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and the two boys were killed instantly.
Maggie Howe, however, who was strong
and vigorous young woman, twice caughJ
her self on the side of the bridge, thus
necessitating her being thrown over the
bridge three times. The third time this was
done, she died. In the town the next day,
members of the mob told laughingly OF how
hard it had been to kill THAT big black
Jersey woman
The older girl of twenty was to have be-
come a mother in four months, while the
younger was to have given birth to child
in two weeks. This sixteen-year- pros
pective mother was killed on Friday night
and at the time Of her burial on Sunday
afternoon her unborn baby had not died
one could detect it's movements within her
womb.
A press despatch from Shubuta the day
after the lynching took place reads as
follows:
''The theory is advanced that the
lynchers acted because of the fact that the
next term of the court was not due to be
convened until next March. It is limited
that the idea of the county being forced to
care for and feed four self-confessed
assassins of leading citizen might have
aroused the passion Of the mob
We add to this account of an American
lynching in 1919 an extract from Ambassa-
dor Sharps account of German lynchings
in 1917;
six children that her husband and two
daughters, one of the age Of fifteen and
the other eighteen, had been carried away
by the Germans at the time of their evacua-
ton of the town, and upon demonstrating
she had been told that as an alternative she
might find their bodies in the canal in the
rear Of her home. The same woman in
formed that out Of that towns population
several hundred people had been compelled
to accompany the Germans, nearly half Of
whom were women and girls above fifteen
years of age.''
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in aid of rates. of f1,4S5,759 Details, as
given in Blue Book just issued, are as
follows: Electric light supply undertakings
t22o,l4 gas supply undertakings
t437 $50; harbor dock, pier, canal and quay
undertakings ell $50; tramways and light
railway undertakings, f5SS,936: water
supply undertakings, t219,S77; total
Fl, 4S5759. Other receipts from these SER
vices, not including receipts from public
rates. were t4O,692,674
TO stimulate passenger traffic on the
railroads OF this country, government Off
Gals will spend this season $1O0O,OOO in
advertising the scenic beauties of the diff
ferent sections of this country
So successful was the municipal lighting
plant of Chicope, Massachusetts for 1918
that the price of street lighting will be
reduced to cents per kilowatt hour.
Japan has 100000 acres of land for
reclamation and the financiers, aided by
the government officials, plan to raise
$15,OO0,OOO for the work.
Denver, Colorado, has purchased the
privately owned water plant of that city,
paying for the same $13,922836
The government will take out $500 900
hail insurance on the wheat sewn in
Kansas and Oklahoma.
The winter wheat crop of this country
is estimated to be 9O0,O0OOOO bushels the
largest in many years.
Within the past eighteen years the
number of farm tenants in Kansas has
increased 40 per cent
Portland, Me-, has municipal fuel yard
that sells the best grades of coal at $40 per
ton.
Great Britain is to replant 100000 acres
forest land at a cost of $17,OO0,0OO for ten
years. maintenance
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-05-24

Rev. j. B. Barber made a splendid fight
for the late DIR. Washington at the literary
Sunday afternoon
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-13

Of dollars through the medium OF the
federal government to buy the rail-
roads and give them to you to operate
for your benent ana to use as you
please, you are making o proposition
that is neither Sane nor fair.
II intend to try to present to the
people Of the state Laat this plan
means. First, as TO the shifting OF the
burden OF taxation, or some four mil
lion dollars of II II In West Virginia,
from the railroads on to tho farmers
and home owners II the Plumb plan
was to go through. Il would make
CGbell, Wayne. Mcdowell, Mercer and
Mingo counties unable to pay the debt
they are creating to build public
roads. It would stop road building,
building OF school houses and all pub
lie improvements.
II have been a laboring man myself
carried a dinner bucket-for a dol
lar day. Ny labor now is not regu-
lated by eight, ten or twelve hours,
but often sixteen and sometimes eigh-
teen. am not now and never expect
to be capitalist, but am an Amer
lean, not Bolshevik. stand for law
and order and am not asking some
body to buy property and give 1t to
me, but want to work and give honest
service for every dollar receive"
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.GORNNELL AMAZED
IS.
At RALR0ADERS
Writes Them That the
Plan is Neither Sane
Nor Fair.

CHARLESTON, Aug. 13.-Reply.
Ing TO q communication from the Fed
Grafton Of Railway Employees of the
Chesapeake and Ohio system, of Hun
tington, signed by E. T. Brenna. pre,,-
ident, and ]. II. Williams, secretary.
In which they criticised his recent
statement opposing the Plumb plan of
government ownership OF railroads,
Governor Cornwefl yesterday declared
that proposition to be neither sane
nor fair"
ITO me-" the governor said, at is
little short of amazing that men Dos
sessing the intelligence Of the train
men I meet should be gulled into
making such an unreasonable and
outrageous demand.
IF the people bought the railroads
and gave them to you to run for your
oeneft. telephone and telegraph en-
ployes would demand the same thing
Of those properties. They have as
much right to It as you have. Ther.
the coal miners would demand that
the mines be purchased and given to
them, and they have as much right to
make that demand as you have.
Then the farm laborers, with even
better right, would say, we produce
the food you all live on-buy the
farms and give them to US Then we
have. not socialism. but chaos. They
are trying to run things that way ir
Russia, and we all know the result.
OF course l regret that any of my
fellow citizens should disagree with
or feel aggrieved with me because OF
my views upon any public question,
but that cannot deter me from having
and exercising the same freedom OF
opinion that you have.
When you asked for an eight hour
day was with you heart and soul. ]
was then and am now in favor of you
securing not only fair but liberal
wage, but when you ask the farmers
and the laborers in other lines OF
work to go into debt twenty billions
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her cousins the Misses Bertha and
Nellla Wise.
Mss EaaAsBuyd, Il. spending her va
catino at MofsaaeoNn and other points
Mrs. n. .. Williams and Mrs. J. D.
Michael OF Arnettsyflle are the guests
Of their sister Mrs. W. o. wrick and
Mrs. MichRel's daughters Mrs. w. D.
Bellew AID Mrs. Ray Hayhurst Of this
city.
Mrs. E. c. Scott has returred from a
two weeks visit with, her daughter
Mrs. w. F. shatferman who recently
moved to Somerset, Pa. Mr.. Scott and
H. E. Dodd and the lattsr's daughter
Mildred motored to Somerset and ac-
companied them home.
The Rev. and Mrs. ]. C. Bloomfield
Left yesterday for a visit at Baltimore,
Md.
Charles NELL of Tulsa, Okla. is the
guest Of his mother Mrs. ]. r. Neill
and family at their summer bunga-
low. Bid-a-wee, on the Valley river.
Miss Adele Murphy Ia spending the
week with friends In Cameron.
Mrs. j. NJ. Altman returned yester-
Adg AAOAh q NAoAN az AhNs 4AahG al
Md. and Piedmont.
Mrs. Rose Steel and Miss jeanette
Fletcher are spending several days this
week in Pittsburg.
Miss Hattie Kunst OF Grafton who
had been the guest of her brother.
DR.. W. II. Kunst and Mrs. Kuns. on
Jefferson street. has returned home.
Mrs. James Harvey Wilbarger of
Beaumont Texas. who had spent sew
eral weeks here with her daughters
Mrs. Josephine Raymond and grand
daughter Miss Kate Preston has gone
to Washington, D. c.. where abe will
visit relatives previous to returning 10
Beaumont.
Mrs. D. F. Guffey and daughter Miss
Margaret of Altoona, Pa. are guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Woodward at
their home on Rhea Terrace
Mrs. j. X. Conley of Pittsburgh is
the guest of her son. Captftn and
Mrs. Rollo Conley at "Hallwood."
Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Corbin, Mrs. Mar
guerite Morris, Mrs. E. T. Morris ant
son, Raymond. motored to White Day
creek last Sunday to attend the Cor
bin reunion.
Hon. Percy Byrd, of clarksburg, was
in Fairmont yesterday
Mrs. j. F. shafferman and daugh
ter, Miss Ruth n. Shafferman, of 12e
Abbott street, left last evening on a
two weeks trip to Philadelphia and
Atlantic City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas Fleming and
the formers mother. Mrs. Harry Elem
ing, have arrived here from New York
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PERSONALS

Mrs. Heber vangilder is the guest
Of relatives in Weston tais week.
The Misses Sadie Lloyd and Flor
ence Jack have returned from q trip
to Buffalo, Niagara Falls and points
in Canada. They took the boat trip
up the Hudson to Baltimore.
Camden Wflfoth has returned to his
duties at the postoffice having UNDER
gone an operation for appendicitis re-
Gently at Cook hospital.
Thomas e. Cook, of the local post
office force, is Ill at his home at Mil
lersyills.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Blaine Moore are
spending several weeks at Atlantic
City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Wilson have TAX
en- camp on the Valley river for few
weeks.
Mrs. Marian j. Brooks who had been
the guest Of Mrs. ]. H. Beckman, ia
leaving Friday for her home at Blng-
hamton. N. Y.
DR.. and Mrs. A. Hammit and chill
dren. OF the Murphy Deveny flats, have
returned from visit OF several weeks
at Atlantic City.
Miss Carlotta Lott, who recently re-
turned from France where she had
been in the government nursing ser
vice, is the guest OF her sister, Mrs
Lettie Gilbert. in Emerson street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brady, of Baxter, have
received word that their son, Edward
Brady. has landed in New York after
eight months of service with the U. S
government. Patrick Brady who was
doing service in the U. S. navy, has
also returned home and is now at Bax-
ter.
Mrs. Arthur Wiedman, OF Joliet, Ill.
who had been the guest OF her broth
er, o. F. jenkins. in this city, has gone
TO Morgantown to visit relatives. Mrs
Wiedman was formerly Miss Kitty
jenkins and resided here for a time.
Mrs. E. j. Taylor, of Keyser, who
had been the guest of Mrs. Christina
Snider in Madison street, left today for
Stauntor, Va, where she will visit her
daughters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Watkins will
leave Saturday for visit with Mr.. w.
F. Wise and family OF Clarion, Pa.
Mrs. Nora Wise and Leo, of Nc
Keesport are visiting at the home OF
Mr. and Mrs. ]. U. Wise on Plerpont
avenue.
Miss Donna Mccullough of McKees-
port is spending several weeks with
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and arc at their home on the South
side. Nj, and Mrs. Fieming have
beea appearing IA a New York theatre
cal ATTRACTION for some time. Mrs.
Hurry Fleming went there and accom-
panied them home.
Mrs, +. A. Leuchtenberger, of Chess
ter. 9. @, who had been the guest Of
her sister, Mrs, W. q. Bosserman, In
Locust avenue, left yesterday for her
home, accompanied by Miss Ines Bos-
serman, who will enter school IN ohes-
ter for the winter. They will visit
relatives at Harrisonburg. Stanton
and Charlottesville, Va. en- route home.
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FuNERAL oE MRS. DUDLEY.

Funeral services over the body OF
Mrs. John W. Dudley, whose death oe-
CURED at her home at Pennington on
Monday morning were held this aft
ernoon at three o'clock from her late
residence and were largely attended
by relatives and friends. The SER
vices were conducted by the Revs.
Newton Myers and Malcolm after
which interment was made in the Odd
Fellows cemetery by Undertaken R. G.
Jones.
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sEE m THls MEEk,

STERNo. the wonderful Canned
Heat for instant cooking, is being
demonstrated at our store all this
week. It's the new, safe, non-ex-
plosive fuel docks like cold cream)
non spnlable tin and 1t burns steadily
until all burned away. STERNo and
our big line of STERNo COOKING
APPLIANCES are here waiting for
you to come in and meet them. Be
sure you do 1t! Fairmont Pharmacy,
Watson Hotel Corner.
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DON'T YOU MISS

rhe pleasure you might enjoy by be-
ing the owner of an Eastman Kodak?
II you are on a vacation-afloat or
ashore-every where you go, you find
something you would like to remenl-
Der. Would not photograph fill the
bill? We have many different styles.
Let us snow you how easily they are
operated. A. G. Martin Company
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Personals.

Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Conner and fam
lily OF Wabash street, motored to Man
niGgton Sunday and visited Mr.. Con
ner's sister, Mrs Fred Robinson.
Mrs. Earl Debolt, of Vermont ave
nue.. is whiting relatives at Ernshaw
Mr.. and Mrs. D. A. zinu and Mr.
Pentney, of Tunnelton, were guests o
Mr.. and Mrs, George Henderson II
Morgantown avenue Sunday.
Miss Bloomle Henderson, OF Clarks
burg, was recent visitor at the Hen.
derson home also.
Rev. and Mrs. C. F. Eddy and tw,
sons have returned from Philip
where they spent the past week at III,
Baptist Assembly.
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EvsaYsopy

Is war gardening-doing their bit
but if they would have their bit"
prove to bo big bit" and really
worth while-they should visit the
Hall Hardware company and supply
themselves with garden seeds and a
complete outfit of garden tools. There
you will find everything needed to
make your garden a successfully.
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poN,r WANT roo LoNa

and repaired as II will cost you moro
in the future as goods are advancing
on tapestries and limitations OF black
and Spanish feathers. do first class
work. Also picture framing,
large line of mouldings to select from.
Oval frames of all sizes and standing
frames. Bring in your soldiers pic
lures and discharges; have them
framed to preserve them. Done on
short notice. S. B. Kopp, lis Meredith
ST., next to Postoffice. Phone 126s-R.
ADV.
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I She Kncw the Gan,a.

Mrs. Willis lat the bali game, as
the pitcher and catcher hold confer
ence)-What are they talking about?
Mr.. Willis-About what to throw
to the next batter.
Mrs. Willis-But they aren't allow
ed to throw anything to him except
the ball, are they?
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THESE ARE NEwIFoR FAN

New clothes for men; new Stetson
hats; new Florsneim fshoes. and plenty
OF other nifty things for nobby dress
ers are now in stock. We think we
have larger 'assortmentst OF fine lines
than you will find telseEhere stop in
and Look over theseS offerings for fall
DeftE's Leader Shop. 21Sa221FMadison
St!-Adv.
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CANT BE BEAT.

1t is impossible to bake better loaf
OF bread than American Beauty Bread
made OF choice materials In sweet
clean sanitary bakery by our expert
bakers-the finest floor imaginable
wrapped at the oven, door In paratine
paper-uo handling big delicious
loaf Of goodness-Try it-Model Steam
Bakery : BOG Cleveland Avenue
Phone, 1853.
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EAST SIDE
= NEWS =
PIeasant Meetina.

The Julia Bonifield Mission Circle
had a most pleasant meeting at the
home Of Mrs. J. M. HgEtnbotaam O,
tuesday afternoon. Several visitors
we're present. The next meeting OF
the circle viii held at the Shome 81
Mrs. Frank Amos in Raymond street
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lis MOVING DAY.

Every dEy IS moving day with US
We are ready to move your freight,
your household goods, pianos. safes.
machinery. And let us remind you that
we do our work in the most satisfac-
tory manner and with dispatch and at
most reasonable charges. Long dis.
lance moving by large auto vans.
Thomas Caruso. 221 Meredith s.
Phone 69S.J.-Adv.
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CARD oE THANKS.

We wish to extend our sincere thanks
to our neighbors and friends, especial
ly the NJ. V. T. Co.. and employees for
the kindness shown US during the ILL
ness and death OF Mrs. Mabel Merri-
field. Also for the beautiful floral
tributes.
GORDON MERRIFIELD,
N. P. CoNAwAY 40
FAMILY.
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From Germany.

Mr. and Mrs Ulysses Doolittle, o.
Wabash street, have received mes
sage from their son, Clarence Doc
little, who has been in Germany tell
Ing of his safe arrival at Norfolk. He
is expected home about August is.
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He-Dearest, e must be practical
and economical these times. Can you
make bread?
She-Yes. Harry; can you furnish
the dough?-Baltimore American.
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Returned from plttnt,,l-nb

Mrs. ]. C. Fletcher and daughter
Miss Pauline, OF satterfield street,
nave returned from several days stay
In Pittsb1rgh. Mrs. F1etcher's moth
er In law, Mrs. Mary Fletcher, who
mas been quite I'll at the home Of her
son there is'recovering.
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LOOK IN YOUR BATHROOM TO.

Gee If you don't need sponges, soaps,
tooth paste, tooth brushes, perfume,
antiseptics. and other things to make
your bath a delight.
We have all of those things you
need and will sell them to you reason
ably. South Side Pharmacy.-Adv.
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Called Here.

Mrs. Alma Hudgins and daughter.
Aleen, OF Akron, o., Hugh Hudgfns, OF
Grottoes, Va, and Mr.. and Mrs Ken
ton Kyle and children, of Clarksburs.
are all IN the city having been called
by the death of Mrs. Mary Hudgins at
Benton's Ferry
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SimnIe Arranenn,ent

Would you consent to be law
breaker?"
No" replied the anarchist. "Ratb-
er than break them, 1 would make ar
rangements to have no laws"
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Home from eoy.rnmen, s.rvl..

Brock Cox, son of Joseph Cox, OIL
townsville, who has been in govern
ment service at the Baltimore ship
yards for more than two years, has
returned to West Virginia and is the
guest of DR.. and Mrs. E. NJ. Cox in
Merchant street.
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Author-Now. want your honest
opinion. Tell me wha. faults YOU ser
in my book.
Friend-Well. for one thing, I
think the covers are too far apart.
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PRAYER Servlee

The mid-week prayer service will be
held this evening at the Palatine Bap-
list church. The pastor has returned
and hopes to have large attendance
at the service.
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Purehased Pronertv.

Mr. Outright has purchased the
Hamilton property in Maryland ave-
nue.. Mr.. Hamilton and family will
move to Spring street.
The Yale expositor., 1919-01-02

Report for District No. z, fri, for
term ending Dec. 9, l9i8:-
Number of boys, Is; number Of girls,
6; total, 21; total attendance, 724; num-
Der of days taught, 40; percentage OF
attendance, 80.
The following received the highest
marks in reading;-Frank Brennan co.
Susie Noll 90; Leona Lutz IS.
Spelling-Malcolm Evans "a; Alger
Ulrich Sc; Leona Lutz 90; Lyle Burk-
hart IS: Queenie Saunders 80.
Writing-Malcolm Evans SO; Susie
Noll 81; Queenie Saunders Ss; Hilton
Ferguson 81.
Geography-Hilton Ferguson S5.
Arithmetic-Queenie Saunders 90.
Grammar-Leona Lutz 81: Queenis
Saunders SO.
Physiology Queenie Saunders 90
Hilton Ferguson 90.
History-Leona Lutz 80; Queenis
Saunders 91; Hilton Ferguson 80.
Agrioulture-Hilton Ferguson IS
Vernell Todd 80.
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From An Old Friend

A letter from II. L. Newsted, 81
National Ave-, Detroit, has the fol.
lowing to sayi-
Mr.. Jas. A. Menxies,
Dear Siri-Am enclosing P. o. M. o
to cover my subscription for the Ex.
positor.
I We are all o. X. and had very
Merry Xmas, only missed our boy very
much, but had bright and cheerful
letter from him on Christmas eye, In
which he stated he had received pro.
motion to Sergeant 1st class and ex-
pected to be with us at home for Easter
He is located somewhere near La
Havre, France, and connected with the
Medical Department of M. r. p. No.
Hoping you had Merry Christmai
and wishing you Happy New Year
Yours respectfully,
Fl. L. Newsted
The Yale expositor., 1919-01-02
White Gift Service.

Holiday services at the Methods,
Episcopal church on Sunday evening
last were peculiarly appropriate and
enjoyable, inasmuch as the spirit OF
the program tended toward the giving
Of gifts instead of receiving, and the
destitute little children of foreign
lands were we'll remembered In the
white gift offerings
Scenes of the shepherds, the wise
men, the birth of Jesus were thrown
on the screen and songs bringing out
the meanings and purposes were rem.
dered nicely BY the choir between each
picture.
Several tableaux also we're produced
with good effect, of patriotic nature,
the whole combining to draw our
thoughts to the glad spirit Of "Peace
on earth, good will to men,"
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Methodist Episcopal Church
G. M. MERRILL, Pastor.

G. M. MERRILL, Pastor.
Emerson Cooper, Supt. of s. ).
Mrs. Drouyor, Pres. of Ladies' Aid
Communion ssrvice next Sunday
morning and church roll CALI The
names of all the members Of the
church will be read In the service.
All the members are requested to be
present and to share in the communion
service. This service is for every one
who will accept the invitation whether
members or not. It is q good time to
confess your faith in Christ and to be.
gin life of opeu discipleship.
The evening Service is especially to
help your friend. Come and receive
Jesus Christ into your life and unite
with others In building the Kingdom
of God.
On Monday the Sunday school board
meeting.
wednesday evening Bible study.
The Yale expositor., 1919-01-02
Reception

About forty-five adherents to the
Church Of Christ called in body upon
their recently new minister, Leland L.
Marion and his very recently new
bride, Mrs. Marion, on Monday evening
this week.
The call of so large a number at a
time was quite a surprise to the newly
married couple, but they made every
body welcome in very gracious man.
ner and the company spent an exceed
ingly pleasant evening with music,
social talk and amusements.
A substantial lunch, brought by the
visi tors, was served and soon after.
wards good-nights were said and New
Year greetings exchanged.
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New Year AS Peacemaker

/ have made peace with my foes,
peace with the lost and the slain
Hope and the future are mine;
over the living / reign.
For have buried the old, buried
and put away,
And the whisper and curse OF
wrong / suffer to fail today.
And the sorrow of dark regret and
the dread of the vampire past
Are dead on the white highways
where the Old Year breathed
his last.
/ am the glad New Year. Songs OF
the morn ! sing,
Songs Of the triumph soul, with
the pardon and peace / bring.
Frank Walcott Hutt