Do You Know Of A
* Vacant Lot
in Smithfield that need Beautify
ing? Enter it in the Yard and
Garden Contest, Then Beautify!
Smithfield wants a hotel
—But it also wants to es*
tablish a 'Livestock Sta>
tion Yard.
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m H YEAR-THEHQ^Ie NEWSPAPER_SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 17, 1929 " " SIX PAGES TODAY NUMBER 41
Heavy Docket In
Recorder's Court
- i
Large Number of Criminal
Cases Tried on Tuesday and
Wednesday of This Week
' A large docket was disposed of
in Recorder’s court here on Tues- I
day and Wednesday of this week, 1
the following being tried:
G. H. Massengill was sentenced
to 90 days on the county roads
S possession of beer. The jen- 1
tcnce was suspended upon the !
payment of a $50 fine and tnj !
cost.
Jesse Pendergraft, aged. 21! a
white farmer, was found guilty of
opeiating a car while intoxicated.
He was sentenced to the roais.
for six months, .but will be dis
charged at the end of four months
provided the cost is paid.
Dewey Bunn was fined $25 and
taxed with the cost for giving
vwiiiucao tut-vn. ini' nne was re
dueed to $5.
Prayer for judgment was con
tinued upon the payment of the
cost in the case against D. R.
Hodges, convicted of giving wortn
less check.
Christine Pollard and Henry
Gupton were in court charged with
fornication and adultery. Chris
tine Pollard was. sentenced to jail
for a term of 60 days to be work
^^as the sheriff sees fVt. Gupton
received a 00-day road sentence.
Jack Hall was fined $25 and
taxed with the cost for possession
of beer.
C. L. Crumpler was convicted
of assault with auto and of care
'■ ss and reckless driving. He was
fined $100 and taxed with the
■ 'St, the fine to be paid to the
prosecuting witness. j
A. R. Moseley was called ani
failed. Judgment ni si sci fa. |
Walter Johnson entered a plea
of guilty to giving wort hie 3 si
cheek. Prayer for judgement was
continued upon the payment of the
cost and check. *1
Walter Holland plead guilty to
giving worthless check. Prayer
for judgment was continued1 upon
the payment of the cost.
Linsey Lee and Tempie Coates
were charged with assault with
^•*nt to "kill and carrying con
cealed weapon. Ijinsey Lee was
not convicted of carrying con
cealed weapon. Tempie Coates was
found guilty of carrying conceal
ed weapon and was sentenced to
jail ?or 60 days. Probable cause
was found as to both defendants
on the charge of asswuht with in
tent to kill and Tempie Coates
was committed to jail without
bond. T/ee was bound over to Su
perior court under $1,000 bond,
ior court under $1,000 bond.
Theodore McFarLand was fined
$50 and taxed with the cost f«.r
carrying concealed weapon.
Garfield Dunn pleaded guilty Id
possession of whisjkey and was
fined $10 and taxed with the co.-t.
Atlas Johnson was found guil
ty5 of violation of the prohibition
law. Prayer for judgment was
continued upon the payment of
the cost.'
Milton Collins was found guilty
of assault and prayer for judg
ment was continued upon the
payment of the cost.
Henry Howell was called an.l
failed. Judgment mi si sci fa and
t£|upias.
” John Lucas plead guilty to
abandonment and non-support. He
was sentenced to the roads for
eight months, the sentence to
he suspended upon the payment
of the cost and on further condi
tion that the defendant pay to the
clerk of the Superior court $15
per month for the use and benefit
of has wife and children.
Bill Norton was convicted of
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Tantalizer
There arc exactly enough let
ters in the line below to spell
the name of a person in Smith
field or Johnston County, and
, to the one deciphering their
aame and presenting a copy of
this paper to the Herald oitfce,
we will present a free ticket to
‘he Victory Theatre. Tickets
;>iust bfc called for before the
following issue.
Margaret Caudill decihered
her name last issue.
TODAY’S TANTALIZER
a nacekeli vunnio /
i
■GRADE HAS .100 PER CENT, ATTENDANCE FOR MONTH
. .. —■ ■ ■ ■■■ - ■ I
Grade 5-A of the Smithfield Graded School had every pupil present every day last month makibg*an at-1
tent6, wo»r: CCnt f°r 'hat m°nth' T1‘i3 iS * rJC°M 80ld0"' b-" «rade0havinTa Urgaenet:|
L '-T'10 follo''’!nK ate members of this class: Vernon Coble, Joseph Grimes, Thurman Hall, C. D. Hamilton, !
Kpft?n st°d’»r'Ti,n'raTti,Jolni0,n’ *1**1 Jolmstpn, Edwin Matthews, Carl Pugh, John Hackley, Thel Ragsdale,
befton btevens, .Tampa Talton, Alex Ziady, Garland Harris, T,~1 - t ~ .
J-ouiscf-Allcn, Elizabeth Allen, Betsy Avera, Olive Brady'
Dins Coltrane Jennie Scott Edmondson, Eucille Ennis, Mildred Fowler, rent I Gibbs,* Lucille Hall ‘"i]na“Hig
I1"8' *.”£?• An",e J*0"* Ken" Catharine Martin, Betty Norcross, Helen Sellers, Jane Stallings, Helen
}ugg, Madhn Matthews, Pauline Peedin, Egie Hughes, Mattie Moore, Agnes Stalling
Paul Blackman, James Williams, Glenn Grier,
Lucille Brannon, Naomi Callnis, Velina^Clifton^
Hardware Firm Convicts Escape
Elects Officers From State Can p
M. A. Wallace, President of
Jordan-Edmundson Hdwe.
Co.; T. C. Ogburn, Vice
President; E. S. Edmund
son, Cec.-Treas.
The stockholders of the Jordan
Edmundson Hardware company
met Monday afternoon and elect
ed all of the stockholders as di
rectors, these ‘being: E. S. Ed
munds on, M. A. Wallace and T.
C. Ogburn. The following off
ccrs were chosen: president, M.
A. Wallace; vice-president, T. C.
Ogiburn; secretary-treasurer, E.
S. Edimundson.
This nnm mas just compiri.-'i
improvements in their store waien
make it a credit -not only to
Smithficld hut to eastern North
Carolina. A new concrete* floor
has been put down, now counters
installed, the whole interior now
ly-'painted, and the stock of go nlr.
a 111 a ct i v e 1 y re -a r r anged.
There have been some recent
changes in the personnel of ‘he
corporation but at least until
January 1, the firm name will
remain Hie same. Sometime ago,
a branch hardware store was
opened in Raleigh, hut this store
iwitl be closed after June 1 *nd
the firm will ‘devote its time and
energies to the Smithfield busi
ness.
FUNERAL OF MRS. HARRIS
HERE THIS AFTERNOON
News wias received here yester
day of the death of Mrs. Lillie
Mae Harris, sister of Mr. N. C.
Shepard of this city, which oc
curred early yesterday morning;
about one o’clock in an Atlanta
hospital. Mrs. Harris was injured
in an automobile accident three
weeks ago and was rushed to a
hospital but she never regained
consciousness. Mr. Shepard was
called to her bedside immediately
after the accident. After return
ing home several days ago he was
summoned to Atlanta again and
lemlained with his sister unt’l
the end.
The remains will be brought to
this city and the funeral will bo
held from the Shepard home this
afternoon at three o’clock, con
ducted by Rev. J. D. Bundy, of
the Methodist church, and Rev
Chester Alexander of the Pres
byterian church. Interment will
be made in the local cemetery.
The deceased was only twenty
six years of age. She is survived
(by onfe daughter, little Miss Vir
ginia Harris. She also leaves a
mother, Mrs. F. H. .Spier, ol
Spartanburg, S. C.; a sister, Mrs
Frank McGee, of this city, and 1
brother, Mr. N. C. Shepard, a!s<
| of this city.
Gamp Located in Johnston
County Near Atkinson's
Mill; Two Are Seriously
Wounded
GOLDSBORO, May 15.—Officers
with blood hounds tonight were
searching: western Wayne county
for Uvo convicts who escaped from
the state camp near Selma, Mon
day.
The men appeared this morn
ing at the home o-f Herman Rose
and asked for food and clothing;.
Rose It! phoned Sheriff W. I>.
Grant. The men fled to the woods
where throughout the day they
eluded aU efforts of Wayne depu
ties ami citizens to capture tY-m
— Associated Press.
A Unit fourteen convicts, who1
were stationed in a camp at At-!
kinson’s mill between Zebu Ion and 1
Selma, made a (lash fo ’ hotrty;
last Monday, but bv Tuc vJay six
of them had been »"»'*airtured. Two
Were seriously wounded, Wad>
iM^Doweil, Randolph county pris
oner, and Horace Hinsley, of Bun
combe county.
According1 to the Nows and Ob
server, the fugitives made away
in prison stripes, and unless they
were able to steal some civilian
clothes would make easy marks
for searchers. T/wo of the men
captured and brought back to Ral
eigh by Chief Clerk Chester O.
Bell had stripped the clothing off
scarecrows and were wearing the
tattered raiment when returned
to the prison.
EDISON BROADCAST TO
FEATURE IRVIN S. COBB
The thousands who have laugh
ed with Irvin S. Cobb will soon
have another op/portunity to see
hew deeply ingrained is his love
of the south from which he ha^
drawn so much inspiration for
his writings. On the evening of
May 20, Thomas A. Edison, Inc.,
makers of the new Edison radio,
will broadcast a program includ
ing several numbers' which have
been chosen by M.r. Cobb as his
favorite selections.
The program will be played
and sung by Edison recording ar
tists as one of the series of
weekly broadcasts entitled “The
Favorite Music of Famous Per
sons,” presented by the makers
of the new Edison radio over
Station WtJZ and the coast-to
coast NBC network.
Singing By Installments.
A professional simger was in an
automobile accident the other day.
A newspaper, after recording the
accident, added: “We are happ;,
i to state that she was able to ap
pear the following evening h
four pieces.”— Ex.
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Music Recital At
School To-night
Mis. Chester Alexander Pre
sents Her Pupils in Annual
Recital; Varied Program
The annual music recital of
■Mrs. Chester Alexander, piano
teacher in the local graded school,
will he given at the school audi
torium this evening beginning at
eight o’clock. Mrs. Alexander has
a class of about twenty-five'pu
pils and a varied, attractive pro
gram has been arranged to which
the public is cordially invited.
The program is as follows:
Happy Pickanninies, Bilbro, Car
olyn Howell.
. The Tin-Pan Guard’s Parade,
Spaulding, Dorothy McGregor.
Song of the Drum, Risher, Da
vid Hooks.
Flower Waltz, Berwald, Mar
garet Ellis.
London Bridge, Lawson, Pervy
In a Canoe, Blown, Ruby Hol
land.
, Dancing Lesson, Frederick,
Jeanette Peterson.
General Bum-Bum, Poldini, Doris,
C'oletrane.
Pierrot and Pierrette, Mana
Zucca, Annie Laurie Keen.
In an Alabama Cabin, Cadtnan,
Catherine Martin.
Turtle Dove, Behr, Leah Mya+t
A Day at the Beach (fou.*
hand's), Johnson, Eloise McLe
more, Margaret Holland.
Jewel Dance, Engel, Evelyn
Jordan.
Dixie Blues, Morrison, Marcia
Stevens.
Curious Story, Heller, Margaret
Holland.
Valsette, Bo row ski, Mary
Smith.
( abaletta, Lack, Clara btevens.
Water lilies, Frcml, Eloise
| M.cLemore.
Tossing Kisses, Heins, Patsy
Smith.
Rambling in a Forest, Benson,
Ruth Rose.
Midisuimmer Night’s Dream,
(four hands), Smith, Elizabeth
Jordan, Minnie McGregor.
La Scintilla, Gottschaek, Fran
ces ^Massey.
Valse Riib'ato, Brown, Minnie
McGregor.
| Hungarian Concert Polka, Al
• foldy, Elizabeth Jordan.
Garden of Roses, Ritter, Cho
rus.
I Milk is going from the farms
of Ashe county to the new cheese
factory at. the rate #of 12,500
pounds a day now and the far
mers are buying more cows.
Ten pure bred Hertford buLbs
have been placed in Avery county
through efforts of the county
agent to revive the lagging beef
cattle industry,
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[Cleveland School
Election Carries
Part of Johnson District
Votes to Annex to Cleve
land District; 27 For and
15 Against Proposition
The first of six school elections
called in this county carried Tues
day when the voters in a part of
the Johnson school district votei
to annex to the Cleveland dis
trict. This was a small territory
and the registration only number
ed 49. Twenty-seven votes were
cast for annexation to Cleveland
and fifteen against. A majority
of the registration is required t?
carry an election, and in this
case 25 votes for the proposition,
were required. The registrar
was G. D. Phillips and the judges
of election were J. W. Wood ani
A. B. Lassiter.
The other five school elections
now pending in the county for
:he purpose of further consolida
tion with high schools are at j
Yleadow, Coriivth-Holders, Glen
iale, Smithfield and Archer
Lodge.
Little Sherrill Morgan.
Sunday morning, May 12, just
as the day was breaking the en
emy, Death, claimed the darling
little baby of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Green Morgan. He was two
years and eight days old. Sherrill
was a bright and loving child and
the idol of the home. It was so
hard to give up such a tender
plant, but it was only budded on
earth to bloom in heaven. Every
thing was done -for him that hu
mans could do but all failed to
have him. He was taken ill Sat
urday, May 4 and1 died May 12.
Meningitis set in a few hours be
fore he died.
Weep not, fond parents, for he
is slebping in a new made grave,
taking his rest till Jesus comes.
God took him from this world
of sorrow to a peaceful resting
place and it is such a sweet
thought to think if we are pre
pared we will meet our loved oncj
in that home on high where
there will be no more sorrow
or sad parting, but peace and
joy forevermore. May God so
strengthen the dear parents in
this their hour of bereavement.
The remains were interred in
the fis'vily burying ground Mon
day in the presence of a large
crowd of relatives and friends
who mourn his loss. Rev. W. Y.
Moore conducted the funeral, aft
er which he was. laid to rest.
The little grave was covered with
many floral offerings given by
friends and loved ones.
Call not back thy precious dar
ling,
Anchored safe where storms are
o’er.
On the borderland we left him
Never to meet him any more.
We’ll hear no more his1 little foot
step,
We can see his sweet face no
more,
But it we live the life God com
mands us
We shall meet him on that beau
tiful shore.
A FRIEND.
RIDGE METHOD OF
CULTIVATING TOBACCO
j “Tobacco is t/oo expensive a
crop to be cultivated any sort of
■ way,” says- Neil Smith, farm
agent in Onsloiw county. “When
I I taught agriculture in the high
' school at Warsaw, I remember
how County Agent L. L. Mc
Lendon urged his farmers to use
the ridge method of cultivating
and invariably those who us id
j this method got a better yield and
quality of leaf than those who
used the flat method. We have
tried the same method in Onslow
and find that it pays. In m.v
opinion, this is the best way
to cultivate tobacco in eastern
Carolina.” ,
Mr. Smith says that many of
the best tobacco fanners in his
j county will use the ridge method
of cultivating this season.—New*
and Observer.
Presbyterian Services.
No preaching services Smith
field Sunday morning. Sunday
school and Bible classes 10 a. m
Preaching at Progress at 3 p. m.
Smithfieki Sunday night, 7;.J5
Public cordially invited.
j FOUR OAKS STORES TO
j CLOSE AT SEVEN O’CLOCK
Beginning June 1 and con
\ tinning until September 1, the
merchants of Four Oaks will
close their stores at seven
j o’clock in the evening every
| day except on Saturdays. Far
mers in that section are ask
ed to hear this in mind and
j co-operate with the merchants
! in their change of hours.'
Prompt service will be ren
1 dcred throughout the day and
until seven o'clock in the
evening.
Clinic Explosion
Kills Nearly 100
Cleveland, Ohio, Scene of Dis
aster In Which Poison (fas
Kills 95 and In juries 43
CLEVELAND, 0., May 15.—
Foison gas and1 two explosions
which followed 'burning of X-rav
films in the Cleveland Clinic to
day claimed nearly 100 lives. t
Tonight there w*ere 95 known
dead and hospital authorities
worked desperately to administer
artificial respiration to 43 more
who were overcome. Victims of
the disaster were dying at short
intervals and physicians sent cu;
appeals for additional oxygen in
the fear that the supply of the
city might prove insufficient, j
Oxygen is declared the only ef • j
fective means of overcoming the!
gas burns.
Escape Blocked.
in early all tne fleams were at
tributed to the deadly gas which
filtered through the four-story
brick building, slowly at first, and
then, augmented -by a second and
greater explosion than the first,
rushed up from the basement and
cut off escape down the stair
ways and elevators.
Survivors said those asphyxiat
ed were dead, their faces turning
a sickly yellowish brown color,
within two minutes after inhaling
the gas.
The fumes were given off by
fire of undetermined origin which
destroyed X-ray films in the base
ment. Some pharmacists said it
was bromide gas, while Dr. Wil
liam E. Lower, one of the found
ers of the clinic, said it resem
bled the deadly phosgene gas
employed in the World War.
Irony of Fate.
It was ironic that the disaster
occurred in the very place where
the most advanced instruments
and laboratories of science hal
been turned against pain and
death. The clinic was owned
principally by Dr. George W.
Clile, nationally known physician,
who was too occupied with reliel
work to comment on the catos
trophe.
Despite the heavy loss of life,
firemen estimated the property
damage at only $50,000.
The dead were patients, doc
tors and nurses who filled the
four-story structure at 11:30
o’clock, the busiest hour of the
morning.’ Occupants had no way
of escape but the windows, and
feav were able to reach them.
These were enveloped in the
fumes which hung about the
building and they collapsed.
Exits Blocked.
i ne iwo street entrances were
choked and the stairway leading
to the roof were heavy with the
fumes. Every piece of fire appa
ratus available was centered at
the clinic and every xehicle pos-1
silble was commandeered to re
move the bodies. An hour and a
half later all had been taken to
nearby hospitals.
The first blast was heard by
Policeman Henry Thorpe, walking
two blocks way. He immediately
turned1 in an alarm and ran to the
building at Euclid Avenue and
03rd street.
A block away he was blinded
by the gas. The first fireman to
arrive turned in a second alarm
and police, hospital and county
morgue ambulances- were concen
trated about the building.
Battalion Eire Chief James P.
Flynn, with his driver, Louis Hil
lenbrand, was the first to enter
the building. They reached the
roof, and chopped a hole leading
to a stairway, then dropped a
ladder to the fourth floor land
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Lovely Wedding
In Kenly Church
; Miss Nell Hardison Becomes
Bride of Raleigh J. Parkcr
! son of Richmond, Va.
KENLY, May 16.—A pretty
wedding witnessed by relatives
and friends of the contracting
parties was .solemnized in the
Holden Memorial Church on Sat
urday morning at ten o’clock,
when Miss Nell Hardison became
the bride of Mr. Raleigh J. Park*
MRS. RALEIGH J. PARKERSON*
■
erson, of Richmond, Va. Rev. J. I
H. Frizelle, pastor of the bride,
officiated, using the ring cere
mony. j
Long leaf pine and ferns mass- \
ed together completely filled the j
chancel and made a lovely b%ck- !
ground for the tall standards cf |
Easter lilies and floor baskets of
pink roses and snapdragon.
The wedding music was played
by Mrs. Margaret Lowery of
Richmond, Va. She wore Nile
green georgette with matching
I shoes and hat. Her flowers wers
a shoulder corsage of pink roses
and sweet peas. Prior to the cer
emony Mr. Tony Baines sang “I
Love You Truly." Td the opening
strains of the Bridal Chorus from
Lohengrin, the groomsmen, Mr.
Justice Hardison of Greenville,
brother of the bride, and1 Mr. J.
Dobbin Bailey, entered and took
their places aibout the chance).
They wore dark blue suits with
boutonnieres of white roses. The
dame of honor. Mrs. Frazier Mc
Devett, sister of the bride, was
the next to enter. She was attired
in an ensemble of egg-shell pink
with shoes and hat of the same
tint, and carried an arm bouquet
of snapdragon, larkspur and
sweet peas.
The bride entered! with the
groom apd stood before the altar
where the marriage vows were
spoken. She was lovely in an en
semble of orchid and lavender with
1 hat of a corresponding tint. Her
; shoes, gloves, and other accesso
ries were blonde. The bridal bou
quet was of pink roses showered
with valley lilies.
During the ceremony, McDow
ell’s “To a Wild Rose” was softly
played. Mendelssohn’s Wedding
March was used as the recession
al.
Immediately after the ceremony
the bridal pair left by motor for
a wedding trip through the Shen
andoah Valley and other points
after which they will be at home !
in Richmond.
ine Driae is tne aaugnier ox
Mr.^and Mrs. A. H. Hardison of
this city. She received her educa
tion at East Carolina Teachers’
College and1 in Richmond. She is a
decided blonde of unusual beaut>,
formerly having been chosen to
represent her city in the queens'
contest of an Eastern Carolina
exposition. She is popular in so
cial circles in her home towi
and other sections of the state
in which she has been a visitor.
The groom is a young man of
fine personality and- is associate 1
witlT "a hardware company of
Philadelphia with headquarters in
Richmond.
Guests attending from out of
town were Mr; and Mrs. Frazier
McDevett and Miss Vivian Lath
am of Washington, N. C.; Mr.
Justice Hardison, of Greenville,
Miss ETiith Whitehead, Miss Net
tie Whitehead, and Mr. Dewitt
Hardison, of Enfield; Mi's. Leste/
Watson, of Wllshn; Mrs. Earl
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Selma P-T Ass’n
Gives Program
Martha Starling Wine Pciz*
in National Meat Ews;i,»
Contest Sponsored by A'r
■ mour’s Meat Co.
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SB DMA, May 16.—The follow
j ing splendid program was given
J Monday evening in the Sdlm'a
1 high school auditorium at th?
last meeting of the ftssodiatioS '
for the present school year:
Solo: Glee C-Mb.
Violin Solo, “Carolina- Moon/'
Prof. H. Bueck.
Vocal Duet, by Mabel Jeffriei
and Mangaret Creech.
A short play given by Per
Anderson, Louise Stallings, Nor
man Scrqws and Carlton Black
man, members of Misri Conn's
commercial ciaes, was well r?
ceived.
A humorous reading by Kathar
ine Aycock was greatly enjoyed.
Reports heard from the various
committees showed that a splen
did year’s -work had been done.
Prof. H. Bueck made a plea for
financial support for the athleti:
association and nineteen dollars
was donated by the Pareht-Teacli
er association upon motion made
by Mr. J. S. Flowe. Mrs. Bueck.
domestic science teacher, announc
ed the winning of a prize by \
Selma school girl, Martha Star
ling, in a national meat essr;
contest sponsored by Armour's
Meat company of Chicago.
At the close of the meeting,
light refreshments were served.
HOW TO REMEMBER THE
PRESIDENTS
first stands the lofty Washington,
That nolble, great, immortal ot.c.
The elder Adams next wa see,
And Jefferson comes number
three;
Then Madison is fourth, you know,
The fifth one on the list, Monror;
The sixth, then Adams comee
again
And Jackson seventh in the train.
Van Buren eighth upon the line.
And Harrison counts number nine.
The tenth is TyleT in his turn,
And Polk the eleventh, as wp
learn.
The twelfth is Taylor in rotation.
The thirteenth Fillmore in. suc
cession;
The fourteenth, Pierce, has been
selected,
Buchanan, fifteenth, is elected;
Sixteenth, Lincoln rules the na
tion;
Johnston, seventeenth, fills t.aa
station; i ‘ .
As the eighteenth Grant tw»
terms serves;
Nineteenth, Hayes our honor pre
serves;
Twentieth, Garfield becomes ©U?
Jiead; *
Twenty-first Arthur succeeds tha
dead;
Then Cleveland next was select
ed;
Twenty-third, Harrison’s elected;.
Twenty-fourth, Cleveland U rj
Twenty-fifth, McKinley twice in
stalled;
Twenty-sixth, Roosevelt, strenu
ous, firm,
Taft, twenty-seventh, serves hi?
Twenty-eighth, Wilson hokU the
Then Warren Harding rune hi*
Thirtieth is Goolidge, silent and
stem,
While next to Herbert Hoover w«
turn. . —Selected.
Aunt Roxie Opines
By Me—
“And da Demycrats sade unto
I de 'Publicans let’s male* fannr
relief a Jong tim« beJmUJ; drinks. ’