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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-26
Heflin Is Speaker.

The Harrison Bible class Of Congress
Street Methodist Protestant Church
will celebrate "Sociability Day" to-
morrow morning at Gas O'Clock In the
auditorium of the church, 1888 Thirty
first street. Senator Thomas j. Helm
of Alabama will address the class on
THE Christian View of Recreation"
w. F. McDuffie will have charge Of the
lesson and give short talk on 1t. AL
are welcome.
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Takoma Park Baptist Church.

At the Takoma Park Baptist Church,
Rev. William Earl La Rue will preach
tomorrow at IL o'clock a sermonet to
children on Working Tools of Life"
and regular sermon on Divine Disap-
pointments" The evening sermon is
sour Daily Bread" illustrated with pic
lures,
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DR.. PIERCE TO COMPLETE
SERIES ON COMING FAITH
"our Obligations" Is Announced as
Subject Of Sermon
Tomorrow.

"Our Obligations to the Coming
Faith" is the subject upon which DR..
Ulysses G. B. Pierce, minister of All
Souls Church CUnitarian), will preach
tomorrow at the IL O'Clock service.
This will complete his present series on
THE Coming Faith" The church
school will assemble at Gas am. in its
three departments.
At the neighborhood teas Of the Ia
koma Park and upper Sixteenth street
groups on Sunday afternoon, Mrs. Mary
G. Tighe and Mrs. Percy I. Balch will
be hostesses. The feature at the mo-
ton picture hour in Pierce Hall at 7:30
pm. will be Sunrise"
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EVANGELIST'S SERVICES.
Preaching Of Full Gospel Taber-
nacle During Next Week.

Evangelist j. B. Bostrom of Chicago
will continue services at Full Gospel
Tabernacle, North Capitol and K streets,
each night next week.
A special service for the healing of
the sick will be held Thursday at 7:45
pm.
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DR.. PHILLIPS RETURNS
FROM VISIT ABROAD.
Rector of Church of Epiphany Will
Occupy Pulpit Tomorrow
After Absence.

DR.. z. B. Phillips, rector Of the Church
of the Epiphany and chaplain Of the
United States Senate, who returned to
Washington Thursday, will occupy his
pulpit at the IL am. and 8 pm. services
tomorrow.
During his travels abroad DR.. Phil
lips visited England. France, Italy,
Switzerland. Egypt and Palestine. He
was in residence at oxford during July
and August.
There will be a celebration Of the
holy communion at am. At $50
Epiphany Church school will assemble
and at 6:15 pm. the Young Peoples
Society will have its weekly meeting,
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Junior Church to Be Studied.

Mature and Need of a Junior
Church is the subject Of the address
that will be delivered by Rev. Homer j.
Councillor, assistant pastor of Calvary
Baptist Church, before the Presbyterian
Ministers Association of Washington
and vicinity Monday, at II o'clock, in
the New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church
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5rtrttualiHt
Spiritual Science Church of Christ

1879 Irving 81. NV.
Services Every Sunday, $40 PM.
Pastor, REV. JANE B. COATES
whittier Shall 1 Flee From Thy Presence"
Messages and Healing During Meeting.
Message and Healing Meetings every
Tuesday, 2:15 and Wednesday. 8:15 pm.
All welcome. DR.. Coates gives private
consultations by appointment daily and
eYeninR-phone Col. 6227.
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Canon Fletcher to Preach.

Canon Joseph Fletcher of the Wash
ington Cathedral will preach at the IL
o'clock service tomorrow at st. Johns
Church, Wisconsin avenue and Bradley
lane
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Hrnfrrnatal
CHURCH Of the holy TRINITY, .

A.o,.CI nSr Sa,t q t ls,s H sIsb str..y
Sunday School. $50 AN; Preaching,- 1
Pm, Washins OF the Disciples Te3
wednesday and Friday, PM, PRAYER a1
Praise Service. A Most Cordial welcome
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ROCKVILLE.

ROCKVILLE, Nd, March 10 tSpe-
ciaD After Judge Robert B. Peter had
selected the grand jury and delivered his
charge at the beginning of the March
term of the Circuit Court here yester-
day. the remainder of the opening days
proceedings consisted Of calling over the
docket, entering up judgments and as
signing cases for trial.
The trial OF. civil appeal cases began
this morning, with Judge Peter on the
bench. The petit jury is composed Of
L. Benson, Nicholas j. Welsh, Noble B.
Embrey, Herman w. Mullinix, Harry G..
Poss, Joseph H. Burdine, Earl K. Linth-
icum, Charles r. Bowman. Lewis Keiser.
William l.. Schaeffer william A. Berry,
Maurice Bready, Leslie c. Wachter, VIII
lie w. Price, Ohio C. Trundle, Thomas
c. Oxley, William A. Luhn, Henry Hart
man, Harry G. Peacock, Thomas B.
Lambert, William L. Aud, William J..
Roger and George Otis Holland.
Frederick A. Barr of Takoma Park,
has, through his attorney, Wilson l..
Townsend of Kensington, instituted suit
in the Circuit Court here for an abb
solute divorce from Mrs. Mary Barr,
The bill, which charges desertion,
states that the couple were married
June o. 1925, and lived together until
March 3, 1926. and have no children.
Rev. DR.. Edward Niver, formerly rec
tor of Christ Episcopal Church, Balti-
more, will deliver the Thursday evening
Lenten sermon in Christ Church, Rock
vile, this week. Rev. Willard F. Minnick
the rector, has announced.
A license was issued here yesterday
afternoon for the marriage OF Douglas
M TstniT
%, both of Richmond, Va.
A charge of malicious destruction Of
property was yesterday afternoon pre-
ferred against John Esputa, giving resi-
dence as Rockville, who early Sunday
morning was discovered lying on the
ground alongside Reed Brothers garage
in Rockville, following the smashing by
some one of large plate-glass window
of the garage. He was released or
500 bond for his appearance in the
Police Court here.
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Alimony Is Asked
By Husband Who
Pleads iii Health
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
BALTIMORE, March 1s.-For the
first time In Its history local court
is faced with the question Of award
ing alimony to husband.
Supplied with testimony in the suit
by Edward B. Tydings for support
money from his wife, Mrs. Emma A.
Tydings, Judge Eli Frank in Cir
cult Court is holding the application
under advisement.
Mrs. Tydings a few months ago
filed suit for absolute divorce and
support funds for their two children.
Tydings retaliated with the petition
for alimony with the statement that
he was unable to work because of his
physical condition.
A decision In favor OF the hus-
band, 1t was said, would establish Q
precedent for Baltimore courts =
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FALLS a. FLOORS; LIVES.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, March 10 P).-
Henry Kroeger, 80, window cleaner,
fell "a stories yesterday and was still
alive an hour later. His condition was
critical, however.
Kroeger's safety belt broke as he was
working on the top floor of the First
National Bank Building. He crashed
through skylight on the sixth floor
and continued his plunge into the bank
ing room.
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ALEXANDRIA.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, March 10 Especially
Miss Mary Curtis Harrison. 81, died
suddenly last night at her home, FIVE
miles south Of this city on the Fort
Humphreys Alexandra road in Fairfax
County. She is survived by one brother,
A. r.. Harrison. Funeral services will
be conducted tomorrow afternoon at
2:30 o'clock at the residence Of the Rev
Ernest M. Delaney, pastor of the Second
Presbyterian Church of this CITY, and
interment will be in the Presbyterian
Cemetery here.
Rev. Lester H. Clee, pastor of the
Second Presbyterian Church of Newark
N. j., spoke last night at the annual
dinner of the Westminster Bible class
Of the Second Presbyterian Church. held
in the Westminster Building.
John B. Gordon. chairman Of the
board OF deacons, outlined activities for
the ensuing year. A program was pre-
sented including an Irish ballad by
Miss Mary Callahan. accompanied by
her sister, Miss Virginia Callahan; a
violin solo by w. S. Uron, talk on St.
Patrick by Edgar Bayol. a song by
Frank w. Noxon. accompanied by J. B.
Fowler. and songs by O. chorus led by
Jack Thomas.
The banquet of Alexandria Hive, No.
48, and Alexandria Tent, No. 2. Macca-
bees was held last night at Odd Fellows
Temple. Talks were made by j. E.
Turner. general supervisor in Virginia :;
William B. Severe. manager of the
organization In Washington; Elliott F.
Hoffman. Howard T. Colvin. c. Ashby
Bladen. George K. Bender and others.
Rev. E. ", REGISTER, D. D.. presiding
elder Of the Alexandria District of
Methodist Episcopal Churches, was
POSTMASTER.
A st. Patrick's celebration was staged
at the Lyceum Hall last night by the
Catholic Daughters of America. with
Francis H. Fannon presiding An al
dress was delivered by the Rev. Michael
J. Cannon assistant pastor of ST. Mary's
Catholic Church, who spoke on Ireland
He recently made trip to that country.
Alexandria Council, No. S, Order
Fraternal Americans. will open a men,
bership campaign Thursday night. to
continue until May II,
Funeral services for Miss Susan Eliza
| beth Fisher were held today at the
residence of Mr.. and Mrs James M
Duncan. GIG Prince street, where she
| died Sunday. and burial was in the
cemetery at Broad Greek Church, Md
| Rites were conducted by the Rev. Edgar
Carpenter, rector Of Grace Episcopal
Church.
The body of Betty Adair Dickerson
IL. daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. L. W.
Dickerson. who died Sunday afternoon
at the Belvoir Hotel, has been taken to
Minneapolis, Mimi, for burial.
The Red Cross and Malta degrees
were conferred upon candidates last
night at the meeting Of the Old
Dominion Cammandery, No. II, knights
Templsr. Comdr. Virgil c. Davis pre-
sided.
Final rites for Edward Stanley Smith
who died Saturday night at Alexandria
| Hospital, were held today at Wheat
ley's mortuary chapel, and intermeut
was In the Bethel Cemetery. -.
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FATHER INDICTED
FOR ALLEGED PLOT
Declared to Have Employed
CoIored Men to Poison
His Son.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
COURTLAND. Va, March ia lit
tie packet of whitish powder swung the
balance yesterday in Southampton Cir
cult Court when grand jury returned
bill of indictment charging Levy Wick,
farmer, living in the Newsoms district
in Southampton, with having solicited
two colored men to administer poison
to his son. Hugh Wick, %. The elder
Wick denied the charge.
Trial Date Set.
Trial of the accused farmer was set
for Wednesday, April II. by Judge
James L. McLemere, presiding over the
court, and Wick was put under 900
bond for his appearance then. Bond OF
John Sutton and Robert Croker, the
colored men, was continued at $500. the
amount set at justices hearing in
NeWsoms last Monday. ..as,
Wick is charged with having bar
gained with Sutton and Croker to
poison his son, who operates a barber
shop at Severn, N. c.. just across the
State line from Southampton County.
According to the two colored men, they
were to give the son drink of poisoned
whisky.
Colored Men Testify.
The colored men testified before the
grand jury-repeating testimony they
had given in the Justices hearing last
Monday--that Wick gave Sutton an en-
velope containing white powder, tell
ing them to drop the powder into the
whisky before giving it to his son. In
return, they testified. they were to re-
ceive $500 each from insurance policies
totaling $4,000 carried on the younger
Vick's life. II.
A. w. Ticker, constable at Newsoms,
testified to having heard Wick tell
Croker, 1T must be done tonight" and
to having seen Wick give the cQlored
man a small package. Tucker said his
curiosity was aroused and that after
Wick left he questioned Croker and was
told of the alleged offer.
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Dishwasher Opines
He'll Outeat Man
Who Claims Grown
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special OiSpatcn 10 Inc star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va, March 49,
Billy Sherman of Springfield, Mo-,
may win the worlds "food-consum-
ing" championship, but not before
he has disposed of Arthur Cheatum,
32-year-old colored dishwasher at
the Monticello Hotel here.
In news dispatch yesterday,
Sherman issued a challenge to any
one in the world for the title and,
to prove his worthiness, polished off
meal consisting of "a hamburger
sandwiches. Is doughnuts, "a fried
eggs, T-bone steaks, French fried
potatoes and cherry pie.
That's just dessert for me-"
boosted Cheatum. III eat that
and him, too" Cheatum has sug-
gested that the match be staged
here and eagerly is awaiting reply.
Both Sherman and Cheatum are
giants in physique. The Springfield
man stands 6 feet 2 inches in
height, weighs 354 pounds and is "a
years old. Cheatum weighs 1870
pounds and Is 6 feet az inches tall.
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PILOT FLIES STRANGE ROUTE
NSTORM IN RACE WITH DEATH
Takes Long Chance in Rushing Hysterical
Mother and Sister to Bedside of
Boy in Hagerstown.

sister, Mrs. Smith, stepped from a
train and rushed to the airport. Dis
traught with worry over Mrs. Pearce's
boy. thought to be dying of pneumonia
in the Washington County Hospital at
Hagerstown, they climbed into his ship
and told him their goal. He had never
flown over that region. He had not
maps. In face of rising wind and
rain they went aloft, headed East,
stopped at Uniontown, Pa, for direc-
tions and maps and in hours and so
minutes had negotiated the 750-mile
trip, McPhail said.
After their arrival the boy, Hall
Pearce, recovered from a delirium and
is now on his way back to health. Nc
Fhail said. The boy is student at st.
James School.
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COUNCIL OFFERS REWARD.
Takoma Park Body Appro2riates $500
for ADurehenSion of ASsailant.

Takoma Park Body Appropriates $500
for Apprehension Of Assailant.
Special Dispatch to The Star
TAKOMA PARK, Md, March 10
The mayor and Town Council here.
meeting last night at the, Presbyterian
Church, voted to conduct cleanup
campaign throughout the town under
the direction of Councilman John r.
Adams, chairman of the town civic
improvement committee, and Council
man Martin .Iverson. chairman Of the
Town Hall committee.
The action of the council was taken
after it was pointed out by citizens that
there were several places In town that
needed attention and that not only was
the appearance of the community suf-
fering but that the health Of citizens
was endangered.
Mayor Ben Davis announced his in
tention of enforcing the ordinance
against the dumping of trash on vacant
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lots and requested that violations be
reported, so that the owners and those
guilty of such dumping can be COM
municated with.
The council approved the action of
the mayor in offering reward Of $500
for the apprehension of the colored man
who assaulted Mrs. Clara Millar in the
Wildwood district last week and appro-
priated 500 to help defray the neces-
sary expenses in connection with the
search being made for the assailant.
The council appointed H. w. Evans
as bailiff for the Wildwood section,
which is located in Prince Georges
County.
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Battle-Scarred Flag Carried by Pickett
At Gettysburg Given Southern Museum

LIST Virginia, the flag was presented to
the museum today by his children, VIII
liam A. Loehr, Charles e. Loehr, Mrs.
Oscar L. Kent and Mrs. Bernard L..
Dickinson.
The Confederate Museum was found
ed and is maintained largely by South
ern women. The historic flag was used
continuously after the first battle of
Bull Run. The 1st Virginia. now given
the name again, after being known as
the 183rd Infantry since the World War,
is one of the noted military commands
of the United States, being organized
in 1880 and bearing on the list of COM
manders the names of such men as
George Washington and Patrick Henry.
1t has participated In all this coun-
try's wars since its organization.
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3 SUSPECTS HELD
IN ASSAULT CASE
Another Arrested and Re-
leased in Attack on Ia
k0ma Park Woman.
BY STAFF Correspondent of The Star.

BY Stan Correspondent of The Star.
TAKOMA PARK, Md, March 19.-
Continuing their effort to apprehend
the colored man who last Wednesday
crlminally assaulted Mrs. Clara Millar,
police Of Washington and Maryland
yesterday arrested four suspects. only
one of whom has been released.
Washington police are holding Robert
Jefferson Freeman. colored, of Chevy
Chase, Md, who was taken into Gus
tody last night on Kalmia road by
Park Policeman j. F. Connolly.
Chief of Police l.. A. Cutshaw of
Takoma Park yesterday arrested Will
liam Lee, colored, 81 of the 100 block
of Ninth street, in connection with the
case, while Policeman Joseph Nolte of
the Silver Spring substation, arrested
Raymond Johnson, colored, Is, of the
500 block of @ street for questioning
Sheriff Charles Early has assured
Mayor Ben G. Davis of Takoma Park,
that the Prince Georges County police
will run down every clue as to the iden-
tity of the woman's assailant.
State Policeman j. M. Bradley and
three other officers are today conducting
a search for the man in the Riverdale
district.
COUNCIL OFFERS REWARD.
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Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, March 19.-The
famous Confederate battle flag of the
lst Virginia Regiment, embroidered by
the women of Richmond from their
silk dresses and followed by the noted
command from Bull Run to Gettysburg
came today to the Confederate Museum
to rest with other Southern trophies
The museum is In the old White House
Of the Confederacy.
The blood stained and battle-scarred
banner saw its last service in Pickett's
immortal charge at Gettysburg. when
the Southern troops swept up the slopes
OF Cemetery Hill to the Federal de-
lenses before the ebb began.
Preserved by the late Col. Charles T.
Loehr. historian and custodian of the
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WOMAN CONFESSES
KILLING DAUGHTER
Mother Charged With Murder
in Connection With Rich
mond Death.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, March 1g.-Mrs
Susie Collins, 80, Of this city, was late
yesterday formally charged with MUIR
der in connection with the death of her
12-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, who
was found dead in gas-filled room in
the Collins home, last Wednesday
morning.
The warrant, police said, was served
on Mrs. Collins at hospital where she
is still patient as result of gas poi
soning. She was found in the same
room with her daughter. Saturday
afternoon, police said, Mrs. Collins gave
formal statement which led to the
warrant, in which she declared that
she had turned on five gas jets in the
home, adding that she wanted to take
Elizabeth. I loved her so much that I
did not want her to remain behind"
MRS. Collins gave no reason for her act
Found In Gas Filled Room.
Elizabeth was found dead in the gas
filled room, and Mrs. Collins was found
unconscious when neighbors, attracted
BY the odor Of the gas, forced their way
into the home. Five gas jets, police
found, were open on a gas stove In the
kitchen of the home which adjoined the
girls bedroom. Doors leading to other
rooms of the home had been closed, DO
lice said
did your husband turn on the GASP"
was one of the questions asked and
answered in the signed statement of
Mrs. Collins, made public last night by
police.
ST know that my husband did not do
It," was the reply. MY husband did
not do anything. know positively that
! did It and ! am not saying this to save
him. am positive did It,"
Again Admits Deed.
Are YOU sure you did it2" police
Yes, I know / did It." Mrs. Collins
repeated.
Mrs. Collins, in the statement, in
sisted that there should be no quarrels
in the family and declared that she
wrote no letters nor did she tell any
one of her intentions. She declared
that she did not want to get well DE
cause Elizabeth is dead"
Detective Inman, one of the investis
gators Of the case, said Mrs. Collines
was apparently confused at times In
some questions. He said.
however, that throughout tie interview
the woman appeared calm. He added
that Mrs. Collins. nevertheless, shows
the effects of the ordeal Of the last
few days, during which she had fingered
between life and death as result of
the poisoning. Repeatedly during this
time, hospital attendants say, she has
called for Elizabeth and has wanted
to know where her daughter was and
why she was not in he'd with her.
Attendants at the hospital last night
said that Mrs. Collins had passed a
satisfactory day.
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BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, March 19.-Pilot William
McPhail, who came home today from
what he described as his toughest as
signment told of flying his plane over
$50 miles of unfamiliar air lanes, be-
set by wind and rain and snow, to carry
historical mother and her sister to
the bedside of schoolboy lying seri-
ously iii in a Hagerstown, Md, hospital.
The Gala blind one, his destination
unknown-came at 4:30 am. last Fri
day. Universal Air Lines had an order
to meet train at Indianapolis and
take aboard two women Eastbound
McPhail was called from his bed and
sent.
At Indianapolis, said McPhail. Mrs.
A. B. Pearce Of Bliss, Tex, and her
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CORONER'S JURY HOLDS
SON IN MOTHERS DEATH
Parent Killed When Car Crashes
on McMullen Highway Near
Cumberland. :

CUMBERLAND, Md, March 10 (Spe-
ciaD.-Raymond Reynolds, a railroad
worker, was held by the coroner's jury
for the April term Of the Circuit Court
for the death of his mother, Mrs. Mary
Catherine Reynolds, &c. in motor car
driven in an unlawful manner" by
the son Sunday.
The machine crashed into the car of
H. j. Ghour on the McMullen Highway
In attempting OF pass another. Mrs.
Reynolds was killed and the son and
his wife were injured. Ghour's car was
wrecked. but he and two companions
escaped injury.
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Rebuilding Granada Terrace.
BY a STAFF Correspondent of The Star.

By a STAFF Correspondent OF The Star.
LYON VILLAGE, Va, March ia
crew of workmen from the Virginia
State Highway Commission Is engaged
in rebuilding Granada Terrace. por-
ton of which was destroyed when Lee
Highway was rebuilt last year. A
change in the grade of the thorough
fare lowered 1t to a point consid-
erably below the Granada Terrace level.
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CHILD'S BURNS FATAL.
Scalded by Water, 3-Year-old
Staunton Boy Dies.

STAUNTON, Va. March 10 (Spe-
ciaD Three year-old Charles Whit
lock, who was burned by boiling water
about 10 days ago, died Sunday at noon
at the home of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. r. K. Whitlock, on Maple
street.
Funeral services were held from the
residence Monday conducted by the
Rev. Claude M. Hesser of Central
Methodist Church. Burial was in Thorn
Rose Cemetery.
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Mrs. Sarah Kidwell Dies.

HERNDON, Va, March 10 (Spe-
ciaD Sarah Virginia Kidwell. 80, wife
of the late Charles L. Kidwell, died
here yesterday. She was one of the
oldest persons in this section. She is
survived by four sons, Walter, John,
Fred and George. and four daughters,
Mrs. Lula Wrenn, Mrs. Julia Loveless.
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\
Mrs. Elizabeth Kidwell and Mrs. Laura
Keen. Funeral services will be held at
the Southern Methodist Church here
tomorrow afternoon and interment viii
be at Chestnut Grove Cemetery.