|j .50 YEAK IN ADVANCE IN THE COUNTY
SYLVA, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1934.
98.00 YEAK IN ADVANCE OUTSIDE THE COUNTY
Cullowhee Does Honor
To Founder Of College
I By DAX TOMPKINS) , >
W'liiu, 4;') years a^o, Robert Lee
Madison laid down his duties as the
of the Tuckuscigc Democrat,
I ivilrt-essor of The Journal, and an
suvri'd I he call to go to ?ullo\vhee i
as the principal of the "Academy",
? In* lighted a eaudle and set it upon
fl lull, so that its ever-increasing light
ini^lii shine into the uttermost rc
s of the mouhtainis, which, eom
ju;? troin the historic scenes of th*>
Villi* y of Virginia, in search of his
health, lie had adopted as his own.
lit began building, devoting his life
t,i i In- spreading of the light of Oui
|i?? lire; and he huilded better than
oven he realized. He was 'a young
mini With an Idea, a young man with
:i vision, a young man with a pur
and a young man imbued with
ji love for service and of his fellow
mail. It is to his early labors, that
Western Carolina Teachers College
lege at Cullowh.ee is Madison's dream
owes its life and its being. The col
i-ome true. As the years conic and go,
us the processes of time bring cvo
hit ion and change, perhaps there is
in store for Oullowhee an even great
er usefulness. Perhaps it will changi
from a teachers' col lege, whitdi i
think is now a mistaken, idea, bill
which was necessary a few years
hack, in onder that the light could
be carried further and further from
t'ullowhee, ami become a Western
Carol .1 University, for the boys and
girls ot the mountains, who are un
able to go ti> Greensboro and Chap-'l
llill. That is also an idea and a
dream, but the tendency has been in
that direction for the* past few years.
I Since W. C. T. C is the child of
M\son's brain ami the result of
in Motion and labors, it is mos;
biting \\\at the commencement exer
cise.s, forty, -five years after he went
to t'ullowhee should have centered
about him, about the memorial thai
has been erected to him, and in hon
oring Madison, \Y. C. T. C. is giving
honor where honor is due.
W. W T. f., .lackson County, all
of Western North Carolina, and the
State at large owe him a debt of
gratitude that speeches, nor foun
tains, nor marble shafts, nor bronze
tablets can .never repay. He came to
' us when the havoc of the War Be
tween the States had wrecked our
schools, and dimmed the light of cmIii
cation in our mountains. He lighted
his candle and set it uj>on Ills hill,
The light of Cullowhee grew in di
mensions and spread throughout the
mountains and coves. We join with
the school in honoring Madison. May
he have many more years of useful
ness among his people of the mown
tains!
Those in charge of the exercises
af Cullowhee were not so thoughtful
as to send us either an invitation
01 copies of their programs, and since
\vi> were unable to he present during
I lie commencement and celebration,
we are considerably handicapped in
trying to give our readers a picture
of the events there this wA-k.
The commencement exercises, which
began Sunday morning and closed
on Tuesday, werein the nature of an
anniversary celebration, centering
around Robert L. Madison.
Rev. Dr. Richard L. Owenby, pas
tor of Mvers Park Methodist church
*?
in Charlotte delivered the baccalau
ralc scmxm, Sunday morning.
Sunday afternoon, President Hunt -
<r delivered Irs annual address to
tin* triad nates; and Sunday evening
? vesper service was held in the
?vuupiis amphitheatre, with Prof. Mad
is?ni ns the speaker, and with the
iftusic contributed by the faculty
'|iiart< t com|>osed of Pres'dent Hunt
<?'. Dean Bird,, Mrs. frulley. an<li Mrs.
('? Buchanan, with Mr. Potter as
accompanist
Mrs. Dim K. Moore, of Svlva, was
the principal speaker at the annual
alumni association banquet, oni Mon
day at 2 o'clock. Responses were
>"ad< to the address by Miss Sue Sin
fla-r, West Ashevillc, and Miss Kate
^tillwell, Cullowhoe.
Welch Calloway delivered the prir.
''pal address at the dedication of the
?? li-HHi Memorial, Monday after
H,. was introduced by Dear,
nd. President Hunter accepted the
'""noiial on behalf of the college,
a"'l Tom Rird, for the trustees. Trib
s *ere paid Mr. Madison by Oro
1 ^ Davis, Waynesville, and L. P.
'"'in, Brevard.
?' ('0,icert was presented on Mon
' a> ' veiling by the music department
!' 0 sehool, under direction of Mrs
a?d Mr. Potter
""adnation exercises #vere held on
WILL DELDICATE CHURCH
ON SUNDAY JULY FIRST
Sunday, July 1 has bopn set as the
date for the dedication of the new
Aolf Mountain Methodist church.
lbe Rev. I,. H. Haves, presiding
lider ot the Wayiu>sv:lk?. District -of
he Methodist church, will he in
hargp ol" the services. Lunch will lie
.?rved picnic style 011 the gronnds of
'hi' church. The lie v. C. M. Pickens,
iresiding el:' r of the WLnsto>irS.iIc.n
istrct, and formerly of this district,
'as 1mh*#i invited to he one of the
oeakers. ,
Dr. Paul \. (iarbcr, registrar of
he Duke University School of Re
igion and |di rector of the Junuluska
?unnner School, the Rev. W. A. Kale,
xecutive .secretary of the board of
'hristian education, of the Western
iort h Carolina Conference, Mrs R.
.. McKce, of Svlva, and several min
^vrs visiting nt I.'ike .lu'nalnskn, are
mong those expected: to attrnd and
ike part on the program ofthededi
ution service.
The Wolf Mountain church is the
uly church building in Cnnajda town
Slip. It is built of native .stone, taken
rom the beds of thv beautiful
i reams of Canada. People of all de
'oniinationVs in the Canada region
mited in donating labor to the con
tract ion of the edilice_
The Kev. Robert M. Hardee, grad
ate of the University of North Car
?,lina an<d tlie Duke University School
of Religion, is the preacher i? charge.
LANDS TRANSFERRED TO PARK
Notice lias been received by this
paper from Supt. .7. It Eakin, of
the Great Smoky Mountains National
Park, that the Bird traftt, on; Big
Creek, the Ravensford and Suncrest
projierties have passed to the Gov
eminent and that the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park will vigor
ously enforce park regulations . in
these areas. Camping permits will be
inquired as in other parts of the
park.
SPEEDWELL CITIZEN PASSES
George Osburn T il ley, well known
ritiz.cn of SjH'cd.'well, died last Fri
day, at his home. Funeral services
were conducted at the Speedwell
.Methonlist church by the pastor, Rev.
Mr. Widen house, and interment was
in the Hooper cemetery at Spcedlwell
Mr. Til ley was horn Jan 24, 1857.
He was married to Sarah A. Pross
ley, and to this union were born 7
children, 5 of whom survive.
Surviving him are his widow, and
5 sons, Commodore, Franklin, Harv
ey and Lawrence, all of Speedwell,
Charles of Detroit, and David L. of
Trenton, Mich.
W. 0. W. UNVEILING, SUNDAY
On" Sunday next at 3 o'clock, at the
Malsam Camp, (Jill, W. 0. W will
cuveil a monument to Soverign .lames
Waits Cuthbertson, and will also dec
orate the graves of and memoralizc
deceased Sovereigns of the camp,
Charles A. Rabv, H. Posey Ensley,
Dock \V. Enslev, .and M. Tfiaddeus
M. Clayton. George T. Knight,
Camp Commander, and J. K. Kenney,
Financial Secretary, invite all Wood
men and. the pubU^gcnerally to be
present and to bring flowers.
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COUNTY B. Y. P. U. WILL MEET
The annual county B. Y. P. U.
Convention will meet with the Glen
ville Baptist church, June 17, at 2:00
in the afternoon.
The program will be:
2^)0 Devotional, by the Glenville
Cnion, Win. Breedlove leading.
2:15 Enrollment of Unions and re
ports of presidents. ,(1,
Appointment of committees.
Special iiiusif by Cullowhee Union
2:30 Benefits realized from B. Y.
P. II., Vinson Hall, Sylva.
2:45 How a Study Course Helps
the B. Y. P. U., Columbus H:gdon,
Ix>vedale.
51:00 Remarks bv Mr. David Mash
burn, Divisional President.
3:30 Election of officers.
It is requested that every miion be
represented.
Tuesdap morning, with Dr. C. E.
Brewer, president of Meredith Col
lege as principal speaker. A class of
thirty-six young men and women re
ceived bachelor of science degrees,
and/ 51 were given certificates as two
year normal graduates.
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VITAL STATISTICS i
REGISTERS NAMED
The State of North Carolina has
provided means for, and passed laws^
inak'ng it compulsory to report all
births ) and; deaths occurring in tihe
State. For the convenience of inter
ested persons, an individual -known
us Local Registrar has been appoint
in each township to recti ve . report*
of all births and deaths occurring in
the township. The law provides that
within five days after the date of
each birth that there shall be filed
with tho local registrar of the district
in which the b:rth occurred a certi
ficate of such birth, by the physician
or midwife in attendance, and in such
cases where there is no phvsic'an or
midwife in attendance- it shall be the
'duty of the father or mother of the
"hild, the householder, or owner o?
the premises, to make the birth report
The purpose of registering a b:rth
is to prove the child's age, and citi
zenship, his right to go to school, his
right to go to work, his right to in
herit property, to marry, to hold of
lice, to obtain pas-sports for foreign
ii'dvel, :uid to prove his mother's
right to a pension if she is a widow.
If then* is any doubt about whether
the birth of a child has been regis
tered, nil inquiry may be sen* to the
State Board of Health at Haleigh,
where the records are fled. If the
birth report has not been received,
the Board will furnish a blank to be
filled out and returned. A stillborn
child shall be registerd as a birth
and also as a death, and a separate
certificate of both birth and death
shall be filed with the local registrar.
The body of any person whose
death occurs shall not be buried or
removed) from the registration, dis
trict, nor held more than seventy
two hours after death unless a permit
for burial or removal has beecf prop
erly issued by the local registrar. A
local registrar cannot issue a removal
or burial permit until a medical cer
t^Bjcate ? has been made ami signed
by the physician in charge showing
the cause of death, etc. It i& the duty
of the undertaker or person acting as
such to secure a burial permit from
the local registrar In case there has
been no physician treating the de
ceased the local registrar shall in
from the local health officer andl re
fer the case to him for investigation
and certification, or the local regis
trar may be authorized to make a
certificate from the statement of rel
atives or other persons having know
ledge of the facts. If the registrar
has reason to believe that death has
been due to unlawful act or weglei'l,
he shall refer the case to .the coroner
for investigation and certification.
The local registrars in Jackson
County are as follows:
Towns
Cashier's; Mrs. H. A. Poll
Sylva; Mrs. T. 0. Wilson
Dillshoro; Fidile Moore.
Wlhittier; Mrs. Jessie Corded.
Townships
Barker's Creek; Mrs. Lon1 Seagle
Canada; Mrs. lizzie Owen.
Caney Fork; Mrs. Woqdy Hooper.
Cullowhee, MTs. Ida Cotter.
Dillsboro; Fidile Moore.
)
Green's Creek : Mrs. Tom Bnehanan
Hamburg; Mrs. Alva Holden.
Mountain; Mrs. Garfield Coggins
Qualla, Mrs. Jessie Cordell.
River; Mrs Amanda Jackson.
SavanrVah ; Mrs. Lora Barron.
Scott's Creek ; Mrs. Allen Sutton..
Sylva; Mrs. Sam W. Brysow
Webster;: Mrs. 0. B. Coward.
JOHN MIDDLETON PASSES j
/ __ /
John L Middleton, 84 year old
citizen of East LaPorte, and well
known throughout the county, died
at his home Tuesday evening, after
an illness of only a few hours. Fun
riTjl -and intewnont wicre at East
I .a Porte, at 10 o'clock this morning,
with Rev. W. N. Cook and Rev. Mer
ritt Hooper, officiating.
Mr. Middleton, a son of the late
William Nathan M'ddleton and Polly
Picklesr:ner Middleton, was bom in
Jackson county and spent his life
as a citizen of Jackson He was a
member of the Tuckase:gee Baptist
church.
Surviving him are his widow and
eight childreni, Wood Middleton, pres
ident of Draughon's Business Col
lege, Winsto.n-Salem, Ed. Middleton,
Balsam, Mrs. Fate Shook, Tujckasei
gee, John Booth Middleton, Hut Mid
dletou, Nathan Middleton, Hershel
Mijddileton and Bare Middletoni, all of
East LaPorte.
TODAY and
TOMORROW
JAPITALIBM ... defined
People speak of capitalism as if it
were some kind of an organized plan
imposed upon people unable to help
themselves. Capitalism is merely a
name for the system whieh has grown
naturally out of mankind's ability to
produce a surplus of wealth beyond
immediate needs. Capital is nothing
but wealth not required for produc
tive use at the moment. Every man
who has a dollar in a savings bank
and does not need it is as much a
capitalist as a millionaire is.
Capital is destroyed only when it
is consumed by individuals. It is not
lost when it is invested in permanent
things, like buildings and railroads.
The individuals who invested may
lose, but the building remains. The
outcry against capitalism is not real
ly aimqd' at the system, which is the
only system under which real wealth
ever accumulates, but against indi
viduals who divert too high propor
tion of their temporary share of the
World's capital to non-sooial uses.
SOCIALISM State (mined
Stripped of All its sophomoric en
tanglements, the essence of socialism
is .not the abolition of caiptal, but
Uie ownership of all capital by the
State The tendency in that direction
has been growing stronger for more
than a hundred years. Private capital
used to build and operate highways
and bridges, charging toll of every
traveller or vehicle using them. Long
ago those enterprises became invest
ments of public capital.
Agij<Jn|tni<e, jfiaihing. mining and
manufacturing are stll in the hands"
of private capital. The complete Soc
ialistic program would make all of
those funcitions of tJio State.
REGULATION . . . U. S. aim
What we seem to be headiug for in
America is a compromise between un
controlled private Capitalism and
complete Socialism. The compromise
j# the, nontimiance of. privaUi -Capt
talism under State regulation. We
have had that in the case of rail
road* for years. It se.-.rs to be
close at hand in the matter of tele
i?raph, telephone, and rajdio com/nuni
cations.
At the same time, there is an in
creasing tendency to applyState cap
ital to long term enterprises which
do not promise a direct return in
tiv:dends, but which are presumably
, justified by their social value. This
includes such things as parks, many
classes of highways, public buildings,
and similar enntei prises. Private
Capital is .not interested in these non
productive ventures.
TAXATION it is distributed
Since capital is merely the surplus
product of labor above What labor
received), the question whether that
surplus belongs to the employer or
to labor which produced it is a vex
ed question that, in its turn, is tho
subject of continuous compromise.--,
out of each of which labor gets a
proportionately larger share.
Since public capital is exactly like
private capital ? that is, the surplus
of wealth above what is consume^ in
the course of its production ? it fol
lows that the larger ^hare of capital
accruing to labor, the larger sharo of
liaxatioi must be borne by lalbor..
There is no such thing as taxing
capital out of existence. Individual
capitalists may be taxed into pover
ty ; but that is merely the conversion
of private capital into public capital
The only way capital is destroyed
is by wasting it. Private individuals
waste it by spending it on unpro
ductive luxuries, great estates, yachts
in other ways that serve no le
gitimate need but merely ostentatiou.
Government wastes it by giving it
away in return for little or no pro
ductive labor, and by letting political
grafters steal it as it passes through
their hands
HISTORY .... 1645 ruling
The first effort to regulate the use
of private capital in this country is
set down in the Proceedings of the
General Court of Plymouth Colony
for the year 1645, John Stockbridge
of Scituate, Iwiho was my earliest
American ancestor, was brought be
fore the court and chaigqd with be
ing a monopolist, in that he owned
all the water-powers in the colony
and had put only one of them to trse,
with his grist mill. He was ordered
to either build mills on the unused
waterpowers or sell them to some
one who would. He built a sawmill
on one .site, and sold" the other to his
son-in-law.
It has always seemed to me that a
sound principle was laid down here.
Private capital might justly be re
Weaver Gets Biggest Vote
5 In Jackson County Primary
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4#?PBBLI0AIC8 DT FSBfARY
Jackson county Republi
cans ^jpm^sipatcd in the primary 011
Saturdav,*nd nominated J. H. Paint
er for coronor. Fainter received 36
votes; andt Bufe Galloway, his op
ponent got 10.
'This was' the only contested post
on the Republican ticket.
QUALLA
On Friday morning, June 1st, Mist>
Delia Owen passed' away at hei
home, and an Sunday maming her
body was laid to rest in the cemetery
at Qualla. Because of her going, th<
hearts of i^o sisters, Mrs Addi?
Swayngem of Asheville, Miss Hestei
Owen of Qtialla, and two brothers,
Mr. Thos. Owen and) Mr. M. T. Owen
of Canton, besides many other rela
tives and friomds, are left sad and
lonely. But she left evidence that
it was q. happy change and that she
was ready and willing to go. She whp
of a cheerful, friendly, social (dispo
sition; even, in suffering she would
greet everyohe with a smile, who vis
ited her. She was a member of the
Methodist church from childhood, and
whan opportunity was given, took her
stand with the people of God. She
taught school for several years in
different counties of Western North
Carolina. The ftincral service was
condluctcd bp Rev. C. W. "Clay and
Rev. J L. Hyatt. Songs of her own
selections as "I Would Not Be De
nied", "There's Noth;ng Between My
Soul and Heaven", and a solo.
"Death Is Only a Dream" (sung by
Miss Reva DeBord<, of Whittier), and
other - appropriate selections were
sung. A score of girls marchod before
her casket, laden with beautiful flow
ers, and a large congregation attend
ed the funeral, many from Asheville
Canton, Whittier, and all the sur
rounding country, attehded. Mr. Bill
Moody of Sylva was funeral director.
Mr, and Mrs. D. A. Martin, Mrs.
Jessie Cordell, Mrs. Vinnie Dean, Mr
and Mrs. H. G. FergusOn, Mr L.
Hipps, Misses; Jennie Cathey and An
nie Lizzie Terrell and Mrs. J. K.
Terrell attended District Conference
at Bryson City, Monday.
Prof. C. R. Bind of Guilford Col
lege and Mr. and Mrs. C. A./ Bird
of Cull?.whee visited at Mr T. V .
McLaughlin's, last week.
Mr1. J. 0. TVrr<H attended the
Alumni Banquet at Cullowhee, Mon
day.
Mrs. C. E. Ray of Wapnesville wa*
a guest at Mrs. J. L. Ferguson's, Mon
day night. '
Mrs. R. E Owen and chiWren, of
near Wayncsville, are visiting rela
tives.
Rev. L. Rogers and Rev. George
Mills and wife took dinner at Mr.
J. G. Hooper's.
Mrs. A. C. Hoyle, Edna Hoyle, Mr
and Mrs. Terry Johnson, Mildred and
Inez Howell made a trip to Blairs
ville, Ga
Misses Sarah Gass, Etta Kinsland
and Edna JYeeman called on Miss
Polly Hoyle.
Mr. Thad Beck, of Smokemont, call
ed on Mr. D. C. Hughes.
' Jim Ed Hughes, Betty Ann amd
David Howell anjd Ellen Driver, of
Cherokee, called on Wilma and D.
C. Hughes.
Mrs. A. C. Hoyle and Edna Hoyle
called on Mrs. J. L Ferguson.
Mrs. Ed Gibson and daughter, Miss
Nettie, of Knoxville, Tenn., an(d Mrs.
Ralph Gibson and Ralph, Jr., of
San Pedro, Calif , visiter at Mr. D.
M. Starter's
Derotfcy Brysou of Balsam is visit
ing Sfit? Irene Rabv.
Mir. and Mr. L&e London erf Ashe
ville, were Qualla visitors, Sunday.
Mr Lenard- Moore and family of
Brygott City and Miss Annie Lizzie
Terrell were guests at Mr. Paul Fer
gusdn's, Sunday.
quired to go to work for some social
purpose, such as building a sawmill.
In a perfect social system it would
not be permissible for its owner to
withold more of its benefits that
sufficient to maintain himself and
family in reasonable comfort.
Such a rule wcta^d be absurd, how
ever, even' wicked, in a political sys
tem riddled with inefficiency and
hoynelombed with graft. Private cap
ital and its owners, at the worst, art
far more honest and far more care
ful of the uses they put their capital
to than aajr government I know of.
Congressman Zebulon Weaver was
accorded the largest vote of any candi
date in the primary in this county
last Saturday, even out-distancing
Judge Felix E. Alley.
In the congressional nomination
contest, Mr. Weaver received 2419
votes. Doc Owen got 339, Mullikan,
128, and Atkii^on 36, giving the Con
gressman a clear majority of 1916
over the field, in Jackson's vote.
For Judge of the Superior Court,
Judge Felix E. Alley was given 2323
to 577 for G rover C. Davis, the offi
cial count discloses.
For Utilities Commissioner, Win
borne, the incumbent, got 1783, while
E. C. Macon, who oppoed him re
ceived 720.
For Clerk of the Superior Court,
the vote was, Dan Allison, of Web
ster, 1688; Ed. IIoo])er, of East La
porte, 1255.
For Register of Deeds, Miss Mar
garet Sherrill, of Sylva, 1725; Frank
Bryson, of Hamburg 1123.
For Sheriff, C. C. Mason, Dills
>H>ro, 2123; E L. Wilson, Sylva, 82S
For Commissioner of Finance, J.
D. Cowan, Sylva, 2183; W. H. Oli
ver, Sylva 695
For County Commissioners, W. C.
Vorton, Cullowhee, 1547; W. A. Hoop
>r, "Cullowhee, 140ft; T. F. Buchanan,
Savannah, 786; Estes Bryson, 544;
W. H. Hooper, Caney Fork 1072.
For Boaj|d of Education, J. E.
Rogers, Qualla, 1583; T. B. Cowan,
iVebster, 1534; T. A. Dillard, Cash
ier's Valley, 1364; J. H. Long, Moun
tain, 1732; Carl Jamison, Hamburg,
115; P. X. Price, Hiver, 1634; T. C.
Led better, Cullowhee, 1696; 0. II.
7ope, Sylva, 1094.
NOT A CANDIDATE -GETS 631
The official count of. the vnt?" ">
lie Dflmocratlk. Primary, last Satur
day, disclosed the fact that approxi
natelv one fifth of the voters who
larticipated in the primary cast a
?ote for Mrs. K. L. Mclyee for mem
>er of the Board of Education, re
gardless of the fad that she was
iot a candidate, and had so made
nnouncement through the press and
?therwise. She got more than a third
is many votes as the highest eandi
late for membership on the hoard.
She announced that she was not
a candidate; but Ml people voted
for her anyway.
Mrs. MoKee is a former Stale
Senator, the only wonum over to sit
is a member of that body; aiyl is at
present the crairman of the County
Board of Education.
BALSAM
Mrs. Sara Bryson and Mrs. Came
Queen went to Whit-tier Sunday to
attend' the funeral of Mrs. Bryson 's
cousin, Miss IVIla Owen.
Mi's. Ben Conner, who underwent
(In operation for tumor in the Angel
Brothers hospital in Franklin, last
week, returned home Sunday.
Mrs. Carrie Queen and son, Harry,
returned last week from a visit to
her father, Mr. W M. Quiett, near
Whit/tier.
Miss Harriett Long of Sylva spout
last week with Mrs. George Knight
and Mrs Sara Bryson.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Barnes, who
have been visiting relatives here, re
turned Sunday to their hoiue in Clin
tons, S. C.
! Mr. and Mrs. Jack Llewellyn of
| Davtona Beaeh, Fla., si?-nt about a
week in their cottage in Ballongh
Hills. She will leave soon for a visit
in Germany and will propably return
here later.
Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Turner of Or
lando, Fla., arrived Sunday and will
occupy their new cottage in Ballongh
Ilills They have as their guest, Mrs.
Turner's mother.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bryson of
Chattanooga, Tenn., were among the
recent guests registered at Balsam
Mounta'n Springs Hotel.
Miss Agues Queen was a guest of
Miss Harriett Long in Sylva last
Sunday.
The Coward family had a reunion at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. John War
ren, Sunday. A very elaborate dinner
was served. ?M embers of the family
present were as follows:
Mrs. Candace Parker of Cherokee,
and her daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Cnr
tis Coopor and five children, Mr. and
Mrs George Coward and family, Mrs
Ellen Barnes and family, Mrs. Dellie
Kenney and family, Mr. Charlie Cow
ard and Mr. John Coward and fami