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NO. 5
TRYON, N. C FRIDAY, JUNE 7f 19
SALUDA.
lis:
L T Smith lind Mrs. Smith
Bit week-end in the city.
P. Savannah. Ga.. is
Irof Mrs. G. W. Dwelle.
Jest01-. U7m-rif whn has
Marina "Iie"w', I fv
i ting her aunt, Mrs. A. De-
rikPhUadelpHa. . .
g Thompson ia fe""-
J-f Qimnson. who has been
irsonville for some time vis
! H H. McKee this wek.
s, ono-Vifor "Miss
Werner uuu uou61iv.,
orrivnd last week
la vuinci, ----
Charleston to spend the sum-
Lh Mrs. L. M. McKenzie and
Sara sno mau-i iuv.ivciiiic
turned to their home in Ger
' v C, after being the guests
and Mrs. J. B. Cullipher for
SDartanburer.
,vpH to spend the summer and
Lying her cottage. ..
y Spartanburg, spent last
U ' , i T i
L Lucy Dermid, of Henderson-
pent aiew nours nere on ouu-
H P. Mercer and two sons,
and M. E Mercer, Jr., of
Mown. S. arnveu un x ues-
$1.50 A YEAR
f and sons have just returned.
K'ew York, wnere tney nave
Vich Dr. Mercer before he sail-
France with the medical corps,
and Mrs. Charlton LeLand and
have arrived from McClel-
, S. C, where they spent the
.' They are at their home on
ille street. - .
h rank R. Stevens spent I last
Jay in Greenwood as the guest
brother.
.TnVm Tavlor. of CamD Jackson.
Ibia, spent last week-end .here
guest of "his family.
S. Tiner and friends motored
feenville last Sunday to visit
Miner's son. Malcolm, who is
I led at Camp Sevier. .
i. B. I. Hazard and Misses Hazel
her and Lucile HazaTtr,weTe'tb&
; of Mrs. J. L. Egerton and Mrs.
Kershaw in Hendersonville last
ay. .
ijai gg, of Charlottesvilles, S.
s the guest of Mrs. J. B. Uuili-
last Sunday.
jhas been spending some weeks
left on Saturday for Asheville.
i. Will Forest spent Thursday
mdersonville. .
Howard Brvan. who formerly
last week en route8 to his home
He Cest, after spending several ,
is m unio.
Laughter and little daughter
e, spent Tuesday in Henderson-
. M. Baumberger went down to
Wednesday to meet Julia and
who were returnfng from
iS Hazel Cullinhpr mntorfid to
lersonville with friends. Friday
noon.
ecial prayer services for Amer
ind her Allies were held in the
:opal church in Saluda and the
es at Mountain Page and
idship on Thursday morning. In
afternoon all the graves of the
erse were decorated,
ss Higginbotha has been called
harlottesville, Va., on account of
illness of her mother. She has
the guest of her friend, Mrs.
Hearon, for some time.
;s- S. Coward, of Spartanburg,
ed on Tuesday to spend some
here.
lsiness at the Park Theatre is
nS up and therefore it will re
open till September.
J"da and surrounding community
touted very liberally to the Red
s drive. The drive came to a
; pn Sunday evening, several in
fH addresses being made by
!n? tourists.
Earnest Leland has arrived
' Uemson College to spend the
Jith his family.
iS Minnie Morris, of Asheville,
'e guest of Mrs. Henry Ward.
r- Uaud Thompson, of Camp Se-
. 18 home on a furlough,
sses Porcher, Alexander and
foreland have arrived from
nburg. ,
js- Baker and1 children have ar
vom Spartanburg to spend
e time here.
Hester and Miss Hester, of
are guests of Mrs. Locke.
iS" .1aker- stationed - at Camp
kll th'. Spartanburg, spent last
JJd vnth his family at Dr.
evml V Hart visited friends in
erv last Sunday,
it i, . Coward, of Spartanburg,
ice nf w?ek-end here. His moth
ccmpanied him home last Tues-
idavPavk rTheatre ' will show every
its V Wefnesday and ! Friday
u ? awhile, then every night
tt D1K feature oov. n.'f-
r.and Mrs
PrtanK, . ,CltV Iast week from-
k 'JJ: Aailbraith, of Spartaii-
b. w7 w dQIew davs with Mr. and
Mr n, k,ldtuni iast weeK.
tiams . n race has returned to
feh snn:: , several , months; fur
Hr Air , lCldH.VCB,, t
t, of n c ', Aait and Miss Eleanor
s. H narieston, are guests at
uckes.
Messrs. Rns coll ort1 XT
have arrived from Piedmont College
Demorest, Ga., and will, spend tU
summer here.
Mrs. Rohpi sVin-f.j -i--mj
-o.viu ouu cnnaren,
of Georgetown, S. C, have arrived.
w ociiu uie summer and arp
guests at Mrs. Garren's.
Miss Margaret Simmons, of Vir
ginia, is expected this week to spend
a while as the guest of Mrs. Locke.
Misses Brooks, of South Carolina
arspending some time in town.
Miss Fannie Hume, of Charleston,
w-i vlsltmg her brother at Miss
Wilcox's home.
W. S. S
COLUMBUS.
There will be a meeting held at
the Columbus Baptist church, third
Saturday in June in the interest of
War Savings. Speakers will- be se
cured for the occasion.,
Mr. Roy Lewis, who has just re
turned from the Baptist Theological
Seminary, Louisville, will preach at
the Columbus Baptist church, Sun
day, June 9, at 8 p. m.
Mr. and Mrs. Elias Walker visited
tneir daughter, Mrs. John Hutcher
son, last week.
Edna Pack spent the week with
Ruth Hutcherson.
Mr. Walter Ridings has been very
sick this week.
Mr. J. R. Shipman and children
wer6 in town, Monday.
Mrs. E. C. Shore and children are
visiting relatives in Virginia.
Mr.' Wajter McCurry, of Spartan
burg, visited Mr. and Mrs. Luther
Case, last week.
w. s. s.
TRYON ROUTE 1.
The fathers, mothers and friends
can now breathe the sigh of relief
that the transports that conveyed
oqr boys across the mighty deep has
landed saiely in harbor.
An bfficial Red Cross inspector says
"You mothers of Americans, if you
only could have seen the expression
on your son's face as they marched
from 'theirships into the Unknown,
erect and unafraid,- to look destiny in
the eye, you would Have thrilled with
pride." -.- -.v. . ,
"" I say,1iurfah 'for Plk who doubles
her quota on second Red Cross War
Fund, and for the ."NEWS who lends
her , little patriotic hand to rouse the
people to their duty, to this and oth
er great war needs.
The boys who wear the khaki must
have help to win the war.
Mr. Fishtop, we-I-have two com
tassels, the third of June. Can you
-beat it? But we have no peaches.
Mr. S. Br Edwards has purchased
an Overland. We hope he won't meet
with the luck of Uncle Josh.
Mr. F. B. Nance captured a turtle
weighing twelve pounds.
A flower lover on the route walked
two miles to a neighbor lover of
flowers, and returned al smiles, with
a nice lot of cuttings.
Hurrah for the Tar-Heel who took
the village of Cantigny, and the boys
who went to supper singing, "Hail,
Hail, the gang's all here."
W. S. S.
MILL SPRING ROUTE 2.
FROM
OUR FRIENDS OVER THE G0UII1Y
Some Items of General Interest Gathered By Oar Correspondents Frem Various
Sections of Polk Count 'f
BIG LEVEL.
FISHTOP.
Weare sorry to hear of the illness
of Mrs. Robert Walker.
We are glad to learn of the safe
arrival of our boys in France.
Born on the 28th of May, to Mr,
and Mrs. Jesse Case, two fine boys.
There will be some harvesting done
this week. Grain is good, the only
lack is not enough sown.
Clean out your crops now, then
plant some more potatoes, early
corn, cane and peas for feed.
T. E. Pace with his two daughters,
Misses Estelle and EVa, visited the
former's son-in-law, Herbert Pace,
Saturday night, and attended singing
at Mountain Page, Sunday.
We learn that Mr. Lafayette
Thompson is very uneasy about E. J
Bradley, as he has not been in Saluda
for two Saturdays. We hope he will
rest easy, now, as Bradley was in
Saluda, Monday with peaches.
A. F. Corbin has closed his writing
school in Bright's Creek district, and
is now teaching near Walker and
Fishtop. He spoke Sunday at Sunset
school on the plan of organizing War J
Savings societies.
MELVIN HILL.
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Farmers , are making -good use of
this fair, hot weather, filling grass.
Mrs. DellaVMorris arrived home
from a week'jl visit to her jhother, at
Henrietta, Sstuday afternoon. v
Crops areilooking fine in this sec
tion; a 4good stand xof cotton general-
iy. i ff
There was to have been an ice
cream supper and cold drrnks at Mr.
Jack Burner's, Saturday jnight, but
everybody wad so hot and tired after
a week of hard work, in I the fields,!
that they came by the car loads in
the afternoon and gobbled j it all up
before supper time.
Mr. and Mrs. Ransom Horn made-a
flying visit to relatives hef-ej Sunday'
evening. .
Wheat fields are beginning to look!
yellow, which indicates thait the har-!
j. ! -.. i
vest-is near. . ?
Messrs. JeSse Jones and Richard
Mclntyre have a garage iri the roller;
mill building , here. ' : - ;
Mr.. Alex Blackwood has? purchased
a new car. f
Mesdames Waldrop and tacy call
ed on Mrs. Morris, Sunday tevening.
.Look xut for. an eclipse jbf the sun
next Saturday. I-
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D-ilDS PRDOE.
"I haven't much in the. way o wealth" &e saidjjwith
a smile to me. ; 1
4But I never. have left a dozen men to drown in a
wintrysiea. i?
; Ihete are things &want -thatil c&iitluyvuj'to
satisfied after all,
For I never have handaged a woman's eyes an' shot
her against a wall. $
' 'The papers each morning leave out my name,, there
is nothing in all I do
That editors look on as real live news or worthy, a
line or two.
But I'm quite contented the way things are; to my
fate I am reconciled,
For I have never laughed in a golden court iyhile
women were being defiled. I
' 'It isn't much that I've had on earth, but all jj that
I've had I've earned, I
An' I never have heard old people shriek, in grief as
their homes I burned. $
The only power I own down here is a vote onfielec-
tion day, j!
But that's better far than the ,kind of might that jj
will slaughter a babe at play. jj".
"I'd rather be in my humble shack with the little
that'sjnineto own, f
Than the blood-stained creature.of wealth and Jpow-
er who sits on a Prussian throne;
For I never have crimsoned the ground with blood,
nor ordered a wife to die, ,
Nor left men there in the wintry sea, to get wfiat I
couldn't buy."
Farmers in this section are well up
with their work.
Mrs P "R. Coccins visited
the latters sister, Mrs. King Steppe,
Sunday.
Tvrwo MvTtla Whiteside. Maude
Lynch and Messrs. Clyde Wilson and
Claude Williams, motored to Chimeny
Rock, Sunday.
Messrs. Claud Ruff and Howard
Allen, passed through this section,
Sunday.
Misses Grace Gibbs and Annie Wil
son -were the guests of Miss Thercy
Burnett, Sunday aiiernoon.
Mr. Charlie Brown has gone Tto
South Carolina for a few days. He
is to leave soon for the training
camp.
Bill and Maggie Jackson have gone
to visit their brother, Mr. Pink Jack
son, near Sandy f lains.
Mr PVpH Gihbs made a call at Mr.
G. S. Whiteside's, Sunday.
Mrs. J. L. and Miss . Bessie Jackson
visited Mrs. U. S. Gibbs, Sunday af
ternoon. Mr. Squire Brown was fortunate
enough to catch a large mud turtle
one day last weeic. , (
Mrs A. H. Lvnch visited Mrs. JN.
E. Williams, Sunday.
Arkansas Jackson visited Miss uma
Gibbs, Sunday.
Mr. Ziba Wilson wrote his parents
that the ship on . which he sailed
landed safe m r ranee, wu, uic rai
ser. Our boys will get him, yet,
Whiteside visited Mrs.
J. B. Wilson, Sunday last.
Mrs. Martha Gilbert visited -ner
mother, Mrs. N. E. Williams, Sunday.
Miss Mae Lynch was a dinner
guest of Mrs. George Ruff, Sunday.
Mr. Clarence hiteside, of Mon
tana, is expected home, b" as he. is
to leave shortly for ! the. training
camp. , v -i iz
- Messrs Furman Jackson and T. ,N.
Wilson have purchased Ford cars. ,
Mr. Lawton Wilson;- of Spartan
burg, is home for a few days.
i Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wilson and son,
Waldon, visited the home of Mr. N.
WiiHorVis 5?aturdav evening.
i Mr. Willie "Mills was a caller at
M. U. S. Gibbs', Sunday.
Hello, Poplar Grove, I'm all right,
but guess who I aw.
Mr Andy Gibbs visited Mr. Jesse
Green, Sunday.
Mrs. J. L. Taylor visited Mrs. Thos.
F. Mills, Sunday.
Mr. Aden Green visited at Stonv
Brook farm, Sunday.
The farmers in this section are;
helping Uncle Sam by cultivating all'
the ground possible. ;
Mr. Pitts, from Spartanburg, vis-
ited .at Mr. Thos. F. Mills', Sunday, j
The boys in this section enjoyed
the chicken roast last Saturday night.
.Preaching services at Big Level.
next Sunday. AH come.
MILL SPRING.
RESULT OF RED CROSS ? DRIVE.
Rev, J. M. Barber attended Quar
terly conference at Buffalo, last Sat
urday. I
Mr. Leo rJnsco of Hopewell, va..
is visiting his parentsat this writirig.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Gibbs and
daughters, Esther and Sue, were out
motoring, Sunday afternoon.
Rev. Roy Lewis is spending a few
days with bis parents at this writing.
He delivered a very interesting ser
mon at the Baptist church Sunday
morning, and another at the Metho
dist church Sunday night.
Mr. and. Mrs. Leo Brisco were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. M; Ross,
Sunday.
Mr. J. M. Barber's family is quite
sick. "
Mrs. L. C. Gibbs visited Mrs. J. H.
Gibbs, Saturday afternoon. j
Little Horace Brisco is very sickl
Mr.-Joe Lyim Walker's little babe
passed to the happy beyond at . the
Rutherfordton hospital, last Wednes
day. Funeral services were held' at
the Baptist church, Friday. -
Mrs. J. M. Barber was called away
last Tuesday to attend the funeral of
her grandfather. j
Miss Helger Hampton is visiting
her aunt, Mrs. G. C. Brisco.
Mr. Pat Arledge visited his sister,
Mrs. Jesse Splawn, Saturday.
Misses Bertie and Nell Jackson and
father, of Tryon, attended preaching
at the Baptist church Sunday, and
lso visited their grandmother, Mrs,
L. Jackson. - j . ,
Chairman G. H. Holmes gives out
the following figures as the result of
the recent Red Cross drive in Polk
county. It will be noticed that the
country districts are becoming arous
ed to the serious needs of money for
this organization, and Greens Creek,
especially, comes up with a good do
nation. As time goes on we predict
that all the remaining townships of
.FoiK county will be doing their full
share in all branches of war charity
work.
Great credit is due Mr. Holmes for
the result of this campaign, for he
was on the job every day until the
campaign closed, and results" speak
for themselves.
Mr. Holmes also wishes to thank
the various committeemen who did
their work so well.
Contributions as follows:
Tryon...... $1,131.25
Tryon colored people 33..05
Tryon, Route 1 6.90
Saluda , 400.00
Lynn 125.20
Greens Creek Township..... 271.30
! Columbus ........ 84..50
Mill Spring, Fisher 0, Cloud 22.
Edgar A. Guest in Detroit Free Press
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PEA RIDGE.
Misses Mollie Dalton and Ruth
Green, and brother, Ralph, have re
turned from Brevard school.
Mr. J. T. Corlew is visiting in
Asheville and Penland at this writing.
Freddie Connor is home from -Tennessee
to register June 5.
Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Brisco motored
to Spartanburg, Saturday.
Mr. James Thompson spent Sunday
with his brother, E. G. Thompson.
Henry Foy and wife were guests of
Mr. Jim Foy, Sunday.
Collett Fowler and wife spent Sat
urday night at Mr. John Foy's.
Pink Macbee and family were call
ers at Jim Milton's, . Sunday.
Luther Philips -and wife spent Sun
day at Jim Phihps'.
Mrs. E. Taylor and Mrs. P.G. Bris
co are on the sick list.;
,Rev. J. M. Barber failed to 'fill his
appiontment- at Pearidge Sunday. A
large crowd was there?, but was dis
appointed, i
Mr. Joe McGraw and family, from
Spartanburg, spent , Sunday at ,W. J.
Wilson's.
Mr. John Shehan and daughter
made a shopping trip to Rutherford
ton, Friday.
Mr. Frisby, from Rutherfordton,
spent Sunday night at St. ; Thomas
Mission. -
Mr. J. T. Green and family spent
Sunday afternoon at J. T. WaJdrop's.
CROSS KEYS.' I
The fanners were glad &o see the
fine shower that fell Monday evening
Most of the crops are looking fine
through this section. I
Young Mr. Thorne, of Ohesnee, y3.
C, preached a very interesting ser
mon at Greens Creek, last Sunday.
Wheat harvest will soai be here,
and we are expecting the largest
wheat crop that has ever ifeen raised
in this section. jjf ,
Mrs. C. R. Collins, .'four 5f her sons
and B. B. Flynn, motored . Gaffney,
S. C, last Saturday. f?
Mrs. D. P. Welborn, Mfss Nettie
Lou and Roy Welborn, epent he
week-end with relatives a Hickory,
N. C. 2-
Mr. W. E. Cantrell is at ;home now.
Mrs. J .0. Bishop has bven on be
sick list for the past weelk.
Mrs. H. E.. Flynn has len under
the tioctor's care, for' he last two
Mr. J. D. Weaver-and family visti
ed.at Mr. H. E. Flyna!s,. lajst Sunday.
A 4arge crowd attended a singing
at Mr: W. B. . Jones', last Sunday.
Mr. Ransom Horn and Miss Eva
Sims were married, last wek.
Misses Bertha and Margaret Canr
trell have returned- from Diytqn, ya.,
where they 1 have 'been in college. '
' The doctor was called, ..ednesday,
to . see the little daughterf . Mrs T.
A. -Pendleton, f
Mrs. J. M. Brian and son, MrV How
ard Brian, and Mis Ellen Moore i are
visiting relatives in Henderson and
Buncombe counties, this week.
Miss Priscilla Camp has returned
from an extended visit in Athens,
Tenn.
Mrs. J. W. Clark, who visited' her
niece, Mrs. C. E. Gray, last week", re
turned to Rutherfordton. j
Mrs. Welborn has returned to j her
home after several days' absence.
Mr. W. A. Mills and Mr. Ed. Bryan
visited Mrs.R. L. Camp, last week.
Rev. T. E. P. Woods and family,
of Westminster school, were in j our
community, Monday.
The friends of L. F. Camp will be
glad to know that he has arrived
safely in France.
W. S. S.
SALUDA ROUTE 1. :
Total $2,122.70
W. STS ,
A UNITED NORTH AND SOUTH.
Tryon is a "melting pot" for North
and South. Like two rivers they
unite here and float down life's
stream calmly and peacefully to
gether. Tryonites will therefore ap
preciate the following from Governor
Bickett's speech before the League to
Enforce Peace, at Philadelphia, about
three weeks ago one of the best and
most original, pithy, witty and sen
sible war talks delivered anywhere.
It was a corker:
I have been particularly asked to
speak for. the south on this occasion.
kWellr this .much I , -wi1 rsayr and,this
much I will swearDixie will do her L-
duty ! Already from N the Potomac to
the Rio Grande is heard the cry that
rang through Shiloh's woods and
Chickamaugua, the fearless south
cheering on her sons, and I know that
when the Godlike genius of Lee and
the unconquerable soul of Grant shall
sit down together at the council table
of the allies, when the martial notes
of the Battle Hymn of the Republic
shall mingle with the maddening
strains of Dixie, when the fiery spirits'
of Sheridan and Stonewall Jackson
shall ride the whirlwind and direct
the storm, then something bad is go
ing to happen to the Hindenbui g line.
W. S. S
CLOUD NOMINATED.
The singing at Mt. Page was well
attended, last Sunday '. j
Mrs. Lizzie Petty, of Asheville, is
visiting her mother, Mrs. R. B. Hipp,
this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert! Springfield, of
Marietta, S. C, visited John T. Sta
ton, Saturday and Sunday. j
Miss Delia Wade, of Asheville: at
tended the singing at Mt. Page, Sun
day. '
Mr. Thos. E. Pace and daughters,
Estella and Eva, of Fishtop, Spent
Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert E. Pace.
Mrs. Sophia Wade, of East 'Flat
Rock, is visiting in this section this
week. ! .
Prof. Early Staton attended
Singing at Mt. Page, Sunday.
Hurrah for the NEWS. If
want to know what is going
Polk county, just read the NEWS.
Prof. J. B. Rhodes, of Tigerville, S.
C., was at Mt. Page Sunday.
There was lemonade served at Mt.
Page, Sunday, for the benefit ofi the
Red Cross.
W. S. S
SILVER CREEK.
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the
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The Democratic primary in Polk
county last Saturday was a very
quiet affair, there being but 219 votes
cast in the county; 'Cloud received 121,
Fisher, 98, giving Cloud a majority of
23.
As it is Polk's time for the candi
date the other counties in the district
had no primary, being guided entire
ly by the action of Polk county.
Below we giv th vot in dtail:
Tryon, Fishr 86, Cloud 16.
Columbus, Fisher 4, Cloud 25.
Mil Spring, Fisher 0, Cloud 22. . .
Pearidge, Fisher 1, Cloud 6.
Big Level, Fisher 0, Cloud 12.
Greens Creek, Fisher 5, Cloud 35.
Saluda, Fisher 2, Cloud 5.
W. S. s.
MEMORIAL DAY AT
GREENS CREEK.
Mr. Harrison Arledge returned to
Camp Sevier, Tuesday, after spend
ing three days with home folks and
friends.
Miss Jessie Green returnel home,
Sunday, after spending a week With
her sister, Mrs. Roy Jones, on Pea
ridge Walter Green enjoyed a visit last
week-end calling on friends at Pacolet
S. C. !
Mr. Reagon Bradley was home Sun
day, from Camp Sevier.
Mr. Nun Arledge made a flying
trip, Sunday, from Spartanburg,
home. j
Chairman A. F- Corbin was seen
passing through this section Monday.
Mr. Will T. Green was calling ,on
friends near Saluda, last week-end.
Mr Boney Arledge was home, Sun
day, from Spartanburg, S. C.
Mr. Roscoe Hall was a visitor in
this section, Sunday afternoons j
1 The farmers are busy with their
crops, as it is such fine weatheri for
working. -1
Everybody work to win this war of
ours. i i
Editor Polk County News:
It fell to my happy lot to be at
Greens Creek Baptist church on
Thursday, May 30th, which was set
apart by Congress and the President
of the United States for fasting and
prayer. Fifty or more patriotic men
and women met at 11 a. m., and re
mained until 1 p. m., in almost un
disturbed prayer and sjpng service.
The meeting from frst to last was
characterized by strong spiritual pow
er. A few excellent; talks were made
and all went home with glad hearts
that tln:y wre orcitrc at such a mat
ing. J. R. SAMS.
W. S. S
A GROUND HOG CASE.
A few days ago Mr. Jim Turner,
on Landrum Route 4 caught a ground
hog on an ivy bluff on Mr. Frank
Belew's farm. We think it must
have been the first one he ever
caught or saw, for he fairly shouted
when the dog dragged it out. Guess
it would have been a grand sight for
everybody to have been present at
the time. He , alarmed all near by
neighbors, but the best part came
when Mr. Jim Fisher, of Tryon, came
down, and they had a grand feast on
ground hog. v Suppose he will go
ground hog hunting real often here
after. DAVID' WY AT.
7-W. S. S
MEETING OF FAIR DIRECTORS.
The directors of the Polk County
Fair Association are hereby request
ed to meet at the Bank of Tryon, in
Tryon, on Monday, June 10th, at 10
o'clock a. nv Let every member of
the Board attend this meeting, as
very important matter is to come up
at that time.
W. T. LINDSEY, Pres.
B. F. COPELAND, Sec.
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