The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, June 09, 1921, Image 1
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VOLUME XXXVI.
SUFFERERS
ARE GRATEFUL
Publish Card of Thanks For
Sympathy and Substantial
Aid
CONTRIBUTIONS
GIVEN AS NEEDED
People are Placed in Good
Shaj^e for Comfortn
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The storm sufferers in Floyds town
ship are very grateful for the assistance
given them by the people of
neighboring communities of this coun j
ty, as well as sections of Marion and
Dillon counties whore contributions
were raised for them.
The work of rebuilding and refurnishing
the thirteen or more homes
that were totally destroyed by the cyclone
has been going ahead rapidly.
I.arge contributions have been made
in their behalf, both in money and in
the actual supplies needed to live on.
L. T. Truett was appointed secretary
and treasurer of the relief committee
for the purpose of apportioning
these contributions. Last week
Mr. Truett wrote the following card
of thanks and sent it to the Herald,
but it was received too late to be
published in last week's issue of the
paper:
"Nichols, S. C., June 1, J 1)21.
"Special.? In behalf of the storm
sufferers in Floyds township, we, the
committee of relief, wish to express
/ 1 rwi t \r? u f imm?nnSn4 S/\m ?wl 4 1 *. > .. 1 ? <?
uui tifrffi < A iiUl'Mi tlllll I/I!(1IIIS.N
to the pill lie generally, and especially
to the kind people of Lake View,
Pleasant Hill, Center, Mullins, Nichols,
Conway, I,oris, Tabor, N. C.,
Pleasant*View, Wananiaker, Mt. Olive
and the surrounding community, for
the timely and gracious gifts of food,
clothing, furniture, kitchen ware, labor,
feed, farm implements, money,
and best of all, their sympathy and
good will.
"Blessings seemed to rain from
above from a few minutes after the
storm until this day. Relief in a
substantial way has been given to the
sufferers, all being extremely happy
and thankful over what has been given
and done for them, and they who
have already settled down in their
new homes have returned to their
crops, and are very little the worse,
financially, from the storm, made possible
by the help of the people above
mentioned.
"A representative committee was appointed
or chosen to tmce care of and
guarantee to the givers an equal and
impartial distribution, according to
the needs, and what was given, and,
although this committee has not solicited
one penny's worth, the people
have so graciously given that every j
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i/iv ui iiuii/^i till u.iui ill 1,111; I ui:uil?tlnation
is being paid for, and the people
are being put in shape to live comfortable
again by the contributions <
given by the people to this committee.
"Again we express our thanks.
Come and see the stricken area and
see what God has wrought in the reconstruction
thereof, and let us personally
thank every one of you."
TRAINING SCHOOL
STARTS TODAY
The Standard Training School for
Sunday School Workers opens today
at Myrtle Beach and will run through ]
continuously the full course provided ;
until June 17th, when it will close.
Among the faculty of the training
School appears such distinguished
workers as Rev. J. Emerson Ford, ]
Rev. T. G. Herbert, Miss Pauline
Suddath, Miss Annie Woody, Mrs. 1
W. F. Cann, Miss Lucy Foreman,
Rev. L. D. Gillispie, J. C. Guilds and
Rev. John Q. Vance. No better re- I
ligius educators could have been selected
taking the faculty throughout,
and the selection of such fine material
for the training of the workers is
what brings such unlimited success to
these schools.
A folder recently printed and circulated
giving full information
about the Training School praises
Myrtle Beach very highly as a summer
resort, and the statement is
made that the Myrtle Beach hotel
has been decided upon as a permanent
meeting placo for -the school.
CONWAY BOYS PLAY
BALL AT MARION
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Conway won from Marion at
Marion in a slow but interesting game <
Tuesday afternoon, featured > by a
ninth inning rally by the Conway
team. The entire batting order came
up in the ninth and as a result scored |
seven runs which won the game, the
final score being, 12 for Conway; 7
for Marion.
Patteries?Conway, Cox and Hollid*y.
Marion, Pearson and Montgomery..
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BURROUGHS
SCHOOL CLOSES
Large Graduating Class?Literary
Address by Dr. J.
C. Guilds.
The Burroughs School has just
come to a close, and the commence^
ment exercises which began last
Thursday night with a play by the
grammar grades, and closed Monday
night with the graduating exercises,
were characteristic of the splendid
work that has been done in the school
this year.
The auditorium was crowded to
overflowing Thursday evening when
the play h.v the grammar grades was
given, about six hundred being pres
ent. Those taking part, oven to the
smallest child, wore perfect in their
acting, showing that much time and
effort had been put forth by those
who trained the children for this
part of the closing exercises.
The play, "The Importance of Being
Earnest" was given by the high
school Friday, and each one carried
out their part perfectly, and much
credit is due thfem and those who put
on the play.
The commencement sermon was
preached Sunday morning at the
Methodist church by Dr. .J. C. Atkinson,
the pastor. The graduation exercises
were held in the school auditorium
Monday evening. The class,
consisting of five girls and five boys,
occupied seats on the rostrum with
the superintendent and the speaker of
the occasion. First on the program
was a chorus by high school girls, followed
by the salutation by Lucille
Sasser; Class History, Elneda Bryan;
Class Will, Evelyn Collins; Class
Prophecy, Kubye Lee Moore; Vale- j
dictory, Elbert McWhite. A piano j
solo was then given by Miss Laura i
Jenkins, the music teacher, followed
by the Literary Address by Dr. J. C.
Guilds of Columbia College. Dr.
Guilds delivered a splendid, stirring
address, and made a most favorable
impression on his audience.
After the delivery of the diplomas
John Sessions presented Prof. B. D.
Alexander with a gift from the graduating
class, showing their appreciation
of the interest he had taken in
the class this term. After a few remarks
in respone to those of Mr.
Sessions, Prof. Alexander made a{
short address to the trustees and pa- i
trollS of t.IlP c4of5rw? fli.i* i
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appreciated the co-operation and interest
they had taken in the school
this year, that he had had the cooperation
of the teachers, and with
the closing he felt that this was one
of the most successful terms he had
ever had.
Herbert Clarke, of Florence,'
with two truck loads of J3oy Scouts
of Florence, Lake City, and Clio,
passed through Conway Monday enroute
for Myrtle Bench whefre they
are spending a week's vacation. They
will return to their homes next Monday.
PURCHASESFINE
RESIDENCE HERE
Ed. L. Smith, of the Cooper-Smith
Company, has purchased the residence
of I). M. Burroughs, located in
the northeastern section of Conway,!
near the national highway.
It is located in the midst of a pine'
grove and has the most extensive j
grouhds of any residence in this
township.
Mr. Smith will make extensive im-^
provements, among them the grading j
and filling in of various places in the
grounds, repainting, and repairing the
house and the fences. Mr. Smith's
mother and sister, of Mullins, will
move here and live with Mr. Smith. |
The amount paid for the property
has not been given out but it is understood
to have been large.
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SECRETARY OF CHAMBER
WRITES N. Y. FIRM
The Brooklyn Cooperage Co., of i
Brooklyn, N. Y., some few days ago
were inquiring about a location of a
plant of this kind, and in response to
their inquiry the secretary of commerce
informed them of the ad van ta-I
ges of Conway. In response to the,
secretary's letter this firm had the
following to say: i
"I have your favor of the 31st ult.J
and note what you say about the ad
vantages of your city, but our sup-:
ply of timber is on the Santee River 1
and it is prohibitive to bring timber
from that point up to your city.
"Therefore, we cannot consider
building a plant in your vicinity.
"Thank you for your courtesy in
calling this to out attention."
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Messrs. W. A. Stilley, Jr., Paul
Little, Harry G. Cushman, H. E.
Bourne, H. Tompkins, and D. Stalvey, j
left Wednesday for Charleston where
they will take a fifteen days cruise
to Cuba and other points. This
cruise is offered each year to all Naval
Reserve men by the Navy Department.
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CONWAY, S C., THURSDAY
WOMAN BEATEN
BY SKIPPERS
As Alleged in Warrants Taken
Out Last Monday
Morning
WHOLE FAMILY
SEEMS INVOLVED
Defendants Accuse Isa Nobles
of Bad Conduct Leading*
To The Difficulty.
Isa Nobles was beaten up by
some one in Dog Bluff township,
early this week, and swore out warrants
for Daniel Skipper, his wife,
Mrs. Daniel Skipper, his son, a!s.>
his two daughters. He is a farmer
of Dog Bluff township. The prosetutrix
showed signs of the beating
she had received.
Sheriff Jas. A. Lewis had been
out in that community, near Glinter's
Islands the latter part of las',
week on business pertaining to h!s
office, but it appears that no ar
rests were made by either the
sheriff or rural police at that time.
The warrant was issued from thcourt
of Magistrate YV. H. Chestnut
against almost the entire
Skipper family.
The warrant was executed by 11
N. Sessions, constable undei Magistrate
Chestnut, and accompanying
him were sheriff Jas. A. Lewis, V.
D. Johnson, and W. S. McCaskill.
Some of the officers wore said to
havo othor business in hanu when
ihov went into that community on
both occasions, last week when they
investigated in that neighborhood,
and on Monday when they wont back
and constable Sessions took the
Skipper family before the court
where they made bond for appearance
at court later.
The Nobles woman claimed that
Mrs. Daniel Skipper had whipped her
severely while being assisted by
other members of tho Skinner family;
that she had to take the beating
as resistance was useless. On the
other hand the accused woman, Mrs.
Skipper claimed that the Nobles
woman had made herself so obnoxious
by threats and profane and vulgar
language that she could not
withstand the temptation to take
her in and administer a thrashing.
TABORPEOPLE
VISIT CONWAY
Meet Horry County Commissioners
on Subject of Road
Building
GREEN SEA TO
THE STATE LINE
Columbus County Takes up the
Work at the North Carolina
Line.
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The citizens of Tabor, North Carolina,
and of Columbus County, near
Tabor, are interested in the improvement
of the public road loading from ;
Green Sea to Tabor. The business
men of Tabor sent a large delegation
to Conway last Tuesday to meet
with the Horry County Commissioners
in the interest of this development;
and their purpose was to inform
the Horry board what they will
do for this road from the State line
to Tabor and from that point on to!
Whiteville, North Carolina, where the
road will connect with the Wilmington,
Asheville and Charlotte highways;
and for the purpose of trying
to induce the Horry County authorities
to make decision to put the road
from Green Sea to the State Line in
first class condition and thus make
this much needed connection. Among
the number attending in Conway on
Tuesday were the following:
R. H. Burns, chairman of the road
committee for Columbus county, N.
C.. D. F. Mcfinnirnii W T Ci.nn.,
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John Gerrald, J. L. Lewis, S. Fowler,
W. J. Sarvis, W. H. Roberts, W. P.
Strickland, M. N. Jenkins, H. J. Jones, |
Sam Strickland, C. C. Jernigan and
Johnce Floyd.
The highway department is now at
work in the county on the road which
leads from Green Sea to Nichols. It
is their purpose to complete the im
provement ot the road all the way
from Homewood where the work was
started a year ago or more through
to Nichols, the work having- been
completed all ready so as to make a
very fair road bed all the way from
Homewood where the National Highway
passes on its way to Conway to
the point beyond Green Sea where
they are now engaged in work.
The Herald is informed that the
engineers and other officers connected
with the highway work in this County
are in favor of building this piece of
road from Green Sea to the State line.
It is sure to be of great benefit to
Tabor, also to a large section of this
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FIGHT WITH
SERIOUS RESULT
Ernest Russ Shot by Joe Causey
Following a
Row
MAKES THREATS
AFTER ARREST
'Load of Shot Enters' al Closu (
Range?In jury Believed
Fatal.
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Joe Causey shot Ernest Russ last
Monday evening. Russ is not ex'
pecteil to live. The weapon used way
a shot gun and the entire load went'
in about the hip of Russ. It was1'
said there is not one chance in a hun- (
dred that he can survive.
.Joe Causey is a son of Tobe'
Causey. His age i< estimated a /
| lrom eleven to fifteen years. Ernest!
Russ is about the same age, and is a I
i son of Mi*, and Airs. Ho me Russ.
This act of crime, cor. ir1" from the |
affairs of mere boys i. much tie
plored.
Tobe Causey and family live in
one of the three cottages located
close together on the southward
side of 3rd Avenue on what is called
the new road just beyond the court i
house grounds. The Russ family
live in one of the new c tlage>
westward of the Causey residence
across the space that is mostly vacant.
The two boys wove playing in the
J back yards and near the vac:;n' lot.-.
1 They had a row. The Causey boy
| went home with a gash in his head
land covered with blood. L. P.
; Williams who lives next door, saw ,
I the boy going in to his home in thi.-|i
j condition and went over to aj sisiii
Mrs. Causey in the trouble, whatever (
it was. tie took the boy from Mrs. ,
Causey, washed his wound and put
him to bed as he complained of feeling
sick. Mr. Williams advised him ,
to recline on the bed and as soon as (
he cooled off he would be alright.
After this Mr. Williams went back ,
home.
It appears that the mother of the ,
boy then went out in the back yard,
and as soon as ishe was out of the j
room, the boy got up from the bed,!
took a shot gun and ran out of the
j housd in the direction of the Russ
home. Williams saw him as he (
went, so did Block Bruton. William* ,
ran after the boy and got within a,.
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i nuncirea ana nitv yards of him, l>ut J ]
not near enough to stop him. The |,
j Causey boy shot Russ at close |,
range, wilhout warning. The close I j
range is shown by powder burns.
After firing the shot he turned h
round and met Williams and Bruton j
and handed them the gun. When j,
j asked why he had done it, and was'
i he crazy, ho answered that he had' (
done what ho had wanted to do. Hoi]
I was placed in the county jail and ,
! was there at last accounts. Ho is t
, said to have made worse threats af-! j
Iter being placed in the cells.
Dr. J. K. Stalvey was called at h
i once to attend Ernest Russ. Russ | j
! was very sick not long sinco when ;,
j an operation was performed, and j
| from this illness he has never fully j,
j recovered. (
I Later. The attending physicians .
| said later that they believed they )
line) nv) oil -
HUM VAVI UVVWI till VI tlic Ol ll'V I I IMH J p
I young1 Russ's body, and that the J
wound would not prove fatal unless y
blood posioning should set in. Hi-? ^
I condition, however, was described by (
them as serious. ,
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SPECIAL SERVICE i
AT BAPTIST CHURCH t
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I Pastor M. VV. Gordon will speak t
I next Sunday night at 8:15 on "Duties x
I of Wives to Husbands." Husbands 1
'are cordially invited to accompany ^
their better halves to this service. 1
Public invited.
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FORD S PLAN.
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"Besides being a great mechanic," f
says The Optimist, "Henry Ford is a s
i skilled ornithologist and in his prijvate
laboratory is said to be working (
Jon a plan that will enable the famous c
short-billed flivver to lay eggs." {
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Misses Jan is Cox, Eunice Ulmer,
Margaret Lewis, Eleanor Carson, (
Lucy Spivey, teachers of the Bur- k
roughs school, are spending this
jweek at Myrtle Beach, the school
having closed Monday.
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county, in fact the entire traveling r
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jpumic throughout this section. It t
makes a pood road all the way to \
Cliadbourn, North Carolina, and from \
that point to Whiteville, and gives c
easy access to the main lines of the t
railroad for people who live in the i
lower part of Horry County and who i
enjoy but few transportation facili- I
ties. s
The business men of the towns of f
Horry County along the line of this c
^ oad could not do better than to lend n
their influence and co-operation to i
'this project and be willing to render c
, all influence possible to get it i
through. t
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TOWN ORDINANCE
ON JULY FIRST
Requires Connections to Be
Made to City Sewer
System
The Town ordinance passed more
than one year ago requiring connections
to bf made of each residence,
within the prescribed distance, to the
city sewer sytem, wil! go into effect
on July 1st, accoding to notice
recently published in this paper.
This ordinance has been delayed as
to enforcement several times owing
to the high price of plumbing materials
and the high cost of labor in the
plumbing trade. According to the
town officials it will not bo delayed
any longer than the date above menI
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JUDGE CARTER
TRIES HOLMES
Jury Finds Guilty of Trespass
in Removing Wood From
Land
DEATH OF PP,!?JCE I
BRINGS DISPUTE
Over the Possession of Eigli- j
teen Acres of Land That
Belonged to Him
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On Saturday May 28th, thorn was |
a busy time in the office of Magis1
trate B. L. Carter at Daisy, South !
Carolina. There were three criminal
cases to bo tried. All of them grow
out of estate matters following the
killing of Gorge F. Prince by Morgan
Todd. Prince left a little tract
Df eighteen acres of land and a small
quantity of personal property.
Issac L. Holmes, who claims to be |
acting for his daughter, who was |
living with Prince at the time of hisl
death, went on the land and cut and '
removed a quantity of wood. The
brother of the dead man indicted
Holmes for trespassing. It is j
charged that Holmes was at the |
house one day, and had some diffi- j
culty with John Prince. The result
was a warrant swnvn nut i
V'V?\ M t> 1
against John Prince for Assault ant!
battery. The third rase that came
up was a warrant for larceny taken
lut by Holmes against Joe Prince1
in which it was alleged that Joo|
Prince had stolen a razor strap. |
Holmes made objections to beiiu' !
tried at all, and declared he would j
lot have any trial on the day ap- \
Dointed, neither would he make affilavit
to change the venue. The
Magistrate did not consider Holmes'
notion for a continuance to he suffi-j"
ient and stated to Holmes that
,he case would be tried.
The cases were tried and resulted
n the conviction of Holmes for
trespassing and he was fined by the
nagistrate in the sum of $25.00 or)
thirty days. He appealed. Jurors |
,vere called and passed upon the
:ases of John Prince and Joo Prince I
ind found verdicts of not guilty. An
examination of the testimony in the'
Magistrate court about this trespass
ng indicates that George F. Prince
before his death, rented his place
;o his father, H. J. Prince, and that <
leceased had made arrangements to ,
nove to Watnpee, S C., and had hl^
;hings packed up on the night that i
ie ' was killed. Notwithstanding
his, Isaac Holmes, after the death ,
)f Princr claimed that his daugh- ,
or who had claimed to he Prince's ,
vi'e was the heir to the property, .
\nd after having- several disputes
vith George F. Prince's father, took
)ossession of it and planted it. j
George West administered on the
jersonal estate hut Isaac Holmes
ocked up the barn with some crops
n it, and refused to turn them over
0 the Administrator. Holmes wa>
1 party to some kind of division of
ome of the personal property.
It is stated that the lawful wife
>f George F. Prince, and several
ihildren, are living in North Carolina
md were recently down here to see ,
ibout the estate.
SHOOTING AT"
RED BLUFF!
There was a shoot.imr ntTiiii* iiief!
ibove Red Bluff last Sunday whiie a
lumber of employees were resting at
he camps of Ward-Bate Company. A ,
vhite man by the name of Faircloth
vas sitting inside the camp and seviral
negroes there. Without warning
i negro man appeared at the door
md fired a gun into the camp striking
another negro in the arm and
>rcaking it while the rest of the load
icattered about and the white man ,
?ot a shot in the upper lip and an>ther
shot in the hand. The negro
vho did the shooting ran away but
t is understood that officers can locate
him and it is expected that ar*est
will be made in the matter early
iiis week. '
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NEGRO WOUNDED
BY PISTOL SHOT
Several Are Bound Over For
Shooting Affair at Galivants
Ferry
TWO WHITES ARE
ALSO BOUND OVER
Smith Graham, Colored, is
Char-god With Shooting*
George Page.
On last Monday morning Smith
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Lewis, al! colored ami residents of
Galivaa's Ferr\ township were
lodged in the County Jail charged
w'th having shot at George Page and
Robert Grainger on Sunday, the day
before. Smith Graham was charged
with the shootin.tr and the others as
being implicated in the affair with
him. George Page and Robert Grainger
were also brought in by the Rural
Police and each made bond in the sum
of $200.00 for their appearance at
court. They are charged with shooting
.Joe Graham, a brother of Smith
Graham.
The Herald reporter did not see
Will Brown or Burroughs Lewis, but
had a statement from a brother of
Smith Graham concerning the atfair,
and according to his statcmnet, which
was later corroborated by a white
man who lives in the same community;
Page and Grainger were passing
along the public road in an automobile
and passed where tin4 Grahams
live. In a joking way, as it was probably
intended they compelled Joe
Graham to hold out his foot for them
to shoot, and Joe Graham was hit.
Smith Graham, a brother of Joe,
heard of the difficulty and started
along the road to find out about it,
having his gun in the buggy he was
driving. He stopped along the way
and was talking with Will Brown
when the automobile with Page and
Robert Grainger came along. Graham
was ordered out of the buggy
and Will Brown held the horse while
he got out. From this the shooting
resulted and it was not stated whether
he hit either of the white men or
not. Burroughs Lewis was held because
two loaded cartridges were taken
from his picket, although he was
not present when the racket occurred.
It is also claimnd t.luif mnnnclii??
whiskey had something to do with the
difficulty.
The Herald man did not see George
Page and Robert Grainger the white
men involved as they had made bond
at an early hour. Their story has not
been related as to be published in the
paper.
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ANTIOCH CHURCH
CHILDREN'S DAY
Children's Day was observed at
Antioch Church on last Sunday evening
and the interesting and entertaining
program was enjoyed by a
large audience.
Much credit is due to those who had
part in training the children, for
each child, from the oldest to the tiny
tots spoke and acted their part perfectly.
The music by the choir, which was
composed mostly of young boys, was
:i SHPrinl fnntiivr* r\f
? _ r 1/ 1 Hit |/l U^I lllll.
The writer, who was present at the
Children's Day exercises last year,
noted with pleasure the vast difference
at Antioch, for in place of the
Did church they have recently built
Ei nice new one on modern lines, with
a large seating capacity, a church of
which they are justly proud, and
which was needed in such a progressive
community.
Following was the program:
"Welcome," by Julia May Calhoun.
March?School.
Music, followed with prayer.
Sunday School reading.
Music.
Recitation, by Dorothy Davis.
Recitation, by Estell Calhoun.
Music.
"Those who do not sing," by eight
primaries.
Music.
Recitation, by Carrie Johnson.
"Onlv " 111' fiuo
^ 111V UC^IIIIICIHi
Music.
SMnday School Talk, by Rev. W. L.
Parker.
Music.
"What I Live For," by fivo juniors.
Recitation and song?"Jesus Lover
of My Soul," by two girls.
"How to he Happy," by three primary
children.
Music.
Recitation, bv Raymond Singleton.
Solo, "Tell Mother I'll Be There,"
Miss Laura Flowers.
"What Little Things Will Do," 7
Juniors.
Recitation, by Reba Davis.
Music.
"Which?" by three children.
Recitation, Temperance Glasgow.
Music.
Tableau, "The Guardian Angel."
?One Who Was Present,