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Record for Honesty---BilKons Handled and Not a Penny Lost BY JOHN EliFBJCTn WATKISS. . Washington, 1). Cm August 1. 1512. ALL recwds for honesty have bean broken by the hundreds of sub? ordinates or Lea "McOiuns. Treasurer of the United Stute?. Dur? ing the fiscal year lately cloned they have handled, the unprecedented ?um ..f 16,601,731,602 without tho shortage of a single ponny, Oul of this enormous sum overy man, woman and child In the United rtato could bo given $72. Or, it It were equally divided among all tho people of Pcorla, Savannah or Erie, each would ho Independently ilxed for life with a fortune of $100,000. Nr. othci office or Institution In America, or probably In the world, over handled neatly ho much money In a slfcigle year. In the Treasury It passled through thouaunds of Ungern, to none ,,f which it stuck, yet none of these lltigeia did Its work under tho, argus eyes of government spotters, such as spy through peep-holes at our portal employes. , \ \t-r\c-W 'recking OiBce. Were Treasurer McCiung hot blessed with cast-Iron nerves, he might, dur? ing this record year, have spent many n sleepless night reflecting upon the possibility of being reduced to poverty by some dishonest subordinate trusted with part of the handling of such a, fortune; fbi he would have been i>cr sonally responsible for any pecula? tion thdref rom?responsible, at least to the sum of $160,000. This Is the nnio?ht of the bond .which tie had to give Uncle Sam before taking hold of that gentleman's purncRtrtngs. in deed, the responsibilities of the Fed- j eral treasurer's ottlce are bo great i thai few nn ii have sought it In tho I The bond d< manned Is perpetual. IX a shortage discovered In the Treaaurtr vaults a hundred years hence shouyi tu tri' .,i hack to this period of lli-. McC'iung'H custodianship, the heirs ?>f ids bondsmen could he held rcspoin hlble for it And ;-ei Congress erui nof ice fit to require a bond, In ?,ny amount, of even the most responsible of his subordinates entrusted with >tho handling of $2.400,000 each w-.r'tjng day of tiie year. Mad ahy clerk; or inessehgei stolen $160,000 of this -sum arid Kit.led In secreting it bt/yoni the reach of so-rct service men. Mr. McCiung Would have had to make gcod the full amount, an'l only ?. spe? cial act of Congress could haue re? lieved him of the obligation. tun llumnii ( n?li llrelioj. The only safeguard which tue Treas? ury has long held over Its vas,t corps of money-handlers Is .< cleverly co-I ordlnated system wherein er^-h em- I j |r.ye serves as a check upon his ono I i oworkej who hands him rn-jney and his other ' oworker lb whom he passes It. Each employe Is the cogwheel of a i:re-,t, complicated rash replstcr, and when one cogwheel goe? wrong the whole machine stops until the cause of the error has been detorr-mlned. Af- I t"r d?votinc years to the development I Of this system. Treasury Officials ap- j pear to have i>erfe,-ie,i || t^ the point! where nb thief from wlUilm can steal, ii dollar of Uncle Sam's measure and j ??scape exposure unless a considerable group of his fcllow-emploCYes enter In? to the conspiracy with htm. and here? in lies the secret of t he . Ryst em's fiafe ? Thefts bv I'ncle .<-'.im>t money-han rilers are now very rnre and for really I dramatic Instances nf such l|?honesty the Treasury officials have to go hack! ?i generation Or more to the days be? fore the present Systran of c)ie,-KK and ! balances had hren porfectrd. <?ne of the n.ost famous cases In i which the Treasury was rohb?d by | one of Its own trust/ad employes oc- < Blot Cut the Memory of breakfast spoiled by poor cooking?rvcacl with poor leavening ? muffins that didn't stand up as they "orter." USE GOOD LUCK This n.-ikinp Powricr with its hich lenvonint; power is a mighty aiu to better coolcirig. At your gTocer's. , The Southern Manjfaduring Co, Richmor.d, Va. TN preparing for a journey the tele X phone performs a grerat variety of Services. Reservations are ma.Jrc, last directions are given, good-byes arc said, over the wire. The Long Distance Scnncc of the Bell System is of special value to the traveller. Sometimes the Bell Telephone makes a trip unnecessary; sometimes it con/vinces him that a trip would be profitable. Wherever he goes, he feels the need of universal .'?ervice, and that is Bell Service. Are YOU <a subscriber? SOUTHERN BELL BL & TSL. COMPANY OF YY8C-INIA. Every Bell Telephone It fthe Center of the Syatem. 7 ?. ?. TT! E AS tri KU MrCMXG, MONFV IS \ I MTFn ITATF? irnrinnv * t . . (Copyrights by Cllnodlnst, Waging- WO? El IN A UM TED STATRS TRBASUR1 ^ Kl I.T. Se.llnir Money Hncka.er., I nltr.l ?inten ton, D. C.) Treasury, BXPBRT MONEY COUNTERS, UXITED STATES TREASURY, MACERATINf! WORN MONEY, UNITED STATES TREASURY. rurrod In ls7", when Tteri Jamln Hal- \ lock, a clerk In the ca?hroom, took H7.00Q ln Treasury notes of |50'? each. They were not new notes, otherwise j their number would have been ronser utlve, and It would have been anj easy matter to Identify and trace them. He Turned State'? l*.vldrnee. In this theft Hallock had tw0 ac? complices, a saloonkeeper nnmni ott man, and a sporting character known as "'Pegleg" nrown. They fell under suspicion, and directly afterward the secret service ortlci-rs h"K?n to shadow Hallock, wthOi upon h?ing ajresteo, turned State's evidence and escaped punishment, as did his two accom? plices, through a disagreement of the Jury. And a scandal was later raised by the discovery that |14,S00 found on' |<J?r>r.s;t In Alexandria, Va., to the crcd | it of the soloonkcepcr, Ottman. an? I which was sups'oscd to be part of the stolen money, had been turned over I to the counsel for the accused man. I Indeed, the government seems to ] I bav,; Rotten very little satisfaction i from Its prosecutions of these early j cases of theft by trusted Treasury I employes. About this same time that [ilallock and his pals escaped punish I meat a young clerk in tne redemption I division of the treasurer's oftlce?the I branch whe.e soiled and wornout ', money Is redeemed with new notes? j s|t>le an amount somewhat less than : ?100, anc although the theft was traced to him, he had "Influence" be? hind him and escaped trial. Iilrtj Moat) Host Tempting. The redemption division ottered the 'chief temptations of these times as I worn and soiled money was not so lia I blc to be mlSsed as new currency packed in bundles and consecutively j marked. When the redemption office was tirst established, in IS.4, a trusted' Treasury clerk, with a twenty-year | record for honesty, was transterred to it The temptation to steal a small fortune In filthy lucre soon became too strong for him, and alter he had ink- ( en some $1.200, the theft was revealed j by the state of his books, which he j had falsified to conceal the pecula? tions. This man also got off scot free. After Influential friends outside j the Treasury had made goo,! $1,000 ot i the shortage, and his fellow-clerks had contributed the remaining $200, | the officials agreed noi to presecute. L There was one famous theft in the ' treasurer's office, however, which was punished during these early times. Early In 1S77 a valuable money sack was consigned by Treasurer Wytnan I to the First National Hank of Chicago. It was supposed to contain $11!.000 In ! one-hundred-dollar notes, numbered consecutively, hut when opened in Chicago nothing was found in It but tissue paper, cut in the nxact size ] of the missing money. To all outward appearances the package was as It j ; should have been, and the envelope.! seal and sealing wax were such as to, apparently Indicate its genuine char? acter. Treasurer Wynvm put the mat? ter At once in the hands of J. .1. j Brooks, then Chief of the secret ser- < vice, who placed under rigid survell lance all who had handled the package In either Washington cr c"ic?go. An Innocent's Guilty Symptoms. In the cash room of the treasurer's office the pnokniri?according to the regular routin??had passed through the hands of four men In different j cages. The first three had been re? sponsible for counting, approving and tying up the notes, and the fourth with addressing it. These four men Were examined separately as to all they knew about the package, ami the one I man against whom there was pot the j slightest suspicion ? who, Indeed. I proved Innocent at the end of the | Investigation?showed more symptoms of guilt than any of the others. When I questioned he turned pale und trctn- j bled like the proverbial aspen lenf. ' Having passed the counter, the prov 0? Slid the sealer. Chief Brooks lllltll ly came to the addresser, named Wins low, lie was a tall, handsome man, with sharp black eyes and a magnetic manner. Brooks placed the package on Window's desk and proceeded to question htm. first about the hand? writing of the address. Then the i;ee- I rel service chief suddenly turned his! back lo the suspect, as tf to speak to some one else, but look care to watch hint cut of the ta|| of his eye. Quick as a flash, Wlnsiow turned hack the Map of the package, to see the contents, and his motion at once sroused the suspicions of the detcc t've, who. to disguise the, cOHtdb'i tlally asked Wlnsiow to help him watch the other three m?n. Wlnsiow jumped at tho chance, and the same n';> moon cr.mn to BrOoki's room threo . times to relate his s-sptclons of the othors. ( li\cr Uotfcil\r Work. But when he left the Treasury th.il afternoon Wlnslow was under a close shadow. What he spent that after? noon Hud during the 'lays following was recorded by tho sleuth who fol? lowed him. His mall was aiao ex i nmined. and It wn? discovered that he had begun to pay ort some heavy ? debts owed In Maryland. In one let? ter he spoke of his wife having come j Into some property, which was found j to be untrue. The fact was that the suspect's only legitimate source ot funds w.is his salary of "luo p.r month, out of which he was support? ing a family. Everything he did w.is reported to Brooks. One Sunday morning Wlnslow was seen by the secret service men to en t> r an V Street office, ?no sleuth fol? lower hiui home and tho other covered the map on whom he called, Tnis map Bhorily afterward walked to I tie I Street residence of Treasurer Wy j man. There w as no one about but the detective, who took care to keep out of sight, but who saw the man I toss a pa< k,i?t into the treasure's vastlbule. Then, a few minutes later, the man came back, rang the door bell and state.1 that while passing he had chanced to see the package on ' the step. This puckagc when opened contained all of the stolen money cx j cept nhout J l.uuu. Fatal l uck at Cleverness. But, despite his cleverness. Wlnslow neglected to destroy the most damag? ing evidenco against him. When ar? rested In his home that Sunday morn? ing he wore a dressing gown. In one pocket wore found the trimmings of the paper hr had uaed to manufac? ture the counterfeit envelope In which the package was expressed to Chicago, and in tho other pocket were some pieces of the sealing w?x used. In his waistcoat pocket were two one hundred-dollar notes bearing numbers consecutive to those thrown Into Treasurer Wyman's vestibule. Winslow broke down, confessed, was sent to the penitentiary for eighteen months, and after his rt-lcisc went ul fogcther to the ba.d. investigation showed that he had served a sentence for forgery before political lnlluenco had gained hint a place of trust In the treasurer's cilice. That was before I the days when the civil service com? mission commenced to look Into the past records ol trusted government : employes. The only case In which a woman employe ever robbed the Treasury oc? curred some twenty years ago. She was a counter of worn money, who had a record of about twenty-tlve years in the department, in fact, her I appointment had been made, through I the direct Influence of a President et tho United States. She was conshl j ered an excel;, nt counter and up to ! the time when Albert 15,-lyoa took charge of tie- rodemptlon division had 1 never been BUspectcd. Ilrtrnyril ?>> ller Vanity, j But love of display eventually l proved her undoing. One day as the ! Treasurer of the Unfted Stales, Mr ITtyatt, and Chief Relyoa wore walking I to the department, neither being able to afford a vehicle, they were sur? prised to see their trusted subordi? nate pass then: in her private turnout, with liveried coachman. Surprised that she could afford Stich Service op a salary of $1,600 a year, they Immedi? ately commenced an investigation 15c Violet Witch Hazel, fine lor bath, 11c .it Tragle's This resulted in the discovery that she maintained an establishment not only i in Washington, but in tho country, and that hIic had sent her son to Europe to be educated, Further Inquiry de. veloped also that in her social ca? reer she, lived under a name distinct; from that by which she was known In the Ttcasury. At last, after keeping her under careful scruntty, the two ofllelals traced to her desk an error in the re? demption account, investigation dis? closed that in three duJ's she had i stolen $tM0 In old money, wnich she Should have sent to the m.iccratcr, to be ground into pulp. Later 11 was es- | timated that she had probably been stealing at this rate over $300 a day for a long period. Her >lother Was < lever. She hnd Invented an Ingenious method for concealing these thefts. After taking ten from bills. she would, by. a system of tearing and' pasting. ,<u manipulate them that she1 could in.k.- ton torn bills out of nine almost whole ones. This having been done, site wotild put the tenth?a fair- i li' good bill?in her pocket and pass j the others on to the mnccrater. It was never discovered whether her deft lingers did this work at home 61 at her .leak, She had a lover?a mar rled man?who was suspected as her ; confederate, it was Mlsclosed ttu.u j she had loaned him generous sums. '. Faced with the evidence against per. she confessed to having stolen $1,000 and by mortgaging her property made good this amount. Soon afterward she was stricken with cancer and died without having faced a Jury. All treasurers of ilia United State? have had to niiike fcr?,,i amour/a Molen by ih.ir subordinates, Ulllt-t* t tie guilty r-tirUcs or their friends have covered the shortage. During Treasurer Morgan's term, Ii the ' second Cleveland administration, sheets ... bills to the %n!ue nf }:oe dtsappeared, and Mr. Morcan ;m? tti- Treasury hit r!;, , :, for the amount Aga n. in |$!M, $810 in i fliver was abstracted from one of the vaults: by an employe, hut as ihe lalter's relative] reimbursed th< government for this amount the treasurer had to pav nothing. fill hat Muted Lend Disk*, III luek seemed to pursue Treasure:- Mor? gan. When his term expired. In l$97 a 1 count of Sil the hilllons in ihe Treasury ; was made that he might ordain a receipt for the exact amount from h'S successor. Treasurer Roberta. During the cunt a trusted employe, assisting in the handling of the money trained access to the Sic? whtle the official counter! w. re not lonktur, and time SM ? |ur dollars, for which hi substituted disks of lend of equal Weigh' Ti,t man was sent to the penitentiary I the rottrtng Treasurer had to pa) lh? IftW buck lo t'nele t-am. It has been ihe Invariable rule of Con tros to reimburse treasurers of th* United States' tor thiii covering shortage* Two years bko there was discovered In the re? demption division a nivsterlous ler,u ihroil eli which II.OOO.IO had passed lino unknown hand*. This unsuspected weakness In the Treasury's greaf cash refiner, with us human rogs. was at once repaired kinnil possibility of repetition, and Congress made good the shortage. A voung Treasury clerk I? now n trouble '?r raising notes which i,e disposed of In Daltlniore durlnc the Democratic conven? tion. Hut he Is nut conneried with the treasurer's office, and I? not e nature,! in the handling of l.'nele Rant's heard, ii = rrlinlnnl status Is that of any outrider who mac risk his llheriv and reputation to en? gage In the perilous oecispatlon of ereip' ? : felling, nud the treasurer of the United Uli |?s "111 not hnve to square ibi account (Copyright, ltd.', by John Elf ret h Watklm > WEST POINT [Hpei la! to Tb.- Tiincs I dspateh. | West Point. VS., Atfgusl 3.?-Among the pleasant enterlalnnients of the week was one given h's friends by Sam Hardy on board the steam*-, Louise, of which he is purser. The following party left here on Monday uiirhl in a moonlight excursion, spending that night at Walkerton, ,,1. the Ma'ttapoul III vor, goinK next da) on the strainer Aylett ami back to Walkerton. and on Wednesday, return? ing to w.-st Po'nt: Misses Josephine Ware. Myrtle COrr, May Owens, Marian Lewis. Kmllv Pullei and Drs ROscoe Spencer Hnd Walter Margrave. The Matchless, the government sur? vey boat, that was at work In these waters for shout a year and left In the spring for repairs in Baltimore, has returned for governmont survey work up the Pamttnky River. She Is tu charge of Captain Fergusson, nnd hcadqUsrters for the present are at Lcstor Manor, or n-'ar tin re A. Klwood Coping, of n*whurgh. n. v.. who i mo down o\'er a year ago and accepted the position of editor of the West Point Weekly News, left tnu week for an Indefinite period, callo l home l>y the 111 health of his father. Mr. Corning has made himself very useful in town. He was the prime mover Iii organizing ami kepthg up the City Club, formed of young men. and organlzei and principal leader of the Boj He,Hits. Charles Blauvell and Miss Kate j Onrthwnite. of New York, who h ive been guests of the Neustadls at VTlio Brick lloi.se." have returned to their J homes. Mr. an I Mrs. Neustadt, sop and daughter, went as far as Rich? mond w'th them and spent the day. Dr. B. B, Bagby left at noon Wed? nesday to attend the Cabin meeting now 'in session at Qordonsvlllc, under tin I auspices of the Christian denomina? tion; to address the me,?llnir from the subject, "Christ, the Physlc'ari." .hums O'Connor and daughter, Mrs. I Charles Pumphrey, were called last \v.ek to the bedside of Mr. O'Connor's t'aughtcr, Mrs. Robert Mackey, of New? port News, who was ill. They returned on Monday, thinking she was better, bill were summoned yesterday nnd re? turned to Newport News at noon. A, ,!, Crane, of Omaha, Neb., who ban I boon visiting relatives here for tcii dais or more Returned to his duties j to-lay with (lie Union Pacific Railroad ill- will visit his sister in Staunton. en I rottie. Ills family will remain In"' ItWhile longer. Miss Margaret FOX, of Pino Bluff, Ark., and Mrs. T. n. Walker, of HI-'. I mo. d. a:-,- visiting "Inglosldo," in Kin 1 ami i.'iie. h. Rev. Edward B. Bagby, who, w'tli his family, has spent most of July with his bnthei. nr. 1: B, Bagby, here, is Holding a series of meetings wltb Hisiy, i a Christian church this week, aril r?>x| week will hold a series of iCetii gs wiiii Rappahnnnock Church at I m. uiisvtlle, Essex county. Hughes Ware, of South Boston! is a giltst In town of r.-latlves. Mrs. W'llie Ware is the gu'st of Mrs Clyde Could n. i u. WAVERLY [ Special to The Times-Dispatch. | Waverly, \'a? August :i -T. E John? son of Greensboro. .\. C. Is visiting in the home of his father. T. W Johnson, near Waverly. Miss Hut, bins, of Charlotte. N. c. s spending some time with Mi. and Mrs. I.. K Shlpp, mi Main Street. Mis. .lohn F, May and son. .lohn, are Visiting her daughter. Mis. W. I'. DUIl rtawny, at Beck ley. W. Va, Mrs ... I. Gray and daughters. Miss Nell, an! Mrs. Lllllo Vaugh.in have r< - turned from a two weeks' trip to Vir? ginia lteaeh. Miss Helen Sampson, of Austin, T< \ . nnd Miss Alleen St John, of Mobile. Ala . are visiting In the- home of Mr. and Mis. K. W. Chappcll, on Main Street Colonel Robert W Arnold has re? turned to his bom" In Waverly. after spending two weeks In Alabama and Georgia. Miss Olivia Morris. of Wakeflcld, spent Tli'sr. ! v ? ? with friends Id Waverly. Dr. .lohn r May spent Wednesday of this week In Richmond. Walter B. Cape II, of I.awrenco vllle, Is spending some time with fr'enda nnd Relatives in waverly. Mr and Mrs Jester A. Gray, of Mil? ton. Del., are spending the summer with Mrs. K. B. Hurt on West Main .Street. Mrs. A. K. Martin left for Ocean View on Tuesday morning, where sho will remain for two weeks. WINCHESTER [Special to The Tlmes-Dlspatch] Winchester, Va., August 3. ?A largo ipi ? ot the farmers of tho State who cumo to attend the ninth annual >tl 01 tho Virginia Farmers* In? stitute hold it, this city on Thurs? day and Friday, wore accompanied by their wives and daughters, and al? though addresses .md discussions con corning farm wok and rural life in genet ,1 01 upleJ the greater portion of the Institute's sessions, there was much time devoted to entertaining, both In Winchester and Frederick County. All the leading farmers of the county gave large dinner and sup? per parties in honor of their guests, and each Boomed to vie with their neighbors In making the various affairs .enjoyable. In addition to the nume'r i Otis private entertainments, the Fred? erick County Fruit Growers' Associa? tion entertained over HQO cnests at a t luncheon on Thursdaj In Rouss Hall, and yesterday the visitors were enter ta'ncd at a unique luncheon in tho Ikrge apph orchard ..f Mr .and Mrs. s. I?. I.upton. west of town. Fashionable society was out In forco yesterday afternoon at the lirst of a series of tennis games to bo played' by teams of Frederick. Md., and Win? chester, the tourney being held on the private tennis court at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Kern. corner ot 1'a I mount Avenue and Peyton Street, from '.' to fi o'clock. Mrs. Kern gavo a delightful tea In honor of the players, lind some uf her friends at the con clt -Ion of the game. Mrs. Ma.e and her two daughters, the Misses Mace, returned to Balti? more this week, after spending somo time with friends in town. Miss Sarah Walter has returned from llarrlsonbiirg, where she spent tha mouth of July. Miss Irene Capper has returned front it visit to friends in West Virginia, and was Accompanied home by Mrs. Lieo Pine, of Berkeley county. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred McKay, of Baltl I more, have i,e. n visiting Mrs. J. F. .Mo I K , > . nca r, town. l>r A, 0 Swlmley has returned from a visit of several days to friends in ! Richmond. Mrs, Carrlo Voakley EsterUne has returned to Dayton, O., atte^ an extend? ed vlsli to relatives and friends bore. Miss Nellie Dupuy left this week to visit friends in Washington. Mr. and Mrs. J. .1. Carroll, wdio have been visiting relatives In town, have returned to East Orange, N. J. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Hay and Miss Maiy .Mayer have returned to Augusta. Ga.. alter visiting Dr. and Mrs. Branli M. Rossel. Miss liessle Hill, who has been visit? ing Miss Anna Stlnc, has returned to Baltimore; I Mrs. Albert C. Brown and her son : In-law and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Seal, and their little son. have gono Ion a visit to relatives at Oakland, Md. Mr. and Mrs. Fred McDonald and children came recently from l'hllaicl I phla to visit his parents. Mr. ami Mrs. 1 S 11. McDonald. Mr. and Mrs. Richardson and their j two sons, ol Detroit. Mich., are vlslt i lug at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Purcell. .Miss Travels, of Baltimore, and Mrs. Sped don, of New York, came recently to visit Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Travers. Miss El'zabcth Payne, of Norfolk, iita been clsitlng Miss Portia Baldwin at Berry vllle. BLACKSBURG I special to Th, Times-Dispatch.] Blacksburg, Va.. August ;l.?Mrs. O. C Huck.-r. of Bedford City; Miss Mar? garet Ruckcr and several younger members of the family are spending the mouth ..f August ?Hu Miss Laura Miller, at '.'Fiddler's Green." I Mrs. Hugh Faulkner has returned from a visit to Ashland. Ky. She was accompanied by her .sister-in-law. Miss Anna Faulkner. Professor and Mrs. Robert C. Price, of the Miller School, were guests this week of Professor and Mrs. T. C. Camp? bell. Professor F. lt. Abholt, of Baltimore. formerly of the Virginia Polytochnlc I Institute, Is a house guest of Profes? sor and Mrs. R. J, Davidson, Misses Louise [Hack and Louise H?ge, hav. returned from Wythevllle, where they attended a house party given by Miss Helen I Hoy, Miss Gertrude Butler, of Jackson, 'Miss. Is the guest of Professor and .Mrs. R, II. Iludttall, of the institute. Miss Gall, of Norfolk, arrived hero Thursday to bo tho guest of Miss Mar? garet Bnrrlhgcr, at "The Grove." Miss Rcbn CrUmpaqker is spending I two w eeks as the guest of relatives at Harrlsonhurg. Dr. C. M. Newman, Mrs. Newman and their children left Friday to spend the mouth of August ai Bristol. Mrs. Herbert Fisher and little son, of Memphis, Tonn., arrived here Thurs? day to I.,- guests >>f Mrs. J. Bolto? McBryde HENDERSON [Special to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.] Henderson. N. ?'.. August 3.?S. H, Allen, p. W. Rowland, c E, Pago. C. S. Finch. O, N. Gill, P. H. Bobbltt. C. E. GUI, Reggie Renn. 1. R. Carter and Roy Dlckcrson, returned Tuesday from their trip to Ocean View. Washington, Balt'more. Philadelphia, New York and Atlantic City. They were away ten days. Mrs. s if Allen. Mrs. s. E. Kerner. Mr and Mrs. I.. W. Brown, Misses Mr and Mrs Beatrice Keiner left Tues? day for several weeks at Ocean View. Monday afternoon at Mrs. M. J. O'Ne'l's there was organized the' Orreti Randolph Smith Chapter. Children of th.- confederacy " Mrs. O'Nell was^lecti ed leader at the last meeting of tha United Daughters of the Confederacy, The children elected the following ofti cers Miss Susan Lamb, vice-leader) Miss Temlo Hiss secretary Master Wil? liam Waddill, treasurer. To-Morrow w^,m,maoJu.mLu1-rT11TrH^ Sec ojir wind uric ^9 th<- an ist attrm KB M'"' >'?V '"i ?>'j) IfVl'v? K-iins (,| ill,' \c ?r t-"> m.iiiv H Dalgalll fcfCljf and too varied to mention in vw o " this advertisement. * i HPtf* ' And ^isiI our Bi? Clear- ? fiavavn ance Sale of Refrigerators, H In??. i ii Porch Furniture, etc. now on. THE BIO STORK W I PT* MASONIC YEMPLE 51 ?