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VOLUME XXXV11. $
3$? ' CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
HAD A LIVE MEETING
The following report of a meeting '
W vuf the Chamber of Commerce, was *
nmded in by the correspndent at ?
E* press time last week, therefore it had *
. ' to be omitted from that issue:
At the Critcher Hotel Monday at {
S p. m. the Chamber of Commerce ^
began its regular bi-weekly, session. 1
A large crowd of the leading business
men of the town were present and
je/ the meeting had the propect from 1
the very start of being a great sucja?
cess. *
Chairman W. H. Gragg called the <
meeting to order. Prof. I. G. Greer
led the crowd in singing several old
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iiinu patriotic songs, ice v. nuggins, 01 "j
the Baptist church opened the meet- ;
ing with a fervent prayer to "God fori i
His blessings upon the meeting and J 3
the Chamber of Commerce. j t
The Secretary Rusell D. Hodges, j j
ijad the minutes of the last meeting j
una upon motion of the Prof. Greer <
which was seconded and passed Rev. , !
It. N. Baldwin was elected reporter i
ior the meetings of the Chamber and j f
upon him was imposed the duties of ! r
writing up the proceedings of each! 1
meeting fc^ the Watauga Democrat | c
and frequently for the daily papers ] t
of the state. r
The first thing in the way 01 bus- v
fuiess that was transacted by the body i
was a resolution offered by Prof. J. i
C. Williams of the Normal School, t
This resolution was similar to the one s
passed Sunday by each of the chur- a
ehes in town and deplored the efforts
of the crowd in the Uniled States 1
that is striving to bring about a mod- i
ideation of the Volstead Act and the i
resolution also asked the U. S. Sen- t
ntors and the Congress member of 1
this district to do all in their power 1
to uphold the cause of prohibition
:;nd to fight the advent of light \
wines ami beer. \
District Attorney F. A. Linney naked
for information concerning the head- <
way that Boone is making in the way t
(of getting the water connections ,;u 4
so that the town of Boone will be
out of the way of the Highway Com- a
mission, su that it may he justified t
iy? letting a contract for the paving* 4
T7ork to start by April 1. t
Chairman Gragg asked Mayor D. i
3 Cottrel! to give a statement to the :
Chamber with the information asked t
for by Mr. l.inney. Mr. Cottreu said ;
be hoped to close a contract this week >
that would get. Boone out of the way j \
of the Highway Commission. But it j
would depend on the delivery of a \ \
Jot of terra cotta pipe*, connections, <
etc, all of which has been breleredBjam ' j
i} notice received from the company i
thai it had been shipped, \'*JB 1
Mr. Linney then made a motion that ] I
the Chamber of Commerce recom
mend to the Board of Aldermen of t
Boone that they make this contract t
this week that, will get the work done \ s
on the water connections before theji
first of April so that the State High- j ]
way Commission may be able to start! i
the pouring of concrete by April 1. |
'This motion was opposed by Mayor t
Cottrcll. who alleged that that it!<
might be. a dangerous thing for the \
town to make a contract as proposed >
unless the terra cotta and other ne- (
cessities, which are ordered, could be i
delivered for the work
Prof. 1. G. Greer and the county [
Superintendent of Schools Smith Ha- ]
gaman, entered into a debate on the
motion, the preponderance of both of }
the speeches being in favor of the ]
. motion. The motion, being put tc a i
vote, was passed. 1
Prof. B. B.' Dougherty, president <
; - of the State Normal, spoke upon {
"Boone's Electric Lights and Power"
He used about one hour and a. halfi j
in which he kept his audience thor- j
oughly interested. S
Electricity.is a sobject aWoot which 1
there are but few experts. It has a
dialect all of it^ own and to most of ,
the people it speaks in an unknown
i tongue. But Professor. Dougherty
. ... convinced his audience that he knows
: something about the subject,, especially
as concerns the building and |
maintaining of a power plant.
By way of introducing himself and
his interest in the growth of Boone,
- he said: "As I look into your faces
I do not see one man who was born
in Boone, or who was raised in Boone
I have the advantage of every one .of
you in that particular) 1 was born
here. I was raised here. I was here
working for the growth of Boone before
any of you thought enough of
it to come here and live. Therefore'
I think I can say that there is iy>
man in Boone who has a greater passion
for, or a greater pleasure in the
ratau
l.SO Per Yeir BOONE, V*
BEYOND EARTH'S GOAL <
(James Monroe Downum) j
flow grandly sweet the tones sublime;
Sow welling- forth from regions far'
Such tones no human voice can form i>
!4?r strains a mortal ear hath hoard n
Eye, richer far than earthly mind
3ould e'er conceive or fullest heart
Jould feci their truest rarest depts
In strains beyond our highest sense ^
They roll with rich harmonious thrill j,
Through regions of the blissful sky j,
Filling all space to touch and soothe \<
The yearning heart with secret bliss H
So far beyond the carnal sense cl
Jr earthly powers' utmost goal: _ d
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"What I shall say tonight is not j tj
ntenaed -to represent the State of q
Sforth Carolina, nor the Normal, nor j h
he town of Boone, but only myself jg
?a plain private citizen." ; is
He told how through the efforts j%v
>f himself and his brother D. D.: \
Dougherty, years ago a small light i"
)lant or power house was built solely ;
or the use of the school, how one s w
nan and then another had asked for ;
ight, and how the town finally ask r;
h! for current, and how eventually ir
he plant was overloaded and as a n esuit
was burned up. How the town v;
vas in darkness for a number of p
nonths, how that through their ef- ^
'orts a small plant was rebuilt by i
aking $3,706.72 out of a bond is- j
;ue. but that this plant was neverij,
i success. ] n
He then tried to trade with Mr k<
Thompson at Blowing Rock w ho ask-j s:
:d him $40,GOO for a half interest jP
11 his plant. The Doughertys thought j jv
his price was too high. Then Mr. J11
Thompson offered to sell the town **
'juice" at 18 cents per kilowat hour. , w
The town folks thought that 13 Me ets ](
could be a fair price, and u trade ^
vas not made. ?r
Then Proi. Dougherty asked the g
general' Assembly for an appropria- n
ion of $7ft,000, with which to build ti
t power plant at Boone to supply pow ^
sr for the Normal Scko^i, apo id
ell any residue that there might be,
b the town and citizens of Boone ,
? , , (ti
it a pnee to be set by the represen- y1
atives of the town and the Normal nj
School ar.d approved by the Corpor- nj
ition Commission, all the 'net in-j'fi
feme of such sale of juice to go into tl
? fund to be loaned to worthy and w
leedy young men in North Carolina j s<
vho can gel two good people-on their j
rotes, provided these young women Is*
v. 11 u,-e the money tor.the purpose!^
if educating themselves at the Nor- j ^
nal School. , vv
At this jnctioh in his speech Prof 11!
Dougherty called upon Prof. A. M. \w
Norton to read the charter of the j t<
^chooi and the act of the legisla- ]
ure authorizing* the appropriation of T
he building of the power plant now s*
iiipplies Boone and the Normal with ^
ight and power. This was read by ^
Prof. Norton and Prof. Dougherty
esumed his speech. ^
He had a blackboard and a table s]
hickly covered with prepared data, k
3ut of the cluster of notes and man- f<
uscripts he gathered fiures with n
vhich hp answered all questions put 11
.o him from time to time by mem- l!
>ers of his audience. {.
These answers he placed upon the tj
blackboard so all might see what he
had to say, as well as to hear it. s,
Upon the blackboard he compared tl
iud contrasted the rates charged by \\
Boone ior\ electric current with al tl
.he towns located immediately near P
Boone, as well as the relative rates
charged in Asheville and in Johnson w
-Hy. ' I
He admitted that a little power y
plant could not compete with a !ar- j
tcer one in selling electric current.
But his figures showed conclusively fa
that Boone is being served in a very v
considerate manner in the matter of tl
getting juice from, the Normal school. B
His speech was the answer of the e
Trustee of the Normal to the petition
for lower rates for current for the
people, of Boone that was recently v
presented by the citizens to the trus- ^
teea of the Normal.
The next program of the Chamber c
of Commerce will bo held at the ^
Critcher Hotel on the third Monday f
night of March at 8 p. m. The Am- 1
erican Legion will have charge of the *
next program and doubtless will give |
a worth while program. ^
Rev. F. M. Huggins dismissed the a
meeting with a benediction prayer, j
Look in this issue for an announce- >
ment by the Legion.. One subject to ?
be discussed at this 'meeting will be 1
"A Public Park for Boone." Every- t
body should hear this discussion. d
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'ATAUGA COUNTY. NORTH C
>. C. EGGERS TELLS
OF FLORIDA TRIP
Mr. Editor: May J have space
1 your paper for a brief account oi
ly recent visit to Florida.
Going from Boone to VVinston-Saby
bus I took the train there at
:80 p. m. for Jacksonville, Fla., ariving
there the next morning at aout
y o'clock. Immediately aftei
reakfast in Jacksonville where I was
jined by a party of twenty-five we
ere put on one of the fine De Luxe
[ollywood busses, in which we travlled
more than four hundred miles
own the East Coast, stopping and
bserving at the following towns and
laces: On leaving Jacksonville we
ere shown the city with the main
oints of I ritovoct
t/V>...VCU "Ml ????
icn we crowed the St. John's River
ri ii very fine bridge ?a toll bridge,
t cost the bus $1.50 and each passener
M cents to cross. The St. John
; a beautiful River. After leaving it
e were taken through one new deelopmvnl
after another, which shows
le wonderful boom in building and
jal estate throughout Florida.
One of the most interesting things
e -aw were the large fields of poitoes
already planted and a little
inroad station by the name of Spud
1 this vicinity is the largest potato
inrket in the South. Nearby is the
illage of Elkton, a large turpentine
lant. Next we came to Hastings a
lace where nions are grown in very
irge quantities. Then we pass the
ties Espaynola and Bunnell and then
tie of the many large deposits of O s
Rock, the material with which
jads are made. This material is taen
from the earth in the form of
ind or soft reck and after being exosed
to the air for a short time it
econies as hard as rock and when
is oiled makes a very fine road and
lis plan' of building road:; makes it
luch cheaper than the way in which
e build them in our section. The O
;s rot-K gets its name ironi the tnians.
Ojus in the Indian language
leans plenty. We also have this leend
of its name A traveler asked a
ativo negro what the material was
lat he was moving with a shovel,
he negro replied, "O-Jus-rock."
Then we came to the Tomako Rivei
fine fishing stream, later, to the
roat Halifax River. We traveled amg
this river fcr quite a distance
in saw a number of places where
le River had been dredged and capl?
cut, using what earth was taken
om the river and cnualr. to build
ic earth up so as to he above the
a te c, hence they call it built up
|ji. Then we came to the city ol
>atpna, a very fine city, a noted re
)i*t, crowded with people from all
arts of the country. Then w'u e^nu
> PorL Orange, another resort noted
nr its fine golf courses. The next
as the city of New Smyrna, one ol
le first white ports in Florida anci
mere the white people used to pro
sec themselves from the Indians.
Then we came to Oak Hill, anc
itusville, two fine towns, full of re
art people, On leaving Tituswille wc
tart or more than a hundred mil*
rive down the Indian River, the roac
eing in sight and close by the riyei
ie entire way. This river has f
^idth of 3 to 14 miles, and is verj
hallow except in the channel which ii
ept dredged for navigation. All set
awls of various kinds are seen, svvin
?ing, diving, wading, each one do
lg according to his kind, and to<
1% large fish could be seen jumping
lto the air for foods, and dodging
ie sea gulls to keep from becoming
'?eir prey.
Coming to the city of Cocoa w<
pent the night at the Oak Hotel oi
he bank of the Indian River. Hen
re enjoyed a good nights rest wit!
fie good food they served and es
ecially the fine fish.
Early next morning we were on ou
'ay down the Indian River. Wa sooi
ame to the city of Eucaliie, am
rossing the river to Melborne, am
ust below, looking across the Indiai
liver to the left we could see wha
> called Ocean Gap. Here a gap ha
ecn cut in the shore of the ocean, s<
'hen at high tide the sea water run
hrougL this gap into the Indian Rive
iving it a supply of salt water at ev
ry tide. As we passed we could se
he breakers dashing through the gai
lid white foam leaping high in th
ir, showing the terrific force wit!
/hich the waters were hhrled a gains
he shore.
Then we carat- to Vcro, which i
ailed the Gateway to the Tropics
fero is on the frost line. All tropica
ruits are ftrown below this city an
mmcdiately below we came to an
>assed through the largest orang
rove in the county. It is said to b
I by 12 miles. The trees were full o
he fine fruit. It certainly is a prett
ight. Then we came to a field o
(ineapples. It takes this plant fou
'ears to bear fruit and the fruit i
jwn, above the ground. Then th
>anait*s. The: -banana does not bea
he first year and the fruit is pre
iuced on a sprout or sucker, and th
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Den
AROLINA. THURSDAY MARCH II, 1
NEXT ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC
> AT NORTH WILKESBORO 13th.
i Many crippled and handicapped res
idents ofjthis town are availing therai
selves el the wonderful opportunity
provided them by the Kiwanis Ortho-j
paodic Clinic held on the second Sat-1
urday of each month in the Commcr'
J eial Club rooms at North Wilkc.sboro.
The next clinic will be held on Sat.
urday March 13.
i During the four clinics which have
! i>een Held at North Wilkesboro 80!
; examinations have been made. Dr.!
- Robert Moore, the surgeon who is!
; conducting the clinic has recommen-j
| ded operations for 24 of these cases, t
Some of these cripples are undergo- i
| ing operations at the present time, !
[ I occupying: a free bed furnished by the
-1 Rotary Club of Winston- Salem. Sev
oral have returned home following
- j their operations and are re porting i
back to the clinic each month for
*. observation.
In addition to those who are having
their deformities corrected by
operations, several cripples are re.
ceiving all of their treatment at the
. clinic. In the clinic 10 plaster casta(
? M braces and 2 corrective shoes have
been applied, *hd one patient is bc?
1 ing given corrective exercises.
That this clinic is meeting a real
( need in providing orthopaedic treat- i
'! mcnt for the unfortunate cripples of
| this section is evidenced by the num'
j ber reporting to the clinics and the
: wonderful imnrnvqmw.n mit.
l j ill}? obtained. Those in close touch
with the clinic have expressed theroj
selves as believing this to be the
finest humanitarian work that has
bden undertaken in this section.
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fruit, grows just the opposite to the
manner in which we see them hang- j
1 ing in markets.
Next we came to Indian City which
is said to be the finest city in the
' South. When completed it is well located
and has the possibility of really
\ being the finest city, which however
5 'is no small task for the builders when
Ihey will have to compete the fine
towns we now have. And coming on
tdown the river we come.to V. Pierce
- commonly called the San Rice City
named for its location.
| Then we Were shown the old Fench
: whipping posts, and a place of unishment
for the prisoners, and the construction
of these places gives an
1 \ idea of the fierceness of the puitishr
! mcnt.
! Crossing the* St. Lucy River we
' came to the city of Stuart, where we
J served a delicious" lunch and viewed j
the nice town for a while,
j.: After passing the next town called!
Sehna we dame to what is called the I
I mountains of Florida. These however j
^ are mere mole hills compared with j
the mountains of western North Car-1
olina. Hero we noticed the first ef^
fects of 8c sea breezes. All the trees
' lean from the cast duo to the con- |
tinual breeze- from the sea and is so I
^ I constnat that it has forced the rees I
|; throughout the ages to lean from its '
J pressure. Coming to Jupiter we find
a decoration of flags in honor of our
passing the city. Then passing thru
Kelsey City we entered West Palm i
Beach, and werft taken to a section
called Northwood and from there to
the beach arid the deep blue sea,.
where we sf.w for the first time the !
r | broad Atlantic with hundreds upon
* j'its beach, bathing in the surging \va"r
j ters that beat upon its shores. Stay*
ing upon the beach for about and
hour we saw ships and boats, large
and small, riding upon the waves or
anchored in the harbor.
While on 'his beach the Writer
took an accidental foot and leg bath
while gathering shells. We forgot i
that the waves would come again but j
we suddenly found ourselves in water!
j -half leg deep and getting deeper. }
j Some one said, "Did you run?" He j
said, "No, I flew."
^ We were driven along the main j
streets of Palm Beach and West Palm j
Q Beach, including the famous millionaire
row and the noted gambling
house where it is said that millions
cross the board every day. These cities
are in a palm grove, some of the
trees being so perfect and uniform
P and look like granite posts with flow
~ ers or palm leaves planted on top. i
t After having dinner at the Royal i
Palm Hotel we crossed over to the j
city called Lakeworth, another small
town. We drove down lover's lane,
*1 shaded on either side with palms and
^ cedars, and lover's lane it is Leaving
. there and crossing Lakeworth we
were shown the Travelers Palm. This
palm does not grow high or bear
fruit but is rightly named. At all
times and under all conditions it
^ points east end west, a travelers comy
pass, and from each leaf can be obtained
one quart of pure drinking;
N water, hence the name "traveler's!
c palin."
r Next we came to the Royal Ponce- j
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NEW DEPARTMENT ADDED I 1
TO SPA IN HOUR'S STORE
Spainhours' Incorporated, one of-,
the leading dry goods stores of this It
section has announced the opening; c
of a new department, known as the t
Bargain Annex. This addition is to I )
the rear of the Peoples Bank and t
Trust Co. and is accessible through a; <
large arched doorway from Ihe ori- j?
gilia.l building. In this department will j 1
be earned a large new assortment of: <
piece goods bought at unusually low i t
prices, also Millinery and ready to [
wear of cheaper qualities, and many j
other items. The main building will j
still carry the highest quality merchandise.
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Mr. W. R. Spainhour who has been; 5
in charge of the local branch since j t
its opening has moved to Elkin to be i
in charge of a store recently opened ' ,
there, while Mr. L. E. Harris will be ,
ill charge at Boone . and will be as- 1 t
sisted by Mrs. Russell Hodges and j
Miss Mary Councill. ;
The Spainhours have built up a
nice*business in this section, and the! ]
new management promises the very;,
best of service in all departments,! (
and as good values a can be procur-( t
ed. A full peg:- ad in this paper is; .
of interest. j j
CHARLOTTE OBSERVER \z
GIVES PRIZES IN SPELLING BEE1 .
I
Here is the chance of a lifetime r
for .-pollers of North Carolina to get ,
real money, as well as real fun, from v
the covers of the old spelling hook.
The Charlotte Observer will give j
S17.~?.00 in cash rewards to the best (
spellers in the state., and many county j
champion spellers will get free trips! .
to Charlotte. i j,
The spelling bee is to he state widei j
and the schools of Charlotte and inir
the one hundred counties have been 1 ^
invited by the Observer to participate':
Each school will pick its best speller'
in a regular spelling bee. Then all
school winners, city and county, are
to meet at the county seat to select,:
in an old fashioned spelling bee. the ^
coun(y champion. This lucky boy or I (
girl may be among those who will1 ^
come to Charlotte in May as the |
guest of the Observer. He or she will
>ion at the citv's host hotel and will
royally entertained entering: the 1
state wide finals. Then the Observer (
is offering: the following: prizes at .
the p. 11-territory finals in May; first
$100, second 550. and third $25.
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In addition the champion speller
of North Carolina will he sent to
Washingtr.n. L>. C: in Juno id take; ^
part in the Second National Spelling:
Bee Ctton >st. All the eyj?|nses of both ,
the winner ar.d a chaperon will be
paid hy the Observer.: In the event ; f
that the winner is a girl, her mother ^
will act as chaperon; in case a boy.
The Observer will provide a suitable
chaperon. In Washington more than
twenty spelling champions will compete
for $2000 in g^>ld and a gold me- j .
dal. The first prize will be $1,000.00; j '
second, $500; third $200; fourth, 150 - 4
fifth $100; sixth, $50. A five day |
sight- seeing tobr and other enter- (4
tamments are in store for the winner
of North Carolina. \
Schools in both city and county j
have been invited to join the bee and i (
urged by the Observer to forward j .
their acceptances immediately to the j
Spelling Bee Editor.
SMITH HAGAMAN TO REP- J 1
RESENT TRAINING CAMPS!
The War Department has announced
the appointment of Mr. Smith
Hagaman, Boone, N. C., as a county
representative for the Citizens Military
Training Camps, for the summer.
Mr. Hagaman states that he will
receive a supply of application blanks
for the training camps shortly and
will be ready to pass these out to j
young men between the ages of 17
and 24 who might want to take a
months encampment in July at government
expense. jt
-Congress appropriates nearly three j
million dollars annually to enable the j i
vnnnor mon tn nr. rhoir r*V?.
J (S ~~ . WV. t"'J " ?* I
powers under proper supervision. j
Railroad fare< meals en route and 1
at camp, uniforms, laundry, athletic
equipment and medical and dental
treatment are furnished.
Two vacancies have been allotted
Watauga County and it is expected
that they will be taken by April 1.
Others may apply and if vacancies
occur later they will be taken care
of.
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NUMBER 9
THE NEWS FROM THE
NORMAL SCHOOL
Things have been rather quiet a>out
the Normal for the past few day*
except the championship base ball and
>ther games. The young ladies' basketball
team from Crossnore played
-he Lenoir High School team, the
^rossnpre winning 45 to 7, and the
inhie Crossnore team played the N.
iYilkesborn team, the team from
?rossnore winning by a score of 27
o -i. At another time the N. Wilkosv>oro
boys played the Normal team,
ho Normal winning by a score of
14 to 16.
Rev. M. B. Wooslcy, pastor of the
Methodist church, conducted chapel
service on Saturday and made a good
a!k to the student body.
President Dougherty of the NorTiill,
went to Lenoir the past week to
leliver an address at a county Edu-ational
meeting. He was accompaned
by Frof.Chabnell Wilson of the
formal.
Mr. and Mrs. Van G. Hinson and
Prof. M. Downum of the Normal,
md Prof. Spainhour of the Cove
r*reek High School, were invited out
;o Prof. A. J. Greene's: splendid counry
home near Vilas the past Sunday
for a dinner given in honor of the
Professors birthday. This was indeed
t pleastnt occasion as the professor
md children and excellent and gcou
losts. The sumptuous dinner was
norc than ample to satisfy the most
irtistic showing splendid taste and
kill an the part of the good wife
tnd her helpers and the sooial hows
Kissed away all too quickly being
enlivened by varied conversation and
iy the splendid music by Prof. Green
md his son and daughter. Various
todak pictures were taken of those
ircsent and the uests departed with,
nost pleust nt memories of the occaiaii.
THE WORTH WHSLE CLUB
Mrs. A. L. Cook, with Mrs- John
>V. Hodges as associate hostess eriertainet?
the Worth While Club on
klarefi 5lh at Mj*s. Cook's home. Beau
ifu! hyacinths nad narcissus gave .the
com a spring-like appearance. A
lumber of the members ami several
isitors were present. The president
icing- absent the vice-president, Mrs.
S. Stevenson, presided. The busiless
was first taken up. A Treasurers
eport and a report from the Library
Committee were given.
Other matters were discussed by
he club.
Because of the nearness to StS.
'atriekV day an interesting Irish pro
rratn was enjoyed by all.
History of St. Patrick's Day by
drs. Williams.
Mrs. Don Farthing read the Feast
>f St. Patrick.
Irish Heroism Mrs. Floy Greene.
Solos^?That Tumble Down Shack
iy Althone, Smiles and Frowns, by
Miss Hopkins.
Piano Solo?Miss Elsie Farthing-.
The hostess, assisted by her daughters.
Vivian and Geneva, served a
;ery palatable salad course and Irish
irer.ie followed by shamrock mints.
Mrs. E. N. Hahn will entertain the
2"iul> at the next regular meeting on
March 10th.
HIGH LAND FURNITURE CO.
POSTPONES OPENING
As may be seen by their advertise>ieht
in this issue the Highland Furliture
Company has postponed their
opening to Wednesday th? 17th. This
ieiay was caused by the inability of
:he factories to make deliveries by
die original date.
LAST CALL FOR THE
NEAR EAST RELIEF
We are making a final appeal to
'he ennd ru^nnlr nf fir?
have not yet subscribed to the Near
East relief fund to send their, subscriptions
in at once, as we are called
upon to make a final report- Owing
to the bad weather we are far behind
with our quota, and we urge all to
respond to this worthy cause. 11 everybody
will help we can go over.
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The following subscription has
been received for the Near Bast relief
from Yallc Cruel? Episcopal
Church of $7.93. for which we kind? ^
ly thank thc'ae good people.
EDW. N. HAHK.
County Chairman.