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VOL. 24 NO. 51
State And M
Condensed Ii
?National News?
Boston, Dec. 13. ? The "prophet
of the Back Hay,' Harvard's pre sideni-emerltus,
Abbott Lawrence Lo
(well, today begun ithe 83rd year of
his ilfe. Lowell served Harvard fir
a quarter century before his retire
meat from, academic life in 1933.
' Washington. Dec. 13. ? Prospects
for another Senate battle over an
antMynching bill developed today
with an announcement by Senator
Van Nuys, Democrat, Ind.. that the
controversial measure would be reColumbia.
S- C.. Dec. 13.?It was n
question today Just when . the Stat1
Supreme Court would hand down a
decision In the appeal of six cot)
. vlcts from a death sentence Impos
ed in the slaying of a penitentiary
guard captain:. The tribunal heart I
the appeal Oct. 10 Out has not hin'ed
It would render an opinion.
Newberry, S. C\. Dec. 13. ?7 A sun
nearby, Robert L. Epting. IS year 0I.1
Insurance agent, whs found shot to
death yesterday in the loft of a barn
at his home here, lie left letter^ to
several friends. t
Hollywood, Dec. 13. Eva Tang
uay, 80 year old1 former stage favorshowed
marked Improvement In a
critical Illness today.
Neve York. Deo. 13.?Long-distance
trucks mowed freely in and outt
of New York. CKy today, with the
settlement of a five day strike but
higher meat prices were forecast as
the result of a walkout by packing
house employees.
Washington, Dec. 13. ? The Rooss
volt Administration Indicated today
ix mgpi chick wun cottars loans as
well as armaments irt? efforts to pro
h(>te injer^me^itttn solidarity and
trade.
iVeterans' Checks Ready
For Distribution 'i
Forty six . checks totalling $7,062.
60 have been received in the office
of E. A. Houser, Jr., Clerk of Super
lor Court, for -distribution to veter
ans and wtdws of veterans of the
Chril War. The checks will be distn
buted. beginning Friday lnonring
December 16.
Only five of the checks are for vet
erans, t!he remaining veterans living
in Cleveland county. Theee five men
each of whom will receive $182.50
are:A. F. Connor, Reuben McSwarfn,
T. G. Phil beck, J. A 81tna. and W. W,
White.
Attention Is culled by the Clerk's
Office that in the event of the death
durtcg the year past of any peraou
(whose name is on the list It will be
Impossible to deliver the check until
an affidavit has been prepared by
some near relative, this affidavit to
be returned to Raleigh for authorixa
tlon before "payment. The clerk's of
flee will be open Friday from 8:30
a. m. to 5 p. m. and Saturday from
8:90 to 4:00 p. m. for distribution ol
chocks.
Laughing Aroi
With JRV
All the Way
By IRVH
QNCE upon a time, I was writir
the favorite dishes of various
undertook to be facetious touchini
this connection pulled a line which
"The averace Englishman ha
wit, boiled potatoes, boiled cab bag
potatoes."
' Response to this phimsy was
lishman in Canada by mail prompt
that I had been polity of a deliberi
either npon my intelligence or my
correctly observed, I have spoken <
hot two.
Also, from faraway Australia
transplanted Englishman, who, '
deplored my ignorance of the scop
dom as foondin the British Isle
varieties of edible vegetables wh
. tables of his countrymen st home,
raw, the rutabaga, the mangel wu
Bat that is not the mam pobi
fact, my Join, which seemed to
colonies was sa adaptation of a i
the ancient mpee^ete of the little g
teacher to name six animals found
"Three walruses and three po
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Kings
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lational News"
n Brief Form I
lil
i ?State News? u
Gaston, Dec. 13.?Gaston Stone ,u
and Gravel Co., new IocjI corporatlon.
has bouKht out Gastonla Quar- ^
ties, Inc., and Is opei itlng the quar- '
ry fofemrly owned by that company
on Union lloud several miles south
ol here.
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| Concord. Dec. 13.?Hilary Creed [
is recelvinK treatment in the Cai
harrits Hospital for a broken leg stis
j t aim id when an automobile driven by f*|
, j Mt. Pleasant man struck him Sat 1 ,M
j orday night.' < ,
tm11 iiw in"
Italelgh. Dee. 13.?Duke L Hartnwf.
inspector tor the state Board
j of Alcoholic Control, was fined $5o
and costs iti Superior Court here
j yesterday after pleading guilty to e |P
j charge of drunken driving.
, ?; ? I
Morvaiiton. Doe. |3.? Kd Pat ton. ^
1 .Jr.. 10, was sentenced yesterday.
Ii win cTivii ii^ i*-? i i-iii a rar iiiiiuim
with with firearms of a loan office
i hero, last September. Sentence was' jj
passed by Jiide Wilson WarlieK aft- i
i er the youth known as Morpanton'v |o
"bov bandit" entered a plea of guilty
to four chargers that" carried 'a max-' jf
itnum penatly o{ 82 years.
Raleigh. Dev. 13?Chairman frank
Dunlap of the. State Highway and
Public Works Comn^?ttee intimated
today that his Commission would
oppose the report of an appraisal
ownmittee that the Little Switaer
lan>i Ct>. should receive $27,111.72 ^
for lands condemned by the highway 'n
group.
L
Greensboro. Dec. 13. ? Police to- ^
day said they believed the unclaimed ?
body of a man found slain In Meri
dlan. Miss, is that of Sanford Sam
Childress, 40.
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Churches Unite For "
Christmate Carol j,,
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The Young Peoples groups of all p,
the Kings Mountain Churcacs arc d<
uniting for this first time in a cooperative
Christmas Carol. A meet- a(
- ing was held Tuesday night at the u
First Presbyterian Chruch with re- o1
presentatives from the churches to
make plans for. the carol which will It]
take place Christmas Eve beginning al
at 9:00 P. M. Following the singkih a|
art different pieces in Kings Moun
Htm iin? urnup win meei ai xne rirsi
Presbyterian Church at 11:30 P. M pi
for short midnight Christmas pro- d;
gram, with etifch denomination he- ?
| lng represented. m
Anyone desiring to have the sing- bi
ers render selections near their ui
home are invited to notify any
member of the group or their re- p
\ speotlve pastors. .
i Plans now are to make the singing "
i of the carols and the midnight
i Christmas program with all the chur
I chee taking part an annual event.
Complete details of the program w
i will be published in the next Issue ,lj
i of The Herald , ^
Members of the committee are: E. dt
I C. McClain. Baptist; Elisabeth An- P
i thonT. A. R. P.; Mm J. C-Nickels. A
' Presbyterian; Ruth Randall, Luther hi
an; and Mrs M. H. Riser. Methodist, cc
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and the World J
IN S. COBB ?i
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sBack
to Moses
p
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iff a supposedly humorous article on
nations. I came to a point where I
g on the food of Britishers, and in 1(
i ran something like this: n
ft Sftuy) jpv I
:
i bat three standard vegetables, to
e and another helping ox the boiled 1
o
immediate. A serious minded En?- h
tly took me to task. He pointed out ti
kte misstatement, one which reflected
mathematical sense. For, as he very .
>f three vegetables and really named
came another letter, also written by ?
writing more in charity than anger, c
e and variety of the vegetable king- S
i. He cited at least forty different
ich, he said were consumed on the
including such setaplee as the mar- _
rsel and the scarlet runner bean.
>t I was getting at As a matter of
have gone so widely astray in the R
rery old joke. I merely paraphrased <
irl at school who. being asked by her n
hi the atretic region, answered: r
lar bears." t
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KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C. TH
ORE FREAK POTATOES ' j
The Herald now has on display
,i mere freak sweet potatoes 1
anks to Nancy and Marjoile Hou J
lokey, daughters of Sirs. Bessla _
k-key. Oi\e of the potatoes roseiti- I
cs * chicken sluing. and the othet,*
very much like a bird. The feaires
of the potatoes- are very pro?unced.
;
One of the potatoes was given toj i
arjorle Lou by <a colored woman
ho grew 'it, and the other one was c
Jul in a bag of potatoes. j .
resbytcrians To Present
he '-Nativity" ' j"
'I pioneer* .ndSviiiois of the
fret I'resbyterian < hurch cordially {
Vitc me ptiiilic to attend "The Navn.?."
Sunday evi-iilint, Iter, lttii.
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'I lie lf<sid'-r. Her. P. I), Patrick
J.l^y: Mis', ( ai l HaVldson.
jcwis.it Father: Mi. liunicr Ntiar:
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Son: Jlepry Neisler.
Oldest Shepherd: Mr. Lee -Hum- '
Second ShcntlMfd : Mr tSi-nrv.
OSS. J
Third Shepherd: Lhwr< nee Patck.
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Youngest Shepherd: Charles Dlau
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Ethiopian King: Charles Campbell
Camel liby: Woody Itawls.
oooond Wise Man: Paul Neisler Jr. .
Attendant: Charles Neisler.
Third Wise Man: Jim Mekols. ,
Inn Keeper: Mr. George Cansier. .
Musician: Miss Virginia Parsons. .
Alter the service the Women s
uxillary will take a Joy Gilt OderK
1
ate IVfoil Dispatch *
tarted ?
?
Mail now will be dispatched three )
id one half hours later from the
oal post office. AH mail that ia re
ilvetl by the post office until 9:3b. (
. iM. will leave Kings Mountain tor
3th North and South points. Here fore
ouly ulail that was recelveu ]
store 6:00 P. M. left town the same ]
ry'it was mailed.
The new service started Dec. 9th,'
icording to Postmaster \V. E
lakely. To better serve the patrons 1
the local office during the Christ- 1
as rush the post office will ro- 1
,ain open all day Saturday Dec. 17
id 24 instead of ibelag closed in the c
ilernoon. i i
1
Piv:vt miaat nr ninbnlf roYioo t rvrl Hlol
? <r?VM*??p>V> *_? ** ? J V|/VUVVU U 101 I
lea for everyone to mall their hoi'.-'
ly packages, letters and cards as! .
urly as possible to avoid the last i ,
inute rush. He also asks that mail t
i addressed to street and number .
? well as the name of the person,
Lev. John W. Inzer To
iddress Boy Scouts (
Oastonla, Dec. 11.?Rev. Dr. John 1
r. Inzer, pastor of the First Bap- 1
?t Church, of Asheville, has accep- 1
d an invitation to deliver the ad esa
at the annual meeting of the t
ledraont Council, Boy Scouts of |
merlca to be hold here Tuesday
&ht, January 17th; it was announ- ,
>d today be Chatrmau J. W. Atkins (<
' the committee on arrangements )
>r that occasion. I
Dr. Inzer is widely known as one ,
the outstanding ministers In the, (
truth and la tn great demand as a
>eaker for occasions of this kind,
is church at Asheville is one of the
irgest Eaptist Churches in the
truth.
The annual dinner meeting of the
tedmont Council Is attended by
lore uian auu ?coiners irom me 111
ountlee comprL^ng itlhe area, a-1
nmg the number being many of the !
%-adlng business and professional
icn of the council territory.
>egion Decorates
Pwo Trees
? .
Two trees have been decorated
fth alt colored light and other
ihristmas ornaments by the local
'oet of the American I^eglon. One
f the trees is in front of the First
latlonal Bank and the other one is
a front of Plonk Brothers and Co
W. W. Souther and P. Q. Ratterree
ad' charge of the decorations.
Ichool Holidays Begin
Saturday
One of the biggest and most apreeleted
gifts of the Christmas Seaen
is the School Holidays which bein
Saturday, December 18th and
ontlnues until Monday Jan. 2nd.
rwo full weeks of care free days
ram books, teachers, and hells will
>e enjoyed by students of Kings
fountain. "j
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URSDAY, DEC. 15, 1938
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tied cross
Roll About
Finished
Our jiiuuul 1U>11 Call lor Kings
Aomuain u about completed ana
ve Ulu nappy to repot > that the
niiulul woikcrs hove achieved out*r?s.
It has boon a pleasant cxperuac
>vT u? .u aaviug a part in this"
oble woik. The workers have been
airhiul aiul have given of their time
rlthout tomplanii. We are talcing
nt.v ne ihod of expr< using our hearty
ppr-rial Ion to each worker.
W'i.lie U is true that we did not
lulu- reach our guil, still we have
lad lie best response that our Chap
Ill- I ll r 11
iV? w./e asked to raise SdatHl.OO.
iiii! 'lie total amount to date in II.iSii.iui.
tit this amount only $125 rtu
vns "given in pledges. The bilanc.c
vhs in eat'h. We feel, that every dolm
<>i tJie pl< dg<-d amount w ill tic
aid
National Ked ( ross assigned 'us a
[uota 01 iuii lH' inbcrsnips mid to
las^ pe have 484. almost 25 per cent
?v?-r tin; quota.
To tueh worker 'and subscriber we
!Xpr<?aH our appreciation. We feel
hat you are glad to have a part in
his work nd are made to feel that!
ray because of tin.- spirit in which
ou have responded.
While It U Impossible to tal^e the
ime and space to list the workers <
>y name we feel that^special 'men/
ion should be made of Mr. Z. Kl
"ranford and the employees of th$?
' ora Mill. Thin group raised more
money and 'secured more member- j
ihips than any othgr Mill Group iii;
lie town. They did'a most splendid j
>1ece of work, getting $99.75 or
heir people to subscribe.
-The help and cooperation of work
irs and citizens has been a pleasant
ixperience and we appreciate every
isei stance and a satire you that we
lave enjoyed serving.
" U. Boyd Hamm
O. A. HMdgoe
Chairmen of Roll Call.
Elobert S. Harmon
[Mes At Age of 90
Robert S. Harmon, 90. prominent
armor of the El Bethel section, near
Cinsa Mountain, died Saturday night
ollowing a long illness. He had been;
:pnflned to his bed, however, for'
inly a few days. The only close suriving
relative in his Immediate fatnj
ly. a sister, Mrs. Lydia Davis. is!
iving at the age of 97. Funeral services
were- held Monday at 2:00 r>-!
n. at El Bethel Methodist church of;
vhich he had been a. life long mem-1
>er. At the time of his death and
or many years prior thereto he had |
een chairman of the board of stew-,
irds of that church.
Surviving are four sons. Rev. J,
'alvin Harmon of Wilmington; Ha-;
nah. North and Oscar Harmon ofj
Kings Mountain, seven grandchilden
and nine great-grandchildren. He
van the son of Haywood and Polly
Branton Harmon.
MJTO SLIGHTLY DAMAGED
IY FIRE
Firemen were culled out Wedneslay
mornipg at 9:15 to extinguish a
>laze in the Packard car of Herman
Falls on Ridge street. The fire was
put out with. Chemicals. Very little
latmage was done.
Will Rogers' j
Humorous Story j
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' By WILL ROGERS
"THERE is probably nothing more
annoying to us rich Americans
than having to answer all the questions
the custom officials fire at us
on returning from Europe. The
Kuys that wrote those "ASK ME
ANOTHER" ' books must of all
worked for the custom house judgtn'
by the number of foolish questions
they ask you. Before you get
through with em they have you
wondering if the suit on your back
Is your own.
A couple of weeks ago a customs
official began to truestfon a woman
who had Just arrived in port with
the usual. "Anything to declare,
madam?" ? "why no," she replied
sheepishly, "nothing at all."
"Well then," the hard boiled
custodian said, "I guess I can take
it for granted that the fur tall
tielnTi out from under your coat
la yoor own T"
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lerald
Dedication Speaker
HL ^B
P*^B
iSp'/
1?| / KL <^J&.
R:;V'Vm
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Dr. O. K. Cornwall. Head o? .he Hhy
sical Education Department of the
University of North Carolina, who
was the main speaker at the dedica
tion exercises of the Phys cat Educa
tion Building.
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Physical Education
Building Is
Dedicated
new Physical Education Build
ing of the 'Kings Mountain School
System was officially dedicated Tue?
day night with Dr. O. K Cornwejl aw
^bc main speaker. The dedication ser
vices were held in conjunction with
the regular meeting of the Parent
Teacher meeting ct Central School.
Mts. Paul iMauney, Pi v-s idle n't lot
the Parent-Teacher Association. at
the conclusion of the program tn the
Central Auditorium Invited the large
number present' to inspect the
new building.
Supt. B. N. Barnes presided during
the program and introduced the Invited
guests. Members of the School
Board were oh the stage along with
the speakers and visiting coaches
from nearby schools.
Mr. Charles Thorn asson. member
of.the School Board, explained the
bufMUng program which Included the
new gym. Mr. Thomasson brought
out interesting facts about .he local
school system. He stated the five
pieces of property belonging to the
schools were valued at $202,850. thai
1,783 pupils are enrolled, and 52
teachers make up the faculty. The
School Band represents a cash investment
of $12,000, said Mr. Thonv
usHou. nt> aiso Biaiec t.;at me rnysical
Education Building was the
best constructed building in Kings
Mountain
Coach Crowell Little Introduced
Dr. Cornwell. who is head of the Phy
sktal Education Department of the
University of North Carolina. Dr.
Comwell stated that he thought !t
was the duty of public education to
teach more than what can be learned
from books. That when a child grad
uates from public school he should
be able to play and to amuse hlmeeU
in some sort of healthful mannef
which la accomplished by physictl
education. \
Glenn "White, member of the
School Board, read a list of items
that were placed in the cornerstone
of the building while It was under
conettructton, Dec. 2. 1937. The list
follows:
1. History of the Kings Mountain
Schools 1874-1937. 2. Couimeucemeni
program May 1937. 3. Article cor
oerning rating of the Kings Moun
tain High School, taken from King)
Mountain Herald of Thursdiy, Au
gust 13, 1936. 4. Annual school edi
tion of Kings Mountain Herald
Thursday. May 28, 1936 5. Ohirlottt
Observer. Tuesdaly. November 28
1937, carrying a special section boos
lng the Cleveland County schooli
and Kings Mountain school*. 6. Pic
lure of board members. 8ui>ertnten
dent. Coach of Athletics, and toigl
school principal, taken from the spe
cial school edition of the Herald foi
1937. 7. Picture of Commercial De
partment of 1936. 8. School Facts.
9. Facts concerning the cost o
the building, etc. 10. School Dlrec
tory of all Kings Mountain teacher.
1937-1938. 11. A new 1937 penny. 12
A new 1937 dime. 13. A 1916 Cans
dlan quarter. 14. Picture of 1937 mot
ttors" who were influential in work
Ing for the new Physical Educatloi
building. / '
Mrs. F. K. summers man a orrp
of the history of the Kings Moor
tain SchioU which was placed In th<
cornerstone.
Paul Nefsier, Jr., PVewMent o
11-B Home Room explained that h!
room voted to beautify the ground
around the new building and plan
shrubbery.1
After the Inspection of the net
building Dr. Oomwell showed mot
tng pictures of the late footbe
games st Chsipel Hfll
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THE .1
HERALD
FIVE CENTS PER COPY '{
Shopping Season I
Before Christmas 1
Getting Short I
Nine Da/s For buying Are Left.
dliopiiiiii; days mini Christmas-Are jfl
Li-iomiiio t'i -wer mi it feWvr. an-l
nii'iv only iiiiie ?Hop|>iu<
w?yu. _ a
('hrUtmas i ^ lis <>u Sunday this }
' year, uieaiL. tliat m.-re will
J lie. a lull ? !; hi *lu.|>|iiiii> d'js lu
I the tuiaj **?? * In-i.itv. . l'liii.<tuun?.
j AiiU -tlnr Mill 0'1 h busy v.vi'li lu S
Kings .Moiintiyiii .-Him
KiUKh . aV?- ti?hantjt rvpon
w
chum* h .,i, thtxi more l :;ri>. Christmas
shopping ,# l>i-inn lion*- ml# j fur
. J
I tutu III .- M-i:ii >. J
'I'll- l?|i\i:-. r.T. .-i # 3 iv (vjirt it ulurly '
attractive, ,ui?J the Christmas winnows
an* it .-.hiiI;, w? it wniii seeing "J
at night 11.- iiit ifhaiiiiS have. uiwio
a .-inii tl i ft n thi<- jt-av lo featurv
j iiU-u CJii'i..'; ?# mi tiluuidUe iu tile
| Windcr.si in attractive maimer, suni
ia sut'vcj of tar- liu-iiii-ss 'section will J
j leve-al tljar I lie) liate succeeded in
their effort*, t
[ The siores art- filled with suitable
gifts ol' all kinds, and this year many
new ileitis lor Chrlstuius-ure being
featured. ' .
MerChants are expecting good business
during Una week-end, and be
ginning next week, they- expect a J
Christinas rush to start which will
coiiHinue up infU'-l-H Chris visas Eve
when the stores close. ,J?
Persons in Kings Mountain and
nearby who nave not yet done their
(Thristmas shopping, should do so. - .9
during the next few days. ? .]
Christmas Decorations
; Must Be Up By Saturday
~
Both residents and business bouses
must have their Christmas deco- ?
rations completed by Saturday Dec.
17th, to be eligible to win one of Che VJ
four cash prizes offered b>" the
M Pll'd Pliih Annthor mllnnr to K? ? * I
the competition is that lights must
be left burning until 10:00 p. m. un|
ill Jan 1st for residents and until
Christmas for businesses houses.
The purpose of the prizes was-to
stimulate the holiday season by the
beautiful d6coration, and if they are
not up shortly the season will be ^
over
Cash prizes totaling $30.00 aou
offered by the Men's Club according
to Arnold Riser, President.
Considerable interest was aroused
last year, and it is hoped b.v tnenibers
of the Men's Club that even
j more would enter the- contest than
;i Inst year.
CONTRACT FOR
j ADVERTISING
FOLDER LET
joliit committee from the Lion*
.Tiub and Business Men's Club met
' at the Town Hall office Monday with
, Charles 1)111 tug. Clerk, and signed a
i contract for the printing of an advertising
folder. Interesting fleet and
' pWCuree of Kings Mountain and
, Kings Mountain Battleground will
i be contained In the folder that is to
> be printed In colons- 10,000 of the
i folders are to be printed. The total
cost of the pamphlet Is to be $259,
with the Towo, the Lions Club, and
1 The Meat's Club paying one-third of
the cost each. -
CfiuMnqfon
\ W&napAhcU
j JameS Preston _
(Opinions Expressed In This Column
Are Not Necessarily the Views of
i This Newspaper.)
Them Is a mounting recognition
r here in Washington that the next
- mission o i congress win not oe conten*,
as the Brain Trust would like,
f to agatn start out on a flurry of
. passing new law-s. Congress will, un
t der Its own leadership, spend much
:. time reviewing those laws that have
- been passed In recent years as enter1
gency legislation and that may hanre
been standing in the path of recovt
ery.
The Wagner Aot Is definitely slay
ted to come In for this kind of serut
tiny In an effort to end the Indus*
e trial warfare which! U precipitated
and to make it fair to all workers
f and employers, rather than an asset
s only to one minority group,
s Now the farm act Is in the proems
t of being thrown iivto the same hopner.
The Influential Senator ''lark of
v Missouri has been one of those to
r- predict that Congress would subject
11 the existing farm leg I list too to otst<Cont'd
on Editorial pegs) ?
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