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Brief Items o? Intervst Throughout
the Town au<l 'County.
The Bamberg graded and high
school resumed exercises on Monday
morning, after having spent two
w-eeks of Christmas holidays.
Mrs. Jones A. Williams and Mrs.
J. A. Wyman will be hostesses to the
F. M. Bamberg chapter of the U. D.
C. Tuesday, the 15th, at 4 p. m., at
the home of Mrs. Williams.
The City Market and Grocery has
changed ownership. Mr. E. L. Spann,
who has been operating this busi~?oc.
fiio nnst several months. sold
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out this week to Mr. Henry Zeigler.
Mr. Zeigler has already taken charge
of the business.
The extreme cold weather has caused
much discomfort and inconvenience
to the people-of Bamberg, not
only on account of the fuel shortage,
but also due to the freezing and
bursting of nearly all pipes and waterworks.
Many cases of la grippe
have also resulted.
Carlisle school reopened its doors
Tuesday morning, the 7th inst, after
two weeks of holidays. The opeping
after the holidays showed an increased
attendance, many new boys matriculating.
The school is this year
enjoying its most successful session
with an enrollment of more than 150
students.
Mrs. John H. Cope has been elected
chairman of the Women's Council
, of Defense in Bamberg and has taken
charge of the work with a vim. She
succeeds Mrs. J. R. Owens, who had
worked faithfully on all matters con
cerning the council, out wnose resignation
was made necessary on account
of her health.
Messrs. Willis K. Herndon and
George H. Fender, two popular Bamberg
boys, who volunteered last
summer for the naval reserve forces
of the country, have received their
orders to report for duty at Charleston,
and are getting in readiness to
begin their work for Uncle Sam.
They will leave Monday morning for
their post of duty.
In the statement of the incorporation
of the H. C. Folk company, in
the last issue of The Herald, the de
tails were slightly erroneous. The
company is capitalized at $16,000,
/ and the following are the officers of
the new concern: H. C. Folk, president
anld treasurer; H. N. Folk, vice
president and manager; J. W. Folk,
secretary. The new company took
over the individual business of Mr.
H. (j. foik on January isi.
We will be supplied with detailed
information for publication in our
next issue regarding the organization
of the civilian relief committee i
for Bamberg county, which will be
organized as a Red Cross committee.
The names of members of this committee
and the character of the work
which this committee will do, will be
announced later. Judging from available
information the duties of this
committee will be important.
A movement is on foot here and
throughout the county to have all'
the stores and business houses *in ,
the county, except, of course, the
drug stores, barber shops, etc., to
close their doors each evening at
six o'clock. This plan is being
agitated as a national idea througliv
out the nation at the instigation of
the national fuel administration for
the purpose of saving coal vwhich
would be used in supplying lights;
by the various plants. The move- j
meet for Bamberg county is being
headed by Mr. J.- A. Wyman, chairman
of the fuel administration for
this county.
Cotton Ginning Report. 1
The following is the official cotton
ginning report for Bamberg and surrminflinor
rrmntips for cotton einned
prior to December 13:
1917 1916
Bamberg 25,486 21,258
Barnwell 54,508 41,103
Colleton 18,096 12,457
Hampton 20,768 16,396
Orangeburg ..77,587 56,122
The totals for the State are: 1917,
1,110,365; 1916, 893,896.
Bamberg County Congratulated.
Capt. Richard E. Carwile, aid to
governor Manning, in charge of registrat'on
matters in South Carolina,
congratulates Bamberg county upon
Vie excellence of the organization of
its legal advisory board. Capt. Carwile
in a letter to Chairman Wyman
states: "I th'nk I am safe in saying
that no county is better organiz-.
ed than yours." The response to the
call for service and sacrifice was not
unheeded by our patriotic lawyers
and other c!t:zens, who are assisting
registrants in the preparation of
their questionnaires.
MUST CONSERVE FUEIi.
To This U:id Stores Are Asked to
(lose at Six O'clock.
The State fuel administrator, Mr.
B. B. Gossett, acting through the
chairman of the fuel committee for
Bamberg county, Mr. J. A. Wvman,
has requested the merchants of the
[ county to close their places of business
at six o'clock in the evening, ex|
cept 011 Saturdays, on which days the
closing hour is to be reasonably early.
The drug stores, barber shops
and restaurants of the county are excepted
from the six o'clock closing
hour, but are requested to close at
a reasonably early hour every evening.
The merchants are further requested
not to open their places of
business at an early hour.
This arrangement is expected to
continue in force as long as weather
conditions necessitate fires for warming
purposes in the stores.
Every city, and every merchant in
fact, in South Carolina, has been requested
to follow an arrangement
such as above outlined and the daily
papers have published statements
from numerous cities to the effect
that the citizens of their respectve
localtes have signified their intention
to carry out the suggestions of the
State fuel administrator.
The object sought by this arrangement
is, of course, fuel conservation
Murine- pmprppnr.v
Mr. Wyman is having circulated
in all of the towns of the county requests
in writing for the signatures
of the merchants and business men
generally, and judging from expressions
of approval which he has heard,
he believes that the request will meet
with almost universal favor, not only
for the reason that fuel will be
saved, but for the further reason
that the merchants and their clerks
will be saved from such long working
hours, and especially will this
plan find favor since the business
of the day may be attended to before
six o'clock.
Mr. J. W. Price, of Bamberg, Mr.
J. A. Wiggins, of Denmark, Mr. B. E.
Hughes, of Ehrhardt, and Mr. C. F.
Rizer, of Olar, have been requested
to secure the signature of the citizens
of their respective towns, and
Mr. Wyman says that he feels safe
in' announcing that beginning Jan.
10, 1918, the arrangement outlined
above will become effective.
Mr. 1). M. Co? Ajjent Here.
A change effective Monday, January
7th, has occurred in the Southern
depot here. Mr. S. C. Hollifield,
who has been the Southern's
agent here for more than a year past,
resigneu mai. pusiuuii tu euier tue
employment of the American Telephone
& Telegraph company, for
which he will work at Denmark.
To take his place here the Southern
has transferred Mr. D< M. Coe,
who has been in a sirailar position at
Denmark for quite a while, to Bamberg.
Mr. Coe was well liked in
Denmark. He has already entered
upon his duties here and has moved
his family to Bamberg. Mr. Hollifield
has gone to his home in North
Carolina to spend a few days before
returning to Denmark. He came to
Bamberg an absolute^ stranger, but
by his affable manner and courteous
attention to the patrons of the railroad
has made numerous friends here
who regret that he decided to leave
and are glad that he does not go very
far.
Over Seven Hundred Classified.
The members of the local exemp
tion board are working diligently
these days classifying the various
registrants who have? already filled
out and returned their questionnaires,
which must be mailed within
seven days after their receipt by the
registrants. As each man is classified
a postal card is mailed to him
notifying him of the class in which
he has been placed by the local
board and also stating that he will
j be allowed five days in which to apj
peal to the district board. To date
more than 700 men have been classified.
The last questionnaires were
mailed out Tuesday, and thus the
local board finished that work ahead
of time, and probably ahead of any
other county board in the State.
May Be Inducted into Service.
While men registered under the selective-service
law are not being accepted
at recruiting office for enlistment
in the Aviation Section of the
S'gnal Corrs, they may be inducted
; voluntarily into service by their local
boards if they are physically fit,
sufficiently skilled, and not required
to fill the current draft quota. They
w'll be sent to Camp Kelly, Tex., for
d'stribution into trades, training,
and formation into squadrons, with
rani s and salaries running from $30
a month as private to $S1 a month
as master signal electrician, food and
quarters provided Dy the Government.
Read The Herald $1.50 the year.
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KIRK SATURDAY NIGHT.
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Storo Occupied by I!. S. Simmons is
Damaged by Rlaze.
Last Saturday night about half j
past six o'clock and while the streets j
were still crowded, the alarm of lire j
was sounded and for a time it ap-1
peared that the blaze would grow to
he a serious one. The fire originated
in the one story brick building
occupied by Mr. R. S. Simmons with
his sewing machine business, the
building being located on Railroad |
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avenue immediately in the rear of
the old Johnson hotel. Mr. Simmons
had locked up and gone only a fewminutes
before, and it is presumed
that the lamp exploded. The fire
spread rapidly over the building and
in a few minutes the whole structure
? ? i 1 i i r t.
was a roaring oiaze aim uuiuiug mai.
The fire engine was rather slow in
arriving, and for a time it seemed
that the hotel building and stores
underneath it would be destroyed,
and several occupants of the rooms
in the hotel moved out their valuables.
However, when the truck did
get on the scene of action it served
its purpose well and the water power
was working splendidly, so that
the fire was very quickly gotten under
control and confined to the one
building in which it started.
The Greek next door suffered slight
damage from breakage, but Mr. Simmons
was the heaviest loser of all.
The building was practically new and
was owned by Mr. N. A. Hunt, of
Charleston. His loss was covered by
insurance. The entire interior and
frame work of the building will have
to be rebuilt to be of any service, but j
the brick walls remained intact and
were damaged very little. Mr. Simmons
had very little insurance on the |
contents of the building, which are a !
total loss, some few of the machines
however, being owned by the Singer j
Sewing Machine company. Mr. Sim- j
mons's loss will approximate seven !
or eight hundred dollars.
The salvage from this one fire will ,
probably far more than pay for the
fire truck and entire waterworks system
of the town, for without them
a whole block of business buildings
would probably have been destroyed.
Hints for Registrants.
The registrants of the county
should bear in mind that the law
yers and other public spirited citizens j
who are assisting in the^ preparation j
of questionnaires are doing this work
from patriotic motives, free of charge,
and at cost of private business absolutely
unattended to and in some cases
probably sacrificing work which
would have paid handsomely.
The chairman of the legal advisory
board is informed from his records
that with one exception every lawyer
in the county eligible for this work
has become a member of the board
and are assisting registrants. The
patriotic efforts of the members of
this advisory board should be rightly
valued and appreciated by registrants
and others interested in registrants,
and registrants should try
to make the work of the members of
the board as light as possible, and to
that end are requested to take notice
of the following:
Any registrant who claims deferred
classification on the ground of dependents
should bring such dependents
over sixteen years of age with
him when he asks assistance in preparing
his questionnaire. Any registrant
who claims deferred classification
on the ground of industrial
or agricultural occupation snouia d? j
accompanied by executive heads or ,
owners or managers of such enter-1
prises, and in the case of farmers j
some near neighbor should also ac-1
company registrants. These classes !
of registrants must secure certain !
affidavits from those specified herein,
and much time may be saved by
having them accompany registrants
who need aid in preparing questionnaires.
The legal advisory board is composed
of the following named citizens:
J. Wesley Cdum, Denmark, S. C.;
B. W. Miley, Bamberg, S. C.; J. A.
Wyman, chairman, Bamberg, S. C.
Associate members of the legal advisory
board:
At Bamberg?C. E. Black, R. P.
Bellinger, B. D. Carter, W. E. Free,
S. G. Mayfield, E. P. Allen, W. C.
Duncan, W. A. Klauber, Rev. R. H.
Jones, Rev. G. P. White, Rev. E. K.
Garrison, C. F. Brooks.
At Denmark?J. E. Steadman, R.
C. Hardwirk, Rev. J. M. Rodgers,
Rev. J. D. Huggins.
At Ehrhardt?W. D. Bennett, Prof.
Herbert Hucks, Rev. C. S. Felder,
Rev. D. H. Owings, Rev. P. D. Risinger.
At Olar?J. Ham Kirkland, A. W.
Brabham, Prof. R. F. Goodwin, Rev.
Achille Sascard.
At Embree?D. A. Gardner.
At Hunter's Chapel?J. G. Rlioad,
J. H. Fender.
Roland Thompson, a negro, was
drowned last Wednesday while trying
to cross the frozen river at Blair,
S. C.
DIED IN FRANCE.
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Soldier from t!iis Section Died a Victim
of TuI?etcnlo.-;is.
Mr. C. A. Milhouse, who resides
near Bamberg, received a telegram
Wednesday advising him of the death
of Corporal Henry C. Myrick in
France. Corporal Myrick was with
the American expeditionary forces
under Gen. Pershing "somewhere in
France." He formerly was a member
of the national guards at Marion.
He was raised by Mr. Milhouse, who
was his nearest relative.
Corporal Myrick died Monday,
January 7th, of tuberculosis. This
was an admirable young man, and
though he was not originally from
Bamberg county he was reared in
this community, and spent conHmo
in this f?itv
auiu c x in v aaa ? ?
had often visited in Bamberg, and for
several weeks some years ago he was
employed in the office of The Bamberg
Herald. He had been a member
of the national guard for a number
of years, and it had been about
five or six years since he had been
here. He is well spoken of by those
who knew him, and had a number of
friends in Bamberg who deeply deplore
his untimely but honorable
death. So far as known this is the
first member of the American expeditionary
forces from this section to
to die on the field of honor in France,
and although Mr. Myrick passed
away from natural causes, he, nevertheless,
gave his life just as truly
for the cause as if he had died in
actual battle.
Only One Land Sale Made.
Monday was the first monday in
the month and the year and was consequently
January salesday, but the
prosperity of Bamberg county is evidently
preventing very much land
being sold here under orders of the
court, and few people were attracted
to town salesday. January salesday
in Barnwell sometime sdraws a
crowd of fifteen hundred or two
thousand visitors, but very little
change in the usual Monday crowds
was noted here.
There was only one sale which was
conducted by the probate judge, J.
J. Brabham, Jr. It included 95 acres
of farm lands and resulted from an
order of the court in the case of Nettie
Nimmons, et al., against J. E.
Kennedy, et al. The tract brought
$1,245, and was purchased by Mr.
R. C. Jones.
Income Tax Officer Coming.
In a communication received by
The Herald D. C. Heyward, collector
of internal revenue, Columbia, announces
that a federal income tax
officer will he sent into this county
on Jan. 14 and will be here until Jan.
19. Information as to where this
officer will have his headquarters can
be obtained from the postmast.er or
any of the bankers. He will be willing
to help persons subject to the
income tax make out their returns
without any cost to them for his services.
Returns of income for the year
1917 must be made on forms provided
for the purpose before March 1st.
Because a good many people do not
understand the law, and wont know
how to make out their returns, the
government is sending in this expert
to do it for them. But the duty is
on the taxpayer to make himself
known to the government. If a person
does not make return on or before
the first *of March, penalties as
provided by law will be incurred. If
you are not sure about being subject
to the tax you had better see the
income tax man while he is here, and
make sure. Whether you see the income
tax man or not you must make
return if subject to the tax.
Persons resident in other counties
may, if they want to, come and see
the income tax man who will be here.
Mr. Heyward suggests that everybod
start to figuring up at once his
income and expenses so as to be
ready with the figures when the expert
arrives. Expenses, however, do
not mean family expenses, money
used to pay off the principal of a
debt new machinery, buildings, or
onvthin? HkA that. Thev mean what
you spend in making your money?
interest, taxes paid, hired help,
amount paid for goods sold, seed,
stock bought for feeding, rent (except
for your dwelling), etc. Income
includes about every dollar you
get.
Lieut. Ityan in France.
The many friends here and elsewhere
throughout the State of Lieut.
G. D. Ryan, former superintendent
of the Bamberg electric light plant,
will be interested to learn definitely
that he is now with the American
expeditionary forces "somewhere in
France." There was a report some
time ago to that effect, which was in
error. However, it is now an established
fact that Lieut. Ryan is with
the actual fighting forces of the nation
on the other side.
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TO ASSIST IN GETTING COAL.
County Fuel Administrator Will Help
Needy Localities.
Consumers of coal for domestic
purposes will be assisted in securing
a car or cars of such coal by Mr. J.
A. Wyman, chairman of the fuel committee
for Bamberg county. Any one
in the county who deals in coal, supplying
the public, if unable to secure
their requirements of coal
through the ordinary channels, may
secure the aid of the chairman of the
fuel committee in obtaining a car of
coal, if the need for coal for domestic
consumption is great. Wood
should be used wherever possible,
since the use of wood, where obtained
near at hand, releases railway fa
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ciiities ior sucn otner aemanaeu purposes,
and also lessens by that much
the consumption of coal, now so urgently
needed by the government in
its great task, and so much desired
by those living in less favored climates.
We are informed that Mr. Wyman
has requested the U. S. fuel administrator
for South Carolina, Mr. B. B.
Gossett, to authorize him to obtain
assistance in the work imposed upon
him, by appointing additional members
of the fuel committee for Bamberg
county.
Mr. Wyman hopes to be in position
to make some announcement in the
next issue of The Herald relative to
this matter.
Bamberg Baptist Church.
Preaching next Sunday at 11 a.
m. and 7:30 p. m. by the pastor, Geo.
P. White.
Morning?"Three Days in a Nat-?'r?n'c!
T-Tio+nrv "
Evening?"Playing the Fori."
Sunday-school at 10 a. m.?Dr.
Robt. Black superintendent.
Public cordially invited to each
service.
New Advertisements.
E. L. Spann?Lost.
J. A. Wyman?Lost.
Peoples Bank?$63.75.
D. Bessinger?For Rent.
H. J. Brabham?For Sale.
Peoples Bank?Have Money.
J. B. Brickie?Down on His Back.
Standard Oil Co.?On the Inside.
Bamberg Banking Co.?John G.
Knox.
Bamberg Banking Co.?No Individual.
. Standard Oil Co.?Like Mother
Sunlight.
Enterprise Bank?When Opportunity
Beckons.
Farmers and Merchants Bank?
Saving is a habit. "EVERY1
"Everywoman,"Henry W. Savage's
will be viewed at the Academy of M
Mrriin? with world wide honors, is i
.ricals. It is not, properly speaking,
ments of drama?tense situations w
not opera, though there are in its t<
rious and dignified character, and it
cut years no production has been n
disregard for cost; and it is not mus
l.ant chorus and hosts of pretty gii
and represents the very latest word
please the most exacting, offer div<
is nothing to remind the spectator <
seen. There is no other play or pr<
It proves a delight for the eye and \
for the ear. It is a feast for the lov-1
er of luxury; beautiful gowns upon!
vthe forms of fair women; artistic de- !
signs in costumes and draperies,!
sumptuous stage settings evidencing:
a wizardry of light and color ef
fects, the highest achievement of the
specialist. No production within the
memory of the present day theatregoer
has aroused such interest, has
been the cause of so much written
and spoken approval. The pages of
the magazines have been filled with
reviews and critical estimates of the
| work, and every theatre in which it
has been seen has been filled with eat
ger audiences.
"Everywoman" is a fascinating entertainment.
It has a deep undercurrent
of philosophy and conveys a
message; but it amuses while it instructs,
and it is the most powerful
play of purpose of recent years. The
idea is whimsical, at times almost facetious.
"Everywoman," its central
character, whose life story is the moI
tivo nf tho nlav ia a mriprptp PYRTTl
pie of a beautiful, refined, accomplished
woman of this period. She
is of our day?one of us?and the
yearnings which fill her soul are those
of the average young woman of the
times. An unsatisfied longing in her
heart for love is the mission which
sends her from the peace of her own
fireside out into the world. Her mirror
tells her that she is beautiful and
Flattery, a personified dandy, whispers
to her of a great King Love who
is waiting somewhere to claim her
and make her his own.
Accompanied by her three handmaidens,
Youth, Beauty and Modesty,
she sets out upon her pilgrimage.
In her quest she visits strange and
Goes to Officers* Training Camp. ^
Last week many Bamberg people
were giad and proud to learn that
.Mr. E. H. Henderson, formerly a
prominent attorney of the local bar,
but who has been In army service
since the first of September at Camp
Jackson, had been nominated by the
proper military authorities as one A
from among the ranks to enter the ^
training camp for officers soon to be- '
gin, which will commission the worthy
candidates as second lieutenants. ^
This is quite a tribute to Mr. HendeN
son's ability, as only the very bes^fl^J
men in the service were selected, and^^H
his many friends here are glad that
he will be given this opportunity to
show his mettle. There is no doubt
in the minds of those who know him
as to Mr. Henderson winning his ^
commission. Mr. Henderson holds j
the honor of being the first man se- *
lected from Bamberg county in the
national army.
Officers Installed.
Monday night at the regular convention
of the Bamberg lodge, K. of
P., the officers elected at the last
meeting in December were installed.
The lodge is in a splendid condition,
and the newly installed officers pledg- .
ed themselves to make this the best ^
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year the lodge has ever enjoyed. The
officers for the ensuing year are: C. ~
C., M. G. Cooner; V. C., J. C. Guilds;
P., W. L. Lovinggood; M. W., E. P.
Allen; K. R. S. and M. F., R. M. Hitt;
M. E., A. B. Utsey; M. A., E. L. Price,
Jr.; I. G., R. C. Stokes; 0. G., L. B.
Fowler.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Advertisements Under This Head 25c.
For 25 Words or Less.
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For Sale?1,000 bushels ear corn. jj
Applv to C. R. BRABHAM, Bamberg, J
s. c* i*jdL0 m
For Rent?House and lot on Broad. i
street. Apply to D. BESSINGER,
Rflrnhpr? S. C1,. 1-17 J
Lost?One red steer; missed about /f
eight weeks ago; weighs about 600
or 700 pounds. Reward if returned
to E. L. SPANN, Bamberg, S. C. It ? .
For Sale?Fulghum and Appier
seed oats, and Abruzzi rye?as pretty
as you ever saw and at sacrifice
prices. H. J. BRABHAM, Bamberg, M
S. C. _ It M
Lost?A gold Masonic emblem, < v?
32nd degree, double eagld*, and \
Knight Templar insignia. Substan- \
tial reward for finder. J. A. WY- . |
MAN, Bamberg, S. C. ' It I
For Sale?One unused Gullett 70- , I
saw basket feed cotton gin, one press, /
one cotton seed culler, one 1,500 gallon
iron water tank, and one planta-* \
tion fertilizer mixer. Apply to J.
A. WYMAN,'Bamberg, S. C. ' tf \ ,
woman" :
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brilliant and mighty spectacle, which ?
Lusic, Orangeburg, Friday, Jan. 11th, ^
in absolutely new departure in theatdrama,
though it contains the eleith
powerful dramatic scenes; it is
ixture 26 musical numbers of a se- i
is nnt whollv sDectacle. though in re
lounted lavishly and with such utter -j
ical comedy, though it contains a bril- d
rls. It is a commingling of all of these "
in amusement. It is designed to
s rsion to the most jaded tastes. There
)f any other production he has ever
jduction to which it can be likened.
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! interesting places; a great city playi
house where she is wooed by Passion,
an actor; Wealth, a magnate; and
Witless, an aristocrat. She plunges
; into the gaieties of the world, burns ^
j life's candles at both ends, and in
; the third act is banqueted at midnight
in her luxurious apartment by :
the moths and butterflies her beauty 1
has attracted.
One after the other her illusions
are shattered until in the fourth act j
upon Broadway, on New Year's Eve,
in the riot and carnival of the mad ,
holiday, forsaken by Youth, Beauty
and Modesty, she wanders alone. 2
! Back to her own fireside she comes,
in the last act, to find King Love
awaiting upon her hearth, garbed
not as a king as she expected to find '/*
him, but as a simple yeoman.
For the lover of music there is an
orchestra of sympho.nic capabilities.
For the admirer of fine acting, Mr.
Savage has assembled a cast with Mt
fully^a score of names which are well V
and favorably known to everyone who
follows the annals of the stage. The . j
leading male role, Nobody, a strange
prophetic figure, is played with fine J
discrimination and effect by Percy *
Parsons, one of the solid and sub
stantial actors of the American stage.
The leading female role, Evervwoman,
is one of the most exacting an
artiste has ever been called upon to , M
portray. It requires not only artisA^ Jl
tic by physical fitness. Paula Sha?,
really beautiful enough to typify the V
character, is the interpreter of "Ev- j
erywoman." Others in the cast are: s 1
Winifred Baldwin, Marguerite Bat- 1
terson, Berta Donn, Norman Lane, * j.l
Townshend Ahern, Frank Kilday. J. Arjj
F. McCarthy, Elsa Reed and Frederic * ||
Hampton. * ' -