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ELECTION
EXTRA
Vol 103. No. 107.
Mrs. McHatton to
Speak Over WSB
Friday Afternoon
Mre. Thomas Hubbard McHatton,
presidcut of the Garden Club of
georgia, will speak over radio
gtation WSB Friday afternoon at
9:50 o'clock, E.S.T., on the subject,
apreservation of Game and Fish in
georgia.” Mrs. McHatton’s ad.
romlinson of the TWA line clocked
state leaders, sponsored by Com
missioner Zack Cravey of the state
department of game and fish.
Wilbanks Sisters to
Sing at Services at
Young Harris Tonight
Revival services will be held to
night at 8 o'clock at Young Harris
Methodist church. Dr, 5 B
Bridgers is conducting the revival,
with two services daily, at 10 in
the morning and 8 at night. :
A feature of .the serviees to
night will be special yocal selee
tions by the Wilbanks sisters of
Greenville, S. C. This trio is one
of the best known in South Caro
lina, and their singing is sure ta
pe enjoyed by evervone present.
L. B. Jones, pastor of the
young Harris church, said today
the revival was one of the mwost
successful ever held st‘nca he hag
been in Athens. The church has
been filled to capacity each night;
and Dr. Bridgers’ services have
been very inspiring.
Bishop Ainsworth
Gives Statement on
Reterenda Results
MACON, Ga.— (&) —Bishop W.
N. Ainsworth, of the Methodist
Episcopal church, presiding officer
of the North Georgia and South
Georgia conferences, issued this
statement today on' the result of
yvesterday's vote on répeal:
“Georgia has voted wet. I made
no prophecies and am not sur
prised. A wet flood—opinion, ad
vice, hand-out—from ' Washington
is sweeping - everything before it.
We will now have a campaign to
get evervhody to drinking in the
interest of temperance, . health,
schools and liberty. Many papers
will promote it for good pay. The
preachers will in due course have
an increasing stregm of broken
hearted wives and mothers com
ing for adviece and hd‘lp.
“The red hand will be in Geor
gia politics with new power. It is
a solid satisfaction to some of us
to know that no unfortunate vic
tim can ever point to us as hav
ing any responsibility for the pro
gram. And thousanls of Georgians
are already forming ranks for a
new fight. Modern civilization
and liquor will neot travel to
gether.”
White House Issues
Definite Weord F.D.R.
To Veto Bonus Bill
WASHINGTON — (® —T h e
White House announced definitely
today President Roosevelt will veto
the Patman benus bill, -
It also was emphasized that it
Was the earnest hope of the presi
dent that congress will support the
veto,
This notice was given through his
Secretary, Stephen Rarly, in res
bonse to published statements that
Some adminjstration leaders migie
like to see the veto oVverriden for
policital purposes. :
‘T will say as definitely as I can,”
Said Early, “that the president is
hot interested in the bonus because
of political reasons or political ex
bediency. He will veto the bill
Passed by congress.”
Atlanta Mu;icians on
Program Here Tonight
A quartet of musicians from the
Atlanta Conservatory of Musie wili
Blve the musie appreciation pro
gram at the University chapel, &8;
Sisted by Hugh Hodgson, head o
the musje department. Miss Claire
Harper, who teaches violin at the
University. will play the first violin,
Miss Rose Thompson the second
Yiolin; George Lindner, viola and
Mrs, Priscelly Loemker, cello. :
The program will be as follows:
Klaviey quintet (op. 44)=~Schu-
Many, "
Allegro brilliante, i
In modo @'unt Marcia. :
Scherzo,
Allegro ma non trappa.
Cello solo—Mrs. LoemKker. ;
Cello solos: Medtgt!on—squire:
Ballade gy Vent Qui Tlere—Delune;
Danse Orrentale—Squire, .
Klavier quintet (Op. 81)—Dvorak.
Allegro mag, non tanto.
Andante con moto.
Scherzo,
Finale, .
COTTONSEED CRUSHED
WASHINGTON — UP) — Cotton.
*eed crushed in the mnine-month
Period, August 1 to April 30, was
Eborted Tuesday by the census
:)ureau to have totaled 3,313,843
. Compared with 3,864,587 tons
I the same period a year ago.
Cottonseed on hand at mills
April 30 totaled 248,558 tons, com-
Yired withs 374,209 tons @ year
S
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Full Associated Press Service
“DRYS” WIN BY 90 VOTES
CLARKE COUNTY GOES
INTO “WET” COLUMN
BY MAJORITY OF 50
Another Referendum s
Necessary to Make
Liquor “Legal”
ONLY SMALL VOTE
Beer and Wine to Become
Legal When Governor
Proclaims Act
Clarke county voted “wet” in
yesterday’s statewide referenda on
liguor, beer and wine, thereby reg
istering one of the major upsets
of the election.
The question of legalizing the
sale of whiskey itself remains to
be decided here by another refer
endum, which must be petitioned
by fifteen percent of the voters,
but immediate sale of wine and
beer is authorized under the state
wide vote.
The total Ciarke vote on the
three questions at issue was:
For repeal—Bsß.
Against repeal—Boß.
For Beer—9oß.
Against Beer—726.
For Wine 891.
Against Wine—692.
While staunch supporters of the
repeal cause in Athens and Clarke
county predicted the county would
vote wet, it was generally believed
by disinterested observers that the
county would vote dry. But the
outcome showed that the “silent
vote” determined the issue in this
community.
The questijon of legalizing the
sale of whiskey, was chinged yes
terday by the voters from a state
wide issue to a community issue.
W. T. Forbes, director of the
Anti-Repeal club in this county,
today issued a statement that the
organization he represents will
continue its fight, and will oppose
legalization of whiskey in Athens.
He declared the young organiza
tion against repeal made a splen
idid fight, and that ‘“despite the
fact that indications are the peo
ple voting in yesterday’s referenda
have repealed he Georgia prohi
bition law, I feel that opponents of
legalized sale of alcoholic hever
ages have cause for gratification;
the fight they have made and the
close vote demonstrates that liquor
has not yet won an overwhelming
victory—and it never will”.
Both Sides Active
In yesterday’s voting in Clarke
county, both sides were active, and
a constant stream of voters flowed
jnto the court house, more than
1,400 ballots having been cast in
the three city boxes. About three
thousand persons were eligible to
vote in Clarke county and the to
tal vote was more than half of the
registration list. Three weeks ago,
jnterest in the election was at a
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Final Rites Today
.
For Major Cohen
ATLANTA — (#) — Men prom
inent in the affairs of the nation
I and the state, including Postmaster
General Farley and United States
iSenator Richard B. Russell, jr,
| were gathering here today for their
| final tribute to Major John San
| tord Cohen, vice chairman of the
Democratic National committee and
,presldent and editor of The At
lanta Journal.
¢ Major Cohen died of an extended
iliness Monday night. The hour of
the funeral today was set at 4:30
p.m CDT.
L. W. Robert of Atlanta, assist
ant secretary of the treasury, and
several Georgia congressmen also
planned to attend the funeral.
STATE NEWS BRIEFS
By The Associated Press
COCHRAN-—Andrew J. Kingery,
clerk of the state house of repren
tatives, and Miss Dolores Peacock,
of Cochran, are to be married here
at the Methodist Episcopal church
at 8:30 p. m., Tuesday, May 28.
| Approximately 300 of the
lstate’s high school senior girls
will be guests of the University of
lGeorgla for a “get acquainted”
| week-end Saturday and Sunday.
Groups from 45 scheools have ac
cepted the invitation, with many
individuals from other schools also
to attend. A special program has
Ibedn.arnnged.
! FORT ' BENNING — Brigadier
General Robert Van Horn, com-
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. Declaring that anyone cparging
. Communistic teaching at- the
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' norant, malicious, deluded, or
' misinformed,” President Robert
. M. Hutchins, shown here at a
| state Senate committee probe in
| Chicago, challenged assertions of
' Charles R. Walgreen, drug
' store chain chief, who removed
his niece from the school “‘be
. cause she was learning red doc
= trines.” .
\
Dodd Delivers Presiden
tial Address Yesterday;
Main Sermon Today
MEMPHIS, Tenn—({#)—South
ern Baptists were urged today to
prove to the world that Christian
ity has “the moral resources ade
quate to produce a peacefili'*and
well-ordered society.” b g
In his prepared convention ser
mon, Dr. J. B. Witherspoon of
Louisville, Ky., told delegateés to
day that many “are challenging
the power of Christ to destroy
selfishness.”
Speaking for the cooperative
program, Dr. H. L. Winburn of
Arkadelphia, Arks said that “un
selfish labor that looks for no
material returns—llabor for state
missions, home msisions, foreign
missions, hospital minisitry or
phanage ministry, the wvast value
of education that is Christian, the
relief of worn and’ needy work
ers—these are ready to our hand,
an answer to all the demands and
conditions of the philesophy ‘of
life that God's kingdom necessi
tates.” o
Dr. Frank Tripp of St. Joseph,
Mo., general leader of the “Bap
tist Hundred _ Thousand Club,”
which has been sjgnally suecess
ful in its campaign to reduce obli
gations of the conventidh, said he
felt “genuinely sorry for any Bap
tist who is not taking a part in
this movement."”
“The clouds are lifting, hope is
taking the place of despair, faith
has displaced fear. Having set our
hands to the plow, we must not
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mander of the eighth brigade, said
mechanization of troops of the
United States army proved its
worth in the two-day maneuver
which ended here yesterday.
General Van Horn, attributed the
speed with which the forces of the
Red and Blue armies moved to the
fact that both regiments were
furnished with motor transportat
ion during the maneuvers. 2
The two-sided maneuver was
brought to a halt' by umpires, after
the two commanders had maneu
vered their troops into position
where each was practically check
mated and a continued dead-lock
without further immediate develop
ments, appeared likely, e
Athens, Ga.,, Thursday, May 16, 1935
COUNTIES WILL HAVE
TOWAT 4 DAS A 1
lEIST FOR- LIOUOR
Repeal ‘Election Can Not
" Be Called for Sooner’
. .Jdhan 30:Days. ¢
MUST PETITION
Dealers - Would Not Be
Able to Cet Licenses
- Until 15 Days Later .
MAYOR KEY READY
ATLANTA — (A — Mayor
James L. Key, repeal advocate,
today promised to open his
liguor store soon and congratu
lated the people of Georgia
“upon the achievement of iiber
ty worthy of a great people.”
ATLANTA, Ga—(#)—Counties
will have to wait at least 45 days
before they can have legal liquor,
if certified results from yester
day's referendum show that re
peal was ratified. 3
Consolidated returns will be cer
tified to Governor Talmadge by
Secretary of State John B. Wil
son. Results will become official
when the governor proclaims the
act ratified or rejected. 1
As soon as the proclamation is
issued the act provides that 15
percent of the qualified voters in
a county may petition their ordi
nary for a local option election,
and the ordinary must ecall it
within 40 days. Petitioners must
be from the list of persons eligis
ble to vote in the 1934 general
election. : |
Official Notice
The ordinary will publish offi
cial notice of the election once a
week for four weeks prior to the
date of the election in the county’s
legal gazette.
Within three days after the
balloting he is to certify results,
and the state revenue commission
cannot, issue licenses to dealers
until 15 days will have expired.
Wilson said this clause con
flicted with another which pro
vides that results must likewisd
be published once a week for
four weeks.
Has Three Days
Under the act, Wilson has three
days in which to certify state re
turns to the governor. In order to
do this he said county election
managers must “rush their con
solidations into this office.”
Tally sheets and election re
turns in all precincts must be for
warded to the “secretary of state
before the state referendum can
be reported officially to the gov
ernor,. he stated. i
Bibb county, showing a 572 vote
majority for repeal, was the first
to file returns here today.
LOCAL WEATHER
Showers this afternoon and
probably tonight, cooler tonight
with Friday generally fair.
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TEMPERATURE
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Inches last 24 h0ur5........ .61
Total since May 1.......... 2.79
Excess since May 1........ 1.05
Average May rainfall...... 3.69
Total since January 1......23.73
Excess since January 1.... 3.46
Clarke County Official Returns
For Againgt For Against For Against
Repeal Repeal Beer Beer Wine Wine
Athens, 216th Dist., Box No. 1...| 288 | 231 | 289 | 216 | 293 | 196
Athens, 216th Dist. Box No. 2...| 249 | 250 | 278 | 218 | 257 | 216
o Sl6th Dist. Box No. 3...| 232 | 197 | 248 | 169 | 247 | 159
Athens, 216th Dist.—Total......| 769 | 678 | 815 | 603 | 797 | 571
Ga. Factory, 217th Di5t..........| 28| 4| 28| 4| 28| 4
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Buck Branch, 220th Di5t.........| 15! 66/ 15| 66! 16| 65
Bradberrys, 241st Di5t...........| 6| 2| 6| 2] 8| ©
Kenny's, 13470 kt ............] 13} 23| 12| 20| 14| 18
Princeton, 1467 Di5t............| 15! ML 16 22l 13| 25
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TOTALS . ... .. vinvei s-ues 358 Boß] 908! 726 | 891 | 692
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Three of Ceorgia’s best known controversialists in the prohibition
issue are shown at Atlanta polling .places as they voted In the state
wide repeal election. At left Bishop Warren A. Candler of the
Methodist Episcopal church, south, veteran champion of prohibition,
is casting his ballot. Behind him ‘stands his brother, Judge John
8. Candler, leader of Georgia drys in the campaign. Mayor James L.
Key, of Atlanta, outspoken advocate of repeal, is shown at the right
in the act of casting a wet vote. (Associated Press Photos)
Many Problems Facing Leaders
In Capital As Week-End Nears
Extension of NRA, Talk
Of Farmers’ Expenses
Draw Attention
WASHINGT O N—F)—
President Roosevelt and the
NRA board agreed today on a
revised, NRA program calling
for a two-year extension as
contrasted with the senate vote
to continue the recovery or
ganization only wup until next
April 1,
WASHINGTON,— (#) — Hard
words and dagger looks featured
the Washington scene today as
prominent folk quarreled about
NRA, and the source of the money
that carried the farm “marchers”
to the capital. -
Senator Clark (D.-Mo,) and
Donald R. Richberg seemed more
at odds than ever on where the
Blue Eagle should go from here.
The senator said he would tell, in
a speech from the floor, about the
NRA chieg and “his ambition to
be a Mussolini in the United
States.” Richberg had called the
Clark NRA plan “complete folly.”
The Clark plan, already ap
proved by the senate, would take
all intra-state business away from
NRA, and extend the agency only
until next April. Richberg. like
the President, wants to extend it
two years.
Before the senate, still sizzling
from yesterday's scrap on . the
farm march, was the resolution of
Senator Hastings (R.-Del.) de
manding that Secretary Wallace
produce dats, to show whether the
government subsidized the agrar
ians who came and praised the
AAA. The farmers said the money
came from their own jeans, and
their neighbors’. Wallace said he
had not a thing to deo with it,-and
“welecomed” a quiz.
Hastings said that, although he
had no knowledge “except the
general attitude of the adminis
tration,” it has used public money
‘ e —— L
} { (Continued On Page Two)
NEW AGREEMENT
Many Enjoy Returns
Of Election Given
‘By Banner-Herald
Once again the Banner-Herald
has served many of its thousands
of friends by flashing returns of a
state-wide election. Last night re
turns of the prohibition referenda
‘were given from the news room of
the Banner-Herald, and a shifting
throng of approximately 1,500
people gathered on Hancock ave
nue to watch.
Returns from the state were
received in the news room of the
Banner-Herald by means of Asso
ciated Press teletype machines
and were flashed on a screen
across the street from the office
by a stereopticon machine.
From 8 o'clock until 12 mem
bers of the staff were kept busy
flashing the returns and answer
ling telephones in the office. It was
a great party, however, and every
one seemed to enjoy it.
At various intervals pictures of
President Roosevelt and Governor
Eugene Talmadge were flashed on
the screen, and the crowd amused
itself by cheering the president
and boom EtheE the governor.
It has been ‘a custom of the
-Banner-Hg;rald to flash election
returns ' for many, niany years,
and it will continue to be a cus
tom for many more vears.
FILIPINOS PREPARE
FOR 10-YEAR PLAN
MANILA. -—(#)—Despite future
problems along the road to inde
pendence, Filipino leaders looked
jovfully ahead today toward six
months of prepa.ation for a 10-
vear commonwealth government.
Additional returns from Tues
day's constitutional plebiscite in
creased the hopes of leaders by
piling up still higher the margin
of ratification for the charter.
The latest figures showed 1,157,962
for ratification to 39,920 against.
A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—s¢ Sunday
Unofficial Returns
From All {Counties
Overcome Big Lead
Complete Returns
From Large Counties
Give Repeal Lead
Following is a list of countieg
from which returns on the repeal
referendum are complete:
Counties ; For Against
Repeal Repeal
Baker ..., i ¥¥ 2 20D 86
Baldwin .. .i v +a WD 563
Berrlen .. i 5 es BB 202
BB .. s aiah ia s OEI 1,503
BIOOKS .. v 4 oo e AO7 402
BEFRR .\ ai ok on sk 0T 449
Butte .. s biiiw orss AN 506
Chlhoun. . v 7 cé on IRB 370
Caxdon oo .. vi 4y i 290 i
Candier . .. iz o 9N b 5
Charlton. .. .. s i 398 143
CIIES. < Gis s ¥y B 808
CIY i; w¥e s vi oa T 8 184
CHEBR .. s i as IDB 115
Collinbin .. 5. .0 5. 148 297
GO .. .7 s i 55 55 198 469
Dougherty .. « «o" os 36 395
Effingham .. ss ¢+ 5. 218 359
Beholl .. os dibs e 94 26
BV . vo a 6 v o+ 382 . 148
QIR oo #e viion o v 18T 153
Grady .. .. s ++ .« 395 599
Hat .. .. i o 8 20 1,106
Houston .. .. .+ «» on 123 276
Jaft Devis .. s s i 185 252
Liberty .. »: s 4. 2356 191
LlNoaln .o, ve 4a sk e 112 326
Lowndes .. .. . <5 956 676
m‘;gg”h«flnn e vas AN 1“‘ 4‘
Mter . e 128
Pemol oo voiun v oo B 420
PIRG av animn R 247 406
Randolph .. .. .. .. 359 507
Richmond .. .. ~ ~3386 1,436
BoBIBY .. iy as ve ai 208 151
Seminole .. . <. 4+ 321 171
BoalGing .o ¢ we A 5 TDB 637
Stephens .. «s «, +. 338 375
Talhot s sa 54 ¢i s 280 344
TARBAY .. o si «v 9 226
Taylor .. «e o ¢4 5o 179 . 230
Thom Es.. .. «x »v I 8 1,086
UL o ah anoincan ADE 528
TUDBOM oo o 5 20 ss oo Gl3 330
WRES .. o, s 55 s DOA 541
WO - o s a D 160
WHAT A TRASH MAN!
PEMBROKE, Ga.— (&) — Just
what significance may be attach
ed to it is purely speculative, but
Pembroke's city couneil has
slashed the salary of the town
marshal in half and on the very
heels of this action, doubled the
salary of the trash man!
One political observer of the
town suggested that the marshal
may be relieved of some of hia
duties and that the disorderly cit
izeng might be turned over to the
garbage man. -
TREASURY POSITION
WASHINGTON — ® — T h e
position of the treasury on May 11
was:
Receipts, $17,754,925.74; expendi
tures, $32,947,1464.36; balance, sl,-
742,5646134.64. Customs receipts for
the month $11,584,671.43,
Receipts for the fiscal year (since
July 1,) $3,220,6561,277.33; expendi
tures, $6,180,5675,769.29 (including
$3,064,439,543.67 of emergency ex
penditures); eacess of expenditures
$2,960,024,491.96. - Gross debt S2B, -
617,102,803.48, a decrease of sl,-
587,928.25 under the previous day.
Gold assets, $8,734,325,489.22.
Foreich News ON THUMBNAIL
By The Associated Press
SEVILLE, Spain—Juan Ignacio
Pombo, 21-year-old Spanish aviator
took off for Villa de Cisneros, Rio
De Oro, on the first stage of a
flight to Mexico, D. F., where he
planned to ask his sweetheart to be
come his bride.
| LONDON — Viscount Cecil of
Chelwood in an attack upon Pre
lmler Mussolini’s Ethiopian policy,
| declared Italy could not fairly cri
ticize German rearmament if she
ignores her own League of Nations
VOWS,
TOKYO—A spokesman for the
Japanese naval office said he be
lieved naval circles in the United
| States and Japan were little alarm
!ed over each other’s maneuvers in
the Pacific ocean.
;i SYDNEY—WhiIe the government
| considered buying Sir Charles
|Klnsstord-Bmith a new plane to
i replace the Southern Cross in which
Ihe almost came to grief in an at-
ELECTION
EXTRA
“Wets" Lose Big Majority
Of 8,000 Votes on
Rural Returns = ...
DAWSON GOES WET
Official Count in Counties .
Will Be Necessary to
Decide Qutcome
ATLANTA —(AP)— An offi
cial tabulation will be neces
sary to decide the outcome of
the referendum in Georgia yes- £
terday on repeal of the prohibi
tion law, it was indicated late
today when the complete unof
ficial vote in the state gave op- 6
ponents of repeal a lead of 90
votes. e
With all counties reporting gflv
unofficial vote at 6 p.m. Eastern
Standard time stood: 2
For Repeal: 81,929 e
Against Repeal: 82,019,
This gave those wanting to re
tain the present dry law a lead of
9 votes on the face of unofficial
returns. L ke
At the same time, the vote ‘for
legalizing beer was 83,394 for, to
74,878 against, ek
The vote for wine 81,800; gmt
against, 5
At 6 o’clock tonight, based upen
unofficial tabulation by the Ban
ner-Herald, the wets llad__m
Georgia in yesterday's proh
referendum by 160 majority.
While the latest Associated Press
tabulation give the drys a 90-vote
lead, the shift in figures made by
official returns of about 15 coun
ties since the tabulation, throws
the wets in the lead. : )
The sharp drop in votes began
about mid-afternoon when fh“@ vet
majority, with Dawson county 1o
hear from, wa§ reduced io 20/
votes, after which the drys imped
into the lead with 217 majority.
Dawson county, at 5:30; reported
197 votes for the wets and 82 for
the drys At that time, according
to unofficial tabulation in The Ban
ner-Herald office, the wets were
leading by 45 votes which, added
to the Dawson county vote, gave
the repealists a lead of 160 votes.
These figures, however are not
based upon the official returns from
all 159 counties in the state, While
all have reported unofficially, a
large number have not yet made
official veturns, and the otfluiu
‘returns which were made this as
ternon caused a decided
votes, with the wets bei i?i‘i"
mostly from the shift. ki
Chatham Turns Tide
A majority of 10,000 was turned
in by Chatham county (Savannah)
for repeal of she prohibition law.
This with the big repeal majorities
in Fulton (Atlanta), Richmon:
(Augusta) and Moscogee (Colum-=
bus) gave that side margin which
at the time was more than 8,100.
Nearly every report this morn
ing, however, added to the prohibi
tion column and whittled dowa the
wet lead.
Dougherty 'c Wet
Dougherty county, which Albany
is the county seat, went into the
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tempt to fly to New Zealand, the
famous Australian airman declared
his willingness to attempt the flight
again with another cargo of jubilee
mail.
LIMA, Peru—Antonio Miro Ques
ada, prominent Peruvian publishe¥
and statesman, and his wife, loy
dead, victims of a youthful assage
sin’s revolver shots. 3
LE HAVRE, France—The strike
of members of the crew of three
French liners forced postbonement
of the sailing of the Champlain
and gave rise to fears that * *
maiden voyage of France's new
super liner, the Mormandie, " may
be delayed.
FIRE CALL =
The fire department was called
last night about 6:30 to a small
blaze at the Athens Foundry ane
Machine company on ‘Thomas
street. 'No damage was done by the
fire, which originated Lin an jrox
melting pote o= S
