The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 17, 1935, Image 1
_ The Camden Chronicle
" 1 i - CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1935 ~ ' "
' NUMBERS
I Liquor Again Legal
For South Carolina
I ColuiJ)t>iHi s. C., Muy 16.?Liberal
I dealer licensing act today replaced
I the old "quart-a-month" measure as
1 Souih Carolina's liquor law. The gov
ernor signed tile license bill at 11:22
I last night.
I The governor affixed his signature
solemnly In* his private office in the
I presence of 13 witnesses.
I He had waited until 28 minutes be'
I fore the midnight hour at which the
I bill would have become law without
bis approval.
| immediately upon signing it, he callled
upon "all of our citizens, to Join
fortes with me in the rigfh enforce
meat of the liquor law" and unnounc
td that lie would request sheriffs of
the 4ii counties to be "vigilant in this
enforcement program." .
'The governor was reported already
to have received several thousand ap
plications for positions on the state
constabulary, which under IiIb direcH
lion will enforce the law, and the
state tax commission was understood
I to have completed preparations for
"administering its revenue features.
The law authorizes the state tax
commission to license retailers, whole
salers and (llstlllers throughout the
state. Any person over 21 years of
age and "of good repute" is eligible
for a license. Fees are $250 for re
tail. rs and $2,000 for wholesaler and
distillers. All dealers are required to
fib- a $2,000 bond with the commls
sion as surety against law violation.
A stamp tax of from five cents per
half pint up to 80 cents a gallon will
Ibr levied on liquor sold In the state.
Under terms of the act, an annual
appropriation or $00,000 is provided
for tbo governor for enforcement. It
also empowers the chief executive to
' prevent the sale of alcoholic liquors
on legal holidays or during periods'
of local or state emergency as he may i
order by proclamation in the Interest;
of law ami order or public morals
an t decorum."
The m w law leaves with the people
an opportunity of expressing their at titmle
alter a year's trial. It arranges lor
an advisory referendum In con rie,
tion with the Democratic primary
in UCiO upon petition of 15 per cent
^hf the voters in 35 of the 46 counties
hi the state. t
I.Revenue from liquor, estimated to
amount to approximately $1,250,000
annually, is to be divided 60 per cent
to the state. 25 per cent to counties
and la per cent to municipalities.
p'/1 Tlie Methodist Church
Following the Sunday school, W. S.
UniTier another prominent layman
oi Columbia, will occupy the pulpit at
the morning hour, 11:15. Mr. Gard
ner and also Mr. Horton are under
In6 au;sP'ces of the Evangelistic
Brotherhood of Columbia, and their
coming to us will ,be a great bless
tig. I here will be no service at
tug t. There will be a union meet mg
at the Baptist church to be con ductod
by the Evangelistic Brotherhood.
It is hoped all our people willi
jtoi oi..y come at the morning hour, j
u- attend the union service at 8*
!>- m.?( . F. Wi ruberly, Pastor.
(,reat Men's Meeting
.ere will be a mass meeting for!
nur, only at the ilaiglar Theatre,!
.unuay evening at 3:30. We want!
77 'vutie filled with men for that'
? *s a city w'ide move-*!
\i' to the "Go-to-Church i
"' ! . beginning June 2, and con-j
li " unt'! Joly 1st. It will make;
K, ' . ' VN. for ( amden if all will get j
I'''." -!Us big drive and help us
"ver.?Ministerial Alliance.
Final Notice
I To All Farmers
I ^Cuixlay, May 18th at 0 p. m.
I K 'HSt date for farmers of
y .diau county to make applicaI
>t" -r. f?r tax-free gin certificates.
' !armers desiring to apply for
>no>e certificates are hereby di
7.. t0<^ *"? see their committeeman
ounng the week of May 13-18.
I !" * *'s 0^f'cial notice so do not
^ ait until after the 18th to apply
I ?T.. tickets, as May 18th 'is
?v.lmt^ l^e c,osin8T date and no'
I ension of time is to be made.
Applying for gin certificates is
I aM re?,?nsib^ty of the farmers
\\hile the committeemen will
o everything practical to make
I er^f v^8 ava^a,^e to the farm
v tho county at various points
?h? /cs,Fonsibility remains with
I arj arnier? and I hereby notify
I ' ' ur ge every farmer in Kershaw
to 7 desires gin certificates
I a to contact
I anni committeeman and make
l"?S, "on W ? P- m-. May
I cooPer*t? by telling yoor
Iw* r .r<K?Ye?U ?
County Agent, *
Auto Accident
Causes Loss Of Arm
J;?111* 23, young Camden
"an. was aerlously injured in hu uuto.uobile
accident ubotit midnight
Sunday when the ear in which he was
riding wtta In collision with a cur
driven by W. O. Hcott, 1110 Gregg
H r0G ' Co^mWa Reames' arm waa
cut off Juat above the elbow.
The two cara were in collision aa
they were passing each other on highway
No. 1, near Deutsville. In tho
car with Mr. Scott were several members
of his family, none of them
however, were injured seriously. All
returned to their home after receiving
first aid treatment for minor cuts.
Young Hearaea is employed by the
Broad Street station of the Tex a*
Company and ia the boh or Mrs. M. J.
Keainea, formerly of Ilembert, but
now of Camden. In tho ear with
him at the time waa W. J. Major, of
Camden. Mr. Major waa not injured
except for a few bruises.
The accident ia supposed to have
happened when Mr. lteames flipped
the ashes from a cigarette and hia
hand went into the open window of
the passing car. So great waa the
impact that the young man's arm
was cut off at the elbow and was
found in the foot of the Scott car.
He suffered greatly from the shock
and loss of bloood. He was rushed
to a Columbia hospital where at last i
accounts he was improving. The
lteames car was returning from,.Colombia,
while the Scott car was on-i
route to Columbia.
Exchange of Certificates
All fanners holding 1934 tax ex-j
emption certificates that were right- ]
fully issued or transferred to them,
must take these certificates to Itobert 1
M. Lewis, assistant in cotton adjustment
with office located in the Court
House, and have them exchanged for
1935 certificates advises Henry D.
Green, County Agent.
Prospecting For Gold
Rev. J. B. Caston, pastor of the,'
First Baptist church at Camden, wap j
a visitor in Kershaw last Thursday, j
Accompanying him wore J. Byrd and
John DuBose, also of Camden. They'
were on their way to visit a place>
of Mr. Caston's several miles east of
Kershaw, where gold has been found
recently. Mr. DuBose has had considerable
experience in mining and
accompanied Mr. Caston for the purpose
of ascertaining the prospective
value of the mining possibilities on
Mr. Caston's place. Mining operations
in the nearby territory east of Kershaw
have been right active for the
past several months and a good showing
made at some places.?Kershaw
Era.
Julius Bishop Dead
Julius Bishop, 65 year old negro
man, died at his home on North
Campbell street about midday Monday.
Bishop had followed the trade as
a brick-layer for many years and was
well known in this city where he had
worked on many of the business
buildings and residences. He bore a
good reputation and had a large circle
of friends.
Warehouse Fire in Lake Qlty
Lake City, S. C., May 15.?The Star
Tobacco Warehouse and the R. J.
Reynolds Tobacco storage house here
were destroyed by fire ' of undetermined
origin: here totkty along with 40hogsheads
of tobacco and 900 bales
of cotton. The loss was estimated by
W. W. Singletary, secretary and treasurer
of the Star Tobacco Warehouse
Company, at $200,000.
Found Dead in Bed
Edward Ballard, 52 year old negro
citizen of the northern section of
Camden was found dead in his bed
north of the city power plant about
12 noon Tuesday. The man is said to
have been walking around his place
the night before. A physician gave It
as his opinion that Ballard came to
his death from a heart attack.
Neville Bennett Loses Fingers
Bennett8ville, May 13.?Neville Bennett,
chairman of the house ways and
means committee, lost two fingers of
his left hand in a narrow escape from
death' late today when he cranked
a tractor in gear at his farm, near
Clio.
The tractor crowded the legislator
into a ditch, but he was able to extricate
himself, except for his hand.
He was brought to a hospital here
suffering from shock and the hand
laceration. His condition was described
as satisfactory after treatment.
Has Fathers Medals
Ross Rutledge who is guardian for
the young son of the late Hobson
Hilton has the many medals which
were bestowed upon Mr. Hilton by
this country and the numerous other
foreign countries. These medals are
pinned on a velvet cloth and combined
they make a rare sight. Belgium,
France, England and other countries
gave hhn medals of honor. H* .purple
heart medal and the congressional
medal are especially pretty.?Lancas>
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Veterans To Place
In (. . C. ("amps
c ,UIB received the following letter
VetTr8' C;Sroesch?1' "??na?er of The
Veterans Administration at Columbia,
relative to the employing of Veterans
In an expansion program of the' C c
t, wor^: ^
i "Information has been recently reeelved
from the Administrator of Veteruns
Affairs to the effect that an
fif/Tfl ?n ?f th" C' C C- 4*?c*liiflinK
n ft >-five thousand veterans of either
the World War or prior Wars, will
he made.
In view of this expansion there will
>e afforded to a considerable numbtr
of u"employed veterans the opI
port unity of enrolling in the C (' C
i" Ih contemplated that tho next enlollinent
period will begin op or about
"ly 1, 1935 and in order that ull
unemployed veterans who may be interested
in enrolling in the C. C. C.
may have this information. I am conveying
same to you with the request
that you kindly let this subject have
much publicity as possible. Interested
veterans may obtain the necessary
application forms by applying'
to Veterans Administration. Columbia,
fc. or M. M. Heasonover, Post Service
Officer, Camden, S. C."
Auction Sale Of
Land Was Success
According to advertisement by
| 1 enny Brothers and Thomas Brothers,
auctioneers, one hundred building
lots belonging to W. I). Barrett of
this city were offered for sale last
Saturday and the results were most
gratifying to the auetloneeers as well
as to Mr. Harrett.
1 he lots were located on Federal
highway number one, not far from the
Hermitage Cotton Mill and sold readily.
showing that there is still u good
demand for real estate in and around
Camden.
Penny Hrothers are the original
twin-auctioneers, who have been at
this profession for many years, and
they tell us that there is a likelihood
of their coming back to Camden at
i an early daje if plans mature for
[property they now expect to offer for
sale.
The company carry their own livewire
band and quite a large crowd
was attracted to the sale here last
Saturday.
Grace Church Services
Services for Grace Episcopal
church, Camden, for Sunday, May 19,
with Rev. Francis H. Craighill, rector,
will be as follows: Holy Communion,
8 a. m.; church school, 9:45 a.
m ? Men,a class, 10:20 a. m.; morn*
ing prayer, 11:15 a. m.; Sunday
school, 2 p. m.; Young People, 8 p. m.
Senate Approves
Sterilization Bill
Columbia, May 10.?^Sterilization
of merttal defectives in South Carolina
received final legislative approval
today by a senate vote of 32 to 4.
Upon ratification, the bill, by Representative
Blackburn of Marion, a
former staff member of the state hosPital,
goes to Governor Johnston for
his signature.
A motion by Senator Duniap of
^ ork to kill the 'bill was tabled by
a viva voce vote upon motion of Senator
Brasington of Kershaw, a Camden
physician who acted as floor leader
in the .senate pasage of the bill.
Duniap attacked the measure as
providing "a public record of this operation
that will place a stigma on
those who undergo it and will give
them inferiority complexes." He predicted
it would increase immorality
among _ young, women subjected to it.
Brasington said the bill would "appljf
only to .persons in institutions
who have no right to reproduce.
The operation does not change
I their nature and it is not an experiI
ment."
I Senator Cooke of Horry asserted
I medical authorities said sterilization
would not stamp out "mental and
physical defectives."
j The measure provides that sterilization
may be performed upon "any
inmate of a state penal or charitable
institution, who is afflicted with a^iy
hereditary form of insanity that is
recurrent, idiocy, imbecility, feebleI
minded or epilepsy" upon a certificate
from the instiution's superintendent
that the inmate "should be sexually
sterilized.
"The board of health would hold
hearings attended by guardians-atlaw
of the inmates before ordering
the operation.
Pagelanod Man Dead
Rev. B. S. Broom, of Camden, was
at Pageland on Saturday of last week
where he conducted the funeral of
John T. Threatt, 60, a well known
farmer of Chesterfield county. Quite
MMfcw people from the northeaaUiu
section of Kershaw county
attended the funeraL
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Hunted Convict
Returned To Prison
Will Davis, of Chester, negro convict
who escaped in u break front a
penitentiary farm five weeks ago was
returned to complete his sentence
yesterday afternoon after he had been
recaptured at Greensboro, N. t\, Saturday
by members of the police do1
partinent of that city.
W ith the capture of Davis only ono
I oi the nine convicts who attempted
[ to escape remains at large. He is
[Wyatt Patterson, of Kershaw county.
I 11 tree convicts were fatally wound,
4><l In the break or efforts at their
recapture, three other convicts were
wounded, and one guard was woundj
ed in the break. Following the Sunday
melee at the prison farm In Sumter
county, National Guardsmen and
speclalj officers were sent on the hunt
for the escaped negroes, in addition
to regular officers.
Col. A. M. Scarborough, superintendent
of the penitentiary, said that
Davis, who had served a year and a
month of a three-year term, ad 111 tiled
that lie hnd been through North Carolina.
Virginia. West Virginia. Ohio,
and Pennsylvania, since the break
from the farm.?Monday's Columbia
Record.
Lumber Company
Now Selling Paint
The Camden Dumber Company has
recently taken on the line of rock*
glow varnish and rapid-drying enamel
mude by the Southport Paint Company
and are distributors for this city.
They call your attention to an advertisement
appearing in another
place in this paper, whereby the
housewives of this city can obtain
a can of these paints for a coupon
and a few cents only.
W ith a can of this rapid-drying
paint many household articles can be
touched up and made to look new
for a little bit of work and a small
com. and the company invites you to
use tile coupon found in this paper.
Eventually Would Ix>ne $.100
In Nashville, Tenn, a mathematician
ha.s figured that if a dime letter
chain worked perfectly in the country
where he resides, everybody would
eventually wind up with $300 less.
"If there were just one chain and
it was confined to Davidson county,
and if everyone was fair about it," the
mathematician explained, "Everybody
in the county would eventually get
15,000 dimes.
"But in order to bring that about
the chain would have to keep spreading
?until it reaches everyone 15,000
times when each person will have to
give back all the dimes he takes in.
"When we will all be back where
we started each one will he out the
amount he spends on postage, or
about $300."
Law As To Chain Letters
Page 105 of the postal laws and
regulations cover the chain letters in
the following words:
" 'Endless chain* enterprises designed
for the sale or disposition of
merchandise or other things or value
through the. circulation or distribution
of 'coupons/ 'certificates.' 'introductions,'
and the like, are held to
embrace the elements of a lottery,
and to be fraudulent. Matter of every
kind relating to such enterprises
: should be excluded or withdrawn
j from the malls . . ."
"Postal laws also provide, for a
I fine of not more than $1,000 or imj
prisonment of not more than two
years, or both: and for any subse|
quent offense imprisonment not more
j than five years."
Veteran Editor Is
Claimed By Death
j Savannah, Ga., May 1,4?Pleasant
i A. Stovall, 77. for more than fifty
, years a prominent figure in Georgia
Journalism and for many years editor
; of the Savannah Evening Press, died
j at his home here today.
Stovall, who became a chum of
Wood row Wilson when he and the
war president were schoolboys in
Augusta. Ga., and who was named by
the president as minister to Switzerland.
had for years been ono of Georgia's
most prominent newspaper men.
Death followed an attack of indigestion.
Stovall was born in Augusta July
10, 1857. Besides Mrs. Stovall. a son,
Joseph, now in Paris, France; two
daughters, Mrs. S'Ada Adams Mason,
Savannah, and Mrs. Pleasant Stovall
Cralgie, Ix>ndon, England, survive.
When Senator Huey Ix>ng under
'took to attack the World war record
of President Roosevelt, pointing out
that the president, then an assistant
secretary of the navy, drew a salary
of $10,000 per year, 8enator Tydingi
of Maryland, warned him that Long
might face something more than <
Srocal" argument, and then told th<
Klngflsh to discuss his own war rec
ord. Long did not serve In the war.
Camden's Share Of
Taxes From Beer
Columbia, S. C.?Allocation of $33,230
in revenue, representing taxes
collected from the sale of wines and
beer during the first quarter of the
year, January, February and March,
have been made by the state tax commission,
W. G. Query, chairman, announced.
Collections for the quarter practically
doubled those of the same period
of 1034. In other words, collections
during the three months of last
year totaled only $30,507, which was
$20,003 less than the 1035 quarter.
The largest amount of revenue ullocuted
to any one county was $4,330
to Charleston. Greenville received
the next largest amount, $2,747; Richland
the next largest amount, $2,235;
and Spartanburg $1,037.
The city of Charleston likewise received
the large allocation that went
u> any one municipality, $1,820, and
Columbia the next largest amount,
$1,000.
The beer drinker of Due West, the
home of the Associate Reformed
Presbyterian church, has "passed
from the picture," so to speak.
Whereas during previous quarters the
Abbeville county town has received
from 0 to 12 cents, it will receive no
voucher for the three months just
past. The same is true of Wei Word,
the home of the tax commission
chairman, which had received small
vouchers in'the past but is otf the
mailing list this time. The smallest
amounts that are being allocated this
time are going to Cameron, Mt.
Croghan, Neeses and Bradley, each
of which will receive nine cents.
The city of Anderson will get $387;
Florence $305; Greenville $803; Spartanburg
$<>05; SunHer $207; Rock
Hill $252; Camden $251, anil Greenwood
$25t5. The town of Lexington
will receive '$20 and Ix'xington county
gets $207.
Presbyterian Church Services
Sunday. May 10. A. Douglas MeArn,
pastor. Church school 1A a. m ;
morning worship 11:15, This church
is cooperating with the Columbia
Evangelistic Club in their program
in our city on this day. S. II, MeMaster
will have charge of the Men's
Bible Class and Dr. W? R, Barron
will speak at . the morning hour of
worship. There will bo a mass meeting
for the men of Camden at the
Haiglar Theatre at three thirty Sunday
afternoon, May 19. The same
evening at eight o'clock there will
be a union service at the Baptist
church. Both of theso services will
be conducted by the Columbia Evangelistic
club. Every one is invited to
the services in this church. On account
of the above union service the
regular Vesper service in thiB church
is recalled.
Men's Bible Class Methodist Church
A real treat is in store for our
. men next Sunday. The class will be
addressed by J. B. Horton, General
Secretary of the Columbia Y. M.
C. A., and the Superintendent of the
Washington Street Sunday school. He
is an outstanding layman of the Upper
South Carolina Conference. Men,
let us turn out 100 per cent next Sunday
morning. He will have a great
message for us.?Jack Moore, Secretary.
Former Camden Man Honored
An associated press dispatch from
Oca la. Fla., under date of May 6.
says:
"John B. Phelps of Miami, wus elevated
to the grand mastership of the
Grand Council of Royal and Solect
Masters of Florida at the fifty-fifth
annual session of the Masonic organization
here, today."
Mr. Phelps' was born and reared in
Camden and will be remembered by
many or our people, lie left here
around thirty years ago. and Is now
a prominent real estate dealer In
Miami.
THURSDAY'S ROTARY NOTES Thursday's
Rotary luncheon was
taken up largely on a report of the
District Convention at Rock Hill
i Talks were made by Dr. John W. Cor
i bett, John Villepigue and Douglas Mc
Arn, delegates to the convention.
Rotary code of ethics were present
ed to Lee Mays and Basil Bruce. Ir
ving Pierce, Basil Bruce and IA'C
Mays, members who have Joined in
Rotary during the past few months
were called upon for their autoblo
graphy, and each gave an interesting
sketch of their lives.
The program next week will be In
charge of Lee Little and the follow
ing week in charge of Blakeney Zemp
Dr. John W. Corbett will represoni
the Camden club at the Internationa
Rotary convention, to be held In Mex
ico City in June. He will be accom
panled by his granddaughter, Misi
1 Caroline Richardson,
t : .
' One Bullet Kills Two
i - Benton, 111.?The bullet flred b;
! Mrs. Mary Madd la, 40, In committln]
i suicide, passed through her bodj
> striking her husband. Pete, 45, In th
- heart. He died immediately, whll
she lived for a few hoars.
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Harvey Jordan Says
Ad Was Misleading
rii?? Chronicle received under date
of 1 uosduy, May 14, a telegram from *
Colonel Harvey Jordon, of Atlanta,
managing director American Cotton
AHHoeiatlou and Hotter Farming Campaign,
which rendu as follows:
Telegram already ?et.
In interest of accuracy, fair pluy
and Southern prosperity I call attention
to unjust, unfair assertion in advertisement
of Chilean Nitrate headed
"Cook, Compare," appearing In
Southern publications. This advertisement
draws conclusions unwarranted
hy facts and casts discredit
upon a Southern product and is untrue
us to statements and conclusions.
; implies synthetic American
Nitrate mad? In the South Is less effective
than foreign Chilean Nitrate.
Even though photograph in the particular
advertisement I refer to can
have no actual reference to American
Nitrate of soda since it was taken In
1!?27, before American Nitrate of soda
industry wus founded, you of
course know that the Inferences and
conclusions are untrue and not based
on science or practice. Understand
that this particular advertisement has
been withdrawn because they are now
convinced of its unfairness. However,
I believe that In the interest of
truth and accuracy as well ?s in the
interest of the South you will correct
in your columns any false impression
that may have been created by this
advertising which has alHo been used
in with, direct mail campaign to fnrJ
mors. You know authorities agree
synthetic nitrate made In the South
has the same efTeet as other nitrate
and adds to prosperity of the South."
[LivestocksClub Boys
! Pointing The Way
I ^ Allendale, May 11.?Joe Bryan of
Fairfax fed out a 4-H club calf for
.the recent Savannah Fat Stock Show.
| He showed his calf in the club and
j open classes and won third place in
I each showing.
[ When placed on feed Joe's calf
weighed 655 pounds and when sold
weighed Hf>0 pounds. The selling
| price for this animal was $10.75 per
hundred pounds returning a profit
above feed and purchase price of
| 4"This animal was fed for 10-1 days
and consumed $25.00 worth of a mixture
of home-grown feed consisting
of 885 pounds of corn-and-cob meal,
.284 pounds of velvet bean meal, 284
pounds of cottonseed meal as a grain
j ration with 1,000 pounds of corn stovler
and grass hay," says W. H. Pressly,
county farm agent.
Young Bryan is well pleased and
is planning to feed out a calf for the
State Fair.
Marion, May 11.?,E. (j. Edwards,
Jr., Marion 4-H club boy, completed a
feeding demonstration on four pigs
and received a return of, $1.02 per
I bushel for corn fed. During the 53|day
feeding period, these four pigs
jmade a total gain; of 371 pounds.
| This clubster bought the corn for
feeding his pigs at 75 cents per bushi
el.
| This good job of feeding shows
the possibility or marketing corn
I through hogs for more money than
we can obtain locally/', says W. R.
Wells, Jr., Marion county farm agent!
Ridgeland, May 11."?Four Jasper
county 4-H club boys. Risden WallVernon
Fleming, J. W. Keiflfer and
Robert Keiflfer, each fed an Angus
! calf 'for the stock show at Savannah.
J J he calves won. second,, third and
j fourth places i^ the middle weight
; classes. Vernon also was given secI
ond place in the open show.
j "This record has aroused interest
j among other club boys in this county
[and we expect a larger number to
r m n and sold at the fair this,
fall," says County Agent J. P. Gra1
ham. 7"
Miss Redfearn To Be
Crowned May Queen
1 By popular vote Miss Elsie Claire
Redfearn was chosen May Queen and
will be crowned this afternoon, at
5:30 in a lovely May Festival sponsored
by Circle Number Four of Bethes1
resbyterlan church. The churchifan?,?f
Bethe8da Presbyterian church
Will be the^acene of the coronation.
Miss Redfearn le the daughter of
; Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Redfearn mul is
an unusually pretty and attractive
i Y?unR Miss. She will have as her
. maid of honor Miss Paulafto West,
r .who came second In the voting and
I other attendants will be:- Misses
1 Susan Team, Ellen Eittle, Helen Tln5S'
Mary Rlchoy? Frances Baruch,
Edith Copeland, I.ena Stevenson, Ann
' Clarkson, Barbara Zerap and Margarqt
Osborne.
Other attractions of the afternoon
f will be the May pole dance by foul*
I teen lovely little girl*, and Danca of
j. the 8pring.
e Ice cream will be sold.
* ...Admission charge* are: adult* IB
cent*; children io oents. - 7
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