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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS}
VOLUME XXXII, NO. 55.
FORECAST EARLY
A Senators’ George and Cohen
Declare That Election of
Roosevelt Would Assure lni=
mediate Action
MAKE COMMENTS ON
DEMOCRATIC STAND
Southern Senators and Members
of Congress are All “Wet"
and Will Bring Question to
Floor.
New York, Nov. 3. (/P)—Georgia’s
two United States senators said at
Democratic national headquarters to
day that if Franklin D. Roosevelt is
elected president on November 8 they
expect southern Democrats in con¬
gress to support some sort of prohi¬
bition modification legislation in the
short session in December.
Senator Walter F. George said:
“If Roosevelt is elected there cer¬
tainly will be legislation on some sort
of a modification bill—probably in the
form of a tax on certain beverages.’’
Senator John S. Cohen said:
“Every congressman and every sen¬
ator running for office on the Demo¬
cratic ticket in the south is “standing
squarely on the Democratic platform
on prohibition—and you know what
the Democratic platform stands for.”
Discussing the Republican cam¬
paign, Senator Cohen said:
“All Republican candidates in the
south are running on a platform di¬
rectly opposed to their party’s nation¬
al platform.”
Senator George said he did not
think James A. Farley, chairman of
the Democratic national committee,
had made any over-statement in plac¬
ing the probable majority for Gover¬
nor Roosevelt at 10,000,000 votes.
“The character of the Republican
campaign in the last 24 or 48 hours
very clearly indicates that such a vic¬
tory is in the cards,” he added.
He said the Republican campaign
was one of “desperation.”
Farley, commenting today on Presi¬
dent Hoover’s statement on prohibi¬
tion last night, said:
“I don’t think the president himself
knowns where he stands.”
Lives Eight Days
With Legs Broken
Without Any Help
Burwell, Neb., Nov. 3. (fP)_With
both legs broken, Clarence Wilson,
40, bachelor farmer, remained in his
farm home without food, water or
medical attention fo reight days. To¬
day he was in a hosintal and physi¬
cians said he would recover.
Wilson’s dog refused to leave him
after he fell from a windmill on his
farm. He crawled on his hands and
knees into, his house.
While he lay in his home he had
nothing to eat or drink but some raw
potatoes the morning of October 24.
Both legs were broken just above the
ankle.
He kept a diary on the back of old
letters. Tuesday after failing in an¬
other attempt to get his dog to go for
help, he wrote a will* asking persons
who might find him to notify his fath¬
er, C. E. Wilson, of Gresham, Neb.
Shortly afterwards , the farmer
heard a man driving cattle along the
road. Wilson crawled out into the
yard and yelled until he was hoarse.
The cattleman heard Wilson but was
afraid and went to the nearby Daniel
Pishna farm.
Pishna went to the Wilson home
and notified a doctor who brought the
injured man here. The doctor said he
hoped both legs could be saved.
THREATS ARE MADE
AGAINST EDITORS;
PROBE IS OPENED
Lawrenceville, Ga., Nov. 3. DP)—
Death threats against the editors of
two newspapers published here in
event they continue to print notices
of property for sale to meet debts
brought a wide investigation today,
Police said the letters were found
tacked on the doors of the buildings
occupied by the Gwinnett Journal and
4 .ne News-Herald. They were identi¬
cal and so poorly written and mis¬
spelled as to be almost undecipher¬
able.
The letters warned against adver
tisement of property for sale to pay
debts and said “we are going to put a
stop to the money power taking”
property of the people “for nothing.”
Further publication of the notices,
the warning went on, would mean
death to the editors and those who
had the property advertised.
Editor C. M. Morcock of the Gwin¬
nett Journal, commenting editorially,
called attention to the law requiring
advertisement of property to be sold
for debt or taxes and said “we are
continuing the even tenor of our way
despite the threat.”
Seeks Re'election
j
j
j Reed Smoot, Republican
veteran
senator, is seeking reelection in Utah.
CITY OF DETROIT
Senator Couzens, Republican of
Michigan, Concedes City to
Democrats By Majority of
100 , 000 .
Washington Nov. 3. (IP) —Senator
Couzens (R., Mich.) today told news¬
papermen that Governor Roosevelt
would carry Detroit by a majority of
over 100,000 and that Michigan would
repeal the prohibition amendment in
the state constitution and the enforce¬
ment act next Tuesday.
“The Republicans always have car¬
ried the state by tremendous majori¬
ties, around 500,000, and it seems,”
Couzens said, “almost inconceivable
that there could be a turn-over which
would give the state to Governor
Roosevelt. But in my judgment, Wayne
county, which is Detroit, will give
Roosevelt this year a majority of 100,
000 to. 150,000. So far as the state
is concerned, I think it will be very
close.”
Discussing the state prohibition law,
Couzens said:
‘“There is every evidence that the
Michigan state prohibition amendment
in the constitution and the enforce¬
ment act will be repealed.
“The proposition before the voters
will authorize the legislature to set
up a liquor control commission. I
think the repeal proposal and the <i
contro1 Proposition will be car
!™ (1 , by a very substantial majority.
rhe _ wll] be between 200 ’ 000
THREE ARE ARRESTED
JACKSONVILLE POLICE DETAIN
SUSPECTS CHARGED WITH
WOUNDING YOUTHS
Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. 3. (IP )—
Three men were arrested today in con¬
nection with the wounding of three
boys, sons of prominent Jacksonville
families, sho.t in an orange grove near
here while engaged in a Hallowe’en
prank.
Samuel C. Taylor, realtor, in whose
grove the shooting is alleged to have
occurred, and J. M. Martin and M. L.
Cutchins, said by deputies to be night
watchmen for Taylor, were jailed on
charges of assault to, murder
Their bond was set at $5,000 each.
Date for a hearing has not yet been
set.
The youths who were wounded are
Robert Barnett, 16, orphan brother
of Mrs. John Hutchinson, of suburban
Lake Shore, and nephew of Will Hall,
county commissioner-elect; Malcolm
McCrory, son of W. M. MicC^ory,
prominent insurance man, and Albert
| : Holt, son of the Rev. A. C. Holt, pastor
0 f the First Presbyterian Church,
t Young Barnett was blinded by a
Icharge j of buckshot that also peppered
his chest, punctured his lungs and
lodged near his heart. The other two
boys were only slightly wounded.
Police also are investigating a re¬
port by an expectant mother and a
13-year-old girl that they were shot
while in Taylor’s grove recently. Offi¬
cers said they gave their names as a
! Mrs. Chessare and Elsie Anderson,
No warrants have been issued in that
j Taylor denied knowledge of either
shotting,
QUAKE ON WEST COAST
San Francisco, No^. 3. IIP )—An
earthquake was felt in the San Fran¬
cisco bay area at 10:55 a. m. today.
The shock was described as sharper
than the slight tremor felt here about
a week ago. No damage wa;> vepert
ed.
Swings Into That State Today
After Luncheon With His
Mother at Hyde Park in
Change of Plans
SPEAK TONIGHT
TO NEW YORK AUDIENCE
Be Back at Metropolitan
Opera House By 10 O’Clock
in Time For One of Three Big
Speeches.
Albany, N. Y., Nov. 3. (/P)—Gover¬
nor Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democrat¬
ic presidential nominee, left shortly
before noon today for his Hyde Park
home for luncheon with his mother
before making an automobile swing
through Jersey City and Newark, Now
Jersey, late this afternon and speak¬
ing in New York city tonight.
A last minute change in plans for
concluding his presidential campaign
took Governor Roosevelt today on a
hurried excursion into New Jersey be¬
fore going to the Metropolitan opera
house in New York city for the first,
of three speeches he will make in the
metropolitan area.
The Democratic candidate planned
to cross the state line once more for
a quick trip through Jersey City and
and be back at the Metropol¬
itan opera bouse by 10 o’clock.
No speeches are planned in New
but the candidate is preparing
to greet the crowds from his automo¬
bile.
The governor will be introduced to¬
night by Owen D. Young, chairman
of the board of the General Electric
Company.
Tomorrow night Roosevelt will
speak at the Academy of Music in
Brooklyn, and Saturday night he will
appear with Alfred E. Smith for a
speech at Madison Square Garden.
The governor worked until bed¬
time last night on the three speeches,
drawing material from stacks of pa¬
pers which his research advisers had
put on his desk. He has not disclos¬
ed what he will talk about.
He will leave Albany about noon
for Hyde Park for luncheon with his
mother before driving on to New
York. He will remain in New York
until Sunday morning, returning then
to Hyde Park. Monday he will speak
at Poughkeepsie, a few miles away, a
custom he has followed on the even of
elections for 20 years.
Tuesday, election day, he will vote
with Mrs. Roosevelt at the town hall,
and motor down to New York where
he will keep his own state-by-state
tabulation of election returns.
CHLOROFORM DOSE
FATAL TO FORMER
NEWSPAPER MAN
Durham, N. C., Nov. 3. (IP)— W.
Clyde Proctor, former newspaper man
of Atlanta, Memphis, Nashville, Bir¬
mingham and Anniston, Ala., died at
a hospital here last night after drink¬
ing Chloroform by mistake.
Police said he obtained the bottle
by mistake when reaching into the
rear of the automobile in which he
was riding with two doctors.
He was an alumnus of the Univer¬
sity of North Carolina and his news¬
paper work had taken him to Hous¬
ton, Tex. He had also worked on a
number of North Carolina papers.
London Jobless
Turn To Begging
To Obtain Food
London, Nov. 3. (IP) —Chasteped by
their experiences with the police, un¬
employed “hunger marchers” who last
week stormed the doors of parliament,
were reduced today to rattling tin
cups for pennies in the streets.
Their leader, W. A. L. Hannington,
was still in jail. Some of their com
panions in the weary march on the city
had gone home. In the house of com¬
mons the home secretary announced
the government was preparing meas¬
ures to prevent the recurrence of
such disorders as occurred last week.
The leaderless stragglers, knowing
not what else to do, shuffled up and
down the sidewalks in the neighbor¬
hood of the big halls where the county
council has provided sleeping quar¬
ters, begging money fo.r their food.
The public seems to be contributing
generously.
County authorities have said hous¬
ing accommodations will be available
only until the end of the week, bui aft¬
er that no one has said what will be
done with the indigent army.
STORM WARNING ISSUED
The weather bureau today issued
the following storm warning: “Advis¬
ory: nine thirty a. m. tropical dis¬
turbance in Caribbean central about
thirteen thirty north seventy-two
west moving slowly ' tward attend¬
ed by shifting ge’ and possibly
winds hurricane ft ,1 over small area
near center.”
BRUNSWICK, GA., THURSDAY, NOV. 3, 1932.
Miss Morrow To Wed
Ihe engagement of . Elizabeth . .. Mor
row, sister of Mrs. Charles A. Lind¬
bergh, (o Aubrey Niel Morgan, Welsh
business man, was announced by her
mother, Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow, wi¬
dow of the late New Jersey senator.
(The Misses Selby Photo from Asso¬
ciated Press.)
Group of Women in Stalled
Automobile on Train Track
are Instantly Killed Near
Richmond, Va.
. Richmond, Va., Nov. 3. (/P)—Five
women were killed today in an auto¬
mobile train crash at Greendale,
Henrico county, near here.
The dead are:
Mrs. Grace Land, 40; wife of W. H.
Land, driver of the car; Mrs. K. R.
Metz, 30, Miss Mary Stone, 17, Mrs.
A. II. Henley, 45.
All were residents of Laurel, Va.
The accident happened at a cross¬
ing.
R. L. Fox, engineer of the train,
number 8S), Atlantic Coast Line, from
New York to Jacksonville, said ap¬
parently the car stalled on the tracks
in front of the train. The light coach
was carried between a quarter and a
half mile on the tracks.
Apparently the women were killed
instantly.
Coroner A. P. 'Dayman, of Henrico
county, went to the scene to view the
bodies and start an investigation. W.
H. Hall of Dumbarton, Va., an eye
witness said the whistle sounded sev¬
eral times.
The crossing is perfectly level and
there is visibility in both directions.
RESTRAINED FROM FURTHER
LETTINGS BY PETITION OF
TAXPAYERS
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 3. E/P)—The state
highway commisison has been tempor¬
arily restrained contracting for fur¬
ther road construction under an or¬
der signed by Superior Court Judge
C. J. Perryman of the Linrolnton cir¬
cuit on a taxpayer’s petition to halt
what was termed a “wild orgy” of
contract lettings.
Under the order signed in Greens¬
boro, Ga., yesterday, the commission
was instructed to show cause Novem¬
ber 12 why the injunction should not
be made permanent.
The petitioned was J. E. Whitely,
who described himself as a road con¬
tractor, citizens and taxpayers to
whom the highway hoard was indebt¬
ed in the sum of $30,000 which he con¬
tended he “cannot collect.” A copy
of the petition and order was made
public here by Whitely's attorney,
Hugh Howell.
Whitely. in his petition, charged the
highway department was unable to
meet its obligations and is planning
this month to let contracts in antici¬
pation of its 1933 revenue which he
contended is contrary to iaw.
The board, the petition continued,
“already had $200,000 in outstanding
obligations which it cannot nucl,” and
is planning to let $1,000,000 more
sometime this month.
The injunction was directed against
Captain J. W. Barnett of Atlanta,
chairman of the board, and W. J. Ve
reen of Moultrie, and Judge I’. Wii
hoit of Warrenton, as members of the
commission.
The petition declares that if the de¬
partment “does not spend another
dollar on its roads, the highway board
will not have sufficient revenue to pay
the commitments through 1932,” and
that despite this the board is “contin¬
uing to let contracts and incurring
additional indebtedness which will
bankrupt the state highway board.”
TREATY 10 RETURN
Extradition Can Now Be Made
Possible Through Agreement
With United States and Greek
Authorities
ARREST OF AMERICAN
IS EXPECTED SOON
Ratifying Instruments Exchang=
ed and He is Now Subject to
Imprisonment For Chicago
Officers.
Washington, Nov. 3. (/P) — Willi an
extradition treaty between the United
States and Greece now in effect, it was
regarded in informed quarters today
as likely that steps have been started
to bring about the arrest of
Insuli, former Ghieago utilities
nate, by the Greek government.
While officials refused to say wheth¬
er Greek authorities had been re¬
quested to arrest Insuli in Athens, it
was disclosed that "treaty ratifications
were exchanged before two Chicago
assistant state's attorneys left for
Europe to seek Insuli.
They, Charles A. Bellows and An¬
drew J. Vlachos, sailed yesterday
from New York. They told inquirers
they would not have undertaken the
trip if they were not confident they
could bring Insuli hack.
Insull’s extradition cannot lie ef¬
fected until legal documents in the
Chicago proceedings and a presiden¬
tial warrant reach Athens and ad¬
ministration officials in Washington
declined to say whether the lawyers
are carrying such papers or will re¬
ceive thorn in Europe.
Athens, Greece, Nov. 3. (/P)—An
extradition treaty between Greece and
the United States became effective
today with the formal exchange of
the instruments of ratification.
The Greco-American extradition
treaty was signed, and ratified by the
United States senate some time ago,
but for some reason as yet unexplain¬
ed the formal exchange of the instru¬
ments of ratification was delayed.
This exchange usually is part of the
diplomatic procedure gone through
before such an agreement becomes ef¬
fective.
The omission prevented immediate
extradition of Samuel Insuli, former
Chicago utilities official, who went, to
Athens recently after the grand jury
of Cook county. Illinois, had indicted
him in connection with the collapse of
his interests.
Officials at the American legation
and the Greek foreign office declined
today to give any information regard¬
ing the Insuli case or to say whether
its status is changed now that the
treaty is effective.
Canadian Case
Toronto, Nov. 3. (/P)-^Extradition
proceedings against Martin J. Insuli,
the former Chicago utilities owner,
will be adjourned for at least one
week, it was learned today.
Court action against Insuli was
to have started at Barrie tomorrow
before Judge Dudley Holmes, senior
judge of Simcoe county, in whirl) In¬
still now resides. The case will be
adjourned when Judge Holmes opens
court tomorrow. It was expected that
Insull’s bail of $50,000 would be re¬
newed. ,
It was understood that J. C. Mc
Rucr, counsel for Instill, had asked
for two weeks' delay, while Edward
Ba.vly, deputy attorney-general of On¬
tario and now acting in a private ca¬
pacity fnr Cook county, Illinois, in
Insull’s prosecution, wished to have
the trial go in in another week.
ATLANTA LAWYER,
SHOT BY NEGRO; IN
SERIOUS CONDITION
Atlanta, Nov. 3. (IP)—J. Marvin
Sweat, 33, Atlanta lawyer ami head
of a citrus exchange, was in critical
condition at a hospital today from a
bullet wound he said he received in an
encounter with a negro bandit.
Sweat was shot, through the left
lung. Detectives said the lawyer told
them he was alone in his citrus ex¬
change yesterday afternoon when the
negro, masked, and carrying a crow¬
bar, entered. Sweat said he reached
for a revolver and the negro caught
him by the wrist, causing four shots
to go wild. Just as lie fired the fifth
shot, the negro wrenched his arm,
causing the bullet to strike Sweat.
BERRIE LOSES MOTION
Muskogee, Okla., Nov. 3. UP)—
While the Rev. S. A. Berrie shouted
his murder trial was “a frame-up
from beginning to end,” Judge W. J.
Crump today overruled his motion for
a new trial and formally sentenced
the 52 year old preacher to a life term
in prison for the poisoning of his wife.
BANK IS ROBBED
Marienville, Pa. Nov. 3. (IP )—Six
bandits robbed the Gold Standard Na¬
tional Bank here of $8,000 in cash aft¬
er holding the cashier, F. R. Johnson,
his wife and daughter and a friend
prisoner in the Johnson apartment
over the bank all night.
Bids For Governorship
I.e^^iJlhe^epuhlican James I). Parriott, city attorney of
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MU WRECKS
PLANE AT TAKEOFF
Ruth Nichols Saved By Light¬
ning Action When Her Ship is
Demolished on Political Cam¬
paign.
New York, Nov. 3. (IP)- Lightning
action saved Ruth Nichols, famous
aviatrix, from probable death early
today when her plane smashed up on
the take-off of a transcontinental
campaign flight for President Hoover.
As the plane, freighted with a huge
supply* of gasoline, shot down a 3,000
foot runway at Floyd Bennett field,
it skidded off at 60 miles an hour,
went into a ground loop and buried its
left wing in the ground.
Quick as a flash, before the craft
struck, Miss Nichols cut her switch,
to prevent her gasoline from catching
fire and burning the plane and her¬
self.
Ambulances clanged to the scene as
Miss Nichols stepped out of the bad¬
ly damage ship.
“Are you hurt?” attendants cried.
“No,” she said, smiling and trying
to conceal her exasperation over the
mishap. “Nothing can hurt an old
hand at this game as I am.”
Carrying bales of campaign litera¬
ture to drop en route, Miss Nichols
was to have sped non-stop to the
west, coast in an attempt to break the
record of Amelia Earhart.
She is one of the most prominent
of the women fliers. In her career
of thrills, she has smashed numerous
women’s records, including transcon¬
tinental, distance and altitude marks.
The “society girl aviator,” as .she
has been called, also has been near
death more Ilian once. In June, 1931,
she was injured in a crackup as she
landed at St. Pohn, N. B., for a con¬
templated trans-Atlantic flight. She
suffered a spine injury, and for
months had to wear a steel corselet.
TRANSPORT
SYSTEM PARALYZED
STRIKE AGAINST WAGE CUTS BY
15,000 WORKERS STOPS
LEADING LINES
Berlin, Nov. 3. f/P)—The main
transportation system of Berlin—
the world’s third largest city- was
paralyzed today by a strike against
wage cuts and affecting 15,000 work¬
ers.
Only the state-operated Stadtbahn,
a single link in the vast system, was
running. As a result thousands of
early rising Berliners were forced to
brave a' driving rain to get to work.
The strike was called at 5 a. ru.,
and by 7 a. in., the police had taken
over all loading points on bus, street
ear, subway and elevated lines as a
precaution against disorder.
The police guard was set up after a
few of the conveyances normally used
to carry transport employes to work
had ventured out, only to be met by a
barrage of stones from strike sym¬
pathizers. Three men were arrested.
Meanwhile strike pickets were plac¬
ed at transport terminals and turned
away those workers who appeared for
duty.
Complicating the situation was an
unconfirmed report that the Stadt¬
bahn workers were contemplating a
sympathyy strike.
The strike was voted specifically
against a wage reduction averaging
about two prerinings (currently about
one-half cent) per hour.
Strike sympathizers attempted to
tear up street rails or block traffic
with stones and sand at various points
in the city. There was much com¬
ment on the apparent cooperation for
strike purposes between the commun¬
ists and nazis.
PARIS BAITLE
Republicans and Democrats Will
Continue From Now Until
Election Day to Seek West*
ern Support
CORN BELT INVADED
BY PARTY SPEAKERS
One of Most Important Skir¬
mishes in the Jigsaw, Puzzle
of National Political Picture
Today.
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By L. A. Bropliy
Associated Press Staff Writer
Chicago, Nov. 3. |/P)—A rapid-fire
drive by Republicans and Democrats
to continue from now until election
eve has been launched in the corn
belt, admittedly the most important
segment in the jig saw puzzle of the
national political picture.
The populous middle west, studded
with interesting political potentiali¬
ties, has been strenuously fought over
from the beginning of the campaign
for votes to elect Governor Franklin
1). Roosevelt, Democratic candidate
for president, and for Ihp re-election
o' President Herbert Hoover.
The president will make his first
formal speaking appearance in Illi¬
nois Friday afterpoon at Springfield.
That evening, he will move to St.
Louis for another address, and the Re¬
publicans are counting heavily balance upon
these two addresses to help
Hie scales in Illinois, scene of state
battles that have created cross cur¬
rents puzzling to most observers.
Governor Roosevelt paid close at¬
tention to Illinois earlier in the cam
oaign. He returned to Chicago for a
short address several weeks ago, thus
hoping to cement the impression his
dramatic aeeeptunee speech .made in
the nation’s second largest city after
the Chicago convention had nominat¬
ed him.
Illinois is a key state, but to name
other mid-west states wlio.se support
is considered vital is to call the roll
of the corn bell.
Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin,
the Dakotas, Minnesota, Iowa, Ne¬
braska—all are states in which it has
been hard to guess in which column
their electoral votes will rest on No¬
vember 9.
In each, the state and Congression¬
al campaigns have developed such
feeling that their influence on the
national ticket to a great degree is
regarded as inevitable.
Adding to the uncertainty of fore¬
casting have been swings away from
Republican and Democratic camps
by men of national prominence in the
parties.
In Nebraska, Senator George W,
Norris swung away from the Republi¬
cans to campaign for Roosevelt. In
Wisconsin, the state and national
campaigns are being conducted sep¬
arately by the Republicans, and sen¬
ator’ LaFollette (R) is supporting
Roosevelt.
Smith W. Brookhart, defeated for
the Republican nomination for the
senate in Iowa by home-spun Henry
Field, has added a note of uncertainty
by entering the field as a Progressive
for that office.
Ohio wonders whether the voters
will sustain their past record for
“split voting.” Often citing the 1924
vote when Coolidge strongly carried
the state, but the Democrats elected
a governor by one of the largest plu¬
ralities ever registered.
In South Dakota, United States
Senator Peter Norbeek, (R), Iras cam¬
paigned without specifically declaring
his support of President Hoover, but
saying he is in support of the Repub¬
lican party.
REPUBLICANS TRY
VARIOUS SCHEMES
Richmond, Va., Nov. 3. UP) —Alleg¬
ed rating up of Democratic campaign
literature from fourth class mail to
first class and the subsequent increase
in postage from 72 cents to $28.32 at
tiie receiving post office today drew
Democratic fire from the' Virginia
Capital.
State Senator John H. Wicker, Jr.,
who sent the literature through the
Richmond post office without ques¬
tion, accused Postmaster Garland at
Warsaw, Va., of “skullduggery” in
delaying delivery “when the pamph¬
lets would he very effective near the
end of the campaign.”
Garland said the parcel was sealed
and was not marked “fourth class
mail.”
TALMADGE BACK HOME
Atlanta, Nov. 4. (IP )—Eugene Tal
madge, Democratic nominee for gov
eronr will go to his home at McRea,
Ga., over the week-end and remain
there until Tuesday to cast his vote
in the general election, he announced
here yesterday. During his stay
there ha will be honor guest at a
Georgia products dinner Friday night
and Saturday will attend a barbecue
as the guest of citizens at Ambrose, j
PRICE FIVE