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VOLUME 44. CAMDEN, SOUTy CAROUNA, FRIDAY, JU^E 24, 1032 NUMBER 12
IverdicTFor Zemp
I In Big Damage Suit
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I The jury in civil court Wednesday
I weoirht in a verdict for the dajtendI
St in the attit for $60,000 damages
I brought by C C. Monk#, of Columbia
luainst J. B. Zemp, well-known busily
mftn of Camden, The euit wa?
|the result of $ers0fial injuriei susI
ulned by Mr. Moake laef April when
I huge truck body 'was blown <*ver on
Mr Mouke and *Mr? W. B. Rhoden
while they were pawing through a
public alley on iSoutfc Main street.
I Mr Moake vai thought to have bden
I fatally injured but he survived the
I accident only to be paralysed from
I the waist down and haa since been
|a patient in a government hospital.
| Mr. Moake was brought here to testi|fy
and appeared in the court on a
| stretcher. The hecident was a most
| peculiar and unfortunate one^-the
| huge truck body waa propped up
| near the alleyway and as the men
| walked by a sudden gust of wind
| blew it down, pinning both men ynder
lit Mr. Rhoden suffered a crushed
Iwtkle
| John W. Crews, R.. JI. Hilton, of
| Columbia, and M. M. Johnson, ?of
|Camden, appeared for the plaintiff,
| while the defendant "was represented
| by E. D. Blakeney and Mills and Mills
I of Camden. ...
| Mrs. Annie fl, Davidson, insurance
|?gent of this city was awarded a verI
diet of *82.96 as a premium on a
| contractor's bond for the erection of
| the DeKAlb high school, building a|
gainst the Union Indemnity company.
|The suit waa for *3,000. actual and
| punitive damages. The jury also
| awarded Mrs. Davidson $1,100 punitive
darpages. Appearing for the
|indemnity company were J. T. Gettys,
| of "Camden, awd Nelson and Mullins,
of Columbia. Representing Mrs.
| Davidson were M* Ie>Gmith? of ICam|
den. and Cooper and MsJker, of .Co
lumbia. x
I In the case of G. E. JParrott as
receiver for the Rank of Bethune,
plaintiff, against B. 'H. Gardner, et
lal., the court directed sr -verdict for
the plaintiff^ 4
Old Feud Results
In Fatal Shooting
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( The old Nicholson-Gregory tfeud at
|jefferson is now 'bunding at white
|heat as the result of a shooting which
|resultfd in the death of J. T. Nichol-j
| son on la*l Thursday night in thej
Farmers drug store at that place, G.,
|w. Gr.-irt.ry and T. T, Gregory were]
arretted following $*? shooting j
|which was witnessed by several peo
pie. but who have little to say con cerning
the details.' ??
| "Several versions of the killing are
|told. but the officers have probably
|not been fully informed as to the af
fair. The people of Jefferson are not
talkin^r.
I According to one version of the
Ikillinp the two Gregory's parked
their c;tr near the drug store and
|when J. T. Nicholson waa walking in
to the drug store he was fired on
| with two or three buckshot striking
|him in the face and neck. Another
| load of buckshot is said to have
|struck him in the back as he was
| going toward the rear of l the drug
store. T- "
While the two pregory's were ar|rested
it is said that no onCbas statl^d
thiti it was either of them that
did the shooting. v
Acco'dint, tn rpnnrt.R J. T. Nlchol?on
shot several times at G. "W. Gregory
about two months agt> and haa
tnade tnteats in the meantime. Bad
feeling has existed between these
two families for 'soro^liWP.?
About two years ago theye^Wi^a
shooting affair in the same dr^g
store between one of the Nicholgomr
" Wf one of the Gregorys.?Lancaster
News.
UgofT Methodist Church Services
Sunday night, 8:15: Siibject, "The
Greatpi*. Thing in the World." Good
singing. The publip is -cordially in-.
vited to attend all services of the
IV est Kershaw charge iMethodist
fhurch A# V. Smith, pastor.
Ice Cream Festival ,
The Mt. Zion Home Demonstration
flub is to have an ice cream festival
?n Friday evening, June 24th frotfi
7;30 to ii:30 ,o'clock. Thi*Js-ta_he
held ir\ the pine grove at. the hnTBft
of Mrs. w. L. IIunnicutt. Band
mu*?e w!ll be a feature of the^eVen>?.
The public is assured *~good
?f they attend. Money derived
the sale of the ice bream mill
* ased for the benefit of the church.
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Hoover and Curtis
Republicans' Choice
.c'hlc?*o. June 17?The Republican
convention united (behind the familiar
HooveruCurti. ticket yeaterdey, then
disbanded to labor mightily for It
from now until 'November
A lone ballot sufficed in edfik case/
^ president wihniag ijenom&rTWn
uf l'2 of the M64 Votes' and
1928 ninning mate gathering 0^4
1-4 in quick order. V
What there had been of dissention
over the ticklish prohibition plank
was drowned in the closing- hours beneath
waves of enthusiasm. [Especially*
did the president triumph scattering
votes in opposition being divided
with 13 for (Senator Blaine of
Wisconsin, 4 1-2 for Calvin Coolidge,
4 to Dr. Joseph I. Prance of Maryland
and solitary counters for IChas.
G. Dawes and James W. Wadsworth,
of New York.
Curtis* had no less reason for satisfaction,
in view of the Republican
precedent against renaming vicepresidents
that has 'been broken since
Civil War days only by the choice of
'iSunny Jim" Sherman of New York
in 1012. When the end of the roll
was reached the Swarthy Kansan still
was 20 behind the necessary 678 but
Pennsylvania pu^ bin) across instantly
with a switch of its block of 76. .
(Worn by the long and feverish
hours of last night and early mom
the convetion lifted itself by its own
bootstraps for a noisy half hour demonstration
to welcome the HoOve^
nomination submitted by his friend,
Joseph iL. 'Scott of Lds Angeles.
The signal, . reached soon * after
gathering for the final session, was
given when &cott climaxed with "we
of his own state of California proudly
present this homespun American
to lead us to victory."
Up jumped governor Rolph of that
state, again to lift the bear flag that
he had waved long yesterday and the
day before and this time to lead a
pre-planned march that made the
Tounds of the crowded floor repeatedly.
Behind a band, one delegation after
another careened to and fro bearing
standards and two long strungout
pennants' proclaiming: "Prom
California to Mainet?press on with
Hoover."
One Bank Points The Way
Kokomo, Ind., June 19.?The Union
Bank and Trust company, Kokomo's
only bank, has announced preparation
of a receipt form which its depositors
may sign when withdrawing
funds. . .
Bank "officials said the form constitutes
a receipt for the amount of
money withdrawn, that it. is not a
t>heek and consequently is not subject
to the new federal tax on checks.
Death of An Infant <
Funeral services were held at Pine
Grove Baptist church Tuesday after^
noon at 4 o'clock for Bobbie Odell,
four-months-old twin son of Mr. and
Mrs. Douglas Arledge of the (St. Paul
community, West Wateree. The infant
is survived by his parents and
several brothers and sisters. A
, large family connection and many
[friends join in Sharing the eadness
I of this family. Interment was in the
|Pine Grove cemetery. (Services were
conducted by Rev. A. V% Smith, pastor
of the Methodist church, Lugoff, S. C.
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r' "First Cotton Bloom
Ben Jenkins, colored ' farmer and
warranter, who Dlants several acres in
the lower section of the dtv below
the old court house, brought the flrst
cotton bloom of the season to this
office on (Monday, June 20th. It was
the Coker Super-Seven variety and
was planted- April 4th.
/TT C. Cassady, manager at Pine
Farm .plantation jQftrrisqn,
Sr., brought a bloom picked Thursday
morning, June 23.
Norman Johnson, a tenant farmer
on the J. H. Burns place near Shamokin,
sent in n bloom Thursday morning
also.
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Ginners Called To Meet
All ginners of Kershaw county are
called [rto meet ih Camden on Tuesday,
June 28, at the court house at
II a. in. ior the purpose of organising
a Kershaw county branch of the ginners
association. .Harold C. Booker,
o?. Columbia, will be present to help
in The oreanfaetjoti and to explain
the purposes of the organization. The
EWilttiqria called by W. T. RatcUff ia
ttre Interest of the ginners. There
are" afouftd thirty ginneries inthis
county and all are urged to attend
this meeting. T '
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Storm Of Bullets
Kill Racketeer
,
New York, June 19.?-A storm of
bullets overtook (Charles (Vannie)
Higgins, notorious <Brooklyn racketeer,
when he forsook his bodyguard
and ventured out in {he role of a
family Awan early today.
Hliggln^ was wounded fatally and
his seven-year-old daughter, Jean,
whose request had led him to drop
his customary vigilance for an evening,
was grazed by a bullet.
Eight gunmen in two automobiles
blasted away at him as he emerged
from the Salghts of (Columbus clubhouse
in (Brooklyn, where he had
watched his daughter take part in a
school entertainment.
Higgins' wife and mother-in-dew
also were with him but they were
untouched by the spray of bullets.
"The rats," said <Higgins on a hospital
cot. "They tried to wipe out
my whole family."
Before lapsing into silence, the often
arrested but rarely convicted racketeer
promised, detectives said, to
"attend to them" when he recovered.
Higgins did not want to go out
last night, friends said. 'He yielded
reluctantly to the request of his wife
and daughter. He had been especially
careful to have his hoodlums nearby
.since being severely knifed in a
night club brawl last year.
As the Higgins family emergad
from the clubhouse and started for
their expensive coupf, the two gang
cars drew abreast. ,"Hey,
Vannie," someone called, and
Vapnie turned,
Surei of their quarry, the gunmen
began blasting. One bullet clipped
little Jean in the lobe of her left
ear as she dived for the coupe. Higgins'
wife and mother-dn-law ducked
back into the clubhouse, but the racketeer,
elected to run.
He sprinted madly down the street.
His assailants followed leisurely behind,
pumping (bullets at him. Then
he sprawled on the sidewalk and they
hastened away.
Sermon To Masons
On ne*t .Sunday evening at 8:30
o'clock, Rev. George T. Harmon, of
Hartsville, will preach to the Masonic
bodies of Camden at the Lyttleton
Street Methodist church. All masons
and visiting .masons as well as
the public- cordially invited to this
service.
The protracted meeting scheduled
for this church will commence on
Sunday, July 17th, with Dr. Luther
B. Bridges, of Gainesville, Ga., doing
the preaching. >
Six Men Face Chair
In State's Prison
' -Columbia, June 18.?(Six men, two
whites and four negroes, are .under
sentence to die in the South Carollna
electric chair ~&t eatly dates. ^
The white men are George Jackson,
Aiken county, convicted of slaying
six relatives, and Henry B. Elliott,
Jr., of Horry county, convicted
of stabbing lift wife to death.
The negroes are Buster Tucker
and Brooker T. Copeland, convicted
of killing H. C. MdMrllan; Hilton
Williams, of Marlhaio county, cotivicted
of killing' John L. James, a
North Carolinian, and Evans Wood,
of J)arlington county, sentenced last
week to die for the slaying of his
wife.
Dump Guns Into Sea .
New York?Police dumped 4,402
revolvers, 038 guns, 340 daggers and
other dangerous weapons into the
Atlantic. The arms were confiscated
during the past year.
Magistrate Smith in Hospital
..Magistrate -B. M* iSmith, of Camden,
is in the Columbia hospital,
where he had to undergo a very severe
operation last week. His friends
will be glad to know that he is rapidly
improving. He will be absent from
his office for some time. ? ,T_
Columbia Record To
Quit Sunday Field
.
Columbia, June 18.?J. 1}. Wise,
publisher of the Columbia Record, today
announced discontinuance of the
Record's Sunday editions after June
26.
The Record, an afternoon daily
give complete news coverage with iti
six-day paper" and'to atiengUien iti
daily issue in to far as volume aad
quality of content are concerned.
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Legion Qtleen To Be
Selected Tuesday
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On next Tuesday evening at the
Mftjeetic Theatre "Miss Camden" will
be selected from a group of the city's <
lovely young ladies. The young lady
bearing this title will go as representative
.of the James Leroy Belk
Post of the American Legion to Aiken
to the state convention to be 'held
there on July 4th and 5th. At the
convention she will compete with representatives
from the other posts of
the state for the honor of being
cfowned "Miss American Legion." 1
To the uncompleted list of entrants .
published last week by the committee ,
from the local post have been added/
the following names: Mioses Lenora
Rhame, Eleanor Haigler, Cornelia Aldret,
Pay Klrkland, Pete Soykin,
Faith deiLoach, Betty Cureton, Margaret
McLeod and Elisabeth iStogner.
Each paid admission to the theatre
on that evening will entitle the purChaser
to a vote for the young lady
they wish to be named "Miss Camden."
So the public is cordially invited
to be present and cast a vote
for their favorite.
All contestants are requested to be
i at Legion Hall before nine o'clock
I After the show the contestants and
,theiij escorts will be guests of the
Lbgioa at 'Legion headquarters, where
U dffice will begin. The public is
extehded an invitation to attend and
a small admission will be charged.
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Stepp Named As
i District Deputy
I Spartanburg, June 22. ? R. R.
Stepp, of Chester, was today appointed
as Special (District Deputy Grand
Master for District No. 4 of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, by
W. H. Grant, Graiid Master for South
Carolina, of Odd Fellows, according,
to announcement from Mr. Grant's
office here.
Stepp, who iaf a member of
Chester Lodge No. 8, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, has been
prominently identified "with the activities
of this order for many years
and ie- well known throughout South
Carolina. Mr. Clark will have direct
supervision over work of hts* office
in York, Chester, Kershaw, Fairfield,
Chesterfield and Lancaster counties.
"Mr. Stepp's long membership in
and devotion to the activities of the
Odd Fellow lodge admirably equips
him for the duties carried by this
appointment and I am confident that
theTodges~~Sh 'his ~Jurisdiction will
prosper and go forward under his
able leadership," said Grand Master
Grant; in making the appointment.
Lone "Sentinel" Holds Off Sheriffs.
Russellvijle, - Ark., June 17.?Deputy
sheriffs lay in a thicket near hero
today and debated three hours regarding
the best means of raiding^
liquor distillery over which a lone
sentinel armed with a shotgun stood
guard. ,
The guardsman was posted on a
high bluff overlooking a valley and
the threatening manner in which thej
gun was held indicated a nervous
trigger finger.
Finally the raiders closed in but
halted suddenly With mouths gaping.
The senrtinel was a dummy!
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.{ Baptist
Church Services
The following services are announced
at the First Baptist church;
- Sunday-school at -10 o'oloek, Mr, C. OStogner,
superintendent^Public wqr
ship conducted by the pastor at 11:15
a. m., subject, "Our Children." The
evening service is called in on account
of union service at the Methodist
church. B. Y. P. U. Sunday even
tnjTTrt* TiSft "TTffyer tfhd p'rtflse service
Wednesday evening at 8:30.
The public is cordially invited to
attend all the services of this church.
- DeKalb Club Meeting
The DeKalb home demonstration
- club hold its regular meeting on the
1 second Tuesday in June at 3:30, o'clock
at the home of Mrs. L. D.
" Broom. The meeting was, presided
over by the president. The club
' members had as-their guest ^ Missf
' Hey, whd gave a very Interesting
1 talk. After business the meeting
i whs turned over to the recreational
leader, who led in a number of game*
? which all enjoyed. The hooters
* ? nred delicious refreshments. ?
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The socialist government of Chile
I has decreed thirty-day moratorium
on the debts of all .jnerebanta.
Jurors Are Drawn
For Second Week
Juror* drawn Tuesday for the second
week fcf criminal court which
convenes iMonday morning, July 11th,
with Judge <W. H. TownsenH presiding,
were as follows:
J. D. Baker, C. R. Oroxton, L. W,
Reeves, W. H. Baker, W. O. Croxton,
Henry Stroud, Waddy Kirkley, D.
Perry Mackey, T. <L. Stroud, L. P.
Qgburn, 'W. R. Outen, Jack Young,
M. iS, Cauthen, H. J. West, of Kershaw;
J. F. McCaakill, J. R- West, of
Cassatt; U 1* iBlock, Joseph Shebeen,
J. ,H. Burns, W. ?. Goodale, Melvin
S. Truesdale, W. H. Rubs, Lowis Lx>mansky,
T. G. Arrants, J. J. Tolhert,
of Camden; L. H. Truesdale, of Boykin;
W. E. Jones, C. B. Watkins, U
R. Joyner, of iBethune; IS. L. Rush,
j. W. Owens, of Westville; Victor
Ward, ?. M. Rosborough, Jos. M.
Smith, of iLugoff; T. G. .Sessions, W.
E. Ross, of Blaney.
Gregorys Seek *
Release On Bond
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"Chesterfield, June 22.?George W.
Gregory and Tom T. Gregory* brothers,
who hkve been in jail here
charged with murder since the killing
of * Jay T. Nicholson at Jefferson
Thursdajr night, June 1.4, through
counsel have served notice that they
will apply to Chief Justice Eugene S.
Blease at dewberry Friday to be allowed
to give bond.
The case caused great excitement at
Jefferson and it is reported that there
is still high feeling there. The |tate
charges that Nicholson was ambushed
but the defendants claim self
The application for bail and the ultimate
trial will be hard fought as
both families are prominent. A brilliant
nrraypf counsel which besides
Solicitor M. J. Hough will include
Mendel L. Smith, George K. Laney,
Charles L. Hunley, J. Arthur Knight
and P. A. Murray.
- Spoke To RoUriaua *
Neville Bennett, well-known attorney
from Bennettsville and-chairman
of the ways and means committee of
the senate, was the principal speaker
before ? the Camden Rotary Club at
its Thursday luncheon last week. Mr.
Bennett's address was well received.
He spoke on ,the state's finances and
favored a change in the fiscal year
to run from July to July in all departments.
He also favored a budget
control of appropriations after the
-adjournment of the general assembly
and consolidation of many of the various
de par tmcnta ?wMv'lU?Ad.Jncrea sed
from IB to 45 within the past 87
years. <
Negro Acquitted on Murder Charge
| Chesterfield, June 22.?DpW_Ch%pman,
Negro, charged with the murder
of JF\_D. Rainwater,-was acquitted
by a jury here today.
The Rainwater case attracted considerable
attention in this part of the
state and several state detectives hac
worked on it steadily for the lasl
seven years. Rainwater was founc
murdered on the Cheraw-Society Hil
road on the nitfht of August 19, 1926
Three Killed In Automobile
Wreck
Barnwell, June 16.?Three youni
men were killed here early toda:
when an automobile ran off the road
struck a tree and turned over.
? They were either crushed"to deal!
or fatally burned after the gasolin*
tank exploded. They were identifle<
as Griffin Bates, Horace Cooke nn<
Freddie Oreech, all about 25 yeari
old and all of Barnwell.
Three negro musicians, who ha<
"played"" at a dance the youths attend
ed, were on the rear' seat but the:
escaped injury. _ ^
Bates was killed instantly. Creecl
died en route to a hospital on a trucl
volunteered by people of the cum
munity. Cooke reached the hospita
alive but died on the operating taWe
The accident occurred at a bridg
on the outskirts of Barnwell.
Negroes Doomed To Die
Walterboro, June 14.?B. T. (Cope
land and Butter Tucker, negroes, to
day were sentenced to die m the elec
trio chair July 29 upon conviction ?
murdering R.JC. McMillan, * frrnM
hear Lodge. The Jury deliberate
but 16 minutes and the sentence
passed . immediately by ?Judge i
Henry AdiiwciiL 'The negroes wer
eo?vkteu of 'iNrving faiaiiy mmfim
McMillan April 16.
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Greater Need For
Better Gardens
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More gardens, better gardens, bigger
gardens, is a ibig need in Kershaw
county now. The old idea of
a garden being a spring and summer
affair is out of date just like the bxcart.
Modern gardens and profitable
gardens are all-year gardens. Intelligent
farmers will tecognise that the S?
garden is or should be the most profitable
part of his farming in consideration
of the area of land cultivated. ;
We should try to make our gardens
feed our families and the families of
the tenants throughout the year. We
will not have successful all-year gardens
unless we give special thought
and study and make definite plans for
progressive plantings. Also there is
rouof room for improvement in the
number of vegetables produced in our
gardens. Many farmers seem to
think that about the only things to
be grown in gardens are beaxis, tomatoes,
cabbage, col lards, turnips. The
following are some of the vegetables
which we Bhould have in our
gardens or at least should have the
most of them: Artichoke, asparagus, .
beans, beets, brussels sprouts, cabbage,
carrots, cauliflower, celery, collards,
corn, cucumbers, eggplant^
kale, kohl-habi, lettuce, muskmelon, <3
mustard, okra, onion, parsley, parsnips,
peas, peppers, potatoes, radUhsalsify,
squash, spinach, tomatoes and
turnips. We will be glad to give information
on the proportion of any
of these vegetables Jp-cases where v .
new vegetables are prtiJnjced and in
formation as 1 needed for preparing f *
them for eating. r/. \?j
(Special emphasis is invited to the
production of salsify which is a new
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vegetable, to many people in this section.
ISalsify also is known as vegetable
oyster or oyster plant. Right
now is a good time to plant several ___
rows of this splendid vegetaoble.
iSalaify is probably one of the tnoit_
valuable vegetable# we groW, yet as
a rule, it ie not fully" appreciated by
the vegetable gardeners. The flavor
of this vegetable, when stewed with
milk, is very similar, to that of >thA
oyster, hence its name?vegetable.
oyster. The plant is perfectly hardyand
the seed may, therefore, be sown
in spring. It is not advisable, however,
to sow the seCd before the middle
of April, as the plants will frequently
form seed before fall when *
planted in early spring, which will
cause the roots to become hard and
unfit to use. The rows should be ^
three feet apart and the seed planted
in the drill and covered to a depth
of one inch. After the plants become
well established they, should be.. ^ .
thinned to two Tnches apart ih rtb'o
row. The plant is grown for its
long, fleshy root, which is ready for
use as' soon as the weather turns cool
in the fall. It will remain ih good
condition in the open ground through^
^ out the winter "arid will not begin to
get tough and stringy until the seedstalks
begin to appear in early spihig.
! It may be gathered and stored in
' moist sand in a cool cellar, and used
^ any time during the winter. This
' suggestion is offered because the soil
' is frequently wet and frofeen during
' January and February, when it is
difficult to find a suitable time for
digging without injuring the -sott.*-? ?
Mammoth Sandwich Island is the
l best variety.
Seed may be obtained from local
I seed dealers, drug stores, or from
V commercial garden seed house. There
I, are sixteen vegetables which can be
grown and used during the winter 1
months in this section.
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\ Andersonians Will
' Pray For Guidance
L.. Anderson, June 19.?Tq invoke DLt
" vine guidance in this period of econ*
omic depression, several hundred of'
the clergy and layity are expected to
1 gather Monday morning at the First "
1 Presbyterian church for the first of
a series of three prayer services befng
fostered by the Ministers Union
of this city, at the suggestion of a
e prominent business., man.
PTans for services were announced
last week when members of ,_v_
the union met in regular sessioh and
discussed the. suggestion for k season
of prayep and reconsecration. In a<
" resolution adopted at the meeting^
! membe'rs of the Ministers Union de- J
* plorech the Wide-spread suffering of
* many of the unemployed of the state
* IhMJhe remedy will he found ia^thia
and subceouent seasons of prayer, acn
companied by a re-consecration of
our lives to the Lord.