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ANOyJTME TRYONBEEl
XXV NO.33.
TRYON, N; C FRIDAY, DECEMBERJl 9,1191 9.
$2.00. A YEAE1
VOL-
FROM- OUR
FPIEiJDS
Sectuinm of PML- r..
SPRING ROUTE 2.
1 , .. crowu
attended . Sunday
I 7atCfrs Gap Sunday ;
- t i KiT.tS- unci i nns.
Messrs
j. " ' :
i
have been at worK
at
Wtanburg visi-u wuc
urday ana . . ,
anther fnua :
Messrs ui" -v-,
Helton were u e,
ur Brown sunu.
oftHpd at W. D. Heltons.
iose j,. -
Friday night ; .;V ,
TpacherS 01 oumiy view uw bcv-
-d others 'fee visitors at N. E.
4'ilUams' Sunday aiieniu
0. Wilson, oi voxumoia, o.
C,is
nrJcitincr her motner, Mrs. . . J.
,1 M -r-
WW" o
tuton. this w
eek.
m. Rill . acKSon was a
welcome
pest at JVir. w. i. uciwu D, ouuuo;
Messrs. Kaipn ana um jacwun
a business trip to oiumous,
Saturday, ; , . '
The teachers and scnool oi fcunny
yiew were made glad by a pleasant
sarprise, Thursday morning, when,
unaware, Professor Cobb knocked
mi the door. After observing the
stations ixreach room the primary , . - w
disassembled in the grammar
rade room and all 'listened to a
iost interesting talk by Prof. Cobb.
The main topic of his talk being,
To Think at the Proper Time. Come
jgain, rroiessur.
Messrs Reuben Wilson and
Willie
Maple
Hills were dinner guests m
Grove Sunday. ...
LYNN.
Dr. Pratt was in Lynn last Sun
day night to fill his regular appoint
ment but the weather changed very
suddenly, a hard, cold . wind began
blowing, bell failed to ring, the con
gregation failed to congregate, re
sultno service. No fault of the
preacher. .
Mrs. J. B. Panther is very indis
posed, being confined to her room for
several days past.
Mrs. W. B. Parker is on the. sick
list and staying at her mother's, Mrs.
Mills, for the past several days.
Last Thursday was hog killng day
in Lynn and vicinity. Many went the
sore throat route.
Julian Hester, going home from
Hs work last Friday night in his lit
tle strip downr collided with the Mr.
Murray, the Mail man. In some
mysterious way no one was hurt but
tie mail buggy a little wrecked.
Miss Alice McBrayer was in Hen
dersonville last Saturday to do some
shopping. .
The school will close its fall term
next Friday. Will begin its spring
tern January 4th.
Mr. A. N. Kunkel run down
Stateville last Saturday night,
turning Monday. He went to .
to father, who is quite ill at
home.
to
his
By authority of th charter issued
the Secretary of State, -J. Bryan
Grimes", inrnmnrntinor T.vnn ' Local
, x e . rf
Aax School District as an mcorporat
e1 community, there was a meeting
of the voters on Saturday, Dec.-13th,
J which W. T. Hammett, chairman;
J-P. Swann, secretary; W. W, Bal
d were elected as the three
Members' of the Board of Directors.
A1so P. N. Hood and T. C. Mills,
gistrates residing in the district,
endorsed by the board to handle
""f business that might arise by rea
m of this act. - :
e following rursl policemen were
Pointed by the board of directors:
John T. Painter, Clayton Constant
anjDavid Pate. ' ;
The first annual meeting will be
- d next January 3rd, at 1:30 p. m.
voters of the district should be
fesent at this meeting as the charter
jves us the authority to act in all
Jitters as We see fit regarding the
Rowing subjects: The public roads
I nA .
,c Public
schools, regulations for
me
Public health . nol W protection.
abatement of nuisances, and
other things vital to the wel
. e f the community. - ,
F SWANN, .Secretary,
Lnn Incorporated Community.
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OVER
THE GOUUTY
of Gsaaral Iaterest Gathered Br Oar Corr..nn..w p- a.-I
FOX MOUNTAIN
A large crowd ' attended the nartv
at the home of Mr. W. B. Edwards.
all report a nice time, .
If you want to forget your .troubles
and drive away the blues just come to
F ox Mountain school
Tuesday night . December 23, -There
will be a play "Christmas at the
i '
roaas given by the members of the
school also other songs and recita
tions alter this there will be a box
supper , proceeds will go to the sol-
aiers monument fund. Everybody
come. Girls bring boxes, boys bring
money.
FI
gHTOP.
1 he weather has changed at last
and we all'can'realize it.
borne are not-done gathering yet,
not because they, had so much to
gather but that there is so much to
do and no help obtainable". -
C. C. Jones hauled a load of pota
toes to Saluda, Saturday.
Ernest Laughter, Clint Case and
Thomas Price attended preaching at
Silver Creek, Sunday.
E. J. Bradley went over the Cove
mountain on business, Monday.'
T. W Bradly and E. J. Bradley
went 4o Saluda, today, on business.
Some excitement ' prevailed here
when it was discovered that I. Hen
derson had rode the river Sunday,
the waters were high and he was old
and feeble. But his safe return was
announced. . . ,
. The boys are catching coons occas
ionally and having some fun these
long . nights. , Z , .
C. C. Jones is hauling his lumber
this week to build on his nlace near
Hendersonville.
WARRIOR MOUNTAIN.
Mr. Anderson, of Madison county,
has recently moved here.
Mrs. Minnie Glover and Miss Ger
trade Metcalf , of Tryon, were the
eusts of Miss Orphia Fisher, last
week-end.
Mr. Lewis Hipp had a corn shuck
ing Friday night.
Mh. Wash Fisher has returned
'from a two week's visit at Lake Tox
away.
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Arledge shop
ped in Landrum, Tuesday.
Mr. Anderson and family visited
relatives near Mill Spring . last week.
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SILYER CREEK.
W are having some real cold
weather.
Only six more days till Christmas.
Guess old Santa is very 'busy these
days. . '
There will be a Christmas tree at
the school house Dec. 24th, at two o'
clock p. m Everybody come and
bring lots of presents.
The pupils of our school, with; the
aid of their teacher, Mrs. Walter
Green, have organized a literary so
ciety, which is progressing nicely.
Mr. Ragan Bradley, who holds a
position in Tryon, spent the week-end
at home. . -
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Miss Grace Arledge is .spending
some time with her sistr, Mrs. Jesse
Splawn, in Cherokee, S. C.
Mr. N. B, Arldge was a business
visitor to Columbus, Saturday.
Rev. John Arledge filled his ap
pointment here, Saturday and Sun
day. ' : ";'
Messrs. Roy Jones and Will Green
spent Monday night at W. J . Green's.
Bynum Hill was a caller at W. J.
Green's, Sunday. V - -.. ,.
. French Peasants Good Pay.
The French peasant, steady going,
thrlf tv and frugal, and far more in
niinoH tr do without than to buy be-
- ,iiuvv w -
vond his means, almost without ex-
Anfinn Tifiva his debts "reliably, and
nromptly. High collection, costs form
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no part of a dealers worries in - rducc
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Our Bounden Puty.
Man's' bounden duty is everywhere
and in all things to forward the-progress
of humanity. The supreme virtue
is sacrifice to think, work, fight, suf
fer where our lot "lies not for our
selves but 'others, for the victory of
good over evil. Mazzinl. -r 1
RED MOUNTAIN.
We were glad to see a large crowd
at Sunday school $unday..SI!?wV
Enock Ruif, who has been tin ser-
vice " ror. quite a -while, returned
home Sunday." This is the last of the
Doys. we are tnaniaui xr: Know
that so many have returned.: ;
Miss Mamie Wilson spent tie week
end with: her parents on route f 1.
Misses Lona and , Ola Iiawter, v of
Whitney, are , home for a few weeks.
oviue VA. . irittsuns auMuuueu j a i
meeting at Mill Spring, last Friday.
Miss Gladys Wlsoii "spent Satvrday
with "Grandma Wilson' 1 oiroute 1.
. Clarence Run, of Whitne: S. C,
is at home.- . - '. ' ' ,
Are you coming to the C&ristmas
tree at- Red Mountain? ;u: can't
realize what you will miss ij 'ypu stay
awayr There ? will be a short i exer
cise, prepared by the childreu, Xome,
and help fill up the tree.: Jhe time
clock. Everybody invitedVIT, '
Pink Brown, of Morristewh, VTen-
nessee, is spending a fewdays with
friends and relatives. : -
Honor roll for Red Mountain school
for fifth week; . Grammar . . grade.
Sue Jones, Lizzie Lee Wilson; "Martha
Jackson, Ura WhitesideB Gladys
Wilson, Esther Wilson.
.Vilson, -;
COLUMBUS.
Mrs. Pendergast " was inCryo
one
day last week. V ; v f
Sargeant Claude ' S. Mlls, ; one of
the first division boys, ishome on a
thirty days' furlough - . '
Mr. John "Burgess, whhas been
attending Wake Forest College, is at
home i spend the holidays;
Mr. R. F. McFarland was in Ashe-
ville last , week on business;-r
Miss Delia - Rhodes,; of . Tryon, "vis
ited the Misses McGuinn last week.
Mr. C; S..Mins and r sister, miss
OHessai visited. -relative's -m Snartan- 1
burg, last, week-end.. . :
Mr: ' J,' R. Phillips
daugter last week. -
visited
his
Mr. J. A. Newman visited his sis
ter, Mrs.; Daniels, in Landtum, Sun
day. ' '
Mrs. John Carnegie
was shopping
in Tryon, Saturday. V
Miss Emma McNynch ii , planning
tn snp.nd her Christmas holidays with
her home folks . at Hodges'. S. C.
Messrs. R. F. McFarland C. C. El
liott, made- a business trip to Ruth
erfordton? one day last week. . '
The High school chorus will give a
musical entertainment .Friday even
ing, Dec. 19th.
Admission L 10 cents.
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ABOLENE. M
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It was hog killing time in Abolene
last' week and the weather-is favora
ble for the meat to be in -good con
dition Xmas. ; - ? "
Rev. W. M. Gold preacheoVs fare- j
well sermon to the people': of Green
River church. . Sunday. He was a
pleasant visitor, a good talker and an
able preacher and the peopie oi
Green River church reereljhis having
to resign. . , ;
Mr. C. W. Davis and Mr. W. H."
Deck have purchased a tractor and
the whole outfit that goes: with it to
make plowing in general"easy.
Mr. J. E. Ridings was. a pleasant
caller at Mr. J. C. Davis' Sunday af
ternoon. . I -. V? -..
Misses Leona and Maye ' Burnett
visited Misses Grace! and Lota Gibbs,
last Sunday afternoon. fjtv
Mr. Tolbert. Odell wasTa caller' at
Mr. M. N.; Burnett, Sundayi
Miss Oma Gibbs spent Saturday
night with Mrs. Lynch. .
Miss Thurcey Burnett - spent a few
hours with Miss Grace Gibbs, Satur
day. : -v
Mrs. M. N. Burnett spent Saturday
night with her mother, Mrs. Whit
Wilson. : ; ' .,. "-" '
Mr. and Mrs. Will Tessener and
children visited . at the home of Mr.
U, S. Gibbs, Sunday evenfng.
Mrs. C. B. Gibbs visited Mr. U. S.
Gibbs, last Saturday, morning.
Miss Eva. Spicer returned home last
Monday - "i:':'; . ''
Tli- schowl closed lasfr Friday at
Cane Creek. ' - -' ' 1 .
Mr. -M'v N.- Burnett made; a ' trip to
Spartanburg. .Saturday. , . r-'.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Haynes has
moved in : JrButler Jackson's' house.
Speaklhghe Truth.
: r: When a man speaks the truth in th
tpirit ot trutJi his. eye is as clear 7as
the heftverwf.-Emerson. . -
CROSS KEYS.
We are having some cold and windy
weather at (present.
Mr. and:Mrs. W. A. - Willard . nd
Miss Gladys Flynn spent, , Saturday.
night at the home, of Mr. John.Har-
tmon.. at mman, s. u.. and report a
most enjoyable time.-:.. ':-v-' ' - ;
Mr: andMrs. L; DBridgspentl
Sunday nightwith and Mrs. D.-P.
weiDorn. . jvirs. w.eiborn v and - - son,
Roy, returned home with her daugh-
te:, jura j.nyixeifue onqgs, ..jMynaay,;-i
,wuie m tnis , secuun.
Mr. n. ,Ui JfTlynn' killed tWOi Tuesday.
mr. tif;x.i?iynn-made a tnpito
Spartanburg :business,lTuesday
wr. ja; lynnwent to: JLandrum
Monday, bn;bushess. ; ; ;
The people from around . here that
have been eomg to the meetinsr at
son's brother -and . wife-' spent ' last
I Week With him. and ' returned -. home I
Saturday; last. !y:';iy-;-Hri' -v-1
PEARIDGE,
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. Mrs. Willie Turner is 'visiting
her I
this
mother Mrs. " Terral Williams
I week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Carswell were
the guest of MrajidiJktreJamei
Jamess I
Philips Saturday night.; -
Miss Bessie Thompson was. the
pleasant guest f of .Miss
Iva Gosnell
SundayV4.iy-V.: ;
Born to Mry and. Mrs. Ralph Moore
Saturday-a . ?
Mr. jiii u ihompson is nursing a
very sore;:'fopt,..!;-;? . ;
Miss Lizzie Dalton . was a guest at
Mr. M. Q.T Gell's'Saturday night.
Mr. JoPagepfandrum vSA; C.
cMled to see.Miss " Iva .Gosnell 'Sun-
Born l to Mr. 1 andMrsv James Philips
I Sunday, last; a girL . -5 c -i-
Mrs. : vyin-.fcrray : '.and tw.o' :t ' sons
Arthur and Willie -: Lee were the
--lest nf Mr: "NT rt (Mrtn Siav .
--'ttiti&t&jX;:
near 'Tryon visiting relatives.
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Mr. Charlie Russell and family
have moved from Tennesssee to Mr.
Wm. Russells ' place on Pearidge.
Mr. Robert Comer made a business
trip to Rutherfordton Saturday.
' Dr. Chamers of Landrum, S. C.
was on Pearidge Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. G Thompson made
a shopping trip to Landrum Wednes
day last.
Miss. Mamie - Wilson spent the week
tain, Sunday.
Arthur Gray, who is attending
school at Round Hill spent the week
end at home.
Thurmond Taylor ' spent Sunday
with his sister 'Mrs. Ralph Moore.
Mr. and Mrs. "Forest Glass is visit
ing relatives on Pearidge before go
ing to Union, S. C.
Mr. i. b. niDbe.is is spendng sev
- wa -
eral weeks at Mr. P. G. Brisco's.
Rev. McCarson of Henderson Co.,
spent Saturday and Sunday at W. R.
Turners.
Yt Tko.i.liil... ...'
uv- i uvuyuucas nniiwcr, - t
A certain Kansas City physician will
never know just how near death he
was the other day when, after a
thorough examination of probably the
brijghtest, sweetest and altogether su
preme nine-months-old baby in the
world, the mother asked, "Well, what
ao you think of my baby?" and he
said, "Oh, it's a normal child."
Keep Out the Moisture.
A very effective agent for moisture
proofing wood has been found in an
aluminum leaf coating. This coating
practically insulates the wood against
any change in atmospheric conditions,
and is particularly valuable for use
where accurate form and balance must
be maintained, as would be necessary
in an airplane propeller.
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Great Care Taken of Silk.
Silk is the most costly of all fibers,
and in the raw state represents a
value so great as to be guarded in its
'transportation like a shipment of bul
lion. It is shipped from coast to coast
in special, solid express trains, under
strong guard, the shipments ranging
n vniii- frn- no(w n t9rnoonnft
Not Flattering.
"You must have said something
dreadful to Mr. Bestseller." "I merely
f" suggested that he hire- the fellow who
got up his advertisements to write his
books for him." -X I ; "
How to Tel! Sapphires, i
.A really good sapphire should appear
blue by, artificial light as well as day
light ; some stones have a tracer of
black, &nd some red, the latter making
them resemble amethyst, especially by
lamplight, or gaslight
P000iraiini!D:iIIE:DEPI!RI51I
Editedlby J. R. Sam, County A
s in addition' to the. usual -work plan-
tied lot the farm,- there are several
things which we want as- many far
mere asi possible to undertake during
the incoming year. First We. f under-
took lastyear the task : of drivin?
scrub poultry out of Polk county;-and
the - resu.lt ris, that there ;. are many
larmers now in the county who have
nnrA hrpd noultrv hf HiffPi-fmt hrwda
So it will bean easy matter: to . sret
started in this . line of ; work. i and I
urge veryfarmerwho has not done
so, to urucur some eggs ana sutru
next spring. Second, The next step
is to bejji to grow hogs ly ihe.moft
improved mettiods, and that . is to
procure pure bred stock and
trrsfrAnv1 rrona for tWn. A mitnhfcr
of faiTners have organized themselves
into a' Hampshire 5wine ' Breeders
Association for this purpose, and to
standardize the i growing of . hogs in
the - county. Third, we want :. to press
thelowing: of I pei manent ? pastures
harder : than ever; tecause : the boll
wevil is 'ch his wav ancl liable to be
in Polk! countv even " next : vear. and
I pastures, crop rotation and live stock
is the only solution -yet discovered
1 besides, thi,t isthe only : logical ' Way
i to farnt anywayCFourthVvwe waflt to
try hardr. than ever, to learn v to co
operate . in. many : ways more thor-
oughly.than in fyears ; gone by--we
want to organize some real commun
ity If arm clubs and do - some i active
community! work that will make the
commumtya l)eterplace to live; such
as jpeiter roads, better '. schools, bet
ter pastures; and. live stock and then
I ' Jt2x-l "' V mi .' 'V'
by ,'alV-" means we . want the ; soil of
Polk county Tanns- left at , the close of
nexr year, .in better-condition than at
Uv,?i ;,-w.-.
h i-' rn-i ? ' , , L , : r-L
r xw. w -w-k 'J 11 'J. ni 'T'Ji
and shallow cultivation or any other
kind of cultivation alone ; when the
crops are removed and nothing re
turned to compersate for the loss "of
plant food that went into the crop,
the land is left poorer. We must
learn once for all that we . . cannot
make something out of nothing. So
when we grow a crop of corn, wheat,
cotton, hay or any other crop, the
soil gives up part of its fertility to
produce the vcrop, and it is our place
to learn and practice such a system of
farming as will replace these lost
elements! of plant food. .. This can be
done by
growing and turning under
TRYON
WALKABOUTS
AND TALKABOTS.
A cynic , says that whether a wo
man's will is stronger than God's der
pends upon who starts in first. The
down east contestants of a late lady's
will found that it was stronger than
j theirs anyway, and learned that
I "They are but fools who think by
force or skill
To turn the current of a woman's
will."
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The two following ' incidents vshow
I that Tryon people, if not leading a
cat-and-dog life themselves, are tak
ing a good deal of interest in it.
While devouring a tender fried pul
let, a Tryon woman with the vigor
possessed only by the Tryonese,- de
nounced a neighbor's cat for devour-
ing humming-Diros. jne was re
minded that the famous old Roman
epicure who made a feast of nightin
gales' tongues, was not a cat, but a
human being who ate pullets as well
as hightgale?. However a; cat that
will eat humming-birds, instead of
English sparrows, has not been well
brought up. It needs training.
Among Tryon talk-abouts is sheep
raising, it's reaiiy a question oi aog
raising; whether the people of Polk
county would rather raise sheep or
hunt rabbits. A vagabond dog re-
centlty became the mother of a litter
of six, near a Tryon residncee and the
women of the household when they
heard of it rushed to the spot to
have the whole batch, drowned of
course? Not on your life!
feed and care for six future sheep.
butchers, capable of making way
with a score or more in a single night.
Yet probably the . tchances ' are that
these i tender-hearted women went
back to their . growling oyer the high
price of muttton and winter clothing.
egume crops, ana growing - cattle
sheep, hogs 'and -poultry pnthef farm C
and feeding1 our. crops and returning "
he manure to the land supplement- .
ing these with' acid phosphateirftrate ,
of soda, etc. During these lonz win- -
ter nights" is" the time to plan for all x ;
this 5 work which, tmu3t be done next
spring and summer- so there is 'lots '
for Polk county farmers " to think
about this winter ; and ' while we are .
thinkng about v- our' Vfarm improve- ;
ments for ; our own sake and the sake
of those dependent upon us, let us-
think- in broad ." terms - that will take
in the interest df our' neighbors, and
let .us not . confine our neighbor --to
the man that: lives nearest our dodr:
because that modem, appliances have
brought the whole world Into a neigh-' .
borhood, V - -x
Look well ..to the family health.
Better, keep well ' than expose -your
self in bad weather and have to: hire
a doctor at a high price to cure you.
; Any way, Jsn't : the Chinese way of
hiring a doctor .' to keep you well
more ' sensible . and bettter than to go
on carelessly aiu get jsick and then
hire him to cure. you. When:weH"a
little ' advice-rfrom 4 an honest ; doctor,
taken, might' save a big doctor's bilk
By the way nine f tenths of, our ills,
and perhaps ninetynine . hundredths,
come from our own carelessness and
fault. ' . . -
,i Now listen, Polk county farmers " ,
we love .all our neighbors , 0 ; yes- '
certainly we do, but t you see we are .
trying to keep liouse in Polk county
and not many of our neighbors send ,
any . business - over our - -way so my '
advice, is ; that we s had-better " attetnd .
aurfovrn. knitting , and 'keeV -onr-'
yarn where, we "can put our hands on .
it when knitting is to be done Do
you see the point ? When you sell
cotton or anything else ; and deposit
your money in a bank out of the
county, you are helping that county
to grow rich at the expense of your
own. And helping to educate some -,
body else's children and let your own
remain in ignorance. So let us all
get . together and support our home
institutions and get somewhere.
I believe in PULLING for POLK
COUNTY or PULL OUT, and give
room for some one who will PULL.
Somebody once said that God could
have made something better than a
peach or strawberry, but doubtless
God never did. The same of Tryon's
Thanksgiving weather. There some
time may have been a finer Thanks
giving day, but even the "oldest in
habitant" couldn't have remembered
any. It was a sublime cocktail " .of
weather; just the right amount of
January and February temperature
mixed with the exact quantity of Au
gust and July, the most . glorious of
blue sky above, the most splendid of
gorgeous tree coloring on the earth
beneath. The Blue Ridge lived up
to its name. . Old Tryon never looked
higher, serener or more dignified.
Anyone not thankful for such a day
on the edge of December, should bei
deported to the North pole in Decem
ber and the Equator in July.
ADAM JAY WALKER. !
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Foundation of True Beauty.
The truest beauty arises from a nobtii
character. A soul which Is radiant
with -love and ..truth lights even th
homeliest face Jnto beauty which Is not
transient, but which grows ever deeper;
and more abiding as the years pass on,
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Gold's Great Power;
: One of the funny things about hn .
man nature is the tender affection we
all have for money, the way, we work
to get1 it, and then, the" way we talk ,
about everyone who has" succeeded in
getting a lot of it. r v ;
. Disease Caused by Tree Tapping. ''
v A Dutch scientist has found that tht
: disastrous brown bart disease of the
; tubbeftree is caused by the present
Butniethod of tapping, and not by a mold
uuecuon, as uas previously .s Deeq -
thought. " V
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Tip for Employers. . T
There . are no strikes ; In the plant
where the old man calls his employees'
Dick and BUI omd ' asks about thsj
baby's new teeth. Wichita Beacca
V
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