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Huge Floating Home
 FOR DEADLY AIRSHIPS
 TO BE LAUNCHED TODAY

CAMDEN, N. J., Apr 13.-Built to contain the mightiest propelling engines that ever went into a ship, the. U. s. s. Saratoga takes to the water here today as the first of Un- cle San's fleet of fast, hard hitting airplane carriers. The launching marks a. tremendous stride forward in the art of naval construction, al
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have. She must live within her
 means. She must not stifle pioneer industries. She must not kill the
 goose that lays golden eggs.
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NEW YORK BROKER DEAD

NEW YORK, April 14.-Robert L. Livingston, 49, broker, and member of New York's oldest families died of pneumonia
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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1925-05-14
STRINGTOWN

Farmers are wishing that it
wouldn't rain no more until they get
their corn planted and gardens made.
Richard Bennett Of Belington was
calling at f. A. Hunts and r. p.
Allenders, Monday of last week.
Mrs Ira Digman was shopping in
Belington, Friday Of last week.
Mrs. p. A. Hunt and son Adonis
were at Belington Saturday.
Boyd Ware and Howard Swick and
Misses Grace and BERTHE Ware Of
Junior were calling at r.. P. Allen
ders, Monday Of last week
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Cox and family
Of Junior We're visiting F.. D. Bibeys
last Sunday
Otis, Ellis and Earl Gordon and
Misses Gladys Wyatt and Hiidah
ffiffs Of Eikins were calling at Rev
II. p. Allenders Saturday evening.
Martin Ice and family; and Messrs
H. w. Bibey, w. M. Bennett and
F.. /. Allender attended church at
Antioch, Sunday afternoon.
Milliard Bibey was at Belington,
Monday of last week.
Mrs. George Halter was shopping
in Belington one day last week.
Mr. and Mrs. w. M. Bennett and
daughters Leta and Ruth were at Be
lington, Friday evening.
Otis, Ellis and Earl Gordon and
Miss Gladys Wyatt and Mrs. Ottie
Dollie of Elkins were visiting at F.
p Allenders, Sunday.
DR.. Hamilton of Belington and DR..
Irons Of Dartmoor were visiting pa
tients in our community last week
Mrs. Holt Limbers of Belington
was visiting at Delbert Wilmoths
wgNgSssssANs
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| busy woman these days.

a busy woman" these days.
Mary Gamer and brother, Hubert
were home over Sunday.
Mary Combs and Cora Bosley were
driveing on the B. & F. pike Sunday
while the sun was shining, but worst
of all storm overtaken them before
getting home.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. Whetzel of
Belington was visiting G w. Gamer
Sunday.
Mrs. d. D. Polling was visitor at
G. w. Gamers Sunday.
Arthur Bosley seems to have more
lady friends these days than he can
manage. "Just give Andy a chance,
Arthur"
William Polling has another Can"
at the present
Reports are that there was q
wreck or so on the Good Roads Sun
day. We think that many are caus-
ed by undergraduates as follows
His arm went round her slender
waist.
She coyly raised her head.
"Your FORM" he said, is quite di-
vine'
"Of Corsitis' she said
He now lies six feet below the sod
and grass.
He thought his foot was on the brake
but it was on the gas.
Experience
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1925-05-14
GHAUTAUQUA COMING
JUNE IS TO 18th

Five days full of entertainment of
every variety, including music, lee
tures, comedy and demonstrations
are promised Redpath chautauqua
patrons June Is to 20, inclusive.
Announced as one of the big events
on the program, the Broadway COM
edy-success, adam and Eva, is ex-
pected to attract large crowds of low
ers of genuine humor. Ada Ward,
beloved English entertainer, also is
expected to be popular drawing
card, with her illustrated Lectures
You Americans" on chautauqua's
fourth day
To the Nipple Concert Company
and Sidney Landon, impersonator of
great literary figures, has been as
signed the honor of launching the
1925 program. A lecture of vital
interest to everyone at the present
time is Edward Tomlinson's discuss
ion of Our Sister Republics. AS
sociated with Mr.. Tomlinson on the
secondary program is the Betty
Booth Concert Company, offering on
chautuqua's second night a musical
program which includes an original
operetta, "a Masters Birthday"
OF prime interest to juniors will be
Al Baker, magician and ventrilogist.
Mr.. Baker and the Jackson Jubilee
Singers, plantation songsters de luxe,
will close the chautauqua program.
Other outstanding events are a third
day lecture demonstration by e. R.
Root, noted bee authority, in which
he introduces ten thousand stingers,
and concert by the McVicker Sym
phonic Quartet.
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MARYSVILLE

Mothers Day services was we'll at
tended at Josephs Chapel Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Ryan and
sons Gerald and Friedrich were visit
ing Mrs. Ryan's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. W. Gamer Sunday.
Ingle Ridgeway was a business
visitor in Belington Saturday.
Aubrey Polling and Hayes Kennedy
was calling on friends in Randolph
Co. Sunday.
Kenneth Barrett of near Philippi
was calling on his aunt Mrs. L. G..
Sturm Tuesday.
Denzel Gamer was at Belington
Monday on urging business.
William Polling was as usual tour
ing the pike toward Grafton Sunday.
VIM. and Wilson Ridgeway are
improving from a severe attack of
tie "Flu" at the present time.
Several were out for literary last
Friday evening and hope to see more
next Friday evening 22nd at 7:30
P. M.
s. M Polling was Belington call
er Saturday.
Arley Stalnaker was in our To-
cality Tuesday on business.
Denzel Gamer, William and Aubrey
Polling attended the picture "The
Covered Wagon" Monday night at
Philippi.
Miss Carrie Polling returned home
Monday evening from short visit
with her uncle Haskell Polling.
The services at Antioch Church
was well attended Sunday by people
from Elkins, Grafton, Belington and
Philippi. The house crowded and
also many outside.
J. F. Valentine says he has had
the the pleasure of uniting another
couple last week. He says that a.
long with the ministry and Board of
Education work, also farm work he is
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Rodberg, putting finishing touches " F. w.
Buddy Poppy Poster

4 xEL RODBERG, eminent swe-
~ lish artist, at work on Buddy
Poppy poster presented by him to
Va.z-ans Of Foreign Wars Of United
States in tribute to the American
sold;ars Of foreign descent who served
in le World War" for use in ma
tie sale of Buddy Poppies, handi-
W 81 disabled and needy ex-service
mea, conducted annually by Y. F. w.
10 r se funds for relief work.
90 painting" said General John
Fl. .un, commander in chief of the
v. =. NJ. in accepting the poster, is
} symbol of the sacrifice, the courage
and loyalty OF all those American
soldiers who, from every part of our
country, regardless Of distinctions OF
race or creed. fought side by side in
defense of the ideals and principles
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| few days last week.

few days last week.
Mrs. U. S. Moore who has been
very i'll with flu is some better at
this writing.
Mesdames B. H. Gordon and J.
M. Smith of Elkins were visiting at
F. P. Allenders, Saturday and Sun
day.
Mrs. r. P. Allender is still very
sick.
Miss Ada Wilmoth Of Mt. Liberty
was visiting her brothers family.
Mrs. Lucy Moore Of Belington was
visiting her son and family, Howard
Rights last Saturday and Sunday,
Miss Pearl Smith Of Elkins was
visiting at Rev. r. p. Allenders tho
first Of the week.
Mr.. and MRS. w. M. Bennett
were visiting at Junior last Saturday
evening.
Bernard Bibey and John Smith
were at Belngton, Wednesday Of
last week.
Roy Haller was visiting at Dart
moor Wednesday Of last week.
Genevieve Smith Of Elkins is visit
ing at Rev Allenders at this writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. DeIbert Wilmoth and
two children who have been very i'll
with flu are much better at this writ
ing
Miss Rachel Mayo, County Health
Nurse Of Philippi was calling on
Mrs. f P. Allender, Thursday OF
last week.
Henry and Porter Moore were ait
Elkins one evening last week.
Maurice Bbey has pretty new
Red Bird Overland ear. He was
using it all day Sunday.
Warren Philips and Misses Ven
ola and Gree Hunt were at Bsling-
ton Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Bennett Of
BelingtoH we're visiting at Martin
Crosses last Sunday.
Mrs. Anna Swick of Trinity; and
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Swick and
family Of Junior were calling at Il.
r. Allenders last Sunday.
Maurice Bibey and Mrs. + D..
Bibey were at Elkins last Friday
evening.
Rev. q. J. Allender Of Belington
was calling at F. P. Allenders Fri.
day evening. =
There were forty-six people pre-
sent at Sunday School last Sunday
Aren't yoa sorry chat you werens
there?
Mrs. Jasper Bibey Of Junior was
visiting friends and relatives here
last Sunday.
There will be preaching at the u.
B. Church Sunday afternoon at three
o'clock. Everybody come.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1925-05-14

MEN WANTED--Real jobs open
In Auto Tractor Field Qualify in
8 weeks. Earn $4,000 to $4,000 per
year No layoffs, no strikes. I'll
pay your railroad fare, board you for
8 weeks and give you big kit of Tools
Free. Write for my big free book
and special tuition offer before it's
too late. McSWEENEY AUTO
SHOPS, Dept. WV301 McSweeny
Bldg, 1916 East oath St., Cleveland,
Ohio.
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for which we, as nation, stand.
MANY Of them died, not alone for
the safety Of our beloved country, but
for the future Of humanity, cement
ing closer the bonds of international
friendship and esteem. Others, ready
to make the supreme sacrifice, re-
turned, shattered in health and
strength, TO face the handicap of an
impaired existence. No sufficient
eulogy OF their deeds is possible or
necessary. They have been ehristened
srorn the font Of Immortality.
"The Veterans of Foreign Wars
regards as a privilege this opportunity
of offering to the American soldiers
of foreign descent the homage of our
reverence for their deeds and the tesii-
mony OF our ;mmutablc remembrance
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COUNTY NEWS
= = = y 4 = =
HUNTERFORK

I. S. Price was in town Friday on
business.
Mrs. Willis Cross is very ill at
this writing.
Lee Moore was shopping in town
Thursday evening. Mr.. and Mrs,
ODDS Shahan and daughter Lara of
Junior was visiting Mr.. and Mrs. l,
S. Price Sunday.
Lee Moore was calling on Geneva
Price Saturday evening of last week,
Bedford Hill was shopping in town
Saturday.
/. S. Prize and son Lewis were
seen Thursday trying to haul off all
the fertilizer there was ii town. Ask
them why.
We surely are thankful for the
pretty weather we are having. II
feels better than cold rains and
winds.
Monroe Moore was shopping in
town Saturday, of last week.
Dinny Ramsey, better known as
"Fadely" was business visitor in
our community Friday. a
Taz Butcher of Meadowvlle was
calling on Mercil Bennett Saturday
evening,
Mrs. Marion Smith who was
visiting her parents Mr.. and Mrs
John Beeler returned to her home
Thursday, of last week.
Roy and Sonny Beeler and Ralph
Coontz were shopping in town Thurs
day of last week.
Floyd Shahan was business Wis
itor in our community Wednesday of
last week.
Shorty" Robinson says he is gett-
ing tired of humping over the
rocks and bitches. Instead of riding
that Stringown, Hunersfork and such
places will have to go to work or he
means to do it himself We've
been telling him he wuld have to call
on Fred Bibey.
Vernard Hunt and George DeIaud-
er are working at Norton. We are
expecting them home anytime. Ask
them why.
Well Lee Moore was calling at l..
s. Prices agsin Sunday evening.
ASK Geneva Why
Albert Moore has BEEN making Che
road hot from here to Junior but he
went tell why
Everybody come to prayer meeting
Sunday night at 7:80. You are well
come. '
We wish to thank our former
school teacher Taz Butcher for the
school he taught for us. We know
we have been benefited more this
year than we have FOR years back.
We will try our utmost to have him
again.
y Mrs. Luther Moore and sons Cecil
and Floyd were shopping in town
Saturday.
Laban Moore is spending a few
days with his daughter, Mrs. Binas
Lantz of Elkins, W. Va.
Mrs. Ida Weese and daughters
Marie and Anna Belle of Dartmoor
are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Adam
Coontz.
Miss Ella Yeager was shopping in
town Saturday
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Sturms and
daughter Alice of Junior were visit
ing their parents Mr.. and Mrs. /.
s. Price.
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Mrs. Isabelle Harvey who has been
sick is better today.
Winfield Golden Of Mt. Liberty was
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YOU BETTER GET YOUR COPY
OF DICTIONARY NOW.
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I here on business first of the week.
Watch for the heavy frosts for
next few days.
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Gsz!lEzANGIJE

that morning train. You must have
read tho accounts in tho morning
paper at the station. II seems TO me.
however that M long MS you had
been here when the thing started. you
might as we'll have stayed and played
the gamo until the end.
OF course, all tho afternoon scandal
sheets have hnd interviews with
everybody except tho people who are
concerned in tho accident.
II has become ono Of my greatest
indoor sports to read in tho daily
papers what is being said about mo
and my family each day.
My personal lifo Ia evon more public
than my income tax return, because
my income tax returns were only
published once n year IN each nows,
paper, and II seems to mo that my
personal affairs in ono way or an.
other have been published daily since
] took hold Of the steel mills.
You say give mo the low down"
on tho whole thing. why didn't you
stay here and got II yourBolf2 Part
OF It ! told you last night. you know,
at the central station. but I will RI.
peat n few facts Just TO refresh your
memory, and mako out case for tho
defense. As I told you, am perfect.
~ innocent Of any wrong doing IN
this last affair, Damn you, sgd.
don't laugh" Tho truth Of tho mat.
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One Thin Woman
Gained 10 Pounds
in 20 Days
Skinny Men Can
Do the Same
All weak men and women
All nervous men and women
All skiny mon and women

All weak men and women
All nervous men and women
All sklny men and women
Can grow stronger. healthier and
more vigorous and take on solid.
needed flesh in 30 days just by TAX
ing McCoy's Cod Liver OH Com
pound Tablets four times day
az easy TO take as candy.
And what II hit these flesh pro-
ducing tablets havo made. One
druggist trlpled his sales In ono
week
Everybody knows that nasty-tast-
Ing, evil-smelling Cod Liver OIL Is
n wonderful vitalizer, flesh producer
and health creator.
But who wants 10 swallow tho
horrible stuff, when those wonder.
full tnblets-- McCoy's Cod Liver OIL
Compound Tablcts--ars Just ms good
and no easy TO take.
a box OF 60 tablets for 30 cents,
and " any skinny man or woman
doesn't gain at le0st five pounds in
30 days--monGy back. ASK owl
Drug co. or any druggist,
BE sure and get McCoyB, tho or
ignnl and genuine, and don't for.
get there Is nothing on earth 80
good 10 make backward, listloss. UNI
derwelght children grow strong and
robust. .--.
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Indeed, wo 30 right to bed and
stay there. So n car isn't needed
any moro than n sausage balloon,
so Il isn't"
That's what came TO see
about" said Daddy Craoltnuts so.
berly, And L"
but before no could say another
word, w drove Mister Rlngtail.
I'm sure you can't guess what I
camo for. Well, III tell YOU. Tho
dog at tho farmers house has dis.
covered whero wo live and VOL
have 20 move. | don't want TO
tako my car along because Wen IN
back hero In tho spring. So
came 10 SEQ whit I'd better do
about g."
"Wo're all In the Same boat"
said Daddy CrncknutB I'VE arc
NIL moving or doing something like
that"
At That minute up ratified MarltIe
Muskrat in his funny lIttlo rattle
trap wnshbolcr car.
ITS getting 40 cold" he said IA
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no hoped out" that Mother and !
arc going TO shut ourselves up for
tho winter. The only front door
wo havo In under the water and
when tho pond freezes over we
can't get out. Much uso my car
Ia TO me! What shall ], do with It,
Mister NickT
At that minute another car pull.
cd up and stopped, then another
and another and another. There
was whole procession Of cars,
really.
There was PriclSles porcuplne,
and Mister Chipmunlt and Colonel
'Possum and Mister Drake and
everybody wanting TO put their
automobiles away some place for
safo keapIng until tho next spring
III you wait. I'll just call UP tho
Fairy queen" said Nick. "shc
lives at her palace In Falrylnnd
and II sho Is at home she will tell
YOU all exactly what to do"
So ho called UP tho Fairy Queen
on the telephone and by and by no
came out and said; "You nro to
drive your cars down tho lane be.
tween tho hickory bushes and tho
pokc.bcrry patch. Tho Fairy Queen
has had her carpenter, Mister Tick
Tack build a sort OF winter garage
There whore you can leave your
cars. They viii b0 taken caro- OF
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ter Is ! was only n bit impulsiyo or
indlscrect. II you Will
You know when Sally Athertou
went away sho left a young woman
In my office 90 take her place. The
girl hlossomcd out into something
pretty. but an sho began TO care for
her appearance she became n worse
and worse stonornphcr. I had de.
termined 90 lot her go Immediately
tho moment Mra. Athorton returned.
Tho day that Mrs. Athcrton was to
arrive / sent Jimmy Condor 20 the
train telling him TO bring her directly
20 my office, where though wo could
arrange n plan to give Maggie Stimp.
son n chance in the outer room at
something. In tho meantime Leslie
went down 10 tho station TO meet
Sally herself. took her back TO Mrs.
Athcrton's apartment whore the
girls had dinner together and chInncd
far into tho night. You can imagine
how surprised md disappointed |
wnH when Jimmie Condor returned
from the station and told me that
Leslie had said she wanted to visit
with Sally Consequently my secre.
tnry would not DO down 10 tho office
until the next morning. You know.
sgd. that Leslie never interfercs with
any Of my office plans, md was not
only surprised but n little poeved
when found what sho had done.
II was past closing time when I
stepped into tho corridor and found
tho little simpson girl weeping. /
asked hor what WINS tho manner and
she Bnld she expected TO DO dis
charged, now that my old secretary
had come back.
told her would SEQ sho was kept
on ns assistant or something.
Copyright, 1925. NEA Service, Incl
TOMORROW Letter from John
Alden Prescott 10 Sydney Carlton
Continued.
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over winter by some Of the fairies
and noSt spring they Will all bo in
fine shape for you TO drive again. :"
THANK Jon slrr' said Colonel
Postum climbing into his car.
Then ono by one tho other wood
md meadow people got into thoIr
cars and drove away.
Nancy and Nick looked after tho
last tiny car rs It disappeared
around n curve In tho road.
we may MS we'll close up the
gasoline station, too" said Nick.
ut Ia not necessary for us TO stay
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AT that very minute, before Nick
had time TO answer, there was n
sound OF gpIttinE and ohugglnr,
ana up cnmo MIStor Wnlly Wood.
chuck In his car.
MY goodncss' IT'S no co,d :
cant mako tho engine worI, right
Mt NIL" HnId Mister WoodchueIr
climbing stirfly out 81 emma IN
200 what had better do with tho
chr this winter Nick. We live in
Tho house the whole winter long,
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1EAt6V9NTW 2eTYY
D. A, @S TEJ9 FEgOGSG RA
W Tm Olive Roberts Bartoo NV
NO. 24-THE TWINS CLOSE THEIR GARAGE

ono dry Daddy CrncknutB came
TO tho Twin Garage" IN his car.
Hello, Daddyr' cried Nick,
what can I do for your"
~ came TO talk about fixing my
car for tho winter" shivorod Dad
dy. "tt rs getting 80 cold up In
Mnp>1 Tree Flats that wo nrc going
10 move 10 our winter house un.
dor tho ground when we move
we don't come out very often. And
wo won't need car then, for we
never travel very far away"
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BY MARTIN

here now"
mo, indeedI' said a voice. Aud
there stood tho Fairy ouono her
self. You havo worked hard and
all tho little creatures have had
q lot OF fun out OF their cars"
2 SHAH we give YOU tho magic
shocsw asked Nancy.
mo, keep them. want you 20
do something moro for me" said
her Royal Highnoss. "You are TO
have another adventure"
(To BE Continucd)
copyright, ipsS, N. n, A, Service Ine.)
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LETTER FROM JOHN ALDEN
PRESCOTT TO SYDNEY
CARLTON

Dear Syd.
had no idea when l left you and
Sally Atherton TO take Leslie home
that you were going to do your usual
vanishing act. think. old man. II
would have been better had you
stayed here, rather than catching
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tho chairman to bring tho meeting 10
order so that tho hearing could DO
resumed
TO BE Continued)
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CHAPTER "

The story OF tho nrst trial az sheep
Camp Is an old one. but Il differs
with every telling, In the hectic bur.
~ OF that g0ld,rush many incidents
were soon forgotten and such salient
facts as did survive were deeply COLI
ored. FOR those were colortul days,
The meeting was quickly organized
along formal lines and committee OF
three was appointed 10 conduct the
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In bis quest Tor sold Pierce Phil
lips 10 drawn O. the newly dircoN-
cred sold fields ~ thf Yukon. HaN-
fng Insufficient money Go br admit
sod by lho Canadian government hU
hires himself uuI packing provisions
over Chilkuot Pass.
a chance acquaintance with the
MCCazkrN brothers is passed up az a
mere Incident on thr trail 'tUlrUp
norcL frruChHGHuadihu giant and
he are the strongest mon ON thy
Pass Phillips assists an elderly
prospoctor, Tom LlDteu. and "a asked
20 share his tent az llndrTman Ar
irving there, they find 10 occupied los
a beauNIgl N0rstNUmhu who tells
Them her name ls Countess C0uTtUau-
She shares their tent that night and
then Phillips helps her back GO nyca.
AZ sheep camp Phillips again meets
the MCCaskUy brothers and while In
their tent they all are arrested under
suspicion 0t stealing provisions. and
brought 20 trial ali a miners meet
NuE
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TOMORROW Letter from John
Alden Prescott 10 Sydney Carlton
Continued.
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(AdvertlssmentJ
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olps, eN MA srnwet. Nc
New Britain herald., 1925-12-11

preceded by announcements, IN the
form Of invitations, written with a
pen. and In bold handwriting upon
large cards. The cards, bordered
with wide pieces OF black ribbon,
run through each end, we're placed
upon a salver, an old negro, clad in
black SIX, carried them through tho
streets, and 10 the homes OF tho
close friends OF the departed.
The duties OF bearing the invita-
lions about we're not assigned to just
any Old negro, There was always 4
particular one for the work, For
many years, before and after the
Civu War Primus, the ex.slaye OF a
prominent local lawyer, bore the
tray James stratton, an aged jani,or
at the Elks c!Ib, is used now, whom
ever the custom finds spasmodlcal
renewal,