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Mansfield mirror., 1915-09-09

(By J. c. BEAVERS. Purdue Experiment
So long as corn remains the princi'
pal crop in Indiana, the selection and
storage of seed corn will continue to
be topics of vital importance. One
of the most important factors in corn
production is that of having seed ears
of the right type and of good strong
vitality. These desirable characters
can never be obtained in strong way
except by giving careful attention to
the selection and storing of seed.
There is only one proper time OF
selecting seed, and that is in the
field, preferably in October. Howev-
er, If you failed to select your seed
at that time, 1t will be a great deal
better to select it while husking than
to wait until after corn is stored in
the crib.
Seed corn should be well dried as
early after husking as possible. When
stored in a crib 1t does not usually
have opportunity to dry we'll, and con-
sequently is more subject to injury
by molds and decay than well-dried
corn. For this reason, If for no other.
get your seed corn before 1t gets in
the crib, and put it in place where
the air can circulate freely around
each ear and drive out the excess of
moisture.
Corn may be stored in number Of
different ways, any one of which may
be thoroughly satisfactory. Special
seed corn racks are now used by
many, but other methods often prove
more applicable to the average farm
ers conditions. One splendid plan
is to drive No. 10 wire nails through
an inch board at a distance of three
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IS PLANNING A FOX FARM
Wisconsin Youth Sees Money and
Fame In Project-WouId Interest
Federal Government.

Appleton. VISA fox farm may be
established in the northern part of
Wisconsin by Talcott Barnes, son of
the late ex-Congressman Barnes of
this city. An effort to interest the
federal government in the project will
be made by Mr.. Barnes.
Congressman Thomas F. Konop of
the Ninth congressional district has
agreed to do all he can to secure the
all Of the department of agriculture
in the enterprise. The representative
will go to Washington soon, and while
there he will present the matter to
the secretary Of agriculture and try
to obtain financial assistance to start
the farm.
Land can be acquired at a small
cost in northern Wisconsin, and Mr..
Barnes can stock the farm with ami.
mails from a farm he is interested In
in Saskatchewan. Can.
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FARM
ANIMAL.
SPREAD HOG CHOLERA GERMS
Disease Communicated to Healthy An.
imaIs Only by Permitting Germs
to Be Carried to Them.

(By DIR. B. T. sIMMS. Oregon Expert
ment Station)
Hog raisers need to be on the alert
to prevent the introduction and
spread of the dread disease into their
parts of the state. Since the disease
is due to a germ of microscopic size
1t naturally follows that it can be
communicated to well hcgs only by
permitting the germs to be carried
to them. A knowledge of the differ
ent methods Of carrying the germ
from infected hogs to well hogs is es-
sential to prevention. Some Of
these methods of spread are as fol-
lows:
1. By direct contact with hogs suf-
fering from cholera.
2. BY carriers, that is, hogs that
have recovered from cholera, but still
pass germs with their droppings.
8. By humans that have come into
contact with infected hogs or prem
ises.
4. By dogs, coyotes, buzzards and
OtucI CdITiOu-edtiu6 dHilldlS ludI nave
fed on the carcasses of infected hogs.
s. By stock cars, stock yards, ETC.,
in which have been placed infected
hogs.
6. By infected water.
z. BY slops, swill and garbage that
have been infected with bacon rinds
or ham bones from hogs that had
been afflicted with cholera at slaugh-
ter
Germs will ordinarily die out in four
months in lot conditions, but are so
resistant that they survive the usual
curing and packing process as carried
on in the big packing houses. After
they have once found lodgment in
the hog there is no remedy known but
hog cholera serum. Growers should
therefore take every precaution to see
that germs do not enter their herds
by any Of the foregoing means.
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give the newspaper man all the ap-
pies he wanted If he would haul them
away.
"The building OF good roads is tre-
mendous economical problem, not
merely one Of convenience. The au-
tomobile undoubtedly has been largely
instrumental in bringing about the
good roads movement, or rather in
giving impetus to it. That and the
high cost of living are principal fac
tors in the general campaign now 60
ing on in many states for good roads.
West Virginia this year will spend
$5,0o0.0e0 in improving her highways.
the different counties having voted
bonds to that amount, and in the
whole United States the amount spent
TO: good roads this year will probably
reach $3.50, 100000. Last year we spent
about 100000, and the increase
this year will be fully 20 per cent, be-
ieve."
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prIve chloken LIoe AWAY.

For Kidding the hen roost Of vermin
q sure means is q preparation Of sui.
phur and carbon, known technically
as sulphuret-carbon. 1t destroys or
drives away the insects without injur-
ing the birds. Put two ounces Of this
preparation in bottle. open at the
mouth, and hang 1t by a string in the
henhouse. After eight or ten days the
bottle should be refilled.
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After the bottom had become some.
what stiff we put in the inside form
and began filling the sides. For these
We used a richer concrete, 1-1A-3.
The whole tank is REINFORCED, as
shown in the sketch, with a good hog
wire, No. 9, with stays six inches
apart. Around in the top put square
twisted half-inch steel rods.
After two days took off the form.
Then | mixed cement and water to
the thickness of cream and with a
whitewash brush painted the whole
tank two or three times over till all
holes and uneven spots were filled
up.
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inches each way, and then shove the
butt Of an ear of corn on the point Of
each nail. Boards filled with the ears
may be set along the walls of shell
ter, or one end may be nailed to the
joist of shelter shed or room suit
able for drying corn in.
Storing OF a seed corn rack is, of
course. one of the very best methods
that can be used. These racks are
made by using three, five or six inch
boards as uprights and then mailing
one and one-half-inch strips on each
edge of the uprights at intervals Of
six inches. The ears of corn can then
be laid on the strips where the air
can pass freely between them.
II the weather is open and dry
after the seed is taken in, the doors
and windows Of the storage place
should be open, especially during the
day. Unless it is very dry, it is usu-
ally better to close the doors and win
dows over night.
The chief aim for the first few
weeks after selection should be to
get the corn as dry as possible with
out applying heat. The aim after that
should be to keep the ears in place
where they will stay dry. II the corn
is thoroughly dry nothing but the
most extreme freezing weather will
injure it, but il the germ is damp or
wet with moisture it may be greatly
injured in moderate freezing wealth
er. 1t is the corn that is frozen while
moist that is responsible for most of
the poor stands secured. Select your
seed before it gets to the crib, get it
dry and keep 1t dry, and much will
have been accomplished toward an.
other corn crop.
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A Kicker Of a Hubby.

Flint, Mich.-Complaining that her
husband had the habit of beating her
so badly that he broke some of her
bones every once in while. Mrs. Car.
rie D. Anderson has begun proceed.
ings for divorce from Cyrus Anderson.
She alleges that on one occasion he
kicked her and caused an injury from
which she Is still suffering. and again
he struck her so as to cause her to
suffer from a stiff neck for three
years.
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WEST VIRGINIA'S BAD ROADS
Farmers Lose Immense Sums Each
Year Through Their Inability to
Get Products to Market.

bad roads in West Virginia cost
the state s50.GOO,OOO year." declared
A. D. Williams of Morgantown, state
road engineer, to Washington Post
representative the other day. 81 mean
by this that at least that much money
Is wasted every year by reason of the
inability Of the farmers to get their
products to market. Thousands of
tons of apples and other fruit, garden
truck and food supplies are allowed
to rot in the orchards and gardens
because the roads are too bad to haul
it to market. Just to illustrate, Joe
Swope, editor of county paper, noted
that he was paying one dollar BUSH
ell for apples. A neighbor in an ad.
joining county, sixteen miles away.
wrote the editor and said he would
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advanced longevity.

advanced longevity.
Doctor PEBBLES is now living in his
ninety-fourth year and hale and hearty.
He has reached this eminence : in
life through a laconic rule Of liv-
ing. It is this: II behave myself"
That means, according to the aged
physician. regular habits OF life--early
hours for retiring, with plenty of exer-
else and strict attention to matters of
diet. Doctor PEBBLES is vegeta.
rian.
For 60 years he has not tasted
flesh food of any kind, nor even fish
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Horse importatIons,

According to the figures Of the Unit
ed States bureau of animal industry.
1910 pure-bred horses were imported
during 1914. or these. 234 stations
and 157 mares were Belgians; 1888 stall
lions and 1S1 mares were Percherons.
Very likely importations in 1915 will
be few.
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HE JUST BEHAVED HIMSELF
Michigan Doctor Explains Why He Ia
Hale and Hearty at Age Of
Ninesy.Four.

Battle Creek. Mich.-Dr. ]. NJ.
PEBBLES. q former resident of Bat.
tie Creek, and now visiting friends
here, expects to live beyond the cen.
tur7 mark. Indeed. he believes that
two hundred years should be the NOR.
tai span, and that right living will do
much toward lifting the race to that
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~~~<~<S~>~~~e~es<~<~<~s
More Draas Needed.

The splitlog drag has contributed
more toward the economic mainten-
ance of public highways than any i'm
plement of modern usage. 1t does not
require special acts of the legislature.
bond issues nor expensive educational
campaigns to make il available as
usually precedes construction work A
drag can be built or purchased for $40
and is easily operated by anyone who
can drive team. We need more
drags-
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Hen Lived In Well.

Macon, Ga.--When a cover was re.
moved from an old abandoned we'll
here at the home Of Elmore Dupree.
Second Street. after the well had been
closed up for over nine months, It was
discovered that hen, which had been
missing for over nine months, was OF
the bottom OF the well
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DRAG THE ROADS
When the smiles of spring ap-

When the smiles of spring ap-
pear
Drag the roads;
When the summertime is here,
Drag the roads;
When the corn is in the ear.
In the winter cold and drear.
Every season of the year.
Drag the roads.
When you've nothing else to
do,
Drag the roads;
II but for an hour or two
Drag the roads;
1t will keep them good as new;
With a purpose firm and true.
Fall in line; it's up to you
Drag the roads.
The Kansas lndustrialist.
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Watch tho Lamhs.

It does much to keep the lambs uni
form and in prime condition. to pass
through the flock just before dark and
see that no little wrinkled. empty lamb
is left to go hungry over night. If the
mother does not give milk enough q
fresh cow should.
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Smella Of Pork

The smell Of hog In a pen and one
In the pan is not to be confounded, but
they are both necessary to prosperous
farm conditions. This doesn't mean
that his pen is to be neglected either.
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Two Good Schemes.

There are two schemes which may
be used to advantage on the roads.
The first is to grade with traction
engine, the second to let the grading
by contract.
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No Permanent Developments.
Without good roads, there can be
no development that viii be perma.
nent and enduring.
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Lamb. sometlmes starxe,

Many lamb starves to death with
a good milking mother. just because
the wool-sometimes badly soiled-
hides the teats. A moments investi-
cation with pair Of shears would
prevent any trouble at all.
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Pronsr Roostlna Place.

The hen should have a place to
roost and It should not be over the
cows, ON the farm implements and
buggies, or In the hay NOV.
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Select the Rustlers.

When buying hens select the rust
lers. They are the best layers and
are more easily fed.
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KIN c.bbaoe Worms.

For cabbage worms: Mix one part
Of fresh Persian insect powder with
four parts Of air-slaked lime and dust
It on the plants at regular intervals.
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or fowl. He also discards from his
daily menu all condiments. such as
vinegar. mustard. catchup and similar
appetizers.
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Warmth for Little Turkeys.
Remember that the little turkeys
must be kept dry and warm; and the
same rule applies to little chicks.
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The tar-macadGm road has given
the best service Of any form of street
surfacing tried in Calcutta.
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Duty 10 Be Performed.

Save all the manure to grow next
years crops.
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puty TO DC rertormeu.
Have you tested your COW for tuben
culosis?
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Place for Tractor.
The tractor is finding great place
In road building.
Mansfield mirror., 1915-09-09
Prune scraooIy shrubbery.
Save the Manure

Prune any shrubbery that has be.
come scraggly or is growing too thick.
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Location Of Orchard.
Orchards do best on rolling or hilly
land
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-12-07
antiquity of Shorthand.

Shorthand is apt to be looked upon
as an essentially modern art.i The
predecessors of Pitman-Byrom in the
eighteenth century. Mason i'll the sew
enteenth-are dim and distant figures
beyond which it seems useless to ven
ture. Cicero dictated his orations to
his freedman. T Tullius Trio, ana
was inconsolable when temporarily de-
prived Of his services. He complained
in a letter to a friend that. while "Ilro
takes down whole phrases in a fe"
signs. Spintharus (his provisional SUD-
stitute, only writes in syllables. we
need not. however. suppose that the
''notae Tironianae" were actually IN
vented by the freedman in question
AS NJ. Guenin points out. the Romans
created very few Of the arts OF peace
contenting themselves. as a rule, oy
copying from the Greeks. N. Guenln'
however, indicates the banks or the
Nile as the cradle Of the art
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-12-07

| Special to The Herald and News.
Prosperity, Dec 6.-The following
invitations have been issued:
Mr.. and Mrs. James Sidney Wheeler
! will give in marriage their daughter
Aida Rae
Mr.. Carl Marks Simpson
Tuesday Ell ening, December fourteenth
one thousand nine hundred fifteen
at seven o'clock
Grace Lutheran Church
Prosperity, South Carolina
The honor of your presence is requested
This wedding is looked forward to
with much pleasure by the friends of
both Miss Wheeler and Mr. Simpson.
Rev. E. P. Taylor will be with us
again for another year, to the delight
Of his many friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Wise and w. J.
Wise were business visitors to Colum-
bia on Thursday.
Mrs. Joe Sitz of Alabama is visiting
ner motoher, Mrs. H. P wicker.
The Ledies' Aid and Missionary So
ciety of Wightman chapel will keep
open house" at the town hall Friday,
December 10, from - noon to 10 D. M,
at which time they will sell oysters.
lunches, candy, peanuts and dainty
handmade pieces for Christmas gifts.
We shall be glad to have our friends
from the country who are doing their
Christmas shopping at this time call
around and take dinner with us. A
cordial invitation is extended 20 all
Even though you don't wish to buy
anything, drop in and get some of the
Christmas spirit that will be given
to all-gratisl
Mr.. W. A. Moseley is building four
new brick stores which he hopes to
have completed and occupied by Jan
uary 1, 1916. This shows signs of
progress in Prosperity.
Miss Helen Rhea, milliner for
Blacks Dry Goods company, leaves to-
day for her home in Greenville, Tenn.
The William Lester chapter, U d.
G., will meet Tuesday afternoon at $50
with Miss Mary Lizzie Wise.
Quite number of Prosperity's youn-
er set will attend the Suber-Mitchell
wedding in Newberry on Wednesday
Mr.. W. ). Wise spent Sunday in
Irmo.
Messrs. Hart Kohn, Caughman and
Williams of Columbia visited Mr. A. B
Wise Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Wise will attend
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WAR COSTS BRITAIN
MILLION EACH HOUR
Half of Population of Country En-
gagged in Preparing Munitions
For Armies.

Ottawa, Dec. 4.-Half the population
of England is engaged in procuring
war munitions to aid the 100000 men
il the fighting lines of war that is
costing Great Britain S1,00O,000 an
hour. the Hon. R. H Brand, financial
agent of David Lloyd-George, minister
of munitions, told business men "a
luncheon here today. Those present
included the Duke of Connaught, Pre-
mier Sir Robert Borden and Sir Will
fred Laurier.
"The war;" said Mr.. Brand, will be
a long one and no one can tell how
much more England, Canada and other
parts of the empire may have. to do
before it is successfully ended, but Of
all the things to be done to win fnan-
cial operations are the most import
ant"
National economy will win the war,
the speaker said. He urged Canadians
to practice the most rigid economy to
provide the greatest possible assist
ance to Great Britain. He expressed
appreciation of Canada's decision to
make financial advances to England
and promised that all such loans would
be repaid soon after the close of the
conflict.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-12-07
HOUSE OFFICIALS NAMED
Speaker James A. HOyt Makes His
Appointments.
The State.

The State.
The appointments for the house of
Representatives for the 1916 session of
the general assembly have been an
nounced by the speaker, James A. Hoyt,
as follows:
Secretary to the speaker, Miss Kate
Cantwell, Columbia.
General desk clerk, Ralph Arnold,
Spartanburg.
Journal clerk, R. E. Carwile, Co.
lumbia.
Bill clerk, Jonn A Hammer, Colum-
bia.
Pages, James T. Bacon Sharpton,
Edgefeld; Lindsay Odom, Chesterfield;
John Radcliffe, Columbia; Ernest Gary
} Sharpe, Lexington.
Doorkeepers, w. n Austin, Green
Vile; j. w. McCreight, Columbia; B. G.
Hoover, Orangeburg.
Mail carrier, N. o. Pyles, Columbia.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-12-07

! the funeral of Mr.. G. V. Allworden il
Columbia on Tuesday.
|. Mr. and Mrs. D. NJ. Cromer of New
! berry nave been visiting Mrs. J. NJ
Werts.
Mr.. J. C. Taylor has returned tc
Batesburg after short visit to the
home folks.
Mesdames Elizabeth DeWalt and G.
Y. Hunter are spending the week in
Atlanta.
Mrs. A H. Kohn of Columbia will
arrive Wednesday to visit her many
friends in Prosperity, with headquar-
ters at the Wise hotel.
Mr.. L. M. Wise spent Monday in
Columbia.
Mr.. ]. P. Cannon of Washington is
visiting his sister, Mrs. M. H. Boozer.
Messrs. G. D. and Y. M. Brown, Miss
Clara Brown and Mr.. W. A. Moseley
spent Sunday in Columbia.
Mrs. Tnornwell Haynes and daugh-
ter, Miss Sara Mae, of High Point, N.
c., are guests of MIR. and Mrs. L. S.
Bowers.
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Speers Street School Supper.

The teachers and patrons of Speers
Street school cordially invite you to
an oyster supper to be given Tuesday
afternoon and night at the Mclaughlin
store On Saturday. For the children
there will be a grab-bag, candy and
games Of all kinds. For the parents a
delicious oyster supper and a cake
walk. A beautiful doll will be given
to some little girl present and fine
foot ball to a boy. The school will ap-
preciate your presence.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-12-07
BiunderbusS.

In using the word "blunderbuss" we
unconsciously imply sense OF d1spar-
agement for the shooting powers OF
our forefathers contrasted with the
precision Of the modern rife. The
word itself has. however, a terrible
enough meaning and disdains all con-
necton with ''blunder." "Blundef-
buss," IN fact, as we have it, is q
strange corruption-perhaps not alto
gether untinged with the sense and
sound of ''blunder"-of the old Dutch
word "donderbuss," which can be lit
orally translated into the English
thunder box" or thunder barrel"
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Silverstreet Association.

The Rural School Improvement as
sociation of silverstreet school will
give the plays, ga Borrowed Lunch
con- and Married to a Suffragette"
Friday aight, December 10. Immedi-
ately after the play there will be a
cake walk. Admission 10c.
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SOCIETY.

o o @ @ o o o o o O o o g q v@@
A beautiful compliment to Mrs. Jonn
Lewis of Atlanta was a five o'clock tea
which Mrs. o. L. Scnumpert gave In
her honor Tuesday afternoon at her
home on Main street Lovely autumn
roses filled mantels, table and stands
and the afternoon was thoroughly en-
joyed by all present.
The guests were met at the door cy
Mrs. L. W. Floyd and in vited into the
living room, where receiving were Mrs.
O. l.. Scnumpert, Mrs John Lewis, Mrs.
Aumerle Schumpert, Mrs. James Nc
Intosh and Mrs. J. N. Martin. Assist
ing in serving a salad course, followed
by delicious fruit cake and coffee were
MISS Woodie Bowman and Banna
Green.
Little Mary Alice Hipp celebrated
her eighth birthday anniversary by
entertaining a large number of her
friends with an afternoon party. Quite
a happy and merry time the children
had playing games, after which ice
cream and cake was served. Among
those present were:
Evelyn Burns, Rose Tarrant, Caro-
lyn Tarrant, Mamie Laurie Boozer, Sa-
rah Boozer, Mary Boozer, Helen Davis,
Kate Bullock, Mary Mcclure, Edna
Sanders, Lula May Fellers, Pauline
Boozer, Benetta Buzhardt, Brantley
Johnstone, Pauline Neistley, Azile
Whitaker, Estelle Whitaker, Evelyn
McGraw, Florence Kibler, Gladys Will
Iiams, Martha Vance Ellison, Lillian
Brown, J. D. Hornsby, Frank Devore,
Robt Lominack, Marcus Caldwell, Lord
Hutchison, ]. C. Suber, Harry Summer,
Earl Summer, Leland Summer, Otis
Whitaker, Harry Boozer, Ellebe Pei
ham ,Jr., Paul Denning, Frank Adams,
Summer Wise, Minnie Morris, Julia
Weeks, Ollie Burns and Mildred Perry.
Marguerite Farrow, Mary Farrow.
Tuesday morning an unusually
pleasant meeting of the Fortnightly
club was held with Mrs. L. w. Floyd.
The morning was spent in the discus
sion of current events and the reading
of articles from Good Housekeeping.
A most tempting luncheon was served
al / o'clock to the mebers of the
club.
With Rosalyn Hipp Saturday after
noon met the members of new club.
This is to be the Saturday Afternoon
Sewing circle and is composed of but
six members: Misses Gladys Chap
pell, Catherine Wright, Ruby Goggans,
Mary Frances Pool, Mrs. P. E. Way
and Miss Rosalyn Hipp.
The Aid society of the Lutheran
church had social meeting with Mrs.
Hack Summer Tuesday afternoon. AZ
ter an hour of pleasant social inter-
course refreshments were served.