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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-12-15
A Kew to Editorial Expressions.

An attentive reader of newspapers can
sec O great deal more than is set down
on the printed page. For instance, an
expression common in these days of
nominations is, "While portion of the
ticket is not such as we should have
nominated, we shall give it our hearty
support" This means that the editors
most bitter enemy, who will give the
printing to the other paper if he can, Is
on the ticket and the editor hopes that
the low down reptile may be beaten out
Of sight. In the case Of distinguished
orators, the remark, "The Hon. Mr..
Blank was attacked with sudden indis-
position and did not speak" means that
the venerated statesman was too drunk
to hold his head up. The observation
means the same thing when applied to
the lights Of the American stage. "We
failed to catch the last words of the
speech means that eloquence at the
critical periodwas drowned in "budge.
eve regret that we have not space to
publish the gentleman's eloquent effort
in full means that, in the editors opin-
ion, tie speech would have made rehec-
tive mule leave his oats, and that it
! would be an outrage on the public to
| print it. "We may refer to the address
hereafter" means that the newspaper
man feels happy at getting out Of it this
| time, and trusts that perdisiOn may
seize him if he ever mentions the mat
ter again. In obituary notices "con-
gestion of the brain," when applied to
gentlemen of easy views in regard to
drinks, means delirium tremens, and "He
was his own worst enemy" means that
the deceased was o drunkard, and the
worst enemy of the people who loaned
him money. "He had his faults, who
of us has not ?" is an equivalent express
sion. In regard to performances, dram
attic. and otherwise, "Those who failed
to be present missed rich treat" means
that everybody "failed." "The audi
ence was small but appreciative means
that nobody was present except the
holders of complimentaries. "Owing
! to the inclemency of the weather the
audience was not what it would have
been," means that nobody would have
been there had the sky been as clear as
crystal, and the neighborhood been
famed by the spicy breezes," according
to the hymn book, "blow soft DER Cey-
Ions ISLE" In the way of dramatic criti-
cism "Mr. Montmorency shows some
crudity and inexperience, which will
doubtless disappear with time apd
study" means that Mr.. NJ. is hopeless
and irredeemable stick" Finally, "A
scandal in high life has been brought to
our notice, of which we shall have more
to say in few days." that means-well,
that means business. " - AtchiSon
(ka8) Champion.
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Village Life in Western India.

In this new work on the "Industrial
Arts OF India" Mr.. @. M. Birdwood says
Of the typical village:
Outside the entrance of the single
village street, on m exposed rise of
ground, the hereditary potter sits by
his wheel, molding the swift-revolving
clay by the natural curves of his hands.
At the back of the houses, which form
the low, irregular street, thereSSare two
or three looms at work in blue and scar
let and gold, the frames hanging be
tween the acacia trees, the yellow flow
ers Of which drop fast on the webs as
they are being woven. In the street the
brass and copper smiths are hammering
away ut their pots a1d pans, and further
down, in the veranda Of the rich mans
house, Is the jeweler working rupees and
gold mohrs into fair jewelry, gold and
silver earrings, aud round tires like the
moon, bracelets and tablets and nose
rings, and tinkling ornaments for the
feet, taking his designs from the fruits
and flowers around him, or from the
traditional forms represented in the
paintings and carvings of the great tenn
pie, which rose over the grove of man.
goes and palms ut the end of the street,
above the lotus-covered village tank. At
$3.50 or 4:30 in the afternoon the whole
street is lighted up by the moving robes
of the women going down to draw water
from the tank, each with two or three
water jars on her head, and 80, while
they were going and returning in single
file, the scene glows like Titian's canvas,
and moves like the stately procession of
the Panathenaio frieze. Later the men
drive in the mild gray kline from the
moaning plain, the looms are folded up,
tho coppersmiths are silent, the elders
gather in the gate, the lights begin to
glimmer in the fast-falling darkness, the
fensting and music are heard on
evory side, and late into the night the
songs are sung from the Ramayana or
MarIbharata. The next morning, with
sunrise, after the simple ablutions and
adorations performed in the open air be-
fore the houses, the same day begins
again. This is the daily iife going on
all over Western India in the village
communities of the Dakhan, among q
people happy in their simple manners
and frugal way Of life, and liz the culture
derived from the grand .epics of relig-
ion in which they live and move and
have their daily being, and in which the
highest expression Of their literature.
art and civilization has been stereotyped
for 5000 years."
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Search the Scriptures and arm $40.

The publishers of the Holly Springs
(Miss.) Reporter, in their prize puzzle col
umn, make the Iolo inS offer: To the per.
son who will first t II us which is the long
est veis", which the Shortest and which
the middle verse of the Old Testament, y e
will give $50 in gold. To the person who
will first name the book and division in the
bible in which occurs every letter Of the
Hebrew alphabet will give $50 in gold
These premiums to be awarded on the 18th
of January next. Those who contest for the
premiums must send p. O. Order fer TWEEN
ty-hve cents, no STAMPS. for which they will
receive a copy OF the Reporter of Jan. 10th
containing the correct answers and names
and postofioe address of parties giving
them, to whom will be awar ded the prem-
ums. Address, CUBLTSHERs OF REPORTER,
Holly Springs, Missi,S. nu:
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Notice.


F rom the 10th of October. 1881, to
the 1st of July, 1882, genuine ROCK
SPRING WATER will be supplied to Gus
toners by Ellis & Co., of Bailey Springs,
Ala, at the following rates: ..
Ten gallons in anti-corrosive can .$5. 90
Same can refilled at. at.............. 400
Five gallons in anti-corrosive can. 1926
Same can refilled at. at............. ESQ
Nine gallons in glass bottles. 80. 7.50
Reasonable freight and express rates
are given by all railroads. This water
has been known for nearly fifty years
as a sure cure for Dyspepsia, sure cure
for diseases of the Kidney and Bladder,
sure cure for all curable cases Of
Dropsy, sure cure for Scrofulous cases
of the Bones or Skin, and certain de-
stroyer of the terrible thirst for intoxi.
eating drink that overcomes so many
worthy resolutions. Deprive drunk
ard of his dram for three days and
meanwhile give him plenty of Rock
Spring Water, and he won't want the
whisky. Don't you think it's worth
trying2 If you do, drop a postal to
Ellis & Go. It will cost only cent. .
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PROF: RAoun P1oTET, of Geneva, is
engaged in working out a problem in
marine architecture, the proper solution
of which he believes will effect revolu.
tion IN ship building. His object of
study has been the construction of a
keel which shall cause the ship to glide
over the water instead of pushing its
way through. The resistance of the
water to the passage of O vessel is in
this way reduced to q minimum. He is
now experimenting with keel upon this
principle.
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IT HS SENT FREE
Post Paid, to all Applicants.
Address Dr. j. HI. SCHHENCK q RON. No.
600 Arch a., Fh1AssSlelphiR, Pm.
From Mr.. &. w. Fl. Martin, Of Alton
DepOt. Va.
ATroN DEPOT, NELSON Co. VA, Sept. 10, 1871

AYroN DEPOT, NELSON Co. VA, Sept. 13, 1870.
Dr.. J. II. scHEscK, Philadelphia, Pa.
Dear Si:I feel it to be my duty 10 you and to all who
may be suffering with that awful mption-
write you The change for the better that has been
made in wifcs condition by you and your great medi
cine. On August 49, 1879, my wife taken down with
the Consumption cl.led in Of the best doctors IN
this county. He attended her ms faithfully n
could doing everything In his power, but che got
every day. In October called another doctor. They
both SAID she Could not possibly live for she had
humpon, and that her lHngs were nearly gone She
at this time the most pitiful object had
perfect Skeleton coughing and splitting large
quantities of matter. tried all kinds of patent medicines
that were said to Consumption, but nothing did her
any good.
On the st Of October the doctors and all her friends
gave up. their opinion that could not live
five days longer. By chance got of your books,
scribng similar and their cure and the 9th OF
November wrote to you, describing her You
me to give my wife your medicines according TO the
printed directions and you thought she could he cured.
l nj once bought some Of your EHulnOutc syrup,
ReaVgctd Il Tonic and Mau.Irnse PHla, and gave
them to her. She began to improve at once, although
the doctors and her friends said throwing money
away. In few days she got she could lay down
seep-a thing she had not been able do
first talk EN- sick her appetite improved, and
such wonderful change. Everybody who her
astonished, for the like had been in this
county
On :he 23d OF January you and examined her
lungs with your Resprometer. You pronounced
right lung nearly gone and the left badly affected (he
thing her former physicians had sad but you said
she was improving fast rs possible.
About the st of June she commenced attending to her
household duties and has continued to do since
doing all her cooking and sewing herself and her
children, and to-day she looks better than she
ten years.
My wiIe's is looked by the many who sa W her
as the wonderful cure that has been made in
the State Of Virginia. it like raising the dead Some
the medicines you sent me have aold and they have
failed TO give entire sal sfacon. There great
deal Of medicine sold in this vicinity and has made
other cures almost wonderful rs that Of my wife.
Ny purpose in thus writing to you to benefit Others
who may be suffering from that dreadful disease Con-
sumption-and will cheerfuly answer all inquiries that
may be made Of me- whether by correspondence per-
sonay and refer to thirty forty persons OF the
highest standing in this community who will Vouch for
oil that have written.
You're, etc.,
q. W. H. MARTIN.
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INDIGESTION, dySpepsla, nervous prostratlon
and all forms of general debility relieved by
taking MKNsMANB PEpToNtzEp BEEF ToNIo, the
only preparation Of beef containing its entire
nutritious properties. It contains blood-mak-
critics; is invaluable In all enfeebled conditions,
whether tho resNlt Of exhaustion, nervous pros,
ration, overwork, or acute disease particularly
II resulting from pulmonary complaints, Cas-
we'll, Hazard q Co., proprietora, Now York.
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The latest tool for cutting glass is
said to be q thin German-silver disk,
impregnated with diamond dust, while
for drilling holes, similarly impregnated
cylinders are used. These tools are said
to cut very rapidly, and to show little or
no wear from use.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-12-15

A MAN apparently frozen to death in
the neighborhood of Solothurn, Swizer-
land, was placed upon the dissecting
table, and giving indication of remaining
life was restored by the efforts OF the
physicians.
A MARYLAND exchange refers to Mr..
.Thos. G. Forward, of Belair, that State,
who was cured by st. Jacobs Oil Of
rheumatism. - Rochester (M. W Sunday
Mor7sSn0 Tribune. :
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"Fenale COnnpIaInts." {"

DR.. r. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. Y.:-Denr SIR
write to tell you what your "Favorte Pre-
scription has done for me. I had been great
sufferer from female complaints, especially
dragging down." for over six years, during
much Of the time unable to work. 1 paid out
hundreds Of dollars without any benefit till !
took three bottles OF the "pavorite Prescrip-
tion," and never had anything do me so much
good in my life. 1 advise every sick lady to
take it, MRS. EMILY RHoADs, McBrides, Mich.
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ON 1TAarty Daya' Trial.

The voltato Bolt Co., Marshall, Mich, will
send their BleotTo-VoltNie Belts and other
Electric Appliances on trial for thirty days TO
any person afflicted with Nervous Debility,
Lost Vitality, and kindred troubles, guarantee
ing complete restoration Of vigor and manhood.
Address as above without delay.
P: S.-No risk is incurred, as thirty days
trial is allowed
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THE old Cunarder Persia, in its day
the finest vessel aHoat, took six tons Of
coal to carry ton of freight across the
Atlantic: the Arizona, q new steamer
about double the size Of the Persia
takes q fifth of ton. Changes like this,
p as we'll as low land rates, are swampinp
British farmers with Western grain.
FoR Christmas presentbu one Of the Mass
Organ Co.'S Harpettes, and your children will be
delighted and give you music in your own home
these long winter evenings. 49,. -
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Tho bend Canmot he Rnlsed.

nor II your lungs are badly wasted away can
you be cured by the use Of Or. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery" 1t is, however, uneoualed
az tonic, alternative, ard nutritive, and readily
cures the most obstinate cases Of bronchitis,
coughs, colds, and incipient consumption, far
surprising in efficacy cod liver oil. Send two
stamps for DR.. Pierce's pamphlet On Consump-
tion and Kindred Affections. Address WoRLD's g
DIsPRNsARY MEDICAL. ASSOCIATION Buffalo N Y
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What q Boy Can Eat.

An inquiring and anxious boy of 10
writes the editor of great morning
paper for advice as to eating. Says he !;
is the soup you get in restaurants
goodP Some of it appears to be greasy. I"
Very profitless is the answer of the cdi-
tor to the boy: ga boy, says the scribe,
80 boy, in truth, ought not to think
about such things. His physical econo-
my is marvellous contrivance, and vet
it is one that performs its operations
without help from his intellect" Yes,
boy. Eat anything. Because you're a
boy and have good, strong stomach.
Forget you have q stomach--beoause
you're a boy, Eat heavy bread, sour
bread, leathery cooked meats, greasy
pies, poisoned candies, anything, Sverv-
thing-because you're boy, and yol'Te
supposed to have stomach which will
digest tenpenny nails. Eat when in a
profuge Precipitation, eat and work or
study the moment you jump upfrom the
table, eat whatever is set before you. be
good, bad or Indifferent, and all because
you're boy.
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A CERTAIN peculiar plant is known ia

A CERTAIN peculiar plant is known iR
New South Wales as the "sIloe!olack
plant. The flowers contain large pro-
portion Of n mucilaginous juice, which
forms IN excellont substitute for shoe
backing, producing q brilliant polish.
This juice is used by Chinese ladies' for
0yeing the hair, and it is said that in
Java the flowers are really used for
blaoking shoes
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ct KNOW" said tourist in New
Jersey, that the owner of that farm
was a famous apple-stealer when he
was boy. He keeps two dogs in his
orchard 4"
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No NAN can read Chicago newspa-
per account of how some one with S4O0
made $50, 900 in three months, on pork
or wheat, without wanting to sell his
shirt for fifteen cents and buy futures in
tl1rnipc -
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YOUNG and middle aged men suffering from
nervous debility. premature old age, loss Of
memory, and kindred symptoms, should send
three stamps for Part VII Of pamphlets issued
by Worlds Dispensary Medical Association,
Buffalo, N. Y.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-12-15

PARAGRAPHING is o good deal like
"poclIet" mining. Occasionally rich
vein Is struck and worked for all it is
worth, and then the paragrapher goes
prospecting around for q 'new lead"
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Ir is sad but true thata man who once
becomes deaf seldom enjoys a happy
hear after. #i.
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SUFFERERS from Constipation should make
one trial Of Kidney Wort and be cured.
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No MAN knows what ministering angel his
wife is until he comes homo one day, suffering
with dreadful Cold and she happens to have
bottle Of DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup In the house.
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1t PAYS 10 be Polite.

A gentleman at Bridgeport was an in
terested and amused party in an~opisode
which occurred at the South Norwalk
Depot. While strolling about the plat
form waiting for train, he saw a woman
slip on something and nearly fall. Full
of sympathy and politeness, he hurried
to the rescue and assisted her to rise.
AS she assumed all upright attitude,
however, something escaped from her
possession that at once caught her bene-
factors eye. Itwas nothing else but his
valise, which he had left in the depot
minute before, and which it appears the
distressed female was trying to get away
with. The gentleman is more than ever
convinced that politeness does pay
NetU Haven Palladium.
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nature that she surpassed the ordinary
beings of earth. She was n ministering
angel to Sheridan, and from the mo-
ment she died he became an altered
man, ,Mt
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Roor Affects the Wad,avs

And it may seriously interfere with the health
unless promptly counterac ted, and for this pur-
pose Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver Cure has
no equal
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IT is impossible for woman TO suffer from
Weakness after taking Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. ''.. n
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REhFTy'S SPIAN0F0RTES.-M -Magniicens
holiday presents square grand four very
handsome round corners rosewood three UniSons.
Belttys machless iron frames STOOL book cover boxes
S227 to S29S .50 catalogue prices. $500 TO S1000
years's Upvtsht PianofOEtea 012S TO 1856; cata-
ogue prices $500 to $500 standard panofortes OF the uni
timonials BeaIty's Cabinet OR(SA Ms, cathedral
church, chapel, paror, $50 upward Visitors welcome
free carriage Illustrated catalogue o
day edtion) free. Address or call upon
DANIEL f. R&AEEYl WEasaReEoN, NEW JEnSEI
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'ROugh ON Rats
Ask Druggists for it. 1t clears out rats,
mice, reaches, bed-bugs. 16c.
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eS TAX NOtis,0

It sometimes happens that the horny
handed prospector knows little or moth
ing Of the forms required by law
when locating a claim, and in such in
stances the honest old boys just drive
ahead and do the best they know how.
A griZzled old bunch of ambiguity struck
q lead near Gunnison, COL, and left the
following notice written on an old en-
velope and stuck in split stick:
"TAK NOTISP'
The undersined CLAIMS this lede with
ali its diffs, spurs, angels, sinosities,
etc., ETC., from this stalk 100 fete in
each direcshun, the Same being A silver
barring load, and warning is hereby given
to Awl persens to kepe away at their
peril. Any pesons found trespasing on
this Clame will Be persecuted to the ful
extent of the law. This is no munky
talk butt / will assert my rites at the
point Or The sticks shutter if legally Neces-
sary to talk head and good warning. Ac-
cordin to law post This Notiss.
"JoHN SEARnR."
<,vS,.--
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MIR. T.. G.. GARTMAN, the business
manager of the E'venirg Dispatch, Of
York, Pa, was cured neuralgia by three
applications of st. Jacobs On.-Boston
(Mo8s.) Saturday EUening Express.
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THE value of the sheep in Texas is
$13, 800,0 900.
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The first Normal school in America
was established in Concord, Vt. in 1923.
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Poverty and Distress.

That poverty which produces tho greatest
1stress is not OF the purse but Of the blood.
Deprived Of it's richness it becomes scant and
Watery, a condition termed anen,id In medical
writings. Given this condition, and scrofu-
lOus dwellings and sores, general and nervous
debility, loss Of flesh and appetite, weak lungs,
throat disease, splitting Of blood and consump-
ton. arc among the common results. II you
are suffering from thin, poor blood employ DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery" which
enriches the blood aud cures these grave affec-
tions. Is more nutritive than God liver oil, and
is harmless in any condition of the system, yet
powerful to cure. BY druggists
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A CRACKED bell can never sound
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mlnuS us OF q Doy'B story
Of a dog and the comet,
and which we here give
in a short extract from
the boys letter: "Golly,
Bob, you ought to ha'
been there last night to
a-seen the fun. Tom
Winkins' dorg Toddles
was a-Settin' at the gate
again at the Comit,
when along comes old
Sykes lnrned rnt fnr
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TORMENT, INDEED.

Iifes vexations do not generally come on one
like storm descending the mountain or like a
whirlwind; they come as the rain docs in some
sections of the world-gently, but every day
One of lifes diScOmfnrts is nresnntnd hnr1,ritT.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-04-01
CITY DIRECTORY.
Prcsbytcrinn Church.

presbyterian Church.
Rov. j. Y. Allison, Pastor. Scvices at
the Church, Grammont and Catalpa SITS,
first second and third Sundays each month.
Protestant Episcopal.
Rev. Jamos Philson, Rector. Services ut
Grace Church every Sunday morning ut !
o'clock; evening at p. m.
Roman Catholic Church.
Rev Father l.. Enaut, Pastor. Services
ut 81. Matthew's Church every Sunday.
10 o'clock, Il. M; Boncdiction OF tho Blessed
Sacrament ut o'clock, u. m.
Methodist Episcopal.
Rev. Il. Il. White, Pastor. Services mt the
Court House; second and fourth SUNDAYS
of each month, morning and night.
Baptist Church.
Rev. W. 4. Mason. Pastor. Services ut
the Church, Grammont AMI st. John stS.,
every sunday.
Congregation B'uni Israel.
l;ev. \. Levy, Pastor, Services every
Friday, 80 =. M, mt Temple Sinai.
Officers: =. Marx, President: l.. Bloch,
Nico President; Marcus We'll, Secretary
Jonas Meyer, Treasurer.
Z. a. NJ.
Monroe Chapter, No. Is. Meets in SAN
each month.
Officers: Il. Richardson. II. T.: II. w.
RichardSon, +. Is; r. l.. Mccormick, E.S.;
=. s; $. Marx, Il. y. c.: Jas. McNeoly, q.
NJ. $rd V; J. l.. McGuirc, g. NJ. End v:
VIC. Kennedy, g. NJ. LIST V: =. Meyer,
Treasurer; j. IL. Milling, Secretary: j. g.
Sanders, Guard.
Western star Lodge, No. ~. Meets in
sanders Hall, first and third saturdays in
each month.
Onicers: l.. w. Surghnor. w. NJ: Jas.
McNeelY, =. w; II. Noise. y. w; -. Mover
Treasurer; j. IL. Milling, Secretary: w. l..
Rcnwick, :. u; j. Il. IllngSworth. !. D.;
j. @. Sa-dcyS, Tyler.
Board OF Trade.
Regular meetings first Monday each
month at SanderS'S Hall.
Officers: Jos. Hoffman, President; !. G..
Sanders, Vice President; j. l.. Ealiski, Sec
rotary; Lewis d. Allen, Jr., Treasurer.