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Evening star., 1948-02-16

enthusiastically for me than have
ever seen them in the past" he
said.
He listed speaking engagements
in Michigan, Ohio, Maine and Mis-
souri, in the next two months, be-
ginning with two talks in Detroit
February %.
The Michigan area ordinarily is
looked upon as Dewey territory, If
Senator Vandenberg, Republican, of
Michigan is not drawn into the
race.
Senator Taft's visit to Maine on
March IS marks one of his few in
vasions of New England, where Gov
Dewey and Mr.. Stassen are trying
to develop secondary support be-
hind a lineup of "favorite sons" =
Evening star., 1948-02-16
Virqinio Drive Launched
To Support Wallace

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. 16 (P.-A
statewide campaign in support OF
Henry Wallace's bid for the presi-
dency was launched here yesterday
Forty-five delegates, representing
ell of Virginia's nine Congressional
districts, met to lay plans for the
drive. They named an 11-mar
Steering Committee to direct the
organization of Wallace-for-P -Presi-
dent Committees in communities
throughout the State.
Yesterdays meeting was called by
officials of the Food, Tobacco, Agri.
cultural and Allied Workers Unior
of America, CIO. which Endorsed
the Wallace candidacy last month
at tri-State meeting in Suffolk.
Evening star., 1948-02-16
EngeI Says He Blocked Army
Loss of 2 Million on Chairs

The Aluminium Cooking Utensil
Co. of New Kensington, Pa, offered
to furnish similar chair for $12.75
but it did not meet specifications.
A company agent was told by the
acting quartermaster general, whom
Mr.. Engel did not name, that ANY
salesman who attempts to sell the
Army items because they are cheap
er was making the wrong approach. u
The major difference between the
$26 and the cheaper chairs was that
the cheaper ones had differently
shaped legs and were of bolted in
stead of welded construction.
Finally, Mr.. Engel said, the Army
discarded its original plans and
drew up specifications for two other
types of chairs. These were bought
at an average price of $945 each, he
related.
The Army rarely replies to con-
gressional criticism except when Of
f1cers are asked to testify before
committees.
Evening star., 1948-02-16
Politicians WATCHING
Pennsylvania 6. 0. P.
Split on Marshall Plan
By the Associated Press

Politicians kept sharp eye or
Pennsylvania today. They want tc
know what a split among Republi-
can leaders there over the Marshall
Plan may mean at the party's ma
tional conveption in June.
In other political developments
over the week end:
Chairman Carroll Reece of the
Republican National Committee said
two-party system would help the
South prevent "infringements upon
civil liberties
Georgia Democrats postponed
their Jackson Day dinner from
March S to March 9. They thereby
raised a new question whether Ma
tional Chairman j. Howard
McGrath would speak as scheduled
The Pennsylvania Republican
split developed when Gov. James H
Duff called for all-out support for
the European Recovery Program
which bears the name of Secretary
of State Marshall.
SndTkcS U.S.
Senator Martin, the States favor
ite son candidate for the Republi-
can presidential nomination, had
said in Chicago earlier last week
that the Marshall Plan in its pres
ent form is not the answer" Sem
ator Martin accused the State De-
partment of deal, double deals
and double-cross deals"
But Gov. Duff, who will head
Pennsylvania's 73-man delegation
to the convention, disagreed. He
told founders day celebration at
Temple University Saturday night
that Gen. Marshall is zone OF the
most dependable public servants the
Nation has ever had"
Some politicians said they con-
slider Gov. Duff's stand closer to the
beliefs of Harold E. Stassen, the
former Minnesota Governor, than to
those of either Senator Taft or Gov.
Dewey Of New York.
Senator Taft said that when he
gets back to the Capital tomorrow
he will seek to cut the $1,000, ,000, 900
sum approved by the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee for Marshall
Plan spending in the year beginning
April !.
Reece Attacks One-Party System.
Regarding civil rights, Mr.. Reece
said in letter to Republican officials
and party workers:
Just now there are some rumb-
lings from the deep South indicating
growing realization that the un-
American, one-party system is in
furious to every one" Infringements
upon civil liberties, he said, "are
nearly always to be found where g
one-party system prevails"
Georgia's Gov. M. E., Thompson
announced the four-day postpone
ment of the Atlanta Jackson Day
dinner. He told McGrath in tele.
gram that school teachers con-
vention will jam hotels on the origi-
nal date.
There had been previous reports
that another speaker would be
sought because of the Southern re-
volt to President Truman's civi
rights program.
Senator McGrath said he woulo
decide later whether the new date
will fit in with his engagements.
Evening star., 1948-02-16
BY the Associated Press

Representative Engel, Republican,
of Michigan today criticized Army
plans to buy 161,172 custom-built
chairs for officers.
Had he not protested. Mr.. Engel
said in a prepared speech, the Army
would have paid an average of $26
each for the chairs, instead of
S945. That, he added, would have
been throwing away" s2,567 900.
Mr.. Engel is. chairman of an
appropriations subcommittee con-
sidering the Army's budget. He has
made several critical speeches since
Congress reconvened. Some COL
leagues are interpreting them as
limiting a big cut in Army funds
for next year.
AS related by Mr.. Engel, this Is
the story of the chairs:
Bids were asked last spring on
specifications so complicated" that
they covered four typewriter pages.
The bids ranged from $40 to $33.
Evening star., 1948-02-16
Third Party 'Scares'
Democratic Leaders,
Wallace Declares
by the Assoeioted Press

- NEW YORK, Feb 16.-Henry A.
Wallace, facing a test of strength at
"a special congressional election in
: the Bronx tomorrow, said yesterday
- :'the Democratic high command in
Washington is scared to death" over
his presidential candidacy.
Mr.. Wallace told an American
Labor Party rally that fear in Wash
ington led to Mayor William
ODwyer's recent appeal to him to
abandon his third party candidacy
= for the White House and return to
the Democratic Party.
- Mr.. Wallace spurned the sugges-
ton in a speech urging the election
of former State Assemblyman' Leo
1sacson, American Labor Party Can
didate for Congress at tomorrow's
election in the oath district. The
ALP, a New York State party only,
= is supporting Mr.. Wallace for Presi.
dent.
j.. Spoke for Democrat.
&C Mayor O'Dwyer and Mrs. Eleanor
nr Roosevelt last Thursday urged cleo
ton of Karl Proper, the Demo-
=. cratic candidate.
80 The voting in the normally DEM
ocratic district will be test of the
~ strength of the American Labor
Party as well as that of Mr.. Wallace.
Mr.. Proper has the backing Of
. Truman supporters. In the race
with Mr.. Isacson and Mr.. Proper
are Joseph A. de Nigris, Republican,
and Dean Alfange, candidate of the
Liberal Party.
The special Congress election is
being held to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation of Benjamin j.
Rabin to become State Supreme
Court justice.
". Foreign Policy Assailed.
Mr. Wallace, who assailed Pres
ident Truman's foreign policy in two
81 speeches yesterday, called for the
designations of those major cab
-inet officers" who he said ARE re-
portedly trying to undermine" the
United Nations decision to parti-
ition Palestine.
:" Mr.. Wallace said the departure
n from the cabinet of these men "and
B. their replacement by men or wom-
en- capable of translating Mr.. Tru-
mans words into action would be
welcome evidence that the Presi-
dent really means what he says
when he speaks of civil liberties"
The former Vice President identi-
fed them as Secretary for Defense
Forrestal, Secretary Of the Army
Royal and Secretary of Commerce
Hartman.
Mr.. Wallace said Secretary Royal
reaf1rmed recently "the basic pol
icy of segregation" in the armed
forces.
Police estimated that $4,000 per-
sons turned out to hear Mr.. Wallace
speak yesterday in The Bronx and
IN Harlem. Most had to stand out
side. The latter gathering was I'm
der auspices of the Harlem WAL
Isce-for President Committee,
Evening star., 1948-02-16
Trumun to Attend Purty
For Press Club Birthday

Mark Foote, chairman of the spe-
cial Founders Day Committee of the
National Press Club. today an
nounced President Truman will at
tend the 40th birthday anniversary
Of the organization on March 20 at
S pm. Mr.. Truman will participate
in tribute to charter members OF
the club. Admission will be to club
members only.
Evening star., 1948-02-16
Maryland Joycees Ask
Uniform Auto Law
BY fhs Asseeiatsd Press

CUMBERLAND, Md, Feb. 49,
The State Junior Chamber Of Com.
merce has instructed its Legislative
Committee to campaign for a uni.
form motor vehicle law for Mary.
land. The committee will carry
the recommendation to the Genera
Assembly.
At a quarterly conference yes.
terday, the group also made initia.
plans for the 1948 beauty pageant
and set the crowning of Mis-
Maryland" for August. Municipa
pageants will be held earlier tr
the summer.
Evening star., 1948-02-16
Progressives Organize,
Back Wallace, in MARYLAND

BALTIMORE, Feb. 16 P).-Tht
Progressive Party of Maryland for
mally came into being here yes
terday and nominated Henry A
Wallace as its candidate fol
President.
A platform adopted unanimously
called for a halt to atom bomb
manufacture, a rollback of prices
to April, 1947 levels. price control
and rationing Of 'cost-of- living
commodities, restoration Of the
excess profits tax, elimination of
Jim Grow laws, repeal Of the Taft
Hartley law and Federal assistance
for small farmers.
Evening star., 1948-02-16

ratories, with provision for fret
choice of the physician.
Most of the Social Security
recommendation now are under
discussion by the Advisory Council
on Social Security set up by the
Senate Finance Committee. tt
chairman is Edward r. Stettinus
jr, chancellor of the University o1
Virginia and former Secretary o1
State,
Evening star., 1948-02-16
Thief Makes S1,336 Haul
In Club Cairo Receipts

Police are seeking a thief who
took $1,336, the weekend receipts
of the Club Cairo. 1915 @ street
NV, from a room in the Cairo
Hotel which the club uses as an
office.
The theft was reported by Sam
uel Schanker, one of the owners of
the club, who said the money was
taken sometime between 2:30 am
and 1890 am. yesterday.
According to police, the money
was in an unlocked safe. The Office
was entered through the tranSom.
Evening star., 1948-02-16
d Killed as Home Burns
IOn Farm in Alabama
BY the Associated Press


ATHENS, Ala, Feb. 16.-A farm
er, two of his sons and a grand
daughter were burned to death
when fire destroyed their two-story
frame home IL miles northwest of
here yesterday.
Coroner Grigsby Griffis identified
the victims as James v. Coffman,
II; Woodrow Coffman, %; James
Lloyd Coffman, "a, and Dorothy
Jane Coffman, 8.
A neighbor, Lifford Adams, was
seriously burner.
The coroner said the fire appar-
entity was caused by an explosion
of an oil heater.
Mrs. Woodrow Coffman and a
daughter Jennie, 4, escaped unhurt
Evening star., 1948-02-16
Admiral Hickey to Speak

Rear Admiral Robert, F. Hickey
deputy director of Navy public re-
lations, will speak at dinner of the
Washington Air Derby Association
at 1880 pm. Thursday in the Kene-
saw Apartment Hotel, Sixteenth and
Irving streets NV.
Evening star., 1948-02-16
Teu Prices Up 1000

In Afghanistan. with basic diet
of bread and unsweetened tea, the
price Of tea increased more than
100 per cent last year.
Evening star., 1948-02-16
WELL BRED
PORK CHOPS

From the finest bred pork
in the country come these
thick, tender pork chops.
Dipped in a rich batter.
tantalizingly favored with
half dozen condiments,
then fried to a crisp golden
brown! Served with apple
rings glazed with a luscious
brown sugar syrup, our
Dreaded pork chops are an
epicure's dream!
Evening star., 1948-02-16

There are now 12,206 Boy Scouts
in Nigeria, twice the 1914 member
ship.
Evening star., 1948-02-16
FOUND.

BIRD DOG, near 1st and M SITS. me-; own
er identify. CO. 1855.
CAMERA, streetcar terminal, sunday; in
euire 1878 Minnesota ave. Sc, Apt. 204.
After pm.
Evening star., 1948-11-21
Parties Planned
For Miss HAYNES

Miss Frances Haynes, debutante
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. F. Eber-
hart Haynes, is coming home from
school to spend Thanksgiving with
her family. She is a student at
Ogontz Junior College where she
is editor in chief OF Mosaic, the
school magazine.
Invitations are out for Miss
Haynes debut tea at the Sulgrave
Club on the 18th of December and
other parties in her honor are being
planned. Mr.. and Mrs. j. Marvin
Haynes are entertaining for their
niece and all her assistants at q
dinner at the Chevy Chase Club
following her tea and another uncle
and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Gore,
are planning a dinner for her dur
ing the holidays.
On December %, Mrs. Adam
Wyant will be hostess at luncheon
for Miss Haynes at the Chevy Chase
Club and on the 26th, Mr.. and Mrs
William A. Sutherland will give
large buffet supper for her in their
apartment at 2l0l Connecticut ave-
nue.. On January 4 she will share
honors with the Misses Helen and
Annie willard at luncheon to be
given by Mrs. Richard Price Dunn
whose daughter Adrian Is another
debutante of this season.
Evening star., 1948-11-21

ljr.; Mrs. Chauncey 6. Parker, Mrs.
Arthur Krock, Mrs. Duncan Phil
lips, Mrs. Raymond Guest, Mrs.
Truxtun Beale, Mrs. Felix Frank
furter, Mrs. Stanley Woodward and
Mrs. F. Trubee Dawson, who plans
to come down from New York to
assist at the bazaar.
There will be booths featuring
leather goods and rare antiques;
toys and dolls to delight the hearts
Of children; a food mart featuring
vintage hams, preserves and jellies
any number of delicacies; neck
ties and smoking accessories for
men; calendars and imported
Christmas cards, everything to fit
any purse.
There's to be an attractive bev-
erage booth under the direction Of
Mrs. Clarence Norton Goodwin,
Evening star., 1948-11-21
Plans Progressing
For PmbOe Bazaar

Mrs. John Nicholas Brown, wife
of the Assistant Secretary OF the
Navy for Air, has accepted chair
manship of the Patroness Commit
tee for the Pinhole bazaar. to bt
held at the British Embassy, 31OC
Massachusetts, avenue, on Wednes-
day, December /.
Through the courtesy of the Brit
ish Ambassador and Lady Franks
the drawing rooms and state dining
room of the stately Embassy will
be open to the public from II
o'clock to 8 in the evening, proceeds
Evening star., 1948-11-21

who, with members of her COM
mittee, Mrs. John l.. Sullivan, Mrs.
Guy Martin, Mrs. Paul Magnussen,
Mrs. Robert C. jackson, Sonora de
Dillon, wife of the Ambassador of
Ecuador, and Lady Berendsen, wife
of the Minister Of New Zealand,
are assembling their wares.
The state dining room ut the
Embassy is. to be converted into a
travelcade, screens and backdrops
depicting scenes here in America
and in foreign lands. Attractive
models, wearing costumes suitable
for foreign travel, winter resorts,
sunny climes and skiing camps, will
add to the picture. Reservations
for those planning trips anywhere
by land, sea or air will be taken
care of by members of the COM
mittee in charge Of this feature OF
the benefit.
Evening star., 1948-11-21

from the benefit going to the com.
munity center in the historic Dev-
onshire town of Pinhoe.
Patronesses for the bazaar in.
clude Mrs. Robert A. Lovett, Mrs
William Clayton, Mrs. Andre de
Limur, Mrs. Richard H. Wilmer
Mrs. Arthur Fowler, Mrs. J. Will
liam Fulbright, Mrs. Frederick A
Sterling, Nine. Draper Boncom-
pagni, Nine. Rene de Marees van
ISwinderen, Mrs. Robert Woods
Bliss, Mrs. Dwight F. Davis, Lady
Lewis, Mrs. Eliot Wadsworth, Mrs
Frank r. Mccoy, Mrs. Henry La
trobe Roosevelt, Mrs. David Edward
Finley, Mrs. Orme Wilson, Mrs.
Leander \McC Cormick -Goodhart, Mrs
Morris Cafritz, Mrs. Lytleton Fox
Mrs. John J. McCloy and Mrs. Wal
ter r. Tuckerman.
| Also, Mrs. Charles Carroll Glover
Evening star., 1948-05-20

This check list be worth dollars you. Use it for your shop
ping Buy any quantity you dese six dozen by
the Fill those empty spots your ponty Shelves we'll
stocked pantry many embarrassing moments when unexpected
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-02-12
A. M. Bouic, Solicitor,
Rockville, Md.

iNOShNlilC, uuu.
Order Nisi-
In the Matter of the Petition of
Theresa B. Ballinger, Trustee
under the Will of Effie Bean,
deceased, testate;
Farmers Banking and Trust Com
pany of Montgomery County,
Substituted Trustee.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
MONTGOMERY COUNTY. AS
A COURT OF EQUITY.
No. 5,872 Equity.
ORDERED, this 10Th day of
January A. D. 1948, by the Circuit
Court for Montgomery County, as
a Court of Equity, that the Audi
tors Fifth Report filed in the above
entitled cause, be ratified and con-
firmed, unless cause to the CON
trary thereof be shown on or be-
fore the 9Th day of March next:
Provided copy of this order be
inserted in some newspaper pub
lished in said Montgomery Coun-
ty, once in each of three successive
weeks before the said 9Th day of
March, 1948. {
CLAYTON K. WATKINS,
Clerk of the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County.
True Copy-Test:
CLAYTON X. WATKINS.
zoos Clerk.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-02-12
C. T, Clayton, Solicitor,
Rockville, Md.
Order Nisi-

In the Matter of
Mary D. Thompson,
Non Compos Mentis;
Farmers Banking and Trust Com
pany of Montgomery County,
Committee.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, AS
A COURT OF EQUITY.
No. 10,298 Equity.
ORDERED, this 10Th day Of Jan
uary, A. D. 1948, by the Circuit
Court for Montgomery County, as
a Court of Equity, that the Audi
tors Sixth Report filed in the above
entitled cause, be ratified and con-
firmed, unless cause to the con-
trary thereof be shown on or be-
fore the Sth day vs March next
Provided q copy of this order be
inserted in some newspaper pub
lished in said Montgomery County,
once in each of three successive
weeks before the said 9Th day of
March, 1913.
CLATON X. WATKINS,
Clerk Of the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County.
True Copy-Test: =
CLATON X. WATKINS,
2006 Clerk,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-02-12
Monday, the 23rd day Of
February, 194S,
AT 1920 A. M.

N lU.OU "A. WI.
in front of the Court House Door
in the Town of Rockville, Mont
gomery County, Maryland, offer
for sale at public auction all land
and premises described in said
mortgage. Said land and premises
being twenty-five 1927 acres of
land, more or less, which was con-
veyed to Willis P. Davenport by
George L. Tolson by deed dated
the LIST day of August, 1926 and
recorded in Liber No. 422, at folio
1919, said premises improved by
small dwelling house which was
the nome of the said Willis P. and
Maggie Davenport at the time of
their death.
3 TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of
five hundred dollars ($500.00) will
he required at the time the prop
erty is knocked down at said sale.
Balance of purchase price to be
paid in cash upon ratification of
sale by the Circuit Court for
Montgomery County, Maryland.
Conveyancing, Revenue Stamps,
examination of title, notary fees,
and all expenses of transfer at
cost of purchaser.
CHARLES C. JONES,
seAssignee for purposes of
foreclosure. 1868
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-02-12
NOTICE TO CREDTTORS

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, that the
subscriber of Montgomery County and
Washington. D. c.. respectively. have
obtained from the Orphans Court of
Montgomery County. in Maryland. Letters
Testamentary on the Personal Estate of
MARY E. PETER
late of the Montgomery County. deceased.
All persons, resident and nonresident.
having Claims against the said deceased
are hereby warned to exhibit and file the
same in said Court, with vouchers thereof.
on or before the 18th day of August next:
they may otherwise by law be excluded
from all benefit of said Estate. All persons
indebted to said Estate are requested to
make immediate payment.
Given under our hands this 10th day
OF February in the year of our Lord, one
thousand nine hundred fortv-eight
LOUIS o. HODGES, JR.,
5607 Madison Street.
Bethesda, Maryland
PAULINE M. PIERCE
56ll 39th St., NV.
Washington, d. C.
6 Executors
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-02-12
ORDER OF
PUBLICATION

The purpose of this proceeding is
to secure the foreclosure of all
rights of redemption in the follow
ing property located in the 7th
Election District, Montgomery
County, State of Maryland, sold by
the Collector of State and County
taxes for the County Of Montgom-
cry and State of Maryland, to
Grace DeVilbiss, and assigned to
William Walton Edwards, prede-
cessor in title of the plaintiffs in
this proceeding.
Said property being all that lot,
piece or parcel If land situate,
lying and being in the 7th Election
District of Montgomery County,
State of Maryland, and being more
particularly described as Lot num-
bered Fifteen (15) in Block num-
bered Ten (lO), in the subdivision
known as "Glen Echo Heights,
Montgomery County, Maryland, as
per plat thereof recorded in Liber
y. A. No. 33, at folio 399 Gre
recorded in Plat Book "B", plat
44), one of the land records of
said Montgomery County. The
bill states, among other things,
that the amount necessary for re-
demption has not been paid, al
though more than year and day
from the day of sale have expired.
1T is. THEREUPON, this 14th
day of January, 1913, by the Cir
cult Court for Montgomery Coun-
ty, sitting as a Court of Equity,
ordered that notice be given by
the insertion of a copy of this
Order in some newspaper having
general circulation in said Mont
gomery County, once week for
four successive weeks before the
10th day Of February, 1913, warn
ing w. II. Harris, also known as
William H. Harris, John w. Trim,
and Marie Radde, and all persons
having, or claiming to have, any
interest in said property to be and
appear in this Court on or before
the 18th day of March, 1948, and
redeem said property described,
and answer the bill. or thereafter
a final decree will be returned
foreclosing all rights Of redemp-
ton in the property and vesting
in the plaintiffs a title free and
clear of all encumbrances.
CLAYTON X. WATKINS,
Clerk Of the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County, Md,
True Copy-Test:
CLAYTON X. WATKINS.
1913 Clerk
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-02-12

He was lifelong Resident of
the Germantown neighborhood.
Survivors are Mrs. Roy Selby,
Miss Rebecca Leaman, John IT,,
Jr., and Richard, all of German
town, and Jacob Leaman of Rock
vile, as we'll as six grandchildren.
His wife, the late Augusta G. Lea
man, died in 1881.
Funeral services were held Tues
day, January 27, from the Neels-
vile Presbyterian Church.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-02-12
ORDER OF
PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to pro-
cure decree of divorce vinculo
matrimonii by the plaintiff from
the defendant. The bill states that
the parties We're married at Ash
ton, Maryland on November ID,
1913; that the plaintiff has resided
in Montgomery County for more
than one year Immediately proceed
ing the bringing of this action;
while the defendant is a non-resi-
dent of the State of Maryland;
that no children have been born to
the parties and that the defendant
On March the 18th, 1916, without
hist cause, abandoned the plaintiff
and that such abandonment has
continued uninterruptedly since
that time, and for at least eighteen
months, is deliberate and final and
the separation Of the parties is
beyond any reasonable expectation
Of reconciliation.
II is .thereupon this 18th day Of
january, 1913 ordered by the Cir
cult Court for Montgomery Coun-
TT, as Court of Equity, that the
plaintiff, by causing a copy Of this
order to be inserted in some news
paper published in Montgomery
Couny once in each of four sue
cessive weeks before the 10th day
Of February, 194S. giving notice to
the said absent defendant Of the
object and substance Of this bill,
warning her TO appear in this
Court in person or by solicitor on
or before the 5th day Of March,
1913. next, to show cause, If any
she has, why a decree ought not
TO be passed as prayed.
CLAYTON X. WATKINS,
True Copy-Test: Clerk.
CLAYTON X. WATKINS,
1868 Clerk.