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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-02

dISO OIaCk and WnIte.
BLACK SATIN DUCHESS-36 inches
wide, heavy weight, rich lustrous finish.
Formerly $3.50. yard, $z.%9.
BLACK CHARMEUSE AND CREPE
METEOR@0 inches wide; handsome
quality. Formerly $3.50, yard, $z.ss.
BLACK CHIFFON TAFFETA-36
inches wide; soft, lustrous quality for
dresses and bathing suits; $500 values,
yard, 500.
CREPE DE CH1NE-An all silk crepe,
40 inches wide; rich lusteT; light and
dark shades. Formerly 800, yard,
NSS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-02
IANGRI ID H&RROTHFp
YOU AND ME

A salesperson with a
sincere desire to satisfy
a certain customer, who
had made a complaint,
wrote this fair-minded
message:
Sometimes things are
bound to go wrong. and this
is the burden of my song.
Please come to this store
and let US see. that ! know
you and you know me, for
then we both are bound to
agree, when l know you and
you know me.
What a world of common
sense and what a spirit of
honest serv &C in these lines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-02
The Annual August Sale
of Blankets and Bedding
With Substantial Savings from
Our Regular Selling Prices

As Theodore Roosevelt said Thrift is
wise spending" The truth of this maxim is
daily becoming more apparent And as the
people of the country gradually become edu-
Gated to this great mans philosophy, they
realize that to avail themselves of summer sale
prices is to "spend wisely" Our Bedwear
stocks are bigger than ever, and every re-
duction has been made from our regular SELL
ing prices, which will prevail at the close of
this sale.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-02
ne August SdIc fT1C'
$4.29 Pair

Block Plaid Blankets-Made
by North Star Wooden Mills;
shown in only limited num-
Der of the following colors;
Black and white. tan and
white, and scarlet and black.
Size 70x80 inches. Regular
Si2.o5 value.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-02
FOR NEARLY 90 YEARs"LANsBURdH BROTHER FOR SILKS"
In This Sale of New Silks
Prices Sound Like Olden Times

Huge bought from several large silk houses
plunged with the result that position values
have not been equaed in
$3.50 AH-Silk Crepe de Chine Yard, 1919
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-08-27

parents, Mr.. and Mrs. T. H. McCles-
key, at Blackwell.
Miss linda Harrison has returned
from delightful summer in Tennes-
see and the mountains of North Car
DINA.
Misses Hattie and Myrtle Russell
of Roanoke, Ala, are spending the
week with their cousin, Miss Mar
garet Black.
Mrs. M. L. McCleskey, Mrs. ]. E.
Gable and Mrs. Mollie Sauls left on
Saturday for a visit to relatives in
Kentucky.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. L. McCleskey of
Greenville, s. c., spent last week with
Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil McCleskey.
Mrs. John Allan of Dunedin, Fla,
has returned home after a visit to
Mrs. John Black.
Miss Emma Belle Osborne has re-
turned from a visi to relatives in
Macon.
Mr.. Clyde Murray is at home again
after trip to New York.
Glen Ford of Atlanta is the guest
of Dewitt Cole, Jr.
Mrs. William Levie, who has been
the guest of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. L. M. McCleskey, has returned
to st. Paul.
Miss Harriet Robson has returned
from an extended stay in New York.
She took six weeks course in Pschy-
chology and Sociol ogy at Columbia
University, and alsospent some time
visiting friends. One of her most
interesting visits was weekend
spent at the palatial home of Mr..
George A. Plimpton, the millionaire
philanthropist.
Miss Corinne Gerdine of Athens
and Miss Lula McMichael of Buena
Vista, are the guests of Mrs. NJ. D.
Hodges.
Miss Evelyn Cheney is spending
the week with Miss Agnes Jones in
Atlanta.
Miss Louise Kincaid is visiting rel
atives in Americas.
Mrs. Frank Hazlehurst and daugh-
ter, Carolyn, of Macon, who have
been the guests of Mrs. Campbell
Wallace, Jr., left on Saturday for
Gainesville.
Mrs. w. o. Boatner and daughter,
Audrey, are on a visit to relatives in
Decatur, Texas.
Miss Lois Dobbs has returned from
visit to Murphy, N. C..
Mr.. and Mrs. Loring Raoul and
children are visiting relatives in At
lanta.
Miss Alice Dewar has returned to
Andrews, N. c., after visit to Mrs.
John M. Graham.
Mr.. Charles T. Alison has returned
to his home in Chicago. Mrs. Alison
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-08-27

will remain while longer as the
guest of her sister, Mrs. Pierre Cam
bios.
Mrs. Georgia King of Savannah
was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Tren-
holm Baker.
Miss Florence Baker of Commerce
Texas, arrives this week for a visit
to Mrs. Mayes Frey.
Mr.. and Mrs Maurice Goldstein of
Baltimore spent last week with Mr..
and Mrs. r. A. Fine.
Misses Mildred and Mary Lila IT.
win of Buford, are guests of their
grandmother, Mrs. Tom Irwin.
Mrs. w. B. Lowe, who has been
spending a month with Mrs. J. d.
Easterlin, has returned to Anona,
Florida.
Harold Erwin is visiting his grand
mother, Mrs. w. w. Parks, in Au-
burn, Ga.
Mr.. L. L. Johnson of Birmingham
Ala, is spending the week with his
uncle, DR.. G. L. Hagood.
Mrs. George Shackleford of New
nan is the guest of her sister, Mrs
Joe M. Austin.
Mrs. Sue Bradley, who has been
visiting her grand daughter, Mrs. j
P. Irwin, has returned to Worcester
Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Northcutt and
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Northcutt are
spending the week at Willeo Camp.
Miss Nina Moon, who has been Wis.
iting friends and relatives in towr
for the past week, has returned home
Mr.. and Mrs. R. w. Lewis are visit.
/ ing in Tennessee.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Daniel re.
turned on Thursday from a fishing
trip at Euhalie. Have you heard
George" fish tale" about the yellow
catfish he caught, weighing 46 1-2
pounds? Some fish!
Miss Augusta Groves has returned
from visit to Whittle Springs, Tenn
Mrs. Herbert Hague and Miss
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-08-27

Elizabeth Hague returned on Thurs
day from New York. Miss Hague
has been taking course at Columbia
University for two months and Mrs.
Hague joined her for a visit three
weeks ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. John R. Northcutt
and children of Athens arrived on
Tuesday for a visit to Mrs. ]. d.
Northcutt.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Cousen left on
Thursday for a visit to Gloucester,
Mass.
Mrs. c. M. Law has returned from
Tarboro, Ms c., where she was called
by the illness of her daughter, Mrs.
Clinton Jones. The many friends of
the family are glad to know of Mrs
Jones convalescence.
Miss Mary Louise Brumby return.
ed on Monday from a months stay a,
Laurel Falls Camp, in North Georgia
Miss Katie Comfort of Boston, Ga.
is the guest of her brother, Mr.. David
Comfort.
Mrs. Walter Sans entertained he,
Sunday school class with "a picnic al
Austell on Monday evening.
Mr.. Eugene Stubinger returned the
last of the week from a visit to New
York and Candada.
Mrs. Fannie Trezevant, who has
been spending several weeks in Min,
neapolis as the guest of her daughter
Mrs. Fred Hopkins, has returned
home.
Mrs, Chan Jones and children OF
Albany and Mrs. Albert Dobbs OF
Athens, are the guests of Mrs. w. A.
Sans.
Lieut.. Commander R. X. Awtrey
superintendent radio service at New
Orleans, is expected in Marietta this
week. His wife, who has been in
,, New York for month with her par.
ents, will join him here Sept. /.
! Mrs. o. G. Glover of Canton spent
last week as the guest of her sister
Mrs. Pierce Latimer.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-08-27

Mrs. D. c. Hancock and children
of Admission, Ala, are the guests of
Mrs. j. w. Hancock.
Mrs. J. P. Gill of Albany is the
guest of her daughter, Mrs. Joseph
E. Brown.
Mr.. and Mrs. James T. Anderson
returned Tuesday night from a visit
to Tate Springs, Tennessee.
Mrs. Wilbur Smith, who has been
the guest of her brother, Mr.. ]. A.
Field, has returned to Sycamore, Ga.
She was accompanied by Miss Lucy
Field, who will be her guest for two
weeks.
The Marietta Book Store wishes us
to say that an apparent overcharge
by the book people has delayed the
sale of some of the books to be used
in the approaching term of school.
If you haven't registered for the
city election of Sept. %, you should
do so. You'll want to vote for, OF
against the new charter.
Several communications are left of
this week. The big amount of ad.
vertislng in our columns shows whv
Pro. Awtrey Wedgeworth, teache,
of history in the Chicago High
schools, and his bride, were visitors
to Acworth and Marietta relatives
last week. Mr.. Wedgeworth once
taught the Lost Mountain school. this
county, went over to the PHILIPPINES
as teacher for the United States
government, rapidly advanced there
till he was Superintendent of one OF
the larger divisions, returned to the
states after ten years, graduated
from the University of Chicago, anc
was at once installed there as a
teacher in the main High school OF
the city. He recently married Miss
Elizabeth Cook of Milledgeville, Ga
Since writing the notice last week
! about the girls who were attending
the G. N. I. C. next term, Miss Al
lene Goodwin, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Shuler Goodwin of Marietta. has
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-08-27

| had notice that she will be entered
also. This makes Is for the county.
A movement is on foot to drain the
MONDAY creek between the Kenne-
saw road and the Bells Ferry road.
Quite lot of good Bottom land
would be brought into cultivation by
this project.
Misses Carrie Leu and Cynthia ALI
good visited Atlanta Saturday.
Miss Bessie Robinson of Shelby
vile, Tenn, is visiting her uncle and
aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. D. Garvis, at
227 Roswell street.
Messrs. R. F. and Norriss Mabry
and their sister of near Roswell visit
ed friends in Marietta on last Sat
urday.
| Mrs. B. E. Price, who has been Wis
ting relatives and friends in Atlanta
has returned home.
Mrs. Antoine Granting and little
daughter, Clare, of Chicago, spent
several days this week with Mrs. AL
ban Gilbert.
! Miss Georgia Hunt has returned
from two months stay in Ashville,
N. C.
Mrs. Peter Smith and daughter,
Elizabeth, of Atlanta, who have been
spending the summer in Dallas, Tex
as, will arrive here Saturday for
visit to Miss Bessie Campbell, at
Radium Lodge.
Miss Sara Frances Hyde celebrated
her twelfth birthday on Saturday af-
ternoon, with a pretty party to a
number of little friends.
! Miss Julia McNeel attended a
luncheon given by Miss Sara Orine
in Atlanta on Tuesday.
Miss Christine McEachern of At
lanta is the guest of Miss Christine
Blair.
Captain Fred Morris of Washing
ton spent several days this week with
his wife here.
Mrs. Lucy F. Gilbert returned on
Tuesday from visit to her sister,
Mrs. w. F. Glenn in Atlanta.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-08-27
PERSONAL Mention
Mrs. D. c. Cole. Society Editor, Phone $50

Mr.. Will Latimer left Monday for
a business trip to Arcadia, Fla.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kellogg, who
have been spending the summer in
Winnsboro, S. c., have returned
home.
Mr.. Charlie Hedges, who has been
for some months in camp in Ten
nessee, visited his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. c. E. Hedges, here this week.
Mrs. Bagwell, Miss Mildred Bag
we'll and Mrs. Jim Frey of Atlanta,
were the weekend guests of Mrs.
Trenholm Baker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Segars of Okla
homa are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
B. T. Frey.
Mr. and Mrs. N. S. Kitchens of
Birmingham are the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. George Northcutt.
Mrs. Joicie C. Bunting, who has
been spending the summer with Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Bunting, has return.
ed to her home in Berlin, Maryland
Mr.. and Mrs. Mayo CAN'T, who
have been visiting Mr.. and Mrs
Mayes Frey, left on Monday for
Chattanooga.
Miss Nolla Barrett, who has been
spending the summer in Birmingham,
Athens and Atlanta, has returned to
Marietta and will spend the winter
with her sister, Mrs. George North
cult.
Mrs. Ewing D. Underwood and her
brother, Joel Mathews, spent the
weekend in Wooley, Ca, with their
sister, Mrs. Sans.
Mr. and Mrs. w. D. Anderson of
Macon visited Mr.. and Mrs. George
Anderson this week.
Messrs. Howard and George North
cult, John Black, Leon McCollum and
Roy Collins left on Sunday for Re-
lance, Tenn, on fishing trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Newt Mays left on
Monday for a trip through North
Carolina.
Mrs. c. M. Crosby entertained in
formally with a small Bridge party
on Monday evening, in honor of Miss
Katheryne Dykers of New Orleans
the guest of Mrs. J. M. Brown.
Mr.. Abner Towers, who has been
visiting his sisters, Misses Tallulah
and Mary Towers, has returned to
his home in Gadsden, Ala.
Misses Cora Brown, Irine Malone
Marie Shipper, Julia and Emmie An
derson, Rebecca Cole, Lillian Dobbs
Messrs. Pat Grove, Staunton Read
Guy Northcutt, William Holland, Les
lie Blair, Robert Gilbert and Lindley
Camp, chaperoned by Mrs. Tom Read
and Mrs. Allan Snider, spent a happy
weekend out at Willeo Camp.
Little Miss Louise McCleskey is
spending the week with her grand
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1920-04-17

dry ~1ekarskiej jake najbardziej
pomocne; nastepnie musza bye
one o niezaprzecznej czystoscl |
sporzqdzone W ten sposob, zeby-
gwarantowa}y najlepszy skutek,
nakoniec cena musi bye unfair
kowana, szczegolnie teraz, kiedy
wysoki koszt zycia sklania mas
do wiekszej ekonomii. Wszyst--
kie tie szczegoiy rsa d~ope}nione
przez Trinera lekarstwa, l Z tego
powodu lyle tysiecy pacyentow
5qdajq Cd swych aptekarzy Tub
Sprzedawaczy lekarstw Trineta
.Amerykanskiego Elixiru Corr
kiego Wilma w przyPadku "a
twardzenia, slabego apetytu, DO
III g}owy, ncrwowoSci i innych
dolegliwosciach po49czonych z
nicporzqdkiem zol2dka, Trinera
T.inimentu W przypadku reuIna-
tycznych boil i neuralgia, nadwe-
rczeh i napuchniet, Trinera La
codziciel Kaszlu w przypadkach
przeziebicnia i kaszlu W przy-
radku zaziebienia / kaszlu t. p.
Trinera lekarstwa daja zawsze
bezpieczna ulge. - Joseph Tri-
rer Co., 1333-43 S. Ashland ave-
Chicago, III.
=. (Og,.)
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1920-04-17

R. X. $25. 90. Tow. Korony Polskiej
z. p. R. X. 500. Tow. Matki B.
Nieust. Pomocy $500. Dziewice i
Dzieci Maryi $1,000. Tow. Wawel
$500. Tow. Kanonierow $500.
X. KAHN. Pitanowski dopomaga
W tel piracy i udziela wszelkich rad i
wskaz6wek. Pieniadze zostaly wre-
zone komitetowi, X. Kaz' mierzowl
Pijanowsk' emu i OBJ. X. C~zaplikowi.
W krotkim czasie stana ma kobier
Gu slubnym p. Andrzej Rogala, Fam,
pnr. 4414 S. Ashland ave z pna WIKI
torya Ma!ysa.
Zeszlej niedzieli zebraly sic wszy-
stkie zarzady towarzystw parafii
NajSw. Serca Jezus ma wsp6lne nara
dy W celu powiekszenia bibl'oteki
parafialnej. Wszyscy obecni oswald
czyli sic, re popra -prawe rozWoJu
bilioteki i postanowiono zakupic
wiecej ksiazek polskich, skoro ma
dejdzie sposobnost sprowadzenia ich
2 Europy. Bfblioteka parafialna do
tychczas jest szczupla. lecz niezadfu-
90 znacznie sic powiekszy.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1920-04-17

n,ajacego "a zadanie urzadzenie
Manifestacyi Kosciuszkowskiej,
juka odbedize sic W dniu 3ogo
maja b. r.
Poniewaz ME wszystkie pol
skie organizacye representative
swoich ma posiedzenie poprze--
dnie przysialy, przeto niniejszem
zawiadamiamy i prosimy, by
tychze ma posiedzenie w dniu
wyzei wymienionym przyslaiy.
Przedewszystkiem odnosi sic
to do Zjednoczenia P. R. K,
Zwiazku Polek, Macierzy Pol
skiej i wszystkich innych zrze-
sen, kt6re ME sa dotychczas W
Komitecie tym reprezentowane,
'jak niemniej do tych, kt6rzy by
Ii ma ~poprzednich posiedzeniach.
Sprawl manifestacyi jest RE
CA bardzo powazna, dlatego tez
koniecznem jest, by wszyssy sta
will sic ma posiedzenie.
P~osiedzenic rozpocznie sic .
godzinie 2 20 p~oludniu W ME
dziele dnia 1890 kwietnia w Do
mu Zwiazku Mar. Pol, 1906 w.
Division III.
M T.urbak, przewodniczacy.
Wiad. Piekarz, sekretarz.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1920-04-17
re SERCOWA.

Braotwo Dziewic i DGieei Maryi,
PREY parafii Najsw. Serca Jezusa, u
rzadza przedstawfenie p. t. ,Patry-
va, dramat W pieciu aktach, dnia
ego maja b. T. W sail p~arafialnei >
godzinie 1880. Doch6d przeznaczD
Nv jest ma parafie. Siostry Felicyan
XII dokladaja wszelkich sil, ably wy
step ten wypadl tak najlepiej. Anna
torki znane So ze swyeh p~oprzednich
wystepow z kt6rych zawsze wywiaza-
~ sic bardzo dobrze. Spodziewanem
Jest. re pa~rafianie popra ich eel do
bry i uznajs prace si6str Felicya-
mex. PROXY odbywaja sic regularnie
: wielka energia.
, W ~tutejszej parafi NajSw. Serca
Jezus odbywaja sic skladki ma rzecz
powracajacych zolnierzy polskich
CHallerczyk6w). Obecnie po domach
ehodza, zbierajac kolekty nastepu-
iaey obywatele: A. Kurdys. L. Me
spodziany, WIad. PAGER, ]. Babon, R.
Tokarz, A. Wr6blewski, NJ. Filipiak,
L. Mirocha, ]. LeSniak, ]. Baszak, ].
Kosek, j. Grzeczka, ]. HabeT. / Wal.
Czuryla. Publicznost z dzielnicy
Town Of Lake dosyt homie wspiera
ten ~dobroczynny eel i p~rzyczynia sic
do powiekSzenia tego funduszu. Do
tychcEas Eebrano przeszIo $4,000.
T~owarzystwa parafialne ziozyfy ma
stepujace sunny: Tow. Sw. Antoniego
Macierzy Polskiej. $500. Niewiasty
R6zancowe, $1,000. Ch6T mSodszy
sw. Cecylii, $1,000. Choir starszy sw.
Cecylii, s12.OO. Tow. Wnieb. Pan
skiego. $500. Tow. sw. J6zefa,
$500. Tow. Maj. 'Serca Jezus 2. P.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1920-04-17
TRY SZCZEGoLY.

Potrzebujac lekarstwa, masz
pod uwaga try szczeg6}y, ktore
O twym wyborze. Skiad
niki tego lekarstwa musza ma
lczec do tych, ktore sa znane vic
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1920-04-17
Waane Zawiadomienie.
Do wszystkich representative
polskich organizacyi i poszcze-
g6lnych towarzystw w Chicago.

Niniejszem zawiadamia sic, re
" niedziele, dnia lSgo kw~ietnia.
odbedzie sic posiedzenie Komite
tn Manifestacyi zorganizowane-
so z Iona poszczegolnych orga-
nizacyi polskich W Chicago, a
New-York tribune., 1920-11-01

biscuit ware teapot, decorated with
urns in panels and colored blue and
green, and Castlcford teapot in buff.
decorated with brown classical figures
~ panels and fish final. The group of
Staiiordshire pottery is large and
varied.
Examples Of English and other for
elgn glass and Of early American glass
are shown for sale Saturday, November
o. Waterford glass compotier and
cover and an old red glass vase in the
form of bell held in a gilt tripod
wltA gilt standard and marble base are
among the unusual pieces of foreign
glassware. Bohemian glass Of pink, of
rcd and blue and an assortment of
pieces of milk white glass also are
shown.
Numbers 7l5 to sol in the exhibition
were bought by DR.. Hunter with the
understanding that they we're Sand
wlch glass, glass coming into favor
with collectors. This ware was made
IN Sandwich, Mass, beginning in 1925
During its career, from 1928 to 1885,
the works at Sandwich turned out ali
sorts of glass. For the early days came
the pressed articles which are now in
great demand
Ihc work of another interesting fac
tory or group of factories is rcprcsent-
ed IN the lots listed from 9O2 to $50
with the exception of Nos. S34, SAG and
S49. They are examples Of South Jcr-
scy glass and the catalogue says of
them and their history:
"Ihc first South Jersey glass factory
was established near the Yillage Of
AAloway. in Salem County, IN 1885, by
Caspar Wistar, of philadelphia. the
small settlement that grew up around
the works being known as Wstarbcrg.
In 1715 another factory was started at
what is now Glassboro by two of Wis
tar'a Wcrllmen. Between then and the
carly le4O's q great number Of fac
tories were started throughout this
section. most Of them established by
the Wistar workmen.
AS matter Of fact. practically all
the pieces now collected as Wistarherc
or South Jersey glass arc of this latter
origin, the commercial output of all
these factories having consisted Of win
dow glass, bottles. snuff canisters and
other similar hollow ware.
"Three generations Of these workmen
continued for more than 100 years to
make for themselves and their friends
the same range of pieces, unaltcrcd in
form and indistingushablc in tech
NiQue. Call them what we will
and date them as we choose, their
rarity remains the same"
New-York tribune., 1920-11-01
Second Husband of Late.
Mrs. Tom Thumb Dies
Boston Man Noted for His Many
Benefactions to Members of
Stage Profession

MIDDLEBORC, Mass. Oct. 81
Count Primo Magri, second husband Of
Mrs. Tom Thumb, and himself a famous
dwarf died at a hospital here tonight
after an illness of two weeks. He was
seventy-one years old
Count Magri was thirty seven inches
tall and weighed ffty-hve pounds Two
weeks ago he held an auction sale of
the effects of the late Tom Thumb,
with the proceeds of which he had
planned to return to italy. his native
land.
Magri was born in Bologna in 1849
He first appeared on an Italian stage
in 1865, and his success was so marked
that four years later he received his
title from Pope Plus X. With it went
an annual pension
Primo and his brother, Ernest. who
was SO Il inches tall, came to the United
States in 1878 and later joined the
famous Barnum troupe. which included
MIR. and Mrs. Tom Thumb, in 1885 Two
years after the death Of Tom Thumb
the widow was married to Count Magri
at Trinity Church. New York.
Since the death of his wife, two years
ago, the Count had been living alone
at his home here He was member
Of the Grand Rapids (Mich), Lodge of
Elks, and the local lodge plans to take
charge Of the funeral on Tuesday.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-01
J. A. Gary, Former
Cabinet Member.
Is Dead, Aged SO
Postmaster General Under
Mckinley, Succumbs at
Baltimore Home; Began
Career on S5-a-Month Job
Special Dispatch TO The Tribune

BALTIMORE, Oct. 9l.-James A.
( Gary, Postmaster General in the Cabi-
net of President Mckinley and for
many years the recognized leader of
the Republican party in Maryland,
d!ed at $3.50 o'clock this afternoon at
his home here. He was eighty-eight
years old. His death was caused bv a
general breakdown. due, in part, to old
age rather than to any specific ailment
ne had been weak for some time and his
death was not unexpected With Mr..
cary when he died were his wife, his
SIX daughters and son. Another daugh-
ter Mrs Andrews H. Whitredge. died
Just year ago almost to the hour.
Funeral services viii be held at 2
o clock to-morrow afternoon at his
nome The officiating ministers will
De the Rev. DR.. John Mcdowell, of New
York, and the Rev. DR.. Josh Stevenson.
OF Princeton, n. j., both former pas
tors OF the Brown Memorial Presbv-
terrain Church. of which Mr. Gary vas
member lnterment viii be private
Mr. Gary was born in Uncasville.
Conn. October %, 1892, and was
brought to Baltimore when a child bv
ms father, James s. Gary. The
founder of the Gary family IN this
country was John Gary, who came here
from England in l712, ard settled in
New Hampshire
Mr.. Gary's father conducted a sue
cessiul cotton mill at Alberton on the
baltimore & Ohio Railroad. and de-
termined that his son should follow in
his footsteps. The salary youns Csrv
earned whom he first started to w.rk
Tor his father was S5 month. -ater
ne became his fathers partner in the
firm of James S. Gary & Son. and had
been head of the firm since 1870.
Mr; Cary was the Wing nominee for
the Senate of Maryland in 1858; was
one of the three delegates from his
county to the Union Convention held
az the Maryland Institute in 1861: q
delegate to the Republican National
conventions of 1872. 1876, 1880. 1854
1892 and 1896; Republican candidate
for Congress in 1872. and served in
Mckinley's Cabinet as Postmaster
General from March, 1897, until May,