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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-21

Save this week. If you're interested in books or book-making plan your autumn so that you can take time off to get down to Rockefeller Center, New York; between November and g. The greatest exhibition of books and bookmaking held in the U. S. A. is scheduled to be held as National Book Fair: The event is sponsored jointly by the New York Times and the National Association of Book Publishers It's the first time anything like this has ever been held In this country but they're in England and other countries on the continent You'll see everything Tn the making of book from the original manuscript down to the finished article which graces your book shelf To make it nicer to visit no books are to be sold at the fair.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-21
ME FOR FALL INTERIOR DECORATING

REALLY washablei You can use either soap and water. or any of the commercial dry- cleaning solvents on them. You can remove smudges. finger marks, grease spots from them. Not just once, but again and in-easily and safely. Yet these papers don't look like washable wall papers. There's no protective coating or lacquer or varnish. The finishes are
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-21

Editor Tall Tower Topics It was my good fortune to obtain recently the current 1886 issue of the Connec tcut Register and Manual which is put out every year by the Secretary of State You no doubt familiar with the volume It's very handy book to have around particularly you at all interested in your state as am have been diligently reading its many crowded pages but naturally first looked up the old town under 'towns cities boroughs Here an industries manufacture of rolled and cast brass and cop per and German silver goods lamp trimmers, boilers buttons clocks watches plated ware pns eyelets and buckles electric light and telephone wire, recording m f,Ire T suppose the aagriculture" was put in for pood measure It never seemed to though, that agr culture was one of our principal industries think oo the list Of industries could be "pepped up bit How about assipnng the Chamber of Commerce the task of outlining our industrial status bit more clearly for the 1887 book. sJ......
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-21

Scan the lineup. Harvard grads will shake their heads sadly as they the lineup of the fifty greatest graduates of this famous institution of learn ing now celebrating its tercentenary There are plenty of Adamses and Bancroft nOt the baseball play CT actOr) and Dana and Agassiz and Thomas Jeer- son Coolidge and Oliver Wendell Holmes (2) and Ralph Waldo Emerson and James Russell Lowell and ThOreau and Parkman and ChOate and Mather and Lowell and Elliot and Cotton Mather and Theodore Roosevelt (nOt Franklin D.) and lots of others. But there aren't any Owenses Briclleys Mahans or any of the inn mortal football giants of old Come come Father Harvard !!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-21
Tall Tower Topics
THE FROG AND THE IMP
BY THE MAN IN THE TOWER

Tne frog Is funny creature, I've heard many people say, If you don't look out, he'll eat you, If you happen to be in his way. Youu always find him in a pond, Perched upon a log Of one thing he is very fond And that's thick, black fog. The reason why hate the frog, Is not because he limpS, But because he's the watchdog For little men we call impS. These little men. who live in the wood And haunt the den and the cave Have taught the frog not to be good But how to misbehave. During the day he's in the shade And at night he's still on the log The leaves may die and the flowers fade, But still he'll haunt you, the frog. All night he sings his ghostly hymn For the children he loves to scare And yet he doesn't leave his limb, For he knows he wouldn't dare. The little imp upon the log Would come down from his mound And touch with his wand the great big frog, Thus sending him into the ground.
 Mae Santarsiero, F. Grade 2, Woodrow VII
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-21

Donald Max Jr. and Miss Wanda Obernier; Mr., and Mrs. Carl A. Peterson and children Carl Jr. AL bert Arthur and Marjorie; Miriam Harris Joyce German Winifred Painter Stanley Stevens Mrs. Stan ley Raynor and Martin Powell.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-21
AnslEers To
 Test Questions

Below are the answers to test questions printed on page 6.
 l. Quadr0On.
 2. Lactic acid.
 3. The cup used in the cel- ebration of the Eucharist. 4. Scottish artist.
 5. April 6, 1917.
 6. Weaving.
 2. Glacier.
 8. The Dominion of Cam ada. g. Chicago.
 10. Major General Hooker, commanding the Union Army of the Potomac, and General Lee commanding the COnfed- crate Army of Northern Yir- ginia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-21
RADIO SERVICE MEN
 AT ANNUAL OUTING

Max Garber of this city was a member of the cornmittee in charge of the annual outing of radio serv- ice men of the state yesterday at Rustic inn, Branford. An all day program of events was enjoyed.
 Several service men from this city attended the gathering. Ed ward Johnson, served as general chairman.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-21

Earthquake shocks were felt si- multaneously at three different places in India.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-21

will be bingo party in the church basement.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-21
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The Amazing Washable Finish For Walls and Woodwork

Paint kitchen, bathroom, halls, walls and woodwork with Semi Lustre. Grease, finger spots, ink, bluing stains, etc, wash off, easily, with soap and water 12 colors quick drying i. inexpensive.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-07
APRIL
1UN NON rug WID fHU "a SAI
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April.

manded 5000 ducats salary. Catha-
rine, protesting, said it was more
than the pay of field marshal.
"Then let your field marshals sing
for you," said Catherine.
u. s. She got the job.
James Mcneil Whistler, the artist
could not bear to have a ticking
watch or clock near him, and never
owned or used one.
Wagner, greatest composer in 1OO
years, couldn't play the piano!
Honore Balzac had all the stair
ways built outside of his house.
The Salem, ILL.,, in which William
Jennings Bryan was born isn't the
same place as New Salem, Ill, where
Abraham Lincoln started his career
Thanks to st. Clair L. Hite, San An
tonic, Tex, whose folks came from
Salem, for setting us Alright. He
added: New Salem was Abandoned
for many years, but, recently, was
restored to it's condition in Lincoln
time and now is State park"
Queries, reproofs, etc., are welcom-
ed by Clark Kinnaird.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-07
FORECLOSURE SALE.

BY virtue of power contained in a
deed of trust executed by w. p
Pearce, Trustee, to r. S. McCoin.
Trustee-Jasper B. Hicks having since
been substituted as Trustee in the
place of the said r. S. McCoin bv
Clerk of the Superior Court of Vance
County upon a petition before him,
said deed in trust recorded in the Of
flee of the Register of Deeds of Vance
County in Book 100 at page IS, de-
fault having been made in the paw
ment of the debt therein secured, on
request of the holder of same, 1 shall
sell by public auction to the highest
bidder for cash on Saturday, the End
day of May, 1886, at twelve o'clock
noon, at the court house door in Hen
derson, Vance County, the following
described property:
Begin at a stake on Colonial Street,
corner of lot No. 40, run thence along
Colonial Street 100 feet to corner of
lot No. 10, run thence along line of
lot No. 10, 103 feet to corner of lot
No. 4; thence along back line of lots
No. 4, 8, 2, 1, 100 feet to a stake;
thence S. 20 degrees As E. 1913 feet
to place of beginning. For further de-
scription see deed from AL. 3. Weste1,
to w. P. Pearce, Trustee.
JASPER B. HICKS,
Substituted Trustee.
This the 31st day of March, 1886.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-07
NOTICE OF SUMMONS.

In The Superior Court,
Before The Clerk.
State of North Carolina:
County of Vance:
Omega L. Ward, Administrators of
the Estate of Joe Ward, deceased.
VS..
Omega L. Ward, widow, Willie GOOch
and wife, Lorine Gooch, Thomas
Gooch, unmarried, Emma Cheek
and husband, Thomas Cheek, Har-
vey GoOch, minor, Betty GOoch,
minor, Lawrence Gooch, minor,
Lawyer GOOch, minor, Annie Belle
Harris and husband, Fred Harris,
: Hewly Ward, unmarried, Rowena
w. Kearney and husband, Otha
Kearney, Pattie Lou Hunter and
husband, Robert Hunter, Mary
Harrington and husband. George
Harrington, Warden Ward and
wife, Gussie Ward, PreStIy Ward
and wife, Augusta Ward, GOvan
Ward, unmarried, Henry Ward and
wife, Frances Ward, Kenneth Ward,
unmarried, Sinclair Ward and wife,
Sadie Ward, Thomas Ward and
wife, Mamie Belle Ward, and SiIas
Ward, unmarried.
The defendants, Prestly Ward and
wife, Augusta Ward, Henry Ward and
wife. Frances Ward, Sinclair Ward
and wife, Sadie Ward, Kenneth Ward,
Thomas Ward and wife, Mamie Belle
Ward, and Silas Ward, will take
notice that an action entitled as above
in the nature of Special Proceeding
has been commenced in the Superior
Court of Vance County, North Caro-
lima, for the sale of real property held
by the parties in this action as ten
ants in common, to make assets.
And the defendants, Prestly Ward
and wife, Augusta Ward, Henry Ward
and wife, Frances Ward, Sinclair
Ward and wife, Sadie Ward, Kenneth
Ward, Thomas Ward and wife, Nan
ME Belle Ward, and Silas Ward, will
further take notice that they are re-
quired to appear at the office of the
Clerk of the Superior Court of Vance
County, in the Courthouse in Hender-
son, N. c., on the 18th day of April
1885, and answer or demur to the COM
plant in said action, or the plaintiff
will apply to the Court for the relief
demanded in said complaint
This the 18th day of March. 1896.
e. o. FALKNER,
Clerk Superior Court,
Vance County.
Gholson & Gholson,
Attorneys for Plaintiffs.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-07
TODAY,S BIRTHDAYS

Lloyd Osbourne of New York City,
author, stepson of Robert Louis Stew
enson, born in San Francisco, SO
years ago.
Frank Bane of Chicago, director of
the American Public Welfare Asso-
citation, born at Smithfield, Va, 43
years ago.
Walter Winchell of New York City,
columnist, born there, 80 years ago.
Leopold Stokowski, former conduc-
tor of the Philadelphia Orchestra,
born in England, 81 years ago.
Sherman M. Fairchild of New York
City, born at Oneonta, N Y, aviation
expert and manufacturer, 40 years
ago.
DR.. David G.. Fairchild, famed bota-
mist, born at the Michigan State Agri-
cultural College,, 81 years ago.
Benny Leonard, retired undefeated
worlds lightweight boxing champion,
born in New York City, 80 years ago.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-07
ANSWERS

1. Chaper IS, Public Laws of 1895
defined murders by poison, lying in
wait, Imprisonment, starving, torture
or by any other kind of wilful deli
berate or premediated killing which
shall be committed in an attempt tc
arson, rape, robbery, burglary or 9th
er felony shall be first degree muir
der with penalty of death. All other
kinds of murder shall be deemed sec
ond degree murder.
2. 1t is misdemeanor in NORTH
Carolina to leave a well open and the
penalty is q fine subject to the des-
erection of the court.
3. There was so much loss of time
waiting on ferries that post rider:
and mail contractors were allowed tc
provide their own boats and ferries
manned by their own men. In mos,
cases stages contracted for carrying
the mails. In the ownership of their
own ferry boats the stages were able
to make better time by not having ia
wait on the public ferries.
4. When a vacancy occurs within q
term of the governor issues a writ OF
election for a special election, and q
proclamation calling on the voters oil
the district to vote for a candidate to
fill the vacancy.
5. Thomas COntee Bowie, of Jeffer-
son, represented Ashe county in the
legislatures of 1909, 1913, 1915, 1921
1928, 1925, 1888 and 1885. He wa:
speaker in 1915.
6. Polk county was formed from
Henderson and Rutherford by an act
ratified January Is, 1847, and was
named for Colonel William Polk ia
nous Revolutionary War soldier who
moved from Charlotte to Raleigh. The
first court was held in June, of that
year, at the house of Murrell Mills
Esq. County officers were chosen al
this session. A commission composed
Of William S. Mills, James Blackwell
Jonathan King, DR.. G. Mills and Viii.
liam T. Jones was named to locate
the county seat within five miles OF
the residence of Murrill Mills, (which
shall be called Schuywicker.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-07
ANSWERS TO
TEN QUESTIONS
See Back Page

1. University of Copenhagen.
2. Wool not previously used in manu-
facture.
3. Florida.
4. English astronomer.
s. 1t is collective noun, singular
number, and takes a verb in the
same number.
6. The Copernican System.
z. Jane Austin.
8. A circle whose center was suppos-
ed to be displaced from the center
Of motion.
9. Ell Paso, Texas.
10. Petroleum Jelly.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-07
|H;feNN1
York
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|GCIEsESHSWSElI
lR1

New York, April Mot much
Grade-A jewelry in evidence among
the slinky ladies of the current era.
Oh, few $4,000 bracelets and pea
sized diamonds, but nothing to COM
pare with the Nineties, when Lillian
Russell regularly carried around more
genuine sparklers than the average
heiress today totes in lifetime.
( They own the rocks, am told, but
keep them at home, like old coins.
For dress occasions they prefer paste.
It is safer, and it arouses less violent
envoy among the less fortunate.
Emeralds are the thing nowadays,
if you have a few hundred thousand
in your pocket bouncing around loose.
Marlene Dietrich and Joan Craw-
ford have impressive collections but
wear them very sparingly in public.
Ethel Norman has a draWerful, too.
But Eugenia Clair Smith, the cof-
fee heiress, who rates pretty close to
the Barbara Hutton plane of wealth
has the finest collection Of green
gems in the country. Only a few In
dian Rajahs outshine her in this de-
partment. The other afternoon she
turned up at the Savoy Plaza for an
informal party and happened to be
in the lobby when an extra squad OF
house detectives were ordered in a
hurry. ii sNAl
Mrs. Smith is, at the moment, more
interested in race horses than in emer
aids. She and Bing Crosby have gone
$3.50 in the purchase of a race track
100 miles south of Hollywood.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-07
NOTICE.
State of North Carolina:
Gnlnnkrx on HIn.

State of North Carolina:
County Of Vance:
Having qualified as administrator
of the estate of Hunter M. Fleming.
deceased, this is notice to all parties
having claims against the said estate
to file the same, duly verified, with
the undersigned or his attorney, in
Henderson, North Carolina, on or be-
fore March Is, 1887, or this notice will
be pleaded in bar of any recovery. All
persons indebted to said estate will
please make immediate payment
This the 18th day of March, 1896.
r. L. FLEMING,
Administrator of Hunter M.
Fleming, deceased.
J. M. Peace, Atty.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-07
NOTICE OF SUMMONS.
In The Superior Court.
State Of North Carolina:
County of Vance:
John Davis.
Alfonso Cheatham Davis.

Alfonso Cheatham Davis.
The defendant, Alfonso Cheatham
Davis, will take notice that an action
entitled as above has been commenced
in the Superior Court of Vance Coun-
ty, North Carolina, for the purpose
of obtaining an Absolute Divorce on
the grounds of two years separation,
as provided by the Consolidated
Statutes.
And the said defendant will further
take notice that she is required to APP
pear at the office of the Clerk of the
Superior Court of Vance County, at
the Courthouse in Henderson, N. c.,
on the list day of May, 1896, and an
swer or demur to the complaint in
said action, or the plaintiff will apply
to the Court for the relief demanded
in said Complaint.
This the 31st day of March, 1896.
E. O. FALKNER,
Clerk Superior Court, Vance County.
Gholson & Gholson,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-07
Today is the Day
By CLARK KlNNAlRD
Copyright, 1896, for this Newspaper
by Central Press Association

Tuesday, April Z; first day of Pass
over. Morning stars: Mercury (tnl
Friday, Saturn, Jupiter. Venus.
Venus. Evening stars: Uranus. Mars,
Neptune. Zodiac sign: Aries.
Scanning the Skies: The orbit of
Mars isn't as nearly circular IA that
Of the Earth, 1t Is an ellipse SO eccen-
trio that the distance Of Mars from
the Earth may be as great as 6i,000,-
600 miles at some oppositions and So
000, 900 miles ut others.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-07
= TODAY. =
TODAY'S ANNIVERSARIES

177O-William Wadsworth, famous
English poet, born. Died April %
1850.
1890 William Ellery Charming
famed Boston Unitarian clergyman
and author, born at Newport, R. L
Died Oct. 2, 1912.
1786-Q50 years ago. William Ru-
fus King, North Carolina lawyer, con-
gresham, u. S. Senator from Ala
bama for many years, elected Vice
President of the U. S., took oath OF
office in Cuba by special Act of Con-
gress, but never lived to enter into Of
flee, born in Sampson Co., N. C. Died
April Is. 1853.
1807-E1enry w. Herbert Crank
Forester) New York author, Americas
greatest 10th century writer on
sports, born in England. Committed
suicide, May II, 1858.
1846-William A. Pinkerton, head OF
the noted detective agency of the
name, son of the founder, born al
Dundee, Ill. Died in Los Angeles
Dec. II, 1928.
1859-Jacques Leob, famed physio-
logist of the University of Chicago
the University of California and the
Rockefeller Institute, born in Ger
many. Died Feb. II, 1924.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-07
What Do You
Know About
North Carolina?
BY FRED H. MAY

1. When was the crime of murder
divided into two degrees?
g. What is the penalty for leaving
an unused well open?
3. What was done to help mail
route contractors in 1887 to hurry the
mails along?
4. How is a vacancy in Congress
filled? 4.
5. How many terms has Tom Bowie
served in the legislature?
s. When was Polk county formed
and what was the name of the first
county seat?
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-07
NOTICE OF SUMMONS.
In The Superior Court,
D~(4-- GWlI-

HI Inc superior court,
Before The Clerk.
State of North Carolina
County of Vance:
~ Mamie Crutchfield.
- VS..
William CrutchfieId and wife. lydia
Crutchfield; Mile Crutchfield Davis
twidow); Frances Crutchfield Jones
and husband, Josh Jones; Tom
CrutchfieId and wife, Laura Crutch-
field; John Crutchfield and wife,
Elmira Crutchfield; Cora Crutch-
field; Cora CrutchfieId Hawkins
and husband, Tom Hawkins: Joe
Jeffries husband of Eliza Crutch-
field, dec'd) and Clarence Jeffries.
James Jeffries and Henry Jeffries.
The defendants, William Crutch-
field and wife, Lydia Crutchfield, Tom
Crutchfield and wife, Laura Crutch-
field, John Crutchfield and Elnnira
Crutchfield, Joe Jeffries, Clarence
Jeffries, Henry Jeffries and James
Jeffries, will take notice that an ac-
ton entitled as above in the nature of
a Special Proceeding has been COM
menced in the Superior Court of
vance County, North Carolina, for the
sale of real property held by the par
ties in this action as tenants in com
mon, for partition:
And the defendants, William
Crutchfield, Lydia Crutchfield, Tom
Crutchfield, Laura Crutchfield, John
Crutchfield, Elmira Crutchfield, Joe
Jeffries, Clarence Jeffries, Henry
Jeffries and James Jeffries, will fur
her take notice that they are requir-
ed to appear at the office of the Clerk
of the Superior Court of Vance Coun-
y, in the Courthouse in Henderson,
Y. G., on the 18th day of April, 1886,
Ind answer or demur to the complaint
said action, or the plaintiff will ap-
ply to the Court for the relief de-
handed in said complaint.
This the 18th day of March. 1886.
E. o. FALKNER,
Clerk Superior Court,
Vance County.
fholson & Gholson,
Attorneys for Plaintiff. ~rA
-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-07
NOTICE OF PAROLE.

Notice is hereby given that an ap-
plication has been filed with the Gov
ernor of North Carolina for parole of
William Lawrence Pickett convicted
at the September term of Vance Su-
perior Court, 1885, for breaking and
entering and larceny and receiving.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-07
TODAY'S HOROSCOPE

Today brings speculative nature,
with a somewhat selfish tendency,
Under certain aspects it produces
very successful financiers, most of
whom are lavish spenders. Luxuries
tastes may prevail and certain lack
of judgment in making the best uses
of the resources.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-07
IT'S TRUE

New York City never has more than
weeks supply of food on hand.
Maurice Dekobra wrote for IA years
before one of his stories was accepted
for publication. Phil Stong wrote IL
novels before one was accepted.
When NCatterina Gabrielli, cooks
daughter. was invited to sing for EN-
press Catharine II of Russia, she de-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-07
SHeiSI ~, Al-.n.. lCH SESiSr
MeIb)iDea I'D bIf@oj
NH. ~ .. 81 -. - q. p sA-r.h Ils

A TEST OF RELIGION: But who
so hath this worlds good, and seeth
his brother have need, and shutteth
up his bowels of compassion from
him, how dewelleth the love of God in
him?-1 John 3:17.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-07
TODAY IN HISTORY

1788-Gen. Rufus Putnam and his
band of Al pioneers of the New Eng
land Ohio Company reached Mariet-
ia, where they made the first per-
manent settlement in Ohio.
1836-Died-W Goodwin, noted
English writer, husband of Mary
Wollstonecraft noted writer, aged
30.
1851-First city election in Port
land, Ofegon-the some $50 voters
elected Hugh D. OBryant as mayor.
192O-Allies give Germany three
days to reduce her army to 100000.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-07
FIRST WORLD WAR DAY-BY-DAY

20 Years Ago Today-Germany and
Roumania made treaty enabling the
Central Allies to acquire all of Rou-
mania's surplus grain by purchase.
There was one curious sidelight to
the deal. Germany and Austria-I1un-
gary did not need all Of the grain
at the time, and they did not have the
means of moving all Of it when they
did. By tying up the whole crop, they
prevented any Of it from being sold
to italy, or Russia, or France. Enor-
nous quantities were paid for and
deliberately destroyed.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-07

interviewed Ruby Halliday, "the
most perfect mannequin in the world"
recently for a screed in another place.
The highest-paid clothes exhibitor in
Paris, she was the late Patou's ideal
model-and she was born in Memphis
Tennessee.
The fact didn't seem to fit into my
article, so I omitted it: Miss Halli-
day, although she has only lived in
Paris during the past eight or nine
years speaks with pronounced &C
cent. Taxi drivers and doormen rat
tie on to her in French, if they know
how (and a surprising number of
them do) and sometimes this ear had
to listen sharp to follow the drift.
1 bad expected something like:
How yall do? All SLOWLY am glaid
to be home, misterw
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-07
TODAY'S YESTERDAYS

April z, 30 A. D.-Traditional date
of the Crucifixion. 1t Is confirmed by
Biblican scholars from evidence pre-
sented by the New Testament itself.
April z. 17SS-47 New Englanders
led by Brig. Gen. Rufus Putnam, 80
founded Gas superintendent of the
Ohio Company Marietta, the first
permanent settlement in the eastern
part of the Northwest Territory.
There. later he formed the first Bible
Society west of the Alleghanies.
April Z, 1S31-The Presidents Cabi-
net, with the exception Of the Post
master-General, resigned-over the
question of what social recognition
should be accorded the wives of one
of them.
The red-haired Margaret Peggy"
O'Neill Eaton, onetime barmaid and
wife of the Secretary of War was the
person who disrupted the Cabinet.
When the wives of the other Cabinet
members refused to recognize her as
an equal, President Andrew Jackson
(whose own wife had been killed-lit-
orally = by Washington gossip
brought pressure upon his official
family.
The Mice-president, John c. Cal
houn, replied that it was ladies
quarrel" with which men could not
successfully interfere, adding that
'"the laws Of the ladies were like the
laws of the Modes and Persians, and
admitted neither of argument nor Of
amendment.
The Cabinet designations followed.
And the Peggy Eaton whom Wash
ington would not receive, became a
favorite at the Courts of London.
Paris and Madrid, where her hus-
band was sent as ambassador!
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-07

CUP AND SAUCER FREE WITH
every "a pound bag of any kind OF
flour we sell. This includes Billiards.
Obelisk flour. "M' System 19-tf