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16 PAGES TODAY_OXFORD, N. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16,1923 TWO SECTIONS
NO. 14
KU KLUXKLAN
DEFENDERS ARE
FORCED INTO OPEN
MHJiken Bili Passes House On Third
[tending and Clincher Is Attached.
(News and Observer)
Defenders of the Ku Klux Kian,
f!ghting in desperation to delay and
defeat the passage of the Milliken bill
on its third reading in the House
Wednesday were forced into the open
with the issue squarely drawn on the
declaration that the measure "cut
rhe heart out of the K.u Klux Klan,"
; *td went down to final defeat by a
vote of 63 to 44, and defeat was
sealed by tabling a motion to recon
sider.
Every parliamentary resource at
t he command of the bili, even to the
proposal to send the law into the gen
eral election in 1924 for ratification
was brought into play and was
Gnashed against the stone wal) de
faces built around the measure that
requires the registration and unmask
ing of all members of secret organi
sations. The battle lasted two hours.
THE WOMAN'S CLUB
f he interior Of the New Club Mouse
D Very Attractive.
The ladies of the Oxford Woman's
f i) are to be commended for the im
v.-r.ients wrought in their no .v club
i. ase. It required an artistic turn
of mind to convert the interior of an
o'd residence into comfortable and
inviting quarters, and this was done
bv throwing the rooms together and
a iiberal use of French doors, wall
d-corations, paint and draperies. A
very convenient little kitchenette is a
part of the very* clever arrangements.
The club rooms were handsomely
decorated yesterday with pear, peach
and apple blossoms, the occasion be
ing the entertainment of the Rotary
Club at dinner. In the evening the
club served supper to the Oxford Fire
Company, who were the guests of Mr.
J Robert Wood, Chief of the Fire
department.
THE HAT SHOP
To Ho Opened By Mrs. Graham ^
Robetts.
Mrs. Graham Roberts, well and
favorably known throughout Oxford
and the .county, has teased the new
Halt building at the corner of Main
and Littlejohn streets and will at an
early date open a high ciass mitiinerv
establishment.
Mrs. Roberts has returned from
the 'northern markets where she
bought a handsome stock of milli
nery. She has employed as trim
mer Miss Street;, of Greenville. S. C.
As soon as the goods arrive Mrs. Rob
erts will Announce.the date of the op
ening.
Mrs. Roberts has for the past two
or three years been the valuable as
sistant in the office of Mr. J. F. Webb,
county superintendent of schools.
Miss Lucy Webb will fill the position
made vacant by the resignation of
Mrs. Roberts.
LEVI GARMAN'S FARMS
Situated On the Western Maryland
Railroad, Near York, l'a
Our townsman, Mr. Levi Garman,
wiil leave this week for Bradbeck,
Pa., where he owrns too stock farms
—one of 82 acres and one of TtlO
acres. A printed card at hand
states that the annual sale of select
live stock will take place on February
21. Thirteen head of horses and
mules are listed for sale; 78 cattle
and 70 head of purebred hogs.
Mr. Garman states that all the feed
lor the stock is grown on the farm
and that one of the best revenues of
the farm is the large amount of ma
nure that accumulates.
THE RUHR DISTRICT
The Size Of Rhode Island and Has
3,177.637 Population.
Essen Special: The area now oc
cupied by the French andiBelgtans In
the Ruhr aggregates approximately
720.131 acres or'nearly the size of
Rhode Island, acording to figures an
nounced in German quarters. ^ The
population of this area is 3,T.<,03<,
h'f'h compares with the population
Alnsoachusetts and Michigan.
Ihe military forces hold 14 city
and nine rural districts. The to<ai
railway mileage in the Ruhr is 1.
2 42 kilometers, of which two lines
are militarized.
SOME FINE SHOATS
Rockers Grow To Perfection In Fish
ing Cpeek.
Messrs. M. J. MeGhee and Mack
Brummitt, of Fishing Creek, killed
hogs recently. One killed by Mr.
Brummitt weighed 512 pounds and
one weighed 482. Mr. McGhee, who
is recognized as one of the best-hog
raisers in the county and no[w has a
number of pigs for sale, killed one
That weighed 500 pounds. These
shoats were only, 12 months old.
—Your battery should have water
About every two weeks. Stop at Ox*
lord Battery Co.
THE NEW TENT HAT
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I New Headgear For Women Will Afake
j Its Appearance Here Soo t,
j Milliners who have gone north to
purchase goods state that the new
headgear for women has made its ap
: pearance on Brodaway, and they are
; going to be turning around to look at
jit on the streets of Oxford the fir^?
j thing you know. ;
j It is called a "hat" merely because
!it serves that purpose, and truth to
j tell, it is no a bad looking affai'*. To
j wear it the hair must be done up in a
compact mound on the top of the
head and a miniature "tent pole"
j thrust vertically through it. Over
this is stretched a square foot of can
vas, with a flag or ribbon, for a dec
oration. Strangely enough, this new
fancy did not come from Paris. It
j was born and tried out in Kansas
! City, and the photograph of its first
' appearance in New York shows a
! crowd of men following the wo-nan
! who wore it.
NATIONAL HIGHWAY
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j Durham Feels Good Over the Promis
ing Outlook.
(Durham Sun.)
Every opportunity is to be ext.eud
! ed Durham to make this city a sort
i of division headquarte rs for national
! north and south overland, passenger
; and freight transportation. Oppor
! tunity rests in the assurance of a
, hard surface highway from Durham
j directly north l!o the Virginia State
} Line.
j Contract has been let for the last
, stretch of hard surface between Ox
i ford and Virginia. This stretch will
! be concrete. Survey is under way
; for a route from Durham to Oxford.
} This stretch will be asphalt, but. part
I asphalt, part concrete a great boule
! vard will be laid for fast through
! motor transportation .provided Dur
ham pulls for it and beats Raleigh to
j the game.
; Determination of the Durham Ox
; ford road awaits the result of the
surveys under way. Authorization of
' paving and letting of contract is still
j further away, but ultimately the road
wiii be built.
i
^ PLEASING NEWS
i -
The Health Of Majoi Stedm.m Is
Much Better.
News of the condition or Major
Charles M. Stedman, the fifth dis
; trict's representative in Congress
, brought back from there by <1. Lee
i Fentress, city attorney of Greons
boro is pleasing. Mr. Fenress says
that the health of Major Stedman is
much better than it was! while he
was indisposed during the pciitical
campaign. Major Stedman is yet
!vigorous, blessed with a vitality that
! took him through the Civil war,
' through the hard reconstruction pe
j riod, through mahy campaigns,
, through years of service given his
; state and nis country.-?—Greensboro
Patriot.
i WHEAT LOOKS GOOD
There Is a Fairly Good Crop Sown In
The Comity.
' Farmers tell the Public Ledger that
, the recent snow and sleet has done
; the wheat a great deal of good and
i that already it is showing an im
! proved appearance. There is a fairly
! large crop sown in the county and
! farmers generally are hoping for a
! big crop this year. Some plowing has
I already been done in preparation fcr
I spring crops, but not a great deal.
DUKE BUYS HOTEL
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Durham and New York Capitalist
Acquits Majestic.
' New York Special: Benjamin N.;
} Duke, of New York and Durham has j
' purchased the Majestic hotel, be- i
; tween Seventy-first street and sev-j
!enty-second street, New York. The
ideal involved about $4,000,000.. t
i Mr. Duke is a brother of .1. B.}
'Duke, of Charlotte. Mr. Duke re-;
! cently purchased the Hotel Lorraine, j
! Mfth Avenue and Forty-fifth street. }
! BORAH SAYS THAT WAR
SHOULD BE OUTLAWED
! Washington, Feb. 15.—A resolu
tion declaring it to be the sense of the
i Senate that war should be "outlawed
! as an institution or means for the set
i tlement of international controver
sies," and proposing creation and a
i doption of a code of international law
iand an international court, was in-j
produced by Senator Borah. Rcpub
! lican, Idaho.
OFFICERS CAPTURE
STILL NEAR OXFORD
i Constable Ernest Bragg and Deputy
Crawford Davis captured a still in
i Fishing Creek last Tuesday. The
kettle showed much usage, but it was
not In commission when the officers
found it. -
WANTED YOUNG LADY TO TEACH
! at home two small children of 5
and ^years. P O. B. 612.
GRANVILLE COURT
IN MIDST OF
SENSATIONAL TRIAL
Case Called Yesterday Morning—
Henry Hicks, the Durham HoyL'i
^ der $1000 Bond Did Not Appear In
Court.
Henry S. Hicks, son of William H.
Hicks, well known Durham young
i man arrested here last week on the
charge of attempted assault and
placed under $1000 bond to appear
in Granville Superior Court yester
day, did not put in an appearance.
Hicks was a roadman in the employ
of the State Highway Commission,
} and was working on a stretch of high
: way near Oxford at the time of the
jarrest last week. Bond was ordered
forfeited by Judge W. M. Bond, and
capias issued for his arrest.
The Oxford boy, held on the same
! charge, was ih court. The case en
gaged the attention of the court until
a late hour in the afternoon. It will
: probably reach the jury by noon
; today.
MR. GRAY TO WED
Will Go To Charlotte For His Hride
In April.
The following announcement from
the Richmond News Leader is of in
terest to the many friends of Mr.
Gray, popular manager of the Oxford
office of the Carolina Power and
Light Company:
"At an entertainment given by
Misses Laura and Margaret Alexan
der in their home in Charlotte, N. C.,j
last Saturday, anouncement was made
of the engagement and aproachhig
marriage of Miss Mary Isabel Ardrey
to Robert Sommerville Gray .Jr.,
formerly of this city. The wedding
will take place in April. Miss Ar
drey is the daughter of Mrs. Lois Har
ris Ardrey and the late Dr. Lucius L.
Ardrey, of Charlotte, N. C. She was
graduated from the North Carolina
College for Women at Greensboro in
the class of 1920, and for the last
year has been technician at the Pres
byterian hospital in Charlotte. Mr.
Gray is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert S. Gray, of 2301 Grove avenue.
He was graduated from V. f in
the class of 1916. He received uis
commission at the officers' training
camp, and served at Fort Monroe.
After the armistice he went to Ral
eigh, N. C., and now makes! his home
in Oxford, N. C."
HICKS LED ATTACK
ON LONG'S B!LL
I'resent Law Is a SafeGuard To
the Poor Man.
The measure introduced by Sena
tor W. L. Long, of Halifax, to "limit
the resale" of real estate sold under
deed of trust to one resale mot with
opposition when put on its third
reading Tuesday in' the Senate where
; it originated. Senator Hicks, of
! Granville, led the attack on the bill,
! contending that the present la v is a'
safeguard to the poor man who has
j jeopardized his home by contracttiug
: debt during prosperous days and has
I been called upon to pay in a period of
; depression.
I Senator Hicks offered an amea-1
, rnent to the bill which wouid limit
' the resale *o two and leave it op
i tional with the clerk of court whe
ther he shall require a bond with the
; bid or not.
In advocacy of the bill as intro
duced Senator Loug expressed the
conviction that the fact that the
sale tyould be final would bring out
! the best bid on the one tender of the
{ real estate.
THE STATE SUNDAY
SCHOOL WORKERS
To Meet in Winston-Salem \p il
10-11-12.
Winston-Salem is? to be the host of
the 1923 session of the North Car
I olina State Sunday School Contention.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, April
10th, 11th and 12th. From the of
fice of the State Sunday School As
sociation in Raleigh comes the in
formation that the Sunday School
workers in Winston-Salem are al
ready busy with plans for entertain
ing the convention. It is expected
that this will be one of the most no
table conventions in the history of
the State Associaion work.
i ENGINEERS COMING
Organization Front Fort Bragg Is Re
cruiting a Few Men.
For a short time the young men of
this district will have the chance to
enlist in Company "A," 4th Engineers
now stationed at Fort Bragg.
Starting Thursday the fifteenth, a
detachment of six (6) Engineers will
make a four day trip thru this vicin
ity. Headquarters will be at Rocky
Mount and visits will be made to
Tarboro, Wilson, Goldsboro and
Smithfield, Postmasters at these
places will be able to give informa
tion concerning the time the detach
ment will arrive.
SIMULTANEOUS
REVIVAL SERVICES
IN OXFORD CHURCHES
To Be the Greatest and Most Far
Reaching Meeting Ever Held In
Oxford.
March 12 is the time set for the
big. Silumtaneous Revival. Services
to begin in the several Oxford
Churches. That this is to be the
{greatest and most far-reaching meet
ing ever held in Oxford, indeed re
hiains to be seen; however those plan
ning it do not have the slightest
^doubt of its abundant success.
, "A word to the wise is sufficient,"
but a word of explanation may be
worthwhile. These are called Sim
iltareous Revival Services 'because
p. separate service will be in progress
In all the Churches -at the same
'time. It is the plan of the different
pastors of the several Churches to
secure the best man possible, (pre
ferably a man from the pastorate) to
conduct the services in the separate
churches every evening. The morn
ing service will be a union meeting
conducted by a different minister
each morning, and in different
Churches.
The meetings are to be preceded by
a number of cottage prayer services
in as many homes as possible. And
different members of the seveari con
gregations will be called upon to lead
some of these services.
Sufficient advertisement will be
made by means of posters, street
banners, and through the columns
of the newspaper.
Remember the date and watch this
paper for further advertisements.
CHM. PUBLICITY COM.
NORTH CAROLINA IS
ON A SAFE AND SANE
BUILDING BOOM
Two Hundred and Sixty Million Dol
lars Expended During the Past
Year.
An unexampled boom in construc
tion work has been recorded through
out the entire state of North Caro
lina during 1922, led by the $50,
##0J)(ttLroad- _ Investment- and- Abe
modernizing of state institutions for
half this amount. Larger centers
have made notable records, but
building has not beeu confined to the
cities. Small towns in every section
of that state have put into construc
tion many millions of dollars.
A survey of the construction in
progress in the state, made by the
Greensboro News in July, showed a
grand total of $260,000,000 being
expended, divided as follows: State
highways ,$35,000,000; county high
ways, $15,000,000; municipal im
provements $30,000,000; churches,
$10,000,000; state institutions. $15.
000,000; public schools, $15,000,
000; other public buildings and bus
iness structures, $75,000,000; homes
and apartments, $60,000,000; miscel
laneous, $10,000,000.
Much new work has been orig* ant
ed since this survey was finished, and
it is probable that the total record far
the state for the entire year can be
conservatively placed at $309,009,
000.
i Asheville, pop. 28,504, expended
! $3,123,450.
Charlotte, pop. 46,338, expended
$5,148,656.
Durham, pop. 21,719 expended $1,
208,122.
Gastonia, pop. 12,871, expended
$1,783,701.
Greensboro, pop. 19,861, oxpeudod
$4,223,137.
Hickory, pop. 5,07 p. expended
$329,525.
High Point, pop. 14,302, expended
$1,831,144.
Raleigh, pop. 24,418 expended $3,
020,346.
Washington, pop. 6,314, expended
$64,162.
Wilmington, pop. 33,372, expended
$951,000.
Winston-Salem, pop. 48,393. f ?r
pended $3,286,857.
SUMMER FASHIONS
Styles Hack To Good Old Ginghams
Of 1860.
The gingham and chintz if our
grandmothers are with us again. They
are the most distinctive note of the
summer fashions which are now
shown in advance here by hundreds
of mannequins sent for the purpose.
They are wearing the seif-same
airy, printed frocks that the Yankee
} girls wore when they bade the beys
; farewell in 1860.
} The whole idea of the summer
styles seems to be to accentuate the
lower half of the gown, making the
bodice and sleeves less conspicuous.
The concensus regarding the creations
shown on the famous Croissant board
walk here is that, they are conclusive
proof of the tendency toward the
"daylight skirt," which must be at
least an inch an da half shorter than
last year.—Paris Cable in the New
York American.
Successful Operation.
Miss Madry, the oldest daughter of
Mr. Madry, the baker, underwent a
successful operation for appendicitis
at Brantiyopd Hospital last night.
THREE MIXED UP IN
TRIAL OF SLAYER
One Is Dead, Another* Is Being Sued
! For Divorce and Pollard's Wile
Has Left Him.
; Richmond, Feb. 15.—Fates of three
women are involved in the trial cf
Thomas Pollard, real estate man, who
went on trial in the Corporation
court before Judge David C .Richard
son, charged with killing one of
^ them.
One is dead, another is being sued
for divorce and the third, his wife, j
has left him and is having nothing!
to do with the case. {
I Pollard is charged with shooting to!
; death Mrs. Thelma Richardson, ui-!
jvorcee, his former stenographer, on!
the night of December 11 in his'
! home.
i It is alleged that the muf der oc^;
j curred after Mrs. Richardson had !
; gone to his home to protest against!
! his alleged fickleness in spurning her!
j for another wpman, said to be Mrs.'
Louise Black, former choir singer. !
i Able lawyers are connected with!
^the case. Former District Attorney;
j Hiram M. Smith and his father,!
- Harry M. Smith, one of ithe most!
' noted criminal lawyers in Virginia.}
; represent the defense: David E. Sat-;
iterfield and Richard E. Byrd, former;
i United States district attorney, ap-}
; pear for the prosecution,
j. There have been charges in tarn-:
ipering with witnesses aired 'n court'
i and affidavits are being repudated by
! those who made them,
i Interest attaches to the case by!
i reason of the promnence of the de-!
! fendant, who is a descendant of one}
of the oldest and most prominent!
families in iVrginia. He is anephewi
of a former attorney general,
j Work of selecting a jury started ;
jat noon Wednesday, 40 men having!
: been summoned. j
i —Mrs. Richardson was a Miss!
Hamm of Georgia, stylish as well as'
j pretty, when her effects were t x-{
j amined she had in her pocketbook a!
' biank check signed by Pollard, dated;
j several months prior to her discharge !
! by Pollard.
! Since the Pollard shooting Beck!
! has instituted suit for divorce a-;
! gainst his wife. It is pending in the {
courts._- }
! Pollard's wife has left him and re- i
turned with her child to her father's;
! home, and she is taking no part in the j
cast.
) J. Mosby West drove the car that}
! carried Mrs. Richardson to the Pol
! lard home. He says that on the way i
' he gave Mrs. Richardson two drinks!
I of w hiskey.
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TO ARREST MAN FOR
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE!
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The Wanant is the First Of the
Kind Ever Drawn In the State.
Raleigh Special: City Prosecutor:
Beckwith states that a warrant has!
been issued for the arrest of J. J. j
j Wilkes, traveling salesman, of Allan-!
ta, charging him with attempting to I
commit suicide at a local hotel Sun
! day night. Wilkes is at a local hos-i
' pital suffering from a deep gash in!
his neck. The wound is said to have j
j been inflicted with.a nail file,
i It is said that the warrant against;
j Wilkes is- the first of its kinl ever ;
! drawn in North Carolina. Attempt-:
! ed suicide, it is said, is a felony under j
the common law. The warrant willj
! be served when Wilkes is able to
jleave the hospital, Mr. Beckwith j
} stated. !
LATER: Wilkes did in the hospital!
j Tuesday night.
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CO OPS PLEASED WITH
SECOND PAYMENT
Second Payments Netted Ninteen To
' Twenty-two Cents a Pound To
! Date;
! Headquarters of the Tobacco Grow
: ers Association at Raleigh sends out j
-the following statement:
"Many members of the coopera- j
! tive at Danville and a number of the j
! old belt markets state that the ave- j
! rages of the first two payments of;
! the association exceed the averages j
! paid by the auction markets last sea- }
son. At Danville, Burlington, Apex, j
! and other points -soapad payments j
j have netted the organized growers i
'.from nineteen to twenty two cents j
! a pound to date."
HARDING CALLS i
THE GOVERNORS'
To Discuss the Prohibition
Question.
t Washington Special: Another con-!
[ ference of State governors will te<
j called by President Harding to meet <
in Washington for discussion of the i
; prohibition queston. No date has!
' been set.
FEDERAL GRAND JUROR j
Federal Court Meets In Raleigh Next.
Monday.
Mr. S. O. Parham is among the^
Federal Grand jurors drawn from i
Granville and will a<ttend Federal!
Court at Raleigh next Monday.
MANY ARE WORKING
FOR THE TWENTY
DOLLARS IN GOLD
The Contestants Have Until the Even
ing Of Feb. 32 To File Their Ans
wers.
ih'om all accounts reaching the of
fice of the Public Ledger, the ocntest
for the $20.00 in gold prizes print
ed in our last issue, is creating a big
lot of interest among riders of the
paper. This contest is a plan to as
certain just what the public knows
about local business affairs, and a
number of contestants are begiuing
to realize that there are many things
of interest concerning the city's com
mercial life of w hich they were not a
ware.
There is plenty of itrne left for
those who are not working to win
the money to get in and take down the
prizes which are worth striving for.
The contestants have until the even
ing of February 22 to file their ans
wers. Of course it means a— ltitle
work, but at the same,time every one
will be gleaming valuable information
about the business life of the com
munity.
Those who send in the best answers
will win the money. The names of
the prize winners and the answers
completed will be printed Tuesday,
February 27.
GOOCH HOT AFTER
GOOD PLAYERS
Durham Manager Tenders Contracts
To Fifteen Dali Tossers.
Capt. Lee Gooch, Manager of the
Durham ball club, has gone to Dur
ham for the purpose of sending out
1923 contracts and to supervise the
building of a new park.
Capt. Gooch announces that the
following men have been tendered
contracts:
Louis Kearney, of Raleigh; Alex
Gibson, of McColl, 8. C.; J. Rogers,
of South Amboy, N. J.; George
Rescoe, of Mt. Olive, 111.; Elmer Ben
son, of Manley, Iowa; O. W. Donald
son, of Whitmire, S. C.; H. E. Atkin
son, of Cardenas; W. L. Stit !er, rf
Harrisonburg, Va.; Paul DanieRy, of
Atlanta. Oa.; Mahi Meyers,. 3<# East
Liverpool, Ohio.; Walter Dayton, of
Memphis, Tonn.; Ikey Sad!-r, of
Greensboro; Edwin M. Holmes,
of Beverly, N. J.; William Hinc, of
Adison, N. Y.; and Vann B. String
field, of Wake Forest.
FATHER OF OXFORD MAN
DIED IN RALEIGH
Mr. W. S. Mann, father of Mr. J. J.
Mann, popular [flagman on Ihc Ox
ford-Henderson tarin, died in aleigh
Monday and was laid to rest Tuesday
afternoon. He leaves a wide*' two
sons, J. H. Mann of Ralei t and J.
J. Mann of Oxford, and one daughter,
Mrs. E. V. Jenkins of Orangeburg,
S. C.
METHODIST ORPHANS
DOWN OXFORD QUINT
Clever Passing Wins Hard Mnrght
(Rune For Raleigh (D ew, 1S-1 4.
(News and Observer)
Unable to form a defense for the
clever pass work of the Methodists,
the basketball team from the Oxford
Orphanage went down in defeat IS to
14, in a hard-fought contest nith
the Methodist Orphans Monday after
noon at the Raleigh Auditorium. The
score was close throughout the
game.
FAMILY POISONED
Rat Poison Got Into the Bread Hy
Mistake.
Tom Gordon's family, who live near
Soudan, were taken violently sick last
Monday morning. Dr. Thomas was
called, and upon examination found
Mr. Gordon, Mrs. Gordon and two
sons were poisoned by eating rat pois
on in the bread. A white and colored
boy on the place are suspected.
BIT BY MAD PIG
Carl Puckett Takes Pasture
Treatment.
A mad pig bit Mr. Carl Puckett,
of Route 1, on the hand last Sunday.
On examination at Brantwood Hos
pital poison was discovered in the
wound and he was sent to Raleigh to
take the Pasteur treatment.
MUSIC IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
On Monday, Feb. 19th, at 8 o'clock
p. m. in auditorium of the Graded
School, Mr. William Breach, of Wins
ton-Salem, will speak to the people of
Oxford and Granville County on the
subject of "Music in the Public
Schools."
Mr. Breach gives his entire time to
this subject and speaks with authori
ty. Every body come—fill the audi
torium.
If each person will bring his neigh
bor, the audience will be assured.
Let the automobile committee get to
gether and work out plans for as
sembling a record-breaking audience.