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FORT WORTH X A

FORT WORTH. Jan. II. Up
Demand for grain was a little slow
here Friday. Estimated receipts
were. wheat II cars. corr "a, bar
ley l and sorghums 3.
Delivered Texas Gulf ports. *
port rate. or Texas common points:
Wheat No. I hard 113% -114%.
Barley No. 2 nominally 95-97; No.
3 nominally 1896.
Sorghums No. 2 milo per 100
pounds nominally 213-215; No. 3
milo nosinally 211-213. No. 2 ka-
fir nominally 200-205: No. 3 1885,
203.
Delivered Texas common points
or group three:
Corn No. 2 white 120-l2l: No. q
yellow Halls. Oats No. 2 red 64-
IS: No. 8 red 1854.
, 1935-01-11
Thompson Mortuary
Buys Out Mittanck

SAN BENITO. Jan. i1-Mark-
ham A Thompson Friday ANNOUNCE
ed the purchase Of the Mittanck
Funeral home IN San Benito and
stated that III the future the
Thompson and Mittsnck homes will
be operated under the name Mitt-
anck-Thompson Funeral Directors.
r. Z. Mittsnck. who has been in
the undertaking business for more
than 80 years. sold to Thompson In
order to devote his entire time to
the furniture business. II was an
ncunced.
The Thompson mortuary here was
established in 1925.
, 1935-01-11
Bullet Kills Girl

DENISON. Jan. II. ~ Mrs.
Ruth Marie Copeland. "a, died in
a Denison hospital Thursday night
a few minutes after she was found
at her home with a bullet wound
In the head. A pistol was nearby.
Her uncle. Lee Foster. died as
Sherman late Thursday and dou-
BILE funeral services we're arranged
for Saturday at Sherman.
, 1935-01-11
CHICAGO

CHICAGO. JaE ll.-lP1- u. s.
Dept. Agr.J-Potatoes steady. sup
plies moderate. demand and trad
ing rather slow: wisconsin round
whites US No. / .80-85: fine quail
ity 87ia; commercial grade rs;
Idaho ruSSets Nc l. 1850: fine
quality large size. 1927: combina-
ton grade l.35: Texas bliss triumphs
sales to iobbers $50.
, 1935-01-11
Consul Leaves

Consul S. j. Trevino. who had
charge Of the local office for the
past two years, WIS to leave Fri
cay afternoon by automobile FOR
Eagle Pass. where he will take
charge Of the Mexican Consulate
there.
Consul Trevino stated that ne
was thankful for the cooperation
shown him by Brownsville people
and authorities during his tenure of
office here. His family will remain
in Brownsville until the close OF
the school season. They will then
join him IN Eagle Pass.
, 1935-01-11
KINCFISH LONG


They're q lot Of defeated cendi-
dates who have been beaten 50
many times I quit counting. They
amt going to do nothing down there.
I'm mighty well pleased with condi-
tons IN Louisiana. I wish the rest
of the country was In as good shape.
II 1t was we could 60 ahead"
Concerning reports that Governor
O. X. Allen would resign because Of
Ill health. Huey said:
Oscar amt going to quit. He
amt sick. he's gone hunting. I say
he amt going to resign nothing un-
til he gets a better job and there
amt any open down there right
now"
, 1935-01-11
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO. Jan. IL. Rl-Down-
turns Of grain prices early Friday
accompanied increased attention to
bearish aspects of the United States
supreme court hearing on gold clause
cases. Opening at Ia to Ia cent
decline, May 101 Ia to IA. wheat
afterward sagged further. Corn
started 3-8 to ga off. May 90 3-4.
and subsequently showed an addi-
tional setback.
, 1935-01-11
Pupils Hear
Lecture By Dentist

DR.. Charles Calderoni. Brownsville
dentist. Friday morning addressed
pupils OF the Los EbanoS school on
care OF the teeth.
DR.. Calderoni gave demonstrations
during his lecture.
, 1935-01-11
SIX ARE FINED

Six Brownsville negroes we're fin
ed in varying amounts Thursday
afternoon when tried before Judge
A. A. Browne in city corporation
court on charges Of gambling. They
we're arrested in a raid by officers
in the warehouse district Of the city
Wednesday night.
, 1935-01-11
To Write Others

The senator said his song Is call
ed Every Man a King" and that
1t Is one Of a half dozen he Is GO
ing TO use In his "share-the-wealth'
campaign. The words we're written
by Long himself and the music was
composed one morning about 5 o.
clock with Castro Caraza. my band
master at Louisiana State Univer-
sity."
The kingfish said his "share-the-
wealth" movement Is growing by
leaps and bounds"
I'VE had between 5000 and TO-
900 clubs when I last counted them.
I kept track OF them until we got
up to 100000 members and then I
quit counting. But we'll have a club
in every nook and corner In the
United States when people come to
understand what the plan stands
for"
, 1935-01-11
Creature Of Imagination

This creature OF our imagination
Is permitted to act as a normal per-
son, to contribute to campaign
funds in municipal. state and Ia
tional elections; to hire clever writ
ers to carry on campaigns Of propa-
ganda; to centralize the control Of
industry"
Throwing out the suggestion that
companies might be made TO limit
their areas of influence. he said: of
we insist that the corporate entity
shall coincide with the region Of
locality Of most economical opera
tons. as determined by the state Of
the arts. we can then leave TO the
states and to compacts Of states the
regulation of most OF these utilities"
AS for gas pipe lines. he asserted:
IF legislatures In the states where
natural gas deposits are found, and
which have become connected with
users in other states" he said. do
not protect the gas field. II then be-
comes the duty Of the congress TO
do so. Congress must see to II that
there is no waste through neglected
wells which will deplete the supply
or which will reduce unduly and
prematurely the natural pressure OF
the gas in its deposits
, 1935-01-11
NEW ORLEANS FUTURES

NEW ORLEANS. Jan. II. R,-
Cotton futures closed steady at net
declines Of 10 TO II points.
Open High Low Close
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to the US. treasury and Is not In
your possession at the time Of this
trial?
A. Yes.
Were any ransom bills picked up
anywhere but New York City,"
The agent said a few were recov-
cred Immediately outside of the city
but most Of them came from New
York.
Fisher asked If he knew Of a $40
bill found in London. but the wit
ness said no."
@. DO you know II any bills we're
found In the safe OF the Earl Tay-
lor Hat Co. New York?
"A. No sir. .
Q. Did you ever know 1t was
passed by one Meyer in New York?
"A. No sir.
He said that rs or %" men had
knowledge OF the recording OF the
ransom serials.
That includes Col. Breckenridge
and Col. Lindbergh." he added.
On redirect examination Wilson
was given the opportunity TO ex-
press the opinion that Of the $3l 900
of the ransom still u~naccounted for
some of 1t might have come into
the treasury during the presidents
gold embargo without detection.
Worked at Apartments
@. Do you know whether Mr..
Bruno Richard Hauptmann worked
at the Majestic apartments?
A. Yes sir.
A defense objection was sus-
tanned.
Fisher began his re-croSs exami-
nation by asking Wilson to define
The phrase of your own knowl-
edge" with which several of the at
torney generals questions had been
prefaced.
why a transcript OF a court pro-
cedure." Wilson replied.
@. Then you are replying. under
oath, on something you can read?
A. Yes sir.
Wilentz took the witness for Sec
ond redirect.
Wilentz asked Wilson II IL were
not true that about the time Of the
banking holiday q large amount OF
gold notes were not in circulation.
Reilly objected.
The court asked the witness II he
knew, and Wilson shook his head.
He said he don't know" Justice
Trenchard announced gravely and
the dispute ended.
Colonel II. Norman Schwarzkopf
head OF the state police, was the
next witness called.
Former Judge George X. Large,
who conducted the examination
showed the colonel some handwrit-
ing specimens.
Written by Hauptmann'
@. Who wrote them?
A. Bruno Richard Hauptmann.
g. Under what circumstances were
they written.
A. Inspector Lyons, of the New
York police department, explained
TO Bruno Richard Hauptmann he
wanted specimens OF his handwrit-
ing and asked II he was willing 10
give II. He said yes and from q
circular then published Inspector
Lyons dictated.
Q. Is the spelling his own7
A. Yes sir.
@. Referring to whom?
A. Hauptmann.
Fisher took the witness and asked
him to specify the date of the speci-
men.
September 49," said Schwarzkopf.
The defense counsel brought out
Hauptmann had been in custody for
a number Of hours when the sam
pies were given and was not repre-
Sented by counsel.
When the exhibit was offered,
Fisher registered an objection but
was overruled.
Schwarzkopf was excused.
Albert S. Osborn. Sr.. noted hand
writing expert was called TO the
stand.
Il am an examiner OF question
ed documents" he said when ask
ed his occupation
, 1935-01-11

Milk sales increased 2.500. 900
quarts in July. 1884. as compared
with July, 1888, in New York State.
, 1935-01-11
NEW YORK

NEW YORK. Jan. IL. P)-Cotton
futures closed steady. Ills lower.
Open High Low Last
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TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY
SCHOOL BOY wanted for route in

Donna. Write Circulation Depart
ment. Brownsville Herald. G-54
, 1935-01-11
Repeats Opinion

He was asked 10 repeat his opin-
ion. and he said. the ransom notes
were all written b. the writer OF
these other various proved writ
ingS."
@. How do you explain your con-
ciusion?
A. Hand me my brief case.
First I examined the notes 10
determine If all were done by the
same writer" he intoned.
u first examined these ransom
notes in May. 1882. / wanted to see
II they were connected with each
other. and ] found that they were in
z or Q different ways
They we're connected In my
opinion by their use Of words. spell
, 1935-01-11
GRAIN CLOSE

CHICAGO. Jan. IL. Up
Open High Low Close
Wheat
, 1935-01-11
UTILITY ABUSES
Continued from Page One)

decisions can shut down mills. move
factories, reduce employees to a state
Of serfdom, strip the stockholders of
local companies Of their equities,
siphon off the earnings Of profitable
companies beyond the reach Of their
stockholders to the stockholders Of
other companies.
, 1935-01-11
NEW YORK CuRR
FORT WORTH LIVESTOCK

EOAA w
FORT WORTH, Jan. IL. Gu.
S. Dept. Agri)-Hogs 1900; truck
hogs mostly 10 to sc lower; top 800;
l60 to It's ID lights 1855; pigs 800
$50; packing sows steady 700-25.
Cattle 700 commercial. 700 govern
ment: calves TOO commercial 200
government: quotably strong on
scattered sales various classes cat
tie and calves but market poorly
tested: no slaughter steers with
weight on sale: few lots good fed
yearlings and long yearling weights
675-750: one load medium weight fat
calves ATS: few good heavies up to
500.
Sheep 800; lambs steady: fat
lambs mostly medium grades 500
7:50: feeder lambs $50 down..
, 1935-01-11
NEW ORLEANS COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. II. Pl-
Cotton Friday opened a shade up
and steady as Liverpool cables were
slightly better than due. First trades
we're | 10 2 points higher.
Trading was very moderate as
operators still maintained a wait
ing attitude. May eased off a point
In the first half hour to 1859 and
october lost 3 points at 1856. max
ing the price level 2 points net up
, 1935-01-11
80 Years Experience

Osborn said he had worked at his
occupation for upwards OF 80 years
He himself. speaks loudly and he
wants others to do likewise.
Il can't hear as well as I did
once" he doomed forth Il want the
counsel to speak right out"
The court assured him that coun-
sci would raise their voices.
ANY question in relation TO the
qualifications Of the witness" Tren-
chard then asked.
There was no defense attack on
his qualifications, and Lanigan pro-
ceeded.
G. When did you first see the
ransom notes?
A. May. 1882.
@. Did you examine them at that
time.
A. I did.
@. Did you photograph them?
A. Yes.
@. Did you examine them later.
A. 7 had many occasions to ex-
anime them.
@. Did you reach a conclusion?
A. The conclusion was the writer
OF the ransom notes had not been
found.
That was up until September of
last year. he explained.
@. Have you made a careful CON-
parison of the ransom notes with
the conceded and requested writings
OF Bruno Richard Hauptmann.
a. Yes.
Hauptmann Wrote Notes
Y. Does II give you sufficient ma
terisl for a conclusion?
A. Yes. the amount OF the writ
ingS Is ample on which to base q
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STROKE HALTS

Continued From Page One.)
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CONTINUED From Page One)
, 1935-01-11
'Hauptmann Wrote Notes

Y. Does II give you sufficient ma
terisl for a conclusion?
A. Yes. the amount OF the writ
ings Is ample on which to base q
conclusion.
@. What Is the conclusion, the
opinion.
A. My opinion Is that the ransom
notes were all written by the same
hand that wrote these writings
signs Richard Hauptmann.
He asked how many specimens
lie hao examined. and he replied.
Il think II was IA"
He was handed several exhibits.
Il haven't seen these markings"
Osborn declared. Somebody has
put new markings on them"
Take your time. Mr.. Osborn. We
are III no haste. Take your time"
the court proclaimed loudly.
, 1935-09-13
Hidalgo WPA Funds
Projects Are Sent To
CAPITAL for Final OK

hall and fire station. $~S.535.2s; to
tai, S ,739.4i.
City of Donna-Sanitary sewer,
Sl2, 785.
Donna Irrigation District Hidalgo
Co. No. drainage project, S22,726.
City Of WeSlaco%Storm sewer,
Sl4,550.55.
City Of Mercedes-Street improve
ment, S24y500.
Mercedes Independent School
DiStrict-Improvement program, $4,-
805.95: building project, ~s20.753.56,
total, 25,559.5l.
City OF Edcouch-Two sanitary
sewer projects, So, 1854; commu.
nifty house, $2.407 80: total. sl4,533.42
City Of ElSa-Sidewalks, 1881. 80
Edcouch-E Elsa Independent Schoo
District-School building. $1.581.2
Texas Relief CommiSSion-Sewin
rooms, WeSlaco and McAllen, Sl2,,
1890; canning plants. Hidalgo anc
Edcouch, S8.682.56: total. S208l5O6
Late projects--City Of Edinburg
sewing room. women's work. So. 500
City of Mission. sewing room, WON.
ems work. s11,7-0.
Grand total, Al projects, s544,.
1887.
, 1935-09-13
McAllen Building
Resumes Increase

- ~ AAA8A4
McALLEN. Sept. 10 Building
permits totaling si6,500 have been
issued by the office Of City In
spection Engineer G. g. Eckhoff
since September /, he reported
Thursday. and a total Of about
$4,000 Is being expended In new
construction at present.
Harvey Darling is building q
$4,000 service station and S2,500
home on the east highway. Joe and
Carl Faust are building a $1,000
service station on South Broadway
and a $500 building is being start
ed by Sam Bazzell TO house q drug
store on Austin Avenue opposite
McAllen High School. Scott bankers
has obtained a permit for q S2,5,0
home on North Eleventh. Mrs. M.
r. Nelson has a $500 apartment
under way on South Eleventh and
w. r. Crouch Is building a $500
home OF North Fifteenth. A small
store building valued at $3.50 Is be-
ing built for B. A. Ashwander on
South Broadway.
, 1935-09-13

SNE&A ~ ~ "a
EDINBURG, Sept. l3.-Approval
Of IL Hidalgo county applications
for Works Progress Administration
funds for public improvements has
been given by the San Antonio Of
flee Of the WPA. according to
Mayor E. A. Brown OF Edinburg.
chairman Of the Hidalgo County
Planning board. The board first ap-
proved the projects and submitted
them to the district wPA office at
San Antonio. Approved there. they
went to San Antonio and are now
being sent to Washington for final
approval.
The proposed expenditures on the
Al projects total 544,o43.37, and
range from a 81 800 school building
TO a S54,00) road project. Members
OF the county planning board ex-
pect a majority. II not al, OF the
projects TO be approved In WASH
ington. Board members include
Mayor Brown, <. K. Marburger of
Mission, Chas. N. Sheriff. of Wes-
laco. Mayor Stanley Melton OF
Pharr and County Engineer II. p.
Griffin Of McAllen.
The projects approved by county,
district and state boards = as fol-
laws:
Hidalgo county-State reclama-
ton service Typographical survey,
$l2,730; emergency flood protection,
S6,340; two projects in Hidalgo
County Road District No. 3. s49,-
022.60; Road District No. 4, s54,-
444.40; county warehouse and work
shop, S8,l90.05; visiting housekeep-
er. women's work, $500, total,
Sl35. 847.O5.
City OF Edinburg-Two sanitary
sewer projects, ~S26,760.38; street
repair and Improvement, $l4,l6l so;
total, $40.921 .88.
Edinburg Consolidated 1ndepend-
ent School DiStrict-School repairs
$5.654.50.
Hidalgo County Water Control &
Improvement Dist. No !, Edinburg
Drainage project. S24,973.75.
City Of MiSsion-Two street i'm
provement projects. S27, 563.37: con-
crete curbs and cutters, $2l .s27; to-
tai, S49, 49l27.
City Of McAllen-Two sanitary
sewer projects. si6.5s5lO6: sidewalks
curbs and cutters, $2l ,252.86; two
street improvement projects, &c.,
341.l0: total. ST.. 1892.
City Of Pharr-Sanitar sewer,
s6.439.34: city irrigation system,
$l3.694.50; total. $20233.84.
City Of San Juan--Waterworks
Improvement. s3.322.75.
Hidalgo county Water Control A
Improvement Dist. No. 2, Pharr-
San Juan-Alamo-Repairs and i'm
provement on concrete pipe plant,
S20.498.29.
City Of Alamo-Street and drain
age Improvements. $2,204.l2; city
, 1935-09-13
LAURA INGALLS,
HOLDS RECORD
Woman Filler Falls Barely
Short Of Time Set
BY Men

NV YORK. Sept. IS. (R-Petite
Laura ingalls, Friday held the wo-
mems west-east transcontinental
air nonstop record-a mark that
the persistent flyer had twice be-
fore attempted and failed.
Just before midnight she set her
Lockheedr Orion monoplane down
on Floyd Bennett Field, Is hours, "a
minutes and five seconds after
leaving Los Angeles.
Seven minutes faster time and she
would have tied the nonstop rec
ord for both men and women held
BY Frank Hawks. She might have
turned the trick II her radio COM
pass had been functioning.
II went out Of commission, she
said, just west Of Columbus, o.
Because il was not working she
overshot Floyd Bennett as far as
Mitchell Field, cruising to lose al
titude. and then turned back tc
claim the record from Amelia Ear
hart Putnam.
From Los Angeles came congra-
, 1935-09-13

+ Despite the great respect in which
he was held. the bigotry Of his enc
mics was sufficient to accomplish his
death by stoning. But as man and
martyr he was honored by the
Christian community. and he has
left US a heritage Of his Christian
judgment and counsel in the Epistle
that bears his name.
Here in our lesson we study him
as a great Christian leader. What
were the marks Of this man that
made him a Christian leader?
First Of all, he was a servant OF
God and OF the Lord Jesus Christ.
He had devoted his life supremely
to q high ideal Of faith and char
acte- and allegiance to the Master.
He had made his life strong
through conquest, and he admon-
, 1935-09-13
6 OIL STATES
ORGANIZE FOR
CONSERVATION
Price Fixing Within
Industry Fought BY
Group; Texas Is
Included

OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. l3.-R
The interstate compact commits
sion Of six oil-producing states was
On organized body Friday, ready to
function for three desired results:
ourceS.
2. Prevention Of waste.
3. Prevention Of ice-fixing with
In the oil industry.
AS the organization meeting end
cd here Thursday. q plea made by
Homer Hoch. chairman Of the
Kansas Corporation commission, ap-
peared 10 have had It's effect.
Near the opening Of the session,
he had urged:
Let's confine ourselves to the
authority and limitations granted
In the bill. If we go beyond this we
are subject TO criticism"
CThe federal measure setting I'D
the interstate commission was pass
ed by congress e the close Of It's
recent session. Its principal aim
was conservation
The delegates from the six states
whose legislatures have ratified the
compact-TexaS. Oklahoma, Kan
sas. Colorado. New Mexico, ani
rllinois-did little more than org
anize. and agree verbally among
themselves that they would work
for the stated aims of the compact.
There were few evidences Of lack
Of harmony.
We're not going TO be q party 70
aAy pact or treaty which will pen
alize the consumer OF gas or OIL"
declared Governor James v. Alfred
Of Texas.
Another line Of thought was
presented by Henry Hunt. an OBJ
server from Mount Pleasant, Mich.
In Michigan" he said. I'VE want
% build q production sufficient 70
meet our state demand for oil prod
uctS."
Patrick J. Hurley, former repub-
ncan secretary Of war and close
friend Of Governor Z. w. Marland
Of Oklahoma, counselled the state
delegates TO insist that the SOW
erign powers Of each state be up
held, and that state police powers
be used TO enforce the terms OF the
compact.
Hurley warned that II q states
power were used weakly or illegally.
"a stronger power viii usurp that
right"
Jack Blalock. one Of Texas dele
gates, took exception TO that view.
II can't subscribe to the state
ment that II the contact fails we
will have federal control" Blalock
said. Wen have an effort at Fed
eral control, but 1t will fail. ! 90
not believe the federal government
will ever control the production Of
oil in any state. II Is q violation OF
thu constitution"
Officers OF the commission were
r~r7ed i~mpsrsonallv. in the chance
that various individuals might not
be present at each subsequent meet
in.
The Oklahoma representative
was named permanent chairman,
and the representatives Of Texas
and Kansas vice-chairmen.
Committees were named, as fol-
lows (by representatives,:
Rules-New Mexico. Texas. and
Illinois. Coordination OF state
police powers-Texas, Kansas ana
Oklahoma. Observation committee
all states.
The next meeting viii be held
here October II.
, 1935-09-13

in his advice concerning relation
ships In the early church. The priv
ileges Of the gospel lift the man Of
low degree 10 high estate, and the
man Of wealth and place must real
ize that the obligations of love and
ser.ice bring TO him something far
greater than his wealth, while at the
same time they make him a lowly
m Der Of a great fellowship. Rich
and poor are alike under the law
Of love.
The strength OF James and the
value OF his counsel are particularly
manifest In his dealing with those
faced with temptation. Temptations,
he makes it plain. do not come from
God. But they are inevitable II the
earthly life that man Is leading.
There Is that in a mans own ma
lture that responds to the allure
, 1935-09-13

ishes the early Christians not to be
afraid of the testing that comes
through LIES trials and temptations,
but to make occasion Of these things
to prove their faith and endurance.
Faith. he says. works patience.
ard patience in its perfect working
produces the whole and perfect man.
James admonishes these early
Christians II they lack wisdom to
turn to God as the source Of wis
dom; but their attitude, he says,
must be one of determined quest.
They must not be like the waves
Of the sea. driven with the wind and
tossed about. The Christian is a
man Of single mindedness and sta
bility Of purpose.
! The spirit OF James Is manifest
, 1935-09-13

ments of evil from without. and
James bids US be careful about these
inner lusts and sins that would
sweep US away In the hour Of trial.
He pictures the Christian as liv-
IL 9 under the rich endowment OF q
gracious God who pours down from
above good and perfect gifts. With
this Father OF Lights there Is no va
ration. neither shadow nor turning.
and the man who persistently seeks
Gods guidance win inevitably find
Ii.
Thank God for the Jameses who
have been IN the Christian church
in every age - steady. trustworthy,
sensible leaders, for whom practical
religion has been more than theory.
speculation. and controversy.
, 1935-09-13

Trespass Law Enforced by State
Game Wardens" t
The sanctuary La being establishes
upon the suggestion or Charles On.
Jones. dlrecEorof game district No
So OF WeSlaco. This particular trnc9
contains numerous birds nests nn
u specially adapted for the Hhnc-
tuary.
X feel sure that the carrying Gun
OF this plan viii not alone add 70 tina
number OF game birds I'm the Valley
but will materially increase tngn
beautiful song and pluulAge nirduI
whose habitat II restricted ~ tins
s~emi-tropical cline OF the most fav-
cred section OF the United States
Jones said.
Other such Sanctuaries are expect
ed To be established In other local.
tiles in the Valley.
, 1935-09-13
Mercedes PTA To
Entertain Faculty

MERCEDES, Sept. 13.-The Mer-
cedes Parent Teachers association
viii honor members OF the Mer-
cedes school faculty with q tea and
Q program Monday night at 8
o'clock in the music room Of the
high school building. Patrons and
friends OF the schools have been
invited to attend and become &C
ouainted with teachers for the
1856 school year.
Mrs. Clyde Fore will again hold
che office Of president OF the as
ISOLATION for the coming year.