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(To Be Continued)
Evening star., 1939-09-28
In Mpnturtar1

AKERS. HERBERT G. AND EMMA E.
ioved Brother HERBERT sf'e:'0 AkGRs Z sur who Hs
and or 81 dsrns moshe1 Em $s ERs dss
who died September 10. 1909
Life has its hour of bitterness.
It's Toys. its hopes and fears:
our ways are sometimes wreathed with
And then then baptized with tears
FAMILY. .
AKERS. HERBERT C. tribute of love
70 the memory of my husband, HERBERT
three years ago today, September %. 1886
Let me 60 quickly
Like candle light
Snuffed out lust at the heyday of its glow;
Give me high noon.
Or let IT. be night.
Thus would I 60.
BOWIE. WILLIAM A. Sacred to the
memory Of my dear husband. WILLIAM A.
years ago today. September rs. 1885.
We shall meet some time. somewhere,
ana there shall be no 70 parting there.
~ - III ''s' CARRIE. =
CHILDRESS, PAUL B. tribute Of love
daddy, PAUL B. CHfLDREss, who who was was
tember %. 1890
LOVING WIFE AND DAUGHTERs.
DADE. EDWARD. .sR. I cherish the
memory OF my husband. EDWARD DADE,
ST., who passed on September %, 1885,
This is Gods world. The diaphanous
Veil through which He smiles upon us and
Gounsels US, the living garments Of the
Deity Its beauty. its grief and sorrow
tbresfsd es sTeet so1d M 6nd to With
" HIS WIFE, VIII IN MARaARET zFSsA III B. pApE. {.
DADE, EDWARD, sR. In loving MEM
ory OF my father. EDWARD DADE, ST.,
who passed on one year ago today Sep
tember %. 1898.
There the tears of earth are dried;
There its hidden things are clear;
There the work Of life is tried
BY juster Judge than here.
Father. in Thy gracious keeping.
Leave We now Thy servant sleeping
HIS DAUGHTER. EDNA DADE FORD.
DREW. AMY. In loving remembrance
OF our dear mother. AMY DREW. who de-
parted this life four years ago today Sep
tember %. 1925.
Within our home. where all was bright,
Death took from us the shining light.
Gone. dear mother. gone forever
Each hour we miss your smiling face,
But you left us to remember
None on earth can take your place,
happy home we once enjoyed.
How sweet the memory still:
But death has left q loneliness
The world can never fill
HER DEVOTED DAUGHTERS, SARAH.
DELLA AND HAZEL
Evening star., 1939-09-28
Jackson Day Dinner
ORIGINATOR Dies

d. g. Hodgkin. 4s, newspaperman
who conceived the idea for the an
nual Jackson Day dinner of the
Democratic party, died in Mount
Alto Hospital late Tuesday after a
brief illness. He had been in i'll
health more than six weeks and
death was attributed to pneumonia.
A native of Vienna, Va, he made
his home in Sanford, Fla, where he
published a newspaper. He formerly
lived here and held posts with the
Democratic National Committee and
was friend of John w. Davis,
Democratic presidential nominee in
1924.
Besides his wife, Mrs. Mary
Hodgkin, he leaves two sisters, Mrs.
Charles Lewis and Mrs. Charles
Redmond, and two brothers, Ralph
and Wilbur. of Greensboro, N. G.
He was a Mason and q member
of the National Press Club.
Services will be held at 10 am
in the Hines funeral home and
burial will be in Congressional Gem
etery.
Evening star., 1939-09-28
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81 HPMas THoMAs s. EDWaRbs T sas 6st
Is aTsy 1876 three HIS ysas today
FORD. SARAH A. A tribute of love to
ShARAH A. FORD. who departed this life
three years ago today, September % 1885,
From this world of pain and sorrow.
To the land of peace and rest
1od mas taken YOU, dear mother,
THE FAMILY. {.
HARRINGTON. FRANCIS T. In sad and
RaS aARsNoN e SS dsBBsres NBs ea 0ns
FATHER. s1sTERss san AND 3 BRoTHERs. 10Th I.
LEWIS. CALLIE. Sacred to the memory
tember 2s. 1873
From this world Of pain and sorrow,
To the land of peace and rest,
COG has taken you, dear mother,
Where you have eternal rest
DEV0TED DAUGHTER AND SON, MABEL
AND SYLVESTER LEWIS
O'CoNNER, TIMOTHY AND KATIE. In
ocoNNRGR NY Who oeas pasaed hsioana aWsy TlM sd
6beniS gen 9. t.hlrty,n1ne wears ago today, Septem-
% M eS4 and vhn my pssssa sssT ss1shsI he.
His LOVING WIFE WIFE mSf'nh ASp HER aso MOTHER
MARGARET o'CONNER KLINE.
fox xna are ,axal both @ @gone: but not forsotten,
AS long as life and memory last
u will always think Of thee.
LONELY MOTHER. .
POSEf, CHARLES P A tribute of love
70 the memory. of my. uncle. CHARLES p
pOSEY; who departed this life one year
ago TO-DAY, September 2s, 1895
Today recalls sad memories
Cf loved one gone to rest
And the one who. thinks OF You today
Is the one who loved yom best.
DEVOTED NIECE, SADIE M BOWrr .
WEIR. WALTER d. A tribute of love
20 tne memory ne OF devoted husband and
tnls ~ ,nn, nte six years ago today September
The cheerful spirit God granted
him to spread
Lives on in memory. It never
will be dead
HIS LOVING WIFE AND CHILDREN .
Evening star., 1939-09-28
$$ ''BONUS SALE'' The HUB!
Mrs. Benjamin HiIIidee
Rites at Front RoyuI
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispatch to The Star.
FRONT ROYAL, Va, Sept. 3D.
Funeral services for Mrs. Laura
Gruver Hillidge, 81, widow of Ben
jamin James Hillidge, Mayor OF
Front Royal for 20 years and prom
inent businessman, were to be held
this afternoon.
Mrs. Hillidge died Tuesday. She
was daughter of the late Benjamin
F. Gruver and Mrs. Margaret Snider
Gruyer Of Reliance, Warren County
and is survived by a son and three
daughters: J. Gruver Hillidge and
Mrs. Alex, M. Stewart of Front
Royal, Mrs. Fred Van Ness Bead
ley of Rogers City, Mich, and
Washington; D. c., and Mrs. A. D
Cone of Washington; six brothers
and a sister, Harvey S. Gruver
Lynn. Mass; Ira K. Gruver, Hyatts-
vile, Md; Esdras L. Gruver, New
York City; Rev. J. Harlan Gruver
Black Mountain, N. c.: David N
Gruver, Reliance, Va; Floyd E
Gruver, Fredericktown, Mo-, anc
Mrs. D. H. Scanlon, Durham, N. c
Evening star., 1939-09-28
Senator Glass Condition
Much Improved

Senator Carter Glass had i'm
proved SO much this morning, after
a comfortable night" that DR..
Walter A. Bloedorn, his physician,
reported that the veteran Virginian
felt good enough to "crack a joke. !"
The Senator still was running "a
little fever" today, but on the whole
1t was said his condition had i'm
proved. He will be confined to his
apartment at the Mayflower Hotel
for several days, 1t was predicted.
Whether the bronchitis, which
had raised his fever to a peak of
100 degrees recently, will keep the
Evening star., 1939-09-28
Elephant Goinq Blind

Jessie, one of the most famous ZOO
elephants in the world, is rapidly
going blind at the Sydney (Aus-
tralia) Zoo and may not live long.
Jessie was presented to the Sydney
Zoo by the King of Siam 81 years
ago and has given rides to about
10000 children every year. She is
II. Last year thousands of little
ones attended her birthday ami
versary party, which included huge
birthday cake.
Evening star., 1939-09-28
City News in Brief
TODAY.

Meeting, Kappa Gamma Sorority
Epsilon Chapter, Raleigh Hotel, 7:3C
pm.
Vicente roast, Treasury Local, No
IL, U. F. w. A., Rock Greek Park
8 pm.
Meeting, Young Friends Club
Raleigh Hotel, $3.50 pm.
Meeting, Civil Aeronautics AL
thority, all day.
TOMORROW.
Meeting, Association of Collegiate
Schools Of Architecture, Mayflowe1
Hotel, 9 am
Luncheon, Reciprocity Club, May
flower Hotel, 1890 pm.
Buffet luncheon, D. c. Bankers
Evening star., 1939-09-28
Robert R. Dickson Dies

PITTSBURGH, Sept. % R).-
Robert R. Dickson, SO, vice presi-
dent and director of the Benedum
Trees Oil Co., died of a heart at
tack last night shortly after leaving
his Office. He was a close friend and
business associate of M. L. (Mike)
Benedum, multimillionaire oil mag
nate, and past president of the Ma
tional Philatelic Society.
Evening star., 1939-09-28

Association, Willard Hotel, 12:45
pm.
Dinner, 1897 Masters Associat ton,
La Fayette Hotel, $50 pm.
Meeting, Civil Aeronautics Au-
thority, Raleigh Hotel, all day.
Evening star., 1939-09-28

virginian from participating soon IN
Senate debate over the Presidents
proposal to repeal the arms embargo
depends on several factors, 1t was
said.
Evening star., 1939-09-28
Critcher Funeral
To Be Held Todoy

Funeral services for Lulie K.
Critcher, for more than a quarter
OF century resident of this city,
were to be held at 2:30 pm. today
In st. Margaret's Church, with burial
in Ivy Hill Cemetery, Alexandria, Va.
Miss Critcher died Tuesday at the
home of her sister, Catherine Carter
Critcher, 1925 Connecticut avenue
NV, after long illness. The
daughter of the late Judge John c.
Critcher, she was born in West
moreland County, Va.
Evening star., 1939-09-28

The Philippines will improve avi-
alton facilities of the islands.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-03-11

| someone she could trust to make
decisions. After what she had been
through, it was almost too much
to ask Of lifei
The inn, when they entered it,
was a honey little place, it's WIN
dows hung with crisp curtains,
checked tablecloths on it's tables.
It made Iona think of the home
she would like to have and of which
she had, as yet, scarcely dared to
think.
It'll be fun, hunting "a
house." she brought out, shyly, her
eyes meeting Jim's across the ia
BILE as they waited for the farm girl
waitress to serve them.
ga housew He looked at her with
longing in his brown eyes. do you
mean you're really going TOTO
cook, and things like that? Keep
house"
why, of course I am, jim! What
did you think we were going
70 dog"
Il didn't know. I guess +
thought-are you going to go house
hunting right away?" He was like
a small boy being promised feast.
Tomorrow" she promised, and
then blushed, her eyes falling be-
fore the look that leaped into his.
Tomorrow! She would be a differ
ent girl by then, she knew sudden
ly. Not girl at all, but a woman.
She swallowed back a lump that
came to her throat and applied her
self to the plate of chicken and bis
cults the waitress set before her,
without daring to look up.
Reading her thoughts, his hand
came out across the table.
TITS been just a month since I
found you, girl. Do you realize
that" His voice was tender.
Just month" She looked at
him, then. ''Oh, Jim, what if YOU
hadn't! What if somebody else had
come across me in the park that
night? Someone who wasn't-like
you? ?" She broke off. shivering.
Don't, girl. Don't think of it,"
The hand closed over hers firmly.
warm and comforting. II DID find
you! And we're going to be togeth-
er now and for long time! AS long
as you want me-"
AS long as she wanted him! She
kept thinking of that promise in
the hours that followed. He was
like a boy, she thought, as she lin
gered with him over the abundant
meal and watched him light up
lazy cigaret in the lamp5lit, dusk.
A boy who wanted to be loved and
wasn't quite sure he deserved it.
AS long as she wanted him, he had
said. Not as long as he wanted her.
as most men would have put it.
Go BE Cclltinued)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-03-11

his hand holding open the screen
door for them.
The preacher had called in his
wife and perspiring daughter
from their kitchen work to be wit
nesses, and they greeted Iona with
knowing looks, exclaiming over he1
flowers. The preacher cleared his
throat as he leaved through his
book, and then his voice came out
deep and heavy, filling the silenced
parlor.
II do" Iona heard herself re-
peating, fatefully. Her voice seemed
to stick in her throat and she could
only whisper. Jim, too, seemed to
be having trouble getting the
words out.
with this ring :" the
preacher was saying, and a sudden
overwhelming fear gripped Iona
Had he forgotten? He fun
bled for an agonizing moment in
his pocket, then, with triumphant
glance at her, produced thumb
sized box. The cleaning circlet was
set with tiny diamonds that spar
killed. as the minister held it up. On
her finger it felt cold and hard and
alien; she was conscious of it when
the minister had pronounced his
last solemn "Amen!" and Jim was
bending over her, kissing her with
shy lips.
tits done, girl" he whispered to
her in that brief instant before he
surrendered her to the congratula-
lions of the preacher and his wom-
enfolk.
Eyes, it's done," she heard her.
self repeating little stupidity, as
If it were hard to believe.
Back outside, in the car, shyness
seemed to possess them both. To
hide it, Jim took refuge in the
commonplace.
do you realize we've had no
dinner?" he asked, starting the
engine. I'm hungry!"
"And so am II" Iona echoed.
Then, her eyes meeting his, they
both laughed. you've married a
hungry woman, Jim," she told him.
It's going to keep you busy the
rest of your life feeding me-"
II noticed an inn back down the
road ways when we came
through. There's sign says chick
en-. How about that for a wedding
supper?" He was already turning
the car in the minister's drive.
"It would be wonderful, JIM"
Iona heard herself assuring him.
Anything he wanted to do would
be wonderful, she was thinking, IN
sudden accession of tenderness
and gratitude. Would it he like
this always, she wondered, sitting
beside him in the gathering dusk.
10 be taken care Of like this, GO
have someone upon whom to lean
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-03-11
READ PHIS FIRST:

Out of job, and asked to leave her
boarding house because of the wide
publicity she received as the result of
an attempted prison break, Iona
AckMman is almost desperate becasse
she cannot, locate Jim Claridge, the
only friend she has left. Just before
Iona sped to the penitentiary to see
her dying father. serving. a life. term
for murder, she and Jim had fallen in
love. At the wardens house during her
visit to the prison, two escaping con-
victs force her into the warden's car
and make a safe getaway until Iona
grabs the steering wheel and the car
Crashes. Only slightly hurt. she finds
her father has died in the meantime.
After taking his body home. she re-
turns to the city. Finally Jim calls her
and asks her to marry him. To escape
further publicity. they decide to elope.
Iona is recognized when they go for
the marriage license and Jim slugs
photographer when he attempts to
take their picture.
(NOW GO ON WITH THE Story
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-03-11
RUTH RIAY KANE

| mosphere of fussing over the little
things that go to make for COM
fort; extra blankets at the foot OF
the bed in case it should turn cool,
minute instructions as to how the
window shades should be drawn to
keep out the morning sunshine.
In her good night" there was
smiling knowingness that left Iona
standing in the middle of the floor,
her face burning, dreading the
sound of Jim's footsteps on the
creaky old, stairs. yet knowing that
he would come.
She was seated calmly before
the quaint old handicapped
dressing table brushing her shining
curls when he did come full fif-
teen minutes later. She had UNI
packed her suitcase and removed
the blue wedding dress to hanger
in the deep clothespress. The rose
crepe negligee that was the one ex-
travagant purchase of her hurried
trousseau had replaced it on her
slim figure. From it's ruff1es her
white arms peeped out coyly, and
her face in the mirror looked RI
diculously young. the eyes just
little frightened.
Jim came in softly, as If he
feared she might be asleep and he
had no right to wake her. With
simple directness he crossed the
room to where she waited, her eyes
on his in the mirror. and took her
in his arms.
you're so pretty, girl" he
brought out, holding her gently. $50
pretty! l can't believe we're
here together-married."
"Jim! Oh, JIM" She chung to
him suddenly.
I'm going to make you happy,
girl" he promised, and there was
an odd defiance in his voice.
Happy" he repeated, almost
loudly, as if he were reassuring
himself.
His lips were hard against hers
as he kissed her.
Jim" she said, again, as he
picked her up, suddenly, as lightly
as if she were a child.
Later that night she awoke to
find him breathing ryhthmically in
the darkness by her side. Over the
old-fashioned room the roses ir
their vase-wedding roses-cast q
stealthy perfume. The moon had
risen and was pouring through the
windows, the quaint faring lace
curtains sitting it out into filigreed
patterns that fell across the bed.
In the reflected light she made out
his lean face. He looked boyish in
his sleep, the tightness of his
mouth relaxed, a lock Of his I'M
ruly hair straying down over his
forehead.
With a tender hand she reached
over and smoothed it back. He
stirred at her touch like a child
beneath its mothers hand, and she
drew back without waking him. He
Hooked so peaceful, so content. And
lit seemed so natural to be here at
his side in the night. So safe.
She breathed a little prayer as
she settled back to go to sleep
again, her head against his Shout
der. Make it be like this always,
dear God! Make it last"
(To Be Continued