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VOLUMN LIX.
LOUISBURO, N. C., FRIDAY, DEC. 28TH, 192S . (8 Pager)
LYON TO PRESIDE
.. OVER FITTS TRIAL
Miiaiji'-l'uvg Mirror (Joe- On Trial
January 14 For Killing In election
Quarrel
Rocky Mount, Dec. 26.?Judge C. C.
Lyon o( Eilzabethton, .bus been ap
pelated by Governor McLean to pre
side over the special term of Nash
County Superior Gpurt for the trial
of T. W. Fitts, Sbnrysburg's former
mayor, for the murder of B. H| Farm
er, Sharpsburg policeman, on October
31. Trial will start January 14.
Pitts has been confined In the' $tash
county jail since the early part of
November after being brought front
the State Prison where he asked to
be carried forj protection.
Farmer was shot late on tire after
noon of October 1 after a heated;
political argument. After the argu
ment Fitts had gone to his home and ,
secured a shotgun. He went down!
town >vj.th the shotgun and on, the!
way to the store met Farmer.
Farmer was crossing the railroad j
when Fitts .taw him. When the two ;
were separated by approximately 25
f.'et. Fitts fired the gun, Uie first load i
taking efTect just over the'heart. The
second load went through the crown j
of the hat the policeman was wearing.
There are three eye-witnesses to
the slaying. John Davis and his son,
both prominent merchants of the vil
lage. saw It; while Farmer's oldest
s n. Basil, was with his father at the
tirne. ' '
According to report i from the trt
ctunty village, there was little strong
feeling ever the affair.
Fitts has- retained Cooley and Bone,
of Nashville, 'and Attorney Flnctn ot
"Wilson, as his "counsel T. T. Thornt,
of this city; L. T. Vaughan, of Nash
ville. and W. T. Yarborough, of WU
-hon. have been -retained to assist .the
Slate.
THE liEOESI) OF THE
CHRST.MAS STOCKING
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Many, many years ago there lived
in Germany a vety wealrtiy jpan nam
ed St. Nicholas. He liked nothing bet
ter than to help poor people, but dis
liked very much being thanked tor Ills
...gifts, One Chrlstmas'Eve he wished to
'give a' purse of gold to an old man
and his little daughter, and in order
to escape being seen, he climbed to
their roof and dropped his precious
idft dowu the 'chimney. Instead of
landing on the hearth, however the
, purse fell right into a stocking which
v.as hung up to dry, and the next morn
ing it was discovered there! When
other people licrfrd of the strange' hap
pening they too hung up their stock
ings, and soon all over the land it be
came the custom *014 Christmas Eve
to liang up one's stocking for St.- Ni
cholas- to fill.
Ivlr Lancaster To TaylorsviHe
A letter from Mr. J. S. Lancaster
-informs his friends fliat "he has leas
ed the new Hotel Campbell at Taylors
\llle, with forty rooms and modern
J11 every respect, where he will be
glad to see his many friends."
LOCATE.TOBACCO BEDS
IN ISOLATED PLACE
Raleigh, Dec. 24.?The tobacco plant
bed located in an isolated place on
the larm where there are no tobacco
scraps lying abou)1. and, little rub
,?tish from the barn's or packhouSe,
b:s the best chance of producing
plants that are free from disease.
"Ordinarily, one would think it per
missible to locate the tobacco bedg
anywhere the plants would thrive),"
says G. W. Fant, plant disease ..spe
cialist at State College. "This might
be all right were it not for the leaf
spots and mosiac diseuse which ap
peared in startling amounts through
out the State last season. In several
fields, folly eighty percent of the
' plants were.affected with the mosiac
I trouble. The disease effects the en
tire leaf anjl usually reduces both its
ilze and quality. One of the signifi
cant things about this disease wsb
that planttL !?ft growing in the beds
until about July and August also
* Showed the characteristic light audj
dark green mottling "'of the mosiac;
trouble." - " "V
In- most instances of this kind.i
? states- Mr. Fant, the tobacco fields
were fully one-half mile or more from
the beds, indicating that the disease
,1j^gan in the plant bed and was car.
*ifd to the field, by infected plants.
All the badly infected fields could be
traced back to the same plant beds.;
Those plant beds which Were worst
Infected were those located around
farm buildings or farm lotB. The di
sease will winter over in certain
weeds which grow about the farm
buildings and do not grow In the
woeded areas. Then, too, there is
no tobacco refuse generally tobe found
In the wooded areas. Mr. Fant there
tore advises locating the plant bed
this winter in an isolated plac?, pro
vided the soil la fertile and well'drain
ed. To do so" will lessen disease, es
pecially if the seed are recleaued and
treated before they are plantd.
One thing which puzzles us is why
they are going to build so many homes
this year, when nobody stays home
any more. _ '
HOOVE&.-PLANS XO GO.
PIfcECT TO CAPITAL
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t';ah is Expected To Arrive At Hump.
* tc-d Hunii? On January tttli; b'.HIr
eel Creeling*
Aboard U. S. S. Utah, Dec. .
President-elect Herbert Hoover has
cl auged ills plana and will/proceeu |
directly to Washingtot^ujpn return-1
ing from his South ""American tour J
| This annouu^'ment was made today {
iu the midst of Christmas celebra-!
tions -on board the battleship Utah
which now la cruising, northward.
Under the revised schedule the j
t battleship will head for Hampton j
Roads, Vn., where it is expected to
a-rive January 6. The Hoover party
then will disembark and proceed-to1
the capital city. Mr. Hoover probably i
will-remain in' Washington for ir:
week or 10 days attending to mat-j
ttrs awaiting his attention. After that;
he will go to Florida as originally^
planned. " |
Hampton Rouda is the Utah's-base j
and it now v.ill he possible for its
officers and -crew to pay "urjef visits i
iu their families before leaving on a
three-months practice cruise to Pan.!
a;-'a. The revised plans also will en- i
able thfe President-elect personally to |
attend to his affairs in Washington
rather than to attempt to execute
their direction from a winter home \
[In Florida. Whether a trip will he!
rnfcde to Cuba and Mexico before the
| inauguration is expected, to be de- [
|ci.k-d after Mt. Hoover reaches Wash ,
' ington.
i President Cool idee and the Pres:
I hut-elect today exchanged Christina
greetings via radio as did rhe first
iaiy and -the first lady to be.. Mr.
Hoover also received a number of
olher messages from members of the
cabinet ar.d personal friends from gli
parts of the world,
i A number of the radio (Jispatches i
jv-cre from ^presidents of the South!1
American republics recently visited,
to whom he likewise had sent the
1 c nson'h flrreafin^a
The battlesMp_was gaily decorated ,
for the Christmas season. Evergreens
from the Braztlllan tropics?substi.'
tuting for tbe holly and mistletoe
of northern climes?were strung be
-tween the big turret guns -and ai
other places op the ship. An imita
tion'fireplace to" provide an entrance
for Santa Claus also had been erect- j
e'i On the quarterdeck and r'ong
with the greens* formed the setting
for the Hoover's Christmas dinner.
! With much jollity members of the j
IJeover party exchanged presents j
with one rfnctlier. Many in the group
| were equipped with tin horns,' rat
i tiers and wooden noise-makers whffli
I Mrs. Hoover had obtained in Rio De
. Janerio in preparation for Christmar.
The first lady to be early this
morning Jind a Chvlstmas tree placed
in the admiral's quarters which she
hid Mr. Hoover are occupying, At
j breakfast ail members of the Hoover
| pert/ lound toys and tickets at the
; table while around.tevery plate were
t'nsel decoration'. Christmas tree
candles, and gifts such as' cigars,
boxes of candy and souvenirs from
the'-cities visited. ' ' - ?
PRUNE CRAPE VINES
DIKING WINTER SEASON'
Raleigh, Dec. 24.?N'o cultural prac
tice with' grapes will yield better re
turns than careful pruning.
,?*>"The two type3 of grapes,' includ
ing the Concord, Delaware and Ni
agara varieties of the bunch type 'and
the James and Tlmmas in the musca
dine group must ne pruned different
ly,' says C. F. Williams,' horticultur
ist at State College, "the mpscadine
type mqst be pruned early to nvjiul
e-essive bleeding while the - bunch '
type may be pruned any time (luring
the dormant period. .In all pruning
it is wise to remember that the fruit
is borne on tbe current season's
growth from woo'd that is one year
old. Therefore, it "Is Important to
save for fruit production Only those
canes that ure.jjf. the past season's
growth: Tbe next point to remem
ber is that since one year wood Is
the fruit bearing part of the vine,
| only enough old wood is needed to be
I left- to support and distribute this
fruit bearing surfAce over the trebles
according?to tlie system of training
that, is adopted." *
By following such a practice Mr.
Williams says that the vine is rpnew.J
cd each year, old wood liable to di
sease is removed and the vine is con
fined to a small space. He says too
that. in pruning bunch grapes, the
best clusters of fruit are boine on
shoots developing from buds in the
middle portion of the cano, usually
about the third to tenth or twelfth
bud. Therefore, a few long caneg are
needed rather than many short, sprout
These fundamental principles are the
same regardless of the syBtem train*
I mt used In a particular vineyard.
Always select the mogt "vigorous
canes for saving. Tlie average vine
of bunch grapes should not have over
40 or 50 buds left on all fruit canes
after pruning. When the pruning Is
over, it may look as if little vine Is
left but by summer when each bud
has put out a vigorous shoot bearing
two and sometimes three clusters of
frnlt, generally />ne Is satisfied, says
Mr. Williams. '
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We Wish You
Health
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Throughout
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New Year
DOCTORS MAY ASK
FOR MORE POWER
Proposal To Amend tun Expected As
Aitcnunih Oi Carroll License Vase
Though the State Board of Medical
Examiners, as a body, has done noth
ing about it as yet, there is some talk
among medical men that, as 4. result
of the Carroll case, a bill' will be pre
sented to the next General Assembly,
the purpose of which will be to make
the board a "court of record" when
appeals are made from its decision
to the Superior Cojurt.
Dr. I'oy Itobersota, member of the
board"! yesterday expressed his ap
prcval (p? such a measure. If it is
pushed, however, he believes'that the
-ctioir will come from the Legislu i
i"ve/ Committee of the State Medicai
3oc;ety," rather than from the board
itself.
Dr. Charles O'H. LaughinghouseJ
jptate Health Officer, expressed op
pdsjion to the measure.
The Idea of those favoring the bill
is not to withdraw ffte right of as- j
peal from the boprd's decision .bui
t > %tve ? the case submitted to the
Jourts - on the' record of the hear
ing before the board. Until Judge
shav 's decision in the Carrn'l case,
nembers of the board thought suclif
ivas already the law. Sojne>of them
still thliik it, said Dr. Roberscfn.
The Carroll case started when
he State Department of Charities
tnri Public Welfare brought to tin
State Board of. Medical Examinei ?
:hargts against Dr. Robert jj>. Crf
?oil, owner and operator of the High
and Hospital, Asheville, to the etf<n t
hat tie was ^morally unfit to retain
lis license k> practice medicine la
l t:
his State. The board held a hen |
?ig, examining witnesses behind,
losed doops, and then took Dr. Car
'oU'3 license away from hinw^He
ppcalcd to the Superior - Court tit
luncombe County, as the law cl^tvly
;ives him a right to do, but when
he case, came before Judge Shaw
he Judge would not consider it on
he record of the hearing before the
oard but insisted on trying It de
ovo. The result, according to Dr.
tobr. son and other members of the
oard, waB that because of the very
ature of the charges against Di
errril the women who had been per
uadtrt to vtestlfy before the board
ehlnd closed doors, absolutely re
tsed to testify In open court
Dr. Roberson believes that the
oard Is likely to be faced with the
urns difficulties in the future if it
i called upon to take any other
octor'g license away from him on*|
1
[recount of unprofessional and im
moral conduct. . v. ...
A second case envolving Dr. Car
j roll? that brought . by the State De
-partment. of Charities and Public
; Welfare' in an effort to take the
:l!"ense away front the -Highland Hos
pital, ended in a .mistrial when tried
'in Wake Superior Court-this month.
lArs. Kate Burr Johnson. * Cotumis
.'oner of Public Welfare, said that
, the prosecution faced the same diffi
culties in this case that it did when
|the- case' aganct Dr. Carroll came up
i the Asheville court.
'Fatally Injured In Train"- .
Automobile Collision
Arthur Nicholson yas fatally injur
ed and Jerry Cooke seriously cut and
bruised, when the Ford car'fhey were
driving was struck by the Louisburg
Seaboard train at the State Highway
cios-slng about one mile southwestern*
-Iojkh?Jlcuday afternoon about .,5 o'
eiocET
Witnesses to the accident say that.
Nicholson and Cooke, both colored,
driving a Ford touring car were leav
ing town aud not observing the stop
law or observing the approaching
train, attempted to cross the track
as the train, making its incoming trip
to Louisburg from Franklinton, arrlv
-e I at^thp crossing striking the car
and badly s'masjrijig it up, inflicting
injuries upon Nicholson from which
he died before he arrived at a hos
pital at Rocky Mountr to which he was
taken, and badly injuring Cooke.
Tills crossing is' an open grade,
dossing, where the train can be seen
a great distance .up or down the track. |
Just why. they shodld not have seen
the train is not known. It is stated
the train failed to blow for the cross
ing. '
Auto Accident Near Town
As a result of . an automobile' accl- ,
dent on State Highway 56 about two (
miles from town Wednesday afternoon
Mr. G. . Meade's car and Mr. J. D.
Illnes car were badly damaged. The ,
occupants miraculously escaped with- \
out injury.
Mr. Meade's ,par.was driven by Mrs.
Meade, and the other tar was driven
by Mr. Hines. of Raleigh. It was re- v
|55rted that Mr. Hines was under the t
influence of intoxicants and lost con
I'ol of his car running into the Meade
ar. ? t
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With the list of drownings increas
ing, it begins to look like the auto
mobile is gong to have plenty of com- 1
petition. _ t
J. B. Debnam Dead
Mr. Join; Buck Debnani (lied at Ilia
home about one mile south of Louis-,
hul'g early ..Monday morning following
a scroke oi paralysis. ' He was- fifty
two j*ars ot age. The decealtd t^ad
lived 1;. Lo'uisburg the greater part ot
hib liie being at the time oi his dea'li
a successful merchant.*;.He had seryed
the town ol'"t*ruTsburg iurthe.trusted
Oepr.cily oi engineer at Che light, and
water station with great credit to him
sei?Sv
I i :s24 the deceased suffered a para
iytic stroke-"ffhd had been in bad
health since that time. He was a
devoted"member of the Louisburg Bap
tist church and was active in bis at
tendance and teachings until his fail
ing health prevented continuance. He
was a member of one of Fra-irklin
county's . oldest and most prominent
families. He was a loving, devoted
'and kind husband and father.
In 1901 he was married to Miss
Pehrl Tally who preceded -him to the
grave tlilrtoem years ago. To this un
ion there we:,?"born si\ children, four
of whom survive him, -S. B. Dbbnnm,
Jr, of Fayetteville. V. L. Dehnam,
of Crefensboro. Hugh Debnam, of Lou-!
is burg a'nl'Mrs. J^TJ Finch of near
tTouisburg.
In 1917 lie was married to Miss
Mary May, who survives, and to
which union there were no children.;
The following brothers and sisters ;
also survive: Mrs. John Joyner, of
Nashville; Mrs. Geo. Lewis, of Greens
hero; Reuben and John Debnam, of^
Nashville; Charlie Delmafru. ol' Hen-1
dorsmr; Mrs. X. *N, Gupton and Mrs.!
Iv-r.ir.itt Brewer, of Franklin qpunty. j
The foneral services were held from
tli? heme Monday afternoon a; 2 o'-.
c'o*. k. conducted by RrvTTJafliel Lane
pastor of the Louisbur Methodist
whs
church and the interment was made
In Oaklawn cemetery. The pall bear
ers A ere T. W". Watson. S. C. Holdeh,'
| W. T. Moon, *A. F. Johnson, W. T.'
Gupton.. W. C. Holmes.
The bereaved lamily- and relatives
Jriends attended both servic es and the
feral tribute was especially pretty.
* The bereaved family and rleatives
have the deepest sympathy of a large
number of friends to whom the sudr,
den passing of Mr. Debnam was n
great shock.
Mrs. Mary G. May Dead f
Mrs. Mary 6. May, widow of the
late .Shem May, died at the home of
her son, Mr. Algia May, about one
trila south of Louisburg in her 82nd
year on Sunday aftfeVttoon. She leayes
seven children, Ernest May, of Hen-,
xterson, Bob May, Algia May, N'athan
May, Hugh May, Frank May and Mrs.
J. B. Uelyikun. all of Franklin county.
Mrs. May was-A^-mcmber of the
Louisburg Methodist church and was1
a true christian woman, who was lov. j
ed and admired by bar neighbors and;
iriends. -The funeral was held from'
tl e home on Monday afternoon at
o'clock by Rev.-Daniel Lane and the]
interment wa3 made at Oaklawn ce-f
Anetery. The pallbearers beiug^jer;
grandsons were C'haxlie JMay, Olliej
May, John May, .Kemp May, Nathan:
Patterson and James Patterson.'^, j
Large .numbers of Mends attended ,
T>rth (sgvie?s add the fforal tribute j
was--especially' preKy.
The bereaved family has the sym
pathy of the entire community.
THE h'ATlOXAL TEA ME V.EES
Old silversmiths, so vthat people
could tell pure Silver from "cheapef [
imafetious, marked tire?read thin; :
"ste.ling.'' ?*'' 1 .
In 1'ke manner, manufacturers who i
stand back of their products identify j
'Mm with the trademarks th^t are]
tils buyer's guarantee of (juaiity. By
advertising these trademarks, they
focus on their wares the searchlight
cf attention.
Only good goods, fairly priced, can
burnish, in./this bright light of publl-1
city. For no merchandise and no'
bnefness can continue to exist under
the weight of ? ,
That is why a manufacturer or1 mer
chant places,the whole reputation ofi
ht's bnslriess Sit stake every time he j
advertises. His goods must be as ad- '
Urortlsed. 1'
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So, in looking through this paper*1
remember this: The man who,spends]1
his money to invite your crffsideration f
of his goods, backs up his belief in j
his fodds and leaves the final deci-j*
don to ypu. * js
It pays vru to read th- advertise-]
men's. It pays you to buy advertised
products.
Advertising is your protection.
Omaha is making rapid progress
[n Jts program for a smokeless city,
through enforcement of a new smoke
jrdinance. ,
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A Harvard expedition making a
nedical survey In Africa found that
t took three hours to perform an au
opsy on an elephant.
If there is anything In the vforld
aore changeable than a woman, it is
ome other woman.
The time ha* gone when you could
unnce your best girl on a glass of
>monade. Today it takes gasoline.
The emblem o^ the full dinner pail
as a conterpart today. In the em
lem of the full gas tank.
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AMONG -IHE VISITORS
SOUK \Ot KNO^ 1M) MIME-?011
1)6 SOT KSOW.
Personal Items About* Hoiks la#
/.Their Friends Who .Travel Hera
- And There.
Mr. A. B. Breeee, of Raleigh, was
.1 visitor 'to Louisbutg .Friday. ' .
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- Mi1, and Mrs. J. pr-Thomas left Wed
nesday for Georgia to visit their peo
p?e. ; ,
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Mis3 Louise Taylor, of Charlotte,
visited* her. parents Mr. and Mrs?SG.
D. Taylor during the holidays!
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Mrs. Ernest Cruikshank, head of
'it? Columbia Institute. Columbia,
Tennt, with her' children and MisT"
Sutton, of Raleigh, spent Wednesday,
v.lth her aunt, "Mrl. Robert H. Davis,
sa;? :
THE .\EW ESSEX
4.1- - ex a i". an hour car-: Hud
si n more than au bo-mile an bout
car; roomier and beautified body de- ?
- 1Jns; much added equipment and
ptice reductions og. $5n to $290 a car.
are the features of the Hudson-Essex
program for as announced today
The company's statement, marking its
20th anniversary, declare it will build
nearly us many dars in the .flrst bait
of 1929 as in all of 192S?which was
the bigges't year in its history.
The lo29 Hudson with 64 improve
ments. and the new Essex, tile Chal
lenger. with fa sin*i display today
a: Xash STreet -v*<itor Co.. Hudson-'
Essex deai\r. a* part of a nation wide
p.ogram ot simultaneous display. Pre
showings of the new Hudson-Essex
lines have been made fo newspaper
men. technical experts, distributors
and dealers in key points throughout
'.he United S.a.e., and Canada. Fpr
t'-e past month tile Hudson factories
in Detroit have been operating on
day and night shifts, to'- prdVttfevsUow
firs and sufficient dealer-* stocks to
t ssure imedlate delivery.
I' Twenty-one body types are included1'
Ljn {he new combined line, ten more
than in 1928. comprising the greatest
[variety Hudson has ever offered. Es
isex prices start at $695, Hudson prices
at $1095. The' Hudson is now pre
! suited on two increased wheel bases
of 122 and 139 inches, while the Essex
is heel base remains unchaugejl.
Fiin.ipal Essex impnovements In
"?tide for hvaraulic shock absorbers
a? standard equipment, chromium
nlrrte. larger, roomier' bodies, and a
larger .and more powerful motor.'
Cash-Flace
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Miss Willie Mae "Place Became the
Bride of Mr. Claude Felton Cash. Fri-.
Jay night ia a ceremony performed
It. the home of Mr. and Mrs.' J. H.
Cash at 9:30 o'clock .with Rev. C. B.
Howard officiating.
The bride is the attractive daughter
of Mr. and Mrs." J. S. Place of this
city. She received her education at
Mills Hihh School and Louisburg Col
lege. She is a young woman of charm
ing qualities. "* "
The bridegroom is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. R. E. Cash of Louisburg.
He is a prominent young- business
man of Louisburg and is the owner of
Cash's Meat Market and Cash's,Cafe.
TJiev left Monday night for few
days motor trip to Washington City
qnd other near by cities. ' The bride
wore a prettv blue fail traveling frock
with hat. coat, shoes and accessories
to match. The bridegroom wore, a
dark suit with long top coat, hat and
s toes to match. " *
The-- wilt be at, home after January
1st in Louisburg." * \
Carter-giitgn
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Suffolk, Va., Dec. 24.?D. E. Carter,
if Louisburg. N. C.. son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. T. Carter of Drum Hill, N. C.,
md Miss Kate Hilton, of Asheville,
laughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. N. "Hil
:on. of Jefferson. S. C.? were married,
ihis afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the ?
ltme of the officiating minister, Dr.
t. W. Johnson. The bride was attired
n a frock of beige romaine crepe
vith coat and accessories that match.
Her matron of' honor was Mrs.
r. M. Howell, of Drum Hill. auut of
he groom. She was dressed in black
atin with, accessories that matched.
Willie Carter, of High Point, was
test man. The other attendants were
?ee Roy Carter ami E.. R. Draper,
itso of Drum Hill. ^
Mr. and Mrs. Carter will make their
lome In Louisburg.
CAPTURES STILL
Constable F. F. Hicks, of Sandy
treek township, reports the capture
a 35 gallon copper stUI outfit com
lete on Friday morning about one '
lile backspf Shm Edwards on Sandy
'roek. Tnb still was In operatkua
ie also destroyed one quart of whls
ey and about two hundred gallons
f beer. and ? lot of containers.
St Paul's Episcopal <shorch
Services will be held next Sunday
t St. Panl's Episcopal church at 11
. m. and at 7:30 p. m. Sunday school
111 be held at 10 a. m.
All are Invited to attend.