A paper with a Prestige
of a Half Century. A
County, Not a Com
munity Paper.
ESTABLISHED .EMBER 19, 1878
COMMITTEE TO PLAN j
CO. HOME-COMING!
rwhan County Home-Corn
vr Suggested in Connection
That Authorized by
Legislature for State During
Fair Week.
, e following letter is self-ex
4fanatory:
Dear Sir: _ _
f’ ne re was a time when several
hundred thousand good citizens of
North Carolina chose their places of
residence in other states of our na
tion Those were days when North
Carolina hovered near the lower end
f all lists giving the ratings of
intes in their order of accomplish
ments and progress. Those ‘ days,
when we thanked God for the one
two states which were below us
\ n a n lists, are gone. Now we are
String our pace to keep abreast with
: j ie hest states of the union.
Xorth Carolina has made unequal
led* progress during the past twenty
jive years and has now reached such
a position amongst the states of the
union that our 1929 Legislature de
cided by resolution (Resolution 17,
Public Laws of North Carolina, Ses
sion 19291 to invite all former citi
zen? of this state who now live in
other states to come back for a visit.
Therefore, the legislature of 1929
set aside the week of October 13-19
as home-coming week and state fair
week.
The central committee on home
coming week met in the governor’s
office on Tuesday, July 30, and de
cided that it would be fitting for
each county in North Carolina to
have a home-coming day on Satur
day and Sunday of October 12 and
13. In order that your county may
begin plans at once for your county
home-coming the committee named
in Resolution No. 17 selected for
your county the committee named on
this letter. The county committee
should have a meeting at once, elect
a permanent chairman, expand the
committee, and appoint additional
committees, if it so wishes, and be
gin work without delay.
It is suggested that the home
coming program for the counties con
sist. of a public meeting at the
seat, public speaking by some
a.tinguished son of the county now
living in another state ’ or county,
dinner, picnic or barbecue, and a
sightseeing trip on Saturday, Octo
ber 12. On Sunday, October 13, the
churches might like to have native
sons, now preaching elsewhere, re
turn for sermons in the old home
county.
The following committee is named
for Chahtam county: W. R. Thomp
son, Dr. J. D. Edwards, O. J. Peter
son. J. B. Whitley, E. B. Hatch, C.
L Poe. G. W. Blair, C. D. Moore,
T - D. Bray, Mrs. A. H. London.
Yours very truly,
J. W. HARRELSON,
Secretary to the Committee
Raleig-h, August 3.
Chevrolet Breaks
Two World Records
Detroit, Aug. 14.—One million six
D bnder Chevrolets have been placed
' n the road since the first of the
year.
This sensational announcement,
indicating as it does the great popu
•ar appeal of the new six cylinder
If' Wa s made at the central offices
• the company here today as assem
f Plants in various parts of the
; ol fry were operating on the big
f't summer production schedule in
•“ history of Chevrolet.
, r : Never *n the history of the indus-
D , as any other manufacturer
Dualled the achievement of placing
nnllion six cylinder cars on the
f 7 ln than eight months. In
r*o>-’ a^ cor<^in J? bo observers, this is
than three times as many six
finder cars as were ever produced
manu^ac b urer during a like
■J} L ' also significant to note, from
Jaf nvii .ile registrations, that since
Jl o f ar y L 1927, the Cevrolet
duff Company has built and pro
than t 0 d ate more automobiles
w o ‘; , an *\ °ther manufacturer in the
, s .°> Chevrolet sales for the
Panv IWl€ * n histor y of the com-
w er k / t,e greater in July than they
June, which still further
p opu v f 7 f s constantly increasing
c ar ‘ ar ‘ l * v °f the new six-cylinder
BRO d IHERS drown in
KUWAN COUNTY POND
burk* pj ms Raymond Funder
drow'n.-i c- an coun ty farmer, were
playinp. • Saturday afternoon while
The h?>-, ln a P° n d near their home.
a ?e, r( f r v 'f re and 14 years of
in L They were wading
st *Pped\.ff wa * st deep when they
Enable t/ !a a deep channel. Being
i *ere Hr/ SWl ? 1 went under and
burial double funeral and
services were held Sunday.
The Chatham Record
j Man Drowned Trying
to Rescue His Wife
> Henry Ellington, one-armed pro
duce dealer of Raleigh, and his wife
were drowned Sunday in the Neuse
river just below Milburnie dam near
Raleigh. Neither of them could
swim. Mrs. Ellington was in bathing
and she got in deep water and called
for help. Her husband who was on
the bank waded in to rescue her and
also got in w'ater too deep. Both
were drowned and the bodies were
not recovered for several hours.
Ellington was 58 and his wife was
35 years old.
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Governor Issues Call
for Traffic Meeting
Call has been issued by Governor
Gardner for all shippers in the state
to meet at the capitol next Thurs
day, August 22, for the purpose of
completing organization of a league
to carry on the fight for adjusted
freight rates. Rates that discrimi
nate against North Carolina in favor
of Virginia are costing the people
of the state millions of dollars a
year, it is said. A central committee
named at a former meeting of ship
pers has worked a plan of organi
zation that will be presented to the
shippers next Thursday. This plan
calls for raising SIOO,OOO by the
sale of membership at $25 for active
and $lO for supporting members.
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Governors Vacationing
in Their Home States
Governor Richards of South Caro
lina is following the example set by
Governor Gardner of North Carolina
and is spending his vacation in his
own state. The governor left his
office at Columbia Saturday to spend
a month of rest at his old home in
the village of Liberty Hill, near
Kershaw. He will go back to his
office once a week to attend to
pressing matters.
Governor Gardner is spending his
vacation at Roaring Gap, in moun
tains of North Carolina. By remain
ing in the state he is able to keep
in touch with important matters,
and still can get the rest he needs.
Under the constitution if the gov
ernor leaves the state the duties of
the office automatically devolve up
on the lieutenant governor.
Legion Convention
To Be Gala Affair
One of the most colorful float
parades ever seen in the state and
street decorations equal to any ever
attempted is promised for the Amer
ican Legion convention at Raleigh
August 26 and 27. The legionaires
will begin to assemble in the capital
city on Sunday, August 25, and the
first item on the official program
will be a song service that night by
combined choirs of the city churches.
Monday afternoon the parade will
form on Fayetteville street, and will
be composed of floats, decorated
automobiles, post bands, etc. Ar
rangements are being made to have
talkie news reels made of the parade.
Twenty-two blocks in the business
section of Raleigh will be decorated
for the occasion.
The convention is expected to be
the biggest ever held in the state.
More than 2,000 accredited delegates
are expected and there will probably
be five times that number of service
men and visitors present.
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STREETS BEING SURFACED
Mr. Speight of Greensboro, con
tractor for the tarvia and crushed
rock surfacing of the streets leading
east from Main street, came in with
his apparatus Tuesday and the work
is in progress. The completion of
this work will mean the saving of
much dust to homes on those streets
and assure a good street to the
depot.
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Misses Blanche Wilkie and Elsie
Tyner spent Friday and Saturday
with friends in Fayetteville.
Mr. and Mrs. Alva Lakey, of Wild
wood, Fla., and Mr. and Mrs. Clifton
Lakey of Greensboro are visiting
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. S.
Lakey
Mr." C. C. Lovelady of Norwood
was a visitor in the home of Mr.
and'Mrs. W. H. Hill last week.
Messrs. Fred and Phil Knight re
ceived a message from Washington,
D. C., a few days ago to the effect
that their sister, Mrs. Early, former
ly Miss Bessie Knight, was seriously
ill. Later news, however, noted an
improvement in her condition.
Mrs. Sallie Causey is very sick at
the home of her son, Mr. R. L.
Causey.
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Mr. Bennett Nooe and daughter,
Miss Mary Carter of Leaksville,
visited friends and relatives at Pitts
boro last week, and went on from
here to visit Mr. Nooe’s sister,
Aiken, at Fuquay Springs.
PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1929.
GAGING STATION
ON JAW RIVER
Water Measuring House Being
Erected at Moore’s Bridge
for Army Engineers
The following article from the
Raleigh correspondent of the Greens
boro News tells of q matter at our
doors, but we let himAell it.
Raleigh, Aug. 13.—Installation of
a stream flow measuring station for
.the purpose of furnishing data to
be used in connection with power,
flood, navigation, stream pollution,
drainage, and water supply problems
of the Haw River drainage basin was
started last week on Haw river at
Moore’s bridge on state highway
number 90, between Raleigh and
Pittsboro, it was announced today by
the department of conservation and
development.
The gaging station will be install
ed in a concrete type shelter house
about 30 feet high and will be equip
ped with a continuous instrument
for the measurement of the water
flow.
L. J. Hall, engineer of the division
of water resources of the conserva
tion department, working with the
district office of the United States
geological survey at Asheville, is in
charge of the construction of the
building and installation of the in
struments.
Cost of the project, estimated at'
about SBOO, is being borne by the
United States army engineers who
will use the station in connection
with power, flood and" navigation
studies that are no\y being pursued.
This will be the tnird stream gag
ing station established on the Haw
river, others now being located near
the bridge at the town of Haw River
and the third above the mouth of
Reedy Fork creek just north of the
Guilford-Rockingham line.
A FATAL ACCIDENT
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Negro Killed and White Boy Very
Seriously Injured by Overturn
ing of Truck Last Week
The Record received news of the
accident by which resulted in the
death of Julius DeGraffenreidt, col
ored, and the injury of Floyd White,
a 14-year-old white boy near
Meronies church, Tuesday of last
week too late to report it in the last
issue.
Simon Watson was driving a truck
loaded with crossties and met an
other truck on a curve. He swerved
so quickly that the truck turned
over, pinning underneath it DeGraf
fenreidt and White, who were riding
on the Watson truck. DeGraffen
reidt died almost instantly, and the
White youth was very seriously in
jured. The latter was taken to a
Sanford hospital. It was reported
doubtful whether Floyd White would
recover. Dr. Johnson of Bonlee gave
first aid. Coroner Brooks was call
ed, and found about what is report
ed above.
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MRS. POE DEAD
Mrs. Texarkana Poe, the aged
mother of Mr. Orren Poe, Pitts
boro merchant, died Tuesday eve
ning at 8:30 o’clock. The burial
occurred Wednesday afternoon at
Pleasant Hill Baptist church, Pastor
R. R. Gordon conducting the
funeral services.
Mrs. Poe was a Miss Burgess be
fore her marriage to the late Dun
can Poe. Her husband died many
years ago, leaving her with three
little boys to rear. It was - hard
times for her and them those days,
but the boys have done well. She
lived here with her son, Orren, since
he moved to Pittsboro till some time
ago when she desired to go back to
her little home in the country,
where she was cared for by a trust
worthy companion.
The sons are O. M., J. M., of
Southern Pines, and Robert Poe, of
Durham.
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EARTHQUAKE IS FELT
IN EASTERN STATES
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Earthquake shocks felt in five
eastern states and several Canadian
provinces caused considerable ex
citement early Monday morning.
The center of the disturbance seem
ed to be in upper New York state.
No real damage resulted, although
one mill in New York had to suspend
operations for several hours due to
machinery being thrown out of
alignment.
DR. WAKEFIELD DEAD
Dr. W. H. Wakefield, aged 73, said
• to have been the first optometrist to
practice between Richmond and At
lanta, locating in Charlotte in 1895,
died there Monday. Several years
ago he retired from active practice
and devoted his time to flower and
seed culture.
; MINERS~TRAPPEb
Four miners were seriously burn
i ed and 25 were trapped in a mine
. at Pottsville, Pa., as result of an
explosion there Monday afternoon.
RAISE 800 POUNDS
OF FISH TO ACRE
Hargett Proposes Fish Farm
ing as Source of Income
for Waste Places
(News and Observer)
Pond fish farming as “aquicul
ture” is suggested by J. S. Hargett,
assistant director of the Department
of Conservation and Development,
as a method of making use of waste
places on farms of North Carolina,
producing food, and increasing sport.
The idea brought forward by Mr.
Hargett is the rearing of fish either
in natural ponds or in artificially <
created bodies of water in the state
by the application of simple pro- 1
cesses that have been proved to be <
successful.
“Throughout North Carolina,” ]
said Assistant Director Hargett, who i
is in charge of inland fisheries ad- <
ministration of the state, “there are 1
areas now unproductive which may 1
be transformed at small cost into <
fish ponds and made to provide ma
terial returns as sources of food and (
recreation.
“The North Carolina Department
of Conservation and Development
seeks to encourage the utilization of
natural and favorable water areas
existing on countless farms in the
State, which at present are being
put to no use and many of them at ;
present unsightly in appearance and j
breeding and harboring places for
disease-communicating insects.
“After providing the pond, the (
chief problems consist of stocking it
with desirable species of fish and the
provision of ample and suitable
foods. In a successful venture of
this kind, it has been shown that as
high as 800 pounds of game fish per
acre may be produced. ,
“Small water fleas, about the size,
of pinheads, have been found to be
excellent food for young fish. These
fleas have been developed in ponds
by means of fertilizers such as ma
mure and decayed fish cleanings
dumped into the pond. Another 1
source of .food has been developed
by placing flood lights with reflec
tors near the surface of the water,
thus attracting flies, moths, and va
rious insects and throwing them up
on the surface of the water.”
Attempt to Rob
Bank at Ramseur
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Three hours after a daring day
light robbery of the Bank of Ram
seur was frustrated by the quick
thinking of the cashier, Everett Fer
ree of Greensboro and Paul Ferree
of High Point, were arrested by a
posse of Randolph citizens and
lodged in jail at Asheboro. The
younger Ferree entered the bank
just about closing time Tuesday and
asked for some change. The cashier,
E. B. Leonard, turned to get it and
when he looked back he was looking
into a pistol. Ferree ordered him
to hand over all the money. Instead
of obeying Leonard dropped behind
the counter and called for help. An
other employee of the bank grabbed
a pistol and the would-be robber be
came frightened and ran. The older
Ferree, said to be Paul’s uncle, was
waiting in a car and they dashed
away. Deputy sheriffs and a number
of citizens chased them, and a few
miles out the Ferree car failed to
take a curve and was wrecked. The
men were arrested and carried to
Asheboro jail where they are being
held without bail pending a hearing.
It is believed that the automobile
was stolen.
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Farm Relief Board
Hears About Cotton
The federal farm relief hoard had
its first skirmish with cotton men
Tuesday when representatives of the
American Cotton Growers Exchange
appeared before the board at Wash
ington to discuss cotton marketing.
Interest rates on money borrowed,
term of the notes, and the margin
between market price and amount
loaned are some of the problems
which the farm board must iron out.
U. S. Blalock of Raleigh, general
manager of the North Carolina Cot
ton Growers Association, is a mem
ber of the special committee con
ferring with the farm relief board.
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REVIVAL SERVICES
Revival services will begin at
Sandy Branch Baptist church next
Sunday, August 18. There will be
two services on Sunday at 11 a. m.
and 2:30 p. m. Services during the
week at 2:30 and 8 p. m.
Rev. J. C. Canipe of Siler City
will do the preaching. Mr. Canipe
was with this same church last year
in a meeting. The church was so
well pleased with his preaching that
they invited him back this year.
In accordance with an old custom,
dinner will be served on the church
grounds. The public is cordially in
vited to attend these services.
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Cottonseed was thought to be only
garbage in 1860.
Graf Zeppelin Still on
World-Round Flight
The big German dirigible, Graf
Zeppelin, made the return trip from
Lakehurst, N. Y., to Friedrihcshaf
ten, Germany, in 44 hours and with
out mishap. The big ship was sched
uled to leave its home port again
last night for Tokyo, Japan, on the
second lap of its trip around the
world. The schedule calls for ar
rival at the landing field near the
Japanese capital sometime tomor
row.
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Mills Reduce Hours
Now to 55 per Week
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Voluntary decision of many of the
cotton mills in Gaston and Mecklen
burg counties to reduce working
hours from 60 to 55 per week with
out reduction in pay is taken as a
forerunner of legislation which will
make the 55 hour week the maximum
in this state. Under the plan adopt
ed by the Gaston mills employees
will be given their choice of working
five and a half days of ten hours
each or six days of a little over nine
hours each. Some sentiment was
development also against any night
work. \
Two Makes Autos
Barred from State
Announcement from the State
highway patrol is to the effect that
all new models of Studebaker and
Marquette automobiles are barred
from the roads in this state because
of the fact that they do not have
two independent sets of brakes.
When the new Ford was put on the
market a year and a half ago it was
barred for the same reason and had
to be revised to meet the state laws.
Ut is expected that manufacturers
of the cars mentioned will soon
remedy the trouble and will be al
lowed to sell them in North Caro
lina and the other states which have
similar laws.
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Juniors Are to Hold
Their Annual Session
The state council of the Junior
Order United American Mechanics
will hold its annual session at High
Point, beginning next Thursday. The
convention will last for two or three
days. Reports to be submitted will
show an increase in membership
during the year of more than 2,000,
according to advance information
from state officers. It is expected
that there will be 500 delegates in
attendance.
One of the interesting features
of the convention will be a side trip
to Lexington to look over the
orphans home recently established
there. Headquarters for the conven
tion will be at the Sheraton hotel.
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N. J. Dark and family took a
vacation trip to Wilmington last
week.
Miss Eulalia Clark of Greensboro
is spending this week with her sis
ter, Miss Dora Ferguson.
Revival services will begin at
Hickory Mountain Baptist church
Sunday. There will be all-day serv
ices with dinner on the grounds Sun
day. During the week there will be
an afternoon and evening service.
The Hickory Mountain Methodist
church has just closed a very suc
cessful week of revival services.
Rives’ Chapel began tbeir revival
services Sunday and are continuing
through the week.
Joe A. Johnson came home from
Greensboro Sunday and reported
Mrs. Worth Whitt improving.
Mrs. Wade Johnson and three
children have joined her husband
in Waynesboro, Va.
Mrs. Maggie Justice has gone to
Salisbury to stay with her daughter,
Mrs. Rufus Dorsett.
Mr. and Mrs. W’ill Ferguson of
Gibsonville spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. John Bowers.
Mrs. Bernice White is spending
the week with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. S. D. Brewer.
Mrs. Joe Johnson was given a
surprise birthday dinner Sunday by
friends and relatives.
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TAX RATE $1.22
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The commissioners fixed the
county tax rate Monday at $1.22, a
reduction of 15 cents over that of
last year. The reduction is due to
the one-cent gasoline tax for roads
and the state help for schools. Also
some of the school districts get a
reduction. The auditor’s statement
when published will show each of
those.
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ICE CREAM SUPPER
The American Legion Auxiliary
will give an ice cream supper Friday
evening, August the 23rd, from 8
to 10 o’clock at the residence of
Mrs. C. E. Bryan. Everybody is
urged to attend.
Subscribers at Every
Postoffice and All R.
F. D. Routes in Great
County of Chatham
VOLUME 51, NUMBER 46
THREE MEN DEAD
FROM m BATTLE
Two Alleged Bandits and Gas
Station Owner Slain; Lat
ter’s Wife Badly Hurt
Sanford, Aug. 15. —Three men,
two of them alleged bandits, were
killed and a woman seriously injured
in a battle at a filling station on the
outskirts of Sanford early today.
The dead men are Ola Birdsong
and his brother, Lee Birdsong, said
to be from some town in Kentucky,
and a man named Edwards who
operated the filling station. Mrs.
Edwards is in a hospital here serious
ly wounded.
Mrs. Beulah Montgomery, who,
with her 18th-months-old baby, was
in a car with the Birdsongs, is held
in jail here pending investigation.
The Birdsongs and Mrs. Mont
gomery drove up to the filling sta
tion about 3:30 o’clock this morn
ing, according to the story told by
Mrs. Edwards. The Birdsongs got
out of the car and approached the
station. As Edwards appeared in
the door the men demanded money.
Edwards pulled a pistol and started
shooting at them. They returned
the fire. When the shooting stopped
both of the alleged bandits were
dead and Edwards was in a dying
condition.
Mrs. Edwards went to the aid of
her husband and was shot in the
shoulder and leg.
The Montgomery woman, who
said her home was near Fort Bragg,
N. C., remained in the Birdsong car.
She stopped a passing motorist who
took Mrs. Edwards to the hospital
and notified the Lee county sheriff.
The Montgomery woman told offi
cers she had been visiting in Ken
tucky. About a week ago the Bird
songs told her they were coming to .
North Carolina and offered to take
her to the home of her aunt near
Fort Bragg. She with her baby
came with them. She denied any
knowledge of their intention to rob
the filling station.
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Mesdames W. H. Goldston and J.
J. Harris joined as hostesses to the
Thursday Afternoon Book Club at
the home of the former, on August
the first. Mrs. B. O. Barber, the
president, presided.
The club is now studying the sub
ject: “Know Your Own State.” At
this meeting interesting papers as
follows were read and, discussed:
“The Natural Resources of the
Piedmont Plateau,” by Mrs. Jacob
Dixon.
“The Hill Country, The Industrial
Center of the South,” Mrs. A. W.
Goldston.
“Pen Pictures of the Piedmont
Plateau,” by Mrs. J. B. Goldston and
read in her absence by Mrs. A. B.
Womble. N
It was decided at this meeting to
entertain the husbands of the mem
bers of the club at a watermelon
feast on Friday night. After an in
teresting contest the hostesses served
a delicious salad course with iced
tea.
Vernon Cheek is ill at his home
here.
Miss Winnie Lee Burke of Raleigh
is spending her vacation with her
parents here.
Mrs. James S. Goldston attended
the wedding of her sister, Miss
Whanie Brafford to Mr. Clifton.
Parrish, at Bonlee, on Tuesday eve
ning.
Miss Grace Dark and Miss Elva
Bryan, of Jonesboro, are spending a
few days at Wrightsville Beach.
Mrs. Lizzie Gardner, of Carthage,
is visiting in the home of Mr. F.
R. Dark.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Dixon and
family have returned from a few
days outing at White Lake Beach.
Joseph Phillips, of Sanford, has
been visiting his uncle, Mr. H. M.
Phillips.
Miss Mary Lois Harris is confined
to her home with a case of mumps.
Joe Dark and Herbert Johnson are
at Lake Waccamaw on business.
Mrs. J. C. Norman of Greensboro,
a former teacher in the high school
here, visited Mrs. L. B. Hester and
other friends during the week-end.-
Mrs. N. E. Batchelor, of Mt.
Holly, is expected soon to visit her
mother, Mrs. W. L. Goldston.
Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Hester and
family have returned from a visit
to White Lake Beach.
Mrs. Lizzie Harris is spending a
few days at the home of her son,
Mr. E. M. Harris.
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Teague and
son of Siler City, were guests. _of
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Goldston during
the week-end.
Master Jack Womble is spending
the summer with his aunt, Mrs. H.
P. Goldston, at White Lake Beach.
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In this country 450,000 men and
a quarter of a million women ab*
■tend high school.