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HART COUNTY OFFERS MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO THE HOMESEEKER
BFASES
IN THIS
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STATES MAY BUY TWO RIVER BRIDGES
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Officials Interested
In Propositions
Made Tuesday
$140,000 CASH OR $85,000 AND
MR. ALFORD TO KEEP THEM
TWO MORE YEARS ARE
THE PLANS OUTLINED
Columbia, S. C., July 14. The
Georgia and South Carolina Highway
bodies were favorably impressed to
day by the offer of A. N. Alford, of
Hartwell, Ga., to sell his two steel
bridges over Savannah river between
Hart county, Georgia, and Anderson
county, South Carolina, for $140,000.
Road "officials, in session here, with
representatives of the Chamber of
Commerce of Anderson and large
delegations from Hartwell, Royston,
Madison and Athens, Georgia, agreed
to take the matter under earnest ad
visement for a period of 30 days, per
fecting an option on the two bridges
for that period of time.
Two propositions were submitted
to the road officials by Mr. Alford.
These were:
The outright sale of both Alford’s
bridge, and the Smith-McGee bridge,
for a cash consideration amounting
to $140,000, both to be made free of
toll within 30 days.
The sale of both these bridges at
the end of two years for $85,000.
It was agreed that both proposi
tions should be carefully considered
but it seemed almost a certainty that
something tangible would be accom
plished in the direction of the pur
chase by the two states and inter
ested counties on each side of the
river of both the bridges under the
first offer made by their owner.
Much has been said in the past re
garding the ultimate outcome of the
toll bridge situation that exists be
tween the two states. Os particular
importance, is this situation to Ander
son and Hart counties. Time and
again movements have been launched
to have the steel spans connecting
these two counties, bought by the
states that border on the Savannah
or by the two counties. Outstand
ing at today’s meeting was the favor
able reception given Mr. Alford’s of
fer. It seems almost beyond a doubt
that some immediate action will be
forthcoming as a result of the meet
ing today.
The highway groups of both states
appear anxious to have the present
toll bridge system abolished.
The delegations from the various
Georgia cities numbered about 60,
some 40 of whom were from Athens,
the others from Royston, Madison
and Hartwell.
Those attending from Hartwell
were Mr./A. N. Alford, Dr. W. I.
Hailey, Hon. Steve Skelton, Mr. R.
E. Matheson, Mr. F. C. Brown, Mr.
J. B. Magill.
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YOUNG PEOPLE’S COUNCIL OF
HEBRON ASSOCIATION WILL
MEET SUNDAY, JULY 19TH
The Hebron Associational Young
People’s Council will be held at Ce
dar Creek church third Sunday after
noon, July 19, beginning at 3 o’clock.
The program follows:
Song—O Zion Haste.
Devotional—Mrs. McCade Alford,
Hartwell Y. W. A.
Welcome —Margaret Lewis, Cedar
Creek S. B.
Response—Joel Rice, Sardis R. A.
Presentation of the Graded Union
—Hartwell Young People.
“How Do You Hold Your Hands?”
—Mt. Hermon S. B.
Song—Rock Branch S. B.
Tithing—Lydia Frances Moorhead,
Bethany S. B.
Missionary Alphabet—Cedar Creek
S. B.
Exercise —Royston S. B.
Reading—Rock Branch G. A.
Mission Study Demonstration—
Bio S. B.
Special Song—Bowman Y. W. A.
“The Religious Life In My School” j
—Louise Meredith, Shorter Col
lege.
—Louise Alford, Bessie Tift
College.
Playlet—Sardis Y. W. A.
Round Table Discussion of Meth
ods—Miss Berta Brown, Divisional
Counselor.
White Cross Work—Mrs. Inman
Alford.
Orphans’ Home—Mrs. Amanda
McMullan.
Benediction.
Mrs. W. A. Duncan, of Hartwell,
will preside.
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Although science knows the chief
substances of honey and the propor
tion used by the bees, it is unable to
equal the bee in the production of a
delectable honey.
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Geniuses often come from large
families; Napoleon was an eighth
child, Benjamin Franklin was the
youngest of seven children, Wagner
and Mozart were both seventh chil
dren. and Balzac was the youngest of
a leng line.
THE HARTWELL SUN.
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SURVEYORS ARE
WORKING ON
ROAD HERE
Mr. H. W. Morgan, locating engin
eer for the State Highway Board,
and crew arrived in Hartwell last
Monday and occupy the Saul home on
west Johnson street.
With Mr. Morgan are Messrs. J. W.
Lilly, J. B. Robins, A. B. Fitzgerald,
Ross Rogers, Don Rudolph, Wallace
Morgan, John Cromartie, Walter Do
mingos, John Garner and Harold
1 Fuller.
Mr. Morgan and assistants are sur
veying a part of the project begin
■ ning just east of the Hartwell Camp
ground and ending outside the east
ern part of the city; they will also
cover the route between Hartwell
1 and Alford’s bridge, it was stated.
Some three weeks will be consum
-1 ed in the survey, Engineer Morgan
states.
Mr. Morgan and his crew of splen
did young men have made many
| friends since arriving in Hartwell;
! we warmly welcome them into our
1 midst and trust their stay will be
delightful until the moment they
“pull stakes” for some other pro
ject.
The party of engineers and sur
veyors have two colored men in
charge of the “chow” department,
which is naturally a valuable ad
junct for men who engage in such
strenuous work as marking off our
highways.
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Sell Car Poultry
Approximately SI,OOO was receiv
ed by chicken growers of Hart coun
ty on last Friday morning when an
other carload of poultry left this
section.
The car went to Royston and El
berton, where the load was complet
ed.
Hart county’s receipts since going
into the carlot poultry business has
reached around $40,000.00.
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S. S. Workers of
Hebron Association
Meet At Harmony
i Tuesday, July 21st, Day of Session—
Col. A. S. Skelton Will Preside
Below is the program for the Sun
day School convention, Hebron As
sociation, to be held at Harmony Bap
tist church, Elbert county, Tuesday,
July 21st, 1925:
10:00 A. M.—Devotional exercises
—Rev. A. W. Bussey.
10:15—Organization; enrollment
and report of delegates.
10:30—“Sunday School Organiza
tion and Grading”—A. S. Richard
son.
Music.
11:00—“The Workers’ Council—
Its Value and Importance”—M. M.
Norman.
11:30—“How the Pastor May Help
the Superintendent Build a Real
Sunday School” —Rev. C. W. Hen
derson.
Music.
Adjourn for dinner.
Afternoon.
1:30 P. M.—Devotional—Rev. T.
j J. Rucker.
1:45 P. M.—The Sunday School
i Convention. —A. S. Skelton.
2:30 P. M.—“ The Necessity of
, Teacher Training” Miss Ruth ■
I Greene.
3:00 P. M. —“Evangelism in the
Sunday School”—Rev. W. A. Dun
can.
3:3o—General discussion of Sun-’
day school problems.
Election of officers.
Reports of committees.
Adjournment.
All Baptist Sunday schools are
urged to send large messengers to
this convention, as is indicated by
I the program there is to be only one
; day of the convention this year. Let
every superintendent see that his
school is well represented.
A. S. SKELTON, President.
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Notice Teachers’ Examination.
The annual teachers’ examination
will be held at the Hartwell school
building on Friday, July 31st, and
Saturday, August Ist.
Examination will begin promptly
at 9:00 o’clock, A. M.
Examination for white teachers
will be held at school building, and
colored teachers at Court House.
W. B. MORRIS.
County School Supt., Hart Co., Ga.
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Florence Nightingale’s lover, John
Smithharst, is buried at Elora, On
tario. He was a clergyman and
cousin, and to separate the pair Flor- |
ence was sent abroad against her
will. During her exile she took up >
nursing and never again saw Smith
hurst, who emigrated to Canada, dy
ing at Elora, in 1867.
HARTWELL, HART COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1925
Zellars Is Member
Many Important
Committees
Hart County Should Act On Plan
To Attract New Industrie*
Hartwell and Hart county might
well be proud of the record our
Legislator, Col. B. B. Zellars, is
making down in Atlanta.
He has received a number of the
most important committee assign
ments made by Speaker W. Cecil
Neill, and no member of the Legis
lature was more signally honored.
He was named a member of the
following committees:
Appropriations; Education; Gen
eral Agriculture No. One; General
Judiciary No. Two; Public Highways,
of which he is secretary; Privileges
of the floor, and he is Vice Chairman
of the Uniform State Laws Com
mittee.
At this particular juncture the
people of Hart should be especially
gratified that our representative is
connected with the Highways Com
mittee. It place shim in a peculiarly
intimate touch with highway legisla
tion.
Col. Zellars is able and energetic
and will render a splendid account
during his term of office.
Let Hart County Do This
On the first day of the session Col.
Zellars introduced a bill providing
tax exemption for new industries in
Hart county, which was passed; a
general bill, however, has been pass
ed superceding all local bills which
gives any county the right to call
an election for this purpose, upon
petition of 5 per cent of the voters.
Hart county should vote on this
important matter at once, in view of
the waterpower developments which
will attract new industries. It is
much better for us to say that we
have tax exemption for a period of
years than to say that we intend to
have it.
The Ordinary calls the election.
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BARBECUE HERE
ATTENDED BY
MANY VISITORS
The joint barbecue given by mem
bers of the Hartwell Country .Club
and the Kiwanis Club proved a most
enjoyable event of last Friday af
ternoon.
President J. A. W. Brown, of the
Kiwanis Club, presided during the
program, which was preceded by a
number of musical selections by the
Hartwell Concert Band.
Delegations were present from
Anderson, S. C., Elberton, Wash
ington, Athens, Winder, Toccoa, La
vonia and Royston, arid a number of
visitors as well as homefolks invited
by members of the two organiza
tions.
The members of the Hart County
Board of Commissioners, Chairman
A. N. P. Brown, L. H. Cobb, F. C.
Gaines, C. E- Williams, P. P. Gur
ley, and Clerk J. W. Baker, were al
so present.
President Brown introduced speak
ers as follows from the various cities:
Col. Paul Brown, of Elberton.
Mr. E. T. Fincher, of Winder.
Col. Leon Rice, of Anderson, S. C.
Mr. M. P. Pope, of Washington.
Mr. Luther Bond, of Royston.
Mr. Charlie Martin, of Athens.
Mr. Ben Cheek, of Lavonia.
Mr. Fred Hays, of Toccoa.
These responded with appropriate
remarks. Hon. Steve Skelton, rep
, resenting Hartwell and the county,
had previously warmly welcomed the
visitors of the day.
The delightful barbecued meats
and Brunswick stew were prepared
by Mr. G. H. Spradlin, of Atlanta,
assisted by Messrs. Ep Vickery and
IR. A. Cooper, of Hartwell. Care
taker J. M. Crawford also gave valu
' able aid.
j A box of delicious peaches were
i also served, a gift to the Hartwell Ki
wanis Club from Mr. Grantland King,
of Thomaston, Ga.
Chairman W. L. Murrow and his
committee deserve special praise for
the manner in which every feature ;
was so well taken care of.
From Out-Of-Town.
Visitors representing the various 1
cities and their clubs, Kiwanis, Ro
tary, etc., were as follows:
Athens —Charles Martin, Robert
Arnold, M. L. Manne, Fleetwood La
nier.
Washington—C. W’. Wheeler, W.
R. Whiteley, M. P. Pope.
Winder—E. T. Fincher, A. D. Mc-
Curry.
Toccoa —W. G. Acree, Ben Mose
ley, W. H. Williams, Fred Hays.
Anderson, S. C.—G. H. Bailes, R.
S. Hill, Calhoun Harris, Leon Rice.
Elberton—Dave Hudson, Mose
Berman, Stewart Asbury, Frank
Fortson, Paul Brown, B. M. Grier,
R. L. Rice, W. A. Rucker.
Royston—Luther Bond, Frank
Harbin.
iLavonia —W. M Williams, B. F. ,
Cheek, G. W. Pruitt.
Carnesville —Judge W. R. Little,
j George L. Goode, H. T. Manley.
ANNUAL EXAMS
FOR GEORGIA
TEACHERS
Friday and Saturday, July 31-Aug. 1,
Are Days Set For Event
The annual examination for Geor
gia school teachers will be held on
Friday and Saturday, July 31-Aug
ust 1.
County School Supt. W. B. Mor
ris has received from State Supt.
Fort E. Land the following informa
tion which will be of interest to
those who propose standing the
tests:
The questions to be given out Fri
day, July 31st, will be on elementary
subjects and those to he given out
Saturday will be on high school sub
-1 j jects.
General Elementary Licenses.
(It is to be noted that LICENSES
may be issued by the County Board
of Education.)
A general elementary license of
the first, second, or third grade, lim
ited to the county where issued, may
be granted, as usual, by the County
Board of Education to applicants
who take the examination Friday on
the following subjects: Reading;
Literature; Writing; Spelling; Arith
metic; English Composition, Gram
mar and Literature; United States
History; Civics; Geography; Methods
and Education.
The papers of applicants forth“
General Elementary license will be
examined by the county superinten
dent, or some one designated by the
county Board of Education, and a
county license issued on grades as
I follows:
85 to 100 per cent, first grade
: general elementary county license,
| good for three years.
70 to 85 per cent, second grade
: elementary county license, good for
I two years.
60 to 70 per cent, third grade
general elementary county license,
good for one year.
If a, teacher has a first grade gen
| eral elementary county license which
: he desires to renew lie should pre
sent evidence to the county superin
tendent o shaving attended at least
one approved summer school of at
least four weeks durin gthe life of
1 the license. In lieu of attendance
upon summer school he may take
i that part of the examination on Edu
i cation and Methods and a renewal
may be granted by the county super-
I intendent upon grades from 85 to
100 per cent.
Class B, General Elementary Certifi
cate.
The applicant making from 85 to
100 per cent on elementary exami
nation may send his papers through
the county superintendent to the
State Department of Education, ac
companied by application blank, prop
erly filled out, and the fee of one
dollar. If the marks are approved
he may be granted a Class B. Gen
eral Elementary Certificate.
Class A, General Elementary Cer
tificate.
(It is to be noted that all CER
TIFICATES are issued from the
State Department of Education.)
In order to receive a State Certi
ficate, Class A, the applicant must
show that he has had the equivalent
of a high school education. For ap
plicants who desire to try for a Gen
eral Elementary State Certificate,
there will be questions give non Sat
urday, August Ist, of a general char
acter on high school subjects, includ
ing Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry,
High School English, General His
tory, General Science, Methods and
Education. Those taking the exami
nation for General Elementary Class
A State Certificate need not take the
examination give non Friday. The
applicant making at least 85 per cent
on the examination may send his pa
pers through the county superinten
dent to the State Department, ac
companied by an application properly
filled out and fee of one dollar. If
the State approves the marks given
he will be granted an Elementary
Class “A” Certificate.
High School Certificates.
Examination for High School Cer
tificate wil Ibe given Saturday, Aug
ust Ist. This certificate will be is
sued to those who, by examination,
i can show that they have the equiva-
I lent of a Junior College education,
i The basal examination for high
school certificate will be general in
its character, including questions in
English, History, Mathematics, Gen
eral Science, Physiology, Geography,
Languages, Education and Methods.
I The object and purpose of the test
is to show that the applicant has an
education equivalent to graduation
from a Junior College. Papers of all
applicants for high school certificates
will be sent through the county sup
erintendent to the State Department
of Education, together with applica- I
tion blank, properly filled out, and i
fee of SI.OO.
If a teacher has a first grade coun
ty high school license which he de
sires to renew he should present evi
dence to the county superintendent
of having attended at least one ap-
I proved summer school of at least j
I four weeks during the life of the li- ,
cense.
In lieu of attendance upon summer ,
i Annual Meeting of
Wilson Highway
Association
Officers and Directors Will Meet In
Milledgeville Thursday, July 23rd
The annual meeting of the Wood
| row Wilson Highway Association will
( be held in Milledgeville Thursday of
next week, July 23rd, and it is very
likely thatgfc large delegation will be
present as a result of the recent at
. tempt on the part of Augusta and
, other cities to completely change the
route and take the highway away
from those cities which organized the
association a year ago.
, | A meeting was recently held in
Dublin at which citizens along the
original route took action by which
, it is expected the route and name will
, remain as intended. Court action is
proposed, if necessary.
'l In May, 1924, permission was
granted by Mrs. Woodrow Wilson for
' use of the name "Wilson Memorial
Highway;” on July 23, 1924, the
W’oodrow Wilson Memorial Highway
I was formally organized at a meeting
in Dublin, and officers were elected,
and the official route chosen, which
leads from Hartwell to Florida.
The association adopted as the of
ficial insignia of the highway, a gold
star on a blue field, this to be placed
' on all markers.
1 1 Hurtwell will very likely be repre
sented at the annual session in Mil
ledgcvilje Thursday of next week.
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Predict Cotton Crop
of 14,339,000
Bales For ’26
Washington, D. C.- A cotton crop
of 14,339,000 equivalent 500 pound
bales was forecast last week by the
, Department of Agirculture as this
year’s probable production. Should
favorable conditions prevail from now
until time of picking and the quan
tity forecast materialize, ths- crop
would be the third largest in cotton
history. It would exceed last year’s
crop by almost three-quarters of a
million bales.
The prospective bumper crop is
the result of an exceedingly large
acreage, probably the largest ever
planted, and the favorable condition,
generally of the growing plants.
There Were 46,448,000 acres in cul
tivation on June 25. That is 3,807,-
000 acres more than in cultivation
on June 25. That is 3,807,000 acres
more than in cultivation a year ago.
The increased acreage is due to the
planting of considerable new land,
substitution of cotton on land used
last year for other crops and the
planting of land that was idle last
year. In every state except Vir
ginia, Missouri and Arizona the area
exceeded last year’s.
The condition of the growing
plants was bqtter than a year ago
everywhere except in Texas. The
average condition was 75.9 per cent
of a normal. That is 4.7 points
above the June 25 condition last
year and 1.9 points above the ten
year June 25 average, ’n “i- '
month the crop as a whole declined
0.7 points as compared with a ten ,
year average improvement of 2.0
points. In Texas the decline im
provement there is about three
points. Rain is badly needed for
cotton there.
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Services To Begin
At Sharon Sunday
A series of services will begin at
Sharon Presbyterian church on next
Sunday morning, the pastor, Rev.
James Bradley, preaching at 11
o’clock on that day.
Communion services will be observ
ed Sunday morning, also.
On iMonday morning, Rev. J. A.
Simpson, of Ila, will arrive to preach
twice daily, the hours during the
week being 10 A. M., and 8:30 P. M.
The people of Sharon and sur
rounding communities are cordially
invited to al) services.
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The farmers would be very glad
to see a nice shower of rain.
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Keeping in the lead of your cred
itors by one jump is another sign of
real leadership.—Little Rock (Ark.)
Democrat.
school he may take that part of the
examination on Education and Meth
ods and a renewal may be granted by [
i the county superintendent upon I
grades from 85 to 100 per cent.
The questions on Education and i
Methods will be based largely upon :
the Manual for Georgia Teachers. '
We would suggest in addition to the
Manual that the teachers expecting
to take this examination read
“Science Art of Teaching,” by
■ La Rue. published by the American
•' Book Company; also, Lincoln’s "Ev
leryday Pedagogy,” published by
Ginn and Company.
BPAGES
IN THIS
ISSUE
IVANDERBILT IS
IMPRESSED ON
VISIT HERE
By WIGHTMAN F. MELTON
in Atlanta Georgian
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., stopping
at the Atlanta Biltmore a few months
ago, en route through Atlanta, had
i many pleasant things to say of the
city—especially of ‘the lovely girls,
the public-spirited citizens, the ele
gant homes, the trees and the gar
dens.
Later Mr. Vanderbilt passed
through again, but gave out no in
terviews. When he reached Los
Angeles, however, he told the read-
I ers of his own paper the impressions
of this section. He says—or said:
“Beautiful Atlanta again! How pleas
ed one is to revisit a city wreathed
in forestal beauty, a city rich in
its traditions, a city built upon the
foundation stone of genuine, whole
hearted Americanism!
People know how to live in the Old
South. For generations secrets of
health have had their beginnings
here. Perhaps they have been born
where a newer and a rougher civili
zation have developed them, but cer
tain it is that their beginnings were
carved in the states we are now tour
ing.” (Here he mentions North
Carolina, South Carolina and Geor
gia)
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Hartwell, Ga., Mr. Vanderbilt r«-
! gar<is as a city that deserves much
praise for its excellent methods of
advertising. He says Hartwell is on
the tongue of every tourist for miles
i around, and that everyone talks of
it along the road as though one had
i known it for centuries —and all be
cause this wide-awake little city in
Northeast Georgia has not hesitated
to spend large sums of money letting
the world know that Hartwell is the
gateway to Middle and Southern
Georgia and Florida.
Mr. Vanderbilt wan especially
pleased and impressed with Athens,
Ga. He speaks of it as a city “of
classic denomination, outward charm
and beauty,, a eity of the Old South,
' reminiscent of those things which
| bring to mind the hoop skirts anr
painted umbrellas, colored frock coats
| and top hats, manner* and the dig
' nity of pre-Civil War days. And
1 yet,” says Mr. Vanderbilt, “Athens
today is a thriving metropolis, with
( industry and education evident on all
sides.”
More than three-quarters of a
century ago, Henry Rootes Jackson
wrote “The Red Old Hills of Geor
gia.” This poem wait written in
Athens, one mile from the Oconee
River. In this poem Jackson speaks
of the gay, kind, brave, generous,
hospitable Georgians; the bounty
which cheers the Georgia social
hearth, and the rosy girls of Geor
gia, “the fairest on the earth.”
It seems, therefore, that while few
of the present Georgia folk were
here when Jackson wrote his poem,
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., finds the
same types of beauty, gayety, cour
age, generosity and hospitality among
the people, and the same classic
charm and beauty in this new-world.
Old South City of Athens house of
knowledge, hill of learning. Home of
Wisdom!
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Isham B. Hailey In
Charge Hailey’s
No. 1—
Dr. Isham R. Hailey has purehas
ied Hailey’s Drug Store No. 1 from
, his brother, Mr. Tom Hailey, taking
' charge last Monday morning.
For several years he has been
with Hailey’s No. 2 near the post
office. •
Associated with Mr. Hailey, who is
a licensed pharmacist, will be Mr.
Copeland Carter.
Besides the two stores hdre the
Hailey interests operate a large drug
store in Miami.
TOM GAINES DEAD
Tom Gaines, well-known Hartwell
negro, died last week at his home in
the eastern part of the city.
Tom was some six feet tall and a
perfect specimen of health until re
cently. He grew weaker and was
not able to be around town of late.
His condition was thought some bet
ter just before he died.
He was a good negro and will be
missed by many friends among both
races.
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Singers To Meet Next Sunday
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The Hart Circuit Singing Tohven
’ tion will meet at Liberty Hill Metho
dist church next Sunday morning.
All singers are invited.
Dinner will be served on the
grounds.
J. E. CASEY, President.
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A flawless emerald is worth more
than a diamond of the same weight.
NO. 50