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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-09-09
Mrs. Pearl Phillips
Hears From Buster

Mrs. Pearl Phillips, of Durant, has
received a letter from her son, Buster,
who is stationed on a destroyer some-
where in the southwest Pacific. Buster
said he hopes to be able to come home
soon and Mrs. Phillips hopes he can
spend Christmast at home.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-09-09
Labor Survey
Made In Holmes:
:328 Families Gone
1850 Field Honds:
939 IN Service
Also Gone '43

A farm labor survey has Just been
completed and summarized on s62 farms
covering 1922 acres Of land which is
$3.50 of the cultivated land in Holmes
county. according to County Agent l.
w. Carson.
BY using this percent to correct the
figures for the whole county, COMPARE
sons of our farm labor this year with
1912 is seen: 4
1913 1s42
Number farm tenants $3.50 540S
Number field hands (l2 yrs.
old and older)--l5358 16608
Number of wage hands, 200 229
Number of men {18 yrs. old i
and older) $685. 1881
Number bales of cotton pick
ed by off of fam labor 7l54
Number men gone to military
service 939
This survey shows that Holmes cocnty
has lost 1928 farm tenant, families, 1850
field hands and 976 men from the farms
Of the county.
Another shortage that does not show
in this survey is the people living in
our towns that we usually draw on for
hoeing and picking our crops, says Mr..
Carson. These people picked 1854 bales
of cotton in 1912, according to this re-
port.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-09-09

church has been home on a brief leave
this week with his parents. leaving We'd
nesday by plane from the Grenada Air
Base for Camp Crowder.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-09-09
Patients At The Hospital

Mrs. John T. Saxton Lexington.
Phillip Marlborough, Lexington, Rt. 2.
Mrs. c. o. Cole, Durant.
Mrs. J. b. Dickerson, Sails.
Irene Holloman. Lexington.
Margie Weaver, Durant.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-09-09

J. Smith, J. T. Lancaster, Bill Burnley,
Clark Stevens, J. E. Sweany, Miss Eliza
beth Ramsey.
Lexington
Mesdames G. "A. Moore, L. p. johnson,
N. B. Hooker, J. B. Walton, ". l.
Hooker. R. o. Duke. NJ. s. Dyson, G. G.
Ash, a. NJ. Pepper, Il. Z. Nichols Sr,
Nick Walker, Lutte Ellison, Roy Gelston.
Kathryn Ellis, E. Monthie, Sidney r.
Rhyme. M. f. Blake, Irene Money. Kit
povall, Fanny Lumpkin, A. Jacobson.
Effie Swittenberg, b. SETTLER, E. r.
T-otman, I. W. Carson. Will Wilson, E.
IT. Shaddock, Sue Wood, Bill Power, J.
~. Hoff. W. T. Holder. l. r. King, ST.,
: W. Ellison, J. A. Mcdonald. W. n.
Sharpe. W. H. Roach, G. M. johnson,
Rathell. Swinney; Misses Meta Moore,
julia Watson, Viola Lindholm, Elizabeth
Heinrich, Wayne Heinrich, Minnie Jordan.
Eve Blake, Dorothy McBee, K. M. Nc
Leod, Janice Young. Agnes McDade.
West
1esdames A. G. Autry, q. c. Alex
ander, Tom Brock, Ben Hathcock, N. s.
Rogers, B. w. Cresswell. Jim Bowie;
Misses Marjorie Hathcock, Jean Hand.
Pickens
Mesdames Julia Bridgforth, Hardy
McKie, James McKie, James Wilburn,
Ellis Presley, Levan Dickerson, Everd
Dickerson, Curtis Meeks, Will Hoover.
B. H. Maxwell, l.. d. Mcpherson, ". p.
Murdoch, T. J. Horton, Mark Hanna, C..
v. Maxwell, C. Anderson, R. Gordon;
Miss Minnie Pearce.
Goodman
Mesdames s. E. Stafford, H. NJ. Terry,
w. J. Hollum, Bessie Doty, T. p. Mont
gomery, w. A. Thomas, ID. K. Gulledge,
r. F. Vaughn, C.. A.. Hansen, l u. Dom
aid. w. +. Schrock, G. L. Clements, J.
D.. Neaves, r. M. Branch; Misses Selby
Stafford, Elizabeth Moody.
Tchula
Mesdames Lester Shields, Montfort
Jones, C. r. Hamlin, Jack Barwick, Allen,
Lynn, w. W. Gwin, Oliver Nixon, W. e.
Jones, w. E. Marshall, H. H. Sanders,
W. M. Unger, S. A. Eggleston, Vol
Bailey, Lamson, Erwin, Darnell; Misses
Louise Turner. Becky Baine,
L. Buck, Angeline Samaha, Evelyn
Kazar, Sue Watson, Frances Lee McGee,
ouida Wood, Hazel Bailey.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-09-09

The most important local nsws Of the
wsek In Hslmes county was the rain
which fell Saturday and Sunday after
the driest end iAettsst summer We have
ever known.
Considerable damage was done to the
cotton, especially In the vicinity Of
Durant. The rain was general over the
county and state and wal welcomed by
dry pastures and hungry. thirsty stock
A. we'll As man. The damage to the
cotton crop was offset by Tie great
need for the rain.
Nights have begun 10 get cool this
vssk and IL II possible for the frs,
time In weeks 70 sleep 1t night.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-09-09
County Men
In The Service
Curtis Tortt Promoted
TO Cuptuin Recently

Capt. Curtis Tart. son Of Mrs. Johnnie
Tart, of Durant, has been promoted
to that rank from lieutenant on August
lst in the Hawaiian Islands whre he is
now stationed, according to word receiv-
ed by Mrs. Tart recently. He is at
tached TO the Air Corps but does no
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-09-09

Sister Fanny ~Shoslsss South Perkinl
says the nation must plan for . social
security pro9ram 70 be available I'm
mediately after the Wal which viii
achieve freedom from want.
The plan, she said, would be main
tained by payroll deductions "from 10
20 IL percent Of payroll, shared equally
by employers and employees"
Tor he first ten years At least II
would not be necessary for the govern
ment to contribute out Of general rsvs-
nue." she said.
I'VE are we'll able to pay for IN
adequate systen o. soeial security for
the United States 70 maintain the pros
poe1ty q The world. This 10 the time
for us to lay the foundations Of an i'm
proved social security and work oppor-
tunity system and Labor Day 1913 II
. good time TO make the resolve that
the Nations war workers and the
Nations soldiers and sailors shall b.
planned Tor and made secure on
Systematic insurance. basis"
How the United States IL able to pay
for maintaining the prosperity Of til,
world sist6s Fanny did not nay. W
have never yet bssa sbls - naintaiu
steady prosperity for ourselves, let alone
the werid. II sks ts1ld Come dewr
~ u her ross-colersd dreams and tell
~ in plain, understandable Enslish
how ". the United states, can maintain
The abundant life for all the world with
ont having our own homes and every-
thing we have worked for all our lives
swept away. then We would like to hear
the lady speak. Until then we wish she'd
b quiet.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-09-09

When o see a person wearing .
white lapel tag printed in red ink II
Have Backed the Attack With War
Bonds" you will know you are looking
1t . mar or who has bought
every dollars worth OF war bonds he
can afford, you will know he has really
done all he could at home for the boys
on the fighting front.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-09-09
Red Cross
Honor Roll
Du.aAt

Mesdames X. Van Keuren. J. L. Lengi-
motif, w. H. Counts, Clyde Stokes. J.
o. Lanfair. Carl Drake, Jess Manning.
Carl Crider, J p. Moore, H, L, Herring
ton, J. R. Joyce, W. c.. Martin, W. p.
Taylor, H. B. Sargent, G. -. Sharpe, J.
J. Smith, J. T. Lancaster, Bill Burnley.
Clark Stevens, J. E. Sweany, Miss Eliza
beth Ramsey.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-09-09

It's nice to know the War production
Board has taken care Of the impending
bumper crop Of babies wPB has revise'
Ito production schedule to meet IN an
ticipated demand for 200 900 baby CARR
ages and the same number Of strollers
walkers and sulkies.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-09-09

Farmers whose crops and livestock
are menaesd BY prowling animals can
got extra supplies Of shotgun and rifle
ammunition this fall II they apply to
their dealers before October 1, accord
Ing to a ruling Of tho War Production
Board. Supplementing the regula quota
each will be allowed an additional 50
round Of % caliber rim fire cartridges,
20 rounds Of center fire rifle ammuni-
ton and Is rounds Of shotgun shells Of
any guage
Evening star., 1943-06-06

AbSEN1EEISM due to Athletes Foot
is fought by war plants. Some use rays
Of powerful Westinghouse Sterilamp to
combat re-infection from fungi in shoes.
You can't do that at home, but you
can use Quinsana in shoes (absorbs
moisture, reducing chances Of re-infec-
tom; use also on feet Watch for the
usual symptoms OF Athletes Foot
chronic peeling between toes, cracks,
soggy skin. itching. Even mild cases
may suddenly become serious.
Evening star., 1943-06-06
new SUCCESS OVER
ATHLETES FOOT HELPS
KEEP AMERICA MARCHING

EVERY American should keep his feet
{ in most perfect condition, to keep
working and marching to victory. But
over 1920 of adults, including war
workers are infected with Athletes Foot
at some time each year. Fortunately a
new fungicidal powder er-Quinsana-
is scoring great successes against the
disease. Quinsana action is based on
knowledge that the fungi which cause
Athletes Foot cannot live under def
nitely alkaline conditions, and may
thrive in shoe Innings, as well as on feet,
creating a vicious circle of re-tnfectiOn.
Evening star., 1943-06-06

2-WAY TREATMENT with Quinsana
should be used daily to help prevent
and relieve Athletes Foot. Infamma-
tion may mean germ infection; see
physician or chiropodist. Diabetes
should be doubly sure to use Quinsana
regularity. Quinsana is fungicidal, bsc-
tericidal, non-irritating, absorbent.
Pharmaceutical Diuision, The Messen
Company, Ne,oark, NJ :, San Francisco
Evening star., 1943-06-06
"ELEAdENTARY, McGARRY"
Continued from opposite page

He grins when Dan catches his eye.
And then it comes again! The
Sergeant calls them to attention.
Right face!' he barks, and Dan
knows they are going to march for
the General. For ward march!
comes next. Dan grits his teeth
and waits for the sound of Seekers
hundred and sixty pounds hitting
the floor.
Bur Socker is good. He is in
there scrapping. The column does
a left turn, and ahead of him Dan
can see the sweat standing out on
the little guys forehead. He is
marching stiff-legged, but not
enough to matter. He's getting
close to the General. He's in front
of him. Finally he's safely past,
without as much as single wob-
BILE. Dams heart starts to beat
again.
The General looks almost
pleased. He turns to Captain Nor
gan and says, "A fine looking body
of men, Captain. l congratulate
- HeWs fire! What's wrong Wtth
that big fellow''
Company - haiti" groans the
Captain, and gapes at Dan
McGarry, who is hopping around
on one foot, holding the other with
both hands and trying to pull out
the carpet tack he has stepped on.
I'm see that man in your office
in an hour, Captain" barks the
General. Il don't intend to toler-
ate - Dannation, sir! There's
another one! What's he wobbling
for? He's going o-to- There
he goes! Flat on his face, b'gad!
Five minutes later Dan and
Socker are sitting on bench IN
the barracks room, putting on their
regular shoes again. Another
hour" sighs Dan, land whatever
is going to happen will have hap
pened!'
SocKER ties his shoelace and
stands up. He is so mad his face
is chalky white except for two
spots of color around his cheek
bones. IAN hour is time enough!
he growls.
Time enough for what?" asks
Dan.
Seekers spots of color get a
little bigger. ITO give that sour
Evening star., 1943-06-06

puss shoemaker hell" he says.
Before Dan can stop him he tight
ems his belt another notch, jerks
his overseas cap down over one
eye, and jumps for the street ent-
rance. From the window Dan sees
him run down the steps, leap into
a jeep that is parked at the curb,
and start off with a roar.
Dan frowns. He doesn't love
that shoemaker like a brother
either, but he knows there is no
sense in getting into more trouble.
He decides to catch up with
Socker. If Socker takes too long
telling that shoemaker what he
thinks of him, he will be late re-
porting to the General, and the
General will be even madder than
he is now, although that doesn't
seem possible.
i HE shade in the shoemaker's
window is pulled down and the
door is locked when Dan gets
there. And Socker is nowhere in
sight. even though the jeep is
parked nearby. Dan puts his ear
to the door and listens. Then he
steps back about six feet and
throws himself against the door.
and the door opens.
Inside, the workbench is top
pied over and shelf full of shoes
are all over the floor. In the cor
ner is Socker, looking a little
groggy, and in front of him is the
shoemaker holding up in the air
his little hammer, which he is
about to rap on Seekers noggin
again. Dan takes one long step
forward and reaches out for the
back of the shoemaker's neck. ..
They are supposed to report to
the General at eleven-thirty and
it is noon before Dan gets there.
The General is waiting and so is
Captain Morgan, who looks about
as cheerful as a spanked puppy.
$50 here is the hopping one"
snaps the General, answering
Dams salute. Mice of you to
come. And where is the wobbly
one? Speak up, man?'
Eyes, sir" says Dan, standing
stiff. "He is busy right now making
an arrest"
Hes making an arrest?" roars
the General. Doesn't the con-
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Evening star., 1943-06-06

AMAZING SUCCESS among thousands
of persons is shown above; note incl
dellce of Athletes Foot before Iett)
and after (right) S0-days Quin"ana
treatment. Quinsana is also excellent for
excessive perspiration, foot odor.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-15

18th, 1912, the armored cruiser
North Carolina, the scout cruiser
Birmingham, and the seagoing
naval tug Osceola, all from Key
West, arrived off Moro Castle,
Havana, being received with 81
gun saluteS from the Moro, Ca
banas and La Punta fortresses, and
from Cuba's men-o'-war. in the
harbor. Columns of Cuban army
troops bore the more than seventy
boxes containing the bones of
some 100 dead recovered from the
hulk of the Maine and which had
previously been deposited in the
Cathedral.
The Marine Guard from the
North Carolina, in special full
dress, and a picked division of Gu
ban Navy sailors, thanked the
Caballeria Dock, where the bodies,
and tons of flowers sent from all
over the world, were loaded on
the North "C's" boats and taken
across the Bay to her side, to be
placed on her quarter. deck and
covered with flowers and Union
Jack 40 by go feet, ready to lead
the funeral procession to sea-.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-15
SCOUTS SOLD MANY
BONDS LAST WEEK
GREAT INTEREST MANIFEST
ED IN ACTIVITIES
CARRIED ON

Monroe County Boy Scouts sold
S5,877.15 in war bonds and stamps
in twelve hours work over a period
of four nights during Boy Scout
Week, it was announced by Hun
ter Harden, Scout Committeeman
in charge of the sales, at a Scout
Rally held Friday night at the
Parish Hall.
The Rally was held as the final
event of Boy Scout Week which
ended Friday. Attendance at the
Rally was as follows: Is Scout
leaders and officials, 48 Boy
Scouts, Is Cubs, 10 new Scout re-
cruits, and 2 visitors. The grand
total of attendance was 109.
Scout Leader Archie Potter
acted as chairman for the meet
ing. District Chairman Wilbert J.
Moehrke, Isadore Weintraub,
Charles Ketchum, Victor Larsen,
James De Land, and Hunter Har-
den.'
Mr.. Larsen, former Scoutmaster
of Troop SO for three years, has
returned to this city to take up res
idence after having lived in a CEN
trail Florida city for the last four
years. Mr.. Larsen is expected to
be active once again in local
Scouting.
Advancement Chairman James
De Land presented some recently
acquired Scout awards. Second
Class badges and awards went to
Donald Pearlman, Buddy Will
liams, Thomas Swicegood, Jack
Currie, and Raul Perez. Merit
Badge awards went to Donald
Pearlman for Reading and Path
finding.
Mr.. Harden, in charge of the
war stamps and bonds sales award
ed prizes to the top statesmen for
the four-day sale. For the sale of
War Bonds it was considered
tie between Thomas Swicegood
and Robert Archer, who sold in
the thousand dollar group. The
two top boys in war stamps sales
was Jack Currie, $500 and Ev-
eritt FELTON,, $1,000. Both received
a prize The top boy in stamp sales
from Troop SO was Ira Valdez,
who received a scout handbook
as his prize.
Through the good will of the
Palace Theatre space for sales
headquarters was obtained. The
committee in charge wishes to
thank all who cooperated to make
this sale as great a success as it
was.
After a successful Scout Week
the meeting was closed with the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-15

Throughout the whole morning
and part of the afternoon alter
mating bands played the Dead
March from Saul, punctuated al
half-hour intervals by the firing
of a single gun from each ship
and battery ashore.
AS the procession started sea-
ward the sun, which had made
the Marines quilted, leather-co
lard full-dreSs coats a misery
throughout the day, was merciful-
ly hidden by a mantle of of clouds.
When the ships, including Cuban
Navy units and passenger vessels,
had taken their positions to form,
with the Malecon on the landward
side, sort of hollow square with
the Maine lowed to its center, a
group of officers put off from the
Birmingham in a , small-boat to
open the sea-valves of the old
warrior-ship, on which a jury
mast had been rugged to carry a
40 by 60 foot flag, her decks being
covered with flowers.
Her bow, the cutoff end, set
tied lower and lower, and the
long hidden sun suddenly drop
ped below the cloud-Wrack light
ing the whole scene with that
strange reflected light which
seems to come from everywhere
and cast no shadows. The Names
stern heaved up and she almost
went under, but rebounded like a
fisherman's cork almost pulled
under by fish, to make another
plunge, column of dust and rust
rising high in the air as her giant
flag spread along the surface OF
the sea for a moment, as though
painted there, before following
her down to her last resting, place.
Three volleys of rifle. fire from
the Marine Guard of the old North
&c" cracked out smartly and
their bugler played his softest and
clearest TAPS" which was echo
ed across the now empty square
by bugles and comets, in unison,
playing on the deck of the Biz
mingham. The Navy units pres
ent, Cuban and United States,
filed past the North Carolina and
her stack of dead, firing their 81
gun salutes as they passed; then
her bow pointed northeast-by-
north and she was off on her voy-
age to the Chesapeake, where, af-
ter a transfer to the shalloWer-
draft Birmingham, the returning
sailors of the Maine continued
their voyage, up the history-filled
valley of the Potomac, to their
final rest in Arlington, ranged
about the mainmast of their old
ship, from which their flag still
flies.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-15
SOCIETY
Albury-Fitzpatrick
Nuptial Event

AT a nuptial mass. January %,
in st. Patrick's Catholic Church,
in Miami Beach, Miss Rose Mary
Albury, daughter of Mrs. Hilary
Albury, of Simonton street, Key
West, became the bride of Lieut..
Emmett T. Fitzpatrick, u. S. N. R.,
in a double ring ceremony read
by the lRt. Rev. William Barry.
The bride wore navy serge
suit similar to the bridegroom'S
uniform navy and white Access
series and a corsage of white but
terfly orchids. Miss Dorothy AL
bury attended her sister and wore
a tailored gold suit with yellow
rosebud corsage. 1t. Ray S. Burke,
U. S. A, was best man.
The bridegroom's mother, Mrs
James A. Fitzpatrick, attended
the ceremony from Milwaukee,
Wis.
The former Miss Albury is a
graduate Of the Convent of Mary
Immaculate, Key West, and at
tended Holy Name College,
Windsor, Ont.
1t. Fitzpatrick was graduated
from the Marquette university
school of. medicine, Milwaukee,
and until hic entrapca into tho
service was a practicing physician
in Miami Beach.
Following a wedding trip
through Florida the couple return
ed to Miami Beach for a brief
visit. 1t. Fitzpatrick will leave
shortly for the Caribbean area
where he has been stationed for
the past six months.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-15
Story Of Sinking Of Battleship
Maine And Raising OF Historic
War Ship Is Vividly Described

The story of the u. S. S. Maine
and its connection with the u. S.
Naval Station here is wildly told
by w. Ekin Birch, an exrGob, ex-
Marine and eX-Doughboy, World
War l Regular Army officer who
is now serving IN the Civil Guard
of the Naval Operating Base
while trying to arrange to re-up
in the Marines.
A former Chief of Bureau of the
Associated Press in Havana, he
served aboard the U. S. S. North
Carolina at the time of the re-
moval of the Maine from Havana
harbor on February Is, 1912. The
story follows:
Today, February IS, 1913, is the
45th anniversary of an event
which shook the world as tragic
ally and effectively as did the Jap
sneak attack on Pearl Harbor
that SO unexpectedly broke the
Sabbath I'm of December z,
1941. At a little before ten o'clock
on that calm, black night in 1898
a terrible blast occurred in Ha-
vana Bay which shattered thou
sands of windows all over Havana,
damaged fronts of many buildings
along the waterfront and left the
United States Battleship Maine al
twisted hulk filled and surrounded
by the bodies of hundreds of dead
and wounded members of her, crew
of 354 officers and men. The dead
numbered 261 and there were less
than a dozen left without wounds
or injuries of any kind.
Key West, furthest south spect
of United States soil, has always
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-15

THE MAINE" MONUMENT
Thousands visit this spot in
the city cemetery each year
where this monument stands
to pay tribute TO the officers
and men who lots their lives
on the U.S.S. Maine.
played an important role in the
military and naval actions of the
country. The disaster in Havana
struck Key West, and especially
the Naval establishment here,
with especial force, since it was
from Key West that the U. S. S.
Maine had sailed for Havana only
three weeks earlier! it was in Key
West that the Maine had coaled
and it was here she had been sta
toned for half the time during the
two previous years, the families
of many of the officers and men
of the Maine being residents here
at the time. Most of the wounded
and many of the first bodies ne7
covered in Havana were brought
Immediately to Key West, a num-
Der of the deaths actually occur
ring at the local Convent of Mary
Immaculate, which was vacated
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-15
REBEKAH LODGE
PUTS ON PROGRAM
((Contributed)

On last Tuesday evening at the
close of their regular meeting,
Sparkling Waters Rebekah Lodge
presented program in playlette
form, on The Educational Foun-
dalton Fund, which was enjoyed
by all present.
The Educational Foundation
Fund is a project of the Rebekahs
all over the country, and funds
taken in are used to help the sons
and daughters of Odd Fellows and
Rebekahs everywhere, whenever
they need help. Each Lodge is re-
quested to send an offering ev-
cry year to the Rebekah Assem-
bly,. Sister Irene Miller, President
of the Rebekah Assembly of Flor
ida, has made as her goal for this
year, 1941-43, a small amount from
every member, for this Fund. Mrs.
Miller appointed her District
Deputy Pres. Edna Albury to
work toward this end in the Lo-
cal Lodge. Sparkling Waters went
up and over their goal, the MEM
bership being thirty-five, and the
offering amounted to $3.50.
At the close of the program Sis
ter Albury thanked every MEM
Der for their cooperation in this
years offering which is a Special
Project on Sister Miller's United
Effort Chart for the year.
On February %, the Lodge will
have a pogram celebrating the
seventeenth anniversary of the
Local Lodge, and also George
Washington Birthday program led
by Mrs. Edna Albury.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-15
JUNIOR CLUB TO
MEET TOMORROW

There will be a business meet
ing Gof the Junior Woman's Club
held tomorrow afternoon, begin
ming at 5 o'clock, at the club
house on Duval street.
All members are requested to
be in attendance.