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Evening star., 1960-10-30

OH WIS. AVG. INV. WO. B.6yUU
CADILLAC 80 De vile coupe;
i iaxur. InatcSins inter. Iii' All csGii:
lac features, incl. factory CIR e0a4.
5000 miles, spare never used.
Must sell due to financial dtMepI-
ties. $1,000 or best o6er. KU,
1-94S3, MRS. LEBTER, B60e
Rnu6Ank hlvd AinR Va
Evening star., 1960-10-30

Capitol Cadillac-O OldS Co,
1929 22nd ST. NV. n. $4,000
CADILLAC 80 haFdtop sedan; fee.
tory air eond. charcoal gray With
white top; fun power. mel. win.
b.. Wv. tires; erisinSi o owner Ss
lo;gs0 nj; $500. KELLOGG,
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MACHINERY and EQUIP.

ASPEAALT KETTLE. like new; I65.
gal. sgle..aXle, tow type: dble
burner. roofer or payer. OF. 2-3445.
FR0NT:END LOADER for hire. b.
day, hour or contract: eXper,
operator. Call WE. 6-5329.
JACKS for service station and ga
rage use. All sizes. Low prices
LU. 2-2490 or AID. 4-6200.
TRAILER, 6-ton CT tandem, excel,
S34b' on. 2-34ih
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TRUCKS ron SALE
,coNTlNUEp)

TRACTOR AND TRAILER, Dcdge
sell or take . dump truck Or any
other kind OF truck on tEade.
CQlpeper. Va. VA. $500.
Evening star., 1960-10-30

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Evening star., 1960-10-30
GARAGES
GARAGE DOOR

GARAGE WANTED-Large single
or double garage in Arl. area for
car storage. Must have lights.
OF. 4-4949.
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REAL ESTATE LOANS

CONSOLIDATE YOUR DEBTs by
End trust. al. AMERIsIIGAN I!5IsI!5 MORT
Southern Bldg, Ma, S-3331:' Inn
mediate service, 10 to 4:30 pm.
MTMED. -CASH-2nd and 3rd trust
loans, Low rates; consolidate bills.
Small mo. payments. Elk. 3-7744.
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Evening star., 1960-10-30

GARAGE DOOR
Best offer. EN-. 5-1S6l1
5I11 CONN. AVE NV, mr.. Neb.
ave.-Double garage, $50 mo.
single. $l2 mo. EN-. 3-3707.
NEAR 18th AND PA. AVE. Sc
Large group Of well-kept brick
garages, excellent for storage pur-
poses; will rent singly or In groups
at S15 ga. LA. 9-4S4s.
Evening star., 1960-10-30
SEASH0RE PROPERTY

WANTED-Asateag Island, Nd,
Ocean Beach frontage through to
Baltimore blvd. and two bayfront
comm. zone lots. Reasonable for
cash. Box 349-T. Star.
Evening star., 1960-10-30

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cir eenditlcntnk: unusually nie6:
Capitol lCS G diilac-oldsC Co.
1929 22nd ST. NV. Fl. 1880
CADILLAC SO: sale b 0WnSf; ii.
dorado h.t.: excel. eona.: White:
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tradN. ~. G.aGHI o.1
Evening star., 1960-10-30

CADILLAC go eonveftiblo coupe;
heather Is. asra'.itn,n nth white I sse. iaesoss
sSstss: sstssr st:lISs stsaIss uausu.IIs ~ ssss
Capitol c dillac- OldS Co.
1929 22nd 81. NV. u. 1900
CADnLACs 90; several salesm0n's
company ears and onesoWnes new
car trade-inS; eovpes. SedanS and
conveItihleB.
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SUBURBAN

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Evening star., 1960-10-30
FALL CLEARANCE

MALONEY'S, INC.
1928 Qeorgia. Silver Spring, Ma.
w. 6-3333 Ewes. 10, S-O067
'53 sTuDEBAKRR h-ton pickup:
nA Champ, engine; good tires,
1:6Oxl6; excel. running eond, I;
Va. inspection; 1855. IL. 6-l74e.
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REAL ESTATE WANTED
tcONIINUED)

A BUYER cash today or will sell.
rent for you Free appraisal. VIII.
6.1970. DICKEY'S. AP. 7-S0SO.
A CASH BUYER OR WILL SELL,
ON TERMS-LI. $4,000
SOUTHEAST REALTY CO.
MD, VA, or D. c.
All Cash. No Commission Charge
DI. 7-4445 Ewes, MA. 2-1l64
Evening star., 1960-10-30

CADILLAC 80 80" fieesToed q.
:ssipn:sI ssa s:I.lis issy 40 ssslp,s Is; SSs;;.
iSIS''ts iSs. Sce et@SasSsas: sSsssas::. special sS
Capitol C di1lac- Olds Co.
1928 END et. NV, n. 1900
CADILLAC '03 eOnv. eoup0; noN
top. new brakes. conpI. motor
overhauled, power Oteering, 2, and
b. wire wheels. Can finance; SbSS.
Holmes County herald., 1960-01-28
Holmes AIS
FLA Elects

The Holmes AIS Chapter
Future Farmers of America
held their first chapter meeting
of the new year last week and
elected a full state of officers
to serve for the year 1860. The
chapter elects officers on a cal
endar year rather than for a
school session starting each
Sept.
Officers elected were as fol-
lows: Wayne Jobe, President;
Ira Jones, vice president; Mac
Cotton, secretary; Joe Frank
KiIlebrew, Treasurer; Billy
Wilson, Reporter; John Max
well, Sentinel. r. w. Almond
Vo-Ag. Teacher, Chapter Ad-
visor.
The group is now working
on. Livestock and Dairy Judg-
ing work for the 1860 Big Black
Council Contests to be held at
McAdams school the first Sat-
urday in March. AL winners
from the Council Contest will
'epresent their Council in the
State Finals at State College
Miss. State University in
early April.
Holmes County herald., 1960-01-28
Ray Johnson
Joins Farm
Bureau

Ray E. Johnson, of Lexing-
ton, has been appointed gener-
al insurance agent for the Hol-
mes County Farm Bureau, it
is announced by To1 Thomas,
Jr. president of the local
farmer organization.
Mr.. Johnson formerly man.
aged the Allis-Chalmers and
Buick agency in Lexington.
In his new position he will
devote full time to building
membership in the Holmes
County Farm Bureau and max
ing it a stronger organization.
He will represent the Southern
Farm Bureau Life Insurance
Company, Southern Farm Bur-
eau Casualty Insurance Com
pany, and the Mississippi Farm
Bureau Mutual Insurance COM
pany.
Savings will be offered farm
ers on automobile, general
farm, farm machinery, life in
surance, fire insurance and
Blue Cross protection.
Southern Farm Bureau is the
largest life insurance company
domiciled in Mississippi, and
Mississippi Farm Bureau Mu-
tual is the only fire insurance
company owned and domiciled
in Mississippi. The companies
are owned by farmers to serve
the needs of farmers.
In his first month of work.
it will be impossible for Mr..
Johnson to contact every men,
Der, but he may be reached at
telephone ASS, office and 67O,
residence. Farm Bureau men,
bers in Holmes county are in
vited to discuss their needs
with him.
Holmes County herald., 1960-01-28
ATTEND H OF
C~OSMETOLOGY MEETING

The hairdressers meeting was
held at Goodman January 10
at the school of Cosmetology.
Mrs. Erma White, president,
called the meeting to order.
February being National Bea-
uty Salon Week for all hair
dreSserS and coSmetologiSts
plans and preparations were
made and discussed at this
meeting.
Mrs. Almeda Thomas, in
structor of Goodman School of
CoSmetology, gave a most in
Testing talk on beauty cul-
ture. This was given to benfit
the teenage visitors present
for this occasion.
After the business meeting,
each one present enjoyed look
ing over the beautiful school
and admiring the work of stu
dents there.
The hairdressers are very
proud to have this nice school
in their district.
Committees appointed for N.
Holmes County herald., 1960-01-28
Duront- TchuIu Top
County Cage Tourney

scored s points in the first per-
iod but collected 4 personals
and slowed down his defense.
Charles Myers, the top per-
former in the boys final also
got into trouble with four per-
Sonals late in the game. Both
Myers and English left the
game with several minutes left
in final period to enable Tchula
to gO-ahead to win in final
1 minutes play. Durant's fail
IRE to showdown the game and
control the ball cost them the
win. Durant had a six point
advantage to open the final
period and still had all the
regulars in the game.
Results of all games played
Coxburg As, Lexington IA
(Girlsl
Coxburg %, Tchula % (Girls)
Durant %, Holmes AIS Is
(Girlsl
Holmes AIS 81, coxburg "a,
Boys
Holmes County herald., 1960-01-28
Lutte Phillips Retires After SO
Years As Rural Carrier On RI.
BY Chester Marshall

After SO years as Rural Mail
Carrier on Route 1, Lexington,
Lutte " Phillips, has retired
from the daily routine of max
ing the 81 mile ride six days
a week, to a more casual one
of sleeping late and riding out
to his farm southwest of town
with Mrs. Phillips when he
feels the urge.
Had it not been for a heart
attack, the So year old former
rural carrie would probably be
making the familiar trip every
day, now.
Mr.. Phillips went to work
for the Post Office Department
as Rural Carrier on May %,
1921. Those were the days of
the Model "T", and it ofen
often took the biggest part of
a day to make the "a mile
route. When he retired Nov
ember 30, 1859, the route had
be neincreased to 81 miles,
and he still made it back home
fairly early.
Like all rural carriers Mr.
Phillips was looked upon by
his patrons as not only their
mail carrier, but their friend,
sympathiser, messenger, and
what have you.
Many of the people living on
Rural Route 1 when Mr.. Phil
lips made his first trip back
in 1921, are still living in the
same place. Some of these are
B. R Hammett, Kelly Frost,
Mrs. Howard Lawshe, and
others.
Mr.. Phillips is a native Hol-
mes countian. He was born
March 2, 1901, the son of DR..
A. M. Phillips and Marcia
VanNordan Phillips. His father
father practiced medicine in the
Eugoly community until his
death.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phillips have
two fine sons. The Oldest,
Holmes County herald., 1960-01-28
Forestry Planting Explained

Would you like to participate
in a new method Of planting
pine seedlings. Holmes County
has been selected as one of the
counties in the Yazoo Flood
Prevention Project to do some
of this planting This method is
called direct seeding" In the
past few years there has been
wide spread interest for infor-
nation on this method of plant
ing. The Forest Service needs
on the ground information and
will get this by doing some ex-
perimenting here in Holmes
County. If anyone is interest
ed in letting the Forest Service
Holmes County herald., 1960-01-28

try some of this direct seeding
on their land call Ed Swensen,
Project Forester, at Lexington
no or SCI.
The area to be direct seed
ed can be large, small, open,
or wooded. On any area sell
ected the ground will have to
be prepared by running a disk
over it Or blowing strips to ex-
pose the mineral soil. The area
can not be grazed. If the land
selected is near grazing the
Forest Service will furnish the
wire to fence the area but the
landowner will have to put it
Holmes County herald., 1960-01-28
BY r. w. Almond

The Durant girls completely
outolassed the smaller Cox
burg girls and won the Holmes
County Cage finals, score 25-10.
Kay Derrick of Durant was
high with II points followed
by Peggy Ellington with s
while Mary McNeer had 6 for
the new County Champions.
Patricia Chisolm scored 80 of
her teams As points in the open
er here Friday afternoon was
able to score only 6 points
against the taller more expert
ened Durant guards.
Holmes County herald., 1960-01-28
GIRL SCOUTS
MET TUESDAY

The Lexington Girl Scouts
met Jan. 26 at 3 p. M, Tues
day.
The prayer and pledge was
said. Joe Ellen Shows had the
devotion Diane Younger and
Marjorie Armstrong had the
program.
10 Ellen Shows had the re-
freshments. They were very
good.
Reporter, Marjorie Armstrong
Holmes County herald., 1960-01-28
Hospital
Patients
LEXINGTON

Mrs. B. E. Mcbride, West.
Mrs. S. L. White, Lexington
Mr.. Billy Rutledge, Lexington
Mr.. Tommy Holder, Lexington
Mrs. Buford Holder, Lexington
Mrs. Harriet Powell, Pickens
Mrs. H. c True, Lexington
Mr.. E. R. Trotman, Lexington
Mrs. Billy Berberette, Lex.
Mrs. Ethel Killebrew, Tchula
Mr.. Sam Burrell, Sails
Mrs. Nora Alice Pierce, Lex.
Mrs. w. H. Britt, Lexington
Mr.. Hiram Edwards, Lex.
Cynthia Pearson, Kosciusko
Mrs c.. M. Howard, Tchula
Mrs. j. A. Sanford, Lexington
Holmes County herald., 1960-01-28

up.
The loblolly pine seed will
arrive sometime in late Feb
ruary or early March and the
site preparation part will have
to be completed about one
month in advance of the SOW
ing. Because of this time limit
the area should be prepared
sometime this week or next
week.
If anyone desires more in
formation on this work or has
some area that could be direct
seeded, contact Ed Swensen by
calling Lexington TO or SCI.
Holmes County herald., 1960-01-28
See Us Today For A Real Tractor Deal
We Wheel & Deal In The Tractor Field

B. S. w. were Pauline John
son, N. B. S. w. chairman;
Margorie Myers, publicity
chairman; Velma Beach, in
stitutional welfare chairman
and Almeda Thomas, cosmetic
logist recruitment chairman.
Refreshments were served by
Mrs. Thomas at the close of
the meeting.
Holmes County herald., 1960-01-28
GUILDS TO MEET AT ST.
MARY'S EPISCOPAL

The Guilds of St. Mary's Up
iScopal Church will hold their
regular monthly meetings in
the parrish house. The theme
of devotional will be Pre-lent
season.
St. Mary's Guild will meet
Monday, February 1 at $3.50 p.
m. The program will be led by
Mrs. H. H. Johnson and Mrs.
Fred Waldron.
st. Martha'S Guild will meet
Monday night, February /. The
program will be led by Mrs.
D. T. Slack.
Holmes County herald., 1960-01-28
Mrs.Fishe
Wed To
C.. O'Reilly

The marriage of Mrs. JOG
leta Goudelock Fisher, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. L.. A.
Goudelock of Lexington, and
Calvin O'Reilly of Yazoo City,
was soleminized Sunday Jan.
"a, at the First Methodist Chu-
rch in Yazoo City, with the
Rev. Aubrey Smith, pastor,
performing the ceremony.
The couple will be at home in
Yazoo City where the groom
is associated with the Mississ-
ippi Chemical Company.
Holmes County herald., 1960-01-28
TCHULA OVERPOWER
DURANT IN FINAL PERIOD
FOR COMEBACK WIN

Durant led Tchula for three
periods and looked good for
the potential winners until mid
10y the final period when the
Tchula boys kept plugging
away for points to narrow the
margin. English Of Durant
Holmes County herald., 1960-01-28

Wayne Jobe, son of Mr.. and
Mrs Leroy Jobe, was selected
president of the Holmes AIS
Chapter of the Future Farmers
of America in a meeting held in
the agricultural room Friday,
January %.
Other chapter officers were
also elected at the meeting.
They are as follows: Ira Jones
vice president; Mac Gotten,
treasurer; Billy Wilson, re-
porter; and John Maxwell,
seminal.
Holmes County herald., 1960-01-28

Mrs. Frank Branch, regis
trar, has announced the Deans
list for the first semester.
Those students with special
honors "a 2.7-3 average) are
as follows: Nora Ruth Brooks,
Wayne Carson, James Hodges,
Glenda Ables Lawshe, Kenneth
Nixon, Neal O'Neal, Mary Lou
Use Jones, Sara Mallory, Sara
Nell Martin, Mary A. Moore,
Charlotte Parker, James Pegg,
Thelma Randle, Dorothy, Sum-
merlin, Marjorie Truitt, Judy
Worrell, jerry Parkinson, Rhett
Hensley, Eldon TuIlis, Hiram
Palmetree, Carolyn WorSham,
Rosemary Browning, Edna
Cade, James Carroll, Carolyn
Clark, Carol Engelmann, Billy
Ray Jones and frankie Cade.
Students with honors (2.4-2.6I
are Shirley Payne, Alvin Shein,
Mary Jean Skies, Judy wilson,
Betty Sue Worren, Marilyn Abb
ernathy, Louise Brantley, Tai
mage Cox, Walton Jensen, Roy
Lea Patricia Rainey, Marc
Bobbie Bunch, Billy Childress,
Bell Wilkerson, Crolyn Bennett,
Emily Pope Young, Billy Cas-
ton, Edwina Dubard and Leon
Whitfield.
Holmes County herald., 1960-01-28
SOCIETY
CORPORATE COMMUNION
SERVICES TUESDAY

Feast of the Publication of
the Virgin Mary will be held
Tuesday, February 2. Women
of st. Mary's Church will hold
corporate communion service
at 10 a. m.
Holmes County herald., 1960-01-28

Mrs. C. w. Torrance presen-
ted three of her piano students
in a splendid performance of
Chopin numbers at the January
IL meeting of the Magnolia
Club of Goodman.
The program was as follows:
"Nocturne in F Minor" by Car
oil Engelmann "Etude (Revo-
Mtionary)" by Sara Mallory,
waltz in B Minor" by Caro-
lyn Scoggins, and Trio Pol
onaise Militaire" by Carol En-
'gelmann, Sara Mallory and
Carolyn Scoggins.
Mrs. R. M. Branch was in
charge of the program, which
Was held at the home of Mrs.
Bill Taylor.
Holmes County herald., 1960-01-28

Tchula So, Holmes AIS Is,
Boys
Durant So, Lexington 20,
Boys
Durant IS, Coxburg 10,
Championship game, Girls
Tchula 48, Durant AZ,
Championship game, boys).
Holmes County herald., 1960-01-28

COLORED
Halle Patton
Henry Newman
Robert Earl Jones
Gertrude Davis
Martha Peoples
Sarah Patton
Edward Kingston
Legertha Johnson
Carl Townsend
Booker Harris
Britt Gibson
Bit Ethel Pate
Baby Jones
Baby McGrove
Holmes County herald., 1960-01-28

Malcolm, is now president of
the First National Bank in Lex
ington and the youngest, A. M.
is a medical doctor, now prac-
ticing at Moorhead.
Mr.. Phillips has a lao acre
farm seven miles south of Lex
ington, known as the old Darn
ell place, and he and Mrs.
Holmes County herald., 1960-01-28

On Friday and Saturday, Jan.
u and % the Durant girls won
over Coxburg for the Holmes
County Girls Championship;
and the Tchula boys defeated
Durant for the boys title in the
Holmes High School Basketball
Tournament.
The tournament, in which
Goodman, Durant, Lexington,
Tchula and Coxburg participa-
ted, was held in the Holmes
Junior College gym.
Holmes County herald., 1960-01-28
Holmes &c
Highlights

David Johns and Edna Cade
nave been selected by Miss
ruby Akers and Mrs. Don Phil
ups sponsors of the school
paper, The Growl," to work
as assistant editor with Alvin
Sheln, editor. Alvin, during the
flrst semester, has very ably
served as editor of the publ
cation.
Holmes County herald., 1960-01-28

Coaches Billy Muslin and A.
D. Rozell have announced the
captains for the football team
OF 1853 and 1860. They're Bill
lie Bowman and Luke Terry.
Holmes County herald., 1960-01-28

Phillips like to take daily trips
down to the farm to. see how
the cattle are coming along,
or to hunt.
After his disability retire
men, Mr.. Phillips sold his home
out on the Brozville road and
built a new home on Boulevard
in Lexington.
Holmes County herald., 1960-01-28

Mr.. and Mrs. Phillips have
two fine sons. The Oldest,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-08-25
School Bus
Information

School Director of Trans
portation Richard M. Ream
has advised parents to con-
tact their child's school be-
fore opening day, September
6, If they have any question on
the time or place of the bus
stop.
Ream also suggested that par
ents of students in kindergarten
through third grade can help
prevent confusion during the
first week of school by tagging
their children with their names
and addresses.
Summarizing the 195O-6O
transportation statistics, the di.
rector pointed out that Mont.
gomery County's excellent safe.
ty record of no personal injury
to any student on buses was
maintained throughout the
years total of 2,257,880 miles
of travel.
Last years 213 buses trav-
eled 11,721 miles per school day.
carrying 24,996 children or 1875
percent of the enrolment.
Ream estimated that the total
mileage this year will be rs
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-08-25
SENTINEL c noNTro" Mp'
Thursday, August rs. Is6o-P III

million, or $4,000 miles per
school day. A total of 425,000
gallons of gasoline will be used,
he predicted.
During the summer, the
Board of Education bought az
new buses; II as requirements
and 25 to cope with the in
creased demand for transporta.
ton. 1t is estimated that the
percentage of children needing
transportation will increase to
BAL percent or abou, 27,500 stu
dents. The total number of
transportation employees has
risen to 247. of whom 81 are
women bus drivers.
The big yellow buses are on
the county roads from 1880 to
8 am, 2:30 to 5 pm, and from
11:30 to l pm, in some cases
to transport the kindergartners.
Elementary students are en-
titled to ride school bus If
they live beyond a one-mile ra-
dius from the school or must
walk more than one and one
half miles to reach the school,
as measured by "the shortest
satisfactory route" according to
School Board policy.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-08-25

1862. Southern requirements
on their way to Gettysburg
passed through Rockville in
June of 1863. Bun it was not
until the back of the South had
been broken in the crushing de-
feats at Antietam and Gettys-
burg that Gen. Early led his
meh in a gamble-all dash to
capture Baltimore and Wash
ington, and Montgomery Coun-
tvs soil tasted its first blood.
But this time when the Con-
federacy crossed the Potomac
they did not allow the Maryland
residents to act freely and
without constraint." 1t was too
late in the game for that. Food,
clothing, and horses were taken.
On the evening of July 10, 1864,
Early's forces camped four
miles from Rockville. They
planned to attack Washington
two days later with eight thou
sand infantrymen, one thousand
cavalrymen, and 40 pieces of
artillery.
Meanwhile additional cavalry
under the command of Gen.
Bradley T. Johnson was NOV
ing toward Baltimore, cutting
telegraph wires and ripping up
the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road track as it went. This
group was under orders to at.
tack the Queen City at the same
time the capitol was struck.
On July II, Gen. Early
marched through Rockville,
scattering the Federal forces
before him, and soon arrived
at the outer defenses of Wash
ington on the Seventh Street
Pike" in Silver Spring. He re-
tired to the home of Francis P.
Blair, ST. and prepared for the
next mornings attack.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-08-25
Area Rarely Battlefield, but
Frequently Host to Both
Sides i'm Route to Conflicts

The primary injury sustained
by Montgomery Countians dur
ing the Civil War was the stiff
neck from watching the
Union and Confederate armies
tramp back and forth, back and
forth across the land, to do
battle elsewhere.
Before the war broke out,
while the emotions that sur
rounded the slavery and right
to-secede questions were still
smoldering, the wise men Of
Maryland forsaw the perilous
position of the Old Line State
in the event of civil war. Mary
land was a border state on
whose land, as Northern and
Southern forces marched to-
ward each other, the war would
be fought.
But it was impossible for
Maryland to align itself solidly
with either side. AS one his
torian says, "Of the citizens of
Maryland large majority ia
vored the Union cause, many
were Indifferent, and a few
warm secessionists." Meetings
of different citizens groups
produced conflicting resolutions.
On January 1. 1861, a mass
meeting was called at Rockville
attended by j o hn Brewer,
Thomas Griffith, ST., E. ]. Hall,
z. Waters, Robert Sellman. w.
B. Howard, John H. Gassaway,
S. c. Veirs, S. t. Stonestreet,
P. Palmer, B. Brush Roberts,
John T. Garrison, G. w. Daw-
son. r. w. Carter, John T. Ben
son and G. r. Braddock.
Resolutions Committee Chair
man Richard ]. Bowie reported
the group in sympathy with the
South but declared Every sac