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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-07
ILLICIT STILLS
SHOW INCREASE

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. g.
fourteen southern states continued
- offer the CHEZ problem to en-.
agreement officers of the Alcoholic
Tax unit in 1943, these states &C.
counting for SO per cent of the
u,cit stills seized in 2943 and for
On ner cent of the arrests, Stewart
berkshire, head of the unit, re-
norted today to Secretary Morgen-
THAI.
For the entire country, still seiz-
ures during 1913 fell just short OF
The 5000 mark, compared with
3 MOO in 1912. Arrests totalled TO-
936 compared with 14,120 in 1912.
The Alcoholic Tax official attrib-
uted the increase in Illicit distil-
le~ies seized in the final three
months of 1913 to more liberal re-
lease of sugar for canning pur-
noses some of which was divert
ed as well as to some traffic in
counterfeit or st Glen ration
stamps. The scarcity of tax-paid
snrits and high prices prevailing
tended to tempt potential moon
sinners, it was said.
Berkshire reported continued en-
forcement activities against moon.
sinners and other manufa cturers
of illicit liquor. He said that in
spite of an upward trend in seiz-
ures of illicit stills in the closing
months of 1913, such seizures for
the year as whole were down
sharply, at new low levels since
the repeal of National Prohibition.
The volume of non-tax-paid traf-
fic, as represented by the quantity
of mash seized at illicit distiller-
les. declined more than 40 per cent
from the relatively low level of
1912
At the same time, Elmer L.
Irey. chief coordinator of Treasury
Enforcement agencies, reported to
Secretary Morgenthau that the
ATU drive to dry up black market
liquor supplies has had a salutary
effect and that scores of investi-
cations nearing the stage of court
action should serve further to curb
this traffic.
While black market operators
generally deal in tax-paid spirits,
and their activities therefore vio-
late primarily the laws and regu-
lations of the Office of Price Ad-
ministration, the Treasury has act
ed TO prevent criminal elements
from entrenching themselves in
the liquor industry and thereby
creating a threat to the future ad-
ministration of taxes on alcohol.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-07
Davis Leaves Coast
Line After 81 Years

After "a yeare of service with
the Atlantic Coast Line railroad,
William E. Davis of Wilmington,
retired from active duty Decem-
be- 81.
Mr.. Davis was born in Whining
ton, September Is, 1878, and be-
gan railroad work in 1897, as
Clerk Of the Car Record office. In
lgOl, he transferred to the Freight
Claim department, serving in
that office until 1905, when he
Went to Richmond, Va, as cIerk
IN the Freight Claim department
OF the Chesapeake and Ohio rail-
way.
Davis returned to the ACL rail-
road in 1909, in clerical capacity
IN the Freight Claim department,
where he remained until retire
ment.
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Urged To Register
With County Identification Bureau

"And he causeth all, both
small and great, rich and poor,
free and bond, to receive a
mark In their right hand, or
in their forehea6s; and that no
man might buy or sell save
that he had the mark, or the
name of the beast, or the num-
Der of his name." Rev. XIII;
16, II.
Through our city streets today
pass and repass thousands upon
thousands of automobiles, each
with its own distinct mark of iden-
LITIGATION. Each 5 that license
plate which is registered in cen
trial bureau of Identification.
Through our city streets also pass
thousands of people, trusting only
to the will to be identified by name
or recognition. This loose system
of trusting to memory is not suf-
ficient and is sometimes mislead-
ing.
Naturally, the first thing that
comes to your mind is to deter
mine the circumstances under
which definite Identification is ne
cessary. All Of us are not crimi-
nails. Indeed, the criminal side i
a small part of the whole question.
Personal Identification is prob
lem dealing largely with honest
men. To one case involving a
criminal there are perhaps a doz-
en- in which the Individual has
done no wrong and the question
is a civil one.
One frequently needs to identify
himself at a bank. With most
businesses and industries around
Wilmington doing a business with
checking accounts today, it be-
comes absolutely necessary for
this great host of employees to
furnish positive identification. And
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-07
WILMINGTON MAN
GIVEN PROMOTION

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. - R -
The War Department made pub
lie today a list of temporary pro-
motions of officers including these
from orth Carolina:
Captain to major: Joseph Ben
iauin Crawford, NC, I'll E. Null
kerry ST., Goldsboro; Robert
Charles Merritt, Jr., AUS, Win
ston-Salem. 10. >r--
First lieutenant to captain: Ed
ward Hough Sullivan, ONO, 242a
Bailey ST., Greensboro; Jesse Ro-
bert Coward, Sig. c., Monroe.
Second lieutenant to first lieu
t.. e n a t: Kenneth Richardson
Helms, Fla, Mineral Springs; Will
liam Fowler Rawis, ONO, IS Cra-
ven St., New Bern; Chester Tol'
mes Gettel, AC, Star; John Oliv-
err Marshall, ,AGD, 1901 Princess
ST., Wilmington.
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Canadian Minsweeper
Chedabucto Is Lost

OTTAWA, Ont, Feb. 6. -P-
The loss of the Canadian Nine
sweeper Chedabucto, the ship
which saved Halifax, N. S., from
possibly disastrous explosion
some weeks ago, was announced
o. Navy Minister Angus L. Mac
donald today.
The Chedabucto was beached
after collision in the St. Law
renee with another ship at night
and was beached as a total loss.
One officer, a sub-lieutenant, was
killed but the rest of the crew of
about 10 men escaped.
The 200-foot Minesweeper, built
il l94l at Vancouver, some time
ago was ordered to sink a blazing
ammunition ship in Halifax har-
Tor. She did so with her four
inch forward gun shooting shells
foint-blanK into the engine room.
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two governments to start peace
negotiations at Portsmouth, N. H
Under the treaty signed in Sep
TENDER, Russia abandoned her
claims to Manchuria and China
resumed control of that country.
Russia also surrendered the
lease of strategic Port Arthur,
ceded half of the island of SAX
halin to Japan and recognized ia
pans sphere of influence in Ko-
rea. Little Nippon had become a
big league nation.
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NORTH CAROLINA:
NEW HANOVER COUNTY:
City-County Tax Collector, ct al vs..
r. D.. Hartman. ct al
NOTICE OF RESALE

NOTICE OF RESALE
Under and by virtue of an order
OF the Clerk of the Superior Court
of New Hanover County entered
on January 20, 1914, the undersign-
ed Commissioner will, at the West
door of the Court House in New
Hanover County, at twelve Noon,
Monday, March 6, 1914, offer for
sale, for cash, to the highest bid
der, the following lots or parcels
of land:
FIRST TRACT: In Harnett Town
ship, Beginning at a stake near
The old Woolvin graveyard, running
thence North ii degrees East about
SO poles to q white oak in Lopez
Nichols line; thence South So
degrees East 80 poles to a stake in
Howe's line; thence South 46 de-
grees West about 127 poles along
5. Bishops line to a stake South
OF a water pond; thence North 80
degrees 30 minutes West SO IL
poles to the beginning, containing
% acres, more or less.
SECOND TRACT: In Harnett
Township, Beginning at stake on
the roadside of Thomas Smiths
Eastern line; thence running North
SO degrees 226 chains to a stake;
thence South SO degrees East 6
chains 81 lengths to a stake; thence
South AZ degrees West 26 chains
to the beginning, containing II
acres, more or less. /,
Both of said tracts being a part
Of the property conveyed by z. v.
Emmett ct ux to James M. Shep-
pard, ct ux, by deed recorded in
the Registry of New Hanover
County in Book 248, page SIG, ct
seq. This property is sold subjsst
to 1943 and 1914 taxes.
The property will be sold, sub
ject to confirmation by the Court,
to the highest bidder who deposits
with the Commissioner, at the tiIpe
IF sale, twenty per cent of the
amount of his bid. ~~,
Dated and posted this the 31st
day of January, 1914.
C. D. HOGUE. Commissioners
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JAP ARROGANCE
DWlNDLINC FAST

(The following story, distrib-
uted by the Associated Press,
was written by Technical Ser
geant John w. Black, 430 Coo
per Street, Woodbury., New
Jersey, a Marine Corps Com
bat Correspondent
CAPE GLOUCESTER, New Bri.
tain Delayed)- Tojo's warriors
still fight bravery and bitterly.
But the keen edge of their fana.
ticism is dulled.
That old arrogance, So appar.
ent in the Solomons, is dwindling
fast. It was nurtured On a sue.
cession of swift triumphs. That
food was SO tonic it tided them
over the first reverses, which
were branded as only temporary
by the enemy war lords. But the
Jap machine gunner. manning a
rill-box, knows these current Al.
lied successes are not mere set
backs-they're the real thing.
Perhaps that's the reason the
few who are trapped alive with
in our lines are surrendering. al.
most willingly.
These prisoners are afraid. They
are in mortal fear of our naval
shellings. The Weight OF aerial
Commandments has cracked their
morale. In dismay, they shake
their heads at our weller of fight
ing men, supplies, and equipment.
It's apparent not only in their
voices but in, their faces.
Assured of decent treatment and
offered a smoke and food, after
few minutes the prisoners be-
come cheerful and chummy. They
seem to have forgotten the dis
grace OF capture rather than death
in battle. They're glad to be a.
live.
Several hours after the first
wave of Marines hit the beach at
Silimati point, three prisoners
nabheo and turned over to
a military police unit. Two were
i'll d wrecked plllbox along with
several dead comrades. They
were routed out, with arms aloft,
by smoke bombs. The third was
swimming out to sea. He turned
pack and surrendered after two
warning shots over his head.
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180.-Legal

TREASURY DEPARTMENT. OF.
flee of District Supervisor, Alco-
mol Tax Unit, Bureau of Internal
Revenue, Baltimore Maryland.
Date Of first publication, January
81, 1914. Notice is hereby given
that on December 30, 1913, one 1886
Ford Sedan, Motor No. 18-2946463.
with accessories, was seized in
New Hanover County, North Caro-
lima, for violation of the Internal
Revenue Laws, to-wit: Section 1921
|. R. c. Any person claiming an in
terest in said property must ap-
pear at the office of Investigator
III Charge. Alcohol Tax Unit, Char
lotte, North Carolina, and file
claim and cost bond as provided
by Section 1924, I. R. C. on or be-
fore March |. 1914, otherwise the
property will be disposed of ac-
cording to law. T. E. futile, Dis
trict Supervisor.
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EMERGENCY MEET

MEXICO, Feb. 6. - (R)-The
newspaper Excelsior said today
that the Latin American q Labor
Federation had called an ''emer-
gency meeting" for Feb. Is at
Montevideo and that the purpose
was to urge establishment of dip
lomatic relations between the Am
erican Republics and the 16 Soviet
Republics.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-07
Girl Scouts Will Giue
To Mliette Lou Fund

one ten-cent War Stamp, making
total of $4,000. This has been
set aside to help with the recon-
struction work for children in war
torn countries. The Treasury De-
partment has authorized the cash.
ing of the bonds, into which the
stamps went, when the need aris-
es. Girl Scouts of Wilmington con-
tributed to the Victory Fund in
addition to their contributions to
the Juliette Low fund, a total of
$500.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-07
SCOUT MEETING

HICKORY, Feb. 6. -P)- DR..
R. W. Carver of Hickory, Cataw-
ba county vice-president of the
Piedmont Boy Scout Council, to-
day called a meeting of the dis
trict committee to be held here
February Is.
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IRISH POTATO YIELD

The average yield of Irish pota-
toes in the U. S. has increased
from 1926 bushels to 1876 bushels
PEI acre in the last 10 years. It
is thought that this increase is
partly due to the new varieties
which have been introduced. One
of these is the North Carolina "Se-
quoia."
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-07

Because of their pride in the
fact that their own pennies have
gone far to help children in dis
tress all over the world, Girl
Scouts of Wilmington, member
agency of the Community War
Chest, will help celebrate Inter
national Month during February
by contributing at least a cent
apiece to the Juliette Low Fund,
according to Mrs. H. B. Peschau,
Juliette Low chairman for the
Wilmington Girl Scouts.
Girl Scouts of Wilmington con-
tributed 1886 pennies of the total
$19,128 collected in 1943 from Girl
Scouts themselves for the Juliette
Low Fund, which was set up in
memory of the Girl Scout founder
and is used to further information
al friendship.
By adding their pennies to other
monies in the Juliette Low Fund.
Girl Scouts were able to give
$lO,500 to be distributed through
the China Relief Fund to assist
with the work being directed by
Madame Chang Kai-Shek. Most
OF it will go to orphanages, for
the relief of "Warphans."
Through the American Red
Cross, $500 was used for school
for Greek children evacuated to
Moses Well in Egypt. Among the
older refugees is former Greek
schoolmaster, who has enlisted
older children to help him teach
all the children. The Girl Scout
pennies were used to purchase
books, equipment, and supplies for
the school.
+ Several hundred large cans OF
powdered milk were sent to Rus
sian children with the $4,000 the
Girl Scouts gave. On each case of
milk was stenciled in Russian
''This milk is gift from the Girl
Scouts of America and expresses
their friendship and best wishes
to the young people of the Soviet
Union"
Many British children will be
warm this winter because of the
$1,500 Girl Scouts sent to the Girl
Guides of Britain for the purchase
of uniforms, hose, underwear and
shoes.
Maltese Girl Guides received
$500 for relief work they are car
rying on, on the bombed island of
Malta.
In addition to the funds used for
relief, Girl Scout pennies through
the Juliette Low Fund, also made
possible training in Girl Scout
leadership for fifteen foreign stu
dents in the United States. Thew
represented the countries of b.
livia, Brazil, Chile, Costa RIGA, Gu
ba, Czechoslovakia, Denmark,
France, Haiti, Honduras, Phillip
ines and Uruguay. This training
will enable Latin-American stu
dents to extend the program of
Girl Scouting in their native coun-
tries, and will prepare European
students to help with the recon,
struction of the Girl Scouts and
Girl Guides in their homeland.
ALI this was over and above the
sums raised for the Victory Fund,
to which each Girl Scout in the
United States contributed at 1eas+
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CLUB MEETING

LAURINBURG, Feb. 6 = The
Scotland County Farmers Club
held it's regular meeting the end
of last month with Dean I. O
Schaub of the State College Elk
tension Service as guest speaker.
His address was on the topic, ''The
Farmers Obligations For Victory
And the Peace To Follow" The
meeting was held at the high
school in Laurel Hill with 81 mem.
bers and visitors present.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-07
SHOW TO AFRICA

LONDON, Feb. 6.-tR-The en-
tire cast of Irving Berlin's "This
Is The Army will go to North
Africa and Italy to entertain
troops in the field, it was an
nounced last night following Lon
don farewell performance.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-07
KILLED

STOCKHOLM, Fe. g. R The
illegal underground Polish radio
station Swift said today that Maj.
Gen. Kutschera, German COM
mandant in Warsaw, and five
other Germans were killed Feb.
l on a Warsaw street by a bomb:
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Camp MacKall Soldiers
10 Produce Their Own
'GuadamackalI Dairy

PINEHURsT, Fe. g. Up Sol
ulefs of Camp MacKall will ap-
year IN their new production of
Gaudamackaal Dairy" here next
,flday evening for the benefit of
lie Army Emergency Relief fund
1t Camp MacKall.
Inc production is G.. I. revue
assigned to display the talents
wslA n personnel at Camp Mac
Nall.
Inc martingale, part of a horses
1afhess, is also found. on ships.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-07
CAN VITAMINs CHANGE
GRAY HAIR?

According to- Good HousekeePIng tests with
Calcium Pantothenate on gray hair:
Age-did not seem to affect results. The earliest
response occurred in so year old; the latest in
a % year old.
color-began to appear near the roots of the
hair. The color may not appear all over the
haps on the temples or the back of the head,
may show traces of color first, after which the
color will spread to other parts of the head.
Time-varied from month to 6 months.
Results-889 % of those tested had positive evil
dence of return of some hair color.
. Now thousands use GRA?VIIA, which con-
tains 10 mpm of Calcium Pantothenate (the
tested amount) PLUS 45O US.P. units of 81.
Try GHAYVITA. 80 day supply, 81 so, 100
DAYS, $500. Phone. write
FutrelIe's Pharmacy
1923 Princess Street.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-07
By ALEXANDER r. GEORGE
ZAP Features Writer)

WASHINGTON. On frosty February forty years ago. u.
hot bulletin from lar
off had suddenly opened war on gigan
Russia. ;.ouo5
little would tangle with the
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Uncle Roy's Corner

The walking stomach" known as
q starfish, often finds an oyster.
Then comes a fight to the death Of
the oyster.
Oysters are guarded by shells, and
a starfish cannot crush a shell. Its
only hope is to be able to open the
shell, and get at the soft flesh
inside.
Any fairly smart oyster will try
to keep its shell closed when a STAR
fish comes around. With its strong
muscles, the oyster can hold the
two parts of its shell together very
well.
The starflsh also puts its muscles
to work pulling. They are not a
match for the oysters muscles in
the first part Of the struggle. 1t is
only when the starf1sh is patient
that 1t can win. Usually it knows
how to wear out its victim. As the
minutes pass, the oysters muscles
get tired. Slowly they give way. and
the starf1sh pulls the shell apart.
When the shell is opened, q queer
thing happens. The starflsh opens
Its mouth so widely that its stom-
ach can turn inside out" and reach
the flesh Of the oyster! Keeping its
grip on the sides of the shell, the
starf1sh stays in that position until
the oyster Is a thing of the past.
The flesh is digested in the stomach,
and all that is left is the shell!
Men who gather oysters have no
love Tor starf1sh. They grow angry
because these animals get into their
oyster beds.
Some idea of what starfish can do
Is gained from this fact: In q single
year they destroyed $3.50, 900 worth
OF oysters In the oyster beds OF Con-
nect1cut alone. In the same year,
Connecticut fishermen found and
destroyed $4,000 bushels of starfish!
In past times fishermen used to
pull . starfish apart and throw the
parts back into the ocean. 1t was
learned, however, that in many
cases this did not destroy them.
One arm and q part of the body
can grow into new starfish. Ger
tain kinds Of starf1sh may even grow
into two or three new starfish If
their bodies are torn apart!
AS q result Of this discovery, the
custom was adopted of ending the
lives Of starflsh by plunging them
in boiling water.
1t Is common for starfish to grow
new arms to take the place OF those
which are lost. It Is much less
common for one of them to have
the kind of body which, when torn
apart, will grow into more than one
new starflsh."
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West opened the club king, and
receiving an enthusiastic discard Of
the 10 from East, continued with the
queen when South ducked. South
won the club ace.
The contract seemed to depend
on winning the diamond finesse, but
South properly gave himself-as he
thought-an extra chance by first
cashing the ace and king Of spades.
If he could win four spades tricks
he would have nine tricks without
the diamond finesse.
West realized that his diamond
king was trapped in. any case and
that swindle was his only hope
SO he threw the spade queen on the
second round. This convinced South
that East now held the guarded 10,
so he led to the heart king and
tried a flnesse in spades. West pro-
duced the 10 and won, after which
East got four club tricks and South
was down two.
Yesterday you were Theodore
Lghtner's partner and, with the
opponents vulnerable, you held:
4 A @ 10 965
0S
8 4
4 K 10 862
The bidding:
Jacoby You schenken Liehtner
~ co
Answer-One spade. You have
enough playing strength to be fairly
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AahAyxG,

FsuF Building Material Stores
,sh 8 v S" Nc 1905 Nehs., Ave-, 81
Ss2S &c Ave NV rsB, Chu,sh. vIsa.s
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sure Of winning five tricks. You
may even make game II partner ITS
your hand. You must get into the
bidding.
Score 100 per cent for one spade,
10 per cent for two spades.
Question No. 1,773.
Today you hold the same hand
and the bidding continues:
Jacoby You Schenken Lightner
~ IA ~ Pass
Pass CD
What do you bid? ANSWER to-
morrow
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es'to No. Z In { Minor" accompanied by So.
kowski and me Philadelphia Orchestra.
WhAL, 9:30-louls prims and his band.
WMAl, i0:30-Dih Powell and Anita
Louise, visitors.
W0P. t0:30-peiH LORE, Mildred Bailey.
Johnny Burke and HI. 10. hek and . Dame,
visit tho tantssn.
M, ii:30-Ismss Streets story Of Ms.
sissippl farmers, That Old Gordon Place"
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Oh the AIR TODAY.
W1oP, 4:00-From the Boston Navy Yard,
. show, Eight Bells in Boston,"
W0P, 8:0o-caM Daley and Comedian
Fred Brady are guests. Carlos Ramirez sings
''Pefidia."
WkAL. S:30-Dnmati,aiion Of the treat.
msnt Of Normandy wounded at an English base
HOSPITAL.
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(Released BY the Associated Newspapers.

Complete new 32-paee booklet,
CHANCES in the Four Aces System"
How to use the new weak two bid:
the new forcins bid Of two clubs; the
booklet will be sent, postpaid, on re-
ceipt Of 20 cents per copy. stamps or
coin: Address the Four Aces, in care
OF this newspaper, p O. Box 20, Sta.
ton w, New Yori "a. N 81
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W0P. 8:30-How the Army Service Force.
get equipment 10 the men a tho front.
VOL. s:30-Ths story Of Army nurse, CAPT
Ruth Straub, recipient Of the Legion Of Merit.
and one Of The last persons TO leave Conegidor
WG, S:3o-"1hs Case Of tho WORTHLESS.
Nude; No'a's attempt 10 rsdstorats thsiI
apartment involves Nick Charles In murder.
WINK, 9:05-paehmaninoff plays his Con
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RICHARD B. BLooDwoRTH

Funeral services for Richard r
Bloodworth, SO, who died in James
Walker Memorial hospital at !
o'clock Monday afternoon afte1
a short illness, will be held at the
SCOTS Hill Methodist church at
p. m. Wednesday, with the Rev
W. B. Whedbee and the Rev. H S
Strickland officiating.
He is survived by his wife. Mrs
Mary Bloodworth, SCOTS Hill; one
daughter, Mrs. C. R. Padgett
Hiattsville, Md; three step-daugh.
tiers: Mrs. Nalilla Dempsey. vii.
mington; Mrs. J. B. Walker, Louis.
vile, KY; Miss Pearl Padgett,
Wilmington; two step-sons J. T.
Padgett, Wilmington; c. R. Pad
gett, Hiattsville, Md; two sisters:
Mrs. Annie Sparkman, Rocky
Point, and Mrs. George W. Meeks,
both OF Rocky Point, and brother,
Ennet Bloodworth, Norfolk, Va.
Active pallbearers will be Rod
erlck Sudbury, Ravenwood Sudbury,
W. S. Bloodworth, Nathan Skipper,
Harriss Newber and D. B. Padgett.
Honorary pallbearers will be R. l..
Foy, W. S. Rochelle, W. F. Shaw,
w. E. Higgins, o. L. Walton, j. R.
Shaw.