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J. M. FARRELL, ONE OF
STATE’S BEST FARMERS
Has Thousands of DoUars Invested
ip Latest Farm Machinery.
SUNDAY SCHOOL MEETING. MAJ. it W. RICHARDSON DEAD. TO MEET AT WILU8T0N. MARRIED IN PHILADELPHIA.
One of the most successful farmers
and merchants in the State is Mr. J.
M. Farrell, of Blackville, owning a
gobd part of a city block and culti
vating thousands of acres' of land.
Mr. Farrell has one’continuous tract
of land that contains 2,500 acres, be
dsides other smaller farming interests,
with sixty-two plows running bn the
big tract. Altogether he operates
eighty plows, maintains between fif-
.i^ty and sixty tenants on the “share-
crop” basis, raising enough food
stuffs to. enable these tenants virtu
ally to “live at home.”
Thousands in Machinery.
Mr. Farrell is enthusiastic in the
matter of modern labor-saving ma-
, chinery and has thousands of dollars
invested in the latest farm machin
ery. He is using the International
Harvester Company’s kerosene oil
tractor which plows, gins cotton and
hauls his oats from the field. The
tractor., can plow five acres a *ay
with sixteen gallons of fuel, only one
« nan required to operate the machine
he also maintains an auto truck op
rating from various points and used
n the main for transpqrting lime and
fertiliser, two men operating. The
« truck has a capacity of eighteen tons
five miles per day. His motor hay
press has put out 4,200 bales of hay
thiryw.
' > More Than Bale to Acre.
Last year Mr. Farrell realized 338
bales of cotton from 239 acres of
land, and aver&ged a bale to the acre
on the same land this year. His
total cotton crop this year was ap
proximately 750 with a total yield of
600 bales. ‘
Mr.” Faiy-ell is of the opinion that
cotton will bring in the neighborhood
of twenty cents a pound next fall.
Heavy Grain Crop.
11,000 bushels of oats have already
bOen sold this year from the Far-
► rell farms. Mr. Farrell states,
though, that the crop was not profi
table. He says South Carolina farm
ers can not make oats and sell them
here oo a feed basis in successful
competition with the west at a price
of fifty cents a bushel. He does .be
lieve, * however, that oats can be
raised profitably at sixty and severi
ty-five cents per bushel as for seed.
Mr. Farrell raised 500 aces of
wheat which must average at least
a yield of thirty bushels to the acre
to be profitable.
Humus.
This enterprising farmer is very
much interested in humus products,
x This last year he planted 260 acres
of velvet beans, which make an ad
mirable humus, and 700 acres of peas
after small grain. The beans were
plowed under as were also 400 acres
of the pea-vmes, 506-acres bT^tTieTat-
ter being cut for hay to add to the
um total of a hay crop of more than
,000 bales.
Thirty-five acres $f peanuts have
been raised for. the swine herds on
the Farrell lands. He has raisec
'about 150 hogs this year and all his
tenants have enough meat to last
them until late spring or early sum
mer, as well as enough syrup made
on the farms to last them twelve
months. That story is repeated with
slight variations every year; in oth
er words, the Farrell tenants largely
'‘live at home.”
Preparing for Boll Weevil. _
-. M{. Farrell says that the farmers
iri Barnwell county are getting ready
for the boll weevil and gradually in
creasing their live stock, * mainly
hogs and beef cattle.' He has him
self lately purchased two pure brec
Hereford bulls to improve the beef
cattle stock.
Questioned on the matter of fat
tening cattle, Mr. Farrell said he hac
not tried the proposition in three
ears, but that he was still seeing
the~7ieneficialresults of the compost
of three years~^go»-«^e is of the
opinion that to make . the
clear profit one must be able to buy
the cattle up on a four-cent market
arid sell or a six cent market. His
experiment with the matter showed
a direct loss because he was^not in
a position to feed ensilage to the
^cattle but ' had to buy cotton-seed-
‘ hulls and meal but he feels that he
ave had an indirect profit on
the face of the above stated fact
zt he is still seeing the benefits of
ompost scattered three years ago.
Jdr Ftfrrett also annually raises a
good lot of cucumbers and canta-
"Tmipw wittr wtten an4-peatc iespevt-
ively, later planted in ■Qur middles.
Believes in Lima.
This BUrgvills planter believes in
the beneficial effects of lime, and
uses about 400 Urns annually. He
Outlook Is Bright for Best Meeting
Ever Held in the County. >
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The Barnwell County Sunday
| Gallant Confederate Anawera
' Roll Call.
S. C. Asparagus Growers Association
Hold Annual Meeting Jan. 20th.
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Henry Warren Richardson, who,
School meeting will be held at Barn- I after having been in failing health
well at the Baptist Church on Jar-
9th, 1916. The indications are that
this will be one of the best Sunday
School meetings ever held in tho
county.
One of the principal speakers /or
the meeting will be Mr. R. D. Webb,
General Secretary of the South Car
olina Sunday School Association.
Mr. Webb has been in the State only
a few months, but he has already
helped in a number of Sunday School
meetings. For thirteen years he
was a teacher in a State college in
Alabama. During that time he was
a Sunday School Superintenckiat, a
president of the County AsS^iation.
and a Field Secretary of the Ala
bama Sunday School AsSociition.
His addresses come from his o*n ex
periences and from his study of Sun
day School problems for many years,
i Mrs. S. N. Burts, Elementary Sup
erintendent of the State Association,
will also be present and make three
addresses. Mrs. Burts is a special
ist in the elementary work, and her
talks will be helpful to every Sun
day School teacher present. She is
one of the best Sunday School work
ers in the State, and will give prac
tical talks on Sunday School prob-
ems of those who teach children of
from three to twelve years of age.
<Lt will pay every teacher in Bamwv.t
County to be present and hear her
talks.
Besides Mr. Webb and Mrs. Burts,
number of others will take part on
the program. This program has al
ready been prepared with a view of
making the meeting especially help
ful to the Sunday School superinten
dents, teachers and officers.
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Rosemary News.
Elko, R. F. D. No. 1, Jan.
Mrs. R. J. Gunnels and son Master
Theodore, of Olar, spent the week
end with Mesdames P. F. Parker and
C. E. Heath.
* Mr. Charlie Johnson, of Warren-
ville, spent « few days with Warren
Parker last week.
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Hair left one
day lash week for Millette, where
they will make their future home.
Mr. H. M. Cook and daughter, Misa
Lucy, of Snelling, were the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Hair last week.
Miss Mattie Hair has returned
home after a very pleasant stay with
relatives near Millette.
Mr. W. C. Kennedy wag a visitor
to Barnwell salesday. " Y'
With regret we learn that Mrs.
K. S. Hair and family will make their
future residence in Williston.
Miss Lessie Heath is at home af
ter an extended visit to her punt,
Misa Bessie Anderson, of Williston.
Sold Out Entirely
for a year, suffered an attack of
prfeumonia a fortnight ago, died at
3:30 o’clock-Tuesday morning at his
home in' Columbia. The remains
Were taken to his old home in Hamp
ton County and interred Tuesday af
ternoon in Black Swamp cemetery,
where sleep his ancestors.
Maj. Richardson was born in Beau
fort distrist August 21, 1844, the son
of Dr. Henry Warren Richardson and
of his wife, who was before her mar
riage Miss Mary Maner. He mar
ried Miss Sarah Aldrich, who, with 2
sons, Alfred Aldrich Richardson and
Henry Warren Richardson, Jr., sur
vives him.
When the .War Between the Sec
tions broke out, Maj. Richardson was
a lad of 15, attending school in Cul
peper, Va. He returned to South
Carolina and entered Mt. Zion insti
tute, Winnsboro, then a famous boys’
school. In a short time, however, he
cast aside his books and enlisted in
the Confederate army, becoming a
member of the Charleston Light
Dragoons. Gen. M. C. Butler was his
devoted personal friend through life.
In this branch he served gallantly
until he was captured at Cold Harbor
and carried to Point Lookout prison.
Managing to effect his escape after
h* succeeded in working
hi» way home to Allendale by way of
Savannah and conducted his mother
to Ninety-Six just in time to escape
Sherman’s army, as the result of the
raid of which his home was burned.
The war over, he planted success
fully in Bsrnwell County and a nota
ble incident in his public and patriot
ic service was the selling by him of
20 bales of cotton in New York with
which to purchase 100 rifles for the
members of the Richardson Light
Dragoons, a military company organ
ized by him for the protection of the.
southwestern part of the State du
ring the Reconstruction period. This
company figured in the riots of El-
lenton and Stafford’s Cross Roads, at
which latter place a number of prom
inent white citizens were rescued
from a house in which they had been
surrounded by negroes led by Gen.
Whipper. Msj. Richardson, heading
a guard of 600 men, escorted Gen
Wade Hampton through the “low
country” during the perilous cam
paign for governor in 1876.
Subsequently he was for four years
collector of the port at Beaufort,
during President Cleveland’s first sd
ministration and was for four years
in the revenue department under Col
A. S. Towne during the second Cleve
land administration. ~ *
From the time of the oi*gariizstion
of the State Confederate infirmary
in Columbia antil a year ago, Maj.
Richardson was the superintendent
of the institution.
The People has received the fol
lowing notice for publication:
-The South Carolina Asparagus
Growers Association will hold their
annual meting at Williston on Mon
day, January 20th. All growers of
asparagus are requested to attend
and all farmers and business men'
who are interested along this line
will be welcomed.
We will have with us on thaf date
Mr. A. R. Rule, general manager of
the North American Fruit Exchange,
which has been' employed to handle
the business for the Association for
the season of 1916. We also wish to
announce that the Department of
Agriculture at Washington has been
asked to send down the Hon. C. E
Bassett, who has had quite a great
deal of experience in organizing as
sociations. He is a most entertaining
speaker and one that will be worth
the timetof all visitors.
The Association was organized at
Trenton onM^ly 27th, 1915. While
we have not been able to do any busi
ness through the Association we
hope to begin the coming season. The
contract has been placed for the
crates—fifty thousand or more. A
contract has also been placed for 400
spools of tape.
The Association will be represent
ed at the following points: Ridge
Spring, Jlrsnisjl* Hattieville.
Pond, Williston and Elko, and a cor
dial invitation is extended to the
growers of Barnwell and Blackville
to join at the approaching meeting.
M. C. KITCHINGS, . •
, - Director.
Mr. H. A. Rich and Misa Rnsah Viv
ienne Sh rfsin Wed Last Week.'’
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OUR LINOTYPE CLUB.
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The dispensary is a thing
past in Bamberg county, all
whiskey having been disposed of be
fore • Christmas eve. Several other
counties in South Carolina have
large stocks on hand and have until
the first day of January, 1916, in
which to dispose of them, after
which time the prohibition law goes
into effect.—Bamberg County Times.
Cotton Ginnings.
The Long Branch Philosopher
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There were 34,766 bales of cotton
ginned in Barnwell County prior to
December 13th, as compared to 56,-
791 to the same date in 1914, accord
ing t6 a r.eporf of the Department of
Commerce on December 20th. The
total for the State was 1,098,495
last year as compared with 1,328,-
482 in 1914. /-
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’o Wed in March.
Bainbridge, Ga., Dec. 30.—Dr. and
Mrjs. E. C. Smih, formerly of Wil
liston, now of Bainbridge, Ga., an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter, Vera, to t)r. Glen Darby-
sKl?Br4h«jjeddmg to take place Wed
nesday, MarcT
The hollabelow is over the ex
change of presents, good wishes &c
are over and old folks are glad that
things are normal once more and
most people are about as well off as
if they had kept their money for their
own use. to illustrate, when Mrs Mas
gives us a pack of Cheroots and we
giv6 her a nickle Handkerchief we
are just even.
• ihst years progress wilh most of
us was al)but like Fords peace Mis-
ion to Eroupe it would not bear close
inspection, and the traders, my! they
have had a time goods at % ^4 %
value there is always a cut price and
a big Sale on. we have come to be
lieve it about likff we would a fellow
who says he likes a cold bath in mid
winter but every fellow to his trade,
and our trade digging in the sand
will soon be on. yet we have en
joyed the Holidays fine we. killed a
shoat and went to mill and during
our idleness we received some fine
Holiday card from very prominent
people, we don^mean-president-Wrl’
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The following subacribers have
qualified for membership in Tfie Peo
ple’s Linotype Clnb by paying their
subscription dues:
T. B. Harley, Barnwell, Route 2.
Mrs. F. H. Dicks, Dunbarton.
M. \ Moye, Fairfax.
J. L. Weathers bee, Williston.
R. M. Wilson, Allendale.
LaUrie C. Fowke, Lyndhurst.
H. W. Deer, Ulmer.
A. W. Manuel, Ulmer.
B. M. Darlington, Barnwell.
D. M. Oglesby, Seigljngville.
J. E. Jowers, Blackville, Route 3.
Dr. W. E. Ellis, Meyer’s Mill.
M. L. Collins, Govan.
C. E. Edenfield, North Augusta.
W. T. Steed, Appleton.
J. B. Hartzog, Hilda.
E. A. Furse, Martin.
0. W. Barker, Seiglingville.
J. L. Croft, Blarkville, Route 2.
A. P. Hiers, Elko, Route 1.
R. A. Weathersbee, Williston.
J. A. Creech, Blackville.
W. H. Hartzog, Blackville, Route 2.
D. W. Brown, Meyer’s Mill.
C. B. Parker, Williston, Route 2.
R. L. Wooley, Williston, Route 2.
Mrs. D. M. Johnston, Elko, Route 1.
G. C. Matthews, Williston, Route' 1.
B. H. Dyches, Elko, Route 2.
E. H. McDonald,- Blackville.
M. P. Webb, Blackville.
Blackville, Dec. 28.—Wedding invi
tations have been received at Black
ville reading thus: “Mr. and- Mrs.
Moses Sharfsin request the honor of
your presence at the miurriage of
their daughter, Eosah Vivienne, to
Mr. Harry Asher Rich on Thursday,
December '30, at 6:30 o’clock. The
Roosevelt, 2027 Chestnut Street,
Philadelphia.”
Mr. Rich is a Blackville boy, man
ager of the Blackville Insurance
agency, a man of sterlihg qualities
and polished manners, and numbers
his friends by the score. - ,
Miss Sharfsin is a sweet and
charming young lady, having made
numerous friends here during her
frequent visits from Allendale, a for
mer residence, and they shall be hap
py to learn that Blackville will be
her future home.
Mr. Rich left last week for Phila
delphia, accompanied by his mother
and sister, Miss Rosa Rich, who will
be in attendance upon the ceremony,
and their friends will look forward
for an opportunity to extend congrat
ulations to the happy couple, and wel
come the then Mrs. Rich to her new
home.
Mr. L. P. Groves, connected with C.
of Ga. railway, with headquarters at
Chattanooga, Tenn.; Mr. Harry C.
Groves, manager Flinkote Mfg. Co,
Boston^ Maas., and Dr. Mike G.
a prominent dentist at Charleston,
spent Christmas at home with their
mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. F.
P. Groves, at the Shamrock hotel.
Miss Teressa Cain of Augusta tr
the charming gueat of Miss Ada
Craech.
Miss Loretta Baiaden has returned
from a three months sojourn In South
Florida, her trip being featured by
many social entertainmenta given in
her honor. .
LEGISLATURE MEETS IN —
COLUMBIA NEXT TUESDAY.
General Assembly of South CaroE-
na Convenes Janaary 11th.
The second session of the 71st gen
eral assembly of South Carolina will
convene in Columbia bn Tuesday,
January the 11th, at noon. Both
houses are organised and the prelim
inaries should consume very little
time. ^ The'house will be called to or
der by Speaker James A. Hoyt ani
the senate by Lieut.Aadrew Bethea
or, in his absence, by Senator Le-
grand Walker of Georgetown, the
president pro tem. The lieutenant
governor went to Europe with Henry
Ford’s pacification expedition and ha
may not. get back until after the op
ening day of the session. %
The annual message of Governor
Richard I. Manning will probably ba
read in both branches on the opening
day.
There are no indications on the eve
ot the session of any matters of un-
usrial interest to come up.
The most interesting election to ha
held by the general assembly will ba
that of warehouse commissioner.
John L. McLaurin is the present com
missioner and he will be opposed for
reelection by John J. McMahan of C»-
lumbia, at present member of the del
egation from Richland county. This
fight is beginning to attract attention
and may take on considerable of a
} political significance before it is over.
('oznuulAorv tMiurutirm TPjlo i mnm
VSBy walw X ws aWSBM
system of land registration, rural
credits, diversified farming and trerm-
omy will come inf or their share of at
tention., and it la believed that' more
stringent laws for the punishment of
violators of the prohibition laws will
be made at this session.
says 4^13 necessary* to “sweeten” the~ J ’ &Qn nor H enr y Ford, but fish just a
soil. •' ' ' j little~Slrraile£^et all the time the pa-
Taken all in all, Mr. Farrell, still pers are Keeping^us-^eered about
young, has met with most signal sue- j t * le European ^rirhr, the
cess in his varied interests and es-* and man y other things too numerous
pecially has he been successful in his 40 mention . but we have long ago
agricultural interests. And ‘ one dec ‘ ded . th#t Mr Wilson wont fight
must admit that the Farrell farms i > ,ou P lu 8 him right on the
and the Farrell methods are distinct- no8e - we are not finding fault and
ly educational and valuable, have at- ‘ 411 we &ak of ^ creditors is to let
traded no- littlo attention and study
te-brought 1 gtrite good profit—The
(NOTE.—Other articles abou
Blackville's successful fanners will
follow in subsequent issues of The
People.—The Editor.)
Owens-Crane.
Allendale, Jan. 2.—The marriage
of Miss Eva Mae Oweni, daughter of
and Mrs. Augustus Washington
Owens, to Thomas Edward Crane of
Charlotte, N. C., was solemnized at
the Baptist church in Allendale, De
cember 22, the Rev. A. E. Reamer,
pastor rif the bride, officiating. Im
mediately after the ceremony a bril
liant reception was held at the home
of the bride’s parents. The same
evening Mr. and Mrs. Crane left for
Washington, New York and other
points. After January 1 they will be
at home in Allendale, where Mr.
Crane holds the position of superin
tendent of the graded and high
schools. The bride is the only daugh-'
ter of -Mr. and Mrs- A. W. Owens,
having always made her home iri Al
lendale, and is a young woman of
unusual r; charm, numbering her
friaudAjft-gH who know her.
At Fmur Score Years.
Mrs. M. D. Boineau returned today
from Charleston, whore she has been
spending the holidays with her broth
er-in-law and sister, Capt. W. E.
Murray, U. S, A., and Mrs. Murray,
at whose home on Christmas Eve,
was held the annual reunion of the
Calhoun family on the occasion of the
birthday of the mother, Mrs. A. W.
Calhoun. The feature of the occae
sion was a reception in the afternoon
when a huge old-faahioned pound
cake, ablaze with four score signifi
cant candles, was cut and the health
of the venerable guest of honor
pledged in champagne poured from
a large silver loving cup presented
to her by her children. Among the
guests invited outside of the family
was Col. Barrol, commanding officer
of the fort; Mrs. Barrol, and the oth
er officers and their wives. The
First artillery band played all after
noon, including in the programme a
number of old-fashioned airs in com-
piiment to Mrs. Calhoun.
The children present were^ Mrs.
Boineau, dolumbia; L. M. Calhoun,
Barnwell; E. O. Calhoun, Teague,
Texas; H. D. Calhoun, Barnwell;. J.
B. Calhoun, Charleston; M. B. Cal
houn, Allendale. Mrs. Harry G. Wil
son of Charleston, a granddaughter,
was also there.—The State, jan. 2.
Pleasant Hill Newt. .
| JOINT MEETING AT BARNWELL*
| Teachers aad Trustees to Meet Here
Saturday, January 15th.
There will be a joint nsting ef
the teachers and trustees dt the
schools of Barnwell County in Em
Barnwell High School audltorfuni eu
Saturday, January 15th, at 10 e’cteck.
Among the prominent speakers are
Prof. W. H. Hand, State high achsal
inspector, Representative R. P. Roar-
son, Jr., of Allendale, and Dr. |F. M.
Jones, of Williston. The following
teachers will also taka part in tte
programme: Prof. F. C. Chi tty, af
Fairfax; Mrs. W. D. Rice, 6f Apple-
ton, and Mrs. ( Clara Li Johnston Hitt,
of Elko. There will be short talh%
in the nature of a round table dis
cussion, by the teachets and trustees.
Refreshments will be served by
the Barnwell Civic League. A full
programme of the exercises will ba
published next weelt.
Party far Mias Simms.
Miss May Simms of Barnwell, whe
is visiting Mias Emily Bellinger m
Pickens street, was complimented by '
Miss Bellinger with a pleasant little
bridge party Wednesday afternoon.
Beside Mias Simms those who playnl
were: Mrs. W. Hampton Gibbes, Mrs.
Oscar L. Keith, Mrs. Henry L. Foehns
Mrs. W. E. McGee, Mrs. S. M. Rica,
Mrs. William Hatcher Jones, Mimas
Nellie Smith, Carolina Vance, tohmi*
Derieux and Annie Cooley of Grnan-
ville. Mrs. Gibbes, scoring higbont,
was given a box of dainty correspon
dence cards and Misa Cooley, mak
ing the lucky cut, was given a haiql-
embroidered handkerchief, MMs
Simms received as a souvenir nf flm
Later
Special to The People.
Williston, Dec. 31—The families
of Messrs. J. G. Davis and Thomp
son Baxley left here last week to join I party * pretty card case. Later t|to
them in Dublin, Ga., where they will ] er8 ^ b ^ e card tables were daintily
A Narrow Escape.
Mr. Angus Baxley, of Dunbarton,
-*-harrpw escape from serious in-
jury~-ao4^possIbte death Thursday
morning wfieTt hia horse took
at an approaching aBtOmotule and
ran away. The drive^hroughT
machine to a stop at a signal from
Mr. Baxley, whb then motioned for
hat Scrjcnr:..? onf- As he approached,
however, the horse became unman-
cable and da«hed off, overturning
the buggy and throwing Mr. Baxley
out. *' '.oogh the vehicle waa bad
ly damaged, Mr. Baxley escaped
make their future home.
Mrs. E. P. Mitchell and children
have returned to their home in North
Augusta after a pleasant stay at the
home'of Mr. and Mrs. B. 0. Mitchell.
Miss Mattie Kennedy is visiting
relatives in Atlanta.
Miss Inez Weathersbee, of Elko,
and Miss Mayna Weathersbee, of
North Augusta, are spending the hol
idays at home with their parents, Mr.
and Mrs.-R. S. Weathersbee.
Messrs. Wyatt Woodward, Preston
Beck and Ashley Greene visited in
Augusta last week.
"' Miss Essie Woodward is at home
again after an extended visit to her
sister, Mrs. G. W. Hutson, of Mt. f
Calvary.
Misses Blanche and Priarle Hank-
inson, of Windsor, spent last week
Miss Thelma Creech. s '_
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Woodward were
guests of relatives near Black-
le'tasMyeek.
Mrs." Moo^T^Caarm’ xai
| daughter, of MidrHleTcBt.-'Hqipnt -“a
a few days of last waek at the
of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Weathersbee.
set for
| Jan. 2.
a salad course.—The Stat^
Silver Wedding
Ulmers, Jan. 1.—On Chriatmne
evening Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. Griffin
celebrated their ' silver wedding at
vtheir home at Ulmers, which wan’
mtifully decorated, the coler
^scheme beinf white and green. The
^ were met at the dock by Mn.
Ira Griffin, where the presenta mein
received and displayed by Mrs. Grif
fin. The guests were then ushered
down-the hall to a nook, where pUMffr~
was served by Misses Lorena Brant
and Sadie -Harten. Music wa» rend
ered by Misses Brant and Harter. A
salad course was served which was
followed by mints by Misses. Connie
Brant, Sadie and Virginia Harter.
The bride was handsomely gowned
in black pilk with silver lace.
Mr"
■ Lybraad, who Ka
for Mr. D
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