fc'ABUSHED SEPTEMBEK 19, 1878, Hr i —m —i — IP EDITORIAL. I AN ECHO? LL „- e reproducing below an article “Clark’® Comment’', clipped r 1 Monday’s Greensboro News. The -perns an echo of our own ar- If of last week’s issue, “Twenty- I v enr ., \go”, but whether such r rt it is our strongest kind of con- I V, n 0 f our own account of the P/7' V the press when we began r ‘, a - e i work at Lumberton just was one of the inde- K , : nt editors of that first year of b w century and knows what he about. North Carolina in;,;iong repaying the debt it owes , oidwed and Clark lor their .com 7r r i.-.n< to the freedom or mde fceV the press. Mr. Clark's icle follows: Newspaper Freedom L e relation of North Carolina to party poht.es has Gl, - ie radical change since the f;utng oi the century. Recently n d newspaper statistics list l ■ Dil : ‘ Democratic in politics, while Ke Massed as independent Demo- KSc—that is, they c.aim Democratic ■filiation bdt are not thick and chin Mlrtv supporters. Six papers are of K Republican fait.i and one is in-1 ■fl 0 ,ut Republican. Filty-sevcn Hperfare straightout independent, Bf' ot party it will be RS that of the 176 newspapers practical.y one-tiind are ticallv independent. Adding the ■ dirt are semi-independent, whicn Hid a pohtical faith but are not ■ n d b\ party action, more than one- K- the papers are politically mde ■jdent in wnole or in part. ■V’hen it is recalled that - up.- to H)0 ‘mere was hardly a newspaper ■ the state that couid be listed as ■iticallv independent, the signi- Banee of the foregoing; is realized. K to that time tne chief end of a Kspaper was supposed to be the ■port of a political party. For that ■pose it was supposed to exist, its ■rctiens as a newspaper, as a distri ■or of news, being incidental or ■ordinate. Between campaign sea ■is it might function as a newspaper, political considerations were ai ■vs 1 ept in mind; and in campaign ■7ons the party welfare was the ■tter of chief concern, all else be ■ subordinate. There was m the E 93s occasional display of mde denco in party criticism, but party 7fy W us always avowed. Sometimes avowal was forced by fear. D.s ■ait was the signal for a boy »tt, an attempt to destroy, and it * 3 not believed that a newspaper except as a party sup ter. Claim to independence —that without party allegiance-—was ac nted an enemy in disguise, more pised tuan an open foe. In fact vas inconceivable in this state, up a quarter century ago, that politx indcpendence was possible. One o d’dn’t line up with a party was .undesirable if not a dangerous zen. then the fact is considered that vspapers that now claim party al iance and are party supporters, are ,ily independent compared with the iers of the 80s and 90s, and that ire is hardly a party organ in the tea paper that sees only good in all party does and nothing good in other party —as party organs were lounted up to a quarter century ), then it is realized that North rolina newspapers have gone a • piece in political independence ;hin the 25-year period. Political independence for newspa •s had its real beginning in 1900 en that great newspaper man, J. Caldwell, took the Charlotte Ob ver from the support of Bryan for esident. Refusal of a party pa rto support the party nominees san unpardonable sin. Caldwell ide that fight practically a 1 one so ■ as newspaper support was con ned. In fact he was most vio itly, and viciously, assailed by wspapers whose fight he was ally making; by men to profit bv his **rave ond dependent advantage. A wanker in would have succumbed an' 1 stroyed unVss he had professed nito-n returned to the fold. Caldv ell was too «s+"onr what d been in to that time the domi nt sentiment with and he overturned it id e c t r >ViU c .fjg f j j, / ' , * a^ni it. words he gave North Carolina -wspaners freedom and made room ; v ? trondom of thoop’ht. liberty opinion unknown in North Caro un to that time. Jt q n o-.-.r gynorionoo for Carolina. But when tho wav c -s o azerl bv a cout , ?" o ''i ic ' and able ° n V; ho taught for liberty of ouin- n ’ oewspanor readers as well as editors began to L f a f liberty as never before. That K n has been regarded as danger *s pnh l po-Pofy was found to safoo-nard. eve is sometime talk about news dominated thia ' Newspapers are published by N if) ppQ c.nKl^'' 4 - fa ’goo to humankind. But in the '* rt p/nd observation. j| :an said without fear of si',','*ess rei-eCo\Ttrf,diction that never before r ;,or Carolina newspapers so are .^ ev are today. Never be- DoP ls believed, were th°v so out rg e 011 matters generally; never oura eie suc b manifestation of the r orld ?e conv i c tion in the printed Mr S 'w OHNsON ENTERTAINS q k a l ter C. Johnson entertain ■fcirtv r T autlf ully appointed bridge Bo i /, onf,a y afternoon from three Barne At the close of the Ky ed a delicious sweet course was Tlie Chatham Record Moncure News Letter Hard times have been preached by nany but from observation, it seems that Santa Claus was more liberal uns year than in previous years; everybody enjoyed good things and uii of Cnristmas spirit. Our town is happy and gleeful be au se the following College girds and >oys are at home for the holidays: lisses Catherine Hackney, Pauline lay, and Catherine Thomas of State vlormal School, Fredericksburg, Va.; ,ijss Elizabeth Thomas of Greensboro ,tate Normal; Miss Lucile Brady of College; and Miss Odis ladison of Ot-borest College Ga; and liss Ruth Kennedy of Salem Aca cr.j; Messrs. Evan Ray, Jennings . .nd Glenn V/ombie, Jim Utley, !bep rtarrington, Sam and Clarence Jrutchtieid, Coley Goodwin of Eion College; and Kendrick of Carolina :nd Edwin Cathell of Emory Uni ers'.ty, Atlanta, Georgia. The following teachers of Moncure’ school spent their holidays at home:. Hiss Mamie Sockwell at North vViikesboro; Miss Jesse Bell Strick and at Dunn; and Miss. Daisy Bland at Sanford. Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Sort spent Christmas day and Sunday with their, parents near Siler City. Mrs. J. E. Cathell and daughter, Miss Virginia ahd son James spent day and Sunday with Mrs„ Cathell’s parents near. Lexington. Mr. H. M. Nicbolson of Bear * Creek, spent Christmas holidays with Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Maynard. Christmas day was saddened here, in our towm by the news of the death of Mr. R. L. Johnson which occurred at Watts Hospital, Durham last Fri day morning. Mr. R. L. Johnson was 60 years of age. He was the j oldest child of the late Benjamin Dl Johnson and Mrs. Bettie Johnson Thomas. He married Miss Bertha Pr.ttishall. They have the following children living: Eugene Johnson, Mrs. Will Langley, Moyle Johnson, Mrs. Percy Gunter, Clarence John son, Lois, Thelma and Estelle John son and Craven and Henry Johnson. Rev. C. M. Lance, his pastor, con ducted the funeral services at Jones’ Chapel. Methodist church toward San ford and the Junior Order, of which he was a faithful member conducted the services at the grave. It was a sad occasion and our sympathy goes out to the bereaved wife and children. Dear husband and father have gone from them and he will be greatly miss ed, but do not grieve for our heaven ly Father knows best though it seems hard sometimes. Mr. R. L. Johnson had been almost ->.n invalid for two years, though when he first went to the hospital '.nd was operated on, it seemed that le was getting on nicely until he cut a tree down one day and the tree kicked back on him and mashed his '.eg, from that time he * gradually weakened until his death. His mother, Mrs. Bettie Johnson Thomas, and following brothers and sisters survive him: Mrs. J. R. Ray, Moncure; Mrs. Addie Gunter, Bonsai; Messrs, T. B. and Tom Johnson, who are building contractors, Durham; Mrs. Maggie Farrington, Durham; and Mrs. Olivia Johnson. He was a member ®f Moncure Methodist church and will be missed. He had many friends. The beatsful flowers which covered his grave we.e tokens of love of his many friends and relatives. Miss Mary Womble, a college stu dent of Greensboro State Normal, is spending her holidays at home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Womble. We are sorry to hear of the acci dent which occurred to Mrs. E. C. Wilkie at Raleigh, Christmas Eve, when a car ran into her and three children, seriously hurting Mrs. Vilkie. Her ankle was broken and skull fractured. She was rushed to the hospital where she is critically ill and not expected to live. Mrs. Roy E. Cole and little son are spending Christmas holidays at Marshville with her parents. Mrs. Aurelia Taylor took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Hackney to day (Monday). Mr. A. B. Clegg and two little sons and sister, Mrs. Ella Speed are spend ing several days this week at Ham let visiting relatives. Mr. A. B. Clegg is a real successful farmer, who clears ($600) six hundred dollars every year on his farm in spite of drouths and low prices and some years clears more. He killed a hog just be fore Christmas which weighed 560 pounds. He has plenty of meat and lard, for he said he has but a few ' cracklings for It 1 all went to lard. The treat for the Methodist Sunday school was enjoyed very much last Sunday morning. The Christmas Operetta, “Why the Chimes Rang,” by McFadden was presented at the Methodist church last Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock to a iurge congregation. The hearty co yperation and assictance of Mrs. Jaisy Lambeth, Mrs. J. E. Moore, Mr. S. W. Womble, Mr. A. B. Clegg, Mrs. H. D. Strickland, Miss Amey Wom ble, Mr. Tom Maddox, Mr. J. L. Wom ble, Miss Catherine Thomas and Mr. Evan Ray and the entire caste of young people and children was very much appreciated. The Christmas carols, recitations and operetta were enjoyed by. all and splendidly pres ented. The decorations and costumes were pretty and aided in presenting and carrying out the effect and meaning jf the occasion. We also appreciated the presence rnd talks of Rev. Jonas Barclay and Rev. C. M. Lance. The Baptist church is planning t< cave a Sunday School treat and th« seachers are planning to entertair ;heir respective classes, but the de ;ails were reported as not being com pletely planned. . * '* MTTSBORU, -V ; CHATHAM HUKiDAY, DCC. SO, 132 G ■ ■ - ■ • , ■ - < k 'i. NEW ELAM NEWS Several Marriages Reported—Numer ous Holiday Visitors —Other Personal Items Their many warm friends through- ; out the state will be deeply interested in the marriage last Thursday of Misr Mabel Cornelia Mann and Mr. Hurley Jones. Tnese are very popular young people, and their marriage creates much interest. Mrs. Jones is the much lcved daugh ter of Mr. A. G. Mann. She is an > attractive young woman and by her pleasing personality. has won man} staunch friends. Mr. Jones is the son of Mr. and Mrs. B. Jones a so of-this community. He is an energetic young man and hqs the congratulations of all upon wining such a charming bride. All join m wishging for Mr. and Mrs. Jones many years of supreme happi ness. . , { Op last Thursday Miss Lillian Jonet j and, Mr. Newton Mann were united i in marriage. This wedding came a surprise to some of their friends. • Mrs. Maim is the accomplished daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Jones.r She is a charming young wo man with- a sweet disposition. She is v/ery active in all church organiza tions, and is a gifted alto singer. Mr. Mann is the noble son of Mr. • and Mrs. Jack Mann. He is an in dustrious young man and we wish • for him and his bride mucch joy. We were sorry to learn of the deatn Friaay oi Mr. Robert Johnson He was laid to rest in the County, day. He leaves a wife and ten children. outurday night Miss Alice Copeland* entertained in honor of Miss Gr(zelle Copeland and Leslie Cope land, both of Raleigh. •Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Webster, of Greensboro are spending the holidays with Mr. Webster’s mother. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Roy Garret December 25 a son. Mrs. Garret be fore her marriage was Miss Hilla Ellis. , John W. Drake of Greensboro, and Miss Vera Drake of Richmond Va. w6re week-end guest’s of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Drake. Mrs. Johnson Seagroves and two daughters of Raleigh are guests oi Mrs. Bettie Goodwin. Weddings seem to be very fashion able through our section, so last Sun day Miss Ethel M. Johnson and Mr. Hurley Gardner were united in mar riage. Miss Johnson is the ycMng and accomplished daughter of Hrs. Annie Sloan. She is an attractive bride and has many friends who will learn with deep interest of her mar riage. Mr. Gardner is the younger son of Mr. N. A. Gardner, and is an in dustrious young man with a good character. They will make their home on this route. Miss Pansy Speagle of Winston- Salem is visiting her parents, Mr and Mrs. Wade Speagle. Miss Speagie is a favorite among our young people. She is attending high school in the Twin City. Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Studivant of Reading, Pa. are visiting his mother Mr*. J. L. Goodwin. NATIVE CHATHAM NEGRO GETS MERITED PRAISE It always gives the editor pleasure to record anything complimentary to Chathamites, resirent or exile, whitet or black. Accordingly, it is a pleasure to reproduce from the Winston Journal the following editoral com mendation of Dr. S. G. Atkins, cne of the great negroes of the country, yet not so very long ago a poor colored • lad of the Haywood section: “Dr. S. G. Atkins The Journal carried yesterday a very interesting story about the Win ston-Salem Teachers’ College and its founder and guiding spirit, Dr. S. G. Atkins. Institutions of learning have been characterized as the lengthened shadows of some dynamic personality whose devotion to an ideal and whose seal for the cause gave it form, life and substance. The personality be hind the V/inston-Salem Teachers’ College is undoubtedly Dr. Atkins. It is his leadership that has made of the local teacher-training school for colored teachers a vital and bene ficial influence not only in the city and the state, but throughout the south. He has been repeatedly likened in character to Booker T. Washing ton. While not so well known, the work that he has done and is doing entitles him to a higher place in the educational history of his race, and the WTnaton-Salem Teachers’ College will remain a living monument to the high quality of his firm and unselfish devotion to the permanent progress of his people. Mr. C. M. Eddins tells us tnat his son, Kennon killed a snake on Christ inas day. Snakes in a prohibition ter ritory at Christmas is unusual. His makeship made his presence known by striking at the youth. Mr. Ed. Pendergrass is ill of kidney trouble. Miss Jennette Ernst, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Ernst of Car olina Power and Light Co., is visit ing a few days in Laurinburg, this veek, but she has spent most of her lolidays at home with \er parents. 3he is a college student at Peace In titute, Raleigh. Mr. W. J. Hannon of the firm of Tannon and Thomas, former Hack ley and Thomas, spent Christmas ! vith his parents at Carthage. A colored man, Layton Thompson, m employee of Moncure Mill and Gin So., got his hand crushed with a , oiler of the planing mill Monday and 3r. Cathell was called and had to .mputate his arm just below the el bow. ' ■ 1 —^ WHEN THE HEART DECIDES , By H. M. EGBERT »4 < ' 11. ■ • • (Copyright by W. G. Chapman.) (( H, DEAR, I wish I had a I | home!” sighed pretty lit- V J tie Mrs. Garrett,, standing disconsolately in the cen ter of her little room in the Grand National hotel at Louisport. There were four trunks in the little room, and Doris, the little girl, was seated forlornly upon the top of the pile, staring as disconsolately as her mother at the crowded cubic feet which were to be their home for the next few days. A knock at the door; an elderly lady and a younger qne, verging up on middle age, entered. “Well, Molly, home again!” re marked the young one with unpleasant emphasis in h§r tones. “Yes,” sighed Molly Garrett. “And John off again, as usual, I sup pose ?” “Kansas City!” said Molly, almost weeping. “Well, you’d better come to us until he returns,” said the elder woman, who was her stepmother. “I don’t know why my house should be upset in this way with your coinings and goings, but since you would marry a traveling man I’ll have to bear with it.” Little Mrs. Garrett began to cry. She was completely under the thumb of her stepmother and stepsister, Amelia. She had never had much in dependence of will; perhaps that was why she had married a drummer dur ing her stepmother’s absence. She knew that her family did not look wdth favor upon John Garrett. For the past seven years they had lived mainly in hotels. John, who was fond of his wife, had taken her everywhere with him. The little girl was born in a hotel in Missouri. She had been baptized in Omaha, and her education, which had been begun in Milwaukee, was to be continued in Loulspojrt, Mrs. Garrett’s home city. Thiit Wits why John had brought his wife and daughter there three hours before, bidden them a hasty farewell and started for Kansas City with a heavy heart. He was so inconse quential ; he thought that so long as he paid the Lllls it didn’t matter where his wife lived. Established in her stepmother's home as a paying guest, little Mrs. Garrett listened to a daily tirade against her husband. “It isn’t any life to ask a woman to share,” declared her stepmother. “Molly, I warned you not to marry that man. Who knows what lie's do ing when he’s away from you? Those salesmen are a bud lot.” Little Molly Garrett began to cry again. She loved John dearly, but she was easily upset and rendered miserable, and the suggestion worked upon her mind. Two weeks later John Garrett popped into his stepmother’s house, breezy, jo’.ly, stout, rubicund and mid dle aged. The women received him coldly. They did not like that type of man. They moved In the best circles of the limited society of Louisport and looked down on John. Molly, back for the first time in two or three years, began to renew ac quaintance with the fashionable folks of her home town. After John’s de parture she felt an unaccustomed sense relief. She perceived w’hat the years of travel had made her for get. John was not exactly a gentle man. His boisterous, good-natured manners, his effuse friendliness were singularly at variance with the calm repose of Louisport’s four hundred. All her old friends had married and were doing well. She looked at their comfortable little homes, and a sense of bitterness began to stir In her heart. And Sayles, her old sweetheart, was still unmarried. He was manager of the local bank now, and was reputed to have been slated for the command of the metropolitan head office. He had an automobile and often took Molly out driving. Her stepmother, who hated John with a cold, implaca ble hatred, seemed to approve of this friendly interest on Sayles’ part, as did her stepsister. “Mamma,” said the little girl one afternoon, “is Mr. Sayles going to be my new papa?” Molly, startled at the childish query, turned upon the little girl sharply. “What nonsense!” she exclaimed. “Why do you ask me such a thing?” “Because,” answered the child, “I heard stepmother talking with the ladies at the tea yesterday about your divorce.” “My v what?” cried Molly. “Isn’t that the right word, mamma? They said you were going to get a divorce and that Mr, Sayles was . go ing to be my new papa. And .1 won’t have him,” she continued, stamping her little foot. “I want my old papa.” Molly looked at her aghast. But before she had time to collect her wits Mr. Sayles drove up .in his auto mobile and the two wept out along the streets and into the country. Sayles turned and saw that Molly was crying into her handkerchief. “Why, Mrs. Garrett!” he exclaimed. “What is the matter?” That was too much for Molly. She felt that she had always been neglect ed and misunderstood. She told him rhe child’s remarks. Sayles listened, and, when she had ended, he put his arm about her and drew her head | dowii upon his shoulder. “I guess the child had about the i hang ©f it, didn’t she, Molly?” he i asked. - “You mean—” “Why, dear, everybody knows that ‘ John Garrett isn’t worthy to blacken j your shoes. You’ve had a miserable i life fcince you married inm, and —and j I’ve always loved you, Molly. Now let ime tell you something. I have a chance to open a branch of the firm out West. It isn’t, as good as some thing else I have my eye on, but I can wait six months while you’re getting the legal preliminaries settled. Come out with me, and you can get the di vorce afterward.” He took her in his arras, and Molly frankly abandoned herself to this new love .that had come Intp her heart. She was to tell her family that John had sent for her to Kansas City. They would never know. Then she was to slip off to New York and meet Sayles there. There was only a w„eek of wait* j ing before he could wind up his as ; fairs. But on the fifth day Doris de j veloped a feverish cold, on the sixth i *she was down with pneumonia, and on the seventh she was apparently dying. “I want my papa!” moaned the lit tle girl as she fought for breath. Molly telegraphed for John. Sayles was a constant visitor at the house. When Doris’ illness developed into pneumonia he seemed like a man dis tracted. He could not bear the thought of postponement. He came into the sick room and stood looking at Dori£, who was de irious. “Molly, is this —going to keep us apart?” he asked. “Oh, I can’t leave her now,” Molly answered. “But why not?” the man persisted. “You can do no good and you are only wearing yourself out. Your step mother will take care of the child, and after she is well she can come on to us.’* Molly looked dully at him. Her heart was torn between love of the child, newly awakened in her, and Sayles. She did not think at all of the man who just then came into the sick room—John. He sat down at the bedside and took Doris’ hand in his. The child knew him, she smiled at him. Pres ently she was fast asleep. For hours John Garrett sat at her side, holding the hot little hand in his, and never stirred. His presence seemed to in fuse a new atmosphere into the rcom. Sayles had gone long ago. Molly »«t upon the other side of the bed. The presence of John always awak ened in her heart sentiments that she was incapable of analyzing. Dimly she felt that John was a good man, in spite of his vulgarity, in spite of his noisiness. She was thinking now as she had never thought before. She saw herself again, with the tyrannous stepmotner who had taken the place of her own mother, now only a dim figure in the mists of her child hood. She saw how the two women * had always tyrannized over her, how she had been a pliant tool in their supple hands. She remembered her courtship, how Jphn had taken her away, their honeymoon together, the long years before her stepmother had forgiven her. Would John have acted as Sayles had done? Molly felt in stinctively that she could not picture John in such a role, and her heart went out to him in a sudden outpour ing of love. Presently John looked up. “Molly,” he said. “John?” “Pretty tired of this sort of life, aren’t you? Say, I wanted to tell you some time ago, but I was waiting un til things seemed more sure. Do you remember that little place down by Easton you always wished you could live in? Well, I’ve bought it. I’m off* the road for good now—got a position in Easton that looks iike a sticker. We’ll have a home together after all, and it’s all ready and furnished with that style of furniturq you liked, as soon as Doris gets, well.” ‘♦John!” cried his wife. “But—but —the doctor said she—” “She wasn’t going to get well? Why, of course she’ll get well. She’s better already. Say, do you suppose J I came all the way from Kansas City , to let her die?” NOTlC~fb CRitiOl CORS , The undersigned having been ap pointed and duly qualified as the ad ministrator off. the estate of T. B. Snipes, deceased* all persons having claims against the said estate are nereby notified to present the same to the undersigned on or before the 9th day of December, 1927, or this no tice will be plead in bar of their recovery. <... All persons indebted to the said estate are requested to make imme diate payment of their debts to the undersigned. ... ; ;'q• This the; 6th day of December, 1926. A. R, NORWOOD, Adm. T. B. Snipes, deceased. Long & Bell, Attorneys. tUL. 4 a. Orlafido Orange Grove Company (Advertisement) Orlando, Fla. _ • _ Almost Christmas Dear Mr, Editor and Subscribers: Here comes an “extra special” letter Tom me, ana it isn t a -ounch . of oolishness either; so you need not' jhrow up your hands in horror, nor new too angrily on that wicked cigar, ■'-cause, honestly, this is the real , tuff. (We will all now stand and •ing that famous little ballad entitled T Love Me.”) It’s about a trip I, took the other day and it was such u wonderful one and such an eye-open ir I’d like you to share it. So lend me /our ears (I dont’t want much—just ears (I don’t want much—just et forth in minute detail said trip. .1 really don’t know how many oi my readers have been to Flordia, nor now many liye here—nor do I know low many have made a thorough in vestigation or study of; the citrus business. (Er Citrus fruit is oranges, 'rape fruit et cetera—et cetera is not i fruit.) At any rate, I venture to myrthat this orange business is one of .he most beautiful in the world and most romatic. The one that I am speak .ng of is called “The Orlando Orange irqve Company, Inc.” And it’s mar velous. /^ ast T^ riday honing Aunt Millie (Mrs. Bliss) and I did don the bonnets ind hie -ourselves to , said orange /roves. (By the way, I made quite a aux pas by speaking of them as orch irds.) Aunt Millie is connected with -his business, and she wanted me to iave the pleasure and education of -eeing the beauty, romance, and the - eal meaning of the orange business m a large scale. Heretofore oranges had meant to me just a fruit that you bought by -he dozen. We seldom stop to think if the economic side of orange grow ng and to understand that this great ndustry is .as profitable as it-is fasci nating and as for graae fruit, well, to ny mind they were just, a delicious T’uit with the necessary evil of juice quirting permiscously in one’s eyes. Df course any Dumb Dora would mow that they didn’t grow in crates, mt I never gave it a thought hereto fore. On the way to the avalon grov as the man conducting the trip mad* several stops at some of the most pro' itable orange groves in Florida. I’m /etting all this rather bawled up but, lonestly, lam still marveling. I saw -hirty-six large grape fruit in one mnch and the most immense trees you have ever seen! Both orange and grape fruit trees were simply oaded with the nicest kind of fruit. /Vithout a doubt, it was the most ascinating tiling I have ever seen. “At Lake Avalon, the very heart of ;hc finest orange district in Florida '.re 400 ten-acre groves in 'one great mclosure—Lake Avalon, wherein the Jrlando Orange Grove Company, Inc. s situated is in Orange County. To ay the greatest grove development i Orange County is taking place on he Tml:c Avalon tract, a dcvolcpment robabiy greater than any other one :n~R enterprise of its kind in the /orld. Just trunk 4000 acres in one lock—two and a half miles by three riles square, 300 acres of trees that vill be 5 years old in the spring of 927 new'in bearing. A 6,400 yard ;olf club nearing completion, $125,000 mb hotel to be built on Avalon Hill . his season. And the groves are cared or by company experts for 5 years, fil expenses, including fertlizer, cost f cultivation and care, taxes and in crest, included in the purchase price, ."here are 80 villa sites laid out about -