewel- ';
lyn, acted as toastmaster while very
ably,, assisting Noble Cktadale in his ?,
novel pi%ram was L. H. achlosburg.
In addition, to re-electing the preiiident
the chfo also re-named the following
officers to serve during the i
coming year: T. V. Walsh, vicepresident;
J. R. Goodale, secretary,
and W. F. Nettles, treasurer.
'
Market' Opens Later
The Community market will open
blo"^ ?clodkf2j2nd Camden
will please note the change
in the opening' hour. $ome of the
-things for sale will be: FrCsh meat,
cakes, ' preserves, jellies, dressed
chickens. The ladies will also have
many Christmas wreaths and holly
and mistletoe for sale.
Methodist Church Serylces ?
Services nt the Lyttleton Street"'
Methodist church, near r Hampton
Park,' George Pierce Watson, pastor,
on Sunday, December 23rd will be: ?1
JBSnc school at 10:00 a. m., with
pllMses for all grades and ages.
Morning worship at 11:15, the thdme
will be "The Wonderful Possibilities
of Childhood." At 6:00 o'clock in the i
afternoon the white Christmas services
will be held in which the entire
congregation is expected to take **
part. A program of great,, interest 3
will be used. This service will be the
only one for the evening hour. Prayer
meeting on rWednesday at 7:80 p.
pa. The public is most cordially in- gr
vited to all the services of this church.