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were selected to argue the negative
and Louis j. Prick and r. B. English
were selected tentatively to uphold the
affirmative. Other speakers may be
added later. The association plans
to invite all of the other citizens as
sociations to attend.
Action on the report Of the Fed
Grafton Of Citizens Associations Spe-
cial Committee on Reorganization Of
the District Government was deferred.
A report will be submitted by the
Laws and Legislation Committee.
The current drive for new members
was continued through March. Mrs.
Alyse Thume, chairman Of the Mem
bership Drive Committee, reported 70
new members obtained.
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LOAN OF TENTS O.K.'D

A bill to authorize the War and
Navy Secretaries to lend tents, cots
and other camp equipment to the Boy
Scouts of America for their national
jamboree to be held in washington
next Summer was approved yesterday
by the House Military Committee.
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CITIZENS DEMAND
PROBE OF SCHOOLS
Reports of Communistic
Activities Basis of Hunt
for "Reds."

Aroused by reports that Commu-
nlStlc propaganda Is being circulated
IN District public schools, the South
east Citizens Association last night
authorized its Schools Committee to
make a thorough investigation to de-
termine the extent of Communistic
activities, if any, affecting local
schools. The committee will submit
. report at the next meeting.
Allen Davis, principal of Roosevelt
High School, said he has complete
faith in every teacher in the District
and declared, IF you can give me
proof Of any of these reports of Com
munistic activities I'll take the matter
before the Board of Education i'm
mediately." He was certain an in
vestigation twill produce no such evil
dence."
d. C. Employees Wanted.
Opposition to the appointment of
out-of-town residents as heads of Dis
trict government departments was
voiced in an approved resolution,
which said District residents are well
qualified and better acquainted with
local problems. 1t requests that in
the future only bona fide residents be
selected as public officials in District
affairs.
The association favored a resolution
adopted recently by the Citizens As
ISOLATION Of Takoma D. c., requesting
the Public Utilities Commission grant
further reductions in gas rates, pend
ing the conclusion of the retaliation
Of the properties of the Washington
Gas Light Co. and its subsidiaries.
Tentative plans were discussed for
. debate by members on Resolved:
That the Right of Suffrage Be Granted
Residents of the District" The as
ISOLATION plans to hold the debate in
the Hine Junior High School on April
Q. c. @. Degman and H. w. Lynn
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Survey Employees to Celebrate.

Employees of the Biological Survey
of the Agriculture Department will
celebrate the 50th anniversary Of the
establishment of that agency at a
banquet. and dance tomorrow night
at the Roosevelt Hotel. Dancing will
begin about $50 pm.
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Air Subsidies Small.

England has announced that it pays
less in subsidies to regular air services
than do the United States, Germany
and France.
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Supper Club Notes

isle are Tudel and Jean, dance team,
which, according to repute, is "volcan-
ic." and the Roddy Twins, pair of
lasses who do "cellophane" dance
and other things. And, of course,
there's Moe Baer's music, which is
superb music. Russ Cullen and Lou
Gates are among the vocalists.
Shoreham-Patricia Kent, who sings
and dances here, is allegedly a
"Czechoslovakian-A American beauty"
which in itself ought to set her apart
from the masses. Others appearing in
the ball room are Burt Earle, comedian
and banjoist; Carlton and Juliette, in
French and Spanish dance routines;
Jean Kirk, who does toe, tap and mod
erniStic dances; Cyrilla Tuite, who now
is acting as mistress of ceremonies, and
Maxim LoeW'S Orchestra with Barnee
Tango hour in the lounge cafe has
Tiny" and on Saturday afternoons
music by Da Costa's Tango Orchestra.
MadrilIOn-Rose Heatherly, newest
floor show artist here, does Hungar-
ian dance to Brahms, a fiery Mexican
dance, a graceful toe number and a
fast acrobatic routine. Ricardo and
Rita also are featured, doing the Con-
tinental, the Bolero and a dreamy
waltz Poem" Leon Brusiloff and
orchestra provide the music, with sing
ers Ray Donahue, Jack Schaeffer and
Ross Del Roy.
X X
Hi-Hat.-Gordon st. Chad's Para
disc Islanders (including M. st. Chad's
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Mischa Markoff, singing in Russian
or English, and Pianist Emil Konevsky.
Club Troika-Boris Yourloff, whirl-
wind Russian dancer, has q new pair
this week-s Montenegro number and
a sailor dance, while the Gypsy En-
semble and Vladimir Diloff have been
held over to participate in new
show. Music Is by Matt Windsor's
Orchestra, with featured violinist
Michel Michaeloff.
Willard Bamboo Room - Johnny
Slaughter's eternally broadcasting
orchestra provides the dance music
here, with the romance in song being
taken care OF by Ernestine Gardner
and Fenton Froom.
n " " 4
Club Carlt0n-There's an individual
atmosphere here, contributed to by
both the brilliant and at the same
time restful design Of the lounge and
its fittings and by the fact that it's
the Carlton. The Continental En-
semble provides the right music.
X X X X
KaleidOscope-This rapidly Is be-
coming a popular rendezvous, what
with the original "air" about the
place, the murals, and the Singing
Troubadors.
X + \ \
Casa Rita-The Jimmy Santmeyer-
directed John Slaughter unit, Singers
Mary 10 Hamilton and Sammy Rich
ardson, and TONY" popular accord
ionist, contribute to the festive gayety
at Childs' Mexican hacienda.
Lotus-The cast of the fast-moving
revue here includes De Lee, Noyes and
Ladd, adagio trio; Mcconnell and
Moore, in novelty act; Irene Lee
and Vera Hayes, who do an acrobatic
number. and a chorue Of eight. The
Capitolians are directed by Al Norton
while boss Bill Strickland is away.
X 81
Swanee Ball Room - Wednesday,
Saturday and Sunday evenings, start
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SCHOOL BUSES HALTED
Children of Texas Town Out of

Funds May Thumb Rides.
RAYMONDvILLE, Tex, February
7 C).-Henceforth, 'thumbing" rides
is going to be a very popular practice
among the school children Of this Rio
Grande Valley town. Lack of funds
has stopped the school bus service.
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Sale Of
Sedgwick
SHIRTS
s1.29sa|:;;;; sa:;;

S1.65 and $1.95 Values.
Fully shrunk broad
cloth, woven broadcloth,
woven m a dras and
chambray shirts. White,
blue, tan and gray
neat patterns, stripes
and all-over effects.
Collar attached, tab COL
lar attached, two de-
tached collar-to-match
styles. Sizes IA to II.
Kann's-Street Floor.
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ing at $50 o'clock, there is dancing to
music by a Meyer Davis unit directed
by Phil O'Brien.
Heigh- -Ho Club-The Cansinos, Of
course, stay here to dance in the
original Cansino fashion, and for your
own dancing there's music by Pete
MaciaS.
Mayf1ower LoungS-Mayfower ira
ditions make the right atmosphere and
@Sidney's Orchestra makes the right
music.
n 4 n
Club PHiver-No changes in the
revue personnel at Maryland Club
Gardens, which means you still can
see Fern and Lorraine, the California
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NILGRIM CLUB-Ruthania and

CLUB-Ruthania and
- Malcolm, new dance team here,
have even the orchestra's ap-
l. proval and they do a comedy
routine that's knockout.
Gail Lee, handsome red-head, also is
appearing here now, doing her dances
which are neither tap nor soft-shoe,
but which are good whatever they are,
and Charel de Thomee, one of the
towns most popular, is in his last
week. Herriette Carr sings, and the
dance music, which lasts till 4 am, is
by Roy Masters and the CoSmopolitans
(lncluding newest addition, Tommy
SuterS).
X X
Club Habana-The newest attrac-
tlcns at Connecticut avenues tropical
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dllO SllC OOCS1A JOA
with an uncle you'll know how you
rate . Yesterday Ye Spectator dug
into his pockets for his last fifteen
cents called cigarettes, please"
as loud as he could waited for
that uncle" got his cigarettes
but nothing else .. five minutes
later he heard thank you, uncle!'
looming through the air looking
around, he saw bellboy walking
away wreathed in grin Harriet
had scored again!
ss* Perfect" that's what a
famous painter has said about Patricia
Kent, the Czechoslovakian-A American
beauty who is making somthing OF a
sensation out at the Shoreham (thiS Is
her last appearance before she goes to
England to do film) .. A perfect"
girl is evidently one who has golden
blond hair" weighs 1856 pounds CHATS
heftier than most Hollywood heroines),
has 26-inch waist, 36-inch hips; 13-
inch calf, 8-inch ankle, 12l4 inch neck
and is 81 years old that's the gal
you'll find, at any rate, being much
admired these days over the bridge
out at the Shoreham and who
should be dining there the night she
first made her appearance but the
CzechoSlovakian Minister, DR.. Ferdl-
nand Veverka.
- Friday nights the Heigh-Ho,
the Carlton, the Washington Tap
Room (still one of the most COM
Portable of the night, and day, Spots),
the Habana and other haunts are
getting the cream of the crop after
late cinema ShowingS Friday, for
instance, has come to be that night
when swank customers sit in the loges
at the Palace when families go
there en- maSse and then tumble into
a glass of beer, etc, afterward E.
last Friday the loges were a positive
gloating place for the social register
:. way in the front was seen
Emergency Hospitals popular chief,
DR.. James Mitchell, fanked on the
right by Mrs. James Mitchell, who in
a week is going off on an Egyptian
toot; on the left by daughter Eliza,
a beer on skis, and a slim, young
dark-eyed beauty who was recently
seen roaring down a snow hill with
British Diplomat Harold Freese-
Pennefather and on the farther
left by son "Honeybear" Mitchell, who
1oe+ L1,.idov took NM
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After Dark
Smart People. Smart Things, Smart Places.
By the Spectator.
Trade Mark Registered. U. s. Patent ONCE

as done by the Cansinos at the Heigh-
Ho. (And by the way that was
Becky" Davidson, back in circula-
tion, eyeing them Monday night . .
the new song, I'm So in Love With
Some One" written by Ben Adelman
of the Navy Band) now being intro
duced by Johnny Slaughter in the
Wizards bamboo room l.. Tudel and
Jean, who do a swell dance at the Club
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." Lieut. Charles Benter had
himself a time the other night at the
Habana.
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Habana those afternoon aperitifs
you'll see the fanciest bonnets in
town. E. "arroz con polio" Chicken
with rice to you) at the Madrillon
E. and any old thing at the Kaleido-
scope.
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last Friday TOOK
fearful leave of
Countess Gladys
Czechenyi over a
Riggs Bank wick
ct :. Later they
all rolled off in
the Mitchell ba-
rouche after
Mrs. Mitchell's
paloshes had been
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II YER name is Harriet" -. It's
- taken quite a long time to
wrangle that information . {.
l. Il but Harriet" it is -. "Har-
riet" is that small blond bomb
shell at the Mayflower who sells
cigarettes, but who, more important
than that, has also started an "Uncle's
Club" At the moment this is by
far the most exclusive club in town
rumor has it that even Chip"
Robert is member, that one after
noon when Mr.. Robert hailed "Har-
riet" and said, cigarettes, please"
she answered with dainty Thank
you, Uncle Chip" term that
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innate and thoroughly Russian spot
has Felix Amstel playing his eloquent
violin and leading the orchestra, Lee
Gould, diseuSe, who has some OF
Lucienne Boyer's latest songs for you;
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debutantes, and Mary Eller, who does
acrobatic dances; listen to Charles
Meyer sing or Fran Trappe play the
accordion, or dance to music by Billy
Scully's New Yorkers.
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pleased rather
than veXed him
. and pleased
Harriet so that
o t h er favored
customers from
then on began to
be called Uncle"
. now if you
buy a cigarette
from this wistful
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reclaimed from man who SAID ne
had never seen them before and who
was sitting a full two yards of IN
another loge!
*"* Titled Mayflower loungers
last week: Princess Boncompagni,
there with Mr.. and Mrs. Dana Os-
good, parents of the princess's god
daughter, Mary and Baron and
Baroness Van HaerSt from 'SGraven-
Hage The Hague to you!
8" Who is that last years deb
tall, good looking, not light, nor
otherwise maybe a dark blond
.. who did the town up brown the
other night? did it so we'll that
at a certain nifty early morning hour
she was seen still galavanting around
Col. Jimmie Lakes Black and Gold
room dance floor (over the Gayety)
with her mildly surprised escort.
= That was Walter Huston at
the Hi-Hat the other night.
s** Recommended: THE Cordova,"
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swell bass voice. and a friendly atmos-
phere are the featured attractions
here.
X X Il
Casino Russe-This thoroughly in
Evening star., 1935-02-07

""" That same afternoon there was
a traffic jam for the first time on
Kalorama Circle, below the Shoreham,
when the three bachelors of the Brit
ish Embassy, Messrs. Ian Wilson,
Young, Harold Freese-Pennefather
and Benjamin Plunckett, entertained
all the Rolls-Royce owners in town
not only young ladies went to pay
their respects, but every duchess and
dowager who could get in got in, too
the three young bachelors still,
however, remain bachelors.
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BEHIND THE SCENES
IN SHfNlJgGTON
2YRorMEY CGTCi!E:,2-,

Congress probably will also Ds
asked to provide that all executive
orders, rules, and regulations issued
in carrying out its laws be num-
bered consecutively and published
by the public printer, who will com
pile an annual volume OF them.
THE navy is receiving hundreds
4 of millions of dollars for neye
ships, but you can hardly blame il
if it isn't quite sure these daya
what d navy is supposed to be
used for.
For the first time in years, the
annual report Of the secretary Of
the navy contains no statement OF
United States naval policy.
Last year, in Secretary Claude
Swanson's report, you could read
that the fundamental naval
policy was ...,
ITO maintain the navy in suffi-
cient strength to support the ma
tional policies and commerce, and
to guard the continental and over.
seas possessions of the United
States"
General policies included:
To protect American lives and
property =. . To develop the navy
to maximum in battle strength
and ability to control the sea in
defense of the nation and its in-
terests 70 support. American
interests, especially the develop
ment of American foreign COM
merce and the merchant marine"
Over at the State Department,
the. boys are amused at the omis;
sion Of all that in Swanson's latest
report. 5They suggest Il may be
the result'of word from the. White
House.
Copyright 1885. NEA Service, Incl
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CRAB CREEK

CRAB CREEK, Jan. 17.-With
the cooperation of the people of
this community Together with the
faithful efforts of the superin-
tendent, Mr.. Sturgeon Pace. the
Sunday schoo! at Crob Creek
seems to be progressing. The av-
erage attendance is comparatively
very good.
Mrs. F. B. Mccall is very i'll
Her many friends wish for her a
speedy recovery.
Some sections of the roads here
were damaged considerably by
the heavy rains Of last week.
Friends Of Philip Jones wiz be
interested to know that he is
greatly improved after being Sc
riously i'll for several weeks.
The Rev. Mingus Hamilton fill
ed his regular appointment at
Grab Greek Sunday and preached
wonderful sermon, using as his
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Hcndersonvillc, n. c.
January 1G, 1885
-

Hcndersonvillc, n. c.
January 1G, 1885
Editor, The Times-News,
Dear Sir:
l have watched the Drainage
VS.. Dam discussion closely and
. ! am with Wade Whitesides, Smith
and Ewbank. And the best letter
yet written against the drainage
| plan is in your paper of January
IA, by Mrs. Ralph Edney. She
covers the Henderson county pro-
duce situation nicely, and ] hope
to see more of those letters.
| have hauled Henderson coun-
ty produce for the past three
years from Charlotte to the west
coast OF Florida and pcddled all
mill towns within 100 miles Of
Hendersonville.
Henderson county produce
comes in at the wrong time to find
an outside market. Henderson
county products arc generally low
in quality. And when the cost OF
hnavv ferffIizing and FIGHTING in
scots l. covered, there is nothing
icft for The farmer.
am talking about the county
90 = whole. or course there arc
snots and some farmers who vet
can moduce . fair crou at q small
nrorit The fact still remains that
no one so far as know has ever
made anv real money farming and
their. ONLY hope is, as Mrs. Edney
saws. to build up a better. home
market.
This drainage project will have
no long LASTING results. It connot
be maintained and kept up and
eventually we will 20 back in the
condition as we are now and there
/ are s&lcral thousand acres Of the
valley land that is dead waste land
and cannot be made TO produce.
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one knows whom the av,r,.
will occur. If it doe como .. ra
look to the day when the. r...'e0
by propaganda will alcmn, .i
to drew this country into c. Cyan
they did in 1916. '' as
"And after the war rl
They will hate Us Is ...a~ ~"N 7
now F" W
Johnson charged thai ,Hn w.,,
Court was a political fnHv.' " ..o
its decisions were dom'nr,'l' +,
dictators and that Amc..rar
herence to the tribunal wa ~ az, Az
Though the bacl; door into r, ,,s'
bership in the League Of Nar;l,'.
He pointed out tnat tn. rri,. '
States was not considering NJ.
ticipation in the World re,rri p@.'
adjust disputes Of this nation VIZ
other powers. The com. F.. .at
ed, is forbidden to render 81, ,r
visory opinion in any c..n
which the United State. na. %
claims an interest.
awe enter it to mcdr,. and
muddle in hysterical iutr.rat;o,
alism such as Europe ho. toda,r
he shouted. "Do these Fur,n.,,
nations go to this comt f., me
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By RODNEY BUTCHER
~, s,,..;ce stag Corr2Sp ondcnt

NEA Service STAFF Correspondent
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.!
w The administrator Will
mon rive birth to an official gov
,rnment daily newspaper, as a
result Of its troubles with the
suprcmc court. 49,
"The Federal Register" will
he the papers name. It will
have an editor and a staff, and the
committee which recommended
its establishment to tn National
. Emergency Council urged that
"the editorial office be organized
to handle material with the same
dispatch as an efficient news
, paper Office -. :"
OF course you may ind the
Register q bit dull. It will be the
size and style of the Congression-
al Record and is designed as
complies record OF administrative
orders, rules, and regulations
Complementary. to statutory laws.
1t will contain all presidential
proclamations and executive orders,
rules and regulations enforceable
against people, NRA codes, public
notices, and a few items such as
bills acted upon by the president.
Dull or not, it will be important.
The supreme court has preceded
The spanking it gave the govern
ment in the oil case by administer.
-, ing a virtual tongue-lashing to a
Department of Justice lawyer who
couldn't explain how a citizen could
find out what order or regulation
he might be violating.
Soon now. The citizen will be
I. able to look that up IN the Federal
Register. which might we'll dedi'
cate It's first issue to the court.
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NATURES SCULPTURE

VIRGINS ISLAND, n. S., Jan.
17.-CUP)-A nearly perfect fig
ure Of the Madonna, with the
Christ-Child ii her arms, has been
found ctckedi on the face Of a
steep, barren rock here. The rock
cannot be reached. The etching,
believed made by Nature itself,
can be seen only on clear days
from a distance.
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Not unless somebody pref
charges against him." he ansWl
ed. IL,
"Well, suppose l write the ST
up. and we print it," persl5
the newspaper man, "Won't 7
be enough evidence to get
fellows into action?"
The president Of the bar as
citation fidgeted some more. ~
he replied uncOmfortably. son
body would have to bring torE
charges against him." Then
Strengthened up a bit and
with an attempt to be bold az
uncomprising: eff somebody Va
formally prefer charges again
him in writing, I'll bring the ma
ter up before the bar assocl'
ton"
In other words, the president {
the bar association if absolute
compelled to do so, would TAI
steps. or at least one step again
the offending attorney who ia
disgraced the legal profession
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JOHNSON HITS
World Court
Old Foe of American Par
ticipation Sees Europe
as Still Seething
AsHINGTON. Jan. II. (UPl

: WASHINGTON, Jan. II. Cuf)
A slashing attack on the "oria
Court hv Senator Hiram Johnson
Republican, California, yesterday
greeted a special message from
President Roosevelt urging the
senate to approve adherence TO
the tribunal in the interest OF
peace.
A little older, a little grayer
but with all the vigor with when
he battled in years gone by to
keep this nation out of foreign
alliances, the short, stumpy Call
fornian again picked up the torch
Wednesday.
owe are told to 20 into the
court to preserve world pcace"'
he exclaimed. "What q marvellous
" naive expression! Europe can
preserve peace. Peace! Peace!
Peace. They cry about it but
they don't want it.
"All Europe is secthing. All
Europe sits over volcano. No
text Isaiah 81 Hip, "The Bur
den Of Dumah:" "Hc callcth to
me out of SER, Waterman, what
of the night? Waterman, what OF
the night? The Waterman said,
The morning cometh, and also the
night; if We will enquire, enquire
we: return, come"
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PORTING THE FAITHFUL.

Mere is said to be one of the
~ on the political spoils sys-
h "A delegation of leading par
Us called ON a high govern
ttal official to secure a fat
&for one Of their friends. "iic
fine executive" they said.
Knows all about finance, and
a hang-up organizer"
e high official took all the
and politely said he would
What he could do.
H|here amt any real hurry"
one Of the visiting
"a who had not spoken be-
u because we've first got to
shim ,pardoned.
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WITNESS CHAIR LIARS

Not long ago in police coprt a
man was convicted Of Fobbery
and sentenced to the cham gang:
His lawyer appealed the case. At
the trial in the higher court, the
chief witness on whose testimony
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SlimOnN. EN!denIly ne hau Deeil
CEN SO the accused was freed.
tTampcring with witnesses is
lobably as common u practise
tampering with jurors. Both
rms of rascality should be dealt
bh severely. When a witness re-
fses his testimony, he should he
taished for perjury unless he
|E Show q sound reason why he
lore to one thing at one time
IA to the opposite thing at an
be- time. The oath is treated
bSðer too lightly in Ameri-
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LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR

NOTE-No unsigned COM
munications arc published by
The Times-News. All letters
must be signed with the real
name of the author. No COM
munications signed with a fic-
titious name will be publi5hcd.
EDITOR.
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VISITS HERE

Mfs%and Mrs. W. E. Ray and
daughter, Dorothy, of Greensboro,
made a short visit to Mr.. and Mrs.
". H. Britt.
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lawyer had H
a certain II
hensible t hi
The presided
the bar ASS
ton admHteS
had heard 50
"Well. al
you lawyers
ing to jack
up for it?'
quired the NJ
paper map.
president of
b q 7 asSOcIs