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Saturday, February 4, 1139 t . [, :: "CHARLIE" SPI Jf' ? {J By Charles 'THE ROVING 3> ! . . _ Friaco p I ' Hello Bub: b \ Well . . . Hall Johnson, has h his day at long last . . . Run lit- ir tie children . . . Is really on the ir run. The latest production oi his famous Negro Folk play atari a ed to "running" h?re in Friaco d last Thursay, January 12, and tl , from all local press reports its i v a "Whow". Jester Hainatoa the tl little gint staged the play, and i ? Joseph James is Brother Moses <1 head of the cult. '< Will slope on down to Los An- a geles this week, as the studios 1 are all cocked for a big spring, t 'J The "Wind" will soon be blowing, g also Tarzan, Stanley Livingston, F and many others. In a few days d nn'll U? i_ . fn h will wx ivc auu i/c mi a |judivi\iii w? tell you all the dope. P f Kid Low Shoes stopped every ] , r show in Chicago before he hit "jj New York to join Hellza Poppin . . . according to the Chicago r daily papers. 'Was talking to f 1 I * columnist just before leaving Chi .l and he let me run through the 1 back files. Here is what one veteran columnist had to say,. . . . ''"This week there is a tap ydanc^r in towtn billed as "Little Billy ^ Adams the world's greatest tap f dancer". "Whether or not he is _ the greatest in, the world I do ncrt knew . . . But he is the greatest I've ever seen, and I have seen * them all* on the big time, Bill Rob . ~inson included . . . This colored ? lad stops the show night after night". All other press reports ^ from the white papers ?ii the city . " were along the same line . . . I ' suppose the only other "numbah one", tap _dancer_ they had ever seen before was "Bojangles" _ whioh made me smile. I don't know wh?ther or not , that boy will get out here as Wal . ter Winchell said the other day in his column that people were buying tickets for their grteart * a- ahn q^ah> ' granacniiur^n w OXTC <s . . . . which means its gonna run a long time on Broadway. As soon *" as I hit Central Avenue in Los ' Angeles . . . will send you tne 4 ' dope we?kly ... So Long Till ? Then, i ? Kid Stetson. I Over In Colombia, Sooth Carolina Saturday we happened to be " sitting in an office of the largest * book store in the city located on f Main street, where we had gooie ' to have a man sized clipping book ' made by the book binding depart " ^ ment, and a special leather case 1 to hold it. "No Mil' sissy scrap 1 books for me. I .woulcSn't have. J on? . ..7by golly": ] The office is in the rear, and > things were rathe?' quiet A gentleman noticed a quarter on the c floor of the' big store . . After i glancing cautiously around to see i that no cme was looking, he took<? it on top of the coin. < He then stooped * and picked up f the handkerchief, but the coin > stuck firmly to the floor. He tried ! again with the same result . . . < and brother, he was getting i ready to make a third attempt < when he happened to notice a sign i . on a glass show case which read < "vrvw that you HAVE c TESTED THE POWERS OF OUR i FAMOUS GLUE, WOULD YOU i CARE TO BUY A BOTTLE. 1 ! Officers From Four Counties > < Were needed to arrest a man 1 wanted in Greene County, North 1 Carolina, on a minor charge this [ i ' week. Wayne . . . Duplin . , . and Lenoir counties join at a . point near Seven (Springs . . . 1 At this point the cagey guy* took | his place and easrlY stepped from ~~ one county to another whenever ! an officer of the county he was ?standing in approached. It became necessary for an officer from i each of the three counties and one from Green county, where the wan was wantd, to go together to make < the arrest. Deputy Sheriff L. R. i Cobb reported the incident. Paging The Union ] Every day there is fresh evi- . dence that the unions are tieing ^ up every industry but have thus h far failed to organize the New I York vocalistg who make up the < -a^bstant/al background, and oft?n < \hfe-nttfr element of Broadway reN vues and night dubs. Equity j Bp f Won e?n tow Ipiiywliwf^ui , SOUTHER in cotchw al i2ay?x tttvttx jo i MHU MS J. T. COBB, Divis i ^ Colambi i . T" ' "~ \ CARS 'EM UP i i Spears <; REPORTER" " ;: i < > rotects the production singers, >ut night clubs and lesser showouses get away with 'massacre' i the way of salaries paid the lembers of the vocal ohorus. Big name bands and individu lg may draw down their hunreds, even thousands weekly at he famous Cotton Club, but thf veil-nigh indispensable chorus hat welds the phcrw together with ts multiple K personality draws own but a meager twenty dol ?i a per wtrtrn. ui aevvn uayo , , . nd no less than two shows per light . . . maybe three. Figure hat out and you discover this roup of artists, exposed to the erils of jiight life and aurren lering the 'restoration hours' to ii-de-b<>, receives less than wages aid a common laborer ... and rom this suni must come food, odging, clothing, carfare, entire naintainance. The Apollo theatre on 125th St. n Harlem presented Louis Armitrang a month ago. Surroundng the trumpet king was a col>rful stage show .including a Choir* of Harlem- singers . . 7 nany of them of excellent concert and radio reputation. Thousands crowded the theatre daily, witib hundreds turned away. There were four shows daily... . . ind for those twenty-eight shows . >er week the chorus of singers re reived twenty dollars. Now may>e it is difficult to organize singrs, but harder things have been sccomplished in the field of labor. Thousands upon thousands of dolarR pouring into the ticket booth ind yet performers drawing but s rediculous sixty cents per show ... something needs to be done, ind P. D. Q. 'The Same Olid Soup; Warmed )VCT" * "77 and dished" o\Jt'"iri 'Mamba's Daughters'. . . . fine acting ol Waters and supporting cast, not vithstanding . . the moth-eaten itory of N?gro women with fath:rless children ... a black moth ?r worshipping her pink-skinned. )lue-eyed baby. Great Scott . . is ther? nothing else that c$an nl/fl nlona i K? tVl? llfp fif fl black woman, that, in a playwright's opinion, merits . dramatization ? Seach for an answer and you cir:le around until dizzy . . . "White vriters are not interested in any ither situation in which Negroes figure"- ?,?"The public would not be interested in any other Jhase of Negro life, or any other :ype" ._ . . "Negro writers fail to produce anything of proddfction /alue concerning Negro life" . . . 'They do, but producers turn it lown ..." etc . . . "Negro life n the upper stratas does not differ from white and if dramatiz d would have nc/thi/ng distinguish ng it from a white play save the :olor of the players " . . . which say I, is as it should be, and vhy not? Human nature, human problems, above race, above col >r . . . these make for general jppeal in any play and are the dements that make greatness in any production. Tragedies that ? nnW n member of a ran uvuuuk - rertain race, due to previous social conditions, sectionalism, . can never grip the public with the aating of a plot in which the spectator can vision himself involved. I may be wrong, if I am, set me right . . . but do, Lord, ranow what you're talking about. [ do contend that, altho such plays as 'Mamba' have their place in the scheme of theatrical things . . this one dish diet is unheal thy, unfair, unneccessary and unjodly. ROBfeRT SMALLS HI SCHOOL Beaufort, S. C.?Last week our attention was turned toward first semester examinations. Teachers and stV(t?nt;s wei^e busy during :hose two days. All students are usually anxious to get examinations over. On Wednesday quite a change had taken place their faces were all in smiles. Rev. G. W. Macklemore, pastor of Central Baptist church and a patron of the school gave a few benches to the school which was very much appreciated by the prin cipal, teachers and students. The principal made a speciaT visit to >*- -i < __J ., 1 1 l:? I , MS cnurn anu tnuuiteu mm ucoi c | 11 rrin fI L5sr3 TJHT 4&2VB IHl AOIftU 3 pwow^'l* 7 ?n P?aseBC?r Af?nt ?, 8. C. ily for the useful gift. The bench- 1 es are being used in our audito- J rlum. * The Young Men'* club of F. A. I B. church is sponsoring a bingo 1 party Monday night, January 30 at J. I. Washington Library for the benefit of the church. Be sure to keep in mind the , P.T.A. banquet, February 14, at Robert Smallg High school. Don't :forget the date! Time! Place! Begin now to get ready to* the GeoTge Washington ball given by the senior class, Feb. 24. Admission 26 cents. Mrs. Essie Wright was called to the bedside of her husband, Mr. William Wright, who left here I a week ago for a treatment to the Miami hospital. On her way? there she stopped in Savannah, Ga., for her daughter and sonin-law, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Thornton who accompanied her. We are hoping that she will re turn. stron with good news. Last week the following teachers were out one or two days with bad colds: namely, Misses W. M. . Bythewood, E. S. Polite and ProfA. >Jeal. VOORHEES CALENDAR Denmark, S. G., January 28? Principal J. E. Blanton made a trip to Atlapta, attending a meeting in interest of Voorhees school. He returned by the way of Macon and Fort Valley, reporting a very helpful and interesting trip. Mr. W. V. Harper, Capt. L. E. v Owens and Principal Blanton attended the Omega Phi Psi meeting in Columbia Monday, January 23rd. They reported that the npxv' regular meeting of the JKraternity will be held at the Voorhees school, Monday, February 20th. On January 24th the Rev. .C. E. Bentley, associated director of the American* Church Institute flor I Negroes and Principal Blantor. spent the day in Columbia in the , State Department of Education in interest of Voorhees school. < Prof. Harold Crawfofrd, director of industria 1 work for colored? men in South Carolina, visited Voorhees on Thursday of this i week. . c The basket ball game between } Voorhees and Schofield school .* * ?A J U?> T V\ o ^ was lnterrupt^u vy young women managed to fkiish 1 their game, the final score being ? 18 to 14 in favor of Voorhees. The young men could not play at all i Superintendent Lacpy and Prin * cipal Bradsby erf Schofield were 1 present. They inspected the school before the game. This was * Supt. Lacey'B first trip to Voor- | hees. 1 The Charm club held its annual c banquet on Friday, January 27th. The heads of departments were < invited aa?special guests. young women.of the club present- ] ed a very enticing monu, and the i toast!?and -short addresses were i greatly enjoved by all. ' - t Several new students have ap- 1 plied to enter for th^ second se- ] mester, which begins February ] "Istv Sonre of the young people ~i lave already reported. 1 In addition to those who will i be regular students of Voorheer ] % class of five young men will be" 1 stationed at Voorhees as practice j teachers in tl\e tradei_ depart- < ment. They are coming to Voor- { hees from State college, and will work in the trades department un der the direction of the trades tea YOUNG WOMEN'S MISSION- J ARY SOCIETY The Young Women's Mission ary Society of Jones Chapel A. M. E. Zion church held its first J meeting in the new year Wednesday, January 19, at the parsonage 1 with Mrs. Irene Gaskin enter- ( taining. During the history of the socie- . ty we have given Christmas-bas-1I kets to unfortunatje members of | ! the church and corhmunity. It is J our motto to give flowers where1 they are needed most, and where ' they can be appreciated. We were ery glad to have one of our former members presnt, ] Miss Adell Green of New York City. Miss Green was a faithful I member of the club and has cooperated with club activities-while , in New York City. We are asking all our members and friends to be present at the next meeting which will be held . at the home of Miss C. K. Gordon 2409 Green St., Feb. 15. J GROUP NO. 1 OF MARLBORO J . TEACHERS HOLD MEETING IJ Group No. 1 of the Marlboro) ' teachers met at the Blenheim: school Thursday, January 19th. The devotional service was con-| ducted by Rev. J. A. Frazier, the I chaplain, after which Rev. A. W.1 Wrifrh^ the -.jhjlncipal of Blen- * heim school gave the welcome ad- ^ dress which made each one feel r at home. Mrs. Rosa Eddie read 1 a lovely poem. Next Prof. Hen- c ry Zimmerman made an interest- T ing talk on How can the Teachers I 1 Cooperate with the P.T.A. to build, t Better Schools and Communities which was followed by discussions. s The group then sang a spiritual, [ J led by Mrs. M. Watterson. Mrs. Clear McCrae made an interesting ! * talk also on the Value of the P. { T. A. After which Miss B. E. ? Graham the county supervisor made a wonderful talk on the community which inspired and was enjoyed. She also cdmmend- I ed Rev. A. W. Wright on the im- * prove m en t of the school ami the cooperation of his teachers. We < were glad to have some of the * patrons present. The meeting was closed and a repast served. < The next group meeting will be 1 held at Drake school. Mr. S. E. i Frazier, principal. 1 ID PALMETTO LEADER Megro Farmer < Profitable Crop: ' - -r" ; Joe McMillan Produces on Five Acres?51 on Similz i i . ; ' i I Pive-acre corn and five-acre cotton :ounty, which produced 531 bushels spectively. Photographs r Farming in Sumter county is b tot a 'hopelessly Unprofitable oc- s u pat ion for a small farmer, nro- h rided the farmer is able and wil- f ing to work, and intelligently di- b ects his efforts in accordance t vith the advice obtainable from o ixtension service agents. I The best proof of this assertion s the citation by1 individual farners who have operated tHeir .. 'arms according to this formula. In substantiation of these state- c nents extracts from the annual re v >ort of J. C. Malony, Negro Farm ? Demonstration Agent for Sumter :ounty, are herewith presented. ' Joe McMillan is an outstandingsxample of what the extension _ IfAflr -ifl 5 mmm ..?? ? uvuig 1/W Itcip impi UYC H1C living conditions of Negro far- ? mers. He is located in the Oswego lection in Highway No. 763, about leven miles from Sumter on a fifty-four acre farm which lje is . purchasing from the Federal Land . Bank. After concluding his ar; : -arigements to purchase the farm ^ ic sought the advice and super- , ;ision of Extension Agent Malony i [lis cropping guide was outlined. "oFTfie'year ID37 aTVd here follows , \gent Malony's reports on the opjratFns jfor two crop years, 1937 md 1938. - - 1937 V v "Two demonstrations were put >n?five acres in cotton and five u iores- in corn, both in the same c ;^i,i ? ii.. ciu naiiiK cue m^iiway, t] "On the five-acre cotton demon p itration, he applied one ton of T lome-mixed fertilizer ?10-4-4? o it a cost of $20.00; broadcasted he field with farm manure valued v it $15.00; and put down 100 lbs. v >f nitrate of soda to the acre, as j] i side dressing. About the middle s >f July, cotton grew rank and the a Doll weevil infestation was heavy. J 10 the agent had the cotton top- 1 ^ed back eighteen inches, and con fi tinued plowing until lh? middle -t jf August. c "From this five-acre demonstra- c tion, he sold 3,502 pounds of lint o cotton, which brought him $315.-0 t The seed brought $95.00, which ? made a total income of $410.10 j from the cotton. The total cost f was -144.50, and the total profit f $265.00. The cost is itemized as follows: ~ ] Home mixed fertilizer 10-4-4 1 ton ? $ 20.00 1 Nitrate of soda, 800 lbs.'? 8.50 J Farm-manure ... T5.00 I Seed, Cleve Wilt Strain I No. 4 5.50 I Men and horse labor " 18.50 Pieking-rr,. -1-^ 40.00 Sinning 28.00 Total .... ... $144.50 a Corn Demonstration s "Adjoining this cotton demon- r itration, a five-acre corn demon- 1 itration was conducted, yielding t 177 bushels, averaging a little a nore than 75 bushels to the acre, v The corn was produced at a total t . A r e%n/\ a/\ 1 i * AA * '"si oi *><o.uu, ana a cost 01 zu.ic >er bushel. He also harvested ,760 pounds of cow peas from t his same field. ii "Itemized cost of corn demon-'t tration: 'ti fertilizer, horne-mixed, ? 10-4-4, 1,000 lbs $ 10.00 titrate of soda. l.<)00 lbs ifiOO? >abor, man and horse 50.00 4 >eed, Douthit's 1.00 ? C Total $76.00 4 "It may be pointed oub that McMillan states that this is the first F ;ime in the history of his farm I> 'xperienee that he has produce*! 7 ;nough corn to supply his farm / leeds and some to sell. "In addition to these two dcm- 1 lustrations, he has a year-around / garden, poultry to supply home leeds, a dairy cow, a yearling I weighing 360 pounds to be canned ,1 " 4 .. I I r i Grows s Eight Bales of Cotton 31 Bushels Corn ir Area i 1 * I 'wjly*1 "" fields of Joe McMillan, Sumter I corn and eight bales cotton re- | nade in August, 193? y the honie agent, and also made ome iiflprovements_about t J? e ^use which -added to the com- ~ ortja- of the home. He built a am for his corn and a sanitary oilet from timber cut from his wn farm. 1938 "This year McMillan continued he two 6-acre demonstrations in otton and corn, planted com; ^here cotton, and cotton where' orn was last year. On cotton 5cre demonstration: "Harvested: 4,062 lbs. lint coton, or 8 bales. "Variety: Cleve Wilt Strain 4. seed $609.66 ^otal cost 179.74 Total-^profit .... $329.92 Cost: . ^and rent, $4 per acre .... $20.00 "ertilizer, 8-4-4, 2,500 lbs. '(home-mixed) I 33.11 Jitrate of soda, 500 lbs 8.50 Agricultural lime, 1,000 lbs. 3.25 'arm manure, 10 tons 20.00 "inking ond gfnhing 80.88 Cultivation ? 14.00 Total $179.74-"The cotton cost above $.04 per ound to produce it. The cotton ,as planted April 10 and 15. "After the 4th of July, confined cultivating both sides of the otton once eVer'y week and split! 1 fie middle, until the last of Au- : ust, when cotton began to open.| he cotton was topped the last : f July. ] "The 5-acre com demonstration as planted in rows 4 ft. 9 inches { as planted in drill from 5 to 9j iches. Had an average of 14,000j talks to the acre, and the stalks j veraged two ears . to the stalk?| nany having three- large ears.. Tie corn variety, Douthit's Proliic, planted April 20. The land was | reated willi 200 pounds of agrl-i ultural lime per acre before, .the orn was planted. It was fetatjlizd with stable manure, 1,000 lbs. o the acre, 300 pounds of 8-4-4, md 200 pounds' of nitrate of soda >er acre. Made a total yield of >31 bushels of corn?an average >f 10G.2 bushels per acre. Cost of corn: fertilizer; 8-4-4, homemixed __ 18.50 titrate of soda, 1,000 lbs. 17.00 Agricultural li.me, 1,000 lbs. 3.25 ^abor, man and horse 15.00 ..and rent .? 20.00 'arm manure, 5 tons 10.00 j - Total ~ rrlrr.. ::.7 $83.75' Cost around $.16 per bushel. | ."Joe McMillan had a year-1, iround. garden, 200 bushels o f weet potatoes, -will butcher elough hogs for home use, a ytfaring calf weighing about 350?slbs. o can, plenty of corn for family i nd livestock, plenty of fruit and| egetables canned to take them hrough the 'winter." The following additional exracts from Agent Malon's report ndicate the constructive work hat is being carried on in Sum- ' er countv with both Negro 4-H j Hub boys and adult farmers: 4-H Club Work* There weie 490 bu.ys enrolled In "1 -H Club work. We have in the county 30 4-H I 'lubs in 30 communities. No. of | -H Club leaders, 30. ) 1 Corn demonstrations: Joys competing 286 Jo. of acrea ? 286 TotaI yieTd bushels . . . 11,400 Average yield per acre, bushels 39.8 V)tal cost $3,171.35 Average cost per bushel 27.9c Hog demonstrations: loys competing 168 j rotal number of hogs (fatI r tening class) __ 205 Total number pounds of . meat gained __ 31,613 Total value $2,688.70 Total cost ... $812.43 Total profit $1,876.33 Adult hog demonstrations: Number of hog demonstrations 5 Total number hogs _ 47 Total number of pounds gained .... ... .. 6,706 Total value __ $611*74 Total cost .. . _. $238.02 Total profit $373.72 Corn demonstrations: There were five 5-acre corn dem viiBi>iauuus conuuciea in nve com j m unities. .Numbqr of acres -- -- 25 Total yield, bushels . .. 1,731 I Average yield per acre. bushels G'd Total cost ^ $347.G0 Average cost "per bushel - . __ 21c Realizing .that corn is the power of the farm and that it is impos-1 sible for farmers to continue to j say on the farm unless they grow : enuogh corn for home use and livestock, we carry on demonstrations in communities where farmers do not grow enough corn for homfc use. There were four 5-aere demonstrations in cotton in four commun , ities. Total number of acres- __ 20; Total numbey of bales __ 231 Total value (including cotton- ! seed) 23 bale*, cotton ^l,356.70., Total cost . . $503.04 Total profit .' - $853.GG Clevewilt Strain 3 and 4 were used in these four demonstrations. Home-mixed fertilizer?. Method "f ccntr'-dlinj; 1-d.l wh1-'' vil, after July 4 was a continua-j tion of plowing the cotton until the bolls began to open.. Both sides' were plowed and the middles' split j once per week when possible. j Robert Green's Llve at Home Fro-, gram on His Farm Good home orchard, built a mod, ern poultry house, 40^ pure?fVcd rtnoae island Ked hens, has t\^o incubators running now with ? total of 360 egg's. Marketed from his truck gar-j' den, vegetables $210.36. Hogs sold $74.90. Chickens sold $55.7ix-Egg5 sold $15.40. Pigeons sold $14.80. t Built a sweet potato house out of pine poles and cured hi= sweet potatoes. Farm agent taught Green how to grade his potatoes and he is now marketing for 75c per bushel. Green only made three bale* of cotton on his two-plow farm. Total number of acres in this farm, 67; number of acres under,, cultivation, 40. iJ He is buying this land from the Federal Land Bank. . ' ' IjEESVILLE NEWS f Sunday school began at Calvaryj AME church at its usual hour.1 Rev. Bowman preached a heart stirring sermon on Sunday morn-1 ing. The Baby contest was a sue-1 cess. Little Miss Edna-Gregg wasJthe winner, having' raised $15.40.1 Little Mattie Lee Holloway rais-j ed $7.30. Both babies were award-! ed prizes. The Popularity contest i between the three churches, Cal- j vary AMU church, Friendship Bap I tist church and St. Matthews CM } E, was a great success. Calvary! AME church was considered the j most popular church in Leesville.' having raised the highest amount. I The amounts raised were as fol-' lows: St. Matthews $7.41; Friend ship $8.50 and Calvary $15.60. mak ing a total of $31.51. Rev. A. J. Thomas and three officers of Aiken, Rev. B. E. Golphin and Rev. J. E. Fisher of i Batesburg, Dr. E. F. G. Dent and! Mr. Corley of Columbia were visi-1 tors in Leesville Sunday. . v Mrs. Washington, the Boy, Preacher's sister Pave a short! talk at Hampton Hi school ; on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hartley! had as their guests on Sunday. Misfe Kssernne Bird of Batesburg!. ?. Mrs. Maggie Lee had as her j guest for lunch Sunday, Misses, Emmt Marshall, Viola Norris, Ger j trude Boney and Mr. Jesse Morris Since the pastor Rev. Jackson j and members of St. Matthews C. M.E., has repaired their church, they will have their opening services on Friday nite, Feb.--3. All members are ur-ged to be present. NOTES--FROM THE TRENCHES (To the "Leader") Please accept a few dots from Walterbo'ro circuit. We are march ing forward under the leadershipof out pastoi% who came Jo u? just a few days a^o. On Sunday January 15 there was a high day) at St. John A. M. E. church. The* pastor preached a soul stirring ser mon that was good enough for all present. After the sermon an invitation was extended. Four per-, sons ware added to the church An offering of $18,25was taken, j At 7:30 p.m. we camp to St. Peter. There we met a very fine1 group of willing workers waiting for the pastor who gave them a IL E E V Y ' S FUNERAL HOME Undertaking And Embalmin -SLOGANLOWER PRICES AMBULANCE SERVICE "As Near As Your Nearest Phoni Ratashurg and Ridjfeway, S. C 1831 TAYLOR ST. COLIMB1 PHONE 9276 * ' \f ~ P? ? J ! strong sermon. , We are hoping for a very successful year by the Lord's help. Total collection for the day $23. At Mt. Zion Sunday, January 22 was another great day which was Ten joyed. After the sermon two j were added to the church. One , .was 75 years old. Everybody ad. mired -\his coming to the church Collection $8.80. , , J At .'1:00' p.m. we motored back | over to St. John to witness the last words to be said by way of j funeralizing old "Father" PinekI ney. who departed_thi- life, Nov. j 18, A very large crowd > j was- await in!', the arrival of the L preacher. The llev: L. L. Farmer, P. E., of the Charleston disf trict conference was invited for the occasion. 'He had as guest Rev. .S. W. Wolfe, pastor of Beth- ; \ el station, St. George, S. C. Dr. Farmer preached a very fine sermon and Rev. Wolfe snokp very encouraging words to the good people- of St. John and the friends and .visitors. All that was , said and done Was enjoyed by those pVesent. Total collection for the day $16.55. .. . Tor SATISFACTORY RESULTS PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS m A COMFORTING N Jm creeuy assume complete charge cf ell ?| J responsibility?at. 91 moderate standard- ?|Kk : I lzed prices that cover J all expense. Johnson-Bradley Funeral Home 144U?Mark Street ? 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