The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, June 24, 1920, Image 1
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VOLUME XXXV
RACE TROUBLE 1
THREATENED AT
Lumber Plants of Trexler 1
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Lumber Company at Allen
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CAUSED BY ALTERCATION i
BETWEEN EMPLOYEES I
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Last Accounts State Plant
Was Running Again?Apparently
Over With.
News came to Conway last Saturday
of threatened tv< uble at Aden
brought on by an occurrence at the
plant of the Trexler Lumber Company
last Thursday. Mr. Geo go
Rhuark, the foreman of the saw
mill, went into the boiler room and
made some remarks to one of the
colored employees, who was standing
up talking to another, while the
steam on the plant has been allowed
to go down. It is stated that the
fireman resented the orders of the
foreman and as a result of what he
;said the foreman administered a
beating and kicked him out of tin
boiler room.
The company employs from 57 to
100 negroes and some of the others
jresenteki and threatened to quit
work if the negro omployeo was
> discharged and on the other hand
the white employees, of the company
determined to quit in case the foreman
of the mill was discharged. For
a time there were indications of serious
trouble between the races but
it was finally adjusted in su^h a
way as to let the plant continue in
operation until the return of the
Superintendent, Mr. Alexander, who
was away at the time.
At last accounts the differences
had been adjusted, or at least no
v tfurther reports of any trouble came
tfrom that point.
howIvaiublF
- peace-time work
'Trinitrotoluene is its p'ope"
* scientific name, but the human
tongue has its limitations, and sj
this, much-talked-of explosive is gen
erallv known by its abbreviat'on.
"T. N. T." It is a pale yel'ow
crysta'line substance much use I in
the late war to furnish the explosive
clement for shells bombs, and
the depth bombs, which did so much
to check the submarine activities.
Useful for Industrial Purposes.
The sudden collapse of the German
resistance found the United
States Government with a largo sun
ply of T. N. T. on hand which it
was not addvisable to st ?re. The
Bureau of Minos demonstrated by
experiment that this T. N. T. couUl
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DC llSOd I or lmiUSbriill puijiu.-*' o, an ?
allotments from the War Department's
stock were assigned to the
"Department of the Interior for use
m the Reclamation Service, National
Parks Service, Indian Service,
Alaskian Engineering Commissi-n,
and to the Department of Agricul- \
fture for use in road construction,
work supVrvised by the Bureau of
'Public Ro^ts
? The valuv of T. W. T. in road'building
op\ rations has been fully
demonstrates and the Bureau of
iSiblic Roads has published a circular
to descri e its characteristics,
and to furnish Erections for the use
of the explosive in place of dyna-!
mite for blasting, ditch digging, and j
rock breaking. As a general rule, I
'T. N. T. may be used for any pur- j
fiose to which dynamite may be put. i
t is safe to handle; does not cause j
'4<dynamite headachoc" as readily as I
the commercial explosive, and is a
'trifle m~re* powerful than low-per
'centage dynamite.
The weather was very warm last
week.
SINGLETON ANNOUNCES
FOR STATE SENATE
L. B. Singleton appears in this
issue with a card annou'-cmg his i
candidacy for election to the Senate I
from Horry County. 1 Elsewhere he
publishes Another cavd giving h's
position on the question of the stock
law.
Having sowed the peop1? b*for\
he has the advantg-'o Gf ho<'ng
known to the voters of a1! section*
of ;ho 'rnoty. Once h* made tlv
rave for this same office and receive,]
o. vow flattering vote in the
race with Hon. Hal L. Ruck. His
record as soRoi'or of the 12th Judical1
eircuit is well renumbered by
the r^onlc of the four counties.
F* ha? rot h^en a candidate for
pnVi" oftic^ duvinr.- the *past several
voa'v* hns b^en devoting himself
t' the practice o* his nrofession
fliv' f.o'-'mV; office** in fh-? S
T. So-'iien* building on Main Street.
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ONE NEGRO ROBS
ANOTHER'S ACCOUNT
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A negro man from Plymouth, N.
C., robbed Sam Austin, another negro
man, here hast Saturday, taking
Sam's entire bade account at one
stroke. This new i an had not been
here very long and had si ay e at
Sam Austin's hcure one night, long
enough to obtain po. scssh.n of
Sam's pass book. Taking this Pas *.
Hook la t Saturday be applie 1 * t
the Peoples National Bank, stated t
that he wa Sam Austin, p esented j
the pass hook and collected the en- !
tire account of $-11.00 and made 1 i
escape. !
On Monday morning Sam A e st n
ins'ituted nroceedimrs in the :i ds-i
irate Court ar.cl will enclcav r to |
have liim apprehended. Au-ti?.
lives near the stove of Eason & !'
Martin.
live tio years"
with proper care
Now York.?A. raoe of patriaclv;,
each 1,000 years old, was picture I
as a possibility by Dr. A. I. Logan,
in an address before the APicd Med
ical Association of America.
Dr. Logan also declared that determination
of sex can be controlled
and that parents can make the:r
children geniuses by mental sugges- (
tion begun seveial months before
birth. !
These theories caused lively dis
cussion, when their originator declared
there is r.o reason for many
dying at 90 or 100 years old, and
that he could live to bo 1,000 years
old with proper care' and dieting.
Dr. Logan advocated methods of life
similar to those he said were followed
by children of the New Testament,
whom he said the Bible proved
to have lived for several hundred
years.^
The doctor claimed he had been
successful in predetermining the sex
of children in seventy-nine ca es.'
By mental suggestion begun long
before birth of the child, he samf,
sex, stature, disposition, could b?
controlled.
RUSSIAN BRIDES
TO BE SENT TO U, S.
300 or More are in Manila
Having Married U. S.
" Soldiers.
Manila.?Three hundred or. more
Russian "war brides," who have1
come here from Siberia with the ir!
American soldier husbands, arc 4.) be
sent to the United States by the
government as soon as transportation
is available.
These brides come from every sta
tion in life from the peasant g'rl
to the college graduate and a number
had been accustomed to the lux-'
urios of lif~ before war apd revolution
drove them from their homes.
Their experiences in Manila, probably
have been a disappointment to
most of them, as their soldier husbands
on their meager *pay of $36
a -mdnth have been unable to suoport
a family, house rent and food
prices having almost doubled here
within the last year.
To prevent the Russian girls
from actual suffering, the Red
Cross and other charitable organi-.
zations, have provided them with'
shelter and food.
I They are willing to work, but having
no knowledge of English or
j Spanish, they are unable to find employment
in any of the stores of
1 Manila and native men and boys
I are preferred for house servants.
I Alter several weeks of investigaI
tion as to the best disposition to
make of the war brides and their
soldier husbands the army author.'ties
decided that they, with few exceptions,
should be sent to thn
United States and there distributed
among the army camps and posts,
where quarters are available for mar
ried enlisted men. These the department
of the Philippines is rot
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men ^vvith wives, who have an in-,
come in addition to their army fa *
will bo permitted to remain in Ihe
Philippines.
Some of the Russian girls who
were disappointed in not obtaining
soldier husbands at Vladivostok,
disguised as American sldiers stowed
away on transports and came to
Manila, so eager we^e they to rrcane
from the turmoil and suffrin'/
which l ave n-evai'o l in Siber'n a1mo;>t
sirco. lv beginning of the war.
These stowaways were turned ov r
to the authorities here to be d poited
to the country when they
came. Feve^al of them were marvied
at the r>ior while awaiting t~
be put on board a transport for the
vayage back to Vladivostok, whic,%
made them American citizens an 1
ga*re them the right to remain her?
One of these stVvavavs, cko-1
male attire, when about to he placed
on board a transport for d p rtv
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TORNADO STRIKES
SECTION OF HORRY
Does Great Damage to Farm
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Buildings and Growing
Crops.
Nichols, Juno 21.?The worst tornado
in the history of this section
passed through a little cross roads
town by the name of Duford in
Itorry County, Sunday afternoon, at
about five o'clock. Every house on
M.r. Daniel Hayes* farm was completely
demolished, except the one
he lives in, and it was twisted
round. It took the top off Mr. C
P. Du Rose's new barn, blew down
nearly every shelter ho had, or t. ck
the top off, and damaged his Dodge
ear a great deal. It completely demolished
the store of Mr N. D. H
Jordan, damaged the dwelling house
of Mr. Hamilton Jordan, and ca o
very near taking Mr. G. M. For I's
store. It blew Mr J. K. Floyd's
pack house off the Vdocks. two tonant
houses for Mr. C. F. Hooks and
did some damage for Mr. W. M
Grantham.
Tt picked up two fifty ga'lon barrels
off the ground, carried them
nearly one-fourth of a mile and
dropped them. Tt blew a large wash
tub across a swamp, a distance of
about a mile. Those who saw it
say they could see lots of things
whirling around in the air, even
pieces of plank eight or ten feet in
lenfth.
The cloud seemed to be in the
shape of a funnel. The main storm
was not over 150 to 200 in width,
but it did considerable damage to
growing crops in its path.
The damage done in and around
DuFord will run well into thousands
of dollars. There were no lives lo.'t
no one seriously hurt, and no stock
damaged that the writer has heard
of. except a few chickens.
In the Mt. Olive section, about
three miles from this place, a severe
hail sto^-m passed through last Friday,
and considerable damage was
done to the crops, espcciaHy tobac o.
MEXICAN TREASURY SHORT
DUE TO CARRANZA'S LOANS
Mexico City.?There is a shortage
of 1.800 000 pesos in the Treasury as
a result of unsecured leans made
during the Carranza Administrat;oi j
"by the superior command" to G'n
Francisco Murguia, former Minister
of War Louis Cabrere. former Sec
rotary of the Treasury Manu-d
Aguirre Berlonira and others, accord
inir to an official statement issued.
Brig. Gen. Calles, Minister of Wa
has ordered the military command-:
to return all rolling stock to the
Railroad Administration within sev- J
enty-two hours. The army has secured
more than 5 000 cars, according
to El Universal.
The military leaden; are in favor
of a reduction of the army to 50 000
men, according to a symposium
in El Democrata. Some of the army
chiefs say the soldiers should lay
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down men* linuss anu uikc tu mv
ploughs.
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PRICE DECLINE IN PARIS.
Paris.?Prices of various commoditites
in every day use conI
tinue to decline in this city, and
newspapers state that coffee costs
less in Paris than in Havre and less
in Havre than in Brazil. Cotton,
which for several days was firm,
has again undergone an important
decline in Havre.
BIG LAND"DEAL
NEARTABOR, N. C.
0. R. Spivey and Associates
Buy Two Tracts From
Garfield Grainger.
O. R. Spivey, D. F. Spivcv and J.
F. Ward recently made a deal with
Garfield Grainger whereby the three
will become owners of two tracts of
land in the section of this county
lying near Tabor, N. C.
One of the tracts is the old home
place of Garfield Grainger, whi'e tlvother
is a tract of land purchased
some time ago by Garfield from his
brother, Bruce Grainger.
A good price will be paid for th->
property.
tion, with several thouspn-i Fu sian
rubles in her hand, appealed t
the crowd at the pier for some ma
to marry her and save her life fro"
what she ?aid would be cntd
death if she were returned t> Si
bcria. The Russian rn-nnv w- ic
is now of little or no value, appeared
to have no influence t^waV
brincjincr forth a husband for the w^
man, and she was sent back to Siberia.
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JUNE 24, 1920.
MARION DISTRICT Tl
EFFICIENCY WEEK
Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, June 27, 28, 29, ?
1920. r
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Subjects and Teams. |V
Evangelism. ]<
Our World Challenges hv Rev. O.j t
E. Gocldard, 1). 1)., Na hvill->, Tenn. i
The Answer Wo Sh? uhl Give, by j g
Rev. Luther Bridget's, Gainsvillo, I
Ga. 1
Missions.
Our Foreign Fields, by Rev. E.
H. Rawlings, 1). 1).. Nashville, Tenn
The Homo Land, by R"v. S. B. Harnnv
Pit m vlnof^ ^ 1 ^ 1/\.^ . /\*m? m i
SlvA) ViJCU V. Vl.'Il CUU1 V
Results, by Rev. A. J. Cauthe;:.
Orangeburg, S. C.
Stewardship. V
Of Property and Life, by Rev. R.
H. Bennett, D. 1)., Lynchburg, Va.
Christian Lit era lire.
As a Light to the Soul, by R<w.
T. N. Ivey, 1). 1)., Nashville, Tenn.
Sunday Schools.
The Call of Childhood, by Miss
Pauline Suddath, Orangeburg, S. C.
Efficient Teaching, by Prof. J. C.
Guilds, Bamberg, S. C. Efficient *
Administration, py J. Emerson Ford, r
Orangeburg. S. C. v 1
Christian Education. 1
As a Means of Human Development,
by Rev. J. A. Rice, D. D. \
Sumter, S. C. t
Our Church Institutions, by Dr. i
H. N, Snyder, Pres. Wofford Col- i
lege.
The first service will be next Sun- day
morning at 10:30, and the Sub- <
J'ect, Education, will be discussed by
tev. Rice, and pr. Snyder. I
It will be seen from the above i
that .there will be a grouping of I
some of the most talented and gift- s
ed speakers to be found. It is de- l
sired that not only the congrcga- <
tions and friends of the six churches .
where these meetings will be hel 1
are to enjoy these lectures but that
the congregations of the outlying ;
churches shall also attend. Members
and friends of all other denominations
are cordially invited to b'
with us. Remember the days and
hours, 10:30 a. m. and 8:30 p. m.,
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, 27,
28. 29, of this month
D. A. Phillips, Presiding Elder.
WILL BUILD RESIDENCE.
Mr. A. E. Goldfinch has made a
contract with Mr. A. B. Garren for
the building of a new residence on
tViA Int. wliovp Afi". Goldfinch has
been residing' for several yea"s
past. The work on the new building
will not begin for some time
yet but the present residence occupied
is to be moved back in order
to make room for the new build'nv. J
This work of moving the present j
building will be done before \e y i
long. The new residence will have j
about ten rooms in it and will b modem
in every respect.
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IS CURING TOBACCO.
There may be other tobacco growers
in Horry County who have gath j
ered tobacco this week but the only
one reported at the office- is from
the farm of Pink Grainger near
Aynor, S. C. On last Monday hi <
tenant, Singleton, was putting in a
bam of new crop tobacco for curing.
It is generally thought that the
tobacco season will be late in opening
this year by reason of the cool I
weather that persisted so long and
kept the crops back.
againsTradIcaOsm
favors sane laws,
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Editor Herald: !
In entering the approaching campaign
for the office of State Sena-1
itor from this County, I do so n ,i
to gratify any political ambition of
my own, but only in defense of the
people of my County, i
It is manifest that the bulk o~
legislation in recent years, both lo
cal and State, tends to uproot and
destroy the fundamental rights and
privileges of the masses of the
people who now are and have ever
been the backbone of our country.
While the repeal or stay of the Act|
of the last General Assembly plac- (
ing Horry County under the one a i
tion of the general stock law, is of
great import; and, if I am elected,
shall be given immediate and first
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atiuui/iuii, i/iivi i; a11: uiuui iiuut' i
of great importance to come before j
the General Assembly of this State,!
affecting the interests of the people
of this County and State, wheh
should be carefully guarded. Th?j
placing of the Stock law upon t^e
people of this County, apparently
against their will and over their
veto, is only one instance of many
to be considered. My position on
this and all other questions affecting
the people will be frankly and
unequivocally stated, and I ask the
support of all that are opposed to
radicalism and are in favor of safer
and a more sane and econotnic legislation.
Lawrence Benjamin Singleton.
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PROGRESS MADE I
IN COTTON CROP
Washington.?Cotton has made [
atisfaotory progress in practic Oly
II portions of the bolt and subtanticl
improvement has been reortecl
from many sections, accord
rig to the weekly weather and crop
uUctin. Th.o week was moderately;
rarm and generally dry throughout J
he cotton growing states, the bid [
din stated, and pioved beneficial
o the ci op.
:nm is ne eo
OF MONEY \am
While Decision on Fee-era!
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Farm Loans is Being 1
Awaited.
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Next fall the supreme court will [
shake the dust of a four-month va- '
aiion from its ermine, take mustv
awbooks from dusty shelves an 1
jor.der and debate for weeks.
Then, in October or November,
)erhaps, a decision on the right of
he government to loan its money
it a fair rate of interest to hundreds
in need, will be handed down.
The high court of the land will have
lecided upon the constitutionality
>1 the federal farm loan act.,
Tn the interval, 12 farm loan
janks will have compiled a record?
inadmissible in the nation's first
tribunal, telling a story of ha>ddiip,
suffering and loss?an indict Jment
of the Farm Mortgage Bankers'
Association in the heart of the
American public.
For in every file cabinet of the 1
12 farm loan districts today such a
stoiy is piling up. It is an apreal
the government, willing though it
be, cannot answer.
One day in the office ot the secretary
of the federal farm loan
bank tells the story. Twenty letters
are opened, all asking for loans.
Loses His All.
Scott Maddox, of Foot, Tex., in
Ccllin county, has farmed for fifteen
years building- up little by
little. Today his farm is worth i
$4,000.
He has two sons, nearing manhood,
Maddox wanted to do something
for the boys. So he sold his
little farm, put his $4,000 into a
place worth $10,000, and asks the
farm loan bank to take his mortgage
for $5,000.
Until the supreme Court decides
the constitutionality of the act the
loan cannot be made.
Maddox writes again. His second
payment is due in four days. Unless
he meets it his $4,444 investment is
lost. Again the bank is forced t>
refuse. Today Maddox is without
home or prospects.
Mrs. L. D. Lanuis. a widow, asks
for an interview. The woman explains
her case. Last year her farm
failed.
Prospects were bright this year.
It wouhl take $2,000?one-tenth of
the actual value of the farm-?to
plant it. The farm loan bank
bad previously nasred on her 1 an.
It was ready ?to be paid when the
case against the bank went to the
supreme court. The widow had ordered
her seed. Now with her pre
viously approved loan refused, she
could not pay for it.
Secretary Lindsey agreed to help
the woman privately.
J. M.' Goyow?K'i Fqivbanks, Tex,
LZl mer, bad secured ftpprova' 01 a
$2,000 loan to construct a barn for
his stock. Then the court act'on
stopped payment. The bom had i
been partly built. A mechanic's [
lien was placed against it. Corows-1
kt, who suffered a crop failure this
year, was forced to pay 10 per cent
interest in order to save his property.
"And these are only three," soys
Lindsey, " of the hundreds of ca es
of hopes blasted, production sf*pp^d
and loss sustained wh:ch are r > I
ported to fhe hank, powerless to
act until the supreme court passes
upon the law."
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SMALLPOX AT MULT INS.
Three new cases of smallpox have
developed at Mullins, according to
lcpovts reaching the state he dth
efficcr. Several days ago 50 case*
vvoro vonovtod J cr ?, +
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of 53 ^ascs at the town.
Dr. F. L. Martin has charge of
the situation at Mid'ins and t is
understood that he intends putting
on a wholesale vaccinaMon campaign
Dr. James A. Havne, the
s'ate health officer, said that lv^
thought vaccination of prosp ctivo
school pupils near the close of the
session would cause much less inconvenience
to the pupils than at
the beginning of the term. When j
children are vaccinated during the
summer they may enter the school
the fall following and will not suffer
from sore arms and are thu".
able to kfcep up with their work bcti
ter.
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FARIfjiNC SECTION f
Managing Crops of Cotton
and Tobacco Where
it Went
31G RAIN rA'J.
WASHES LAMDS
tVorV. of "Dont"action Looks
Pa " .for Zc - %)A Planters
Hear Pert Hc.rrelson.
A heavy .an. am ur.ting to a
l' .1.' l- s-? aceor.-.vani'tl by hail
v!vc* Parted tlv -y-fivo mi-inter5,
ame to the Port Hai ebon s ction
art Friday aitoi noon.
To i' op;; of Mr. I. P. Wi liams
.vcre greatly damaged, his e )tton
".op looking a if* it were wor hless
nftor the clouci passed over.
Amcng those who wove greatly
lamaged are Messrs. Will Lewis
und Arthur Lawvimore. It is stated
that the latter has offered his crop
sir.ee the hail to anybody who will
pay the fertilizer bill.
Other farmers in that section of
the county, and wh >se names could
not be learned, are reported a< having
been damaged by the hail, and
also by the flood of rain which quick
ly filled the branches and in some
cases washed olT parts of the soil
and damaged the crops in that way.
DELEGATES FROM HORRY. ~
The free range voters at Horry
Precinct held a meeting on Saturday
June 19th, and elected the following
named delegates to meet at the
Free Range Convention to be held
in Conway on Saturday, June 26th,.
at 11 o'clock: J. D. Allen, Wilson
Edge, D. H. Baker, Andrew Lee, R.
K. Benson.
POLLOCK ENTERS
RACE FOR SENATE
W. P. Pollock, of Che raw, Saturday
filed his pledge and paid his
assessment fee as a eandidntA f?v
the United States senate. He is the
fourth entrant, E. 1). Smith, present
incumbent; George Warren of Hamp
ton and W. C. Irby of Laurens having
previously filed pledges. Mr.
Pollock served three months in the
United States senate in 1918-19,
finishing out the unexpired term of
the late Senator Tillman.
ENGLAND TO CONTEST
NAVAL SUPERIORITY
London.?England is determined to
contest American naval superioiitv,
Waller Hume Long announced in the
House of Commons. In reply to a
question directing attention to Seo
retary of the Navy Daniels' naval
program, the British admiralty chief
said:
"The admiralty is following those
important developments with the
greatest closeness and will not fail
to ask Parliament for the necessary
powers if it is thought we are falling
behind in the proper naval
standard."
E. C. AUEN OUT
FOR SUPERINTENDENT
In this issue of The Herald there
appears the announcement of E. CAllen
as a candidate for the offfofev.*of
Superintendent of Educutloa
Horry ..County.
Mr Allen is already known to the
voters of the County because four
ears ago he made the race for
County Auditor, at a time when he
hud intended to stand for election as
Superintendent of Education;.
decided to run for County Auditor ~
when Mr. M. J. Bullock came out for
the other place.
He has taught In the Common
schools of Horry County for sixteen
or seventeen years and has had Jin
opportunity thereby of gaining an
intimate knowledge of the workings
and constant needs of the c mmon
school system.
For about six months in the year
1910 he waemployed in the United
States PostofTice at Conway. His
tlends have solicited him to make
the race.
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Mva. C. E. Ha^ olden, of Sellers,
S. C., passed through Conway las*
week on her way to visit her paren
to. at Toddville.
Paul Smith left last Sunday for
San Francisco, California. Mr,
Smith will take a course in Electricity
in that city.
Miss Jeanette McQueen left Sunday
to spend several days 'with
I friends and relatives in North Carolina.
Mrv and Mrs. M. R. Smith, and
children, who have been visiting1
friends and relatives in North Carolina,
haVe returned home.
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