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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-18
TEMPE GIRL WIS ZTFDAI.

Tempe, Ariz.. March 1S.-AIiss Flea
nor ROBERTS, representing the Glendale
High school. won the eighth annual
declamatory contest at the normal
school auditorium. The prize was a
handsome gold medal Second prize. a
silver medal was awarded Samuel
Holsinger Of the Phoenix high school.
The evening world., 1913-07-09

DRY. Whitaker faded away. gIugh' Nor
ten took his place. and sydney knew
him no moro. nor did any other place
wherein he had answered TO his Tightful
name.
Tho money stuck by him handsomely.
Thanks to . strong constitution In D
tough body (nOw that Its malignant
demon was exorcised) he found II easy
to pick up a living by one means or
another. Indeed. he played many parts
In as many nelds before Joining hands
with a young Englishman he had grown
to like and entering upon what seemed
a forlorn bid for fortune. Thereafter
he prospered amazingly
In those days his anomalous position
IN the world troubled him very little.
He was Wiiful Missing and willing
The new life intrigued him amazingly;
he lived In open air. In VIRGIN country;
wrenching q fortune ny main strength
from tho reluctant grasp OF Nature, he
was one OF the first two men to md
and mine gold in tho Owen Stanley
country.
Now that Peter Stark was dead the
ties OF interest and affection binding
him to America were both few and
slender. His wifs was too abstract a
concept. 200 vague shadow In his
memory, 10 Obtrude often upon his
reveries. Indeed. as time went on. he
found Il anything nut easy 70 recall
much shout the physical appearance Of
the woman he had married; he RENE
bered chiefly her eyes; she moved mist
ily across the stage of q single scene
IN his history, . self-conscious. unhappy.
childish phantasm.
Even the consideration that. fortified
by tho report OF his death. she might
havo married again. failed TO disturb
either his slumbers or his digestion. II
that had happened he had no objso-
ton; tho tie that bound them was the
emptiest of forms, In his undarst ding,
as meaningless and as pbwsrIsss 70
make them one an the printed license
form they had been forced TO proouse
of tho State OF Connecticut
TAsss had hsAn nsithar iova nor true
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A Summer Ron, ance
of New York

union-mSrsly pity on one eide. apathy
Of despair on the Other. Two souls had
met In the valley Of the great shadow.
had paused q moment to touch hands.
had passed onward. forever out Of one
another's Ken; and that was an. Ills
death" should have put her In COM
mAnd Of a fair competence. II shs had
since sought and found happiness with
another man. was tnGe any logical
reason OF even excuse for Whitaker to
break up his new and pleasant ways q
life In order to return and literally to
break up hers7 49,.
He was self-psrsuahsd Of his gan
srosity toward tho girl.
Casuistry Of the Wilfui Missingi
It's to be feared no had always a
hard-hsadsd way Of considering mat
tiers In the light Of equity ~ distin-
guished from the light Of ethical or
legal morality. This 10 not to be taken
a. an attempt 20 defend the man. but
rather as q statement Of fact. even a.
the context 10 TO be read - an 40
count of some things that happened
rather than ~ morality.
Even /&hen he did at length make
up his mind to 20 homo II wasn't be-
cause hS felt that duty called him
plain. everyday humsp curiosity had
something to DO with determining him
managing to set along without him:
that. together with . dswning apprs-
hension that there was an uncomfort-
able amount OF truth in the antiquat-
ed bromidion about the surprising Iit-
tleness Of the world.
He was IN Melbourne At that time
with Lynch. his partner. Having pros
persd and -laid by . lump at money.
they had planned TO finance their hold.
inGs In the traditional fashion--that
IL. to let In other peoples money TO do
the work while they rested and pos
sssssd their souls and drew dividends
on q controlling Interest. Capital IN
Melbourne had proved eagsr ana ap-
proaohAbie; the arrangement they de-
sired was quickly eonsummatedi the
day tho papers were signed whitaker
passed old friends In the street.
fhsy we're 0sof8s YrogbuS1 An1 ~
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time. he received his nrst authentic
news Of the tate of the Adventures.
The yacht had struck an uncharted
reef. In heavy weather. and had foun-
dered almost ienmediately. OF her entire
company q single deckhand managed
to cling TO . life-raft until picked up.
a week after tho wreck. by q tramp
steamship on whose decks he gaTed
out his news and his life in the same
breaths
Whitaker hunted UP an account Of
the disaster In the files OF a local news
paper. He read that tho owner. Peter
Stark. Esq. and his guest. II. NJ. Whita-
ker. Esq. both OF New York. had gone
down with the vessel There was also
\ cable despatch from New York de-
failing Peter Stark's social and financial
promlnence-evidence that the news had
been cahled home. To all who knew
Whitaker he was az dead as Peter
Stark.
Sardonic irony Of circumstance, that
had robbed the sound man OF life and
bestowed life upon the moribund! Con-
temptation wrought like a toxic drug
upon Whitaker's temper. until he was
raving drunk with the black draught Of
impotence capable OF such hideous
mockeries Of Justice. The iron bit deep
into his soul and left corrosion there.
Thsrs = workl outside the one you know
To which for csriousneas ell can't sompanl
II 10 the plscs where wtlfui musings 60,
A We can testify. for We are thGs.
Kipling's lines buzzed through his head
more than once in the course Of the
next few years, for he was "there."
They we're years OF such vagabondag e
as only the South Seas countenancs;
neither unhappy nor very strenuous. not
yet SCARED by poverty. Whitaker had
between four and Ave thousand dollars
In travellers checks which ne had no
trouble In converting into cash while
In sydney. Memory Of the wreck OF
the Adventures was already fadins
from the Australian mind; no one
dreamed OF challenging the signature
Sf . man seven months dead. And ~
csrtainlv ana a. quietly ~ che usys;
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The Destroying Angel 81 ss~ %sr S Ss By L

wife. Anne Forsyths that was-ssif-
evidently tourists looking the town
over between steamers. Presbury. with
no thought in his bumptious head Of
meeting Hugh whitaker before the
day Of judgment. looked IT and through
him without . hint Of recognition. but
his wife wss another person alto
gsthsf. Whitaker could not DO blind
to mo anrprisA and psrplexity that
shone In her eyes. even though no pre-
tended TO be- MIND to her uncertain
nod. and long after only his back waS
visible TO her he could feel her tnquir-
Ing stare boring into Il
The Incident made him think and he
remembered that he was now q man OF
hands a. well. After prolonged con-
alteration he suddenly decided. told
Lynch 70 look out for his interests
and expect him back when he should
see him. and booked for London by
Royal Mail boat-All in half . day.
From London Mr.. Hugh Morten crossed
Immediately TO New York on the olym-
pho, landing in the month OF April
nearly sig years to q day from the
tim~ ne had left MIS- native land.
He discovered . New York almost
whsily new; A. experience almost In
evitabls IL ono insists on absenting
ones self even for as little az half .
decade. Intimations of immense
changes were borne In upon whitaker
az tho steamer worked up the bay.
The Singer Building was an unfamil-
lar sky mark. TO say nothing OF the
Metropolitan Tower and the Wool
worth. Tha Olympic docksd 1t an i'm
pressive stesl-and-concrete structure.
now since his day. and whitaker mar
Yowly escaped Q row With taxicab
chauffeur becsuss he smiled impsrti-
nently whsn requested to drive to the
Fifth Avsnue Hotel.
4, very few hours ADDED amazingly
TO the catalogue Of things that were
not - they. hAd hesu. . list 20 extsn.
sivs and Impressive that he maze up
his mind to maintain his incoSnito for
. few dsye until familiar with the
ways o. hio Aomes,, -a.,,4t
1s-Ves suisks 70 DssesaSe S1AA h
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NV Hunt for a Husband
ANew Ye,s Assrss,s Butterfly Quesffs' "Ms RtM Ham,
...., By w. v. Pollock. .ti'

Ysssss's Butterfly Qsesf for "Me RtSA

FrER medatins sscapad with the socialist
v become ENGAGED to we'll that h: wee
Capt GAYLORD West rs. cadet No. station
xood birth bssrothsa
me to GAYLORD who was then fye or six years old -
girls And repeated rallies from the attacks of the god love AFFORDED
Mamma ns 0 invited for cs my " Cue S s y" G % S o.
~ o IN '
when c.c asked m. what kind flower. wished TO wear sail. Just -.
s- ~
my psrn.s w.rswsn learned. In
filled quickly that had only dance left
. el.n.s
letting him tease for gave to him Just before M next dance and
wearing
evening fifteen married and single
old GAYLORD them with pinned their un'form' each
parted
concluding
OF a " .
IS just woman who kept in one -
1% ~ ns nan n,.. VA. .rrns, %us aroused ~
Not after no rse' We might well have over as vas ~sas
convenience and mothers the on
wedding viAn mesa
ate, o w.: s,s n. o s ssa, Philippians
him of his Indifference s.,.
"a
When alone fell hi: neck and walled and and 'sd
Poo: o.,.ss; ~
sooomp,sh.a very LASTING on heart
-
wsiish eS -
s..s : poor fellow: hear.
The evening world., 1913-07-09
BETTY VINCENT'S
ADVICE TO LOVERS

to make a quarrel; one can always end
It," The one. Of course. II he or she
who first apologies. The other party
to the disagreement Is almost always
ashamed not to so half way and Shout
der a share of the blame.
And then It's clear weather. with two
more happy persons In the world.
"a. s." writes: rs It wise for Q boy
and girl Of the same age to marryf"
1t depends on how old they are. And,
generally speaking. I think the husband
should be few years older than his
wife.
IL. E." writes: II am employed as a
stenographer In an office where there
are two men, my employer and his
brother. Should the gentlemen or I b
the first to say good-morping?"
Thsrs's.no fixed rule; whichsvsr comes
most naturally, -. q, .s 80
The evening world., 1913-07-09
By Louis Joseph Vance.
Ausass q THE unAss BOWL -,

would even have to forget most az tn
slang that had been curront IA ~
time las well as OF course unlsarn ~
he had picked up sbroad), ana So1
himself down with attentive soeo
pricked forward and an opsa min ~
master the new. strange tongue -
countrymen were speaking n 81 voe1
10 make himself intcln gibis to them
But his ultimate ana utter sVohen,
Ing to the truth that his home haa -.
grown him fell upon an afternoon ~
fourth since his return. when strONre
but most anable gentleman preSon1S1
himself to Whitaksr's considsration
with bogus name and . genuine olYes
to purchase him drink. and promptly.
attempted to enmesh him In q con6-
dence game that had degeDsratsd into
vaudeville Joke In the days whsn
both Of them had worn .knickerbookers
Gently but firmly intrustlng ~
stranger to the care OF a convensSos
policeman. Whitaker privately admit
ted that he was outclassed; that n
was time for him to seek the proteo.
ton OF his friends. =
He began with Drummond.'' The 1T.
ter Of course had moved his ofIiees:
no doubt he had moved them several
times: however that may be. Whitakos
had left him In quiet and contnA0tsd
quarters In Pine street: he found him
Independently established In an imposs
ing suite In q skyscraper.
Whitaker gave one OF Mr. HuSA 0COes
ten's cards to subdued OFFICE boy.
Tell him." he requested. that I WAnt
to see him about matter rslatin4 -
the estate Of Mr.. Whitaker" Ia
The boy dived through one pArtttlou
door and reappeared by way Of -
other with the dsft cNtainty g .
trained pantomime.
Says { come In"
whitaker found himself In the .pco0
encs of an ashen- faced man of thlrtys
ave. who clutched at the side Of hle
roli-top desk ~ II to Savs himDs1
from falling.
whitaker" he gaspsd NY 0elr
'Yisttsssd' said whisakss -
O. - ossan.s1e
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months they gambled him into bank.
ruptcy and stripped him ~ sbase, - q
coot Tue puritans took FsSk's 10000
OF him 90 fast-as he himself said
later-that he caught cold. For his
share no Sathered such . holy horror
Of them. and the almost religious fer
vof wherewith they skinned him. that
he fed. Boston was no righf Asld fos
him. he saw that himself: and there
upon--with his oankruptcy-as headed
for New York.
Fisk found NV York much easier
than Boston. A. . gamblsr. the New
Yorker has ever been the soft and
pulpy inferior Of the Yankee Fiak
opened . brokerage game in Wall
street upon . capital made up Of his
Boston experiences and a. exhaust
less mouthful Of promises. When ne
talked Of money, Fisk was not want
ing In q kind OF eloquencs which
sounded like the convincing clink Of
gold itself. In discussing any enter
prise. he was a. prpmiasory ~ q rain
bow. and the New Workers., then ~
now with q money appetite IN ad-
vance Of their money caution, were
not slow in believing him.
A Fish of Gold.
Fisk's way was old Daniel Drew
Drew let Fisk sell his Bristol Mne of
steamers: and Fisk, who knew how to
lick his dngers as a good cook should,
sold those vessels no wisely and 90
we'll that he established the arm of
Fisk. Belden 4 Co. on the strength
Of It. and wound up the year with
$1,000, 900 in the bank.
Fisk. when he met Drew, Was thirty.
two years o!d-an age fortunate IN that
II has more hopes than memsries-an
age which. distinguished by energy and
ambition. 10 prone to take opportunity
by the beard and demand victory 40 q
right. Drew was up to his financial
ears in Erie. Having sold Drew's Bris-
toll line Of steamboats,, Fisk. not waiting
for any. Drew invitation. decided to sell
Drew himself out Of Erie.
Fsk hooked up With Jay Gould. a.
young. as unscrupulous. as monsy-hun-
cry az himself. Gould was already In
Erie. Gould and Fisk pooled their hoWss
and their energies. When the two got
through with Drew, they were In pos.
session Of Erie and Drew was out.
Fisk and Gould. as the unoh alienged
masters Of Erie. watered the stock from
$l9.OOo.0OO TO &Si.0o0,O0. and kept the
water" They then rewatered II from
81. 900 90 to 81. o0o0 900. and kept the IVA.
ter" Because Legislature must be
bought and sold, and Ina much a. buy.
ing and selling a Legislature include the
thought of Distrfct-Attorneys and juriss
and Judges and jails. Fisk and Gould
brought Tweed and 'sweeny and Con-
nelly and other high priests OF politics
into Eris. These latter Lords Of Nfisruis
owned the District-Attorneys and jurdes
and Judses and falls. They owned the
New York City delegation In the Al
bany legislature. Fisk and Gould could
attend to the stock-watering; Tweed
and Sweeny and Conpelly-dominant In
New York politics-wbud hold the law
at. bay, and keep Fisk and Gould from
punitive bolts and bars.
ITO BE Continued.)
The evening world., 1913-07-09
An Easy Mark.

FysA's, Boston "ofiices" were at the
corner Of Summer and Chauncey streets.
Atsancs the staid puritans came seeking
him;r and, suoh were their innocence
%nd numbers, that within the first STA
The evening world., 1913-07-09
tCopgvGht, 1912, BY Louis Jossph vannAl
eYNOPAIa on PRDOupqNa OHArTERa.

1rNOP1IB On PHDU0DdN0 CHArTEH8.
4. ASA wtttahT NV Aort Ayer ~ s-.;y. .i,s
. mortai maIAdy and MS. ct most but az sponth.
= w. He lssvss The oonsultasion roo. tss,in;
b hAs heard ne rslises that b must break his
snsassmsn3 70 Alice Cerstsin. whom b. vas about
A. h club hs hat .,. ase II, IL
spothTr man, lie hssn Incidentally q : second
S:: Of ssS Ne: i :s ~. :f fo Il.
Al town where b stOIs he q shown By mistake
Y 2 hotel room who're > young and be.atifui Ia
as Iesci.s h-s nom suisids and is.rfs d: Mar;
LAdiass, who eloped With her fAsher's chauffeur,
not take hsr back Hugh SUGGESTS that she sItri-
and thus derive what benefit abe can from his
name aud his money She protests. but ct Last
as.y. 70 hh p!sa. it'sy .Is a.rTsa, ssss.b AID
FeSsr STARK, the bridegroom stArA on tour %
the South 6eas. On an Island thsrs Hugh n
stricken down With his mortal mAlady.
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te Band Wagon Man.


Che Band Wagon Man.
Al ~ Nt4ls hamaet Of Pownal. greenly
NuSf9d, among the Vermont hills. claims
the cradle honors Of Fisk's birth. HIS
srshse, was Yankee rsJdler. While
III In, his early teens Fisk united HIM
Y with Van Amburp's circus and Wild
beAst show. in the Quality Of q canvas
maa., He worked for the great lion
tanner seven years. and learned to drive
tent pegs. pun guy ropes. sleep In straw,
cat, on tin dishes. and-as assistant
ticket ssller-shsrt change the cross
road Rubes who came to see the show.
Ending with Van Amburg. FISK BE-
came a peddler like his father before
him. He made money as readily ~
some folk make trouble. and-a LEFTOVER
IMPRESSION of the circus-his prosperity
instantly expressed itself In n dazzling
peddier's wagon. drawn by four prano-
ing horses, wearing gold-mounted mar
nssses OF sta.pYed leather and frothaiy
mopthipg golssn bita
FISK flashed through New Enslsno
from Eastport IN AiAine to STANFORD IN
Connecticut. a Cry goods pedd.ins comet
until he attracted the Boston attention
Of Jordan. Marsh b Go. The hrm saw
reasons for buying FISK cut; ana 90 u
took over his flashing wagon. his four
frothtnH. blt-ohamping horses-with thear
soId.mountsd harness-hls trade and his
experteuce, paying therefor q full-stom-
eched A9ure. Also. It wrote him down
on "A books a. chief salesman. at sal
srv vf,ich matched his meteoric merits.
when. aa the breaking out OF tho civil
vas. Ae vent to Washington ana wined
md AfneA Jordan Marsh Il Co. into div-
- s1ch blanket contracts, the rrn'
Nxept Oh ~ grateful feet by this display
O(>9enius, opened its arms to him a.
pAsfnef.
"A ne Junior member Of Jordan.
Narsh 1 Co.. Fi.k expanded ana oontin-
ned 70 expand until there dawned . day
whom the admiration OF Jordan. Marsh
q Cs.wsvs place TO fear. Thus. one
prudent Saturday night. his seniors in
yitod Fax Into the back office and gave
him $4,000 to quit and kiss the Arm
Goo6by. FLAX was nothing ,oath. Those
seyen ySars with Van Amburg had
marked nina; the band wagon had en-
tered he so,A. Dry goods too much
cr1bbed, ,cabansd and confined him. Tho
trade offered nothing in the way OF tan
bark, tiehts and srsngles. It was va
cant OF the anarl Of the snare-drum,
void. Of the Smell OF the coal-oil lamp
For all 81 these his circus-lovlng soul
felt aetayveA. Fisk In truth had grown
TO Aetsst dry goods as much a. ever dry
goods had grown 10 fear him. Where
fora. when Jordan, Marsh & Co-hands
fun Of money. heart full of alarm-spoke
Of 10000 for his interest" he never
waited for the second word He took
the money and began caresr Of specu.
lation In Boston.
An Easy Mark.
F1sl's Boston "offlces" were at the
corner Of Summer and Chauncey streets.
\ Alfonso the staid puritans came seeking
y himsc and. snch were their innocence
/And numbers, that within the first siA
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"I'n,' Sorry!"

press repentance. Such pride Is admira-
bic in neither man nor woman ....
Istwo young persons quarrel. lis. nine
ty.nine chances out of hundred that
each ID. in some measure to blame. And
you know ths'old sdass "rwSM takes
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PERSON In

A The ns.' ~rea :
deeper in when he
refuses to say I'm
sorry"
Some sorts OF
pride are excellent
and not to be crit
icize.l. But they
do not include tn o
stupid, self-right-
eous variety which
prompts its pos
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to his friend. knowing in his soul that
they would never mest again Then he
composed himself to die quietly. But the
following morning brought . hapchnncs
trading schooner to the island. and with
II. In the estate of supercargo . crapu-
lous Scotch gentleman who had been .
famous specialist Of London before
drink laid him by the heels. He per-
formed q heroic operation upon whita-
ker within an hour. announced by
nightfal that the patient would recover.
and the next dag sailed with his ship
10 end his days In soans abandoned
Australian boosting -ken-as whitaker
learned In sydney some ssx months
lata. 49,
6yAs sans saasA- aaa ~ ~ ss0s
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CHAPTER Y.
tCouGinusd.)
Missing.

ARK sai'sd In the Adventures
before shutdown Of the same
day. purposing to fetch q sur
geon from Port Moresby.
whitaker said q last farewell
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Is: &c. Ten Nati0n-FamOus
New York Murders
By Alfred Henry Lewis
l.-Hou Stokes Killed Fisk and Why.

% 4.-HOU StOkeS Killed Fisk and WhV. -.
In
Il
% 10 o.da
wouidn't haveen teredth the
IN
Rockefeller
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-29
Teachers Meeting.

Saturday, November Sth, has beer
fixed by the executive committee a:
the date for the next teachers asso
citation meeting. An interesting, CO.
ter,aining, and Instructive program
has been arranged. 1nstrumentaI
music will be rendered by Miss. Louist
Mann, OF Home Brauch school.
Common mistakes. commonly made"
especially by the inexperienced teach
er, will be discussed by Miss Lizzie
Rodgers of The Sardinia sch ml. and
Miss Ida Scarborough, OF the Sum
merton school
The use of Current Events, as reg
ular or special feature. in the schools
will b. discussed by Mr.. J. !. Wilson,
Manning, and Mr. J A D~nnis OF the
Davis Station school Besides the
above special features, will be general
dis. uSSiouS for th- good Of the profess
sion. 1t would be we'll if a large num-
Der of our teachers would think about
these subjects in the meantime, and be
prepared TO give the fraternity the
benefit Of their experience and obSer-
vation. Let every teacher in the coun-
tr begin now TO arrange for this occa-
sion. l appeal to the trustees through
out the couuty TO see to it that your
teacher has way to get to these very
important meetings. II they just
will not come, then find out the reason,
and make note of it for future use.
The teacher who persistentlv says
away from these meetings is not awake
to his or her best interests. The teach.
er who makes it part of his duty TO at
terd upon all educational meetings is
the one to rise in the profession.
Analyze yourself, and see where YOU
stand. F. ]. B
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-29
Reorganization Of Sardinia S. |, A,

AT $50 o'clock Monday October 20
the ladies of the Sardinia community
met at the school building TO reorganize
the School Improvement Association
The meeting was called to order by
Miss Lizzie Rodgers. chairman ex.
oficio. and the following officers were
elected:
President, Mrs. T. NJ. McCutchen;
Secretary and Treasurer: Miss Helen
Goldsmith; Vice President, to be elect
ed later.
The president took the chair and the
following members were enrolled:
Mesdames J. H. Garland, T. NJ. Ken
uedy. W N. Rush. L. B. McFadoin.
J. E. Cousar. Walter McFaddin, R E.
McFaddin. w. j. Millsap and Misses
Lizzie RODGERS. Hazel Rush, Margaret
Woods, Ina McFaddin, JAMIE McFaddin
Garland Mccutchen, Margaret Garland
Ernestine McFaddiu, Bessie McFaddin
Afford McFaddin. Annie May DuBose.
Mrs r. E. McFaddin. Sr., J. D. Nc
Faddin. and J. S. Burgess were added
later.
The immediate object of the meet
ing, after reorganization. was to devise
means for the proper care Of the school
building and grounds, and to plan for
the raising Of funds to be used 10 pur-
chase piano.
The president, Mrs McCutchen call
ed for volunteers tn meet her the next
afternoon after school hours al the
school house. for the purpose of having
the auditorium cleaned. The following
Iadies volunteered: Mesdames Garland
Rush. r E. McFaddin, Millsap, Wal
ter Mctaddin and Miss Rush. They
met at the appointed time, and the
auditorium is now IN excellent order.
The class rooms are to receive like at
teption soon. Mesdames COuSar, Rush
& <. McFaddin and Mrs McCutchen
volunteered to give entertainments a.
their respective residences soon, for
the purpose of raising piano funds.
The County School Fair was discussed
and the association promised its CO.
operation in securing an exhibit for
the school. Violet and white were
selected for the school colors to be
used at the fair.
The sewing class met on Tuesday.
Thursday and Friday afternoons. The
average weekly attendance for the
school was 96 per cent. S.