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Evening star., 1924-05-11
Sodality Union Plans
Gard Party for May Is

The Sodality Union of Washington
has completed arrangements for the
card party which will be given at
the New willard Hotel Thursday.
May. Is, at $3.50 pm, for the benefit
of the Catholic rural missions of
the archdiocese of Baltimore. A very
attractive souvenir program has been
prepared.
A partial list of patrons and pat
ronesses includes Senator A. Owsley
Stanley, Senator Edwin S. Broussard,
Senator David /. Walsh. the Most Rev.
Michael ]. Curley, d. D., Archbishop
of Baltimore; Rt. Rev. Thomas j.
Shehan, rector of the Catholic Uni
versity; Rt. Rev. Msgr. c. f. Thomas
Rt. Rev. Msgr. James +. Mackin'
Rev. Charles NJ. Hart, Rev. Edward
Rev. Z. Di Paola. Rev. John c. Geale
s. j.: Rev. Charles J. Trinkaus, Rev
Clarence L. Wheeler, Rev. John
O'Grady, D. D.: Rev. Louis ]. O'Hem,
Rev. Joseph v. Buckley, Rev. r \
Cavanaugh, Rev. John J. Coady, Kew
Leo j. Fealy, Rev. Michael J. FIN
nerty, Rev. John j. Fleming, ,.
Rev. Frederick j. Grewen, >. D.,
Rev. Clement ]. Jordan. Rev. Louis
Motry, Rev. Lawrence j. Sheehan
d. D.; Rev. John ]. Murphy. s. j.
Mrs. NJ L. Allies. Miss Ida NJ. Atchin-
son, Mrs. John n Auth, Miss Louise
Auth. Miss Rosetta Allen. Mrs: ;. L.
Battles, Miss Katherine c. Babblng-
ton, Miss May Berberich. Miss Anna
Burns, Miss Rose Burgdorf. Miss
Eleanor Bergling. Miss A. j. Barrett
DR.. and Mrs. John +. Brennan, Mrs.
Estelle Bayne, Mrs. William Brown
Mrs. Michael Buckley. Mrs: Henry )
Beall, Mrs. S. ]. Brinkley, Mr.. DAVID
NJ. Braun, Miss Marie L. Byrne, Miss
Mary Beu, Mrs. c. ]. Cusack. Mrs
Aneas Collins, Miss Annie Codrick
Miss F. C. Carroll, Mrs: F. v: CollinS
Miss X. l. Carroll. Miss Mary NJ
Condor. Miss Cecilia Craven. Mrs
Thomas NJ Castle. Mrs. John f. Cas-
sidy, Mrs. NJ ]. Coughlan. Mrs. John
j. Grove, Mrs. Lowe Councilman
Mrs. Adelaide Rover Cavanagh, MIS-
NJ. ]. Doran. Mrs. Charles !. DaIy'
Mr.. and Mrs William Duffy, Mrs
John Donohoe. Mrs. j. A. Dillon. Miss
Rebecca NJ. Doherty. Mrs. L. Dorsch'
Mrs. r. T.. de Grain. Miss Mary A.
Daugherty, Miss Rena Donohoe, MT
Ella Earle. the Misses Fenneli. MISS
Sadie Fitzpatrick. a friend, Mrs. N
Il. Floyd, a friend. Miss Margare,
Fegan, friend, Mrs. J. T. F1ournoy
Mrs. T. F. Fennin. Mrs. p. A. Fealy
Miss Annie T. Fleming. Miss Laura
f.. Garrison Mrs. L. A. German MIS-
Michael Griffin. Mr.. and Mrs. John II
Galloway.
Also Miss Mary Hart, Mrs. T. F.
Hannah. Mrs. Frank Haske, Mrs. }
Hauher. Mrs J. ]. Hayes, Mrs. Aman-
da Hackett, Miss Theresa Harriga n
Mr. and Mrs. NJ. Heister. Mrs. r )
Harmon, Miss Mary Heffernan. Mrs
samuel c. Hill, jr.; Mrs. w. r. Irving
Miss Monica Joyce, Miss Grace Irene
Kelly, Miss Alice q. Kelly, DR.. anc
Mrs. w. p. kenealy. Mrs. John f
Kelley, Miss Josephine Kelly, Miss
Margaret Kennedy, Mrs. Caroline
Kieber, Mrs. +. u. kilton, Mr.. and
Mrs. T. T. Keane. Miss A. NJ. kapler
Mrs. Nellie Levy, Mrs. Clarence w
Lee, Mrs. Elizabeth May, Mrs. Henry
A. Miller. Mrs. ]. Floyd Maley, Miss
NJ. McCauley, Miss Mary Mangan, Mrs
Evening star., 1924-05-11
Gard Party and Dance
Interest Is Unusual

Unusual interest this year is being
shown in the card party and dance
the ladies of the Blessed Sacrament
Parish are planning to give at
Rauscher's. Saturday evening, May II.
New patrons and partonesses are be-
ing announced daily, with these
names recently added: Mrs Aubrey
l.. Clarke, Mrs. P. J. Harmon, Mrs
Rapheaei 5emmes, Mrs. Arthur May,
Mrs. Rene Dagneaux. Mrs. j. Ryan
Devereaux, Mrs. A. f. Berry, Mrs. e.
l.. Pugh, Mrs. William c: Sullivan,
Mrs. John Garrett. Mr.. and Mrs Ed
ward F. Colladay. Mrs. James A.
Donohoe, Mrs. ]. Eris Powell. Mrs
John Costello, Mrs. ]. E. Fechet, Mrs
James Crowley, Mrs. J. ]. Sheehy,
Mrs. Kari Fenning, Mrs. Michael
Heister, Mrs. James A. Toomey, Mrs.
Robert +. Quirk. Mrs. Charles L.
Selecman, Mrs. James McReynoId
Mrs. j. B. Bowling, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Quinn. Mrs. Thomas f. Keane,
Mrs. Louis f. Sholtes, DR.. and Mrs.
j. Ernest Smith, Mrs. J. j. Blandin,
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry II. Byrne, Mr..
Evening star., 1924-05-11
Sons of Confederate
Veterans Meet Nav l3

The Sons of Confederate Veterans
will give their last public meeting
Tuesday, May 13, before leaving for
the reunion in Memphis. Tenn, on
May 81. The program has been ar
ranged by Commander John A. Chum-
bley, and the subject will be Should
there be Confederate Memorial and
for what shall it stand" Col. Claude
n. Bennett will speak on "the Lee
Highway" DR.. Clarence J. Owens will
talk on the Manassas or BuH Run
battlefield and the Memorial bridge"
Gutson Borgium has been invited to
speak on his work of carving the
memorial on Stone mountain, and
Mr.. c.. Bascom Slemp, secretary to
President Coolidge and member of
Camp 305, will make q few remarks.
The Southern Memorial Association
Evening star., 1924-05-11

will assist in the program and thos,
who have accepted are Mrs. Fanni.
Shreve Heartsill and Miss Lilliar
Chenoweth. who will sing duet, ac-
companied by Miss Minnie Bailey
the piano: Miss Ida Ullman and Mr.
George Daw, viclinists and Mr.
Jerome Marshall with trombone: Mrs
Benjamjne Soule Gantz. Will sing
several old southern songs
Arrangements have been made l.,
visit asheville, y. C., and Iu-cI,.
Shoals on the trip to Memphis. aid
announcements will be made in re
gard to the Confederate reunion 10 lie
held in Memphis. June 3 to s, after
the rendition of the program Dane
ing will be enjoyed the remainder
of the evening. All chapters Of th'
Daughters of the Confcderacy hav'
been invited.
Evening star., 1924-05-11

Mrs. NJ Rea Shafer, Mrs. Alexander
Nylie, and Mrs. Charles Ross.
DR.. and Mrs. John Finn of Pres
colt, Ariz., en- route from Montreal,
Canada. where they have been attend
ing the tuberculosis conference, are
the week end house guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. L. f. kneipp at their home on
Shepherd street.
Mrs. L. l.. Shelters entertained
Thursday her unit of the Altar So
ciety of the Church of the Blessed
Sacrament at luncheon and bridge at
her home on 3Oth street.
Mr.. and Mrs. John II. Galloway
have returned to their home on
Keokuk street after spending several
weeks in New York City with friends.
The handkerchief and towel COM
mttee Of the Rectors Aid Society
OF All Saints Episcopal Church will
meet on Monday morning at 1880
o'clock at the homo of Mrs. Abner
Ferguson on Huntington street.
Luncheon will be served.
Evening star., 1924-05-11

step, with every little motion, it
gently messages away the dis
figuring, useless fat. Women
usually lose one to three inches
the very first week! Makes you
look and feel years younger.
1t is entirely new-nothing
like it has ever been known
before. The most comfortable,
practical girdle you ever had on!
Come in and try it on today!
Evening star., 1924-05-11
Alumnae Body Plans
Card and Mah-ions PARTY

The Syracuse University Alumnae
Association is arranging a large card
and NAH jong party to be held Thurs
day, May 18th, at $50 o'clock at the
clubhouse of the National American
Association of University Women, for
the purpose of raising money for the
university endowment fund The
party is in charge of Miss Lucy ]
Graham, who is assisted by Misses
Kathryn l. Steinle, Ruth l. Audas.
Selma Borchardt and Anna 3. Stiles
The patronesses include Mrs
Charles Evans Hughes, Mrs. Harry
Stewart New, Mrs. Curtis d. Wilbur.
Mrs Henry Cantwell Wallace. Mrs
James w. Wadsworth, Mrs. Joe ].
Manlove. Mrs. Howard l.. Hodgkins.
Mrs. Otis J. Rogers and Mrs. Charles
NJ. Galloway.
Evening star., 1924-05-11

No more long and anxious wait
ing to grow thin! No more heart
straining exercises-no more dis
agreeable starving diets no more
harmful medicines-no more stiff
uncomfortable corsetsl A marvel
Gus new discovery has been made
"a new scientific girdle that
makes you look inches thinner
at once = and gently reduces
fat without the slightest effort or
inconvenience to you!
Evening star., 1924-05-11
VIII Hold Benefit Dance
For Anna Pavlowa S School

A benefit performance of dancing
will be given Wednesday evening,
May 81, at the President Theater BY
Mr. Paul Tchernikoff and Miss Eliza
beth Gardiner, who will have a num-
ber assisting them. The proceeds
will be given to Nine. Anna Pavlowa's S
school for Russian girls on the Rue
Chemin defer. st. Cloud, Paris.
France. Among the patroneSses are
Mime. TsamadoS, Mrs. Robert Lansing.
Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant Nine.
Ekengren. Mrs. Charles J. Bell and
Mrs. Alice Barney.
Evening star., 1924-05-11
Entertain Guests
At Bridse-Supper

Several parties have been given In
honor of Miss Muriel r. Schaefer and
Mr.. John Raymond Henderson, whose
May 10.
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight X. Terry
entertained at n bridge supper Thurs
day evening, Mrs Nathaniel G. Will
son entertained at bridge followed
by tea Saturday afternoon. and Miss
Margaret G. Taylor will give "A bridge
tea for Miss Schaefer on Tuesday.
Evening star., 1924-05-11
Club of Colonial Danes
To Hold Tea Tomorrow

The Club of Colonial Danes will en-
tertain at a tea Monday afternoon
at 4 o'clock in honor of Mrs. Clifford
Bergman and Miss katherine Riggs.
Mrs Bergman will talk on Book
Plates" and Miss Riggs will give sew
eral selections on the harp.
Evening star., 1924-05-11

Philip Hermann. Mr.. S. Dana Lincoln,
Capt. and Mrs. julius i. Peyser, Judge
and Mrs. Charles III. Robb, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. S. Flannery, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fulton Lewis and Mrs. w. l.. Soleau.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-12-19
SANTA CLAUS LOST
IN PARROTS ALLEY

cMSdT HILE Despard pegged away
UUH in the shoemaker's shop q
wise old bird kept him COM
pany. The canary that thrilled in his
cage was the only other companion Of
his labors and the object of the jeal-
Gus contempt Of the ancient parrot,
which viewed 1t from his perch as a
momentary and frivolous interruption
to the course of serious affairs.
The parrot had regarded even
Despard himself as late bubble on
the stream of events, and, while 1t
passed from the hands of a wander
ing sailor into the shoemaker's care
in nominal sense, 1t had really as
sumed charge Of both shop and mas
ter. This conscious responsibility ex-
tended to the personal greeting with
which it saluted upon entrance every
customer with, Hello. papa's boy !
Want to talk to papa a little?" and
it reached out 50 far that the crooked
and struggling lane had come to be
called Parrots Alley"
This alley was Of such a nature
that it had never been visited by those
rays of pleasant light that shine from
Christmas trees or those cheering gifts
that do so much to make little folks
and big folks happy. 1t was dull
and dirty place, where patched clothes
hung upon clotheslines and dogs
fought over bones; where there was
not much to wear, not much to eat,
not much peace.
So that Santa Claus, taking the
wrong turn, found himself in a strange
locality, and, after peering about in
the unlighted gloom, had to confess
that he was lost.
For a moment his merry face was
clouded, but, catching sight of gleam
in Despard's shop, he pushed open his
door and entered. Laying down one
Of his large bundles, that was marked
"For the Forgotten Ones" he was
about to go upstairs, hoping to find
out where he was, when voice in
the darkness said, Hello, papa's boy !!
Want to talk to papa a littlef Well,
can't see to talk to papa In the dark !"
Frightened for the first time In his
life, Santa Claus made for the door
and rushed out. But he left the
bundle behind him m!-Christopher g..
Hazard
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Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-12-19
1t Is Easy to Spread
Happiness to Others

TT WAS snowing-not the nice, dry
kind, but the kind that leaves hat
feathers bedraggled and tempers
grouchy.
The streets were crowded with holi-
day shoppers and people looked cross.
A woman hurried toward me, hold,
ing to boy of four by one hand and
carrying a heavy basket with tho
other.
He tried to keep up, but he missed
a step now and then; at last he
stumbled and fell, and the mother
dragged him up and said things to
him, while he tried not to cry.
At the edge Of the walk another
woman got out Of brougham and
started to cross over to the shop door,
She took In the scene, and under
stood-it was strange how few people
do understand. She stepped over to-
the child, unpinned spray Of holly
from her fur coat and pinned 1t on
his ragged little jacket.
"Only two days till Christmas" she
said isn't 1t great"
The mother gave her that knowing
look mothers have, and the boy
smiled back at her.
The crowd logged on. but people
were half smiling in spite Of the wet
snow and the slushy walks.
The mother had lost some OF the
tired look, and the boy was taking
skipping steps as he looked down hap
PLY at the spray of holly on his coat.
Anna Deming Gray.
%. 1sal. western Newspaper Unisa9
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-28


4 complish her ends are cruel, i'm
modest wasteful The ends she
achieves are oftimes good, beautiful
and models of economy. A lily is
lovely even tho it has grown on a
dung hill. The lily is Natures end.
the dung hill, Natures means. Per-
sons who by temperament or training
dedicate themselves to an apprecia-
ton of the perfected lily over-empha-
size the Importance Of culture. Gull
ture is too frequently the anaesthetic
in lieu of travail Persons who by
compulsion Of circumstance live close
to the dung hill learn to overvalue
life. They scott at culture. To them
it symbolizes anaesthetics. The con
fiict between 1ily-lovers and dung-hill
jewellers has been bitter and long
drawn out. 1t will continue to divide
humans into the elite and rabble I'M
til the toilers collectively learn to
condition the distribution of work and
of leisure. Culture versus life sym
boIizes the historic struggle between
leisure and drudgery. No one need
feel shocked at the Ignorant" sus-
picions of the manual laborer that
none but his ilk do any useful la
Dor. Viewing life" from his own
darkling window, he can't understand
what greater measure of joy or of
freedom the brain workers" have
brought as a peace offering to him.
His toll is endless; his life so hard
that bitterness is his sole resource in
an exhausting conflict with a world
he does not understand: a hostile,
crooked world. How does it happen
that Superior Brains, since the Begin
ming Of PithecaRthroIu Erectus' jour
ney thru space, has held itself aloof
from Inferior Brains? To those who
can face the problem without any
Felusions about Superior Brains the
explanation is simple.
How did clever few manage to
evade toll? Why were the credulous
many made brothers to the OK? We
must use our imaginations to recon
struct that earlier time wnen dramatic
contrasts of life and death, sleep and
awakeness, believing and thinking,
praying and starving, were superstiti-
GUS sources of abject mental and ply
steal slavery. We must enter our in
itial assumptions here.
First, let us assume a starving pop
ulation in love with the law Of self
preservation and victims of the fetch
of self-reproduction Secondly, let us
assume the presence amongst them
of a few natively cleverer individuals
in love with their own vanity and
with the desire to avoid pain. Under
these conditions what must have oc-
Cured to produce that enduring cleav-
age in Society between Workers and
Strikers, which persists in our midst
in our own day? How did the cunning
few manage to effect that Illusion of
theatricaIism whereby the enslaved
workers did homage to the exalted
shirkers as their superiors? To estab-
fish ones superiority over the litter
ate one need only exploit their puerile
fear of the unknown. The Priest is
invoked to befuddle the over-credulous.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-28

Hocus-Pocus is erected as the wor-
shipfuI Totem. Salvation by genu-
Election (that the benighted worship
pers may not see their own sad plight
is instituted. Fear stalks everywhere.
And Fear throttles the passion to
doubt.
All the accessories are thus SPLEEN
didly staged for the historic melo-
drama of Toilers Versus Parasites.
The stage managers are Cunning and
Priestcraft. The major characters are
Fear and Starvation and Credulity;
the minor, the enslaved workers. The
prologue was long ago enacted in the
Valleys of the Nile. the Tigris and the
Euphrates. The first act was per-
formed in Greece; the second in
Rome; the third in the Dark Ages;
the fourth produced the thrilling and
still reverberant climax, gravely called
The French Revolution Though it was
more Revolution" than "French")
The last act is unfolding before our
eyes. For the ediflcation of the reader
it may be limited that poetic license"
requires the death of the major
characters,--th strutting protagon-
lists. (Also, Nota Bene: new spirit
is abroad in the land and the stage
managers will be constrained to re-
spond to this newer public demand for
less gruesome protagonists. PeevishIy
and reluctantly, but none the less
surely, Melodrama will yield its
dominion to the social drama of
amelioration. The tendency of all ripe
drama is at present to avoid startling
contrasts and limelight antagonism
I The minor characters now have digni-
fed parts to play even as their luckier
comrades in their major roles. The
Drama has become socialized. When
the historic curtain rises again
whether in Europe, Asia, or North
America, the spokesman for the
leisure Glass will speak winged words
to the spokesman of the Working
CLASSIC In an economy where the
leisure class is almighty, it is true
that those who fear to doubt shall
slave in darkness. The workers have
believed too much. AS a penalty to
match their crime of over-credulity.
they have been saddled with the
weight of excessive toll. Their cum
ming superiors have sat tight in the
saddle enjoying their elevated posi-
ton. To this day, the dignity of labor
is an article of the leisure-economy.
Those, whose excess of leisure drives
them to praise of honest toll glorify
most vociferously a fair days work
for fair days pay. beware of the
man who first calls stop Thief" He
may be practical psychologist They
fear the awakening of the common
toiler. To them Edwin Markham's
great poem, "The Man with the Hoe"
is a work of blasphemy. So were
Shelley and the Brownings and Swim
burne, blasphemous poets; they dis
closed some revolutionary truths
about "our betters" which made SNUG
respectability's hair stand on edge.
To preach the dignity of labor in
competitive age which mercilessly de-
stroys human beings for the iron
ideal of efficiency" is to make a ira
gedly of humor Laboring and labor
er will some day be held in dignifed
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-28
JACK LONDON AND MAXINE GORKY

cause he considers outward drama of
accident and adventure more inter-
esting than inward drama of stirring
emotion, and partly because otherwise
his books would find no readers.
This explains why Jack London por-
trays so few soul movements and in
ward struggles. The battle here is al
ways external, upon the open stage, in
the snow deserts of Alaska, in the
forests of the Rocky Mountains, in the
waters Of billowy sea,--in the sky
scrapers Of New York and Chicago,
but not in the souls of men. Man only
exploits nature and circumstance and
possibility, and in this he evinces
stubborn and restless volition. But
he has no confidence in general prob
lens. These he does not care to
know; he is not capable of absorbing
himself in world problems; he has no
time. Life requires action. and action
is bound up with great dangers that
suck up all the energies of man and
pitilessly cause his end.
Such was Jack London's conception
of life because such Is America.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-28
CONTINUED from page g.

ress on the industrial field. Naturally
It expresses the cruel struggle for
existence, which demands of men ex-
traordinary effort. There is in the
New World hardly any respite in the
pursuit of the dollar, and those who,
in momentary reflection relax, or fail
to avail themselves of the chance,
must perish. 1t is impossible to con-
centrate on general problems when
climbing the steep banks of Niagara
Falls. In such a situation there is
only time to search for convenient
boulder and measure every leap.
In reality every American is, more
or less. climbing steep banks. To him
It is not important why the hero in
the novel overlooks this or that risky
enterprise. That is the private con-
Germ OF the hero himself, and he is
not bound to account for 1t. The hero
leaps In full sight Of all; for the Amer
lean reader Is eager not TO miss any
OF his movements. and the American
writer seeks to satisfy the readers
thirst for exciting action, partly be-
Evening star., 1924-05-02
INCREASE OF S7,721,327
IN PURE OIL NET INCOME
Gross Earnings Of Corporation,
Past Year, Higher by $16,27s,-
sos, Report Shows.

COLUMBUS Ohio, May Gross
earnings of the Pure Oil Company
for the fiscal year ended March 81
increased S1s,27S.SsS. and net oper-
ating earnings increased $7,721.-
327.4s over the previous year, &C
the company's forthcoming annual
report.
The report will show earnings
available for the common stock equal
to more than double the present div
idend rate, IL was announced. Az
ter deducting all interest, deprecia-
tion and depletion charges and the
payment of preferred dividends, the
report will show $3.21 per share
surplus for common stock as com
pared with the present annual divi-
dend rate of $150 a share. During
the last fiscal year the company paid
31.s2h on its common stock.
The preferred dividend require
n.entS of the company, 1t will be
shown. said the advance sheets, wepe
earned six and q half times after all
deducSons were made.
After deducting interest and dis
amounting to ss.7so.ssL4s. the report
dividends, depletion and other re-
serves was sl5.450,87s.24. Dividends s
paid during the last fiscal year
amounted to s1,6s7es3 on the prefer
red. and $4.544.8S5.01 on the COM
mon stock. and reserves for deple-
tion and surplus adjustments amount
ed TO $f,7s4.S7o, leaving a balance OF
sA473.&30.22 to add TO surplus.
Current assets Of the company were
shown as s39.3ss.1s6.27. as compared
to current liabilities of $1o,373.-
402.S6.
Evening star., 1924-05-02
BORROWING BY FARMERS
SHOWING cURTAlLMENT
Federal Land Bank President Re
ports Applications Cover $4,000
600 Less Than Year Ago.

BALTIMORE, May 2 Especially -
Farmers of Maryland and other dis
trfcts who finance the major part of
their needs through the Federal Land
Bank or Baltimore and its auxiliary,
the intermediate Credit Bank, are
not borrowing as much money as
they did year ago, according TO v.
Walden, president of the institutions.
Applications for loans for the first
quarter of the current year were
about s2.000.o00 less than they were
Tor the corresponding period q year
ago.
One reason assigned for the falling
on in borrowing is that farmers as
a whole are not making preparations
for expansion. High cost of labor,
taxes and freight rates are the prin-
cipal causes affecting adversely the
asrfcultural industry. President VAL
den, commenting upon the situation,
said:
I'm comparing the business of the
Federal Land Bank of Baltimore for
January, February and March, 1924.
with a like period of 1929 we. find
that applications for loans have been
about s2,0o0,oo0 less than the pre-
Vious year.
The total loans as of January 1,
1873, were $30,034,467. The total loans
as OF January 1, 1924, were $41.397,-
7l6. Although our total loans out
standing on January l. 1924, were ap-
proximately $12,00o,0o0 more than
January l. 1928, yet the total delin-
quent amortization payments were
less, which is exceedingly gratifying
TO the officers and directors of this
bank.
THE total loans outstanding as of
March 81, 1924. are $44,971.216.50
The general farming conditions in
our district for the past year have
been only fair, owing to the high
price of labor, exorbitant taxes and
freight rates. The crop yield was
very good with the exception of hay.
Very little money is being borrowed
for expansion. Foreclosures have been
more frequent and the prices obtained
have not been as high as farms sold
for during the war period. The to-
bacco and cotton farmers in our dis
trict have Jared exceedingly well. due
principally to cooperative associa-
tions which have been formed by the
farmers Themselves"