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Arizona sun., 1947-11-28

Meat won't keep too long. You take
it right along home"
That's mighty fine of you, Ed
Slatterly," said Emma. Her con-
science was beginning to hurt.
Emma carried the ham all the
way home and put it in the refriger-
ator to cool. Meat was expensive,
and the thought of a roast Of fresh
ham made her happy.
She was at peace with the world
when she went to bed that night.
Early the next morning she woke
up in confusion. That peculiar sound
again. Water, going rapidly round
and round in a drain. No! 1t
couldn't be! She sat up. There
wasn't another pig anywhere that
sounded quite like that.
She bounded out of bed and hit
the floor with thud. Slippers, the
house dress over her nightgown, the
flying trip to the garden. She rubbed
her eyes. 1t was Slatterly's sow!
There couldn't be two such pigs in
all the world.
Dazedly she picked up stone to
throw at the creature.
Emma" Seth's voice was call
ing from the bedroom window.
Arizona sun., 1947-11-28
THE FICTION CORNER
THE BARGAIN
By MRS. w. E. ABBOTT

amin to give you a piece of that
meat"
Emma softened. She walked in
side and looked at the meat. 1t
looked good. "Watermelons must
make good hog feed" muttered
Emma to herself.
'Ma'am?" said Ed Slatterly.
II said that would be NICE" re-
piled Emma. WED love having
some fresh meat. It's very kind of
you"
With the help of one of the boys,
Ed took the pig down from the hook
and cut Off one Of the hams for
Emma.
"'That's too much," she said
firmly.
mo, Ma a'am," he said. 81 have a
lot Of young 'uns, and they eat
hearty, but the weather is warm.
Arizona sun., 1947-11-28

Emma HaineS wakened with diff
Guilty from her early morning sleep.
That noise! What was it? 1t was
like water swirling rapidly down a
drain. Her brain cleared, and she
heaved her great bulk out OF bed.
Only tne thing sounded like that!
The outlaw pig belonging to Ed
Slatteriy was raiding her garden
again. Probably wanted more of her
prize watermelons. She'd show herl
Hastily she thrust her feet into Slip
perS, put a house dress over her
nightgown, and started for the door.
There she was, the demon! She'd
know that bony, stubborn figure
anywhere.
Get out of there, you ornery
creature!" Emma picked up the
nearest stone and threw it with all
her strength at the skinny sow. The
pig grunted and ran toward the hole
under the garden fence, which she
had prepared for herself. She
squeezed her gaunt frame under the
wire, grunting noisily. Emma threw
another stone, and the sow trotted
off down the road toward home.
Emma sputtered to Seth all dur
ing breakfast about the sow.
She's against everything I've
ever seen in nature" complained
Emma. Eats watermelons, Of all
things! OF all the truck I have in
my garden, those melons are the
things l prize most. And doesn't
that cussed pig know that? She
makes for the melons every time"
Seth didn't say much. After all,
he was more than ordinarily fond
of pigs, all pigs. He loved to raise
them, see them grow large and con-
tented from good feeding. Anyone
had only to look at his fifty fat hogs
to know Seth enjoyed caring for
them.
Emma sighed. ''I'd 60 over to see
Slatterly today, if didn't have so
much to do. I'll try to go tomorrow.
It's simply got to stop! Those trashy
swamp folk will have to learn to
keep their stock to home!"
It was three days before Emma
found time to visit the Slatterlys. It
was two miles back to their shack
at the edge of the swamp. but
Emma was a hearty fifty-year-old
woman, and she loved the walk
through the fields and wood lots.
Several of the Slatterly children
were playing around the cabin.
They were handsome children, in
spite of their dirty, unkempt ap-
pearance.
where's your Dad?" said Emma
shortly to the oldest boy.
''Paw!" yelled the boy.
Ed Slatterly appeared at the door
of shed behind the house. He was
a small, wizened man. Emma had
never seen him when he wasn't
chewing tobacco. She walked to-
wards him. Over his shoulder she
looked inside the shed. There hung
a butchered pig.
"Oh," she said. ''That your pig.
Ed?"
''Yes, Ma'am," he replied. II was
Arizona sun., 1947-11-28
Leave her be. rn be down."

Leave her be. I'll be down."
A moment later he appeared In
the yard, his overalls drawn hastily
over his pajamas. He looked
sheepish.
Its all right, Emma" he said.
That's our pig now."
"Ours!" cried Emma. "Oh. no.
not that!"
Seth ran his hands nervously
through his hair. ''You see, just
couldn't bear seeing that hog look
ing the way she did, all run down
and thin and neglected. So traded
one of our pigs to Slatterly for her.
That gave them meat, and / thought
I could maybe fatten her up"
Emma stared at him open
mouthed.
Although gotta admit, she Is an
outlaw" said Seth. May have to
get rid of her after ALL"
"May have to!" cried Emma.
''May have to, indeed! What about
my watermelons? You certainly
will have to!"
Seth grinned and wiggled his toes
in the grass like a small boy.
Whatever you say, Emma" he
Arizona sun., 1947-11-28
Don't Forget to Compliment

1uG1u
One of the most effective statesmen
have ever known accomplishes his
near miracles in business, not by
any intellectual system, but by fol-
lowing one of the simplest of all
plans know for impressing others
favorably.
He compliments his customers.
They like it so much they buy from
him. They also form an attachment
to him which makes it next to i'm
possible for a competitor to come
in and make sales.
All great leaders from the begin
ming Of the world have found that
if they can compliment others prop
erly and judiciously they are en-
ploying an aid which is beyond price
it is so valuable.
When you compliment person, it
shows that you are interested in him
and want to please him. In you that
person sees reflection of his own
desires. And that's what makes us
like otherS-a reflection of the things
we like most in ourselves.
Of course l am not recommending
fattery. When compliment degen-
crates, it becomes mere flattery; it
is not boon but a handicap to
friendship. You can't trust f1attery.
We feel we can trust compliments.
This salesman I am telling you
about never makes the mistake of
fattering his customers.
What try to do with every man
is find out what he wants to hear
about himself" he explained. II
never compliment him upon things
that are obvious-that others COM
pliment him upon. About those
Y things he gets tired of hearing. But
all of us yearn to have somebody
tell us about some other excellence
Of ours-one that isn't quite so OBJ
ViouS."
That is shreWd observation on
human nature. I remember reading
how bored John D. Rockefeller was
when complimented upon his busi-
ness success. He wanted to hear
something else. The thing he want
ed to hear was praise about his
household economies. And Andrew
Carnegie wasn't nearly so proud Of
having given away so many mil
lions of dollars as he was of his
ability as public speaker.
The point I am making is that if
you want your compliments to do
the most good you have to ferret out
little things which the other person
would like to hear somebody say
about him.
The next thing my salesman friend
does is to make his compliments
ring true. He isn't fulsome about
them ever. He is truthful. He can
go into any company and be liked
and popular because in any COM
pany he finds something nice to COM
pliment everybody upon.
The reason he finds these things 10
that he looks for them. There isn't
any reason why you shouldn't do just
as much Is there?
Arizona sun., 1947-11-28

said meekly. Whatever you say,
my dear"
Seth hadn't been married thirty
years for nothing. He knew the
value Of silence. He knew with GER
tainty that this was not the time to
mention that he had promised the
Slatterlys a dozen Of Emma's prize
watermelons, as soon as they were
ripe, to complete the deal
Arizona sun., 1947-11-28

I'D you ever see such gay pot
- holders? They're practical,
too. Good and~thick, and sturdy.
Made of rug cotton or candlewick.
Make these pretty flower potholders.
Protective as well as gay! Pattern 7466
has directions for both.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-03-14

teachers. Shortly after their mar
rage, they felt the effects OF the
depression, and the man came to
the United States looking for work.
For two years he travelled from city
to city as salesman. Then sud-
denly he dropped from sight.
When his letters stopped coming,
his wife gave up her position. Al
though she knew little English, she
began search for him. Never
doubling, she travelled over the
route his letters had indicated, re-
traced his steps to all the places
they had known together, even Wis
tied towns and cities he had told
her about before they were married,
She worked at such jobs as she
could find. mostly as a cook.
She talked to every one she hoped
had ever known him. Sometimes
she was forced to return to her
home to recoup financially before
resuming the search. Finally, after
IA years, she found him in st.
Elizabeth's Hospital He had come
to Washington a few days after
his disappearance suffering from
amnesia. When she found him he
was well except for large and
important gap in his memory COW
ering the years Immediately pre-
ceding the time he was stricken.
After six weeks, during which she
was with him throughout the day,
the clouds of the past parted, his
memory returned and the couple
was advised to ask the Legal Aid
Bureau for assistance in obtaining
legal release so they might return
to their former home.
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Plaintiffs 10 Appeal
ARLINGTON Zone Case

The decision of the Arlington
County Circuit Court unfolding re-
coming of land for Woodward &
Lothrop store will be appealed, it
was announced today.
Circuit Judge Walter r. McCar-
thy notified counsel by letter yester-
day that he would uphold the action
of the county board. in granting
the rezoning. The land involved is
on South Glebe road between Sec
ond and Fifth streets.
The decision to appeal the verdict
was announced by William E. Day,
leader of group that sought to
invalidate the rezoning.
In his letter, Judge Mccarthy
said the plaintiffs failed to prove
their contention that full and fair
hearing had not been accorded
property owners by the County
Board and that action of the County
Board was an arbitrary and I'M
reasonable exercise of police power.
The case was heard early this week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-03-14
Candidate Asks
ToDropOut, Says
He Was Drunk

BALTIMORE, Mar. 14.-Willian.
E. Wenger, %, shipyard carpenter
seeks to have his name removed
from the ballot as a candidate for
city councilman, contending he was
drunk at the time his certificate Of
candidacy was filed.
Furthermore, he told Judge Her.
man M. Moser yesterday, he didn't
even have the $25 filing fee: .
Wenger said the whole thing was
a 'frameup" designed to throw his
cousin, Charles Wenger, also a
candidate for the council from the
same district, out of the running.
They paid me $40 to sign," he
said, but I was drunk and didn't
know what I was doing"
"An injunction suit against the
Board of Election Supervisors says
he was "importuned, coerced and
tricked by persons known as well as
others unknown - into signing
his name to said certificate"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-03-14

Washingtonians trying simply to
protect their rights.
There was a veteran of an earlier
war, for example, trying to locate
several thousand dollars he said
he had deposited in a bank, the
name Of which he had forgotten.
A check-up revealed medical
record Of senility and mental diff
Guilty. But a thorough, though
futile, search for the money was
made on the chance this alleged
loss might not have been mere
imagination.
1,600 Domestic Problems.
Some 1000 domestic problems
were handled last year, many. of
them meritorious, while others were
dismissed with advice to the clinents
because of absence of legal grounds
or because the cases were founded
on motives of bitterness or revenge
without legal justification. Some
of these involved war brides from
other lands, deserted in a strange
country. A few were economically
harassed husbands or wives trying
to sever themselves from their
responsibilities.
Such was a substantially salaried
man who felt he could not support
his children because his wife-he
said-was unfit to care for them
by reason of drinking and he needed
a large part of his salary for liquor
for himself. The case was referred
to an agency which would see to the
welfare of the children.
This case fell into the group of
the few unworthies, which included
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virginia-MaryIand
Oyster Conference
Changed 10 April 4
By the Associated Press

/ RICHMOND, Va, Mar. 14.-Gov.
Tuck said today a conference be-
tween Virginia and Maryland Poto-
mac River oyster study commissions
scheduled for March %, at Mount
Vernon, has been postponed to
April T.
The delay was necessary, he ex-
planned, because Gov. Lane of
Maryland found he could not attend
on the date originally scheduled
due to the press of legislative
matters.
The conference had been sched-
uled originally on the 162d ami
versary of the signing of the
Maryland Virginia Potomac River
Compact of 1785.
Virginia's delegation will include
the three members of this States
study commission - Former State
Treasurer w. Tayloe Murphy, G.
O'Conor Goodrich of Fredericksburg
and Mayor William D. Williams of
Colonial Beach-as well as Gov.
Tuck, Commissioner of Fisheries
Charles M. Landlord, jr., and M. w.
Armistead III, secretary of the
Commonwealth.
Accompanying Maryland's three
commissioners will be Gov. Lane and
Edwin Warfield, Maryland fisheries
commissioner.
The Mount Vernon conference
will be convened at 10 am. but
will adjourn shortly after noon for
lunch at an Alexandria hotel.
Gov. Tuck, asked If oysters would
be served at the luncheon, chuckled
and said he wouldn't be surprised.
He quickly added, however, that
they would be "tonged, not dredged."
The recent Potomac River oyster
dispute between the two States
centered on Maryland's claims that
Virginia oystermen were dredging
oysters in the river in violation of
the two-State compact and escaping
punishment in Virginia courts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-03-14
Board 10 Decide Soon
On New Voters LIST

The Alexandria Electoral Board
today was preparing an announce
ment as to whether the city,s first
re-registration of voters in more
than 40 years will be held or a
correction of the existing voter list
will be ordered.
Board Chairman James N. Cola
santo said following a meeting yes
terday he could not indicate what
the boards position would be until
the report is made public in a
few days.
First indications after meeting
in February were that a revamping
of the present vote list would be
supported by the board.
Since that time, however, the
League of Women Voters of Airing
ton and Alexandria has launched a
city-wide campaign for complete
re-registration of the special session
of the Virginia General Assembly
last year.
In Alexandria the names of many
deceased and persons who have
moved are on the list, it has been
brought out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-03-14
Funeral Services Held
For Mrs. Minnie Hdke

Funeral services for Mrs. Minnie
M. Hake, 43, who died Wednesday at
her home, lilo Bonifant street, Sill
yer Spring, were held this morning
at the Warner E. Humphrey funeral
home, Silver Spring, with burial in
Washington Memorial Park.
A native of Baltimore, Mrs. Hake
lived in Washington for several
years before moving to Silver Spring
Is years ago. She was member of
the Woodside Methodist Church,
Unity Council II, Daughters of
America, and the Silver Spring
Chapter of the Eastern Star.
Mrs. Hake is survived by her hus-
band, Calvin w. Hake, son, Ivan,
Silver Spring, and a daughter, Mrs.
Vida Burger, Takoma Park. Also
surviving are sister, Mrs. r. B.
Mallonee, Washington; a brother,
Elmer Carrigan, Baltimore, and two
grandchildren.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-03-14

Every weekday, scores Of
Washingtonians who are with
out sufficient means to protect
their legal interests call at the
Offices of the Legal Aid Bureau,
a Community Chest agency,
for assistance from one of the
% staff and volunteer lawyers
who devote a minimum of an
hour a week to consultation.
Harry L. Cohen, Oeft) a
volunteer and a member of
the District Bar, interviews a
client.
Allan Fisher (right), direc-
tor of the bureau, discusses
the problems presented in a
case with Mr.. Cohen. Most of
the attorneys devote many
hours, in addition to'the time
volunteered for consultation,
in preparation of papers and
other legal work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-03-14
Mrs. Beatrice 6. Ayers
Funeral Set Tomorrow,

Funeral services for Mrs. Beatrice
Guild Ayers, "a, of 802 Jackson ave-
nue., Takoma Park, Md, who died
Wednesday at her home, will be held
at II am. tomorrow at the Lee fu-
neral home. Burial will be private.
Mrs. Ayers was born in Paris and
lived there for several years with
her parents. She was the widow of
George D. Ayers of Cambridge,
Mass, and moved to Washington
after his death to live with her sister
and brother-in-law, Col. and Mrs.
A. L. Conger. Mrs. Conger died sew
eral years ago.
Mrs. Ayers was member of the
International Theosopfical Society.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-03-14
By RoIph McCobe

Justice is for the one who can
pay for it,
Almost proverbial in its many par
aphrasings, the charge has outlived
its truth and the rigidity of COM
mon law practice which gave rise
to it.
Today it is true only to the ex-
tent that many prefer to sacrifice
relatively small rights rather than
face the trouble and expense Of
legal action. But any persons who
need legal protection no longer are
denied it merely because of poverty.
In criminal cases, under Constitu-
tional protection, it has been tradi-
tionaI that defendants be given
court-appointed counsel. In the field
of private rights, however, there
quately filled by the right of each
man to speak in his own behalf in
court. 1t was to meet this need that
the Legal Aid Bureau of the District
was organized in 1882 as Commun-
ity Chest agency by several lawyers
of Washington.
The 18th annual report of the
director, Allan Fisher, discloses that
the bureau has become one of the
Capitals biggest claw firms" rem
dering service in civil cases only.
Last year, the % staff and volunteer
attorneys, men and women of good
legal training and with experience
ir, f1n ntYt~fc hnro rNy,fArrnH with
1892 clients.
Not all of these clients were in
digent. Many of them who were
financially able to retain counsel
were in doubt about their rights and,
not knowing where or how to OBJ
tain assistance appealed to the bu-
reau. If they required the services
of an attorney, they were sent to
lawyers in general practice not
connected with the bureau.
$50 Referred to Lawyers.
During the past year, 500 of these
clients were referred to members Of
the local bar. Nearly 200 others
whose problems were social rather
than legal were referred to other
agencies. OF all the clients inter-
viewed, about two-thirds merely
needed advice and only So were re-
fused, principally for the reason
their cases were without merit.
Effects of the war years is re-
f1ected in the 1861 cases involving
veterans or servicemen - claims,
housing, either in the form of land
lord tenant difficulties or home pur-
chase problems; business contracts
and especially domestic matters,
many of them growing out of hasty
wartime marriages
There is a daily parade of pathos,
fear, hatred and heart-warming
humanity through the three-room
suite of Offices of the Bureau at
Fourteenth and L streets NV. The
mentally confused looking for some
thing they cannot find, economical
ly oppressed or socially depressed
people all CALL seeking a way out
of difficulties. But mostly they are
ordinary, hardworking, normal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-03-14
Fermentation Is Denied
In Veterans Staying Of Girl
By the Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS. Mar. 14.-Attorneys
for Ross j., Abbott, Deal Island vet-
eran sentenced to death for the
killing of Pansy Twigg, his child
hood sweetheart, today moved to
save his life on a contention before
the Court of Appeals that the State
had not proved generalization.
The 19-year-old dark-hsired girl
was shot on a beach last summer,
carried into the water, held under
the surface and then brought back
to shore to be shot again.
Abbott entered guilty plea be-
fore the Dorchester County Circuit
Court, where the case was moved on
change Of venue.
He was sentenced to death by the
court, which declared, "It is diff
cut, If not impossible, to conceive
of a more brutal, more unjustified
murder than you have committed
upon this little girl"
Abbott;s attorneys, Lawrence e.
Williams and Melvin S. Silberg, con-
tended in their arguments before
the appellate court that the fact
Abbott carried a revolver to the
beach did not prove generalization.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-03-14
The following persons, unless ex-
cused, will constitute the second
,,efit
weeks petit jury
z Germantown Drivers
Cleared in Auto Deuth

Drivers of two automobiles in
volved in a fatal accident February
2 near Germantown, Md, were
cleared of blame yesterday in Rock
vile Police Court by Magistrate
Donald A. De Lashmutt, who attrib-
uted the accident to the condition
of the road.
The drivers were Samuel Frazier,
20, and Russell NJ Harding, 18, both
of Germantown. The victim, Melvin
Dyson, 20, Gaithersburg, was pas
senger in Mr.. Frazier's car. Testi-
mony revealed the two cars crashed
at a point where the road has
ragged" shoulders and there is
barely room to pass.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-03-14
Montgomery Blair High
Plans Vice-Verso Dance

The annual vice-versa dance of
Montgomery Blair Senior High
School, Silver Spring, will be held
at o'clock tonight at the school.
This is the occasion when girls
date boys, call for them, ask them
for dances, feed them afterward and
present their escorts with an ar
raneement of vegetables to pin on
TIER laCeIs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-03-14
Shenandoah National Park
Will Open Tomorrow

Shenandoah National Park in the
Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains will
be opened officially tomorrow to
1947 travel, park officials announced
today.
The customary 25-cent automobile
entrance fee will be charged, they
said. Motorists were warned the
heavy snow will require cautious
driving.
Lodges and most other conces-
sions will not be opened until May /
or later, but light lunches, gaso-
line and oil are available at PIANO.
rama and Swift Run Crossroads.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-03-14
County's Oldest
Cow, 79, Bears
18th Calf
BY the Associated Press

CLEARSPRING, Md, Mar. IA
Lady Pontiac Friend Piebe, who
February bore her 18th calf at
the age of 10, was hailed today as
the oldest cow in Washington
County.
Lady Pontiac is a registered Hol-
stein owned by H. Page Smith, who
said she had calved every year
since the age of 2 except in 1913,
1915 and 1916.