I “ST! THE TRANSYLVANIA TIME 1ST
I \ A Newspaper Devote'd to the Best Interest'of the People of Transylvania County
VOL. 49: NO. 9 ' BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1939 $1.00 PER YEAR IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
ONE-MILE POUCE BILL
REPEALED THURSDAY
Jurisdiction of Town Officers
Restricted To Area In
Brevard Limits
Repeal of the 1935 public-local meas
ure giving Brevard police officers
Jurisdiction one mile beyond the town
limits was completed last Thursday In
the legislature.
The senate passed the repeal meas
ure Introduced In the house by Rep
resentative Pat Kimzey, without dis
senting vote, and the law Is now re
pealed Insofar as the police going
outside the town limits, except on the
town-operated golf course, which was
left as It formerly stood.
Ix>cal opposition to the repeal meas
ure did not go to Raleigh for a hearing
before the committee, although the
matter was taken up with Senator
Chester A. Oogbum.
Under the act as passed In 1935, Bre
vard policemen had Jurisdiction for
one mile beyond the town limits for
patrolling and making arrests. The
act Is now repealed under the bill In
troduced and passed by Representative
Kimzey. and policemen of the town
will In effect, "stay In their own back
yard.”
Funeral Rites Held
For Mrs. Orr Sunday
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon at the residence on E. Main
street for Mrs. Rowena Orr, 59. who
died early Friday morning at the home
of her sister, Mrs. C. M. Cooke. In
Florence, S. C. Death was due to
heart trouble, of which Mrs. Orr had
been a sufferer for several months.
The Rev. Harry- Perry, rector of St.
Philip’s Episcopal church officiated at
the service. Interment was In Gilles
pie cemetery.
Mrs. Orr was a member of a promi
nent Transylvania county family, the
daughter of the late Will Cooper. Her
husband, C. E. Orr. who died In 1929.
served as postmaster at Brevard for
nine years under President Theodore
Roosevelt and President Taft. He
was also connected officially with the
state highway commission and with
the Toxaway company.
Surviving are one daughter. Mrs. H.
C. Harrison, of Alfred. N. Y.. two sons.
Rufus, of Brevard, and Edmond, Of
Wllmlnfjton. Two sisters and one
brother also survive, Mrs. C. M. Cooke
and Mrs. Josephine DeVarie. of Flor
ence, S. C.. and Rufus Cooper, of
Statesville.
Pallbearers were Ernest Webb. Carl
McCrary. Frank Duckworth. A. O.
Kitchen. Sam Allison and C. C. Ton
gue.
In charge of flowers were Reba
Kitchen, Mrs. Ashe Macfie. Roberta
Bryant. Mrs. John Hudson. Elizabeth
McCoy, Mrs. Ed Cantrell. Willie Kate
Waters.
Moore and Trantham funeral direc
tors were In charge of arrangements.
Visiting Rector Will
Speak Sunday Morn
Celebration of the Holy Communion
will be observed at St. Philip's Episco
pal church Sunday morning at 11
o’clock, In charge of the Rev. Her
bert Cary-Elwes. vicar of Saluda, an
nouncement has been made by the
rector, the Rev. Harry Perry.
Special services will continue at
the church through lent, each Wednes
day morning at 10: SO o’clock and
each Friday afternoon at 4 o’clock.
SHOP AND STORAGE
HOUSE IS START )
NYA Building at Brevard To
Serve Youths and High
School Purpose
Work was started Monday on a work
shop for NYA boys at Brevard high
school, and a storage warehouse for
the school.
The building will be SO feet by 80
feet and will be fitted to provide
workshop space for the NYA boys,
and for conducting classes In wood
working and general farm utility struc
tures.
Power machinery has been provided
for the shop by the state National
Youth Administration, In recognition
of the outstanding work that has been
done here In the work.
Flooring, celling and weatherboard
ing, as well as much of the framing
for the building were salvaged from the
Balsam Grove CCC camp, and shingles
for the structure are being cut by the
NYA boys.
Flave H. Holden, supervisor, Is In
charge of the work. The building Is to
be located Just east of school garage.
Demonstration In Hog
Feeding Started Here
fj. A. Claeener, County Agent)
E. Carl Allison of the Cherryfleld
section started a hog feeding demon
stration this week with SO nice shoats.
AH the shoats were given a worm
treatment before placing them on the
three-acre pasture, com and supple
ment feed.
Mr. Allison Is keeping a complete
cost record of the demonstration as he
[ is anxious to see what his com value
will be as the result of feeding It to
hoga.
Brevard Institute
Group Will Conduct
Meeting In Asheville
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Annual meeting of the Women’s
Missionary council of the Methodist
church will be held at Central Meth
odist church In Asheville. March 8 to
IS. This council was the governing
body under which the former Brevard
Institute operated.
Delegates from 23 southern states
and eight foreign countries will be
In attendance during the five-day ses
sion, and a dally attendance of more
than 1,000 persons Is expected.
This year’s convention of the coun
cil promises to be one of the most im
portant In Its 29-year-old history, since
It will be the last session before for
mal unification of all branches of the
Methodist church Into one Methodist
church, '• which merger will take place
In Kansas City In April A significant
fact In connection with this final ses
sion is that the first session of the
council 29 years ago was held also In
Asheville.
Noted churchmon, bishops and re
turned missionaries will appear on the
program. The conference will open
Wednesday night at 7:80 o'clock, and
day and evening sessions will follow
during the five-day period.
BREVARD PASTORS ARE
INVITED TO CCC CAMPS
At the Instigation of Captain Strib
llng, Chaplain U. S. Army reserve,
various pastors of this community have
been Invited to come out to Camp
P-28 at John Rock In the Plsgah For
est, and conduct religious services for
the enrollees, on Friday nights.
The inspirational programs will be a
great asset to the Camp program and
will mean much, the officers state, to
these boys who in most Instances are
far from their home communities. The
Rev. Yancey C. Elliott, local Baptist
minister, conducted services at the
camp last Fridav.
Cancer Control Drive
Here By Ladies Club
A cancer campaign will be started In
Brevard and Transylvania county in
April, sponsored by the Fortnightly
club, in cooperation with the American
Society for the Control of Cancer.
April has been set aside by special
act of congress as Cancer control month
.throughout the country, and an en
listment campaign will be made, invit
ing support of every man and woman.
The enlistment fee Is one dollar, of
which thirty cents is used by the
American Society In Its educational
program to make people cancer-con
scious, and seventy cents is returned
to the state.
The campaign slogan "Early cancer
Is curable—fight it with knowledge,”
will be launched for the educational
build-up for enlistment month
SELICA COMMUNITY NEWS
TOLD BY CORRESPONDENT
Mr. and Mrs. A1 Bryson had as their
guest Sunday, Mr. Bryson’s cousin,
Jones Rogers, of Anderson, S. C.
Mrs. Crate McCall and son Junior,
of Cashiers, were visiting here last
week.
Davis Barton Is spending this week
with relatives at Etowah.
Mrs. Robert Garren spent one dav
last week visiting her sister, Mrs. Tom
McKinney and Mr. McKinney.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Galloway and fam
ily have moved from the Harkless Bar
ton place to the Case place on the!
Hannah Ford road.
Mr. and Mrs. James Passmore have
moved to the Oat Bryson place.
Rev. J. R. Bowman, of Rosman. spent
Tuesday in this section.
Miss Ruby Nell Roberts, a 13-year
old girl preacher, will preach at Sellca
next Sunday night at 7:30. The pub
lic is invited.
The next community prayer meeting
will meet with Mr. and Mrs. Florida
Fowler Wednesday night conducted by
Miss OUle Galloway.
Mrs. Mindy McKinney, who Is stay
ing with Mrs. L. W. Brooks, is spend
ing this week with relatives at Pick
ens, S. C.
Misses Nellie McKinney and Jessie
Whitmire visited Mr. and Mrs. Davis
Whitmire at Rosman recently.
Miss Bessie Blythe Is very ill at
this writing. Others on the sick list
include Ruth White, Mrs. Florida!
Fowler, Alton Eubanks and the small
children of TJlys Barton.
Prayer meeting at Cathey’s Creek
church Friday night and at Sellca
church Saturday night
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Ecusta President Pleased
t •
With Progress Being Made
At Cigarette Paper Plant
President Harry H. £)traus 0f
Ecusta Paper Corporation was here
Monday and said that he was
pleased with the progress being
made at the new cigarette paper
plant at Plsgah Forest.
Mr. Straus expects to be here for
sometime, he said, and also stated
that he expects to make Brevard
his home In the near future.
"X am looking for a place for
myself and family," the president
of the big corporation said, “and
I am also concerned about places
for the people who are now moving
In, and the others who are to be
brought here to help operate the
plant”
There will be need for a number
of new houses, and possibly apart
ments, Hr. Straus Intimated In a
brief conversation with The Times
editor, and plans will be discussed
within the next few days for tak
ing care of the Influx of people to
the community.
Temporarily, Mr. Straus Is stop
ping in Asheville, where he will be
Joined next week by his family
for a visit of several days.
"I am now what your paper calls
‘mountain’ man," the genial manu
facturer said, "and I like It . . .
this Is soon to be home for me and
I know that I shall like it very
much.”
Mrs. Roy Smith Winner Of
First Week Big Egg Contest
An egg weighing three and five
eighths ounces was heavy enough to
win the cash prize of one dollar In
The Times Big Egg contest last
week.
Mrs. Roy Smith of Brevard brought
the egg In, and thought It was pretty
light, but she was willing to take
a chance, and her chance was good
... or rather the chance egg her
Rhode Island Red hen laid was good
enough to win a new dollar bill.
Mrs. D. R. Bryson of the Keystone
section, and Otis Moore of Balsam
Grove brought In entries that were
only a fraction lighter than the one
brought In by Mrs. Smith.
College Students To
Attend Charlotte Meet
The Brevard college Forenslo—club
will participate In the North Carolina
Junior College Debating conference to
be held In Charlotte, March 3-4.
Members of the club will Indulge in
extemporaneous and after-dinner
speaking, dramatic reading, oratory,
and debating for both, men and women.
Rev. and Mrs. Earl D. C. Brewer
will accompany the group to the con
ference.
_
Rev. Earl D. C. Brewer, director of
the department of Promotion and Ex
tension, Is speaking at Paine college,
Augusta, Ga., this week.
President Peters of Paine college re
quested that_Mr. Brewer be released
from his obligations for these special
services during * "Religious Emphasis
Week."
Mr. Brewer taught a course In "Rec
reational Leadership” In the school for
Christian Workers at the First Meth
odist church In Charlotte last week.
Baptist Study Course
Ends Session Friday
A training union study course Is In
progress at the Baptist church this
week, led by Miss Velma Preslar. of
Raleigh, field secretary of the Baptist
Student's Union of North Carolina.
Classes meet eaclT evening at 7:15
o’clock In two 45-mlnute periods.
The study course began Monday night
and will conclude Friday night with a
banquet supper at the church at 7: SO
o’clock, at which time the Rev. W. E.
Wall, of the First Baptist church of
Hendersonville, will be the principal
speaker.
Leaders of the various departments
of the training course this week In
clude: Miss Preslar, senior teacher on
“Our Doctrines,” by Tribble: Ralph H.
Ramsey, Intermediate teacher on "Plan
of Salvation,” by Crouch: Rev. Yancey
C. Elliott, junior teacher on "The Jun
ior and His Church,” by Roope.
Little Theatre Meet
Regular meeting of the Little Theatre
will be held Friday evening of this
week at 8 o'clock, announcement has
been made by the president, Mrs. John
Vemer. The meeting will be held In.
the city hall building. 1
Other entries Included eggs sent
In by Mrs. F. Bagwell of Brevard;
. James Holden of Brevard; and Mrs.
U. G. Gillespie of Brevard R-l.
The contest will be continued for
four more weeks, with a dollar prize
being given each week for the heav
iest egg. There Is no way of telling
who will be winner until the eggs
are placed on accurate scales and
weighed.
Incidentally, none of the eggs are
wasted—the editor bought a ham
from T. C. Hamilton down at Little
River last week, and the ham, a
refrigerator, a hot stove, and a good
appetite, all combine to see that all
the eggs go to a good causa
Mr*. W. S. Ashworth
Died Monday Morning
Ur*. W. 8. Ashworth, 78, wife of a
former prominent business leader and
county official, died at her home on
King street Monday morning. She
hail been in 111 health for several
years.
Funeral services were conducted at
the home Tuesday morning ai 11
o’clock by the Rev. Yancey C. Elliott
of Brevard Baptist church, and the
Rev. E. P. Billups of the Brevard
Methodist church. Interment was
made In Gillespie cemetery.
Pallbearers were David, Channon,
Harry, and Earl Ashworth, Clyde Shu
ford, and George Crane, all grandsons
of the deceased. Osbome-Simpson had
charge of arrangements.
Surviving are five daughters and
three sons—Miss Reba and Miss Louise
Ashworth of Brevard; Mrs. G. H. Pax
ton and Mrs. George D. Shuford of
Brevard: Mrs. R. E. Williams of San
Francisco, Calif.: Clyde, John and
Charles D. Ashworth all of Brevard.
The husband died several years ago.
In addition to the surviving children,
two sisters, Mrs. Mary Crane of
Greenville, and Mrs. Lizzie Crawford of
Piedmont, also survive, and the fol
lowing brothers: Perry Orr, Pisgah
Forest: Columbus, Vonley, and Syl
vester Orr of Penrose: and J. H. Orr
of Hartsvllle, 8. C.
Sunday School Meet
At Mt. Moriah Sunday
An associations! Sunday school meet
ing will be held at the Mt. Moriah
Baptist church Sunday afternoon, be
ginning at 2:80 o’clock.
R j. Lyday will conduct the devo
tional period, followed by report on
study courses for 1938. Julian A.
Glazener will speak on "Training for
Evangelism,” after which department
conference will be held at 3 o’clock.
Other speakers will Include: Rev.
Tancey C. Elliott, Vacation Bible
School: J. W. Glazener, young people
and adults; Miss Helen Owen, Inter
mediates; Miss Lorena Merrill, Jun
iors; Mrs. Arthur Whitmire, primary;
Mrs. R J. Lyday, beginners; Mrs. Excel
Lothery, cradle roll
. Reassembly for announcements will
' be made at 8:45 o'clock.
Coltrane Speaker At
Baptist Church Sunday
Dr. E. J. Coltrane, of Brevard Col
lege. will deliver the message at the
11 o'clock service Sunday morning at
the Baptist church, In the absence of
the pastor, the Rev. Tancey C. Elliott,
who will leave Saturday for Concord,
to take part In a week's city-wide train
ing and evangelistic campaign
At the evening worship hour at
i: 10, the young people will be In
charge, with Charles Allen, training
union director, as leader. The theme
will be, "We Are His Witnesses."
Others taking part on the program In
three-minute talks will be: Vance Jack
son, Evelyn Cauble, Geraldine Hicks,
Rachel Hamlin, James Crisp, George
Simpson, Jr., Junior Miller, Emma Sue
Gray, Beatsle Moore, Lorene Redding
and NeH Duckworth. 8pecial music
will also be a part of the program
Family Day Program
At Methodist Church
Family Day at the Methodist church
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock will
conclude the Loyalty Endeavor period
which has been in progress at the
church the past four Sundays.
Families are asked to sit together,
and It is hoped that a number of fami
lies will have a 100 percent represen
tation. The pastor, the Rev. E. P.
Billups, will have as his sermon sub
ject, "The Home Teaching Religion."
Appropriate music will be rendered by
the choir.
Last Sunday, observed as Men’s Day,
was attended by a large audience. The
men sitting in a body practically fill
ed one side of the church auditorium.
LOCAL PEOPLE ATTEND
BOONE DISTRICT MEET
Several officials and workers con
nected with the Transylvania county
recreation group of the WPA have re
turned from a two weeks’ training
course in arts and crafts at the Ap
palachian State Teachers College.
Boone
Those from Brevard in attendance
were Mrs. Arah Hamlin, area super
visor, Miss Bertha Jean Hampton, pro
ject supervisor for this county, Mrs.
Lula Kilpatrick, who taught a course
in basketry at Boone, and Homer Corn,
of the local recreation set-up.
The conference, which proved highly
enjoyable and profitable, was conducted
by Miss Lawler, national consultant In
arts and crafts^ of Washington, D. C..
assisted by Miss Lineburger.
MACEDONIA NEWS ITEMS
OF INTEREST RECORDED
"Aunt” Darcus Galloway Is reported
to be In a serious condition.
Miss Fannie Jones has returned to
spend several weeks with her sister,
Mrs. Hobert Broom, after visiting
with Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Jones, of
Plsgah Forest.
Misses Georgia McCall and Lillie
Mae Hogsed spent the week-end visit
ing friends and relatives at Balsam
Grove.
The many friends of Uncle Link Mc
Call will be sorry to hear he Is still
In a very serious condition.
J. B. Batson spent Sunday afternoon
with McKinley Stamey.
Mrs. Spurgeon Owen visited with Will
J. McCall and family Thursday of
last week.
Rev. Nathan Batson has moved Into
our community. <
Misses Ola Paxton and Vera Whit
mire spent the week-end at their
homes.
Mr. and Mrs. Parmer Anders and
daughter visited with Mrs. Anders’ par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Devore. Sun
day.
Miss Gladys Owen, who has had the
measles, Is reported to be able to re
turn to school.
Lillian McCall spent Sunday night
with Mack McCall and family.
Mrs. Mack McCall called at the home
of Aunt Coonle Galloway., who Is very
111.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Riddles visit
ed Mr. and Mrs. Spurgeon Owen recent
ly.
Nathan Vance of Brevard was a
Macedonia visitor Sunday ^afternoon.
Harold Owen, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Julius Owen had a very serious ac
cident While cutting timber the axe
glanced and cut his leg very badly.
J. B. Hall has purchased a new truck.
Fred Kilpatrick Is getting along fine
at present. He has been In a very
dangerous condition for several months
suffering with a fractured arm but Is
doing nicely now.
2-County Corn
...
Pinal plans have been made, and ar
rangements are being worked out for
staging the annual corn show here
Saturday for the Transylvania and
Henderson growers.
Tables for displaying the com are
being erected in the county agents’
office on East Main street, by the Vo
cational and 4-H club boys, and the
show proper will open at 1 o’clock Sat
urday.
All entries In the com show are re
quested to have their com placed not
later than 11 o’clock Saturday morning,
for Judging. Only those who entered
the contest last spring, are eligible to
enter com for prizes.
S. C. Clapp, of the Farmers Federa
tion, and Assistant County Agent
Elam of Madison county will Judge
the corn, under the following classl
fl cations:
Holcombe’s prolific, lance’s prolific,
white single ear, and yellow com.
Prizes of fertilizer and soda are being
offered for winners In the com show.
At seven o’clock the banquet will be
held In the Brevard College dining hall,
with 126 farmers and Invited guests
expected to attend. The dinner will
be prepared and served by girls of the
college, and boys under C. S. McCal
lum will act as escorts for arriving
guests.
Julian Glaxener of Transylvania, and
G. D. White of Henderson will pre
side at the banquet, with the farmers
and boys who entered the growing con
test as guests of honor.
Dr. H. T. Hunter, President of West
em Carolina Teachers college, will be
speaker of the evening.
Among the Invited guests expected
are Fred Sloan, district county agent;
Tal H. Stafford, district supervisor of
vocational agriculture; Roy H. Thomas,
state supervisor of vocational agri
culture; John Fox, of 3tate College,
and other guests from Brevard and
Hendersonville.
County agents from several coun
ties, vocational teachers from Transyl
vania and Henderson, and other agri
culture workers In this district are
expected to attend the com show and
banquet, along with several newspaper
men from other towns.
Vocational agriculture students and
teachers, and 4-H club members are
co-operating In the annual event
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Admission to the banquet will be
by ticket with the price having been
set at fl per plate. In the case of
the vocational agriculture boys, they
will each take a bushel of corn to the
B 4 B Peed company, who have agreed
to pay $1 per bushel for one bushel of
corn from each boy who Is eligible to
attend.
At the banquet, prizes for growers
In each county will be awarded, as well
as prizes won at the corn show Satur
day afternoon.
The sliver loving cup will be pre
sented to Gerald Allison of Cherry
field, Transylvania high grower, and
Reid Lance of the Mills River section
of Henderson county, each of whom
grew 118 bushels of millable corn on
one acre of gronadL
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DUKE SUB-STAHON
AT DAVIDSON RIVER
READY FOR SEN I
Serving Ecusta Paper Corp
oration — High Voltage
Is Available
Duke Power company has completed
a sub-station at Davidson River, pri
marily for electric service to Ecusta
Paper Corporation, according to state
ment by the company.
The station Is located on property
which the company purchased several
years ago, and Is at a point where the
transmission lines of the Duke and
Carolina Power A Light Company
cross.
The sub-station has a capacity of
(,000 hone power, and Is so con
structed that power may be used
from the plant of the Cascade Power
company on Little River, the Duke line
from Hendersonville, or the high ten
sion line of the Carolina Power A Light
company.
The Duke line Is 44,000 volt capacity,
and the Carolina line Is 115,000 volt
capacity.
Power from the new station is
transmitted from Davidson River to
the Ecusta plant over a 44,000 volt
transmission line approximately a mile
and_ quarter. A 6,000 horse power sta
tion has been built at the Ecusta plant
by the Duke company for transform
ing 44,000 volts to 575 volts for the
various motors In the paper plant.
These two stations are equipped
with the latest developed switching
and control mechanisms.
G. C. Wylie will be In charge of the
Davidson River station, with three
men assisting him.
Methodist Youths To
Meet In Waynesville
Announcement has been made of a
Yquth Crusade rally of the Methodist
church, which will be held at the First
Methodist church In Waynesville Tues
day night at 7: JO o’clock. It Is expect
ed that 1.000 young people from the
various churches of the Waynesville
district, of which the Brevard church
la-a member, will attend the rally.
The young people will have the re
sponsibility of the program, with lead
ers from the young people's union of
Haywood and Jackson-Ewaln counties
to be In charge. Two outstanding ad
dresses will feature the program, In
cluding. "Youth Moves On,” by the
Rev. W. A. Kale, of Mooresvllle, and
“Ready For Life’s Opportunities,” by
the Rev. W. A. Stanbury, of Ashe
vllla
RECREATION CENTER TO
GIVE PROGRAM FRIDAY
The recreAtlon center, corner French
Broad and Caldwell streets, will be
open to the public Friday night from
8:30 to 11 o’clock for dancing and
games. Music will be provided by
the nickelodlon and radio. There will
be no admission charge. ^
Chaperones for the evening will be
Mrs. T. H. Hampton, Jr., Miss Bertha
Jean Hampton. Miss Roberta Bryant
and A. G. Galbraith.
BOYD GRANGE MEET SET
/FO^ TUESDAY EVENING
Boyd Grange will meet Tuesday
evening .of next week, March 7, at
7:30 o’clock, at Enon school.
A program of Interest has been plan
ned, and refreshments will be served.
PUBLIC REQUESTED
TO ATTEND C OF C
Plant For Work of Immediate
Future To Be Discussed
Friday Evening
Housing facilities, the tourist sea
son, and possible contacts with In
dustrialists will be matters of Interest
at the meeting of Brevard Chamber of
Commerce Friday evening at 7:10.
The meeting Is to be held In the city
hall, and all people of the community
are Invited to be present and take part
in discussion of matters pertaining to
the town's welfare.
It la pointed out by officers of the
commerce body, that while directors
are naturally expected to attend the
meeting, all people of the community
are extended a cordial Invitation to ho
present inasmuch as whatever work Is
done or whatever plans are made are for
the community, and not for the board
of directors. .
A drive Is being made by combined
Interests of North and South Carolina
to attract Industries to the two states,
and copies of the publication Just Is
sued by he Clark Publishing company
of Charlotte will be displayed at the
meeting:.
Civic Club To Study
Hidden Taxes Monday
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Hidden taxes will be topic of dis
cussion at the meeting of Brevard
Civic club Monday afternoon at l:*0
o'clock.
Ihe meeting will in the city
ball auditorium, and Mrs. J. B. Jones
wlU lead the discussion. The study Is
being made for .Information, It Is
pointed dut, and the general public 1»