Year 111 Advance in The Countv.
SYLVA, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1932
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$2.00 Year in Advance Outside The County.
pig Term Superior Court
To Start Next Monday
w j: - i?r?>niis:s to 'jc one of the
^ifiiiodant, most largely attend*
. busiest terms ot Superior
; ,.\iT held in Jackson county, is
,i to begin next Monday
, with Solicitor John M.
' J*1-'
(1| ,,n>secutiug the docket for the
^,.1, it it not known for certain
.h:,r jiiilue ?iil preside. Judge John
l it u'lithl was scheduled to hold
Uu- t' : ' : ,ml 'u* 's now- oft' the bench,
i,, , .mission having Oeen suspend
(j j,v U.ivei'tiiy (iai>liler, at the re
.i Judge llarwood, pending disr
? ..-ill ? t he courts ol Wake county,
t'; V|1; rges that .fudge Uarwood made
- .mil mutilations in the record
case against his daughter,
|..>!a llarwood, charged with em
ln.xlijjg a sum ot irom t'ie
while she was working in the
ilfire the commissoiner of reve
nue.
,lnket is exceptional ly* heavy,
? it is believed s.hae the -entire two
, M?k? ho consumed in the trial
>'t ti.i ini!i?i*jal docket.
Vhcve i" ' ' v? cases involving lie"
vb|i*ni tak"1? human life. The
-r.-t howiruio ease ever to go to the
voiiU. tn:n inside the limits ot' the
Uuvof Svlva i- I hat in which Hay j
\VVc i* ?:har?r<tl with shooting Will
i.u-Wv t? dra'h at the plant of the.
Svha I'aivrViMyul tympany on the,
minssot NrtVi-tnlw 25, last. Fisher,!
., }>??. wa-i arrested on the
nicht of il" li<>nii''i<l''. and was taken
f.1 Jail ill .\-JiriilIr. viure he is be
j,... j.. v. ;t i i nal. ltoth men arc
ns'Uiintn: 1 . ? huh cted in this part
tin- c<i:uuy. I'.nsley was a locomo-;
iUv engineer, and a hardworking
r'llVn. i
aim llwm is charged with the
shooting of L'ueius Jones, on up
f r Oaney Fork. The shooting occur
H'd on Sunday afternoon, November
* and Jones died in the hospital
! re on December 10.
Jim iiiTson and Ansel Leopard are
|> treia in connection with the
^cfitVi ot' Wiley Galloway, at (Jlenville
{ast March. < Jalloway was stntek in
tin head v. it h a "rock. Bry.-on is eharg
'hI with the slaying, and the State
iilVys ttv.ct U-opard is an accessory.
Thf <a-" v-'iH continued at the Octo
l". r term.
Another ca->c that was brought
evf-r from tie* last term is that in
r.Iiith Jim rml?nv?>od is charged with
?W.'m'nir t .i.iilic St. -wart with a knife
in .Mitiiit.il!. tuwnship, on the last
Stiiidav in June. !
Tim fifth homicide case eotnes up;
Imp. 'du.illa. and all' the principals I
O't- th?r?<::<c Indians. Willis Horn-;
jni'kh j, changed with having shot
^ illis-in lii rnhuckk" t ? death on
?*ih 0. * :
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?Mil" It >m th(? cases in which the'
.?Mate chilli a<k for tho death penal
'v. llicj'e are about sixty-five other
"it the criminal docket, rang
i r 'in mi. demeanors to rather
' : '*rou-i charges. ) I
SCOTT'S CREEK CHURCH
TO HOLD ROLL CALL
It. S( .?ii's Creek church hits rc
t. ! iii* iisi i>t' membership bv trans-.
;t new hook We find scv
'??'I mi the old book, whose (
I1 ins we know nothing of.They j
''? '?e Ix'cu Iw'd hack for information,
( y h"|> ii'; to ret in touch with them and
Vtrli:: their wish concerning their
f ? i There arc also a fpW
tli it have be-en taken under
^t!>ho:nv. pending letters from other:
? h in !n? Their letters have not be.en I
l""'i i :i ?! s yet. We will he glad to,
h' t;. th. ... j,, get their letters so that
'-' J' < :m he revived into full fcllow
"''T H/n.v, the fourth Saturday, at
11 "'??ji.ek A.Tvt., the church will
, regular conference, at whichj
T'"!- I lie i vision committee will re-j
P"1 1 i.n.i (.{,11 the roll ef the mem
'' ..|| the new list, and also the
iK'ji - resident members. By this
,l>? ;Ihm| ?,( hopo to get such inlonn
:?<. will enable us to account for
< i'tii ? present membership. An
, ? Hs.-ut rei|u.'.-t is hi rehy extended to
?''I lucinbcrs to he present at this
1 H'tr. l-? answer to their names
1 1. !|? us make nnv needed cor
"ii. The roll will he called both
j "a ^itlurday and Sunday morning, at
> ' 1 ' Ink. Church member, please be
1;" nit or write the elcl'k, Mrs. Ethel
x?y<|rr, or ^jJp pastor>
T.F DElTZ;
NO MYSTERY IN MELLON'S
APPOINTMENT? BOWERS
j Washington, Feb. 17- Concr-rning
the transfer of Andrew W. Mellon
from the .Secretaryship of the Treas
ury to the Ambassadorship to Great
Britain, Claude G. Bowers, noted po
litical eonunentor, declares there is
no mystery about it.
"To ns, there is nothing surprising
about it ill", says Mr. Bowers. "We
?liii.k now, precisely as we have
thought J'or It years, that the mys
lenous appointment of Mr. Mellon to
Treasury was ? no mystery. He
was not a trained statesman; lie had
not been a notably public-spirited cit-/
i/en ; he was not a prominent Kepub- ;
lit an leader and he had no political
ambitions.
i "He went into, Mr. Harding's cab
inet to look after the interest of the
money' power; to direct the course of
government in the interest of the pow-'l
ierfi'.l tew. That is the reason ne was i
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named on the demand of Penrose, j
that is th ' reason lie was retained by j
Mr. C'oolidge; and that is the reason, j
despite the mutual dislike of Mr.
Hoover ami Mr. Mellon, that he wasj
retained by Mr. Hoover.
With the original appointment of;
Mr. Mellon to the treasury the 'in-i
visible government' took on visibility'*
TODAY and
TOMORROW
Hold :
Not long ago I told in th's column 1
of a foolish millionaire who put a'
million dollars in gold into a sat'e
d-p:)sit bo*;. Several persons have
written to^nie saying my figures were
wrong as to the size of the box it
would take to hold so much gold. M.v
ii. inker friend win told me the story!
said thaj. a box 17 1-2 incites square,
and lii 1-J inches deep would hold a
million in gold
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The superintendent of the U. S.
Assay Office in New York gave me
e corroborative figures. "A mil
lion 'dollars in gold bullion would
occupy a -pace of 4,752 cubic inches
o? 2 .'?-l cubic feet", he said "and
would weigh 3, .'{10 pounds avoirdu-'
pois, or 1 ,5S tons We weigh gold bars
by grains, and an ounce of gold is a!
troy ounce, which contains 480.
grams; but when we slip gold bars'
we weigh them, for freight- purposes,
in avoirdupois pounds, of 7,000
grains to the pound. It takes 25 8-10
grains of coin gold to make a dollar j
so the 20 gold piece, or double eagle,'
contains a little mare than an ounce
? I coin g.?ld and a little less than a j
troy ounce of pure ( '
looks:
This year there will be fewer books j
published, but they will be better
books, (he publishers say. For several
yvan it has been" possible for almost
ninbody to get a book v published,
whether the author knew how to?
write and had something to say, orj
not. The country was flooded with
\ ol nines from the pens of young
\\ r iters whose ambitions outran their
abilities, who had never taken the
trouble to learn how to write and
?vho, quite generally, were interested
in nothing but Ai3ecency.
Tho reading public is getting dis
gusted with boots which reflect no
| emotions above the level of animal
I isui, recognizes no Spiritual forces or
I values in life. Readers are turning!
! back to the sound old classics. More
i
voung folk are reading Robinson
Crusoe than have for years turned
to that great b.'ok which, ranks next
j to the Hiblo and Shakespeare in its
I .enduring value as jl source at once
: of entertainment and inspiration.
: \ u'
j Aoxlity:
1 think we are coming tojsard the
end of thi> time when incompetence
could "put itself over' ' by blatant ad
vertising of. inferior products. People
are not buying poor quality pridiu ts
now, and are not so ready to believe
what plausible promoters tell tltom.
It is going to be harder, for a few
years at any rate, for swindi
sell worthless stocks and bonds, and
for self styled artists to palm off
their socalled "modern" paintings
Cull^whee
T ournament
Starts Mar. 8
c"
j Cullowhoe, Feb 15 ? Tli annual High
j {School Basketball Tournament will
' Le leld at W.ste ril Carolina Teach
j er.s College on March ;i, 4, and 5, in
I which the following schools are invit
ed to participate: Murphy, Andrews,
i Marble, Brysori City, SuaUa, Whit-j
( ier, Franklin, SyjvsV, Sylva Collegi
ate 1 iist: l 'V'tviiesvilla, Glerivillej,
<v<!h,whee, Webster, Kosman, Br<\
Hnvc-sviu>, u^ucu, Ii;/M)insville; j
Highlands, ('.yd:1, Fines Civck, Bcth-j
| el, mkI 'John 's Creek.
The following members of the far*- 1
ulty arc members of tho Tournament j
Committee: Miss Alice lion ton, chair
man, general direction; P. L, Elliott,)
i <?<,:>( l'al ifii) ; M i Lucy Pony, lions- i
ingj Miss Xannie M. Til icy, public- j
tiv , iiinl Miss Thelma Howell, finance!
V'aeh school rcceivng an invitation
to fitter file tournamnt will be allow- j
ed In t?nt;?r otie girl's team or t ne boy ,
team or bnrh. The following teams!
have won sine? l!>jST>: l'J25, W ay lies- i
v'lle Cirls <"? LS26 lotla
(Jii ls Sylva Hoys; 1027, Franklin j
iJit's, WaynesvilL-' Dovhj 1028, S. C. I
I. tiiijs, llayesvillft Boys; 1029, \Vay-|
isO-vilf? ( .'iris, W^vnesvil'el Boys;
!??:!(;, Ifrihel (JirlV Webster Boys;
/fl.li, Bethel (iirls, Almond Boys. |
Bethel girls won tho cup last, year,;
having b??ea victorious two years ini
succession.
The girls will be cared for in the
Moore Dormitory; the boys in Davles
Hall and in tho homes in the. com
munity. Tlie following community
homes have been o|M'iiod for visiting!
players while they arc here: Mrs.
il.T. Hiinlcr, Mrs. \Y. E. Bird, Mr*.!
D.ll.BrwnMrs. Carrie Bryson, Mrs.'
Mollie Fisher, Mrs. L A. Amnion,
Mir. M. Q Tut tie, Mrs. .John Clayton,
Mrsv Ed Norton, Mrs. rtcrsitiei
Screen, Mr Victor lii'-wii, Mrs. Lil-j
lirTh imlsfirff, "3frs. Keller, Mrs. Free-,
mail, Mrs. McCain*, and Mrs. Frank
I I Brown.
;i?nl .sen ii?l ii res as real works of art
1 ?
Ability is going ti. cciuc into its |
ov ji again. The principal trouble with j
the nation and the world today is
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that ,scc.tjhl late and third rate men ?
iiavo hc.cn haiiyiioocd as first raters'
and get I nig away with it.
Mortgages:
The safest investment in, the world;
according to .Too Day, is :i I'iist mort-.
gage up 1'..' nil o\ c^ (ill percent of its j
actual val.ie, on ah owner occupied:
dwelling lionsc anywhere T?i the Unit- 1
eu States. .Joseph P. Day, has sold,
more real ? .stale than any other man
ever sold, and he is also a director.
of the !ar< si mow v lending in->titu-i
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? ion in tTTc world, the Metropolitan
Life I-nsiirsnee Company.
The cities anil town? of the nation
arc ov.tr NflTt ?vith business amlj
J
apartment structures built to rent, j
-?ays ???;? Day, but there is a crying j
need for several million modern one:
family homers. There is plenty -of |
money available to build them, but
Ihn need is for bettor ways of mak
ing that money available to tho home!
owner al reasonable cost. That is
coming, investors think, and soon. !
Cope Given j
5 to 7 Years I
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Tom Cope, Jackson county man,
M-;ts convicted of manslaughter, last
week, in Haywood court, in connec
tion with the death of Frank li.uff, of
ttaiuiook, and was sentenced to i'ivej
to seven years in State's prison by
Judic A. M. Stack.
linff, who was 1ft years of age, was
ki'Ied early in 1931, on Highway No.
10, near Pleasant lialsam church,
wh( n struck by an automobile said
to have been driven by Goj>e. Cope
was placed on trial at a former term
of court, but the jury failed to agree.
! CARD OF THANKS
We desire to express our sincere
Uppreciatm i of the kindnesses of our
jf-i iends am', neighbors .'during our re
jccitl bereavement.
j Mrs. S. P. Wilkes and family.
Jackson Co.
Girls in State
Wide Contest
1 ( H? the five winners in the "Stew
jmhhip (.'ontest", of the Ashcviflc
Division, Baptist Woman's Missionary
I iiion, lu It! in Wayrtesvillo, last Sun
day afternoon, three were Jackson
?oiinty g ris. They are Miss Frankie
Buchanan and Miss Mary Owens, of
Weh-ter, ami Miss Carolyn Stillwell,
wf Ctillowhee. These three young
huli.es will appear in the State-wide
(?oiilrst, to he held during the' annual
!:?'/-'s:oii ( f the' Baptist Woman's Mis
i sionary Union of North Carolina in
: Greensboro, next month.
I The initial try-out of the contest,:
!".vh?eh is sponsored by the Baptist
j Woman's mi ssionary Union, was held
in the elutrehes of the associations
[of the Stafe, last" fall, the winners in
'the church contests meeting in as
sociation- wide contest-, later. The
[winners in the assoeiational contests
i,",f tin If) .issonafloiis comprising the!
1 As|i?-vi|!? Division Arere, those who|
j met in Waynesville last Sunday, and J
ti.ee five winners will iro against the i
; winners in the four other divisions
I of the State, in March.
Miss Buchanan represented the;
Young We.mans Auxiliary, Miss Ow-|
oi.s t lie Intermediate Girl?j Auxiliary, |
ami Miss Stillwell the .Junior Girls' |
Auxiliarv.
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POULTRY SPECIALIST HERE
THREE DAYS NEXS WEEK !
.Mr C. i<\ Parrish, Extension Poul
'n-y Specialist. w II be with the Coun
ty Agent, the lirM three days of next
week, to discuss the earn and man
agement oi" poult rv. Poultry is one of
the Jew Inini products that can be
said for cash; Also, poultry and
poultry products have been as near
(lit- price of things the farmer lias to
buy as any (ominoqjty.
,M:et in;*s will ho held nt the fol
ii.wing places to discuss poult ry and
the f?-U> year organized farm move
ment :
Federation Hatchery, Monday ai
Ji* ?i. in.
G. C. Snyders Beta. Monday 2 P. M
Glenn Robinson's, W il I its, Monday
4 P. JI.
P. II. F< rguson's, AVhit tier Tues
day 9 A M.
Ed. Burn garner's, Wilniot, Tuesday,
II A. M.
Will Cow. ill's, urelitser, Tuesday,
11 A. M.
1{ ('. Tfiguon's (Jav, Tuesday, 4
P. M.
E. ('. W'ike's, East Laporte, Wed
nesday, !J A. M
K. S. Green's, CowaiTs, Wednesday
1 1 A. M. "
.1. H. Hooper's, Speedwell, Wednes
day, 2 P. M.
It will bo worth while for every
fanner who ean to attend one of
fiese meetings.
INJURED ON TRAIN
1 Tarry Leonard Crisp, 15, of Ten
nega, Ga , suffered a severe injury
to i lie of his feet, when it was caught
bfiween the couplings of box cars
.11 the focal railway yard, this af
ternoon. The youtK was taken to the
hospieal, where ha is receiving treat
ment. /
Votes Off
Special T ax
| Balsam Grove school district, Can-j
cy Foik township, voted off the spec-j
ial school tax for the district, at a
special fiction held on Tuesday of
this week.
The vote to abolish the special tax
v. as overwhelming, be intr slightly
more than four to one.
TU(5 official tabulation gave
| For Special Tax 13
Against Special Tax 55 ;
This decisive vote is taken by many
observers as indicative of the tenor j
of the people regarding lowering tax-!
ation. The last sssion of the general
assembly effected a l.'du-ti *n i
i)'.o>{ of the counties. In the case of
'?/nckson the rate is 32c lower than
the previous year.
The special election in Balsam
. 'irove district was called by the ooun
I'y commissioners, last month, upon
j petition of the voters of the diatriot. (
Eight Months Schools To
Continue For Full Term
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BALSAM
fsobol Coward, ten year old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. B. Coward
was taken to the Harris Community
hospital in Sylva, Saturday, where
sl.e was operated on for appendicitis.
She is recovering as nicely as could
b" expected.
Mr. Lo lis McCall was ordained
deacon in tlw> Baptist church here,
Sunday.
Mi sses Etta Kinsland and Irene
Ifaby, two of our teachers, spent last
w ('?!?? end ir their respective homes in
Qunlla. Th y wero also guests of
i trends in Asheville Sunday before
lasr.
Mr. an-l Mrs. John T. Jones enter
tained the following guests with a
radio party, Saturday evening: Rev.
Tvay Allen and daughters, Blanch and
Uuth, and sons, Bo y and Luch, Miss
Leather wood, Mr. and Mrs. W. If.
Jones, Mr. ami "Mrs. Luther Foster.
The guests also furnished good sing
inir with organ ac^ompannient. i
Oualla basket ball team, played 1
Balsam here, Wednesday afternoon, j
Score, Balsam 3D, Qualla 9.
Mrs. Fred McKee and little dangh-i
tor of Webster are visiting her moth- !
er, Mrs. Lona Green
Our mountain peaks were covered
with snow Sihiday afternoon, and
then was q. ite a little flurry mixed j
with rain, in the village
Mr. K. L. McKee, <.f WJiittier, came '
?i|? Sunday, to sec his mother.
t
Mrs. Mnigie E. Shorn 11 ami Miss
Meiiie Shwill vi-itcd friends here, ?
tins week. j
Mr. ft. \V, Candler, of the railway
mail service, was in "town yesterday,
ill guest .if Mr. .1. W. McKce.
, Mr. L .1. Smith returned Thursday
trom Charleston, S. C. where he has
?ffVi on business, for some time.
The rai*(! spectacle of the Aurora
Borenlis was observed Saturday night
but its splendor was much obscured
bv heavy clouds; s liich is much to Ik* j
regiettcd.
Gen Hampton is pushing the build- j
ing of the stock law fence, and will I
have the territory closed in by the
first of March. Everybody should
try to he jeadv for it.
Misses Addle and Etta Wilson and
Mr. Bowman Wilkes, of Big Kidgc, re
turned from Asheville, Friday morn
ing, and that evening, in company
v. ith Mr. Marcellus Buchanan, made
the Democrat office a h"'glv appreci-j
a ted visit' " ~ j
I
Cards are out announcing the mar-'
rage, at the home of her sister, Mrs.!
B. F. Curtis, at King's Park, Long!
island, Now York, uf Miss Frances,'
Baum to Mr. W. G. Perry, of Aslie-j
\ i 1 Le, on Wednesday, Feb. 24. The,
many friends of Miss Frances in this
community extend best wishes to the
happy pair, in which the Democrat,
heartily joins.
Gcv. Holt appointed George A. Shu
ford to the judgesh't) made vacant |
by the res??, nation of .fudge James
K. Mert*iinun. As tlio Democrat said
before the. appointment was made, it
could not be more worthily bestowed.l
Ex-Governor Alfred M. Scales died
in Greensboro, Feo. 9, after a long
and painful illncoS. During the war
he commanded a brgade composed of
the 13th, IGth, 22nd, 34th, a.-d 38th
N'orlh C'ai.'-'ina regiments. Since the
war he served ten years in Congress,
and four a-, overnor ?.f the State.
Albert fJaPatin, Democrat of Penn
sylvania, h 'd the longest term of
.service as Secretary of th^ Treasury,
12 year, serving under President
.'efffi Jn for two terms and under
Pre ident Madison one term. Andrew
W. Mellon, Republican of Pennsyl
vania, oomes next with a term of 11
years. Three presidents served under
Secretary Mellon, _ j
The eight months schools of Jack
son county will continue for the full
eight months teim, according to in
forination from the office of the sup
erintendent of schools. The State, un
der the McLean Act, of the last Gen
eral Assembly, provides for the main
tenance of the constitutional six
months term in every school district
in the St-ite. The problem arose, in
many . counties, to as how the funds
can be secured to continue the eight,
months schools for the full term. Taxes
fire slow coming in in most counties,
and the problem of paying teachers
i'tr the extra two months has become
cn acute one.
in Jackson county the problef was
solved by voluntary action on the
part of the teachers, in ajrweiiig t<>
continue teaching for the extra iwo
months, and waiting until tax collec
tions are made to receive their pay.
The action of the teachers assure*
that every eight months school in the
county will continue for the full term
JACKSON FARMERS ARE
TRYING LESPEDBZA
<By K. VESTAL, County Agent)
Fourteen farmers Tiave already pur
ebred 1275 pounds of common Les
pedeza (Japan Clover) and several
more are panning to buy seed in the
.i.-ar future. These farmers, from
(juullu to Cancy Fork, realize that,
something must be done to bring
back their worn out, spots ion the
iartn and to increase the grazing of
their pastures, as well as to improve
th-vir cultivated land.
Twelve years experience in grow
ing Lespedeza in Stanley county leads
? he Stanley Farmers Exchange to say
the following:
"Lespedeza is being grown success
fully on more than 95 per cent of tho
farms of our county, with a total of
30,000 acres annually. This is proof
that it is worthy oT a permanent
placc on every farm,
"Soil does not get too poor ?or
Lespedeza to make a a profitable
' growth. Lespedeza very seldom makes
loss than one ton vegetation, ro mat
i ter how poor the soil. One crop of
j Lesjwdeza turned under will doublo
the yield per acre of corn and other
cimp-i."
It Jackson farmers will sow Les
pedeza in their small grain each Feb
ruary sow their spots in pasture,
and sow poor hillsides, it will be on
ly a short time until their land will
be much improved.
On poor soils the common variety
uf Lespedeza is recommended, 25
pounds per acre On soils not so poor
Korean Lespedeza is good, 15 to 20
pounds j ter acre. Sow broadcast prior
to March 1. The common variety is
less expensive to seed and the seed
can be "panned" and saved easily;
vhilf the Korean variety requires
threshing.
The county agent will be glad to
oiseuss Lespedeza with any one inter
ested: Office hours, Saturday and
Monday mornings
QUALLA
Horn fo "Mr. and Mr-. Miller Hall
on February 8th a v.n, James K'b
U bom to Mr. and Mrs. Troy Can
tor on February 9tl> a son, Larry
Weaver.
Mrs. L. L. Shaver, Mrs. J. "?
Cathey and Miss Jennie Cathey vis
ited at Svlva and Franklin last week.
Dean *W. E. Bird of CullowJu ??
visited Qualla relatives Saturday.
Cw of our teachers, Mrs. Ruby*
Pumgarn^r visiteo lier mothei, Mr-.
John Alley of Cul'owhee, who 1<- .
been ill.
Mrs. J. II. Hughes visited Mi
tt'. II. Cooper on her birthday, K. .
1 itli. She was 93 yejys of abe.
Mesdanus J. C. John son, J. .
Halt, J. C. Cass, 0. P. Shelton, L. L.
Shaver and Miss Jennie Cathey call
ed an Mrs. Miller Hall.
Miss M'iry Emma IVrguson f C .1
1 vhee school sp-nt the v;<? k ?
o i l,ome.
Mrs. J C. Johnson :aid Terry Jon
Johnson spent Satuidi.' night vt
Mr. Fred McLean's vl Wiiittier.
Mr. and Mrs. D. A Martin mci!
M ks Jessie Martin, of Governor s I
lo ad visited at ^Ir. M ??' n"
Rufiio Johnson, \f.;rgfir it and
I'.' tie" Mae Johnson <>t ><*P Cro? k
fcpuit the week end it Mr. I). AL
bliaJert* t _ . v f