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: - . j y I ? 4 i LVOL. VV?No! 24 ? ?????? Presbyterii wmiK.N i\ AT i " 11k- Presbyterian Women of South Carolina-closed out their annual ten ' % X '' 5 ' days' conference at Benedict College during the?^ past week. The eorifer? enep u-iw Tiii geLy aXUijuled, delegates ii 1 i i -t ? in. T? ill i i x 1 'i? - connng from all.part of .South CaroI . IinnThe conference is sponsored. l>y the ' women of?the white Itrosbyteriari v'_Church of South Carolina. Mrs. \V0. Brown-lee .of Due West, S. C., a teftcher at the large white college in ' that section of thy State, is the director of the conference. Alany ot the leading white citizens have ;Vt' tended the conference as speakers- or visitors. The out-pf^town delegates enrolled under Mrs. A. M. Garrett was oyer 200 women. Rfjrs. Thomas G. McLcad, wife of Kx-governor Thom+r:(r.' MeLciod' attended the meetings. Among the speakers were Bishop Kirkland G. Finley, I"). 1).. presiding bishop of the Episcopal .' Church in upper South Carolina; Seynjopr Car roll, field secretary of'the American Humane fMural hn_;Socicty; James A, Hnyi\ IV| 1)., State '.Heparin) at of Health; President. Clarence B. An tisdel, IiL. P., Benedict College; Dean Rohevt Jloulware (if Marld on 'College and others. ' - ' " "7? Mi's. W.. R. Carr was head of t lie Bible school at the ('(inference, :.uid. ha4s held "this position since its organization five.years ago. The-" results--of her work can bp seen by the^many Bible.schools that luue been organized ~^T~ throifj^nmt the state by delegates iff " forTeer" conventions. STATK IUS1NKKS KKACJ K T(J MKT AT STATK COl.KKCK Plans are in operation'-for the ap preaching annuaf nicotine- of the State Business lioague at State Col, lege, July 10th. An excellent pro gram .for one day has been moi ared .An invitation is extended all. X'egri business men in the State to attend this session ami .lake part in its deliberations. The I-ocal Business Lea gue of Orangeburg is cooperating t? . make the conference a sfflcecss, an< the State Summer School for teach ors, now in session, will offer' splendid ^background as well as interes^' _ . meeting delegates to the National Xe ' gro . Business League, of .-which tin i,?Slate IiQatnie i* a branch, will he s". iVctetl.? " ^ I)r; It, It. Mm^n, .president <>T"Tus kegee Institute, is the president 01 ? the National Negro Business League r. He will be invited to speak at- ihi HI State meeting at State College. p The officers of the State Negri V' Business league are It. S, Wilkinson president; I. S, Leevy, Columbia, vice Hr^resTdent; P. M. Bowling, Columbia ^H secretary and J. J. St arks', Sumter treasurer. IF, I'?;" . r . G. W. HOW ARB HOWARD GETS A j'l'OINTM KM of Georgetown, S. C., whs recently appointed State Superintendent o Sunday Schools of"the A. M. E. churcl in ^outh Carolina by Bishop -lOhi Hi^rst. ? Prof. Howard is a product of A1 len University and the Sitae College arid is active in state and ahurch af fairs, ?y * ? ^ " * ; an Confer ' * * ' _ t, rr?' Rare College SuCC( A J ; V . * ? ' * * (jKOKGIA STATE IMXISTuIAL tt)i.u:ur. CLU^es SIIIOI-AS. : . TiC YKAK 'l'he-57th annual commeaerment exi?vches of the Georgia S.tm.-e Jndus?rial College v. ere tie Id en \\Ydno*dry l.eg'nniinr trt 0 A. AT. At this finle diplomas were jjielr.iited to-' thi<j ' -arTtl:iia;pyr-tTf'TTT tlio. trmTr Sr lyn:;W)vpartment, and* three candidates froi i the ..ncrnail; or te;eKer-f raining department; degrees yte're cOnferrctTue'depdrt.ment, certificates \ycie p.ryse.n T?l.-te nine st-iptciV.~ from the d.uwV nit tit of trade uij.l'i e.litsiry. a.'.d "si 1" .was -awarded in prizes* ' . ; . The coinmene-'m -nt -ad ire's \\-ft -. ! " Ijivercd hy Dean Samuel ItoWard A -ctier of ^Itireh.ovisc C dle'ue, Atlanta, '.'a : a ternier -teacher of- l'rc-iden- Il'ihm.'t, j Before ht g nnivy his n or - ye. tn'tln ' ! t ra l'-uitiiv - < ,!V;in -'A rglier fjviliw j.r< "fie* wonllhiCt.i rsuc(?pss that Presii "'en.'-. Hubert he ran So so fur nr.I ot ; l ie j act til it nipp he a young nirt"v | there is..an lolling. ?o \*h i. hofPh s h I may' not arcend.. "The grente toy FT t hat a toi btV get S is to 'see h's t jdents to .beyond, It have that''joy ' i this 'morning.. 17veil though he i? j yo.unsf, lie is to my.mii.d a great mici.'. 'j Pean Art her then ex d ineil tlm't i I : ;ll inn., I - ?,w.-.U..l I "' . .....ii i.- . in- inu, i::is a yreat I>_royri>m and*. has sense <. nougK t< carry it.oirt. ?<iv4ii<r .Jyhn the Hap'ivt as one who had 'failed in the- fact that-even thoftjrh had "his.head in the lion's mouth, he ki kef^.tiu' lion, ant '{lint although he l ad a. .trrc.it |h djrrnh he did not huv-e t m**ths< m;e t.o ca.rr\ it out, '.'Urcsideh! Ilnhert has kintrdnin of c;r.d sense. "I !o KWows ,iusi when to kick the 1 i* ?>: He ha a:ureal |OM? t a nf an.d he has scnv o. en u'rh t-; , cu.rry it. out, and you can do nothint i 'lietThr' than to tret hehirid it With hin i and help him carry* it tHroutrh." H-H'ittt Ave her iodic a< Iris. sjhjcc "The ^upri'tne ("hailenge of \tlvc . World." He said liiat this y.orld i; ! so hijr and the -civilization that lit; it is so ldj; that the very inen wh liuiit ir.'are afraid of-ft, -Armong I other things I'ean Archer said: "Thi: i?rdtt i'ia' world Iras ho?s?u4:- it wi! crush' you, it will crush me, it wU cl'lish nnvhiulv nmt ili<> <ni>>...>?'. rtU.,1 . !fn-'t is t<> p.ui some s?>ul in-tlie world '"Tlii'Y say At'iita h;ts?Uxit?^;i111 **Liiy SC. Kei ie', the Hi;!) i",vs nil ha.< f spoken in their various way's ant! Af 1 liea top Ins. spoken, but the. wotii ? has not understood. We hav.c an s\v(red the supreme sacrificing thai Ion ae . Liuj4.il gi love. We have *m? ' art;, still in the., world and we 'nrfYi spoken, but the world has not heart ?tr*:?W e have t he. gil t pi'. hiiin"- t-le truth in hive, that'i-s--. a-ying hi -atiiii*. ' thin}?, 4hut saying- it in the best way . I i . iev'e that lib- bigness <1 he..rt.i?' o'ut.vis a tin i. gi.en trait'. We h \? - a'wava been teady to ,orgive. In eonilusimvi-Wmfit nav? .v??t I substitute .for the.^fdrnier three O's ! rash, cottuu U4ul?i >?i n?ehii; neb* * I Christ and his chuieh. i'neii h . rn t j ha e..?rliiite- wrong, roior an.i any.thing that wijl- pull -down th t which you love.. You can tie'. love unless you first halt!. I.et there b?- a Belli i. I .a place where you van meet vour (iod | uess of :r,roninromFatrpn' with yom God; there should e.T. iV Tie a PenieS 1 a place where ydu wrestle ?wi h youi trials, ;a place-of coiitha!, and tlrer , there should he an Khere.a'r. A j parting word, I leave wi h yon tin advice to pse your,only- weapon. Uh?' of love. I have'nothing 'else to rt l \*ise> save. love. I am advising you t? continue to use the only thine: w< h ive tried, the lifting power of love.1 " Prizes vrerw awarded its frrllmvs New York ('it y Georgia Slate Col P j Alumni Prizes. S5 in gold to the stu jdunl having the highest . eluipP^frff ! bel Wright; $5 in gold to the s.'.u? dents* . kwaung. tlie best room in tin l hy.o:-:' dormitory to liicd Sumter, Her i schel Hell, John Hicks, and Ellsii Whitlaker; So in gold to the student; kbepipg the best. room in the girls y ^dormitory p? 1.WHan Wai-d. Lucy Lord - Lila Thomas and Thelma Banks. Tin I Abbott-Sengstncke prizes whf*ph wer feline Columbia, s. c., satuk; ence Ends' ~ ?3?? ? ??? Htld,. ?'* ~ 1 C 1 T? sissrui ierms| V: - " LlYLMiS'lONE COLLEGE CLOSES J ~ 7~ GltJ ' V\ XV \ ICS; WOKK ; When the audience rose and sang t\ r "trre-Vlosing- number the College song, "My Ltvingstone"?on Wednes- j :T^hy.' June (5th, one of the epoch making. events in the history of the col- < lege came to a close. Th College was . ' IT rrr in I ho selection of il r. ripOrtlf , ft i' this occasion. The annual < oTmon before the religious organi- | zatinos of the College was delivered j .11)03, whol ivos and works in Cape . (\>a-t*, Gold Coast, West Africa. The i ^c(x>4?ua-eate' sermon in the ftemoon ~i was delivered by Dr. G. Lake Imes, : " of Tuskcgee- Institute. Each of these .] ' nn ms was a masterpiece, ahd the ,i ' i -1 day camc-to a close with a very _ *;ih standard set for those who were ' to follow. 1 .Monday afternoon the literary adIre'vs. before the joint societies was i t?eivon by Prof. Gborge Brown", of John_. >n ('. Smith .University. Tuesday Witnessed the cTosing of i f 1*.#* n^ttmnnvoiol 1 /-??-? ?% r, m 4. ? J * ? >(,v. VWIUNIVIVHU UCjm-l (.II1CI11) UI1U in ;!k? evening \v,as the graduating ex-i erej.ses of the high school and teach-. -or training department when 34 youpg. and women were given diplomas by Prof. J. Ii. Johnson, principal of this department. In as~~much as the , institution is in the midst -of a $200, "71700 campaign for equipment and enlargement. a special hour was given . fi r rhports. Bishop J. S. Caldwell, I .-haii-man of the Trustee Board, pre. . ' sided; a,t which time over $4000 was . raised in c ash, bringing the total paid . ! in unto' date $50,275^30. _ \Vc^nr^lhy l\Tfefhboh"l'6 "young men fi in(| women graduated from the college department when the commence r men] a-'.dress was delivered, by.JByshop It. C. - Ransom of New York City. *1 In- spe ;ker was at his best, and there - ere many in the audience who stat, 1 m1 that it wast one of the finest com- . I . ! menc^mcrt speeches they had ever ;! heard. Following-, the awarding of prizes, j nn'il ijiiegiaj honors a telegram from .' Mr. Julius Rosenwald stated that he | wo Oh 1 he glad to. contribute $10,000 j.| ?o (lie campaign that is now. in pro. . | gross. It is heedless to say that there j w?s great fFj? icing when this an. ii niu-.-i uem was mane, artd the jfUS- l . j ''.os and alumni, and friends of the . J College . felt that a new day had IJ 'ntvned. There were several hopots .: nd prizes awarded for scholarship . | and oratory. The ,Freshman medal 11 was awarded Miss Clara Cherry; the Junior* medal to Miss "Alive D. -Mcj Kay; 1st prize for scholarship in the .LLhihJi-who d. Uernavd Elder; 1st prize-in the College Department for schol. -rshifp ' \\h__ J. Trent; Jr.; 2nd prize, r Nelson Nicholson; 3rd prize, Wm. thuf nngton. -The ^degree . of Doctor, L 1' Divinity was conferred. upon Rev. T. \V. Wallace o^? Pittsburgh, Pa.; j .{Rev. W. A. Deane-of Demerara, S. A., 1 Rev.- R. A. Osam Pinanko, of Gold , C. as.t, Africa; Prof. Isaac Sackel, In-1 . speetor of-schools in Gold Coast, Afri_'i ' en. Three t>ustees were elected: Dr. Finest Robinson of Ashury Park, N. T.-; Rev. James Foote, of Cleveland, Ohio; .h R. Wjngfield, Mount Meigs, p .. Ala. The president-~of?the?College e: iwmittnfwl on - Commencement day thnt Dean IT E, ("foment had been 1 . i ,r<... nf^'l - I -< ! nui'ifii uim; oi aosence to com.'. , ' }>Ictv Tiis work for his docotor's decree c. at North Western UniveYsity, and > .-that Miss Helen Buckley, a graduate t | of 1!k.*8 h;id secured a fellowship at . | Cincinnati University foY the com ) ing year which carries with a cash > cmvpensntidn of $800.00 while secur' irU her Master's degree. It twa9 1 - vM+si by the trustees that beginning - with the fall of 1028 the first year - high school be dropped. if uuisi.ui duiK features, - \va,s the presence of the large num her of the alumni who are already 3 interested m the campaign. - .r... === ^ i ^ ? . j donated hy Rol>ert S, Abbetrt, editor s of the Chicago Defender, were prc,'.t O :)!? '] hv his brother. Rev Sengs* ; I taehe "of Savannah to John Hivks; 2 $U> in gold, and to Gertrude Living- " e I Continued on page eight . . * tta * r , / . DAY, JUNE 16, 1928 Quillen Pic Spii 3P1NGARN MED AY C.GitS NOVEL. |o 1ST CHARLES W. CHESTNUT. OF CLEVELAND d ' ?-?C New York, June 14?The fourteenth li annual award of the Spingatrn Modal _r this year is mad to Charles Waddell Chestnut, of Cleveland, Ohio, novelist, j short story writer and public spirited t ,'iti/en, according to announcement to- ( jay by the National Association for j the Advancement of Colored People, \ >9 Fifth Avenue. ~~ (J The Medal which goes each year' j to the man or woman of African, des- 1 :ent and United States citizenship for t most distinguished achievement in some field of honorable endeavor, is < given to Mr. ChesCnut for his "pi'on- | eer work as a literary artist de- ' picting the life and' struggle of A- ^ mericans "of Negro descent, and for his long and useful career as a scholar, worker, and freeman of the onq ! of America's greatest, cities." The ' Medal is to be presented in Los An- ? ' ' ? ^ geles on July 3^ by Lieutenant Gov ernor Buron . L. Fitts of California,! at hte. l'Jth Annual Conference of the t National Association for the Ad. 1 vnacement of Colored People. 1 Mr. Chestnut was born in Cleveland, J c June 20, 1858 and moved ' in early j i voip.h with his familv to North Cki- 1.1 rolina, where, at the ape of 1G he He- ' ! pan teaehif^p in thp public?schools. I City Schoo Hea< NEW PRINCIPALS ARE NAMED \ ; ?c Dr. VV. H. Hand, Superintendent ^ of City Schools Makes i Announcement r BOTH WELL PREPARED \ y ' William Augustine Perry at New , Howard and William J. Cochran at Waverly. , . m \ 1 n Dr. W. II. Hand, superintendent 'trf- city schools, announced yestei'day | morning that the two pew principals of Howard and Waverly svTrrfms ha\xe i been elected and will be here for the [ fall opening in September. \ The newly elected principal of the ] Waverly school is William Augustine j Horry-?Iie._js a._nairve_ oh eastern s North Carolina, received his A. B. \ degree from Yale University in 1907. ] From 1907 to 1911 he was principal ( of an elementary school in Tarbyroj \ N. .C., his native town. From 1911 to 1927 has was principal of St. At ha- j nasius school, Brunswick, Ga; During 's the jiast scholastic year he has been c principal of Colored Memorial High c School and the Risely School in Bruns- I wick. In summer work he has been instructor at the A. and T. College at Greensboro, N. C.. Fort Vnlley ( Uigh and Industrial School, Fort Val lev. Ga. He comes to Columbia with full endorsement of both races in Brurtswick. ?1 ?-?j The new principal at Howard school is William J. Coch ran who holds an I . A. B. decree from Allen University. For the past eight years he has been principal of the high school depart-" ment in. Kittrell College, Kittrell, N. C'., and has had two summers at Boston University, Boston, Mass. T.EXANS PLAN TO BAR NEGROES FROM PRIMARY ELECTIONS ?New YuiK, June U Du?pilu thu clear pronouncement of the United States Supreme Court in the Texas White Primary_caae won la.<t yenjr by. the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, holding primary elections part of the ma. chinerv of voting'and prohibiting the barring, of Negroes by state enactcontinued from page one , I . ,. . . > " : ; \ :tures Soutl , i~ ' ? ixes J igarn Medal tt 23"years of ane he was principal f the State Normal at Fayettevllie. Ie canui t.fi New -York <'itrV in W., _ o newspaper work and then went to Cleveland where he obtained employ- ' Irm ns^wo-^nogi aphey, being ad- ! aitted.to ujplbar in Ws8T." - ' In that year he .began in the.,At. ' antic Monthly & series of stories la- ' cr collect"'1 .m'tpli.U " I* In. a Conjure Woman." Mr. Chestnut ' tublished two hooks in 18W, ."The : Vife of His Youth and Other Stories ^ f the Color-Line." and'q _ Frederick Douglass." They wexe'fol- , owed in 1000 by ''TTuS House Behind he Cedar*," in 1001 by "The Marrow ! if Tradition" and in 1005 by "Tie *olotffel's Dream." Mr. Chestnut is one of 'the first enters to have carefully studied the lialect ami the ways of Southern Negroes, as well as . of white, people in heir relation-to Negroes, an el to give iterafy form* to. these studies in hi itories and novels. A new novel by dr. Chestnut is in preparation. The committee making' the -"hXvaiid his year is composed of Bi-hop John lursl, chairman; Colonel Theodore toosevelt; Dr. John Hope, president if Morehouse. College; Uswald Uarison V illavd, Bditqr'.of The Nation; lames H. Dillavd,' Director, of the feanes. and Slater Funds; Dr. \WE. C Pu Bois, Editor of The Crisis. 1 ' : 1 is Elected I. OVERNOR VOl'NG OF QAUFOR. NIA TCrWELCUML V A.'XTTF: J Now. York, June. 15? Governor C. P. Young of California has. accepted i formal invitation to welcome the dith "Annual-Conference- of th~e Na ional Association for the Advance-nent of Colored People in Los Angees, ami he writes that if his engage- ' nents permit he "will speak at the nass meeting in the Los Angeles Ci.ic Auditorium on Sunday, JuTy 1. ? "I am very much interested in your vork,, Writes Governor Young, "and f 1 can evidence this hv corning t" your-meeting shall be only too glad :o do so." According to telegraphic report front Dr. H. C. Hudson and J. C. ianks of the Los Angeles branch. th;-y lave obtained a contract*'with S'.ati n hill J, having ;i wave lengths of netres, to broadcast the jiroceeu ngs 'f. th|s mass meeting on Sunday at . vhich other speakers will be Arthur 3. Spinjtarn, of New York, vice-presilent -of the X. A. A. C. P. arul James iVelifbn Johnson, National Secretary. N Another feature of the Conference. ust arranged; will be an address on icgregation in the Washington govirnment departments- by Miss Grot- j hem McRae, a clerk in the General and Office who led in tht tight aContimicd^t>njpage eight Ol.l'M HI AXS REACH HAMPTON IN ST I PTE f 1 nnrptorr, Ya:, June T2?1 loaded by .1. Hanberry, teacher at the Book- " X Wiisliingfi-.n Hifrh?School?u??CoL . umbin, S.*C., a large party of teachtrs from South Carolina reached here | hjs morning after an all night' ridg 1 r mi Columbia, the starting point. J VII along. the line, the members of he party greeted friends. This afternoon the teachers had all mrolled as students for the first term .. >f the summer sessions. Including f dr. Hanberry, in his party from Co- j umbia were Miss Etta M. Glover, : diss Ida Bull Aih.fii. Miss Ellen H. i Bookman,. Jttiss Louise Mac ?^eesa. L Vijss Delphina A. Bradley, Miss Min- ' rhc- Belle. Walker, Miss Louise ^R. . Thompson, Miss' Esther JVasihingr j ,on, Miss Catherine L.' Hoover, Miss ( Florence Elizabeth Gantt, Miss Su-1 ti?-C?nnoiii " jThe Columbia party was joined in ''oUimhln by Miss Ruth E.-Thompson>f .Allendale, S. Al " unfilaartin-'-^-^-''"'' ^ c \ f ? . ?? . . ?? "7" 5c A COPY h h Carolina . . . . * * t '. Jays State Is in Hands of."White _:n, r::? Tmsh?. v ' ' ' 1 ' 1 ' ' _ "-J.U 1 1 . ' 'AlAJOKITY IS DIRT" , ' - t r IPsiilm-sinKwa, Jesus-Shouting* '.Liquor (Ju^zlinjj Trash With- ; oOt Honor or Decency" ' * " ' ' .1' ' ' ' Greenville; June lO-^Th'i; Ciijbenviile ; \*ews published from Robert' Quilen's Fountain Inn Tribune an edi' r al hv the par'agnanher' and editor . says that "South. Carolina is,-j-n the lands if 'white tr^sh*. of. the hypo riiicai doiistahV t ujih the dtirit people,forming the minority un-'. ?1.1~ la'aiui?r _ i *i>nr w jiLfinu state itoiii a mi graceful situation." . V- ! _ ... In a. scathing deunciation df con^T-; iit nns.m 'he .-tate as he. "sees them, ???? Mr, Quillcn adds '.hat the be'tec type 5f citizenship-in' S-.uth Carolina was' killed ofT'ciuyrijr* tha Confederate., war and that since that time the -"white i.ra h" has been iir ,the saddle. "The majority is dirt-,1" the editorial ' y*. "?pool m-o'.ngiig. Je u-^-htrqt ne. liqiipiaguzzling trash, without t' e dlghest conception of. the men "ng , f h.onoj:?ephHiitjtUior.il y in a a? le of decency?inherently. filthy in bolvmind and'soul. ; ' . ' . Admitting. that thecre is; a good percentage of decent people in the* fate, MjV. Quil'en's editorial a-lrs that present conditions of crime, and illiteracy were the. result of 'their . being in. a hopeless minority' while "hypocritical, 'thieving, dishonorable >? white trash hold s\vay. elect'ngdemagogues Uf-otTtce and' giving .the.^tate . a bad *.ame over the country. . .1 "Ti/ci'c is R.I ?ect'.\h < r. Ahieviea?? where men arc- so qujck to defend ?rtheir honor-, as in South Carolina,,". ', he adds. "There is .no section where . menj are quick, to fight when given- . the lie. Yet, their religion is a sham,^ ... their chivalry is a shanv their honor is h sham. Thoir. much mouthing a- . hout righteousness is . a pose. They do--not understand what honor is. 1 _ explain South. Carolina'." 7~^ ' ?-The >5ta.te. A NATIVE SON (IF SPARTAN-"*' BI RG PASSES S^artanburpr, * S: C., June 12?A., heavy?-of?sorrow -has lain- oyer- : <2 this city since Wednesday, June flth when the news was flashed here from Asheville, N\ 0, that Mr."AVilJiam C Wright, Jr., oldest sop of Mrs. M, II. \Vright and the late Mr. W. C. Writrht had'quietiy pjtsred away at the home bf his sister and .brather-in.law. Rev. and Mrs. \V. P,. Hamilton. * Just a few weelcs.-ogrp Mi*. Wright returned home -from. Boston, Mass., where he had made his home for many years, and was ah outstan''ntr heme in the business world, a.-very sick mam- All that medical skill and lov- ^ * 1 tVf hand? cottid ~do~ w:rs dorp. F-in *lly with the hope that a specialist in r Asheville could help him in his fiprht'. . to retrain his heal h. he was carried ther<T"but to no /avail for just-one" shui't ueek from the time ho -arrived in that city his soul returned to its Maker. - The funeral was .held on Monday, June 11th at Majority Baptist Church. "Willie" as he was Totfingly. called, was yet a young man, hut above all" he was a Christian and. a member of ~ i the Presbyterian Church. The Pres- ? .. tft_acco01 odaLe the. concourse of..s.or: _ rowing?friends?who. gnthei-pd from . far and near to pay their last tribute jf respect, and as Majority'was his late father's church, it was held there. The sen-ice was very short and simple, hut brought out vividly his life as a Christian. A beautiful poem written by one of his sisters, Miss Ruth Weight, we.? road and the senti men! expressed therein was indeed touching. His body was tenderly laid to rest beneath a mound of the most beautiful, and co&tly flowers in the r'ion. I ! i'y ln.VM Tr.m.rlnp sin II. worn above 'the many beautiful designs _ stood a large wheef of flowers with four broklfr ??oUe>s, a tribute, from the family'signifyijvpr that four mehi- y bers of the immediate family'had ' crossed ,the river and we are now watehin. waiting and/ looking this , . ? sway. . . V,J ?Mi.i,Wfi|rht leaves to mown hie de. ? (Continued on Pair* Eight) ' - - .. v :' i ' i iifii*.