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Why He Was Patient.

Gushing Young Wife-rhis talk
about men always being impatient
when q woman Is getting ready - go
out Is all nonsense.
Her Old School Friend-whV. doos
your husband never complain!
Young Wiie-No. indeed; only Inst
evening | asked HIM to go out with
me. and | couldn't find the gloves
wanted to wear. Then | had long
hunt for half a dozen other things.
Yet, when was finally quite ready to
go, and went downstairs. found the
dear boy seated reading the paper and
calmly smoking as II had not heps
him waiting at all.
Friend-You don't say SOY But
may | ask where you were gong?
Young Wife-Shopping.
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Use Of the Weeder.

The weeder is very useful tool in
the cultivation of potatoes when prop
erly used. 1t should be run cross
wise of the rows after each cultiva-
tion as long as the size of the plants
will permit. 1t helps to pulverize the
surface and destroys many of the
weels in the rows where they cannot
be reached with the cultivator thus
making hand hoeing less necessary.
Some growers continue to use the
weeder lengthwise of the rows after
the plants are too large to permit run
ming it crosswise by removing some
of the teeth from directly over the
row.
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LAND AFTER SMALL HARVEST
enort ShouId Be Made to Make Best
POSSIBLE Use Of seanty
Soil Water.

CBy ALVIN KEYsER, Colorado Agricul-
tural College)
Harvest Is either now being finish.
cd or 10 In progress In this season
Of short wa'er supply. both under
irrigation an on dry land. an effort
should be made to make the best
possible uso of scanty soil water.
II small grain stubble Is allowed to
stand after harvest without treat
ment. the surface OF the soil soon
dries out ana bakes SO that plow.
ing can scarlrly be done. II at all. OF
course. rains occasionally come to
soften this crust. but these cannot
be absolutely depended upon. The
formation o! crust can be prevented
by thoroughly double disking after
the binder II the disking 10 we'll
done. baking and clodding OF the
surface will rarely occur. Land 90
treated may be plowed and fitted for
seeding when unified land cannot
be plowed Such land will also take
up rain or irrigation water much
better than undisked land. The
writer madc some experiments a few
yOoAo sAoo va Ihih iShlulc VI poAt h"A
agement.
The land was disked after the
binder and plowed about August l
A similar piece on the opposite side
Of 16-foot roadway was not disked
Tho blowing was done at the same
time. No rain fell from July l unil
August 81 From August 81 to Sep
tember 6 three inches OF rain fell
The land that had been properly tend
ed was we'll wetted by this rain. and
fall crops started and grew we'll. The
undisked land was wetted only about
six inches. not enough to mako It pos
sible to thoroughly break down the
Jumps.
The good effect of judicious disk
ing will be seen on the next crop
The effect is to prevent the soil get
ting into very bad condition.
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Scented a Bargain.

A worker in the Salvation Army
tells the following story:
"A down.and-out beggar came along
an uptown street the other day where
l was getting ready to hold n meet.
ing. The man looked pretty much up
against 1t. and l watched MIN to see
what he would do.
'He approached a bystarder. shame
facedly. and muttered sonnet hing. Tho
man asked him to repeat It. and
heard the beggar say:
".Pleasc sir. will you give me 10
cents for bed?'
"'Certainly. certainly the man re-.
piled. taking IA dime from his pocket.
Where Is the bed?' ?'"-Bostoa Trav.
eler.
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A Queatlon.

Vera (eight years old)-What does
transatlantic mean. mother?
Mother-Across the Atlantic. OF
course; but you mustn't bother me.
Vera-Does trans" always mean
across?
Mother suppose 1t does. Now. II
you don't stop bothering me with your
questions I shall send you right to
bed.
Vera latter a few minutes silence)
Then does transparent mean q cross
parent?-Ideas.
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~ NE OF the saddest things In lie.
perhaps, is the sight Of an
n American tourist In West
~ minister abbey. Unconvention-
al as he may be in n thousand
ings, the American Is the most con-
utional Of mortals In his attitude to-
nj the historic show places OF Eu.
o. There is but one proper way to
~ a monument, one proper opinion
express in regard to 1t. This Is de-
mined by tradition and. in the case
the abbey the Washington Irving
adiiton Is the one that must be re-
rded A hundred years ago Irving
Ablished a residence within the
III of the old minister and pro-
eded to write some very charming.
belt little florid. prose regarding
architecture and its memorials.
lis expressed feeling toward 1t was
ne of reverence and awe and melan-
holy, of admiration and respect. Now.
his was both correct and natural In
rving's time, but that was before the
ay when visitors crowded the aisles
ike cattle at the herding. when the
walls were placarded with instructions
and warnings. even as the motor
,usses that pass the door are placard-
d with advertisements, and before
outhful vergers lined up the curious
companies and collected a siXpence
piece for personally conducting them
nrough the royal chapels. The at
mosphere today, indeed. Is not conduc-
i've to meditation and reverential &C.
stasy: the abbey is as much show
place as the Albert Memorial or Earls
Court, and the sad sight referred to
above Is that of the hurried, bustling
tourists of the twentieth century try
ing to adapt themselves to the tradi-
tional pose of reverence and awe Gre
ated by Irving-trying and not sue
ceeding.
Women In the Minister.
The suggestion that Florence Night
ingale be accorded the highest honor
known to an Englishman, that Of
burial In the abbey, caused me to res
urrect from the scrap pile an old
guide to the building. written in a tone
that Irving himself would have ap-
proved l wanted to find what women
have heretofore been granted this
distinction or that of "a tablet or mon
ument in this national place of sepul-
ture, and the reasons therefor | dis
covered that their name was legion,
but that the honor given them, except
in two or three cases was for no spe-
Cial merit Of their own. Their bodies
rested there or the monument was
raised to them because they were the
wives or daughters Of this dignitary
or that, one taking the room for no
more valid reason than that she was
the spouse of an estimable gentleman
who was for time organist Of the
church. Two exceptions there were,
indeed-the one, Jenny Lind, the 9TH
cr Sarah Siddons. But their tablets
a-e of small comparative size and
value, while to this or that lady of the
court has been erected an imposing
and colossal monument. One all WIS.,
TORS to the abbey will remember be-
cause of the hideous skeleton that
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Mo AeIp Needed,

A little miss Of five years who had
been allowed to stay up for an even
ing party. was told about $3.50 to go
to bed. Very. very slowly she moved
toward the stair An aunt. seeing her
reluctance. asked:
Helen, can l do anything to help
you?"
NO" replied Helen. Il will get
there altogether too soon as 1t is."
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Mixing Broods.

Many poultrymen find it pays to put
two broods with one hen every time.
If possible, select the more motherly
hen and arrange her headquarters
away from any other hem By all
means keep the young chicks away
from the barns and outbuildings. The
longer they are SO kept the surer one
Is of health and thrifty growth.
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A Freak of Nature.

COL Dennison had become the hap
ply father OF twins. and his unbounded
pride In his two-fold blessedness
found expression on every occasion.
He stood with friend on the bank
steps one day as young woman
passed wheeling baby carriage con
tanning a pretty girl baby.
"Dosen't q woman look queer" said
the colonel. loftily. with only one
child?"
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If a woman doesn't hate man all
Of the time she is in great danger of
loving him part Of the time.
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Enterprise.

4 Boston doctor sat In a froak seat
In fremont street theater tho ether
night. In the breathless silence a.
the third act neared the climax. there
was commotion near the do0r. and
then grave voice said:
"Is DIR. Blank In tho audieaeo?"
DR.. Blank rose calmly. He walked
down the aisle with the serious. self.
contained air OF one on whom the lifs
OF fellow creature depended A
young man awaited him at the door.
"Well?" said the doctor. "Wc2 sir.
what Is it,"
Doctor" said the young DaA. a.
he drew a large wallet from hls breast
pocket. I'm Cash & Payup's nov col.
lector. Would 1t be conveniaat for
you to settle that small accoSnt this
evening g?"-Washington Star.
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a special line OF insurance has been
devised for aviators. Probably whom
they pay their premiums there will be
20 little left for gasoline that most OF
the bird men will have to got out OF
the business.
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Valuable Sow.

An Indiana man reared and sold.
at pork prices. from n Poland-China
cow in five years 70 pigs for s1.o73.sl.
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By putting on all the brakes. vii.
liam De Morgan has held his latest
novel down to 425 pages. such self.
repression has something heroic about
It
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Tbs. Permanent Equine.
Though airshipa In the bluo nay roam
And autos speed along.
It takes hOss to haul 'em hone
When anything goes wrong. ~
Washington Evening Star.

A revolt OF baseball players - being
planned. The poor FANS" most OF
whom have to cheer for losing teams.
never get chance to revolt.
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Not even the statement thaA somo
cocoanuts produce pearls Wiu bring
tho cocoanut pie back to tho popular.
ity that 1t once enjoyed.
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Nh~R AOA

Blanche-Poor Grace! She outmar-
ried herself.
Maude-Indeed!
Blanche-Yes. She married q duke,
you know, and didn't have enough
money to pay his bills.
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LUNG TROUBLE?

Have you lung trouble. or has nome friend rel
tive3 Then write for tho FRKE booklet describing
the new discovery used with such nvariabie success
In California, even In advanced ct .ges. and how
Colorado sufferers obtain this remedy. which
can be taken at homo Address, Tubercleo&ds
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M PQrIS' CORNER

\ NE OF the saddest things in life.
perhaps. is the sight OF an
American tourist In West
minister abbey. Unconvention-
al M ha may he In a thousand
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-12-08
STATE SENATOR BLUE
Is Appointed Tax Commissioner Of
West Virginia by Governor.

Governor Gfasscock Tuesday ap-
pointed Fred o. Blue, of Barbour
County, State Tax Commissioners, to
succeed Thomas G.. Townsend, whose
term Of office expired on December
J.. The appointment Of Blue will not
take effect until March I, 1911, and
until that time Townsend remains in
office. The term Of office Of the Tax
Commissioner is six years. The place
was offered to Joseph Holt Gaines
who has just been defeated for re.
election to Congress from the Third
West Virginia District. Gaines re-
fused. Blue is State Senator.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-12-08
STILL FAVOKS NEGRO EXPOSE.
SITTON

ID. In his message to the Congress
which convened Monday, President
Staft said, speaking Of two subjects
(which vitality concern the Negro peo-
sple of the Nation:
Il renew my recommendation
Ghat the claims OF the depositors in
the Freedmen's Bank be recognized
and paid by the passage of the pend
ing bill on that subject.
Il also renew my recommendation
that steps be taken looking to the
3 holding Of Negro exposition in Gel
a@brating of the fftieth anniversary
:eot the issuing by Mr.. Lincoln Of the
emancipation proclamation.
It. will be recalled that the Negro
/. exposition bill failed to receive the
2.Votes necessary, on the closing da,
4 or the long term Of this Congress
4 Tor its consideration out Of it's re
guar order and was, therefore no
s0Yoted upon on its merits, though
I having received favorable commit
too recommendation, by the House
The bill to reimburse the depositor
B IN the Inflated Freedmen's Saving
8 a. Trust Company was not reache,
3 on the calendar; though it. TOO, Dor
the seal OF approval OF the commit
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-12-08
RUSHING WHERE ANGELS FEAR
TO TREAD.

1t is with no little trepidation
that The Advocate ventures to ques
ton any statement appearing in
tfhe -New-YoFk- Age, but there an.
peared in its last issue two so glar-
ingly inaccurate regarding West Vir,
! sinia matters that We take the
chance OF being placed in the
category Of those who rush in where
angels fear to tread.
The Age. under the caption, Scott
lof West Virginia., speaks of Re
publican Senate in this state. We
rise in fear and trembling to state
that the Senate of West Virginia is
not Republican. Its thirty mem
bers are divided equally between
the two partles-there- being fifteen
Republicans and fifteen Democrats.
Again, The Age, in correcting The
Philadelphia Tribune, asserts that
former Governor MacCorkle favors
his law partner, Mr.. Chiffon, for the
United States Senate. MAY be
does and may be he doesn't but the
strongest evidence is to the contrary
The Charleston Gazette, which the
firm of Chiffon, MacCorkle and Chill
ton controls, is openly for Watson
the Fairmont coal baron. 1t would
appear from this that there is an un-
derstandlng between the gentlemen
who, according to popular belief, will
name Mr.. SCOTS successor.
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tee having It under cans iid,,t,,r

| tee having 1t under consideration.
Lest these two worthy measures
meet the same fate again, there is
urgent need Of those. who should be
most interested and who certainly
will be most benefited, taking steps
to prevent it. Write your Senators
and Representatives today, if not
more than a postal card, telling
them that YOU. are interested in
these two measures and. requesting
them to expedite their consideration
and to vote for their passage.
The financial advantage which
will accrue to members OF the race
by the passage Of the Freedmen's
Bank bill has been set forth from
time to time in these columns. The
attention or the readersSof5a.F he Ad-
vocate has been called frequently to
the great good which would come tn
us if government support could De
secured to aid us in celebrating the
tiftieth anniversary of the promul-
CATION of the Emancipation Procla-
nation. That both failed, last
spring, was, it appears, owing large
ly to the Indifference of the Negro
people and the mismanaeement of
those who We're supposed to be able
to guide them. safely past the rapids
and shoals of legislative enactment
to the harbor of the presidents APP
prevail. We are advised that ADLER
hands will hold the steering wheel
this time. 1t remains only for the
masses to impress upon their repre-
in the Senate and House,
their wish that the bills be passed. |
Will you help? !
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-12-08
Trades Be Taught
IN THIS WASHINGTON SCHOOL
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS FOUR
TEEN AND FIFTEEN YEARS OF
AGE
J. j. TURNER, SUPERINTENDENT

Washington, November IA pub
lie school without frills, one that will
| teach boys asd girls IA or Is years
OF age how to work at some legiti-
mate trade and prepare them to en-
| ter the business world as first-class
apprentices, able to earn more mon
ey than they could ceiling papers or
backing shoes, has been planned
with great detail, and probably will
be opened at the beginning Of the
next school year.
School figures show that hundreds
Of boys and girls leave school before
the age of Il to engage in blind
alley occupations, such as backing
shoes, selling papers, &C., occupa-
tons that lead nowhere The voca-
tional school is designed to fit schol-
ars into well-trained apprentices.
1Wo-year courses have been pro-
vided in seven trades for boys and
three trades for girls. For boys the
tcourses will include machine work,
biacksmithing, wagon and automo-
bile construction electrical work,
plumbing, heating, tinting, house,
sign, wagon and fresco painting, and
paper hanging, printing, brick and
stone masonry, plastering and con-
crete construction
For girls there will be courses in
practical cookery and household
management, sewing and dressmak-
Ing and tailoring and millinery. The
only academical work would be on
mechanical drawing, English, mathe-
MATES and general elementary SCI
lence.
The greater emphasis will be Dlac-
led on practical hand work construc-
ton, under conditions as nearly as
possible resembling those prevailing
in actual commercial practice. There
will be no frills in the new school.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-12-08
A PRETTY CALENDAR.

BY far the prettiest calendar for
the year 1911 which has reached this
Office is that Of c. r. Patterson and
Sons, of Greenfield, O., the largest
Negro carriage building concern in
the country. 1t is a reproduction OF
The Huntress' a painting in oil by
Albert G. Palm, an American artist
of much renown.
The Greenfield firm is making a
specially of physicians buggies and
is said to have the best in the mark.
ct. They are rated Al and have the
reputation of turning out only work
of the highest class.
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Charleston

10 Lecture on Temperance.--Mrs
Eliza j.. Peterson, Of Texas. national
81 81 uPt'lhIehdent Of the Woman S
ChilSIlan Temperance Union work
among colored people, will speak at
inc simpson NJ. Z. church, Sunday
morning, and at the First Baptist
'nurch IN the evening. Monday night
" general mass meeting will be hello
at the last named church which
every one is urged to attend. Mrs
peterson began her annual tour o
lhls section Of the state on the 29t]
UT. at Roncevcrto and will close p
Huntington on the 22nd inst. The
"'"'' 'eaRue organized by her las
year has the following officers: Mis-
L. K" Brady, Harper's Ferry, presi
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a WORD WITH OUR TrRIENDs

We have Just opened flrst-class
Ice cream parlor at the Peoples Gro
Gerry store in the x. Of P. Building,
where you will receive, the very best
Of service. Our cream Is the best
IN the land, guaranteed to please you,
Hours for Sunday: p. M. to II
p. m. We will be open every night
during the week
w. H. Parker, Manager.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-12-08

The announcement that w. E. King
IS to be retained as assistant prose
cutting attorney of Franklin county
ONO, pleases not only the Negroes
OF OHIO, but Of the nation. Mr.. King
has reflected great credit upon the
race by the manner in which he has
performed the duties Of his office.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-12-08
Will Begin Revival Soon.-Rev r

Will Begin Revival Soon.-Rev. B.
K. Reed, pastor of the First Baptist
church, will preach Sunday morning
on the subject, Who held the ropes"
He is very DESTROYS that all members
be present as he will discuss plans
for the revival which is to be started
With the New Year. AT the COM
munlon services in the afternoon the
cards which were lately distributed
will be taken up.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-12-08

Out Of New York comes the an
nouncement that Watson has the call
for the United States Senatorship,
And yet our Democratic friends have
the nerve to talk about SCOTS unfit
ness for Office on account Of his
wealth.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-12-08

The news comes from Washin pton
mat Lewis and Cottrill are going to
get the Jobs for which they have
oeen named. Glory be! We thought
the President was only fooling.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-12-08
LOCALS AND PERSONALS.

ne Tribe Of Judah entertained
AZ lioIel broWn, Thursday evening.
MISS Prudio Campbell has gnf-
ic'ehtly recovered from the opera-
ton which was performed nnon bnr
~ 'no general hospital last week. 10
return to her home On Lee St. 1870
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Amelia J. McDaniels

Gent; Miss Amelia J. McDaniels,
Fayetteville, vice president; Miss
-Fff'e Dennis HaFper's Ferry, record
ing secretary; Miss Elizabeth Sims,
Harper,s Ferry, corresponding Sec
rotary; and Miss Elizabeth Moore,
Charles Town, treasurer.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-12-08

The Nashville Clarion will please
take notice that former Governor
MacCorkle was not a candidate for
the-United States Senate He was a
candidate for the State Senate. to
which he was elected.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-12-08

The 'lntellectuals'' class
which has had its head educated and
LOOKS down upon those not similarly
favored-surely can not feel like a
three ring circus and hippodrom
since Washington welded his shilal-
lah last month.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-12-08

X. w. Snead, of Page, spent Mon
day and Tuesday in the city.
Chandelier cluster puffs at Mrs.
Browns, 500 Capitol st.
Mrs. Susie Harper passed through
the city Monday from Hot Springs
en-route to join her husband at
|Clarksburg.
J. E. Clark was in Cedar Grove,
Tuesday,. =.
Mrs. Mabelle Simpson is i'll at her
home on Washington st.
John Twist returned from Hot
Springs, Tuesday.
The Loyal Union will meet, Mon
day evening, with Mrs. Rosa A.
Thompson, Young st.
The Ladies' Needle and Art club
will meet next week with Miss Hat
tie Taylor, Court St.
Rev. and Mrs. G. w. Muse, of
Grafton, are in the city on business.
Miss Henrietta Vinton Davis, eIo-
cuhonist of Washington, D-,C., drew
fair size audience at the First Bap-
tist church, Monday night. DR.. J.
Is. Brown made short talk at the
beginning of the evenings entertain
mem
Phil Waters returned Monday eve
ming from Ann Arbor, Mich, where
he spent three days with his wife
and daughter. While at Ann Arbor
Mr.. Waters delivered the principal
address at the memorial Services of
the Elks. He reports Mrs. and Miss
Waters as enjoying the best Of health
The latter is a member of the senior
class of the Ann Arbor High School.
Miss Jessie Embry, of Institute
was a weekend visitor to the city.
\. G. Boiling, Of Sissonsville, was
in the city Tuesday. ..
! Mrs. G. II. James was the hostess
to the Improvement League Friday
Of last week at her home on Sum.
mers Street
Miss Rhoda Wilson spent the week
end with her parents at st. Adams
Mrs. r. l.. Jones leaves Sunda,
evening to visit relatives in Wash
ington, D. c..
DR.. B. A. Crichlow, of Keystone
is in the city.
| -1Lo0 al lSlSS johnson Will 6nUGr
tain the Priscialda Art Club Frida,
Eeyening, -------------.-
J Born to DR.. and Mrs. B. A. Crick
low Monday, a girl at the home O.
MIR. and Mrs. C. II. Ja@es, Summer
Street. .n
The many friends Of DR.. Willis w
Jones will regret to hear OF his i'll
ness at his home in Washington, d
lC.
Maria DeHoney was operated OF
Saturday at the home Of her parent
on Lewis st. At this writing she i
much improved.
I. G. Nutter spent a few days las
week in Wheeling on professional
business.
G. Cuzzens Wilcher,, teacher q
Mammouth, was in the city Sunday
Little Louise and Willis Bale
are Ill at the home of their parent
on Hansford st.
Mrs. Susan Turner died Friday q
her home on Bradford street afte
several weeks illness.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-12-08

High School Girl Mar1ies.-AIiss
Barbara Davis and Mr. Britton Croz-
Ter were quietly married Monday at
the nome of the brides parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Lincoln Davis, West Char
lesion. The bride was a member Of
the senior class of Garnett high
school and her marriage was a sur
prise to the schoolmates and friends.
Inc cereony Was performed by Rev.
B. r. Reed. ---....-..--
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WEST SIDE.

MISS Wy5or Crutchtield was the
guest Of friends on the West Side,
Sunday.
Mrs. D. D. Davis has returned
nome from Cedar Grove and London,
where she visited friends
Born to MI. and Mrs. Henry POPE
a fine boy, Friday night. "
The ladies of Bbenezer Baptist
church are planning for an entertain
ment in the near future for the ibene.
ut Of their pastor, Rev. Judge Cole
man.
Alexander Jones is sick.
Dr. {. II. Payne visited West Vir~
iglhia Colored institute Wednesday
and Thursday.