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The Lamar register., 1908-10-07

so sorry to keep you waiting he said. But
l was detained at the office with an out-oftown
customer. Just couldn't get away
The excuse sounded all right and was accepted
by the hostess, but it was myth.
The truth Preoccupied. he had gone
home from the office at the usual time and found
the house locked. much his surprise Where
in the mischief his wife and children? he
wondered Why didn't they tell him they were
going away?
He went all around the house and tried the
doors, but they were locked. Then he found a
piece of iron in the backyard and broke open a
window and crowded in.
He CROW ded out through the window for the
evening paper and crowded back. He read the
paper, and still the wife and children didn't re-
turn.
AT 6O3 O'Clock he remembered the dinner en-.
gagement While he dressed and rode 20 blocks
the guests waited. But others have made the
same blunder.-Kansas City Star.
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Truly a Fearful and Wonderful Thing
to Contemplate.

What a language-what language
it is that we speak! How little We
may depend upon rule once learned!
We note the word that is formed ap-
parently exactly as is some other
word whose meaning we have been
taught to ascertain by the application
of certain rules. and, behold! we make
an egregious-nay,e even a ridiculous
blunder.
For instance, we say man has been
disarmed, meaning that he has had his
arms taken away from him. But when
we speak of the prisoner after the dis
arming scrimmage as being dishev-
eled, we do not mean that they also
took his hevel away from him. OF
course not.
We mention the dehorned COW,
meaning that the cow has been taken
while calf and robbed of her horns.
Yet when We speak of a man who has
been defeated, we do not refer to a
man who. while calf. was tied up and
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A timely article in the October Cen
tury will be comparison, by the Hon.
Seth Low, member of the Civic Fed
Grafton, of the Republican and Demo-
cratic platforms in their treatment of
the labor question. Under title Of
THE Writ of Injunction as a Party
ISSUE" Mr.. Low discusses at length
and with open sympathy with the gen.
eral aims and purposes of organized
labor-the attitude of the general pub
lie toward the injunction, the two in
junction planks, labor and restraints
of trade and why parliament may pass
certain legislation and congress may
not.
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original charge against hi mand says
his denial was due to influence exert
ed over him by his beautiful wife.
Just before the city was taken he
had sent her to distant province for
safety and on the evacuation by the
French he had implored her to come
back Ito husband who worships you
and who respects You beyond all 9th.
ers." At the time the count was AZ
and the countess So. In his letters to
her he had frankly admitted that he
had given orders to fire the city.
When he was accused of the deed By
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A group of aeronauts were telling
balloon stories in the smoking-room OF
a Chicago hotel. Capt. H. e. Hon
eywell, who, with the Fielding-An-
tonic balloon was later to break all
Iong-distance speed records, laughed
and said:
1.-THE great Elyot made a balloon
ascension from Charleston one hot
summer afternoon. A thunderstorm
came up. Elyot, amid buckets OF rain.
the roar of thunder and the flash OF
lightning, was blown about like this
tledown. On toward midnight he
found himself over plantation and
threw out his anchor-a grapnel at
the end of long rope.
1T happened that a co'ored man
had died in one of the huts of this
plantation. The funeral was to take
place in the morning. A dozen friends
of the dead man sat in the soft sum-
mer night before the hut, telling ghost
stories.
Suddenly in the darkness above
them they heard strange noises-a
Tapping as of great wings, and menac-
ing cries. And they saw dimly forr,-
less black shape,
"All but one man ran. This one
man. as he covered on his stool. had
the ill-luck to be seized by the Crap
mel.
1.-THE grapnel. going at great pace.
whirled him up four or five feet in the
air and jerked him along at the rate Of
fifteen miles an hour or so.
f. "'Oh. massa, massa,' he yelled,
squirming and kicking in that strange
iuh 10 iHIy in,
de house dab. In de house dahl"
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THIS LANGUAGE OF OURS

robbed of his feat or his feet.
We say that Anne Boleyn and other
ladies' were beheaded, meaning that
they were placed upon a block and
had their heads chopped off. But
take, again, the word befuddled--we
speak of man being in such condi-
ton. But do we mean that he lay
down on a block and had his fuddle
chopped off? Certainly, certainly not!
So you see how untrustworthy this
language of ours is.
Glass is dismissed. Take the next
two pages for the next lesson
Judges Library.
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WHO BURNED MOSCOW CITY?

Rostopchine was said to have been the
incendiary. In 1923. however, he pub
lished a pamphlet, THE Truth Con-
corning the Great Fire of Moscow" in
which the blame was laid at the door
of French soldiers made mad with vod-
ka Now. however. the granddaughter
of the governor-general, Countess
Lydie Rostopchine, in a biography of
her grandfather, substantiates the
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Citizeness-"Did you go and thrash
that editor for printing those things
about your"
Citizen-'I went to the office, but 1
couldn't find him."
Whom did you find there?"
mo one but great big bull-necked
fellow who pretended he was respon-
slble for that article. but l knew from
his looks that he couldn't write."-New
York Weekly.
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Chiefly Legal Advice.

S"Sty 1SSo' SS''~S'
A certain prominent lawyer OF Tor
onto is in the habit of lecturing his
office staff from the Junior partner
down, and Tommy, the office boy,
comes in for his full share OF the ad-
monition. That his words were appre-
ciated was made evident to the lawyer
by conversation between Tommy
and another office boy on the same
floor which he recently overheard.
"Wotcher wages?" asked the other
boy.
Ten thousand year." replied Tom
my.
Jaw, g'wan."
Sure" insisted Tommy. unabashed.
-Four dollars week in cash. an de
rest in legal advice. "-Everybody'
Magazine.
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the man VINO taxes put little rest from NlS>[S
his labors, spoke for IS hours. Il was ~
a memorable speech because of its
length. Then Senator Gore took his
place and spoke for quite while longer
All this done to keep Senator Aldrich and
his friends from putting passage the compro-
mise measure. 1t regarded as a certainty
that the bill would pass and the oppositions
idea in the beginning was TO keep talking until
midnight March 3. 1909. in shifts of eight hours
each.
Whether it was by Encouragement by acct
dent few will ever know, but the fact remains
that when of the flibuster aides neglected
his cue. an Adrich supporter jumped into the
breach. secured the floor and made the motion
put the bill on passage. 1t passed and ended one
of the most spectacular nibusters which eglsla-
tive circles of the country have ever recorded.
For that reason the United States now has $780,
100000 in emergency currency ready to put out
at nstant's notice to stem the tide which
panic would bring upon the country.
Then came the work of engraving bills of every
denomination in the offices of the bureau of en-
craving and printing. First the rough paper was
received. 1t cut up into strips upon machines
which cut many thousands of notes at one time.
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Confession Of the incendiary as Sequel
to Story of Love and Hate.

Historians of Napoleon's invasion of
Russia have for more than century
been trying to discover whose hand it
was which applied the torch to Mos
COW or gave the order for the contia-
grafton which precipitated the French
emperor's retreat. says the Washington
Post. At the time Count Theodore
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Doctor-All that ails you is indiges-
ton. caused. l should say. by improper
ly prepared food. Better try new
cook and see how that works.
Pat'ent-It may be as you say. doc
tor, but-er-I'm afraid l won't be able
to get rid of my present cook quite SO
easily as you think.
Doctor-Why not?
Patient-She happens to be my wife.
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NJ I'M "A RIM OV 4 aAzXH.
|lVUVWA7ZK, LTLSR0PLD, VIII
MYTH Be AN0z2ED *

tor. and their aides in
the role of the opposing
minority. Everyone ia
miliar with parliament
tary rules of congress
knows that speeches are
limited in the house. but
in the senate a man may
hold the floor for
months, providing he
has something to talk
about.
Senator La Toilette,
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Elsie-What are goose eggs in a
baseball match?
Harry-They are innings when no
runs are made. Why do you ask?
Elsie-Oh, thought maybe they
were laid by the fouls in the game
Chicago News.
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In the meantime the dies were cast
by the engraving bureau. This en-
craving required the greatest care
for a single deviation in lines upon
the copper plates meant that the
bill would be thrown out and the
entire plate would necessarily have
to be made over again. Dozens of
experts were put to work upon the
plates. The dies made. the work
of testing and finally printing was
entered into. II was perhaps a
month after the measure was passed
before the presses were set in mo-
ton in the printing offices turning
out notes of great and small de-
nominations.
An army of clerks was rendered
necessary to keen tab on the plates,
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After Several Hours He Remembered
His Dinner Engagement.

Dinner had been ready and waiting
20 minutes. The wife of the tardy
guest was very much embarrassed.
Just to think that her husband was
so rude as to be late at dinner en-
gagement and Keep all the guests
waiting! After while the belated
one arrived, redfaced and perspiring.
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A Preliminary Requirement.
Tom-Why don't you get a new
suit?
Dick-I can't find a new tailor
alf-Holiday.
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termination OF the question whether bank join
ing an association could withdraw from 1t after
complying with all the requirements of the law.
The treasury officials regarded this question as
purely academic but they took the matter un-
der consideration and decision was reached on
this point in n very short time The act itself
is entirely silent the subject.
The proposition of putting such a great
amount of currency was one which held the bu-
reau of printing and engraving in its throes for
many anxious months. for it pointed out
when the measure finally passed congress after
a long fight that while 1t decidedly improb-
able that there would be a panic this fall, it
was certainly necessary that the currency be
ready for deliverance in unsettled condi.
lions should introduce themselves into Wall
street and other big financial centers of the
country
But il the word of the trainers of the Aldrch.
Nreeland statute is to be believed such
ditions can arise simply because of the existence
of the emergency currency act
Most readers of congressional news in the daily
papers remember well and followed closely the
struggle which took place in both the house and
senate coincident to the passage of the bill. The
senate refused to accept the Vreeland BILL manu-
featured in the lower branch, while the house of
representatives could nothing but evil things
in the Aldrch measure-that Is, the majority
Speaker Cannon of the house paid several visits
to President Roosevelt at the White House. The
executive insisted upon work being done by con-
gress, If it only this law. Finally the
opposition forces met in caucus and then there
was another caucus, most of the points in dispute
being settled. The bill passed the house with
much acclaim from those who had aided in effect
the compromise
Tfen'came the struggle in the senate with SEN
ator LaFollette. Senator Gore, the blind egisa-
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A wise man doesn't lie-neither does
he tell all the truth he knows.
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IA GOOLH0GE

the notes into such shape that they
might be put upon the market.
Acting Secretary Coolidge OF the
treasury overlooked the work and the
bureau OF engraving ana printing
which put out the currency was In
charge of Superintendent Ralph.
Each day Superintendent Ralph de-
hered into the hands OF the treasury
officials between s2.00O,oO0 and $4,000
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paper and invoice the notes to the treasury
department. AS fast as the bills turned
out by the department of printing Superintend-
ent Ralph, who is in charge of the entire bureau.
personally inspected samples and ordered them
turned over to the treasury officials. They were
then stored in the vaults in the treasury offices
the nc
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A man who will rob Peter will sell
dom pay Paul.
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Instanfs notice 10 NIP
financial panics in the bud. Great
progress was made by the treasury
officials in getting the monster bun
dies of notes into shape to be issued
at a moments notice.
Handy had the bill which created
this emergency currency passed the
gauntlet held up by congress when
treasury officials were at work to put
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ONE MANS MYTHICAL REASON.

DdllKS tHfUIIeu III IIIe tIIICI SeIl
rency associations.
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1t Trinity iiurch.

Easter Services al Trinity Episcopal church will be as follows:
 Sunrise communion at 3:23 o'clock. Morning prayer and Easter song service at t0:30 o'clock This service promises 10 he the most beautiful ever held in the church.
 The order of service will be as fol lows:
 Organ selection-Mrs E. ". Bocase. Processional hymn, Come Ie Fauhful" Choir,
 Sentences of Scripture, St. Luke XXiy-3f-Rector.
 Lords Prayer-Minister and con @regation.
 Easter anthem. Christ Our Pass oyer.- Choir.
 Psalms 57-ll1-Minister and conSre- gatiOn.
 Gloria Patri, Easter Anthem-GhoiH First Lesson-Old Testament.
 Te Deum. Festival IRooD-Choir. Second Lesson-New Testament, Jubilate Dec, anthem tCloush- l.eighterl rl-Choir.
 Nicene Creed and Prayers.
 Hymn an,hem Chris. Is Risen Choir.
 Easter address. Subject, Life Rev. w D. Buckner.
 Onertory, He Is Not Here, But Risen Choir.
 Sanctus tStainerl-Choir.
 Gloria in Excelsis tSchneckerl- Choir.
 Benediction.
 Recessional hymn, anthem. "Alle- luia, Alleluia Choir.
 Organ postlude, selected-Mrs. F w. Bocage. The choir is composed of the fol lowing: Mrs. Jesse k. Core, Mrs. F. A. Peck, Mrs. F. l.. Dillay. Mrs
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-04-19

Easter Day ill Pine Bluff will, as usual, be most appropriately observed in all of the churches. Unusual prepa- rations have been made for the Easter music in the churches, where it is an- nually featured, and church goers will take advantage of the fine programs that are to be offered today. The Easter hat will also have it's inning, nnless the weather man is so unkind as to keep it in doors and he has al ready announced that there may be showers today.
 At all events the services at the churches this morning are to excel all efforts in previous years.
 Easter is one of the oldest Chris tian festivals and, commemOratinS the central fact of the Christian faith, has always been celebrated with joy. It was originally a festival of the Teu- tonic goddess of spring. Ostera or Fastra. The SaXons kept the festival and when later as Christians they kept the "Pasch' in memory of the great Paschal Lamb, they called it by the same name, Easter, as it came in the same season of the year as their former heather festival.
 In Ireland they have a legend that the sun dances on Easter morning. The peasants set a tub of water out ;rht nj hp fore the break of day to see lhe sun dance in the water. In oiden times eggs were distributed from the churches they were regarded iN a symbol of the resurrection. In Eu- rope. in ancient days, in connection with religious ceremonies. it was GUS tomary to celebrate the day by deeds of mercy-granting liberty lo the cap tive, freedom 10 the slave, and pardon to the criminal.
 The Puritans, because Of the rlI ous excesses which in their day char acterized the observance of Easter put their ban upon the festival, and as d heritage of this until compara lively recent years it was not common ly observed by the Protestant church. es of America But happily il has emerged, and now Catholic and Pro- testant join in keeping the great feast of our Lords Resurrection with d seemly, holy, reverent joy. IL is one of the invisible bands which are drawing Christians together again Appropriately it comes when all na- ture is rejoicing in its own resurrec- ton. It is the time of the singing ol birds
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Easier Services M. E. Sunday School

First M. F. Sunday school will rem der a beautiful Easter service Sun day morning at 9:30 sharp. The for lowing program will be rendered:
 March-Sunday School Cadets.
 Stient rrlyer and invocation,
 Song, Awake o Earth'-TWenjieth Century Class.
 Recitat'on, "Easter Iillis5-}i' i'ss Vera Clements.
 Song, I'm Glad the Golden Sun beams Primary department.
 Recitation, Ring Happy Bells Miss Ruby McGaushy.
 CAas4ls-"The Kings Business By school.
 Prayer by pastor, Rev. T. Y. Ram sey.
 Recitation. "A Boys Lecture Robert Hohmann. Violin solo-Miss Ruth Scales.
 Scripture lesson-Brotherho Bible Class
 Song, Fair Lilies We Bring You -Primary Department.
 Exercise, The Resurrection "-Chil- ren's Brigade.
 Solo, Face to Face"-Miss Vasht King,
 Address-Rey. T. Y. Ramsey, teach er Brotherhood Bible Class. 4 Song. Message of Easter r"-Delpha i Alpha Class.
 Recitation, Over the Hills'-Geo $. Holderness.
 Exercise, "Resurrection"-Miss Suf Ramsey s class.
 Recitation, Heaven Leo Nich1i. Song. Chimes of Victory Hal 1 tom Bible Class. Benediction.
 Everybody is cordially invited.F1tA CTS, mothers especially urged to o' present and see the work the childr"i do in the Sunday school.
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P. o. CONTRACT
 TO BE LET SOON
Delay iS Commencing Work on The Local Federal Building Was Oec;!>- toned by some Alterations in tle Plans as Originally Drawn.


 The contract for the erectio.. If the Pine Bluff Pos office on the site at Walnut street and West Second aye nGe, purchased by the government some months aso, will be let at Wash ington on Apri. 90. Information has ueen rece4ved ln this city from the national ca, ,ai to the effect ,l the delay in commencing work on tie proposed Federal building. has been occasioned by some alterations which were made in the plans for the i'm provement of the building, as origin ally drawn. The bids were received February q, but the contract for the
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YOUNG BOY INJURED
 IN A RUNAWAY

Willie Williams, son of Doctor II. E. Williams, well known local phy- sician, was thrown from his buggy ill a runaway at Twelfth and Main street vesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock and was badly injured. His left arm was broken at the wrist, both elbows in- iured and his face and body lacerat- ed. The horse took fright and ran away when the harness broke. The buggy was badly damaged Doctors McGehee, Luck and Blackwell attend ed the lad after he was taken to his home. His injuries are not serious.
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First Methodist Church.

Reverend r. Y. Ramsey will occupy the pulpit at the First Methodist church Sunday. He will preach on Easter sermon Sunday morning and the following musical program will be rendered:
 Organ voluntary-Miss Winnie Har- din.
 Anthem, "Welcome, Happy Morning Lansing)-Choir.
 Baritone solo, Jesus Lover of My Soul" tMacdoughalD-Mr. TraWick
 Quartette, Jesus Lives" LorenZ)- Messrs. Martin, Huber, Towner, Har- ris.
 Offertory solo, The Homeland OHanstrom) Miss Reya Harris. Violin duet, "Andante in A CPa pini)-Miss Hardin and Mr. Quartette. An Easter Litany' 0.o renz)-Messrs. Martin, Towner, liar ris, Huber. pOs1lude The choir consists of Mesdames Da vidson. Hazeitine, Misses White, De woody. Harris. Messrs Towner, liar ris, Martin. Huber, Trawick.
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LESTER ARNETT
 AGENT AT HELEN A

Business men of Helena and citizens who have had occasion during the past several months to deal with the local agent of the Iron Mountain road will regret to learn that J. F. Govan has stepped out of that position and that he will no longer occupy the office ia which he has acquitted himself so creditably.
 His successor, Mr. Lester Arnett. formerly travelling freight agent of that road, is man of wide railroad experience who will be able to give Helena the best of service and he has already been welcomed by many Helena World
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-04-19

Thurman Louthan, Mrs. ]. II. Thach, Miss Bessie Downs, Mrs. Virgil Me Adams, Miss Irma Grace, Miss Pauline Scull, Miss Fay Scull, Miss Fannie Hardin, Ernest Walker, II. l.. Stern burg, Jno. Pend,eton, C. x. Browne, Masters Melbourne Martin, Robert MaIley, Arthur Wales, liam Robin son. Cecil Sparks, Collie, Lee, cruci- fer.
 The choir is under the direction of Mrs. Jesse R. Core with Mrs. E. w.. Bocage, Organist.
 Children s choral service at , O. clock in the afternoon. There will be no night service
 You are cordially invited to attend these services, strangers especially. The church is located at the corner of Third avenue and Oak street.
 Rev Walter D. Buckner, Rector.
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At thr Church of hriSt.

Corner Beech and Sixth, C. C. Cline, pastor. Sunday school at 9:45 a. m, l.. Y. Sallee. superintendent Subject for II a. m. service, Christ Our Pass over" At D. m. the C. F., conducted by Miss Grace Glynn.
 At night, beginning at D. nl., the pastor win preach on New Testament Revivals, Special music at each ser- vice
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Lakeside Weekly Calendar.

Sunday school at 9:3o a. m, Capt \. T Roberts, superintendent Senior Epworth League at D. m, Miss Lula Davis, leader. Junior Epworth League at 4:15 D. m, Miss Sannie Reeves, manager. Preaching at II a, m. by the pastor. Subject, The Resurrection. The Junior League will hold an Easter service at night. The Home Mission meeting is postponed one week. Prayer meeting Wednesday night Subject, The Sunday School Lesson.
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TO WALK FORTY-TWO
 MILES FOR A RECORD

Asa Smyth of Little Rock will in company with Physical Director Stev- ems of the Little Rock Y. NJ. c. A., ar rive in Pine Bluff Monday night next, preparatory to starting Tuesday morn ing to Little Rock to establish a State walking record, thus being the first
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Easter Services at Lutheran Church.

At the regular hour, 10:45 a. m., d German service will be held at the Evangelical Lutheran Trinity church, East Sixth avenue, corner of Florida street Rev. W. C. Schrader will preach on the Gospel lesson, Mark 16:1-S, his theme being, The Great Word, the Lord Is Risen" The sub ject of the sermon in the English evening service, which will begin at o'clock, will be: The Resurrec- ton of Jesus Christ Demonstrating Him the Son of God and the World $ Savior The text upon which this discourse is based is Acts 10. Sunday school will be held in the morning at 9:30. All are invited to attend these services.
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Ohio Street Baptist Church.

Sunday school at 9:3o. Preaching at three hours by Evangelist w. H. Sledge. Morning subject, Slaves Made Free Afternoon subject at 3 30, Son, Behold Thy Mother, and at night "A Man Up Tree At 3:3o there is to be a great mass meeting. Everybody invited. There have been 37 additions to date. Baptizins at 3:3o and at night.
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Carr Memorial Church.

At 1 1 a. m. Reverend o. H. keadle wilF preach an Easter sermon. There will be appropriate music for the oc- casion. At 1:45 D. m. Easter services by the Sunday school, and an inter- esting program will be rendered in which all will take part. Sunday school at 9:45 a. m., M. $. Frank, sup erintendent. All are cordially invit- ed to attend these services.